>>> TONIGHT, THE SEVERE STORMS ON THE MOVE AFTER DAYS OF TORNADO STRIKES IN THE CENTRAL U.S. AND A DEADLY STAGE COLLAPSE IN MEXICO. THE NEW VIDEO JUST IN. THE COLLAPSE AS IT HAPPENS. THE POWERFUL WINDS TEARING DOWN THAT STAGE AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY. THE CROWD SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY. AT LEAST NINE KILLED. MORE THAN 120 INJURED. THE SAME SYSTEM PRODUCING A TORNADO IN TEXAS. HOMES DESTROYED. A HOTEL RIPPED APART. NEW IMAGES OUT OF IOWA. A WOMAN RESCUED FROM THE RUBBLE AFTER A TORNADO DESTROYED HER TOWN. AND THE NEW THREAT WE'RE TRACKING TONIGHT. >>> AND JUST OUT, THE NEW FORECAST FOR THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. NOAA WARNING IT'S NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE. >>> THE NEW CLASHES ON CAMPUS. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS AT UCLA CLIMBING ON TO ROOFTOPS, BEHIND A BUILDING. POLICE MOVING INTO AFTER HIS SUV. DASH CAM OF SCHEFFLER LED AWAY IN CUFFS. AND WHY THAT ARRESTING OFFICER HAS NOW BEEN DISCIPLINED. >>> THE NEW EMAIL SCAM. CROOKS TAPPING RIGHT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. CHANCES ARE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TARGETED. >>> AND RIGHT AFTER ONE OF THE HARDEST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE, THE HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN'S INSPIRING SPEECH BRINGING HIS CLASSMATES TO TEARS. >> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >> AND GOOD EVENING. I'M TOM LLAMAS IN FOR LESTER. DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE SEVERE WEATHER BOTH HERE AND IN MEXICO IS WHERE WE WANT TO START TONIGHT. IN NORTHERN MEXICO, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. A POLITICAL RALLY QUICKLY TURNING INTO A TRIAGE CENTER AS SEVERE WIND GUSTS CAUSE A STAGE TO COLLAPSE, KILLING AT LEAST NINE AND INJURING MORE THAN 100. AND HERE AT HOME, TENS OF MILLIONS ARE AT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS YET AGAIN, AS SO MANY AMERICANS PLAN TO HIT THE ROAD FOR THE LONG MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. LATE YESTERDAY, IT WAS A TOWN IN TEXAS. YOU SEE IT HERE, HIT HARD BY A REPORTED TORNADO WITH MUCH OF IT DESTROYED. THIS AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN IOWA JUST THE DAY BEFORE. AND IF THIS WAVE OF VIOLENT WEATHER WE'VE BEEN SEEING ALL SPRING ISN'T ENOUGH, FORECASTERS TONIGHT ARE WARNING OF AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTING POSSIBLY UP TO 13 HURRICANES. AN UNUSUAL AND ALARMING NUMBER. NBC'S MAGGIE VESPA STARTS US OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DEVASTATION FROM AMERICA'S RELENTLESS RUN OF SEVERE WEATHER RIPPLING SOUTH OF THE BORDER. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE CHAOS AT LAST NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RALLY IN NORTHERN MEXICO WHERE SEVERE WINDS BROUGHT THE EVENT STAGE CRASHING DOWN. MEXICAN OFFICIALS SAY NINE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A CHILD WERE KILLED. MORE THAN 120 INJURED. THAT SAME SYSTEM WREAKING HAVOC STATESIDE. VIDEO SHOWS AN APPARENT TORNADO MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS. HOMES AN BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF TEMPLE, INCLUDING THIS HOTEL RIPPED TO PIECES. ONE HOUSE, AUTHORITIES SAY, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, CATCHING FIRE. MEANWHILE, IN IOWA, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOW CONFIRMING THREE POWERFUL TORNADOES PLOWED ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY, LEVELING MORE THAN 200 HOMES. THIS DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT RESCUERS SAVED A WOMAN TRAPPED UNDER HEAVY DEBRIS, MIRACULOUSLY