NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas - Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Episode Date: April 8, 2026

U.S. and Iran agree to two-week ceasefire; ICE officers involved in California shooting; Closing arguments underway in Hawaii attempted murder trial; and more on tonight’s broadcast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Breaking news, this just in moments ago, the president announcing a two-week ceasefire with Iran just hours before he vowed to bomb that country so fiercely that a whole civilization will die. The details of the plan coming in, the announcement less than two hours before the deadline, but amid explosions across Iran today. The question now is whether Iran will agree to open the Strait of Hormuz. Also tonight, ICE officers opening fire on a driver, video of the moment the driver accelerates, and gunfire erupts. The driver now hospitalized and why authorities say he was wanted. New questions after an American woman went missing after a boat trip with her husband in the Bahamas. Her daughter tells us the two had a volatile relationship, and now she wants answers. Closing arguments in the trial of a Hawaii doctor accused of trying to push his wife off a clemen.

He claims it was self-defense. What will the jury believe? Kanye West banned from entering the UK. The music festival he was set to headline canceled, why the British won't let him in. And this just in, Bill Gates set to testify in the Epstein investigation when he will speak before lawmakers. Oil tanker explosion a ball of flames consuming the bridge over the Panama Canal, what caused it? dazzling new images from the Artemis mission of the far side of the moon, craters wider than the Grand Canyon. And there's good news tonight a couple's wedding going viral after a tornado warning forced them to shelter inside with the group of volleyball teams. Nightly News starts right now. This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas.

And good evening. We start tonight with major breaking news. President Trump announcing a two-week ceasefire with Iran coming just hours before his 8 p.m. deadline to start bombing critical civilian infrastructure in that country. The president now saying all bombing of Iranian territory will stop immediately. Why now? The president's saying he expects the Iranians to agree to his word, in his words, a complete, immediate and safe opening of the vital Strait of Ormuz shipping channel. Also at play, according to the president, a 10-pointed. ceasefire proposal from Iran, though it's unclear where the White House stands on it at this hour.

Remember, the president had been warning the Iranians all week to make a deal or else, in his words, a whole civilization will die. And even though negotiations were in progress, there was still fierce fighting today, flames lighting up the night sky near Tehran's international airport after airstrikes there. And on a highway outside of Tehran, a camera capturing this moment, a strike hit right in front of a driver. We've got the latest on the break in news, and we start with Gabe Gutierrez tonight at the White House. Gabe, walk us through the president's truth social post, and this apparent sudden pause in fighting.

Well, Tom, that true social post came just minutes ago, and just within the past few moments, we are now hearing from Iranian state TV, which says that the U.S. has accepted Iran's conditions, although there are still things that are unclear. This is the president's true social post where he said, subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. He calls it a double ceasefire. Now, the president also saying that there was a 10-point proposal from Iran, and he says that it's a workable basis on which to negotiate. The president claims that all past

contention, various points of contention have been agreed to between the U.S. and Iran, but that this two-week period will allow the agreement to be finalized. Now, this caps off, Tom, a day of rapid developments. There have been ongoing strikes throughout the Middle East. And President Trump had dramatically escalated his threats against Iran. Posting earlier today on social media, a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back. Now, ahead of that deadline, Iran's regime today,

urge people to line up outside power plants. You're seeing a video from state TV of some of those. people lined up outside the bridges and power plants. Now, in a phone call late today, the president told me that the use of human shields would be totally illegal. And he added that they're not allowed to do that. There was strong pushback from across the world. Democrats called that earlier post unhinged. Even some conservatives were concerned that the president might be going too far. However, now, again, within the past few moments time, we're getting late word from the president that he has agreed to extend that deadline for two weeks, while.

there is additional negotiation. Tom. All right, Gabe, we thank you for that reporting. I want to turn to our Pentagon correspondent, Courtney and QB. Courtney, do we know yet if the ceasefire has already begun? Tom, we just received confirmation that the U.S. military has ordered all offensive operations in Iran to cease effective immediately, that according to two U.S. officials. Now, this as President Trump has announced and posted on social media, that the ceasefire is still subject to Iran agreeing to a complete and immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

