Top Story with Tom Llamas - Friday, June 27, 2025

Episode Date: June 28, 2025

Tonight's Top Story has the latest breaking news, political headlines, news from overseas and the best NBC News reporting from across the country and around the world.

Tonight, breaking news, the president reigniting his trade war with Canada, calling off talks with America's second biggest trade partner. Trump furious after Canada announced a new tax on some American tech companies. The president cutting off trade negotiations and threatening new tariffs. It comes after the two countries slapped each other with tariffs after tariffs, and those threats from Trump to make Canada the 51st state. Also tonight, Trump's big win at the Supreme Court, the six conservative justices, severely limiting,

federal judges. What happened next with birthright citizenship and why one dissenting judge wrote, no right is safe in the new regime that the court creates. Plus, Gavin Newsom suing Fox News, the California governor taking a page out of President Trump's book, filing a nearly $800 million defamation suit against the conservative outlet. The jury said to get the case in the Sean Diddy Combs trial, the rat moguls defense team in their closing arguments admitting Combs was abusive and a swinger, but not guilty of sex trafficking. The stunning new video tonight, a man setting a fire to a packed subway car in South Korea,

why authorities say he did it. Jeff Bezos says, I do. New images tonight as the billionaire Amazon founder ties the knot in Venice in a star-studded ceremony and the cover of Vogue featuring the new Mrs. Bezos. And the three amigos, the trio of patients who bonded while waiting for their transplants, what they told us about their new hearts

and the friendship they found along the way. And this just in, one of the last two missing inmates in New Orleans captured tonight. Top story, starts right now. Good evening. Tonight, the trade war between the U.S. and our neighbors to the north exploding again as President Trump cuts off Canada from trade negotiations. The president pulling the plug on talks after Canada imposed a new tax on American tech companies, promising additional tariffs on the country in the coming days.

The move jolting the moment. market slightly, but a late rally restored a record high finish for the S&P 500 this afternoon. Look at that. The new trade battle coming as Trump celebrates a massive win at the Supreme Court today. The justice is putting strict limits on nationwide orders from federal judges that have hampered many of the president's executive actions. One of them, an effort to take away birthright citizenship from the children of undocumented immigrants. The justices dodging the question on whether that action is actually legal, but barring a federal judge from blocking it nationwide. And new developments tonight in those weekend strikes against Iran's nuclear sites,

Trump blasting the Ayatollah for his first public comments since the attacks, saying they achieved nothing. Our Gabe Gutierrez has been following it all from the White House. He leads us off. Tonight, President Trump vowing to expand his trade war, cutting off trade talks with Canada because of a new Canadian tax on American tech companies, calling it a direct and blatant attack on our country. It's not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it. So I said we're going to stop all negotiations with Canada right now until they straighten out their act.

The president says a new tariff on Canada would be announced within a week. We have all the cards. We have all, every single one. We don't want to do anything bad. But they have, economically, we have such power over Canada. I'd rather not use it. Canada is the second largest U.S. trading partner.

Its Prime Minister responding to the President's latest move late today. We'll continue to conduct these complex negotiations in the best interests of Canadians' negotiations. The President today, in a wide-ranging news conference, also slammed Iran's supreme leader for his first public comments since the U.S. airstrikes on the country's nuclear program, insisting the U.S. achieved nothing. You're a man of great faith, a man who's highly respected in this country. You have to tell the truth. You got beat to hell.

and Israel was beat up too. While Iran's foreign minister today, acknowledging U.S. airstrikes had inflicted significant and serious damage to its nuclear sites. President Trump was also asked if Iran tried to enrich uranium again to a concerning level. Would you consider bombing the country again? Without question, absolutely. Gabe Gutierrez joins us tonight from the White House. And Gabe, that clash with Canada, the threat of the new tariffs, not stopping from Wall Street

and some 401Ks from reaching record highs today. Yeah, that's right, Tom. The S&P 500 closed at a new record high. The tech-heavy NASDAQ also just hit a new all-time high, despite all that trade uncertainty. Today, the Treasury Secretary also signaled the administration could push past its self-imposed July 9th deadline for more trade deals, Tom. All right, Gabe Gutieris, leading us off. Now to Capitol Hill in the battle over that, quote, big, beautiful bill. President Trump working the phones, making one final push, even delaying a scheduled trip to Bedminster, all in an effort to get it over the 50s.

finish line by July 4th. NBC's Ryan Nobles has more. Tonight, new battle lines over what President Trump calls his big, beautiful bill. It seems like there's a lot of thorny issues that you've got to work through. This is called what I think you guys have said, making the sausage. Yeah. So we're making the sausage right now. President Trump making a last-minute sales pitch for this massive bill that delivers on a slew of his campaign promises. It's a great bill. It's a massive tax cut.

From a $4.5 trillion extension of the Trump tax cuts to hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for his mass deportation plan, plus eliminating taxes on tips and overtime. It's a great bill. It's a popular bill, but we'll get no Democrats only because they don't want to vote for Trump. They have Trump derangement syndrome at levels never seen before. Democrats slamming the Republican bill's cuts to social programs like food stamps and Medicaid, including imposing work requirements for those. benefits. Democrats say that hurts vulnerable people. Of course Americans hate this bill. It steals their Medicaid. It jacks up their premiums. But tonight it's Republicans that cannot get on the same page. North Carolina's Tom Tillis concerned about the impacts on rural hospitals.

