CHANCELLOR MER
>>> WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC, TENS OF
MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT JOBS BUT 
WALL STREET IS SOARING
IN SEPTEMBER THE DOW CLIMBED 450
POINTS CROSSING THE 29,000 MARK 
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
FEBRUARY
WHILE THE S&P JUMPED 54 POINT TO
A RECORD HIGH, FUTURES ARE MIXED
AHEAD OF THE WEEKLY JOBLESS 
NUMBERS DUE OUT THIS MORNING
AND THAT NEWS COMINGS AS UNITED 
IS THE LATEST AIRLINE TO
ANNOUNCE MASSIVE JOB CUTS.
THE COMPANY PLANS TO FURLOUGH 
MORE THAN 16,000 EMPLOYEES AS 
EARLY AS NEXT MONTH WHEN FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS AID RUNS OUT
>>> MAIN STREET IS FOCUSED ON AN
AMERICAN CLASSIC THAT WILL SOON 
BE UNVEILED.
HERE WITH A PREVIEW FROM LONDON 
IS KAREN TSO
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT 
THE BOXY OLD WAGONEER WITH THE
WOOD GRAIN PANELLING IS BACK
IT'S BEEN REVIVED TODAY.
IT WAS FIRST DEBUTED BACK IN THE
1960s BUT THEN TAKEN OFF THE
MARKET IN 1991 BUT IT WILL BE 
UNVEILED IN A LIVE STREAM TODAY.
SOME PHOTOS SUGGEST IT WILL HAVE
A GLASS ROOF, RETROGRILL, ALSO A
PLUG-IN HYBRID VERSION
THE RUGGED FLAGSHIP WITH A
PLUG-IN AS WELL.
WE'RE NOW COUNTING DOWN TO THE
HOLIDAY SEASON AND WALMART HAS
UNVEILED ITS LIST, THE TOP RATED
BY KIDS LIST
THIS WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE 
HOTTEST TOYS INCLUDING BIKES ARE
POPULAR AND WITH THE DIGITAL
MEDIA CONSUMPTION, CAMERAS OF 
THEIR OWN AND TOYS FROM SHOWS 
AND MOVIES
BACK
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "EARLY
TODAY.
44 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDED IN 
HEAT ALERTS AND WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS ALL THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST AND MUCH OF CALIFORNIA
>>> THE DUKE AND DUTCHESS OF
SUSSEX TURN TO STREAMING
MAKING A MAJOR MULTIYEAR DEAL 
WITH NETFLIX
JOINING US FROM BEIJING, TELL US
MORE ABOUT THIS NEW HOLLYWOOD 
GIG FOR THEM
>> Reporter: THIS IS A BLOCK
BUSTER DEAL FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN
TO PRODUCE TV SERIES, FILMS AND 
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING FOR
NETFLIX AFTER HOLDING MEETINGS
WITH SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
AND STREAMING RIVALS
NETFLIX ISN'T ATTACHING A DOLLAR
VALUE SO THE DEAL, BUT IF BASED 
ON PAST MEGAWATT DEALS THAT 
THEY'VE SIGNED AND COMBINED WITH
SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT HAVE
BEEN CIRCULATING ABOUT WHAT THE 
COUPLE WAS LOOKING FOR, THIS
COULD BE WORTH UPWARDS OF 
$100 MILLION
THE COUPLE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCING CONTENT 
BUT THIS IS SHEER STAR POWER
THAT THEY ARE BRINGING TO 
NETFLIX, JOINING HIGH PROFILE 
FIGURES LIKE BARACK AND MICHELLE
OBAMA IN SIGNING THESE BIG
PRODUCTION DEALS
AS WE KNOW, THE COUPLE STEPPED
AWAY FROM BEING SENIOR MEMBERS
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY BACK IN 
JANUARY.
THEY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES, THEY 
BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SANTA BARBARA,
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO BE 
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT BUT IN
DOING SO THEY AGREED TO GIVE UP 
THEIR ROYAL SUSSEX BRAND
AS FOR WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO
WATCH FROM THEIR YET TO BE NAMED
PRODUCTION HOUSE IN A STATEMENT,
HARRY AND MEGHAN SAID THEY WANT 
TO FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT CREATE
IMPACT, THAT INSPIRE, THAT
INFORM, BUT ALSO GIVE HOPE
THEY SAY THE FOCUS IS GOING TO
BE ON QUOTE, INSPIRATIONAL
FAMILY PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT
THEY LIKE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH 
NETFLIX BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL 
REACH OF THE PLATFORM IN SAYING 
THAT THEY CAN BE IMPACTFUL AND
PERHAPS UNLOCK ACTION IN THEIR
WORDS.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO
STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT.
>> YEAH.
I'M SURE ITALY JUST THE START OF
MANY OTHER DEALS
THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF 
STUFF IN OUR QUEUE TO WATCH 
THESE DAYS
THIS WILL ADD RIGHT TO IT.
>> I FIND IT FUNNY THAT IT'S
ABOUT FAMILY PROGRAMMING BUT IT 
CANNOT INVOLVE THEIR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW THAT'S THE ONE FAMILY
IT'S NOT GOING TO INVOLVE.
>> AND THEY WANTED TO BE PRIVATE
BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE, PUTTING
THEMSELVES OUT THERE
>> IT'S A LOT OF MONEY
DAVID BLAINE'S ASCENSION OVER 
ARIZONA WAS A STUNT YEARS IN THE
MAKING
CHECK IT OUT
>> YEAH!
>> YES
>> BEAUTIFUL
>> HE FLOATED NEARLY 25,000 FEET
IN THE AIR
HE WAS STRAPPED TO 52 WEATHER 
BALLOONS FILLED WITH HELIUM.
THE 47-YEAR-OLD DAREDEVIL WAS 
RISKING HYPOXIA, WHO KNOWS WHAT 
ELSE
SHARP OBJECTS UP THERE BUT IT 
WORKED OUT FOR HIM
HE LANDED SAFELY O
>>> PREPARE FOR VACCINES
THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE CDC 
TO THE STATES, NOVEMBER 1st,
JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION. 
>> DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, JOE 
BIDEN, BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP
FOR WHAT HE CALLS A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY, AS SCHOOLS STRUGGLE
TO REOPEN AND AMID FEARS
MILLIONS MAY NOT TAKE SOCIAL
DISTANCING SERIOUSLY ENOUGH,
OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. 
>> RIPPED FROM A RUSSIAN SPY
NOVEL, ARRIVAL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE.
AND NOW, NEW DETAILS ON WHAT
OFFICIALS SAY WAS USED TO POISON
HIM.
>> REMEMBER THE ICE BUCKET
CHALLENGE?
WELL, THE PHENOMENA HELPED RAISE
SOME $200 MILLION FOR RESEARCH
TONIGHT, A VERY PROMISING NEW 
TREATMENT.
>> AND MEET THE CHICAGO TEENS 
WHO TURNED AN OLD LIQUOR STORE
INTO SOMETHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
REALLY NEEDS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THE 
NATION'S FIGHT AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS.
THERE ARE, NOW, MORE THAN 6 
MILLION CASES, ACROSS THE U.S.
AND OVER 186,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
AND AS THE RACE FOR A VACCINE 
CONTINUES, THE CDC IS TELLING 
STATES TO PREPARE FOR THE 
LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, BY NOVEMBER
1st.
ACCORDING TO A LETTER OBTAINED
BY NBC NEWS, THE AGENCY'S 
DIRECTOR ASKED GOVERNORS FOR
THEIR HELP EXPEDITING 
APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION 
SITES, SO IT CAN SET UP 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION SITES BY
THAT DATE.
BUT IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN IF A 
VACCINE WILL BE READY BY
NOVEMBER 1st. 
>> THE NEWS COMES AS A SERIES OF
INTERNATIONAL TRIALS FOUND THAT 
TREATING CRITICALLY-ILL COVID-19
PATIENTS WITH CORTICOSTEROID
DRUGS REDUCES THE RISK OF DEATH 
BY 20%
THIS HAS PROMPTED THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO UPDATE 
ITS ADVICE ON TREATMENT.
MEANWHILE, THE VIRUS CONTINUES
TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT COLLEGE
CAMPUSES AND BEYOND.
30 OUT OF 40 GREEK HOUSES AT
INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON
ARE NOW UNDER QUARANTINE, AFTER 
REPORTING AN 8.1% POSITIVITY
RATE
ALSO, A MAN IN HIS 60s HAS, 
REPORTEDLY, BECOME THE FIRST
COVID-19 DEATH LINKED TO THE
STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN 
SOUTH DAKOTA
THIS, AS HEALTH EXPERTS ARE 
URGING AMERICANS TO TAKE PROPER 
PRECAUTIONS WHEN CELEBRATING
THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
HERE'S NBC'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER
>> Reporter: IT'S THE SCENE THEY
FEAR WILL UNFOLD IN THE DAYS TO 
COME
FROM POOLSIDE PARTIES TO BARS 
AND BEACHES, THESE ARE THE
HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS, OFTEN, BEHIND
A SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, FOURTH OF 
JULY, AND A MOTORCYCLE RALLY
DRAWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS SOUNDING
THE ALARM AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND.
>> WE'RE GOING INTO LABOR DAY.
PLEASE, WEAR YOUR MASK
>> Reporter: TOP DOCTORS WARNING
AMERICANS NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY, BEFORE MAKING 
PLANS FOR LABOR DAY.
>> MASKS, DISTANCE, AVOID 
CROWDS, OUTSIDE BETTER THAN 
INSIDE
AND IF WE DO THAT, I THINK WE 
CAN GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, 
WITHOUT SEEING A SURGE
>> Reporter: WITH THE NATION
MAKING PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID, CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE, BOTH, DOWN
NEARLY 40%, SINCE THEY PEAKED IN
JULY
THERE ARE, ALSO, WARNING SIGNS
AT LEAST SEVEN STATES HAVE
POSITIVITY RATES ABOVE 10%
IOWA, AN EMERGING HOT SPOT. 
>> GROWTH OF NEW CASES HAS
ACCELERATED, ESPECIALLY AS
SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AMONG YOUNG
ADULTS AND -- AND ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS AT 
NOTRE DAME RETURN TO SCHOOL 
AFTER A SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON 
CLASSES, UNIVERSITIES,
NATIONWIDE, ARE STRUGGLING TO 
CONTAIN COVID.
AND JUST AS OFFICIALS FEAR A
DANGEROUS WAVE OF NEW 
INFECTIONS, THIS FALL, SETBACKS 
IN OHIO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED
AMID THIS CLEAR WARNING.
>> AS WE GATHER WITH FAMILIES 
AND FRIENDS, WE MUST REMEMBER 
THAT WHENEVER THERE IS MORE 
ACTIVITY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE
MORE CASES. 
>> THE THREAT COMES, AS THE CDC 
ASKED STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA TO 
IDENTIFY POSSIBLE VACCINE 
DISTRIBUTION SITES
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF RED TAPE 
LIKE PERMITS, IN CASE A VACCINE 
IS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR
AND WHILE THERE ARE MORE STORIES
OF SURVIVAL, LIKE CYNTHIA 
MARTIN, WHO IS GOING HOME AFTER 
FOUR MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> THANK GOD
THANK GOD.
>> Reporter: A REMINDER OF
WHAT'S AT STAKE AND THE RISK WE 
ALL FACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> POLLS SUGGEST THE RACE FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS STARTED TO
GET A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER
ON THE HEELS OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S VISIT, JOE BIDEN WILL 
TRAVEL TO KENOSHA, TODAY
DURING HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN STOP
IN WISCONSIN, BIDEN PLANS TO
SPREAD A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR LAW AND 
ORDER.
HERE'S NBC'S ALICE BARR.
>> Reporter: WITH SEVERAL, NEW
POLLS SHOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE TIGHTENING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN, BOTH, OUT
CAMPAIGNING.
BIDEN TRYING TO REFOCUS 
ATTENTION ON THE PANDEMIC.
ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF 
FAILING TO LEAD.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER.
AND START TALKING TO THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, IN BOTH
PARTIES.
INVITE THEM TO THE OVAL OFFICE
>> Reporter: ALSO, LAYING OUT 
HIS OWN IDEAS FOR SAFELY
RETURNING KIDS TO SCHOOL
>> WE NEED EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE 
NEED IT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE'LL VISIT
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, PROMISING 
RACIAL UNITY AND HEALING
AFTER PROTESTS SET OFF BY THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOURING KENOSHA 
RIOT DAMAGE, VISITING ANOTHER 
BATTLEGROUND STATE, NORTH 
CAROLINA, FOR A WORLD WAR II
CEREMONY, WHILE DOUBLING DOWN ON
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> AMERICANS WARRIORS DID NOT 
DEFEAT FASCISM AND OPPRESSION,
OVERSEAS, ONLY TO WATCH OUR 
FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED BY VIOLENT 
MOBS, HERE, AT HOME.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS WEAK ON 
CRIME.
>> THESE PEOPLE KNOW ONE THING
AND THAT'S STRENGTH.
THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW
STRENGTH
>> Reporter: THE TWO CAMPAIGNS
FIGHTING A MESSAGING WAR, IN THE
FINAL WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TARGETING 
DEMOCRATIC CITIES, THIS MORNING.
THREATENING TO BLOCK BILLIONS IN
FEDERAL FUNDING OVER THE ONGOING
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY AND RACIAL INJUSTICE
IN A NEW MEMO, THE PRESIDENT
ACCUSED STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS OF ABANDONING THEIR 
DUTIES
HE SINGLED OUT PORTLAND,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND
NEW YORK
IN A TWEET, THE PRESIDENT SAID, 
WE'RE PUTTING THEM ON NOTICE
AND THE MOVE IS FACING HEAVY
PUSHBACK
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
TWEETING HE IS NOT A KING.
HE CANNOT DEFUND NYC
IT'S AN ILLEGAL STUNT.
>> THE PRESIDENT ALSO STIRRED UP
CONTROVERSY, SUGGESTING THAT HIS
SUPPORTERS SHOULD VOTE TWICE IN 
THE ELECTION
ONCE, BY MAIL.
AND AGAIN, IN PERSON
>> SO LET THEM SEND IT IN, AND
LET THEM GO VOTE
AND IF THEIR SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS
THEY SAY IT IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE
IF IT ISN'T TABULATED, THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO VOTE.
SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. 
>> VERY HELPFUL REMINDER HERE.
CASTING MULTIPLE BALLOTS IS A 
FEDERAL ELECTION CRIME
THE PRESIDENT HAS CLAIMED THAT
MAIL-IN BALLOTS LEAD TO 
WIDESPREAD FRAUD
BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT'S 
TRUE. 
>> ALL RIGHT
REMEMBER THE ICE BUCKET 
CHALLENGE A FEW YEARS AGO?
THE WORLDWIDE SOCIAL MEDIA
PHENOMENON THAT RAISED HUNDREDS 
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP
BEAT THE DISEASE, ALS.
WELL, NOW, NEW RESEARCH IN THE
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 
SHOWS IT REALLY PAID OFF
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THE
STORY.
>> Reporter: SIX YEARS AFTER IT 
SWEPT SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ICE 
BUCKET CHALLENGE IS PAYING OFF
HELPING FUND A STUDY OF AN
EXPERIMENTAL ALS MEDICATION,
TODAY, BEING DESCRIBED AS A 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
>> WELL, THIS IS A MILESTONE IN 
OUR FIGHT AGAINST ALS.
>> Reporter: AMX 35 IS A
COMBINATION OF TWO DRUGS
EACH TARGETS A DIFFERENT
CELLULAR COMPONENT
PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED IT AS PART
OF A PHASE TWO STUDY AT 
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 
RETAINED PHYSICAL FUNCTION, FOR 
LONGER, COMPARED TO THOSE WHO 
RECEIVED A PLACEBO
THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO
WALK, HOLD A PEN, OR SWALLOW
FOOD. 
>> WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS
THAT THERE'S HOPE.
THAT RESEARCH IS MAKING 
PROGRESS
WE ARE DEVELOPING NEW 
TREATMENTS
AND WE WILL WORK, 
COLLABORATIVELY, WITH ENTIRE ALS
COMMUNITY ON THE NEXT STEPS.
>> Reporter: ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE
PLANNING TO PETITION THE FDA TO 
APPROVE AMX 35 BASED ON THESE 
LATEST RESULTS, BYPASSING PHASE 
THREE TRIALS. 
>> I CONSIDER MYSELF -- 
>> Reporter: ALS IS ALSO KNOWN
AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, AFTER
THE BASEBALL LEGEND DIAGNOSED IN
THE 1940s.
THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE BROUGHT
IT TO THE ATTENTION OF A NEW
GENERATION. 
>> THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE WAS 
A REAL TURNING POINT
IT ATTRACTED NEW INVESTIGATORS
TO THE FIELD AND IT'S PRODUCING 
A LOT OF RESULTS
>> Reporter: RESULTS THAT COULD 
POTENTIALLY FREEZE ALS IN ITS 
TRACKS
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>> FANTASTIC NEWS THERE.
>> YEAH.
EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN 
THAT
HERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> FRUITS OF THAT LABOR.
>> THAT IS SO GREAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME SEVERE WEATHER 
BREWING THAT COULD INCLUDE
TORNADOS AND WE ALSO GOT SOME 
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT TO TALK
ABOUT.
NBC METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS, 
IS HERE WITH US.
>> DO IT AGAIN TODAY
BUT TODAY SHOULD BE A LITTLE
MORE WIDESPREAD.
WE'RE CONCERNED WE COULD EVEN 
HAVE SOME FTORNADOS
CURRENTLY, HEAVY RAIN IN
KENTUCKY
LITTLE BATCH OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 
MASSACHUSETTS.
THE SEVERE STUFF WILL BE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE ARE
TARGETING THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES
ESPECIALLY, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, 
DELAWARE
THAT'S THE BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW, HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT 
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
>> WELL, AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES 
GO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WARM, 
TOASTY, AND HUMIDITY IS HIGH
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FUEL
FOR THE STORMS LATER ON TODAY.
93 IN RICHMOND
HEAT INDEX WILL BE AROUND 100 
AND STILL VERY WARM THROUGH THE 
SOUTHEAST.
AND COMING UP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT 
A PAINFUL RECORD-BREAKING HEAT
WAVE FOR THE WEST COAST AND THE 
FIRE THREAT.
THEY DON'T NEED IT BUT THEY'RE
GOING TO GET IT.
>> YEAH.
THEY CAN USE ALL THE HELP THEY
CAN GET.
BILL, THANK YOU.
>>> THE FIRST SERVES OF THE U.S.
OPEN SECOND ROUND BROUGHT THEIR 
FAIR SHARE OF BIG MOMENTS.
NAOMI OSAKA, ONCE AGAIN, MAKING 
A STATEMENT BEFORE HER MATCH
WEARING AN ELIJAH McCLAIN MASK
TOUGH EVER LUCK FOR THE TOP 
SEATED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
AN URGENT SEARCH-AND-RESCUE 
MISSION OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN
THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD RESCUED
A MAN STRANDED IN THE DARK
WATERS OF THE EAST CHINA SEA
OFFICIALS RECEIVED A DISTRESS 
CALL THAT A CARGO SHIP CARRYING 
NEARLY 6,000 CATTLE AND 42 CREW 
MEMBERS WENT MISSING
WEATHER HAD BEEN ROUGH IN THAT
AREA, AFTER A TYPHOON HIT 
EARLIER.
THE CAUSE OF THAT DISTRESS CALL 
IS UNKNOWN
THE SHIP LEFT FROM NEW ZEALAND, 
AND WAS HEADED FOR A PORT ON
CHINA'S EAST COAST
>>> A QUIZ QUESTION FOR FIFTH 
GRADERS HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY 
IN KENTUCKY.
THE STUDENTS WERE ASKED WHAT IS 
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JACOB
BLAKE AND BREONNA TAYLOR
THE FIRST ANSWER INCLUDES BOTH
WERE THE VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE
THE KENTUCKY PEACE OFFICER'S
ASSOCIATION ACCUSED THE TEACHERS
OF NEGATIVELY INFLUENCING YOUNG 
MINDS TO PROMOTE AN AGENDA
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO ANSWER 
QUESTIONS ABOUT A NEWS ARTICLE, 
AND THAT THE ASSIGNMENT WAS NOT 
TEACHER CREATED.
THE DISTRICT ALSO INSISTED THAT 
CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE SAFE PLACES
TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS.
>>> WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON
THAT RIVAL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, 
WHO SUDDENLY GOT SICK.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS TESTS
SHOW THAT ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS
POISONED WITH THE SAME KIND OF
SOVIET-ERA NERVE AGENT THAT 
BRITISH AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED
IN THE 2018 ATTACK ON A FORMER
RUSSIAN SPY.
OUR SARA HARMON HAS MORE
>> Reporter: RUSSIAN OPPOSITION 
LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS THE 
VICTIM OF A POISONING WITH THE
CHEMICAL NERVE AGENT
NAVALNY IS CURRENTLY BEING
TREATED IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL
HE IS ON A VENTILATOR, AND
DOCTORS SAY IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER
HE MIGHT SUFFER LONG-TERM 
EFFECTS FROM THIS POISONING.
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR TOOK THE
RATHER RARE STEP OF HOLDING A 
LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS
THE FINDINGS OF THE TOXICOLOGY
REPORT
SAYING IT WAS UNEQUIVOCAL THAT
HE HAD BEEN POISONED, AND SAYING
THAT THE GERMANS WOULD REFER
THEIR FINDINGS TO THEIR EU AND
NATO PARTNERS.
RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME 
COLLECTIVE ACTION.
IT'S THE SAME NERVE AGENT THAT
THE RUSSIANS WERE ACCUSED OF
USING IN 2018 IN THE POISONING
OF EX-SPY SERGEI AND HIS
DAUGHTER IN THE UK
NOW, AT THE TIME, THE U.S. TOOK 
THE STEP OF ENACTING SANCTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA, AS A RESULT OF
THAT POISONING ATTACK, WHICH WAS
CONSIDERED A BRAZEN ATTACK ON 
BRITISH SOIL WITH A 
CHEMICAL-NERVE AGENT
AND IN THE COMING DAYS, WE'LL 
SEE WHETHER THERE'S 
INTERN
IN SEPTEMBER, THE DOW CLIMBED 
450 POINTS, CROSSING THE 29,000 
MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 
FEBRUARY
WHILE, THE S&P JUMPED 54 POINTS 
TO A RECORD HIGH
FUTURES ARE FLAT AHEAD OF THE 
WEEKLY JOBLESS NUMBERS, DUE OUT 
THIS MORNING
>>> CALIFORNIA BECAME THE FIRST 
STATE TO PASS 700,000 COVID-19
CASES THIS WEEK.
OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY WARNING OF
A THIRD POTENTIAL WAVE, WHICH 
WILL HIT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
STUDENTS, HARD
AS NBC'S JACOB SOBOROFF REPORTS,
UNDOCUMENTED HEALTHCARE WORKERS 
ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.
>> Reporter: THIS CELL PHONE
VIDEO WAS GIVEN TO US BY A
FILIPINO CARETAKER WHO SHARES A 
TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT IN LOS
ANGELES WITH SIX OTHER
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
FOUR OF WHOM, ARE UNDOCUMENTED
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SHOES
SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE HERE
>> Reporter: THEY LIVE TOGETHER,
TO SAVE MONEY.
BUT TIGHT LIVING CONDITIONS,
ALSO, PROVE RISKY AND THEY LIVE 
IN CONSTANT FEAR OF CONTRACTING 
COVID.
>> THIS IS THE BEDROOM
>> Reporter: BOTH, FROM THEIR 
WORKPLACE AND AT HOME.
IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL 
FOR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
TO BE UNDOCUMENTED
MANY SERVE AS CAREGIVERS IN 
NURSING HOMES, WHERE MORE THAN
40% OF COVID DEATHS IN THE U.S. 
OCCUR.
WE MET THREE OF THEM ON A RECENT
MORNING, AFTER THEY JUST
FINISHED UP A 12-HOUR NIGHT 
SHIFT.
>> ALL THREE OF YOU ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
>> PHILIPPINES. 
>> PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES?
PHILIPPINES?
NEARLY, 20% OF CALIFORNIA'S 
NURSES ARE FILIPINO.
AND WHILE FILIPINOS ACCOUNT FOR 
ABOUT A QUARTER OF ASIAN
RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA, THEY 
HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF COVID DEATHS
AMONGST THIS GROUP
AND A NEW, NATIONWIDE STUDY 
FOUND ASIANS JOINED BLACK AND 
HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AS SOME OF 
THE HARDEST HIT FROM COVID, WITH
DEATHS IN EACH GROUP UP AT LEAST
30% THIS YEAR OVER THE PAST 
FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED, THERE IS THE ADDED
BURDEN OF BEING INELIGIBLE FOR
ANY FEDERAL RELIEF, DESPITE 
BEING LABELED ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
>> ON TOP OF COVID, YOU HAVE A
LIFE AS AN UNDOCUMENTED 
HEALTHCARE WORKER.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S, ALSO, THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM BEING UNDOCUMENTED
WE CANNOT GET THE STIMULUS
WE CAN'T GET -- WE CANNOT FILE
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
FOR THE NEXT MONTH
WE MIGHT BE HOMELESS. 
>> YOU SAID HOMELESS
I'M RIGHT OVER THERE AND JUST 
LOOKING AT HOMELESS PEOPLE
SLEEPING IN THE PARK BEHIND YOU 
IN THE TENTS
YOU REALLY THINK THERE'S A
CHANCE THAT YOU COULD END UP ON 
THE STREET
>> YES, HONESTLY. 
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE NO 
CHOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE 
UNDOCUMENTED, BUT TO GO BACK TO 
YOUR JOBS IN A PLACE WHERE YOU
COULD VERY WELL GET COVID.
>> YES. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AKI STARTED THE FILIPINO 
WORKER CENTER, TO HELP
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS FROM THE 
FILL 
PHILIPPINES AND HAS SEEN COVID
RAVAGE HER COMMUNITY. 
>> UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS DOING 
HOMECARE AND AS DOMESTIC WORKERS
ARE STILL, VERY, VERY MUCH
NEEDED RIGHT NOW
SO THEY'RE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> IT'S THIS PARADOX OF BEING 
BOTH UNDOCUMENTED BUT ALSO, 
CLEARLY, ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO IT JUST BRINGS TO LIGHT, EVEN
MORE, ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS ARE FACING.
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS NOT 
IN ISOLATION, AN UNDOCUMENTED 
PROBLEM, OR EVEN A COVID
PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE OVERLAP OF MULTIPLE 
PROBLEMS, AT ONCE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS CRISIS, RIGHT NOW, JUST
SHOWS ALL OF THOSE
INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO, GIVEN THAT, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THESE JOBS ARE 
GOOD JOBS SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY 
CAN AFFORD DECENT HOUSING.
SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD 
HEALTHCARE AND TRANSPORTATION.O 
WEST IS JUST PLAIN MEAN.
AFTER THE FIRES THEY HAD IN 
AUGUST AND THE RECORD HEAT, 
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER
44 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK OF
THESE HEAT WARNINGS AND 
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES
THE SCORCHING HEAT B
>>> THE BASEBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF HALL OF
FAMER TOM SEAVER
TOM TERRIFIC, AS HE WAS KNOWN,
REPORTEDLY DIED FROM
COMPLICATIONS OF BODY DEMENTIA
AND COVID-19
THE PITCHER AMASSED 311 WINS IN 
HIS 20-YEAR CAREER AND LED THE
NEW YORK METS TO THEIR FIRST
WORLD SERIES IN 1969
AND WAS INDUCTED TO THE BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME IN 1992
HE ALSO HAD STINTS WITH THE 
WHITE SOX AND RED SOX.
RELEASED A STATEMENT ON SEAVER'S
DEATH.
TOM SEAVER WAS 75 YEARS OLD.
>> A NEW AMAZON ALEXA FEATURE 
ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR GAS 
USING VOICE COMMAND, RATHER THAN
PHYSICAL INTERACTION
>> ALEXA, FIND THE NEAREST GAS
STATION.
ALEXA, PAY FOR GAS ON PUMP 14.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE AT A
MOBILE STATION. 
>> SO THE FEATURE WORKS AT OVER 
11,500 EXXON AND MOBILE STATIONS
IN THE U.S. IT'S USEFUL DURING
THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE YOU CAN
STAY IN YOUR CAR UNTIL THE PUMP 
IS ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED
WE'RE SEEING IT MORE AND MORE.
CONTACTLESS DELIVERY, PAYMENT,
EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> YEAH.
SOON, IT WILL BE, ALEXA, TAKE ME
THERE.
NOW, TO THE INSPIRING STORY OUT 
OF CHICAGO, WHERE ONE 
NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW GETTING THE 
NOURISHMENT IT NEEDS
ALL THANKS TO A GROUP OF HIGH 
SCHOOLERS.
WITH THE STORY, NOW, IS KEVIN 
TIBBLES.
>> Reporter: FARM-FRESH GOODNESS
IN AN INNER CITY FOOD DESERT. 
>> ARE THERE MANY PLACES TO BUY 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES?
>> NO, THIS IS EXACTLY THE
REASON WHY WE'RE HERE.
>> WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN HARVEST
MARKET SET UP AND RUN BY HIGH 
SCHOOL STUDENTS ON CHICAGO'S
WEST SIDE.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PLACE
WHERE LIQUOR STORES OUTNUMBER 
GROCERY STORES
PROBABLY, SOMETHING AROUND 15 TO
16 LIQUOR STORES
AND MAYBE, ONLY TWO TO THREE
SUPERMARKETS, AT BEST.
>> Reporter: THEY EVEN TORE DOWN
A LIQUOR STORE TO CREATE THIS 
SPACE.
>> WE'RE HELPING TO KEEP
EVERYBODY ALIVE AND ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO EAT HEALTHIER.
>> IT'S ONLY FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES
NO JUNK.
>> Reporter: FROM A PERILOUS
SUMMER OF ANGRY PROTESTS, THESE 
TEENS HAD A DREAM TO DO 
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO HEAL
GROW A SMALL BUSINESS.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR WAYS, 
DESPITE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND TO 
REALLY MAKE AUSTIN THE BEST 
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE HERE
>> Reporter: FORMER CHICAGO 
BE
BEARS LINEBACKER ASSISTED WITH
STARTUP COSTS AND WAS THERE 
OPENING DAY.
>> NOT ONLY ARE THEY GETTING
JOBS AND GETTING PAID, AND
BRINGING HEALTHY FOOD INTO THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO CHANGING A 
STEREOTYPE
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE A NEGATIVE
STEREOTYPE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA.
>> WHAT DOES THIS PLACE 
REPRESENT TO YOU
>> FRESH, FRESH, AND FRESH. 
>> HOPE.
RENEWAL.
GROWTH
>> Reporter: AN OASIS, WHERE
GOOD THINGS ARE BOUND TO GROW.
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS,
CHICAGO.
>> AND HOPEFULLY, IT SPREADS
THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US
>>> THE BIG WARNING AHEAD OF
WHAT COULD BE A SUPERSPREADER 
WEEKEND.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WARNING 
AMERICANS TO STAY AWAY FROM BIG 
CROWDS, PACKED POOLS, BARS, AND 
BEACHES.
THEY COULD CREATE SUPERSPREADER 
EVENTS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS TO
PULL FEDERAL FUNDS FROM MULTIPLE
STATES THAT HAVE SEEN UNREST, AS
HE ALSO ENCOURAGES NORTH
CAROLINA RESIDENTS TO VOTE TWICE
TO TEST THE MAIL-IN SYSTEM
>>> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY 
PELOSI, SAYS SHE WAS SET UP WHEN
QUESTIONED ABOUT A CONTROVERSIAL
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF HER INSIDE
A SALON, SHUDDERED BY LAW 
BECAUSE OF COVID. 
>> THE FANS CALL HIM TOM
TERRIFIC AND OVERNIGHT, WE
LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME PITCHER, TOM 
SEAVER, JUST 75 YEARS OF AGE. 
>> AND THE LATEST STUNT FROM
MAGICIAN AND PERFORMER, DAVID 
BL
BLAINE, HIGH ABOVE THE DESERT.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP MENA. 
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
WITH JUST OVER TWO MONTHS UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY, THE RACE FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE IS HEATING UP.
JOE BIDEN IS TRAVELING TO 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, TODAY, WHERE
HE IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON
HEALING AND UNITY.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, ALSO,
HAS BEEN TAKING AIM AT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S HANDLING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
HERE IS NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER.
>> Reporter: FROM WILMINGTON, 
NORTH CAROLINA, TO WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE, THE 2020 RIVALS 
TRADING SHARP ATTACKS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER, AND START
TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN GIVING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP A FAILING GRADE,
AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL 
DOESN'T HAVE ANY REAL PLAN FOR
HOW TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY
>> Reporter: AT A BATTLESHIP IN 
THE BATTLEGROUND OF NORTH 
CAROLINA, THE PRESIDENT USING 
WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO TAKE A 
PERSONAL SWIPE AT HIS OPPONENT, 
WHO TURNED 78 THIS FALL.
>> HE'S 100% SHARP
HE'S 100% SHARP.
I KNOW A 78-YEAR-OLD THAT'S NOT 
SO SHARP
>> Reporter: ALSO, AN 
INTENSIFYING FIGHT OVER SAFETY
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WITH THE 
SCARRED CITY OF KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, THE BACKDROP.
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRIP
TUESDAY, EMPHASIZING LAW AND
ORDER, BIDEN ANNOUNCING HE'LL 
HEAD THERE AND MEET WITH THE
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE.
>> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE 
GOT TO HEAL.
WE GOT TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
HAMMERING HOME HIS HARDLINE 
STANCE. 
>> AMERICAN WARRIORS DID NOT
DEFEAT FASCISM AND OPPRESSION 
OVERSEAS, ONLY TO WATCH OUR 
FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED BY VIOLENT 
MOBS, HERE, AT HOME.
>> Reporter: THE CAMPAIGN, NOW, 
INTENSIFYING ON THE AIR WAVES.
THE PRESIDENT AIRING ADS IN 
MINNESOTA, HOME TO GEORGE FLOYD.
AND IN WISCONSIN, WHERE PROTESTS
FOLLOWED THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 
BLAKE.
>> COMMUNITIES, NOT CRIMINALS.
JOBS, NOT MOBS
>> Reporter: AND THIS, FROM 
BIDEN, WHO RAISED A 
RECORD-SHATTERING $365 MILLION, 
IN AUGUST.
>> LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
>> Reporter: EYEING THEIR FIRST 
DEBATE LATER THIS MONTH, BIDEN
IS SLAMMING THE PRESIDENT AS A
LIAR
AND HIGHLIGHTING ONE WISH FOR 
THAT FACE TO FACE.
>> WHAT I'D LOVE TO HAVE IS A 
CRAWLER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN, A FACT CHECKER. 
>> AND THE COMMISSION ON
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES HAS NOW
ANNOUNCED ITS MODERATORS FOR THE
VP DEBATE.
SUSAN PAGE
AND FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATES, CHRIS WALLACE OF FOX 
NEWS, STEVE SCULLY OF C-SPAN AND
OUR VERY OWN KRISTEN WELKER.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS GETTING TIGHTER THIS MORNING.
JOE BIDEN IS STILL LEADING THE
LATEST WAVE OF POLLS
BUT A NEW ONE FROM QUINNIPIAC,
SHOWS THAT BIDEN HAS A TEN-POINT
LEAD AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP
THAT'S DOWN FROM 15 POINTS, IN
EARLY JULY
AND THE MARGIN HAS NARROWED IN
SEVERAL OTHERS
THE DATA COMES AS THE PRESIDENT 
DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS MESSAGE OF
LAW AND ORDER.
OUR CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT, 
TRACIE POTTS, JOINING US NOW
TRACIE, GOOD MORNING
THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING HIS 
BIGGEST THREAT, YET.
>> YEAH.
PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS 
THREATENING TO WITHHOLD BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FROM WHAT HIS
ADMINISTRATION CALLS ANARCHIST
JURISDICTIONS.
HE OUTLINES THIS IN A MEMO, 
TARGETING CITIES THAT HAVE
RECENTLY SEEN RACIAL UNREST.
AND WE'VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT THIS
IN PORTLAND, SEATTLE, 
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND HE TARGETS
NEW YORK
THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THAT HIS 
ADMINISTRATION WILL DO
EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
PREVENT WEAK MAYORS AND LAWLESS 
CITIES FROM TAKING FEDERAL
DOLLARS.
SAYING HE IS PUTTING THEM ON
NOTICE
THIS RESPONSE FROM NEW YORK'S 
GOVERNOR, ANDREW CUOMO, THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT A KING,
AND HE CANNOT DEFUND NEW YORK 
CITY
HE'S CALLING IT AN ILLEGAL
STUNT.
THE PRESIDENT, ALSO, STIRRING UP
CONTROVERSY.
SUGGESTING, WHEN HE WAS IN NORTH
CAROLINA, THAT VOTERS SHOULD
VOTE TWICE
ONCE, BY MAIL.
ONCE, IN PERSON.
TO TEST THE SYSTEM
HE HAS CLAIMED, WITHOUT 
EVIDENCE, THAT MAIL-IN
BALLOTING, MAIL-IN VOTING, IS 
FILLED WITH FRAUD.
>> 600,000 PEOPLE COULD VOTE BY 
ABSENTEE IN THIS STATE
ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THAT 
SYSTEM
>> WELL, THEY'LL GO OUT AND 
THEY'LL VOTE
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND 
CHECK THEIR VOTE BY GOING TO THE
POLL AND VOTING THAT WAY BECAUSE
IF IT -- IF IT TABULATES, THEN, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, LET THEM SEND IT IN, AND LET
THEM GO VOTE
AND IF THEIR SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS
THEY SAY IT IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE
>> SO, AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, 
CASTING MORE THAN ONE BALLOT IS 
A FEDERAL CRIME.
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SUGGESTED,
OVER AND OVER, THAT MAIL-IN 
VOTING IS FILLED WITH FRAUD BUT 
THERE'S REALLY NO EVIDENCE OF 
THAT
PHILLIP.
>> CAN'T BE OVERSTATED
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>> THE NATION'S CORONAVIRUS 
CASES CONTINUE TO GROW
THERE ARE NOW OVER 6.1 MILLION
CASES, ACROSS THE U.S., WITH
OVER 186,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
>>> AND AS THE BATTLE AGAINST 
THE VIRUS CONTINUES, U.S. HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING THE
ALARM, AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
THEY ARE URGING AMERICANS TO
AVOID CROWDS, AND TO TAKE 
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY BY
WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WHILE CELEBRATING 
LABOR DAY.
MEANWHILE, THE CDC IS TELLING 
STATES TO PREPARE FOR THE 
LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE BY NOVEMBER 
1st.
ACCORDING TO A LETTER, OBTAINED 
BY NBC NEWS, THE AGENCY'S 
DIRECTOR ASKED GOVERNORS FOR
THEIR HELP EXPEDITING 
APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION 
SITES, SO IT CAN SET UP 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE SITES BY
THAT DATE.
IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN, THOUGH, IF
A VACCINE WILL BE READY BY
NOVEMBER 1st. 
>> THIS, AS DWAYNE, "THE ROCK"
JOHNSON HAS BECOME THE LATEST TO
BE INFECTED.
HIM, HIS WIFE, AND TWO YOUNG
DAUGHTERS ALL TESTED POSITIVE.
THE NEWS COMES AS THE NAZTION'S
TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPEAKS 
OUT.
HERE IS NBC'S CHANEL JONES
>> I BELIEVE THAT, BY THE TIME
WE GET TO THE END OF THIS 
CALENDAR YEAR, THAT WE WILL FEEL
COMFORTABLE THAT WE DO HAVE A 
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE
>> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
IS POSITIVE A COVID-19 VACCINE
IS ON THE WAY.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF GETTING ONE TO THE PUBLIC
MORE QUICKLY, BY WAY OF AN
EMERGENCY-USE AUTHORIZATION.
>> I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE 
WITH A VACCINE, UNLESS IT WAS 
SHOWN, IN A CLINICAL TRIAL, 
CLEARLY, TO BE SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF 
VACCINE TRIALS, IN WHICH EUAs 
HAVE, ULTIMATELY, BEEN DONE.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN DONE WHEN THERE
WAS ENOUGH DATA THAT YOU WOULD
REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT IT 
WAS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
>> Reporter: AND AS COVID CASES 
SPIKE ON MANY COLLEGE CAMPUSES, 
SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING WITH WHAT
TO DO WITH INFECTED STUDENTS. 
>> SO THE CAMPUS IS SHUT DOWN 
AND THE KIDS GO HOME. 
>> IT'S THE WORST THING YOU 
COULD DO
KEEP THEM AT THE UNIVERSITY, IN 
A PLACE THAT'S SEQUESTERED
ENOUGH FROM THE OTHER STUDENTS
BUT DON'T HAVE THEM GO HOME 
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE SPREADING 
IT IN THEIR HOME STATE. 
>> LABOR DAY IS COMING UP.
AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN 
CASES, AFTER PAST HOLIDAY 
WEEKENDS
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AS
WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEKEND?
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY, LIKE
LABOR DAY, WE HAVE SEEN AFTER 
THE FOURTH OF JULY, WE SAW AFTER
MEMORIAL DAY, A SURGE IN CASES
WEAR A MASK.
KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING
AVOID CROWDS
YOU CAN AVOID THOSE KIND OF 
SURGES
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SOMEONE
WHO'S PROPAGATING THE OUTBREAK
YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION, NOT PART OF THE 
PROBLEM.
>> CAN WE GET SOME CONTROL OF 
THIS, AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO FLU 
SEASON
AND ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A 
TWIN-DEMIC, AS THEY SAY?
>> YOU KNOW, I AM.
AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO 
SEE IS KIND OF A FULL-COURT 
PRESS TO GET US WAY DOWN, AS A
BASELINE
SO THAT, WHEN YOU GET THESE 
CASES IN THE FALL, THEY WON'T 
SURGE UP
THEY'LL BE CONTROLLABLE.
>> ALL RIGHT
OUR THANKS TO CHANEL JONES FOR
THAT REPORT.
>>> THE BASEBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF HALL OF
FA
FAMER TOM SEAVER
SEAVER DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS
OF BODY DE MEN CHA AND COVID-19.
HE PROPELLED THE METS TO THEIR
FIRST WORLD SERIES WIN IN 1969
NBC'S KURT GREGORY HAS A LOOK AT
THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE
FRANCHISE.
>> Reporter: TOM SEAVER'S ARM 
HELPED TRANSFORM THE NEW YORK 
METS FROM LOVEABLE LOSERS INTO
FEARSOME WINNERS
THE METS LOSS 101 GAMES IN 1967.
BUT SEAVER WON ROOKIE OF THE
YEAR HONORS WITH A 16-13 RECORD 
AND 18 COMPLETE GAMES.
1969 WOULD BE A MAGICAL YEAR
SEAVER, NICKNAMED THE FRANCHISE,
WON A LEAGUE-HIGH 25 GAMES
HIS FIRST NATIONAL LEAGUE CY
YOUNG AWARD AND LED THE METS TO 
A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP,
SHOWING A COMPLETE GAME AGAINST 
BALTIMORE IN GAME FOUR OF A 
FIVE-GAME SERIES
TOM TERRIFIC USED VELOCITY AND
PINPOINT CONTROL TO OPPONENTS.
>> PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES. 
>> PLAYING FOR THE METS, REDS,
WHITE SOX, AND RED SOX, SEAVER
AMASSED TRULY ICONIC NUMBERS
231 COMPLETE GAMES
HE AND WALTER JOHNSON ARE THE 
ONLY PITCHERS TO HAVE 300 WINS, 
3,000 STRIKEOUTS, AND AN EARNED 
RUN AVERAGE UNDER 3.
HE WAS ELECTED TO THE BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME IN 1992
LATER, SEAVER AND WIFE NANCY
STARTED ANOTHER CAREER
WINEMAKING
AT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN AND SEAVER
VINEYARDS IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA.
IN 2019, AFTER A DEMENTIA 
DIAGNOSIS, SEAVER RETIRED FROM
PUBLIC LIFE.
BUT HIS NAME LIVES ON.
AT THE METS BALLPARK ADDRESS
41 SEAVER WAY.
KURT GREGORY, NBC NEWS
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S GET A FIRST LOOK AT 
TODAY'S WEATHER WITH NBC
METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS
BILL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YEAH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, TOO.
THEY DON'T MAKE PICTURES LIKE 
THAT ANYMORE
LET'S GET INTO THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT
WE HAD A REALLY NASTY LINE OF 
STORMS GO THROUGH BALTIMORE 
YESTERDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN
TODAY.
BUT THIS TIME, WE ARE INCLUDING 
THE CHANCE OF SOME TORNADOS.
WE'RE 
WE'RE INCLUDING ANYWHERE FROM 
D.C., BALTIMORE, THEN, THESE
STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE
CHESAPEAKE INTO AREAS OF
MARYLAND AND COASTAL DELAWARE.
SO AS FAR AS THE FORECAST 
CONCERNS GO TODAY, OBVIOUSLY WE 
WILL WATCH THE SEVERE WEATHER 
THREAT AND ALSO THIS BUILDING 
HEAT WAVE IN THE WEST.
THAT'S THE BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW, HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
WEATHER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
WELL, THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM 
AND THE HUMIDITY IS UP AND
THAT'S GOING TO FUEL OUR
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES.
TEMPERATURES WILL FEEL LIKE 100 
DEGREES, EVEN IN THE SHADE
TODAY, IN THE SOUTHEAST.
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-90s.
IF YOU THINK IT'S HOT ON THE
EAST COAST, JUST WAIT TILL YOU
SEE WHAT THE WEST COAST'S ABOUT 
TO DEAL WITH
IT'S EYE OPENING. 
>> I CAN SEE TRIPLE DIGITS IN 
HIS MAP RIGHT THERE.
CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS 
LIKE. 
>> THANK YOU
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, SNOOP
DOGG IS PARTNERING WITH TRUSTED 
SPIRITS TO RELEASE HIS OWN BRAND
OF GIN
GLUTEN FREE.
IT WILL ROLL OUT LATER THIS YEAR
STARTING IN CALIFORNIA. 
>> REESE'S IS ROLLING OUT A 
TREAT THAT HIT STORES IN
DECEMBER. 
>> MICHAEL JORDAN'S LATEST
BUSINESS
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A HAIRY SITUATION FOR HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT IS
PLAYING DEFENSE AFTER SHE WAS 
CAUGHT ON CAMERA AT A SALON,
MASK FREE.
EVEN THOUGH, IT'S NOT LEGALLY 
ALLOWED WHERE SHE LIVES.
PELOSI SAYS SHE WAS SET UP
KASIE HUNT HAS MORE.
>> IF WE WEAR MASK -- 
>> Reporter: HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI UNDER FIRE AFTER SECURITY
FOOTAGE SHOWED HER INSIDE A SAN 
FRANCISCO HAIR SALON THAT'S 
CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, 
BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS
THE SALON'S OWNER RELEASING 
SECURITY FOOTAGE TO FOX NEWS
TELLING FOX, QUOTE, IT'S LIKE A 
SLAP IN THE FACE
PELOSI INSISTING THE SALON TOLD 
HER IT WAS ALLOWED. 
>> IT WAS CLEARLY A SETUP.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
FALLING FOR A SETUP BY A
NEIGHBORHOOD SALON THAT I'VE
GONE TO FOR YEARS.
WELL, I DON'T.
I THINK THAT -- THAT THIS SALON 
OWES ME AN APOLOGY FOR SETTING
UP
>> Reporter: THE SALON WASN'T 
FOLLOWING THE RULES.
EVEN THOUGH INDOOR SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, THE CITY OF SAN 
FRANCISCO ONLY STARTED ALLOWING 
ANY HAIR APPOINTMENTS, ON 
TUESDAY.
AND THEY MUST BE OUTDOORS.
SHAMPOOING ISN'T ALLOWED, AND 
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
PELOSI WAS PICTURED WITHOUT ONE.
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED
I DON'T WEAR A MASK WHEN I'M
WASHING MY HAIR.
DO YOU WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU'RE
WASHING YOUR HAIR?
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS
ACCUSING PELOSI OF HYPOCRISY. 
>> THEY PREACH TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE
WAY.
AND YET, IN PRIVATE, WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE NOT ROLLING AND, IN 
THIS CASE, I GUESS, THE CAMERAS 
WERE ROLLING, IT SHOWS A VERY 
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> Reporter: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
TWEETING, QUOTE, PELOSI IS BEING
DECIMATED FOR HAVING A BEAUTY 
PARLOR OPENED, WHEN ALL OTHERS
ARE CLOSED. 
>> THIS CONTROVERSY IS PLAYING
OUT WITH CORONAVIRUS RELIEF 
NEGOTIATIONS, STILL, STALLED
HERE ON CAPITOL HILL
AND THAT'S LEFT MILLIONS STILL
WAITING AFTER UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS EXPIRED AT THE END OF
JULY
FRANCES.
>> KASIE, THANK YOU.
>> THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF
SUSSEX ARE TURNING TO STREAMING.
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
INKING A MAJOR MULTIYEAR DEAL 
WITH NETFLIX
TURNING NOW FROM BEIJING WITH 
ALL THE DETAILS IS JANIS MACKEY 
FRAYER
GOOD MORNING
SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THEIR NEW 
HOLLYWOOD GIG.
>> WELL, THIS IS A BLOCKBUSTER
DEAL FOR HARRY AND MEGAN TO 
PRODUCE TV SERIES, FILMS, AND 
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
IT'S ALSO A BIG DEAL FOR
NETFLIX.
THE COUPLE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN
IN TALKS WITH SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD 
STUDIOS AND STREAMING SERVICES
AS WE KNOW, THEY BACKED AWAY AS 
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL 
FAMILY, BACK IN JANUARY.
MADE THE MOVE TO LOS ANGELES
LAST MONTH, BOUGHT A HOUSE IN 
SANTA BARBARA.
AND THEY WERE SETTING ABOUT 
BECOMING, QUOTE, FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT.
NOW, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS ARE 
UNLIKELY TO APPEAR OR TO STAR IN
ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTIONS
MEGHAN HAS ALREADY SAID THAT SHE
HAS NO INTENTION OF RETURNING TO
ACTING BUT THEY MIGHT MAKE CAMEO
APPEARANCES IN SOME OF THEIR
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING.
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAID 
FOR THIS, STILL, ISN'T CLEAR
NETFLIX ISN'T SAYING
BUT IF WE LOOK AT PAST MEGAWATT 
DEALS THE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY 
HAS SIGNED, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT HAD BEEN
CIRCULATING ABOUT WHAT THE
COUPLE WAS LOOKING FOR, THIS IS 
A DEAL THAT COULD BE WORTH
UPWARDS OF $100 MILLION.
BUT THIS IS SHEER STAR POWER
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
PRODUCING EXPERIENCE BUT IT DOES
PUT THEM IN LEAGUES WITH FIGURES
LIKE BARACK OBAMA.
IN A STATEMENT, HARRY AND MEGHAN
SAID THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON
PROJECTS THAT INFORM, BUT ALSO
GIVE HOPE.
THEY SAY THEY WANT TO CREATE, 
QUOTE, INSPIRATIONAL FAMILY 
PROGRAMMING AND THAT THEY LIKE
NETFLIX AS A PLATFORM BECAUSE OF
ITS GLOBAL REACH, AND ITS 
ABILITY TO, PERHAPS, QUOTE, 
UNLOCK ACTION.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO
STAY
YES.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT WAS A STUNT TEN YEARS IN
THE MAKING
DAVID BLAINE SUCCESSFULLY 
FLOATED 24,900 FEET ABOVE THE 
ARIZONA DESERT
HE WAS STRAPPED TO 52 
HELIUM-FILLED WEATHER BALLOONS
THE 47-YEAR-OLD DAREDEVIL WAS 
RISKING HYPOTHERMIA, HYPOXIA, 
AND MORE
YET, HE STILL MADE IT SAFELY TO 
THE GROUND
HE'S BEEN DROWNED.
HE'S BEEN FROZEN
AND NOW, HE'S FLOWN WITH
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "EARLY
TODAY.
112 IS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE
EVER RECORDED IN PHOENIX IN 
SEPTEMBER.
TOMORROW, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF 
TY
>>> WITH MANY COUPLES FORCED TO 
CANCEL THEIR WEDDING DAY THANKS 
TO THE PANDEMIC, A NEW DILEMMA
IS POPPING UP.
WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT FOOD 
FROM THE RECEPTION THAT'S 
ALREADY PAID FOR
ONE OHIO COUPLE HAD AN IDEA.
REPORTER DANIEL WIGGINS FROM OUR
CLEVELAND AFFILIATE, WKYC, HAS
THE STORY.
>> Reporter: HERE COMES THE 
BRIDE AND GROOM, TO THE KITCHEN.
YEAH, I KNOW
NOT A TYPICAL PLACE TO FIND 
NEWLYWEDS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY. 
>> WHY NOT SPREAD THE LOVE
>> Reporter: SPREAD THE LOVE, 
THE HAIR NETS, AND THE FOOD.
STILL, DRESSED IN THEIR WEDDING 
GOWN AND TUX, MELANIE AND TYLER 
ARE SPENDING THEIR FIRST FEW
HOURS AS HUSBAND AND WIFE 
SERVING MEALS TO WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, AT THE CITY MISSION'S 
LAURA'S HOME CRISIS CENTER ON 
CLEVELAND'S WEST SIDE.
>> SEEING EVERYBODY HAPPY IS
MAKING US HAPPY.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT JUST
ANY FOOD
THESE ARE MEALS THAT WERE 
SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED AT THEIR
RECEPTION, WHICH WAS CANCELLED, 
DUE TO COVID-19.
>> WE PAID FOR IT, ALREADY
SO WE WERE LIKE WE MIGHT AS WELL
DONATED IT. 
>> THEY COULD HAVE DONE A 
HUNDRED OTHER THINGS
YOU KNOW
AND YET, THEY'RE CHOOSING TO DO 
THIS
A REAL ACT OF GIVING AND
COMPASSION, ON A DAY THAT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN THEIR 
LIFE
>> Reporter: CITY MISSION CEO 
SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, TO 
HIS KNOWLEDGE, SOMEONE HAS EVER 
DONATED THEIR RECEPTION FOOD TO 
THE CRISIS CENTER.
>> HOLY COW.
YOU KNOW, WHAT A -- AN
UNSELFISH, WONDERFUL IDEA.
I THINK IT COMMUNICATES TO THE
WOMEN THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 
THAT -- THAT CARE FOR THEM
>> Reporter: NOT JUST THE WOMEN,
BUT THEIR KIDS, TOO.
>> IT'S THE CHILDREN
THAT IS OUR FUTURE, AND THEY
DESERVE TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT
WE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE THEM.
>> Reporter: WHO SAY THEY 
SUPPORT A CHARITY, EVERY YEAR,
HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR WEDDING
PLANS, MULTIPLE TIMES, DURING 
THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC
BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE HAPPY WITH 
THE WAY THINGS TURNED OUT.
>> ACTUALLY, PROBABLY, THE BEST 
OUTCOME OF IT ALL.
>> YEAH AND IT SEEMS LIKE 
WEDDINGS ARE GOOD LUCK FOR THE
COUPLE
THEY ACTUALLY MET AT ONE, FOUR
YEARS AGO.
SO THAT'S REAL, TRUE LOVE.
WAY BEYOND JUST THE TWO OF THEM.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DECIDE A
COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOURSELF.
EITHER, YOU'RE GOING TO POUT
AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE 
WAY THINGS ARE
OR YOU CAN TURN A BAD SITUATION 
INTO A GOOD ONE AND YOU CAN SEE 
WHAT THEY CHOSE THERE.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS TWO DAYS
AWAY AND THE BETTING FAVORITE IS
MAKING HIS ENTRANCE AT CHURCHILL
DOWNS.
TIZ THE LAW ARRIVED.
HE WILL TRY TO BE THE FIRST 
HORSE TO WIN THE DERBY FROM THE 
NUMBER 17 POST AND CONTINUE HIS 
RUN FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN
OUR COVERAGE FOR THE KENTUCKY 
DERBY STARTS THIS SATURDAY AT 
2:30 P.M. EASTERN, RIGHT HERE,
ON NBC
LIKE MOST THINGS THIS YEAR, 
TRIPLE CROWN'S DIFFERENT
BELMONT STAKES IS USUALLY LAST
THIS YEAR, IT'S FIRST.
>> HEY, AT LEAST IT'S HAPPENING.
WITH SO MANY THINGS GONE AND
CANCELLED FOR GOOD, THIS IS 
>>> WE ARE JUST 61 DAYS TO THE
ELECTION AND THE CDC IS ALERTING
STATES TO BE READY FOR A COVID
VACCINE BY NOVEMBER 1st.
THAT'S JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE 
POLLS OPEN
PLUS, THE WARNING FOR ALL 
AMERICANS AS WE MADE INTO THE 
WEEKEND.
>> NANCY PELOSI IS PUSHING BACK 
AGAINST THE BACKLASH SAYING SHE 
WAS SET UP AFTER BEING SEEN 
GETTING HER HAIR DONE IN A SALON
WHERE SHE LIVES.
>>> WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR MEGHAN AND
HARRY.
>>> THE CHILLY CHALLENGE THAT 
SWEPT THE NATION
HOW ALL THOSE ICE BUCKETS 
MANAGED TO RAISE OVER 
$200 MILLION WORLDWIDE
AND A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE 
FIGHT AGAINST ALS.
>>> AND GET READY FOR THE RETURN
OF THE ICONIC JEEP WAGONEER.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS CONTINUES TO GROW AS 
THIS PANDEMIC RAGES ON
THERE ARE NOW OVER 6 MILLION
INFECTIONS IN THE U.S. AND MORE 
THAN 186,000 COVID RELATED
DEATHS
>>> THE SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL 
TRIALS FOUND THAT TREATING
CRITICALLY ILL COVID-19 PATIENTS
WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS REDUCES THE
RISK BY 20%.
>>> ACTOR AND FORMER WRESTLER 
THE ROCK JOHNSON IS THE LATEST
CELEBRITY TO BE INFECTED BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
HE ANNOUNCED HIS WIFE, TWO YOUNG
DAUGHTERS ALONG WITH HIMSELF ALL
TESTED POSITIVE ABOUT THREE 
WEEKS AGO.
THIS AS A MAN IN HIS 60s HAS
BECOME THE FIRST COVID-19 DEATH 
ERELATED TO STURGIS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA
>> Reporter: IT'S THE SCENE THEY
FEAR WILL UNFOLD IN THE DAYS TO 
COME FROM POOL SIDE PARTIES TO
BARS AND BEACHES
THESE ARE THE HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS 
OFTEN BEHIND A SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, 4th OF JULY 
AND A MOTORCYCLE RALLY DRAWING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, U.S. 
HEALTH OFFICIALS SOUNDING THE 
ALARM AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND.
>> WE'RE GOING INTO LABOR DAY.
PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASKS
>> TOP DOCTORS WARNING AMERICANS
NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE MAKING
PLANS FOR LABOR DAY.
>> MASKS, DISTANCE, AVOID 
CROWDS, OUT SIDE BETTER THAN
INSIDE
>> IF WE DO THAT I THINK WE CAN 
GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITHOUT
SEEING A SURGE. 
>> Reporter: WITH THE NATION
MAKING PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID CASES AND 
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE BOTH DOWN
NEARLY 40% SINCE THEY PEAKED IN 
JULY, THERE ARE ALSO WARNING
SIGNS.
AT LEAST 7 STATES HAVE
POSITIVITY RATES ABOVE 10%
IOWA AN EMERGING HOT SPOT.
>> GROWTH OF NEW CASES HAS
ACCELERATED ESPECIALLY AS SOCIAL
ACTIVITY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AND 
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS AT 
NOTRE DAME RETURN TO SCHOOL 
AFTER A SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON 
CLASSES, UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE
ARE STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN COVID.
AND JUST AS OFFICIALS FEAR, A 
DANGEROUS WAVE OF NEW INFECTIONS
THIS FALL, SETBACKS IN OHIO 
ALREADY ARRIVE AMID THIS CLEAR
WARNING.
>> AS WE GATHER WITH FAMILIES 
AND FRIENDS WE MUST REMEMBER
THAT WHENEVER THERE'S MORE
ACTIVITY WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE
CASES.
>> Reporter: THE THREAT COMES AS
THE CDC ASKED STATES LIKE 
CALIFORNIA TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE 
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION SITES, 
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF RED TAPE 
LIKE PERMITS IN CASE A VACCINE
IS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR
AND WHILE THERE ARE MORE STORIES
OF SURVIVAL, LIKE CYNTHIA MARTIN
WHO IS GOING HOME AFTER FOUR
MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL. 
>> THANK GOD
THANK GOD.
>> Reporter: A REMINDER OF
WHAT'S AT STAKE AND WHAT WE ALL 
FACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE RACE FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOE BIDEN IS TRAVELING TO 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TODAY WHERE
HE IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE.
WITH JUST OVER TWO MONTHS UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY WE'RE SEEING BOTH
CAMPAIGNS RAMP UP ATTACKS ON ONE
ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: WITH SEVERAL NEW 
POLLS SHOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE TIGHTENING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN BOTH OUT
CAMPAIGNING, BIDEN TRYING TO
REFOCUS ATTENTION ON THE
PANDEMIC ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT 
OF FAILING TO LEAD
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER AND START 
TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES.
INVITE THEM TO THE OVAL OFFICE. 
>> Reporter: ALSO LAYING OUT HIS
OWN IDEAS FOR SAFELY RETURNING
KIDS TO SCHOOL
>> WE NEED EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND WE
NEED IT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE'LL VISIT
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, PROMISING 
RACIAL UNITY AND HEALING AFTER
PROTESTS SET OFF BY THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITING ANOTHER
BATTLEGROUND STATE, NORTH 
CAROLINA, FOR A WORLD WAR II
CEREMONY WHILE DOUBLING DOWN ON 
HIS LAW & ORDER MESSAGE.
>> THEY DID NOT DEFEAT
OPPRESSION OVERSEAS ONLY TO BE
SEEING OUR FREEDOM TRAMPLED BY
MOBS
THESE PEOPLE ONLY KNOW ONE THING
AND THAT'S STRENGTH.
THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW
STRENGTH. 
>> Reporter: THE TWO CAMPAIGNS
FIGHTING A MESSAGING WAR IN THE 
FINAL WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
IS GETTING TIGHTER THIS MORNING.
JOE BIDEN IS STILL LEADING THE
LATEST WAVE OF POLLS BUT A NEW
ONE SHOWS BIDEN WITH A 10-POINT 
LEAD OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THAT'S DOWN FROM 15 POINTS IN 
EARLY JULY
AND THE MARGIN HAS NARROWED IN
SEVERAL OTHERS TOO
THE NEW DATA COMES AS THE 
PRESIDENT DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS 
MESSAGE OF LAW & ORDER
TRACIE POTTS JOINING US NOW.
GOOD MORNING
THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING HIS 
BIGGEST THREAT YET
>> PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS
THREATERNING TO WITH HOLD 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
FUNDS FROM WHAT HE CALLS
ANARCHIST CITIES, CITIES DEALING
WITH RACIAL VIOLENCE AND UNREST.
PORTLAND, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,
D.C., AND NEW YORK, THE 
PRESIDENT IN A MEMO OUTLINING 
THOSE CITIES AND OWN FOLLOWING
UP WITH A TWEET SAYING HIS
ADMINISTRATION WILL DO
EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
PREVENT WHAT HE CALLS WEAK
MAYORS AND LAWLESS CITIES FROM
TAKING THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS
CLAIMING HE IS PUTTING THEM ON
NOTICE TODAY
NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR RESPONDING
ON TWITTER SAYING HE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS NOT A KING, HE CANNOT
DEFUND NEW YORK CITY CALLING
THIS AN ILLEGAL STUNT.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO STIRRING UP
CONTROVERSY, SUGGESTING HIS 
SUPPORTERS SHOULD VOTE TWICE IN 
THE ELECTION
ONCE BY MAIL, AGAIN IN PERSON,
TO TEST THE SYSTEM THAT HE HAS
CLAIMED THE FILLED WITH FRAUD.
>> 600,000 PEOPLE COULD VOTE BY 
ABSENTEE IN THIS STATE
ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THAT 
SYSTEM
>> WELL, THEY'LL GO OUT AND 
THEY'LL VOTE AND THEY'LL HAVE TO
CHECK THEIR VOTE BY GOING TO THE
POLL AND VOTING THAT WAY, 
BECAUSE IF IT TABULATES THEN
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO LET THEM SEND IT IN AND LET
THEM GO VOTE AND IF THEIR SYSTEM
IS AS GOOD AS THEY SAY IT IS, 
THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO VOTE
>> SO TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO 
KNOW ABOUT THAT.
CASTING TWO VOTES IS A FEDERAL
CRIME, ALSO THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
OF MAIL-IN VOTING BEING 
FRAUDULENT AS THE PRESIDENT HAS 
CLAIMED.
>> THE PRESIDENT STILL PUSHING
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW
THANK YOU.
>>> A HAIRY SITUATION FOR NANCY 
PELOSI
SHE IS NOW PLAYING DEFENSE AFTER
SHE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AT A 
SALON MASK FREE EVEN THOUGH IT'S
NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED WHERE SHE 
LIVES.
PELOSI SAYS SHE WAS SET UP
>> IF WE WEAR MASKS --
>> Reporter: HOUSE SPEAKER UNDER
FIRE AFTER VIDEO SHOWED HER AT A
SALON WITHOUT A MASK ON.
THE OWNER TELLING FOX QUOTE IT'S
LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE.
SHE INSISTED SHE WAS TOLD IT WAS
ALLOWED.
>> I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ONLY 
FOR A SETUP BY A NEIGHBORHOOD 
SALON THAT I'VE GONE TO FOR 
YEARS.
WELL, I DON'T.
I THINK THAT THEY'LL -- THAT
THIS SALON OWES ME AN APOLOGY 
FOR SETTING UP. 
>> Reporter: THE SALON WASN'T 
FOLLOWING THE RULES EVEN THOUGH 
INDOOR SERVICES ARE ALLOWED BY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ONLY
STARTED ALLOWING ANY HAIR 
APPOINTMENTS ON TUESDAY AND THEY
MUST BE OUTDOORS
SHAMPOOING ISN'T ALLOWED AND
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
PELOSI WAS PICTURED WITHOUT ONE.
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED
I DON'T WEAR A MASK WHEN I'M
WASHING MY HAIR.
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS
ACCUSING PELOSI OF HYPOCRISY
>> THEY PREACH TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE WAY
AND YET IN PRIVATE WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE NOT ROLLING AND IN
THIS CASE I GUESS THE CAMERAS 
WERE ROLLING IT SHOWS A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> Reporter: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAYING QUOTE, PELOSI IS BEING 
DECIMATED.
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS 
STILL STALLED HERE ON CAPITOL 
HILL AND THAT'S LEFT MILLIONS 
STILL WAITING AFTER UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS EXPIRED AT THE END OF
JULY
>>> YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE 
WORLD WIDE PHENOMENON THAT
RAISED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO BEAT THE DISEASE ALS.
ALL THAT COLD CASH IS PAYING
OFF.
WE HAVE THE BIG NEW DEVELOPMENT.
>> Reporter: IT WAS THE FRIGID
PHENOMENON IN THE SUMMER OF 
2014, THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE
MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND
FUNDS FOR ALS, A DEBILITATING 
DISEASE WITH NO CURE
CHRISTINA WAS DIAGNOSED AT JUST 
31, GIVEN JUST TWO YEARS TO 
LIVE
THEN SHE WAS GIVEN A NEW DRUG 
CALLED AMX 35 IN A TRIAL FUNDED 
BY THE MORE THAN 200 MILLION
RAISED BY ICE BUCKET DONORS.
>> THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF PERIOD
WHERE SHE WAS -- WE REALLY SAW A
DRAMATIC PROGRESSION OF HER ALS 
AND THAT PERIOD COMPARED TO WHEN
SHE WAS ON THE DRUG.
>> Reporter: PATIENTS WHO GOT 
THE DRUG RETAINED PHYSICAL
FUNCTIONS LONGER LIKE SPEAKING, 
WALKING, SWALLOWING.
>> DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD SEIZE
THIS IN YOUR LIFETIME?
>> NO, THIS IS AMAZING COME TRUE
FOR ME. 
>> Reporter: RESULTS SO GOOD THE
ALS ASSOCIATION IS PETITIONING
THE FDA TO BYPASS PHASE 3 TRIALS
AND GET THE DRUG TO PATIENTS
NOW.
>> ANY TREATMENT WE CAN GIVE
THROUGH MEDICATION IS GOING TO
BE SUBSTANTIAL. 
>> Reporter: HE DIED OF ALS.
>> WHEN PETE WAS DIAGNOSED WE 
DIDN'T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END 
OF THE TUNNEL.
NOT ONLY DO WE SEE THE LIGHT AT 
THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT NOW
WE CAN FEEL IT RAISE AND IT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: THE MONEY RAISED 
FROM THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE 
HAS FUNDED MORE THAN 100
POTENTIAL THERAPIES.
CHRISTINA WANTS TO SEE HER KIDS 
GRADUATE
>> OBVIOUSLY WE WANT A CURE, BUT
IF WE JUST FREEZE IT AND JUST 
STOPPED THE DEGRADATION,
WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE BOTH VERY 
HAPPY.
>> A FAMILY FULL OF HOPE THANKS 
TO ONE MAN'S DREAM AND THE
DONATIONS OF MANY.
>> SIX YEARS BUT WORTH THE WAIT 
FOR ALL THAT PROGRESS.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
SO MANY OF US PARTICIPATED IN 
THAT
WOW.
>>> A TORNADO THREAT IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL
BILL KARINS BRINGS IT ALL TO US.
BILL, GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING.
YEAH, SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN
THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND 
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
COUPLE TORNADOS.
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS PRETTY
CALM
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.
AS FAR AS THIS AFTERNOON GOES 
THAT'S THE AIRAFTER CONCERN 
RIGHT IN THE MID-ATLANTIC.
AS WE HEAD TO WASHINGTON, D.C., 
SOUTH OF PHILADELPHIA FOR THE 
MOST PART THAT AREA OF ORANGE IS
WHAT WE CALL AN ENHANCED RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS.
21 MILLION PEOPLE ARE AT RISK 
FOR THOSE STORMS
AND 107 IN PHOENIX TODAY AND IT 
GETS HOTTER THIS WEEKEND
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WEATHER
OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IN PLACE BEFORE THOSE
STORMS HIT FROM D.C. TO FEL 
PHIL
ANOTHER DAY IN THE 90s AROUND 
RICHMOND ALL THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS.
STILL VERY HOT AND A LOT OF 
POWER OUTAGES AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA IN LOUISIANA
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
INCREDIBLE WESTERN HEAT WAVE
COMING UP.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NBA
PLAYOFFS ARE IN THE BOOKS AFTER 
ONE MORE GAME 7 AFTER SOME LATE 
GAME DEFENSIVE HE ROWICS FROM 
JAMES HARDEN, THE HOUSTON 
ROCKETS ADVANCE WITH A WIN OVER 
OKLAHOMA CITY.
HOUSTON WAS LED BY 21 POINTS
EACH FROM ROBERT COVINGTON AND
ERIC GORDON.
THE ROCKETS MOVE O
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, THE 
BASEBALL WORLD IS MOURNING THE
LOSS OF HALL OF FAMER TOM 
SEAVER
HE REPORTEDLY DIED FROM 
COMPLICATIONS OF BODY DEMENTIA
AND COVID-19
HE LED THE NEW YORK METS TO 
THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES TITLE
IN 1969.
WON THREE CY YOUNG AWARDS AND 
WAS INDUCTED INTO BASEBALL'S
HALL OF FAME IN 1962
HE WAS CALLED THE GREATEST MET
OF ALL TIME.
THE FRANCHISE TOM SEAVER WAS 75 
YEARS OLD.
>>> THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS
TESTS SHOW THAT HE WAS POISONED 
BY THE NERVE AGENT THAT BRITISH 
AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE 
2018 ATTACK ON A FORMER RUSSIAN 
SPY.
HE WAS IN SIBERIA WHEN HE DRANK 
A CUP OF TEA TWO WEEKS AGO AND
GOT SICK
HE IS STILL IN A COMA.
CHANCELLOR MER
>>> WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC, TENS OF
MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT JOBS BUT 
WALL STREET IS SOARING
IN SEPTEMBER THE DOW CLIMBED 450
POINTS CROSSING THE 29,000 MARK 
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
FEBRUARY
WHILE THE S&P JUMPED 54 POINT TO
A RECORD HIGH, FUTURES ARE MIXED
AHEAD OF THE WEEKLY JOBLESS 
NUMBERS DUE OUT THIS MORNING
AND THAT NEWS COMINGS AS UNITED 
IS THE LATEST AIRLINE TO
ANNOUNCE MASSIVE JOB CUTS.
THE COMPANY PLANS TO FURLOUGH 
MORE THAN 16,000 EMPLOYEES AS 
EARLY AS NEXT MONTH WHEN FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS AID RUNS OUT
>>> MAIN STREET IS FOCUSED ON AN
AMERICAN CLASSIC THAT WILL SOON 
BE UNVEILED.
HERE WITH A PREVIEW FROM LONDON 
IS KAREN TSO
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT 
THE BOXY OLD WAGONEER WITH THE
WOOD GRAIN PANELLING IS BACK
IT'S BEEN REVIVED TODAY.
IT WAS FIRST DEBUTED BACK IN THE
1960s BUT THEN TAKEN OFF THE
MARKET IN 1991 BUT IT WILL BE 
UNVEILED IN A LIVE STREAM TODAY.
SOME PHOTOS SUGGEST IT WILL HAVE
A GLASS ROOF, RETROGRILL, ALSO A
PLUG-IN HYBRID VERSION
THE RUGGED FLAGSHIP WITH A
PLUG-IN AS WELL.
WE'RE NOW COUNTING DOWN TO THE
HOLIDAY SEASON AND WALMART HAS
UNVEILED ITS LIST, THE TOP RATED
BY KIDS LIST
THIS WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE 
HOTTEST TOYS INCLUDING BIKES ARE
POPULAR AND WITH THE DIGITAL
MEDIA CONSUMPTION, CAMERAS OF 
THEIR OWN AND TOYS FROM SHOWS 
AND MOVIES
BACK
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "EARLY
TODAY.
44 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDED IN 
HEAT ALERTS AND WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS ALL THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST AND MUCH OF CALIFORNIA
>>> THE DUKE AND DUTCHESS OF
SUSSEX TURN TO STREAMING
MAKING A MAJOR MULTIYEAR DEAL 
WITH NETFLIX
JOINING US FROM BEIJING, TELL US
MORE ABOUT THIS NEW HOLLYWOOD 
GIG FOR THEM
>> Reporter: THIS IS A BLOCK
BUSTER DEAL FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN
TO PRODUCE TV SERIES, FILMS AND 
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING FOR
NETFLIX AFTER HOLDING MEETINGS
WITH SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
AND STREAMING RIVALS
NETFLIX ISN'T ATTACHING A DOLLAR
VALUE SO THE DEAL, BUT IF BASED 
ON PAST MEGAWATT DEALS THAT 
THEY'VE SIGNED AND COMBINED WITH
SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT HAVE
BEEN CIRCULATING ABOUT WHAT THE 
COUPLE WAS LOOKING FOR, THIS
COULD BE WORTH UPWARDS OF 
$100 MILLION
THE COUPLE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCING CONTENT 
BUT THIS IS SHEER STAR POWER
THAT THEY ARE BRINGING TO 
NETFLIX, JOINING HIGH PROFILE 
FIGURES LIKE BARACK AND MICHELLE
OBAMA IN SIGNING THESE BIG
PRODUCTION DEALS
AS WE KNOW, THE COUPLE STEPPED
AWAY FROM BEING SENIOR MEMBERS
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY BACK IN 
JANUARY.
THEY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES, THEY 
BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SANTA BARBARA,
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO BE 
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT BUT IN
DOING SO THEY AGREED TO GIVE UP 
THEIR ROYAL SUSSEX BRAND
AS FOR WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO
WATCH FROM THEIR YET TO BE NAMED
PRODUCTION HOUSE IN A STATEMENT,
HARRY AND MEGHAN SAID THEY WANT 
TO FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT CREATE
IMPACT, THAT INSPIRE, THAT
INFORM, BUT ALSO GIVE HOPE
THEY SAY THE FOCUS IS GOING TO
BE ON QUOTE, INSPIRATIONAL
FAMILY PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT
THEY LIKE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH 
NETFLIX BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL 
REACH OF THE PLATFORM IN SAYING 
THAT THEY CAN BE IMPACTFUL AND
PERHAPS UNLOCK ACTION IN THEIR
WORDS.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO
STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT.
>> YEAH.
I'M SURE ITALY JUST THE START OF
MANY OTHER DEALS
THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF 
STUFF IN OUR QUEUE TO WATCH 
THESE DAYS
THIS WILL ADD RIGHT TO IT.
>> I FIND IT FUNNY THAT IT'S
ABOUT FAMILY PROGRAMMING BUT IT 
CANNOT INVOLVE THEIR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW THAT'S THE ONE FAMILY
IT'S NOT GOING TO INVOLVE.
>> AND THEY WANTED TO BE PRIVATE
BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE, PUTTING
THEMSELVES OUT THERE
>> IT'S A LOT OF MONEY
DAVID BLAINE'S ASCENSION OVER 
ARIZONA WAS A STUNT YEARS IN THE
MAKING
CHECK IT OUT
>> YEAH!
>> YES
>> BEAUTIFUL
>> HE FLOATED NEARLY 25,000 FEET
IN THE AIR
HE WAS STRAPPED TO 52 WEATHER 
BALLOONS FILLED WITH HELIUM.
THE 47-YEAR-OLD DAREDEVIL WAS 
RISKING HYPOXIA, WHO KNOWS WHAT 
ELSE
SHARP OBJECTS UP THERE BUT IT 
WORKED OUT FOR HIM
HE LANDED SAFELY O
>>> PREPARE FOR VACCINES
THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE CDC 
TO THE STATES, NOVEMBER 1st,
JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION. 
>> DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, JOE 
BIDEN, BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP
FOR WHAT HE CALLS A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY, AS SCHOOLS STRUGGLE
TO REOPEN AND AMID FEARS
MILLIONS MAY NOT TAKE SOCIAL
DISTANCING SERIOUSLY ENOUGH,
OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. 
>> RIPPED FROM A RUSSIAN SPY
NOVEL, ARRIVAL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE.
AND NOW, NEW DETAILS ON WHAT
OFFICIALS SAY WAS USED TO POISON
HIM.
>> REMEMBER THE ICE BUCKET
CHALLENGE?
WELL, THE PHENOMENA HELPED RAISE
SOME $200 MILLION FOR RESEARCH
TONIGHT, A VERY PROMISING NEW 
TREATMENT.
>> AND MEET THE CHICAGO TEENS 
WHO TURNED AN OLD LIQUOR STORE
INTO SOMETHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
REALLY NEEDS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THE 
NATION'S FIGHT AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS.
THERE ARE, NOW, MORE THAN 6 
MILLION CASES, ACROSS THE U.S.
AND OVER 186,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
AND AS THE RACE FOR A VACCINE 
CONTINUES, THE CDC IS TELLING 
STATES TO PREPARE FOR THE 
LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, BY NOVEMBER
1st.
ACCORDING TO A LETTER OBTAINED
BY NBC NEWS, THE AGENCY'S 
DIRECTOR ASKED GOVERNORS FOR
THEIR HELP EXPEDITING 
APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION 
SITES, SO IT CAN SET UP 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION SITES BY
THAT DATE.
BUT IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN IF A 
VACCINE WILL BE READY BY
NOVEMBER 1st. 
>> THE NEWS COMES AS A SERIES OF
INTERNATIONAL TRIALS FOUND THAT 
TREATING CRITICALLY-ILL COVID-19
PATIENTS WITH CORTICOSTEROID
DRUGS REDUCES THE RISK OF DEATH 
BY 20%
THIS HAS PROMPTED THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO UPDATE 
ITS ADVICE ON TREATMENT.
MEANWHILE, THE VIRUS CONTINUES
TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT COLLEGE
CAMPUSES AND BEYOND.
30 OUT OF 40 GREEK HOUSES AT
INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON
ARE NOW UNDER QUARANTINE, AFTER 
REPORTING AN 8.1% POSITIVITY
RATE
ALSO, A MAN IN HIS 60s HAS, 
REPORTEDLY, BECOME THE FIRST
COVID-19 DEATH LINKED TO THE
STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN 
SOUTH DAKOTA
THIS, AS HEALTH EXPERTS ARE 
URGING AMERICANS TO TAKE PROPER 
PRECAUTIONS WHEN CELEBRATING
THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
HERE'S NBC'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER
>> Reporter: IT'S THE SCENE THEY
FEAR WILL UNFOLD IN THE DAYS TO 
COME
FROM POOLSIDE PARTIES TO BARS 
AND BEACHES, THESE ARE THE
HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS, OFTEN, BEHIND
A SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, FOURTH OF 
JULY, AND A MOTORCYCLE RALLY
DRAWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS SOUNDING
THE ALARM AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND.
>> WE'RE GOING INTO LABOR DAY.
PLEASE, WEAR YOUR MASK
>> Reporter: TOP DOCTORS WARNING
AMERICANS NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY, BEFORE MAKING 
PLANS FOR LABOR DAY.
>> MASKS, DISTANCE, AVOID 
CROWDS, OUTSIDE BETTER THAN 
INSIDE
AND IF WE DO THAT, I THINK WE 
CAN GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, 
WITHOUT SEEING A SURGE
>> Reporter: WITH THE NATION
MAKING PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID, CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE, BOTH, DOWN
NEARLY 40%, SINCE THEY PEAKED IN
JULY
THERE ARE, ALSO, WARNING SIGNS
AT LEAST SEVEN STATES HAVE
POSITIVITY RATES ABOVE 10%
IOWA, AN EMERGING HOT SPOT. 
>> GROWTH OF NEW CASES HAS
ACCELERATED, ESPECIALLY AS
SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AMONG YOUNG
ADULTS AND -- AND ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS AT 
NOTRE DAME RETURN TO SCHOOL 
AFTER A SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON 
CLASSES, UNIVERSITIES,
NATIONWIDE, ARE STRUGGLING TO 
CONTAIN COVID.
AND JUST AS OFFICIALS FEAR A
DANGEROUS WAVE OF NEW 
INFECTIONS, THIS FALL, SETBACKS 
IN OHIO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED
AMID THIS CLEAR WARNING.
>> AS WE GATHER WITH FAMILIES 
AND FRIENDS, WE MUST REMEMBER 
THAT WHENEVER THERE IS MORE 
ACTIVITY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE
MORE CASES. 
>> THE THREAT COMES, AS THE CDC 
ASKED STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA TO 
IDENTIFY POSSIBLE VACCINE 
DISTRIBUTION SITES
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF RED TAPE 
LIKE PERMITS, IN CASE A VACCINE 
IS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR
AND WHILE THERE ARE MORE STORIES
OF SURVIVAL, LIKE CYNTHIA 
MARTIN, WHO IS GOING HOME AFTER 
FOUR MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> THANK GOD
THANK GOD.
>> Reporter: A REMINDER OF
WHAT'S AT STAKE AND THE RISK WE 
ALL FACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> POLLS SUGGEST THE RACE FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS STARTED TO
GET A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER
ON THE HEELS OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S VISIT, JOE BIDEN WILL 
TRAVEL TO KENOSHA, TODAY
DURING HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN STOP
IN WISCONSIN, BIDEN PLANS TO
SPREAD A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR LAW AND 
ORDER.
HERE'S NBC'S ALICE BARR.
>> Reporter: WITH SEVERAL, NEW
POLLS SHOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE TIGHTENING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN, BOTH, OUT
CAMPAIGNING.
BIDEN TRYING TO REFOCUS 
ATTENTION ON THE PANDEMIC.
ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF 
FAILING TO LEAD.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER.
AND START TALKING TO THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, IN BOTH
PARTIES.
INVITE THEM TO THE OVAL OFFICE
>> Reporter: ALSO, LAYING OUT 
HIS OWN IDEAS FOR SAFELY
RETURNING KIDS TO SCHOOL
>> WE NEED EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE 
NEED IT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE'LL VISIT
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, PROMISING 
RACIAL UNITY AND HEALING
AFTER PROTESTS SET OFF BY THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOURING KENOSHA 
RIOT DAMAGE, VISITING ANOTHER 
BATTLEGROUND STATE, NORTH 
CAROLINA, FOR A WORLD WAR II
CEREMONY, WHILE DOUBLING DOWN ON
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> AMERICANS WARRIORS DID NOT 
DEFEAT FASCISM AND OPPRESSION,
OVERSEAS, ONLY TO WATCH OUR 
FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED BY VIOLENT 
MOBS, HERE, AT HOME.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS WEAK ON 
CRIME.
>> THESE PEOPLE KNOW ONE THING
AND THAT'S STRENGTH.
THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW
STRENGTH
>> Reporter: THE TWO CAMPAIGNS
FIGHTING A MESSAGING WAR, IN THE
FINAL WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TARGETING 
DEMOCRATIC CITIES, THIS MORNING.
THREATENING TO BLOCK BILLIONS IN
FEDERAL FUNDING OVER THE ONGOING
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY AND RACIAL INJUSTICE
IN A NEW MEMO, THE PRESIDENT
ACCUSED STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS OF ABANDONING THEIR 
DUTIES
HE SINGLED OUT PORTLAND,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND
NEW YORK
IN A TWEET, THE PRESIDENT SAID, 
WE'RE PUTTING THEM ON NOTICE
AND THE MOVE IS FACING HEAVY
PUSHBACK
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
TWEETING HE IS NOT A KING.
HE CANNOT DEFUND NYC
IT'S AN ILLEGAL STUNT.
>> THE PRESIDENT ALSO STIRRED UP
CONTROVERSY, SUGGESTING THAT HIS
SUPPORTERS SHOULD VOTE TWICE IN 
THE ELECTION
ONCE, BY MAIL.
AND AGAIN, IN PERSON
>> SO LET THEM SEND IT IN, AND
LET THEM GO VOTE
AND IF THEIR SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS
THEY SAY IT IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE
IF IT ISN'T TABULATED, THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO VOTE.
SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. 
>> VERY HELPFUL REMINDER HERE.
CASTING MULTIPLE BALLOTS IS A 
FEDERAL ELECTION CRIME
THE PRESIDENT HAS CLAIMED THAT
MAIL-IN BALLOTS LEAD TO 
WIDESPREAD FRAUD
BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT'S 
TRUE. 
>> ALL RIGHT
REMEMBER THE ICE BUCKET 
CHALLENGE A FEW YEARS AGO?
THE WORLDWIDE SOCIAL MEDIA
PHENOMENON THAT RAISED HUNDREDS 
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP
BEAT THE DISEASE, ALS.
WELL, NOW, NEW RESEARCH IN THE
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 
SHOWS IT REALLY PAID OFF
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THE
STORY.
>> Reporter: SIX YEARS AFTER IT 
SWEPT SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ICE 
BUCKET CHALLENGE IS PAYING OFF
HELPING FUND A STUDY OF AN
EXPERIMENTAL ALS MEDICATION,
TODAY, BEING DESCRIBED AS A 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
>> WELL, THIS IS A MILESTONE IN 
OUR FIGHT AGAINST ALS.
>> Reporter: AMX 35 IS A
COMBINATION OF TWO DRUGS
EACH TARGETS A DIFFERENT
CELLULAR COMPONENT
PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED IT AS PART
OF A PHASE TWO STUDY AT 
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 
RETAINED PHYSICAL FUNCTION, FOR 
LONGER, COMPARED TO THOSE WHO 
RECEIVED A PLACEBO
THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO
WALK, HOLD A PEN, OR SWALLOW
FOOD. 
>> WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS
THAT THERE'S HOPE.
THAT RESEARCH IS MAKING 
PROGRESS
WE ARE DEVELOPING NEW 
TREATMENTS
AND WE WILL WORK, 
COLLABORATIVELY, WITH ENTIRE ALS
COMMUNITY ON THE NEXT STEPS.
>> Reporter: ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE
PLANNING TO PETITION THE FDA TO 
APPROVE AMX 35 BASED ON THESE 
LATEST RESULTS, BYPASSING PHASE 
THREE TRIALS. 
>> I CONSIDER MYSELF -- 
>> Reporter: ALS IS ALSO KNOWN
AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, AFTER
THE BASEBALL LEGEND DIAGNOSED IN
THE 1940s.
THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE BROUGHT
IT TO THE ATTENTION OF A NEW
GENERATION. 
>> THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE WAS 
A REAL TURNING POINT
IT ATTRACTED NEW INVESTIGATORS
TO THE FIELD AND IT'S PRODUCING 
A LOT OF RESULTS
>> Reporter: RESULTS THAT COULD 
POTENTIALLY FREEZE ALS IN ITS 
TRACKS
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>> FANTASTIC NEWS THERE.
