breaking news tonight, the victory for 9/11 victims over a decade in the making. >> the bill is passed. >> the senate late today passing a bill to make sure the 9/11 fund never runs out of money to care for victims and survivors, after emotional pleas by comedian jon stewart and first responders. >> we can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country, but we can stop penalizing them. >> tonight, the measure on its way to president trump's desk. bracing for impact, robert mueller just hours away from his highlyip anted testimony, answering questions for the first time about the russia ob pre. what will congress ask, and what will he say?

the shocking twist in the murders of an american woman and her boyfriend. police revealing two missing teens feared to be victims, too, are now suspects on the inside jeffrey epstein's privateland, the secluded compound where at least one accuser says she witnessed sexual abuse, and the warning signs oneor a terrifying plane scare. th passenger jet liner blowing out its tiresdfter a har landing. the nose gear collapsing. thankfully no one was hurt. and also tonight, the new tornado strike and millions under a severe storm threat. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. a very public and poignant i battle won tonight for those who bravely confronted the ashes, debris andea hidden hh dangers of ground zero. bitter/sweet celebrations today as congress approved continuedi fundg for the 9/11 victims compensation fund, ensurin a financial safety net for those sickened by toxic exposure at

the site. our jeff bennett has late details. >> reporter: tonight a victory for the first responders who sked their lives on september 11th. cheering from above the senate floor. >> expressioro of appl is not permitted in the gallery. >> reporter: as the bill passes to permanently pay for the 9/11 victim compensation fund. >> the yeas are 97, the nays are 2. the bill is passed. >> reporter: the two senators voti no, republicans mike lee and rand paul. both introducing measures to cap pay outs, which failed. >> this should never have been a fight. >> reporter: the compensation fund had been running short on money. recently gaining nationwide attention following passionate first or support from responders and comedian jon stewart. >> your c indifferencets these men and women their most valuable commodity, time. >> reporter: swart back on capitol hill today. >> we'll spend some time today

thinking about the friends that we've lost, who gave their last moments really, coming down to washington and fighting for their brothers and sters. >> reporter: louis alvarez was one of them. the new york police detective spent months searching through the toxic rubble atround zero. >> you made me h come downe the day before my 69th round of chemo. >> reporter: weeks later, alvarez died of 9/11-related cancer. today his son david in washington. >> iant to thank you for not >> reporter: making sure lawmakers followed through on his father.e t >> better sooner than now, but better late than never. >> reporter: much needed relief for first responder dennis murphy, now battling cancer that spread to seven parts of his body. tomorrow he'll have his 57th round of chemotherapy. >> this bill means a lotnc finally to a lot of people. but to be honest with you, i'd give all the money up to be

healthy. i think everybody feels the same way i do. >> reporter: the next step is for presidentrump to sign the bill. a white house official says he's expected to do that iri a fday afternoon ceremony surroundedsoy of these first responders. lerier? >> all t, jeff bennett, thank you. another major story tonight, we're just hours away from former special counsel robert mueller taking the hot seat in front of congress to answer questions about the russia probe for the first time. nbc's kristen welker now in the most anticipated testimony in years. >> reporter: tonight, house democrats huddling in a last-minute practice session, preparing to question robert mueller in ae mak or break moment for their case against the president. >> i think it's very important that these facts come to light. our committee is most concerned about the compromise of na.onal security >> reporter: nbc's kasie hunt is on capitol hill. >> when robert mueller sits down re tomorrow, it's going to be the 89th time he's testified before congres over a long career in public life.