WALKING AWAY. WHAT WAS THE NOISE LIKE? >> FIVE FREIGHT TRAINS. AND YOU JUST HEARD EVERYTHING CRASHING AROUND YOU. >> Reporter: TIM WORKED WITH A COUPLE WHOSE FAMILY CONFIRMS DIED IN THE STORM, DEAN AND PAM WIGGINS, CHURCH GOERS IN THEIR 70s WHO LOVED THEIR FAMILY. >> YOU SURE NEVER EXPECT SOMEONE TO GO THAT WAY. >> Reporter: IOWA AUTHORITIES NOW SAYING FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. FEMA'S ADMINISTRATOR TOURING THE DAMAGE TODAY ALONGSIDE IOWA'S GOVERNOR, WHO'S REQUESTED AN EXPEDITED DISASTER DECLARATION FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AND $11 MILLION FOR CLEANUP. THIS AFTER FEMA LAST YEAR WARNED THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY BY FALL. >> BUT WE ARE FACING ANOTHER YEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF OUR DISASTER RELIEF FUND. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN ABOUT THE AUGUST TIME FRAME. BUT WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DISASTERS WE'RE SUPPORTING. >> MAGGIE VESPA JOINS US FROM GREENFIELD, IOWA. MAGGIE, I KNOW WE'VE JUST GOTTEN AN UPDATE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYING IT WAS AN EF-4 TORNADO THAT HIT THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT? >> YES. 5 IS THE HIGHEST RATING. AN EF-4 PACKS WINDS UP TO 200 MILES PER HOUR. AND THEY FIGURE THAT OUT BY EXAMINING DAMAGE LIKE THIS. AND BY THE WAY, WHEN FEMA'S ADMINISTRATOR TODAY SAW THIS DAMAGE HERE, SHE SAID NO DOUBT EVERYONE HERE WHO NEEDS MONEY TO HELP REBUILD WILL GET IT. TOM? >> MAGGIE VESPA SURROUNDED BY THAT DESTRUCTION TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MAGGIE. LET'S BRING IN DYLAN DREYER TONIGHT. NO BREAK IN SIGHT FROM THE DANGEROUS WEATHER? >> NO, NOT TONIGHT. WE HAVE SEVERE AREAS WE'RE SEEING SEVERE STORMS. WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE AREA ACROSS TEXAS AND INTO OKLAHOMA ARE WHERE WE DO HAVE TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW, A BIGGER CHANCE OF STRONG STORMS, THOUGH A LESSER CHANCE OF TORNADOES. YOU CAN SEE HOW EXPANSIVE IT IS FROM CHICAGO TO DALLAS. THEN WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND. AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF TORNADOES ONCE AGAIN. ON SATURDAY, IT'S WICHITA DOWN INTO NORTH OF DALLAS. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY, WE HAVE THIS AREA THAT INCLUDES ST. LOUIS AND NASHVILLE, WHERE WE COULD SEE OUR BEST CHANCE OF TORNADOES. >> DYLAN, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HURRICANE HEADLINE WE HAD AT THE TOP THERE. IT COULD BE A RECORD HURRICANE SEASON? >> NOAA CAME OUT WITH THIS MORNING. THEY ARE FORECASTING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF STORMS EVER. THEY'VE NEVER FORECAST THIS BEFORE WITH 17 TO 25 NAMED STORMS EXPECTED MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HOW WARM THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS RIGHT NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. IT COULD BE A BUSY WEATHER SEASON FOR OUR TEAM. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> THE PROTESTS WE'VE SEEN ALL SPRING FLARED UP ONCE AGAIN TODAY ON BOTH COASTS. TONIGHT LIZ KREUTZ IS AT UCLA, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THOSE PROTESTS. AND LIZ, AN INTENSE SCENE TONIGHT? >> YEAH, TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN OVER YET ANOTHER BUILDING HERE ON CAMPUS, THIS AFTER POLICE FORCED MANY OF THEM TO LEAVE AN ENCAMPMENT THEY HAD ERECTED EARLIER TODAY. ALL OF THIS TIME TO THE CHANCELLOR'S HEARING ON CAPITOL HILL OVER THE CLASHES HERE THREE WEEKS AGO. AT UCLA TONIGHT, TENSIONS AGAIN FLARING UP OVER THE WAR IN GAZA. POLICE CLASHING WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ON CAMPUS