>> YEAH.
EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN 
THAT
HERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> FRUITS OF THAT LABOR.
>> THAT IS SO GREAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME SEVERE WEATHER 
BREWING THAT COULD INCLUDE
TORNADOS AND WE ALSO GOT SOME 
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT TO TALK
ABOUT.
NBC METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS, 
IS HERE WITH US.
>> DO IT AGAIN TODAY
BUT TODAY SHOULD BE A LITTLE
MORE WIDESPREAD.
WE'RE CONCERNED WE COULD EVEN 
HAVE SOME FTORNADOS
CURRENTLY, HEAVY RAIN IN
KENTUCKY
LITTLE BATCH OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 
MASSACHUSETTS.
THE SEVERE STUFF WILL BE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE ARE
TARGETING THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES
ESPECIALLY, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, 
DELAWARE
THAT'S THE BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW, HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT 
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
>> WELL, AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES 
GO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WARM, 
TOASTY, AND HUMIDITY IS HIGH
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FUEL
FOR THE STORMS LATER ON TODAY.
93 IN RICHMOND
HEAT INDEX WILL BE AROUND 100 
AND STILL VERY WARM THROUGH THE 
SOUTHEAST.
AND COMING UP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT 
A PAINFUL RECORD-BREAKING HEAT
WAVE FOR THE WEST COAST AND THE 
FIRE THREAT.
THEY DON'T NEED IT BUT THEY'RE
GOING TO GET IT.
>> YEAH.
THEY CAN USE ALL THE HELP THEY
CAN GET.
BILL, THANK YOU.
>>> THE FIRST SERVES OF THE U.S.
OPEN SECOND ROUND BROUGHT THEIR 
FAIR SHARE OF BIG MOMENTS.
NAOMI OSAKA, ONCE AGAIN, MAKING 
A STATEMENT BEFORE HER MATCH
WEARING AN ELIJAH McCLAIN MASK
TOUGH EVER LUCK FOR THE TOP 
SEATED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
AN URGENT SEARCH-AND-RESCUE 
MISSION OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN
THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD RESCUED
A MAN STRANDED IN THE DARK
WATERS OF THE EAST CHINA SEA
OFFICIALS RECEIVED A DISTRESS 
CALL THAT A CARGO SHIP CARRYING 
NEARLY 6,000 CATTLE AND 42 CREW 
MEMBERS WENT MISSING
WEATHER HAD BEEN ROUGH IN THAT
AREA, AFTER A TYPHOON HIT 
EARLIER.
THE CAUSE OF THAT DISTRESS CALL 
IS UNKNOWN
THE SHIP LEFT FROM NEW ZEALAND, 
AND WAS HEADED FOR A PORT ON
CHINA'S EAST COAST
>>> A QUIZ QUESTION FOR FIFTH 
GRADERS HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY 
IN KENTUCKY.
THE STUDENTS WERE ASKED WHAT IS 
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JACOB
BLAKE AND BREONNA TAYLOR
THE FIRST ANSWER INCLUDES BOTH
WERE THE VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE
THE KENTUCKY PEACE OFFICER'S
ASSOCIATION ACCUSED THE TEACHERS
OF NEGATIVELY INFLUENCING YOUNG 
MINDS TO PROMOTE AN AGENDA
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO ANSWER 
QUESTIONS ABOUT A NEWS ARTICLE, 
AND THAT THE ASSIGNMENT WAS NOT 
TEACHER CREATED.
THE DISTRICT ALSO INSISTED THAT 
CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE SAFE PLACES
TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS.
>>> WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON
THAT RIVAL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, 
WHO SUDDENLY GOT SICK.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS TESTS
SHOW THAT ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS
POISONED WITH THE SAME KIND OF
SOVIET-ERA NERVE AGENT THAT 
BRITISH AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED
IN THE 2018 ATTACK ON A FORMER
RUSSIAN SPY.
OUR SARA HARMON HAS MORE
>> Reporter: RUSSIAN OPPOSITION 
LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS THE 
VICTIM OF A POISONING WITH THE
CHEMICAL NERVE AGENT
NAVALNY IS CURRENTLY BEING
TREATED IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL
HE IS ON A VENTILATOR, AND
DOCTORS SAY IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER
HE MIGHT SUFFER LONG-TERM 
EFFECTS FROM THIS POISONING.
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR TOOK THE
RATHER RARE STEP OF HOLDING A 
LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS
THE FINDINGS OF THE TOXICOLOGY
REPORT
SAYING IT WAS UNEQUIVOCAL THAT
HE HAD BEEN POISONED, AND SAYING
THAT THE GERMANS WOULD REFER
THEIR FINDINGS TO THEIR EU AND
NATO PARTNERS.
RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME 
COLLECTIVE ACTION.
IT'S THE SAME NERVE AGENT THAT
THE RUSSIANS WERE ACCUSED OF
USING IN 2018 IN THE POISONING
OF EX-SPY SERGEI AND HIS
DAUGHTER IN THE UK
NOW, AT THE TIME, THE U.S. TOOK 
THE STEP OF ENACTING SANCTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA, AS A RESULT OF
THAT POISONING ATTACK, WHICH WAS
CONSIDERED A BRAZEN ATTACK ON 
BRITISH SOIL WITH A 
CHEMICAL-NERVE AGENT
AND IN THE COMING DAYS, WE'LL 
SEE WHETHER THERE'S 
INTERN
IN SEPTEMBER, THE DOW CLIMBED 
450 POINTS, CROSSING THE 29,000 
MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 
FEBRUARY
WHILE, THE S&P JUMPED 54 POINTS 
TO A RECORD HIGH
FUTURES ARE FLAT AHEAD OF THE 
WEEKLY JOBLESS NUMBERS, DUE OUT 
THIS MORNING
>>> CALIFORNIA BECAME THE FIRST 
STATE TO PASS 700,000 COVID-19
CASES THIS WEEK.
OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY WARNING OF
A THIRD POTENTIAL WAVE, WHICH 
WILL HIT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
STUDENTS, HARD
AS NBC'S JACOB SOBOROFF REPORTS,
UNDOCUMENTED HEALTHCARE WORKERS 
ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.
>> Reporter: THIS CELL PHONE
VIDEO WAS GIVEN TO US BY A
FILIPINO CARETAKER WHO SHARES A 
TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT IN LOS
ANGELES WITH SIX OTHER
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
FOUR OF WHOM, ARE UNDOCUMENTED
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SHOES
SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE HERE
>> Reporter: THEY LIVE TOGETHER,
TO SAVE MONEY.
BUT TIGHT LIVING CONDITIONS,
ALSO, PROVE RISKY AND THEY LIVE 
IN CONSTANT FEAR OF CONTRACTING 
COVID.
>> THIS IS THE BEDROOM
>> Reporter: BOTH, FROM THEIR 
WORKPLACE AND AT HOME.
IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL 
FOR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
TO BE UNDOCUMENTED
MANY SERVE AS CAREGIVERS IN 
NURSING HOMES, WHERE MORE THAN
40% OF COVID DEATHS IN THE U.S. 
OCCUR.
WE MET THREE OF THEM ON A RECENT
MORNING, AFTER THEY JUST
FINISHED UP A 12-HOUR NIGHT 
SHIFT.
>> ALL THREE OF YOU ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
>> PHILIPPINES. 
>> PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES?
PHILIPPINES?
NEARLY, 20% OF CALIFORNIA'S 
NURSES ARE FILIPINO.
AND WHILE FILIPINOS ACCOUNT FOR 
ABOUT A QUARTER OF ASIAN
RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA, THEY 
HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF COVID DEATHS
AMONGST THIS GROUP
AND A NEW, NATIONWIDE STUDY 
FOUND ASIANS JOINED BLACK AND 
HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AS SOME OF 
THE HARDEST HIT FROM COVID, WITH
DEATHS IN EACH GROUP UP AT LEAST
30% THIS YEAR OVER THE PAST 
FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED, THERE IS THE ADDED
BURDEN OF BEING INELIGIBLE FOR
ANY FEDERAL RELIEF, DESPITE 
BEING LABELED ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
>> ON TOP OF COVID, YOU HAVE A
LIFE AS AN UNDOCUMENTED 
HEALTHCARE WORKER.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S, ALSO, THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM BEING UNDOCUMENTED
WE CANNOT GET THE STIMULUS
WE CAN'T GET -- WE CANNOT FILE
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
FOR THE NEXT MONTH
WE MIGHT BE HOMELESS. 
>> YOU SAID HOMELESS
I'M RIGHT OVER THERE AND JUST 
LOOKING AT HOMELESS PEOPLE
SLEEPING IN THE PARK BEHIND YOU 
IN THE TENTS
YOU REALLY THINK THERE'S A
CHANCE THAT YOU COULD END UP ON 
THE STREET
>> YES, HONESTLY. 
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE NO 
CHOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE 
UNDOCUMENTED, BUT TO GO BACK TO 
YOUR JOBS IN A PLACE WHERE YOU
COULD VERY WELL GET COVID.
>> YES. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AKI STARTED THE FILIPINO 
WORKER CENTER, TO HELP
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS FROM THE 
FILL 
PHILIPPINES AND HAS SEEN COVID
RAVAGE HER COMMUNITY. 
>> UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS DOING 
HOMECARE AND AS DOMESTIC WORKERS
ARE STILL, VERY, VERY MUCH
NEEDED RIGHT NOW
SO THEY'RE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> IT'S THIS PARADOX OF BEING 
BOTH UNDOCUMENTED BUT ALSO, 
CLEARLY, ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO IT JUST BRINGS TO LIGHT, EVEN
MORE, ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS ARE FACING.
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS NOT 
IN ISOLATION, AN UNDOCUMENTED 
PROBLEM, OR EVEN A COVID
PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE OVERLAP OF MULTIPLE 
PROBLEMS, AT ONCE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS CRISIS, RIGHT NOW, JUST
SHOWS ALL OF THOSE
INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO, GIVEN THAT, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THESE JOBS ARE 
GOOD JOBS SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY 
CAN AFFORD DECENT HOUSING.
SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD 
HEALTHCARE AND TRANSPORTATION.O 
WEST IS JUST PLAIN MEAN.
AFTER THE FIRES THEY HAD IN 
AUGUST AND THE RECORD HEAT, 
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER
44 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK OF
THESE HEAT WARNINGS AND 
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES
THE SCORCHING HEAT B
>>> THE BASEBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF HALL OF
FAMER TOM SEAVER
TOM TERRIFIC, AS HE WAS KNOWN,
REPORTEDLY DIED FROM
COMPLICATIONS OF BODY DEMENTIA
AND COVID-19
THE PITCHER AMASSED 311 WINS IN 
HIS 20-YEAR CAREER AND LED THE
NEW YORK METS TO THEIR FIRST
WORLD SERIES IN 1969
AND WAS INDUCTED TO THE BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME IN 1992
HE ALSO HAD STINTS WITH THE 
WHITE SOX AND RED SOX.
RELEASED A STATEMENT ON SEAVER'S
DEATH.
TOM SEAVER WAS 75 YEARS OLD.
>> A NEW AMAZON ALEXA FEATURE 
ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR GAS 
USING VOICE COMMAND, RATHER THAN
PHYSICAL INTERACTION
>> ALEXA, FIND THE NEAREST GAS
STATION.
ALEXA, PAY FOR GAS ON PUMP 14.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE AT A
MOBILE STATION. 
>> SO THE FEATURE WORKS AT OVER 
11,500 EXXON AND MOBILE STATIONS
IN THE U.S. IT'S USEFUL DURING
THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE YOU CAN
STAY IN YOUR CAR UNTIL THE PUMP 
IS ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED
WE'RE SEEING IT MORE AND MORE.
CONTACTLESS DELIVERY, PAYMENT,
EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> YEAH.
SOON, IT WILL BE, ALEXA, TAKE ME
THERE.
NOW, TO THE INSPIRING STORY OUT 
OF CHICAGO, WHERE ONE 
NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW GETTING THE 
NOURISHMENT IT NEEDS
ALL THANKS TO A GROUP OF HIGH 
SCHOOLERS.
WITH THE STORY, NOW, IS KEVIN 
TIBBLES.
>> Reporter: FARM-FRESH GOODNESS
IN AN INNER CITY FOOD DESERT. 
>> ARE THERE MANY PLACES TO BUY 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES?
>> NO, THIS IS EXACTLY THE
REASON WHY WE'RE HERE.
>> WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN HARVEST
MARKET SET UP AND RUN BY HIGH 
SCHOOL STUDENTS ON CHICAGO'S
WEST SIDE.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PLACE
WHERE LIQUOR STORES OUTNUMBER 
GROCERY STORES
PROBABLY, SOMETHING AROUND 15 TO
16 LIQUOR STORES
AND MAYBE, ONLY TWO TO THREE
SUPERMARKETS, AT BEST.
>> Reporter: THEY EVEN TORE DOWN
A LIQUOR STORE TO CREATE THIS 
SPACE.
>> WE'RE HELPING TO KEEP
EVERYBODY ALIVE AND ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO EAT HEALTHIER.
>> IT'S ONLY FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES
NO JUNK.
>> Reporter: FROM A PERILOUS
SUMMER OF ANGRY PROTESTS, THESE 
TEENS HAD A DREAM TO DO 
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO HEAL
GROW A SMALL BUSINESS.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR WAYS, 
DESPITE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND TO 
REALLY MAKE AUSTIN THE BEST 
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE HERE
>> Reporter: FORMER CHICAGO 
BE
BEARS LINEBACKER ASSISTED WITH
STARTUP COSTS AND WAS THERE 
OPENING DAY.
>> NOT ONLY ARE THEY GETTING
JOBS AND GETTING PAID, AND
BRINGING HEALTHY FOOD INTO THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO CHANGING A 
STEREOTYPE
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE A NEGATIVE
STEREOTYPE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA.
>> WHAT DOES THIS PLACE 
REPRESENT TO YOU
>> FRESH, FRESH, AND FRESH. 
>> HOPE.
RENEWAL.
GROWTH
>> Reporter: AN OASIS, WHERE
GOOD THINGS ARE BOUND TO GROW.
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS,
CHICAGO.
>> AND HOPEFULLY, IT SPREADS
THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US
>>> THE BIG WARNING AHEAD OF
WHAT COULD BE A SUPERSPREADER 
WEEKEND.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WARNING 
AMERICANS TO STAY AWAY FROM BIG 
CROWDS, PACKED POOLS, BARS, AND 
BEACHES.
THEY COULD CREATE SUPERSPREADER 
EVENTS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS TO
PULL FEDERAL FUNDS FROM MULTIPLE
STATES THAT HAVE SEEN UNREST, AS
HE ALSO ENCOURAGES NORTH
CAROLINA RESIDENTS TO VOTE TWICE
TO TEST THE MAIL-IN SYSTEM
>>> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY 
PELOSI, SAYS SHE WAS SET UP WHEN
QUESTIONED ABOUT A CONTROVERSIAL
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF HER INSIDE
A SALON, SHUDDERED BY LAW 
BECAUSE OF COVID. 
>> THE FANS CALL HIM TOM
TERRIFIC AND OVERNIGHT, WE
LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME PITCHER, TOM 
SEAVER, JUST 75 YEARS OF AGE. 
>> AND THE LATEST STUNT FROM
MAGICIAN AND PERFORMER, DAVID 
BL
BLAINE, HIGH ABOVE THE DESERT.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP MENA. 
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
WITH JUST OVER TWO MONTHS UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY, THE RACE FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE IS HEATING UP.
JOE BIDEN IS TRAVELING TO 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, TODAY, WHERE
HE IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON
HEALING AND UNITY.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, ALSO,
HAS BEEN TAKING AIM AT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S HANDLING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
HERE IS NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER.
>> Reporter: FROM WILMINGTON, 
NORTH CAROLINA, TO WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE, THE 2020 RIVALS 
TRADING SHARP ATTACKS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER, AND START
TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN GIVING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP A FAILING GRADE,
AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL 
DOESN'T HAVE ANY REAL PLAN FOR
HOW TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY
>> Reporter: AT A BATTLESHIP IN 
THE BATTLEGROUND OF NORTH 
CAROLINA, THE PRESIDENT USING 
WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO TAKE A 
PERSONAL SWIPE AT HIS OPPONENT, 
WHO TURNED 78 THIS FALL.
>> HE'S 100% SHARP
HE'S 100% SHARP.
I KNOW A 78-YEAR-OLD THAT'S NOT 
SO SHARP
>> Reporter: ALSO, AN 
INTENSIFYING FIGHT OVER SAFETY
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WITH THE 
SCARRED CITY OF KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, THE BACKDROP.
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRIP
TUESDAY, EMPHASIZING LAW AND
ORDER, BIDEN ANNOUNCING HE'LL 
HEAD THERE AND MEET WITH THE
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE.
>> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE 
GOT TO HEAL.
WE GOT TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
HAMMERING HOME HIS HARDLINE 
STANCE. 
>> AMERICAN WARRIORS DID NOT
DEFEAT FASCISM AND OPPRESSION 
OVERSEAS, ONLY TO WATCH OUR 
FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED BY VIOLENT 
MOBS, HERE, AT HOME.
>> Reporter: THE CAMPAIGN, NOW, 
INTENSIFYING ON THE AIR WAVES.
THE PRESIDENT AIRING ADS IN 
MINNESOTA, HOME TO GEORGE FLOYD.
AND IN WISCONSIN, WHERE PROTESTS
FOLLOWED THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 
BLAKE.
>> COMMUNITIES, NOT CRIMINALS.
JOBS, NOT MOBS
>> Reporter: AND THIS, FROM 
BIDEN, WHO RAISED A 
RECORD-SHATTERING $365 MILLION, 
IN AUGUST.
>> LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
>> Reporter: EYEING THEIR FIRST 
DEBATE LATER THIS MONTH, BIDEN
IS SLAMMING THE PRESIDENT AS A
LIAR
AND HIGHLIGHTING ONE WISH FOR 
THAT FACE TO FACE.
>> WHAT I'D LOVE TO HAVE IS A 
CRAWLER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN, A FACT CHECKER. 
>> AND THE COMMISSION ON
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES HAS NOW
ANNOUNCED ITS MODERATORS FOR THE
VP DEBATE.
SUSAN PAGE
AND FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATES, CHRIS WALLACE OF FOX 
NEWS, STEVE SCULLY OF C-SPAN AND
OUR VERY OWN KRISTEN WELKER.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS GETTING TIGHTER THIS MORNING.
JOE BIDEN IS STILL LEADING THE
LATEST WAVE OF POLLS
BUT A NEW ONE FROM QUINNIPIAC,
SHOWS THAT BIDEN HAS A TEN-POINT
LEAD AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP
THAT'S DOWN FROM 15 POINTS, IN
EARLY JULY
AND THE MARGIN HAS NARROWED IN
SEVERAL OTHERS
THE DATA COMES AS THE PRESIDENT 
DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS MESSAGE OF
LAW AND ORDER.
OUR CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT, 
TRACIE POTTS, JOINING US NOW
TRACIE, GOOD MORNING
THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING HIS 
BIGGEST THREAT, YET.
>> YEAH.
PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS 
THREATENING TO WITHHOLD BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FROM WHAT HIS
ADMINISTRATION CALLS ANARCHIST
JURISDICTIONS.
HE OUTLINES THIS IN A MEMO, 
TARGETING CITIES THAT HAVE
RECENTLY SEEN RACIAL UNREST.
AND WE'VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT THIS
IN PORTLAND, SEATTLE, 
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND HE TARGETS
NEW YORK
THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THAT HIS 
ADMINISTRATION WILL DO
EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
PREVENT WEAK MAYORS AND LAWLESS 
CITIES FROM TAKING FEDERAL
DOLLARS.
SAYING HE IS PUTTING THEM ON
NOTICE
THIS RESPONSE FROM NEW YORK'S 
GOVERNOR, ANDREW CUOMO, THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT A KING,
AND HE CANNOT DEFUND NEW YORK 
CITY
HE'S CALLING IT AN ILLEGAL
STUNT.
THE PRESIDENT, ALSO, STIRRING UP
CONTROVERSY.
SUGGESTING, WHEN HE WAS IN NORTH
CAROLINA, THAT VOTERS SHOULD
VOTE TWICE
ONCE, BY MAIL.
ONCE, IN PERSON.
TO TEST THE SYSTEM
HE HAS CLAIMED, WITHOUT 
EVIDENCE, THAT MAIL-IN
BALLOTING, MAIL-IN VOTING, IS 
FILLED WITH FRAUD.
>> 600,000 PEOPLE COULD VOTE BY 
ABSENTEE IN THIS STATE
ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THAT 
SYSTEM
>> WELL, THEY'LL GO OUT AND 
THEY'LL VOTE
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND 
CHECK THEIR VOTE BY GOING TO THE
POLL AND VOTING THAT WAY BECAUSE
IF IT -- IF IT TABULATES, THEN, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, LET THEM SEND IT IN, AND LET
THEM GO VOTE
AND IF THEIR SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS
THEY SAY IT IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE
>> SO, AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, 
CASTING MORE THAN ONE BALLOT IS 
A FEDERAL CRIME.
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SUGGESTED,
OVER AND OVER, THAT MAIL-IN 
VOTING IS FILLED WITH FRAUD BUT 
THERE'S REALLY NO EVIDENCE OF 
THAT
PHILLIP.
>> CAN'T BE OVERSTATED
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>> THE NATION'S CORONAVIRUS 
CASES CONTINUE TO GROW
THERE ARE NOW OVER 6.1 MILLION
CASES, ACROSS THE U.S., WITH
OVER 186,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
>>> AND AS THE BATTLE AGAINST 
THE VIRUS CONTINUES, U.S. HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE SOUNDING THE
ALARM, AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
THEY ARE URGING AMERICANS TO
AVOID CROWDS, AND TO TAKE 
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY BY
WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WHILE CELEBRATING 
LABOR DAY.
MEANWHILE, THE CDC IS TELLING 
STATES TO PREPARE FOR THE 
LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE BY NOVEMBER 
1st.
ACCORDING TO A LETTER, OBTAINED 
BY NBC NEWS, THE AGENCY'S 
DIRECTOR ASKED GOVERNORS FOR
THEIR HELP EXPEDITING 
APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION 
SITES, SO IT CAN SET UP 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE SITES BY
THAT DATE.
IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN, THOUGH, IF
A VACCINE WILL BE READY BY
NOVEMBER 1st. 
>> THIS, AS DWAYNE, "THE ROCK"
JOHNSON HAS BECOME THE LATEST TO
BE INFECTED.
HIM, HIS WIFE, AND TWO YOUNG
DAUGHTERS ALL TESTED POSITIVE.
THE NEWS COMES AS THE NAZTION'S
TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPEAKS 
OUT.
HERE IS NBC'S CHANEL JONES
>> I BELIEVE THAT, BY THE TIME
WE GET TO THE END OF THIS 
CALENDAR YEAR, THAT WE WILL FEEL
COMFORTABLE THAT WE DO HAVE A 
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE
>> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
IS POSITIVE A COVID-19 VACCINE
IS ON THE WAY.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF GETTING ONE TO THE PUBLIC
MORE QUICKLY, BY WAY OF AN
EMERGENCY-USE AUTHORIZATION.
>> I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE 
WITH A VACCINE, UNLESS IT WAS 
SHOWN, IN A CLINICAL TRIAL, 
CLEARLY, TO BE SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF 
VACCINE TRIALS, IN WHICH EUAs 
HAVE, ULTIMATELY, BEEN DONE.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN DONE WHEN THERE
WAS ENOUGH DATA THAT YOU WOULD
REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT IT 
WAS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
>> Reporter: AND AS COVID CASES 
SPIKE ON MANY COLLEGE CAMPUSES, 
SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING WITH WHAT
TO DO WITH INFECTED STUDENTS. 
>> SO THE CAMPUS IS SHUT DOWN 
AND THE KIDS GO HOME. 
>> IT'S THE WORST THING YOU 
COULD DO
KEEP THEM AT THE UNIVERSITY, IN 
A PLACE THAT'S SEQUESTERED
ENOUGH FROM THE OTHER STUDENTS
BUT DON'T HAVE THEM GO HOME 
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE SPREADING 
IT IN THEIR HOME STATE. 
>> LABOR DAY IS COMING UP.
AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN 
CASES, AFTER PAST HOLIDAY 
WEEKENDS
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AS
WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEKEND?
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY, LIKE
LABOR DAY, WE HAVE SEEN AFTER 
THE FOURTH OF JULY, WE SAW AFTER
MEMORIAL DAY, A SURGE IN CASES
WEAR A MASK.
KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING
AVOID CROWDS
YOU CAN AVOID THOSE KIND OF 
SURGES
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SOMEONE
WHO'S PROPAGATING THE OUTBREAK
YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION, NOT PART OF THE 
PROBLEM.
>> CAN WE GET SOME CONTROL OF 
THIS, AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO FLU 
SEASON
AND ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A 
TWIN-DEMIC, AS THEY SAY?
>> YOU KNOW, I AM.
AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO 
SEE IS KIND OF A FULL-COURT 
PRESS TO GET US WAY DOWN, AS A
BASELINE
SO THAT, WHEN YOU GET THESE 
CASES IN THE FALL, THEY WON'T 
SURGE UP
THEY'LL BE CONTROLLABLE.
>> ALL RIGHT
OUR THANKS TO CHANEL JONES FOR
THAT REPORT.
>>> THE BASEBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF HALL OF
FA
FAMER TOM SEAVER
SEAVER DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS
OF BODY DE MEN CHA AND COVID-19.
HE PROPELLED THE METS TO THEIR
FIRST WORLD SERIES WIN IN 1969
NBC'S KURT GREGORY HAS A LOOK AT
THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE
FRANCHISE.
>> Reporter: TOM SEAVER'S ARM 
HELPED TRANSFORM THE NEW YORK 
METS FROM LOVEABLE LOSERS INTO
FEARSOME WINNERS
THE METS LOSS 101 GAMES IN 1967.
BUT SEAVER WON ROOKIE OF THE
YEAR HONORS WITH A 16-13 RECORD 
AND 18 COMPLETE GAMES.
1969 WOULD BE A MAGICAL YEAR
SEAVER, NICKNAMED THE FRANCHISE,
WON A LEAGUE-HIGH 25 GAMES
HIS FIRST NATIONAL LEAGUE CY
YOUNG AWARD AND LED THE METS TO 
A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP,
SHOWING A COMPLETE GAME AGAINST 
BALTIMORE IN GAME FOUR OF A 
FIVE-GAME SERIES
TOM TERRIFIC USED VELOCITY AND
PINPOINT CONTROL TO OPPONENTS.
>> PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES. 
>> PLAYING FOR THE METS, REDS,
WHITE SOX, AND RED SOX, SEAVER
AMASSED TRULY ICONIC NUMBERS
231 COMPLETE GAMES
HE AND WALTER JOHNSON ARE THE 
ONLY PITCHERS TO HAVE 300 WINS, 
3,000 STRIKEOUTS, AND AN EARNED 
RUN AVERAGE UNDER 3.
HE WAS ELECTED TO THE BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME IN 1992
LATER, SEAVER AND WIFE NANCY
STARTED ANOTHER CAREER
WINEMAKING
AT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN AND SEAVER
VINEYARDS IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA.
IN 2019, AFTER A DEMENTIA 
DIAGNOSIS, SEAVER RETIRED FROM
PUBLIC LIFE.
BUT HIS NAME LIVES ON.
AT THE METS BALLPARK ADDRESS
41 SEAVER WAY.
KURT GREGORY, NBC NEWS
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S GET A FIRST LOOK AT 
TODAY'S WEATHER WITH NBC
METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS
BILL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YEAH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, TOO.
THEY DON'T MAKE PICTURES LIKE 
THAT ANYMORE
LET'S GET INTO THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT
WE HAD A REALLY NASTY LINE OF 
STORMS GO THROUGH BALTIMORE 
YESTERDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN
TODAY.
BUT THIS TIME, WE ARE INCLUDING 
THE CHANCE OF SOME TORNADOS.
WE'RE 
WE'RE INCLUDING ANYWHERE FROM 
D.C., BALTIMORE, THEN, THESE
STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE
CHESAPEAKE INTO AREAS OF
MARYLAND AND COASTAL DELAWARE.
SO AS FAR AS THE FORECAST 
CONCERNS GO TODAY, OBVIOUSLY WE 
WILL WATCH THE SEVERE WEATHER 
THREAT AND ALSO THIS BUILDING 
HEAT WAVE IN THE WEST.
THAT'S THE BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW, HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
WEATHER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
WELL, THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM 
AND THE HUMIDITY IS UP AND
THAT'S GOING TO FUEL OUR
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES.
TEMPERATURES WILL FEEL LIKE 100 
DEGREES, EVEN IN THE SHADE
TODAY, IN THE SOUTHEAST.
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-90s.
IF YOU THINK IT'S HOT ON THE
EAST COAST, JUST WAIT TILL YOU
SEE WHAT THE WEST COAST'S ABOUT 
TO DEAL WITH
IT'S EYE OPENING. 
>> I CAN SEE TRIPLE DIGITS IN 
HIS MAP RIGHT THERE.
CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS 
LIKE. 
>> THANK YOU
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, SNOOP
DOGG IS PARTNERING WITH TRUSTED 
SPIRITS TO RELEASE HIS OWN BRAND
OF GIN
GLUTEN FREE.
IT WILL ROLL OUT LATER THIS YEAR
STARTING IN CALIFORNIA. 
>> REESE'S IS ROLLING OUT A 
TREAT THAT HIT STORES IN
DECEMBER. 
>> MICHAEL JORDAN'S LATEST
BUSINESS
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A HAIRY SITUATION FOR HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT IS
PLAYING DEFENSE AFTER SHE WAS 
CAUGHT ON CAMERA AT A SALON,
MASK FREE.
EVEN THOUGH, IT'S NOT LEGALLY 
ALLOWED WHERE SHE LIVES.
PELOSI SAYS SHE WAS SET UP
KASIE HUNT HAS MORE.
>> IF WE WEAR MASK -- 
>> Reporter: HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI UNDER FIRE AFTER SECURITY
FOOTAGE SHOWED HER INSIDE A SAN 
FRANCISCO HAIR SALON THAT'S 
CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, 
BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS
THE SALON'S OWNER RELEASING 
SECURITY FOOTAGE TO FOX NEWS
TELLING FOX, QUOTE, IT'S LIKE A 
SLAP IN THE FACE
PELOSI INSISTING THE SALON TOLD 
HER IT WAS ALLOWED. 
>> IT WAS CLEARLY A SETUP.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
FALLING FOR A SETUP BY A
NEIGHBORHOOD SALON THAT I'VE
GONE TO FOR YEARS.
WELL, I DON'T.
I THINK THAT -- THAT THIS SALON 
OWES ME AN APOLOGY FOR SETTING
UP
>> Reporter: THE SALON WASN'T 
FOLLOWING THE RULES.
EVEN THOUGH INDOOR SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, THE CITY OF SAN 
FRANCISCO ONLY STARTED ALLOWING 
ANY HAIR APPOINTMENTS, ON 
TUESDAY.
AND THEY MUST BE OUTDOORS.
SHAMPOOING ISN'T ALLOWED, AND 
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
PELOSI WAS PICTURED WITHOUT ONE.
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED
I DON'T WEAR A MASK WHEN I'M
WASHING MY HAIR.
DO YOU WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU'RE
WASHING YOUR HAIR?
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS
ACCUSING PELOSI OF HYPOCRISY. 
>> THEY PREACH TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE
WAY.
AND YET, IN PRIVATE, WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE NOT ROLLING AND, IN 
THIS CASE, I GUESS, THE CAMERAS 
WERE ROLLING, IT SHOWS A VERY 
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> Reporter: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
TWEETING, QUOTE, PELOSI IS BEING
DECIMATED FOR HAVING A BEAUTY 
PARLOR OPENED, WHEN ALL OTHERS
ARE CLOSED. 
>> THIS CONTROVERSY IS PLAYING
OUT WITH CORONAVIRUS RELIEF 
NEGOTIATIONS, STILL, STALLED
HERE ON CAPITOL HILL
AND THAT'S LEFT MILLIONS STILL
WAITING AFTER UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS EXPIRED AT THE END OF
JULY
FRANCES.
>> KASIE, THANK YOU.
>> THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF
SUSSEX ARE TURNING TO STREAMING.
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
INKING A MAJOR MULTIYEAR DEAL 
WITH NETFLIX
TURNING NOW FROM BEIJING WITH 
ALL THE DETAILS IS JANIS MACKEY 
FRAYER
GOOD MORNING
SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THEIR NEW 
HOLLYWOOD GIG.
>> WELL, THIS IS A BLOCKBUSTER
DEAL FOR HARRY AND MEGAN TO 
PRODUCE TV SERIES, FILMS, AND 
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
IT'S ALSO A BIG DEAL FOR
NETFLIX.
THE COUPLE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN
IN TALKS WITH SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD 
STUDIOS AND STREAMING SERVICES
AS WE KNOW, THEY BACKED AWAY AS 
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL 
FAMILY, BACK IN JANUARY.
MADE THE MOVE TO LOS ANGELES
LAST MONTH, BOUGHT A HOUSE IN 
SANTA BARBARA.
AND THEY WERE SETTING ABOUT 
BECOMING, QUOTE, FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT.
NOW, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS ARE 
UNLIKELY TO APPEAR OR TO STAR IN
ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTIONS
MEGHAN HAS ALREADY SAID THAT SHE
HAS NO INTENTION OF RETURNING TO
ACTING BUT THEY MIGHT MAKE CAMEO
APPEARANCES IN SOME OF THEIR
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING.
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAID 
FOR THIS, STILL, ISN'T CLEAR
NETFLIX ISN'T SAYING
BUT IF WE LOOK AT PAST MEGAWATT 
DEALS THE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY 
HAS SIGNED, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT HAD BEEN
CIRCULATING ABOUT WHAT THE
COUPLE WAS LOOKING FOR, THIS IS 
A DEAL THAT COULD BE WORTH
UPWARDS OF $100 MILLION.
BUT THIS IS SHEER STAR POWER
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
PRODUCING EXPERIENCE BUT IT DOES
PUT THEM IN LEAGUES WITH FIGURES
LIKE BARACK OBAMA.
IN A STATEMENT, HARRY AND MEGHAN
SAID THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON
PROJECTS THAT INFORM, BUT ALSO
GIVE HOPE.
THEY SAY THEY WANT TO CREATE, 
QUOTE, INSPIRATIONAL FAMILY 
PROGRAMMING AND THAT THEY LIKE
NETFLIX AS A PLATFORM BECAUSE OF
ITS GLOBAL REACH, AND ITS 
ABILITY TO, PERHAPS, QUOTE, 
UNLOCK ACTION.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO
STAY
YES.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT WAS A STUNT TEN YEARS IN
THE MAKING
DAVID BLAINE SUCCESSFULLY 
FLOATED 24,900 FEET ABOVE THE 
ARIZONA DESERT
HE WAS STRAPPED TO 52 
HELIUM-FILLED WEATHER BALLOONS
THE 47-YEAR-OLD DAREDEVIL WAS 
RISKING HYPOTHERMIA, HYPOXIA, 
AND MORE
YET, HE STILL MADE IT SAFELY TO 
THE GROUND
HE'S BEEN DROWNED.
HE'S BEEN FROZEN
AND NOW, HE'S FLOWN WITH
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "EARLY
TODAY.
112 IS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE
EVER RECORDED IN PHOENIX IN 
SEPTEMBER.
TOMORROW, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF 
TY
>>> WITH MANY COUPLES FORCED TO 
CANCEL THEIR WEDDING DAY THANKS 
TO THE PANDEMIC, A NEW DILEMMA
IS POPPING UP.
WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT FOOD 
FROM THE RECEPTION THAT'S 
ALREADY PAID FOR
ONE OHIO COUPLE HAD AN IDEA.
REPORTER DANIEL WIGGINS FROM OUR
CLEVELAND AFFILIATE, WKYC, HAS
THE STORY.
>> Reporter: HERE COMES THE 
BRIDE AND GROOM, TO THE KITCHEN.
YEAH, I KNOW
NOT A TYPICAL PLACE TO FIND 
NEWLYWEDS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY. 
>> WHY NOT SPREAD THE LOVE
>> Reporter: SPREAD THE LOVE, 
THE HAIR NETS, AND THE FOOD.
STILL, DRESSED IN THEIR WEDDING 
GOWN AND TUX, MELANIE AND TYLER 
ARE SPENDING THEIR FIRST FEW
HOURS AS HUSBAND AND WIFE 
SERVING MEALS TO WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, AT THE CITY MISSION'S 
LAURA'S HOME CRISIS CENTER ON 
CLEVELAND'S WEST SIDE.
>> SEEING EVERYBODY HAPPY IS
MAKING US HAPPY.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT JUST
ANY FOOD
THESE ARE MEALS THAT WERE 
SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED AT THEIR
RECEPTION, WHICH WAS CANCELLED, 
DUE TO COVID-19.
>> WE PAID FOR IT, ALREADY
SO WE WERE LIKE WE MIGHT AS WELL
DONATED IT. 
>> THEY COULD HAVE DONE A 
HUNDRED OTHER THINGS
YOU KNOW
AND YET, THEY'RE CHOOSING TO DO 
THIS
A REAL ACT OF GIVING AND
COMPASSION, ON A DAY THAT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN THEIR 
LIFE
>> Reporter: CITY MISSION CEO 
SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, TO 
HIS KNOWLEDGE, SOMEONE HAS EVER 
DONATED THEIR RECEPTION FOOD TO 
THE CRISIS CENTER.
>> HOLY COW.
YOU KNOW, WHAT A -- AN
UNSELFISH, WONDERFUL IDEA.
I THINK IT COMMUNICATES TO THE
WOMEN THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 
THAT -- THAT CARE FOR THEM
>> Reporter: NOT JUST THE WOMEN,
BUT THEIR KIDS, TOO.
>> IT'S THE CHILDREN
THAT IS OUR FUTURE, AND THEY
DESERVE TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT
WE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE THEM.
>> Reporter: WHO SAY THEY 
SUPPORT A CHARITY, EVERY YEAR,
HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR WEDDING
PLANS, MULTIPLE TIMES, DURING 
THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC
BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE HAPPY WITH 
THE WAY THINGS TURNED OUT.
>> ACTUALLY, PROBABLY, THE BEST 
OUTCOME OF IT ALL.
>> YEAH AND IT SEEMS LIKE 
WEDDINGS ARE GOOD LUCK FOR THE
COUPLE
THEY ACTUALLY MET AT ONE, FOUR
YEARS AGO.
SO THAT'S REAL, TRUE LOVE.
WAY BEYOND JUST THE TWO OF THEM.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DECIDE A
COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOURSELF.
EITHER, YOU'RE GOING TO POUT
AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE 
WAY THINGS ARE
OR YOU CAN TURN A BAD SITUATION 
INTO A GOOD ONE AND YOU CAN SEE 
WHAT THEY CHOSE THERE.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS TWO DAYS
AWAY AND THE BETTING FAVORITE IS
MAKING HIS ENTRANCE AT CHURCHILL
DOWNS.
TIZ THE LAW ARRIVED.
HE WILL TRY TO BE THE FIRST 
HORSE TO WIN THE DERBY FROM THE 
NUMBER 17 POST AND CONTINUE HIS 
RUN FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN
OUR COVERAGE FOR THE KENTUCKY 
DERBY STARTS THIS SATURDAY AT 
2:30 P.M. EASTERN, RIGHT HERE,
ON NBC
LIKE MOST THINGS THIS YEAR, 
TRIPLE CROWN'S DIFFERENT
BELMONT STAKES IS USUALLY LAST
THIS YEAR, IT'S FIRST.
>> HEY, AT LEAST IT'S HAPPENING.
WITH SO MANY THINGS GONE AND
CANCELLED FOR GOOD, THIS IS 
>>> WE ARE JUST 61 DAYS TO THE
ELECTION AND THE CDC IS ALERTING
STATES TO BE READY FOR A COVID
VACCINE BY NOVEMBER 1st.
THAT'S JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE 
POLLS OPEN
PLUS, THE WARNING FOR ALL 
AMERICANS AS WE MADE INTO THE 
WEEKEND.
>> NANCY PELOSI IS PUSHING BACK 
AGAINST THE BACKLASH SAYING SHE 
WAS SET UP AFTER BEING SEEN 
GETTING HER HAIR DONE IN A SALON
WHERE SHE LIVES.
>>> WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR MEGHAN AND
HARRY.
>>> THE CHILLY CHALLENGE THAT 
SWEPT THE NATION
HOW ALL THOSE ICE BUCKETS 
MANAGED TO RAISE OVER 
$200 MILLION WORLDWIDE
AND A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE 
FIGHT AGAINST ALS.
>>> AND GET READY FOR THE RETURN
OF THE ICONIC JEEP WAGONEER.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS CONTINUES TO GROW AS 
THIS PANDEMIC RAGES ON
THERE ARE NOW OVER 6 MILLION
INFECTIONS IN THE U.S. AND MORE 
THAN 186,000 COVID RELATED
DEATHS
>>> THE SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL 
TRIALS FOUND THAT TREATING
CRITICALLY ILL COVID-19 PATIENTS
WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS REDUCES THE
RISK BY 20%.
>>> ACTOR AND FORMER WRESTLER 
THE ROCK JOHNSON IS THE LATEST
CELEBRITY TO BE INFECTED BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
HE ANNOUNCED HIS WIFE, TWO YOUNG
DAUGHTERS ALONG WITH HIMSELF ALL
TESTED POSITIVE ABOUT THREE 
WEEKS AGO.
THIS AS A MAN IN HIS 60s HAS
BECOME THE FIRST COVID-19 DEATH 
ERELATED TO STURGIS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA
>> Reporter: IT'S THE SCENE THEY
FEAR WILL UNFOLD IN THE DAYS TO 
COME FROM POOL SIDE PARTIES TO
BARS AND BEACHES
THESE ARE THE HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS 
OFTEN BEHIND A SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, 4th OF JULY 
AND A MOTORCYCLE RALLY DRAWING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, U.S. 
HEALTH OFFICIALS SOUNDING THE 
ALARM AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND.
>> WE'RE GOING INTO LABOR DAY.
PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASKS
>> TOP DOCTORS WARNING AMERICANS
NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE MAKING
PLANS FOR LABOR DAY.
>> MASKS, DISTANCE, AVOID 
CROWDS, OUT SIDE BETTER THAN
INSIDE
>> IF WE DO THAT I THINK WE CAN 
GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITHOUT
SEEING A SURGE. 
>> Reporter: WITH THE NATION
MAKING PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID CASES AND 
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE BOTH DOWN
NEARLY 40% SINCE THEY PEAKED IN 
JULY, THERE ARE ALSO WARNING
SIGNS.
AT LEAST 7 STATES HAVE
POSITIVITY RATES ABOVE 10%
IOWA AN EMERGING HOT SPOT.
>> GROWTH OF NEW CASES HAS
ACCELERATED ESPECIALLY AS SOCIAL
ACTIVITY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AND 
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS AT 
NOTRE DAME RETURN TO SCHOOL 
AFTER A SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON 
CLASSES, UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE
ARE STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN COVID.
AND JUST AS OFFICIALS FEAR, A 
DANGEROUS WAVE OF NEW INFECTIONS
THIS FALL, SETBACKS IN OHIO 
ALREADY ARRIVE AMID THIS CLEAR
WARNING.
>> AS WE GATHER WITH FAMILIES 
AND FRIENDS WE MUST REMEMBER
THAT WHENEVER THERE'S MORE
ACTIVITY WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE
CASES.
>> Reporter: THE THREAT COMES AS
THE CDC ASKED STATES LIKE 
CALIFORNIA TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE 
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION SITES, 
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF RED TAPE 
LIKE PERMITS IN CASE A VACCINE
IS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR
AND WHILE THERE ARE MORE STORIES
OF SURVIVAL, LIKE CYNTHIA MARTIN
WHO IS GOING HOME AFTER FOUR
MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL. 
>> THANK GOD
THANK GOD.
>> Reporter: A REMINDER OF
WHAT'S AT STAKE AND WHAT WE ALL 
FACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE RACE FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOE BIDEN IS TRAVELING TO 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TODAY WHERE
HE IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE.
WITH JUST OVER TWO MONTHS UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY WE'RE SEEING BOTH
CAMPAIGNS RAMP UP ATTACKS ON ONE
ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: WITH SEVERAL NEW 
POLLS SHOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE TIGHTENING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN BOTH OUT
CAMPAIGNING, BIDEN TRYING TO
REFOCUS ATTENTION ON THE
PANDEMIC ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT 
OF FAILING TO LEAD
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER AND START 
TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES.
INVITE THEM TO THE OVAL OFFICE. 
>> Reporter: ALSO LAYING OUT HIS
OWN IDEAS FOR SAFELY RETURNING
KIDS TO SCHOOL
>> WE NEED EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND WE
NEED IT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE'LL VISIT
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, PROMISING 
RACIAL UNITY AND HEALING AFTER
PROTESTS SET OFF BY THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITING ANOTHER
BATTLEGROUND STATE, NORTH 
CAROLINA, FOR A WORLD WAR II
CEREMONY WHILE DOUBLING DOWN ON 
HIS LAW & ORDER MESSAGE.
>> THEY DID NOT DEFEAT
OPPRESSION OVERSEAS ONLY TO BE
SEEING OUR FREEDOM TRAMPLED BY
MOBS
THESE PEOPLE ONLY KNOW ONE THING
AND THAT'S STRENGTH.
THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW
STRENGTH. 
>> Reporter: THE TWO CAMPAIGNS
FIGHTING A MESSAGING WAR IN THE 
FINAL WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
IS GETTING TIGHTER THIS MORNING.
JOE BIDEN IS STILL LEADING THE
LATEST WAVE OF POLLS BUT A NEW
ONE SHOWS BIDEN WITH A 10-POINT 
LEAD OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THAT'S DOWN FROM 15 POINTS IN 
EARLY JULY
AND THE MARGIN HAS NARROWED IN
SEVERAL OTHERS TOO
THE NEW DATA COMES AS THE 
PRESIDENT DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS 
MESSAGE OF LAW & ORDER
TRACIE POTTS JOINING US NOW.
GOOD MORNING
THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING HIS 
BIGGEST THREAT YET
>> PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS
THREATERNING TO WITH HOLD 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
FUNDS FROM WHAT HE CALLS
ANARCHIST CITIES, CITIES DEALING
WITH RACIAL VIOLENCE AND UNREST.
PORTLAND, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,
D.C., AND NEW YORK, THE 
PRESIDENT IN A MEMO OUTLINING 
THOSE CITIES AND OWN FOLLOWING
UP WITH A TWEET SAYING HIS
ADMINISTRATION WILL DO
EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
PREVENT WHAT HE CALLS WEAK
MAYORS AND LAWLESS CITIES FROM
TAKING THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS
CLAIMING HE IS PUTTING THEM ON
NOTICE TODAY
NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR RESPONDING
ON TWITTER SAYING HE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS NOT A KING, HE CANNOT
DEFUND NEW YORK CITY CALLING
THIS AN ILLEGAL STUNT.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO STIRRING UP
CONTROVERSY, SUGGESTING HIS 
SUPPORTERS SHOULD VOTE TWICE IN 
THE ELECTION
ONCE BY MAIL, AGAIN IN PERSON,
TO TEST THE SYSTEM THAT HE HAS
CLAIMED THE FILLED WITH FRAUD.
>> 600,000 PEOPLE COULD VOTE BY 
ABSENTEE IN THIS STATE
ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THAT 
SYSTEM
>> WELL, THEY'LL GO OUT AND 
THEY'LL VOTE AND THEY'LL HAVE TO
CHECK THEIR VOTE BY GOING TO THE
POLL AND VOTING THAT WAY, 
BECAUSE IF IT TABULATES THEN
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO LET THEM SEND IT IN AND LET
THEM GO VOTE AND IF THEIR SYSTEM
IS AS GOOD AS THEY SAY IT IS, 
THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO VOTE
>> SO TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO 
KNOW ABOUT THAT.
CASTING TWO VOTES IS A FEDERAL
CRIME, ALSO THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
OF MAIL-IN VOTING BEING 
FRAUDULENT AS THE PRESIDENT HAS 
CLAIMED.
>> THE PRESIDENT STILL PUSHING
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW
THANK YOU.
>>> A HAIRY SITUATION FOR NANCY 
PELOSI
SHE IS NOW PLAYING DEFENSE AFTER
SHE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AT A 
SALON MASK FREE EVEN THOUGH IT'S
NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED WHERE SHE 
LIVES.
PELOSI SAYS SHE WAS SET UP
>> IF WE WEAR MASKS --
>> Reporter: HOUSE SPEAKER UNDER
FIRE AFTER VIDEO SHOWED HER AT A
SALON WITHOUT A MASK ON.
THE OWNER TELLING FOX QUOTE IT'S
LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE.
SHE INSISTED SHE WAS TOLD IT WAS
ALLOWED.
>> I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ONLY 
FOR A SETUP BY A NEIGHBORHOOD 
SALON THAT I'VE GONE TO FOR 
YEARS.
WELL, I DON'T.
I THINK THAT THEY'LL -- THAT
THIS SALON OWES ME AN APOLOGY 
FOR SETTING UP. 
>> Reporter: THE SALON WASN'T 
FOLLOWING THE RULES EVEN THOUGH 
INDOOR SERVICES ARE ALLOWED BY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ONLY
STARTED ALLOWING ANY HAIR 
APPOINTMENTS ON TUESDAY AND THEY
MUST BE OUTDOORS
SHAMPOOING ISN'T ALLOWED AND
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
PELOSI WAS PICTURED WITHOUT ONE.
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED
I DON'T WEAR A MASK WHEN I'M
WASHING MY HAIR.
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS
ACCUSING PELOSI OF HYPOCRISY
>> THEY PREACH TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE WAY
AND YET IN PRIVATE WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE NOT ROLLING AND IN
THIS CASE I GUESS THE CAMERAS 
WERE ROLLING IT SHOWS A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> Reporter: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAYING QUOTE, PELOSI IS BEING 
DECIMATED.
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS 
STILL STALLED HERE ON CAPITOL 
HILL AND THAT'S LEFT MILLIONS 
STILL WAITING AFTER UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS EXPIRED AT THE END OF
JULY
>>> YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE 
WORLD WIDE PHENOMENON THAT
RAISED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO BEAT THE DISEASE ALS.
ALL THAT COLD CASH IS PAYING
OFF.
WE HAVE THE BIG NEW DEVELOPMENT.
>> Reporter: IT WAS THE FRIGID
PHENOMENON IN THE SUMMER OF 
2014, THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE
MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND
FUNDS FOR ALS, A DEBILITATING 
DISEASE WITH NO CURE
CHRISTINA WAS DIAGNOSED AT JUST 
31, GIVEN JUST TWO YEARS TO 
LIVE
THEN SHE WAS GIVEN A NEW DRUG 
CALLED AMX 35 IN A TRIAL FUNDED 
BY THE MORE THAN 200 MILLION
RAISED BY ICE BUCKET DONORS.
>> THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF PERIOD
WHERE SHE WAS -- WE REALLY SAW A
DRAMATIC PROGRESSION OF HER ALS 
AND THAT PERIOD COMPARED TO WHEN
SHE WAS ON THE DRUG.
>> Reporter: PATIENTS WHO GOT 
THE DRUG RETAINED PHYSICAL
FUNCTIONS LONGER LIKE SPEAKING, 
WALKING, SWALLOWING.
>> DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD SEIZE
THIS IN YOUR LIFETIME?
>> NO, THIS IS AMAZING COME TRUE
FOR ME. 
>> Reporter: RESULTS SO GOOD THE
ALS ASSOCIATION IS PETITIONING
THE FDA TO BYPASS PHASE 3 TRIALS
AND GET THE DRUG TO PATIENTS
NOW.
>> ANY TREATMENT WE CAN GIVE
THROUGH MEDICATION IS GOING TO
BE SUBSTANTIAL. 
>> Reporter: HE DIED OF ALS.
>> WHEN PETE WAS DIAGNOSED WE 
DIDN'T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END 
OF THE TUNNEL.
NOT ONLY DO WE SEE THE LIGHT AT 
THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT NOW
WE CAN FEEL IT RAISE AND IT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: THE MONEY RAISED 
FROM THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE 
HAS FUNDED MORE THAN 100
POTENTIAL THERAPIES.
CHRISTINA WANTS TO SEE HER KIDS 
GRADUATE
>> OBVIOUSLY WE WANT A CURE, BUT
IF WE JUST FREEZE IT AND JUST 
STOPPED THE DEGRADATION,
WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE BOTH VERY 
HAPPY.
>> A FAMILY FULL OF HOPE THANKS 
TO ONE MAN'S DREAM AND THE
DONATIONS OF MANY.
>> SIX YEARS BUT WORTH THE WAIT 
FOR ALL THAT PROGRESS.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
SO MANY OF US PARTICIPATED IN 
THAT
WOW.
>>> A TORNADO THREAT IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL
BILL KARINS BRINGS IT ALL TO US.
BILL, GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING.
YEAH, SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN
THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND 
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
COUPLE TORNADOS.
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS PRETTY
CALM
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.
AS FAR AS THIS AFTERNOON GOES 
THAT'S THE AIRAFTER CONCERN 
RIGHT IN THE MID-ATLANTIC.
AS WE HEAD TO WASHINGTON, D.C., 
SOUTH OF PHILADELPHIA FOR THE 
MOST PART THAT AREA OF ORANGE IS
WHAT WE CALL AN ENHANCED RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS.
21 MILLION PEOPLE ARE AT RISK 
FOR THOSE STORMS
AND 107 IN PHOENIX TODAY AND IT 
GETS HOTTER THIS WEEKEND
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WEATHER
OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IN PLACE BEFORE THOSE
STORMS HIT FROM D.C. TO FEL 
PHIL
ANOTHER DAY IN THE 90s AROUND 
RICHMOND ALL THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS.
STILL VERY HOT AND A LOT OF 
POWER OUTAGES AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA IN LOUISIANA
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
INCREDIBLE WESTERN HEAT WAVE
COMING UP.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NBA
PLAYOFFS ARE IN THE BOOKS AFTER 
ONE MORE GAME 7 AFTER SOME LATE 
GAME DEFENSIVE HE ROWICS FROM 
JAMES HARDEN, THE HOUSTON 
ROCKETS ADVANCE WITH A WIN OVER 
OKLAHOMA CITY.
HOUSTON WAS LED BY 21 POINTS
EACH FROM ROBERT COVINGTON AND
ERIC GORDON.
THE ROCKETS MOVE O
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, THE 
BASEBALL WORLD IS MOURNING THE
LOSS OF HALL OF FAMER TOM 
SEAVER
HE REPORTEDLY DIED FROM 
COMPLICATIONS OF BODY DEMENTIA
AND COVID-19
HE LED THE NEW YORK METS TO 
THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES TITLE
IN 1969.
WON THREE CY YOUNG AWARDS AND 
WAS INDUCTED INTO BASEBALL'S
HALL OF FAME IN 1962
HE WAS CALLED THE GREATEST MET
OF ALL TIME.
THE FRANCHISE TOM SEAVER WAS 75 
YEARS OLD.
>>> THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS
TESTS SHOW THAT HE WAS POISONED 
BY THE NERVE AGENT THAT BRITISH 
AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE 
2018 ATTACK ON A FORMER RUSSIAN 
SPY.
HE WAS IN SIBERIA WHEN HE DRANK 
A CUP OF TEA TWO WEEKS AGO AND
GOT SICK
HE IS STILL IN A COMA.
CHANCELLOR MER
>>> WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC, TENS OF
MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT JOBS BUT 
WALL STREET IS SOARING
IN SEPTEMBER THE DOW CLIMBED 450
POINTS CROSSING THE 29,000 MARK 
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
FEBRUARY
WHILE THE S&P JUMPED 54 POINT TO
A RECORD HIGH, FUTURES ARE MIXED
AHEAD OF THE WEEKLY JOBLESS 
NUMBERS DUE OUT THIS MORNING
AND THAT NEWS COMINGS AS UNITED 
IS THE LATEST AIRLINE TO
ANNOUNCE MASSIVE JOB CUTS.
THE COMPANY PLANS TO FURLOUGH 
MORE THAN 16,000 EMPLOYEES AS 
EARLY AS NEXT MONTH WHEN FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS AID RUNS OUT
>>> MAIN STREET IS FOCUSED ON AN
AMERICAN CLASSIC THAT WILL SOON 
BE UNVEILED.
HERE WITH A PREVIEW FROM LONDON 
IS KAREN TSO
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT 
THE BOXY OLD WAGONEER WITH THE
WOOD GRAIN PANELLING IS BACK
IT'S BEEN REVIVED TODAY.
IT WAS FIRST DEBUTED BACK IN THE
1960s BUT THEN TAKEN OFF THE
MARKET IN 1991 BUT IT WILL BE 
UNVEILED IN A LIVE STREAM TODAY.
SOME PHOTOS SUGGEST IT WILL HAVE
A GLASS ROOF, RETROGRILL, ALSO A
PLUG-IN HYBRID VERSION
THE RUGGED FLAGSHIP WITH A
PLUG-IN AS WELL.
WE'RE NOW COUNTING DOWN TO THE
HOLIDAY SEASON AND WALMART HAS
UNVEILED ITS LIST, THE TOP RATED
BY KIDS LIST
THIS WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE 
HOTTEST TOYS INCLUDING BIKES ARE
POPULAR AND WITH THE DIGITAL
MEDIA CONSUMPTION, CAMERAS OF 
THEIR OWN AND TOYS FROM SHOWS 
AND MOVIES
BACK
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "EARLY
TODAY.
44 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDED IN 
HEAT ALERTS AND WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS ALL THROUGH THE
SOUTHWEST AND MUCH OF CALIFORNIA
>>> THE DUKE AND DUTCHESS OF
SUSSEX TURN TO STREAMING
MAKING A MAJOR MULTIYEAR DEAL 
WITH NETFLIX
JOINING US FROM BEIJING, TELL US
MORE ABOUT THIS NEW HOLLYWOOD 
GIG FOR THEM
>> Reporter: THIS IS A BLOCK
BUSTER DEAL FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN
TO PRODUCE TV SERIES, FILMS AND 
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING FOR
NETFLIX AFTER HOLDING MEETINGS
WITH SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
AND STREAMING RIVALS
NETFLIX ISN'T ATTACHING A DOLLAR
VALUE SO THE DEAL, BUT IF BASED 
ON PAST MEGAWATT DEALS THAT 
THEY'VE SIGNED AND COMBINED WITH
SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT HAVE
BEEN CIRCULATING ABOUT WHAT THE 
COUPLE WAS LOOKING FOR, THIS
COULD BE WORTH UPWARDS OF 
$100 MILLION
THE COUPLE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCING CONTENT 
BUT THIS IS SHEER STAR POWER
THAT THEY ARE BRINGING TO 
NETFLIX, JOINING HIGH PROFILE 
FIGURES LIKE BARACK AND MICHELLE
OBAMA IN SIGNING THESE BIG
PRODUCTION DEALS
AS WE KNOW, THE COUPLE STEPPED
AWAY FROM BEING SENIOR MEMBERS
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY BACK IN 
JANUARY.
THEY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES, THEY 
BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SANTA BARBARA,
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO BE 
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT BUT IN
DOING SO THEY AGREED TO GIVE UP 
THEIR ROYAL SUSSEX BRAND
AS FOR WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO
WATCH FROM THEIR YET TO BE NAMED
PRODUCTION HOUSE IN A STATEMENT,
HARRY AND MEGHAN SAID THEY WANT 
TO FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT CREATE
IMPACT, THAT INSPIRE, THAT
INFORM, BUT ALSO GIVE HOPE
THEY SAY THE FOCUS IS GOING TO
BE ON QUOTE, INSPIRATIONAL
FAMILY PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT
THEY LIKE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH 
NETFLIX BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL 
REACH OF THE PLATFORM IN SAYING 
THAT THEY CAN BE IMPACTFUL AND
PERHAPS UNLOCK ACTION IN THEIR
WORDS.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO
STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT.
>> YEAH.
I'M SURE ITALY JUST THE START OF
MANY OTHER DEALS
THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF 
STUFF IN OUR QUEUE TO WATCH 
THESE DAYS
THIS WILL ADD RIGHT TO IT.
>> I FIND IT FUNNY THAT IT'S
ABOUT FAMILY PROGRAMMING BUT IT 
CANNOT INVOLVE THEIR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW THAT'S THE ONE FAMILY
IT'S NOT GOING TO INVOLVE.
>> AND THEY WANTED TO BE PRIVATE
BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE, PUTTING
THEMSELVES OUT THERE
>> IT'S A LOT OF MONEY
DAVID BLAINE'S ASCENSION OVER 
ARIZONA WAS A STUNT YEARS IN THE
MAKING
CHECK IT OUT
>> YEAH!
>> YES
>> BEAUTIFUL
>> HE FLOATED NEARLY 25,000 FEET
IN THE AIR
HE WAS STRAPPED TO 52 WEATHER 
BALLOONS FILLED WITH HELIUM.
THE 47-YEAR-OLD DAREDEVIL WAS 
RISKING HYPOXIA, WHO KNOWS WHAT 
ELSE
SHARP OBJECTS UP THERE BUT IT 
WORKED OUT FOR HIM
HE LANDED SAFELY O
>>> PREPARE FOR VACCINES
THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE CDC 
TO THE STATES, NOVEMBER 1st,
JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION. 
>> DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, JOE 
BIDEN, BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP
FOR WHAT HE CALLS A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY, AS SCHOOLS STRUGGLE
TO REOPEN AND AMID FEARS
MILLIONS MAY NOT TAKE SOCIAL
DISTANCING SERIOUSLY ENOUGH,
OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. 
>> RIPPED FROM A RUSSIAN SPY
NOVEL, ARRIVAL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE.
AND NOW, NEW DETAILS ON WHAT
OFFICIALS SAY WAS USED TO POISON
HIM.
>> REMEMBER THE ICE BUCKET
CHALLENGE?
WELL, THE PHENOMENA HELPED RAISE
SOME $200 MILLION FOR RESEARCH
TONIGHT, A VERY PROMISING NEW 
TREATMENT.
>> AND MEET THE CHICAGO TEENS 
WHO TURNED AN OLD LIQUOR STORE
INTO SOMETHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
REALLY NEEDS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THE 
NATION'S FIGHT AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS.
THERE ARE, NOW, MORE THAN 6 
MILLION CASES, ACROSS THE U.S.
AND OVER 186,000 COVID-RELATED
DEATHS
AND AS THE RACE FOR A VACCINE 
CONTINUES, THE CDC IS TELLING 
STATES TO PREPARE FOR THE 
LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, BY NOVEMBER
1st.
ACCORDING TO A LETTER OBTAINED
BY NBC NEWS, THE AGENCY'S 
DIRECTOR ASKED GOVERNORS FOR
THEIR HELP EXPEDITING 
APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION 
SITES, SO IT CAN SET UP 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION SITES BY
THAT DATE.
BUT IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN IF A 
VACCINE WILL BE READY BY
NOVEMBER 1st. 
>> THE NEWS COMES AS A SERIES OF
INTERNATIONAL TRIALS FOUND THAT 
TREATING CRITICALLY-ILL COVID-19
PATIENTS WITH CORTICOSTEROID
DRUGS REDUCES THE RISK OF DEATH 
BY 20%
THIS HAS PROMPTED THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO UPDATE 
ITS ADVICE ON TREATMENT.
MEANWHILE, THE VIRUS CONTINUES
TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT COLLEGE
CAMPUSES AND BEYOND.
30 OUT OF 40 GREEK HOUSES AT
INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON
ARE NOW UNDER QUARANTINE, AFTER 
REPORTING AN 8.1% POSITIVITY
RATE
ALSO, A MAN IN HIS 60s HAS, 
REPORTEDLY, BECOME THE FIRST
COVID-19 DEATH LINKED TO THE
STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN 
SOUTH DAKOTA
THIS, AS HEALTH EXPERTS ARE 
URGING AMERICANS TO TAKE PROPER 
PRECAUTIONS WHEN CELEBRATING
THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
HERE'S NBC'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER
>> Reporter: IT'S THE SCENE THEY
FEAR WILL UNFOLD IN THE DAYS TO 
COME
FROM POOLSIDE PARTIES TO BARS 
AND BEACHES, THESE ARE THE
HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS, OFTEN, BEHIND
A SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, FOURTH OF 
JULY, AND A MOTORCYCLE RALLY
DRAWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS SOUNDING
THE ALARM AHEAD OF THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND.
>> WE'RE GOING INTO LABOR DAY.
PLEASE, WEAR YOUR MASK
>> Reporter: TOP DOCTORS WARNING
AMERICANS NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY, BEFORE MAKING 
PLANS FOR LABOR DAY.
>> MASKS, DISTANCE, AVOID 
CROWDS, OUTSIDE BETTER THAN 
INSIDE
AND IF WE DO THAT, I THINK WE 
CAN GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, 
WITHOUT SEEING A SURGE
>> Reporter: WITH THE NATION
MAKING PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID, CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE, BOTH, DOWN
NEARLY 40%, SINCE THEY PEAKED IN
JULY
THERE ARE, ALSO, WARNING SIGNS
AT LEAST SEVEN STATES HAVE
POSITIVITY RATES ABOVE 10%
IOWA, AN EMERGING HOT SPOT. 
>> GROWTH OF NEW CASES HAS
ACCELERATED, ESPECIALLY AS
SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AMONG YOUNG
ADULTS AND -- AND ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS AT 
NOTRE DAME RETURN TO SCHOOL 
AFTER A SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON 
CLASSES, UNIVERSITIES,
NATIONWIDE, ARE STRUGGLING TO 
CONTAIN COVID.
AND JUST AS OFFICIALS FEAR A
DANGEROUS WAVE OF NEW 
INFECTIONS, THIS FALL, SETBACKS 
IN OHIO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED
AMID THIS CLEAR WARNING.
>> AS WE GATHER WITH FAMILIES 
AND FRIENDS, WE MUST REMEMBER 
THAT WHENEVER THERE IS MORE 
ACTIVITY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE
MORE CASES. 
>> THE THREAT COMES, AS THE CDC 
ASKED STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA TO 
IDENTIFY POSSIBLE VACCINE 
DISTRIBUTION SITES
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF RED TAPE 
LIKE PERMITS, IN CASE A VACCINE 
IS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR
AND WHILE THERE ARE MORE STORIES
OF SURVIVAL, LIKE CYNTHIA 
MARTIN, WHO IS GOING HOME AFTER 
FOUR MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> THANK GOD
THANK GOD.
>> Reporter: A REMINDER OF
WHAT'S AT STAKE AND THE RISK WE 
ALL FACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> POLLS SUGGEST THE RACE FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS STARTED TO
GET A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER
ON THE HEELS OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S VISIT, JOE BIDEN WILL 
TRAVEL TO KENOSHA, TODAY
DURING HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN STOP
IN WISCONSIN, BIDEN PLANS TO
SPREAD A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR LAW AND 
ORDER.
HERE'S NBC'S ALICE BARR.
>> Reporter: WITH SEVERAL, NEW
POLLS SHOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE TIGHTENING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN, BOTH, OUT
CAMPAIGNING.
BIDEN TRYING TO REFOCUS 
ATTENTION ON THE PANDEMIC.
ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF 
FAILING TO LEAD.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE YOU?
GET OFF TWITTER.
AND START TALKING TO THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, IN BOTH
PARTIES.
INVITE THEM TO THE OVAL OFFICE
>> Reporter: ALSO, LAYING OUT 
HIS OWN IDEAS FOR SAFELY
RETURNING KIDS TO SCHOOL
>> WE NEED EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE 
NEED IT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE'LL VISIT
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, PROMISING 
RACIAL UNITY AND HEALING
AFTER PROTESTS SET OFF BY THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOURING KENOSHA 
RIOT DAMAGE, VISITING ANOTHER 
BATTLEGROUND STATE, NORTH 
CAROLINA, FOR A WORLD WAR II
CEREMONY, WHILE DOUBLING DOWN ON
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> AMERICANS WARRIORS DID NOT 
DEFEAT FASCISM AND OPPRESSION,
OVERSEAS, ONLY TO WATCH OUR 
FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED BY VIOLENT 
MOBS, HERE, AT HOME.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS WEAK ON 
CRIME.
>> THESE PEOPLE KNOW ONE THING
AND THAT'S STRENGTH.
THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW
STRENGTH
>> Reporter: THE TWO CAMPAIGNS
FIGHTING A MESSAGING WAR, IN THE
FINAL WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TARGETING 
DEMOCRATIC CITIES, THIS MORNING.
THREATENING TO BLOCK BILLIONS IN
FEDERAL FUNDING OVER THE ONGOING
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY AND RACIAL INJUSTICE
IN A NEW MEMO, THE PRESIDENT
ACCUSED STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS OF ABANDONING THEIR 
DUTIES
HE SINGLED OUT PORTLAND,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND
NEW YORK
IN A TWEET, THE PRESIDENT SAID, 
WE'RE PUTTING THEM ON NOTICE
AND THE MOVE IS FACING HEAVY
PUSHBACK
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
TWEETING HE IS NOT A KING.
HE CANNOT DEFUND NYC
IT'S AN ILLEGAL STUNT.
>> THE PRESIDENT ALSO STIRRED UP
CONTROVERSY, SUGGESTING THAT HIS
SUPPORTERS SHOULD VOTE TWICE IN 
THE ELECTION
ONCE, BY MAIL.
AND AGAIN, IN PERSON
>> SO LET THEM SEND IT IN, AND
LET THEM GO VOTE
AND IF THEIR SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS
THEY SAY IT IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY, 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE
IF IT ISN'T TABULATED, THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO VOTE.
SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. 
>> VERY HELPFUL REMINDER HERE.
CASTING MULTIPLE BALLOTS IS A 
FEDERAL ELECTION CRIME
THE PRESIDENT HAS CLAIMED THAT
MAIL-IN BALLOTS LEAD TO 
WIDESPREAD FRAUD
BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT'S 
TRUE. 
>> ALL RIGHT
REMEMBER THE ICE BUCKET 
CHALLENGE A FEW YEARS AGO?
THE WORLDWIDE SOCIAL MEDIA
PHENOMENON THAT RAISED HUNDREDS 
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP
BEAT THE DISEASE, ALS.
WELL, NOW, NEW RESEARCH IN THE
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 
SHOWS IT REALLY PAID OFF
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THE
STORY.
>> Reporter: SIX YEARS AFTER IT 
SWEPT SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ICE 
BUCKET CHALLENGE IS PAYING OFF
HELPING FUND A STUDY OF AN
EXPERIMENTAL ALS MEDICATION,
TODAY, BEING DESCRIBED AS A 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
>> WELL, THIS IS A MILESTONE IN 
OUR FIGHT AGAINST ALS.
>> Reporter: AMX 35 IS A
COMBINATION OF TWO DRUGS
EACH TARGETS A DIFFERENT
CELLULAR COMPONENT
PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED IT AS PART
OF A PHASE TWO STUDY AT 
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 
RETAINED PHYSICAL FUNCTION, FOR 
LONGER, COMPARED TO THOSE WHO 
RECEIVED A PLACEBO
THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO
WALK, HOLD A PEN, OR SWALLOW
FOOD. 
>> WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS
THAT THERE'S HOPE.
THAT RESEARCH IS MAKING 
PROGRESS
WE ARE DEVELOPING NEW 
TREATMENTS
AND WE WILL WORK, 
COLLABORATIVELY, WITH ENTIRE ALS
COMMUNITY ON THE NEXT STEPS.
>> Reporter: ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE
PLANNING TO PETITION THE FDA TO 
APPROVE AMX 35 BASED ON THESE 
LATEST RESULTS, BYPASSING PHASE 
THREE TRIALS. 
>> I CONSIDER MYSELF -- 
>> Reporter: ALS IS ALSO KNOWN
AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, AFTER
THE BASEBALL LEGEND DIAGNOSED IN
THE 1940s.
THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE BROUGHT
IT TO THE ATTENTION OF A NEW
GENERATION. 
>> THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE WAS 
A REAL TURNING POINT
IT ATTRACTED NEW INVESTIGATORS
TO THE FIELD AND IT'S PRODUCING 
A LOT OF RESULTS
>> Reporter: RESULTS THAT COULD 
POTENTIALLY FREEZE ALS IN ITS 
TRACKS
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>> FANTASTIC NEWS THERE.
>> YEAH.
EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN 
THAT
HERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> FRUITS OF THAT LABOR.
>> THAT IS SO GREAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME SEVERE WEATHER 
BREWING THAT COULD INCLUDE
TORNADOS AND WE ALSO GOT SOME 
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT TO TALK
ABOUT.
NBC METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS, 
IS HERE WITH US.
>> DO IT AGAIN TODAY
BUT TODAY SHOULD BE A LITTLE
MORE WIDESPREAD.
WE'RE CONCERNED WE COULD EVEN 
HAVE SOME FTORNADOS
CURRENTLY, HEAVY RAIN IN
KENTUCKY
LITTLE BATCH OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 
MASSACHUSETTS.
THE SEVERE STUFF WILL BE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE ARE
TARGETING THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES
ESPECIALLY, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, 
DELAWARE
THAT'S THE BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW, HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT 
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW.
>> WELL, AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES 
GO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WARM, 
TOASTY, AND HUMIDITY IS HIGH
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FUEL
FOR THE STORMS LATER ON TODAY.
93 IN RICHMOND
HEAT INDEX WILL BE AROUND 100 
AND STILL VERY WARM THROUGH THE 
SOUTHEAST.
AND COMING UP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT 
A PAINFUL RECORD-BREAKING HEAT
WAVE FOR THE WEST COAST AND THE 
FIRE THREAT.
THEY DON'T NEED IT BUT THEY'RE
GOING TO GET IT.
>> YEAH.
THEY CAN USE ALL THE HELP THEY
CAN GET.
BILL, THANK YOU.
>>> THE FIRST SERVES OF THE U.S.
OPEN SECOND ROUND BROUGHT THEIR 
FAIR SHARE OF BIG MOMENTS.
NAOMI OSAKA, ONCE AGAIN, MAKING 
A STATEMENT BEFORE HER MATCH
WEARING AN ELIJAH McCLAIN MASK
TOUGH EVER LUCK FOR THE TOP 
SEATED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
AN URGENT SEARCH-AND-RESCUE 
MISSION OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN
THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD RESCUED
A MAN STRANDED IN THE DARK
WATERS OF THE EAST CHINA SEA
OFFICIALS RECEIVED A DISTRESS 
CALL THAT A CARGO SHIP CARRYING 
NEARLY 6,000 CATTLE AND 42 CREW 
MEMBERS WENT MISSING
WEATHER HAD BEEN ROUGH IN THAT
AREA, AFTER A TYPHOON HIT 
EARLIER.
THE CAUSE OF THAT DISTRESS CALL 
IS UNKNOWN
THE SHIP LEFT FROM NEW ZEALAND, 
AND WAS HEADED FOR A PORT ON
CHINA'S EAST COAST
>>> A QUIZ QUESTION FOR FIFTH 
GRADERS HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY 
IN KENTUCKY.
THE STUDENTS WERE ASKED WHAT IS 
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JACOB
BLAKE AND BREONNA TAYLOR
THE FIRST ANSWER INCLUDES BOTH
WERE THE VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE
THE KENTUCKY PEACE OFFICER'S
ASSOCIATION ACCUSED THE TEACHERS
OF NEGATIVELY INFLUENCING YOUNG 
MINDS TO PROMOTE AN AGENDA
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO ANSWER 
QUESTIONS ABOUT A NEWS ARTICLE, 
AND THAT THE ASSIGNMENT WAS NOT 
TEACHER CREATED.
THE DISTRICT ALSO INSISTED THAT 
CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE SAFE PLACES
TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS.
>>> WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON
THAT RIVAL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, 
WHO SUDDENLY GOT SICK.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS TESTS
SHOW THAT ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS
POISONED WITH THE SAME KIND OF
SOVIET-ERA NERVE AGENT THAT 
BRITISH AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED
IN THE 2018 ATTACK ON A FORMER
RUSSIAN SPY.
OUR SARA HARMON HAS MORE
>> Reporter: RUSSIAN OPPOSITION 
LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS THE 
VICTIM OF A POISONING WITH THE
CHEMICAL
T
NAVALNY IS CURRENTLY BEING
TREATED IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL
HE IS ON A VENTILATOR, AND
DOCTORS SAY IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER
HE MIGHT SUFFER LONG-TERM 
EFFECTS FROM THIS POISONING.
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR TOOK THE
RATHER RARE STEP OF HOLDING A 
LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS
THE FINDINGS OF THE TOXICOLOGY
REPORT
SAYING IT WAS UNEQUIVOCAL THAT
HE HAD BEEN POISONED, AND SAYING
THAT THE GERMANS WOULD REFER
THEIR FINDINGS TO THEIR EU AND
NATO PARTNERS.
RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME 
COLLECTIVE ACTION.
IT'S THE SAME NERVE AGENT THAT
THE RUSSIANS WERE ACCUSED OF
USING IN 2018 IN THE POISONING
OF EX-SPY SERGEI AND HIS
DAUGHTER IN THE UK
NOW, AT THE TIME, THE U.S. TOOK 
THE STEP OF ENACTING SANCTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA, AS A RESULT OF
THAT POISONING ATTACK, WHICH WAS
CONSIDERED A BRAZEN ATTACK ON 
BRITISH SOIL WITH A 
CHEMICAL-NERVE AGENT
AND IN THE COMING DAYS, WE'LL 
SEE WHETHER THERE'S 
INTERN
IN SEPTEMBER, THE DOW CLIMBED 
450 POINTS, CROSSING THE 29,000 
MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 
FEBRUARY
WHILE, THE S&P JUMPED 54 POINTS 
TO A RECORD HIGH
FUTURES ARE FLAT AHEAD OF THE 
WEEKLY JOBLESS NUMBERS, DUE OUT 
THIS MORNING
>>> CALIFORNIA BECAME THE FIRST 
STATE TO PASS 700,000 COVID-19
CASES THIS WEEK.
OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY WARNING OF
A THIRD POTENTIAL WAVE, WHICH 
WILL HIT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
STUDENTS, HARD
AS NBC'S JACOB SOBOROFF REPORTS,
UNDOCUMENTED HEALTHCARE WORKERS 
ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.
>> Reporter: THIS CELL PHONE
VIDEO WAS GIVEN TO US BY A
FILIPINO CARETAKER WHO SHARES A 
TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT IN LOS
ANGELES WITH SIX OTHER
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
FOUR OF WHOM, ARE UNDOCUMENTED
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SHOES
SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE HERE
>> Reporter: THEY LIVE TOGETHER,
TO SAVE MONEY.
BUT TIGHT LIVING CONDITIONS,
ALSO, PROVE RISKY AND THEY LIVE 
IN CONSTANT FEAR OF CONTRACTING 
COVID.
>> THIS IS THE BEDROOM
>> Reporter: BOTH, FROM THEIR 
WORKPLACE AND AT HOME.
IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL 
FOR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
TO BE UNDOCUMENTED
MANY SERVE AS CAREGIVERS IN 
NURSING HOMES, WHERE MORE THAN
40% OF COVID DEATHS IN THE U.S. 
OCCUR.
WE MET THREE OF THEM ON A RECENT
MORNING, AFTER THEY JUST
FINISHED UP A 12-HOUR NIGHT 
SHIFT.
>> ALL THREE OF YOU ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
>> PHILIPPINES. 
>> PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES?
PHILIPPINES?
NEARLY, 20% OF CALIFORNIA'S 
NURSES ARE FILIPINO.
AND WHILE FILIPINOS ACCOUNT FOR 
ABOUT A QUARTER OF ASIAN
RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA, THEY 
HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF COVID DEATHS
AMONGST THIS GROUP
AND A NEW, NATIONWIDE STUDY 
FOUND ASIANS JOINED BLACK AND 
HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AS SOME OF 
THE HARDEST HIT FROM COVID, WITH
DEATHS IN EACH GROUP UP AT LEAST
30% THIS YEAR OVER THE PAST 
FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED, THERE IS THE ADDED
BURDEN OF BEING INELIGIBLE FOR
ANY FEDERAL RELIEF, DESPITE 
BEING LABELED ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
>> ON TOP OF COVID, YOU HAVE A
LIFE AS AN UNDOCUMENTED 
HEALTHCARE WORKER.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S, ALSO, THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM BEING UNDOCUMENTED
WE CANNOT GET THE STIMULUS
WE CAN'T GET -- WE CANNOT FILE
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
FOR THE NEXT MONTH
WE MIGHT BE HOMELESS. 
>> YOU SAID HOMELESS
I'M RIGHT OVER THERE AND JUST 
LOOKING AT HOMELESS PEOPLE
SLEEPING IN THE PARK BEHIND YOU 
IN THE TENTS
YOU REALLY THINK THERE'S A
CHANCE THAT YOU COULD END UP ON 
THE STREET
>> YES, HONESTLY. 
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE NO 
CHOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE 
UNDOCUMENTED, BUT TO GO BACK TO 
YOUR JOBS IN A PLACE WHERE YOU
COULD VERY WELL GET COVID.
>> YES. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AKI STARTED THE FILIPINO 
WORKER CENTER, TO HELP
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS FROM THE 
FILL 
PHILIPPINES AND HAS SEEN COVID
RAVAGE HER COMMUNITY. 
>> UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS DOING 
HOMECARE AND AS DOMESTIC WORKERS
ARE STILL, VERY, VERY MUCH
NEEDED RIGHT NOW
SO THEY'RE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> IT'S THIS PARADOX OF BEING 
BOTH UNDOCUMENTED BUT ALSO, 
CLEARLY, ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO IT JUST BRINGS TO LIGHT, EVEN
MORE, ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS ARE FACING.
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS NOT 
IN ISOLATION, AN UNDOCUMENTED 
PROBLEM, OR EVEN A COVID
PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE OVERLAP OF MULTIPLE 
PROBLEMS, AT ONCE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS CRISIS, RIGHT NOW, JUST
SHOWS ALL OF THOSE
INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO, GIVEN THAT, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THESE JOBS ARE 
GOOD JOBS SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY 
CAN AFFORD DECENT HOUSING.
SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD 
HEALTHCARE AND TRANSPORTATION.O 
WEST IS JUST PLAIN MEAN.
AFTER THE FIRES THEY HAD IN 
AUGUST AND THE RECORD HEAT, 
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER
44 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK OF
THESE HEAT WARNINGS AND 
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES
THE SCORCHING HEAT B
>>> THE BASEBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF HALL OF
FAMER TOM SEAVER
TOM TERRIFIC, AS HE WAS KNOWN,
REPORTEDLY DIED FROM
COMPLICATIONS OF BODY DEMENTIA
AND COVID-19
THE PITCHER AMASSED 311 WINS IN 
HIS 20-YEAR CAREER AND LED THE
NEW YORK METS TO THEIR FIRST
WORLD SERIES IN 1969
AND WAS INDUCTED TO THE BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME IN 1992
HE ALSO HAD STINTS WITH THE 
WHITE SOX AND RED SOX.
RELEASED A STATEMENT ON SEAVER'S
DEATH.
TOM SEAVER WAS 75 YEARS OLD.
>> A NEW AMAZON ALEXA FEATURE 
ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR GAS 
USING VOICE COMMAND, RATHER THAN
PHYSICAL INTERACTION
>> ALEXA, FIND THE NEAREST GAS
STATION.
ALEXA, PAY FOR GAS ON PUMP 14.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE AT A
MOBILE STATION. 
>> SO THE FEATURE WORKS AT OVER 
11,500 EXXON AND MOBILE STATIONS
IN THE U.S. IT'S USEFUL DURING
THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE YOU CAN
STAY IN YOUR CAR UNTIL THE PUMP 
IS ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED
WE'RE SEEING IT MORE AND MORE.
CONTACTLESS DELIVERY, PAYMENT,
EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> YEAH.
SOON, IT WILL BE, ALEXA, TAKE ME
THERE.
NOW, TO THE INSPIRING STORY OUT 
OF CHICAGO, WHERE ONE 
NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW GETTING THE 
NOURISHMENT IT NEEDS
ALL THANKS TO A GROUP OF HIGH 
SCHOOLERS.
WITH THE STORY, NOW, IS KEVIN 
TIBBLES.
>> Reporter: FARM-FRESH GOODNESS
IN AN INNER CITY FOOD DESERT. 
>> ARE THERE MANY PLACES TO BUY 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES?
>> NO, THIS IS EXACTLY THE
REASON WHY WE'RE HERE.
>> WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN HARVEST
MARKET SET UP AND RUN BY HIGH 
SCHOOL STUDENTS ON CHICAGO'S
WEST SIDE.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PLACE
WHERE LIQUOR STORES OUTNUMBER 
GROCERY STORES
PROBABLY, SOMETHING AROUND 15 TO
16 LIQUOR STORES
AND MAYBE, ONLY TWO TO THREE
SUPERMARKETS, AT BEST.
>> Reporter: THEY EVEN TORE DOWN
A LIQUOR STORE TO CREATE THIS 
SPACE.
>> WE'RE HELPING TO KEEP
EVERYBODY ALIVE AND ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO EAT HEALTHIER.
>> IT'S ONLY FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES
NO JUNK.
>> Reporter: FROM A PERILOUS
SUMMER OF ANGRY PROTESTS, THESE 
TEENS HAD A DREAM TO DO 
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO HEAL
GROW A SMALL BUSINESS.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR WAYS, 
DESPITE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND TO 
REALLY MAKE AUSTIN THE BEST 
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE HERE
>> Reporter: FORMER CHICAGO 
BE
BEARS LINEBACKER ASSISTED WITH
STARTUP COSTS AND WAS THERE 
OPENING DAY.
>> NOT ONLY ARE THEY GETTING
JOBS AND GETTING PAID, AND
BRINGING HEALTHY FOOD INTO THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO CHANGING A 
STEREOTYPE
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE A NEGATIVE
STEREOTYPE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA.
>> WHAT DOES THIS PLACE 
REPRESENT TO YOU
>> FRESH, FRESH, AND FRESH. 
>> HOPE.
RENEWAL.
GROWTH
>> Reporter: AN OASIS, WHERE
GOOD THINGS ARE BOUND TO GROW.
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS,
CHICAGO.
>> AND HOPEFULLY, IT SPREADS
THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US
>>> YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> IF THEY GO BACK TO THEIR JOB 
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE 
CORRECT. 
>> IT'S NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEK DAYS DARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> A FATHER TRYING TO TEACH HIS 
SON ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE RETALIATE WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY. 
>>> THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE STRUGGLES TO EXPAND 
ITS TESTING CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS FEEL THEY NEED TO 
COME OUT IN FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE 
THEY FEEL THEY ARE GETTING 
SUPPORT FROM THE PORTLAND 
POLICE. 
>>> ELECTION DAY IN THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW TO KEEP MOTOR 
SAFE AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU HAVE TO GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT IT'S SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS IS 
THE THING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT 
AND BORROW FOR AND PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYS. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S HEADLINES COULD BE 
HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR THEM. 
WE KNOW YOUR FAMILY WILL WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS KIDS ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A LARGE CONVOY OF 
NATIONAL GUARD COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEK DAYS STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
WEEKDAYS. 
>> WHAT THE NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE. 
MANY TEACHERS MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN OR 
HAVE A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE CREATING A COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL THAT WE DEVELOPED 
OURSELVES AND DEVELOPED IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> A SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
THE STORY OF THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> ON THE GROUND -- 
>> DO YOU HAVE FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING ABOUT CHANGE SOON? 
>> HERE IN PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS EXPECTED TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC 
AND HAS NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT WITH ALL WE'RE FACING 
I AM SO PROUD TO BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER OF A HUSBAND 
AND KIDS WHO SADLY ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT GLENN IFILL 
AND MY MOM WILL LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE PROUD. 
>> NEW CONCERN THE UPCOMING 
LABOR DAY WEEKEND COULD LEAD TO 
ANOTHER MASSIVE SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES. 
TOM COSTELLO HAS THE STORY FOUR 
IS. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: WE SAW A SPIKE 
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY IN MAY. 
WE SAW CASES JUMP IN JUNE AND 
THEN INTO THE SUMMER. 
THE CONCERN IS THAT COULD 
HAPPEN AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES WE ROLL THE NUMBERS 
OFF OUR TONGUE AND DON'T INK 
ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS WHICH IS 
APPROACHING THE POP ELATION OF 
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. 
GOING INTO LABOR DAY DON'T LET 
YOUR GUARD DOWN. 
WITH LABOR DAY FAST APPROACHING 
AND SOME STARTING TO WIND DOWN, 
HEALTH OFFICIALS WARNED THERE 
CANNOT BE A REPEAT OF WHAT WE 
SAW AT THE START OF THE SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT BEACHES AND 
POOL PARTIES LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO A BIG SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
THE U.S. IS AVERAGING MORE THAN 
40,000 NEW CASES PER DAY AND 
MORE THAN 900 DAILY DEATHS IN 
THE PAST WEEK. 
