ROCKET DOUG HURLEY AND BOB
BENKEN WEARING NEW
STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACESUITS IN A
NEWLY DESIGNED FLAT-SCREEN RICH 
SPACESHIP.
>> I EXPECT US TO HAVE A LITTLE 
BIT OF EXCITEMENT GOING INTO THE
MISSION BUT ALSO TEMPERED WITH
KIND OF AN EXTREME FOCUS ON 
BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE THE THINGS
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
>> THIS IS A BIG MOMENT IN TIME.
IT'S BEENNINE YEARS SINCE WE'V
HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY
>> LIFT-OFF.
>> Reporter: SINCE THE SPACE
SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED IN 2011, THE
U.S. HAS PAID RUSSIA TO CARRY 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE STATION.
SPACEX NOW THE FIRST PRIVATE
COMPANY TO TAKE OVER THE JOB AS 
NASA REFOCUSES ON RETURNING TO
THE MOON WITHIN FOUR YEARS
>> MY SON IS 8 YEARS OLD, AND SO
HE'S NEVER SEEN AMERICANS LAUNCH
FROM THE UNITED STATES EVER.
>> Reporter: SPACEX FOUNDER ELON
MUSK TWEETING THIS TIME LAPSE OF
THE ROCKET SITTING ON PAD 39A 
THAT ALSO LAUNCHED APOLLO AND 
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
AT FIRST FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT
MIKE MASAMINO DID NOT THINK NASA
SHOULD HAND OVER SUCH A 
CHALLENGING JOB TO PRIVATE
COMPANIES.
NOW HE'S A BELIEVER.
>> I WAS SKEPTICAL
BUT I'M NOT NYMORE
I WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK AND
WE NEED THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: WHILE NASA HAS VETO
AUTHORITY, THIS IS A SPACEX 
MISSION RUN OUT OF SPACEX 
MISSION CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THREAT TO
THIS LAUNCH, POTENTIAL WEATHER
HERE IN FLORIDA.
PHILLIP?
>> ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THAT
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MINNESOTA
WHERE PROTESTERS FILLED THE 
STREETS.
HUNDREDS GATHERED TO VOICE THEIR
ANGER AFTER GEORGE FLOYD, A 
BLACK MAN, DIED WHILE IN POLICE 
CUSTODY.
AND VIDEO SURFACED OF FLOYD 
SAYING HE COULDN'T BREATHE WHILE
APP OFFICER PINNED HIM TO THE 
GROUND
LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFRONTED
PROTESTERS WITH TEAR GAS AND
RUBBER BULLETS OVERNIGHT
SOME WINDOWS WERE ALSO DAMAGED
AND A POLICE CAR WAS VANDALIZED.
ALL OF THIS OUTRAGE IS OVER THE 
DEADLY POLICE DETAINMENT
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA, AND THE IMAGES ARE
DISTURBING
HERE'S NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
>> PLEASE.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE BYSTANDER'S
CELL PHONE VIDEO BEGINS WITH
POLICE RESTRAINING A MAN ON A 
MINNEAPOLIS STREET MONDAY NIGHT.
AND OFFICERS PINNING THE MAN
FACE DOWN BY PRESSING HIS KNEE
INTO THE MAN'S NECK.
>> AH!
>> Reporter: FOR AT LEAST THREE 
MINUTES ON THE VIDEO THE MAN
PLEADS FOR HELP SAYING HE 
COULDN'T BREATHE AT LEAST A 
DOZEN TIMES.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE, OFFICER.
>> Reporter: THEN HE BECOMES
UNRESPONSIVE
BYSTANDERS SHOUT AT THE 
OFFICERS
>> GET OFF OF HIM NOW.
>> Reporter: THE MAN, IDENTIFIED
AS GEORGE FLOYD BY THE LAWYER 
REPRESENTING HIS FAMILY, WAS
LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
HOSPITAL
THE MAYOR CALLED IT WRONG AT
EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE.
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS FOUR
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
INCIDENT HAVE NOW BEEN FIRED, 
ADDING "THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL."
IN AN INITIAL PRESS RELEASE 
POLICE SAID THEY'D ARRIVED AT 
THE SCENE FOR A REPORTED FORGERY
IN PROGRESS AND THAT THE SUSPECT
APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE AND PHYSICALLY
RESISTED OFFICERS.
ONCE THE MAN WAS HANDCUFFED 
POLICE SAID OFFICERS NOTED HE 
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE.
BEFORE THE OFFICERS WERE FIRED
THE POLICE UNION SAID NOW IS NOT
THE TIME TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT, 
ADDING "OUR OFFICERS ARE FULLY
COOPERATING.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE CASE IS ALREADY
DRAWING COMPARISONS TO THE 2014 
DEATH OF ERIC GARNER IN NEW 
YORK, WHO DIED AFTER POLICE 
PLACED HIM IN A CHOKE HOLD
>> IT'S LIKE A REOCCURRING
NIGHTMARE.
AND THIS HAS TO STOP
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE
>> Reporter: IN MINNEAPOLIS 
PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING THE NOW
FORMER OFFICERS INVOLVED BE 
ARRESTED
>> TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO 
THE FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY
>> Reporter: THE FBI HAS NOW
JOINED THE CASE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING THE 
OFFICER'S BODY CAMERAS TO SEE 
WHAT LED UP TO THE INCIDENT.
PHILLIP?
>> ALL RIGHT, GABE, THANK YOU.
>>> THE FAMILY OF 23-YEAR-OLD 
PETER MANFREDONIA IS PLEADING 
WITH HIM TO SURRENDER.
THE FBI HAS NOW JOINED THE
MULTISTATE MANHUNT FOR
MANFREDONIA.
A UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT WHO IS SUSPECTED OF 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE
OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REVEALED
THAT HE HAS BEEN USING STOLEN 
CARS AND RIDESHARES TO GET
AROUND
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK HAS THE
LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR DAYS AND
ACROSS AT LEAST THREE STATES
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT PETER MANFREDONIA IS
STILL ON THE RUN, WANTED IN TWO 
MURDERS.
>> PETER, WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR
FAMILY
WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOUR ROOMMATES
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
>> Reporter: LAST SEEN WALKING
IN PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.
THE BAG IN THE PHOTO THEY SAY IS
FILLED WITH GUNS
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD
MIGHT BE DRIVING A BLACK HYUNDAI
JUST STOLEN FROM THE AREA.
ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA ALLEGEDLY 
KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD THEODORE 
DEMERS, WHO HAD STOPPED TO OFFER
THE YOUNG MAN A HAND
>> HE HAD THIS MACHETE
THIS WASN'T JUST LIKE A KNIFE.
THIS WASN'T SOME SIMPLE EDGED 
INSTRUMENT
IT WAS A MACHETE
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER, 
POLICE SAY, A FRIEND FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, NICHOLAS EISELE.
MANFREDONIA THEN ALLEGEDLY
KIDNAPPED EISELE'S GIRLFRIEND.
SHE WAS LATER DISCOVERED
UNHARMED AT A NEW JERSEY TRUCK
STOP
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN NEWTOWN, 
AT ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET 
AS THE SAND QI HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL SHOOTER
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
RECENTLY THE HONORS ENGINEERING 
STUDENT HAD BEEN LIVING NEAR
UCONN'S CAMPUS, AT TIMES
STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES
>> HAD THINGS GOTTEN WORSE
>> HE HAD SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY 
AND DEPRESSION FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
BUT NO, THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT
THINGS WERE GETTING WORSE.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS ISSUING
AN URGENT PLEA TO THEIR SON.
TURN YOURSELF IN
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK
>>> THE LACK OF COVID CONCERN BY
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IS HARD TO
RECONCILE AS THE NATION IS NOW
ON THE PRECIPICE OF 100,000 
DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS.
BUT AFTER THIS WEEKEND OFFICIALS
IN MANY COMMUNITIES ARE BRACING 
FOR THE CONSEQUENCES WITH A 
POSSIBLE SURGE OF INFECTIONS IN 
REGIONS WHERE LARGE GROUPS
GATHERED
HERE'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER
>> Reporter: GROWING CONRN
AMID A GRIM MILESTONE AS THE
U.S. NEARS 100,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
WILL SCENES LIKE THIS FUEL A NEW
SPIKE IN INFECTIONS?
WITH MANY AMERICANS CHOOSING NOT
TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AMID MASSIVE 
HOLIDAY CROWDS, IN ST. LOUIS
COUNTY, WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS
CALL THESE REVELERS RECKLESS, 
THERE IS NOW A 14-DAY 
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR ANYONE WHO
BROKE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT LAKE
OF THE OZARKS.
>> YOU SEE NO MASK HERE.
YOU SEE NO FEAR.
WE'RE ALL JUST EMBRACING IT.
>> Reporter: AS MANY DEFY LOCAL 
MAND
MANDATES, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS RISING IN
SEVERAL STATES AS MORE AMERICANS
ARE BEING TESTED
IN ARKANSAS THE GOVERNOR SAYS 
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK.>>
 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE
>> Reporter: WHILE THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WARNS OF A
SECOND PEAK OF INFECTIONS IN
COUNTRIES WHERE RESTRICTIONS ARE
EASED TOO QUICKLY, A RETURN TO
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
WHERE STOCKS SOARED AND FEWER 
TRADERS WERE ON THE FLOOR,
TAKING PRECAUTIONS
IN NEARBY NEW ROCHELLE, THE 
FIRST COMMUNITY TO LOCK DOWN IS 
NOW BEGINNING TO REOPEN.
BUT FROM COAST TO COAST MANY ARE
GROWING UNEASY
FATIGUED BY THE QUARANTINE
>> YOUR DOG CAN GET GROOMED BUT 
YOU CAN'T GET A HAIRCUT?
I NEED MY HAIR DONE.
THAT'S A PROBLEM
>> Reporter: AFTER LONG HOLIDAY 
LINES AT EVERYTHING FROM
AIRPORTS TO HIKING TRAILS, IN 
LOS ANGELES DODGER STADIUM WILL 
BE USED TO TEST UP TO 6,000 
PEOPLE A DAY FOR COVID-19.
NOT FAR AWAY AT A FOOD
PROCESSING PLANT THAT MAKES THE 
ICONIC DODGER DOGS 153 EMPLOYEES
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS.
THE LATEST OUTBREAK FOR AN
INDUSTRY STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN
THE DISEASE.
>> BUT WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP
APPLYING BAND-AIDS
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE HEALTHY
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THEM THAT 
GET INFECTED
THE FEAR AMONGST THE WORKERS IN 
FACT IS EVEN GREATER FOR GOING
HOME AND INFECTING THEIR FAMILY 
AND LOVED ONES
>> Reporter: WITH EVERY STATE 
WORRIED ABOUT NEW INFECTIONS
THERE REMAINES PRESSURE TO
REOPEN THE ECONOMY
HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE GOVERNOR 
SAID HAIR SALONS CAN REOPEN BUT 
NOT IN THE STATE'S BIGGEST
COUNTY
FRUSTRATION, DEFIANCE, AND NOW
MOUNTING CONCERNS.
HAS OUR NATION DONE ENOUGH TO 
PREVENT A SECOND WAVE?
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WAGING 
WAR ON HIS FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM THIS MORNING.
TWITTER IS NOW FACT-CHECKING THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER.
THE MOVE COMES AFTER YEARS OF 
CRITICISM THAT SOCIAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS HAVE ALLOWED
MISINFORMATION TO RUN RAMPANT.
OUR CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT
TRACIE POTTS JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST
TRACIE, TWITTER HAS LONG
GRAPPLED WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETS
>> Reporter: THE FACT CHECKING
ACTUALLY STARTED BY TWITTER 
YESTERDAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT 
FALSELY CLAIMED IN THE TWEET
THAT MAIL-IN VOTING LEADS TO
FRAUD.
THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
IT CAME AFTER CALIFORNIA'S
GOVERNOR DECIDED TO EXPAND
MAIL-IN VOTING
THE PRESIDENT URGING PEOPLE TO
GET THE FACTS.
BUT THE FACTS, EXPLAINED BY 
TWITTER, WERE INCORRECT.
NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED
AFTER TWITTER INCLUDED THIS LINK
WHERE YOU CLICK AND YOU CAN SEE 
WHY IT'S UNSUBSTANTIATED
PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED THAT
TWITTER IS INTERFERING IN THE 
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
STIFLING FREE SPEECH
MEANTIME, THE PRESIDENT ALSO
SUGGESTING FALSELY THAT FORMER
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND MSNBC
ANCHOR JOE SCARBOROUGH WAS
INVOLVED IN THE 2001 DEATH OF 
ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS
AUTHORITIES LONG AGO DETERMINED 
THAT THE STAFF MEMBER LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO AN ABNORMAL
HEART RHYTHM, COLLAPSED AND HIT 
HER HEAD
HER WIDOWER IN A LETTER TO
TWITTER IS URGING THEM TO 
INTERVENE, SAYING THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN SOMETHING 
THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO HIM, THE 
MEMORY OF HIS DEAD WIFE, AND
PERVERTED IT FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
"MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER."
HE CONDEMNED THE PRESIDENT FOR
THE DEBUNKED FALSEHOOD THAT SHE 
WAS MURDERED BY HER BOSS
FRANCES?
>> WE'LL SEE AND WATCH THE
PRESIDENT'S TWITTER FEED
EVEN AFTER THIS.
THANK YOU, TRACIE.
>>> LET'S GET A HEADS-UP ON OUR 
WEATHER ON THIS WEDNESDAY WITH
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE WANT SPACEX TO LAUNCH
SUCH A UNIQUE TONIGHT TO BRING
ALL AMERICANS TOGETHER AND ALL
EYES ARE ON THE WEATHER THIS
MORNING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING KIND OF A 
LULL IN THE WEATHER PATTERN.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS FLORIDA.
BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR 
FUTURE CASS.
THAT LAUNCH AT 4:33 P.M.
LOOK AT THESE STORMS
THEY'RE GOING TO COME VERY CLOSE
TO THAT AREA BEFORE THEY MAKE 
THEIR WAY OFFSHORE
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SAN ANTONIO THE HEAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BUILD.
AND WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE 
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS WEST TEXAS.
GOING TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY.
IF YOU'RE IN THE NORTHEAST
HEATING.
YOU OUT TO THE WEST HEAT
ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.
MORE ON THAT COMING UP
>> SOUNDS GOOD
TALK TO YOU THEN, JANESSA, THANK
YOU.
>>> CHRISSY TEIGEN POSTED THIS
VIDEO TO TWITTER OF HER 
CORONAVIRUS TEST
HER CAPTION WAS "HONESTLY LOVED 
IT."
YOU SEE HER LAUGHING
IT WAS A PRECAUTION BEFORE SHE
HAS SURGERY TO REMOVE HER BREAST
IMPLANTS
>>> BURGER KING WANTS YOU TO
HAVE IT YOUR WAY AND MAKE OTHERS
STAY AWAY.
FRANCHISES IN ITALY ARE DEBUTING
A SOCIAL DISTANCING WHOPPER 
WHICH WILL HAVE THREE TIMES THE 
RAW ONIONS PILED ON TOP.
>>> NIKE AND BEN & JERRY'S
PARTNERED UP TO DESIGN A CHEW 
CALLED CHUNKY DUNKY INSPIRED BY 
CHUNKY MONKEY ICE CREAM.
IT DROPPED O
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
A MANHUNT IS UNDER WAY IN 
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AFTER A 
POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE
LINE OF DUTY
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICER 
WAS SHOT WHILE RESPONDING TO A
SUSPECTED ERRATIC DRIVER WHO
CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SHOT THE 
OFFICER DURING A FOOT CHASE.
THAT OFFICER WAS HIT ONE TIME IN
THE LOWER ABDOMEN BUT OFFICIALS 
CREDIT HIS BULLETPROOF VEST FOR 
SAVING HIS LIFE.
THE OFFICER SUFFERED A
NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURY AND 
IS LIKELY TO BE TREATED WITHOUT 
SURGERY.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 
SUSPECT CARJACKED SOMEONE TO
MAKE HIS ESCAPE.
>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
DROPPED INSIDER TRADING 
INVESTIGATIONS OF THREE SENATORS
WHO SOLD OFF STOCKS FOLLOWING 
EARLY BRIEFINGS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
PROSECUTORS ALERT DEFENSE 
ATTORNEYS FOR REPUBLICANS KELLY 
LOEFFLER AND JAMES INHOFE AS
WELL AS DEMOCRAT DIANNE 
FEINSTEIN THAT THEY WERE CLOSING
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR 
TRADING.
ALL THREE SENATORS HAVE 
PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY 
WRONGDOING
HOWEVER, A RELATED INVESTIGATION
INTO SENATOR RICHARD BURR, WHO
TEMPORARILY STEPPED ASIDE AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, IS CONTINUING
>>> SOME POSITIVE NEWS NOW FOR
HOCKEY FANS.
THE NATIONAL HOCKEYLEAGU
ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL HOLD A 
MODIFIED STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF
CONSISTING OF 24 TEAMS
THE PLAYOFFS WILL HAVE 12 TEAMS 
FROM EACH CONFERENCE RANKED ON
POINTS PERCENTAGE WHEN THE
LEAGUE PAUSED BACK ON MARCH 
12th
THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED IN
TWO HUB CITIES WHICH HAVE YET TO
BE DETERMINED.
THE HUBS WILL HAVE HOTEL AND
PRACTICE FACILITIES ALONG WITH
DAILY COVID-19 TESTING
TRAINING CAMPS WILL NOT OPEN
UNTIL JULY 1st AT THE EARLIEST, 
AND NO DATES FOR THE GAMES HAVE 
BEEN ANNOUNCED
>>> DALLAS MAVERICKS OWNER MARK 
CUBAN IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
RESTART THE NBA SEASON
IN HIS PLAN WHICH HE SENT TO THE
LEAGUE THE TOP TEN TEAMS FROM 
BOTH THE EAST AND WEST WOULD
QUALIFY FOR THE PLAYOFFS
THEY WOULD COME AFTER EVERYONE
PLAYS FIVE TO SEVEN REGULAR 
SEASON GAMES
CUBAN SAYS ALL 30 TEAMS NEED TO 
PLAY ONCE GAMES TIP OFF AGAIN TO
>>> THERE'S NOTHING I HATE MORE 
THAN A LIAR.
>> WELL, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN THIS 
ORGANIZATION
>> ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT, 
GEORGE
>> FINE.
>> YOU LOOK A LITTLE WARM.
>> IT'S THE CHICKEN.
>> YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR,
GEORGE
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE A WRECK
YOU'RE SWEATING BULLETS.
>> IT'S THE KUNG PAO
GEORGE LIKES HIS CHICKEN SPICY
>> ACTOR RICHARD HERD, BEST 
KNOWN FOR PLAYING MR. WILHELM ON
"SEINFELD," HAS DIED AFTER
BATTLING CANCER.
HE ALSO APPEARED ON THE COP 
DRAMA "T.J. HOOKER."
RICHARD HERD WAS 87 YEARS OLD.
>>> HALSEY SAYS SHE IS WADDLING 
LIKE A PENGUIN AFTER FRACTURING 
HER ANKLE AND LATER BREAKING TWO
TOES
THE SINGER REVEALED THAT SHE
SLAMMED HER ANKLE BONE AGAINST
THE METAL DOOR WHILE LOADING
DISHES INTO THE DISHWASHER
WHEN A FAN ASKED HOW SHE WAS
DOING A FEW DAYS LATER HALSEY 
ADMITTED TO ADDITIONALLY
BREAKING TWO TOES ON THE OTHER
FOOT
SHE JOKED THAT SHE'S ONLY CLUMSY
OFFSTAGE
>> I GUESS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WHO'S READY FOR SOME RECORD HEAT
SOME IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING 
THE MIDWEST, AREAS OF THE 
NORTHEAST.
BURLING TOTON 92 DEGREES
AND EXCESSIV
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES A
WHITE WOMAN HAS BEEN FIRED FROM 
HER JOB AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO 
SHOWS HER ACCUSING A BLACK MAN
OF HARASSING HER IN CENTRAL 
PARK
THE HEATED CONFRONTATION BEGAN
WHEN CHRISTIAN COOPER, WHO
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN AVID
BIRD WATCHER, ASKED AMY COOPER, 
WHO RELATION, TO PUT HER DOG ON 
A LEASH.
>> AT SOME POINT SHE DECIDED
THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, I'M GOING TO
PLAY THE RACE CARD I GUESS
>> THERE'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAN, I'M IN CENTRAL PARK
HE'S RECORDING ME AND 
THREATENING MYSELF AND MY DOG.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR.
I'M BEING THREATENED BY A MAN IN
THE RAMBLE
>> CHRISTIAN COOPER SAYS HE KEPT
RECORDING BECAUSE HE HAD NO 
INTENTIONS OF BEING INTIMIDATED 
BUT STOPPED AFTER THE WOMAN 
LEASHED HER DOG.
NOW AMY COOPER IS APOLOGIZING 
AND SAYS SHE OVERREACTED
>> I SINCERELY AND HUMBLY 
APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY TO THAT MAN, HIS 
FAMILY
>> AMY COOPER WAS LATER FIRED 
FROM HER EMPLOYER, FRANKLIN 
TEMPLETON, WHO SAYS IT DOES NOT 
TOLERATE RACISM.
>>> POLICE IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
ARE SEARCHING FOR AN
UNIDENTIFIED MAN WHO THEY SAY 
BROKE INTO A HIGH SCHOOL AND
SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY VANDALIZING 
THE CAMPUS, CAUSING UPWARDS OF
$100,000 IN DAMAGES.
AND THEY SAY HE DID IT ALL WHILE
HE WAS NAKED
POLICE SAY HE BROKE COMPUTERS,
GRAFFITIED WALLS, AND FLOODED 
AREAS OF THE SCHOOL.
A $3,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED
FOR INFORMATION ON HIS IDENTITY.
>> DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO MASK IT, I
GUESS.
>>> A CUBAN ARTIST IS PAYING
HOMAGE TO A LATINO FRONTLINE
WORKER IN A GIANT WAY.
>> THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS A 
HERO
AND HE'S ONE OF MANY
>> IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE 
COMMUNITIES OF QUEENS, NEW YORK 
ARTIST JORGE RODRIGUEZ GARADA IS
CRAFTING A MASTERPIECE
THAT MASSIVE MURAL THERE HAVE A 
PEDIATRICIAN WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19
THE ARTWORK WAS CREATED TO PAY
HOMAGE TO THE DOCTOR AND TO 
RECOGNIZE THE HEROISM OF ALL
FRONTLINE WORKERS.
>> IMPRESSIVE HE CAN DO THAT
KIND OF WORK BUT EVEN MORE SO 
FOR THE REASON WHY HE'S DOING 
THAT TOO
>>> THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS IS
BEING FELT GLOBALLY, EVEN UNDER 
THE SEA.
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST FOUND THE 
BOTTOM OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA
LITTERED WITH THAT, DISCARDED 
MASKS AND GLOVES
ALONG WITH ALUMINUM CANS AND
OTHER TRASH.
HE POSTED HIS FINDINGS ON SOCIAL
IMMEDIATE YAV AND SAID, "WE'LL
SOON HAVE MORE MASKS THAN 
JELLYFISH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN."
>> SIGN OF THE TIMES
ALL RIGHT.
THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE 
DEMONSTRATION TEAM, THEY PAINTED
THE COLORS OF THE COUNTRY'S FLAG
IN THE SKY TO CELEBRATE A MAJOR 
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
THE FLIGHT TEAM SENT PLUMES OF
RED, WHITE, AND GREEN SMOKE OVER
THE EUROPEAN SKIES AS PART OF A 
WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION TO MARK 
ITALY'S REPUBLIC DAY ON JUNE
2nd.
THEIR USUAL PARADE WAS CANCELED 
DUE TO THE
>>> THE HEAD OF U.S. SENATE SAYS
CONGRESS WILL PROBABLY NEED TO
PASS ANOTHER CORONAVIRUS
STIMULUS BILL.
WE'VE GOT A PREVIEW.
EARLY "TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING
I'LL PHILLIP MENA.
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS FROM
MINNESOTA WHERE HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTERS POURED INTO THE
STREETS.
THERE IS OUTRAGE IN MINNEAPOLIS 
THIS MORNING OVER THE DEATH OF A
BLACK MAN WHO WAS PINNED TO THE 
GROUND BY A POLICE OFFICER
THE PROTESTS TURNED CHAOTIC WITH
POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR
USING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER 
BULLETS AGAINST A CROWD.
PROTESTERS VANDALIZED A SQUAD 
CAR.
IT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE 
DETAINMENT OF GEORGE FLOYD
THE IMAGES ARE DISTURBING.
NBC'S DAN SCHENEMAN HAS THIS
REPORT
>> PROTESTS IN MINNEAPOLIS BEGAN
WITH OUTRAGE
AND TURNED VIOLENT
PROTESTERS ALSO GATHERED IN 
CHICAGO.
>> WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
ALL THOSE PEOPLE
THIS IS NOT GOING TO KEEP 
HAPPENING.
>> THE ANGER SPARKED BY THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD WHO DIED
WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF POLICE
THIS VIDEO SHOT MONDAY NIGHT BY 
A BYSTANDER SHOWS AN OFFICER'S
KNEE PRESSING DOWN ON FLOYD'S 
NECK. 
>> I CANNOT BREATHE.
>> HE EVENTUALLY STOPPED MOVING,
WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL 
AND PRONOUNCED DEAD.
>> TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO 
THE FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY. 
>> A STATEMENT FROM POLICE THAT 
OFFICERS ARRIVED TO THE SCENE AT
A REPORTED FORGERY IN PROGRESS
THE SUSPECT APPEARED TO BE UNDER
THE INFLUENCE AND PHYSICALLY
RESISTED OFFICERS.
WHEN HANDCUFFED, OFFICERS SAID
HE APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING 
MEDICAL DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR 
AN AMBULANCE. 
>> WE CLEARLY HAVE POLICIES IN
PLACE REGARDING PLACING SOMEONE 
UNDER CONTROL AND WHAT ARE AREAS
AT RISK.
>> LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE 
INCIDENT, THE MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR 
TWEETED FOUR RESPONDING OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE 
FLOYD HAVE BEEN TERMINATED
THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE
LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION.
A COMMUNITY'S OUTRAGE HAS JUST
STARTED.
DAN SCHENEMAN.
NBC NEWS
>>> THE U.S. WILL SOON CROSS A
ONCE UNTHINKABLE MILESTONE
100,000 DEATHS
RESTLESS WEEKS IN QUARANTINE
HAVE GIVEN WAY TO PACKED POOL 
PARTIES AND BEACHES BRIMMING
MIXED WITH MORE STATES REOPENING
ARE SPURRING CONCERNS OF A
SECOND WAVE OF CASES
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON
THE DEFENSE FOR HIS HANDLING OF 
THE CRISIS
ALICE BARR HAS MORE.
>> AS THE DEATH TOLL REACHES
CLOSER TO 100,000, THE NATION IS
GRIEVING A COLLECTIVE TRAGEDY 
WHILE FAMILIES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY MOURN VICTIMS WHO ARE 
MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS. 
>> UTS JUST A TRAGEDY THAT HE'S 
GONE. 
>> IF PRESIDENT TRUMP HADN'T
DONE HIS JOB WELL, WE WOULD HAVE
LOST MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
>> WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE THAN
10 TO 25 TIMES OF NUMBER OF 
DEATH IF WE DIDN'T ACT THE WAY
WE DID. 
>> WHILE BLAMING CHINA FOR NOT
CONTAINING THE SPREAD.
IT COMES AS INFECTION RATES ARE 
RISING IN 18 STATES.
MEDICAL EXPERTS POINT TO A
CORRELATION THAT MANY PEOPLE
BEGINNING TO LOOSEN SOCIAL
DISTANCING TWO WEEKS AGO AROUND 
MOTHER'S DAY
THEY WARN OF DANGEROUS
CONSEQUENCES FROM THE CROWDS OF 
PARTIERS OVER THE PAST MEMORIAL 
DAY WEEKEND.
>> IT WON'T BE SURPRISING TO SEE
THE CASES INCREASING LIKELY OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. 
>> IMAGES LIKE THESE FROM 
MISSOURI'S LAKE OF THE OZARKS 
SPARKING A FIRESTORM
URGING THE THRONGS OF PEOPLE
THERE TO SELF-QUARANTINE. 
>> QUARANTINE YOURSELF, DO IT 
FOR YOURSELF, DO IT FOR YOUR
GRANDMA.
>> AT THE SAME TIME, PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS CALLING FOR LARGE
CROWDS AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN AUGUST.
HE'S THREATENING TO MOVE THE
EVENT OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
IF THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC 
GOVERNOR DOES NOT ALLOW FULL
ATTENDANCE. 
>> WE HAVE TO KNOW WHEN THE 
PEOPLE COME DOWN, WE'LL HAVE THE
DOORS OPEN
IF THE GOVERNOR CAN'T TELL US 
VERY SOON, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'LL 
HAVE NOCHOICE.
>> IN STARK CONTRAST, THE ICONIC
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE MODELING
SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN IT 
REOPENS WITH A QUARTER OF 
TRADERS WEARING FACE MASKS
RETURNING TO THE FLOOR AND A NEW
NORMAL
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WAGING 
WAR ON HIS FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM
TWITTER IS FACT CHECKING THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER.
THE MOVE COMES AFTER YEARS OF 
CRITICISM THAT SOCIAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS ALLOWED MISINFORMATION
TO RUN RAMPANT
TRACIE POTTS JOINS US.
TWITTER LONG GRAPPLED WITH HOW
TO HANDLE THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS. 
>> TWITTER STARTED FACT CHECKING
THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY AFTER HE
CLAIMED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET
THE FACTS ON HOW MAIL-IN VOTING 
LEADS TO FRAUD
NOT TRUE ACCORDING TO MOST
EXPERTS.
THIS CAME AFTER CALIFORNIA
DECIDED TO EXPAND MAIL-IN 
VOTING
THE PRESIDENT KPCRITICIZED THATN
TWITTER.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
YOU CLICK A LINK ATTACHED TO THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEET.
THAT LINK EXPLAINS WHY THE CLAIM
IS UNSUBSTANTIATED
THE PRESIDENT SHOOTING BACK THAT
TWITTER IS INTERFERING WITH THE 
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
STIFLING FREE SPEECH
ALSO FALSE
THE PRESIDENT CLAIMING THAT 
MSNBC ANCHOR AND FORMER 
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOE
SCARBOROUGH WAS INVOLVED IN THE 
DEATH OF A STAFF MEMBER BACK IN 
2001
THEY'VE LONG DEBUNKED THAT
SAYING THE WOMAN LOST 
CONSCIOUSNESS, THAT SHE 
COLLAPSED AND HIT HER HEAD
THEY'RE URGING THEM TO INTERVENE
SAYING THE PRESIDENT IS 
PERVERTING THE MEMORY OF HIS
DEAD WIFE FOR PERCEIVED 
POLITICAL GAIN AND THAT SHE 
DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS 
ACCUSATION THAT SHE WAS MURDERED
BY HER BOSS, LONG DEBUNKED BY 
AUTHORITIES.
>> TRACIE POTTS FOR US
THANKS
>>> TODAY IS THE START OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE'S TRAVEL BAN ON 
BRAZIL
THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO BE 
RAVAGED BY THE CORONAVIRUS
FOR THE FIRST TIME HAS SURPASSED
THE UNITED STATES WITH THE MOST 
FATALITIES OVER A 24-HOUR 
PERIOD
HERE'S BILL NEELY.
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILIP.
AS OF NOW, ANY NON-AMERICAN 
TRYING TO GET INTO THE U.S. FROM
BRAZIL WILL BE DENIED ENTRY.
IT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE 
EXPLODING CRISIS HERE.
BRAZIL PASSED ANOTHER NEW 
MILE
MILESTONE.
IT'S NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD FOR
ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
TODAY, LIKE EVERY DAY, DOZENS OF
VIRUS FUNERALS IN RIO.
AMERICAN OSCAR STERNS WAS 64
FROM BOSTON.
LIVED HERE ALL HIS LIFE.
ONE OF 800 VICTIMS IN ONE DAY.
BRAZIL NOW HAS THE HIGHEST DAILY
DEATH TOLL IN THE WORLD.
ONE CITY WITH THE HIGH DEATH
TOLL AND A SHATTERED ECONOMY
ENDED ITS LOCKDOWN
TENS OF THOUSANDS POURED ON TO
THE STREETS.
>> THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY WHO 
HAS HAD THE VIRUS ORDERED IT TO 
OPEN UP.
HE DOESN'T SUPPORT THE LOCKDOWN.
ACROSS BRAZIL, THE BATTLE 
BETWEEN SAVING THE ECONOMY AND
SAVING LIVES IS RAGING
>> ONE AMERICAN ALREADY IN
FINANCIAL TROUBLE.
>> I HAVE A TRAVEL AGENCY.
THAT TRAVEL AGENCY, YORNGS IS 
GOING TO SURVIVE THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS.
>> HOSPITALS AT A BREAKING
POINT, PEOPLE TOO.
>> BRAZILIANS LOOKING TO COME TO
THE UBS, NOW UNWELCOME. 
>> BRAZILIAN BRACED FOR MORE
PAIN, ECONOMIC PAIN AND MORE
RECORD DEATH TOLLS
MEDICAL EXPERTS HERE BELIEVE
THAT BRAZIL HAS NOT YET REACHED 
A PEAK OF INFECTIONS OR DEATHS
PHILIP
>> SCARY THOUGHT, BILL
THANK YOU.
>>> THE FBI HAS JOINED THE
MULTISTATE MANHUNT FOR A WANTED 
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT.
THE PARENTS OF THE SUSPECT ARE
SPEAKING OUT IN HOPES OF GETTING
HIM TO SURRENDER
SPEAKING THROUGH THEIR LAWYER,
THEY URGED HIM TO TURN HIMSELF
IN TO POLICE
POLICE CONSIDER HIM TO BE ARMED 
AND DANGEROUS.
HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO MEN 
LAST WEEK.
HE WAS LAST SPOTTED WALKING ON
PENNSYLVANIA -- IN PENNSYLVANIA 
ON SUNDAY.
POLICE HAVE ALSO REVEALED HE'S
BEEN USING STOLEN CARS AND
RIDESHARES TO GET AROUND. 
>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST
A DECADE, AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
ARE PREPARING TO LAUNCH FROM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK NOW
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IMAGES FROM 
CAPE CANAVERAL
IF WEATHER PERMITS, VETERAN 
ASTRONAUTS WILL BE LIFTING OFF
ON BOARD A SPACEX FALCON IX 
ROCKET FOR A TRIP TO THE SPACE
STATION.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST MANNED 
FLIGHT IN A U.S. SPACECRAFT FROM
U.S. SOIL SINCE THE END OF
SHUTTLE ERA.
AHEAD, WE'LL SPEAK TO A REPORTER
ON THE GROUND IN COCOA BEACH
>> IT'S CRUCIAL TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE WEATHER WILL DO.
JANESSA WEBB IS HERE TO TELL US.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY 
TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER
ALL EYES ON THE WEATHER RIGHT 
NOW.
WE SAW THAT LIVE SHOT.
IT'S NICE AND DRY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR
THIS AFTERNOON
OUR FUTURECAST CAN SHOW YOU 
CLEARLY, THESE STORMS AROUND
4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
HOPEFULLY THIS STARTS TO PUSH 
OFFSHORE
GOING TO HAVE A MINOR DELAY 
MAYBE.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT MAKE ITS
WAY TO THE NORTH HERE.
THIS IS A LARGE STORM SYSTEM
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING
THAT AREA.
IN THE LAST THREE DAYS, SOUTH 
FLORIDA HAS HAD OVER A FOOT OF
RAIN AND IT CONTINUES THIS
AFTERNOON.
HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR DAY AHEAD.
SO DALLAS TO SAN ANTONIO
WATCHING A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THIS AFTERNOON
WE'RE BACK IN THE LOWER 90s.
IT'S GOING TO SPARK UP THE
STORMS
WATCH FOR TORNADOES THIS EVENING
IN THAT AREA AS WELL
IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE CALL.
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING BUILDING
HEAT NORTH
TALK ABOUT THAT SOON
>> THANK YOU, JANESSA.
>>> SAD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR 
SEINFELD FANS.
>>> THERE'S NOTHING I HATE MORE 
THAN A LIAR.
>> NO ROOM FOR SOMEONE LIKE THAT
IN THIS ORGANIZATION
>> ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT, 
GEORGE
>> WHAT?
>> YOU LOOK A LITTLE WARM.
>> IT'S THE CHICKEN.
>> YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR,
GEORGE
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE A WRECK
YOU'RE SWEATING BULLETS.
>> IT'S THE KUNG POW
GEORGE LIKES HIS CHICKEN SPICY. 
>> ACTOR RICHARD HERD.
BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING YANKEES
EXECUTIVE.
>> HE HAD ROLES ON T.J
NASHVILLE IS GETTING BACK TO IT 
ROUTES
LIVE MUSIC IS ALLOWED IN
RESTAURANTS AFTER BEING DOWN FOR
TEN WEEKS DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN.
MORGAN CHESKY HAS MORE
>> Reporter: IN NASHVILLE, THE
SOUND OF LIVE MUSIC IS BACK.
AFTER TEN WEEKS OF CLOSURES, THE
HOME OF COUNTRY MUSIC IS
BEGINNING PHASE 2 OF THE
FOUR-PHASE REOPENING
>> IT FEELS SO GOOD, REFRESHING 
TO BE BACK DOWN HERE PLAY 
WIL -- 
PLAYING MUSIC.
>> NASHVILLE AND THE SURROUNDING
COUNTY HIT HARD WITH MORE THAN
4800 REPORTED CORONAVIRUS CASES.
THE STAGGERED REOPENINGNOW
PERMITS LIMITED LIVE MUSIC
PERFORMANCES
ALLOWED ONLY IN RESTAURANTS AND 
BARS SERVING FOOD.
>> I THINK IT'S THE FIRST REAL
SIGN OF, OKAY, WE'RE RECOVERING.
>> THERE'S STILL SOME CONCERN.
>> WITHOUT QUESTION.
WE'RE CONCERNED THAT A RELAPSE, 
A RESURGENCE WILL SET US BACK 
EVEN WORSE THAN WE ALREADY ARE
LOST A BILLION DOLLARS
WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT
>> THAT INCLUDES NO MORE THAN 
TWO MUSICIANS UP ON THE STAGE AT
ANY TIME AND NO MORE THAN 25
PEOPLE IN THE VENUE.
THE DANCE FLOORS STILL OFF
LIMITS
IT'S A FIRST STEP TO A CITY 
SYNONYMOUS WITH SONG
♪♪
>> I WAS NERVOUS THAT NOBODY WAS
GOING TO BE HERE
THERE'S PEOPLE IN HERE AND
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE HAVING A
GOOD TIME.
>> HERE ON NASHVILLE'S MAIN 
DRAG, THE LIVELIHOOD COMES FROM 
NONSTOP LIVE MUSIC
NOT EVERYWHERE IS OPEN JUST YET.
MANY SMALL VEIN RUSE LIKE THE 
BLUEBIRD CAFE, STILL REMAIN 
CLOSED. 
>> THIS ROOM IS TINY
OUR ROOM, WHAT WE DO IS BUILT ON
PEOPLE BEING CLOSE TOGETHER.
>> PUT ME IN COACH ♪
>> SOME ARTISTS AT THE GAND OLE 
OPRY KEEPING THE MUSIC VIRTUAL
FOR NOW.
>> TO STAND HERE NOW AND TO HEAR
THAT MUSIC -- 
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> BUT AS STREETS BEGIN TO ECHO 
WITH TUNES, IT'S MUSIC TO THE 
EARS HELPING TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
>> WE HAVE
>>> AN AUOPTIMISTIC RETURN.
MARKETS RALLYING, THE DOW 
CLIMBING OVER 500 POINTS
CONTINUED HOPES FOR A POSSIBLE
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
>> THE QUESTION, CAN WALL STREET
BUILD ON TUESDAY'S BIG START AND
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL -- PASSING ANOTHER
STIMULUS BILL.
KAREN TSO JOINS US WITH MORE. 
>> FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE 
REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY
THERE ARE NEGATIVES TOO THAT
INVESTORS ARE -- NAMELY THE 
ESCALATION IN THE U.S./CHINA
TENSIONS
THAT IS THE MARKET INDUSTRIES 
CLAIM FRESH -- THAT THEY HAVEN'T
SEEN SINCE MARCH
25,000 ON THE DOW AND THE S&P 
GETTING ABOVE 3,000 AT ONE
STAGE.
BUT WE WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW THE
RESPONSE THIS WEEK AND WHETHER
INVESTORS CHANGE THEIR TUNE.
THAT SAID, THERE ARE GROWING
HOPES OF A STIMULUS PLAN AS 
REPUBLICANS -- THE IDEA.
DEMOCRATS APPROVED A $3 TRILLION
PACKAGE.
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE 
CONTINUE TO BLOCK IT
MITCH McCONNELL, THE SENATE 
MAJORITY LEADER SAYS CONGRESS 
WILL HAVE TO PASS ANOTHER 
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE
THAT
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS.
IN PREPARATION FOR SURGERY TO 
REMOVE BREAST IMPLANTS, CHRISTY 
TEI
 -- CHRISSY TEIGEN SAID IT
TICKLED AND MADE HER LAUGH
>> PUTTING IT ALL OUT LAUGH.
>> BURGER KING HAS A SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WHOPPER WHICH WILL 
HAVE THREE TIMES THE RAW ONION
PILED ON TOP
>> DEBUTED A SNEAKER INSPIRED BY
THE CHUNKY MONKEY ICE CREAM.
THE SHOE IS CALLED CHUNKY DUNKY.
MELTING NIKE SWOOSH.
THEY'RE ALL SOLD OUT
IF YOU WANT ONE, CHECK OUT THE
RETAIL MARKET.
>>> JANESSA IS BACK TO TELL US
ABOUT THE HEAT WAVE.
>>> GOOD MORNING
PUT ON YOUR WALKING SHOES.
GET OUTSIDE.
ENJOY THE HEAT THAT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD FOR THE 
MIDWEST INTO THE PA SI-- PACIFIC
>>> IT IS ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR THE
SPACE LAUNCH
THE FIRST AMERICAN MANNED 
MISSION FOR THE SPACE LAUNCH
JOINING US MILES FROM THE ACTION
IS SARAH DALLOF.
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILIP.
PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO WATCH
THE LAUNCH FROM HOME
OFFICIALS EVEN CLOSING POPULAR
VIEWING SPOTS LIKE THIS ONE TO
THE PUBLIC AND HOPING THAT THE
CROWDS AND THE WEATHER
COOPERATE.
>> THIS MORNING, ALL EYES ON THE
SKIES FOR THE SCHEDULED LAUNCH
OF A NEW ERA OF A U.S. SPACE
TRAVEL. 
>> TRULY AN HIORIC TIME FROM
AN HISTORIC PAD.
>> THE ASTRONAUTS WILL RIDE IN
SPACEX'S CAPSULE WEARING SLEEK
NEW SPACESUITS AND USING TOUCH
SCREEN CONTROLS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, 
A U.S. COMPANY WILL CARRY TWO 
NASA ASTRONAUTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
A MISSION COMPLICATED BY THE
PARND.
ABOUT HALF OF THE ENGINEERS HAVE
BEEN WORKING FROM HOME
THEY'VE BEEN IN ISOLATION SINCE 
MARCH.
>> WE'VE BEEN IN QUARANTINE 
PROBABLY LONGER THAN ANY OTHER
SPACE CREW HAS BEEN IN THE
HISTORY OF THE SPACE PROGRAM. 
>> THE WEATHER ANOTHER CONCERN
THE AREA SATURATED BY STORMS
LEADING UP TO THE LAUNCH
WATCHERS HOPEFUL THE SKIES WILL 
CLEAR AND EVERYTHING WILL BE A
GO
>> WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING, WE HAVE
BEEN CROSSING OUR FINGERS.
>> CALEB WANTS TO BE AN ENGINEER
ON FUTURE MISSIONS. 
>> BECAUSE OF HOW INTERESTING 
AND HOW THE PARTS WORK AND HOW
EVERYTHING FITS TOGETHER JUST 
PERFECTLY WHERE WE CAN GO TO
OUTER SPACE.
>> JOURNEY BACK TO THE FINAL
FRONTIER, INSPIRING A NEW 
GENERATION
AND IF TODAY'S LAUNCH DOESN'T GO
AS SCHEDULED, THE NEXT WINDOW 
WILL BE SATURDAY
ONCE THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE
LIFTOFF, IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 19
HOURS TO REACH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
PHILLIP AND FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
THE WHOLE THING IS FASCINATING
SANK YOU
>> KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED
>>> PAGING HAPPY GILMORE
ALLIGATORS LOOSE ON THE GOLF
COURSE AGAIN. 
>> CHECK THIS OUT.
THESE TWO ALLIGATORS WERE 
BRAWLING FOR OVER TWO HOURS THEY
WERE AT IT ON THE 18th FAIRWAY
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DIFFICULT 
OTS THIS CAUSED.
>> THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE 
AGGRESSIVE FROM APRIL TO JUNE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING TO WAIT
FOR THEM. 
>> CAN'T REALLY PLAY THROUGH
THEY WERE FIGHTING OVER A WOMAN.
LIKE A NATURE EPISODE OF JERRY
SPRINGER
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US THIS MORNING
BE SAFE OUT THERE.
>>> THE FINAL COUNTDOWN "TODAY" 
IS LIVE FROM THE KENNEDY
>>> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, A 
GROWING NUMBER OF AGGRESSIVE
DEMONSTRATORS SURROUND
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE HEADQUARTERS 
PROTESTING THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY.
FOUR OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN
FIRED.
>>> THE MULTISTATE MANHUNT FOR A
COLLEGE STUDENT WANTED IN TWO 
MURDERS GROWS MORE URGENT WITH
EACH PASSING HOUR.
>>> OVERCROWDING AND LETTING
THEIR GUARD DOWN
LARGE GATHERINGS ARE RAISING
CONCERNS THAT NEW OUTBREAKS 
COULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN THE 
COMING WEEKS
WITH SEVERAL STATES REPORTING A 
RISE IN NEW CASES RIGHT NOW.
>>> AND HISTORY IN THE MAKING.
AS AMERICA READIES FOR THE FIRST
MANNED SPACE LAUNCH IN A DECADE.
BUT WILL MOTHER NATURE
COOPERATE?
IT'S WEDNESDAY MAY 27th.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING
GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
WE BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MINNESOTA, 
WHERE HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS
POURED INTO THE STREETS.
THERE'S OUTRAGE IN MINNEAPOLIS
OVER THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN 
WHO WAS PINNED TO THE GROUND BY 
A POLICE OFFICER
THOSE PROTESTS TURNED CHAOTIC.
POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR
CONFRONTING THE PROTESTERS ARE
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
THE TENSION IS IN RESPONSE TO 
THE DEADLY DETAINMENT OF GEORGE 
FLOYD.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA AND THE IMAGES ARE 
DISTURBING
NBC'S DAN SCHENEMAN HAS THIS
REPORT
>> Reporter: PROTESTS IN
MINNEAPOLIS BEGAN WITH OUTRAGE
AND TURNED VIOLENT
>> WHAT DO WE WANT
>> JUSTICE
>> Reporter: PROTESTERS ALSO
GATHERED IN CHICAGO.
>> AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY 
WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND WE'RE 
JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT
THIS [ BLEEP ] IS NOT GOING TO
KEEP HAPPENING
>> Reporter: THE ANGER SPARKED
BY THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, 
WHO DIED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
>> PLEASE.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOT
MONDAY NIGHT BY A BYSTANDER 
SHOWS AN OFFICER'S KNEE PRESSING
DOWN ON FLOYD'S NECK
HE EVENTUALLY STOPPED MOVING, 
WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL,
AND PRONOUNCED DEAD.
>> TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO 
THE FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY
>> Reporter: A STATEMENT FROM 
POLICE SAID OFFICERS ARRIVED AT 
THE SCENE FOR A REPORTED FORGERY
IN PROGRESS AND THE SUSPECT 
APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE AND RESISTED ARREST.
WHEN HANDCUFFED OFFICERS NOTE ED
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE.
>> WE CLEARLY HAVE POLICIES IN
PLACE REGARDING PLACING SOMEONE 
UNDER CONTROL AND WHAT ARE AREAS
THAT COULD BE AT RISK.
>> Reporter: LESS THAN 24 HOURS 
AFTER THE INCIDENT THE
MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR TWEETED "FOUR 
RESPONDING MPD OFFICERS INVOLVED
IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
HAVE BEEN TERMINATED
THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL."
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE
LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION.
A COMMUNITY'S OUTRAGE HAS JUST
STARTED.
DAN SCHENEMAN, NBC NEWS.
>>> THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE MANHUNT FOR A WANTED 
UCONN STUDENT SUSPECTED OF
MURDERING TWO PEOPLE
THE FAMILY OF 23-YEAR-OLD PETER 
MANFREDONIA IS URGING HIM TO
SURRENDER.
POLICE SAY HE HAS BEEN USING
STOLEN CARS AND RIDESHARES TO 
GET AROUND
INVESTIGATORS HAVE EXTENDED 
THEIR MULTISTATE MANHUNT FOR
MANFREDONIA AND CONSIDER HIM TO 
BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS
HERE'S NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK.
ARPTD AFTER FOUR DAYS AND ATHREE
STATES UC CONNECTICUT STUDENT 
PETER MANFREDO INVESTMENT A IS
WANTED FOR TWO MURDERS
>> WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR FAMILY
WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR FRIENDS AND
YOUR ROOMMATES
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE 
HP. 
>> Reporter: LAST SEEN WALKING
IN PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY, THE
BAG IN THE PHOTO THEY SAY IS
FILLED WITH GUNS
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD
MIGHT BE DRIVING A BLACK HYUNDAI
JUST STOLEN FROM THE AREA.
ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA ALLEGEDLY 
KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD THEODORE 
DEMURS WHO STOPPED TO OFFER THE 
YOUNG MAN A HAND
>> HE HAD THIS MACHETE
THIS WASN'T JUST LIKE A KNIFE.
THIS WASN'T SOME SIMPLE EDGED 
INSTRUMENT
IT WAS A MACHETE
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER, 
POLICE SAY, A FRIEND FROM HIGH
SCHOOL
NICHOLAS ISLEY
MANFREDO INVESTMENT A THEN
ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED ISLEY'S 
GIRLFRIEND
SHE WAS DISCOVERED UNHARMED AT A
NEW JERSEY TRUCK STOP.
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN NEWTOWN, 
AT ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET 
AS THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL SHOOTER
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
RECENTLY THE HONORS ENGINEERING 
STUDENT HAD BEEN LIVING NEAR
UCONN'S CAMPUS, AT TIMES
STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES
>> HAD THINGS GOTTEN WORSE
>> HE HAD SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY 
AND DEPRESSION FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
BUT NO, THERE'S NO SIGN THAT
THINGS WERE GETTING WORSE.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS ISSUING
AN URGENT PLEA TO THEIR SON.
TURN YOURSELVES IN
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK
>>> THE U.S. WILL SOON CROSS A
ONCE UNTHINKABLE MILESTONE IN 
THE PANDEMIC
THE NATION NOW ON THE PRECIPICE 
OF 100,000 DEATHS FROM
CORONAVIRUS.
LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER OUR
FIRST REPORTS OF FATALITIES.
BUT RESTLESS WEEKS IN QUARANTINE
HAVE GIVEN WAY TO PACKED POOL 
PARTIES AND BEACHES PRIMMING
WITH REVELERS AS THE WARM 
WEATHER ARRIVES.
AND THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND CROWDS
MIXED WITH MORE STATES REOPENING
ARE SPURRING CONCERNS OF A
SECOND WAVE OF CASES
AND MEATBALL, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
ON THE DEFENSE FOR HIS HANDLING 
OF THE CRISIS.
OUR PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE
>> Reporter: AS THE U.S.
APPROACHES A TRAGIC MILESTONE,
100,000 DEAD, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
DEFENDING HIS HANDLING OF THE 
PANDEMIC, CASTING IT AS A 
SUCCESS THAT THE NUMBER OF LIVES
LOST IS NOT IN THE MILLIONS.
IT COMES AS THE PRESIDENT SPENT 
HIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
ATTENDING REMEMBRANCES WHILE
HONORING THE VIRUS'S VICTIMS
>> AS ONE NATION WE MOURN 
ALONGSIDE EVERY SINGLE FAMILY 
THAT HAS LOST LOVED ONES
>> Reporter: BUT ASIDE FROM THAT
THE PRESIDENT'S LARGELY BEEN
FOCUSED ELSEWHERE, PLAYING TWO
ROUNDS OF GOLF AND FIRING OFF 
DOZENS OF DIVISIVE TWEETS.
AMPLIFYING POSTS THAT INSULT
PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
ACCUSING HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI OF HAVING A DRINKING 
PROBLEM.
AND MOCKING FORMER GEORGIA
LEGISLATOR SFTACEY ABRAMS ABOUT
HER APPEARANCE
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON MEMORIAL DAY 
ALSO ATTACKING DEMOCRATIC 
CONGRESSMAN AND MILITARY VETERAN
CONOR LAMB AS A "AMERICAN 
FRAUD.
AND JUST THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
IS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN 
CHARLOTTE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
THREATENING TO MOVE IT
ELSEWHERE.
IF NORTH CAROLINA'S DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR SUN ABLE TO GUARANTEE
THAT BY AUGUST WE WILL BE 
ALLOWED FULL ATTENDANCE.
THAT WOULD MEAN MORE THAN 20,000
SUPPORTERS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER 
IN THIS ARENA.
JUST LAST WEEKEND THE STATE 
RECORDED ITS LARGEST DAILY
INCREASE IN POSITIVE COVID
CASES.
AND GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SAYS HE 
DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SITUATION THE
STATE WILL BE IN IN AUGUST
>> IT'S OKAY FOR POLITICAL
CONVENTIONS TO BE POLITICAL, BUT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE CANNOT BE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
TAKING A SWIPE AT HIS DEMOCRATIC
OPPONENT, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN, WHO UNLIKE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WORE A MASK TO HIS STATE'S
MEMORIAL MONDAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHARING THIS
TWEET MAKING FUN OF BIDEN'S 
CHOICE
>> HE'S A FOOL
AN ABSOLUTE FOOL TO TALK THAT 
WAY.
>> Reporter: AND MOST STUNNINGLY
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LATEST 
TWEETS FALSELY SUGGESTING FORMER
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND
"MORNING JOE" ANCHOR JOE
SCARBOROUGH MAY HAVE BEEN 
PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE 2001 
DEATH OF ONE OF HIS STAFFERS AND
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
AUTHORITIES DETERMINED YEARS AGO
THAT LAURIE KLAUSUTIS DIED AFTER
AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM CAUSED 
HER TO FALL AND HIT HER HEAD
HER WIDOWER IN A LETTER 
APPEALING DIRECTLY TO TWITTER'S 
CEO.
"I'M ASKING YOU TO INTERVENE IN 
THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS TAKING SOMETHING THAT DOES 
NOT BELONG TO HIM, THE MEMORY OF
MY DEAD WIFE, AND PERVERTED IT
FOR PERCEIVED POLITICAL GAIN."
ADDING "MY WIFE DESERVES
BETTER."
AND CON 
CON AND CONDEMNING THE PRESIDENT
FOR REPEATEDLY REPEATING THE
FALSEHOOD THAT KLAUSUTIS WAS
MURDERED BY HER BOSS
MICAH BRZEZINSKI READING FROM 
THE LETTER ON MSNBC.
>> THESE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS 
INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR VILE 
AND MISINFORMATION ON YOUR
PLATFORM
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
SAYING HE'S READ THAT LETTER BUT
IGNORES THE WIDOWER'S WORDS.
>> YEAH, I HAVE.
BUT I'M SURE ULTIMATELY THEY
WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
>> Reporter: IN THAT LETTER THE 
STAFFER'S WIDOWER URGES TWITTER 
TO DELETE THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS
TWITTER HAS NOT TAKEN THEM DOWN.
BUT ON TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME TWITTER POSTED FACT CHECKS 
BENEATH SOME OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TWEETS
PHILLIP?
>> SURREAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 
IT
PETER, THANK YOU
>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST
A DECADE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ARE
PREPARING TO LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
WITH WEATHER PERMITTING, VETERAN
NASA ASTRONAUTS DOUG HURLEY AND 
BOB BANKEN WILL BE LIFTING OFF
THIS AFTERNOON
IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, IT WILL 
BE THE FIRST MANNED FLIGHT IN A 
U.S. SPACECRAFT FROM U.S. SOIL
SINCE THE END OF THE HSHUTTLE 
ERA.
JAY GRAY IS TWO MILES FROM THE
LAUNCHPAD WITH THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: SECURED NEXT TO PAD
39A AND ALONG THE EDGE OF 
HISTORY, THE CRUDE DRAGON FLIGHT
CAPSULE ATOP THE SPACEX ROCKET
SITS IDLE FOR NOW AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER
>> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.
AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE GO FOR 
LAUNCH
>> Reporter: AFTER A STATIC FIRE
TEST AND FINAL WALK-THROUGH FOR 
THE ASTRONAUTS
>> YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S A
WILL THERE'S A WAY
AND THERE'S BEEN WILL TO MAKE 
THIS HAPPEN AND WE'RE JUST PROUD
TO BE A PART OF IT IT.
>> Reporter: PART OF THE FIRST
MANNED LAUNCH FROM U.S. SOIL
WITH AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS IN AN
AMERICAN SPACECRAFT IN ALMOST 
NINE YEARS
>> THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY 
TO BRING ALL OF AMERICA 
TOGETHER
>> Reporter: TOGETHER DURING A
TIME WHEN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY 
HAS BEEN KEPT APART.
COVID-19 HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON 
THE MISSION.
HALF OF THE SPACEX ENGINEERS
WORKING FROM HOME.
THE ASTRONAUTS DOUG HURLEY AND
BOB BENKEN TEST REPEATEDLY FOR
THE VIRUS AND IN ISOLATION SINCE
MARCH.
>> WE HAVE BEEN IN QUARANTINE 
PROBABLY LONGER THAN ANY OTHER
SPACE CREW HAS EVER BEEN IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE SPACE PROGRAM
>> Reporter: WAITING FOR THEIR
CHANCE AT HISTORY THAT NOW COULD
BE LESS THAN A DAY AWAY.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS, KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER
>> THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
FIRST TIME IN ALMOST A DECADE.
>> YEAH, KEEPING YOUR FINGERS 
CROSSED THAT EVERYTHING WORKS 
OUT.
AND AGAIN, WEATHER PERMITTING.
LET'S SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE 
LIKE OUT THERE WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> Reporter: HEY, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WEATHER PERMITTING IS THE BIG 
QUESTION
YOU KNOW, FORECASTERS IN THAT 
AREA ARE FORECASTING A 60% GO OF
THAT LAUNCH.
RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE DRY ACROSS 
FLORIDA.
BUT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A
CLOSE CALL
AS I SAID YESTERDAY, YOU GUYS 
KNOW MY STANCE
YOU CAN SEE THIS STORM SYSTEM 
MAKE ITS WAY IN AROUND 4:00.
THAT LAUNCH IS AROUND 4:33
THESE STORMS COULD PUSH OFFSHORE
FAIRLY QUICKLY
GOING TO DEFINITELIT BE VERY
CLOSE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
FROM SAN ANTONIO TO NEW ORLEANS 
DAYTIME HIGHS ARE STILL ABOVE 
AVERAGE AND WE'RE GOING TO WATCH
SOME SEVERE STORMS THIS 
AFTERNOON IN THE LOWER 90s
THIS HEAT IS STARTING TO BUILD
FOR THE NORTHEAST.
PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK MID
70s.
SO RIGHT NOW DRY BUT THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON LOOKING PRETTY
WET.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANK YOU, JANESSA
>>> IT IS NOT QUITE A TRIP BACK 
TO HOGWARTS, BUT THERE IS GOOD
NEWS FOR "HARRY POTTER" FANS
THIS MORNING
J.K. ROWLING HAS A NEW
CHILDREN'S BOOK ONLINE
THE ICKABOG IS FREE FOR EVERYON
AND THE CHAPTERS ARE RELEASED 
EACH WEDNESDAY
THE STORY IS SET IN A KINGDOM 
FAR AWAY WHERE AN INVISIBLE 
MONSTER 
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, THE U.S.
MILITARY IS ACCUSED RUSSIA OF 
DEPLOYING THEIR FIGHTER JETS TO 
LIBYA.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES," AT LEAST 14 
FIGHTER JETS WERE SENT TO THE 
CAPITAL OF TRIPOLI TO HELP FUEL 
RUSSIAN MERCENARIES TRYING TO 
OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT
THE JETS WERE ALLEGEDLY 
REPAINTED AT A BASE IN SYRIA TO 
CAMOUFLAGE THEIR RUSSIAN COLORS.
THE U.S. HAS ACCUSED MOSCOW IN
THE PAST OF FUELING A PROXY WAR 
IN LIBYA IN ORDER TO SECURE 
ACCESS TO THE OIL-RICH COUNTRY
THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE COMMITTEE 
HAS DENIED THESE ACCUSATIONS
>>> A CONFRONTATION IN CENTRAL
PARK GOES VIRAL AFTER A WHITE 
WOMAN IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA 
CALLING THE POLICE ON A BLACK 
MAN ACCUSING HIM OF THREATENING 
HER AND HER DOG.
CHRISTIAN COOPER SAYS THE HEATED
ENCOUNTER STARTED WHEN HE WAS 
BIRD WATCHING AND SIMPLY ASKED
AMY COOPER TO PUT HER DOG ON A
LEASH AS IT IS REQUIRED IN THE
PARK
BUT SHE REFUSED.
AMY COOPER WAS LATER FIRED FROM 
HER EMPLOYEER, FRANKLIN 
TEMPLETON, WHO SAYS IT DOES NOT 
TOLERATE RACISM.
AND NOW SHE'S ISSUING AN
APOLOGY.
NBC'S MORGAN RADFORD HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: NEW DETAILS THIS 
MORNING OF A CENTRAL PARK 
CONFRONTATION GONE VIRAL
>> PLEASE DON'T COME CLOSE TO 
ME
>> SIR, I'M ASKING YOU TO STOP
RECORDING ME
>> PLEASE DON'T COME CLOSE TO 
ME
>> Reporter: NBC NEWS DOES NOT
HAVE THE FULL VIDEO.
ITS CONTEXT UNKNOWN.
BUT CHRISTIAN COOPER, WHO 
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN AVID
BIRD WATCHER, TELLS NBC STATION 
WNBC HE WAS IN THE PARK WHEN HE 
ASKED AMY COOPER, NO RELATION,
TO PUT HER DOG ON A LEASH.
>> IF THE HABITAT IS DESTROYED, 
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO THERE TO 
SEE BIRDS, TO ENJOY THE 
PLANTING
>> Reporter: COOPER SAYS SHE
REFUSED.
AND HE THEN OFFERED HER DOG A 
TREAT.
>> AT SOME POINT SHE DECIDED
THAT OH, I'M GOING TO PLAY THE
RACE CARD, I GUESS
>> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHEN HE 
SAYS HE BEGAN RECORDING THE 
INCIDENT
>> PLEASE TURN THE PHONE OFF
>> PLEASE DON'T COME CLOSER.
>> Reporter: WHEN CHRISTIAN 
REFUSED TO STOP RECORDING HER 
THE VIDEO SHOWS AMY COOPER
GRABBING HER DOG'S COLLAR,
MOVING AWAY AND DIALING 911.
>> PLEASE CALL THE COPS.
PLEASE CALL THE COPS
>> I'M GOING TO TELL THEM 
THERE'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN 
THREATENING MY LIFE.
>> PLEASE TELL THEM WHATEVER YOU
LIKE
>> THERE IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
MAN.
I'M IN CENTRAL PARK.
HE'S RECORDING ME AND 
THREATENING MYSELF AND MY DOG.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR.
I'M BEING THREATENED BY A MAN IN
THE RAMBLE
PLEASE SEND THE COPS
IMMEDIATELY!
I'M IN CENTRAL PARK.
>> Reporter: AMY COOPER 
APOLOGIZING.
ALSO SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY TO
WNBC
>> IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE
>> Reporter: SAYING SHE 
OVERREACTED AND REGRETS CALLING 
THE POLICE
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE 
POLICE, I THINK OF THEM AS
PROTECTION AGENCY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAS
CAUSED ME TO REALIZE THERE ARE
SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
TH
>>> AN OPTIMISTIC RETURN FROM 
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR WALL
STREET
MARKETS RALLIED.
THE DOW CLIMBING OVER 500 POINTS
AS MORE STATES MOVE TO REOPEN 
THE ECONOMY AND CONTINUED HOPES 
FOR A POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE.
FUTURES POINTING TO ANOTHER DAY 
IN THE GREEN AS INVESTORS LOOK
TO BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WAGING 
WAR ON HIS FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM
YESTERDAY TWITTER BEGAN ADDING
LINKS TO FACT CHECK HIS POST
FIRST ADDRESSING THE PRESIDENT'S
FALSE CLAIMS THAT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS PROMOTE WIDESPREAD VOTER
FRAUD.
YOU CLICK THE LINK AND IT 
REDIRECTS YOU TO A PAGE 
EXPLAINING WHY THE PRESIDENT'S
CLAIMS WERE UNSUBSTANTIATED.
THE PRESIDENT FIRED BACK AT 
ST
TWITTER ON TWITTER TWEETING THAT
THE COMPANY IS INTERFERING IN 
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
AND "COMPLETELY STIFLING FREE 
SPEECH."
>>> AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP 
THREATENED TO MOVE THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA OVER
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS SEVERAL
GOVERNORS ARE OFFERING UP THEIR 
OWN STATES AS ALTERNATIVE 
LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR
OF TEXAS AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR 
RON DeSANTIS
>> FLORIDA WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 
THE RNC.
SO THE DOOR'SOPEN.
WE WANT TO HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION
WHETHER IT'S RNC, DNC, WHATEVER.
BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.
>> MEANWHILE, GEORGIA GOVERNOR
BRIAN KEMP POSTED THIS TWEET
ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO CONSIDER
THE PEACH STATE.
>>> POLICE IN TEXAS ARE LOOKING 
FOR A ROBBERY SUSPECT.
HE USED FIRE AT THE SCENE OF THE
CRIME.
THE MAN WALKED INTO A HOTEL 
LOBBY AND POURED AN ACCELERANT
ONTO THE FRONT DECEMBER KK AND
THREATENED TO BURN THE CLERK
THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A PHONE
AND THE WOULD-BE ROBBER SET THE 
DESK ON FIRE
THE HOTEL CLERK WAS BURNED BUT
NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.
>>> THERE IS A SUDDEN DEATH 
PLAYOFF ON THE 18th HOLE
LOOK AT THIS
THIS IS A GOLF CLUB AT HILTON 
HEAD LAKES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
THEY POSTED THIS VIDEO LAST WEEK
AFTER A FOURSOME FOUND TWO
ALLIGATORS DOING BATTLE ON THE
GREEN.
THE CLUB SAID THE FIGHT LASTED
OVER TWO HOURS
ALLIGATOR MATING SEASON LASTS 
FROM APRIL TO JUNE, DURING WHICH
ANIMALS TEND TO GET VERY
TERRITORIAL.
>> I WANT TO SEE WHO WON
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
JANESSA CHECKING THE HEAT WAVE
OUT WEST
>> YEAH, THOSE WEREN
>>> THERE'S NOTHING I HATE MORE 
THAN A LIAR.
>> WELL, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN THIS 
ORGANIZATION
>> ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT, 
GEORGE
>> YEAH.
FINE
>> YOU LOOK A LITTLE WARM.
>> IT'S THE CHICKEN.
>> YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR,
GEORGE
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE A WRECK
YOU'RE SWEATING BULLETS.
>> IT'S THE KUNG PAO
GEORGE LIKES HIS CHICKEN SPICY
>> ACTOR RICHARD HERD BEST KNOWN
FOR POUR FOR PORTRAYAL MR.
WILHELM ON "SEINFELD" HAS DIED
FROM CANCER.
HE WAS ALWAYS ON T.J. HOOKER AND
VARIOUS STAR TREK SERIES
HIS MOVIE CREDITS INCLUDE "ALL
THE PRESIDENT'S MEN" AND "THE 
CHINA SYNDROME."
RICHARD HERD WAS 87 YEARS OLD.
>>> NOW TO THE STORY OF AN
INNOCENT MAN WHO SPENT NEARLY 
FOUR DECADES IN PRISON BUT LAST 
NIGHT HE WOWED MILLIONS WITH HIS
SINGING VOICE ON "AMERICA'S GOT 
TALENT."
HERE'S NBC'S KEVIN TIBBLES
♪♪
>> Reporter: THE VOICE OF AN
ANGEL.
♪ ON THE LADDER OF MY LIFE ♪
>> MY NAME IS ARCHIE WILLIAMS.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR 37 YEARS 
ARCHIE WILLIAMS WAS A PRISONER
IN A CAGE, LOCKED UP IN 
LOUISIANA FOR A MURDER HE DID 
NOT COMMIT
>> I KNEW I WAS INNOCENT, I 
DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME.
>> Reporter: FREED JUST LAST
YEAR
AFTER THE CELEBRATED INNOCENCE
PROJECT DUG INTO HIS CASE,
DISCOVERING FINGERPRINT EVIDENCE
THAT EXONERATED HIM.
>> I WENT TO PRISON, BUT I NEVER
LET MY MIND GO TO PRISON
>> Reporter: BEHIND BARS HE 
SANG
WATCHING "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT,"
PICTURING HIMSELF ON THAT STAGE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE 
DOING TODAY, ARCHIE?
♪ ALL MY PICTURES ♪
>> Reporter: HIS CHOSEN SONG, TO
HONOR OTHER INMATES WRONGLY 
CONVICTED, ELTON JOHN'S MOVING
"DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON 
ME."
♪ IS LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN ON
ME ♪
>> Reporter: HOST SIMON COWELL
IS NOW A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE 
INNOCENCE PROJECT.
>> I REALLY PRAY AND HOPE THIS
IS GOING TO BE A TURNING POINT
FOR PEOPLE LIKE ARCHIE
>> Reporter: ARCHIE WILLIAMS
LOST HIS FREEDOM
BUT HE NEVER LOST HOPE OR HIS 
VOICE.
AND ARCHIE WILLIAMS SAYS HE'LL
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE
WRONGLY CONVICTED BECAUSE HE
SAYS THERE ARE MANY MEN AND 
WOMEN JUST LIKE HIM, STILL IN 
PRISON
FRANCES?
>> KEVIN TIBBLES, THANK YOU.
WHAT A TURNAROUND.
LITERALLY USING HIS VOICE TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> LIKE HE SAID, YOU FIND OUT 
JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE INNOCENCE
PROJECT IS THERE
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW 
MANY PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN JAIL 
WRONGFULLY AS WE SPEAK
>> WHAT A TURNAROUND HE'S HAD 
SINCE HE GOT OUT
>> WHAT A TALENT
THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US
TODAY.
STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
ON THE "TODAY" SHOW THE FINAL 
COUNTDOWN.
"TODAY" IS LIV
>>> HISTORY IN THE MAKING.
TODAY A PRIVATE SPACECRAFT WILL 
LAUNCH TWO AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS
FROM AMERICAN SOIL INTO SPACE 
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE
>>> OUTRAGE IN MINNESOTA THIS 
MORNING AS MASS PROTESTS TOOK 
PLACE LATE INTO THE NIGHT OVER
THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN PINNED 
TO THE GROUND, LATER DYING AFTER
A WHITE OFFICER KNEELED ON HIS
NECK AS HE WAS SAYING HE
COULDN'T BREATHE
>>> A GROWING NUMBER IGNORING 
SOCIAL DISTANCING AS THE U.S. 
QUICKLY APPROACHES 100,000
DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.
WHILE THE PRESIDENT RATCHETS UP 
HIS PERSONAL ATTACKS ON TWITTER 
EVEN AS SEVERAL STATES ARE
REPORTING RISES IN NEW CASES
>>> CAUGHT ON CAMERA, A WHITE 
WOMAN IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK
CALLS POLICE ON A BLACK MAN 
CLAIMING SHE AND HER DOG WERE 
BEING HARASSED
BUT THE VIDEO TELLS A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY.
>>> PLUS THE LATEST ON THE
MANHUNT FOR A UCONN STUDENT 
ACCUSED IN TWO MURDERS
A BUSY WEDNESDAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING
GLAZ YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IT'S ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR TODAY'S 
SPACEX LAUNCH.
WE ARE LOOKING NOW LIVE AT A
PICTURE OF CAPE CANAVERAL,
FLORIDA WHERE THE FIRST AMERICAN
MANNED MISSION TO SPACE SINCE 
THE SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED IN 2011 
IS SET TO LAUNCH THIS AFTERNOON.
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: LESS THAN 24 HOURS 
NOW UNTIL AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
ONCE AGAIN LIFT OFF FROM U.S. 
SOIL ON AN AMERICAN ROCKET
HEADED FOR THE SPACE STATION
ON BOARD THE SPACEX FALCON 9
ROCKET DOUG HURLEY AND BOB
BENKEN WEARING NEW
STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACESUITS IN A
NEWLY DESIGNED FLAT-SCREEN RICH 
SPACESHIP.
>> I EXPECT US TO HAVE A LITTLE 
BIT OF EXCITEMENT GOING INTO THE
MISSION BUT ALSO TEMPERED WITH
KIND OF AN EXTREME FOCUS ON 
BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE THE THINGS
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
>> THIS IS A BIG MOMENT IN TIME.
IT'S BEENNINE YEARS SINCE WE'V
HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY
>> LIFT-OFF.
>> Reporter: SINCE THE SPACE
SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED IN 2011, THE
U.S. HAS PAID RUSSIA TO CARRY 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE STATION.
SPACEX NOW THE FIRST PRIVATE
COMPANY TO TAKE OVER THE JOB AS 
NASA REFOCUSES ON RETURNING TO
THE MOON WITHIN FOUR YEARS
>> MY SON IS 8 YEARS OLD, AND SO
HE'S NEVER SEEN AMERICANS LAUNCH
FROM THE UNITED STATES EVER.
>> Reporter: SPACEX FOUNDER ELON
MUSK TWEETING THIS TIME LAPSE OF
THE ROCKET SITTING ON PAD 39A 
THAT ALSO LAUNCHED APOLLO AND 
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
AT FIRST FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT
MIKE MASAMINO DID NOT THINK NASA
SHOULD HAND OVER SUCH A 
CHALLENGING JOB TO PRIVATE
COMPANIES.
NOW HE'S A BELIEVER.
>> I WAS SKEPTICAL
BUT I'M NOT NYMORE
I WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK AND
WE NEED THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: WHILE NASA HAS VETO
AUTHORITY, THIS IS A SPACEX 
MISSION RUN OUT OF SPACEX 
MISSION CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THREAT TO
THIS LAUNCH, POTENTIAL WEATHER
HERE IN FLORIDA.
PHILLIP?
>> ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THAT
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MINNESOTA
WHERE PROTESTERS FILLED THE 
STREETS.
HUNDREDS GATHERED TO VOICE THEIR
ANGER AFTER GEORGE FLOYD, A 
BLACK MAN, DIED WHILE IN POLICE 
CUSTODY.
AND VIDEO SURFACED OF FLOYD 
SAYING HE COULDN'T BREATHE WHILE
APP OFFICER PINNED HIM TO THE 
GROUND
LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFRONTED
PROTESTERS WITH TEAR GAS AND
RUBBER BULLETS OVERNIGHT
SOME WINDOWS WERE ALSO DAMAGED
AND A POLICE CAR WAS VANDALIZED.
ALL OF THIS OUTRAGE IS OVER THE 
DEADLY POLICE DETAINMENT
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA, AND THE IMAGES ARE
DISTURBING
HERE'S NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
>> PLEASE.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE BYSTANDER'S
CELL PHONE VIDEO BEGINS WITH
POLICE RESTRAINING A MAN ON A 
MINNEAPOLIS STREET MONDAY NIGHT.
AND OFFICERS PINNING THE MAN
FACE DOWN BY PRESSING HIS KNEE
INTO THE MAN'S NECK.
>> AH!
>> Reporter: FOR AT LEAST THREE 
MINUTES ON THE VIDEO THE MAN
PLEADS FOR HELP SAYING HE 
COULDN'T BREATHE AT LEAST A 
DOZEN TIMES.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE, OFFICER.
>> Reporter: THEN HE BECOMES
UNRESPONSIVE
BYSTANDERS SHOUT AT THE 
OFFICERS
>> GET OFF OF HIM NOW.
>> Reporter: THE MAN, IDENTIFIED
AS GEORGE FLOYD BY THE LAWYER 
REPRESENTING HIS FAMILY, WAS
LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
HOSPITAL
THE MAYOR CALLED IT WRONG AT
EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE.
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS FOUR
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
INCIDENT HAVE NOW BEEN FIRED, 
ADDING "THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL."
IN AN INITIAL PRESS RELEASE 
POLICE SAID THEY'D ARRIVED AT 
THE SCENE FOR A REPORTED FORGERY
IN PROGRESS AND THAT THE SUSPECT
APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE AND PHYSICALLY
RESISTED OFFICERS.
ONCE THE MAN WAS HANDCUFFED 
POLICE SAID OFFICERS NOTED HE 
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE.
BEFORE THE OFFICERS WERE FIRED
THE POLICE UNION SAID NOW IS NOT
THE TIME TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT, 
ADDING "OUR OFFICERS ARE FULLY
COOPERATING.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE CASE IS ALREADY
DRAWING COMPARISONS TO THE 2014 
DEATH OF ERIC GARNER IN NEW 
YORK, WHO DIED AFTER POLICE 
PLACED HIM IN A CHOKE HOLD
>> IT'S LIKE A REOCCURRING
NIGHTMARE.
AND THIS HAS TO STOP
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE
>> Reporter: IN MINNEAPOLIS 
PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING THE NOW
FORMER OFFICERS INVOLVED BE 
ARRESTED
>> TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO 
THE FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY
>> Reporter: THE FBI HAS NOW
JOINED THE CASE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING THE 
OFFICER'S BODY CAMERAS TO SEE 
WHAT LED UP TO THE INCIDENT.
PHILLIP?
>> ALL RIGHT, GABE, THANK YOU.
>>> THE FAMILY OF 23-YEAR-OLD 
PETER MANFREDONIA IS PLEADING 
WITH HIM TO SURRENDER.
THE FBI HAS NOW JOINED THE
MULTISTATE MANHUNT FOR
MANFREDONIA.
A UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT WHO IS SUSPECTED OF 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE
OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REVEALED
THAT HE HAS BEEN USING STOLEN 
CARS AND RIDESHARES TO GET
AROUND
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK HAS THE
LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR DAYS AND
ACROSS AT LEAST THREE STATES
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT PETER MANFREDONIA IS
STILL ON THE RUN, WANTED IN TWO 
MURDERS.
>> PETER, WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR
FAMILY
WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOUR ROOMMATES
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
>> Reporter: LAST SEEN WALKING
IN PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.
THE BAG IN THE PHOTO THEY SAY IS
FILLED WITH GUNS
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD
MIGHT BE DRIVING A BLACK HYUNDAI
JUST STOLEN FROM THE AREA.
ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA ALLEGEDLY 
KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD THEODORE 
DEMERS, WHO HAD STOPPED TO OFFER
THE YOUNG MAN A HAND
>> HE HAD THIS MACHETE
THIS WASN'T JUST LIKE A KNIFE.
THIS WASN'T SOME SIMPLE EDGED 
INSTRUMENT
IT WAS A MACHETE
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER, 
POLICE SAY, A FRIEND FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, NICHOLAS EISELE.
MANFREDONIA THEN ALLEGEDLY
KIDNAPPED EISELE'S GIRLFRIEND.
SHE WAS LATER DISCOVERED
UNHARMED AT A NEW JERSEY TRUCK
STOP
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN NEWTOWN, 
AT ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET 
AS THE SAND QI HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL SHOOTER
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
RECENTLY THE HONORS ENGINEERING 
STUDENT HAD BEEN LIVING NEAR
UCONN'S CAMPUS, AT TIMES
STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES
>> HAD THINGS GOTTEN WORSE
>> HE HAD SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY 
AND DEPRESSION FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
BUT NO, THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT
THINGS WERE GETTING WORSE.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS ISSUING
AN URGENT PLEA TO THEIR SON.
TURN YOURSELF IN
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK
>>> THE LACK OF COVID CONCERN BY
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IS HARD TO
RECONCILE AS THE NATION IS NOW
ON THE PRECIPICE OF 100,000 
DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS.
BUT AFTER THIS WEEKEND OFFICIALS
IN MANY COMMUNITIES ARE BRACING 
FOR THE CONSEQUENCES WITH A 
POSSIBLE SURGE OF INFECTIONS IN 
REGIONS WHERE LARGE GROUPS
GATHERED
HERE'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER
>> Reporter: GROWING CONRN
AMID A GRIM MILESTONE AS THE
U.S. NEARS 100,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
WILL SCENES LIKE THIS FUEL A NEW
SPIKE IN INFECTIONS?
WITH MANY AMERICANS CHOOSING NOT
TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AMID MASSIVE 
HOLIDAY CROWDS, IN ST. LOUIS
COUNTY, WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS
CALL THESE REVELERS RECKLESS, 
THERE IS NOW A 14-DAY 
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR ANYONE WHO
BROKE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT LAKE
OF THE OZARKS.
>> YOU SEE NO MASK HERE.
YOU SEE NO FEAR.
WE'RE ALL JUST EMBRACING IT.
>> Reporter: AS MANY DEFY LOCAL 
MAND
MANDATES, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS RISING IN
SEVERAL STATES AS MORE AMERICANS
ARE BEING TESTED
IN ARKANSAS THE GOVERNOR SAYS 
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK.
IN ALABAMA THE OUTLOOK ALSO 
WORSENING.
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE
>> Reporter: WHILE THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WARNS OF A
SECOND PEAK OF INFECTIONS IN
COUNTRIES WHERE RESTRICTIONS ARE
EASED TOO QUICKLY, A RETURN TO
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
WHERE STOCKS SOARED AND FEWER 
TRADERS WERE ON THE FLOOR,
TAKING PRECAUTIONS
IN NEARBY NEW ROCHELLE, THE 
FIRST COMMUNITY TO LOCK DOWN IS 
NOW BEGINNING TO REOPEN.
BUT FROM COAST TO COAST MANY ARE
GROWING UNEASY
FATIGUED BY THE QUARANTINE
>> YOUR DOG CAN GET GROOMED BUT 
YOU CAN'T GET A HAIRCUT?
I NEED MY HAIR DONE.
THAT'S A PROBLEM
>> Reporter: AFTER LONG HOLIDAY 
LINES AT EVERYTHING FROM
AIRPORTS TO HIKING TRAILS, IN 
LOS ANGELES DODGER STADIUM WILL 
BE USED TO TEST UP TO 6,000 
PEOPLE A DAY FOR COVID-19.
NOT FAR AWAY AT A FOOD
PROCESSING PLANT THAT MAKES THE 
ICONIC DODGER DOGS 153 EMPLOYEES
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS.
THE LATEST OUTBREAK FOR AN
INDUSTRY STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN
THE DISEASE.
>> BUT WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP
APPLYING BAND-AIDS
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE HEALTHY
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THEM THAT 
GET INFECTED
THE FEAR AMONGST THE WORKERS IN 
FACT IS EVEN GREATER FOR GOING
HOME AND INFECTING THEIR FAMILY 
AND LOVED ONES
>> Reporter: WITH EVERY STATE 
WORRIED ABOUT NEW INFECTIONS
THERE REMAINES PRESSURE TO
REOPEN THE ECONOMY
HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE GOVERNOR 
SAID HAIR SALONS CAN REOPEN BUT 
NOT IN THE STATE'S BIGGEST
COUNTY
FRUSTRATION, DEFIANCE, AND NOW
MOUNTING CONCERNS.
HAS OUR NATION DONE ENOUGH TO 
PREVENT A SECOND WAVE?
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WAGING 
WAR ON HIS FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM THIS MORNING.
TWITTER IS NOW FACT-CHECKING THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER.
THE MOVE COMES AFTER YEARS OF 
CRITICISM THAT SOCIAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS HAVE ALLOWED
MISINFORMATION TO RUN RAMPANT.
OUR CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT
TRACIE POTTS JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST
TRACIE, TWITTER HAS LONG
GRAPPLED WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETS
>> Reporter: THE FACT CHECKING
ACTUALLY STARTED BY TWITTER 
YESTERDAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT 
FALSELY CLAIMED IN THE TWEET
THAT MAIL-IN VOTING LEADS TO
FRAUD.
THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
IT CAME AFTER CALIFORNIA'S
GOVERNOR DECIDED TO EXPAND
MAIL-IN VOTING
THE PRESIDENT URGING PEOPLE TO
GET THE FACTS.
BUT THE FACTS, EXPLAINED BY 
TWITTER, WERE INCORRECT.
NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED
AFTER TWITTER INCLUDED THIS LINK
WHERE YOU CLICK AND YOU CAN SEE 
WHY IT'S UNSUBSTANTIATED
PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED THAT
TWITTER IS INTERFERING IN THE 
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
STIFLING FREE SPEECH
MEANTIME, THE PRESIDENT ALSO
SUGGESTING FALSELY THAT FORMER
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND MSNBC
ANCHOR JOE SCARBOROUGH WAS
INVOLVED IN THE 2001 DEATH OF 
ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS
AUTHORITIES LONG AGO DETERMINED 
THAT THE STAFF MEMBER LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO AN ABNORMAL
HEART RHYTHM, COLLAPSED AND HIT 
HER HEAD
HER WIDOWER IN A LETTER TO
TWITTER IS URGING THEM TO 
INTERVENE, SAYING THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN SOMETHING 
THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO HIM, THE 
MEMORY OF HIS DEAD WIFE, AND
PERVERTED IT FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
"MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER."
HE CONDEMNED THE PRESIDENT FOR
THE DEBUNKED FALSEHOOD THAT SHE 
WAS MURDERED BY HER BOSS
FRANCES?
>> WE'LL SEE AND WATCH THE
PRESIDENT'S TWITTER FEED
EVEN AFTER THIS.
THANK YOU, TRACIE.
>>> LET'S GET A HEADS-UP ON OUR 
WEATHER ON THIS WEDNESDAY WITH
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE WANT SPACEX TO LAUNCH
SUCH A UNIQUE TONIGHT TO BRING
ALL AMERICANS TOGETHER AND ALL
EYES ARE ON THE WEATHER THIS
MORNING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING KIND OF A 
LULL IN THE WEATHER PATTERN.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS FLORIDA.
BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR 
FUTURE CASS.
THAT LAUNCH AT 4:33 P.M.
LOOK AT THESE STORMS
THEY'RE GOING TO COME VERY CLOSE
TO THAT AREA BEFORE THEY MAKE 
THEIR WAY OFFSHORE
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SAN ANTONIO THE HEAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BUILD.
AND WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE 
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS WEST TEXAS.
GOING TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY.
IF YOU'RE IN THE NORTHEAST
HEATING.
YOU OUT TO THE WEST HEAT
ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.
MORE ON THAT COMING UP
>> SOUNDS GOOD
TALK TO YOU THEN, JANESSA, THANK
YOU.
>>> CHRISSY TEIGEN POSTED THIS
VIDEO TO TWITTER OF HER 
CORONAVIRUS TEST
HER CAPTION WAS "HONESTLY LOVED 
IT."
YOU SEE HER LAUGHING
IT WAS A PRECAUTION BEFORE SHE
HAS SURGERY TO REMOVE HER BREAST
IMPLANTS
>>> BURGER KING WANTS YOU TO
HAVE IT YOUR WAY AND MAKE OTHERS
STAY AWAY.
FRANCHISES IN ITALY ARE DEBUTING
A SOCIAL DISTANCING WHOPPER 
WHICH WILL HAVE THREE TIMES THE 
RAW ONIONS PILED ON TOP.
>>> NIKE AND BEN & JERRY'S
PARTNERED UP TO DESIGN A CHEW 
CALLED CHUNKY DUNKY INSPIRED BY 
CHUNKY MONKEY ICE CREAM.
IT DROPPED O
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
A MANHUNT IS UNDER WAY IN 
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AFTER A 
POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE
LINE OF DUTY
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICER 
WAS SHOT WHILE RESPONDING TO A
SUSPECTED ERRATIC DRIVER WHO
CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SHOT THE 
OFFICER DURING A FOOT CHASE.
THAT OFFICER WAS HIT ONE TIME IN
THE LOWER ABDOMEN BUT OFFICIALS 
CREDIT HIS BULLETPROOF VEST FOR 
SAVING HIS LIFE.
THE OFFICER SUFFERED A
NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURY AND 
IS LIKELY TO BE TREATED WITHOUT 
SURGERY.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 
SUSPECT CARJACKED SOMEONE TO
MAKE HIS ESCAPE.
>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
DROPPED INSIDER TRADING 
INVESTIGATIONS OF THREE SENATORS
WHO SOLD OFF STOCKS FOLLOWING 
EARLY BRIEFINGS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
PROSECUTORS ALERT DEFENSE 
ATTORNEYS FOR REPUBLICANS KELLY 
LOEFFLER AND JAMES INHOFE AS
WELL AS DEMOCRAT DIANNE 
FEINSTEIN THAT THEY WERE CLOSING
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR 
TRADING.
ALL THREE SENATORS HAVE 
PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY 
WRONGDOING
HOWEVER, A RELATED INVESTIGATION
INTO SENATOR RICHARD BURR, WHO
TEMPORARILY STEPPED ASIDE AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, IS CONTINUING
>>> SOME POSITIVE NEWS NOW FOR
HOCKEY FANS.
THE NATIONAL HOCKEYLEAGU
ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL HOLD A 
MODIFIED STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF
CONSISTING OF 24 TEAMS
THE PLAYOFFS WILL HAVE 12 TEAMS 
FROM EACH CONFERENCE RANKED ON
POINTS PERCENTAGE WHEN THE
LEAGUE PAUSED BACK ON MARCH 
12th
THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED IN
TWO HUB CITIES WHICH HAVE YET TO
BE DETERMINED.
