   SOUTHERN SURGE 
   IN THE PANDEMIC.
   DEATHS AND 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS 
   RISING IN FOUR STATES.
   ONE TOP PUBLIC HEALTH 
   OFFICIAL WARNING THERE
   ARE NOW SEVERAL NEW 
   YORKS.
   McDONALD'S LATEST 
   MAJOR CHAIN 
   MANDATING MASKS.
   AND WHICH CITIES WILL 
   NOW ISSUE 
   TICKETS IF YOU DON'T 
   WEAR ONE. 
   >>> THE CDC'S SCHOOL 
   REOPENING 
   GUIDANCE.
   WHAT IT SAYS PARENTS 
   AND SCHOOLS NEED TO DO
   TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE,
   BUT DOES IT GO FAR 
   ENOUGH?
   >>> PLUS, MY EXCLUSIVE
   WITH THE 
   HEAD OF THE COUNTRY'S 
   SECOND 
   LARGEST SCHOOL 
   DISTRICT.
   WHAT WILL HE DO TO 
   MAKE SURE 
   STUDENTS DON'T FALL 
   BEHIND. 
   >>> BEHIND THE 
   PRESIDENT'S 
   ABRUPT CONVENTION 
   RETREAT AND THE 
   SURPRISING ADMISSION.
   WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   SAYS HE NOW 
   REGRETS. 
   >>> THE PANIC ON A 
   PASSENGER PLANE.
   WHY THE PILOT SET IT 
   INTO A NOSE DIVE, AND 
   COULD THIS SPARK A
   NEW SHOWDOWN WITH 
   IRAN. 
   >>> WHY MILLIONS OF 
   AMERICANS 
   MAY NOW FACE EVICTION.
   >>> THE POTENTIALLY 
   LIFE SAVING 
   DISCOVERY, THE VIEWER 
   E-MAIL
   THAT LED A REPORTER TO
   DISCOVER 
   SHE HAD CANCER. 
   HER MESSAGE TONIGHT.
   >>> AND THE LATEST ON 
   THE TRIPLE 
   TROPICAL THREAT 
   BEARING DOWN 
   THIS WEEKEND. 
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   IT WASN'T THAT LONG 
   AGO THE REST 
   OF THE NATION WATCHED 
   IN HORROR 
   AS NEW YORK BECAME THE
   EPICENTER 
   OF THE COVID CRISIS.
   AT ONE POINT LOSING 
   HUNDREDS OF LIVES A 
   DAY.
   WELL,
   TONIGHT HEALTH 
   OFFICIALS SAY 
   SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S 
   BIGGEST 
   STATES ARE BECOMING 
   THE NEXT NEW 
   YORKS, SIMPLY 
   OVERWHELMED BY THE 
   VIRUS.
   AND WHILE THERE ARE 
   POSITIVE SIGNS IN SOME
   OF THOSE HOT SPOTS,
   OFFICIALS ARE DOUBLING
   DOWN ON 
   EFFORTS TO GET 
   AMERICANS TO 
   CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR 
   TO SLOW 
   THE SPREAD.
   WE HAVE THE LATEST, 
   STARTING 
   WITH MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
   >> Reporter: SETTING 
   DAILY 
   RECORDS FOR THE NUMBER
   OF 
   AMERICANS WHO LOSE 
   THEIR LIVES, 
   REQUIRE 
   HOSPITALIZATION AND 
   WHO 
   ARE TESTING POSITIVE 
   FOR THE 
   CORONAVIRUS, TONIGHT 
   STATES LIKE 
   CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, 
   TEXAS AND 
   ARIZONA ARE NOW 
   BECOMING THE 
   NEXT NEW YORK, 
   ACCORDING TO 
   WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS.
   >> WE HAVE TO CHANGE 
   OUR 
   BEHAVIOR NOW BEFORE 
   THIS VIRUS 
   COMPLETELY MOVES BACK 
   UP THROUGH 
   THE NORTH.
   THIS FIRST WAVE THAT 
   WE SEE NOW 
   ACROSS FLORIDA, TEXAS,
   CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA
   BEGAN 
   WITH UNDER 30 YEAR 
   OLDS. 
   >> Reporter: AND WHILE
   THERE ARE 
   SIGNS OF A POSSIBLE 
   PLATEAU IN 
   SOME OF THE NATION'S 
   NEW HOT 
   SPOTS, THOSE ON THE 
   FRONT LINE 
   ARE OVERWHELMED. 
   >> IT IS EXHAUSTING.
   I THINK WE'RE ALL IN 
   CRISIS MODE 
   RIGHT NOW. 
   >> Reporter: AS TEXAS 
   APPROACHES 
   400,000 CASES, THE 
   AUSTIN 
   CONVENTION CENTER MAY 
   BE NEEDED 
   TO HOUSE THE SICK.
   IN SMALL COMMUNITIES, 
   FUNERAL 
   DIRECTORS SAY THE 
   REALITY IS 
   GRIM. 
   >> WE USUALLY DO 7 TO 
   12 CASES A MONTH.
   WE PROBABLY MEET WITH 
   ABOUT TWO FAMILIES A 
   WEEK.
