STORM THREAT MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST AS MILLIONS IN FLORIDA BRACE FOR MORE DEVASTATING FLOODS. THE NEW IMAGESS COMING IN INTO US, ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS S UNDERWATER AFTER AREAS GOT NEARLY TWO FEET OF FIRST RAIN. >>> FIRST RESPONDERS ILIE RESCUING FAMILIES TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES STORM OTHERS THREAT WE'RE TRACKING MOVING INTO THE OUSA NORTHEAST. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTSND D A DELAYED AS WES HIT A RECORD-BREAKING STRETCH OF SUMMER TRAVEL. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, TWO ST REC TERRIFYINGH S MIDAIR INCIDENTS INVOLVING SOUTHWEST PLANES. AIRCRAFT PLUNGING WITHININ 400 FEET OF WI HITTING THETH OCEAN. ANOTHER DAMAGINGED BY A RARE AND SCARYRE AND PHENOMENON. THE INVESTIGATIONS TONIGHT. >>> THE THE INV MAJORER REVERSAL ON BUMP STOCKS. THEY ALLOW SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNS TOOMI SHOOT MUCH-AUT MUCH FASTER. WHY THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE TRUMP ERA BAN. >>> PRINCESS KATE SHARING A NEW IMAGE AND UPDATE ON HER CANCER BATTLE SAYING SHE IS MAKING PROGRESS >> SAYIN BUT NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. MAKE A PUBL TOO PUBLICIC RETURN THIS WEEKEND. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETING WITH THE POPE ON THE SIDELINES OF HE POP S G7.IDEL ALSO JIMMY FALLON, OPIE CHRIS ROCK, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, AT THE VATICAN FOR A -STU STAR-STUDDEDDD EVENT. >>> CALIFORNIA'S'S ING CRUMBLING COASTLINE AND THE FAMILIES WHO FEAR THEIR HOMES WILL BE WASHED C C AWAY. EXCLUSIVE R ACCESS TO THE HIDDEN SECRET BENEATHTH THE RUINS OF POMPEII. NEWLY DISCOVERED AFTER NEARLY 2,000 YEARS.NEWLY D >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE END OF A A WEEKE MAD ANDNDEN HAS BEENN A DISASTROUS TROU ONE FORS MILLIONS IN DA W SOUTH FLORIDA WHO HAVE BEEN HIT WITHHO RELENTLESS RAIN FOR NOUR STRAIGHT DAYS NOW. A FLOOD WATCH STILL IN ATCH EFFECT IN MANY AREAS CT I THIS EVENING AFTER STORMS BROUGHTN THIS E MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE REGION. LEAVING ROADS UNDERWATER, CARS SUBMERGED AND HUNDREDS OF HOMES FLOODED. FIRST RESPONDERS CARRYING OUT NEW RESCUES TODAY, REACHING FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES FOR DAYS IN SOMEE HOMES CASES. AND THERE IS A NEW A RE THREAT WE'RE TRACKING TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS PUTTING SEVERE 52 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK FROM THE HIGH PLAINSNS TO THEPL NORTHEAST. THE WEATHER CAUSING TRAVEL HEADACHES.F FLI THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS EAD DELAYED AS WE HEAD INTO THE BUSY FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND. I OUR SAM BROCK IS IN THE STORM ZONE IN FLORIDA. SAM, THE THREAT CONTINUES TONIGHT? >> Reporter: YEAH, , LESTER, MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE RACE BRACING FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENS AS THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN A BIT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THAT SAID, WE HAVE STILL SEEN THE SAME AMOUNT HAVE CALMEE OF RAINF HURRICANE IRMA. THERE ARE A A HIGH-WATER VEHICLES ONN THISS REAC STREET REACHING RESIDENTS, TRYING TO GET THEM OUTHIHI ISO SAFETYTY AS THE ISSUES CONTINUE INTO THE FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND.SUES CONTINUEDA TONIGHT IN FLORIDA