>>> THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ON >>> THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ON THE BORDER SURPRISING NEW NUMBERS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CROSSING. FEWER ENTERING SINCE THE LIFTING OF HITTING 42, BUT THE CRISIS IS STILL GROWING WITH NEW PRESSURES ON NORTHERN CITIES THIS SCHOOL GYM BEING TURNED INTO A SHELTER AND I SPEAK WITH FAMILIES FORCED TO MAKE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAY GOOD-BYE >>> MORE THAN 30 TORNADOS AND T GOOD-BYE >>> MORE THAN 30 TORNADOS AND T MORE TEARING THROUGH MORE TEARING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE DRAMATIC WATER RESCUES IN TEXAS 17 MILLION AT RISK TODAY >>> OUR NEW REPORTING ON GOVERNOR DeSANTIS. THE BIG STEP HE’S TAKING TOWARD LAUNCHING A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HIS SPEECH IN IOWA TODAY AND THE ENDORSEMENTS JUST ANNOUNCED. >>> CHILLING VIDEO OF AN EMT WHO HAD GONE MISSING, CALLING FOR HELP AT A GAS STATION. >> SHE SAID SHE RAN AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT KIDNAPPED HER. >> SAYING SHE WAS KIDNAPPED AND ALMOST BURNED ALIVE. THE MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENED >>> TOUCHING TRIBUTES. HOW THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAH HONORED THE FOUR STUDENTS MURDERED THERE LAST YEAR ON GRADUATION DAY. >>> AND THERE’S GOOD NEWS. MOMENT OF TRIUMPH. THE PARALYZED WOMAN. THE PARALYZED WOMAN. SHE DID THE IMPOSSIBLE SHE DID THE IMPOSSIBLE >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH JOSE DIAZ-BALART. >>> GOOD EVENING WE HAVE NEW NUMBERS TONIGHT ON JUST HOW MANY MIGRANTS HAVE COME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE 48 HOURS SINCE TITLE 42 WAS ENDED AND LIKE ALL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE BORDER CRISIS, THEY PAINT A COMPLICATED PICTURE. THIS WEEK ALONE, SOME 60,000 PEOPLE WERE INTERCEPTED WHILE CROSSING INTO THE U.S. BUT THOSE NUMBERS DROPPED SINCE TITLE 42 EXPIRED BUT THIS CRISIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT NUMBERS. IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE. PEOPLE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO MAKE IT TO THE U.S HOW THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE BORDER IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING IN FACT, IT’S SPREADING TO MORE NORTHERN CITIES STRUGGLING TO TAKE CARE OF MIGRANTS. WE’RE GOING TO COVER ALL ANGLES TONIGHT, AND WE BEGIN WITH THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER IN CALIFORNIA >> Reporter: A GROWING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. SHE SAYS AT NIGHT, THE CHILDREN CRY BECAUSE THEY’RE HUNGRY AND COLD >> Reporter: GROUPS OF HUNDREDS HOPEFULLY WAITING TO CROSS IN SAN DIEGO, EL PASO AND BROWNSVILLE. THEY’RE USING BRANCHES TO PUT ON TOP OF THEM. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLEEPING IN SQUALID CONDITIONS, SOME FALLING ILL. IN JUST THE LAST WEEK, MORE THAN 60,000 MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, BUT SINCE THE COVID-ERA POLICY KNOWN A TITLE 42 WAS LIFTED ON THURSDAY, THE FLOW HAS SLOWED. JUST 6,200 CROSSED ON FRIDAY COMPARED TO 11,000 THE DAY BEFORE NEW RULES PUT IN PLACE BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS TO GAIN ENTRI THEY’RE NOW REQUIRED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH AN APP THEN GO TO A POINT OF ENTRY BEFORE BEING PROCESSED. THEY CAN NO LONGER ARRIVE AT THE BORDER WALL. SHE SAYS THERE’S LITTLE SPACE AT THE PROCESSING CENTER. EVERYBODY’S CRAMPED TOGETHER THEY HAD TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR WITH SHELTERS AT CAPACITY, MIGRANTS ARE RUSHED TO OTHER CITIES AS THEY WAIT FOR A COURT DATE. THIS WOMAN SPEAKING TO US HOURS AFTER HER RELEASE. THEY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT BOUGHT THEM THESE FLIGHTS. THEY’RE GOING TO NEW YORK. SO THEY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO GO TO IMMIGRATION COURT IN NOVEMBER THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT FLOODED TODAY WITH MIGRANTS. FAMILIES WITH UNCERTAIN FUTURES. THOSE NOT TAKING FLIGHTS ARE BEING BUSSED TO SANCTUARY CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND NEW YORK LOCAL OFFICIALS FURIOUS ABOUT THE SURPRISE ARRIVALS. >> THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO THINGS NOT THE WAY TO TREAT PEOPLE, TOO. >> MORE BUSES ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY. OFFICIALS NOW SCRAMBLING TO FIND ROOM FOR THE NEW INFLUX OF MIGRANTS, TURNING THIS GYM INTO A SHELTERING SITE AND HOUSING THEM IN HOTELS THIS NEW YORK COUPLE’S WEDDING VENUE NOW TURNED INTO A TEMPORARY SHELTER. THEY HAVE ONE WEEK TO FIND A NEW PLACE FOR THEIR GUESTS >> WE HAVE FAMILY COMING FROM IRELAND, ENGLAND, CANADA, ECUADOR. >> JAPAN >> Reporter: THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF A NATIONWIDE CRISIS WITH NO SIGN OF STOPPING. >> AND GUAD JOINS US NOW FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER. HOW MANY MORE MIGRANTS ARE PREPARING TO CROSS THE BORDER? >> Reporter: WELL, JOSE, THIS WEEK MEXICAN OFFICIALS SAID THE DAY TITLE 42 WAS LIFTED, THE LARGEST GROUPS REMAIN IN THE BORDER CITY OF JUAREZ WITH 10,000 AND ANOTHER BORDER CITY WITH 5,000 ALL OF WHICH INTEND TO CROSS INTO THE U.S JOSE >> THANK YOU WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER, IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON SO MANY HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY THEY’RE BOTH RUNNING FROM SOMETHING. VIOLENCE, OPPRESSIVE REGIMES, POVERTY, FAMINE. AND TOWARD SOMETHING THE HOPE OF A BETTER FUTURE. I SPOKE TO ONE FAMILY AT A SHELTER IN EL PASO ABOUT THEIR DANGEROUS JOURNEY TO THE U.S AT NEARLY 2 YEARS OLD, SHE’S ALREADY WITNESSED SO MUCH DEATH, EXPERIENCED SO MUCH FEAR WHY LEAVE? THE GOVERNMENT WHATEVER HE SAYS GOES. CAN’T SURVIVE WITH THE MONEY ONE MAKES EVEN TO HAVE FOOD. HER MOTHER TRAVELED WITH HER PARENTS. MAKING THE TREACHEROUS MONTH LONG JOURNEY FROM VENEZUELA THROUGH JUNGLES AND MEXICO TO THE U.S. BORDER. THAT JOURNEY, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT? TOUGH. VERY TOUGH SHE SAID THEY LIVED IN TERROR FOR MOST OF IT A LOT OF KIDNAPPING. FEAR OF BEING KIDNAPPED OR WORSE. WHEN THEY MADE IT TO THE U.S. BORDER, THEY TURNED THEMSELVES IN BUT THE FAMILY WAS SEPARATED. HER HUSBAND WILL BE DEPORTED SHE SAYS SHE WILL JOIN HIM WHY? BECAUSE I CAME WITH MY AMERICAN DREAM WITH MY HUSBAND. AND IF HE’S GOING TO BE DEPORTED, I’M GOING TO HAND MYSELF IN SO I CAN GO BE WITH HIM. SHE WILL BE LEAVING BEHIND HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAY GOOD-BYE GOOD-BYE GOD WILL GIVE ME THE STRENGTH. AT LEAST I KNOW MY GRANDDAUGHTER WILL HAVE A BETTER FUTURE HERE AND ONE DAY, ONE DAY, WE’LL BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN AND RIGHT NOW, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY JUST 24 HOURS AFTER A MASSIVE TORNADO OUTBREAK RIPPED THROUGH THE GREAT PLAINS CATIE BECK IS TRACKING THE STORMS >> Reporter: RESIDENTS WAKING IN LAGUNA HEIGHTS, TEXAS, DISCOVERING THE DAMAGE MOTHER NATURE LEFT BEHIND DAYLIGHT SHOWING THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY EF1 TORNADO, TEARING THROUGH TOWN AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MILES PER HOUR ONE LIFE LOST. TEN OTHERS INJURED BY THE POWERFUL STORM >> WE HAVE DEBRIS ALL OVER THE ROADWAYS WE HAVE SOME HOMES THAT WERE COMPLETELY LIFTED OFF THE FOUNDATION AND TOSSED ON TO OTHER HOMES. >> AND IN GREELEY, NEBRASKA, ANOTHER FRIGHTENING TWISTER. A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD CAPTURED ON CAMERA >> ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS, MAN? >> OH, MY GOD. >> ABOUT TO HIT THAT TRACTOR >> Reporter: AND ONE TOUCHING DOWN I SPALDING, NEBRASKA SEVERAL MORE ACROSS THE STATE. THE SLOW MOVING SYSTEM DUMPING RAIN ACROSS TEXAS. IN KIRBY, TEXAS, AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED AFTER THEI VEHICLES WERE SUBMERGED IN WATER. AUTHORITIES RESPONDING TO DOZENS OF WATER RESCUES AND THE THREAT CONTINUES. FLOOD ALERTS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS RISKS FOR DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND HEAT ALERTS THROUGH MONDAY ON THE WEST COAST IN THE MEANTIME, THE LAGUNA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY WILL START THEIR JOURNEY TO RECOVERY. >> IT SHOWS YOU WHAT A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY WE ARE AND WHEN ALL THESE NEIGHBORS COME OUT AND HELP WITH WHATEVER THEY CAN. >> AND CATIE BECK JOINS US FROM SAN ANTONIO. WHAT’S THE RISK STILL THERE IN TEXAS? >> Reporter: WELL, JOSE, THIS AREA HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL SINCE THE EARLY HOURS THIS MORNING AND THOSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW IMPACTING HOUSTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> WE HAVE NEW REPORTING TONIGHT ABOUT RON DeSANTIS AND THE MAJOR STEP HE IS TAKING TOWARD A RUN FOR PRESIDENT IT COMES AS HE VISITS IOWA AMID A NEW SURGE IN SUPPORT FOR HIM THERE. . >> Reporter: LOOKING EVERY BIT TH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- >> WE MUST REJECT THE CULTURE OF LOSING THAT IS INFECTED OUR PARTY IN RECENT YEARS. THE TIME FOR EXCUSES IS OVER >> Reporter: FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS STILL ISN’T ONE. YET. >> SO GREAT TO BE IN IOWA. >> Reporter: NBC NEWS HAS LEARNE DeSANTIS IS LIKELY TO MAKE HIS INTENTIONS OFFICIAL BY THE END OF THE MONTH IN FACT, HE’LL HAVE TO ON MONDAY, HIS POLITICAL STAFF IS SET TO MOVE INTO A NEW BASE OF OPERATIONS. THAT MOVE WILL COST ENOUGH MONEY TO TRIGGER DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEED TO FILE CANDIDACY PAPERWORK WITH FEDERAL ELECTION OFFICIALS WITHIN 15 DAYS AND WHILE DeSANTIS HAS BEEN COY ABOUT THE TIMING FOR AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, HE’S BEEN VOCAL ELSEWHERE. WEIGHING IN ON THE CONTROVERSIAL CASE OF JORDAN NEELY, TWEETING SUPPORT FOR DANIEL PENNY, THE FORMER MARINE CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER WHO SAYS HIS ACTIONS WERE IN SELF-DEFENSE DeSANTIS’ STOP IN IOWA TODAY CAME WITH THE WIND AT HIS BACK A SUPERPAC SUPPORTING THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING THE ENDORSEMENT OF 37 IOWA REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKERS >> THESE ARE THE FOLKS OUT THERE KNOCKING DOORS, TALKING TO SUPPORTERS >> Reporter: KEY HELP IN A STATE THAT’S FIRST TO WEIGH IN ON THE RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE IN THE COUNTRY. WE GET TO DECIDE WHO COMES OUT OF THIS STATE AND WHO IS THE FRONT-RUNNER TO BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT. >> WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DOMINATES THE NATIONAL