>> THAT'S AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH 
BASELINE. 
WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: ANTHONY FAUCI SAID 
IT NEEDS TO DROP FROM 40,000 
CLOSER TO 10,000 OR FEWER AS WE 
APPROACH THE FLU SEASON. 
>> YOU DON'T NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN, BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN A BAR OR WHAT HAVE 
YOU. 
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> Reporter: AND THE MASKS WE 
ARE ALL WEARING COULD BE 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GO 
OUT AS A FAMILY THIS UPCOMING 
WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT AND 
ABOUT ASSUME YOU HAVE COVID AND 
IF YOU VISIT GRANDMA KEEP YOUR 
MASK ON. 
>> Reporter: HOURS AFTER THE 
IOWA GOVERNOR DEFENDED A 
DECISION TO ALLOW THOUSANDS OF 
FANS IN AN UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME. 
>> IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS AND PART OF A 
VULNERABLE POPULATION MAYBE I 
WOULD NOT GO TO THE IOWA STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME NEXT WEEK. 
>> Reporter: IOWA STATE NOW 
REVERSING THE PLAN SAYING ITS 
HOME OPENER WILL INCLUDE AN 
EMPTY STADIUM. 
THE FIRST STEP HAS BEEN 
RECORDED IN CONNECTION TO THE 
AUGUST MOTORCYCLE RALLY THAT 
BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
OF BIKERS FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO SOUTH DAKOTA. 
IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE 
LARGEST OF ITS IN THE PANDEMICS
. THE CDC TELLS STATES TO 
PREPARE TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF 
POTENTIAL VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER, JUST ABOUT THE TIME 
OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. 
THE AGENCY IN A LETTER OBTAINED 
BY CNBC SAYS GOVERNOR SHOULD 
EXTRADITE APPLICATIONS AND IF 
NECESSARY WAIVE REQUIREMENTS 
AND KEEP THEM FROM BEING FULLY 
OPERATIONAL BY NOVEMBER FIRST.  
THIS MORNING JOE BIDEN A DONALD 
TRUMP RAMPING UP ATTACKS ON 
EACH OTHER AND ENGAGED IN 
BATTLE FROM WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE TO WILMINGTON, NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
>> GET OFF TWITTER. 
AND START TALKING TO THE 
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF BOTH 
PARTIES. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WHO 
REGULARLY ATTACKS VOTING BY 
MAIL IS DRAWING CRITICISM TO 
SUGGEST IN AN INTERVIEW HIS 
SUPPORTERS ATTENDED TO VOTE 
TWICE TO TRICK THE SYSTEM. 
>> WHETHER IT IS ELICITED OR 
UNSOLICITED, THE ABSENTEES HAVE 
TO WORK TO GET THEM. 
YOU SEND THEM IN AND THEN YOU 
GO TO VOTE AND IF THEY HAVEN'T 
COUNTED IT YOU CAN VOTE. 
THAT'S THE WAY I VIEW IT. 
>> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ASKED ABOUT THE 
COMMENTS ON CNN. 
>> TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT 
THAT THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THE 
SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD AND IF IT 
WAS SO GOOD IF YOU TRY TO VOTE 
A SECOND TIME YOU WOULD BE 
CAUGHT IF YOU VOTED IN PERSON. 
>> THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. 
OF SOMEONE MAILED IN A PALLET 
AND THEN ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO 
VOTE IN PERSON, THAT WOULD BE 
ILLEGAL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW 
AND THE STATE SAYS. 
>> Reporter: THERE WAS A 
MASSIVE FUNDRAISING CALLS A 
$365 MILLION IN AUGUST AND A 
NEW FOX JOE BIDEN LEADING THE 
PRESIDENT IN THREE KEY 
BATTLEGROUND STATES THAT TRUMP 
IRAN IN 2016, ARIZONA, NORTH 
CAROLINA AND WISCONSIN. 
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
FOCUSES ON HIS MISHANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC AS THE NEW SCHOOL 
YEAR GETS UNDERWAY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS 
ADMINISTRATION HAD DONE THEIR 
JOBS EARLY ON FOR THIS CRISIS, 
AMERICA'S SCHOOLS WOULD BE OPEN 
AND THEY WOULD BE OPEN SAFELY. 
>> IT'S AN EMERGENCY, MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
>> Reporter: TODAY BIDEN VISITS 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN WHERE HE 
MEETS WITH THE FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITED TUESDAY 
TO VISIT BUSINESS OWNERS AND 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WITH HER PROGRESS BECOMING THE 
CENTERPIECE, THE PRESIDENT 
SIGNED A MEMO ORDERING A REVIEW 
OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CITIES HE 
SAID ARE DESCENDING INTO 
ANARCHY. 
THE MEMO READS MY 
ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT ALLOW 
FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS TO FUND 
CITIES THAT ALLOW THEM'S TO 
DETERIORATED TO LAWLESS ZONES. 
PORTLAND, SEATTLE AND NEW YORK 
ARE MENTIONED AND GOVERNOR 
CUOMO SAID IT WASN'T ILLEGAL 
STUNNED AND THE PRESIDENT IS NO 
LONGER WELCOME IN THE BIG 
APPLE. 
>> FORGET BODYGUARDS. 
HE BETTER HAVE AN ARMY IF HE 
THINKS HE'S GOING TO WALK DOWN 
THE STREET IN NEW YORK. 
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRY TO FURTHER CLARIFY 
THE PRESIDENT COMMENTS ABOUT 
VOTING TWICE SAYING IF 
SUPPORTERS WANT TO VOTE 
ABSENTEE THEY SHOULD DO SO BUT 
FOLLOW UP WITH THEIR LOCAL 
REGISTRAR OR CLERK TO MAKE SURE 
THE VOTE IS COUNTED. 
>> YOU ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA, A 
STATE TRUMP IRAN IN 2016 AND HE 
WILL BE THERE TONIGHT. 
WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE RACE 
THERE? 
>> Reporter: HE GOT GOOD NEWS 
FOR HIS CAMPAIGN YESTERDAY. 
A POLL SHOWED HIM AND PUNCHING 
DISTANT IN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN 
JUST 4 POINTS. 
HE ONLY IRAN BY A POINT LAST GO 
AROUND SO A MAJOR BATTLEGROUND 
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY 
WORD FOR IT. 
THREE OUT OF THE FOUR 
CANDIDATES WILL BE IN THE STATE 
BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER. 
>> THANKS SO MUCH. 
>>> NEW CONCERN THIS MORNING 
THE UPCOMING LABOR DAY WEEKEND 
COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER MASSIVE 
SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES. 
TOM COSTELLO HAS THAT STORY FOR 
US. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: WE SAW A SPIKE 
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY IN MAY. 
WE SAW CASES JUMP IN JUNE AND 
THEN INTO THE SUMMER AND THE 
CONCERN IS IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES WE ROLL THESE NUMBERS 
OFF OUR TONGUE AND DON'T INK 
ABOUT IT. 
BUT 186,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW 
DIED OF THE CORONAVIRUS WHICH 
IS APPROACHING THE POPULATION 
OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. 
NOW GOING INTO LABOR DAY, 
EXPERTS WARNED DON'T LET YOUR 
GUARD DOWN. 
WITH LABOR DAY FAST APPROACHING 
AND SOME ARE STARTING TO WIND 
DOWN, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING THERE CANNOT BE A 
REPEAT OF WHAT WE SAW AT THE 
START OF THE SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT BEACHES AND 
POOL PARTIES LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO A BIG SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES  JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
THE U.S. STILL AVERAGING MORE 
THAN 40,000 NEW CASES PER DAY 
AND MORE THAN 900 DAILY DEATHS 
IN THE PAST WEEK. 
>> THAT'S AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH 
BASELINE. 
WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
SAID THE NUMBER NEEDS TO DROP 
FROM 40,000 CLOSER TO 10,000 OR 
FEWER AS WE APPROACH THE FLU 
SEASON. 
>> YOU DON'T NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN, BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN A BAR OR WHAT HAVE 
YOU. 
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> Reporter: AND THE MASS WE 
ARE ALL WEARING COULD BE 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WHERE WE 
GO AS A FAMILY THIS UPCOMING 
WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT OR 
ABOUT ASSUME YOU HAVE COVID AND 
IF YOU VISIT GRANDMA KEEP YOUR 
MASK ON. 
>> Reporter: HOURS AFTER THE 
IOWA GOVERNOR DEFENDED A 
DECISION TO ALLOW THOUSANDS OF 
FANS IN AN UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME. 
>> IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS A PART OF A 
VULNERABLE POPULATION MAYBE I 
WOULDN'T GO TO THE IOWA STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME NEXT WEEK. 
>> Reporter: IOWA STATE 
REVERSING THAT PLAN SAYING ITS 
HOME OPENER WILL INCLUDE AN AND 
THE STADIUM. 
THE FIRST STEP HAS BEEN 
RECORDED IN THE CONNECTION OF 
THE AUGUST MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
THAT BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF BIKERS FROM ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TO SOUTH DAKOTA 
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST 
EVENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC LED TO 
MOST LARGE-SCALE EVENTS BEING 
SHUT DOWN. 
AND THIS, THE CDC TELLS STATES 
TO PREPARE TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF 
POTENTIAL VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER, JUST ABOUT THE TIME 
OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. 
THE AGENCY IN A LETTER OBTAINED 
BY CNBC URGES GOVERNORS TO 
EXPEDITE APPLICATIONS FOR 
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES AND IF 
NECESSARY WAIVE REQUIREMENTS TO 
KEEP THEM FROM BEING FULLY 
OPERATIONAL BY NOVEMBER FIRST.  
>>> THE WORLD OF BASEBALL IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THE 
BEST EVER TO TAKE THE MOUND. 
ALL OF FAME PICTURE TOM SEAVER. 
THE 75-YEAR-OLD DIED WEDNESDAY 
FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA 
AND COVID-19.  
CAFFEY PARK IS AT CITI FIELD IN 
NEW YORK WITH A LOOK BACK AT 
HIS LEGENDARY CAREER. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
IT REALLY IS A SAD DAY FOR 
BASEBALL. 
TOM SEAVER WAS QUITE THE ICON. 
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN THE LATE 
60s HIS GOLDEN ARM TURNED 
AROUND FOR THE NEW YORK METS 
AND CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WORST 
TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AT THE TIME 
BUT BECAME WORLD SERIES 
CHAMPIONS. 
THIS MORNING HE IS BEING 
REMEMBERED FOR HIS DEDICATION 
AND PASSION FOR THE GAME AND 
ANOTHER GREAT, HANK AARON, 
REMEMBERS HIM AS ONE OF THE 
TOUGHEST PICTURES HE EVER HAD 
TO FACE. 
>> TOM SEAVER, ALL-STAR. 
ALL EVERYTHING. 
>> Reporter: THEY CALLED HIM 
TOM TERRIFIC AND THE FRANCHISE 
AND TOM SEAVER MORE THAN LIVED 
UP TO THOSE NICKNAMES WINNING 
THREE CY YOUNG AWARDS AT THE 
LEAGUE'S BEST PITCHER AND 12 
APPEARANCES IN A CAREER 
SPANNING 20 YEARS. 
>> TOM SEAVER HAS PITCHED HIS 
FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE NO-HITTER. 
>> Reporter: HIS TALENT WAS 
OBVIOUS FROM THE START WINNING 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 1967 FOR 
THE NEW YORK METS, A TEAM SO 
BAD THEY LOST MORE THAN 100 
GAMES THAT SEASON, BUT IT TWO 
YEARS WITH SEAVER LEADING THE 
WAY THEY WENT FROM LOVABLE 
LOSERS TO THE MIRACLE MAX 
COMPLETING A MAGICAL RUN FOR 
THE 1969 WORLD SERIES. 
>> TOM SEAVER RUNS BACK TO THE 
MOUND. 
BASEBALLS WINNINGEST PITCHER 
THIS YEAR. 
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T JUST A 
PHYSICAL GIFT BECAUSE HE 
MASTERED THE MENTAL ASPECT OF 
THE GAME TOO. 
>> SELECTION OF PITCHES, 
PLACING THE PITCHES AND 
PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES THAT YOU 
PLAY WITH HEADERS. 
>> Reporter: HE WAS ONE OF TWO 
PITCHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE 
HISTORY WITH 300 WINS. 
3000 STRIKEOUTS AND EARNED RUN 
AVERAGE UNDER 3.0. 
>> PLAYABLE, STEVE NICHOLS 
CAN'T GET UNDERNEATH IT AND ITS 
HISTORY! 
>> Reporter: HE DISCUSSED 
ANOTHER PITCHING LEGEND AND A 
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, NOLAN 
RYAN'S 5000 STRIKEOUT. 
>> I PLAY 20 YEARS AND AT 3600 
STRIKEOUTS. 
I IN 1400 BEHIND THE GUY. 
I AM LIKE SEVEN YEARS BEHIND 
HIM FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 
>> Reporter: HE WAS ELECTED TO 
THE HALL OF FAME IN 1992 WITH 
THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF BOTH 
EVER AT THE TIME. 
>> ANYONE THAT THINKS A YOUNG 
KID FROM FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 
WOULD EVER END UP IN 
COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK, YOU 
WOULD SAY HOW IN THE WORLD CAN 
IT HAPPEN? 
IT CAN HAPPEN VERY EASILY WHEN 
YOU HAVE THE KINDS OF FRIENDS 
AND PEOPLE, THE KIND OF 
SUPPORT, THE KIND OF EDUCATION 
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE KIND 
OF FAMILY THAT I HAVE HAD IN MY 
40 YEARS OF LIVING. 
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT REACTION 
POURING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
FORMER METS PITCHER DWIGHT 
GOODEN TWEETING EVERYONE KNOWS 
HE WAS A GREAT PITCHER BUT AN 
EVEN GREATER PERSON. 
FELLOW HALL OF FAMER MIKE 
PIAZZA WRITING HE EMBODIED ALL 
THAT IS DESIRED IN A PLAYER AND 
A MAN. 
AND BACK HERE AT CITI FIELD WE 
ARE REMEMBERING THIS BASEBALL 
GIANT. 
I AM AT 41 SEAVER WAY, 41 WAS 
HIS JERSEY NUMBER AND YOU SEE 
THIS BASEBALL GIANT WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH LEWY BODY 
DEMENTIA, THE SAME DISEASE 
ROBIN WILLIAMS SUFFERED FROM 
BEFORE HIS DEATH SIX YEARS AGO. 
BACK TO YOU. 
>>> KATHY PARK, THANK YOU. 
>> OBVIOUSLY HUGE NEWS IN NEW 
YORK. 
FRONT AND BACK PAGE OF THE NEW 
YORK DAILY NEWS. 
THE GREATEST MAN OF ALL TIME 
AND MOST METS FANS AGREE WITH 
THAT. 
IF YOU DIDN'T GROW UP IN NEW 
YORK AND WORK ON THAT'S BEEN IN 
1969 THEY WERE THE LAUGHING 
STOCK OF THE LEAGUE AND HE 
LIFTED THEM TO THE WORLD SERIES 
AND CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR THE 
FRANCHISE. 
I LOVE THE HUMAN HUMIDITY.. 
>> TO THINK HE GOT MORE VOTES 
THAN ANYONE EVER TELLS YOU SO 
MUCH ABOUT HIM. 
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL 
TIME. 
>>> THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE IN A 
PINCH AND PLAY WAS EXPECTED TO 
KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE 
CONFERENCE PULLED THE PLUG 
BECAUSE OF COVID AND PARENTS 
DEMAND TO KNOW WHY THE CHANGE 
OF COURSE? 
TIME IS TICKING AND PRESSURE 
BUILDING ON THE BIG TEN 
FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TO RETURN 
TO THE FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> SO MUCH COLLATERAL DAMAGE 
THAT WILL OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE 
CANCELLATION THAT I FEEL 
TRANSPARENCY HAS NOT BEEN 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: PARENTS OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL IN IOWA, NEBRASKA AND 
OHIO STATE TALK ABOUT A ROLLER 
COASTER RIDE OF A SCHEDULE 
RELEASED AUGUST 5th AND A 
CORONA VIOLINIST TIMEOUT CALLED 
SIX DAYS LATER. 
WHAT WAS THE REACTION FOR YOUR 
CHILD WHEN YOU SAW THE SEASON 
WAS PUT ON PAUSE? 
>> IT CAUSED GREAT HARM TO THE 
EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING 
OF THESE KIDS. 
>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED WITH 
PROTEST'S QUICKLY ESCALATED TO 
A WHITE HOUSE INTERVENTION WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSONALLY 
CALLING THE BIG TEN 
COMMISSIONER THIS WEEK. 
>> ABOUT GETTING THE BIG TEN 
PLAYING AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AND 
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE RESPONDING AND THEY 
ARE EXHAUSTING EVERY RESOURCE 
TO HELP STUDENT ATHLETES GET 
BACK TO PLAY THE SPORTS THEY 
LOVE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME 
AND SAFEST AND HEALTHIEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
THE COVID CLIFFHANGER AND STAR 
PLAYERS AND OTHER CONFERENCES 
OPT OUT. 
DEFENDING CHAMP LSU WATCH 
SEVERAL BIG NAMES THE PARK THIS 
WEEK AND UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
QUARTERBACK TWEETED HE WILL SIT 
ON THE SIDELINES SETTING THE 
UNCERTAINTY THIS YEAR AMID A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
AND CAMERON AT OHIO STATE AND 
WITH ALL THE BUCKEYE SAFETY 
PROTOCOL SHE FEELS BETTER WHEN 
HE'S WITH THE TEAM. 
>> OUR STANDARDS ARE FOR 
NOMINAL THE KIDS WERE BEING 
BROUGHT INTO BEING TESTED AND 
TESTING NEGATIVE. 
ANYTIME THEY HAD AN OUTBREAK OF 
MANY POSITIVE TEST WERE AFTER 
THE KIDS WERE OUT. 
>> Reporter: EIGHT UNIVERSITY 
OF NEBRASKA PLAYERS SUED THE 
BIG TEN SAYING POSTPONING THE 
SEASON IS CAUSING IRREPARABLE 
HARM TO THE PLAYERS. 
>> IF WE TRULY GOT ANY TYPE OF 
INFORMATION THAT MADE ME FEEL 
LIKE MY SON'S LIFE IS AT RISK 
OR HIM BEING PART OF THE 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM WAS NOT SAFE 
FOR HIM, I WOULD BE THE FIRST 
ONE TO BRING HIM HOME. 
>> DESPITE THE PUSHBACK THIS 
WAS MAINLY A COLLECTIVE 
DECISION AROUND THE SCHOOLS IN 
THE CONFERENCE, WASN'T HIS? 
>> BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE 
LAWSUIT THE BIG TEN HAD TO 
REVEAL THE VOTE AND IT WAS 11-3 
OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF 
SUSPENDING PLAY. 
THE ONLY SCHOOLS WANTED TO COME 
BACK AND PLAY WERE OHIO STATE, 
NEBRASKA AND IOWA. 
WE REACHED OUT TO ALL 
INSTITUTIONS AND THEY EITHER 
DECLINED TO COMMENT OR DID NOT 
RESPOND. 
>> THE COVID CLIFFHANGER. 
THANK YOU. 
>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND LIKE 
MAGIC. 
>> GIVING A PANDEMIC FREE WORLD 
OF REASON TO LOOK UP IN THE SKY 
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
>> WOW! 
THAT IS AMAZING. 
>> TAKING ON HIS FIRST LIVE 
STUNT IN NEARLY EIGHT YEARS. 
HOLDING ONTO MORE THAN FOUR 
DOZEN BALLOONS AND FLOATING 
THOUSANDS OF FEET IN THE AIR 
AND BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE 
BIGGEST. 
RIGHT NOW YOU MIGHT BE USED TO 
HIS PERFORMANCES, BUT THIS WAS 
DIFFERENT. 
HE WANTED TO TAKE ON THE LATEST 
PERFORMANCE FOR HIS 9-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER. 
>> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I AM 
DOING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND ALL 
BECAUSE OF YOU. 
>> THE TRAINING WAS THE MOST 
INTENSE HE EVER HAD TO ENDURE. 
INCLUDING LEARNING HOW TO 
SKYDIVE, MAKING 500 JUMPS TO BE 
EXACT IN TRAINING HIS BODY TO 
BREATHE IN THIN AIR. 
AND FINALLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTER 
A FINAL SAFETY CHECK AND GOOD 
LUCK BALLOON FROM HIS DAUGHTER 
-- 
>> CAN I GET A KISS BEFORE I 
GO? 
>> IT WAS READY FOR TAKEOFF. 
HERE IS THE THING. 
THAT IS DAVID BLAINE LIFTING UP 
WITHOUT A PARACHUTE BECAUSE HE 
WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE HE WAS 
SIMPLY FLOATING AWAY. 
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A 
PARACHUTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 
WHICH WOULD RUIN THE VISUAL ON 
IT SO I'M HIDING THE PARACHUTE 
UP IN THE BALLOON. 
>> AFTER A PEACEFUL ASCENSION 
DROPPING WEIGHTS OUT OF HIS 
POCKET TO GO HIGHER AND HIGHER 
THE HEART POUNDING MOMENT. 
HE HAD TO LET GO OF THE TETHER 
AND SLIP ON THE PARACHUTE 8000 
FEET IN THE AIR. 
>> IT IS STRAPPED ON. 
THAT IS GREAT. 
>> HE KEPT CLIMBING AND 
CLIMBING ABOUT 20,000 FEET, 4.7 
MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AND CAME 
TIME TO SPOT HIS LANDING ZONE 
IN THE DESERT. 
>> I GOT IT PERFECTLY. 
I GOT IT. 
>> AND THEN THE RELEASE. 
THE EARTH GETTING CLOSER BY THE 
SECOND HE DEPLOYED HIS 
PARACHUTE. 
HONING IN AND NAILING THE 
LANDING. 
>> THAT WAS AWESOME! 
>> BACK ON SOLID GROUND. 
>> THIS WAS ALL FOR YOU! 
>> WHEN HE GOT BACK TO THE 
AIRSTRIP A HUG AND KISS FROM 
HIS DAUGHTER WHO COULDN'T THINK 
MORE HIGHLY OF HER DAD. 
NBC NEWS. 
>> HE DID IT. 
REMEMBER WHEN HE UNCLIPPED AND 
DROPPED? 
THAT GUY WAS YELLING WEIGHED 
200 MORE FEET! 
AND THEN HE SAID AND I'M OUT. 
>> HE PUT THE PARACHUTE ON IN 
MIDAIR LIKE THAT. 
AND NORMALLY YOU SKYDIVE AT 
10,000 FEET SO YOU GO 10,000 
FEET HIGHER THAN THAT, I DON'T 
KNOW HOW YOU EVEN BREATHE UP 
THAT HIGH. 
>> AS HE WENT UP HE WAS VERY 
CHATTY BUT THEN YOU COULD SEE 
HIS BREATHING WAS LABORED AND 
HE SAID I THINK I HAVE TO STOP 
TALKING NOW. 
>>> TURNING TO THE GROWING 
SCRUTINY OF NANCY PELOSI'S 
VISIT TO A SAN FRANCISCO HAIR 
SALON. 
FOOTAGE OBTAINED BY FOX NEWS 
SHOWS THE HOUSE SPEAKER GETTING 
HER HAIR DONE INSIDE WITHOUT A 
MASK DESPITE CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS KEEPING SALONS IN 
THE AREA CLOSED. 
SHE SAID THE WHOLE THING WAS A 
SETUP. 
KASIE HUNT HAS MORE ON THE 
STORY. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
SAN FRANCISCO RULES SAY YOU 
CAN'T GET YOUR HAIR DONE INSIDE 
A SALON, BUT THIS MORNING HOW 
SPEAKER PELOSI IS DOUBLING DOWN 
INSISTING THE SALON TOLD HER IT 
WAS OKAY. 
REPUBLICAN CRITICS ARE ACCUSING 
HER OF A DOUBLE STANDARD. 
>> THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAT 
I'M NOT GOING INTO. 
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAID SHE 
WAS SET UP AFTER FOOTAGE 
OBTAINED BY FOX NEWS SHOWS ARE 
INSIDE SAN FRANCISCO'S SALON 
MONDAY WITHOUT A MASK. 
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT MY STAFF AND 
PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK 
AND MAKE MONEY AND PROVIDE FOR 
THEIR FAMILIES AND SHE IS IN 
THERE COMFORTABLY WITHOUT A 
MASK AND FEELING SAFE, THEN WHY 
ARE WE SHUT DOWN? 
>> Reporter: PELOSI PUSHED BACK 
SAYING IT'S THE SALON THAT OWES 
HER AN APOLOGY. 
>> THEY SAID WHAT THEY ARE ABLE 
TO ACCOMMODATE, PEOPLE ONE 
PERSON AT A TIME, AND WE CAN 
SET UP A TIME, I TRUSTED THAT. 
AS IT TURNS OUT IT WAS A SETUP. 
>> THE SALONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED 
TO THE PUBLIC TO MARCH SINCE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> Reporter: WHILE SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO ONLY 
ALLOWED SALONS TO OPERATE 
OUTDOORS ON TUESDAY, A DAY 
AFTER THE VISIT INSIDE. 
SHAMPOOING IS STILL NOT ALLOWED 
AND MASKS ARE MANDATORY. 
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED. 
I DON'T WEAR MASKS WHEN I WASH 
MY HAIR. 
DO YOU WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU 
WASH YOUR HAIR? 
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK THAT THE 
DEMOCRAT HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT 
THE WHITE HOUSE IS HANDLING OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
>> WHAT FURTHER EVIDENCE DOES 
EVERYONE NEED THAT THIS 
PRESIDENT DIDN'T CARE LESS 
ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS? 
>> Reporter: NOW UNDER FIRE 
FROM REPUBLICANS FOR HER VISIT. 
>> THIS IS TYPICAL WASHINGTON, 
D.C. THEY GET ON NATIONAL TV 
AND PREACH TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE IT SHOULD BE ONE WAY AND 
YET IN PRIVATE WHEN THE CAMERAS 
ARE NOT ROLLING AND IN THIS 
CASE I GUESS THE CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING, IT SHOWS A VERY 
DIFFERENT STORY. 
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT WE 
LEARNED THE STYLIST HAS HIRED A 
LAWYER AND SAID THE SALON OWNER 
APPROVED THE VISIT IN ADVANCE 
AND SHE HAS BEEN ALLOWING 
PEOPLE IN THE SALON SINCE APRIL 
AND SOMETIMES NOT WEARING A 
MASK. 
>>> YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> IF THEY GO BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.
>>> FIRST, THOUGH, WE'RE GOING 
TO BEGIN WITH OUR TOP STORY.
AS WE APPROACH THE UNOFFICIAL 
END OF SUMMER, NEW CONCERN THIS 
MORNING THAT THE UPCOMING LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND COULD LEAD TO 
ANOTHER MASSIVE SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
CONCERN THIS MORNING THAT THE 
UPCOMING LABOR DAY WEEKEND 
COULD LEAD TO A MASSIVE SPIKE 
IN CORONAVIRUS CASES. 
TOM COSTELLO HAS THE STORY. 
TOM, GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: WE SAW A SPIKE 
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY IN MAY. 
WE SAW CASES JUMP IN JUNE AND 
INTO THE SUMMER. 
THE CONCERN IS IT COULD HAPPEN 
AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES WE ROLL THESE NUMBERS 
OFF OUR TONGUE AND DON'T THINK 
ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS WHICH APPROACHES 
THE POPULATION OF HUNTSVILLE 
ALABAMA. 
GOING INTO LABOR DAY EXPERTS 
WARNED DON'T LET YOUR GUARD 
DOWN. 
WITH LABOR DAY FAST APPROACHING 
AND SOME ARE STARTING TO WIND 
DOWN, THIS MORNING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS WARNED THERE CANNOT 
BE A REPEAT OF WHAT WE SAW AT 
THE START OF THIS SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT BEACHES AND 
POOL PARTIES LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO A BIG SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES  JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
THE U.S. STILL AVERAGING MORE 
THAN 40,000 NEW CASES PER DAY 
AND MORE THAN 900 DAILY DEATH 
IN THE PAST WEEK. 
>> THAT'S AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH 
BASELINE. 
WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: DR. FAUCI THAT IT 
HAS TO DROP FROM 40,000 CLOSER 
TO 10,000 OR FEWER AS WE 
APPROACH THE FLU SEASON. 
>> YOU DON'T NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN A BAR OR WHAT HAVE 
YOU. 
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> Reporter: AND THE MASKS WE 
ARE ALL WEARING COULD BE 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IF WE GO 
OUT AS A FAMILY THIS WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT AND 
ABOUT ASSUME YOU HAVE COVID AND 
IF YOU VISIT GRANDMA, KEEP YOUR 
MASK ON. 
HOURS AFTER THE IOWA GOVERNOR 
DEFENDED A DECISION TO ALLOW 
THOUSANDS OF FANS AT AN 
UPCOMING COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME 
-- 
>> IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS A PART OF A 
VULNERABLE POPULATION I 
WOULDN'T GO TO THE IOWA STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME NEXT WEEK. 
>> Reporter: IOWA STATE 
REVERSING THE PLAN SAYING THE 
HOME OPENER WILL INCLUDE AN 
EMPTY STADIUM. 
THE FIRST DEATH HAS BEEN 
RECORDED IN CONNECTION TO THE 
AUGUST MOTORCYCLE RALLY THAT 
GOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
BIKERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TO SOUTH DAKOTA. 
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST 
EVENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC LED TO 
MOST LARGE-SCALE EVENTS BEING 
SHUT DOWN. 
AND THIS, THE CDC TELLING 
STATES TO PREPARE TO BE READY 
TO DISTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF 
POTENTIAL VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER, ABOUT THE TIME OF THE 
NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. 
IN A LETTER OF TAINT BY CNBC 
URGES GOVERNORS TO EXPEDITE 
APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION 
FACILITIES AND WAVE 
REQUIREMENTS TO KEEP THEM FROM 
BEING FULLY OPERATIONAL BY 
NOVEMBER FIRST.  
>>> JOE BIDEN A DONALD TRUMP 
RAMPING OUT ATTACKS ON ONE 
ANOTHER AND ENGAGE THE BATTLE 
FROM WILMINGTON, DELAWARE TO 
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. 
>> I KNOW A 78-YEAR-OLD IS IN 
THAT SHARP. 
>> GET OFF TWITTER AND START 
TALKING TO CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERS OF BOTH PARTIES. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WHO 
ATTACKED VOTING BY MAIL IS 
DRAWING CRITICISM FOR APPEARING 
TO SUGGEST IN AN INTERVIEW HIS 
SUPPORTERS ATTEMPT TO VOTE 
TWICE TO TEST THE SYSTEM. 
>> SEND IN YOUR BALLOTS, SEND 
THEM IN STRONG WHETHER 
SOLICITED OR UNSOLICITED. 
THE ABSENTEES ARE FINE AND WE 
HAVE TO WORK TO GET THEM. 
IF YOU SEND THEM IN AND THEN GO 
TO VOTE AND IF THEY HAVEN'T 
COUNTED IT YOU CAN VOTE. 
SO THAT'S THE WAY I VIEW IT. 
>> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ASKED ABOUT THE 
COMMENTS ON CNN. 
>> TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT 
THAT THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THE 
SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD, AND IF IT 
WAS SO GOOD, IF YOU TRY TO VOTE 
A SECOND TIME YOU WOULD BE 
CAUGHT IF YOU VOTED IN PERSON. 
>> THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL IF 
SOMEBODY MAILS IN A BALLOT AND 
THEN ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO VOTE 
IN PERSON. 
THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW ON 
THE PARTICULAR STATE SAYS. 
>> Reporter: BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
BUOYED BY $365 MILLION IN 
AUGUST AND A FOX NEWS POLL 
SHOWS HIM LEADING THE PRESIDENT 
IN THREE KEY BATTLEGROUND 
STATES THAT TRUMP IRAN IN 2016, 
ARIZONA, NORTH CAROLINA AND 
WISCONSIN. 
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
FOCUSES ON MR. TRUMP'S 
MISHANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC AS 
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR GETS 
UNDERWAY. 
>> IF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS 
ADMINISTRATION HAD DONE THEIR 
JOBS EARLY ON FOR THIS CRISIS, 
AMERICA'S SCHOOLS WOULD BE OPEN 
AND THEY WOULD BE OPEN SAFELY. 
IT IS AN EMERGENCY MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
>> Reporter: TODAY BIDEN VISITS 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN WHERE HE 
MEETS WITH THE FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITED THERE 
TUESDAY TO MEET WITH BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WITH URBAN UNREST BECOMING THE 
CENTERPIECE OF THE CAMPAIGN, 
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED A MEMO 
ORDERING REVIEW OF FEDERAL 
FUNDS TO CITIES HE SAYS ARE 
DESCENDING INTO ANARCHY. 
THE MEMO READS IN PART MY 
ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT ALLOW 
FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS TO FUND 
CITIES THAT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO 
DETERIORATE INTO LAWLESS ZONES. 
AMONG THE PLACES MENTIONED ARE 
PORTLAND, SEATTLE AND NEW YORK. 
GOVERNOR CUOMO CALLED THE MOVE 
AN ILLEGAL STUNNED AND SAID THE 
PRESIDENT IS NO LONGER WELCOME 
IN THE BIG APPLE. 
>> FORGET BODYGUARDS. 
HE BETTER HAVE AN ARMY IF HE 
THINKS HE WILL WALK DOWN THE 
STREET IN NEW YORK. 
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRIED TO CLARIFY THE 
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ABOUT 
VOTING TWICE SAYING GIFTS 
REPORTERS WANT TO VOTE ABSENTEE 
THEY SHOULD DO SO BUT FOLLOW UP 
WITH LOCAL REGISTRAR OR CLERK 
TO MAKE SURE IT IS COUNTED. 
>> YOU ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA, A 
STATE THAT HE IRAN IN 2015 AND 
WILL BE THERE AGAIN, WHAT IS 
THE STATE OF THE RACE? 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT GOT 
GOOD NEWS AND IN PUNCHING 
DISTANCE IN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN 4 
POINTS. 
HE ONLY IRAN BY A POINT LAST GO 
AROUND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO 
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. 
THREE OUT OF THE FOUR 
CANDIDATES WILL BE IN THE STATE 
BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER. 
>>> NEW CONCERN THIS MORNING 
THAT THE UPCOMING LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER 
MASSIVE SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS 
CASES . TOM COSTELLO HAS THE 
STORY. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: WE SAW A SPIKE 
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY IN MAY. 
WE SAW CASES JUMP IN JUNE AND 
THEN INTO THE SUMMER AND THE 
CONCERN IS IT COULD HAPPEN 
AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES WE ROLL THE NUMBERS 
OFF OUR TONGUE AND DON'T THINK 
ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT'S APPROACHING THE 
POPULATION OF HUNTSVILLE, 
ALABAMA. 
GOING INTO LABOR DAY, EXPERTS 
WARNED DON'T LET YOUR GUARD 
DOWN. 
WITH LABOR DAY FAST APPROACHING 
AND SOME ARE STARTING TO WIND 
DOWN, THIS MORNING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS WARN THERE CANNOT BE 
A REPEAT OF WHAT WE SAW AT THE 
START OF THIS SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT BEACHES AND 
POOL PARTIES LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO A BIG SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY.  
THE U.S. STILL AVERAGING MORE 
THAN 40,000 NEW CASES PER DAY 
AND MORE THAN 900 DAILY DEATHS 
IN THE PAST WEEK. 
>> THAT'S AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH 
BASELINE. 
WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: DR. FAUCI SAID THE 
NUMBER NEEDS TO DROP FROM 
40,000 TO 10,000 OR FEWER AS WE 
APPROACH THE FLU SEASON. 
>> YOU DON'T NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN, BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN A BAR OR WHAT HAVE 
YOU. 
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> Reporter: AND THE MASK WE 
ARE ALL WEARING COULD BE 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IF WE GO 
OUT AS A FAMILY THIS UPCOMING 
WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT AND 
ABOUT YOU HAVE TO ASSUME YOU 
HAVE COVID AND IF YOU VISIT 
GRANDMA KEEP YOUR MASK ON. 
HOURS AFTER THE IOWA GOVERNOR 
DEFENDED A DECISION TO ALLOW 
THOUSANDS OF FANS ENTERED 
UPCOMING COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME. 
>> IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS A PART OF A 
VULNERABLE POPULATION, MAYBE I 
WOULDN'T GO TO THE IOWA STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME NEXT WEEK. 
>> Reporter: IOWA STATE NOW 
REVERSING THE PLAN SAYING IT'S 
HOME OPENER WILL INCLUDE AN 
EMPTY STADIUM. 
THE FIRST DEATH HAS BEEN 
RECORDED IN CONNECTION TO THE 
AUGUST MOTORCYCLE RALLY THAT 
BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
OF BIKERS FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO SOUTH DAKOTA, 
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST 
EVENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC LED TO 
MOST LARGE-SCALE EVENTS BEING 
SHUT DOWN. 
AND THIS. 
THE CDC TELLS STATES TO PREPARE 
TO BE READY TO DISTRIBUTE 
MILLIONS OF POTENTIAL VACCINE 
DOSES AS EARLY AS LATE OCTOBER 
OR EARLY NOVEMBER, JUST ABOUT 
THE TIME OF THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTIONS. 
THE AGENCY IN A LETTER OBTAINED 
BY CNBC URGES GOVERNORS TO 
EXPEDITE APPLICATIONS FOR 
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES AND IF 
NECESSARY WAVE REQUIREMENTS 
THAT WOULD KEEP THEM FROM BEING 
FULLY OPERATIONAL BY NOVEMBER 
FIRST  
>>> THE WORLD OF BASEBALL 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THE 
BEST EVER TO TAKE THE MOUND. 
HALL OF FAME PITCHER TOM 
SEAVER. 
THE 75-YEAR-OLD DIED WEDNESDAY 
FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA 
AND COVID-19. 
CAFFEY PARK IS AT CITI FIELD IN 
NEW YORK WITH A LOOK BACK AT 
HIS LEGENDARY CAREER. 
>> Reporter: IT IS A SAD DAY 
FOR BASEBALL. 
TOM SEAVER WAS QUITE THE ICON 
AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN THE 
LATE 60s, SEAVER AND HIS GOLDEN 
ARM WOULD TURN THING AROUND FOR 
THE METS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE 
WORST TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AT 
THE TIME BUT BECAME WORLD 
SERIES CHAMPION. 
THIS MORNING HE IS REMEMBERED 
FOR HIS DEDICATION AND PASSION 
FOR THE GAME AND ANOTHER THING 
IS REMEMBERING HIM AS ONE OF 
THE TOUGHEST PITCHERS HE EVER 
HAD TO FACE. 
>> TOM SEAVER, ALL-STAR, ALL 
EVERYTHING. 
>> Reporter: THEY CALLED HIM 
TOM TERRIFIC AND THE FRANCHISE, 
AND TOM SEAVER MORE THAN LIVED 
UP TO THE LOFTING NICKNAMES 
WINNING THREE CY YOUNG AWARDS 
AS THE LEAGUE'S BEST PITCHER 
AND 12 ALL-STAR APPEARANCES IN 
A CAREER SPANNING 20 YEARS. 
>> TOM SEAVER HAS PITCHED HIS 
FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE NO HITTER! 
>> Reporter: HIS TALENT WAS 
OBVIOUS FROM THE START WINNING 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 1967 FOR 
THE METS, TEAM SO BAD THEY LOST 
MORE THAN 100 GAMES THAT 
SEASON. 
THAT IN TWO YEARS WITH SEAVER 
LEADING THE WAY THEY WENT FROM 
LOVABLE LOSERS TO THE MIRACLE 
MAX COMPLETING A MAGICAL RUN TO 
WIN A 1969 WORLD SERIES. 
>> TOM SEAVER RUNS BACK TO THE 
AMOUNT. 
BASEBALLS WINNINGEST PITCHER 
THIS YEAR. 
>> Reporter: BUT IT WASN'T JUST 
PHYSICAL GIFTS. 
HE MASTERED THE MENTAL ASPECT 
OF THE GAME TOO. 
>> YOU COME TO PLAY WHEN YOU 
ARE PITCHING. 
SELECTION OF PITCHES, PLACING 
THE PITCHES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL 
GAMES YOU PLAY WITH HITTERS. 
>> Reporter: HE WAS JUST ONE OF 
TWO PITCHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE 
HISTORY WITH 300 WINS, 3000 
STRIKEOUTS AND AN EARNED RUN 
AVERAGE UNDER 3.00. 
>> HIGH TO LEFT AND PLAYABLE! 
NICHOLS CAN'T GET UNDERNEATH IT 
AND HISTORY! 
>> Reporter: SEAVER ON TODAY 
BACK IN 1989 TO DISCUSS ANOTHER 
PITCHING LEGENDS REMARKABLE 
ACHIEVEMENT, NOLAN RYAN'S 5000 
STRIKEOUT. 
>> I PLAY 20 YEARS AND 3600 
STRIKEOUTS. 
I HAVE 1400 BEHIND THE GUY! 
I AM SEVEN YEARS BEHIND HIM FOR 
CRYING OUT LOUD. 
>> Reporter: HE WAS ELECTED TO 
THE HALL OF FAME IN 1992 WITH 
THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTES 
EVER AT THE TIME. 
>> ANYONE WHO THINKS A YOUNG 
KID FROM FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, 
WOULD EVER END UP IN 
COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK, YOU SAY 
HOW IN THE WORLD KENNEDY 
HAPPEN? 
IT CAN HAPPEN EASILY WHEN YOU 
HAVE THE KINDS OF FRIENDS, THE 
KINDS OF PEOPLE, THE KINDS OF 
SUPPORT, DEDICATION AND MOST 
IMPORTANTLY THE KINDS OF FAMILY 
THAT I HAVE HAD IN MY 40 YEARS 
OF LIVING. 
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT REACTION 
POURING IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
FORMER METS PITCHER DWIGHT 
GOODEN SAYING EVERYONE KNOWS HE 
WAS A GREAT PITCHER BUT AN EVEN 
GREATER PERSON. 
FELLOW HALL OF FAMER MIKE 
PIAZZA WRITING HE EMBODIED ALL 
THAT IS DESIRED IN A PLAYER AND 
A MAN. 
AND BACK HERE AT CITI FIELD WE 
ARE REMEMBERING THIS BASEBALL 
GIANT. 
I AM AT 41 SEAVER WAY, AND 41 
WAS HIS JERSEY NUMBER AND YOU 
SEE THIS RIGHT BEHIND ME AND 
THE BASEBALL GIANT WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH LEWY BODY 
DEMENTIA, THE SAME DISEASE 
ROBIN WILLIAMS SUFFERED FROM 
BEFORE HIS DEATH SIX YEARS AGO. 
BACK TO YOU. 
>> CAFFEY PARK, THANK YOU. 
LEWY BODY DEMENTIA AND COVID-
19. 
>> HUGE NEWS IN NEW YORK. 
FRONT AND BACK PAGE OF THE 
DAILY NEWS. 
YOU DIDN'T GROW UP IN NEW YORK 
AND YOU ARE NOT A METS FAN, 
1969 THEY WERE THE LAUGHING 
STOCK OF THE LEAGUE AND HE 
LIFTED THEM TO THE WORLD SERIES 
AND CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR THE 
FRANCHISE. 
I LOVE THE HUMILITY IN HIS 
VOICE AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
>> THE HALL OF FAME SPEECH WAS 
INCREDIBLE AND TO THINK HE GOT 
MORE VOTES THAN ANYONE EVER 
TELL SO MUCH ABOUT HIM. 
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL 
TIME. 
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE IN A PINCH AND PLAY 
WAS EXPECTED TO KICK OFF THIS 
WEEKEND, BUT THE CONFERENCE 
PULLED THE PLUG BECAUSE OF 
COVID AND PARENTS DEMAND TO 
KNOW WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART. 
TIME IS TICKING AND PRESSURE 
BUILDING ON THE BIG TEN 
FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TO RETURN 
TO THE FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> THERE WAS SO MUCH COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE THAT WILL OCCUR BECAUSE 
OF THE CANCELLATION THAT I FEEL 
THE TRANSPARENCY HAS NOT BEEN 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: PARENTS OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN IOWA, 
NEBRASKA AND OHIO STATE 
DESCRIBED THE ROLLER COASTER 
RIDE OF THE SCHEDULE RELEASED 
AUGUST AND THE CORONAVIRUS 
TIMEOUT CALLED SIX DAYS LATER. 
WHAT WAS THE REACTION  FOR YOUR 
CHILD WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THE 
SEASON WAS PUT ON HOLD? 
>> IT CAUSED GREAT HARM TO THE 
EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING 
OF THE KIDS. 
>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED WITH 
PROTESTS QUICKLY ESCALATED TO A 
WHITE HOUSE INTERVENTION WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSONALLY 
CALLING THE BIG TEN 
COMMISSIONER THIS WEEK. 
>> ABOUT GETTING BIG TEN 
PLAYING AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AND 
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE RESPONDING THEY ARE 
EXHAUSTING EVERY RESOURCE TO 
HELP STUDENT ATHLETES GET BACK 
TO PLAYING THE SPORTS THEY LOVE 
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN THE 
SAFEST AND HEALTHIEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
BUT COVID CLIFFHANGER AND STAR 
PLAYERS AND OTHER CONFERENCES 
OPT OUT. 
DEFENDING CHAMP LSU WATCHED 
SEVERAL BIG NAMES DEPART THIS 
WEEK AND UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
QUARTERBACK JAMIE NEWLIN 
TWEETED HE WILL SIT ON THE 
SIDELINES SETTING UNCERTAINTIES 
AMID A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
AND AMANDA CAMERON IS A WIDE 
RECEIVER IN OHIO'S DAY AND SAID 
WITH ALL THE BUCKEYE SAFETY 
PROTOCOL SHOULD SHE FEELS 
SAFETY WHEN HE'S WITH THE TEAM. 
>> THE KIDS WERE BROUGHT IN AND 
BEING TESTED AND TESTING 
NEGATIVE. 
THE ONLY TIME WE HAD ANY 
OUTBREAK OF ANY POSITIVE TEST 
WAS AFTER THE KIDS WENT HOME. 
>> Reporter: EIGHT NEBRASKA 
PLAYERS INCLUDING GARRETT 
SNODGRASS RECENTLY SUED THE BIG 
TEN SAYING POSTPONING THE 
SEASON IS CAUSING IRREPARABLE 
HARM TO PLAYERS. 
>> IF WE TRULY GOT ANY TYPE OF 
INFORMATION THAT MADE ME FEEL 
LIKE MY SON'S LIFE IS AT RISK 
OR OF HIM BEING A PART OF THAT 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM WAS NOT SAFE 
FOR HIM, I WOULD BE THE FIRST 
ONE TO BRING THEM HOME. 
>> DESPITE THE PUSHBACK THIS 
WAS A DECISION AMONG THE 
SCHOOLS IN THE CONFERENCE, 
WASN'T IT? 
>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF THE 
NATURE OF THE LAWSUIT THE BIG 
TEN HAD TO REVEAL THE VOTE AND 
IT WAS 11 MINUS THREE, 
OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF 
SUSPENDING PLAY THIS FALL AND 
THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT WANTED TO 
COME BACK ACCORDING TO THE VOTE 
WERE OHIO STATE, NEBRASKA AND 
IOWA AND WE REACHED OUT TO ALL 
THE INSTITUTIONS AND THEY 
DECLINED TO COMMENT OR DID NOT 
RESPOND. 
>> YOU SAID IT BEST, COVID 
CLIFFHANGER. 
THANK YOU. 
>> Reporter: DAVID GIVES A 
PANDEMIC WORLD THE REASON TO 
LOOK IN THE SKY WEDNESDAY 
MORNING. 
>> WOW! 
WOW! 
THAT IS AMAZING. 
>> Reporter: THE MASTER 
ILLUSIONIST TAKES ON HIS FIRST 
LIVE STUNT IN NEARLY EIGHT 
YEARS. 
HOLDING ONTO MORE THAN FOUR 
DOZEN BALLOONS AND SOARING 
THOUSANDS OF FEET IN THE AIR 
AND BREAKING THE RECORD. 
BY NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK HIS 
SHOCKING PERFORMANCES ARE 
DIFFERENT, HE WANTED TO TAKE ON 
THE LATEST PERFORMANCE FOR HIS 
9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. 
>> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I AM 
DOING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL ALL 
BECAUSE OF YOU. 
>> Reporter: THE TRAINING WAS 
THE MOST INTENSE HE EVER HAD TO 
ENDURE. 
INCLUDING LEARNING HOW TO 
SKYDIVE, MAKING 500 JUMPS TO BE 
EXACT AND TRAINING HIS BODY TO 
BREATHE IN THIN AIR. 
AND FINALLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTER 
A FINAL SAFETY CHECK AND GOOD 
LUCK BALLOON FROM HIS DAUGHTER 
-- 
>> AND I GET A KISS BEFORE I 
GO? 
>> Reporter: HE WAS READY FOR 
TAKE OFF. 
HERE IS THE THING. 
THAT IS DAVID BLAINE LIFTING 
OFF WITHOUT A PARACHUTE TELLING 
US ON MONDAY HE WANTED IT TO 
LOOK LIKE HE WAS SIMPLY 
FLOATING AWAY. 
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A 
PARACHUTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 
THAT WOULD RUIN THE VISUAL ON 
IT SO I'M HIDING THE PARACHUTE 
UP IN THE BALLOON. 
>> Reporter: AFTER A PEACEFUL 
ASCENSION DROPPING WEIGHTS OUT 
OF HIS POCKETS TO GO HIGHER AND 
HIGHER, THE HEART POUNDING 
MOMENT. 
DAVID HAD TO LET GO OF THE 
TETHER AND SLIP ON THE 
PARACHUTE 8000 FEET IN THE AIR. 
>> THAT'S GREAT! 
>> Reporter: HE KEPT CLIMBING 
AND CLIMBING ABOUT 20,000 FEET, 
ABOUT 4.7 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH 
AND THEN TIME TO SPOT THE 
LANDING ZONE IN THE DESERT. 
>> I GOT IT PERFECTLY. 
I GOT IT! 
>> Reporter: AND THEN THE 
RELEASE. 
THE EARTH GETTING CLOSER BY THE 
SECOND HE DEPLOYED HIS 
PARACHUTE. 
HE NAILED THE LANDING. 
>> THAT WAS AWESOME! 
>> Reporter: BACK ON SOLID 
GROUND SHE RAN TO HER GRAVITY-
DEFYING DAD. 
>> THIS WAS ALL FOR YOU! 
>> Reporter: WHEN DAVID GOT 
BACK TO THE AIRSTRIP, A HUG AND 
KISS FROM HIS DAUGHTER WHO 
COULDN'T THINK MORE HIGHLY OF 
HER DAD. 
GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC NEWS. 
>> HE DID IT. 
WHEN HE UNCLIPPED AND DROPPED 
AND THE GUY WAS YELLING WEIGHT 
200 MORE FEET! 
AND THEN HE SAID I'M OUT! 
>> HE PUT THE PARACHUTE ON IN 
MIDAIR LIKE THAT. 
AND NORMALLY YOU SKYDIVE AT 
10,000 FEET SO TO GO 10,000 
FEET HIGHER THAN THAT, I DON'T 
KNOW HOW YOU EVEN BREATHE UP 
THAT HIGH. 
>> WHEN HE WENT UP HE WAS 
CHATTY BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HIS 
BREATHING WAS LABORED AND HE 
SAID I THINK I HAVE TO STOP 
TALKING NOW. 
>>> DWAYNE JOHNSON THE 
UNSTOPPABLE ACTION STAR REVEALS 
TO THE WORLD HE AND HIS FAMILY 
TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS 
AND WE HAVE DETAILS HOW HE IS 
DOING AND ADVISE HE HAS FOR  
HIS FAMILY. 
>> MY WIFE AS WELL AS MY TWO 
BABY GIRLS AND MYSELF ALL 
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.  
AND I COULD TELL YOU THIS HAS 
BEEN ONE OF THE MOST 
CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT 
THINGS WE HAVE EVER HAD TO 
INDOOR AS A FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE HIGHEST 
PAID STARS, WEIGHING DOETSCH 
DWAYNE JOHNSON AND HIS FAMILY 
JOINED THE 6 MILLION PEOPLE IN 
THE U.S. WHO HAVE CONTRACTED 
CORONAVIRUS. 
HE SAID IT TOOK MORE THAN THREE 
WEEKS FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE  TO 
RECOVER. 
FORTUNATELY HAS TWO UNIT YOUNG 
DAUGHTERS ONLY HAD MILD CASES. 
THE SUPERSTAR IS KNOWN FOR HIS 
BLOCKBUSTER HITS LIKE "JUMANJI" 
AND "FAST & FURIOUS" SAID HE'D 
BEEN ON LOCKDOWN AND ISOLATED 
AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY FOR 6 
MONTHS. 
JOHNSON REVEALED ON INSTAGRAM 
HOW HE LIKELY GOT INFECTED. 
>> WE PICKED UP COVID-19  FROM 
VERY CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS. 
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WE 
LOVE AND TRUST. 
THEY ARE DEVASTATED THAT IT LED 
TO THEM INFECTING OUR FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: AS A RESULT HE 
IMPLEMENTS NEW WORLDS FOR 
ANYONE VISITING HIS HOME. 
HE IS ADVISING ALL HIS FANS TO 
DO THE SAME. 
>> IF YOU GUYS ARE HAVING 
FAMILY AND FRIENDS OVER TO YOUR 
HOUSE AND YOU KNOW THEM AND 
TRUST THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN 
IN QUARANTINE LIKE YOU GUYS, 
YOU STILL NEVER KNOW. 
HAVE THEM TESTED THE DAY BEFORE 
AND IF THEY TEST POSITIVE THAN 
YOU STAYAWAY. 
IF YOU DON'T THEN YOU COME 
OVER. 
>> Reporter: USING HIS MASSIVE 
PLATFORM TO SEND A MESSAGE. 
>> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 
POLITICS. 
WEAR A MASK. 
IT IS A FACT AND THE RIGHT 
THING TO DO AND RESPONSIBLE 
THING TO DO NOT ONLY FOR 
YOURSELF BUT FOR YOUR FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: NATALIE MORALES, 
LOS ANGELES. 
>> SO RELATABLE. 
HOW TO NAVIGATE ALL THE STUFF. 
SHOULD THEY GET TESTED? 
>> YOU THINK IT'S OKAY TO VISIT 
WITH ONE FRIEND. 
>> YOU ARE TOLD TO BE 
RESPONSIBLE BUT IF IT CAN 
HAPPEN TO ROCK IT CAN HAPPEN TO 
ANYBODY. 
>>> THE GROWING SCRUTINY OF 
NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT TO A SAN 
FRANCISCO HAIR SALON. 
SECURITY FOOTAGE OBTAINED BY 
FOX NEWS SHOWS THE SPEAKER 
GETTING HER HAIR DONE INSIDE 
WITHOUT A MASK DESPITE 
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS  
KEEPING SALONS IN THE AREA 
CLOSED. 
SHE SAID THE WHOLE THING WAS A 
SETUP. 
KASIE HUNT HAS MORE ON THE 
STORY. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
SAN FRANCISCO RULES SAY YOU 
CAN'T GET YOUR HAIR DONE INSIDE 
A SALON, BUT HOW SPEAKER PELOSI 
IS DOUBLING DOWN INSISTING THE 
SALON TOLD HER IT WAS OKAY. 
CRITICS ARE ACCUSING HER OF A 
DOUBLE STANDARD. 
>> THERE IS MORE TO THIS I'M 
NOT GOING INTO. 
>> Reporter: HOW SPEAKER NANCY 
PELOSI SAID SHE WAS SET UP 
AFTER SECURITY FOOTAGE OBTAINED 
BY FOX NEWS SHOWS ARE INSIDE A 
SAN FRANCISCO SALON MONDAY 
WITHOUT A MASK. 
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT MY STAFF AND 
PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK 
AND MAKE MONEY TO PROVIDE FOR 
THEIR FAMILIES AND IF SHE IS 
AND THERE COMFORTABLY, WITHOUT 
A MASK AND FEELING SAFE, WHY 
ARE WE SHUT DOWN? 
>> Reporter: PELOSI PUSHING 
BACK SAYING IT'S THE SALON THAT 
OWES HER AN APOLOGY. 
>> WHEN THEY SAID WHAT WE ARE 
ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE ONE 
PERSON AT A TIME, AND WE CAN 
SET UP THAT TIME, I TRUSTED 
THAT. 
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS A 
SETUP. 
>> Reporter: BAY AREA SALONS 
HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC 
SINCE MARCH 22 CORONAVIRUS AND 
WHILE INDOOR SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA,  SAN FRANCISCO ONLY 
STARTED ALLOWING SALONS TO 
OPERATE OUTDOORS ON TUESDAY, A 
DAY AFTER HER VISIT INSIDE. 
SHAMPOOING IS STILL NOT ALLOWED 
AND MASKS ARE MANDATORY. 
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED. 
I DON'T WEAR A MASK WHEN I WASH 
MY HAIR. 
YOU WEAR AWAY MASK WHEN YOU 
WASH HER HAIR? 
>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA 
DEMOCRAT HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT 
THE WHITE HOUSE HANDLING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> WHAT EVIDENCE DOES ANYONE 
NEED  THAT THIS PRESIDENT COULD 
CARE LESS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF 
THIS VIRUS? 
>> Reporter: NOW UNDER FIRE 
FROM REPUBLICANS FOR HER VISIT. 
>> THIS IS TYPICAL WASHINGTON, 
D.C. THEY GET ON NATIONAL TV 
AND PREACH TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND IN PRIVATE WHEN 
CAMERAS ARE ROLLING IN AND THIS 
CASE I GUESS THE CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING IT SHOWS A DIFFERENT 
STORY. 
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT WE 
LEARNED THE STYLIST HIRED A 
LAWYER AND SAYS THE SALON OWNER 
APPROVED HER VISIT IN ADVANCE 
AND SHE HAS BEEN ALLOWING 
PEOPLE IN THE SALON SINCE 
APRIL, SOMETIMES NOT WEARING A 
MASK. 
>> KASIE HUNT IN WASHINGTON. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY GO BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE PROTECTED. 
>> IT NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEK DAYS STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.
>> I FIRST HEARD 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO BE DOING THIS 
AND I THOUGHT IT 
WAS YOU OR 
SCARFACE. 
>> I APPRECIATE 
THAT. 
>> Reporter: ON 
A SERIOUS NOTE, 
BETWEEN COVID-19 
KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE AND 
KILLER COPS 
KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE, OUR 
COMMUNITY IS 
GOING THROUGH A 
LOT. 
I WANTED TO ASK 
HOW YOU ARE 
DOING AND HOW 
THE FOLKS IN 
HOUSTON ARE 
DOING. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THESE THINGS ARE 
NOT NEW, JUST 
LIKE PEOPLE. 
EVERYBODY HAS 
THEIR MECHANISMS 
FOR WHEN THINGS 
LIKE THIS ARE 
HAPPENING. 
EVERYBODY IS 
IMPACTED AND 
EMOTIONAL. 
SOME ARE ENRAGED 
AND OTHERS ARE 
CONCERNED., 
WE ARE 
MONITORING THE 
CLIMATE LOCALLY 
AS WELL AS 
NATIONALLY 
TRYING TO FIND 
PLACES TO ENGAGE 
AND IMPACT 
CHANGE. 
YOU KNOW, BEING 
BLACK IN AMERICA
, THESE CONCERNS 
ARE NOT NEW, 
UNFORTUNATELY. 
IT'S A PART OF 
LIFE. 
FEEL LIKE BLACK 
PEOPLE HAVE HIT 
THE CEILING FOR 
THESE KINDS OF 
INJUSTICES AND 
ALL OF THESE 
DIFFERENT LEVELS 
OF RACISM. WE 
ARE REALIZING, 
NOW, HOW MUCH WE 
HAVE BEEN 
TOLERATING. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
PEOPLE CANNOT 
SIT ON THE 
SIDELINES. 
PEOPLE HAVE TO 
INFORM AND 
EDUCATE WHICH IS 
A BIG PART OF 
THIS. MANY 
PEOPLE WANT TO 
BE A PART OF THE 
MOVEMENT AND A 
PART OF 
IMPACTING CHANGE 
BUT IT DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY HAVE 
AN ENTRY POINT. 
THERE IS SO MUCH 
MISINFORMATION 
THERE. TO ME, 
THAT IS WHAT 
CAUSES A 
DIFFERENCE. 
RIGHT? 
WHERE PEOPLE 
LOOK FOR 
INFORMATION TO 
DO SECT THIS 
STUFF. IT TELLS 
YOU THIS ONE 
THING. TRUST ME, 
I HAVE A GROUP 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
LOOK UP TO ME 
AND TRUST MY 
OPINION AND TRUST
THAT I WILL GIVE 
IT STRAIGHT WITH 
THE BEST 
INFORMATION THAT 
I CAN AT THE 
MOMENT. 
>> WITH THE 
MISINFORMATION 
AND 
DISINFORMATION 
AND THE LACK OF 
INFORMATION, HOW 
MUCH OF THAT IS 
INTENTIONAL?  
HOW MUCH WITH 
HUMANS TRYING TO 
FIGURE THIS OUT? 
>> I'M GOING TO 
SAY THAT THE 
MISINFORMATION, 
ITSELF, IS 
INTENTIONAL. IF 
THE ACT OF 
SPREADING THE 
INFORMATION IN 
THESE PUBLIC 
SPACES IS 
NOTHING NEW AND 
IT HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN THERE. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS 
DONE A LOT FOR 
PEOPLE. IT WAS 
ACTUALLY BLACK 
AND WHO IS 
AMERICAN. THERE 
ARE CAMPAIGNS 
FROM CHINA 
CAMPAIGNS FROM 
RUSSIA AND 
CAMPAIGNS FROM 
INSIDE AMERICA. 
YOU KNOW, TRYING 
TO INFILTRATE 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS. 
RIGHT? 
TO SWAY PEOPLE 
TO CERTAIN SIDES.
IT IS A 
CONCERTED EFFORT
. THERE ARE 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE WORLD THAT 
ARE ACTIVELY 
CREATING FAKE 
PROFILES AND 
MEMES. THEY ARE 
ON FACEBOOK AND 
TWITTER AND 
INSTAGRAM. 
THEY ARE ON 
YOUTUBE AND IT 
IS ALL BASICALLY 
TO KEEP THE 
CURRENT 
ADMINISTRATION 
IN OFFICE. 
>> HOW MUCH DOES 
SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE
IN FILTERING 
THIS STUFF? 
>> THERE HAS TO 
BE BILLIONS AND 
BILLIONS OF POSTS
. OBVIOUSLY, TAG 
WORDS WILL HELP, 
RIGHT? 
PARTICULAR 
HASHTAGS. A LOT 
OF THESE THINGS, 
BUT SOME OF THAT 
WILL SEE THROUGH 
THE CRACKS. 
WE DO HAVE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
DOING ANYTHING. 
I THINK IT IS 
TELLING, THAT IS 
MY PERSONAL 
OPINION. 
BECAUSE HE'S 
DEALING WITH 
INFORMATION THAT 
ISN'T 
NECESSARILY GOOD 
OR BAD. 
RIGHT NOW HE HAS 
MORE COLLECTIVE 
INFORMATION THAN 
ANYONE ELSE. 
I DON'T THINK 
MARK ZUCKERBERG 
REALLY CARES 
EITHER WAY. 
RIGHT? 
I DON'T THINK HE 
CARES ABOUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND MY ASSAULT 
ALSO DON'T THINK 
HE CARES EITHER 
WAY THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
IT'S ABOUT DATA 
AND DATA MINING 
AND INFORMATION 
ACCUMULATION, 
AND MONEY. 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE IN THE MIDST 
OF A RACIAL 
RECKONING AND WE 
HAVE SEEN BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
EXPANDING AND 
GROWING AND EVEN 
WITH WHITE FOLKS 
IN DIFFERENT 
COALITIONS. 
THERE ARE TIES 
TO THE DIFFERENT 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENTS OF THE 
PAST. 
YOU HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
GO TO WASHINGTON 
AND IT REALLY IS 
A BLACK AND 
WHITE ICON, BUT 
THAT WAS A BIG 
MOMENT WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED. WHY DO 
YOU FEEL YOU HAD 
TO BE THERE IN 
PERSON? 
WHY DID YOU PUSH 
FOR COVID-19 
CONCERNS TO BE 
THERE. 
>> I'M LOOKED AT 
BY MANY PEOPLE 
AS A BLACK 
LEADER IN MY 
COMMUNITY. 
IT IS VERY EASY 
AND THIS SOCIAL 
MEDIA TO TALK 
THE TALK BUT IT 
IS NECESSARY TO 
WALK THE WALK AS 
WELL. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
FOLLOW MY LEADER 
ON THESE THINGS 
AND WHEN I SAY 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
FOR ME TO BE 
THERE, PEOPLE 
REALIZE IT IS 
IMPORTANT. 
I THINK I SAID 
ON INSTAGRAM THAT
TO BE IN THAT 
SPACE NOT ONLY 
ALLOWS ME TO 
RECOGNIZE HOW 
I'M STANDING ON 
THE SOLDIERS OF 
GREATNESS AND OF 
PEOPLE WHO LIVED 
ON THE LINE TO 
IMPACT CHANGE 
AND PUT IT INTO 
THE OPPRESSION 
OF RACISM. BUT, 
TO BE ON THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL 
STEPS AND 
LOOKING OUT OVER 
THE REFLECTION 
POOL TOWARD THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT, THAT 
PUTS YOU INTO 
THE FOOTPRINTS 
OF THOSE THAT 
CAME BEFORE YOU. 
YOU ARE STANDING 
THERE, RIGHT? 
YOU ARE 
DEMANDING WHAT 
THEY DEMANDED 
AND FIGHTING FOR 
WHAT THEY FOUGHT 
FOR. YOU ARE 
LOVING YOURSELF 
AND YOUR PEOPLE 
IN THE SAME WAY 
THEY DID. 
FOR ME, I DON'T 
SEE ANYWHERE 
ELSE I COULD 
HAVE BEEN ON 
THAT DAY THAT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
AS IMPORTANT AS 
WHERE I WAS. 
>> Reporter: IN 
THE KILLING OF 
GEORGE FLOYD WHO 
DIED AT THE KNEE 
OF THE 
MINNEAPOLIS 
POLICE OFFICER. 
I GUESS PRE-
GEORGE FLOYD AND 
POST GEORGE FLOYD
, I KNOW YOU 
ORGANIZED A 
PROTEST ON HIS 
BEHALF. 
IT IS ONE THING 
TO BE ON THE 
NATIONAL STAGE, 
BUT WHAT IS IT 
TO LEAVE LOCALLY?
>> PEOPLE LOOK 
FOR MY EXAMPLE 
AND THEY FOLLOW 
MY LEADS. 
TULE TO 
MINNEAPOLIS AND 
TO STAND WHERE 
HE DIED AND WITH 
THE PEOPLE OF 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
YOU KNOW, IT 
SEEMS TO ME THAT 
ALL OF THE 
OUTRAGE AND THE 
OUTPOURING OF 
EMOTION COULD 
NOT HAVE JUST 
BEEN ABOUT THIS 
ONE INCIDENT.
. GEORGE FLOYD 
WAS THE STRAW 
THAT BROKE THE 
CAMELS BACK FOR 
THAT COMMUNITY. 
RIGHT? 
AND AS 
HOUSTONIANS, 
WHERE UPSET 
BECAUSE HE IS 
ONE OF OURS. 
WHEN PEOPLE 
LEAVE HOUSTON TO 
GO TO OTHER PLY 
OTHER PLACES TO 
BETTER THEIR 
LIVES, YOU WISH 
THEM WELL. 
INSTEAD, THIS 
BROTHER, THIS 
HOUSTONIAN WAS 
TORTURED AND 
DIED SLOWLY OVER 
EIGHT MINUTES. 
WE WERE TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW WE COULD 
SPEAK FOR HIM 
HERE IN HOUSTON. 
SO, THERE HAD 
BEEN SEVERAL 
MARCHES AND 
PROTESTS. 
I REACHED OUT TO 
A FRIEND OF MINE 
WHO IS A LOCAL 
BLACK BUSINESS 
OWNER AND 
ACTIVIST. 
I SAID TO HIM, 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
OF ANYMORE 
MARCHES OR 
PROTESTS AROUND 
WHERE WE CAN GET 
BEHIND THIS AND 
BE A PART OF IT? 
AND HE SAID, IF 
YOU ARE DOING ONE
, THAT'S WHERE I 
WILL BE. IF YOU 
DO A PROTEST, 
THAT'S WHERE THE 
PEOPLE WILL BE. 
PROBABLY THE ONE 
PERSON THAT 
SINGLE-HANDEDLY 
TRY TO HELP THE 
LOVE. 
NO ONE IS REALLY 
AT THE FOREFRONT 
OF HELPING THEIR 
FELLOW MAN HERE, 
TO TELL YOU THE 
TRUTH. WE 
PARTNERED ON A 
NUMBER OF 
DIFFERENT 
INITIATIVES AND 
WE HAVE WORKED 
TOGETHER PRETTY 
MUCH NONSTOP 
SINCE HARVEY. 
HE CREATED AN 
ORGANIZATION 
DURING HARVEY 
CALLED THE 
RELIEF GANG. 
TO HELP THE 
VICTIMS OF 
HURRICANE HARVEY 
AND IT EXTENDED 
TO ALL CONCERNS 
OF THE PEOPLE. 
BLACK PEOPLE, 
MEXICAN PEOPLE, 
WHITE PEOPLE, 
ANYONE IN NEED 
IN ANY WAY, THEY 
TRY TO FILL THAT 
NEED. I TALKED 
TO HIM BECAUSE 
WE WERE TOGETHER
. I WAS LIKE 
LOOK, MARCUS 
JUST TOLD ME WE 
SHOULD PROBABLY 
DO SOMETHING IF 
WE WANT PEOPLE 
TO GATHER AROUND 
TO DO SOMETHING 
ABOUT THAT AND I 
THINK WE SHOULD 
DO SOMETHING. HE 
WAS IN FULL 
AGREEMENT AND WE 
REACHED OUT TO 
THE MAYOR OF 
HOUSTON WHO IS 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
. HE HAD 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE MURDER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
WE REACHED OUT 
TO THE POLICE 
CHIEF AND THE 
DEPUTY CHIEF OF 
POLICE AND SO 
THEY BLOCK TO 
THE ROUTE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
INSTIGATORS 
COULD NOT GET IN 
THE MIX OF PEOPLE
. THEY ALLOWED 
US TO GATHER IN 
THE CENTER OF 
DOWNTOWN AND WE 
HAD NO IDEA WHAT 
THE RESPONSE 
WOULD BE. WE 
KNEW IT WOULD BE 
FAIRLY SIZABLE 
WITH MAYBE 4000 
OR 5000 PEOPLE. 
WE ARRIVED AT 
DISCOVERY GREEN 
WHICH WAS THE 
GATHERING SPOT 
AND THERE WERE 
10,000 PEOPLE 
THERE. 
WE WERE 
AWESTRUCK ABOUT 
IT AND I THINK 
THE MAIN THING 
WE TOOK FROM IT 
WAS THAT THERE 
WERE PEOPLE OF 
ALL RACES AND 
ALL RELIGIONS 
AND ALL 
IDENTITIES AND 
GENDERS STANDING 
WITH US. WE 
REALIZED IT IS 
NO LONGER SIMPLY 
A BLACK PROBLEM 
DEALING WITH 
RACISM AND 
POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
OTHER PEOPLE ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
IT. PEOPLE DON'T 
FEEL COMFORTABLE 
LIVING IN A 
WORLD WHERE THAT 
HAPPENS. 
WE GOT A BETTER 
SCOPE OF WHAT 
WAS GOING ON AND 
WE REALIZED WE 
WERE AT THE 
PODIUM STANDING 
IN FRONT OF 
60,000 PEOPLE IN 
DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
. THEY WERE 
SCREAMING BLACK 
LIVES MATTER AND 
RAISING THEIR 
FISTS IN THE AIR 
AND CALLING FOR 
AN END TO POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
WHEN I TOOK THE 
STAND, I FELT 
OBLIGATED TO 
SPEAK ABOUT WHAT 
IS HAPPENING IN 
MINNEAPOLIS AND 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY BUT ALSO 
TO ACKNOWLEDGE 
THAT IN HOUSTON 
THAT WE HAVE HAD 
INCIDENTS. WE 
DON'T WANT TO BE 
HYPOCRITES IN 
THIS MOMENT 
POINTING AT 
MINNEAPOLIS WHEN 
WE COULD POINT 
TO HOUSTON WITH 
CONCERNS THAT WE 
HAVE ABOUT 
POLICE 
BRUTALITY, IN 
PARTICULAR. 
BUT, THERE WAS 
NO VIOLENCE. 
THERE WERE A FEW 
PEOPLE WHO 
STARTED CLIMBING 
ON BUSES AND SO 
THOSE PEOPLE GOT 
ARRESTED. 
A COUPLE OF 
OTHER PEOPLE 
WORSE PEACEFULLY 
SWEPT UP IN THAT 
COLLECTIVE OF 
BEING ARRESTED. 
WE WERE ABLE TO 
GET MOST PEOPLE 
OUT FAIRLY 
QUICKLY. 
OTHERWISE IT WAS 
AN AMAZING 
SUCCESS AND WE 
SET A PRECEDENT. 
NO ONE UP UNTIL 
THAT MOMENT HAD 
DONE THAT 
ANYTHING THAT BIG
, ANYWHERE, 
CONCERNING 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
THEN PARIS AND 
LONDON TOOK 
AFTER IT AND 
THERE WERE SOME 
AMAZING MARCHES 
AND RALLIES. 
WE HAPPENED TO 
BE A PART OF THE 
CRY FOR JUSTICE. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE ARE NAMES 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE BEEN KILLED 
AND GUNNED DOWN 
BY POLICE AND WE 
NEVER KNOW THEIR 
NAMES. 
WE ASKED THE 
QUESTION A LOT 
AND I WANT TO 
KNOW FROM YOU 
WHAT WAS IT 
ABOUT GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH 
THAT PENETRATED 
THE COMMUNITY? 
YOU HAVE WHITE 
FOLKS AND THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY, WHAT 
WAS IT? 
>> I THINK COVID 
PLAYED A BIG PART
. PEOPLE WHO 
WOULD NORMALLY 
BE OTHERWISE 
DISTRACTED OR AT 
WORK AND THEY 
WOULDN'T 
NECESSARILY BE 
SITTING IN FRONT 
OF A TELEVISION 
WATCHING IT 
HAPPEN. I THINK 
THE FACT THAT 
CHILDREN WERE 
NOT AT SCHOOL 
AND SO THEY WERE 
SITTING IN FRONT 
OF THE 
TELEVISION 
WATCHING IT 
HAPPEN. 
I THINK IT IS 
SUCH AN 
UNNATURAL WAY TO 
DIE. 
IN AMERICA, WE 
SEE GUN VIOLENCE 
DAILY, IF NOT 
HOURLY AND SO 
PEOPLE GET A BIT 
NUMB TO THAT. 
BUT TO WATCH A 
MAN BEING CHOKED 
OUT OVER EIGHT 
MINUTES, IT WAS 
EXTREMELY 
UNNATURAL AND IT 
WAS VERY GRAPHIC
. RIGHT? 
I THINK EVERYONE 
GOT THE SAME 
VISION AND 
MESSAGE AT THE 
SAME TIME. 
IT WAS 
UNAVOIDABLE 
BECAUSE IT WAS 
ON EVERY NETWORK 
AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
OUTLET. 
THERE WAS NO WAY 
TO AVOID SEEING 
IT. 
I SAID, YOU KNOW
, YOU HAVE TO BE 
AT A VERY 
SPECIFIC TYPE OF 
RACIST AND 
PRETTY MUCH IN 
HUMAN TO SEE 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT AND NOT 
FEEL COMPASSION 
FOR ANOTHER 
HUMAN BEING. 
NOT TO BE IN 
TOUCH WITH YOUR 
HUMANITY AS WELL 
AS YOUR 
MORTALITY. 
BUT TO EVEN FIND 
JOY IN SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT, YOU 
HAVE TO BE A 
SPECIFIC AND 
SPECIAL TYPE OF 
RACIST TO NOT 
HAVE BEEN 
IMPACTED BY THAT
. YOU KNOW, FOR 
MANY YEARS, 
THERE WERE 
ALWAYS EXCUSES 
AVAILABLE FOR 
PEOPLE WHEN IT 
CAME TO POLICE 
BRUTALITY AND 
ENCOUNTERS THAT 
ESCALATE VERY 
QUICKLY AND 
PEOPLE END UP 
INJURED OR DEAD 
IN THE 
INTERACTION. 
WELL, WE DON'T 
KNOW WHAT 
HAPPENED. WE 
DIDN'T SEE WHAT 
HAPPENED AND 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
-- THE POLICE 
ARE ALWAYS GIVEN 
THE BENEFIT OF 
THE DOUBT WHEN 
IT COMES TO THE 
COURT OF PUBLIC 
OPINION, OUTSIDE 
OF BLACK PEOPLE 
BECAUSE BLACK 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
PRIVY TO THESE 
ACTS FOR NOT 
JUST TENS BUT 
HUNDREDS OF 
YEARS, NOW. WE 
HAVE BEEN 
TALKING A LONG 
TIME ABOUT HOW 
THE POLICE TREAT 
BLACK PEOPLE IN 
GENERAL WHEN IT 
COMES TO THESE 
INTERACTIONS AND 
THESE ARRESTS. 
WITH THE WAY THE 
SITUATIONS 
ESCALATE AND 
BECOME VIOLENT 
AND SOMETIMES 
DEADLY. 
NOW WE CAN LOOK 
AT IT AND SAY, 
THIS REALLY 
HAPPENED. 
WE GOT A TASTE 
OF IT DURING THE 
RODNEY KING 
SITUATION, BUT I 
FEEL LIKE 
CALIFORNIA WAS A 
LITTLE BIT MORE 
ENRAGED ABOUT IT
. THE STREETS OF 
LOS ANGELES WERE 
LITERALLY ON 
FIRE DURING THE 
LA RIOTS. 
I THINK NOW THAT 
MINNEAPOLIS IS 
NOT A MAJOR CITY 
IN AMERICA. 
RIGHT? 
I THINK IT PUT A 
BRAND-NEW LIGHT 
ON SOMETHING 
THAT HAS BEEN 
HAPPENING TO 
PEOPLE FOR MANY 
YEARS. I THINK 
PEOPLE WHO 
WANTED TO ENGAGE 
AND SAY 
SOMETHING ABOUT 
IT NOW HAD AN 
ENTRY POINT. 
THEY HAD A POINT 
OF REFERENCE. 
THE FACT THAT 
MANY FAMILIES 
WERE HOME 
WATCHING THIS IN 
REAL TIME AT THE 
SAME TIME, NOW 
WE HAVE TO HAVE 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS. I 
FEEL LIKE A LOT 
OF WHITE 
FAMILIES HAD TO 
HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS 
THAT THEY COULD 
EASILY HAVE 
AVOIDED FOR 
GENERATIONS. 
THEY FOUND WAYS 
TO NOT HAVE THE 
CONVERSATIONS 
ABOUT WHY DOES 
THIS HAPPEN TO 
BLACK PEOPLE? 
AND WHY 
CHILDREN, I 
BELIEVE, THIS IS 
MY BELIEF, I 
BELIEVE THAT WHY 
CHILDREN SAW 
WHAT HAPPENED TO 
GEORGE FLOYD AND 
STARTED TO ASK 
THEIR PARENTS, 
DO I HAVE TO 
WORRY ABOUT THIS?
WHY ARE THE 
POLICE KILLING 
HIM AND WILL 
THEY KILL ME? 
SOME PARENTS 
FOUND IT 
NECESSARY TO BE 
HONEST WITH 
THEIR CHILDREN 
AND TELL THEM, 
PROBABLY NOT, 
UNLESS YOU ARE 
DOING SOMETHING 
VERY, VERY WRONG
. EVEN UNDER 
THOSE 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
WE HAVE EXAMPLES 
OF WHERE PEOPLE 
HAVE MURDERED 12 
OR 16 PEOPLE AND 
STILL NOT BE 
TREATED IN THIS 
WAY BY THE 
POLICE. 
SO, I THINK WE 
ALL COLLECTIVELY 
REALIZED THAT 
THIS WORLD IS NOT
AS NICE AND AS 
FAIR AS WE WOULD 
ALL LIKE TO 
BELIEVE. 
IF WE WANT IT TO 
BE FAIR, WE HAVE 
TO ACT. 
WHITE PEOPLE 
CANNOT CHANGE 
THE SYSTEM ALONE.
IF THAT WAS THE 
FACT, IT WOULD 
HAVE HAPPENED 
YEARS AGO. 
IT TAKES WHITE 
PEOPLE BEING 
UPSET, CONCERNED 
AND ANGRY ABOUT 
ANTI-BLACK 
RACISM AND TO BE 
VOCAL AND TO 
LITERALLY SAY 
THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. NOT JUST 
SAYING IT 
BECAUSE IT'S A 
COMMON RALLY 
POINT. 
TO NOT PRESENT 
YOURSELF IN A 
CERTAIN WAY OR 
TO BE PRESUMED 
AS RACIST BUT 
THEY HAVE TO 
BELIEVE IT TOO. 
RIGHT? 
IF THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO PUT 
THEMSELVES ON 
THOSE FRONT 
LINES. 
IT IS EASY TO 
SAY BLACK LIVES 
MATTER BUT IT IS 
DIFFERENT 
MARCHING THROUGH 
A STREET WITH 
OPPOSITION ON 
BOTH SIDES IF YOU
. AS A WHITE 
PERSON SAYING 
THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IS A 
DIFFERENT THING. 
DUE TO THE VAST 
NUMBERS OF 
PEOPLE WHO DO 
NOT LOOK LIKE ME 
STANDING WITH ME 
AND SCREAMING 
WHAT I SCREAM, 
AND ENCOURAGES 
ME THAT WE CAN 
GET CLOSER NOW 
THAN WE MAY HAVE 
GOTTEN IN THE 
PAST. 
>> Reporter: TO 
THAT POINT, 
THERE IS FERVOR 
AND ENERGY ON 
BOTH SIDES NOW 
AND COMING 
TOGETHER AND 
SAYING BLACK 
LIVES MATTER AND 
DEMANDING CHANGE
. THEN YOU SAW 
WHAT HAPPENED IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN WHERE 
A YOUNG WHITE 
PERSON SHOOTS 
THREE PEOPLE, 
KILLING TWO OF 
THEM. THEN YOU 
SEE THE 
CONDEMNATION OF 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTERS
. YOU WERE AT 
TRUMP RALLIES 
AND YOU HAVE 
SEEN THIS UP 
CLOSE AND 
PERSONAL. HOW DO 
YOU THINK ALL 
THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN MIGHT 
IMPACT 2020? 
>> I THINK IT 
LENDS ITSELF 
MORE TO THE LEFT 
THAN THE RIGHT. 
I DO BELIEVE 
THAT EVERYONE 
WHO VOTED FOR 
TRUMP BEFORE 
WILL MOST LIKELY 
VOTE FOR HIM 
AGAIN. RIGHT? 
>> THERE'S NO 
QUESTION IN YOUR 
MIND? 
>> YEAH, FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
I WOULD SAY 95% 
OR 96 OF PERCENT 
OF THE PEOPLE 
HAVE NOT BEEN 
DISSUADED. 
EVERYONE DOES 
NOT NECESSARILY 
AGREE WITH HIM 
IDEOLOGICALLY 
AND A LOT OF 
PEOPLE DID NOT 
AGREE WITH HIS 
POLICIES OR THE 
BALL AND ALL OF 
THAT. 
BUT SOMEWHERE, 
SOMEHOW, IN THE 
WORDS THAT WERE 
SPOKEN, THERE 
WAS SOMETHING 
SAID TO THEM 
THAT THEY FELT 
WOULD BENEFIT 
THEM. SO, THEY 
DISREGARDED THE 
RACISM AND THE 
SEXISM IN THE 
XENOPHOBIA. 
THEY THREW ALL 
OF THAT TO THE 
SIDE BECAUSE 
THERE WAS 
SOMETHING THERE 
THAT WILL 
BENEFIT THEM. 
RICH PEOPLE 
OBVIOUSLY HAVE 
TAX INCENTIVES. 
FOR OTHER 
PEOPLE, I CAN'T 
SAY EXACTLY WHAT 
IT WAS. 
BUT THERE WAS 
SOMETHING THEY 
HEARD AND MAYBE 
IT WAS BECAUSE 
THEY THINK 
MEXICANS ARE 
STEALING JOBS OR 
THAT BLACK 
COMMUNITIES ARE 
VIOLENT. THERE 
IS SOMETHING 
THEY HEARD THAT 
THEY AGREE WITH. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT CONCERNS ME
. SPECIFICALLY 
THE CONSERVATIVE 
CONVENTION THAT 
WAS HELD IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
I TALKED TO A 
LOT OF DIFFERENT 
PEOPLE. 
PARTICULARLY TEA 
PARTY PEOPLE WHO 
ARE FARTHER ON 
THE RIGHT, SO TO 
SPEAK. 
AND, A LOT OF 
THEM REFERRED TO 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY AS THE 
GODLESS PARTY. 
THAT WAS THEIR 
STANCE, THEY 
DON'T BELIEVE IN 
GOD. 
MANY PEOPLE IN 
THIS COUNTRY, 
AND I DON'T 
THINK MANY 
PEOPLE REALLY 
REALIZE IT, BUT 
A LARGE 
CONTINGENCY OF 
PEOPLE IN THIS 
COUNTRY VOTE 
THEIR MORALS AS 
OPPOSED TO 
POLICY AND 
IDEOLOGY. 
FOR THEM, IF I 
CAN SAY I WANT 
TO BUILD A WALL 
TO KEEP THE 
MEXICANS OUT OR 
BAN THE MUSLIMS 
OR I WANT TO DO 
THIS OR THAT, 
THEY ARE ASKING, 
HOW DO YOU FEEL 
ABOUT ABORTION? 
ONCE SOMEONE 
DESIGNATES 
THEMSELVES AS 
PRO-LIFE, THAT'S 
IT. SOME OF 
THESE PEOPLE PUT 
EVERYTHING ELSE 
THEY DON'T AGREE 
WITH TO THE 
SIDE. 
THE CHRISTIAN 
CONSERVATIVES IN 
THIS COUNTRY, 
THAT'S ALL THEY 
NEEDED TO HEAR. 
WE'RE NOT GOING 
TO WORRY ABOUT 
THE RACISM. THE 
DYNAMIC BETWEEN 
THE WHITE CHURCH 
AND BLACK 
AMERICA HAS BEEN 
PRETTY SHAKY FOR 
A LONG TIME NOW. 
I CAN SEE THERE 
BEING HESITANCY 
ON THAT SIDE. 
BUT, YEAH, I 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
WITH MY WIFE ALL 
THE TIME THAT IF 
YOU LOOK AT 
WHITE WOMEN IN 
AMERICA, I THINK 
A LOT PUT THEIR 
FEMINISM TO THE 
SIDE BECAUSE THEY
CARE MORE ABOUT 
HAVING A RACIST 
POINT OF VIEW 
THAN A FEMININE 
POINT OF VIEW. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
WOMEN 
PARTICULARLY, 
NOT TO SHAME OR 
ANYTHING, BUT WE 
SEE WOMEN IN OUR 
SOCIETY PUT 
THEIR BELIEFS 
ASIDE TO SUPPORT 
AND STAND BY 
THEIR MAN. 
WE TALK ABOUT 
THIS WITH BLACK 
WOMEN IN TERMS 
OF CALLING THE 
POLICE ON A 
BLACK MAN AND 
TRYING TO HOLD 
THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
BLACK WOMEN ARE 
HESITANT BECAUSE 
THEY KNOW WHAT 
HAPPENS TO A 
BLACK MAN IN THE 
CUSTODY OF POLICE
. THINGS TEND TO 
GO VERY WRONG. 
THEY PUT THEIR 
OWN CONCERNS TO 
THE SIDE TO 
SUPPORT THEIR 
MEN. 
I FEEL LIKE 
RIGHT NOW WHITE 
WOMEN DO THE 
SAME THING FOR 
DIFFERENT REASONS
. I THINK IT IS 
MORE OF A 
COMFORT FOR THEM
. THEY DON'T 
WANT THEIR 
HUSBANDS TO LOSE 
JOBS OR TO NOT 
BE ABLE TO 
PROSPER IN THIS 
WORLD. 
IF WE NEED A 
HOLD BLACK 
PEOPLE OR PEOPLE 
OF COLOR 
ORPEOPLE BACK  
SO OUR WHITE MEN 
CAN SUCCEED, 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
ARE GOING TO DO. 
WE ARE LIVING IN 
A STRANGE TIME 
WHERE THE LINES 
IN THE SAND HAVE 
NOT BEEN DRAWN 
THIS DEEPLY AND 
MAYBE 50 OR 60 
YEARS. 
