Friday, April 17, 2026
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
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3.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Breaking news tonight, the dangerous night of severe weather, the tornado outbreak across multiple states right now. |
| 0:09.0 | Millions at risk, tornado sirens going off as people run for shelter. |
| 0:14.0 | Monster funnel clouds ripping across the Midwest at this hour as extremely dangerous storms charge east. |
| 0:21.3 | This possible twister sending dirt and debris flying, neighborhoods underwater, the state |
| 0:27.0 | of emergency as historic floods move in. |
| 0:29.9 | Our team on the ground as people debate if it's time to pack up and get out, we're tracking |
| 0:34.8 | it all. |
| 0:35.9 | Also breaking tonight Iran's surprise announcement declaring the Strait of Hormuz back open, |
| 0:41.5 | though President Trump insists the U.S. naval blockade will remain until a deal is struck. |
| 0:47.0 | Could both sides come to an agreement as soon as this weekend? |
| 0:50.5 | Our new reporting. |
| 0:51.8 | Stock soaring and oil prices plunging as Wall Street grows optimistic over the Strait of Hormuz opening back up. How long until gas prices come down? New details in the stunning arrest of singer David, months after a teenage girl's body was found inside his Tesla, the video of his arrest obtained by TMZ and where the case goes from here. |
| 1:13.9 | Desperate search for answers, the daughter of the woman who went missing in the Bahamas, |
| 1:18.4 | visiting the boat, her mother and stepfather once called home, what she's saying about their relationship. |
| 1:24.8 | Daring bank heist, robbers taking two dozen people hostage, ransacking security deposit boxes, |
| 1:31.2 | then escaping into sewers. |
| 1:33.7 | Robot race malfunctioned the humanoid bot exploding at the starting line and taken away |
| 1:39.9 | on a stretcher. |
| 1:41.4 | Our new series, Great Americans, in honor of the nation's 250th anniversary, |
| 1:46.7 | we're highlighting those who bring the country together. |
| 1:49.6 | And tonight, my sit down with the most decorated Olympian in history, Michael Phelps, |
| 1:54.9 | how he's living proof of the American dream. |
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