POLLS FOR HIS PARTY’S NOMINATION, IOWA CAUCUSGOERS ARE KNOWN FOR CAREFUL DELIBERATION >> NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION. >> I REALLY LIKE GOVERNOR DeSANTIS HE’S GOT A CHANCE TO WIN IT NATIONALLY >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO HAD AN IOWA VISIT PLANNED TODAY, BUT HE HAD TO CANCEL HIS RALLY BECAUSE OF A TORNADO WATCH HERE. WHETHER IT’S BEEN ON THE TRAIL OR CAMPAIGN VIDEOS, HE’S BEEN TAKING DIRECT AIM AT DeSANTIS LATELY, WHO JUST MAY BECOME MR. TRUMP’S RIVAL IN THIS RACE JOSE >> THANK YOU >>> NOW TO A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH EGYPT BROKERING A CEASE FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND MILITANT GROUPS IN GAZA AFTER FIVE DAYS OF VIOLENCE AND FEARS OF A LARGER CONFLICT. MORE FROM TEL AVIV RAF? >> Reporter: ONE ISRAELI AND ONE U.S. OFFICIAL TELL NBC NEWS THE CEASE FIRE WENT INTO EFFECT AT 10:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME AND IN THE HOURS SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN LARGELY QUIET HERE BUT IN THE MINUTES LEADING UP TO THE DEADLINE, IT WAS ANYTHING BUT HERE IN TEL AVIV, YOU COULD HEAR EXPLOSIONS AS BOTH SIDES GOT THEIR FINAL SHOTS IN RIGHT BEFORE THE DEAL WENT INTO FORCE. NOW, IN GAZA, MORE THAN 30 PALESTINIANS, AROUND HALF OF THEM CIVILIANS, HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LAST WEEK WHILE AN ISRAELI WOMAN WAS KILLED BY ROCKET FIRE AND PEOPLE HERE TELL US SADLY THIS IS AT BEST A TEMPORARY TRUCE AND IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE FIGHTING STARTS AGAIN. JOSE >> THANK YOU >>> AND IN ROME, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY MET WITH POPE FRANCIS AND ITALIAN OFFICIALS TODAY IN HIS FIRST VISIT TO ITALY SINCE RUSSIA’S INVASION BEGAN ZELENSKYY HAD PRIVATE TALKS WITH THE POPE AND SAID HE ASKED FOR SUPPORT FOR HIS PEACE PLAN >>> STILL AHEAD, THE CHILLING VIDEO OF A MISSING EMT WHO TURNED UP ALIVE. THE MYSTERY NOW INTO WHAT HAPPENED >>> TOUCHING MOMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO’S GRADUATION TO HONOR THE FOUR STUDENTS MURDERED THERE >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A MYSTERY >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A MYSTERY PLAYING OU IN OHIO. AN EMT WHO WENT MISSING HAS TURNED UP ALIVE. SHE SAYS SHE WAS KIDNAPPED AND ALMOST BURNED ALIVE. JESSE KIRSCH HAS MORE. >> Reporter: LASHELLE JORDAN WAS MISSING FOR MORE THAN FIVE DAYS. HER FAMILY PLEADING FOR HELP THEN SUDDENLY, THE MOTHER REAPPEARED AND TONIGHT, HER FAMILY IS GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER BACK >> I WANT TO SAY I’M GRATEFUL. I’M GRATEFUL SHE HAD STRENGTH AND WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT >> THE MANAGER OF THIS STORE TELLING NBC NEWS THIS IS JORDAN THURSDAY NIGHT CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. SHE APPEARS TO ENTER THE STORE LIMPING IN TORN CLOTHES BEFORE HEADING TO THE COUNTER AND MAKING A CALL. >> YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS WE JUST GOT CALL FROM JORDAN >> Reporter: POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED TH IDENTITY OF THE PERSON IN THE VIDEO, BUT THE SHERIFF FIRST RESPONDER FROM AROUND THE SAME TIME AND THAT STORE IS ON THE SAME BLOCK WHERE POLICE SAY JORDAN WAS LOCATED ALIVE, SHARING A HARROWING STORY. >> SHE SAID SHE GOT AWAY AND THEY TRIED TO BURN HER ALIVE >> HAD SOME TRAUMA SOME INJURIES. SHE’S IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE’S GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT. AND SHE’S GOING TO BE OKAY AS TO BE