NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas - Wednesday, June 8, 2026

Episode Date: July 9, 2026

Trump declares Iran ceasefire "over" as U.S. launches new retaliatory strikes; New details on missing cargo plane; Hundreds of snakes loose in China after typhoon; 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 tonight, the U.S. launching a new round of strikes on Iran as the president says the ceasefire is over. The fresh attacks coming as tensions escalate in the region. Iran threatening retaliation. Are we on the brink of returning to a full-scale war? The president's tough words for Iran's leaders, plus our reporter on the ground inside of Tehran, and the new questions tonight about why the president left Turkey on the old Air Force won. New developments in the search for a missing cargo plane. Pieces of wreckage now found, but tonight the crew still missing.

What we're learning about the flight's final moments. Inside the race to stabilize that New York City high rise that was at risk of collapse, the new images tonight, and the confusion with the Department of Buildings over what caused this. Senate candidate Graham Platner wane his political future as he faces a new sexual assault allegation. the Hollywood actor from Maine who just announced he will not run to replace Platner. A deadly ice shooting in Houston, federal officials say this man tried to run over an officer, his family telling us they don't believe that's what happened. Molotov cocktail attack, disturbing video, a man tossing a firebomb at someone in a wheelchair

with horrified witnesses rushing into hell. Nearly a thousand snakes on the loose, including some that are venomous. floating in floodwaters and slithering through the streets how they escaped. Katie Couric's health scare, the former Today anchor revealing a sudden episode of memory loss, the diagnosis causing a black hole in her memory. Caught on camera a wild police chase on a golf course, how police stopped the driver wanted for attempted murder. Nightly News starts right now. This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. And good evening. It's great to be with you tonight. We do want to start with that breaking news as we come on the air. The U.S. launching new retaliatory strikes on Iran. The military operation coming just hours after President Trump said the ceasefire with that country was now over. Over the past 24 hours, both sides have traded attacks. New video released today by the U.S. military. You see it right here showing earlier strikes on several targets, including air defense systems, Iranian boats.

missiles, and radar sites. Overnight, this video appearing to capture moments of impact, huge explosions, you see them right here rocking a major port. And from another Iranian city footage of the aftermath, wreckage seemed burning on the water. Earlier in the day, Iran hitting back this clip from their state media showing nearly a dozen missiles launching into the sky, likely on the way to American targets in Gulf Arab countries. And all of this began after Iran attacked commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz,

something it had promised it would not do. Now, as hopes dimmed for peace, questions over just how far the two sides will get to more full-scale war, Garrett Haake has been traveling with the president at that NATO summit in Turkey. He starts us off tonight. Tonight, the U.S. launching a new wave of retaliatory airstrikes against Iran following U.S. strikes last night. All a response to the Iranian regime firing on unarmed commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz two days ago. Earlier, President Trump at a summit with NATO allies declaring the ceasefire over. We attacked very powerfully last night.

The very dangerous people from Iran, they're sick. There's something wrong with them. We said, go and do your funeral stuff. And instead of that, they start shooting rockets or chips yesterday. And so we hit them very hard last night, very hard. Iran attacked those commercial ships, despite promising to allow them through the straight as part of the preliminary peace deal. Is the ceasefire or Johnny? I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum. You know what scum is?

They're scum. They're sick people. They're led by sick people. And they're vicious, violent people. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they'd use it. As far as I'm concerned, it's over. I'll let our wonderful negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don't see it. in Iran. Here in the capital, Tehran, there's no panic. People are still out on the streets late into the night. The government is promising a fearless retaliation. The president saying there won't be a return to full-scale war. I don't think it's going to start again. I think it's going to go very quickly. When they hit, we hit. You know, it's what they're, we use, we use their language. We speak their language. President Trump previously said this about Iranian

negotiators. We're dealing with people that I think are very rational people. Tonight, he was pressed on what changed. I got to know. Based on their actions over the last week or two, they're not doing a service to the people. We can play games, but I'm not sure I want to make a deal. Let's just finish the job. All as NATO's Secretary General says he supports the U.S. strikes on Iran.

Iran is basically violating the ceasefire. I think it is totally crucial that the U.S. forcefully react. If that conflict enlarges again, are you concerned at all that that could divert money, munitions, resources, attention from stopping the war in Ukraine? No, because the United States is so strong and powerful, it can do both. All right, Gary, joins us now live from Turkey and Garrett. There are also security questions about why the president flew there on his new Air Force won and then left on an older plane. Yeah, Tom, you can see the president arriving on the new. Air Force One plane, but he departed earlier today on the old one. The president was asked about the

discrepancy today and noted he is the quote number one on the kill list for Iran. The White House says this new plane has high-level security protocols, but that they also use tools including distraction and misdirection to address threats. The president just switched back to the new plane at a layover in the UK. Tom? Eric, with that new reporting just in. Garrett, thank you. And tonight we're seeing the first piece is recovered from a massive cargo jet that crashed into. the ocean. Emergency teams are searching for the five crew members that are still missing tonight. Tom Costella joins us now. And Tom, what more are we learning about what happened here? Well, the only clues come from the Pakistani authorities who say the pilots reported a problem

with their navigational system before controllers lost radar and radio contact. Flight radar 24 shows the plane flying at 34,000 feet when it suddenly dropped 5,000 feet, then climbed 6,000 feet before a very steep descent and final crashing into the Arabian Sea. This was a Boeing 737. It had flown over the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S. source says there is no indication that hostile action brought the plane down and it looks more like a mechanical failure. Investigator's hope to recover the black boxes to learn more. The U.S. NTSB and the FAA will assist in this investigation. Boeing and GE, which makes the plane's engines are also standing by, Tom. All right, Tom Costello for us. Tom. Tom, we