   RIGHT NOW, AT EACH 
   FIRM, WE ARE
   MEETING WITH FOUR TO 
   FIVE 
   FAMILIES A DAY. 
   >> Reporter: TO 
   PROTECT THE PUBLIC, 
   TODAY McDONALD'S
   AND RETAILERS LIKE 
   BED, BATH & 
   BEYOND JOINED DOZENS 
   OF OTHERS 
   REQUIRING MASKS IN 
   STORES. 
   >> DO YOU HAVE A MASK 
   ON? 
   >> Reporter: AND NOW 
   FROM 
   CALIFORNIA. 
   >> PLEASE COOPERATE 
   WITH US. 
   >> Reporter: TO 
   FLORIDA, TICKETS 
   ARE BEING ISSUED TO 
   THOSE WHO 
   REFUSE TO COMPLY. 
   >> I AM NOT PAYING IT.
   I AIN'T PAYING IT. 
   >> Reporter: EVERY 
   MEASURE BEING 
   TAKEN IS DONE TO 
   PROTECT THE 
   NATION FROM ANOTHER 
   SHUTDOWN. 
   AND EVERY COMMUNITY 
   FROM ANOTHER DEATH.
   >> Reporter: IN 
   CALIFORNIA, SHE 
   DIED IN A NURSING HOME
   WHERE 118 
   PEOPLE WERE INFECTED. 
   >> I FEEL MY 
   GRANDMOTHER WAS 
   FAILED IN MANY WAYS BY
   THE 
   SYSTEM. 
   >> Reporter: 
   GRANDDAUGHTER CLAUDIA 
   RAMPEL 
   SAYS COVID INFLICTS 
   THE 
   LONELIEST OF DEATHS. 
   >> THERE IS NEVER ANY 
   GOING 
   BACK.
   SHE'S GONE.
   SHE LIVED HER FINAL 
   MONTHS 
   ALONE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   ONE 
   FAMILY'S LOSS, AMID A 
   NATIONAL 
   STRUGGLE.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS LOS 
   ANGELES.
   >> Reporter: I'M 
   KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN.
   WITH JUST WEEKS TO GO 
   UNTIL 
   SCHOOL BEGINS, THE CDC
   IS 
   LAYING OUT ITS 
   GUIDELINES, PRESSING 
   DISTRICTS TO WELCOME 
   STUDENTS BACK IN 
   PERSON, ENCOURAGING
   CLOTH FACE COVERINGS, 
   HAND 
   HYGIENE AND 
   DISINFECTING OFTEN.
   SPACING OUT STUDENTS 
   TO MAINTAIN 
   SOCIAL DISTANCING, 
   REPURPOSING 
   UNUSED BUILDINGS OR 
   HOLDING CLASSES 
   OUTSIDE, KEEPING 
   GROUPS OF
   STUDENTS IN COHORTS OR
   PODS 
   TOGETHER THROUGHOUT 
   THE DAY.
   THE NEW GUIDELINES 
   ADDRESS THE
   DOWNSIZE OF REMOTE 
   LEARNING AND 
   BENEFITS OF IN PERSON 
   CLASSES, 
   ADDING COVID POSES A 
   RELATIVELY 
   LOW RISK TO KIDS, BUT 
   ALSO 
   NOTING 64 CHILDREN IN 
   THE U.S. 
   HAVE DIED SINCE THE 
   PANDEMIC 
   BEGAN.
   >> TEENAGERS AND 
   CHILDREN AGES 
   10 TO 19 SEEM TO 
   TRANSMIT THE 
   VIRUS AS AT LEAST THE 
   SAME RATE 
   AS ADULTS.
   THERE IS NOTHING TO 
   SUGGEST 
   CHILDREN DON'T.
   PERHAPS THERE IS SOME 
   EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST 
   THAT
   THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN 
   ARE LESS 
   LIKELY TO TRANSMIT. 
   >>> THE NEW GUIDELINES
   COMES 
   WEEKS AFTER PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP 
   URGED THE CDC TO EASE 
   ITS 
   PRELIMINARY 
   RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH 
   HE CALLED TOO 
   RESTRICTIVE.
   >> I'M SO ANGRY.
   IF IT'S NOT SAFE 
   ENOUGH FOR GOP 
   DELEGATES TO BE 
   HUNDREDS IN THE 
   CONVENTION SPACE, THEN
   HOW IS IT 
   SAFE ENOUGH IN FLORIDA
   FOR 
   CHILDREN TO BE 
   HUNDREDS IN A 
   SCHOOL?
   >> Reporter: THIS WEEK
   THE 
   PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED
   SOME 
   AREAS CONSIDERED HOT 
   SPOTS MIGHT 
   HAVE TO DELAY 
   REOPENING, WHILE 
   ASKING CONGRESS TO 
   PASS A RELIEF 
   BILL WITH MORE THAN 
   $100 BILLION 
   FOR SCHOOLS THAT DO 
   REOPEN. 
