Nightly News Full Broadcast (August 25th)

>>> TONIGHT, A MAJOR ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE AGREEING FEARS IT BEING LEAD TO A LARGER WAR. ISRAEL LAUNCHING MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND LEBANON. THE MILITANT GROUP RESPONDED ATTACKING ISRAEL WITH DRONES AND MISSILES. THE EFFORT NOW TO PREVENT A LARGER CONFLICT AND WEATHER EXTREMES. HURRICANE HONE WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. ON THE SOUTHWEST, FLASH FLOODS WITH THIS SLAB OF THE GRAND CANYON CRASHING DOWN AND TRAPPING MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE. A BIG DOLLAR BOUNCE, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAID THEY RAKED IN MILLIONS SINCE HER CONVENTION SPEECH. THE VICE PRESIDENT PLANS TO KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HITS THE TRAIL IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES AND TWO CRITICAL MISSIONS FOR SPACEX. THE MISSION SET FOR THIS WEEK AS IT ALSO PREPARES TO BRING HOME TWO ASTRONAUTS STUCK IN SPACE. >>> NEW CONCERNS ABOUT A DANGEROUS VIRUS THAT SENT DR. ANTHONY FAUCI TO THE HOSPITAL. THE WEATHER CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE MAKING IT WORSE AND THE TOWN THAT'S NOW RECOMMENDING A CURFEW AND AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, OUR ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CEO OF THE COMPANY BEHIND WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS LIKE OZEMPIC AND WEGOVY, HIS COMMENTS AND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND THE COMPANY'S PLAN TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO TAKE AND JUST LYING AROUND. THE SEA LIONS THAT SHUT DOWN A POPULAR BEACH. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH HALLIE JACKSON. >> I'M GAD SHISHGS WARTS IN FOR HALLIE, ISRAEL LAUNCHING PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST HEZBOLLAH SAYING THE I REASONIAN GROUP PLANNING TO STAGE A LARGE-SCALE ATTACK THIS MORNING AND HEZBOLLAH RESPONDING WITH DRONES AND MISSILES AND THE EXCHANGE MARKS A MAJOR ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE SINCE THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR AGAIN ON OCTOBER 7th NOW THREATENING TO OPEN THE BATTLE FRONT. THAT'S RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST COULD SPIRAL INTO CHAOS, PULLING OTHER COUNTRIES INTO A WIDER, REGIONAL CONFLICT THAT COULD LEAD TO U.S. INVOLVEMENT. WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT STARTING WITH MATT BRADLEY IN TEL AVIV. >> Reporter: THE >> Reporter: THE DAY BEGAN WITH A MASSIVE DISPLAY OF FIRE POWER. ISRAEL LAUNCHED WHAT IT CALLED A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST A PLANNED HEZBOLLAH ATTACK FROM LEBANON. A PRE-DAWN VOLLEY OF ROCKETS AND DRONES FROM LEBANON CAUSED NO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, ISRAELI AUTHORITIES SAID, AND MINIMAL DAMAGE. A MONTH OF RISING FEARS ABOUT A REGION-WIDE WAR AVERTED FOR NOW. >> THIS MORNING WE DETECTED HEZBOLLAH'S PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK ISRAEL SAID ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER. WE INSTRUCTED THE IDF TO ACT PROACTIVELY TO REMOVE THE THREAT. STILL BOTH SIDES CLAIMED VICTORY. HEZBOLLAH'S LEADER DENIED ISRAEL HAD LAUNCHED A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE, BUT SAYING IT WAS COMPLETE CALLING IT RETRIBUTION FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF A SENIOR HEZBOLLAH LEADER LAST MONTH, SPARKING CONCERNS OF A WIDER CONFLICT THAT COULD EVEN DRAG IN THE U.S. >> THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY STRIKE PARTICULARLY HARD. DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A FACE-SAVING CLIMB DOWN BY HEZBOLLAH? >> PART OF THIS ATTACK LOOKING NOT AS BIG WAS OUR DEFENSE ATTACKS IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEIR ATTACK. >> ISRAELI HANDOUT VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW MILITARY AIRCRAFT TARGETING HEZBOLLAH FIRING CANISTERS INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL ISRAEL. HEZBOLLAH SAID THEY FIRED 320 KATYUSHA ROCKETS AT ISRAEL AND A VOLLEY OF DRONES, BUT EVEN IF THE MIDDLE EAST CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR NOW, FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISRAELI-LEBANESE BORDER, THERE'S NO CERTAINTY. THE WAR HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 11 MONTHS SAID THIS LEBANESE RESIDENT, PEOPLE ARE TIRED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. >> MATT'S IN TEL AVIV. WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THE CEASEFIRE AND OFTAGE NEGOTIATIONS? >> Reporter: YEAH, GADI. A U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD NBC NEWS THAT THE TALKS IN CAIRO INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES IN HAMAS AND ISRAEL HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. GADI? >>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AARON GILCHRIST IS LIVE AND HOW IS THE ADMINISTRATION >> Reporter: GADI, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FLYING BACK TO THE EAST COAST RIGHT NOW AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS TELL ME HE HAS BEEN BRIEFED TODAY ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND OVERNIGHT HE DIRECTED HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM TO KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH ISRAEL. A DEFENSE OFFICIAL ALSO TELLS NBC NEWS THE U.S. MILITARY DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE STRIKES WEISE SAW OVERNIGHT, BUT DID HELP ISRAEL WITH TRACKING HEZBOLLAH ACTIVITY. THE PENTAGON ALSO SAYING DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPARTS AND HE REINFORCED U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL'S DEFENSE. AUSTIN ALSO ORDERED TWO NAVY CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS TO STAY IN THAT REGION. GADI? >> AARON, THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE TRACKING EXTREME WEATHER OUT WEST WITH HAWAII NARROWLY MISSING A DIRECT HIT BY HURRICANE HONE AND ALSO THE DRAMATIC RESCUES FROM FLASH FLOODS IN THE GRAND CANYON. DANA GRIFFIN IS FOLLOWING IT ALL AND HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL FOR HAWAII AFTER DODGING HURRICANE HONE. >> FACING HOW LARGE THIS SYSTEM IS -- >> Reporter: IT CHURNED CLOSE TO THE BIG ISLAND OVERNIGHT, WHIPPING WINDS UP TO 75 MILES PER HOUR, DUMPING HEAVY RAIN, CUTTING POWER TO THOUSANDS AND GROUNDING FLIGHTS. >> MEANWHILE, A POPULAR TOURIST SPOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND CANYON IS CLOSED AFTER A WEEKEND-LONG RESCUE EFFORT. MORE THAN A HUNDRED TOURISTS AIRLIFTED FROM THE HAVASU INDIAN RESERVATION AFTER VIOLENT FLASH FLOODING RIPPED THROUGH ON THURSDAY, WASHING AWAY THIS, AND HIKERS LOSING EVERYTHING. THIS SLAB OF CANYON WALL DISINTEGRATES. >> HOLY [ BLEEP ]. CARRIED AWAY BAY A RAGING RIVER. >> THAT WAS CRAZY! >> THE CURRENT SO POWERFUL SHANOA NICKERSON AND HER HUSBAND WERE SWEPT AWAY. HE SURVIVED, SHE'S STILL MISSING. SHANOA'S BROTHER IS SHARING A MESSAGE OF HOPE. >> WE LOVE HER, AND WE WON'T GIVE UP UNTIL WE FIND HER. >> WE WERE THE FIRST ONES TO GET OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON. >> LETICIA WAS ALSO IN THE CANYON. >> THE WATERS WERE RAGING. RIVERS WERE WASHING OUT. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAPPED. >> LETICIA SAYS SHE'S ALIVE BECAUSE A FRIEND WARNED HER WHAT TO DO IF THEY HEARD THUNDER. >> IF WE HEARD THUNDER WE SHOULD HEAD OUT OF THE CANYON BECAUSE IT WAS A MONSOON SEASON AND I HEARD THUNDER, AND IT WAS REALLY LOUD AND I SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD HEAD TO HIGH GROUND. HE SAVED MY FAMILY'S LIFE AND I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL. >> LIKE SO MANY THERE THIS WEEKEND, GRATEFUL TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. DANA GRIFFIN, NBC NEWS. >>> AND NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THE HUGE ENTHUSIASM BUMP FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. HER CAMPAIGN SAYS HER SPEECH AT THE DNC ON THURSDAY HAS SPARKED A MASSIVE SURGE IN DONATIONS. IT COMES AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARES TO HIT THE TRAIL IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES THIS WEEK. ED A RI ADRIENNE BROADUS HAS THE LATEST. >> LET'S GET OUT THERE AND VOTE FOR IT. IT'S AN ALL-OUT BLITZ TO THE FINISH LINE. >> WE MUST DEFEAT KAMALA HARRIS. >> WITH JUST 72 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION. >> THERE WILL BE TIME TO SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR, COURTING VOTERS. >> WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. >> WE'RE A NATION IN DECLINE. NOBODY IS SAFE. >> Reporter: AND COLLECTING CASH. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS' CAMPAIGN SAYING THEY RAISED $40 MILLION SINCE HER CONVENTION SPEECH THURSDAY, OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT JULY 21st. IT'S A BATTLE FOR BUCKS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, IT SAYS IT RAISED OVER $139 MILLION IN THE MONTH OF JULY. AS DONATIONS FLOW, SO DO THE BANK OF PROMISES. BOTH PARTIES CAMPAIGNING ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. >> WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROUDLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. >> TODAY ON "MEET THE PRESS" DONALD TRUMP'S VP PICK J.D. VANCE TELLING NBC'S KRISTEN WELKER THAT HIS RUNNING MATE WOULD NOT IMPOESZ A FEDERAL BAN ON ABORTION. >> HE WOULD VETO A FEDERAL ABORTION BAN? >> THINK HE WOULD. HE SAID THAT EXPLICITLY HE WOULD. >> AS THE MOMENTUM REPUBLICANS HOPE TO GAIN GROUND AND ENERGIZE THEIR BASE. HARRIS AND WALZ WILL KICK OFF A BUS TOUR THROUGH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY WHILE MR. TRUMP WILL HEAD TO BATTLE GROUND STATES WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY, ALL OF THIS LEADING UP TO THE BIG DEBATE NEXT MONTH. GADI? >> ADRIENNE, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE SPACE RACE AND SPACEX PREPARING FOR TWO CRITICAL MISSIONS AND ONE OF THEM SET TO GET UNDER WAY THIS WEEK AND AT THE SAME TIME PREPARING TO BRING HOME TWO AFT ROT NAUGHTS WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK IN SPACE SINCE JUNE. MARISA PARRA REPORTS. >> Reporter: SPACEX COUNTING DOWN FOR TWO CRITICAL MISSIONS. THE COMPANY TAPPED TO BRING ASTRONAUT BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS BACK DOWN TO EARTH IN FEBRUARY. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. >> THE DUO HAVE MADE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOME AFTER LAUNCHING ON BOEING'S STARLINER. THAT SPACESHIP SET TO RETURN HOME WITHOUT THEM BECAUSE OF THE THRUSTERS THAT LEFT THE TWO STRANDED. THEY SAY IN PART, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ON THE SAFETY OF THE CREW AND SPACECRAFT, AND IN JUST DAYS -- >> IT'S BEEN A REALLY EXCITING JOURNEY. >> THE POLARIS DAWN MISSION SET TO MAKE HISTORY WILL INCLUDE THE FIRST ALL-CIVILIAN SPACE WALK AND A WHOPPING ORBIT 780 MILES ABOVE EARTH. >> WELCOME TO OUR SIMULATOR. >> TOGETHER, SCOTT POTEET, SARAH GILLIS AND ANNA MENON DO WHAT NO HUMAN HAS BEFORE, PREVIEW THIS ANIMATION ACROSS FIVE DAYS THEY'LL MAKE STARLINK CONTACT, THE ASTRO NEWTS GILLIS AND ISAKSON WILL STEP OUT OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND BE HUMAN BOUND IN SPACE. >> THEY'LL GO OUT INTO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. >> IT'S SOMETHING FORMER SHUTTLE COMMANDER EILEEN COLLINS KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. >> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE FINE, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S RISKY. FOR CREW LEADER ISAACMAN, THE RISK IS WORTH THE REWARD. >> WE'RE TRYING TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORLD WE COULD LIVE IN TOMORROW. >> ONE STEP AND 870 MILES CLOSER TO EXPANDING HOME BEYOND EARTH. MARISA PARRA, NBC NEWS. >> AND THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS TONIGHT ABOUT THE DANGEROUS VIRUSES THAT ARE SPREAD BY MOSQUITOS, WEATHER CHANGES ARE CREATING OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR CASES TO GROW AND AS STEPHEN ROMO REPORT, ONE COMMUNITY IS EVEN RECOMMENDING A CURFEW. >> TONIGHT, CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ON HIGH ALERT FOR A POTENTIALLY DEADLY MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS CALLED EEE AFTER AN ELDERLY MAN BECAME THE STATE'S FIRST CASE SINCE 2020. EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS CAN CAUSE SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES AND HAS RESIDENTS SO CONCERNED THAT OFFICIALS IN ONE TOWN ARE RECOMMENDING A 6:00 P.M. TO SUNRISE CURFEW WHEN MOSQUITOS ARE MOST ACTIVE. NBC MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. KAVITA PATEL. >> HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THIS? >> IF I THINK IF YOU'RE IN A WARM PART OF THE COUNTRY WHICH IS EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW, YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ENOUGH THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> THAT INCLUDES WEST NILE VIRUS ? IN 32 STATES. ONE OF THOSE CASES, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED WITH THE VIRUS. >> IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE SEEING MORE MOSQUITOS. ARE THERE MORE MOSQUITOS OUT? >> WE ARE SEEING HIGHER MOSQUITO ACTIVITY THAN IN SUMMERS PAST, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A LONGER, MORE PROTRACTED SUMMER SEASON. >> SO HOW CAN YOU KEEP SAFE? APPLY INSECT REPELLENT, WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND DRAIN STANDING WATER OUTDOORS. WAYS TO GUARD MULTIPLE MOSQUITO CONCERNS AS SUMMER WINDS DOWN. STEVEN ROMO, NBC NEWS. >>> STILL AHEAD TONIGHT OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE CEO OF THE COMPANY THAT MAKES O ZEMIC AND WEGOVY AND THEIR BIG PLANS F >>> AND WE ARE BACK WITH AN NBC >>> AND WE ARE BACK WITH AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CEO OF THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THE WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS OZEMPIC AND WEGOVY. OUR MEGAN FITZGERALD ASKED HIM ABOUT THE HIGH PRICES OF THOSE DRUGS ALONG WITH LONG-TERM EFFECTS. >> Reporter: JUST AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE BUSTLING BIKE LANES OF COPENHAGEN, SITS A FACTORY SO BIG YOU NEED A CAR TO GET AROUND. BLOCKBUSTER WEIGHT LOSS DRUG WEGOVY AND DIABETES DRUG OZEMPIC PRODUCED HERE BY DANISH PHARMACEUTICAL GIANTS NOVO NORDISK. A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACTORY WHILE TURNING OUT THESE PENS WHILE ROBOTS SHUFFLE THEM TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROCESS.TURNING OU ROBOTS SHUFFLE THEM TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROCESS. THIS FACILITY IS ONE OF THE FEW PRODUCING THE MEDICINES WORLDWIDE. >> BECAUSE THE POPULARITY OF THESE DRUGS HAVE EXPLODED NOVO NORDISK HAS INCREASED PRODUCTION MAKING MILLIONS OF PENS IN FACILITIES LIKE THIS ONE THAT ARE OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. BUT THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH, ACROSS THE WORLD AND EVEN IN THE U.S. WARNING THAT DOSES OF WEGOVY ARE IN LIMITED SUPPLY. >> WE HAVE, TO SOME DEGREE, BEEN OVERWHELMED BY DEMAND. >> Reporter: IT'S A PROBLEM CEO LARS JORGENSON SAYS THEY'RE TACKLING. >> WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY RAMPING UP CAPACITY, BUT IT IS ALSO FAIR TO SAY THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE BEGINNING. ROR REPORT JORGENSON SPOKE TO US IN NOVO NORDISK COPENHAGEN HEADQUARTERS AHEAD OF THEIR LAST EARNINGS. >> HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR COMPANY IS PRODUCING? >> I THINK IT IS A VERY EXCITING MOMENT IN THE COMPANY'S HISTORY. WE NOW SEE DATA THAT WE ARE ATTACKING OBESITY, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND A POTENTIAL NUMBER OF OTHER CO-MORBIDITY. >> Reporter: WHILE WEGOVY HAS RESHAPED WEIGHT LOSS WORLDWIDE, IT COMES AT A CROSS AND ONE AMERICANS THEY CAN'T AFFORD. THE LIST PRICE FOR WEGOVY IN THE UNITED STATES IS $1,149. IN THE UK IT'S $92. IN GERMANY IT'S $140. WHY IS NOVO NOERDISK PRICE DISCRIMINATING IN THE MARKETS? >> THE PATIENTS PAY NOTHING FOR THEIR CO-PAYMENTS. WE WORK A LOT WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT PAY US IN GETTING REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. >> NOVO NORDISK SAYS WHILE THE LIST PRICE FOR WEGOVY IS HIGHER AND THAT HALF OF THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE PROVIDERS COVER WEGOVY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE INSURANCE COMPANIES PAY LESS THAN $25 A DOSE, BUT MEDICARE IS PROHIBITED FROM COVERING THE DRUG FOR OBESITY BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A LIFESTYLE MEDICATION AND OTHER PROVIDERS SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO COVER IT. >> THE TREASURER OF NORTH CAROLINA WENT AS FAR AS TO ACCUSE NOVO NORDISK OF OPERATING LIKE A DRUG CARTEL. WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? >> I THINK THAT'S UNFOUNDED, AND I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT'S THE VALUE OF THESE MEDICINES. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE COST OF OBESITY IN THE U.S., IT'S A DISEASE THAT COSTS AMERICANS MORE THAN $400 BILLION A YEAR AND WE ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING PRODUCTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HELPING TAKING THAT COST BURDEN OFF. >> FOR THOSE WHO HAVE USED IT, THE DRUGS HAVE BEEN LIFE CHANGING. WHAT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS EARLY STAGE IS HOW EFFECTIVE IT WILL BE LONG TERM WITH MANY REGAINING WEIGHT ONCE THEY STOP THE DRUG. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF PATIENTS AND WE'LL LEARN THAT THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENT GROUPING OF PATIENTS. SOME WILL HAVE OBESITY THAT TAKES REALLY EFFICACIOUS TREATMENTS FOR LIFE BECAUSE IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF OBESITY, BUT YOU WILL ALSO PROBABLY FIND THAT THERE ARE PATIENTS THAT AFTER A PERIOD OF TREATMENT, A CHANGE AND LIFESTYLE CAN DO WITHOUT THE MEDICINE. >> THE TREATMENT REQUIRING WEEKLY SHOTS CAN BE CUMBERSOME. THE NEXT HURDLE, CREATING A PILL AND THEY'RE TESTING THE DRUG TO SEE IF THEY HELP WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND KIDNEY DISEASE. >> WE THINK THAT THIS IS THE START OF ANOTHER REALLY EXCITING PERIOD. WE HAVE GREAT SCIENCE COMING TO PATIENTS. >> A COMPANY AND A DRUG THAT'S CHANGING THE SHAPE OF MEDICINE. MEGAN FITZGERALD, NBC NEWS, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. >>> AND WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH AN AIRPORT TARGETED IN A POSSIBLE CYBER ATTACK THAT'S ALREADY CAUSING SO >>> AND WE ARE BACK WITH NEW INFORMATION ABOUT FRIDAY'S DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK IN GERMANY. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS A 26-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN CITIZEN WHO APPLIED FOR ASYLUM IN GERMANY AND HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND EIGHT MORE WOUNDED. FOUR OF THOSE HURT ARE STILL IN LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS. ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. AND OUT WEST, AN APPARENT CYBER ATTACK IS CAUSING OUTAGES AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE INCLUDING THE CITY'S AIRPORT. FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELAYED WITH SEVERAL CANCELED OVER THE WEEKEND. OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE LOOKING TO RESTORE INTERNET AND WEB-BASED SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, AND IF YOU HAVE EVER TRIED TO STAKE OUT A SPOT AT A BUSY SEASIDE BEACH, CHECK THIS OUT HUNDREDS OF SEA LIONS TAKING OVER A POPULAR BEACH IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. LOCAL RESIDENTS SAY THEY'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY AT ONCE. THE CITY WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN INDEFINITELY AND PUT UP BARRICADES TO KEEP PEOPLE AT LEAST 150 FEET AWAY FROM THE ANIMALS WITH OFFICIALS SAYING YOU CAN LOOK, BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH THOSE SEA LIONS AND THEY COULD BE THERE TO STAY FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. CLEARLY, THEY ARE GETTING VERY COMFORTABLE. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, THE STORY BEHIND THESE HUGS AND THE ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> AND THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT HARD WORK PAYING OFF AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS GETTING THE SURPRISE OF A LIFETIME. >> THE STRENGTH OF THIS TEAM IS EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS ROOM. >> Reporter: AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON KICKS OFF THERE'S WALKOFF, AND THOSE RECRUITED OR TRIED OUT FOR THE TEAM. >> I'M EXCITED, AND I AM SO EXCITED I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SCHOLARSHIP! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>> THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DREAMS COMING TRUE FOR RONNY PORTER AND THE RUNNING BACK. >> THAT'S WHY HE'S ON SCHOLARSHIP, TOO. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>> HEY, HEY, HE'S GOING ON SCHOLARSHIP TODAY! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OTHER WALK-ONES FINDING OUT THAT THEIR HARD WORK HAS EARNED THEM A SCHOLARSHIP, TOO. >> YOU ARE NOW ON SCHOLARSHIP. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THESE CELEBRATION, A BRIGHT LIGHT FOR GUYS LIKE JOHN ADAMS, A WIDE RECEIVER FROM TEMPLE, LEADING TEAMMATES AND THE COACH. >> THE SUPPORT I HAVE FROM THIS FAMILY AND FROM THE COACHES IS UNBELIEVABLE. I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD. >> LEAD BY EXAMPLE, BY ACTIONS AND SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO EARN AND GET WHAT THEY DESERVE BY JUST PUTTING THEIR NOSE DOWN AND WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF. >> AND AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, MISS CRYSTAL SMITH WILL COME ON IN. >> THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, BRAD GURLEY SHOCKED WHEN HIS MOM SHOWED UP TO ANNOUNCE THE SURVIVE. >> I AM BRADLEY GURLEY'S MOM AND I AM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW YOU GOT A FULL SCHOLARSHIP, SON. >> THERE'S BRAD, OVERWHELMED, HUGGING THE GUYS HE CALLS BROTHERS AND FALLING INTO THE AVERAGES OF HIS MOM CRYSTAL, SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF HER SON'S SPECIAL DAY. >> HE'S MY BABY AND WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD, AND I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. HIS HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF. SO IT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY. IT'S HAPPY TEARS. >> HAPPY TEARS. THAT'S "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS SUNDAY. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. FOR ALL OF US HERE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND HAVE A GREA