Top Story with Tom Llamas - Friday, November 21, 2025

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Tonight, the surprising Oval Office meeting, President Trump, side-by-side with New York City mayor-elect, Zoran Mamdani, what the polarizing political rivals did when the cameras started rolling. The shocking shift in tone after months of trading insults, the Republican president and Democratic socialists now shaking hands and sharing compliments, and will show you the moment at the resolute desk the mayor-elect was asked if he thinks President Trump is a fascist. Also tonight, the coast-to-coast storm threatening millions ahead of Thanksgiving. Rain, snow, and powerful winds could upend the busiest travel days of the year, Bill Cairns with the day-by-day forecast. A grizzly bear attacking nearly a dozen students and teachers on a hike, how their teacher fought the animal off. A dream surfing trip left three people, including two brothers, dead, while a 23-year-old was convicted of instigating their murders.

fighter jet free fall, the plane suddenly crashing down during an air show performance, what went wrong? An alarming number of young women with no history of smoking are being diagnosed with lung cancer will walk you through the five-minute screening that could save your life. And the rare Superman comic found in an attic soaring into the record books at auction. Wait until you hear how much it went for. Plus the bidding war that could dramatically reshape the entertainment industry, what it could mean for what you watch?

The story starts right now. And good Friday evening to you. It was a made-for-TV moment that left Washington and the country stunned. After months of bashing each other relentlessly, President Trump and the mayor-elect of New York City, Zoram Mamdani, meeting at the White House cordial, even friendly, as they addressed the press. Facing the cameras together in the Oval Office, the two men describing how they've made common cause. of improving cost of living for New Yorkers and committing to working together. Take a listen.

I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's going to be, I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually. We spoke about rent. We spoke about groceries. We spoke about utilities. We spoke about the different ways in which people are being pushed out. And I appreciated the time with the president. I appreciated the conversation.

I look forward to working together to deliver that affordability for New Yorkers. I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help, because I want New York City to be great. Look, I love New York City. It's where I come from. I spent a lot of years there. I think it wants to make it greater than ever before. And if he can, we'll be out there cheering.

I'll be cheering for him. You used to call New York City home. Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a eight-mom docking? Yeah, I would. I really would, especially after the meeting. Absolutely. And what makes you comfortable? We agree it a lot more than I would have thought.

It was a striking. change in tone after months of public insults during Mamdani's campaign. Here are just some of those moments. I am Donald Trump's worst nightmare as a progressive Muslim immigrant who actually fights for the things that I believe in. Our city is under attack by an authoritarian Trump administration. I call him my little communist. He's my little communist mayor. It's going to be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York.

because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending theirs. If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. So hear me, President Trump, when I say this, to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us. Today, the vitriol was gone. President Trump even stepping into protect bomb downtown.

and help him out with some pointed questions. He asked about your comment, called the president a fascist. And your answer was, when President Trump and I had been clear about our positions and our views, are you affirming that you think President Trump as a fascist?

I've spoken about... That's okay. You can just say, yeah. Okay. It's easier. It's easier than explaining it. Why did you fly here? Aren't trains trainer? I'll use every form of transit,

to make sure that they're all affordable in New York City, and that's why making buses fast and free is a centerpiece of our campus. There is a bus. Well, but I know, but if he flew, that's a lot quicker, too, though, you know, I mean, he's working very hard for him to be, that's a long, that's a very, that's a very long drive. I'll stick up for you. You know, the plane takes you 30 minutes, and driving takes you a look. The meeting highlighting the similarities the two men shared, despite being on opposite political teams, both leaders have ties to Queens at energized big voter bases to win upset, victories in their elections. They're also both known for strong social media presences which field their campaigns. The big questions tonight, where do Trump and Mamdani go from here? Will they work together or will the honeymoon phase fizzle out? We have an all-star cast of reporters and political minds to break down this meeting tonight. Look at this here. Garrett Hake, NBC News New York reporter, Andrew Siff, are at the White House, both there tag teaming that. We're also joined by

my good friend Katie Honan, a reporter at the City Paper, who also closely followed this campaign. And former mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, another friend to Top Story as well. We thank you all for being here. Gary, I'm going to start you up because you were the first in that four box. The way this meeting played out, right, was definitely a surprise for many, but it was very sort of Trumpian, if you will. What did we learn and what happened behind closed doors? Yeah, look, I think there were always two possibilities for this meeting, both involved

fireworks. Either these two men were going to butt heads publicly and pick up where they left off on the campaign trails, or we were going to see what we saw here today. two people who consider themselves to be master communicators and at least see themselves to some degree as the ones who want to kind of chart the way politically for their parties, trying to do exactly that. The president, I'm told, by a couple of people who are in that meeting, really does have genuine respect for Mamdani. He was speaking positively about him all week this week leading up to this meeting and came away genuinely impressed with his seriousness in the Oval Office and also with his communication skills. and the attention that's paid to him, Tom. And I think that was kind of the icebreaker here. You heard it from Trump. If you were listening closely, one of the comments he made during this meeting was,

look at all the press who's here to cover this, all the reporters who were gathered out here on the driveway today. That's the kind of thing that gets the president's attention. It's the thing that makes him stand up and respect somebody. And I think you saw that play out across the length of this meeting today. Yeah, Andrew, we saw and played so many of those insults that these men have traded over the last few months, communist, fascists. And now this, you spoke to Mamdani before he left New York for this meeting.