   >> IF THE SCHOOL IS 
   CLOSED, THE 
   MONEY SHOULD FOLLOW 
   THE STUDENT. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE THE
   DECISION 
   TO REOPEN IS UP TO 
   STATES AND 
   SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE 
   DECISION 
   ON WHETHER STUDENTS GO
   BACK WILL 
   ULTIMATELY BE UP TO 
   PARENTS.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS NEW 
   YORK. 
   >>> THOSE NEW CDC 
   GUIDELINES ARE NOT 
   FORCING A CHANGE FOR 
   ONE OF THE LARGEST 
   SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT 
   ANNOUNCED ONLINE 
   LEARNING ONLY FOR THE 
   START OF THE SCHOOL 
   YEAR.
   TODAY I SPOKE WITH THE
   SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
   LOS 
   ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL
   DISTRICT 
   ABOUT THE DECISION TO 
   KEEP 
   CLASSROOMS HERE 
   CLOSED.
   >> Reporter: LOS 
   ANGELES, HOME 
   TO THE SECOND LARGEST 
   SCHOOL 
   DISTRICT IN THE 
   COUNTRY AND 
   AMONG THE FIRST TO 
   DECIDE NOT TO 
   BRING STUDENTS BACK 
   THIS FALL.
   WAS THIS A TOUGH CALL 
   OR AT THE 
   END OF THE DAY DID YOU
   LOOK AT 
   THE NUMBERS AND SAY, 
   WE CAN'T DO 
   IT?
   >> IT'S AN INCREDIBLY 
   TOUGH CALL 
   BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND 
   STUDENTS 
   NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL. 
   BUT WE CAN'T 
   COMPROMISE THE HEALTH 
   AND SAFETY OF THE 
   WHOLE SCHOOL 
   COMMUNITY.
   >> Reporter: HE HAS 
   RUN SCHOOLS 
   SINCE 2018, A MASSIVE 
   DISTRICT 
   WITH NEARLY 1,400 
   SCHOOLS.
   700,000 STUDENTS.
   80% OF THEM LIVING 
   BELOW THE 
   POVERTY LINE, 
   COMPOUNDING THE 
   PANDEMIC'S PRESSURE ON
   CHILDREN. 
   >> Reporter: THE CDC 
   HAS COME UP 
   WITH NEW GUIDANCE 
   REGARDING 
   SCHOOLS AND COVID.
   THEY LEAN HEAVILY INTO
   THE 
   NOTION THAT KIDS NEED 
   TO BE BACK 
   IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT
   THERE ARE 
   DANGERS TO THEM IF 
   THEY DON'T 
   GET BACK IN THE 
   CLASSROOM.
   HAS ANY OF WHAT YOU 
   HAVE READ 
   CAUSED YOU TO RETHINK 
   YOUR 
   POSITION TO DO SCHOOL 
   ONLINE?
   >> NO.
   WE ALL AGREE BACK IN 
   SCHOOL AS 
   SOON AS POSSIBLE.
   AND IF YOU LOOK AT 
   WHAT THE CDC 
   GUIDANCE SAYS, THE 
   COMMUNITY HAS 
   TO BE SAFE.
   YOU'VE GOT TO BE 
   WITHIN THE 
   BOUNDARIES OF THE 
   WORLD HEALTH 
   ORGANIZATION 
   GUIDELINES TO THINK 
   ABOUT GOING BACK TO 
   SCHOOL.
   RIGHT NOW IN LOS 
   ANGELES, RATES 
   ARE STILL 
   SKYROCKETING.
   THE LEVEL OF THOSE 
   TESTING 
   POSITIVE IS TWICE THE 
   WORLD 
   HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
   GUIDELINES.
   THE CDC ITSELF SAYS IF
   THE 
   COMMUNITY IS NOT 
   READY, IT'S NOT 
   READY. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN 
   SCHOOLS CLOSED 
   IN MARCH, THE SON OF A
   TEACHER JUMPED INTO 
   ACTION
   BECAUSE HALF THE 
   STUDENTS LACKED 
   ACCESS TO COMPUTERS 
   AND A 
   QUARTER HAD NO 
   INTERNET.
   THE DISTRICT PROVIDED 
   BOTH FOR 
   EVERY CHILD WHO NEEDED
   THEM, AS 
   WELL AS NEARLY 50 
   MILLION MEALS 
   AT GRAB AND GO 
   CENTERS.
   AND TO PREVENT THE 
   SUMMER SLIDE, 
   SUMMER CLASSES GOT 
   CREATIVE. 
   >> WHAT'S UP, Y'ALL.
   THIS IS YOUR HOMIE, 
   ALICIA.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   A-LIST BOOK 
   CLUB FEATURED THEIR 
   FAVORITE 
   BOOKS STUDENTS CAN 
   DOWNLOAD FOR 
   FREE. 
   EXTRAORDINARY AND 
   ACCOMPLISHED PEOPLE.
   >> Reporter: AND KIDS 
   GET MUSIC 
   LESSONS THROUGH A 
   PARTNERSHIP 
   WITH FENDER GUITAR, AN
   ALL-OUT 
   EFFORT TO KEEP KIDS 
   ENGAGED.
   áá
   >> Reporter: WHAT'S 
   YOUR LEVEL 
   OF CONCERN THAT THE 
   KIDS RIGHT 
   NOW WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD
   THEY'RE 
   GOING TO BE HOME 
   INDEFINITELY 
   THAT THEY WON'T BE 
   ABLE TO CATCH 
   UP?
   >> WE HAVE GREAT 
   CONCERN, WHICH 
   IS WHY THIS FALL, IN 
   ADDITION TO ONLINE 
   LEARNING, WE WILL 
   OFFER
   INDIVIDUAL TUTORING, 
   BOTH ONLINE 
   AND IN PERSON.
   WE WILL DO EVERYTHING 
   WE CAN TO 
   TRY TO HELP STUDENTS 
   CATCH UP. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN THE 
   KIDS DO 
   COME BACK, YOU KNOW, 
   THERE IS 
   GOING TO BE A CERTAIN 
   FEAR 
   LEVEL, NOT ONLY FOR 
   THE KIDS BUT 
   THE FACULTY. 
   >> ONE THING THAT 
   HASN'T GOTTEN 
   ENOUGH ATTENTION IS 
   THE MENTAL 
   HEALTH CRISIS THAT'S 
   COMING WITH 
   THE EDUCATION CRISIS.
   STUDENTS WILL BRING 
   THEIR TRAUMA 
   BACK TO SCHOOL.
   SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY 
   MIGHT HAVE 
   BECOME SICK OR, GOD 
   FORBID, 
   PASSED AWAY.
   SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE 
   LOST THEIR 
   JOB.
   THE MENTAL HEALTH 
   ASPECT OF 
   BEING BACK IN SCHOOL 
   WILL BE AS 
   GREAT A CHALLENGE AS 
   THE 
   LEARNING ASPECT BEING 
   BACK IN 
   SCHOOL.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   SUPERINTENDENT SAYS 
   THE KEY TO RETURNING 
   STUDENTS TO CLASS
   WILL BE DISTANCING AND
   HYGIENE 
   PROTOCOLS, BUT ALSO 
   FREQUENT 
   TESTING AND CONTACT 
   TRACING OF 
   STUDENTS AND STAFF.
   ONE DAY AFTER 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   CANCELED THE 
   REPUBLICAN 
   CONVENTION EVENTS IN 
   FLORIDA, 
   TONIGHT HIS CAMPAIGN 
   IS 
   SCRAMBLING TO RESHAPE 
   IT INTO A 
   PERSUASIVE VIRTUAL 
   EVENT.
   KRISTEN WELKER IS AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE WITH MORE. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP SIGNING AN 
   EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED 
   AT LOWERING 
   PRESCRIPTION DRUG 
   COSTS, JOINED BY 
   FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR.
   BUT MAKING NO MENTION 
   OF HIS 
   ABRUPT DECISION TO 
   CANCEL HIS 
   CONVENTION SPEECH IN 
   THE 
   SUNSHINE STATE.
   NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED 
   BEHIND THE 
   SCENES REPUBLICAN 
   OFFICIALS ARE 
   IN AN URGENT EFFORT TO
   RE-PLAN 
   THE BIG NIGHT.
   THE GOAL IS FOR THE 
   PRESIDENT TO 
   DELIVER HIS SPEECH ON 
   A STAGE 
   SOMEWHERE, THE 
   LOCATION IS STILL 
   A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
   >> HE HASN'T DECIDED 
   THAT JUST 
   YET, BUT WE HAVE A 
   NUMBER OF 
   CREATIVE, EXCITING 
   OPTIONS HE'S 
   LOOKING AT. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   REPUBLICAN 
   BRIEFED ON THE MATTER 
   ALSO TELLS 
   NBC NEWS IN THE DAYS 
   LEADING UP 
   TO THE SPEECH, THERE 
   WILL BE A 
   MIX OF VIDEO AND 
   VIRTUAL 
   PRESENTATIONS BY TOP 
   SURROGATES.
   BUT THE QUESTION, WILL
   REPUBLICANS BE ABLE TO
   CREATE 
   THE POMP AND PAGENTRY 
   THE 
   PRESIDENT RELISHES?
   >> I HUMBLY AND 
   GRATEFULLY ACCEPT
   YOUR NOMINATION FOR 
   THE 
   PRESIDENCY OF THE 
   UNITED STATES. 
   >> Reporter: IN APRIL,
   THE PRESIDENT
   MOCKED DEMOCRATS FOR 
   DECIDING TO 
   HOLD A VIRTUAL 
   CONVENTION, 
   TWEETING OF JOE BIDEN 
   NOW HE 
   WANTS A VIRTUAL 
   CONVENTION, ONE 
   WHERE HE DOESN'T HAVE 
   TO SHOW 
   UP.
   GEE, I WONDER WHY.
   MEANWHILE, IT COMES AS
   THE 
   PRESIDENT WAS ASKED 
   ABOUT HIS 
   TWEETS DURING AN 
   INTERVIEW THAT 
   AIRED TODAY.
   >> DO YOU EVER TWEET 
   OUT AND BE 
   LIKE, OH, MAN, I WISH 
   I DIDN'T 
   SEND THAT ONE OUT. 
   >> Reporter: OFTEN, 
   TOO OFTEN.
   YOU WRITE A LETTER AND
   YOU SAY 
   THIS LETTER IS REALLY 
   BAD.
   YOU PUT IT ON YOUR 
   DESK AND YOU 
   GO BACK TOMORROW AND 
   SAY, OH, 
   I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SEND
   IT, 
   RIGHT.
   BUT WE DON'T DO THAT 
   WITH 
   TWITTER. 
   >> Reporter: TWO 
   REPUBLICAN SOURCES 
   TELL NBC NEWS DONORS 
   HAVE GIVEN
   MORE THAN $40 MILLION 
   TO 
   CONVENTION EFFORTS IN 
   JACKSONVILLE AND 
   CHARLOTTE, 
   NORTH CAROLINA WHERE 
   THE SPEECH 
   WAS ORIGINALLY 
   SCHEDULED.
   IT IS UNCLEAR, WHAT, 
   IF 
   ANYTHING, GETS 
   REIMBURSED, 
   LESTER?
   >> KRISTEN WELKER 
   TONIGHT, THANKS.
   >>> HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
   THE KEY 
   TO BEATING THE VIRUS 
   IS MASS 
   TESTING BUT LABS ARE 
   BACKED UP, 
   DELAYING RESULTS BY 
   DAYS, EVEN 
   WEEKS IN SOME CASES.
   SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
   TOM COSTELLO WENT 
   LOOKING FOR 
   ANSWERS. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   FLORIDA TODAY, 
   FIVE MORE FEDERAL 
   SITES OPENED 
   UP AMID THE NATION'S 
   BUILDING 
   BACKLOG FOR COVID 
   TESTS.
   WHY THE RESULTS ARE 
   USUALLY OVER 
   IN FOUR DAYS, IT CAN 
   TAKE UP TO 
   TWO WEEKS. 
   >> NONE OF US ARE 
   GOING TO BE 
   HAPPY UNTIL THAT'S 
   UNDER 48
   HOURS, BUT WE'RE 
   MAKING ALL OUR 
   EFFORTS TO DO THAT. 
   >> Reporter: WHY THE 
   DELAY?
   THE SAMPLES ARE SENT 
   TO LABS 
   WHERE TECHNICIANS USE 
   REAGENTS 
   SPECIAL CHEMICALS
   TO LOOK FOR THE VIRUS.
   THE MAYO CLINIC 
   PROCESSES 10,000 
   SAMPLES NATIONWIDE 
   EVERY DAY. 
   >> THE CHALLENGE WE 
   HAVE RIGHT 
   NOW IS HAVING THE 
   REAGENTS OR 
   THE CHEMICALS WE NEED 
   TO RUN THE 
   TESTS ARE ACTUALLY IN 
   SHORT 
   SUPPLY, SO WE CAN'T 
   RUN THEM TO 
   THEIR MAXIMUM 
   CAPACITY. 
   >> Reporter: THERE IS 
   A FASTER 
   TEST, ALMOST LIKE THE 
   STREP TEST 
   YOU TAKE IN A DOCTOR'S
   OFFICE.
   RESULTS IN A FEW 
   MINUTES.
   THE NIH IS SPENDING
   $1.5 BILLION TO ROLL 
   OUT RAPID 
   TEST EQUIPMENT 
   NATIONWIDE.
   WHILE THE FDA REQUIRES
   TESTS TO 
   BE AT LEAST 80% 
   ACCURATE, THE 
   FAST TESTS ALSO COME 
   WITH A 
   HIGHER RATE OF FALSE 
   NEGATIVES.
   IN FLORIDA, THE ENTIRE
   SHAPIRO 
   FAMILY
   NEEDS TWO NEGATIVE 
   BACK-TO-BACK 
   TESTS BEFORE THEIR 
   SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CAN 
   HAVE SURGERY 
   TO HAVE HER TONSILS 
   REMOVED.
   THEY HAVE NOW HAD SIX 
   TESTS IN THREE WEEKS.
   SOME COMING BACK 
   NEGATIVE AND 
   THEN POSITIVE ON THE 
   SAME DAY. 
   >> THAT'S A THREE-WEEK
   PERIOD 
   THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE 
   TO STAY IN 
   NOT DO ANYTHING, NOT 
   BE AROUND ANYBODY ELSE
   AND PUT YOUR LIFE ON 
   HOLD, ALL 
   FOR A QUESTIONABLE 
   TEST RESULT. 
   >> Reporter: HHS SAYS 
   THE 
   COUNTRY IS NOW 
   PROCESSING MORE 
   THAN 700,000 TESTS 
   EVERY SINGLE DAY.
   A QUARTER OF THOSE ARE
   THE RAPID 
   TESTS.
   THE PLAN NOW, SEND OUT
   EVEN 
   MORE, INCLUDING ONE TO
   EVERY 
   NURSING HOME IN THE 
   COUNTRY.
   LESTER?
   >> TOM COSTELLO THIS 
   EVENING, THANK YOU. 
   >>> NOW TO THE PANIC 
   INSIDE A PLANE AFTER 
   IRAN CLAIMS A U.S.
   FIGHTER JET GOT WAY 
   TOO CLOSE TO 
   IT.
   THE PENTAGON IS NOW 
   RESPONDING 
   TO THOSE CLAIMS.
   WE GET MORE FROM OUR 
   RICHARD 
   ENGEL. 
   >> Reporter: IT'S NOT 
   THE VIEW 
   IRANIAN PASSENGERS 
   WERE 
   EXPECTING OUT THEIR 
   WINDOWS.
   IRANIAN STATE TV SAYS 
   THIS IS AN 
   AMERICAN F-15 FIGHTER 
   COMING IN 
   FOR AN INSPECTION.
   SO CLOSE, THEY SAY, 
   THE IRANIAN 
   PILOT WAS FORCED TO 
   DESCEND 
   RAPIDLY.
   PASSENGERS FEARED THE 
   WORST.
   NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY 
   HURT.
   OUR ALI AROUZI IS IN 
   IRAN. 
   >> Reporter: LABELING 
   THE U.S. 
   AS A BUNCH OF OUTLAWS 
   THAT MUST 
   BE STOPPED.
   >> Reporter: BUT THE 
   U.S. SAYS 
   THE AMERICAN JET WAS 
   OVER A HALF 
   A MILE AWAY FROM THE 
   IRANIAN 
   AIRCRAFT DOING A BRIEF
   VISUAL 
   INSPECTION IN 
   ACCORDANCE WITH 
   INTERNATIONAL 
   STANDARDS BECAUSE 
   THE IRANIAN PLANE WAS 
   FLYING 
   NEAR A U.S. 
   BASE IN SYRIA.
   THE LAST TIME TENSIONS
   WERE THIS 
   HIGH WAS BACK IN 
   JANUARY WHEN 
   IRAN, FEARING A U.S. 
   ATTACK, ACCIDENTALLY 
   SHOT DOWN A 
   PASSENGER PLANE, 
   KILLING 176 
   PEOPLE.
   LESTER. 
   >> RICHARD ENGEL 
   TONIGHT.
   THANKS.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, WHY
   MILLIONS 
   HAVING TROUBLE PAYING 
   RENT 
   DURING THE PANDEMIC 
   MAY SOON FACE
   >>> BACK NOW WITH OUR 
   CONTINUING 
   LOOK AT INEQUALITY IN 
   AMERICA.
   TONIGHT MORE 
   UNCERTAINTY FOR SO 
   MANY STRUGGLING TO 
   MAKE ENDS 
   MEET AS A FEDERAL LAW 
   PROTECTING 
   MILLIONS OF AMERICANS 
   FROM 
   EVICTION WILL EXPIRE.
   OUR STEPHANIE GOSK 
   EXPLAINS.
   >> Reporter: FOR SOME 
   HIT 
   HARDEST BY THE COVID 
   CRISIS, 
   TONIGHT THE ROOF ABOVE
   THEIR 
   HEADS MAY BE THE NEXT 
   THING THEY 
   LOSE. 
   >> I'M BEING EVICTED 
   BECAUSE OF 
   COVID-19.
   AND RIGHT NOW I JUST 
   DON'T KNOW 
   EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING 
   TO BECOME 
   OF MY SITUATION.
   I'M JUST SITTING 
   WAITING TRYING 
   TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. 
   >> Reporter: FOR THE 
   PAST FOUR 
   MONTHS, THE CARES ACT 
   HAS 
   PROTECTED HER FROM 
   EVICTION.
   THE NEW ORLEANS 
   GRANDMOTHER SAYS 
   SHE CAN'T MAKE HER 
   RENT.
   >> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
   I LOST MY JOB.
   ALONG WITH THAT, I 
   LOST 
   EVERYTHING ELSE.
   NO MONEY, NO NOTHING.
   I CAN'T SLEEP WELL.
   I STILL WORRY ABOUT 
   STUFF ALL 
   THE TIME. 
   >> Reporter: BUT THE 
   CARES ACT 
   EVICTION PROGRAM 
   COVERING 12.3 
   MILLION RENTALS ENDS 
   TONIGHT.
   AND THERE ARE 29 
   STATES THAT 
   HAVE NO ADDITIONAL 
   PROTECTIONS.
   EVICTION NOTICES COULD
   GO OUT AS 
   EARLY AS TOMORROW, 
   WITH A 30-DAY 
   NOTICE TO VACATE.
   IN NEW ORLEANS, A LAW 
   FIRM 
   REPRESENTING CLIENTS 
   LIKE BLUNT 
   FOR FREE HAS NOTICED A
   TREND. 
   >> THE VAST MAJORITY 
   OF OUR 
   CLIENTS ARE LOW-INCOME
   BLACK 
   SINGLE MOMS.
   I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 
   MORE THAN 
   90%. 
   >> DEFINITELY LOOKING 
   AT THIS 
   FROM A RACIAL EQUITY 
   LINE IS 
   REALLY IMPORTANT 
   BECAUSE WE'RE 
   GOING TO SEE A LOT 
   MORE PAIN IN 
   THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
   >> Reporter: 20% OF 
   WHITE 
   RENTERS ARE WORRIED 
   THEY CAN'T 
   PAY NEXT MONTH'S RENT.
   WHILE MORE THAN 40% OF
   HISPANIC 
   AND BLACK RENTERS HAVE
   THE SAME 
   CONCERNS. 
   >> IF NOTHING IS DONE,
   DO YOU 
   SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF
   A NEW 
   WAVE OF HOMELESSNESS 
   BECAUSE OF 
   THIS?
   >> YES.
   ABSOLUTELY.
   AND THAT'S A HUGE 
   CONCERN.
   AND, AGAIN, KNOWING 
   THE SUPPORT 
   AND SYSTEMS THAT WERE 
   IN PLACE 
   EVEN PRIOR TO COVID 
   WERE 
   INSUFFICIENT TO 
   SUPPORT THE 
   PEOPLE THAT WERE 
   ALREADY THERE. 
   >> I WON'T GIVE UP.
   I WON'T GIVE UP AT 
   ALL. 
   >> Reporter: DESPITE 
   HER WILL, 
   NATASHA BLUNT SAYS SHE
   MAY STILL 
   END UP IN A SHELTER. 
   >> THIS IS SO PAINFUL 
   FOR ME 
   THAT I COULD BE OF USE
   TO 
   SOCIETY ONE DAY AND 
   THE NEXT DAY, YOU 
   KNOW, I'M NOT
   USEFUL TO ANYBODY. 
   >> Reporter: SHE HAS 
   HER HEALTH.
   NOW LEFT TO
   WORRY WHAT LIFE WILL 
   BE LIKE 
   WITHOUT A HOME.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >> ANXIOUS, 
   HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS 
   FOR SO MANY AMERICANS.
   >>> AS SO MANY OF US 
   PAY 
   ATTENTION TO THE 
   PANDEMIC, 
   DURING A TV NEWS 
   REPORT, ONE 
   VIEWER IN FLORIDA WAS 
   PAYING 
   ATTENTION TO SOMETHING
   ELSE, AND 
   IT TURNS OUT THAT MAY 
   HAVE SAVED 
   A LIFE.
   HERE'S ANNE THOMPSON. 
   >> Reporter: FOR WEEKS
   NOW 
   COVID-19 HAS BEEN
   VICTORIA PRICE'S 
   FOCUS. 
   NOT CANCER. 
   >> NO.
   IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 
   OTHER C-WORD THESE 
   DAYS.
   >> Reporter: NOT 
   CANCER. 
   >> NO. 
   >> Reporter: BUT IT IS
   CANCER 
   THAT A WFLA THOUGHT 
   SHE SPOTTED 
   ON PRICE'S NECK JUNE 
   4th AND 
   WROTE IN AN E-MAIL, 
   PLEASE HAVE 
   YOUR THYROID CHECKED.
   REMINDS ME OF MY NECK.
   MINE TURNED OUT TO BE 
   CANCER. 
   >> I ALMOST DISMISSED 
   THE 
   E-MAIL.
   I THOUGHT, MAYBE IT 
   WAS JUST 
   WEIRD LIGHTING.
   I VERY EASILY COULD 
   HAVE IGNORED 
   THIS, AND I'M GLAD I 
   DIDN'T. 
   >> Reporter: CAN YOU 
   FIND THE 
   LUMP ON YOUR NECK THAT
   SHE SAW?
   >> Reporter: YOU KNOW,
   IT'S FUNNY.
   IT'S GOT TO BE RIGHT 
   HERE.
   >> Reporter: WHAT SHE 
   STILL 
   CAN'T SEE IN THE 
   MIRROR THE 
   DOCTOR DIAGNOSED AS 
   THYROID 
   CANCER THAT SPREAD TO 
   A NEW 
   LYMPH NODES, SHOCKING 
   THE 
   28-YEAR-OLD. 
   >> MY FOCUS HAS BEEN 
   ON THE GLOBAL HEALTH 
   CRISIS, NOT MY OWN 
   HEALTH.
   >> Reporter: DURING 
   THE 
   PANDEMIC, ONE-THIRD OF
   U.S. 
   ADULTS PUT OFF ROUTINE
   HEALTH 
   CARE IN APRIL.
   PRICE SAYS SHE'S 
   LIVING PROOF 
   HEALTH CARE CAN'T 
   WAIT. 
   >> IF SOMETHING FEELS 
   FUNNY, 
   ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE 
   YOUNGER 
   AND YOU LIKE TO THINK 
   YOU ARE 
   INVINCIBLE AND YOU'RE 
   NOT.
   IF SOMEONE IS SAYING 
   GO GET 
   SOMETHING CHECKED OUT,
   YOU 
   SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT.
   >> Reporter: JUST LIKE
   INSIDE EDITION'S 
   DEBORAH NORAL AND 
   HGTV'S TARIK MUSA WHO 
   WERE ALERTED TO
   THEIR THYROID CANCERS 
   BY 
   VIEWERS, PRICE IS EVER
   THANKFUL.
   VICTORIA, DO YOU THINK
   THE 
   VIEWER SAVED YOUR 
   LIFE?
   >> I WOULD LIKE TO 
   THINK SO.
   WHO KNOWS?
   I DON'T KNOW WHAT 
   WOULD HAVE 
   HAPPENED IF SHE HADN'T
   E-MAILED 
   ME. 
   SO I LIKE TO THINK SO.
   >> Reporter: PRICE 
   WILL UNDERGO 
   SURGERY MONDAY AND 
   HOPES TO BE 
   BACK THE FOLLOWING 
   WEEK, TELLING 
   THE STORY INSTEAD OF 
   BEING IT.
   ANNE THOMPSON, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> UP NEXT, A TRIPLE 
   >>> BACK NOW WITH THE 
   TRIPLE 
   THREAT OF STORMS AS WE
   HEAD INTO 
   THE WEEKEND.
   DYLAN DREYER IS 
   TRACKING THEM 
   FOR US.
   DILLON, WHAT'S COMING 
   OUR WAY?
   >> GOOD EVENING, 
   LESTER.
   THE TROPICS CERTAINLY 
   ARE 
   ACTIVE.
   WE HAVE A HURRICANE 
   OUT NEAR 
   HAWAII, HURRICANE 
   DOUGLAS.
   WE HAVE A TROPICAL 
   STORM IN THE 
   CARIBBEAN, BUT WE'RE 
   FOCUSSED ON 
   TROPICAL STORM HANNAH 
   IN THE 
   GULF OF MEXICO ALREADY
   PRODUCING 
   HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN 
   ALONG THE 
   GULF COAST.
   AS THIS CONTINUES TO 
   MOVE TO THE 
   WEST PRETTY SLOWLY, IT
   WILL 
   LIKELY STRENGTHEN TO A
   CATEGORY 
   ONE HURRICANE BEFORE 
   IT MAKES 
   LANDFALL SOUTH OF 
   CORPUS CHRISTI 
   TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
   WE COULD ALSO SEE UP 
   TO A FOOT OF
   RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN 
   TEXAS.
   SO LOTS OF CONCERNS 
   GOING INTO 
   THE WEEKEND.
   LESTER?
   >>> NOW, SOME PEOPLE 
   SOMETIMES 
   SAY, WE'LL SPLIT IT IF
   WE WIN, 
   NEVER THINKING IT WILL
   ACTUALLY 
   HAPPEN.
   WELL, FOR TWO 
   LONG-TIME FRIENDS 
   IT DID.
   HERE'S KATIE BECK. 
   >> Reporter: $22 
   MILLION. 
   >> AND I SAID, ARE YOU
   JERKING 
   MY BOBBER?
   >> Reporter: A 
   STUNNING PRIZE 
   TIED TO A PROMISE 
   BETWEEN 
   LONG-TIME FRIENDS TOM 
   HOOK AND 
   JOE DIFINI. 
   >> THEY SAID WHENEVER 
   THE BIG 
   WINNER COMES WE'RE 
   GOING TO 
   SPLIT IT.
   SO WE BUY EVERY WEEK. 
   AND, YOU KNOW, NOT 
   REALLY THINKING IT 
   WOULD HAPPEN.
   >> IT HAPPENED MANY 
   YEARS AGO.
   IT'S JUST KIND OF 
   CONTINUED. 
   >> Reporter: ALMOST 
   20, I THINK. 
   >> HANDSHAKE TO 
   HANDSHAKE. 
   >> Reporter: THAT 
   HANDSHAKE WAS 
   IN 1992.
   THREE DECADES OF 
   TRYING THEIR 
   WISCONSIN LOTTERY 
   LUCK.
   AND FINALLY LAST 
   MONTH -- 
   >> WE'VE GOT 41, 54 --
   >> Reporter: A WIN 
   SPLIT IN 
   HALF. 
   >> IT'S QUITE AN 
   EXPERIENCE WHEN 
   I READ THEM FIRST TWO 
   OR THREE 
   NUMBERS. 
   AND I KIND OF FROZE.
   >> Reporter: BOTH MEN 
   NOW 
   RETIRED AND READY FOR 
   THE GOOD 
   LIFE. 
   >> I GOT 
   GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT 
   GRANDCHILDREN.
   AND I WANT TO JUST 
   SPEND TIME 
   WITH THEM.
   I CAN'T THINK OF A 
   BETTER WAY TO 
   RETIRE. 
   >> Reporter: YOU CAN'T
   PICK THE 
   WINNING NUMBERS, BUT 
   FOR ALL OF 
   US, YOU CAN PICK GOOD 
   FRIENDS.
   THESE TWO HIT THE 
   JACKPOT ON 
   BOTH ACCOUNTS. 
