   SHOWDOWN OVER 
   REOPENING SCHOOLS.
   THE CDC NOW CHANGING 
   ITS 
   GUIDELINES AFTER 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   BLASTS THEM AS TOO 
   TOUGH.
   THE PRESIDENT 
   THREATENING TO 
   CUTOFF FEDERAL FUNDING
   FOR 
   SCHOOLS THAT DON'T 
   REOPEN.
   THE LARGEST SCHOOL 
   SYSTEM IN THE 
   COUNTRY REVEALING ITS 
   PLAN TO 
   REOPEN, BUT ONLY 
   PART-TIME.
   TEXAS LEAVING IT UP TO
   PARENTS.
   MANY WONDERING IS IT 
   SAFE FOR 
   KIDS TO GO BACK. 
   >> Reporter: 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS 
   SURGING IN 
   STATES LIKE ARIZONA, 
   TEXAS AND 
   FLORIDA AND NEW 
   PROBLEMS WITH 
   TESTING.
   MASSIVE LINES AND WAIT
   TIMES FOR 
   RESULTS THAT TAKE 
   DAYS, EVEN 
   WEEKS. 
   >>> THE MAJOR SUPREME 
   COURT 
   RULING ON OBAMACARE.
   HOW IT COULD IMPACT 
   TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
   WOMEN.
   >>> THE KEY WITNESS IN
   THE 
   IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY 
   LEAVING THE 
   ARMY, ACCUSING THE 
   PRESIDENT OF 
   BULLYING HIM OUT. 
   >>> THE NEW BODY CAM 
   TRANSCRIPTS 
   JUST OUT OF THE 
   MOMENTS LEADING 
   UP TO GEORGE FLOYD'S 
   DEATH.
   HE TOLD OFFICERS, I 
   CAN'T 
   BREATHE 20 TIMES.
   >>> THE NEW PROTESTS 
   OVER VIDEO APPEARING 
   TO SHOW WHITE MEN 
   PINNING A BLACK MAN TO
   A TREE AND SHOUTING 
   RACIAL SLURS.
   >>> THE MAJOR U.S. 
   AIRLINE THREATENING 
   MASS 
   LAYOFFS.
   WILL OTHERS FOLLOW?
   >>> AND THE HEART 
   STOPPING 
   VIDEO.
   A THREE-YEAR-OLD 
   THROWN FROM A 
   THIRD-FLOOR INFERNO.
   THE FORMER MARINE 
   SWOOPING IN 
   JUST IN TIME.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH 
   LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   WE BEGIN WITH THE 
   QUESTION ON 
   VIRTUALLY EVERY 
   PARENTS' MIND, 
   WHEN CAN MY CHILD 
   SAFELY RETURN 
   TO SCHOOL?
   IF IT WERE UP TO THE 
   PRESIDENT, 
   THE ANSWER IS THIS 
   FALL, DESPITE 
   THE HEALTH CALAMITY 
   UNFOLDING 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   REJECTING THE 
   CDC'S CAUTIOUS 
   GUIDANCE ON SCHOOL'S 
   REOPENINGS, PRESSURING
   THE
   AGENCY TO COME UP WITH
   SOMETHING 
   LESS RESTRICTIVE.
   TAKING PLACE AS
   THE COUNTRY RECORDING 
   NEARLY 
   50,000 NEW COVID CASES
   JUST 
   TODAY.
   WE HAVE FULL COVERAGE 
   TONIGHT 
   BEGINNING WITH PETER 
   ALEXANDER 
   AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   TONIGHT IS ESCALATING 
   HIS PUSH 
   FOR SCHOOLS TO REOPEN.
   >> LEARNING BY 
   COMPUTER IS NOT 
   AS GOOD AS LEARNING IN
   THE 
   CLASSROOM.
   OUR SCHOOLS, WE WANT 
   THEM OPEN 
   IN THE FALL. 
   >> Reporter: EARLIER 
   COMPLAINING 
   ON TWITTER ABOUT THE 
   CDC'S 
   VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES 
   FOR 
   REOPENING SCHOOLS, 
   BLASTING THEM 
   AS VERY TOUGH AND 
   EXPENSIVE.
   WHILE THEY WANT THEM 
   OPEN,
   THEY ARE ASKING 
   SCHOOLS TO DO 
   VERY IMPRACTICAL 
   THINGS.
   HOURS LATER, THE WHITE
   HOUSE 
   ANNOUNCED THE CDC WILL
   ISSUE NEW 
   RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT 
   WEEK.
   >> WE DON'T WANT THE 
   GUIDANCE FROM CDC TO 
   BE A REASON WHY 
   SCHOOLS DON'T OPEN.
   EVERY AMERICAN KNOWS 
   THAT WE
   CAN SAFELY REOPEN OUR 
   SCHOOLS.
   >> AMONG THE CDC'S 
   CURRENT 
   RECOMMENDED POLICY, 
   KEEP DESKS 
   SIX FEET APART AS 
   FEASIBLE.
   CLOSE CAFETERIAS AND 
   PLAYGROUNDS IF 
   POSSIBLE AND USE CLOTH
   OR FACE COVERINGS.
   WITH CONFLICTING 
   MESSAGES, THE 
   CDC DIRECTOR TODAY 
   TRIED TO 
   PROVIDE CLARIFY FOR 
   SCHOOLS. 
   >> I WANT TO MAKE IT 
   VERY CLEAR 
   THAT WAS NOT THE 
   INTENT OF CDC'S 
   GUIDELINES IS TO BE 
   USED AS A 
   RATIONALE TO KEEP 
   SCHOOLS 
   CLOSED. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT IS 
   ALSO NOW THREATENING 
   TO CUTOFF 
   FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 
   THOSE THAT 
   DON'T OPEN THEIR 
   DOORS.
   ALTHOUGH MOST SCHOOL 
   BUDGETS ARE 
   FUNDED BY STATE OR 
   LOCAL 
   DOLLARS.
   POINTING TO STUDENTS 
   ALREADY BACK IN 
   CLASSROOMS IN EUROPE,
   THE PRESIDENT SAYS ANY
   OPPOSITION IS 
   POLITICALLY 
   MOTIVATED.
   THE DEMS THINK IT 
   WOULD BE BAD 
   FOR THEM POLITICALLY 
   IF SCHOOLS 
   OPEN BEFORE THE 
   NOVEMBER ELECTION.
   TODAY THE CDC DIRECTOR
   SAYING THE CHANCES
   OF CHILDREN GETTING 
   SICK OR 
   SPREADING THE VIRUS 
   ARE REMOTE. 
   >> THIS VIRUS DOES NOT
   CAUSE 
   SIGNIFICANT ILLNESS IN
   CHILDREN.
   WE REALLY DON'T HAVE 
   EVIDENCE THAT
   CHILDREN ARE DRIVING 
   THE 
   TRANSMISSION CYCLE OF 
   THIS. 
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   TEACHERS UNIONS 
   WARN AMONG THEIR 
   MEMBERS THE 
   FEARS ARE REAL. 
   >> NOBODY IS GOING TO 
   GO BACK 
   FULL-TIME IN A 
   SITUATION WHERE 
   YOU CAN'T PROTECT 
   THEIR HEALTH. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE 
   EDUCATION SECRETARY 
   SAYS IT IS 
   NOT A QUESTION OF IF 
   SCHOOLS 
   NEED TO OPEN BUT HOW,
   ARGUING THE RISK OF 
   KEEPING 
   STUDENTS ISOLATED AT 
   HOME IS 
   GREATER THAN SENDING 
   THEM BACK 
   TO SCHOOL. 
   >> PETER ALEXANDER AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE TONIGHT, THANKS.
   AND EVEN AS THE CDC 
   GUIDELINES ARE 
   CHANGING, MANY STATES 
   AND CITIES,
   INCLUDING NEW YORK 
   CITY ARE 
   TRYING TO PREPARE 
   THEIR OWN 
   PLANS TO RETURN TO THE
   CLASSROOM.
   LET'S GET
   MORE ON THAT FROM 
   STEPHANIE 
   GOSK. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS THE
   ANNOUNCEMENT THE 
   LARGEST SCHOOL 
   DISTRICT IN THE 
   COUNTRY HAS BEEN 
   WAITING FOR.
   >> PARENTS WANT THIS 
   FOR THEIR 
   CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR
   FAMILIES, 
   BUT EVERYONE 
   UNDERSTANDS 
   WHATEVER WE DO HAS TO 
   BE FIRST 
   AND FOREMOST SEEN 
   THROUGH THE 
   PRISM OF HEALTH AND 
   SAFETY. 
   >> Reporter: MAYOR 
   BILL de 
   BLASIO ANNOUNCED 
   CHILDREN WILL 
   GO BACK TO SCHOOL TWO 
   TO THREE 
   DAYS A WEEK.
   THE REST OF THE TIME 
   LEARNING FROM HOME.
   THERE WILL BE FEWER 
   KIDS IN 
   CLASSROOMS AND FACE 
   MASKS ARE 
   REQUIRED.
   BUT ALMOST AS SOON AS 
   THE MAYOR 
   SPOKE, GOVERNOR ANDREW
   CUOMO 
   SAID, HANG ON.
   THE FINAL DECISION 
   WON'T BE MADE 
   UNTIL AUGUST. 
   >> WE WANT TO MAKE 
   THAT DECISION 
   WITH THE BEST 
   AVAILABLE DATA. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   SNAPSHOT OF SOME 
   OF THE CONFUSION 
   SURROUNDING THE 
   OPENING OF SCHOOLS, 
   COMPETING PLANS AND 
   CONFLICTING
   MESSAGES WITH PARENTS 
   AND 
   STUDENTS CAUGHT IN THE
   MIDDLE.
   IN TEXAS THE EDUCATION
   AGENCY 
   MANDATED THAT SCHOOLS 
   WILL OPEN 
   FIVE DAYS A WEEK, BUT 
   GAVE 
   PARENTS THE OPTION TO 
   DO VIRTUAL 
   LEARNING AT HOME AS 
   WELL. 
   >> IT TRULY BECOMES 
   MENTAL 
   HEALTH VERSUS PHYSICAL
   HEALTH, 
   AND I DON'T KNOW HOW 
   TO MAKE 
   THAT CALL.
   I TRULY DON'T KNOW. 
   >> Reporter: IN DALLAS
   WHERE 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVE
   BEEN 
   SURGING, THE 
   SUPERINTENDENT 
   ISN'T SURE WHAT THE 
   FIRST DAY OF 
   SCHOOL IS GOING TO 
   LOOK LIKE. 
   >> WE WILL HAVE THE 
   BUILDING 
   OPEN.
   I AM CONCERNED ABOUT 
   HOW MANY 
   STUDENTS WILL COME AND
   ACTUALLY 
   I'M CONCERNED ABOUT 
   HOW MANY 
   EMPLOYEES WILL COME. 
   >> Reporter: HIS 
   CONCERN IS 
   JUSTIFIED.
   A TEACHER'S UNION IN 
   TEXAS 
   ACCUSED THE STATE OF 
   ACTING WITH 
   INTENTIONALLY OR 
   RECKLESSLY WITH
   GROSS NEGLIGENCE. 
   >> IS IT FAIR TO SAY 
   THAT YOU'RE 
   WORKING ON A PLAN WITH
   THE HOPE 
   THAT THESE NUMBERS GET
   BETTER?
   >> WELL, THE HOPE IS 
   NOT A 
   STRATEGY, SO THAT'S 
   VERY 
   CONCERNING.
   THE NUMBERS CONTINUE 
   TO GET 
   WORSE, THEN WE HAVE TO
   MAKE 
   DIFFERENT DECISIONS AT
   THAT 
   POINT. 
   >> Reporter: THAT'S 
   WHAT 
   HAPPENED IN 
   BURLINGTON, IOWA 
   THIS WEEK.
   THE COUNTY CANCELING 
   ITS IN 
   PERSON SUMMER SCHOOL 
   PROGRAM 
   AFTER EIGHT STUDENTS 
   ARRIVED 
   WITH FEVERS.
   A REMINDER THAT GOING 
   BACK TO 
   SCHOOL MAY BE THE 
   GOAL, BUT THE 
   VIRUS MIGHT GET THE 
   FINAL SAY.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> JOINING US NOW IS 
   OUR 
   MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT,
   DR. 
   JOHN TORRES.
   DR. JOHN,
   THE BIG CONCERN FOR 
   PARENTS 
   RIGHT NOW, AS WE SAID 
   AT THE TOP OF THE 
   BROADCAST, IS IT SAFE 
   TO SEND MY
   KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL?
   WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT 
   HOW 
   VULNERABLE THEY ARE TO
   GETTING 
   THE VIRUS?
   >> WELL, LESTER, THERE
   IS STILL 
   A LOT WE DON'T KNOW.
   THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 
   SMALL 
   STUDIES THAT HAVE 
   FOUND THAT CHILDREN 
   ARE
   LESS LIKELY TO GET 
   INFECTED AND 
   LESS LIKELY TO GET 
   SERIOUSLY 
   ILL.
   BUT IN EXTREMELY RARE 
   CASES, 
   KIDS HAVE HAD A 
   SERIOUS INFLAMMATORY 
   VIRUS RESPONSE TO THE
   VIRUS WEEKS AFTER 
   BEING 
   INFECTED.
   MOST HAVE BEEN TREATED
   SUCCESSFULLY. 
   >> THE CDC SAYS 
   CHILDREN ARE NOT 
   SPREADING THE VIRUS.
   WHAT EVIDENCE DO THEY 
   HAVE TO 
   THAT?
   >> WELL, THE CDC 
   DOESN'T HAVE STRONG 
   EVIDENCE THAT KIDS ARE
   SPREADING THE VIRUS, 
   BUT WE REALLY DON'T
   KNOW BECAUSE WE 
   HAVEN'T DONE 
   ENOUGH STUDIES.
   SINCE WE'RE NOT REALLY
   TESTING 
   CHILDREN, THERE IS 
   STILL A LOT 
   MORE TO LEARN. 
   >> YES, FRUSTRATING 
   HOW MUCH WE 
   STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT
   THIS 
   VIRUS.
   DR. JOHN, THANKS. 
   >>> AS THE SCHOOL 
   DEBATE RAGES 
   ON, THE U.S. HAS 
   OFFICIALLY SOARED 
   PASSED
   THREE MILLION CASES.
   IT'S PUSHING HOSPITALS
   IN PLACES 
   TO THE BRINK.
   SOME ARE WAITING WEEKS
   FOR THEIR 
   HOSPITALS.
   HERE'S JOE FRYER.
   >> Reporter: IN LESS 
   THAN A 
   MONTH, THE U.S. 
   HAS SEEN MORE THAN A 
   MILLION CONFIRMED 
   CASES OF COVID-19, 
   PUTTING A STRAIN ON 
   HOSPITALS.
   >> WE'RE FULL.
   IF YOU COME THROUGH 
   THE ER RIGHT 
   NOW, IT IS NOT LIKE 
   YOU'RE 
   GETTING WHISKED UP TO 
   ONE OF 
   SEVERAL BEDS. 
   >> Reporter: 
   50-YEAR-OLD STEVE 
   SKINNER WHO HAD NO 
   PRE-EXISTING 
   CONDITIONS
   NEARLY DIED IN A TEXAS
   HOSPITAL. 
   >> AT ONE POINT THEY 
   LOST ME.
   THEY HAD TO USE 
   PADDLES ON ME TO 
   GET MY HEART STARTED 
   AGAIN. 
   >> Reporter: 
   NATIONWIDE THE TESTING
   SYSTEM IS 
   ALSO OVERWHELMED. 
   >> I GOT TOLD I WOULD 
   GET MY 
   RESULTS BACK IN 7 TO 
   14 DAYS. 
   >> Reporter: LINES ARE
   LONG, 
   PATIENCE IS SHORT.
   A SITE IN
   NEW ORLEANS RAN OUT OF
   TEST KITS 
   IN JUST MINUTES. 
   >> I UNDERSTAND TESTS 
   RAN OUT, BUT AT THIS 
   TIME WE SHOULD HAVE 
   ENOUGH.
   >> Reporter: THE U.S. 
   IS NOW AVERAGING UP TO
   700,000 
   TESTS A DAY. 
   >> THE STATES REALLY 
   CRUSHED 
   THEIR GOAL IN JUNE.
   >> Reporter: BUT MANY 
   EXPERTS SAY IT IS 
   STILL
   NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. 
   >> WE SHOULD BE DOING 
   MILLIONS 
   OF TESTS A DAY, 
   PROBABLY THREE 
   TO FOUR MILLION TESTS 
   A DAY IF 
   WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR
   HANDS 
   AROUND THIS DISEASE. 
   >> THE CHALLENGE IS 
   NOT JUST 
   GETTING A TEST BUT 
   GETTING 
   RESULTS.
   WITH SOME SAYING IT'S 
   TAKING A WEEK OR 
   LONGER.
   ONE COMPANY, QUEST 
   DIAGNOSTIC, 
   SAYS THE AVERAGE 
   TURN-AROUND 
   TIME FOR RESULTS IS 
   NOW 4 TO 6 DAYS, 
   DOUBLE
   LAST MONTH.
   LABS ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY ARE 
   EXPERIENCING BACKLOGS,
   SOMETHING 
   ROBERT LEARNED 
   FIRSTHAND. 
   >> THAT'S WHERE I 
   SLEPT FOR TWO 
   WEEKS. 
   ON THAT PULL-OUT 
   COUCH.
   >> Reporter: HE 
   ISOLATED FROM 
   HIS FAMILY AFTER 
   FALLING ILL 
   LAST MONTH BUT SAID 
   HIS TEST 
   RESULT WHICH WAS 
   ULTIMATELY 
   NEGATIVE TOOK 27 DAYS.
   >> MOSTLY I WAS JUST 
   ANGRY, YOU 
   KNOW, AT THE SYSTEM 
   THAT IT 
   DIDN'T WORK, THAT I 
   WAITED 27 
   DAYS. 
   >> ASKING PEOPLE TO 
   WAIT FOR 
   DAYS OR WEEKS IN MY 
   MIND IS 
   JUST UNCONSCIONABLE 
   AND
   INCREDIBLY HARMFUL FOR
   BOTH 
   TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE 
   AND 
   CONTROLLING THE 
   OUTBREAK. 
   >> Reporter: EXPERTS 
   SAY FOR 
   THOSE WHO GET TESTED, 
   QUICK 
   RESULTS ARE ESSENTIAL 
   FOR 
   CONTACT TRACES. 
   >> IF YOU ARE GOING TO
   DO 
   CONTACT TRACING AND 
   THE TEST 
   COMES BACK IN 5 TO 7 
   DAYS, YOU 
   MIGHT AS WELL NOT DO 
   CONTACT 
   TRACING BECAUSE IT IS 
   ALREADY 
   TOO LATE. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   GOVERNMENT 
   HAS
   INVESTED BILLIONS IN 
   CONTACT 
   TRACING.
   IT'S A JOB THAT'S HARD
   EVEN WITH QUICK 
   RESULTS.
   IN NEW YORK CITY LAST 
   MONTH, 
   THERE WERE ABOUT 
   12,000 POSITIVE 
   CASES.
   CONTACT TRACERS WERE 
   ABLE TO GET 
   IN TOUCH WITH MORE 
   THAN 10,000 OF THEM.
   BUT ONLY 6,700 
   COMPLETED AN 
   INTERVIEW WITH A 
   TRACER AND 
   FEWER THAN HALF 
   PROVIDED 
   INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE
   THEY 
   COULD HAVE INFECTED.
   GROWING OBSTACLES IN A
   RACE TO 
   SLOW THE SPREAD.
   JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> AT THE SUPREME 
   COURT TODAY, 
   A VICTORY FOR THE 
   TRUMP 
   ADMINISTRATION 
   INVOLVING 
   OBAMACARE AND BIRTH 
   CONTROL.
   PETE WILLIAMS JOINS US
   NOW WITH 
   MORE ON THAT.
   HI, PETE. 
   >> Reporter: THE COURT
   TODAY 
   UPHELD NEW TRUMP 
   ADMINISTRATION 
   RULES THAT VASTLY 
   EXPAND 
   AUTHORITY FOR 
   EMPLOYERS TO OPT 
   OUT FOR PROVIDING 
   INSURANCE FOR 
   CONTRACEPTIVES.
   THE VOTE WAS 7-2 WITH 
   GINSBURG 
   AND SOTOMAYOR 
   DESCENDING.
   THE OBAMACARE LAW 
   GIVES THE GOVERNMENT 
   WIDE LATITUDE TO 
   DECIDE WHAT COUNTS AS 
   EXEMPTIVE CARE AND TO 
   CREATE ITS OWN RULES.
   IN THE LAST, 
   RELIGIOUSLY 
   AFFILIATED EMPLOYERS 
   WERE 
   EXEMPT.
   BUT NOW EVEN FOR 
   PROFIT 
   COMPANIES CAN OPT OUT 
   IF THEY 
   HAVE A RELIGIOUS OR 
   MORAL 
   OBJECTION TO PROVIDING
   THAT 
   COVERAGE.
   WE'LL GET THE FINAL 
   COURT DECISIONS 
   TOMORROW, AND
   THAT WILL INCLUDE THE 
   RULINGS ON 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LONG
   RUNNING 
   BATTLE TO SHIELD HIS 
   TAXES AND 
   FINANCIAL RECORDS FROM
   CONGRESS 
   AND A NEW YORK 
   PROSECUTOR.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   PETE WILLIAMS IN 
   WASHINGTON 
   TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> A KEY IMPEACHMENT 
   WITNESS IS 
   RETIRING FROM THE ARMY
   AFTER HIS 
   PROMOTION WAS HELD UP.
   LIEUTENANT KERNEL 
   ALEXANDER VINDMAN 
   TESTIFIED IN OCTOBER 
   THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
   CALL WITH UKRAINE'S 
   LEADER LAST 
   JULY WAS IMPROPER.
   HE WAS OUSTED FROM THE
   NATIONAL 
   SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER
   THE 
   PRESIDENT'S ACQUITTAL.
   VINDMAN'S ATTORNEY 
   SAYS HE'S THE 
   VICTIM OF A CAMPAIGN 
   OF 
   BULLYING, INTIMIDATION
   AND 
   RETALIATION LED BY THE
   PRESIDENT.
   >>> WE'RE BACK IN 60 
   SECONDS 
   WITH THE TENS OF 
   THOUSANDS OF 
   AIRLIN
   >>> BACK NOW
   >>> BACK NOW WITH 
   ANOTHER SIDE 
   OF THE DEVASTATING 
   IMPACT FROM 
   COVID-19 ON OUR 
   ECONOMY.
   ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S 
   MAJOR 
   AIRLINES TELLING TENS 
   OF 
   THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES
   THEY MAY 
   BE OUT OF A JOB IN THE
   COMING 
   MONTHS.
   HERE'S JO LING KENT. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   UNITED 
   AIRLINES WORKERS ARE 
   BRACING FOR 
   THE WORST.
   THE SECOND-LARGEST 
   U.S. CARRIER 
   WARNING EMPLOYEES OF 
   36,000 
   POSSIBLE INVOLUNTARILY
   FURLOUGHS STARTING 
   OCTOBER 1st, CALLING 
   IT, QUOTE, A
   MEASURE WE HAVE ALWAYS
   DREADED 
   AND A MEASURE THAT WAS
   ALWAYS THE LAST RESORT
   IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS
   COVID-19 
   PANDEMIC.
   NEARLY HALF OF 
   UNITED'S WORKERS 
   COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS.
   EVERY PART OF THE 
   AIRLINE WOULD 
   BE HIT HARD.
   15,000 FLIGHT 
   ATTENDANTS, MORE 
   THAN 11,00 CUSTOMER 
   SERVICE, 
   AND GATE AGENTS.
   5,500 MECHANICS AND 
   MORE THAN 2,000 PILOTS
   ALONG WITH RESERVATION
   AGENTS.
   THIS COMES AFTER 
   UNITED AIRLINES 
   RECEIVED $5 BILLION IN
   FEDERAL 
   BAILOUT MONEY EARLIER 
   THIS YEAR 
   IN EXCHANGE FOR NO 
   MAJOR JOB 
   CUTS THROUGH THE END 
   OF SEPTEMBER.
   >> UNLESS WE SEE A 
   HUGE RETURN 
   IN TRAFFIC IN OCTOBER,
   WHICH IS 
   UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN, 
   AIRLINES 
   WILL BE LOSING TENS OF
   MILLIONS 
   OF DOLLARS EVERY DAY.
   SO THEY'RE GOING TO 
   NEED TO BECOME 
   DRAMATICALLY SMALLER.
   THEY NEED TO CUT THEIR
   COSTS, AND THAT'S
   WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
   IN THE 
   FALL. 
   >> Reporter: THE MAIN 
   FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S 
   UNION SAYS THEY EXPECT
   MORE
   BAD NEWS ON THE 
   HORIZON AS CASES 
   OF COVID-19 ONCE AGAIN
   SURGE 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
   DEMAND 
   FOR TRAVEL REMAINS A 
   HISTORIC 
   LOW.
   >> THIS CRISIS IS 
   BIGGER THAN 
   9/11 AND THE GREAT 
   RECESSION 
   COMBINED.
   IT'S BIGGER THAN 
   ANYTHING WE 
   HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE 
   BY FIVE 
   TIMES.
   AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS
   DEVASTATION FOR 
   HUNDREDS OF 
   THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES.
   >> Reporter: UNITED 
   SAYS ITS 
   36,000 FURLOUGHED IS 
   THEIR WORST 
   CASE SCENARIO AS OTHER
   TRANSPORTATION 
   INDUSTRY PLAYERS 
   ARE HIT HARD.
   TODAY THEY RECEIVED 
   ZERO ORDERS 
   FOR NEW PLANES IN 
   JUNE, MEANING 
   MORE JOBS COULD BE ON 
   THE LINE.
   LESTER?
   ALL RIGHT.
   JO LING KENT, THANK 
   YOU TONIGHT.
   >>> JUST IN THIS 
   EVENING NEW 
   TRANSCRIPTS FROM 
   MINNEAPOLIS.
   POLICE BODY CAMS OF 
   THE FINAL 
   MOMENTS OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S LIFE.
   THEY REVEALED FLOYD 
   TOLD THE 
   OFFICERS RESTRAINING 
   HIM HE 
   COULDN'T BREATHE FOR 
   MORE THAN 
   20 TIMES.
   AT ONE POINT FLOYD 
   CRIES OUT FOR 
   HIS LATE MOTHER 
   SAYING, QUOTE, I 
   LOVE YOU.
   TELL MY KIDS I LOVE 
   THEM.
   I'M DEAD.
   THE TRANSCRIPTS WERE 
   FILED BY 
   ATTORNEYS FOR ONE OF 
   THE FOUR
   FORMER OFFICERS 
   CHARGED IN THAT 
   CASE. 
   >>> GROWING OUTRAGE IN
   INDIANA 
   IS SPARKING PROTESTS 
   AND DEMANDS 
   FOR JUSTICE AFTER THE 
   RELEASE OF 
   A DISTURBING VIDEO 
   CAPTURING 
   WHAT SOME SAY WAS A 
   RACIST 
   ATTACK.
   HERE'S STEVE 
   PATTERSON.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   GROWING 
   OUTRAGE IN INDIANA 
   AFTER AN 
   ALLEGED ATTACK CAUGHT 
   ON CAMERA. 
   >> LET HIM GO. 
   DUDE, LET HIM GO.
   >> Reporter: VIDEO 
   CAPTURED BY A 
   BYSTANDER AND POSTED 
   ONLINE 
   BY FOX BOOKER
   APPEARS TO SHOW HIM 
   PINNED ON A 
   TREE ON ALL FOURS IN 
   WHAT HE 
   DESCRIBED AS AN 
   ATTEMPTED 
   LYNCHES. 
   >> IT WAS THE MOST 
   DISTURBING INCIDENT IN
   MY LIFE.
   >> Reporter: THE VIDEO
   DOES NOT 
   CAPTURE WHAT LED UP TO
   THE 
   INCIDENT AND NBC NEWS 
   HAS NOT 
   BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY 
   THE OTHER 
   PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO.
   BOOKER SAYS HE WAS 
   WALKING WITH 
   FRIENDS AT A STATE 
   PARK ON THE 
   4th OF JULY WHEN THE 
   MEN 
   CONFRONTED HIM SAYING 
   HE WAS 
   TRESPASSING. 
   >> THERE IS A MOMENT 
   WHERE A 
   WOMAN YELLED FOR HIM 
   NOT TO KILL 
   ME.
   AND I REALIZED THAT 
   SHE'S 
   TALKING ABOUT KILLING 
   ME. 
   >> Reporter: BOOKER 
   SAYS HE WAS 
   BEATEN AND VERBALLY 
   ASSAULTED 
   WITH RACIST SPEECH. 
   >> YOU NAPPY-HEADED --
   >> Reporter: AND THAT 
   ONE OF THE 
   MEN YELLED, GET A 
   NOOSE.
   THOUGH, THAT ALLEGED 
   COMMENT WAS NOT CAUGHT
   ON VIDEO.
   BOOKER IS A MEMBER OF 
   THE COUNTY 
   HUMAN RIGHTS 
   COMMISSION. 
   >> I HAVE KNOWN MR. 
   BOOKER FOR SEVERAL 
   YEARS.
   TO SEE WHAT COULD BE 
   SEEN ON 
   THAT VIDEO WAS 
   NAUSEATING AND 
   AGGRAVATING AND HEART 
   WRENCHING. 
   >> Reporter: THIS WEEK
   PROTESTS 
   ERUPTED. 
   >> WE GATHERED TO 
   DEMAND THE 
   PROSECUTION.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   GOVERNOR NOW 
   WEIGHING IN. 
   >> THE BRIEF VIDEO 
   CLIP THAT I 
   VIEW WITH MY OWN TWO 
   EYES WAS 
   BEYOND DISTURBING. 
   >> Reporter: 
   AUTHORITIES SAY THEY 
   RESPONDED 
   TO THE SCENE FOR A 
   REPORT OF A 
   BATTERY.
   NO ARREST WERE MADE, 
   BUT AN 
   INVESTIGATION IS 
   ONGOING.
   TONIGHT THE MONROE 
   COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S 
   OFFICE
   TELLS NBC NEWS ONCE 
   THE 
   INVESTIGATION IS 
   COMPLETE, IT 
   WILL REVIEW THE CASE 
   AND 
   DETERMINE WHAT CHARGES
   ARE 
   APPROPRIATE. 
   >> IF I'M GOING TO BE 
   IN THIS 
   MOMENT, I'M GOING TO 
   MAKE SURE 
   THAT WE BRING ABOUT 
   CHANGE AND 
   THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS 
   TO GO 
   THROUGH IT. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
   CALL FOR 
   JUSTICE AS 
   INVESTIGATORS WORK TO 
   SHED LIGHT ON A 
   TROUBLING SCENE.
   STEVE PATTERSON, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> UP NEXT, IS THERE 
   BIAS IN 
   THE COURTROOM BEFORE 
   
   >>> WE TURN NOW TO OUR
   SERIES 
   INEQUALITY IN AMERICA.
   A NEW STUDY FINDS 
   ISSUES OF 
   SYSTEMIC BIAS DURING 
   JURY 
   SELECTION IN 
   CALIFORNIA IN THE 
   VERY SYSTEM THAT 
   PROMISES TO BE 
   FAIR AND BALANCED.
   HERE'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE DEMAND 
   FOR CHANGE IS 
   STRETCHING BEYOND 
   LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 
   INTO THE 
   COURTROOM WHERE 
   NATIONWIDE BLACK 
   PEOPLE ARE CONVICTED 
   AT HIGHER 
   RATES. 
   >> THEY'RE PROSECUTED 
   MORE.
   THEY'RE ARRESTED MORE.
   THEY'RE PUNISHED MORE.
   AND VERY FEW PEOPLE 
   WHO LOOK 
   LIKE THEM ACTUALLY SIT
   IN 
   JUDGMENT OF THEM. 
   >> Reporter: BRENDAN 
   WOODS, THE CHIEF 
   PUBLIC DEFENDER, SAYS
   IT ALL BEGINS WITH 
   BIAS DURING 
   JURY SELECTION. 
   >> I HAVE AN 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   WOMAN IN OUR OFFICE 
   HERE WHO HAS 
   TRIED OVER 20 CASES 
   AND SHE CAN 
   COUNT THE NUMBER OF 
   BLACK JURORS 
   SHE'S HAD ON HER JURY 
   IN ONE 
   HAND. 
   >> Reporter: 
   DISCRIMINATION IS 
   ILLEGAL, BUT 
   PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES 
   ALLOW THE 
   PROSECUTION AND 
   DEFENSE TO DISMISS 
   POTENTIAL JURORS 
   WITHOUT ANY CAUSE, 
   WHILE EITHER SIDE HAS 
   THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO
   STRIKES THAT APPEAR 
   RACIALLY MOTIVATED.
   WOODS SAYS PROSECUTORS
   OFTEN 
   DEFEND THEIR STRIKES 
   USING 
   REASONS THAT ONLY 
   APPEAR RACE 
   NEUTRAL. 
   >> I HAD A JUROR, AN 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   WOMAN, WHO WAS 
   ACTUALLY EXCLUDED 
   BECAUSE HE WAS
   WEARING A PUFFY COAT. 
   >> Reporter: FINDS 
   PROSECUTORS 
   STRIKING BLACK JURORS 
   IN 72% OF 
   THOSE CASES, WHILE 
   STRIKING 
   WHITE JURORS IN LESS 
   THAN 1%.
   SOME OF THE REASONS 
   BECAUSE THEY 
   HAD DREADLOCKS, FOR 
   SLOUCHING, 
   WORE A SHORT SKIRT AND
   BLINGED-OUT SANDALS OR
   HAD 
   NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES 
   WITH LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT. 
   >> IF YOU SAY THAT YOU
   CAN'T BE 
   FAIR BECAUSE YOU 
   DISTRUST THE 
   POLICE, YOU ARE THEN 
   GOING TO 
   EXCLUDE 98.9% OF ALL 
   BLACK 
   PEOPLE FROM JURY 
   SERVICE.
   BLACK PEOPLE, 
   RIGHTFULLY SO, 
   HAVE A DISTRUST FOR 
   LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   ASSOCIATION OF 
   DEPUTY DAs IN L.A. 
   CALLS THE 
   STUDY FLAWED WRITING 
   IN PART THE 
   CASES EXAMINED 
   CONSTITUTE LESS 
   THAN 1% OF JURY TRIALS
   CONDUCTED 
   IN THE STATE.
   TO DRAW A CONCLUSION 
   THAT RACIAL 
   DISCRIMINATION IS 
   PERVASIVE 
   STRETCHES THE 
   DEFINITION OF 
   PERVASIVE. 
   >> I'VE LITERALLY HAD 
   JURY 
   TRIALS WHERE ONE OF 
   THE JURORS 
   CAME IN AND HAD 
   TATTOOS ACROSS 
   THEIR FOREHEAD THAT 
   SAID, YOU 
   KNOW, F THE POLICE.
   THAT'S NOT A JUROR 
   THAT YOU'RE 
   GOING TO FEEL VERY 
   COMFORTABLE 
   IS GOING TO LISTEN 
   OBJECTIVELY 
   TO THE TESTIMONY OF A 
   POLICE 
   OFFICER. 
   >> Reporter: UC 
   BERKELEY LAW 
   PROFESSOR ELIZABETH 
   SEMMEL, WHO LED THIS 
   STUDY, ALSO HELPED 
   CRAFT STATE 
   LEGISLATION
   OPPOSED BY MANY 
   PROSECUTORS AND 
   SOME JUDGES THAT WOULD
   MAKE SOME 
   OF THE REASONS 
   INVALID. 
   >> THE STATUS QUO 
   PERPETUATES 
   DISCRIMINATION, AND IT
   IS PAST 
   TIME TO TAKE A BOLD 
   AND DECISIVE 
   STEP TOWARD ENDING IT.
   >> Reporter: GROWING 
   CALLS TO REBALANCE THE
   SCALES OF JUSTICE FOR 
   ALL.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
 
   >>> FINALLY, MORE 
   PROOF TONIGHT 
   THAT EVERY DAY HEROES 
   WALK AMONG 
   US.
   HERE'S GADI SCHWARTZ 
   WITH A 
   STORY OF TWO MEN IN 
   THE RIGHT 
   PLACE WITH THE EXACT 
   RIGHT 
   SKILLS.
   >> Reporter: UNDER A 
   BURNING 
   APARTMENT IN ARIZONA, 
   A SPRINT 
   IN A HEART STOPPING 
   CATCH. 
   >> I JUST HAD TUNNEL 
   VISION ON 
   THE BOY AND JUST MADE 
   IT. 
   >> Reporter: THE MAN 
   SEEN 
   CLUTCHING THE 
   THREE-YEAR-OLD IS 
   PHILLIP BLANKS, A 
   FORMER HIGH 
   SCHOOL WIDE RECEIVER 
   AND RETIRED 
   MARINE. 
   >> WE LIVE CLOSE TO 
   THE 
   MOUNTAINS.
   IT WAS A MIRACLE. 
   >> Reporter: HE WASN'T
   THE ONLY 
   HERO THAT DAY.
   ANOTHER MAN HEARD THE 
   SCREAMS OF 
   HIS SISTER AND THOUGHT
   OF HIS 
   OWN TWO KIDS. 
   >> I STARTED TO KICK 
   THE DOOR 
   IN.
   I KICKED IT IN.
   AND ONCE I GOT THE 
   DOOR OPEN, I 
   JUST SEEN A LOT OF 
   LIKE SMOKE 
   AND HEAT. 
   >> Reporter: AND YOU 
   STILL WENT 
   INSIDE?
   >> I JUST RAN IN THERE
   AND I 
   GRABBED HER BY THE 
   ARMS AND THEN 
   I PICKED HER UP AND 
   SHE SAID, 
   GET ME, GET ME.
   I WAS LIKE, I GOT YOU.
   >> Reporter: 
   TRAGICALLY, THE 
   CHILDREN'S 
   MOTHER DIED IN THE 
   FIRE TRYING 
   TO GET HER KIDS TO 
   SAFETY. 
   >> MY GOAL IS TO BE 
   INVOLVED IN 
   BOTH OF THEIR LIVES AS
   MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
   WHEN THEY SAID THEY 
   FEEL LOVED 
   AND THEY KNOW THEIR 
   MOTHER WAS A 
   HERO. 
   >> Reporter: TWO 
   STRANGERS 
   HOPING TO BE THERE FOR
   THE KIDS 
   IN THE FUTURE AS THEY 
   WERE THIS 
   FATEFUL DAY.
   GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >> NO TIME TO THINK, 
   JUST ACT.
   WOW. 
   >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS" FOR 
   THIS WEDNESDAY.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
   TONIGHT.
   FOR ALL OF US ON NBC 
   NEWS, TAKE 
   CARE OF YOURSELF AND 