SO, WE ARE ALL 
COMING TO TERMS 
WITH WHAT AMERICA
REALLY AND TRULY 
LOOKS LIKE. NOT 
WHAT WE SAY IT 
LOOKS LIKE, BUT 
WHAT IT ACTUALLY 
LOOKS LIKE. 
>> YOU ARE 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
TAXES AND 
HOUSTON IN 
PARTICULAR THAT 
YOU ARE 
ORIGINALLY FROM 
PORT ARTHUR 
WHICH IS 90 
MINUTES AWAY. I 
WONDER HOW 
GROWING UP IN A 
SMALLER CITY 
SHAPE NOT JUST 
YOUR MUSIC BUT 
YOUR POLITICS 
AND YOUR WORD 
VIEW? 
YOU ARE AN 
ARTIST AND ALSO 
AN ACTIVIST. 
>> GROWING UP IN 
PORT ARTHUR, 
THERE WAS A 
PROXIMITY TO 
RACISM THAT IS 
NEVER REALLY 
DEEPLY DISCUSSED 
BUT IT IS ALWAYS 
UNDERSTOOD. 
LET'S SAY I 
WANTED TO GO 
FROM PORT 
ARTHUR, TEXAS TO 
THE STATE OF 
LOUISIANA. 
TO GET FROM PORT 
ARTHUR TO THE 
STATE LINE WHICH 
IS REALLY ONLY 
20 OR 30 MINUTES 
AWAY FROM PORT 
ARTHUR, I HAVE 
TO GO THROUGH 
TWO TOWNS THAT 
HAVE ABSOLUTELY 
NO MINORITIES. 
ZERO MINORITIES. 
THIS IS TODAY, 
RIGHT NOW, IN 
2020. SO, THE 
VERY FIRST TOWN 
YOU ENCOUNTER 
LEAVING PORT 
ARTHUR, AND THAT 
IS THE SHORT 
ROUTE. 
THE LONGER ROUTE 
IS THROUGH 
BEAUMONT. 
THE QUICKEST WAY 
IS TO GO OVER A 
BRIDGE INTO THE 
NEXT CITY. 
GROWING UP, YOU 
ARE TOLD THAT 
BEFORE YOU LEAVE 
PORT ARTHUR MAKE 
SURE YOU HAVE 
GAS AND FOOD AND 
WHATEVER YOU 
NEED AND UNDER 
NO CIRCUMSTANCES 
SHOULD YOU STOP 
IN BRIDGETOWN. 
DON'T DO IT. IT 
WOULD BE 
FRUSTRATING 
BECAUSE THEY 
HAVE CHEAPER GAS
. 
>> IT IS 
APPEALING. 
SHOULD I DO IT? 
NO, KEEP GOING. 
>> THE OTHER TOWN
IS ALWAYS PRESENT
. THERE ARE 
OPPORTUNITIES. 
IT'S A BIG 
REFINERY TOWN. 
THE LARGEST OIL 
REFINERY IS IN 
PORT ARTHUR, 
TAXES. IF YOU 
DON'T SUSTAIN 
THE REFINERY, 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
GOOD EMPLOYMENT. 
OBVIOUSLY THERE 
ARE DOCTORS AND 
LAWYERS AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT
. ACCOUNTANTS 
AND THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
BUT FOR THE 
AVERAGE WORKING 
PERSON, IF YOU 
LIVE IN PORT 
ARTHUR, YOUR 
THING IS TO GET 
THAT JOB OR TO 
BECOME AN 
ATHLETE. 
FOR ME, BECOMING 
A MUSICIAN 
WASN'T AN 
OPTION. 
THERE IS NO 
MUSIC SCENE IN 
PORT ARTHUR. SO, 
COMING FROM THIS 
SMALL TOWN 
TEACHES YOU HOW 
TO DEAL WITH 
ADVERSITY IN 
TERMS OF YOUR 
EVERYDAY 
CONDITIONS. 
MANY PEOPLE IN 
THE TOWN ARE 
PROBABLY 
SLIGHTLY ABOVE 
THE POVERTY LEVEL
. SO, DEALING 
WITH ADVERSITY 
AND MAKING ENDS 
MEET AND 
LEARNING TO 
SURVIVE AND NOT 
BACKING DOWN. 
ALL OF THAT 
COMES FROM 
GROWING UP IN 
THAT SMALL TOWN. 
BUT, ONCE YOU 
ARE IN A 
POSITION TO 
ESCAPE THOSE 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
YOU FEEL 
COMPELLED TO 
REACH BACK. YOU 
FEEL COMPELLED 
TO TRY TO SHOW 
PEOPLE AWAY OUT. 
NOW, EVERYONE IN 
PORT ARTHUR HAS 
A STRONG SENSE 
OF PRIDE. 
THE STEPHEN 
JACKSON NBA 
PLAYER IS FROM 
PORT ARTHUR. IT 
COMES WITH THAT 
CITY. YOU HAVE 
TO BE TOUGH IN 
THAT CITY. 
OUR MENTALITY IS 
THAT IF WE MADE 
IT OUT OF PORT 
ARTHUR, THERE IS 
NOTHING ANY 
OTHER CITY CAN 
DO TO BREAK US. 
THAT FORMS YOUR 
WORLDVIEW IN 
TERMS OF MOVING 
AWAY AND TRYING 
TO SUCCEED AND 
FIND EMPLOYMENT 
AND ALL OF THAT 
STUFF. 
LIKE THEY SAY IN 
NEW YORK, IF YOU 
CAN MAKE IT 
HERE, YOU CAN 
MAKE IT ANYWHERE
. THAT IS THE 
VIEW WE PRETTY 
MUCH ALL TAKE 
COMING FROM THAT 
TOWN. 
AND THIS TOWN 
DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY HAVE 
MANY 
OPPORTUNITIES TO 
BE SPOKEN OF IN 
THE WORLD. 
THAT IS A BIG 
PART OF NOT JUST 
MY MUSIC CAREER, 
BUT I THINK IT 
IS IMPORTANT FOR 
PEOPLE TO SEE 
BECAUSE I'M 
LUMPED IN WITH 
HOUSTON ALL THE 
TIME. 
I'VE LIVED IN 
HOUSTON ALMOST 
30 YEARS NOW. 
I WAS BORN IN 
HOUSTON AND 
SPENT MY VERY 
YOUNG YEARS IN 
HOUSTON. 
ALL OF MY 
FORMATIVE AND 
GROWTH YEARS 
WERE IN PORT 
ARTHUR AND I 
CLAIM PORT 
ARTHUR IS MY 
HOME TOWN. 
BUT, IT IS 
IMPORTANT FOR ME 
TO NOT TURN MY 
BACK AND TO LET 
THEM KNOW THAT I 
REPRESENT YOU 
AND I STAND FOR 
YOU. LIKE, I'M 
ALWAYS GOING TO 
BE HERE FOR YOU. 
I'VE ALWAYS FELT 
THAT IS 
IMPORTANT. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
OUR ALBUMS AND 
OUR MUSIC, AND 
WHATEVER, IT IS 
A PREVALENT 
MESSAGE IN 
ALMOST EVERY 
SONG. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF YOUNG KIDS 
GROWING UP OUT 
THERE WHO MAY 
NEVER LIVE 
ANYWHERE ELSE. 
TO HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
GO ANYWHERE OR 
DO ANYTHING. 
I ENCOURAGE 
PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE
ON ANY LEVEL TO 
BE THE BEST THEY 
CAN BE AND TO 
GET OUT AND BE 
AN ACTIVE PART 
OF SOCIETY AND 
TO PROVIDE FOR 
THEMSELVES AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> Reporter: AS 
WE WRAP UP 
TODAY, I WANT TO 
ASK AS AN ARTIST
, YOUR WEAPON OF 
CHOICE IS YOUR 
MUSIC AND YOU 
HAVE A NEW 
SINGLE COMING 
OUT CALLED YOUR 
WORLD, WHAT YOU 
WANT TO SAY? 
>> I TELL PEOPLE 
I RECOGNIZE WHAT 
WE ARE GOING 
THROUGH AND I 
RECOGNIZE THIS 
IS NOT A NEW 
THING. 
THERE ARE YOUNG 
PEOPLE WHO MAYBE 
DON'T KNOW THE 
DEEPER HISTORY 
AND HOW LONG 
THIS FIGHT FOR 
BLACK PEOPLE IN 
CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
EQUALITY AND 
OPPRESSION AND 
SYSTEMIC AND 
INSTITUTIONAL 
RACISM AND ALL 
OF THESE 
DIFFERENT THINGS
, IT'S NOT A NEW 
FIGHT. 
UNFORTUNATELY MY 
GRANDPARENTS 
DIED FIGHTING IT.
MY PARENTS ARE 
ALIVE NOW, 
THANKFULLY AND 
THEY ARE 
STANDING AGAINST 
IT. 
I AM ACTIVELY 
STANDING AGAINST 
IT AND MY 
CHILDREN AND 
GRANDCHILDREN 
ARE HERE. 
I KNOW THAT MY 
PARENTS BOUGHT 
SO I WOULD HAVE 
A BETTER LIFE. 
I DID IT FOR MY 
CHILDREN AND NOW 
MY CHILDREN HAVE 
THEIR OWN 
CHILDREN. SO, I 
WANT TO 
CONSISTENTLY 
GIVE THE RIGHT 
MESSAGE AND 
DELETE BY 
EXAMPLE AND IN 
THE RIGHT WAY TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
IF NO ONE ELSE 
GETS IT AND 
RECEIVES IT IN 
THAT WAY THAT 
THE PEOPLE I LOVE
AND THE PEOPLE 
WHO LOOK UP TO 
YOU FOR GUIDANCE 
KNOW WHERE I 
STAND. ALSO TO 
BE ABLE TO 
VOCALIZE IT. 
I HAVE A 
PLATFORM AND 
THAT IS WHAT IT 
IS ABOUT. 
MANY PEOPLE FEEL 
THE SAME WAY BUT 
DON'T HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
LET THEIR VOICE 
AND OPINIONS AND 
CONCERNS BE 
HEARD. 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
HAVE ALWAYS DONE 
IN THE HIP-HOP 
COMMUNITY. TO 
THINK ABOUT THE 
CONDITIONS FOR 
THOSE WHO DON'T 
HAVE VOICES. 
WE STAND UP TO 
BE SEEN FOR 
THOSE WHO CAN'T 
BE SEEN AND FOR 
THOSE WHO CAN'T 
BE HEARD. 
WE ENGAGE FOR 
THOSE WHO CAN'T 
ENGAGE. 
EVERYONE RIGHT 
NOW DEALING WITH 
THE ECONOMY 
CANNOT GO TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
FOR A RALLY. 
RIGHT? 
SOME PEOPLE 
PHYSICALLY COULD 
NOT PUT 
THEMSELVES IN A 
POSSIBLE LINE OF 
DANGER BY BEING 
AROUND OTHER 
PEOPLE. 
THEY DID A GOOD 
JOB OF TRYING TO 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
THERE. EVERY SO 
OFTEN THEY WOULD 
ASK EVERYONE TO 
STRETCH OUT 
THEIR ARMS AND 
IF YOU ARE 
TOUCHING 
SOMEONE, YOU ARE 
TOO CLOSE. 
RIGHT? 
>> WITH 300,000 
PEOPLE? 
>> THEY DID THE 
BEST THEY COULD, 
RIGHT? 
BUT, EVERYONE 
WAS WEARING MASKS
, I WILL SAY 
THAT. 
EVERYONE I SAW 
WAS WEARING A 
MASK. 
AND THEN I WANTED
THAT TO BE IN 
THE SONG. ONE 
PERSON ALONGSIDE 
ME WAS IN 
KENTUCKY 10 OR 
12 DAYS WITH 
DIFFERENT PEOPLE
. ACTIVELY AND 
BASICALLY 
STAGING A LIVE 
IN. 
IT WAS IN 
LOUISVILLE, 
KENTUCKY TO 
FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
HE IS CURRENTLY 
GOING BACK AND 
FORTH TO THE 
CITY OF LAKE 
CHARLES WHERE 
THEY HAD 
SUBSTANTIAL 
DAMAGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA 
LAST WEEK. 
I WILL BE 
JOINING HIM 
TOMORROW IN THAT 
VENUE. 
AND THEN ALSO 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
ALWAYS BEEN A 
STANDUP GUY AND 
LEADS BY EXAMPLE 
AS WELL. HE 
COMES FROM A 
SMALL TOWN, LIKE 
I DO AND HE IS 
THE FACE AND 
VOICE OF THE 
COMMUNITY. YOU 
ALWAYS WANT TO 
BE ON THE RIGHT 
SIDE OF HISTORY. 
THAT'S WHY HAVE 
THOSE BROTHERS 
ON THE SONG WITH 
ME. 
THEY FEEL LIKE I 
FEEL I CARE LIKE 
I CARE. THIS IS 
NOT ABOUT 
COMMERCIAL 
SUCCESS AND IT'S 
NOT ABOUT 
TOPPING THE 
CHARTS. IT'S 
ABOUT LETTING 
PEOPLE KNOW WE 
SHARE THEIR 
CONCERNS AND WE 
HEAR THEIR 
CRIES. 
NOT ONLY WILL WE 
STAND FOR THEM, 
WE WILL STAND 
WITH THEM IN 
THIS MOMENT. 
WE WANT TO BE 
ABLE TO LOOK 
BACK 10 YEARS 
FROM NOW. MY 
YOUNGEST 
GRANDCHILD IS 
BARELY 3 MONTHS 
OLD. 
BUT, 20 YEARS 
FROM NOW, THERE 
WILL BE A 
RETROSPECTIVE ON 
CNN OR ONE OF 
THE SHOWS WE 
TALK ABOUT WITH 
THE GEORGE FLOYD 
MURDER AND WHAT 
HAS CHANGED IN 
AMERICA, LIKE 
THEY ALWAYS DO. 
WHAT HAS CHANGED 
IN AMERICA IN 
THESE 20 YEARS? 
>> SHE MAY LOOK 
UP TO ME AND SAY 
POL POT, WHAT 
WERE YOU DOING? 
AND I WANT TO 
SAY THAT WAS MY 
MARCH AND I WAS 
THERE. 
I WAS WITH THOSE 
PEOPLE. THAT 
KIND OF THING. I 
CAN TALK A GOOD 
TALK AND I FEEL 
LIKE ACTION IS 
NECESSARY. 
>> I WOULD BE 
REMISS. A RAPPER 
AND ACTIVIST AND 
TEXAN TO THE 
CORE, THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH.  
>> WE ARE PROUD 
OF YOU AND STAND 
WITH YOU AND 
APPRECIATE YOU 
REPRESENTING US. 
>> THAT MEANS A 
LOT, MAN, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW . 
>> IF THEY GO 
BACK TO  BTHEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY'RE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR  
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN RNTIME. 
>>> NEW CONCERN 
THE UPCOMING 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND COULD 
LEAD TO ANOTHER 
MASSIVE SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
TOM COSTELLO HAS 
THE STORY, N
GOOD 
MORNING. 
>>> WE SAW A 
SPIKE AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY IN 
MAY AND N.THEN 
CASES JUMPED IN 
JUNE. 
THEN AGAIN WITH 
THE FOURTH OF 
JULY. 
THERE IS CONCERN 
IT COULD HAPPEN 
AGAIN. WE ROLL 
THE NUMBERS OFF 
OUR TONGUE AND 
DON'T THINK 
ABOUT IT BUT 
186,000 PEOPLE 
HAVE DIED OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT APPROACH IS 
THE POPULATION 
OF HUNTSVILLE, 
ALABAMA. 
GOING INTO LABOR 
DAY, EXPERTS 
WARNED, DON'T 
LET YOUR 
OR
GUARD 
DOWN. 
>> Reporter: 
WITH LABOR DAY 
FAST APPROACHING 
AND SUMMER MO 
WINDING DOWN, 
OFFICIALS WARN 
THERE CANNOT BE 
A REPEAT OF WHAT 
WE SAW AT THE 
START OF THE 
SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT 
BEACHES AND POOL 
PARTIES 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
A SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
THE U.S. 
AVERAGING 40,000 
NEW CASES PER 
DAY AND MORE 
THAN 900 DAILY 
DEATHS IN THE 
PAST WEEK. 
>> IT'S AN 
UNACCEPTABLY 
HIGH BASELINE 
AND WE NEED TO 
GET IT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI 
SAYS THE NUMBER 
NEEDS TO DROP AS 
WE APPROACH THE 
FLU SEASON. 
>> YOU DON'T 
NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN, 
BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT 
THINGS WITH 
CROWDS AT A BAR 
AND THAT SORT OF 
THING. 
MAKE SURE YOU 
WEAR A MASK. 
>> THE MASK 
COULD BE 
IMPORTANT IF WE 
VISIT FAMILY 
THIS WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
BEEN OUT 
AND 
ABOUT, ASSUME 
YOU HAVE COVID 
AND WHEN YOU 
VISIT GRANDMA, 
KEEP YOUR MOUTH 
MASK ON. 
>>> AND 
THOUSANDS AT AN 
UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME.  
>> IF YOU ARE 
PART OF A 
VULNERABLETA 
POPULATION, I 
WOULDN'T GO TO 
THE IOWA r:STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME 
NEXT WEEK. IOWA 
STATE SAYING 
THAT ITS HOME 
OPENER WILL NOW 
INCLUDE AN EMPTY 
STADIUM. 
>>> AND THE 
FIRST DEATH FROM 
THE AUGUST 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
THAT BROUGHT 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
BIKERS FROM 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO SOUTH 
DAKOTA. 
BELIEVED TO BE SI
THE LARGEST EVENT
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC LEADING 
TO MOST EVENTS 
BEING SHUT DOWN. 
AND THIS, THE 
CDC TELLING 
STATES TO 
PREPARE TO BE 
READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE 
MILLIONS OF 
POTENTIAL 
VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE 
NOVEMBER, JUST 
ABOUT THE TIME 
OF THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTIONS. IN A 
LETTER OBTAINED 
BY CNBC URGING 
APPLICATIONS FOR 
DISTRIBUTION AND 
IF NECESSARY TO 
WAIVE 
REQUIREMENTS 
THAT WOULD KEEP 
THEM FROM BEING 
FULLY 
OPERATIONAL BY 
NOVEMBER 1. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
JOE BIDEN AND 
DONALD TRUMP 
RAMP UP THEIR 
ATTACKS ON ONE 
ANOTHER AND 
ENGAGE IN VERBAL 
BATTLE.  
>> I KNOW A 78-
YEAR-OLD IT'S 
NOT SO SHARP. 
>> IT ETOFF TWITTER
AND START 
TALKING TO THE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERS IN BOTH 
PARTIES. 
>> Reporter: 
DRAWING 
CRITICISM FOR 
APPEARING TO 
SUGGEST IN AN 
INTERVIEW THAT 
THEY ARE TESTING E. 
THE SYSTEM. 
>> SEND IN YOUR 
BALLOTS WHETHER 
SOLICITED OR 
UNSOLICITED. THE 
ABSENTEES ARE 
FINE. YOU SEND 
THEM IN AND THEN 
GO TO VOTE. 
IF THEY HAVEN'T 
COUNTED IT, YOU 
GO TO VOTE. 
THAT'S THE WAY I 
VIEW IT. 
>> THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL IS ASKED 
ABOUT THE 
PRESENT POPE'S 
COMMENT 
ON CNN. 
>> HE IS TRYING 
TO MAKE THE 
POINT THAT THE 
ABILITY TO  
MONITOR THE 
SYSTEM IS NOT 
GOOD. 
IN FACT, IF YOU 
VOTE A SECOND 
TIME YOU WOULD 
BE CAUGHT. 
>> THEN TO MAIL 
IN A BALLOT AND 
THEN SHOW UP TO 
VOTE IN PERSON, 
THAT WOULD BE 
ILLEGAL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT THE LAW IN 
A PARTICULAR 
STATE SAYS. 
>> Reporter: A 
MASSIVE A 
FUNDRAISING CALL 
OF $560 MILLION. 
AND A NEW FOX 
POLL SHOWS BIDEN 
LEADING THE  
PRESIDENT IN 
ARIZONA, NORTH 
CAROLINA AND 
WISCONSIN WHERE 
THE PRESIDENT 
WAS IN THE LEAD 
AND 2016. 
HE CALLS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
OPUS MISHANDLING 
OF THE PANDEMIC 
AS THE NEW 
SCHOOL YEAR GETS 
UNDERWAY. 
>> IF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAD DONE THEIR 
JOBS EARLY IN 
THIS CRISIS, 
AMERICAN SCHOOLS 
WOULD BE OPEN 
AND OPEN SAFELY. 
>> THIS IS AN 
EMERGENCY, MR. 
PRESIDENT, THIS 
IS AN EMERGENCY. 
>> AND IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, HE 
WILL MEET WITH 
THE FAMILY OF Y
JACOB BLAKE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
VISITED THE CITY 
ON TUESDAY ANTO 
VISIT BUSINESSES 
AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT 
ORDERED A REVIEW 
OF FEDERAL FUNDS 
FOR THE CITIES 
THAT HE RTSAYS ARE 
DESCENDING TO 
ANARCHY. 
HE SAID MY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WILL NOT ALLOW 
FEDERAL TAX 
DOLLARS TO GO TO 
CITIES WHO HAVE 
ANARCHY 
INCLUDING 
SEATTLE, NEW YORK
. THEY SAID THE 
PRESIDENT IS NO 
LONGER WELCOME 
IN THE BIG 
APPLE. 
>> FORGET PARTY 
CARS, HE BETTER 
HAVE AN ARMY IF 
HE THINKS HE'S 
ONE WALK DOWN 
THE STREET  RIN 
NEW YORK. 
>> Reporter: 
OVERNIGHT A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRIED 
TO CLARIFY 
COMMENTS ABOUT 
BOATING TWICE. 
HE SAID IF 
PEOPLE WANT TO  WIR
 T 
VOTE ABSENTEE, 
THEY SHOULD DO 
SO AND THEN 
FOLLOW UP EWITH 
THEIR LOCAL 
CLERK TO MAKE 
SURE THE VOTE IS 
COUNTED. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WON BY A 
SLIVER IN 2016. 
WHAT IS THE 
STATE OF THE 
RACE THERE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
GOT GOOD NEWS 
YESTERDAY WITH 
NEW POLLS 
SHOWING HIM AND 
PUNCHING 
DISTANCE IN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND 
DOWN JUST FOUR 
POINTS. 
HE WON BY ONE 
POINT LAST GO 
AROUND AND IT 
WILL BE A MAJOR 
BATTLEGROUND. 
3 OUT OF THE AJ4 
CANDIDATES ON THE
TICKET WILL BE 
IN T,THE STATE. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>>> RNNEW CONCERN 
THIS MORNING 
THAT THE 
UPCOMING LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND 
COULD LEAD TO A 
MASSIVE SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES
. TOM COSTELLO 
HAS THE STORY 
FOR US, GOOD 
MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING. 
WE SAW A CASE IN 
MAY AND A JUMP 
IN JUNE AND THE 
CONCERN IS IT 
COULD HAPPEN 
AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES WE 
ROLL THE NUMBERS 
OFF OF OUR 
TONGUE AND 00 NDON' 
THINK ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE 
HAVE DIED OF 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
THAT IS 
APPROACHING THE 
POPULATION OF 
HUNTSVILLE, 
ALABAMA. NOW, 
GOING INTO LABOR 
DAY, EXPERTS 
WARNED, DON'T 
LET YOUR GUARD 
DOWN. 
>> Reporter: 
WITH LABOR DAY 
FAST APPROACHING 
AND SUMMER RE
WINDING DOWN, 
THERE CANNOT BE 
A REPEAT OF WHAT 
WE SAW AT THE 
START OF THIS 
SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AND 
POOL PARTIES AND 
BEACHES LIKELY L
CONTRIBUTE TO A 
SPIKE IN CASES 
AFTER MEMORIAL 
DAY. 
40,000 NEW CASES D
PER DAY AND 
NEARLY 900 
DEATHS IN THE 
PAST WEEK. 
>> IT'S AN 
UNACCEPTABLY 
HIGH BASELINE 
AND WE HAVE TO 
GET 
IT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI 
SAYS THE NUMBER 
NEEDS TO DROP TO 
10,000 OR FEWER. 
>> YOU DON'T 
NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN, 
BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT 
THINGS. 
THINGS SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN A BAR, 
MAKE SURE YOU 
WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> THE MASKS 
THAT WE ARE 
WEARING ARE 
IMPORTANT AS WE 
VISIT FAMILY 
THIS WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU VISIT 
GRANDMA, KEEP 
YOUR MASK ON AND 
ASSUME YOU HAD 
COVID. D 
>> Reporter: AND 
I WILL'S 
DECISION TO 
ALLOW THOUSANDS L
OF FANS AT AN 
UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME.  
>> IF YOU 
HAVE 
AN UNDERLYING 
CONDITION AND IN 
A VULNERABLE 
POPULATION,EX 
MAYBE I WOULDN'T 
GO TO THE 
FOOTBALL GAME 
NEXT WEEK. 
>> Reporter:  ONOW 
REVISING THE 
POLICY SAYING 
THAT THE 
UPCOMING GAME 
WILL INVOLVE AN 
EMPTY STADIUM. DA
>>> AND A DEATH 
FROM THE 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
THAT BROUGHT 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS GE
TO 
MINNESOTA. T
MOST LARGE-SCALE 
EVENTS WERE SHUT 
DOWN. 
AND NOW THE CDC 
TELLING STATES 
TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE 
POTENTIAL 
VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE 
OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER. AND 
THE LETTER 
OBTAINED BY CNBC 
SAYING THAT IF 
NECESSARY TO 
WAIVE 
REQUIREMENTS TO 
KEEP THEM FROM 
BEING FULLY 
OPERATIONAL BY 
NOVEMBER 1. 
>>> THE WORLD OF 
BASEBALL IS 
MOURNING THE LOSS
OF ONE OF THE 
BEST EVER TO 
TAKE THE MOUND. 
HALL OF FAME 
PITCHER TOM 
SEAVER DIED 
WEDNESDAY FROM 
COMPLICATIONS OF 
DEMENTIA IN 
COVID-19. AND WE 
HAVE KATHY PARK 
AT CITI FIELD 
WITH A LOOK AT 
HIS LEGENDARY 
CAREER. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
IT'S A SAD 
DAY 
FOR BASEBALL. 
TOM SEAVER WAS 
QUITE THE ICON. 
YOU MAY REMEMBER 
IN THE LATE 60s 
THAT SEAVER AND 
HIS GOLDEN ARM 
TURNED THINGS 
AROUND AND THEY 
BECAME WORLD 
SERIES CHAMPIONS
. HE IS 
REMEMBERED FOR 
HIS DEDICATION 
AND PASSION FOR GA 
THE GAME. HANK 
AARON 
REMEMBERING 
SIEVERS IS ONE 
OF THE TOUGHEST 
PICTURES THAT HE 
HAS HAD TO FACE. 
THEY CALLED HIM 
TOM TERRIFIC AND 
HE MORE THAN 
LIVED UP TO THE 
LOFTY NICKNAMES 
WITH THREE CY 
YOUNG AWARDS AS 
BEST PITCHER. 
>> HE HAS PUSHED 
PITCHED HIS 
FIRST MAJOR 
LEAGUE NO-HITTER.
>> Reporter: THE 
TEAM WAS SO BAD 
THAT IT LOST 100 
GAMES THAT 
SEASON. 
IN TWO YEARS 
WITH TOM SEAVER 
LEADING THE WAY, 
THEY WENT FROM 
THE LOVABLE 
LOSERS TO THE 
MIRACLE METS AND 
THEY WON THE 
1969 WORLD SERIES
. 
>> AND 
BASEBALL'S 
WINNINGEST 
PITCHER THIS SE
YEAR. 
>> Reporter: HE 
MASTERED THE TO
MENTAL ASPECT OF 
THE GAME TOO. 
>> THE SELECTION 
OF HIS PITCHES 
AND PLACEMENT OF 
PITCHES. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF TWO TIKI28S 
WITH AN EARNED 
RUN AVERAGE 
UNDER 3. 
>> HISTORY. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK IN 1989 HE 
DISCUSSED ANOTHER
PITCHING LEGEND'S
REMARKABLE 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
>> I HAD 2600 
SOME ODD 
STRIKEOUTS. 
I WAS 1400 
BEHIND HITHE GUY. 
I'M LIKE SEVEN 
YEARS BEHIND 
HIM, FOR CRYING G 
OUT LOUD. 
>> HE WAS 
SELECTED TO THE 
HALL OF  TFAME IN 
1992 WITH THE 
HIGHEST 
PERCENTAGE OF 
VOTES EVER, AT 
THE TIME. 
>> TO THINK A 
YOUNG KID FROM 
FRESNO, 
CALIFORNIA WOULD 
END UP IN N 
COOPERSTOWN, NEW 
YORK. YOU SAY 
HOW IN THE WORLD 
CAN IT HAPPEN? 
IT CAN HAPPEN 
EASILY WHEN YOU 
HAVE THE KINDS 
OF FRIENDS, 
KINDS OF PEOPLE, 
KINDS OF 
SUPPORT, KINDS 
OF EDUCATION AND 
MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, THE 
KIND OF FAMILY 
THAT I HAD. 
>> Reporter: THE 
FORMER METS 
PITCHER, DWIGHT 
GOODEN TWEETING 
THAT HE WAS A 
GREAT PITCHER 
BUT A GREATER 
PERSON. 
AND ANOTHER 
WRITING THAT HE 
EMBODIED ALL 
THAT IS DESIRED 
IN A PLAYER AND 
IN A MAN. 
>>> BACK HERE AT 
CITI FIELD WE 
REMEMBER THIS 
BASEBALL GIANT. 
I AM HERE AT 41 
SEAVER WAY. 
41 HIS JERSEY 
NUMBER. YOU CAN 
SEE THE PHOTO 
BEHIND ME. 
HE WAS DIAGNOSED 
WITH DEMENTIA, 
THE SAME DISEASE 
THAT ROBIN 
WILLIAMS PASSED 
AWAY FROM. 
>> Reporter: 
LEWY BODY 
DEMENTIA AND DE
COVID-19. 
>> THAT IS HUGE 
NEWS. IF YOU 
DIDN'T GROW UP IN
NEW YORK, HE 
CHANGED 
EVERYTHING FOR 
THE FRANCHISE. I 
LOVE THAT. 
>> HE GOT MORE 
VOTES THAN 
ANYBODY AND IT 
TELLS YOU SO 
MUCH ABOUT HIM. 
SAM, GOOD MORNING
. 
>>> GOOD MORNING
. THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE IS IN 
A PINCH WITH 
PLAY EXPECTED TO 
START OFF THIS 
WEEKEND. 
PARENTS ARE 
DEMANDING TO KNOW
WHY A CHANGE OF 
COURSE. YOUR 
TIME IS TICKING 
AND PRESSURE IS  B
BUILDING ON THE 
BIG TEN FOOTBALL 
CONFERENCE TO 
RETURN TO THE 
FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE THAT WILL 
OCCUR BECAUSE OF 
THIS CANCELLATION
. I FEEL THE 
TRANSPARENCY HAS 
NOT BEEN THERE. 
>> Reporter: 
PARENTS AT IOWA, 
NEBRASKA AND 
OHIO STATE 
DESCRIBING THE 
ROLLER COASTER 
RIDE. WHAT WAS 
THE EMOTIONAL 
REACTION FOR 
YOUR CHILD WHEN 
YOU FOUND OUT 
THE SEASON WOULD 
BE PAUSED? 
>> I THINK IT IS 
CAUSING 
EMOTIONAL HARM 
TO THE WELL-
BEING OF THESE 
KIDS. 
>> [ CROWD 
CHANTING ] LET 
US PLAY! 
>> Reporter: AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MENTIONED IT LA
THIS WEEK. 
>> TO GET THEM 
PLAYING AGAIN, 
LET'S SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE 
SAYING THEY ARE 
EXHAUSTING EVERY 
RESOURCE TO GET 
THE KIDS PLAYING 
THE SPORT THEY 
LOVE IN THE 
HEALTHIEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
AND A COVID NF
CLIFF HANGER AS 
TEAMS OPT OUT. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF GEORGIA 
QUARTERBACK 
TWEETING THAT HE 
WILL BE SITTING 
ON THE SIDELINES 
TOO. 
HE WAS CITING 
THE 
UNCERTAINTIES OF 
THE GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC. AND A 
WIDE RECEIVER AT 
OHIO STATE SHE 
SAID WITH ALL OF 
THE BUCKEYE  
SAFETY PROTOCOLS 
SHE FEELS BETTER
. 
>> THE STANDARDS 
WERE PHENOMENAL. 
THE KIDS WERE 
BROUGHT IN AND 
TESTING NEGATIVE
. THE ONLY TIME 
WE HAD OUTBREAKS 
WAS AFTER THE 
KIDS WENT HOME. 
>> Reporter: 
EIGHT UNIVERSITY 
OF NEBRASKA 
PLAYERS 
INCLUDING 
GARRETT 
SNODGRASS SUED G
SAYING THAT 
POSTPONING THE 
SEASON IS 
CAUSING 
IRREPARABLE HARM 
TO PLAYERS. 
>> UP EWE GOT 
INFORMATION THAT 
MADE ME FEEL 
LIKE MY SON'S 
LIFE IS THAT RISK
OR IF HIM BEING 
PART OF THE 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM 
WAS NOT SAFE 
FOR 
HIM, I WOULD BE 
THE FIRST TO 
BRING HIM HOME. 
>> Reporter: 
DESPITE THE 
PUSHBACK, THIS 
WAS MAINLY A CA
COLLECTIVE 
DECISION BETWEEN 
THE SCHOOLS AND 
THE CONFERENCE, 
WASN'T IT? 
>> THE BIG TEN HE
HAD TO REVEAL 
THE VOTE AT 11-3
. OVERWHELMINGLY 
BOATING TO 
SUSPEND PLAY 
THIS FALL. OHIO 
STATE, NEBRASKA 
AND IOWA. 
WE REACHED OUT 
AND THEY HAVE 
DECLINED COMMENT 
OR DID NOT 
RESPOND. 
>> YOU SAID AT 
BEST, A COVID 
CLIFFHANGER, 
SAM, THANK YOU. 
>> IT IS SO 
BEAUTIFUL, IT'S 
LIKE MAGIC. 
>> GIVING THE 
WORLD A REASON 
TO LOOK INTO THE 
SKY ON WEDNESDAY 
MORNING. 
>> WOW!  
WOW!,  THAT'S 
AMAZING. 
>> THE 
ILLUSIONIST 
HOLDING ONTO 
FOUR DOZEN GIANT 
BALLOONS AND 
FLOATING 
THOUSANDS OF 
FEET INTO THE 
AIR. 
>>> BY NOW YOU 
MAY BE USED TO 
DAVID'S INSANE 
AND ENDURANCE. 
HE SAID HE 
WANTED TO TAKE 
ON THIS LATEST 
PERFORMANCE FOR 
HIS NINE-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER, 
DESTINY. 
>> THIS IS THE 
FIRST ONE I AM 
DOING THAT IS 
BEAUTIFUL AND 
IT'S BECAUSE OF 
YOU. 
>> IT IS THE 
MOST INTENSE 
THAT HE HAS HAD 
TO ENDURE, 
INCLUDING 
LEARNING TO 
SKYDIVE AND 
MAKING 500 JOBS, 
TO BE EXACT AND 
TRAINING HIS 
BODY TO BREATHE 
IN THIN AIR. 
THEN AFTER A 
FINAL CHAIT 
SAFETY CHECK AND 
A GOOD LUCK 
BALLOON FROM HIS 
DAUGHTER. 
>> AND I GET A 
KISS? 
>> Reporter: HE 
WAS READY. 
THAT IS DAVID 
LIFTING OFF 
WITHOUT A 
PARACHUTE SAYING 
THAT HE WANTED 
IT TO LOOK LIKE 
HE WAS SIMPLY 
FLOATING AWAY. 
>> I THDIDN'T WANT 
TO WEAR  TA 
PARACHUTE OR 
ANYTHING THAT 
WOULD RUIN THE 
VISUAL. 
SO, I'M HIDING 
THE PARACHUTE UP 
IN THE BALLOONS. 
>> Reporter: HE 
DROPPED WEIGHTS 
OUT OF HIS 
POCKETS TO GO 
HIGHER AND HIGHER
. THEN HE HAD TO 
SLIP ON 
THE 
PARACHUTE 8000 
FEET INTO THE 
AIR. 
>> I STRAP IT ON 
AND IT'S GREAT. 
>> Reporter: HE 
CLIMBED TO 
20,000 FEET 
ABOUT 4.7 MILES 
IN THE AIR. 
THEN HE HAS A 
LANDING POINT IN 
THE DESERT. 
>> I GOT IT 
PERFECTLY, I GOT 
IT. 
>> AND THEN THE 
RELEASELO. HE 
DEPLOYED HIS 
PARACHUTE AND 
NAILED TO THE 
LANDING. 
>> YEAH! 
>> [ CHEERING 
AND APPLAUSE ]. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK ON SOLID 
GROUND, HIS 
DAUGHTER HELD 
ONTO A GRAVITY 
DEFYING DAD. 
>> THIS IS ALL 
FOR YOU.  
>> Reporter: 
WHEN HE GOT BACK 
TO THE AIRSTRIP, 
A HUG AND A KISS 
FROM HIS 
DAUGHTER WHO 
CANNOT THINK 
MORE HIGHLY OF 
HER DAD. 
NBC NEWS. 
>> HE DID IT. 
CAN YOU REMEMBER 
WHEN HE 
UNCLIPPED AND 
DROPPED? 
>> YEAH. 
>> YOU CAN PUT 
THE PARACHUTE ON 
IN THE MID AIR 
LIKE THAT? 
>> AND YOU 
NORMALLY SKYDIVE 
AT 10,000 FEET 
AND TO GO HIGHER 
THAN THAT, I 
DON'T KNOW HOW 
YOU EVEN BREATHE 
AT HIGH.  
>> AS HE WENT 
UP, HE WAS 
CHATTY AND THEN 
YOU COULD SEE 
HIS BREATHING 
WAS LABORED AND 
HE SAID, I HAVE 
TO STOP TALKING 
NOW. 
>>> TURNING NOW 
TO THE GROWING 
SCRUTINY OF 
NANCY PELOSI'S 
VISIT TO A SASAN 
FRANCISCO HAIR 
SALON. SECURITY 
VIDEO SHOWING  
HER GETTING HER 
HAIR DONE INSIDE 
WITHOUT A MASK 
DESPITE 
CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS 
KEEPING THE 
SALONS CLOSED. 
SHE SAID THE 
WHOLE THING WAS 
A SETUP. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING D TO 
YOU. SAN 
FRANCISCO RULES 
SAY YOU CANNOT 
GET YOUR HAIR 
DONE INSIDE A 
SALON BUT THIS 
MORNING HOUSE 
SPEAKER PELOSI 
IS DOUBLING DOWN 
INSISTING THE 
SALON TOLD HER 
IT WAS OKAY. 
REPUBLICAN 
CRITICS ARE 
ACCUSING HER OF 
A DOUBLE STANDARD
. 
>> THERE IS MORE 
TO THIS THAT I'M 
NOT GOING INTO.  
>> Reporter: 
HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI 
SAYS SHE WAS SHSET 
UP AFTER SHE WAS 
VIDEOED INSIDE 
OF A SALON MO
WITHOUT A MASK. 
>> I THOUGHT 
ABOUT MY STAFF 
AND PEOPLE NOT 
BEING ABLE TO 
WORK AND MAKE 
MONEY AND 
PROVIDE FOR 
THEIR FAMILIES 
AND SHE IS IN 
THERE 
COMFORTABLY 
WITHOUT A MASK 
AND FEELING 
SAFE. 
WHY ARE WE 
SHUTDOWN? 
>> Reporter: 
PELOSI PUSHING 
BACK SAYING THE 
SALON OWES HER 
AN APOLOGY. 
>> THEY SAID WE 
ARE ABLE STTO 
ACCOMMODATE ONE 
PERSON AT A TIME 
AND WE WACOULD SET 
THAT OUT. 
I TRUSTED THAT. 
IT TURNS OUT IT 
WAS A SET UP. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY'VE BEEN 
CLOSED TO THE O
PUBLIC SINCE 
MARCH DUE RTO 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHILE INDOOR 
SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE 
STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, SAN 
FRANCISCO ONLY 
STARTED ALLOWING 
SALONS TO 
OPERATE OUTDOORS 
STARTING ON 
TUESDAY THE  SPDAY 
AFTER. 
SHAMPOOING IS 
NOT ALLOWED AND 
MASKS ARE 
MANDATORY. 
>> I HAD MY HAIR 
WASHED AND I 
DON'T WEAR A 
MASK WHEN I'M 
WASHING MY HAIR, 
DO YOU? 
>>  CReporter: THE 
CALIFORNIA 
DEMOCRAT HAS 
BEEN VOCAL. 
>> WHAT FURTHER 
EVIDENCE DOES 
ANYONE NEED THAT 
THIS PRESIDENT 
COULD CARE LESS 
ABOUT THE SPREAD 
OF THIS VIRUS?
,
AMERICANS IT 
SHOULD BE ONE 
WAY AND IN 
PRIVATE WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE NOT 
ROLLING AND IN 
THIS CASE THE 
CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING IT SHOWS 
A DIFFERENT 
STORY. 
>> OVERNIGHT, 
THE STYLIST WHO 
DID HER HAIR HAS 
HIRED A LAWYER. 
HE SAID THE 
SALON OWNER 
APPROVED THE 
VISIT IN ADVANCE.
>>> NEW CONCERN ON
THIS MORNING THE 
UPCOMING LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND 
COULD LEAD TO 
ANOTHER MASSIVE 
CASE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
>> WE SAW A 
SPIKE AFTER THE 
MORE REAL DAY, 
CASES JUMPED IN  I
JUNE AND THROUGH 
THE SUMMER. 
THE CONCERN IS 
THAT HAPPENING 
AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES EWE JUST
ROLL THE NUMBERS 
OFF OF OUR 
TONGUES AND WE 
DO NOT THINK 
ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE 
HAVE NOW DIED OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
APPROACHING THE 
POPULATION OF A 
SMALL TOWN IN 
ALABAMA. 
INTO  LLABOR DAY, 
EXPERTS SAY DO 
NOT LET YOUR 
GUARD DOWN. 
WITH LABOR DAY 
APPROACHING AND 
SOME STARTING TO 
WIND DOWN, 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
SAY THERE CANNOT 
BE A REPEAT OF 
WHAT WE START AT 
THE SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT 
BEACHES AND POOL 
PARTIES LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
A BIG SPIKE PIIN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES JUST AFTER 
LOYALTY. 
THE U.S. EIS 
STILL AVERAGING 
MORE THAN 40,000 
CASES PER DAY AND
MORE THAN 9000 
DAILY DEATHS IN 
THE PAST WEEK. 
>> THAT IS AN 
UNACCEPTABLY 
HIGH BASELINE. 
>> DOCTOR 
ANTHONY FAUCI 
SAYS THE NUMBER 
NEEDS TO DROP 
CLOSER TO 10,000 
OR LESS AS WE 
APPROACH FLU 
SEASON. 
>> YOU DO NOT 
NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN 
BUT DO NOT BE 
CARELESS ABOUT 
THINGS LIKE 
CROWDS IN A BAR. 
WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> THAT MASK WE 
ARE ALL WEARING 
COULD BE 
CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT IF WE 
GO VISIT FAMILY. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
BEEN OUT AND 
ABOUT ASSUME YOU 
HAVE COVID-19 
AND IF YOU VISIT 
GRANDMA YOUR 
MASK ON. 
>> OUJUST HOURS 
AFTER THE 
GOVERNOR OF IOWA 
DEFENDED A 
DECISION TO 
ALLOW THOUSANDS 
OF FANS AT AN 
UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS, 
MAYBE I WOULD 
NOT GO TO THE ,
FOOTBALL GAME BA
NEXT WEEK. 
>> I WAS STATE 
REVERSING THE 
PLAN AND SAID 
ITS HOME OPENER 
WILL INCLUDE AN 
EMPTY STADIUM. 
THE FIRST DEATH 
HAS BEEN 
RECORDED IN 
CONNECTION TO 
THE AUGUST 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY GU
THAT BROUGHT 
HAVE ERRANDS, 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
MOTORCYCLE RIDERSDE
TO SOUTH DAKOTA. 
THE CDC IS NOW 
TELLING STATES 
TO ESPREPARE TO BE 
READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE 
MILLIONS OF BU
POTENTIAL 
VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE 
OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER. THE 
AGENCY, IN A 
LETTER URGING 
GOVERNORS TO 
EXPEDITE 
APPLICATIONS FOR 
DISTRIBUTION 
FACILITIES. 
AND IF NECESSARY,
WAIVE 
REQUIREMENTS 
THAT WOULD KEEP 
THEM FROM BEING 
FULLY OPERATIONAL
BY NOVEMBER 1. 
>>> THE CDC 
FAXING GUIDANCE 
AND OTHER 
CORONAVIRUS NEWS 
IS OUR MEDICAL 
CONTRIBUTOR. 
LET'S START WITH 
THE LATEST THE 
CDC GUIDANCE 
JUST RELEASED 
TELLING STATES 
TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE A 
VACCINE BY EARLY 
NOVEMBER. 
HOW REALISTIC 
AND FEASIBLE IS 
THAT? 
>> WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT AN N
ACCELERATED 
TIMELINE, THE 
REALITY MOST 
COMPANIES ARE IN 
THE MIDST OF A 
PHASE 3. MOST 
ARE IN THE 
BEGINNING TO THE 
MIDDLE, TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
INDIVIDUALS YOU 
HAVE TO STUDY TO 
ASSESS FOR SAFETY
AND 
EFFECTIVENESS. 
WE ARE NOWHERE 
CLOSE TO DO THIS 
PROPERLY. 
I WORRY THAT IS 
SOMETHING GETS 
DISTRIBUTED, WHAT
WILL THE TRUST 
LEVEL BE AMONG 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
WILL PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY TAKE 
THE VACCINE. 
WE NEED EXPERT, 
INDEPENDENT 
EXPERT REVIEW OF 
ANY DATA THAT 
COMES OUT OF ANY 
VACCINE THAT GETS
MASS 
DISTRIBUTED. 
>> LABOR DAY 
QUICKLY COMING 
UP. 
CASES GOING UP 
IN THE MIDWEST, 
THE FIRST DEATH 
LINK TO THE 
SOUTH DAKOTA RA
MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY. 
HOW DO WE 
PREVENT ANOTHER 
SURGE FOLLOWING 
THE HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. 
WHAT NGCAN PEOPLE 
DO? 
>> IF PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO BE OUT 
AT THE END OF 
SUMMER IN THEIR 
BACKYARD, TO 
OUTDOORS. IF YOU 
ARE GOING TO BE 
MEETING PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE YOUR 
HOUSEHOLD KEEP S
IT TO LESS THAN 
FIVE PLEASE WEAR 
A MASK AND 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE. 
AVOID CTANY CROWDS.
AVOID GOING TO 
ANY STADIUMS, 
ANY CROWDED 
EVENTS THAT 
MIGHT BE 
HAPPENING. 
AVOID TRAVEL YOU 
CAN. 
WE HAVE SAID 
THIS FROM THE 
BEGINNING. 
WE NEED PEOPLE 
TO ADHERE TO IT, 
AN OUTBREAK 
ANYWHERE IS A 
RISK EVERYWHERE. 
>> SPEAKING OF 
TIME WITH FAMILY 
AND FRIENDS YOU 
HAVE PROBABLY 
HEARD DWAYNE THE 
ROCK JOHNSON 
SAID HE ANAND HIS 
FAMILY 
CONTRACTED COVID-
19, THEY SPENT 
WEEKS 
RECOVERING. 
HE SAID THEY GOT 
IT FROM CLOSE 
FRIENDS THEY 
TRUST AND LOVE. 
I THINK THIS 
GRABBED OUR 
ATTENTION EA LOT 
OF US ARE TRYING 
TO DO THIS, 
TRYING TO DO THE 
RIGHT THING WE 
HAVE ONE FAMILY 
OVER FOR DINNER 
WHO WE TRUST. 
HE SAID FROM NOW 
ON, ANYONE WHO 
COMES IN HIS 
HOUSENG HE WANTS 
EVERYONE TO BE 
TESTED FIRST. 
IS THAT REALISTIC
? 
>> I THINK YOU 
HAVE TO PROTECT 
YOUR FAMILY AS 
HE SAID. 
I LOVE THAT 
IDEA, ACTUALLY, 
IN THE TIME OF A 
PANDEMIC YOU 
MUST PROTECT 
YOUR FAMILY. 
DO NOT TAKE 
THEIR WORD FOR 
IT EVEN IF YOU 
LOVE THEM AND 
TRUST THEM AND 
YOU ARE BEST 
FRIENDS. 
FOR THEIR 
PROTECTION AND 
YOUR FAMILY'S 
PROTECTION MAKE 
SURE THEY GET 
TESTED. 
WE ALL SHOULD BE 
DOING IT I AM 
GLAD HE MADE 
THAT MESSAGE. 
>> WE HAVE 
ALREADY SEEN OO
SOME SCHOOLS  I
REOPEN OTHERS 
ARE GOING TO 
DELAY EVENT. 
MY SON IS GOING  
BACK NEXT WEEK 
HOW DO WE KEEP 
IT SAFE IN THE 
SCHOOLS AND WHAT 
SHOULD PARENTS BE A
MINDFUL OF AS 
FAR AS TEST 
PRACTICES IN THE 
SCHOOL ITSELF. 
>> THE THINGS I 
WOULD WANT TO 
HEAR ARE THE 
FOLLOWING. 
BASIC INFECTION 
CONTROL MEASURES.
HYGIENE NATIONS 
EVERYWHERE. 
WHAT ABOUT 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS. 
ARE HVAC SYSTEMS 
EQUIPPED WITH 
ULTRAVIOLET 
LAMPS. 
ARE THERE OTHER 
FREQUENT AIR 
EXCHANGES. 
WHAT DO 
ADMINISTRATORS 
THINK ABOUT 
TESTING. 
WE KNOW TESTING 
IS THE KEY TO 
KEEP SCHOOLS 
REOPENED. 
MOST SCHOOLS DO 
NOT HAVE ACCESS 
TO FREQUENT 
TESTING. 
IS THERE A PLAN 
IN PLACE. 
THAT WILL BE 
IMPORTANT. 
OTHER PARTS LIKE 
WILL THEY 
INTERCHANGE 
VIRTUAL LEARNING 
PART OF THE WEEK 
WITH IN-PERSON 
LEARNING BECAUSE 
THEY NEED TO 
MAKE SURE 
CLASSROOMS ARE 
PROPERLY 
DISTANCED. 
FINALLY, WHAT 
ABOUT MASKING I 
CANNOT TELL YOU 
HOW MANY TIMES I 
HAVE HAD TEACHERS
ASK IF THEY 
SHOULD BE 
WEARING A MASK 
AND A FACE 
SHIELD. 
THEY DO NOT KNOW 
BECAUSE GUIDANCE 
HAS NOT BEEN PUT 
OUT. 
IT WILL PROTECT 
EVERYONE IF THEY 
HAVE PROPER PPE 
MASKS AND FACE  F
SHIELDS. 
>> YOU ALWAYS DO 
SUCH RATE ADVICE 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR  SJOINING 
US. 
.
THIS MORNING, JOE BIDEN AND 
DONALD TRUMP RAMPING UP THEIR 
ATTACKS ON ONE ANOTHER, ENGAGED 
IN VERBAL BATTLE FROM 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, TO 
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. 
>> I KNOW A 78-YEAR-OLD THAT'S 
NOT SO SHARP. 
>> GET OFF TWITTER, AND START 
TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, WHO 
REGULARLY ATTACKS VOTING BY 
MAIL, IS DRAWING CRITICISM FOR 
APPEARING TO SUGGEST IN AN 
INTERVIEW THAT HIS SUPPORTERS 
ATTEMPT TO VOTE TWICE TO TEST 
THE SYSTEM. 
>> SEND IN YOUR BALLOTS.
SEND THEM IN STRONG, WHETHER IT 
IS SOLICITED OR UNSOLICITED.
THE ABSENTEES ARE FINE.
WE HAVE TO WORK TO GET THEM.
IT MEANS SOMETHING.
YOU SEND THEM IN, BUT YOU GO TO 
VOTE.
IF THEY HAVEN'T COUNTED IT, YOU 
CAN VOTE.
THAT'S THE WAY I VIEW IT. 
>> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ASKED ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ON CNN. 
>> HE'S TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT
THAT THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THIS
SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD, AND IF IT 
WAS SO GOOD, IF YOU TRIED TO 
VOTE A SECOND TIME, YOU WOULD BE
CAUGHT.
IF YOU VOTED IN PERSON. 
>> THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL IF THEY
DID THAT.
IF SOMEBODY MAILED IN A BALLOT, 
THEN ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO VOTE 
IN PERSON, THAT WOULD BE 
ILLEGAL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW ON 
THE PARTICULAR STATE SAYS. 
>> YOU CAN'T VOTE TWICE. 
>> Reporter: BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN 
BUOYED BY A FUNDRAISING HAUL OF 
$365 MILLION IN AUGUST.
A NEW FOX NEWS POLL SHOWS BIDEN 
LEADING THE PRESIDENT IN THREE 
KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES 
MR. TRUMP WON IN 2016.
ARIZONA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND 
WISCONSIN.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
FOCUSING ON WHAT HE CALLS 
MR. TRUMP'S MISHANDLING OF THE 
PANDEMIC, AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR
GETS UNDER WAY. 
>> IF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS 
ADMINISTRATION HAD DONE THEIR 
JOBS, EARLY ON WITH THIS CRISIS,
AMERICAN SCHOOLS WOULD BE OPEN 
AND OPENED SAFELY.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, MR. 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
>> Reporter: TODAY, BIDEN VISITS
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, WHERE HE'LL 
MEET WITH THE FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITED THE CITY
TUESDAY TO MEET WITH BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WITH URBAN UNREST BECOMING THE 
CENTERPIECE OF HIS CAMPAIGN, THE
PRESIDENT, WEDNESDAY, SIGNING A 
MEMO, ORDERING A REVIEW OF 
FEDERAL FUNDS TO CITIES HE SAYS 
ARE DESCENDING INTO ANARCHY.
IT READS, IN PART, MY 
ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT ALLOW 
FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS TO FUND 
CITIES ALLOWING THEMSELVES TO 
DETERIORATE INTO LAWLESS ZONES.
AMONG THE PLACES HE MENTIONS, 
PORTLAND, SEATTLE, AND NEW YORK.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR CUOMO CALLED 
THE MOVE AN ILLEGAL STUNT, 
SAYING THE PRESIDENT IS NO 
LONGER WELCOME IN THE BIG APPLE.
>> FORGET BODYGUARDS.
HE BETTER HAVE AN ARMY TO HE 
THINKS HE'S GOING TO WALK DOWN 
THE STREET IN NEW YORK.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, A
>>> OVERNIGHT, A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRY TO 
FURTHER CLARIFY 
THE PRESENT'S 
COMMENTS SAYING 
IF VOTERS WANT 
TO VOTE ABSENTEE 
THEY SHOULD DO 
SO THEN FOLLOW 
UP WITH THEIR 
LOCAL CLERK TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THE BOAT IS 
COUNTED. 
>> YOU ARE 
STANDING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA A 
STATE TRUMP WON 
BY A SLIVER IN 
2016. 
>> GOT WHAT 
AMOUNTS TO GOOD 
NEWS YESTERDAY, 
A NEW POLL 
SHOWING HIM WITH 
AND PUNCHING 
DISTANCE IN 
PENNSYLVANIA 
DOWN JUST FOUR 
POINTS. 
HE ONLY WON BY A 
POINT LAST GO 
AROUND SO IT 
WILL BE A MAJOR 
BATTLEGROUND. 
THREE OUT OF THE 
FOUR CANDIDATES 
WILL BE IN THE 
STATE BEFORE THE 
WEEK IS OVER. 
 
IS GOING TO BE TERRIFIC AT THAT 
JOB.
IT'LL BE GREAT.
HAPPY FOR
>>> NEW DETAILS 
THIS MORNING ON 
THE CRITIC OF 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
WHO BECAME 
VIOLENTLY ILL 
LAST MONTH. 
THE GOVERNMENT 
IN GERMANY WHERE 
HE IS BEING 
TREATED SAYS HE 
WAS POISONED 
WITH A NERVE 
AGENT. 
>> RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS 
INITIALLY 
SUGGESTED THAT 
HE WAS SUFFERING 
FROM LOW BLOOD 
SUGAR BUT, THE 
GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT 
CLEARLY DID NOT 
THINK SO AND 
BROUGHT IN 
MILITARY 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
EXPERTS. 
HE REMAINS IN A 
GERMAN HOSPITAL 
IN A COMA. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
MOST OUTSPOKEN 
CRITIC WAS 
POISONED WITH A 
POWERFUL NERVE 
AGENT ACCORDING 
TO THE GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT. 
THE CHANCELLOR 
CALLED IT AN 
ATTACK RAISING 
SERIOUS QUESTION 
ONLY THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT CAN 
AND SHOULD 
ANSWER. 
WHILE THE 
KREMLIN DENIES 
POISONING HIM, A 
SUSPICIOUSLY 
HIGH NUMBER OF 
VLADIMIR.'S 
OPPONENTS HAVE 
FALLEN VICTIM TO 
WHAT ARE 
EFFECTIVELY 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
ANOTHER OPPONENT 
POISON TWICE AND 
SURVIVED. 
HE TOLD ME HE 
HAD NO DOUBT WHO 
WAS RESPONSIBLE.
. POISONING HAS 
BEEN A FAVORITE 
MATH -- METHOD. 
THE KREMLIN IS 
ALREADY AFRAID 
OF PEOPLE IN THE 
WEST POINTING 
FINGERS. 
PUBLIC 
DISCONTENT IN 
RUSSIA. 
>> HE WAS IN 
SIBERIA WHEN HE 
DRANK A CUP OF 
TEA BEFORE 
BOARDING A 
FLIGHT FOR 
MOSCOW. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THIS PHOTO SHOWS 
THE POISONING. 
MIDFLIGHT 
WITNESSES SAY HE 
BEGAN TO MOAN IN 
PAIN. 
THE AIRPLANE 
MADE AN 
EMERGENCY LANDING
AND HE WAS 
TRANSFERRED TO 
GERMANY AT THE 
REQUEST OF HIS 
FAMILY. 
GERMAN DOCTORS 
DISCOVERED TRACES
OF A SOVIET 
NERVE AGENT. 
THE SAME POISON 
BRITISH 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
WAS USED TWO 
THERE'S AGO ON A 
FORMER RUSSIAN 
SPY AND HIS 
DAUGHTER IN THE 
UK. 
THEY ALSO 
SURVIVED BUT THE 
POISON WAS SO 
POWERFUL, A 
WOMAN WHO CAME 
INTO CONTACT 
WITH THE VIAL 
THAT WAS USED TO 
CARRY IT DIED. 
THE BRITISH 
GOVERNMENT BLAMED
RUSSIAN 
INTELLIGENT. 
GERMANY IS 
LOOKING TO 
RUSSIA DEMANDING 
ANSWERS. 
RUSSIA IS NOT 
PROVIDING THOSE 
ANSWERS. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
SPOKESPERSON 
SAID THERE IS NO 
BASIS TO ACCUSE 
RUSSIA. 
SO FAR, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP  HAS BEEN 
SILENT ON THE 
ISSUE. 
 
THE POLICE.
FOR MONTHS, IN THE WAKE OF 
GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH -- 
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
>> Reporter: -- SEATTLE SAW SOME
OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD PROTESTS 
AND UNREST IN THE COUNTRY.
HOW IS MORALE WITHIN YOUR 
DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW?
>> YOU KNOW, IT TOOK A BIG HIT. 
>> Reporter: ADRIAN DIAZ IS THE 
NEW TOP COP, TAKING OFFICE 
TODAY, STRUGGLING TO HOLD HIS 
DEPARTMENT TOGETHER AFTER A 
STUNNING FEW MONTHS.
>> WE'RE DEALING WITH THE COVID 
PANDEMIC.
WE'RE DEALING WITH 
DEMONSTRATIONS ON A NIGHTLY 
BASIS.
WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, 
HOW WE LOOK AT REIMAGINING
>>> IT IS BEEN 
DIFFICULT TO 
IMAGINE, THIS 
SUMMER, THE 
FIRST BLACK WOMAN
TO SERVE AS 
POLICE CHIEF WAS 
A VISIBLE AND 
OUTSPOKEN 
PRESENTS AT THE 
CAPITOL HILL 
AUTONOMOUS ZONE. 
A SIX BLOCK AREA 
OCCUPIED BY 
PROTESTERS. 
SHE ADDRESSED 
OFFICERS. 
>> LEAVING THE 
PRECINCT WAS NOT 
MY DECISION. 
WE FOUGHT FOR 
DAYS TO PROTECT 
IT. 
>> AFTER THE 
SEATTLE CITY 
COUNCIL VOTED 
OVERWHELMINGLY TO
DEFUND THE 
POLICE, LAST 
MONTH, SHE QUIT. 
>> I WRESTLED 
WITH THIS 
DECISION. 
>> THE ENTIRE 
CITY WAS 
SURPRISED WHEN 
THE CHIEF 
DECIDED TO 
RETIRE. 
>> THE COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT 
STRONGLY 
DISAGREED WITH 
THE CHIEF ABOUT 
THE SIZE OF THE 
POLICE FORCE 
ARGUING THAT 
MONEY IS BETTER 
SPENT ON SOCIAL 
SERVICES. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
HOW TO WE AS 
AMERICANS ASK 
THE QUESTION FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
SINCE THE 
CREATION AND 
FOUNDING OF THE 
COUNTRY ABOUT 
WHAT POLICING 
SHOULD BE AND 
WHO IT SERVES. 
>> THE PROPOSAL 
WOULD'VE CUT THE 
BUDGET BY $3 
MILLION UP TO 
100 OFFICERS 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
CUT. 
THE CHIEF REFUSED
TO SUPPORT THAT 
PLAN. 
YOU DO NOT THINK 
IT GOES FAR 
ENOUGH. 
>> IT DOES NOT. 
>> THESE 
COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZERS THINK 
IT IS ABOUT MORE 
THAN JUST THE 
RETIREMENT OF A 
BLACK POLICE 
CHIEF. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
AN INSTITUTION 
AND EVEN FOR A 
BLACK WOMAN 
HOLDING THE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
OF DEALING WITH 
IN-TRANSIT RACISM
AND A DEPARTMENT 
THAT HAS BEEN 
AFFECTED IS 
UNFAIR. 
>> IT IS 
IMPORTANT WE 
CENTER THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY IN 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> THE 
PROTESTING HAS 
CALMED DOWN BUT 
THE DEBATE OVER 
THE FUTURE OF 
THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
INTENSIFIED. 
>> THE FACT I 
HAVE DECIDED TO 
MOVE ON HAS 
HELPED THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
>> FOR THE NEW 
CHIEF, THE 
STAKES COULD NOT 
HIGHER. 
>> WE ARE 
ALREADY SHORT 
OFFICERS. 
HAVING THE 
DISCUSSION OF 
HAVING LESS 
OFFICERS IN OUR 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT COULD 
JEOPARDIZE 
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
>> THE CHIEF 
PLANS TO 
TRANSITION ABOUT 
100 OFFICERS 
FROM SPECIALIZED 
UNITS TO PATROL 
UNITS TO HAVE 
MORE OFFICERS ON 
THE STREET. 
IT WILL BE UP TO 
HIM TO HASH OUT 
A COMPROMISE 
BETWEEN THE 
MAYOR AND THE 
CITY COUNCIL. 
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: HODA, GOOD MORNING.
THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW
IS IN A PINCH.
PLAY WAS EXPECTED TO KICK OFF 
THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE CONFERENCE
PULLED THE PLUG BECAUSE OF 
COVID.
NOW, PARENTS ARE DEMANDING TO 
KNOW, WHY THE CHANGE OF COURSE?
TIME IS TICKING, AND PRESSURE 
BUILDING, ON THE BIG TEN 
FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TO RETURN TO
THE FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> THERE'S SO MUCH COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE THAT WILL OCCUR BECAUSE 
OF THIS CANCELLATION, THAT I 
JUST FEEL THE TRANSPARENCY HAS 
NOT BEEN THERE. 
>> Reporter: PARENTS OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT IOWA, 
NEBRASKA, AND OHIO STATE 
DESCRIBING THE ROLLER COASTER 
RIDE OF A SCHEDULE RELEASED 
AUGUST 5th, AND THEN A 
CORONAVIRUS TIME-OUT CALLED SIX 
DAYS LATER.
WHAT WAS THE EMOTIONAL REACTION 
FOR YOUR CHILD WHEN YOU FOUND 
OUT THE SEASON WAS GOING TO BE 
PUT ON PAUSE?
>> I THINK IT CAUSED GREAT HARM 
TO THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL 
WELL-BEING OF THESE KIDS. 
>> LET US PLAY!
LET US PLAY!
>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED WITH 
PROTESTS QUICKLY ESCALATED TO A 
WHITE HOUSE INTERVENTION, WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSONALLY 
CALLING THE BIG TEN COMMISSIONER
THIS WEEK.
>> ABOUT GETTING BIG TEN PLAYING
AGAIN AND IMMEDIATELY.
LET'S HEAR WHAT HAPPENS. 
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE RESPONDING.
THEY'RE EXHAUSTING EVERY 
RESOURCE TO HELP 
STUDENT-ATHLETES GET BACK TO 
PLAYING THE SPORTS THEY LOVE AT 
THE APPROPRIATE TIME, IN THE 
SAFEST AND HEALTHIEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
>> LOOKING TOWARD THE END ZONE. 
>> Reporter: A COVID 
CLIFFHANGER.
STAR PLAYERS IN OTHER 
CONFERENCES OPT OUT.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPS, LSU, 
WATCHED SEVERAL BIG NAMES DEPART
THIS WEEK.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
QUARTERBACK NEWTON TWEETING 
HE'LL BE SITTING ON THE 
SIDELINES, TOO, CITING THE 
UNCERTAINTIES THIS YEAR AMID A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
A WIDE RECEIVER AT OHIO STATE'S 
MOM SAYS SHE FEELS BETTER WHEN 
HE'S WITH THE TEAM. 
>> THE KIDS WERE BEING TESTED, 
TESTING NEGATIVE.
THE ONLY TIME WE HAD ANY 
OUTBREAK OF ANY POSITIVE TEST 
WAS, AGAIN, AFTER THE KIDS WENT 
HOME. 
>> Reporter: EIGHT UNIVERSITY OF
NEBRASKA PLAYERS, INCLUDING 
SNODGRASS, RECENTLY SUED THE BIG
TEN, SAYING POSTPONING THE 
SEASON IS CAUSING IRREPARABLE 
HARM TO PLAYERS. 
>> IF WE TRULY GOT ANY 
INFORMATION THAT MADE ME FEEL 
LIKE MY SON'S LIFE IS AT RISK, 
OR IF HIM BEING A PART OF THAT 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM WAS NOT SAFE 
FOR HIM, I WOULD BE THE FIRST 
ONE TO BRING HIM HOME.
>> SAM, DESPITE THE PUSHBACK, 
THIS WAS MAINLY A COLLECTIVE 
DECISION AMONG THE SCHOOLS IN 
THE CONFERENCE, WASN'T IT?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
HODA, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF 
THIS LAWSUIT, THE BIG TEN HAD TO
REVEAL THE VOTE.
IT WAS 11-3, OVERWHELMINGLY IN 
FAVOR OF SUSPENDING PLAY THIS 
FALL.
THE ONLY SCHOOLS THAT WANTED TO 
PLAY, OHIO STATE, NEBRASKA, AND 
IOWA.
WE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE 
INSTITUTIONS.
THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT OR DID 
AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
HODA, BACK TO YOU. 
>> SAM BROCK FOR US IN MIAMI, 
THANKS. 
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE GROWING 
SCRUTINY OF NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT
TO A SAN FRANCISCO HAIR SALON.
SECURITY FOOTAGE OBTAINED BY FOX
NEWS SHOWS THE HOUSE SPEAKER 
GETTING HER HAIR DONE INSIDE 
WITHOUT A MASK, DESPITE 
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS KEEPING
SALONS IN THE AREA CLOSED.
SHE SAID THE WHOLE THING WAS A 
SET-UP.
KASIE HUNT HAS MORE ON THIS 
STORY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: WILLIE, GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU.
SAN FRANCISCO RULES STILL SAY 
YOU CAN'T GET YOUR HAIR DONE 
INSIDE A SALON, BUT THIS 
MORNING, HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI IS
DOUBLING DOWN, INSISTING THAT 
THE SALON TOLD HER IT WAS OKAY.
REPUBLICAN CRITICS, THOUGH, ARE 
ACCUSING HER OF A DOUBLE 
STANDARD.
>> THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAT I'M
NOT GOING INTO. 
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYING SHE 
WAS SET UP AFTER SECURITY 
FOOTAGE OBTAINED BY FOX NEWS 
SHOWED HER INSIDE SAN 
FRANCISCO'S SHUTTERED E SALON 
MONDAY WITHOUT A MASK.
>> I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU 
KNOW, MY STAFF AND PEOPLE NOT 
BEING ABLE TO WORK, MAKE MONEY, 
PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
IF SHE'S IN THERE COMFORTABLY 
WITHOUT A MASK, FEELING SAFE, 
THEN WHY ARE WE SHUT DOWN?
>> Reporter: PELOSI PUSHING 
BACK, SAYING IT'S THE SALON THAT
OWES HER AN APOLOGY.
>> WHEN THEY SAID, "WE'RE ABLE 
TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE ONE PERSON
AT A TIME, AND WE CAN SET UP 
THAT TIME," I TRUSTED THAT.
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS A SET 
UP.
>> Reporter: BAY AREA SALONS 
HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 
SINCE MARCH DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
WHILE INDOOR SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO ONLY 
STARTED ALLOWING SALONS TO 
OPERATE OUTDOORS ON TUESDAY, A 
DAY AFTER THE SPEAKER'S VISIT 
INSIDE.
SHAMPOOING IS STILL NOT ALLOWED.
MASKS ARE MANDATORY.
>> I JUST HAD MY HAIR WASHED.
I DON'T WEAR A MASK WHEN I'M 
WASHING MY HAIR.
DO YOU WEAR A MASK WHEN WASHING 
YOUR HAIR?
I ALWAYS HAVE A MASK.
>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA 
DEMOCRAT HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT 
THE WHITE HOUSE'S HANDLING OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> WHAT FURTHER EVIDENCE DOES 
ANYONE NEED THAT THIS PRESIDENT 
DIDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT THE 
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS?
>> Reporter: NOW UNDER FIRE FROM
REPUBLICANS FOR HER VISIT.
>> THIS IS TYPICAL WASHINGTON, 
D.C.
NATIONAL TV, THEY PREACH TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT IT SHOULD 
BE ONE WAY, AND, YET, IN 
PRIVATE, WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE 
NOT ROLLING -- AND, IN THIS 
CASE, I GUESS THE CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING -- IT SHOWS A VERY 
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, WE 
LEARNED THE STYLIST WHO DID 
PELOSI'S HAIR HAS HIRED A 
LAWYER.
HE SAYS THE SALON OWNER APPROVED
PELOSI'S VISIT IN ADVANCE, AND 
THAT THEY'VE BEEN ALLOWING 
PEOPLE IN THE SALON SINCE APRIL 
OF PETE FRADY'S, WHO INSPIRED 
THIS, THINK THIS COULD BE A 
TURNING POINT.
THIS MORNING, NEW HOPE FOR THOSE
BATTLING THE DEVASTATING, 
DEGENERATIVE DISEASE, ALS, A 
DRUG THAT MAY GIVE PATIENTS WHO 
OFTEN HAVE TWO TO FIVE YEARS TO 
LIVE, THE GIFT OF MORE TIME.
A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE "NEW 
ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE" 
FOUND IT SLOWED THE PROGRESSION 
OF THE DISEASE, RETAINING 
FUNCTIONS LONGER LIKE SPEAKING, 
WALKING, AND SWALLOWING.
AFTER A PROMISING TRIAL, THE ALS
ASSOCIATION IS TAKING THE 
UNUSUAL STEP OF ASKING THE FDA 
TO BYPASS ANOTHER ROUND OF 
TRIALS AND MAKE THE NEW DRUG 
AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS RIGHT 
AWAY.
>> Reporter: CHRISTINA RECEIVED 
THE DRUG AS PART OF THE STUDY, 
DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AT 31 YEARS 
OLD. 
>> THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF PERIOD
BETWEEN THE MAIN TRIAL AND THE 
FOLLOW-UP.
SHE WAS NOT ON THE DRUG, AND WE 
REALLY SAW A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE
IN THE PROGRESSION OF HER ALS IN
THAT PERIOD. 
>> Reporter: NANCY FRADY SAYS IT
IS THE NEWS HER SON, PETE, SPENT
HIS FINAL YEARS FIGHTING FOR.
>> NO LONGER IS A PERSON DYING 
FROM ALS.
IT'S A PERSON LIVING WITH ALS.
>> AH!
>> AH.
>> Reporter: BACK IN 2014, PETE 
INSPIRED THE ICE BUCKET 
CHALLENGE.
THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON RAISED 
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
WHICH HELPED WITH THIS LATEST 
RESEARCH.
BUT WITH NO CURE, PETE PASSED 
AWAY LAST YEAR.
>> I USED TO GO TO BED AND HAVE 
NIGHTMARES OF THIS DISEASE.
I WAS GOING TO GO TO SLEEP FOR 
TEN HOURS, AND WHEN I WOKE UP, 
WHAT WAS IT GOING TO TAKE AWAY 
DURING THAT TEN HOURS WHILE MY 
EYES WERE SHUT?
THE THOUGHT THAT THE FAMILIES 
AND THE PATIENTS CAN HAVE SOME 
PEACE, THAT IS A GIFT.
>> Reporter: I MET PETE AND HIS 
FAMILY AT THEIR HOME IN 2017, 
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE STAR 
ATHLETE FOUND OUT HE HAD ALS. 
>> I'M PETE, 27, AND I WAS 
RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH ALS.
>> Reporter: THE MOMENT HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED, HE CALLED AN 
EMERGENCY FAMILY MEETING.
NANCY, HE STARTS TALKING TO ALL 
OF YOU.
WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> THERE WILL BE NOWALLOWING.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WORK. 
>> Reporter: BY THE TIME I 
VISITED, PETE'S HEALTH RAPIDLY 
DETERIORATED, BUT HIS MIND WAS 
SHARP.
HE USED HIS EYES TO COMMUNICATE 
THROUGH A COMPUTER.
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER BY HIS 
SIDE.
PETE WAS CONFIDENT THEN THAT THE
ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE WOULD 
CREATE CHANGE.
I KNOW HOW VIBRANT YOUR SON WAS.
HE WAS AN ATHLETE.
HE WAS SO ACTIVE.
HE HAD A LONG LIFE AHEAD OF HIM.
I WONDER IF, TODAY, HEARING THIS
NEWS, DO YOU WISH THAT IT HAD 
COME SOONER?
>> EVERY DAY.
EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, I 
MISS HIM.
I HAVE LOST A PIECE OF MY HEART 
FOREVER.
BUT TO HEAR NEWS LIKE THIS JUST 
COMFORTS ME, AND I KNOW THAT HE 
IS PUSHING THIS ALONG.
>> Reporter: THE PRINCIPAL 
INVESTIGATOR ON THIS STUDY TOLD 
US THEY'RE STILL REVIEWING ALL 
THE RESULTS, AND THERE'S STILL A
LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CURE.
RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN'T REVERSE 
THE DISEASE, GUYS, BUT THIS 
COULD BE A STEP TOWARD GIVING 
THEM JUST MORE TIME. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
KATE SNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BEAUTI
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE BACK 
DROP OF HOW TO 
KEEP VOTERS SAFE 
AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT WE 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE ARE IS AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> I AM SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, THE 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A FAMILY WHO 
IS MORE 
VULNERABLE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
I HOPE MY MOTHER 
AND GRANDMOTHER 
WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
BE PROUD. 
>>> THE SCENE 
THE FEAR THAT 
WILL UNFOLD IN 
THE DAYS TO 
COME, THESE ARE 
THE HOLIDAY 
HOTSPOTS OFTEN 
BEHIND SPIKES IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
AFTER MEMORIAL 
DAY, FOURTH OF 
JULY AND A 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
ATTRACTING 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS, U.S. 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ARE SOUNDING THE 
ALARM BEFORE THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
>> WE ARE GOING 
INTO LABOR DAY, 
PLEASE WEAR YOUR 
MASK. 
>> TOP.THERE'S 
WARNING 
AMERICANS NEED 
TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY 
BEFORE MAKING 
PLANS FOR LABOR 
DAY. 
>> AVOID CROWDS, 
OUTSIDE IS BETTER
THAN INSIDE. 
I THINK WE CAN 
GET THROUGH THIS 
WEEKEND WITHOUT 
A SEARCH. 
>> WITH THE 
NATION MAKING 
PROGRESS IN THE 
FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID-19, CASES 
AND 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
ARE DOWN NEARLY 
40% SINCE THEY 
PEAKED IN JULY. 
AT LEAST SEVEN 
STATES HAVE 
POSITIVITY RATES 
ABOVE 10%. 
IOWA, AN EMERGING
HOTSPOT. 
>> THE GROWTH OF 
NEW CASES HAS 
ACCELERATED 
ESPECIALLY A 
SOCIAL ACTIVITY 
AMONG YOUNG 
ADULTS AND ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
>> AS STUDENTS 
AT NOTRE DAME 
RETURN TODAY 
AFTER A 
SUSPENSION OF IN-
PERSON CLASSES, 
UNIVERSITIES 
NATIONWIDE ARE 
STRUGGLING TO 
CONTAIN COVID-19.
JUST AS 
OFFICIALS FEAR 
THAT A DANGEROUS 
WAVE IS COMING 
THIS FALL. 
>> AS WE GATHER 
FAMILIES AND 
FRIENDS WE MUST 
REMEMBER 
WHENEVER THERE 
IS MORE ACTIVITY 
WE WILL SEE MORE 
CASES. 
>> THIS COMES AS 
THE CDC ASKS 
STATES TO 
IDENTIFY 
DISTRIBUTION 
SITES TRIED TO 
GET AHEAD OF RED 
TAPE LIKE 
PERMITS. 
WHILE THERE ARE 
STORIES OF 
SURVIVORS LIKE 
CYNTHIA MARTIN 
WHO IS GOING 
HOME AFTER FOUR 
MONTHS IN THE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> THANK GOD. 
>> TONIGHT, A 
REMINDER OF WHAT 
IS AT STAKE AND 
THE RISK WE FACE 
THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. 
>>> TONIGHT FROM 
WILMINGTON, 
NORTH CAROLINA TO
WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE, THE 
2020 RIVALS 
TRADING SHARP 
ATTACKS. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, WHERE 
ARE YOU. 
GET OFF TWITTER 
AND START TO 
TALK TO THE 
LEADERS OF BOTH 
PARTIES. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
GIVING PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP A 
FEELING  GRADE. 
>> THIS IS A 
NATIONAL 
EMERGENCY. 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP  STILL 
DOES NOT HAVE A 
REAL PLAN OF HOW 
TO OPEN OUR 
SCHOOLS SAFELY. 
>> IN THE 
BATTLEGROUND OF 
NORTH CAROLINA 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP USING  
WORLD WAR II 
VETERANS TO TAKE 
A PERSONAL SWIPE 
AT HIS OPPONENT 
WHO TURNED 78 
THIS FALL. 
>> HE IS 100% 
SHARP I KNOW A 
78-YEAR-OLD IS 
NOT SO SHARP. 
>> A FIGHT OVER 
SAFETY AND 
SOCIAL JUSTICE 
WITH THE SCARRED 
CITY OF KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN THE 
BACKDROP. 
AFTER PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP'S  
TRIP TUESDAY JOE 
BIDEN WILL GO 
TOMORROW MEETING 
WITH THE FAMILY 
OF JACOB LAKE. 
>> WE WANT TO 
HEEL AND PUT 
THINGS TOGETHER. 
>> PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
HAMMERING HOME  
HIS HARDLINES 
DANCE. 
>> AMERICAN 
WORRIES, WARRIORS
DID NOT DEFEAT 
OPPRESSION 
OVERSEAS ONLY TO 
WATCH OUR 
FREEDOM HE 
TRAMPLED BY 
VIOLENT MOBS 
HERE AT HOME. 
>> IMMUNITY'S 
NOT CRIMINALS, 
JOBS NOT LOBBIES.
>> THIS FROM JOE 
BIDEN WHO RAISED 
$365 MILLION IN 
AUGUST. 
>> LOOTING IS 
NOT PROTESTING. 
>> FOR THEIR 
FIRST DEBATE, 
JOE BIDEN IS 
SLAMMING THE 
PRESIDENT AS A 
LIAR. 
>> WHEN I WOULD 
LOVE TO HAVE IS 
A CRAWLER AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE 
SCREEN, A 
FACTOR,. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
MODERATORS HAVE 
BEEN ANNOUNCED. 
BULLETIN DRAFTED IN 
JULY BUT NEVER 
OFFICIALLY RELEASED.
WHY IT WAS HELD BACK. 
>> Reporter: THE DRAFT
BULL LYNN FROM THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY DETAILS 
RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO 
SPREAD MISINFORMATION 
ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S 
MENTAL HEALTH.
>>> A REPORT 
TITLED RUSSIA 
LIKELY TO 
DENIGRATE HEALTH 
OF U.S. 
CANDIDATES TO 
INFLUENCE 2020 
ELECTION. 
IT IS NOT QUOTE 
INTELLIGENCE BUT 
STORIES CRITICAL 
OF JOE BIDEN 
THAT AIRED ON 
RUSSIAN STATE 
MEDIA CONCLUDING 
RUSSIAN ALIGNED 
INFLUENCE 
ACTIVISTS ARE 
LIKELY TO 
CONTINUE THROUGH 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
POOR MENTAL OR 
PHYSICAL HEALTH 
TO INFLUENCE THE 
OUTCOME OF THE 
ELECTION. 
THE DRAFT 
HIGHLIGHTS 
EFFORTS BY CHINA 
AND IRAN MACK TO 
SPREAD 
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT
THE HEALTH OF 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP.  
IT WAS NEVER 
SENT TO LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES. 
>> THE REPORT 
WAS AT THE END 
OF THE DAY A 
POORLY WRITTEN 
REPORT. 
I HAD QUESTIONS 
WHEN I SPOKE TO 
CAREER OFFICIALS 
IN THE OFFICE 
THAT PRODUCED 
THE REPORT. 
>> THE DIRECTOR 
OF THE NATIONAL 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
AND SECURITY 
CENTER SET IN 
AUGUST THAT 
RUSSIA IS USING 
A RANGE OF 
MEASURES TO 
PRIMARILY 
DENIGRATE JOE 
BIDEN. 
HE ALSO SAID 
CHINA AND IRAN 
DO NOT WANT 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP  REELECTED.
ALL AS PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP  
ATTEMPTS TO CAST 
JOE BIDEN AS 
MENTALLY UNFIT. 
>> WITH BIDEN IT 
IS NOT THE AGE, 
I THINK THERE'S 
SOMETHING GOING 
ON BUT NOT FOR 
ME TO SAY. 
>> TONIGHT, 
BIDEN CAMPAIGNED 
ACCUSED THE 
PRESIDENT OF 
TRYING TO HIDE A 
QUOTE CRUCIAL 
FINDING THAT 
RUSSIA IS 
DISSEMINATING 
FALSE ATTACKS ON 
THE HEALTH OF 
JOE BIDEN. 
ONE THAT ALIGNS 
WITH TRUMP'S OWN 
CONSTANTLY 
BACKFIRED 
ATTACKS. 
>>> THE MOST 
FEARLESS CRITIC 
OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
WAS POISONED 
WITH A POWERFUL 
NERVE AGENT 
ACCORDING TO THE 
GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT. 
THE CHANCELLOR 
CALLED IT AN 
ATTACK TO 
SILENCE HIM 
RAISING SERIOUS 
QUESTIONS ONLY 
THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT CAN 
ANSWER. 
HE WAS IN 
SIBERIA NEARLY 2 
WEEKS AGO WHEN 
HE DRANK A CUP 
OF TEA BEFORE 
GETTING ON A 
FLIGHT FOR 
MOSCOW. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THIS IMAGE SHOWS 
THE POISONING.
>> RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS 
INITIALLY 
SUGGESTED THAT 
HE WAS SUFFERING 
FROM LOW BLOOD 
SUGAR BUT, THE 
GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT 
CLEARLY DID NOT 
THINK SO AND 
BROUGHT IN 
MILITARY 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
EXPERTS. 
HE REMAINS IN A 
GERMAN HOSPITAL 
IN A COMA. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
MOST OUTSPOKEN 
CRITIC WAS 
POISONED WITH A 
POWERFUL NERVE 
AGENT ACCORDING 
TO THE GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT. 
THE CHANCELLOR 
CALLED IT AN 
ATTACK RAISING 
SERIOUS QUESTION 
ONLY THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT CAN 
AND SHOULD 
ANSWER. 
WHILE THE 
KREMLIN DENIES 
POISONING HIM, A 
SUSPICIOUSLY 
HIGH NUMBER OF 
VLADIMIR.'S 
OPPONENTS HAVE 
FALLEN VICTIM TO 
WHAT ARE 
EFFECTIVELY 
CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS. 
>>> NOW, UNDER 
FIRE FROM 
REPUBLICANS. 
>> THIS IS 
TYPICAL 
WASHINGTON DC. 
THEY GET ON 
NATIONAL TV AND 
PREACH TO 
AMERICANS IT 
SHOULD BE ONE 
WAY AND IN 
PRIVATE WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE NOT 
ROLLING AND IN 
THIS CASE THE 
CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING IT SHOWS 
A DIFFERENT 
STORY. 
>> OVERNIGHT, 
THE STYLIST WHO 
DID HER HAIR HAS 
HIRED A LAWYER. 
HE SAID THE 
SALON OWNER 
APPROVED THE 
VISIT IN 
ADVANCE.  
>> I THINK THE 
SALON OWES ME AN 
APOLOGY. 
>> INDOOR 
SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE 
STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA BUT 
THE CITY ONLY 
STARTED ALLOWING 
ANY HAIR 
APPOINTMENTS 
TUESDAY AND THEY 
MUST BE 
OUTDOORS. 
SHAMPOOING IS 
NOT ALLOWED AND 
MASKS ARE 
REQUIRED. 
>> I JUST HAD MY 
HAIR WASHED, I 
DO NOT WEAR A 
MASK WHEN I AM 
WASHING MY HAIR. 
DO YOU? 
I ALWAYS HAVE A 
MASK ALWAYS. 
>> REPUBLICAN 
ACCUSING HER OF 
HYPOCRISY. 
>>> THE 
CONTROVERSY IS 
PLAYING OUT WITH 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF 
NEGOTIATIONS 
STILL STALLED ON 
CAPITOL HILL. 
THAT HAS LEFT 
MILLION STILL 
WAITING AFTER 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS EXPIRED 
AT THE END OF 
JULY. 
>>> VIRTUAL 
SCHOOL FOR MOST 
STUDENTS WAS OFF-
LINE AGAIN FOR 
THE THIRD DAY 
AFTER BEING 
TARGETED BY 
CYBER ATTACKS. 
>> SOME OF THEM 
CAME FROM 
OUTSIDE THE 
COUNTRY. 
SOME OF THE 
ATTACKS CAME FROM
LOCAL ENTITIES. 
>> STUDENTS IN 
THE NATION'S 
FOURTH LARGEST 
SCHOOL SYSTEM 
SAUCE SCREENS 
TURN WHITE AND 
THIS THEN, THIS 
BOY UPSET HIS 
MATH CLASS IS 
APPEARED. 
>> I REALLY 
WANTED TO DO MATH
AND I CANNOT DO 
IT NOW BECAUSE 
THEY HACKED IT. 
I REALLY WANTED 
TO DO IT BECAUSE 
THAT IS MY 
FAVORITE 
SUBJECT. 
>> THIS TYPE OF 
ATTACK IS NEW, 
EVERYTHING IN 
THE PANDEMIC IS 
NEW TO LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
>> HACKS ARE A 
GROWING PROBLEM. 
56 NEW CYBER 
SECURITY 
INCIDENT AT 
SCHOOL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
IN THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS MORE THAN 
900 ATTACKS. 
>> I AM TRACKING 
PUBLIC 
INCIDENTS. 
ANECDOTALLY I 
WOULD NOT BE 
SURPRISED IF 
THERE WERE 10 TO 
20 TIMES MORE. 
>> EXPERT THEY 
SCHOOLS ARE 
VULNERABLE 
BECAUSE IN THE 
RAMP UP TO 
VIRTUAL LEARNING,
NOT MUCH MONEY 
WAS EARMARKED 
FOR SECURITY. 
IN OKLAHOMA, A 
RANSOM WHERE 
ATTACK DELAYED 
THE START OF THE 
SCHOOL YEAR. 
