Murdered by a venezuelan migrant who crossed into the u. S. Illegally. What about laken riley . What about laken riley . Reporter the president then picking up a button greene gave him lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. Thats right, but how many thousands of people are being killed by illegals to her parents, i say, my heart goes out to you. Having lost children myself, i understand reporter after mr. Trump this week challenged President Biden to debate anytime, anywhere, anyplace, the president today would not commit to one. It depends on his behavior. Reporter we pressed the vice president. I havent talked to the president about that, but ill tell you something, on the one hand, youve got joe biden, someone who is competent, who is principled, and on the other side of that split screen, youve got the former president , who glorifies dictators and has said hell be a dictator on day one. Will you commit to a debate peter, we discussed the state of the union, and im just so excited about what we accomplished last night in our president. So, peter, whats some of the reaction to the speech youre hearing from republicans . Well, former President Trump was reacting in realtime. He described the president s address as angry and crazy. Top republicans, lester, are calling the speech both divisive and partisan. Meanwhile, as it relates to President Biden tonight already in philadelphia, hes going to be hitting five swing states in the next seven days. All right, peter alexander, thank you. And as peter mentioned, some of the most dramatic moments in last nights speech were on immigration, and nowhere is it more intense than in texas where the governor is in a legal battle with the Biden Administration he spoke late today with our gabe gutierrez. Reporter at the center of the border battle is Texas Governor greg abbott repeatedly taking on the Biden Administration, which he says caused the crisis. Theres a number one issue in america, and thats securing the border its an issue on which he has failed. Reporter we spoke with him late today in austin on a scale of one to ten, how would you rate President Bidens state of the Union Address . I give it an f for failure. Reporter the governor fiercely opposes the bipartisan Border Security bill that President Biden is calling out republicans for killing. We can fight about the border, or we can fix it governor, when did compromise become a dirty word so, compromise should be effective. The house has passed an effective Border Security plan. If joe biden really believes in compromise, he would work with the house chamber. And work with the republicans in the senate why not pass that bill now . Because the senate bill codifies illegal immigration and actually promotes even more illegal immigration. Reporter Governor Abbott has grabbed headlines with controversial moves including busing migrants to democratled cities to relieve overcrowded border towns now hes forging ahead with Court Battles over buoys in the rio grande, razor wire in eagle pass, and a new law, which would allow local police to arrest migrants for entering texas illegally. The judge recently wrote, surges in immigration do not constitute an invasion isnt that word invasion dangerous, governor so, the word invasion is the word that is used in the United States constitution these are people who are coming across the border in violation of federal law in the state of texas reporter meanwhile the white house has slammed many of his actions here in texas as political stunts. Lester all right, gabe gutierrez, thank you here at home, yet another incident today involving a United Airlines jet the plane sliding off the runway in houston, then one of its landing gear collapsing tom costello reports on what went wrong reporter off the runway, tipped over and stuck in the grass, a united 737 max 8. Its landing gear collapsed. Flight 2477, memphis to houston, touched down just before 8 00 a. M. Runway 27 clear to land reporter with another plane following close behind, the pilots were told not to slow too much keep your speed up. Okay. Will do. Reporter but the plane slid off a wet runway as it tried turning onto a taxiway. Another united flight close behind ordered to cancel its landing. United 1383, go around and, 2477, i see you in the grass rolling the trucks en route. Reporter united says no passenger or crew injuries were reported the runway closed as investigators look into what happened and whether the planes landing gear failed. It comes one day after this incident in san francisco. The last departure lost the wheel on departure, so were going to have to shut the runway down. Reporter a united 777 headed to japan lost one of six tires from its main Gear Assembly as it took off thursday morning the tire crashed through a fence crushing several parked cars. No injuries. The runway is temporarily closed. Reporter the flight then diverted to l. A. X. With investigators looking into how that tire came loose, and united