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Intro >>> TONIGHT, KAMALA HARRIS SET TO MAKE HISTORY ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE IN CHICAGO. THE VICE PRESIDENT TAKING CENTER STAGE TONIGHT AS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO ACCEPT A MAJOR PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, WHAT HER MESSAGE WILL BE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HER SPEECH COMING AFTER RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ, THE FORMER FOOTBALL COACH INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO THE NATION. HIS FAMILY CHEERING HIM ON AND A SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY OPRAH. OUR FULL COVERAGE IN CHICAGO. ALSO TONIGHT, OUR ONE-ON-ONE WITH DONALD TRUMP AT THE BORDER IN ARIZONA. AN URGENT MANHUNT UNDER WAY THERE FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO KILL THE FORMER PRESIDENT. WHAT AUTHORITIES HAVE JUST REVEALED. WE ALSO ASK ABOUT THE REPORTS RFK JR. WILL DROP OUT AND ENDORSE HIM, AND HIS REACTION TO NIGHTLY CRITICISM OUT OF THE DNC. PLUS HIS CALL FOR MASS DEPORTATIONS. HOW WOULD HE PAY FOR IT? >>> THE BODY OF A BRITISH TECH MOGUL AMONG FIGHT RECOVERED FROM THE SUNKEN YACHT OFF ITALY. THE SEARCH FOR HIS 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER STILL MISSING TONIGHT. UKRAINE HITTING AN AIR BASE AND A FERRY LOADED WITH FUEL. THE MAJOR ESCALATION, AND THE TEAM USA ARCHER WHO HAS SURVIVED SO MUCH TAKING HER SHOT AT GOLD AND HER FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" REPORTING TONIGHT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION Kamala Harris to accept historic nomination IN CHICAGO. HERE IS LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE UNITED CENTER. WE'RE ON THE FLOOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ON NIGHT FOUR. THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN THIS ROOM AND THERE WILL NOT BE AN EMPTY SEAT. ALL THIS THE CULMINATION OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER IN OUR POLITICAL HISTORY AFTER A SUMMER OF UPHEAVAL. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TAKES THE STAGE AND OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT. SHE'LL ADDRESS THE PARTY'S CONVENTION ON ITS FINAL NIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO, LAYING OUT HER UPBEAT VISION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND PAINTING A STRIKING CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP'S VIEW OF THE COUNTRY. TRUMP TAKING HIS CAMPAIGN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER TODAY AS HE CONTINUES TO ATTACK HARRIS ON IMMIGRATION, A KEY ISSUE AS THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE MOVES INTO ITS FINAL CHAPTER. ALL OF IT COMING JUST OVER A MONTH AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN ENDED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND ENDORSED HARRIS AS HIS REPLACEMENT. PETER ALEXANDER STARTS US OFF TONIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. >> Reporter: YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO SELL YOURSELF TO THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO WORK FOR AND FOR KAMALA HARRIS, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT. THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND SOUTH ASIAN-AMERICAN TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF A MAJOR PARTY TICKET. >> LET US ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN! >> Reporter: CAMPAIGN SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS TONIGHT SHE'LL FOCUS ON JOY, OPTIMISM AND PATRIOTISM, SHARING HER PERSONAL STORY, THE DAUGHTER OF A MIDDLE-CLASS MOM, DETAILING THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HER VISION, A NEW WAY FORWARD, SHE CALLS IT AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AND COMMITTING TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. THE SPEECH WILL CAP OFF A STUNNING TWO MONTHS. HARRIS WHO NEVER WON A PRIMARY OR CAUCUS VOTE