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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

Friday, May 15, 2026

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

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3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Iran-linked suspect accused of terror plots on Jewish sites in U.S.; Trump’s high-stakes summit in China; U.S. seeks to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, we're live in Beijing as the Super Power Summit comes to an end.

0:05.0

The new details we're learning about what was agreed upon as we track major breaking news back at home.

0:12.5

The stunning international operation, the FBI taking this man into custody, saying he planned terror attacks in New York, Los Angeles, and Arizona,

0:22.9

that suspect accused of coordinating attacks across Europe. This stabbing rampage in London and a

0:29.7

synagogue firebombed in Belgium, how officials tracked him down. Also tonight, President Trump's

0:35.4

red carpet walkout, capping off a historic summit with China,

0:39.8

what Trump says happened behind closed doors with China's leader, the progress he's touting

0:44.9

over trade and how both sides came together over the war with Iran. Did this meeting mark a monumental

0:51.5

shift in relations between both countries. We'll explain.

0:55.6

Mounting pressure on Cuba are new reporting about the Justice Department's push to indict

1:01.0

former president Raul Castro and what Secretary of State Marco Rubio told me about the U.S.

1:07.1

response to the island nation's deepening crisis. The massive explosion at a lumber mill,

1:12.9

nearly a dozen injured, emergency crews rushing to put out raging flames, what set off that blast?

1:19.7

The senior assassin game almost turns deadly, an officer nearly shooting a teenager, playing

1:26.0

with a water gun. Wildfire emergency raging flames burning through

1:30.5

buildings, plus the dust storm blinding drivers sending debris flying. Waymo's go wayward. Wild video of the

1:39.1

self-driving cars circling a neighborhood cul-de-sac endlessly bumper-to-bumper backups, is it a serious glitch?

1:47.2

And the view from inside China, what these young people told me about how they view life in

1:52.9

the United States, their favorite American artists, and the future of both countries.

1:58.5

Nightly News starts right now.

2:04.4

This is a special edition of NBC Nightly News.

2:10.8

Live from China, reporting tonight from Beijing. Here is Tom Yamas.

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