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A suspect with bombs apparently strapped to him, shot and killed by the FBI. The snipers taking aim. Hostages rushed to safety. that suspect, even putting some explosives on the people he held captive, how the strike team took him out. Breaking news from Washington, the Republicans who just defected voting to end the war in Iran. This as Iran hits an airport in Kuwait, and now President Trump says he wants to meet with the new Ayatollah. Starling video of an attempted kidnapping, a woman handcuffed, and

screaming for help, how a truck driver saved her. The vote still being taken. counted right now in those high-stakes California elections. Mayor Karen Bass advancing to the general, so will reality star Spencer Pratt face off against her where the count stands? Chaos at 60 minutes. Veteran journalist Scott Pelly fired, and now he's firing back at the network. Deadly trained derailment, train cars mangled and piled up after colliding with trucks on the tracks. Our exclusive new reporting about that CIA officer arrested for stealing millions in gold bars from the spy agency, the classified military program he worked on. Cave Rescue Survivor speaks what one man freed told our reporter about the two men still missing. And there's good news tonight, the heartwarming surprise for a group of young kids as World Cup fever kicks into high gear.

Nightly news starts right now. This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. Good evening. We begin tonight with the 15-hour hostage nightmare in California that finally came to an end when an FBI strike team shot and killed the man who was holding them. All of those hostages safely rescued, but it was a chaotic scene over the day and night, as you see here. This video is showing officers leading a group of people to safety away from the building. And it all started on Tuesday in the city of Bakersfield in central California, sparking a massive police response. When a man entered the offices of the school superintendent, explosives strapped to his body.

The marathon negotiation stretching late into the night as fears grew that innocent lives may be lost. The suspect then strapping more possible explosives to the hostages. The FBI ultimately taking over and take a look at this. Those are snipers positioning on a roof. and a heavily armed tactical team heading towards the scene, later ending that standoff. We have new details tonight about the suspect and his possible motive. NBC Steve Patterson is there, and he starts us off tonight.

Tonight, a harrowing 15-hour crisis. This man strapping explosives to himself, spouting demands to authorities while keeping multiple hostages tied, terrorized, and held captive. At approximately 4.30 a.m. this morning, that's when the hostage rescue team neutralized this subject. Authorities say the suspect, 41-year-old Anthony Scott Searles Harris was shot and killed at the scene by an FBI strike team. No one else was hurt, including all hostages inside.

The advisors and male subject inside the bank with a bomb shot to his chest. Police called to the scene Tuesday afternoon when authorities say Searle Harris stormed an office building in downtown Bakersfield that also houses a bank, claiming to have an explosive device barricading himself on the second floor where he took 10 employees, from the Kern County superintendent of schools as hostages. Some had additional explosives attached to them, according to law enforcement. It's demanding an FBI negotiator. We still have no entry. We're talking to the glass.

Five of those hostages were tied up, officials say. Video taken during the crisis shows two people inside that building. Crisis negotiators able to secure the release of two hostages during the day. The first being at 359 p.m. and the second being at 8.24 p.m. But as the night went on, the suspect became more erratic. And knowing one of the hostages was diabetic, they were running out of time. That's when the FBI sent in their strike teeth. Authorities say Searle Harris was an Army veteran dishonorably discharged in the mid-2000s for going AWOL, and is a registered sex offender.

He was no stranger to law enforcement and has a criminal history of using weapons to commit violent offenses. And Steve, this happened just there behind you. The big question still is why? Are authorities investigating any of the motives here? if the hostages were targeted? You know, right now, Tom, authorities don't believe those officials were intentionally targeted. But take a look at the scene. Look around.

You can see the scene is still being processed authorities searching for a motive to what amounted to a terrifying ordeal for this entire community. Tom. Steve Patterson in Bakersfield leading us off. We have breaking news now out of Washington, the House voting late today to bring an end to military action in Iran. Four Republicans joining Democrats in that vote. It comes, though, as Iran attacks its neighbors, hitting an international airport. Our chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel, reports from the region. Tonight, in a stern rebuke to President Trump, the House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution ordering Trump to stop the war with Iran.