What was his thinking here? Absolutely, Tom. He was preparing for anything. I asked him if he thought this might be an ambush along the lines of when President Zelensky was in the Oval Office. And to that end, Mom Dani had practice sessions, essentially speaking with Governor Kathy Hokel, Senator Chuck Schumer. He spoke with Akeem Jeffries. He even spoke with the Reverend Alton. Sharpton, people who had met with and spoken with President Trump many, many times. So he was ready for anything. That's what he told us. I'm not sure he was ready for this. I'm not sure he was ready to be praised this much for almost a half an hour nonstop in front of a bank

of reporters and in front of cameras broadcast around the world. So he went in with this preparation for the possibility it would be a battle and a fight. And I don't think even Mamdani expected the president to single out his achievements the way he did. On the other hand, it's also worth pointing out the political benefit of the president embracing something that voters just saw on Election Day was a successful issue, and that's embracing affordability. It's a good point there, Andrew. Mayor de Blasio, you actually got a shot out today in the meeting from President Trump today. Here's that moment. Look, I love New York City. It's where I come from. I spent a lot of years there. Now, I'm right here.

We took a big setback with the mayor that we had, named de Blasio. I thought it was a tremendous setback for the city. I think this mayor can do some things that are going to be really great. So, Mayor, when you first met with President Trump after his first election, you described the meeting as, quote, respectful and candid. Clearly that relationship devolved. Give us a reality check here. How long does this new calm and the relationship last between Trump and Mammani?

Not long. I think the reality is, Tom, that right now this was Donald Trump. Trump trying to deflect attention from the Epstein files and, you know, his sinking poll numbers and all the other challenges he's got. It was not about love of New York City. I do think there's a part of Trump that does care about New York City. I did see that at times, particularly during the COVID crisis when I worked with him and his team. There were times when he actually did seem concern for New York City. But right now he's concerned for his own political circumstance. This spectacle worked for him. But from Amdani, the smart thing, I think he handled it right, was

you know, try to build a little rapport, try to take the edge off. It's now going to be, I think, a little harder for Trump to do some of the extreme things he might have been thinking about for New York City. But Tom, with Trump, we learned a long time ago, you know, he will flip on you on a dime. Yeah. And the first time they disagree, expect him to start the threats up again. Katie, so many of Mondani supporters, right, hate Trump. It's one of the reasons why they elected him.

How do you think those supporters are going to interpret this meeting? I think the mayor elects been very forthcoming. about what he wants to do in D.C. in meeting with President Trump. He said he'll meet with anyone anywhere if it means that New Yorkers can get the help that they need. And he's been really upfront about that. And you even saw today in the meeting, he didn't, he wasn't bending the knee to Trump's will about things like immigration enforcement and other things that they differ on. Look, you even see the president admitting that, yeah, I'm a fascist, just let him say that I'm fine with that. So in some ways, it almost looked like President Trump was bending

the knee briefly to Mamdani. Of course, as the former mayor points out, we don't know how long that will last, and the president is notoriously fickle about certain things. But look, I think Zeranamondani, he was elected on a mandate to, on affordability. That's what people, whether they voted for him, or as he points out, a lot of Trump supporters from 2024, flipped to him for the mayoral race, they care about affordability because the cost of New York City, it's incredibly expensive. Yeah, Garrett, what do you think was that play here in President Trump's head, right? We heard a little bit about what what Mayor de Blasio thought maybe was at play here. He is facing some tough headwinds right now. But, you know, the president does need a foil, and this is a perfect

foil for him. He was even calling him his little communist here. He gave him a nickname. What do you think Trump wanted out of this meeting besides, obviously, the press that he's getting right now? Yeah, I mean, I think the pressing attention is a big part of it. I think almost all of this is personal, Tom, because I can't make the politics make sense. I mean, Republicans have spent the last month demonizing Zoran Mamdami. They're trying to turn him into a new Nancy Pelosi. a scary coastal liberal who's going to come to every district and state around the country and pull the rug out from under, you know, thoughtful people around the country. They wanted to make him a boogeyman.

The president just completely undid that argument by making him sound like a reasonable, serious person who any Republican, including himself, could do business with. I think this was personal for a president who does still care or at least take great interest in New York City and also trying to essentially attach himself to some degree to another big story, another big winner, another big attention getter. I do agree with the mayor, though. I think this could be short-lived. The same kind of, you know, free-willing ability to pivot on a dime and take advantage of the political headwinds here for President Trump doesn't suddenly go away when he sees an opportunity to throw Zoran Mondami under the proverbial free New York City bus.

Andrew, is there anything that Mamdani can give to President Trump? And what I mean by that is that in nightly news earlier tonight, I was talking to Garrett about this. You know, the president The president was asked, would you move back to New York? Could you live in New York City under Mamdine? He said, absolutely. But to remind viewers, the president left Trump Tower to Maralago because he said city and state leaders were not treating him right. There were also subpoenas coming, lawsuits were coming. Is that sort of era of going after Trump over in New York? Probably not. I mean, Kathy Hokel, the governor, issued a statement saying, essentially, yes, she also would work with the president as long as it's focused on Hill. helping New Yorkers. But the moment that changes, she'll fight like hell. And that approach is what has been popular. I referenced the elections before, Tom. And you know that after affordability,

a lot of voters talked about wanting candidates who would stand up to Trump. And so that remains a delicate issue in New York, where the president is not popular in the city. Yes, he did better in the last election than the time before. But again, he's not popular in New York City. And I think perhaps what he can get from Mom Dani is a return to one of the things that got him elected in the first place, which is that focus on affordability. That was a lost thread amid tariffs and rising prices and a struggling economy.

