>>> TONIGHT, FIVE DAYS
LEFT.
NEARLY 62 MILLION
VOTES IN, AND A
MILLION MILES TO GO ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS
AND FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP LEAVING LITTLE
GROUND UNCOVERED IN
THE DESERT WEST.
WE GO ONE-ON-ONE ON
WITH HARRIS ON THE
TRAIL IN ARIZONA.
WHY MS. HARRIS SAYS HE
IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH
WOMEN AFTER HE SAID HE
WOULD PROTECT WOMEN
WHETHER THEY WANT IT
OR NOT.
>> DAY ONE, WHAT'S
YOUR FIRST EXECUTIVE
ACTION?
>> PLUS, WHY NBA
LEGEND LEBRON JAMES IS
NOW THROWING HIS
SUPPORT BEHIND HARRIS.
IT COMES AS MR. TRUMP
TRIES TO EXPAND THE
MAP IN NEW MEXICO AND
BATTLEGROUND ARIZONA
AND NEVADA.
AND WHY HOUSING THERE
IS COLORING HOW PEOPLE
SEE THE GROWING
ECONOMY.
>>> ELON MUSK'S BATTLE
OVER HIS MILLION
LOTTERY CHECKS ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND
HOW HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM X HAS CHANGED
SINCE HE TOOK OVER.
>>> PLUS, OUR WINDOW
INTO HOW MICROSOFT
TRACKS MISLEADING
VIDEOS BEING SPREAD TO
MILLIONS.
>>> THE STUNNING
MURDER ARREST IN THE
WILDERNESS OF MONTANA
FROM A 911 CALL ABOUT
A DEADLY BEAR ATTACK
TO A COMPLETE
STRANGER'S CONFESSION.
>>> ON HALLOWEEN,
RECORD HEAT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
CITIES SMASH HIGHS AS
TRICK-OR-TREATERS
LEAVE THE COATS AT
HOME.
>>> RETURN TO WORK OR
ELSE.
YEARS AFTER THE START
OF COVID, MAJOR
COMPANIES LIKE
STARBUCKS TELL THEIR
STAFF TO GET BACK TO
THE OFFICE.
WHAT THEIR CEO SAYS
TONIGHT.
>>> AND THE SERIES
WATCHED CLOSELY A
WORLD AWAY AS THE CITY
OF ANGELS CELEBRATES,
THE PARTY IS JUST
STARTING IN JAPAN.
>> Announcer: THIS IS
"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
WITH LESTER HOLT.
>> GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME.
THE FINAL DAYS OF 2024
RACE FOR PRESIDENT
MOVING AT A BLISTERING
PACE.
BOTH VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS AND FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP
PUSHING THEIR MESSAGES
IN THE AMERICAN WEST
TONIGHT, LOOKING TO
EXPAND THE ELECTORAL
MAP WHILE FOR HARRIS
PUSHING HER POLLING
ADVANTAGE AMONG WOMEN.
TODAY HIGHLIGHTING MR.
TRUMP'S VOW AT A RALLY
LAST NIGHT TO, QUOTE,
PROTECT WOMEN WHETHER
THE WOMEN LIKE IT OR
NOT.
HARRIS CALLING THE
REMARKS VERY OFFENSIVE
TO WOMEN.
THE CONTROVERSIAL
COMMENTS COME AMID
POLLING SHOWING A
CLEAR GENDER DIVIDE IN
THE RACE WITH HARRIS
RUNNING STRONG AMONG
WOMEN, BUT BEHIND MR.
TRUMP AMONG MEN.
TRUMP'S TRIP TO THE
WEST PARTLY AIMED AT
SHORING UP HIS
STRENGTH AMONG LATINO
MEN.
LET'S HEAD TO THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL NOW FOR
THE LATEST, STARTING
WITH GABE GUTIERREZ.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
WITH JUST FIVE DAYS TO
GO, VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS WITH RENEWED
URGENCY TARGETING KEY
WESTERN BATTLEGROUNDS
ARIZONA AND NEVADA.
>> WE ALL KNOW WHO
DONALD TRUMP IS.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS
UNSTABLE, OBSESSED
WITH REVENGE.
>> Reporter: AND NOW
ATTACKING FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR
THESE COMMENTS ABOUT
WOMEN OVERNIGHT.
