   >>> TONIGHT, THE 
   URGENT NEW 
   WARNING AHEAD OF THE 
   LABOR DAY 
   WEEKEND.
   THE MAKE OR BREAK 
   HOLIDAY AS WE 
   HEAD INTO FALL.
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   PLEADING WITH 
   PEOPLE, STAY AWAY FROM
   THOSE BIG 
   CROWDS THAT HAVE LED 
   TO COVID 
   SURGES.
   PACKED POOL PARTIES, 
   BARS, BEACHES AND 
   SUPER SPREADER EVENTS.
   THE FIRST DEATH LINKED
   TO THAT 
   MASSIVE BIKE RALLY IN 
   SOUTH 
   DAKOTA. 
   AND THE CDC'S NEW TIME
   LINE ON A VACCINE, 
   WHAT THEY'RE TELLING 
   STATES.
   >>> ON THE ATTACK.
   JOE BIDEN BLAMING 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP.
   THE PRESIDENT'S 
   PUSHBACK TODAY 
   AND THE NEW ALERT 
   ABOUT RUSSIA 
   TARGETING JOE BIDEN'S 
   CAMPAIGN.
   DID THE TRUMP 
   ADMINISTRATION TRY 
   TO BURY IT?
   >>> NANCY PELOSI 
   FIRING BACK 
   AFTER VIDEO OF HER 
   INSIDE A 
   SALON SHUTTERED BY LAW
   BECAUSE 
   OF COVID.
   THE HOUSE SPEAKER NOW 
   CALLING IT 
   A SETUP. 
   >>> THE NEW 
   DEVELOPMENTS AS THE 
   RIVAL OF VLADIMIR 
   PUTIN FIGHTS 
   FOR HIS RIGHTS. 
   WHAT OFFICIALS NOW SAY
   WAS USED TO POISON 
   HIM.
   >>> THE CYBER ATTACK 
   ON THE 
   COUNTRY'S LARGEST 
   SCHOOL 
   DISTRICT.
   REMOTE LEARNING DOWN 
   FOR A THIRD DAY,
   WHETHER YOUR KIDS ARE 
   AT RISK. 
   >>> AND THE CHILLING 
   CHALLENGE 
   THAT SWEPT THE NATION.
   HOW ALL THAT COLD CASH
   RAISED 
   MEANS A MAJOR STEP 
   FORWARD IN 
   THE FIGHT AGAINST ALS.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   I'M HALLIE JACKSON IN 
   FOR 
   LESTER.
   WE BEGIN WITH THAT 
   CRITICAL 
   HOLIDAY WARNING 
   TONIGHT ABOUT A 
   CORONAVIRUS CROSS 
   ROAD.
   WITH LABOR DAY A 
   POSSIBLE 
   TURNING POINT 
   DEPENDING ON HOW 
   ALL OF US HANDLE IT.
   EXPERTS PREDICT IF 
   PEOPLE DON'T 
   FOLLOW THE PROPER 
   PRECAUTIONS THIS 
   HOLIDAY
   WEEKEND, OUR 
   PROGRESSION AGAINST 
   THE PANDEMIC MIGHT 
   EVAPORATE 
   WITH AN END-OF-SUMMER 
   SPIKE.
   IT'S AGAINST THAT 
   BACKDROP THAT NEW HOT 
   SPOTS ARE POPPING UP 
   ALREADY ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER STARTS
   OUR 
   COVERAGE. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS THE
   SCENE 
   THEY FEAR WILL UNFOLD 
   IN THE 
   DAYS TO COME.
   FROM POOL SIDE PARTIES
   TO BARS 
   AND BEACHES.
   THESE ARE THE HOLIDAY 
   HOT SPOTS 
   OFTEN BEHIND A SPIKE 
   IN 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES.
   AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, 
   4th OF JULY 
   AND A MOTORCYCLE RALLY
   DRAWING 
   HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
   TONIGHT 
   U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS 
   SOUNDING 
   THE ALARM AHEAD OF 
   THIS HOLIDAY 
   WEEKEND.
   >> WE'RE GOING INTO 
   LABOR DAY.
   PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK.
   >> Reporter: TOP 
   DOCTORS WARNING 
   AMERICANS NEED TO TAKE
   PERSONAL 
   RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE 
   MAKING 
   PLANS FOR LABOR DAY. 
   >> MASKS, DISTANCE, 
   AVOID 
   CROWDS, OUTSIDE IS 
   BETTER THAN 
   INSIDE.