We're moving and trying to make changes. Wisconsin's Ron Johnson telling us the bill does not cut enough spending. Is there any one particular thing that you're still fighting for at this point? President Trump said he wanted the Senate to make the bill better. I'd like to make it much better. Whatever the Senate passes must once again pass the House. We press Speaker Mike Johnson. Could they be surprised by what the Senate sends them back?

Well, look, I haven't slept maybe six hours this week because I'm on the phone all the time with members. All right, Ryan Noble joins us tonight from Capitol Hill. So Ryan, we saw you out there working all those senators and representatives. When are Republicans hoping to get a vote on this? Well, they are meeting behind closed doors right now, Tom, and I can tell you that they are optimistic. They could begin the process of voting as soon as tomorrow. President Trump left open the possibility that they could extend that July 4th deadline, but most of these lawmakers want this done before the holiday.

Tom. All right, Ryan, nobles on the hill for us tonight. Ryan, we appreciate that. Now to our other big headline tonight out of the Supreme Court, a majority of justices delivering that major victory to the Trump administration, limiting the ability of lower court judges to put the breaks on his executive orders nationwide. The ruling as Trump's order on automatic birthright citizenship continues to work through the courts. NBC's Laura Jarrett has this one. Tonight, a sweeping victory for the president in his battle with federal judges who've blocked

key portions of his agenda. This was a big decision. An amazing decision. The justices in a six to three ruling significantly limiting the power of individual lower court judges to issue decisions with nationwide effect. Those judges handing down more than two dozen injunctions blocking Trump executive actions as of May, from military service to federal funding, to the focus of the current case, a nationwide injunction halting his executive order banning birthright citizenship. We've seen a handful of radical left judges effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of the president to stop the American people from getting the policies that they voted for in record numbers.

Justice Amy Coney-Barratt writing for the conservative majority today, finding lower court judges have gone too far with their nationwide orders, writing, when a court concludes that the executive branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too. The ruling sparking a pointed clash between the justices. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissenting, saying today's decision is not just egregiously wrong. It is also a travesty for the rule of law. The High Court not asked to rule on the merits of the president's effort to ban the birthright citizenship provided under the Constitution

to the babies of undocumented immigrants. That was meant for the babies of slaves. It wasn't meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation. One of the undocumented pregnant women who originally sued the Trump administration with her baby now due in two weeks asking to remain anonymous today, telling us she is very sad, not knowing if her child will be granted citizenship, but going to keep fighting. Meantime, the High Court also wading into fresh clashes over the First Amendment, the conservative majority finding Maryland parents are now allowed to withdraw their children from public school on days that books with gay and transgender themes are taught, and upholding a Texas law,

requiring the users of websites with sexually explicit material provide identification, verifying they are over 18. Okay, so for more on some of these blockbuster decisions, Laura Jarrett joins us live in studio. And NBC News Legal Analyst, Angela Senadella, joins us now. It's so great to have you guys. Laura, let me start with you. Let's go back to birthright citizenship.

Walk our viewers through what happens because the court didn't really make a ruling on that. Yeah, so now this is going to go back down to the lower courts and the lower course are going to be the ones to say, Okay. Is this the type of thing that actually deserves a block nationwide? Is it something where the relief only makes sense if it's done nationwide? And so you see now all the plaintiffs clamoring tonight to say, please certify us as a class so that we can get that nationwide treatment. But, Tom, there might be instances in which the court says, yes, a state should do that. It should go nationwide. But then again, the government's going to call them along and say no, and it's going to go back up to the Supreme Court. So on injunctions, Angela, the president called this a monumental victory for the Constitution to Congress. quote him. Does this get us closer to the Constitution, and does this give his administration and future administrations sort of carte blanche when it comes to executive orders? So, Tom, look,

I think it depends on your definition of how close it gets to the Constitution, because on one side, the dissent would say that these judges were only off issuing injunctions when they thought that the president was operating in an unconstitutional way, right? So it really depends on flip sides. Now, does it get us closer to a carte blanche president? It gets you closer, but there is still guard rails, Tom, right? First of all, he still has to defend his orders on the merits in front of the Supreme Court. There's no carte blanche there. There's also class actions, like Laura mentioned. There's still other options. Does it stop a lot of those lawsuits that have been going back and forth? I mean, what happens there? Because I know the courts have been tied up with

them. Now there's going to be a flood because now you can't get a nationwide injunction just any old time. And so now you're going to have individual plaintiffs having to sue all over the place in order to get things blocked that would have just been done. nationwide in, you know, some of an inefficient way. Yeah, and speaking of those class actions, so Kavanaugh really noted his concurrence today that, look, you know, these class actions are an option that these plaintiffs can present, but they're so much harder, Tom. Getting certified as a class can often be impossible, actually.

So the relief offered in that way is just not like a straight arrow, and this case was much easier. Explain a little more of the ruling when it came to parents and their kids, students, in schools and what it came to the LGBTQ literature and how they can opt out. How is that going to work now for public schools? So I think the idea there being is that the parents should have had a choice in the matter. And we see this sort of crop up in a lot of different contexts. And there have been certainly other times where the conservative majority has ruled in favor of the parents now.