>> I WANT TO PROTECT
THE WOMEN OF OUR
COUNTRY.
I WANT TO PROTECT --
SIR, PLEASE DON'T SAY
THAT.
WHY?
THEY SAID WE THINK
IT'S -- WE THINK IT'S
VERY INAPPROPRIATE FOR
YOU TO SAY.
I SAID, WELL, I'M
GOING TO DO IT WHETHER
THE WOMEN LIKE IT OR
NOT.
I'M GOING TO PROTECT
THEM.
I'M GOING TO PROTECT
THEM FROM MIGRANTS
COMING IN.
I'M GOING TO PROTECT
THEM FROM FOREIGN
COUNTRIES THAT WANT TO
HIT US WITH MISSILES.
>> Reporter: LATE
TODAY THE VICE
PRESIDENT SPEAKING
EXCLUSIVELY WITH NBC'S
YAMICHE ALCINDOR.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID
HE WOULD BE A
PROTECTOR OF WOMEN,
WHETHER THEY LIKE IT
OR NOT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THAT?
AND HOW DOES THAT
CONTRAST WITH YOUR
VIEWS ON WOMEN AND
THEIR RIGHTS AND
NEEDS?
>> WELL, I'LL JUST
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
MYSELF, BUT ALSO THE
AMERICANS THAT I SPEAK
WITH EVERY DAY AROUND
OUR COUNTRY,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR
GENDER, WHICH IS THE
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
BELIEVE THAT WOMEN ARE
INTELLIGENT ENOUGH AND
SHOULD HAVE AND BE
RESPECTED FOR THEIR
AGENCY TO MAKE
DECISIONS FOR
THEMSELVES ABOUT
WHETHER WHAT IS IN
THEIR BEST INTERESTS
AND NOT HAVE THEIR
GOVERNMENT AND
CERTAINLY NOT DONALD
TRUMP TELLING THEM
WHAT TO DO.
AND HIS LATEST COMMENT
IS JUST THE MOST
RECENT IN A SERIES OF
EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE
SEEN FROM HIM IN HIS
WORDS AND DEEDS ABOUT
HOW HE DEVALUES THE
ABILITY OF WOMEN TO
HAVE THE CHOICE AND
THE FREEDOM TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
OWN BODIES.
>> DAY ONE, WHAT'S
YOUR FIRST EXECUTIVE
ACTION?
>> WELL, MY FIRST
PRIORITY, WHICH WILL
PROBABLY BE THE
PACKAGE OF BILLS IS
ABOUT BRINGING DOWN
THE COST OF LIVING.
SO IT'S ABOUT HOUSING.
IT'S ABOUT CHILD CARE.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE
NEED TO DO TO DEAL
WITH GROCERY PRICES.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
NBA SUPERSTAR LEBRON
JAMES IS ENDORSING
HARRIS, POSTING A
VIDEO AND WRITING,
"THE CHOICE IS CLEAR
TO ME."
BUT A FORMER NBA OWNER
NOW A TOP HARRIS
SURROGATE, PHILLY
OWNER MARK KAHN IS
FACING BACKLASH WHEN
ASKED ABOUT WHY HE HAD
NOT ASKED NIKKI HALEY
TO CAMPAIGN WITH HIM.
>> DONALD TRUMP, YOU
NEVER SEE HIM AROUND
STRONG, INTELLIGENT
WOMEN, EVERYONE.
IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
THEY'RE INTIMIDATING
TO HIM.
>> THAT ATTACK WAS AN
ATTACK ON TENS OF
MILLIONS OF WOMEN
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
WHO PROUDLY SUPPORT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> Reporter: AN NBC
POLL THIS MONTH
SUGGEST A HUGE GENDER
GAP, WOMEN SUPPORTING
HARRIS BY 14 POINT,
BUT SHE IS STRUGGLING
WITH MEN WHO ARE
BACKING TRUMP BY 16
POINTS.
OUTSIDE HER RALLY WE
MET HARRIS SUPPORTERS
JENNY HILDEBRAND AND
KATE BECKER WHO SAY
THEY ARE DEEPLY
OFFENDED BY TRUMP'S
COMMENTS.
>> I DON'T TRUST
ANYTHING OUT OF HIS
MOUTH.
