   TEST, TEST
  
  >>> TONIGHT, HOSPITALS
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY
  UNDER SIEGE FROM
  COVID-19
  FLORIDA AND TEXAS 
  HITTING STAGGERING NEW
  RECORDS.
  ICUs RUNNING OUT OF 
  BEDS
  PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE
  HOT ZONE IN MIAMI-DADE
  COUNTY WHERE ONE IN 
  THREE TESTS ARE COMING
  BACK POSITIVE.
  TESTING LINES 
  STRETCHING FOR BLOCKS.
  IN ARIZONA, THEY'RE 
  BRACING FOR THE MORGUE
  TO HIT CAPACITY.
  TEXAS' GOVERNOR 
  THREATENING ANOTHER 
  SHUTDOWN IF RESIDENTS 
  DON'T WEAR MASKS
  >>> AND DESPITE 
  FLORIDA'S SPIKE,
  DISNEY WORLD REOPENING
  TOMORROW
  LeBRON JAMES ARRIVING 
  THERE TO BEGIN
  PRACTICING
  CAN THE NBA KEEP THE
  VIRUS OUT OF THE
  BUBBLE
  >>> ALSO, INSIDE THE
  COVID UNIT AT ONE 
  HARD-HIT HOSPITAL.
  OUR CAMERA IS THERE 
  FOR THE LIFE AND DEATH
  DECISIONS.
  >>> THE STUNNING SHIFT
  FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
  INVOLVING SO-CALLED 
  DREAMERS AFTER TRYING 
  FOR YEARS TO END DACA 
  PROTECTIONS FOR THEM, 
  NOW SAYING HE WILL
  TAKE ACTION TO GIVE 
  THEM A PATHWAY TO 
  CITIZENSHIP.
  >>> TROPICAL STORM FAY
  LASHING THE NORTHEAST.
  WARNINGS ACROSS 
  SEVERAL STATES
  NEW YORK CITY AND 
  PHILADELPHIA IN THE 
  DANGER ZONE.
  WE HAVE THE NEW TRACK.
  >>> AND SIGNED, 
  SEALED, DELIVERED.
  THE GIRL WITH THE 
  SWEET SURPRISE FOR THE
  NEIGHBORHOOD
  DELIVERYMAN.
  >> THIS IS "NBC 
  NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
  LESTER HOLT.
  >>> GOOD EVENING
  HERE IS WHERE WE ARE
  EVERY DAY, NEARLY 
  60,000 PEOPLE IN THIS 
  COUNTRY ARE LEARNING
  THEY HAVE COVID-19
  THE LESSONS OF THE
  FIRST PEAK OF THIS
  NIGHTMARE BACK IN 
  APRIL APPARENTLY
  FORGOTTEN OR IGNORED
  THE VIRUS THAT ONCE 
  BROUGHT THE NORTHEAST 
  TO ITS KNEES NOW
  BLAZING A FAMILIAR
  PATTERN ACROSS STATES 
  LIKE FLORIDA, TEXAS,
  AND ARIZONA, LEAVING
  THOUSANDS SCRAMBLING
  TO BE TESTED AND
  HOSPITALS UNDER SIEGE,
  JUST LIKE BEFORE
  THE U.S. TONIGHT
  LEADING MUCH OF THE 
  WORLD IN ALL THE WRONG
  WAYS WHEN IT COMES TO 
  THE VIRUS.
  OUR CORRESPONDENTS ARE
  IN PLACE AND WE START 
  NOW WITH SAM BROCK
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THE CONTINUING SURGE
  OF CORONAVIRUS CASES
  CREATING LONG LINES OF
  AMERICANS ANXIOUS TO
  GET TESTED
  >> I'M TRYING TO GET
  COVID TESTED
  YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE 
  THAT GOES DOWN PRETTY 
  FAR.
  AND IT'S STILL WRAPPED
  AROUND THE OTHER SIDE 
  OF THE BUILDING.
  >> Reporter: WITH CARS
  IN MIAMI BEACH BACKED 
  UP FOR BLOCKS.
  NURSES SAY FAMILIES 
  ARE SHOWING UP IN THE 
  E.R. INSTEAD
  >> CHANCES ARE IF YOU 
  DON'T HAVE THE VIRUS
  WHEN YOU COME IN, 
  YOU'RE BEING EXPOSED
  TO IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE
  SO MANY POSITIVE
  CASES.
  >> Reporter: ANOTHER
  HOTSPOT, ARIZONA, 
  WHICH LEADS THE NATION
  IN NEW CASES THIS 
  WEEK
  PHOENIX OFFICIALS 
  ACTIVATING NEW PLANS
  TO EXPAND MORGUE
  SPACE.
  NEW CASES ARE 
  SKYROCKETING NOW
  FASTER THAN LAST
  SPRING
  36,000 IN A SINGLE
  DAY, A RECORD THAT
  STOOD FOR NEARLY TWO
  MONTHS UNTIL JULY 24
  WHEN THERE WERE MORE
  THAN 45,000 NEW CASES.
  SINCE THEN, INFECTIONS
  HAVE SHOT UP EVERY
  DAY.
  TONIGHT, NEAR 60,000
  IN TEXAS, A SYSTEM
  STRAINING TO KEEP UP
  WITH RECORD 
  HOSPITALIZATIONS, 
  TODAY SURPASSING
  10,000 COVID PATIENTS.
  >> THE NUMBERS ARE
  DEFINITELY CONCERNING.
  WE CAN ALREADY FEEL 
  THE TENSION BUILDING
  IN THE HOSPITAL AS WE 
  TALK TO OUR COLLEAGUES
  IN THE ICU
  >> Reporter: ANOTHER
  CAUSE FOR ALARM, THE
  PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
  TESTING POSITIVE
  IN MIAMI-DADE, THE
  FIGURE SOARED TO 33%
  THURSDAY, OR ONE IN 
  THREE PEOPLE
  NEW YORK CITY, THE
  FORMER EPICENTER, IS
  AROUND 2%.
  TODAY, MIAMI BEACH'S
  MAYOR CALLING FOR MORE
  CONTACT TRACERS TO
  KEEP UP WITH THE
  SPREAD
  >> THAT MEANS THAT ALL
  OF THESE SPIKES ARE 
  LITERALLY 
  UNCONSTRAINED.
  THERE'S NO ONE CALLING
  UP PEOPLE.
  THERE'S NO ONE SAYING 
  YOU NEED TO BE
  QUARANTINED.
  >> Reporter: IN TEXAS,
  THE GOVERNOR
  THREATENING A LOCKDOWN
  IF PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW
  HIS MASK MANDATE
  >> WE'RE DEALING WITH 
  COMMUNITY SPREAD
  ANYBODY YOU COME INTO 
  CONTACT WITH COULD
  HAVE COVID-19.
  >> Reporter: IN MIAMI,
  INDOOR DINING WILL BE 
  SHUT DOWN THIS
  WEEKEND, PROMPTING
  PROTESTERS TO TAKE TO 
  THE STREETS TODAY.
  >> WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR
  YOU RIGHT NOW?
  >> EVERYTHING.
  EVERYTHING
  MY LIVELIHOOD.
  THE LIVELIHOOD OF MY
  EMPLOYEES.
  EVERYTHING
  >> Reporter: A NATION 
  COPING WITH THE 
  MASSIVE ECONOMIC TOLL 
  AS THE HUMAN TOLL 
  CONTINUES TO MOUNT
  FLORIDA SURPASSING
  4,000 DEATHS
  AND ARIZONA, 2,000, 
  INCLUDING THIS MAN WHO
  DIED AFTER A
  THREE-WEEK BATTLE WITH
  THE VIRUS.
  HIS OBITUARY BLAMING
  THE CARELESSNESS OF 
  THE POLITICIANS 
  REFUSING TO 
  ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
  SEVERITY OF THE 
  CRISIS
  >> THIS SHOULD NOT
  HAVE HAPPENED TO MY 
  FATHER
  HE SHOULD NOT HAVE
  DIED ALONE IN A 
  HOSPITAL WITH A NURSE 
  HOLDING HIS HAND
  >> Reporter: HERE IN
  FLORIDA, THIS STATE 
  HAS SEEN MORE THAN 200
  REPORTED DEATHS IN TWO
  DAYS
  TONIGHT, SOME 
  MUCH-NEEDED HELP ON 
  THE WAY FROM NEW YORK.
  GOVERNOR CUOMO SENDING
  AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY OF
  THE POTENTIALLY 
  LIFESAVING DRUG 
  REMDESIVIR
  LESTER
  >> SAM BROCK TONIGHT, 
  THANK YOU.
  >>> IT'S NOT JUST 
  HOSPITALS AND HOTSPOTS
  LIKE FLORIDA AND TEXAS
  THAT ARE FEELING THE
  STRAIN
  ELLISON BARBER TAKES
  US INSIDE THE COVID 
  WARD AT A HOSPITAL IN 
  SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE
  HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
  MUST MAKE LIFE OR 
  DEATH DECISIONS EVERY 
  DAY.
  >> WHAT WE DECIDED, IF
  YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT,
  IS TO GIVE YOU THE
  BEST CHANCE POSSIBLE
  AND TO PUT THAT 
  BREATHE YOING TUBE IN YOU.
  >> Reporter:
  LEXINGTON, SOUTH
  CAROLINA
  >> THE BEST CHANCE TO 
  RECOVER AS QUICKLY AS 
  POSSIBLE, OKAY
  >> Reporter: DR. CAROL
  CHOI MAKING THE 
  DIFFICULT DECISION TO 
  PUT YET ANOTHER 
  PATIENT ON A
  VENTILATOR
  >> THIS IS GOING TO 
  SUPPORT YOU RIGHT 
  HERE, OKAY
  >> Reporter: IT'S NOW 
  A LAST RESORT, TO KEEP
  OXYGEN-STARVED
  PATIENTS ALIVE
  >> THIS IS MY THIRD 
  INTUBATION OF THE DAY.
  AND THAT'S NOT TYPICAL
  FOR US
  >> THE MEDICINE IS
  GOING TO MAKE YOU 
  SLEEPY
  >> Reporter: IN THE 
  LAST TWO WEEKS, 18
  PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO
  THIS ICU DID NOT
  SURVIVE.
  ARE THINGS GETTING
  WORSE FOR YOU HERE
  >> NOW WE'RE UP TO
  ABOUT 14 PATIENTS.
  WE'VE GOT A MAX 
  CAPACITY OF 18
  >> Reporter: THE
  NUMBER OF COVID 
  PATIENTS HERE AS
  TRIPLED IN 11 DAYS
  >> I DON'T THINK WE 
  HAVE HIT THE PEAK AT
  ALL.
  AND THE THING IS, FROM
  HERE WE DON'T HAVE A
  PLACE TO GO OUT.
  THE FLOORS ARE BUSY 
  AND THEY'RE FULL AS 
  WELL
  >> Reporter:
  52-YEAR-OLD LONDON
  CANARD WAS ADMITTED 
  TEN DAYS AGO
  >> BY THE TIME I GOT
  THEIR ATTENTION, I
  COULDN'T BREATHE, I 
  WAS WEAK
  >> Reporter: AT ONE 
  POINT HE SAYS HE
  THOUGHT HE WASN'T 
  GOING TO MAKE IT AND
  CALLED HIS FAMILY.
  >> I TOLD THEM I LOVE 
  THEM
  I TOLD THEM GOODBYE.
  >> Reporter: SOUTH
  CAROLINA IS SEEING A
  SURGE OF CASES
  THE MORE THAN 50,000, 
  ABOUT 11,000 ARE
  PEOPLE UNDER 30.
  THERE ARE 14 PATIENTS 
  ON THIS FLOOR RIGHT 
  NOW, THREE ON 
  VENTILATORS.
  ALL OF THEM, INTENSIVE
  CARE
  ICU DOCTORS AND NURSES
  SAY THEY HAVE TREATED 
  PATIENTS ON THIS FLOOR
  AS YOUNG AS 21 AND AS 
  OLD AS 105
  >> ONE OF OUR PATIENTS
  THAT WAS THE SICKEST
  FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD
  OF TIME, AND HAD GONE 
  THROUGH SO MUCH, HE 
  WAS AN OTHERWISE
  HEALTHY PERSON, YOUNG.
  AND STILL DIDN'T
  SURVIVE THIS
  >> Reporter: SHE
  THINKS IF PEOPLE COULD
  SEE WHAT SHE SEES, HOW
  COVID RAVAGES THE 
  BODY, THEY MIGHT THINK
  TWICE ABOUT NOT 
  WEARING A MASK
  A SNAPSHOT FROM THE 
  FRONT LINES OF A
  PANDEMIC THAT SHOWS NO
  SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.
  ELLISON BARBER, NBC 
  NEWS, WEST COLUMBIA,
  SOUTH CAROLINA
  >>> AS THE OUTBREAK 
  SOARS IN THE U.S.,
  EUROPE, WHICH HAS 
  ESSENTIALLY BANNED
  AMERICAN TRAVELERS, IS
  RETURNING TO A
  SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY.
  RICHARD ENGEL ON WHAT 
  EUROPE DID RIGHT AND
  WHAT THE U.S. CAN 
  LEARN FROM IT.
  >> Reporter: THE U.S. 
  IS HITTING RECORD 
  COVID CASES.
  EUROPE IS GETTING BACK
  TO BUSINESS.
  DESPITE A FEW TARGETED
  CLOSURES IN HOTSPOTS, 
  EUROPE APPEARS TO BE
  OVER ITS FIRST WAVE.
  THE UNITED STATES 
  CLEARLY IS NOT
  THE NUMBERS TELL THE
  STORY.
  THIS GRAPH SHOWS HOW
  EUROPE AND THE U.S. 
  BOTH FACED AN INITIAL 
  SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS
  CASES.
  BUT THEN EUROPE 
  CRUSHED THE CURVE, TO 
  WHERE IT'S NOW WELL 
  BELOW THE U.S. AND
  STABLE, WHILE THE U.S.
  VACILLATED, LOST TIME,
  AND EVENTUALLY
  FLATTENED THE CURVE,
  ONLY TO SEE CASES 
  SKYROCKET IN JUNE.
  BUT WHY?
  WHILE EACH COUNTRY IN 
  EUROPE HAD SLIGHTLY 
  DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES,
  GENERALLY EUROPE STUCK
  TO A SCRIPT.
  COVID POLICIES WERE 
  NATIONAL, NOT UP TO 
  LOCAL DISCRETION
  THE SCIENCE WAS NEVER 
  POLITIC
  POLITICIZED.
  MASK-WEARING WAS
  WIDELY ACCEPTED, NOT
  SEEN AS AN AFFRONT
  CLOSURES WERE ENACTED 
  QUICKLY AND LIFTED
  SLOWLY
  >> WE'RE LOOKING AT A 
  NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN
  THE WORLD, BRAZIL, THE
  UNITED STATES, INDIA, 
  RUSSIA IN PARTICULAR, 
  AS RESERVOIRS OF
  INFECTION THAT WILL 
  CONTINUE TO POSE A
  THREAT TO THE REST OF 
  THE WORLD.
  >> Reporter: DR.
  ANTHONY FAUCI ADMITTED
  THE U.S. ISN'T
  FOLLOWING A WINNING 
  FORMULA.
  >> WHEN YOU COMPARE US
  TO OTHER COUNTRIES, I 
  DON'T THINK YOU CAN 
  SAY WE'RE DOING GREAT.
  I MEAN, WE'RE JUST
  NOT.
  >> Reporter: COVID HAS
  BEEN A TEST.
  THE U.S. SO FAR IS
  FAILING IT
  WITHOUT MENTIONING ANY
  COUNTRY IN PARTICULAR,
  GERMANY'S ANGELA
  MERKEL THIS WEEK SAID 
  THE PANDEMIC CAN'T BE 
  FOUGHT WITH LIES AND
  DISINFORMATION, HATRE
  OR AGITATION
  SHE SAID COVID EXPOSED
  THE LIMITS OF 
  FACT-DENYING POPULISM.
  PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
  INSISTED ON REOPENING 
  SCHOOLS.
  HERE IN EUROPE, THAT'S
  ALREADY HAPPENING.
  BUT MOST COUNTRIES
  WAITED UNTIL THEY HAD 
  FLATTENED THE CURVE 
  BEFORE BRINGING 
  STUDENTS BACK.
  LESTER
  >> RICHARD ENGEL
  TONIGHT, THANK YOU, 
  RICHARD.
  >>> WITH THE COVID
  OUTBREAK IN FLORIDA,
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  TRAVELED TO THAT STATE
  TODAY WHERE HE'S ALSO 
  MAKING HEADLINESWITH
  A STUNNING SHIFT ON 
  DACA PROTECTIONS FOR
  SO-CALLED DREAMERS
  IN AN INTERVIEW WITH
  JOSE DIAZ-BALART
  PETER ALEXANDER HAS 
  MORE FROM THE WHITE 
  HOUSE.
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP TONIGHT IN
  FLORIDA, THE STATE A
  GROWING CORONAVIRUS 
  HOT ZONE
  THE PRESIDENT 
  ADDRESSING THE
  COUNTRY'S HEALTH
  CRISIS WITH 
  TELEMUNDO'S JOSE
  DIAZ-BALART.
  >> IS THE UNITED
  STATES LOSING THE WAR 
  AGAINST COVID?
  >> NO, WE'RE WINNING
  THE WAR.
  WE HAVE AREAS THAT
  FLAMED UP AND THEY'RE 
  GOING TO BE FINE OVER 
  A PERIOD OF TIME
  THEY FLARED UP IN 
  AREAS WHERE THEY
  THOUGHT IT WAS ENDING,
  THAT WOULD BE FLORIDA,
  TEXAS, AND A COUPLE OF
  OTHER PLACES, AND, UH,
  THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 
  IT UNDER CONTROL VERY 
  QUICKLY.
  >> Reporter: IT COMES 
  AS THE PRESIDENT
  ABRUPTLY POSTPONED
  TOMORROW NIGHT'S OPEN 
  AIR RALLY IN NEW
  HAMPSHIRE, CITING 
  TROPICAL STORM FAY, 
  TWEETING, WE ARE
  FORCED TO RESCHEDULE
  BUT MULTIPLE OUTSIDE
  ADVISERS TELL NBC NEWS
  THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY 
  FACTOR, ACKNOWLEDGING 
  CONCERNS ABOUT
  ATTENDANCE BEGINNING
  OF THE VIRUS, WITH ONE
  ADVISER CALLING THE 
  FORECAST A CONVENIENT 
  EXCUSE
  MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT
  TRUMP IS AGAIN
  CRITICIZING DR. 
  ANTHONY FAUCI, WHO
  JUST REVEALED HE HAS
  NOT BRIEFED THE 
  PRESIDENT IN AT LEAST 
  TWO MONTHS
  >> DR. FAUCI IS A NICE
  MAN BUT HE'S MADE A 
  LOT OF MISTAKES, LIKE 
  YOU DON'T HAVE TO BAN 
  THEM COMING IN FROM 
  VERY INFECTED CHINA.
  >> Reporter: FAUCI IS 
  NOW SOUNDING THE ALARM
  ABOUT A SPIKE OF CASES
  IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, 
  FLORIDA, AND ARIZONA
  >> WE'RE STILL IN A 
  SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.
  WE NEED TO DO 
  SOMETHING ABOUT IT
  QUICKLY, BECAUSE IF WE
  DON'T, THERE'S A
  POSSIBILITY WE MAY BE 
  SEEING SURGES IN OTHER
  AREAS.
  >> Reporter: AND
  TONIGHT IN THAT 
  TELEMAUNDO INTERVIEW, 
  SHIFT IN TONE FROM THE
  PRESIDENT, PROMISING
  AN ORDER TO PROTECT 
  DACA, THE SO-CALLED 
  DREAMERS BROUGHT TO 
  THE U.S. BY THEIR 
  UNDOCUMENTED ASPPARENTS.
  >> ONE OF THE ASPECTS 
  OF THE BILL THAT
  YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH
  AND A LOT OF
  REPUBLICANS, WILL BE
  DACA
  WE'LL GIVE THEM A ROAD
  TO CITIZENSHIP
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP HAS COMMUTED THE
  PRISON SENTENCE OF HIS
  LONG TIME FRIEND ROGER
  STONE.
  STONE, WHO WAS
  CONVICTED OF MAKING 
  FALSE STATEMENTS AND
  OBSTRUCTING 
  INVESTIGATORS IN A
  CASE RELATED TO THE 
  ROBERT MUELLER
  INVESTIGATION, WAS SET
  TO REPORT TO PRISON ON
  TUESDAY FOR MORE THAN 
  THREE YEARS BEHIND
  BARS
  >> PETER, THANKS
  >>> TROPICAL STORM FAY
  IS BATTERING THE
  NORTHEAST AT THIS HOUR
  WITH HEAVY RAIN AND 
  STRONG WINDS
  THE POWERFUL SYSTEM 
  ALREADY CAUSING 
  FLOODING ALONG THE
  JERSEY SHORE
  CARS UNDERWATER.
  WARNINGS ARE UP NOW IN
  FIVE STATES INCLUDING 
  IN THE NEW YORK CITY
  AREA
  METEOROLOGIST DYLAN 
  DREYER IS TRACKING
  FAY.
  DYLAN, WHERE IS IT
  HEADED
  >> GOOD EVENING,
  LESTER
  TROPICAL STORM FAY
  MADE LANDFALL JUST TO 
  THE NORTHEAST OF
  ATLANTIC CITY WITH
  WINDS UP TO 50 MILES
  PER HOUR
  NOW, A LOT OF DRY AIR 
  HAS WORKED INTO THIS
  STORM.
  THAT'S WHY WE'RE
  GETTING A BREAK HERE
  AS THE STORM IS SOUTH 
  OF NEW YORK CITY
  THE STORM WILL
  CONTINUE TO MOVE
  NORTH.
  IT WILL HAVE BANDS OF 
  HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTS
  OF WINDS AS WELL
  IT WILL CONTINUE TO 
  RACE TO THE NORTH BY
  SATURDAY NIGHT
  THE STORM IS ALREADY
  APPROACHING CANADA
  WE COULD SEE AN 
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO 
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN
  OUT OF THIS TROPICAL
  STORM.
  NOT ONLY ARE WE 
  TALKING ABOUT A 
  TROPICAL STORM, BUT WE
  HAVE EXTREME HEAT OUT 
  WEST
  WE HAD SOME AREAS THAT
  COULD APPROACH 120
  DEGREES BY THE TIME WE
  HIT SUNDAY
  MOST AREAS IN THE 
  SOUTHWEST WILL BE 
  SEEING TRIPLE DIGITS
  IN THE NEXT SEVERAL 
  DAYS, LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, DYLAN 
  DREYER TONIGHT, 
  THANKS
  >>> WE'RE BACK IN 60
  SECONDS WITH DISNEY 
  WORLD REOPENING 
  DESPITE FLORIDA'S 
  >>> WE'RE BACK NOW
  WITH THE DEBATE OVER
  SENDING CHILDREN TO 
  SCHOOL
  THE PRESIDENT TODAY 
  AGAIN THREATENED TO 
  PULL FEDERAL FUNDING
  FROM THOSE THAT DON'T 
  PHYSICALLY REOPEN.
  AS ANNE THOMPSON
  REPORTS, FOR MOST 
  DISTRICTS PAYING FOR
  THE CHANGES NEEDED TO 
  OPEN SAFELY IS A TALL 
  ORDER.
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESIDENT IS PUSHING
  FOR CHILDREN TO GO
  BACK TO THE CLASSROOMS
  AS NEW RESEARCH SHOWS 
  THEY'RE NOT ONLY LESS 
  LIKELY TO GET THE 
  CORONAVIRUS BUT ALSO
  LESS LIKELY TO SPREAD 
  IT
  STILL, THE AMERICAN 
  ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS,
  WHICH SUPPORTS A
  RETURN TO SCHOOL, SAYS
  SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
  NEED TO BE IN PLACE.
  THE CENTER DISTRICT IN
  KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
  IS TAKING NO CHANCES
  LIKE MANY DISTRICTS 
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
  THIS ONE HOME TO 2,600
  STUDENTS, IT'S
  CONFRONTING A NEW 
  MATH
  >> MOST OF OUR
  CONVERSATIONS AT THIS 
  POINT HAVE BEEN ABOUT 
  ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.
  >> Reporter: NOW PART 
  OF ITS $40 MILLION
  BUDGET IS GOING TO
  NONTRADITIONAL SCHOOL 
  SUPPLIES
  STOCKED IN THIS 
  WAREHOUSE, MASKS, 
  WIPES, AND OTHER
  SAFETY EQUIPMENT
  >> COVID-19 WASN'T
  BUDGETED FOR A WEEK.
  WE COULDN'T ANTICIPATE
  THE ADDED EXPENSES WE 
  AS A DISTRICT WOULD 
  HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON
  TO MAKE SURE THAT 
  ADEQUATE TRAINING AND 
  SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
  WAS READILY AVAILABLE.
  >> Reporter: ALL THIS 
  AS STATE AND LOCAL
  REVENUES ARE SQUEEZED 
  AS WELL.
  SAFETY EXPENSES FOR AN
  AVERAGE SIZED SCHOOL
  DISTRICT OF NEARLY
  3,700 KIDS
  AN ESTIMATED $40,000
  FOR HAND SANITIZER, 
  $148,000 FOR
  DISPOSABLE MASKS, 
  ALMOST $450,000 FOR 
  ADDITIONAL CUSTODIAL
  STAFF.
  ADD IN OTHER COSTS, 
  AND THE TOTAL COMES TO
  NEARLY $1.8 MILLION 
  ADDITIONAL
  BUT DISTRICTS LIKE NEW
  YORK, L.A., AND 
  CHICAGO, ARE 100 TO 
  300 TIMES LARGER
  AFTER GETTING LESS
  THAN 1% OF THE FIRST
  STIMULUS PACKAGE, 
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE
  HOPING WASHINGTON IS
  MORE GENEROUS.
  >> IF THE FEDERAL 
  GOVERNMENT DOESN'T
  STEP IN TO SUPPORT
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHAT
  HAPPENS?
  >> I DON'T SEE HOW WE 
  DO ANYTHING BUT REMOTE
  EDUCATION IF THE
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  DOESN'T STEP IN.
  I DON'T SEE HOW WE
  HAVE THE MONEY FOR
  MASKS.
  YO
  I DON'T SEE HOW WE
  HAVE THE MONEY FOR
  CLEANING
  I DON'T SEE HOW WE D
  THIS
  >> Reporter: MAKING 
  SURE THE DUAL GOALS OF
  LEARNING AND SAFETY 
  ADD UP TO SUCCESS.
  ANNE THOMPSON, NBC
  NEWS, NEW YORK
  >>> IN ONE OF THE 
  NATION'S NEW
  EPICENTERS, FLORIDA,
  DISNEY WORLD IS SET TO
  REOPEN TOMORROW 
  DESPITE THE SURGE IN
  CASES THERE.
  KERRY SANDERS IS IN 
  ORLANDO.
  >> Reporter: THE
  WONDERFUL WORLD OF
  DISNEY RESTARTS 
  TOMORROW
  BUT FOR NOW IT WILL BE
  A SMALL WORLD.
  ONLY THE MAGIC KINGDOM
  AND ANIMAL KINGDOM
  OPENING.
  ALREADY THE LIMITED 
  TICKETS FOR JULY SOLD 
  OUT.
  RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
  >> LOTS OF SOCIAL 
  DISTANCING, LOTS OF 
  HAND SANITIZERS.
  EVERYONE'S WEARING
  MASKS.
  >> Reporter: ON 
  THURSDAY, A REHEARSAL 
  OF SORTS AS INVITED 
  BLOGGERS, ANNUAL PASS 
  HOLDERS AND EMPLOYEES 
  ROAMED THE PARKS
  >> I WON'T LIE, IT WAS
  A LITTLE STRANGE, I 
  MEAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE
  SO USED TO SEEING ALL 
  THE CAST MEMBERS AND
  THEIR SMILES AND
  EVERYTHING
  >> Reporter: THE
  RETURN TO BUSINESS
  HERE COMES JUST AS
  FLORIDA BECOMES AN
  EPICENTER OF THE
  VIRUS.
  DISNEY CLOSED 16 WEEKS
  AGO.
  ALL OF THE NATION'S 
  THEME PARKS EVENTUALLY
  CLOSED
  MOST IN CENTRAL 
  FLORIDA HAVE SINCE
  REOPENED
  THE ESTIMATED 
  FINANCIAL LOSS AT 
  DISNEY ALONE, $1
  BILLION A MONTH.
  ONE PLACE THAT
  TOURISTS WILL BE
  UNABLE TO VISIT IS
  ESPN'S WIDE WORLD OF
  SPORTS, WHERE NBA 
  PLAYERS ARE NOW LIVING
  INSIDE A BUBBLE.
  ON PAPER, BEING CUT 
  OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE
  WORLD SHOULD PREVENT
  THE SPREAD OF THE 
  VIRUS.
  >> THIS IS WHERE WE 
  HAVE TO GET TESTED
  EVERY SINGLE DAY
  >> Reporter: THE
  NUMBER SAYING THEIR 
  PLAN IS NOT FOOLPROOF.
  >> IF WE HAD ANY SORT 
  OF SIGNIFICANT SPREAD 
  AT ALL WITHIN OUR 
  CAMPUS, WE WOULD BE 
  SHUT DOWN AGAIN.
  >> Reporter: HOW LONG 
  LeBRON JAMES AND
  OTHERS WILL LIVE A
  BUBBLE LIFE DEPENDS ON
  HOW WELL THEY DO ON 
  THE COURT.
  THE TWO TEAMS THAT
  KEEP WINNING WILL LIVE
  INSIDE THE BUBBLE 
  UNTIL THE 
  CHAMPIONSHIP, ALMOST
  THREE MONTHS
  SPORTS AND TOURISM
  TRYING TO FIND A WAY
  TO CO-EXIST WITH
  CORONAVIRUS.
  KERRY SANDERS, NBC
  NEWS, ORLANDO.
  >>> UP NEXT, THE NEW
  VIDEO OF A TV STAR
  
   >>> ATTORNEYS FOR 
   JE
  >>> ATTORNEYS FOR 
  ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE SAY
  SHE SHOULD BE LET OUT 
  OF JAIL, CITING 
  CONCERNS OVER 
  COVID-19
  GHISLAINE MAXWELL'S 
  DEFENSE TEAM HAS ASKED
  THE COURT TO SET BAIL 
  AT $5 MILLION, SAYING 
  SHE, QUOTE, IS NOT
  JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
  MAXWELL WAS ARRESTED
  LAST WEEK AT A
  156-ACRE PROPERTY IN
  NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE 
  AUTHORITIES SAY SHE 
  WAS HIDING OUT
  >>> IN CALIFORNIA,
  RESCUERS ARE BACK OUT 
  SEARCHING FOR MISSING 
  "GLEE" STAR NAYA
  RIVERA
  AND NOW NEW VIDEO OF
  THAT FATEFUL BOAT 
  TRIP
  JOE FRYER HAS THE 
  LATEST
  >> Reporter: SECURITY 
  CAMERA FOOTAGE
  RELEASED BY 
  AUTHORITIES SHOWS LAKE
  LALAKE
  
  PIRU BECKONING
  RIVERA AND HER SON THE
  ONLY ONES ON BOARD
  WHEN THEY DID NOT 
  RETURN THREE HOURS
  LATER, THE RENTAL 
  COMPANY WENT
  SEARCHING.
  >> IN ONE OF THE
  BOATS, THE MOM IS 
  NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
  >> Reporter: IT WAS A 
  YOUNG BOY, RIVERA'S 
  SON, SLEEPING IN A
  LIFE JACKET.
  >> WE HAD NO
  INDICATION AFTER
  TALKING TO HER SON
  THAT MS. RIVERA MADE
  IT TO SHORE.
  SO THE FOCUS OF OUR 
  SEARCH EFFORTSARE IN
  THE WATER AT THIS 
  TIME
  >> Reporter:
  INVESTIGATORS SAY 
  RIVERA LIKELY DROWNED.
  BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHY
  THE ANSWERS MAY NOT 
  COME UNTIL HER BODY IS
  FOUND AND AN AUTOPSY
  IS PERFORMED
  FOR A THIRD DAY,
  SEARCH TEAMS SCOURED
  OF MURKY CALIFORNIA 
  LIKE HOPING TO FIND 
  THE 33-YEAR-OLD ACK 
  THERE'S.
  DIVERS SAY IN SOME
  AREAS THEY COULD ONLY 
  SEE TWO FEET IN FRONT 
  OF THEM.
  >> UNDER THE WATER, 
  THERE'S A LOT BY FEEL.
  THERE'S A LOT OF
  SHRUBBERY AND STICKS
  THAT WE HAVE TO BREAK 
  THROUGH.
  >> Reporter: THE WATER
  WHERE THE BOAT WAS
  FOUND WAS 30 FEET DEEP
  AND FILLED WITH 
  VEGETATION
  >> IF THE BODY IS 
  ENTANGLED IN SOMETHING
  BENEATH THE WATER, IT 
  MAY NEVER COME BACK 
  UP
  >> Reporter: ONE OF 
  RIVERA'S CO-STARS ON
  THE SHE "GLEE" WAS
  HEATHER MORRIS, WHO 
  TELLS NBC NEWS SHE
  WOULD REMIND ME IN
  MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT
  GOD HAS A PLAN FOR
  EVERYTHING
  AS THE SEARCH 
  CONTINUES, SHE'S
  URGING EVERYONE TO
  STAY STRONG.
  JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS.
  >>> WHEN WE COME BACK,
  SIGN OF THE TIMES.
  THE UNLIKELY
  FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A
  YOUN
  >>> LIFE UNDER
  LOCKDOWN CAN BE LONELY
  FOR A LOT OF KIDS.
  BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
  STRIP AWAY THEIR
  OVERSCHEDULED DAYS, 
  THEY SURPRISE YOU.
  KELLY COBIELLA HAS THE
  STORY OF ONE
  SELF-STARTER WHO USED 
  HER FREE TIME TO MAKE 
  A LASTING CONNECTION
  >> Reporter:
  8-YEAR-OLDPH.
   HE'S DEAF AND THE PA THALLULE
  TALKING ABOUT A 
  DELIVERY DRIVER.
  HE'S DEAF.
  SHE USED SIGN LANGUAGE
  LEARNED IN SCHOOL, THE
  FRIENDSHIP STARTING 
  WITH FOUR SIMPLE
  WORDS, "HAVE A NICE 
  DAY.
  >> IT WAS LIKE, GOOD
  MORNING, GOOD 
  AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW,
  LIKE THAT STUFF.
  >> Reporter: MOM AMY
  ROBERTS CAUGHT IT ALL 
  ON CAMERA, PROUDLY
  POSTING IT ON TWITTER.
  >> TO SHOW THAT SHE 
  WAS USING THE SKILLS
  I'M GOING TO SEND IT
  TO THE SCHOOL.
  IT JUST WENT CRAZY
  >> Reporter: SO FAR,
  MORE THAN 20 MILLION
  VIEWS.
  ASTONISHING, LOVELY,
  MADE MY DAY, PEOPLE 
  WROTE.
  SPEAKING THROUGH A
  TRANSLATOR, TIM SAID
  IT MAKES HIS DAY TOO
  "IT'S LOVELY TO BE
  ABLE TO COMMUNICATE 
  WITH HER AND I LOOK 
  FORWARD TO SEEING HER 
  ON MY ROUND.
  THIS WEEK, TIM
  SURPRISED TALLULAH
  WITH A SPECIAL
  DELIVERY, A PICTURE OF
  THE NEW FRIENDS TO
  HANG ON HER WALL
  FROM TALLULAH, TWO NEW
  WORDS.
  "THANK YOU."
  KELLY COBIELLA, NBC 
  NEWS
  >> WHAT A GREAT STORY.
  >>> THAT IS "NIGHTLY
  NEWS" FOR THIS FRIDAY.
  I'M LESTER HOLT.
  FOR ALL OF US AT NBC
  NEWS, THANK YOU FOR 
  WATCHING
  PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
  YOURSELF AND EACH 
  YOURSELF AND EACH 
  OTHER.
  GOOD NIGHT