And maybe since Mom Dani wrote it to success two weeks ago, the president can get some of that magic shine back. Mayor, you know, one of the knocks on Mom Dani is that he's a young guy. He doesn't have a whole lot of experience. He's sort of new to the game. He is on a very big stage. right now. Was there a part of you watching this going, be careful, don't take debate?

Ah, you just took the bait. No, I was watching as a supporter of Mom Dani with concern that Trump would do what he often does and just turn on someone suddenly. And I thought that would be a tough and uncomfortable moment. But one of the things we've seen about Mom Dani is incredibly self-possessed. He's very clear about who he is, what he believes in, and I know he also prepares carefully for everything. So I had no doubt that he knew Trump might try and switch up on him and was ready. The cool thing here, I think from the perspective of all those of us who believe in Mamdani is, he got the better of this.

Mamdani showed that he was willing to be reasonable. He was willing to go anywhere to get something done for New York City. Trump is the one who actually looks weak right now. And Mamdani has no illusions because he set a very clear tone. He'll fight Trump when he has to on behalf of New Yorkers. I think in the end, it was a very good day for Mom Dani. It was not such a great day for Trump. He distracted from Epstein, but he also looked weak in the process,

and that's something Donald Trump goes to a lot of trouble to avoid. Today he didn't manage to do that. I think some might take issue with the optics on that last point, right? The president was sitting, Mamdami was standing up. It almost seemed like he sort of felt sorry for him a little bit for Mom Dani. Katie, as I'm watching this, I'm also thinking of, like, WWF, and, like, you know, there's great battles, and then there's friendships, and then there's great battles again.

And we know the president is a fan of that kind of stuff. What could be the next big battle between these two men? I'm thinking immigration enforcement. Borders our Tom Holman said there's going to be ramped up immigration enforcement in New York City. We'll see who the heel might be in this kind of wrestling battle. But as for today, I think all of the people who doubted Mamdani's skill when it comes to dealing with the president were taught a lesson that, you know, he actually has that ability to meet with Trump. We'll see how long it lasts.

but I think it's going to be immigration. Yeah. Katie, Garrett, Andrew, Mayor de Blasio, we thank you all for being here on this really action-packed top story tonight on this Friday. You can hear much more from New York City mayor-elect Zoram Amdani in an exclusive interview on Meet the Press with our good friend Kristen Welker this Sunday. Make sure to tune in. Okay, next tonight, the president defending his claims that some democratic lawmakers should be tried for sedition, even floating the death penalty,

after they put out a video telling troops to disobey any illegal orders. Now those lawmakers say they need full. full-time security. Here's Ryan Nobles. You can refuse illegal orders. Tonight, President Trump defending his suggestion that six Democratic lawmakers who put out this video telling troops they could disobey illegal orders were guilty of seditious behavior punishable by death. I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble. In the old days,

it was death. If I ever said that, and there were a Democrat as president, all hell would broken loose. Tonight, some of those Democrats telling us they now need 24-7 security. No one should be happy when we're threatening violence against people who we just don't agree with. Are you getting more threats now as a result of this? Yeah, absolutely. We're getting more threats. You know, when the President of the United States tweets out death threats and says the things that he says, that, you know, that stirs things up a lot. But Defense Secretary Pete Heggzeth calling the Democratic video stage four Trump derangement syndrome. The White House says it sends a dangerous message to troops.

Trump allies blasting the video. That's BS. They knew what they were doing. They created a political stunt to get a response. And they didn't like the response. But some Republicans criticizing both Democrats and the president. I don't think there's any place for that. I think it's unacceptable. I mean, I didn't like the video either.

And so what do you think the president should have done differently in that case? I mean, that rhetoric is not acceptable. Okay, Ryan joins us now on Capitol Hill. Ryan, I was thinking about this, right? I was like, the politics here. Who actually does this help? Because it sort of helps both sides, right? President Trump and his campaign made a lot of arguments about D.C. and the swamp and what was happening there. This sort of feeds some of those arguments. But for the Democrats, it shows them standing up to the president. So politically speaking, who's on top here? Yeah, I think it really depends in the eyes of the beholder, right? Tom, if you're a Republican,

you like the fact that your party is calling out Democrats, reminding them that Donald Trump is still the commander in chief, and also pushing back on this idea that he is handing down any sort of an illegal order. But if you are a Democrat and you're concerned about the way that the administration is using the military, whether it be the situation in South America or the fact that they're sending National Guard troops into American cities, sometimes against the requests of local leadership, then you start to appreciate that. the fact that those lawmakers are standing up to the White House. But there is no doubt, Tom, this middle ground, you saw Congressman Kylie there of California,

a Republican who said, I don't like the way either side is handling this. And as a result, you're getting strong opinions from just about everyone here in Washington. Ryan Nobles on Capitol Hill for us. Ryan, good to see you, turning out of the Russia-Ukraine war. President Trump urging Ukrainian President Volomir Zelensky to accept a U.S. crafted peace plan by Thanksgiving. That proposal containing some major concessions for Ukraine. And Zelensky tonight saying the country faces one of the most difficult moments in their history. Here's Keir Simmons. Ukraine tonight, under more pressure from Russia's unrelenting onslaught.

And now President Zelensky facing President Trump's deadline for an answer on a new U.S. peace proposal by Thanksgiving. We think we have a way of getting peace. He'll have to like it. And if he doesn't like it, then, you know, they should just keep fighting, I guess. U.S. officials say the 28-point plan gives Ukraine something its sense. seeking, a U.S.-backed security guarantee based on NATO's Article 5 if Russia were to attack again. But it also asks Ukraine to make major concessions, including ruling out joining NATO, reducing its army, and handing territory to Russia that it has not lost.

They've got to give up some land that they have not lost in the war. They will lose in a short period of time. They're losing land. It's a bloodbath. Russia, which invaded Ukraine, is asked to concede little. Ukraine's President Zelensky calling it a difficult moment in an emergency address. Now Ukraine may find itself facing a very difficult choice, either loss of dignity or the risk of losing a key partner, he said. Russia's President Putin says he has seen the plan and is ready to resolve issues peacefully, but the Russian leader who this week appeared in military fatigues also threatening to achieve his objectives through armed struggle.

There's a flurry of diplomacy. Zelensky holding an emergency call with European leaders and a call with Vice President Vance, saying Ukraine views every realistic plan positively. Tom? All right, Keir Simmons v. Thank you. Back here at home, we are tracking a cross-country storm that could disrupt your Thanksgiving travel.

Tens of millions heading home for the holiday could see significant delays at the airport and on the roads. Nearly 82 million Americans are expected to travel more than 50 miles away from home, according to AAA, the FAA saying it will be the busiest Thanksgiving in 15 years. Let's get right to NBC meteorologist Bill Karens. Bill, you were telling us earlier, there is a change in the forecast. Yeah, especially right before Thanksgiving for the East Coast.

We'll get to that in a second. The storm, the culprit, for all of our worries over the next week, is spinning here just south of Los Angeles, bringing some heavy rain into areas that don't typically get a lot of heavy rain from Yuma, Lake Havasu City, right on the border here of Arizona and California. And we still have a flood watch. We haven't had any flash flooding, but we still could see isolated problems as we head into the evening hours. As far as the storm goes, over the weekend, Sunday it starts to get a little bit stronger as it moves through New Mexico. But at the time we get to Monday, it's heading out into areas of Oklahoma and Texas.

These are regions that got a lot of heavy rain over the last two days. The rivers are high. Ground is saturated. So we are going to see a flash flood threat. This is probably our worst travel period, anyone heading out of Texas into areas of Arkansas and maybe three to six inches of rain. And some areas, as we said, already picked up about two to four inches in the last day or two. By the time we get to Sunday, I think the airport, Dallas-Fort Worth is fine early in the day, late in the days when some of that rain will be arriving. As far as driving goes, heading out on interstate 20 and 40, coming from areas of Colorado and New Mexico into Texas will be problematic. And then our busiest travel day is Wednesday, and that's time when we expect the change.

The East Coast was looking rainy. Now just showers. I think we're going to be okay. Okay, we'll take it. Bill, we thank you for that. We're back in a moment with the grizzly bear charging a group of students and teachers on a hike, how they escaped alive. Plus, the new warning about lung cancer, why doctors say more young women are being diagnosed without ever smoking. And the stunning rescue caught on camera, police tracking down a man with dementia after he went missing in the woods for days.

How they finally found him coming up. We were back down with a dramatic rescue. caught on camera, police using heat-sensing drones to locate an 86-year-old man with dementia who had been missing for nearly four days in the wilderness. Here's NBC's George's release with the incredible video. We got you. He's alive. He's alive.

This dramatic body cam video capturing the moment 86-year-old Donald Keaton was found alive. Donald, you all right, bud? After nearly four days missing in the wilderness near Vero Beach, Florida. Water at all? For 80 hours, law enforcement searched for him by ground. Donald, do you hear me? And air. I see him moving, so it was like...

Keaton, who has dementia and Parkinson's disease, eventually found under mud and a patch of palms. All right, we got you, okay? Authorities say Keaton was breaking them to try and get himself out of a hole he'd fallen into. I got EMS coming for you, okay? That movement, just enough for a drone pilot to pick up his heat signature. All right, you made it. Great job. without this technology, he would not be alive today.

Keaton's wife, Joyce, says they were staying at an RV park when Donald told her he was going for a walk. We got you. Keaton now dealing with cuts and bug bites, but he's expected to make a full recovery. I just want to thank all of you for bringing my husband back home. Joyce says her husband never gave up hope. He started praying, and that's what the prayers from all over the country. basically because we have friends in all different places, but the prayers is what saved him. Yeah, George, this is an incredible story and that video helped out so much. What more do we know

about sort of the resources that were used to find him? Yeah, there was a great number of them. You had helicopters, you had canines, you had officers on ATVs. You saw many of them were there on the ground. Those drone pilots, though, up in the air, 26 hours when they spotted him in that thick brush. Again, a needle in a haystack. Authorities there are saying it was nothing short of a miracle, Tom. It really is. All right, George, we thank you. That of that terrifying incident in Canada, a grizzly bear attacking students and their teachers out on a hike. Tonight, authorities say that bear is still on the loose.

NBC's Morgan Chesky has more. A dramatic scene outside a Canadian hospital, ambulances lined up, a heartbroken indigenous community showing support, following a bear attack on elementary school children during a hike. I want to thank the teachers for their heroism, their early accounts of, of their willingness to confront this vicious animal. The attack happened on a walking trail in the New Hawk Nation community of Bella Kula, roughly 250 miles northwest of Vancouver. Officials say the group was resting Thursday afternoon when the grizzly rushed in. Teachers put themselves in harm's way to protect the children.