says the flames from that midair engine stall on monday may have happened after the planes engine ingested bubble wrap debris left on the runway every flight landed with passengers safe but shaken tom costello, nbc news, washington we are tracking storms on the move tonight in the midwest and southeast. Millions under severe risk across the Lower Mississippi valley and gulf coast the main threat will be damaging wind gusts, large hail, and flooding overnight. Tornadoes also a possibility. Tomorrow the storms move farther into the southeast from florida to north carolina. We want to turn now to the war in gaza. The United States says all of its air drops of food have landed safely in the territory, but that wasnt the case with another countrys air drop, and the results were deadly. Richard engel has late details. Reporter this is what an aid drop into gaza is supposed to look like as today a jordanian military cargo plane dropped pallets of food near gaza city. They fall slowly, but this also happened today. As the pallets are dropped by another aircraft, one of the parachutes on the right of the screen fails to open. The package comes apart in midair, the pieces falling down with heavy thuds the other pallets also drop very quickly. Palestinian medical officials and witnesses say five people were crushed to death. To establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean. Reporter last night President Biden announced the u. S. Military will build a pier to improve and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid nbc news has learned it could take up to 60 days for it to be fully operational, but washington also supplies israel with weapons. Instead of telling us they will build a port to help us, stop giving the weapons they use to kill us, this man said. We were on an aid drop yesterday as a jordanian military c130 flew over northern gaza. Theyve just given the signal that theyre ready to drop. The pallets carried tens of thousands of meals. Our crew filmed as hungry people went searching for food as they searched, they approached israeli troops, because thats where the food aid was. Not long after, an explosion can be heard, and an injured man is taken from the area the Israeli Military says its troops have opened fire on those who appear to pose a threat gazans face an impossible dilemma, do nothing, and go hungry, and maybe starve, or search for food at the risk of being shot or hit by raining pallets. Lester. Richard engel, thank you. The militarys troubled osprey aircraft has been cleared for return to flight even before investigators fully determine how recent deadly crashes happen. Courtney kube reports. Reporter tonight, after grounding all v22 osprey aircraft following a fatal crash last year, the pentagon is now putting them back in the sky. Is the secretary confident in the osprey aircraft, that its safe . I think the secretary is confident in the steps that have been taken to return it to flight. Reporter the marine corps plan includes three phases, extensive maintenance checks, Refresher Training for pilots with the goal of all aircraft flying again by summer, but tonight officials still do not fully understand the fatal crash in japan that led to the grounding. Last month nbc news reported the japan crash centered around a problem in the prop rotor gearbox according to officials familiar with the investigation. Pentagon officials not publicly confirming that, but acknowledging the part that failed on the aircraft was unprecedented, and they still dont know why it happened. There have been four other osprey crashes in the last two years. We dont even know about spencers black box. Reporter Spencer Collart was the crew chief on an osprey that crashed in australia last august. 23 marines were on board. Spencer and two others were killed. The cause is still under investigation. Just three months later, that crash off japan killed eight airmen when you heard that the osprey had crashed, i mean, what went through your mind i just wished maybe that the ospreys had been grounded sooner reporter and tonight collarts family has new fears his sister gwyneth now engaged to an osprey crew chief she met through her late brother. They lifted the ban, and i just my heart sank its so scary to me. Reporter still searching for answers as they remember spencer. He was the kid who would fight off anyone who was bullying or sorry. Absolutely. So being here makes sense to me, a lot of sense. Reporter on the japan crash, bell textron writing, we are steadfast in our commitment to safety and are fully supporting the investigation. Lester Courtney Kube at the pentagon, thank you. Here in new york lawyers for former President Trump posted a 91 million bond today in the Defamation Case he lost to writer e. Jean carroll. An Insurance Company provided the bond. This comes after a federal jury awarded carroll 83 million in damages. The bond prevents her from collecting that money while trump appeals the verdict. Well take a