IN MIAMI-DADE, 
OFFICIALS SAY 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
NO DEMANDS FOR 
MONEY, RATHER A 
LESS 
SOPHISTICATED 
DENIAL OF 
SERVICE THAT CAN 
BE ARRANGED FOR 
A FEE WITH 
HACKERS OVERSEAS.
>> IS IS THE 
CASE OF A KID IS 
NOT WANT TO GO 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> IT IS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THE CYBER 
CRIMES UNIT HAS 
LAUNCHED AN 
INVESTIGATION 
LOOKING FOR 
DIGITAL 
FINGERPRINTS 
THAT COULD LEAD 
TO A SUSPECT. 
>>> IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN POLICE 
SAY JACOB BLAKE 
WAS NOT OPEN 
COMMAND SO THEIR 
USE OF FORCE 
WEEKLY ESCALATED 
FROM TASER TO 
GUNSHOTS. 
IN MINNEAPOLIS, 
GEORGE FLOYD 
DIED AFTER A 
POLICE OFFICER'S 
CONTINUED 
PHYSICAL FORCE. 
STUDY SHOW 
POLICE USE SOME 
KIND OF FORCE AT 
LEAST HALF 1 
MILLION TIMES A 
YEAR. 
OFTEN BRING IT UP
FOR FAILURE TO 
IMMEDIATELY 
COMPLY WITH AN 
ORDER. 
THIS SPADE OF 
RECENTLY DEADLY 
ENCOUNTERS HAS 
MANY POLICE 
CHIEFS TELLING 
RECRUITS THAT IS 
OUTDATED. 
>> WHAT WE 
CANNOT BE IS 
WHAT GENERATIONS 
BEFORE US HAVE 
BEEN. 
WE CANNOT BE A 
SORT OF BECAUSE 
I SAID SO TYPE 
OF POLICE. 
>> IN NEW 
JERSEY, RECRUITS 
GET TACTICAL 
TRAINING AND 
LEARN HOW TO 
SHOOT. 
BUT THEY ARE 
ALSO TAUGHT THAT 
NOT MANY 
OFFICERS EVER 
FIRE ON THE 
STREET AND 
LEARNING HOW TO 
CALM THINGS DOWN 
CAN EVEN BE MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
IN FLORIDA, 
DEPUTIES ARE 
SCREENED FOR HOW 
THEY HANDLE 
STRESS. 
>> THEY HAVE TO 
USE THEIR PROBLEM
SOLVING 
ABILITIES. 
THEY HAVE TO 
CALL IN THE RIGHT
GROUP OF PEOPLE 
TO DIFFUSE THE 
SITUATION. 
>> THEY ARE 
TAUGHT IT CAN BE 
AFFECTED TO TAKE 
A TIMEOUT. 
THE SHERIFF SAID 
IT IS WORKING 
WITH USE OF 
FORCE INCIDENTS 
DOWN THE PRESENT.
>> THEY ARE 
TEACHING YOU 
TIME IS ON YOUR 
SIDE, YOU CAN 
SLOW THINGS DOWN 
AND TAKE AS MUCH 
EFFORT AS YOU 
NEED WITHOUT 
ESCALATING THE 
ISSUE. 
>> THE POLICE 
EXECUTIVE 
RESEARCH FORUM 
HAS LONG 
ADVOCATED 
TRAINING IN DE-
ESCALATION. 
HE SAYS LEADERS 
IN EVERY POLICE 
DEPARTMENT IN 
AMERICA SHOULD 
REVIEW VIDEOS 
LIKE THE JACOB 
BLAKE SHOOTING 
AND ASKED HOW 
WOULD I HANDLE 
THAT. 
17,000 POLICE 
DEPARTMENT 
LOOKING AT THE 
VIDEO ASKING 
THEMSELVES WHAT 
WOULD WE DO 
DIFFERENTLY THAT 
WOULD MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
THAT WOULD BE A 
GAME CHANGER. 
>> POLICE ARE 
RELUCTANT TO 
SECOND-GUESS 
EACH OTHER OR 
CRITICIZE BAD 
POLICE BEHAVIOR 
BUT SAYS THAT 
CULTURE MUST 
CHANGE. 
>>> FARM FRESH 
GOODNESS IN AN 
INNER-CITY FOOD 
DESERT. 
WELCOME TO THE 
AUSTIN HARVEST 
MARKET SET UP 
AND RUN BY HIGH 
SCHOOL STUDENTS 
ON CHICAGO'S 
WEST SIDE. 
>> A PLACE WHERE 
LIQUOR STORES 
OUTNUMBER 
GROCERY STORES. 
PROBABLY 
SOMEWHERE AROUND 
15 TO 16 LIQUOR 
STORES AND TWO TO
THREE LIQUOR 
STORES AT-BATS. 
>> THEY EVEN 
TORE DOWN A 
LIQUOR STORE TO 
CREATE THE SPACE.
>> WE HOPE TO 
ENCOURAGE 
EVERYONE TO EAT 
HEALTHY. 
>> ONLY FRUITS 
AND VEGETABLES. 
>> FROM A 
PERILOUS SUMMER 
OF ANGRY 
PROTESTING, 
THESE TEENAGERS 
HAD A DREAM TO 
DO SOMETHING 
POSITIVE. 
GROW A SMALL 
BUSINESS. 
>> THIS IS ONE 
OF THE WAYS TO 
FIGHT SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE AND 
REALLY MAKE A 
GOOD REPUTATION 
OF THE PEOPLE 
THAT LIVE THERE. 
>> A FORMER 
CHICAGO BEARS 
LINEBACKER 
HELPED WITH 
START UP COSTS 
AND WAS THERE 
OPENING DAY. 
>> THEY ARE 
GETTING JOBS, 
GETTING PAID AND 
BRINGING IN 
HEALTHY FOOD BUT 
THEY ARE ALSO 
CHANGING A 
STEREOTYPE. 
SO MANY PEOPLE 
HAVE A NEGATIVE 
STEREOTYPE OF 
BLACK PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA. 
>> WHAT DOES 
THIS REPRESENT 
TO YOU? 
>> HOPE, RENEWAL 
AND FRESH AND 
FRESH. 
>>> WITH ALL WE 
ARE FACING I AM 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A FAMILY WHO 
IS MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
>> THERE IS 
NOTHING IN THE 
WORLD LIKE THIS. 
NICKNAMED CLASS-
ACTION PARK, 
ATTRACTION PARK 
AND JUST PLAIN 
ACCIDENT PARK. 
THIS WATERWORLD 
IN NEW JERSEY 
WAS NOTORIOUS 
FOR SERVING UP 
THE ILLUSION OF 
DANGER AND 
ACTUAL DANGER. 
THE STOMACH 
DROPPING DETAILS 
RECOUNTED IN A 
NEW DOCUMENTARY. 
>> I CAN 
REMEMBER STARING 
DOWN INTO THIS 
TUBE AND BEING 
LIKE THERE IS NO 
WAY I WOULD GO 
ON THIS THING. 
>> THESE RIDES 
ARE THE 
BRAINCHILD OF 
THE OWNER 
DESIGNED WITH NO 
INPUT FROM 
LICENSE ENGINEER.
PARK EMPLOYEES 
ADMITTED THEY 
WERE PAID $100 
TO HELP TEST 
THEM. 
>> THEY FOUND 
TEETH IN THE 
PADDING FOR THE 
FIRST COUPLE OF 
PEOPLE HAD GONE 
DOWN THE SLIDE 
AND GOT THEIR 
TEETH KNOCKED 
OUT. 
>> INSTEAD OF 
LAZY RIVERS THEY 
HAD CLASS FOR 
RABBITS. 
GUESTS WERE SHOT 
OUT OF TUBES 
BEFORE 
FREEFALLING INTO 
ICY WATER. 
>> PEOPLE COULD 
NOT HOLD THEIR 
BODY WEIGHT, 
THEY WOULD LEAN 
OUT LIKE THEY 
WOULD SWING AND 
DO A FACE PLANT 
FROM 12 FEET UP. 
>> THOSE IN 
CHARGE OF 
KEEPING VISITORS 
SAFE OR JUST 
TEENAGERS. 
>> TO BREAK A 
NEW LIFE GARDEN 
THEY WOULD BE 
ASSIGNED TO THE 
NEW DESK CHAIR 
ON THE WAY POOL. 
THE FIRST 45 
MINUTES IN THAT 
CHAIR THAT 
LIFEGUARD WOULD 
SAVE THREE TO 
FIVE PEOPLE. 
>> BILLET HIRE, 
MAKE IT FASTER, 
DO SOMETHING NO 
ONE HAS EVER 
SEEN BEFORE. 
>> OVERNIGHT, HE 
DEFENDED THE PARK
REFERENCING THE 
MILLIONS OF 
CUSTOMERS WHO 
LOVE THE PLACE. 
THE REAL STORY 
IS SO MUCH 
DEEPER AND MORE 
COMPLEX. 
THE PORTRAYAL OF 
THE PARK AND MY 
DAD IS FULL OF 
INACCURACIES. 
SIX VISITORS 
DIED INCLUDE 
THIS WOMAN'S SON 
WHO HAD A SLIDE 
FLY OFF THE 
ALPINE TRACK. 
>> IT WAS A 
PLACE WHERE DEATH
WAS TOLERATED, 
PUT INTO THE 
NUMBER SITUATION.
ONE IS TOO MANY. 
>> THE 
PHILOSOPHY WAS A 
FIGHT EVERY CASE 
WE DO NOT SETTLE 
WE BRING IT ALL 
THE WAY TO A 
TRIAL AND WE WON.
93% OF THEM. 
>> FOR MANY OF 
THOSE WHO VISITED
, SURVIVING 
ACTION PARK 
REMAINS A BADGE 
OF HONOR. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GO AND COME BACK 
WITH SOME SCARS. 
>> THIS YEAR, A 
NEW OWNER OPENED 
UP A NEW PARK 
TOTALLY 
UNAFFILIATED 
WITH THE 
ORIGINAL FAMILY. 
HE WORKED THERE 
AS A TEENAGER 
AND RELEASED A 
STATEMENT. 
WHEN I THINK 
BACK TO ACTION 
PARK, REAL PEOPLE
GOT HURT AND 
REAL PEOPLE DIED.
I APPLAUD THE 
FILM FOR TELLING 
THIS PART OF THE 
STORY. 
THE FORMER 
OWNER'S ACTIONS 
WERE NEGLIGENT, 
IN ETHICAL AND 
IN MANY WAYS 
CRIMINAL. 
>> JOINING US IS 
THE DIRECTOR OF 
THE FILM. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU 
THIS MORNING. 
I HAD TO CONFESS 
I GREW UP IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
LET ME START 
WITH THE FIRST 
QUESTION HOW IS 
THIS EVEN 
ALLOWED TO 
HAPPEN. 
ISN'T THERE 
INSURANCE 
QUESTIONS AND 
RULES AND 
LAWSUITS. 
>> IT WAS A 
DIFFERENT TIME, 
THE 1980S AS WE 
NOW KNOW LOOKING 
BACK WERE 
SOMEWHAT LAWLESS 
COMPARED TO 
TODAY. 
THE COMPANY DID 
NOT HAVE 
INSURANCE FOR 
MOST OF ITS 
EXISTENCE. 
THE OWNER ALSO 
CREATED A FAKE 
INSURANCE 
COMPANY BASED 
INTO THE CAYMAN 
ISLANDS. 
>> WHEN THEY 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT IT THEY 
SAID OH, ACTION 
PARK BUT I DID 
NOT UNDERSTAND 
HOW PARENTS 
WOULD EVER LET 
THEIR KID GO 
THERE IF THERE 
HAD BEEN DEATH 
AND TEETH STUCK 
IN THINGS AND 
PEOPLE WITH 
BROKEN BONES. 
>> THIS WAS A 
TIME IN WHICH 
PARENTS WOULD 
BASICALLY OPEN 
UP THEIR DOORS 
AND SAY COME 
HOME BEFORE 
DINNER. 
THEY WERE 
LATCHKEY KIDS, 
PACKS OF 
LATCHKEY KIDS 
BACK THEN. 
IF YOU ARE NOT 
GOING TO ACTION 
PARK THEN MAYBE 
YOU ARE DOING 
SOMETHING ELSE. 
I THINK THE 
MOVIE STRUCK A 
NERVE BECAUSE SO 
MANY PEOPLE HAVE 
UPBRINGINGS THAT 
WERE THIS WILD 
AND CHAOTIC. 
>> IT IS SO MUCH 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE TIME. 
ALSO A GEOGRAPHY 
OF WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING IN 
ATLANTIC CITY 
AND WALL STREET. 
THIS IS REALLY A 
TIME CAPSULE. 
WHEN YOU PUT THE 
FILM TOGETHER IT 
SEEMS LIKE THE 
REAL TRAGEDY, 
THE DEATH THAT 
TOOK PLACE AT 
ACTION PARK YOU 
PUSH TOWARD THE 
END OF THE FILM. 
>> FOR SO MANY 
PEOPLE WHEN THEY 
LOOK BACK AT 
ACTION PARK IT 
HAS BECOME KIND 
OF AN URBAN 
LEGEND. 
A MYTH. 
TO SO MANY PEOPLE
IT HAS BECOME A 
JOKE BECAUSE IT 
IS SO ABSURD. 
I KNEW WE HAD TO 
RECOGNIZE THAT 
AND DECONSTRUCT 
THAT. 
THIS IS A MOVIE 
THAT REALLY I 
THINK WE DID A 
GOOD JOB IF YOU 
ARE LAUGHING AT 
THE MOVIE AND 
THEN YOU 
QUESTION YOUR 
OWN LAUGHTER 
IMMEDIATELY. 
WE WANT YOU TO 
LAUGH AND FEEL 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
ABOUT LAUGHING. 
>> ABSOLUTELY, 
WHEN YOU SEE THE 
PAIN ON THE 
FACES OF THE 
FAMILIES. 
>> YOU CAN WATCH 
CLASS ACTION PARK
AT HBO MAX. 
I DON'T THINK WE 
UNDERSTOOD WHAT 
WAS GOING ON 
WHEN WE WERE 
KIDS GOING 
THERE. 
I DID WATCH IT 
LAST NIGHT IT IS 
REALLY GOOD. 
>> VERY WELL DONE
ESPECIALLY HERE 
ON THE EAST 
COAST EVERYONE 
IS TALKING ABOUT 
THE DOCUMENTARY. 
>>> IT IS SO 
BEAUTIFUL, MAGIC.
>> DAVID BLAINE 
GIVING A 
PANDEMIC WORRY 
WORLD A REASON 
TO LOOK UP IN 
THE SKY. 
>> THAT IS 
AMAZING. 
>> THE MASTER 
ILLUSIONIST ON 
HIS FIRST LIVE 
STUNT IN NEARLY 
EIGHT YEARS 
HOLDING ON TO 
MORE THAN FOR 
DOZEN GIANT 
BALLOONS 
FLOATING 
THOUSANDS OF FEET
INTO THE AIR 
BREAKING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
BIGGEST YOUTUBE 
ORIGINAL LIVE 
EVENT EVER. 
YOU MIGHT BE 
USED TO HIS 
INSANE ENDURANCE 
AND SHOCKING 
PERFORMANCES. 
THIS ONE WAS 
DIFFERENT. 
HE SAID HE 
WANTED TO DO 
THIS FOR HIS 9-
YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER. 
>> AUDIBLE. 
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] 
THAT IS DAVID BLAINE LIFTING OFF
WITHOUT A PARACHUTE, TELLING 
HODA, WILLIE, AND CARSON ON 
MONDAY, HE WANTED IT TO LOOK 
LIKE HE WAS SIMPLY FLOATING 
AWAY. 
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A 
PARACHUTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
THAT WOULD RUIN THE VISUAL ON 
IT.
I'M HIDING THE PARACHUTE UP IN 
THE BALLOONS. 
>> Reporter: AFTER A PEACEFUL 
ASCENSION, DROPPING WEIGHTS OUT 
OF HIS POCKETS TO GO HIGHER AND 
HIGHER, THE HEART-POUNDING 
MOMENT.
DAVID HAD TO LET GO OF THE 
TETHER AND SLIP ON THE PARACHUTE
8,000 FEET INTO THE AIR. 
>> STRAP ON.
THAT'S GREAT.
>> Reporter: THEN HE KEPT 
CLIMBING AND CLIMBIN
>> HE CLIMBED 
ABOUT 4.7 MILES 
ABOVE THE EARTH. 
THEN, THE 
RELEASE. 
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] 
>> BACK ON SOLID 
GROUND AN 
OVERJOYED 
DAUGHTER CRASHED 
INTO HER DAD. 
WHEN DAVID GOT 
BACK TO THE 
AIRSTRIP A HUG 
AND KISS FROM 
HIS DAUGHTER WHO 
COULD NOT THINK 
MORE HIGHLY OF 
HER DAD. 
>> HE DID IT. 
HE UNCLIPPED AND 
DROPPED. 
DID YOU HEAR 
THAT GUY 
YELLING, WEIGHT 
200 MORE FEET. 
>> TO PUT THAT 
PARACHUTE ON IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
THAT FLIGHT. 
TO GO 10,000 
FEET HIGHER THAN 
THAT. 
I DO NOT KNOW 
HOW YOU EVEN 
BREATHE UP THAT 
I. 
>> HE WAS 
CHATTING AND THEN
HE STOPPED 
TALKING. 
>>> THE WORLD OF 
BASEBALL IS 
GRIEVING THE 
LOSS OF ONE OF 
THE BEST EVER TO 
TAKE THE MOUND. 
HALL OF FAME 
PITCHER TOM 
SEAVER.  
THE 75-YEAR-OLD 
DIED WEDNESDAY 
FROM 
COMPLICATIONS OF 
DEMENTIA AND 
COVID-19. 
WE HAVE A LOOK 
BACK AT HIS 
LEGENDARY CAREER.
>> GOOD MORNING. 
IT REALLY IS A 
SAD DAY FOR 
BASEBALL. 
TOM SEAVER  WAS 
QUITE THE ICON. 
YOU MIGHT 
REMEMBER IN THE 
LATE 60s HE AND 
HIS GOLDEN ARM 
TURNED THINGS 
AROUND FOR THE 
NEW YORK METS 
CONSIDERED ONE 
OF THE LOWEST 
TEAMS IN THE 
LEAGUE AT THE 
TIME TO BECOMING 
WORLD SERIES 
CHAMPIONS. 
HE'S BEING 
REMEMBERED FOR 
HIS DEDICATION 
AND PASSION FOR 
THE GAME. 
ANOTHER GREAT, 
HANK AARON IS 
REMEMBERING HIM 
AS ONE OF THE 
TOUGHEST 
PICTURES HE EVER 
HAD TO FACE. 
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] 
>> THEY CALLED 
HIM TOM TERRIFIC 
AND THE 
FRANCHISE. 
TOM SEAVER  MORE 
THAN LIVED UP TO 
THAT NAME WHEN 
HE WON THE CY 
YOUNG AWARD AND 
12 ALL-STAR 
APPEARANCES IN A 
CAREER SPANNING 
-- YEARS. 
>> HIS FIRST 
MAJOR LEAGUE -- 
>> HIS TALENT 
WAS OBVIOUS FROM 
THE START. 
WINNING ROOKIE 
OF THE YEAR IN 
1967. 
THE NEW YORK METS
, A TEAM THAT 
WAS SO BAD IT 
LOST MORE THAN 
100 GAMES THAT 
SEASON.
 
BASEBALL'S WINNINGIST PITCHER
THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: BUT IT WASN'T JUSTV
HIS PHYSICAL GIFTS.
THEY SAY SEAVER MASTERED THE
MENTAL ASPECT OF THE GAME, TOO.
>>N PLACEMENT OF PITCHES,
SELECTION OF PITCHES, AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES THAT YOU
PLAY WITH HITTERS.
>> Reporter: SEAVER WAS JUST
ONE OF TWO PITCHERS IN MAJOR
LEAGUE HISTORY WITH 300 WINS,
3,000 STRIKEOUTS AND AN EARNED
RUN AVERAGE UNDER 3.
>> HIGH TO LEFT, PLAYABLE.
NICHOLS UNDERNEATH IT.
HISTORY!
>> Reporter: SEAVER APPEARED
HERE ON "TODAY" BACK IN 1989 TO
DISCUSS ANOTHER PITCHING
LEGEND'S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT,
NOLAN RYAN'S 5,000th STRIKEOUT.
>> I'M 1,400 BEHIND THE GUY!
.
I'M LIKE SEVEN YEARS BEHIND HIM,
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
>> Reporter: HE WAS ELECTED TO
THE HALL OF FAME IN 1992 WITH
THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTES
EVER AT THE TIME.
>> EVERYONE WOULD THINK THAT A
YOUNG KID FROM FRESNO,
CALIFORNIA, WOULD EVER END UP IN
COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK.
YOU SAY HOW IN THE WORLD CAN IT
HAPPEN?
IT CAN HAPPEN VERY EASILY WHEN
YOU HAVE THE KINDS OF FRIENDS,
KINDS OF PEOPLE, THE KINDS OF
SUPPORT, THE KINDS OF EDUCATION,
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE KINDS
OF FAMILY THAT I'VE HAD IN MY 40
YEARS OF LIVING.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT,
FOREACTION POURING IN ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, FORMER METS PITCHER
DWIGHT GOODEN TWEETING EVERYONE
KNOWS HE WAS A GREAT PITCHER BUT
HE WAS AN EVEN GREATER PERSON.
HALL OF FAMER MIKE PIAZZA
WRITING HE WAS ALL THAT WAS
DESIRED IN A PLAYER AND A MAN.
>> Reporter: AND BACK HERE WE
ARE REMEMBERING THIS BASEBALL
GIANT AND HERE AT 41 SEAVER WAY,
41 OBVIOUSLY BEING HIS JERSEY
NUMBER.
AND YOU CAN SEE HIS PHOTO RIGHT
BEHIND ME.
AND THIS BASEBALL GIANT WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH LOUIE BODY
DEMENTIA, THE SAME DISEASE THAT
ROBIN WILLIAMS SUFFERED FROM
BEFORE HIS DEATH SIX YEARS AGO.
 BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
LOUIE BODY DEMENTIA AND
COVID-19.
>> THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HUGE NEWS
HERE IN NEW YORK, FRONT AND BACK
PAGE, AND THE GREATEST OF ALL
TIME.
IF YOUEN WEREN'T A METS FAN IN
1969HE WHEN THEY'D BEEN THE
LAUGHING STOCK OF THE LEAGUE AND
HE LIFTED THEM TO THAT WORLD
SERIES, IT CHANGED EVERYTHING
FOR THAT FRANCHISE.
I LOVE THE HUMILITY IN HIS VOICE
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
>> WELL, THAT T HALL OF FAME
SPEECH WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE AND
THE FACT THAT HE GOT MORE VOTES
THAN ANYONE DID EVER TELLS YOU
SO MUCH ABOUT HIM.
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL
TIME.
>>> NEW CONCERN THIS MORNING
THAT THE UPCOMING LABOR DAY
WEEKEND COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER
MASSIVE SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS
CASES.
NBC'S TOM COSTELLO HAS THAT
STORY FOR US.
TOM, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD R MORNING.
WE SAW A SPIKE AFTER MEMORIAL
DAY IN MAY.
WE SAW CASES JUMP IN JUNE AND
THEN IN THROUGH THE SUMMER AND
THE CONCERN IS THAT COULD HAPPEN
AGAIN.
SOMETIMES WE JUST ROLL THESE
NUMBERS OFF OF OUR TONGUE AND WE
REALLY DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT 186,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIEH
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THATHE IS APPROACHING THE
POPULATION OF HUNTSVILLE,
ALABAMA.
SO NOW GOING INTO LABOR DAY,
EXPERTS A ARE WARNING DON'T LET
YOUR GUARD DOWN.
WITH LABOR DAY FAST APPROACHING
AND SOME ARE STARTING TO WIND
DOWN, THIS MORNING HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THERE
CANNOT BE A REPEAT OF WHAT WE
SAW AT THE START OF THIS SEASON.
MAJOR CROWDS AT BEACHES AND POOL
PARTIES LIKELY CONTRIBUTING TO A
BIG SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES
JUST AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.
THE U.S. IS STILL AVERAGING MORE
THAN 40,000 NEW CASES PER DAY,
AND MORE THAN 900 DAILY DEATHS
IN THE PAST WEEK.
>> THAT'S AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH
BASELINE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DOWN.
>> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
SAYS WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DOWN
FROM 40,000 DOWN TO 10,000 OR
FEWER AS WE APPROACH THE FLU
SEASON.
>>CH NO NEED TO KNOCK YOURSELF
DOWN.
BUT BE CAREFUL ABOUT SOMEKE
THINGS, SUCH AS CROWDS IN THE
BAR.
AND BE SURE YOU WEAR THE MASK.
>> Reporter: AND THE MASK COULD
BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GO
VISIT FAMILY THIS WEEKEND.
>> AS  YOU VISIT GRANDMA, KEEP
YOUR MASK ON.
>> Reporter: THE DECISION TO
ALLOW THOUSANDS OF FANS AT AN
UPCOMING COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME
IS QUESTIONED.
>> IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS AND YOU'RE PART OF A
VULNERABLE POPULATION, MAYBE I
WOULDN'T GO TO THE IOWA STATE
FOOTBALL GAME NEXT WEEK.
>> Reporter: IOWA STATE NOW
 WREVERSING THAT PLAN SAYING ITS
HOME OPENER WILL INCLUDE AN
EMPTY STADIUM.
WHILE THE FIRST DEATH HAS NOW
BEEN RECORDED IN CONNECTION TO
THAT AUGUST MOTORCYCLE RALLY
THAT BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF BIKERS FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO SOUTH DAKOTA,
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST EVENT
SINCE THE PANDEMIC LED TO MOST
LARGE-SCALE EVENTS TO BE SHUT
DOWN.
AND THERI CDC NOW TELLING STATES
TOTI BE READY TO DISTRIBUTE
MILLIONS OF VACCINE DOSES ASLY
EARLY AS LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY
NOVEMBER, JUST ABOUT THE TIME OF
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
THE AGENCYBY IN A LETTER OBTAIND
BY CNBC URGED STATES TO GET
READY AND IF NECESSARY WAIVE
REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD KEEP
THEM FROM BEING FULLY
OPERATIONAL BY NOVEMBER 1.
>> HERE WITH MORE ON THE CDC'S
VACCINE GUIDANCE AND MORE IS OUR
MEDICAL ADVISOR, DR. BEN GUPTA.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
LET'S R START WITH THE CDC
GUIDANCE JUST RELEASED, TELLING
STATES TO BE READY TO DISTRIBUTE
A VACCINE BY EARLY NOVEMBER.
THAT'S LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY.
HOW REALISTIC AND FEESABLE IN
YOUR ASIBLE IN
YOUR OPINION IS THIS TIME LINE?
.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUCH AN
ACCELERATED TIME LINE THAT IT
DOESN'T JIBE WITH THE REALITY
THAT MOST COMPANIES IN THE MIDST
OF A PHASE 3 VACCINE TRIAL,
THAT'S THAT LAST STEP BEFORE YOU
CAN THINK ABOUT LARGE-SCALE
DISTRIBUTION AND APPROVAL, MOST
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
THAT'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HAVE TO
STUDY TO ASSESS FOR SAFETY AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF A VACCINE
CANDIDATE.
I WORRY IF SOMETHING GETS MASS
DISTRIBUTED, WHAT'S THE TRUST
LEVEL GOING TO BE AMONGST THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE?
ALREADY AT AN ALL-TIME LOW WHEN
IT COMES TO MESSAGING.
ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOING TO
TAKE THE VACCINE?
WE NEED EXPERT, INDEPENDENT
EXPERT REVIEW OF ANY DATA THAT
COMES OUT OF ANY VACCINE THAT
GETS MASS DISTRIBUTED SO PEOPLE
HAVE TRUST.
>> DR. GUPTA, LABOR DAY IS
QUICKLY COMING UP.
WE JUST HEARD CASES ARE NOW
SURGING IN THE MIDWEST.
THERE'S THE FIRST DEATH LINKED
TO THAT SOUTH DAKOTA MOTORCYCLE
RALLY THREE WEEKS AGO.
HOW DO T WE PREVENT ANOTHER SURE
FOLLOWING A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
YOU KNOW GATHERINGS ARE BOUND TO
HAPPEN.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO?
>> IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUT
SINCE IT'S THE END OF SUMMER, IN
THE BACKYARDS, STICK TO THE
BACKYARD, STICK TO OUTDOORS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE MEETING
PEOPLE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEHOLD,
KEEP IT TO LESS THAN FIVE.
PLEASE SOCIALLY DISTANCE.
PLEASE MASK.
USE YOUR INFECTION CONTROL
MEASURES.
AVOID ANY CROWDS, AS DR. FAUCI
SAID.
AVOID MASS EVENTS, AVOID
TRAVELING IF YOU CAN.
THOSE ARE THE BASICS WE'VE BEEN
SAYING SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
WEBR NEED PEOPLE TO ADHERE IT
BECAUSE AN OUTBREAK ANYWHERE IS
A RISK TO US ANYWHERE.
>> THIS GRABBED MY ATTENTION,
SPEAKING OF TIME WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD DWAYNE "THE
ROCK" JOHNSON SAID HIS FAMILY,
INCLUDING HIS TWO YOUNG GIRLS
ALL CONTRACTED COVID, SPENT
WEEKS RECOVERY, AND HE SAID ON
INSTAGRAM THAT THEY GOT IT FROM
CLOSE FRIENDS THAT THEY TRUST
AND THEY LOVE.
I THINK THIS GRABS OUR ATTENTION
BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE TRYING
TO DO O THIS.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
WE'VE HAD ONE FAMILY OVER THAT
WE TRUST, THEY'VE TOLD US
THEY'RE QUARANTINING AS WELL.
HE SAYS NOW ANYBODY WHO COMES
INTO THE HOUSE, A CROWD OF ONE
OR TWO OR ANYBODY THEY LOVE,
THEY HAVE TO BE TESTED FIRST.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S REALISTIC
FOR PEOPLE WATCHING?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO PROTECT
YOUR FAMILY, AND I LOVE THAT
IDEA, ACTUALLY.
IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU
MUST PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, AND
THAT MEANS ANYBODY -- DON'T TAKE
THEIR WORD FOR IT.
EVEN IF YOU LOVE THEM AND IF YOU
TRUST THEM AS YOUR BEST FRIENDS,
CLOSE FAMILY, FOR THEIR
PROTECTION AND FOR YOUR FAMILY'S
PROTECTION, MAKE SURE THEY GET
TESTED.
JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE TOO HOP ON
A PLANE, IF YOU WERE GOING TO GO
VISIT SOMEBODY IN A NURSING
FACILITY OR ANYPLACE WHERE
THERE'S A HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE
OR SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE A BAD
OUTCOME FROM COVID-19, MAKE SURE
YOU HAVEST THE TEST.
I THINK THAT'S RESPONSIBLE AND
WE ALL SHOULD BE DOING IT.
I'M GLAD HE MADE THAT MESSAGE.
 POINT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS NOW.
WE'VE SEEN SOME SCHOOLS REOPEN.
OTHERS LIKE IN NEW
 YORK CITY ARE
DELAYING A BIT.
MY SON IS GOING  BACK TO SCHOOL
NEXT WEEK.
HOW DO WE KEEP IT SAFE IN THE
SCHOOLS AND WHAT SHOULD PARENTS
BE MINDFUL OF AS FAR AS BEST
PRACTICES IN THE SCHOOL ITSELF?
>> YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT MYSELF,
THERE ARE THINGS I WANT TO HEARG
THE FOLLOWING.
BASIC INFECTION CONTROL MEASURES
BEING ADHERED TO?
THINGS LIKE HAND HYGIENE
STATIONS EVERYWHERE.
WHAT ABOUT VENTILATION SYSTEMS
FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THAT CAN'T
HAVE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS?
ARE HVAC SYSTEMS EQUIPPED WITH
ULTRA VIOLET LAMPS?
ARE THERE FREQUENT AIR
EXCHANGES?
ARE PARENTS HEARING THAT
ADMINISTRATORS ARE THINKING
ABOUT THIS?
HOW ABOUT TESTING?
IS TESTING AVAILABLE IN WE KNOW
THAT TESTING IS THE KEY TO KEEP
SCHOOLS REOPENED.
WENT KNOW MOST SCHOOLS DON'T HAE
ACCESS, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY.
ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT IT?
IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE?
THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE KEY.
OTHER PIECES LIKE ARE THEY GOING
TO INTERCHANGE VIRTUAL LEARNING
PART OF THE WEEK WITH IN-PERSONT
LEARNING?
BECAUSE THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE
CLASSROOMS ARE APPROPRIATELY
DISTANCED.
THAT IS GOING TO BE KEY.
FINALLY, WHAT ABOUT MASKING AND
FACE SHIELDING?
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
I'VE GOTTEN FROM TEACHERS, HEY,
SHOULD I WEAR A MASK PLUS A FACE
SHIELD?
THEY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE GUIDANCE
HASN'T BEEN CLEAR BUT IT'S GOING
TO PROTECT BOTH CHILDREN AND
TEACHERS AND STAFF IF THEY'RE
HAVING APPROPRIATE PPE, FACE F
SHIELDS AND MASKS FOR TEACHERS
AND STAFF, ESPECIALLY MASKS FOR
CHILDREN.
>> YOU ALWAYS GIVE US SUCH GREAT
ADVICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
>>> THIS MORNING JOE BIDEN AND
DONALD TRUMP RAMPING UP THEIR
ATTACKS ON ONE ANOTHER ENGAGED
IN VERBAL BATTLE FROM
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, TO
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
>> I KNOW A 78-YEAR-OLD WHO IS
NOT SO SHARP.
>> GET OFF TWITTER AND START
TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WHO
REGULARLY ATTACKS VOTING BY MAIL
IS DRAWING CRITICISM FOR
APPEARING TO SUGGEST IN AN
INTERVIEW THAT HIS SUPPORTERS
ATTEMPT TO VOTE TWICE TO TEST
THE SYSTEM.
 YOUR BALLOTS, SEND
THEM IN STRONG, WHETHER IT'S
SOLICITED OR UNSOLICITED, THE
ABSENTEES ARE FINE, WE HAVE TO
WORK TO GET THEM TO MEAN
SOMETHING.
 .
>> Reporter: THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL WAS ASKED
ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS ON CNN.
>> WE HAVE TO
MAKE THE POINTON
THAT THE ABILITY
TO MONITOR THE
SYSTEM IS NOT
GOOD.
AND IF IT'S SO
GOOD, IF YOU
TRIED TO VOTE A
SECOND TIME, YOU
WOULD BE CAUGHT.
>> THAT WOULD BE
ILLEGAL IF THEY
DID THAT, IF
SOMEBODY MAILEDEN
IN
A BALLOT AND THEN
ACTUALLY
SHOWED UP TO VOTE
IN PERSON,
THAT WOULD BE W
ILLEGAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE LAW IN
PARTICULAR STATES
ARE.
>> YOU CAN'Tor VOTE
TWICE.
>> Reporter: THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN
WAS BUOYED BY A
MASSIVE HALL OF
OVER $300 MILLION
IN AUGUST.
ARIZONA, NORTH
CAROLINA, AND
WISCONSIN ARE
THREESI KEY STATES
THAT TRUMP WON IN
2016.
BIDEN FOCUSED ON
WHAT HE CALLED
TRUMP
MISHANDLING OF
PANDEMIC
AS THE NEW SCHOOL
YEAR GETS
UNDERWAY.
>> IF PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION
HAD DONE THEIR
JOBS EARLY ON
WITH THIS CRISIS,
AMERICAN SCHOOLS
WOULD BE OPEN
AND BE OPEN
SAFELY.
>> THIS IS AN
EMERGENCY,
MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS AN
EMERGENCY.
>> TODAY BIDEN
VISITS KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, WHERE
HE WILL MEET
WITH THE FAMILY
OF JACOB BLAKE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
VISITED THEHE CITY
TUESDAY TO MEETND
WITH BUSINESS
OWNERS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WITH URBAN UNREST
BECOMING THE
CENTERPIECE OF
HIS CAMPAIGN, THE
PRESIDENT
WEDNESDAY SIGNING
A
MEMO ORDERING A
REVIEW OF
FEDERAL FUNDS TO
CITIES HE SAYS
ARE DESCENDING
INTO ANARCHY.
THE MEMO READS,
IN PART, "MY
ADMINISTRATION
WILL NOT ALLOW
FUNDS TO CITIES
THAT ARE GOING
INTO LAWLESS
ZONES."
HEEG MENTIONED
PORTLAND,
SEATTLE,
AND NEW YORK.
THE NEW YORK
MAYOR SAID, "HE
BETTER HAVE AN
ARMY IF HE WANTS
TO WALK DOWN THE
STREET IN NEW
YORK."
.
>>AB Reporter:OU AND
TRYING TO
FURTHER CLARIFY
THE PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS ABOUT
VOTING SAYING IF
THEY WANT TO VOTE
ABSENTEE, THEY
SHOULD DO SO, BUT
FOLLOW UP WITH
THE REGISTRAR OR
CLERK TO SEE IF
THE VOTE IS
COUNTED.
>> YOU'RE
STANDING WHERE
THE
PRESIDENT WON BY
A SLIVER.
WHAT IS
 THE STATE
OF THE RACE
THERE?
>> Reporter: HE
GOT A NEW POLL
SHOWING HIM
WITHIN PUNCHING
DISTANCE IN
PENNSYLVANIA,
DOWN
JUST FOUR POINTS.
AS YOU SAID, HE
ONLY WON THIS
STATE BY A POINT
LAST GO-ROUND,
SO IT'S GOING TO
BE A MAJOR
BATTLEGROUND AND
YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE MY WORD
FOR IT.
THREE OUT OF THE
FOUR CANDIDATES
ON THE TICKET
WILL BE IN THIS
STATE BEFORE THE
WEEK IS OVER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GARRETT HAAKE
 IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
GARRETT, B THANKS
SO MUCH.
>>> NEW DETAILS
THIS MORNING ON
A FIERCE CRITH
FIERCE CRITIC OF
VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
RICHARD ANGLE HAS
MORE ON THIS.
HEY, RICHARD,MO
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD
MORNING.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
INITIALLY
SUGGESTED THAT
NAVALNY WAS
SUFFERING FROM
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
BUT THE GERMAN
GOVERNMENT
CLEARLY DIDN'T
THINK SO AND
BROUGHT IN
MILITARY CHEMICAL
WEAPONS EXPERTS.
NAVALNY REMAINS
IN A GERMAN
HOSPITAL IN A
COMA.
ALEXI NAVALNY,
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S
MOST OUTSPOKEN
CRITIC WAS
POISONED WITH A
POWERFUL NERVE
AGENT, ACCORDING
TO THE GERMAN
GOVERNMENT.
CHANCELLOR ANGELA
MERKEL CALLED
THE POISONING AN
ATTACK, RAISING
SERIOUS QUESTIONS
ONLY THE
RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT CAN
AND MUST
ANSWER.
WHILE THE KREMLIN
DENIES
POISONING
NAVALNY, A
SUSPICIOUSLY HIGH
NUMBER OF
PUTIN'S OPPONENTS
HAVE FALLEN
VICTIM TOIV
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
ANOTHER WAS
POISONED TWICE
AND
SURVIVED.
HE TOLD ME HE HAS
NO DOUBT WHO
IS RESPONSIBLE.
>> POISONING HAS
BEEN A FAVORITE
METHOD OF SOVIET
AND LATER
RUSSIAN SECURITY
SERVICES.
>> Reporter: WHY
WOULD VLADIMIR
PUTIN
ep AND THE
INNER CIRCLE AT
THE KREMLIN KEEP
DOING THIS?
>> THE KREMLIN
REGIME IS NOT
REALLY AFRAID OF
PEOPLE IN THE
WEST POINTING
FINGERS.
THE GREAT THING
THAT PUTIN IS
AFRAID OF IS
PUBLIC DISCONTENT
IN RUSSIA, AND
THAT'S WHY IT
DOESN'T LIKE
OPPOSITION
LEADERS.
>> Reporter:
NAVALNY DRANK A
CUP OF H TEA TWO
WEEKS AGO BEFORE
BOARDING A FLIGHTWS
FOR MOSCOW.
IT'S UNCLEAR IF
THIS PHOTO SHOWS
THE POISONING.
MIDIG FLIGHT
WITNESSES SAY HE
BEGAN TO MONEY IN
PAIN.
THE PLANE MADE AN
EMERGENCY
LANDING.
NAVALNY WAS
OFFLOADED ANDFL 
LATER
TRANSFERRED TO
GERMANY AT THE
FAMILY'S REQUEST.
GERMAN SCIENTISTS
SAID THEY
DISCOVERED TRACES
OF A SOVIET
ERA NERVE AGENT
CALLED NOVA
CHUCK, THE SAME
POISON THAT
BRITISH
AUTHORITIES SAY
WASWO USED
TWO YEARS AGO ON
A FORMER
RUSSIAN SPY,
SERGEI SKRIPAL
AND
HIS DAUGHTER IN
THE UK.
THEY ALSO
SURVIVED BUT
 THE
POISON WAS SO
POWERFUL AVI WOMAN
WHO CAME INTO
CONTACT WITH THE
VIAL THE HITMAN
USED TO CARRY IT
DIED.
RUSSIAN DENIED
THAT, TOO.
NOW GERMANY IS
LOOKING TO RUSSIA
AND DEMANDING
ANSWERS BUT
RUSSIA
IS NOT PROVIDING
MANY ANSWERS.
THIS MORNING
PUTIN'S SPOKESMANPO
SAID THERE IS NO
BASIS TO ACCUSE
RUSSIA.
SO FAR P PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS BEEN
SILENT ON THE
ISSUE.
VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN CONDEMNED
WHAT HE CALLED
THE ATTACK.
>> RICHARD, THANK
YOU.
>>> FOR MONTHS IN
THE WAKE OF
GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH, SEATTLE
SAW SOME OF THE
MOST WIDESPREAD
PROTESTS AND
UNREST IN THE
COUNTRY.
HOW IS MORAL
WITHIN YOUR
DEPARTMENT RIGHT
NOW?
>> YOU KNOW, IT
TOOK A BIG HIT.
>> ADRIENNE DIAZ
IS THE CITY'S
NEW TOP COP,
OFFICIALLY TAKING
OVER TODAY
STRUGGLING TO
HOLD
HIS DEPARTMENT
TOGETHER AFTER A
STUNNING FEW
MONTHS.
>> WE'RE D DEALING
WITH THE COVID
PANDEMIC, WE'RE
DEALING WITH
DEMONSTRATIONS ON
A NIGHTLY
BASIS.
WE'RE DEALING
WITH HOW WE
REIMAGINE
POLICING.
>> Reporter: IT'S H.
BEEN HARD TO
IMAGINE.
THIS SUMMER
CARMEN BEST, THE
CITY'S FIRST
BLACK WOMAN TO
SERVE AS POLICE
CHIEF WAS A
VISIBLE AND
OUTSPOKEN
PRESENCE
AT THE CAPITOL
HILL AUTONOMOUS
ZONE, A SIX-BLOCK
AREA OCCUPIED
BY PROTESTERS.
SHE ADDRESSED
OFFICERS WHEN THE
PRECINCT WAS
OVERRUN.
>> LEAVING THE
PRECINCT W NOT
MY DECISION.
WE FOUGHT FOR
DAYS TO PROTECT
IT.
>> Reporter: BUT
AFTERWARDS THE
CITY COUNCIL
VOTED
OVERWHELMINGLY TO
DEFUND THE
POLICE.
AFTERWARDS SHE
QUIT.
>> THIS WAS A
DECISION I
WRESTLED WITH,
BUT IT WAS TIME.
>> I THINK THE
ENTIRE CITY WAS R
SURPRISED WHEN
CHIEF BEST
DECIDED TO
RETIRE.
>> Reporter:
LORENA GONZALEZ
DISAGREED AND
SAID THERG MONEY
WAS
BETTER SPENT ON
SOCIAL SERVICES.
>> IT IS ABOUT
HOW DO WE AS
AMERICANS ASK THE
QUESTION FOR
THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE 
CREATION AND THE
FOUNDING OF
THIS COUNTRY
ABOUT WHAT
POLICING
SHOULD BE AND WHO
DOES IT SERVE?
>> THE COUNCIL'S
PROPOSAL WHICH
THE MAYOR JUST
VETOED WOULD HAVE
SLASHED THE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET BYE $3
MILLION, UP TO A
HUNDRED OFFICERS
WOULD HAVE BEEN
CUT.
CHIEF BEST
REFUSED TO
SUPPORT
THAT PLAN.
>> Reporter: YOU
THINK IT
DOESN'T GO FAR G
ENOUGH.
>> IT DOESN'T.
>> Reporter:
NIKITA OLIVER AND
ISAAC JOY ARE
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS WHO
THINK THIS IS
MUCH MORE THAN
THE RETIREMENT OF
A BLACK POLICE
CHIEF.
>> IT IS ABOUT AN
INSTITUTION
AND EVEN FOR A
BLACK WOMAN
HOLDING THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF
DEALING WITH
ENTRENCHED RACISM
AND A DEPARTMENT
THAT IS
INEFFECTIVE IS AN
UNFAIR
EXPECTATION.
>> I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT
WE CENTER THE
BLACK COMMUNITY
IN
THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
>> Reporter: IN
RECENT WEEKS, 
THE PROTESTS IN
SEATTLE HAVE
CALMED BUT THE
DEBATE OVER THE
FUTURE OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS INTENSIFIED.
>> THE FACT THAT A
I HAVE DECIDED
TO STEP ASIDE,
THAT SHOULD HELP
THE DEPARTMENT.
IF PEOPLE ARE
PAYING ATTENTION.
>> Reporter: FOR
THE NEW CHIEF,
THE STAKES COULD
NOT BE HIGHER.
>> WE'RE ALREADY
SHORT OFFICERS,
SO HAVING THE
DISCUSSION OF
ACTUALLY HAVING
LESS OFFICERS L IN
OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT COULD
JEOPARDIZE OUR
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
>> Reporter:
CHIEF DIAZ SAYS
HE
PLANS TO
TRANSITION ABOUT
A
HUNDRED OFFICERS
FROM
SPECIALIZED UNITSO
TO PATROL
UNITS TO HAVE
MORE OFFICERS ON
THE STREETS.
BUT ITTO WILL BE UP
TO HIM TO HASH
OUT A COMPROMISE
WITH THE MAYOR
AND THE CITY
COUNCIL ABOUT ANY
FUTURE PROPOSED
CUTS.
SO, WILLIE, IT'S
SOMETHING THATY
MANY CITIES
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
WILL BE WATCHING.
>> AS YOU SAY,
CONVERSATIONS ARE
TAKING PLACE IN
POLICE
DEPARTMENTS BIG
AND SMALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
GABE GUTIERREZ IN
SEATTLE.
GABE, THANKS SO
MUCH.
>>> GOOD MORNING.
>> HODA, GOOD
MORNING.
THE BIG TENMOr:
CONFERENCE RIGHT
NOW
IS IN A PINCH.
PLAY WAS EXPECTED
TO KICK OFF
THIS WEEKEND, BUT
THE CONFERENCE
PULLED THE PLUG
BECAUSE OF COVID
AND NOW PARENTS
ARE DEMANDING TO
KNOW WHY THE
CHANGE OF COURSE?
TIME IS TICKING
AND PRESSURE
BUILDING UNDER
BIG TEN FOOTBALL
CONFERENCE TO
RETURN TO THE
FIELD THIS FALL.
>> THERE IS SUCH
COLLATERAL
DAMAGE THAT WILL
OCCUR BECAUSE
OF THIS
CANCELLATION THAT
I JUST
FEEL THAT
TRANSPARENCY HAS
NOT
BEEN THERE.
>> Reporter:
PARENTS OF
COLLEGE>>
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
AT IOWA,ND
NEBRASKA, AND
OHIO STATE
DESCRIBING THE
ROLLER COASTER
RIDE OF A
SCHEDULE RELEASED
AUGUST 5 AND THEN
A CORONAVIRUS
TIMEOUT CALLED
SIX DAYS LATER.
WHAT WAS THE
EMOTIONAL
REACTION
FOR YOUR CHILD
WHEN YOUNA FOUND
OUT THIS SEASON
WAS GOING TO BE
PUT ON PAUSE?
>> I THINK
 IT
CAUSED GREAT HARM
TO THE EMOTIONAL
AND MENTAL
WELL-BEING OF
THESE KIDS.
>> LET US PLAY!
LET US PLAY!
>> Reporter: WHAT
STARTED WITH
PROTESTS QUICKLY
ESCALATED TO A
WHITE HOUSE
INTERVENTION WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP
PERSONALLY
CALLING THE BIG
TEN COMMISSIONER
THIS WEEK.
>> ABOUT GETTING
BIG TEN PLAYING
AGAIN
IMMEDIATELY, AND
LET'S SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: R THE
BIG TENDI
CONFERENCE
RESPONDING,
THEY'RE
EXHAUSTING EVERY
RESOURCE TO
HELP STUDENT B
ATHLETES TO GET
BACK TO PLAYING
THE SPORTS THEY
LOVE AT THEKI
APPROPRIATE TIME
IN
THE SAFEST AND
HEALTHIEST PAY
POSSIBLE.
BUT THE CLIFF
HANGER AS SOME
OPT
OUT, THE
DEFENDING CHAMP
LSU
WATCHED SEVERAL
BIG NAMES DEPART
THIS WEEK AND
QUARTERBACK JAMIEO,
NEWTON SAYS HE
WILL BE SITTING
ON THE SIDELINES
THIS YEAR, TOO,
GIVEN
UNCERTAINTIES
WITH THE
PANDEMIC.
AND A WIDE
RECEIVER AT OHIO
STATE, HIS MOTHER
SAYS SHE FEELS
BETTER.
>> THEY WERE
BEING BROUGHT IN,
BEING TESTED,
TESTING NEGATIVE.
THE ONLY TIME WE
HAD ANY
OUTBREAK OF
POSITIVE TESTS
WASER
AGAIN AFTER THE
KIDS WENT HOME.
>> Reporter:
EIGHT UNIVERSITY
OF NEBRASKA
PLAYERS,
INCLUDING
GARRETT
SNODGRASS, SAYS
POSTPONING THE
SEASON IS CAUSING
IRREPARABLE HARM
TO THE PLAYERS.
>> IF WE M TRULY
GOT ANY TYPE OF
INFORMATION THAT
MADE ME FEEL
LIKE MY SON'S
LIFE IS AT RISK
OR
HIM BEING A PART P
OF THAT
FOOTBALL PROGRAM
WAS NOT SAFE
FOR HIM, I WOULD
BE THE FIRST
ONE TO BRING HIM
HOME.
>> SO, SAM,
DESPITE, THE
PUSHBACK, THIS
WAS MAINLY A
COLLECTIVE
DECISION AMONG
THE
SCHOOLS IN THE
CONFERENCE,
WASN'T IT?
>> Reporter:
HODA, BECAUSE OF
NATURE OF THIS
LAWSUIT, THE BIG
TEN HAD TO REVEAL
THE VOTE.
IT WAS 11-3,
OVERWHELMINGLY IN
FAVOR OF
SUSPENDING PLAY
THISLY
FALL.
THE ONLY SCHOOLS
THAT WANTED TO
COME BACK AND
PLAY, ACCORDING
TO
THAT VOTE, OHIO
STATE, NEBRASKA,
AND IOWA.
WENE REACHED OUT TO
ALL OF THE
INSTITUTIONS.
THEY EITHER
DECLINED TOEYOM
COMMENT
OR DID NOT
RESPOND.
HODA?
>> YOU SAID ITOV
BEST, A COVID
CLIFF HANGER.
SAM, THANK YOU.
>>> TURNING NOW
TO THE GROWING
SCRUTINY OF NANCY
PELOSI'S VISITIS
TO A SAN
FRANCISCO HAIR
SALON.
SECURITY FOOTAGE
OBTAINED BY FOX
NEWS SHOWS THE D
HOUSE SPEAKER
GETTING HER HAIR
DONE WITHOUT A
MASK DESPITE
CORONAVIRUS
RESTRICTIONS
KEEPING SALONS IN
THE AREA CLOSED.
SHE SAYS THE
WHOLE THING WAS A
SETUP.
>> GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
SAN FRANCISCO
RULES STILL SAYYO
YOU CAN'T GET
YOUR HAIR DONE
INSIDE A SALON,
BUT THIS MORNING
HOUSE SPEAKER
PELOSI
 IS
DOUBLING
DOWN INSISTING
THAT THE SALON
TOLD HER IT WAS
OKAY.
REPUBLICAN
CRITICS, THOUGH,
ARE
ACCUSING HER OF A
DOUBLE
STANDARD.
>> THERE'S MORE
TO THISHA THAT I'M
NOT GOING INTO.
>> Reporter: THIS
MORNING,
HOUSE SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI SAYS
SHE WAS SET UP
AFTER SECURITY
FOOTAGE OBTAINED
BY FOX NEWS
SHOWED HER INSIDE
SAN
FRANCISCO'S
SHUTTERED E SALON
MONDAY  WITHOUT A
MASK.
>> THIS IS NOT
ABOUT MY STAFF
AND PEOPLE NOT
BEING ABLE TO
WORK AND MAKE
MONEY AND PROVIDE
FOR THEIRIF
FAMILIES, AND IF
SHE
IS IN THERE
COMFORTABLY
WITHOUT
A MASK  AND
FEELING SAFE,
THEN
WHY ARE WE SHUT
DOWN.
>> Reporter:
PELOSI PUSHING
BACK SAYING IT'S
THE SALON THAT
OWES HER AN
APOLOGY.
>> WHEN THEY SAID
WE'RE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE
PEOPLE ONE PERSON
AT
A TIME, AND THAT
WE CAN SET UP
THAT TIME, I
TRUSTED THAT.
AS IT TURNS OUT,
IT WAS A SETUP.
>> Reporter: THE
AREA SALONS
HAVE BEEN CLOSED
TO THE PUBLIC
SINCE MARCH DUE
TO CORONAVIRUS.
AND WHILE INDOOR
SERVICES ARE
ALLOWED BY THE
STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, SAN
FRANCISCO ONLY
STARTED ALLOWING
SALONS TO
OPERATE OUTDOORS
ON TUESDAY, A
DAY AFTER THE
SPEAKER'S VISIT
INSIDE.
SHAMPOOING IS
STILL NOT
ALLOWED,
AND MASKS ARE
MANDATORY.
>> I JUST HAD MY
HAIR WASHED.
I DON'T WEAR A
MASK WHEN I'M
WASHING MY HAIR.
DO YOU WEAR A
MASK WHEN YOU'RE
WASHING YOUR
HAIR?
I ALWAYS HAVEAL A
MASK.
>> Reporter: THE
CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRAT HAS
 BEEN
VOCAL ABOUT
THEVI WHITE HOUSE'S
HANDLING OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> WHAT FURTHER
EVIDENCE DOES
ANYONE NEED THAT
THIS PRESIDENT
DOESN'T CARE LESS
ABOUT THE
SPREAD OF THIS
VIRUS?
>> Reporter: NOW
UNDER FIREUT
FROM REPUBLICANS
FOR HER VISIT.
>> THIS IS
TYPICAL
WASHINGTON,
D. C.
THEY GET ON
NATIONAL TV, THEY T
PREACH TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
THAT IT SHOULD BE
ONE WAY,
 AND
YET IN PRIVATE
WHEN THE CAMERAS
ARE NOT ROLLING
AND IN THIS CASE
I GUESS THE
CAMERAS WERE
ROLLING, IT SHOWS
A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY.
>> AND OVERNIGHT
WE LEARNED THE
STYLIST WHO DID
PELOSI'S HAIR
HAS HIRED A
LAWYER.
HE SAYS THE SALON
OWNER APPROVED
PELOSI'S VISITAD IN
ADVANCE AND
THAT SHE'S BEEN
ALLOWING PEOPLE
IN THE SALON
SINCE APRIL
SOMETIMES NOT
WEARING A MASK.
>>>ET IT WILL BE A
TURNING
POINT.
>> Reporter: THIS
MORNING NEW
HOPE FOR THOSE
BATTLING THE
DEVASTATING
DEGENERATIVE
DISEASE
ALS, A DRUG THAT
MAY GIVEE,
PATIENTS WHO
OFTEN HAVE JUST
TWO
TO FIVE YEARS TO
LIVE THE GIFT
OF MORE TIME.
A STUDY PUBLISHED
IN THE NEW
ENGLAND JOURNAL
OF MEDICINE
FOUND IT SLOWED
THE PROGRESSION
OF THE DISEASE,
ALLOWING
PATIENTS TO
RETAIN PHYSICAL
FUNCTIONS LONGER,
LIKE SPEAKING,
WALKING, AND
SWALLOWING.
AFTER A PROMISING
EARLY TRIAL,
THE ALS
ASSOCIATION ISTE
NOW
TAKING THE
UNUSUAL STEP OF
ASKING THE FDA TO
BYPASS ANOTHER
ROUND OF TRIALS
AND MAKE THE NEW
DRUG AVAILABLE TO
PATIENTS RIGHT
AWAY.
CHRISTINA GOLDJI
RECEIVED
THE NEW TREATMENT
AS A PART OF
THE STUDY.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH ALS WHEN
SHE WAS JUST 31
YEARS OLD.
>> THERE'S A VERY
BRIEF PERIOD
BETWEEN THE MAIN
TRIAL AND THE
FOLLOWUP.
I KNOW SHEE WAS
NOT ON THE DRUG
AND THEN WE SAW A
DRAMATIC
PROGRESSION IN
HER ALS.
>> Reporter: SHE
SAYS IT'S THE
KIND OF NEWS HER
SON PETE SPENT
HIS FINAL YEARS
FIGHTING FOR.
>> NO LONGER IS A
PERSON DYING
FROM ALS.
IT'S A PERSON
LIVING WITH ALS.
.
>> Reporter: BACK
IN 2014, PETE
INSPIRED THE ICE
BUCKET
CHALLENGE.
THE GLOBAL
PHENOMENON RAISED
HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
WHICH HELPED WITH
THIS LATESTES
RESEARCH, BUT
WITH NO CURE,
PETE
PASSED AWAY LAST
YEAR.
>> I USED TO GO
TO BED AND HAVE
NIGHTMARES OF
THIS DISEASE.
I WAS GOINGHI TO GO
TO SLEEP FOR
TEN HOURS AND
WHEN I WOKE UP,
WHAT WAS IT GOING
TO TAKE AWAY
DURING THAT TEN
HOURS WHILE MY
EYES WERE SHUT?
THE THOUGHT THAT
THE FAMILIES
AND THE PATIENTS
CAN HAVE SOME
PEACE, THAT IS A
GIFT.
>> Reporter: I
MET PETEHA AND HIS
FAMILY AT THEIR
HOME IN 2017,
FIVE YEARS AFTER
THIS STAR
ATHLETE FOUND OUT
HE F HAD ALS.
>> FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO DON'T
KNOW ME, MY NAME
ISIA PETE, I'M
27, AND I WAS
RECENTLY
DIAGNOSED
WITH ALS.
>> Reporter: THE
MOMENT HE WAS
DIAGNOSED, HE
CALLED AN
EMERGENCY FAMILY
MEETING.
>> AND HE STARTS
TALKING TO ALL
OF YOU.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> WHAT DID HE
SAY?
>> THERE WILL BE
NO WALLOWING.
WE'RE GOING TO
GET TO WORK.
>> Reporter: BY
THE TIME I
VISITED THE
FAMILY, PETE'S
HEALTH ARE
ALREADY RAPIDLY
DETERIORATED, BUT
HIS MIND WAS
SHARP.
HE USED HIS EYES
TO COMMUNICATE
THROUGH A
COMPUTER.
HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER BY HIS
SIDE.
PETE WAS
CONFIDENT THEN
THAT THE
ICE BUCKET
CHALLENGE WOULD
CREATE CHANGE.
>> I KNOW HOW
VIBRANT YOUR SON
WAS.
HE WAS AN
ATHLETE.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS
SO ACTIVE, HE
HAD A LONG LIFE
AHEAD OF HIM.
I WONDER IF
TODAY, HEARING
THIS
NEWS, DO YOU WISH
THAT IT HAD
COME SOONER?
>> EVERY DAY,
EVERY MINUTE OF
EVERY DAY, I MISS
HIM.
AND I HAVE LOST A
PIECE OF MY
HEART FOREVER.
BUT T TO HEAR NEWS
LIKE THIS JUST
COMFORTS ME AND I
KNOW THAT HE
IS PUSHING THIS
ALONG.
>> Reporter: THE
PRINCIPAL R
INVESTIGATOR ON
THIS STUDY TOLD
US THAT THEY'RE
STILL REVIEWING
ALL THE RESULTS
AND THERE'S
STILL A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE
BECAUSE THIS IS
NOT A CURE.
RIGHT NOW THEY
CAN'T REVERSE THE
DISEASE, GUYS,
BUT THIS COULD BE
A STEP TOWARD
GIVING THEM JUST
MORE TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
INDICATE SNOW.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
BEAUTIFUL STORY.
>> A LOT OF
FAMILIES LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT
NEWS FOR A LONG
TIME.
LET'S HOPE IT'S
THE FIRST STEP
ALONG THE WAY.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, I FOUND A
FATHER TRYING TO
TEACH HIS SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER.
WE RETALIATE
WITH LOVE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DOWN HERE.
THERE'S ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY.
SO THAT'S ALL I
WANT HIM TO SEE.
>>> THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE
THE STATE
CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE TO
EXPAND ITS
TESTING
CAPABILITIES.
>> MOST OF US
FEEL THEY NEED
TO COME OUT IN
FULL FORCE AND
SUPPORT THEIR
COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THEY
FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE NOT
GETTING THAT
SUPPORT FROM THE
FULTON POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
COMING UP
AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF HOW
TO KEEP VOTERS
SAFE AMID A
PANDEMIC.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE AND WHO
WE SAY WE ARE IS
RIGHT HERE AT
OUR FEET.
>>> YOU'VE GOT
TO GET A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
BUT A FOUR-YEAR
DEGREE IS SUPER
EXPENSIVE.
>> WE HAVE
CREATED A SYSTEM
WHERE THE TICKET
TO THE MIDDLE
CLASS IS THE
THING THAT
MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILIES HAVE TO
STRESS ABOUT AND
BORROW FOR AND
PATCH TOGETHER.
>> "WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?"
WITH
CHRIS HAYES.
SUBSCRIBE NOW.
>> TODAY'S
HEADLINES CAN BE
HARD TO
UNDERSTAND AND A
LOT OF KIDS HAVE
QUESTIONS, SO WE
STARTED A
NEWSCAST FOR
THEM.
WE HOPE
YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY WILL
WATCH NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS,
KIDS EDITION.
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC
NEWS NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE ACTUALLY
SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD
COME THROUGH
HERE.
>> IT'S NEWS
MADE FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHAT
THE NEW NORMAL
FOR SCHOOLS WILL
LOOK LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS
ARE LEFT MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES
ABOUT SCHOOL AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WHAT AM I
GOING TO DECIDE?
TAKE CARE OF MY
CHILDREN OR HAVE
A JOB?
>> WE'RE
CREATING OUR OWN
LITTLE
COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A MOMENT
WE SHOULD JUST
DEVELOP
OURSELVES AND
DEVELOP OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> LET'S TURN IT
OVER TO
STUDENTS.
HOW DO
THEY REALLY FEEL
ABOUT RETURNING
TO SCHOOL?
>> WHAT I MISS
IS MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
MANY FRONTS.
>> THE STORY --
>> TONIGHT THE
U.S. SHATTERING
THE RECORD FOR
THE MOST COVID
CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY.
>> -- FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
WHEN THE KIDS
ARE BEING TOLD
THEY WILL BE
HOME
INDEFINITELY?
>> THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO CATCH
UP.
>> DO YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE THIS
WILL BRING ABOUT
CHANGE SOON?
>> AND THERE'S A
DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE
TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU
BELIEVE THE
POLICE IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE
UNDER ATTACK?
>> NBC "NIGHTLY
NEWS" WITH
LESTER HOLT.
>>> THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS
DYNAMIC AND
PROBABLY HAS
NEVER BEEN MORE
IMPORTANT.
WITH
ALL THAT WE'RE
FACING, I AM SO
PROUD TO BRING
THE PERSPECTIVE
OF A BLACK
WOMAN, A
DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE
WIFE AND MOTHER
OF A HUSBAND AND
KIDS WHO SADLY
ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO
POLICE VIOLENCE
BECAUSE OF THEIR
COLOR, A PROUD
NERD, AND A
REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE EMERGING
AMERICA TO CABLE
TV NEWS.
I HOPE
THE GREAT GWEN
IFILL AND MY
MOM, PHILOMENA
CARRYL LOMENA,
WILL LOOK DOWN
FROM HEAVEN AND
BE PROUD.
>>> THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY IS
TAKING ANOTHER
MAJOR HIT DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
UNITED AIRLINES
IS FURLOUGHING
OVER 16,000 JOBS
STARTING IN
OCTOBER.
NBC NEWS BUSINESS
AND TECHNOLOGY
CORRESPONDENT JOE
KENT JOINS US
NOW.
TELL US MORE
ABOUT THESE CUTS.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> 16,000 JOBS
WILL BE CUT
OCTOBER 1 BECAUSE
THAT IS WHEN
THE CARES ACT
EXPIRES.
IT WAS PROVIDED
BEFORE THE
AIRLINE RUNS OUT.
NOTHING FROM
CONGRESS YET.
SILVER LINING,
16,000 IS
ACTUALLY LESS
THAN HALF, THE
36,000 THAT
UNITED WAS
ORIGINALLY
PREPARING FOR.
WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TOOK A
VOLUNTARY BUYOUT,
EARLY
RETIREMENT.
THEY'RE DOING
FEWER HOURS, SAY,%
WORKING FEWER
HOURS, ANDG 
HANGING
ONTO THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE.
AND ALL OF THOSEIB
OPTIONS MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR
UNITED TO CUT
FEWER
WORKERS.
BUT UNITED IS
STILL HURTING
REALLY BADLY
ALONG WITH ALL
THE
OTHER AIRLINESTH
AND SAYING IN
THIS STATEMENT,
SADLY, WE DON'T
EXPECT DEMAND TO
RETURN TO
ANYTHING
RESEMBLING NORMAL
UNTIL
THERE'S A WIDELY
AVAILABLE
TREATMENT OR
VACCINE.
THIS COMES AFTER
AMERICAN
AIRLINES
ANNOUNCED 19,000
JOB
CUTS.
SO YOU CAN JUST
FEEL FOR ALL OF
 NG
US WHO ARE NOT
FLYING, WHETHER
IT'S FOR WORK OR
FOR PLEASURE,
IT'S REALLY
WREAKING HAVOC ON
THE TRAVEL
INDUSTRY AND IT'S
CONTINUING TO DO
SO FOR THE
FORESEEABLE
FUTURE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW FOR ALL OF
US WHO WERE
USED TOL  BEING ON
PLANES ALL THE
TIME FOR WORK, IT
CERTAINLY
FEELS DIFFERENT.
BUT THERE ARE
CANCELLED
VACATIONS ALL
THAT KIND OF
STUFF.
SO FURLOUGHS AND
LAYOFFS, MAYBE
ARE FURLOUGHS AND
NOT LAYOFFS,
BUT THEY WILL
STILL NOT A A JOB
AND A PAYCHECK.
DO THEY PLAN TO
REHIRE THE
EMPLOYEES WHEN
THEY CAN?
>> THAT'S THE
 THAT IF
DEMAND GOES BACK
TO NORMAL OR
EVEN INCREASES,
THAT UNITED IS
ABLE TO CALL BACK
SOME OF THESE
WORKERS.
BUT, AGAIN, IF
YOU LOOK AT WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW
WHEN IT COMES
TO DEMAND AND
UNCERTAINTY
AROUND
THE VACCINE, A
LOT OF THESE
AIRLINES SAY,
LOOK, WE DON'T
EXPECT THINGS TO
IMPROVE ANYTIMEIN
SOON AND THAT'S
WHY WE'RE MAKING
THESE BIG JOB
CUTS.
>> ANOTHER MAJOR
COMPANY
TRIMMING ITS
LABOR FORCE IS
FORD.
CAN YOU TELL US
MORE ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY.
SO FORD IS
CUTTING ABOUT
1,400
WHITE COLLAR
JOBS.
THIS ISN'TOF INSIDE
THE FORD
PLANTS AND
FACTORIES AROUND
THE
COUNTRY.
AND THE REASON
THEY% SAY THEY'RE
CUTTING IS NOT
BECAUSE OF THEE 
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, IT'S
BECAUSE OF
ONGOING
RESTRUCTURING.
NOW, THIS% FOLLOWS
ABOUT 7,000
JOBS BEING
ELIMINATED LAST
YEAR
PRE-PANDEMIC, AND
FORD IS REALLY
SHIFTING THE WAY
IT'S DOING
BUSINESS.
IT'S FOCUSING
MORE ON BATTERY
POWERED AND MORE
EFFICIENT
VEHICLES.
IT'S TRYING TO
TRIM DOWNCIES THE
SIZE OF THE 
COMPANY.
IT'S ALSO JUST
AHEAD OF THEIR
CURRENT CEO
LEAVING AND HE
WILL
BE REPLACED SOON
BY JIM FARLEY
AND THIS IS PART
OF THAT BIG
REDESIGN AS A
COMPANY.
SO THEY SAY IT'S
NOT BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC, BUT
YOU STILL SEE
THESE JOB CUTS
AND IT STILL
CONTRIBUTES TO
THE OVERALL
ECONOMIC PAIN
THAT SOOVIC MANY ARE
FEELING RIGHT
NOW, SAVANNAH.
>> SO MUCH
ECONOMIC PAIN,
AND
JUST SO MANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHEN WE'LL GO
BACK TO NORMAL
AND
WE WILL ACTUALLY
ALL BE ON
FLIGHTS AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, JO.
THANKS SO MUCH
FOR YOUR
REPORTING.
>> SERIOUSLY.
NO PROBLEM.
>>> FIVE AND A
HALFHS MONTHS AFTER
POLICE SHOT AND
KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR DURING A
NO-KNOCK WARRANT
AT HER HOME, HER
FAMILY IS STILL
PLEADING FOR
CHARGES AGAINST
THE
OFFICERS WHO
KILLED HER.
BUT WE'RE
LEARNING HOW HER
NAME
WAS INCLUDED IN
HER
EX-BOYFRIEND'S
PLEA DEAL THIS
SUMMER.
THE LAWYER SAYS
HIS CLIENT WAS
OFFERED A  DEAL IF
HE WAS WILLING
TO IMPLICATE HER
IN A, QUOTE,
ORGANIZED CRIME
CINDY INDICATE.
THIS IS A LOT TO
BREAK DOWN.
SO WALK US
THROUGH THIS.
IMPLICATING BREON
WAS WAS PART
OF THE INITIALT 
PLEA DEAL BUT HER
NAME WAS LATER
DROPPED.
WHY DID THEY WANT
BREONNA ON THE
LIST AFTER SHE
WAS KILLED BY
POLICE?
>> THIS IS A
TACTIC THAT
PROSECUTORS WILL
SOMETIMES DO TO
AVOID SINGLE
LIABILITY ON THE
LAWSUIT SIDE
LATER.
FOR EXAMPLE, IFON
THEY THINK THEY
HAVE A SITUATION
WHERE SOMEBODY
WAS WRONGFULLY
ARRESTED,
PROSECUTED, OR
EVEN KILLED BY
POLICE, THEY WILL
DO ANYTHING
THEY CAN T OCE GET
SOMETHING ON THE
RECORD FROM THE
DEFENDANT OR
SOMEBODY, SOME
WITNESS LIKE
THIS, TO SAY
THAT, OH, THERE
IS
SOME EVIDENCE OF
CRIMINALITY.
ANY EVIDENCE OF
CRIMINALITY GETS
POLICE ONE STEP
CLOSER TOON
POTENTIAL
IMMUNITY FROM A
CIVILUI
LAWSUIT, AND THAT
IS SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS
FAIRLY OFTEN.
HAVING DEFENDANTS
PLEA TO A
LESSER CHARGE
WHEN THE
PROSECUTION
PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T
HAVE BROUGHT THE
CASE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
>> HOW COMMON IS
IT FOR A PLEAA 
DEAL TO HAVE A
CONDITION LIKE
THIS AND WHAT
SORT OFIT PRESSURE
DOES IT PUT ON A
DEFENDANT?
>> PLEA DEALS DO
INCLUDE
COOPERATION
AGREEMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS
THE DEFENDANT  IANSG
AGREEING TO
SNITCH ON HIS
FRIENDS OR
CO-CONSPIRATORS
OR
WHATEVER THE CASE
MAY BE.
PROSECUTORS WILL
SAY THEY HAVE
TO TELL THE
WI
TRUTH, THE WHOLE
TRUTH, AND
NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH.
BUT THERE ARE
OFTEN CONDITIONS
ON PLEA DEALS.
THIS IS SLIGHTLY
UNUSUAL BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT
USUALLY
IMPLICATING
 ISEONE WHO
ALREADY DEAD
BECAUSE DEAD
PEOPLE CANNOT BE
PROSECUTED.
IN THIS CASE, IF
THAT'S WHAT
POLICE ARE DOING,WH
IF THAT'S WHAT
PROSECUTORS ARE
DOING, ITEM SEEMS
LIKE IT WOULD BE
PRETTY
OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
THE CIVIL
LIABILITY BY
PAINTING TAYLOR
AS
INVOLVING SOME
CRIMINALITY AND
GETTING SOMEBODY
ON THE RECORD
SAYING THAT SHE
WAS.
>> NOW, WHAT'S
THAT ABOUT
KENNETH WALKER'S
CIVIL CASE?
HE IS SUING THE
CITY AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
OVER HIS
ARREST AND THAT
BREONNA TAYLOR
WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY POLICE.
TELL US ABOUT
THAT.
>> IT'S REALLY
 AN
INTERESTING
CASE BECAUSE IT'S
A TRADITIONALT 
ASSAULT AND
BATTERY CASESE ON
THE
ONE HAND EVEN
THOUGH HE WASN'T
GRIEVOUSLY
WOUNDED, MORTGAGE
ALLY WOUNDED LIKE
HIS
GIRLFRIEND, HE IS
ASKING FOR A
DECLARETORY
JUDGMENT SAYING
KENNETH WALKER IS
COVERED,
IMMUNE FROM
PROSECUTION.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S
BEEN DISMISSED,
IT'S BEEN
DISMISSED WITHOUT
PREJUDICE.
THEY CAN BRING IT
AGAIN IF THE
INVESTIGATION
TURNS UP SOME
EVIDENCE OF
CRIMINALITY.
KEVIN WALKER IS
NOT ONLY LOOKING
FOR MONEY BUT
HE'S ALSO LOOKING
FOR A COURT TO
SAY THAT
UNEQUIVOCALLY HE
HAS IMMUNITY
FROM PROSECUTION
BECAUSE OF
KENTUCKY'S STAND
YOUR GROUND
LAW.
>> WE ACTUALLY
HAD A CHANCE TO
HEAR FROM HIM
YESTERDAY.
LET'S TAKE A
LISTEN.
>> SOMEONE
STARTED BEATING
ON
THE DOOR.
WE REFUSED TO
ANSWER.
MOMENTS LATER
BREONNA WAS DEAD
FROM POLICE
GUNFIRE AND  I WAS
IN
POLICE CUSTODY.
THE POLICE
ARRESTED, JAILED,
AND
CHARGED ME WITH
MURDER OF A
POLICE OFFICER.
I WAS RAISED BY A
GOOD FAMILY.
I AM A LEGAL GUN
OWNER.
I WOULD NEVER
KNOWINGLY SHOOT A
POLICE OFFICER.
BREONNA AND I DID
NOT KNOWR  WHO
WAS BANGING ON
THE DOOR, BUT THE
POLICE KNOW WHAT
THEY DID.
>> SO, DANNY, YOU
JUST BROKE
THIS DOWN A
LITTLE BIT FOR US
BUT LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE CASE HE
IS MAKING AND HOW
LIKELY HE IS
TO WIN.
>> YOU HEARD
KENNETH WALKER
SAYING THE POLICE
KNOW WHAT THEY
DID.
I MEAN, HE HAS TO
DEMONSTRATE
THAT THE POLICE
KNEW THAT THEY
WERE DOING
SOMETHING WRONG.
NOT JUST IF THEY
MADE A MISTAKE.
IF THEYTE MADE IT
IN GOOD FAITH
AND IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT, THEN
THEY CAN ESCAPE
LIABILITY.
HE HAS TO SHOW
THAT THEY DID
SOMETHING
DELIBERATE AND
THEY
KNEW IT WAS WRONGOW
WHEN THEY DID
IT.
IT'S A,  VERY, VERY
HIGH BAR TO
HOLD POLICE
RESPONSIBLE.
MUCH HIGHER THAN
JUST HOLDING
MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLICSI
RESPONSIBLE WHEN
THEY DO
SOMETHING WRONG
AND INJURE%
SOMEBODY.
THAT IS CLEARLY
THE MISSION HERE
AND YOU CAN HEAR
IT IN KENNETH
WALKER'S
STATEMENT HERE.
HE KNOWS, I'M
SURE, THAT HE HAS
A HIGH BAR TO
CLEAR AND HE ANDWA
HIS LAWYERS ARE
GOING TO TRY AND
MAKE IT.
>> NOW,
KENTUCKY'S
ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANIEL
CAMERON IS
OVERSEEING THE
BREONNA TAYLOR
CASE AND THEY
SPOKE ABOUT IT
THIS WEEKEND.
LET'S LISTEN TO
THAT.
>> WEAR ARE LOOKING
UNDER EVERY
STONE, LEAVING NO
STONE UNTURNEDIN
WHEN IT COMES TO
THIS
INVESTIGATION.
A THOROUGH AND
FAIR
INVESTIGATION IS
DESERVED BY
ALL.
WE ALSOFA HAVE THE
STRENGTH OF
RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE FBI TO
--CA
%
WALKER'S BULLET, 
THAT STRENGTHENS %
THEIR CASE FOR %
USE OF FORCE. %
BUT BE ADVISED. %
POLICE DON'T %
HAVE TO BE HIT %
WITH A BULLET IN %
ORDER TO USE %
DEADLY FORCE. %
IN A CASE WHERE %
A DEFENDANT IS %
SHOOTING INTO %
THE AIR, THAT %
COULD POSSIBLY 
CREATE A %
REASONABLE FEAR %
OF DEADLY FORCE %
BY THE POLICE, %
WARRANTING THEIR %
OWN DEADLY %
FORCE. 
BUT IF IT'S THE %
CASE, IF IT %
COMES OUT THAT 
THE POLICE WERE %
WRONG ABOUT THE 
BULLETS, %
STRIKING %
SERGEANT %
MATTINGLY. %
IF IT TURNS OUT 
THE POLICE MAY %
HAVE EVEN SHOT 
SERGEANT %
MATTINGLY %
ACCIDENTALLY IN %
A FIRE 
SITUATION. %
THEN BOTH 
LEGALLY AND %
TERMS OF PUBLIC %
IMAGE OF THE %
CASE, IT WILL %
NOT LOOK GOOD %
FOR THE POLICE. 
>> ALL RIGHT, %
DANNY. %
THANK YOU FOR %
BREAKING THAT %
DOWN. %PRESIDENT IS%
VISITING %
WILMINGTON %
DESIGNATING IT %
AS THE FIRST %
AMERICAN WORLD %
WAR II HERITAGE %
CITY. %
THIS FOLLOWS A %
CONTROVERSIAL %
VISIT TO KENOSHA %
WISCONSIN WHERE %
HE TO HER DAMAGE %
FROM DAYS OF %
CIVIL UNREST %
AFTER THE POLICE %
SHOOTING ON %
JACOB BLAKE. 
WHILE THERE HE %
BLASTED %
DEMOCRATIC %
LEADERS FOR %
ALLOWING WHAT HE %
CALLS ANTI-%
POLICE AND ANTI-%
AMERICAN RIOTS. %
TWO DAYS AFTER 
PRESIDENT COMES 
TO KENOSHA, THE %
BIDENS WILL BE %
VISITING THE %
CITY AS WELL. %
DEMOCRATIC %
PRESIDENTIAL %
CANDIDATE, %
FORMER VICE %
PRESIDENT, JOE %
BIDEN ANNOUNCED %
THAT HE AND HIS %
WIFE WILL BE IN %
KENOSHA ON %
THURSDAY TO HOLD %
A COMMUNITY %
MEETING TO BRING %
TOGETHER %
AMERICANS TO %
HEAL AND ADDRESS %
THE CHALLENGES 
WE FACE. %
BIDEN IS %
CRITICIZED %
PRESIDENT SOME'S %
HANDLING OF 
RACIAL UNREST %
SAYING THAT HE %
IS STOKING THE %
FLAMES OF %
VIOLENCE. %
>>> GERMANY SAYS %
THE KREMLIN %
CRITIC WAS %
POISONED WITH A %
CHEMICAL NERVE %
AGENT IN RUSSIA. %
HE FELL ILL %
DURING A FLIGHT %
TWO WEEKS AGO %
AND IS CURRENTLY %
BEING TREATED AT %
A BERLIN %
HOSPITAL. %
THE GERMAN %
GOVERNMENT SAYS %
A SPECIAL %
MILITARY LAB %
CARRIED OUT %
TOXICOLOGY TESTS 
ON HIM AND %
CONFIRMED THE %
NERVE AGENT THAT 
THEY FOUND WITH %
THE SAME TYPE %
USED IN THE %
POISONING OF A %
FORMER RUSSIAN %
SPY AND HIS %
DAUGHTER TWO 
YEARS AGO. %
GERMANY HAS %
CONDEMNED THE %
ALLEGED ATTACK 
AND URGED THE %
RUSSIAN %
GOVERNMENT TO %
PROVIDE AN 
EXPLANATION. %
>>> SCIENTIST %
CONTINUE TO VENT %
TREATMENTS FOR %
CORONAVIRUS AND %
THAT IS LEADING %
TO SHIFTING %
GUIDELINES. %
THE NATIONAL %
INSTITUTE OF %
HEALTH RECENTLY %
SAYS THEY DO NOT %
RECOMMEND THE %
USE OF BLOOD %
PLASMA TO TREAT %
COVID-19. %
THAT COMES %
SHORTLY AFTER %
THE FDA %
AUTHORIZED %
EMERGENCY USE OF 
CONVALESCENT %
PLAZA PLASMA. %
ANOTHER STUDY %
SHOWED THAT IT %
CUT DEATH RATES %
AMONG CRITICALLY %
ILL CORONAVIRUS %
PATIENTS AND %
PROMPTED THE %
WORLD HEALTH %
ORGANIZATION TO %
REVISE ITS %
GUIDELINES AND %
RECOMMENDATIONS %
STEROID %
TREATMENT. 
THE GUIDANCE %
CHANGES ON THE %
TREATMENT, THERE %
IS A GLOBAL RACE %
TO FIND A 
VACCINE FOR %
COVERT. %
TODAY DR. %
ANTHONY FAUCI %
SAID WHEN HE %
THINKS WE WILL %
HAVE A VACCINE. %
>>I BELIEVE THAT %
BY THE TIME WE %
GET TO THE END %
OF THE CALENDAR %
YEAR, THEN WE %
WILL FEEL %
COMFORTABLE THAT %
WE DO HAVE A %
SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE %
VACCINE. %
>> McKENZIE %
SCOTT, JEFF %
BEZOS EX-WIFE, %
IS NOW THE %
RICHEST WOMAN IN %
THE WORLD WITH %
AN ESTIMATED NET %
WORTH OF MORE %
THAN $60 %
BILLION. %
THE NOVELIST AND %
PHILANTHROPIST %
GOT A 4% STAKE %
IN AMAZON AS A %
PART OF HER %
DIVORCE. %
THE TECH COMPANY %
SHARES %
SKYROCKETED AS %
PEOPLE ORDER %
MORE STUFF %
ONLINE DURING %
THE PANDEMIC. %
SHARES HAVE %
RISEN FROM %
NEARLY 2002 3500 %
SINCE THE START %
OF THE YEAR. %
>>> FINALLY, %
ANOTHER %
IMPORTANT PIECE %
OF NEWS. %
MY REPORT FROM %
YESTERDAY WAS %
RATED BY ROOM %
RAIDER. %
THIS IS THE %
TWITTER PROFILE %
DURING THE %
PANDEMIC HAS %
BEEN RAIDING THE %
ROOMS OF PEOPLE %
WHO ARE DOING %
INTERVIEWS FROM %
HOME. %
I AM PLEASED TO %
REPORT I GOT %
NINE OUT OF 10. %
ROOM RATERS SAID %
LOVE THE FLIGHT %
CURTAIN. 
WE JUST THOUGHT %
THE CONNECTICUT %
FLAG WAS COOL. %
TEXT HOUSE ART, %
NICE COLOR %
PALLETS. %
WE SPENT ALL %
LAST NIGHT %
CELEBRATING. %
I KNOW YOU ARE %
NOT BIG ON %
SKI
 
I LOVE HOW THEY %
USE THE %
HEADLINES TO %
DISCUSS THEIR 
LATEST %
ACCOMPLISHMENT. %
I AM SO BAD AT %
TWITTER, IT IS A %
DARK HOLE FOR %
ME. %
I HONESTLY HAVE %
NOT BEEN %
CHECKING. %
THIS IS MY %
REQUEST TO RATE 
MY ROOM THAT %
THEY DO RATES ME %
AND I WILL CHECK 
IT OUT IN %
RESPONSE. %
I AM NERVOUS %
NOW. %
YOU GOT NINE OUT %
OF 10. %
THAT IS TOUGH %
COMPETITION. %
>> IT'S AN A-, %
REALLY. %
>>STILL IN THE A %
CATEGORY. %
>>CONGRATULATIONS. %
SEE YOU IN ABOUT 
AN HOUR. %
>>> DEMOCRATIC %
PRESIDENTIAL %
NOMINEE, JOE %
BIDEN, WILL %
TRAVEL TO %
KENOSHA %
WISCONSIN %
TOMORROW WHERE %
HE WILL MEET %
WITH JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY. %
WE ARE FOLLOWING %
THE BIDEN %
CAMPAIGN IN 
WILMINGTON %
DELAWARE. %
>> Reporter: JOE %
BIDEN SPEAKS %
TODAY HERE IN %
WILMINGTON %
DELAWARE ABOUT %
WHAT HE SAYS %
REPRESENTS A %
NATIONAL %
EMERGENCY, %
BRINGING %
CHILDREN BACK TO %
THE CLASSROOM %
AND DOING SO %
SAFELY. %
THE FORMER VICE %
PRESIDENT AFTER %
A BRIEFING WITH %
HIS WIFE, DOCTOR 
JILL BIDEN, A 
LONGTIME %
EDUCATOR %
EDUCATOR AND 
ALONG WITH %
EXPERTS SAYING %
THAT THEY SHOULD %
OPEN UP SCHOOL %
DISTRICTS UP TO %
AS MUCH AS $200 %
BI
.
>>> WITH SEVERAL
MORE PHASE 3
CLINICAL TRIALS
ABOUT TO GET
UNDERWAY IN THE
U.S. AND TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE,
RESEARCHERS
SAY THEY'RE
STEPPING UP
OUTREACH
ESPECIALLY IN
BLACK AND LATINX
COMMUNITIES.
>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK IS AT STAKE
NOW FOR THE BLACK
COMMUNITY?
>> IT REALLY IS A
MATTER OF LIFE
OR DEATH.
>> I HOPE PEOPLE
WOULD REALLY
CONSIDER WE
REALLY HAVE TO
GET
SOMETHING DONE
AND ALL THE
EXPERTS SAY THERE
REALLY IS NO
WAY OUT OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING NOW
UNLESS THERE IS
SOME KIND OF
VACCINE.
>>> THE PROMISE
FOR AN OXFORD
CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE IS
ENTERING
ITS THIRD AND
FINAL PHASE IN
THE
U.S.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER
REPORTS ON THE
30,000 VOLUNTEERS
PARTICIPATING
IN THE TRIAL.
>> Reporter:
HEALTH OFFICIALS
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE
WORRIED
ABOUT THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS,
IN PARTICULAR THE
UPCOMING
HOLIDAY SAYING IF
AMERICANS
DON'T SOCIAL
DISTANCE THE
VIRUS
COULD SURGE AGAIN
IN THIS
COUNTRY AFTER
WEEKS OF
PROGRESS.
MEANTIME THERE IS
ALSO POSITIVE
NEWS ON A
POSSIBLE VACCINE.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
AND
ASTRAZENECA WHO
HAVE PARTNERED
TOGETHER SAY THEY
COULD KNOW
SOON HOW
EFFECTIVE THIS
VACCINE
COULD BE,
OFFERING PEOPLE
ACROSS
THE COUNTRY
POSSIBLE GOOD
NEWS.
PHASE 3 CLINICAL
TRIALS ARE
SHOWING EARLY
SIGNS OF PROMISE
IN WHAT COULD
BECOME THE
WORLD'S
FIRST CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE.
AT TESTING SITES
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY,
PARTICIPANTS WILL
BE
GIVEN TWO SHOTS,
ONE MONTH
APART.