They successfully repelled bear spray and used bear spray and bear bangers to ward off the bear. That device called a bear banger using a non-lethal cartridge. Let it go. To scare animals with a bang. It worked letting students escape and launching a massive search for the bear. It's the latest in a string of frightening bear encounters. In Pennsylvania, a 300-pound black bear jumped over a counter after chasing a boy inside a store. While on Wednesday, authorities say another black bear left a Nevada couple scratched up after a broken.

inside looking for food. And tonight in Canada, with the bear's whereabouts still unknown, authorities say officers are armed and they're telling residents to stay indoors and not walk anywhere. Tom. Okay, Morgan Chesky for us. Okay, coming up tonight, Bill and Hillary Clinton called a testifying the Epstein probe when the former president and former secretary of state are being called for questioning. Plus, the potential deal that could shake up the entertainment industry. What we're learning tonight about who's in the mix to take over Warner Brothers Discovery, But first, top story's top moment and an unforgettable night on the ice for hockey star Dylan Strome, and it had nothing to do with the game. The Washington Capitals forward, learning his wife, had given birth to their third daughter after the first period of the game.

Strom overcome with emotion in the locker room. Take a look. My warrior of a wife had our third daughter while we were on the ice. So really proud of her. It's tough. You obviously want to be there for the birth of your children, and didn't know it was coming this soon, but I can't wait to go see yours. Came early, and here is the entire family when they finally united, of course, with their newest edition, Baby Sud. Stay with us. More news on the way. We are back now with Top Stories Health Check and the troubling rise in lung cancer rates for younger women who don't. smoke. Here's NBC's Maggie Vespa. An active Chicago mother in her mid-40s, Danielle Hoyg,

was stunned. Did you ever think that you were someone who could get lung cancer? No, never. Early last year, this scan showing this white mass proved her wrong. I thought, well, no way do I have lung cancer because I don't smoke. Her doctor delivering a second blow. He said to me, it does look like cancer and oh, by the way, you're not the first young female I've seen today that has lung cancer. Doctors we spoke with from around the country say they're seeing more young women like Danielle with no history of tobacco use diagnosed with lung cancer. And a new study from Northwestern medicine shows 65% of people diagnosed with lung cancer today don't qualify for

regular screenings that could have caught the disease sooner. That's because current screening guidelines only cover adults 50 to 80 years old who've smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for 20 years. Among those diagnosed too late, Northwestern researchers say more younger non-smokers, the majority women. They're like, what did I do wrong? I've not smoked. I've never had alcohol. I eat healthy. I exercise. I have stage four lung cancer. Chief of thoracic surgery, Dr. Ann Kit Barat. Do we know why lung cancer rates are on the rise among younger women who have never smoked. Do we know why this is happening? Well, we actually don't right now. Dr. Barat says the culprit could be environmental factors like air pollution or things

more commonly inhaled by women like cosmetics, aerosols, gas stoves, or cleaning products. But none of that is proven. What is known, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths nationwide. To show how simple screenings are, Northwestern's team scanned me. A 37-year-old non-smoker with a family history of lung disease. The CT scan took less than five minutes. We are looking at the right lung right here. This is your left lung. With results minutes later.

I don't see any sign of lung cancer. No signs of lung cancer. There's no spots, no evidence of lung cancer. Dr. Barad is now calling to change the screening guidelines to include all adults 40 to 85. Hoig, whose cancer was caught early by an unrelated scan and treated, still wonders. Why her?

I could have died, and my children would have been without their mom. Really, anyone can get it. Maggie Vespa, NBC News, Chicago. All right, we thank Maggie for that one. Now to Top Stories News Feed, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, calling for in-person depositions from former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It's all related to the committee's investigation to Jeffrey Epstein.

Republican Congressman James Comer says the depositions are scheduled. for mid-December. We reached out to the Clintons for comment but have not heard back. And Grammy-winning rapper Praz from the Fuji sentenced to 14 years in prison. A federal jury convicted him of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012. Now, Praz's attorney says he plans to appeal both the conviction and the sentence. And it's not a bird, it's not a plane. It's a 1939 Superman comic book that just fold for a record-setting price tag at auction. More than $9 million, can you believe it?

That makes it the most expensive comic book ever sold at auction. Here you can see the copy of what it looks like. Three brothers in California reportedly found it last year while cleaning out their late mother's attic. What a find. Okay, next tonight, the iconic Hollywood studio now up for sale. You probably know Warner Brothers from this Water Tower low. at the start of their movies. But as soon as next year, that iconic water tower

could bear a new logo. Take a look as Paramount, Skydance, Comcast, the parent company, of course, of NBC News, and Netflix submit their bids to purchase the company. This, according to Reuters, what's for sale? Well, in addition to the film studio, are big assets like DC studios and HBO Max. Also up for grabs, legacy cable channels,

including CNN, T&T, and Discovery Channel. So here to break it all down, Hollywood Insider and Puck News Founder, Matt Bellany. Matt, so great to have you on Top Story tonight. Before we get into this, do you have any news for our viewers? About what's going on? Well, we know that the three bidders that we thought would be bidding for this company are actually bidders now. The bids were submitted yesterday, and it's Comcast, Netflix, and Paramount. The three suitors, there may be more that we don't know about, but right now those are the three that could get this ass.

Yeah, Matt, you know, this is a juicy Hollywood story. You've been all over this, right? But our viewers may not know this as well. Let's start with the man at the middle of this sale, Warner Brothers Discovery CEO David Zazlov. He's a big name in Hollywood. Some people know him as Zaz. He started at Discovery, actually even before that, at NBC, and was behind their merger with Warner Brothers three years ago. What's he looking for in this deal?

Well, he wants a way out. I mean, this entire transaction that created this company was because David Zazloff was running a television company, Discovery Communications that was going down, down, down because of the cable model. The cable model is falling apart. So he looked around, he saw Warner Brothers and HBO was out there,

put them all together, became Warner Brothers Discovery, and they thought that the combination might give them a little bit of size and scale to escape this moment. Turned out not to be the case. The economics are still going down, down, down. So now he has decided that he would prefer

to split up this company, sell off the studio side and the streamer to one buyer and keep the cable channels, which are going down, down, down, separate for another buyer. But the problem with that is that there's a buyer out there right now, Paramount, that wants to buy the entire company. So right now, it's Paramount that wants to buy all of the assets and then Netflix and Comcasts that really just want the studio and HBO Max.

Let's talk about Paramount right now. The big name involved there. Of course, one of the richest people in the world, Larry Ellison, his son, David, is the new company CEO. And veteran media exec, Jeff Schell, is running Paramount right now. This is a team with Hollywood connections and also close ties to President Trump. What's sort of their offer here? Why would Warner Brothers want to sell to them? Well, it's a check right now and a pretty large check from one of the richest people in the world.

Now, he may bring in partners, we've heard some rumors about some Middle Eastern funds, but the value of going with Paramount, is they are willing to put up a small fortune for this. It's about $60 billion we think this could go for. And they say, we want it all. The good stuff, the bad stuff. The other suitors, they only want the good stuff. They want Warner Brothers and they want HBO Max. So that is going to be an entirely different process,

and it's going to leave Warner's with this other side, the cable companies that are not great businesses, and they're going to have to figure out what to do with that. Now, Zazlov thinks they have a plan for that. They can spin them off. They have a management plan for that. But the value of going with someone like the Ellicons is that they want it all, and they feel that the Trump administration is friendlier to them,

and the government will bless that deal. Jeff Schell sticks around, if that's the deal. And David Zazlov, you have two sort of, I don't know, media moguls, if you will, both in there? Does somebody have to leave? I think Zazlov would get a role at the new company. They've talked about potentially calling him co-CEO, but I've joked that, you know, be in charge of the Hampton's office, because I don't think he'll have any real say

over the direction of the company, even if he has a big title. That would just be an offer to him to stick around, get a big paycheck, call himself a mogul, and stay with the company for a little bit. For all intents and purposes, David Ellison will be in charge of that company. So Netflix, right, I want to talk about this, because they have a market cap somewhere around $450 billion. You compare that to Paramount, right? Or even Warner Brothers, which is at $57 billion. Paramount's even smaller than that, from what I understand, somewhere around under $20 billion. Netflix is the Goliath here. They have the money. Maybe it's going to be in stock, right? But can't they just go in there and take it if they want it?

Well, they can certainly outbid others without going to other financiers and partners, but they have regulatory problems. Netflix is considered the leader in subscription streaming. They fight with YouTube for dominance there. So combining HBO Max with the dominant streamer would put alarm bells off in Washington. And already Republicans have voiced opposition to Netflix buying Warner. Comcast is the dark horse here. NBC, of course, the mothership of this fine show here and NBC News. Talk to me about that. Is there a shot or a chance for Comcast? I think there is. They have the same regulatory problem as Paramount would in the sense that they would be combining two legacy studios.

Warner Brothers and Universal Studios. The difference is that Peacock is not a player or it's not a dominant player in streaming. So you can make the argument that they need to combine with HBO Max in order to be competitive there. The problem for NBC and NBC Universal is that the Trump administration

has been pretty hostile to the company because of its ownership of MSNBC and the Roberts family, which controls Comcast, is considered not a friend of the Trumps, unlike the Ellison. So as with everything, here, politics is a factor. Matt Bellany, you can read his byline in Puck. I'm sure he's going to break some news in the days ahead. Matt, we thank you for being here. Thank you.

All right. Still ahead on top story, a woman's sentenced to decades behind bars for her role in the murders of three tourists in Mexico. The new details tonight about the killings, plus the horrific crash at an air show in Dubai, a fighter jet exploding into a fireball after hitting the ground. The latest on what happened. That's next. We're back now with an update to a story we brought you last year. A 23-year-old woman sentenced to two decades in prison for her role in the deaths of two Australian brothers and their American friend on a surf trip in Mexico. The Attorney General says she is the one who encouraged the other suspects to steal the men's phones and truck tires. NBC's Dana Griffin has more.

Tonight, a woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the murder of three tourists. while in Mexico, according to the Mexican Attorney General. The AG saying 23-year-old Ari Giselle pleaded guilty to the armed robbery and inciting vehicle theft prior to last year's deadly assault on American Carter Road and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson. The three men had been on a surfing trip when they were carjacked, according to prosecutors, targeted for their phone and tires. The Attorney General's office saying Giselle at one point coming into contact with the three surfers

and tipping off the other suspects that they were carrying valuables. Days later, one of the four suspects was found with a victim's cell phone, according to the chief state prosecutor. The other three men involved are in custody and facing charges for homicide. The bodies of the surfers were found in a remote well about 50 feet deep, four miles from where they were killed. The medical examiner saying they died from gunshot wounds to the head, adding that they likely had been dead for five to seven days before they were found.

