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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

Friday, August 15, 2025

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

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3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Trump and Putin do not announce ceasefire after summit; Man rescued after being trapped in California waterfall for two days; Ohio man etches wedding proposal in corn maze; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meeting face to face.

0:06.0

But what has been accomplished at their historic summit?

0:09.0

The two world leaders descending from their jets, shaking hands, then riding to the high-stakes summit together.

0:16.0

The stunning image of Vladimir Putin smiling inside Trump's armored car. Did the Russian leader go off script?

0:22.8

The two leaders meeting for hours behind closed doors before changing plans again. Coming out

0:29.0

together, the Russian leader calling their meeting, quote, constructive and President Trump

0:33.9

hailing great progress. The two leaders, though, not taking questions, leaving

0:38.5

the state of their conversations, unclear. The words behind the two leaders pursuing peace, setting

0:45.0

the stage for the crucial meeting about a bloody war that has already cost hundreds of thousands

0:50.2

of lives. Richard Engle joins us on the ground in Ukraine as the invasion rages on.

0:55.6

Also tonight, Hurricane Aaron getting stronger by the hour on track to be a category three

1:01.0

by tomorrow night. What's its track could mean for the east coast? Military vehicles on the

1:06.7

streets of the nation's capital, D.C.'s growing power struggle as the attorney general

1:11.4

tries to take over the police department. What city, she says, could be next. Breaking tonight,

1:16.9

the mayor of New Orleans indicted the long-running investigation leading to federal fraud charges,

1:22.9

all stemming from an alleged romantic affair with a city police officer. The stunning survival story, a man saved after being trapped behind a waterfall for two days,

1:33.5

the extensive search, and our conversation with the rescuer who saved his life.

1:38.4

Plus, the marriage proposal months in the making, the big question carved into a big

1:43.7

cornfield, how he pulled it off,

1:45.8

and did she say yes? Nightly News starts right now.

1:50.8

This is NBC Nightly News, the Trump Putin Summit.

1:55.8

Reporting from Anchorage, Alaska. Here is Tom Yamas.

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