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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

Thursday, March 19, 2026

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

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Policy, Campaign, President, Politics, News, War, Political, Congress, Information, Government, World

3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

U.S. speeding up Marine deployment to Mideast; Trump says he’s not sending ground troops to Iran; Some DHS contractors say they were asked to pay Trump ally Corey Lewandowski; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breaking news tonight, the U.S. Russian thousands more Marines and sailors to the Middle East,

0:07.0

and the major escalation in the attacks on energy facilities, sending oil prices soaring.

0:12.9

The stunning new images from inside Iran, flames erupting from one of the largest gas fields in the world.

0:19.3

The new warning from President Trump to Israel, don't do it again.

0:23.8

As an American F-35 is struck over Iran,

0:27.7

and the terrifying moment a missile hits just speed from a journalist on the front lines.

0:33.2

Plus, Iranian missiles raining down on the Saudi capital.

0:37.1

Our correspondent, Keir Simmons, is right there.

0:40.0

Growing misery at America's airports a violent attack on exhausted TSA officers in Dallas.

0:46.4

Security lines snaking downstairs and the major airport now closing half its checkpoints.

0:52.9

The update in the search for that missing college student

0:55.4

in Spain, divers pulling his body from the sea. What we're learning about his final moments,

1:01.6

our correspondent is there in Barcelona. Our exclusive new reporting was top Homeland Security

1:07.5

Advisor Cory Lewandowski illegally profiting from his job.

1:12.3

Up in smoke, boxes of fireworks catching fire in Texas, smoke shooting up into the air,

1:18.6

how it all started. Is wine good for you? The major new study that may give the final answer,

1:25.3

can wine extend your life? And the new miracle on ice,

1:29.6

the hockey player who lost everything, leading his team to victory. Nightly News starts right now.

1:37.8

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. And good evening. We begin tonight with an update just into our newsroom,

1:47.3

that the U.S. is accelerating its deployment of Marines and sailors to the Middle East.

1:52.8

Thousands more now set to deploy in the coming days. And this all comes up in a major escalation

1:58.4

in attacks on oil facilities in that region, sending gas prices

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