THE HUBS WILL HAVE HOTEL AND
PRACTICE FACILITIES ALONG WITH
DAILY COVID-19 TESTING
TRAINING CAMPS WILL NOT OPEN
UNTIL JULY 1st AT THE EARLIEST, 
AND NO DATES FOR THE GAMES HAVE 
BEEN ANNOUNCED
>>> DALLAS MAVERICKS OWNER MARK 
CUBAN IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
RESTART THE NBA SEASON
IN HIS PLAN WHICH HE SENT TO THE
LEAGUE THE TOP TEN TEAMS FROM 
BOTH THE EAST AND WEST WOULD
QUALIFY FOR THE PLAYOFFS
THEY WOULD COME AFTER EVERYONE
PLAYS FIVE TO SEVEN REGULAR 
SEASON GAMES
CUBAN SAYS ALL 30 TEAMS NEED TO 
PLAY ONCE GAMES TIP OFF AGAIN TO
>>> THERE'S NOTHING I HATE MORE 
THAN A LIAR.
>> WELL, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN THIS 
ORGANIZATION
>> ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT, 
GEORGE
>> FINE.
>> YOU LOOK A LITTLE WARM.
>> IT'S THE CHICKEN.
>> YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR,
GEORGE
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE A WRECK
YOU'RE SWEATING BULLETS.
>> IT'S THE KUNG PAO
GEORGE LIKES HIS CHICKEN SPICY
>> ACTOR RICHARD HERD, BEST 
KNOWN FOR PLAYING MR. WILHELM ON
"SEINFELD," HAS DIED AFTER
BATTLING CANCER.
HE ALSO APPEARED ON THE COP 
DRAMA "T.J. HOOKER."
RICHARD HERD WAS 87 YEARS OLD.
>>> HALSEY SAYS SHE IS WADDLING 
LIKE A PENGUIN AFTER FRACTURING 
HER ANKLE AND LATER BREAKING TWO
TOES
THE SINGER REVEALED THAT SHE
SLAMMED HER ANKLE BONE AGAINST
THE METAL DOOR WHILE LOADING
DISHES INTO THE DISHWASHER
WHEN A FAN ASKED HOW SHE WAS
DOING A FEW DAYS LATER HALSEY 
ADMITTED TO ADDITIONALLY
BREAKING TWO TOES ON THE OTHER
FOOT
SHE JOKED THAT SHE'S ONLY CLUMSY
OFFSTAGE
>> I GUESS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WHO'S READY FOR SOME RECORD HEAT
SOME IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING 
THE MIDWEST, AREAS OF THE 
NORTHEAST.
BURLING TOTON 92 DEGREES
AND EXCESSIV
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES A
WHITE WOMAN HAS BEEN FIRED FROM 
HER JOB AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO 
SHOWS HER ACCUSING A BLACK MAN
OF HARASSING HER IN CENTRAL 
PARK
THE HEATED CONFRONTATION BEGAN
WHEN CHRISTIAN COOPER, WHO
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN AVID
BIRD WATCHER, ASKED AMY COOPER, 
WHO RELATION, TO PUT HER DOG ON 
A LEASH.
>> AT SOME POINT SHE DECIDED
THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, I'M GOING TO
PLAY THE RACE CARD I GUESS
>> THERE'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAN, I'M IN CENTRAL PARK
HE'S RECORDING ME AND 
THREATENING MYSELF AND MY DOG.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR.
I'M BEING THREATENED BY A MAN IN
THE RAMBLE
>> CHRISTIAN COOPER SAYS HE KEPT
RECORDING BECAUSE HE HAD NO 
INTENTIONS OF BEING INTIMIDATED 
BUT STOPPED AFTER THE WOMAN 
LEASHED HER DOG.
NOW AMY COOPER IS APOLOGIZING 
AND SAYS SHE OVERREACTED
>> I SINCERELY AND HUMBLY 
APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY TO THAT MAN, HIS 
FAMILY
>> AMY COOPER WAS LATER FIRED 
FROM HER EMPLOYER, FRANKLIN 
TEMPLETON, WHO SAYS IT DOES NOT 
TOLERATE RACISM.
>>> POLICE IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
ARE SEARCHING FOR AN
UNIDENTIFIED MAN WHO THEY SAY 
BROKE INTO A HIGH SCHOOL AND
SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY VANDALIZING 
THE CAMPUS, CAUSING UPWARDS OF
$100,000 IN DAMAGES.
AND THEY SAY HE DID IT ALL WHILE
HE WAS NAKED
POLICE SAY HE BROKE COMPUTERS,
GRAFFITIED WALLS, AND FLOODED 
AREAS OF THE SCHOOL.
A $3,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED
FOR INFORMATION ON HIS IDENTITY.
>> DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO MASK IT, I
GUESS.
>>> A CUBAN ARTIST IS PAYING
HOMAGE TO A LATINO FRONTLINE
WORKER IN A GIANT WAY.
>> THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS A 
HERO
AND HE'S ONE OF MANY
>> IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE 
COMMUNITIES OF QUEENS, NEW YORK 
ARTIST JORGE RODRIGUEZ GARADA IS
CRAFTING A MASTERPIECE
THAT MASSIVE MURAL THERE HAVE A 
PEDIATRICIAN WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19
THE ARTWORK WAS CREATED TO PAY
HOMAGE TO THE DOCTOR AND TO 
RECOGNIZE THE HEROISM OF ALL
FRONTLINE WORKERS.
>> IMPRESSIVE HE CAN DO THAT
KIND OF WORK BUT EVEN MORE SO 
FOR THE REASON WHY HE'S DOING 
THAT TOO
>>> THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS IS
BEING FELT GLOBALLY, EVEN UNDER 
THE SEA.
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST FOUND THE 
BOTTOM OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA
LITTERED WITH THAT, DISCARDED 
MASKS AND GLOVES
ALONG WITH ALUMINUM CANS AND
OTHER TRASH.
HE POSTED HIS FINDINGS ON SOCIAL
IMMEDIATE YAV AND SAID, "WE'LL
SOON HAVE MORE MASKS THAN 
JELLYFISH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN."
>> SIGN OF THE TIMES
ALL RIGHT.
THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE 
DEMONSTRATION TEAM, THEY PAINTED
THE COLORS OF THE COUNTRY'S FLAG
IN THE SKY TO CELEBRATE A MAJOR 
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
THE FLIGHT TEAM SENT PLUMES OF
RED, WHITE, AND GREEN SMOKE OVER
THE EUROPEAN SKIES AS PART OF A 
WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION TO MARK 
ITALY'S REPUBLIC DAY ON JUNE
2nd.
THEIR USUAL PARADE WAS CANCELED 
DUE TO THE
>>> HISTORY IN THE MAKING.
TODAY A PRIVATE SPACECRAFT WILL 
LAUNCH TWO AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS
FROM AMERICAN SOIL INTO SPACE 
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE
>>> OUTRAGE IN MINNESOTA THIS 
MORNING AS MASS PROTESTS TOOK 
PLACE LATE INTO THE NIGHT OVER
THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN PINNED 
TO THE GROUND, LATER DYING AFTER
A WHITE OFFICER KNEELED ON HIS
NECK AS HE WAS SAYING HE
COULDN'T BREATHE
>>> A GROWING NUMBER IGNORING 
SOCIAL DISTANCING AS THE U.S. 
QUICKLY APPROACHES 100,000
DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.
WHILE THE PRESIDENT RATCHETS UP 
HIS PERSONAL ATTACKS ON TWITTER 
EVEN AS SEVERAL STATES ARE
REPORTING RISES IN NEW CASES
>>> CAUGHT ON CAMERA, A WHITE 
WOMAN IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK
CALLS POLICE ON A BLACK MAN 
CLAIMING SHE AND HER DOG WERE 
BEING HARASSED
BUT THE VIDEO TELLS A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY.
>>> PLUS THE LATEST ON THE
MANHUNT FOR A UCONN STUDENT 
ACCUSED IN TWO MURDERS
A BUSY WEDNESDAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING
GLAZ YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IT'S ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR TODAY'S 
SPACEX LAUNCH.
WE ARE LOOKING NOW LIVE AT A
PICTURE OF CAPE CANAVERAL,
FLORIDA WHERE THE FIRST AMERICAN
MANNED MISSION TO SPACE SINCE 
THE SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED IN 2011 
IS SET TO LAUNCH THIS AFTERNOON.
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: LESS THAN 24 HOURS 
NOW UNTIL AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
ONCE AGAIN LIFT OFF FROM U.S. 
SOIL ON AN AMERICAN ROCKET
HEADED FOR THE SPACE STATION
ON BOARD THE SPACEX FALCON 9
ROCKET DOUG HURLEY AND BOB
BENKEN WEARING NEW
STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACESUITS IN A
NEWLY DESIGNED FLAT-SCREEN RICH 
SPACESHIP.
>> I EXPECT US TO HAVE A LITTLE 
BIT OF EXCITEMENT GOING INTO THE
MISSION BUT ALSO TEMPERED WITH
KIND OF AN EXTREME FOCUS ON 
BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE THE THINGS
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
>> THIS IS A BIG MOMENT IN TIME.
IT'S BEENNINE YEARS SINCE WE'V
HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY
>> LIFT-OFF.
>> Reporter: SINCE THE SPACE
SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED IN 2011, THE
U.S. HAS PAID RUSSIA TO CARRY 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE STATION.
SPACEX NOW THE FIRST PRIVATE
COMPANY TO TAKE OVER THE JOB AS 
NASA REFOCUSES ON RETURNING TO
THE MOON WITHIN FOUR YEARS
>> MY SON IS 8 YEARS OLD, AND SO
HE'S NEVER SEEN AMERICANS LAUNCH
FROM THE UNITED STATES EVER.
>> Reporter: SPACEX FOUNDER ELON
MUSK TWEETING THIS TIME LAPSE OF
THE ROCKET SITTING ON PAD 39A 
THAT ALSO LAUNCHED APOLLO AND 
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
AT FIRST FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT
MIKE MASAMINO DID NOT THINK NASA
SHOULD HAND OVER SUCH A 
CHALLENGING JOB TO PRIVATE
COMPANIES.
NOW HE'S A BELIEVER.
>> I WAS SKEPTICAL
BUT I'M NOT NYMORE
I WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK AND
WE NEED THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: WHILE NASA HAS VETO
AUTHORITY, THIS IS A SPACEX 
MISSION RUN OUT OF SPACEX 
MISSION CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THREAT TO
THIS LAUNCH, POTENTIAL WEATHER
HERE IN FLORIDA.
PHILLIP?
>> ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THAT
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MINNESOTA
WHERE PROTESTERS FILLED THE 
STREETS.
HUNDREDS GATHERED TO VOICE THEIR
ANGER AFTER GEORGE FLOYD, A 
BLACK MAN, DIED WHILE IN POLICE 
CUSTODY.
AND VIDEO SURFACED OF FLOYD 
SAYING HE COULDN'T BREATHE WHILE
APP OFFICER PINNED HIM TO THE 
GROUND
LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFRONTED
PROTESTERS WITH TEAR GAS AND
RUBBER BULLETS OVERNIGHT
SOME WINDOWS WERE ALSO DAMAGED
AND A POLICE CAR WAS VANDALIZED.
ALL OF THIS OUTRAGE IS OVER THE 
DEADLY POLICE DETAINMENT
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA, AND THE IMAGES ARE
DISTURBING
HERE'S NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
>> PLEASE.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE BYSTANDER'S
CELL PHONE VIDEO BEGINS WITH
POLICE RESTRAINING A MAN ON A 
MINNEAPOLIS STREET MONDAY NIGHT.
AND OFFICERS PINNING THE MAN
FACE DOWN BY PRESSING HIS KNEE
INTO THE MAN'S NECK.
>> AH!
>> Reporter: FOR AT LEAST THREE 
MINUTES ON THE VIDEO THE MAN
PLEADS FOR HELP SAYING HE 
COULDN'T BREATHE AT LEAST A 
DOZEN TIMES.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE, OFFICER.
>> Reporter: THEN HE BECOMES
UNRESPONSIVE
BYSTANDERS SHOUT AT THE 
OFFICERS
>> GET OFF OF HIM NOW.
>> Reporter: THE MAN, IDENTIFIED
AS GEORGE FLOYD BY THE LAWYER 
REPRESENTING HIS FAMILY, WAS
LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
HOSPITAL
THE MAYOR CALLED IT WRONG AT
EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE.
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS FOUR
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE
INCIDENT HAVE NOW BEEN FIRED, 
ADDING "THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL."
IN AN INITIAL PRESS RELEASE 
POLICE SAID THEY'D ARRIVED AT 
THE SCENE FOR A REPORTED FORGERY
IN PROGRESS AND THAT THE SUSPECT
APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE AND PHYSICALLY
RESISTED OFFICERS.
ONCE THE MAN WAS HANDCUFFED 
POLICE SAID OFFICERS NOTED HE 
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE.
BEFORE THE OFFICERS WERE FIRED
THE POLICE UNION SAID NOW IS NOT
THE TIME TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT, 
ADDING "OUR OFFICERS ARE FULLY
COOPERATING.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE
I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THE CASE IS ALREADY
DRAWING COMPARISONS TO THE 2014 
DEATH OF ERIC GARNER IN NEW 
YORK, WHO DIED AFTER POLICE 
PLACED HIM IN A CHOKE HOLD
>> IT'S LIKE A REOCCURRING
NIGHTMARE.
AND THIS HAS TO STOP
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE
>> Reporter: IN MINNEAPOLIS 
PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING THE NOW
FORMER OFFICERS INVOLVED BE 
ARRESTED
>> TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO 
THE FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY
>> Reporter: THE FBI HAS NOW
JOINED THE CASE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING THE 
OFFICER'S BODY CAMERAS TO SEE 
WHAT LED UP TO THE INCIDENT.
PHILLIP?
>> ALL RIGHT, GABE, THANK YOU.
>>> THE FAMILY OF 23-YEAR-OLD 
PETER MANFREDONIA IS PLEADING 
WITH HIM TO SURRENDER.
THE FBI HAS NOW JOINED THE
MULTISTATE MANHUNT FOR
MANFREDONIA.
A UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT WHO IS SUSPECTED OF 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE
OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REVEALED
THAT HE HAS BEEN USING STOLEN 
CARS AND RIDESHARES TO GET
AROUND
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK HAS THE
LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR DAYS AND
ACROSS AT LEAST THREE STATES
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT PETER MANFREDONIA IS
STILL ON THE RUN, WANTED IN TWO 
MURDERS.
>> PETER, WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR
FAMILY
WE'VE TALKED TO YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOUR ROOMMATES
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
>> Reporter: LAST SEEN WALKING
IN PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.
THE BAG IN THE PHOTO THEY SAY IS
FILLED WITH GUNS
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD
MIGHT BE DRIVING A BLACK HYUNDAI
JUST STOLEN FROM THE AREA.
ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA ALLEGEDLY 
KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD THEODORE 
DEMERS, WHO HAD STOPPED TO OFFER
THE YOUNG MAN A HAND
>> HE HAD THIS MACHETE
THIS WASN'T JUST LIKE A KNIFE.
THIS WASN'T SOME SIMPLE EDGED 
INSTRUMENT
IT WAS A MACHETE
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER, 
POLICE SAY, A FRIEND FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, NICHOLAS EISELE.
MANFREDONIA THEN ALLEGEDLY
KIDNAPPED EISELE'S GIRLFRIEND.
SHE WAS LATER DISCOVERED
UNHARMED AT A NEW JERSEY TRUCK
STOP
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN NEWTOWN, 
AT ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET 
AS THE SAND QI HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL SHOOTER
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
RECENTLY THE HONORS ENGINEERING 
STUDENT HAD BEEN LIVING NEAR
UCONN'S CAMPUS, AT TIMES
STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES
>> HAD THINGS GOTTEN WORSE
>> HE HAD SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY 
AND DEPRESSION FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
BUT NO, THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT
THINGS WERE GETTING WORSE.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS ISSUING
AN URGENT PLEA TO THEIR SON.
TURN YOURSELF IN
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK
>>> THE LACK OF COVID CONCERN BY
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IS HARD TO
RECONCILE AS THE NATION IS NOW
ON THE PRECIPICE OF 100,000 
DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS.
BUT AFTER THIS WEEKEND OFFICIALS
IN MANY COMMUNITIES ARE BRACING 
FOR THE CONSEQUENCES WITH A 
POSSIBLE SURGE OF INFECTIONS IN 
REGIONS WHERE LARGE GROUPS
GATHERED
HERE'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER
>> Reporter: GROWING CONCERN
AMID A GRIM MILESTONE AS THE
U.S. NEARS 100,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
WILL SCENES LIKE THIS FUEL A NEW
SPIKE IN INFECTIONS?
WITH MANY AMERICANS CHOOSING NOT
TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AMID MASSIVE 
HOLIDAY CROWDS, IN ST. LOUIS
COUNTY, WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS
CALL THESE REVELERS RECKLESS, 
THERE IS NOW A 14-DAY 
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR ANYONE WHO
BROKE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT LAKE
OF THE OZARKS.
>> YOU SEE NO MASK HERE.
YOU SEE NO FEAR.
WE'RE ALL JUST EMBRACING IT.
>> Reporter: AS MANY DEFY LOCAL 
MAND
MANDATES, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS RISING IN
SEVERAL STATES AS MORE AMERICANS
ARE BEING TESTED
IN ARKANSAS THE GOVERNOR SAYS 
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK.
IN ALABAMA THE OUTLOOK ALSO 
WORSENING.
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE
>> Reporter: WHILE THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WARNS OF A
SECOND PEAK OF INFECTIONS IN
COUNTRIES WHERE RESTRICTIONS ARE
EASED TOO QUICKLY, A RETURN TO
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
WHERE STOCKS SOARED AND FEWER 
TRADERS WERE ON THE FLOOR,
TAKING PRECAUTIONS
IN NEARBY NEW ROCHELLE, THE 
FIRST COMMUNITY TO LOCK DOWN IS 
NOW BEGINNING TO REOPEN.
BUT FROM COAST TO COAST MANY ARE
GROWING UNEASY
FATIGUED BY THE QUARANTINE
>> YOUR DOG CAN GET GROOMED BUT 
YOU CAN'T GET A HAIRCUT?
I NEED MY HAIR DONE.
THAT'S A PROBLEM
>> Reporter: AFTER LONG HOLIDAY 
LINES AT EVERYTHING FROM
AIRPORTS TO HIKING TRAILS, IN 
LOS ANGELES DODGER STADIUM WILL 
BE USED TO TEST UP TO 6,000 
PEOPLE A DAY FOR COVID-19.
NOT FAR AWAY AT A FOOD
PROCESSING PLANT THAT MAKES THE 
ICONIC DODGER DOGS 153 EMPLOYEES
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS.
THE LATEST OUTBREAK FOR AN
INDUSTRY STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN
THE DISEASE.
>> BUT WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP
APPLYING BAND-AIDS
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE HEALTHY
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THEM THAT 
GET INFECTED
THE FEAR AMONGST THE WORKERS IN 
FACT IS EVEN GREATER FOR GOING
HOME AND INFECTING THEIR FAMILY 
AND LOVED ONES
>> Reporter: WITH EVERY STATE 
WORRIED ABOUT NEW INFECTIONS
THERE REMAINES PRESSURE TO
REOPEN THE ECONOMY
HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE GOVERNOR 
SAID HAIR SALONS CAN REOPEN BUT 
NOT IN THE STATE'S BIGGEST
COUNTY
FRUSTRATION, DEFIANCE, AND NOW
MOUNTING CONCERNS.
HAS OUR NATION DONE ENOUGH TO 
PREVENT A SECOND WAVE?
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WAGING 
WAR ON HIS FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM THIS MORNING.
TWITTER IS NOW FACT-CHECKING THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER.
THE MOVE COMES AFTER YEARS OF 
CRITICISM THAT SOCIAL MEDIA 
OUTLETS HAVE ALLOWED
MISINFORMATION TO RUN RAMPANT.
OUR CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT
TRACIE POTTS JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST
TRACIE, TWITTER HAS LONG
GRAPPLED WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETS
>> Reporter: THE FACT CHECKING
ACTUALLY STARTED BY TWITTER 
YESTERDAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT 
FALSELY CLAIMED IN THE TWEET
THAT MAIL-IN VOTING LEADS TO
FRAUD.
THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
IT CAME AFTER CALIFORNIA'S
GOVERNOR DECIDED TO EXPAND
MAIL-IN VOTING
THE PRESIDENT URGING PEOPLE TO
GET THE FACTS.
BUT THE FACTS, EXPLAINED BY 
TWITTER, WERE INCORRECT.
NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED
AFTER TWITTER INCLUDED THIS LINK
WHERE YOU CLICK AND YOU CAN SEE 
WHY IT'S UNSUBSTANTIATED
PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED THAT
TWITTER IS INTERFERING IN THE 
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
STIFLING FREE SPEECH
MEANTIME, THE PRESIDENT ALSO
SUGGESTING FALSELY THAT FORMER
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND MSNBC
ANCHOR JOE SCARBOROUGH WAS
INVOLVED IN THE 2001 DEATH OF 
ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS
AUTHORITIES LONG AGO DETERMINED 
THAT THE STAFF MEMBER LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO AN ABNORMAL
HEART RHYTHM, COLLAPSED AND HIT 
HER HEAD
HER WIDOWER IN A LETTER TO
TWITTER IS URGING THEM TO 
INTERVENE, SAYING THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN SOMETHING 
THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO HIM, THE 
MEMORY OF HIS DEAD WIFE, AND
PERVERTED IT FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
"MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER."
HE CONDEMNED THE PRESIDENT FOR
THE DEBUNKED FALSEHOOD THAT SHE 
WAS MURDERED BY HER BOSS
FRANCES?
>> WE'LL SEE AND WATCH THE
PRESIDENT'S TWITTER FEED
EVEN AFTER THIS.
THANK YOU, TRACIE.
>>> LET'S GET A HEADS-UP ON OUR 
WEATHER ON THIS WEDNESDAY WITH
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE WANT SPACEX TO LAUNCH
SUCH A UNIQUE TONIGHT TO BRING
ALL AMERICANS TOGETHER AND ALL
EYES ARE ON THE WEATHER THIS
MORNING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING KIND OF A 
LULL IN THE WEATHER PATTERN.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS FLORIDA.
BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR 
FUTURE CASS.
THAT LAUNCH AT 4:33 P.M.
LOOK AT THESE STORMS
THEY'RE GOING TO COME VERY CLOSE
TO THAT AREA BEFORE THEY MAKE 
THEIR WAY OFFSHORE
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SAN ANTONIO THE HEAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BUILD.
AND WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE 
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS WEST TEXAS.
GOING TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY.
IF YOU'RE IN THE NORTHEAST
HEATING.
YOU OUT TO THE WEST HEAT
ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.
MORE ON THAT COMING UP
>> SOUNDS GOOD
TALK TO YOU THEN, JANESSA, THANK
YOU.
>>> CHRISSY TEIGEN POSTED THIS
VIDEO TO TWITTER OF HER 
CORONAVIRUS TEST
HER CAPTION WAS "HONESTLY LOVED 
IT."
YOU SEE HER LAUGHING
IT WAS A PRECAUTION BEFORE SHE
HAS SURGERY TO REMOVE HER BREAST
IMPLANTS
>>> BURGER KING WANTS YOU TO
HAVE IT YOUR WAY AND MAKE OTHERS
STAY AWAY.
FRANCHISES IN ITALY ARE DEBUTING
A SOCIAL DISTANCING WHOPPER 
WHICH WILL HAVE THREE TIMES THE 
RAW ONIONS PILED ON TOP.
>>> NIKE AND BEN & JERRY'S
PARTNERED UP TO DESIGN A CHEW 
CALLED CHUNKY DUNKY INSPIRED BY 
CHUNKY MONKEY ICE CREAM.
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
A MANHUNT IS UNDER WAY IN 
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AFTER A 
POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE
LINE OF DUTY
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICER 
WAS SHOT WHILE RESPONDING TO A
SUSPECTED ERRATIC DRIVER WHO
CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SHOT THE 
OFFICER DURING A FOOT CHASE.
THAT OFFICER WAS HIT ONE TIME IN
THE LOWER ABDOMEN BUT OFFICIALS 
CREDIT HIS BULLETPROOF VEST FOR 
SAVING HIS LIFE.
THE OFFICER SUFFERED A
NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURY AND 
IS LIKELY TO BE TREATED WITHOUT 
SURGERY.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 
SUSPECT CARJACKED SOMEONE TO
MAKE HIS ESCAPE.
>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
DROPPED INSIDER TRADING 
INVESTIGATIONS OF THREE SENATORS
WHO SOLD OFF STOCKS FOLLOWING 
EARLY BRIEFINGS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
PROSECUTORS ALERT DEFENSE 
ATTORNEYS FOR REPUBLICANS KELLY 
LOEFFLER AND JAMES INHOFE AS
WELL AS DEMOCRAT DIANNE 
FEINSTEIN THAT THEY WERE CLOSING
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR 
TRADING.
ALL THREE SENATORS HAVE 
PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY 
WRONGDOING
HOWEVER, A RELATED INVESTIGATION
INTO SENATOR RICHARD BURR, WHO
TEMPORARILY STEPPED ASIDE AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, IS CONTINUING
>>> SOME POSITIVE NEWS NOW FOR
HOCKEY FANS.
THE NATIONAL HOCKEYLEAGU
ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL HOLD A 
MODIFIED STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF
CONSISTING OF 24 TEAMS
THE PLAYOFFS WILL HAVE 12 TEAMS 
FROM EACH CONFERENCE RANKED ON
POINTS PERCENTAGE WHEN THE
LEAGUE PAUSED BACK ON MARCH 
12th
THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED IN
TWO HUB CITIES WHICH HAVE YET TO
BE DETERMINED.
THE HUBS WILL HAVE HOTEL AND
PRACTICE FACILITIES ALONG WITH
DAILY COVID-19 TESTING
TRAINING CAMPS WILL NOT OPEN
UNTIL JULY 1st AT THE EARLIEST, 
AND NO DATES FOR THE GAMES HAVE 
BEEN ANNOUNCED
>>> DALLAS MAVERICKS OWNER MARK 
CUBAN IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
RESTART THE NBA SEASON
IN HIS PLAN WHICH HE SENT TO THE
LEAGUE THE TOP TEN TEAMS FROM 
BOTH THE EAST AND WEST WOULD
QUALIFY FOR THE PLAYOFFS
THEY WOULD COME AFTER EVERYONE
PLAYS FIVE TO SEVEN REGULAR 
SEASON GAMES
CUBAN SAYS ALL 30 TEAMS NEED TO 
PLAY ONCE GAMES TI
>>> THERE'S NOTHING I HATE MORE 
THAN A LIAR.
>> WELL, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN THIS 
ORGANIZATION
>> ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT, 
GEORGE
>> FINE.
>> YOU LOOK A LITTLE WARM.
>> IT'S THE CHICKEN.
>> YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR,
GEORGE
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE A WRECK
YOU'RE SWEATING BULLETS.
>> IT'S THE KUNG PAO
GEORGE LIKES HIS CHICKEN SPICY
>> ACTOR RICHARD HERD, BEST 
KNOWN FOR PLAYING MR. WILHELM ON
"SEINFELD," HAS DIED AFTER
BATTLING CANCER.
HE ALSO APPEARED ON THE COP 
DRAMA "T.J. HOOKER."
RICHARD HERD WAS 87 YEARS OLD.
>>> HALSEY SAYS SHE IS WADDLING 
LIKE A PENGUIN AFTER FRACTURING 
HER ANKLE AND LATER BREAKING TWO
TOES
THE SINGER REVEALED THAT SHE
SLAMMED HER ANKLE BONE AGAINST
THE METAL DOOR WHILE LOADING
DISHES INTO THE DISHWASHER
WHEN A FAN ASKED HOW SHE WAS
DOING A FEW DAYS LATER HALSEY 
ADMITTED TO ADDITIONALLY
BREAKING TWO TOES ON THE OTHER
FOOT
SHE JOKED THAT SHE'S ONLY CLUMSY
OFFSTAGE
>> I GUESS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WHO'S READY FOR SOME RECORD HEAT
SOME IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING 
THE MIDWEST, AREAS OF THE 
NORTHEAST.
BURLING TOTON 92 DEGREES
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES A
WHITE WOMAN HAS BEEN FIRED FROM 
HER JOB AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO 
SHOWS HER ACCUSING A BLACK MAN
OF HARASSING HER IN CENTRAL 
PARK
THE HEATED CONFRONTATION BEGAN
WHEN CHRISTIAN COOPER, WHO
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN AVID
BIRD WATCHER, ASKED AMY COOPER, 
WHO RELATION, TO PUT HER DOG ON 
A LEASH.
>> AT SOME POINT SHE DECIDED
THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, I'M GOING TO
PLAY THE RACE CARD I GUESS
>> THERE'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAN, I'M IN CENTRAL PARK
HE'S RECORDING ME AND 
THREATENING MYSELF AND MY DOG.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR.
I'M BEING THREATENED BY A MAN IN
THE RAMBLE
>> CHRISTIAN COOPER SAYS HE KEPT
RECORDING BECAUSE HE HAD NO 
INTENTIONS OF BEING INTIMIDATED 
BUT STOPPED AFTER THE WOMAN 
LEASHED HER DOG.
NOW AMY COOPER IS APOLOGIZING 
AND SAYS SHE OVERREACTED
>> I SINCERELY AND HUMBLY 
APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY TO THAT MAN, HIS 
FAMILY
>> AMY COOPER WAS LATER FIRED 
FROM HER EMPLOYER, FRANKLIN 
TEMPLETON, WHO SAYS IT DOES NOT 
TOLERATE RACISM.
>>> POLICE IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
ARE SEARCHING FOR AN
UNIDENTIFIED MAN WHO THEY SAY 
BROKE INTO A HIGH SCHOOL AND
SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY VANDALIZING 
THE CAMPUS, CAUSING UPWARDS OF
$100,000 IN DAMAGES.
AND THEY SAY HE DID IT ALL WHILE
HE WAS NAKED
POLICE SAY HE BROKE COMPUTERS,
GRAFFITIED WALLS, AND FLOODED 
AREAS OF THE SCHOOL.
A $3,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED
FOR INFORMATION ON HIS IDENTITY.
>> DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO MASK IT, I
GUESS.
>>> A CUBAN ARTIST IS PAYING
HOMAGE TO A LATINO FRONTLINE
WORKER IN A GIANT WAY.
>> THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS A 
HERO
AND HE'S ONE OF MANY
>> IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE 
COMMUNITIES OF QUEENS, NEW YORK 
ARTIST JORGE RODRIGUEZ GARADA IS
CRAFTING A MASTERPIECE
THAT MASSIVE MURAL THERE HAVE A 
PEDIATRICIAN WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19
THE ARTWORK WAS CREATED TO PAY
HOMAGE TO THE DOCTOR AND TO 
RECOGNIZE THE HEROISM OF ALL
FRONTLINE WORKERS.
>> IMPRESSIVE HE CAN DO THAT
KIND OF WORK BUT EVEN MORE SO 
FOR THE REASON WHY HE'S DOING 
THAT TOO
>>> THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS IS
BEING FELT GLOBALLY, EVEN UNDER 
THE SEA.
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST FOUND THE 
BOTTOM OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA
LITTERED WITH THAT, DISCARDED 
MASKS AND GLOVES
ALONG WITH ALUMINUM CANS AND
OTHER TRASH.
HE POSTED HIS FINDINGS ON SOCIAL
IMMEDIATE YAV AND SAID, "WE'LL
SOON HAVE MORE MASKS THAN 
JELLYFISH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN."
>> SIGN OF THE TIMES
ALL RIGHT.
THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE 
DEMONSTRATION TEAM, THEY PAINTED
THE COLORS OF THE COUNTRY'S FLAG
IN THE SKY TO CELEBRATE A MAJOR 
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
THE FLIGHT TEAM SENT PLUMES OF
RED, WHITE, AND GREEN SMOKE OVER
THE EUROPEAN SKIES AS PART OF A 
WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION TO MARK 
ITALY'S REPUBLIC DAY ON JUNE
2nd.
THEIR USUAL PARADE WAS CANCELED 
DUE TO THE
>>> GOOD MORNING.
BREAKING OVERNIGHT PROTESTERS 
ERUPT.
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BLACK 
MAN PINNED TO THE GROUND BY AN 
OFFICER.
FOUR OFFICERS INVOLVED FIRED. 
>> THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE 
FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY. 
>> BUT THIS MORNING THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY IS DEMANDING MURDER 
CHARGES.
HIS SISTER AND HER ATTORNEY JOIN
US FOR A LIVE INTERVIEW.
>>> ALARM BELLS.
NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON 
THE RISE IN 24 STATES. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> JUST AHEAD THE FEAR THOSE 
PACKED HOLIDAY CROWDS FROM 
COAST-TO-COAST WILL ONLY MAKE
THINGS WORSE.
WE GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. 
>> IF WE CAN GET THE HEALTH 
RIGHT, WE'LL GET THE ECONOMIC 
QUESTION CORRECT. 
>> WILL SCHOOLS, CAMPS, AND 
DAYCARES OPEN THERE SOON.
HIS ANSWER STRAIGHT AHEAD. 
>>> FACT CHECK.
FOR THE FIRST TIME TWITTER SLAPS
A WARNING LABEL ON POSTS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
JUST AHEAD THE CONTROL CLAIMS HE
MADE THAT FINALLY FORCED THE 
COMPANY'S HAND, AND HOW THE 
PRESIDENT IS RESPONDING THIS 
MORNING. 
>>> ON THE RUN.
THE FBI JOINS THE MANHUNT FOR A 
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE STUDENT 
SUSPECTED OF TWO MURDERS, AN 
ABDUCTION, AND HOME INVASION.
INVESTIGATORS MAKING A NEW PLEA 
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. 
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
>>> THE VERY LATEST ON THE 
ONGOING SEARCH JUST AHEAD. 
>>> THOSE STORIES PLUS THREE, 
TWO, ONE, LIFTOFF.
THE HISTORIC LAUNCH YEARS IN THE
MAKING JUST HOURS AWAY NOW.
FOR THE FIRST TIME A PRIVATE 
COMPANY TAKING NASA ASTRONAUTS 
TO SPACE, USHERING IN A RA OF 
EXPLORATION IF THE WEATHER 
COOPERATES TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY
27th, 2020. 
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM STUDIO 
1A IN ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. 
>>> MORNING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO "TODAY."
IT'S A WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
BOY, WHAT A DAY FOR NASA, AN 
HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE U.S. 
SPACE PROGRAM.
WE'LL WATCH IT UNFOLD. 
>> ALL EYES ON THAT AND AL ROKER
TO SEE IF THE WEATHER 
COOPERATES.
WE'LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT FROM 
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JUST 
AHEAD.
ALSO, WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON 
THE CORONAVIRUS AS THE DEATH 
TOLL IN THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO 
SURPASS 100,000 TODAY, SAVANNAH.
>> BUT WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH 
THAT BREAKING NEWS OF NEW 
PROTESTS ERUPTING IN MINNEAPOLIS
OVERNIGHT AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS
PINNED TO THE GROUND BY POLICE 
AND LATER DIED.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON 
CAMERA AND SPARKED OUTRAGE 
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IT LED TO THE OURNL OF FOUR 
OFFICERS.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID IT 
CANNOT STOP THERE.
GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US WITH THE
VERY LATEST NOW.
GABE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: SAVANNAH, YOU'RE 
RIGHT.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID THE 
FIRING OF THOSE OFFICERS IS NOT 
ENOUGH.
STATE AUTHORITIES AND FBI ARE 
NOW INVESTIGATING.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT IS DISTURBING. 
>> OVERNIGHT CHAOS IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREET FACING OFF WITH OFFICERS 
IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED TEAR GAS 
AND RUBBER BULLETS.
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION IN 
CHICAGO. 
>> A LOT OF US AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
>> A BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE 
VIDEO CAPTURED THE INCIDENT.
AN OFFICER PINNING GOERNL FLOYD 
FACE DOWN, PRESSING A KNEE INTO 
HIS NECK.
FOR MINUTES HE PLEADS FOR HELP 
SAYING HE CAN'T BREATHE.
THEN HE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AS 
ONLOOKERS SHOUT AT THE OFFICER. 
>> GET OFF OF HIM NOW. 
>> SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A 
NEARBY BUSINESS OBTAINED BY NBC 
NEWS SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO THE 
MOMENTS LEADING TO HIS DEATH.
HE'S REMOVED FROM A PARKED CAR, 
HANDCUFFING HIM BEFORE WALKING 
HIM ACROSS THE STREET.
IN AN INITIAL PRESS CONFERENCE 
THEY SAID THEY ARRIVED AT 
FORGERY IN PROGRESS.
HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED THE 
OFFICER.
ONCE HE WAS HANDCUFFED, OFFICERS
REALIZED HE WAS SUFFERING 
MEDICAL DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR 
AN AMBULANCE BUT THE MAYOR 
CALLED IT WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE, 
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP.
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS. 
>> THE 46-YEAR-OLD FLOYD PLAYED 
BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE AND LIVED 
MOST OF HIS LIFE IN TEXAS 
WORKING AS A TRUCKDRIVER AND 
SECURITY GUARD. 
>> THIS IS HEARTBREAKING WHEN 
YOU WATCH HOW THEY KILLED HIM, 
HOW HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS NECK, 
NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTE, 
THREE MINUTES, FOUR MINUTES BUT 
EIGHT MINUTES. 
>> LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA KNEELING ON FLOYD 
WITH COLIN KAEPERNICK KNEELING 
IN PROTEST WRITING, DO YOU 
UNDERSTAND NOW OR IS IT STILL 
BLURRED TO YOU.
DRAWING COMPARISONS TO A 
HIGH-PROFILE POLICE CONFERENCE 
IN 2014. 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO, 
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD. 
>> ANOTHER SENSELESS KILLING. 
>> THE MOTHER OF ERIC GARDNER 
DIED IN NEW YORK AFTER POLICE 
PLACED HIM IN THE CHOKEHOLD. 
>> IT'S LIKE A RECURRING 
NIGHTMARE.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
MONACO HAS TO BE DONE. 
>> BEFORE THE FIRINGS, A POLICE 
UNION SAID THERE SHOULD NOT BE A
RUSH TO JUDGMENT AND THE 
OFFICERS WERE COOPERATING.
NOW FLOYD'S FAMILY WANTS THE 
OFFICERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
HODA. 
>> GABE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE 
THIS MORNING ON THIS CASE 
INCLUDING A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH 
GEORGE FLOYD'S SISTER AND HER 
ATTORNEY.
SIX MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR, 
HODA, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
>> MOUNTING CONCERNS OVER THE 
POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN THE PAST WEEK 24 STATES HAVE 
REPORTED AN INCREASE IN NEW 
CASES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR THOSE 
PACKED BEACHES AND PARKS OVER 
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL ONLY 
CAUSE THAT NUMBER TO RISE.
NBC NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT 
MIGUEL ALMAGUER COVERING THAT 
STORY FOR US.
HEY, MIGUEL, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HODA, GOOD MORNING.
THE GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA 
CONTINUES TO EASE RESTRICTIONS.
LIKE IN MANY OTHER STATES SOME 
SAY IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH.
OFFICIALS EVERYWHERE ARE TRYING 
TO JUMP-START THE ECONOMY AND 
KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY BUT SOME ARE
NO LONGER WILLING TO WAIT.
THIS MORNING GROWING FALLOUT 
FROM HOLIDAY WEEKEND CROWDS AND 
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER A FRESH 
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.
THIS AS THE NATIONAL DEATH TOLL 
APPROACHES A STAGGERING 100,000.
"USA TODAY" PUTTING A FACE ON 
THE DEVASTATING LOSS.
THIS JAM-PACKED POOL PARTY IN 
MISSOURI PROMPTING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO
ISSUE A TRAVEL ALERT AND A 
14-DAY SELF-QUARANTINE ORDER FOR
ANYONE WHO WAS THERE.
OVERNIGHT THE OWNER OF THE BAR 
WHERE THE EVENT TOOK PLACE 
POSTING A MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK 
SAYING, IN PART, THAT HE STANDS 
BY HIS DECISION TO HOST THE 
PARTY AND NO LAWS WERE BROKEN.
THAT POST REFERENCING THE LOCAL 
SHERIFF SAYING IT'S THE RIGHT 
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIDE TO 
GO OUT.
TYLER AT THE PARTY AN PLANS TO 
TAKE A COVID TEST TODAY. 
>> I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY I 
WILL GET REALLY SICK.
IF I DO, I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS. 
>> NOW WITH MORE AMERICANS BEING
TESTED, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS CLIMBING IN
SEVERAL STATES.
AND IN ALABAMA, THE SITUATION IS
GETTING WORSE. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> THE GOVERNOR IN ARKANSAS SAYS
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK WHILE IN 
NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, THE 
FIRST CITY TO BE LOCKED DOWN, IS
SLOWLY REOPENING. 
>> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
>> IT'S NOT A GREAT THING 
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
SICK. 
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN LOS 
ANGELES AT DODGERS STADIUM UP TO
6,000 PEOPLE A DAY WILL BE 
TESTED FOR THE VIRUS.
NEARBY AT A FOOD PROCESSING 
PLANT, 153 MAUI HE'S HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE.
BUT THE NATION IS SHOWING NEW 
SIGNS OF LIFE.
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 
REOPENING WITH A LIMITED NUMBER 
OF TRADERS ON THE FLOOR AND NEW 
SAFETY RESTRICTIONS.
PROMISING SIGNS OF PROGRESS AMID
LARGER GATHERINGS OF CONCERN.
WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEK BEHIND THE
US, TWO WEEKS FOR AN IMPACT OF 
HOLIDAY CROWDS.
MEANTIME IN CALIFORNIA THE 
GOVERNOR SAYS HE WILL TIP TO 
SLOWLY EASE RESTRICTIONS.
SAVANNAH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
STILL AHEAD WE DO HAVE AN 
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA GAVIN 
NEWSOM ON HIS STATE'S PROGRESS 
AGAINST THE PROGRESS.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS THE COUNTRY
ENTERS WHAT HE CALLS THE 
UNKNOWN. 
>>> NOW TO THAT HEADLINE MAKING 
MOVE BY TWITTER OVERNIGHT ADDING
THE FIRST FACT CHECK LINK TO 
TWEETS FROM THE PRESIDENT.
HE HAS RESPONDED WHERE ELSE, ON 
TWITTER.
NBC'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT 
PETER ALEXANDER HAS THE VERY 
LATEST FOR US THIS MORNING.
HEY, PETER, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO FAR TWITTER ADDED FACT CHECK 
LABELS ON TWO OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TWEETS WHEN HE TALKED 
ABOUT MAIL BALLOTS, COULD BE 
RIGGED.
THIS IS A STEP AFTER FIERCE 
CRITICISM THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE 
COMPANY HAD NOT DONE ENOUGH TO 
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE 
PRESIDENT'S MISLEADING AND 
INACCURATE STATEMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST MEGA PHONE
TWITTER POSTING A FACT LABEL ON 
SOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
TWEETS.
RESPONDING TO TWO TWEETS THAT 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE 
SUBSTANTIALLY FRAUDULENT.
BENEATH THEM, GET THIS MESSAGE, 
GET THE FACTS ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS AND LINKS TO ARTICLES 
ABOUT THE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIM.
THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY 
LASHING OUT, ACCUSING THE 
COMPANY OF INTERFERING IN THE 
2020 ELECTION AND COMPLETELY 
STIFLING FREE SPEECH ADDING I, 
AS PRESIDENT, WILL NOT ALLOW IT 
TO HAPPEN.
IT COMES AS TWITTER IS UNDER 
FIRE FOR ANOTHER SET OF 
INCENDIARY TWEETS SUGGESTING 
FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND "MORNING 
JOE" ANCHOR JOE SCARBOROUGH MAY 
HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN
THE 2001 DEATHS OF ONE OF HIS 
STAFFERS. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT.
HOPEFULLY MISDEMEANOR PEOPLE ARE
FOG TO FIND OUT.
CERTAINLY VERY SUSPICIOUS 
SITUATION, VERY SAD. 
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES 
DETERMINED YEARS AGO SHE DIED 
AFTER A HEART RHYTHM ALLOWED HER
TO COLLAPSE AND SHE HIT HER HEAD
ON SCARBORO'S OFFICE.
SCARBOROUGH WAS IN WASHINGTON AT
THE TIME BUT THAT HAS NOT 
STOPPED THE PRESIDENT FROM 
QUESTIONING WHETHER HE WAS 
INVOLVED.
WENT TO THE CEO JACK DOORSY 
WRITING, I'M ASKING YOU TO 
INTERVENE IN THIS INSTANCE 
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN 
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG 
TO HIM, THE MEMORY OF MY DEAD 
WIFE, AND PERVERTED IT FOR 
PERCEIVED POLITICAL GAIN ADDING 
MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER.
TWITTER HAS NOT TAKEN DOWN THE 
TWEETS BUT WORKING ON POLICY 
CHANGES IT HOPES TO HAVE IN 
PLACE SHORTLY. 
>> WHAT THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAVE 
HAD TO ENDURE FOR 19 YEARS, IT'S
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL WHETHER IT'S 
THE PRESIDENT OR PEOPLE 
FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT, IT IS 
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL. 
>> THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED 
TUESDAY HE'S READ THAT LETTER 
BUT HE IGNORED THE WIDOWER'S 
WORDS. 
>> ULTIMATELY THEY WANT TO GET 
TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
IT'S A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. 
>> PETER, MEANWHILE THERE'S A 
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN, HIS 
DEMOCRATIC RIVAL HAVING TO DO 
WITH WEARING A MASK OUT IN 
PUBLIC.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH, SAVANNAH.
YOU'LL REMEMBER UNLIKE PRESIDENT
TRUMP JOE BIDEN WORE A MASK 
DURING A MEMORIAL EVENT THIS 
WEEK.
THE PRESIDENT LATER SHARED A 
TWEET THAT MOCKED BIDEN FOR THAT
MASK.
BIDEN SAYING HE WAS FOLLOWING 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S 
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FIRED 
BACK ON CNN. 
>> HE'S A FOOL, AN ABSOLUTE FOOL
TO TALK THAT WAY.
I MEAN, EVERY LEADING DOC IN THE
WORLD IS SAYING YOU SHOULD WEAR 
A MASK WHEN YOU'RE IN A CROWD. 
>> LATE YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT 
SAID BIDEN CAN WEAR A MASK BUT 
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL THAT
BIDEN HAD ONE ON OUTSIDE WHILE 
WITH HIS WIFE.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO CRITICIZED A 
REPORTER FOR KEEPING HIS MASK ON
WHILE ASKING A QUESTION 
YESTERDAY ACCUSING THAT REPORTER
IN THE ROSE GARDEN OF TRYING TO 
BE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
PETER ALEXANDER AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE.
PETER, THANK YOU.
HODA, UP TO YOU. 
>> THANK YOU.
ALSO THIS MORNING THE MULTISTATE
MANHUNT FOR A CONNECTICUT 
COLLEGE STUDENT WANTED IN 
CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF 
DEADLY CRIMES IS EXPANDING.
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK HAS 
DETAILS. 
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING POLICE
HAVE A MESSAGE FOR SUSPECTED 
MURDERER PETER MANFREDONIA. 
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TELL 
YOUR STORY. 
>> AFTER FOUR DAYS AND ACROSS AT
LEAST THREE STATES, THE 
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT IS STILL ON THE RUN, 
WANTED IN TWO MURDERS.
HE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD 
MIGHT BE DRIVING A STOLEN BLACK 
HONDA SANTA FE. 
>> WHEN THEY FINALLY RELEASED 
THE INFORMATION, WE PUT TWO AND 
TWO TOGETHER, AND IT WAS 
TERRIFYING. 
>> ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA 
ALLEGEDLY KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD 
THEODORE DEMERS WHO STOPPED TO 
OFFER THE YOUNG MAN A HAND. 
>> TED WAS THE GENTLEST, LOVING 
SOUL.
HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE.
>> BELIEVES IT WAS PREMEDITATED.
>> YOU DON'T JUST PUT A MACHETE 
IN YOUR BACKPACK AND COME TO THE
END OF A DIRT ROAD WITHOUT A 
PLAN. 
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER 
FRIENDS SAY A FRIEND FROM HIGH 
SCHOOL, ISELLE.
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN COUNTY AT
ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET AS 
THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHOOTER.
THIS MORNING LEARNED 
MANFREDONIA'S FATHER WAS 
ARRESTED IN NEW TOWN AND CHARGED
WITH INJURY TO A MINOR AND 
GIVING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR.
HE WAS RELEASED ON $50,000 BOND.
CONNECTICUT POLICE SAYING THE 
CHARGES AGAINST ROBERT HAVE NO 
RELEVANCE INTO THE INVESTIGATION
AGAINST HIS SON, WHILE A FAMILY 
ATTORNEY SAYS THE YOUNGER 
MANFREDONIA WAS AN HONORS 
ENGINEERING STUDENT LIVING NEAR 
UCONN CAMPUS, AT TIMES 
STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY AND 
DEPRESSION BUT NO SIGN THINGS 
WERE GETTING WORSE. 
>> THE PARENTS' MESSAGE TO 
PETER. 
>> THE PARENTS AND FAMILY'S 
MESSAGE TO PETER IS, PETER, WE 
LOVE YOU.
IT'S TIME TO BRING THIS TO A 
SAFE CONCLUSION FOR EVERYBODY. 
>> BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE GETS 
HURT.
FOR "TODAY," STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC
NEWS, NEW YORK. 
>>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
THAT CASE.
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO GET TO THIS
MORNING, INCLUDING THE 
COUNTDOWN.
IT'S ON FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S 
HISTORIC MISSION TO SPACE.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER THIS MORNING.
JUST HOURS FROM NOW NASA AND 
SPACEX WILL TEAM UP FOR THE 
FIRST CRUDE LAUNCH FROM U.S. 
SOIL SINCE 2011, THE FINAL 
SAFETY AND WEATHER CHECKS ARE 
ALREADY UNDER WAY AND THE 
WEATHER IS A BIG QUESTION THIS 
MORNING.
NBC'S TOM COSTELLO IS THERE.
HI, TOM, GOOD MORNING.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> YEAH.
THE WEATHER IS THE ISSUE RIGHT 
NOW.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PRETTY GOOD 
RAIN SQUALL MOVE IN JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ISSUE 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS A HISTORY MAKING FLIGHT.
THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT A 
PRIVATE COMPANY IS CARRYING 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE STATION.
IN THIS CASE SPACEX.
SO MUCH IS RIDING ON THIS 
MISSION.
FOR NASA AND SPACEX, BUT, MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, GETTING THOSE TWO 
MEN UP TO THE SPACE STATION 
SAFELY.
WITH THE CLOCK TICKING DOWN, 
WE'RE NOW JUST HOURS AWAY FROM 
WITNESSING HISTORY ONCE AGAIN AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG 
HURLEY SET TO HITCH A RIDE FROM 
A PRIVATE COMPANY SPACEX'S 
DRAGON FALCON 9 ROCKET.
A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 
BANKING ON A NEW ERA OF SPACE 
TRAVEL. 
>> WE CAN USE NASA'S RESOURCES 
TO DO THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT 
YET BEEN COMMERCIALIZED, LIKE GO
TO THE MEN AND MARS. 
>>> TODAY'S MISSION IS A PROOF 
OF CONCEPT THAT COMPANIES LIKE 
SPACEX CAN SERVE AS TAXIS FOR 
AMERICANS AND OTHER NATIONS TO 
REACH LOW EARTH ORBIT 
DESTINATIONS LIKE THE SPACE 
STATION. 
>> IF WE CAN HAVE OTHER 
COUNTRIES BUY SEATS ON THESE 
ROCKETS, IT DRIVES DOWN THE COST
FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
TAXPAYERS. 
>> THOSE SEATS WILL COST $55 
MILLION EACH.
THAT MAY SOUND STAGGERING BUT 
NASA HAS BEEN SHELLING OUT $80 
MEDICAL PER SEAT FOR ASTRONAUTS 
TO RIDE ON RUSSIAN ROCKETS.
SHARING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW AHEAD 
OF THIS CRITICAL TEST FOR THE 
COMPANY.
ALSO WATCHING THIS BEHNKEN AND 
HURLEY'S WIVES, WHO ARE BOTH 
ASTRONAUTS.
SHARING THIS IMAGE WITH THEIR 
SON, INSPECTING DAD'S RIDE ON 
THE LAUNCH PAD.
THE TWO-MAN CREW SET TO LOAD 
INTO THAT CREW DRAGON A FEW 
HOURS BEFORE LIFTOFF WEARING 
SPECIALLY DESIGNED SPACE SUITS 
AND USING TOUCH SCREENS.
MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH IT WILL 
SEPARATE.
IF ALL THINGS DO AS PLANNED LAND
UPRIGHT ON SPACEX BARGE OUT IN 
THE OCEAN.
THE CREW DRAGON CONTINUING TO 
DOCK WITH THE STATION WHERE 
BEHNKEN AND HURLEY WILL LIVE AND
CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH THE REST 
OF THE TEAM FOR ONE TO FOUR 
MONTHS. 
>> I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING A COUPLE OF CREW MATES 
HERE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE 
DUTIES AND ALSO EAT WITH AND 
LAUGH WITH AND JOKE AROUND WITH.
IT WILL BE A GREAT ADVENTURE 
WITH THEM. 
>> LET'S DRILL DOWN ON IT, TOM.
WEATHER IS REALLY THE SPOILER 
POTENTIALLY.
HOW IS IT LOOKING FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON?
WE'VE GOT A FEW HOURS FOR THINGS
TO CLEAR UP. 
>> YEAH.
IN SOME WAYS THIS IS MORE 
COMPLICATED THAN DURING THE 
SPACE SHUTTLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT 
JUST ABOUT HOW THE WEATHER IS 
LOOKING HERE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 60% CHANCE 
OF GO HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER BUT THEY ALSO CONSIDER 
THE WEATHER AND OCEAN FACTORS 
OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, ALL 
THE WAY UP THE COAST OF CANADA, 
AND ALL THE WAY OUT TO IRELAND.
WHY?
BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE TO ABORT, 
THE SPACESHIP WOULD THEN 
PARACHUTE DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN AND THEY WANT THEM SAFE 
UNTIL RESCUE TEAMS ARRIVE.
THERE'S A RESCUE TEAM ON STAND 
BY AT CAPE CANAVERAL.
THEY WILL FLY TO THE LOCATION 
WHERE THE CREW MAY HAVE ABORTED 
AND PARACHUTED DOWN.
THEY THEMSELVES WOULD PARACHUTE 
INTO THE OCEAN AND HELP RESCUE 
AND STABILIZE THE CREW.
ALL OF THAT IS THE REASON WHY 
IT'S NOT JUST THE WEATHER HERE 
BUT THE WEATHER OUT OVER THE 
OCEAN AS WELL. 
>> IT'S JUST SO MIND-BLOWINGLY 
COMPLICATED TO SEE IF THEY CAN 
PULL IT OFF TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE LAUNCH RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
HODA. 
>> SAVANNAH, WHY DON'T WE BRING 
IN A GUY WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE 
ABOUT THE LAUNCH FORECAST THAN 
US AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
PICTURE.
HEY, AL, WHAT HAVE WE GOT?
>> WELL, GUYS, WE'RE LOOKING, AS
YOU SEE AGAIN, AS TOM SHOWED, 
IT'S CLOUDY OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE GOT SHOWERS.
IN FACT, AS WE LOOK AT THE LIVE 
RADAR, YOU'LL SEE WE ARE LOOKING
AT SOME PRETTY STRONG STORMS 
THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUSHING IN.
IN FACT, WE ALREADY HAD ONE 
CLEAR LAUNCH PAD 39A, BUT LOOK 
TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS LIVE RADAR.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS ALL DAY
TODAY AS WE MOVE INTO THE 
AFTERNOON.
LOOK AT LAUNCH TIME, 4:33.
THERE'S HEAVY SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS, A 60% CHANCE OF 
THOSE STORMS.
BESIDES THAT TO THE NORTH WE'VE 
GOT AN INVEST AREA THAT MAY 
BECOME A TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER 
THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
ALREADY SOME BUOYS OUT IN THE 
ATLANTIC REPORTING TROPICAL 
STORM WINDS.
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, LOOK 
AT STRONG STORMS.
IT WEAKENS INTO NEW YORK STATE 
BUT BRINGS STRONG STORMS 
TOMORROW INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC.
LOOK AT THE HEAVY RAIN.
SO
>>> BACK NOW 7:30 ON THIS 
WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE 27th DAY 
OF MAY, 2020.
LOOK AT THIS, BIG NEWS IN THE 
SPORTS WORLD.
NHL ANNOUNCING ITS RETURN TO 
PLAY.
CRAIG, YOU'RE SHARING GOOD NEWS,
TALKING TO THE COMMISSIONER 
COMING UP. 
>> TALK TO GARY BETTMAN.
NO HARD DATES JUST YET BUT IT 
WOULD BE THE FIRST SPORTS LEAGUE
IN NORTH AMERICA TO ANNOUNCE 
THEIR PLANS, LOOKING FORWARD TO 
THE CONVERSATION.
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO OTHER TEAM
SPORTS MOVING FORWARD.
SAVANNAH. 
>> CANNOT WAIT.
HANGING ON HIS EVERY WORD.
TOMORROW, GUYS, TRYING TO GET 
AHOLD OF AN RV FOR YOUR FAMILY 
VACATION THIS SUMMER?
WELL, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT 
TOUGH.
GUESS WHAT, THIS HAS BECOME 
HUGE.
RVs, THEY HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE
SEASON'S HOTTEST TICKETS.
PEOPLE PLANNING THEIR GETAWAYS, 
THEY WANT TO BE IN THEIR OWN 
CONFINED SPACE BUT SEE STUFF AT 
THE SAME TIME.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE RV CRAZE.
>> LET'S TURN TO OUR 7:30 
HEADLINES.
NEW PROTESTS ERUPTED IN 
MINNEAPOLIS OVERNIGHT AFTER A 
BLACK MAN DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY
ON MONDAY.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREETS, FACING OFF WITH 
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED 
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
IT STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT MONDAY
NIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE A MINNEAPOLIS 
OFFICER PINNING GEORGE FLOYD 
FACE DOWN PRESSING A KNEE TO HIS
NECK.
FLOYD PLEADS REPEATEDLY FOR 
HELP,ING SAYING HE CAN'T 
BREATHE.
HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
FOUR OFFICERS WERE FIRED.
THE FBI JOINED IN THE 
INVESTIGATION.
JOINING US NOW IS GEORGE FLOYD'S
SISTER BRIDGET WITH FLOYD FAMILY
ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP.
GOOD MORNING, BRIDGET, GOOD 
MORNING, BEN. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
>> BRIDGET, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T 
HAD THE STOMACH TO LOOK AT THAT 
VIDEO AND I DON'T BLAME YOU.
IT'S REALLY HORRIFYING.
WOULD YOU JUST TELL US HOW YOU 
AND YOUR FAMILY ARE DOING IN 
THIS MOMENT. 
>> ME AND MY FAMILY ARE TAKING 
THIS VERY, VERY HARD.
IT'S VERY HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO OUR 
PEACE.
WE'RE JUST DOING THE BEST THAT 
WE CAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE 
DO THE RIGHT THING, DO WHAT HE 
WOULD WANT US TO DO.
YES, IT'S VERY HARD, VERY HARD. 
>> I CAN SEE THAT, BRIDGETT, I 
CAN SEE THAT.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS SOME ACTION 
TAKEN AGAINST THOSE OFFICERS, 
FOUR OFFICERS, ALL FOUR WERE 
FIRED.
YOU HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY THAT IS
NOT ENOUGH.
WHAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU. 
>> I WOULD LIKE THOSE OFFICERS 
TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER, 
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY
DID.
THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER.
HE WAS CRYING FOR HELP.
I DON'T NEED THEM TO BE 
SUSPENDED AND ABLE TO WORK IN 
ANOTHER STATE OR ANOTHER COUNTY.
THEIR LICENSE SHOULD BE TAKEN 
AWAY, THEIR JOBS SHOULD BE TAKEN
AWAY AND SHE SHOULD BE PUT IN 
JAIL FOR MURDER. 
>> LET ME BRING IN BEN FOR A 
SECOND, BEN CRUMP.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICE 
REPORT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED 
INITIALLY.
I'M GOING TO READ YOU A PORTION 
OF IT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO 
SHOW YOU THE VIDEO OF WHAT 
HAPPENED.
THEY SAY HERE THAT GEORGE FLOYD 
WAS ORDERED -- THIS IS ALL OVER 
A FORGERY, A FAKE $20 BILL.
HE WAS ORDERED TO STEP FROM HIS 
CAR.
AFTER HE GOT OUT, HE PHYSICALLY 
RESISTED OFFICERS.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE 
SUSPECT IN HANDCUFFS.
THEN THIS VIDEO EMERGED, BEN, 
THAT SHOWED A DIFFERENT PICTURE,
DOESN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, HODA.
WE HAVE MORE VIDEO EMERGING, 
VIDEO FROM THE BUSINESSES' 
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA ATTORNEY CRUMP.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SENDING VIDEOS 
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN YET.
IT SHOWS, HODA, A NONVIOLENT 
CRIME MET WITH THIS KIND OF 
VIOLENT, LETHAL, EXCESSIVE 
FORCE.
THEY WERE ON HIS NECK IN THE FOR
ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR TWO MINUTES,
NOT FOR THREE MINUTES, NOT FOR 
FOUR MINUTES, NOT FIVE FOR 
MINUTES, NOT FOR SIX MINUTES, 
NOT FOR EIGHT MINUTES BUT FOR 
NINE MINUTES WHILE HE IS BEGGING
TO BREATHE, BEGGING FOR LIFE.
IT'S AN I CAN'T BREATHE AGAIN 
CASE IN 2020.
IT'S WORSE THAN ERIC GARDNER IN 
MANY WAYS BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE 
PEOPLE PLEADING WITH HIM, 
PLEASE, GET YOUR KNEE OFF HIS 
NECK.
HAVE SOME HUMANITY.
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING. 
>> BEN, WHEN YOU LOOK ALSO AS 
THE POLICE REPORT CONTINUES, AND
THIS IS HOW THE POLICE REPORT 
COVERS THAT PART, THEY NOTED HE 
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS."
OFFICERS CALLED FOR AN 
AMBULANCE.
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE 
HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.
IF NOT FOR THAT VIDEO OF HIM 
PLEADING, BYSTANDERS BEGGING THE
OFFICERS TO BASICALLY GET OFF OF
HIM, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED 
WITH THIS CASE?
>> THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE A FALSE 
NARRATIVE, HODA, AND THEY WOULD 
HAVE SWEPT IT UNDER THE RUG.
WE HAVE THIS VIDEO, AND THEY 
HAVE TERMINATED THEM, BUT THEY 
NEED TO BE ARRESTED, AS BRIDGET 
BRIDGETT
SAID AND CHARGED WITH MURDER.
HOW MANY MORE SENSELESS KILLING 
BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED 
TO TAKE THEM CAN WE TAKE IN 
BLACK AMERICA AND ALL OF 
AMERICA. 
>> BRIDGETT, THE MAYOR LATER 
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POLICE REPORT 
WAS INACCURATE.
HE SAID BEING BLACK IN AMERICA 
SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE 
OF THE MAYOR ADDED HE SHOULD NOT
HAVE DIED.
THE GOVERNOR CALLED THE LACK OF 
HUMANITY IN THE VIDEO DISTURBING
AND SICKENING.
HE ALSO SAID MADE THIS 
STATEMENT, WE WILL GET ANSWERS 
AND SEEK JUSTICE.
DO YOU HAVE FAITH, BRIDGETT, 
THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE IN 
THIS CASE?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH BECAUSE
I BELIEVE IN THE UTMOST POWERFUL
GOD.
FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT ME AND 
MY BROTHER ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, 
BECAUSE AVENUES GOD-FEARING MAN,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DOES.
WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
NOBODY IS PERFECT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE WILL 
BE SERVED.
I HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO STAND ON 
IT. 
>> JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR 
YOU, BEN CRUMP.
LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS PICTURE
THAT'S BEEN SHOWN AROUND A BIT.
IT SHOWS COLIN KAEPERNICK 
KNEELING AND THE POLICE OFFICER 
KNEELING, AND HE BASICALLY SAYS,
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS CASE MAY 
ACTUALLY BE THE TIPPING POINT?
>> I DO, HODA, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT NINE MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CELL PHONE 
AND SIT FOR NINE MINUTES AND 
JUST SIT THERE, AMERICA, AND TRY
TO IMAGINE A KNEE ON YOUR NECK 
SUFFOCATING YOU AND YOU BEGGING 
TO BREATHE.
THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE THE 
TIPPING POINT THAT WE HAVE TO 
SAY EVERYBODY DESERVES EQUAL 
JUSTICE, AND WE HAVE TO SEND A 
MESSAGE WITH THIS CASE.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE 
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE US
TO DO THIS.
THERE CAN'T BE TWO JUSTICE 
SYSTEMS, ONE FOR BLACK AMERICA 
AND ONE FOR WHITE AMERICA.
WE HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE 
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> BEN CRUMP, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
BRIDGETT, WE WISH THE BEST TO 
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHER IS A 
FATHER OF TWO, THE YOUNGEST IS 6
YEARS OLD.
WE W
>>> WE ARE BACK IN AT 7:42 WITH 
A NEW NORMAL AS THE WORLD 
CONTINUES TO COPE WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> YEAH.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO 
SOUTH KOREA.
IT IS PUSHING AHEAD WITH ITS 
REOPENING EVEN AS DAILY CASES 
THERE ARE SPIKING AGAIN IN SOME 
PLACES.
SO WHAT LESSONS DOES THAT HOLD 
FOR US?
NBC'S KELLY COBIELLA IN SEOUL, 
SOUTH KOREA, FOR US THIS 
MORNING.
HI, KELLY, GOOD MORNING. 
>> SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU.
TODAY HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE ARE 
DEALING WITH A NEW CLUSTER, 36 
PEOPLE ALL AT THE SAME COMPANY 
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
CORONAVIRUS, BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ARE 
FILLING UP.
AT THE CHURCH IN SEOUL THIS 
MORNING, A STRANGE SIGHT AT THE 
TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
MORE THAN 2,000 PARISHIONERS 
SINGING AND PRAYING UNTHE SAME 
ROOF.
THE BIGGEST TURNOUT SINCE THE 
CHURCH REOPENED A MONTH AGO. 
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR 
PARISHIONERS GETTING THE VIRUS?
>> IF YOU FOLLOW THE 
GOVERNMENT'S GUIDELINES CLOSELY,
I THINK WE WILL BE SAFE. 
>> THERMAL SENSORS, TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS, ONLINE BOOKINGS AND QR 
CODES GIVING THE CHURCH A LIST 
OF CONTACTS IN CASE SOMEONE GETS
SICK, AND MASKS ARE MANDATORY. 
>> WHAT ABOUT HOLDING PRAYER 
BOOKS OR SINGING OR TALKING TO 
SOMEONE NEXT TO YOU. 
>> SINGING IS OKAY BUT TALK TO 
THE NEXT PERSON IS PROHIBITED. 
>> SCHOOLS IN SOUTH KOREA ARE 
FILLING UP, TOO.
ALMOST HALF OF ALL STUDENTS ARE 
NOW BACK IN CLASS.
KINDERGARTNERS AND FIRST GRADERS
TOGETHER BUT SEPARATED.
PARENTS STILL UNDERSTANDABLY 
NERVOUS.
THIS DAD SAYS HE'S A WORKING 
PARENT AND HIS CHILD HAD TO GO 
BACK, BUT HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE
VIRUS SPREADING WHEN KIDS PLAY.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HEALTH 
OFFICIALS HERE ARE STILL 
BATTLING SMALL OUTBREAKS AND 
INTRODUCING NEW RULES LIKE 
REQUIRING MASKS ON ALL PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING 
SUBWAYS, BUSES, AND TAXIS.
THIS ANIMATION SHOWS HOW GERMS 
CAN SPREAD WHEN A PERSON TALKS 
IN A SUBWAY CAR. 
>> A LARGE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE 
IN THE PRESENCE, WE'RE IN A 
CLOSE ENVIRONMENT, IT CAN BE 
SPREADING THE VIRUS. 
>> Reporter: TODAY ANOTHER 
WORRY, 36 PEOPLE AT A WAREHOUSE 
FOR SOUTH KOREA'S LARGEST 
E-COMMERCE BUSINESS HAVE TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
BUT THEY ARE STILL PRESSING 
AHEAD OPENING SCHOOLS, DOING IT 
SLOWLY, BRINGING HIGH SCHOOL 
SENIORS BACK LAST WEEK, YOUNGER 
KIDS THIS WEEK.
TAPE ON THE GROUND, PLASTIC 
DIVIDERS AROUND DESKS.
EVEN WITH ALL THAT PARENTS ARE 
STILL WORRIED, IN PART BECAUSE 
EARLIER THIS WEEK A 6-YEAR-OLD 
TESTED POSITIVE AND HEALTH 
OFFICIALS THINK THAT KID WAS 
INFECTED BY AN ART TEACHER AT 
HIS SCHOOL. 
>> WOW, SO MANY THINGS TO TAKE 
INTO CONSIDERATION.
KELLY, THANK YOU. 
>>> SHIFT IN GEARS NOW.
HOW ABOUT A CHECK OF THE WEATHER
THERE, MR. ROKER. 
>> ALL RIGHTY.
THINGS AWFULLY WARM.
WE'RE TALKING COAST-TO-COAST, 
TEMPERATURES NICE AND TOASTY.
NEW RECORDS POSSIBLE IN NEW 
ENGLAND.
BOSTON WILL FLIRT WITH 90 
DEGREES TODAY, 84 IN BUFFALO, 
CINCINNATI 85.
THEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE WEST
COAST.
LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES.
RECORDS POSSIBLE TODAY FOR 
SACRAMENTO, BAKERSFIELD, 
FINEBAUM SPRINGS, FLAGSTAFF, 
TOASTY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUES 
THAT WAY OUT WEST RIGHT ON INTO 
THE WEEKEND FOR
>>> IT'S 8:00 ON "TODAY."
COMING UP, BREAKING OVERNIGHT, 
OUTRAGE.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS CLASH WITH 
POLICE IN MINNEAPOLIS FOLLOWING 
THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN PINNED 
TO THE GROUND BY AN OFFICER. 
>> THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER.
HE WAS CRYING FOR HELP. 
>> THIS MORNING FOUR OFFICERS 
INVOLVED FIRED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
WE'RE LIVE WITH THE LATEST. 
>>> ON THE RISE.
ALARMING NEW NUMBERS SHOWING 
CORONAVIRUS CASES CLIMBING IN 
SOME STATES LIKE ALABAMA. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> THIS AS BUSINESSES OPEN FROM 
COAST-TO-COAST AND THE NHL 
ANNOUNCES NEW PLANS TO GET 
PLAYERS BACK ON THE ICE THIS 
SUMMER.
>>> AND TOUCHING TRIBUTE.
THE SPECIAL WAY COUNTRY 
SUPERSTAR TIM McGRAW IS HONORING
ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE 
♪ I CALL MAMA ♪
>> WE'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THE NEW 
MUSIC VIDEO AND WHAT HE'S BEEN 
UP TO TODAY WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th,
2020.
♪ I LIKE IT 
I LOVE IT ♪
>> WAKING UP TODAY FROM 
CATALONIA, NEW JERSEY. 
>> HAVE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. 
>> IT'S BY 17th BIRTHDAY.
>> MY NAME IS JACKIE.
TODAY IS MY 93rd BIRTHDAY. 
>> 18 YEARS EDUCATING 5,000 
STUDENTS, MR. SNYDER IS RETIRED.
YAY!
>> YOU THINK SHE'S HAPPY ABOUT 
THAT?
THAT'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE ON 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SPECIAL WELCOME TO EVERYBODY 
JUST WAKING UP, PUT THE COFFEE 
ON, THE DAY IS JUST STARTING.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH 
US. 
>> WE SURE ARE.
THE FOLKS ON MY TODAY PLAZA ARE 
PUMPED UP, MAN.
LET'S LOOK AT THEM FOR A SECOND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO GO
OVER.
A HERO MOMMA NURSE, SHE'S GOT A 
MILESTONE COMING UP.
SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO REVEAL FOR 
THE FIRST TIME SOME BIG NEWS.
WE WANT TO WELCOME IN OUR PLAZA.
>> IN JUST A MOMENT.
FIRST, COMING UP TOMORROW ON 
"TODAY," CAROLINE KENNEDY AND 
HER SON JACK SCHLOSSBERG WILL BE
JOINING US FOR AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE
INTERVIEW TO ANNOUNCE THE VERY 
SPECIAL WAY THEY ARE GOING TO 
CELEBRATE JFK LIBRARY 
FOUNDATION'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMETHING 
THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
THIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO DO 
IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
THEY ARE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT 
THAT TOMORROW, SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE 
NEWS AT 8:00.
TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN MINNEAPOLIS
AFTER A CHAOTIC NIGHT OF PROTEST
OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A BLACK MAN PINNED TO THE GROUND
BY A POLICE OFFICER.
FOUR OFFICERS FIRED OVER THE 
INCIDENT.
GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST.
GABE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HI, SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID THE 
FIRING OF THOSE FOUR OFFICERS 
WAS NOT ENOUGH.
THE FBI AND STATE AUTHORITIES 
ARE NOW INVESTIGATING.
OVERNIGHT SWARMS OF PROTESTERS 
CROWD THE THE STREETS FACING OFF
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR AFTER CELL
PHONE VIDEO CAPTURED THE 
DISTURBING VIDEO OVERNIGHT.
A WARNING, IT IS TOUGH TO WATCH.
THE BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE VIDEO
SHOWS THE OFFICER PINNING GEORGE
FLOYD DOWN, PRESSING A KNEE TO 
HIS NECK.
IN AN INITIAL PRESS RELEASE, 
THEY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE FOR AN
ALLEGED FORGERY IN PROGRESS.
HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED THE 
OFFICER.
OFFICERS ARE SEEN REMOVING FLOYD
FROM A PARKED CAR AND 
HANDCUFFING HIM BEFORE WALKING 
ACROSS THE STREET.
FLOYD'S FAMILY SAYS IT'S CLEAR 
HE'S NOT RESISTING.
WE HEARD FROM HIS SISTER EARLIER
ON "TODAY."
>> ME AND MY FAMILY ARE TAKING 
THIS VERY, VERY HARD
IT'S VERY HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO OUR 
PEACE.
>> BEFORE THE FIRINGS, THE 
POLICE UNION SAID THERE SHOULD 
NOT BE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT BUT 
THE MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR CALLED IT 
WRONG AT EVERY LEVEL.
HODA. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
GABE GUTIERREZ.
GABE, THANK YOU.
MOVING TO THE CORONAVIRUS DEATH 
TOLL IN THE U.S., IT'S 
APPROACHING ANOTHER GRIM 
MILESTONE.
SOME STATES SAY AN UPTICK IN NEW
CASES.
PETER ALEXANDER HAS THE THREE 
THINGS HE'S WATCHING TODAY.
HEY, PETER, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HEY, HODA, GOOD MORNING.
AS YOU NOTED THE NATIONAL DEATH 
TOLL APPROACHING THAT TRAGIC 
MILESTONE, 100,000 AMERICAN 
LIVES LOST.
"USA TODAY" PUTTING A FACE ON 
THESE DEVASTATING TIMES AND 
DESCRIBING THE VIRUS AS THE 
FASTEST KILLER IN U.S. HISTORY.
THIS ALL COMES AMID SERIOUS 
CONCERNS THAT CROWDS OF PEOPLE, 
MANY OF THEM GATHERING OVER THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND, COULD TRIGGER A
FRESH WAVE OF COVID INFECTIONS 
AFTER SOME IGNORED THE WARNINGS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT POOL PARTY, OF 
COURSE, IN MISSOURI.
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS 
COUNTY NOW ISSUED A TRAVEL ALERT
REQUIRING ANYONE WHO WAS THERE 
TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
NOW WITH MORE AMERICANS BEING 
TESTED, THE PRESIDENT JUST 
TWEETED THAT THE COUNTRY WILL 
SURPASS 15 MILLION TODAY.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IS CLIMBING IN ABOUT A 
DOZEN STATES BUCKING THE 
NATIONAL TREND OF STAYING STEADY
OR SEEING DECREASES@LEAST HALF 
OF THOSE STATES SEE MORE 
INFECTIONS, PLACES LIKE FLORIDA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE AMONG 
PART OF AN EARLY WAVE OF 
REOPENINGS.
IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 
SPECIFICALLY THE MAYOR THERE 
SAYS 80% OF THEIR DEATHS HAVE 
TAKEN PLACE THIS MONTH ALONE.
STILL, THERE ARE IMPORTANT SIGNS
OF PROGRESS.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANNOUNCING 
THIS WEEK IT WILL ALLOW 
RELIGIOUS SERVICES, SHOPPING AT 
LOW RISK RETAIL STORES AND 
DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATERS TO 
REOPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS.
THAT WOULD BASICALLY GET THE 
BALL ROLLING FOR THE COUNTY 
THAT'S REALLY BEEN CALIFORNIA'S 
EPICENTER FOR THE VIRUS TO OPEN 
UP FASTER THAN MUCH OF THE 
STATE.
SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT, PETER, THANKS.
WE'LL PICK IT UP RIGHT THERE 
WITH THAT CAUTIOUS APPROACH 
BEING TAKEN IN CALIFORNIA.
I SPOKE TO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
EXCLUSIVELY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON 
ABOUT THE PROGRESS HIS STATE HAS
MADE AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS 
CALIFORNIA AND THE REST OF THE 
COUNTRY ENTERS WHAT HE CALLS THE
UNKNOWN.
WE HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH 
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THAT AS A 
BIG TEST OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
HOW ARE PEOPLE HANDLING THE 
RESPONSIBILITY?
ARE THEY MEETING THOSE 
OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING
SUFFICIENTLY. 
>> I THINK OVERWHELMINGLY SO, 
THOUGH OBVIOUSLY WE'VE 
HIGHLIGHTED, AND APPROPRIATELY, 
THESE EXCEPTIONS.
WE WANT SO CONTINUE TO REMIND 
PEOPLE TO BE VIGILANT.
THE REALITY AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, I'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY 40
MILLION AMERICANS LIVING IN THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE VAST 
MAJORITY DOING THE RIGHT THING, 
RECOGNIZING THIS PANDEMIC IS NOT
BEHIND US.
WE'RE NOT INTO A SECOND WAVE, WE
STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THROUGH THE
FIRST WAVE. 
>> YOU JUST THIS WEEK RELEASED 
NEW GUIDELINES CONCERNING HOUSES
OF WORSHIP.
THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BECOME A 
FLASH POINT.
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT 
FORCING GOVERNORS TO OPEN HOUSES
OF WORSHIP.
DO YOU THINK YOUR NEW GUIDELINES
WILL BE THE END OF THE ISSUE?
>> WE'RE ONE OF A FEW STATES, A 
HANDFUL OF STATES THAT'S 
ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD TO 
PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO HOUSES OF 
WORSHIP.
I HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOR THOSE 
THAT WANT TO PRACTICE THEIR 
FAITH IN PERSON, NOT JUST 
VIRTUALLY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SO 
SAFELY.
IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR 
US.
NO ONE IS IMMUNE FROM POLITICAL 
PRESSURE BUT THAT WON'T BE 
DETERMINATIVE IN TERMS OF OUR 
DECISION MAKING, WE'LL DO IT ON 
THE BASIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
>> SPEAKING OF PRESSURE, A LOT 
OF FAMILIES ARE UNDER A LOT OF 
PRESSURE RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GO BACK TO 
WORK.
WHEN THEY ARE ABLE, THEY ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THEIR KIDS 
SOMEWHERE.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN TERMS 
OF CHILD CARE, SUMMER CAMP?
I KNOW GUIDELINES ARE EXPECTED 
TO BE RELEASED VERY, VERY SOON. 
>> MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN 
CHILD CARE.
OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, OUR 
CHILDREN, WILL BE DONE VERY, 
VERY CAREFULLY, ALSO RECOGNIZE 
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE 
CAREGIVERS, TEACHERS, BUS 
DRIVERS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, 
JANITORS AS WELL.
I'M CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO 
DO THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY AND
TO GET KIDS BACK IF THE 
CLASSROOM OVER THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS, AGAIN, 
RESPONSIBLY. 
>> DO YOU THINK SUMMER CAMP WILL
BE ABLE TO OPEN?
CHILD CARE?
SCHOOL THIS FALL?
DO YOU EXPECT IT TO BE OPEN?
>> WITH DEEP MODIFICATIONS, 
LIMITS, ABSOLUTELY. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
CALIFORNIA HAS BEE HIT HARDER 
AND WORSE THAN POSSIBLY ANY 
OTHER STATE, WHETHER YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT TOURISM, 
AGRICULTURE, PORTS, FILM 
INDUSTRY, THE LIST GOES ON AND 
ON.
HOW GRAVE IS THE THREAT TO 
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY?
>> IT'S BEEN PROFOUND.
THE REALITY IS WE HAVE 5 MILLION
PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SINCE 
MARCH 12th, 5 MILLION, SHY OF 
$12 BILLION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED
IN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
CLAIMS.
THESE ARE JUST JAW-DROPPING 
NUMBERS.
WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NOT AS CHARITY BUT 
RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP AMERICAN 
PEOPLE IN THE STATE GET MOVING 
AGAIN.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS BUT IT'S 
A SOBERING TIME. 
>> DO YOU SEE AN ECONOMIC 
BOUNCEBACK QUICKLY?
SOME TALK ABOUT A V-SHAPED 
RECOVERY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WERE UP HERE.
IT DROPPED SHARPLY AND QUICKLY, 
BUT IT WILL BOUNCE BACK JUST AS 
DRAMATICALLY.
DO YOU SEE IT HAPPENING THAT 
WAY?
>> I SEE IT HAPPENING IF PUBLIC 
ALTH IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS.
I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING IF WE 
LOOK AT PUBLIC HEALTH AS AN 
ANNOYANCE OR NUISANCE THAT 
SOMEHOW GETS IN THE WAY OF OUR 
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
WE'RE A CONSUMER-BASED ECONOMY.
AS DEMAND INCREASES, WE'LL START
TO SEE THIS ECONOMY BEGIN TO REV
BACK UP.
THAT WON'T INCREASE UNTIL PEOPLE
FEEL CONFIDENT AND SAFE GOING 
BACK OUT AND DOING THEIR 
ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WERE DOING 
PRIOR TO COVID-19.
>> THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT 
YOU AND YOUR PLANS TO SEND 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN THE STATE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS. 
>> MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE WELL 
UTILIZED ALL ACROSS THE 
SPECTRUM, ALL ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN DONE SO 
THOUGHTFULLY AND SAFELY FOR A 
GENERATION.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF 
HAS USED A MAIL-IN BALLOT IN THE
PAST.
OUR SERVICE MEMBERS USE THEM 
OVERSEAS VERY CONFIDENTLY AND 
SECURELY.
THERE'S BEEN STUDY AFTER 
STUDY -- DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR 
IT, DON'T TAKE THE 
PRESIDENT'S -- STUDY AFTER STUDY
THAT JUST LAYS CLAIM TO NO 
EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT THERE'S
WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD.
WE WANT TO PREPARE TO KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE AND ALLOW THEM TO 
HAVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
PROTECTED, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT 
TO VOTE, WITHOUT PUTTING THEIR 
HEALTH AT RISK. 
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
JUST RECENTLY WARNED CALIFORNIA,
IN PARTICULAR THE MAYOR OF LOS 
ANGELES, MAYOR GARCETTI, THAT 
EXTENDED SHUTDOWN ORDERS MAY BE 
ILLEGAL AND VIOLATE THE 
CONSTITUTION.
DO YOU SEE A CONFRONTATION WITH 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMING?
WAS THIS A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW?
>> I THINK WE'RE ENTERING THE 
POLITICAL SEASON.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE SHARPENING 
THEIR TONGUES, SHARPENING THEIR 
KNIVES TO SOME DEGREE, 
FIGURATIVELY, AND CERTAINLY I 
EXPECT MORE OF THIS, NOT LESS. 
>> PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY 
HEARTENED TO SEE BUSINESSES 
START TO REOPEN, LIFE START TO 
RETURN.
AT THE SAME TIME IT'S SUCH A 
DELICATE BALANCING ACT.
I WAS STRUCK BY SOMETHING YOU 
SAID TODAY THAT WE'RE HEADING 
INTO THE UNKNOWN.
HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO BALANCE 
THOSE CONSIDERATIONS GOING 
FORWARD WITH THE CONCERNS OF A 
POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE THAT COULD
BE WORSE?
>> WE DON'T WANT TO YIELD TO THE
UNKNOWN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE DRIVEN BY DATA,
NOT POLITICAL PRESSURE AND NOT 
SCORING POLITICAL POINTS.
IF WE CAN GET THE HEALTH RIGHT, 
WE'LL GET THE ECONOMIC QUESTION 
CORRECT.
IT WILL COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE 
MORE CAPABLE OF NOT ONLY 
WEATHERING A SECOND WAVE BUT 
ALSO MORE RESILIENT AS A SOCIETY
AND A COMMUNITY AND MORE 
CAPABLE, MEANING ECONOMIC 
CONDITIONS THAT WILL PRESENT 
THEMSELVES WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
>> SUCH AN INTERESTING SITUATION
FACING CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR.
IT IS IN FREE FALL, HIT SO HARD 
BY THE VIRUS.
BUT SEEING SOME PROGRESS IN 
TERMS OF ITS SPREAD SO WE'LL SEE
HOW THAT DEVELOPS AND OBVIOUSLY 
HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 
REST OF THE COUNTRY. 
>> A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE 
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, STATE'S 
ECONOMY, IS LARGER THAN THE 
ECONOMY OF MOST COUNTRIES.
AS CALIFORNIA GOES, SO GOES THE 
REST OF AMERICA. 
>> GUYS, WE'VE GOT OUR NEWS 
COVERED.
I'VE GOT A MORNING BOOST FOR 
YOU.
EPA AFTER DECADES OF MARRIAGE 
JIM AND LISA ARE LIKE A COUPLE 
OF LOVEBIRDS.
LISA DID HAVE TO SPEND HER 
BIRTHDAY IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER 
HER SURGERY, SO HERE IS WHAT HER
HUBBY DID.
JIM WASN'T ALLOWED IN BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC HE USED A 
CONSTRUCTION LIFT TO LIFT HIM UP
TO THE HOSPITAL WINDOW. 
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I LOVE YOU.
I TOLD YOU I'D GO TO THE MOON 
AND I'M NOT LEAVING YOUR SIDE.
I LOVE YOU, BABE. 
>> LOVE YOU. 
>> LOVE YOU, HONEY. 
>> THEY WON'T LET ME IN, I'M 
COMING UP.
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪
>> IN THE SNOW AND ALL, JIM 
JOKED HE WAS KIND OF GLAD SHE 
WASN'T ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THAT HIGH.
ACTUALLY HE SAID HE'D GO TO THE 
MOON FOR HER. 
>> THAT'S LOVE.
>> THAT IS SO SWEET.
I'M MAD AT MY HUSBAND AND I 
DON'T KNOW WHY.
OKAY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU.
HERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
THEY ARE PRACTICING 
SKATEBOARDING MOVES ON SMALL 
BEGINNER'S RAMP AND GUESS WHO 
DROVE BY?
OLYMPIC LEGEND SHAUN WHITE.
THE KIDS HELD UP A SIGN ASKING 
HIM TO JOIN THEM.
WHY NOT?
HE'S NOT JUST A SNOWBOARDER, 
YEAH, HE'S A WORLD-CLASS 
SKATEBOARDER, TOO.
HE PUT ON THE MASK.
THE MANEUVERS.
THIS IS BEST OF ALL, HE LET THE 
KIDS SHOW OFF THEIR TRICKS FOR 
THEM.
WHITE SAID HE WAS STOKED
THAT'S YOUR LATEST WEATHER.
GUYS. 
>> THANK YOU.
NOW FOR THAT AUDITION WE'VE BEEN
TALKING BACK ON LAST NIGHT'S 
SEASON PREMIER OF "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" THAT THE WORLD WILL 
NEVER FORGET, SAVANNAH. 
>> IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS 
STORY, JUST WAIT.
ARCHIE WILLIAMS IS THE MAN WHO 
SPENT 36 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR A
CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT.
HE BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN WITH 
HIS SINGING AND HIS POWERFUL 
STORY.
NATALIE MORALES HAD A CHANCE TO 
SPEAK WITH HIM AND THE JUDGE HE 
INSPIRED GREATLY, SIMON COWELL.
GOOD MORNING. 
>> HI, GUYS.
YOU NEED APPEAR UPLIFT THIS 
MORNING, THIS STORY HAS IT ALL.
THE EVIDENCE CLEARLY SAID ARCHIE
WAS INNOCENT.
WITHOUT MONEY FOR A PROPER 
DEFENSE HE WAS SENTENCED TO A 
LIFE SENTENCE OF SUFFERING.
HE TOLD US HIS MIND WAS NEVER IN
PRISON. 
>> MY NAME IS ARCHIE WILLIAMS. 
>> Reporter: TUESDAY NIGHT 
ARCHIE WILLIAMS TOOK THE STAGE 
ON "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" AND 
GAVE A PERFORMANCE NO ONE WILL 
EVER FORGET. 
♪ DON'T LET THE SUN 
GO DOWN ON ME ♪
>> Reporter: A SHOCKING MOMENT 
HE NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED 
JUST LAST YEAR.
ON MARCH 21st, 2019, ARCHIE 
WILLIAMS WAS RELEASED FROM 
ANGOLA PRISON IN LOUISIANA 37 
YEARS AFTER BEING FALSELY 
ACCUSED OF CONVICTED OF RAPE.