Mexican investigators at the time seemed combing through evidence, finding blood, bullet casings and drag marks near the men's campground, along with the badly burned white pickup truck. The local attorney general saying there were signs the men tried to fight back. The case capturing international attention, Jake and Callum's parents traveling to Baja California last year to take their boys home. Our hearts are broken and the world has become a darker place for us. They were young men enjoying their passion of surfing together. We know that they were truly loved and impacted many people's lives. Dana Griffin, NBC News. Now to Top Stories Global Watch, starting with a deadly plane crash at an air show in Dubai.

Here you see the Indian fighter jet performing a stunt before slamming to the ground erupting into that ball of fire and smoke. The crowds of spectators left horrified. and Air Force officials confirming the pilot died in the crash. The cause is still under investigation. And after all the controversy surrounding this year's Miss Universe pageant, Miss Mexico was just crowned the winner. Her name is Fatima Bosch Fernandez. You might remember the pageant's co-owner publicly scolded her earlier this month, leading several contestants to walk out. He later apologized, but soon after two judges resigned with one of them accusing organizers of rigging the competition which the organization denies. INHungry, lifting the lid on a Roman sarcophagus from around 1,700 years ago.

Here's what they filed. Inside a complete skeleton, believed to be of a young woman. There were also glass vases, jewelry, and coins. They say everything was incredibly well preserved, which is rare, because most of these tombs, you may remember, have been weighted by looters over these centuries. Researchers now trying to learn more about the woman and who she was. Okay, next tonight, some new deep cuts from the Fab Four. just when you think you've heard it all from the most famous fan ever,

now a new Beatles release, deep from the Abbey Road Archives. NBC's Molly Hunter went to the fame studio for the look at the AI tech, making it all possible. You could be forgiven for thinking you've seen and heard it all from the most famous foursome in the world. But out today, 13 previously unreleased tracks. Outtakes from recording sessions at the famed Abbey Road Studios, part of Anthology 4. In my life, take one. One, two, three, four. First time they ever recorded this.

Yeah. There are places I remember. We got to listen alongside the album's producer, Giles Martin. the son of the legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin. And now the rest of us are getting an earful of what it was really like to be there. To hear them writing and practicing the songs we know so well. Should we just do drums and piano on this one? Yeah, that guitar's a curse, man.

Teasing each other and ordering lunch too. I'll just have cheese and lettuce and my sandwich and coffee. Okay, I'll one, two, three, four. But it feels like they're playing notes. They're playing notes, they're being silly. That's what the sessions are like. It's kind of eavesdropping. Martin and his team have also developed machine learning technology

that can strip away each element. There's John's organ. This is where he's going crazy on set. This is nuts. And there's the vocals. Then Martin can add all the elements back together. The audio now crystal clear, the song now center stage. Down on the grass.

People go, what's the magic? Was it my dad in the studios? Was it the instruments? No, it was just the fact that we had four incredible human beings that actually loved each other that decided to go and make this music together. Molly Hunter, NBC News, London.

And when we come back and look at the best things to binge, watch, and listen to this weekend, Mark Wahlberg returns for the sequel of the family plan, and Ed Shearon plays his biggest hits across New York City all in one take. Stay with us. We're back now with binge-worthy because it is Friday. Our look at the best things to watch

and listen to this weekend. And joining us tonight is one of our good friends here at Top Story, NBC News Entertainment contributor and CEO of pop viewers and a silent bidder to Warner Brothers, Chris Witherspoon. I love that last line. You bid. You made a bid, right? I'm ready. I got the money. Let's go. I hope you get it. Chris, so great to see you. We're going to jump right into this. So this movie, I got vibes of There Will Be Blood. I got vibes of a young Daniel Day Lewis in the main actor.

This looks totally legit. It's on Netflix. It's called Train Dreams. It's about the building of a railroad, right? Got this all right? We got it all right. Let's take a look. You're much out for me.

There were once passageways to the old world. Every thread we pulled affects the design of things. Don't you think it's too much. What if you've got nothing left to give? Chris, I'm going to let you do your thing, but I will tell you, sometimes when films premiere on places like Netflix, I think they do an incredible job. But they feel like a streaming movie.

This actually felt like a big budget, huge release in the theaters, but I know it's on Netflix. I would say this is the first Oscar contender of the fall kind of... Really? To the chat now, officially. You heard it here first. It's an emotional... Yeah, and it's like an emotional...

Frontier drama. It's kind of like Yellowstone and that same audience will love it, but not so much of the drama. It's more artful. It's beautifully shot. It starts... Good acting? Great acting. Jill Edgerton, Felicity Jones. Actually, you had three Oscar nominees in this. So it's already getting that Oscar buzz and that, you know, kind of like love from the academy. And to me, it looks like one of these great sort of period pieces from when they were building the railroad, but they spent the time, they spent the money. Cinematography looks incredible. I'm going to binge this one. It's done. Next one up. This one's good for the family. The family plan, too. This is on Apple TV, Mark Wahlberg.

You know he's doing the coal plunge. You know he's up at like 2 a.m. He's doing something. This guy does it all. He really does do it all. He's got clothes. He's got everything. All right, let's take a look.

Dan, I just spoke to Nina. She's going to stay in London for the holidays. No, no, no, no. Jess, the Morgan's always together on Christmas. That's non-negotiable. How about if we visit Nina and we see how Christmas feels in a new setting? Ready for your meeting? One quick job, and the whole trip pays for itself.