   AND IF WE DO THAT, I 
   THINK WE 
   CAN GET THROUGH THIS 
   WEEKEND 
   WITHOUT SEEING A 
   SURGE. 
   >> Reporter: WITH THE 
   NATION 
   MAKING PROGRESS IN THE
   FIGHT 
   AGAINST COVID, CASES 
   AND 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
   BOTH DOWN 
   NEARLY 40% SINCE THEY 
   PEAKED IN 
   JULY.
   THERE ARE ALSO WARNING
   SIGNS.
   AT LEAST SEVEN STATES 
   HAVE 
   POSITIVITY RATES ABOVE
   10%.
   IOWA AN EMERGING HOT 
   SPOT. 
   >> GROWTH OF NEW CASES
   HAVE 
   ACCELERATED, 
   ESPECIALLY AS 
   SOCIAL ACTIVITY AMONG 
   YOUNG 
   ADULTS AND ON COLLEGE 
   CAMPUSES. 
   >> Reporter: AS 
   STUDENTS AT 
   NOTRE DAME RETURN TO 
   SCHOOL 
   TODAY AFTER A 
   SUSPENSION OF IN 
   PERSON CLASSES, 
   UNIVERSITIES 
   NATIONWIDE ARE 
   STRUGGLING TO 
   CONTAIN COVID.
   AND JUST AS OFFICIALS 
   FEAR, A 
   DANGEROUS WAVE OF NEW 
   INFECTIONS 
   THIS FALL.
   SETBACKS IN OHIO HAVE 
   ALREADY 
   ARRIVED AMID THIS 
   CLEAR WARNING.
   >> AS WE GATHER WITH 
   FAMILIES 
   AND FRIENDS, WE MUST 
   REMEMBER 
   THAT WHENEVER THERE IS
   MORE 
   ACTIVITY, WE'RE GOING 
   TO SEE 
   MORE CASES. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   THREAT COMES AS 
   THE CDC ASKED STATES 
   LIKE 
   CALIFORNIA TO IDENTIFY
   POSSIBLE 
   VACCINE DISTRIBUTION 
   SITES, 
   TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF
   RED TAPE 
   LIKE PERMITS IN CASE A
   VACCINE 
   IS DEVELOPED THIS 
   YEAR.
   AND WHILE THERE ARE 
   MORE STORIES 
   OF SURVIVAL, LIKE 
   CYNTHIA MARTIN 
   WHO IS GOING HOME 
   AFTER FOUR 
   MONTHS IN THE 
   HOSPITAL. 
   >> THANK GOD.
   THANK GOD.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
   REMINDER 
   OF WHAT'S AT STAKE AND
   THE RISK 
   WE ALL FACE THIS 
   HOLIDAY 
   WEEKEND.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS LOS 
   ANGELES.
   >>> THE PANDEMIC A 
   CENTRAL 
   CAMPAIGN ISSUE TODAY 
   AS JOE 
   BIDEN ACCUSED 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP OF 
   BUNGLING THE COUNTRY'S
   CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.
   AND CREATING A 
   NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOR
   SCHOOLS EVERYWHERE, 
   WITH THE PRESIDENT 
   ESCALATING
   HIS PERSONAL ATTACKS.
   PETER ALEXANDER IS AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   FROM 
   WILMINGTON, NORTH 
   CAROLINA TO 
   WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 
   THE 2020 
   RIVALS TRADING SHARP 
   ATTACKS. 
   >> MR. PRESIDENT, 
   WHERE ARE YOU?
   WHERE ARE YOU?
   GET OFF TWITTER AND 
   START 
   TALKING TO THE 
   CONGRESSIONAL 
   LEADERS OF BOTH 
   PARTIES. 
   >> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
   GIVING 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP A 
   FAILING GRADE 
   AMID THE CORONAVIRUS 
   PANDEMIC.
   >> THIS IS A NATIONAL 
   EMERGENCY.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL 
   DOESN'T 
   HAVE A REAL PLAN HOW 
   TO OPEN OUR 
   SCHOOLS SAFELY. 
   >> Reporter: AT A 
   BATTLESHIP IN 
   THE BATTLEGROUND OF 
   NORTH 
   CAROLINA, THE 
   PRESIDENT TODAY 
   USING WORLD WAR II 
   VETERANS TO 
   TAKE A PERSONAL SWIPE 
   AT HIS 
   OPPONENT WHO TURNED 78
   THIS 
   FALL. 
   >> HE'S 100% SHARP.
   HE'S 100% SHARP.
   I KNOW A 78-YEAR-OLD 
   THAT'S NOT 
   SO SHARP. 