IT'S ROUND FOUR.WEEK WITH THE WEEK'S WORTH OF RAINWATER STILL OUGH CASCADING THROUGH THESE NEIGHBNEIGHBORHOODS, M INCLUDING THIS PORTION OF MIAMI-DADE THAT HASOF SEEN TWO FEET OF WATER. FIRE CREWS HOISTING LE FRO FROM THEIR HOMES. IN NORTH MIAMI THERE IS THREE TO FOUR FEET OF WATER ON THE GROUND EVEN THIS POINT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE M AIAMI TOW TRUCK OR SUV TO GET OUT, SOMEE RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN STUCK WITHOUT BEING ABLE TOO RES EEN LEAVE FOR DAYS. >> IT'S JUST UNSANITARY TO SEE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THE >> WATER, LIVING IN LE T 2024. >> Reporter: A REMINDER OF THE TIMES SERIOUS TROUBLE IN THEBE WALR AIR.EM THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL THOUSAND FLIGHT DELAYS ACROSS THE U.S. WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER PROVING DISRUPTIVEE BLA FROM. BOSTON BLASTED BY THUNDERSTORMS TO MINNESOTA STILL RECOVERING FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK. BACK IN STEDED FLORIDA,O RESIDENTS ARERECOVEWE TRYING TO DRY OUT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> SUCKING THEDENTS WATER OUT BECAUSE IT'SWH LIKE ABOUT TWO INCHES. >> Reporter: A MAN USE AGO VACUUM IN HIS HOUSE. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN VAC MIAMI LIKEUU THIS. I SEE >> IT MORE LIKE IKE DURING LIKE HURRICANE TIME, BUT NOT LIKE NON-HURRICANE RELATED, NO. >> Reporter: TOO THIS COUPLE WAITING FOR THEIR CAR TO BEEO BE TOWED. THE GOVERNOR AYIN DOWNPLAYING THE EMERGENCY TODAY. A MONTH AFTER SIGNINGG A BILL TOO REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE STATE'S ITATE C ENERGY POLICY. >> THE BRIEFING IT R WAS FOUND WAS MORE OF A TYPICAL SOUTH FLORIDA AFTERNOON TYPE SHOWER. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK FOR FOLKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS IT'SRNOON FF UPSETTING TO HEAR THE IN TH GOVERNOR DESCRIBE IT AS NORMAL THUNDERSTORM? >> YEAH, OF COURSE THEY ARERE GOING TO GET MAD. IT'S NOT NORMAL.L. NO YOU CAN'T GET MAD AT , B MOTHER NATURE, BUT UT IT'S BEEN HAPPENING EE OVER ANDN H H OVER. >> Reporter: SAM BROCK, NBC r: SNEWS,AMK, NBCI MIAMI. >> AND HEADING INTO THE BUSY TRAVEL AM WEEKEND WE AREI. O LEARNING ABOUTUT WE TWO RECENT SCARY MIDAIR A C INCIDENTS. A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER OM COMING CLOSE TO SLAMMING INTOO THE HAWAII AND ANOTHER GOING INTO ANN UNCOMMANDED ROLL. BE GET MORE FROM TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: IT WAS A VE VERY CLOSE CALL OFFRY KAUAI INTO APRIL. THE FAA CONFIRMING ITS INVESTIGATING A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT THAT CAME WITHINN THWEST 400 FEET OF SLAMMINGG INTO THE E OCEAN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN BAD WEATHER. A SOUTHWEST MEMO TOO PILOTS SAYS A LESS EXPERIENCED FIRSTD FIR OFFICER INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THEHE CONTROL COLUMN FORWARD, CUT THE SPEED,, CAUSING COCKPIT ALARMS TO GO OFF BEFORE THE CAPTAIN ORDERED AN AGGRESSIVE CLIMB. NO INJURIES. SOUTHWEST TELLS NBC NEWS NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAFETY. THE EVENTRE WASSSIV PROP ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY AS WE ALWAYS STRIVE FOR CONTINUOUS RI IMPROVEMENT. MEANWHILE, THE NTSBATELY AS N IS INVESTIGATING ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN MAY A ONNOTH THAT A SOUTHO FLIGHT FROM PHOENIX TO OAKLAND. AT 34,000 FEETOAKLAN THE 737 MAX 8 