democrats know this might be their last chance to convince the american pubc on impeachment. so they tell us they plan to keep their questions sharp and targeted. >> reporter: overnight, after mueller's request forguidance, the justice department instructing he must remain within the boundaries of his public report, something mueller said he would do in may. >> the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony. >> reporter: but democrats blasting the new guidance. >> it's part of the ongoing cover up by theti administraon. >> reporter: in his report, mueller found no criminal mp spiracy between the t campaign and russia, but madeo determination about obstruction of justice. >> there is nothing there, and ee're going to s that tomorrow. >> reporte president trump today dismissing the hearing as an excuse by democrats to push for. impeachment >> we have the best economy in history, the best employment numbers in story. let's impeach the president. i mean, you figure it. these people have gone totally

crazy. >> rter: and we are learning tonight mueller has requested that one of his closest deputs t next to him. that deputy will be there to advise his former boss, but is not expected to answer questions. lester? >> kristen welker at the white house, thanks. and join us for our special coverage of mueller's testimony. we go on the air starting at 8:15 a.m. eastern here on nbc. a shocking new twist in the case tonight of an american woman and her boyfriend murdered along the remote highway in canada, police now say two teens who were also feared to be victims are now considered suspects and on the run. nbc's morgan chesky now with the latest. >> reporter: it's the newly released video capturing a couple's final hours alive. american chynna deese and her australian boyfriend lucas fowler in an embrace at a gas station. tonight authorities have lached an urge search for the suspects responsible for their murder. a pair of teenagers who i a wild twist just yesterday were thought tbe possible victims, too. >> kam and bryer are no longer considered missing.

the rcnp are now considering kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky suspects. >> reporter: their bodies were found outside their broken down van shoo death. police say the break came nearly 300 miles from where the couple was found in british columbia. officers found a truck set on fire,ut no sign of its occupants. the childhood friends who are no suspects. tonight investigators sayel they're l armed, may be disguised, and on the run. >> we're asking for the public, if you spot bryer or kam,id cons them dangerous. do not approach. >> reporter: and tonight police believe those two teens are also tied to another death inhat same remote area. a man's body found very near where that burned out car was located. lester? morgan chesky, thank you. severe weather in the northeast with the report of a rare tornado on cape cod. the weather system even ripping the roof right off an inn as

terrified families scramble for cover. mo radford has more on that for us tonight. >> there it is. there it is. touching down today in d tornado massachusetts on cape cod. >> oh! >> reporter: shocking families at local hotels. >> all of a sudden our ceiling lift up and back down. >> reporter: the storm system whipping up wind, toppling trees and leaving thousands without power. similar scenes played out in new york and in new jersey. crews are cleaning up after heavy rain and flooding overnight. >> it was a misieable expere for everyone. >> reporter: in new york, normally busy streets turned into flooded rivers. and in new jersey, a tree split this home in half. >> this was sudden. >> reporter: the severe weather caus cgos for travelers up and down the eastern seaboard. with flight cancellations creating a ripple effect throughout the country. >> we're very frustrated w tire, and want to go home. >> reporter: home to see what

else the weather has in store. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >> there were some anxious moments for passengers after a plane made a rough landing today at an airport when its nose gear collapsed. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: from a passing bus in lagos, the ground view of a passenger jet stuck in place. >> thank you, lord. no tire. >> reporter: landing on a rain soaked runway, the air p 737 with 139 people on board came down hard. then as the plane exited the runway, two tires blew, the nose gear collapsed, the strut punching through the pavement. >> oh, my god. >> reporte no one was injured. once off the plane, a first glimpse of the damage. >> i'm thankful to the pilot. >> h kept talking to us. >> reporter: founded six years ago it flies mostly african routes. on the twitter page the airline pledges no short cuts, safety first. in a statement claiming today after land being safely and rolling to the runway exit, the

nose gear developed a problem and partially collapsed. a nigerian aowident team n investigating. tom costello, nbc news, washingtonor >> lawyers f jeffrey epstein said today they will appeal a judge's decision to deny him bail while he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges. and tonight we are learning more about epstein's lavish and odd life-sle at his secluded compound in the u.s. virgin islands. thephanie gosk is there wi firsthand look. >> reporter: at jeffrey epstein' g private caribbeanet away in the u.s. virgin islands, grounds workers still go about their jobs. reluctant to talk. excuse me. can i jt talk to you for a second? epstein pleaded not guilty to federal charges. ed's acc of recruiting a network of young girls he sexually abused at his mansions in florida and new york. no mention of this island, but authorities say he declared it his primary residence, with a massive main house, eccentric statues, and manicured lines of palm trees.