23-YEAR-OLD JACOB
SERRANO IS THE
FIRST AMERICAN TO
BE DOSED WITH
EITHER THE
VACCINE CANDIDATE
OR
A PLACEBO.
>> I'M HOPING IT
CAN BE A
HUNDRED PERCENT
CURE, THAT IT
REALLY CAN JUST
END IT ALL.
>> Reporter:
RESEARCHERS AT
OXFORD PARTNERING
WITH
ASTRAZENECA SAY
THE VACCINE, A
GENETICALLY
ALTERED VIRUS
TEACHES THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM TO
CREATE COVID-19
ANTIBODIES.
WITH THOSE SET TO
TAKE PLACE IN
THE TRIALS, THE
FDA SAYS IT
NEEDS TO PROTECT
50% OF PEOPLE
TO BE CONSIDERED
EFFECTIVE.
IT COULD BE
DISTRIBUTED IN
PHASES WITH
HEALTHCARE
WORKERS
AND THE
VULNERABLE WITH
THOSE
WITH UNDERLYING
HEALTH
CONDITIONS
GETTING IT FIRST.
>> SO THIS ONE IS
ONE OF THE
ONES THAT IS
LEADING THE RACE
AND IS ONE OF THE
ONES THAT
LOOKS PROMISING
TO GET US A
VACCINE AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: WITH
PRELIMINARY
DATA ON THE
VACCINE'S
EFFECTIVENESS
EXPECTED AROUND
THANKSGIVING, THE
CORONAVIRUS
DEATH TOLL IN THE
U.S. IS NOW
AROUND 185,000.
FOR JACOB
SERRANO, IT'S
PERSONAL.
HE'S LOST SEVEN
FAMILY MEMBERS
TO COVID.
>> TO THINK THAT
WHAT WE'RE
DOING NOW COULD
PREVENT FUTURE
FATALITIES.
>> THAT'S THE
MAIN REASON I'M
DOING IT, BECAUSE
I WANT TO
PREVENT THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE
ANYONE DESERVES
TO LOSE THEIR
LIFE, ESPECIALLY
WITH A VIRUS THAT
WE COULD HAVE
STOPPED.
>> Reporter: FOR
ALL AMERICANS
A REASON FOR HOPE
AMID THE LOSS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY SAY THE
NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS, INCLUDING
THAT BIG HOLIDAY
WEEKEND, WILL BE
CRITICAL.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER,
NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> IT HAS MADE
MY MENTAL HEALTH
A LOT WORSE.
LIKE, THIS IS THE
MOST ANXIOUS
I'VE EVER BEEN I
THINK IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE.
THIS WAS
EVERYTHING, KIND
OF
LIKE SCHOOL AND
THEN MANAGING,
TRYING TO GET
THINGS DONE AND
ALSO, LIKE,
FREAKING OUT
ABOUT
HOW BAD THE
PANDEMIC IS.
>> NOW WE HAVE
DATA THAT'S COME
OUT MORE RECENTLY
THAT IS
SUGGESTING A
PARTICULAR IMPACT
ON COLLEGE
STUDENTS, THAT
THEY'RE SEEING
HIGHER LEVELS OF
DEPRESSION,
THEY'RE HAVING
FINANCIAL
INSECURITY, WHICH
IS
ALSO LEADING TO
THEM HAVING
PROBLEMS.
AND IT'S JUST
CONCERNING
BECAUSE
BEFORE THIS
PANDEMIC, WE KNEW
THAT COLLEGE
STUDENTS WERE
INCREASINGLY
HAVING MENTAL
HEALTH CONCERNS,
SO NOW YOU HAVE
THE PANDEMIC AND
WE HAVE A
POPULATION
PARTICULARLY IN
GREATER NEED FOR
MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
>> I'D SAY FOR ME
BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC STARTED,
I WAS GOING
THROUGH A REALLY
TOUGH TIME
PERSONALLY AND,
YOU KNOW, KIND
OF HAD FALLEN
INTO THE WHOLE
PANDEMIC, AND I
JUST KIND OF
SAID, YOU KNOW,
LIKE I'M DONE.
I GIVE UP.
WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?
>> JUST LIKE THE
STRESS IN MY
FAMILY FELL ON
ME.
I'M THE OLDEST
AND I SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE AND THEY
HELPED ME OUT
WITH MY
DEPRESSION.
I FEEL LIKE I OWE
THEM A LOT AND
THEY FEEL LIKE I
NEED TO HELP
THEM A LOT.
>> MANY OF THE
STUDENTS HAVE
BACKGROUND THAT
ARE FRAUGHT WITH
FRUSTRATIONS AND
CHALLENGES AND
SO FORTH.
>> THEY ARE
STAUNCH
REPUBLICANS.
I'M ALSO VERY
PROGRESSIVE.
I AM A PSYCHOLOGY
MINOR.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
GOING TO COME UP
WITH SOME TOPICS.
AND I HAVE VERY
STRATEGICALLY,
HAD TO HIDE WHAT
I WAS DOING,
HIDE THE BOOKS
THAT I READ.
>> IT'S NOT
NEARLY AS BAD AS
HAVING DIFFERING
VIEWS, BUT --
>> MORE THAN HALF
OF STUDENTS
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
TO GO FOR
MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES IN THE
ONSET OF THE
PANDEMIC AND 20%
OF
STUDENTS WERE
EXPERIENCING
SIGNIFICANT
NEGATIVE IMPACT.
SO THAT'S VERY
CONCERNING TO US.
THROUGH, LIKE,
THE STUDENT
HEALTH SERVICES
THEY HAVE
COUNSELORS THAT
THEY CAN TALK TO
ONLINE.
>> IT WAS NICE TO
BE ABLE TO
GET -- TO JUST
TALK TO SOMEONE
ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT WERE GOING
ON BECAUSE I WAS
AT HOME, AND
EVEN IF I WAS,
LIKE, HOME ALONE,
IT WAS KIND OF
HARD TO BE AS
VULNERABLE AS I
WAS IN THEIR
OFFICE JUST
BECAUSE THERE'S A
DIFFERENT FEELING
THERE.
I THINK ABOUT
THIS GROUP OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS
NOT COMING BACK
TO COLLEGE
BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT
COMING BACK TO
ANYTHING.
THEY'RE COMING
INTO SOMETHING
VERY NEW.
I LIKE TO THINK
OF IT AS THEM
BEING KIND OF
LIKE UNINTENDED
OR
UNEXPECTED
EXPLORERS.
I HAVE A LOT OF
HOPE IN THIS
GENERATION AND
I'M -- EVEN
THOUGH I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT
THEM,
I'M ALSO EXCITED
TO SEE WHAT
THEY DO WITH THIS
MOMENT THAT'S
ALL THEIR OWN AND
UNLIKE ANY
THAT ANY OF US
HAVE EVER
EXPERIENCED.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS I FOUND A
FATHER TRYING TO
TEACH HIS
>>> THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE
THE STATE
CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE TO
EXPAND ITS
TESTING
CAPABILITIES.
>> MOST OF US
FEEL THEY NEED
TO COME OUT IN
FULL FORCE AND
SUPPORT THEIR
COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THEY
FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE NOT
GETTING THAT
SUPPORT FROM THE
FULTON POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
COMING UP
AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF HOW
TO KEEP VOTERS
SAFE AMID A
PANDEMIC.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE AND WHO
WE SAY WE ARE IS
RIGHT HERE AT
OUR FEET.
>>> YOU'VE GOT
TO GET A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
BUT A FOUR-YEAR
DEGREE IS SUPER
EXPENSIVE.
>> WE HAVE
CREATED A SYSTEM
WHERE THE TICKET
TO THE MIDDLE
CLASS IS THE
THING THAT
MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILIES HAVE TO
STRESS ABOUT AND
BORROW FOR AND
PATCH TOGETHER.
>> "WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?"
WITH
CHRIS HAYES.
SUBSCRIBE NOW.
>> TODAY'S
HEADLINES CAN BE
HARD TO
UNDERSTAND AND A
LOT OF KIDS HAVE
QUESTIONS, SO WE
STARTED A
NEWSCAST FOR
THEM.
WE HOPE
YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY WILL
WATCH NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS,
KIDS EDITION.
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC
NEWS NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE ACTUALLY
SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD
COME THROUGH
HERE.
>> IT'S NEWS
MADE FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHAT
THE NEW NORMAL
FOR SCHOOLS WILL
LOOK LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS
ARE LEFT MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES
ABOUT SCHOOL AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WHAT AM I
GOING TO DECIDE?
TAKE CARE OF MY
CHILDREN OR HAVE
A JOB?
>> WE'RE
CREATING OUR OWN
LITTLE
COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A MOMENT
WE SHOULD JUST
DEVELOP
OURSELVES AND
DEVELOP OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> LET'S TURN IT
OVER TO
STUDENTS.
HOW DO
THEY REALLY FEEL
ABOUT RETURNING
TO SCHOOL?
>> WHAT I MISS
IS MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
MANY FRONTS.
>> THE STORY --
>> TONIGHT THE
U.S. SHATTERING
THE RECORD FOR
THE MOST COVID
CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY.
>> -- FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
WHEN THE KIDS
ARE BEING TOLD
THEY WILL BE
HOME
INDEFINITELY?
>> THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO CATCH
UP.
>> DO YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE THIS
WILL BRING ABOUT
CHANGE SOON?
>> AND THERE'S A
DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE
TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU
BELIEVE THE
POLICE IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE
UNDER ATTACK?
>> NBC "NIGHTLY
NEWS" WITH
LESTER HOLT.
>>> THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS
DYNAMIC AND
PROBABLY HAS
NEVER BEEN MORE
IMPORTANT.
WITH
ALL THAT WE'RE
FACING, I AM SO
PROUD TO BRING
THE PERSPECTIVE
OF A BLACK
WOMAN, A
DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE
WIFE AND MOTHER
OF A HUSBAND AND
KIDS WHO SADLY
ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO
POLICE VIOLENCE
BECAUSE OF THEIR
COLOR, A PROUD
NERD, AND A
REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE EMERGING
AMERICA TO CABLE
TV NEWS.
I HOPE
THE GREAT GWEN
IFILL AND MY
MOM, PHILOMENA
CARRYL LOMENA,
WILL LOOK DOWN
FROM HEAVEN AND
BE PROUD.
.
>>> IT'S
CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO
ENSURE THAT FOLKS
THAT LIVE IN
THE COMMUNITY
COULD SEE DOING
WELL SO WE COULD
REIMAGINE WHAT
WE UNDERSTOOD TO
BE VIBRANT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES.
>> THIS IS AN
AREA THAT DOESN'T
GET MUCH LOVE.
IT'S MY DUTY AND
OBLIGATION AS A
BLACK MAN AND AS
A BUSINESS
OWNER TO ALWAYS
POUR BACK INTO
THE COMMUNITY.
>> SO MUCH HAS
HAPPENED IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND TO
BE ABLE TO SEE
THE GROWTH OF
WHERE EVERYTHING
HAPPENED WITH
THIS CIVIL UNREST
TO WHERE WE ARE
NOW IS HUGE
GROWTH.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO
PEACE!
>> THE RECENT
UNREST IN
KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, OVER
THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE BY
POLICE SPARKS
MEMORIES OF WHAT
HAPPENED FOUR
YEARS AGO JUST 40
MILES AWAY.
IN 2016 THE
SHOOTING OF SMITH
LED TO UNREST IN
MILWAUKEE'S
SHERMAN PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
PROPERTY WAS
DESTROYED,
INCLUDING A BMO
HARRIS BANK.
BUT THE REBUILD
LED TO THE
CREATION OF THE
SHERMAN PHOENIX,
A HUB FOR LOCAL
BUSINESSES THAT
IS NOW THE
HEARTBEAT OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THERE'S A
DYNAMIC HERE WHEN
I
THINK ABOUT
MILWAUKEE BETWEEN
HOPE AND
POSSIBILITY,
STRUGGLE
AND THE NEED FOR
CHANGE.
>> THIS SPACE IS
HOME TO MORE
THAN TWO DOZEN
BUSINESSES OF
COLOR, FROM
APPAREL TO
BEAUTY,
TO WELLNESS, AND
FOOD.
>> WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT
THE SHERMAN WAS A
REFLEXTION OF
THE COMMUNITY.
WE KIND OF HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT
THE MIX THAT
WOULD ATTRACT A
DIVERSE PEOPLE.
SO IT'S KIND OF
WHAT CAN YOU --
AN RESURGENCE OF
OPPORTUNITY AND
WE WANTED THE
ENTREPRENEURS TO
BE A REFLECTION
OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> I WANTED TO
SEE PEOPLE WHO
LOOK LIKE ME AND
CAME FROM THE
SAME AREA AS ME
TO BE ABLE TO
PROSPER.
>> TRUMAN MCGHEE
OWNS FRESH
SPRING ROLLS, A
COMPANY THAT
PRIDES ITSELF ON
USING FRESH
INGREDIENTS AND
NEVER BEING
FRIED.
>> MY PART IN
THIS IS GIVING
HEALTHIER FOOD
OPTIONS TO PEOPLE
THAT NEVER HAD
ACCESS TO IT.
THAT MEANS A LOT
TO ME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
FROM THE AREAS,
THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT QUINOA IS.
WE'VE GOT QUINOA
BOWLS ON OUR
MENU.
WHAT?
QUINOA?
JUST GIVE ME
RICE.
I DON'T KNOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVEN'T HEARD OF
AVOCADO OR HAVE
NEVER TRIED AN
AVOCADO.
SO JUST BEING
ABLE TO EDUCATE
PEOPLE AND SAY WE
MIX THESE
GREAT NATURAL
FRESH THINGS
TOGETHER, WE CAN
CREATE SOME
GREAT THINGS.
>> UNFORTUNATELY
IN OUR
COMMUNITY,
THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF
REALLY HEALTHY
PLACES TO EAT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF HEALTHY
PLACES TO GO, AND
THERE'S NOT A
WHOLE LOT OF TALK
ABOUT HEALTH
AND WELLNESS AND
SO SHERMAN
PHOENIX ALLOWS TO
HAVE THAT
SPACE TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THAT
DIALOGUE, THAT
CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT DOES
IT LOOK LIKE TO
LIVE WELL, TO BE
WELL, AND ALSO
TO THINK WELL?
>> LA KIA JOAN
RUNS COUNSELING
SERVICES, A
MENTAL HEALTH
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM IN THE
COMPLEX.
>> REALLY IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY WE
WERE TAUGHT NOT
TO TAKE PROBLEMS
OUTSIDE OF THE
HOME.
IF YOU DID THAT,
YOU GOT INTO
SERIOUS TROUBLE,
THAT MIND-SET
THAT HAS CREATED
HUGE PROBLEMS
AND HAS CREATED
TRAUMA THAT
CONTINUED TO
EXIST YEAR AFTER
YEAR AFTER YEAR
AFTER YEAR AS IT
RELATES TO OUR
COMMUNITY AND SO
IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE
AS
A COMMUNITY START
TO REALLY HAVE
OPEN AND HONEST
DIALOGUE AROUND
HOW DIFFERENT
ISSUES IN OUR
LIFE
ARE AFFECTING OUR
MENTAL HEALTH.
>> HAVING OUR
MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE PROVIDER
NORMALIZES THE
NEED
WITH THE COUNTRY 
FACING A 
RECKONING AROUND 
RACIAL 
DISPARITY, 
COMMUNITIES 
HARDEST HIT BY 
THE PANDEMIC, 
POLICE 
BRUTALITY, 
OPPORTUNITIES IN 
THE WORK LACE, 
JoANNE THINKS 
THE SHERMAN 
PHOENIX CAN BE A 
MODEL FOR OTHER 
CITIES. 
>> IT IS A REAL, 
LIVED EXPERIENCE 
AROUND HOW DO WE 
CREATE PATHWAYS 
TO THE ECONOMY, 
BUT ALSO HOW DO 
YOU SECURE OUR 
WELL-BEING, HOW 
DO YOU NURTURE 
PEOPLE OF COLOR 
AND PEOPLE FROM 
ALL WALKS OF 
LIFE. 
BUT THINGS ARE 
CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT NOT 
JUST IN 
MILWAUKEE BUT TO 
THE NATION 
AROUND WHAT IS 
POSSIBLE WHEN WE 
INVEST AND 
REDEVELOP 
CORRIDORS IN OUR 
CENTRAL CITIES. 
>>> FIRST, THOUGH, WE'RE GOING 
TO BEGIN WITH OUR TOP STORY.
AS WE APPROACH THE UNOFFI
>> NEW CONCERNS 
THIS MORNING 
THAT THE 
UPCOMING LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND 
COULD LEAD TO 
ANOTHER MASSIVE 
SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
THIS IS TOM 
COSTELLO WHO HAS 
THAT STORY FOR 
US. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
WE SAW SPIKE 
AFTER MEMORIAL 
DAY IN MAY. 
WE SAW CASES 
JUMP IN JUNE, 
AND THEN IN 
THROUGH THE 
SUMMER. 
CONCERN IS THAT 
CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.
SOMETIMES WE 
JUST ROLL THESE 
NUMBERS OFF OF 
OUR TIME, AND WE 
REALLY DO NOT 
THINK ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE 
HAVE NOW DIED 
FROM THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT IS 
APPROACHING A 
HOSPITAL IN 
ALABAMA. 
EXPERTS ARE 
WARNING, DON'T 
LET YOUR GUARD 
DOWN GOING INTO 
LABOR DAY. 
SPOKE WITH 
LIBERTY FAST 
APPROACHING, AND 
SOME ARE 
STARTING TO WIND 
DOWN, EXPERT SAY 
THERE CANNOT BE 
A REPEAT AT THE 
START OF THE 
SEASON. 
MAJOR GROUNDS OF 
BEACHES AND POOL 
PARTIES LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
A BIG SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
THE U.S. IS 
STILL AVERAGING 
MORE THAN 40,000 
NEW CASES PER 
DAY, AND MORE 
THAN 900 DAILY 
DEATHS IN THE 
PAST WEEK. 
>> IT IS AN 
UNACCEPTABLY 
HIGH BASELINE. 
WE HAVE GOT TO 
GET IT DOWN. 
>> DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAYS THAT 
NUMBER NEEDS TO 
DROP FROM 40,000 
DOWN TO 10,000 
OR FEWER AS WE 
APPROACH THE FLU 
SEASON. 
>> YOU DO NOT 
NEED TO LOCK 
YOURSELF DOWN, 
BUT DON'T BE 
CARELESS ABOUT 
THINGS SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN A BAR 
OR WHAT HAVE 
YOU. 
MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU WEAR YOUR 
MASK. 
>> AND THE MASKS 
THAT WE ARE ALL 
WEARING COULD BE 
CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT AS WE 
GO TO VISIT 
FAMILY THIS 
WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU ARE 
OUT AND ABOUT, 
IF YOU VISIT 
GRANDMA, KEEP 
HER MASK ON. 
>> JUST HOURS 
AFTER I WAS 
GOVERNOR 
DEFENDED A 
DECISION TO 
ALLOW THOUSANDS 
OF FANS AT AN 
UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME.>> 
IF YOU HAVE 
UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS AND 
YOU ARE PART OF 
A VULNERABLE 
POPULATION, 
MAYBE I WOULD 
NOT GO TO THE 
IOWA STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME 
NEXT WEEK. 
>> IOWA STATE 
NOW REVERSING 
THE PLAN, SAYING 
ITS HOME OPENER 
WILL INCLUDE AN 
EMPTY STADIUM. 
>>> WHILE THE 
FIRST DEATH IS 
BEEN RECORDED IN 
CONNECTION TO 
THE AUGUST 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
THAT BROUGHT 
THOUSANDS OF 
HIKERS FROM 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO SOUTH 
DAKOTA, IT IS 
BELIEVED TO BE 
THE LARGEST 
EVENT SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC, IT LED 
TO MOST LARGE-
SCALE EVENTS 
BEING SHUT DOWN. 
AND THIS, THE 
CDC NOW TELLING 
STATES TO 
PREPARE TO BE 
READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE 
MILLIONS OF 
POTENTIAL 
VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE 
OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER, JUST 
ABOUT THE TIME 
OF THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTIONS. 
>> THE AGENCY 
AND A LETTER 
OBTAINED BY CNBC 
ALLOWED 
GOVERNORS TO 
EXPEDITE 
APPLICATIONS FOR 
DISTRIBUTION 
FACILITIES. 
IF NECESSARY, 
WAIVE 
REQUIREMENTS 
THAT WOULD KEEP 
THEM FROM BEING 
FULLY 
OPERATIONAL BY 
NOVEMBER 1st.
>> HERE WITH 
MORE ON THE CDC 
VACCINE GUIDANCE 
IN THE 
CORONAVIRUS NEWS 
IS DOCTOR BEN 
GUPTA. 
DOCTOR GUPTA, 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU.>> GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU.
>> LET'S START 
WITH THE LATEST, 
THE CDC GUY 
TELLING STATES 
TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE A 
VACCINE EARLY 
NOVEMBER. 
THAT IS LESS 
THAN TWO WEEKS 
AGO. 
-- TWO WEEKS 
AWAY. 
HOW REALISTIC 
AND FEASIBLE IS 
THIS IN YOUR 
TIMELINE?>> WE 
ARE TALKING 
ABOUT JUST AN 
ACCELERATED 
TIMELINE THAT 
DOES NOT JIVE 
WITH THE REALITY 
THAT MOST 
COMPANIES THAT 
ARE IN THE MIDST 
OF A PHASE 3 
VACCINE TRIAL, 
THAT IS THE LAST 
STEP BEFORE YOU 
CAN THINK ABOUT 
LARGE-SCALE 
DISTRIBUTION AND 
FDA APPROVAL. 
MOST ARE IN THE 
BEGINNING TO 
MIDDLE OF IT, 
THAT IS TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
INDIVIDUALS THAT 
HAVE TO BE 
ASSESSED FOR 
SAFETY AND 
EFFECTIVENESS OF 
A VACCINE 
CANDIDATE. 
WE ARE NOWHERE 
CLOSE TO DO THIS 
PROPERLY. 
I WORRY THAT IF 
SOMETHING GETS 
MASS 
DISTRIBUTED, 
WHAT IS THE 
TRUST LEVEL 
GOING TO BE 
AMONGST AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
IT IS ALREADY AT 
AN ALL-TIME LOW. 
ARE PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY GOING 
TO TAKE THE 
VACCINE? 
WE NEED, 
INDEPENDENT 
EXPERT REVIEWS 
OF ANY DATA THAT 
COMES OUT OF ANY 
VACCINE TICKETS 
MASS DISTRIBUTED 
SO THAT PEOPLE 
HAVE TRUST. 
>> DOCTOR GUPTA, 
THE LIBERTIES 
COMING UP. 
WE JUST HEARD 
THE CASES ARE 
SURGING IN THE 
MIDWEST. 
THE FIRST DEATH 
LINK TO THAT 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
THREE WEEKS AGO. 
ARE WE PREVENT 
ANOTHER SEARCH 
FOLLOWING THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND? 
YOU KNOW 
GATHERINGS ARE 
LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
ORDER PEOPLE TO 
DO?>> IF PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO BE 
OUT, SINCE IT IS 
THE END OF 
SUMMER, IN THEIR 
BACKYARD, STICK 
TO THE YARD. 
KEEP IT TO LESS 
THAN FIVE, AND 
PLEASE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE. 
PLEASE MASK. 
USE INFECTION 
CONTROL 
MEASURES, AND 
AVOID ANY 
CROWDS, AS 
DOCTOR BHATI 
SAID. 
AVOID ANY 
STADIUMS ARE 
PACKED TYPE OF 
EVENTS THAT 
MIGHT BE 
HAPPENING. AVOID 
TRAVEL IF YOU 
CAN. 
THOSE ARE THE 
BASIC THINGS 
WE'VE BEEN 
SAYING FROM THE 
VERY BEGINNING. 
WE REALLY NEED 
PEOPLE TO ADHERE 
TO IT BECAUSE AN 
OUTBREAK 
ANYWHERE IS A 
RISK TO US 
EVERYWHERE. 
>> THIS IS A 
STORY THAT 
GRABBED OUR 
ATTENTION TODAY. 
SPEAKING OF TIME 
WITH FAMILY AND 
FRIENDS. 
HE PROBABLY 
HEARD THAT 
DWAYNE THE ROCK 
JOHNSON AND HIS 
TWO YOUNG GIRLS 
CONTRACTED 
COVID. 
THEY GOT IT FROM 
CLOSE FRIENDS 
THAT THEY TRUST 
AND THEY LOVE. 
THAT IS GRABBED 
OUR ATTENTION 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
US ARE TRYING TO 
DO THAT. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
DO THE RIGHT 
THING. 
WE HAVE ONE 
FAMILY OVER FOR 
DINNER WE TRUST, 
THEY TOLD US 
THEY ARE 
QUARANTINING AS 
WELL. 
IS TELLING US 
THAT NOW ON 
ANYBODY WHO 
COMES INTO HIS 
HOUSE, HE WANTS 
EVERYBODY TO BE 
TESTED FIRST. 
DO YOU THINK 
THAT IS 
REALISTIC FOR 
PEOPLE WATCHING? 
>> I THINK YOU 
HAVE TO PROTECT 
YOUR FAMILY I 
LOVE THAT I IN 
THE TIME OF THE 
PANDEMIC, YOU 
MUST PROTECT 
YOUR FAMILY. 
EVEN IF YOU LOVE 
THEM AND YOU 
TRUST THE MENU 
ARE BEST FRIENDS
, THEIR CLOSE 
FAMILY. 
FOR THEIR 
PROTECTION AND 
YOUR FAMILIES 
PROTECTION, MAKE 
SURE THEY GET 
TESTED. 
JUST LIKE IF YOU 
WERE TO HOP ON A 
PLANE OR GO 
VISIT SOMEBODY 
IN A NURSING 
FACILITY OR 
ANYPLACE WHERE 
THERE IS A HIGH 
RISK OF EXPOSURE 
WHERE SOMEBODY 
MIGHT HAVE A BAD 
OUTCOME FROM 
COVID-19. 
ENSURE THAT YOU 
HAVE THE TEST. 
WE SHOULD ALL BE 
DOING IT. 
I'M GLAD HE MADE 
THAT MESSAGE. 
>>> LIST TALK 
ABOUT SCHOOLS. 
WE'VE ALREADY 
SEEN SOME FOLKS 
WITH SCHOOLS 
THAT REOPEN. 
SOME AREAS ARE 
DELAYING A BIT. 
MY SON IS GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
NEXT WEEK. 
HOW DO WE KEEP 
IT SAFE IN THE 
SCHOOLS? 
WHAT SHOULD 
PARENTS BE 
MINDFUL OF AS 
FAR AS BEST 
PRACTICES IN THE 
SCHOOL ITSELF? 
>> IS A PARENT 
MYSELF, I THINK 
THAT I WOULD 
LIKE TO HEAR THE 
FOLLOWING. 
OUR BASIC 
INFECTION 
CONTROL MEASURES 
BEING ADHERE TO. 
WE HAVE HAND 
HYGIENE STATIONS 
EVERYWHERE. 
WHAT ABOUT 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS? 
THE SCHOOLS THAT 
CAN'T HAVE 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS, OUR 
HVAC SYSTEMS 
QUICK -- 
EQUIPPED WITH 
ULTRAVIOLET 
LAMPS. 
OUR PARENTS 
HEARING THAT 
ADMINISTRATORS 
ARE THINKING 
ABOUT THIS? 
WHAT ABOUT 
TESTING? 
IS TESTING? 
WE KNOW THE 
TESTING IS THE 
KEY TO KEEP 
SCHOOLS REOPEN. 
MOST SCHOOLS DO 
NOT HAVE ACCESS 
TO IT, INCLUDING 
NEW YORK CITY. 
FREQUENT 
TESTING. 
ARE THE THINKING 
ABOUT IT. 
IS THERE A PLAN 
IN PLACE. 
OTHER PIECES 
LIKE TO 
INTERCHANGE A 
VIRTUAL PART OF 
THE WEEK WITH IN 
PERSON BECAUSE 
THEY NEED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
CLASSROOMS ARE 
APPROPRIATELY 
DISTANCED? 
WHAT ABOUT 
MASKING AND 
FASCIA THEN? 
I CAN'T TELL 
YOU, DYLAN, HOW 
MANY TIMES I'VE 
GOTTEN OUTREACH 
SAYING SHOULD I 
BE WEARING A 
MASK OR FACIAL? 
GUIDANCE IS NOT 
BEEN CLEAR. 
IT IS GOING TO 
PROTECT BOTH 
CHILDREN AND 
TEACHERS AND 
STAFF IF THEY 
ARE HAVING 
APPROPRIATE PPE, 
FACE SHIELDS AND 
MASKS, FOR 
TEACHERS AND 
STAFF, 
ESPECIALLY MASKS 
FOR CHILDREN. 
>> DOCTOR GUPTA, 
YOU ALWAYS GIVE 
US SO MUCH GOOD 
ADVICE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US THIS 
MORNING. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, JOE 
BIDEN AND DONALD 
TRUMP RAMPING UP 
THEIR ATTACKS 
AND ONE ANOTHER 
ENGAGE IN VERBAL 
BATTLE FROM 
WILMINGTON 
DELAWARE TO 
WILMINGTON, 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
>> I KNOW A 78-
YEAR-OLD IS NOT 
SO SHARP. 
>> GET OFF OF 
TWITTER AND START
TALKING TO THE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERS IN BOTH 
ARTESE. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT, WHO 
REGULARLY 
ATTACKS VOTING 
BY MAIL A STRONG 
CRITICISM FOR 
APPEARING IN AN 
INTERVIEW THAT 
IS SUPPORTERS 
ATTEMPTED TO 
VOTE TWICE TO 
TEST THE 
SYSTEM.>> SEND 
IN YOUR BALLOTS, 
WHETHER 
SOLICITED OR 
UNSOLICITED -- 
UNSOLICITED. 
YOU SEND THEM 
IN, BUT YOU GO 
TO VOTE. 
IF THEY HAVEN'T 
COUNTED IT, YOU 
CAN VOTE. 
THAT IS THE WAY 
THAT I VIEW IT. 
>> THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ASK 
ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENTS 
COMMENTS ON CNN. 
>> HE IS TRIED 
TO MAKE THE 
POINT THAT THE 
ABILITY TO 
MONITOR THIS 
SYSTEM IS NOT 
GOOD, AND IF IT 
WAS SO GOOD, IF 
YOU TRIED TO 
VOTE A SECOND 
TIME, YOU WOULD 
BE CAUGHT. 
IF YOU VOTED IN 
PERSON.>> THAT 
WOULD BE ILLEGAL 
IF SOMEBODY DID 
THAT. 
IF SOMEBODY 
MAILED IN A 
BALLOT AND 
ACTUALLY SHOWED 
UP TO VOTE IN 
PERSON, THAT 
WOULD BE 
ILLEGAL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT THE LAW AND 
THE PARTICULAR 
STATE SAYS. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
VOTE TWICE. 
>> BIDEN CAMPAIGN
TODAY BY MASSIVE 
CAMPAIGN FUNDING 
BACK IN AUGUST. 
HE LED THE 
PRESENT BATHROOM 
STATES THAT ONE 
IN 2016. 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT 
FOCUSING ON WHAT 
HE CALLS MR. 
TRUMP IS 
UNDERWAY. 
AND HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAVE DONE THEIR 
JOBS FOR THE 
CRISIS, AMERICAN 
SCHOOLS WOULD BE 
OPEN, AND THEY 
WOULD BE OPEN 
SAFELY. 
>> THIS IS AN 
EMERGENCY, MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
THIS IS AN 
EMERGENCY. 
>> TODAY, BIDEN 
VISITS KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, WHERE 
HE WILL MEET 
WITH THE FAMILY 
OF JACOB LIKE. 
CAME MET WITH 
BUSINESS OWNERS 
AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT WHEN 
HE WAS THERE ON 
TUESDAY. 
THE PRESIDENT ON 
WEDNESDAY SIGNED 
A REVIEW OF 
FEDERAL FUNDS TO 
CITIES THAT HE 
SAYS ARE 
DESCENDING INTO 
ANARCHY. 
THE MEMO READS 
IN PART THAT MY 
MINISTRATION 
WILL NOT ALLOW 
FEDERAL TAX 
DOLLARS TO FUND 
CITIES THAT 
ALLOW THEMSELVES 
TO DETERIORATE 
INTO LOVELESS 
ZONES. 
AMONG THE PLACES 
HE MENTIONED, 
PORTLAND, 
SEATTLE, NEW 
YORK. 
YORK GOVERNOR 
CUOMO CALLED THE 
MOVE AN ILLEGAL 
START AND SAID 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
NO LONGER 
WELCOME IN THE 
BIG APPLE. 
>> FORGET 
BODYGUARDS. 
HE BETTER HAVE 
AN ARMY IF HE 
THINKS HE IS 
GOING TO WALK 
DOWN THE STREET 
IN NEW YORK.
>> OVERNIGHT, 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRY TO 
FURTHER CLARIFY 
THE PRESIDENTS 
COMMENTS ABOUT 
VOTING. 
>> IF THE STATES 
SHUT DOWN BUT 
ONLY REOPEN FOR 
HER CONVENIENCE. 
DO AS I SAY, NOT 
AS I DO, SAYS 
NANCY PELOSI. 
NANCY PELOSI IS 
HOLDING UP $1.3 
TRILLION IN 
RELIEF FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
WHILE GETTING 
SPECIAL ACCESS 
TO THE VERY KIND 
OF SMALL 
BUSINESSES THAT 
THIS MONEY WOULD 
SUPPORT. 
BUSINESSES LIKE 
THIS HAIR SALON. 
BEFORE SHE 
SKIPPED DOWN TO 
VIOLATE HER 
STATE HEALTH 
GUIDELINES, LOC 
PROPOSED A BILL, 
IT WAS CALLED 
HEROES ACT, 
WHICH CONTAINED 
NO ADDITIONAL 
PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION 
FUNDING. 
THIS IS FUNDING 
THAT WOULD HELP 
THE VERY SMALL 
BUSINESS SHE HAS 
BIZARRELY 
ACCUSED OF 
PLOTTING AGAINST 
HER. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SEIZED THROUGH 
DEMOCRATS 
DISREGARDS FOR 
AMERICAN SEAMEN 
HE TOOK ACTION 
UNILATERALLY IN 
HIS OWN ACCORD. 
HE PROVIDED 
RELIEF FROM 
EVICTIONS. 
HE PROVIDED 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE. 
HE PAUSED 
STUDENT LOAN 
PAYMENTS, AND HE 
CUT THE PAYROLL 
TAX, PUTTING 
MONEY IN THE 
AMERICAN 
PEOPLE'S 
POCKETS. 
CONGRESS ALSO 
FAILED TO 
AUTHORIZE 
FUNDING TO 
PROVIDE CHILDREN 
WITH FREE 
LUNCHES FOR THE 
2020, 2021 
SCHOOL YEAR. 
AGAIN, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WAS 
SENIOR ADVISOR 
ABOUT THE TRUMP 
TOOK ACTION, AND 
NOW USDA, HAVING 
EXTENDED A 
SUMMER PROGRAM, 
CAN ENSURE THE 
CHILDREN STILL 
HAVE ACCESS TO 
FREE MILLS 
THROUGH THE END 
OF THE YEAR. 
NANCY PELOSI IS 
DEMANDING AN 
APOLOGY FROM A 
SINGLE MOTHER 
AND SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNER 
WHO HAS RECEIVED 
THREATS SINCE 
NANCY PELOSI'S 
COMMENTS AGAINST 
HER SALON. 
SALON OWNER, 
ERICA KIA, SAID 
THAT SINCE THIS 
HAPPENED, I'VE 
RECEIVED NOTHING 
BUT HATE TEXT 
MESSAGES, DEATH 
THREATS, SAYING 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BURN DOWN MY 
HAIR SALON. 
IT IS SAD THAT 
MY COMMUNITY IS 
PULLING THIS, 
SAYING I THREW 
HER UNDER THE 
BUS WHICH I DID 
NOT. 
THAT IS HURTFUL. 
I THINK I AM 
PRETTY MUCH DONE 
NOW. 
NANCY PELOSI, 
YOU OUGHT TO 
APOLOGIZE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
BETTER YET, COME 
BACK TO 
WASHINGTON AND 
GET TO WORK FOR 
HARD-WORKING 
AMERICANS LIKE 
THE SALON OWNER 
THAT YOU 
MALIGNED AND 
DEMANDED AN 
APOLOGY FROM. 
WITH THAT, I 
WILL TAKE 
QUESTIONS.
>> DO YOU KNOW 
THAT IT IS 
ILLEGAL IN THIS 
COUNTRY TO VOTE 
TWICE IN THE 
SAME ELECTION? 
>> ARE YOU 
REFERRING TO THE 
PRESIDENTS 
COMMENTS EARLIER 
TODAY? 
BUT I'M JUST 
ASKING A BASIC 
YES OR NO 
QUESTION. 
DO YOU THINK IT 
IS ILLEGAL TO 
VOTE TWICE. 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
DOES NOT CONDONE 
UNLAWFUL VOTING. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN VERY 
CLEAR ABOUT 
THIS. 
I AM ONCE AGAIN 
NOT SURPRISE THE 
MEDIAS TAKING 
THE PRESIDENT 
OUT OF CONTEXT. 
DO YOU RECALL 
WHAT HE SAID 
SPECIFICALLY? 
MAYBE YOU SHOULD 
READ IT OUT FOR 
ME THAN. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THAT YOU 
SHOULD GO TO 
YOUR POLL, YOU 
SHOULD VOTE 
EARLY BY MAIL, 
YOU SHOULD GO 
EITHER FOR EARLY 
VOTING AND THE 
DAY OF OR TRY TO 
VOTE AGAIN. 
HE IS ASKING 
PEOPLE TO VOTE 
BY MAIL AND TO 
GO DOWN TO THE 
POLLING PLACE ON 
ELECTION DAY AND 
TO VOTE AGAIN. 
IF THEY CAN'T 
CONFIRM THEIR 
VOTE HAS BEEN 
COUNTED. 
>> YOU ARE 
MISSING A VERY 
CRUCIAL LINE 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENTS REMARK
. IF IT IS NOT 
TABULATED, 
MEANING YOUR 
MAIL-IN VOTES, 
THEN YOU WILL BE 
ABLE TO VOTE IN 
PERSON. 
IF IT IS NOT 
TABULATED. 
>> THERE ARE 
FIVE STATES IN 
THIS COUNTRY 
THAT DO NOT 
COUNT ANY MAIL-
IN VOTES UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY. 
THOSE VOTES WILL 
NOT BE COUNTED 
UNTIL AFTERWARDS.
THERE'S NO WAY 
TO KNOW WHAT 
ABOUT DISCOUNTED 
PICS BUT THERE 
IS A VERY SIMPLE 
ANSWER AND THIS 
IS HOW IT WORKS. 
A LOT OF STATES 
HAVE WHAT ARE 
CALLED 
ELECTRONIC POLE 
BOATS. 
THAT MEANS IN 
REAL TIME THIS 
IS UPDATED. 
OF YOUR 
DISCOUNT, IT 
CHECKS THE 
ELECTRONIC 
PUBLIC, AND YOU 
WILL NOT BE ABLE 
TO VOTE IN 
PERSON BECAUSE 
YOU WROTE IS 
BEEN COUNTED. 
THERE IS A 
SECONDARY 
SITUATION. 
THOSE WHO DO NOT 
HAVE ELECTRONIC 
POLE BOATS, 
EVERY SINGLE 
STATE IN THE 
COUNTRY, YOU CAN 
CAST A 
PROVISIONAL 
BALLOT. 
THAT IS A BALLOT 
THAT IS THERE. 
IF YOU ARE VOTE 
THAT IS NOT 
MAILED IN IS NOT 
COUNTED, THEY 
WILL COUNT THE 
PROVISIONAL 
BALLOT. 
THAT IS WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
REFERRED TO. 
WHAT DEMOCRATS 
ARE DOING IS 
SAYING WE WANTED 
ENTIRE NEW 
SUBJECT FOR 
VOTING. 
DON'T TAKE IT 
FOR ME. 
TICKET FROM 
JIMMY CARTER WHO 
SAID IN 2005 AS 
PART OF A 
BIPARTISAN 
COMMISSION, 
ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
REMAIN THE 
LARGEST SOURCE 
OF POTENTIAL 
VOTER FRAUD. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
WANT YOU TO DO, 
TRUST US, DON'T 
VERIFY. 
DON'T VERIFY 
THAT YOUR VOTE 
HAS BEEN 
COUNTED. 
THIS AMERICAN 
DOES PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN TRYING 
TO ENFRANCHISE 
AMERICANS. 
HE WANTS EVERY 
AMERICAN TO HAVE 
A VOTE. 
HE UNDERSTANDS 
WHAT JIMMY 
CARTER 
UNDERSTOOD WHAT 
SO MANY OF US 
UNDERSTOOD. 
UNTIL THE 
PRESIDENT 
STARTED PUTTING 
THE FOCUS ON 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
THAT WAS A 
SUBJECT TO 
FRAUD. 
EVERY VOTE 
SHOULD COUNT, 
AND EVERY 
AMERICAN SHOULD 
VERIFY THEIR 
VOTE IS COUNTED 
BY GOING TO 
THEIR. 
>> IF YOU GO TO 
THE NORTH 
CAROLINA BOARD 
OF LECTORS, THEY 
SAID THAT WOULD 
CREATE A BIG 
ISSUE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS LAID OUT 
CLEARLY. YOU 
SHOULD VERIFY 
YOUR VOTE. 
NOT ONLY THAT, 
WANT TO POINT TO 
THE FACT THAT IN 
2016, BEFORE WE 
TRIED THIS 
ENTIRE NEW 
SYSTEM MASS MAIL 
OUT, 300,000 
VOTES WERE NOT 
COUNTED THAT 
WERE CASTED BY 
MAIL. 
319,000 AND 
ELECTION THAT 
CAME DOWN TO 
80,000 VOTES IN 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
WISCONSIN, AND 
MICHIGAN. 
THAT IS 
UNTENABLE, AND 
HUNDRED 
THOUSANDS WILL 
NOT BE COUNTED 
WITH THE 
DEMOCRATS 
FRAUDULENT MASS 
MELLOTT VOTING 
SYSTEM. 
THE PRESIDENT 
WANTS 
ENFRANCHISEMENT 
PLAIN AND 
SIMPLE.>> THE 
PRESIDENT SIGNED 
A MEMORANDUM 
LUSTILY 
DIRECTING 
FEDERAL AGENCIES 
TO LOOK AT FUNDS 
THAT MIGHT BE 
WITHHELD TWO 
CITIES THAT DO 
NOT DO ENOUGH TO 
RESTORE LAW AND 
ORDER. 
BY WHAT 
AUTHORITY DOES 
THE PRESIDENT 
BELIEVE HE COULD 
DO THAT. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
BELIEVES THAT 
WHAT WE SHOULD 
DO, THAT THE 
PURPOSE OF 
GOVERNMENT IS TO 
PROTECT LIFE, 
LIBERTY, AND 
PROPERTY. 
THAT IS THE 
PURPOSE OF THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
IT IS IMPERATIVE 
THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
REVIEW THE USE 
OF FUNDS BY 
JURISDICTION. 
WHAT THIS DOES, 
THIS MEMO, IT 
REALLY DOES 
THREE THINGS. 
ONE, IT ASKS 
FEDERAL AGENCIES 
TO DETAIL ALL 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
THAT ARE BEING 
PROVIDED TO 
SEATTLE, 
PORTLAND, NEW 
YORK CITY, AND 
WASHINGTON DC. 
SECONDLY, WITHIN 
14 DAYS, THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WILL DEVELOP A 
LIST OF 
ANARCHIST 
JURISDICTIONS OF 
LAWLESSNESS 
LAWLESSNESS 
STONES, AND IS 
PERMITTING 
VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION OF 
PROPERTY. 
WITHIN 30 DAYS 
THAT HAS 
AGENCIES IN 
RESTRICTING 
ELIGIBILITY OR 
OTHERWISE 
DISFAVORING TO 
THE MAXIMUM 
EXTENT POSSIBLE 
BY LAW. 
AN ARTIST -- 
ANARCHIST 
RESTRICTIONS AND 
FEDERAL GRANTS. 
IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA, THEY 
DID NOTE THAT 
YOU CAN WITHHOLD 
FUNDING SO LONG 
AS IT PERTAINS 
TO THE FEDERAL 
PROGRAM TO WHAT 
YOU WERE TRYING 
TO INCENTIVIZE.
, HERE, NEW 
YORK, A 100 77% 
INCREASE IN 
SHOOTINGS, AND 
WHERE THERE IS 
TWO THAT DIED IN 
PORTLAND. 
THIS IS A 
DERELICTION. 
AT THE STATES 
WILL NOT ACT IN 
THEIR POLICE 
POWERS 
REGISTRIES, THIS 
PRESIDENT WILL 
USE EVERY LAST 
MECHANISM 
POSSIBLE TO TRY 
TO LAMENT THEIR 
FAILURES. IN 
SOME CASES, THAT 
IS MEANT FEDERAL 
OFFICERS IN 
MINNEAPOLIS AND 
KENOSHA WHERE WE 
HAVE BEEN 
INVITED. 
THIS IS YET 
ANOTHER ATTEMPT 
TO MAKE SURE NO 
MORE CHILDREN, 
DIE OWNER 
STREETS. 
>> THESE ARE 
CONGRESSIONALLY 
APPROPRIATED 
FUNDS. 
I WOULD EXPECT 
YOU WOULD EXPECT 
THERE TO BE 
IMMEDIATE LEGAL 
ACTION TAKEN. 
LETITIA JAMES, 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL FOR THE 
STATE OF NEW 
YORK, WARNED A 
FEW MINUTES AGO 
THAT IF YOU TRY 
TO WITHHOLD THE 
FUNDS, SHE WILL 
IMMEDIATELY SLAP 
YOU WITH A 
LAWSUIT. 
>> WELL, SHE IS 
FREE TO DO THAT. 
WE BELIEVE WHAT 
WE WILL DO WILL 
BE LAWFUL WITHIN 
THE BOUNDS OF 
THE LAW. 
WE ENCOURAGE 
STATES TO ACT IN 
CITIES TO ACT IN 
A WAY THAT 
KENOSHA AND 
MINNEAPOLIS DID. 
ALTHOUGH BE A 
DELAYED. A 
LITTLE BIT 
THERE, THEY 
FINALLY STEPPED 
UP AND ASK FOR 
FEDERAL SUPPORT. 
THEY GOT IT 
BECAUSE TOO MANY 
AMERICANS ARE 
DYING ON OUR 
STREETS. 
TOO MANY 
BUSINESSES ARE 
BEING BURNED TO 
THE GROUND. 
THAT IS NOT THE 
AMERICAN WAY BY 
A LONG SHOT. 
>> JUST A FOLLOW-
UP ON THAT. 
THE PRESIDENT, 
AS WE KNOW, TRY 
TO WITHHOLD 
FEDERAL MONEY 
FROM SANCTUARY 
CITIES THAT HE 
LOST FOR THE 
COURT. 
WHY ISN'T THIS 
ALSO DOOM TO 
FAIL? 
BACK I'M NOT 
GOING TO GET 
AHEAD OF EXACTLY 
WHAT THE FINAL 
PRODUCT WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
I JUST WALK YOU 
THROUGH THAT 
THERE IS A 14 
DAY TIMELINE FOR 
THE DJ. 
A 30 DAY 
TIMELINE FOR 
OFFICE OF 
MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET. 
WE BELIEVE THAT 
WE ARE IN THE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
SAID MANY WILL 
BE DESIGNATED AS 
A TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION. 
SPOKE WITH THE 
DOJ SAID THEY 
WOULD BE LOOKING 
AT AND T FOR 
CHARGES. 
>> THEY DID NOT 
DESIGNATE. 
>> TO BE CLEAR, 
THEY WILL BE 
PURSUING 
DOMESTIC 
TERRORISTS 
AGAINST NT FOR, 
AND THE SUSPECT, 
AT LEAST IN 
PORTLAND, KILLED 
JUST OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
>> FOR SURE.>> 
AND THEY DID NOT 
DECLARE 
ANTIFOREIGN OR 
TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
>> IN 2017 
>> AND 2017, 
TURNED WITHHOLD 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FROM UC BERKELEY 
IF THEY DID NOT 
ALLOW FREE SPEECH
. HAS HE DONE 
THAT? 
>> I WILL FOLLOW-
UP WITH YOU ON 
THAT. 
>> I GUESS THE 
QUESTION IS THE 
PRESIDENT MAKES 
A LOT OF THREATS 
KNOWING THAT HE 
IS NOT GOING TO 
FOLLOW THROUGH 
OR THAT THEY ARE 
NOT LEGAL. 
IS HERE YET 
AGAIN? 
BUT THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
FOLLOW 
THROUGH.'S MEMO 
IS EXCEEDINGLY 
CLEAR. 
WE ARE PURSUING 
EVERY AVENUE THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT TO 
TAKE CARE OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
WHEN YOU HAVE A 
1-YEAR-OLD BEING 
KILLED IN NEW 
YORK, AND WHEN 
YOU HAVE A 
BEAUTIFUL GIRL 
IN ATLANTA NAMES 
A CORIA TURNER 
WHO LOST HER 
LIFE, GUESS, 
THIS FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL 
DO ANYTHING 
WITHIN OUR 
LAWFUL POWER, 
AND YES, THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
SERIOUS ABOUT 
THIS. 
>> I WILL FOLLOW-
UP WITH ONE MORE 
IF I CAN'T. 
AT WALTER REED, 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID HE BEGAN TO 
GO TO WALTER 
REED TO BEGIN, 
HE SAID HE WAS 
THERE TO 
COMPLETE HIS 
PHYSICAL THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THE SAME BACK 
THEN, THAT IT 
WAS TO BEGIN. 
WHICH ONE WAS 
IT? 
THE PRESIDENT 
WENT TO WALTER 
REED QUICK>> THE 
PRESIDENT DID 
HIS PHYSICAL IN 
TWO PARTS. 
THIS IS VERY 
LENGTHY AND HE 
DID THE TWO 
VISITS TO 
COMPLETE THE 
PHYSICAL INTO 
STOPS. 
AGAIN, THE MEDIA 
IS ENGAGING IN 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT 
SOUTH.>> HE SAID 
HE COMPLETED IT. 
THIS WEEK, HE 
SAID HE 
COMPLETED A. ARE 
USING THAT HIS 
STATEMENT DOES 
>> WE ARE NOT 
ENGAGING IN 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES 
ANYMORE. 
GOODBYE. 
>> SENATOR 
SCHUMER CAME OUT 
WITH A STATEMENT 
TODAY SAYING 
THAT TOO MUCH OF 
THE EVIDENCE 
POINTS TO THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
THEY ARE ASKING 
THEM TO APPROVE 
A VACCINE BY 
ELECTION DAY TO 
IMPROVE HIS 
VOTES. 
>> ARE YOU SAYING
THAT IT IS SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE IT 
COMES OUT BY 
ELECTION DAY, 
AND CAN YOU 
ADDRESS THAT YOU 
WORK PRESSURING 
THE FDA TO COME 
UP WITH AN 
ELECTION DAY 
VACCINE. 
>> NO ONE IS 
PRESSURING THE 
FDA TO DO 
ANYTHING. 
THIS IS A THEORY 
SPUN UP BY CNN 
AND OTHERS. 
LET ME NOTE THAT 
THE FDA DOCTOR 
HUNTER SAID 
THIS. 
I CAN ASSURE YOU 
100 PERCENT THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NEVER 
PRESSURED ME TO 
MAKE A DECISION 
REGARDING ANY 
REGULATORY 
ASPECT OF THE 
FDA'S WORK. HE 
SAID JUST A FEW 
MONTHS AGO IT IS 
ABSOLUTELY THE 
CASE EVA 
SECRETARY A CZAR 
SAYING THIS 
MORNING ABOUT 
THE VACCINE, 
WHETHER IT IS 
OCTOBER 15th AND 
NOVEMBER 1st OR 
NOVEMBER 15th, 
THIS IS ALL 
ABOUT SAVING 
LIVES. 
WITH HAD DOCTOR 
FELTY SAY THAT 
WE, IN FACT, 
BRIEFED THE 
PRESIDENT TODAY. 
THIS WAS A FEW 
WEEKS AGO. 
ABOUT THIS IN 
THE OVAL OFFICE. 
I WAS THERE FOR 
THE BRIEFING. 
DOCTOR FELTY 
SAID THERE WAS 
NO POLITICAL 
PRESSURE THAT I 
HAVE SEEN AT ALL 
TO MOVE QUICKLY. 
THIS PRESIDENT 
WANTS TO BREAK 
THROUGH 
REGULATORY 
BARRIERS TO GET 
A VACCINE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE LIVES 
ARE AT STAKE. 
BUT HE WILL NOT, 
IN ANY WAY, 
SACRIFICE SAFETY 
AND MAKING SURE 
THIS IS 100% 
AIRTIGHT ON THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
WHO RECEIVE IT. 
THE PRIORITY 
HERE IS SAVING 
LIVES. 
SAFETY, THERE 
WILL BE A SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE 
VACCINE IN THE 
WORKS. 
AGAIN, THINK 
THAT CNN 
SPINNING OUT 
THIS CONSPIRACY 
THEORY, IT WAS 
ALL BASED UPON 
THE CDC. CNN WAS 
PEDDLING A 
THEORY ON THIS 
AS WELL. 
BASICALLY, YOU 
HAD CAREER 
OFFICIALS AT THE 
CDC MADE A 
DECISION, WHO 
SPOKE WITH 
STATES ABOUT 
DISTRIBUTING THE 
VACCINES. 
THEY WERE 
PREPARING, IN 
ADVANCE, TO HAVE 
A SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE 
VACCINE 
DISTRIBUTED. 
AND LIKE THE 
OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION 
DURING THE SWINE 
FLU, THEY HAD 
PROBLEMS IN THAT 
REGARD. 
THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION 
PROMISED 100 
MILLION DOSES BY 
OCTOBER. 
THEY DID REDUCE 
THAT TO 40 
MILLION FOR THE 
SWINE FLU BY MID 
OCTOBER. 
WHEN THE DEMAND 
FOR A VACCINE 
WAS AT ITS 
HIGHEST, SUPPLY 
FELL RADICALLY 
SHORT WITH 11 
MILLION DOSES ON 
HIM. 
YOU EVEN HAD 
THEIR CDC 
DIRECTOR SAYING 
WE ARE NOWHERE 
NEAR WHERE WE 
THOUGHT WE WOULD 
BE MY NOW. 
WE ARE NOT NEAR 
WHERE AIR DAY 
VACCINE 
MANUFACTURERS 
SAID WE WOULD BE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN 
ABLE TO FIND A 
PLACE TO GET 
VACCINATED. 
AND LIKE THE 
OBAMA BIDEN 
DEMONSTRATION, 
WE MAKE PLANS 
AND ADVISE -- IN 
ADVANCE. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
HAVE 1 MILLION 
VACCINATIONS 
PLAN FOR 
ADVANCE. 
THAT'S WHY 
CAREER OFFICIALS 
OF WORK WITH ALL 
50 STATES TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WE CAN 
DISTRIBUTE THIS 
VEXING. 
WE DO OUR 
HOMEWORK IN 
ADVANCE UNLIKE 
OBAMA AND BIDEN. 
>> FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN SAID ON 
THAT THE MODE OF 
ATTACK LEADS NO 
DOUBT AS TO 
WHERE THE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
LIES, THE 
RUSSIAN STATE. 
AS A PRESIDENT 
AGREE WITH THAT 
ASSESSMENT? 
HAS HE MADE HIS 
VOICE KNOWN TO 
THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT ON 
THIS ISSUE?? 
>> WE ARE DEEPLY 
TROUBLED BY THE 
RELEASE 
YESTERDAY. 
A LEXI NAHL ON 
THESE POISONING 
IS COMPLETELY 
REPREHENSIBLE. 
RUSSIA HAS USED 
CHEMICAL NERVE 
AGENTS IN THE 
PAST, WE ARE 
WORKING WITH OUR 
ALLIES IN THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY TO 
HOLD THOSE IN 
RUSSIA, BUT 
WHEREVER THE 
EVIDENCE LEADS 
IN THE STRICT 
FUNDS FOR THEIR 
MALIGNED 
ACTIVITIES. 
THE RUSSIAN 
PEOPLE HAVE A 
RIGHT TO EXPRESS 
THEIR VIEWS 
PEACEFULLY 
WITHOUT FEAR OF 
RETRIBUTION OF 
ANY KIND, NOT 
WITH CHEMICAL 
AGENTS. 
NO ONE HAS BEEN 
TOUGHER ON THE 
RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT THAN 
THIS PRESIDENT. 
>> ON TO TALK, 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THAT BEN 
WILL TAKE EFFECT 
ON SEPTEMBER 
15th. 
WHAT WILL THAT 
LOOK LIKE? 
WILL GOOGLE AND 
APPLE HAVE TO 
DELETE THAT FROM 
THE APP STORES, 
OR ARE PEOPLE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
DELETE IT OFF OF 
THEIR PHONES. 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
ON SEPTEMBER 
15th IF THERE IS 
NO DEAL?>> I 
WILL NOT RELEASE 
HIS PLANS UNTIL 
SEPTEMBER 15. 
AND HE HAD 
QUESTIONS ON THE 
TIMING. 
I TOLD THE 
COMMERCE 
DEPARTMENT TO 
EXPECT YOUR CALL 
BECAUSE THEY CAN 
WALK YOU 
THROUGH. 
YOU HAVE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THE 45 DATE 
TIMEFRAME. 
IF YOU FOLLOW 
WITH ME, WE CAN 
GET YOU IN TOUCH 
WITH THE 
COMMERCE 
DEPARTMENT. 
>> I WAS CALLING 
TO ASK YOU ABOUT 
THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WITH THE 
CONTRACT THAT 
WAS AWARDED THAT 
PETER NAVARRO 
WAS INVOLVED 
WITH, THERE IS 
SOME 
INVESTIGATION 
GOING ON WITH 
KODAK TO ALLOW 
THEM TO DEVELOP 
PHARMACEUTICALS. 
THERE IS ANOTHER 
CONTRACT WITHIN 
A SET OF RECEIVE 
SCRUTINY. 
CAN YOU GIVE US 
AN UPDATE ON HOW 
CONCERNED YOU 
ARE THAT MAYBE 
SOME OF THESE 
BUSINESS DEALS 
ARE GOING 
THROUGH TOO 
QUICKLY, THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
ENOUGH SCRUTINY.
'S OR ANY 
PARTICULAR 
FINDING THAT YOU 
CAN OFFER AT 
THIS POINT ON 
THAT?>> WE HAVE 
MADE MANY 
CONTRACTS USING 
THE DPA 78 
TIMES. 
30 TIMES WITH 
REGARD TO 
TESTING. 
WE ARE VERY 
PROUD OF WHAT WE 
HAVE DONE. 
OF COURSE IF 
THERE ARE NEW 
ALLEGATIONS WITH 
A GIVEN COMPANY, 
WE CERTAINLY 
LOOK AT THOSE A 
LOOK AT THIS 
CLOSELY AS WE 
DID WITH THE 
KODAK SITUATION. 
WE ARE VERY 
PROUD OF WHAT 
WE'VE DONE. 
WE WERE MET WITH 
AN UNPRECEDENTED 
CHALLENGE, A 
NOBLE 
CORONAVIRUS IT 
CAME TO OUR 
SHORES FROM 
CHINA. 
WE ARE VERY 
PROUD THAT OUR 
CONTRACTS HAVE 
BEEN ENABLING US 
TO HAVE A VERY 
LARGE AND 
GROWING 
STOCKPILE. 
IN FACT, WE HAVE 
RAPIDLY INCREASED
THE AMOUNT OF 
AND 95'S ON HAND 
TO MORE THAN 60 
MILLION. 
WE ARE ON TRACK 
TO HAVE 10 TIMES 
MORE THAN PRE-
PANDEMIC LEVELS 
BY THE FALL. 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
THE NUMBER OF 
GALLONS ARE ON 
HAND TO 27 
MILLION, WE HAVE 
A TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF 
VENTILATORS ON 
HAND FOR 
109,000. 
THE CONTRACTS WE 
HAVE MADE HAVE 
ENABLED THESE 
NUMBERS, AMONG 
OTHERS. 
I'M NOT EVEN GET 
INTO THERAPEUTIC 
LIFE WITH 
REMDESIVIR. 
IF THERE IS AN 
EVER ALLEGATION, 
WE TAKE A 
SERIOUS AS WE 
DID KODAK. 
>> HOW MANY 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
WRONGDOING THAT 
YOU ARE LOOKING 
AT. 
>> THE ONE OR 
TWO THAT YOU 
HAVE NAMED. 
OUT OF THE MANY, 
MANY CONTRACTS 
WE HAVE HAD. 
>> THE 
STRATEGIES FOR 
THE PANDEMIC HAS 
BEEN CALLED 
DANGEROUS BY 
SOME EXPERTS. 
I'M WONDERING 
THE PRESENT 
PURPOSE FORMED 
AN OPINION ON 
THIS CONCEPT? 
AND IF HE THINKS 
THAT IS AN 
ACHIEVABLE GOAL. 
>> THE HERD 
IMMUNITY SO-
CALLED THEORY 
WAS SOMETHING 
MADE UP IN THE 
SENSIBLE MINDS 
OF THE MEDIA. 
THAT WAS NEVER 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS EVER 
CONSIDERED HERE 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
HERE AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE, 
WHAT WE HAVE 
DONE IS GET A 
RECORD SAFE 
VACCINE IN 
RECORD TIME. 
IF WE GET IT BY 
THE END OF YEAR, 
IT WILL OUTPACE 
EBOLA. 
IT TOOK THREE 
YEARS TO GET TO 
COMPLETION. 
THIS WILL BE THE 
FASTEST VACCINE 
EVER FOR A 
PATHOGEN. 
WE TALK ABOUT 
THERAPEUTICS AND 
WE ARE VERY 
PROUD THAT WE 
HAVE MORE THAN 
270 CLINICAL 
TRIALS, 570 IN 
THE PLANNING 
STAGES. 
SUCCESSFUL 
THERAPEUTICS 
THAT WE KNOW OF 
LIKE 
DEXAMETHASONE 
AND BRENDA 
SEVERE. 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
DO AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
THE HERD 
IMMUNITY THEORY 
WAS SOMETHING 
MADE UP IN THE 
MINDS OF THE 
MEDIA. 
>> AT THE 
SUPREME COURT, 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID HE WOULD 
COME OUT WITH A 
LIST OF 
CANDIDATES BY 
SEPTEMBER 1st. 
WHEN CAN WE 
EXPECT THAT 
LIST. 
>> YOU CAN SEE 
YOU SOON. 
CERTAINLY WITHIN 
THE NEXT FEW 
WEEKS BUT IT 
WILL BE AFTER 
THE LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND. 
>> THANK YOU. 
HOW WOULD THE 
PRESIDENT PLAN 
TO REDUCE BUDGET 
TO CITIES TO 
HELP PROTECT 
CITIZENS WHICH 
WAS THE GOAL OF 
THE PRESIDENT 
THAT IS THE 
GOAL. 
WHAT THE INTENT 
IS TO 
INCENTIVIZE 
CITIES TO FOLLOW 
IN THE WAY OF 
KENOSHA AND 
MINNEAPOLIS WHO, 
WHEN THEY WERE 
IN THE MIDST OF 
A SITUATION, 
THEY COULD NOT 
HANDLE IT AT THE 
LOCAL LEVEL, THE 
REQUESTED 
FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE AND 
IT WORKED. 
WITHIN 24 HOURS, 
YOU SAW A MUCH 
DIFFERENT SCENE 
IN KENOSHA. 
WITHIN 24 HOURS, 
MUCH DIFFERENT 
SCENE IN 
MINNEAPOLIS WE 
WANT STATES TO 
WORK WITH US, 
AND THOSE TWO 
MODELS ARE 
MODELS OF 
DEMOCRATS WHO 
HAVE DONE SO ON 
THE CONTRARY. 
YOU SEE A MUCH 
SITUATION IN NEW 
YORK PORTLAND 
AND DC AND 
SEATTLE. 
SOME OF THE 
FACTORS, AS 
NOTED IN THE 
MEMO, THAT WILL 
GO INTO THE 
LAWLESSNESS 
ASSERTION, OR 
WHETHER THEY FOR 
BID LEASE FROM 
INTERVENING, 
WHETHER THEY 
WITHDRAW LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
PROTECTION FROM 
CERTAIN AREAS, 
LIKE WE SAW 
WHERE A POLICE 
PRECINCT WAS 
ABANDONED IN A 
LAWLESS CHOP 
ZONE AND 
SEATTLE. 
THOSE OF THE 
TYPES OF CHANGES 
IN BEHAVIOR THAT 
WE WANT TO SEE 
FROM CITIES. 
PROTECTING THE 
CITIZENRY -- 
CITIZENRY SHOULD 
BE A PARAMOUNT 
CONCERN. 
>> IF THE DATA 
-- IF THE 
GOVERNMENT DOES 
TAKE OUT FUNDING 
BY THE END OF 
THE MONTH, CAN 
THE GOVERNMENT 
EXPECT ANOTHER 
SHUTDOWN?>> I'VE 
NOT TALKED TO 
HIM ABOUT THAT. 
WE DO BELIEVE 
THAT WE WILL BE 
ABLE TO GET 
FUNDING TO AVOID 
SHUTDOWN. 
>> OUR NEGATIONS 
UNDERWAY -- 
NEGOTIATIONS 
UNDERWAY NOW? 
BUT BACK OF 
THOSE I TALKED 
WITH HIM 
SPECIFICALLY 
ABOUT THE. 
IT IS BEEN 
DISCUSSED 
INTERNALLY. 
>> DO YOU GET A 
SENSE OF THE 
FUNDING THAT 
WOULD BE UNDER 
REVIEW? 
AND WHY IS THIS 
THE RIGHT TIME 
TO BE 
CONSIDERING MORE 
RESTRICTIVE 
FUNDING TO THOSE 
CITIES. 
ESPECIALLY WHEN 
IT IS INVOLVING 
VIOLENCE. 
>> IT IS 
UNDERGOING A 
REVIEW. PART OF 
THAT STEP ONE OF 
THIS MEMO IS FOR 
FEDERAL AGENCIES 
TO DETAIL THE 
FUNDS BEING 
PROVIDED. 
I CAN GIVE YOU A 
READOUT OF 
EXACTLY WHAT 
FUNDS ARE BEING 
LOOKED AT UNTIL 
THAT REVIEW IS 
CONDUCTED. 
WHY NOW? 
BECAUSE IN NEW 
YORK CITY, WE 
HAVE SEEN 177% 
INCREASE IN 
SHOOTINGS IN 
JULY. 
MEANWHILE, YOU 
HAVE THE SEXLESS 
COVER -- GOT 
THOSE THE SECOND 
LIST GOVERNMENT. 
WE LEARNED IN A 
28 DAY PERIOD OF 
US WERE DOWN AND 
NEW YORK CITY BY 
62%. 
INCLUDING A 450 
BUSINESSES THAT 
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED
. IN SEATTLE, A 
LAWLESS CHOP 
ZONE WERE TWO 
DIE. 
NOW IS THE RIGHT 
TIME WHEN YOU 
SEE NUMBERS LIKE 
THIS. 
LIVES ARE AT 
STAKE, AND OFTEN 
TIMES THE LIVES 
OF INNOCENT 
BABIES WHO 
SHOULD BE HERE 
TODAY, IF MAYORS 
THEIR ACT 
TOGETHER AND DID 
START ARRESTING 
PEOPLE AND 
WOULD'VE ENFORCE 
THE LAW. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
AND JOE BIDEN 
ARE BOTH GOING 
TO BE IN 
PENNSYLVANIA 
NEXT WEEK 
COMMEMORATING 
9/11. 
DOSE I HAVE NO 
DETAILS FOR THAT 
UPCOMING EVENT. 
WE ARE INTENDING 
TO BE INSTINCT 
FULL AS WELL.>> 
WILL MORE FOLLOW-
UP. 
I KNOW THIS IS 
UNDER REVIEW. 
AS THE PRESIDENT 
DIRECTED TO MAKE 
SURE THAT FUTURE 
CORONAVIRUS AID 
IS EXEMPT FROM 
THIS MEMORANDUM 
UNIVERSE THAT 
WOULD BE 
CONNECTED TO THE 
ISSUE AT HAND, 
WHICH IS 
ENSURING 
LAWFULNESS IS 
DOSE BACK AGAIN, 
I DON'T WANT TO 
GET INTO THE 
SPECIFIC FUNDING 
AHEAD OF THE 
REVIEW PROCESS. 
THAT IS ONGOING. 
>> OUR WE'LL 
START? 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> EARLIER 
TODAY, YOU SAID 
YOU WOULD BE 
REMOVING A POST 
OF THE PRESIDENT 
ABOUT VOTING 
TWICE IF IT IS 
NOT CORRECT IN 
IT IT DOESN'T 
INDICATE THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
WAS WRONG IN 
THOSE ASSERTIONS.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO 
SAY ABOUT 
FACEBOOK MOVE ON 
THIS POST? 
BACK YOU SAID 
FACEBOOK 
DESIGNATED A 
POST? 
BUCK 
>> THEY SAID 
THEY WOULD POST 
FROM THE 
PROFILES WHO 
POSTED AND DO 
NOT SAY WHAT THE 
ASSERTIONS OF 
THE PRESIDENT 
WERE WRONG. 
>> I HAVE NOT 
SEEN THE 
PARTICULAR 
POSTER ARE 
REFERRING TO. 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
CRYSTAL CLEAR 
HERE THAT HE 
ONLY, AGAIN, IF 
YOUR VOTE IS IN 
TABULATED, THEN 
YOU WILL BE ABLE 
TO VOTE IN 
PERSON. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
VERIFYING THAT 
EVERY VOTE IS 
COUNTED. 
WE KNOW VOTERS 
ARE 
DISENFRANCHISED 
JUST IN THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY, FOR 
INSTANCE. 
THERE WERE 1000 
BALLOTS REJECTED 
IN CALIFORNIA, 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 
AND IN NEW YORK, 
1 IN 5 MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS WERE 
REJECTED. 
A TOTAL OF 
84,000 BALLOTS 
REJECTED IN NEW 
YORK CITY ALONE. 
WE KNOW THE THIN 
MARGINS BY WHICH 
ELECTIONS ARE 
DECIDED, AND WE 
ALSO KNOW THAT 
AS RESEARCH HAS 
SHOWN, YOUNG, 
BLACK, HISPANIC 
VOTERS, ARE MORE 
LIKELY TO HAVE 
THEIR MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS REJECTED.
THE PRESIDENT 
WANTS 
ENFRANCHISEMENT, 
NOT 
DISENFRANCHISEMENT. 
THAT IS HIS 
GOAL. 
THAT IS HIS GOAL 
WITH THE 
COMMENTS HE MADE 
YESTERDAY.>> IF 
I MAY ASK 
SOMETHING ABOUT 
IMMIGRATION. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID HE WOULD BE 
ISSUING ANOTHER 
ORDER IN 
SEPTEMBER. 
EVERY MORE 
INFORMATION ON 
THAT, WHEN HE 
MAY BE ISSUING 
AN IMMIGRATION 
ORDER? 
BUCK NO UPDATES 
ON FORTHCOMING 
IMMIGRATION. 
>> YOU MENTIONED 
ROLE MODELS LIKE 
KENOSHA. 
IF MAYOR 
DiBLASIO AND 
OTHER MAYORS 
WERE TWO, THIS 
WEEK, TAKE 
SPECIFIC ACTION 
AND GET LAW AND 
ORDER BACK UNDER 
CONTROL, WOULD 
THIS MEMO 
CONTINUE TO GO 
FORWARD, OR 
WOULD YOU 
CONTINUE TO 
PROPAGATE THE 
PLANS? 
BUCK WE HAVE TO 
SEE A 
GRAMMATICAL 
CHANGE IN 
BEHAVIOR FROM 
THE MAYOR IN DC 
WHO ALLOWED A 
CHURCH TO BURN, 
THE MAYOR OF 
PORTLAND WHO 
STOOD WITH THE 
PROTESTERS ONLY 
TO BE CHASED OUT 
OF HIS OWN HOME, 
WINDOWS 
SHATTERED BY HIS 
BUILDING BY 
PEOPLE WHO WERE 
ANARCHIST WHO 
TOOK THE LIFE OF 
A 39-YEAR-OLD 
MAN THIS PAST 
WEEKEND. 
LOOK, WHEN THE 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
DOESN'T ACT, WE 
USE EVERY AVENUE 
AVAILABLE TO US 
AT THE FEDERAL 
LEVEL. THAT 
PERTAINS TO THIS 
MEMO AS ONE 
EXAMPLE. 
ANOTHER EXAMPLE 
IS OPERATION 
LEGENDS, WHICH 
WE ARE VERY 
PROUD OF AND 
HAVE NEW NUMBERS 
FOR YOU ON THAT. 
SINCE THE 
OPERATIONS 
LAUNCHED MORE 
THAN 2000 
ARRESTS, 
INCLUDING 147 
HOMICIDES HAVE 
BEEN MADE, MORE 
THAN 544 
FIREARMS HAVE 
BEEN SEIZED, AND 
MORE TOASTERS OR 
ILLEGAL WEAPONS, 
AND MORE THAN 
SEVEN KILOS OF 
FENTANYL, FOUR 
KILOS OF 
COCAINE, AND 50 
KILOS OF 
METHAMPHETAMINE 
HAVE BEEN 
SEIZED. 
THE INDIVIDUALS 
ARRESTED, 476 
HAVE BEEN 
CHARGED WITH 
FEDERAL 
OFFENSES, THERE 
IS A DETAILED 
REAL FROM DOJ OF 
EACH OFFENSE, 
THE GREAT WORK 
THAT OUR FEDERAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
DONE. THANK YOU 
TO OUR POLICE. 
THANK YOU TO OUR 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
YOU KEEP US 
SAFE. 
WHEN DEMOCRAT 
MAYORS AND 
DERELICT 
GOVERNORS DO 
NOT. 
THANK YOU. 
>> KNOWINGLY 
VOTING TWICE IS 
A CRIME. 
WHY IS HE 
TELLING PEOPLE 
TO VOTE TWICE? 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
IT IS NEWS MADE 
FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> NEW DETAILS 
ON THE FIERCE 
CRITIC OF 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
WHO BECAME 
VIOLENTLY ILL 
LAST MONTH. THE 
GOVERNMENT IN 
GERMANY WHERE HE 
IS BEEN TREATED 
SAYS HE WAS 
POISONED WITH A 
NERVE AGENT. 
RICHARD ENGEL 
HAS MORE ON 
THIS. 
A, RICHARD. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
INITIALLY 
SUGGESTED HE WAS 
SUFFERING FROM 
LOW BLOOD SUGAR, 
BUT THE GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT 
CLEARLY DID NOT 
THINK SO AND 
BROUGHT IN 
MILITARY 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
EXPERTS. 
VIVALDI REMAINS 
IN A GERMAN 
HOSPITAL IN A 
COMA. 
>> ALEXI 
NOVOTNY, 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
MOST OUTSPOKEN 
CRITIC, WAS 
POISONED WITH A 
CRITICAL NERVE 
AGENT ACCORDING 
TO A AGENT. 
THEY SAID IT IS 
AN ATTACK THAT 
ONLY THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT CAN 
AND MUST ANSWER. 
WHILE THE 
KREMLIN DENIES 
POISONING HIM, A 
SPECIFIC NUMBER 
HAVE FALLEN 
VICTIM TO WHAT 
ARE EFFECTIVELY 
CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS. 
INVESTIGATIVE 
JOURNALIST AND 
VLADIMIR KARAMO 
SCOTT WAS 
POISONED TWICE 
AND SURVIVED. 
HE SAID HE HAS 
NO DOUBT WHO WAS 
RESPONSIBLE. 
>> POISONING HAS 
BEEN A FAVORED 
METHOD OF SOVIET 
AND LATER 
RUSSIAN SECURITY 
SERVICES.>> WHY 
WOULD VLADIMIR 
PUTIN AND THE 
INTER-CIRCLE OF 
THE CLEVELAND 
KEEP DOING THIS? 
BUCK THE KREMLIN 
REGIME IS NOT 
AFRAID OF PEOPLE 
POINTING 
FINGERS. 
THE BIGGEST 
THING HE IS 
AFRAID OF IS 
PUBLIC 
DISCONTENT IN 
RUSSIA. 
THAT IS WHY IT 
IS SO AFRAID OF 
OPPOSITION 
LEADERS. 
>> ALEXI WAS IN 
SIBERIA A COUPLE 
OF WEEKS AGO 
WHEN HE DRANK A 
CUP OF TEA 
BEFORE BOARDING 
A FLIGHT FROM 
MOSCOW. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THIS PHOTO SHOWS 
THE POISONING. 
IN HIS FLIGHT, 
WITNESSES SAY HE 
BEGAN TO MOAN IN 
PAIN. 
THE PLANE MADE 
AN EMERGENCY 
LANDING, AND HE 
WAS OFFLOADED 
AND LATER 
TRANSFERRED TO 
GERMANY AT THE 
FAMILY'S REQUEST 
SCIENTIST SAID 
THEY DISCOVERED 
TRACES OF A 
SOVIET AGENT 
THAT BRITISH SAY 
WAS USED TWO 
YEARS AGO 
RUSSIAN SPY, 
SURROGATES 
CRIPPLE 
COMMANDERS.THEY 
ALSO SURVIVED, 
BUT THE POISON 
WAS SO POWERFUL 
THAT A WOMAN WHO 
CAME INTO 
CONTACT WITH THE 
FILE USED AREA 
DIED. 
THE BRITISH 
GOVERNMENT 
BLAMED RUSSIAN 
INTELLIGENCE. 
RUSSIA DENIED 
THAT TOO. 
NOW, GERMANY IS 
LOOKING TO 
RUSSIA AND 
DEMANDING 
ANSWERS. 
>> BUT RUSSIA IS 
NOT PROVIDING 
MANY ANSWERS. 
THIS MORNING, 
PUTIN SPOKESMAN 
SAID THERE IS NO 
BASIS TO ACCUSE 
RUSSIA. 
SO FAR, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS BEEN SILENT 
ON THE ISSUE, 
BUT PRESIDENT 
HAYDN -- VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
CONDEMNED THE 
ATTACK. 
>> RICHARD, 
THANK YOU. 
>>> FOR MONTHS, 
THE WAKE'S DEATH,
SEATTLE SAW SOME 
OF THE MOST 
WIDESPREAD 
PROTEST AND 
UNREST IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> I WAS MORALE 
WITHIN YOUR 
DEPARTMENT RIGHT 
NOW? 
BUCK IT TOOK A 
BIG HIT. 
>> A DOING THIS 
IS THE OFFICIAL 
NEW TOP COP. 
IS STRUGGLING TO 
HOLD HIS 
DEPARTMENT 
TOGETHER AFTER A 
STUNNING FEW 
MONTHS. 
>> WE ARE DOING 
WITH THE COVID 
PANDEMIC. 
WE ARE DEALING 
WITH 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
ON A NIGHTLY 
BASIS. 
WE ARE DEALING 
WITH HOW WE LOOK 
AT REIMAGINING 
POLICING. 
>> IT IS BEEN 
HARD TO IMAGINE. 
THIS SUMMER, 
CARMEN BETTS, 
THE FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO SERVE 
AS POLICE CHIEF 
WITH A VISIBLE 
AND OUTSPOKEN 
PRESENCE IN THE 
OUT OF -- 
AUTONOMOUS AND 
WITH SIX BLOCKS 
COMPLETE WITH 
PROTESTERS. 
>> LEAVING THE 
PRECINCT WAS NOT 
MY DECISION. 
YOU FOUGHT FOR 
DAYS TO PROTECT 
IT. 
>> BUT AFTER THE 
SEATTLE CITY 
COUNCIL VOTED 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE, LAST 
MONTH, SHE QUIT. 
>> THIS WAS A 
DECISION I 
WRESTLED WITH, 
BUT IT WAS TIME. 
>> I THINK THE 
ENTIRE CITY WAS 
SURPRISED WHEN 
SHE DECIDED TO 
RETIRE. 
>> LORENA 
GONZALEZ IS THE 
COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT TO 
STRONGLY 
DISAGREED WITH 
THE CHIEF ABOUT 
THE SIZE OF THE 
POLICE FORCE, 
ARGUING THAT 
MONEY IS BETTER 
SPENT ON SOCIAL 
SERVICES. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
HOW DO WE AS 
AMERICANS ASK 
THE QUESTION FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
SINCE THE 
CREATION AND 
FOUNDING OF THIS 
COUNTRY ABOUT 
WHAT POLICING 
SHOULD BE AND 
WHO DOES IT 
SERVE? 
BUCK THE 
COUNCIL'S 
PROPOSAL, WHICH 
THE MAYOR JUST 
VETOED, 
WOULD'VE/BUDGET 
BY THREE 
DOLLARS. 
UP TO 100 
DOCTORS WOULD'VE 
BEEN CUT. 
CHIEF REFUSED TO 
SUPPORT THAT 
PLAN. 
>> YOU THINK IT 
DOESN'T GO FAR 
ENOUGH? 
BUCK IT DOESN'T. 
>> NIKITA OLIVER 
AND ISAAC JOY 
ARE COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZERS WHO 
THINKS THIS IS 
MUCH MORE THAN 
JUST THE 
RETIREMENT OF 
THE BACK DOSE 
BLACK POLICE 
CHIEF. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
AN INSTITUTION. 
EVEN FOR BLACK 
WOMAN HOLDING 
THE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
OF DEALING WITH 
INTENSE RACISM 
AND A DEPARTMENT 
THAT IS AN 
EFFECTIVE IS AN 
EXPECTATION. 
>> I THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT THAT 
WE SENT HER THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY 
IN THESE 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> IN RECENT 
WEEKS, THE 
PROTEST AND 
SEATTLE HAVE 
CALM. 
>> THE FUTURE 
OVER THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
INTENSIFIED. 
>> THE FACT THAT 
I'VE DECIDED TO 
STEP ASIDE AND 
MOVE ON HIS 
ACTUALLY HELP 
THE DEPARTMENT. 
APEL ARE PAYING 
ATTENTION. 
>> FOR THE NEW 
CHIEF, THE 
STAKES COULD NOT 
BE HIGHER. 
>> WE WERE 
ALREADY SHORT 
OFFICERS. 
HAVING THE 
DISCUSSION OF 
ACTUALLY HAVING 
LESS OFFICERS IN 
OUR POLICE 
OFFICE COULD 
JEOPARDIZE OUR 
COMMUNITY 
SAFETY. 
>> HE PLANS TO 
TRANSITION ABOUT 
100 OFFICERS TO 
PATROL OFFICERS 
ON THE STREET, 
BUT IT WILL BE 
TO HIM TO HASH 
OUT A COMPROMISE 
WITH THE MAYOR 
AND THE CITY 
COUNCIL ABOUT 
ANY FUTURE 
PROPOSED CUTS. 
REALLY, TO 
SOMETHING THAT 
MANY CITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WILL BE 
WATCHING.>> 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS 
HAVE BEEN TAKING 
PLACE IN POLICE 
THE PROVINCE BIG 
AND SMALL. 
GABE GUTIERREZ 
IN SEATTLE. 
IT THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> THE BIG 10 
CONFERENCE IS IN 
A PINCH. 
PLAY WAS 
EXPECTED TO KICK 
OFF THIS 
WEEKEND, BUT THE 
CONFERENCE 
PULLED THE PLUG 
IS OF COVID. 
NOW, PARENTS ARE 
DEMANDING TO 
KNOW WHY THE 
CHANGE OF COURSE.
TIME IS TICKING. 
PRESSURE BUILDING
IN THE BIG TEN 
THE BALL 
CONFERENCE TO 
RETURN TO THE 
FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> THERE SO MUCH 
COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE THAT WILL 
OCCUR BECAUSE OF 
THIS 
CANCELLATION. 
I JUST WILL THE 
TRANSPARENCY HAS 
NOT BEEN THERE.>>
TERRENCE OF 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PLAYERS AT IOWA, 
NEBRASKA, AND 
OHIO STATE 
DESCRIBING THE 
ROLLER COASTER 
RIDE OF A 
SCHEDULE 
RELEASED AUGUST 
5th, AND THEN A 
CORONAVIRUS 
TIMEOUT CALLED 
SIX DAYS LATER. 
SPOKE WITH WAS 
THE EMOTIONAL 
REACTION TO THE 
CHILD WHEN YOU 
FOUND OUT THE 
SEASON WAS GOING 
TO BE PUT ON 
PAUL'S? 
BUCK I THINK IT 
CAUSED GREAT 
HARM TO THE 
EMOTIONAL AND 
WILL BEING OF 
THESE KIDS. 
>> Reporter: WAS 
PART -- WHAT 
STARTED WITH 
PROTEST LED TO 
PRESIDENT FROM 
CALLING THE BIG 
10 COMMISSIONER 
THIS WEEK ERIC>> 
WE WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE THE BIG TEN 
GET LAYING AGAIN 
IMMEDIATELY. 
WOULD SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
>> THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE 
RESPONDING. 
THEIR EXHAUSTING 
EVERY RESOURCE 
TO HELP STUDENTS 
GET TO PLAYING 
THE SPORT THEY 
LOVED AT THE 
APPROPRIATE TIME 
AND WITH THE 
HEALTHIEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THE COVID 
WITH, THE STAR 
PLAYER THAT 
OTHERS OPTED OUT.
UNIVERSITY OF 
GEORGIA 
QUARTERBACK 
JAMIE NEWTON 
TWEETING HE WILL 
BE SITTING ON 
THE SIDELINES TOO
, CITING THE 
UNCERTAINTY THIS 
YEAR AMID A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
AMANDA BABS 
STEPS IN, 
CAMERA, IS A 
WIDE RECEIVER AT 
OHIO STATE. 
SHE SAID WITH 
ALL OF THE 
BUCKEYE SAFETY 
PROTOCOLS, SHE 
FEELS BETTER 
WHEN HE IS WITH 
THE TEAM. 
>> THE STANDARDS 
WERE PHENOMENAL. 
THE KIDS BOUGHT 
HIM. 
THEY WERE BEING 
TESTED. 
THEY WERE 
TESTING 
NEGATIVE. 
THE ONLY TIME WE 
HAD ANY OUTBREAK 
OF ANY POSITIVE 
TEST WAS AFTER 
THE KIDS WENT 
HOME.>> EIGHT 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NEBRASKA 
PLAYERS, 
INCLUDING 
GARRETT START 
ASKED SUED THE 
BIG TEN SANG 
POSTPONING THE 
SEASON IS 
CAUSING 
IRREPARABLE HARM 
TO PLAYERS. 
>> IF WE TRULY 
GOT ANY TYPE OF 
INFORMATION THAT 
MADE ME FEEL 
LIKE MY SON'S 
LIFE IS AT RISK 
OR IF HIM BEING 
A PART OF THAT 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM 
WAS NOT SAFE FOR 
HIM, I WOULD BE 
THE FIRST ONE TO 
BRING HIM HOME.>>
SAME, DESPITE 
THE PUSHBACK, 
THIS IS MAINLY A 
COLLECTIVE 
DECISION AMONG 
THE SCHOOLS IN 
THE CONFERENCE, 
WASN'T IT? 
BUCK BECAUSE OF 
THE NATURE OF 
THIS LAWSUIT, 
THE BIG AND HAD 
TO REVEAL THE 
VOTE. 
IT WAS 11-3, 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
IN FAVOR OF 
SUSPENDING PLAY 
THIS WELL. 
THE ONLY SCHOOLS 
WANTED TO COME 
BACK AND PLAY 
COME ACCORDING 
TO THAT BOAT, 
OHIO STATE 
NEBRASKA, AND 
IOWA. 
WE REACHED OUT 
TO ALL OF THE 
INSTITUTION. 
THEY DECLINED TO 
COMMENT AND 
WOULD NOT 
RESPOND.>> THANK 
YOU. 
>>> RETURNING 
NOW TO THE 
GROWING SCRUTINY 
OF NANCY 
PELOSI'S VISIT 
TO A SAN 
FRANCISCO HAIR 
SALON. 
THE SECURITY 
FOOTAGE THOSE 
SHOWS THAT HOUSE 
SPEAKER GETTING 
HER HAIR SALON --
HAIR DONE INSIDE 
OF A SALON. 
SHE SAID THE 
WHOLE THING WAS 
A SETUP. 
KASIE HUNT HAS 
MORE IN THE 
STORY. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
MORNING TO YOU. 
SAN FRANCISCO 
RULES STILL SAY 
YOU CAN'T GET 
YOUR HAIR DONE 
INSIDE A SALON. 
BUT THIS 
MORNING, HOUSE 
SPEAKER PELOSI 
IS DOUBLING 
DOWN, INSISTING 
THAT THE SALON 
TOLD HER IT WAS 
OKAY. 
REPUBLICAN 
CRITICS ARE 
ACCUSING HER OF 
A DOUBLE 
STANDARD. 