But Iran put out a statement that they see the agreement as including the controlled passage through the Strait of Hormuz coordinated with the Iranian armed forces and granting Iran a unique economic position. Remember, in the past few weeks, Iran has charged tolls to ships who are looking for a safe passage through that critical waterway in the strait. So it's not clear if Iran intends to continue that practice. Trump also saying the U.S. has met or exceeded their military objectives in Iran, and while the U.S. has conducted strikes on more than 13,000 targets in Iran during this five-week war, Iran has proven they can still target allies in the region every single day, including striking civilian

infrastructure and military targets. Right now, roughly half of Iran ballistic missile launchers are still intact, and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in its arsenal, according to a U.S. official and a person briefed on the matter. And in fact, multiple Iranian missile stockpiles buried deep underground are still intact. And Iran was able to shoot down a U.S. F-15 fighter jet last week and inflict damage on multiple other U.S. military aircraft during the search and rescue operations. In the case of the F-15, they used a heat-seeking shoulder-fire missile proving that one person with a relatively simple weapon can wreak havoc on the U.S. military there for days. Also proving Iran's military has been damaged, but they are not destroyed. Tom.

Courtney Cube, Gabe Gutierrez covering this breaking news, major breaking news tonight from the White House. We thank you for that. We're going to turn out to another big story. We're following a shooting involving ICE officers today in Northern California. The officers opening fire on a car as it was speeding forward and was all caught on video. Ice as it happened during a targeted traffic stop to arrest a gang member wanted for murder. Here's Maggie Vespel with the video and the story. Tonight, dramatic new video of an ICE shooting today in California,

of the Bay Area. You see multiple SUVs and trucks pulled over, flashers on, at least three officers outside that black car, which suddenly backs up. Then the car turns and speeds forward. Officers, guns drawn, appearing to move out of the way. Zooming in, at least one officer appears to fire. The car speeds to the left over the median. The video, which has no sound, ends there and doesn't show what led up to the driver taking off. I saying in a statement, and officers were conducting a targeted vehicle stop to arrest Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, an 18th Street gang member wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder and that he weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over, adding our officers

fired defensive shots. They say Hernandez was taken to a hospital, his condition tonight unknown. The FBI is now investigating. It comes as the city of Minneapolis releases this. this new video of another ice shooting back in January, which contradicts the Trump administration's original account. DHS previously said an officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during an immigration enforcement operation after he and another man attacked the officer with a shovel and broom. But the new video shows one man appearing to drop a shovel as another runs toward

a house empty-handed. A third person believed to be the officer tackles him. Two unnamed ICE officers were suspended in February with the agency saying in a scathing statement, they appeared to have made untruthful statements, adding they could face potential criminal prosecution. Maggie Vespa, NBC News. We're also tracking an urgent search in the Bahamas tonight for a Michigan woman who vanished at sea. Police say Lynette Hooker fell overboard on a boat ride with her husband, but her daughter is now raising questions about the couple's history. Here's George release. Tonight, what police are calling a search and rest of mission for a 56-year-old woman who vanished at sea in the Bahamas is intensifying.

Videos obtained by NBC News show rescue boats scouring the area in the critical hours after Lynette Hooker disappeared during an evening boat ride with her husband Brian. We're pretty distraught that this is even happening. I'm still in shock. Like, it's just surreal. Lynette's daughter, Carly Aylesworth, tonight revealing her mom and stepdad had a volatile history, describing him as monotone when he called to tell her the news. They have history of not getting along, especially when they drink.

According to police, the couple set out Saturday around 7.30 p.m. on an 8-foot dingy, traveling from Hopetown to elbow key. Brian telling investigators, Lynette fell overboard and was swept away by strong currents, taking the boat key with her, according to authorities. Police say with the boat's engine shut off, Brian told him he was forced to paddle back to for help, reaching land around 4 a.m. Lynette's daughter says the pair had been in the Bahamas for about a month, documenting their excursions on social media. Lynette's seen here just days before she went missing. I haven't heard anything. I've tried to contact the police down there, and I didn't get an answer. The longer it's been, the more doubt I have that she's still there.

