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1:04At least one tornado touching down as a powerful nor 'easter takes aim. Twisters and funnel clouds threatening major east coast cities. Hail pummeling neighborhoods. Torrential rains, blinding drivers, ground stops at some of the nation's busiest airports where the first snow of the season is headed. Also tonight, the deadly D.C. shooting rampage inside a gym. a doctor killing one man, then going up to his condo firing at people on the street. The standoff with snipers that brought it to an end. Was it all over a fight with his homeowners association? Nvidia CEO Jensen Wong's stunning resignation.

1:39The scandal taking down the tech titan and bringing the stock market down with him. And the all-star CEO, President Trump, is now pushing to take over. New video of the building collapse in New York City as it happens. The cloud of dust as apartments caved in. The nonstop effort to pick through the wreckage. The death toll climbing. Children among those killed. And the big question tonight, how could this happen? The reality TV crew on the scene of a deadly officer involved shooting. What happened as cameras for the show Cops were rolling? Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow in the renewed push for peace in Ukraine.

2:16How soon could President Trump come face to face with the Russian leader? And could China also be at the table? Plus, the daring escape, a driver jumping from a semi-truck just seconds before a train plows into it. And the major email outage grinding workplaces across the country to a halt. But we're learning about the cause of the massive Microsoft Outlook blackout. Top Story starts right now.

2:46Good evening, I'm Valerie Castro in for Tom. We come on the air with violent storms slamming the northeast, triggering tornado warnings near major cities and packing dangerous hail. This twister touching down near Wilmington, Delaware. Eyewitness video shows different angles of the ominous swirling cloud. In surveillance video, you can see high winds launching debris into the air. Cars and homes left damaged. Several states also hit hard with hail storms. Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, all pelted with ice. And take a look at the severe flooding in New York. the coastal Rockaway Beach area, underwater, and chunks of ice.

3:21And this rare sight also in New York City, a huge gray funnel cloud near JFK International Airport, briefly sparking a tornado warning there. The Midwest seeing its first flakes of the season, a blustery system blanketing Michigan in snow. This nasty pre-winter blow bringing major airports across the country to a grinding halt, more than 5 ,000 delays and cancellations in the U.S. today. But it's not over yet. A nor 'easter is on the way. Bill Karens is standing by to track it all out, but we begin with Erin McLaughlin with the tornado threat. Tonight, tornado warnings across the northeast. Multiple sightings of at least one funnel cloud spinning in the sky.

4:03In the Wilmington, Delaware area, a tornado touched down as severe weather moved through. Surveillance video shows winds hurtling debris, car windows shattered, and sighting peeled off homes in the storm's wake. Things were flying down, and so I just grabbed my ears, bent down, and I just started praying. And in New York City, another tornado warning. This is the area where we see that potential for rotation. With alerts flashing across phones, urging families to take cover. And hail came down so hard in Queens, it looked like snow, creating ice-flooded streets. Late Wednesday outside Terre Haute, Indiana, more tornado warnings and this.

4:45Tornado on the ground, we got debris. Call 911 right now. A storm chaser captures the harrowing moments a funnel cloud appears to touch down. So yeah, you can see the funnel cloud right there. Look at that. A tornado later confirmed in the area with winds up to 85 miles per hour. And on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a sign that winter is on the way. Snow blanketing rooftops in Ishpeming, Michigan. In the east, higher elevations in parts of New England are expected to get up to a half foot of snow. And this storm is set to move off the coast tonight and bring more rain to the I-95 corridor and snow to the mountains of New England through tomorrow.

5:25Valerie? Okay, Erin, thank you. Let's get right to meteorologist Bill Caron. Bill, all eyes on this nor 'easter. Time it out for us. Yeah, so far it's a big inconvenience. Obviously, the airports, travel-wise, things like that, We're not going to see a lot of damage from this storm, and that's good. And those tornadoes that we did see didn't really cause much significant damage. 18-wheeler was tipped over. A couple trees came down. But that was the extent of it. The airports are a mess right now, especially around New York City. We're playing catch-up in Philadelphia right now. Bradley's still got a little bit of delays.

5:54Boston at 60 minutes, and that'll get worse later on tonight. We have two areas of torrential rain and thunder from Providence southwards down along the Rhode Island coastline up to Cape Cod. And then we're finally getting rid of the very heavy rain around New York City. That's going to push that out to Long Island as we go throughout about the next half hour to 45 minutes. So we could get another inch on Long Island. I'm not too concerned with flooding. We could have some issues out there where we have the roadways, where we have the leaves on, you know, blocking the gutters, stuff like that.

6:20As far as the snow goes, the highest total I saw so far was four inches at Mount Snow, mostly in the higher peaks down at the valley levels. It's still rain, but that'll change tonight as the cold air comes in. Areas in the Catskills will get snow. Anyone driving on 81 or 98 or 91 there in central New York, that's where you'll see some of that. And Valerie, one of the things most people will notice tomorrow is it's going to be windy and it's going to be much colder. We're not just talking the northeast. Windchill tomorrow morning, Mississippi, 27 degrees. By far the coldest air of the season throughout all of the eastern half of the country.

6:51All right, time to break out the winter coats. We know you're also watching a massive storm firing up, threatening the entire west coast. Yeah, this storm is like 10 times the size of the one we just talked about in the east. Look how massive this storm is. You can see where Alaska is to the north. This is British Columbia here. This storm is huge, very powerful storm. It's going to focus most of its energy along the Pacific Northwest coast and northern California. We have surf advisories from northern portions of Washington state all the way to San Diego. The entire west coast is expecting huge battering waves.

7:22Some locations in northern California and southern Oregon, up to 35-foot waves breaking at the coast. You're going to see incredible images tomorrow afternoon at the high tides. We're going to, when the storm moves in, we will get high winds with it, too. Some of the highest wind gusts will be up here in northern California, southern portions of the Oregon coastline, up to 50 miles per hour. So you've got 35-foot high waves with 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts. You're going to see spray going all over the place. And then we're going to get the high winds going through the mountains, too. And that's why we're also going to be expecting almost like blizzard conditions.

7:54The first winter storm warnings are up for the central portion of the Sierra in California. So the rainfall totals the highest will be in northern California, two to three inches. I don't think we're going to get too much flooding, but you'll also see snow pictures coming from the west. Some of our favorite spots from Reno, Tahoe, southwards down towards Mammoth. All right. A lot of action everywhere we look. Bill Cairns, thank you. We are also following that deadly shooting rampage in Washington, D.C. A gunman opening fire inside a crowded gym, killing one man before rushing upstairs to his penthouse apartment, where police say he fired at people from his balcony.

8:27Ryan Nobles on the standoff that brought it to an end. And what may have set the gunman off? Tonight, the deadly shooting rampage. What police describe as a gunman's twisted attack over complaints about the conditions in his condo, leaving a Washington, D.C. neighborhood on lockdown, helicopters flying low overhead and snipers positioned on nearby roofs. It all began inside the Vita Gym, less than a mile from the White House. Sahil Kapoor saw the terror unfold. Immediately see the guy fall down, there's blood coming out of his head. Were people panicked around you? I mean, or did it happen so fast that people didn't know?

9:05I'd say like half the people were like, whoa, what is going on? Police say the gunman, Matt Lambert, an ER doctor, walked into the gym this morning opening fire, killing one man who was working out, identified as his condo building manager, James Stewart. There has been an ongoing dispute between the suspect in this case and the building condo homeowners association management regarding maintenance issues, mold and the like. Police say after killing Stewart, the gunman then went up to his condo in the same building and started firing on pedestrians. He had a patio balcony there and we believe he shot from that location.

9:42Four people were wounded. Police say the suspect then barricaded himself with three firearms and breaking a gas line. You can see the flames in what authorities say was an attempt to burn the building down. The call of an active shooter led to a massive law enforcement response, shutting down several city blocks in the heart of D.C. during a busy part of the day. Tonight, a Washington Sun reporter says the gunman had contacted him to pitch a story about water leaks and black mold in his million-dollar penthouse. Porter saying at no point did the suspect give indication he would resort to violence.

10:17In the end, police say the gunman killed himself right after officers rushed in to evacuate his neighbors. What went through your mind when you had police officers with their guns drawn at your door? I mean, it was really terrifying. Ryan Nobles joins us from the scene. Ryan, you have new details about the four victims who were shot? Yeah, that's right, Valerie. At least one of those victims is in critical condition. The other three are expected to survive this shooting. And we should say that police say that the suspect in this case was likely planning this attack for some time. And that enormous law enforcement response.

10:53We saw officers from the Metropolitan Police Department, from Park Police, from Secret Service all come to the scene within seconds of the shooting. Likely saved maybe dozens of lives as this is a very highly populated area. And that the time of this shooting is one of the most popular times for people to be in this gym working out. Valerie? Okay, Brian Nobles, thank you. Now to the stunning fall of one of the world's top CEOs, Jensen Huang, who co-founded AI chip giant NVIDIA, is out, resigning in the wake of reports linking him to multiple women. Hallie Jackson reports. An escalating sex scandal tonight, taking down one of the architects of the AI revolution.

11:35Jensen Huang, out as CEO of NVIDIA, the company he co-founded more than three decades ago and built into one of the most powerful in the world. After an overnight board meeting, NVIDIA saying Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will take over temporarily after Huang resigned as CEO. President Trump late today referencing the fall of one of his closest informal AI advisors. What a horrible thing that is. It's so sad to see that happen. The fallout coming after Huang was connected to extramarital relationships with multiple women. One reported by the New York Times to be with the top NVIDIA executive who reported directly to Huang.

12:12The other, an affair with this woman, Alice Huang, thought by U.S. intelligence officials to be a Chinese asset, potentially feeding information about this crucial American company to Beijing's spy service. Jensen Huang forced to resign as CEO of NVIDIA, the stock falling once again today. NVIDIA's stock down more than 4 % today, with the company losing$1.7 trillion in value since its peak last month. NBC News has now learned Huang was never given a defensive intelligence briefing by the DOJ, nor did the FBI warn him that Alice Wong might be a spy or asset for the Chinese government, according to a source familiar with the matter, who said doing so could have compromised an ongoing investigation.