AFTER DEMONSTRATORS ERECTED A NEW ENCAMPMENT. OKAY, ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT HAS POPPED UP AT UCLA. YOU CAN SEE THE PROTESTERS. THEY'VE BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE THIS PLAZA. THERE IS A ROW OF POLICE HERE AS THEY STAND OFF WITH MORE PROTESTERS. THAT STANDOFF HAPPENING THE SAME DAY UCLA CHANCELLOR GENE BLOCK TESTIFIED ON CAPITOL HILL ABOUT HIS HANDLING OF THE PROTESTS, SEEMINGLY UNAWARE OF THE NEW PROTEST FORMING. >> IT SHOULD EMPHASIS THERE IS NO ENCAMPMENT AND NO DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ILHAN OMAR GRILLING BLOCK OVER THE UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSE TO AN ATTACK BY COUNTER PROTESTERS ON THE PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT. >> ARE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN JAIL? ARE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARRESTED? >> LAPD IS WORKING ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ASSAILANTS THAT EVENING. >> Reporter: NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THIS WEEK, THE UNIVERSITY REMOVED THE CAMPUS POLICE CHIEF FROM HIS POSITION. MEANTIME, AT HARVARD, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WALKING OUT OF GRADUATION IN PROTEST OF THE SCHOOL'S DECISION TO BAR SOME STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENTS FROM GETTING THEIR DEGREES. >> OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OUR EXPRESSIONS OF SOLIDARITY BECAME PUNISHABLE. >> Reporter: BACK AT UCLA, THE NEW ENCAMPMENT TAKEN DOWN. BUT WITH THREE WEEKS LEFT OF CLASSES, THE DEBATE BETWEEN FREE SPEECH AND HATE SPEECH RAGING ON. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FREELY AND SAFELY GO TO CLASS WITHOUT BEING YELLED AT, WITHOUT BEING TARGETED FOR THEIR IDEOLOGICAL OR ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS IDENTITY. >> THIS IS OUR UNIVERSITY, AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY THAT WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED AND PUT INTO THE SYSTEMATIC SILE 3rd. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. >>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A NEW TWIST IN THE BATTLE FOR GRACELAND AFTER ELVIS PRESLEY'S FAMILY ACCUSED CREDITORS OF FRAUDULENTLY FORECLOSING ON HIS MANSION. PRIYA SRIDHAR JOINS US TONIGHT. AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LAUNCHING A PROBE INTO THIS FIGHT OVER GRACELAND AFTER A MEMPHIS JUDGE BLOCKED A FORECLOSURE SALE OF THE PROPERTY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. THE INVESTIGATION WILL LOOK INTO NAUSSANY INVESTMENTS WHICH TRIED TO SELL GRACELAND, CLAIMING LISA MARIE PRESLEY USED THE ESTATE AS A COLLATERAL ON A $3.8 MILLION LOAN SHE NEVER REPAID. BUT IN A LAWSUIT, ELVIS' GRANDDAUGHTER RILEY KEOUGH CALLED IT A FALSE INVESTMENT FIRM, SAYING THEY FORGED HER MOTHER'S SIGNATURE TO CREATE A LOAN THAT NEVER EXISTED. NOW NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM NAUSSANY APPEARED IN COURT THIS WEEKEND. NBC NEWS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THE COMPANY'S EXISTENCE. TOM? >> OKAY, PRIYA SRIDHAR FOR US TONIGHT. PRIYA, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE NEW WARNING ABOUT >>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A NEW ALERT FOR YOU ABOUT A PHONE AND EMAIL SCAM. AND CHANCES ARE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TARGETED. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: DEBBIE CASEY WAS AT HER COMPUTER WHEN THE EMAIL ARRIVED, TELLING HER SHE NEEDED TO ACT NOW IF SHE WANTED TO CANCEL HER $400 GEEK SQUAD SUBSCRIPTION. BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE ONE. SO SHE CALLED THE PHONE NUMBER IN THE EMAIL. THAT WAS HER FIRST MISTAKE. SHE GOT A SCAMMER ON THE PHONE WHO TOLD HER TO CLICK ON AN EMAIL LINK. AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HER SECOND MISTAKE, THOUGH SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. WITHIN SECONDS, HE WAS INSIDE HER COMPUTER AND BANK ACCOUNT, SAYING GEEK SQUAD HAD REFUNDED HER TOO MUCH MONEY THAT SHE NEEDED TO RETURN. >> AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, HE'D ALREADY SENT THROUGH ZELLE $2,000. >> Reporter: OF YOUR MONEY? >> OF MY OWN MONEY, YES. >> Reporter: SHE IS HARDLY ALONE. NEW DATA FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SHOWS AMERICANS REPORTED LOSING MORE THAN $660 MILLION IN IMPERSONATION SCAMS LAST YEAR. PROBABLY, THOUGH, A TINY FRACTION OF THE REAL NUMBER. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOU CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO LOSE MONEY. >> Reporter: THE MOST IMPERSONATED COMPANIES BEST BUY, GEEK SQUAD, AMAZON, AND PAYPAL. WHILE THE MOST MONEY WAS LOST TO MICROSOFT AND PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE IMPERSONATORS. >> I GET THESE KIND OF SCAM EMAILS EVERY SINGLE DAY. HOW SHOULD WE BE ACTING TO PROTECT OURSELVES? >> NEVER RESPOND TO THE PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS, A WEBSITE LINK THAT'S IN THE ACTUAL MESSAGE THAT YOU RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT COULD BE ENTIRELY FAKE. >> Reporter: ONE BIG FLAG. IF YOU'RE ASKED TO PAY WITH GIFT CARDS OR CRYPTOCURRENCY. BEST BUY'S FRAUD DETECTION ADVICE, DO NOT CALL ANY NUMBERS OR CLICK ANY LINKS THAT CLAIM YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR DEVICE. PUBLISHER'S CLEARING HOUSE SAYS NEVER SEND ANY MONEY. IF IT IS NOT FREE, IT IS NOT LEGITIMATE. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS TOO GULLIBLE. IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS TOTALLY STUPID. >> Reporter: THE FTC'S ADVICE, BE SKEPTICAL OF ANY EMAIL SAYING YOU OWE MONEY. CALL THE REAL COMPANY ON A VERIFIED PHONE NUMBER, AND NEVER TRANSFER MONEY TO STRANGERS. TOM? >> TOM COSTELLO WITH THOSE IMPORTANT TIPS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT, IT'S NOT JUST YOU. HOME BUYING IS A HASSLE. NBC NEWS HAS A NEW TOOL SHOWING THE AREAS WHERE IT'S HARDEST AND >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES >>> WE ARE BACK NOW >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES "PRICED OUT" AND THE BRAND-NEW TOOL NBC NEWS IS ROLLING OUT TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE MANY CHALLENGES OF BUYING A HOME RIGHT NOW. BRIAN CHEUNG HAS THE BREAKDOWN. >> Reporter: ERICA BELET AND HER HUSBAND BEGAN SHOPPING FOR A HOME IN 2020. >> DO YOU WANT TO GO PICK A BOOK? >> Reporter: FOUR YEARS, TWO BABIES, ONE DOG AND EIGHT REJECTED OFFERS LATER, THEY ARE STILL IN A RENTAL. >> I DON'T THINK WE ANTICIPATED FIVE YEARS INTO OUR MARRIAGE WE'D STILL BE RENTING. >> Reporter: THEY WANT TO STAY NEAR THEIR SUBURBAN NEW JERSEY TOWN. THEIR FAMILIES ARE NEARBY AND THE DRIVE TO WORK IS SHORT, BUT -- >> THE PRICE OF THE HOUSE PLUS THE HIGH INTEREST RATES MAKE IT UNREALISTIC TO AFFORD WHAT IT WILL COST YOU MONTHLY TO OWN A HOUSE. >> Reporter: A NEW NBC NEWS HOME BUYER INDEX SHOWS ACROSS THE U.S., SINCE 2022, IT'S BEEN HARDER TO BUY A HOME THAN ANY OTHER PERIOD IN THE LAST DECADE. THE INDEX ACCOUNTS FOR FACTORS LIKE MEDIAN HOME SALE PRICES WHICH OVER THE LAST YEAR ARE UP 6%. MORTGAGE RATES ALSO CLIMBING AROUND 7% FOR A 30-YEAR FIXED. BUT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR AVAILABLE INVENTORY. STILL TIGHT, BUT GETTING A LITTLE BETTER, UP ALMOST 13% NATIONWIDE. THE NBC NEWS HOME BUYER INDEX GRADES THE OVERALL DIFFICULTY OF HOME BUYING ON A SCALE FROM ZERO TO MOST DIFFICULT, 100. IN APRIL, THAT