NBC Nightly News S2026E81 - Mar 31 Tue

President Trump suggested the war with Iran will end soon as the national average for a gallon of gas rose to over four dollars. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports. An American journalist was kidnapped by a pro-Iran militia in Iraq. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports. NASA says it is on track to launch four astronauts around the moon. The crew will begin suiting up tomorrow morning before they head to the launch pad. NBC News' Tom Costello reports from the Kennedy Space Center. A federal judge halted construction on President Trump's passion project, the White House ballroom, unless Congress approves the plans. In his order, the judge wrote, "The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports. According to a newly released affidavit, Tiger Woods had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket when he was arrested for driving under the influence in Florida. In the document, Woods' eyes are described as "bloodshot and glassy" and his pupils as "extremely dilated." NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports. Last summer in our series "The Cost of Denial," NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reported on Eric Tennant who was seeking a treatment for the bile duct cancer he had, hoping it would prolong his life. Insurance denied coverage at first, and once it was approved, the cancer had spread too far. Now Eric's widow has fought for a change to the law. For 11-year-old Levi Buxman, who has down syndrome, it was the surprise of a lifetime when his fellow classmates at Green Elementary in Ohio greeted him with cheers and high fives to celebrate him beating leukemia, after he spent over 260 days in the hospital battling the disease. NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas reports.