12:52Wong's expected to testify to Congress, potentially before the Thanksgiving holiday, with the demand for answers going nowhere even after his resignation. It was the right thing to do. Now we have to get to the bottom of whether America's national security has been compromised. And Hallie joins us now. Hallie, President Trump today suggesting who he wants to see as the next CEO of NVIDIA. Yeah, that's right, Valerie. Remember, there is the interim CEO, the chief financial officer who has stepped up into that role for now. But the president says there is only one man to take the place of Jensen Huang.

13:27And he says that's Tim Cook calling him a legend to replace a legend. Tim Cook of Apple, of course. Apple is not commenting on that. But Valerie, Wall Street analysts are really mostly dismissing that whole idea. Valerie. Okay. Hallie Jackson, thank you. Right now, much of the world waiting with bated breath to see what happens to NVIDIA's stock next. The chipmaker's shedding roughly$500 billion in market value since Sunday when the news broke about the scandal. Our Brian Chung is outside NVIDIA's headquarters tonight in Santa Clara, California, for more on where the chips fall. Brian, Jensen Wang is not your typical CEO.

14:02He's so intertwined with NVIDIA, which is why we're seeing this stock drop so significantly. Do we think it will continue to fall? Yeah, well, look, I mean, the story is this company right here in Santa Clara, California, which isn't just the center of Silicon Valley here in this part of California, but at the center of the AI universe globally. This is a company that was creating the chips, the brains, if you will, that makes artificial intelligence possible in the first place. And for that reason, not only are we watching Nvidia shares sliding, but we're watching what's going on in the overall markets as well.

14:35It was a modestly down day across Wall Street when you consider that, yes, we did see indeed the Dow Jones, the S &P 500 and the Nasdaq take some small hits. But again, we have to remember that Nvidia is a big portion of the overall stock market. By some measures, according to the numbers on the S &P 500, for example, an index that we like to reference, there are 500 companies in that index. NVIDIA is so big that it accounts for about 6 percent of the movement in the S &P 500. And so where the stock goes from here remains to be seen. We do know that there's obviously a new interim CEO, a CEO in the form of Collette Kress.

15:10She was the former CFO of the company, had been at NVIDIA for about 13 years. What will that leadership look like while they also try to find a permanent replacement for her? That's likely going to weigh on the stock as investors try to figure out what happens next to the company based out of Santa Clara here. And Brian, Nvidia is in nearly everyone's 401k, whether they realize it or not. How is this affecting the average American investor? Yeah. And again, you know, I just gave you kind of the lowdown on the S &P 500 and kind of the significance of Nvidia stock in that. But if you have a retirement fund or you have any sort of investments that might be, let's say, for example, an ETF, what they call an exchange traded fund that might be tied to the overall market.

15:52Well, NVIDIA at one point was the market. We have to remember that at certain points in time this year, notably, it was the largest publicly traded company on the market. At one point earlier this year, it was worth almost six trillion dollars. It has since obviously fallen from that with the stock drops related to the Jensen Huang developments, as well as with the overall concern over whether or not AI companies broadly were being overvalued. That was a story before all of the Jensen Huang stuff broke essentially over the weekend. But look, when you talk about the largest companies in the world, even after the stock drop, it is still among the top five largest companies.

16:27Apple, Google and Alphabet, SpaceX are among the other comparisons. But people that are looking at even their investments who might not know about NVIDIA, might not even be aware of the contours of artificial intelligence, are going to want to watch what goes on to the stock because that's going to have an impact on their portfolios as well, likely. And, Brian, what about the competition, the rival chip makers? Are any of them seeing a boost from this uncertainty around NVIDIA? Yeah, well, look, I mean, a lot of people will tell you no one has the business model that's similar to NVIDIA. But they are not the only chip maker on the street.

17:01And one chipmaker that did get a lot of attention is AMD. This is another company that's based here in Silicon Valley, not far away from here where I'm standing right now. But AMD, led by Lisa Su, is one of these companies that you hear a lot of people talking about within the context of, OK, now that Jensen Huang, the person that built this company from an idea inside of a Denny's booth into an almost$6 trillion company, if he's no longer here, is that going to be good for AMD? we have seen their stock up almost 6 % today, which tells you investors are clearly thinking they could be a winner out of all this.

17:33One investor telling me in a message earlier today, he thinks that this is showtime for the likes of AMD and other companies. Okay, Brian Chung, thank you. Now to that deadly building collapse in Brooklyn, at least eight people killed with children among the dead. And tonight we are seeing new video of the moment the building crumbled to the ground as questions mount over how this catastrophe could have happened. Sam Brock reports from the scene. This is the moment catastrophe struck. Showing first the cloud of dust and smoke from that collapsed building in Brooklyn, then firefighters arriving and helping somebody evacuate.