   >> Reporter: ALSO 
   TONIGHT, AN 
   INTENSIFYING FIGHT 
   OVER SAFETY AND SOCIAL
   JUSTICE WITH THE 
   SCARRED CITY OF
   KENOSHA, WISCONSIN THE
   BACKDROP.
   AFTER PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S TRIP 
   TUESDAY, BIDEN 
   ANNOUNCING HE 
   WILL HEAD THERE 
   TOMORROW AND 
   MEET WITH THE FAMILY 
   OF JACOB 
   BLAKE. 
   >> WHAT WE WANT TO DO 
   IS WE GOT 
   TO HEAL.
   WE GOT TO PUT THINGS 
   TOGETHER. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   HAMMERING HOME HIS 
   HARD LINE 
   STANCE. 
   >> AMERICAN WARRIORS 
   DID NOT 
   DEFEAT FASCISM AND 
   OPPRESSION 
   OVERSEAS ONLY TO WATCH
   OUR 
   FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED 
   BY
   VIOLENT MOBS HERE AT 
   HOME. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   CAMPAIGN NOW 
   INTENSIFYING ON THE 
   AIR WAVES.
   THE PRESIDENT
   AIRING ADS IN 
   MINNESOTA.
   AND IN WISCONSIN.
   >> COMMUNITIES, NOT 
   CRIMINALS.
   JOBS, NOT MOBS. 
   >> Reporter: AND THIS 
   FROM 
   BIDEN, WHO RAISED A 
   RECORD 
   SHATTERING $365 
   MILLION IN 
   AUGUST. 
   >> LOOTING IS NOT 
   PROTESTING. 
   >> Reporter: EYEING 
   THEIR FIRST 
   DEBATE LATER THIS 
   MONTH, BIDEN 
   TONIGHT IS SLAMMING 
   THE 
   PRESIDENT AS A LIAR 
   AND 
   HIGHLIGHTING ONE WISH 
   FOR THAT 
   FACE TO FACE. 
   >> WHAT I WOULD LOVE 
   TO HAVE IS 
   A CRAWLER AT THE 
   BOTTOM OF THE 
   SCREEN, A FACT 
   CHECKER. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   TONIGHT THE COMMISSION
   ON PRESIDENTIAL 
   DEBATES HAS ANNOUNCED 
   ITS MODERATORS FOR THE
   VP DEBATE, CHRIS PAGE.
   FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL 
   DEBATES,
   STEVE SCULLY FROM 
   C-SPAN. 
   AND OUR VERY OWN 
   KRISTEN WELKER. 
   >> AND A VERY BIG 
   HONOR FOR HER.
   >>> A NEW ALERT ABOUT 
   RUSSIAN 
   EFFORTS.
   IT IS PART OF A 
   HOMELAND 
   SECURITY BULLETIN 
   DRAFTED IN 
   JULY BUT NEVER 
   OFFICIALLY 
   RELEASED.
   GEOFF BENNETT HAS OUR 
   REPORTING ON
   WHY IT WAS HELD BACK. 
   >> Reporter: THE DRAFT
   BULL LYNN 
   FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
   HOMELAND 
   SECURITY DETAILS 
   RUSSIAN EFFORTS 
   TO SPREAD 
   MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
   JOE BIDEN'S MENTAL 
   HEALTH.
   THE UNCLASSIFIED 
   REPORT 
   PUBLISHED BY ABC NEWS 
   IS TITLED 
   RUSSIA LIKELY TO 
   DENIGRATE 
   HEALTH OF U.S. 
   CANDIDATES TO 
   INFLUENCE 2020 
   ELECTION.
   IT DOES NOT CITE 
   INTELLIGENCE 
   BUT RATHER STORIES 
   CRITICAL OF 
   BIDEN THAT AIRED ON 
   RUSSIAN 
   STATE MEDIA CONCLUDING
   RUSSIAN 
   MALIGNED INFLUENCE 
   ACTORS ARE 
   LIKELY TO CONTINUE 
   DENIGRATING 
   PRESIDENTIAL 
   CANDIDATES TO 
   ALL GAGTSS ALLEGATIONS
   OF POOR MENTAL AND 
   PHYSICAL HEALTH TO
   INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME 
   OF THE 
   2020 ELECTION.
   ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE
   DRAFT 
   HIGHLIGHTS EFFORTS BY 
   CHINA AND 
   IRAN TO SPREAD 
   ALLEGATIONS ABOUT 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   MENTAL HEALTH.
   BUT THE BULLETIN WAS 
   NEVER SENT 
   TO LOCAL LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT 
   AGENCIES. 
