>>> TONIGHT, THE MOMENT THE BORDER HAS BEEN BRACING FOR AS TITLE 42 EXPIRES, MIGRANTS FLOODING IN IN RECORD NUMBERS. MORE THAN 32,000 IN THE LAST THREE DAYS. THE LONG LINES, PROCESSING CENTERS AND SHELTERS OVER CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNMENT RACES TO ADD THOUSANDS MORE BEDS. PLUS, HOW DID AN UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT TEEN DIE IN A FACILITY IN FLORIDA? THE NEW WARNING FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY TO MIGRANTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION FACING NEW QUESTIONS OVER ITS HANDLING OF THE CRISIS AND OUR REPORTER INSIDE A SHELTER TONIGHT. >>> TORNADO OUTBREAK. A MASSIVE TORNADO BEARING DOWN. ANOTHER ONE RIPPING THROUGH A TOWN AS MILLIONS FACE MORE SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT. WE'RE TRACKING IT. >>> THE MARINE VETERAN WHO PUT A HOMELESS MAN IN A FATAL CHOKEHOLD FREE ON BAIL AFTER SURRENDERING TO FACE A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. NEW REACTION FROM THE HOMELESS MAN'S FAMILY. >>> THE IDAHO MOTHER KNOWN AS THE DOOMSDAY CULT MOM FOUND GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES IN THE DEATHS OF HER TWO YOUNGEST CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND'S EX-WIFE AND WHAT LORI VALLOW NOW FACES. >>> THE MAN WHO NOW ADMITS HE CRASHED HIS OWN PLANE, JUMPING OUT AND RECORDING THE WHOLE THING ALL FOR A PROMOTION. >>> THE NEW PUSH FOR MORE SUPPORT DURING BIRTH. WHAT EXPERTS SAY IS LEADING TO BETTER OUTCOMES IN THE DELIVERY ROOM. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME ON THIS FRIDAY. NEW RULES ARE TAKING HOLD ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER TONIGHT WITH THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTION KNOWN AS TITLE 42 LIFTED OVERNIGHT. U.S. OFFICIALS HOLDING THEIR BREATH OVER WHAT MAY COME. UNDER ITS NEW RULES, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ONCE MORE ALLOWING IN THOSE WITH ASYLUM APPLICATIONS OR OTHER LEGAL PATHWAYS AS LONG LINES FORMED AT OFFICIAL PROCESSING POINTS, THOSE ILLEGALLY CROSSING PRESENTED NEW CHALLENGES. MORE THAN 10,000 MIGRANTS WERE APPREHENDED ALONG THE BORDER YESTERDAY IN THE HOURS BEFORE TITLE 42'S END ACCORDING TO TWO DHS OFFICIALS. FOR MANY MIGRANTS, IT IS ONE MORE GAMBLE IN A JOURNEY FRAUGHT WITH RISK AS THEY ESCAPE INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS AT HOME WHILE IN U.S. BORDER TOWNS OVERRUN WITH MIGRANT ENCAMPMENTS, FEARS THINGS MIGHT GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER. TOM LLAMAS ONCE AGAIN LEADS OUR COVERAGE FROM THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE PRESSURE BUILDING ON THE BORDER AND IN CITIES ACROSS AMERICA. WITH TITLE 42 SCRAPPED, A NEW ERA OF IMMIGRATION IN THE U.S. IS KICKING OFF WITH ALL-TIME HIGH ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS. MIGRANTS CAMPING BETWEEN BORDER WALLS, CROSSING RIVERS AND LINING UP FOR HOURS TO BE PROCESSED. IN JUST THE LAST THREE DAYS, MORE THAN 32,000 MIGRANTS HAVE CROSSED ILLEGALLY. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY'RE ADDING THOUSANDS OF BEDS TO DETENTION CENTERS, BUT LOCAL MAYORS SAY THEY NEED HELP NOW. >> I'M WORRIED ABOUT REACHING OVERCAPACITY AND THE ISSUE WE HAVE NOW IS THAT A LOT OF THE IMMIGRANTS NOW DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO LEAVE TO TAKE A BUS OR TAKE AN AIRPLANE. >> Reporter: REPATRIATION FLIGHTS ARE LANDING ALL OVER LATIN AMERICA, BUT IT'S OUTPACING THE COURTS AND DEPORTATION SYSTEMS. TITLE 42 HAS COME AND GONE BUT THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS HAS NOT STOPPED. THIS IS EL PASO. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT BORDER IS JUAREZ. THE GROUP OF MIGRANTS LOADED ON TO THIS BUS TO THEN BE PROCESSED. NOW THE WHITE HOUSE FACING BACK-TO-BACK LEGAL BLOWS. A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO RELEASE MIGRANTS INTO THE U.S. WITH NO IMMIGRATION COURT DATE AND NO WAY TO TRACK THEM AFTER FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SUED. AND THE ACLU IS SUING AS WELL SAYING A CORNERSTONE OF THE BIDEN PLAN TO REQUIRE MIGRANTS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE REACHING A POINT OF ENTRY IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ASYLUM SEEKING MIGRANTS. >> THE LAWSUITS WE ARE FACING FRANKLY FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW A MIGRANT TEEN DIED AT A FEDERALLY CONTRACTED FACILITY IN FLORIDA HOUSING UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. A PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TELLS NBC NEWS THE 17-YEAR-OLD, ANGEL EDUARDO MARADRIAGA RECEIVED A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH MAY 5th BUT HOSPITALIZED TWO DAYS AGO. HHS SAYING INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING ALL CLINICAL DETAILS AND ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILY. THIS AS CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE TO HOUSE MIGRANTS. JUST THIS MORNING, MORE BUSES ARRIVING IN NEW YORK CITY FROM TEXAS. >> A LOT MORE KIDS, A LOT MORE BABIES, A LOT MORE FAMILIES. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHERE THIS FAMILY IS TRYING TO GO AS WELL. THEY WERE PROCESSED AND RELEASED IN EL PASO WITH A COURT DATE IN NEW YORK. SO YOU'RE HEADED TO NEW YORK. DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF PLAN? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] RELATIONSHIP THE FATHER, EDISON, TELLS ME THEY SPENT THEIR LAST $80 ON CLOTHES AND HAVE NO WAY TO GET TO NEW YORK AND NO PLACE TO STAY WHEN THEY GET THERE. >> IS THE LIFE THAT YOU'RE LIVING NOW LIKE THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT, IS IT BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS IN VENEZUELA? HE TELLS ME IT IS. HERE HE SAYS HIS DAUGHTERS CAN GET A FRESH START, THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, A WAY OUT OF POVERTY. >> TOM, I KNOW THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF ALL THIS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR HOW MANY MIGRANTS CROSSED THE BORDER AFTER TITLE 42 WAS LIFTED LAST NIGHT. >> Reporter: YEAH, LESTER. FROM WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD, WE UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WE ARE COMING OFF HISTORIC HIGHS EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF MIGRANTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH OUR OWN EYES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE BORDER WALLS. LESTER. >> TOM LLAMAS, THANK YOU. >>> WITH SO MANY MIGRANT BEING RELEASED INTO THE U.S., THERE IS GROWING PRESSURE NOT ONLY ON CITIES BUT ON THE SHELTERS THAT ASSIST THEM. JULIA AINSLEY WAS AT ONE SHELTER TODAY. >> Reporter: IT'S JUST HOURS AFTER TITLE 42 LIFTED. WE SEE MIGRANTS LIVING ON EL PASO STREETS OUTSIDE SHELTERS. BY 7:00 A.M. WE ARRIVE AT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER WHERE FAMILIES ARE ASLEEP ON THE FLOOR. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE FULL. >> Reporter: IT'S ONE OF THREE SHELTERS RUN BY JOHN MARTIN OFFERING FAMILIES FOOD, HOUSING, A PLACE TO TAKE A SHOWER. >> WE'RE ACTUALLY OVER CAPACITY AT THIS POINT. >> COULD THERE BE PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE THE SHELLERS? >> I HOPE NOT BUT THAT POSSIBILITY ALWAYS EXISTS. >> Reporter: IT'S ABOUT 10:00 HERE INSIDE THE SHELTER, AND JOHN SAYS HE EXPECTS MORE FAMILIES TO BE COMING LATER TODAY. YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE MANY OF THEM ARE STILL SLEEPING WITH THEIR BELONGINGS PUSHED AGAINST THE WALL. FAMILIES LIKE ROBERT AND THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD SON JASON FROM VENEZUELA. THEY TELL US THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT DAYS. YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING ON THIS FLOOR FOR EIGHT DAYS? THEY SAY THEY ARE DESPERATE. BACK HOME THEY COULDN'T AFFORD FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILY. SO MANY MIGRANTS FLEEING POLITICAL UPHEAVAL, GANG VIOLENCE OR EVEN DROUGHTS LOOKING FOR A NEW LIFE IN THE U.S. LIKE JONATHAN WHO ALSO CAME FROM VENEZUELA. ARE YOU HAPPY THAT YOU MADE IT TO THE UNITED STATES? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] "YES, IT WAS A HUGE SACRIFICE, CROSSING JUNGLES, MANY COUNTRIES. IT WASN'T EASY," HE TELLS US. MEANWHILE, BY 1:00 P.M. MORE ARRIVE. >> CURRENTLY WE SIMPLY HAVE NO SPACE INSIDE THE BUILDING. >> Reporter: NEARBY WE MEET EL PASO RESIDENTS WHO SAY IT'S JUST TOO MUCH WORRIED THEIR CITY IS OVERWHELMED. >> YOU SEE THEM ALL ON THE SIDEWALKS, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE BLOCKS AND IT'S -- IT'S UNSAFE FOR THEM. IT'S UNSAFE FOR THE PEOPLE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT MARTIN IS GETTING READY. HE'S HEARD BORDER PATROL MAY DROP OFF MORE MIGRANTS SOONG. A BORDER PATROL OFFICIAL TELLS US IN EL PASO AND OTHER BORDER CITIES THEY'LL BEGIN RELEASING MORE MIGRANTS INTO THE U.S. STARTING TONIGHT. >> JULIA AINSLEY, THANK YOU. >>> IN IDAHO LORI VALLOW KNOWN AS THE DOOMSDAY CULT MOM WAS CONVICTED FOR KILLING TWO OF HER CHILDREN AND PLOTTING TO KILL HER HUSBAND'S FIRST WIFE. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS DETAILS. >> GUILTY. >> Reporter: LOHR RAY VALLOW STOOD SILENTLY AS THE VERDICT WAS READ, AN IDAHO JURY FINDING HER GUILTY OF KILLING HER TWO CHILDREN AND CONSPIRACY TO KILL HER HUSBAND'S FIRST WIFE. >> I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY HUG EVERY ONE OF THOSE JURORS. >> Reporter: IT IS A BIZARRE TALE THAT LED TO SENSATIONAL HEADLINES. THE SO-CALLED DOOMSDAY CULT MOM MURDER TRIAL LASTED SEVEN WEEKS. VIDEO CAMERAS WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE COURTROOM FOR TESTIMONY, BUT AUDIO RECORDINGS WERE. >> MONEY, POWER, AND SEX. THAT'S WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS ALLEGE VALLOW WANTED A CHILD-FREE LIFE AND WAS A POWER HUNGRY MANIPULATOR WHO WOULD KILL HER TWO YOUNGEST KIDS FOR MONEY. SHE NEVER REPORTED THEM MISSING BUT INSTEAD TRAVELED TO HAWAII AND CONTINUED TO COLLECT SURVIVOR BENEFIT CHECKS EACH CHILD WAS RECEIVING BECAUSE OF THE EARLIER DEATHS OF THEIR FATHERS. THE DEFENSE ARGUED SHE WAS A HARD-WORKING MOM WHOSE LIFE CHANGED SUDDENLY AFTER SHE MET DOOMSDAY CULT LEADER, CHAD DAYBELL. >> SHE'S FOLLOWING CHAD. SHE THINKS CHAD IS FOLLOWING JESUS. >> Reporter: 16-YEAR-OLD TYLEE AND 7-YEAR-OLD J.J. VANISHED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019. THEIR REMAINS WERE FOUND ON THE DAYBELL PROPERTY THE FOLLOWING SUMMER. CHAD DAYBELL'S FIRST WIFE, TAMMY, DIED ONE MONTH AFTER THE CHILDREN'S DISAPPEARANCE AND JUST WEEKS BEFORE HE TIED THE KNOT WITH VALLOW. ONE OF THE TRIAL'S MOST HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS, WHEN VALLOW WAS CONFRONTED BY HER SURVIVING SON IN A JAILHOUSE PHONE CALL. >> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. >> WHY? WHY DON'T I KNOW, MOM? OH, BECAUSE I WAS KEMPT IN THE DARK. TO PROTECT ME? YOU KNOW WHO NEEDED PROTECTING, MY LITTLE DEAD SIBLINGS. THAT'S WHO NEEDED PROTECTED, MOM. >> Reporter: VALLOW FACES UP TO LIFE IN PRISON WHEN SENTENCED. CHAD DAYBELL'S ALSO CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT. GABE, THANK YOU. >>> RIGHT NOW MILLIONS ARE AT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE PLAINS AFTER A TORNADO OUTBREAK IN NEBRASKA WITH NO CLEAR END IN SIGHT. BLAYNE ALEXANDER HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS IS THE TERRIFYING SIGHT OF SEVERE WEATHER MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS. >> IT'S ABOUT TO HIT THAT. >> Reporter: CAMERAS CAPTURED THIS FUNNEL CLOUD OVER NEBRASKA. >> OOH. >> LOOK AT THAT. >> Reporter: 1 OF AT LEAST 12 REPORTED TORNADOES IN THE STATE. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS SOME 16 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BRACING FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND GREAT PLAINS WITH THE THREAT STRETCHING FROM IOWA TO TEXAS, AND SOME AREAS ARE ALREADY FEELING ITS WRATH. IN NOBLE JUST OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A TORNADO OVERNIGHT. >> THIS FOOD MART RIGHT HERE ON THE CORNER TOOK A PRETTY BIG HIT. >> Reporter: DAMAGING THREE BUSINESSES. >> IT'S GOT A HUGE HOLE IN THE TOP HERE. >> Reporter: AND AT LEAST ONE HOME. THESE SLOW-MOVING STORMS BRING ANOTHER THREAT, RAIN AND LOTS OF IT WITH PARTS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA BRACING FOR FLASH FLOODING. >> ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS, MAN? >> OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: WHILE IN NEBRASKA THE THREAT REMAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE STORM'S POWER AND FURY ALREADY CLEAR. BLAYNE ALEXANDER, NBC NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING IN DYLAN DREYER FOR MORE. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT IN THESE PARTS. >> IT CERTAINLY IS, LESTER. WE HAVE THAT TORNADO OUTBREAK OCCURRING RIGHT NOW WITH SEVERAL TORNADO WARNINGS IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA, AND WE HAVE THOSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS THAT EXTEND TO THE SOUTH. LOOK AT ALL THESE RED BOXES. SEVERAL OF THOSE TORNADOES ARE BEING REPORTED RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE THROUGH THE NIGHT, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AFTER DARK, AND THIS IS THE AREA WHERE NOT ONLY WILL WE SEE THE CHANCE OF TORNADOES BUT HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES OR MORE IN DIAMETER, STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN. DOWN IN TEXAS ALL WEEKEND LONG IS WHERE WE COULD SEE UP TO 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THREAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THAT GROUND JUST CAN'T ABSORB A LOT OF RAIN SO FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. >> DYLAN DREYER, THANK YOU. >>> THE SUBWAY RIDER WHO PUT A HOMELESS MAN IN A FATAL CHOKEHOLD IS FREE ON BAIL TONIGHT AFTER BEING ARRESTED ON A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: THE PROTEST AND CALLS FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE ANSWERED. DANIEL PENNY WAS ARRESTED FOR KILLING JORDAN NEELY. EARLY THIS MORNING, THE 24-YEAR-OLD WALKED INTO MANHATTAN'S 5th PRECINCT. >> HE DID SO VOLUNTARILY AND WITH THE SORT OF DIGNITY AND INTEGRITY THAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF HIS HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THIS GRATEFUL NATION. >> Reporter: THE FORMER MARINE IS ACCUSED OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE, A CHARGE CARRYING A MAXIMUM 15-YEAR SENTENCE. PENNY WAS RELEASED ON $100,000 BAIL. HOMELESS AND BATTLING MENTAL HOMELESS AND BATTLING MENTAL ILLNESS NEELY DIED AFTER PENNY PUT HIM IN A CHOKEHOLD ON THE SUBWAY NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO. A WITNESS SAID NEELY GOT ON THE TRAIN AND STARTED YELLING THAT HE WAS HUNGRY AND READY TO DIE. ACCORDING TO PENNY'S ATTORNEY NEELY AGGRESSIVE THREATENED HIS CLIENT AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN ADDING HE CONFIDENCE ONCE ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR, MR. PENNY WILL BE FULLY ABSOLVED OF ANY WRONGDOING BUT LAWYERS FOR NEELY'S FAMILY SAY THEY ARE GUILTY AND AREN'T HAPPY WITH THE CHARGE. >> WE DISAGREE WITH THE CHARGE. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE MURDER BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. >> Reporter: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MANSLAUGHTER AND MURDER CHARGE? >> MURDER IS A SPECIFIC INTENT CRIME. IT MEANS YOU INTENDED TO KILL SOMEONE. THIS MANSLAUGHTER LAW IS ABOUT RECKLESSNESS. IT'S ABOUT THE CONSCIOUS DISREGARD OF A KNOWN RISK. >> Reporter: PENNY'S CASE WILL LIKELY COME DOWN TO A QUESTION OF SELF-DEFENSE. IT IS SPLIT, SOME SAYING HE IS A VIGILANTE, OTHERS SAYING HE IS A HERO. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> BACK NOW WITH A PLANE CRASH THAT WAS APPARENTLY NO ACCIDENT. THE PILOT RECORDED AND POSTED THE VIDEO IN HOPES OF GETTING CLICKS, BUT NOW THE STUNT COULD LAND THAT PILOT IN PRISON. HERE'S GADI SCHWARTZ. >> Reporter: IT WAS A SENSATIONAL MOMENT. THE PROPELLER STOPS IN MIDAIR THEN THIS AWKWARD DIVE OUT THEN A PLANE CRASH SUSPICIOUSLY CAUGHT ON CAMERA FROM SEVERAL ANGLES. THIS CRASH WAS APPARENTLY NO ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO FEDERAL PILOT, 29-YEAR-OLD TREVOR DANIEL JACOB AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A FELONY CHARGE. THEY SAY HE STAGED THE WHOLE THING FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT RACKED UP 3 MILLION VIEWS. >> I GUESS I SHOULD PROBABLY DOCUMENT WHAT'S GOING ON. I CUT MY FINGER PRETTY BAD, CUT MY ELBOW. I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE. >> Reporter: BUT EVEN SHORTLY AFTER HE POSTED THE VIDEO BACK IN 2021, SOME ONLINE STARTED POINTING OUT A FEW THINGS THAT SEEMED AMISS. FIRST IN THE YOUTUBE VIDEO, HE NEVER APPEARS TO CALL FOR HELP. SECOND, IT SHOWS HIS DOOR WAS ALREADY OPEN BEFORE THE ENGINE STOPPED, AND, THIRD, IT SEEMS LIKE JACOB WAS WEARING A PARACHUTE AND GRABBED HIS SELFIE STICK. ON THE GROUND -- >> I'LL SEE YOU DOWN THERE. THANK YOU. GOD, THANK YOU. UNIVERSE, THANK YOU. HIGHER POWER FOR WATCHING OVER ME. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY HE ALSO LIED TO THEM ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHERE THE PLANE CRASHED AND WENT BACK AGAIN LATER TO GET RID OF THE WRECKAGE. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS SAY IT WAS ALL MOTIVATED BY A SPONSORSHIP DEAL TO PROMOTE A COMPANY'S WALLET. >> I'M IN PAIN, MAN. I'M HURTING. WHATEVER I'M GOING THROUGH I WISH UPON NOBODY. >> Reporter: A LAWYER TELLS US HE IS TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS MISTAKE IN JUDGMENT AND HOPES TO MOVE PAST IT, BUT THE CHARGE HE FACES CARRIES A POTENTIAL SENTENCE OF UP TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, GADI, THANK YOU. >>> UP NEXT, FRUSTRATED OVER GETTING QUALITY CARE, WHAT M >>> AS MOTHER'S DAY APPROACHES, WE'RE REMINDED PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH CAN COME WITH HEALTH RISKS, AND FOR BLACK WOMEN, THOSE RISKS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. ZINHLE ESSAMUAH NOW ON WHY MORE MOTHERS ARE WORKING WITH DOULAS. >> Reporter: HER FIRST PREGNANCY IN 2021 WAS TRAUMATIC. >> EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG WENT WRONG. >> Reporter: SHE WENT INTO LABOR AT 24 WEEKS AND HAD A SERIOUS INFECTION. >> YOU KNOW, DOCTORS KIND OF USE THE BIG WORDS THINKING YOU WOULD KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME. >> Reporter: BUT THE ST. LOUIS NATIVE HAD SUPPORT IN A DOULA, ROBIN LLOYD. >> MISS ROBIN WOULD LITERALLY STOP THEM, LIKE, HEY, STOP. LET ME TALK TO HER AND SHE WOULD TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANT. >> Reporter: BIRTHING DOULAS ARE TRAINED, NOT CLINICAL, PROFESSIONALS WHO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH LABOR, DELIVERY AND POSTPARTUM. >> WE ALL ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING. >> Reporter: THE DOULAS OFFER ONE-ON-ONE EDUCATION. >> NO QUESTION IS A DUMB QUESTION. >> Reporter: AND GROUP COURSES FOR NEW AND EXPECTANT