18:11As tonight, authorities believe they've recovered all the victims. The death toll, though, climbing, now at least eight lives gone, six adults and two children. We are mourning too many people who we loved. It's a portrait of pain. LUIS SIGENCIA, My son is a good person. He only think and love. And the family and the son. MILES O' Luis Sigencia found out shortly after this interview that his son Gabriel died working on the construction site. Other families, like the Diallos, searching for their two cousins, dealing with similar anguish. When you hear about them finding another person, what's the first thing that you think?

18:47LUIS SIGENCIA, It's scary. It's scary. We cry. We start crying. We say, oh, that might be our person. And then we say, no, no, no, they have to be safe. MILES O' Tragically, the family then telling us hours later also they lost both men. But with the tragic also came the miraculous. She is alive. She is still alive. MILES O' This man realizing his pregnant wife was recovered safely from the rubble and brought to tears on live TV. as a construction worker who survived documented how he saved a boy stuck in the building. Mayor Mamdani promising a thorough investigation. If there is anyone or any entity operating in this city that bears responsibility for what happened, we will hold them fully accountable.

19:35Sam Brock joins us now from the scene. Sam, what more do we know tonight about the building's owner and the safety of those surrounding structures? So, Valerie, Mayor Mamdani called the situation deeply troubling. He said he is going to demand accountability through this investigation. He said that there are five main entities involved in this construction site over my shoulder, but they are associated, Valerie, with 100 sites throughout New York City. So he said starting today, the Office of Buildings is going to, Department of Buildings, I should say, is going to initiate a sweep of all of those locations.

20:09But the primary question remains the same. How could something like this happen? Having conversations with people on the ground here, several folks told me that they were seeing the foundation lowering and lowering as that excavation work was happening. That building over my shoulder is almost 100 years old. The foundation isn't that deep. There are going to be process questions and structure questions, and certainly curiosity as to whether or not there were errors here that could be made elsewhere as well in other parts of the city. But that remains to be seen. The investigation, though, is already underway.

20:40Back to you. Okay, Sam Brock, thank you. Joining me now is Reverend Alfred Joseph. He's the pastor of Bethesda Church of God in Christ, which stands right across the street from the collapsed building. And in the hours immediately after that tragedy, they opened their doors to family members waiting for word of their loved ones. Reverend, thank you so much for joining us tonight. I'm so sorry it is under these circumstances, but you have been on the front lines of this tragedy. Talk to us about what THESE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THE PAST 24 HOURS, IT WAS VERY A SAD MOMENT.

21:19I 'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 5 O 'CLOCK YESTERDAY. AND THEN WE RECEIVE SO MANY PEOPLE. SOME OF THEM ARE CRYING. SOME OF THEM, THEY NEED COMFORT. SO WE HAD THEM IN THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CHURCH. and then some of them, they take them to YMCA and transport them to different hotels in the so the church is open every day morning and night and we never close until now we have different crews in the third floor, second floor, in the first floor. We are open for counseling, we have WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE. WE HAVE PRAYER AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS, THE CHURCH IS OPEN TO HELP IN OUR CAPACITY. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU 'VE BEEN THERE SINCE YESTERDAY.

22:13I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MOMENT OF THE GLAPSE. YOU WEREN'T AT THE CHURCH WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, BUT YOU RUSHED THERE AS SOON AS YOU HEARD. WHAT DID YOU SEE WHEN YOU GOT THERE? YES, I WAS HOME WHEN THAT happened and then one of my deacon who was in the church they sent me a video and then i watched to come here and when i see i see some tenants standing in the street and i let them in and then it was tragic some of them was crying some of them couldn't cry especially that lady who had her husband under the rubble and it's happened that lady was there until 3 a.m he was crying in the church we let her in and then the bad news in the morning they would see the bad news at the husband they find the body dead yeah and then it's a tragedy we never have something like that in this community so no I'm here since 1997 so our condolences to the family and comfort for those who lost their loved AND WE NEED TO GET SUPPORT AND HELP FOR THOSE WHO LOST THE APARTMENT AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

23:32REVEREND, WE KNOW THAT YOU 'VE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE, HELPING THE FAMILIES THERE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY OR FROM CITY LEADERS? YES. WHATEVER WE COULD GET TO HELP THOSE IN NEEDS, ESPECIALLY NOT only for now but for for for later on because we don't I don't really don't know where they are right now but they are different hotel but after that they need a place to stay they need a comfort the children those who lost their loved one how the funeral arrangement because we are probably eight or ten people dead the funeral arrangement but I know they're going to YOU HAVE SOMETHING SUNDAY AT FIVE O 'CLOCK IN FOND OF THE CHURCH AND EVERYTHING THAT COULD GET TO SUPPORT THIS FAMILY, THAT WILL BE GOOD.

24:30REVEREND ALFRED JOSEPH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. GOD BLESS YOU. WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE MAJOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK OUTAGE. IF YOU WERE LOCKED OUT OF YOUR EMAIL ALL DAY, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. WHAT CAUSED IT AND WHEN WILL things come back online, we'll bring you the latest. Plus, face-to-face with Vladimir Putin, President Trump's top envoys on the ground in Moscow pushing for peace in Ukraine is a breakthrough in sight. And a star on the reality TV show Below Deck, now locked up abroad, will show you the deadly brawl that appears to have landed him behind bars.

