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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We are following breaking news as we come on the air, the stunning free fall crash as two Navy jets collide at an air show. |
| 0:07.5 | Dramatic new video of those planes tangling up as people watched from the ground. |
| 0:12.6 | The crew ejecting, parachuting past the smoke after the planes explode on impact. |
| 0:17.7 | You see it there. |
| 0:18.8 | Emergency crews rushing to the scene. |
| 0:22.1 | The late developments just coming in. Also tonight, menacing thunderstorms in Kansas. Plus, hail the size of golf balls. |
| 0:28.6 | The worst of it yet to come. In Minnesota, a new wildfire emergency. And in the east, |
| 0:34.7 | the big heat wave on the way. We're tracking it all. World health officials |
| 0:39.2 | sounding the alarm, declaring a global health emergency over the latest Ebola outbreak and new |
| 0:45.0 | developments on the cruise ship dealing with a deadly hantavirus outbreak. A political upset, proving |
| 0:50.5 | President Trump's tightening grip on the GOP, what we're hearing from Republicans now |
| 0:55.1 | ahead of key primaries this week with another Republican in the fight for his political life |
| 1:00.1 | after crossing the president. President Trump also warning Iran, saying the clock is ticking |
| 1:05.7 | to reach a deal. Could the fighting start again? Commencement speakers being booed by graduates. |
| 1:13.2 | The question is whether you will help shape artificial intelligence. We do not know. |
| 1:20.0 | The reason for the chilly reception at speeches meant to inspire the next generation. |
| 1:25.9 | On death row for decades, the prison inmate convicted with testimony from a hypnotized witness, |
| 1:32.2 | now fighting for his freedom. |
| 1:34.4 | Why fights erupted with chaotic crowds, swarming swatch stores, some even forced to close. |
| 1:41.6 | And there's good news tonight how a wrong number at the right time led to a life-changing |
| 1:47.1 | friendship. This is NBC Nightly News with Hallie Jackson. Good evening. We begin tonight with |
| 1:55.7 | breaking news and the dramatic scene at an Idaho air show captured on camera. Two Navy jets colliding. Look at this. |
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