MOMS. SHE CREDITS ROBIN WITH HELPING HER GET THROUGH IT ALL. WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? >> I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER, BECAUSE IF SHE WASN'T THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE HERE AND YOUR KIDS WOULD BE HERE IF YOU HADN'T HAD A DOULA? >> NOT AT ALL, NO. >> Reporter: THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS FINDING DOULAS IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN IN LABOR, ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM A PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSE THAN WHITE WOMEN. >> YOU'RE SO CUTE. >> Reporter: HER DOULA WORKS WITH PARENTS AS TEACHERS MOTIVATED BY OTHER LIFE-THREATENING DELIVERIES. THE NONPROFIT RECEIVES STATE FUNDING MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DOULA SERVICES TO FAMILIES COST-FREE, OF THE NEARLY 320 FAMILIES THEY SERVE, 95% OF ALL ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND ALL OF THEIR DOULAS ARE BLACK WOMEN. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN OF COLOR TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM? >> WELL, I THINK ACCESS IS THE KEY. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD BLACK DOULAS SERVING BOTH FAMILIES THAT RESEMBLE THEM. >> Reporter: NOW SHE IS EXPECTING A BABY BOY IN JUST A FEW WEEKS WITH ROBIN BY HER SIDE. >> I'M GOING TO BE THERE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT AND NOT TO WORRY. >> Reporter: ZINHLE ESSAMUAH, NBC NEWS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. >>> AND UP NEXT THE MOVING REUNION FOR ONE >>> FINALLY, TWO NURSES WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SAVE A MAN'S LIFE. EMILIE IKEDA WITH "INSPIRING AMERICA" THIS NURSES WEEK. >> Reporter: FRANK FERRARA HAS WAITED MONTHS FOR THIS MOMENT. >> ARE YOU SERIOUS? >> Reporter: THE CHANCE TO EMBRACE THE GOOD SAMARITANS WHO LITERALLY BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE. >> YOU WERE HERE. >> YOU WERE RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: IN JANUARY AT THE FERRARA STOPPED BY THIS ACME FOR A CASE OF WATER. >> I WAS GETTING TO THE CHECKOUT COUNTER. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHERE THINGS GET HAZY BECAUSE HE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST. >> I HEARD A LOUD THUD. >> Reporter: NEARBY SHOPPER SARA RECOGNIZED THE SIGNS AS A CARDIAC NURSE. >> WHEN I WENT OVER AND I SAW THE STRANGER ON THE GROUND AND IN OBVIOUS DISTRESS, I KNEW I HAD TO HELP. >> Reporter: SHE PERFORMED CPR UNTIL PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ALONGSIDE ANOTHER NURSE WHO AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT WAS GIVEN A RARE THURSDAY OFF AND SWUNG BY THE STORE FOR A SINGLE ITEM. >> IT WAS NOT THIS MAN'S DAY TO DIE. THERE WERE TOO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER AT THAT ONE POINT IN TIME. >> Reporter: BUT AT THE RIAT THE RARE RA WAS AT THE TIME NAME LESS AND UNSURE IF THEY'D EVER LEARN WHETHER HE SURVIVED. >> EITHER HE WENT TO ANOTHER FACILITY OR MAYBE HE DIDN'T MAKE IT. >> Reporter: BUT HE DID AND NOW HAS A CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU IN PERSON. >> HOW DO YOU SAY THANK YOU FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> THERE'S NO WORDS. THERE'S NO WORDS. ALL I CAN DO IS SHOW IT WITH MY ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD. >> Reporter: HE HAS SINCE REACHED HIS 70th BIRTHDAY AND IS INSPIRED TO RETURN TO MAKING MUSIC AS HE GETS ANOTHER SHOT AT LIFE IN THE COMPANY OF NEW FRIENDS. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC NEWS, WILMINGTON DELAWARE. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS FRIDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER AND HAVE A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY. GOOD NIGHT. TAKE