But essentially, it's like if a certain book is being taught on school in that day, I get to take my kid out on that day for that particular theme that I don't like. And they will be given advance notice now if that, if that, if that, were to happen. The whole idea is that they should have been able to be given the opportunity to opt out. And then and then are there are still things in the pipeline that we are waiting for from from this Supreme Court? And what else are you keeping your eyes? Done, that's it. We're done. This is the end of the term. This was the last day. They'll have a conference later in the summer. It's known as the long conference and then they'll start again fresh in October.

All right. Lauren Angela, so great to have you guys, as always. Thanks for being here. Now to a legal battle brewing between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Fox News. Newsom is suing the media giant for $787 million. That's a symbolic figure, alleging primetime host Jesse Waters made false claims about the governor over the timing of a phone call he claimed he had with President Trump

related to the protest over immigration crackdowns in L.A. Fox News calling the lawsuit a publicity stunt. I want to bring an NBC news correspondent, Camilla, who is the latest in California. Camilla, get our viewers up to speed. Why did the governor choose that number first? 787 million. That's kind of important.

It is because that is the same amount Tom, that we had in terms of the Dominion settlement. So you see the importance and the resemblance there in terms of the money. We got here when these protests started. That was on June 6th. And then two days later, a reporter asked Gavin Newsom, when is the last time that you spoke to the president? And Gavin Newsom says, I talked to the president on June 6th and says he lied about a lot of things,

which is a separate story. But then what happens is that two days later, the president is in the Oval Office. And another reporter asked the president, when is the last time that you spoke to Gavin Newsom? And the president says a day ago, I told him he needed to do better. And so that same day on June 10th, what happens is that Governor Gavin Newsom goes on X. And he says that the president lied, that there was no phone call, that there was not even a voicemail. And then you have Jesse Waters go on Fox News that same night. And here's what he said.

Newsom responded. And he said there wasn't a phone call. He said Trump never called him, not even a voicemail, he said. But John Roberts got Trump's call logs, and it shows Trump called him late Friday night, and they talked for 16 minutes. Why would Newsom lie and claim Trump never called him? Why would he do that? So they're obviously arguing about when this phone call happened, if it happened, and Fox News,

like you mentioned, saying that this is a publicity stunt, that they want this lawsuit dismissed. So it's unlikely that they're actually going to do what Gavin Newsom wants, and he says, he wants an on-air apology and a retraction, likely. It's just not going to happen, Tom. And it feels like the California governor is also sort of following President Trump's playbook. He, of course, has filed several high-profile lawsuits against major media companies. How does this suit compare to those? Yeah, so every lawsuit is different, but there's a lot of them that have to relate, essentially, to that defamation and to areas where the president is unhappy or doesn't like what that news

organization said. There are some lawsuits that pertain to polling or to editing or to what the news organization said. And so it's clear that Gavin Newsom kind of maybe saw those lawsuits and is doing something very similar here. It's also not a secret that Governor Gavin Newsom is looking forward to 2028 maybe as a potential run for president. And he wants to be seen as that leader that opposes the Trump administration as that leader that opposes Fox News. So it is possible that this is what he's doing with this lawsuit. And he says at the end of the day is about lies and about what the president

and what Fox News is saying to the American public. Of course, we'll have to wait and see what a judge decides there, Tom. Okay, Camila Burnoff for us. Camilla, we thank you. We also have breaking news out of New Orleans more than a month after that 10-man prison break.

Authorities capturing one of the final two escaped inmates. Authorities say they found Antoine Massey at a New Orleans home tonight. He escaped while serving time for domestic abuse, car theft, in a parole violation, officials say they are still working around the clock to find that one last missing inmate. And the suspect accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker appeared in federal court today. Nearly two weeks after what authorities are calling a politically motivated attack,

the alleged killer charged with stalking and murdering state speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and their dog and the attempted murder of a separate state lawmaker, Senator John Hoffman. His appearance coming just moments before hundreds of mourners gathered inside Minnesota's capital retunda as the couple laid in state. President Biden making an unannounced visit to pay his respects. Also snapping this selfie with Hoffman who remains hospitalized but is expected to be okay. We're back at a moment with the trial of Sean Diddy Combs, almost in the hands of a jury after six weeks of testimony.

The defense team delivering their closing arguments today, when will the jury get the case? The subway inferno caught on surveillance video, how a casual commute rapidly turned into a fiery death trap, and the change of heart that turned three strangers into three amigos, Their incredible tale of friendship just ahead. We are back now with the defense team for Sean Diddy Combs resting their case after a day of closing arguments in his sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Combs' fate will soon be in the hands of 12 New Yorkers as jury deliberations are expected to begin Monday.

