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Nightly News Full Broadcast (Monday, July 31st): Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing two of her kids; Indicted Mar-a-Lago employee makes court appearance in classified documents case; Two missiles launched into Ukraine 24 hours after drones explode in Moscow; and more on tonight’s broadcast. [Tuesday, August 1, 2023 / 12:10 PM NZST]

The latest news, going beyond the headlines to see how lives are affected by the world around them.

Primary Title
  • NBC Nightly News
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 1 August 2023
Start Time
  • 10 : 30
Finish Time
  • 11 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • NBC News Digital
Broadcaster
  • NBCUniversal Media
Programme Description
  • The latest news, going beyond the headlines to see how lives are affected by the world around them.
Episode Description
  • Nightly News Full Broadcast (Monday, July 31st): Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing two of her kids; Indicted Mar-a-Lago employee makes court appearance in classified documents case; Two missiles launched into Ukraine 24 hours after drones explode in Moscow; and more on tonight’s broadcast. [Tuesday, August 1, 2023 / 12:10 PM NZST]
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
  • Video is unavailable for this edition of NBC News Digital's "NBC Nightly News" for Tuesday 01 August 2023.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Lester Holt (Presenter)
>>> TONIGHT, THE DRAMA IN THE COURTROOM AS THE SO-CALLED IDAHO DOOMSDAY MOM LEARNS HER FATE FOR MURDERING HER TWO CHILDREN. LORI VALLOW DAYBELL SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THE DEATHS OF HER 7-YEAR-OLD SON AND 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND CONSPIRING TO KILL HER NEW HUSBAND'S EX-WIFE. PROSECUTORS SAYING THE COUPLE WAS INSPIRED BY APOCALYPTIC BELIEFS. HER BIZARRE RANT IN THE COURTROOM TODAY. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE CLOSE CALL AT A JEWISH SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS. A MAN WITH A GUN FIRING SHOTS OUTSIDE. THEN THE URGENT SEARCH AND OFFICERS TAKING HIM DOWN. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. >>> THE MAR-A-LAGO PROPERTY MANAGER IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DELETE SECURITY VIDEO ON DONALD TRUMP'S ORDERS. WHY HE DID NOT ENTER A PLEA. AND WILL THE FORMER PRESIDENT FACE ANOTHER INDICTMENT SOON IN GEORGIA? >>> RUSSIA LAUNCHING A DEADLY ATTACK ON UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY'S HOMETOWN. >>> NIGER'S OUSTED PRESIDENT IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ATTEMPTED COUP. WE HAVE THE ONLY U.S. JOURNALIST ON THE GROUND. >>> JUST HOURS UNTIL TEAM USA'S HIGH-STAKES RAPINOE. >>> REMEMBER'S PAUL RUBENS, THE ACTOR BELOVED FOR THE PEE-WEE HERMAN CHARACTER. HIS SECRET HEALTH >>> AND DEATH OF A RISING STAR FROM HBO'S "EUPHORIA" AT ONLY 25. >> Announcer: THIS IS NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND WELCOME. THE SAD AND AT TIMES BIZARRE TRIAL OF AN IDAHO MOTHER WHO WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO OF HER CHILDREN AND CONSPIRING TO KILL HER HUSBAND'S FORMER WIFE ENDED TODAY WITH MULTIPLE LIFE SENTENCES. THE JUDGE ORDERING LORI VALLOW DAYBELL TO SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE CHANCE OF PAROLE. THE TORTURED DETAILS OF THE CASE, HER CLAIM TO BE A GODDESS, HER CHILDREN ZOMBIES SHE BELIEVED, CAPTURED HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. BEFORE SHE WAS SENTENCED VALLOW DAYBELL OFFERED NO REMORSE. AS SHE ADDRESSED THE COURT, DECLARING NO ONE WAS MURDERED AND SUGGESTING THE DEATHS OF HER 7 AND 16-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN THE RESULTS OF ACCIDENTS OR EVEN SUICIDES. MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS DETAILS. >> I DO NOT FEAR DEATH. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >> READING FROM NOTES MOMENTS BEFORE A JUDGE ORDERED HER TO SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS, LORI VALLOW DAYBELL, THE IDAHO MOTHER CONVICTED OF KILLING HER TWO CHILDREN AND CONSPIRING TO MURDER HER HUSBAND'S FORMER WIFE, BROKE HER SILENCE AND REMAINED DEFIANT. >> NO ONE WAS MURDERED IN THIS CASE. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS HAPPEN. SUICIDES HAPPEN. FATAL SIDE EFFECTS FROM MEDICATIONS HAPPEN. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MY CHILDREN ARE HAPPY AND BUSY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. >> Reporter: WITH VALLOW DAYBELL CLAIMING SHE HAS SPOKEN TO THE VICTIMS IN THE AFTERLIFE, THE TRAGIC AND BIZARRE CASE LED TO SENSATIONAL HEADLINES. DUBBED THE DOOMSDAY CULT MOM, VALLOW DAYBELL CLAIMED HER CHILDREN WERE ZOMBIES AND SHE WAS A GODDESS SENT TO USHER IN THE BIBLICAL APOCALYPSE. THE MUTILATED BODIES OF 7-YEAR-OLD J.J. AND 16-YEAR-OLD TYLEE WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY OF HER NEW HUSBAND, CHAD DAYBELL, A SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR WHO WROTE ABOUT DOOMSDAY AND WHOSE FORMER WIFE HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF KILLING. >> I HAVE ALWAYS MOURNED THE LOSS OF MY LOVED ONES, AND I HAVE LOST MANY IN THIS MORTAL WORLD. >> Reporter: AS THE JUDGE ADMONISHED VALLOW DAYBELL FOR SHOWING NO REMORSE, PROSECUTORS SAY THE MOTIVE WAS MONEY, ARGUING THE MOTHER KILLED HER CHILDREN TO COLLECT BENEFIT CHECKS. >> THE CRIME SCENE WAS A HORRIFIC THING TO HAVE TO REVIEW. >> Reporter: DESPITE THE HEINOUS CRIME VALLOW DAYBELL'S ATTORNEY PLEADED FOR MERCY. BUT FAMILY MEMBERS SAY SHE DESERVES NONE. >> WE'RE DONE. LORI, WE ARE DONE WITH LORI. SHE IS NO MORE TO US. >> MIGUEL JOINING ME NOW. MIGUEL, WHERE DOES LORI VALLOW DAYBELL'S HUSBAND'S CASE STAND AT THIS HOUR? >> Reporter: LESTER, CHAD DAYBELL, WHO HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, FACES SIMILAR CHARGES HIS WIFE LORI WAS CONVICTED OF. HIS TRIAL ON MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER SCHEDULED TO GET UNDER WAY NEXT YEAR. HE TOO FACES LIFE IN PRISON, LESTER. >> MIGUEL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> JUST BREAKING TONIGHT, POLICE SAY A POTENTIAL MASS SHOOTING WAS AVERTED AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE OUTSIDE A JEWISH SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS AND TRIED TO GET IN THE SCHOOL BEFORE FLEEING. RON ALLEN IS FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR? >> WELL, LESTER, THIS ALL BEGAN AROUND 12:20 THIS AFTERNOON WHEN POLICE SAY A MAN TRIED TO ENTER THE MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY IN MEMPHIS ARMED WITH A GUN. WHEN HE COULDN'T GET IN HE FIRED SHOTS OUTSIDE THE JEWISH SCHOOL, WHICH POLICE SAY HAD SAFETY PROCEDURES IN PLACE. THANKFULLY NO ONE THERE WAS HURT. THE SCHOOL GAVE POLICE A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT AND A DESCRIPTION OF HIS TRUCK. OFFICERS SOON SPOTTED THAT VEHICLE AND PULLED THE SUSPECT OVER. POLICE SAY HE GOT OUT WITH HIS HAND ON A GUN AND OFFICERS OPENED FIRE, HITTING THE SUSPECT, WHO'S NOW IN A HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE SAYS THAT A TRAGEDY WAS AVERTED IN MEMPHIS TODAY. >> VERY TROUBLING. RON, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> A FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY FOR THE MAR-A-LAGO EMPLOYEE PROSECUTORS SAY TRIED TO DELETE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO UNDER ORDERS FROM DONALD TRUMP. THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER TONIGHT SLAMMING THE CHARGES. GARRETT HAAKE NOW WITH LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: INDICTED MAR-A-LAGO EMPLOYEE CARLOS DE OLIVEIRA FREE TONIGHT ON $100 BOND, ENTERING NO PLEA DURING A FIRST HEARING IN FEDERAL COURT IN MIAMI. PROSECUTORS SAY HE SOUGHT TO DELETE SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS SUBPOENAED AS PART OF THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE. DE OLIVEIRA ALLEGEDLY TELLING ANOTHER MAR-A-LAGO STAFFER, QUOTE, THE BOSS WANTED THE VIDEO DELETED. MR. TRUMP, WHO NOW FACES 40 SEPARATE COUNTS IN THE CASE, POSTING "MAR-A-LAGO TAPES WERE NOT DELETED. THEY WERE VOLUNTARILY HANDED OVER. I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY TO DELETE THEM." >> THESE ARE RIDICULOUS INDICTMENTS. >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT THIS WEEKEND LASHING OUT AT THOSE CHARGES, TO WHICH HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, AND AT THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WHO MAY BRING ANOTHER INDICTMENT REGARDING HIS ACTIONS BEFORE JANUARY 6th, WRITING HE EXPECTS TO BE INDICTED, QUOTE, ANY DAY NOW, ARGUING CHARGES ARE BEING REVEALED NOW BECAUSE HE'S THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> THEY WAITED 2 1/2, ALMOST 3 YEARS SO THAT THEY COULD BRING THEM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BECAUSE IT'S ELECTION INTERFERENCE. THESE ARE CROOKED PEOPLE. >> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTED A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO TAKE OVER THE DOJ INVESTIGATION THREE DAYS AFTER MR. TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS CAMPAIGN. WHILE THE D.A. LEADING A SIMILAR PROBE IN GEORGIA NOW SAYS AN INDICTMENT THERE COULD COME BY THE END OF AUGUST. >> WE'RE READY TO GO. >> Reporter: AS HIS LEGAL CHALLENGES MOUNT, THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING MR. TRUMP'S POLITICAL GROUP SPENT MORE THAN $40 MILLION ON LEGAL COSTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023 DEFENDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES. SOME OF MR. TRUMP'S RIVALS NOW INTENSIFYING THEIR ATTACKS. >> THESE GUYS WERE ACTING LIKE THE CORLEONES WITH NO EXPERIENCE. >> I THINK WE NEED A NEW LEADER. I THINK HE WAS GOOD THEN. I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO BE GOOD GOING FORWARD. >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT SHRUGGING OFF THOSE CRITIQUES AND THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, WHICH HAVE SO FAR DONE LITTLE POLITICAL DAMAGE, TODAY SUGGESTING HE'LL SKIP THE FIRST GOP DEBATE BUT MIGHT STILL WATCH IT TO HELP HIM PICK A VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. LESTER? >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANKS. >>> THIS WAS A DEADLY DAY IN UKRAINE AS RUSSIA LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S HOMETOWN JUST ONE DAY AFTER A DRONE STRIKE ON MOSCOW. AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE MAN BEHIND THE BRIEF MUTINY AGAINST PRESIDENT PUTIN. HERE'S RICHARD ENGEL. >> Reporter: WITH TWO MISSILES LAUNCHED AT UKRAINE TONIGHT RUSSIA DESTROYED MUCH OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING FULL OF CIVILIANS, KILLING A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HER MOTHER IN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S HOMETOWN. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE STRIKE, WHICH UKRAINIANS DESCRIBED AS TERRORISM, WAS RETRIBUTION, BUT IT CAME JUST 24 HOURS AFTER DRONES EXPLODED IN MOSCOW FOR THE THIRD TIME IN DAYS, HITTING HIGH-RISES IN DOWNTOWN AND MAKING PRESIDENT PUTIN LOOK WEAK AND THE CAPITAL VULNERABLE. RUSSIA BLAMED UKRAINE. ZELENSKYY, WHILE NOT CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY, GAVE HIS MOST DIRECT ADMISSION YET OF CROSS-BORDER STRIKES. "GRADUALLY THE WAR IS RETURNING TO RUSSIAN TERRITORY," HE SAID. IN UKRAINE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE BATTLING AN INTENSIFYING UKRAINIAN OFFENSIVE AND DOING IT WITHOUT SOME OF THEIR MOST EXPERIENCED TROOPS. MERCENARIES FROM THE WAGNER GROUP ARE OFF THE BATTLEFIELD AFTER THEIR LEADER, YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, LAUNCHED A SHORT-LIVED MUTINY. PUTIN BRANDED PRIGOZHIN, ONCE A TRUSTED AIDE, A TRAITOR BUT THEN CUT A DEAL WITH HIM. THE POTENTIAL REASONS WHY ARE NOW BECOMING MORE CLEAR. TONIGHT PRIGOZHIN POSTED THAT WAGNER TROOPS ARE FOR THE MOMENT IN BELARUS, AWAITING ORDERS. AND VIDEO FROM BELARUS SHOWS THE MERCENARIES TRAINING SPECIAL FORCES. POLAND, A NATO ALLY ACROSS THE BORDER, IS ON HIGH ALERT JUST IN CASE. BUT AFRICA SEEMS TO BE PRIGOZHIN'S MAIN FOCUS NOW. WE REPORTED HOW WAGNER IN COORDINATION WITH THE KREMLIN PROPS UP WEAK AFRICAN LEADERS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC IN EXCHANGE FOR CONTROL OF GOLD AND DIAMOND MINES. JUST LAST WEEK PUTIN HOSTED 17 AFRICAN LEADERS IN RUSSIA. AND ON HAND TO GREET THEM WAS PRIGOZHIN, WHO SAYS HIS NETWORK IN AFRICA IS EXPANDING. PRIGOZHIN CHALLENGED PUTIN AND EMBARRASSED HIM, BUT IT SEEMS AS LONG AS WAGNER IS STILL IN BUSINESS AND STILL MAKING MONEY IN AFRICA AN ACCOMMODATION IS BEING WORKED OUT. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, RICHARD, THANK YOU. AND A SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TELLS US THE U.S. DOES NOT BELIEVE PRIGOZHIN IS BEHIND THE COUP IN NIGER, WHERE TODAY THE PRESIDENT WAS SEEN PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING OUSTED. OUR COURTNEY KUBE IS THE ONLY U.S.-BASED JOURNALIST INSIDE NIGER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF NIGER'S DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT MOHAMED BAZOUM, NOT SEEN SINCE LAST WEEK AFTER A COUP. BAZOUM SMILING, MEETING WITH THE LEADER OF CHAD, WHO'S NOW TRYING TO MEDIATE IN NIGER AFTER SEVERAL WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES CALLED ON THE COUP LEADERS TO GIVE UP POWER, WARNING THEM TO RELEASE PRESIDENT BAZOUM IN THE NEXT WEEK OR FACE POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION. >> SUCH MEASURES MAY INCLUDE THE USE OF FORCE. >> Reporter: OVER THE WEEKEND THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL HERE, MOSTLY PEACEFUL, SUPPORTING THE COUP. SOME WAVING RUSSIAN FLAGS CHANTING "LONG LIVE RUSSIA." THOUGH VIOLENCE ERUPTED OUTSIDE THE FRENCH EMBASSY, CROWDS BURNING A DOOR AND THROWING ROCKS AT WINDOWS, CHASED OFF BY TEAR GAS BEFORE THEY COULD BREACH THE OUTER WALLS. TONIGHT THE COUP LEADERS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE ULTIMATUM, VOWING TO DEFEND NIGER FROM AGGRESSION, ACCUSING FRANCE OF PLANNING A MILITARY INTERVENTION. BOTH FRANCE AND THE U.S. HAVE MILITARY BASES HERE IN NIGER. ADDING TO THE TENSIONS, SHOULD THE U.S. DESIGNATE THIS AS A COUP, MORE THAN $400 MILLION IN U.S. AID AND MILITARY TRAINING WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE AT RISK. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> Reporter: ERODING YEARS OF U.S.-NIGERIAN PARTNERSHIP TRAINING TO COMBAT TERROR GROUPS HERE. LATE MONDAY BAZOUM'S PARTY SAYING 130 OF ITS MEMBERS WERE ARRESTED BY THE JUNTA INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS OF BAZOUM'S OUSTED CABINET. LESTER? >> COURTNEY, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S TURN TO THE COLLAPSE OF YELLOW, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST TRUCKING COMPANIES, AFFECTING 30,000 WORKERS AND LEAVING TAXPAYERS IN THE HOLE FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT RECEIVED DURING COVID. HERE'S TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: THOSE YELLOW TRUCKS ARE ICONIC ON AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS. NOW IT'S THE BIGGEST COLLAPSE EVER IN THE U.S. TRUCKING INDUSTRY. WITH THE COMPANY TELLING EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS THAT IT'S SHUTTING DOWN. AFFECTING 30,000 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING 22,000 TEAMSTERS. A MECHANIC FOR 20 YEARS, SHANNON ABBOTT IS TONIGHT WORRIED ABOUT HIS FAMILY. >> I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY INSURANCE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. YOU NEVER KNOW. SOMETHING -- SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN. >> Reporter: LAST MONTH YELLOW'S CEO BLAMED THE UNION. >> THE LEADERSHIP AT THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS REFUSES TO COME TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. >> Reporter: WHEN MANAGERS IN OMAHA URGED DRIVERS TO PRESSURE THE UNION -- >> THE COMPANY IS RUNNING OUT OF CASH AND IS AT RISK OF CLOSURE AND LIQUIDATION. >> Reporter: -- THE ANGER AND PUSHBACK WERE IMMEDIATE. >> BUT WE'RE THE ONES THAT DO THE WORK! >> YOU GUYS CAN'T RUN THIS COMPANY. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. >> Reporter: YELLOW HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 99 YEARS, OFFERING LOWER RATES TO TRUCK FREIGHT FOR RETAILERS BIG AND SMALL INCLUDING HOME DEPOT AND WALMART. BUT FOR YEARS IT'S STRUGGLED TO TURN A PROFIT. LAST MONTH CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS FOUND YELLOW SHOULD HAVE NEVER RECEIVED $700 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION APPROVED THE LOAN IN 2020, CLAIMING THE COMPANY WAS CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING NATIONAL SECURITY. EVEN THOUGH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAD SUED YELLOW FOR OVERCHARGING THE MILITARY. TAXPAYERS STILL OWN 30% OF THE COMPANY. ITS STOCK DOWN 89% IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. TONIGHT INDUSTRY EXPERTS BELIEVE OTHER TRUCKING COMPANIES CAN PICK UP YELLOW'S BUSINESS WITH MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN. >> ARE THERE JOBS FOR EVERY WORKER AT YELLOW? THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS A STEADY DEMAND FOR DRIVERS. >> Reporter: THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE NATIONAL DEMAND FOR TRUCK DRIVERS WILL CREATE ENOUGH OPENINGS FOR YELLOW'S DRIVERS NOW LOOKING FOR JOBS. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT. TOM COSTELLO, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS THE WIFE OF THE GILGO BEACH MURDER SUSPECT SPEAKS OUT AHEAD OF HIS COURT APPEARANCE >>> THE MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING THREE WOMEN IN THE SO-CALLED GILGO BEACH MURDERS IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW AS HIS WIFE SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE CASE FOR THE FIRST TIME. HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK. >> Reporter: WHEN POLICE ARRESTED REX HEUERMANN ON A MANHATTAN STREET CORNER JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AGO, THE WIFE OF THE ALLEGED SERIAL KILLER WAS AT THE COUPLE'S HOME, WHERE SHE LIVES WITH HER TWO ADULT CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO ASA ELLERUP'S ATTORNEY, WHO SAYS THE FAMILY IS ENDURING A PROFOUND AND INDESCRIBABLE CATASTROPHE. >> IT'S BEEN A VERY TUMULTUOUS TIME FOR THEM. LIFE HAS BEEN THROWN UPSIDE DOWN IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THIS WAS ALL BROUGHT ON THEM ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE. >> Reporter: ELLERUP FILED FOR DIVORCE AND IS NOW ASKING FOR PRIVACY FOR HER CHILDREN AND HER NEIGHBORS. "THEY DESERVE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY," SHE WRITES. "I AM PLEADING WITH YOU ALL TO GIVE US SPACE SO THAT WE MAY REGAIN SOME NORMALCY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD." IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE ARREST INVESTIGATORS PORED THROUGH THE FAMILY'S LONG ISLAND HOME, REMOVING TRUCKLOADS OF POSSIBLE EVIDENCE INCLUDING THE D.A. SAYS NEARLY 300 GUNS. THE SMALL SINGLE-STORY HOUSE IS JUST MILES FROM WHERE THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED ON GILGO BEACH OVER A DECADE AGO. HEUERMANN IS CHARGED WITH KILLING THREE YOUNG WOMEN AND IS THE MAIN SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A FOURTH. THE 59-YEAR-OLD PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND HAS BEEN HELD WITHOUT BAIL. HIS ATTORNEY NOT RESPONDING TO NBC NEWS'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS IT WILL TAKE TIME TO SIFT THROUGH NEW EVIDENCE, INCLUDING WHAT WAS FOUND IN TWO STORAGE UNITS NEARBY. >> WE HAVE OBTAINED A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL. >> Reporter: REX HEUERMANN WILL BE BACK IN COURT TOMORROW ON LONG ISLAND. IT WILL BE BRIEF. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS AMONG THE TOPICS BEING DISCUSSED IS WHETHER >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, TRAGIC NEWS ABOUT ONE OF THE STARS OF HBO'S HIT "EUPHORIA." ANGUS CLOUD HAS DIED AT 25. NO CAUSE HAS BEEN REVEALED. HIS FAMILY SAID IN A STATEMENT, "ANGUS WAS OPEN ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, AND WE HOPE THAT HIS GH AND THOSE ZANY ANTICS THAT HELPED TO DEFINE A GENERATION. ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS. >> THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS MONDAY.