Thank you. In New York, there are new questions about what caused the beams in that Manhattan high-rise building to buckle and the floors to sink, raising serious concerns about a partial collapse. Now there's a search for answers. Emily Aketa is there. As crews race to fully stabilize this New York City high rise, adding support floor by floor. We were staring outside the window, and we saw that it was kind of tilting a little bit. Tonight, city officials digging into what went wrong, resulting in a terrible. Lien over the heart of Midtown. Failure to provide steel reinforcement as per approved plans led to the cause of the incident. The Department of Buildings wrote in a complaint that they later deleted saying it was not accurate.

The DOB adding the investigation is still underway and noting that while the building is now considered stable, all construction activities except for emergency work have to stop. They're going to be working through the day to get all the way up to the roof and all the way down to floor nine. The former home to Pfizer's headquarters is being converted into 1,600 luxury apartments, including building more floors. It was just under that addition on the 21st floor that support beams buckled. What kinds of questions are being asked right now? Was the design okay? Was the construction okay?

And were the materials that were used okay. And the sequence of the construction is important as well. The developer Metroloft called the incident nothing more than a typical construction mishap to the New York Times. and telling NBC News today, it was never concerned about a collapse, adding, we've identified the issue and developed a clear plan to fix it. Some evacuated from the area are now being allowed to return. Even as you can see, crews making adjustments to the leaning side of the building. Officials say the structure is stable and has not moved an encouraging sign for these emergency efforts.

Tom. Okay, Emily, thank you. Now to embattled Democratic Maine Senate nominee, Graham Platner, facing growing calls to step aside after being accused of rape, which he denies. Ryan Nobles is tracking this one for us, and Ryan, the campaign is now speaking out tonight. Yeah, that's right, Tom. Top officials from the Plattner campaign told members of his staff today that they should expect to hear from the candidate very soon.

Platner is yet to officially drop out, and his progressive supporters have said that they want to play a role in picking his replacement. That's something the state party has said will not happen. The main Democratic Party held a meeting today to discuss a path to pick a new nominee if and when Plattner decides to step aside. The list of potential replacements is growing, but it will not include the actor and main native Patrick Dempsey, who in an op-ed said he seriously considered a bid, but decided he does not want to serve in Congress. Now, if Plattner steps down by July 13th, the state party can hand-pick his replacement. Tom.

Okay, Ryan, we thank you. Now to that deadly shooting in Houston involving an immigration officer. the Department of Homeland Security saying they were conducting a targeted operation when a suspect tried to run over an agent. But his family tonight says they don't believe that side of the story. Here's Priscilla Thompson. The moments after the deadly shooting captured on camera. 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado seen on the ground after being shot. DHS says they were conducting a targeted operation to capture Salgado, who was in the U.S. illegally from Mexico, when he attempted to evade arrest.

This brief clip appears to show Salgado's white van being tailed by a dark SUV. DHS says Salgado later weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer who fired in self-defense. We don't believe that at all. Two of Salgado's sons speaking out. I believe that when he saw those cars falling him around, he thought that he was going to get robbed of his van, of his livelihood. Do you believe that that vehicle had been identifiable that your dad was. still be alive? Absolutely. Absolutely 100%. He would have complied. He would have stopped. It comes, as President Trump's borders are, says ICE is keeping the president's campaign pledge

to increase immigration enforcement. Ice in the last week and a half is making record rest every single day, and we're going to continue that. You're going to see those numbers even go higher. Tonight, Salgado's sons are calling for an independent investigation. He just wanted to live a life, a simple life of work and family, and that got taken away from us. Priscilla Thompson, NBC News, Houston. Next tonight to a violent encounter in Oklahoma City, a suspect throwing a Molotov cocktail at a man in a wheelchair. People nearby racing into help. Jesse Kirsch now with the story, and we do want to warn you some of this video is very graphic.

This is the moment a man in a wheelchair is hit by a Molotov cocktail. catching fire in Oklahoma City. Watch as he tries to escape the flames, but the attacker shoves him into the fire. The victim falls to the ground and back into the blaze before police and a bystander rush into help. The disturbing attack caught on camera last week right across the street from Oklahoma City police headquarters. Investigators say 38-year-old Alexander James Emery is the man who threw this Molotov cocktail after allegedly telling the victim, don't talk to me. The video showing police detectives park in the middle of the street, appearing to approach with guns drawn as they help the victim and take Emery into custody.