SUDDENLY WENT INTONLY A PILOT'S CALL A DUTCH ROLL. OSCILLATING AND ROCK WILLING FROM SIDEDEOSCI TO SIDE, PILOTS REGAINED CONTROL ANDND LANDED SAFELY. A POST-FLIGHT STAN INSPECTION REVEALED DB DAMAGE TO THEEPO POWER PRO CONTROL UNIT THAT PROVIDES BACKUP POWER RUDDER.EHE THE FAA SAYS IT HAS NO REPORTS OF SIMILAROORTS PROBLEMS INVOLVING OTHER 737 MAXES. >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE. THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THISSHA AIRPLANE. THAT'S WHAT THE INVESTIGATORS WILL CONCENTRATE ON. >> Reporter: AND ANOTHER CONCERN. Repor FAA LOOKING AT THVESTIGIN WHETHER POTENTIALLY COUNTERFEIT TITANIUM FROM CHINA MADE ITS WAY INTO THE BOEING ANDD AIRBUS SUPPLY CHAINS WITHH FORGED S DOCUMENTS. BOEING FLAGGED THE CONCERN TO THE FAA. A. BOTH BOEING AND AIRBUS SAY THERE IS NO SIGN O THAT ANY AIRCRAFT WAS MADE WITH SUSPECT TITANIUM. DOES THE FAA HAVE ENOUGH INSPECTORS NIUM RIGHT NOW TO. . TRULY KEEPEP AN EYE ON BOEING? >> WE FEEL LIKE WE >> HAVE ENOUGH WE INSPECTORS. WE CONTINUE TO HIRE AND TRAIN MORE. >> Reporter: THIS COMES AS THE TSA PREDIKTS IT COULD MOREr: IT RECORD OF NUMBER OF PASSENGERS NEXT WEEK, 3 MILLION IN A SINGLE DAY. >>> AADAY. MAJOR RULING TODAY FROM THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING THE BAN ON ANSTOC BUMP KSSTOCKS. PLACE IT WAS PUT IN PLACE E DURING THE TRUMP ERA AFTER THE20 2017 LAS VEGAS MASSACRE. HERE IS LAURA JARRETT.MASSAC. >> Reporter: IT WAS THE DEADLIESTST MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICAN HISTORY. UNLEASHED NEAR THE VEGAS STRIP.P.UNLEASHED NA A GUNMAN KILLING 60 PEOPLELEPE AT A CONCERT, UNDR INJURING HUNDREDSED RE. MORE. HIS ARSENAL OF WEAPONS OUTFITTED WITH BUMP STOCKS PROMPTING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CLASSIFY THEM AS MACHINE GUNS AND BAN THEM. >> WE HAVE TAKENEN P ROTI STEPS BUT TNGNG MUCH WORK REMAINS >>>> REM BE DONE. >> Reporter: TODAY THE TO SUPREME COURT'S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY SAYING THAT BAN WENT TOO FAR. Reporter: T BUMP STOCKS ALLOW UTOM SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES TO FIRE MOREATE MOR QUICKLY,U HUNDREDS OF ROUNDSND PERARNES MINUTE, HARNESSING A GUN'S NATURAL RECOIL TOTOTO ALLOW ALLOW A USER TO BUMP THE TRIGGER WRE FASTER. JUSTICES WRESTLED WHETHER IT FITS THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION OF A MACHINE GUN. SOMETHINGSTLED LONG BANNE UNDER FEDERAL LAW, FINDING IT THEY DO NOT. IN A DIVIDED 6-3 RULING TODAY WITH JUSTICE THOMAS ING WRITING, EVEN WITH A BUMP STOCK, Y. A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE ONLYY ONE FIR SHOT FOR EVERY FUNCTION OF THE TRIGGER.E ONLY ONER BUT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR IN DISSENT FINDING BUMP STOCKSS FUNCTIONALLY KS EQUIVALENT TO A MACHINE GUN, WRITING WHEN I SEE A A BIRD THAT WALKS LIKE A DUCK, SWIMS LIKE A DUCK, AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, I CALL THAT BIRD A DUCK SOME LAWFUL GUN OWNERS LIKE JEREMIAH COTTLE WHO INVENTED THE GUN BUMP STOCK ARGUED THE PRIORSSARGU ADMINISTRATION SIMPLY OVERSTEPPED ITS AUTHORITY. >> THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T GET TO MAKE LAW THAT CONGRESS AUAU DOES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE WHITE HOUSE CALLING ON CONGRESS TO BAN THE DEVICE. >> WHAT THE COURT DID IS ROLLING BACK WHAT OTHERWISE IMPORTANT PROGRESS TO BE MADE TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA. >> LAURA IS HERE. WE ARE