Chloe Malas has this report tonight. Tonight, Sean Combs' defense team making their closing arguments in his criminal charges. trial. As six of Combs's children looked on, his attorney Mark Agnifalo telling the jury that this is a tale of two trials and badly exaggerated. Combs is charged with two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, two counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering. Agnifalo trying to discredit allegations of kidnapping, bribery, and arson, but prosecutors painting a different picture over the last seven weeks, calling 34 witnesses, ranging from alleged victims and escorts to Combs's former assistance and telling jurors in their closing argument that Combs used

power, violence and fear to get what he wanted, alleging he ran a criminal enterprise, calling it Combs's kingdom where everyone was there to serve him. And that prosecutors say Combs physically abused and sex trafficked former girlfriends Cassie Ventura and another woman, forcing them to take drugs and have sex with male escorts. But Combs's lawyer saying that there is no evidence to support this and that it was a swinger's lifestyle. Also playing this hotel security video of Combs beating Ventura in 2016, saying if he was charged with domestic violence, he would have pled guilty, adding it's a state crime going on to call Ventura the real winner for walking away from her 23 civil lawsuit against Combs with a $30 million settlement. They basically said

my client did a lot of bad things, but he's not charged with those bad things. He's charged with these very specific federal crimes. And the government can't prove those. All right, Chloe, and joins us on set along with trial attorney and legal analyst, Misty Mayer. So great to have you guys both again tonight. So, Chloe, you were in court. Talk to me first. How long were closing arguments for the defense? And what did you see from the jurors? I also know that you got to read a letter that was written to Combs' children? Yeah, so a lot to unpack here. I was inside the courtroom for most of closing arguments. I was in there for the first several hours. And in total, Mark, Mark,

Agnifalo, Combs' lead defense attorney, took four hours and three minutes. This was more than the defense had planned to take, but it's still shy of what the prosecutors took yesterday. The jurors, they were laughing sometimes. This was a different Mark Agnifalo, very theatrical. He said, right, like I said in my piece, it's a tale of two trials. And he really hammered home the points that this is domestic violence at best when you're watching the intercontinental video, when you're hearing about this abuse that Combs should have been tried. in state court. These are not federal crimes. Like I said, six of his seven children were there, and I was sitting right behind his three daughters, and his daughters were reading a note that had

been passed from Combs via his attorney. And it said, I'm so proud of you. I love you so, so much. And so I've also seen the daughters communicating to him via letters. Because look, I mean, as far as we knew, he's run out of minutes at the Metropolitan Detention Center. So he's not really talking to anybody in the last phase of his trial. So you can imagine that his daughters are thinking, this is a quick way to talk to dad. Missy, talk to me about what you observed the jurors doing during closings for the defense. Yes, a lot of the jurors were very, very engaged. There were four male jurors who were really seeming to be nodding their heads as Mark Agniflo was giving his closing argument. And listen, this was diametrically different in style by the defense

team today than prosecutors. Prosecutors behind the podium slides about the elements of the charges. Mark Agnifalo told a story in some places more effective with respect to how it applies to the charges than others, but it was a narrative. And it was a narrative that really focused on what the defense wants the jury to be thinking about when they review this case, that these are personal relationships, alternative lifestyles, that it's crime tape. This is something he said, crime tape around your bedroom, but it is not sex trafficking. It is not RICO. What was the reason why the defense said they would bring these charges then? Did they paint that picture? Well, interestingly enough, you're not allowed to talk about that.

And actually, the defense was admonished today for towing that line, saying that Combs was targeted, that they, the prosecutors, brought these charges. You're not allowed to go into the motivations behind prosecutors bringing charges. That actually toes the line of what we call jury nullification, asking the jury to say, prosecutors never should have brought this even if they fulfill their burden and they do believe they're guilty. So that's part of it. But what he did say is that this is criminalizing personal conduct. And that's really what the defense wants the jurors to be thinking about.

Where he lost me was calling Cassie Ventura and Combs' relationship a modern-day love story. So some things like that to me went a bit too far, but the theme was there when it comes to the elements of the charges. Lost me too there because when I think of a great American love story, I think of your marriage or my marriage for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey. But not being beaten repeatedly, right? But I do think that Mark Agniflo was successful in trying to discredit the bribery, right? To the transporting of drugs with the intent for distribution. He said this was personal use drugs. I was surprised at how hard he came for Cassie Ventura, saying there is a real winter here and it's

her. And she's sitting somewhere with $30 million, referring to that civil settlement between she and Combs in November of 2023, saying, that this is all about money, right? He went back to what they said in opening statements, that this is about fame and trying to get money from a very rich black man who has built an incredible career and businesses employed many people with legitimate businesses,

and also that he loves to help people, that he pays for many people's homes, many people's lives, but that that does not make it illegal. All right, Chloe Malas, Misty, so great to have you guys always on. Thank you. Up next on Top Story, the Party of a Lifetime, richest men officially tying the knot in what's been dubbed the wedding of the century. The big names, the looks, the wedding dress, everything new that we're getting tonight.

We'll bring that to you. And three strangers stuck in the same hospital waiting for a miracle. They got it, not just once, but three times their journey of heartbreak, healing, and friendship just ahead. But first, the top story, top moment. Tonight, the unexpected offer at a high school graduation, senior Miguel Rodriguez Bermudas from Newark has always dreamed of growing up and becoming a music teacher. As he crossed the stage to get his diploma, his school offering a fast track to that dream.