According to the July 2nd incident report, Emery had a second Molotov cocktail with him when he was detained, an officer smelling a very strong odor of gasoline. Emery also exclaiming a German phrase associated with Nazi ideology, according to the report. He now faces multiple felony charges, including arson and assault with intent to kill. Jesse Kirsch, NBC News. Tonight we have a wild story out of China.

Authorities are warning residents in parts of that country of a new danger in floodwaters there. Janice McEugh-Frayer on the hundreds of snakes that are now on the loose. If a typhoon and floods in southern China weren't enough, there's the threat in the muddy waters. Snakes, more than 900 of them, according to state media, including venomous cobras, carried downstream from a breeding farm in Guangxi province after heavy rains caused a reservoir dam to burst. Residents are being warned to avoid using their hands to catch the snakes. Flooding has caused wide-scale destruction. Rescuers and boats now trying to reach people and animals.

This shelter owner saving dogs and cats trapped by rising water. And severe weather is hitting elsewhere around China, leaving dozens dead. and thousands affected by landslides, even a rare tornado. Scientists warn extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense because of climate change. And on China's eastern coast, it's about to get worse. With Super Typhoon Bavi on the move in the Pacific, already lashing U.S. territorial islands earlier this week. Bavi on track to be one of the strongest storms of the year, now putting China on high alert. Janice Mackey Freyer, NBC News, Beijing.

All right, we're back in 60 seconds with the revealing diagnosis from Katie Couric, the legendary journalist sharing her frightening story of memory loss, and the high-speed chase on a golf course, how police finally caught their man. We're back down with a scary health episode involving journalist Katie Currick, our former colleague here at NBC News. Katie describing the frightening moments when she temporarily lost her memory, shining a light on something known as transient global amnesia. Here's our Kate Snow.

Younger people are getting their news and information on their iPhones. Two Saturdays ago, Katie Couric appeared on a panel about the future of journalism at the Aspen Ideas Festival. She now says she doesn't remember any of it. A few minutes later, her husband, John says she was weak, dizzy, and a little out of it. We're going to be getting reaction to that this morning. The journalist and former Today anchor has always been willing to share her own. health journeys, famously having a colonoscopy live on air to encourage others to get the test. In a substack post, Katie says when she was taken to a hospital, a doctor asked a series of

questions. She thought it was 24 and Joe Biden was president. She couldn't remember the name of her three-week-old granddaughter. The doctor turned to the nurses and said, initiate stroke protocol. An MRI of Katie's brain showed she had not had a stroke, but she couldn't retain information and kept asking her husband and doctors what had happened. Katie says she was later diagnosed with transient global amnesia, a sudden episode of memory loss that's rare, but more common in people over 50. This is arguably one of the scariest moments in a patient or a failing member's life, but as a neurologist, it's the best diagnosis I can make

because I know these patients will return to living a completely normal life. Dr. Laura Stein is a neurologist at Mount Sinai Health System. Some of the triggers include stress. So an example would be physical stress, emotional stress, physical exertion. There's no one reason that this happens to people. There is not. And that's part of what makes it so hard to understand. Katie says she has no memory of about seven hours.

While this was a freaky occurrence, she wrote, it could have been much more serious. So ultimately, I'm relieved. Kate Snow joins us now live in studio. And Kate, this happens more than people may think. You're not just reporting on the story. This actually happened to you? It did, although it is exceedingly rare, Tom. But back in 2006, it was election night.

I was at a different network. I was under a lot of pressure and stress. I had recently had a baby. I also have frequent migraines at the time. And all of that meant that at some point that night, I suddenly stopped remembering. I couldn't remember my kids' names. I couldn't read my emails or understand, you know,

no memory at all, which is really scary. I did not go to a doctor. I should have. And for anyone out there, if you have those symptoms, it could be a stroke. So you do need to get checked out. I had an MRI. I went to a neurologist and I'm fine.

Okay, glad you're okay and glad Katie's okay too. Very glad. All right, we're back in a moment with the wild police chase for a suspect through the golf course. Plus, the Waymo car that put the brakes on teens allegedly drinking and firing a toy gun in the back seat. We'll explain this one. That's next. We're back now with a dramatic car chase through an Ohio golf course. This minivan take a look, dodging trees speeding away near the 18th hole, stunning golfers. The van then slams into a polo.

police car in a nearby neighborhood. The cruiser flipping over as the chase continues on foot. Ohio State Highway Patrol says the suspect was wanted in connection to an attempted murder and was finally arrested. Also tonight, teens busted by Waymo in California, allegedly caught drinking and shooting a toy gun inside the driverless car. San Mateo police say Waymo called 911 to report the activity, believing the weapon was real and stopped the car. Officers arrived to search then release the teens to their parents. And in Texas, a near miss caught on camera. Two officers almost hit by a passing vehicle.

Look at this on the highway in Kaufman County that's just outside of Dallas as it smashes into a patrol car leaving behind a cloud of dust and debris. Wow. The officers were working a traffic stop overnight, both jumping out of the way just in time. All right, that's nightly news for this Wednesday. I'm Tom Yamas. We thank you so much for watching. Tonight and always we're here for you.

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