>> THERE IS MORE 
TO THIS THAT I'M 
NOT GOING INTO. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MORNING, 
HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI 
SAYING SHE WAS 
SET UP AFTER 
SECURITY FOOTAGE 
SHOWED HER 
INSIDE SAN 
FRANCISCO'S 
SHUTTERED HE 
SALON WITHOUT A 
MASK. 
>> I THOUGHT 
ABOUT MY STAFF 
AND PEOPLE NOT 
BEING ABLE TO 
WORK AND MAKE 
MONEY AND 
PROVIDE FOR 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
IF SHE HAS IN 
THEIR 
COMFORTABLY 
WITHOUT A MASK 
AND FEELING 
SAFE, THEN WHY 
ARE WE SHUTDOWN? 
BUCK PELOSI 
PUSHING BACK 
SAYING IT IS THE 
SALON THAT OWES 
HER AN APOLOGY. 
>> WHEN THEY SAID
THAT WE WERE 
ABLE TO 
ACCOMMODATE ONE 
PERSON AT A 
TIME, AND THEN 
WE CAN SET UP 
THAT TIME I 
TRUSTED THAT. 
AS IT TURNS OUT, 
IT WAS A SET 
UP.>> THE AREA 
SALONS OF BEEN 
CLOSED TO THE 
PUBLIC SINCE 
MARCH DUE TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHILE IN YOUR 
SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE 
STATE OF SIR -- 
CALIFORNIA, SAN 
FRANCISCO ONLY 
ALLOWED THEM TO 
START OPERATING 
OUTDOORS ON 
TUESDAYS, A DAY 
AFTER THE LUCY'S 
SPEAKER. 
>> I JUST HAD MY 
HAIR WASHED. 
I DON'T WEAR A 
MASK WHEN I'M 
WASHING MY HAIR. 
YOU WEAR A MASK 
WHEN YOU'RE 
WASHING YOUR 
HAIR? 
I ALWAYS HAVE A 
MASK. 
>> SHE IS BEEN 
VOCAL ABOUT THE 
WHITE HOUSES 
HANDLING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS.>> 
WHAT FURTHER 
EVIDENCE DOES 
EVERYONE NEED 
THAT THIS 
PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T CARE 
LESS ABOUT THE 
SPREAD OF 
THIS.>> NOW 
UNDER FIRE FROM 
REPUBLICANS 
ABOUT HER VISIT. 
>> THIS IS 
TYPICAL 
WASHINGTON DC. 
THEY GET ON 
NATIONAL TV. 
THEY PREACH TO 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THAT IT 
SHOULD BE ONE 
WAY, AND YET, IN 
PRIVATE, WHEN 
THE CAMERAS ARE 
NOT ROLLING, AND 
IN THIS CASE, 
THAT I GUESS THE 
CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING, SHOWS A 
VERY DIFFERENT 
STORY. 
>> OVERNIGHT, WE 
LEARNED THE 
STYLIST WHO DID 
PELOSI'S HERE 
HAS HIRED A 
LAWYER. 
SHE SAID THEY 
APPROVED PELOSI'S
VISIT IN 
ADVANCE, AND 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
INSIDE THE SALON 
SINCE APRIL, 
SOMETIMES NOT 
WEARING A MASK. 
>> IT COULD BE A 
TURNING POINT. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, NEW 
HOPE FOR THOSE 
BATTLING THE 
DEGENERATIVE 
DISEASE, ALS, 
DRUG THAT MAKE 
IT PATIENT'S TO 
JUST HAVE 2 TO 5 
YEARS TO LIVE, 
THE GIFT OF MORE 
TIME. 
A STUDY 
PUBLISHED IN THE 
NEW ENGLAND 
MEDICINE FOUND 
IT SLOW THE 
PROGRESSION OF 
THE DISEASE, 
ALLOWING 
PATIENTS TO HAVE 
PHYSICAL 
FUNCTIONS LIKE 
SPEAKING, 
WALKING, AND 
SWALLOWING FOR 
YEARS LONG THE 
ALS ASSOCIATION 
IS TAKING THE 
UNUSUAL STEP OF 
ASKING THE FDA 
TO BYPASS 
ANOTHER ROUND OF 
TRIALS AND MAKE 
THE NEW DRUG 
AVAILABLE TO 
PATIENTS RIGHT 
AWAY
>> CHRISTINA 
TREATMENT AS 
PART OF THE 
STUDY. 
SHE WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS AT JUST 31 
YEARS OLD. 
>> THERE IS A 
VERY BRIEF 
PERIOD BETWEEN 
THE MAIN TRIAL 
IN THE FOLLOW-UP 
WHERE SHE WAS 
NOT ON THE DRUG. 
WE REALLY SAW A 
DRAMATIC 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THE PROGRESSION 
OF HER ALS. 
>> NANCY SAID 
THAT IS THE KIND 
OF NEWS THAT HER 
SON SPENT HIS 
FINAL YEARS 
FIGHTING FOR.>> 
NO LONGER IS A 
PERSON DYING 
FROM ALS. 
IT IS A PERSON 
LIVING WITH ALS. 
>> BACK IN 2014, 
PETE INSPIRED AN 
ICE BUCKET 
CHALLENGE. 
BRINGS HUNDREDS 
OF MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS WHICH UP 
WITH THE LATEST 
RESEARCH. 
WITH NO CURE, 
PETE PASSED AWAY 
LAST YEAR.>> I 
USED TO GO TO BED
AND HAVE 
NIGHTMARES. 
I WAS GOING TO 
GO TO SLEEP FOR 
10 HOURS. 
WHEN I WOKE UP, 
WHAT WAS IT 
GOING TO TAKE 
AWAY DURING THAT 
10 HOURS WHY 
DOES WHILE MY 
EYES WERE SHUT. 
THE THOUGHT THAT 
THE FAMILIES AND 
THE PATIENTS CAN 
HAVE SOME PEACE, 
THAT IS A GIFT. 
>> PETE AND HIS 
FAMILY AT THEIR 
HOME IN 2017, 
FIVE YEARS AFTER 
THE STAR ATHLETE 
FOUND OUT HE HAD 
ALS.>> FOR THOSE 
WHO DO NOT KNOW 
ME, MY NAME IS 
PETE, AND I WAS 
RECENTLY 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS.>> THE 
MOMENT HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED, HE 
CALLED AN 
EMERGENCY 
MEETING.>> HE 
STARTS TALKING 
TO ALL OF YOU? 
BUCK OH, YES.
>> HE SAID THERE 
WILL BE NO 
WALLOWING. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
GET TO WORK.>> 
HIS MIND WAS 
SHARP.>> NOT TO 
MENTION THOSE 
>> HE USED HIS 
EYES TO 
COMMUNICATE 
THROUGH 
COMPUTER. 
PETE WAS 
CONFIDENT THEN 
THAT THE ICE 
BUCKET CHALLENGE 
WOULD CREATE 
CHANGE. 
>> I KNOW HOW 
VIBRANT YOUR SON 
WAS. 
HE WAS AN ATHLETE
. IT IS SO 
ACTIVE. 
HE HAD A LONG 
LIFE AHEAD OF 
HIM. 
I WONDER IF 
TODAY, HEARING 
THIS NEWS, DO 
YOU WISH THAT IT 
HAD COME SOONER? 
BUCK EVERY DAY. 
EVERY MINUTE OF 
EVERY DAY. 
I MISS HIM. 
I HAVE LOST A 
PIECE OF MY 
HEART FOREVER. 
BUT TO HEAR YOUR 
NEWS LIKE THIS 
DISCOMFORTS ME, 
AND I KNOW THAT 
HE IS PUSHING 
THIS ALONG. 
>> THE PRINCIPAL 
INVESTIGATOR ON 
THE STUDY TOLD US
THEY ARE STILL 
REVIEWING ALL OF 
THE RESULTS, AND 
THERE IS STILL A 
LOT OF WORK TO 
BE DONE. 
THIS IS NOT A 
CURE. 
RIGHT NOW, THEY 
CAN'T REVERSE 
THE DISEASE, BUT 
THIS COULD BE A 
STEP TOWARD 
GIVING THEM JUST 
MORE TIME.>> 
KATE SNOW. 
THINK SO MUCH 
THOSE THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH FINGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANTED HIM TO 
SAY. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUE TO 
STRUGGLE THROUGH 
THEIR 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
SAY THEY NEED TO 
COME OUT IN FULL 
FORCE AND SUPPORT
THEIR 
COMMUNITIES. 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THEY ARE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE BACK 
DROP OF HOW TO 
KEEP VOTERS SAFE 
AMID A PANDEMIC 
WORK>> THE 
MOMENT YOU TRULY 
UNDERSTAND YOUR 
IS RIGHT HERE AT 
GOT TO GET A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE.
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKETS TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER.>> WHY 
IS THIS 
HAPPENING. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES COULD 
BE HARD 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS, 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
YOUR FAMILY WILL 
WATCH THE NEWS, 
KIDS ADDITION. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING AND 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS THEATER 
STREAMING 
WORLD., WE DAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FULL SCHOOLS FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE.>> 
WHAT AM I GOING 
TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN AND 
HAVE A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A SCHOOL 
WE CAN DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP A 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
OUT OF THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL.>> 
WHAT I MISS IS 
MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION. 
IT IS DEVELOPED 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
WAS SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST OF THE 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY.>> 
FROM EVERY 
ANGLE, WHAT IS 
YOUR LEVEL OF 
CONCERN. 
THE KIDS HAVE 
BEEN TOLD THEY 
WILL BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
BUCK AND AND 
DEATH? 
BUCK HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTEST EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.>> DO 
YOU THINK THE 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY? 
BUCK NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC. 
IT'S PROBABLY 
NEVER MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
I AM SO PROUD. A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE. 
THIS IS BECAUSE 
OF POLICE 
VIOLENCE TO 
THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO TV 
NEWS. 
THE GREAT WHEN 
EIFFEL, AND MY 
MOM, FILOMENA, 
WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
BE PROUD. 
>> PULL SIDE 
PARTIES, TWO 
BARS AND 
BEACHES, THESE 
ARE THE HOLIDAY 
HOTSPOTS OFTEN 
BEHIND THE SPIKE 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES., AT A 
MOTORCYCLE 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS. 
THEY ARE 
SOUNDING ALARM 
HEADED THIS 
HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND.>> WE 
ARE GOING INTO 
LABOR DAY. 
PLEASE, WHERE 
YOUR MASKS. 
>> TOP DOCTORS 
WARNING 
AMERICANS NEED 
TO TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY 
BEFORE MAKING 
PLANS FOR LABOR 
DAY.
>> MASKS, 
DISTANCE, VOID 
CROWD, ALSO 
BETTER THAN 
INSIDE. 
IF WE DO THAT, 
THINK WE CAN GET 
THROUGH THIS 
WEEKEND WITHOUT 
SING A SURGE. 
SPOKE WITH THE 
MAKING DOSE 
NATURE MAKING 
PROGRESS, 
HOSPITALS ARE 
DOWN NEARLY 40% 
SINCE THEY 
PEAKED IN JULY. 
THERE ARE ALSO 
WARNING SIGNS. 
AT LEAST SEVEN 
STATES HAVE 
POSITIVITY RATES 
ABOVE 10%. 
I WILL, AN 
EMERGING 
HOTSPOT. 
>> THE GROWTH OF 
NEW CASES HAS 
ACCELERATED, 
ESPECIALLY A 
SOCIAL ACTIVITY 
AMONG YOUNG 
ADULTS AND ON 
COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES. 
>> AS STUDENTS 
AT NOTRE DAME 
RETURNED TO 
SCHOOL TODAY 
AFTER SUSPENSION 
OF IN-PERSON 
CLASSES 
UNIVERSITY, 
NATIONWIDE, ARE 
STRUGGLING TO 
CONTAIN COVID. 
AND JUST AS 
OFFICIALS FEAR, 
DANGEROUS WAVE 
OF NEW 
INFECTIONS THIS 
FALL SENT BACK 
IN OHIO AMID THIS
>> WE HAVE 
FAMILIES AND 
FRIENDS MUST 
REMEMBER THAT 
THERE IS MORE 
ACTIVITY, WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE 
MORE CASES.>> 
THE THREAT COMES 
AFTER A STATE 
LIKE CAN AFFORD 
THOSE LIKE 
DISTRIBUTION 
THEY HAVE MORE 
CASES VACCINE IS 
DEVELOPED THIS 
YEAR.>> OF 
SURVIVORS LIKE 
CYNTHIA MARTIN 
WHO WAS GOING 
HOME AFTER FOUR 
MONTHS IN THE 
HOSPITAL.>> 
THINK GOD. 
THINK GOD. 
>> TONIGHT, 
REMINDER AND A 
RISK WE ALSO USE 
THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. 
NBC NEWS. 
>>> TONIGHT FROM 
WILMINGTON, 
NORTH CAROLINA, 
TO WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE, THE 22 
DISCIPLES 
EXCHANGING SHARP 
ATTACKS MR. 
PRESIDENT, WHERE 
ARE YOU? 
GET OFF OF 
TWITTER AND 
START TALKING TO 
THE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERS IN BOTH 
PARTIES. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
GIVING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP A FAILING 
GRADE AMIDST THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC? BUCK 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DOESN'T HAVE ANY 
REAL PLAN FOR 
HOW TO OPEN OUR 
SCHOOL SAFELY. 
>> A BATTLESHIP 
IN THE 
BATTLEGROUND OF 
CAROLINA, THE 
PRESIDENT USING 
WORLD WAR II 
VETERANS TO TAKE 
A PERSONAL SWIPE 
AT HIS OPPONENT 
WHO TURNED 78 
THE SWELL. 
>> HE IS ONE OF 
THOSE 100% SHARP.
I KNOW THE 8-
YEAR-OLD IS NOT 
SO SHARP. 
>> ALSO WITH THE 
CITY OF KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, THE 
BACKDROP. 
AFTER PRESIDENT 
TRUMPS TRIP ON 
TUESDAY WITH LON 
BIDEN WILL BE 
THERE TO MEET 
WITH THE FAMILY 
OF JACOB. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAMMERING HOME 
HIS STAMP. 
>> DID NOT WATCH 
FOR OUR CITIES 
TO BE TRAMPLED 
BY VIOLENT MOBS. 
IN MINNESOTA, 
HOME TO GEORGE 
FLOYD, AND 
WISCONSIN WHERE 
PROTEST FOLLOWED 
THE POLICE 
SHOOTING THE 
BLADE. 
>> COMMUNITIES, 
NOT CRIMINALS. 
>> JOBS, NOT 
THIS FROM BIDEN 
WHO RAISED A 
RECORD SHATTERING
$365 MILLION IN 
AUGUST.>> 
LOOTING IS NOT 
PROTESTING.>> 
EYEING THEIR 
FIRST ONE THIS 
WEEK, HE SLAMMED 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
A LIAR, HIRING 
THAT ONE WISH 
FOR A FACE-TO-
FACE WHAT I 
WOULD LOVE TO 
HAVE A SAY 
CRAWLER AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE 
SCREEN, THEY 
ANNOUNCED 
MODERATORS FOR 
THE VP DEBATE, 
SUSAN PAGE, AND 
CHRIS WALLACE OF 
FOX NEWS, AND 
OUR VERY OWN 
KRISTIN WALKER.
>> THE DRAFT 
BULLETIN FROM 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY DETAILS 
RUSSIAN EFFORTS 
TO SPREAD 
MISINFORMATION 
ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN'S MENTAL 
HEALTH. 
THE UNCLASSIFIED 
REPORT WAS BY 
ABC NEWS IS 
TITLED ON RUSSIA 
LIKELY TO 
DENIGRATE U.S. 
CANDIDATES TO 
INSIGHT IT WAS 
ELECTION." 
IT IS CRITICAL'S 
THOSE CRITICISMS 
OF BIDEN 
INCLUDING 
RUSSIAN MALIGNED 
IN -- INFLUENCE 
ACTORS ARE 
INFLUENCING THE 
OUTCOME OF THE 
2020 ELECTION. 
ON THE OTHER 
SIDE, THE DRAFT 
HIGHLIGHTS 
EFFORTS BY CHINA 
AND IRAN TO 
SPREAD 
ALLEGATIONS 
ABOUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMPS MENTAL 
HEALTH. 
THE BULLETIN WAS 
NEVER SENT TO 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES. 
>> THE REPORT 
THAT YOU 
REFERENCE WAS, 
AT THE END OF 
THE DAY, A 
POORLY WRITTEN 
REPORT. 
I QUESTIONS 
ABOUT IT WHEN I 
HAD TALKED TO 
CAREER OFFICIALS 
AT INA IN THE 
OFFICE THAT 
PRODUCED A 
REPORT. 
THEY ALSO HAD 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
IT. 
THE NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE AND 
SECURITY CENTER 
SAID IN AUGUST 
THAT RUSH 
ISSUING A RANGE 
OF MEASURES TO 
PRIMARILY 
DENIGRATE BIDEN. 
THEY ALSO SAID 
CHINA AND IRAN 
DO NOT WANT 
RESIDENT TRUMP 
REELECTED. 
WHILE TRUMP 
ATTEMPTS TO SHOW 
BIDEN IS UNFIT.>>
IT IS NOT JUST 
ABOUT HIS AGE. 
I THINK THERE IS 
GOING ON THAT IS 
NOT FOR ME TO 
SAY. 
>> THERE THANK 
HAD A CRUCIAL 
FINDING THAT 
RUSSIA'S 
DISSEMINATING 
FALSE AND 
SCURRILOUS 
ATTACKS ON THE 
HEALTH OF JOE 
BIDEN. 
ONE THAT ALIGNS 
WITH TRUMPS OWN 
CONSTANTLY 
BACKFIRING THE 
TAX.
>> VITAMIN -- 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
MOST FEARLESS 
CRITIC WAS 
POISONED WITH A 
POWERFUL NERVE 
AGENT, ACCORDING 
TO THE GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT. 
CHANCELLOR 
ANGLER -- 
CHANCELLOR MERKEL
SAID THIS RAISES 
SERIOUS 
QUESTIONS THAT 
ONLY THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT CAN'T 
MUST ANSWER. 
VOLNEY WAS IN 
SIBERIA TWO 
WEEKS AGO WHEN 
YOU DRINK A CUP 
OF TEA BEFORE 
BOARDING THE 
FLIGHT FROM 
MOSCOW. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THIS IMAGE SHOWS 
THE POISON BY 
MIDFLIGHT, IN 
PAIN. 
GERMAN OFFICIALS 
TODAY SAID 
TOXICOLOGY TEST 
FOUND 
UNEQUIVOCAL 
TRACES OF A 
NERVE AGENT 
CALLED NOVA 
CHUCK. 
THE SAME POISON 
THAT KILLED 
SERVICE GOOGLE 
AND HIS DAUGHTER 
TWO YEARS AGO 
THE UK BRITISH 
AUTHORITIES 
RUSSIAN 
INTELLIGENCE. 
VOLNEY IS FAMOUS 
FOR HIS ONLINE 
VIDEOS EXPOSING 
HE SAYS THE 
CORRUPTION OF 
POLLUTANTS INNER 
CIRCLE. 
HE HAS BEEN 
ARRESTED AND HAD 
GREEN DYE THROWN 
IN HIS FACE. 
HE SAID IT NEARLY
BLINDED HIM. 
TONIGHT, HE 
REMAINS IN A 
COMA IN 
GERMANY.>> 
RUSSIA DENIES 
POISON AND THE 
VOLNEY.
'S SUPPORTERS 
SAY THIS WAS 
PUTIN EXACTING 
REVENGE, AND 
THAT USING THE 
CHEMICAL WAS 
LIKE LEAVING A 
CALLING CARD TO 
TELL OTHER 
CRITICS THAT NO 
ONE IS SAFE.
>> HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI 
UNDER FIRE AFTER 
SECURITY FOOTAGE 
SHOW HER INSIDE 
A HAIR SALON 
CLOSED TO THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC 
BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THEY RELEASED 
SECURITY FOOTAGE 
AND SAID IT IS 
LIKE A SLAP IN 
THE FACE. 
SHE INSISTED THE 
SALON TOLD HER 
IT WAS 
ALLOWED.>> I 
TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
ONLY FOR A SET. 
THIS IS BY A 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
SALON I HAVE GONE
TO FOR YEARS. 
I THINK THE 
SALON OWES ME AN 
APOLOGY FOR 
SETTING IT UP.>> 
THE SALON WAS 
NOT FOLLOWING 
THE RULES, EVEN 
THOUGH INDOOR 
SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE 
STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, THE 
CITY OF SAN 
FRANCISCO ONLY 
STARTED ALLOWING 
ANY HAIR 
APPOINTMENTS ON 
TUESDAY. 
THEY MUST BE 
OUTDOORS. 
SHAMPOOING IS 
NOT ALLOWED, AND 
MASKS ARE 
REQUIRED. 
PELOSI WAS 
PICTURED WITHOUT 
ONE. 
>> I JUST HAD MY 
HAIR WASHED. 
I DON'T WEAR A 
MASK WHEN I'M 
WASHING MY HAIR. 
YOU WEAR A MASK 
WHEN YOU ARE 
WASHING YOUR 
HAIR? 
I ALWAYS HAVE A 
MASK. 
I ALWAYS HAVE A 
MASK. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
ACCUSING PELOSI 
OF HYPOCRISY. 
>> THEY PREACH 
TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THAT IT 
SHOULD BE ONE 
WAY, AND YET IN 
PRIVATE, WHEN 
THE CAMERAS ARE 
NOT ROLLING, AND 
IN THIS CASE I 
GUESS THE 
CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING, IT 
SHOWS A VERY 
DIFFERENT 
STORY.>> 
RESIDENT TRUMP 
TWEETING BELOW 
SEE HIS RING 
DECIMATED FOR 
HAVING A BEAUTY 
PARLOR OPENED 
WHEN ALL OTHERS 
ARE CLOSED. 
>> THIS 
CONTROVERSY IS 
PLAYING OUT WITH 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELEASED 
NEGOTIATIONS 
STILL STALLED ON 
CAPITOL HILL. 
THAT IS LEFT 
MILLIONS STILL 
WAITING AFTER 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS EXPIRED 
AT THE END OF 
JULY. 
>> VIRTUAL 
SCHOOL FOR MOST 
STUDENTS OF 
MIAMI-DADE WAS 
OFF-LINE AGAIN 
FOR THE THIRD 
DAY AFTER BEING 
TARGETED BY 
CYBER ATTACKS. 
>> WE KNOW THAT 
SOME OF THEM 
CAME FROM 
OUTSIDE OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
WE KNOW SOME OF 
THESE ATTACKS 
CAME FROM LOCAL 
ENTITIES. 
>> STUDENTS IN 
THE NATION'S 
FOURTH LARGEST 
SCHOOL SYSTEM 
SAUL SCREENS 
TURNED WHITE, 
AND THEN THIS. 
WE HAVE RUN INTO 
AN ISSUE. 
7-YEAR-OLD UPSET 
HIS MATH CLASS 
DISAPPEARED. 
>> I AM REALLY 
MAD BECAUSE OF 
THAT. 
I REALLY WANTED 
TO DO MATH, AND 
I CAN'T DO IT NOW
BECAUSE THEY 
ACTED. 
I REALLY WANTED 
TO DO IT BECAUSE 
THAT IS MY 
FAVORITE 
CENTRIST. 
>> THIS IS NEW, 
THIS TYPE OF 
ATTACK OF THIS 
MAGNITUDE WE ARE 
SEEING 
EVERYTHING IN 
THIS PANDEMIC IS 
NEW TO LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
ACTS LIKE THIS 
ARE A GROWING 
PROBLEM SINCE 
AUGUST 4th THIS 
IS A TRACT TO 60 
CYBER SECURITY 
INCIDENTS AT 
SCHOOLS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
IN THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS, MORE THAN 
950 CYBER 
ATTACKS. 
>> TRACKING 
PUBLICLY 
DISCLOSED 
INFORMATION. 
I AM NOT 
SURPRISED THAT 
THERE ARE 20 TO 
30 TIMES MORE 
INCIDENTS. 
>> SCHOOLS ARE 
ESPECIALLY 
VULNERABLE 
BECAUSE OF THIS 
RAMP UP TO 
VIRTUAL 
LEARNING, LITTLE 
MONEY WAS 
EARMARKED FOR 
SECURITY. 
A RANSOMWARE 
"DELAY THE START 
OF ONE SCHOOL 
YEAR. 
A MIAMI-DADE 
SCHOOL OFFICIAL 
SAID THERE IS 
BEEN NO DEMANDS 
FOR MONEY, RATHER
, A LESS 
SOPHISTICATED 
DENIAL OF 
SERVICE THAT CAN 
BE ARRANGED FOR 
A FEE WITH 
HACKERS OVERSEAS.
>> IS THIS THE 
CASE OF A KID 
THAT JUST DOES 
NOT WANT TO GO 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> IT IS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
FBI CYBER CRIMES 
UNIT HAS 
LAUNCHED AN 
INVESTIGATION. 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
FOR DIGITAL 
FINGERPRINTS 
THAT COULD LEAD 
TO A SUSPECT. 
>>> IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, 
POLICE SAY JACOB 
BLAKE IS NOT 
OBEYING 
COMMANDS, SO 
THERE USE OF 
FORCE QUICKLY 
ESCALATED FROM 
TASER TO GENT -- 
TO GUNSHOTS. 
IN MINNEAPOLIS, 
GEORGE FLOYD WAS 
TACKLED AFTER 
POLICE FORCE. 
SOME TYPE OF 
FORCE HAPPENS 
MILLIONS OF 
TIMES PER YEAR. 
BUT THE SPATE OF 
RECENT DEADLY 
ENCOUNTERS HAS 
MANY POLICE 
CHIEFS TELLING 
THEIR RECRUITS, 
THAT IS OUTDATED 
THINKING. 
>> WHAT WE CAN'T 
BECAUSE WHAT 
GENERATIONS 
BEFORE US HAVE 
BEEN. 
WE CAN'T BE THE 
AUTHORITATIVE, 
BECAUSE I SAID SO
, TYPE OF 
PLEASE. 
WE HAVE TO 
SOFTEN THE 
EDGES.>> IN NEW 
JERSEY, POLICE 
RECRUITS GET 
TACTICAL 
TRAINING AND 
LEARN HOW TO 
SHOOT, BUT THERE 
ALSO TAUGHT THAT 
FEW OFFICERS 
EVER FIRE THEIR 
GUNS ON THE 
STREETS. 
LEARNING HOW TO 
CALM THINGS DOWN 
CAN BE EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
IN FLORIDA'S 
VOLUSIA COUNTY, 
DEPUTIES ARE 
SCREEN SALLY 
HANDLED STRESS 
AND THINK 
THROUGH 
PROBLEMS.>> THEY 
HAVE TO USE 
THEIR WITS. 
THEY HAVE TO USE 
THEIR PROBLEM 
SOLVER 
ABILITIES. 
THEY HAVE TO 
PULL IN THE 
RIGHT GROUP OF 
PEOPLE TO 
DIFFUSE THE 
SITUATION.>> IT 
CAN BE EFFECTIVE 
TO TAKE A 
TIMEOUT, 
TOBACCO. 
>> THE SHERIFF 
SAID IT IS 
WORKING WITH USE 
OF FORCE 
INCIDENTS DOWN 
60%.>> THOMAS ON 
YOUR SIDE SO YOU 
CAN SLOW THINGS 
DOWN AND TAKE AS 
MUCH EFFORT AS 
YOU NEED TO WORK 
THROUGH THIS 
PROBLEM WITHOUT 
ESCALATING THE 
ISSUE.>> CHUCK 
WEXLER OF THE 
POLICE RESEARCH 
FORM HAS LONG 
ADVOCATED 
TRAINING IN WHAT 
IS CALLED DE-
ESCALATION. 
NOW, HE SAYS 
LEADERS IN EVERY 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT IN 
AMERICA SHOULD 
REVIEW VIDEOS 
LIKE THE JACOB 
BLAKE SHOOTING 
AND ASK HOW WHAT 
I HANDLE THAT?
>> 17,000 POLICE 
DEPARTMENT ARE 
LOOKING AT THE 
VIDEO AND ASKING 
THEMSELVES, WHAT 
WOULD WE DO 
DIFFERENTLY TO 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE? 
THAT WOULD BE A 
GAME CHANGER. 
>> WEXLER SAID 
POLICE HAD TO 
SECOND-GUESS BAD 
BEHAVIOR, BUT 
THAT CULTURE 
MUST CHANGE. 
>>> FARM FRESH 
GOODNESS IN AN 
INNER-CITY FOOD 
DESERT. 
>> ARE THERE 
MANY PLACES TO 
BUY FOOD AND 
VEGETABLES IN 
AUSTIN? 
BUCK WELCOME TO 
THE AUSTIN 
HARVEST MARKET. 
SET UP AND RUN 
BY HIGH SCHOOL 
STUDENTS ON 
CHICAGO'S WEST 
SIDE. 
>> WE ARE 
LOOKING AT A 
PLACE WHERE 
LIQUOR STORES 
OUTNUMBER 
GROCERY STORES. 
PROBABLY AROUND 
15 TO 16 LIQUOR 
STORES, MAYBE 
ONLY TWO TO 3 
SUPERMARKETS AT 
THIS.>> THEY 
TOWARD ON A 
LIQUOR STORE TO 
CREATE THE SPACE 
>> WE WERE 
HOPING TO KEEP 
EVERYBODY EATING 
HEALTHIER.>> I 
EAT ONLY FRUIT 
AND VEGETABLES. 
NO JUNK 
>> FROM A SUMMER 
OF ANGRY 
PROTESTS, THESE 
TEAMS HAD A 
DREAM TO DO 
SOMETHING 
POSITIVE TO 
HEAL, GROW A 
SMALL BUSINESS. 
>> THIS IS ONE 
OF OUR WAYS TO 
FIGHT SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE INTO 
REALLY MAKE 
AUSTIN THE BEST 
REPRESENTATION 
FOR THE PEOPLE 
WHO LIVE HERE.>> 
FORMER ON THAT 
SERVE SAM KOCH OH
WAS THERE OPEN 
DAY.>> NOT ONLY 
ARE THEY GETTING 
A JOB IN 
BRINGING HEALTHY 
FOOD TO THEIR 
COMMITTEES, THEY 
ARE CHANGING THE 
STEREOTYPE. 
PEOPLE IN AMERICA
FEEL THIS IS 
HOPE RENEWAL.>> 
AT OASIS, GOOD 
THINGS ARE BOUND 
TO GROW. 
KEVIN TIBBLES, 
NBC NEWS, 
CHICAGO. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
EXPECT TO SEE  
MORE CASES 
ACROSS THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> IT IS MOVED 
-- NEWS FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIFE WE FACE 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> OUR LIVES OF 
CHANGE. 
IF THE TEST 
DON'T WORK, TELL 
ME WHAT DOES. 
TELL ME 
REALISTICALLY. 
>> JUST HOW MUCH 
WE ARE STILL 
LEARNING. 
>> GROCERY 
STORES ARE HIT 
HARD. 
FOOD PANTRIES 
ARE HIT EVEN 
HARDER. 
>> WE ARE IN THE 
MIDST OF A 
CRISIS THAT 
REQUIRES 
CREDIBILITY. 
>> WHAT ARE THE 
TYPES OF 
BUSINESSES YOU 
WOULD LET REOPEN 
FIRST IF YOU ARE 
IN CHARGE.>> AND 
THE COMMITMENT 
TO GETTING IT 
RIGHT.>> HOW 
MUCH OF A 
MISTAKE ARE YOU 
IN SOME OF THESE 
AREAS MAKING? 
BUCK AMONG THE 
CHAOS I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
KEEP TEACHING 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THERE IS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE.
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THIS 
AMENDED BECAUSE 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT WE 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE ARE
IS RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE GOT 
TO GET A FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR, AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER.>> WHY 
IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WHAT CHRIS HAYES 
DESCRIBES NOW. 
>>> WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST TO HELP 
YOUR FAMILY. 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS IN 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU WERE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.  
WE HAVE BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS 
ARE LEFT MAKING 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THEIR JOBS AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL.>> 
WHAT I MISS IS 
MY TEACHERS.>> 
THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
THE MOST COVID 
CASES.>> THE 
KIDS WERE TOLD 
THEY WILL NOT BE 
ABLE TO RETURN 
HOME, THEY WILL 
NOT BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP.>> DO 
YOU THINK POLICE 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE UNDER 
ATTACK? 
BUCK NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> I AM SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE-
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
WHEN EIFFEL AND 
MY MOM, FILOMENA 
CAROL LET ME KNOW
, WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
BE PROUD. 
>>> THERE IS 
NOTHING IN THE 
WORLD LIKE? -- 
CLASS-ACTION PARK
, AND JUST PLAIN 
ACCIDENT PARK. 
THIS WATERWORLD 
IN NEW JERSEY 
WAS NOTORIOUS 
FOR SERVING UP 
THE ILLUSION OF 
DANGER AND 
ACTUAL DANGER. 
THE STOMACH 
DROPPING DETAILS 
NOW RECOUNTED IN 
A NEW 
DOCUMENTARY.>> I 
REMEMBER LOOKING 
DOWN AT THE SLOOP
, AND BEING, 
LIKE, THERE IS 
NO WAY I WILL GO 
ON THIS THING.>> 
RICE LAKE 
CANNONBALL LOOP 
WAS THE 
BRAINCHILD 
DESIGNED WITH NO 
INPUT FROM 
LICENSED 
ENGINEERS. 
PARK EMPLOYEES 
ADMITTED TO 
FILMMAKERS NEVER 
PAID $100 TO HELP
TEST THEM.>> 
THEY FOUND KEYS 
STUCK IN THE 
PADDING FROM THE 
FIRST COUPLE OF 
PEOPLE. 
THEY GOTTEN 
TEETH KNOCKED 
OUT.>> INSTEAD OF
LAZY RIVERS, 
ACTION PARK 
CREATED CLASS IV 
RAPIDS, GAS-
FILLED SKI 
BOATS, AND WERE 
SHOT OUT OF A 
TWO BEFORE 
FALLING INTO ICY 
WATER.>> OKAY 
HOLD THEIR BODY 
WEIGHT. 
THEY WOULD RING 
OUT INTO A TOTAL 
FACE PLANT FROM 
10 FEET, 12 FEET 
UP.>> THOSE IN 
CHARGE OF 
KEEPING VISITORS 
SAFE OR JUST 
TEENS 
THEMSELVES.>> TO 
BREAK A NEW LIFE 
GARDEN, THEY 
WOULD BE 
ASSIGNED TO THE 
DESK CHAIR. 
THE FIRST 30 
MINUTES, 45 
MINUTE SITTING 
IN THE DEATH 
CHAIR, THAT NEW 
LIFEGUARD WOULD 
SAVE THREE, 
FOUR, FIVE 
PEOPLE.>> IN 
2013, JANE DOE 
STREAM SAID THIS 
ABOUT HIS DAD.>> 
DO SOMETHING 
NOBODY'S EVER 
SEEN BEFORE. 
THAT IS WHAT MY 
FATHER WAS ALL 
ABOUT.>> 
OVERNIGHT, ONE 
MAN DEFENDED THE 
PARK AND 
REPRESENTED THE 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS WHO 
LOVE THE POLICE. 
THE REAL STORY 
SO MUCH DEEPER 
AND COMPLEX. 
THE REVEAL OF 
ACTION PARK AND 
MY DAD IS FULL OF
OTHER THINGS 
WERE DEATH WAS 
TOLERATED. 
DEATH WAS PUT 
RIGHT INTO THE 
NUMBER 
SITUATION. 
WE'VE ONLY HAD 
THIS MANY DIE. 
ONE IS TOO 
MANY.>> WE FIGHT 
EVERY CASE. 
WE DON'T SETTLE 
IT. 
WE BRING IN ALL 
THE WAY TO 
TRIAL, AND WE WON
MANY OF THEM.>> 
FOR MANY OF THEM 
WHO LIVED TO 
TELL, SURVIVING 
ACTION PARK 
REMAINS A BADGE 
OF HONOR.>> YOU 
HAVE TO GO THERE 
AND COME BACK 
WITH SCARS. 
YOU HAVE TO LOOK 
-- YOU HAVE TO 
TAKE YOUR LUMPS 
AT ACTION PARK 
IF YOU WANT TO 
BE ABLE TO GROW 
UP. 
THIS YEAR, THEY 
OPENED A NEW 
AMUSEMENT PARK 
AND HE WORKED AT 
ACTION PARK AS A 
TEENAGER. HE 
RELEASED THE 
STATEMENT WHICH 
I WILL READ TO 
YOU IN PART. 
WHEN I THINK 
BACK TO ACTION 
PARK, REAL 
PEOPLE GOT HURT, 
AND REAL PEOPLE 
DIED, AND I 
APPLAUD THIS 
FILM FOR TELLING 
THAT SIDE OF THE 
STORY TO THE 
FORMER'S ACTIONS 
WERE NEGLIGENT, 
UNETHICAL, AND 
IN MANY WAYS 
CRIMINAL.
>> STEPHANIE, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
JOINING US NOW 
IS THE DIRECTOR 
OF THE FILM, 
CLASS-ACTION PARK
. GOOD TO SEE 
YOU THIS 
MORNING. 
I HAVE TO 
CONFESS THAT I 
GREW UP IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
OUR LITTLE DAY 
CAMP AND DOWN 
TOOK US TO 
ACTION PARK 
EVERY SUMMER. 
I GUESS I 
SURVIVED ACTION 
PARK AS WELL. 
YOU START WITH 
THE FIRST 
QUESTION PEOPLE 
ARE WONDERING. 
HOW IS THIS EVEN 
ALLOWED TO 
HAPPEN. 
ARE THERE RULES 
IN PLACE? 
ARE THERE 
LAWSUITS THAT 
WOULD FOLLOW. 
OUT OF THIS 
PLACE EXIST? 
BUCK THE 1980S, 
AS WE NOW KNOW 
LOOKING BACK 
WERE SOMEWHAT 
LAWLESS. DOES IT 
HAVE COVERAGE, 
NO. 
THEY CREATED A 
FAKE INSURANCE 
COMPANY TO SKIRT 
THINGS LIKE 
INSURANCE 
REGULATIONS. 
>> WHEN THESE 
GUYS WERE 
TALKING ABOUT IT
, ACTION PARK, I 
DIDN'T KNOW HOW 
PARENTS WOULD 
LET THEIR KIDS 
GO THERE IF 
THERE IS BEEN 
DEATH AND TEETH 
STUCK IN THINGS 
AND PEOPLE WITH 
BROKEN BONES. 
OUTED KIDS KEEP 
GOING THERE? 
BUCK THESE ARE 
TIMES WHEN 
PARENTS WOULD 
OPEN THE DOOR 
THE MORNING AND 
SAY COME HOME 
BEFORE DINNER. 
PEOPLE WERE 
RUNNING OUTSIDE, 
AND THERE WERE 
PACKS OF KIDS 
BACK THEN. 
IF YOU WORK FROM 
NEW JERSEY AND 
GOING TO ACTION 
PARK, MAYBE YOU 
WERE DOING YOUR 
OWN VERSION OF A 
QUARRY, BREAKING 
OFF OF A CLIP 
CLIFF. I THINK 
THIS MOVIE 
STRUCK A NERVE 
BECAUSE PEOPLE 
HAD UPBRINGINGS 
THAT WERE THIS 
WILD AND FERAL. 
THIS ACTION PARK 
IS JUST A 
VERSION OF THAT. 
>> THIS IS 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF A TIME. 
IT IS ALSO 
DEEPER OF THE 
GEOGRAPHY THAT 
WAS HAPPENING 
THERE. 
ALSO WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING IN 
ATLANTIC CITY 
WITH CASINOS. 
THIS IS A TIME 
CAPSULE. 
WHEN YOU PUT THE 
FILM TOGETHER, 
IT FEELS LIKE 
THE REAL TRAGEDY 
OF ALL OF THIS, 
BUT IF IT TOOK 
PLACE AT ACTION 
PARK, IT WAS 
PUSHED TOWARD 
THE END OF THE 
FILM. 
JUST WALK UP 
THROUGH HOW YOU 
DECIDED TO DO 
THAT? 
BUCK FOR SO MANY 
PEOPLE, WHEN 
THEY LOOK BACK 
AT ACTION PARK, 
IT IS BECOME AN 
URBAN OR 
SUBURBAN LEGEND, 
HE MET. 
A PLACE OF MANY 
PEOPLE HAVE 
BECOME A JOKE. 
IT IS SO ABSURD. 
THE RESISTANCE 
KIND OF MAKES 
YOU WANT TO 
LEFT. 
UNDER THE WE HAD 
TO RECOGNIZE 
THAT, AND THEN 
DECONSTRUCT 
THAT. 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
HAVE TO DO. 
IF YOU ARE 
LAUGHING AND YOU 
QUESTION YOUR 
OWN LAUGHTER, WE 
WANT YOU TO 
LAUGH AND THEN 
FEEL VERY 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
ABOUT LAUGHING. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
YOU CAN WATCH 
CLASS-ACTION 
PARK ON HBO MAX 
RIGHT NOW. 
WHEN WE WERE 
GOING THERE IS 
KIDS, DON'T 
THINK THAT WE 
UNDERSTOOD THAT 
THERE WERE RULES 
IN PLACE TO 
EVERYTHING ELSE 
THAT WAS GOING 
ON HIM A LETTER 
NOTE -- LET 
ALONE THE PEOPLE 
WERE DYING. 
>> I WATCHED IT 
LAST NIGHT, IT 
WAS VERY GOOD. 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS DOCUMENTARY.
A REASON TO LOOK 
UP INTO THE SKY 
ON WEDNESDAY 
MORNING.>> WELL. 
THAT IS AMAZING. 
THE MASK ILLUSION
TAKING ON HIS 
FIRST FLIGHT. 
THOUSANDS OF FEET
IN THE YEAR, 
BREAKING THE 
RECORD OF THE 
LIVE EVENT. 
>> BY NOW, YOU 
MIGHT BE USED TO 
DAVID'S INSANE 
ENDURANCE WITH 
SHOCKING 
PERFORMANCES. 
THIS WAS A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
DAVID SANKEY 
WANTED TO TAKE 
ON THE LATEST 
PERFORMANCE FOR 
HIS 9-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER, TESSA. 
>> BUT THIS IS 
THE FIRST ONE 
THAT I AM DOING. 
IT IS BEAUTIFUL, 
THAT IS ALL 
BECAUSE OF YOU. 
>> THE TRAINING 
FOR SENTIENT WAS 
THE MOST INTENSE 
HE IS EVER HAD 
TO ENDURE. 
INCLUDING 
LEARNING HOW TO 
SKYDIVE, MAKING 
500 JUMPS, TO BE 
EXACT, TRAINING 
HIS BODY TO 
BREATHE IN THIN 
AIR. 
FINALLY, ON 
WEDNESDAY, AFTER 
A FINAL SAFETY 
CHECK AND A GOOD 
LUCK BALLOON 
FROM HIS 
DAUGHTER -- 
DAVID WAS READY 
FOR TAKEOFF. 
NOW HERE IS THE 
THING, THAT IS 
DAVID BLAINE 
LIFTING OFF 
WITHOUT A 
PARACHUTE TELLING
CARSON ON MONEY 
THAT HE WANTED 
TO LOOK LIKE IT 
WAS SIMPLY 
FLOATING AWAY. 
>> I DID NOT 
WANT TO WEAR A 
PARACHUTE I'M 
HIDING A 
PARACHUTE UP IN 
THE BALLOON. 
>> AFTER A 
PEACEFUL 
ASCENSION, 
DROPPING OUT OF 
HIS POCKETS TO 
GO HIGHER AND 
HIGHER, HEART 
POUNDING MOMENT. 
DAVID HAD TO LET 
GO OF HIS TETHER 
AND SLIP ON THE 
PARACHUTE 8000 
FEET IN THE 
AIR.>> THEN HE 
KEPT CLIMBING 
AND CLIMBING, 
ALL THE WAY 
ABOVE 20,000 
FEET. 
ABOUT 4.7 MILES 
ABOVE THE EARTH. 
IT CAME TIME TO 
TRY TO SPOT HIS 
LANDING ZONE 
DOWN IN THE 
DESERT. 
>> I GOT IT 
PERFECTLY. 
I GOT IT. 
>> AND THEN THE 
RELEASE. 
WITH THE EARTH 
GETTING CLOSER 
BY THE SECOND. 
DAVID DEPLOYED 
THIS PARACHUTE. 
HONING IN ON THE 
LV AND NAILING 
THE LANDING. 
!
>> Reporter: BACK ON SOLID 
GROUND, AN OVERJOYED DESSA 
CALLED INTO HER GRAVITY-DEFYING 
DAD. 
>> YOU DID IT!
>> THIS IS ALL FOR YOU. 
>> Reporter: WHEN DAVID GOT BACK
TO THE AIRSTRIP, A HUG AND KISS 
FROM HIS DAUGHTER, WHO COULD NOT
THINK MORE HIGHLY OF HER DAD.
FOR "TODAY," GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC 
NEWS.
>> OH, MY GOSH. 
>> HE DID IT.
THE MOMENT WHEN HE UNCLIPPED AND
DROPPED, THAT WAS A SCARY 
MOMENT. 
>> HIS GUY WAS YELLING, WAIT 200
MORE FEET.
HE'S LIKE, AND I'M OUT. 
>> HE COULD PUT THE PARACHUTE ON
MID-AIR LIKE THAT, I MEAN, THAT 
WAS -- 
>> AND YOU NORMALLY SKYDIVE 
ABOUT 10,000 FEET.
TO GO 10,000 FEET HIGHER THAN 
THAT. 
>> YEAH.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BREATHE 
UP THAT HIGH. 
>> AS HE WENT UP, HE WAS CHATTY.
YOU COULD HEAR HIM.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU COULD SEETF
DEATH, CITING THE ONGOING 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE AND 
A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT.
>>> THE WORLD OF BASEBALL
>>> THE WORLD OF 
BASEBALL IS 
MOURNING THE 
LOSS OF ONE OF 
THE BEST EVER TO 
TAKE THE MOUND. 
HALL OF FAME 
PITCHER THANH 
SEABURG. 
HE DIED FROM 
COMPLICATIONS OF 
DEMENTIA AND 
COVID-19. 
KATHY PARK IS 
HERE WITH A LOOK 
BACK AT HIS 
LEISURE DEARY 
CAREER. 
HI KATHY, GOOD 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING 
TO YOU. 
IT REALLY IS A 
SAD DAY FOR 
BASEBALL. 
SAW -- TOM 
SIEBERT WAS 
SLIGHTLY ICONIC. 
-- TO BECOME 
WORLD SERIES 
CHAMPION -- ONE 
OF THE TOUGHEST 
PITCHER'S HE HAS 
EVER HAD TO 
FACE. 
>> TOM SIEBERT, 
ALL-STAR. ALL 
EVERYTHING. 
>> I CALLED HIM 
TOM TERRIFIC, 
AND HE MORE THAN 
LIVED UP TO THE 
LOFTY NICKNAME, 
WINNING THREE CY 
YOUNG AWARDS, 12 
ALL-STAR 
APPEARANCES IN A 
CAREER SPANNING 
20 YEARS. 
>> HE HAS 
PITCHED HIS 
FIRST MAJOR-
LEAGUE NO-HITTER.
>> REPORTER:'S 
INCREDIBLE 
TALENT WAS 
OBVIOUS FROM THE 
START, WINNING 
ROOKIE OF THE 
YEAR IN 1967 FOR 
THE NEW YORK 
METS. 
18 THAT WAS SO 
BAD, IT LOST 
MORE THAN 100 
GAMES THAT 
SEASON. 
IN JUST TWO YEARS
WITH HIM LEADING 
THE WAY, THEY 
WENT FROM 
LOVABLE LOSER TO 
THE MIRACLE MAN 
COMPLETING A 
MAGICAL RUN TO 
WIN THE 1969 
WORLD SERIES. 
BUT, IT WAS NOT 
JUST HIS 
PHYSICAL GIFTS, 
HE MASTERED THE 
MENTAL ASPECT OF 
THE GAME TOO 
EXTRA MAKE YOU 
COME TO PLAY 
WHEN YOU ARE 
PITCHING. 
SELECTION OF 
PITCHES, 
PLACEMENT OF 
PITCHES AND 
PSYCHOLOGICAL 
GAMES. 
>> HE WAS ONE OF 
TWO PITCHER'S IN 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
HISTORY WITH 300 
WINS. 
3000 STRIKEOUTS, 
AND AN EARNED 
RUN AVERAGE 
UNDER THREE. 
HE APPEARED HERE 
ON TODAY BACK IN 
1989. 
TO DISCUSS 
ANOTHER PITCHING 
LEGENDS 
REMARKABLE 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
NOLAN RYAN'S 
5000 STRIKEOUTS. 
>> I PLAYED 20 
YEARS AND I HAD 
3600 STRIKEOUTS, 
I AM LIKE SEVEN 
YEARS BEHIND 
HIM. 
>> YOU SELECTED 
THE HALL OF FAME 
IN 1992 WITH THE 
HIGHEST 
PERCENTAGE OF 
VOTES OF HER AT 
THE TIME. 
>> ANYONE WHO 
WOULD THINK THAT 
A YOUNG KID FROM 
FRESNO, 
CALIFORNIA 
WHATEVER END UP 
IN COOPERSTOWN 
NEW YORK, YOU 
SAY HOW IN THE 
WORLD CAN 
HAPPEN? 
IT CAN HAPPEN 
VERY EASILY WHEN 
YOU HAVE THE 
KINDS OF FRIENDS 
AND THE KINDS OF 
PEOPLE, THE 
KINDS OF SUPPORT 
IN THE KINDS OF 
EDUCATION, MOST 
IMPORTANTLY THE 
KINDS OF FAMILY 
THAT I HAVE HAD. 
>> OVERNIGHT, 
REACTION POURING 
IN ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
WARMER METS 
PITCHER DWIGHT 
GOODEN TWEETING 
EVERYONE KNOWS 
HE WAS A GREAT 
PITCHER, HE WAS 
AN EVEN GREATER 
PERSON. 
HALL OF FAMER 
MIKE PIAZZA 
WRITING HE IS 
ALL THAT IS 
DESIRED IN A 
PLAYER AND A MAN.
BACK HERE AT 
CITI FIELD, WE 
ARE REMEMBERING 
THIS BASEBALL 
GIANT. 
I AM HERE AT 41 
SEAVER WAY, 41 
HIS JERSEY 
NUMBER, YOU CAN 
SEE HIS PHOTO 
RIGHT BEHIND ME. 
THIS BASEBALL 
GIANT WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
DEMENTIA, THE 
SAME DISEASE THAT
ROBIN WILLIAMS 
SUFFERED FROM 
BEFORE HIS DEBTS 
SIX YEARS AGO. 
BACK TO YOU. 
>> KATHY PARK, 
THANK YOU. 
DEMENTIA AND 
COVID-19. 
>> THIS IS 
OBVIOUSLY HUGE 
NEWS IN NEW YORK
, FRONT AND BACK 
PAGE, THE 
GREATEST MET OF 
ALL-TIME, MOST 
METS FANS AGREE 
WITH THAT. 
IF YOU DID GROW 
UP IN NEW YORK 
WHEN THEY HAD 
BEEN THE 
LAUGHING STOCK 
OF THE LEAGUE 
AND HE LIFTED 
INTO THE WORLD 
SERIES, IT 
CHANGED 
EVERYTHING FOR 
THE FRANCHISE. 
I LOVE THE 
HUMILITY AND HIS 
VOICE AGAIN AND 
AGAIN. 
>> HALL OF FAME 
SPEECH WAS 
PRETTY 
INCREDIBLE. 
HE GOT MORE 
VOTES THAN 
ANYONE EVER AND 
IT TELLS YOU SO 
MUCH MORE ABOUT 
HIM. 
>> ONE OF THE 
GREATEST OF ALL 
TIME. 
>>> NEW CONCERN 
THIS MORNING 
THAT THE 
UPCOMING LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND 
COULD LEAD TO AN 
OTHER MASSIVE 
SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
TOM COSTELLO HAS 
THE STORY FOR 
US, GOOD 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
WE SAW A SPIKE 
AFTER MEMORIAL 
DAY IN MAY, WE 
SAW CASES JUMP 
IN JUNE, THEN 
AND THROUGH THE 
SUMMER, THE 
SERMON CONCERN 
IS THAT COULD 
HAPPEN AGAIN. 
SOMETIMES WE 
ROLL THESE 
NUMBERS OFF OF 
OUR TONGUE, AND 
WE REALLY DON'T 
THINK ABOUT IT. 
186,000 PEOPLE 
HAVE NOW DIED OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT IS 
APPROACHING THE 
POPULATION OF 
HUNTSVILLE, 
ALABAMA. 
NOW, GOING INTO 
LABOR DAY, 
EXPERTS ARE 
WARNING DON'T 
LET YOUR GUARD 
DOWN. 
WITH LABOR DAY 
FAST APPROACHING 
AND SOME ARE 
STARTING TO WIND 
DOWN, THIS 
MORNING HEALTH 
OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING THERE 
CANNOT BE A 
REPEAT OF WHAT 
WE SAW AT THE 
START OF THIS 
SEASON. 
MAJOR CROWDS AT 
BREACHES AND 
POOL PARTIES 
LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
A BIG SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES
JUST AFTER 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
THE U.S. IS 
STILL AVERAGING 
MORE THAN 40,000 
NEW CASES PER 
DAY. 
>> THAT IS AND 
UNACCEPTABLY 
HIGH BASELINE. 
>> THAT NUMBER 
NEEDS TO DROP 
CLOSER TO 10,000 
AND FEWER. 
>> WE DON'T NEED 
TO LOCK YOURSELF 
DOWN, BUT DON'T 
BE CARELESS 
ABOUT THINGS, 
AND SUCH AS 
CROWDS IN THE BAR
, MAKE SURE YOU 
WEAR YOUR MASK. 
>> THE MASK WE 
ARE ALL WEARING 
COULD BE 
CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT IF WE 
GO INTO THIS AS 
A FAMILY THIS 
UPCOMING 
WEEKEND. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
BEEN OUT AND 
ABOUT, AND IF 
YOU VISIT 
GRANDMA, KEEP 
YOUR MASK ON. 
>> Reporter: 
HOURS AFTER 
IOWA'S GOVERNOR 
DEFENDED HIS 
DECISION TO 
ALLOW THOUSANDS 
OF FANS AT AN 
UPCOMING COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL GAME. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS AND 
YOU ARE PART OF 
THE VULNERABLE 
POPULATION, 
MAYBE I WOULD 
NOT GO TO THE 
IOWA STATE 
FOOTBALL GAME 
NEXT WEEK. 
>> Reporter: 
IOWA STATE 
REVERSING THE 
PLAN SAYING ITS 
HOME OPENER WILL 
INCLUDE AN EMPTY 
STADIUM. 
THE FIRST DEATH 
HAS BEEN RECORDED
IN RELATION TO 
THE MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY IN SOUTH 
DAKOTA, BELIEVED 
TO BE THE 
LARGEST EVENT 
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC LED TO 
MOST LARGE-SCALE 
EVENTS BEING 
SHUT DOWN, THIS, 
THE CDC TELLING 
STATES TO 
PREPARE TO BE 
READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE 
MILLIONS OF 
POTENTIAL 
VACCINE DOSES AS 
EARLY AS LATE 
OCTOBER OR EARLY 
NOVEMBER, JUST 
ABOUT THE TIME 
OF THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTIONS. 
THE AGENCY, IN A 
LETTER OBTAINED 
BY CNBC FOR 
DISTRIBUTION 
FACILITIES, AND 
IF NECESSARY, 
WAIVE 
REQUIREMENTS 
THAT WOULD KEEP 
THEM FROM BEING 
FULLY 
OPERATIONAL BY 
NOVEMBER 1st. 
>>> LET'S HEAR 
MORE ON THE 
CDC'S VACCINE 
GUIDANCE AND 
OTHER CORONAVIRUS
NEWS. 
DR., GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
>> LET'S START 
WITH THE LATEST, 
THE CDC GUIDANCE 
RELEASED TO 
STATES TELLING 
STATES TO BE 
READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE A 
VACCINE BY EARLY 
NOVEMBER, THAT 
IS LESS THAN TWO 
WEEKS AWAY. 
HOW REALISTIC 
AND FEASIBLE IS 
THIS TIMELINE? 
>> WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT 
SUCH AN 
ACCELERATED 
TIMELINE, THAT 
IT DOES NOT JIVE 
WITH THE REALITY 
THAT MOST 
COMPANIES THAT 
ARE IN THE MIDST 
OF A PHASE THREE 
VACCINE TRIAL, 
BEFORE YOU CAN 
THINK ABOUT 
LARGE-SCALE 
DISTRIBUTION, 
THOSE ARE IN THE 
BEGINNING TO THE 
MIDDLE OF IT. 
THAT'S A TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
INDIVIDUALS TO 
ASSESS FOR 
SAFETY AND 
EFFECTIVENESS. 
WE ARE NOWHERE 
CLOSE TO DO THIS 
PROPERLY. 
I WORRY THAT IF 
SOMETHING GETS 
MESSED 
DISTRIBUTED, 
WHAT IS THE 
TRUST LEVEL 
GOING TO BE 
AMONGST THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
IT'S ALREADY AT A
ALL-TIME LOW. 
WILL PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY TAKE 
THE VACCINE? 
WE NEED EXPERT, 
INDEPENDENT 
EXPERT REVIEW OF 
ANY DATA THAT 
COMES OUT OF ANY 
VACCINE THAT 
GETS MESSED 
DISTRIBUTED, SO 
PEOPLE HAVE 
TRUST. 
>> LABOR DAY IS 
QUICKLY COMING 
UP, WE JUST 
HEARD CASES ARE 
NOW SEARCHING IN 
THE MIDWEST, 
THERE IS THE 
FIRST DEATH TO 
THE SOUTH DAKOTA 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
THREE WEEKS AGO. 
HOW DO WE 
PREVENT ANOTHER 
SEARCH FOLLOWING 
THE HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND? 
YOU KNOW 
GATHERINGS ARE 
BOUND TO HAPPEN. 
WHAT CAN PEOPLE 
DO? 
>> PEOPLE WILL 
BE OUT IN THE 
BACKYARD, STICK 
TO THE BACKYARD, 
STICK TO 
OUTDOORS. 
IF YOU'RE GOING 
TO BE MEETING 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE 
YOUR HOUSEHOLD, 
KEEP IT TO LESS 
THAN FIVE, 
PLEASE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE AND 
PLEASE MASK. 
AVOID ANY CROWDS
, DR. FAUCI 
SAID, AVOID 
GOING TO ANY 
STADIUMS OR ANY 
PACKED TYPE OF 
EVENTS THAT 
MIGHT BE 
HAPPENING, AVOID 
TRAVEL IF YOU 
CAN. 
THOSE ARE THE 
BASIC THINGS WE 
HAVE BEEN SAYING 
FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING. 
WE REALLY NEED 
PEOPLE TO ADHERE 
TO IT BECAUSE AN 
OUTBREAK 
ANYWHERE IS A 
RISK TO US 
EVERYWHERE. 
>> THIS IS A 
STORY THAT 
GRABBED OUR 
ATTENTION TODAY, 
SPEAKING OF TIME 
WITH FAMILY AND 
FRIENDS, YOU 
HEARD DWAYNE 
"THE ROCK" 
JOHNSON ALL 
CONTRACTED 
COVID, THEY 
SPENT WEEKS 
RECOVERING, HE 
SAID ON 
INSTAGRAM THAT 
THEY GOT IT 
FROM) THAT THEY 
TRUST AND THEY 
LOVE. I THINK 
THAT GRABBED OUR 
ATTENTION 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
US ARE TRYING TO 
DO THIS RIGHT? 
WERE TRYING TO 
DO THE RIGHT 
THING. 
WE HAVE ONE 
FAMILY OVER FOR 
DINNER WHO WE 
TRUST AND THEY 
TOLD US THEY ARE 
QUARANTINING AS 
WELL. 
HE SAYS FROM NOW 
ON, ANYBODY WHO 
COMES IN HIS 
HOUSE, WHETHER A 
CROWD OF TWO OR 
THREE, HE WANTS 
EVERYBODY TO BE 
TESTED FIRST. 
DO YOU THINK 
THAT IS 
REALISTIC FOR 
PEOPLE WATCHING? 
>> I THINK YOU 
HAVE TO PROTECT 
YOUR FAMILY, AS 
DWAYNE JOHNSON 
SAID. 
I LOVE THAT 
IDEA, ACTUALLY. 
IN THE TIME OF 
PANDEMIC, YOU 
MUST PROTECT 
YOUR FAMILY. 
THAT MEANS DON'T 
TAKE THEIR WORD 
FOR IT, EVEN IF 
YOU LOVE AND 
TRUST THEM, FOR 
THEIR PROTECTION 
AND YOUR 
FAMILIES 
PROTECTION, MAKE 
SURE THEY GET 
THE TESTED MIKE 
IF HE WERE TO 
HOP ON A PLANE 
OR GO VISIT 
SOMEBODY IN A 
NURSING 
FACILITY, OR ANY 
PLACE WHERE 
THERE IS A HIGH 
RISK OF EXPOSURE 
OR SOMEBODY 
MIGHT HAVE A BAD 
OUTCOME FROM 
COVID-19, MAKE 
SURE YOU HAVE A 
TEST. 
THAT IS 
RESPONSIBLE, WE 
SHOULD ALL BE 
DOING IT, I'M 
GLAD WE HAVE 
THAT MESSAGE. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT SCHOOLS, 
WE HAVE SEEN 
SOME SCHOOLS 
REOPEN, OTHERS 
LIKE IN NEW YORK 
CITY DELAYING A 
BIT. 
MY SON IS GOING 
NEXT WEEK. 
HOW DO WE KEEP 
IT SAFE IN THE 
SCHOOLS? 
WHAT SHOULD 
PARENTS BE 
MINDFUL OF AS 
FAR AS BEST 
PRACTICES IN THE 
SCHOOL ITSELF? 
>> IS A PARENT 
MYSELF, THE 
THINGS THAT WE 
WANT TO HEAR ARE 
THE FOLLOWING. 
OUR BASIC 
INFECTION 
CONTROL MEASURES 
PREPARING THINGS 
LIKE HAND 
HYGIENE STATIONS 
EVERYWHERE. 
WHAT ABOUT 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS FOR 
THOSE SCHOOLS 
THAT CANNOT HAVE 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS, OR 
HVAC SYSTEMS 
EQUIPPED WITH 
ULTRAVIOLET 
LAMPS, OR OTHER 
FREQUENT AIR 
EXCHANGES. 
OUR PARENTS 
HEARING THAT 
ADMINISTRATORS 
ARE THINKING 
ABOUT THIS? 
WHAT ABOUT 
TESTING? 
IS TESTING 
AVAILABLE? 
WE KNOW THAT 
TESTING IS THE 
KEY TO KEEP 
SCHOOLS REOPEN. 
MOST SCHOOLS DO 
NOT HAVE ACCESS 
TO IT, INCLUDING 
NEW YORK CITY. 
FREQUENT 
TESTING, ARE 
THEY THINKING 
ABOUT IT? 
IS THERE A PLAN 
IN PLACE? 
THAT IS ALSO 
GOING TO BE KEY. 
OTHER PIECES 
LIKE ARE THEY 
GOING TO ENTER 
CHANGE VIRTUAL 
LEARNING WITHIN 
PERSON LEARNING 
BECAUSE THEY ME 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT CLASSROOMS 
ARE 
APPROPRIATELY 
DISTANCED. 
FINALLY, WHAT 
ABOUT MASKING 
AND FACE SHIELD 
AND. 
I CANNOT TELL 
YOU HOW MANY 
TIMES I HAVE 
GOTTEN OUTREACH 
FROM TEACHERS 
SAYING THEY'RE 
NOT WEARING A 
MASK, THEY DON'T 
KNOW BECAUSE 
GUIDANCE HAS NOT 
BEEN CLEARED, IT 
WILL PREPARE 
CHILDREN AND 
TEACHERS AND 
STAFF IF THEY 
ARE HAVING 
APPROPRIATE PPE, 
FACE SHIELD AND 
MASKS FOR 
TEACHERS AND 
STAFF, 
ESPECIALLY MASKS 
FOR CHILDREN. 
>> THANK YOU, 
YOU ALWAYS GIVE 
US SUCH GREAT 
ADVICE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, JOE 
BIDEN AND DONALD 
TRUMP RAMPING UP 
ATTACKS ON ONE 
ANOTHER ENGAGE 
IN VERBAL BATTLE 
FROM WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE, TO 
WILMINGTON, 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
>> I KNOW A 78-
YEAR-OLD IS NOT 
SO SHARP. 
>> IT OFF TWITTER
, START TALKING 
TO THE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERS IN BOTH 
PARTIES. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT, 
IRREGULAR 
ATTACKS VOTING 
BY MAIL IS 
DRAWING 
CRITICISM FOR 
APPEARING TO 
SUGGEST IN AN 
INTERVIEW THAT 
HIS SUPPORTERS 
ATTEMPT TO VOTE 
TWICE TO TEST 
THE SYSTEM. 
>> SEND IN YOUR 
BALLOTS, SEND 
THEM IN STRONG 
WHETHER IT IS 
SOLICITED OR 
UNSOLICITED, THE 
ABSENTEES ARE 
FINE, SEND THEM 
IN, BUT GO TO 
VOTE. 
IF THEY HAVE NOT 
COUNTED IT, YOU 
CAN VOTE. 
THAT IS THE WAY 
I VIEW IT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
ASKED ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
COMMENTS ON CNN. 
>> Reporter: HE 
IS TRYING TO 
MAKE THE POINT 
THAT THE ABILITY 
TO MONITOR THIS 
SYSTEM IS NOT 
GOOD, IF IT WAS 
SO GOOD, IF YOU 
TRY TO VOTE A 
SECOND TIME, YOU 
WOULD BE CAUGHT 
IF HE VOTED IN 
PERSON. 
>> THAT WOULD BE 
ILLEGAL IF THEY 
DID THAT, IF 
SOMEBODY MAILED 
IN A PALLET AND 
ACTUALLY SHOWED 
UP TO VOTE IN 
PERSON, THAT 
WOULD BE 
ILLEGAL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT THE LAW AND 
THE PARTICULAR 
STATE SAYS. 
>> BIDING 
CAMPAIGN BUOYED 
TODAY BY A 
MASSIVE 
FUNDRAISING CALL 
OF $365 MILLION 
IN AUGUST. A NEW 
FOX NEWS POLL 
THAT SHOWS BIDEN 
LEADING THE 
PRESIDENT IN 
THREE KEY 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES MR. TRUMP 
WON IN 2016. 
ARIZONA, NORTH 
CAROLINA, AND 
WISCONSIN. 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
FOCUSING ON WHAT 
HE CALLS MR. 
TRUMP'S 
MISHANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC AS 
THE NEW SCHOOL 
YEAR GETS 
UNDERWAY. 
>> IF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAD DONE THEIR 
JOB EARLY ON 
WITH THIS CRISIS
, AMERICAN 
SCHOOLS WOULD BE 
OPEN AND WOULD 
BE OPEN SAFELY. 
>> THIS IS AN 
EMERGENCY, THIS 
IS AN EMERGENCY. 
TODAY HE VISITS 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN WHERE 
HE MEETS WITH 
THE FAMILY OF 
JACOB LIKE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
VISITED THE CITY 
TUESDAY TO MEET 
WITH BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WITH URBAN 
UNREST BECOMING 
THE CENTERPIECE 
OF THIS 
CAMPAIGN, THE 
PRESIDENT 
WEDNESDAY, 
SIGNING A MEMO 
ORDERING A 
REVIEW OF 
ADDERALL FUNDS 
DESCENDING INTO 
ANARCHY. 
THE MEMO READS 
IN PART MY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WILL NOT ALLOW 
FEDERAL TAX 
DOLLARS TO FUND 
CITIES THAT 
ALLOW THEMSELVES 
TO DETERIORATE 
INTO LAWLESS 
ZONES. 
AMONG THE PLACES 
YOU MENTIONED, 
PORTLAND, 
SEATTLE, AND NEW 
YORK. 
NEW YORK 
GOVERNOR CUOMO 
CALLED THE MOVE 
AND ILLEGAL 
STATINS AT THE 
PRESIDENT IS NO 
LONGER WELCOME 
IN THE BIG 
APPLE. 
>> FORGET 
BODYGUARDS, HE 
BETTER HAVE AN 
ARMY IF HE 
THINKS HE'S 
GOING TO WALK 
DOWN THE STREET 
IN NEW YORK. 
>> Reporter: 
OVERNIGHT, A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRIED 
TO FURTHER 
CLARIFY THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
COMMENTS ABOUT 
VOTING TWICE 
SAYING IF 
SUPPORTERS WANT 
TO VOTE 
ABSENTEE, THEY 
SHOULD DO SO, 
BUT THEN FOLLOW 
UP WITH THEIR 
LOCAL REGISTRAR 
OR CLERK TO MAKE 
SURE THE VOTE IS 
COUNTED. 
>> YOU ARE 
STANDING THERE 
IN PENNSYLVANIA, 
THE STATE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WON BY A SLIVER 
IN 2016, HE WILL 
BE THERE AGAIN 
TONIGHT. 
WHAT IS THE 
STATE OF THE 
RACE THERE? 
>> Reporter: 
WILL THE 
PRESIDENT ABOUT 
WHAT AMOUNTS TO 
GOOD NEWS FOR 
HIS CAMPAIGN 
YESTERDAY, A NEW 
POLL SHOWING HIM 
WITH AND 
PUNCHING 
BUSINESS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
DOWN FOUR 
POINTS. 
HE SAID HE ONLY 
WON THIS STATE 
BY A POINT LAST 
GO AROUND. 
IT IS GOING TO 
BE A MAJOR 
BATTLEGROUND. 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO TAKE MY WORD 
FOR IT. 
THREE OUT OF THE 
FOUR CANDIDATES 
WILL BE IN THIS 
STATE BEFORE THE 
WEEKEND. 
>> THANK YOU SO, 
SO MUCH. 
>> Reporter: NEW 
DETAILS THIS 
MORNING ON A 
FIERCE CRITIC OF 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
WHO BECAME 
VIOLENTLY ILL 
LAST MONTH. 
THE GOVERNMENT 
IN GERMANY WHERE 
HE IS BEING 
TREATED SAYS HE 
WAS POISONED 
WITH A NERVE 
AGENT. 
RICHARD ENGEL 
HAS MORE ON 
THIS. 
HEY RICHARD, 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING, 
RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS 
INITIALLY 
SUGGESTED THAT 
HE WAS SUFFERING 
FROM LOW BLOOD 
SUGAR, BUT THE 
GERMAN 
GOVERNMENT 
CLEARLY DID NOT 
THINK SO AND 
BROUGHT IN 
MILITARY 
CHEMICALS, 
WEAPONS EXPERTS, 
HE REMAINS IN A 
GERMAN HOSPITAL 
IN A COMA. 
IS MOST 
OUTSPOKEN CRITIC 
WAS POISONED 
WITH A POWERFUL 
NERVE AGENT. 
ANGELA MERKEL 
CALLED THE 
POISONING AND 
ATTACK, RAISING 
SERIOUS 
QUESTIONS ONLY 
THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT CAN 
AND MUST ANSWER. 
WHILE THE 
KREMLIN DENIES 
POISONING, A 
SUSPICIOUSLY 
HIGH NUMBER OF 
PUTIN'S 
OPPONENTS HAVE 
FALLEN VICTIM TO 
WHAT ARE 
EFFECTIVELY 
CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS, 
INVESTIGATIVE 
JOURNALIST AND 
ANTI-PUTIN 
ACTIVIST WAS 
POISONED TWICE 
AND SURVIVED. 
HE TOLD ME HE 
HAS NO DOUBT WHO 
IS RESPONSIBLE. 
>> POISONING HAS 
BEEN A FAVORITE 
METHOD OF SOVIET 
AND RUSSIAN 
SECURITY 
SERVICES. 
>> WHY WOULD 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
AND THE INNER 
CIRCLE KEEP 
DOING THIS? 
>> THE REGIME IS 
ALREADY AFRAID 
OF PEOPLE 
POINTING 
FINGERS. 
IT IS THE 
BIGGEST THING 
THAT PUTIN IS 
AFRAID OF, 
PUBLIC 
DISCONTENT IN 
RUSSIA, THAT IS 
WHY HE IS SO 
AFRAID OF 
OPPOSITION. 
>> -- WITHIN 
SIBERIA TWO 
WEEKS AGO, WHEN 
HE DRANK A CUP 
OF TEA BEFORE 
BOARDING A 
FLIGHT FOR 
MOSCOW. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THIS PHOTO SHOWS 
THE POISONING. 
MIDFLIGHT, 
WITNESSES SAY 
HEAT BEGAN TO 
MOAN IN PAIN. HE 
WAS LATER 
TRANSFERRED TO 
GERMANY. GERMAN 
SCIENTIST SAID 
THEY DISCOVERED 
TRACES OF A 
SOVIET AREA 
NERVE AGENT, THE 
SAME POISONED 
BRITISH 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
WAS USED TWO 
YEARS AGO ON A 
FORMER RUSSIAN 
SPY AND HIS 
DAUGHTER IN THE 
UK. 
THEY ALSO 
SURVIVED, BUT 
THE POISON WAS 
SO POWERFUL, A 
WOMAN WHO CAME 
INTO CONTACT 
WITH WHILE THE 
HITMEN USED TO 
CARRY IT DIED. 
THE BRITISH 
GOVERNMENT 
BLAMED RUSSIAN 
INTELLIGENCE, 
RUSSIA DENIED 
THAT TOO. 
NOW, GERMANY IS 
LOOKING TO 
RUSSIA AND 
DEMANDING 
ANSWERS. 
RUSSIA IS NOT 
FROM I THINK 
THAT MANY 
ANSWERS. 
THIS MORNING 
SPOKESMAN SAID 
THERE IS NO 
BASIS TO ACCUSE 
RUSSIA. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN SILENT 
ON THE ISSUE, 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
CONDEMNED WHAT 
HE CALLED AN 
ATTACK. 
>>> FOR MONTHS, 
THE WAKE OF 
GEORGE FLOYD'S 
DEATH, SEATTLE 
SAW SOME OF THE 
MOST WIDESPREAD 
PROTESTS AND ON 
WEST IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> HOW IS MOREL 
IN YOUR 
DEPARTMENT 
REINA? 
>> IT TOOK A BIG 
HIT. 
>> Reporter: 
ADRIAN DEAS IS 
THE NEW TOP COP, 
OFFICIALLY 
TAKING ON 
STRUGGLING TO 
HOLD HIS 
DEPARTMENT 
TOGETHER, AFTER 
A STUNNING FEW 
MONTHS. 
>> WE ARE 
DEALING WITH THE 
PANDEMIC, WE ARE 
DEALING WITH 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
ON A NIGHTLY 
BASIS, WE ARE 
DEALING WITH HOW 
WE LOOK AT 
REIMAGINING 
POLICING. 
>> Reporter: IT 
HAS BEEN HARD TO 
IMAGINE. 
THIS SUMMER, THE 
CITY'S FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
SERVE AS POLICE 
CHIEF, WAS A 
VISIBLE AND 
OUTSPOKEN 
PRESENCE AT THE 
CAPITOL HILL 
AUTONOMOUS ZONE. 
A SIX BLOCK AREA 
OCCUPIED BY 
PROTESTERS AS 
TENSIONS FLARED, 
SHE ADDRESSED 
OFFICERS. 
>> Reporter: 
LEAVING 
>> LEAVING THE 
PRECINCT WAS NOT 
MY DECISION, WE 
THOUGHT FOR DAYS 
TO PROTECT IT. 
>> Reporter: 
AFTER, THE 
SEATTLE CITY 
COUNCIL VOTED 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE, SHE 
QUIT. 
>> THIS WAS A 
DECISION I 
WRESTLED WITH, 
BUT IT WAS TIME. 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK THE ENTIRE 
CITY WAS 
SURPRISED WHEN 
SHE DECIDED TO 
RETIRE. 
>> Reporter: 
MARINA GONZALES 
IS THE COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT WHO 
STRONGLY 
DISAGREED WITH 
THE CHIEF ABOUT 
THE SCIENCE OF 
THE POLICE FORCE 
ARGUING MONEY IS 
BETTER SPENT ON 
SOCIAL SERVICES. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
HOW DO WE, AS 
AMERICANS, ASK 
THE QUESTIONS 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME SINCE THE 
CREATION IN THE 
FOUNDING OF THIS 
COUNTRY ABOUT 
WHAT THINGS 
SHOULD BE, AND 
WHO DOES IT 
SERVE? 
>> THE PUMP 
COUNCILS 
PROPOSAL, WHICH 
THE MAYOR JUST 
VETOED WOULD/THE 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT 
BUDGET BY $3 
MILLION, UP TO 
100 OFFICERS 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
CUT. 
CHIEF BESTS 
REFUSED TO 
SUPPORT THAT 
PLAN. 
>> YOU THINK IT 
DOES NOT GO FAR 
ENOUGH? 
>> IT DOESN'T. 
>> Reporter: 
NIKITA OLIVER AND
ISAAC JOY ARE 
COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZERS WHO 
THINK THIS IS 
ABOUT MUCH MORE 
THAN JUST THE 
RETIREMENT OF A 
BLACK POLICE 
CHIEF. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
AN INSTITUTION, 
EVEN FOR A BLACK 
WOMAN HOLDING 
THE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
OF DEALING WITH 
ENTRENCHED 
RACISM AND A 
DEPARTMENT IS AN 
UNFAIR 
EXPECTATION. 
>> IT IS 
IMPORTANT THAT 
WE CENTER THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY 
IN THESE 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> IN RECENT 
WEEKS, THE 
PROTESTS IN 
SEATTLE HAVE 
CALMED, BUT THE 
DEBATE OVER THE 
FUTURE OF THE 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
INTENSIFIED. 
>> THE FACT THAT 
I HAVE DECIDED 
TO STEP ASIDE 
AND MOVE ON HAS 
HELPED THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
PEOPLE ARE 
PAYING 
ATTENTION. 
>> FOR THE NEW 
CHIEF, THE 
STAKES COULD NOT 
BE HIGHER. 
>> WE ARE 
ALREADY SHORT 
OFFICERS. 
HAVING THE 
DISCUSSION OF 
HAVING LESS 
OFFICERS IN OUR 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT COULD 
JEOPARDIZE OUR 
COMMUNITY 
SAFETY. 
>> CHEAP DEAS AS 
HE PLANS TO 
TRANSITION 100 
OFFICERS FROM 
SPECIALIZED 
UNITS TO PATROL 
UNITS TO HAVE 
MORE OFFICERS ON 
THE STREETS BUT 
IT WILL BE UP TO 
HIM TO HASH OUT 
A COMPROMISE 
WITH THE MAYOR 
AND CITY COUNCIL 
ABOUT FUTURE 
PROPOSED CUTS. 
IT IS SOMETHING 
THAT MANY CITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WILL BE 
WATCHING. 
>> YOU SAY THERE 
IS A 
CONVERSATION 
TAKING PLACE IN 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS BIG 
AND SMALL. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING, THE BIG 
TEN CONFERENCE 
RIGHT NOW IS IN 
A PINCH, PLAY 
WAS EXPECTED TO 
KICK OFF THIS 
WEEKEND, BUT THE 
CONFERENCE 
PULLED THE PLUG 
BECAUSE OF 
COVID, NO 
PARENTS ARE 
DEMANDING TO 
KNOW WHY THE 
CHANGE OF COURSE?
TIME IS TICKING, 
AND PRESSURE IS 
BUILDING ON THE 
BIG TEN FOOTBALL 
CONFERENCE TO 
RETURN TO THE 
FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE THAT WILL 
OCCUR BECAUSE OF 
THIS 
CANCELLATION, 
THAT I JUST FEEL 
THE TRANSPARENCY 
HAS NOT BEEN 
THERE. 
>> PARENTS OF 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PLAYERS IN IOWA, 
NEBRASKA AND 
OHIO STATE, 
DESCRIBING THE 
ROLLER COASTER 
RIDE OF A 
SCHEDULED 
RELEASE AUGUST 
5th, AND A 
CORONAVIRUS 
TIMEOUT CALLED 
SIX DAYS LATER. 
WHAT WAS THE 
EMOTIONAL 
REACTION FOR 
YOUR CHILD WHEN 
HE FOUND OUT THE 
SEASON WOULD BE 
PUT ON PAUSE? 
>> I THINK IT 
CAUSED GREAT 
HARM TO THE 
EMOTIONAL AND 
MENTAL WELL-
BEING OF THE 
KIDS. 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT STARTED 
WITH PROTESTS 
QUICKLY 
ESCALATED TO A 
WHITE HOUSE 
INTERVENTION 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PERSONALLY 
CALLING BIG TEN 
COMMISSIONER 
THIS WEEK. 
>> ABOUT GETTING 
BIG TEN PLAYING 
AGAIN, 
IMMEDIATELY. 
LET'S SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE 
RESPONDING, THEY 
ARE EXHAUSTING 
EVERY RESOURCE 
TO HELP STUDENT 
ATHLETES GET 
BACK TO PLAYING 
THE SPORT THEY 
LOVE AT THE 
APPROPRIATE TIME 
IN THE SAFEST 
AND HEALTHIEST 
WAY POSSIBLE. 
BUT A COVID 
CLIFFHANGER, 
STAR PLAYERS OPT 
OUT. 
JAMIE NEWTON 
TWEETING HE WILL 
BE SITTING ON 
THE SIDELINES, 
SETTING THE 
UNCERTAINTIES 
THIS YEAR AMID A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
CAMERON IS A 
WIDE RECEIVER AT 
OHIO STATE, SHE 
SAYS WITH ALL OF 
THE BUCKEYE 
SAFETY PROTOCOLS
, SHE FEELS 
BETTER WHEN HE 
IS WITH THE 
TEAM. 
>> OUR STANDARDS 
WERE PHENOMENAL, 
THE KIDS WERE 
BROUGHT IN AND 
BEING TESTED, 
THEY WERE 
TESTING NEGATIVE
. THE ONLY TIME 
WE HAD ANY 
OUTBREAK OF ANY 
POSITIVE TEST 
WAS AFTER THE 
KIDS WENT HOME. 
>> Reporter: 
EIGHT UNIVERSITY 
OF NEBRASKA 
PLAYERS, 
INCLUDING 
GARRETT SNODGRASS
RECENTLY SAID 
POSTPONING THE 
SEASON IS 
CAUSING 
IRREPARABLE HARM 
TO PLAYERS. 
>> IF WE TRULY 
GOT ANY TYPE OF 
INFORMATION THAT 
MADE ME FEEL 
LIKE MY SON'S 
LIFE IS AT RISK, 
OR IF HIM BEING 
A PART OF THAT 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM 
WAS NOT SAFE FOR 
HIM, I WOULD BE 
THE FIRST ONE TO 
BRING HIM HOME. 
>> Reporter: 
DESPITE THE PUSH 
BUCK, THIS WAS 
MAINLY A 
COLLECTIVE 
DECISION AMONGST 
THE SCHOOLS AND 
CONFERENCE 
WASN'T IT? 
>> BECAUSE OF 
THE NATURE OF 
THIS LAWSUIT, 
THE BIG TEN HAD 
TO REVEAL THE 
VOTE WAS 11-3, 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
IN FAVOR OF 
SUSPENDING PLAY 
THIS FALL, THE 
ONLY SCHOOLS 
THAT WANTED TO 
COME BACK AND 
PLAY, OHIO 
STATE, NEBRASKA, 
AND IOWA. 
WE REACHED OUT 
TO ALL 
INSTITUTIONS AND 
THEY HAVE 
DECLINED TO 
COMMENT OR DID 
NOT RESPOND. 
>> YOU SAID IT 
BEST, A COVID 
CLIFFHANGER, 
THANK YOU. 
>>> TURNING NOW 
TO THE GROWING 
SCRUTINY OF 
NANCY PELOSI'S 
VISIT TO A SAN 
FRANCISCO HAIR 
SALON. SECURITY 
FOOTAGE OBTAINED 
BY FOX NEWS 
SHOWS THE HOUSE 
SPEAKER GETTING 
HER HAIR DONE 
INSIDE WITHOUT A 
MASK, DESPITE 
CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS, 
KEEPING SALONS 
IN THE AREA) SHE 
SAYS THE WHOLE 
THING WAS A 
SETUP. 
KASIE HUNT HAS 
MORE ON THE 
STORY, GOOD 
MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
SAN FRANCISCO 
RULES STILL SAY 
YOU CANNOT GET 
YOUR HAIR DONE 
INSIDE A SALON. 
THIS MORNING, 
HOUSE SPEAKER 
PELOSI IS 
DOUBLING DOWN, 
INSISTING THAT 
THE SALON TOLD 
HER IT WAS OKAY. 
REPUBLICAN 
CRITICS ARE 
ACCUSING HER OF 
A DOUBLE 
STANDARD. 
>> THERE IS MORE 
TO THIS THAT I 
AM NOT GOING 
INTO. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MORNING, 
HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI 
SAYING SHE WAS 
STET UP. 
AFTER SECURITY 
FOOTAGE SHOWS 
HER INSIDE SAN 
FRANCISCO'S 
SHUTTERED SALON 
WITHOUT A MASK. 
>> I JUST 
THOUGHT ABOUT MY 
STAFF AND PEOPLE 
NOT BEING ABLE 
TO WORK AND MAKE 
MONEY AND 
PROVIDE FOR 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
IF SHE IS IN 
THERE 
COMFORTABLY, 
WITHOUT A MASK, 
AND FEELING 
SAFE, THEN WHY 
ARE WE SHUT DOWN
? 
>> Reporter: 
POLICY PUSHING 
BACK SAYING THE 
SALON OWES HER 
AN APOLOGY. 
>> WHEN SHE SAID 
WHAT WE ARE ABLE 
TO ACCOMMODATE 
PEOPLE, ONE 
PERSON AT A TIME
, THAT WE CAN 
SET UP THAT 
TIME, I TRUSTED 
THAT. 
AS IT TURNS OUT, 
IT WAS A SET UP. 
>> Reporter: BAY 
AREA SALONS HAVE 
BEEN CLOSED TO 
THE PUBLIC SINCE 
MARCH DUE TO 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHILE INDOOR 
SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED BY THE 
STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, SAN 
FRANCISCO ONLY 
STARTED ALLOWING 
SALONS TO 
OPERATE OUTDOORS 
ON TUESDAY, A 
DAY AFTER THE 
SPEAKERS VISIT 
INSIDE. 
SHAMPOOING IS 
STILL NOT 
ALLOWED, MASKS 
ARE MANDATORY. 
>> Reporter: I 
JUST HAD MY HAIR 
WASHED, I DON'T 
WEAR A MASK WHEN 
I AM WASHING MY 
HAIR. 
THE CALIFORNIA 
GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN VOCAL ABOUT 
THE WHITE 
HOUSE'S HANDLING 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT FURTHER 
EVIDENCE 
>> NOW UNDER 
FIRE FROM 
REPUBLICANS 
>> THIS IS 
TYPICAL 
WASHINGTON, 
D.C., THEY GET 
ON NATIONAL TV 
-- WHEN CAMERAS 
ARE NOT ROLLING 
AND IN THIS CASE 
THE CAMERAS WERE 
ROLLING, IT 
SHOWS A VERY 
DIFFERENT STORY. 
>> OVERNIGHT, WE 
LEARNED THE 
STYLIST WHO DID 
POLICIES HERE 
HAS HIRED A 
LAWYER. 
HE SAYS THE 
SALON OWNER 
APPROVED HER 
VISIT IN ADVANCE 
AND HAS BEEN 
ALLOWING PEOPLE 
IN THE SALON 
SINCE APRIL. 
SOMETIMES, NOT 
WEARING A MASK. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THE -- THIS 
MORNING, NEW 
HOPE FOR THOSE 
BATTLING THE 
DEGENERATIVE 
DISEASE ALS, A 
DRUG THAT MAKETH 
PATIENTS WHO 
OFTEN HAVE TWO 
TO FIVE YEARS TO 
LIVE, THE GIFT 
OF MORE TIME. 
A STUDY 
PUBLISHED IN THE 
NEW ENGLAND 
JOURNAL OF 
MEDICINE FOUND 
IT SLOW THE 
PROGRESSION OF 
THE DISEASE, 
ALLOWING 
PATIENTS TO 
RETAIN PHYSICAL 
FUNCTION LONGER, 
LIKE SPEAKING, 
WALKING, AND 
SWALLOWING. 
>> THE ALS 
ASSOCIATION OF 
ASKING THE FDA 
TO BYPASS 
ANOTHER ROUND OF 
TRIALS AND MAKE 
THE NEW DRUGS 
AVAILABLE TO 
PATIENTS RIGHT 
AWAY. 
CHRISTINA 
RECEIVED THE NEW 
TREATMENT AS 
PART OF THE 
STUDY. 
SHE WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS AT JUST 31 
YEARS OLD. 
>> THERE WAS A 
VERY BRIEF 
PERIOD BETWEEN 
THE MAIN TRIAL 
AND THE FOLLOW-UP
. WE GOT A 
DRAMATIC 
DIFFERENCE -- 
NANCY SAID HER 
SON SPENT YEARS 
FIGHTING FOR IT. 