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26:33Nationwide Outlook outage. Does this mean I can go home early? We have no idea what meetings we may have or not have. I would suggest we all just go take a nap. EVERYONE SOUNDED SO DETAILS, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE SITUATION FOR SO MANY ACROSS THE GLOBE TODAY AFTER A WIDESPREAD MICROSOFT OUTTAGE BROUGHT E-MAIL AND OTHER APPS TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE BLACKOUT STRIKING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY AND AT THIS HOUR IT IS STILL DOWN. ALI CANAL JOINS ME NOW. ALI, THAT OUTTAGE KNOCKED OUT SOME OF OUR SYSTEMS HERE AT NBC TOO. I CHECKED JUST NOW IT'S STILL NOT WORKING. WHAT DO WE KNOW? And this is a global outage, right?

27:09I mean, hundreds of millions of workers were affected by this. You mentioned here at NBC News, it happened around 1230, 1 p.m. You heard the sheer panic, I think, a little bit here because it was a big news day. But some other workers out there probably felt a little bit more chill. Now, Microsoft, since that time, they've been giving pretty brief and sporadic updates. And here's what we know so far. They said in these updates that some servers unexpectedly went down. And then that created this cascade effect on other types of systems. which amplify the problem. We did reach out to Microsoft to get some more clarity on what exactly went wrong.

27:43We have not heard back at this time, and they have not further clarified what exactly caused this. But it does not seem to be a hack. This seems to be something internally at Microsoft. So how about tomorrow? Are people going back to work? Do we know when we're supposed to get all of this back? Yeah, now we're at nearly seven hours at this point with no clear fix. Obviously, it's the end of the workday at this point, but tomorrow is Friday, end of the week. Hopefully, by the morning, we can start to see some of these systems come back online. particularly when we look at email. There is a bit of good news in these updates here.

28:12Microsoft said they did find a potential fix that brought some of the servers back online. But in terms of when we could potentially be fully restored, that remains to be seen here. But there were workers and there's reports out there that workers across different industries like media, tech, some corporate spaces, they actually treated this like an unofficial snow day. And even anecdotally in my own friend group, the group chat was going off. Some people were saying, you know what? I can't even do any work right now. So I'm just going to go home. which, hey, no harm, no foul. It's the end of the week.

28:41It's been a long week. But hopefully this does get restored by tomorrow. Sounds like a four-day weekend to me. Yeah, I like it. Okay, Allie Canal, thank you. Of course. Still to come tonight on Top Story, why Pete Hegseth just gave a medal to the soldier who scolded him and his staff at Arlington National Cemetery and the remarkable rescue overseas. A teenager finally found after disappearing for six days in the woods the emotional moment when he was reunited with his mother. But first, top stories, top moment, and the band bringing new meaning to the VIP experience when Canadian rock duo The Bluestones found out they only had one person signed up for their meet and greet.

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29:55Back now with Top Story's Global Watch and the whirlwind diplomatic push for peace in Ukraine. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. for roughly two hours earlier today before flying to Dublin for talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky. All of it in an effort to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. NBC's chief international correspondent, Kyr Simmons, is watching this one for us. Kyr, this is the 10th time Witkoff has met with Putin. Give us a reality check. Are we getting any closer to a real deal? Yeah, not really, honestly.

30:30And I think that is clear from the comments of the Russian leader himself, President Putin, who is making clear that, for example, he is not prepared to accept European military, or American, frankly, on Ukrainian soil in order to guarantee Ukraine's security as part of some kind of a deal. Now, President Trump's envoy, Steve Wyckoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are saying, and Jared Kushner has just been saying, that they do believe that Russia has agreed for the Europeans to be at the next talks when they happen. But it's not clear to me, though, whether that means they will be sitting at the table or whether they will be in the background, as they were at the last talks.

31:15And that's a crucial difference, because the Russians were prepared to accept the Europeans in the background. In fact, the Russian foreign minister said, well, they can sit in their hotel room. Pretty acerbic and a good reflection, I think, of the Russians' perspective. Another aspect of all this, President Putin insisting that Russia should get all of the territory that he has been demanding, despite not being able to take it through military means. So again, the fundamental differences between the two sides that is fueling this war remain. there may be a huge, potentially, prisoner swap, but that's very different from an agreement to end the fighting.

31:56Akir, the Kremlin today said it's important for the U.S., China, and Russia to hold a joint meeting. When could we see that happen?

32:06Well, that will potentially happen next week in China when President Trump will go for the APEC summit. And we also expect President Putin, the Russians have said, will be there too. And Obviously, President Xi is the leader of China. That question, though, about whether the three men will meet, that is still a question. What the U.S. wants is a conversation between them about reducing the nuclear capacity of each country, arms control. The Chinese are not signed up for that. They have many fewer nuclear weapons than Russia or the United States. So as far as China's concerned, it's catching up, if you like.