I DON'T THINK HE
REALLY AGREES WITH
WOMEN OR SUPPORTS
WOMEN OR RESPECTS
WOMEN GIVEN HIS TRACK
HISTORY AND WHAT HE'S
DONE.
>> IT'S IRONIC THAT HE
WANTS THE SUPPORT
WOMEN ON HIS TERM'S
AND NOT OURS.
>> Reporter: IN THE
RACE'S CRITICAL FINAL
DAYS, DEMOCRATS ARE
TRYING TO BUILD ON
THAT SUPPORT AMONG
WOMEN, A JULIA ROBERTS,
URGING WOMEN WHOSE
MALE PARTNERS WHO BACK
TRUMP TO SECRETLY VOTE
FOR HARRIS.
>> YOU CAN VOTE ANY
WAY YOU WANT.
AND NO ONE WILL EVER
KNOW.
>> Reporter: TRUMP'S
SUPPORTER PATRICIA
MONTEZ FINDS THAT IDEA
INSULTING AND SAYS THE
FORMER PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS LAST NIGHT
DON'T BOTHER HER.
>> LOOKING OUT FOR
WOMEN'S BEST
INTERESTS.
HE IS NOT GOING TO
FORCE SOMEBODY INTO
ANYTHING.
IT'S THE WAY HE TALKS.
CALL IT LOCKER ROOM
TALK, GUY TALK.
IT'S JUST TALK.
>> Reporter: AND GABE,
YOU'RE THERE AT THE
VICE PRESIDENT'S RALLY
IN RENO.
WE CAN ASSUME SHE'LL
KEEP THE FOCUS ON
NEVADA LATER TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YES,
LESTER.
AFTER THE EVENT HERE,
SHE HAS ANOTHER LATE
NIGHT RALLY IN LAS
VEGAS WITH JENNIFER
LOPEZ.
AND THEN SHE IS
EXPECTED TO HIT FIVE
BATTLEGROUND STATES
OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, INCLUDING
CLOSING OUT HER
CAMPAIGN IN MUST-WIN
PENNSYLVANIA WITH A
LARGE RALLY IN
PHILADELPHIA.
LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT, GABE
GUTIERREZ STARTING US
OFF, THANKS.
>>> FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP ALSO IN THE WEST
TONIGHT, MAKING A
PITCH TO LATINO VOTERS
WHO WILL PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN
SEVERAL SWING STATES.
GARRETT HAAKE IS
COVERING THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
MAKING ONE LAST
IN-PERSON PITCH OUT
WEST.
>> ARE YOU BETTER OFF
NOW THAN YOU WERE FOUR
YEARS AGO?
>> Reporter: INCLUDING
A SURPRISING STOP IN
NEW MEXICO, WHICH
HASN'T VOTED
REPUBLICAN IN 20
YEARS.
>> UNDER KAMALA, NEW
MEXICO HAS SEEN
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
POUR ACROSS YOUR
SECTION OF THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> Reporter: LATINOS
MAKE UP HALF OF NEW
MEXICO'S POPULATION,
AND TRUMP'S SUPPORT
AMONG MEN MAKES A
TEMPTING LAST-MINUTE
TARGET.
HIS TWO OTHER STOPS
TODAY ARIZONA AND
NEVADA, WHERE NEW
POLLS SHOW HARRIS
LEADING AMONG LATINOS,
BUT IN ARIZONA SHE IS
RUNNING SIX POINTS
BEHIND PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S MARGIN WITH
LATINOS IN 2020.
AND IN NEVADA SHE IS
25 POINTS BEHIND.
WE MET MICHAEL
ARREVELO WHO IS VOTING
FOR TRUMP.
>> I DO EVENTUALLY
WANT TO OWN MY OWN
HOUSE.
AND THE WAY IT'S AT
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SEE
IT HAPPENING WITHIN
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IF
KAMALA ENDS UP BEING
PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: MARTIEM
SUPPORTS HARRIS.
>> 100% EVERYTHING
SHE'S SAID ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY, WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, EDUCATION, AND
IMMIGRATION.
>> Reporter: THEN
THERE IS THE KEY ISSUE
OF HOUSING.