Take a look. Well, guess what, ladies and gentlemen? Here's a $74,000 contract to Miguel Rodriguez, Bermuda for $74,000. Pretty cool. First job. They didn't even have to go to college. One of 34 grads who received the job offer from Newark Public Schools that will take effect once they finish college and earn their other teaching certifications. The district superintendent says we're not just celebrating grads today. We're welcoming future colleagues. Love that. Stay with us. We're just getting started here. We're back in a moment. We are back down with what many are calling the Wedding of the Century, the first look into the wedding of billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

The bride sharing new photos of the star-studded ceremony just minutes after tying the knot. Molly Hunter has the details and is in Venice tonight. Tonight, Lauren Sanchez is now Lauren Sanchez Bezos, according to her new Instagram post, sharing a picture of the beaming couple, revealing her custom Dulce and Gabonagana gown, now gracing the digital cover of Vogue. Alarine, congratulations. Just hours earlier before changing into her wedding gown, Sanchez stepping into her own boat, a chic headscarf protecting her hair.

Bezos dressed in a tux in the 90-degree heat, speeding down the Grand Canal in a flotilla of paparazzi and security. Arriving at the stunning San Giorgio Majore. Directly across from St. Marks, you have San Giorgio Majori, a person. beautiful church on an island and behind it an amphitheater. Joined by some 200 A-listers from Tom Brady to Oprah Winfrey, Gail King, Orlando Bloom, Usher, the Kardashians, and Jared Kushner offering Ivanka Trump a hand into their boat. And tomorrow, the final show-stopping party.

Saturday night's exclusive party, even more off the beaten track. It is at the Arsenali, the city's old naval shipyards still controlled by the military. And it is incredibly hard to get to for the public. for the paparazzi and most importantly for the protesters. The main protest group, no space for Bezos, has been small but noisy in recent weeks, planned their biggest day of action yet for 5 p.m. Saturday. But protests not the only distraction, a bald Jeff Bezos lookalike, has been walking around the city, even waving at our camera as the real Jeff Bezos got into a water taxi nearby.

But most Venetians we met and tourists alike, not all that bothered by the spectacle of of the estimated $50 million extravaganza. This city is for everybody, for Bezos, for her wife, and for you, for me, for everybody, for every person. I don't see no problem with it. As a Venetian, we're not getting any kind of troubles or problems with public transport. I can get whatever I like. And these American women from Texas staying at one of the hotels hosting dozens of the wedding guests.

We had some great dinner reservations, lunches. lunch spots, and then we just went to what we had already planned, and then next to us would be, you know, Jerry Seinfeld. Yeah, it's been right. It hasn't ruined our trip at all. It's been exciting. Tom, and tonight's party is still raging. I can actually see the blinking lights of the police posts.

I spot at least two of them behind me at that island. I see a line of water taxis waiting to pick up guests, and the heightened security presence may be one of the reasons for the high price tag. Some experts, even wondering how anyone can spend so much money in three short. days of celebrations. The other reason, maybe surprise musical guests. A-lister's performing possibly tonight or tomorrow. The big party tomorrow night is at the Arsenae, which promises to be a mega final blowout bash. Tom. Hope you get an invite. All right, Molly, we thank you for that. Let's take a look at Top Stories News Feed. We begin with the University of Virginia president

resigning under pressure from the Trump administration. James E. Ryan submitting his resignation to the university's board today following New York Times reporting that the Department of Justice demanded his ouster to resolve a civil rights investigation into the school's DEI policies. The investigation threatening not only his job, but also university funding. Dozens of universities are facing investigations as part of the Trump administration's anti-D-EI campaign. And in Texas, two men were sentenced today for their roles in the deadliest human smuggling tragedy in U.S. history. The sentencing coming down on the three-year anniversary of the horrific event when dozens of migrants were locked in a tractor trailer without air conditioning in the Texas.

Texas heat. In all, 53 people died. Ringleader Felipe or Dunia Torres sentenced to two life sentences plus 20 years. And right hand, Armando Gonzalez-Rotega, his right-hand man, getting 87 years. And a new warning from police not to leave children in hot cars after a scary rescue this week. Police in Corona. This is Etton, California, releasing body cam video of officers seen a baby in distress in a locked car before breaking a window to unlock the car and get the child to safety. The temperature in the car reaching 110 degrees, police reminding parents and caregivers to always check the backseat of a car before locking the doors and keep keys away from children. And a new record set at auction with rookie Michael Jordan's basketball card selling for a whopping 2.5 million bucks. The card sold by Farrell Williams's auction house, Jupiter, is the most expensive sale for a rookie Jordan card and the third most expensive Michael Jordan card ever sold.

The card was signed in secret by Jordan at his exclusive golf club in Florida. Okay, in a shocking moment in South Korea when a man set a subway car packed with people on fire. Security video released by prosecutors showing a 67-year-old man throwing gas into the middle of a busy subway car in Seoul, sending commuters scrambling away before the man ignites a huge blaze in the middle of the car. Miraculously, only six people were injured and no one died. That man arrested in charge with attempted murder and arson. police saying he planned the attack because he was angry about his divorce. Okay, in our series, the cost of denial.