INSTEAD WAS PROPELLED TO THE NOMINATION AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> JOE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HISTORIC LEADERSHIP. WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU. >> Reporter: NOW ENJOYING A BURST OF DEMOCRATIC MOMENTUM, BUT ALSO FACING KEY CHALLENGES. SHE'S A SITTING VICE PRESIDENT AT A TIME WHEN 80% OF AMERICANS ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND POLLS SHOW VOTERS GIVE MR. TRUMP THE EDGE ON TOP ISSUES LIKE THE ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION. LAST NIGHT HER NEW RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ, A FORMER TEACHER AND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH, GIVING A PEP TALK. >> WE'VE GOT THE BALL. WE'RE DRIVING DOWN THE FIELD, AND BOY, DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM. >> Reporter: INTRODUCING HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY TO AMERICA. >> HOPE, GUS AND GWEN, YOU ARE MY ENTIRE WORLD. AND I LOVE YOU. >> HIS 17-YEAR-OLD SON GUS IN TEARS, SHOUTING "THAT'S MY DAD." LATER WALZ CALLING OUT MR. TRUMP AND HIS VP PICK J.D. VANCE. >> LEADERS DON'T SPEND ALL DAY INSULTING PEOPLE AND BLAMING OTHERS. LEADERS DO THE WORK. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I'M READY TO TURN THE PAGE ON THESE GUYS. SO GO AHEAD. SAY IT WITH ME. WE'RE NOT GOING BACK! >> WE'RE NOT GOING BACK! >> FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON ACCUSING MR. TRUMP OF BEING OBSESSED WITH HIMSELF. >> THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR HIM DON'T COUNT THE LIES, COUNT THE Is. >> OPRAH WINFREY, ELECTRIFYING DEMOCRATS. HER FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE AT A CONVENTION. >> WE ARE BEYOND RIDICULOUS TWEETS AND LIES AND FOOLERY. THESE ARE COMPLICATED TIMES, PEOPLE, AND THEY REQUIRE ADULT CONVERSATIONS. >> URGING AMERICANS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY, TO BACK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. >> WE'RE ALL AMERICANS AND TOGETHER LET'S ALL CHOOSE KAMALA HARRIS! >> Reporter: PETER, VIEWERS AT HOME ARE LIKELY TO NOTICE SOMETHING OUT OF THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, WHAT IS IT? >> Reporter: LESTER, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS. MANY DELEGATES ARE WEARING WHITE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, A NOD TO THE HISTORY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS COULD MAKE IF SHE WINS Trump on reports RFK Jr. dropping out BECOMING THE NATION'S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT. LESTER? >> PETER ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO ARIZONA AND THE MANHUNT FOR THE SUSPECT WHO ALSO THREATENED TO KILL FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THIS COMES AFTER THE NOMINEE CAMPAIGNED AT THE BORDER. GARRETT HAAKE SPOKE TO MR. TRUMP. >> Reporter: LESTER, THE FORMER PRESIDENT HOLDING THAT CAMPAIGN AT THE BORDER IN THE MIDST OF A MAN HUNT. WE HAVE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT THE SUSPECT HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED, ALL OF THIS AS I PRESS THE FORMER PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS IMMIGRATION PLAN AND HOW HE PAID FOR THEM. TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HOLDING AN EVENT IN THE SHADOW OF THE ARIZONA BORDER WALL, AS THE SHERIFF ANNOUNCED THERE IS A MANHUNT FOR A SUSPECT WANTED ON UNRELATED WARRANTS WHO ALSO THREATENED TO KILL A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS IT'S TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYING HE WASN'T TOLD ABOUT THE THREAT. >> I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR SECRET SERVICE. >> Reporter: TRUMP IS IN THE MIDST OF A BATTLEGROUND BLITZ WITH SOURCES TELLING NBC NEWS ROBERT KENNEDY JR., IS PLANNING TO ENDORSE HIM TOMORROW THOUGH TALKS ARE STILL ONGOING. WE'VE REPORTING THAT RFK JR. IS GETTING READY TO ENDORSE YOU. WHAT ROLE WOULD HE HAVE IN YOUR CAMPAIGN OR YOUR ADMINISTRATION. >> YOU'RE