Nightly News Full Broadcast (September 8th)

>>> TONIGHT WE'RE TRACKING TWO FAST MOVING STORIES. THE MAN HUNT FOR SOMEBODY ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE ON A KENTUCKY HIGHWAY AND THE MASSIVE EVACUATION FROM THIS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE. THE TERRIFYING SCENE AS THE GUNMAN FIRED ON CARS SPEEDING BY. NINE OF THEM HIT. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY HURT. THE MAJOR HIGHWAY SHUTDOWN. POLICE NOW SEARCHING THESE WOODS. THEIR WARNING TO PEOPLE NEARBY. >> STAY VIGILANT AND STAY AWARE. >>> THOUSANDS EVACUATED OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES AFTER THIS WILDFIRE DOUBLED IN SIZE OVERNIGHT. SOME CABINS ALREADY BURNED. 35,000 OTHER BUILDINGS NOW AT RISK WHILE ANOTHER FIRE SENDS THESE HORSES, LOOK AT THAT, RACING TO SAFETY. >>> THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE NOW JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. NEW POLLING SHOWING A DEAD HEAT AND HOW BOTH CANDIDATES ARE GEARING UP FOR THE BIGGEST PRIME TIME MOMENT YET. HEY, HE STILL SCORED A TOUCHDOWN TODAY. WHAT HE'S SAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT ALL HAPPENED. >>> AND THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TRADITION. THE WAVE OF HOPE FROM THE HEARTLAND. >>> WE'RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH AN URGENT MAN HUNT TONIGHT. THE RACE TO FIND WHOEVER RANDOMLY SHOT UP CARS ON A HIGHWAY IN KENTUCKY ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS IN WHAT THEY CALL A SNIPER LIKE SITUATION. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HURT WITH POLICE DESCRIBING THE CHAOTIC SCENE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE AFTERMATH HERE. THEY SAY IT IS NOW THIS MAN WHO'S ON THE RUN. THE SUSPECT BELIEVED TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING NEAR THE TOWN OF LONDON ON THIS STRETCH OF INTERSTATE BETWEEN LEXINGTON AND KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND NOW TONIGHT, DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS PLUS DOGS, A DRONE, A HELICOPTER, ALL JOINING THE HUNT TO TRY TO BRING THE SUSPECT TO JUSTICE. >> Reporter: AN URGENT MAN HUNT RAMPING UP IN KENTUCKY. FOR AN ALLEGED GUNMAN CONSIDERED ARM AND DANGEROUS BY POLICE. WHO'S NOW ON THE RUN. >> MULTIPLE GUN SHOT VICTIMS. THE SHOOTER, THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE IS. >> Reporter: MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SEARCHING A REMOTE ALL DAY AFTER GUNFIRE ERUPTED OFF OF INTERSTATE 75 IN RURAL KENTUCKY. >> WE'VE GOT DRONES, HELICOPTERS, DOGS. WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. >> Reporter: THAT SHOOTING LEAVING FIVE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER NINE VEHICLES WERE SHOT AT ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. OFFICIALS SAY ALL FIVE OF THE INJURED ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. >> NO ONE WAS KILLED, THANKSFULLY. >> Reporter: 32-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH COUCH IS A SUSPECT AFTER HIS CAR WAS FOUND NEAR THE PLACE WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AND RECOVERING AN AR-15 HE ALLEGEDLY USED IN THE SHOOTING. >> HE HAD TO WALK ON OVER TOWARD THE INTERSTATE. >> Reporter: CHRISTINA WAS WITH HER FRIEND DRIVING ON I-75 WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE. >> I WOULD ASSUME THE WHITE TRUCK NEXT TO US GOT SHOT THEN THE BULLET HIT BY VEHICLE. >> Reporter: WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR HEAD? >> IT WAS VERY SCARY AND SURREAL. >> Reporter: IN NEARBY LONDON, KENTUCKY, THE COMMUNITY ON EDGE. OFFICIALS URGING PEOPLE IN THE AREA TO STAY HOME AND NOT APPROACH THE SUSPECT IF HE'S SPOTTED. HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW. >> I'M SCARED? I'M GOING TO BE PRAYING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS. >> AND PRIA, IT'S VISIBILITY BECOMING A CONCERN IN THIS SEARCH? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. THE TERRAIN IN THIS AREA IS REALLY RUGGED SO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TELLS ME THEY WILL BE SUSPENDING THEIR SEARCHDOWN TO THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. >> THANK YOU. >>> TO THE OTHER STORY BREAKING NEW. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RACE TO EVACUATE FROM A FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BUILDINGS AND HOMES NOW AT RISK. DANA GRIFFIN IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THOUSANDS FORCED TO EVACUATE AS THE LINE FIRE BURNING IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THREATENS 35,000 HOMES AND BUILDINGS. >> SO AS FAR AS FIRES THIS SUMMER, THIS ONE RANKS UP THERE BECAUSE OF THE UNPREDICTABILITY. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BIGGEST IN ACREAGE, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF IT AND IT'S VERY UNPREDICTABLE MAKING IT THAT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. >> Reporter: THE AREA UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY LOCATED IN THE MOUNTAINS 60 MILES EAST OF LOS ANGELES. THE FIRE FUELED BY UNPREDICTABLE THUNDERSTORMS, STEEP TERRAIN AND SCORCHING TEMPERATURES WITH 300 LIGHTNING STRIKES SATURDAY ALONE. RAIN IN THE AREA HAS HELPED A BIT BUT THE THREAT IS NOT OVER. IN NEVADA, THE DAVIS FIRE ALSO FORCING HUNDREDS TO EVACUATE. >> KEEP GOING, GUYS, KEEP GOING. >> Reporter: DOZENS OF HORSES SEEN HERE RUNNING ALONGSIDE A SMOKY ROADWAY. FLAMES THERE BURNING 1500 ACRES SETTING ABLAZE HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES. MEANWHILE, 30 MILLION ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS ACROSS THE WEST. A 3-YEAR-OLD DIED IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA WHILE INSIDE A HOT CAR WITH HER MOTHER. ALSO FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE VEHICLE. >> BACK HERE IN THE FIRE ZONE, OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE LINING CREWS ON ALL SIDESHE FLAMES BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL SPREAD NEXT. >>> A POTENTIAL MAKE OR BREAK MOMENT IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE NOW JUST 48 HOURS AWAY WITH NEW POLLING SHOWING A DEAD HEAT AND THE DEBATE STAGE NOW SET AS OUR TEAM GETS AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST EVER FACE OFF. AARON GILLCRIST REPORTS FROM BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA. >> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS TAKING A BREAK, GOING FOR A WALK WITH HER HUSBAND LATE TODAY. >> YOU READY? >> READY. >> Reporter: HARRIS HUNKERED DOWN IN PITTSBURGH FOR PREP, ALSO EMERGING BRIEFLY ON SATURDAY TO VISIT A SPICE SHOP AND HINTING AT HOW SHE PLANS TO HANDLE HER OPPONENT. >> LOOK, IT'S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE ON THE DIVISIVENESS. IT'S TIME TO BRING OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS SHE BEGAN RUNNING MOCK DEBATES ON THURSDAY, COMPLETE WITH STAND-IN FOR DONALD TRUMP. PREP WORK EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH DEBATE DAY. >> PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP! >> Reporter: TRUMP STYLE, MARKEDLY DIFFERENT. >> WE'RE RUN BY STUPID PEOPLE. WE FOUND THAT OUT WITH THE DEBATE WITH JOE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT OUT AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. >> Reporter: TRUMP HOLDING A RALLY IN WISCONSIN AND PREPARING BY HAVING MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS AS OPPOSED TO STUDY SESSIONS. TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED POLLS IN THE NATION DROPPED SHOWING TRUMP WITH A ONE-POINT LEAD. AND IN A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA POST DRAWING FIRE FROM CRITICS WHO BELIEVE HE PLANS TO RETALIATE AGAINST POLITICAL ENEMIES, THE FORMER PRESIDENT VOWS THAT WHEN HE WINS, ANYONE WHO CHEATED IN THE 2020 ELECTION OR THIS YEAR'S WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, WHICH WILL INCLUDE LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES. >> AARON, THE HARRIS TEAM IS STILL HOPING THE MICROPHONES END UP NOT MUTED AT TIMES, RIGHT? >> Reporter: YEAH, BOTH CAMPAIGNS FINALLY AGREED TO MUTED MIKES WHEN THE RECOGNIZED CANDIDATE IS SPEAKING BUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS STILL URGING ABC TO UNMUTE BOTH MIKES IF THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CROSS TALK. >> AARON IN PITTSBURGH TONIGHT. WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE DEBATE HERE ON NBC AND ON OUR STREAMING CHANNEL, NBC NEWS NOW STARTING AT 8:00 EASTERN TUESDAY. I'LL SEE YOU THEN. >>> TO THE MIDDLE EAST NOW WHERE ISRAEL SAYS THREE CITIZENS ARE DEAD AFTER AN ATTACK AT A KEYBOARDER CROSSING. RAF, ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THIS A TERRORIST ATTACK? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. THIS ATTACK HAPPENED AT A MAJOR BORDER CROSSING BETWEEN JORDAN AND THE WEST BANK. ISRAELI AUTHORITIES SAY THE SHOOTER, A JORDANIAN NATIONAL, ARRIVED IN A TRUCK THEN OPENED FIRE WITH A HANDGUN. HE KILLED THREE ISRAELI WORKERS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD. THIS COMES TWO DAYS AFTER THE KILLING OF AN AMERICAN ACTIVIST DURING A WEST BANK PROTEST. WITNESSES SAY THE 26-YEAR-OLD FROM SEATTLE WAS KILLED BY ISRAELI TROOPS AND WAS NOT ARMED. ISRAELI'S MILITARY SAYS IT'S LOOKING INTO THE SHOOTING BUT THE FAMILY IS NOW CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN INVESTIGATION. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE CRUCIAL MINUTES BEFORE LAST WEEK'S DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN SHOOT AND THE WARNING FROM THE MOTHER BEFORE IT HAPPENED. PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS THE NEW DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TROUBLING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY. "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING THAT MARCIE GRAY, THE MOTHER OF THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, TRIED TO WARN AUTHORITIES, MAKING A TEN-MINUTE CALL TO THE SCHOOL AT 9:50 A.M., HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE GUNFIRE ERUPTED. GRAY WRITING IN TEXT MESSAGES TO HER SISTER, I WAS THE ONE WHO NOTIFIED THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND I TOLD THEM IT WAS AN EXTREME EMERGENCY AND FOR THEM TO GO IMMEDIATELY AND FIND MY SON TO CHECK ON HIM. NBC NEWS CONFIRMED THE CALL WAS BROWN'S BUT HAS NOT SEEN OR VERIFIED THE TEXT MESSAGES. ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN GRAY'S CLASS REPORTEDLY SAW AN OFFICIAL LOOKING FOR GRAY MOMENTS BEFORE THE SHOOTING BEGAN. >> SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ANOTHER KID WITH A VERY SIMILAR NAME. THEN ABOUT TEN, 15 MINUTES LATER, THAT'S WHEN THE ONE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR CAME SHOOTING. IF THEY WOULD HAVE ACTED IN THE BEGINNING, MAYBE SOME OF THE LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED TODAY. >> Reporter: IN ALL, TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS WERE KILLED. NINE OTHERS WERE INJURED. IN A STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS THEY ARE NOT COMMENTING ON SPECIFIC DETAILS. WHAT THE SHOOTER AND HIS FATHER AND POLICE CUSTODY, BOTH PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW WORKING TO UNCOVER A MOTIVE AS THE COMMUNITY GRAPPLES WITH UNSPEAKABLE LOSS. >> PRISCILLA JOINS US FROM GEORGIA. WE UNDERSTAND THE FATHER OF THE SHOOTER COULD FACE EVEN MORE CHARGES SOON? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS AS THIS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, THE FATHER COULD D'S SECOND GRAND SLAM TITLE OF THE YEAR BUT IT MEANS THAT TWO-DECADE LONG STREAM CONTINUES. >>> TONIGHT ALSO MARKING THE SPECTACULAR CLOSING CEREMONIES OF THE PARIS PARALYMPICS. TONIGHT, THE GAMES COMING TO A CLOSE WITH THE STADIUM LIT UP IN THE COLORS OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL FLAG. LOOK AT THAT. AND PARALYMPIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CARRYING THEIR FLAGS TO THE SOUNDS OF CHAR YOTS OF FIRE. IT'S SUCH A PROUD TIME FOR THE U.S. OUR ATHLETES TAKING HOME 36 GOLD MEDALS. LOS ANGELES IS SET TO HOST THE NEXT SUMMER OLYMPICS IN 2028. >>> NOW TO A MYSTERY BREWING IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN. PEOPLE THERE GETTING SICK WITH SOME NOW BLAMING IT ON A BITCOIN MINE. >> MY DAUGHTER HAD A SEIZURE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. >> Reporter: IN THE SMALL TOWN OF TEXAS -- >> OUR GRANDSON WAS ONE OF THEM. STARTED HAVING FLUID LEAK OUT OF HIS EARS. HAD FOUR EAR INFECTIONS IN FOUR MONTHS. >> Reporter: PEOPLE REPORTED THEY WERE GETTING SICK. >> I WAS WALKING TO MY BARN AND IT FELT LIKE I GOT HIT IN THE CHEST BY A BASEBALL. >> Reporter: DEANNA, A NURSE, SAID SHE ENDED UP BECOMING THE PATIENT. >> THEN I STARTED BECOMING SICK. I JUST FELT LIKE THAT I WAS GOING TO DIE. >> Reporter: THEN AT A TOWN MEETING WHERE SHE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE BLAME A NEARBY BITCOIN MINE FOR THEIR ILLNESSES, IT CLICKED. >> WE LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE BITCOIN FARM AND WE ARE DEFINITELY SUBJECT TO THE SOUNDS GOING ON 24 HOURS A DAY. >> Reporter: MARATHON DIGITAL OWNS AND OPERATES THIS BITCOIN MINE HERE. A MASSIVE NETWORK OF FANS COOLING OFF THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS CREATING CRYPTO CURRENCY. HOW LOUD IS THIS NOISE? >> IT'S LIKE SLEEPING WITH A VACUUM