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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

Saturday, April 4, 2026

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

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3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Urgent search intensifies to find missing American service member; Republicans push back against White House request for defense spending increase; Crews rush to battle Springs Fire in Southern California; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, the race against time to find a missing American shot down in Iran, the U.S.

0:05.6

military intensifying the search to find that service member who went down in a fighter jet.

0:11.5

On the ground, Iranian forces, also on the hunt with a $60,000 bounty on the line.

0:18.1

And President Trump's new threat to Iran if they don't reopen the Strait of Hormuz,

0:21.8

cruise battling to contain a fast-moving wildfire in California, homes evacuated, thousands of acres

0:28.0

burn, why officials are concerned as could be an especially dangerous fire season.

0:32.9

It's one of the longest distance television interviews ever. The Artemis astronauts traveling at 2,300 miles an hour, more than halfway to the moon.

0:44.3

They talk to our Tom Costello about their record-setting mission and sharing these spectacular photos from deep in space.

0:52.3

A heart-stopping moment caught on camera as this plane makes an

0:56.0

emergency landing on a highway, touching down safely, avoiding the cars on the road.

1:01.0

Blake Lively breaks her silence, speaking up for the first time after that legal setback in her battle

1:07.0

against Justin Baldoni, her message to fans tonight.

1:16.7

A potential game changer for parents, billions of dollars for child care and how it could help you this tax season.

1:18.7

And there's good news tonight about the special celebration for this lunch lady who served

1:24.5

up smiles for decades.

1:28.3

This is NBC Nightly News with Jose Diaz Belard.

1:33.6

Good evening. We begin with that urgent search and rescue mission intensifying tonight as the U.S.

1:39.1

military rushes to track down a missing America.

1:42.2

This was a scene in a remote area of Iran, where Iranian

1:46.0

forces are hunting for that service member as well. This all-out search entering a second day

1:51.8

after an F-15 fighter jet with two American crew members on board was downed. Even though one of

1:58.0

them was saved, with the other still missing, the White House is not commenting

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