Then Morgan family Christmas. There's a go. No, Sean. I'm here to take over your father's business. And I totally forgot Michelle Monaghan. She's so great. And so many things, including White Lotus. Yes, yes. So many things. Okay, so tell us about this, because I don't know anything about these. Okay, so there was the first one that came on a couple of years ago, but now he's playing this assassin. He's a father by day, but an assassin kind of on the D.L, which is like a new

trend. You've watched that film Nobody a couple of years ago. Yes, yes. I remember that. A new one to come out with Bob Odenkirk. Right. It's that same sort of genre. It's like the equalizer, but with your family. Yeah, yeah. Okay. The cool part about this is Kit Harrington from Game of Thrones is in this as a bad guy. And he kind of steals the show. It takes place in London. It's set at Christmas time. So it kind of gets you in the holiday experience.

I love that. And it's okay for the family, right? With the whole entire family. Okay, next up. A lot of action. Okay, next up, I mean, if you like Selena, and so many people do, this is a doc about her life, about her music. It goes all in, produced, right, and made by her family, right?

Her siblings, right? Let's take a look. It was amazing how talented Selena was, even when she was very young. My father's a manager, my brother's a producer, and my sister is the drummer in the band. I got a complete group. We worked as a unit. Selina had a very dangerous team behind her. Selena was bigger than what she thought she was.

Okay, this is on Netflix. I know we're going to binge this in our house, so tell me about it. And it's kind of crazy to think that Slina passed away 30 years ago. 30 years ago, oh my gosh. Her legacy lives on. This new generation fell in love with her. again with the Netflix scripted series that came out five years ago. Now this is a three-part series, really about her life,

and there's all this never-beseen, never-before-seen footage that her family is providing. And her family, Elos Dinos, her siblings, are a part of this, and kind of telling us the side of Salina that we didn't really see in the scripted series, how she didn't really realize she was as famous as she was, even when she was alive. But her legacy, I mean, who would think 30 years later someone would have these many projects about their story? It's the true test of art. when you know it when it lasts all those years.

I mean, I can sing all her songs, by the way. Can you really? Okay. And J-Lo with the first movie, right? Yes, I mean, that movie, when it's on TV, Tom, I can't look like. No, my wife, same way. She loves it. Next up, we have a little bit of a different one.

This is on Netflix. If you like Ed Sheeran, he has a really cool sort of, would you call it a documentary? Is it kind of like a... It's a documentary concert film. Documentary concert film, good way to put it. That's why Chris makes a big bucks. He knows how to do this job.

Here's a clip. It looks a lot of fun. Wait, wait, wait. All right, so set it up here. So basically he's got one shot at performing in each of these venues? Yes, I mean, think about the movie Adolescence that came out last year and all the ratings for Netflix. That director is teaming up with Ed Shearing for this film. hour in New York City, he shoots in all these great venues on the street, on the subway,

at all these bars, literally for one hour. There's no cuts, no redos, all his greatest hits, and some new songs, too. Okay. It's really brilliant because he put it out of Mount called play back in September. So it's kind of a cool way of marketing, you know, his new content. And he's been trying to do this. I know he's done some of these around the world, that kind of thing. Yeah. And so this is interesting. But let me get this right. He just pops into a bar. No, he pops into a bar. He starts playing. Subway car starts playing. And the camera's following him. Is it set up? I know it's supposed to be improv, but it's produced. Come on. Okay. You can't just walk into a bar without the audio being right. And all the Ed Shearren fans in the subway car. But they don't really know

some of them that it's going to be Ed Sharon. So it's pretty cool. That is great. Yes. Next up, we got Tate McCray. And you know she's going to turn up the temperature, right? Take McCray. Nobody's Girl. If you've got kids in the room, be careful. Okay, this is off her new album, so close to what. And I'm getting Britney vibes. But we'll talk about it on the other end. Let's play it. So Tate, I mean, she's been like, her music is very hot, right? I mean, for a very long time, people don't realize Tate was discovered on So You Think You Can Dance when she was only 13 years old back in 2016, and she's kind of parlayed that into this career at 21 years old, and she's killing it, and she actually can dance.

That's what makes Tate McCray, I think, so compelling when you want to perform. and she's not the best vocalist, but she can dance. And this new album is basically a re-release of her album that came out last year with five new tracks. And that's all you heard, one then. All right. So if you like Tate McCray, check that one out. Finally, Pesso Pluma, who we like so much here.

We actually showed, we did a whole story about him before he blew up. Oh, really? Okay. One of the first ones that put him on the map here on top story. Pesso Pluma and Tito Double P. Not single P, double P. Let's listen. So Pesso Pluma, of course, took that sort of Musica Ranchera, the Mariachi music, put it into sort of pop, or actually forced it into pop with the whole rap, the way to sing.

Incredibly talented artists. This is interesting. This new one is a little bit interesting for me. I will be honest, because they're speaking Spanish, but it almost feels like they're speaking a different language because of the cadence. So talk to me about it. And apparently I heard, Tom, that Tito Double P is actually P. PLUMA's cousin. Oh, get out of here.

So it's kind of like a family affair. And double P, maybe that's Pseu Pluma. I mean, I don't get it. But I'll tell you one thing that I do get is they are taking this genre of Mexican music mainstream. It blows up. It does really well on Spotify. It's called intro, the song, which also is kind of cool.

Because you always think about intros to, no one ever made an intro, like an actual music video in a single, which is what Pezzo Pluma does so well. Okay, so check that out if you like that. Chris Witherspoon, the one of the only. Always a pleasure, Chris. Thank you for being here. Yeah. We thank you for watching Top Story tonight and always.

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