Tonight, one of the country's leading cancer centers right here in New York City is in a major dispute with the health care giant. Our Aaron McLaughlin spoke with one patient in need of care caught the crossfire. Diagnosed with a rare and curable stomach cancer, two and a half years ago, Lee Kassler turned to New York-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Do you feel like your life depends? on being treated here? Yes. Yes. No question about it.

Known as MSK, it's one of the top cancer centers in the country, now mired in a contract dispute with one of the nation's largest health insurers, United Health Care, one that Kassler says has left him completely confused. If this contract ends, do you know what that means for you? Not yet. The current contract expires Monday. MSK will soon be out of network for thousands of MSK patients like Kassler. The two signs in a bitter and public feud over reimbursement rates.

Quite frankly, UHC is prioritizing profits over patients. MSK's chief medical officers saying United pays them at rates lower than other major insurers. We're really just asking for sustainable rates that really cover the cost of that quality cancer care that we give. United says its priorities are helping patients access the quality care they need while making health care as affordable as possible. UHC's chief medical officer told us Lee Kassler should not worry. He will be able to keep his doctors as long as he needs to be treated for his active cancer care diagnosis. New York State law requires continuity of care for patients like Kassler in active treatment for 90 days. But this is why communication is key.

Look at this right here on United Health Care's own website. It says if you are in the middle of treatment with an MSK provider at the time they go out of network, you may qualify for continuity of care may qualify the answer is I should but until I see that in writing officially you know it's uncertain as recently as yesterday MSK also said there was no certainty for its patients right now there are approximately 19,000 patients who are at risk of having their cancer care is disrupted United says MSK continues to share inaccurate information regarding continuity of care, creating additional fear.

Care is not being stopped for patients undergoing cancer treatment. We do not deny continuity of care requests that are in active treatment, and we will continue to pay claims throughout their course of treatment. But this was news to Castler and MSK. Late today, after we pressed for clarification, United Healthcare sent NBC News this new statement, saying after the 90 days required by law for eligible individuals, the continuity of care period could be longer depending on the individual's condition and if they remain an ongoing treatment with their provider. The words could and depending, leaving Castler uncertain and unsettled

about its care continuing past the 90 days. I have received no such assurance. Nothing, nothing in writing. Absolutely not. You're in the dark. Yes. Yes. And that's stressful. With that, Aaron joins us in studio. So, Aaron, what are Lee's options here if he doesn't doesn't receive that guarantee in writing? Well, we know that he is legally entitled to that 90-day continuity of care. That is a matter of the law. In that statement to NBC tonight, United Health Care saying that toward the end of that 90-day period, patients should contact them to see if they qualify for an extension, another big

if they don't, they could fall out of network. It's also worth noting, though, it is entirely possible that in that time period, MSK and United Health Care Reaching Agreement. Yeah, we'll have to wait and see. All right, Aaron, we thank you for that. Now to tonight to a story of three hearts and one bond. A trio of men awaiting heart transplants, forming a special connection after spending months together at the hospital.

Through thick and thin, they stayed by each other's side as each of those three amigos got their hearts. Priscilla Thompson has this one. We've got some news. It was the news. 41-year-old Martine Ortiz had been waiting months to hear. We have a heart for you. Really?

Martine shaking his head in disbelief before bursting into tears. What went through your mind? I couldn't believe it. I just felt excited. And he wasn't the only patient, happy to hear it. I ran straight ahead to his room. Congratulations. You see, Martin, Esteban Gonzalez, and Gabriel Casas had been at Sharp Memorial Hospital

in San Diego since February, all awaiting heart transplants. The trio affectionately dubbed... Three Amigos with broken hearts. When you all found each other, did it change your mood at all? Yes, of course. You wake up depressed, but now you have a, like, I want to go see Martin or want to go see Gabriel. Yeah. Do you have something else to do besides weight?

Then, one by one, each got their heart. First, Esteban in March, then Gabriel in April. And finally, Martine. ringing the victory bell Thursday. What has this brotherhood meant to you all? It meant everything because we need each other who we're there. Just made me feel alive again. My brother's in heart.

No more broken hearts. Finding something perhaps even more rare than a new heart at their age. New friendships to last a lifetime. Priscilla Thompson, NBC News. All right, we thank Priscilla for that one. When Top Story returns, we're going to change gears. a little bit, a disturbing exclusive from our NBC station in Boston, a condo in the Brookline neighborhood infested with bedbugs. You won't believe how many were found in one woman's

apartment, not just in the woman's bed, but in the halls, the floors, even the ceiling. What happened and how our neighbors responded? We're back now with the battle over bedbugs, spilling over into court. A Massachusetts condo complex says it's taken them months to take care of a unit filled with 100,000 bed bugs. Michael Rosenfield from our NBC station in Boston has this report, and we do want to warn you some of this video is disturbing. Inside this apartment in Brookline, trash can be seen piled up everywhere, and if you look closely, you'll see bedbugs roaming around. It's disturbing. We're down the hole. Richard Rubin lives on the fourth floor of the Concord Condominiums on Green Street near Coolidge Corner.