NBC News has reached out to Brian Hooker multiple times, but has not heard back. Bahamian police telling us there are no further updates at this time. Ready cool. Tonight a family's search for answers deepening. George Solis, NBC News. Also tonight we have a breakthrough in the kidnapping of an American journalist in Baghdad. This security footage showing two men forcing Shelley Kittleson into the backseat of a car last week. The Iran-back militia is saying they will release her on the condition that she leaves the country immediately.

At this hour, still no confirmation of whether she has been freed or where she is right now. And tonight, the Artemis 2 crew speeds home from their trip around the far side of the moon. We're seeing some of the first spectacular photographs from the lunar surface as the astronauts flew deeper into space than anyone ever. Tom Costello is in Houston tonight. From the Orion crew, a mega download of new lunar photos, spectacular and humbling, granular details of never-before-seen craters, a slice of the Earth 250,000 miles away, then, rising above the lunar pole, updating the iconic Apollo 8 picture from 1968. The massive Oriental basin, the moon's Grand Canyon 600 miles across, the Terminator line between sunlight and darkness.

It is just like impossibly rugged. And a stunning 53-minute solar eclipse, the crew photographing and dawning their protective shades with the sun's corona burning around the edges. I have to start with a giant wow. What you did yesterday really made a different scientifically. Today, awestruck lunar scientists who are comparing the images to their own model. This afternoon with Orion back in the Earth's gravitational pole.

Intensity, this is the International Space Station. A rare space-to-space radio conversation with astronauts on the space station. We can tell that you guys are definitely experiencing moon joy as the Orion crew speeds home at 1,300 miles per hour. I'll breathe easier when we get through reentry and everybody's undershoots and in the water. Okay, and with that, Tom joins us now live. Tom, let's talk about reentry, walk our viewers through how the crew returns to Earth.

So it's going to be Friday at 8.07 p.m., splashing down off the coast of San Diego, a naval ship is already moving into position. They could change that splashdown location if the weather doesn't cooperate. And we wish him a safe and quick return home. All right, Tom, we thank you for that. When we return in 60 seconds, the dramatic attempted murder trial in Hawaii we've been following heads to closing arguments, how the accused husband reacted as the prosecution laid out their case against him.

We're back now with the dramatic courtroom showdown in Hawaii. A Maui doctor accused of trying to kill his own wife while out on a hike will soon learn his fate with the case now in the hands of the jury. Liz Croix has more. tonight closing arguments in that dramatic Hawaii attempted murder trial. The state has proven that on March 24, 2025, Gerhard Koenig tried to kill his wife, Ariel. Prosecutors doubling down on their damning allegation that Dr. Gerhard Koenig, a Maui anesthesiologist, tried to push his wife off a cliff before trying to inject her with a syringe and hitting her with a rock on this Oahu hiking trail.

He takes this rock. And he beats her with it again and again and again. At one point, Conig seemed shaking his head. The defense then reminding the jury of a different version of events. They're going to spin it in their favor. They came up with a theory and they went to search for facts to support it. Conig's fate now in the hands of the jury after more than two weeks of grueling testimony, including from Konig himself who argued on the stand it was his wife Ariel,

who he says was having an emotional affair with a coworker who, who tried to kill him. Gara, did you have a plan to kill your wife on the mountain that day? No. Did you try to throw her off a cliff? No. You try to stab her with syringes? No.

When you hit her with the rock twice, why did you do it? In self-defense. Ariel also testified prosecutors showing images of her bloody face after the altercation. In my mind, he's trying to knock me unconscious to get to be able to drag me over the head. one of the biggest moments of the trial from Koning's own 20-year-old son from a previous marriage. Is there any doubt in your mind about the defendant telling you who tried to kill Ariel? No. And Tom Koenig is charged with second-degree attempted murder, which could get him life in prison.