epstein bought little saint james in 1988, and he built aom sprawling cund here. for years he looked across the water at this other island, great saint james. he bought that one in 2016. now his attorneys say the two together are worth just over $86 million. epstn engineered near total privacy, 24-hour security, and guar dogs. >> i was told things absolutely that occurred on the island were matters of privacy and not to be ascussed and no time was i to interact with any of the guests. >> reporter: steve scully worked on epstein's phone lines for years. were they upped under 18? >> i'm not sure >> reporter: he said he saw pictures of topless girls on the compound. that struck you as odd? >> really odd. >> reporter: it was a conversation with one of epstein's employe from palm beach that made scully quit his job. >> he said what's with the young

girls? i said, oh, yeah. ri'm notl comfortable with the young girl thing. is that in west palm beach as well? he said worse. >> reporter: he pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution in florida in 2008 as part of a controversial plea deal. n a civil case against t government about that deal, one accuser says she took part in an orgy on epstein's i privateand in 2002, with eight other young girls who appeared to be under the age of 18. epstein registered as a sex offender in the virgin islands. but unlike in the u.s.here he had level 3 sex offender status, considered the most dangerous, here he wasss claified as tier 1. it meant he had to check in with local authorities once a year. looking back, scully, a father of three daughters, tels he regrets not speaking out sooner. when you think about the accusations against him, what does that make you think of in terms of your kids? >> i'm awful glad that they weren't visitors on the island.

>> reporter: i anyone calls for help on that island, lester, it takes police 30 minutes to get >> stephanie, how often did he go to this home? >> reporter: residents tell us he was there pretey sometimes twice a month. he flies in on his private jet, then gets on his private helicopter to get to the island. >> all right, stephanie gosk in st. thomas tonight. thank you. police have made an arrest in the murder of a 21-year-old student that has shocked the campus ofss ole mi tonight the suspect in custody nd a fellow classmate. nbc's blayne alexaer has that story. >> reporter: tonight 22-year-old brandon is behind bars, charged with murdering 21-year-old university of mississippi student ali >> he is being held in our jail without bond. >> reporter: multiple sources tell affiliate wlbt, costial was seen friday night outside bar ear the university, adding a deputy found her body near a lake the following morning about

20 miles from campus with several gunshot wounds. both costial and thesfeld attend ole miss. today the university announced he has beensp suded. these pictures show the two of them together. his father says his son is innocent. >> you know everybody, you trust everybody. ike t now it doesn't feel that. >> reporter: mourning the loss of one student, police believe, at the hands of another. tonight there arelack ribbons outside of ali's sorority house. the university's interims chancellor illing her death an unspeakable loss. lester? >> blain, thanks. one of america's closest allies has a new leade boris johnson, london'sn outspokeormer mayor, has been named u.k. prias minister. he big task ahead of him, steering through the task of brexit. nbc's bill neely is in london tonight. >> reporter: tonight he inherits a crisis. boris johnson trying to unite a nation in maverick style.

>>o i sayll the doubters, dude, we are going to energize the country. we're going to get brexit done. >> reporter: today winning the president's endorsement. >> boris johnson. good man. he's tough and he's smart. >> reporter: and he's divisive like president trump. blonde, brash, a populist, and born in new york. once critical of the president. >> i think donald trump is early out of his mind. >> reporter: johnson now wants a trade deal. amera's top ally now led by the eccentric successor to theresa may whom brexit destroyed. johnson wants britain but of europenovember. today johnson called this a pivotal point for britain. tomoow he starts work in there. and not much time for him, lester, to unite this skeptical country. >> all right, bill neely in london, thank you. still ae'ad tonight, take you inside the new way the fda is targeting the teen vaping epidemic. alsotr conoversial i.c.e. arrests caught on camera and how i.c.e. is responding tonight.

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