NBC Nightly News
May 29 Fri
2026 • E136 May 29, 2026 21m
Divers in Laos rescued a man from deep in a cave, but there are still others stuck inside. Then, a major setback for Blue Origin and potentially for NASA, after one of the company's New Glenn rockets exploded last night. No one was hurt. Blue Origin is set to play a key role in NASA's push to go back to the moon, The NTSB and state police are investigating after a mass casualty bus crash in Virginia, President Trump met his national security team in the Situation Room where he said he would make a ‘final determination’ on a deal with Iran. Several musical artists are backing out of an event backed by President Trump to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, and Tom Llamas sits down with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at just six years old carried the weight of the civil rights movement just by going to school.