32:48And they have said, kind of expressed openly again and again, they're not interested in that. That kind of a meeting would worry, for example, America's allies and partners in Europe, who would see it as a kind of example of the historic meeting after World War II, Yalta, when different countries divided up the world, if you like. That's something that the Europeans won't like. But once again, just much like our earlier conversation, the Europeans will be worried about being left, not being at the table, being left out of the conversation. Whether that meeting is going to happen, we'll see. Okay.

33:21Keir Simmons, thank you. Now to an update on the soldier who scolded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Arlington National Cemetery. We showed you last night Hegseth taking pictures with his wife and advisors near the tomb of the unknown soldier on Veterans Day. And as laughter rang out, the Sentinel reprimanding the group.

33:51Well, tonight, Hegseth has awarded that soldier a medal for how he handled that moment. I want to bring in NBC's Courtney Kuby, who covers the Pentagon. Courtney, we heard Hegseth get scolded there, but now he's commending that soldier for doing his job. Yeah, that's right, Valerie. Secretary Hegseth acknowledging that he was wrong. He posted these photos today showing him awarding the Joint Service Commendation Medal to the soldier who was identified as Specialist Iglesias. Now, he's the one who reprimanded Secretary Hegseth and his group for disrespectful behavior at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

34:23You can see him there getting that award from the secretary. Secretary Hegseth later writing on Twitter, on social media, we love soldiers, we love standards, well done, specialist. Now, it happened yesterday. Hexas' entourage, including his wife and senior Pentagon officials, were seen taking pictures, talking and laughing. Now, that violates the rules at the memorial site, and it elicited that stern warning from the tomb's guard. Now, they are there 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that the tomb remains safe and to make sure that visitors of the site maintain decorum because it is such a sacred visitor's site and location for people to come to seven days a week all year long, Valerie.

35:07Yeah, the rules apply to everyone. Courtney, this is all coming, of course, amid an effort to impeach Hegseth. Where does that stand? Yeah, so as you know, the vote failed in the House. Essentially, what this was was a vote to send those eight articles of impeachment to the House Judiciary Committee. Well, they aren't going to really go anywhere from there. It's still a Republican-led House. So the question is, WILL DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY TAKE OVER BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN JANUARY INTRODUCE THE SAME OR POTENTIALLY NEW ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT INCLUDING POTENTIALLY GOING AFTER SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT SECRETARY HEGSETH HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR DOING AND IS NOW NEARLY TWO YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE PENTAGON.

35:46SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO CALL THE SECRETARY UP TO CAPITOL HILL TO TESTIFY. THEY WILL GAIN EVIDENCE AND THEN THEY WILL LIKELY IMPEACH HIM AGAIN. The question is, it is likely to be able to pass through the House once the Democrats take over. They'll have a wide majority. But even with the majority in the Senate, they're still going to need some Republican votes in order to get a conviction of any impeachment, Valerie. Okay, Courtney Kuby, thank you. Now to Top Story's news feed, starting with another building collapse, this one in Aurora, Illinois. You can see it here in the surveillance video.

36:22Part of the outside wall and scaffolding crashing into the street, causing one driver to swerve out of the way and sending people scrambling. City officials say three people were hurt but are expected to be okay. No word yet on what caused the collapse. In Fort Worth, Texas, a terrifying close call at a railroad crossing. The driver of this tanker truck jumping out and running away just seconds before a speeding train barrels through, destroying the vehicle. It's unclear how he got stuck on the tracks, but luckily police say nobody was seriously hurt. And a 17-year-old boy with autism rescued after going missing for six days alone in the Australian woods.

37:00The teenager celebrating when this helicopter crew finally found him. He disappeared last week while on a camping trip with his friend. Police say he had a pretty bad sunburn, but is mostly in good shape. You can see the moment the boy reunited with his mother after being airlifted to safety. And music legend Lionel Richie back on stage for the first time since undergoing a heart procedure two months ago. Here's what he said to the crowd last night in Las Vegas. I'm back. I don't know where I was, but I'm back. The four-time Grammy winner postponed concerts this fall after having a procedure for atrial fibrillation.

37:44He got sick on stage during a show in June. Now to the reality TV star arrested after surveillance video captured a violent fight that turned deadly. And tonight, that Below Deck alum is behind bars in Turkey. Our Liz Kreutz with the video. A deadly brawl caught on camera allegedly involving a former reality TV star who is now under arrest in Bodrum, Turkey. NBC News has obtained surveillance video of the altercation, which appears to show below deck alum, Joao Franco and his brother Carlos getting into a physical fight with a group of men outside a clothing store. In the video, the man believed to be Franco at first appears to try to break up the fight, but soon it turns into an all out brawl.

38:29At one point, it appears Franco punches a young man identified by local authorities as a 17 year old. Police say the teen was rushed to the hospital after hitting his head and died two days later. Officials confirming to NBC News that two tourists were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the assault that caused the teenager's fatal injuries. Here, you can see the brothers with bandages on, walking in handcuffs. Franco starred on multiple seasons of Bravo's Below Deck franchise, becoming known to fans for his hot temper, even getting into several fights on the show. Go on, man. Bravo, which is owned by the same parent company as NBC News, declined to comment on the arrest of the former cast member, who tonight remains behind bars in Turkey.