   >> THE REPORT THAT YOU
   REFERENCE 
   WAS AT THE END OF THE 
   DAY A VERY 
   POORLY WRITTEN REPORT.
   I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT 
   IT WHEN I 
   TALKED TO CAREER 
   OFFICIALS IN 
   INA THAT PRODUCED THE 
   REPORT.
   THEY ALSO HAD 
   QUESTIONS ABOUT 
   IT. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   DIRECTOR OF THE 
   NATIONAL COUNTER 
   INTELLIGENCE 
   AND SECURITY CENTER 
   SAID IN 
   AUGUST THAT RUSSIA IS 
   USING A 
   RANGE OF MEASURES TO 
   PRIMARILY 
   DENIGRATE BIDEN.
   HE ALSO SAID CHINA AND
   IRAN DO NOT
   WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   RE-ELECTED.
   ALL
   AS PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   CASTS BIDEN 
   AS MENTALLY UNFIT. 
   >> SO WITH BIDEN, IT'S
   NOT THE AGE.
   I THINK THERE IS 
   SOMETHING GOING 
   ON, BUT IT'S NOT FOR 
   ME TO SAY. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE BIDEN 
   CAMPAIGN ACCUSED THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   OF TRYING TO HIDE A, 
   QUOTE, 
   CRUCIAL FINDING THAT 
   RUSSIA IS 
   DISSEMINATING FALSE 
   AND SCOUR 
   LOUSE ATTACKS ON THE 
   HEALTH OF 
   JOE BIDEN, ONE THAT 
   ALIGNS WITH 
   TRUMP'S OWN CONSTANTLY
   BACKFIRING ATTACKS.
   >> GEOFF BENNETT, 
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> AND NEW 
   INFORMATION TONIGHT 
   ON THAT RIVAL OF 
   VLADIMIR PUTIN 
   WHO SUDDENLY GOT SICK.
   OFFICIALS NOW THINK 
   THEY KNOW 
   WHY, CONFIRMING HE WAS
   POISONED 
   WITH A NERVE AGENT.
   HERE'S RICHARD ENGEL. 
   >> Reporter: VLADIMIR 
   PUTIN'S 
   MOST FEARLESS CRITIC, 
   ALEKSI
   NAVALNY WAS POISONED.
   ANGELA MERKEL CALLED 
   IT AN 
   ATTACK MEANT TO 
   SILENCE HIM, 
   RAISING SERIOUS 
   QUESTIONS ONLY 
   THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
   CAN AND 
   MUST ANSWER.
   NAVALNY WAS IN SIBERIA
   NEARLY 
   TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN HE 
   DRANK A 
   CUP OF TEA BEFORE 
   BOARDING A 
   FLIGHT FOR MOSCOW.
   IT IS UNCLEAR IF THIS 
   IMAGE 
   SHOWS THE POISONING.
   BY MID-FLIGHT, HE 
   BEGAN MOANING 
   IN PAIN.
   GERMAN OFFICIALS TODAY
   SAID 
   TOXICOLOGY TESTS FOUND
   UNEQUIVOCAL TRACES OF 
   A NERVE 
   AGENT CALLED NOVICHOK.
   THE SAME GROUP OF 
   SOVIET ERA 
   POISON THAT NEARLY 
   KILLED A 
   RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS 
   DAUGHTER TWO 
   YEARS AGO IN THE U.K.
   BRITISH AUTHORITIES
   BLAMED RUSSIAN 
   INTELLIGENCE.
   NAVALNY IS FAMOUS FOR 
   HIS ONLINE VIDEOS 
   EXPOSING, WHAT HE 
   SAYS, IS THE 
   CORRUPTION OF
   PUTIN'S INNER CIRCLE.
   HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED 
   REPEATEDLY 
   AND EVEN HAD GREEN DYE
   THROWN IN 
   HIS FACE.
   HE SAYS IT NEARLY 
   BLINDED HIM.
   TONIGHT NAVALNY 
   REMAINS IN A 
   COMA IN GERMANY.
   RUSSIA DENYING 
   POISONING NAVALNY AND 
   SAYS
   GERMANY'S ACCUSATIONS 
   LACK 
   EVIDENCE.
   NAVALNY SUPPORTERS SAY
   THIS IS 
   PUTIN EXACTING REVENGE
   AND THAT 
   USING NOVICHOK WAS 
   LIKE A 
   CALLING CARD TO TELL 
   OTHER CRITICS NO ONE 
   IS SAFE.
   >> RICHARD ENGEL, 
   THANK YOU FOR THAT 
   REPORTING.
   >>> BACK HOME NANCY 
   PELOSI IS 
   PUSHING BACK AGAINST 
   THE BACKLASH AFTER SHE
   WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA 
   GETTING HER HAIR DONE 
   IN A SALON,
   EVEN THOUGH SALONS 
   WERE NOT 
   LEGALLY ALLOWED TO 
   OPEN WHERE 
   SHE LIVES.
   PELOSI SAYING TODAY 
   SHE WAS SET 
   UP.
   KASIE HUNT IS ON 
   CAPITOL HILL.
   >> IF WE WEAR MASKS --
   >> Reporter: HOUSE 
   SPEAKER NANCY 
   PELOSI UNDER FIRE 
   TONIGHT AFTER 
   SECURITY FOOTAGE 
   SHOWED HER 
   INSIDE A SAN FRANCISCO
   HAIR 
   SALON THAT'S CLOSED TO
   THE 
   GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE
   OF 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   THE SALON'S OWNER 
   RELEASING 
   SECURITY FOOTAGE TO 
   FOX NEWS 
   TELLING FOX, IT IS 
   LIKE A SLAP 
   IN THE FACE.
   PELOSI TODAY INSISTING
   THE SALON TOLD
   HER IT WAS ALLOWED. 
   >> IT WAS CLEARLY A 
   SETUP.
   I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY 
   FOR 
   FALLING FOR A SETUP BY
   A 
   NEIGHBORHOOD SALON 
   THAT I HAVE 
   GONE TO FOR YEARS.
   WELL, I DON'T.
   I THINK THIS SALON 
   OWES ME AN 
   APOLOGY FOR SETTING 
   UP.
   >> Reporter: THE SALON
   WASN'T 
   FOLLOWING THE RULES, 
   EVEN THOUGH 
   INDOOR SERVICES ARE 
   ALLOWED BY 
   THE STATE OF 
   CALIFORNIA, THE 
   CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO 
   ONLY 
   STARTED ALLOWING ANY 
   HAIR 
   APPOINTMENTS ON 
   TUESDAY, AND 
   THEY MUST BE OUTDOORS.
   SHAMPOOING IS NOT 
   ALLOWED. 
   AND MASKS ARE 
   REQUIRED.
   PELOSI WAS PICTURED 
   WITHOUT ONE.
   >> I JUST HAD MY HAIR 
   WASHED.
   I DON'T WEAR A MASK 
   WHEN I'M 
   WASHING MY HAIR.
   DO YOU WEAR A MASK 
   WHEN YOU'RE WASHING 
   YOUR HAIR?
   I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK.
   I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK.
   >> Reporter: 
   REPUBLICANS ACCUSING 
   PELOSI OF 
   HYPOCRISY. 
   >> THEY PREACH TO THE 
   AMERICAN 
   PEOPLE IT SHOULD BE 
   ONE WAY.
   YET, IN PRIVATE, WHEN 
   THE 
   CAMERAS ARE NOT 
   ROLLING AND IN 
   THIS CASE I GUESS THE 
   CAMERAS 
   WERE ROLLING,
   IT SHOWS A VERY 
   DIFFERENT STORY. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   TWEETING, QUOTE, 
   PELOSI IS BEING 
   DECIMATED FOR HAVING A
   BEAUTY PARLOR OPENED 
   WHEN ALL OTHERS ARE 
   CLOSED.
   THIS CONTROVERSY IS 
   PLAYING OUT 
   WITH CORONAVIRUS 
   RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS 
   STILL STALLED
   HERE ON CAPITOL HILL.
   AND THAT'S LEFT 
   MILLIONS STILL 
   WAITING AFTER 
   UNEMPLOYMENT 
   BENEFITS EXPIRED AT 
   THE END OF 
   JULY.
   >> KASIE, THANK YOU.
   WE'RE BACK IN 60 
   SECONDS WITH 
   THE CYBER ATTACK 
   KNOCKING OUT 
   REMOTE
   >>> WE'RE BACK WITH 
   ONE OF THE 
   BIGGEST SCHOOL SYSTEMS
   IN THE 
   COUNTRY BATTLING A 
   CYBER ATTACK 
   FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A
   ROW.
   NOW NEW QUESTIONS 
   ABOUT JUST HOW 
   VULNERABLE THOSE 
   REMOTE LEARNING 
   SYSTEMS ARE.
   KERRY SANDERS HAS 
   MORE.
   >> Reporter: VIRTUAL 
   SCHOOL FOR 
   MOST STUDENTS IN MIAMI
   DADE WAS 
   OFFLINE AGAIN FOR THE 
   THIRD DAY 
   AFTER BEING TARGETED 
   BY CYBER 
   ATTACKS. 
   >> WE KNOW SOME OF 
   THEM CAME 
   FROM OUTSIDE OF THE 
   COUNTRY.
   WE KNOW SOME OF THESE 
   ATTACKS 
   CAME FROM LOCAL 
   ENTITIES.
   >> Reporter: STUDENTS 
   IN THE 
   NATION'S FOURTH 
   LARGEST SCHOOL 
   SYSTEM SAW SCREENS 
   TURN WHITE 
   AND THEN THIS, WE HAVE
   RUN INTO 
   AN ISSUE.
   THIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD 
   UPSET HIS 
   MATH CLASS 
   DISAPPEARED. 
   >> I'M REALLY, REALLY 
   MAD 
   BECAUSE OF THAT 
   BECAUSE I REALLY 
   WANTED TO DO MATH, AND
   I CAN'T 
   DO IT NOW BECAUSE THEY
   HACKED 
   IT.
   AND I REALLY WANTED TO
   DO IT 
   BECAUSE THAT'S MY 
   FAVORITE 
   SUBJECT. 
   >> OBVIOUSLY IT'S NEW,
   THIS TYPE 
   OF ATTACK OF THIS 
   MAGNITUDE.
   EVERYTHING DURING THIS
   PANDEMIC 
   IS NEW TO LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT. 
   >> Reporter: HACKS 
   LIKE THIS ARE 
   A GROWING PROBLEM.
   SINCE AUGUST 4th,
   THEY HAVE TRACKED 56 
   NEW CYBER 
   SECURITY INCIDENTS AT 
   SCHOOLS 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
   IN THE LAST FOUR 
   YEARS, MORE 
   THAN 950 CYBER 
   ATTACKS. 
   >> I AM ONLY TRACKING 
   PUBLICALLY 
   DISCLOSED INCIDENTS.
   ANECDOTALLY,
   I WOULD NOT BE 
   SURPRISED IF 
   THERE MIGHT BE TEN TO 
   TWENTY 
   TIMES MORE. 
   >> Reporter: EXPERTS 
   SAY SCHOOLS ARE
   ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE 
   BECAUSE 
   IN THIS RAMP UP TO 
   VIRTUAL LEARNING,
   LITTLE LEARNING WAS 
   MARKED FOR 
   SECURITY.
   IN OKLAHOMA, A 
   SO-CALLED RANSOM 
   WARE ATTACK DELAYED 
   THE START OF 
   THE SCHOOL YEAR.
   IN MIAMI DADE SCHOOL 
   OFFICIALS 
   SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO
   DEMANDS 
   FOR MONEY.
   RATHER, A LESS 
   SOPHISTICATED 
   DENIAL OF SERVICE THAT
   CAN BE 
   ARRANGED FOR A FEE 
   WITH HACKERS OVERSEAS.
   >> Reporter: IS THIS A
   CASE OF A KID THAT 
   JUST DOESN'T WANT TO 
   GO TO SCHOOL?
   >> WELL, IT'S 
   POSSIBLE.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE FBI'S 
   CYBER CRIMES UNIT HAS 
   LAUNCHED 
   AN INVESTIGATION.
   THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 
   DIGITAL 
   FINGERPRINTS THAT 
   COULD LEAD TO 
   A SUSPECT.
   >> KERRY SANDERS, 
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> IN OUR SERIES ON 
   AMERICAN 
   CITIES, FACT VERSUS 
   FICTION 
   TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING
   AT POLICE 
   TACTICS.
   SINCE THE DEATH OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD, 
   POLICE DEPARTMENTS 
   AROUND THE 
   COUNTRY ARE EXAMINING 
   NOW THEY 
   TRAIN THEIR OFFICERS.
   AND SOME SAY THEY HAVE
   FOUND A 
   BETTER WAY.
   HERE'S PETE WILLIAMS. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   KENOSHA, 
   WISCONSIN, POLICE SAY 
   JACOB 
   BLAKE WAS NOT OBEYING 
   COMMANDS.
   SO THEIR USE OF FORCE 
   QUICKLY ESCALATED FROM
   TASER TO GUNSHOTS.
   IN MINNEAPOLIS GEORGE 
   FLOYD DIED 
   AFTER A POLICE 
   OFFICER'S 
   CONTINUED PHYSICAL 
   FORCE.
   STUDIES SHOW THAT 
   POLICE USE 
   SOME KIND OF FORCE AT 
   LEAST HALF 
   A MILLION TIMES A 
   YEAR.
   OFTEN AMPING IT UP FOR
   FAILURE 
   TO IMMEDIATELY COMPLY 
   WITH AN 
   ORDER.
   BUT THESE RECENT 
   DEADLY ENCOUNTERS HAVE
   MANY POLICE CHIEFS 
   TELLING THEIR 
   RECRUITS THAT'S 
   OUTDATED 
   THINKING. 
   >> WHAT WE CAN BE IS 
   WHAT 
   GENERATIONS BEFORE US 
   HAVE BEEN.
   WE CAN'T BE THE 
   AUTHORITATIVE 
   BECAUSE I SAID SO TYPE
   OF 
   POLICE.
   WE HAVE TO SOFTEN THE 
   EDGES. 
   >> Reporter: IN NEW 
   JERSEY 
   POLICE RECRUITS GET 
   TACTICAL 
   TRAINING AND LEARN HOW
   TO SHOOT.
   BUT THEY'RE ALSO 
   TAUGHT THAT FEW 
   OFFICERS EVER FIRE 
   THEIR GUNS ON 
   THE STREET AND THAT 
   LEARNING HOW 
   TO CALM THINGS DOWN 
   CAN BE EVEN 
   MORE IMPORTANT.
   IN FLORIDA'S VOLUSHA 
   COUNTY, NEW 
   DEPUTIES ARE SCREENED 
   FOR HOW 
   THEY HANDLE STRESS AND
   THINK 
   THROUGH PROBLEMS. 
   >> THEY HAVE TO USE 
   THEIR WITS.
   THEY HAVE TO CALL IN 
   THE RIGHT 
   GROUP OF PEOPLE TO 
   DIFFUSE THAT 
   SITUATION. 
   >> Reporter: THEY'RE 
   TAUGHT IT 
   CAN BE EFFECTIVE TO 
   TAKE A 
   TIME-OUT TO BACK OFF.
   AND THE SHERIFF SAYS 
   IT'S 
   WORKING WITH USE OF 
   FORCE 
   INCIDENTS, DOWN 60%. 
   >> IT TEACHES YOU THAT
   TIME IS 
   ON YOUR SIDE, THAT YOU
   CAN SLOW 
   THINGS DOWN AND TAKE 
   AS MUCH 
   EFFORT YOU NEED. 
   >> Reporter: JEFF 
   WEXLER OF THE 
   POLICE EXECUTIVE 
   RESEARCH FORUM 
   HAS LONG ADVOCATED 
   TRAINING IN 
   DEESCALATION.
   HE SAYS LEADERS SHOULD
   REVIEW 
   VIDEOS LIKE THE JACOB 
   BLAKE 
   SHOOTING AND ASK, HOW 
   WOULD I 
   HANDLE THAT?
   >> 17,000 POLICE 
   DEPARTMENTS 
   LOOKING AT THAT VIDEO 
   AND ASKING 
   THEMSELVES WHAT WOULD 
   WE DO 
   DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULD
   MAKE A 
   DIFFERENCE?
   THAT WOULD BE A GAME 
   CHANGER. 
   >> Reporter: WEXLER 
   SAYS POLICE 
   ARE RELUCTANT TO 
   SECOND GUESS 
   EACH OTHER OR 
   CRITICIZE BAD 
   POLICE BEHAVIOR, BUT 
   HE SAYS 
   THAT CULTURE MUST 
   CHANGE.
   >> PETE, THANK YOU. 
   >>> WE'RE BACK IN A 
   MOMENT WITH 
   THE CHARITY CHALLENGE 
   YOU 
   PROBABLY PARTICIPATED 
   IN.
   TONIGHT, THE MAJOR 
   STEP FORWARD 
   TONIGHT, THE MAJOR 
   STEP FORWARD 
   TO HELP PAY FOR IT.
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   WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON 
   THAT RAISED 
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   OF DOLLARS 
   TO HELP BEAT THE 
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   THE ICE BUCKET 
   CHALLENGE.
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   THAT COLD 
   CASH IS PAYING OFF. 
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   FRIGID 
   PHENOMENON IN THE 
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   2014, THE ICE BUCKET 
   CHALLENGE, 
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   AWARENESS AND 
   FUNDS FOR ALS, A 
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   DISEASE WITH NO CURE.
   CHRISTINA WAS 
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   31, GIVEN JUST TWO 
   YEARS TO 
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   SINCE SHE WAS GIVEN A 
   NEW DRUG 
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   THE MORE 
   THAN $200 MILLION 
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   >> THERE WAS A BRIEF 
   PERIOD 
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   THE DRUG 
   AND WE SAW THE 
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   DIFFERENCE IN THE 
   PROGRESSION IN 
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   COMPARISON THAT 
   SHE WAS ON THE DRUG. 
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   RESEARCHERS IN THE NEW
   ENGLAND JOURNAL OF 
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   PATIENTS WHO
   GOT THE DRUG RETAINED 
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   FUNCTIONS LONGER LIKE 
   SPEAKING, 
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   DID YOU THINK YOU 
   WOULD SEE THIS 
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   >> NO.
   THIS IS AMAZING.
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   TRUE FOR 
   ME. 
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   SO GOOD THE 
   ALS ASSOCIATION IS 
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   THE FDA TO BYPASS 
   STAGE THREE 
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   DRUG TO 
   PATIENTS NOW. 
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   THAT WE CAN 
   GIVE THROUGH 
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   TO BE SUBSTANTIAL FOR 
   THESE 
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   VERY SHORT 
   LIFE SPAN. 
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   HIS SON CREATED THE 
   ALS CHALLENGE BEFORE 
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   >> WHEN PETE WAS 
   DIAGNOSED, WE 
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   AT THE END 
   OF THE TUNNEL.
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   LIGHT AT 
   THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
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   WE CAN FEEL ITS RAYS, 
   AND IT'S 
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   >> Reporter: THE MONEY
   RAISED 
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   CHALLENGE 
   HAS FUNDED MORE THAN 
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   POTENTIAL THERAPIES.
   CHRISTINA WANTS TO SEE
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   GRADUATE. 
   >> OBVIOUSLY WE WANT A
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   IF WE JUST FREEZE IT 
   AND JUST 
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   WHERE IT 
   IS, WE'RE BOTH VERY 
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   >> Reporter: A FAMILY 
   FULL OF 
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   THANKS TO ONE MAN'S 
   DREAM AND THE 
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   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS. 
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   INSPIRING 
   AMERICA, THE CHICAGO 
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   TURNED AN OLD LIQUOR 
   STORE INTO 
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   NEIGHBORHOOD 
 
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   INSPIRING 
   AMERICA.
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   CHICAGO NOW 
   GETTING THE 
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   THANKS TO A GROUP OF 
   HIGH 
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   HERE'S KEVIN TIBBLES. 
   >> Reporter: FARM 
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   IN AN INNER CITY FOOD 
   DESERT. 
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   PLACES TO BUY FOODS 
   AND VEGETABLES IN 
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   >> NO.
   THAT'S EXACTLY WHY 
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   >> Reporter: WELCOME 
   TO THE 
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   SET UP 
   AND RUN BY HIGH SCHOOL
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   ON CHICAGO'S WEST 
   SIDE.
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   PLACE 
   WHERE LIQUOR STORES 
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   GROCERY STORING 
   PROBABLY 
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   16 LIQUOR 
   STORES AND MAYBE ONLY 
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   THREE SUPER MARKETS AT
   LEST. 
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   TORE DOWN 
   A LIQUOR STORE TO 
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   SPACE. 
   >> WE'RE HOPING TO 
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   AND HEALTHY, ENCOURAGE
   THEM TO EAT HEALTHIER.
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   VEGETABLES, NO JUNK. 
   >> Reporter: FROM A 
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   SUMMER OF ANGRY 
   PROTESTS, THESE 
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   DO 
   SOMETHING POSITIVE TO 
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   GROW A SMALL BUSINESS.
   >> THIS IS ONE OF THE 
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   FIGHT SOCIAL INJUSTICE
   AND TO 
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   BETTER 
   REPRESENTATION OF 
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   LIVE HERE. 
   >> Reporter: FORMER 
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   BEARS LINEBACKER 
   ASSISTED WITH 
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   THERE 
   OPENING DAY. 
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   GETTING 
   JOBS AND GETTING PAID 
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   BRINGING HEALTHY FOOD 
   INTO THEIR 
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   THEY'RE ALSO 
   CHANGING A STEREOTYPE.
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   NEGATIVE 
   STEREOTYPE OF BLACK 
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   AMERICA. 
   >> Reporter: WHAT DOES
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   PLACE REPRESENT TO 
   YOU?
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   FRESH.
   >> HOPE, RENEWAL, 
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   >> Reporter: AN OASIS 
   WHERE GOOD 
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   GROW.
   KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC 
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   >>> THAT IS "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS" FOR 
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   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING.
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   FROM ALL OF US AT NBC 
   NEWS, GOOD 