WAITING ON MORE KEY RULINGS FROM THE COURT? >> YES, ANOTHER MAJOR DECISION TO COME STILLLL ON GUNS AND LE OF COURSE THE RULING ABOUT WHETHER THE FORMER PRESIDENT ISS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR TRYING TOM OVERTURN THEHE LS LAST ELECTION LAST >> LAU YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS GOOD NEWSRA JAEP TONIGHT FROM PRINCESS KATE KATE BREAKINGER SILENCE ON HOW HER CANCER TREATMENTS ARE GOING AND REVEALING C PLANS ARE G TO MAKE HER FIR FIRST OFFICIAL APPEARANCE SINCE HERER GNOS DIAGNOSIS THISIS WEEKEND. HERE'S MEGAN FITZGERALD.. >> Reporter: TONIGHT CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, POSTING A NEW PHOTO ALONG WITH A>> RE, THE CANDIE UPDATE ON HER CANCERS, TREATMENT. I AM MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, SHE SAYS, BUT AS ANYONE GOING THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY H KNOWS, THERE ARE GOOD DAYS ANDAPY BAD DAYS.OD DAY IN HER MESSAGE, THE IN H PRINCESS SAYS SHE KNOWS SHEER IS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET ANDND TAKING EACH DAY AS IT AS COMES LISTENING I TO MY Y BODY AND ALLOWING MYSELF TO TAKE THIS MUCH NEEDED TIME TO HEAL. T THIS IS THE FIRST TIME KATE PRINCESS KATE PUBLICLY ADDRESSED HER CANCER SINCER ANNOUNCING THE DIAGNOSIS IN MARCH. >> IT HAS BEEN AN DIN MA INCREDIBLY TOUGH COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR OUR OUGH FAMILY. >> Reporter: TODAY THANKING PEOPLE FOR THEIR MESSAGES OF SUPPORT ANDND . ENCOURAGEMENT, SAYING IT REALLY HAS MADE THE SUAYIG WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO T WILLIAM AND ME, AND RLD HAS HELPED US BOTH THROUGH SOME OF THE HARDER TIMES. O THE 42-YEAR-OLD, WHO A HAS NOT HARD ATTENDED OFFICIAL EVENTS SINCE CHRISTMAS AND UNDERWENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN JANUARY, WENT ON TO SAY, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO FO ATTENDING THE KING'SRW BIR BIRTHDAY BRADY THIS WEEKENDTH AND HOPE TO JOIN A FEW PUBLIC ENGAGE. >> OVER THE SUMMER. WHILE TOMORROW IS ABOUT CELEBRATING KING SUMMEG CHARLES, ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE PRINCESS OF WALES WHO IS EXPECTED TO BE IN A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE AND ON THE BALCONY WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYALH FAMILY. LESTER. >> MEGAN FITZGERALD IN LONDON, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO ITALY AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BIGFAMILY.N MEETING WITH POPET ING FRANCIS. IT COMES W AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN INSISTS HE IS OPEN TO PEACE IN UKRAINE, BUT WITH TO SOME CONTROVERSIAL CONDITIONS. GABE GUTIERREZ REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN UP THE G7 IN IIALLY AFTER A PRIVATE MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS. THE PRESIDENT ANG WIT PO DEV CATHOLIC GREETED THE PONTIFF. THE POPE URGING THEM INTE TO ESTABLISH GUARDRAILS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A.I. IS A FASCINATING TOOL AND ALSO A TERRIFYING ONE, HELLIGENCE ISFASCIN SAYS. THE POPE USING HIS PULPIT IN NONTRADITIONAL WAYS, HOSTING A GATHERING OF MORE THAN 100 COMEDIANS AND ACTORS AT THE VATICAN, INCLUDING JIMMY FALLON, WHOOPI GOLDBERG AND CHRIS ROCKCK HORING O O AMONG OTHERS, TELLING THEM IN THE MIDST OF GLOOMY NEWS, OU H YOU HAVEAV THE POWER TO SPREAD PEACE AND SMILES. TO WAY PEACE SEEMS A LONG WAY OFF IN UKRAINE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN NOW SAYING HE WOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IMIR PE BUT TALKS, ONLY IF UKRAINE WERE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY AND NOT JOIN NATO.O. CONDITIONS UKRAINE IS NATO CALLING, ABSURD AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ZE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SIGNED A SECURITY AGREEMENT YESTERDAY. >> WE ARE GOING IT STAND WITH UKRAINE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO DENOUNCING DAY.ECENT ACTS OFLE O DENT HATE IN NEW YORK, INCLUDING ANTISEMITIC THREATS IN THE SUBWAY CAR.YORK I>> RAI >> RAISE YOUR HANDS IF A A YOU'RE A ZIONIST!ET >> Reporter: PROTESTERS ALSO HOLDING A BANNEROUT. READING LONG LIVE OCTOBER 7th OUTSIDE AN EXIT HONORING ISRAELI OU VICTIMS OF THE HAMASTS TERROR ATTACKS AS WELLL AS VANDALS SCRAWLING VAN HAMASDA SYMBOLS IN RED PAINT ON THE HOME OF A MUSEUM DIRECTOR WHO IS JEWISH. THE PRESIDENT WRITING THE S HORRIFIC ACTS OF ANTISEMITISM THIS WEEK ARE ABHORRENT. LATE TONIGHT THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING TO PUTIN'S OFFER, SAYING THERE IS NOT WHI A COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT COULD SAY WITH A WIT STRAIGHT FACE THIS IS ACCEPTABLE.H A S LESSER. >>> THERE IS NOW TONIGHT FROM HOUSTON ACCE WHERE THE SANDY HOOK PTPT FAMILIES ARE STILLND Y H FIGHTING TO GETLL FIG THE TE $1.5 BILLION IN DAMAGES THEY ARE OWEDY FROM CONSPIRACY THEORIST ALEX JONES. HOMPSO ANNE THOMPSON IS HERE. WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT? >> ALEX JONES WILL HAVE TO LIQUIDATETE HIS PERSONAL ASSETS TOO LEST HELP PAY THAT DEBT, BUT THE FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY JUDGE IN HOUSTON SAID THE SAI CONSPIRACYD PROMOTER RACY COULD P KEEP HIS BUSINESS THAT RUNS HIS INFOWARS WEBSITE, SAYING THAT IT WAS ONEBSITE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CASESFICULT HE HAS HAD. JUDGE LOPEZ DISMISSED THE REQUEST TO LIQUIDATE FREE SPEECH SYSTEMS. HE APOLOGIZED FOR MAKING THAT DECISION TWO DAYS BEFORE FATHER'S DAY. ALSO THE WEEK THAT THE CLASSMATES OF THE 20 CHILD VICTIMS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. JONES IS ESTIMATED TO FA THS MIL .E ALS WEE GR. $9 MILLION N PERSONAL ASSETS. THE COMPANY IS SAID TO HAVE A CASH VALUE OF $6 MILLION. HAVE A CAS THE THEORY BEHIND THE DECISION IS THAT KEEPING THE BUSINESS ING GOING ALLOWS TOW IT TOS I PAY THE FAMILIES. THE JUDGE PUT NO LIMITS ON WHAT JUDGE -- OR WHAT JONES CAN SAY ON HIS IN J WEBCASTS. >> THANK YOU. >>> IN JUSTUST 60 60 SECONDS, TELEHEALTH ON S >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH NEWS ABOUT THE NATIONWIDE ADDERALL SHORTAGE. TWO EXECUTIVES ARRESTED AT A COMPANY THAT PRESCRIBED MILLIONS OF THE PILLS. HERE IS MAGGIE VESPA. >> YOU ARE NOT YOUR ADHD. AND WE ARE >> Reporter: TONIGHT DONE GLOBAL A TELEHEALTH PROVIDER PROMISING HOPE TO MILLIONS UNDER A FEDERAL MICROSCOPE WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCING THE ARRESTS OF TOP EXECUTIVES RUTHIA HE AND DAVID BRODY CHARGING THEM WITH CARRYING OUT A $100 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN 40 MILLION PILLS OF ADDERALL AND OTHER PRESCRIPTION STIMULANTS WHETHER OR NOT PATIENTS QUALIFIED. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND ALLEGING THE CALIFORNIA-BASED STARTUP EXPLOITED THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND LOOSENED REGULATIONS AROUND ONLINE PRESCRIPTIONS. THE DOJ ALLEGES DONE TARGETED DRUG SEEKERS AND EXACERBATED A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF ADHD FIRST DECLARED IN 2022. THAT SHORTAGE STILL PLAGUING PEOPLE LIKE 10-YEAR-OLD LINUS HOWELL WHOSE PARENTS STRUGGLE MONTHLY TO FILL HIS PRESCRIPTION. ONCE CALLING 22 PHARMACIES AND DRIVING NEARLY TWO HOURS. HOW MIND EMPLOYING IS THAT? >> IT'S TRUST YOU RAG WAS A PARENT. >> Reporter: NOW HEARING ABOUT THE ALLEGED FRAUD. >> IT FURTHERS THE NARRATIVE THAT ADDERALL IS MORE OF A RECREATIONAL DRUG. I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY NEED IT. >> Reporter: THE CDC ESTIMATES UP TO 50,000 PATIENTS COULD NOW HAVE THEIR ACCESS TO MEDICATION IMPACTED. >> I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A CRISIS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN OUR COUNTRY. NOW WE ARE GOING TO ADD 50,000 PEOPLE WHO NEED NEW PROVIDERS. >> Reporter: NBC NEWS LEARNED HE HAS YET TO ENTER A PLEA. BRODY PLEADED NOT GUILTY. IF CONVICTED THEY BOTH FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON INTO WHEN WE RETURN INSIDE THE DESPERATE EFFORT TO SAVE THE C >>> AND WE'RE BACK NOW >>> AND WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A STORY FROM THE EDGE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE. COASTAL EROSION IN CALIFORNIA FROM RECORD RAINFALL IS CONTRIBUTING TO A NEW CHALLENGE, SHRINKING BEACHES UP AND DOWN THE STATE. LIZ KREUTZ REPORTS ON THE EFFORT TO SAVE THEM. >> Reporter: IT'S ONE ICONIC PARTS OF CALIFORNIA. THE SPRAWLING BEACHES. BUT AFTER TWO YEARS OF RECORD RAINFALL, NOW A GROWING CONUNDRUM. HOW TO SAVE THE STATE'S CRUMBLING COASTLINE. >> THE VOLLEYBALL COURT WAS WHERE THE ROCKS WERE. >> Reporter: THEY LIVE SMACK ON THE BEACH IN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE, WHICH HAS LOST 45 FEET OF SAND SINCE 2000. >> WE HAVE HAD THE VOLLEYBALL IN OUR FRONT YARD. >> Reporter: WHEN HER FANL MOVED HERE IN THE '40s, LOOKED NOTHING LIKE TODAY. >> THERE REALLY IS NO BEACH. THE BEACH IS GONE. >> Reporter: SHRINKING BEACHES IN THE AREA ARE IN PART DUE TO MAN MADE PROJECTS, BUT LOCALS SAY MADE WORSE BY THE INTENSIFYING STORMS THAT HAMMERED THE STATE AND LEFT HOMES TEETERING ON CLIFFS AND PARTS OF HIGHWAY 1 AND BIG SUR COLLAPSED. SOME BEACHES NOW LOOK LIKE THIS. MOSTLY COBBLE AND ROCKS, LITTLE TO NO SAND, WHICH BEYOND JUST MAKING A BEACH ENJOYABLE IS CRITICAL TO PROTECTING THESE BLUFFS AND SLOWING COASTAL EROSION. SCIENTISTS SAY SAND ACTS AS A NATURAL BUFFER AGAINST POUNDING WAVES THAT EELT AWAY AT THE CLIFFS. >> WE HAVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE HIGHWAYS AND RAIL RACE THREATENED BARBIE EROSION. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE BEACH TO BUFFER THE WAVES. >> Reporter: ALREADY SOME CITIES MAKING PLANS TO MOVE TRAIN TRACKS AND PART OF A HIGHWAY FURTHER INLAND AWAY FROM THE ERODING COAST. THIS AS USGS SAYS BY 21 # 0, 75% OF THE STATE'S BEACHES MAY DISAPPEAR WITHOUT LIMITED HUMAN INTERVENTION DUE TO RISING SEA LEVELS. SO UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RACE TO BUILD BACK THE BEACHES. IN ENCINITAS, THIS BEACH HAS BEEN TRIPLED IN SIZE BY A U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAND REPLENISHMENT PROJECT. AND BACK NORTH IN OCEANSIDE, A DIFFERENT APPROACH. >> THIS USED BE SAND COMING DOWN HERE. >> Reporter: A GRASSROOTS GROUP IS ADVOCATING TO BUILD SPEED BUMPS LIKE THIS TO DO SLOW THE EROSION. A STRATEGY THEY SAY HAS SUCCESSFULLY SAVED AUSTRALIA'S GOLD COAST. >> YOU CAN'T ARE DEVASTATION ON THE SHORELINE AND THEN NOW