ARCHIE WAS JUST 22 IN 1983 WHEN 
HE WAS ARRESTED AND STOOD TRIAL 
FOR THE 1982 RAPE AND STABBING 
OF A WHITE WOMAN IN HER BATON 
ROUGE HOME.
DESPITE MULTIPLE ALIBIS, 
FINGERPRINTS THAT DIDN'T MATCH 
HIM AND AN ALIBI WITNESS SAID 
ARCHIE WASN'T THE GUY HE WAS 
SENTENCED TO PRISON WITH NO 
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. 
>> IT'S A THING WHERE YOU NEVER 
GIVE UP ON YOURSELF. 
>> THAT KEPT ARCHIE GOING.
IN 1995, AFTER HAVING ALREADY 
SERVED 12 YEARS, HE WROTE TO THE
INNOCENCE PROJECT.
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I'M STILL 
HOLDING ON HOPING AND PRAYING 
SOMEONE WILL ANSWER MY LETTER. 
>> THE CASE WAS SCREAMING OUT HE
WAS INNOCENT. 
>> IT TOOK A NEW JUDGE IN 2019 
TO ORDER THE FINGERPRINT TEST.
WITHIN EIGHT HOURS THEY FOUND 
THE REAL RAPIST, AND WITHIN A 
WEEK ARCHIE WAS FREE. 
>> WHAT DOES FREEDOM FEEL LIKE, 
ARCHIE?
>> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN 
UNDERSTAND THE FULLNESS OF 
FREEDOM. 
>> FOR ARCHIE, THIS IS WHAT 
FREEDOM SOUNDS LIKE. 
>> YOU FOUND YOUR VOICE. 
>> SINGING WAS MORE SPORT. 
>> THAT SPORT LED HIM TO AN 
UNUSUAL PLACE.
>> I WAS JUST INCARCERATED FOR 
37 YEARS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S 
CRIME. 
>> 37 YEARS OF PAIN AND 
SUFFERING AND NOW JOY IN EACH 
NOTE.
♪ LOSING EVERYTHING 
IS SUN GOING DOWN ON ME ♪
>> THOSE WORDS THAT MUCH MORE 
POWERFUL COMING FROM ARCHIE. 
>> I WILL NEVER, EVER LISTEN TO 
THAT SONG IN THE SAME WAY EVER 
AGAIN.
ONE PERSON INFLUENCED MY LIFE, 
AND THAT WAS OPRAH.
I REMEMBER HER SAYING TO ME, IF 
YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO MAKE 
TELEVISION SHOWS, YOU HAVE THE 
ABILITY TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S 
LIVES. 
>> BECAUSE OF ARCHIE, HE'S 
BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE 
INNOCENCE PROJECT. 
>> WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING 
ABOUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE THAT WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE 
UNITE, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. 
>> THEY SAY THE TRUTH WILL SET 
YOU FREE.
FOR ARCHIE, IT'S DONE MORE THAN 
THAT.
IT'S GIVEN HIM BACK HIS LIFE, 
INCLUDING A DAUGHTER HE DIDN'T 
KNOW HE HAD.
>> TO THINK OF HER GOING ALL 
THOSE YEARS WITHOUT ME. 
>> THE FUTURE WITH NEW DREAMS. 
>> I WANT TO MAKE UP ALL THE 
LOST YEARS.
♪ IS LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN ON 
ME ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN LAST 
NIGHT.
STANDING OVATION.
ARCHIE IS LIVING OUT A LIFELONG 
DREAM AT THE MOMENT.
BUT HE SAYS HE'S NOT GOING TO 
TRULY FEEL FREE UNTIL, HE SAID,
>>> WE ARE BACK, 8:38 NOW.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR FANS WHO 
ARE HUNGRY FOR SPORTS.
ON TUESDAY THE NATIONAL HOCKEY 
LEAGUE BECAME THE FIRST 
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUE IN 
NORTH AMERICA TO ANNOUNCE AN 
OFFICIAL FORMAT TO RETURN TO 
PLAY.
WE'RE GOING TO UNPACK THE 
SPECIFIC DETAILS WITH 
COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN IN 
JUST A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, HOW THE REST OF THE 
HOCKEY SEASON COULD PLAY OUT.
SINCE MARCH 12th, THE NATIONAL 
HOCKEY LEAGUE HAS BEEN DARK, A 
FULL STOP DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
BUT A NEW PLAN COULD HAVE 
PLAYERS BACK ON THE ICE THIS 
SUMMER. 
>> I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE NATIONAL 
HOCKEY LEAGUE'S PLAN FOR OUR 
RESUMPTION OF PLAY. 
>> IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY
COMMISSIONER BETTMAN ANNOUNCED 
THE LEAGUE'S PLAN TO RETURN TO 
PLAY FOR THE POSTSEASON.
24 OF THE LEAGUE'S TEAMS WILL 
SOON HEAD TO THE PLAYOFF TO 
COMPETE FOR THE STANLEY CUP.
THE NEWS CELEBRATED ONLINE BY 
HOCKEY AND SPORTS FANS ALIKE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF ANY FANS WILL 
BE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON WITH
NEW PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED IN TWO 
YET TO BE DETERMINED HUB CITIES.
ONE FOR THE EASTERN CONFERENCE 
TEAMS AND ONE FOR THE WESTERN.
THESE HUBS WILL HAVE TO SECURE 
HOTELS, ARENAS, PRACTICE 
FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION 
FOR PLAYERS AND TEAMS WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO LIMIT PERSONNEL AND 
SUPPORT STAFF. 
>> WHILE NOTHING IS WITHOUT 
RISK, ENSURING HEALTH AND SAFETY
HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO ALL OF OUR 
PLANNING SO FAR AND WILL REMAIN 
SO.
>> WITHOUT COMMITTING TO A 
SPECIFIC DATE, THE COMMISSIONER 
LAID OUT A POSSIBLE TIME LINE 
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS JUNE AND 
BASED ON GUIDANCE FROM MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS AND GOVERNMENT 
AUTHORITIES. 
>> I KNOW I JOIN SPORTS FANS 
EVERYWHERE WHEN I SAY WE CANNOT 
WAIT FOR OUR PLAYERS TO HIT THE 
ICE AGAIN. 
>> AND NHL COMMISSIONER GARY 
BETTMAN JOINS US LIVE NOW.
GARY, A LOT OF THOSE FANS ARE 
CELEBRATING THIS MORNING, NOT 
EVEN JUST FANS OF HOCKEY BUT 
SPORTS FANS IN GENERAL.
HERE IS THE THING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A 
FRAMEWORK THAN REALLY A LIST OF 
DATES TO CIRCLE ON A CALENDAR.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THE FIRST PUCK
WILL DROP, GARY?
>> IT WILL BE AT SOME POINT OVER
THE SUMMER.
BY THE WAY, GOOD MORNING, AND 
IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
THE FRAMEWORK IS INTENDED TO BE 
EVOLUTIONARY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS ONE 
STEP AT A TIME BECAUSE OF THE 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR PLAYERS
AND ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL AND ALL
OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS OF 
PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
WE'VE BEEN IN A SELF-ISOLATION 
STAGE.
EARLY JUNE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
OUR TRAINING FACILITIES OPEN 
BECAUSE OUR PLAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO WORK OUT OR SKATE, SO 
THEY WANT TO GET BACK IN SHAPE.
WHEN WE GET THE SENSE THEY ARE 
READY AND GET THE SENSE HOW LONG
THEY NEED FOR TRAINING CAMP, 
WE'LL MOVE TO THE TRAINING CAMP 
PHASE PROBABLY IN JULY.
ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH TRAINING 
CATCH, WE'LL EXECUTE THE PAN YOU
JUST DESCRIBED SO WELL IN TWO 
HUB CITIES.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE PINNED DOWN 
TO SPECIFIC DATES BECAUSE AS 
EVERYBODY KNOWS, THINGS ARE 
CHANGING ALMOST DAILY. 
>> YOU DID SAY YESTERDAY THAT AN
ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN
IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU DESCRIBE
AS RIGOROUS TESTING.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 
THIS TESTING AND HOW OFTEN 
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE MEDICAL PEOPLE TELL US THAT 
THE SAFEST WAY FOR US TO DO WHAT
WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS TO BE 
TEST BE PERSONNEL, PARTICULARLY 
THE PLAYERS, IF NOT DAILY AT 
LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY FOR THE 
SCOPE OF THE TOURNAMENT WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY BETWEEN 
25 AND 30,000 TESTS, PUTTING 
ASIDE THE EXPENSE.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T BE 
DOING THE TESTING IF IT'S GOING 
TO INTERFERE AT ALL WITH ANY 
MEDICAL NEEDS OF ANY COMMUNITY 
WE MIGHT BE CONSIDERING GOING 
TO.
ALTHOUGH THE MEDICAL PEOPLE ARE 
TELLING US BY THE SUMMER TESTING
SHOULD BE IN SUCH ABUNDANCE THAT
25 TO 30,000 TESTS, WHILE IT 
SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER WILL BE
INFINITESIMAL. 
>> WILL YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN IF
ONE PERSON IS SICK. 
>> NOT ONE PERSON BUT OBVIOUSLY 
IF THERE'S AN OUTBREAK THAT WILL
SHUT THINGS DOWN, ALTHOUGH WE'RE
NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
THE MEDICAL PEOPLE WILL TELL US 
WHAT TO DO UNDER THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AS I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS, 
THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY BUT
WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING FRAMEWORK
AND TIMETABLE THAT WE CAN 
ADJUST, IT'S ANOTHER STEP IN THE
RETURN TO SOME DEGREE OF 
NORMALCY AND WE THINK THAT'S 
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SPORTS 
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CATALYST FOR 
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND 
HELPING COMMUNITIES HEAL. 
>> AND PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED 
ESCAPE DURING THESE TIMES 
ESPECIALLY.
GARY, ONE MORE QUESTION.
THERE'S SO MANY OF YOUR PLAYERS,
HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS IN NHL, THEY
COME FROM OVERSEAS, CANADA, 
RUSSIA, FINLAND, SWEDEN.
OF COURSE SWEDEN NEVER ENACTED 
THE KIND OF LOCKDOWN THAT WE'VE 
SEEN IN OUR COUNTRY.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT 
THESE HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS WHO 
ARE RETURNING FROM OTHER 
COUNTRIES. 
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 44%, ROUGHLY, 
OF OUR PLAYERS ARE IN THE CITIES
IN WHICH THEY PLAY AND 83% OF 
OUR PLAYERS ARE IN NORTH 
AMERICA.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, 17% OF OUR 
PLAYERS ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE 
NORTH AMERICA.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME 
BACK.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE, HAVE TO BE TESTED 
AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE 
SYMPTOM-FREE.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING STEPS.
WE CAN USE THE INDIVIDUAL 
TRAINING PHASE, PHASE TWO, WE 
CALL IT, TO DO THAT AND GET 
EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER AS A 
COMMUNITY.
BUT ONCE WE GO INTO TRAINING 
CAMP MODE, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF
TESTING.
NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS WHEN WE'RE 
ACTUALLY PLAYING IN PHASE FOUR 
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING
EVERYTHING VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE 
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO BRING BACK 
A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AS
WE'RE BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, 
WE'RE NOT BRINGING COVID-19 WITH
THEM. 
>> NHL COMMISSIONER GARY 
BETTMAN.
GARY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO 
PICK UP A LOT OF HOCKEY FANS 
OVER THE
>>> WELCOME BACK.
YOU GUYS, WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON
COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND TIM McGRAW 
TO ENTERTAIN AND INSPIRE US.
HE'S GOT INCREDIBLY HEARTFELT 
SONG.
HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
HE'S GOT A BRAND-NEW ONE, A NEW 
VIDEO, IT'S A POWERFUL SINGLE.
GET READY, IT'S CALLED "I CALLED
MAMA."
♪♪
♪♪
♪ I CALL MAMA ♪
>> OH, MY GOD.
TIM, NOTHING AGAINST YOU, I JUST
WANT TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO 
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
HI, TIM, HOW ARE YOU?
>> HI.
I'M WELL.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> MY WORD, I WAS GOING TO SAY 
THE TIMING OF THIS SOPPING, I 
KNOW IT'S AROUND MOTHER'S DAY.
BUT GIVEN THE FACT SO MANY 
PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HUG 
THEIR MOMS IN SO LONG, THIS 
VIDEO IS RIGHT ON TARGET.
TELL US HOW IT CAME TO BE. 
>> THE SONG, I WAS RECORDING THE
SONG BACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR 
WAY BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT SONG, A SONG
I LOVED.
I LOVE MY MOM, LIKE EVERYBODY 
LOVES THEIR MOM.
I REALLY WANTED TO RECORD IT.
AFTER I RECORDED IT AND WE GOT 
IT MIXED, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE 
VIRUS CAME ALONG AND EVERYBODY 
WAS TALKING ABOUT IT AND 
EVERYBODY WENT INTO ISOLATION, 
SO IT TOOK ON A BIGGER MEANING 
AND DEEPER MEANING TO US.
THAT'S WHY WE RELEASED IT.
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE AROUND 
MOTHER'S DAY.
BUT THE MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE 
IT JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 
LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING AN 
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DOING, 
SITTING AROUND AT HOME AND 
HAVING COMFORT FOOD ALL THE 
TIME.
THIS SONG FELT LIKE COMFORT FOOD
FOR YOUR SOUL IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
>> SPEAKING OF MOMS, HOW IS 
YOURS?
HOW IS BETTY?
I REMEMBER I INTERVIEWED YOU 
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR 
BOOK.
I WAS SO STRUCK BY HOW SHE WAS 
WHEN YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE BOY,
WHAT SHE WAS LIKE AS A MOM.
TELL US. 
>> YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY 
AGAIN, AREN'T YOU?
MY MOM IS AWESOME.
THEY ARE DOWN IN FLORIDA AND 
THEY ARE SELF-ISOLATED, JUST TO 
MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE.
I TALK TO HER QUITE A BIT.
SHE'S PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THIS 
VIDEO.
SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE THE OTHER 
DAY AND ASKED IF THIS MEANS 
SHE'S A MOVIE STAR NOW.
THEN LAST NIGHT I TALKED TO HER 
AND SHE WANTS A STAR ON THE WALK
OF FAME NOW BECAUSE OF THE 
VIDEO.
BUT SHE'S DOING GREAT.
MY MOM WAS SUCH AN INSPIRATION 
TO US GROWING UP.
SHE WENT THROUGH A LOT.
CERTAINLY HAVING ME OUT OF 
WEDLOCK EARLY IN HER LIFE AND 
CUTTING HER HIGH SCHOOL SHORT 
BECAUSE OF ME.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PERSON TO 
TELL US TO THINK BIGGER THAN OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHASE YOUR 
DREAM.
WITHOUT HER SAYING THAT TO US 
GROWING UP, INSTILLING THAT IN 
US GROWING UP, I'M CERTAINLY 
SURE I WOULDN'T HAVE PURSUED THE
CAREER THAT I HAVE. 
>> WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS 
VIDEO IS YOU'VE CONNECTED WITH 
YOUR MOM, AND WITH ALL OF OUR 
MOMS, YOUR FANS SENT IN PICTURES
AND VIDEO AND HELPED MAKE THIS 
BEAUTIFUL -- 
>> WE HAD TONS OF PEOPLE SEND 
STUFF IN.
WE COULDN'T GET EVERYBODY IN, OF
COURSE, BUT WE TRIED TO AT LEAST
MAKE IT AS YOU CAN FEEL AS MUCH 
AS YOU CAN EVEN THOUGH YOUR 
MOTHER MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IN. 
>> I THINK IT'S COOL.
I KNOW YOU HAD TOENS CAMEL YOUR 
CONCERT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT CONNECTION.
YOU AT HOME WITH YOUR GIRLS, ALL
OF THEM, WIFE AND KIDS.
YOU HAVE TWO GRADUATES IN YOUR 
FAMILY WHO DIDN'T GET TO GO TO 
GRADUATION.
MAGGIE WHO GRADUATED COLLEGE AND
AUBREY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAD A DRIVE-THROUGH 
GRADUATION FOR AUBREY, WHERE WE 
DROVE THROUGH CAMPUS, WHICH WAS 
REALLY COOL.
GRACIE OUT IN LOS ANGELES MY 
OLDEST DOG.
MAGGIE DIDN'T HAVE A GRADUATION 
AS WELL.
WE WERE TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVEN'T ALL BEEN TOGETHER 
DURING THIS TIME BUT SOME OF US 
HAVE BEEN TOGETHER.
I FEEL FOR ALL THE PARENTS OUT 
THERE AND ALL THE KIDS WHO 
DIDN'T HAVE GRADUATION BUT WE 
TRIED TO MAKE IT AS FUN FOR THEM
AS WE COULD. 
>> YOU DID.
YOU GAVE A GREAT SPEECH ON 
iHEARTRADIO, SO I ENCOURAGE 
PEOPLE TO GO TO IT AND I 
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE 
SONG.
I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO THIS.
I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT HERE FOR 
YOUR SONGS WHENEVER THEY COME 
OUT.
WE LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU, TIM, FOR JOINING 
>>> GOOD MORNING.
BREAKING OVERNIGHT PROTESTERS 
ERUPT.
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BLACK 
MAN PINNED TO THE GROUND BY AN 
OFFICER.
FOUR OFFICERS INVOLVED FIRED. 
>> THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE 
FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY. 
>> BUT THIS MORNING THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY IS DEMANDING MURDER 
CHARGES.
HIS SISTER AND HER ATTORNEY JOIN
US FOR A LIVE INTERVIEW.
>>> ALARM BELLS.
NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON 
THE RISE IN 24 STATES. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> JUST AHEAD THE FEAR THOSE 
PACKED HOLIDAY CROWDS FROM 
COAST-TO-COAST WILL ONLY MAKE
THINGS WORSE.
WE GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. 
>> IF WE CAN GET THE HEALTH 
RIGHT, WE'LL GET THE ECONOMIC 
QUESTION CORRECT. 
>> WILL SCHOOLS, CAMPS, AND 
DAYCARES OPEN THERE SOON.
HIS ANSWER STRAIGHT AHEAD. 
>>> FACT CHECK.
FOR THE FIRST TIME TWITTER SLAPS
A WARNING LABEL ON POSTS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
JUST AHEAD THE CONTROL CLAIMS HE
MADE THAT FINALLY FORCED THE 
COMPANY'S HAND, AND HOW THE 
PRESIDENT IS RESPONDING THIS 
MORNING. 
>>> ON THE RUN.
THE FBI JOINS THE MANHUNT FOR A 
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE STUDENT 
SUSPECTED OF TWO MURDERS, AN 
ABDUCTION, AND HOME INVASION.
INVESTIGATORS MAKING A NEW PLEA 
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. 
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
>>> THE VERY LATEST ON THE 
ONGOING SEARCH JUST AHEAD. 
>>> THOSE STORIES PLUS THREE, 
TWO, ONE, LIFTOFF.
THE HISTORIC LAUNCH YEARS IN THE
MAKING JUST HOURS AWAY NOW.
FOR THE FIRST TIME A PRIVATE 
COMPANY TAKING NASA ASTRONAUTS 
TO SPACE, USHERING IN A RA OF 
EXPLORATION IF THE WEATHER 
COOPERATES TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY
27th, 2020. 
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM STUDIO 
1A IN ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. 
>>> MORNING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO "TODAY."
IT'S A WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
BOY, WHAT A DAY FOR NASA, AN 
HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE U.S. 
SPACE PROGRAM.
WE'LL WATCH IT UNFOLD. 
>> ALL EYES ON THAT AND AL ROKER
TO SEE IF THE WEATHER 
COOPERATES.
WE'LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT FROM 
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JUST 
AHEAD.
ALSO, WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON 
THE CORONAVIRUS AS THE DEATH 
TOLL IN THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO 
SURPASS 100,000 TODAY, SAVANNAH.
>> BUT WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH 
THAT BREAKING NEWS OF NEW 
PROTESTS ERUPTING IN MINNEAPOLIS
OVERNIGHT AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS
PINNED TO THE GROUND BY POLICE 
AND LATER DIED.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON 
CAMERA AND SPARKED OUTRAGE 
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IT LED TO THE OURNL OF FOUR 
OFFICERS.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID IT 
CANNOT STOP THERE.
GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US WITH THE
VERY LATEST NOW.
GABE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: SAVANNAH, YOU'RE 
RIGHT.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID THE 
FIRING OF THOSE OFFICERS IS NOT 
ENOUGH.
STATE AUTHORITIES AND FBI ARE 
NOW INVESTIGATING.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT IS DISTURBING. 
>> OVERNIGHT CHAOS IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREET FACING OFF WITH OFFICERS 
IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED TEAR GAS 
AND RUBBER BULLETS.
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION IN 
CHICAGO. 
>> A LOT OF US AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
>> A BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE 
VIDEO CAPTURED THE INCIDENT.
AN OFFICER PINNING GOERNL FLOYD 
FACE DOWN, PRESSING A KNEE INTO 
HIS NECK.
FOR MINUTES HE PLEADS FOR HELP 
SAYING HE CAN'T BREATHE.
THEN HE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AS 
ONLOOKERS SHOUT AT THE OFFICER. 
>> GET OFF OF HIM NOW. 
>> SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A 
NEARBY BUSINESS OBTAINED BY NBC 
NEWS SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO THE 
MOMENTS LEADING TO HIS DEATH.
HE'S REMOVED FROM A PARKED CAR, 
HANDCUFFING HIM BEFORE WALKING 
HIM ACROSS THE STREET.
IN AN INITIAL PRESS CONFERENCE 
THEY SAID THEY ARRIVED AT 
FORGERY IN PROGRESS.
HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED THE 
OFFICER.
ONCE HE WAS HANDCUFFED, OFFICERS
REALIZED HE WAS SUFFERING 
MEDICAL DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR 
AN AMBULANCE BUT THE MAYOR 
CALLED IT WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE, 
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP.
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS. 
>> THE 46-YEAR-OLD FLOYD PLAYED 
BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE AND LIVED 
MOST OF HIS LIFE IN TEXAS 
WORKING AS A TRUCKDRIVER AND 
SECURITY GUARD. 
>> THIS IS HEARTBREAKING WHEN 
YOU WATCH HOW THEY KILLED HIM, 
HOW HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS NECK, 
NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTE, 
THREE MINUTES, FOUR MINUTES BUT 
EIGHT MINUTES. 
>> LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA KNEELING ON FLOYD 
WITH COLIN KAEPERNICK KNEELING 
IN PROTEST WRITING, DO YOU 
UNDERSTAND NOW OR IS IT STILL 
BLURRED TO YOU.
DRAWING COMPARISONS TO A 
HIGH-PROFILE POLICE CONFERENCE 
IN 2014. 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO, 
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD. 
>> ANOTHER SENSELESS KILLING. 
>> THE MOTHER OF ERIC GARDNER 
DIED IN NEW YORK AFTER POLICE 
PLACED HIM IN THE CHOKEHOLD. 
>> IT'S LIKE A RECURRING 
NIGHTMARE.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
MONACO HAS TO BE DONE. 
>> BEFORE THE FIRINGS, A POLICE 
UNION SAID THERE SHOULD NOT BE A
RUSH TO JUDGMENT AND THE 
OFFICERS WERE COOPERATING.
NOW FLOYD'S FAMILY WANTS THE 
OFFICERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
HODA. 
>> GABE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE 
THIS MORNING ON THIS CASE 
INCLUDING A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH 
GEORGE FLOYD'S SISTER AND HER 
ATTORNEY.
SIX MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR, 
HODA, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
>> MOUNTING CONCERNS OVER THE 
POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN THE PAST WEEK 24 STATES HAVE 
REPORTED AN INCREASE IN NEW 
CASES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR THOSE 
PACKED BEACHES AND PARKS OVER 
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL ONLY 
CAUSE THAT NUMBER TO RISE.
NBC NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT 
MIGUEL ALMAGUER COVERING THAT 
STORY FOR US.
HEY, MIGUEL, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HODA, GOOD MORNING.
THE GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA 
CONTINUES TO EASE RESTRICTIONS.
LIKE IN MANY OTHER STATES SOME 
SAY IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH.
OFFICIALS EVERYWHERE ARE TRYING 
TO JUMP-START THE ECONOMY AND 
KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY BUT SOME ARE
NO LONGER WILLING TO WAIT.
THIS MORNING GROWING FALLOUT 
FROM HOLIDAY WEEKEND CROWDS AND 
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER A FRESH 
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.
THIS AS THE NATIONAL DEATH TOLL 
APPROACHES A STAGGERING 100,000.
"USA TODAY" PUTTING A FACE ON 
THE DEVASTATING LOSS.
THIS JAM-PACKED POOL PARTY IN 
MISSOURI PROMPTING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO
ISSUE A TRAVEL ALERT AND A 
14-DAY SELF-QUARANTINE ORDER FOR
ANYONE WHO WAS THERE.
OVERNIGHT THE OWNER OF THE BAR 
WHERE THE EVENT TOOK PLACE 
POSTING A MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK 
SAYING, IN PART, THAT HE STANDS 
BY HIS DECISION TO HOST THE 
PARTY AND NO LAWS WERE BROKEN.
THAT POST REFERENCING THE LOCAL 
SHERIFF SAYING IT'S THE RIGHT 
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIDE TO 
GO OUT.
TYLER AT THE PARTY AN PLANS TO 
TAKE A COVID TEST TODAY. 
>> I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY I 
WILL GET REALLY SICK.
IF I DO, I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS. 
>> NOW WITH MORE AMERICANS BEING
TESTED, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS CLIMBING IN
SEVERAL STATES.
AND IN ALABAMA, THE SITUATION IS
GETTING WORSE. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> THE GOVERNOR IN ARKANSAS SAYS
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK WHILE IN 
NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, THE 
FIRST CITY TO BE LOCKED DOWN, IS
SLOWLY REOPENING. 
>> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
>> IT'S NOT A GREAT THING 
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
SICK. 
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN LOS 
ANGELES AT DODGERS STADIUM UP TO
6,000 PEOPLE A DAY WILL BE 
TESTED FOR THE VIRUS.
NEARBY AT A FOOD PROCESSING 
PLANT, 153 MAUI HE'S HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE.
BUT THE NATION IS SHOWING NEW 
SIGNS OF LIFE.
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 
REOPENING WITH A LIMITED NUMBER 
OF TRADERS ON THE FLOOR AND NEW 
SAFETY RESTRICTIONS.
PROMISING SIGNS OF PROGRESS AMID
LARGER GATHERINGS OF CONCERN.
WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEK BEHIND THE
US, TWO WEEKS FOR AN IMPACT OF 
HOLIDAY CROWDS.
MEANTIME IN CALIFORNIA THE 
GOVERNOR SAYS HE WILL TIP TO 
SLOWLY EASE RESTRICTIONS.
SAVANNAH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
STILL AHEAD WE DO HAVE AN 
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA GAVIN 
NEWSOM ON HIS STATE'S PROGRESS 
AGAINST THE PROGRESS.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS THE COUNTRY
ENTERS WHAT HE CALLS THE 
UNKNOWN. 
>>> NOW TO THAT HEADLINE MAKING 
MOVE BY TWITTER OVERNIGHT ADDING
THE FIRST FACT CHECK LINK TO 
TWEETS FROM THE PRESIDENT.
HE HAS RESPONDED WHERE ELSE, ON 
TWITTER.
NBC'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT 
PETER ALEXANDER HAS THE VERY 
LATEST FOR US THIS MORNING.
HEY, PETER, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO FAR TWITTER ADDED FACT CHECK 
LABELS ON TWO OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TWEETS WHEN HE TALKED 
ABOUT MAIL BALLOTS, COULD BE 
RIGGED.
THIS IS A STEP AFTER FIERCE 
CRITICISM THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE 
COMPANY HAD NOT DONE ENOUGH TO 
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE 
PRESIDENT'S MISLEADING AND 
INACCURATE STATEMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST MEGA PHONE
TWITTER POSTING A FACT LABEL ON 
SOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
TWEETS.
RESPONDING TO TWO TWEETS THAT 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE 
SUBSTANTIALLY FRAUDULENT.
BENEATH THEM, GET THIS MESSAGE, 
GET THE FACTS ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS AND LINKS TO ARTICLES 
ABOUT THE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIM.
THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY 
LASHING OUT, ACCUSING THE 
COMPANY OF INTERFERING IN THE 
2020 ELECTION AND COMPLETELY 
STIFLING FREE SPEECH ADDING I, 
AS PRESIDENT, WILL NOT ALLOW IT 
TO HAPPEN.
IT COMES AS TWITTER IS UNDER 
FIRE FOR ANOTHER SET OF 
INCENDIARY TWEETS SUGGESTING 
FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND "MORNING 
JOE" ANCHOR JOE SCARBOROUGH MAY 
HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN
THE 2001 DEATHS OF ONE OF HIS 
STAFFERS. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT.
HOPEFULLY MISDEMEANOR PEOPLE ARE
FOG TO FIND OUT.
CERTAINLY VERY SUSPICIOUS 
SITUATION, VERY SAD. 
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES 
DETERMINED YEARS AGO SHE DIED 
AFTER A HEART RHYTHM ALLOWED HER
TO COLLAPSE AND SHE HIT HER HEAD
ON SCARBORO'S OFFICE.
SCARBOROUGH WAS IN WASHINGTON AT
THE TIME BUT THAT HAS NOT 
STOPPED THE PRESIDENT FROM 
QUESTIONING WHETHER HE WAS 
INVOLVED.
WENT TO THE CEO JACK DOORSY 
WRITING, I'M ASKING YOU TO 
INTERVENE IN THIS INSTANCE 
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN 
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG 
TO HIM, THE MEMORY OF MY DEAD 
WIFE, AND PERVERTED IT FOR 
PERCEIVED POLITICAL GAIN ADDING 
MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER.
TWITTER HAS NOT TAKEN DOWN THE 
TWEETS BUT WORKING ON POLICY 
CHANGES IT HOPES TO HAVE IN 
PLACE SHORTLY. 
>> WHAT THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAVE 
HAD TO ENDURE FOR 19 YEARS, IT'S
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL WHETHER IT'S 
THE PRESIDENT OR PEOPLE 
FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT, IT IS 
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL. 
>> THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED 
TUESDAY HE'S READ THAT LETTER 
BUT HE IGNORED THE WIDOWER'S 
WORDS. 
>> ULTIMATELY THEY WANT TO GET 
TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
IT'S A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. 
>> PETER, MEANWHILE THERE'S A 
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN, HIS 
DEMOCRATIC RIVAL HAVING TO DO 
WITH WEARING A MASK OUT IN 
PUBLIC.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH, SAVANNAH.
YOU'LL REMEMBER UNLIKE PRESIDENT
TRUMP JOE BIDEN WORE A MASK 
DURING A MEMORIAL EVENT THIS 
WEEK.
THE PRESIDENT LATER SHARED A 
TWEET THAT MOCKED BIDEN FOR THAT
MASK.
BIDEN SAYING HE WAS FOLLOWING 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S 
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FIRED 
BACK ON CNN. 
>> HE'S A FOOL, AN ABSOLUTE FOOL
TO TALK THAT WAY.
I MEAN, EVERY LEADING DOC IN THE
WORLD IS SAYING YOU SHOULD WEAR 
A MASK WHEN YOU'RE IN A CROWD. 
>> LATE YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT 
SAID BIDEN CAN WEAR A MASK BUT 
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL THAT
BIDEN HAD ONE ON OUTSIDE WHILE 
WITH HIS WIFE.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO CRITICIZED A 
REPORTER FOR KEEPING HIS MASK ON
WHILE ASKING A QUESTION 
YESTERDAY ACCUSING THAT REPORTER
IN THE ROSE GARDEN OF TRYING TO 
BE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
PETER ALEXANDER AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE.
PETER, THANK YOU.
HODA, UP TO YOU. 
>> THANK YOU.
ALSO THIS MORNING THE MULTISTATE
MANHUNT FOR A CONNECTICUT 
COLLEGE STUDENT WANTED IN 
CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF 
DEADLY CRIMES IS EXPANDING.
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK HAS 
DETAILS. 
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING POLICE
HAVE A MESSAGE FOR SUSPECTED 
MURDERER PETER MANFREDONIA. 
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TELL 
YOUR STORY. 
>> AFTER FOUR DAYS AND ACROSS AT
LEAST THREE STATES, THE 
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT IS STILL ON THE RUN, 
WANTED IN TWO MURDERS.
HE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD 
MIGHT BE DRIVING A STOLEN BLACK 
HONDA SANTA FE. 
>> WHEN THEY FINALLY RELEASED 
THE INFORMATION, WE PUT TWO AND 
TWO TOGETHER, AND IT WAS 
TERRIFYING. 
>> ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA 
ALLEGEDLY KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD 
THEODORE DEMERS WHO STOPPED TO 
OFFER THE YOUNG MAN A HAND. 
>> TED WAS THE GENTLEST, LOVING 
SOUL.
HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE.
>> BELIEVES IT WAS PREMEDITATED.
>> YOU DON'T JUST PUT A MACHETE 
IN YOUR BACKPACK AND COME TO THE
END OF A DIRT ROAD WITHOUT A 
PLAN. 
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER 
FRIENDS SAY A FRIEND FROM HIGH 
SCHOOL, ISELLE.
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN COUNTY AT
ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET AS 
THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHOOTER.
THIS MORNING LEARNED 
MANFREDONIA'S FATHER WAS 
ARRESTED IN NEW TOWN AND CHARGED
WITH INJURY TO A MINOR AND 
GIVING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR.
HE WAS RELEASED ON $50,000 BOND.
CONNECTICUT POLICE SAYING THE 
CHARGES AGAINST ROBERT HAVE NO 
RELEVANCE INTO THE INVESTIGATION
AGAINST HIS SON, WHILE A FAMILY 
ATTORNEY SAYS THE YOUNGER 
MANFREDONIA WAS AN HONORS 
ENGINEERING STUDENT LIVING NEAR 
UCONN CAMPUS, AT TIMES 
STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY AND 
DEPRESSION BUT NO SIGN THINGS 
WERE GETTING WORSE. 
>> THE PARENTS' MESSAGE TO 
PETER. 
>> THE PARENTS AND FAMILY'S 
MESSAGE TO PETER IS, PETER, WE 
LOVE YOU.
IT'S TIME TO BRING THIS TO A 
SAFE CONCLUSION FOR EVERYBODY. 
>> BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE GETS 
HURT.
FOR "TODAY," STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC
NEWS, NEW YORK. 
>>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
THAT CASE.
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO GET TO THIS
MORNING, INCLUDING THE 
COUNTDOWN.
IT'S ON FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S 
HISTORIC MISSION TO SPACE.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER THIS MORNING.
JUST HOURS FROM NOW NASA AND 
SPACEX WILL TEAM UP FOR THE 
FIRST CRUDE LAUNCH FROM U.S. 
SOIL SINCE 2011, THE FINAL 
SAFETY AND WEATHER CHECKS ARE 
ALREADY UNDER WAY AND THE 
WEATHER IS A BIG QUESTION THIS 
MORNING.
NBC'S TOM COSTELLO IS THERE.
HI, TOM, GOOD MORNING.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> YEAH.
THE WEATHER IS THE ISSUE RIGHT 
NOW.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PRETTY GOOD 
RAIN SQUALL MOVE IN JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ISSUE 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS A HISTORY MAKING FLIGHT.
THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT A 
PRIVATE COMPANY IS CARRYING 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE STATION.
IN THIS CASE SPACEX.
SO MUCH IS RIDING ON THIS 
MISSION.
FOR NASA AND SPACEX, BUT, MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, GETTING THOSE TWO 
MEN UP TO THE SPACE STATION 
SAFELY.
WITH THE CLOCK TICKING DOWN, 
WE'RE NOW JUST HOURS AWAY FROM 
WITNESSING HISTORY ONCE AGAIN AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG 
HURLEY SET TO HITCH A RIDE FROM 
A PRIVATE COMPANY SPACEX'S 
DRAGON FALCON 9 ROCKET.
A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 
BANKING ON A NEW ERA OF SPACE 
TRAVEL. 
>> WE CAN USE NASA'S RESOURCES 
TO DO THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT 
YET BEEN COMMERCIALIZED, LIKE GO
TO THE MEN AND MARS. 
>>> TODAY'S MISSION IS A PROOF 
OF CONCEPT THAT COMPANIES LIKE 
SPACEX CAN SERVE AS TAXIS FOR 
AMERICANS AND OTHER NATIONS TO 
REACH LOW EARTH ORBIT 
DESTINATIONS LIKE THE SPACE 
STATION. 
>> IF WE CAN HAVE OTHER 
COUNTRIES BUY SEATS ON THESE 
ROCKETS, IT DRIVES DOWN THE COST
FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
TAXPAYERS. 
>> THOSE SEATS WILL COST $55 
MILLION EACH.
THAT MAY SOUND STAGGERING BUT 
NASA HAS BEEN SHELLING OUT $80 
MEDICAL PER SEAT FOR ASTRONAUTS 
TO RIDE ON RUSSIAN ROCKETS.
SHARING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW AHEAD 
OF THIS CRITICAL TEST FOR THE 
COMPANY.
ALSO WATCHING THIS BEHNKEN AND 
HURLEY'S WIVES, WHO ARE BOTH 
ASTRONAUTS.
SHARING THIS IMAGE WITH THEIR 
SON, INSPECTING DAD'S RIDE ON 
THE LAUNCH PAD.
THE TWO-MAN CREW SET TO LOAD 
INTO THAT CREW DRAGON A FEW 
HOURS BEFORE LIFTOFF WEARING 
SPECIALLY DESIGNED SPACE SUITS 
AND USING TOUCH SCREENS.
MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH IT WILL 
SEPARATE.
IF ALL THINGS DO AS PLANNED LAND
UPRIGHT ON SPACEX BARGE OUT IN 
THE OCEAN.
THE CREW DRAGON CONTINUING TO 
DOCK WITH THE STATION WHERE 
BEHNKEN AND HURLEY WILL LIVE AND
CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH THE REST 
OF THE TEAM FOR ONE TO FOUR 
MONTHS. 
>> I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING A COUPLE OF CREW MATES 
HERE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE 
DUTIES AND ALSO EAT WITH AND 
LAUGH WITH AND JOKE AROUND WITH.
IT WILL BE A GREAT ADVENTURE 
WITH THEM. 
>> LET'S DRILL DOWN ON IT, TOM.
WEATHER IS REALLY THE SPOILER 
POTENTIALLY.
HOW IS IT LOOKING FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON?
WE'VE GOT A FEW HOURS FOR THINGS
TO CLEAR UP. 
>> YEAH.
IN SOME WAYS THIS IS MORE 
COMPLICATED THAN DURING THE 
SPACE SHUTTLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT 
JUST ABOUT HOW THE WEATHER IS 
LOOKING HERE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 60% CHANCE 
OF GO HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER BUT THEY ALSO CONSIDER 
THE WEATHER AND OCEAN FACTORS 
OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, ALL 
THE WAY UP THE COAST OF CANADA, 
AND ALL THE WAY OUT TO IRELAND.
WHY?
BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE TO ABORT, 
THE SPACESHIP WOULD THEN 
PARACHUTE DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN AND THEY WANT THEM SAFE 
UNTIL RESCUE TEAMS ARRIVE.
THERE'S A RESCUE TEAM ON STAND 
BY AT CAPE CANAVERAL.
THEY WILL FLY TO THE LOCATION 
WHERE THE CREW MAY HAVE ABORTED 
AND PARACHUTED DOWN.
THEY THEMSELVES WOULD PARACHUTE 
INTO THE OCEAN AND HELP RESCUE 
AND STABILIZE THE CREW.
ALL OF THAT IS THE REASON WHY 
IT'S NOT JUST THE WEATHER HERE 
BUT THE WEATHER OUT OVER THE 
OCEAN AS WELL. 
>> IT'S JUST SO MIND-BLOWINGLY 
COMPLICATED TO SEE IF THEY CAN 
PULL IT OFF TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE LAUNCH RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
HODA. 
>> SAVANNAH, WHY DON'T WE BRING 
IN A GUY WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE 
ABOUT THE LAUNCH FORECAST THAN 
US AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
PICTURE.
HEY, AL, WHAT HAVE WE GOT?
>> WELL, GUYS, WE'RE LOOKING, AS
YOU SEE AGAIN, AS TOM SHOWED, 
IT'S CLOUDY OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE GOT SHOWERS.
IN FACT, AS WE LOOK AT THE LIVE 
RADAR, YOU'LL SEE WE ARE LOOKING
AT SOME PRETTY STRONG STORMS 
THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUSHING IN.
IN FACT, WE ALREADY HAD ONE 
CLEAR LAUNCH PAD 39A, BUT LOOK 
TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS LIVE RADAR.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS ALL DAY
TODAY AS WE MOVE INTO THE 
AFTERNOON.
LOOK AT LAUNCH TIME, 4:33.
THERE'S HEAVY SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS, A 60% CHANCE OF 
THOSE STORMS.
BESIDES THAT TO THE NORTH WE'VE 
GOT AN INVEST AREA THAT MAY 
BECOME A TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER 
THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
ALREADY SOME BUOYS OUT IN THE 
ATLANTIC REPORTING TROPICAL 
STORM WINDS.
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, LOOK 
AT STRONG STORMS.
IT WEAKENS INTO NEW YORK STATE 
BUT BRINGS STRONG STORMS 
TOMORROW INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC.
LOOK AT THE HEAVY RAIN.
SO
>>> BACK NOW 7:30 ON THIS 
WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE 27th DAY 
OF MAY, 2020.
LOOK AT THIS, BIG NEWS IN THE 
SPORTS WORLD.
NHL ANNOUNCING ITS RETURN TO 
PLAY.
CRAIG, YOU'RE SHARING GOOD NEWS,
TALKING TO THE COMMISSIONER 
COMING UP. 
>> TALK TO GARY BETTMAN.
NO HARD DATES JUST YET BUT IT 
WOULD BE THE FIRST SPORTS LEAGUE
IN NORTH AMERICA TO ANNOUNCE 
THEIR PLANS, LOOKING FORWARD TO 
THE CONVERSATION.
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO OTHER TEAM
SPORTS MOVING FORWARD.
SAVANNAH. 
>> CANNOT WAIT.
HANGING ON HIS EVERY WORD.
TOMORROW, GUYS, TRYING TO GET 
AHOLD OF AN RV FOR YOUR FAMILY 
VACATION THIS SUMMER?
WELL, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT 
TOUGH.
GUESS WHAT, THIS HAS BECOME 
HUGE.
RVs, THEY HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE
SEASON'S HOTTEST TICKETS.
PEOPLE PLANNING THEIR GETAWAYS, 
THEY WANT TO BE IN THEIR OWN 
CONFINED SPACE BUT SEE STUFF AT 
THE SAME TIME.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE RV CRAZE.
>> LET'S TURN TO OUR 7:30 
HEADLINES.
NEW PROTESTS ERUPTED IN 
MINNEAPOLIS OVERNIGHT AFTER A 
BLACK MAN DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY
ON MONDAY.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREETS, FACING OFF WITH 
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED 
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
IT STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT MONDAY
NIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE A MINNEAPOLIS 
OFFICER PINNING GEORGE FLOYD 
FACE DOWN PRESSING A KNEE TO HIS
NECK.
FLOYD PLEADS REPEATEDLY FOR 
HELP,ING SAYING HE CAN'T 
BREATHE.
HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
FOUR OFFICERS WERE FIRED.
THE FBI JOINED IN THE 
INVESTIGATION.
JOINING US NOW IS GEORGE FLOYD'S
SISTER BRIDGET WITH FLOYD FAMILY
ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP.
GOOD MORNING, BRIDGET, GOOD 
MORNING, BEN. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
>> BRIDGET, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T 
HAD THE STOMACH TO LOOK AT THAT 
VIDEO AND I DON'T BLAME YOU.
IT'S REALLY HORRIFYING.
WOULD YOU JUST TELL US HOW YOU 
AND YOUR FAMILY ARE DOING IN 
THIS MOMENT. 
>> ME AND MY FAMILY ARE TAKING 
THIS VERY, VERY HARD.
IT'S VERY HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO OUR 
PEACE.
WE'RE JUST DOING THE BEST THAT 
WE CAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE 
DO THE RIGHT THING, DO WHAT HE 
WOULD WANT US TO DO.
YES, IT'S VERY HARD, VERY HARD. 
>> I CAN SEE THAT, BRIDGETT, I 
CAN SEE THAT.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS SOME ACTION 
TAKEN AGAINST THOSE OFFICERS, 
FOUR OFFICERS, ALL FOUR WERE 
FIRED.
YOU HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY THAT IS
NOT ENOUGH.
WHAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU. 
>> I WOULD LIKE THOSE OFFICERS 
TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER, 
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY
DID.
THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER.
HE WAS CRYING FOR HELP.
I DON'T NEED THEM TO BE 
SUSPENDED AND ABLE TO WORK IN 
ANOTHER STATE OR ANOTHER COUNTY.
THEIR LICENSE SHOULD BE TAKEN 
AWAY, THEIR JOBS SHOULD BE TAKEN
AWAY AND SHE SHOULD BE PUT IN 
JAIL FOR MURDER. 
>> LET ME BRING IN BEN FOR A 
SECOND, BEN CRUMP.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICE 
REPORT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED 
INITIALLY.
I'M GOING TO READ YOU A PORTION 
OF IT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO 
SHOW YOU THE VIDEO OF WHAT 
HAPPENED.
THEY SAY HERE THAT GEORGE FLOYD 
WAS ORDERED -- THIS IS ALL OVER 
A FORGERY, A FAKE $20 BILL.
HE WAS ORDERED TO STEP FROM HIS 
CAR.
AFTER HE GOT OUT, HE PHYSICALLY 
RESISTED OFFICERS.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE 
SUSPECT IN HANDCUFFS.
THEN THIS VIDEO EMERGED, BEN, 
THAT SHOWED A DIFFERENT PICTURE,
DOESN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, HODA.
WE HAVE MORE VIDEO EMERGING, 
VIDEO FROM THE BUSINESSES' 
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA ATTORNEY CRUMP.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SENDING VIDEOS 
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN YET.
IT SHOWS, HODA, A NONVIOLENT 
CRIME MET WITH THIS KIND OF 
VIOLENT, LETHAL, EXCESSIVE 
FORCE.
THEY WERE ON HIS NECK IN THE FOR
ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR TWO MINUTES,
NOT FOR THREE MINUTES, NOT FOR 
FOUR MINUTES, NOT FIVE FOR 
MINUTES, NOT FOR SIX MINUTES, 
NOT FOR EIGHT MINUTES BUT FOR 
NINE MINUTES WHILE HE IS BEGGING
TO BREATHE, BEGGING FOR LIFE.
IT'S AN I CAN'T BREATHE AGAIN 
CASE IN 2020.
IT'S WORSE THAN ERIC GARDNER IN 
MANY WAYS BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE 
PEOPLE PLEADING WITH HIM, 
PLEASE, GET YOUR KNEE OFF HIS 
NECK.
HAVE SOME HUMANITY.
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING. 
>> BEN, WHEN YOU LOOK ALSO AS 
THE POLICE REPORT CONTINUES, AND
THIS IS HOW THE POLICE REPORT 
COVERS THAT PART, THEY NOTED HE 
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS."
OFFICERS CALLED FOR AN 
AMBULANCE.
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE 
HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.
IF NOT FOR THAT VIDEO OF HIM 
PLEADING, BYSTANDERS BEGGING THE
OFFICERS TO BASICALLY GET OFF OF
HIM, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED 
WITH THIS CASE?
>> THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE A FALSE 
NARRATIVE, HODA, AND THEY WOULD 
HAVE SWEPT IT UNDER THE RUG.
WE HAVE THIS VIDEO, AND THEY 
HAVE TERMINATED THEM, BUT THEY 
NEED TO BE ARRESTED, AS BRIDGET 
BRIDGETT
SAID AND CHARGED WITH MURDER.
HOW MANY MORE SENSELESS KILLING 
BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED 
TO TAKE THEM CAN WE TAKE IN 
BLACK AMERICA AND ALL OF 
AMERICA. 
>> BRIDGETT, THE MAYOR LATER 
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POLICE REPORT 
WAS INACCURATE.
HE SAID BEING BLACK IN AMERICA 
SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE 
OF THE MAYOR ADDED HE SHOULD NOT
HAVE DIED.
THE GOVERNOR CALLED THE LACK OF 
HUMANITY IN THE VIDEO DISTURBING
AND SICKENING.
HE ALSO SAID MADE THIS 
STATEMENT, WE WILL GET ANSWERS 
AND SEEK JUSTICE.
DO YOU HAVE FAITH, BRIDGETT, 
THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE IN 
THIS CASE?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH BECAUSE
I BELIEVE IN THE UTMOST POWERFUL
GOD.
FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT ME AND 
MY BROTHER ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, 
BECAUSE AVENUES GOD-FEARING MAN,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DOES.
WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
NOBODY IS PERFECT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE WILL 
BE SERVED.
I HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO STAND ON 
IT. 
>> JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR 
YOU, BEN CRUMP.
LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS PICTURE
THAT'S BEEN SHOWN AROUND A BIT.
IT SHOWS COLIN KAEPERNICK 
KNEELING AND THE POLICE OFFICER 
KNEELING, AND HE BASICALLY SAYS,
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS CASE MAY 
ACTUALLY BE THE TIPPING POINT?
>> I DO, HODA, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT NINE MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CELL PHONE 
AND SIT FOR NINE MINUTES AND 
JUST SIT THERE, AMERICA, AND TRY
TO IMAGINE A KNEE ON YOUR NECK 
SUFFOCATING YOU AND YOU BEGGING 
TO BREATHE.
THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE THE 
TIPPING POINT THAT WE HAVE TO 
SAY EVERYBODY DESERVES EQUAL 
JUSTICE, AND WE HAVE TO SEND A 
MESSAGE WITH THIS CASE.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE 
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE US
TO DO THIS.
THERE CAN'T BE TWO JUSTICE 
SYSTEMS, ONE FOR BLACK AMERICA 
AND ONE FOR WHITE AMERICA.
WE HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE 
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> BEN CRUMP, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
BRIDGETT, WE WISH THE BEST TO 
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHER IS A 
FATHER OF TWO, THE YOUNGEST IS 6
YEARS OLD.
WE W
>>> WE ARE BACK IN AT 7:42 WITH 
A NEW NORMAL AS THE WORLD 
CONTINUES TO COPE WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> YEAH.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO 
SOUTH KOREA.
IT IS PUSHING AHEAD WITH ITS 
REOPENING EVEN AS DAILY CASES 
THERE ARE SPIKING AGAIN IN SOME 
PLACES.
SO WHAT LESSONS DOES THAT HOLD 
FOR US?
NBC'S KELLY COBIELLA IN SEOUL, 
SOUTH KOREA, FOR US THIS 
MORNING.
HI, KELLY, GOOD MORNING. 
>> SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU.
TODAY HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE ARE 
DEALING WITH A NEW CLUSTER, 36 
PEOPLE ALL AT THE SAME COMPANY 
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
CORONAVIRUS, BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ARE 
FILLING UP.
AT THE CHURCH IN SEOUL THIS 
MORNING, A STRANGE SIGHT AT THE 
TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
MORE THAN 2,000 PARISHIONERS 
SINGING AND PRAYING UNTHE SAME 
ROOF.
THE BIGGEST TURNOUT SINCE THE 
CHURCH REOPENED A MONTH AGO. 
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR 
PARISHIONERS GETTING THE VIRUS?
>> IF YOU FOLLOW THE 
GOVERNMENT'S GUIDELINES CLOSELY,
I THINK WE WILL BE SAFE. 
>> THERMAL SENSORS, TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS, ONLINE BOOKINGS AND QR 
CODES GIVING THE CHURCH A LIST 
OF CONTACTS IN CASE SOMEONE GETS
SICK, AND MASKS ARE MANDATORY. 
>> WHAT ABOUT HOLDING PRAYER 
BOOKS OR SINGING OR TALKING TO 
SOMEONE NEXT TO YOU. 
>> SINGING IS OKAY BUT TALK TO 
THE NEXT PERSON IS PROHIBITED. 
>> SCHOOLS IN SOUTH KOREA ARE 
FILLING UP, TOO.
ALMOST HALF OF ALL STUDENTS ARE 
NOW BACK IN CLASS.
KINDERGARTNERS AND FIRST GRADERS
TOGETHER BUT SEPARATED.
PARENTS STILL UNDERSTANDABLY 
NERVOUS.
THIS DAD SAYS HE'S A WORKING 
PARENT AND HIS CHILD HAD TO GO 
BACK, BUT HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE
VIRUS SPREADING WHEN KIDS PLAY.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HEALTH 
OFFICIALS HERE ARE STILL 
BATTLING SMALL OUTBREAKS AND 
INTRODUCING NEW RULES LIKE 
REQUIRING MASKS ON ALL PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING 
SUBWAYS, BUSES, AND TAXIS.
THIS ANIMATION SHOWS HOW GERMS 
CAN SPREAD WHEN A PERSON TALKS 
IN A SUBWAY CAR. 
>> A LARGE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE 
IN THE PRESENCE, WE'RE IN A 
CLOSE ENVIRONMENT, IT CAN BE 
SPREADING THE VIRUS. 
>> Reporter: TODAY ANOTHER 
WORRY, 36 PEOPLE AT A WAREHOUSE 
FOR SOUTH KOREA'S LARGEST 
E-COMMERCE BUSINESS HAVE TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
BUT THEY ARE STILL PRESSING 
AHEAD OPENING SCHOOLS, DOING IT 
SLOWLY, BRINGING HIGH SCHOOL 
SENIORS BACK LAST WEEK, YOUNGER 
KIDS THIS WEEK.
TAPE ON THE GROUND, PLASTIC 
DIVIDERS AROUND DESKS.
EVEN WITH ALL THAT PARENTS ARE 
STILL WORRIED, IN PART BECAUSE 
EARLIER THIS WEEK A 6-YEAR-OLD 
TESTED POSITIVE AND HEALTH 
OFFICIALS THINK THAT KID WAS 
INFECTED BY AN ART TEACHER AT 
HIS SCHOOL. 
>> WOW, SO MANY THINGS TO TAKE 
INTO CONSIDERATION.
KELLY, THANK YOU. 
>>> SHIFT IN GEARS NOW.
HOW ABOUT A CHECK OF THE WEATHER
THERE, MR. ROKER. 
>> ALL RIGHTY.
THINGS AWFULLY WARM.
WE'RE TALKING COAST-TO-COAST, 
TEMPERATURES NICE AND TOASTY.
NEW RECORDS POSSIBLE IN NEW 
ENGLAND.
BOSTON WILL FLIRT WITH 90 
DEGREES TODAY, 84 IN BUFFALO, 
CINCINNATI 85.
THEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE WEST
COAST.
LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES.
RECORDS POSSIBLE TODAY FOR 
SACRAMENTO, BAKERSFIELD, 
FINEBAUM SPRINGS, FLAGSTAFF, 
TOASTY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUES 
THAT WAY OUT WEST RIGHT ON INTO 
THE WEEKEND FOR
>>> IT'S 8:00 ON "TODAY."
COMING UP, BREAKING OVERNIGHT, 
OUTRAGE.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS CLASH WITH 
POLICE IN MINNEAPOLIS FOLLOWING 
THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN PINNED 
TO THE GROUND BY AN OFFICER. 
>> THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER.
HE WAS CRYING FOR HELP. 
>> THIS MORNING FOUR OFFICERS 
INVOLVED FIRED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
WE'RE LIVE WITH THE LATEST. 
>>> ON THE RISE.
ALARMING NEW NUMBERS SHOWING 
CORONAVIRUS CASES CLIMBING IN 
SOME STATES LIKE ALABAMA. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> THIS AS BUSINESSES OPEN FROM 
COAST-TO-COAST AND THE NHL 
ANNOUNCES NEW PLANS TO GET 
PLAYERS BACK ON THE ICE THIS 
SUMMER.
>>> AND TOUCHING TRIBUTE.
THE SPECIAL WAY COUNTRY 
SUPERSTAR TIM McGRAW IS HONORING
ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE 
♪ I CALL MAMA ♪
>> WE'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THE NEW 
MUSIC VIDEO AND WHAT HE'S BEEN 
UP TO TODAY WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th,
2020.
♪ I LIKE IT 
I LOVE IT ♪
>> WAKING UP TODAY FROM 
CATALONIA, NEW JERSEY. 
>> HAVE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. 
>> IT'S BY 17th BIRTHDAY.
>> MY NAME IS JACKIE.
TODAY IS MY 93rd BIRTHDAY. 
>> 18 YEARS EDUCATING 5,000 
STUDENTS, MR. SNYDER IS RETIRED.
YAY!
>> YOU THINK SHE'S HAPPY ABOUT 
THAT?
THAT'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE ON 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SPECIAL WELCOME TO EVERYBODY 
JUST WAKING UP, PUT THE COFFEE 
ON, THE DAY IS JUST STARTING.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH 
US. 
>> WE SURE ARE.
THE FOLKS ON MY TODAY PLAZA ARE 
PUMPED UP, MAN.
LET'S LOOK AT THEM FOR A SECOND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO GO
OVER.
A HERO MOMMA NURSE, SHE'S GOT A 
MILESTONE COMING UP.
SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO REVEAL FOR 
THE FIRST TIME SOME BIG NEWS.
WE WANT TO WELCOME IN OUR PLAZA.
>> IN JUST A MOMENT.
FIRST, COMING UP TOMORROW ON 
"TODAY," CAROLINE KENNEDY AND 
HER SON JACK SCHLOSSBERG WILL BE
JOINING US FOR AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE
INTERVIEW TO ANNOUNCE THE VERY 
SPECIAL WAY THEY ARE GOING TO 
CELEBRATE JFK LIBRARY 
FOUNDATION'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMETHING 
THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
THIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO DO 
IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
THEY ARE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT 
THAT TOMORROW, SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE 
NEWS AT 8:00.
TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN MINNEAPOLIS
AFTER A CHAOTIC NIGHT OF PROTEST
OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A BLACK MAN PINNED TO THE GROUND
BY A POLICE OFFICER.
FOUR OFFICERS FIRED OVER THE 
INCIDENT.
GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST.
GABE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HI, SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID THE 
FIRING OF THOSE FOUR OFFICERS 
WAS NOT ENOUGH.
THE FBI AND STATE AUTHORITIES 
ARE NOW INVESTIGATING.
OVERNIGHT SWARMS OF PROTESTERS 
CROWD THE THE STREETS FACING OFF
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR AFTER CELL
PHONE VIDEO CAPTURED THE 
DISTURBING VIDEO OVERNIGHT.
A WARNING, IT IS TOUGH TO WATCH.
THE BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE VIDEO
SHOWS THE OFFICER PINNING GEORGE
FLOYD DOWN, PRESSING A KNEE TO 
HIS NECK.
IN AN INITIAL PRESS RELEASE, 
THEY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE FOR AN
ALLEGED FORGERY IN PROGRESS.
HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED THE 
OFFICER.
OFFICERS ARE SEEN REMOVING FLOYD
FROM A PARKED CAR AND 
HANDCUFFING HIM BEFORE WALKING 
ACROSS THE STREET.
FLOYD'S FAMILY SAYS IT'S CLEAR 
HE'S NOT RESISTING.
WE HEARD FROM HIS SISTER EARLIER
ON "TODAY."
>> ME AND MY FAMILY ARE TAKING 
THIS VERY, VERY HARD
IT'S VERY HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO OUR 
PEACE.
>> BEFORE THE FIRINGS, THE 
POLICE UNION SAID THERE SHOULD 
NOT BE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT BUT 
THE MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR CALLED IT 
WRONG AT EVERY LEVEL.
HODA. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
GABE GUTIERREZ.
GABE, THANK YOU.
MOVING TO THE CORONAVIRUS DEATH 
TOLL IN THE U.S., IT'S 
APPROACHING ANOTHER GRIM 
MILESTONE.
SOME STATES SAY AN UPTICK IN NEW
CASES.
PETER ALEXANDER HAS THE THREE 
THINGS HE'S WATCHING TODAY.
HEY, PETER, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HEY, HODA, GOOD MORNING.
AS YOU NOTED THE NATIONAL DEATH 
TOLL APPROACHING THAT TRAGIC 
MILESTONE, 100,000 AMERICAN 
LIVES LOST.
"USA TODAY" PUTTING A FACE ON 
THESE DEVASTATING TIMES AND 
DESCRIBING THE VIRUS AS THE 
FASTEST KILLER IN U.S. HISTORY.
THIS ALL COMES AMID SERIOUS 
CONCERNS THAT CROWDS OF PEOPLE, 
MANY OF THEM GATHERING OVER THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND, COULD TRIGGER A
FRESH WAVE OF COVID INFECTIONS 
AFTER SOME IGNORED THE WARNINGS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT POOL PARTY, OF 
COURSE, IN MISSOURI.
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS 
COUNTY NOW ISSUED A TRAVEL ALERT
REQUIRING ANYONE WHO WAS THERE 
TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
NOW WITH MORE AMERICANS BEING 
TESTED, THE PRESIDENT JUST 
TWEETED THAT THE COUNTRY WILL 
SURPASS 15 MILLION TODAY.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IS CLIMBING IN ABOUT A 
DOZEN STATES BUCKING THE 
NATIONAL TREND OF STAYING STEADY
OR SEEING DECREASES@LEAST HALF 
OF THOSE STATES SEE MORE 
INFECTIONS, PLACES LIKE FLORIDA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE AMONG 
PART OF AN EARLY WAVE OF 
REOPENINGS.
IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 
SPECIFICALLY THE MAYOR THERE 
SAYS 80% OF THEIR DEATHS HAVE 
TAKEN PLACE THIS MONTH ALONE.
STILL, THERE ARE IMPORTANT SIGNS
OF PROGRESS.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANNOUNCING 
THIS WEEK IT WILL ALLOW 
RELIGIOUS SERVICES, SHOPPING AT 
LOW RISK RETAIL STORES AND 
DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATERS TO 
REOPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS.
THAT WOULD BASICALLY GET THE 
BALL ROLLING FOR THE COUNTY 
THAT'S REALLY BEEN CALIFORNIA'S 
EPICENTER FOR THE VIRUS TO OPEN 
UP FASTER THAN MUCH OF THE 
STATE.
SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT, PETER, THANKS.
WE'LL PICK IT UP RIGHT THERE 
WITH THAT CAUTIOUS APPROACH 
BEING TAKEN IN CALIFORNIA.
I SPOKE TO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
EXCLUSIVELY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON 
ABOUT THE PROGRESS HIS STATE HAS
MADE AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS 
CALIFORNIA AND THE REST OF THE 
COUNTRY ENTERS WHAT HE CALLS THE
UNKNOWN.
WE HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH 
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THAT AS A 
BIG TEST OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
HOW ARE PEOPLE HANDLING THE 
RESPONSIBILITY?
ARE THEY MEETING THOSE 
OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING
SUFFICIENTLY. 
>> I THINK OVERWHELMINGLY SO, 
THOUGH OBVIOUSLY WE'VE 
HIGHLIGHTED, AND APPROPRIATELY, 
THESE EXCEPTIONS.
WE WANT SO CONTINUE TO REMIND 
PEOPLE TO BE VIGILANT.
THE REALITY AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, I'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY 40
MILLION AMERICANS LIVING IN THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE VAST 
MAJORITY DOING THE RIGHT THING, 
RECOGNIZING THIS PANDEMIC IS NOT
BEHIND US.
WE'RE NOT INTO A SECOND WAVE, WE
STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THROUGH THE
FIRST WAVE. 
>> YOU JUST THIS WEEK RELEASED 
NEW GUIDELINES CONCERNING HOUSES
OF WORSHIP.
THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BECOME A 
FLASH POINT.
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT 
FORCING GOVERNORS TO OPEN HOUSES
OF WORSHIP.
DO YOU THINK YOUR NEW GUIDELINES
WILL BE THE END OF THE ISSUE?
>> WE'RE ONE OF A FEW STATES, A 
HANDFUL OF STATES THAT'S 
ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD TO 
PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO HOUSES OF 
WORSHIP.
I HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOR THOSE 
THAT WANT TO PRACTICE THEIR 
FAITH IN PERSON, NOT JUST 
VIRTUALLY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SO 
SAFELY.
IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR 
US.
NO ONE IS IMMUNE FROM POLITICAL 
PRESSURE BUT THAT WON'T BE 
DETERMINATIVE IN TERMS OF OUR 
DECISION MAKING, WE'LL DO IT ON 
THE BASIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
>> SPEAKING OF PRESSURE, A LOT 
OF FAMILIES ARE UNDER A LOT OF 
PRESSURE RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GO BACK TO 
WORK.
WHEN THEY ARE ABLE, THEY ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THEIR KIDS 
SOMEWHERE.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN TERMS 
OF CHILD CARE, SUMMER CAMP?
I KNOW GUIDELINES ARE EXPECTED 
TO BE RELEASED VERY, VERY SOON. 
>> MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN 
CHILD CARE.
OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, OUR 
CHILDREN, WILL BE DONE VERY, 
VERY CAREFULLY, ALSO RECOGNIZE 
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE 
CAREGIVERS, TEACHERS, BUS 
DRIVERS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, 
JANITORS AS WELL.
I'M CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO 
DO THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY AND
TO GET KIDS BACK IF THE 
CLASSROOM OVER THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS, AGAIN, 
RESPONSIBLY. 
>> DO YOU THINK SUMMER CAMP WILL
BE ABLE TO OPEN?
CHILD CARE?
SCHOOL THIS FALL?
DO YOU EXPECT IT TO BE OPEN?
>> WITH DEEP MODIFICATIONS, 
LIMITS, ABSOLUTELY. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
CALIFORNIA HAS BEE HIT HARDER 
AND WORSE THAN POSSIBLY ANY 
OTHER STATE, WHETHER YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT TOURISM, 
AGRICULTURE, PORTS, FILM 
INDUSTRY, THE LIST GOES ON AND 
ON.
HOW GRAVE IS THE THREAT TO 
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY?
>> IT'S BEEN PROFOUND.
THE REALITY IS WE HAVE 5 MILLION
PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SINCE 
MARCH 12th, 5 MILLION, SHY OF 
$12 BILLION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED
IN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
CLAIMS.
THESE ARE JUST JAW-DROPPING 
NUMBERS.
WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NOT AS CHARITY BUT 
RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP AMERICAN 
PEOPLE IN THE STATE GET MOVING 
AGAIN.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS BUT IT'S 
A SOBERING TIME. 
>> DO YOU SEE AN ECONOMIC 
BOUNCEBACK QUICKLY?
SOME TALK ABOUT A V-SHAPED 
RECOVERY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WERE UP HERE.
IT DROPPED SHARPLY AND QUICKLY, 
BUT IT WILL BOUNCE BACK JUST AS 
DRAMATICALLY.
DO YOU SEE IT HAPPENING THAT 
WAY?
>> I SEE IT HAPPENING IF PUBLIC 
HEALTH IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS.
I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING IF WE 
LOOK AT PUBLIC HEALTH AS AN 
ANNOYANCE OR NUISANCE THAT 
SOMEHOW GETS IN THE WAY OF OUR 
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
WE'RE A CONSUMER-BASED ECONOMY.
AS DEMAND INCREASES, WE'LL START
TO SEE THIS ECONOMY BEGIN TO REV
BACK UP.
THAT WON'T INCREASE UNTIL PEOPLE
FEEL CONFIDENT AND SAFE GOING 
BACK OUT AND DOING THEIR 
ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WERE DOING 
PRIOR TO COVID-19.
>> THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT 
YOU AND YOUR PLANS TO SEND 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN THE STATE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS. 
>> MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE WELL 
UTILIZED ALL ACROSS THE 
SPECTRUM, ALL ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN DONE SO 
THOUGHTFULLY AND SAFELY FOR A 
GENERATION.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF 
HAS USED A MAIL-IN BALLOT IN THE
PAST.
OUR SERVICE MEMBERS USE THEM 
OVERSEAS VERY CONFIDENTLY AND 
SECURELY.
THERE'S BEEN STUDY AFTER 
STUDY -- DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR 
IT, DON'T TAKE THE 
PRESIDENT'S -- STUDY AFTER STUDY
THAT JUST LAYS CLAIM TO NO 
EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT THERE'S
WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD.
WE WANT TO PREPARE TO KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE AND ALLOW THEM TO 
HAVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
PROTECTED, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT 
TO VOTE, WITHOUT PUTTING THEIR 
HEALTH AT RISK. 
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
JUST RECENTLY WARNED CALIFORNIA,
IN PARTICULAR THE MAYOR OF LOS 
ANGELES, MAYOR GARCETTI, THAT 
EXTENDED SHUTDOWN ORDERS MAY BE 
ILLEGAL AND VIOLATE THE 
CONSTITUTION.
DO YOU SEE A CONFRONTATION WITH 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMING?
WAS THIS A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW?
>> I THINK WE'RE ENTERING THE 
POLITICAL SEASON.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE SHARPENING 
THEIR TONGUES, SHARPENING THEIR 
KNIVES TO SOME DEGREE, 
FIGURATIVELY, AND CERTAINLY I 
EXPECT MORE OF THIS, NOT LESS. 
>> PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY 
HEARTENED TO SEE BUSINESSES 
START TO REOPEN, LIFE START TO 
RETURN.
AT THE SAME TIME IT'S SUCH A 
DELICATE BALANCING ACT.
I WAS STRUCK BY SOMETHING YOU 
SAID TODAY THAT WE'RE HEADING 
INTO THE UNKNOWN.
HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO BALANCE 
THOSE CONSIDERATIONS GOING 
FORWARD WITH THE CONCERNS OF A 
POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE THAT COULD
BE WORSE?
>> WE DON'T WANT TO YIELD TO THE
UNKNOWN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE DRIVEN BY DATA,
NOT POLITICAL PRESSURE AND NOT 
SCORING POLITICAL POINTS.
IF WE CAN GET THE HEALTH RIGHT, 
WE'LL GET THE ECONOMIC QUESTION 
CORRECT.
IT WILL COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE 
MORE CAPABLE OF NOT ONLY 
WEATHERING A SECOND WAVE BUT 
ALSO MORE RESILIENT AS A SOCIETY
AND A COMMUNITY AND MORE 
CAPABLE, MEANING ECONOMIC 
CONDITIONS THAT WILL PRESENT 
THEMSELVES WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
>> SUCH AN INTERESTING SITUATION
FACING CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR.
IT IS IN FREE FALL, HIT SO HARD 
BY THE VIRUS.
BUT SEEING SOME PROGRESS IN 
TERMS OF ITS SPREAD SO WE'LL SEE
HOW THAT DEVELOPS AND OBVIOUSLY 
HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 
REST OF THE COUNTRY. 
>> A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE 
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, STATE'S 
ECONOMY, IS LARGER THAN THE 
ECONOMY OF MOST COUNTRIES.
AS CALIFORNIA GOES, SO GOES THE 
REST OF AMERICA. 
>> GUYS, WE'VE GOT OUR NEWS 
COVERED.
I'VE GOT A MORNING BOOST FOR 
YOU.
EPA AFTER DECADES OF MARRIAGE 
JIM AND LISA ARE LIKE A COUPLE 
OF LOVEBIRDS.
LISA DID HAVE TO SPEND HER 
BIRTHDAY IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER 
HER SURGERY, SO HERE IS WHAT HER
HUBBY DID.
JIM WASN'T ALLOWED IN BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC HE USED A 
CONSTRUCTION LIFT TO LIFT HIM UP
TO THE HOSPITAL WINDOW. 
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I LOVE YOU.
I TOLD YOU I'D GO TO THE MOON 
AND I'M NOT LEAVING YOUR SIDE.
I LOVE YOU, BABE. 
>> LOVE YOU. 
>> LOVE YOU, HONEY. 
>> THEY WON'T LET ME IN, I'M 
COMING UP.
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪
>> IN THE SNOW AND ALL, JIM 
JOKED HE WAS KIND OF GLAD SHE 
WASN'T ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THAT HIGH.
ACTUALLY HE SAID HE'D GO TO THE 
MOON FOR HER. 
>> THAT'S LOVE.
>> THAT IS SO SWEET.
I'M MAD AT MY HUSBAND AND I 
DON'T KNOW WHY.
OKAY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU.
HERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
THEY ARE PRACTICING 
SKATEBOARDING MOVES ON SMALL 
BEGINNER'S RAMP AND GUESS WHO 
DROVE BY?
OLYMPIC LEGEND SHAUN WHITE.
THE KIDS HELD UP A SIGN ASKING 
HIM TO JOIN THEM.
WHY NOT?
HE'S NOT JUST A SNOWBOARDER, 
YEAH, HE'S A WORLD-CLASS 
SKATEBOARDER, TOO.
HE PUT ON THE MASK.
THE MANEUVERS.
THIS IS BEST OF ALL, HE LET THE 
KIDS SHOW OFF THEIR TRICKS FOR 
THEM.
WHITE SAID HE WAS STOKED
THAT'S YOUR LATEST WEATHER.
GUYS. 
>> THANK YOU.
NOW FOR THAT AUDITION WE'VE BEEN
TALKING BACK ON LAST NIGHT'S 
SEASON PREMIER OF "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" THAT THE WORLD WILL 
NEVER FORGET, SAVANNAH. 
>> IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS 
STORY, JUST WAIT.
ARCHIE WILLIAMS IS THE MAN WHO 
SPENT 36 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR A
CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT.
HE BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN WITH 
HIS SINGING AND HIS POWERFUL 
STORY.
NATALIE MORALES HAD A CHANCE TO 
SPEAK WITH HIM AND THE JUDGE HE 
INSPIRED GREATLY, SIMON COWELL.
GOOD MORNING. 
>> HI, GUYS.
YOU NEED APPEAR UPLIFT THIS 
MORNING, THIS STORY HAS IT ALL.
THE EVIDENCE CLEARLY SAID ARCHIE
WAS INNOCENT.
WITHOUT MONEY FOR A PROPER 
DEFENSE HE WAS SENTENCED TO A 
LIFE SENTENCE OF SUFFERING.
HE TOLD US HIS MIND WAS NEVER IN
PRISON. 
>> MY NAME IS ARCHIE WILLIAMS. 
>> Reporter: TUESDAY NIGHT 
ARCHIE WILLIAMS TOOK THE STAGE 
ON "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" AND 
GAVE A PERFORMANCE NO ONE WILL 
EVER FORGET. 
♪ DON'T LET THE SUN 
GO DOWN ON ME ♪
>> Reporter: A SHOCKING MOMENT 
HE NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED 
JUST LAST YEAR.
ON MARCH 21st, 2019, ARCHIE 
WILLIAMS WAS RELEASED FROM 
ANGOLA PRISON IN LOUISIANA 37 
YEARS AFTER BEING FALSELY 
ACCUSED OF CONVICTED OF RAPE.
ARCHIE WAS JUST 22 IN 1983 WHEN 
HE WAS ARRESTED AND STOOD TRIAL 
FOR THE 1982 RAPE AND STABBING 
OF A WHITE WOMAN IN HER BATON 
ROUGE HOME.
DESPITE MULTIPLE ALIBIS, 
FINGERPRINTS THAT DIDN'T MATCH 
HIM AND AN ALIBI WITNESS SAID 
ARCHIE WASN'T THE GUY HE WAS 
SENTENCED TO PRISON WITH NO 
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. 
>> IT'S A THING WHERE YOU NEVER 
GIVE UP ON YOURSELF. 
>> THAT KEPT ARCHIE GOING.
IN 1995, AFTER HAVING ALREADY 
SERVED 12 YEARS, HE WROTE TO THE
INNOCENCE PROJECT.
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I'M STILL 
HOLDING ON HOPING AND PRAYING 
SOMEONE WILL ANSWER MY LETTER. 
>> THE CASE WAS SCREAMING OUT HE
WAS INNOCENT. 
>> IT TOOK A NEW JUDGE IN 2019 
TO ORDER THE FINGERPRINT TEST.
WITHIN EIGHT HOURS THEY FOUND 
THE REAL RAPIST, AND WITHIN A 
WEEK ARCHIE WAS FREE. 
>> WHAT DOES FREEDOM FEEL LIKE, 
ARCHIE?
>> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN 
UNDERSTAND THE FULLNESS OF 
FREEDOM. 
>> FOR ARCHIE, THIS IS WHAT 
FREEDOM SOUNDS LIKE. 
>> YOU FOUND YOUR VOICE. 
>> SINGING WAS MORE SPORT. 
>> THAT SPORT LED HIM TO AN 
UNUSUAL PLACE.
>> I WAS JUST INCARCERATED FOR 
37 YEARS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S 
CRIME. 
>> 37 YEARS OF PAIN AND 
SUFFERING AND NOW JOY IN EACH 
NOTE.
♪ LOSING EVERYTHING 
IS SUN GOING DOWN ON ME ♪
>> THOSE WORDS THAT MUCH MORE 
POWERFUL COMING FROM ARCHIE. 
>> I WILL NEVER, EVER LISTEN TO 
THAT SONG IN THE SAME WAY EVER 
AGAIN.
ONE PERSON INFLUENCED MY LIFE, 
AND THAT WAS OPRAH.
I REMEMBER HER SAYING TO ME, IF 
YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO MAKE 
TELEVISION SHOWS, YOU HAVE THE 
ABILITY TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S 
LIVES. 
>> BECAUSE OF ARCHIE, HE'S 
BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE 
INNOCENCE PROJECT. 
>> WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING 
ABOUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE THAT WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE 
UNITE, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. 
>> THEY SAY THE TRUTH WILL SET 
YOU FREE.
FOR ARCHIE, IT'S DONE MORE THAN 
THAT.
IT'S GIVEN HIM BACK HIS LIFE, 
INCLUDING A DAUGHTER HE DIDN'T 
KNOW HE HAD.
>> TO THINK OF HER GOING ALL 
THOSE YEARS WITHOUT ME. 
>> THE FUTURE WITH NEW DREAMS. 
>> I WANT TO MAKE UP ALL THE 
LOST YEARS.
♪ IS LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN ON 
ME ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN LAST 
NIGHT.
STANDING OVATION.
ARCHIE IS LIVING OUT A LIFELONG 
DREAM AT THE MOMENT.
BUT HE SAYS HE'S NOT GOING TO 
TRULY FEEL FREE UNTIL, HE SAID,
>>> WE ARE BACK, 8:38 NOW.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR FANS WHO 
ARE HUNGRY FOR SPORTS.
ON TUESDAY THE NATIONAL HOCKEY 
LEAGUE BECAME THE FIRST 
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUE IN 
NORTH AMERICA TO ANNOUNCE AN 
OFFICIAL FORMAT TO RETURN TO 
PLAY.
WE'RE GOING TO UNPACK THE 
SPECIFIC DETAILS WITH 
COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN IN 
JUST A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, HOW THE REST OF THE 
HOCKEY SEASON COULD PLAY OUT.
SINCE MARCH 12th, THE NATIONAL 
HOCKEY LEAGUE HAS BEEN DARK, A 
FULL STOP DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
BUT A NEW PLAN COULD HAVE 
PLAYERS BACK ON THE ICE THIS 
SUMMER. 
>> I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE NATIONAL 
HOCKEY LEAGUE'S PLAN FOR OUR 
RESUMPTION OF PLAY. 
>> IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY
COMMISSIONER BETTMAN ANNOUNCED 
THE LEAGUE'S PLAN TO RETURN TO 
PLAY FOR THE POSTSEASON.
24 OF THE LEAGUE'S TEAMS WILL 
SOON HEAD TO THE PLAYOFF TO 
COMPETE FOR THE STANLEY CUP.
THE NEWS CELEBRATED ONLINE BY 
HOCKEY AND SPORTS FANS ALIKE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF ANY FANS WILL 
BE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON WITH
NEW PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED IN TWO 
YET TO BE DETERMINED HUB CITIES.
ONE FOR THE EASTERN CONFERENCE 
TEAMS AND ONE FOR THE WESTERN.
THESE HUBS WILL HAVE TO SECURE 
HOTELS, ARENAS, PRACTICE 
FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION 
FOR PLAYERS AND TEAMS WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO LIMIT PERSONNEL AND 
SUPPORT STAFF. 
>> WHILE NOTHING IS WITHOUT 
RISK, ENSURING HEALTH AND SAFETY
HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO ALL OF OUR 
PLANNING SO FAR AND WILL REMAIN 
SO.
>> WITHOUT COMMITTING TO A 
SPECIFIC DATE, THE COMMISSIONER 
LAID OUT A POSSIBLE TIME LINE 
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS JUNE AND 
BASED ON GUIDANCE FROM MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS AND GOVERNMENT 
AUTHORITIES. 
>> I KNOW I JOIN SPORTS FANS 
EVERYWHERE WHEN I SAY WE CANNOT 
WAIT FOR OUR PLAYERS TO HIT THE 
ICE AGAIN. 
>> AND NHL COMMISSIONER GARY 
BETTMAN JOINS US LIVE NOW.
GARY, A LOT OF THOSE FANS ARE 
CELEBRATING THIS MORNING, NOT 
EVEN JUST FANS OF HOCKEY BUT 
SPORTS FANS IN GENERAL.
HERE IS THE THING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A 
FRAMEWORK THAN REALLY A LIST OF 
DATES TO CIRCLE ON A CALENDAR.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THE FIRST PUCK
WILL DROP, GARY?
>> IT WILL BE AT SOME POINT OVER
THE SUMMER.
BY THE WAY, GOOD MORNING, AND 
IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
THE FRAMEWORK IS INTENDED TO BE 
EVOLUTIONARY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS ONE 
STEP AT A TIME BECAUSE OF THE 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR PLAYERS
AND ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL AND ALL
OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS OF 
PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
WE'VE BEEN IN A SELF-ISOLATION 
STAGE.
EARLY JUNE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
OUR TRAINING FACILITIES OPEN 
BECAUSE OUR PLAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO WORK OUT OR SKATE, SO 
THEY WANT TO GET BACK IN SHAPE.
WHEN WE GET THE SENSE THEY ARE 
READY AND GET THE SENSE HOW LONG
THEY NEED FOR TRAINING CAMP, 
WE'LL MOVE TO THE TRAINING CAMP 
PHASE PROBABLY IN JULY.
ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH TRAINING 
CATCH, WE'LL EXECUTE THE PAN YOU
JUST DESCRIBED SO WELL IN TWO 
HUB CITIES.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE PINNED DOWN 
TO SPECIFIC DATES BECAUSE AS 
EVERYBODY KNOWS, THINGS ARE 
CHANGING ALMOST DAILY. 
>> YOU DID SAY YESTERDAY THAT AN
ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN
IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU DESCRIBE
AS RIGOROUS TESTING.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 
THIS TESTING AND HOW OFTEN 
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE MEDICAL PEOPLE TELL US THAT 
THE SAFEST WAY FOR US TO DO WHAT
WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS TO BE 
TEST BE PERSONNEL, PARTICULARLY 
THE PLAYERS, IF NOT DAILY AT 
LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY FOR THE 
SCOPE OF THE TOURNAMENT WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY BETWEEN 
25 AND 30,000 TESTS, PUTTING 
ASIDE THE EXPENSE.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T BE 
DOING THE TESTING IF IT'S GOING 
TO INTERFERE AT ALL WITH ANY 
MEDICAL NEEDS OF ANY COMMUNITY 
WE MIGHT BE CONSIDERING GOING 
TO.
ALTHOUGH THE MEDICAL PEOPLE ARE 
TELLING US BY THE SUMMER TESTING
SHOULD BE IN SUCH ABUNDANCE THAT
25 TO 30,000 TESTS, WHILE IT 
SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER WILL BE
INFINITESIMAL. 
>> WILL YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN IF
ONE PERSON IS SICK. 
>> NOT ONE PERSON BUT OBVIOUSLY 
IF THERE'S AN OUTBREAK THAT WILL
SHUT THINGS DOWN, ALTHOUGH WE'RE
NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
THE MEDICAL PEOPLE WILL TELL US 
WHAT TO DO UNDER THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AS I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS, 
THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY BUT
WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING FRAMEWORK
AND TIMETABLE THAT WE CAN 
ADJUST, IT'S ANOTHER STEP IN THE
RETURN TO SOME DEGREE OF 
NORMALCY AND WE THINK THAT'S 
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SPORTS 
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CATALYST FOR 
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND 
HELPING COMMUNITIES HEAL. 
>> AND PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED 
ESCAPE DURING THESE TIMES 
ESPECIALLY.
GARY, ONE MORE QUESTION.
THERE'S SO MANY OF YOUR PLAYERS,
HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS IN NHL, THEY
COME FROM OVERSEAS, CANADA, 
RUSSIA, FINLAND, SWEDEN.
OF COURSE SWEDEN NEVER ENACTED 
THE KIND OF LOCKDOWN THAT WE'VE 
SEEN IN OUR COUNTRY.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT 
THESE HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS WHO 
ARE RETURNING FROM OTHER 
COUNTRIES. 
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 44%, ROUGHLY, 
OF OUR PLAYERS ARE IN THE CITIES
IN WHICH THEY PLAY AND 83% OF 
OUR PLAYERS ARE IN NORTH 
AMERICA.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, 17% OF OUR 
PLAYERS ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE 
NORTH AMERICA.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME 
BACK.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE, HAVE TO BE TESTED 
AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE 
SYMPTOM-FREE.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING STEPS.
WE CAN USE THE INDIVIDUAL 
TRAINING PHASE, PHASE TWO, WE 
CALL IT, TO DO THAT AND GET 
EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER AS A 
COMMUNITY.
BUT ONCE WE GO INTO TRAINING 
CAMP MODE, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF
TESTING.
NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS WHEN WE'RE 
ACTUALLY PLAYING IN PHASE FOUR 
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING
EVERYTHING VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE 
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO BRING BACK 
A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AS
WE'RE BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, 
WE'RE NOT BRINGING COVID-19 WITH
THEM. 
>> NHL COMMISSIONER GARY 
BETTMAN.
GARY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO 
PICK UP A LOT OF HOCKEY FANS 
OVER THE
>>> WELCOME BACK.
YOU GUYS, WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON
COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND TIM McGRAW 
TO ENTERTAIN AND INSPIRE US.
HE'S GOT INCREDIBLY HEARTFELT 
SONG.
HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
HE'S GOT A BRAND-NEW ONE, A NEW 
VIDEO, IT'S A POWERFUL SINGLE.
GET READY, IT'S CALLED "I CALLED
MAMA."
♪♪
♪♪
♪ I CALL MAMA ♪
>> OH, MY GOD.
TIM, NOTHING AGAINST YOU, I JUST
WANT TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO 
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
HI, TIM, HOW ARE YOU?
>> HI.
I'M WELL.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> MY WORD, I WAS GOING TO SAY 
THE TIMING OF THIS SOPPING, I 
KNOW IT'S AROUND MOTHER'S DAY.
BUT GIVEN THE FACT SO MANY 
PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HUG 
THEIR MOMS IN SO LONG, THIS 
VIDEO IS RIGHT ON TARGET.
TELL US HOW IT CAME TO BE. 
>> THE SONG, I WAS RECORDING THE
SONG BACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR 
WAY BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT SONG, A SONG
I LOVED.
I LOVE MY MOM, LIKE EVERYBODY 
LOVES THEIR MOM.
I REALLY WANTED TO RECORD IT.
AFTER I RECORDED IT AND WE GOT 
IT MIXED, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE 
VIRUS CAME ALONG AND EVERYBODY 
WAS TALKING ABOUT IT AND 
EVERYBODY WENT INTO ISOLATION, 
SO IT TOOK ON A BIGGER MEANING 
AND DEEPER MEANING TO US.
THAT'S WHY WE RELEASED IT.
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE AROUND 
MOTHER'S DAY.
BUT THE MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE 
IT JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 
LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING AN 
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DOING, 
SITTING AROUND AT HOME AND 
HAVING COMFORT FOOD ALL THE 
TIME.
THIS SONG FELT LIKE COMFORT FOOD
FOR YOUR SOUL IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
>> SPEAKING OF MOMS, HOW IS 
YOURS?
HOW IS BETTY?
I REMEMBER I INTERVIEWED YOU 
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR 
BOOK.
I WAS SO STRUCK BY HOW SHE WAS 
WHEN YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE BOY,
WHAT SHE WAS LIKE AS A MOM.
TELL US. 
>> YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY 
AGAIN, AREN'T YOU?
MY MOM IS AWESOME.
THEY ARE DOWN IN FLORIDA AND 
THEY ARE SELF-ISOLATED, JUST TO 
MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE.
I TALK TO HER QUITE A BIT.
SHE'S PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THIS 
VIDEO.
SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE THE OTHER 
DAY AND ASKED IF THIS MEANS 
SHE'S A MOVIE STAR NOW.
THEN LAST NIGHT I TALKED TO HER 
AND SHE WANTS A STAR ON THE WALK
OF FAME NOW BECAUSE OF THE 
VIDEO.
BUT SHE'S DOING GREAT.
MY MOM WAS SUCH AN INSPIRATION 
TO US GROWING UP.
SHE WENT THROUGH A LOT.
CERTAINLY HAVING ME OUT OF 
WEDLOCK EARLY IN HER LIFE AND 
CUTTING HER HIGH SCHOOL SHORT 
BECAUSE OF ME.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PERSON TO 
TELL US TO THINK BIGGER THAN OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHASE YOUR 
DREAM.
WITHOUT HER SAYING THAT TO US 
GROWING UP, INSTILLING THAT IN 
US GROWING UP, I'M CERTAINLY 
SURE I WOULDN'T HAVE PURSUED THE
CAREER THAT I HAVE. 
>> WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS 
VIDEO IS YOU'VE CONNECTED WITH 
YOUR MOM, AND WITH ALL OF OUR 
MOMS, YOUR FANS SENT IN PICTURES
AND VIDEO AND HELPED MAKE THIS 
BEAUTIFUL -- 
>> WE HAD TONS OF PEOPLE SEND 
STUFF IN.
WE COULDN'T GET EVERYBODY IN, OF
COURSE, BUT WE TRIED TO AT LEAST
MAKE IT AS YOU CAN FEEL AS MUCH 
AS YOU CAN EVEN THOUGH YOUR 
MOTHER MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IN. 
>> I THINK IT'S COOL.
I KNOW YOU HAD TOENS CAMEL YOUR 
CONCERT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT CONNECTION.
YOU AT HOME WITH YOUR GIRLS, ALL
OF THEM, WIFE AND KIDS.
YOU HAVE TWO GRADUATES IN YOUR 
FAMILY WHO DIDN'T GET TO GO TO 
GRADUATION.
MAGGIE WHO GRADUATED COLLEGE AND
AUBREY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAD A DRIVE-THROUGH 
GRADUATION FOR AUBREY, WHERE WE 
DROVE THROUGH CAMPUS, WHICH WAS 
REALLY COOL.
GRACIE OUT IN LOS ANGELES MY 
OLDEST DOG.
MAGGIE DIDN'T HAVE A GRADUATION 
AS WELL.
WE WERE TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVEN'T ALL BEEN TOGETHER 
DURING THIS TIME BUT SOME OF US 
HAVE BEEN TOGETHER.
I FEEL FOR ALL THE PARENTS OUT 
THERE AND ALL THE KIDS WHO 
DIDN'T HAVE GRADUATION BUT WE 
TRIED TO MAKE IT AS FUN FOR THEM
AS WE COULD. 
>> YOU DID.
YOU GAVE A GREAT SPEECH ON 
iHEARTRADIO, SO I ENCOURAGE 
PEOPLE TO GO TO IT AND I 
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE 
SONG.
I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO THIS.
I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT HERE FOR 
YOUR SONGS WHENEVER THEY COME 
OUT.
WE LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU, TIM, FOR JOINING 
>>> GOOD MORNING.
BREAKING OVERNIGHT PROTESTERS 
ERUPT.
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BLACK 
MAN PINNED TO THE GROUND BY AN 
OFFICER.
FOUR OFFICERS INVOLVED FIRED. 
>> THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE 
FAMILY, I'M SO SORRY. 
>> BUT THIS MORNING THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY IS DEMANDING MURDER 
CHARGES.
HIS SISTER AND HER ATTORNEY JOIN
US FOR A LIVE INTERVIEW.
>>> ALARM BELLS.
NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON 
THE RISE IN 24 STATES. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> JUST AHEAD THE FEAR THOSE 
PACKED HOLIDAY CROWDS FROM 
COAST-TO-COAST WILL ONLY MAKE
THINGS WORSE.
WE GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. 
>> IF WE CAN GET THE HEALTH 
RIGHT, WE'LL GET THE ECONOMIC 
QUESTION CORRECT. 
>> WILL SCHOOLS, CAMPS, AND 
DAYCARES OPEN THERE SOON.
HIS ANSWER STRAIGHT AHEAD. 
>>> FACT CHECK.
FOR THE FIRST TIME TWITTER SLAPS
A WARNING LABEL ON POSTS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
JUST AHEAD THE CONTROL CLAIMS HE
MADE THAT FINALLY FORCED THE 
COMPANY'S HAND, AND HOW THE 
PRESIDENT IS RESPONDING THIS 
MORNING. 
>>> ON THE RUN.
THE FBI JOINS THE MANHUNT FOR A 
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE STUDENT 
SUSPECTED OF TWO MURDERS, AN 
ABDUCTION, AND HOME INVASION.
INVESTIGATORS MAKING A NEW PLEA 
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. 
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
>>> THE VERY LATEST ON THE 
ONGOING SEARCH JUST AHEAD. 
>>> THOSE STORIES PLUS THREE, 
TWO, ONE, LIFTOFF.
THE HISTORIC LAUNCH YEARS IN THE
MAKING JUST HOURS AWAY NOW.
FOR THE FIRST TIME A PRIVATE 
COMPANY TAKING NASA ASTRONAUTS 
TO SPACE, USHERING IN A RA OF 
EXPLORATION IF THE WEATHER 
COOPERATES TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY
27th, 2020. 
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM STUDIO 
1A IN ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. 
>>> MORNING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO "TODAY."
IT'S A WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SO NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
BOY, WHAT A DAY FOR NASA, AN 
HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE U.S. 
SPACE PROGRAM.
WE'LL WATCH IT UNFOLD. 
>> ALL EYES ON THAT AND AL ROKER
TO SEE IF THE WEATHER 
COOPERATES.
WE'LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT FROM 
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JUST 
AHEAD.
ALSO, WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON 
THE CORONAVIRUS AS THE DEATH 
TOLL IN THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO 
SURPASS 100,000 TODAY, SAVANNAH.
>> BUT WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH 
THAT BREAKING NEWS OF NEW 
PROTESTS ERUPTING IN MINNEAPOLIS
OVERNIGHT AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS
PINNED TO THE GROUND BY POLICE 
AND LATER DIED.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON 
CAMERA AND SPARKED OUTRAGE 
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IT LED TO THE OURNL OF FOUR 
OFFICERS.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID IT 
CANNOT STOP THERE.
GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US WITH THE
VERY LATEST NOW.
GABE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: SAVANNAH, YOU'RE 
RIGHT.
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID THE 
FIRING OF THOSE OFFICERS IS NOT 
ENOUGH.
STATE AUTHORITIES AND FBI ARE 
NOW INVESTIGATING.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT IS DISTURBING. 
>> OVERNIGHT CHAOS IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREET FACING OFF WITH OFFICERS 
IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED TEAR GAS 
AND RUBBER BULLETS.
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION IN 
CHICAGO. 
>> A LOT OF US AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
>> A BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE 
VIDEO CAPTURED THE INCIDENT.
AN OFFICER PINNING GOERNL FLOYD 
FACE DOWN, PRESSING A KNEE INTO 
HIS NECK.
FOR MINUTES HE PLEADS FOR HELP 
SAYING HE CAN'T BREATHE.
THEN HE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AS 
ONLOOKERS SHOUT AT THE OFFICER. 
>> GET OFF OF HIM NOW. 
>> SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A 
NEARBY BUSINESS OBTAINED BY NBC 
NEWS SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO THE 
MOMENTS LEADING TO HIS DEATH.
HE'S REMOVED FROM A PARKED CAR, 
HANDCUFFING HIM BEFORE WALKING 
HIM ACROSS THE STREET.
IN AN INITIAL PRESS CONFERENCE 
THEY SAID THEY ARRIVED AT 
FORGERY IN PROGRESS.
HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED THE 
OFFICER.
ONCE HE WAS HANDCUFFED, OFFICERS
REALIZED HE WAS SUFFERING 
MEDICAL DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR 
AN AMBULANCE BUT THE MAYOR 
CALLED IT WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE, 
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP.
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS. 
>> THE 46-YEAR-OLD FLOYD PLAYED 
BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE AND LIVED 
MOST OF HIS LIFE IN TEXAS 
WORKING AS A TRUCKDRIVER AND 
SECURITY GUARD. 
>> THIS IS HEARTBREAKING WHEN 
YOU WATCH HOW THEY KILLED HIM, 
HOW HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS NECK, 
NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTE, 
THREE MINUTES, FOUR MINUTES BUT 
EIGHT MINUTES. 
>> LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA KNEELING ON FLOYD 
WITH COLIN KAEPERNICK KNEELING 
IN PROTEST WRITING, DO YOU 
UNDERSTAND NOW OR IS IT STILL 
BLURRED TO YOU.
DRAWING COMPARISONS TO A 
HIGH-PROFILE POLICE CONFERENCE 
IN 2014. 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO, 
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD. 
>> ANOTHER SENSELESS KILLING. 
>> THE MOTHER OF ERIC GARDNER 
DIED IN NEW YORK AFTER POLICE 
PLACED HIM IN THE CHOKEHOLD. 
>> IT'S LIKE A RECURRING 
NIGHTMARE.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
MONACO HAS TO BE DONE. 
>> BEFORE THE FIRINGS, A POLICE 
UNION SAID THERE SHOULD NOT BE A
RUSH TO JUDGMENT AND THE 
OFFICERS WERE COOPERATING.
NOW FLOYD'S FAMILY WANTS THE 
OFFICERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
HODA. 
>> GABE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE 
THIS MORNING ON THIS CASE 
INCLUDING A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH 
GEORGE FLOYD'S SISTER AND HER 
ATTORNEY.
SIX MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR, 
HODA, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
>> MOUNTING CONCERNS OVER THE 
POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN THE PAST WEEK 24 STATES HAVE 
REPORTED AN INCREASE IN NEW 
CASES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR THOSE 
PACKED BEACHES AND PARKS OVER 
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL ONLY 
CAUSE THAT NUMBER TO RISE.
NBC NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT 
MIGUEL ALMAGUER COVERING THAT 
STORY FOR US.
HEY, MIGUEL, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HODA, GOOD MORNING.
THE GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA 
CONTINUES TO EASE RESTRICTIONS.
LIKE IN MANY OTHER STATES SOME 
SAY IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH.
OFFICIALS EVERYWHERE ARE TRYING 
TO JUMP-START THE ECONOMY AND 
KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY BUT SOME ARE
NO LONGER WILLING TO WAIT.
THIS MORNING GROWING FALLOUT 
FROM HOLIDAY WEEKEND CROWDS AND 
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER A FRESH 
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.
THIS AS THE NATIONAL DEATH TOLL 
APPROACHES A STAGGERING 100,000.
"USA TODAY" PUTTING A FACE ON 
THE DEVASTATING LOSS.
THIS JAM-PACKED POOL PARTY IN 
MISSOURI PROMPTING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO
ISSUE A TRAVEL ALERT AND A 
14-DAY SELF-QUARANTINE ORDER FOR
ANYONE WHO WAS THERE.
OVERNIGHT THE OWNER OF THE BAR 
WHERE THE EVENT TOOK PLACE 
POSTING A MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK 
SAYING, IN PART, THAT HE STANDS 
BY HIS DECISION TO HOST THE 
PARTY AND NO LAWS WERE BROKEN.
THAT POST REFERENCING THE LOCAL 
SHERIFF SAYING IT'S THE RIGHT 
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIDE TO 
GO OUT.
TYLER AT THE PARTY AN PLANS TO 
TAKE A COVID TEST TODAY. 
>> I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY I 
WILL GET REALLY SICK.
IF I DO, I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS. 
>> NOW WITH MORE AMERICANS BEING
TESTED, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS CLIMBING IN
SEVERAL STATES.
AND IN ALABAMA, THE SITUATION IS
GETTING WORSE. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> THE GOVERNOR IN ARKANSAS SAYS
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK WHILE IN 
NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, THE 
FIRST CITY TO BE LOCKED DOWN, IS
SLOWLY REOPENING. 
>> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
>> IT'S NOT A GREAT THING 
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
SICK. 
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN LOS 
ANGELES AT DODGERS STADIUM UP TO
6,000 PEOPLE A DAY WILL BE 
TESTED FOR THE VIRUS.
NEARBY AT A FOOD PROCESSING 
PLANT, 153 MAUI HE'S HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE.
BUT THE NATION IS SHOWING NEW 
SIGNS OF LIFE.
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 
REOPENING WITH A LIMITED NUMBER 
OF TRADERS ON THE FLOOR AND NEW 
SAFETY RESTRICTIONS.
PROMISING SIGNS OF PROGRESS AMID
LARGER GATHERINGS OF CONCERN.
WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEK BEHIND THE
US, TWO WEEKS FOR AN IMPACT OF 
HOLIDAY CROWDS.
MEANTIME IN CALIFORNIA THE 
GOVERNOR SAYS HE WILL TIP TO 
SLOWLY EASE RESTRICTIONS.
SAVANNAH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
STILL AHEAD WE DO HAVE AN 
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA GAVIN 
NEWSOM ON HIS STATE'S PROGRESS 
AGAINST THE PROGRESS.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AS THE COUNTRY
ENTERS WHAT HE CALLS THE 
UNKNOWN. 
>>> NOW TO THAT HEADLINE MAKING 
MOVE BY TWITTER OVERNIGHT ADDING
THE FIRST FACT CHECK LINK TO 
TWEETS FROM THE PRESIDENT.
HE HAS RESPONDED WHERE ELSE, ON 
TWITTER.
NBC'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT 
PETER ALEXANDER HAS THE VERY 
LATEST FOR US THIS MORNING.
HEY, PETER, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO FAR TWITTER ADDED FACT CHECK 
LABELS ON TWO OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TWEETS WHEN HE TALKED 
ABOUT MAIL BALLOTS, COULD BE 
RIGGED.
THIS IS A STEP AFTER FIERCE 
CRITICISM THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE 
COMPANY HAD NOT DONE ENOUGH TO 
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE 
PRESIDENT'S MISLEADING AND 
INACCURATE STATEMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST MEGA PHONE
TWITTER POSTING A FACT LABEL ON 
SOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
TWEETS.
RESPONDING TO TWO TWEETS THAT 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE 
SUBSTANTIALLY FRAUDULENT.
BENEATH THEM, GET THIS MESSAGE, 
GET THE FACTS ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS AND LINKS TO ARTICLES 
ABOUT THE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIM.
THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY 
LASHING OUT, ACCUSING THE 
COMPANY OF INTERFERING IN THE 
2020 ELECTION AND COMPLETELY 
STIFLING FREE SPEECH ADDING I, 
AS PRESIDENT, WILL NOT ALLOW IT 
TO HAPPEN.
IT COMES AS TWITTER IS UNDER 
FIRE FOR ANOTHER SET OF 
INCENDIARY TWEETS SUGGESTING 
FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND "MORNING 
JOE" ANCHOR JOE SCARBOROUGH MAY 
HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN
THE 2001 DEATHS OF ONE OF HIS 
STAFFERS. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT.
HOPEFULLY MISDEMEANOR PEOPLE ARE
FOG TO FIND OUT.
CERTAINLY VERY SUSPICIOUS 
SITUATION, VERY SAD. 
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES 
DETERMINED YEARS AGO SHE DIED 
AFTER A HEART RHYTHM ALLOWED HER
TO COLLAPSE AND SHE HIT HER HEAD
ON SCARBORO'S OFFICE.
SCARBOROUGH WAS IN WASHINGTON AT
THE TIME BUT THAT HAS NOT 
STOPPED THE PRESIDENT FROM 
QUESTIONING WHETHER HE WAS 
INVOLVED.
WENT TO THE CEO JACK DOORSY 
WRITING, I'M ASKING YOU TO 
INTERVENE IN THIS INSTANCE 
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN 
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG 
TO HIM, THE MEMORY OF MY DEAD 
WIFE, AND PERVERTED IT FOR 
PERCEIVED POLITICAL GAIN ADDING 
MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER.
TWITTER HAS NOT TAKEN DOWN THE 
TWEETS BUT WORKING ON POLICY 
CHANGES IT HOPES TO HAVE IN 
PLACE SHORTLY. 
>> WHAT THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAVE 
HAD TO ENDURE FOR 19 YEARS, IT'S
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL WHETHER IT'S 
THE PRESIDENT OR PEOPLE 
FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT, IT IS 
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL. 
>> THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED 
TUESDAY HE'S READ THAT LETTER 
BUT HE IGNORED THE WIDOWER'S 
WORDS. 
>> ULTIMATELY THEY WANT TO GET 
TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
IT'S A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. 
>> PETER, MEANWHILE THERE'S A 
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN, HIS 
DEMOCRATIC RIVAL HAVING TO DO 
WITH WEARING A MASK OUT IN 
PUBLIC.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH, SAVANNAH.
YOU'LL REMEMBER UNLIKE PRESIDENT
TRUMP JOE BIDEN WORE A MASK 
DURING A MEMORIAL EVENT THIS 
WEEK.
THE PRESIDENT LATER SHARED A 
TWEET THAT MOCKED BIDEN FOR THAT
MASK.
BIDEN SAYING HE WAS FOLLOWING 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S 
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FIRED 
BACK ON CNN. 
>> HE'S A FOOL, AN ABSOLUTE FOOL
TO TALK THAT WAY.
I MEAN, EVERY LEADING DOC IN THE
WORLD IS SAYING YOU SHOULD WEAR 
A MASK WHEN YOU'RE IN A CROWD. 
>> LATE YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT 
SAID BIDEN CAN WEAR A MASK BUT 
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL THAT
BIDEN HAD ONE ON OUTSIDE WHILE 
WITH HIS WIFE.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO CRITICIZED A 
REPORTER FOR KEEPING HIS MASK ON
WHILE ASKING A QUESTION 
YESTERDAY ACCUSING THAT REPORTER
IN THE ROSE GARDEN OF TRYING TO 
BE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
PETER ALEXANDER AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE.
PETER, THANK YOU.
HODA, UP TO YOU. 
>> THANK YOU.
ALSO THIS MORNING THE MULTISTATE
MANHUNT FOR A CONNECTICUT 
COLLEGE STUDENT WANTED IN 
CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF 
DEADLY CRIMES IS EXPANDING.
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK HAS 
DETAILS. 
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING POLIC 
MURDERER PETER MANFREDONIA. 
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TELL 
YOUR STORY. 
>> AFTER FOUR DAYS AND ACROSS AT
LEAST THREE STATES, THE 
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT IS STILL ON THE RUN, 
WANTED IN TWO MURDERS.
HE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.
POLICE WARNING THE 23-YEAR-OLD 
MIGHT BE DRIVING A STOLEN BLACK 
HONDA SANTA FE. 
>> WHEN THEY FINALLY RELEASED 
THE INFORMATION, WE PUT TWO AND 
TWO TOGETHER, AND IT WAS 
TERRIFYING. 
>> ON FRIDAY MANFREDONIA 
ALLEGEDLY KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD 
THEODORE DEMERS WHO STOPPED TO 
OFFER THE YOUNG MAN A HAND. 
>> TED WAS THE GENTLEST, LOVING 
SOUL.
HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE.
>> BELIEVES IT WAS PREMEDITATED.
>> YOU DON'T JUST PUT A MACHETE 
IN YOUR BACKPACK AND COME TO THE
END OF A DIRT ROAD WITHOUT A 
PLAN. 
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER 
FRIENDS SAY A FRIEND FROM HIGH 
SCHOOL, ISELLE.
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN COUNTY AT
ONE POINT ON THE SAME STREET AS 
THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHOOTER.
THIS MORNING LEARNED 
MANFREDONIA'S FATHER WAS 
ARRESTED IN NEW TOWN AND CHARGED
WITH INJURY TO A MINOR AND 
GIVING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR.
HE WAS RELEASED ON $50,000 BOND.
CONNECTICUT POLICE SAYING THE 
CHARGES AGAINST ROBERT HAVE NO 
RELEVANCE INTO THE INVESTIGATION
AGAINST HIS SON, WHILE A FAMILY 
ATTORNEY SAYS THE YOUNGER 
MANFREDONIA WAS AN HONORS 
ENGINEERING STUDENT LIVING NEAR 
UCONN CAMPUS, AT TIMES 
STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY AND 
DEPRESSION BUT NO SIGN THINGS 
WERE GETTING WORSE. 
>> THE PARENTS' MESSAGE TO 
PETER. 
>> THE PARENTS AND FAMILY'S 
MESSAGE TO PETER IS, PETER, WE 
LOVE YOU.
IT'S TIME TO BRING THIS TO A 
SAFE CONCLUSION FOR EVERYBODY. 
>> BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE GETS 
HURT.
FOR "TODAY," STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC
NEWS, NEW YORK. 
>>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
THAT CASE.
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO GET TO THIS
MORNING, INCLUDING THE 
COUNTDOWN.
IT'S ON FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S 
HISTORIC MISSION TO SPACE.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER THIS MORNING.
JUST HOURS FROM NOW NASA AND 
SPACEX WILL TEAM UP FOR THE 
FIRST CRUDE LAUNCH FROM U.S. 
SOIL SINCE 2011, THE FINAL 
SAFETY AND WEATHER CHECKS ARE 
ALREADY UNDER WAY AND THE 
WEATHER IS A BIG QUESTION THIS 
MORNING.
NBC'S TOM COSTELLO IS THERE.
HI, TOM, GOOD MORNING.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> YEAH.
THE WEATHER IS THE ISSUE RIGHT 
NOW.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PRETTY GOOD 
RAIN SQUALL MOVE IN JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ISSUE 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS A HISTORY MAKING FLIGHT.
THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT A 
PRIVATE COMPANY IS CARRYING 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE STATION.
IN THIS CASE SPACEX.
SO MUCH IS RIDING ON THIS 
MISSION.
FOR NASA AND SPACEX, BUT, MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, GETTING THOSE TWO 
MEN UP TO THE SPACE STATION 
SAFELY.
WITH THE CLOCK TICKING DOWN, 
WE'RE NOW JUST HOURS AWAY FROM 
WITNESSING HISTORY ONCE AGAIN AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG 
HURLEY SET TO HITCH A RIDE FROM 
A PRIVATE COMPANY SPACEX'S 
DRAGON FALCON 9 ROCKET.
A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 
BANKING ON A NEW ERA OF SPACE 
TRAVEL. 
>> WE CAN USE NASA'S RESOURCES 
TO DO THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT 
YET BEEN COMMERCIALIZED, LIKE GO
TO THE MEN AND MARS. 
>>> TODAY'S MISSION IS A PROOF 
OF CONCEPT THAT COMPANIES LIKE 
SPACEX CAN SERVE AS TAXIS FOR 
AMERICANS AND OTHER NATIONS TO 
REACH LOW EARTH ORBIT 
DESTINATIONS LIKE THE SPACE 
STATION. 
>> IF WE CAN HAVE OTHER 
COUNTRIES BUY SEATS ON THESE 
ROCKETS, IT DRIVES DOWN THE COST
FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
TAXPAYERS. 
>> THOSE SEATS WILL COST $55 
MILLION EACH.
THAT MAY SOUND STAGGERING BUT 
NASA HAS BEEN SHELLING OUT $80 
MEDICAL PER SEAT FOR ASTRONAUTS 
TO RIDE ON RUSSIAN ROCKETS.
SHARING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW AHEAD 
OF THIS CRITICAL TEST FOR THE 
COMPANY.
ALSO WATCHING THIS BEHNKEN AND 
HURLEY'S WIVES, WHO ARE BOTH 
ASTRONAUTS.
SHARING THIS IMAGE WITH THEIR 
SON, INSPECTING DAD'S RIDE ON 
THE LAUNCH PAD.
THE TWO-MAN CREW SET TO LOAD 
INTO THAT CREW DRAGON A FEW 
HOURS BEFORE LIFTOFF WEARING 
SPECIALLY DESIGNED SPACE SUITS 
AND USING TOUCH SCREENS.
MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH IT WILL 
SEPARATE.
IF ALL THINGS DO AS PLANNED LAND
UPRIGHT ON SPACEX BARGE OUT IN 
THE OCEAN.
THE CREW DRAGON CONTINUING TO 
DOCK WITH THE STATION WHERE 
BEHNKEN AND HURLEY WILL LIVE AND
CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH THE REST 
OF THE TEAM FOR ONE TO FOUR 
MONTHS. 
>> I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING A COUPLE OF CREW MATES 
HERE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE 
DUTIES AND ALSO EAT WITH AND 
LAUGH WITH AND JOKE AROUND WITH.
IT WILL BE A GREAT ADVENTURE 
WITH THEM. 
>> LET'S DRILL DOWN ON IT, TOM.
WEATHER IS REALLY THE SPOILER 
POTENTIALLY.
HOW IS IT LOOKING FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON?
WE'VE GOT A FEW HOURS FOR THINGS
TO CLEAR UP. 
>> YEAH.
IN SOME WAYS THIS IS MORE 
COMPLICATED THAN DURING THE 
SPACE SHUTTLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT 
JUST ABOUT HOW THE WEATHER IS 
LOOKING HERE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 60% CHANCE 
OF GO HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER BUT THEY ALSO CONSIDER 
THE WEATHER AND OCEAN FACTORS 
OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, ALL 
THE WAY UP THE COAST OF CANADA, 
AND ALL THE WAY OUT TO IRELAND.
WHY?
BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE TO ABORT, 
THE SPACESHIP WOULD THEN 
PARACHUTE DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN AND THEY WANT THEM SAFE 
UNTIL RESCUE TEAMS ARRIVE.
THERE'S A RESCUE TEAM ON STAND 
BY AT CAPE CANAVERAL.
THEY WILL FLY TO THE LOCATION 
WHERE THE CREW MAY HAVE ABORTED 
AND PARACHUTED DOWN.
THEY THEMSELVES WOULD PARACHUTE 
INTO THE OCEAN AND HELP RESCUE 
AND STABILIZE THE CREW.
ALL OF THAT IS THE REASON WHY 
IT'S NOT JUST THE WEATHER HERE 
BUT THE WEATHER OUT OVER THE 
OCEAN AS WELL. 
>> IT'S JUST SO MIND-BLOWINGLY 
COMPLICATED TO SEE IF THEY CAN 
PULL IT OFF TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE LAUNCH RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
HODA. 
>> SAVANNAH, WHY DON'T WE BRING 
IN A GUY WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE 
ABOUT THE LAUNCH FORECAST THAN 
US AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
PICTURE.
HEY, AL, WHAT HAVE WE GOT?
>> WELL, GUYS, WE'RE LOOKING, AS
YOU SEE AGAIN, AS TOM SHOWED, 
IT'S CLOUDY OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE GOT SHOWERS.
IN FACT, AS WE LOOK AT THE LIVE 
RADAR, YOU'LL SEE WE ARE LOOKING
AT SOME PRETTY STRONG STORMS 
THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUSHING IN.
IN FACT, WE ALREADY HAD ONE 
CLEAR LAUNCH PAD 39A, BUT LOOK 
TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS LIVE RADAR.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS ALL DAY
TODAY AS WE MOVE INTO THE 
AFTERNOON.
LOOK AT LAUNCH TIME, 4:33.
THERE'S HEAVY SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS, A 60% CHANCE OF 
THOSE STORMS.
BESIDES THAT TO THE NORTH WE'VE 
GOT AN INVEST AREA THAT MAY 
BECOME A TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER 
THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
ALREADY SOME BUOYS OUT IN THE 
ATLANTIC REPORTING TROPICAL 
STORM WINDS.
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, LOOK 
AT STRONG STORMS.
IT WEAKENS INTO NEW YORK STATE 
BUT BRINGS STRONG STORMS 
TOMORROW INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC.
LOOK AT THE HEAVY RAIN.
SO AND FBI ARE 
NOW INVESTIGATING.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT IS DISTURBING. 
>> OVERNIGHT CHAOS IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREET FACING OFF WITH OFFICERS 
IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED TEAR GAS 
AND RUBBER BULLETS.
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION IN 
CHICAGO. 
>> A LOT OF US AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
>> A BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE 
VIDEO CAPTURED THE INCIDENT.
AN OFFICER PINNING GOERNL FLOYD 
FACE DOWN, PRESSING
>> HE SAYS HE CAN'T BREATHE. 
HE SAID IT AT LEAST A DOZEN 
TIMES. 
>> Reporter: HE WAS 
UNRESPONSIVE AS ONLOOKERS 
SHOUTED TO THE OFFICER. 
SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A NEARBY 
BUSINESS SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO 
BE THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO 
HIS DEATH. 
OFFICERS WERE SEEN REMOVING 
FLOYD FROM A PARKED CAR AND 
HANDCUFFING HIM. 
POLICE SAID THEY ARRIVED AT THE 
SCENE WITH A REPORTED FORGERY 
IN PROGRESS AND THE SUSPECT TO 
BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND 
RESISTED OFFICERS. 
ONCE A MAN WAS HANDCUFFED, 
OFFICERS NOTICED HE APPEARED TO 
BE SUFFERING MEDICAL DISTRESS 
BUT THE MAYOR CALLED IT WRONG 
AT EVERY LEVEL. 
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE. 
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED 
UP. 
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS. 
>> Reporter: THE 46-YEAR-OLD 
FLOYD PLAYED BASKETBALL IN 
COLLEGE AND SPENT MOST OF HIS 
LIFE IN TEXAS, WORKING AS A 
TRUCK DRIVER AND SECURITY 
GUARD. 
>> THIS IS HEARTBREAKING WHEN 
YOU WATCH HOW THEY KILLED HIM, 
HOW HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS NECK 
FOR NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR 
TWO MINUTES, APART THREE 
MINUTES, UPPER FOUR MINUTES, 
BUT FOR EIGHT MINUTES. 
>> Reporter: THIS IMAGE WAS 
POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE 
OFFICER LEADING ON FORD WITH 
COLIN KAEPERNICK DEALING IN 
BRUTALITY. 
THERE ARE COMPARISONS BEING 
DRAWN TO ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE 
PLEASE CONFRONTATION. 
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE VIDEO, CLOSER YOUR HEAD? 
>> I SEE ANOTHER, SENSELESS 
KILLING. 
>> Reporter: WHEN CAR IS A 
MOTHER OF ERIC GARDNER WHO DIED.
>> IT IS A RECURRING NIGHTMARE 
AND THIS HAS TO STOP. 
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. 
>>> KNEW PROTESTER UP TO THE 
MINNEAPOLIS AFTER A BLACK MAN 
DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY ON 
MONDAY. 
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED 
THE STREETS FACING OFF WITH 
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED 
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS. 
IT STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT ON 
MONDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE 
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICER PINNING 
GEORGE FLOYD DOWN. 
FLOYD PLEADS FOR HELP SAYING HE 
COULDN'T BREATHE. 
IT HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN 
TIMES AND HE WAS LATER 
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.
FOUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN FIRED 
AND THE FBI HAS JOINED THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
AND JOINING US NOW IS GEORGE 
FLOYD'S BRIDGET AND THE FLOYD 
FAMILY ATTORNEY. 
GOOD MORNING. 
BRIDGET, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T HAD 
THE STOMACH TO LOOK AT THAT 
VIDEO AND I DON'T BLAME YOU. 
IT IS HORRIFYING. 
WOULD YOU JUST TELL US HOW YOU 
AND YOUR FAMILY ARE DOING IN 
THIS MOMENT? 
>> ME AND MY FAMILY ARE TAKING 
THIS VERY, VERY HARD. 
IT IS VERY HEARTBREAKING. IT IS 
VERY DISTURBING TO US. 
WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING 
THE RIGHT THING. 
WE WOULD DO WHAT HE WANTED US 
TO DO. 
IT IS VERY HARD. 
>> Reporter: I SEE THAT, 
BRIDGET. 
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS SOME 
ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THOSE 
OFFICERS, FOUR OFFICERS, ALL 
FOUR WERE FIRED AND YOU SAID 
REPEATEDLY THAT IT IS NOT 
ENOUGH. 
WHAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU? 
>> I LIKE FOR THOSE OFFICERS TO 
BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. 
BECAUSE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT 
THEY DID. 
THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER. HE IS 
CRYING FOR HELP. 
I DON'T NEED THEM TO BE 
SUSPENDED AND ABLE TO WORK IN 
ANOTHER STATE, OR ANOTHER COUNTY
. THEIR LICENSE SHOULD BE TAKEN 
AWAY. 
THE JOB SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY 
AND THEY SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL 
FOR MURDER. 
>> Reporter: LET ME BRING IN 
BEN, I HAVE A COPY OF THE 
POLICE REPORT AND THIS IS WHAT 
WAS SUBMITTED. 
I WILL READ YOU A PORTION OF IT 
AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE VIDEO 
OF WHAT HAPPENED. 
THEY SAY HERE THAT GEORGE 
FLOYD, THIS IS BY THE WAYS OVER 
A FORGERY, IF A $20 BILL. 
HE WAS ORDERED TO STEP FROM HIS 
CAR, HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED 
OFFICERS. 
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE 
SUSPECT IN HANDCUFFS. 
IN THIS VIDEO, IT EMERGED WHICH 
SHOWS A DIFFERENT PICTURE, 
DOESN'T IT? 
>>> ABSOLUTELY, HODA. 
WE HAVE MORE VIDEO EMERGING. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE SENDING US TO 
VIDEOS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN 
YET AND IT SHOWS, I MEAN, A 
NONVIOLENT CRIME, USING THIS 
VIOLENT, LETHAL EXCESSIVE FORCE,
NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR TWO 
MINUTES, NOT FOR THREE MINUTES, 
NOT FOR 4 MINUTES, NINE MINUTES 
WHILE HE IS BEGGING TO BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE, AGAIN. 
IT IS 2020, AND IT IS WORSE THAN
ERIC GARNER IN MANY WAYS 
BECAUSE YOU HEAR THOSE PEOPLE 
ON BEHALF OF HIM. 
PLEASE, GET YOUR KNEE OFF HIS 
NECK. 
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING. 
HAVE SOME HUMANITY. 
>> YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE 
REPORT. 
THIS IS OF THE POLICE REPORT 
COVERS THAT PART. 
THEY NOTED HE APPEARED TO BE 
SUFFERING MEDICAL DISTRESS. 
OFFICERS CALLED FOR AN 
AMBULANCE. 
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL 
CENTER BY AMBULANCE WHERE HE 
DIED. 
IT IS NOT FOR THAT VIDEO 
PLEADING OF THE BYSTANDERS 
BEGGING THE OFFICERS TO GET OFF 
OF HIM, WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED 
WITH THIS CASE? 
>> THEY WOULD'VE GAVE A FALSE 
NARRATIVE AND THEY WOULD'VE 
SWEPT IT UNDER THE RUG. 
WE HAVE THIS VIDEO THAT THEY 
HAVE TERMINATED THEM BUT THEY 
NEED TO BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED 
WITH MURDER BECAUSE HOW MANY 
MORE OF THESE EXCESSIVE FORCE 
KILLERS BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECT US, THAT 
ALL OF AMERICA? 
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR LATER 
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POLICE REPORT 
WAS INACCURATE. 
HE SAID BEING BLACK IN AMERICA 
SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE. 
THE MAYOR ALSO ADDED THAT HE 
SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED. 
THE GOVERNOR, THE LACK OF 
HUMANITY, IN THE VIDEO, 
DISTURBING AND SICKENING. 
HE ALSO MADE THE STATEMENT, THE 
GOVERNOR SAID WE WILL GET 
ANSWERS AND SEEK JUSTICE. 
DO YOU HAVE FAITH, BRIDGET, 
THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE IN 
THIS CASE? 
>> I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH 
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE UPMOST
, POWERFUL, GOD. FAITH IS 
SOMETHING THAT ME AND MY 
BROTHER, ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT 
BECAUSE HE WAS A GOD-FEARING 
MAN REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DONE, 
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. 
NOBODY IS PERFECT. 
BUT, I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE 
WILL BE SERVED. 
I HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO STAND ON 
THIS. 
>> Reporter: JUST ONE FINAL 
QUESTION FOR YOU BEN CRUMP, 
LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS 
PICTURE THAT IS BEEN SHOWN 
AROUND A BIT. 
IT SHOWS COLIN KAEPERNICK 
DEALING AND THE POLICE OFFICER 
KNEELING AND HE BASICALLY SAYS 
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW? 
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS CASE MAY 
ACTUALLY BE THE TIPPING POINT? 
>> I DO. 
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NINE 
MINUTES, IF YOU SIT FOR NINE 
MINUTES, AMERICA, AND TRY TO 
IMAGINE SOMEONE SUFFOCATING YOU 
AND YOUR BEGGING. 
THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE THE 
TIPPING POINT THAT WE HAVE TO 
SAY THAT EVERYBODY DESERVES 
EQUAL JUSTICE AND WE HAVE TO 
SEND A MESSAGE WITH THIS CASE. 
WE CAN'T ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE 
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US TO DO 
THIS. 
THEY CAN'T BE TO JUSTICE 
SYSTEMS, ONE FOR BLACK AMERICA 
I 14 WHITE AMERICA. 
WE HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE 
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
>> Reporter: BRIDGET, WE WISH 
THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW YOUR BROTHER IS A FATHER 
OF TWO, THE YOUNGEST IS 6 YEARS 
OLD. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> Reporter: GROWING FOLLOW-UP 
FROM THOSE HOLIDAY WEEKEND 
CROWDS. 
A SERIOUS CONCERN OVER A FRESH 
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS. 
THIS IS THE NATIONAL DEATH TOLL 
APPROACH IS A STAGGERING 
100,000. 
USA TODAY PUTTING A FACE ON THE 
DEVASTATING LOSS. 
THIS JAMPACKED POOL PARTY IN 
MISSOURI PROMPTING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY 
TO ISSUE A TRAVEL ALERT AND A 
14 DAY SELF QUARANTINE ORDER 
FOR ANYONE WHO IS THERE. 
OVERNIGHT, THE OWNER OF THE 
BARRET EVENT TOOK PLACE, 
POSTING A MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK 
SAYING IN PART, HE STANDS BY 
HIS DECISION TO HOST THE PARTY 
AND THAT NO LAWS WERE BROKEN. 
THAT POST ALSO REFERENCING AN 
EARLIER STATEMENT FROM LOCAL 
SHERIFF SAYING IT IS THE RIGHTS 
AND RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH 
INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE DECISIONS 
ABOUT GOING OUT. 
TYLER HANKER WAS AT THAT PARTY 
AND PLAN TO TAKE A COVID TEST 
TODAY. 
>> I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY I 
WOULD GET REALLY SICK. BUT IF I 
DO, I DELIVER THE CONSEQUENCES 
OF MY ACTIONS. 
>> Reporter: WITH MORE 
AMERICANS BEING TESTED, THE 
NUMBER OF NEW CORONAVIRUS IS 
CLIMBING IN SEVERAL STATES AND 
IN ALABAMA, THE SITUATION IS 
GETTING WORSE. 
>> 80% OF OUR DEBTS HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR IN 
ARKANSAS SAYS THEIR EXPERIENCE 
A DANGEROUS SIX SECOND PEAK 
WHILE THE NEW ROCHELLE, NEW 
YORK, THE FIRST CITY TO BE 
LOCKDOWN IS SLOWLY REOPENING. 
>> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
>>> IT IS NOT THE GREATEST 
THING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE SICK. 
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, IN LOS ANGELES, AT 
DODGER STADIUM, UP TO 6000 
PEOPLE A DAY WILL BE TESTED FOR 
THE VIRUS. 
NEARBY, AT A FOOD PROCESSING 
PLANT, 153 EMPLOYEES HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE. 
WITH THE NATION ISSUING THE 
SIGNS OF LIFE. 
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 
REOPENING WITH A LIMITED NUMBER 
OF TRADERS ON THE FLOOR AND NEW 
SAFETY RESTRICTIONS. 
PROMISING SIGNS OF PROGRESS 
AMID LARGER GATHERINGS OF 
CONCERN. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S 
FAVOR SOCIAL MEDIA MEGAPHONE 
TWITTER SLAPPING A FACT CHECK 
WITH ALSO PRESENT TRUMP'S TWEET.
TWITTER RESPONDED TO TWO 
TRUMP'S TWEET SAYING MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS WILL BE FRAUDULENT. 
THERE IS A LINK TO ARTICLES 
ABOUT THE UNSUBSTANTIATED 
CLAIMS. 
THE PRESIDENT ADMITTED LASHING 
OUT ACCUSING THE COMPANY OF 
INTERFERING IN THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND 
COMPLETELY STIFLING FREE 
SPEECH. 
ADDING THAT I, AS PRESIDENT, 
WILL NOT ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. 
IT COMES AS TWITTER IS UNDER 
FIRE FOR ANOTHER SCENT OF HIS 
INJURY TRUMP TREATS FALSELY 
SUGGESTING JOE SCARBOROUGH MAY 
BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE 
2001 DEATH OF ONE OF THE 
STAFFERS. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SUGGEST 
THAT. 
AND HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY PEOPLE 
WILL FIND OUT, I'M VERY 
SUSPICIOUS. 
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES 
DETERMINED, YEARS AGO, THE 20-
YEAR-OLD LORI MacEDO DIED AFTER 
ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM THAT 
CAUSED HER TO COLLAPSE. 
SCARBROUGH WAS IN WASHINGTON AT 
THE TIME. 
BUT THAT IS NOT STOP THE 
PRESIDENT FROM QUESTIONING IF 
SCARBROUGH GOT AWAY WITH MURDER.
THE WIDOWER IS APPEALING TO THE 
TWITTER CEO, JACK DORSEY, TO 
REMOVE THE TWEET. 
I'M ASKING YOU TO EVERY IN THIS 
INCIDENT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT 
IN THE EYES THAT HAS TAKEN 
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG 
TO HIM, THE MEMORY OF MY DEAD 
WIFE. 
ADDING, MY WIFE DESERVES 
BETTER. 
TWITTER HAS NOT TAKEN DOWN THE 
TWEETS BUT SAYS IT IS WORKING 
ON POLICY CHANGES IT HOPES TO 
HAVE IN PLACE SHORTLY. 
>>> THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAS HAD 
TO ENDURE, FOR 19 YEARS, IT IS 
UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL FOR, WHETHER 
IT IS THE PRESIDENT OR WHETHER 
IT IT IS PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE 
PRESIDENT. 
IT IS UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT THE 
KNOWLEDGE HE READ THE LETTER 
BUT HE IGNORED THE WIDOWER'S 
WORDS. 
>>> ULTIMATELY THEY WILL GET TO 
THE BOTTOM OF IT. 
ITS A SERIOUS SITUATION. 
>> Reporter: PETER, THERE'S A 
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN 
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH WEARING A 
MASK IN PUBLIC. 
WHAT HAPPENED? 
>> Reporter: UNLIKE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, JOE BIDEN WORE A MASK 
DURING MEMORIAL DAY EVENT THIS 
WEEK IN THE PRESIDENT LATER 
SHARED A TWEET THAT MOCKED 
BIDEN FOR THAT MASK. 
BIDEN, WHO SAYS HE WAS 
FOLLOWING THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S GUIDELINES 
FIRED BACK ON CNN. 
>> HE IS A FOOL. 
AN ABSOLUTE FULL TO TALK THAT 
WAY. 
I MEAN, EVERY DOCTOR IN THE 
WORLD IS SAYING WE SHOULD WEAR 
A MASK. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAID 
BIDEN CAN WEAR MASS BUT HE 
THOUGHT IS WAS VERY UNUSUAL 
THAT BIDEN HAD ONE ON OUTSIDE 
WITH HIS WIFE. 
THE PRESIDENT ALSO CRITICIZED A 
REPORTER FOR KEEPING HIS MASK 
ON WHILE ASKING A QUESTION 
YESTERDAY ACCUSING THAT 
REPORTER IN THE ROSE GARDEN OF 
TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY 
CORRECT. 
>>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
>>> AT THIS CHURCH, A STRANGE 
SIGHT AT THE TIME OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
MORE THAN 2000 PRISONERS UNDER 
THE SAME ROOF. 
THE BIGGEST TURNOUT SINCE THE 
CHURCH REOPEN. 
>> Reporter: ARE YOU CONCERNED 
ABOUT YOUR CHURCH PRISONERS 
GETTING THE VIRUS? 
I THINK IT IS REALLY SAY. 
>> Reporter: THERMAL SENSORS, 
TEMPERATURE CHECKS, ONLINE 
BOOKINGS AND QR CODES GIVING 
THE CHURCH A LIST OF CONTACTS 
IN CASE SOMEONE GETS SICK AND 
MASKS ARE MANDATORY. 
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT HOLDING 
PRAYER BOOKS OR SINGING OR 
TALKING TO SOMEONE NEXT TO YOU? 
>> SINGING IS OKAY. 
TALKING TO THE NEXT PERSON ARE 
PROHIBITED. 
>> Reporter: SCHOOLS IN SOUTH 
KOREA ARE FILLING UP. 
ALMOST HALF OF ALL STUDENTS ARE 
BACK IN CLASS. 
KINDERGARTENS AND FIRST-GRADERS 
ARE TOGETHER BUT SEPARATED. 
PARENTS ARE NERVOUS. 
HIS DAD SAYS HE'S A WORKING 
PARENT. HIS CHILD HAD TO GO 
BACK BUT HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE 
VIRUS SPREADING WHEN HIS KIDS 
PLAY. 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HEALTH 
OFFICIALS HERE ARE STILL 
BATTLING SMALL OUTBREAKS IN 
INTRODUCING NEW RULES LIKE 
REQUIRING MASKS ON ALL PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING 
SUBWAYS, BUSES AND TAXIS. 
THIS ANIMATION SHOWS HOW GERMS 
CAN SPREAD WHEN A PERSON TALKS 
IN A SUBWAY CAR. 
>>> A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, 
WE LIVE IN A CLOSE ENVIRONMENT. 
IT CAN HELP SPREAD THE VIRUS. 
>> Reporter: ANOTHER WORRY 
TODAY. 
36 PEOPLE AT A WAREHOUSE FOR 
SOUTH KOREA'S LARGEST e-
COMMERCE BUSINESS TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. 
>>> WE HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH 
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH A LOT 
OF PEOPLE SAW THAT AS A BIG 
TEST OF SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
HOW ARE PEOPLE HANDLING THE 
RESPONSIBILITY? 
ARE THEY MEETING OBLIGATIONS OF 
SOCIAL DISTANCING SUFFICIENTLY? 
>> I THINK OVERWHELMINGLY SO. 
WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THESE 
EXCEPTIONS AND WE WANT TO 
REMIND PEOPLE TO BE VIGILANT. 
THE REALITY, AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, I'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY 
40 MILLION AMERICANS, THE VAST 
MAJORITY, DOING THE RIGHT THING 
RECOGNIZING THIS PANDEMIC IS 
NOT BEHIND US. 
WE ARE NOT INTO A SECOND WAY. 
WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE 
FIRST WAY. 
>> Reporter: YOU RELEASED NEW 
GUIDELINES CONFIRMING HOUSES OF 
WORSHIP. 
THIS IS THE FLASHPOINT. 
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT 
FORCING GOVERNORS TO OPEN 
HOUSES OF WORSHIP. 
YOU THINK YOU NEW GUIDELINES 
WILL BE THE END OF THE ISSUE? 
>> WE ARE ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF 
STATES HAVE MOVED FORWARD TO 
PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO HOUSES OF 
WORSHIP. 
I HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOR THOSE 
WHO WANT TO PRACTICE THEIR 
FAITH IN PERSON, NOT JUST 
VIRTUALLY. 
WE HAVE TO DO SO SAFELY. 
IT IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR 
US. 
WE ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM 
POLITICAL PRESSURE BUT IT WON'T 
BE A DETERMINANT OF OUR 
DECISION-MAKING. 
>> Reporter: A LOT OF FAMILIES 
ARE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE 
RIGHT NOW. 
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GO BACK TO 
WORK AND WHEN THEY ARE ABLE, 
THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT THE KIDS 
SOMEWHERE. 
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN TERMS 
OF CHILDCARE IN THE STATE? 
IN TERMS OF SUMMER CAMP? 
I KNOW GUIDELINES ARE TO BE 
RELEASED VERY SOON. 
>>> WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS 
IN CHILDCARE. 
OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESEARCH, OUR 
CHILDREN, WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE 
TO TAKE CARE OF THE CAREGIVERS 
MEANING OUR TEACHERS, BUS 
DRIVERS, THE CAFETERIA WORKERS, 
THE JANITORS AS WELL. 
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR 
ABILITY TO DO THIS IN A 
RESPONSIBLE WAY AND YOU GET 
KIDS BACK INTO CLASSROOMS OF 
THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW 
MONTHS. 
AGAIN, RESPONSIBLY. 
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK 
SUMMER CAMP WILL BE ABLE TO 
OPEN? 
CHILDCARE AND SCHOOL BE 
EXPECTED TO BE OPEN? 
>>> WITH MODIFICATIONS AND 
LIMITS, ABSOLUTELY. 
>> Reporter: LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE ECONOMY. 
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN HIT HARDER 
AND WORSE THAN ANY OTHER STATE. 
WERE TALKING ABOUT TOURISM, 
AGRICULTURE, THE LIST GOES ON 
AND ON. 
HOW GREAT IS A THREAT TO 
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY? 
>> IT IS PRETTY PROFOUND. 
WE HAVE 5 MILLION PEOPLE THAT 
APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE SINCE MARCH 12. 
5 MILLION. 
JUST SHY OF $12 BILLION HAVE 
BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS. 
THOSE ARE JAW-DROPPING NUMBERS. 
WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR 
US. 
THAT IS WHY WE NEED THE SUPPORT 
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GET 
MOVING AGAIN. 
WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS BUT IT 
IS A SOBERING TIME. 
>> Reporter: DO YOU SEE AN 
ECONOMIC BOUNCE BACK QUICKLY? 
SOME TALK ABOUT A V-SHAPED 
RECOVERY, WE WERE UP HERE, 
DROPPED AND IT WILL BOUNCE BACK 
JUST AS DRAMATICALLY. 
DO YOU SEE HAPPENING THAT WAY? 
>> I SEE IT HAPPENING IF PUBLIC 
HEALTH IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. 
I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING IF WE 
LOOK AT PUBLIC HEALTH AS AN 
ANNOYANCE OR NUISANCE, IT GETS 
IN THE WAY OF HER ECONOMIC 
GROWTH. 
AS DEMAND INCREASES, WILL START 
TO SEE THIS ECONOMY TO REV UP 
BUT THAT WON'T INCREASE UNTIL 
PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND 
SAFE GOING BACK OUT AND DOING 
THEIR ACTIVITIES THEY ARE DOING 
PRIOR TO COVID-19. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
TWEETED ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PLAN 
TO SEND MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO 
REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE PRESENT 
ABOUT FRAUDULENT BALLOTS? 
>> LET'S STICK WITH FACTS AND 
NOT OPINIONS. 
FEELING AS THE BALLOTS ARE WELL 
UTILIZED ALL ACROSS THE SPECTRUM
, ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND 
HAVE BEEN DONE SO THOUGHTFULLY 
AND SAFELY FOR A GENERATION. 
THE PRESIDENT HAS USED MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS IN THE PAST. 
OUR SOLDIERS USE THEM OVERSEAS 
CONFIDENTLY AND SECURELY. 
THERE BEEN STUDIES, DON'T TAKE 
MY WORD FOR IT, DON'T TAKE THE 
PRESIDENT, STUDY AFTER STUDY 
THAT LAYS CLAIM TO NO EVIDENCE, 
WHATSOEVER, THAT THERE IS 
WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD. 
WE WANT TO PROVIDE TO KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE AND ALLOW THEM TO 
HAVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS PROTECTED WITHOUT 
PUTTING YOUR HEALTH AT RISK. 
>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE ONE CALIFORNIA, IN 
PARTICULAR, THE MAYOR OF LOS 
ANGELES GILGO CITY, THAT 
EXTENDED SHUTDOWN ORDERS MAY BE 
ILLEGAL AND VIOLATE THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
DO YOU SEE A CONFRONTATION WITH 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMING? 
IS IT THE SHOT ACROSS THE BOW? 
>> I THINK WHERE ENTERING 
POLITICAL SEASON PEAK PEOPLE 
ARE SHARPENING THEIR KNIFE TO 
SOME DEGREE, FIGURATIVELY. 
I EXPECT MORE OF THIS, NOT 
LESS. 
>> Reporter: PEOPLE WILL BE 
HEARTENED TO SEE BUSINESSES 
START TO REOPEN LIKE START TO 
RETURN AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT 
IS SUCH A DELICATE BALANCING 
ACT. 
I'M STRUCK BY SOMETHING YOU 
SAID THAT WE ARE HEADED INTO 
THE UNKNOWN. 
HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO BALANCE 
THOSE CONSIDERATIONS AS WE GO 
FORWARD WITH THOSE CONCERNS 
ABOUT A POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE 
THAT COULD BE WORSE? 
>> WE WANT IT TO YIELD TO THE 
UNKNOWN. 
IF WE CAN GET THE HELP RIGHT, 
WE'LL GET THE ECONOMIC QUESTION 
CORRECT. 
WE WILL COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE 
MORE CAPABLE, NOT ONLY 
WEATHERING A SECOND WAVE BUT 
BEING MORE RESILIENT, AS A 
SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY, AND MORE 
CAPABLE OF MEETING ECONOMIC 
CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT 
THEMSELVES IN THE FUTURE. 
>> Reporter: I GOT TO TALK TO A 
GENTLEMAN HAS VOLUNTEERED TO 
HELP FIND A VACCINE FOR COVID-
19. 
FINDING THAT VACCINE IS A TOP 
PRIORITY THE REPORT GOVERNMENT 
REPORTING THERE ARE 14 PROMISING
CLINICAL TRIALS. ONE TRIAL HAS 
RECEIVED IS GOING ON AT EMORY 
UNIVERSITY. 
NORMAN, GOOD MORNING. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT EMORY 
HAS TEAMED UP WITH A BIOTECH 
FIRM FOR THIS TRIAL. 
YOU WORKED IN THE UNIVERSITY 
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND 
JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO BE PART 
OF THIS TRIAL. 
WHY? 
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 26 YEARS, 
AND BACK IN MARCH, I WAS SENT 
HOME IS NONESSENTIAL AND LIKE 
SO MANY PEOPLE, I WANTED HELP 
OUT. 
YOU LOOK AT THE AMAZING WORK OF 
FIRST RESPONDERS. 
EMERGENCY ROOM STEP, THEY WERE 
ABLE TO HELP. 
I WAS FORTUNATE I COULD WORK 
FROM HOME AND I WAS FORTUNATE 
THAT AT WORK AT DENVER 
UNIVERSITY WHICH IS AN AMAZING 
RECORD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, 
MEDICINE, NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT 
AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL. 
THEY HAVE A BIG INVOLVEMENT 
WITH THE COVID-19 VACCINE. 
SO, WHEN I SAW A NOTICE TO SIGN 
UP TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A 
POSSIBLE PARTICIPANT IN THE 
COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL. 
I JUMPED AT IT. 
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ONE SMALL 
THING I COULD DO THAT COULD 
MAYBE HELP UP AND I COULD DO 
FROM HOME AND DO MY LITTLE PIECE
FOR MOVING FORWARD IN THIS 
TERRIBLE PANDEMIC. 
>> Reporter: DURING THIS 14 
MONTH STUDY, YOU WILL NOT BE 
INJECTED WITH THE ACTUAL VIRUS. 
HOW DID THEY EXPLAIN THIS WILL 
WORK? ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ANY 
SIDE EFFECTS SO FAR? 
>> NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL. 
I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. 
ONE OF THE MOTIVATORS WAS THIS 
IS REALLY CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE. 
IT IS KIND OF COOL, AS YOU 
MENTIONED, IT IS NOT A 
TRADITIONAL VACCINE WITH A 
WATERED-DOWN, ACTUAL VIRUS 
ITSELF. 
THIS IS REALLY CUTTING EDGE AND 
WE'VE SEEN THE FALL, THE VIRUS 
OF THE SPIKY THINGS. 
THE IDEA IS TO ADDRESS THE 
SPIKY THINGS THAT HAVE A 
SPECIFIC PROTEIN, ONCE IT 
ENTERS YOUR BODY, THESE ATTACH 
TO YOUR SYSTEM. 
THE IDEA IS TO TRAIN MY BODY TO 
LOOK FOR JUST THAT ONE PROTEIN 
THAT THE VACCINE USES, OR, THAT 
THE VIRUS USES TO ATTACH ITSELF 
TO ME. 
HOPEFULLY, GOING FORWARD, NEXT 
VACCINE WILL WORK, 
>> Reporter: YOU VOLUNTEERED TO 
BE INJECTED WITH THE ANTHRAX 
VACCINE ON 9/11 AS WELL. 
THIS IS KIND OF YOUR THING? 
>>> IT IS A FUNNY STORY. 
I GREW UP IN A SCIENTIFIC 
HOUSEHOLD. 
MY DAD HAD A PHD IN 
PHARMACOLOGY. 
MY MOM WAS A CHEMISTRY MAJOR. 
WE WERE CONSTANTLY TOLD TO WASH 
HER HANDS, COVER A WEEK OFF OR 
SNEEZE. 
HE ACTUALLY DESIGNED AND 
MANAGED THE FIRST EVER FDA 
APPROVAL TREATMENT FOR 
ENDOMETRIOSIS. 
HE WOULD BRING HIS WORK HOME, I 
REMEMBER WHAT I WAS EIGHT OR 9 
YEARS OLD, HE BROUGHT HOME, HE 
IS WORKING ON A PROJECT WITH 
CHILDREN'S CHEWABLE ASPIRIN. 
HE BROUGHT HOME THESE DIFFERENT 
VARIATIONS, DIFFERENT FLAVORS 
OF ORANGE. HE SAT ME DOWN ON 
THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND 
PULLED OUT HIS CLIPBOARD AND 
SAID I WANT YOU TO CHEW EACH 
ONE OF THESE AND RANK THEM IN 
YOUR PREFERENCE OF YOUR 
FAVORITE. 
THEY WERE ALL TERRIBLE BUT I HAD
GREAT ADMIRATION FOR THE 
PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY MOVING 
TOWARDS BETTER HEALTHCARE. 
>> Reporter: NORMAN, WE ARE 
THANKFUL FOR YOU. 
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR 
SERVICE. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> Reporter: WILL TALK TO A 
GENTLEMAN WHOSE NAME NORMAN, 
HE'S TRYING TO HELP FIND A 
VACCINE FOR COVID-19. 
FINDING THAT VACCINE IS A TOP 
PRIORITY. 
THE GOVERNMENT IS REPORTING 
THERE ARE 14, PROMISING 
CLINICAL TRIALS. 
NORMAN TUNE IS TAKING PART IN 
ONE OF THOSE TRIALS AT EMORY 
UNIVERSITY. 
HE HAS RECEIVED TWO DOSES OF 
THIS INVESTIGATIVE VACCINE. 
THERE'S A PICTURE. 
NORMAN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU 
SIR. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT EMORY 
HAS TEAMED UP WITH A BIOTECH 
FIRM NAMED MODERNA. 
YOU WORKED IN THE UNIVERSITY 
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. 
YOU JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO BE 
PART OF THIS TRIAL. 
WHY? 
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 26 YEARS 
AND BACK IN MARCH, I WAS SENT 
HOME IS NONESSENTIAL. 
AND, LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE, I 
WANTED TO HELP OUT. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMAZING 
WORK OF FIRST RESPONDERS, 
EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF, I WAS AT 
HOME. 
I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I COULD 
WORK FROM HOME BUT I WAS VERY 
FORTUNATE THAT I WORKED AT 
DENVER UNIVERSITY WHICH HAS 
AMAZING RECORD FOR PUBLIC 
HEALTH, MEDICINE, NOT ONLY 
LOCALLY BUT AT THE GLOBAL 
LEVEL. 
THEY GOT A BIG INVOLVEMENT IN 
THE COVID-19 VACCINE. 
AND ALSO BRINGING EBOLA 
PATIENTS TO ATLANTA AND HIV AND 
ANTHRAX. 
WHEN I SAW A NOTICE TO SIGN UP 
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A POSSIBLE 
PARTICIPANT IN THE COVID-19 
VACCINE TRIAL, I JUST JUMPED AT 
IT. 
I THOUGHT TO BE ONE VERY SMALL 
THING I COULD DO THAT COULD 
MAYBE HELP OUT, AND I COULD DO 
FROM HOME. 
AND GIVE MY LITTLE PIECE FOR 
MOVING FORWARD IN THIS TERRIBLE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> Reporter: WE SHOULD POINT 
OUT, DURING THIS 14 MONTH 
STUDY, YOU WILL NOT BE INJECTED 
WITH THE ACTUAL VIRUS. 
WHAT DID THEY, HOW DID THEY 
EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS GOING TO 
WORK? 
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ANY SIDE 
EFFECTS SO FAR? 
>> NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL. 
IT IS VERY FORTUNATE. 
ONE OF THE MOTIVATORS WAS THIS 
IS CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE. 
IT IS KIND OF COOL HOW, GOT 
INVOLVED WITH TRADITIONAL 
VACCINES WITH A WATERED-DOWN, 
ACTUAL VIRUS ITSELF. 
THIS IS REALLY CUTTING EDGE AND 
WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE BALL, THE 
VIRUS OF THE SPIKY THINGS. 
THE IDEA IS TO ADDRESS THE 
SPIKY THINGS THAT HAVE A 
SPECIFIC PROTEIN, A SPIKE 
PROTEIN, ONCE IT ENTERS YOUR 
BODY, THESE ATTACH TO YOUR 
SYSTEM. 
THE IDEA IS TO TRAIN MY BODY TO 
LOOK FOR THAT ONE PROTEIN THAT 
THE VACCINE USES, THAT THE 
VIRUS USES TO ATTACH ITSELF TO 
ME. 
HOPEFULLY, GOING FORWARD, THIS 
VACCINE WILL WORK FOR ANYONE. 
>> Reporter: YOU VOLUNTEERED TO 
BE INJECTED WITH THE ANTHRAX 
VACCINE. 
THIS IS KINDA YOUR THING? 
>>> WELL, ITS A FUNNY STORY. 
I GREW UP IN A SCIENTIFIC 
HOUSEHOLD. 
MY DAD HAD A PHD IN CLINICAL 
PHARMACOLOGY. 
MY MOM HAS AN ADVANCED DEGREE 
IN CHEMISTRY. 
WE WERE GROWING UP, WE WERE 
TOLD TO WASH HER HANDS, COVER 
YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH OR 
SNEEZE. 
AND, HE ACTUALLY DESIGNED AND 
MANAGED THE FIRST DRUG TRIALS, 
FIRST EVER FDA APPROVAL FOR 
ENDOMETRIOSIS. HE WOULD EVEN 
BRING HIS WORK HOME. REMEMBER 
WHEN IS LIKE EIGHT OR 9 YEARS 
OLD, HE BROUGHT HOME, HE'S 
WORKING ON A PROJECT FOR 
CHILDREN'S CHEWABLE ASPIRIN. 
HE BROUGHT HOME THESE DIFFERENT 
VARIATIONS, DIFFERENT FLAVORS 
OF ORANGE FOR THE ASPIRIN. 
HE SAT ME DOWN, PULLED OUT HIS 
CLIPBOARD AND SAID I WANT YOU 
TO CHEW EACH ONE OF THESE AND 
RANK THEM IN YOUR PREFERENCE OF 
FAVORITES. 
THEY WERE ALL TERRIBLE. 
BUT I STILL HAVE GREAT 
ADMIRATION FOR THE PROCESS OF 
THE SCIENCE AND ULTIMATELY, 
BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE. 
>> Reporter: NORMAN, WE ARE 
THANKFUL FOR YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU 
PERIODICALLY. 
>> Reporter: WE TALKED ABOUT 
THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND 
THAT IT IS STRUGGLING WHICH 
INCLUDES SUBWAY. 
SUBWAY HAS HAD ITS BUSINESS 
DURING STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS. 
BUT IT IS NOW PREPARING FOR 
REOPENING AND FOR CUSTOMERS TO 
EAT INSIDE. 
TURNING NOW IS A CO SUBWAY 
RESTAURANTS. 
JOHN, THANK YOU FOR TALKING 
WITH US. 
I KNOW IT IS A BUSY TIME. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> Reporter: LET'S DIG IN HERE. 
HOW MANY SUBWAY RESTAURANTS 
EMPEROR CLOSE DURING THIS TIME? 
AND FOR THOSE THAT REMAINED 
OPEN, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THE 
FOOT TRAFFIC? 
>> WE LOST ABOUT 17-18% OF OUR 
RESTAURANTS IN THE U.S. MOST OF 
THOSE THAT CLOSED WERE ONES 
THAT WERE YEAR IN MALLS OR 
COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, THINGS 
OF THAT NATURE. 
WE LOST FAR FEWER THAN THAT, 
THERE TEMPORARILY CLOSE. 
IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC, 
SUBWAY, WANTED TO HAVE DINA AND 
COLLETTA SUBWAYS TAKE-OUT, 
DELIVERY AND WE PUT IN A 
CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAM. 
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW WAYS YOU 
CAN GET YOUR MEALS OR FOODS 
FROM SUBWAY THAT HAVE NOTHING 
TO DO WITH DOWN AND. 
>> Reporter: IF WE PUT THIS 
INTO PERSPECTIVE, YOUR COMPANY 
FRANKLY BEGIN TO LAY OFF 
HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES JUST 
AHEAD OF THE PANDEMIC. 
ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT CAN 
WEATHER CHALLENGES AND REMAIN A 
FAST FOOD INDUSTRY GIANT? 
>> YES. 
YES. 
GREAT QUESTION. 
A NEW TEAM CAME TO SUBWAY THE 
LAST YEAR. 
WE WERE ON THE WAY TO A 
RESTRUCTURING THE COMPANY MORE 
EFFICIENT. 
ALL THE PLANS WE HAD WERE MADE 
WELL BEFORE CORONAVIRUS. 
CORONAVIRUS HAS CAUSED US TO 
MOVE ONE OR TWO OF OUR STAGE 
MOVES. 
I THINK SUBWAY WILL DO QUITE 
WELL IN HIS ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE 
WE HAVE SUCH A SMALL FOOTPRINT. 
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE CAN MAKE 
MONEY AT A MUCH LOWER SALES 
LEVEL THAN A LOT OF OUR 
COMPETITORS. 
A SUBWAY STORE, RESTAURANT, AS 
FAR FEW EMPLOYEES THEN WENDY'S 
OR McDONALD'S. 
YOU HAVE LOWER LABOR COSTS. 
I THINK WE WILL DO QUITE WELL. 
>> Reporter: ALL 20,000+ SUBWAY 
RESTAURANTS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE 
100% OWNED BY FRANCHISEES. 
AND YOU WANT TO HELP THEM KEEP 
THEIR DOORS OPEN. 
ARE YOU ABLE TO GET BEHIND THEM 
WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING? I 
UNDERSTAND YOUR COSTS ARE HIGH 
RIGHT NOW. 
>>> YES. 
ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. 
WE ARE THE ULTIMATE MOM-AND-POP 
STORE. 
WE HAVE ABOUT 10,500 FRENCHIES. 
OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM IS BUILT ON 
PEOPLE OF ONE OR TWO 
RESTAURANTS. 
AND YES, SUBWAY HAS INJECTED 
MILLIONS INTO THE COMPANY 
THROUGH ROYALTIES OR WAVING 
ROYALTIES. 
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INJECT A 
FAIR AMOUNT OF FUNDING INTO THE 
SYSTEM TO HELP FRANCHISEES 
RESTART. 
WE WILL HELP THEM REORDER FOOD, 
MAKE PAYMENTS WITH RENT AND OF 
COURSE, THE PPE PROGRAM WILL BE 
A BIG BENEFIT FOR FRANCHISEES. 
>> Reporter: FINALLY, BEFORE 
LET YOU GO. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE 
AND CUSTOMER SAFETY. 
OUR MASKED MANDATORY OR ARE YOU 
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
INSIDE? 
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN FAR AS IT 
CHANGES WE
>> SURE. 
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO 
MAKE SURE OUR CREW FEELS SAFE. 
ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES BE 
REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS AND 
GLOVES. 
THEY'LL HAVE TEMPERATURE SHIFTS 
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIP. 
WE HAVE ADDED SANITATION. 
ALL THE FRESH FOOD WE MAKE IN 
FRONT OF YOU, THERE WERE 
PLASTIC OVER THE TOP OF IT. 
AND, WE HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING 
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT SHOULD 
YOU WANT TO EAT IN THE 
RESTAURANT. 
THAT DEPENDS BY MUNICIPALITY 
AND MUNICIPALITY. 
WILL DOUBLE DOWN OR TROUBLE 
DONE IN TERMS OF SAFETY. 
>> Reporter: SOUNDS GOOD. 
FINALLY, LET ME ASK YOU JOHN. 
THEIR CONCERNS, IT IS NOT JUST 
THE SUBWAYS ON THE COUNTRY, 
PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK WILL BE 
AFRAID NOT TO GO IN BECAUSE 
THEY NEED A PAYCHECK. 
WOULD YOU DO IF AN EMPLOYEE 
FEEL SICK? 
WILL THEY BE CONFIDENT TO KNOW 
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET PAID 
OR HEIL WE WORK THAT OUT? 
>>> YES, OBVIOUSLY, IF AN 
EMPLOYEE BECOMES SICK, WE WILL 
CLOSE THE RESTAURANTS DOWN AND 
WILL DO DEEP CLEAN. 
THEN EMPLOYEE WILL DEFINITELY 
BE TAKING CARE OF, PAID FOR 
WHILE THEY GET WELL AND GO 
THROUGH THE QUARANTINE. 
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONCERN. 
WE ARE LUCKY BECAUSE WE HAVE A 
NOTCH SMALLER NUMBER OF 
EMPLOYEES THAN OUR COMPETITORS. 
I DO THINK WILL HAVE PRETTY GOOD
LUCK ON THAT. 
>>> SOUNDS GOOD, JOHN. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
HAVING ME. 
>> Reporter: PLEASE HAVE A 
MESSAGE FOR KENTUCKY MURDER 
PETER MANFREDONIA. 
>>  WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO 
TELL YOUR STORY. 
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR DAYS 
ACROSS THE STRAITS, THE 
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
STUDENT IS ON THE RUN. 
HE IS WANTED IN TWO MURDERS. 
HE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY. 
POLICE WARNED THE 23-YEAR-OLD 
MIGHT BE DRIVING A STOLEN BLACK 
HYUNDAI SANTA FE. 
>> WHEN THEY FINALLY RELEASED 
THE INFORMATION, WE PUT TWO AND 
TWO TOGETHER AND IS TERRIFYING. 
>> Reporter: ON FRIDAY, 
ALLEGEDLY KILLED 62 -YEAR-OLD 
THEODORE TO MERTZ WHO HAD 
STOPPED OFFER THE YOUNG 
MANAHAN. 
>> TED WAS THE GENTLEST, MOST 
LOVING SOUL THERE WAS. 
HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR 
EVERYONE. 
SHE BELIEVES THE ATTACK WAS 
PREMEDITATED. 
>> YOU DON'T PUT A MACHETE IN 
YOUR BACKPACK AND COME TO THE 
END OF A DIRT ROAD WITHOUT A 
PLAN. 
>> Reporter: THE NEXT MURDER 
WAS A FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL, 
NICHOLAS ISLEY. 
MANFREDONIA ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED 
ISLEY'S GIRLFRIEND. 
MANFREDONIA GREW UP IN NEWTOWN, 
CONNECTED  AT ONE POINT ON THE 
SAME STREET AS A SANDY HOOK 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTER. 
NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED 
MANFREDONIA'S FATHER, ROBERT, 
WAS ARRESTED IN NEWTOWN AND 
CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, RISK OF INJURY 
TO A MINOR AND GIVING A CALL TO 
A MINOR. 
HE WAS RELEASED ON $50,000 
BOND. 
CONNECTICUT POLICING THE 
CHARGES AGAINST ROBERT HAVE NO 
RELEVANCE TO THE INVESTIGATION 
INTO HIS SON.  
A FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS THE 
YOUNGER MANFREDONIA IS AN 
HONORS ENGINEERING STUDENT 
WHO'S BEEN LIVING AT THE YUKON  
CAMPUS, TIME STRUGGLING WITH 
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND 
SOMETIMES THINGS ARE GETTING 
WORSE. 
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS'S 
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW IS? 
>> THE MESSAGES PETER WE LOVE 
YOU. 
IT IS TIME TO BRING THIS TO A 
SAFE CONCLUSION. 
>> Reporter: BEFORE ANYBODY 
ELSE GETS HURT. 
N
>> Reporter: WITH THE CLOCK 
TICKING DOWN, WE'RE JUST HOURS 
AWAY FROM WITNESSING HISTORY 
ONCE AGAIN AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER. 
ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN  AND 
DOUG HURLEY SAID TO HITCH A 
RIDE  TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION FROM A PRIVATE 
COMPANY ABOARD SPACEX'S CREWED 
DRAGON PROPELLED BY THE FALCON 9
ROCKET. 
A PUBLIC-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP 
THAT NASA IS BANKING ON TO 
LAUNCH A NEW AEROSPACE TRAVEL. 
>>> IT IS ABOUT 
COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOW EARTH 
OVER IT SO WE CAN USE NASA 
RESOURCES TO DO THINGS THAT UP 
AND COMMERCIALIZE LIKE GO TO 
THE MOON AND ON TO MARS. 
>> Reporter: TODAY'S MESSAGED 
UP DEMO 2 IS A PROOF OF CONCEPT 
THAT COME IS LIKE SPACEX CAN 
SERVE AS TAXIS FOR AMERICANS 
AND OTHER NATIONS. 
TO REACH LOW EARTH ORBIT 
DESTINATIONS LIKE THE SPACE 
STATION. 
>>> IF WE CAN HAVE OTHER 
COUNTRIES BY SEATS ON THESE 
ROCKETS WHICH DRIVES DOWN THE 
COST FOR THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA TAXPAYERS. 
>> Reporter: THOUGH CECIL COST 
$55 MILLION EACH. 
THAT MEANS SOUNDS STAGGERING 
BUT NASA HAS BEEN SHELLING OUT 
MORE THAN $80 MILLION PER SEAT 
FOR ASTRONAUTS TO WRITE ON 
RUSSIAN ROCKETS. 
SPACEX FOUNDER ELON MUSK SHARING
THIS BIRDSEYE VIEW AHEAD OF 
THIS CRITICAL TEST FOR THE 
COMPANY. 
ALSO WATCHING TODAY'S LAUNCH 
CLOSELY, THEIR WIVES, KAREN 
NYBERG AND TRAIN A  WERE BOTH 
ALSO ASTRONAUTS. 
INSPECTING DEBACLE RIGHT ON THE 
LAUNCHPAD. 
THE TWO-MAN CREW SET TO LOAD 
INTO THAT CREWED DRAGON JUST 
OVER TWO HOURS BEFORE BLASTOFF. 
THERE WERE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED 
SPACESUITS AND USING 
TOUCHSCREENS. 
MINUTES AFTER LOSS, THE FALCON 
9 ROCKET WILL SEPARATE AND ALL 
THINGS GO AS PLANNED, LAND 
UPRIGHT ON SPACEX'S BARGE IN 
THE OCEAN. 
THE CREWED DRAGON CONTINUES TO 
DOCK WITH THE SPACE STATION 
WHERE BEHNKEN AND HURLEY WILL 
LIVE  AND DO RESEARCH FOR 1-4 
MONTHS. 
>>> I'M LOOKING FOR TO HAVE A 
COUPLE OF CREWMATES TO 
DISTRIBUTE THE DUTIES BUT ALSO 
TO EAT WITH, LAUGH WITH, TO 
JOKE AROUND WITH. 
IT WILL BE A GREAT ADVENTURE 
WITH THEM. 
>> Reporter: WEATHER IT IS THE 
SPOILER, POTENTIALLY, HOW IS 
THE WEATHER LOOKING FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON? 
WE HAVE A FEW HOURS FOR THINGS 
TO CLEAR UP. 
>> Reporter: IN SOME WAYS, THIS 
IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN DURING 
THE SPACE SHUTTLE. 
IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW THE WEATHER 
IS LOOKING HERE. 
THERE IS A 60% OF CHANCE OF GO 
AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 
THEY ALSO CONSIDER THE WEATHER 
AND OCEAN FACTORS OUT IN THE 
ATLANTIC OCEAN. 
ALL THE WAY UP THE COAST TO 
CANADA AND ALL WAY OUT TO 
IRELAND. 
WHY? 
IF THEY HAVE TO ABORT, THE 
SPACESHIP WOULD THEN PARACHUTE 
DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 
AND THEY WOULD WANT TO HAVE THE 
CREW SAFE UNTIL RESCUE TEAMS 
COULD ARRIVE. 
THERE IS A RESCUE TEAM, ON 
STANDBY, AT CAPE CANAVERAL. 
THEY FLY TO THE LOCATION OF 
WHERE THE CREW MAY HAVE ABORTED 
AND PARACHUTE DOWN. 
THEY THEMSELVES WILL PARACHUTE 
INTO THE OCEAN TO HELP RESCUE 
AND STABILIZER GROUP. 
ALL OF THAT IS A BIG REASON WHY 
IT IS NOT JUST THE WEATHER 
HERE, IT IS THE WEATHER OVER 
THE OCEAN AS WELL. 
>>> THAT IS SO MIND BLOWING. 
WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE IF THEY 
CAN PULL IT OFF, BIG MOMENT 
TODAY. 
WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE LAUNCH RIGHT HERE ON NBC. 
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>> WE ARE MOVING INTO UNCHARTED 
TERRITORY. 
THE ENORMOUS CHALLENGE 
REOPENING THE COUNTRY. 
>> THIRLBY AN ANTIBODY TESTING 
SITE. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT.
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>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. 
>>> WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE CASES 
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
>> NEWS FOR YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
>>> LIVE, STARTING AT SIX A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THE HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
OFFICIALLY CALLING IT A 
PANDEMIC. 
NONE OF US ARE NOT AFFECTED BY 
THE IMPACT. 
>>> COMING IN NOVEMBER, PEOPLE 
WILL BE VOTING. 
>>> AT THE FUNERAL, HOW WILL 
THIS WORK? 
>>> GIVING BIRTH IN A PANDEMIC? 
>>> JOIN ME AS 82 AMERICA. 
>>> THIS COUNTRY WAS FORCED BY 
SHARED SACRIFICE. 
ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE CALLED TO 
STEP UP. 
WE ARE TOLD TO STAY INFORMED 
AND ENGAGED. 
I'M LESTER HOLT, AND FORM ARE 
ALL AT COLLEAGUES AT NBC NEWS, 
TAKE CARE. 
>> WE ARE ASKING THE TOUGH 
QUESTIONS. 
>> WILL YOU PREFER A 14 DAY 
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN? 
>>> RESPIRATORS AND VENTILATORS,
IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED 
UP? 
>> IF IT IS SUNDAY, IT IS MEET 
THE PRESS. 
>>> A PANDEMIC THAT IS TURNED 
OUR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. 
THE STORY CHANGES SORRY. 
>>> MORE STATES ARE DOING A 
SLOW ROLLOUT. 
LIFTINTHE STATE HOME ORDERS, 
WITH LESS THAN 2% IT OF OUR 
NATION TESTED. 
>>> GROWING CONCERN AMID A GRIM 
MILESTONE THAT THE U.S. NEARS 
100,000 COVID RELATED DEATHS. 
SCENES LIKE THESE FUEL A NEW 
SPIKE IN AFFECTION. 
WITH MANY AMERICANS CHOOSING 
NOT TO SOCIAL TO SINKS, AMID 
MASSIVE HOLIDAY CROWDS, IN ST. 
LOUIS COUNTY, WHERE HEALTH 
OFFICIALS CALLED THESE REVELERS 
RECKLESS, THERE IS A 14 DAY, 
SELF QUARANTINE, FOR ANYONE WHO 
BROKE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT LAKE 
OF THE OZARKS. 
>>> YOU SEE NO MASKS HERE. 
YOU SEE NO FEAR. 
WE ARE ALL EMBRACING IT. 
>> Reporter: AS MANY DEFY LOCAL 
MANDATES, THE NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS RISING IN 
SEVERAL STATES, AS MORE 
AMERICANS ARE BEING TESTED. 
IN ARKANSAS, THE GOVERNOR SAID 
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A 
DANGEROUS SECOND PEAK. IN 
ALABAMA, THE OUTLOOK ALSO 
WORSENING. 
>> 80% OF OUR DOES HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE. 
>> Reporter: WHILE THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WARNS OF A 
SECOND PEAK OF INFECTION FOR 
COUNTRIES ARE EASED TOO 
QUICKLY. 
TODAY, A RETURN TO THE NEW YORK 
STOCK EXCHANGE WHERE STOCKS 
SOARED WITH FEWER TRADERS ON 
THE FLOOR TAKING PRECAUTIONS. 
IN THEIR BOY NEW ROCHELLE, THE 
FIRST COMMITTEE LOCKDOWN, THEY 
ARE NOW BEGINNING TO REOPEN. 
BUT FROM COAST TO COAST, MANY 
ARE GOING UNEASY. 
>> YOU CAN GET A HAIRCUT? 
I NEED MY HAIR DONE! 
THAT'S A PROBLEM. 
>> Reporter: AFTER LONG HOLIDAY 
LINES FROM EVERYTHING FROM 
AIRPORTS TO HIKING TRAILS, IN 
LOS ANGELES, DODGER STADIUM 
WILL BE USED TO TEST UP TO 6000 
PEOPLE A DAY FOR COVID-19. 
NOT FAR AWAY AT A FOOD 
PROCESSING PLANT, THAT MAKES 
THE ICONIC BADGER DOCK, 153 
EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR THE VIRUS. 
THE LATEST OUTBREAK FOR 
INDUSTRY STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN 
THE DISEASE. 
>> WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP 
APPLYING BAND-AIDS. 
WANT PEOPLE TO BE HEALTHY, IT 
IS NOT JUST THEM AGAIN 
INFECTED. 
THE FEAR OF THE WORKERS ARE 
EVEN GREATER FOR GOING HOME AND 
AFFECTING THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> Reporter: WITH EVERYONE 
WEARING ABOUT NEW INFECTIONS, 
REMAINS PRESSURE TO REOPEN THE 
ECONOMY. 
THE GOVERNOR SAID HAIR SALONS 
CAN REOPEN BUT NOT IN THE 
STATE'S BIGGEST COUNTIES. 
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
FRUSTRATION, DEFINED CEMENTING 
CONCERN, HAS A NATION DONE 
ENOUGH TO PREVENT A SECOND WAVE?
>> Reporter: AS THE U.S. 
APPROACHES A TRAGIC MILESTONE, 
100,000 THAT, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS DEFENDING HIS HANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC, CASTING IT AS A 
SUCCESS WITH A NUMBER OF LIVES 
LOST IS NOT IN THE MILLIONS. 
IT COMES AS A PRESIDENT SPENT 
HIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 
ATTENDING REMEMBRANCES WHILE 
HONORING THE VIRUS' VICTIM. 
>> HAS ONE NATION, WE MOURN 
ALONGSIDE EVERY SINGLE FAMILY 
WHOSE LOST LOVED ONES. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS 
BEEN FOCUSED ELSEWHERE, TWO 
ROUNDS OF CALLS AND FIRING OF 
DOZENS OF DIVISIVE STREETS, 
AMPLIFYING POSTS WERE PROMINENT 
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ACCUSING HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI OF HAVING 
A DRINKING PROBLEM AND MARKING 
FORMER GEORGIA LEGISLATOR STACY 
ABRAM ABOUT HER APPEARANCE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO ATTACKING 
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AND 
MILITARY VETERAN CONOR LAMB AS 
A "AMERICAN FRAUD". 
THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
IS AT THE PEAK PLACE IN 
CHARLOTTE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
STARTING TO MOVE IT ALSO IF 
NORTH CAROLINA'S DEMOCRATIC 
GOVERNOR IS UNABLE TO GUARANTEE 
THAT BY AUGUST WE WILL BE 
ALLOWED FULL ATTENDANCE. 
THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN 20,000 
PEOPLE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN 
THIS ARENA. 
JUST LAST WEEK IN THE STATE 
RECORDED ITS LARGEST DAILY 
INCREASE IN POSITIVE COVID 
CASES. 
AND GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SAYS HE 
DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE 
SITUATION IN THE STATE WILL BE 
IN IN AUGUST. 
>> IT IS OKAY FOR POLITICAL 
CONVENTIONS TO BE POLITICAL BUT 
PANDEMIC RESPONSE CANNOT BE. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
TAKEN A SWIPE AT HIS DEMOCRATIC 
OPPONENT, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN WHO, UNLIKE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WORE A MASK TO HIS 
MEMORIAL MONDAY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHARING THIS 
TWEET MAKING FUN OF BIDEN'S 
CHOICE. 
>>> HE IS A FOOL. 
ABSOLUTE FULL. 
>> Reporter: AND MOST STUNNING 
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP LIQUOR 
LATEST TWEET FALSELY SUGGESTING 
WARMER BOWLING CONGRESS JOE 
SCARBOROUGH SAID HE WAS 
PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE 2001 
DEATH OF ONE OF THE STAFFERS 
THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. 
IT WAS DETERMINED YEARS AGO 
THAT SHE DIED AFTER LOSING 
CONSCIOUSNESS FROM AN ABNORMAL 
HEART RHYTHM THAT CAUSE HER TO 
COLLAPSE AND HIT HER HEAD. 
HER DEATH A TRAGIC ACCIDENT BUT 
THAT IS NOT STOP THE PRESIDENT 
QUESTIONING WHETHER SCARBOROUGH 
GOT AWAY FROM MURDER. 
HER WITH THEIR, AND A LETTER 
APPEALING TO TWITTER CEO, I'M 
ASKING YOU TO INTERVIEW IN THIS 
INCIDENT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES IS TAKING 
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG 
TO HIM. 
THE MEMORY OF MY DEAD WIFE AND 
PERVERTING IT FOR PRESENT 
POLITICAL GAIN ADDING MY WIFE 
DESERVES BETTER. 
>>> SCARBOROUGH'S WIFE AND 
QUAKER READING FROM THE LETTER 
THIS MORNING AND MSNBC. 
BEE THESE CONSPIRACY THERE IS 
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO 
SPREAD THEIR BILE AND 
MISINFORMATION ON YOUR 
PLATFORM. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESENT SAYING 
HE IS READ THAT LETTER BUT 
IGNORES THE WIDOWER'S WORD. 
>>> I'M SURE THAT ULTIMATELY 
THEY WILL WANT TO GET TO THE 
BOTTOM OF IT. 
>> Reporter: IN THAT LETTER, 
THE STAFF ARE WE WERE URGES 
TWITTER TO DELETE THE TWEET. 
FOR THE FIRST TIME, TWITTER HAS 
POSTED FACT CHECKS BENEATH SOME 
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETS. 
SPOKE TODAY LIKE EVERY DAY, 
DOZENS OF VIRUS FUNERALS IN 
RIO. 
AMERICAN OSCAR STERN WAS 64 
FROM BOSTON AND LIFTER ALL HIS 
LIFE. 
ONE OF THE 800 VICTIMS IN ONE 
DAY. 
BRAZIL HAS THE HIGHEST DAILY 
DEATH TOLL IN THE WORLD. 
TODAY, TODAY WAS A HIGH DEATH 
TOLL AND A SHATTERED ECONOMY 
ENDED LOCKDOWN AND THOUSANDS 
POURED ONTO THE STREET. 
THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY ORDERED 
IT TO OPEN UP. 
HE DOESN'T SUPPORT THE 
LOCKDOWN. 
ACROSS BRAZIL, A BATTLE BETWEEN 
SAVING THE ECONOMY AND SAVING 
LIVES IS RAGING. 
ONE AMERICAN ALREADY IN 
FINANCIAL TROUBLE. 
>>> HAVE A TRAVEL AGENCY AND 
THE TRAVEL AGENCY, I DON'T 
THINK IT WILL SURVIVE THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
>> Reporter: ONCE THE ECONOMY, 
THE HOSPITAL IS AT THE BREAKING 
POINT. 
BRAZILIANS, LOOKING TO COME TO 
THE U.S., NOT UNWELCOME. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN 
FOREIGN VISITORS TO THE U.S. 
FROM BRAZIL KICKS IN AT 
MIDNIGHT. 
>>> WE ARE LIVING THE STAGES OF 
GRIEF ALL AT ONCE. 
DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, 
DESPAIR AND PERHAPS EVEN 
ACCEPTANCE. 
IS IT POSSIBLE WE'VE COME TO 
EXPECT 100,000 DEATHS OR ARE WE 
UNABLE TO PROCESS IT? 
ONE DEATH, WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED 
TO LOOK LIKE? 
IS IT THE GRIM PROCESSION OF 
COVERED STRUCTURES TO WE 
HEARSES? 
OR THE PRECIOUS CARGO OF 
CASKETS STACKED IN MORTUARIES? 
FUNERAL DIRECTOR JOE OR 
EUROPE'S ROLE FOR THE LAST TWO 
MONTHS. 
>> ONE SPOUSE DIES THE OTHER 
SPOUSE IS SICK IN THE HOSPITAL 
AND THE FAMILIES DON'T EVEN 
KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO. 
WHAT DO WE DO WITH MOM, DO WE 
TAKE HER DAD'S SERVICES? 
>> Reporter: 100,000 NAMES, SO 
MANY NAMES, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE 
TO READ. 
AND, SO MANY FACES, A STEERED 
-- TEAR STAINED FABRIC. 
>>> ROB WEBER WAS A FIREMAN. 
DANIEL'S WEBER HUSBAND OF 21 
YEARS. 
A HANDS-ON DAD WHO HIS 
DAUGHTER'S ALEXA TAKEN BY COVID 
AT 44. 
>> I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT 
ELSE TO SAY. 
I LOST THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. 
I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT. 
I WILL NEVER GET PAST IT. 
>> Reporter: THEIR STORIES MOVE 
US. 
RON GOLDMAN, THE TRUCK DRIVER 
AND PROUD NATIVE AMERICAN 
MARINE VETERAN. 
ADOLPH MENDEZ, FATHER OF SIX 
WHO HELPED TEACH SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
GREATER LEBOWSKI WHO BARELY 
ESCAPED OCCUPIED AUSTRIA. 
THE TOLL HAS BEEN COMPARED TO 
CASUALTIES OF OUR MODERN WARS 
BUT THEY TOOK YEARS, THIS TWO 
WEEKS. 
IN A LIKE WARS, THERE ARE NO 
STIRRING TOUCHSTONES OF GRIEF. 
NO ARRIVALS OF FLAG DRAPED 
COFFINS. 
BUT, THERE ARE HEROES LIKE 
MARILYN HOWARD, THE SKIRT 
NURSE, AN IMMIGRANT FROM GUYANA 
WHO RAISED HER FIVE SIBLINGS 
AFTER THE MOM DIED. 
>> SHE REALLY WAS THE GLUE THAT 
CEMENTED US TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter: WHAT HOLD IS 
MARILYN OH PASSING LEAVE IN OUR 
WORLD? 
>> I THINK THE WORLD HAS LOST A 
NURSE WHO WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE 
FIGHT, HAD SHE NOT GOTTEN SICK 
SO EARLY. 
I LOST A SISTER. MY FAMILY 
MEMBER'S HAVE LOST A GODMOTHER 
AND AN AUNT AND A NIECE WHO IS 
IRREPLACEABLE. 
>> Reporter: SHE WAS 53. 
THIS, OF COURSE, IS NOT OVER. 
WE USE MILESTONES TO TAKE 
STOCK, TO REMEMBER TO SHARE OUR 
SORROWS UNTIL, AS A COUNTRY, WE 
CAN CONFRONT THE DEATHS OF OUR 
COLLECTIVE PAIN, FACE-TO-FACE. 
>> Reporter: THE VOICE OF AN 
ANGEL. 
F
♪♪
SPOKE FOR 37 YEARS, ARCHIE 
WILLIAMS WAS A PRISONER IN A 
CAGE, LOCKED UP IN LOUISIANA, 
FOR MURDER HE DID NOT COMMIT. 
>>> I KNEW I WAS INNOCENT. 
I DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME. 
>> Reporter: FREED LAST YEAR. 
AFTER THE CELEBRATED INNOCENCE 
PROJECT DUG INTO HIS CASE, 
DISCOVERING FINGERPRINT 
EVIDENCE THAT EXONERATED HIM. 
>> I WENT TO PRISON BUT I NEVER 
LET MY MIND GO TO PRISON. 
>> Reporter: BEHIND BARS, HE 
SANG. 
WATCHING AMERICA'S GOT TALENT 
AND PICTURING HIMSELF ON THE 
STAGE. 
TONIGHT, HE WILL PERFORM THEIR 
FOR UNTOLD MILLIONS. 
>> Reporter: WILL YOU BE DOING 
TODAY, ARCHIE? 
>> Reporter: HIS CHOSEN SON, TO 
HONOR OTHER INMATES WRONGLY 
CONVICTED, ELTON JOHN'S MOVING 
DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME.
>> ♪ IT IS LIKE THE SUN GOING 
DOWN ON ME. 
♪ 
>> Reporter: HOST, SIMON 
COWELL, IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT. 
>>> I REALLY PRAY AND HOPE THAT 
THIS IS A TURNING POINT. 
THAT PEOPLE LIKE ARCHIE. 
>> Reporter: ARCHIE WILLIAMS 
LOST HIS FREEDOM BUT HE NEVER 
LOST HOPE OR HIS VOICE. 
>> Reporter: IF IT IS ASKING 
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS -- 
>> WOULD YOU PREFER A 14 DAY 
NATIONAL TOUCHDOWN? 
>> Reporter: RESPIRATORS AND 
VENTILATORS, THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT STEPPED UP. 
>> IF IT IS NAVIGATING THE NEW 
NORMAL, IF IT IS SUNDAY, IT IS 
MEET THE PRESS. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS FORTUNE 
PART BY SHARED SACRIFICE. 
WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO STAY 
INFORMED AND STAY ENGAGED AS WE 
FOLLOW THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER. 
I'M LESTER HOLT, AND FOR ALL 
ALL MY COLLEAGUE AT IN THE, 
TAKE CARE. 
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> EXPECT TO SEE MORE PIECES 
ACROSS UNITED STATES. 
>> NEWS FOR YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
>> WEEKDAYS, STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
♪ ♪ 
♪♪
>> Reporter: A PANDEMIC THAT IS 
TURNED OUR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. 
THE STORY CHANGES HOURLY. 
>>> MORE STATES ARE DOING A 
SLOW ROLLOUT. 
IT IS THE 11th HOUR 
♪♪
>>> WHERE MOVING INTO UNCHARTED 
TERRITORY. 
>>> MORE ANTIBODY TESTING SITES 
ARE COMING OUT. 
>> Reporter: NHL COMMISSIONER 
GARY DETMAN JOINS US LIVE NOW. 
GARY, A LOT OF FANS ARE 
CELEBRATING, NOT EVEN JUST FANS 
OF HOCKEY, BUT FANS AND 
GENERALLY. 
HERE'S THE THING, IS SOUNDS 
LIKE A FRAMEWORK RATHER THAN A 
LIST OF DATES TO CIRCLE ON THE 
CALENDAR. 
WHEN YOU THINK THAT THE FIRST 
PUCK WILL DROP, GARY? 
>> IT WILL BE AT SOME POINT 
OVER THE SUMMER, BY THE WAY, 
GOOD MORNING AND IT IS GREAT TO 
BE WITH YOU. 
THE FRAMEWORK IS INTENDED TO BE 
A BIT EVOLUTIONARY. 
WE WILL TAKE THINGS ONE STEP AT 
A TIME BECAUSE THE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF OUR PLAYERS, ALL OF 
OUR PERSONNEL, ALL OF OUR 
COMMUNITIES IS OF PARAMOUNT 
IMPORTANCE. 
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SELF 
ISOLATION STAGE EARLY JUNE. 
WE'LL HAVE OUR TRAINING 
FACILITIES OPEN BECAUSE HER 
PLAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO 
WORK OUT OR SKATE. 
AND WHEN WE GET THE SENSE THAT 
THERE READY AND WE GET THE 
SENSE THAT HELLO WILLIE FOR 
TRAINING CAMP, WILL GO TO THE 
TRAINING CAMP PHASE IN JULY. 
ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH TRAINING 
CAMP, WILL EXECUTE THE PLAN 
THAT YOU DO DESCRIBE SO WELL 
INTO CITIES. 
WE DON'T WANT TO BE PINNED DOWN 
ON SPECIFIC DATES BECAUSE AS 
EVERYONE KNOWS, THINGS ARE 
CHANGING ALMOST DAILY. 
>> Reporter: YOU SAID AN 
ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS 
PLAN IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU 
DESCRIBE AS RIGOROUS TESTING. 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS TESTING 
AND HOW OFTEN THAT WILL HAPPEN? 
>>> THE MEDICAL PEOPLE TELL US 
THAT THE SAFEST WAY FOR US TO 
DO WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO 
IS TO BE TESTING PERSONNEL, 
PARTICULARLY THE PLAYERS, IS 
NOT DAILY BUT AT LEAST EVERY 
OTHER DAY. 
THE SCOPE OF THE TOURNAMENT, WE 
ARE TALKING OUT PROBABLY 
BETWEEN 25 AND 30,000 TESTS, 
SETTING ASIDE THE EXPENSE, WE 
UNDERSTAND WE CAMPING DOING THE 
TESTING IF IT INTERFERES AT ALL 
WITH ANY MEDICAL NEEDS. 
 
THIS SUMMER, THE TESTING SHOULD
BE IN SUCH ABUNDANCE THAT 25 TO
30,000 TESTS, WHILE IT SOUNDSTE
LIKE A BIG NUMBER, WILL BE
RELATIVE TO WHAT WILL BE
AVAILABLE.
>> GARY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE
IS THAT FIRST POSITIVE TEST?
WHETHER A PLAYER OR A COACH OR
SOMEONE AFFILIATED WITH ONE OF
THE TEAMS, WILL YOU HAVE TO SHUT
THE WHOLE THING DOWN?
>> THE MEDICAL PEOPLE ARE
ADVISING THAT ONE TEST SHOULD
NOT RESULT IN THAT, IN
QUARANTINING THAT PERSONO BUT
OBVIOUSLY IF THERE IS AN
OUTBREAK, THAT WOULD SHUT THINGS
DOWN, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT GOING
TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
THE MEDICAL PEOPLE WILL TELL US
WHAT TO DO UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AS I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS,
THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY,
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING A
FRAMEWORK AND THE TIME TABLE
THAT WE CAN ADJUST, IT IS
ANOTHER STEP IN THE RETURN TO
SOME DEGREE OF NORMALCY AND WE
THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE SPORTS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
CATALYST FOR BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER AND HELPING COMMUNITIEM
HEAL.
>> AND PROVIDING
 A MUCH NEEDED
ESCAPE DURING THESE TIMES
ESPECIALLY.
ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO MANY OF  YOUR PLAYERS,
HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS IN THE NHL,
THEY WHEN FROM OVERSEAS, CANADA,
RUSSIA, FINLAND, SWEDEN AND
SWEDEN NEVER ENACTED THE KIND OF
LOCKDOWN THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN
OUR COUNTRY BUT WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO ABOUT THE HUNDREDS
OF PLAYERS WHO ARE RETURNING
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> WE HAVE 44% ROUGHLY IN THE
CITIES IN WHICH THEY PLAY.
YOU'RE RIGHT, 17% OF THE PLAYERS
ARE COMING OUTSIDE OF NORTH
AMERICA.
THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK,
THEY WILL HAVE TO SELF ISOLATE,
THEY WILL BE TESTED, WE'LL HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
SYMPTOM FREE, WHICH IS, AGAIN,
WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IN STEPS.
WE CAN USE THE INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING PHASE, PHASE 2, AS WE
CALL IT, TO DO THAT AND GET
EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER AS A
COMMUNITY, BUT ONCE WE GO INTO
TRAINING CAMP MODE, THERE WILL
BE LOTS OF TESTING, NOT QUITE AS
MUCH AS WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY
PLAYING IN PHASE FOUR, BUT WE'LL
BE MONITORING EVERYTHING CLOSELY
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BRING
BACK A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER AND WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE, AS WE'RE BRINGING
THEM TOGETHER, WE'RE NOT
BRINGING COVID-19 WITH THEM.
>> NHL COMMISSIONER, I THINK
YOU'LL PICK UP A LOT OF HOCKEY
FANS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THANK YOU, SIR, GOOD LUCK TO
YOU.
>> BE WELL.
>>> A BATTLE OVER WHO TO BLAME
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IS
BEING FOUGHT OVER THE AIRWAVES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
RUSSIAN AND CHINESE STATE MEDIA
BROADCASTING IN ARABIC, ARE
SPREADING THE CONSPIRACY THAT
THE VIRUS IS AN AMERICAN
BIOLOGICAL WEAPON.
WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING HOW
RUSSIAN AND CHINESE STATE
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS HAVE
BEEN SPREADING IN ARABIC AND WE
HAVE SPOKEN TO A SMALL GROUP OF
YOUNG ARABIC SPEAKERS, WHO ARE
TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE FALSE
NEWS.
HERE IS WHAT WE FOUND.
RUSSIA TODAY, ARABIC AND CHINA
TELEVISION ARABIC ARE FUNDED BY
THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS.
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE
SEEN A SIMILAR STORY LINE
DEVELOP ON BOTH NETWORKS.
THE SUGGESTION THAT THE
CORONAVIRUS STARTED IN A U.S.
GOVERNMENT LAB.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO
FROM RUSSIA TODAY, WHEN I WE
TRACKED AND TRANSLATED.
IT FEATURES THE SO CALLED
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS EXPERT WHO
SAYS IT CAME FROM A RING OF U.S.
FACILITIES IN ASIA.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
.
>> TO BE CLEAR THERE, IS NO
EVIDENCE OF A RING OF U.S. LABS
IN CIRCLING CHINA, NOR IS THERE
ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE
CORONAVIRUS STARTED IN AN
AMERICAN FACILITY.
>> HERE IS SIMILAR FOOTAGE FROM
CHINESE STATE TELEVISION, AGAIN,
BROADCASTING FOR AN ARABIC
SPEAKING AUDIENCE.
THE ANCHOR CLAIMS JAPANESE
TOURISTS CAUGHT CORONAVIRUS LAST
SUMMER VISITING HAWAII AND SAYS
THE MILITARY LAB SHUT DOWN
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE
CLAIM THAT JAPANESE TOURISTS
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS LAST YEAR
AND WHILE THE U.S. MILITARY LAB
IN MARYLAND DID TEMPORARILY
CLOSE IN 2019, IT HAS SINCE
REOPENED.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
CLOSURE WAS LINKED TO THE
CORONAVIRUS.
IN FACT, EXPERTS AND
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES CONCLUDED
THE VIRUS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
CREATED IN A LAB.
>> WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DATA
VERY OBJECTIVELY.
WE EVEN CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY
THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN
A LABORATORY OR ACCIDENTALLY
ESCAPED FROM A LABORATORY
SOMEWHERE AND WE REJECT THAT
HYPOTHESIS.
.
>> THE STATE ACTOR SPREADING THE
CONSPIRACIES ARE GIANT CHANNELS
WITH HUGE RESOURCES BUT A FEW
GRASS ROOTS GROUPS ARE PUSHING
BACK AGAINST THE FALSEHOODS AND
OTHER FORMS OF CORONAVIRUS
MISINFORMATION IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
>> PERFECT.
>> IDEAS BEYOND BORDERS IS THE
BRAIN CHILD OF AN IRAQI REFUGEE
WHO CAME TO THE U.S. IN 2013 AND
IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN LIVING IN
NEW YORK.
>> THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A
POSITIVE ALTERNATE TO EXTREMISM
IN CENSORSHIP.
WE DO THAT TO PROMOTE CRITICAL
THINKING, SCIENCE, AND OTHERS
THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE
REGION FOR ALL LANGUAGES.
>> ARABIC IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGES, THE U.N.
ESTIMATES JUST 3% OF INTERNET
CONTENT IS AVAILABLE IN ARABIC.
THE POPULATION OF THE ARAB WORLD
IS YOUNG, DIGITALLY SAVAGE AND
HUNGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS
FOR RELIABLE SOURCES OF
INFORMATION.
SINCE THE START OF THE CORONO
OUTBREAK, TEAMS OF TRANSLATORS
HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE
BLOCK.
THEY HAVE TRANSLATED GUIDELINES
AND NEWS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC
SLOW DOWN.
THEY HAVE DONE MORE THAN
90,000 WORDS SO FAR.
>> WE CAUGHT UP WITH SIX YOUNG
TRANSLATORS IN SYRIA TO HEAR
ABOUT THEIR WORK.
>> WHEN CORONAVIRUS FIRST
STARTED, WE MADE A TEAM OF
POLITICAL STUDENTS AND DOCTORS.
WE AGREED ON THE FACT THAT WE
ARE GOING TO LEARN THE
INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES AND
CONSPIRACY THEORIES BECAUSE IT
WAS MAKING GREAT DAMAGE,
ESPECIALLY IN OUR REGION.
>> HE HOPES THE GROUP WORK WILL
HELP SPREAD RELIABLE FACTS IN
ARABIC ACROSS THE INTERNET AND
EMPOWER PEOPLE IN THE REGION TO
FIGHT THE INFORMATION COMING
FROM BOTH HOME AND ABROAD.
 
NOW
.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT IS DISTURBING. 
>> OVERNIGHT CHAOS
>>> OVERNIGHT, CHAOS IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREETS, FACING OFF WITH
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION IN
CHICAGO.
>> THIS IS THE TRAUMA THAT A LOT
OF US AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE TO
DEAL WITH.
A BYSTANDER'S CELL PHONE VIDEO
CAPTURED THE INCIDENT MONDAY
NIGHT, A MINNEAPOLIS OFFICER
PINNING GEORGE FLOYD FACE DOWN,
PRESSING A KNEE INTO HIS NECK
FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES ON
THE VIDEO, FLOYD PLEADS FOR HELP
SAYING HE CAN'T BREATHE AT LEAST
A DOZEN TIMES.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE OFFICER, HE
BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AS ON
LOOKERS SHOUTED AT THE OFFICER.
SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A NEARBY
BUSINESS OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS
SHOWED WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE
MOMENTS LEADING UP TO FLOYD'S
DEATH.
OFFICERS ARE SEEN REMOVING FLOYD
FROM A PARKED CAR AND
HANDCUFFING HIM BEFORE WALKING
HIM ACROSS THE STREET.
IN AN INITIAL PRESS RELEASE,
POLICE SAY THEY ARRIVED AT THE
SCENE FOR A REPORTED FORGERY IN
PROGRESS AND THAT THE SUSPECT
APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE AND PHYSICALLY EXISTED
OFFICERS.
ONCE THE MAN WAS HANDCUFFED,
POLICE SAID OFFICERS NOTED HE
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS AND CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE BUT THE MAYOR CALLED
IT WRONG AT EVERY LEVEL.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS HORRIBLE.
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY MESSED UP
THIS MAN'S LIFE MATTERS.
>> THE 46-YEAR-OLD FLOYD PLAYED
BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE AND LIVED
MOST OF HIS LIFE IN TEXAS
WORKING AS A TRUCK DRIVER AND
SECURITY GUARD.
>> THIS IS JUST HEARTBREAKING
WHEN YOU WATCH HOW THEY KILLED
HIM, HOW HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS
NECK NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR
TWO MINUTES, NOT FOR THREE
MINUTES, NOT FOR FOUR MINUTES,
BUT EIGHT MINUTES.
>> LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS
IMAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF THE
OFFICER KNEELING ON FLOYD WITH
FORMER QUARTERBACK COLIN
KAEPERNICK KNEELING IN PROTEST
OF POLICE BRUTALITY, WRITING DO
YOU UNDERSTAND NOW OR IS IT
STILL BLURRED TO YOU?
THE CASE IS ALREADY DRAWING
COMPARISON TO ANOTHER HIGH
PROFILE POLICE CONFRONTATION IN
2014.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO,
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD?
>> I SEE ANOTHER SENSELESS
KILLING.
>> GWEN CARR IS THE MOTHER OF
ERIC GARNER, WHO DIED WHEN
POLICE IN NEW YORK PLACED HIM IN
A NECK HOLD
>> IT IS A
REOCCURRING NIGHTMARE.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
>>> WE'LL TALK TO A GENTLEMAN
WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED TO TRY AND
REALLY HELP FIND A VACCINE FOR
COVID-19, OF COURSE, FINDING
THAT VACCINE IS A TOP PRIORITY.
THE GOVERNMENT REPORTING NOW
THAT THERE ARE 14 PROMISING
CLINICAL TRIALS.
THEY'RE TAKING PART IN ONE OF
THE TRIALS AT EMORY UNIVERSITY
AND RECEIVED TWO DOSES OF THE
INVESTIGATIVE VACCINE.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF HIM
GETTING ONE OF THOSE DOSES.
NORMAN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU,
SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT EMORY
TEAMED UP WITH A BIOTECH FIRM
FOR THIS TRIAL.
YOU WORKED AT EMORY UNIVERSITY
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.
YOU JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO BE
PART OF THIS TRIAL.
WHY?
>> I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 26 YEARS
AND BACK IN MARCH, I WAS SENT
HOME AS NONESSENTIAL AND LIKE SO
MANY PEOPLE, I WANTED TO HELP
OUT.
YOU LOOK AT THE AMAZING WORK OF
FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY ROOM
STAFF THERE, I WAS AT HOME.
I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I COULD
WORK FROM HOME, BUT I WAS ALSO
VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WORKED AT
EMORY UNIVERSITY, WHICH HAS AN
AMAZING RECORD FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH, MEDICINE, NOT ONLY
LOCALLY, BUT AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL
AND SO THEY GOT A BIG
INVOLVEMENT IN THE COVID-19
VACCINE AND GOES BACK TO
BRINGING THE EBOLA PATIENTS TO
LANTHA.
WHEN THERE WAS A CHANCE TO BE A
PARTICIPANTS IN THE COVID-19
TRIAL, I JUMPED AT IT.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A SMALL
THING THAT COULD MAYBE HELP OUT
AND I COULD DO IT FROM HOME AND
DO MY PIECE FOR MOVING FORWARD
IN THIS TERRIBLE PANDEMIC.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
DURING THIS 14-MONTH STUDY, YOU
WON'T BE INJECTED WITH THE
ACTUAL VIRUS BUT HOW DID THIS
EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS GOING TO
WORK AND ARE YOU EXPERIENCING
ANY SIDE EFFECTS SO FAR?
>> NO SIDE EFFECTS SO FAR.
THIS IS REALLY CUTTING EDGE
SCIENCE AND IT IS KIND OF COOL
HOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT DOES
NOT INVOLVE THE TRADITIONAL
VACCINE WITH THE WATERED DOWN,
ACTUAL VIRUS ITSELF, SO THIS IS
REALLY CUTTING EDGE AND WE HAVE
ALL SEEN THE BALL, THE VIRUS,
THE SPIKY THINGS.
THE IDEA IS TO ADDRESS THE SPIKY
THINGS THAT HAVE A SPECIFIC
PROTEIN, A SPIKE PROTEIN, ONCE
IT ENTERS YOUR BODY, THEY WILL
ATTACH TO YOUR SYSTEM AND SO THE
IDEA IS TO TRAIN MY BODY TO LOOK
FOR THE ONE PROTEIN THAT THE
VACCINE USES OR THAT THE VIRUS
USES TO ATTACH ITSELF TO ME.
HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, THIS
VACCINE WILL WORK FOR ANYONE WHO
IS EXPOSED TO COVID.
>> YOU ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO BE
INJECTED WITH THE ANTHRAX
VACCINE AFTER 9/11 AS WELL.
THIS IS KIND OF YOUR THING.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, SO I GREW UP
IN A SCIENTIFIC HOUSEHOLD.
MY DAD HAD HAD A PHD IN CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY.
WE WERE CON STANTDLY TOLD TO
WASH OUR HANDS AND COVER OUR
MOUTH WHEN WE SNEEZED.
HE HAD THE DRUG TRIAL FOR THE
FDA ORAL TREATMENT FOR
ENDOMETRIOSIS.
HE WOULD BRING HIS WORK HOME TO
US OVERNIGHT.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 8 OR
9 YEARS OLD, HE WAS WORKING ON
THE CHEWABLE ASPRIN.
HE HAD DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF
ASPRIN SO HE SAT ME DOWN ON THE
DINING ROOM TABLE AND PULLED OUT
HIS CLIP BOARD.
CHEW EACH ONE AND RANK THEM IN
YOUR PRIVILEGES OF FAVORITES SO
THEY WERE ALL TERRIBLE, BUT YOU
KNOW, I HAD GREAT ADMIRATION OF
THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE AND
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, MOVING
BETTER FORWARD, BETTER
HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
GOOD LUCK.
KEEP US POSTED.
WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH YOUR
PERIODICALLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>> GRADUATION CEREMONIES MIGHT
BE CANCELLED BUT THE STARS ARE
COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE
GRADUATES WITH A COMMENCEMENT
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.
>>>.
TO JUMP-START THE ECONOMY AND 
KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY BUT SOME ARE
NO LONGER WILLING TO WAIT.
THIS MORNING GROWING FALLOUT 
FROM HOLIDAY WEEKEND CROWDS AND 
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER A FRESH
 
WAVE OF
>>> THIS AS THE NATIONAL DEATH
TOLL APPROACHES A STAGGERING
100,000.
USA TODAY PUTTING THE FACE ON
THE DEVASTATING LOSS.
THIS JAM PACKED POOL PARTY IN
MISSOURI, PROMPTING HEALTH
OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO
ISSUE A TRAVEL ALERT AND A
14-DAY SELF QUARANTINE ORDER FOR
ANYONE WHO WAS THERE.
OVERNIGHT, THE OWNER OF THE BAR
WHERE THE EVENT TOOK PLACE
POSTING THE MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK
SAYING IN PART, THAT HE STANDS
BY HIS DECISION TO HOST THE
PARTY AND THAT NO LAWS WERE
BROKEN.
THAT POST ALSO REFERENCING AN
EARLIER STATEMENT FROM THE LOCAL
SHERIFF SAYING IT IS THE RIGHT
AND RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH
INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT GOING OUT.
TYLER CRANKER WAS AT THE PARTY
AND PLANS TO TAKE A COVID TEST
TODAY.
>> I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY THAT
I WOULD GET REALLY SICK, BUT IF
I DO, I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS.
>> NOW WITH MORE AMERICANS BEING
TESTED, THE NUMBER OF NEW
CORONAVIRUS CASES IS CLIMBING IN
SEVERAL STATES.
IN ALABAMA, THE SITUATION IS
GETTING WORSE.
>> 80% OF OUR DEATHS HAVE TAKEN
PLACE JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE.
>> GOVERNOR IN ARKANSAS SAYS
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING A DANGEROUS
SECOND PEAK, WHILE IN NEW
ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, THE FIRST
CITY IN THE NATION TO BE LOCKED
DOWN, IS NOW SLOWLY REOPENING.
>> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
NOW IS THE TIME.
>> I DON'T THINK IT IS THE
GREATEST THING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SICK.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN LOS
ANGELES, AT DODGER STADIUM, UP
TO 6,000 PEOPLE A DAY WILL BE
TESTED FOR THE VIRUS.
NEARBY AT A FOOD PROCESSING
PLANT, 153 EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE.
THE NATION IS SHOWING NEW SIGNS
OF LIFE.
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
REOPENING WITH A LIMITED NUMBER
OF TRADERS ON THE FLOOR AND NEW
SAFETY RESTRICTIONS, PROMISING
SIGNS OF PROGRESS AMID LARGER
GATHERINGS OF CONCERN.
COMPANY
 
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
 
PRESIDENT'S
>>> THE FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA
MEGA PHONE, TWITTER, FOR THE
FIRST TIME, SLAPPING A FACT
CHECK LABEL ON SOME OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S TWEETS.
TWITTER RESPONDING TO TWO TRUMP
TWEETS THAT CLAIM MAIL IN
BALLOTS WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY
FRAUDULENT.
>>> OPENING UP FOR SCIENTIFIC
ORGANIZATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES.
>> DISCOVERY CLEARS THE TOWER.
>> DISCOVERY --
>> NICE TO BE IN ORBIT.
>> FOLLOWED IN YOUR FOOT STEPS
TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
>>> THERE IT IS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
AMERICAN-MADE ROCKET AND SPACE
CRAFT THAT WILL RETURN AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FROM AMERICAN SOIL
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
RETIREMENT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE
LAST FLOWN NEARLY NINE YEARS
AGO.
TODAY, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
SPACE X, WE MARK A NEW FIRST IN
NASA'S STORIED HISTORY AND USHER
IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW ERA OF
AMERICAN SPACE FLIGHT.
AT 4:33 EASTERN TIME THIS
AFTERNOON, TWO OF NASA'S FINEST,
DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN WILL
LAUNCH OFF THE CREW DRAGON SPACE
XA TOP OF THE FALCON 9 ROCKET.
IT WILL MARK THE FIRST FLIGHT
WITH CREW AND A BEGINNING OF A
NEW CHAPTER BETTER.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
KENNEDY SPACE STATION.
I'M MARIE LEWIS OF NASA.
>> I'M LAUREN LYONS, AN ENGINEER
AT SPACE X.
WE HAVE LELAND MELVIN, HERE TO
PROVIDE A TRULY UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE ON TODAY'S EVENT.
>> THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I'M, LIKE, SO EXCITED.
I HAVE ROCKET FUEL GOING THROUGH
MY VEINS.
YOU GUYS, I WAS OUT THERE
11 YEARS AGO ON PATH 39A, AND
THIS IS REALLY HOLLOWED GROUND
WE HAVE HERE.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE STORIED
LEGACY OF MERCURY GEMINI APOLLO
SHUTTLE AND NOW THIS NEW ERA,
SPACE X CREW DRAGON.
IT IS EXCITING, EXCITING TIMES.
>> IT WILL BE AWESOME.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
HERE TO GO THROUGH IT WITH US.
WE WANT TO TALK FIRST ABOUT THE
WEATHER.
THAT IS THE BIG STORY OF THE DAY
RIGHT NOW, THE LINE.
TEAMS FROM NASA AND SPACE X ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WEATHER
HERE.
METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE U.S. AIR
FORCE 45th WEATHER SQUADRON ARE
PREDICTING A 50/50 PROBABILITY
FOR LAUNCH.
KEEPING THINGS EXCITING.
THE RAIN SHOWER PASSED THROUGH
THE AREA A MOMENT BEFORE THE
START OF THE COVERAGE WHICH
DELAYED US BY A FEW MINUTES AND
WHY WE'RE INDOORS.
THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO IS
PA.
TEAMS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
OUR FLIGHT RULES, INCLUDING
FLIGHT THROUGH PRECIPITATION AND
CUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND THE LAUNCH
PAD.
TEAMS LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST THE
WEATHER AROUND KENNEDY BUT ALSO
WEATHER IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF
CREW DRAGON.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
ALL OF THOSE NEED TO BE
FAVORABLE BEFORE LAUNCH.
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA HAS BEEN
CAUSING SOME WEATHER THAT TEAMS
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TO MAKE
SURE IT IS OKAY FOR A RESCUE
OPERATION JUST IN CASE THAT IS
NEEDED, AND THE TEAM WILL
CONVENE SHORTLY TO REVIEW THE
LATEST WEATHER AND WIND TRENDS
AROUND THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE
ROCKET AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT
PROCEEDING.
IF ALL IS GO, WE'LL BE TRACKING
A 4:33 P.M.
EASTERN LAUNCH FOR
THE RETURN OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FROM U.S. SOIL AND THE
TEAM ALSO WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT WEATHER PRIOR TO PROPELLANT
LOADING, SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN
ABOUT 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO LAUNCH
IF WE DO, IN FACT, PROCEED.
WE HAVE TEAMS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY COVERING THE ACTION FROM
SPACE X HEADQUARTERS IN
CALIFORNIA, MISSION CONTROL IN
HOUSTON, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA DESK
IN WASHINGTON AND OF COURSE,
RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA.
>> TODAY'S MISSION MARKS THE
SECOND TEST FLIGHT AND THE FIRST
TEST WITH HUMANS ON BOARD.
WE'RE ABOUT, LET'S SEE, FOUR
HOURS AND NINE MINUTES AWAY FROM
LIFT OFF AND BOB AND DOUG
FINISHED THEIR LUNCH JUST
RECENTLY.
NOW THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE
FINAL MEDICAL CHECKS BEFORE NASA
TURNS THEM OVER TO 9 SPACE X
TEAM.
THERE ARE A SERIES THAT THEY
NEED TO COMPLETE.
THE FIRST ONE IS SUIT UP, THE
SUIT UP ROOM IS LOCATED IN
NASA'S OPERATIONS AND CHECK OUT
BUILDING, OR THE ONC BUILDING,
AS WE'LL SOMETIMES REFER TO IT
TODAY.
THE SPACE X TEAM WILL HELP THEM
PUT ON THE SUITS IN PREPARATION
FOR THE JOURNEY TO THE LAUNCH
PAD.
FROM THERE, NEXT UP IS WHAT WE
CALL CREW WALK OUT.
ONCE SUIT UP IS COMPLETE, THE
ASTRONAUTS WILL LEAVE THE ONC
FOR FINAL GOODBYES WITH FRIENDS
AND FAMILY THAT ARE GATHERED
OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY BEFORE
THEY HEAD OUT TO PAD 39A.
>> FOLLOWING FINAL GOODBYES, THE
CREW WILL GET IN THE TESLA AND
BEGIN THE ROUGHLY 20-MINUTE
DRIVE TO PAD 39A.
ONCE AT THE PAD, THE CREW WILL
ASCEND THE SIX SERVICE STRUCTURE
IN ORDER TO BOARD THE SPACE
CRAFT IN A PROCESS WE CALL
INGRESS.
THE SPACE X TEAM WILL RUN A
SERIES OF CHECKS TO ENSURE THE
SUIT, SEATS AND VEHICLE
INTERACTIONS ARE FUNCTIONING
PROPERLY.
AFTER ALL OF THE VEHICLE AND
CREW CHECK OUTS ARE COMPLETED,
THE CLOSE OUT TEAM WILL CLOSE
THE HATCH WITH BOB AND DOUG
SAFELY INSIDE.
40 MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH, THE
CREW ACCESS ARM, THE LONG WALK
WAY THEY USE TO BOARD DRAGON IT
WILL RETRACT AWAY FOLLOWED
SHORTLY THERE AFTER AFTER ARMING
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
>> AFTER THAT RETRACT,
PROPELLANT LOADING WILL BEGIN.
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE LIFT
OFF, DRAGON WILL BE CON FIGURED
FOR WHAT WE CALL TERMINAL COUNT.
THIS IS WHERE DRAGON'S ON BOARD
COMPUTERS TAKE CONTROL OF THE
VEHICLE.
>> AND AT T-0, JUST UNDER FOUR
HOURS FROM NOW, WE EXPECT TO SEE
CREW DRAGON ON TOP OF FALCON 9
LIFT OUT FROM 39A CARRYING BOB
BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY.
IT WILL SEPARATE FROM THE SECOND
STAGE WITH DRAGON OFFICIALLY
TAKING OVER FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE JOURNEY
TO THE SPACE STATION.
AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, BOB
AND DOUG ARE FINISHING UP THEIR
LUNCH AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
AWAITING THEIR ARRIVAL TO THE
SUIT UP ROOM.
>> AND WHILE WE AWAIT THAT
MOMENT, YOU'LL NOTICE OVER THE
COURSE OF THE BROADCAST, WE DO
NOT HAVE CROWDS GATHERED HERE AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PROTOCOLS WE
HAVE TAKEN TO PROTECT EACH OTHER
AND OUR TEAM.
WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF GUESTS HERE AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO VIEW THE
LAUNCH.
EVEN THOUGH WE COULDN'T HOST A N
JOIN US FROM RIGHT WHERE WE ARE.
WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO
THOSE FOLLOWING
LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THAT IS NASA'S TAHIRA ALLEN.
SHE IS LEADING THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS AND HEY, EVERYONE.
I'M HERE TO BRING YOU ALL OF THE
EXCITEMENT HAPPENING ACROSS THE
NATION TODAY.
THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR BOTH NASA
AND SPACE X AND WE WANT TO SHARE
IT WITH YOU.
YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION
ONLINE BY USING THE HASHTAG
LAUNCH AMERICA ON NASA'S
FACEBOOK, TWITTER, LINKED IN AND
INSTAGRAM.
WE'LL BE MONITORING
THAT #LAUNCHAMERICA ALL DAY TO
SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AND PHOTOS
LIVE ON-AIR.
THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO ENGAGE
IN A FEW SOCIAL MEDIA POLLS
DURING TODAY'S LIVE BROADCAST,
SO HEAD ON OVER TO NASA'S
TWITTER TO CAST YOUR VOTE.
WHILE YOU'RE COUNTING DOWN TO
LIFT OFF, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT
YOUR CUSTOM LAUNCH AMERICA
FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AUGMENTED
REALITY FILTERS.
I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT BE
DISAPPOINTED.
THEY TRANSPORT YOU RIGHT TO THE
LAUNCH VIEWING SITE AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER OR YOU CAN SEE THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET LIFT OFF IN A
PAIR OF SUNGLASSES.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BEHIND THE
SCENES ACTION, I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND YOU CHECK OUT NASA'S
FACEBOOK PAGE TO JOIN THE FIRST
EVER GLOBAL NASA SOCIAL.
IN THIS GROUP, YOU'LL FIND TOURS
OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
YOU'LL GET THIS AWESOME LAUNCH
AMERICA BADGE.
WE EVEN HAVE SOME SOCIAL TEAM
MEMBERS.
THEY'RE MAKING CUSTOM BADGES
WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR FACE IN
IT, A PERSONALIZED TOUCH AND
FIND A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY OF
OTHERS PUMPED TO WITNESS THIS
HISTORIC LAUNCH.
LIKE I SAID, HEAD OVER TO NASA'S
FACEBOOK PAGE TO JOIN THIS
GROUP.
TO GET EVERYONE STARTED TODAY,
WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU OUT
ON TWITTER.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH OF
YOU WATCHED THE FINAL SPACE
SHUTTLE LAUNCH IN 2011.
LIKE I SAID, HEAD OVER TO NASA'S
TWITTER TO CAST YOUR VOTE
BECAUSE WE'LL BE SHARING THE
RESULTS LIVE ON-AIR.
WITH THAT, LET'S HEAD BACK TO
LAUREN AT NASA KENNEDY.
LAUREN?
>> THANKS.
WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD,
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
JOINING US TODAY AND
EXPERIENCING THESE HISTORIC
MOMENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S
DEMONSTRATION MISSION IS TO PUT
CREW DRAGON THROUGH THE
OPERATIONAL PACES NECESSARY TO
OFFICIALLY CERTIFY THE VEHICLE
FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
SPACE X AND NASA TEAMS HAVE PUT
YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, TESTING,
AND TRAINING INTO THIS EFFORT,
AND WE ARE NOW JUST HOURS AWAY
FROM SEEING FALCON 9 CREW DRAGON
AND BOB AND DOUG LIFT OFF FOR
THE FIRST TIME FROM THE SAME
LAUNCH PAD THAT FIRST SENT
HUMANS TO THE MOON MORE THAN
50 YEARS AGO.
>> WE'RE JUST ABOUT THREE MILES
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A, WHERE
LIFT OFF WILL HAPPEN IN A LITTLE
OVER FOUR HOURS.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE TEAM AT
SPACE X HAWTHORNE WHERE DAN
HEWITT AND JESSIE ANDERSON ARE
KEEPING AN EAR ON OPERATIONS.
HEY, GUYS.
>> THANKS, HELLO FROM SPACE X.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
HERE WITH US.
MY NAME IS JESSIE ANDERSON, I'M
A LEAD MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
HERE AT SPACE X.
WE'RE HONORED TO RETURN HUMANS
FROM SPACE FROM THE SHORES OF
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
TEN YEARS AGO WE SENT THE DRAGON
THAT IS DISPLAYED BEHIND US ON
THE FIRST ORBITAL DEMONSTRATION
FLIGHT AND I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US
AT SPACE X WHEN I SAY WE COULD
NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO FINALLY
BE SENDING HUMANS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> GREAT DAY.
TODAY'S MISSION IS KNOWN AS
DEMONSTRATION MISSION 2 OR DEMO
2.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME A
COMMERCIALLY BUILT SPACE CRAFT
WILL LAUNCH PEOPLE TO THE SPACE
STATION.
DEMO 2 IS AN END TO END FLIGHT
TEST FROM LAUNCH TO DOCKING AND
ENDING WITH SPLASH DOWN.
IT IS THE FINAL TEST FOR NASA TO
CERTIFY SPACE X FOR REGULAR FLEW
FLIGHTS TO THE SPACE STATION.
SPACE X AND NASA HAVE TEAMS
WORKING TOGETHER AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
THE TEAM AT THE CAPE IS
PERFORMING FINAL CHECK OUTS
MAKING SURE DRAGON IS HEALTHY
AND READY TO GO.
>> WE'LL TRANSFER AUTHORITY OVER
DRAGON FROM THE FIRING ROOM IN
FLORIDA TO MISSION CONTROL HERE
IN HAWTHORNE.
MISSION CONTROL WILL HAVE
INSIGHT AND DEMAND OF THE
SYSTEMS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE
UP COMING MISSION.
SINCE DRAGON IS A HIGHLY
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, OUR TEAMS IN
MISSION CONTROL WILL BE
CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING THE
HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
SPACE CRAFT THROUGH THE ENTIRE
DURATION OF THE JOURNEY FROM
LIFT OFF ALL THE WAY UNTIL
DRAGON SPLASHES BACK DOWN ON
EARTH.
>> WHILE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE ON HEAD SET IN MISSION
CONTROL BEHIND ME, THE MISSION
DIRECTORS IS THE ONE IN CHARGE.
IT IS WHERE THE SPACE X CORE,
CREW OPERATIONS RESPONSIBLE
ENGINEER, THE VOICE TALKING TO
THE ASTRONAUTS IS GOING TO
RESIDE.
>> DRAGON AND FALCON 9 TOGETHER
HAVE YEARS OF OPERATIONAL
EXPERIENCE OR WHAT WE REFER
TO -- THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED 22 FLIGHTS OF DRAGON
TO AND FROM ORBIT SINCE 2010 AND
THAT INCLUDES 21 TRIPS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY,
NOT ONLY HAVE WE CONDUCTED
THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TESTING,
BUT WE HAVE ENHANCED AND ADDED A
NUMBER OF SAFETY FEATURES TO
DRAGON.
>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SAFETY FEATURES ON CREW DRAGON
IS THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
A HUGE ADVANCEMENT IN THE HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT.
WE WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE IN
MAY OF 2015 WITH A TEST AND MORE
RECENTLY, LAST JANUARY WHERE
SPACE X CONDUCTED THE INFLIGHT
ABORT TEST.
THEY'RE OUTFITTED WITH EIGHT
SUPER DRACO ENGINES IN THE SPACE
CRAFT BODY.
DRAGON CAN SEPARATE FROM FALCON
9 AND CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO SAFETY
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY ON THE
LAUNCH PAD OR ALL THE WAY UP TO
ORBIT.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE LAUNCH E
SKWAP SYSTEMS, SPACE X COMPLETED
OVER 80 PARACHUTE TESTS,
INCLUDING NEARLY 30 TESTS OF THE
UPGRADED PARACHUTES ON THE
VEHICLE.
THIS IS TO ENSURE A SAFE LANDING
ON EARTH IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
THAT ONE OF THE FOUR MAIN
PARACHUTES FAILS.
LET'S NOT FORGET THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST
DEMONSTRATION MISSION THAT TOOK
PLACE LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS ALSO AN END TO END
FLIGHT TEST TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
JUST NO HUMANS ON BOARD THAT
TIME.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, LET'S SEND IT
OVER TO SPACE X'S PRINCIPAL
ENGINEER FOR THE FIRST STATUS
UPDATE.
>> HELLO FROM SPACE X
HEADQUARTERS FROM HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA.
I'LL BE BRINGING YOU STATUS
UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTDOWN.
WE'RE CURRENTLY COMING UP AT T
MINUS FOUR HOURS AND COUNTING
FOR THE LAUNCH OF FALCON 9 WITH
DRAGON.
LISTENING TO GET A STATUS BRIEF
ON THE COUNTDOWN.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT, POINT
OUT THE MAJOR EVENT THAT GOT US
TO THIS POINT SO FAR WITH THE
FALCON 9.
THAT WAS FIVE DAYS AGO.
WE RODE THE FALCON 9 WITH THE
DRAGON CAPSULE TO THE LAUNCH PAD
AND IT WAS PERFORMED ON THE
22nd.
>> WE'LL WAIT A MINUTE.
LISTEN TO THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
>> 35 SECONDS, THAT IS 4:33:
35 P.M..
THE CREW ARRIVED IN THE SUIT UP
ROOM FOLLOWING THE WEATHER BRIEF
AND SUIT UP CHECKS ARE CURRENTLY
UNDER WAY.
NO OPEN ISSUES AT THIS TIME.
THE LAUNCH WEATHER REMAINS A
WATCH ITEM.
UPPER LEVEL WINDS CURRENTLY LOOK
SUCCESSFUL FOR FLIGHT.
NO CONSTRAINTS PERFORMING ANY
SECTION OF THIS PROCEDURE.
WE'LL USE PROCEDURE 52-911, CREW
CONTINGENCY FOR ACTIONS.
WE'LL ASK ANY PERSONNEL NOT
INTENDING TO BE IN THE ROOM
DURING THE LOAD AND LAUNCH WILL
NEED TO CLEAR OUT IN THE
SUBSEQUENT 15 MINUTES.
WE'LL LOOK FOR ALL PERSONNEL TO
BE IN THEIR SEATS, SETTLED AND
REMAINING IN THEIR POSITION
THROUGH ASCENT.
>> FALCON 9 IS IN GOOD HEALTH.
AT PRESSURE, AFE CHECK OUTS ARE
COMPLETE AND WE HAVE A CLEAN
ALARM BOARD.
WE'RE PROCEEDING DOWN, NO
CONCERNS ON OUR END.
NO QUESTIONS, BACK TO LD.
.
>> THANK YOU FOR DRAGON HEALTH.
>> GOOD MORNING, LD.
DRAGON IS HEALTHY.
NO ISSUES HERE FOR THE
COUNTDOWN.
DRAGON HAS COMPLETED ITS
PRESSURIZATION AND IN A GOOD
CONDITION FOR CREW INGRESS.
THAT IS THE NEXT ITEM WE'LL BE
WAITING FOR.
NO ISSUES AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU
MD. NEXT UP WITH THE CREW
, EXPECT
WALK OUT IN 45 MINUTES TO BEGIN
THE TRANSPORT OUT TO PAD 39A.
THIS CONCLUDES THE COUNTDOWN
BRIEF.
THANK YOU.
>> JOHN PARKER BACK WITH YOU AT
THE BROADCAST DESK.
THAT WAS THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR,
MIKE TAYLOR, GIVING THE
SITUATIONAL BRIEFING AT T MINUS
TWO HOURS.
EVERYTHING SOUNDED WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE FALCON 9 ON THE
PAD.
AS WE MENTIONED, WE STATIC FIRED
LAST WEEK.
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ON THE PAD
SINCE THEN.
WE DID THE REVIEW OF STATIC
FIRE.
EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE CREW
INGRESS COMING UP LATER THIS
MORNING.
MOST RECENTLY ACTIVITY ON THE
DRAGON, LATE LOAD CARGO WAS PUT
ON.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE CREW TO
COME OUT DOWN THE PAD AND LOAD
INTO THE CAPSULE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE ALSO
WATCHING THE WEATHER.
YOU HEARD THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR
TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER BRIEF.
WE GOT 15 MINUTES AGO, THE
TROPICAL STORM HAS BEGUN MOVING
ON SHORE, THAT IS ACTUALLY
IMPROVING CONDITIONS BOTH DOWN
RANGE AND EMERGENCY SPLASH DOWN
LOCATIONS IF NEEDED FOR DRAGON,
AS WELL AS AT THE LAUNCH SITE.
WE DO EXPECT, THOUGH, THE
PROBABILITY OF VIOLATING
CONDITIONS IS STILL 60%.
THE CONCERNS AT LIFT OFF WILL BE
RIPE FOR PRECIPITATION AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF VIOLATING THE
LIGHTNING RULE.
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS STILL
GO.
WE'LL SEND YOU DOWN TO HOUSTON
WHERE GARY JORDAN IS WITH THE
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM AT NASA'S
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND MISSION
CONTROL'S HOUSTON.
HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING DOWN
THERE, GARY?
>> THANKS, JOHN, AND WELCOME,
EVERYONE, TO MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
TODAY I'M JOINED REMOTELY BY
NASA ASTRONAUT TOM MARSHBURN.
WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING HUMANS
FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NONSTOP
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
CREWS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE
HAVE VISITED THE ORBITING
STATION.
IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE
THEY STARTED THE JOURNEY FROM
AMERICAN SHORES.
WHILE THE TEAMS HERE MAY APPEAR
SUBDUED AND FOCUSED, THERE IS AN
EXCITEMENT AROUND THE ENTIRE
CENTER TO RETURN LAUNCH
OPERATIONS TO AMERICA.
>> OUR ASTRONAUTS ARE THRILLED
TO BE TAKING A NEW SPACE CRAFT
INTO ORBIT.
THIS WILL BE THE NEW FIRST FOR
US, FLYING TO SPACE ON A
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND THE
ENTIRE ASTRONAUT CORE WILL BE
WATCHING.
AS FOR EVERY FIRST FLIGHT THERE,
ARE THINGS TO BE LEARNED AND
PROCH OUT BUT WE BELIEVE THIS
CREW IS READY.
MANY PEOPLE THINK OF MISSION
CONTROL WHEN THEY THINK OF
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
THIS CENTER IS HOME TO WORLD
CLASS TRAINING FACILITIES AND
SPACE CRAFT DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE DRAWN FROM BOTH OF THE
DISCIPLINES AND SPENT THE LAST
THREE YEARS ALONG SIDE THE SPACE
X TEAM TO MAKE SURE THE DRAGON
IS THE BEST POSSIBLE AND
ASTRONAUTS ARE PREPARED FOR
EVERY SCENARIO.
>> THIS MISSION COMES AS A
CRITICAL TIME FOR THE SPACE
STATION WITH THREE CREW MEMBERS
A BOARD.
AMONG THEM, CHRIS CASSIDY AS THE
LONE AMERICAN.
NOW I'M TOLD, WE JUST HAD THE
FORMAL HAND OFF OF THE CREW FROM
THE NASA TEAM THAT SUPPORTED
HURLEY AND BEHNKEN IN THE TWO
WEEK QUARANTINE OVER TO THE
SPACE X TEAM THAT WILL GET THEM
SUITED UP.
>> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FIRSTS
TODAY, INCLUDING A NEW SUIT FOR
THE CREW TO USE.
CREW QUARTERS HAS SUPPORTED
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT FOR FIVE
DECADES AND NOW A NEW CHAPTER IS
BEING WRITTEN.
>> IT IS EXCITING TO WITNESS IT
HERE TODAY.
TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER TO WATCH SUIT UP IN
ACTION AS WE CONTINUE TO
COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH.
LELAND?
>> THANKS, GARY.
THIS IS AMAZING.
WE'RE IN THE SUIT UP ROOM.
I REMEMBER THIS BACK IN 2009
WHEN I WAS SITTING IN LAZ-BOYS.
BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY
SITTING IN THE SEATS HELPED BY
THE SUIT TECHNICIANS.
ROOM WAS FIRST USED FOR THE
APOLLO MISSION, APOLLO 7, THEY
SUITED UP IN 1968.
THERE THEY ARE, GIVING A THUMBS
UP.
THAT LOOKS LIKE DOUG GIVING A
THUMBS UP THERE.
OF COURSE, BOB WAS MISSION
SPECIALIST ON STS 123.
HE IS A NATIVE OF MISSOURI SO
I'M SURE HIS HOMETOWN IS
WATCHING AND SAME FOR DOUG.
HE WAS BORN IN ENDICOTT, NEW
YORK, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY
HOMETOWN, TOO.
HE CONSIDERS THIS HIS HOMETOWN.
DOUG WAS A PILOT ON STS 127 AND
STS 135, THE FINAL SHUTTLE
FLIGHT, SO IT IS SO COOL TO SEE
THEM IN THERE, LAUREN AND
LELAND, LAST TIME THIS ROOM WAS
USED FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT YOU
SEE HERE WAS STS 135 IN 2011 AND
DOUG HURLEY WAS AN ASTRONAUT IN
THERE DOING THAT.
THIS IS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE.
>> SO THE SUITS ARE ACTUALLY
MUCH MORE THAN JUST GARMENTS.
THEY ACTUALLY CONNECT DIRECTLY
INTO DRAGON SEATS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE SEATS
ARE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
SEATS.
THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY REPLICAS OF
THE SEATS INSIDE OF THE DRAGON
SPACE CRAFT.
THE SEATS PROVIDE COMMUNICATION
AS THE ABILITY TO PRESSURIZE THE
SUIT IF NECESSARY.
RIGHT NOW WHAT THE SUIT TEAM IS
DOING IS DOING COMMUNICATION
CHECKS AS WELL AS A PRESSURE
CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SPACE SUIT CAN HOLD PRESSURE IN
THE EVENT OF A CABIN
DEPRESSURIZATION EMERGENCY.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO THIS CHECK PRIOR TO
THE CREW BOARDING DRAGON WHERE
THEY'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN.
THE WAY THAT THE CHECK WILL WORK
IS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE OR
ESSENTIALLY INFLATE THE SUIT
WITH AIR AND HOLD THAT PRESSURE
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WATCH THE DEPRESSURIZATION RATE
AND MAKE SURE IT STAYS WITHIN
BOUNDS.
>> AS WE STAY, LOOKING IN THE
SUIT UP ROOM, YOU CAN SEE DOUG
HURLEY THERE IN THE SEAT, HE IS
THE SPACE CRAFT COMMANDER.
AS HE CONTINUES WITH CHECK OUTS,
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSE UP
LOOK AT THE VETERAN MARINE
FIGHTER PILOT AND SPACE FLIGHT
PIONEER.
♪ ♪ .
>> EXCITED?
>> VERY EXCITED.
YEAH.
>> ARE YOU READY?
>> OH, YEAH.
I THINK WE'RE READY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY READY.
>> JOINING THE SPACE X DEMO 210,
HE IS A MARINE CORPS COLONEL AND
TEST PILOT.
HE WAS SELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT
IN 2000.
HE PILOTED SPACE SHUTTLE
ENDEAVOR AND 135, THE FINAL
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION.
INTRODUCING NASA ASTRONAUT, DOUG
HURLEY.
.
>> IT IS A LIFE CHANGING PROCESS
IN SO MANY WAYS TO FLY INTO
SPACE.
IT IS JUST OVERWHELMING IN SOME
RESPECTS.
JUST THE SENSATION, THE
RUMBLING, THE SHAKING, THE
ACCELERATION.
WHEN THE ENGINES SHUT OFF AND
YOU GO FROM, IN CASE OF THE
SHUTTLE, YOU THINGS START
FLOATING,
I REMEMBER THINKING WHAT JUST
HAPPENED?
TO SEE A ROCKET LAUNCH IN PERSON
IS AN EMOTIONAL EVENT.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW
A SHUTTLE LAUNCH.
IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THEN WHEN I SAW A SHUTTLE
LAUNCH WITH MY WIFE ON IT, THAT
IS QUITE THE EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCE.
MY NAME IS DOUG HURLEY.
I'M A SPACE CRAFT COMMANDER FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
.
>> WE ARE DOING THE FIRST FLIGHT
FOR NASA AND SPACE X.
THIS IS THE TEST FLIGHT TO PROVE
FROM LAUNCH TO DOCKING TO ISS
OPERATIONS AND THEN ENTRY
DESCENT AND LANDING.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE
DRAGON HAS CREW ON BOARD.
THERE IS A MYRIAD OF OBJECTIVES
WE WANT TO ACHIEVE FOR THIS
MISSION.
SPACE X HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
A DESIGN AND ESSENTIALLY MAKING
THIS VEHICLE WHAT IT IS.
WHAT THE ASTRONAUTS BRING TO THE
TABLE IS THE CREW VEHICLE
INTERFACE.
WHAT WOULD WORK ON ORBIT, WHAT
MIGHT NOT WORK ON ORBIT.
WHAT WILL DEFINITELY WORK.
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE,
INTEGRATED TEAM THAT IS GOING TO
SUPPORT US GETTING TO AND FROM
SPACE STATION TALKING TOGETHER,
WORKING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES
THAT SIMULATORS TYPICALLY THROW
AT YOU, IT WAS REALLY NEAT BEING
PART OF IT.
IT HAS JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
UNDER TAKING TO SEE WHERE WE
HAVE COME IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THAT BOB AND I HAVE BEEN A PART
OF THIS AND TO BE SHORTLY FLYING
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WITH THE CREW DRAGON, IT
OVERWHELMS YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE IN SOME
WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, TOUCHED THIS
PROGRAM AND THIS VEHICLE TO GET
US TO THIS POINT AND, YOU KNOW,
WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES THAT GET
TO FLY IT, BUT WE CERTAINLY, NOT
FOR ONE SECOND, TAKE FOR GRANTED
THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT SO
MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO PUT
INTO THIS TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
>> DOUG, PERSONALLY, HE HAS
WORKED SO HARD THROUGH HIS
ENTIRE LIFE, TO GET TO WHERE WE
ARE RIGHT NOW.
AS A TEST PILOT, THIS WOULD BE
THE DREAM TO FLY A NEW VEHICLE.
IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT
HE GETS TO BE PART OF THIS
MISSION, THE SPACE CRAFT
COMMANDER, I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE
HIS HARD WORK AND DREAMS COME
TRUE FOR THAT.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD IN A
LOT OF WAYS FOR NOT ONLY US, BUT
CERTAINLY FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS
THAT WORK IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM AS WELL AS SPACE X, IN
OUR CASE, JUST WORKING TO GET TO
THIS POINT.
IT HAS BEEN A HUGE AMOUNT OF
SACRIFICE AND TIME AWAY FROM
HOME, BUT THE FRUITS OF THE
LABOR ARE COMING TO FRUITION.
.
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO WHEN
WE EXPECT TO SEE THE CREW
COMPLETE THE SUIT CHECKS AND
WALK OUT OF THE NEAL ARMSTRONG
OPERATIONS AND CHECK OUT
BUILDINGS.
>> BEFORE THEY DO, HERE IS AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE JOINT
OPERATIONS COMMANDER FOR DEMO 2
AND FORMER AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST
ENGINEER, ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN.
♪ ♪
.
>> WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE
LAUNCH DAY PREPARATIONS, THERE
ARE A LOT OF MOMENTS THAT STAND
OUT TO YOU.
ONE IS THE CELEBRATORY PIECE OF
IT.
YOU'RE WALKING OUT OF THE SUIT
UP ROOM.
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE HATCH, THAT
IS REALLY WHEN DOUG AND I ARE IN
THE VEHICLE AND IT IS OUR
VEHICLE AND WE'RE REALLY IN
CONTROL OF THE MISSION AT THAT
POINT.
>> TEST PILOTS, THEIR TASKS
PROVE THAT MAN CAN FLY INTO
ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH, AND
RETURN LIVE AND WELL TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
>> THERE IS ALWAYS A BALANCE OF
MANAGING RISK AS YOU GO FORWARD
TO EXECUTE A TEST POINT AND
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO COLLECT
THE DATA.
WE HEAR A SOUND, OKAY, IS THAT
SOUND AN EXPECTED SOUND OR WE
SEE A LIGHT, IS THAT LIGHT AN
EXPECTED LIGHT?
DOES IT SINK UP WITH SOMETHING
ELSE?
DISSECTING THAT REAL TIME IN
YOUR HEAD, A LOT OF THINGS
HAPPEN LIKE THAT ON THE
LAUNCHING OF A VEHICLE.
>> FROM ST. ANN, MISSOURI, HE IS
AN AIR FORCE COLONEL AND FLIGHT
TEST ENGINEER.
HE FLEW A BOARD SPACE FLIGHT
ENDEAVOR TWICE.
NASA ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN.
.
>> MY CAREER AT NASA HAS KIND OF
SPANNED A COUPLE OF DECADES AT
THIS POINT.
I ARRIVED WITH THE CLASS OF
2000, WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING
PROGRAM PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE AND INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, LEARNING THOSE
SYSTEMS, HAVING LAUNCHED A
COUPLE OF TIMES ON VEHICLES, THE
SECOND TIME WAS DEFINITELY
DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST TIME.
YOU CAN FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY OF,
HEY, SHOULD I STUDY ONE MORE
THING OR ANOTHER PIECE OF
INFORMATION I SHOULD GET?
AM I REALLY PREPARED OR NOT?
THAT IS DIFFERENT BETWEEN WHERE
I WAS ON THE FIRST FLIGHT AND
WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING,
I THINK, FOR BOTH MY WIFE AND I
TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF SEEING EACH OTHER LAUNCH IN
SPACE.
I HAVE SEEN HER TAKE THAT RISK
AND HAD IT BE IN FRONT OF HER
AND I HAVE DONE THAT TO HER.
THERE IS JUST SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT WATCHING A
ROCKET LAUNCH LAUNCH WITH PEOPLE
IN IT.
IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
WHEN IT IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW AND
A FAMILY MEMBER IT IS MULTIPLE
REPLIED MORE.
>> FOR ME, PERSONALLY AS A
SPOUSE, WATCHING EVERYTHING THAT
BOB HAS PUT INTO THIS OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS, THE DEDICATION
HE HAS SHOWN, THE PERSEVERANCE,
IS PRETTY SPECIAL FOR BOTH OF
US, THE WAY OUR MINDS WORK, IT
WON'T BE UNTIL SORT OF THE
MISSION IS COMPLETE THAT YOU
HAVE REALLY A CHANCE TO SAVOR IT
AND CELEBRATE IT.
IT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR
AN AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST
ENGINEER TO BE PART OF THE
DEMONSTRATION MISSION OF A BRAND
NEW VEHICLE.
IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
>> WITHOUT A PARTNER WITH THE
SAME APPRECIATION, I THINK IT
CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR SOME
FOLKS.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT
OF TIME THAT TAKES AWAY FROM
FAMILY THAT MY SPOUSE
APPRECIATES AND I LOVE HER FOR
THAT.
MY ROLE IS TO GET THE VEHICLE
TESTED TO MOVE ON TO OPERATIONAL
MISSIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OBJECTIVES ON
BOARD THE VEHICLE THAT WE NEED
TO ACCOMPLISH TO REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS GOOD TO GO.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THE SYSTEMS ARE
WORKING DURING THE TEST FLIGHT
SO THAT THE FUTURE MISSIONS WILL
HAVE THEM AVAILABLE EVEN IF THEY
DON'T PLAN TO UTILIZE THEM.
THROUGH YEARS OF THE NASA TEAM,
HELPING TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE
AND TEACHING THEM THE LESSONS WE
HAVE LEARNED BY GOING THROUGH
THIS, NOW THERE IS ANOTHER
CAPABILITY IN THE U.S. BESIDES
NASA TO OPERATE SOMETHING OF
THIS MAGNITUDE.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME HUMANS
LAUNCHED ON A NEW VEHICLE,
CERTAINLY THE AMERICAN SIDE, IT
HAS BEEN SEVERAL DECADES.
NOW WE'RE IN A TIME WHEN WE HAVE
MULTIPLE VEHICLES UNDER
DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A GREAT TIME FROM A SPACE
EXPLORATION TIMEFRAME TO SEE ALL
OF THAT HAPPENING AND IT IS
BECAUSE OF THIS NURTURING OF THE
ENVIRONMENT, BEING ABLE TO PULL
IN A WIDER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARD HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT.
IT IS A SUPER COOL TIME.
ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL, I'M
REALLY EXCITED THAT MY SON IS
GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE ME
LAUNCH INTO SPACE, BEING AN
ASTRONAUT HAS BEEN AN
ABSTRACTION THING FOR HIM.
HE HAS SEEN ME DO IT IN OLD
VIDEOS BUT NOT FOR REAL.
I'M EXCITED FOR HIM TO SEE THIS
LAUNCH.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE
COMMERCIAL PROGRAM TEAM THAT
WORKED TOGETHER TO GET TO THIS
POINT WHERE WE HAVE VEHICLES
READY TO HEAD TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE'RE BACK LIVE IN THE ROOM
NOW WITH BOB BEHNKEN ON THE LEFT
OF YOUR SCREEN.
DOUG HURLEY TO THE RIGHT.
THIS IS A COOL SIGHT HERE.
LELAND, IT MUST BRING BACK
MEMORIES FOR YOU.
>> IT DOES.
LOOKING AT THE NEW SUITS AND
SEATS IT IS EXPERIENCE THAN WHAT
I EXPERIENCED 11 YEARS AGO.
THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT HAVE
BEEN WITH YOU, GETTING YOU READY
FOR THE MISSION IT IS JUST AN
AMAZING MOMENT AND THEY'RE
GETTING EXCITED.
YOU CAN SEE THE MILITARY GUYS
DON'T GET THAT EXCITED.
THEY DON'T SHOW THEIR EXCITEMENT
LIKE CIVILIANS DO BUT IT IS A
MOMENT OF HISTORY AND WE'RE
GETTING READY FOR THIS MOMENTOUS
OCCASION.
>> AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
WE LEARNED EARLIER THIS MORNING
THEY STEPPED OUTSIDE WITH A CUP
OF COFFEE IN HAND.
WE HAVE SOME VISITORS IN THE
ROOM NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE SPACE X FOUNDER
ELON MUSK TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR
SCREEN AND NASA ADMINISTRATOR
JIM BRIDENSTEIN.
THEY'RE IN THERE TO SAY HELLO,
WISH THEM WELL BEFORE THEY
DEPART THE SUIT UP ROOM.
THAT IS REALLY COOL TO SEE
THERE.
WE CAN'T HEAR WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A
FLY ON THE WALL RIGHT NOW.
>> I WONDER WHAT ELON IS SAYING.
>> JUST PROBABLY TELLING THEM
HOW HONORED HE IS TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE THEM A RIDE TODAY.
>> AND I KNOW THAT THE NASA
ADMINISTRATOR, HE TALKED ABOUT
THIS YESTERDAY, HE MET WITH THE
CREW BEFORE TODAY EVEN AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, I TOLD BOB AND DOUG IT
IS NOT TOO LATE TO CALL THIS
OFF.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SECOND THOUGHTS.
OF COURSE, THEY HAD NONE.
THEY'RE SUPER PUMPED ABOUT THIS,
READY TO GO, AND RIGHT NOW IT IS
JUST, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE
WEATHER TO COOPERATE.
>> TRY TO THINK WHO COULD
POTENTIALLY BE MORE EXCITED THAN
THE SPACE XERS, BOB AND DOUG.
>> WE HAVE COMMERCIAL AND
GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER TO
SEND THESE TWO NASA ASTRONAUTS
TO SPACE SAFELY.
IT IS JUST A GREAT COMBINATION
OF WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE PUT
OUR MINDS TO THINGS AND BE
CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE AND WORK
TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE.
YOU KNOW, I SEE BOB AND DOUG
WALKING AROUND THE HEADQUARTERS
IN HAWTHORNE ALL OF THE TIME.
THEY'RE BASICALLY FAMILY
MEMBERS, THEY'RE IN THE
CAFETERIA, GETTING A DRINK FROM
THE SODA MACHINE, EVERY NOW AND
THEN, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE
TEAMS CAN HAVE BREAKFAST WITH
THEM, WHICH IS REALLY COOL AND
WE CALL THEM THE DADS.
>> THE DADS!
>> WELL, THEY ARE DADS.
>> THEY ARE.
THEY'RE INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEINGS.
THEY'RE BRILLIANT, THEY'RE SHARP
AND JUST GREAT PEOPLE.
>> I'M INSPIRED AND HONORED TO
KNOW THE TWO GUYS AND CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE THEM LAUNCH IN SPACE.
I WAS OUT WITH YOU IN SPACE X
WHEN WE WERE DOING A TOUR AND I
THINK YOU KIND OF SNUCK ME BACK
IN TO WHERE THEY WERE TRAINING
AND I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEM
WORKING IN TRAINING.
I WAS HAVING LUNCH AND EVERYONE
AROUND THEM WAS, LIKE, HEY, THIS
IS OUR TEAM ALSO.
>> YES.
YES.
>> IT IS REALLY AMAZING.
AND LAUREN, YOU SAID, I MEAN,
YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
LIKE.
THEY'RE TWO OF THE MOST HUMBLE
PEOPLE, TOO.
EVERY TIME I HAVE SEEN THEM DO
AN INTERVIEW, THEY'RE GETTING
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
THEMSELVES, RIGHT?
THEY'RE THE STARS OF THE SHOW.
THEY ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO THE
PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR
THEM.
TALKING ABOUT THE NASA TEAM, THE
SPACE X TEAM WORKING BEHIND THE
SCENES THAT HAVE SACRIFICED SO
MUCH TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND MADE
SURE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS
VIGILANT.
I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE, TOO, BUT YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
WRONG, YOU'RE NOT DOING IT
RIGHT.
SO THE TEAMS EVEN NOW, THEY'RE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANY LITTLE
THING THAT COULD GO WRONG TO
MAKE SURE THAT BOB AND DOUG ARE
SAFE WHEN THEY STRAP IN AND GET
GOING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AROUND THE OFFICE, WE DON'T JUST
SAY OH, WE'RE LAUNCHING A
ROCKET, WE'RE LAUNCHING DRAGON,
WE'RE LAUNCHING BOB AND DOUG.
HUMAN ELEMENT OF THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY LEVELLING UP UP
SPACE
X.
>> IT MEANS NOTHING.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
WE SEE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS IN THE
ROOM AND HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE
DISTANCE THAT MR. MUSK IS
STANDING FROM THE ASTRONAUTS OF
COURSE THEY HAVE MASKS ON.
THIS WOULDN'T LOOK THAT MUCH
DIFFERENT, THOUGH, EVEN IF WE
WERE NOT IN THE MIDST OF A
PANDEMIC.
LELAND, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO LIVE IN QUARANTINE, GETTING
READY FOR A MISSION, SO THIS
CORONAVIRUS SITUATION, THIS
UNDER SCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF
QUARANTINE AND KEEPING THE
ASTRONAUTS PROTECTED BUT CAN YOU
SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
LIVE IN QUARANTINE, GETTING
READY FOR A MISSION?
>> WE START IN QUARANTINE A WEEK
BEFORE WE COME DOWN TO THE CAPE
TO GET READY FOR LAUNCH AND I
THINK THAT EVERYONE AROUND YOU
THAT COMES TO THE CREW DINNERS,
THEY HAVE TO GET CHECKED BY THE
DOCTORS, AND SO WE REALLY MAKE
THIS A VERY SERIOUS THING, EVEN
WITHOUT A PANDEMIC GOING ON.
I THINK ONCE WE GET DOWN HERE,
LIKE, WE HAVE THESE CREW PARTIES
FOR THE FAMILIES AND WE CAN'T GO
TO THE PARTIES.
WE HAVE TO FACE TIME INTO THE
PARTIES.
THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS THING.
WE ONLY SEE OUR SPOUSES AT THE
BEACH HOUSE AND HAVE A DINNER
AND CELEBRATE THIS MOMENTOUS
MOMENT BUT IT IS A VERY SERIOUS
THING, EVEN WITHOUT PANDEMICS
GOING ON.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OBVIOUSLY, DOUG HURLEY AND BOB
BEHNKEN ARE TWO OF THE BEST OF
WHAT THEY DO AND IT IS STARTING
TO REALLY SINK IN THAT THE
MISSION IS ON, AS YOU SEE THEM
IN THEIR SUITS THERE.
>> IT IS GETTING REAL.
IT IS GETTING REAL.
>> SO I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST
TIME I SAW BOB AND DOUG IN THE
SUITS AT A CREW TRAINING EVENT
AT SPACE X.
NOT ONLY DID THEY LOOK REALLY
AWESOME, YOU KNOW, ASTRONAUTS
TEND TO LOOK PRETTY COOL, BUT
THE SUITS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE
FROM THE FUTURE.
OUR TEAM DESIGNED THE SPACE
SUITS TO MAXIMIZE SAFETY AND
FUNCTIONALITY WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF STYLE, AND SO HERE IS CHRIS
TRIGG TELLING US HOW THE SPACE
SUIT CAME TO BE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WAS IMPORTANT IN
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUIT WAS TO
MAKE IT EASY TO USE.
SOMETHING THAT THE CREW HAS TO
PLUG IN WHEN THEY SIT DOWN AND
THEN THE SUIT TAKES CARE OF
ITSELF FROM THERE.
THE SUIT IS REALLY KIND OF ONE
PART OF THE BIGGER DRAGON
SYSTEM.
IT IS PART OF THE VEHICLE, SO WE
THINK OF IT AS KIND OF A SUIT
SEAT SYSTEM.
IT IS WORKING TOGETHER.
IT MADE SENSE WE WERE DESIGNING
DRAGON AND TO DESIGN THE SUIT.
>> IT IS COMPLETELY DESIGNED IN
HOUSE.
IT IS HERE IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA, IN THE SAME BUILDING
AS THE ROCKETS.
THAT IS TO OPTIMIZE THE SAFETY
FOR THE CREW MEMBERS.
>> WE WANTED TO INNOVATE AND
LOOK INSPIRING.
WE WANTED IT TO BE SAFE AND
RELIABLE.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO
PROTECT THE CREW IN THE UNLIKELY
EVENT THAT THE CABIN WERE TO
DEPRESSURIZE.
IT PROVIDES COOLING AND
COMMUNICATION WITH THE CREW
INSIDE OF THE SUIT, PROVIDES
HEARING PROTECTION.
THE OUTER LAYER OF THE SUIT IS
FLAME RESISTANT.
WHEN THE CREW GETS IN THE
CAPSULE, THEY GET IN THEIR SEATS
AND PLUG THE SUIT INTO THE
UMBILICAL.
IT IS PROVIDING EVERYTHING THAT
THE SUIT NEEDS SO IT PROVIDES
THE AVIONICS FOR COMMUNICATIONS.
IT IS PROVIDING THE AIR TO COOL
THE SUIT AND IT ALSO PROVIDES
GAS WHEN NEEDED TO PRESSURIZE
THE SUIT SO IT IS A SINGLE POINT
THAT LET'S IT DO ALL OF THE
THINGS IT NEEDS TO DO.
>> THE HELMETS SERVE A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS PROTECTING THE
HEAD AND CONTAINING GAS LIKE THE
REST OF THE SUIT.
IT HOUSES THE MICROPHONES AS
WELL AS THE VALVES REGULATING
PRESSURE IN THE SUIT.
WE HAD TO DESIGN THE GLOVES SO
THIS WOULD WORK WITH THE TOUCH
SCREEN.
>> YESTERDAY DAN AND I HAD A 
CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME AT 
THE CREW TRAINING FACILITY IN 
HAWTHORNE. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 
>> WE ARE UP IN THE CREW 
TRAINING AREA. 
THIS IS RIGHT WHERE BOB AND 
DOUG HAVE BEEN TRAINING OVER 
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, EVEN 
YEARS, TO GET READY FOR THIS 
FLIGHT. 
A COUPLE OF THINGS WILL SHOW 
YOU, WE WILL START WITH A 
COCKPIT SIMULATOR. 
THERE ARE FOUR SEATS INSIDE OF 
DRAGON. 
THE TWO IN THE MIDDLE AWARE THE 
COMMANDER AND PILOT SIT SO THIS 
IS THE COMMANDER'S SEAWARD DOUG 
CURLEY IS FOR THIS FLIGHT AND 
THE PILOT SEAT, WHERE BOB BANK 
AND HIS. 
ONCE THEY ARE IN THEIR SEATS 
THEY CAN PLUG INTO THE SEA, 
COMMUNICATIONS, BREATHING AIR 
AND PRESSURIZED GAS. 
EVERYTHING IS INTEGRATED IN THE 
DRAGON SYSTEM. 
MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT IN FRONT 
OF THAT WE HAVE THIS SET OF 
THREE DISPLAYS AND THESE ARE 
THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS THAT 
GIVE THEM ACCESS TO DRAGON. 
THIS IS THEIR WINDOW INTO THEIR 
SPACECRAFT. 
THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE 
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, ABLE TO TAKE 
CONTROL OF DRAGON, ABLE TO SEE 
WHERE THEY ARE IN THE EARTH 
WITH RELATION TO THE SPACE 
STATION AND WHEN CLUSTERS ARE 
FIRING OR TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON 
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>>> THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN 
THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB TODAY, 
A GREAT ORGANIZATION, GREAT 
PART OF WASHINGTON'S HISTORY 
AND LEGACY AND I WANT TO THANK 
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN VERY MUCH WHO 
IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. 
THANK YOU FOR HIS HOSPITALITY 
AND COURTESY FOR HAVING US HERE 
TODAY. 
WE ARE IN WASHINGTON. 
I HAVE SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN 
WASHINGTON DURING THE CLINTON 
ADMINISTRATION. 
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT CAME DONE AT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE CLINTON 
ADMINISTRATION AND STATE UNTIL 
THE END. 
I LIVED IN VIRGINIA WHERE I GOT 
MY SOUTHERN ACCENT. 
REALLY SOUTHERN QUEENS BUT -- 
AND WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS 
TODAY AND WE WILL BE HEADING 
BACK. 
WE WANTED TO DO A BRIEFING FROM 
WASHINGTON SO IT WAS TIMELY. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME FACTS AS 
TO WHERE WE ARE. 
NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IN 
NEW YORK ARE DROPPING. 
THE TOTAL CHANGE IN 
HOSPITALIZATIONS IS DOWN AND 
CONTINUING TO DROP. 
THE INTIMATIONS ARE DOWN AND 
THAT IS A GOOD SIGN. 
IT IS RARE THAT GOOD THINGS 
HAPPEN AFTER AN INTEGRATION. 
AND THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IS 
DOWN. 
THAT IS VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS. 
THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES THAT 
ARE WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR. 
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF NEW 
YORKERS THAT WE HAVE LOST, 74 
YESTERDAY. 
WHICH IS JUST ABOUT WHAT IT WAS 
THE DAY BEFORE. 
WISHES, THE DAY BEFORE WAS AN 
ALL-TIME LOW AT 73. 
74 IS NOT AS GOOD AS 73 BUT IT 
IS ALL HEADED IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION. 
AGAIN, ONLY IN THIS TIME OF 
CRISIS WOULD 74 DEATHS BE 
ANYTHING LESS THAN TRULY TRAGIC 
NEWS BUT WHEN YOU HAVE GONE 
THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE GONE 
THROUGH, IT IS A SIGN THAT WE 
ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION. 
AND WE ARE. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURVE IN 
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WE ARE 
DOWN. WE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE 
OF THE MOUNTAIN, AS TO SAY. 
AND THE DECLINE IS CONTINUING. 
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE 
ARE SEEING IN SOME OTHER PARTS 
OF THE NATION WHERE YOU SEE THE 
CURVE EITHER GOING UP OR JUST 
STARTING TO FLATTEN SO WE ARE 
PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS THAT 
WE ARE MAKING IN NEW YORK AND 
WE ARE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT 
PHASE, OPEN A NEW CHAPTER. 
MEMORIAL DAY IS ALSO A TIME 
WHEN SOCIETY TRANSITIONS. 
MEMORIAL DAY NORMALLY WE ARE 
GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMER 
AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO 
THINK ABOUT SUMMER VACATIONS 
AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES. 
WE HAVE THAT ON A MODERATED 
BASIS IN NEW YORK BUT IT IS 
ALSO A TIME OF TRANSITION FOR 
US AND WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO 
A NEW CHAPTER ON REOPENING. 
WE STARTED -- RESTARTING THE 
ECONOMY. 
THIS IS ALL A SITUATION THAT 
HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE SO 
THIS IS A FIRST CASE FOR ALL OF 
US. 
AND WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN AS 
WE GO ALONG AND WE DID NOT JUST 
WANT TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY. 
WE WANT TO HAVE A REALLY SMART 
REOPENING. 
WE WANT TO WATCH THOSE NUMBERS 
AS WE GO FORWARD AND WE WANT TO 
REOPEN THE ECONOMY TO MAKE IT 
STRONGER THAN IT EVER WAS 
BEFORE. 
HOW DO YOU LEARN FROM THIS? 
AND THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF 
THE NEW CHAPTER THAT WE ARE 
GOING TO WRITE. 
WE STARTED YESTERDAY BY 
REOPENING THE STOCK EXCHANGE IN 
NEW YORK WHERE THE STOCK 
EXCHANGE WAS ACTUALLY WITH 
PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING RATHER 
THAN JUST ELECTRONICALLY. WE 
ARE DOING IT ON THE NUMBERS. 
NUMBERS MATTER. 
THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. 
THIS IS ABOUT SCIENCE, RIGHT? 
WE ARE FIGHTING A VIRUS. 
THE VIRUS IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC 
VIRUS. 
IT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN VIRUS. 
IT IS A VIRUS. 
AND VIRUSES RESPOND TO SCIENCE 
AND SCIENCE IS ABOUT FACTS AND 
ABOUT NUMBERS. 
AND THAT IS HOW WE ARE DOING 
IT. 
WE ARE DOING IT ON THE METRICS. 
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 
HOSPITALIZATION RATE. 
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DEATH 
RATE. 
HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE ARE COMING 
IN THE DOOR INTO HOSPITALS. 
HOW MANY HOSPITAL BEDS DO WE 
HAVE AVAILABLE. 
HOW MANY ICU BEDS DO WE HAVE 
AVAILABLE. 
DO WE HAVE TESTING IN PLACE AND 
DO WE HAVE TRACING IN PLACE. 
JUST TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF 
IT, RIGHT? 
JUST DO IT ON THE FACTS AND DO 
IT ON THE SCIENCE. 
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING 
IN NEW YORK. 
AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T REOPEN 
EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY. YOU 
WOULD DO IT IN PHASES AND YOU 
WOULD PHASE IT BY THE MOST 
IMPORTANT BUSINESSES, THE MOST 
ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT POSE 
THE LOWEST RISK FIRST. 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE 
DOING. 
AND WE THEN HAVE SEVERAL PHASES 
FOR THE ACTUAL BUSINESS OPENING.
BUT WE ARE IN WASHINGTON AND 
THE PARAMETER IS WHAT SHOULD 
STATES BE DOING AND WHAT SHOULD 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE 
DOING. 
I UNDERSTAND THAT STATES ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REOPENING. 
THAT HAS BEEN THE POSITION OF 
THE STATES AND HAS ALSO BEEN 
THE POSITION OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
SO STATES ARE DOING REOPENING, 
RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING, 
RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING, 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 
ENFORCEMENT OF ALL THE 
PROCEDURES AROUND REOPENING. 
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE 
TO PLAY. 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO 
DO ITS PART. 
AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS. 
AND THEY CANNOT BE A NATIONAL 
RECOVERY. 
IF THE STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT FUNDED. 
THAT IS A FACT. 
WASHINGTON IS NOW DEBATING 
THEIR NEXT BILL THAT WOULD AID 
IN THE REOPENING, IN THE 
RECOVERY. PRIOR BILLS HAVE 
HELPED BUSINESSES. 
LARGE BUSINESSES, SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
HOTELS, HAIRLINES -- AIRLINES, 
ALL SORTS OF BUSINESS 
INTERESTS. 
THAT'S GREAT BUT YOU ALSO HAVE 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND 
STATE GOVERNMENTS TO THINGS 
LIKE FUNDED SCHOOLS AND FUND 
HOSPITALS. 
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO CUT 
SCHOOLS NOW? 
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO CUT 
HOSPITALS NOW? 
AFTER WHAT WE HAVE JUST GONE 
THROUGH? 
WE WOULD HOPE THAT IF WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT A SECOND WAVE 
WITH MORE POSSIBLE CASES? 
DO WE REALLY THINK WE SHOULD 
STARVE STATE GOVERNMENTS AND 
CUT HOSPITALS? 
WOULD THAT BE SMART? 
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO CUT LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW? 
THAT IS CUTTING POLICE, CUTTING 
FIRE. 
IT IS NOW THE TIME TO SAVAGE 
CENTRAL SERVICES AND DON'T YOU 
REALIZE THAT IF YOU DO THIS, IF 
YOU CUT STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS AND YOU CAUSE CHAOS 
ON THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, 
HOW DOES THAT HELP A NATION 
STRIVING TO RECOVER 
ECONOMICALLY? 
THE COVID-19 STATES, THE STATES 
THAT BORE THE BRUNT OF THE 
COVID-19 VIRUS, THEY ARE ONE 
THIRD OF THE NATIONAL GDP. 
HOW CAN YOU TELL ONE THIRD OF 
THE COUNTRY TO GO TO HECK AND 
THEN THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 
AN ECONOMIC REBOUND? 
ALSO, STATE GOVERNMENTS, STATE 
ECONOMIES, LOCAL ECONOMIES, 
THAT IS WHAT THE NATIONAL 
ECONOMY IS MADE OF. 
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 
BUT FOR A FUNCTION OF THE 
STATES? 
THERE IS NO NATION WITHOUT THE 
STATES. 
THEY TEND TO FORGET THAT IN 
THIS TIME. 
BUT IT IS THE OBVIOUS FACT. 
AND WE HAVE MADE THIS MISTAKE 
BEFORE. 
AGAIN, WE LOOK AT HISTORY. IF 
YOU DON'T LEARN FROM THE 
MISTAKES, YOU ARE GOING TO 
REPEAT THE MISTAKES. 
IT IS THAT SIMPLE. 
AND WE HAVE SEEN, IN THE PAST, 
WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHEN STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE 
SAVAGED AND HOW IT HURT THE 
NATIONAL RECOVERY. 
WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOT EXACTLY
A LIBERAL PUBLICATION. 
THEY MAKE THE POINT THAT ON THE 
ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT AND 
SPENDING LIKELY TO WEIGH ON 
GROWTH FOR YEARS. 
SO EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THE 
RHETORIC ABOUT REOPENING, WE 
ARE ABOUT GETTING THE ECONOMY 
BACK, GREAT! 
THEN IF THAT IS WHAT YOU 
BELIEVE, YOU WOULD PROVIDE 
FUNDING FOR THE STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS. 
THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN 
POWELL, VERY SMART MAN, 
RESPECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 
AISLE. 
HE SAID, WE HAVE EVIDENCE IN 
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE 
YEARS AFTERWARDS WHEN STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LAYOFF AND 
LACK OF HIRING WEIGHT ON 
ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
WE WANT TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY, 
GET THIS NATIONAL ECONOMY 
BETTER THAN EVER. 
FIND. 
THEN ACT ACCORDINGLY! 
AND ACT APPROPRIATELY. 
THIS HYPER PARKINSON THE 
BIPARTISAN WASHINGTON 
ENVIRONMENT IS TOXIC FOR THIS 
COUNTRY! 
YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING WELL, WE 
DON'T WANT TO PASS A BILL THAT 
HELPS DEMOCRATIC STATES. 
IT WOULD BE A BLUE STATE 
BAILOUT. 
SENATOR McCONNELL STOPPING BLUE 
STATE BAILOUTS. 
SENATOR SCOTT, WE ARE SUPPOSED 
TO GO BAIL THEM OUT? 
THAT IS NOT RIGHT. 
ON FOX TV. YOU WANTED TO GIVE 
OUR MONEY TO CUOMO IN NEW YORK? 
HELLO? 
NOT THIS WEEK. 
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS REALLY AN 
UGLY, UGLY SENTIMENT. 
IT IS AN UN-AMERICAN RESPONSE. 
WE ARE STILL THE "UNITED" 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
THOSE WORDS MEANT SOMETHING. 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE NOTHING 
WITHOUT THE STATES MR. SENATOR 
OR LEGISLATURE. 
YOU REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS NOT ONLY UGLY, IT IS 
FALSE. 
IT IS WHOLLY UNTRUE WHAT THEY 
ARE SAYING. 
100%. 
AND THERE ARE FACTS. 
IF YOU WANT TO POSE THE QUESTION
, WHICH IS I THINK, DIVISIVE AT 
THIS PERIOD OF TIME, BUT IF YOU 
WANT TO POSE THE QUESTION, WHAT 
STATES GIVE MONEY AND WHAT 
STATES TAKE MONEY, AND THERE ARE
, THERE IS A FINANCIAL EQUATION 
THAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
AND IF YOU WANT TO ASK WHAT 
STATES GIVE MONEY TO OTHER 
STATES AND WHAT STATES TAKE 
MONEY FROM OTHER STATES, THAT 
IS A QUESTION THAT SENATOR 
McCONNELL AND SENATOR SCOTT AND 
MR. LAUGH FOR DON'T REALLY WANT 
TO ASK. 
BECAUSE THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH IS 
TOTALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT 
THEY ARE SAYING.
. YOU LOOK AT THE STATES THAT 
GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT THAN THEY GIVE BACK. 
YOU KNOW THE TOP WHAT THEY 
CALLED DONOR STATE, WHAT ONE 
STATE PAYS AND MORE TO THE POT 
THAN THEY TAKE OUT OF THE 
FEDERAL POT? 
THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE 
UNITED STATES? IT IS THE STATE 
OF NEW YORK. 
NEW YORK PAYS MORE EVERY YEAR, 
$29 BILLION MORE THAN THEY TAKE 
BACK. 
DO KNOW WHAT THE SECOND STATE 
IS? 
NEW JERSEY. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
CONNECTICUT. 
CALIFORNIA. 
EVERY YEAR. 
THEY CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE 
FEDERAL POT. 
YOU KNOW WHO TAKES OUT? 
MORE THAN THEY PUT IN FROM THAT 
POT? 
YOU KNOW WHO'S HAND GOES IN 
DEEPER AND TAKES OUT MORE THAN 
THEY PUT IN? 
VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, KENTUCKY, 
ALABAMA, FLORIDA. 
THOSE ARE THE FACTS. 
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS. 
THE GATE GREAT IRONY IS THE 
CONSERVATIVES, ONE, WANT TO 
ARGUE AGAINST REDISTRIBUTION OF 
WEALTH. 
WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE MONEY FROM 
THE RICH AND GIVE IT TO THE 
POOR? 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE 
DOING. 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE 
DONE EVERY YEAR. 
SO IT IS ONLY REDISTRIBUTION 
UNLESS YOU WIND UP GETTING MORE 
MONEY. 
THAT IS FINE, THEN IT IS NOT 
REDISTRIBUTION. 
TAKE FROM THE RICH, GIVE TO THE 
POOR. 
THAT IS REDISTRIBUTION, YES, 
UNLESS YOU ARE THE POOR, 
SENATOR McCONNELL, SENATOR 
SCOTT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES 
WHO HAVE YOUR HAND OUT. 
YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE TAKING 
MORE THAN OTHERS. 
REDISTRIBUTION, YOU ARE AGAINST 
IT EXCEPT WHEN THE RICHER 
STATES GIVE YOU MORE MONEY 
EVERY YEAR. 
AND THEN, THE GREAT HYPOCRISY, 
THEY ACTUALLY MADE THE 
REDISTRIBUTION WORST WHEN THEY 
PASSED, THREE YEARS AGO, A 
PROVISION AND IN STATE AND 
LOCAL TAX DEDUCTIBILITY. 
THAT DID NOT LEVEL THE PLAYING 
FIELD. 
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY TOOK THE 
STATES THAT WERE ALREADY PAYING 
MORE MONEY INTO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, THE "RICHER STATES" 
AND THEY INCREASED THE MONEY 
THEY WERE TAKING FROM THE 
RICHER STATES. 
THEY TOOK ANOTHER $23 BILLION 
FROM CALIFORNIA, ANOTHER $14 
BILLION FROM NEW YORK, NEW 
JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 
ILLINOIS, CONNECTICUT. 
THE HYPOCRISY IS SO INSULTING 
BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO TALK 
ABOUT NUMBERS, THEY ARE STILL 
FAX. 
AND PEOPLE CAN STILL ADD AND 
PEOPLE CAN STILL SUBTRACT AND 
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY PUT IN AND 
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY TAKE OUT. 
AND I KNOW IT IS WASHINGTON, DC 
BUT THE TRUTH ACTUALLY STILL 
MATTERS. 
AND AMERICANS ARE SMART AND 
THEY FIND OUT THE TRUTH, EVEN 
IN THE FOG AND THE BLATHER OF 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
SO MY POINT TO OUR FRIENDS IN 
THE CONGRESS, STOP ABUSING NEW 
YORK! STOP ABUSING NEW JERSEY. 
STOP ABUSING MASSACHUSETTS AND 
ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN AND 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
STOP ABUSING THE STATES WHO 
BORE THE BRUNT OF THE COVID-19 
VIRUS! 
WHO, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR 
OWN, WHY DID NEW YORK HAVE SO 
MANY CASES? 
IT IS NOTHING ABOUT NEW YORK. 
IT IS BECAUSE A VIRUS CAME FROM 
EUROPE AND NO ONE IN THIS 
NATION TOLD US! 
WE WERE TOLD THE VIRUS IS 
COMING FROM CHINA, IT IS COMING 
FROM CHINA, LOOK TO THE WEST! 
YEAH, WELL, THEY MISSED IT. WE 
WILL LOOKING TO THE WEST AND IT 
CAME FROM THE EAST. 
THE VIRUS LEFT CHINA, WENT TO 
EUROPE, 3 MILLION EUROPEANS 
COME TO NEW YORK, LANDON OUR 
AIRPORTS JANUARY, FEBRUARY, 
MARCH AND BRING THE VIRUS. 
AND NOBODY KNEW! 
IT WAS NOT NEW YORK'S JOB. 
WE DO NOT DO INTERNATIONAL 
GLOBAL HEALTH. 
IT DID NOT COME FROM CHINA. 
IT CAME FROM EUROPE AND WE BORE 
THE BRUNT OF IT. 
AND NOW? 
YOU WANT TO HOLD THAT AGAINST 
US? 
BECAUSE WE BORE THE BRUNT? 
OF A NATIONAL MISTAKE? 
AND BECAUSE WE HAD MORE PEOPLE 
DIE, WE LOST MORE LIVES? 
YOU WANT TO KNOW DOUBLE THE 
INSULT OR THE INJURIES? 
BY SAYING WELL, WHY SHOULD WE 
HELP THOSE STATES, THOSE STATES 
HAD MORE COVID-19 DEATHS. THAT 
IS WHY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP 
THOSE STATES! 
BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE MORE 
COVID-19 DEATHS. 
AND THIS IS THE UNITED STATES. 
AND WHEN ONE STATE HAS A 
PROBLEM THE OTHER STATES HELP. 
I WAS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
FOR EIGHT YEARS. 
WHEN LOS ANGELES HAD 
EARTHQUAKES, WE HELPED. WHEN 
THE MIDWEST AND THE RED RIVER 
FLOODS, WE HELPED. 
ONE FLORIDA HAD HURRICANE 
ANDREW, WE HELPED. 
WHEN TEXAS HAD FLOODS, WE 
HELPED. 
WHEN LOUISIANA HAD HURRICANES, 
KATRINA, WE HELPED. 
WE DIDN'T SAY, WELL, THAT IS 
LIAISON A'S FAULT. 
-- LOUISIANA'S FAULT, THEY HAD 
THE HURRICANE OR THAT IS TEXAS' 
FAULT, THEY HAD THE FLOODS. 
IT WAS NOBODY'S FAULT AND WE 
WERE THERE TO HELP. 
BECAUSE THAT IS WHO WE ARE! 
AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL 
BELIEVE! 
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT AMERICAN 
SPIRIT? 
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONCEPT OF 
MUTUALITY? 
YOU KNOW THERE IS STILL, THERE 
IS STILL A SIMPLE PREMISE THAT 
YOU CAN'T FIND IN A BOOK AND 
WASHINGTON HAS NOT WRITTEN 
REGULATIONS FOR "DOING THE 
RIGHT THING.
" THERE IS STILL A RIGHT THING 
IN LIFE. 
THE RIGHT THING YOU FEEL INSIDE 
YOU. 
THE RIGHT THING IS A 
CALIBRATION OF YOUR PRINCIPLES 
AND YOUR BELIEFS. 
AND YOUR SOUL. 
AND YOUR HEART. 
AND YOUR SPIRIT. 
AND WE DO THE RIGHT THING IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
NOT BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS, DO 
THE RIGHT THING, BUT BECAUSE WE 
BELIEVE IN DOING THE RIGHT 
THING. 
AS INDIVIDUALS, AS PEOPLE, WE 
BELIEVE DOING RIGHT BY EACH 
OTHER, BY LIVING YOUR LIFE BY A 
CODE WHERE YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE 
LIVING IT IN AN HONORABLE WAY, 
ACTING ON PRINCIPLE AND YOU ARE 
DOING THE RIGHT THING. WHY 
CAN'T THE GOVERNMENT? WHY CAN'T 
THE CONGRESS? 
REFLECT THE RIGHT THING 
PRINCIPLE? 
THAT AMERICANS LIVE THEIR LIVES 
BY. 
PASS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION 
THAT IS HONORABLE AND MAKES 
SENSE AND DOES THE RIGHT THING 
FOR ALL AMERICANS? 
WHY IS THAT SO HARD? 
AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
REOPENING THE ECONOMY, THEN DO 
IT IN A PRODUCTIVE WAY. 
PEOPLE THINK THIS ECONOMY IS 
JUST GOING TO BOUNCE BACK. 
I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO 
BOUNCE BACK. 
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BOUNCE 
BACK FOR SOME AND I THINK THERE 
IS GOING TO BE COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE OF OTHERS. 
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES 
CLOSED AND PROBABLY WON'T COME 
BACK. 
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE LARGE 
CORPORATIONS ARE GOING TO LAY 
OFF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 
WORKERS AND THEY ARE GOING TO 
USE THIS PANDEMIC AS AN EXCUSE 
TO GET LEAN, RESTRUCTURE AND 
BOOST THEIR PROFITS BY REDUCING 
THEIR PAYROLL. 
WE KNOW IT. 
WE HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE. 
WE SAW THIS IN THE 2008 
MORTGAGE CRISIS. 
WHERE THE GOVERNMENT BAILED 
THEM OUT, THE BIG BANKS THAT 
CREATED THE PROBLEM AND THEY 
USED THE MONEY TO PAY 
THEMSELVES BONUSES AND THEY 
LAID OFF THEIR WORKERS. 
THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME 
THING AGAIN. 
THAT IS WHY I PROPOSE THE 
AMERICANS FIRST LEGISLATION. 
THAT SAID A CORPORATION CAN'T 
GET A DIME OF GOVERNMENT 
BAILOUT UNLESS THEY REHIRE THE 
SAME NUMBER OF WORKERS THEY HAD 
PRE-PANDEMIC AS POST. 
DON'T TAKE A GIFT FROM THE 
TAXPAYER AND THEN LAYOFF 
AMERICANS WHO ARE GOING TO THEN 
FILE FOR UNINSURANCE PAID FOR 
BY THE TAXPAYERS. 
DON'T DO THAT AGAIN. 
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE SMART, WE 
KNOW THAT THERE IS WORK TO DO 
IN THIS NATION. 
WE HAVE KNOWN IT FOR YEARS. 
YOU CAN FILL A LIBRARY WITH THE 
NUMBER OF BOOKS ON THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DECAY OF 
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW MANY 
ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE TO BE 
REPAIRED, HOW THIS NATION IS 
GROSSLY OUTPACED BY NATIONS 
ACROSS THE WORLD IN TERMS OF 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND AIRPORTS AND 
DEVELOPMENT. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO STIMULATE 
THE ECONOMY BY DOING THAT 
CONSTRUCTION AND DOING THAT 
GROWS. 
YOU WANT TO SUPERCHARGE THE 
REOPENING? 
THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT. 
THEN THIS NATION WAS SMART 
ENOUGH TO DO IT BEFORE. 
WE DID IT IN THE MIDST OF THE 
GREAT DEPRESSION. 
WE CREATED 8 MILLION JOBS. 
WE BUILT AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 
WAS WE ARE STILL LIVING ON 
TODAY. 
WE ARE STILL LIVING ON THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT BY OUR 
GRANDPARENTS! 
NOT EVEN OUR PARENTS. 
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEAVE OUR 
CHILDREN? 
AND NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT. 
WE HAVE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS IN NEW YORK THAT ARE 
READY TO GO, THAT ARE 
DESPERATELY NEEDED, THAT WERE 
DESPERATELY NEEDED 30 YEARS AGO.
BUILD THEM NOW! 
SUPERCHARGE THE REOPENING. 
GROW THE ECONOMY. 
THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO IF WE 
WERE SMART. YOU ARE NOT GOING 
TO HAVE A SUPERCHARGED ECONOMY. 
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THIS 
NATION GET UP AND START RUNNING 
AGAIN. 
UNLESS WE DO IT TOGETHER. 
THAT IS STATES WORKING WITH 
OTHER STATES. 
THAT IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
THAT STANDS UP AND PUTS 
EVERYTHING ELSE ASIDE. THEY 
WERE ELECTED TO PROVIDE GOOD 
GOVERNMENT. 
NOBODY ELECTED ANYONE TO ENGAGE 
IN PARTISAN POLITICS. 
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN, AS A 
NATION, WE WERE SMART ENOUGH TO 
SAY, YOU WANT TO PLATE PLAY 
POLITICS? 
THAT IS WHAT A CAMPAIGN IS FOR. 
RUN YOUR CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUR 
OPPONENT, SAY ALL SORTS OF 
CRAZY THINGS, THAT'S CRAZY 
CAMPAIGN TIME BUT WHEN 
GOVERNMENTS STARTS, STOP THE 
POLITICS! 
AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT! 
AND SMART! 
DON'T PLAY YOUR POLITICS AT THE 
EXPENSE OF THE CITIZENS YOU 
REPRESENT. 
THERE IS NO GOOD GOVERNMENT 
CONCEPT ANYMORE. 
IT IS POLITICS 365 DAYS A YEAR. 
FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARE 
ELECTED TO THE MOMENT THEY RUN 
AGAIN, IT IS ALL POLITICS. 
AND THAT IS POISON. 
WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT, IF 
ONLY FOR A MOMENT, IF ONLY FOR 
A MOMENT, IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT 
IN RESPONSE TO A NATIONAL 
CRISIS, WHERE WE SAY, IT IS NOT 
RED AND BLUE. 
IT IS RED, WHITE AND BLUE. IT 
IS THE UNITED STATES AND WE ARE 
GOING TO ACT THAT WAY. 
IN NEW YORK, WE SET UP I THING 
"NEW YORK TOUGH," BUT IT IS 
AMERICA TOUGH WHICH IS SMART 
AND UNITED AND DISCIPLINED AND 
LOVING AND LOVING. THAT IS WHAT 
MAKES AMERICA, AMERICA. 
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
ANY QUESTIONS? 
>> Reporter: WONDERING WHEN WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING -- 
BETWEEN YOU AND THE PRESIDENT --
NEW YORKERS -- 
>> THERE ARE POLITICAL 
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MYSELF AND 
THE PRESIDENT. HE WILL SAY IT. 
I WILL SAY IT. 
I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SAY IT. 
WE CAN GO THROUGH A GOOGLE 
SEARCH AND FIND 400 NASTY TWEETS
ABOUT POLITICAL DIFFERENCES 
BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I SAID TO THE PRESIDENT, WHEN 
THIS STARTED, FORGET ALL THAT. 
WE WILL HAVE POLITICAL 
DIFFERENCES AND THERE WILL BE A 
TIME TO AIR OUR POLITICAL 
DIFFERENCES BUT RIGHT NOW THIS 
IS ABOUT GETTING THINGS DONE 
FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR NEW 
YORK. 
I HAVE STAYED 100 MILES AWAY 
FROM ANY POLITICAL ANYTHING ALL 
THROUGH THIS. 
PERSONALLY, I WENT TO GREAT 
LENGTHS TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF 
MY STATE, I'M NOT, I HAVE NO 
POLITICAL AGENDA. 
PERSONALLY, I HAVE NO POLITICAL 
AGENDA. 
I'M NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING 
ELSE. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THERE IS NO PERSONAL AGENDA YOU 
WANT TO WORRY ABOUT OR 
CALIBRATE ABOUT WHETHER HE IS 
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, RIGHT FOR 
HIM, SELF INTEREST, I HAVE NO 
SELF-INTEREST. 
I HAVE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND 
THAT IS ALL I AM DOING. JUST TO 
TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF IT. 
I SAID TO THE PRESIDENT WHEN 
THIS STUFF STARTED, PUT THE 
POLITICAL STUFF ASIDE. 
LET'S JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT WE 
HAVE TO DO WHICH IS A HECKUVA 
MANDATE SINCE NOBODY HAS EVER 
DONE IT BEFORE AND LET'S DO IT. 
AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 
DOING. 
AT THE MEETING WE JUST HAD, IT 
WASN'T THE SAME WAY. 
IT WAS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. 
IT WAS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THAT. 
IT WAS ABOUT WHAT -- HOW DO WE 
SUPERCHARGE THE REOPENING 
ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK WHICH 
HAS BEEN HARDEST HIT. 
HOW DO WE TAKE SOME OF THESE 
BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 
THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND 
FOR A LONG TIME, WHICH, IF WE 
WERE ALL SMARTER AND BETTER, WE 
WOULD HAVE DONE 30 YEARS AGO, 
AND ACTUALLY GET THEM UP AND 
RUNNING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO 
THIS WORK ANYWAY AND BECAUSE WE 
NEED THE JOBS NOW MORE THAN 
EVER. 
THE CROSS HARBOR TUNNELS, NOT 
TO GET IN THE WEEDS, THE 
GATEWAY PROJECT IS A LARGER 
PROJECT, $30 BILLION PROJECT 
WITH MANY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 
THE ESSENCE OF THE PROJECTS ARE 
TWO TUNNELS THAT GO ACROSS THE 
HUDSON RIVER THAT CARRY AMTRAK 
TRAINS, BY THE WAY. 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS AMTRAK. 
STATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH M 
CRACK AMTRAK THAT SERVE THE 
ENTIRE NORTHEAST AND THEY GO 
THROUGH TWO TUNNELS. 
THE TUNNELS ARE UPDATED. 
IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH 
THOSE TUNNELS YOU STOP TRAIN 
SERVICE TO THE ENTIRE 
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. 
IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR THE 
NATION BECAUSE, WHILE IN 
WASHINGTON WE HAVE THIS 
FRAGMENTED VIEW OF THE COUNTRY, 
EITHER THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 
WORKS OR NONE OF IT WORKS, YOU 
CUT OUT THE NORTHEAST, YOU ARE 
CUTTING YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR 
FACE SO THOSE TUNNELS HAVE TO 
BE REPLACED. 
AMTRAK, FEDERALLY OWNED, HAS A 
PROPOSAL TO BUILD TWO NEW 
TUNNELS SO THERE IS ADDITIONAL 
CAPACITY. 
THAT IS A PROJECT THAT NEW YORK 
AND NEW JERSEY SAID WE WILL PAY 
50% OF, JUST TO BE GOOD 
PARTNERS. 
THERE IS A PROJECT CALLED THE 
SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY IN NEW 
YORK WHICH GOES UP SECOND AVENUE
, HENCE, THE SECOND AVENUE 
SUBWAY, AND IT IS PENDING 
FEDERAL APPROVAL AND WE COULD 
START BUILDING ON THAT 
IMMEDIATELY. THERE IS ALSO A 
PROJECT WHICH IS THE AIR TRAIN 
WHICH GOES FROM LAGUARDIA 
AIRPORT WHERE WE ARE BUILDING A 
NEW AIRPORT TO MANHATTAN THAT 
WOULD CUT DOWN TRAFFIC, 
CONGESTION. IT WOULD BE A GREAT 
ADVANCEMENT. 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THAT FOR 30 YEARS. 
AND IT IS PENDING AN 
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BY THE 
FEDERAL D.O.T. 
AND I ASKED IF THAT COULD BE 
ACCELERATED BECAUSE WE HAVE 
ALREADY DONE AN ENVIRONMENTAL 
REVIEW AND NOBODY IS MORE 
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE THAN 
OUR GOVERNMENT BUT CAN WE GET 
THE BUREAUCRACY TO MOVE FASTER 
SO WE CAN GET THAT PROJECT 
DONE? 
AND IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION. 
HE IS A PRESIDENT FROM NEW YORK 
SO HE HAS A CONCEPT OF WHAT WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT AND IS A 
PRESIDENT WITH KNOWLEDGE WHO 
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IN NEW YORK 
WE ARE VERY PROGRESSIVE ABOUT 
GETTING THESE PROJECTS DONE AND 
GETTING THEM DONE ON TIME. 
THIS IS NOT THE TYPICAL 
GOVERNMENT PROJECT. 
WE ACTUALLY GET THESE THINGS 
DONE. WE ARE BUILDING THE FIRST 
NEW AIRPORT AT LAGUARDIA IN 25 
YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE BUILT THE LARGEST 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
THAT WAS A BRIDGE THAT WENT 
ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER. 
IT IS NOW NAMED THE MARIO CUOMO 
BRIDGE, THE LARGEST 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE 
UNITED STATES, DONE ON TIME AND 
ON BUDGET. 
IF HE GIVES US THE GREEN LIGHT, 
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE YEARS 
OF DISCUSSION. 
I HAVE A SHOVEL IN THE TRUNK OF 
MY CAR. 
WE WILL START THIS AFTERNOON, 
RIGHT? 
SO IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION, HE 
UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE TALKING 
ABOUT, UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE NEED 
AND HE IS GOING TO BE THINKING 
ABOUT IT AND TALK TO HIS TEAM 
AND SAID WE WILL TALK NEXT WEEK.
>> -- 
>> Reporter: TRUSTED TRAVELER 
THE BUDDHIST 
>> TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAM -- 
>> TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAM DID 
NOT,. 
I BELIEVE IT WAS ACTION THAT 
WAS RETALIATORY BUT BY THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
THEY WANT ACCESS TO OUR DRIVERS 
LICENSE DATA TO GIVE TO I.C.E. 
FOR PURPOSES OF DEPORTATION. 
WE SAID WE WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO 
THEM. 
WE WOULD GIVE IT TO THE FBI FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT NOT FOR 
DEPORTATION AND THEY THEN 
TURNED AROUND AND ENDED THE 
TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAM WHICH 
IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE. 
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET HIGH 
LEVEL SECURITY CLEARANCE SO YOU 
DON'T HAVE TO STOP AT THE BORDER
CHECK WHEN YOU COME IN AT AN 
AIRPORT, YOU JUST SHOW YOUR 
CARD. 
IT EASES THE BOARD AND BURDEN 
AT THE AIRPORT, IS BETTER FOR 
OFFICIALS AT THE AIRPORT, AND 
THE PEOPLE WHO SIT WITH 
HOMELAND SECURITY AND GIVE ALL 
THE DOCUMENTATION TO GET THIS 
SPECIAL CLEARANCE BUT THEY 
ENDED THAT I BELIEVE IN 
RETALIATION AND THAT IS NOWHERE.
>> Reporter: ONE THING I WILL 
SAY I WAS TALKING WITH THE 
TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAM, 
DURING THE SECOND TO THE END OF 
MARCH, THERE WAS A CONCERN WITH 
-- SIMPLY THE SUBSET OF PEOPLE 
THE GOVERNMENT DESCRIBES STOVER 
THIS TRAVELER PROGRAM DOING THAT
SITDOWN INTERVIEWS AND 
PROVIDING ALL THE 
DOCUMENTATION. 
DO YOU ADDRESS THAT IN THE 
BUDGET NOW THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS ACCESS TO THE 
DATABASE FOR THAT SPECIFIC FIRST
PURPOSE? 
SO IF THAT WAS REALLY THE 
REASON THEY WERE CUTTING OUT 
THE TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAM I 
DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS A BONA 
FIDE USE EVEN ANYMORE AND IT IS 
CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION BUT 
SOMETHING OUR COUNSEL'S OFFICE 
IS DISCUSSING WITH THEM. 
>> Reporter: ON THE ISSUE OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE 
GOVERNMENT, THE HOUSE PASSED -- 
INCLUDED FUNDING WITH THAT 
ISSUE AND OBVIOUSLY -- I AM 
CURIOUS, YOUR MESSAGE ON THAT, 
ON REPUBLICANS, THEY WENT OVER 
THAT RULE -- AND TWO, HAS THE 
OFFICE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
-- IN TERMS OF THE AID FOR 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? 
>> LOOK, AS I SAID, I WAS IN 
WASHINGTON FOR EIGHT YEARS. 
I UNDERSTAND POLITICS, THE 
GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. 
I SEE IT AND I GET IT. 
YOU'RE RIGHT, THE HOUSE BILL 
HAS FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT AND YOU HEARD MY 
COMMENTS. 
I KNOW WHAT THE REPUBLICAN 
SENATORS ARE SAYING. 
AND FIRST OF ALL IT IS A LIE. 
IT IS A LIE. 
I KNOW THAT IS A STRONG WORD, 
IT IS A LIVE. 
BUT IT IS -- THEY ARE LYING. 
WHAT SENATOR McCONNELL SAYS AND 
SENATOR SCOTT SAYS AND LAFFER 
SAYS , WHY SHOULD WE GIVE NEW 
YORK, CALIFORNIA, MORE MONEY? 
THAT IS A LIE. 
THEY KNOW THAT THEY TAKE MORE 
MONEY. SENATOR McCONNELL HAS 
HIS HAND OUT IN THE SENATE. 
AND HE RECEIVED MORE MONEY FOR 
HIS STATE THAN HE PUTS IN. 
HE RAISED THIS TOPIC, NOT ME. 
HE MADE IT PERSONAL, NOT ME. 
I REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND OF 
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
THAT IS WHAT I GET PAID TO DO. 
WHEN HE MAKES IT PERSONAL TO 
NEW YORK, WHEN THEY MAKE IT 
PERSONAL TO NEW YORK, AND THEY 
ARE LYING, I'M GOING TO POINTED 
OUT. 
THEY GET MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR. 
WHY SHOULD MY STATE GIVE A 
HANDOUT TO SENATOR McCONNELL 
EVERY YEAR? 
WHY SHOULD MY STATE GIVE A 
HANDOUT TO SENATOR SCOTT EVERY 
YEAR? 
WHY DO THEY HAVE THEIR HANDOUT 
EVERY YEAR? 
THEY ARE AGAINST REDISTRIBUTION 
OF WEALTH. 
THAT IS WHAT THEY ALL SAY. 
I'M AGAINST REGISTRATION! 
YEAH, YOU ARE AGAINST 
REDISTRIBUTION UNLESS YOU ARE 
TAKING MONEY, THEN IT'S FINE. 
IT IS NOT REDISTRIBUTION WHEN 
YOU ARE TAKING MONEY. 
YEAH, I KNOW, HOW CONVENIENT 
THAT IS, RIGHT? 
SECOND OF ALL, THEY SAY, WHY 
SHOULD WE GIVE STATES MONEY TO 
DEAL WITH COVID-19? 
WHAT? 
WHY SHOULD WE GIVE STATES MONEY 
TO DEAL WITH COVID-19? 
WHY NOT? 
WHAT BETTER, WHAT BETTER 
NATIONAL PURPOSE? WE ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A NATIONAL PANDEMIC, 
A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
YOU WANT TO GET THE ECONOMY UP 
AND RUNNING. TAKE YOUR BLINDERS 
OFF, MAN! 
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOUR STATE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NATIONAL 
ECONOMY IS RUNNING WITHOUT NEW 
YORK, CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, 
CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY? 
YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE 
NATIONAL ECONOMY RUNNING LIKE 
THAT? 
JUST YOUR STATE, SENATOR? 
IT MAKES NO SENSE. 
AND THEN IN TERMS OF SPIRIT AND 
PRINCIPLE, AND DOING THE RIGHT 
THING, IF THERE WAS ONE TIME 
WHEN THAT CONGRESS ACTUALLY 
ACTED LIKE IT REPRESENTED THE 
COUNTRY, IT WAS IN TIMES OF AN 
EMERGENCY. 
THAT IS THE ONE TIME YOU WOULD 
SEE THEM COME TOGETHER AND PASS 
A BILL. 
AND DO IT QUICKLY. 
IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, NO POLITICS 
BECAUSE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. 
IT IS HURRICANE KATRINA. 
NO POLITICS. 
IT IS FLOODING IN TEXAS, NO 
POLITICS. 
IT IS MIDWEST FLOODS, PASS AN 
EMERGENCY BILL, NO POLITICS BUT 
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S 
LIVES HERE. 
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT STATES 
AND NEIGHBORS WHO NEED REAL 
HELP. 
THEY LOST THEIR HOMES. 
NO POLITICS. 
EVEN NOW? 
EVEN NOW? 
100,000 PEOPLE DEAD IN THIS 
NATION? 
YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY POLITICS?!
FOR THE HOUSE MEMBERS, THEY DID 
PASS A BILL THAT HAS STATE AND 
LOCAL FUNDING AND HAS THE 
REPEAL OF SALT IN IT. 
IF I AM A CONGRESSPERSON FROM 
NEW YORK, I DO NOT GO HOME 
UNLESS I HAVE FUNDING FOR NEW 
YORK STATE. I DO NOT PASS A 
BILL THAT DOES NOT FUND NEW 
YORK STATE AND DOES NOT REPEAL 
SALT. 
IF I AM A CONGRESSPERSON FROM'S 
CALIFORNIA, I DO NOT GO HOME TO 
CALIFORNIA UNLESS I HAVE 
FUNDING FOR CALIFORNIA AND I 
REPEAL S.A.L.T.. 
IF I AM A CONGRESSMAN FROM 
MASSACHUSETTS, I AM NOT GOING 
HOME AND STANDING UP IN FRONT 
OF MY  PEOPLE WHO ELECTED ME 
AND I AM RUNNING FOR REELECTION 
BY THE WAY, THIS YEAR, FROM 
CONGRESSMAN RICHARD NEAL FROM 
MASSACHUSETTS, IF I AM HIM, I 
AM NOT STANDING BEFORE MY 
PEOPLE, HAVING PASSED A BILL 
THAT DID NOT HELP THEM. 
IF THE CALIFORNIA HOUSE MEMBERS 
CAN'T AFFORD AND THE ILLINOIS 
HOUSE MEMBERS CAN'T VOTE FOR 
AND THE NEW YORK MEMBERS CAN'T 
VOTE FOR IT AND JERSEY CAPITAL 
FOR IT AND MASSACHUSETTS CAN'T 
VOTE FOR AN AND CONNECTICUT 
CAN'T VOTE FOR IT, THEY CAN'T 
PASS THE BILL. 
AND IF WASHINGTON DOESN'T PASS 
THE BILL? 
I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF THEM, 
DON'T BOTHER GOING HOME BECAUSE 
YOU WILL NOT SEE A REOPENING. 
WHAT YOU EXPECT. YOU WILL SEE A 
FIZZLE OF AN ECONOMIC REBIRTH 
AND YOU WILL HAVE REALLY DONE A 
DISSERVICE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL 
PREMISE OF YOUR OFFICE. 
>> Reporter: THE PROJECTS THAT 
YOU MENTIONED MAINLY IN NEW 
YORK CITY, GRANTED THEY WILL 
HAVE AN IMPACT, WERE THERE ANY 
OTHER STATEWIDE PROJECTS FROM 
OTHER REGIONS, LONG ISLAND, 
THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S ATTENTION? 
>> NO, I DID NOT WANT TO GIVE 
HIM TOO LONG A LIST. 
I DO NOT WANT TO SEEM TOO 
AGGRESSIVE. 
I DID NOT WANT TO SEEM LIKE, 
FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE 
ROOM, THAT THEY COULD DISMISS 
ME AS A QUINTESSENTIAL NEW 
YORKER. 
HE IS ASKING FOR TOO MUCH. 
>> Reporter: -- FAMILIAR WITH? 
>> YES AND THESE PROJECTS 
ORIGINAL IN NATURE. 
WHAT THEY CALL THE CROSS 
HUNCHING THE CROSS HUDSON TUNNEL
S IS NOT EVEN NEW YORK. 
THAT IS THE WHOLE NORTHEAST. 
THESE ARE NOT NEW YORK TRAINS. 
THEY GO FROM NEW JERSEY TO NEW 
YORK. 
THEY CARRY AMTRAK TRAINS. 
WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRAINS THAT 
GO THROUGH THOSE TUNNELS. 
IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE 
NORTHEAST. 
BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAIN TRAIN 
ROUTE AND IF THAT GOES DOWN, 
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY AMTRAK 
SERVICE TO THE WHOLE NORTHEAST 
CORRIDOR. 
YES? 
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK WE 
JOINED THE 5000 NURSING HOME 
DEATH AND YOU WILL -- NURSING 
HOME --? 
>> NO, BUT I NEVER DID THAT. 
I NEVER DID THAT. 
>> Reporter: IS ANYONE ASKING 
ABOUT NURSING HOME DEATHS --? 
>> NO, WHAT I SAID WAS THAT 
YES, I SAID THEY WANT TO PLAY 
POLITICS WITH THIS. 
RIGHT? 
AND THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO 
ARE TRYING TO MAKE POLITICAL 
HAY OUT OF THIS AND WHAT I SAID 
TO REPUBLICANS MAKING THIS 
ACCUSATION, YOU HAVE DEFINED AN 
ACCUSATION FOR IT TO WORK 
POLITICALLY, THAT YOU CAN MAKE 
AGAINST A DEMOCRAT THAT IS NOT 
A BORING, IT COMES BACK AND 
AFFECTS THE REPUBLICANS. 
ON THE NURSING HOMES, THE ISSUE 
THEY RAISED, OUR STATE 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOLLOWED 
THE SAME GUIDELINES AS THE CDC 
WISHES A FEDERAL AGENCY ISSUE. 
SO IT WAS MY WAY OF SAYING, 
THWARTING THE POLITICAL ATTACK, 
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SAY, OH, BED 
DEMOCRAT. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT A 
REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION TOOK 
THE SAME POSITION WHICH IS 
GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC AND OUR 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 
BOTH OF THEM SAID YOU CAN'T 
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A COVID-19 
PATIENT, A PATIENT BASED ON 
COVID-19. 
THAT IS WHAT THEY BOTH SAID. 
BUT THAT WAS JUST ON THAT 
SPECIFIC. IN GENERAL, YOU LOOK 
AT HOW NEW YORK DID ON NURSING 
HOMES VIS-@-VIS THE NATION, WE 
DID BETTER THAN 33 STATES IN 
THE NATION PER CAPITA. 
-- ON NURSING HOMES. 
NURSING HOMES HAPPENED TO BE 
THE PLACE WHERE THIS VIRUS 
RAVAGES, RAVAGES. 
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE -- 
DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAD 
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CASES, 
AND WE WERE IN THE EYE OF THE 
STORM, YOU WILL LOOK AT US VIS-
@-VIS THE COUNTRY? 
WHERE WE DID BETTER THAN 33 
OTHER STATES. 
AND THOSE ARE JUST THE FACTS 
BUT I NEVER BLAMED HIM FOR 
ANYTHING. 
I WAS JUST SAYING THE 
REPUBLICANS, YOU CANNOT COME 
THAT IS NOT A POLITICAL ATTACK 
WHEN THE REPUBLICANS' 
ADMINISTRATION HAD THE GUIDANCE 
THAT THE DO SAME THING. 
IS THAT FACTUALLY CORRECT? 
>> THAT IS FACTUALLY CORRECT 
BUT THE CDC PUT OUT GUIDELINES 
ON MARCH 13, THE DOH GEORGIA 
LEPLEY THE REST -- DREW 
DIRECTLY FROM THE CENTERS FROM 
DISEASE CONTROL AND WE BELIEVE 
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC YOU 
SHOULD LOOK TO NATIONAL EXPERTS 
FOR ADVICE BECAUSE AS THE 
GOVERNOR SAYS NO ONE HAS EVER 
BEEN HERE BEFORE AND THIS IS 
BEEN AN NATIONAL AND 
INTERNATIONAL TRAGEDY AND 
NURSING HOMES ARE TRYING TO 
LEARN FROM IT. 
NOW THAT WE HAVE INCREASED 
TESTING CAPACITY IN NEW YORK, 
LEADING THE NATION, MANDATING 
TWO TESTS FOR WEEK FOUR NURSING 
HOME STAFF, THERE IS STRONG 
THEORY THAT THE WAY THE NURSING 
HOMES GOT THE VIRUS WAS THROUGH 
STAFF WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. 
30% OF THOSE WHO HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS ARE ASYMPTOMATIC SO 
WHILE WE DID TEMPERATURE CHECKS 
EARLY IN MARCH AND A LOT OF THE 
COUNTRY DID THAT AS WELL, AS IT 
TURNS OUT, IT MAY NOT HAVE MADE 
A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THERE WERE 
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WHO HAD 
COVID-19 WHO DID NOT KNOW THEY 
HAD COVID-19 PICKED 
>> AND IN THE CONTEXT I SAID IT 
TO A POST REPORTER. 
BECAUSE, LOOK, I CAN SAY ALL I 
WANT, STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS, 
BUT WE ARE IN AN ELECTION YEAR 
AND POLITICS IS IN THE AIR AND 
THERE ARE COLONISTS WHO MADE 
THIS POINT AT THE POST WHO WERE 
100% SUPPORTIVE OF DONALD TRUMP 
AND THAT IS FINE BUT THEN 
BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO KILL ALL 
DEMOCRATS SO I GET IT, I 
UNDERSTAND IT AND THEY ARE OPEN 
IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION AND I GUESS 
THEIR ATTITUDE IS TO BE PRO-
DONALD TRUMP, YOU HAVE TO BE 
ANTI-DEMOCRAT WHICH I DON'T 
REALLY UNDERSTAND. 
BE PRO-DONALD TRUMP! 
>> Reporter: I JUST WANTED TO 
ASK -- 
>> WHAT DID NOT WE FOLLOW CDC 
GUIDANCE ON? 
>> Reporter: -- 
>> THERE IS NOTHING WE DID NOT 
FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE ON EVERY 
STEP OF THE WAY IN EVERY ASPECT 
OF THIS. 
WE LOOKED TO THE EXPERTS AT THE 
CDC FOR HOW TO MANAGE THIS 
CRISIS AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT 
IS WHAT THE STATES SHOULD DO. 
YOU LOOK TO THE CENTER OF 
DISEASE CONTROL. 
THIS IS NONCRITICAL THAT IS 
NONPOLITICAL, WE REFER TO OUR 
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WE REFER 
TO THE NATIONAL EXPERTS. 
THIS IS A NATIONAL CRISIS AS IT 
RELATES TO ISSUES ESPECIALLY 
WHERE THE ELDERLY ARE AND 
EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR BEST 
TO LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE 
UNDERSTANDING THERE IS ANOTHER 
WAVE COMING IN THE FALL AND TO 
GUARD AGAINST IT HAPPENING 
AGAIN. 
>> YES, WHEN YOU SAID WE HAVE 
NOT FOLLOWED CDC GUIDANCE ON 
OTHER ISSUES? 
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU ARE RIGHT. 
THAT IS WHY I ASKED YOU LIKE 
WHAT OTHER ISSUES? 
>> Reporter: -- 
CDC GUIDELINES -- 
>> I HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED CDC 
GUIDANCE. 
AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. 
AND BY THE WAY, I THINK THE 
RULE THAT YOU CANNOT 
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A COVID-19 
PATIENT IS RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T 
MEAN THE NURSING HOME HAS TO 
ACCEPT A COVID-19 POSITIVE 
PATIENT. 
I UNDERSTAND POLITICALLY THAT 
FACTS DO NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE 
MAKING A POLITICAL ARGUMENT BUT 
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE 
DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT
. ACTUALLY THE LAW IS THE 
OPPOSITE. 
YOU CANNOT ACCEPT A PATIENT 
THAT A NURSING HOME UNLESS YOU 
CAN FULLY AND ADEQUATELY TREAT 
THAT PATIENT SO YOU CAN'T 
ACCEPT A COVID-19 PATIENT, 
COVID-19 POSITIVE PATIENT 
UNLESS YOU CAN ISOLATE AND 
QUARANTINE AND HAVE THE STAFF, 
UNLESS YOU CAN DO ALL THAT, YOU 
CANNOT ACCEPT THAT PERSON. 
AND THE NURSING HOME, THE 
OBLIGATION IS ON THE NURSING 
HOME TO SAY, I CAN'T TAKE A 
COVID-19 POSITIVE PERSON. 
I'M TOO CROWDED, TOO BUSY, 
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PPE, WHATEVER 
THE ANSWER IS. 
IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER. 
IF THEY SAY, I CAN'T TAKE THE 
PERSON, THEY CAN'T TAKE THE 
PERSON. 
SO THAT IS HOW IT WORKS. 
IT DOESN'T MEAN THE 
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A COVID-19 
POSITIVE PERSON. 
THEY JUST SAY, I CAN HANDLE THE 
PERSON. 
I CAN'T QUARANTINE BUT I DON'T 
HAVE A BIG ENOUGH FACILITY. 
WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY. 
I WILL TAKE ONE MORE. 
>> Reporter: SPEAKING OF THE 
CONVERSATION TODAY WITH THE 
PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU SAY THAT 
HE -- SENATOR COLLINS WITH THE 
IDEA OF FEDERAL AID -- A 
BAILOUT OR DOES HE TAKE A 
DIFFERENT VIEW? 
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS 
FOCUSED ON THE REOPENING ON 
STIMULATING THE ECONOMY, AND 
GETTING THE ECONOMY BACK. I 
THINK THAT IS HIS FOCUS. 
I THINK THAT IS THE CORRECT 
FOCUS. I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS 
THAT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT 
NEED TO BE DONE. LOOK, WHEN HE 
RAN FOR PRESIDENT, HE SPOKE 
ABOUT A $1 TRILLION 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. 
THAT IS WHAT HE SPOKE ABOUT. 
HE IS A BUILDER. 
HE IS A DEVELOPER. 
RIGHT? 
HE GETS IT! 
AND HE BELIEVES IN CONSTRUCTION 
AND DEVELOPMENT. 
IT HAS BEEN HIS CAREER. 
AND I THINK THAT IS WHY HE 
TALKS ABOUT IT IN THE CAMPAIGN. 
IT JUST NEVER HAPPENED AND IT 
IS NOT JUST HIM, BY THE WAY. 
JOE BIDEN TALKS ABOUT IT AND 
PRESIDENT CLINTON TALKED ABOUT 
IT AND PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKED 
ABOUT IT AND RESIDENT BUSH 
TALKED ABOUT IT AND NONE OF 
THEM HAVE GOTTEN IT DONE. 
SO I THINK HE GETS IT. 
HE UNDERSTANDS THE PROJECTS WE 
WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
THE NICE THING ABOUT THESE 
PROJECTS IS IT DOESN'T REQUIRE 
ANY NEW LEGISLATION. 
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYTHING, 
THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPELINE 
FOREVER AND HIS ADMINISTRATION 
CAN JUST DO IT AND WE CAN GET 
IT UP AND RUNNING AND TO THE 
EXTENT THAT JUMP STARTS AND 
LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT 
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS 
SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED 
DESPERATELY, AND LOOK, YOU KNOW 
YOU NEED TO DO LARGE-SCALE 
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A 
BETTER MOMENT IN HISTORY TO DO 
IT? 
YOU ARE SPENDING BILLIONS IF 
NOT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO 
HANDOUT HOPE AND BRING BACK THE 
ECONOMY. 
AT LEAST TO BUILD THINGS THAT 
WE CAN LEAVE OUR CHILDREN! 
LIKE OUR GRANDPARENTS DID FOR 
US. 
THANK YOU FOR THE HOSPITALITY. 
A PLEASURE. 
>>> A LAUNCH FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL -- BOB BIG INNING 
DOUG HURLEY ARE THOSE 
ASTRONAUTS, INSIDE, DON'T 
REALLY CLOSE TO A SCREEN AND 
BOB BANK AND ON THE FURTHER 
SEAT AWAY FROM US. 
>> THEY ARE GETTING READY TO 
LIFT OFF FROM PAD 39 A PICK WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT 4:33 EASTERN 
TIME. 
THEY ALREADY HAVE THE STRUCTURE 
NEXT TO THE ROCKET WHICH IS 
CALLED THE THICK SURFACE 
STRUCTURE AND THE WALK DOWN THE 
CORRIDOR ANOTHER THEY ARE 
BOARDED INSIDE OF DRAGON. 
>> AND RIGHT BEFORE THEY GOT 
AND WE SAW THEM PAUSE FOR A 
MOMENT AND SIGN THE WALL. 
THEY WERE IN THE WHITE ROOM, 
JUST LITERALLY THAT ROOM AT THE 
END OF THE CREW ARM THAT HAS AN 
OPENING INTO DRAGON. 
IT IS THE LAST PLACE ON PLANET 
EARTH WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE 
STANDING BEFORE THEY GET INTO 
DRAGON FOR THEIR RIDE TO THE 
SPACE STATION. 
>> AND THE TERM THE WHITE ROOM 
WAS FIRST USED DURING NASA 
GEMINI MISSIONS WHERE THE ROOM 
RIGHT BEFORE ENTERING THE SPACE 
SHIP WAS PAINTED WHITE. 
SO WE HAVE CONTINUED THE 
TRADITION WITH PAINTING HOURS 
WHITE AS WELL AND ALSO STARTING 
A NEW TRADITION, IF YOU JUST 
SAW, THEY DID SIGN THE WHITE 
ROOM WALL WHICH IS REALLY 
AWESOME. 
IT IS A FAIRLY SMALL AREA THAT 
HAS ROOM FOR THE CREW AND A FEW 
GROUND SUPPORT MEMBERS AT T-
MINUS 24 HOURS AND AT T-MINUS 
TWO HOURS:35. 
>> INSIDE THE WHITE ROOM THERE 
IS A REMOVABLE PLATFORM THAT 
GETS EXTENDED OUT IN ORDER TO 
BREAK THE GAP BETWEEN THE CREW 
ARM AND THE DRAGON SIDE HATCH 
ALLOWING EASY ENTRY INTO 
DRAGON. 
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE ENTIRE 
AREA IS ENVIRONMENTALLY 
CONTROLLED JUST SO THE DRAGON 
SIDE HATCH CAN BE TESTED OPEN 
WHILE WE ARE KEEPING OUT THE 
DUST, DIRT AND HUMIDITY OUT OF 
THE CAPSULE MAKING SURE IT IS 
PRISTINE FOR THE CLUE CREW. 
THERE IS A BIG SEAL INFLATED TO 
MAKE THAT MAINTAIN THAT 
ENVIRONMENT. 
>> THE CREW INGRESS IS BEING 
DONE RIGHT NOW AND TO PREPARE 
FOR ANY EMERGENCY THAT MAY BE 
ENCOUNTERED. 
>> AS WE JUST HEARD FROM THE 
TEAM, THEY ARE GETTING INTO THE 
CAPSULE NOW, GETTING THEIR 
SEATS CONNECTED TO THEIR SUITS 
VIA THE UMBILICAL THAT IS GOING 
TO GIVE THEM HARD-LINE 
CONNECTIONS INTO AUDIO FOR 
THEIR CONTACTS WHICH WILL BE 
COMING UP SHORTLY AND AGAIN 
BREATHING GAS AND PRESSURIZED 
NIGHT TRUCKS FOR THOSE TESTS. 
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND CHECK. 
IT IS ALL ABOUT REDUNDANCY AND 
CONSTANTLY CHECKING SYSTEMS AS 
WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON BUT 
THERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. 
WE ARE WATCHING BOB AND DOUG 
GETTING INTO DRAGON, GETTING 
STRAPPED IN. 
BEFORE THEY CONNECTED THEIR 
SUITS TO THE ACTUAL SEATS, THEY 
DID SOMETHING CALLED A FOREIGN 
OBJECT CHECK OR A POD CHECK AND 
THAT MEANS THEY ACTUALLY GET 
INSPECTED FOR ANY SUBSTANCES 
THAT COULD BE ON THEIR SUITS 
THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE 
CONTACT. 
>> THAT HELPS PROTECT AGAINST 
DEBRIS, THE CREW HAS BELTS ON 
THE SUSPECT THE WAS ON THEIR 
SUITS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED 
BEFORE THE INGRESS AND I CAN 
SEE THEY HAVE REMOVE THEM AND 
ARE GETTING STRAPPED IN. 
ONCE THE CHECKS ARE COMPLETE, 
COMMANDER DOUG HURLEY ENTERS 
FIRST AND THEN BOB BANK AND 
FOLLOWED AFTER HIM. 
THEY ARE GETTING BUCKLED IN 
RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE 
SCREEN AND ATTACHING THEIR 
UMBILICAL'S TO THEIR SUITS. THE 
UMBILICALS ALLOW THE CREW TO 
HAVE AIR TO KEEP THEM COOL AND 
DELIVER NITROUS OXIDE. 
THIS IS TO PROTECT THE CREW IN 
THE EVENT OF A CABIN 
DEPRESSURIZATION. 
>> AND WALKING THROUGH THE 
INTERIOR A LITTLE BIT, THERE 
ARE FOUR SEATS CONFIGURED 
INSIDE DRAGON RIGHT NOW. 
THEY ARE NUMBERED 1 TO 4 FROM 
RIGHT TO LEFT WHEN YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT THE SCENE SO WE HAVE 
A COUPLE OF CAMERA VIEWS FROM 
THE HATCH FROM THE WHITE ROOM. 
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT 
ANGLE, YOU GO FROM 1 TO 4 FROM 
RIGHT TO LEFT. 
DOUG HURLEY IS IN THE SEAT 2 
THE COMMANDER SEAT AND BOB BANK 
AND IS IN SEAT 3 AND NOBODY IS 
IN SEAT 1 AND 4 TODAY. 
THE CREW DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO 
CARRY FOUR ASTRONAUTS ON FUTURE 
MISSIONS. 
WE MET TWO OF THE CREW 1 
MEMBERS AND HEARD ABOUT THE 
OTHER TWO CREW MEMBERS EARLIER. 
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF BOTH CREW 
MEMBERS TODAY ARE THREE TOUCH 
SCREENS THAT THEY WILL USE 
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHTS TO SEE 
ANY ALERTS OR ISSUES WITH THE 
VEHICLE AND IF REQUIRED, TAKING 
CONTROL AND MANUALLY FLYING 
DRAGON. 
WE CAN SEE THAT MANIPULATIVE 
THOSE DISPLAYS RIGHT NOW. 
>> AND COMING UP, THE CREW WILL 
DO A CALM CHECK TO MAKE SURE 
THEY CAN -- CONTROL AND SEATS 
WILL BE ROTATED INTO POSITION 
FOR LAUNCH SO THEY CAN SEE THE 
DISPLAY PANELS RIGHT IN FRONT 
OF THEM. 
NOW, LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN 
FOR THE LATEST ON THE HEALTH OF 
BOTH. 
OVER TO YOU, JOHN. 
>> WE ARE AT T-MINUS TWO HOURS 
36 MINUTES 30 SECONDS IN THE 
COUNTDOWN FOR LAUNCH OF FALCON9S
DRAG INTO THE SPACE STATION. 
ACTIVITIES TO PREPARE THE 
SPACECRAFT FOR THE ASTRONAUT 
PICK UP THE COMPLETE SYSTEMS 
INCLUDING THE -- SYSTEM AND YOU 
CAN SEE THE ASTRONAUTS ARE WELL 
UNDERWAY AS THEY HOOK THEIR 
SUITS UP TO THE VARIOUS 
SYSTEMS. 
RIGHT NOW ON DRAGON THERE ARE 
NO ISSUES. 
CONTRACTS WILL BE COMING UP 
SHORTLY ON THE DRAGON 
SPACECRAFT WITH THE CREW. 
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR SOME 
OF THAT AND WE WILL BRING IT TO 
YOU AS IT HAPPENS. 
NOW, CURRENTLY, THE FALCON9 
TEAM IS PREPARING FOR THEIR 
FINAL CHECKUP AND FOR -- 
LOADING. 
CHECK OUT AT T-MINUS TWO HOURS 
WHEN THE LAUNCH CREW WILL 
ACTUALLY GET ON CONSUL 
OFFICIALLY AT KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER. 
CURRENTLY, AT FALCON9, ALL 
SYSTEMS ARE GO. 
NO PROBLEMS THERE AND 
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. 
-- UP AROUND THE LAUNCH PAD. 
THE WEATHER FORECAST CONTINUES 
TO BE ACCEPTABLE BUT SOMETHING 
WE ARE GOING TO WATCH ALL THE 
WAY THROUGH. WE ARE NOT ONLY 
LOOKING AT WEATHER AT THE 
LAUNCH SITE BUT WE ARE LOOKING 
AROUND THE WORLD. 
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE CONDITIONS 
ARE ACCEPTABLE IF DRAGON HAS TO 
SPLASHDOWN IN THE ATLANTIC IN 
AN ESCAPE AND WE ARE ALSO 
MONITORING CONTINUOUS 
SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS IF THE 
CREW HAD TO COME BACK TO EARTH 
BEFORE DOCKING WITH THE SPACE 
STATION. 
BY NOW THOSE CONDITIONS ARE 
GETTING BETTER THROUGH THE DAY 
AT THE LAUNCHPAD. 
THINGS CONTINUE TO BE A 60% 
PROBABILITY OF VIOLATING THE 
CONDITIONS, A 40% CHANCE IF YOU 
ARE AN OPTIMIST OF GOOD WEATHER 
BUT RIGHT NOW THE CLOCK IS 
CONTINUING TO COUNT DOWN. 
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO. 
WE ARE JUST INSIDE T-MINUS TWO 
HOURS:35 MINUTES. 
>>> AS BOB AND DOUG FINISH 
INGRESS PROCEDURES WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR THIS 
CONTRACT. 
THEY SHOULD BE COMING UP AND A 
LITTLE BIT. 
RIGHT NOW I AM JOINED NOW BY 
SPACEX JESSIKA JENSON AND RUSS 
BLACKMORE TO DISCUSS A LITTLE 
MORE ABOUT WHAT MAKES DRAGON 
AND FALCON9 A 21ST-CENTURY 
LAUNCH VEHICLE. 
FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING ME TODAY. 
I WILL START WITH YOU, JESSICA. 
WALK WE THREW DRAGONS LIFE 
HISTORY AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE 
WE ARE TODAY? 
>> SO DRAGON WAS DESIGNED FROM 
SCRATCH 12 YEARS AGO BY SPACEX. 
IT WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY CARGO 
TO AND FROM THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
SPACECRAFT. 
TWO PARTS THAT LED TO 
COMMERCIAL CRUISE. 
ONE PART WAS WE WERE ABLE TO -- 
THERE WAS A HUGE LEARNING CURVE.
FOR THE CREW YOU HAD TO EXPAND 
IT FOR THE WHOLE MISSION. 
THE LAST PART WAS CARGO DRAGON 
HAS BEEN THIS AMAZING BED FOR 
COMMERCIAL CRUISE. 
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WERE ABLE 
TO TEST DIFFERENT MATERIALS 
BEFORE THEY FLEW ON CREW. 
>> VERY COOL, THAT IS ONE PART 
OF THE EQUATION. 
WALK US THROUGH THE FLIGHT 
HISTORY OF FALCON NINE, THE 
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO WHERE WE 
ARE NINE TODAY. 
>> IT FLEW ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO 
TODAY. 
AND THE FIRST VERSION COULDN'T 
CARRY HUMANS BUT THE 
FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN WAS MADE IN 
MIND. 
87 LUNCHES, WE HAVE IMPROVED 
THE ROCKET AND NOW IT HAS TWICE 
THE PAYLOAD TO OVER THAT WE 
STARTED WITH. 
WE CAN LAND AND REUSED THE MOST 
IMPORTANT FOR TODAY, THE 
RELIABILITY. 
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THE 
RELIABILITY HAS COME FROM 
UPGRADES AND EXPERIENCE. 
BUT IT'S QUITE HARD TO PROVE. 
THIS IS SOMETHING THE 
COMMERCIAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY HAS 
BEEN GRAPPLING WITH. 
AND LIKE THEM WE RELY ON LOTS 
OF TESTING. 
IF YOU TAKE THE ENGINE, IT HAS 
TO FLY FOR ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO 
GET TO ORBIT, WE TOOK ONE OF 
THOSE AND RAN IT FOR MORE THAN 
250 MINUTES. 
TO GET THE STATISTICAL PROOF OF 
RELIABILITY THAT WE NEED. 
IT IS THAT TESTING AND ANALYSIS 
THAT GIVES US AN MASSA A 
CONFIDENCE THAT IT IS READY TO 
FLY HUMANS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
>> A LOT OF ADDITIONAL 
UPGRADES, TESTING HAD TO GO TO 
MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF THESE 
VEHICLES WERE HUMAN RATED. 
WALK US THROUGH THE SPECIFIC 
UPGRADES TO MEET THE CRITERIA. 
>> THE FIRST IS OBVIOUS. 
WE HAD THE CARGO DRAGON, WE 
TOOK ALL OF THOSE OUT, REPLACED 
IT WITH ASTRONAUT, CREW 
DISPLAYS AND CRUISE CONTROL. 
ONE THING PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW 
IS WE HAVE BEEN FLYING TO AND 
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION FOR YEARS. 
WHAT THAT MEANT WAS WE HAD TO 
DESIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT 
SYSTEM. 
YEARS AGO. 
OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE AND 
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY. 
EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS DONE ON A 
SMALLER SCALE, IT WAS A 
LEARNING CURVE ON HOW TO 
MANDATE THE SPACECRAFT FOR 
HUMANS. 
>> SAME QUESTION, WHAT KIND OF 
SPECIFIC UPGRADES HAD TO GO IN 
TO CERTIFY IT FOR THIS DAY. 
>> I MENTIONED THE RELIABILITY 
UPGRADES. 
ONE THAT IS INTERESTING IS THE 
LAUNCH TRIGGER. 
SO PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW THAT 
DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY AND 
MIDFLIGHT TWO SEPARATE AND BOOST
AWAY FOR SAFETY IN THE CASE 
THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF 
EMERGENCY AND THAT COULD BE 
TRIGGERED BY THE ASTRONAUTS OR 
THE GROUND CREW. 
WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THE 
FALCON HAS THE ABILITY TO CAUSE 
THE TRIGGER AND IT WILL DO THAT 
AUTONOMOUSLY USING ALGORITHMS, 
SOFTWARE AND SENSORS. 
-- 
>> WE ARE GETTING SOME COMES 
FROM THE CREW. 
COMING UP SHORTLY WE WILL HEAR 
THE COMMUNICATION CHECKS, THEY 
WILL SPEAK TO SEVERAL 
PHYSICIANS DOWN ON THE GROUND 
AND BE USING BOTH COMMUNICATION 
SPEAKERS INSIDE OF DRAGON AND 
INSIDE THEIR SUITS AND A SERIES 
OF COMMUNICATION CHECKS. 
THEY WILL BE DOING THESE TRUCKS 
OVER DIFFERENT SATELLITES. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> CORE, LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> STANDBY FOR GRAND CHECK. 
>> YOU WILL BE THEM REFERRED 
TO, DOUG HURLEY, THE COMMANDER 
AND THAT IS BOB LINCOLN. 
THAT FIRST ONE WE HEARD WAS THE 
COMMUNICATION LINKED DIRECTLY 
INTO THEIR SUIT AND THEY WILL 
DO THE COMMUNICATION TRACK OVER 
THE GROUND STATIONS AND WE WILL 
HEAR ONE OVER THE TRACKING AND 
DATA RELAY SATELLITE. 
SAME WE USED TO TALK TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
WE WILL USED TO TALK AND TRACK 
DRAGON THROUGH THE FLIGHT.
JUST WAITING FOR THEM ON FOR 
THE TEAMS TO FIGURE OUT THE 
GROUND CHECKOUTS AND YOU WILL 
HEAR THEM TALK DIRECTLY TO THE 
CORE, THE CREW OPERATIONS 
RESPONSIBLE, THE CAPCOM, THE 
PHYSICIAN RIGHT HERE, THE 
MISSION CONTROL THAT IS JUST A 
FEW FEET AWAY FROM US WHERE THE 
TEAM WILL BE WATCHING OVER THE 
ENTIRE FLIGHT, THAT IS WHERE 
THE MAIN PERSON WHOSE JOB IT IS 
TO TALK TO THEM WILL BE SITTING.
WE WILL HEAR THEM DO SOME 
CHECKOUTS WITH THE LAUNCH 
DIRECTOR DOWN THERE. 
YOU WILL HEAR THOSE 
CHARACTERISTIC BEEPS. 
>> COPY WE HAVE YOU THE SAME, 
STANDBY. 
>> COPY 
>> SOME OF THE VOICE PROTOCOLS 
THAT YOU WILL HERE, YOU MIGHT 
BE USED TO HEARING HOUSTON 
STATION OR HOUSTON SHUTTLE OR 
HOUSTON ENDEAVOR BACK WHEN WE 
WERE FLYING THE SPECIFIC 
SHUTTLES. 
YOU WILL HEAR SPACEX DRAGON, 
THAT IS THE TEAM CALLING THE 
DRAGON TEAM ON ORBIT AND BOB 
AND DOUG WILL BE ABLE TO 
RESPOND. 
SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO 
CONFIGURE, WE WILL GET THE 
CHECKOUTS MOMENTARILY. 
AND TO REMIND YOU, YOU WILL 
HEAR THAT VERY UNIQUE BEEPING 
SOUND. 
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 
USED THROUGHOUT SPACED AROUND 
AND THAT IS JUST FOR TEAMS WHO 
ARE IN MISSION CONTROL OR 
SUPPORTING THE LAUNCH, WHEN YOU 
HEAR THAT SOUND IT IS TIME TO 
LISTEN. 
>> CONTRACT GROUND STATION. 
>> DRAGON HAS YOU LOUD AND 
CLEAR. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
CONTRACT COMPLETE. 
STANDBY FOR COMTEX. 
>> DRAGON SPACEX, CHECK. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> CORE, LOUD AND CLEAR. 
STANDBY FOR CHECKS AND THE 
LAUNCH CONFIGURATION. 
>> WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, 
HOW ARE YOU DOING. 
>> DOING GREAT, HOW ARE YOU 
DOING IN THERE? 
STANDBY FOR COMM CHECK.  
STANDBY FOR COMM CHECK  DRAGON 
OVERGROUND. 
DRAGON MD, DRAGON TO GROUND. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
STANDBY. 
>> COUNT ON ONE. 
COMM CHECK.  
>> WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN. 
DRAGON TO GROUND ONE. 
>> VERY GOOD. 
>> COMM CHECK.  
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> HAVE YOU THE SAME. 
>> DRAGON SPACEX LAUNCH 
CONFIGURATION CHECKS ARE 
COMPLETE. 
REPORT ONE READY. 
>> WE ARE READY FOR SEAT 
ROTATION. 
>> COPY, READY FOR SEAT 
ROTATION. 
WE WILL REPORT ONE INITIATING. 
>> THAT WRAPS UP THE 
COMMUNICATION CHECKS, 
EVERYTHING GOING GOOD WITH THE 
SPACECRAFT, TALKING TO THE TEAM 
ON THE GROUND AND THEY WILL GET 
THEIR SEATS ROTATED. 
WE WILL BRING YOU INSIDE REAL 
QUICK, GIVING US THE GREAT 
INSIGHT INTO DRAGON AND FALCON 
NINE, HOPE YOU GOT A GOOD SPOT 
TO WATCH. 
GREAT TO HAVE YOU. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO THROW IT 
DOWN TO GARY, HE'S AT MISSION 
CONTROL AND FOLLOWING ALONG. 
OVER TO YOU. 
>> GREAT TO HEAR GOOD CHECKS 
FROM BOB AND DOUG IN THE DRAGON 
VEHICLE. 
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL, THE 
FLIGHT DIRECTOR AND FLIGHT 
CONTROLLERS AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE 
GO FOR LUNCH. 
THIS PATIENT IS PREPARED FOR 
THEM TO ARRIVE 19 HOURS AFTER 
LUNCH. 
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WILL 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 
COUNTDOWN BUT IT'S UP TO THE 
TEAMS IN KENNEDY AND HAWTHORNE 
TO GET THE LIFT OFF. 
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS 
AS WE CONTINUE TO COUNT DOWN 
THE LAUNCH. 
LET'S GO TO THE SOCIAL DESK. 
>> TAKING A QUICK LOOK, THERE 
ARE 1 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING 
OUR COVERAGE AND LAUNCH AMERICA 
IS UP TO THE NUMBER 1 TRENDING 
HASHTAG ON TWITTER. 
LET'S TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT 
IS BEING SAID ONLINE. 
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ANDREA WHO 
HAS A PERSONAL SELF-PORTRAIT AND
HER FLIGHT SUIT, THIS IS WHAT I 
AM LOVING, HOW EVERYONE AROUND 
THE NATION IS MAKING BEST 
UNIQUELY THEIRS. 
I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE LINE 
THAT SAYS I BELIEVE NO MATTER 
HOW FAR THE FUTURE IS, WE ARE 
ON OUR WAY TO IT. 
I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER 
MYSELF. 
THAT IS WHAT TODAY REPRESENTS. 
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. 
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JESSICA WITH 
HER SPACE PUPPY GETTING READY 
FOR LIFT OFF. 
I WON'T LIE, WE LOVE TO SEE 
THIS. 
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPACED PETS, 
COMMENT USING OUR HASHTAG. 
AS YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE IS 
THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
I KNOW ONE SPECIAL GUEST IN 
PARTICULAR, I AM SO PLEASED TO 
WELCOME DIANA. 
I HEAR YOU HAVE A VERY BURNING 
QUESTION FOR MISSION CONTROL. 
GO FOR IT. 
>> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 
ME ON THIS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL 
DAY. 
I AM DIANA. 
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO 
FASCINATED BY SPACE AND SPACE 
EXPLORATION BECAUSE WE BRING 
TOGETHER SO MANY PEOPLE FOR 
SUCH A COMPLICATED TASK. 
TO SEND A ROCKET INTO SPACE, MY 
QUESTION IS ALONG THE LINES OF 
WHAT GOES INTO A MISSION LIKE 
THAT? 
WE ALL KNOW AND ARE FAMILIAR 
WITH HOW MUCH PREPARATION AND 
TRAINING ASTRONAUTS HAVE. 
PREPARING FOR A MISSION LIKE 
THIS AND IN THE FUTURE FOR A 
MISSION TO THE MOON OR MARS, 
WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DOES THE 
TEAM HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO 
PREPARE TO LAUNCH A ROCKET? 
>> THAT IS SUCH A GREAT 
QUESTION. 
SOMETIMES IT GETS OVERLOOKED 
WHAT GOES INTO MAKING A MOMENT 
LIKE THIS HAPPEN. 
WHAT HAS THE TEAM BEEN DOING TO 
PREPARE FOR THIS HISTORIC 
LAUNCH? 
>> THAT IS A FANTASTIC QUESTION.
THE OPERATIONS HERE ARE NOT 
JUST STARTING TODAY. 
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TRAINING
AND SIMULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 
GOING INTO PREPARING FOR THIS 
MOMENT. 
PREPARING AND GETTING EVERYONE 
FAMILIAR WITH EVERY STEP OF THE 
MISSION FROM LAUNCH THROUGH 
DOCKING AND THROWING DIFFERENT 
SCENARIOS AT THEM IN CASE 
SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, EVERY 
FLIGHT CONTROLLER WILL BE 
PREPARED TO RESPOND. 
I WANT TO MAKE A SHOT OUT, TO 
THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED SO 
MUCH TIME AND I HAVE BEEN 
TALKING TO THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR 
WHO SAID EVEN BEFORE HE WAS A 
FLIGHT DIRECTOR, THEY WERE 
WORKING ON SOME OF THE 
OPERATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL 
MISSIONS. 
THIS TEAM EXPANDS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WORKING AT HAWTHORNE AND 
FLORIDA AND HOUSTON AND IT 
TAKES AN INTEGRATED AND 
DEDICATED TEAM TO MAKE A 
MISSION LIKE THIS POSSIBLE. 
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
AND THANKS TO EVERYONE SENDING 
IN QUESTIONS AND FOR SHARING IN 
THIS HISTORIC MISSION. 
AS YOU ARE HOSTING, USE OUR 
HASHTAG, LAUNCH AMERICA. 
I WANT TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO 
THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS, SOME 
TRADITIONAL FLOWERS HAVE BEEN 
SENT TO MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON,
BACK BEFORE THE SHUTTLE DAYS 
FOR EVERY MISSION DEDICATED TO 
OPERATIONS AND THE CONTROLLERS 
WHO ARE WORKING CLOSELY AND ARE 
INTEGRATED IN EVERY PART OF THE 
MISSION. 
BUT LET'S HEAD OVER TO 
HAWTHORNE FOR THE LATEST STATUS 
ON THE CREW AND DRAGON. 
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, BOB AND DOUG 
IN A DIFFERENT POSITION. 
THE SUITS HAVE BEEN ROTATED TO 
THE LAUNCH POSITION. 
THIS PUTS THEIR BACK MORE 
HORIZONTAL WITH THE GROUND 
ITSELF OR PARALLEL WITH THE 
GROUND AND THE DISPLAYS ARE 
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM. 
WE HAVE MOVED INTO THE SUIT 
LEAK CHECK. 
THEY WILL PRESSURIZE AND 
NIGHTHAWKS IS FLOWING INTO THE 
SUITS AS THEY WILL BE WEARING 
THOSE THROUGHOUT THE PHASES OF 
THIS MISSION. 
RIGHT NOW WE ARE UNDER TWO 
HOURS AND 20 MINUTES FROM LIFT 
OFF OF THE FALCON NINE FROM THE 
SPINE OF THESE. THEY WILL BE 
CARRYING THOSE NASA CREWMEMBERS 
TODAY. IT'S EXCITING, WE ARE 
FIGHTING AGAINST THE WEATHER 
BUT CONTINUING TO PRESS ON FOR 
LUNCH. 
THEY HAVE BEEN UP SINCE ABOUT 
6:00 AS THEY PREPARED TO HEAD 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
>> AS YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR 
SCREEN, THEY ARE WAITING AND 
GETTING READY FOR THIS MISSION 
TODAY. 
IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING DAY SO 
FAR. 
THE SEATS ARE ROTATED INTO THE 
LAUNCH POSITION SO THEY CAN SEE 
THE SCREENS THAT YOU SEE ON THE 
LEFT SIDE IN FRONT OF THEM. 
THERE SUIT LEAK CHECKS HAVE 
BEEN COMPLETE, CONTRACTS ARE 
COMPLETE. 
LET'S THROW IT OVER TO LAUREN. 
>> THE DRAGON HATCH CLOSE IS 
EXPECTED AT T MINUS ONE HOUR 
AND 55 MINUTES. 
WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. 
IT IS REALLY CLOSE. 
THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL KEY 
VISUAL MOUNTS, THE CLOSURE OF 
THE HATCH AND BOB AND DOUG WILL 
BE LOCKED INSIDE. 
WE HAVE A COUPLE SPECIAL GUESTS 
JOINING US WITH DARYL AT THE 
VIEWING LOCATION. 
THAT IS THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR 
AND THE SPACEX CHIEF ENGINEER. 
>> WE ARE HERE ON THE FIFTH 
FLOOR AND SUPPOSED TO BE 
OUTSIDE ON THE BALCONY 
OVERLOOKING 39 A BUT WE HAVE 
COME INDOORS DUE TO WEATHER. 
WE ARE HERE AND ALTHOUGH THIS 
MIGHT LOOK LIKE A REUNION, WE 
ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCED FOR GOOD 
REASON. 
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SPACE 
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH 
AND TELL YOU IT'S A PRIVILEGE 
AND HONOR TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. 
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH YOU 
JIM AND ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS, 
I WANT TO ASK YOU, IT HAS BEEN 
ALMOST 3 YEARS. 
THAT YOU WERE SWORN IN AS THE 
NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND YOU KNEW 
FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU 
WOULD BE RIGHT HERE AT THE 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN THIS 
MOMENT. 
AND OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNER 
READY TO LAUNCH, TELL ME WHAT 
IT IS LIKE TO LEAD NASA AT THIS 
VERY MOMENT. 
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR. 
I DID NOT KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS 
SWORN IN. 
A LOT OF FOLKS SAID IT COULDN'T 
BE DONE. 
AS SOON AS I GOT THE JOB, WE 
HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF 
CONVERSATIONS, HE COMMITTED 
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT SPACEX 
COULD ACHIEVE AND WE HAVE HAD 
CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS. 
WE HAVE SEEN CATASTROPHIC 
LOSSES OF CAPITAL AND 
CHALLENGES WITH PARACHUTES, ON 
THE GROUND, THAT IS WHAT IS 
UNIQUE ABOUT THIS. 
THEY CAN DO THINGS THAT NASA 
HAS NOT DONE. 
THEY TEST, THEY FAIL, THEY FIX, 
THEY FLY, THEY TEST THEY FILL, 
UNTIL THE POINT WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY. 
WHERE NOT ONLY ARE THEY 
COMFORTABLE WHAT WE ARE 
COMFORTABLE. 
WE ARE READY TO GO. 
IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME TWO 
YEARS AGO WE WOULD BE HERE, I 
MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONED IT THEN. 
THIS IS A MONUMENTAL 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
HERCULEAN TASK BY THIS TEAM 
THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR AND 
THE NASA TEAM THAT HAS BEEN 
WORKING HAND IN GLOVE WITH THEM 
TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
>> IT IS GOOD WE HAVE YOU HERE 
TO FACT CHECK EACH OTHER. 
THAT IS GOOD. 
IN 2002 WHEN YOU STARTED, MANY 
IN THE INDUSTRY DID NOT TAKE 
THIS SERIOUSLY. 
YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT FELT 
LIKE. 
HERE YOU ARE. 
YOU SENT TWO ASTRONAUTS IN A 
CAR MADE BY YOUR CAR COMPANY TO 
LAUNCH PAD 39 A WITH A 
SPACECRAFT MADE BY YOUR COMPANY 
AND THEY ARE LAUNCHING THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
I AM WONDERING FOR YOU IN THIS 
MOMENT, CAN YOU PINCH HERSELF 
THINKING IS THIS REALLY 
HAPPENING? 
>> THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE 
FOR ME AND EVERYONE AT SPACEX. 
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I THOUGHT 
WOULD HAPPEN. 
WHEN WE WERE STARTING IN 2002 I 
DID NOT THINK THIS DAY WOULD 
OCCUR. 
I WOULD EXPECT WE WOULD FAIL TO 
GET TO THE LOWEST ORBIT. 
SOMEONE TOLD ME IN 2002 I WOULD 
BE STANDING HERE WITH THE TEAM 
AND SPACECRAFT, IT'S AN HONOR 
TO BE THERE, I WOULD'VE SAID I 
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING 
ABOUT. 
NO WAY. NO WAY IS THAT TRUE. 
I DIDN'T EVEN DREAM THAT THIS 
WOULD COME THROUGH. 
I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO BE 
HERE. 
ON BEHALF OF OF THE TEAM AND 
THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF AN 
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK BY 
THE TEAM, NASA AND A NUMBER OF 
OTHER PARTNERS TO MAKE THIS 
HAPPEN. 
JUST LOOK AT THE RESULT OF 
100,000 PEOPLE, EVERYONE 
WORKING HARD TO MAKE THIS DAY 
HAPPEN. 
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS 
REAL. 
>> AND YOU ARE HERE AND IT'S 
AMAZING AND WE HAVE WATCHED YOU 
ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS OVER 
THE YEAR. 
BACK TO YOU. 
THIS IS ABOUT THE 
COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE. 
IN THE EARLY GOING IT WASN'T 
SOMETHING NASA WAS USED TO. 
MERCURY, GEMINI, APOLLO 
SHUTTLE, NASA GAVE THE DESIGNS 
AND CONTRACTORS WENT OUT AND 
BUILT IT. 
THIS IS DIFFERENT. 
THEY ARE BUILDING THIS NOW. 
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE HURDLES 
YOU HAD TO OVERCOME? 
>> I THINK GETTING PEOPLE TO 
RECOGNIZE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT 
PROVIDES BOTH THE DEMAND AND 
THE SUPPLY, YOU ARE LIMITED IN 
WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO. 
BACK WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS 
INITIATED UNDER CHARLIE BOLDEN, 
CONGRESS WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE. 
AND DID NOT PROVIDE THE PROPER 
FUNDING. 
AND HE PERSEVERED, PUSHED 
FORWARD AND NOW I THINK 
EVERYONE RECOGNIZES WE HAVE TO 
COMMERCIALIZE SPACE, WE HAVE 
HAD SUCCESS WITH COMMERCIAL 
RESUPPLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION AND WE HAVE 
COMMERCIAL CREW, EVENTUALLY WE 
NEED COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS. 
WHAT WE ARE USING THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PROVING WE 
CAN COMPOUND PHARMACEUTICALS 
AND AWAY YOU CANNOT DO ON 
EARTH, CREATE IMMUNIZATION, 
PRINTING HUMAN ORGANS IN 3-D. 
RIGHT NOW IT IS TISSUE BUT 
EVENTUALLY WE WILL PRINT HUMAN 
ORGANS IN 3-D USING ADULT STEM 
CELLS, SKIN CELLS, DNA. 
IT WILL TRANSFORM HOW WE DO 
MEDICINE HERE ON EARTH. 
WE ARE CREATING ADVANCED 
MATERIALS BUT YOU CAN ONLY 
CREATE THIS AND THE 
MICROGRAVITY OF SPACE. 
THINGS LIKE AN ARTIFICIAL 
RETINA. 
IF YOU HAVE MACULAR 
DEGENERATION YOU DON'T HAVE TO 
LOSE YOUR EYESIGHT. 
THESE MARKETS ARE THE FUTURE. 
AND WHEN THEY MATERIALIZE AND 
THEY ARE MATERIALIZING BECAUSE 
OF THE WORK OF NASA WE WILL SEE 
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. 
NOT JUST LAUNCH BUT ALSO 
HABITATION. 
AND THAT IS WHAT WILL BE 
TRANSFORMATIONAL. 
>> GETTING ALL THAT GOING, THE 
ISS AND ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT 
TAKES PLACE, IT IS KEY THAT THIS
CREW OPERATE ON A REGULAR BASIS 
AND AS THE CHIEF ENGINEER, WHAT 
WERE SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
HURDLES YOU HAD TO OVERCOME TO 
GET YOUR SPACECRAFT READY TO 
FLY? 
>> THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 
ROCKET HAVE GONE THROUGH 
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 
TESTS AND REVIEWS BY SPACEX, 
NASA, THIRD PARTIES, WE HAVE 
DONE A LOT OF FLIGHTS. 
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS 
HELPFUL IS THE ROCKET HAS FLOWN 
MANY TIMES. 
EVEN IN THE CONFIGURATION, 
ABOUT 20 TIMES. 
WE REALLY HAVE A WELL PROVEN 
ROCKET. 
AND WE HAVE FLOWN THE CREW 
SUCCESSFULLY AND BROUGHT IT 
BACK. 
WE HAVE DONE TESTING ON THE 
GROUND AND REVIEWED TESTING ON 
THE GROUND. 
YOU ALWAYS PUSH LIMITS. 
YOU PUSH IT BEYOND WHAT YOU 
WOULD EXPECT. 
SOMETIMES YOU BREAK IT BECAUSE 
YOU WANT TO BREAK IT ON THE 
GROUND DURING TESTING TO SEE 
WHAT THE LIMITS ARE. 
THIS IS THE RESULT OF THOUSANDS 
OF TESTS AND MAN-HOURS AND 
PEOPLE WORKING HARD TO MAKE 
THIS DAY HAPPEN. 
>> YOU HAVE TWO ASTRONAUTS ON 
BOARD. 
DO YOU FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY? 
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
I FELT IT MORE STRONGLY WHEN I 
SAW THE FAMILY. 
>> DID YOU SAY ANYTHING? 
THAT YOU CAN SHARE? 
>> WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE 
CAN TO MAKE SURE THE COME BACK. 
>> THANKS FOR SHARING. 
YOU HAD SOME WORDS WITH THE 
ASTRONAUTS. 
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON HOW THEY 
ARE FEELING? 
>> DOUG HURLEY, THE MARINE 
CORPS TEST PILOT, THE VETERAN 
OF MULTIPLE MISSIONS, FLIGHT 
TEST ENGINEERS, THE UNITED 
STATES AIR FORCE, VETERAN OF 
MULTIPLE MISSIONS, THIS IS NOT 
NEW TO THESE GUYS. 
ALL I CAN DO IS CONVEY TO THEM 
HOW MUCH ALL OF AMERICA 
APPRECIATE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 
AT THE ENTIRE WORLD IS WATCHING.
AND HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE AS A 
NATION. 
I WILL TELL YOU, THE DEMEANOR 
IS LOOSE. 
THEY ARE READY TO GO, THEY WERE 
JOKING AROUND. 
TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS MIGHT 
COME UP LATER. 
IT WAS NICE TO SEE, THEY ARE IN 
THEIR ELEMENT AND WE ARE SO 
GRATEFUL AND PROUD. 
>> THAT GRIEVES YOU GREAT 
CONFIDENCE IN YOUR POSITION AS 
YOU HEAR THAT. 
WE ARE GOING TO A SOCIAL MEDIA 
QUESTION. 
WE HAVE THIS QUESTION COMING 
FROM BROOKLYN. 
SHE WANTS TO KNOW, I NOTICED 
CHANGES IN THE SPACESUITS, THEY 
LOOK THINNER AND LIGHTER. 
WHAT CHANGES ALLOW TO HAVE 
THESE SUITS? 
>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME 
DESIGNING THE SUIT. 
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THESE. 
IT TOOK US THREE, ALMOST 4 
YEARS TO DESIGN THESE THAT LOOK 
GOOD AND WORK WELL. 
YOU CAN SEE THE SPACESUIT, 
LOOKS GOOD BUT DOESN'T WORK AND 
YOU CAN MAKE ONE THAT WORKS BUT 
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. 
THIS PRESSURE SUED HAS TO 
SURVIVE. 
IT TENDS TO POP UP UNDER 
PRESSURE AND IT HAS TO HANDLE 
THE PRESSURE. 
WE HAD TO GET THE SUIT TO LOOK 
GREAT. 
WE WANT TO INSPIRE KIDS TO SAY 
THAT ONE DAY THEY WANT TO WEAR 
THE UNIFORM. 
THEY WANT TO WHERE THE 
SPACESUIT. 
AND GET THEM FIRED UP. 
WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT IS 
REIGNITING THE DREAM OF SPACE. 
AND GETTING PEOPLE FIRED UP 
ABOUT THE FUTURE AND EXCITED. 
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT 
EVERYONE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
, IN THE UNITED STATES AND 
ELSEWHERE SHOULD BE EXCITED BUT 
THIS IS MADE BY HUMANS, FOR 
HUMANS AND IT IS A GREAT, 
EXCITING, INSPIRING DAY, ONE OF 
THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU ARE GLAD 
TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. 
>> FUNCTIONAL AND INSPIRING. 
THERE IS ONE ON A MODEL AND YOU 
HAVE ME SO EXCITED. 
>> CUSTOM TAILORED, BY THE WAY. 
I THINK YOU WANT THAT ONE. 
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. 
>> THE SPACECRAFT CAN TAKE 
SOMEONE WHO IS SIX FOOT IT. 
>> I AM EXCITED. 
I AM READY TO FLY. 
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
ASHTON WANTS TO KNOW HOW DO YOU 
THINK LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS ON 
AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 2011 WILL 
REVOLUTIONIZE FUTURE MISSIONS? 
>> WHAT WE ARE DOING IS UNLIKE 
ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE BEFORE. 
WE ARE NOT PURCHASING, OWNING 
AND OPERATING THE HARDWARE. 
WE ARE TURNING THE COMMERCIAL 
INDUSTRY. 
GOING BACK TO THE SPACESUIT, 
IT'S THE SAME FOR THE CAPITAL 
AND THE ROCKET. 
WE DID NOT TELL INDUSTRY WHAT 
TO BUILD. 
WE GIVE THEM TOP LEVEL 
REQUIREMENTS. 
WE SAID HERE ARE THE 
REQUIREMENTS. 
HERE IS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
SAFETY AND WE LET THE 
INNOVATORS, INDUSTRIES, 
AMERICAN, COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIES 
INNOVATE AND THEY CAME UP WITH 
SOLUTIONS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN 
DREAMED OF AND THAT IS THE 
SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. 
WE ARE REVOLUTIONIZING HOW WE 
DO SPACEFLIGHTS AND I THINK 
WHEN WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE WE 
WILL SEE THESE MODELS OF DOING 
BUSINESS WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE 
PARTNERSHIPS AND TAKING THIS 
MODEL TO THE MOON AND MARS. 
>> I HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT TOM 
CRUISE SHOOTING A MOVIE? 
>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD 
YOU ON, THE ANSWER IS YES, WE 
WOULD LOVE HIM TO FIGHT TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
MAKE A MOVIE, I AM FOR THAT AND 
WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN. 
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS, THERE WAS 
A DAY WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL AND I SAW THE MOVIE TOP 
GUN. 
FROM THAT DAY I KNEW I WAS 
GOING TO BE A NAVY PILOT. 
IT IS THE WAY IT WAS. 
THE GOAL HERE AND THIS IS WHAT 
WE ARE DOING, ELON IS ALL ABOUT 
THIS, GET THE KIDS FIRED UP. 
>> THEY WANT TO FLY THAT, GO TO 
THE MAIN, GO TO MARS, CREATE 
THE SPACE AND PEOPLE OF ALL 
WALKS OF LIFE ARE EXCITED ABOUT 
THE FUTURE, ANYONE WHO HAS 
WITHIN THEM THE SPIRIT OF 
EXPLORATION SHOULD LOVE WHAT IS 
GOING ON. 
>> IF WE CAN GET TOM CRUISE TO 
INSPIRE A KID TO JOIN THE NAVY 
AND BE A PILOT, WHY CAN'T WE 
GET TOM CRUISE TO INSPIRE THE 
NEXT ELON MUSK. 
WE NEED A NEW GENERATION OF 
MONEY AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS 
ABOUT. 
I WANT TO SAY, SPEAKING OF THIS
, IT IS NOT BY CHANCE THAT WE 
HAVE THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION 
OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
IF WE HAVE GREAT SUCCESS, IT IS 
NOT ENOUGH. 
IT HAS TO CONTINUE. 
THE CHALLENGE WITH THE APOLLO 
PROGRAM IS IT ENDED. 
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS 
SUSTAINABLE AND THAT IS WHY WE 
HAVE THE PUBLIC PRIVATE 
PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMERCIAL 
CAPABILITIES THAT ARE COMING 
ONLINE. 
>> THE GOOD NEWS FOR TOM 
CRUISE, HE DOES HIS OWN STUNTS. 
>> YOU WANT TO CAPTURE PUBLIC 
IMAGINATION, SEE COOL THINGS 
HAPPENING IN REAL STATIONS, I 
WOULD WANT TO WATCH THAT. 
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 
WE WANT TO GO FROM ORBIT TO THE 
MOON, HAVE A MOON BASED ALPHA, 
A CITY ON MARS, THIS IS A SUPER 
EXCITING FUTURE AND WE CAN'T 
WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN. 
>> YOU CAN'T GET EXCITED, IF 
YOU CAN'T, YOU NEED TO HAVE 
YOUR PULSE CHECKED. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
WE APPRECIATE YOU LEADING IN 
THIS TIME, ADMINISTRATOR FOR 
THE AGENCY AND WE WILL SEND IT 
BACK. 
>> WE SAW IN THE MEANTIME THE 
INTERVIEW, THE HATCH CLOSED. 
THAT HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES 
EARLIER THAN WE EXPECTED. 
OUR TIMELINE HAS THAT HAPPENING 
SO A FEW MINUTES AHEAD OF 
SCHEDULE. 
WITH THE HATCH CLOSED, YOU CAN 
SEE THEM WORKING ON THINGS. 
IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? 
THEY PERFORM A LEAK CHECK. 
THERE IS A MECHANISM THAT IS 
WHAT CLOSES THE HATCH. 
WHAT WE WILL DO IS PERFORM A 
CHECK ON THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES 
TO MAKE SURE IT IS NICE AND 
TIGHT. 
AFTER THAT, WE WILL INSTALL, 
YOU CAN SEE THE CHECK GROUND 
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND THE 
TECHNICIANS HANDS. 
AND WHILE WE ARE WATCHING, WE 
HEARD THEM TALK A LOT ABOUT 
INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION 
AND YOU ARE A MAN OF MANY 
TALENTS. 
AFTER YOUR FLIGHT, YOU USED TO 
HAVE THE HEAD OF NASA 
EDUCATION. 
WHAT DOES THAT STIR UP IN YOU? 
>> WHAT HE SAID ABOUT 
REIGNITING THE DREAM OF SPACE 
IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET 
YOUNG KIDS THINKING ABOUT 
THEMSELVES BEING IN THE SEATS. 
WHEN I FIRST BECAME AN 
ASTRONAUT I WAS ON THE BACK OF 
A FIRE TRUCK CELEBRATING JOHN 
GLENN'S RETURN TO FLIGHT. 
I SAW THESE TWO LITTLE KIDS, 
THEY HAD SUITS AND THEIR DAD 
TURNED THEM AROUND TO LOOK AT 
ME AND IT WAS ALMOST AS IF WHEN 
THEY SAW MY FACE, THEY STARTED 
LAUNCHING INTO SPACE WITH 
ROCKET FUEL BECAUSE THEY WERE 
INSPIRED. 
THEY SAW SOMEONE WHO LOOKED 
LIKE THEM. 
IF WE CAN REIGNITE THE STREAM 
THROUGH THEIR LAUNCH, WE CAN 
GET SO MANY KIDS TO BELIEVE IN 
THEMSELVES AND KNOW THAT THEY 
CAN BE JUST LIKE DOUG AND BOB 
FLYING. 
>> ABSOLUTELY, IT IS 
BREATHTAKING TO SEE THEM THERE 
IN THEIR SUITS. 
LOOKING AT THE SCREENS IN FRONT 
OF THEM. 
I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT THE SPACECRAFT, WE HAVE 
HEARD ABOUT THAT BUT FOR FOLKS 
THAT ARE MAYBE JUST TUNING IN, 
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT IN 
FRONT OF THEM? 
>> THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT 
TOUCHSCREENS. 
OVERALL CONTROL PANEL. 
THEY HAVE THE THREE SCREENS IN 
FRONT OF THEM. 
THEY HAVE THE DISPLAYS SHOWING 
THEM DETAILS ON THE VEHICLE 
PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AUDIO 
CONTROL, THE CENTER SCREEN HAS 
THE PROCEDURES THAT THEY ARE 
GOING THROUGH ON DAY OF LAUNCH. 
YOU CAN SEE THE VEHICLES 
ATTITUDE, THE VELOCITY, DETAILS 
ON THE STATUS OF THE HATCH, 
THERMAL CONTROL, ALL THE COOL 
STUFF THAT HELPS THEM HAVE 
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 
THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE 
DISPLAYS. 
ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE SOME 
ACTUAL BUTTONS ON THE BUTTON 
PANEL THAT YOU SEE BELOW. 
SOME OF THE THINGS IT ALLOWS 
THEM TO DO IS IF THEY NEEDED TO 
DO MANUAL OVERRIDES, RIGHT IN 
THE MIDDLE ON THE CENTER 
SCREEN, THAT IS THE CREW 
ABILITY TO INITIATE A BOARD. 
IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WERE 
BOTH COULD USE IT IF THEY 
NEEDED TWO. 
THE AUDIO CONTROL, THEY ARE 
ALSO ON THOSE PANELS. 
WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR 
SUITS, THEIR ARE SPEAKERS THAT 
COME OFF THE PANEL TO ALLOW 
THEM TO HEAR MISSION CONTROL, 
ISS, WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR 
SUITS WHEN THE SYSTEMS ARE 
INTEGRATED. 
>> WE SEE THEM USING THE 
TOUCHSCREEN NOW, WHAT IS YOUR 
TAKE ON THIS? 
THIS HAS TO LOOK TOTALLY 
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WERE 
LOOKING AT DURING SHUTTLE. 
>> TOUCHSCREENS, WE HAD THESE 
DISPLAYS AND BUTTONS AND IT WAS 
ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHEN I AM 
LOOKING AT THIS NOW WHEN I HAD 
KNEE BOARDS, SEIZURES AND 
THINGS AND THEY ARE NOW ON THAT 
SCREEN. 
MALFUNCTIONS AND THE THINGS YOU 
DO TO MITIGATE PROBLEMS WITH 
THE VEHICLE IF SOMETHING 
HAPPENS, IT IS ALL CONTROLLED 
RIGHT THERE. 
IT IS A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM 
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW 
BUT IT IS USHERING IN THIS NEW 
ERA. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN NOW 
FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
ABOUT HATCH CLOSER. 
>> COPY. 
TODAY WE ARE NOT TRACKING 
ISSUES ON DRAGON CURRENTLY. 
FOR THE WEATHER UPDATE, THE 
WEATHER LINE THAT IS OVERHEAD 
WHICH IS WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU 
WERE ENGROSSING IS MOVING 
OFFSHORE. 
THE NEXT RETURN IS A CELL OVER 
ORLANDO WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE 
THE DECISION GET. 
AND THAT IS ERODING. 
>> THAT IS GOOD NEWS, THANK 
YOU. 
>> ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM, THE 
ORBIT SITE REMAINS AS BRIEFED. 
NO CHANGE. 
I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE IT IS 
WEST, TARGET THE LUNCH. 
>> WE WILL TARGET THE LUNCH AND 
THE SUIT HAS COOLED OFF, WE 
APPRECIATE THAT. 
>> LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY 
QUESTIONS AND WE WILL KEEP YOU 
POSTED AS THEY COMPLETE THE 
CHECK.
>> WHAT WE HEARD WAS MORE 
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WEATHER. 
STILL LOOKING AT THINGS AND WE 
ARE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM 
THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HATCH 
CLOSURE.
>> WE ARE AT T-MINUS ONE HOUR 
AND 55 MINUTES AND COUNTING AND 
WE ARE EXPECTING AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT TO CONFIRM HATCH 
CLOSURE IN JUST A FEW SECONDS.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, FOR COMM 
CHECK WITH FALCON NINE.  
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> WE ARE READY FOR THAT AT 
THIS TIME. 
IF YOU ARE READY. 
>> WE ARE READY. 
>> ALL STATIONS UP ON COUNT ON 
FOR SECTION 54.49 RESPONSIBLE 
ENGINEER COMMUNICATION CHECK 
WITH THE CREW. 
START WITH GUIDANCE NAVIGATION 
AND CONTROL. 
>> COUNT ON ONE, COMM CHECK.  
>> DRAGON, LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> GNC, LOUD AND CLEAR. 
STANDBY FOR COMM CHECK.  
>> COMM CHECK.  
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, STANDBY FOR 
COMM CHECK.  
>> COMM CHECK.  
>> AVIONICS DRAGON, LOUD AND 
CLEAR. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, STANDBY FOR 
COMM CHECK'S . 
>> COMM CHECK.  
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. 
STANDBY. 
>> DRAGON, LAUNCH CONTROL. 
COMM CHECK.  
>> LAUNCH CONTROL, LOUD AND 
CLEAR. 
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, STANDBY FOR 
COMM CHECK WITH THE CHIEF 
ENGINEER. 
>>  CHIEF ENGINEER, COME CHECK. 
>> DRAGON HAS YOU LOUD AND 
CLEAR. 
>> CHIEF ENGINEER, LOUD AND 
CLEAR. 
THIS COMPLETES COMM CHECK'S.  
DRAGON CHIEF ENGINEER ON GROUND.
>> GO AHEAD, SIR. 
>> JUST DOING A COMM CHECK ON 
THIS LOOP.  
GOOD LUCK AND BUCKLE IN. 
>> THANKS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE 
IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANKS. 
>> WE JUST HEARD A SERIES OF 
COMM CHECK'S.  
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO 
DESCRIBE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT 
WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WE 
HEARD THE ARGUMENT GNC, THEN 
WENT BACK TO THE ACRONYM GNC, 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> THE LUNCH CHIEF ENGINEER, 
THEY THANKED HIM TO THE END, 
INITIATED THE CONTRACT THAT THE 
ENGINEERS AND OPERATORS TODAY, 
TALKING WITH THE CREW, MAKING 
SURE THEY WERE ABLE TO 
COMMUNICATE BIDIRECTIONALLY AND 
HANDING NOT OFF FROM ALL THE 
DIFFERENT STATIONS. 
THAT WAS REALLY COOL. 
WE DON'T DO THAT WHEN THERE IS 
A SATELLITE ON TOP. 
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR A 
FLIGHT WE HAVE DONE OPERATION 
WHICH IS AWESOME. 
>> NOW THAT THE HATCH IS CLOSED,
A LOT OF THE WORK OF THE TEAM 
IS DONE. 
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT FINISHED
, WE WERE TALKING WITH FOLKS 
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 
>> THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING 
THE HATCH CHECK, PRESSURIZES 
THE AREA BETWEEN THE RINGS THAT 
ARE THERE AND THEY PRESSURIZE 
THE AREA TO SEE IF IT HOLDS 
PRESSURE. 
IT IS A VERY SENSITIVE TEST, 
HIGH CRITERIA, ONCE THAT IS 
SHOWN TO BE OKAY, AND THAT THEY 
ARE ABLE TO HOLD PRESSURE, WHAT 
THEY WILL DO IS GO BACK IN THE 
AREA AND INSTALL WHAT WE WOULD 
CALL THE SIDE PRESSURE 
EQUALIZATION PLUG. 
ONCE THAT IS PLUGGED, YOU CLOSE 
EVERYTHING UP AND WHEN THEY 
SPLASHDOWN, WHAT THEY WILL DO IS
PULL THE PLUG TO EQUALIZE 
PRESSURE ACROSS THE HATCH SO 
YOU DON'T CAUSE IT TO BUCKLE 
DUE TO THE PRESSURE FROM THE 
CAPSULE OR ANY OF THE VEHICLE 
TO BUCKLE INTO A PRESSURE 
DIFFERENTIAL. 
THEY SHOULD ADD THAT AND COVER 
UP THE SIDE HATCH ACCESS PANEL, 
CLOSE IT UP AND MAKE SURE IT 
STAYS SAFE. 
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A VIEW 
FROM OUTSIDE THE TOP OF THE 
FALCON NINE. 
>> WE CAN CONFIRM A GOOD CREW 
CHECK. 
>> COPY, GOOD CHECK. 
>> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION 
OF A GOOD LEAK CHECK. 
>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US 
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE FALCON 
NINE CROCKETT WITH CREW DRAGON 
SITTING ON TOP. 
OUR ASTRONAUTS AND WE ARE 
INSIDE OF TWO HOURS UNTIL 
LIFTOFF IF THE WEATHER HOLDS UP.
THERE IS ANOTHER STUNNING 
AERIAL VIEW OF THE CREW ACCESS 
ARM EXTENDED TOWARDS CREW 
DRAGON. 
THAT IS THE FINAL PASS THAT THE 
ASTRONAUTS TOOK TO CLIMB ABOARD 
DRAGON BEFORE THEY STRAPPED 
INTO THEIR SEATS AND THE HATCH 
CLOSED. 
NO DOUBT, BOB AND DOUG ARE 
FOCUSED ON THE MISSION AHEAD 
BUT WE ALSO HEARD THE 
ADMINISTRATOR AND ELON MUSK 
TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE 
BEEN JOVIAL AND JOKING AROUND 
AND WE MENTIONED DURING THE 
SEGMENT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT. 
>> IT REALLY IS. 
WHEN WE WERE IN THE VEHICLE 
AFTER WE GOT TO THIS POINT WHEN 
THE HATCH WAS CLOSED, WE WERE 
ALL GOING BACK TO THOSE MOMENTS 
WHERE WE WERE GOING THROUGH 
ENTRY TRAINING ON THE SHUTTLE, 
DIFFERENT PHASES OF FLIGHT THAT 
WE WOULD GO THROUGH. 
WE WOULD THINK ABOUT OUR 
INSTRUCTORS WHO GOT US THERE IN 
OUR NOTEBOOKS WE WILL HAVE 
NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT WERE 
IMPACTFUL AND MAKING SURE WE 
WERE PERFECT IN OUR TRAINING. 
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A VIEW OF 
AIR FORCE ONE. 
FLYING NEAR LAUNCH PAD 39 A FOR 
A SPECIAL GUEST. TO HAVE A 
SPECIAL VIEW OF THE ASTRONAUTS 
ON THE LAUNCHPAD. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ONBOARD MAKING 
HIS WAY  TO KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER TO HOPEFULLY VIEW A 
LAUNCH AT 4:33 THIS AFTERNOON. 
AND THEIR THEY ARE IN VIEW OF 
THE LAUNCHPAD, NO DOUBT HE IS 
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. 
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT BOB 
AND DOUG. 
THAT HAS TO BE AN AMAZING SIGHT 
TO SEE ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE. 
WE ARE AT T-MINUS ONE HOUR AND 
46 MINUTES, 22 SECONDS AND 
COMING FOR LUNCH. 
THE LAST TIME WE DID A LITTLE 
BIT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT 
THE PRESIDENT WAS COMING, THE 
LAST PRESIDENT WHO WITNESSED A 
LAUNCH FROM HERE WAS BILL 
CLINTON. 
THAT WAS IN OCTOBER OF 1998 FOR 
STS 95. 
IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE. 
WE ARE ABOUT 56 SECONDS AWAY 
FROM NATIONAL WE ARE NOT. 
WE HAVE AN HOUR AND 56 MINUTES, 
WE ARE ONE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES 
AWAY FROM LUNCH. 
AND WE ARE THERE WITH THE 
SOCIAL TEAM. 
I BET YOU ARE SEEING EXCITEMENT 
ON ALL THE THINGS WE JUST SAW 
ON THE SCREEN. 
>> LIKE YOU SAID, THINGS ARE 
RAMPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
ESPECIALLY SEEING THE HATCH 
CLOSE AND WATCHING THIS FLYOVER 
HAPPEN. 
WE ARE UP TO 1.7 MILLION 
VIEWERS ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA 
CHANNELS. 
LET'S CHECK OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING ON TWITTER. 
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 
CREATIVITY GOING ON. 
SOME PEOPLE ARE CRYING WITH 
PRIDE IN HOUSTON. 
WE EVEN HAVE ELIZABETH BANKS 
FROM THE HUNGER GAMES, THAT IS 
AWESOME. 
WE HAVE LOTS OF GOOD LUCK AND 
WELL WISHES FOR BOB AND DOUG 
FROM ACROSS THE NATION. 
THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT. 
SO GREAT TO SEE. 
FUTURE ASTRONAUTS AND KIDDOS 
GETTING EXCITED. 
WE HAVE A BAND TUNING IN, THIS 
IS AWESOME. 
IT LOOKS LIKE MORE PEOPLE 
STANDING BY TO WITNESS THIS 
HISTORIC LUNCH. 
ON TOP OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, 
WE GOT A LOT OF WELL WISHES 
FROM EVERYONE ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY SHOWING US WHAT TODAY 
MEANS. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO. 
>> LOOK AT EVERYBODY EXCITED 
FOR TODAY'S LUNCH. 
IF THAT DOESN'T GET YOU PUMPED, 
LET'S GO. 
WE EVEN GOT TO SEE ASTRONAUTS 
NEWBY, A PERSONAL FAVORITE OF 
MINE. 
I HAVE MY LUCKY SNOOPY PEN. 
YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE IT BUT 
HE IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL. 
GET EXCITED, THE TIME IS ALMOST 
HERE. 
WITH THAT, LET'S GO BACK TO 
LAUREN. 
>> THANKS, SHE LIKES SNOOPY, I 
LIKE THE GIRL DOING THE WORM, 
NOT THE MEATBALL, THE WORM. 
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> I DON'T. 
>> THIS IS CAPTURING THE 
ATTENTION OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO JOIN THE 
CONVERSATION BY USING OUR 
HASHTAG LUNCH AMERICA ACROSS 
ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. 
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
SHARE WITH YOU A LOT ABOUT THE 
SPACE CREW DRAGON VEHICLE, IT 
IS SITTING THERE, A LOT ABOUT 
THE CREW THEMSELVES AND THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY AS THE 
OFFICIAL RETURN OF HUMAN LAUNCH 
CAPABILITY TO AMERICAN SHORES 
AND WE WANT TO TURN OUR 
ATTENTION TO WHERE THEY ARE 
GOING. 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
AND FOR THAT LET'S TAKE YOU TO 
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON. 
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION IS AN INCREDIBLE 
FACILITY WHOSE CONSTRUCTION 
OPERATION AND ONGOING SCIENCE 
OF THESE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE 
POSSIBLE BY THE UNPRECEDENTED 
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. 
TO TELL US MORE WE HAVE HEARD 
COSTELLO WITH US. 
WELCOME. 
>> TANK YOU. 
IT'S AN AMAZING DAY TO BE HERE 
TO TALK ABOUT THIS HISTORIC 
LUNCH. 
>> IT REALLY IS. 
MANY VIEWERS MAY NOT REALIZE 
THERE IS A LABORATORY, THE SIZE 
OF A FOOTBALL FIELD 250 MILES 
ABOVE THE EARTH AND HAS BEEN 
THERE FOR 20 YEARS. 
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US ABOUT 
WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT THEY HAVE 
ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR? 
>> SURE, OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS 
WE HAVE CONDUCTED 3100 
EXPERIMENT ONBOARD THE SPACE 
STATION.
'S EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE 
BY OVER 4100 INVESTIGATORS. 
AND REPRESENT THE WORK OF OVER 
108 REGIONS AND COUNTRIES. 
THE WORK GOING ON IS NOT ONLY 
THERE TO HELP US WITH OUR 
EXPLORATION GOAL OR HOW TO GO 
FURTHER INTO SPACE BUT ALSO TO 
BRING BACK BENEFITS. 
AND PRODUCE A COMMERCIAL 
MARKETPLACE IN ORBIT. 
ALL THREE OF THESE OBJECTIVES 
ALONG WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
COOPERATION THAT IT TOOK TO 
BUILD THIS ARE GREAT EXAMPLES 
OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ISS 
PROGRAM. 
>> WE KNOW TODAY'S MISSION IS 
CRITICAL TO PROVIDE US WITH THE 
STEADY CADENCE OF OPERATIONAL 
FLIGHTS. 
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE 
THIS CAPABILITY FROM A RESEARCH 
PERSPECTIVE? 
>> GREAT QUESTION. 
TODAY'S TEST FLIGHT RINGS US TO 
THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMERCIAL 
CREW PROGRAM. 
A COMMERCIAL PROGRAM WHICH WILL 
RAISE OUR OCCUPANCY ON THE U.S. 
SEGMENT OF THE SPACE STATION 24 
ASTRONAUTS AND THAT COMES AS A 
REAL PREMIUM TO RESEARCH ON THE 
SPACE STATION. 
THE TASK DOESN'T GET MORE 
INTENSIVE TO DO SYSTEMS AND 
MAINTENANCE, THAT IS THE FOURTH 
ASTRONAUTS, THAT TIME BECOMES 
DEDICATED TO PERFORMING MORE 
SCIENCE AND ENOUGH TIME THAT IT 
WILL ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THE 
AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE TO 
PERFORM EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD 
THE STATION. 
THE RETURN TO U.S. OIL ALSO 
BRINGS THE ABILITY TO RETURN 
SAMPLES WERE QUICKLY AND GET 
HUMAN SAMPLES BACK DOWN TO THE 
GROUND MORE QUICKLY. 
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL 
THIS GREAT RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC 
EXPERIMENTS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY 
TO SOMEONE WHO IS WATCHING AND 
THINKING THIS IS NOT RELEVANT, 
I WON'T GO TO SPACE. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> 1A FOCUSES ON THE BENEFITS 
FOR HUMANITY. 
FOR ALL OF US STUCK AT HOME 
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, 
WE HAVE BEEN WONDERING WOULDN'T 
IT BE NICE TO HAVE BEEN WITH. 
WHY DOES THE INTERNET SO DOWN? 
SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE ARE 
DOING IS USING THE FACT THAT WE 
DON'T HAVE SEDIMENTATION AND A 
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 
TO DEVELOP NEW MATERIALS THAT 
WILL HELP US BUILD MORE FIBER-
OPTIC CABLES WHICH WILL ALLOW US
BETTER BANDWIDTH AND LOWER COSTS
IN IMPLEMENTING NETWORKS ON 
EARTH. 
AND IF YOU ARE NOT A TECHIE, 
MAYBE YOUR INTEREST LIES IN 
HUMAN HEALTH. 
AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE EXPERIENCE 
GOING ON TO HELP US DEVELOP 
DRUGS AND TREATMENTS ONBOARD 
THE ISS. 
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE 
WORKING ON METHODS THAT ALLOW 
US TO CRYSTALLIZE PROTEINS IN 
SPACE IN A MORE PURIFIED AND 
STANDARDIZED METHOD AND THIS 
COULD LEAD TO ANTIBODY 
SUSPENSION THAT WE CAN TREAT 
THROUGH INJECTION INSTEAD OF A 
PAINFUL INFUSION. 
WE ALSO ARE DEVELOPING STUDIES 
INTO OUR CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE 
TISSUE AND ORGANS IN SPACE. 
AGAIN BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE 
SEDIMENTATION THERE IS A 
CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE MORE 
REALISTIC TISSUE THAT CAN 
SOMEDAY POSSIBLY BE USED TO 
PREVENT HUMAN DISEASE. 
>> I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME CARGO 
GOING UP WITH THEM. 
I UNDERSTAND THEY PLAN TO BRING 
SOME SCIENCE BACK? 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. 
A LOT OF THE CARGO GOING UP OUR 
SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT THEM SINCE 
THEY HAVE TO DO EPA'S ON BOARD. 
BUT THE CARGO THEY WILL BRING 
DOWN IS COMING FROM ACROSS THE 
SECTOR. 
WE HAVE STUDENT EXPERIMENTS THAT
WILL BE RETURNING WITH THE 
DRAGON CREW AND WE WILL HAVE A 
NUMBER OF EXPERIMENT THAT ARE 
DEPENDENT ON THEIR SAMPLES 
RETURNING AND FROZEN LOCKERS ON 
BOARD THE DRAGON. 
TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SCIENCE. 
THOSE INCLUDE RESEARCH TISSUES 
FROM THE NATIONAL LABORATORY AND
OUR EXPERIMENTS THAT GROW 
PLANTS IN SPACE THAT WILL BE 
NEEDED WHEN WE GO TO DISTANT 
LOCATIONS LIKE THE MOON AND 
MARS. 
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME. 
LET'S HEAR FROM ONE OF THE NEXT 
ASTRONAUTS TO FLY TO THE 
STATION TALKING WITH MARINA. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF 
TODAY'S MOMENTOUS LAUNCH. 
MY GUEST IS NO STRANGER TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
WILL RETURN FOR THE FIRST TIME 
IN NEARLY A DECADE. 
FOR HIS THIRD FLIGHT WITH THE 
CREW EXPECTED THIS YEAR. 
HAVING LOGGED 177 DAYS IN SPACE 
FROM FLIGHTS ON DISCOVERY, HE 
WILL HAVE SPENT MORE TIME IN 
SPACE THAN ANY OF HIS OTHER 
CREWMATES. 
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME 
HIM WITH US TODAY. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
>> WOW, THAT IS WONDERFUL. 
HOW ARE YOU DOING? 
THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
THIS IS WONDERFUL. 
WE ARE CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH 
AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE. 
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 
WITH US. 
I AM SURE YOU HAVE FELT THE 
EXCITEMENT FOR TODAY'S LUNCH. 
YOU WILL BE ON THE NEXT FLIGHT 
AFTER THIS ONE. 
ARE YOU EXCITED TO LAUNCH FROM 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND HOW 
ARE YOU PREPARING FOR THIS NEW 
VEHICLE? 
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO GO BACK, 
MY FIRST SPACEFLIGHT WAS FROM 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ON 
DISCOVERY, THAT WAS 15 YEARS 
AGO. 
MY MEMORY IS STILL FRESH. 
I STILL FEEL THE COLLABORATION 
OF THE LAUNCH, THE SAME OF 
GOING UP AND THE SAME LAUNCHPAD 
WE WILL GO UP ON. 
OUR CREW IS GETTING READY FOR 
THE FINAL TRAINING PHASE WHICH 
WILL COME IN THE COMING WEEKS 
AND THE MOOD IS HIGH AND WE ARE 
READY TO GO UP. 
>> AS YOU KNOW, THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
SPACE EXPLORATION IS AN 
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. 
HOW DO YOU FEEL REPRESENTING 
THE JAPANESE SPACE AND ONCE 
AGAIN ON THE ISS? 
>> I THINK THE STRENGTH OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS 
DIVERSITY. 
OF THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES. 
AND ADDING DIVERSITY IS GIVING 
A REALITY TO THE PROGRAM. 
AND OUR CREW, THERE ARE FOUR OF 
US BUT QUITE A DIFFERENT 
BACKGROUND, DIFFERENT ETHNICITY 
AND DIVERSITY IS THE KEYWORD OF 
OUR SUCCESS TO THE CREW. 
>> I AM SURE IT WILL BE 
SUCCESSFUL. 
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO 
WANT TO GET BACK? 
>> THIS WILL BE MY THIRD VISIT. 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY 
COLLEAGUES AND I KEEP SAYING 
YOU HAVE TO VISIT THE SPACE TO 
SHOULD.
TO MY SLEEP 
STATION. 
>> AND NOTHING 
BEATS THE VIEW. 
>> I'M READY TO 
SHOOT AS MANY 
PHOTOS AS I CAN. 
>> AMAZING. 
I WILL LOOK 
FORWARD TO 
SEEING THOSE 
PHOTOS. 
I'M SURE YOU 
REMEMBER EXACTLY 
WHAT IT FEELS 
LIKE IN THE 
MOMENTS BEFORE A 
LAUNCH. 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK BOB 
BEHNKEN AND DOUG 
HURLEY ARE 
FEELING? 
>> DOUG AND BOB, 
THEY KNOW THE 
DRILL. 
THEY HAVE 
LAUNCHED, 
EXPERIENCED A 
LAUNCH BEFORE. 
SO I THINK 
THEY'RE PRETTY 
RELAXED AND SO 
FAR THROUGH MY 
TRAINING I 
LEARNED THAT 
MOST OF THE, 
QUITE SIMILAR TO 
WHAT WE HAVE IN 
THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE. 
DIFFERENT SUIT 
AND DIFFERENT 
VEHICLE BUT ALL 
THE NECESSITIES. 
FEELS SIMILAR. 
I'M PRETTY SURE 
THEY ARE 
RELAXED. 
OF COURSE, THEY 
ARE VERY 
EXCITED. 
[ SPEAKING 
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
]                
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US 
TODAY. 
>> OH, YOU ARE 
SO GOOD. 
[ SPEAKING 
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
] AND WE'LL BOTH 
ENJOY THE 
BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH 
TODAY. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH FOR HAVING 
ME. 
BYE, BYE. 
>> BYE, BYE AND 
GOOD LUCK WITH 
THE LAUNCH LATER 
THIS YEAR. 
AS THE 
EXCITEMENT 
BUILDS TOWARDS 
LAUNCH, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>>> I KNOW HAVE 
THE DISTINCT 
PLEASURE OF 
BEING JOINED BY 
A RECENT 
RESIDENT ON THE 
SPACE STATION, 
CHRISTINA KOCH. 
>> WE'RE COMING 
UP ON 20 YEARS 
OF CONTINUOUS 
HUMAN PRESENCE 
ON THE SPACE 
STATION. 
AND YOU ARE ONE 
OF THE HUMANS. 
WHAT IS IT LIKE 
TO SEE A NEW 
MILESTONE 
UNFOLD? 
>> IT'S SUCH A 
TESTAMENT TO 
NASA. 
NOT ONLY ARE WE 
PUSHING THE 
BOUNDARIES OF 
KNOWLEDGE AND 
EXPLORATION BUT 
ON HOW WE 
ACCOMPLISH THE 
MISSION. 
WE'RE FOSTERING 
A SPACE ECONOMY 
AND MAKING SURE 
THAT WE'RE 
ALWAYS PUSHING 
FORWARD AND 
TAKING THE NEXT 
STEP. 
I THINK IT'S 
SUCH A PRIVILEGE 
TO BE A PART OF 
AN ORGANIZATION 
THAT REALIZES IF 
WE'RE NOT MAKING 
STEPS IN 
INNOVATING EVERY 
SINGLE TIME WE 
DO THIS WE'RE 
NOT ANSWERING 
THE CALL TO 
EXPLORE. 
>> WHAT ADVICE 
DO YOU HAVE FOR 
BOB AND DOUG 
BEING A SPACE 
SHUTTLE MEMBER. 
>> BEING ABLE TO 
LIVE AND WORK 
THERE IS SUCH A 
PRIVILEGE. 
YOU'RE A STEWARD 
OF AN AMAZING 
LABORATORY 
THAT'S BRINGING 
BENEFITS TO 
EARTH AND 
LEARNING HOW TO 
PUSH FURTHER 
INTO THE 
UNIVERSE. 
IN TERMS OF 
ADVICE, BOB AND 
DOUG HAVE BEEN 
MENTORS FOR ME. 
IT'S STRANGE TO 
BE IN THE 
POSITION TO 
OFFER THEM 
ANYTHING. 
AS SHUTTLE 
FLYERS, THEY 
USED TO 
PARTICIPATE IN 
MISSIONS THAT 
WERE REALLY, 
REALLY INTENSE, 
GO, GO, GO ALL 
THE TIME. 
THIS IS MORE OF 
A MARATHON THAN 
A SPRINT. 
WELCOME THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
HAVE PART OF 
YOUR MISSION BE 
TAKING IT ALL IN 
AND SHARING IT 
WITH THE PEOPLE 
THAT GOT YOU 
THERE. 
>> THANKS AGAIN, 
CHRISTINA. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHARING. 
>> THANK YOU, MY 
PLEASURE. 
>> ONCE AGAIN, 
BOB AND DOUG, 
ONCE THEY ARRIVE 
AT THE STATION 
THEY'LL BE 
GREETED BY CHRIS 
CASSIDY. 
BEFORE WE DO 
THAT LET'S TALK 
TO A BRIEFING. 
>>> 250 MILES 
ABOVE THE EARTH. 
LIKE YOU I'M 
EXCITED ABOUT 
TODAY'S LAUNCH 
AND THE 
POSSIBILITIES IT 
WILL BRING TO 
AMERICA AND THE 
WORLD. 
AND I'M EXCITED 
THAT TWO CLOSE 
FRIENDS WILL BE 
ARRIVING AND 
JOINING THE 
CREW. 
I HAD THE 
PRIVILEGE OF 
FLYING WITH DOUG 
HURLEY IN 2009. 
WE CAME TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION 
AND HELPED 
CONSTRUCT THE 
AMAZING FACILITY 
IT IS TODAY. 
THIS WILL BE MY 
FIRST MISSION 
WITH BOB BUT IT 
WAS MY HONOR TO 
FOLLOW HIM WHEN 
HE LEFT TO BEGIN 
TRAINING FOR 
THIS MISSION. 
PERSONALLY, I'VE 
BEEN FORTUNATE 
TO FLY IN TWO 
DIFFERENT 
SPACECRAFT. 
LAUNCHING FROM 
AMERICA ON THE 
SHUTTLE AND FROM 
KAZAKHSTAN ON 
THE SOYUZ. 
AND I CAN'T TELL 
YOU HOW EXCITING 
IT IS TO LAUNCH 
AMERICANS FROM 
THE COAST OF 
FLORIDA. 
AND HERE'S A 
STORY I'D LIKE 
TO SHARE WITH 
YOU. 
IN 1981, JOHN 
YOUNG AND BOB 
GRIFFIN LAUNCHED 
ON THE FIRST 
SPACE SHUTTLE 
FLIGHT MARKING 
THE FIRST TIME 
WE FLEW 
AMERICANS ON A 
BRAND NEW 
VEHICLE.         
WITH THEM, THEY 
FLEW AN AMERICAN 
FLAG 
REPRESENTING 
AMERICA'S 
TECHNICAL 
PROWESS. 
>> 30 YEARS 
LATER, THAT SAME 
FLAG WAS FLOWN 
TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
THE FLAG REMAINS 
HERE TODAY, 
WAITING FOR BOB 
AND DOUG. 
OUR FLAG MEANS 
SO MANY THINGS 
TO OUR COUNTRY 
AND A SMALL 
PIECE OF AMERICA 
REPRESENTS WHAT 
WE'LL BE ABLE TO 
ACHIEVE 
TOGETHER. 
WE'LL NEVER STOP 
EXPLORING. 
AND SO BOB AND 
DOUG CAN TAKE 
THIS VERY 
SPECIAL FLAG 
HOME TO EARTH 
WHERE IT AWAITS 
ITS NEXT 
JOURNEY. 
THE FIRST ORION 
CREW WILL TAKE 
THIS AROUND THE 
MOON. 
ALL OF THIS 
STARTS TODAY. 
I'LL BE WATCHING 
OUTSIDE THE 
WINDOW ALONG 
WITH EVERYONE 
ELSE IN AMERICA 
AND AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
I CAN'T WAIT TO 
LOOK OUT THE 
WINDOW AND SEE 
MY FRIENDS ON 
CLOSE APPROACH. 
GO FALCON 9, GO 
DRAGON, AND GO 
BOB AND DOUG. 
I'LL SEE YOU 
SOON. 
>> AND THAT WAS 
A SPECIAL 
MESSAGE FROM 
CHRIS CASSIDY, 
RIGHT NOW THE 
LONE AMERICAN 
ABOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
HE WILL BE READY 
AND WAITING TO 
WELCOME BOB AND 
DOUG WHEN THEY 
ARRIVE TOMORROW. 
THE COUNTDOWN. 
AND WE'D LIKE TO 
SHARE WITH YOU 
HOW MUCH HAS 
HAPPENED AT 
KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER SINCE THE 
LAST TIME WE'VE 
HAD A CREW ON 
THE PAD 
LAUNCHING FROM 
HERE. 
AS YOU CAN 
IMAGINE, THE END 
OF THE UTTLE 
ERA WAS A 
BITTERSWEET 
MOMENT FOR MANY 
PEOPLE. 
BUT IN THE END, 
WE KNEW WE WERE 
STRIVING FOR 
THIS DAY AND 
HERE WE ARE. 
JOINING US NOW 
IS THE DEPUTY 
DIRECTOR ON THE 
COMEBACK WE'VE 
SEEN ACROSS THE 
FLORIDA SPACE 
COAST. 
>> YOU WERE JUST 
TELLING ME YOU 
WERE THERE AT 
THE CREW 
WALKOUT. 
TELL ME WHAT YOU 
SAW WITH THE 
ASTRONAUTS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> IT WAS 
HISTORIC AND 
EMOTIONAL. 
AND WHEN BOB AND 
DOUG CAME OUT 
THE DOORS, A 
CHEER WENT UP. 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
THERE, ELON WAS 
THERE. 
THE FAMILIES 
WERE THERE. 
AND THE 
LEADERSHIP WAS 
THERE TO CHEER 
THEM ON. 
AND WHEN THEY 
CAME OUT AND 
WENT TO THE 
FAMILIES AND BOB 
BEHNKEN SAID 
VIRTUAL HUG AND 
HE DID THIS 
MOTION AND HIS 
CHILD ALSO DID 
THAT VIRTUAL 
HUG. 
AND I GUESS 
THAT'S THE 
TRADITION OF 
DOING A VIRTUAL 
HUG WITH THE 
FAMILIES. 
AND THEN THEY 
WALKED AND GOT 
IN THE TESLA. 
AND THE FAMILY 
WALKED RIGHT UP 
TO THE WINDOW OF 
THE TESLA AND 
WERE TALKING, 
HAVING A PRIVATE 
LAST MOMENT WITH 
THEIR FATHER, 
HANDS ON THE 
WINDOW. 
IT WAS VERY 
EMOTIONAL. 
I HAD TEARS IN 
MY EYES. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
MANY OTHER 
PEOPLE HAD TEARS 
IN THEIR EYES. 
AND EVERYONE WAS 
WISHING THEM 
WELL. 
AND A LOT OF I 
LOVE YOUS. 
GOD SPEED. 
IT WAS VERY 
SPECIAL. 
>> IN THE 
CONTEXT OF WHY 
IT'S SO 
IMPORTANT. 
YOU'VE BEEN HERE 
SINCE 2007. 
AND YOU WERE 
HERE IN 2011. 
I'VE TALKED TO 
MY FATHER. 
LAYOFF NOTICES 
CAME OUT THE 
NEXT DAY. 
IT WAS A VERY 
SAD TIME. 
THE DIRECTOR 
HERE CALLED IT 
DEPRESSING. 
TELL ME ABOUT 
THAT TIME AND 
HOW FAR WE'VE 
COME? 
>> AS YOU NOTE 
IT WAS THE END 
OF A VERY ICONIC 
PROGRAM. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
SPENT THEIR 
ENTIRE CAREER 
WORKING ON THE 
SPACE SHUTTLE 
PROGRAM. 
135 FLIGHTS AND 
ALL OF THEM 
LAUNCHING FROM 
LAUNCH COMPLEX 
39. 
AND MANY FROM 39 
A WHERE WE'LL BE 
LAUNCHING FROM 
TODAY. 
AND RETURNING 
BACK. 
THE TWO ICONIC 
SONIC BOOMS WERE 
SOMETHING THAT 
PEOPLE REALLY 
FELT IN THEIR 
HEARTS AND 
LOOKED FORWARD 
TO. 
IT WAS A VERY 
SAD TIME. 
THAT 30 YEAR 
PROGRAM. 
WE PLANNED FOR 
IT. 
THE WORK FORCE 
WAS INCREDIBLE. 
THERE WAS A LOT 
OF PEOPLE WHO AS 
I SAID SPENT 
THEIR ENTIRE 
CAREERS HERE AND 
WANTED TO SAFELY 
FLY THAT SHUTTLE 
OUT. 
AND THEN THEY 
RETIRED. 
AND THERE WAS 
ANOTHER LARGE 
GROUP OF PEOPLE 
THAT JUST WANTED 
TO PUT ON THEIR 
RESUME THAT THEY 
HAD BEEN 
PRIVILEGED TO 
WORK ON THE 
SPACE SHUTTLE. 
THEY WERE 
DEDICATED, 
COMMITTED TO 
SAFELY FLYING 
OUT THAT 
SHUTTLE. 
THEY DIDN'T SKIP 
ANY STEPS. 
AND THEY KNEW 
THEY WERE 
GETTING THEIR 
LAYOFF NOTICES. 
THEY WERE IN IT 
'TIL THE END TO 
MAKE SURE WE 
SAFELY FLEW IT 
OUT. 
AND OF COURSE, 
WE HAD 14,000 
WORKERS HERE 
THEN WHICH WE 
HAVE A LOT FEWER 
HERE TODAY. 
AND OUR GUEST 
OPERATIONS. 
YOU REMEMBER THE 
LAST SHUTTLE 
FLIGHTS. 
>> OKAY, WE 
APPRECIATE THAT. 
>> COMPLETE, 
EXPECTED 
BEHAVIOR. 
WANTED TO HEAR 
IF YOU WERE ABLE 
TO HEAR THIS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
DID. 
WE WERE JUST 
MAKING A COMMENT 
ABOUT THAT AND 
HEARD SOME 
CLICKING. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
>> COPY OUT. 
>>> WE ARE T 
MINUS ONE HOUR. 
WHEN READY 
REPORT GO FOR 
LAUNCH. 
>> SPACEX 
DRAGON. 
SECTION6 IN 
WORK.            
>> COPY.         
>> SPACEX 
DRAGON. 
BOB AND I ARE GO 
FOR LAUNCH.      
>> COPY, GO FOR 
LAUNCH.     
>> NEXT UP WILL 
BE THE T MINUS 
45. 
>> 
>> TO THE 
COUNTDOWN. 
READY FOR A PULL 
FOR PROPELLANT 
FLOW AND LAUNCH. 
REVIEW YOUR 
LAUNCH 
COMMITMENT 
CRITERIA. 
AGAIN, THIS IS, 
CONFIRM THE 
LAUNCH 
COMMITMENT 
CRITERIA. 
WE ARE TRACKING 
ONE ISSUE WITH 
WEATHER STILL.   
WE'LL TRACK THAT 
ALL THE WAY DOWN 
TO LAUNCH TO 
CLEAR THAT. 
FOR, AND A GO 
FOR PROPELLANT. 
>> AND REPORTING 
THAT TECHNICAL 
PULL WAS 
COMPLETED. 
ALL SYSTEMS ARE 
PROCEEDING. 
WE ARE 
MONITORING THE 
WEATHER. 
ALSO LOOKING AT 
A WATCH ITEM ON 
A HYDRAULICS, 
PRESSURE UP AT 
MINUS EIGHT 
MINUTES, 30 
SECONDS. 
AND WE'LL BE 
ABLE TO VERIFY 
THE K RATE. 
EVERYTHING IS 
READING NOMINAL 
BUT WATCHING 
THAT ITEM. 
NO OTHER 
CONSTRAINTS OR 
GROUND SYSTEMS. 
>> COMPLETE. 
>> TRANSITION  
TO HELIUM 
STARTED. 
>> TO COUNTDOWN. 
HOLD IS COMPLETE 
AND WE HAVE A GO 
TO PROCEED WITH 
PROPELLANT LOAD. 
LAUNCH CONTROL, 
PROCEED WITH 
SWINGING -- T 
MINUS 45 
MINUTES. 
THANK YOU, 
LAUNCH CONTROL. 
>> A REMINDER 
CONTROL ROOM ON 
PROTOCOL. 
BRIEF CD AND LD. 
OPERATORS CALL 
HOLD, HOLD, HOLD 
ON THE 
COUNTDOWN. 
PROCEED INTO THE 
LAUNCH ABORT 
SEQUENCE. 
AND STRUCTURAL, 
OR FIRES. 
REMAIN ON FIRE 
ALARM 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
KEY OPERATORS 
PREVIOUSLY 
BRIEFED WILL 
REMAIN AT THEIR 
POSTS. 
IN THE EVENT 
THAT PERSONAL 
SAFETY IS 
THREATENED, THE 
EMERGENCY EXIT 
WHICH LEADS 
DIRECTLY 
OUTSIDE. 
THEY'LL BE 
ARMING THE 
ESCAPE SYSTEM 
MOMENTARILY. 
ALL PERSONNEL 
STAY IN YOUR 
SEATS THROUGH 
DRAGON 
SEPARATION 
THROUGH THE 
SECOND STAGE. 
>> LAUNCH TEAM 
WITH, RULE -- 
>> EVALUATED BY 
THE WATCH 
WEATHER OFFICER. 
EXPECTED THE 
RULES TO CLEAR 
AT 2020, OR 20 
MINUTES AFTER 
THE TOP OF THE 
HOUR. 
>> ARM IN 
POSITION FOR 
LAUNCH. 
>> DRAGON 
SPACEX, YOU ARE 
GO FOR SECTION 
7. 
ARM LAUNCH 
ESCAPE SYSTEM. 
>>> GO FOR 
SECTION 7.       
>> FIELD ONE 
COMPLETE. 
>> SPACEX 
DRAGON, VISORS 
ARE CLOSED AND 
WE'RE ARMING THE 
LAUNCH ESCAPE 
SYSTEM. 
>> COPY. 
>> LAUNCH ESCAPE 
SYSTEM VERIFIED 
ARMED.           
>> SERVICE 
SECTION --       
>> LOAD. 
THE PELLET LOAD HAS STARTED. 
STAGE 1 LOCKS. 
PHASE 1 LOAD HAS STARTED. 
SPACEX WEATHER UPDATE. 
>> GO AHEAD SPACEX. 
>> YEAH. 
WE'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING A 
CONSTRAINT WHICH LOOKS AT 
LIGHTNING ENERGY DISPAGES. 
WE EXPECT TO HAVE AN UPDATE AT 
T-MINUS 20. 
>> OKAY. 
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. 
WE APPRECIATE IT. 
>> COPY. 
I WILL GIVE YOU MORE IN ABOUT 6 
MINUTES. 
>> STAGE 2 CRYO STARTED. 
STAGE 2 OF THE D-1 LOAD 
COMPLETE. 
>>> DRAGON SPACEX ON WEATHER, 
WE'RE NOT LOOKING GOOD 
CURRENTLY. 
LD IS STILL HAVING DISCUSSIONS. 
I EXPECT AN UPDATE FROM LD IN A 
FEW MINUTES. 
>> OKAY. 
COPY. 
>> WE CONTINUE TO VIOLATE A 
COUPLE OF WEATHER RULE IT IS 
THAT WE DO NOT EXPECT TO CLEAR 
IN TIME FOR THE LAUNCH TODAY 
AND WE'LL END TODAY'S LAUNCH 
ATTEMPT. 
LAUNCH CONTROL AND THE LAUNCH 
AUTO SEQUENCE AND PROCEED TO THE
AUTO SEQUENCE, PLEASE. 
>> DRAGON SPACEX, UNFORTUNATELY 
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO FOR 
LAUNCH TODAY. 
BACK 100. 
IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT BY THE 
TEAMS. 
WE UNDERSTAND. 
>> COPY ALL. 
>>> WE ARE SCRUBBED FOR TODAY'S 
LAUNCH ATTEMPT. 
>> SPACEX FOR PROPELLANT. 
>> GO AHEAD, MIKE. 
>> YES, SIR. 
SO WE'RE AT 75% ON THE FUEL 
TANK AT THIS STAGE, AND THE 
SECOND STAGE, WE'RE AT 97%. 
>> WITH TWO ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD 
HAS BEEN SCRUBBED, POSTPONED 
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AROUND 
THE CAPE CANAVERAL LAUNCH SITE 
IN FLORIDA. 
THE LIFTOFF SCHEDULED FOR 4:33 
EASTERN TIME. 
TOM COSTELLO AT THE KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER. 
>> Reporter: 39A THAT SENT THE 
APOLLO ASTRONAUTS AND SHUTTLE 
ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE, AND THE 
ROCKETS ARE FULLY FUELED WITH 
THE ASTRONAUTS STRAPPED IN AND 
READY TO GO BUT THE WEATHER HAS 
BEEN DICEY WITH SQUALLS AND 
HIGH WIND AND RAIN AND THUNDER 
AND LIGHTNING, AND IT WAS 
LIGHTNING MINUTES BEFORE THE 17-
MARKER, LIGHTNING OFF TO MY 
LEFT. 
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE DEFINING 
MOMENT TO PULL THE PLUG. 
THEY HAVE STRICT WEATHER 
PARAMETERS. 
THEY CANNOT VIOLATE THE 
CRITERIA BECAUSE YOU ARE 
OPENING YOURSELF UP TO ANY 
NUMBER OF PROBLEMS. 
OUT ON 39 A, THEY ARE STRAPPED 
IN AND GOING THROUGH THE 
METICULOUS PROCESS OF TAKE FUEL 
OFF THE ROCKET. 
THAT WILL TAKE TIME TO DO THAT 
SAFELY, AND EVENTUALLY, THEY 
WILL TAKE BOTH OF THE 
ASTRONAUTS OFF THE SPACEX 
ROCKET. 
THAT MEANS THE NEXT LAUNCH 
ATTEMPTS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 
AND WE HAD JUST 10 MORE 
MINUTES, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN 
ABLE TO WAIT THIS OUT BUT THE 
PROBABLE 
PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE A VERY 
TIGHT WINDOW AND RIGHT UP TO 
THAT SECOND. 
THEY HOPED TO HIT THAT AT 11:30 
A.M. 
TOMORROW EASTERN TIME, BUT THAT 
WILL HAVE TO WAIT. 
THIS COMES JUST AS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PULLED IN. 
BEHIND THE CAMERA, THERE IS A 
BUILDING, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP 
JUST ARRIVED TO WAWMPT LIFTOFF, 
AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IS 
ALSO HERE. 
SO A DISAPPOINTING DAY. 
YOU COULD ALMOST PREDICT IT, 
LESTER, BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING 
WITH VOLATILE WEATHER ALL DAY, 
AND PROBABLY IN THE BEST 
WEATHER ALL DAY. 
THE LULL OF THE DAY IS RIGHT 
NOW BUT LIGHTNING OFF TO MY 
LEFT AND THAT PROBABLY ENDED UP 
BEING THE FINING FACTOR FOR 
CANCELING LIFTOFF TODAY. 
LEFTER? 
>>  SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. 
THANK YOU, AND AL ROKER, THEY 
ARE WATCHING THE WEATHER UP THE 
EAST COAST. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WITH A 
60% CHANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS 
HAPPENING, AND A 60% CHANCE OF 
THE LAUNCH NOT HAPPENING. 
THERE'S BERTHA, 65 MILES NORTH 
NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH 
CAROLINA, AND AS IT PUSHES OFF, 
HERE IS THE LATEST ON THE RADAR 
AS WE LOOK. 
YOU CAN SEE. 
LOOK TO THE WEST JUST PAST 
ORLANDO. 
WE ARE WATCHING A LINE OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
FIRING UP. 
IN FACT, HERE IS THE LIVE 
RADAR. 
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS LINE 
BUILD IN THE LAST 20, 30 
MINUTES. 
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANOTHER 
10 TO 15 MINUTES, LESTER, IF 
THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IT. 
IT WAS DICEY FROM THIS MORNING 
WITH THE LIGHTNING TO THE WEST, 
AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOW IT LOOKS 
LIKE THE WEATHER CAUGHT UP WITH 
THEM. 
AS YOU SAID, SAFETY FIRST. 
IT'S NOT WORTH RISKING THE 
LIVES OF THE ASTRONAUTS AND ALL 
THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN THE 
LAUNCH. 
>> SPACE WILL STILL BE THERE ON 
SATURDAY. 
JOINING US FROM HOUSTON IS 
ASTRONAUT MICHAEL FINK WHO WAS 
ON THE SHUTTLE, THE SECOND TO 
THE LAST EVER SHUTTLE MISSION. 
COLONEL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 
US. 
TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SIT 
THERE WAITING FOR A LAUNCH THAT 
MAY BE A GO OR A NO GO UP TO 
THE LAST FEW MINUTES. 
>> LESTER, GOOD TO SEE YOU 
AGAIN. 
JUST WANTED TO SAY THE SECOND 
TO THE LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT, AND 
WE WERE HALFWAY TO THE LAUNCH 
PAD AND HAD TO TURN THE VAN 
AROUND BECAUSE WE WERE 
SCRUBBED. 
I KNOW THE  ASTRONAUTS AND THE 
FAMILIES ARE DISAPPOINTED. 
BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO GO BACK 
INTO QUARANTINE AND STAY THERE 
FOR THE LAUNCH ON SATURDAY AT 
3:22 P.M. 
SOMETIMES, IT'S BEST TO LIVE TO 
FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. 
>> YEAH. 
THE DEFUELING GOING ON, IF 
THAT'S THE RIGHT PHASE -- THIS 
IS POTENTIALLY DICEY IN ITSELF, 
IS IT NOT? 
>> Reporter: WELL, IT'S 
EXPLOSIVE FUELS BUT THE 
SPAINING WITH THE SPACEX AND 
FALCON 9, THEY DID THIS BEFORE. 
IT'S COMPARED TO THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE AND THE OTHER ROCKETS. 
THEY MAKE IT SLUSHY, SO IT'S 
EXTRA COLD, AND THEY GET IT OUT 
SAFELY SO THEY CAN EXIT THE 
SPACECRAFT. 
TODAY, THEY ARE GOING TO 
EXECUTE IT BY THE BOOK. 
>> I KNOW YOU WERE EXCITED TO 
SEE IT AND A LOT OF US ARE, AND 
I MENTIONED THAT SPACE WILL BE 
THERE ON SATURDAY. 
WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT. 
COLONEL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 
US. 
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SPACEX WITH 
THE TWO ASTRONAUTS POSTPONED 
DUE TO BAD WEATHER UNTIL 
SATURDAY. 
I WILL SEE YOU LATER ON NBC 
NIGHTLY NEWS. 
UNTIL THEN, I'M LESTER HOLT. 
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
IT'S NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD LIVE WEEKDAYS. 
>>> HEY, EVERYONE. 
I'M ALISON MORRIS. 
IT'S WEDNESDAY, AND YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO CORRESPONDENT ALEXA 
LIAUTAUD FOLLOWING THE VERY 
LATEST CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES 
FROM NBCNEWS.COM. 
ALEXA, HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU. 
HOW ABOUT AN UPDATE? 
>> Reporter: HEY, ALISON. 
WE ARE STARTING OFF THE 
HEADLINES TODAY WITH A GRIM 
UPDATE. 
THE DEATH TOLL IN THE UNITED 
STATES FROM CORONAVIRUS HAS 
REACHED THE 100,000 MARK 
ACCORDING TO A SOURCE BY NBC 
NEWS. 
THIS MILESTONE COMES AS STATES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STARTING 
TO REOPEN SUCH AS CALIFORNIA, 
ALABAMA, AND VIRGINIA. 
>>> DISNEY HAS ANNOUNCED IT 
WILL RE-OPEN SOME OF THE PARKS 
STARTING IN JULY. 
THE BIG REOPENING WILL BEGIN IN 
PARKS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AND 
IN ORANGE COUNTY, THE TASK 
FORCE HAS APPROVED A PLAN BUT 
THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR NEED 
TO SIGN OFF. 
THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF 
SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. 
HERE IS THE CEO ON CNBC. 
>> THE CAPACITY WILL BE A 
FUNCTION OF THE 6-FOOT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THE NUMBER WE PUT IN THE PARK 
WILL BE FOR OUR CAST MEMBERS. 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SENT NOT 
ONLY MASKS BUT PERSONAL 
TEMPERATURE TESTING DEVICES TO 
TAKE THEIR OWN TEMPERATURES 
EVERY MORNING, AND IN ADDITION 
TO THAT, WHEN THEY REFER TO 
WORK, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE 
TESTED AGAIN AT THE WORKPLACE. 
>> DISNEY SAID THAT LARGE 
EVENTS SUCH AS PARADES WON'T BE 
AVAILABLE. 
>>> AN  AN ONGOING REMDESIVIR 
TRIAL CONTINUES WITH THE ANTI-
INFLAMMATORY TEST. 
HALF WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 
PILL AND THE OTHER HALF WILL 
RECEIVE A PLACEBO. 
THEY ARE HOPING TO RECRUIT  600 
TO 700 PATIENTS FOR THE TRIAL. 
>>> BOEING WILL LAYOFF NEARLY 
700 EMPLOYEES IF THE PANDEMIC 
CONTINUES TO AFFECT TRIAL. 
THEY CITED THE, QUOTE, 
IMPORTANT MOMENT OF HAVING TO 
START INVOLUNTARY LAYOFFS. 
THEY WARNED THAT IT COULD TAKE 
SEARS FOR THE SECTOR TO 
RECOVER. 
>>> NEWS FROM SOUTH KOREA, MORE 
THAN 2 MILLION STUDENTS ARE 
BACK IN SCHOOL WHILE THEY 
JUGGLE EDUCATION AND THE VIRUS 
CONTINUES TO SPREAD. 
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AND SOME 
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL 
STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE 
ENVIRONMENT WITH SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND FACE MASKS. 
MEANWHILE, SOUTH KOREA RECORDED 
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW 
INFECTIONS IN MORE THAN A 
MONTH, AND MORE THAN 450 
SCHOOLS HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO OPEN 
THEIR SCHOOLS YET. 
THOSE ARE THE LATEST HEADLINES 
FOR THIS HOUR. 
AS ALWAYS, WE'LL BE BACK LATER 
WITH MORE. 
ALISON? 
>> ALL RIGHT, ALEX A LOOKING 
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN. 
AND MEANTIME, VISIT OUR LIVE 
BLOG AT NBCNEWS.COM/CORONAVIRUS 
WITH THE LATEST UPDATES THERE. 
>>> MORE THAN 100,000 AMERICANS 
ARE NOW DEAD FROM COVID-19 IN 
JUST 12 WEEKS. 
THINK OF ALL THEIR LIVES, ALL 
OF THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR 
STORIES. 
NBC NEWS'S KEVIN TIBBLE 
REPORTS. 
>> Reporter: A GRIM MILESTONE, 
100,000. 
"THE NEW YORK TIMES"S FILLED 
THE FRONT PAGE WITH JUST 1000 
OF THE GRANDFATHERS, 
GRANDMOTHERS, HUSBANDS AND 
WIVES AND SONS AND DAUGHTERS, 
100,000 TAKEN SO FAST BY COVID-
19, THIS COUNTRY IS STILL 
REELING IN SHOCK. 
CODY LIFTER OF COLORADO WAS A 
HEALTHY 21-YEAR-OLD KID. 
>> HE WAS JUST -- HE HAD THE 
MOST -- JUST THE BEST SMILE IN 
THE WORLD HE WOULD REACH OUT 
AND USE THAT. 
>> Reporter: KOREAN WAR VET 
JAMES IS MANDEVILLE WAS 83 
YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS TAKEN 
FROM HIS FAMILY. 
AND THIS VICTIM, JUST 15. 
>> IT JUST HURTS PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter: IN JUST A FEW 
SHORT MONTHS, THE PANDEMIC 
SWEEPING THE WORLD HAS INFECTED 
2 MILLION HERE AT HOME. 
HOSPITALS TURNED INTO BATTLE 
FIELDS. 
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY 
HEARTBREAKING FROM THE YOUNG TO 
THE OLD. 
THEY ARE ALL VERY SICK. 
>> Reporter: OUR NEW SOLDIERS, 
THE FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE 
FALLEN IN SERVICE TOO. 
CHICAGO NURSE CHRIS GUZMAN WAS 
A 35-YEAR-OLD WITH 3 YOUNG 
CHILDREN. 
LOUISIANA COP MARK HALL SENIOR 
HAD 30 YEARS ON THE FORCE. 
PHILLIP, TWO DECADES DRIVING A 
BUS IN NEW JERSEY. 
AS WE OPEN UP PERHAPS WAYS WITH 
A SAFE DISTANCE, WE HAVE NOT 
HAD TIME TO GRIEVE. 
>> SOMEONE PASSES AWAY, AND IT 
TOUCHES MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S 
LIVES. 
>> Reporter: 100,000, THE 
OBITUARY NAMES SCROLL DAILY 
WITH NO END IN SIGHT, MAINFUL 
TO LEARN OF THE HOPES AND 
DREAMS LOST. 
WHEN WE CAN'T SAY GOODBYE IN 
PERSON, IT HURTS. 
>> GIVE THEM A MOMENT OF 
SILENCE AND RESPECT THEM. 
WE ALL HAVE LOVED ONES OUT 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: WE AS SURVIVORS 
MUST REMEMBER, NO ONE, NO 
MATTER WHO THEY WERE SHOULD 
LEAVE THIS WORLD ALONE. 
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS, 
CHICAGO. 
>>> NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW 
CUOMO IN THE WITH THE PRESIDENT 
IN WASHINGTON TODAY TO TALK 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUMPSTARTING 
NEW YORK'S ECONOMY. 
>> AND THEY CANNOT BE A 
NATIONAL RECOVERY IF THE STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT 
FUNDED. 
THAT IS A FACT. 
>> MEANWHILE, TODAY, NEW YORK'S 
LONG ISLAND ENTERS PHASE ONE OF 
RE-OPENING, THE ONLY AREA STILL 
CLOSED, NEW YORK CITY. 
RON ALLEN IS JOINING ME NOW. 
AND RON, HOW DID THE MEETING 
WITH THE PRESIDENT GO TODAY? 
>> Reporter: I THINK WE HAVE TO 
WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE PRESIDENT 
HAS TO SAY. 
BASICALLY, THE GOVERNOR WAS 
ASKING -- THIS IS ALL ABOUT 
MONEY. 
THE GOVERNOR WAS CONSISTENTLY 
SAYING THAT THE STATE WAS IN A 
BIG HOLE DUE TO THE EPIDEMIC 
THAT HE WAS TRYING TO DEAL 
WITH. 
THEY WANTED COMMITMENT FROM THE 
SENATE TO PROVIDE MONEY FROM 
THE STATE, AND SO FAR, THERE 
WAS A RELUCTANCE. 
AND TO THAT END, YOU HEARD RED 
AND BLUE, AND PARTISAN, AND YOU 
HEARD SENATOR McCONNELL TALKING 
ABOUT A BAILOUT. 
AND THE PRESIDENT CAN PERHAPS 
HELP WITH THAT BUT HE DIDN'T 
MAKE ANY COMMITMENT TO DOING 
THAT AS WELL. 
THE OTHER BIG THING 
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS INTERESTED IN 
DOING BUT MONTHS BEFORE THE 
ELECTION, IT WILL BE SEE HOW HE 
WILL HELP THE GOVERNOR IN A 
BLUE STATE BECAUSE, AGAIN, 
WASHINGTON IS MIRED IN 
PARTISANSHIP AND NOTHING SEEMS 
TO GET DONE. 
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS A GOOD 
MEETING AND THEY WILL TALK 
AGAIN NEXT WEEK BUT, AGAIN, WE 
HAVE TO SEE WHAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS TO SAY CONSISTENTLY. 
HE MAY SAY ONE THING AND THEN 
ANOTHER ONE, AND SO ON AND SO 
FORTH. 
ALISON? 
>> RON, LONG ISLAND RE-OPENING. 
HOW ARE THE FOLKS PREPPING AND 
FOLKS IN BABYLON GETTING READY? 
>> Reporter: IT'S A BIG, BIG 
PLACE. 
ABOUT 3 MILLION PEOPLE. 
IT'S AS BIG AS 20 STATES. 
HERE LIKE YESTERDAY IN 
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, EVERYONE IS 
CAUTIOUS. 
THE BIG THINGS ARE CONSTRUCTION 
AND MANUFACTURING AND CURBSIDE 
RETAIL AS WELL. 
SO THE PERSON ARE PLACES LIKE 
BABYLON ON MAIN STREET, THE 
SMALL MOM AND POP SHOPS WHO 
FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE PUT THE 
HOLE DEEPER BECAUSE RETAILERS 
LIKE TARGET, OTHERS HAVE BEEN 
ABLE TO OPEN, AND FOR THE PAST 
COUPLE WEEKS IF NOT LONGER. 
SO NOW YOU HAVE THE SMALL MOM 
AND POPS COMPETING WITH THE 
GIANTS WHO HAVE AN ONLINE 
ADVANTAGE CERTAINLY. 
SO THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE UP 
FOR THAT DEFICIT. 
SO TODAY WE SEE SHOP OWNERS 
GETTING BACK IN FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN MONTHS AND FIGURING OUT 
HOW TO SOCIALLY DISTANT AND HOW 
MANY OF THE GOODS THEY CAN SELL 
AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN GENERATE. 
THERE ARE SOME THAT WON'T OPEN 
UP AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TOO 
LONG, A FEW MONTHS WITHOUT 
BUSINESS. 
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING. 
THEY ARE CAUTIOUSLY GETTING 
INTO THIS AND HOPING THIS WILL 
ONLY LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO, THE 
MINIMUM, AND THEN MOVE TO PHASE 
2, THE WIDER OPENING UP OF THE 
ECONOMY. 
AND THEY GET A GREEN LIGHT, 
SOMETHING TO START. 
I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE HAPPY 
AND LEERY AND WE HAVE SEEN 
SPIKES IN CASES IN PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY THAT WERE RE-OPENED. 
ALISON? 
>> RON, NEW YORK CITY, THE 
EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK STILL 
SHUT DOWN. 
WHAT METRICS DOES THE CITY NEED 
TO RE-OPEN? 
>> Reporter: NEW YORK NEEDS 
MORE HOSPITAL BEDS. 
I THINK PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITAL 
BEDS AVAILABLE, AND CONTACT 
TRACERS AND THE GOVERNOR SAID 
THEY WILL BRING MORE AND MORE 
CONTACT TRACERS ON SO THEY CAN 
FIND OUT WHERE PEOPLE WHO GOT 
THE DISEASE, WHO THEY WERE IN 
CONTACT WITH. 
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT PROCESS. 
BUT WHAT NEW YORK CITY IS 
TRYING TO DO IS FOCUS MORE 
RESOURCES, TESTING AND MAKE 
MORE HOTEL ROOMS AND OTHER 
AREAS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN 
THE HARDEST-HIT NEIGHBORHOODS, 
MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
BROOKLYN AND QUEENS AND THE 
BORROUGHS, AND THEY ARE TRYING 
TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT SO WHEN 
THEY OPEN UP, THEY CAN QUICKLY 
CONTAIN THEM. 
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, 
EVERYONE IS OPENING UP, NEW 
YORK, 8 MILLION PEOPLE, A 
MASSIVE UNDERTAKING AND AS MUCH 
AS PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUT, BOY, 
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE I 
TALKED TO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE 
RIDING THE SUBWAY, THE LIVE 
LINE OF THE CITY, BUSES FOR 
THAT MATTER, AND MAJOR 
EMPLOYERS IN THIS TOWN, LETTING 
THEM WORK REMOTELY, AND 
CONCERNED ABOUT COMING BACK 
INTO CROWD OFFICE BUILDINGS. 
HOW DO YOU SOCIALLY DISTANT? 
THE EXPECTATION IN A WEEK OR 
TWO, THE  MAY OR THE GOVERNOR 
SAID GETTING FROM PHASE 1 TO 2 
TO 3 TO 4 WHICH IS THE END OF 
IT ALL T HE DIFFICULT JOURNEY 
FOR NEW YORK BUT I LIVE THERE. 
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME 
PROGRESS AND SEE THIS VIRUS 
CONTAINED. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
HEY, HEY, RON 
>> Reporter: AND GET BACK TO 
LIFE AS NORMAL. 
>> ON THE FLIP SIDE, I'M A 
NATIVE LONG ISLANDER, AND WE 
ARE REAL, REAL PROUD OF OUR 
BEACHES. 
IT'S SUPER EASY TO JUMP ON THE 
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD OR TAKE A 
BUS TO JONES BEACH. 
IS THERE A CONCERN ON LONG 
ISLAND WITH THE CITY STILL 
CLOSED THAT A TON OF FOLKS WILL 
TRY AND GET OUT OF THE CITY 
COMING TO LONG ISLAND AND THE 
BEACHES WILL BE CROWDED AND 
ESSENTIALLY CLOSED? 
>> Reporter: YEAH. 
THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN AND A BIG 
CONCERN OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY 
WEEKEND, AND ONLY RESIDENTS 
SHOULD USE THE BEACHES THEY 
WERE SAYING BECAUSE THEY WERE 
REDUCING THE CAPACITY BY 50%. 
SO UP THERE ALL KINDS OF 
REPORTS ABOUT CLOSING EARLY, 
CLOSING EARLY IN THE DAY. 
THE LAST THING THAT THE PEOPLE 
ON LONG ISLAND WANT IS TO BE 
CLOSED BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM NEW 
YORK CITY CAME OUT, AND THE 
MAYOR AND OTHERS ARE TRYING TO 
DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM USING 
THE BUSES AND SUBWAYS. 
THEY WANT THE TRANSIT SYSTEM 
RESERVED FOR ESSENTIAL 
EMPLOYEES WHO NEED TO GET WHERE 
THEY ARE GOING, AND THEY ARE 
DOING ALL KINDS OF JOBS FROM 
GROCERY CLERKS TO HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS. 
THEY NEED TO USE THEM TO GET 
WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND THEY 
DON'T WANT THAT DISRUPTED BY 
GETTING CROWDED AND GOING TO 
THE BEACH, AND IT'S GETTING 
WARM OUT HERE. 
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A 
PROBLEM. 
>> IT IS. 
>> Reporter: AND NEW YORK CITY 
BEACHES ARE CLOSED. 
WHETHER THEY WILL OPEN SOON, I 
DON'T KNOW. 
BUT WE WILL SEE IF WE ARE BACK 
IN IT BY NEXT WEEKEND. 
>> AS YOU SAID, RON, WE ARE 
INCHING CLOSER TO BEACH WEATHER 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
RON ALLEN IN BABYLON, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP FIGHTING 
WITH TWITTER ON TWITTER, OF 
COURSE, THE PRESIDENT TWEETING 
THAT TWITTER IS QUOTE, 
COMPLETELY STIFLING HIS TWEETS 
AFTER THEY PUT A FACT CHECK ON 
THE TWEETS. 
THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS WOULD BE FRAUDULENT, 
AND HE IS THREATENING TO CLOSE 
DOWN THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 
THAT, QUOTE, SILENCE 
CONSERVATIVE VOICES. 
JAKE WARD IS JOINING ME FROM 
TWITTER HEADQUARTERS IN SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
JAKE, FOR YEARS, THE PRESIDENT 
HAS HAD CONTROVERSIAL TWEETS. 
WHY TAKE ACTION NOW? 
>> Reporter: ALISON, THIS 
SEEMED TO HAVE CROSSED A LINE 
THAT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE 
TRYING TO CROSS FOR YEARS. 
THEY SAID IN GENERAL ALL SPEECH 
IS GOOD ESPECIALLY OF PUBLIC 
FIGURES. 
BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY SAID 
THESE TWEETS CONTAINED 
INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING 
PROCESSES. 
THAT'S THE KEY THING, ALISON, 
AND THEY WERE PROVIDING 
ADDITIONAL CONTESTS ABOUT MAIL-
IN BALLOTS. 
AND BASICALLY, ONCE YOU GET 
INTO DISENFRANCHISING THE VOTE, 
MISINFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT IT, 
THAT'S WHERE THEY CONSIDER THE 
LINE TO BE, AND IN THIS CASE, 
THE PRESIDENT SEEMS TO HAVE 
WALKED OVER THAT, ALISON. 
>> JAKE, TWITTER WAS TOO HANDS 
OFF WHEN IT COMES TO 
MISINFORMATION SPREAD BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHER WORLD 
LEADERS. 
WHAT IS THE COMPANY'S STANCE 
THERE? 
>> Reporter: WELL, THE STANCE 
SEEMS TO BE AS LONG AS YOU AND 
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
SOMEONE OUT OF OFFICE BASED ON 
ALL THE INFORMATION MADE 
AVAILABLE TO US ON PLATT  ON -- 
PLATFORMS SUCH AS TWITTER, HOW 
ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DRAW THE 
LINE BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT THE 
PRESIDENT SAYS THAT IS AN OUT 
RIGHT  LIE AND HE LIES OVER AND 
OVER ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE 
FEAR IT COULD BE HARMFUL TO 
DEMOCRACY. 
WE SAW LAST YEAR, THE TRUMP 
SUPER FAN THAT WIND UP IN COURT 
ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER 
FOR SENDING EXPLOSIVES OUT TO 
PEOPLE THAT HE HAD LEARNED AND 
ARE YOU SAYING ANYTHING HE SAYS 
TO BE AMPLIFIED OR MORE 
DANGEROUS THAN SOMETHING ELSE? 
THAT'S A COMPLICATED WORLD. 
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DRAW IS 
THE ENTIRE LINE WITHOUT VOTING. 
WITHOUT THAT SAY THEY THAT THE 
WHOLE SYSTEM FALLS APART AND WE 
CAN CHANGE DEMOCRACY 
FUNDAMENTALLY, ALISON. 
>> JAKE, WE SAID THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS NOW THREATENING TO 
REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA 
PLATFORMS. 
DOES HE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO 
DO THAT? 
>> Reporter: IN A WORD, NO. 
HE CANNOT SIMPLY SHUT DOWN A 
COMPANY HE DOES NOT FEEL GOOD 
ABOUT, AND IT WOULD BE IRONIC 
IN A FIGHT ABOUT FREE SPEECH HE 
WOULD SHUT DOWN THIS COMPANY. 
IT'S FREE SPEECH BUT IT SOMEHOW 
INFRINGED ON HIS. 
NONE OF THAT IS REALLY THERE. 
BUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE IS HE 
COULD TAKE HIS VOICE TO A 
DIFFERENT PLATFORM. 
THAT'S THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT, 
BUT THIS IS THE WEIRD SYMBIOTIC 
RELATIONSHIP HE HAS. 
HE NEEDS THE  80 MILLION 
FOLLOWERS. 
SHUTTING IT DOWN, NO, HE DOES 
NOT HAVE THE RULE OR THE POWER. 
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S NOT 
IN HIS INTEREST, ALISON. 
>> JAKE, WHAT'S THE REACTION 
LIKE IN CONSERVATIVE CIRCLES? 
>> Reporter: WELL, I MEAN, THAT 
IS THE CRAZIEST STORY. 
TO WATCH THE MACHINERY SPINOFF, 
AND I  DON'T MEAN IT'S 
ORCHESTRATED BY ANYONE BUT THE 
MACHINES AND TROLLS THAT COME 
OUT OF THE WOODWORK, AND IT'S 
NOT NAMED BETTER BY THE 
PRESIDENT'S ALLIES GOING ON 
TELEVISION AND NAMING THEM AND 
ATTACKING THEM PERSONALLY. 
SO WHATEVER YOU THINK THE 
PLATFORM AND HOW IT BEHAVES AND 
IS CREATED, ATTACK THE 
EMPLOYER, THAT IS BEYOND. 
AND THAT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER, 
AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING ON 
FOX NEWS AND TALKING ABOUT THE 
NEED TO THINK A DIFFERENT LINE 
IF YOU ARE TWITTER. 
OTHERWISE, THEY WILL GO FROM 
BEING AN OPEN ENTREPRENEURIAL 
COMPANY TO SOMETHING HEAVILY 
REGULATED. 
I THINK ALL OF US ARE REALIZING 
THEY HAVE EXTREME INFLUENCE ON 
AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE AND THEY 
CAN HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT 
ON THE TRUTH BUT HOW WE ARE 
REGULATE THAT AND BOTH SIDES 
ARE THINKING VERY, VERY HARSHLY 
ABOUT THAT, ALISON. 
>> JAKE, YOU KNOW, TWITTER IS 
UNDER FIRE FOR REFUSING TO TAKE 
DOWN ANOTHER SET OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS THIS WEEK. 
TRUMP TWEETED CLAIMS ABOUT JOE 
SCARBOROUGH, CLAIMING THAT HE 
WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF A 
STAFFER. 
THAT STAFFER'S HUSBAND ASKED 
HIM TO TAKE THAT DOWN. 
WHY IS TWITTER LEAVING THOSE 
PARTICULAR TWEETS UP? 
>> Reporter: THIS IS A STRANGE 
LINE THAT IS DRAWN. 
RIGHT. 
YOU AND I TALKING LIKE THIS 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO AGREE 
TOGETHER, THAT'S BEYOND THE 
PAIL. 
HOW CAN YOU  TORTURE THIS POOR 
WOMAN'S FAMILY AND KEEP IT UP 
ON TWITTER? 
WELL, THEY ARE THINKING, OKAY. 
WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE LINE OF 
FREE SPEECH? 
AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE AND AS LONG AS THERE IS AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO 
COME OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT 
WHO SAYS SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS 
ON A PLATFORM LIKE THIS, WELL, 
THEN, PERHAPS, THE SYSTEM 
CONTINUES TO WORK. 
BUT AS SOON AS THE PRESIDENT 
WALKS OVER THE LINE AND CHANGES 
THE VOTE AND HOW IT'S OFFERED 
TO YOU AND I, STATING 
FALSEHOODS ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS, WELL, OKAY. 
THAT'S BEYOND THE PAIL. 
THIS BASELESS CLAIM AGAINST OUR 
COLLEAGUE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 
TALKING -- YOU KNOW, COMMITTING 
A FALSEHOOD THAT IS PRETTY LOW 
RANKING OVER THE FALSEHOODS 
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS PUT OUT 
ON TWITTER BUT THAT'S THE 
STRANGE WORLD THAT THE SOCIAL 
MEDIA HAS CREATED FOR ALL OF 
US, ALISON. 
>> COMPLEX AND AT TIMES, 
CONFUSING. 
JAKE WARD, THANK YOU FOR 
COMPLAINING. 
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>> Reporter: THANK YOU. 
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
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>> IF IT'S ASKING THE TOUGH 
QUESTIONS -- 
>> WOULD YOU PREFER A 14-DAY 
NATIONAL SHUT DOWN? 
>> IF IT'S ASKING FOR 
ACCOUNTABILITY F IT'S 
NAVIGATION GADGET THE NEW 
NORMAL IN AMERICA AND IF IT'S 
SUNDAY, IT'S "MEET THE PRESS." 
>> THIS COUNTRY WAS FORGED IN 
PART BY SHARED SACRIFICE AND 
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE ASKED TO STEP 
UP. 
I'M LESTER HOLT. 
FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES AT NBC 
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>>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
COVERING CORONAVIRUS WITH FACTS 
OVER FEAR. 
IN A TIME OF CRISIS, TURN TO 
THE MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR 
IN AMERICA. 
>>> WHICH PART OF AMERICA HAS 
THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA RATE OF 
POSITIVE COVID-19 TESTS IN THE 
COUNTRY? 
IT'S NOT NEW YORK OR EVEN LOS 
ANGELES OR CHICAGO. 
IT'S THE NAVAJO.
>> ALISON TORQUE SET EVERYBODY 
UP HERE, THERE IS A GOOD NUMBER 
OF FOLKS WHO HAVE NEVER DRIVEN 
THROUGH THE NAVAJO NATION, IT'S 
LARGER LANDSIZE THAN 10 STATES. 
AND WE ASK THE QUESTION, WHY IS 
THERE SUCH A HIGH RATE OF 
INFECTION? 
LOOK AT THE MORE URBAN 
COMMUNITIES THAT EXIST. 
WE WERE YESTERDAY WHERE THERE 
IS ABOUT 5000 FOLKS MORE IN 
THAT SORT OF INNER CITY CORE 
AND YOU HAVE FOLKS FOR MILES, 
YOU KNOW. 
THEY COME IN FROM HOURS, TWO 
HOURS AWAY. 
AND THERE IS ONE GROCERY STORE. 
ONE BASHAS. 
AND SO WHEN FOLKS ARE COMING IN 
TO THE URBAN CORE, YOU ALSO 
HAVE -- THE REALITY IS THAT A 
LOT OF FOLKS LIVE IN 
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOMES HERE, 
AND YOU HAVE 3 OR 4 GENERATIONS 
LIVING IN ONE HOME SPACE 
TOGETHER HERE AND THE OTHER IS 
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, ALISON , 
IS THE FACT THAT HISTORY HAS 
DENIED FOLKS ON THE RESERVATION 
A PROPER ACCESS TO WATER AND 
PROPER ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY 
AND TO BROADBAND. 
YOU ARE DEALING WITH, ALISON, 
THE REALITY THAT COVID HAS 
PERHAPS EXPOSED A GREAT PART OF 
THE COUNTRY HERE, 40 TO 80% OF 
FOLKS LIVE WITHOUT WATER, 
WITHOUT RUNNING WATER, ALISON. 
THAT IS NO PLUMBING, AND HALF 
THE POPULATION IS NO 
ELECTRICITY AND ANOTHER 50% 
WITHOUT INTERNET, AND OTHERS 
AROUND THE COUNTRY TELL KIDS TO 
ZOOM IN WITH THE TEACHERS, 
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE. 
YOU CAN SAY GO WASH YOUR HANDS, 
ALISON. 
THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER AROUND 
HERE TO DO. 
THEY ARE DEALING WITH 
HISTORICAL DISPARITIES. 
RIGHT NOW, IT'S NO SURPRISE 
THAT THE HIGHEST COVID POSITIVE 
RATE IS RIGHT HERE IN THE 
NAVAJO NATION. 
TAKE A DRIVE THROUGH HERE. 
I ENCOURAGE OTHERS DO. 
I WAS TALKING TO A WOMAN WHO 
SAID SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE 
FOLKS FROM WASHINGTON COME HERE 
AND AT LEAST BETTER UNDERSTAND 
WHAT THE FOLKS HERE IN THE 
NATION ARE GOING THROUGH. 
>> YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE -- WE 
THINK ABOUT HOW SIMPLE TO WASH 
OUR HANDS AS YOU SAID, OR HAVE 
THE KIDS USE THE iPAD FROM 
HOME, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND 
SO MANY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS. 
WITH A HIGH INFECTION RATE, 
NEARLY EVERYONE WAS IMPACTED IN 
SOME WAY. 
WHAT ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE 
NAVAJO NATION TELLING YOU? 
>> Reporter: THESE ARE TIGHT-
KNIT COMMUNITIES, ALISON, THAT 
GO BACK GENERATIONS. 
I WANT TO PLAY A PART OF AN 
INTERVIEW WITH YOU, A MOTHER 
AND A SISTER, VALENTINA 
BLACKHORSE, 28 YEARS OLD, AND 
SHE HAD A 1-YEAR-OLD SON. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW 
WITH THE MOTHER AND SISTER. 
>> WE TOLD THEM BE CAREFUL. 
BE CAREFUL. 
WEAR YOUR MASKS. 
WEAR YOUR GLOVES. 
IT'S  AWFUL. 
DON'T GO OUT IN PUBLIC. 
>> IN A WAY, I AM ANGRY 
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I SEE SOME 
OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION 
MAKING FUN OF IT, MAKING FUN OF 
PEOPLE THAT PASSED ON OR THE 
VIRUS, AND THAT ANGERS ME. 
>> Reporter: ALISON, YOU JUST 
HEARD -- VALENTINA URGING HER 
MOTHER TO NOT GO TO THE GROCERY 
STORE AND URGING HER MOTHER TO 
WEAR A MASK AND GLOVES. 
THE REALITY IS AROUND THE REST 
OF THE COUNTRY, BUSINESSES MAY 
BE OPENING, BUT THE LIFE, THE 
REALITY AT THE SAME TIME HERE 
IS IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS, 
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO GO 
THROUGH THIS, AND THE EXPOSURE 
IS STILL REAL, AND THE 
REALITIES ARE STILL REAL IN 
COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS, ALISON. 
>> RON, I IMAGINE THAT THE LIST 
OF NEEDS IS PRETTY LONG RIGHT 
NOW. 
BUT WHAT IS THE BIGGEST NEED? 
WHAT WOULD HELP NAVAJO NATION 
MOST RIGHT NOW? 
>> Reporter: RESOURCES, 
ATTENTION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT HAD IS 
MORE THAN COVID. 
THIS IS MORE THAN A PANDEMIC 
THAT IS IMPACTING A COMMUNITY. 
YOU LOOK AROUND, AND THERE MAY 
BE NO MORE RESILIENT POPULATION 
IN AMERICAN -- IN FACT, THERE 
IS NO MORE RESILIENT POPULATION 
THAN IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY 
IN THE MAINLAND. 
AND GOING AROUND HERE, YOU CAN 
SEE FOLKS, LOCALS, NAVAJOS THAT 
ARE ORGANIZING TOGETHER AND 
GOING AND BUILDING WATER 
STATIONS. 
I WAS TALKING WITH, YOU KNOW, 
ONE WOMAN WHO WAS DELIVERING 
ABOUT AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF TOWN, 
A HANDWASHING STATION TO HER 
OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUS 
DRIVER. 
AND GUESS WHO BUILT THAT 
HANDWASHING STATION? 
HER HUSBAND, ANTHONY. 
AND YOU HAVE XOCHI WHO STARTED 
CHINLE PLANTING HOME WITH A 
COUPLE OF OTHER LOCAL WOMEN, 
AND WE WERE OUT WITH THEM 
YESTERDAY AS THEY WERE GOING 
AND DELIVERING FLOUR AND 
CORNMEAL AND OTHER NON-
PERISHABLE ITEMS AND PAPER 
PRODUCTS AND OTHER ITEMS TO THE 
ELDERS. 
THEY WERE ENCOURAGING THE 
ELDERS DON'T COME INTO TOWN. 
STAY AT HOME. 
THEY ARE MOBILIZING, AND JOHNS 
HOPKINS, THE CENTER FOR 
AMERICAN-INDIAN HEALTH WITH A 
FOOTPRINT HERE FOR MORE THAN 40 
YEARS AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN 
FOLKS ON THE GROUND ACROSS THE 
NATION, AND THEY ARE HELPING 
ORGANIZE. 
YOU HAVE SEVERAL GRASSROOTS 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS COME IN 
TO HELP DOCTORS WITHOUT 
BORDERS. 
SO, YES. 
THERE IS ATTENTION BEING PAID 
HERE BUT, AGAIN, A LOT OF THE 
FRUSTRATION THAT LICE  LIES 
WITH THE NAVAJO NATION IS IT 
TOOK COVID-19 TO BRING 
ATTENTION HERE AND YES, THEY 
HAVE THE HIGHEST INFECTION 
RATE, AND CAN WE PLAY THE SOUND 
BITE? 
PLAY THAT SOUND BITE IF WE 
COULD. 
>> INSTEAD OF BEING AFRAID, I 
GOT ANGRY. 
I GOT ANGRY AT IT, THIS VIRUS. 
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY 
MORE OF MY PEOPLE. 
I AM GOING OUT TO HELP MY 
PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO 
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND BECOME 
VULNERABLE TO THIS VIRUS. 
>> Reporter: ALISON, THAT WAS 
CHARMAINE. 
CHARMAINE IS ONE OF THOSE LOCAL 
PEOPLE. 
SHE DOES NOT HAVE RUNNING WATER 
HERSELF HER OR HER FAMILY, AND 
THIS IS A TOUGH TIME, AND THEY 
WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THEY 
WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND 
THEIR VOICES WILL BE HEARD. 
ALISON? 
>> THEY SURE ARE AND SURE 
SHOULD. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING 
THAT STORY. 
>>> SOUTH KOREA JUST RECORDED 
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW 
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN 
NEARLY A MONTH BUT IT DOESN'T 
STOP MORE THAN TWO MILLION 
STUDENTS FROM GOING BACK TO 
CLASS. 
KELLY COBIELLA IS IN SEOUL TO 
SHOW US HOW CHURCHES ARE RE-
OPENING IN SOUTH KOREA TOO. 
>> Reporter: AT THIS CHURCH IN 
SEOUL, A STRANGE SIGHT IN THE 
DAYS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, MORE 
THAN 2000 PARISHIONERS UNDER 
THE SAME ROOF, THE BIGGEST 
TURNOUT SINCE THIS CHURCH RE-
OPENED A MONTH AGO. 
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
VIRUS? 
>> WE WORRY ABOUT THE -- THAT 
SOMEONE HAVE THE VIRUS BUT IF 
WE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES 
CLOSELY, I THINK WE WILL BE 
SAFE. 
>> Reporter: LIKE THERMAL 
SCANS, TEMPERATURE CHECKS, 
SCANNING IN WITH THE QR CODE 
WITH A CONTACT LIST IN CASE 
SOMEONE GETS SICK, AND MOST 
IMPORTANT OF ALL, THE PASTOR 
TOLD ME -- 
>> EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK 
INTO THE SERVICE. 
>> Reporter: YOU MUST WEAR A 
MASK? 
>> YES. 
IF YOU DON'T HAVE MASK, YOU 
DON'T GET IN THE SURFACE. 
>> Reporter: BACK IN FEBRUARY, 
SOUTH KOREA HAD THE MOST CASES 
IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE CHINA. 
MANY TIED TO A CONTROVERSIAL 
CHURCH. 
THIS OUTBREAK STARTED IN A 
CLUSTER IN THE SOUTHEAST IN A 
SECT THAT IS VERY SECRETIVE. 
YET THE COUNTRY NEVER WENT 
UNDER A FULL LOCKDOWN. 
SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS STAYED 
OPEN, AND THE COUNTRY'S CASE 
COUNT IS STILL LOW, JUST OVER 
11,000 CONFIRMED CASES AND LESS 
THAN 300 DEATHS BECAUSE THE 
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND THE 
U.S. HAVE SEEN TENS OF 
THOUSANDS, EVEN 100,000 DEATHS. 
DR. LI IS A PUBLIC HEALTH 
PROFESSOR. 
WHAT'S THE DANGER OF HAVING A 
CHURCH SERVICE? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE HAVING 
A LARGE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE 
CONGREGATE IN AN ENCLOSED 
ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, CLAPPING 
AND SINGING AND MAYBE SHOUTING 
IN PRAYER. 
SO ALL THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS 
IS IDEAL FOR TRANSMISSION OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
>> Reporter: AT FIRST, CHURCHES 
RESISTED CALLS TO CLOSE BUT 
RELENTED IN EARLY MARCH, ONLY 
WELCOMING BACK WORSHIPERS AT 
THE END OF APRIL WITH NEW RULES 
IN PLACE, HAND SANITIZER AT THE 
DOOR AND PEOPLE SITTING AT 
LEAST THREE FEET APART AND 
GRADUALLY LETTING PEOPLE IN AT 
ONE TIME. 
WHAT ABOUT SOMEONE TALKING NEXT 
TO YOU? 
WAREHOUSE. 
30 VICTIMS. 
THIS CHURCH NOW 
WANTS TO BE AT 
FULL CAPACITY. 
14,000 
WORSHIPERS BY 
SUNDAY. 
A TRUE TEST OF 
THEIR NEW 
NORMAL. 
,
>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
HAPPY WEDNESDAY 
TO YOU. 
YOU'VE MADE IT 
TO THE MIDDLE OF 
THE WEEK. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S HEAD OVER 
TO ALEXA LEO 
THAT WHO IS 
FOLLOWING THE 
LATEST 
HEADLINES. 
ALEXA ALIOTO. 
>>> LOTS OF NEWS 
IN THIS HOUR AND 
WE'RE STARTING 
WITH THE UPDATES 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
100,000 IN THE 
U.S. HAVE DIED 
AT THE HANDS OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
ACCORDING TO A 
COUNT BY NBC 
NEWS. 
STATES ARE 
STARTING TO 
REOPENING AND 
GRAPPLING WITH 
BALANCING PUBLIC 
HEALTH CONCERNS. 
DR.ANTHONY FAUCI 
IS WARNING 
STATES OF 
LEAPFROGGING 
OVER REOPENING 
GUIDELINES. 
HE ALSO 
DISCUSSED THE 
LIKELIHOOD OF 
THE SECOND WAVE. 
TAKE A LISTEN. 
>> IT IS NOT 
INEVITABLE. 
IF WE DO THE 
KINDS OF THINGS 
WE'RE PUTTING IN 
PLACE NOW, TO 
HAVE THE WORK 
FORCE, THE 
SYSTEMS, AND THE 
WILL TO DO THE 
KINDS OF THINGS, 
IDENTIFICATION, 
ISOLATION, AND 
CONTACT TRACING, 
WE CAN PREVENT 
THE SECOND WAVE 
THAT WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT IF 
WE DO IT 
CORRECTLY. 
>> A NEW POLL 
SUGGESTS ONLY 
HALF OF 
AMERICANS WOULD 
GET A VACCINE IF 
IT WERE 
AVAILABLE. 
THIS COMES AS 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC HAS 
SPARKED A GLOBAL 
RACE FOR 
PREVENTIVE 
TREATMENTS. 
ONE IN FIVE 
WOULD REFUSE. 
AND 31% WERE NOT 
SURE. 
THE MAYOR OF 
MINNEAPOLIS 
CALLED FOR 
CHARGES TO BE 
FILED AGAINST 
THE OFFICER WHO 
PINNED HIS KNEE 
ON GEORGE 
FLOYD'S NECK 
BEFORE HE 
ULTIMATELY DIED. 
>> WHY IS THE 
MAN WHO KILLED 
GEORGE FLOYD NOT 
IN JAIL? 
IF YOU HAD CONE 
IT OR I HAD DONE 
IT WE WOULD BE 
BEHIND BARS 
RIGHT NOW. 
AND I CANNOT 
COME UP WITH A 
GOOD ANSWER TO 
THAT QUESTION. 
>> THE COUNTY'S 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE HAS NOT 
YET RETURNED NBC 
NEWS' REQUEST 
FOR COMMENT. 
>>> AND 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE 
POMPEO, A MOVE 
THAT COULD 
THREATEN TRADE 
RELATIONSHIPS 
WITH THE UNITED 
STATES. 
THIS FOLLOWS 
CHINA'S NEW 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY LAW. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
HE CALLED THE 
DECISION 
DISASTROUS AND 
SAID NO 
REASONABLE 
PERSON CAN 
ASSERT THAT HONG 
KONG MAINTAINS A 
HIGH DEGREE OF 
AUTONOMY FROM 
CHINA GIVEN 
FACTS ON THE 
GROUND. 
ALLISON, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
ALEXA, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
AND YOU CAN 
VISIT OUR LIVE 
BLOG. 
WWW.NBCNEWS.COM/COR 
>>> THE UNITED 
STATES JUST 
PASSED A GRIM 
MILESTONE. 
MORE THAN 
100,000 PEOPLE 
HAVE DIED FROM 
THE CORONAVIRUS, 
ALL GONE WITHIN 
THE LAST THREE 
MONTHS. 
LESTER HOLT HAS 
SOME OF THEIR 
STORIES. 
>>> IT'S LIKE 
WE'RE LIVING THE 
STAGES OF GRIEF 
ALL AT ONCE. 
DENIAL, ANGER, 
BARGAINING, 
DESPAIR, AND 
PERHAPS EVEN 
ACCEPTANCE. 
IS IT POSSIBLE 
WE'VE COME TO 
ACCEPT 100,000 
DEATHS? 
OR ARE WE SIMPLY 
UNABLE TO 
PROCESS IT? 
WHAT AFTER ALL 
IS DEATH ON THAT 
SCALE SUPPOSED 
TO LOOK LIKE? 
THE GRIM 
PROCESSION OF 
COVERED 
STRETCHERS, OR 
THE PRECIOUS 
CARGO OF CASKETS 
STACKED IN 
MORTUARIES. 
>> SITUATIONS 
WHERE MONTHS 
GOES BY AND SICK 
IN THE HOSPITAL 
AND FAMILY DON'T 
EVEN KNOW WHICH 
WAY TO GO WITH 
THINGS. 
DO WE TAKE CARE 
OF. 
>> 100,000 
NAMES. 
SO MANY NAMES, 
ALMOST 
IMPOSSIBLE TO 
READ. 
AND SO MANY 
FACES. 
A TEAR STAINED 
FABRIC OF 
CRUSHING GRIEF 
WOVEN BY 100,000 
STORIES. 
>> ROB WEBER WAS 
A FIREMAN. 
HOUSTON OF 21 
YEARS. 
AND A HANDS ON 
DAD TO HIS 
DAUGHTER ALEXA. 
TAKEN BY COVID 
AT 44. 
>> I LOST THE 
LOVE OF MY LIFE. 
AND I'LL NEVER 
GET OVER IT. 
>> RON GOLDEN, 
THE TRUCK DRIVER 
AND PROUD NATIVE 
AMERICAN MARINE 
VETERAN. 
T.J. 
MENDEZ, FATHER 
OF SIX WHO 
HELPED TEACH 
SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
>> BARELY 
ESCAPED NAZI 
OCCUPIED 
AUSTRIA. 
THE TOLL HAS 
BEEN COMPARED TO 
CASUALTIES OF 
OUR MODERN WARS 
BUT THEY TOOK 
YEARS, THIS TOOK 
WEEKS. 
AND UNLIKE WARS, 
THERE ARE NO 
STIRRING TOUCH 
STONES OF 
GRIEFS. 
NO ARRIVALS OF 
FLAG DRAPED 
COFFINS. 
BUT THERE ARE 
HEROES. 
A SCHOOL NURSE 
FROM GUYANA WHO 
HELPED RAISE HER 
FIVE SIBLINGS 
AFTER THEIR MOM 
DIED. 
>> BEING THE 
GLUE THAT 
CEMENTED US ALL 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHAT HOLE 
DOES HER PASSING 
LEAVE IN OUR 
WORLD? 
>> THE WORLD HAS 
LOST A NURSE WHO 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
IN THE FIGHT HAD 
SHE NOT GOTTEN 
SICK SO EARLY. 
I'VE LOST A 
SISTER. 
MY FAMILY 
MEMBERS HAVE 
LOST A GOD 
MOTHER AND AN 
AUNT AND NIECE 
WHO IS 
IRREPLACEABLE. 
>> SHE WAS 53. 
>> THIS, OF 
COURSE, IS NOT 
OVER. 
BUT WE CHOOSE 
MILESTONES TO 
TAKE STOCK, TO 
REMEMBER, TO 
SHARE OUR 
SORROWS UNTIL WE 
CAN CONFRONT THE 
DEATHS OF OUR 
COLLECTIVE PAIN 
FACE TO FACE. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AT CAPE 
CANAVERAL TODAY 
FOR THE HISTORIC 
SPACEX LAUNCH, 
POSTPONED 
BECAUSE OF THE 
WEATHER. 
SENIOR WHITE 
HOUSE REPORTER 
JOINING ME NOW. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT HAD 
JUST GOTTEN TO 
THE LAUNCH SITE 
WHEN IT WAS 
POSTPONED. 
HAS HE 
COMMENTED? 
>> NO. 
AND WE WERE 
EXPECTING TO 
HEAR REMARKS 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT AT 
6:00. 
AND INSTEAD, 
SHORTLY AFTER 
THE LAUNCH WAS 
SCRAPPED THE 
MOTORCADE HEADED 
BACK TO AIR 
FORCE ONE. 
CUTTING SHORT 
THIS TRIP THAT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT HAD 
REALLY HOPED 
WOULD DISTRACT 
THE NATIONAL 
CONVERSATION 
FROM IN ISSUE, 
THE ISSUE OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND TWO, PROJECT 
AN IMAGE 
DOMESTICALLY AND 
INTERNATIONALLY 
OF AMERICAN 
STRENGTH AND 
INGENUITY AND 
FIT INTO THE 
NARRATIVE THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN TRYING 
TO PUT OUT THERE 
OF THE GREAT 
AMERICAN 
COMEBACK STORY. 
USING IT AS A 
MOMENT TO 
PORTRAY SOME 
OPTIMISM AND 
AMERICAN SPIRIT. 
THAT OBVIOUSLY 
NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN TODAY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
COMES BACK TO 
WASHINGTON EARLY 
AND WE'LL SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS ON 
SATURDAY WHEN 
THIS IS 
RESCHEDULED FOR. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN IN A 
TWITTER WAR WITH 
TWITTER. 
TWITTER PUT FACT 
CHECK LABELS ON 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS ABOUT 
MAIL-IN VOTING 
FRAUD. 
WHAT ELSE IS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAYING ABOUT 
THIS TODAY? 
>> WELL, TODAY 
HE WENT ON 
TWITTER TO 
ACCUSE TWITTER 
AND OTHER SOCIAL 
MEDIA PLATFORMS 
OF SILENCING 
CONSERVATIVES 
AND ACTUALLY 
THREATENING TO 
SHUT DOWN SOCIAL 
MEDIA PLATFORMS 
THAT HE SAYS ARE 
BIASED TO 
CONSERVATIVE 
MESSAGING. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE HAS 
THREATENED TO DO 
IN THE PAST. 
THERE'S BEEN A 
RECURRING THEME 
AMONG THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HIS ALLIES, 
SAYING THEY ARE 
NOT TWEETED 
FAIRLY ON 
TWITTER AND 
FACEBOOK BECAUSE 
OF THE EFFORTS 
BY THOSE 
ORGANIZATIONS, 
THOSE COMPANIES 
TO TRY AND CRACK 
DOWN ON 
MISINFORMATION 
AND TO TRY AND 
KEEP THE FACTS 
IN SOME SORT OF 
ORDER. 
BUT REALLY 
ESCALATING WITH 
TWITTER. 
AND I HAVEN'T 
HEARD ANYTHING 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT SINCE 
THEN. 
AND HOW CAN YOU 
ACTUALLY SHUT 
DOWN A PRIVATE 
BUSINESS BECAUSE 
YOU DON'T LIKE 
THE WAY THEY 
TREAT YOUR 
PEOPLE OR 
CERTAIN COMMENTS 
POSTED ON THERE? 
>> SHANNON, IT'S 
BEEN A JAM 
PACKED DAY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
MET WITH 
GOVERNOR ANDREW 
CUOMO EARLIER. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THAT 
MEETING? 
>> WE DON'T KNOW 
MUCH YET OTHER 
THAN THE PRESS 
SECRETARY TOLD 
REPORTERS THAT 
MR. CUOMO WAS 
COMPLIMENTARY OF 
THE PRESIDENT. 
AND WE KNOW THE 
INTENTIONS AND 
THAT WAS FOR 
GOVERNOR CUOMO 
TO TRY TO GET 
FUNDING FOR THE 
STATE IN AN AID 
PACKAGE. 
A LOT OF 
GOVERNORS HOPE 
CONGRESS IS 
GOING TO PASS. 
IT'S ANOTHER 
PHASE OF 
FUNDING. 
AND REPUBLICANS 
HAVE BEEN 
RESISTANT TO 
PUTTING 
ADDITIONAL MONEY 
IN THERE. 
AND THERE'S BEEN 
TALK OF 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
IN THERE BUT THE 
DEVIL IS IN THE 
DETAILS WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
FUNDING. 
>>> A HOT TOPIC 
THIS WEEK. 
MASKS. 
THERE ARE 
GROWING CALLS 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
WEAR ONE. 
ONE OF HIS 
BIGGEST 
SUPPORTERS, SEAN 
HANNITY TELLING 
HIS VIEWERS TO 
WEAR THEM. 
>> IF YOU CAN'T 
SOCIAL DISTANCE, 
WEAR THE MASKS 
FOR YOUR MOM, 
DAD, 
GRANDMOTHER, 
GRANDPA. 
BE PRACTICAL AND 
PROTECT THE MOST 
VULNERABLE AND 
OPENING UP THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> HAS THE 
PRESIDENT 
RESPONDED TO THE 
PUSHBACK WITHIN 
HIS OWN PARTY? 
>> WELL, HE 
CONTINUES TO 
DOUBLE DOWN ON 
THIS ISSUE OF 
NOT WEARING 
MASKS IN PUBLIC. 
HE WAS NOT SEEN 
WEARING A MASK 
TODAY WHEN 
LEAVING THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
AND WAS NOT SEEN 
WEARING ONE IN 
FLORIDA. 
AND WITHIN THE 
WHITE HOUSE, 
INITIALLY, THERE 
WAS A MEMO SENT 
OUT TO ALL 
AIDES, TELLING 
STAFFERS THEY 
HAD TO WEAR A 
MASK IN THE WEST 
WING. 
INCREASINGLY, WE 
SEE THE TOP 
STAFFERS DON'T 
TRAVEL WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
WERE NOT WEARING 
A MASK EVEN 
THOUGH. 
A LOT OF TIMES 
IT'S SAID THEY 
GET TESTED 
DAILY, THE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
CLOSE CONTACT 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
TESTED AND 
THAT'S WHY THEY 
DON'T NEED TO 
WEAR A MASK. 
BUT THERE HAVE 
BEEN QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE 
ACCURACY OF THE 
TESTING. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
DID SEEM TO BE 
MOVING IN THE 
DIRECTION OF 
MASKS AND DOES 
SEEM TO BE 
SHIFTING AWAY 
FROM THAT. 
AND NO 
INDICATION THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
WAS GOING TO BE 
WEARING A MASK 
IN PUBLIC. 
>> IT REALLY WAS 
A BUSY DAY FOR 
THE PRESIDENT 
TODAY. 
THANKS FOR 
RUNNING US 
THROUGH IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> AMERICA WAS 
READY TO ENTER A 
NEW ERA OF SPACE 
TRAVEL. 
AND MOTHER 
NATURE HAD OTHER 
PLANS. 
TWO NASA 
ASTRONAUTS WERE 
SUPPOSED TO 
LAUNCH BUT 
WEATHER 
CONDITIONS 
FORCED THEM TO 
CALL IT OFF. 
>> TELL US ABOUT 
THE WEATHER AND 
WHAT PUSHED NASA 
TO CALL OFF THE 
LAUNCH? 
>> IT WAS SUCH A 
DISAPPOINTMENT 
FOR THE 
ASTRONAUTS, 
EVERYBODY AT 
SPACEX, THE 
PRESIDENT WHO 
HAD FLOWN DOWN 
AND THE TENS OF 
THOUSANDS WHO 
QUARTERED TO 
WATCH THE 
LIFTOFF. 
BUT IT WAS ALL 
ABOUT WEATHER. 
WHAT WE HAD AT 
THE TIME WAS NOT 
ONLY SOME RAIN 
AND HORRIFIC 
CLOUDS BUT WE 
HAD LIGHTNING. 
AND THAT 
LIGHTNING BECAME 
THE PROBLEM. 
ABOUT 2 MILES 
THAT DIRECTION 
IS WHERE WE HAD 
THE LIGHTNING. 
BOTTOM LINE, 
THIS IS ALL 
ABOUT SAFETY. 
AND THEY HAD TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
IT WOULD BE SAFE 
UNTIL THEY 
SCRUBBED IT. 
AND THEY'LL BE 
BACK TO TRY 
ANOTHER DAY. 
>> THAT'S THE 
BIG QUESTION 
EVERYONE WANTS 
TO KNOW. 
WHEN IS THE NEXT 
ATTEMPT? 
>> IT'S PROBABLY 
GOING TO BE ON 
SATURDAY. 
THAT'S THE 
CURRENT FALLBACK 
PLAN. 
A LOT OF IT HAS 
TO DO WITH 
ROTATION OF THE 
EARTH. 
TODAY'S LAUNCH 
WAS 4:33. 
IMAGINE YOU'RE 
SHOOTING A BOW 
AND ARROW AT A 
TARGET. 
BUT THE GROUND 
IS MOVING. 
DON'T FORGET. 
THE EARTH IS 
ROTATING. 
THEY HAVE TO 
HAVE IT JUST 
RIGHT. 
AND SO AT LEAST 
THIS TIME IT 
WASN'T DOING TO 
HAPPEN.          
>>> THE SECOND 
TO LAST SHUTTLE 
FLIGHT, WE WERE 
HALFWAY TO THE 
LAUNCH PAD AND 
WE HAD TO TURN 
OUR ASTRO VAN 
AROUND BECAUSE 
WE SCRUBBED. 
BOB AND DOUG ARE 
DISAPPOINTED AND 
THE FAMILIES ARE 
DISAPPOINTED, 
BUT EVERYBODY 
KNOWS IT'S FOR 
THE RIGHT THING. 
>> AND THAT'S 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT THING, 
DOING IT FOR THE 
RIGHT REASONS. 
AND POLITICAL 
PRESSURE HAD NO 
ROLE IN THIS 
BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
HERE. 
>> SPEAKING OF 
POLITICAL 
PRESSURE, DO WE 
KNOW IF THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
BE BACK FOR THE 
LAUNCH ON 
SATURDAY THE IF 
THEY ARE ABLE 
TAD IT. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF 
THE PRESIDENT 
WILL BE BACK. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
EXCITEMENT. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
U.S. ASTRONAUTS 
HAVE LAUNCHED 
FROM SOIL IN THE 
UNITED STATES IN 
NIB R NINE 
YEARS. 
WE'VE BEEN 
PAYING THE 
RUSSIANS TO GET 
OUR ASTRONAUTS 
TO SPACE. 
SOME OF THE 
FOLKS ARE FROM I 
SAID. 
YOUR THOUGHTS? 
>> IT'S HARD TO 
BE DISAPPOINTED 
WHEN IT'S TO 
EXCITING. 
WE'LL COME 
SATURDAY AND IF 
NOT SATURDAY, 
SUNDAY. 
>> WE HAD SOME 
IDEA OF WHAT WE 
WERE GETTING 
INTO. 
>> IN THE BIGGER 
PICTURE, YOUR 
SENSE OF PRIDE 
AS AN AMERICAN 
TO SEE THAT 
ASTRONAUTS ARE 
NOW LAUNCHING 
FROM U.S. SOIL 
FROM A PRIVATE 
SPACE VEHICLE, 
SPACEX. 
>> I THINK AS A 
GROUP IN THE 
FUTURE. 
IT WILL ALLOW 
NASA TO FOCUS ON 
BIGGER ITEMS. 
>> I WAS 
SURPRISED THAT 
NO ONE WAS, IT 
FELT LIKE 4th OF 
JULY. 
>> EVERYONE WAS 
SO EXCITED. 
>>> THE REAL 
QUESTION IS AS 
WE LOOK OVER 
THAT DIRECTION 
WHETHER SATURDAY 
WILL BE THE DAY. 
THAT AIL TON IS 
A SPOT 2 MILES 
FROM HERE ON 
THAT HISTORIC 
PAD. 
>> I HOPE 
THEY'LL PULL IT 
OUT SATURDAY IF 
NOT SOME TIME 
VERY SOON. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> SENATE 
MAJORITY LEADER 
MITCH McCONNELL 
SAYS CONGRESS 
WILL PROBABLY 
HAVE TO PASS 
ANOTHER 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF BILL IN 
THE COMING 
WEEKS. 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
APPROVED A $3 
TRILLION PACKAGE 
BUT THE HOUSE 
IS. 
GOP LEADERSHIP 
FILED A FEDERAL 
LAWSUIT TO TRY 
TO STOP THE 
PROXY VOTE CALLS 
IT A POWER 
GRABLY HIGH 
PRESSURE HIGH 
PRESSURE. 
>> THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE, WHAT STOPS 
THEM FROM MAKING 
RULES THAT ONLY 
CERTAIN PEOPLE 
CAN VOTE OR TWO 
>>> 
CORRESPONDENT 
HIGGINS JOINING 
ME NOW FROM 
CAPITOL HILL. 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT THE PROXY 
VOTE, THE FIRST 
TIME THEY'RE 
DOING IT. 
>> THE HOUSE HAS 
DECLARED A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY FOR 
THE NEXT 45 DAYS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
AND DURING THAT 
TIME, MEMBERS 
WHO DON'T WANT 
TO TRAVEL BACK 
TO D.C. MAYBE 
BECAUSE THEY 
THEMSELVES ARE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
GETTING SICK. 
ANOTHER MEMBER 
WHO CASTS NOTES 
OBJECT THEIR 
BEHALF. 
YOU HEAR THE 
COMPLAINTS AND 
THEY ARE MOSTLY 
SLIPPERY SLOPE 
COMPLAINTS. 
IT'S HARD TO SEE 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT HAPPENING. 
BUT THE HOUSE 
HAS 
TRADITIONALLY 
LIKE THE SENATE 
GIVEN ITSELF 
WIDE LEEWAY TO 
MAKING CHANGES 
TO RULES. 
THIS IS ONE OF 
IF NOT THE 
BIGGEST CHANGES 
IN HOW THE HOUSE 
VOTES. 
AND I ASKED 
SPEAKER PELOSI 
THAT THE FACT 
THAT D.C. IS 
ROLLING BACK 
LOCKDOWN ORDERS 
WILL CHANGE HER 
THINKING. 
>> IT IS THERE 
FOR THE 45 DAYS, 
STARTING TODAY. 
IT'S STARTING 
TODAY, 45 DAYS. 
IF WE SEE A NEED 
AT THE END OF 
THE 45 DAYS, 
THEN WE CAN 
EXTENDED THAT. 
>> OUR TIMING 
WAS PREDICATED 
ON THE SERGEANT 
AT ARMS GIVING 
US THE SIGNAL 
THAT WE COULD 
PUT THIS. 
>> THE PROXY 
VOTING HAS BEEN 
USED ON A COUPLE 
OF SMALLER 
VOTES. 
ROUGHLY 70 
MEMBERS HAVE 
DESIGNATED 
SOMEBODY ELSE TO 
CAST THEIR VOTE. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE BILL 
IN QUESTION. 
MCCARTHY IS 
ASKING THE HOUSE 
TO PULL THE 
BILL. 
>> THIS THING IS 
AN ABSOLUTE 
MESS. 
THIS IS THE BILL 
THAT HAS TO BE 
DONE TO RENEW 
FISA COURTS AND 
IT'S BEEN CAUGHT 
UP IN A BACK AND 
FORTH BETWEEN 
THE HOUSE AND 
SENATE. 
THE HOUSE PASSED 
ONE VERSION OF 
THE BILL IN 
MARCH. 
AND THE SENATE 
PASSED THEIR 
BILL EARLIER 
THIS AMENDMENT. 
NOT A LOT GETS 
80 VOTES IN THE? 
T. THERE WAS 
TALK ABOUT 
ANOTHER 
AMENDMENT TO 
PROTECT PEOPLE 
NOT TO HAVE 
THEIR BROWSER 
HISTORY CAUGHT 
UP IN THIS. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT 
TWEETED SAYING 
HE DOESN'T WANT 
TO SEE THE BILL 
MOVE AHEAD. 
HE THINKS 
THERE'S 
CONTINUED ABUSE 
IN THE FISA 
SYSTEM. 
WE'VE HEARD THIS 
SINCE 2017. 
AND HE DOESN'T 
WANT THIS TO 
MOVE FORWARD. 
REPUBLICANS 
STARTED COPYING 
THAT LINE TODAY, 
ARGUING THAT 
THEY WANTED TO 
SEE MORE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
INTO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
COMPLAINTS. 
THE SPEAKER SAYS 
THE VOTE IS 
HAPPENING TODAY. 
BUT AS TODAY 
BLEEDS INTO 
TONIGHT. 
IT'S MUCH LESS 
CLEAR WHETHER OR 
NOT THE BILL 
WILL PASS OR IF 
THEY'LL HAVE TO 
GO BACK TO THE 
DRAWING BOARD. 
THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY VERY 
MUCH WANTS THIS 
TO GET DONE 
SOONER RATHER 
THAN LATER. 
>> A HISTORIC 
AND INTERESTING 
DAY ON CAPITOL 
HILL TO SAY THE 
LEAST. 
THANKS FOR 
EXPLAINING 
WHAT'S GOING ON. 
>> YOU BET. 
>>> THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE DROPPING 
THE 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THREE U.S. 
SENATORS OVER 
INSIDER TRADING. 
THE SENATORS 
FROM BOTH SIDES 
OF THE AISLE 
WERE UNDER 
>> THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS 
CONTINUING WITH 
ONE 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> GOOD TO SEE 
YOU. 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE 
DROPPING THE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
INTO THREE 
SENATORS AROUND 
THEIR SALES OF 
STOCK BECAUSE OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THE THREE 
SENATORS, 
GEORGIA, A 
REPUBLICAN, A 
FEINSTEIN OF 
CALIFORNIA, A 
DEMOCRAT, AND 
SENATOR IMHOF. 
THEY WERE 
CLEARED IN THE 
INVESTIGATION 
ACCORDING TO 
THEIR OFFICES. 
THE FBI HAD 
REACHED OUT TO 
ALL OF THEM TO 
CHECK AND SEE 
FOR 
DOCUMENTATION 
EVIDENCE AS TO 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY PROBABLY 
PROPERLY 
CONDUCTED TRADES 
THAN 
CONVENIENTLY 
RIGHT BEFORE THE 
MARKET TANKED. 
THE REALITY IS 
THAT IN EACH OF 
THOSE CASES, THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE WAS 
NERVE HAS 
INTERESTED IN 
THOSE THREE 
SENATORS UNTIL 
RICHARD BURR. 
HE'S STEPPED 
ASIDE 
TEMPORARILY FROM 
THE COMMITTEE 
POST WHILE THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
AND THIS IS 
WHERE THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS 
FOCUSED HERE. 
WHY IS THAT? 
IF THEY'VE 
CLEARED THE 
OTHER SENATORS. 
>> THE TRADE HE 
MADE WERE 
SIGNIFICANT IN 
TERMS OF HIS OWN 
MET WORTH. 
THAT REPRESENTS 
A SIGNIFICANT 
PORTION OF 
LIDSOVER ALL. 
>> IT WAS 
SERVING AS THE 
SENATE 
INTELLIGENCE 
CHAIRMAN. 
HE WAS PRIVY TO 
A LOT OF 
CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION, 
MORE THAN OTHER 
MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS. 
AND QUESTIONS 
ANT HOW HE MAY 
HAVE USED THE 
KNOWLEDGE. 
THE TIMES WAS 
RELATED TO THE 
TORVELG HE 
CLAIMED HE WAS 
OPERATING OFF 
PUBLIC 
INFORMATION. 
THEY HAD SEASED 
ADVERTISE CELL 
PHONE AS PART OF 
THE CELL PHONE. 
AND THAT HAD 
REACHED OUT TO 
OTHER SENATORS 
AND ASKED FOR 
DOCUMENTATION 
INFORMATION. 
WE KNOW THOSE 
THREE HAVE BEEN 
CLEARED BUT THE 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO SENATOR 
BIRD IS ONGOING. 
>>> THE MANHUNT 
FOR A UCONN 
STUDENT WANTED 
FOR MURDER IS 
NOW IN THE 6th 
DATE. 
PETER 
MANFREDONIA IS 
ACCUSED OF 
KILLING TWO 
PEOPLE IN 
CONNECTICUT. 
HE'S CONSIDERED 
ARMED AND 
DANGEROUS. 
>>> ANOTHER 
TWIST IN THE 
ONGOING MAN 
TENANT. 
THERE WAS A 
CREDIBLE 
SIGHTING OF 
PETER 
MANFREDONIA. 
A FIREMAN SAW 
HIM APPARENTLY 
CROUCHING BEHIND 
A DUMPSTER. 
HE TOOK OFF 
RUNNING. 
HE WAS CARRYING 
A LARGE 
BACKPACK. 
THE LAST PHOTO 
WAS FROM SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON. 
THEY SAY. 
HIS CRIME SPRAY 
HAS NOW BEEN 
GOING ON FOR 
FIVE DAYS. 
IT SECURITIED ON 
FRY. 
HONOR STUDENT DO 
IING ENGINEERING 
AND FINANCE. 
HE KILLED A 36 
EVER 26 YEAR 
OLD. 
HIS FAMILY SAID 
SHE PICKED HIM 
UP. 
HE WENT ON TO 
KILL A FORMER 
FRIEND OF HIS 
FROM HIGH 
SCHOOL. 
AND HE ABDUCTED 
HIS GIRLFRIEND 
AND STOLE HER 
CAR. 
AND HE RARED AIR 
HARMED. 
>> STILL 
MANFREDONIA 
CONTINUES TO 
ELUDE POLICE. 
WE'RE LEARNING 
ABOUT HIS LIFE. 
HE GREW UP IN 
NEWTOWN 
SHOOTING. 
ACCORDING TO A 
CHARITY WENT OFF 
AND VOLUNTEERS 
HIS TIM FOR THAT 
CHARITY. 
HIS FATHER WAS 
CHARGED WITH 2nd 
DEGREE SEXUAL 
ASSAULT. 
WAIL OUT ON 
BAIL. 
BUT THERE'S NO 
TRUTH BETWEEN 
WE. 
HE IS ARMED AND 
DANGEROUS AND 
THEY ARE TELLING 
PEOPLE NOT TO 
CONFRONT HIM BUT 
TO CALL 911. 
ALLISON, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY'RE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
>> LIVE 
WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT 
VENTILATORS. 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
BE CONSCIOUS OF? 
>> WALK ME 
THROUGH THE 
SYMPTOMS? 
>> AT A TIME OF 
CRISIS, TURN TO 
THE MOST TRUSTED 
TV NEWS ANCHOR 
IN AMERICA.      
♪♪
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> EXPECT TO SEE 
MORE CASES 
ACROSS THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 
A.M. 
EASTERN.         
>>> THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAK, WHAT'S 
NEXT. 
WE HAVE ANSWERS 
TO YOUR 
QUESTIONS, 
INSIGHT FROM 
MEDICAL EXPERTS. 
FOR CONTINUING 
UPDATES, TURN TO 
THE PLATFORMS OF 
NBC NEWS. 
>>> UNIVERSITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE 
FIGURING OUT HOW 
THEY MIGHT BRING 
STUDENTS BACK ON 
CAMPUS THIS 
FALL. 
SOME ARE 
SUGGESTING THEY 
COULD HAVE A 
FOOTBALL SEASON. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN DOES 
NOT SHARE THAT 
OPTIMISM. 
HE TOLD THE WALL 
STREET JOURNAL 
HE HAS SOME 
DEGREE OF DOUBT 
AS TO WHETHER 
THERE WILL BE 
COLLEGE 
ATHLETICS. 
>> WE ARE 
COLONEL VERY 
MARINE FANS. 
WOLVERINE FANS. 
OUR STUDENTS, 
STUDENT ATHLETES 
ARE STUDENTS. 
AND OUR GOAL IS 
TO FIND A WAY TO 
BRING STUDENTS 
BACK TO CAMPUS 
SAFELY. 
I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT WE'LL BE 
ABLE TO DO THAT 
AND WE'RE 
WORKING ON THE 
DETAILS AND A 
FINAL DECISION 
IS YET TO BE 
MADE. 
IF YOU CAN'T 
BRING REGULAR 
STUDENTS BACK TO 
CAMPUS, YOU 
CAN'T BRING 
STUDENT ATHLETES 
BACK FOR THEIR 
COMPETITION. 
I'M CAUTIOUSLY 
OPTIMISTIC THAT 
WE'LL BE ABLE TO 
BRING ALL OF THE 
STUDENTS BACK. 
>> IN THE MAJOR 
LEAGUES, TREATS 
HAVE UNIONS. 
COLLEGE 
THROUGHOUTS 
DON'T HAVE THAT. 
DO YOU PLAN ON 
INCLUDING THEM 
IN THE DECISION 
MAKING PROCESS. 
>> ALL OF OUR 
STUDENTS ARE 
IMPORTANT. 
WE'VE REACHED 
OUT TO DIFFERENT 
STUDENT GROUPS 
AND ASKED THEM 
THEIR THOUGHTS. 
OUR ATHLETIC 
DIRECTOR SPEAKS 
TO THE STUDENTS 
ALL THE TIME. 
I DON'T THINK 
ANYBODY WOULD BE 
FORCED TO 
PARTICIPATE IF 
THEY DIDN'T FEEL 
SAFE. 
AND THE BIG TEN 
AT A GROUP HAS 
PUT TOGETHER A 
COMMITTEE OF 
HEALTH 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
AND WORKING ON A 
BLUEPRINT. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT ACADEMICS. 
HOW CAN YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
PLAYING SPORTS 
OR HAVING A 
FOOTBALL GAME AT 
THE BIG HOUSE IF 
YOU'RE NOT 
REALLY TO BRING 
STUDENTS BACK TO 
CAMPUS. 
WHERE ARE YOU IN 
THE DECISION 
MAKING PROCESS 
ABOUT 
POTENTIALLY 
BRINGING STALKS 
BACK. 
>> IT'S REALLY 
INFLUENCED MY 
DECISION MAKING, 
THE REALIZATION 
THAT WE'LL HAVE 
TO LEARN TO LIVE 
WITH COVID-19. 
IT'S GOING TO BE 
WITH US FOR AT 
LEAST THE FULL 
ACADEMIC YEAR. 
AND IT WON'T GO 
AWAY UNTIL WE 
HAVE THE 
VACCINE. 
AND IT'S GOING 
TO TAKE SOME 
TIME TO 
VACCINATE 300 
MILLION PEOPLE 
TIMES TWO 
INJECTIONS. 
SO WE'RE 
PLANNING FOR THE 
FILL YEAR. 
AND THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH TOOL BOX, 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, 
MASKS, THE 
ABILITY TO TEST 
PEOPLE FOR THE 
VIRUS. 
HAVING LARGER 
CLASSES ONLINE. 
LABS BEING DONE 
IN. 
TO KEEP US SAFE 
AS REGULAR 
RESIDENTS OF THE 
STATE OF 
MICHIGAN. 
>> THERE'S A 
FACTOR. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MICHIGAN IS 
AN ENORMOUS 
SCHOOL. 
AND YOU HAVE SO 
MANY STUDENTS 
COMING FROM OUT 
OF STATE. 
AND SOME COMING 
FROM AREAS THAT 
ARE POTENTIAL 
HOT SPOTS. 
I JUST CAN'T 
IMAGINE HOW YOU 
THINK OF THAT 
ENTIRE STUDENT 
BODY. 
HOW YOU ARE 
OCCUR THAT, 
COMING FROM 
PLACES WITH HIGH 
INCIDENCES OF 
COVID-19. 
AND THEY WOULD 
BE BACK WHAT? 
IN A MATTER OF A 
COUPLE OF 
MONTHS? 
>> IF WE'RE ABLE 
TO BRING 
STUDENTS BACK, 
WE WOULD ASK 
THEM TO ISOLATE 
THEMSELVES FOR 
TWO WEEKS BEFORE 
THEY TRAVEL BACK 
TO CAMPUS. 
AND WE WOULD 
TEST THEM FOR 
COVID-19 TO SEE 
WHETHER THEY ARE 
INFECTED OR NOT. 
AND GET THE 
RESULTS BACK AND 
THEN TEST THEM 
AGAIN. 
AND THAT WAY, WE 
COULD TAKE FOLKS 
THAT DO HAVE AN 
INFECTION AND 
SEQUESTER THEM 
SO IT DOESN'T 
SPREAD. 
BUT IF THE 
INCIDENCE IS NOT 
LOW BY THE TIME 
SEPTEMBER ROLLS 
AROUND, WE WON'T 
BE ABLE TO. 
DECREASING 
NUMBER OF CASES, 
DECREASING 
NUMBERS OF 
DEATHS, A GOOD 
POSITIVE RESULT. 
>>> SOME 
STUDENTS ARE 
SUING THEIR 
UNIVERSITIES NOW 
TO TRY TO GET 
SOME OF THEIR 
TUITION BACK 
SAYING THAT 
REMOTE LEARNING 
JUST ISN'T THE 
SAME AS BEING ON 
CAMPUS. 
ARE YOU 
CONSIDERING 
LOWERING TUITION 
IF YOU CAN'T 
BRING STUDENTS 
BACK ON THE 
CAMPUS AND INTO 
THE CLASSROOM 
NEXT YEAR? 
>> THE REGENT 
SETS THE TUITION 
FOR THE 
UNIVERSITY. I 
, WHAT DEFINES 
BEST IS THE 
CONTEST. 
AND EVERY 
STUDENT THAT 
GRADUATES WILL 
HAVE A GREAT 
EDUCATION THAT 
GIVES THEM ALL 
THE ADVANTAGES 
THAT GRADUATING 
FROM COLLEGE 
GIVING TO OUR 
ALUMNI. 
>> THERE HAVE 
BEEN A NUMBER OF 
OP-EDS 
PREDICTING THAT 
THE PANDEMIC 
WILL BE A 
RECKONING FOR 
HIGHER 
EDUCATION. 
HOW DO YOU THINK 
THAT THE 
CORONAVIRUS WILL 
CHANGE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES 
IN AMERICA FOR 
YEARS TO COME? 
>> I THINK WE'RE 
STILL LEARNING 
ABOUT THAT. 
ONE THING YOU'RE 
LEARNING IS THAT 
YOU CAN DO 
ASPECTS OF 
REMOTE LEARNING. 
AND OTHERS WHERE 
YOU SIT AROUND 
DISCUSSING A 
CHALLENGING 
TOPIC. 
I THINK BEING 
FORCED TO GO 
REMOTE. 
A LOT OF THE 
FACULTY OVER THE 
THRESHOLD OF 
MODALITIES OF 
TEACHING. 
AND THAT WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
INFLUENCE AFTER 
THE PANDEMIC IS 
OVER. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING THE TIME 
TO BE WITH US 
WHILE YOU MAKE 
DIFFICULT 
DECISIONS FOR 
THE UNIVERSITY. 
AND FOR OUR 
PRODUCERS IN THE 
BACK WHO ARE 
FROM PENN STATE, 
GO BLUE. 
>> THANKS VERY 
MUCH, BYE, BYE. 
>>> AMAZON'S 
SHAREHOLDER 
MEETING IS 
VIRTUAL FOR THE 
VERY FIRST TIME. 
AND THAT DIDN'T 
STOP 
SHAREHOLDERS 
FROM DEMANDING 
MORE 
TRANSPARENCY 
ABOUT HOW THEY 
ARE PROTECTING 
THEIR WORKERS. 
JOE, HOW DOES 
JEFF BEZOS 
ADDRESS THOSE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
SAFETY. 
>> I WANT TO 
READ YOU THE 
QUOTE. 
HE'S PROUD OF 
THE JOB THAT THE 
TEAM HAS DONE 
AND THEY'VE 
TAKEN IT 
SERIOUSLY SINCE 
THE BEGINNING. 
THEY HAVE 
PREVIOUSLY NOUNS 
THAT THEY'RE 
REINVESTMENTS. 
HE'S STICKING BY 
WHAT HE SAID. 
THEY ARE 
PRIORITIZING.    
>> JOE, SEVERAL 
EMPLOYEES AT 
AMAZON SAY THEY 
WERE FIRED FOR 
SPEAKING OUT 
AGAINST THE 
WORKING 
CONDITIONS 
THERE. 
DID BEZOS 
ADDRESS THAT? 
>> THAT WAS 
BROUGHT UP 
SEVERAL TIMES. 
HE SUPPORTS 
EVERY EMPLOYEE'S 
RIGHT TO 
CRITICIZE 
WORKING 
CONDITIONS AND 
THAT DOESN'T 
MEAN THAT THEY 
ARE ALLOWED TO 
NOT FOLLOW 
INTERNAL 
POLICIES. 
AND CHRIS 
SMALLS, THE 
EMPLOYEE THAT 
WAS LET GO AND 
FIRED AT THE 
STATEN ISLAND 
FACILITY WHERE 
HE. 
HE WAS 
SUPPOSEDLY FIRED 
BECAUSE HE DID 
NOT FOLLOW 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY POLICIES. 
BUT HE FELT THAT 
HE WAS LET GO 
AND FIRED 
BECAUSE HE WAS 
AGITATING ON THE 
OUTSIDE 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE CONTINUES TO 
DO TO THIS DAY. 
>> JOE, WE KNOW 
THESE MEETINGS 
INCLUDE PROPOSAL 
-- FOR THE 
COMPANY. 
ANYTHING EUGENE 
ON THE TABLE 
THIS YEAR, AND 
DID ANY OF THEM 
PASS? 
>> NONE OF THEM 
PASSED IN TERMS 
OF OUTSIDE 
SHAREHOLDER 
PROPOSALS. 
A LOT OF THEM 
WANT TO LEARN 
MORE ABOUT 
WHAT'S GOING ON 
INSIDE THE 
COMPANY. 
AND THEY ARE NOT 
ALONE. 
THEY ARE 
SUPPORTED BY A 
LOT OF 
SHAREHOLDERS OUT 
THERE. 
AND SOME 
JOURNALISTS WANT 
TO SEE MORE 
INCLUDED. 
AMAZON IS A 
COMPANY THAT 
DOES NOT 
DISCLOSE HOW 
MANY CASES OF 
COVID-19 THEY 
HAVE THAT ARE 
POSITIVE OR THE 
FACILITIES THAT 
THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
WE'VE BEEN 
KEEPING OUR OWN 
COUNT. 
A UTILITY FOR SO 
MANY SHOPPERS 
OUT THERE. 
>>> IT SURE HAS. 
UNBELIEVABLE. 
AS NEW YO THANKS 
FOR LETTING US 
KNOW WHAT WENT 
ON THERE.        
>>> OVERWORK 
ANTIBODY TESTS 
CAN BE WRONG UP 
TO 50% OF THE 
TIME ACCORDING 
TO A THE CDC. 
TESTING IS A KEY 
PART OF 
REOPENING THE 
COUNTRY SAFETY. 
BUT  WHAT 
HAPPENS WHEN THE 
TESTS ARE NOT 
ESPECIALLY 
EFFECTIVE. 
WHAT DO YOU MAKE 
OF THE NEW 
GUIDANCE, HOW 
CAN WE GET A 
HANDLE ON THIS 
IF ANTIBODY 
TESTS HAVE NOT 
ACCURATE? 
>> ANTIBODY 
TESTS FIRST OF 
ALL ARE DONE FOR 
A COUPLE OF 
DIFFERENT 
REASONS. 
SO WE HAVE TO 
KNOW WHY WE WANT 
TO DO THEM. 
SOME PEOPLE WANT 
TO KNOW IF 
THEY'RE IMMUNE. 
AND SOME PEOPLE 
WANT TO KNOW IF 
THEY CAN. 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
AUTHORITIES 
MIGHT WANT TO 
KNOW WHAT ARE 
THE PATTERNS OF 
SPREAD. 
THE CDC GUIDANCE 
NOTES THAT THERE 
ARE MANY TESTS 
OUT THERE. 
AND IT'S NOT 
CLEAR WHICH 
TESTS ARE THE 
GOOD ONES. 
AND IF ANYBODY 
WANTS AN 
ANTIBODY TEST 
OR. 
SHED BE DONE IN 
A LABORATORY 
WITH HIGHLY 
VALIDATED TESTS. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF CHARLOTTE ON 
THES THAT HAVE 
POOED CRORE, 
EITHER A A PORE 
OR A FALSE 1/2. 
THE LABORATORIES 
THAT HAVE DONE 
EXTENSIVE 
VALIDATION. 
>>> TODAY THE 
U.S. HIT A 
TRAGIC 
MILESTONE. 
100,000 DEATHS. 
THE INITIAL 
FORECAST WAS A 
RANGE FROM 100 
TO 240,000 
DEATHS. 
NOW THAT WE'VE 
HIT THIS MARK, 
HOW DO WE AVOID 
HITTING THE 
HIGHER END OF 
THE FORECAST. 
>> WELL, IT'S 
TRAGIC. 
AND WE HAVE OVER 
A THOUSAND 
DEATHS A DAY 
STILL. 
THE NUMBER OF 
CASES. 
AS FAR AS I CAN 
TELL, THERE'S NO 
END IN SIGHT. 
IT'S A TERRIBLE 
PROBLEM. 
AND THEN WE HAVE 
FROM THE VERY 
TOP OF OUR 
POLITICAL 
STRUCTURE DENIAL 
THAT THIS IS 
EVEN HAPPENING. 
IT'S BEWILDERING 
TO ME. 
>> YOU KNOW THAT 
RESEARCH IS 
MOVING AT A 
RECORD PACE. 
HERE'S WHAT DR. 
FAUCI SAID ON 
CNN. 
>> I THINK WE 
HAVE A GOOD 
CHANCE IF ALL 
THE THINGS FALL 
IN THE RIGHT 
PLACE. 
THAT WE MIGHT 
HAVE A VACCINE 
THAT WOULD BE 
DEPLOYABLE AN 
NOVEMBER AND 
DECEMBER. 
>> HOW IS THIS 
RESEARCH ABLE TO 
HAPPEN SO 
QUICKLY? 
IT CAN OFTEN 
TAKE DECADES TO 
COME UP WITH A 
VACCINE. 
>> THE GOOD 
THING IS THAT 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
IS A STUPID 
VIRUS THAT HAS 
NOT BEEN ABLE TO 
MUTATE ITSELF TO 
AVOID OUR IMMUNE 
RESPONSES. 
WE MAKE POWERFUL 
IM-- THE SPIKE 
OR THE X PROTEIN 
IS JUST 
DIFFERENT 
PLATFORMS HAVE 
IT PRESENTED TO 
THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM IN THE 
VACCINE IN 
DIFFERENT WAYS. 
SO WE KNOW WHAT 
THE TARGET. 
DELIVER THAT 
VACCINE IN A WAY 
THAT WILL BE 
SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE. 
AND REALLY, THE 
SAFETY ISSUES 
HAVE TO DO WITH 
FIRST OF ALL IS 
THE SHOT ITSELF 
SAFE? 
DOES IT CAUSE 
TERRIBLE SIDE 
EFFECTS OR NOT 
AND SO FAR, THE 
INITIAL SHOTS 
SEEM TO BE OKAY 
IN THE PHASE ONE 
STEREOS THAT 
HAVE BEEN DOPE. 
THE NEXT INSTEAD 
OF IS WHAT 
HAPPENS AFTER 
SOMEBODY GETS 
INFECTED AFTER 
GETTING THE 
VACCINE. 
AND THAT'S WAY 
DOWN THE LINE. 
WILL THERE BE AN 
ININADEQUATE 
RESPONSE. 
OR COULD THE 
RESPONSE BE SO 
MUCH AS TO CAUSE 
HARM AFTER A 
NATURAL 
INFECTION. 
AND THAT'S THE 
SECOND SAFETY 
ISSUE THAT WE 
SIMPLY CANNOT 
TEST YET UNTIL A 
VACCINE IS 
DEPLOYED TO 
LARGE NUMBERS OF 
PEOPLE AND WE 
CAN FIND OUT 
WHAT THE 
RESPONSE IS 
AFTER A NATURAL 
INFECTION. 
AND THAT IS, 
THAT'S A PHASE 
THREE TRIAL. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
FAR INTO THE 
FUTURE. 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
TO HAVE ENOUGH 
PEOPLE EITHER 
GETTING THE 
VACCINE OR A 
PLACEBO TO BE 
ABLE TO SEE IF 
THE PLACEBO 
GROUP IS MORE 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
INFECTION. 
WE DON'T DO 
EXPERIMENTAL 
INFECTIONS OF 
HUMANS WITH 
COVID-19 VIRUS. 
THAT WOULD BE 
UNETHICAL. 
>> I LOVE 
HEARING YOU SAY 
THIS IS A STUPID 
VIRUS. 
YOU'RE THE FIRST 
PERSON TO COME 
ON AIR AND SAY 
THAT. 
I KNOW THAT 
MEANS, AS YOU'VE 
SAID IT MAKES IT 
EASIER TO COME 
UP WITH A 
VACCINE. 
I'D LIKE TO ASK 
YOU ONE MORE 
QUESTION. 
A RECENT POLL 
SAYS EVEN WHEN 
ONE BECOMES 
AVAILABLE. 
HALF OF 
AMERICANS SAY 
THEY'LL GET THE 
VACCINE. 
HOW MUCH OF A 
HURDLE DOES THAT 
CREATE IF THAT'S 
TRUE AS WE TRY 
TO GET BASE THIS 
PARROTS. 
>> I DON'T THINK 
I WOULD RELY ON 
THOSE NUMBERS AT 
THIS POINT. 
WE HAVE TO WAIT 
AND SEE WHEN THE 
VACCINE MAY BE 
AVAILABLE. 
AND TO SEE IF 
IT'S VERY 
EFFECTIVE AND 
VERY SAFE AND IF 
PEOPLE MIGHT 
MAKE A DIFFERENT 
CHOICE AT THAT 
POINT. 
IT'S TOO EARLY 
TO SAY. 
>> ALWAYS GREAT 
TO HAVE YOU ON. 
THANKS FOR 
COMING BACK 
AGAIN. 
AND WE HOPE TO 
SEE YOU SOON. 
>> THANKS VERY 
MUCH, ALLISON, 
LOOKING FORWARD. 
>>> SAFETY 
RESTRICTIONS IN 
HOSPITALS MEAN 
PATIENTS WITH 
CORONAVIRUS HAVE 
BEEN DYING ALONE 
WITHOUT LOVED 
ONES IN THEIR 
FINAL MOMENTS. 
NURSES ARE 
STEPPING IN TO 
FILL SOME OF 
THAT VOID. 
>> INSIDE THE 
INTENSIVE CARE 
UNIT IN SAINT 
PAUL, THERE'S A 
KIND OF CARE 
THAT NEEDS NO 
PRESCRIPTION. 
>> WE'RE GIVING 
THEM HOPE. 
THAT'S ONE THING 
THAT I DO WITH 
ALL MY PATIENTS. 
>> HOPE. 
NURSE TIFFANY 
HAS BEEN 
DISPENSING IT 
FOR 17 YEARS 
NOW. 
AND NEVER HAS IT 
BEEN MORE IN 
DEMAND AS 
PATIENTS BATTLE 
CORONAVIRUS 
WITHOUT LOVED 
ONES IN THE ROOM 
BECAUSE NO 
VISITORS ARE 
ALLOWED. 
>> WE WORK WITH 
ALL THESE 
PATIENTS DAY IN 
AND DAY OUT. 
WE REALLY BECOME 
PART OF THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WITH THE 
FAMILIES NOT 
BEING ABLE TO BE 
THERE. 
IT MAKES YOUR 
JOB EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
>> IT HAS MADE 
ME MAKE A POINT 
TO JUST TAKE 
MORE TIME WITH 
THEM. 
>> THAT MUST 
MEAN A LOT TO 
THEM. 
>> IT MEANS MORE 
TO ME. 
>> IT MEANT A 
LOT TO DON. 
SHE WAS ON A 
VENTILATOR. 
WHEN IT WAS 
CLEAR HE WOULD 
NOT SURVIVE. 
SHE MADE A 
PROMISE. 
>> SHE ASKED ME 
CAN YOU PROMISE 
ME THAT SOMEONE 
WILL BE WITH HIM 
TO HOLD HIS HAND 
AND PRAY WITH 
HIM? 
>> WHEN THE TIME 
FINALLY CAME, 
SHE USED A 
TABLET TO 
CONNECT WITH THE 
FAMILY ONE LAST 
TIME. 
THEN OVER THE 
NEXT TWO HOURS, 
TIFFANY KEPT HER 
PROMISE. 
>> THEY SAID 
THEIR GOODBYES. 
>> IN THAT 
MOMENT, SHE SAID 
PEACE CAME OVER 
DON. 
HE WAS THE FIRST 
PATIENT SHE LOST 
TO COVID-19 AND 
NOT THE LAST. 
>> WE LOST TWO, 
TWO DAYS AGO, 
MINUTES APART. 
THEY BROUGHT THE 
MORGUE CART BY 
AND IT WAS 
REALLY SOMBER. 
>> AS THINGS 
START TO REOPEN, 
WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE TO 
EVERYONE OUT 
THERE? 
>> THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LONG BATTLE. 
AND THIS IS 
REAL. 
THIS IS NOT A 
CONSPIRACY OR A 
HOAX. 
I HAVE A FRONT 
LINE VIEW AND 
IT'S NOT OKAY. 
YOU SIT THERE 
AND HOLD 
SOMEBODY'S HAND 
WHILE THEY DIE 
WITHOUT A FAMILY 
MEMBER. 
WITHOUT 
ANYTHING. 
YOU TRULY KNOW 
IT'S REAL. 
>> THERE'S NO 
DOUBT.           
,
>> BY SHARING 
THE STORY WITH 
HIS FAMILY'S 
PERMISSION, SHE 
HOPES TO REMIND 
ALL OF US 
PATIENTS ARE NOT 
ALONE.       
>> IT GIVES US 
HOPE AND THAT'S 
TRULY WHAT WE 
ALL NEED IS 
HOPE. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
THE STREAMING 
WORLD. 
>> LIVE 
WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> IF IT'S 
ASKING THE TOUGH 
QUESTIONS -- 
>> WOULD YOU 
PREFER A 14 DAY 
NATIONAL 
SHUTDOWN. 
>> RESPIRATORS 
AND VENTILATORS. 
HAS THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
STEPPED UP 
ENOUGH. 
>> IF IT'S 
SUNDAY IT'S MEET 
THE PRESS. 
>> THIS COUNTRY 
WAS FORGED IN 
PART BY SHARED 
SACRIFICE. 
AND ONCE AGAIN 
WE'RE CALLED TO 
STEP UP. 
STAY IDENTIFIED 
AND STAY ENGAGED 
AS WE FOLLOW THE 
JOURNEY 
TOGETHER. 
I'M LESTER HOLT. 
FOR ALL MY 
COLLEAGUES AT 
NBC NEWS, TAKE 
CARE. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> EXPECT TO SEE 
MORE CASES 
ACROSS THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 
A.M. 
EASTERN.         
>>> TURN TO THE 
MOST TRUSTED TV 
NEWS ANCHOR IN 
AMERICA. 
>>> A GRIM NEW 
MILESTONE IN 
BRAZIL. 
IT HAS THE 
SECOND LARGEST 
CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAK IN THE 
WORLD BEHIND THE 
U.S. JOINING ME 
FROM RIO DE 
JANEIRO. 
AND HEALTH 
OFFICIALS OR THE 
GOVERNMENT GIVEN 
ANY INSIGHT AS 
TO WHY THE 
OUTBREAK HAS 
GOTTEN SO BAD 
THERE? 
>> Reporter: LET 
ME BRING YOU UP 
TO INDICATE WITH 
THE NUMBERS. 
ANOTHER THOUSAND 
DEATHS OVER THE 
LAST 24 HOURS. 
BRAZIL NUMBER 
ONE IN THE WORLD 
FOR ALL THE 
WRONG REASONS 
WITH THE MOST 
DAILY DEATHS IN 
THE WORLD BEHIND 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
AND YOU CAN SEE 
IT IN SMALL 
AREAS. 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
NURSES 
ORGANIZATION 
TODAY SAYING 
THAT 157, THAN 
IN ANY OTHER 
COUNTRY. 
AND GUESS WHICH 
COUNTRY IS 
NUMBER 2, IT'S 
146 DEATHS. 
I'M AFRAID ONE 
REASON IS THAT 
OLD EVIL OF 
POVERTY. 
WHETHER IT'S IN 
ALABAMA OR IN 
BRAZIL. 
WE WERE IN THE 
BIGGEST IN 
BRAZIL JUST A 
COUPLE OF DAYS 
AGO. 
AND IT WAS 
ASTONISHING TO 
ME HOW MANY CAME 
UP AND SAID TO 
ME, I KNOW THREE 
PEOPLE. 
I HAVE FIVE 
CLOSE FRIENDS 
WHO HAVE DIED. 
WHERE THERE'S 
POVERTY, PEOPLE 
HAVE TO GO OUT 
TO WORK AND 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IS 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
AND THEY LIVE IN 
CRAMPED 
CONDITIONS. 
SOMETIMES SIX OR 
SEVEN TO A ROOM. 
AND RUNNING 
WATER, NEVER 
MIND SOAP, IS AN 
ABSOLUTE LUXURY. 
AND THERE'S AN 
UNDERFUNDED 
HEALTH SYSTEM. 
IN THE AMAZON 
THERE ARE VERY 
FEW ICU BEDS TO 
COVER A MASSIVE 
POPULATION. 
AND THE THIRD 
THING REALLY IS 
LEADERSHIP. 
AND IN THIS 
COUNTRY, THE 
LEADER, 
PRESIDENT 
BOLSONARO SAID 
LOCKDOWN WAS A 
JOKE. 
I THINK ALL OF 
THOSE THINGS 
PLAY A PART IN 
BRAZIL HAVING 
THE HIGHEST 
DAILY DEATH 
FIGURES IN THE 
WORLD. 
>>> THE U.S. 
ISSUED A TRAVEL 
BAN FOR BRAZIL. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
ENTAIL AND HOW 
DOES IT AFFECT 
FOLKS. 
>> IT WAS 
BROUGHT FORWARD, 
WHAT IT MEANS IS 
THAT IF YOU'RE A 
FOREIGNER TRYING 
TO GO TO BRAZIL, 
FORGET IT. 
IF YOU'VE BEEN 
IN BRAZIL IN THE 
LAST 14 DAYS, 
FORGET IT AS 
WELL. 
AND I THINK THE 
FACT THAT THE 
U.S. BROUGHT IT 
FORWARD BY TODAY 
SHOWS THAT THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
REALLY IS 
LOOKING UP THE 
NUMBERS HERE 
WITH DEEP 
CONCERN AND ONE 
NEW U.S. STUDY 
FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
WASHINGTON HAS 
PREDICTED THAT 
BRAZIL COUCH 
125,000 DEATHS 
BY THE START OF 
AUGUST IF THE 
CURRENT TREND 
CONTINUES. 
SO THAT REALLY 
IS A FRIGHTENING 
FIGURE, ALLISON. 
>> YOU HAVE BEEN 
REPORTING ALL 
OVER THE WORLD. 
HAVE YOU SEEN A 
COMMON THREAD 
BETWEEN THE 
COUNTRIES WITH 
THE WORST 
OUTBREAKS AND 
THE WORST 
TROUBLE HERE? 
>> IT'S A GREAT 
QUESTION. 
LET ME ASK IT A 
DIFFERENT WAY. 
YOU LOOK AT 
BRAZIL AND 
ARGENTINA, 
THERE'S A HUGE 
DIFFERENCE. 
ARGENTINA HAS 
GOTTEN OFF 
RELATIVELY 
LIGHTLY BECAUSE 
THEY LOCKED DOWN 
HARD AND EARLY. 
AND BRAZIL DID 
THE OPPOSITE. 
WHEN HISTORY IS 
WRITTEN, YOU CAN 
LOOK AT THE 
COUNTRIES THAT 
HAVE DONE WELL 
LIKE GREECE, 
LIKE NEW ZEALAND 
WHICH IS LED BY 
AN EMPATHETIC 
LEADER. 
AND THE 
COUNTRIES THAT 
HISTORY WON'T BE 
KIND TO. 
UNITED STATES, 
BRITAIN, BRAZIL, 
ALL LED BY 
LEADERS WHO 
DOWNPLAYED THIS 
FROM THE 
BEGINNING. 
THEY WERE SLOW 
ON TESTING. 
THE RECORD WITH 
PPE FOR THE 
HEALTH WORKERS 
WAS NOT GOOD 
EITHER. 
I THINK THERE 
ARE COMMON 
THREADS AND I 
THINK WHEN 
HISTORY IS 
WRITTEN, I'M 
AFRAID THOSE 
THREE COUNTRIES 
IN PARTICULAR, 
POSSIBLY ITALY, 
FRANCE, SPAIN, 
WILL NOT COME 
OUT WELL. 
>> BILL KNEELY, 
IN BRAZIL, 
THANKS SO MUCH. 
>>> A WOMAN IN 
AUSTRIA WAS SO 
SICK WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS THAT 
HER LUNGS HAD 
TURNED TO 
CONCRETE. 
TOO SICK TO GO 
ON A VENTILATOR. 
AND A LUNG 
TRANSPLANT SAVED 
HER LIFE. 
THE DOCTOR WHO 
OVERSAW THE 
PROCEDURE. 
ABOUT HOW THIS 
COULD SAVE MORE 
LIVES AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
>> GREAT TO BE 
WITH YOU. 
AND IT CERTAINLY 
IS A REMARKABLE 
TRANSPLANT 
STORY. 
ONE THAT WILL BE 
USED AS A CASE 
STUDY. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
THIS CASE OF THE 
45-YEAR-OLD 
WOMAN, A PATIENT 
IN AUSTRIA, YOU 
HAVE TO KNOW, 
SHE HAD NO 
UNDERLYING 
HEALTH 
CONDITIONS 
WHATSOEVER. 
AND YET, 
CORONAVIRUS HAD 
RAVAGED HER 
LUNGS TO SUCH AN 
EXTENT THAT HER 
SURGEON TOLD US 
ESSENTIALLY HER 
LUNGS WERE LIKE 
TWO BAGS OF 
CEMENT. 
IT WAS 
IMPOSSIBLE TO 
GET OXYGEN IN 
THEM AND SHE 
COULDN'T BE 
TREATED ON A 
VENTILATOR. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
X-RAY. 
THAT LARGE WHITE 
AREA IS 
ESSENTIALLY 
SOLID. 
AND CONTRAST 
THAT WITH THE X-
RAY OF HER NEW 
DONOR LUNGS THAT 
WERE FLOWN IN 
FROM THE 
NETHERLANDS, AND 
THERE'S PLENTY 
OF ROOM TO GET 
OXYGEN FLOWING 
AGAIN. 
THIS WAS A 
COMPLEX 
TRANSPLANT 
PROCEDURE. 
THE PATIENT WAS 
FLOWN TO THE 
CAPITAL. 
>>> EVERYONE HAS 
TO OBSERVE       
,
STABLE AND SHE IS IN GOOD 
CONDITION. 
AND SHE IS SLOWLY WAITING IN 
THE HOSPITAL FOR MONTHS TO 
COME. 
WE SPOKE TO THE DOCTOR, AND HE 
SUGGESTED THAT THIS COULD OFFER 
A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR PATIENTS 
IN SERIOUS CONDITION AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
>> TO BE HONEST, I AM SURPRISED 
THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MORE 
FREQUENTLY BEFORE BECAUSE IN MY 
EXPECTATIONS, THERE SHOULD BE 
MORE PATIENTS OUT THERE. 
OF COURSE, IT REMAINS A VERY 
SMALL MINORITY. 
THERE MUST BE QUITE A NUMBER OF 
PATIENTS OUT THERE IN THE SAME 
SITUATION. 
>> Reporter: HE ALSO TOLD ME 
THAT THERE WERE MANY SERVICES 
IN THE UNITED STATES TO CARRY 
OUT THIS KIND OF TRANSPLANT. 
BUT THESE CASES ARE RARE, 
AROUND 1%. 
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE MILLIONS 
OF CORONAVIRUS CASES AROUND THE 
WORLD, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN 
BENEFIT FROM THIS KIND OF 
GROUNDBREAKING TREATMENT. 
>>> HEY, I'M ALISON MORRIS. 
IT'S WEDNESDAY. 
YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO NBC NEWS NOW 
CORRESPONDENT ALEXA LIAUTAUD 
FOLLOWING THE VERY LATEST 
HEADLINES FROM NBCNEWS.COM. 
AND HAPPY WEDNESDAY FOR YOU. 
HOW ABOUT AN UPDATE? 
>> Reporter: HEY, ALISON. 
SO WE'RE STARTING OFF OUR 
HEADLINES TODAY WITH A GRIM 
UPDATE. 
THE DEATH TOLL IN THE UNITED 
STATES FROM CORONAVIRUS HAS NOW 
REACHED THE 100,000 MARK. 
THAT'S ACCORDING TO NBC NEWS. 
THIS MILESTONE COMES AS STATES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STARTING 
TO REOPEN WITH A SURGE OF NEW 
INFECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA, 
ALABAMA AND VIRGINIA. 
>>> DISNEY IS ANNOUNCING THEY 
ARE PLANNING TO REOPEN SOME OF 
THE PARKS STARTING IN JULY. 
THE PHASED REOPENING WILL BEGIN 
IN PARKS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 
AND IN ORANGE COUNTY, THE 
RECOVERY TASK FORCE HAS 
APPROVED THE PLAN. 
THERE WILL BE NEW SECURITY  
MEASURES IN PLACE. 
HERE IS THE CEO ON CNBC. 
>> THE CAPACITY WILL BE THE 
FUNCTION OF THE 6-FOOT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING PLAN FROM THE CDC. 
SO THE WENUMBER OF PEOPLE WE PU 
IN THE PARK WILL BE THE 
FUNCTION OF THAT CALCULATION. 
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR 
CAST MEMBERS HAVE ALL BEEN SENT 
HOME NOT ONLY MASKS BUT 
PERSONAL TEMPERATURE TESTING 
DEVICES SO THEY CAN TAKE THEIR 
OWN TEMPERATURES EVERY MORNING. 
IN ADDITION TO THAT WHEN THEY  
REPORT TO %WORK THEY WILL BE 
TESTED AGAIN AT THE WORKPLACE. 
>> Reporter: DISNEY STBRINGS 
TOGETHER LARGE CROWDS BUT 
PARADES WON'T BE AVAILABLE. 
>>> AN INONGOING REMDESIVIR 
FEDERAL TRIAL IS ENTERING THE 
NEXT PHASE ACCORDING TO NBC'S 
ERIKA EDWARDS. 
IT WILL COMBINE AN EXPERIMENTAL 
DRUG WITH THE REMDESIVIR. 
HALF WILL RECEIVE THE 
ADDITIONAL PILL AND THE OTHER 
HALF WILL RECEIVE A PLACEBO. 
RESEARCHERS ARE HOPING TO 
RECRUIT 600 TO 700 PEOPLE FOR 
THE TRIAL. 
>>> NOW, BOEING WILL LAYOFF 
7,000 EMPLOYEES IF THE PANDEMIC 
CONTINUES TO STIFLE TRAVEL 
WRITING, QUOTE, WE HAVE COME TO 
THE UNFORTUNATE MOMENT OF 
HAVING TO START LAYOFFS. 
THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY WARNED IT 
WILL TAKE YEARS TO RECOVER. 
>>> NEWS FROM SOUTH KOREA, MORE 
THAN 2 MILLION STUDENTS ARE 
BACK IN SCHOOL AS THEY JUGGLE 
EDUCATION AS THE VIRUS 
CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACCORDING 
TO NBC. 
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AND SOME 
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 
WILL RETURN WITH SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND FACE MASKS. 
SOUTH KOREA REPORTED THE 
HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW 
INFECTIONS IN MONTHS. 
450 SCHOOLS HAVE DECIDED NOT TO 
REOPEN JUST YET AS A STUDENT 
AND TEACHER TESTED POSITIVE. 
THOSE ARE YOUR HEADLINES FOR 
THIS HOUR. 
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE LATER, 
ALISON. 
>> ALEXA, SEE YOU THEN. 
YOU CAN VISIT OUR LIVE BLOG, N 
BCNEWS.COM/CORONAVIRUS. 
WE HAVE THE LATEST UPDATE 
THERE'S. 
>>> BAD WEATHER POSTPONED 
TODAY'S HISTORIC LAUNCH FROM 
CAPE CANAVERAL. 
TOM COSTELLO TELLS US WHAT 
HAPPENED AND WHAT'S NEXT. 
>> Reporter: HEY, ALISON. 
GOOD DAY TO YOU. 
IT'S LITERALLY AT 4:15 OR SO 
EASTERN TIME WHEN THEY DECIDED 
TO PULL THE PLUG ON THE SPACEX 
LAUNCH. 
THEY HAD BEEN HOPING ALL DAY 
THAT THE WEATHER WOULD CLEAR 
JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM A 
WINDOW TO LAUNCH THE FIRST 
PRIVATE SPACECRAFT EVER WITH 
TWO NASA ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD 
AND THE FIRST MANNED MISSION 
OFF AMERICAN SOIL IN 9 YEARS 
BUT THE WEATHER WAS DICEY ALL 
DAY. 
WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IT 
SINCE 7:00 A.M., AND THE 
WEATHER ROLLED ACROSS WITH 
HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING AND 
WINDS, AND THEN IT STARTED TO 
CALM DOWN. 
WE HAVE BEEN IN A LULL OF THE 
WEATHER PATTERN SINCE 3:30, 
3:15 OR SO THIS AFTERNOON, AND 
PEOPLE THOUGHT, OH. 
MAYBE WE'LL MAKE IT AND BE ABLE 
TO LAUNCH. 
NO, THE TROUBLE IS LOW CLOUD 
COVER OFF TO THE LEFT. 
THAT'S THE LAUNCH PAD BACK 
THERE, AND THE LIGHTNING 
POPPING UP. 
THEY HAVE VERY STRICT WEATHER 
CRITERIA HERE. 
THEY CAN'T VIOLATE THE WEATHER 
CRITERIA, AND IF ANYTHING POPS 
UP, THEY WILL NOT TAKE A RISK 
WITH TWO PEOPLE'S LIVES ON 
BOARD, AND THTHEY PULLED THE 
PLUG. 
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR LAUNCH ON 
SATURDAY, AND AFTER THAT, ON 
SUNDAY. 
A DISAPPOINTING DAY WITH THE 
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 
HERE AND ELON MUSK, THE FOUNDER 
OF SPACEX AND THE FAMILIES OF 
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE HERE AND THE 
WORLD WATCHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
AND CABLE CHANNELS AND 
TELEVISION ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
BUT THE ERBOTTOM LINE IS THE 
WEATHER PATTERN IS NOT 
COOPERATING, AND SPACEX MISSION 
CONTROL SAID THEY'LL NOT TAKE 
ANY CHANCES AND THEY WILL STICK 
TO THE PLAN AND IT'S ABSOLUTE, 
AND THEY WILL NOT BE VIOLATED 
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO 
RISK LIVES. 
SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT 
NOW. 
THEY ARE TAKING THE FUEL OFF 
THE ROCKET, AND ASTRONAUTS 
HURLEY AND ANBEHNKEN WILL BE 
TAKEN OFF. 
AND THEY WILL REMAIN IN 
ISOLATION SO THEY HAVE NO 
CHANCE OF CONTRACT COVID-19 AND 
THEY WILL GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT 
ON SATURDAY  AND AND THAT'S THE 
LATEST FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER OUTSIDE OF CAPE 
CANAVERAL. 
ALISON, BACK TO YOU. 
>>>  MORE THAN 100,000 
AMERICANS ARE DEAD FROM COVID-
19 IN 12 WEEKS. 
THINK OF THE LIVES, THEIR LOVED 
ONES AND STORIES. 
KEVIN TIBBLES REPORTS. 
>> Reporter: A GRIM MILESTONE, 
100,000, AMERICANS FROM ALL 
WALKS OF LIFE ACROSS 
GENERATIONS. 
"THE NEW YORK TIMES"S FILLED 
THE FRONT PAGE WITH A THOUSAND 
OF THE GRANDFATHERS, 
GRANDMOTHERS, HUSBANDS AND 
WIVES AND SONS AND DAUGHTERS. 
100,000 TAKEN SO FAST BY COVID-
19 THIS COUNTRY IS STILL 
REELING IN SHOCK. 
CODY LISTER OF COLORADO WAS A 
HEALTHY 21-YEAR-OLD KID. 
>> CODY HAD THE MOST -- THE 
BEST SMILE IN A WORLD HE WOULD 
USE THAT. 
>> Reporter: KOREAN WAR VET 
JAMES MANDEVILLE WAS 83-YEAR-
OLD WHEN COVID TOOK HIM. 
D  IARIANA DYSON WAS JUST 15. 
>> THIS HURTS PEOPLE. 
IT JUST HURTS PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter: IN JUST A FEW 
SHORT MONTHS, THE PANDEMIC 
SWEEPING THE WORLD HAS INFECTED 
SOME 2 MILLION HERE AT HOME. 
HOSPITALS TURNED INTO 
BATTLEFIELDS. 
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY 
HEARTBREAKING FROM THE YOUNG TO 
THE OLD. 
THEY ARE ALL VERY SICK. 
>> Reporter: OUR NEW SOLDIERS, 
THE FRONTLINE WORKERS, HAVE 
FALLEN IN SERVICE, TOO. 
A WISCONSIN NURSE CHRIS GUZMAN 
HAD 3 YOUNG CHILDREN. 
A LOUISIANA COP, MARK HALL, 
SENIOR HAD 30 YEARS ON THE 
FORCE AND PHILLIP DOVER, TWO 
DECADES DRIVING A BUS IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
AS WE GINGERLY OPEN UP AND 
PERHAPS WAVE FROM A SAFE 
DISTANCE, WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME 
TO BREATHE. 
>> SOMEONE PASSES AWAY, AND IT 
TOUCHES SO MANY OTHERS LIVES. 
HAVEN'T REPORT 100,000, THE 
OBITUARY NAMES GROW DALEY WITH 
NO END IN SIGHT, PAINFUL TO 
LEARN OF THE HOPES AND DREAMS 
LOST. 
WHEN WE CAN'T SAY GOODBYE IN 
PERSON, IT HURTS. 
>> GIVE THEM A MOMENT OF 
SILENCE AND RESPECT THEM 
BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE LOVED ONES 
OUT THERE. 
>> Reporter: WE AS SURVIVORS 
MUST REMEMBER, NO ONE, NO 
MATTER WHO THEY WERE, SHOULD 
LEAVE THIS WORLD ALONE. 
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS, 
CHICAGO. 
>>> NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW R 
CUOMO MET WITH THE PRESIDENT IN 
WASHINGTON TODAY TO TALK 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUMPSTARTING 
NEW YORK'S ECONOMY. 
>> AND THERE CAN'T BE A TS
NATIONAL RECOVERY IF THE STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT 
FUNDED. 
THAT IS A FACT. 
>> MEANWHILE, TODAY, NEW YORK'S 
LONG ISLAND ENTERS PHASE ONE OF 
THE RE-OPENING MUCH THE ONLY 
PLACE STILL CLOSED IN THE 
STATE, NEW YORK CITY. 
CORRESPONDENT RON ALLEN JOINS 
ME FROM BABYLON AND HOW DID THE 
GOVERNOR'S MEETING WITH THE 
PRESIDENT GO TODAY? 
>> Reporter: I THINK WE WILL 
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY. 
THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY. 
THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN 
CONSISTENTLY SAYING THAT THE 
STATE IS IN A BIG HOLE AS A 
RESULT OF THE EPIDEMIC. 
HE WANTED A COMMITMENT FROM THE 
PRESIDENT AND BILLS IN THE 
SENATE THAT WOULD PROVIDE MONEY 
TO THE STATES. 
AND SO FAR, THERE WAS A 
RELUCTANCE, A STRONG OPPOSITION 
IS PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO 
DESCRIBE IT, TO THAT. 
WE HEARD ABOUT THE RED AND BLUE 
AND PARTISAN BACK AND FORTH, 
AND MITCH McCONNELL IS CALLING 
IT A BLUE STATE BAILOUT. 
CUOMO IS TRYING TO CUT THROUGH 
THAT, BUT IT'S STILL THERE. 
THE PRESIDENT %CAN PERHAPS HELP 
WITH THAT BUT DIDN'T MAKE A 
COMMITMENT TO DOING THAT AS 
WELL. 
THE OTHER BIG THING IS THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS INTERESTED IN 
DOING. 
BUT MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION, 
HE WILL WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. 
AND IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW IT 
WILL HELP A GOVERNOR IN A BLUE 
STATE BECAUSE OF HIM, AND 
NOTHING SEEMS TO GET DONE. 
SO, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS A 
GOOD MEETING, AND THEY AGREED 
TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN WEEK BUT 
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT 
TRUMP HAS TO SAY AND WHAT HE 
SAYS CONSISTENTLY, OF COURSE. 
HE MAY SAY ONE THING AND THEN 
SOMETHING ELSE AND SO ON AND SO 
FORTH. 
ALISON? 
>> ALL RIGHT, RON. 
LONG ISLAND  RE-OPENING TODAY. 
HOW ARE THE BUSINESSES THERE 
PREPPING? 
HOW ARE FOLKS IN BABYLON 
GETTING READY? 
>> Reporter: SO, BABYLON IS A 
BIG, BIG PLACE B 3000000 
PEOPLE, AS BIG AS MANY 20 
STATES. 
SO HERE, LIKE YESTERDAY IN 
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, EVERYONE IS 
BEING VERY CAUTIOUS. 
THE BIG THINGS ARE 
MANUFACTURING, CURBSIDE RETAIL 
AS WELL. 
THE CONCERN THIN PLEATSS LIKE 
HERE IN BABYLON ON MAIN STREET 
IS THE SMALL MOM AND POP SHOPS. 
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PUTTING 
THE HOLE DEEPER, AND RETAILERS 
LIKE TARGET, OTHER  OTHER 
RETAILERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 
OPEN, AND NOW YOU HAVE THE 
SMALL 
MOM AND POPS TRYING 
COMPETE WITH THE GIANTS WHO 
HAVE ALREADY HAD AN ONLINE 
ADVANTAGE, CERTAINLY. 
SO TODAY WE SEE SHOP OWNERS WHO 
ARE IN SOME CASE GETTING BACK 
IN FOR THE FIRST TIME UP MONTHS 
AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 
SOCIALLY DISTANT AND HOW MANY 
GOODS 
THEY WILL SELL. 
THERE ARE SOME THAT WON'T OPEN 
UP AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TOO 
LONG, TWO MONTHS WITHOUT 
BUSINESS. 
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE, A 
MIXTURE OF CAUTIOUSLY GETTING 
INTO THIS AND HOPING THIS WILL 
LAST ONLY TWO WEEKS OR SO AT 
MINIMUM AND MOVE TO PHASE 2, A 
WIDER OPENING UP OF THE 
ECONOMY. 
AND AFTER TWO MONTHS . TO GET T 
GREEN LIGHT TO BEGIN SOMETHING 
TO START, I THINK MOST PEOPLE 
ARE HAPPY BUT LEERY OF A SPIKE 
IN CASES AS WE HAVE SEEN IN 
PLACES THAT REOPENED. 
ALISON 
>> RON, NEW YORK CITY, THE 
EPICENTER, STILL SHUT DOWN. 
WHAT METRICS FOR IT TO RE-OPEN? 
>> Reporter: NEW YORK NEEDS A 
PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITAL BEDS 
AVAILABLE AND MORE CONTRACT 
TRACERS. 
MAYOR DeBLASIO SAID THEY UPPED 
THE NUMBER TO MANY THOUSANDS, 
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING ON 
MORE AND MORE CONTACT TRACERS 
TO HOPEFULLY FIND WHERE PEOPLE 
GOT THE DISEASE AND WHERE THEY 
WERE -- WHO THEY WERE IN 
CONTACT WITH, AND WE ALL KNOW 
THE PROCESS. 
AND WHAT NEW YORK CITY IS 
TRYING TO DO IS FOCUS MORE 
RESOURCES FOR TESTING  1AND 
MAKING QUARANTINE FOR PEOPLE IN 
THE HARDEST-HIT ZIP CODES, THE 
MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEW 
YORK IN QUEENS AND IN THE 
BOROUGHS. 
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND THE 
OUTBREAKS AND CONTAIN THEM BUT 
YOU HAVE LIVED HERE, AND IT'S A 
MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. 
AS MUCH AS PEOPLE WANT TO GET 
OUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL -- A 
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I TALKED TO 
THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE RIDING 
THE SUBWAY, A LIFELINE IN THE 
CITY OR BUSES FOR THAT MATTER 
TO GET ANYWHERE, AND SO MUCH 
TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS 
IN MIDTOWN LETTING EMPLOYEES 
WORK REMOTELY AT HOME BECAUSE 
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 
COMING BACK TO CROWDED OFFICE 
BUILDINGS. 
HOW DO YOU SOCIALLY DISANTD? 
. 
>> THE EXPECTATION IS CITIES 
WILL GET TO THE NEXT PHASE. 
>> Reporter: GETTING FROM PHASE 
1, 2, 3, OR 4, THE END OF IT 
ALL. 
I LIVE THERE. 
HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE PROGRESS. 
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT 
CONTAINED. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
HEY, HEY, RON. 
>> Reporter: WE WOULD LIKE TO 
GET BACK TO NORMAL. 
>> ON THE FLIP SIDE, I'M A 
NATIVE LONG ISLANDER, AND WE 
ARE SUPER PROUD OF BEING ABLE 
TO JUMP ON THE LONG ISLAND 
RAILROAD OR TAKE A BUS TO JONES 
BEACH. 
ANY CONCERN ON LONG ISLAND 
BECAUSE THE CITY IS STILL 
CLOSED THAT FOLKS ARE TRYING TO 
GET OUT OF THE CITY AND COMING 
TO LONG ISLAND, AND THE BEACHES 
WILL BE CROWDED OR POTENTIALLY 
CLOSED? 
>> Reporter: THAT'S A HUGE 
CONCERN. 
THAT WAS A CONCERN OVER THE 
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WHICH IS 
WHY SOME COMMUNITIES IMPOSED 
RESTRICTIONS THAT ONLY 
RESIDENTS COULD USE THE BEACHES 
BECAUSE THEY REDUCED THE 
CAPACITY BY LESS THAN 50% IN 
PLACES, AND THERE WERE ALL 
KINDS OF REPORTS OF BEACHES 
CLOSING EARLY, AND PARKING LOTS 
CLOSING EARLY IN THE DAY, AND 
THE LAST THING PEOPLE ON LONG 
ISLAND WANT IS FOR THE BEACH TO 
BE CLOSED BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM 
NEW YORK CITY CAME OUT. 
THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE MAYOR 
AND OTHERS ARE TRYING TO 
DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM USING 
THE BUSES AND SUBWAYS BECAUSE 
THEY WANT THAT TRANSIT SYSTEM 
RESERVED FOR ESSENTIAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM 
DOING ALL KINDS OF JOBS, 
GROCERY CLERKS AND HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS WHO USE THE BUSES AND 
SUBWAYS, AND THEY DON'T WANT IT 
CROWDED BY PEOPLE GOING TO THE 
BEACH. 
SO IT'S GETTING WARM OUT HERE, 
AND SO, IT'S SOON TO BE A 
PROBLEM. 
NEW YORK CITY BEACHES ARE 
CLOSED. 
WHETHER THEY WILL OPEN SOON, I 
DON'T KNOW. 
THAT'S PROBABLY PHASE 2, MAYBE 
3? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY BUT IT 
DOESN'T FEEL IMMINENT LIKE NEXT 
WEEKEND. 
>> AS YOU SAY, RON, WE'RE 
INCHING CLOSER TO BEACH WEATHER 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
RON ALLEN IN BABYLON, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP FIGHTING 
WITH TWITTER ON TWITTER, OF 
COURSE, TWEETING THAT TWITTER 
IS, QUOTE, COMPLETELY STIFLING 
FREE SPEECH AFTER TWITTER PUT 
THE FACT CHECK LEVEL ON HIS 
TWEETS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
IN THESE TWEETS THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS WOULD 
BE FRAUDULENT. 
THE PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO 
CLOSE DOWN OR STRONGLY REGULATE 
PLATFORMS THAT, QUOTE, SILENCE 
VOICES. 
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT JAKE 
WARD IS JOINING ME FROM SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
JAKE, WHY TAKE ACTION NOW? 
>> Reporter: ALISON, THIS SEEMS 
TO HAVE CROSSED A LINE THAT THE 
PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE 
HAVE TRIED TO BRING UP FOR 
YEARS. 
FREE SPEECH IS GOOD BUT IN THIS 
CASE, THEY SAID THESE TWEETS 
CONTAINED POTENTIALLY 
MISLEADING INFORMATION ON 
VOTING, ON THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 
BASICALLY, ONCE YOU GET INTO 
DISINFRANCHISING THE VOTE, 
SUPRESSING IT, MISINFORMING 
PEOPLE, THAT'S WHERE SOCIAL 
MEDIA CONSIDER THE LINE TO BE, 
AND THE PRESIDENT WALKED OVER 
THAT, ALISON. 
>> JAIRKS IT  WAS TWO HANDS OFF 
ON MISINFORMATION SPREAD BY THE 
PRESIDENT AND OTHER WORLD 
LEADERS. 
WHAT IS THE STANCE? 
>> Reporter: AS LONG AS YOU AND 
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
SOMEONE OUT OF OFFICE BASED ON 
THE INFORMATION ON PLATFORMS 
LIKE TWITTER, THAT'S HOW IT'S 
SUPPOSED TO WORK. 
THIS IS TRICKY STUFF. 
HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DROUGHT 
LINE BETWEEN WHAT THE PRESIDENT 
SAYS IS AN OUT RIGHT LIE AND HE 
LIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE 
MISINFORMATION THAT COULD BE 
HARMFUL TO THE 
DEMOCRACY, WE SAW A SUPER FAN 
ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER 
FOR SENDING OUT EXPLOSIVES TO 
PEOPLE HE CONSIDERED TRUMP'S 
ENEMIES BASED ON THE TWEETING 
TRUMP WAS DOING. 
THIS IS COMPLICATED STUFF. 
AS TWITTER, YOU SUPPOSED TO SAY 
ANYTHING HE SAYS AGAINST 
SOMEONE ELSE TO BE MORE 
AMPLIFIED OR MORE DANGER THAN 
ANYTHING ELSE? 
IT'S A COMPLICATED WORLD. 
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DRAW IS 
THE LINE ABOUT VOTING. 
WITHOUT THAT, THEY SAY THAT THE 
WHOLE SYSTEM FALLS APART AND IT 
CAN CHANGE THE SYSTEM 
FUNDAMENTALLY, ALISON. 
>> JAKE, WE SAID THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO 
REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA 
PLATFORMS. 
DOES HE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO 
DO THAT? 
>> Reporter: WELL, IN A WORD, 
NO. 
THE PRESIDENT CANNOT SIMPLY 
SHUT DOWN A COMPANY HE DOESN'T 
FEEL GOOD ABOUT, AND IT WOULD 
BE IRONIC IN A FIGHT ABOUT FREE 
SPEECH HE WOULD SHUT DOWN THIS 
COMPANY. 
IT IS FREE SPEECH BECAUSE IT 
SOMEHOW INFRINGED ON HIS. 
NONE OF THAT IS REALLY THERE. 
WHAT IS POSSIBLE IS IT COULD 
TAKE HIS VOICE TO THE DIFFERENT 
PLATFORM, THE ULTIMATE 
PUNISHMENT FOR THIS. 
HE  IS DECRYING THE MOVES HERE 
BUT HE NEEDS THE 80 MILLION 
FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER BECAUSE HE 
LOVES THE OPEN-ENDED BROADCAST 
POTENTIAL AND BEING ABLE TO 
SPEAK HIS PLATFORM IN AN 
UNFILTERED WAY. 
SO SHUTTING IT DOWN, NO, HE 
DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER. 
>> JAKE, WHAT'S THE REACTION 
BEEN LIKE IN CONSERVATIVE 
CIRCLES? 
>> Reporter: WELL, I MEAN, THE 
CRAZIEST PART IS TO WATCH THE 
MACHINERY SPIN UP. 
I DON'T KNOW ORCHESTRATED BY 
ANY ONE PERSON BUT IT'S A 
MACHINE OF TROLLS  THAT COMES 
OUT OF THE WOODWORK IN A 
CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE THIS. 
AND IT'S NOT MADE BETTER BY THE 
PRESIDENT'S ALLIES GOING ON 
TELEVISION AND NAMING TWITTER 
EXECUTIVES PERSONALLY, 
ATTACKING THEM PERSONALLY. 
WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT HOW 
THE PLATFORM BEHAVES OR THE 
RULE ITS CREATED, YOU KNOW, 
ENACTING POLICIES FOR THE 
EMPLOYER, THAT IS BEYOND. 
AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING ON 
FOX NEWS AND  TALKING ABOUT ALL 
THIS BEING REGULATED, AND IT'S 
A HUGE INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN 
PUBLIC LIFE, AND THEY CAN HAVE 
A SOMEWHAT DEVASTATING AFFECT  
ON THE TRUTH. 
BUT BOTH SIDES ARE THINKING 
ABOUT THAT, ALISON. 
>> AND TWITTER IS UNDER FIRE 
FOR REFUSING TO TAKE DOWN 
ANOTHER SET OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS ALLEGING THAT JOE 
SCARBOROUGH WAS INVOLVED IN THE 
DEATH OF A STAFFER WHILE HE WAS 
A CONGRESSMAN. 
THAT LATE STAFFER'S HUSBAND 
ASKED TWITTER TO TAKE THE 
TWEETS DOWN, AND TWITTER WOULD 
NOT AND THE PRESIDENT IS STILL 
TWEETING ABOUT IT. 
WHY IS TWITTER USING THOSE 
PARTICULAR TWEETS UP? 
>> Reporter: THIS IS A STRANGE 
LINE DRAWN. 
YOU AND I TALKING LIKE THIS 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO AREE TOGETHER 
THAT'S BEYOND THE PALE. 
JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOW CAN YOU 
TORTURE THIS POOR WOMAN'S 
FAMILY? 
THE WAY SOMEONE WHO WORKS THERE 
IS INSTEAD THINKING, OKAY. 
WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE LINE OF 
FREE SPEECH? 
AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE AND AS LONG AS THERE IS AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO 
COME OUT IN NUMBERS AGAINST 
SOMEONE LIKE THE PRESIDENT WHOS 
SOMETHING OUTRAGE LIKE THIS ON 
A PLATFORM LIKE THIS, PERHAPS 
THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK. 
BUT AS SOON AS THE PRESIDENT 
WALKS OVER THE LINE AND BEGINS 
TO CHANGE THE VOTE AND HOW IT'S 
OFFERED TO YOU AND I, STATES 
FALSEHOODS ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS, OKAY. 
THAT'S BEYOND THE PALE. 
THIS IS THE WEIRD WORLD OF 
SOCIAL MEDIA, ALISON, 
INSINUATING A BASELESS CLAIM 
AGAINST OUR COLLEAGUE AND 
COMMITTING A FALSEHOOD THAT IS 
PRETTY LOW RANKING THE 
FALSEHOODS THAT THE PRESIDENT 
HAS PUT ON TWITTER, BUT THOSE 
HAVE SEPARATED OUT THE STRANGE 
WORLD THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS 
CREATED FOR ALL OF US, ALISON. 
>> IT'S COMPLEX AND AT TIMES 
CONFUSING. 
JAKE WARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR EXPLAINING THAT. 
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO 
THE STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS LAST 
NIGHT. 
THEY WERE PROTESTING AT THE 
INTERSECTION WHERE GEORGE 
FLOYD, AN UNARMED BLACK MAN WAS 
KILLED WHILE BEING DETAINED BY 
POLICE. 
THEY STARTED OFF PEACEFULLY BUT 
ENDED UP WITH CONFRONTATIONS 
WITH OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR 
OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION. 
4 OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE  
INCIDENT BUT FLOYD'S SISTER 
SAID THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. 
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR THE 
OFFICERS TO BE CHARGED WITH 
MURDER BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY 
WHAT THEY DID. 
THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER. 
HE WAS CRYING FOR HELP. 
I DON'T NEED THEM TO BE 
SUSPENDED. 
THEIR LICENSE SHOULD BE TAKEN 
AWAY AND THEIR JOBS TO BE TAKEN 
AWAY, AND THEY SHOULD BE PUT IN 
JAIL FOR MURDER. 
>> NBC NEWS' SHAQ BREWSTER IS 
LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
WE KNOW THE PROTESTS GOT 
INTENSE. 
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT'S IT 
LIKE IN THE CITY TODAY? 
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. 
THEY DID GET A LITTLE INTENSE 
LAST NIGHT. 
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 
THEY STARTED OUT VERY 
PEACEFULLY. 
I SPOKE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN. 
NOT A CONGRESSMAN, THE 
COUNCILWOMAN, THE VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL 
IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
SHE SAID IT WAS AMONG SOME OF 
THE LARGEST PROTESTS THAT SHE 
HAD SEEN IN DEALING WITH POLICE 
AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS. 
THE CITY HAD PROTESTS AND 
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS BEFORE, 
AND THEY STARTED OUT 
PEACEFULLY. 
THOUSANDS OVER AT THE LOCATION 
WHERE MR. FLOYD WAS KILLED AND 
HAD THE OFFICER PUT HIS KNEE TO 
THE NECK OF THEIR FLOYD FOR 
SEVERAL MINUTES AT A TIME. 
THERE WAS A PROTEST AND A 
GATHERING THERE, AND THEY MADE 
THEIR WAY TO THE PRECINCT 
BEHIND ME, AND THEN WHEN THE 
CROWD GOT DOWN HERE, THAT'S 
WHEN IT GOT MUCH MORE TENSE. 
YOU HAD SOME PROTESTERS 
STARTING TO THROW ROCKS, WATER 
BOTTLES AT THAT  -- AT POLICE 
OFFICERS AND SMASHING POLICE 
CARS AND VANDALIZING THE POLICE 
PRECINCT YOU SEE BEHIND ME, AND 
THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICERS 
RESPONDED WITH RUBBER BULLETS. 
THEY RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS, 
AND CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR SAID 
THIS IS A SITUATION WITH 
FAMILIES AND LITTLE KIDS HERE 
AND CRITICIZED THE POLICE FOR 
HAVING THAT REACTION. 
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT BEHIND ME, 
THE BARRICADES WERE ERECTED. 
THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE 
PROPERTY BEHIND ME, AND YOU GET 
THE SENSE THEY ARE ANTICIPATING 
MORE PROTESTS AS PEOPLE 
CONTINUE TO BE UPSET ABOUT WHAT 
THEY SAW AND CONTINUE TO CALL 
FOR ACTION AGAINST THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED. 
ALISON? 
>> SHAQ, WE HAVE SECURITY VIDEO 
FROM A NEARBY BUSINESS SHOWING 
FLOYD BEING DETAINED. 
WHAT DOES IT SHOW WHAT 
HAPPENED? 
>> Reporter: RIGHT. 
THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM 
THE VILLAGE WHERE IT CAME FROM. 
BUT IN THE SURVEILLANCE 
FOOTAGE, AND WE JUST OBTAINED 
IT. 
NBC NEWS OBTAINED IT, AND IT'S 
NEW TO US. 
YOU CAN SEE OFFICERS GETTING 
MR. FLOYD OUT OF THE CAR, AND 
HE IS HANDCUFFED AND SEE HIM 
WALKING HIM TO THE WALL AND SIT 
HIM DOWN AND THEY WERE 
INTERACTING. 
THEY WERE CALLED OUT FOR A 
FORGERY, A FAKE $20 USED OR  
ATTEMPTED TO BE USED AT THE 
CONVENIENCE STORE. 
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE 
INVESTIGATING THAT. 
AND THEN THE NEXT FOOTAGE WE 
SEE IS WHEN THE OFFICER IS 
DETAINING OR RESTRAINING MR. 
FLOYD WITH THE KNEE TO THE 
NECK. 
WHAT WE ON IN THE GAP IS BODY 
CAMERA FOOTAGE. 
OFFICERS ACCORDING TO THE 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, 
THE OFFICERS HAD ON THEIR BODY 
CAMERA, AND THEY WERE 
ACTIVATED. 
THEY ARE GOING TO FILL IN THE 
GAP AND FILL IN WHAT HAPPENED 
BETWEEN THE CALM  INTERACTION 
WITH MR. FLOYD AND THEN HE IS 
DETAINED AND PASSES OUT FROM 
THE PRESSURE TO HIS NECK. 
I WILL SAY THAT SOMETHING THAT 
WE JUST GOT, THE FIRE 
DEPARTMENT RELEASED A REPORT OF 
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT THEY SAW 
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE WHEN EMS 
ARRIVED. 
THEY SAID THAT MR. FLOYD WAS 
UNRESPONSIVE AND PULSELESS. 
THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
SO WHAT THAT SUGGESTS IS THE 
TIME THAT HE GOT IN THE 
AMBULANCE AND TO THE HOSPITAL 
WHERE HE WAS DECLARED DEAD BUT 
HE DIDN'T HAVE A PULSE ON THE 
RIDE. 
BUT THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT THE 
FAMILY WAS POINTING TO SAYING 
THAT THE OFFICER WAS THE ONE 
THAT CAUSED MR. FLOYD TO LOSE 
HIS LIFE. 
THAT'S THE LATEST BUT, YES. 
WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE VIDEO 
AND MORE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. 
THE MAYOR IS CALLING AND 
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO RELEASE THE 
BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE TO THE 
PUBLIC. 
ALISON? 
>> SHAQ BREWSTER WITH THE 
LATEST FROM MINNEAPOLIS, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>> Reporter: YOU GOT IT. 
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> IF THEY DO GO BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS DE FOR YOUR 
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>>> IF IT'S ASKING THE TOUGH 
QUESTIONS, IF IT'S ASKING FOR 
ACCOUNTABILITY, IF IT'S 
NAVIGATING THE NEW NORMAL IN 
AMERICA AND IF IT'S SUNDAY, 
IT'S "MEET THE PRESS." 
>>> THIS COUNTRY WAS FORGED BY 
SHARED SACRIFICE AND ONCE 
AGAIN, WE HOPE YOU'LL STEP UP. 
WE HOPE YOU WILL STAY INFORMED 
AND STAY ENGAGED AS WE GO 
THROUGH THIS JOIN TOGETHER. 
I'M LESTER HOLT. 
FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES AT NBC 
NEWS, TAKE CARE. 
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> THEY EXPECT TO SEE MORE 
CASES SAYS  ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> IT'S NEWS FOR YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD STARTING AT 6:00 A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
LESTER HOLT, COVERING 
CORONAVIRUS WITH FACTS OVER 
FEAR. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT 
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WHAT SHOULD WE BE CONSCIOUS OF? 
WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THE 
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>>> IT'S OPENING DAY FOR MOST 
CASINOS IN OKLAHOMA. 
AND HUNDREDS LINED UP TO TRY 
THEIR LUCK, AND WE ARE JOINING 
MORGAN RADFORD FROM THE WINSTAR 
RESORT. 
VIDEO POKER IS MY FAVORITE. 
YOU CAN PLAY THOSE? 
AND WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR THE 
GAMBLING GUESTS? 
>> Reporter: ALISON, A LOT OF 
RULES FOR OPENING POST-COVID, 
AND MOST TABLE GAMES ARE NO 
LONGER IN OPERATION AS THEY TRY 
AND FIGURE OUT A SAFE WAY TO RE-
OPEN. 
WE KNOW THAT BLACKJACK OFF THE 
TABLE, AND POKER IS OFF THE 
TABLE, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A 
SHOT THROUGH THE VIDEO GAMES 
BUT EXPECT TO