MEASURE WAS 82.4, NEAR AN ALL-TIME HIGH. TRANSLATION, THE AVERAGE HOME IS ALMOST $70,000 MORE THAN THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CAN AFFORD. HOUSEHOLDS LIKE THE BELETS. >> IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A REALITY RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: NOT OF YOUR OWN DOING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET? >> CORRECT. I THINK IF WE COULD, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A HOUSE FOUR YEARS AGO. >> Reporter: IT'S UNLIKELY TO EASE UP FOR BUYERS ANY TIME SOON. FORECASTS MARKING MORTGAGE RATES WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSE TO 7% THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, LEAVING POTENTIAL BUYERS EVEN LONGER FOR THAT DREAM HOME. BRIAN CHEUNG, NBC NEWS, LINCOLN PARK, NEW JERSEY. >> AND WE THANK BRIAN FOR THAT. >>> UP NEXT, A CLASS ACT. THE HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN DELIVERING A SPEECH HIS CLASSMATES WILL NEVER FORGET. PERSONAL TRAGEDY, THE HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN TAKING THE STAGE TO DELIVER ONE UNFORGETTABLE GRADUATION SPEECH. >> SHAKY, NERVOUS, AND STILL IN SHOCK, SENIOR ALEM HADZIC SOMEHOW TOOK THE STAGE AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. >> I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY. I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN GET THROUGH. THIS. >> Reporter: IN HIS VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH, HE STUNNED HIS GRADUATES WHEN HE SAID THIS. >> MY FATHER DIED YESTERDAY, MAY 15th, 2024, AND I ATTENDED HIS FUNERAL TODAY, RIGHT BEFORE GRADUATION. THAT'S WHY MY SHOES ARE MUDDY. THAT'S WHY MY ARMS ARE SHAKING. BECAUSE I HAD TO CARRY HIM INTO HIS GRAVE AND BURY HIM. >> Reporter: ALEM'S FATHER DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER JUST MONTHS AGO. IN THEIR LAST CONVERSATION, ALEM TOLD HIS FATHER HE WOULD GRADUATE NUMBER ONE IN HIS CLASS. WHEN YOU TOLD HIM THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE THE VALEDICTORIAN, COULD HE COMPREHEND THAT? >> HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS PROUD OF ME, AND THAT'S THE ONE RESPONSE HE SAID ALL DAY THAT MADE SENSE. AND IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME. LIKE I KNEW HE TRULY MEANT IT. >> Reporter: ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL, ALEM WASN'T SURE HE COULD EVEN DELIVER THE SPEECH, BUT SOMETHING INSIDE TOLD HIM HE HAD TO. >> I HAD TO DO IT FOR HIM. >> Reporter: HIS MESSAGE TO THE CLASS, WORK HARD. HIS DAD NEVER GOT TO GRADUATE, BUT DID EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE HIS SON DID. >> HE WAS THE ONE WHO PUSHED ME TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY. AND IT'S TRUE. IT REALLY IS TRUE. HE HAS ALWAYS PUSHED ME TO SUCCEED. >> THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED. >> Reporter: TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU LOOKED OUT INTO THE CROWD. >> I LOOKED A THE AUDIENCE, AND THEY WERE ALL CRYING. I LOOKED AT MY SISTER. SHE WAS CRYING. I AM SO GRATEFUL I WAS ABLE TO TOUCH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH MY SPEECH. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE A SPIRITUAL PERSON OR RELIGIOUS, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR DAD WAS WITH YOU AT ALL OR THAT HE GUIDED YOU? >> I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT. AND I REALLY THINK HE DID. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW I WAS ABLE THE GET THROUGH IT. >> AND WE THANK ALEM FOR SHARING HIS STORY. WELL THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "NIGHTLY NEWS." I'M TOM LLAMAS IN NEW YORK. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.