NEVADA'S CLARK COUNTY,
WHERE TRUMP CAMPAIGNED
TODAY IS AMONG THE
TOUGHEST IN THE NATION
TO BUY A HOME,
ACCORDING TO NBC NEWS
ANALYSIS, THE MEDIUM
HOME PRICE NOW UP TO
$452,000, AMONG THE
TOP 15% OF COUNTY
PRICES NATIONWIDE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS
PROPOSED $25,000 IN
GOVERNMENT DOWN
PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
>> I WILL FIGHT TO
HELP FIRST-TIME HOME
BUYERS WITH YOUR DOWN
PAYMENT.
>> Reporter: J.D.
VANCE MOCKING THAT
PROPOSAL TODAY.
>> KAMALA HARRIS IS
TRYING TO PASS OUT
FREE MONEY TO COVER
OVER THE FACT THAT HER
OWN POLICIES ARE WHY
HOUSING IS SO
EXPENSIVE.
>> Reporter: ALL AS
TRUMP IS GOING AFTER
HARRIS OVER PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S COMMENTS,
APPEARING TO CALL
TRUMP SUPPORTERS
GARBAGE.
>> THE ONLY GARBAGE I
SEE FLOATING OUT THERE
IS HIS SUPPORTERS, HIS
DEMONIZATION OF PEOPLE
IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
>> Reporter: THE
PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS
NOT TALKING ABOUT
ALL TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
TRUMP, AFTER RIDING IN
A GARBAGE TRUCK --
>> 250 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE NOT
GARBAGE.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT
WEARING A SANITATION
WORKER'S VEST IN
WISCONSIN.
>> YOU CAN'T LEAD
AMERICA IF YOU DON'T
LOVE AMERICANS.
THAT'S TRUE.
>> Reporter: AND
GARRETT, YOU HAVE SOME
NEW REPORTING ON THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN
STRATEGY GOING DOWN
THE STRETCH HERE?
>> Reporter: YEAH,
LESTER, THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN IS
INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT
IN THEIR POSITION
NATIONALLY, WILL SPEND
MOST OF THESE LAST FEW
DAYS FOCUSED ON THE
SO-CALLED BLUE WALL
STATES, INCLUDING A
FINAL STOP IN GRAND
RAPIDS THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE ELECTION,
THE SAME PLACE TRUMP
ENDED HIS 2016 AND
2020 CAMPAIGNS.
LESTER?
>> GARRETT HAAKE,
THANK YOU.
>>> JUST OFF STAGE IN
THIS ELECTION, ELON
MUSK, THE WORLD'S
RICHEST MAN AND TRUMP
BACKER WHOSE MILLION
DOLLAR GIVEAWAYS TO
VOTERS ARE BEING
CHALLENGED IN COURT.
LAURA JARRETT REPORTS
ON THE LATEST LEGAL
BACK AND FORTH.
>> Reporter: THE
EFFORT IN BATTLE
GROUND, PENNSYLVANIA
TO SHUT DOWN ELON
MUSK'S MILLION DOLLAR
GIVEAWAYS HITTING A
SNAG TODAY.
MUSK A NO-SHOULD SHOW
IN COURT TODAY AS HIS
LEGAL TEAM TRIES TO
FEND OFF A LEGAL SUIT
BROUGHT BY
PHILADELPHIA'S D.A.
WHICH ACCUSES THE TECH
BILLIONAIRE AND HIS
PRO-TRUMP SUPER PAC OF
OPERATING AN UNLAWFUL
LOTTERY.
>> THIS IS A CASE THAT
INVOLVES STATE LAW
ISSUES.
>> Reporter: LAWYERS
FOR MUSK FIGHTING
BACK, SUCCESSFULLY
GETTING THE CASE PUT
ON ICE FOR NOW BY
FILING PAPERWORK TO
MOVE IT OVER TO
FEDERAL COURT.
MUSK UNDER SCRUTINY
FOR POTENTIALLY
INTERFERING WITH THE
FEDERAL ELECTION SINCE
ANNOUNCING HE WOULD
RANDOMLY AWARD PRIZE
MONEY ON A DAILY BASE
BASIS TO SWING STATE
VOTERS WHO SIGN A
PLEDGE TO HONOR FIRST
AND SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHTS.