TELLING ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDLY WITH HIM. IF HE WERE TO ENDORSE ME I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A GREAT HONOR. >> DESPITE WHAT HE'S SAID ABOUT VACCINE AND 9/11 CONSPIRACIES, WOULD THAT AFFECT YOU IF YOU'RE IN THE ADMINISTRATION? >> IT DOESN'T MEAN ADMINISTRATION AND CERTAINLY HAVING HIS ENDORSEMENT. THINGS HE AGREES ON, I AGREE ON, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE PERHAPS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT HE'S A RESPECTED GUY. >> WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE ABOUT THE ATTACKS AGAINST YOU LAST NIGHT? >> WELL, THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE. THEY FAILED ON THE BORDER, AS YOU CAN SEE. THEY FAILED ON THE ECONOMY AND THEY FAILED ON JOBS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TRUMP GOING AFTER VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS OVER BORDER SECURITY. >> SHE WANTS TO HAVE AN OPEN BORDER. >> WE PRESSED HIM ON HIS PLAN FOR MASS DEPORT OIGDZ. HE OFFERED NO PLAN TO PAY FOR IT. >> Reporter: WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM? >> IT WILL COST TRILLIONS AND IN PARTICULAR STARTING WITH THE CRIMINALS. >> Reporter: EARLIER WE SPOKE TO AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO WHO CAME 20 YEARS AGO AND HAS TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LIVE WITH THE FEAR OF DEPORTATION, SHE TOLD US. >> Reporter: IF YOU DEPORT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE MIXED FAMILIES. WOULD YOU SEPARATE FAMILIES TO GET TO THOSE GOALS? >> PROVISIONS WILL BE MADE, BUT WE HAVE THE CRIMINALS OUT. WE HAVE MURDERERS IN OUR COUNTRY, THEY JUST WALK IN. WE HAVE OVER, IN MY OPINION, OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE CAME IN AND THE NUMBER IS GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP RETURNS TO ARIZONA TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER EVENT. RFK JR. WILL BE HERE, TOO, EARLIER IN THE DAY AND IT'S INCREASING THE SPECULATION THAT THE TWO COULD APPEAR AT A JOINT ENDORSEMENT EVENT AND FINALLY MR. TRUMP WILL END THE WEEK IN LAS VEGAS FOR ONE FINAL STOP IN Harris faces biggest test of political life WHAT IS A MULTI-STATE COUNTER BLITZ AT THE DNC. >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> I AM JOINED BY "MEET THE PRESS" MODERATOR KRISTEN WELKER AND SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HALLIE JACKSON. KRISTEN, WE WOULD ALWAYS SAY THIS IS A MAJOR NIGHT FOR THE CANDIDATE, BUT YOU HAVE THE COMPRESSED TIMELINE. >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A BIG NIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR. DOES VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS EXPLAIN HOW A HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD DIFFER FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? SO FAR SHE'S RELEASED VERY FEW POLICY DETAILS AND HASN'T DONE AN INTERVIEW. WE'LL ALSO BE LISTENING TO HER TONE. DEMOCRATS CONCERNED THAT BIDEN'S STRATEGY OF TRYING TO PAINT TRUMP AS A THREAT TO THE DEMOCRACY HASN'T RESONATED WITH VOTERS, SO WE SEE MORE POSITIVITY. HOW HARRIS DOES TONIGHT COULD DETERMINE WHETHER THE MOMENTUM SHE HAD COMING INTO THIS WEEK TURNS INTO A POST-CONVENTION BOUNCE. >> YEAH, MOMENTUM, HALLIE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A VERY TIGHT RACE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. >> IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE RIGHT NOW. IT IS INCREDIBLY CLOSE AND THERE ARE THOSE IN THE TRUMP ORBIT WHO BELIEVE THAT ULTIMATELY THIS RACE OVER THE NEXT 70+ DAYS WILL COME DOWN TO ISSUES LIKE THE ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION. KEEP IN MIND THE NEXT TIME AFTER TONIGHT THAT WE WILL SEE THESE CANDIDATES IN THESE HIGH-PROFILE PRIME TIME MOMENTS WILL NOT BE A PARTY, IT WILL BE A FACE-OFF WHEN THE TWO TAKE THE STAGE FOR THEIR DEBATE. PREPARATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. WE UNDERSTAND THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS HELD ONE MOCK SESSION AND THAT WILL BE A BIG MOMENT AND A BIG TEST FOR THESE TWO. >> HALLIE AND KRISTEN, THANKS TO YOU BOTH. >>> JOIN US ALL EVENING ON NBC NEWS NOW FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE. SPEAKING TONIGHT GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, MARK KELLY AND MANY, MANY MORE AND JOIN ME ON NBC STARTING AT 9:00 P.M. Arkansas blocks abortion rights from ballot EASTERN FOR THE CRESCENDO OF THE CONVENTION AS KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION. >>> IN ARKANSAS, THE STATE SUPREME COURT PREVENTED AN ABORTION RIGHTS INITIATIVE FROM APPEALING ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. OUR SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LAURA JARRETT JOINS US. WHAT WAS THE COURT'S REASONING HERE? >> Reporter: THE HIGH COURT SAID IT CAME DOWN TO PAPERWORK. ADVOCATE HIS MANAGED TO SECURE MORE THAN ENOUGH SIGNATURES. MORE THAN 100,000 SIGNATURES, IN FACT, BUT THE HIGH COURT SAID THEY HADN'T MET THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SO IT WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT. THAT MEANS ARKANSAS WILL NOT JOIN AT LEAST A DOZEN STATES THAT HAVE TRIED TO GET THESE ABORTION AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT INCLUDING BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE ARIZONA AND FLORIDA. THE UPSHOT, OF COURSE, FOR WOMEN IN THE STATE WHICH MEANS THE NEAR-TOTAL BAN WHICH INCLUDES NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST WILL REMAIN ON THE BOOKS THERE. Tech magnate's body recovered from yacht IT'S ALL, OF COURSE, BEEN A MAJOR TOPIC AT THE DNC WHERE YOU ARE IN CHICAGO, LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, LAURA, THANK YOU. >>> THREE DAYS AFTER THAT SUPER YACHT SANK OFF THE COAST OF SICILY IN A VIOLENT STORM, THE BODY OF A BRITISH TECH TYCOON WAS RECOVERED TODAY. MIKE LYNCH WAS ONE OF SIX PASSENGERS INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS WHO WERE TRAPPED ON THE YACHT WHEN IT WENT DOWN. Ukraine escalates strikes inside Russia HIS DAUGHTER IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. >>> ALSO TONIGHT THE MAJOR ESCALATION AS UKRAINE TAKES THE FIGHT TO RUSSIA. UKRAINIAN FORCES CARRYING OUT SEVERAL STRIKES ON TARGETS INSIDE RUSSIAN TERRITORY INCLUDING A PORT AND A BASE. ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS IN KHARKIV. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO SHOWS A CRITICAL FERRY TERMINAL WHICH HELPS CONNECT MAINLAND RUSSIA TO OCCUPIED CRIMEA ON FIRE. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS BLAME KYIV. SO FAR, NO COMMENT FROM THE UKRAINIANS, AND TODAY THE UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE RELEASED FOOTAGE OF ANOTHER ATTACK ON RUSSIA, POINTEDLY SAYING IT SHOWS A U.S.-MADE BOMB BEING DROPPED ON A RUSSIAN PLATOON BASE IN THE KURSK REGION. TODAY UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, THE CLOSEST HE'S BEEN TO KURSK SINCE UKRAINE'S SURPRISE INVASION. HE SAYS HE WANTS THE REGION TO BECOME A BUFFER ZONE ON RUSSIAN SOIL TO HELP PROTECT MAJOR UKRAINIAN CITIES TO THE EAST INCLUDING KHARKIV WHERE TODAY WE SAW FIRST HAND HOW IN RECENT MONTHS THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN RELENTLESSLY BOMBING CIVILIANS INCLUDING THIS SHOPPING MALL. NINA SAYS SHE WAS WORKING BACK IN MAY THE DAY OF THE RUSSIAN ROCKET ATTACK. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS HER WALKING THROUGH THE STORE AND THEN -- >> Translator: I FELL ON THE FLOOR. EVERYTHING WAS FALLING ON ME, SHE SAYS, AND THEN I REMEMBER SEEING THE SECOND ROCKET STRIKE. >> Reporter: MIRACULOUSLY, SHE SURVIVES. THAT SAME MONTH ACROSS THE CITY A RECREATIONAL CAMP SITE ALSO ATTACKED. CAMP MANAGER ARTHUR BERDOV TRIED TO SAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN, BUT HE SAYS SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD. HE WAS LATER HIT IN HIS LEG AND HAND. A UKRAINIAN WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR TELLS