If the jury can't agree on that, they could convict him on attempted manslaughter or assault or acquit him. Tom. Liz Kreutz for us. And tonight, Kanye West is barred from entering the United Kingdom. The rapper now known as Ye was set to headline a summer music festival, prompting widespread backlash over his past anti-Semitic comments. Chloe Malas has a story. Tonight, the British government officially barring Kanye West from entering the country to headline a music festival. Organizers of London's massive wireless festival swiftly canceling the three-day event, where West, who now goes by Yeh, was slated to perform in front of 150,000 concert goers.

The move coming after intense backlash stemming from years of Ye's repeated anti-Semitic remarks and praise for Adolf Hitler. A UK official telling NBC news that the rapper's visa was denied on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good. In a statement festival organizers calling anti-Semitism abhorrent, though before the cancellation, organizers were still defending West. Kanye West, Ye, as he is now officially known, should be given. a second chance. The UK's prime minister saying West should have never been invited. NBC News has reached out to West for comment. But just hours before the festival was canceled, he said in a statement, I know words aren't enough. I'll have to show change through my actions. But the controversy is deep rooted from his 22 threat to go deathcom three on Jewish people to releasing a song called

Heil Hitler last year. Earlier this year, he took out a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal, titled to Those I've Hurt and attributing his actions to bipolar disorder. Over the weekend, West performed to sold out crowds at L.A.'s Sophy Stadium, his first major U.S. show in years. But in the U.K., his words appearing to fall short. Chloe Malas, NBC News. And we're back in a moment with the fiery explosion engulfing a bridge over the Panama Canal. We'll tell you what happened here. Plus the billionaire who's agreed to testify in the Epstein investigation that,

next. We're back now with breaking developments in the Epstein Files investigation. Bill billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is said to appear before the House Oversight Committee in June for a transcribed interview to discuss his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. That according to a person familiar with the schedule. There's also more news. We've learned the prison guard. Present the night Epstein died will also testify next month. In North Carolina, we're following a deadly tanker truck explosion. Mooresville police say the driver is dead. after a truck carrying a chemical found in cleaning supplies exploded at a factory not far from Charlotte. Another person near the site was injured. Federal officials are now investigating what

happened there. And take a look at this in Panama explosion, rocking the bridge of America's. Here's the moment a tanker truck went up in flames, becoming completely engulfed, bus passengers capturing the moment here. Local officials say one person was killed incredibly. Traffic is now starting to flow again there over the Panama Canal. All right, when we come back tonight, the whirlwind wedding, when a tornado warning threatened their big day. They improvised with the help of dozens of volleyball players. We're going to explain this one. That's next.

Finally, there's good news tonight. A couple at their wedding on cloud nine had to pivot when threats of funnel clouds rolled in. Take a look. This isn't quite how Enquit and Vicious Shaw pictured their Oklahoma City wedding. Hundreds of their wedding guests packed not in a ballroom. room, but a gymnasium full of volleyball players. The happy couple had been upstairs celebrating, but in the middle of a traditional Indian wedding dance, tornado warnings went off. I was kind of freaking out. They hustled everyone to the basement to take shelter,

crashing a girls' volleyball tournament in the process. The players initially confused, quickly embraced the change in plans. And then they just started chanting our names and screaming. I keep spinning me a few times, and I think that's when the floodgates kind of opened. It started dancing with us, and so I really lifted the spirits a lot for both of us. I was crying a little bit, but it was like no longer sad tears, and it was just like these joyful tears of complete strangers, like encouraging me and encouraging us. An unexpected moment of community showing that when you come together, not even a tornado can steal your thunder.

we all can come together. And when things look rough and scary, like we can come together to make it fun and joyful. What a wedding. That's nightly news for this Tuesday. I'm Tom Yamas. Thanks so much for watching. Tonight and always, we're here for you.

Good night.