The management tells us one of his neighbors has an estimated 100,000 bedbugs in her apartment. It's very frustrating to a lot of tenants and it causes a lot of aggravation. The town's health department says an elderly woman with mental health and hoarding issues owns and lives in the unit. It's one of the worst infestations they've ever seen. The unit was immediately condemned after it was inspected back in May with the town writing that the unit is unfit for human habitation. The danger to the life or health of any occupants is so immediate that immediate condemnation is ordered. Inspectors found bedbugs on paper, doors, walls, ceilings, hallways, and floors. Kitchen and bathroom facilities were inaccessible because of piled up trash.

But the building still had to go to court. A deadline from a judge for the woman to clean her condo has now passed, and property management says they'll now be able to get in next week, and almost everything will have to be thrown out. This thing has been going on now for two months. Rubin says this should have been handled much quicker, and it's frustrating the process has moved so slowly. The bedbugs have spread to at least seven other units. Two people moved out because of this. Across the hall, they had leases, and they moved out.

One of them because that five-year-old got bitten, they wanted to stay long-term, but they couldn't do it. They wanted to do it. They want to expose their kids to it. Michael Rosenfield, NBC10, Boston. Our thanks to our friends from NBC Boston for that story. When Top Story returns, the segment we all need after a week like this one. The Bear and Squid Games are back. Maroon 5 is going on tour and the New York Times out with the best movies of the 21st Century.

It's all coming up on Bingeworthy. That's next. Welcome back at his Friday, which means it's time for Bingeworthy. Our look at the best things to watch and listen to this weekend. And tonight we're joined by a new friend, entertainment journalist Jason Carter. Jason, thanks so much for being here. Pleasure to be here with you, Tom. Congratulations on everything.

Thank you so much. All right. So we're going to start with a new documentary directed by Law and Order star, Baryshka Hargate, about her mother, the late Hollywood actress Jane Mansfield. You can watch it on HBO Max. Let's take a look at that clip, Jason. I've heard things that are really ugly. I don't know that I want to know those ugly things.

Something that I've also realized, keeping a secret, It doesn't honor anyone. She always had me. She knew that. But seems like at times it wasn't enough. I pulled out this picture. Couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was like the floor fell out from underneath me.

Why didn't he tell me? So Jason, pretty intense. It's intense. It's also revelatory for Mariska because, I mean, she was lucky to have archival footage from her mom, who was a sex symbol in the 50s and 60s. Bombshell passed away when she was three, so she never got the chance to know her mother. Imagine your mom's world famous, all of these stories, all of these images, and you have to piece together who she could have been through all of that wanting answers, having questions, also family members that aren't really forthcoming with those answers.

And there's also a paternal revelation that comes to the forefront with this. I don't want to spoil it because there's a lot of surprises throughout this. Yes. The family agreed to be a part of this with Marie. I'm sure it was a very sensitive subject to talk about in Broach initially. No, a lot of courage from her to do this. 100%. I mean, that's a very visceral, personal thing.

Yeah. Yeah, no, no. I'm definitely going to be watching that one. Next up, we have obviously a popular series. We're going to switch gears here. Back for a third season, Squid Games on Netflix. Here's a clip. Game is not.

Game. Don't know what men don't do nothing All right. But I'm doing all right and I'm feeling people

people if just just just all and I know here

I believe I'm right back for third season torturing viewers. What do we got here?

We got a lot of the same as the first three seasons, but that's why people like it. They know what to expect. And the writers do a really good job of keeping you on the edge of your seat literally because anyone can die at any moment in this show.

Season two, the cliffhanger, a lot of people died. Will player four, five, six, have retribution? He lost his mother. He lost his best friend in front of him. So it's really one of those shows that you have to sit down and invest to get the most out of it. But it's brilliant. I mean, Netflix has done a fantastic job, Tom, of pushing the envelope when it comes to shows like this. Because we can watch a myriad of different programming, right?

So much is out there. How do we capture eyeballs? And Squid Games continues to do that. So Scoot Games won. The first season was pretty incredible. Groundbreaking. You never seen a show like that. I stopped watching after that.

It was pretty violent, too. Are seasons two and three as popular with audiences? Well, season three obviously just dropped recently. So that's to be seen. But yeah, absolutely. I mean, Netflix is not going to also give a show another season if it's not resonating with audiences across the globe. Yeah, not just here domestically.

All right. Next up, show that I Love the Bear. Cooking Up Season 4 on Hulu. Let's take a look. It's hard and it's brutal, and that's what makes it special. I'm fired up, ready to go. No, same. Show time.

Chef! I get it. You know, chaos and turmoil. But it's a problem when you're letting it fuel you and fuel the food. We need to not miss, guys. The offerings were substantially. different on each visit. Consistency seems to be the weak link here. Just breathe. So Jason, I'm in the middle of season three right now. Very artistic season.

Not a lot of dialogue, you know, visually stunning, but it's a different type of sort of season. How is this one? This one, okay, so season three was that one season that was like the sophomore slump. Right, because people were in love and enamored with seasons one and two. Season three was very heavy, a lot of trauma. This one is coming on the hills of a kind of a scathing review from the Chicago Times of The Bear. Spoiler alert, thank you, but it's all streaming now on... You can watch all the episodes on Hulu, but you see Jeremy Allen White coming to terms with the death of his brother Mikey once again. And also the restaurant may be closing because they're not getting the people they need through the doors.