Four Republicans joining all Democrats in the symbolic vote, reflecting a growing frustration with the ongoing conflict, Congress never authorized. A war which today took a turn for. for the worse. In the most violent flare-up in weeks, threatening an already shaky U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Today, Kuwait's main airport took a direct hit from Iranian drones. A terminal caught fire. Flights canceled. Kuwaiti officials say an Indian resident was killed and dozens injured.

The U.S. fired on Iran as well, attacking a military installation on an island, and turning around and disabling more ships heading to Iranian ports. But late today, President Trump appeared dismissive of Iran's attack, calling it not very strong. We hit them very hard on something else, unrelated, and so they were responding. He insisted a deal is still close. The negotiation itself has gone very well, actually. Very well. Mr. President is here.

I mean, if it happens, it might not happen, you know, who knows. But if it happens, it could happen like over the weekend. In an interview released earlier, Trump said the U.S. military blockade of Iran could last until September, but called it unlikely, adding he hopes to meet Iran's supreme leader, whose father, Trump authorized, killed in a joint U.S. Israeli operation. We probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out. All right, Richard joins us now live. Richard, Israel's military presence inside southern Lebanon continues to complicate getting

a peace deal with Iran. It certainly does. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Israeli troops will stay in southern Lebanon. He said they are necessary for Israel's security to defend against Hezbollah. Iran's foreign ministry tonight said that unless there is a real ceasefire in Lebanon, there won't be a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Tom. Richard, thank you. Out West, they are still counting the votes in California in that high-stakes primary where former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is predicting he'll advance to the November election to face off against L.A. Mayor Karen

Bass. Here's Liz Croix. Tonight, with votes still being counted in the highly watched race for L.A. mayor, former reality TV star Spencer Pratt predicting he'll advance to November's election. They got one at five more months of me exposing all the failures of our mayor. So it's going to be a fun ride. I hope she's ready. Pratt currently in second place, while NBC News projecting incumbent Democratic mayor Karen Bass has already advanced. I don't care where you're from when you got here or why you're here. You are a. Angelino and we are going to fight for you. Celebrating with this post on social media, although it's the first time in 20 years.

The sitting L.A. mayor could not get a majority of the vote and was forced into a runoff. We can do debates every Friday if she would like because this actually became my most favorite thing to do. It's the latest twist for Pratt, a Republican who decided to run after losing his home in the Palisades fire last year and tapped into voter anger over crime and homelessness. And there's a surprising surge for a Republican in California's. Governor Race 2, conservative commentator Steve Hilton, currently leading the path. When people say, how are you going to win in California as a Republican?

My question is, how will a Democrat win based on the record that they are putting before the people? But in this heavily blue state, he's in for an uphill battle. His likely opponent, Democrat Xavier Becerra. If he wins, the former Biden cabinet member would be the first Latino to run the state in more than 150 years. This is your state. This is Tu Estado November, here we come

And Tom, we're inside the LA County ballot processing center right now. You can still see all of these workers still processing the thousands of ballots that are still coming in. The vote by mail system here in California means that in tight races it can sometimes take several days until a winner is announced. Tom.

And we know you'll be standing by for all those results. All right, Liz, we thank you for that. It is one of the biggest news shows in this country and its marquee reporter has been fired. 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelly is officially out at CBS News and he's firing back tonight at the network leadership that pushed him out. Aaron McLaughlin has the latest on the turmoil at the top rated show. I'm Scott Pelly. Tonight long time 60 minute veteran correspondent Scott Pelley is firing back after being fired by CBS. Pelley saying CBS executives are lying about why he was let go from one of the

most popular news program in America for over half a century, fundamentally being completely redone, rethought, restructured, Bari Weiss, founder of a conservative-leaning website, was brought into the network to change things up. She cleaned house at 60 minutes, getting rid of the show's top producers. And with four full-time correspondents recently out, only three remain, including the legendary Leslie Stahl, who is yet to speak publicly about the chaos at her show. Aaron McLaughlin, NBC News, New York. When we return in 60 seconds here on nightly news, a woman running down a country road in handcuffs,

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That's next. Finally, there's good news tonight. With the World Cup kicking off in just over a week, an elementary school soccer team got a once-in-a-lifetime surprise. Our Chloe Malas was there, and our cameras were rolling. Find a new gay. Find a new gay, Victoria. For one youth soccer team in Queens, the road to the World Cup started in a school gym.

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