39:13And Liz Kreutz joins us now. Liz, as we put all the pieces together, do we know anything more about what led up to this altercation? Well, hey, Valerie, we know that this happened on a busy street in Bodrum. This is a street with lots of bars and restaurants. Bodrum is a popular tourist town right on the Mediterranean. According to local media there, the two men who were tourists were reportedly intoxicated and they started arguing with a shop owner because they were using foul language. That's somewhat that seemed to have led to the fight. Things escalated from there. We know that the two men were taken to the Bodrum courthouse.

39:46They remain in prison. They have not released a statement as they try to figure out their next legal steps. Valerie. OK, Liz Kreutz, thank you. Still ahead tonight, the cops TV crew caught in the middle of a deadly shooting. and gunfire ringing out as their cameras rolled. Plus, the new guidelines just out, how often and at what age men should be screened for prostate cancer as rates rise across the country. What you and your family need to know. Stay with us. I'm Hannah. I've lost 75 pounds in 20 months with GLP-1s, plus diet and exercise. On Roe, I've gone from struggling to run a mile to running farther every day.

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41:36Back now with new video of a deadly police shooting in New Mexico. A crew filming the TV show Cops capturing a violent struggle between an officer and a man they stopped for jaywalking. NBC's Andres Gutierrez has the video. Give me your hands. An officer wrestles with a man on an Albuquerque street. His body camera falls off and swings toward the sky. The television crew filming it all runs for cover. This is new footage of what will become a deadly encounter. But let's rewind for a bit. It's October 3rd, just afternoon. A New Mexico State police officer is on patrol with two crew members from the reality hit cops riding along.

42:17How's it going? You can do me a favor, Billy. Just keep your hands visible. You have the subject stop so you are detained, okay? Sir, you are detained. Police say that's 26-year-old Isaiah Washington who walks away, then runs. The officer chases him down and both crash onto the pavement. Police who provided the blurred footage freeze the body cam right here, highlighting a gun in Washington's hand. They say it was stolen. The TV crew retreats behind a dumpster as the struggle continues. State police say Washington fired at least one round and missed. The officer, they say, grabbed Washington's weapon while drawing his own and firing.

43:01Hitting the suspect at least once. Washington died at a hospital. Members from the cops crew didn't appear to be hurt. NBC News reached out to the production team of the show for comment regarding this incident and haven't heard back as of Thursday afternoon. The state police releasing this video addressing why they say the officer made the stop in the first place. The officer said he knew pedestrians being struck by vehicles was a serious concern in Albuquerque. He explained that he regularly conducted pedestrian stops in attempts to prevent these types of incidents. New Mexico does indeed have the highest pedestrian death rate in the nation, according to a report from the governor's Highway Safety Association published last year.

43:41Back in Albuquerque, the officer who pulled the trigger is on administrative leave as the shooting is investigated. The district attorney will decide whether the officer's use of deadly force was justified. Andres Gutierrez joins us now from Los Angeles. Andres, that TV crew was incredibly close to the scene. Has a cop's crew been caught up in anything like this before? They have been, Valerie. Back in 2014, a sound tech was killed by a police bullet while filming a robbery call in Omaha, Nebraska. Scott, yet it doesn't appear this crew in New Mexico was hurt, but it could be what they captured could be critical to this investigation.

44:17In fact, state police say their footage is helping investigators reconstruct what happened. And they do add that this investigation could take up to a year to complete Valerie. Okay. Andres Gutierrez, thank you for your reporting. Now to top stories, health check and new prostate cancer screening guidelines in the hopes of saving more lives. The American Cancer Society changing its recommendations for who should get critical blood tests. Stephanie Goss explains. Tonight, new guidelines to catch prostate cancer earlier. More testing, more often, and for some at a younger age. According to the American Cancer Society, men 50 to 69 should be tested every two years.

44:55Black men and those with a strong family history should be screened annually, starting at age 45. And now men over the age of 70 should also consider screening. The previous guidelines recommended stopping at that age. These new recommendations could have led to an earlier diagnosis for President Biden. He announced he had the disease last year at age 82. Jill thought, why didn't that test down for men who are in their 70s? We went and had the test and prostate cancer. Today, President Biden posting, I know firsthand the toll of this disease, and I know that catching it early saves lives. There had been concerns that the test overdiagnoses, leading to unnecessary treatment.

45:39Have doctors gotten better at deciding what treatment is necessary? I have gotten better. We have reduced the risks, fewer biopsies, following low-risk cancer. And now the scale, the balance between risk-benefit is in favor of PSA screening. The message to men tonight? Get screened. It could save your life. Stephanie Gosk joins us now. And Stephanie, a study in Europe actually triggered these changes. Tell us more. Yeah, Valerie. So this was a large randomized study. It followed two groups of men for more than 20 years. One group took the PSA test regularly. The other group did not. And what it determined conclusively is that the test and regular screening saved lives.