So there is a clock that's counting down to see if they can... Yeah, to see if they can be successful. And you have the characters wondering, do we still want to... pursue down this path or get that Michelin Star, really have that accolade for restaurants. So that's really what it's about. It's, again, more of the same, but this show has 21 Emmys. And there's a reason it does because it's compelling television. Great writing, great acting.

It's interesting because you can be anxious and stressed in your regular life, and then you watch the bear, and they're even more stressed and anxious than you are, but it's somehow entertaining. It's a great watch. I can't wait to binge that one. Next up, we wanted to talk to you about this. The New York Times is out with the 100 best movies since the year 2000, essentially the best movie, the top 100 of the 21st century. These are the top 20 right here because we can't go through all 100.

Parasite, if you were wondering, South Korean film, incredible film. I think it won the Oscar for Best Movie. It was really, really great. That's number one, though. That was somewhat of a stunner. There will be blood, number three there, Mahaland Drive 2. What stands out to you, Jason? What did you like?

Moonlight, for sure. Mad Max for sure, and Glorious Bastards. Wolf of Wall Street, Zodiac. I was obsessed with the Zodiac killer growing up. I thought it was just phenomenal, great movie. So what I find interesting about all these... This is a big mix, though. You can't find a pattern here. You can't. How'd they decide this, you know? Great question. Well, I mean, they pulled 500 people to, in the film and television industry, to see what would be these movies that they would, you know, obviously honor. Get Out was great, but there is no rhyme or reason to this. I think cinema is so subject.

objective and so arbitrary. What's going to resonate with one person's absolutely not going to resonate with somebody else. So, but for these to be the top 20, I'm not mad at it. Like I said, Moonlight. Yeah. Resinated with me the most one. Miami-based, LGBTQ plus centric storyline, coming of age, people of color, love that. And Glorious Bastards, obviously, Quinn Tarantino is just incredible. And The Wolf of Wall Street, I really love that because Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most brilliant actors to me. And for him to play that role with something I had never seen him do before in his career. Yeah, no country for old men. It's a great flick. I will say looking at this list, I am somewhat shocked that Black Panther did not make the top 20 just because it had so much

buzz, acclaim. People were talking how it would change filmmaking forever. And that wasn't that many years ago. And where is it? It's got to be somewhere on the list. I'm not sure exactly where, but it's down towards the bottom, to be honest. Is it? Okay. Were you surprised by that? Again, I wasn't surprised. Really? Okay. It's all you have to. Subjective. Right. You have to kind of think, okay, why would they choose this movie or that movie? Was it because of the writer? Was it what it did at the box office? Was it what it accomplished at the Oscars that year? Who knows? What movie was I shocked that wasn't on there? I thought for sure. I know guys go with me on this. I thought Barbie was going to be on there. Barbie? Okay. Top top 100 of the 2000s? Top Gun, Maverick? Where was that one?

Yeah. I could talk to you about both those afterwards, but they're both great movies. Top 100, I don't know. Okay, let's move it on here. We're also going to talk about some great music, right, that we're listening to. Yes. And we have, I don't know if she's new. She was new to me. She was just on the plaza, and she was incredible. Let's take a look at her latest one. Hey!

All of the time you wasted be in a night. We could have been cute and we could have been stupid. Hey! All of the time. You're wasting in your head. We could have been having said. Renee Rapp, I'm a monster fan. So, great song, though.

She's new to me, but I know she's been on the scene for a while, right? Yeah, she was a Mean Girls on Broadway. Mean Girls in the movie. She's a rock star. She is that next era, her along with Miley Cyrus. They're just so... She's on the same level as Miley Sacks. Right, and Lord, they're just so avant-garde.

So standing in who they are. I saw the interview on the plaza. She talks about just being authentic. She's LGBTQ-plus. She writes music that she doesn't like, but people like it, so she puts it out. She's unapologetically. Her new album, Bight Me, drops this August. She's going on tour as well. There you go. She's great. I think she's fantastic.

No, the song, the song really is a great song. Maroon 5, I have heard of them. They have a new one. They're back on tour. Here's the song, and here's the trivia question. Watch the video. What does this video remind you? It's a throwback to another video. Let's watch. All right. We do it all night. We do it all night. It's a satellite. If you just take my heart, we could go on and on and on. Love.

So good. All right. So if you guessed Robert Palmer, simply irresistible. You were right? Yeah. Did that stand out to you or no? Absolutely. What also stood out is that his wife behind Prinslu looks fantastic in this video.

Okay. This is their eighth album. Wow. So remember the first? moving five, yeah, yeah. Songs like, songs for Jane or, anyways, Sunday morning, right? Yeah, or like, she will be loved. They've just have found a way to stay relevant for over 20 years down, right?

Making hits. Hits on hits on hits, love like, love is like is the name of the new album. It drops in August as well. They're going on tour starting July. I think this is a great song, saxophone-laden, really good. They're back, and I think they're gonna definitely be top track. They're on tour, so I'm sure people are going to love to watch them. because people love Maroon 5.

Jason, thank you so much. This has been great hanging out with you on a Friday night. Fun time. I really appreciate it. We thank you for watching Top Story all week. I'm Tom Yammis in New York. Have a great weekend. We'll see you right back there.

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