>> IF YOU ALREADY
BELIEVE IN THE
CONSTITUTION, YOU'RE
JUST SIGNING SOMETHING
YOU ALREADY BELIEVE
AND CAN WIN A MILLION
DOLLARS.
>> Reporter: THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
SENDING A WARNING
LETTER LAST WEEK THAT
THE GIVEAWAY COULD BE
ILLEGAL.
FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS
PAYING PEOPLE TO
REGISTER TO VOTE.
BUT NO CRIMINAL
CHARGES HAVE BEEN
FILED.
>> TAKE OVER, ELON,
YES, TAKE OVER.
>> Reporter: THIS AS
MUSK REMAINS ONE OF
FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S MOST VISIBLE
AND ENERGETIC
SUPPORTERS THIS
ELECTION.
>> I THINK THIS
ELECTION, I THINK IT'S
THE MOST IMPORTANT
ELECTION OF OUR
LIFETIME.
>> Reporter:
FREQUENTLY SHARING
PRO-TRUMP CONTENT WITH
HIS 200 MILLION PLUS
FOLLOWERS ON X.
AND RESEARCHERS SAY
SINCE TAKING THE REINS
OF WHAT WAS FORMERLY
TWITTER, HE'S MADE
CHANGES THAT HAS
RESULTED IN FOR
MORE FAR-RIGHT DON'T
BEING AMPLIFIED.
HIS PAC NOW RUNNING AN
AGGRESSIVE GET OUT THE
VOTE OPERATION.
TONIGHT HIS SWING
STATE SWEEPSTAKES
CLIMBING TO $13
MILLION WINNERS AND
COUNTING.
LAURA JARRETT, NBC
NEWS.
>>> AND JUST DAYS
BEFORE THE ELECTION,
DISINFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN ADVERSARIES IS
COMING FASTER THAN
EVER.
AND TECH GIANT
MICROSOFT IS ON THE
FOREFRONT OF DETECTING
IT.
STEPHANIE GOSK HAS AN
INSIDE LOOK IN
TONIGHT'S VOTE WATCH.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT WE
HAVE HERE.
>> Reporter: THE VIDEO
IS ALARMING.
BALLOTS BEING RIPPED
UP IN BATTLEGROUND
PENNSYLVANIA, EXCEPT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SAYS IT'S FAKE,
CREATED BY RUSSIA.
THE MICROSOFT THREAT
ANALYSIS CENTER IN NEW
YORK CITY CLOCKED THIS
VIDEO EARLY ON.
>> I TRACK THE WAY
HOSTILE NATION STATES
ARE USING THE INTERNET
TO MANIPULATE
OPINIONS.
>> Reporter:
INFORMATION GATHERED
HERE IS SHARED WITH
MICROSOFT CLIENTS, AND
IN PART PUBLISHED
PUBLICLY.
THE BALLOT VIDEO HAS
ALL THE HALLMARKS THEY
THESE ANALYSTS SAY OF
AN ACTOR THEY HAVE
BEEN TRACKING FOR
YEARS, STORM-1516.
THEY SHOWED US ANOTHER
TOTALLY FABRICATED
STORY THAT DROPPED IN
SEPTEMBER, FALSELY
CLAIMING KAMALA HARRIS
KILLED AN ENDANGERED
RHINO IN ZAMBIA.
>> STORM-1516 USES
ROUTINELY A THREE-STEP
PROCESS TO LAUNDER ITS
DISINFORMATION INTO
WESTERN AUDIENCES.
>> Reporter: A CHEAPLY
MADE VIDEO PICKED UP
BY A SEEMINGLY LEGIT
NEWS SITE AND THEN
PUSHED ON TO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THIS WILD STORY DIDN'T
GO FAR.
>> IT'S A LYING GAME.
WITH EVERY FAKE STORY,
THEY'RE GETTING A
LITTLE BETTER.
>> Reporter: OF THE
STATE ACTORS, WOULD
YOU SAY THE RUSSIANS
ARE THE SAVVIEST?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: BUT IN
THE BUILD UP ON THE
ELECTION, RUSSIA IS
NOT ALONE.
THE TEAM, LED BY
FORMER FBI SPECIAL
AGENT AND NBC
CONTRIBUTOR CLINT
WATTS, HAS BEEN
TRACKING IRAN AND
CHINA AS WELL.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR IN THESE VERY
CRITICAL MOMENTS?