break. In 60 seconds, the showdown emerging over tiktok as a bill that could ban the app in the u. S. Gains momentum in congress whats at stake right after this back now with tiktok, the wildly popular app with 170 million users in the u. S. , and many of them are outraged over a bill set for a vote next week that could ban tiktok nationwide if it doesnt cut its chinese ties heres savannah sellers. Reporter tonight, the battle to ban tiktok intensifying in washington with house leaders confirming theyll vote next week on a bill that would effectively ban the app, unless its sold by its chinese parent company, bytedance. We cant have a foreigncontrolled social media app pushing misinformation, certainly not to our children. Reporter after the bill was introduced earlier this week, tiktok blasted out this message, urging users to call their members of congress and demand they vote against it sidney rosiac, who makes her money as an influencer, did just that what would it mean for you if tiktok were to be banned . First of all, that is my career, so my career would be gone reporter lawmakers say their phones rang off the hook. Well, i kind of went into mom mode, right, because i know that tiktok has really weaponized our young people i took it into my own hands, got on the phone, and tried to explain to our young people why were doing what were doing. Reporter tiktoks Pressure Campaign appears to have backfired. In a rare show of bipartisanship, a House Committee voted unanimously in favor of the legislation this isnt the first time the u. S. Has tried to limit tiktok. In 2020 former President Donald Trump attempted to ban the app with an executive order. Last year tiktoks Top Executive was grilled on the hill. I have seen no evidence that the Chinese Government has access to the data they have never asked us we have not provided. Well, you know what, i find that actually preposterous. Reporter tonight tiktok saying this will damage millions of businesses and destroy the livelihoods of countless creators mr. Trump now expressing concerns about the new legislation saying it could make Meta Ceo Mark Zuckerberg more powerful, while President Biden says he supports it if they pass it, ill sign it reporter savannah sellers, nbc news. And up next, ufos and alien beings what the pentagon now says about all those reports. It sounds straight it sounds straight out of science fiction, but today the pentagon released an extensive report on whether there is evidence of life beyond earth and whether its been covered up lets get more from gadi schwartz. Reporter tonight, eight months after that out of this world testimony on capitol hill were they i guess human or nonhuman biologics . Nonhuman. Reporter the official word from the pentagon, no dead alien bodies, no crashed alien craft, and no government coverup in a 63page report, the dods uap office saying theyve interviewed more than 30 people including heads of aerospace companies, cia and defense officials and found no credible firsthand information supporting the claims. Claims of hidden programs are largely the result of circular reporting by a small group. Reporter also detailed, the governments long history with ufos going back to the 40s, even touching on former president bill clintons interest in roswell, but the dod insisting that was a mix of confusion over highaltitude test dummies, fatal plane crashes, and a program to detect nukes. Look at that thing, dude. Reporter but when it comes to some of the recent mysteries involving pilots or surveillance video, the report was short on specifics. We have a serious issue that pilots are dealing with they still dont know if these are potentially adversaries. Reporter a long list of earthly explanations saying there was no evidence of extraterrestrials, but a small percentage of cases had potentially anomalous characteristics or concerning characteristics. And, lester, yes, there are still a number of cases under investigation. What the dod is saying, they are now developing special sensor kits that they call gremlins to send out whenever new ufo hot spots are reported lester. Continues to fascinate. Gadi, thank you. Coming up, another mystery, tiny unicorns springing up all over one city we investigate next. Well, finally we cant go without telling you about the colorful creatures spreading joy in one american city. Emilie ikeda on the mystery of the unicorns. Reporter its a typical blue sky day here in providence, rhode island, well, at first glance look closer, near the ledge, this is where betha woods stumbled upon her first unicorn. Right here. Reporter standing not even two inches tall, it was the mythic beasts chrome sheen that caught bethas eye. What was it like when you first stumbled upon a unicorn . Its such an unexpected surprise. Reporter recently these figurines have been mysteriously appearing all over providence, on sidewalks, windowsills, planters, stirring up a citywide scavenger hunt. Are you going to try to find these . Yeah its kind of like a little Easter Egg Hunt reporter despite scouring the streets all morning long, unicorns, after all, do have a reputation of being hard to find, it was when we sat down on the bench that we finally stumbled upon one the burning question now, who is behind the colorful creatures some locals point to the nearby Rhode Island School of design i have no idea who is behind this project, and thats great. Anyone can make art. Anyone can find art. Anyone can interact with it. Reporter artists Inspiring Communities in surprising places is an ageold practice in chicago, potholes have been transformed into mosaics, and a brooklyn artist anonymously redesigned business flyers. Whoever is responsible for the magic in providence, betha is grateful for the reminder that sometimes the smallest gestures carry big impacts. Its just spreading joy. The world needs more, more joy reporter emilie ikeda, nbc news, providence, rhode island and there you go thats nightly news for this friday. Thanks for watching. Im lester holt. Please take care of yourself and each other. Good night, everyone debbie just hit the wall she never had it all one prozac a day husbands a cpa her dreams went out the door when she turned 24 only been with one man what happened to her plan she was gonna be an actress she was gonna be a star she was gonna shake her ass on the hood of whitesnakes car her yellow suv is now the enemy looks at her average life and nothing has been alright since bruce springsteen, madonna way before nirvana there was u2 and blondie and music still on mtv her two kids in high school they tell her that shes uncool cause shes still preoccupied with 19, 19, 1985, 1985 shes seen all the classics she knows every line breakfast club, pretty in pink even saint elmos fire she rocked out to wham not a big limp bizkit fan thought shed get a hand on a member of duran duran wheres the miniskirt made of snake skin and whos the other guy thats singing in van halen when did reality become tv whatever happened to sitcoms, game shows on the radio was springsteen madonna way before nirvana there was u2 and blondie and music still on mtv her two kids in high school they tell her that shes uncool cause shes still preoccupied with 19, 19, 1985 [cheers and applause] kelly welcome to the Kelly Clarkson show. Give it up for my band. Thank you. If you listen closely, i might have said sitcoms. It is a very wordy song. That was bowling for soups 1985. It has had a giant resurgence. You may have seen jens ears were getting nostalgic and tweeting lyrics to celebrate the decades gone by and it made us to a throwback show brought to you by the 1980s. That is the decade of my birth. The greatest decade ever. We are celebrating acid washed jeans, a Video Rental Stores and boy bands. [cheers and applause] kelly if you are watching us for the first time on a regular broadcast tv, we are sending an extra shout out to you. I promised you music and there is no better way to celebrate than with one of the biggest boy bands of all time. [cheers and applause] kelly lets get them out here. You have lived and loved their hits over the years. Their new single is called kids in the first new album in ten years is coming out may 17th, you can preorder the album and get tickets for their tour online right now. Give it up for danny, jonathan, jordan, joey. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] kelly this is amazing. The best fans in history. Kelly my office is on a different floor where i get ready and i was watching something loading in and this is the loudest. We could hear them on that floor. It is crazy. The reason we have careers. Or there any other brand names . Was it always new kids on the block . No, there was another. They all know the story. Kelly what are you wearing . What does it say . Nynuk. That is why weve changed it. Nobody could say it. Kelly you were almost nynuk . Nanook. Kelly it was a real thing. Nanook, but it is spelled nynuk. Our producer made up this name. Kelly this band is on eurovision. When did you finally we had a rap song called new kids on the block and we just all kept talking and we hated the name nynuk. And we said why dont we change it to the new kids on the block and we talked it up amongst each other and called our producer and we said we have to change the name and he was like, all right, fine, and they agreed to change the name. Kelly i cant say it right. That was the problem. No one knew. Kelly we can figure this out. Also, menudo was out there and they were a boy band and maurice was like nynuk. Kelly that is so this industry. It is so popular, what can we used to confuse them . Hi, kelly, gentleman. I am from quincy, massachusetts, down the road from where the new kids got their start. I am a huge fan, i go to my 100th tour. One of my favorite performances was when you and joe saying dont you want to come stay. Kelly oh, my god. Mix tape festival. Kelly it was amazing. Kelly has more after this. [cheers and applause]