WE ARE HAVING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WHY NOT BE PROACTIVE? >> Reporter: NO ONE HOPES MORE THAN MARRYANNE AND DUKE. INSURANCE COMPANIES PULL OUT OF THE STATE DUE TO GROWING DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE DISASTERS, THE COST OF THEIR COVERAGE HAS TRIPLED. WHAT HAVE THEY TOLD YOU? >> THAT CALIFORNIA HAS INSURANCE PROBLEMS AND YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE INSURED. >> Reporter: WHAT'S NEXT IS NOW IN LIMBO. IF MORE ISN'T DONE TO CHANGE THIS, WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF THIS BEACH? >> THERE IS NO FUTURE. THIS HOUSE IS GONE. >> Reporter: A CHANGING COAST AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE. A HOPE THAT SAVING THE SAND, IF NOT A LONG-TERM FIX, WILL AT LEAST BUY CALIFORNIA TIME TO FIND ONE. LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS, OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, INTO THE ANCIENT WORLD OF POMPEII. OUR EXCLUSIVE >>> FINALLY >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, BURIED UNDER LAVA AND ASH, NEARLY 2,000 YEARS OLD, WE GET AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF POMPEII. HERE'S NBC'S KELLY COBIELLA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A RARE GLIMPSE INTO THE DISTANT PAST. >> SO THIS, OH, WOW, THIS IS THE BLUE ROOM? >> IT'S A VERY SPECIAL THING. >> Reporter: A STUNNING ROOM HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES UNDER 20 FEET OF VOLCANIC DEBRIS REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> IT'S SO VIBRANT. >> Reporter: ARCHEOLOGISTS THINK IT'S A SHRINE COVERED IN BREATHTAKING FRESCOS AND WHERE EGYPTIAN BLUE PAINT. ON THE FLOOR, PILES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LEFT JUST AS THEY WERE WHEN MOUNT VESUVIUS ERUPTED NEARLY 2,000 YEARS AGO. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THE BLUE ROOM? >> I WAS STUNNED. >> YOU CAN SEE THESE FINE DETAILS, EVIDENCE THAT INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: THESE MIT STUDENTS ON SITE, USING SPECIALLY ADAPTED NIGHT-VISION GOGGLES AND HANDHELD SCANNERS TO STUDY THE NEW FINDS. >> NOBODY'S REALLY LOOKED AT THESE MATERIALS BEFORE. >> Reporter: THIS ROOM ONE OF MANY RECENTLY UNEARTHED IN THE BIGGEST DIG IN A GENERATION. VAST BANQUET HALLS, WORKING BAKERIES, CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS, ALL PRESERVED BY THE VOLCANIC DEBRIS. ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN DIGGING HERE MORE THAN 200 YEARS. IT'S THE MOST INTACT EXAMPLE OF A ROMAN CITY IN THE WORLD. A THIRD OF IT IS STILL BURIED, AND FINDING THE ARTIFACTS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP. >> YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THIS IS ALL BURIED UNDER VOLCANIC MATERIALS. >> Reporter: ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE TRYING TO PUT THE PUZZLE BACK TOGETHER. THESE FRAGMENTS PART OF A MAGNIFICENT CEILING CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF VOLCANIC ROCK. >> IT'S NICE THAT THESE THINGS REMAIN MYSTERIES. THERE IS ALWAYS INTRIGUE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT KEEPS POMPEII ALIVE. >> Reporter: ALWAYS A MASSIVE JIGSAW PUZZLE? >> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. >> Reporter: THE PAST SLOWLY RE-EMERGING PIECE BY PIECE. KELLY COBIELLA, NBC NEWS, POMPEII. >>> AND THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS FRIDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER.