   >>> TONIGHT, HISTORY 
   IN THE 
   MAKING AT THE 
   DEMOCRATIC 
   NATIONAL CONVENTION.
   CAR
   KAMALA HARRIS TO 
   BECOME THE 
   FIRST WOMAN TO COLOR 
   TO ACCEPT THE 
   DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S 
   VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
   NOMINATION.
   HOW SHE WILL MAKE THE 
   CASE FOR 
   HERSELF AND JOE BIDEN.
   PLUS, BARACK OBAMA.
   AND HILLARY CLINTON 
   BACK TO TAKE 
   NEW AIM AT HER OLD 
   FOE, 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
   >>> STATE OF 
   EMERGENCY, OVER 30 
   WILD FIRES RAGING IN 
   CALIFORNIA.
   TENS OF THOUSANDS 
   EVACUATED.
   DOZENS OF HOMES 
   DESTROYED.
   EXTREME HEAT. 
   SUPER CHARGING THE 
   FLAMES.
   >>> THE CORONAVIRUS AT
   COLLEGES.
   ALARMING IMAGES.
   STUDENTS EVICTED AFTER
   THIS PANDEMIC PARTY.
   >>> TRIPLE TROPICAL 
   THREAT, THE 
   HURRICANE AND TWO 
   DEVELOPING SYSTEMS ON 
   THE MOVE TONIGHT.
   >>> NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE
   IMAGES.
   MAIL SORTING MACHINES 
   REMOVED 
   FROM POSTAL FACILITIES
   AND AS 
   THE PRESIDENT ATTACKS 
   MAIL-IN 
   VOTING, THE NEW VIDEO 
   FROM HIS 
   CAMPAIGN FILLING OUT 
   HIS OWN 
   MAIL-IN BALLOT. 
   >>> MASSIVE PROTESTS 
   AGAINST THE 
   MAN KNOWN AS EUROPE'S 
   LAST 
   DICTATOR. 
   OUR RICHARD ENGEL IS 
   THERE.
   >>> DRAMA IN THE 
   COURTROOM.
   THE CONFESSED GOLDEN 
   STATE KILLER COMING
   FACE TO FACE WITH 
   SURVIVORS. 
   >>> AND THE INSPIRING 
   WAY A TOWN 
   IS KEEPING BUSINESSES 
   AFLOAT BY 
   FEEDING FAMILIES.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS," 
   THE DEMOCRATIC 
   NATIONAL 
   CONVENTION.
   HERE IS LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING ON A 
   VERY BUSY 
   NEWS DAY.
   WE START WITH THE 
   DEMOCRATIC 
   NATIONAL CONVENTION, A
   NIGHT 
   AFTER A HOMESPUN COAST
   TO COAST 
   ROLL CALL DELIVERED 
   THE PRESIDENTIAL 
   NOMINATION TO JOE 
   BIDEN.
   HIS RUNNING MATE, 
   SENATOR KAMALA 
   HARRIS WILL TAKE HER 
   PLACE THIS 
   EVENING.
   THE FIRST WOMAN OF 
   COLOR TO BE 
   NOMINATED ON A 
   PRESIDENTIAL 
   TICKET.
   ALSO ON THE VIRTUAL 
   STAGE, A MAN WHO 
   CARVED HIS OWN
   PLACE IN HISTORY, 
   FORMER 
   PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
   READY TO 
   DELIVER SOME CHOICE 
   WORDS FOR 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP.
   PETER ALEXANDER SETS 
   THE SCENE 
   FOR US. 
   >> Reporter: TAKING 
   CENTER STAGE 
   FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN 
   DELAWARE 
   TONIGHT, KAMALA 
   HARRIS, THE 
   FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND 
   INDIAN 
   AMERICAN EVER ON A 
   MAJOR PARTY 
   TICKET.
   THE DAUGHTER OF 
   IMMIGRANTS TO BE 
   INTRODUCED BY THIS NEW
   VIDEO.
   >> WHEN WE SAY FOR THE
   PEOPLE.
   SHE'S FOR US.
   SHE'S FOR US.
   >> Reporter: HARRIS 
   TONIGHT 
   EXPECTED TO TAKE ON 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP DIRECTLY AND TO 
   PRAISE JOE 
   BIDEN.
   RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 
   PRESIDENT 
   WHO TURNS OUR 
   TRAGEDIES INTO 
   POLITICAL WEAPONS.
   JOE WILL BE A 
   PRESIDENT WHO 
   TURNS OUR CHALLENGES 
   INTO 
   PURPOSE.
   AND FORMER PRESIDENT 
   OBAMA, 
   ACCORDING TO PREPARED 
   REMARKS, 
   WILL DELIVER HIS MOST 
   FORCEFUL 
   INDICTMENT OF DONALD 
   TRUMP YET.
   SAYING HE'S SHOWN NO 
   INTEREST IN PUTTING IN
   THE WORK, NO INTEREST 
   AS TREATING THE 
   PRESIDENCY AS ONE MORE
   REALLY SHOW THAT HE 
   CAN USE TO GET THE 
   ATTENTION HE CRAVES.
   OBAMA WILL ALSO TAUT 
   HIS FORMER 
   VP.
   HE MADE ME A BETTER 
   PRESIDENT.
   HE HAS THE CHARACTER 
   AND THE 
   EXPERIENCE TO MAKE US 
   A BETTER 
   COUNTRY.
   HILLARY CLINTON WILL 
   WARN 
   AGAINST A REPEAT OF 
   HER 2016 
   DEFEATS.
   FOR FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE
   HAVE SAID 
   TO ME I DIDN'T REALIZE
   HOW 
   DANGEROUS HE WAS.
   I WISH I COULD GO BACK
   AND DO IT 
   OVER.
   THIS CAN'T BE ANOTHER 
   WOULD 
   HAVE, COULD HAVE, 
   SHOULD HAVE 
   ELECTION.
   IT COMES ADDS BIDEEN 
   WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED 
   HIS PARTY'S NOMINEE.
   >> THANK YOU VERY, 
   VERY MUCH 
   FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY 
   HEART. 
   >> Reporter: THAT 
   MOMENT 
   PUNCTUATING A 
   MEMORABLE ROLL 
   CALL, CELEBRATING ALL 
   57 STATES 
   AND TERRITORIES AND 
   MAKING RHODE 
   ISLAND'S FAVORITE 
   APPETIZER GO 
   VIRAL. 
   >> CALAMARI IS 
   AVAILABLE IN ALL 
   50 STATES. 
   >> Reporter: 
   THE CONVENTION'S 
   SECOND NIGHT
   CELEBRATING RISING 
   STARS. 
   >> IN A DEMOCRACY, WE 
   DO NOT 
   ELECT SAVIORS.
   WE CAST OUR BALLOTS 
   FOR THOSE 
   WHO SEE OUR STRUGGLES 
   AND PLEDGE 
   TO SERVE. 
   >> Reporter: AND ITS 
   POLITICAL 
   OLD GUARD TAKING AIM 
   AT 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP.
   >> WHEN THIS PRESIDENT
   GOES OVERSEAS, IT 
   ISN'T A GOOD WILL 
   MISSION.
   IT IS A BLOOPER REEL.
   >> Reporter: FORMER 
   PRESIDENT 
   BILL CLINTON ARGUING 
   ENTERTAINMENT SHOULD 
   SNOT TRUMP 
   LEADERSHIP.
   >> IF YOU WANT A 
   PRESIDENT WHO 
   SPENDS HOURS A DAY 
   WATCHING TV 
   AND ZAPPING PEOPLE ON 
   SOCIAL 
   MEDIA, HE'S YOUR MAN. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   CASTING BIDEN 
   AS A MAN OF CHARACTER 
   AND 
   DECENCY, JILL BIDEN.
   FROM THE EMPTY SCHOOL 
   WHERE SHE ONCE TAUGHT,
   ACKNOWLEDGING HER 
   FAMILY'S 
   TRAGEDY AND EMBRACING 
   HER 
   HUSBAND AS THE RIGHT 
   PERSON TO 
   HELP AMERICA OUT OF 
   ITS CURRENT 
   CRISIS. 
   >> I KNOW THAT IF WE 
   ENTRUST 
   THIS NATION TO JOE, HE
   WILL DO 
   FOR YOUR FAMILY WHAT 
   HE DID FOR 
   OURS, BRING US 
   TOGETHER AND MAKE 
   US WHOLE.
   >> PETER JOINS ME NOW.
   PETER, I UNDERSTAND 
   THERE IS NEW 
   INFORMATION ABOUT 
   PRESIDENT 
   OBAMA'S SPEECH FOR 
   THIS EVENING. 
   >> Reporter: YEAH, 
   LESTER, 
   THAT'S RIGHT.
   PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL 
   DELIVER 
   TONIGHT'S SPEECH FROM 
   THE MUSEUM 
   OF THE AMERICAN 
   REVOLUTION IN 
   PHILADELPHIA.
   IN MANY WAYS, THE 
   BIRTHPLACE OF 
   THE COUNTRY.
   THAT LOCATION CHOSEN, 
   I'M TOLD, 
   BY THOSE CLOSE TO THE 
   FORMER 
   PRESIDENT TO 
   UNDERSCORE THAT IT 
   IS OUR VERY DEMOCRACY 
   AT STAKE 
   IN THIS ELECTION.
   LESTER?
   >> THANKS. 
   >>> AND KAMALA HARRIS 
   WILL MAKE 
   HISTORY THIS EVENING 
   WHEN SHE 
   RE-INTRODUCES HERSELF,
   IF YOU 
   WILL, TO THE 
   DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
   KRISTEN WELKER TAKES A
   CLOSER 
   LOOK AT THE PROSECUTOR
   TURNED 
   POLITICIAN. 
   >> Reporter: AS KAMALA
   HARRIS 
   PREPARES TO TAKE ON 
   DONALD 
   TRUMP, HER RECORD AS A
   PROSECUTOR WILL GUIDE 
   HER.
   >> SHE WANTS TO KNOW 
   AND DEMANDS 
   TO KNOW WHAT POLICY 
   CHOICES ARE 
   GOING TO BE IN THE 
   BEST INTEREST 
   OF THE REAL PERSON WHO
   IS 
   EXPERIENCING LIFE 
   RIGHT NOW. 
   >> Reporter: HAVING 
   SERVED AS 
   SAN FRANCISCO'S 
   DISTRICT 
   ATTORNEY AND THE FIRST
   BLACK 
   FEMALE ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL OF 
   CALIFORNIA -- 
   >> MY WHOLE LIFE, I 
   HAVE ONLY 
   HAD ONE CLIENT, THE 
   PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: HARRIS IS
   NO 
   STRANGER TO CLASHING 
   WITH 
   CRITICS ON ALL SIDES.
   IN 2004, AS A DA SOME 
   POLICE 
   UNIONS DISAPPROVED OF 
   HER 
   DECISION NOT TO PURSUE
   THE DEATH 
   PENALTY AGAINST A MAN 
   WHO SHOT 
   AND KILLED A POLICE 
   OFFICER.
   AND AS ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL SHE 
   FACED CRITICISM FROM 
   SOME 
   PROGRESSIVES WHO 
   ARGUED SHE DID 
   NOT DO ENOUGH TO 
   ADDRESS TWO 
   HIGH-PROFILE POLICE 
   SHOOTINGS OF 
   BLACK MEN. 
   >> SHE DID NOT TURN 
   OUT TO BE, 
   FROM HER PERSPECTIVE, 
   THE 
   PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR
   THAT SHE 
   PROMISED TO BE WHEN 
   MANY OF US 
   SUPPORTED HER.
   >> Reporter: SHE 
   WORKED WITH 
   HARRIS IN SAN 
   FRANCISCO. 
   >> WHEN I DECIDED TO 
   GO WORK FOR 
   KAMALA, I KNEW THAT 
   SHE, LIKE 
   ME, ENVISIONED A DAY 
   WHERE 
   FAIRNESS IS TRULY FAIR
   AND THIS 
   THING CALLED JUSTICE 
   IS TRULY 
   JUST IN THAT JUSTICE 
   CAN, IN FACT, BE 
   BLIND.
   >> Reporter: HARRIS 
   WAS PRAISED FOR 
   CREATING A DATA BANK 
   OF CRIME STATISTICS 
   OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
   SHE ALSO
   REQUIRED SOME POLICE 
   OFFICERS TO 
   WEAR BODY CAMERAS.
   AND MORE RECENTLY, 
   HARRIS WAS 
   APPLAUDED BY MANY 
   DEMOCRATS FOR 
   HER TOUGH QUESTIONING 
   OF TOP 
   TRUMP OFFICIALS. 
   >> I WOULDN'T -- I 
   WOULDN'T -- 
   >> YES OR NO?
   >> Reporter: FORMER 
   PENNSYLVANIA 
   GOVERNOR SAYS HARRIS' 
   ABILITY TO 
   BUILD A STRONG CASE 
   WILL MAKE 
   HER A KEY ASSET. 
   >> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT 
   TO SEE 
   FROM HER ON THE 
   CAMPAIGN TRAIL?
   >> KAMALA HARRIS WILL 
   PROSECUTE THE CASE 
   AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
   SHE'S GOING TO MAKE 
   THE CASE
   THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS 
   FAILED AND 
   DOESN'T DESERVE 
   ANOTHER TERM. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN 
   SENATOR HARRIS 
   WALKS ON STAGE TONIGHT
   AS THE 
   VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
   NOMINEE, SHE 
   WILL ONLY BE THE THIRD
   WOMAN IN 
   THIS COUNTRY'S 
   DISTRICT TO BE DO 
   SO.
   SHE WILL BE INTRODUCED
   BY HER 
   SISTER, HER NIECE AND 
   HER 
   STEPDAUGHTER.
   HARRIS HAS ALWAYS SAID
   MOMALA IS HER MOST 
   IMPORTANT TITLE.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   KRISTIN, THANKS VERY 
   MUCH.
   CHUCK, WHAT ARE YOU 
   LOOKING FOR 
   THIS EVENING?
   >> WELL, LOOK, THE TWO
   MAIN 
   SPEECHES ARE KAMALA 
   HARRIS AND 
   BARACK OBAMA.
   AND KA THE KAMALA 
   MARIS SPEECH IS 
   EXTRAORDINARILY 
   IMPORTANT FOR HER TO 
   SUCCEED AT SHE WANTS 
   TO SUCCEED AT IN THAT 
   SHE TELLS
   A STORY ABOUT HER LIFE
   THAT A 
   LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL 
   THAT FEELS 
   FAMILIAR TO THEM.
   NOT JUST 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   VOTERS, BUT 
   IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER 
   HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS, 
   CARIBBEAN 
   IMMIGRANTS.
   BUT BARACK OBAMA'S 
   SPEECH 
   TONIGHT, I THINK THIS 
   IS AS 
   IMPORTANT TO JOE BIDEN
   AS BILL 
   CLINTON'S SPEECH IN 
   2012 WAS TO 
   BARACK OBAMA'S 
   RE-ELECTION WAS 
   HERE.
   HERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT 
   OF IT, 
   LESTER.
   DONALD TRUMP WILL 
   OBSESS OVER IT, SO
   IT WILL MAKE OBAMA'S 
   SPEECH EVEN 
   MORE IMPORTANT AND 
   MORE, 
   PERHAPS, A BIGGER DEAL
   TO JOE 
   BIDEN GOING FORWARD. 
   >> ALL RIGHT, CHUCK.
   THANKS VERY MUCH. 
   >>> NOW TO OUR OTHER 
   TOP STORY.
   THE STATE OF EMERGENCY
   IN 
   CALIFORNIA AS WILD 
   FIRES EXPLODE 
   OUT OF CONTROL 
   THROUGHOUT THE 
   STATE, DESTROYING 
   HOMES, FORCING 
   THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE 
   AND 
   PUTTING FIREFIGHTERS 
   IN THE 
   BATTLE TO SAVE LIVES.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER IS IN 
   NAPA 
   COUNTY TONIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT
   IN THE 
   SAN FRANCISCO BAY 
   AREA, HELL ON 
   EARTH.
   NEIGHBORHOODS UP IN 
   FLAMES.
   FIREFIGHTERS LOSING 
   GROUND AND 
   FOR SOME NO TIME TO 
   ESCAPE.
   >> ELDERLY SUBJECTS 
   ARE SAYING 
   THEY HAVE FIRE ALL 
   AROUND.
   THEY CAN'T EVACUATE. 
   >> TIME TO GO!
   >> Reporter: THIS IS A
   RACE TO 
   SAVE LIVES AS FLAMES 
   RIP THROUGH 
   RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS 
   TURNING 
   COUNTRY ROADS INTO 
   DEADLY 
   DRIVES.
   WITH DOZENS OF 
   STRUCTURES 
   INCINERATED, RESIDENTS
   FORCED TO 
   FLEE BY THE THOUSANDS.
   >> I CAN SEE THE RED 
   GLOW AND I 
   WAS HEARING 
   EXPLOSIONS. 
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   THOUSANDS OF 
   LIGHTENING STRIKES 
   OVER THREE 
   DAYS, FIRES ARE 
   BURNING FROM 
   NAP A's
   WINE COUNTRY TO THE 
   SANTA CRUZ 
   MOUNTAINS.
   MORE THAN 30 MAJOR 
   FIRES ARE 
   RAVAGING THE STATE.
   DRY BRUSH AND HIGH 
   WINDS 
   FUELLING THE SPREAD.
   THE FIRING BURNING 
   UNCHECKED IN MANY 
   NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 
   MOVING FASTER THAN
   CREWS CAN.
   HERE RESIDENTS SAY 
   THEY HAVE 
   CALLED FOR HELP.
   BUT SO FAR, NO ONE HAS
   SHOWN UP.
   >> Reporter: CREWS 
   BATTLING SO 
   MANY DYNAMIC BLAZES 
   WITHIN CLOSE 
   PROXIMITY.
   THE RAGING INFERNOS 
   ARE GROUPED 
   TOGETHER.
   SO-CALLED COMPLEX 
   FIRES.
   CALIFORNIA IS UNDER A 
   STATE OF EMERGENCY.
   THESE HISTORIC FIRES
   AMID A RECORD HEAT 
   WAVE CAUSING 
   ROLLING BLACKOUTS AS 
   FIREFIGHTERS TRY TO 
   SOCIAL 
   DISTANCE AMID A 
   PANDEMIC. 
   >> YOU MIGHT AS WELL 
   JUST GET UP 
   INSTEAD OF HAVING TO 
   RUN FOR 
   YOUR LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   FLAMES 
   SWEEPING ACROSS, IN IN
   THIS CITY OF 100,000 
   DON'T
   KNOW WHEN THEY CAN 
   RETURN.
   TONIGHT THE DAMAGE FAR
   FROM DONE 
   AS ANOTHER DANGEROUS 
   NIGHT LOOMS 
   AHEAD.
   ACROSS THE REGION, 
   FIREFIGHTERS 
   ARE SIMPLY SPREAD TOO 
   THIN AND 
   NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE 
   THIS ONE, 
   NOTHING CAN BE DONE.
   LESTER?
   >> INCREDIBLE IMAGES.
   ALL RIGHT, MIGUEL.
   THANKS VERY MUCH. 
   >>> WE ARE TRACKING A 
   TRIPLE 
   THREAT IN THE TROPICS 
   TONIGHT.
   AND IN THE PACIFIC, 
   CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE
   GENEVIEVE
   EXPECTED TO LASH BAJA,
   CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
   I WANT TO TURN NOW TO 
   THE COVID 
   CRISIS ON CAMPUS AS 
   MORE 
   COLLEGES STRUGGLE TO 
   CONTROL THE 
   VIRUS AND THEIR 
   STUDENTS 
   BEHAVIOR.
   BUT CRITICS SAY THESE 
   SCHOOLS 
   ARE TRYING TO ENFORCE 
   THE 
   UNENFORCEABLE.
   HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ 
   WITH THAT. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   SEVERAL 
   UCONN STUDENTS HAVE 
   BEEN EVICTED 
   FROM ON CAMPUS HOUSING
   AFTER 
   THIS PACKED PARTY.
   AND MORE VIDEOS ARE 
   EMERGING OF 
   STUDENTS BEING QUITE 
   SOCIAL BUT 
   WITHOUT THE 
   DISTANCING.
   THIS ONE POSTED ON 
   YOUTUBE FROM 
   IOWA STATE WHERE 175 
   STUDENTS 
   HAVE TESTED POSITIVE. 
   >> WHAT DO YOU DO?
   >> WE DRINK ALCOHOL.
   >> ARE YOU GUYS 
   CONCERNED ABOUT 
   CORONAVIRUS AT ALL?
   >> [ BLEEP ] 
   CORONAVIRUS. 
   >> I PERSONALLY THINK 
   IT'S A 
   HOAX. 
   >> Reporter: IT ALL 
   COMES AS THIS WEEK 
   SCHOOLS FROM UNC 
   CHAPEL HILL TO
   NOTRE DAME TO MICHIGAN
   STATE 
   REVERSED COURSE AND 
   SWITCHED 
   FROM IN PERSON TO 
   VIRTUAL 
   CLASSES AMID A SPIKE 
   OF 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES. 
   >> THE SAFETY OF OUR 
   STUDENTS 
   FACULTY AND STAFF AND 
   THE SAFETY OF THE
   CAMPUS IS THE MOST 
   IMPORTANT 
   THING AS WE MOVE 
   FORWARD. 
   >> Reporter: 23 
   MEMBERS TESTED 
   POSITIVE. 
   >> WE EXPECTED 
   SOMETHING TO 
   HAPPEN EVENTUALLY.
   UNFORTUNATELY, IT 
   HAPPENED SUPER 
   SOON. 
   >> Reporter: MANY 
   UNIVERSITIES 
   ARE NOW REQUIRING 
   STUDENTS TO SIGN
   COVID CODES OF 
   CONDUCT.
   THIS ONE FROM 
   NORTHWESTERN 
   UNIVERSITY REQUIRES 
   THEM TO, AMONG
   OTHER THINGS, WEAR A 
   MASK IN 
   PUBLIC SPACES AND 
   COOPERATE WITH 
   ANY CONTACT TRACING 
   EFFORTS BY 
   THE UNIVERSITY.
   IT POINTS OUT THAT 
   TUITION AND 
   FEES ALSO WILL NOT BE 
   REFUNDED 
   OR PRORATED.
   IF I CHOOSE TO 
   PARTICIPATE IN COURSES
   OFFERED REMOTELY.
   AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
   TENNESSEE, 
   THE CHANCELLOR IS 
   THREATENING 
   EXPULSION.
   >> THERE WILL BE THE 
   HARSHEST 
   PUNISHMENT I CAN THINK
   ABOUT FOR 
   SOMEONE THAT WILLFULLY
   DOES NOT 
   COOPERATE WITH CONTACT
   TRACING. 
   >> Reporter: THIS 
   PROFESSOR AT 
   COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS
   RELIEVED 
   TO BE ONLINE ONLY THIS
   SEMESTER.
   HE SAYS KEEPING 
   COLLEGE STUDENTS 
   IN CHECK IS WISHFUL 
   THINKING. 
   >> I THINK THE CODES 
   OF CONDUCT 
   ARE LARGELY 
   UNENFORCEABLE.
   I THINK THEY'RE 
   ASPIRATIONAL.
   WE'RE TRYING TO ASK 
   STUDENTS TO 
   COMMIT TO THESE 
   THINGS.
   I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE 
   THAT 
   STUDENTS IN FACT WILL 
   DO SO.
   THEY'RE AT AN AGE 
   WHERE THEY ARE 
   PRONE TO RISKY 
   BEHAVIORS, NOT 
   FOLLOWING RULES. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS ONE
   THING TO 
   LIMIT THE SPREAD OF 
   COVID-19 IN A 
   CLASSROOM.
   IT IS ANOTHER THING TO
   STOP 
   STUDENTS FROM 
   SPREADING IT AT 
   OFF CAMPUS PARTIES.
   A CHALLENGE THAT MANY 
   STUDENTS ARE GRAPPLING
   WITH ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
   LESTER?
   >> YEAH, HUGE 
   CHALLENGE.
   GABE, THANKS VERY 
   MUCH. 
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
   POST 
   OFFICE CON
   >>> ALL RIGHT.
   WE'RE BACK NOW WITH 
   THE BATTLE OVER THE 
   >>> ALL RIGHT.
   WE'RE BACK NOW WITH 
   THE BATTLE 
   OVER THE POST OFFICE A
   DAY AFTER 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   POSTAL CHIEF 
   SAID HE WAS SUSPENDING
   CHANGES 
   CRITICS BLAME FOR 
   SLOWING DOWN 
   THE MAIL, SORTING 
   MACHINES 
   ALREADY REMOVED AND 
   TAKEN APART.
   HERE'S GEOFF BENNETT. 
   >> Reporter: EXCLUSIVE
   IMAGES 
   OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS 
   APPEAR TO
   SHOW HIGH-VOLUME MAIL 
   MACHINES 
   OUT OF SERVICE AND 
   DISMANTLED.
   THIS ONE WHICH CAN 
   PROCESS AN 
   35,000 PIECES OF MAIL 
   AN HOUR AND WHICH 
   POSTAL EMPLOYEES
   TELL US WAS IN GOOD 
   WORKING 
   CONDITION RECENTLY 
   REMOVED AND 
   NOW STORED IN A 
   GARAGE.
   DESPITE ASSURANCES 
   FROM THE POSTAL 
   SERVICE THE MACHINES 
   WERE BEING 
   REALLOCATED.
   >> IT'S CURRENTLY JUST
   IN MOTH 
   BALLS HERE. 
   >> Reporter: KIMBERLY 
   CAROL IS 
   PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA 
   POSTAL 
   WORKERS UNION. 
   >> IT HAS DEFINITELY 
   CHANGED HOW OUR
   CUSTOMERS ARE 
   RECEIVING THE 
   MAIL.
   WE'RE SEEING A 
   SIGNIFICANT DELAY 
   IN THE MAIL. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   PORTLAND, 
   OREGON, AN EMPLOYEE 
   SAYS THESE 
   SORTING MACHINES WERE 
   IN WORKING 
   CONDITION BEFORE BEING
   DECOMMISSIONED IN THE 
   PAST TWO WEEKS.
   THESE IMAGES HAVE NOT 
   BEEN INDEPENDENTLY 
   VERIFIED BY NBC NEWS.
   IN GRAND RAPIDS, 
   MICHIGAN, A 
   DISASSEMBLED MACHINE 
   TODAY FOUND 
   SITTING IN A POST 
   OFFICE PARKING 
   LOT.
   REACHED FOR A 
   RESPONSE,
   THE POSTAL SERVICE HAD
   NO 
   COMMENT BEYOND 
   TUESDAY'S 
   ANNOUNCEMENT FROM 
   POSTMASTER 
   GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY 
   WHO HAS 
   SUSPENDED UNTIL AFTER 
   THE ELECTION HIS COST 
   CUTTING
   MEASURES AND POLICIES.
   IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
   DEJOY SAID 
   MAIL PROCESSING 
   EQUIPMENT AND 
   BLUE COLLECTION BOXES 
   WILL 
   REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE.
   HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY 
   PELOSI IN A 
   STATEMENT TODAY SAYS 
   SHE SPOKE 
   WITH THE POSTMASTER 
   GENERAL THIS 
   MORNING AND THAT HE 
   FRANKLY 
   ADMITTED THAT HE HAD 
   NO 
   INTENTION OF REPLACING
   THE 
   SORTING MACHINES.
   AND IN A NEW TRUMP 
   CAMPAIGN 
   VIDEO TONIGHT, 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   IS SEEN FILLING IN HIS
   MAIL-IN 
   BALLOT.
   HE VOTES BY MAIL IN 
   FLORIDA.
   DESPITE HIS FALSE 
   CLAIMS ABOUT BALLOT 
   FRAUD.
   LESTER?
   >> GEOFF BENNETT 
   TONIGHT, THANK 
   YOU. 
   >>> MASSIVE PROTESTS 
   ARE FILLING THE 
   STREETS OF BULL ROUSE 
   AFTER A MAN WHO HAS 
   BEEN CALLED
   EUROPE'S LAST DICTATOR
   CLAIMED 
   VICTORY IN ELECTION 
   OPPONENTS 
   HAVE DENOUNCED AS 
   BEING CORRUPT.
   OUR RICHARD ENGEL IS 
   THERE.
   >> Reporter: 
   PROTESTERS IN BELARUS 
   TODAY SET 
   THEIR SIGHTS ON 
   BRINGING DOWN 
   EUROPE'S LAST SOVIET 
   DICTATOR.
   IN OFFICE FOR 26 
   YEARS.
   DO YOU THINK THIS IS 
   GOING TO 
   WORK?
   IT IS NOT EASY TO 
   BRING DOWN 
   SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN 
   IN POWER 
   THAT LONG. 
   >> I'M SURE WE WILL 
   WIN.
   I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH 
   TIME IT 
   WILL TAKE FOR US.
   IT'S LIKE
   THERE IS NO WAY BACK. 
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   LUKASHENKO IS 
   USING SOVIET-ERA 
   TACTICS TO HANG 
   ON.
   ACTIVISTS SAY
   POLICE DETAINED AROUND
   6,000 
   DEMONSTRATORS, MANY 
   SAYING THEY HAVE
   BEEN BRUTALLY BEATEN.
   THE VIOLENCE ONLY MADE
   THE 
   CROWDS GROW.
   AT THE CENTER OF THIS 
   MOVEMENT 
   ARE THREE WOMEN WHO 
   STEPPED UP 
   TO REPLACE MEN JAILED 
   OR BARRED 
   FROM RUNNING IN 
   ELECTIONS THIS 
   MONTH, WHICH THEY SAY 
   LUKASHENKO 
   STOLE.
   ONLY MARIA REMAINS IN 
   BELARUS.
   THE OTHER WOMEN FLED 
   THE 
   COUNTRY, FEARING  HE DOESN'T 
   HIS OWN PEOPLE.
   HE DOESN'T LOVE THEM.
   HE DOESN'T WANT TO 
   TAKE CARE OF 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: BUT THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   SAYS THE OPPOSITION 
   WILL HAVE TO 
   KILL HIM BEFORE HE 
   ACCEPTS NEW 
   ELECTION.
   AND HE'S BACKED BY 
   RUSSIAN 
   PRESIDENT VLADIMIR 
   PUTIN, WHO 
   SEES BELARUS AS PART 
   OF RUSSIA'S 
   OLD HOMELAND.
   TONIGHT AS 
   DEMONSTRATORS HERE 
   HOLD A CELL PHONE 
   VIGIL, THEY 
   NOW HAVE THE BACKING 
   OF THE
   EUROPEAN UNION.
   WHICH SAY THEY BACK A 
   SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATIC 
   UNION HERE.
   RUSSIA IS SAYING FOR 
   THE EUROPEAN
   >>> IN CALIFORNIA 
   TODAY POWERFUL 
   AND HEART-BREAKING 
   MEMORIES FROM 
   SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES
   AS THEY 
   CONFRONTED THE MAN 
   KNOWN AS THE 
   GOLDEN STATE KILLER. 
   HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   CRIMES ARE 
   DECADES OLD, BUT THESE
   MEMORIES 
   DON'T FADE. 
   >> YOU ATE FROM MY 
   REFRIGERATOR 
   AND YOU DRANK TWO 
   BEERS WHILE I 
   LAY DOWN AND 
   BLINDFOLDED, FROZE 
   WITH NO CLOTHES 
   FREEZING ON THE 
   HARDWOOD FLOOR IN 
   FRONT OF AN OPEN DOOR.
   >> Reporter: JOSEPH 
   DEANGELO, 
   THE GOLDEN STATE 
   KILLER, WILL 
   SPEND THE REST OF HIS 
   LIFE IN 
   PRISON, BUT FIRST HE 
   IS FACING 
   HIS VICTIMS IN A 
   COURTROOM AND LISTEN.
   >> HE RAPED ME, STOLE 
   MY 
   INNOCENCE AND MY SENSE
   OF 
   SECURITY.
   THREATENED MY LIFE, 
   THREATENED THE LIVES 
   OF MY FAMILY.
   I WAS 13 YEARS OLD. 
   >> Reporter: DEANGELO 
   ACCEPTED
   A PLEA DEAL.
   ADMITTING DOZENS OF 
   RAPES AND 13 MURDERS
   IN 11 DIFFERENT 
   CALIFORNIA 
   COUNTIES. 
   >> YOU BLINDFOLDED ME 
   AND THEN 
   GAGGED ME WITH A 
   CLOTH.
   DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
   BUT YOU ALSO DID THE 
   SAME TO MY 
   PRECIOUS 
   THREE-YEAR-OLD SON.
   HOW DARE YOU?
   >> Reporter: IT IS 
   HARD TO 
   IMAGINE TODAY A CRIME 
   SPREE SO 
   PROLIFIC AND BRAZEN 
   GOING 
   UNSOLVED FOR SO LONG.
   BUT IN THE '70s AND 
   '80s, DEANGELO GOT 
   AWAY WITH IT.
   DNA TECHNOLOGY 
   EVENTUALLY 
   LEADING TO HIS ARREST 
   MORE THAN 
   30 YEARS AFTER HIS 
   LAST KNOWN 
   MURDER. 
   >> I WILL NOT DEVOTE 
   ANY MORE 
   WORDS OR THOUGHTS TO A
   WORTHLESS 
   SCUM THAT COULD DO 
   SUCH 
   DESPICABLE THINGS.
   I'M MOVING FORWARD.
   >> Reporter: WHILE THE
   GOLDEN 
   STATE KILLER, FACING 
   LONG 
   OVERDUE JUSTICE, IS 
   GOING 
   NOWHERE.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >> WHAT POWERFUL 
   TESTAMENTS.
   WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. 
   >>> 
   >>> FINALLY, HOW A 
   TOWN TORN 
   APART BY THE PANDEMIC 
   HAS FOUND 
   A WAY TO HEAL.
   HARRY SMITH BRINGS US 
   TONIGHT 
   INSPIRING AMERICA.
   >> Reporter: IMAGINE 
   IF TAKE-OUT 
   SUPPER FROM 
   RESTAURANTS IN YOUR 
   TOWN WAS FREE.
   YES, FREE.
   >> THAT'S REAL GOOD. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   VERMONT, THE 
   CARS LINE UP FOUR 
   EVENINGS A 
   WEEK TO PICK UP MEALS 
   PREPARED 
   BY LOCAL CHEFS.
   HOW CLOSE DID YOU COME
   TO LOSING 
   YOUR BUSINESS OR JUST 
   QUITTING?
   >> IT WAS CLOSE. 
   >> THERE WAS SOME 
   TOUGH 
   CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 
   LIKE WHAT 
   THE PLAN WOULD BE. 
   >> Reporter: TO THE 
   RESCUE, A 
   STATE PLAN THAT 
   CLEVERLY 
   STRETCHES FEDERAL 
   CARES ACT 
   CASH, PAYING 
   RESTAURANTS TO FEED 
   FOOD INSECURE 
   VERMONTERS.
   >> I HAVE HAD 
   CONVERSATIONS WITH 
   CRYING OVER THE PHONE 
   ABOUT HOW 
   MUCH THIS MEANS TO 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: LOCAL 
   FARMERS REAP 
   THE BENEFIT, TOO. 
   >> MY HUSBAND READ 
   ABOUT 
   SOMETHING IN THE PAPER
   AND SAID, 
   WE'VE GOT TO CONTACT 
   SOME OF 
   THOSE RESTAURANTS. 
   >> Reporter: WHICH 
   THEY HAVE.
   AND FOR WEARY 
   FAMILIES,
   NO NEED FOR A 
   RESERVATION FOR 
   SOME OF THE BEST FOOD 
   IN TOWN. 
   >> THIS IS JUST A BIG,
   BIG HELP. 
   >> Reporter: HOW BIG A
   SHOT IN 
   THE ARM IS THIS?
   >> THIS IS HUGE, AND I
   ALSO 
   THINK THAT IT IS HUGE 
   FOR THE 
   FEELING OF COMMUNITY 
   THAT COVID 
   TOOK AWAY FROM US. 
   >> ENJOY YOUR DINNER. 
   >> Reporter: YEP, 
   HUGE.
   HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS,
   VERMONT. 
   >>> AND THAT'S 
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