CLEANER ON YOUR BED. >> Reporter: CHERYL LIVES ACROSS THE STREET. >> THIS IS THE NOISE AT MY BARN JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY. >> Reporter: AND BELIEVE THE NOISE IS MAKING HER SICK. >> MY YEARS BUZZ 24/7. I'VE GOT HEADACHES, DIZZINESS. >> Reporter: RESIDENT SAY IT'S EVEN AFFECTING THE ANIMALS. >> HAD A DOG THAT LAST YEAR, SHE WAS RIPPING HER FUR OUT. >> Reporter: WHILE THERE'S NO DIRECT EVIDENCE LINKING THE MINE TO THESE AILMENTS, DR. OSBORNE, A RESEARCHER AND DOCTOR AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAYS THERE IS RESEARCH SHOWING THERE COULD BE A CORRELATION BETWEEN PERSISTENT NOISE AND HEALTH IMPACTS. >> IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE AND PLAUSIBLE THAT LONG-TERM EXPOSURE COULD LEAD TO ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES. >> Reporter: A CLINICAL AUDIOLOGIST IN GRAN BURY ARE SEEKING HIS HELP. >> WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN 100 TO 150% MORE PATIENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT NOISE EXPOSURE. >> Reporter: WE CHECKED OUT THE NOISE FOR OURSELVES. STILL AUDIBLE, BUT LOWER THAT BE WHAT RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE USED TO. >> WE'RE STILL GETTING READINGS OF 70. >> Reporter: MEMBERS ARE DEMANDING THEY TURN DOWN THE VOLUME. SAYING THEY RECENTLY BROKE GROUND ON A SOUND WALL ARE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION TO QUIETER, COOLER TECHNOLOGIES BY THE END OF YEAR. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A RESULT ALL LEVELS MEASURED AROUND THE FACILITY ARE WELL BELOW STATE AND COUNTY LAW SOUND LIMITS. THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED LINK, MEDICAL OR OTHERWISE, BETWEEN MARATHON'S OPERATION AND THE AILMENTS THAT ARE BEING ALLEGED. THEY SAY THEIR DREAM HOME HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE. >> WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING IT. WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP. TO SAVE OUR LIVES. >> Reporter: KATHY PARK, NBC NEWS. >>> UP NEXT, THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TRADITION IN THE HEARTLAND SHOWING THE WORLD WHO THE REAL ALL-STARS ARE. >>> THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL IT DOESN'T LAST LONG, ONLY ABOUT A MINUTE. BUT FOR THESE KIDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA'S STEAD FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THIS IS THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME. THE HAWKEYE WAVE, A BELOVED TRADITION THAT STARTED BACK IN 2017 NOW A HALLMARK OF THE HEARTLAND, EVERY IOWA HOME GAME. SOME 70,000 FANS AND PLAYERS IN KINNOCK STADIUM ALL TURN AND WAVE AT THE PATIENTS WATCHING FROM THE HOSPITAL WINDOWS NEXT DOOR. JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT LOVE AND SUPPORT A JOY FOR THE KIDS AND THE LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES, STACY AND NEIL COLEMAN'S SON, ATLAS WAS A PATIENT THERE, BUT NOW HE'S CANCER FREE. AND ONE OF THIS SEASON'S KID CAPTAINS HELPING LEAD THE WAY. WHAT IS THAT LIKE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT KIND OF CHEERLEADING FROM THE COMMUNITY? IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING GESTURE THAT SAYS WE ARE 70,000 PEOPLE AND WE SEE YOU AND WE ARE SENDING YOU EVERYTHING WE HAVE SO THAT YOU CAN BE STRONG AND GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CHALLENGES YOU'RE FACING TO WHAT I HAD. RACHEL NESTE IS THE HOSPITAL'S CHILD LIFE PROGRAM MANAGER. IT MAKES THEM FEEL THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT PEOPLE ARE RALLYING BEHIND THEM. YEAH, A STUNNING SHOW OF UNITY WHERE FOR A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS, EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME TEAM. IF THERE'S ONE MESSAGE YOU COULD GIVE TO THE HAWKEYE COMMUNITY. IF WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? THANK YOU. THANKS. AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR HOPE AND IT REALLY DOES MEAN THE WORLD TO THEM. IS TO THE FAMILIES THERE LOOKING FOR HOME AND IT REALLY DOES MEAN THE WORLD TO THEM. >> THEY DO THAT FOR THE KIDS AT EVERY HOME GAME. WHICH IS A WIN FOR EVERYONE. WE ARE ALSO OF COURSE EXCITED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL UP NEXT ON NBC. THE LIONS AND THE RAMS IN JUST A BIT. FOR NOW, THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS SUNDAY. LESTER WILL BE IN TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT NIG