EXPECTED. >> Reporter: POLICE HAVE NOT NAMED SUSPECT OR WHY SHE VANISHED, BUT HER DISAPPEARANCE CAME BEFORE THIS MAN WAS EXPECTED IN COURT FOR A SEPARATE CASE FACING CHARGES FOR RAPE AND ABDUCTION HE’S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. COURT RECORDS ALSO SHO JORDAN HAD AN ORDER OF PROTECTION AGAINST STINNETT AND HE WAS ARRESTED MONDAY FOR VIOLATING A PROTECTION ORDER BUT AS STINNETT HAS NOT BEEN CONNECTED TO JORDAN’S DISAPPEARANCE CASE EFFORTS TO REACH HIM AND HIS LAWYER HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. >> JESSE JOINS US FROM CLEVELAND. WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION? >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THEI INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING MEANWHILE, THE FAMILY TELLS US THEY’RE SHARING FEW DETAILS BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THE WORK OF INVESTIGATORS. >> THANK YOU >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, GRADUATION DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO THE FAMILIES WHO WALKED IN THE PLACE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE KILLED >>> PLUS, WHY A HUGE CROWD PACKED AN AIRPORT TO THANK OUR COUNTRY’S HEROES >>> IT’S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR >>> IT’S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AFTER FOUR STUDENTS WERE MURDERED THERE TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN GRADUATION DAY FOR TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS. STEVE PATTERSON IS THERE ♪ >> TONIGHT, POMP, CIRCUMSTANCE, AND SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE >> IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU AND SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE >> IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU RE RE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO’S 2023 SPRING COMMENCEMENT >> SENDING OFF GRADUATES WITH HEAVY HOPE >> THE HORRIFIC TRAGEDY THAT COULD SHATTER ANY COMMUNITY BUT DID NOT. >> Reporter: THE COMMENCEMENT HONORING THE LIVES OF THOS FOUR STUDENTS CUT SENSELESSLY SHORT, AWARDING DEGREES TO KAYLEE GONZALEZ AND MADISON KAYLEE GONZALEZ AND MADISON MOGEN ALONG WITH CERTIFICATES TO KAYLEE GONZALEZ AND MADISON MOGEN ALONG WITH CERTIFICATES TO UNDERCLASSMEN THAN AND XANA. UNDERCLASSMEN THAN AND XANA. >> THEY STUDIED HARD THEY DESERVED TO HAVE THAT WORK REMEMBERED FOR SURE. >> MADDIE’S PARENTS ACCEPTING IN THE MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER >> MADISON’S FAMILY WILL ALWAYS BEEN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY TO CELEBRATE HER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS >> REALLY HEARTWARMING >> ALMOST CRIED. JUST MADE ME REALLY SAD. THEY DESERVED TO BE HERE, TOO. >> Reporter: THIS SHARED HOME WHERE TH STUDENTS LIVED TRANSFORMED INTO A MONTHS LONG CRIME SCENE NOW PLAN TO BE DEMOLISHED AFTER IT WAS GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY. MEANWHILE, THE CASE AGAINST THE ACCUSED KILLER IS MOVING CLOSER TO TRIAL A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED TO START JUNE 26th KOHBERGER, WHO HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, RECENTLY HIRED A DEFENSE ATTORNEY CERTIFIED TO ATTEMPT DEATH CASES. TODAY FOR THIS CAMPUS COMMUNITY, A STEP TOWARD HEALING. NEW GRADS STRIDING TOWARDS THE FUTURE ALONGSIDE THE HONOR AND SPIRIT OF THEIR FALLEN CLASSMATES STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. MOSCOW, IDAHO. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE’S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DID THE IMPOSSIBLE >>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT >>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT SO MANY POWERFUL MOMENTS TO CELEBRATE THOSE DOING GOOD OR TRIUMPHING AGAINST THE ODDS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE REMARKABLE MOMENTS THIS WEEK BEGINNING WITH A HUGE SURPRISE THIS IS A MOMENT WHEN ROBERT AND SOFIA HERNANDEZ WILL NEVER FORGET WE’RE GOING TO PUT A BLURRY PHOTOGRAPH OF A PLAYER ON THE BOARD AND YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP THEM OUT, OKAY >> HERE THEY ARE AT A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME THINKING THEY’RE JUST GUESSING DIFFERENT THEY’RE JUST GUESSING DIFFERENT PLAYERS ON THE BILLBOARD >> THAT’S MY DAD MY DAD >> THAT’S THEIR DAD. CAPTAIN BRIAN HERNANDEZ OF THE NEVADA NATIONAL GUARD STANDING IN THE DUGOUT. >> WHERE IS HE WOW! >> THE FAMILY REUNITED AFTER BRIAN’S 11-MONTH DEPLOYMENT IN ROMANIA. ROMANIA. ♪N’S 11-MONTH ROMANIA. ♪N’S 11-MONTH DEPLOYMENT IN ROMA DEPLOYMENT IN ROMA THERE WERE OTHER SPECIAL MOMENTS HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES >> HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY? >> FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TOTAL STRANGERS PACKED A BISMARCK AIRPORT IN NORTH DAKOTA TO HONOR VETERANS ON A FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. >> I NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. TOO MUCH ♪ >> IN OHIO, AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL FOR RETIRING DEER PARK POLICE CHIEF >> MY DAUGHTER IS RETIRING FROM HIS POSITION AS DEAR PARK’S CHIEF OF POLICE. >> AFTER 32 YEARS OF SERVICE, MICHAEL RECEIVED A SURPRISE LAST CALL WHILE ON DUTY FROM HIS KIDS, JEAN AND BEN >> THANK YOU FOR BEING A ROLE MODEL, A LEADER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY DADDY. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH >> MICHAEL, OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION. >> MRS. McKINLEY, WHERE ARE YOU? OH, MY GOODNESS. >> IN PHILADELPHIA, RETIRING TEACHER AMY McGINNLY GOT THE SURPRISE OF A LIFETIME HERE SHE IS GETTING CHEERED ON BY HER SCHOOL AFTER WINNING THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIE ALL-STAR TEACHER AWARD >> THAT MOMENT MEANT EVERYTHING. IT’S THE CULMINATION OF 35 YEARS OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS AND JOY AND HAPPINESS. JOY AND HAPPINESS. I’M SO GRATEFUL. >> BUT THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT REALLY INSPIRED US THAT’S HANNAH WALKING A MILE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST SIX YEARS. AFTER AN ACCIDENT THAT LEFT HER PARALYZED AND BEING TOLD SHE WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN HANNAH MADE IT HER GOAL TO COMPLETE THE LAST LEG OF THIS RACE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. ♪ HANNAH CALLING THIS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF HER LIFE. >> THE MOMENT OF CROSSING THE FINISH LINE, I HAD TO EARN IT. EVEN RIGHT NOW, I’M BROUGHT RIGHT BACK TO IT AND I’M JUST SO FULL OF JOY I CAN JUST FEEL IT OVERFLOWING. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE I’LL BE LIVING THAT MOMENT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> HANNAH’S GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR, TO DO IT AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME, WALK TWO MILES THAT’S "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS SATURDAY. I’M JOSE DIAZ-BALART THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR TIME AND GOOD NIGHT TIME. TIME. GOOD NIGHT. TIME. GOOD NIGHT. ♪ ♪