NBC NEWS THAT EVER SINCE THE KURSK INCURSION THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE AIR STRIKE ON THIS CITY. TONIGHT IN KHARKIV, AT LEAST, THERE'S RELIEF AND FEAR THE CALM IS TEMPORARY. LESTER? >> ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THANK YOU. IN 60 SECONDS WE'LL HAVE LATE DEVELOPMENTS ON A DISPUTE THAT HALTED FREIGHT TRAINS IN CANADA AND THREATENED A SUPPLY CHAIN RIGHT AFTER THIS. Canada moves to end freight rail shutdown >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, CANADA'S GOVERNMENT STEPPING IN TO GET TRAINS MOVING AFTER A LABOR DISPUTE HALTED ALL THE COUNTRY'S FREIGHT TRAFFIC. CHRISTINE ROMANS HOW SUCH A STRIKE COULD HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE U.S. SUPPLY CHAIN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, BACK ON TRACK AFTER 9,000 CANADIAN RAILROAD WORKERS WERE LOCKED OUT OVER A CONTRACT DISPUTE OVERWORKING CONDITIONS AND THE TRAINS STOPPED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. >> Reporter: CANADA'S GOVERNMENT STEPPING IN TO FORCE BOTH SIDES INTO BINDING ARBITRATION. THIS TIMING IS CRITICAL JUST AHEAD OF THE GRAIN HARVEST. WITHOUT RAILS, FARMERS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHIP THEIR CROPS, POTENTIALLY RAISING PRICES AND PORTS WORRIED ABOUT GOODS PILING UP INTENDED FOR U.S. STORE SHELVES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. >> WE WANT TO THE GO BACK TO WORK AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COMPANY AND OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM CAN GET A DEAL. >> THE GOVERNMENT SAYING TONIGHT RAIL OPERATIONS WILL RESUME UNDER THE OLD CONTRACT UNTIL A DEAL IS REACHED IN ARBITRATION. WITHOUT A DEAL EVERY MINUTE OF STOPPAGE IS MONEY, EVERY DAY, APPROXIMATELY $572 MILLION OF TRADE COMES IN CONTAINERS ACROSS THE BORDER IN 6500 RAIL CARS CARRYING FERTILIZER, COAL, TIMBER, AUTOPART, GRAIN, BUILDING SUPPLIES, SALT, IRON ORE AND CHEMICALS. >> HOW CRITICAL IS CANADIAN RAIL LINES TO THE UNITED STATES' SUPPLY CHAIN? >> IN THE LONG TERM, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT SERVES MORE THAN HALF OF CANADIAN EXPORTS AND ABOUT 30% OF WHAT MOVES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA IN TRADE, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS EVERY DAY. >> Reporter: A KEY CANADIAN LABOR BOARD MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE GOVERNMENT ORDER. CHRISTINE ROMANS, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> UP NEXT, TWO IMPORTANT HEALTH ALERTS AND THE LATEST COVID BOOSTER SHOT JUST APPROVED BY THE FDA AND WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. FDA approves updated Covid vaccine >>> WITH COVID SURGING AGAIN ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS SUMMER, THE FDA TODAY APPROVED AN UPDATED MRNA VACCINE THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE IN A MATTER OF DAYS. THE NEW VERSION MORE CLOSELY TARGETS THE VARIANTS CURRENTLY CIRCULATING. THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING EVERYONE Mpox declared global public health emergency OVER 6 MONTHS OLD TO GET THE UPDATED COVID VACCINE AND THE FLU SHOT THIS YEAR. >>> AND ANOTHER ALERT TONIGHT, A GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED OVER A NEW DEADLIER FORM OF MPOX. ZINHLE ESSAMUAH WITH MORE NOW ON WHERE THE VIRUS IS SPREADING AND WHO IS MOST AT RISK. >> Reporter: IN THIS BROOKLYN HEALTH CENTER THERE'S MORE URGENCY. HAVE YOU SEEN AN UPTICK IN THOSE NEEDING THE VACCINE? >> Reporter: THE CDC DECLARING A NEW MPOX EMERGENCY. THIS STRAIN, MORE TRANSMISSIBLE AND DEADLY. MPOX, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MONKEYPOX, IS A VIRAL INFECTION SPREAD THROUGH CLOSE, HUMAN CONTACT, CAUSING FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS AND PAINFUL LESIONS. THOSE MOST AT RISK IN THE U.S. INCLUDE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. CASES HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES WITH THOSE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO WHERE DR. JOHN NACHEGA JUST RETURNED FROM. >> THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME NEGLECTED. >> LUKE BROWN CONTRACTED MIX POX AFTER THE 2022 OUTBREAK AFTER STRUGGLING TO FIND A VACCINE. >> YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IT FOR MONTHS? >> I ENDED UP GETTING MY FIRST OF THE TWO-DOSE VACCINES AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IS WHEN I GOT MY FIRST LESION. >> Reporter: THE 31-YEAR-OLD NOW URGING OTHERS TO GET VACCINE EIGHTED AS WORRIES OF A LARGER OUTBREAK GROW. >> THERE IS A CONCERN THE SUPPLY MAY NOT MEET THE DEMAND. >> HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOW AWAITING MORE OF THE VACCINE. ZEN LE ESSAMUAH, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. >>> UP NEXT, YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT, H ♪♪ Paralympian soars in archery, overcoming life-changing attack ♪♪ >>> FINALLY, THERE IS GOOD NEWS ABOUT A TEAM USA ATHLETE WHO HAS OVERCOME SO MUCH AIMING FOR GOLD AT THE PARIS PARALYMPICS. HERE'S KATE SNOW. >> Reporter: THIS IS HOW TRACY OTTO BEGINS A TYPICAL DAY TRAINING FOR THE PARALYMPICS, ALONGSIDE HER COACH MATT AND BOYFRIEND RICK. >> Reporter: WERE YOU A NATURAL AT ARCHERY RIGHT AWAY? >> I'D LIKE TO THINK SO. >> Reporter: BACK IN 2019 TRACY HAD NEVER EVEN PICKED UP A BOW. HER LIFE LOOKED MUCH DIFFERENT THEN. SHE WAS A PRE-MED STUDENT AND ASPIRING FITNESS MODEL, NEWLY DATING RICK. THEN ONE NIGHT THEY WERE AWOKEN BY TRACY'S ABUSIVE EX-BOYFRIEND, HE'D BROKEN IN WITH A PELLET GUN AND KNIFE. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF HORRIFIC. >> Reporter: DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO DIE? >> ABSOLUTELY. TRACY WAS SHOT CAUSING HER TO LOSE HER LEFT EYE. SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. RICK WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND BOTH WERE STABBED, TRACY IN THE BACK OF HER NECK. >> Reporter: PHYSICALLY SPEAKING, HOW DID YOU CHANGE? >> I AM NO LONGER ABLE BODIED I HAVE AN INJURY AT MY C5 VERTEBRAE SO I'M PAIR LAZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN. >> THE ATTACKER IS SERVING A 40-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. NEARLY FIVE YEARS LATER, RICK HAS NEVER LEFT TRACY'S SIDE. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TRACY? >> THE STRENGTH, DETERMINATION, STRONG WILLPOWER. SHE'S GOING TO TAKE THIS AND DO SOMETHING GREAT WITH IT AND -- >> HERE WE ARE. >> HERE WE ARE. >> THAT SOMETHING GREAT IS ARCHERY WHICH TRACY FIRST TRIED AS A WAY TO FILL HER DAYS, DESPITE HAVING LITTLE STRENGTH IN HER FINGERS OR CONTROL IN HER CORE. >> IT REALLY GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO ON MY OWN. >> Reporter: SHE USES AN ADAPTIVE BOW. A HARNESS KEEPS HER UPRIGHT AND SHE WEARS A SPECIAL GLOVE. >> THIS ALLOWS ME TO BE ABLE TO GRIP THE BOW WITHOUT DROPPING IT. >> A CABLE CONNECTED TO THE BOW RUNS UP THROUGH HER HAT AND INTO HER MOUTH. >> WHEN I BITE DOWN ON THIS PIN-TYPE APPARATUS, IT ALLOWS ME TO PULL THE TRIGGER. >> Reporter: SHE'S NOW WEEKS AWAY FROM HER FIRST PARALYMPICS, ALL JUST THREE YEARS AFTER SHE SHOT HER FIRST ARROW. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE SEE IN YOUR STORY? >> I HOPE THEY TAKE AWAY THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE, IT'S ABOUT YOU PLAYING THE BEST HAND THAT YOU CAN AND YOU CAN DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS. >> Reporter: SHE IS PROVING THAT. KATE SNOW, NBC NEWS, TAMPA. >> WHAT INCREDIBLE DETERMINATION. BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PARIS PARALYMPICS, WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN ON USA AND PEACOCK. COVERAGE GETS UNDER WAY IN JUST A MOMENT AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. YOU CAN WATCH COMPLETE COVERAGE STREAMING ON NBC NEWS NOW AND AT AT 9:00 EASTERN JOIN ME ON NBC AS KAMALA HARRIS MAKES HISTORY AS SHE ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS THURSDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSE