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Amid accusations he is carrying out a campaign of retribution following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, President Trump suggested the Department of Justice may be eyeing additional political prosecutions. Comey says he is innocent and that he's "known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump." NBC News' Laura Jarrett reports. A medical examiner in New York City says an autopsy shows the suspect police say killed four people inside a midtown Manhattan skyscraper had low-grade C.T.E. The degenerative brain disease associated with contact sports can only be diagnosed after death. After the shooting, investigators found a suicide note in the suspect's wallet, asking for his brain to be studied for C.T.E. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks to NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas, in the midst of his high-stakes meetings at the UN. He spoke about the recent U.S. strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, reports of missing uranium in Iran, and whether he would meet with President Trump. The interview was conducted with a government interpreter translating in real time, and NBC News reviewed the translation independently. ICE has suspended an officer after new video shows him slamming a woman into a wall at a Manhattan facility. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports. The parents of an Indianapolis high school student are speaking out after they say their daughter suffered second degree burns and had to be hospitalized after being made to perform a bear crawl on a scorching hot track. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports. Kaden Stevenson received a much-deserved hero's welcome in his Michigan school after he was transformed into flu fighting Kaden Blaze in a new comic book inspired by his life story. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports.