   >>> TONIGHT THE NEW 
   RECORD, THE HIGHEST 
   COVID SURGE IN AMERICA
   SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
   BEGAN.
   OVER 36,000 NEW CASES 
   IN JUST THE LAST 24 
   HOURS.
   NEW HIGHS IN FLORIDA, 
   CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS.
   THE GOVERNOR THERE 
   PLEADING TO RESIDENTS 
   STAY HOME.
   WHILE NEW YORK, THE 
   ONE-TIME EPICENTER YOU
   NOW AMONG THE STATES 
   IMPOSING A QUARANTINE 
   ON TRAVELERS FROM HOT 
   SPOTS.
   AND A NEW WARNING FOR 
   YOUNG PEOPLE TONIGHT.
   >>> ALSO BREAKING, THE
   THREE 
   SUSPECTS IN THE AHMAUD
   ARBERY 
   SHOOTING INDICTED LAST
   TONIGHT 
   BY A GRAND JURY. 
   >>> THE MAJOR VICTORY 
   FOR 
   MICHAEL FLYNN, WHO 
   PLEADED 
   GUILTY FOR LYING TO 
   THE FBI.
   WHAT THE JUDGE IN THE 
   CASE HAS 
   BEEN ORDERED TO DO. 
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   WELCOMING 
   THE FIRST FOREIGN 
   LEADER TO THE 
   WHITE HOUSE AMID THE 
   PANDEMIC, 
   AS A NEW POLL SHOWS 
   JOE BIDEN 
   OUT TO A BIG LEAD. 
   >>> THE BIG NEWS FOR 
   ALL OF US 
   WIPING DOWN OUR 
   GROCERIES.
   WHAT THE FDA SAYS 
   TODAY ABOUT 
   THE RISK OF BEING 
   INFECTED 
   THROUGH YOUR FOOD. 
   >>> THE COVID MYSTERY.
   WHY DO SOME STILL 
   EXPERIENCE
   SYMPTOMS FOR MONTHS ON
   END?
   >>> NASCAR'S BUBBA 
   WALLACE 
   SPEAKING OUT.
   THE STILL UNANSWERED 
   QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT 
   NOOSE FOUND IN HIS 
   GARAGE STALL.
   >>> AND A WISH COME 
   TRUE, THE FAMILY 
   FLIGHT INSPIRING 
   AMERICA.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >> GOOD EVENING.
   I'M SAVANNAH GUTHRIE.
   IN FOR LESTER.
   AND
   TONIGHT A DEEPENING 
   CRISIS AS 
   THE CORONAVIRUS COMES 
   ON STRONG 
   ACROSS THE SOUTH AND 
   THE WEST.
   THE MAP TELLS THE 
   TALE.
   13 STATES SETTING 
   RECORD HIGHS FOR NEW 
   CASES IN JUST THE PAST
   WEEK.
   AND EVEN MORE 
   ALARMING, SEVEN 
   STATES SETTING RECORDS
   FOR 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS.
   THE CDC TODAY 
   PROJECTED THE 
   DEATH TOLL IN THIS 
   COUNTRY COULD 
   CLIMB TO 150,000 IN 
   LESS THAN A 
   MONTH.
   NBC'S JOE FRIAR LEADS 
   US OFF. 
   >> Reporter: ACROSS 
   THE COUNTRY 
   STATES ARE SHATTERING 
   CORONAVIRUS RECORDS, 
   WITH NEARLY 
   36,000 CASES TODAY IN 
   THE U.S., THE HIKEST 
   ONE-DAY TOTAL YET.
   TODAY IN FLORIDA, A 
   RECORD 5,500 
   NEW CASES, WHILE 
   CALIFORNIA HAS 
   SEEN A 29% JUMP IN 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS IN 
   JUST TWO 
   WEEKS.
   AND IN TEXAS, THE 
   GOVERNOR 
   SOUNDING THE ALARM, 
   SPEAKING 
   WITH CBS AFFILIATE 
   KBTX. 
   >> BECAUSE THE SPREAD 
   IS SO 
   RAMPED RIGHT NOW, 
   THERE IS NEVER 
   A REASON FOR YOU TO 
   HAVE TO 
   LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS
   YOU DO 
   NEED TO GO OUT. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   HARD-HIT 
   HOUSTON HOSPITAL 
   WORKERS ARE FRONT LINE
   WITNESSES TO THE 
   VIRUS'S DEADLY REACH.
   >> WE LEARNED THAT ONE
   OF OUR 
   PATIENTS WHO HAD BEEN 
   HERE WITH 
   US FOR A WHILE PASSED 
   LAST 
   NIGHT.
   THAT'S REALLY SAD.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   SPIKES ARE SO 
   ALARMING, TODAY STATES
   HIT HARD 
   EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC,
   NEW YORK, 
   NEW JERSEY AND 
   CONNECTICUT, 
   ANNOUNCED THEY WILL 
   REQUIRE OUT 
   OF STATE VISITORS TO 
   QUARANTINE 
   FOR TWO WEEKS IF THEY 
   TRAVEL 
   FROM A HOT SPOT, A 
   LIST THAT FOR 
   NOW INCLUDES NINE 
   STATES.
   >> WE DON'T WANT TO 
   SEE THE 
   INFECTION RATE 
   INCREASE HERE 
   AFTER WHAT WE HAVE 
   GONE THROUGH. 
   >> Reporter: ARIZONA 
   IS ON THAT 
   LIST, A STATE WHERE 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
   CLIMBING.
   ICU BEDS HERE ARE NOW 
   88% FULL.
   >> THAT'S MY BIGGEST 
   CONCERN 
   RIGHT NOW, IS THAT 
   WITH THE 
   TREND LINE THAT WE 
   SEE, WE'RE 
   GOING TO REALLY BE 
   GOING OVER A 
   HOSPITAL CAPACITY. 
   >> Reporter: WILL 
   HUMBLE IS THE 
   FORMER DIRECTOR OF 
   ARIZONA'S 
   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
   SERVICES.
   HE SAYS THE STATE 
   SHOULD HAVE 
   HAD MORE RESTRICTIONS 
   IN PLACE 
   AS BUSINESSES 
   REOPENED. 
   >> AND UNFORTUNATELY, 
   IT HAS 
   NORMALIZED 
   PRE-PANDEMIC 
   BEHAVIOR. 
   >> Reporter: LAST WEEK
   ARIZONA'S GOVERNOR 
   ALLOWED CITIES AND 
   COUNTIES TO MANDATE 
   MASKS,
   HOPING TO SLOW THE 
   SPREAD. 
   >> NOW THAT I'M 
   REQUIRED, I'M WEARING 
   IT A LOT MORE.
   >> Reporter: BUT FRONT
   LINE 
   WORKERS ARE WORRIED 
   THE WORST IS 
   AHEAD. 
   >> WE DON'T HAVE 
   ENOUGH NURSES 
   FOR THESE PATIENTS. 
   >> Reporter: AS THE 
   VIRUS HOT 
   SPOT SURGES IN THE SUN
   BELT.
   JOE FRIAR, NBC NEWS, 
   PHOENIX. 
   >> Reporter: I'M KERRY
   SANDERS.
   TONIGHT OFFICIALS 
   SOUNDING THE 
   ALARM OVER THE GROWING
   SURGE OF 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES 
   AMONG THE 
   YOUNG.
   FROM FLORIDA. 
   >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
   IN FLORIDA 
   IS REALLY RAPID 
   TRANSMISSION IN 
   THAT 18 TO 34 AGE 
   GROUP. 
   >> Reporter: TO 
   MICHIGAN WITH AT LEAST
   34 CASES
   ARE ALL LINKED TO 
   CROWDS AT THIS 
   BAR.
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   TODAY WITH 
   THIS WARNING. 
   >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE 
   DEMOGRAPHY 
   OF THE PEOPLE GETTING 
   INFECTED, 
   MOST OF THEM ARE 
   REALLY QUITE YOUNG, 
   20s, EARLY 30s, THE 
   KINDS
   OF PEOPLE YOU SEE GO 
   OUT AND 
   DON'T WEAR A MASK. 
   >> Reporter: 
   SHE RECENTLY WENT OUT 
   WITH 14 FRIENDS FOR A 
   BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH NO
   MASKS.
   AFTERWARDS, THE ENTIRE
   GROUP 
   TESTED POSITIVE.
   SHE NOW HAS A MESSAGE 
   FOR 
   OTHERS. 
   >> AS EXCITING IT IS 
   TO HAVE THE 
   BARS AND THE 
   NIGHTCLUBS OPEN 
   AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
   TAKE IT 
   SLOW.
   DON'T BE IN SUCH A 
   RUSH TO GO 
   OUT TO THE BARS SO 
   QUICKLY.
   THIS VIRUS IS NOT 
   GONE. 
   >> Reporter: FOR THE 
   VAST
   MAJORITY OF YOUNG 
   PEOPLE, 
   CORONAVIRUS IS NOT 
   DEADLY.
   THE DANGER IS THAT 
   THEY SPREAD 
   IT TO THE ELDERLY AND 
   MOST 
   VULNERABLE.
   BUT THERE ARE TRAGIC 
   EXCEPTIONS.
   TUESDAY, FLORIDA HIGH 
   SCHOOL 
   STUDENT CARSON DAVIS 
   DIED OF 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   COMPLICATIONS.
   SHE WAS JUST 17.
   BUT STILL MANY ON 
   CLEARWATER 
   BEACH TONIGHT ARE NOT 
   CONCERNED. 
   >> JUST BE CAREFUL 
   ABOUT IT. 
   >> Reporter: ARE YOU 
   CONCERNED 
   ABOUT CORONAVIRUS 
   REALLY?
   >> NOT ANYMORE.
   I'M REALLY NOT. 
   >> BUT OFFICIALS HERE 
   IN 
   CLEARWATER BEACH SAY 
   THEY ARE 
   CONCERNED.
   ANYONE GOING INTO A 
   BUSINESS 
   LIKE A BEACH STORE IS 
   NOW 
   REQUIRED TO WEAR A 
   MASK.
   THAT NEW RULE WENT 
   INTO EFFECT 
   JUST HOURS AGO.
   SAVANNAH?
   >> KERRY, THANK YOU.
   >>> AND NOW THE 
   BREAKING NEWS 
   OUT OF GEORGIA.
   THE THREE MEN ACCUSED 
   IN THE 
   DEADLY SHOOTING OF 
   AHMAUD ARBERY 
   NOW OFFICIALLY 
   INDICTED BY A 
   GRAND JURY.
   NBC'S
   BLAINE ALEXANDER WITH 
   THE 
   DETAILS AND REACTION 
   FROM AHMAUD 
   ARBERY'S MOTHER. 
   >> Reporter: IT TOOK 
   LESS THAN 
   TEN MINUTES FOR A 
   GEORGIA GRAND JURY TO 
   INDICT THE THREE
   MEN CHARGED WITH 
   MURDER OF 
   AHMAUD ARBERY, WHOSE 
   FINAL 
   MOMENTS WERE CAPTURED 
   ON CAMERA. 
   >> THIS IS ANOTHER 
   POSITIVE 
   STEP, ANOTHER GREAT 
   STEP FOR 
   FINDING JUSTICE FOR 
   AHMAUD. 
   >> Reporter: 
   ATTORNEYING FOR ALL 
   THREE HAVE CAUTIONED 
   AGAINST A RUSH FOR 
   JUDGMENT, BUT FOR 
   ARBERY'S
   MOTHER, IT WAS NEWS 
   SHE LONG 
   AWAITED. 
   >> I SAID IN THE VERY 
   BEGINNING 
   THAT GOD HEARS MY 
   PRAYERS.
   I KNEW HE WOULD WORK 
   IT OUT. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   FEBRUARY DEATH 
   COMPELLED GEORGIA 
   LAWMAKERS TO 
   TAKE THIS HISTORIC 
   STEP. 
   >> THIS IS A DEFINING 
   MOMENT FOR 
   GEORGIA. 
   >> Reporter: YESTERDAY
   PASSING A HATE
   CRIMES BILL AFTER 
   YEARS OF 
   FAILED ATTEMPTS.
   >> I'M HAPPY BECAUSE 
   THE BILL 
   FINALLY PASSED BUT 
   ALSO SAD AT 
   THE SAME TIME THAT HE 
   HAD TO 
   LOSE HIS LIFE FOR THIS
   BILL TO 
   BE PASSED.
   >> Reporter: GEORGIA 
   HAD BEEN ONE OF JUST 
   FOUR STATES WITHOUT A 
   HATE CRIME LAW ON THE 
   BOOKS.
   DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
   THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 
   MADE A 
   DIFFERENCE IN WHAT 
   HAPPENED TO 
   AHMAUD?
   >> I THINK THIS 
   MESSAGE SHOULD 
   BE SENT A LONG TIME 
   AGO, THAT 
   YOU CANNOT TARGET 
   PEOPLE BASED 
   ON RACE.
   IF THIS LAW WAS 
   ALREADY IN RACE, THEN 
   AHMAUD WOULD STILL BE 
   HERE.
   >> Reporter: TOMORROW 
   ARBERY'S 
   MOTHER WILL MEET WITH 
   THE MOTHER 
   OF BREONNA TAYLOR, 
   JOINING THE 
   PUSH FOR THE OFFICERS 
   INVOLVED 
   IN HER DEATH TO FACE 
   CHARGES.
   ONE OF THEM FIRED THIS
   WEEK.
   IN A SCATHING 
   TERMINATION 
   LETTER, THE CHIEF 
   WRITES, YOU 
   DISPLAYED AN EXTREME 
   INDIFFERENCE TO THE
   VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE 
   WHEN YOU 
   WANTONLY AND BLINDLY
   FIRED TEN ROUNDS INTO 
   THE 
   APARTMENT OF BREONNA 
   TAYLOR.
   I FIND YOUR CONDUCT A 
   SHOCK TO 
   THE CONSCIOUS.
   YOUR ACTIONS HAVE 
   BROUGHT 
   DISCREDIT AMONG 
   YOURSELF AND THE 
   DEPARTMENT. 
   >> BRETT HANKINSON 
   FIRED TWO SHOTS, BUT 
   THERE WERE OVER 324
   FIRED INTO THE HOME.
   SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS
   STILL 
   OFFICERS AVAILABLE, 
   OFFICERS 
   THAT WERE PRESENT THAT
   ARE OUT 
   THERE THAT NEED TO BE 
   CHARGED 
   AND FIRED AS WELL. 
   >> Reporter: 
   HANKINSON'S ATTORNEY 
   SAYS HE 
   FIRED IN RESPONSE 
   DIRECTED AT 
   GUNFIRE AIMED AT THE 
   OFFICERS.
   HANKINSON IS APPEALING
   HIS 
   TERMINATION.
   BLAINE ALEXANDER, NBC 
   NEWS 
   ATLANTA. 
   >>> A BIG LEGAL 
   VICTORY TONIGHT 
   FOR MICHAEL FLYNN,
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   FORMER 
   NATIONAL SECURITY 
   ADVISER.
   A FEDERAL APPEALS 
   COURT HAS 
   RULED THAT THE CHARGES
   AGAINST 
   HIM MUST BE DISMISSED.
   SO IS THE CASE OVER?
   NBC NEWS JUSTICE 
   CORRESPONDENT 
   PETE WILLIAMS NOW WITH
   THE 
   STORY. 
   >> Reporter: MICHAEL 
   FLYNN'S 
   LONG LEGAL SAGA COULD 
   SOON BE 
   OVER BECAUSE OF AN 
   ORDER FROM A PANEL 
   FROM THE
   WASHINGTON D.C. 
   APPEALS COURT.
   BY A TWO TO ONE VOTE, 
   THE COURT 
   SAID DECISIONS ABOUT 
   WHETHER TO 
   PROSECUTE ARE THE 
   JUSTICE 
   DEPARTMENT'S ALONE AND
   CANNOT BE 
   SECOND GUESSED BY A 
   JUDGE UNLESS 
   THERE IS EVIDENCE THE 
   GOVERNMENT 
   INTENDS TO TRICK THE 
   DEFENDANT
   BY DROPPING CHARGES 
   AND 
   RE-FILING THEM.
   SO THE COURT SAID THE 
   JUDGE MUST 
   GRANT THE GOVERNMENT'S
   MOTION TO 
   DISMISS THE CHARGES 
   AGAINST 
   FLYNN. 
   >> I'M VERY HAPPY 
   ABOUT GENERAL 
   FLYNN.
   HE WAS TREATED 
   HORRIBLY.
   >> Reporter: FLYNN 
   HIMSELF TALKED BRIEFLY
   WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH.
   >> WE ARE SO HAPPY 
   WITH THE 
   DECISION, NOT ONLY FOR
   OUR 
   FAMILY BUT FOR OUR 
   COUNTRY. 
   >> Reporter: HE WAS 
   ONE OF THE 
   FIRST PEOPLE TO BE 
   PROSECUTED BY 
   ROBERT MUELLER'S 
   SPECIAL COUNCIL 
   TEAM AND TWICE PLEADED
   GUILTY TO 
   LYING TO THE FBI ABOUT
   HIS 
   CONVERSATIONS WITH 
   RUSSIA'S 
   AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.
   BUT LAST MONTH, A 
   JUSTICE 
   DEPARTMENT MOVE TO 
   DISMISS THE 
   CASE.
   ATTORNEY GENERAL 
   WILLIAM BARR 
   CONCLUDED THAT THE FBI
   HAS NO 
   LEGITIMATE REASON TO 
   QUESTION 
   FLYNN IN THE FIRST 
   PLACE.
   DESPITE TODAY'S 
   RULING,
   FLYNN IS NOT 
   COMPLETELY IN THE 
   CLEAR. 
   >> THE CASE MAY BE 
   OVER.
   IT LOOKS THAT WAY.
   BUT THE FULL COURT OF 
   APPEALS 
   MAY DECIDE TO TAKE A 
   SECOND 
   LOOK. 
   >> Reporter: ALSO 
   TODAY HOUSE 
   DEMOCRATS QUESTIONED 
   THE 
   HANDLING OF THE 
   PROSECUTION OF 
   ROGER STONE, A FORMER 
   TRUMP 
   CAMPAIGN AID.
   CAREER PROSECUTORS 
   RESIGNED FROM 
   THE CASE AFTER BARR 
   DIRECTED 
   THEM TO SEEK A MORE 
   LENIENT 
   SENTENCE.
   ONE OF THOSE LAWYERS 
   SAID A 
   SUPERVISOR TOLD HIM IT
   WAS THE 
   RESULT OF POLITICAL 
   PRESSURE. 
   >> THE DEPARTMENT OF 
   JUSTICE 
   TREATED ROGER STONE 
   DIFFERENTLY 
   FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
   AND I WAS TOLD THAT 
   THE DEPARTMENT CUT 
   ROGER STONE A BREAK
   BECAUSE OF HIS 
   RELATIONSHIP TO 
   THE PRESIDENT. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   SPOKESMAN FOR 
   BARR SAYS HE THOUGHT 
   THE 
   ORIGINAL SENTENCE 
   RECOMMENDATION 
   WAS TOO HARSH AND 
   NOTED THE 
   JUDGE'S SENTENCE WAS 
   MORE IN 
   LINE OF HIS THINKING 
   OF WHAT WAS 
   APPROPRIATE.
   BARR AGREED TO APPEAR 
   IN LATE 
   JULY TO ANSWER 
   QUESTIONS ABOUT 
   WHETHER HE HAS EXERTED
   UNDUE 
   POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
   SAVANNAH?
   >> PETE, THANK YOU 
   VERY MUCH.
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   MET WITH 
   ANOTHER WORLD LEADER 
   FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME IN MONTHS 
   TODAY, 
   TRYING TO MOVE BEYOND 
   THE COVID 
   CRISIS.
   AND VICE PRESIDENT JOE
   BIDEN 
   RAISING NEW QUESTIONS 
   ABOUT THE 
   PRESIDENT'S 
   LEADERSHIP.
   HERE'S NBC'S JEFF 
   BENNETT. 
   >> Reporter: A WHITE 
   HOUSE 
   WELCOME TONIGHT FOR 
   THE 
   PRESIDENT OF POLAND.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   HOLDING HIS 
   FIRST FACE-TO-FACE 
   MEETING WITH 
   THE WORLD LEADER SINCE
   THE 
   PANDEMIC PROMPTED 
   GLOBAL 
   LOCKDOWNS. 
   >> I THINK IT'S A 
   GREAT HONOR 
   AND FRANKLY POLAND IS 
   A COUNTRY 
   WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS 
   RELATIONSHIP WITH, AND
   I HAVE A 
   VERY GOOD PERSONAL 
   RELATIONSHIP 
   WITH THE PRESIDENT. 
   >> Reporter: THE WHITE
   HOUSE 
   HOPEFUL THAT A RETURN 
   TO A 
   REGULAR SCHEDULE WILL 
   HELP 
   SIGNAL THE COUNTRY'S 
   READINESS 
   TO RE-OPEN, EVEN AS 
   THE 
   CORONAVIRUS RAVAGES 
   MUCH OF THE 
   NATION.
   COMING JUST AS NEW 
   POLLING HAS 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   TRAILING HIS 
   DEMOCRATIC RIVAL JOE 
   BIDEN.
   A NEW YORK TIMES POLL 
   SHOWING 
   BIDEN LEADING TRUMP 
   NATIONALLY 
   BY 14 PERCENTAGE 
   POINTS AND WITH 
   AN ADVANTAGE AMONG 
   WOMEN AND 
   NON-WHITE VOTERS WHILE
   ALSO 
   MAKING INROADS WITH 
   SOME
   TRADITIONALLY 
   REPUBLICAN LEANING 
   GROUPS.
   A SEPARATE POLL 
   SHOWING BIDEN UP 
   BY 8 POINTS IN THE ALL
   IMPORTANT BATTLE STATE
   OF WISCONSIN.
   FORMER PRESIDENT 
   BARACK OBAMA 
   WARNING DEMOCRATS NOT 
   TO GET TOO 
   CONFIDENT ABOUT 
   BIDEN'S POLLING 
   LEAD. 
   >> WE CAN'T BE 
   COMPLACENT OR 
   SMUG OR SENSE THAT 
   SOMEHOW IT'S 
   SO OBVIOUS THAT THIS 
   PRESIDENT 
   HASN'T DONE A GOOD JOB
   BECAUSE, 
   LOOK, HE WON ONCE. 
   >> Reporter: OBAMA ON 
   TUESDAY 
   NIGHT IN HIS FIRST 
   APPEARANCE ON 
   THE 2020 VIRTUAL 
   CAMPAIGN TRAIL 
   ALONGSIDE HIS FORMER 
   VP. 
   >> YOU WANT YOUR KIDS 
   TO GROW UP 
   TO HAVE THE SAME VALUE
   SET THAT 
   DONALD TRUMP HAS?
   >> Reporter: BOTH 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
   JOE BIDEN SET TO VISIT
   KEY BATTLE STATE 
   GROUNDS 
   TOMORROW.
   THE PRESIDENT HEADING 
   TO WISCONSIN.
   BIDEN TRAVELING TO 
   PENNSYLVANIA 
   WITH A FOCUS ON HEALTH
   CARE.
   SAVANNAH?
   >> JEFF, THANK YOU.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, 
   WHAT DOCTORS 
   HAVE LEARNED ABOUT 
   COVID-19, HOW 
   TO TREAT IT, WHO IS 
   GETTING IT 
   AND THE DANGERS AHEAD.
   AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE 
   
   >>> WE'RE BACK N
   >>> WE'RE BACK NOW 
   WITH A REALITY
   CHECK ON COVID-19.
   WILL THE NEW SURGE BE 
   AS DEADLY 
   AS WHAT HAPPENED IN 
   NEW YORK TWO 
   MONTHS AGO?
   NBC'S TOM COSTELLO NOW
   ON WHAT 
   DOCTORS HAVE LEARNED 
   AND THE 
   NEWS TONIGHT OF BEING 
   INFECTED 
   FROM YOUR FOOD.
   >> Reporter: FROM THE 
   NEW FRONT 
   LINES OF THE 
   PANDEMIC -- 
   >> HALF OF THEM ARE 
   INTUBATED ON 
   VENTILATORS.
   ONE OF THEM REQUIRED 
   CPR FOR THE 
   FIRST THREE HOURS OF 
   OUR SHIFT. 
   >> Reporter: THE KIND 
   OF HORROR 
   STORIES WE HEARD FROM 
   NEW YORK 
   THIS SPRING AS THE 
   DEATH RATES 
   SKYROCKETED.
   BUT EXPERTS SAY THERE 
   HAS BEEN 
   REAL PROGRESS IN 
   FIGHTING THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   IN ICUs, DOCTORS ARE 
   DELAYING 
   PUTTING PATIENTS ON 
   VENTILATORS, 
   INSTEAD TREATING THEM 
   WITH 100% 
   OXYGEN AND ON THEIR 
   STOMACHS TO ALLOW 
   BETTER BLOOD AND O2 
   FLOW.
   THEY'RE USING BLOOD 
   THINNERS TO 
   AVOID BLOOD CLOTS AND 
   STROKES.
   THEY HAVE THE DRUG 
   REMDESIVIR TO 
   TO TREAT THE SICKEST 
   PATIENTS.
   AND RESEARCHERS JUST 
   REPORTED THAT STEROIDS
   ARE ALSO SAVING LIVES.
   >> WE ARE DOING A 
   BETTER JOB OF
   PRESERVING LIFE, BUT 
   THERE IS 
   STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE 
   WHO 
   HAVEN'T BEEN INFECTED.
   THIS IS A VIRUS THAT'S
   PROBABLY 
   ONLY INFECTED BETWEEN 
   5% TO 7% 
   OF THE POPULATION 
   RIGHT NOW.
   SO IT GOT -- IT HAS A 
   LONG WAY TO GO.
   >> Reporter: THE GOOD 
   NEWS, THE FDA TODAY 
   SAID THERE IS
   NO EVIDENCE PEOPLE 
   WITH CONTRACT 
   COVID FROM FOOD OR 
   FOOD 
   PACKAGING.
   IT IS MOST OFTEN 
   TRANSMITTED 
   BETWEEN PEOPLE IN 
   CLOSE CONTACT. 
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   INTERESTINGLY, IN 
   CITIES LIKE
   MINNEAPOLIS AND 
   PHILADELPHIA, 
   WHICH SAW BIG PROTESTS
   RECENTLY, 
   NO SIGN OF A SURGE IN 
   CASES.
   POSSIBLY BECAUSE 
   PROTESTERS WERE 
   OUTSIDE IN WARMER 
   HUMID 
   TEMPERATURES, MANY 
   WEARING 
   MASKS.
   RESEARCHERS ARE SEEING
   A SURGE 
   IN CITIES WHERE PEOPLE
   HAVE 
   TRIED TO ESCAPE THE 
   HEAT BY 
   CONGREGATING WITHOUT 
   MASKS 
   INSIDE WITH 
   AIR-CONDITIONING AND 
   POOR VENTILATION.
   IF CITIES AND STATES 
   DON'T LIMIT 
   LARGE GATHERINGS, 
   EXPERTS WARN 
   AMERICA'S DEATH TOLL 
   COULD SOAR 
   LATER THIS YEAR. 
   >> WE DON'T HAVE TO 
   HIT 200,000 
   THIS FALL.
   WE DON'T HAVE TO HIT 
   300,000 BY THE WINTER.
   THOSE ARE ALL UP TO 
   US.
   BUT IF WE DON'T TAKE 
   IT 
   SERIOUSLY AND IF WE 
   DON'T ACT 
   AGGRESSIVELY, 
   UNFORTUNATELY, I 
   DO WORRY THOSE ARE THE
   KINDS OF 
   NUMBERS WE WILL BE 
   SEEING BY THE 
   END OF THIS CALENDAR 
   YEAR. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP'S 
   FORMER FDA 
   COMMISSIONER WITH A 
   STARK WARNING. 
   >> Reporter: THERE IS 
   CERTAINLY A 
   POSSIBILITY WE FACE A 
   SECOND WAVE IN THE 
   FALL.
   AND THE FIRST WAVE
   WITH 120,000 DEAD 
   ISN'T EVEN 
   OVER YET.
   TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS
   WASHINGTON. 
   >> WE KNOW THAT 
   COVID-19 CAN BE 
   A LIFE THREATENING 
   ILLNESS OR IT 
   COULD BE A MILD CASE 
   WITHOUT 
   SYMPTOMS AT ALL.
   BUT THERE ARE ALSO 
   PATIENTS 
   CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE 
   WITH 
   MYSTERIOUS SYMPTOMS 
   FOR WEEKS ON 
   END.
   NBC'S
   KATE SNOW TONIGHT ON 
   HOW THEY 
   ARE HELPING EACH 
   OTHER. 
   >> IT'S BEEN KIND OF 
   THIS NEVER-ENDING 
   BATTLE.
   >> Reporter: FOR KATE 
   PORTER, 
   MARCH, APRIL AND MAY 
   WERE A 
   CORONAVIRUS BLUR.
   IN THE BEGINNING SHE 
   HAD CHILLS, STOMACH 
   ISSUES, SORE THROAT.
   THEN CHEST PAIN AND A 
   RECURRING SPIKING 
   FEVER.
   IT'S BEEN 100 DAYS. 
   >> IT KIND OF PLAYS 
   MIND GAMES 
   WITH YOU. 
   >> Reporter: WERE YOU 
   ALMOST 
   FEELING LIKE I'M ALL 
   ALONE AND I 
   MUST BE THE ONLY ONE 
   HAVING 
   THESE SYMPTOMS?
   >> YEAH.
   I DEFINITELY FELT 
   ALONE.
   I WONDERED IF I WAS 
   THE ONLY 
   PERSON GOING THROUGH 
   IT FOR THAT 
   LONG. 
   >> Reporter: UNTIL SHE
   WENT 
   ONLINE AND FOUND 
   DOZENS OF 
   STRANGERS WITH THE 
   SAME SYMPTOMS 
   LINGERING FOR MONTHS. 
   >> SOMETIMES YOU JUST 
   NEED THAT 
   VALIDATION EVEN IF YOU
   DON'T 
   HAVE THE ANSWERS. 
   >> Reporter: A DIGITAL
   MARKETING 
   PROFESSIONAL NORTH OF 
   BOSTON, KIT HELPED 
   BUILD A WEBSITE.
   >> I WAS LOOKING FOR 
   MY 
   SYMPTOMS. 
   >> Reporter: IN NEW 
   YORK, 
   BRANDON'S COVID 
   SYMPTOMS WERE 
   FLU LIKE FOR ABOUT A 
   MONTH.
   THEN HE GOT A SORE 
   THROAT 
   FOLLOWED BY CHEST 
   PAIN.
   700 MILES AWAY IN 
   KENTUCKY, 
   HANNAH POSTED HER 
   SYMPTOMS 
   PROGRESSED THE SAME 
   WAY, TEN
   DAYS AHEAD OF HIM.
   ON MAY 18th, HANNAH 
   POSTED FROM 
   THE ER.
   I HAVE A BLOOD CLOT IN
   MY LUNGS. 
   >> MY HEART RATE WAS 
   OUT OF 
   CONTROL.
   MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS 
   HIGH.
   IT WAS VERY 
   TERRIFYING.
   >> Reporter: THAT'S 
   WHEN BRANDON 
   INSISTED HE BE CHECKED
   WITH A 
   CAT SCAN. 
   >> I JUST KNEW IN MY 
   HEART THAT 
   WAS IT AND SURE ENOUGH
   THAT'S 
   WHAT IT WAS. 
   >> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS?
   >> IT WAS A BLOOD CLOT
   IN MY 
   LUNGS. 
   >> Reporter: DO YOU 
   THINK IT 
   WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED 
   YOUR LIFE?
   >> IF I HAD GONE A 
   COUPLE WEEKS 
   WITHOUT GETTING THE 
   RIGHT TREATMENT, I 
   DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD 
   HAVE HAPPENED, AND I 
   DON'T WANT TO FIND 
   OUT.
   >> IT'S AN 
   OVERWHELMING FEELING 
   TO KNOW I CHANGED 
   SOMEBODY'S 
   LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   MISINFORMATION IS 
   ALWAYS A RISK 
   BUT SOME DOCTORS SEE 
   THE VALUE 
   IN PATIENT TO PATIENT 
   COMMUNITIES.
   HOW MUCH ARE YOU AS A 
   DOCTOR 
   LEARNING FROM THESE 
   GROUPS?
   >> I FEEL A LITTLE BIT
   MORE 
   EDUCATED IN WHAT 
   PATIENTS ARE 
   DOING, WHAT'S WORKING,
   WHAT'S 
   NOT WORKING AND WHAT 
   SYMPTOMS 
   THEY'RE HAVING. 
   >> Reporter: FOR KATE 
   PORTER, 
   THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 
   HAS BEEN 
   EVERYTHING. 
   >> WE HAVE DEVELOPED 
   THESE 
   CONNECTIONS THAT I -- 
   WEIRDLY 
   ENOUGH I THINK WILL 
   LAST A 
   LIFETIME. 
   >> Reporter: A SILVER 
   LINING FOR 
   PATIENTS STILL 
   STRUGGLING WITH 
   THE UNKNOWN.
   KATE SNOW, NBC NEWS, 
   NEW YORK.
   >>> AND COMING UP, 
   NASCAR DRIVER 
   BUBBA WALLACE SPEAKING
   OUT.
   WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT 
   THAT 
   >>> NASCAR STAR BUBBA 
   WALLACE IS 
   SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT 
   AFTER THE 
   FBI CONCLUDED NO CRIME
   WAS 
   COMMITTED WHEN A NOOSE
   WAS FOUND 
   IN HIS GARAGE STALL.
   AS SAM BROCK REPORTS 
   NOW, THERE 
   ARE STILL A LOT OF 
   UNANSWERED
   QUESTIONS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   SPECIAL AGENTS 
   COMBING THE GARAGE 
   STALLS AT 
   TALLADEGA ARE GONE.
   BUT FOR DRIVER BUBBA 
   WALLACE -- 
   >> I WAS RELIEVED JUST
   LIKE MANY OTHERS TO 
   KNOW THAT IT WASN'T 
   TARGETED TOWARDS ME.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   RELIEF OF AN 
   FBI INVESTIGATION 
   FINDING NO 
   HATE CRIME STILL COMES
   WITH 
   CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WAS
   FOUND IN 
   HIS GARAGE.
   THIS MORNING WALLACE 
   SPOKE WITH TODAY'S 
   GREG MELVIN.
   >> THE EVIDENCE THAT I
   HAVE SEEN AND THAT I 
   HAVE IN MY POSSESSION 
   OF WHAT WAS IN OUR 
   GARAGE IS EXACTLY A 
   GARAGE POOL THAT IS --
   THAT IS A NOOSE.
   >> Reporter: NASCAR 
   DECLINED TO 
   RELEASE THE PHOTOS 
   SHARED WITH 
   WALLACE, BUT IS 
   CONTINUING HIS 
   OWN INVESTIGATION. 
   >> THE EVIDENCE WE 
   HAD, IT WAS 
   CLEAR WE NEEDED TO 
   LOOK INTO 
   THIS. 
   >> Reporter: FBI VIDEO
   EVIDENCE 
   REVEALING THE ROPE WAS
   IN THE GARAGE AS EARLY
   AS 2019, WELL
   BEFORE HIS TEAM 
   ARRIVED AND 
   MONTHS BEFORE HIS BAN 
   ON THE 
   CONFEDERATE FLAG.
   THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO 
   POSTED IN DECEMBER 
   APPEARS TO
   SHOW THAT SAME GARAGE 
   STALL WITH 
   A PULL ROPE HANGING 
   FROM IT IN THE SHAPE 
   OF A NOOSE.
   IT'S NOT KNOWN WHETHER
   THIS IS THE SAME VIDEO
   SHOWN BY THE FBI.
   NASCAR CONFIRMS IT 
   CHECKED ALL 
   THE STALLS AT 
   TALLADEGA AND ONE, 
   BUBBA WALLACE'S, HAD A
   PULL ROPE 
   CONFIGURED INTO A 
   NOOSE. 
   >> THE ENTIRE GARAGE 
   AREA HAS RALLIED 
   AROUND BUBBA WALLACE.
   >> BUT, NO, THAT WAS A
   SIGN OF 
   WHAT NASCAR IS, 
   FAMILY, 
   COMMUNITY, SOLIDARITY.
   >> Reporter: THE SPORT
   HAS 
   CHAMPIONED A CHANGE 
   THAT GOES 
   WELL BEYOND THE 
   RACETRACK.
   SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS.
   >>> AND COMING UP, A 
   BOY AND HIS 
   JOURNEY OF SURVIVAL 
  
   >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, 
   IT WAS A 
   FLIGHT ONE FAMILY WILL
   NEVER 
   FORGET AND NEITHER 
   WILL THEIR 
   FELLOW PASSENGERS.
   NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN
   WITH TONIGHT'S 
   INSPIRING AMERICA.
   >> Reporter: LAST 
   WINTER BEFORE 
   THE PANDEMIC, PILOT 
   RYAN MOORE 
   HAD A VERY SPECIAL 
   PRE-FLIGHT 
   ANNOUNCEMENT, 
   INTRODUCING 
   PASSENGERS TO A LITTLE
   BOY NAMED 
   HAWK. 
   >> A LITTLE OVER A 
   YEAR AGO HE 
   WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 
   CANCER, AND 
   HE FOUGHT IT. 
   >> Reporter: MAKE A 
   WISH AND 
   ALASKA AIRLINES WERE 
   FLYING HIS 
   FAMILY TO HAWAII, 
   GIVING THEM 
   THE VIP TREATMENT.
   BUT THERE WAS MORE. 
   >> WE ALSO FLEW DOWN 
   CAPTAIN DAN 
   DRIGS FROM ANCHORAGE, 
   WHICH 
   HAPPENS TO BE HUH 
   HAWKIN'S UNCLE.
   >> Reporter: A FAMILY 
   CONNECTION 
   AND MOORE NOW JUST HOW
   SPECIAL 
   THAT WAS. 
   >> IN A PILOT'S 
   CAREER, THERE IS 
   VERY FEW TIMES WHEN 
   YOU CAN FLY 
   WITH A FAMILY MEMBER. 
   >> BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO
   FLYING 
   FAMILY. 
   >> THIS IS A BIG HONOR
   FOR ME 
   TODAY AS YOUR FIRST 
   OFFICER, NOT 
   ONLY DO I GET TO FLY 
   WITH MY
   BROTHER-IN-LAW DAN FOR
   THE FIRST 
   TIME.
   I ALSO GET TO FLY MY 
   FAMILY ON 
   MY SON'S MAKE A WISH 
   TRIP TO 
   HAWAII. 
   [ APPLAUSE ]
   >> Reporter: HAWK IS 
   HIS SON. 
   >> HAWK IS DEFINITELY 
   MY HERO.
   THIS GUY IS PRETTY 
   TOUGH. 
   >> THAT'S YOUR DAD. 
   >> Reporter: A WISH 
   COME TRUE 
   FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. 
   >> THANK YOU.
   AND ENJOY THE FLIGHT.
   [ APPLAUSE ]
   >> Reporter: KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN, 
   NBC NEWS. 
   >>> AND THAT IS 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING.
   I'M SAVANNAH GUTHRIE.
   I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW 
   MORNING ON 