46:24And up until this point, there was some conversation over whether or not that was true. And there were concerns I THINK IT IS MOST VERY I HAD THE HARMS FROM THE PSA TEST. PEOPLE GETTING TREATED UNNECESSARILY OR HAVING BIOPSES THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS UNNECESSARILY. THOSE HARMS OUTWEIGHED THE BENEFITS. NOW BASICALLY WHAT THIS STUDY DOES IS THAT SHOWS THAT THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISK. SO IMPORTANT TO GET SCREENED. STEPHANIE GOSK, THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME BACK, A TRIBUTE TO one of our own, legendary NBC sportscaster Dan Hicks. He was the voice behind so many iconic moments in sports, from the golf course to the Olympic stage.

47:02His fellow broadcaster and friend joins us to discuss his life and legacy next.

47:19Expect anything different?

47:27That was the legendary moment. Tiger Woods sank a birdie putt to stay alive in the 2008 U.S. Open, going on to win the tournament. And those iconic words, expect anything different, coming from our longtime colleague, NBC sportscaster Dan Hicks. Like the athletes he covered, Dan's calls were legendary, and he brought so much life to all of the broadcasts he was part of. Last night, Hicks passed away at 64 years old. Dan's wife, Hannah Storm, releasing a statement saying in part, our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan following an acute illness. He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many.

48:06His loss is immeasurable. Joining me now is Steve Perino, an NBC sports analyst for the Olympics, who worked closely with Dan covering skiing at the Winter Games. Steve, thank you so much for joining us tonight. We're so sorry for your loss. You worked with Dan for years and wrote a moving tribute to your friend. How are you doing tonight? You know, I'm really thinking about the family. It's been remarkable how many people have reached out to me to offer their condolences, which I do appreciate, but it just made me realize just the resonance of Dan Hicks in a way. I thought I knew, but I didn't really know quite until today.

48:49So it's tough. It's tough. But again, it's, you know, I'm thinking of Hannah. I'm thinking of his girls. That's hard to put your finger on how they must feel right now. And beyond his family, millions of Americans felt like they knew Dan. But talk to us about who he was off screen. Same guy. You know, and that's been, you know, I feel like there's a million people out there, millions of people out there that feel like they lost a friend. And, you know, I first started working with Dan as a nascent person in television, and I knew what this opportunity was to get to work with Dan Hicks. And that can be super intimidating.

49:31And he just took all of that energy out of the room. He was incredibly supportive, just absolutely hysterical human being. And I think sometimes that levity that he brought in a very tense television environment, which I know you're very aware of, a person like that that can kind of hold that, be our lightning rod in a lot of ways, it just allows you to be the best version of yourself, which, you know, it's not quite Dan Hicks when you're first starting out. And all he did was make us better. We know he had so many legendary calls throughout his career. Of course, we played that one with Tiger Woods there.

50:06Is there one that stands out to you in particular, or is there one that Dan really cherished the most? You know what I loved about his calls is they were from the heart. These weren't rehearsed soliloquies that you knew were written ahead of time, hoping that the moment would match what was written already. But Dan had a way of just feeling what was happening. And skiing happens quickly, right? It's, you know, it's if you have planned this big, you know, delivery and the athlete doesn't perform, you're headed in the wrong direction. But for those who might recall Michaela Schifrin in his last Olympics, if you go back, Americans don't follow ski racing.

50:51I know that. But they followed at the Olympics. And it was a horrific experience for Michaela Schifrin back in Beijing. And it was nothing but failure. She just couldn't get to the finish line. And as Schifrin is crossing the finish line, ultimately to win the gold medal in the final Alpine event of these last Olympic Games in Cortina, he says, just get to the line. And which was all I cared about was that she didn't just implode this time. The medal, forget the medal, but that was the moment. That's all he said. He was a master of brevity. He brought you into the room. He shared the experience with you.

51:33He didn't try to be the experience. And that's what I loved about him and admired so much. And it just seemed to be impromptu all the time. He has been such a huge part of sports and culture. How do you think or how do you want him to be remembered?

51:51He was like the everybody man. You know, I can't speak to the people that experienced sport through Dan. I can only speak to what it was like to be in the booth with him. And I hope that they felt the human being in him, because as much as I was a colleague of his, I felt more than anything. Even though 95 percent of my time was spent in a professional environment, he just felt like a good friend. AND I HOPE THAT THE VIEWERS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF THERE'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHO HE WAS. HE WAS A TREMENDOUS HUMAN BEING. HE ALSO HAPPENED TO BE A WORLD-CLASS BROADCASTER.

52:37AND, STEVE, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SECONDS LEFT. ANY WORDS THAT JUST DEFINE HIM THAT COME TO MIND? YOU KNOW, HE WAS A FAMILY MAN. ALL OF NBC, I THINK YOU'RE FEELING IT AS WELL. It just, we all feel this. And although that's our workplace, we lost a member of our family and a very central member of our family. And it's tough, but I guess it feels good to hurt this much because that is how he lived his life. You know, we've lost one of our, one of the most important people in that building. Steve, thank you so much for sharing those memories with us. We appreciate your time. Thank you. I'm Valerie Castro in New York.

53:19Stay right there. More news is on the way.