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST
THING IS A SHIFT FROM
INFLUENCING AROUND
CANDIDATES ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER TO THE CONDUCT
OF THE ELECTION.
SO UNDERMINING TRUST.
>> Reporter: DURING A
CONTENTIOUS ELECTION
THE LIES, HE SAID CAN
SPREAD FURTHER,
FASTER.
>> WHEN THE EMOTIONS
ARE HIGH, PEOPLE NEED
TO SLOW DOWN FOR A
SECOND AND REALLY LOOK
AT THE INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: AND WHILE
AMERICANS ARE SAVVIER,
SOME OF THE
MISINFORMATION STICKS.
WHEN DOES IT CROSS A
THRESHOLD THAT IT'S
REACHED SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT IT'S BECOME
CONCERNING?
>> WHEN YOU START TO
SEE THESE NARRATIVES
BEING REPEATED
VERBATIM BY ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU
HEARD THAT?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: THEIR
ADVICE, PAY ATTENTION,
BE SKEPTICAL, BECAUSE
THE MISINFORMATION
WILL KEEP COMING.
LOTS OF IT.
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC
NEWS, NEW YORK.
>>> LET'S TURN
OVERSEAS NOW.
IN SPAIN TONIGHT, THE
DEATH TOLL IS RISING
FOLLOWING CATASTROPHIC
FLOODING.
MORE THAN 150 KILLED
AFTER A WALL OF WATER
SURGED THROUGH
VALENCIA REGION IN
EASTERN SPAIN, LEAVING
BEHIND MASSIVE PILES
OF DEBRIS, WRECKED
CARS, AND MUD.
A YEAR'S WORTH OF RAIN
FELL THERE IN JUST
EIGHT HOURS.
>>> BACK HERE AT HOME,
AFTER ONE OF THE
DRIEST OCTOBERS IN THE
NORTHEAST, IT'S RECORD
HEAT ON HALLOWEEN.
TEMPERATURES INTO THE
HIGH 70s AND 80s
ACROSS THE EAST ON UP
THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
PERFECT WEATHER FOR
TRICK OR TREATING IN
PLACES LIKE SPOOKY
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
MEANWHILE, IN
MINNESOTA, A
SNOWSTORM.
PARTS OF THE STATE,
INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS
AND DULUTH GETTING
BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES
OF SNOW TODAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN
60 SECONDS WITH A CASE
ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS
A BEAR ATTACK.
NOW A SUSPECT, A
STRANGER IS IN CUSTODY
FOR THE GRUESOME
MURDER OF A FATHER
FOUND DEAD IN HIS
TENT.
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH
THE BREAKING NEWS FROM
MONTANA WHERE
AUTHORITIES SAY A
SUSPECT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE
BRUTAL MURDER OF A
FATHER WHOSE DEATH WAS
FIRST REPORTED AS A
BEAR ATTACK.
MORGAN CHESKY HAS LATE
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
A STUNNING BREAK AND A
DISTURBING DEATH
MONTANA AUTHORITIES
ARE NOW CALLING
MURDER.
>> THIS HOMICIDE
APPEARS TO BE CHANCE
ENCOUNTER.
>> Reporter: THE
GALLATIN COUNTY
SHERIFF ARRESTING
41-YEAR-OLD DAREN
ABBEY, WHO THEY SAY
CONFESSED TO THE
GRUESOME MURDER OF
DUSTIN KJERSEM, AN
AVID OUTDOORSMAN AND
FATHER WHO NEVER
RETURNED FROM A CAMP
TRIP.
>> DUSTIN WELCOMED HIM
TO THE CAMPSITE AND
OFFERED HIM A BEER.
AT SOME POINT THIS
INDIVIDUAL STRUCK HIM
DUST THE DUSTIN
KJERSEM WITH A SOLID
PIECE OF WOOD, STABBED
HIM IN THE NECK WITH A
SCREWDRIVER AND
ULTIMATELY HIT HIM
WITH THE AX.
>> Reporter: JUST
OUTSIDE BIG SKY,
DUSTIN KJERSEM'S GIRL
FRIEND AND FRIEND
FOUND HIS BODY INSIDE
THE TENT.
THE ATTACK SO BRUTAL
THEY TOLD 911 IT
LOOKED LIKE A BEAR
ATTACK, BUT
AUTHORITIES WEREN'T
CONVINCED.
>> DURING
INVESTIGATION,
DETECTIVES COLLECTED
DNA FROM A BEER CAN
INSIDE OF KJERSEM'S
CAMP.
>> Reporter: THAT DNA
LED TO ABBEY, ALREADY
IN CUSTODY FOR
VIOLATING PROBATION.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THE SUSPECT ACTED
ALONE, BUT TONIGHT SAY
HIS MOTIVE IS STILL
UNCLEAR AS A GRIEF
STRICKEN FAMILY CLINGS
TIGHT.
>> HE WAS A LOVING,
HELPFUL AND ADORING
FATHER WHO IN NO WAY
DESERVED THIS.
>> Reporter: MORGAN
CHESKY, NBC NEWS.
>>> AND STILL AHEAD
HERE TONIGHT, FROM
STARBUCKS TO AMAZON,
AS MORE CEOs PUSH TO
BRING REMOTE WORKERS
BACK INTO THE OFFICE,
NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY
TO BE BACK
>>> WE ARE BACK NOW
WITH A GROWING TREND.
MORE COMPANIES NOW
PUSHING WORKERS TO
COME BACK TO THE
OFFICE IN PERSON.
BUT AFTER FOUR YEARS
WORKING REMOTELY, WILL
THEY?
HERE IS CHRISTINE
ROMANS.
>> THANK YOU, HAVE A
GOOD ONE.
>> Reporter: THE
NATION'S LARGEST
COFFEE CHAIN PUTTING
ITS CORPORATE
EMPLOYEES ON NOTICE.
>> TO DO YOUR JOB
REALLY WELL, I THINK
THERE IS A PIECE OF
THIS WHERE YOU HAVE TO
BE IN THE OFFICE.
>> Reporter: THE NEW
CEO WANTS TO ENFORCE A
2-YEAR-OLD POLICY.
CORPORATE STAFF MUST
BE IN THE OFFICE THREE
DAYS A WEEK.
>> TO BE A PART OF
STARBUCKS, YOU'VE GOT
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
CULTURE.
YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW UP,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO
BRING A POSITIVE
ENERGY.
>> Reporter: HE IS NEW
TO THE JOB.
BASED IN CALIFORNIA,
HE COMMUTES TO SEATTLE
VIA PRIVATE JET.
ALSO IN SEATTLE,
AMAZON WEB SERVICES
EXPECTS A FULL
FIVE-DAY RETURN TO
OFFICE EARLY NEXT
YEAR, PROMPTING
ROUGHLY 37,000
EMPLOYEES TO JOIN AN
INTERNAL FLAK CHANNEL
TO COMPLAIN.
>> THESE COMPANIES ARE
SAYING YOU HAVE TO BE
IN THE OFFICE THREE
DAYS A WEEK, FIVE DAYS
A WEEK, THEY'RE GOING
TO LOSE TALENT WHO
DEMAND FLEXIBILITY?
>> YES.
AND WE CAN DEMAND
FLEXIBILITY NOW
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
REALIZE WE COULD
BEFORE.
>> Reporter: ONE STUDY
FOUND MOST EMPLOYERS
WANT WORKERS IN THE
OFFICE AT LEAST THREE
DAYS A WEEK.
BUT ONLY 51% OF
EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW
ACTUALLY ARE.
AND 80% OF COMPANIES
HAVE RETURNED TO
OFFICE POLICIES.
ONLY 17% ENFORCE THEM.
SOME COMPANIES ARE
QUIETLY DOWNSIZING
THEIR BIG OFFICE
FOOTPRINTS TO SAVE
MONEY, AND OTHERS LIKE
SPOTIFY AND DROP BOX
ARE NOW FULLY REMOTE.
>> 2025 WILL BE AN
ATTEMPT TO GET PEOPLE
BACK INT2 OFFICE, BUT
ULTIMATELY, THE PACE
OF CHANGE IN
TECHNOLOGY WILL GET US
ALL WORKING VIRTUALLY.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW,
COMPANIES STRUGGLING
TO BALANCE CULTURE AND
THE FLEXIBILITY MANY