>> IT IS NOT A 
PERSON FIGHTING 
WITH ALS, IT'S A 
PERSON LIVING 
FROM ALS. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK IN 2014, 
PETE INSPIRED 
THE ICE BUCKET 
CHALLENGE. 
THE GLOBAL 
PHENOMENON 
RAISED HUNDREDS 
OF MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS WAS 
HELPED WITH THE 
LATEST RESEARCH, 
BUT WITH NO CURE
, PETE PASSED 
AWAY LAST YEAR. 
>> I USED TO GO 
TO BED AND HAVE 
NIGHTMARES OF 
THIS DISEASE. 
I WAS GOING TO 
GO TO SLEEP FOR 
10 HOURS AND 
WHEN I WOKE UP, 
WHAT WOULD IT 
TAKE AWAY DURING 
THE 10 HOURS 
WHILE MY EYES 
WERE SHUT? 
I THOUGHT THAT 
THE FAMILIES AND 
THE PATIENTS CAN 
HAVE SOME PEACE, 
THAT IS A GIFT. 
>> Reporter: I 
MET PETE AND HIS 
FAMILY AT THEIR 
HOME IN 2017, 
FIVE YEARS AFTER 
THE STAR ATHLETE 
FOUND OUT HE HAD 
ALS. 
>> FOR THOSE WHO 
DON'T KNOW ME, 
MY NAME IS PETE, 
I AM 27, I WAS 
RECENTLY 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
MOMENT HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED, HE 
CALLED AN 
EMERGENT SEE 
FAMILY MEETING. 
>> HE STARTS 
TALKING TO ALL 
OF YOU? 
>> OH YEAH. 
>> WHAT DID HE 
SAY? 
>> THERE WILL BE 
NO WALLOWING, WE 
ARE GOING TO GET 
TO WORK. 
>> Reporter: BY 
THE TIME I 
STARTED 
VISITING, HIS 
HEALTH HAD ARTIE 
RAPIDLY 
DETERIORATED. 
HIS MIND WAS 
SHARP. 
HE COMMUNICATED 
THROUGH A 
COMPUTER, HIS 
WIFE AND 
DAUGHTER BY HIS 
SIDE. 
HE WAS CONFIDENT 
AND THAT THE ICE 
BUCKET CHALLENGE 
WOULD CREATE 
CHANGE. 
>> I KNOW HOW 
VIBRANT YOUR SON 
WAS, HE WAS AN 
ATHLETE, HE WAS 
SO ACTIVE. 
HE HAD A LONG 
LIFE AHEAD OF 
HIM. 
I WONDER IF 
TODAY, HEARING 
THIS NEWS, DO 
YOU WISH THAT IT 
HAD COME SOONER? 
>> EVERY DAY, 
EVERY MINUTE OF 
EVERY DAY I MISS 
HIM, I HAVE LOST 
A PIECE OF MY 
HEART FOREVER. 
BUT, TO HEAR 
NEWS LIKE THIS 
JUST COMFORTS ME
, AND I KNOW 
THAT HE IS 
PUSHING THIS 
ALONG. 
TO MAKE THE 
PRINCIPAL 
INVESTIGATOR ON 
THIS STUDY TOLD 
US THEY ARE 
STILL REVIEWING 
ALL OF THE 
RESULTS, AND 
THERE IS STILL A 
LOT OF WORK TO 
BE DONE, BECAUSE 
THIS IS NOT A 
CURE. 
RIGHT NOW THEY 
CANNOT REVERSE 
THE DISEASE, BUT 
THIS COULD BE A 
STEP TOWARD 
GIVING THEM MORE 
TIME. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, BEAUTIFUL 
STORY. 
>> A LOT OF 
FAMILIES LOOKING 
FORWARD TO THAT 
NEWS FOR A LONG 
TIME. 
>> A MAJOR 
MILESTONE IN THE 
NATION'S FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID-
19. 
>> IN THE 
SAVANNAH 
GEORGIA, DON 
BAKER NOT ONLY 
ANCHORS THE 
NEWS, SHE MADE 
HUGE HEADLINES 
HERSELF. 
SHE WAS THE 
FIRST VOLUNTEER 
AS PART OF THE 
PHASE 3 CLINICAL 
TRIAL IN THE 
U.S. TO GET 
INJECTED WITH A 
POTENTIAL COVID-
19 VACCINE. 
THE FINAL STEP 
BEFORE A DRUG 
CAN BE APPROVED. 
>> YOU HAVE HAD 
TWO DOSES? 
>> YESTERDAY, 
MONDAY WAS MY 
SECOND DOSE. 
>> HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING? 
>> I FEEL GREAT. 
NO SIDE EFFECTS? 
>> MY ARM WAS 
SORT LIKE WHEN 
YOU GET A FLU 
SHOT. 
>> Reporter: HER 
PRIVATE DOCTOR 
FOR 30 YEARS HE 
WAS INVOLVED IN 
THE STUDY ASKED 
HER TO DO. 
>> WE HAD TO 
MAKE SURE IT WAS 
NOT A LIVE 
VIRUS, THERE WAS 
NO WAY THAT I 
COULD GET COVID-
19 BY BEING A 
PART OF THE 
STUDY. 
>> Reporter: 
AFTER SEEING SO 
MUCH SUFFERING 
DUE TO COVERED, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY SHE 
STEPPED UP. 
>> I HAVE 
FRIENDS WHO HAVE 
LOST VERY CLOSE 
RELATIVES, 
PEOPLE THAT I 
KNOW. 
I HAVE ALSO HAD 
SOME FRIENDS WHO 
PASSED AS WELL 
TO COVID-19. 
SO, IT KIND OF 
MAKES SENSE TO ME
THAT INSTEAD OF 
BEING AFRAID, 
HOW WAS I GOING 
TO BE A PART OF 
THE SOLUTION? 
>> SHE'S GOTTEN 
A LOT OF PRAISE, 
AND MORE ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
>> AS HE TOLD 
ME, SOME PEOPLE 
THINK YOU ARE 
ABSOLUTELY 
CRAZY. 
>> OF COURSE 
THEY DO. 
WELL YOU KNOW, I 
REALLY HAVE 
DECIDED THAT 
BEING AN ON-AIR 
PERSON, I 
LEARNED A LONG 
TIME AGO THAT 
YOU CAN READ 
COMMENTS, 
THERE'S GOING TO 
BE AS MANY 
PEOPLE WHO LOVE 
YOU THEN HATE 
TO. 
ONE COMMENT WAS 
SHE IS WORKING 
FOR WHITE PEOPLE 
TOO LONG, SHE 
KNOWS THEY WILL 
TRY TO KILL IT. 
>> Reporter: 
SOUNDS EXTREME 
BUT IT'S AN 
EXAMPLE OF A DEEP
DISTRUST OF THE 
MEDICAL 
ESTABLISHMENT 
THAT EXISTS IN 
THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN AND 
OTHER MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES. 
THE REASON 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
THEY ARE HAVING 
TROUBLE FINDING 
MINORITY 
PARTICIPANTS IN 
THE COVERED 
VACCINE STUDIES. 
SO FAR, SOME 
360,000 ONLINE 
VOLUNTEERS FOR 
VACCINE TRIALS, 
ONLY 40,000 ARE 
MINORITIES. 
MUCH LOWER THAN 
THEIR SHARE OF 
THE OVERALL 
POPULATION. 
>> WE WANT THEM 
REPRESENTED IN 
VACCINE TRIALS 
SO THAT WE CAN 
ENSURE THAT THE 
VACCINE WORKS 
WELL IN THESE 
POPULATIONS. 
>> WHAT YOU SAY 
TO PEOPLE WHO 
ARE MISTRUSTFUL 
OF THIS PROCESS 
AND THE MEDICAL 
ESTABLISHMENT 
GENERALLY, IN 
THE GOVERNMENT 
FOR THAT MATTER? 
>> I FIRST START 
BY SAYING I 
UNDERSTAND. 
I GET IT. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
STEPHAN WALLACE 
IS THE EFFORT TO 
INVOLVE A 
DIVERSE ARRAY OF 
VOLUNTEERS IN 
THE TRIALS. 
ESPECIALLY FOR 
MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES 
WHETHER PANDEMIC 
HAS HIT 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
HARD. 
>> I THINK THAT 
A MEDICAL 
ESTABLISHMENT 
HAS A LOT OF 
WORK TO DO, TO 
BUILD 
RELATIONSHIPS 
AND BUILD TRUST 
AND TO MAKE 
AMENDS FOR A LOT 
OF ISSUES THAT 
HAVE OCCURRED IN 
COMMUNITIES OVER 
THE YEARS. 
>> WALLACE AND 
OTHER EXPERTS 
SAY NO ISSUE 
HANGS HEAVIER 
THAN THE 
TUSKEGEE 
STUDIES, 
BEGINNING IN THE 
1930s, SOME 600 
MEN INVOLVED IN 
THE U.S. 
GOVERNMENT STUDY 
OF HOW THE THEN 
RAMPANT DISEASE 
DEVELOPED IS 
LEFT UNTREATED. 
>> WHAT IS SO 
TERRIBLE ABOUT 
THAT, FIRST OF 
ALL THEY WERE 
NOT TOLD THAT 
THEY WERE IN THE 
STUDY. 
>> Reporter: HER 
FATHER WAS A 
SHARECROPPER, 
DEVOTED FATHER 
OF EIGHT, IT WAS 
A FIREMAN AT THE 
AIRFIELD WITH THE
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. 
>> THEY WERE NOT 
TOLD THAT THEY 
HAD SYPHILIS, 
THEN WHEN 
PENICILLIN CAME 
OUT, THEY WERE 
NOT ALLOWED TO 
GET THE 
PENICILLIN FOR 
TREATMENT OR 
CURE. 
>> Reporter: 
NOBODY KNEW THE 
TRUTH FOR 40 
YEARS. 
>> THE 
ASSOCIATED PRESS 
REPORTED TODAY, 
THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH SERVICE 
CONDUCTED A 
FORTY-YEAR 
EXPERIMENT ON 
600 PEOPLE WITH 
SYPHILIS AND 
PURPOSELY DENY 
TREATMENT TO 200 
OF THEM. 
>> Reporter: THE 
U.S. GOVERNMENT 
SETTLED A 
LAWSUIT DECADES 
AFTER THAT, 
PRESIDENT WENT 
AND APOLOGIZED. 
>> WITH THE 
UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT DID 
WAS SHAMEFUL. 
AND I AM SORRY. 
>> HOW MUCH IS 
YOUR 
GRANDFATHER'S 
EXPERIENCE IS 
WHAT IS 
MOTIVATING YOU 
NOW? 
>> MY 
GRANDFATHER AND 
I WERE REALLY 
QUITE CLOSE, HE 
RAISED ME. 
SMACK GRAND 
DAUGHTER CAMERON 
SUTTON IS A 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERT. 
BLAKE'S FAMILY. %
WE ARE FOLLOWING 
THE %MEN'S LEGACY WILL BE 
INVOLVED IN THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY. 
THEY'RE ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEERS 
TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CLINICAL 
TRIALS. 
AND EVERY ASPECT OF THE EFFORT 
TO FIGHT COVID-19. 
>> WIBOWHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO TH 
RESEARCHERS, DRUG COMPANIES, 
OTHERS, WHO ARE TRYING TO 
RECRUIT FEPEOPLE OF COLOR INTO 
THESE STUDIES. 
>> NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US. 
>> IT HAS TO BE INVOLVEMENT IN 
VERY STRATEGIC PLANS, PLACES 
THAT INCLUDE MINORITIES. 
AND REPRESENTATION AROUND THAT 
PEOPLE. 
WILLIAM SEVERAL MORE.
TO
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE. 
DRUG MAKERS SAY THEY ARE 
STEPPING UP OUTREACH, 
ESPECIALLY IN BLACK AND LATIN X 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY IS AT STAKE 
FOR THE BLACK AND LATIN 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> IT REALLY IS A LIFE OF 
DEATH. 
I REHOPE PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER 
IT. 
BECAUSE REALLY, WE HAVE TO GET 
SOMETHING DONE. 
ALL THE EXPERT SAYS THERE IS 
REALLY NO WAY OUT OF WHAT IS 
HAPPENING NOW, 
UNLESS THERE IS 
SOME KIND OF VACCINE. 
>>> HI, EVERYONE. 
I'M SAVANNAH SELLERLESS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO NBC CORRESPONDENT, 
JOE FRYER. 
HE NDIS FOLLOWING THE LATEST FR 
NBCNEWS.COM.   
>> IT IS THURSDAY. 
HAPPY THURSDAY, SAVANNAH. 
WE BEGIN WITH POLITICS.  
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN 
IS IN WISCONSIN TODAY. 
THE CITY HAS BEEN REELING IN 
VIOLENT PROTESTS. 
BIDEN SAID HIS GOAL TO FOCUS ON 
UNIFICATION AND PROGRESS. 
BY SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITY 
THERE.  KI
THE VISIT COMES TWO DAYS AFTER 
THE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TORE 
DAMAGE IN KENOSHA.  
FIRST-TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS FOR 
THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST, CAME 
IN AT 881,000. 
THAT'S THE LOWEST WEEKLY TOTAL 
SINCE LOTHE START OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
BUT ANALYSTS SAY WE STILL HAVE 
TO BRACE FOR FURTHER JOB LOSSES 
IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. 
THE DIP IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF 
THE GOVERNMENT'S CHANGE AND HOW 
IT COUNTS FOR SEASONAL 
FLUCTUATION IN THE LABOR 
MARKET. 
THE U.S. ECONOMY IS STILL 13 
MILLION SHY. 
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ESPECIALLY 
HIT HARD.  
FEDERAL AID RUNS OUT AND SOME 
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS STAY 
IN PLACE.   
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED NEW 
STEPS TODAY TO TRY TO CURB 
MISINFORMATION AND MANIPULATION 
ON THE PLATFORM.  
THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, WILL 
BAN NEW POLITICAL ADS FOR THE 
WEEK LEADING UP TO ELECTION 
DAY, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 3rd. 
AND H PLANS TO REMOVE POSTS THA 
TRY TO SUPPRESS OR DISCOURAGE 
VOTING.  
FACEBOOK HOPES THE MEASURES 
WILL PREVENT EARLY VOTING.  LY
THE COMPANY ALSO HOPES TO SLOW 
THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 
LEGITIMACY OF MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT HAS 
BEEN CASTING DOUBT ON. 
IN AN INTERVIEW ON "CBS THIS 
MORNING," FACEBOOK CEO, MARK 
ZUCKERBERG RESPONDED TO 
EXCLAIMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
>> I CERTAINLY THINK THAT 
ANYONE WHO IS SAYING THE 
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE 
FRAUDULENT, I THINK THAT'S 
PROBLEMATIC. 
AND I THTHINK ADDITIONAL CONTEX 
NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THAT. 
>> NOT JUST ANYONE.  
NOT JUST A REGULAR JOE. 
IT'S THE A PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> THIS WILL DEFINITELY APPLY 
TO THE PRESIDENT, ONCE THIS 
POLICY GOES INTO PLACE.   
>> SOME COLLEGES ARE STRUGGLING 
TO CONTROL CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAKS, AS STUDENTS RETURN 
TO CAMPUS. 
SHORTLY AFTER WELCOMING 
STUDENTS AND FACULTY BACK.  
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA HAS RECORDED MORE THAN 
1,000 POSITIVE COVID CASES, AND 
THE RATE OF TESTS COMING BACK 
POSITIVE OVER THE PAST WEEK, IS 
AROUND 26%.  
THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT SAYS 
THE CASE LOAD IS LARGER THAN 
EXPECTED, AND HE CALLS STUDENT 
BEHAVIOR UNACCEPTABLE AND 
DISAPPOINTING.  
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT IS 
SCALING UP TESTING AND 
DISINFECTING EFFORTS. 
>>> AND SPACEX IS CELEBRATING 
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH 
TODAY.  EX
>> FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.  
ZERO.
IGNITION.
AND LIFTOFF. 
>> ROCKETS SENT 60 STARLING 
SATELLITES INTO ORBIT AS PART 
OF THE ITSATELLITE MISSION. 
THAT MISSION AIMS TO BUILD A 
NETWORK OF 12,000 LOW-ORBIT 
SATELLITES THAT PROVIDE HIGH-
SPEED INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.  
THEY SASAY EARLY TESTS ALREADY 
SHOW FAST DOWNLOAD TIMES AND 
LATENCY LOW ENOUGH TO PLAY THE 
FASTEST, MULTIPLAYER ONLINE 
GAMES. 
THOSE YEARE YOUR THURSDAY 
HEADLINES, SAVANNAH. 
WE'LL SEE YOU IN 
A BIT. 
>> SEEING THOSE LAUNCHES JUST 
MAKES ME SMILE EVERY TIME. 
THAT'S JUST SO COOL. 
THANKS, JOE. 
WE'LL SEE YOU IN AN HOUR.  
>>> THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE 
FIRING AND ARRESTS OF SEVERAL 
POLICE OFFICERS, INVOLVED IN AN 
INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE DEATH 
OF A BLACK MAN IN ROCHESTER, 
NEW YORK.  
PORTIONS OF THE BODY CAMERA 
VIDEO WAS JUST RELEASED 
YESTERDAY BY THE FAMILY. 
BEFORE WE SHOW A WARNING, IT IS 
DISTURBING.   
>> THIS VIDEO FROM MARCH SHOWS 
POLICE OFFICERS PLACING A HOOD 
OVER 41-YEAR-OLD DANIEL PRUDE, 
BECAUSE HE SAID HE HAD COVID. 
THEYHE THEN PRESSED HIS FACE IN 
THE PAVEMENT BEFORE HE WENT 
LIMP. 
THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE 
BODY CAM VIDEO RELEASE BY 
PRUDE'S FAMILY. VI
AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT 
HAPPENED BEFOREHAND. 
PRUDE WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE 
SUPPORT FIVE DAYS LATER. 
THE POLICE CHIEF WON'T COMMENT 
ON THIS BECAUSE OF TWO 
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CASE 
AND A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT.  IG
STEPHANIE GOSS JOINS ME NOW. 
STEPHANIE, WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THE MOMENT LEADING UP TO 
THE ENCOUNTER WITH PRUDE. 
>> THE FIRST THING PEOPLE NEED 
TON IS THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN 
LAST WEEK. 
IT HAPPENED MONTHS AGO, BACK IN 
MARCH. 
THE DAY WAS MARCH 23rd. 
AND YOU MAY KNOW THAT ROSTEST 
IS -- ROCHESTER IS IN UPSTATE 
NEW YORK. 
IT IS VERY COLD THAT TIME OF 
YEAR. 
AND YOU SEE THIS MAN IN THE 
VIDEO RUNNING WITHOUT CLOTHES, 
BEING APPREHENDED BY POLICE. 
WHAT WE DEINKNOW IS HIS BROTHER 
CALLED POLICE CALLING FOR HELP, 
SAYING THAT DANIEL WAS ACTING 
ERRATICALLY. 
WE WERE TIALSO TOLD THAT A TRUC 
DRIVER PHONED 911 AS WELL, 
THERE WAS A MAN 
RUNNING AROUND, SAYING HE HAD 
COVID.  
NOW, IN THE VIDEO, WHICH IS 
ABOUT 11 MINUTES LONG, AND IT'S 
EDITED, YOU SEE THE POLICE 
APPREHEND DANIEL PRUDE, PUT 
HANDCUFFS ON HIM, AND THEN PUT 
THIS SPIT HOOD OVER HIS HEAD. 
ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, 
IN MARCH, IN NARYK NEW YORK, 
THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS SPIKE OF 
CORONAVIRUS IN THE STATE, IN 
NEW YORK CITY, BUT ALSO UPSTATE 
AS WELL.  W  W
THEN AFTER THAT, PRUDE IS 
FORCED TO THE GROUND. 
AND THERE IS A MOMENT, WHERE AN 
OFFICER, FOR TWO MINUTES, HAS 
HIS HANDS AROUND DANIEL PRUDE'S 
HEAD. 
ANOTHER OFFICER IS KNEELING ON 
HIS BACK.  R 
LATER IN THE VIDEO, EMTs COME 
AND PERFORM CPR ON HIM. 
HE'S THEN TRANSFERRED TO A 
HOSPITAL, PUT ON LIFE SUPPORT 
AND DAYS LATER.  ON
HE NOW HAVE A COPY OF THE 
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT THAT 
CALLS IT A HOMICIDE.  
ONE IS ASPHYXIATION. 
THE OTHER, EXCITED DELIRIUM. 
UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS. 
AND THE OTHER, BOX INTOXICATION 
BY PCP.  OX
THERE IS A HEATED AND 
PASSIONATE RESPONSE FROM THE 
FAMILIES. 
THEY ARE NOW CALLING FOR THE 
ARRESTS OF THE POLICE OFFICERS. 
YOU HAVE PROTESTS. 
AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE 
STATE OF NEW YORK, LOOKING 
INTO THIS INCIDENT. 
SHE CALLS IT A TRAGEDY, AND 
ADDS THAT THEY WILL BE 
INVESTIGATING LIKE THEY 
INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING, 
THOROUGHLY. 
AND IF CHARGES ARE NECESSARY. 
THERE WILL BE CHARGES.  VE
SAVANNAH?
>> NOW, I KNOW THAT YOU 
MENTIONED THIS. 
BUT LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT 
MORE ABOUT THAT SPIT HOOD. 
WE KNOW HIS HEAD WAS COVERED. 
WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT 
THAT?  
>> Reporter: WELL, YOU KNOW.  
SPIT HOOD IS FAIRLY 
CONTROVERSIAL TACTIC POLICE 
SOMETIMES USE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH 
IT IN THE PAST.  
CE%
BUT IN THE CASE WHERE THE HOOD 
BEING PUT ON, OFFICERS HAVE 
CONCERNS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS, 
THAT WILL BE A BIG PART OF THIS 
INVESTIGATION, WHETHER THAT 
NEEDED TO BE PUT ON OR NOT PUT 
ON, WILL CERTAINLY BE PART OF 
THIS. 
ALSO, A BIG PART OF THIS WILL 
BE HOW HE WAS ARRESTED, HOW HE 
WAS DETAINED.  HE
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS 
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT 
WITH THESE VIDEOS IS THAT WHILE 
THEY DO SHOW A GOOD PORTION OF 
THE INCIDENT, THEY DON'T OFTEN 
HAVE ALL OF THE CONTEXT OF WHAT 
WENT ON. 
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO BE 
INVESTIGATED. 
THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES THESE 
INVESTIGATIONS TAKE SOMETIME. 
BUT THAT SPIT HOOD WILL 
CERTAINLY BE AT THE CENTER OF 
IT. 
SAVANNAH?
YOU ALSO MADE IE, 
THE IMPORTANT NOTE AT THE 
BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION, 
THAT THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN 
LAST WEEK. 
THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH. 
WHY ARE WE JUST NOW SEEING THIS 
VIDEO?  
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT'S 
INTERESTING.  
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY HAD 
CALLED FOR A FOYA, FREEDOM OF 
INFORMATION ACT RELEASED.  
IT WAS THEN RELEASED PUBLICLY 
BY THE CITY. 
THAT'S WHY ICWE'RE SEEING IT NO 
THE E CITY ITSELF AND THE MAYOR 
HERSELF, COMING UNDER FIRE, FOR 
NOT DRAWING ATTENTION TO THIS 
CASE EARLIER ON.  
HOWEVER, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WAS CALLED IN OVER THE SUMMER 
BY GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, TO DO 
THIS SPECIAL INVESTIGATION.  
BUT AS WE'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN, IT IS THE VIDEO, AND 
PEOPLE SEEING THE VIDEO, THAT 
TRIGGERS THE MOST PASSIONATE 
RESPONSE SOMETIMES.  
TR
>> NOW, YOU'VE TOLD US THAT 
THEY WILL BE INVESTIGATING 
THIS. 
THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID 
THAT. 
WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW FROM THE 
ROCHESTER POLICE, THE GENERAL 
ATTORNEY'S INVESTIGATION. 
>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE UNION 
FOR POLICE. 
AND THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED 
BACK TO US.  
THE POLICE DON'T WANT TO SAY 
ANYTHING RIGHT NOW WHILE THESE 
INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING. 
BUT THE IGFAMILY HAS CALLED FOR 
THE SUSPENSION HAOF THESE POLIC 
OFFICERS. 
THEY'LL COME UNDER INCREASED 
PRESSURE, PROBABLY, TO SUSPEND 
THOSE OFFICERS AS A ESRESULT OF 
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.  
 A
BUT OTHERWISE, THERE HASN'T 
BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION. 
NOW,  THEY HAVE A SITUATION 
WHERE YOU SAW PROTESTS 
YESTERDAY. 
THERE WILL OTLIKELY BE MORE 
PROTESTS. 
AND THEY WANT TO OBVIOUSLY KEEP 
THOSE PROTESTS PEACEFUL. 
SAVANNAH?
CE
>> ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTING 
ON THIS TOUGH STORY. 
>> Reporter: YOU'RE WELCOME.   
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HEADING 
TO PENNSYLVANIA. 
HIS THIRD VISIT TO A 
BATTLEGROUND STATE THIS WEEK.  
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, GARRETT 
HAAKE JOINS ME NOW FROM 
LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA. 
OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH.
ALL RIGHT, GARRETT. 
TELL US L WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TH 
VISIT.   
>> Reporter: WELL, SAVANNAH, 
THE PRESIDENT WILL DO ONE OF 
THESE FLYING RALLIES HE LIKES 
TO DO, ESSENTIALLY LAND AIR 
FORCE ONE ON A SMALL TARMAC, 
SPEAK TO A CROWD OF SUPPORTER, 
HOP BACK ON THE PLANE AND GO TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THIS IS A SMALL TOWN, ONLY 
ABOUT 8,000 PEOPLE IN A MORE 
RURAL TOWN IN THE STATE. 
THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGY HAS 
BEEN TO PRTRY TO JACK UP THE 
SUPPORT IN SOME OF THE MORE 
RURAL SUPPORTERS. 
EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE 
SUPPORTERS HE MIGHT BE LOSING 
IN VOTE-RICH SUBURBS LIKE 
PHILADELPHIA.   
>> GARRETT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 
HOW DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE JOE BIDEN HAS PRIMARILY 
STAYED IN DELAWARE. 
TODAY, 
HE IS HEADING TO 
WISCONSIN WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS HEADING TO PENNSYLVANIA. 
WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S PITCH 
TO VOTERS IN BYTE BIDEN'S HOME 
STATE? 
>> WELL, LOOK. 
FOR BIDEN. 
IT'SR HARD TO SEE A PATH TO 270 
ELECTORAL VOTES THAT DOESN'T 
INCLUDE PENNSYLVANIA. 
IT IS HIS HOME STATE. 
THIS IS A BIG PRIZE FOR BOTH 
CAMPAIGNS. 
FOR THE PRESIDENT, IT'S ALWAYS 
HARD TO SEE WHAT HIS ONE 
MESSAGE WILL BE. 
YOU WATCH HIS EVENTS LATELY, 
WHERE HE'S KIND OF THROWING 
EVERYTHING AT THE WALL. 
I SUSPECT HE'LL TALK ABOUT TAX 
ON CITIES AND ANARCHISTS. 
BUT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN VIOLENT 
PROTESTS IN EITHER PITTSBURGH 
OR PHILADELPHIA. 
SO YOU KIND OF WONDER %HOW WELL 
THAT PLAYS IN A PLACE LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR HIM 
TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY. 
I HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW 
THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES 
PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF 
ENERGY PRODUCTION WERE POPULAR 
HERE. 
BUT AGAIN, THESE PRESIDENTIAL 
RALLIES ARE LARGELY UNSCRIPTED 
AFFAIRS. 
AND WHATEVER HAS PIQUED  HIS 
INTEREST TODAY SHOULD BE PART 
OF THE MESSAGE TONIGHT.   
>> NOW, GARRETT, WE HAVE THIS 
NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL, SHOWING 
JOE BIDEN LEADING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP BY EIGHT POINTS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH OF COURSE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE LAST 
TIME AROUND, BUT ONLY BY A 
POINT. 
YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO VOTERS 
THERE. 
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?   
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT'S 
INTERESTING. 
WE HAVE THAT 8-POINT LEAD. 
YESTERDAY THERE WAS ANOTHER 
PENNSYLVANIA POLL THAT ONLY HAD 
BIDEN UP BY 4.  EITHER WAY, 
IT'S A STILL VERY HEALTHY LEAD 
FOR THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT. 
AND R ONE OF THE THINGS I'M 
FINDING HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA 
AND REFLECTED IN THE QUINNIPIAC 
POLL, IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE 
LARGELY MADE UP THEIR MINDS.  EL
IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING PEOPLE 
MOTIVATED TO VOTE. 
AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM 
VOTERS IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS A POWERFUL MOTIVATOR, 
WHETHER YOU'RE POFOR HIM OR 
AGAINST HIM. 
HERE'S A  WOMAN I SPOKE TO LAST 
NIGHT. 
WHO WAS VOTING FOR JOE 
BIDEN,LARGELY BECAUSE OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS. 
I WOULD THINK, I'M NOT THRILLED 
WITH IT. 
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.  LL
AND I JUST CAN'T DO TRUMP.  
I CAN'T. 
>> DO YOU THINK YOUR VOTE IS 
MORE FOR BIDEN OR NOT FOR 
TRUMP. 
>> NOT FOR TRUMP. 
I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE THINGS 
HE DOES. LI
LIKE I DON'T TWEET. 
I DON'T DO THAT STUFF. 
BUT I READ ALL OF THIS STUFF. 
AND LIKE IT'S OKAY HERE BUT NOT 
OKAY THERE. 
AND IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING. 
THERE'S NO SUCH -- YOU KNOW, 
EACH DAY IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT 
HE SAYS. 
>> FRSURE. 
>> AND I JUST DON'T TRUST IT. 
I DON'T WANT TRUST IT.   
>> SAVANNAH, IT'S NOT SEXY. 
BUT IT MAY BE A WINNING 
PLATFORM FOR BIDEN TO PICK UP 
THESE VOTERS  WHO ARE JUST 
EXHAUSTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WHO MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES AS 
MORE LIKELY TO BE TRADITIONAL 
REPUBLICANS. 
OR WHO IOMAYBE HAVE PROBLEMS WI 
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS. 
BUT FOR WHOM THE PROSPECT FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS LIKE THAT 
WOMAN JUST DESCRIBED, JUST 
DON'T SEEM ALL THAT APPEALING. 
>> GARRETT, WHAT AIT 
GRAQUESTION.  
FOR BIDEN OR NOT FOR TRUMP. 
THANKS SO MUCH, GARRETT. 
WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON. 
>> YOU BET. 
>>> JOE AND DR. JILL BIDEN ARE 
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TODAY, 
MEETING WITH , LOCAL COMMUNITY 
LEADERS AND THE FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE, WHO WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN THE BACK BY A KENOSHA POLICE 
OFFICER JUST OVER A WEEK AGO.  
NBC CORRESPONDENT, MIKE MEMOLI 
JOINS US NOW FROM KENOSHA. 
TELL US ABOUT THE MEETINGS 
BETWEEN THE BIDEN AND BLAKE 
FAMILIES. 
>> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S FIRST TRIP TO WISCONSIN 
VERY IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND 
STATE IN THIS ELECTION. 
BUT VERY MUCH NOT A CAMPAIGN 
FEEL TO THIS VISIT. 
AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED DOWN IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
MILWAUKEE, OF COURSE, WHERE HE 
WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
AND HE MET WITH THE FAMILY OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
MET WITH HIS FATHER, SIBLINGS, 
AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF 
THE LEGAL TEAM. 
JOINING THE MEETING BY PHONE 
WAS ALSO JACOB BLAKE'S MOTHER. 
WE DON'T HAVE A READOUT FOR 
WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS 
LIKE. 
BUT IT DID LAST FOR OVER AN 
HOUR. 
TWO DAYS AGO, THE PRESIDENT DID 
NOT MEET WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY DURING HIS VISIT. 
I'LL TAUG -- TALK ABOUT WHAT 
ELSE IS HAPPENING. 
THERE SEARE LOCAL BLACK LIVES 
MATTER ACTIVISTS  WHO DESCENDED 
ON THIS AREA BEFORE JOE BIDEN 
ARRIVED. 
INSIDE THAT CHURCH IS THE 
MEETING JOE BIDEN IS HAVING 
ABOUT 20 PARTICIPATES.  
AS WELL AS SOME REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT 
COMMUNITY. 
A RCFORMER POLICE CHIEF FROM HE 
IN KENOSHA. 
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE 
FIREFIGHTERS UNION. 
OF COURSE, THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH 
A CRITICAL ENDORSER. 
AS WELL AS A LOCAL LEADER FROM 
THE KENOSHA CHAPTER OF THE 
BLACK LIVES MATTER GROUP. 
THIS IS, AGAIN, A REAL EFFORT 
BY THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, TO SHOW 
WHAT THEY THINK IS ONE OF JOE 
BIDEN'S STRENGTHS, HIS ABILITY 
TO CONVENE PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT 
SIDES PEOF ONE ARGUMENT. 
ALSO TO BRING FEELINGS OF 
HEALING TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS 
OBVIOUSLY BEEN GOING THROUGH A 
LOT. 
JUST A BLOCK UGOR TWO AWAY FROM 
WHERE WE'RE STANDING. 
YOU CAN STILL SEE WINDOWS 
BOARDED UP.  
WINDOWS BOARDED UP. 
BUT OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT SCENE 
FROM A FEW DAYS AGO, WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS HERE. 
>>> THE BIDEN TRIP COMES JUST 
TWO DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TRIP. 
AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, HE DID 
NOT MEET WITH THE BLAKE FAMILY. 
BUT HE DID SPEAK WITH BUSINESS 
LEADERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THESE TWO 
VISITS CONTRAST WITH ONE 
ANOTHER. 
>> IT'S SO INTERESTING.   
BECAUSE WHAT HAS DONALD TRUMP 
TRIED TO MAKE THIS ELECTION 
ABOUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS, 
ESPECIALLY AS PART OF THE 
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 
LAW AND ORDER. 
AND THAT WAS TI REALLY WHY THE 
SAME KINDS OF GROUPS THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS MEETING WITH TODAY ARE 
MAYBE WHO TRUMP MET WITH A 
MISSING INGREDIENT, OF COURSE.  
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY. 
AND WHERE JOE BIDEN HEARS 
DONALD TRUMP TALK ABOUT LAW AND 
ORDER, HE TALKS ABOUT SAFETY 
AND SECURITY. 
WHAT IS FAR INTERESTING AS PART 
OF THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENING 
INSIDE. 
IT KICKED OFF JUST ABOUT A HALF 
HOUR AGO. 
JOE BIDEN REALLY HASN'T SAID 
MORE THAN HELLO SO FAR. 
THE FORMAT OF THIS EVENT IS 
GOING TO BE JOE BIDEN'S 
LISTENING TO ALL OF THESE 
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS.  TO
ALL OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES OF 
THIS COMMUNITY. 
THEN HE'LL  WEIGH IN WITH SOME 
OFS ON OWN THOUGHTS. 
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE KIND 
OF CONTRAST THAT THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS LOOKING AT HERE. 
THEY MAY NOT CALL IT LAW AND 
ORDER. 
BUT THE MESSAGE DONALD TRUMP 
THINKS HE CAN WIN MEON IS THE O 
THEY THINK THEY CAN PLAY WITH 
JUST AS WELL. 
THEY THINK JOE BIDEN HAS 
STRENGTH WITH THE ELECTORATE. 
REMEMBER, HE TALKED ABOUT THE 
SCENES HE SAW IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE. 
WHEN  THERE WAS A CLASH BETWEEN 
PROTESTORS AND COUNT 
PROTESTORS. 
AND THE LAST TIME JOE BIDEN WAS 
IN WISCONSIN, IN FACT, A LITTLE 
UNDER TWO YEARS AGO. 
HE 
WAS HERE FOR THE MIDTERM 
ELECTION. 
HIS MESSAGE THAT DAY, I WAS 
COVERING THAT EVENT. 
THAT 
LEADERS NEED TO LOWER THE 
TEMPERATURE AND TRY TO BRING 
THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER. 
VERY CONSISTENT MESSAGING FROM 
JOE ENBIDEN, WHEN THEY SEE A 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN TRYING TO KNOCK 
THEM OFF THEIR MESSAGE.  
>> MIKE, WHILE I'VE GOT YOU, 
I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS 
NEW AD, THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS 
CAMP E IS OUT WITH. 
LET'S WATCH. 
>> WHY IN THIS NATION, SHOULD 
BLACK AMERICANS WAKE UP KNOWING 
THEY COULD LOSE THEIR LIFE? 
AND OF COURSE JUST LIVING THEIR 
LIFE? 
>> PART OF THE POINT OF FREEDOM 
IS TO BE FREE FROM BRUTALITY, 
JUSTICE, RACISM. 
AND ALL OF THIS MANIFESTATION. 
>> WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW 
THAT WE NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND 
THEIR STRUGGLE. 
BUT UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO BE 
TREATED WITH DIGNITY. 
THEY'VE TRGOT TO KNOW WE'RE 
LISTENING. 
>> MIKE, WHAT IS THE STRATEGY 
HERE?  
HE>> Reporter: WELL, REMEMBER,  
TALKED A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY 
ABOUT THAT HUGE FUNDRAISING 
ADVANTAGE THAT JOE BIDEN HAD IN 
AUGUST, RAISING NEARLY $365 
MILLION. 
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY, 
MANY, MANY ADS THAT THAT MONEY 
IS GOING TO GO PAY FOR. 
AND IT SHOWS, AS WELL AS SOME 
OF THE OTHER ADS WE SAW THIS 
WEEK. 
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO 
LAUNCH DIFFERENT SPOTS WITH 
DIFFERENT MESSAGES TO TARGET 
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF VOTERS. 
CLEARLY, MEDITHIS IS AN ATTEMPT 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN TO REACH OUT 
TO AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS 
THIS. 
IS GOING TO BE RUNNING ON CABLE 
STATIONS AND LOCAL AFFILIATES, 
WHERE THERE ARE HIGHER 
VIEWERSHIPS AMONG AFRICAN 
AMERICAN VOTERS. 
AND I THOUGHT ONE OF THE 
INTERESTING PARTS OF THIS AD, 
WAS THE VOICE OF KAMALA HARRIS. 
THE  VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDAT 
ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.  
I COVERED THE OBAMA-BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IN 2008, 2012. 
I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING EVER 
JOE BIDEN'S VOICE. 
ALL INCLUDED %JUST BARACK OBAMA 
THIS IS A REAL SIGN OF HOW 
WE'RE SEEING KAMALA HARRIS 
BEGIN TO PLAY A KEY ROLE ON 
THIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL FOR THEM. 
>> IF IT'S SEPTEMBER FOR AN 
ELECTION YEAR, WE'RE ALL 
BRACING FOR MANY, MANY MORE 
ADS. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>>  TNORTH CAROLINA'S ELECTION 
CHIEF IS REMINDING PEOPLE THAT 
IT IS ILLEGAL TO VOTE TWICE IN 
AN ELECTION. 
AFTER THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS 
DURING HIS VISIT TO THE STATE.  
>> THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND 
CHECK THEIR VOTE BY GOING TO 
THE POLL AND VOTING THAT WAY. 
BECAUSE IF IT TABULATES, THEN 
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.  
SO LET THEM SEND IT IN AND LET 
THEM GO VOTE. 
AND IF THE ASSISTANCE IS AS 
GOOD AS THEY SAY IT IS, 
OBVIOUSLY THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO 
VOTE F. IT ISN'T TABULATED, 
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ISVOTE. 
THAT'S WHAT IT IS AND THAT'S 
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. 
>> NBC NEWS JUSTICE CORRESPOND 
ENTER, PETE WILLIAMS JOINS ME 
NOW. 
PETE, LET'S START YOU WITH WHAT 
EXACTLY THE PRESIDENT IS 
SUGGESTING HERE. 
>> WELL, I THINK  WHAT HE WAS 
SAYING, BASED ON WHAT HE WAS 
SAYING IN AIR FORCE. 
EXPANDED ON TWITTER MESSAGES. 
TODAY IS IF YOU VOTED BY MAIL, 
YOU CAN GO TO THE POLL AND SEE 
WHETHER THEY HAVE A RECORD OF 
THE MAIL-IN BALLOT. 
TO SEE IF THE SYSTEM WAS 
WORKING. 
IF THEY DON'T, GO AHEAD AND 
VOTE IN PERSON AT THE POLL. 
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, THEY 
SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH THAT 
YOU VOTED TWICE. 
AND DISCARD ONE OF THOSE TWO 
BALLOTS. 
THAT SEEMS TO THBE WHAT HE'S 
SAYING. 
IT CERTAINLY IS SUGGESTING THAT 
PEOPLE VOTE TWICE. 
IN OTHER %WORDS, EVEN IF THEY 
HAVE MAILED IN A BALLOT, THEY 
SHOULD GO AHEAD AND VOTE AT THE 
POLLING PLACE, IF THERE'S ANY 
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THEIR 
MAIL-IN BALLOT WAS RECEIVED. 
SEEMS TO BE MAWHAT HE WAS SAYIN 
>>> ATALL RIGHT. 
NOW, LET'S JUST TALK THROUGH.  
IS THAT SUGGESTION, WHAT HE'S 
SUGGESTING ALLOWED? 
AS 
WELL A PUNISHMENT FOR 
SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO DO 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
>> WELL, SOMEBODY WHO TRIES TO 
DO THAT ON PURPOSE TO VOTE 
TWICE. 
THAT IS ILLEGAL.
AND THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO 
CATCH THIS.  ST
SO WHEN YOU ARE SENT AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT, THERE IS A 
RECORD THAT GOES IN THE VOTER 
REGISTRATION RECORD THAT SHOWS 
THAT YOU GOT AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT. 
WHEN YOU SHOW UP AT THE POLL, 
THEN THE POLL WORKER EITHER HAS 
AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THAT 
OR A PRINTOUT THAT WAS PREPARED 
JUST BEFORE THE POLLS OPEN. 
AND IT SHOWS THAT THEY 
REQUESTED ABSENTEE BALLOT. 
IF YOU TELL THE PERSON YOU 
DIDN'T GET ONE, THEY WILL GIVE 
YOU A PROVISIONAL BALLOT. 
MEANING IT IS CAST ASIDE. 
THEN THEY'LL LOOK TO SEE 
WHETHER OR NOT YOU DID, IN 
FACT, SEND IN AN ABSENT'SEY 
BALLOT. 
AND IF YOU DID, THEY WILL NOT 
COUNT THE PROVISIONAL. 
BUT IF THYOU DO TRY TO DO THAT  
PURPOSE, YES, THAT'S ILLEGAL. 
AND YES, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
PROSECUTED FOR IT. 
ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY THAT'S 
QUITE RARE. 
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR 
WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. 
LET'S LISTEN.
RD
>> HE'S TRYING TO MAKE THE 
POINT THAT THE ABILITY TO 
MONITOR THIS SYSTEM IS NOT 
GOOD. 
AND IF IT WAS SO GOOD, IF YOU 
TRIED TO VOTE A SECOND TIME, 
YOU WOULD BE CAUGHT, IF YOU 
VOTED IN  PERSON. 
>> THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL IF 
THEY DID THAT. 
>> I DON'T KNOW BEIFWHAT THE LA 
THE PARTICULAR STATE SAID. 
>> YOU CAN'T VOTE TWICE. 
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW IN 
THE PARTICULAR STATE SAYS. 
AND WHEN THAT VOTE BECOMES 
FINAL.  
>> NOW, HE IS REFUSING TO SAY 
IT'S LEGAL. 
BUT HE DOES SAY HE DOESN'T KNOW 
WHAT THE SALAW IN NORTH CAROLIN 
IS. 
SO IS THERE ANY STATE WHERE YOU 
COULD LEGALLY VOTE TWICE OR TRY 
TO TEVOTE TWICE? 
>> WELL, I GUESS, I'M JUST 
ASSUMING THAT WHAT THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL MEANT THERE IS THAT IF 
YOU UNWITTINGLY VOTE TWICE. 
IF YOU THINK YOUR MAIL-IN 
BALLOT GOT DEEP SIXED OR 
SOMEBODY DIDN'T DELIVER IT. 
AND YOU'RE IN GOOD FAITH GOING 
TO THE POLL, BECAUSE YOU THINK 
YOUR MAIL-IN BALLOT DIDN'T 
COUNT. 
THEN THAT WOULDN'T BE ILLEGAL 
NECESSARILY. 
AND THESE CASES, IT ALL COMES 
DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL FACTS. 
BUT VOTING TWICE ON PURPOSE 
CERTAINLY IS ILLEGAL.  
>> ALL RIGHT, PETE. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BREAKING 
DOWN THIS COMPLICATED ONE WITH 
A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. 
THANKS.
>> YOU BET.
AN>>> MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO 
VOTE IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION.  
NBC NEWS IS HERE TO HELP. 
WE HAVE A NEW STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE, CALLED PLAN W YOUR VOTE. 
IT HAS INFORMATION ON VOTING 
RULES, DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY STATES.  
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOURVOTE.  
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
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>> WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE PROTECTED EMPLOY. 
>> IT'S NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
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>>> AMONG THE CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I WANT HIM TO 
SEE.  
>>> THIS IS THE SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE 
TO EXPAND ITS TESTING 
CAPABILITY.  
>> PROTESTORS FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITIES 
BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE 
NOT GETTING THAT SUPPORT FROM 
THE PORTLAND POLICE.  
>> ANOTHER ELECTION DAY COMING 
UP AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC.  
>> THE MOMENT TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET.  
>> YOU GOTTA GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER.  
>> WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S HEADLINES COULD BE 
HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR FAMILY WILL WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS, KIDS EDITION.  
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY. 
>> OF THE NATIONAL GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS, MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> THIS MORNING, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN OR 
HAVE A JOB? 
THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION. 
>> YOU ARE CREATINGA A SCHOOL 
THIS. 
IS A MOMENT TO DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY REALLY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE RESILIENT.  
>>> A SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS.   
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS WHO ARE TOLD THEY 
ARE GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY, WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN PORTLAND. 
MORE PROTESTS EXPECTED TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC. 
AND PROBABLY HAS NEVER BEEN 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER OF A HUSBAND 
AND KIDS WHO SADLY ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR.  
A PROUD NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA, TO CABLE TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT GWEN IFILL, 
AND MY MOM, PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE PROUD.  
>>> IT'S THURSDAY, WHICH 
MEANINGS WEEKLY JOBLESS NUMBERS 
ARE IN.  
881,000 NEW PEOPLE FILED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT DURING THE LAST 
WEEK OF UNAUGUST. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS, THAT'S THE 
LOWEST WEEKLY TOTAL SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC STARTED.  
BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY 
MEAN FOR OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY? 
NBC NEWS SENIOR BUSINESS 
CORRESPONDENT, STEPHANIE RULE 
SEES ME NOW. 
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A 
MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS DIP 
BELOW A MILLION. 
ARE WE ON OUR WAY OUT HERE. 
>> SAVANNAH, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD 
TO SEE YOU. 
I HAVEN'T SEEN NUA LONG TIME. 
BUT LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THIS 
RECOVERY. 
THIS RECOVERY IS FRAGILE AND 
FRAGMENTED. 
YES, THE UNEMPLOYMENT HAS 
DIPPED BELOW 1 MILLION. 
BUT LET'S BE REAL. 
WE ARE FOUR TIMES MORE 
UNEMPLOYED TODAY THAN A YEAR 
AGO.  
YOU HAVE 24 MILLION ON 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
AND THE IDEA THAT THIS ECONOMY 
IS SNAPPING BACK IS NOWHERE TO 
BE SEEN. 
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS BARELY GONE 
DOWN IN THE MONTH OF S AUGUST. 
AND WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING 
IS, THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER 
AND THE POOR ARE GETTING 
POORER. 
WITH THESE NUMBERS, YOU 
PRACTICALLY HAVE ONE IN FIVE 
AMERICANS WITHOUT A JOB. 
AND WHAT'S REALLY CONFUSING IS 
YOU DO HAVE THE STOCK MARKET 
ROARING. 
YOU ETDO HAVE BUSINESSES LIKE 
BOAT SALES, VACATION HOMES, 
HOME REMODELING, THROUGH THE 
ROOF, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING. 
BUT ON THE 
OTHER END OF THE 
SCALE, YOU'VE GOT FOOD BANKS 
THAT ARE GOBUSTING AT THE SEAMS 
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE 
SUFFERING.  
AND IN THE LAST WALL STREET 
JOURNAL POLL, 11% OF THE PEOPLE 
POLLED SAID IN THE LAST SEVEN 
DAYS, THEY WERE FOOD INSECURE. 
SO EYYOU WERE SEEING THIS DIVID 
UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY WIDEN EVEN 
FURTHER. 
AND LOOK AT FOENTHE MONTH AHEAD 
WE'RE LOOKING AT AIRLINE 
COMPANIES THAT ARE ALREADY 
PAVING THE WAY, SAYING GET 
READY, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE 
WE'RE GOING TO BE FURLOUGHING 
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS MORE 
WORKERS. 
AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANOTHER 
ECONOMIC RELIEF PLAN FROM 
CONGRESS.  
 F
BUT STAND ALONE, YOU CANNOT SAY 
IF ANYTHING IS BOOMING.  
WE ARE IN A RECOVERY, A 
SLOW,FRAGILE AND VERY 
FRAGMENTED RECOVERY.  ER
>> SO THEN, STEPH, WHILE ALL OF 
THAT IS GOING ON, WE DO HAVE 
THE STOCK MARKET. 
I WON'T USE THE WORD BOOMING 
BUT BREAKING RECORDS. 
TELL US WHAT IS BEHIND THAT? 
>> LISTEN. 
THE STOCK MARKET IS BREAKING 
RECORDS BECAUSE THE BIG ARE 
ONLY GETTING BIGGER. 
AND REMEMBER, WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET, WE'RE 
REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE 
INDEX. 
AND EVEN THE INDECK, YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT A DISPROPORTIONATE 
AMOUNT OF THOSE MONSTER 
COMPANIES THAT DON'T NEED TO 
RECOVER. 
LIKE AMAZON, FACEBOOK. 
THE HUGE RETAILERS LIKE A 
WALMART. 
THOSE COMPANIES DON'T NEED TO 
RECOVER. 
THEY'RE ONLY GETTING BIGGER. 
AND WHAT'S EYSAD ABOUT IT, AS 
YOU'RE WATCHING THOUSANDS OF 
BUSINESSES HERE, THE DEMAND FOR 
THOSE BUSINESSES AREN'T 
DISAPPEARING. 
BUT PEOPLE ARE NOW GOING TO THE 
MEGA GIANT STORES. 
A YEAR FROM NOW, WE COULD ONLY 
HAVE BIG BOX STORES TO CHOOSE 
FROM. 
WE COULD BE LOSING 50% OF OUR 
INDEPENDENT RESTAURANTS. 
ON. 'S THE TRACK WE'RE 
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT 
TRACK UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES. 
>> THAT IS JUST A SCARY AND SAD 
THOUGHT. 
NOW, STEPHANIE, YOU MENTIONED 
HOW WE STILL DON'T HAVE A NEW 
RELIEF BILL. 
THESE TALKS ARE STALLED IN 
CONGRESSS .  WHAT 
THIS GOING TO 
MEAN FOR OUR 
ECONOMY. 
>> LISTEN. 
IT'S ECREALLY 
ROUGH. 
AND DON'T 
FORGET. 
WHEN THERE IS 
THAT WHSTIMULUS, 
PEOPLE ARE THEN 
PUTTING THAT 
MONEY BACK IN 
THE ECONOMY. 
THEY HE ARE OUT 
THERE, BUYING 
GROCERIES. 
THEY ARE GOING YI
TO RESTAURANTS 
AND PAYING THEIR 
RENT. 
WE'RE IN AN 
ECONOMY, WHERE 
MILLIONS ARE 
DELINQUENT. 
NOT PAYING THEIR 
RENT OR THEIR 
BILLS. 
AND WITHOUT THAT 
ECONOMY ECONOMY, 
IT STARTS TO 
STALL OUT. 
THE UNITED 
STATES IS A 
CONSUMER-BASED 
ECONOMY.  A 
IN CHINE AIT'S 
MANUFACTURING.  
IN THE UNITED 
STATES, IT'S 
CONSUMERS. 
CONSUMERS ITNEED 
TO SPEND. 
WHEN CONSUMERS 
AREN'T SPENDING, 
THE ECONOMY 
STALLS OUT. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
STEPHANIE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH.  %
AND GOOD TO SEE 
YOU WISH I COULD 
GIVE YOU A HUG. 
I MISS YOU. 
IT'S BEEN SO 
LONG. 
BUT THANKS FOR 
JOINING US.  
WHEN I SEE YOUR 
FACE. 
IT'S GOOD TO SEE 
YOU, BUT IT 
MAKES ME SO SAD. 
I HAVEN'T SEEN 
YOU IN SUCH A 
LONG TIME.  
,
>> I KNOW. 
I KNOW. 
AND IT USED TO 
BE A DAILY 
OCCURRENCE. 
IT'S SO SAD. 
>> SEE YOU, 
BABE.  
>>> WE KNOW 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS HAVE A 
HIGHER RISK OF 
CATCHING THE 
CORONAVIRUS.  
AND IN 
CALIFORNIA, 
UNDOCUMENTED 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS AND 
DOMESTIC WORKERS 
HAVE TO BALS 
THEIR FEAR OF 
GETTING SICK 
WITH THEIR 
FINANCIAL 
STRUGGLES, ALL 
WITHOUT 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE.  
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
JACOB SOBOV 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
CHOICES THEY'RE 
MAKING. 
>> HEY, 
SAVANNAH. 
IT IS GOOD TO 
SEE YOU. 
YOU'RE IN 
CALIFORNIA, JUST 
LIKE ME. 
AND YOU KNOW AS 
WELL AS I DO, 
THAT HERE IN 
CALIFORNIA, WE 
HAVE A LARGE 
POPULATION OF 
UNDOCUMENT THE 
RESIDENTS HERE. 
THAT NUMBER IS 
OVER A MILLION 
STRONG. 
THAT MEANS WE 
HAVE A LOT OF 
UNDOCUMENT HOME 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS HERE IN 
LOS ANGELES. 
AND THAT IS 
UNIQUELY 
VULNERABLE TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
NOT JUST BECAUSE 
OF THE MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS THAT 
IT EXPOSES THEM 
TO. 
BUT BECAUSE OF 
COURSE, THE 
LIVING 
CONDITIONS AND 
THE OTHER 
SOCIETAL 
BARRIERS THAT 
THEY HAVE TO 
DEAL WITH ON A 
DAILY BASIS.  
WATCH THIS.
>> THIS CELL 
PHONE VIDEO WAS 
GIVEN TO US BY A 
FILIPINO 
CAREGIVER WHO 
SHARES A TWO-
BEDROOM 
APARTMENT IN LOS 
ANGELES, WITH 
SIX OTHER 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS. 
FOUR OF WHOM ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED.   
>> YOU SEE THE 
ISSUES.  
SO MANY PEOPLE 
LIVE HERE. 
>> THEY LIVE 
TOGETHER TO SAVE 
MONEY. 
BUT TIGHT LIVING 
CONDITIONS ALSO 
PROVE RISKY. 
AND THEY LIVE IN 
CONSTANT FEAR OF 
CONTRACTS COVID. 
>> IS THE 
BEDROOM. 
>> BOTH FROM THE 
WORKPLACE AND 
HOME.  
IN CALIFORNIA, 
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL 
FOR FRONT LINE 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS TO BE 
UNDOCUMENTED.  
MANY SERVE AS 
CAREGIVERS IN 
NURSING HOMES, 
WHERE MORE THAN 
40% OF COVID 
DEATHS IN THE 
U.S. OCCUR.  
WE MET THREE OF 
THEM ON A RECENT 
MORNING, AFTER 
THEY JUST 
FINISHED UP A 12-
HOUR NIGHTSHIFT. 
>> ALL THREE OF 
YOU ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED? 
WHERE ARE YOU 
FROM? 
>> THE 
PHILIPPINES. 
>> NEARLY 20% OF 
CALIFORNIA'S 
NURSES ARE 
FILIPINO.  
WHILE NAY 
ACCOUNT FOR A 
QUARTER OF ASIAN 
RESIDENTS IN 
CALIFORNIA, THEY 
HAVE A 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
HIGH COVID DEATH 
AMONGST THIS 
GROUP. 
AND A NEW STUDY 
FOUND ASIANS 
JOINED BLACK AND 
HISPANIC 
COMMUNITY AS 
SOME OF THE 
HARDEST HIT WITH 
COVID. 
WITH DEATHS UP 
THIS YEAR, OVER 
5% OVER AVERAGE. 
AND THERE IS THE 
ADDED BURDEN OF 
BEING INELIGIBLE 
FOR ANY RELIEF. 
>> ON TOP OF 
COVID, YOU HAVE 
A LIFE OF 
UNDOCUMENTED 
HEALTH KAREN 
WORKER. 
>> YES. 
THAT'S ALSO THE 
BIGGEST PROBLEM, 
BEING 
UNDOCUMENTED. 
WE CANNOT GET 
THE STIMULUS. 
WE CANNOT FILE 
FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT.  
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
FOR THE NEXT 
MONTH.  
WE MIGHT BE HOME 
LITTLE. 
>> YOU SAID 
HOMELESS. 
RIGHT OVER 
THERE. 
I'M JUST LOOKING 
AT HOMELESS 
PEOPLE SLEEPING 
IN THE BARK 
BEHIND YOU IN 
THE TENT. 
DO YOU REALLY 
THINK THERE IS A 
CHANCE YOU COULD 
END UP ON THE 
STREET? 
>> YES.
HONESTLY.
>> YOU ARE 
SAYING HAVE YOU 
NO CHOICE 
BECAUSE YOU'RE 
UNDOCUMENTED TO 
GO BACK TO A JOB 
WHERE YOU COULD 
VERY WELL GET 
COVID. 
>> YES. 
>> HACKI SOR 
YANLO STARTED 
THE FILIPINO 
WORK CENTER. 
TO HELP 
UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS FROM THE 
PHILIPPINES. 
>> UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS IN DOING 
HOME CARE. 
AND AS DOMESTIC 
WORKERS ARE 
STILL VERY, VERY 
MUCH NEEDED 
RIGHT NOW. 
SO THEY'RE 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS. 
>> IT'S THIS 
PARADOX OF BEING 
UNDOCUMENTED BUT 
ALSO BEING 
CLEARLY 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
SO IT JUST 
BRINGS TO LIGHT 
EVEN MORE ALL OF 
THE PRESENTS 
THAT 
UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS ARE 
FACING. 
>> SO YOU'RE 
SAYING THIS IS 
NOT AN 
ISOLATION, 
UNDOCUMENTED 
PROBLEM OR EVEN 
COVID PROBLEM. 
THIS IS AN 
OVERLAP OF 
MULTIPLE 
PROBLEMS AT 
ONCE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
AND THIS CRISIS 
RIGHT NOW JUST 
SHOWS ALL OF 
THOSE 
INTERSECTIONS. 
AND SO GIVEN 
THAT WE NEED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THESE JOBS ARE 
GOOD JOBS, SO 
THEY CAN 
ACTUALLY AFFORD 
DECENT HOUSING, 
SO THEY CAN 
ACTUALLY AFFORD 
HEALTHCARE AND 
TRANSPORTATION.  
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, JUST A 
COUPLE OF THINGS 
ABOUT THAT. 
WE KEPT THE 
IDENTITIES OF 
THE FOLKS IN THE 
STORY 
CONFIDENTIAL, 
BECAUSE OF 
COURSE, THEY ARE 
UNDOCUMENTED. 
I WANT TO SAY 
THE LIVING 
CONDITIONS WILL 
START AS THE 
EXPOSURE THAT 
THEY HAVE TO THE 
VIRUS AT THEIR 
JOBS. 
AND THERE ARE A 
COUPLE OF THINGS 
BEYOND A VACCINE 
THAT THE 
FILIPINO WORKER 
CENTER, WHICH 
HAS LOST FIVE OF 
THEIR OWN 
COLLEAGUES TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS, 
SAYS ARE 
IMPORTANT TO 
PROTECTING THE 
LIVES AND WELL 
BEING TO THE 
PEOPLE WHO WORK 
WITH THEM. 
NUMBER 1, OF 
COURSE, IS A NEW 
IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM. 
IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM THAT 
ALLOWS FOLKS 
LIKE THESE 
WORKERS TO COME 
OUT FROM BEHIND 
THE SHADOWS, IN 
ORDER TO GET THE 
HELP THAT THEY 
NEED AND 
DESERVE. 
AND SECOND AND 
MOST IMPORTANTLY 
IS THE LIVING 
WAGE. 
THESE JOBS MAKE 
THE INCOME THAT 
THEY HAVE NOT 
RELIABLE. 
IT'S NOT AN 
INCOME THAT THEY 
CAN COUNT ON. 
OF COURSE, TO 
GET OUT OF THE 
LIVERING 
CONDITIONS, LIKE 
THE ONES THAT WE 
SAW THERE, 
CRAMPED. 
AND MAKING THEM 
PARTICULARLY 
VULNERABLE TO 
COVID. 
SO A LOT OF 
DIFFERENT 
CONFLUENCE OF 
EVENTS HERE THAT 
ARE CONTRIBUTING 
TO A SITUATION 
THAT IS REALLY 
STARK FOR A 
POPULATION THAT 
AGAIN, IS 
UNIQUELY 
VULNERABLE. 
>>> OVER 800 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
GEORGIA. 
BUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS FULL STEAM 
AHEAD WITH IN-
PERSON LEARNING. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
ELLISON BARBER 
JOINS ME NOW. 
ELLISON, HOW 
WORRIED ARE 
FACULTY MEMBERS 
ON CAMPUS? 
HOW ARE THEY 
FEELING? 
>> Reporter: 
THEY'RE VERY 
WORRIED. 
LOOK.
THIS IS ALL A 
BIG EXPERIMENT. 
AND REGARDLESS 
OF WHAT 
ADMINISTRATOR WE 
TALK TO. 
WE TALK TO A LOT 
WHO JUST 
ANECDOTALLY 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WILL 
SAY THEY ARE IN 
FAVOR OF 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK ON 
CAMPUS AND 
HAVING IN-PERSON 
CLASSES. 
BUT THEY HAVE 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
THIS IS NOT 
RISKLESS. 
AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
GEORGIA, THEY 
HAVE SEEN THEIR 
CASES GO UP AND 
THEIR PERCENT 
POSITIVE CASES 
WENT FROM 2% TO 
5% IN JUST ONE 
WEEK.  
AND THERE'S A 
CHANCE, THERE'S 
CONCERN, 
PARTICULARLY 
AMONGST FACULTY 
MEMBERS THAT 
THOSE NUMBERS 
MIGHT NOT BE 
ENTIRELY 
ACCURATE BECAUSE 
THERE'S A LAG IN 
TIME IN JUST 
GETTING 
RESULTLESS. 
AND THERE HAS 
ALSO BEEN 
REPORTS THAT 
STUDENTS THERE 
ARE GETTING 
COVID-19 TESTS 
OFF CAMPUS, 
WHICH THEY'RE 
ABLE TO DO. 
BUT WHEN THEY GO 
TAKE THOSE 
TESTS, THEY'RE 
USING THEIR 
PARENTS' 
INSURANCE. 
AND SOMETIMES 
USING THEIR 
PARENTS' HOME 
ADDRESS. 
SO THERE'S 
CONCERN THAT 
PERHAPS ON THOSE 
CASES, POSITIVE 
CASES, MIGHT NOT 
BE BEING SENT 
OVER TO BE 
COUNTED IN THE 
TALLY, AT U.G.A. 
HERE'S MORE AS 
WELL AS HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS 
ARE SAYING.  
>> I HAVE 
SIGNIFICANT 
CONCERNS BECAUSE 
I BELIEVE THAT 
THESE NUMBERS 
ARE ACTUALLY 
QUITE 
CONSERVATIVE.  
IT'S A TIME LAG. 
SO THEY'RE OLD 
DATA AT THIS 
POINT. 
>> WHEN STUDENTS 
GO AND GET THIS 
TEST DONE AND 
PAID FOR WITH 
THEIR PARENTS' 
INSURANCE, IT'S 
TAKING THE 
ADDRESS FROM THE 
FORM, WHICH 
ATTRIBUTES THE 
COVID CASE TO 
THEIR PARENTS' 
HOME COUNTY, NOT 
TO ATHENS CLARK. 
SO AS ALARMING 
AS THE NUMBERS 
ARE FOR ATHENS 
CLARK COUNTY IN 
THE LAST SEVERAL 
DAYS, THEY 
SHOULD BE MORE 
ALARMING.  
>> U.G. 
A'S PRESIDENT 
HAS CALLED THAT 
RECENT JUMP 
CONCERNING.  
AND I'M QUOTING 
HERE, TO RESIST 
THE TEMPTATION 
TO ORGANIZE OR 
ATTEND A LARGE 
SOCIAL 
GATHERING. 
HE IS ALSO 
ASKING PEOPLE 
WHO ARE HEADING 
OUT FOR LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND 
ACTIVITIES TO BE 
EXTRA CAREFUL.  
SAVANNAH?
>> ELLISON, WE 
TALKED ABOUT 
ANOTHER 
UNIVERSITY IN A 
DIFFERENT STATE. 
HOW MANY 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES ARE TOO 
MANY FOR 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES?  
>> I MEAN, YOU 
REPORTED ON 
SCHOOLS 
REOPENING AS 
WELL. 
SO I KNOW YOU 
KNOW THIS. 
BUT IT IS 
SOMETIMES SO 
DIFFICULT TO 
JUST GET NUMBERS 
FROM A LOT OF 
THESE COLLEGES 
THAT ARE 
REOPENING. 
BECAUSE THERE IS 
NO STANDARD WAY 
THAT ANYONE IS 
COUNTING OR 
REPORTING THEIR 
NUMBERS. 
SO SOMETIMES 
IT'S DIFFICULT 
TO JUST GET 
INFORMATION FROM 
THESE 
UNIVERSITIES AND 
COLLEGES. 
THEN WHEN IT 
COMES TO GETTING 
KIND OF WHAT 
THEIR TOP LINE 
IS, IF YOU WILL, 
TO WHERE THEY 
SAY, OKAY, 
ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH. 
LET'S SEND 
STUDENTS HOME. 
I HAVE TO HAVE 
THAT QUESTION TO 
AS MANY 
ADMINISTRATORS. 
AND ALMOST EVERY 
TIME, YOU NEVER 
GET ANSWERS. 
WE'LL MONITOR 
THE DATA DAY BY 
DAY, AND 
REASSESS. 
BUT IT'S HARD TO 
GET ANY CLEAR, 
CONCRETE NUMBER. 
JUST SOME 
EXAMPLES FOR 
YOU.  
IF YOU LOOK AT 
LIKE A COUPLE'S, 
A DIFFERENT 
SCHOOL TO TRY TO 
ANECDOTALLY FIND 
THE INSIGHT. 
I THINK IT'S 
WORTH LOOKING 
AT.  
UNIVERSITY OF 
ALABAMA HAS 
ABOUT 33,000 
UNDERGRADUATES 
AM ASUD SAID, 
THERE ARE ABOUT 
1200 STUDENTS AT 
LEAST WHO HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19. 
THEY ARE 
CONTINUING WITH 
IN-PERSON 
CLASSES AS FAR 
AS WE KNOW AND 
HAVE NO PLANS TO 
MOVE THINGS 
ENTIRELY ONLINE. 
UNIVERSITY OF 
GEORGIA HAS 
ABOUT 30,000 
UNDERGRADUATES, 
CLOSE TO 800 
STUDENTS 
CURRENTLY 
POSITIVE WITH 
COVID-19. 
SAME THING, NO 
PLANS TO CHANGE 
TO ONLINE 
LEARNING. 
THEY'RE 
CONTINUING WITH 
IN-PERSON 
CLASSES. 
BUT JAMES 
MADISON 
UNIVERSITY, THEY 
HAVE 22,000 
STUDENTS AND 
ABOUT 600 
STUDENT CASES OF 
COVID-19.  
BUT THEY ARE NOW 
MOVING 
EVERYTHING TO 
ONLINE, STARTING 
ON MONDAY.  
SO JMU HAS BEEN 
OPEN ABOUT A 
MONTH LONGER 
THAN UGA AND 
ALABAMA. 
THEY HAVE LESS 
CASES. 
BUT THEY'RE 
MAKING THE 
DECISION TO MOVE 
TO ONLINE. 
UGA AND ALABAMA, 
THEY'RE NOT.  
SAVANNAH?
>> ELLISON, I 
ALSO THINK IT'S 
WORTH NOTING 
THAT WE HAVE NOW 
BEEN REPORTING 
THAT 1200 NUMBER 
AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ALABAMA FOR A 
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
YOU POINTING 
OUT, THERE'S 
33,000 STUDENTS 
STILL GOING TO 
CLASSES. 
THAT NUMBER IS 
LIKELY HIGHER BY 
NOW. 
AND WE JUST 
DON'T KNOW YET.  
NOW, LET'S TALK 
ABOUT HOLIDAY. 
YOU MENTIONED 
LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND. 
WE'RE COMING UP 
ON THIS LONG 
WEEKEND. 
OBVIOUSLY A LOT 
OF PEOPLE 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO IT. 
YOU CAN IMAGINE 
WHAT THAT IS 
GOING TO LOOK 
LIKE ON A 
COLLEGE CAMPUS. 
WHAT IS THE 
FEDERAL GUIDANCE 
FOR COLLEGES ON 
WHAT TO DO OVER 
THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND? 
>> DR. DEBORAH 
BIRX FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE, WAS 
ACTUALLY TALKING 
ABOUT THIS 
YESTERDAY. 
HE WAS IN 
MICHIGAN, HAVING 
A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNOR 
THERE. 
AND AS SHE WAS 
TALKING TO 
REPORTERS THERE, 
SHE SPOKE 
DIRECTLY TO 
STUDENTS ABOUT 
LABOR DAY.  
TO EVERY 
UNIVERSITY 
STUDENT OUT 
THERE.  
IF YOU HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS NOTE SOGREAT 
AND NOT SMART, 
YOU'RE LIKELY TO 
BECOME INFECTED, 
DO NOT GO HOME 
TO YOUR PARENTS 
OR GRANDPARENTS 
OVER LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND AND 
SPREAD THE VIRUS 
TO THEM. 
AND DO NOT GO 
OUT IN YOUR 
COMMUNITIES 
WITHOUT A MASK 
ON.   
>> WE KNOW YOUNG 
ADULTS ARE OUT 
AND ABOUT.  
BECAUSE IF YOU 
FIND 200, THERE 
COULD BE 2,000 
IN SOME OF THESE 
LARGER 
UNIVERSITIES. 
>> IT'S 
INTERESTING 
RIGHT NOW. 
YOU HEAR A LOT 
OF ADULTS IN 
POWER, TALKING 
ABOUT THE NEED 
FOR STUDENTS TO 
DO MORE, PERHAPS 
RIGHTLY SO. 
IF THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BARS, 
NOT GO TO BARS 
WHERE THEY 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE.  
ONE OF THE 
THINGS I WAS 
TALKING TO A 
PROFESSOR AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ALABAMA. 
HE TOLD ME HE 
FELT LIKE THERE 
SAY BIT OF A 
SHIFT IN BLAME, 
BEING PLACED ON 
STUDENTS AND 
COLLEGES HAVING 
THE OUTBREAKS. 
HE FELT LIKE 
THAT WASN'T 
FAIR. 
HIS ARGUMENT WAS 
THAT IT 
ISUNREALISTIC IN 
HIS VIEW TO 
EXPECT YOUNG 
ADULTS 
PARTICULARLY IN 
A 
CONGREGATEDCOLLEGE-
LIKE SETTING TO 
NOT SOCIALIZE 
WHEN THEY HAVE 
BEEN HOME FOR SO 
LONG. 
AND THE ADULTS 
SHOULD HAVE 
ANTICIPATED THAT 
BETTER. 
IN HIS VIEW, WHY 
THEY SHOULDN'T 
HAVE BEEN 
BROUGHT BACK ON 
CAMPUS. 
RATHER, HE FEELS 
LIKE WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING RIGHT NOW 
IS A BIT OF A 
SHIFT IN BLAME. 
AND PUTTING IT 
ON STUDENTS. 
HE DIDN'T FEEL 
LIKE IT'S FAIR. 
BUT OBVIOUSLY, 
YOU'RE LOOK AT 
DR. BIRX, URGING 
YOUNG PEOPLE, 
YOUNG ADULTS TO 
MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE TAKING EXTRA 
PRECAUTIONS TO 
TRY TO CURTAIL 
THESE OUTBREAKS 
THAT WE'RE 
SEEING. 
>> DEFINITELY 
SOMETHING VALID 
TO POINT OUT, 
ELLISON, THAT 
THESE STUDENTS 
HAVE BEEN COOPED 
UP AT HOME. 
A LOT OF THEM 
WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES, THEIR 
PARENTS, AND NOW 
THEY'RE BACK AT 
SCHOOL. 
YOU KNOW, HOW 
MUCH ARE WE 
EXPECTING HERE? 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR KEEPING 
AN EYE ON THESE 
IMPORTANT 
NUMBERS.   
>> YOU BET.  
>>> MIAMI-DADE, 
FLORIDA POLICE 
HAVE ARRESTED A 
TEENAGER, 
CONNECTED TO A 
RELENTLESS CYBER 
ATTACK, 
CRIPPLING 
VIRTUAL LEARNING 
FOR THOUSANDS OF 
CHILDREN IN THE 
COUNTY. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
CAREY SANDERS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
CARRIE, TEENS 
THESE DAYS 
CERTAINLY KNOW 
HOW TO DO A LOT. 
WHAT HAS BEEN 
REVEALED ABOUT 
THIS ARREST SO 
FAR? 
WHAT DO WE KNOW? 
>> WELL, THE 
AUTHORITIES WERE 
STYMIED 
INITIALLY. 
THERE ARE 
350,000 STUDENTS 
IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY. 
THAT'S THE 
FOURTH LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IN THE COUNTRY. 
AND THE VIRTUAL 
LEARNING WAS 
SHUT DOWN. 
SO THEY BEGAN 
SEARCHING WHAT 
IS CALLED THE 
DIGITAL 
FOOTPRINTS, 
FINGERPRINT. 
AND IT LEAVES A 
LITTLE NUMBER 
BEHIND. 
THE PROBLEM IS, 
THEY WERE SO 
OVERWHELMED BY 
DIGITAL 
FINGERPRINTS. 
BUT THEY WERE 
ABLE TO KEY IN 
ON ONE ADDRESS. 
AT SOUTH JUNIOR 
HIGH SCHOOL.  
AND AROUND A 
QUARTER TO THREE 
IN THE MORNING, 
THEY MADE AN 
ARREST. 
AND THEY SAY AS 
THEY APPROACHED 
AND TALKED TO 
HIM, HE DID 
CONFESS TO AT 
LEAST EIGHT 
ATTACKS ON THE 
COMPUTER SYSTEM 
THAT HAD 
CRIPPLED THE 
ONLINE VIRTUAL 
LEARNING AND 
EXPOSED THE 
PROBLEM THAT THE 
SCHOOL QUITE 
FRANKLY SAID 
THEY DID NOT 
EXPECT. 
THIS IS WHAT 
THEY HAD TO SAY 
JUST A SHORT 
TIME AGO IN A 
NEWS CONFERENCE. 
>> THIS DOES NOT 
RULE OUT THE 
OTHER 
PROTAGONISTS, AS 
FEDERAL AND 
LOCAL LAWN 
ENFORCEMENT 
SOURCES HAVE 
INFORMED US.  
THAT IN ADDITION 
TO THESE LOCAL 
ATTACKS, 
ORIGINATING FROM 
THE SOUTH FLOOR 
OF THE 
COMMUNITY, MOST 
SPECIFICALLY, 
THE ONE 
PERPETRATED BY 
THE 16-YEAR-OLD 
STUDENT.  
THERE ARE OTHER 
ATTACKS FROM 
FOREIGN NATIONS. 
SUCH AS RUSSIA, 
UKRAINE, CHINA, 
IRAQ, AND 
POSSIBLY OTHERS. 
>> AND SO THE 
QUESTION IS, HOW 
WAS IT THAT 
THESE ATTACKS 
WERE BEING 
COORDINATED 
AROUND THE 
WORLD? 
WELL, COMPUTER 
EXPERTS SAY THAT 
SOMEBODY AS 
YOUNG AS 16 
YEARS OLD, COULD 
GO ONLINE AND 
ACTUALLY PAY FOR 
WHAT IS CALLED A 
DENIAL OF 
SERVICE ATTACK 
ON A SPECIFIC 
COMPUTER. 
AND SO THE PINGS 
COMING FROM 
AFGHANISTAN ARE 
COMING FROM IRAQ 
OR CHINA, MAY 
NOT BE PEOPLE IN 
THOSE COUNTRIES 
WHO ARE 
PERPETRATING 
THIS.  
IT MAY BE THAT 
THE 16-YEAR-OLD 
FOUND ONE PERSON 
IN ANOTHER 
COUNTRY, WHO 
THEN ARRANGED 
FOR THE 
COMPUTERS TO 
MAKE THE ATTACK. 
THAT'S KIND OF 
WHAT THE 
COMPUTER CRIMES 
DIVISION FROM 
THE FBI, THE 
SECRET SERVICE, 
AS WELL AS THE 
LOCAL POLICE, 
ARE TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT. 
BUT 
REALISTICALLY, 
TRYING TO 
EVENTUALLY HOLD 
SOMEBODY 
ACCOUNTABLE, 
OVERSEAS. 
WE'VE SEEN IT 
BEFORE. 
AND IT'S VERY 
DIFFICULT TO NOT 
ONLY TRACK THOSE 
PEOPLE DOWN. 
BUT THEN TO 
BRING THEM TO 
JUSTICE, 
SAVANNAH.   
>> NOW, CAREY, 
THIS MUST BE 
EXTREMELY 
FRUSTRATING FOR 
STUDENTS, 
TEACHERS AND 
PARENTS. 
WHAT ARE CLASSES 
GOING TO FULLY 
BE ABLE TO 
RESUME? 
>> WELL, THIS IS 
DAY 4.  ON DAY 4 
WITH THE 
SHUTDOWN OF 
DENIAL OF 
SERVICE ATTACKS, 
THE SYSTEM IS 
BEGINNING TO 
COME BACK UP. 
SOME KIDS STILL 
HAD PROBLEMS 
GETTING INTO 
CLASS TODAY. 
BUT INCREDIBLY 
FRUSTRATING. 
BECAUSE STUDENT, 
AS WELL AS 
PATIENTS, ALL 
TRYING TO DO 
THIS FROM HOME. 
REMEMBER, ON ONE 
SIDE OF THE 
HOUSE, YOU HAVE 
A CHILD IN THEIR 
ROOM, OR MAYBE 
IN THE LIVING 
ROOM. 
TRYING TO BEGIN 
CLASS. 
IT'S A NEW 
EXPERIENCE TO 
TAKE SCHOOL FROM 
HOME. 
ESPECIALLY FOR 
SOMEBODY LIKE IN 
FIRST GRADE. 
THEN MAYBE ON 
THE OTHER SIDE 
OF THE HOUSE. 
YOU HAVE THE 
PARENT WHO IS 
TRYING TO WORK 
FROM HOME. 
AND INITIALLY, 
EVERYBODY 
WONDERED, WELL, 
DOES THIS HAVE 
SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH MY INTERNET 
SERVICE. 
OR TOO MANY 
COMPUTERS IN THE 
HOUSE THAT ARE 
ONLINE. 
TOO MUCH VIDEO 
STREAMING. 
BUT WHEN THEY 
WERE FINALLY 
ABLE TO REALIZE 
THAT THIS WAS A 
COMPUTER FAILURE 
BECAUSE OF THE 
ATTACK AT THE 
SCHOOL LEVEL, 
THEN THE 
QUESTION BECAME, 
WELL, HOW DID 
TEACHERS 
COMMUNICATE WITH 
THEIR STUDENTS 
AT HOME? 
BECAUSE THEY'RE 
ALL 
COMMUNICATING 
THROUGH THIS 
PORTAL.  
SOME TEACHERS, 
FORTUNATELY, 
WERE ABLE TO GET 
THEIR STUDENTS 
OUTSIDE E-MAILS, 
TEXT MESSAGING 
NUMBERS. 
AND THEY SAID 
PRIOR TO THIS 
COLLAPSE, THEY 
SAID, LOOK. 
WELL, WE BEGIN 
SCHOOL IF WE 
HAVE A PROBLEM? 
I'LL LET YOU 
KNOW BY SENDING 
A ZOOM OR 
SOMETHING IN 
MICROSOFT TEAM 
MEETINGS. 
OR SOMETHING 
ALONG THOSE 
LINES SO THAT 
THEY CAN BYPASS 
IT. 
SO SOME KIDS DID 
HAVE SCHOOL. 
BUT SAVANNAH, SO 
MANY PEOPLE 
THANKFUL THAT 
THE SYSTEM 
APPEARS TO BE UP 
ANDUN RUNNING. 
BUT THERE IS 
STILL THE 
PROBLEM THAT THE 
DENIAL OF 
SERVICE OF 
ATTACKS COULD 
HAPPEN AGAIN. 
>> CAREY, YOU 
WALKED US 
THROUGH THESE 
ISSUES. 
I THINK IT WAS 
ON MONDAY. 
NOW THE CYBER 
ATTACK. 
I THINK I SEE AN 
EXPERTISE 
FORMING HERE FOR 
YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR 
TELLING US ABOUT 
ALL OF THIS. 
[ LAUGHTER ]  >> 
YOU LEARN QUITE 
A BIT AS A 
REPORTER. 
BUT THANK YOU, 
SAVANNAH. 
>> I'M SERIOUS. 
YOU WALKED US 
THROUGH ALL OF 
THAT FINGERPRINT 
AND EVERYTHING. 
IT'S 
COMPLICATED. 
THANKS FOR 
TELLING US.   
>> OKAY.  
>>> BACK TO 
SCHOOL SEASON IS 
UNDER WAY. 
BUT QUESTIONS 
STILL REMAIN, 
ABOUT WHAT THAT 
SHOULD LOOK LIKE 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC.  
DR. JAMES WOOD, 
ASSISTANT 
PROFESSOR OF 
PEDIATRICS AT 
SCHOOL OF 
MEDICINE, JOINS 
ME NOW. 
DR. WOOD, WE'VE 
ALREADY SEEN 
OUTBREAKS AT 
MANY SCHOOLS 
THAT HAVE 
REOPENED.  
KIDS AND 
ASYMPTOM ATTIC 
COVID. 
>> WHAT WE FOUND 
WITH KIDS IN OUR 
STUDY, ACTUALLY, 
IT WAS PRETTY 
LOW, IN TERMS OF 
HOW MANY KIDS 
WERE INFECTED 
AND THE RATE OF 
WHAT WE CALL 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
INFECTIONS. 
SO OVERALL, THAT 
WAS, THERE WAS A 
LOW NUMBER. 
AND THAT WAS, OF 
COURSE, NOT A 
DEFINITIVE 
ANSWER. 
BECAUSE THIS IS 
ONLY A SMALL 
SECTION OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
BUT WE DID FIND 
THAT THE OVERALL 
RATE WAS PRETTY 
LOW. 
SO WE WERE 
ENCOURAGED AT 
LEAST TO MAYBE 
THE NUMBER ISN'T 
QUITE AS HIGH AS 
MAYBE ONE 
THOUGHT.  
>> NOW, WE KNOW 
CORONAVIRUS 
AFFECTS KIDS AND 
ADULTS 
DIFFERENTLY. 
WE'VE HEARD A 
LOT OF BACK AND 
FORTH ABOUT 
THIS, THINGS 
THAT ULTIMATELY 
CONTRADICT EACH 
OTHER. 
BUT WITH 
STUDENTS HEADING 
BACK TO SCHOOL, 
WHAT SYMPTOMS 
SHOULD PARENTS 
LOOK OUT FOR? 
>> RIGHT. 
KIDS ARE 
SHOWING, YOU 
KNOW, SYMPTOMS, 
SOMEWHAT SIMILAR 
TO ADULTS IN 
SOME WAYS. 
AND OTHER WAYS, 
MAYBE A LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
SO KIDS TEND TO 
HAVE LOW-GRADE 
FEVERS. 
THEY PROBABLY 
HAVE, OR A LOT 
OF TIMES, THEY 
WILL HAVE THOSE 
BODY ACHES THAT 
ADULTS HAVE. 
THEY MAY HAVE 
TROUBLE, THOUGH, 
KIND OF 
EXPLAINING WHAT 
THAT MEANS. 
SO THEY MAY 
OVERALL JUST 
FEEL FATIGUED. 
THEY MIGHT NOT 
FEEL GENERALLY 
WELL. 
ANOTHER THING 
WE'VE SEEN IN 
KIDS, TOO, 
THOUGH, IS GI 
SYMPTOMS. 
SO DIARRHEA, 
VOMITING, AS 
WELL AS SOME OF 
THE RESPIRATORY 
SYMPTOMS.  
BUT KIND OF ON 
THE WHOLE 
SPECTRUM, THEY 
SEEM TO BE MORE 
MILD IN KIDS. 
HAVING A HIGH 
SUSPICION FOR 
THAT IN KIDS IS 
ALWAYS WHAT 
WE'RE LOOKING 
OUT FOR.  
>> SO WATCHING 
OUT, EVEN FOR 
THOSE MILD 
SYMPTOMS.  
NOW, WE HAD BIG 
VACCINE NEWS 
THIS WEEK. 
WITH THE CDC 
TELLING KIDS TO 
BE READY TO ROLL 
OUT A VACCINE BY 
NOVEMBER 1st. 
THAT'S QUITE 
SOON. 
WHERE WILL KIDS 
FALL ON THAT 
ROLLOUT 
SCHEDULE? 
>> RIGHT. 
SO AS OF NOW, 
KIDS' 
INVOLVEMENT IN 
VACCINES STUDIED 
IS PRETTY LOW. 
IN GENERAL, IN A 
NORMAL VACCINE 
STUDY, KIDS ARE 
SORT OF ON THE 
BACK END OF 
WHERE THINGS ARE 
STUDIED. 
AND WE NEED TO 
MAKE SURE 
VACCINES ARE 
SAFE IN HEALTHY 
ADULTS FIRST. 
THEN THEY GO OUT 
TO BE TESTED IN 
KIDS. 
AND 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THAT IS SIMILAR 
TO HAPPENING 
WITH COVID-19 
VACCINES. 
BECAUSE AS A 
PEDIATRICIAN, IT 
DOES WORRY ME A 
BIT. 
BECAUSE KIDS, IT 
NEEDS TO BE 
TESTED IN KIDS. 
ASK FOR OUR 
SOCIETY TO OPEN 
IT UP. 
AND GET TO A 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
IN SOCIETY. 
KIDS NEED TO BE 
INCLUDED IN THAT 
STUDY.  
AS OF NOW, THERE 
ARE VERY FEW IF 
ANY STUDIES THAT 
ARE ENROLLING 
KIDS. 
BUT HOPEFULLY 
COMING SOON. 
AND REALLY AS A 
PEDIATRICIAN, MY 
JOB IS TO 
ADVOCATE, FOR 
LOOKING OUT FOR 
KIDS AND TO TEST 
THESE VACCINES 
IN KIDS AND BE 
SURE THEY'RE 
SAFE.   
>> SO WITHOUT A 
LOT OF KIDS 
INVOLVED IN 
THESE STUDIES, 
WHAT ARE YOU 
LOOKING FOR TO 
KNOW IF A 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
FOR KIDS? 
CAN YOU TAKE THE 
INFORMATION FROM 
THESE ANYWAY, 
AND DETERMINE IF 
IT IS SAFE FOR 
THEM? 
>> YEAH. 
THERE'S A THING 
WE HAVE IN 
PEDIATRICS, THAT 
KIDS ARE NOT 
JUST LITTLE 
ADULTS. 
AND 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
IT'S KIND OF 
HARD TO 
EXTRAPOLATE A 
LOT FROM ADULT 
STUDIES.  
YOU KNOW, SOME 
OF THE 
INFORMATION THAT 
WE GET WILL BE 
HELPFUL FOR 
SURE.  
BUT KIDS TEND TO 
ACT DIFFERENTLY, 
BOTH THIS TERMS 
OF INFECTION, 
AND IN TERMS OF 
VACCINE. 
SO KIDS' IMMUNE 
SYSTEMS ACT 
DIFFERENTLY THAN 
ADULTS. 
THE WAY THAT 
THEY RESPOND AND 
ESPECIALLY 
SAFETY SIGNALS 
AS WELL.  
SO I WOULD LOVE 
TO BE ABLE TO 
TELL YOU THAT 
YEAH, EVERYTHING 
WE LEARN FROM 
ADULTS WILL BE 
ABLE TO JUST, 
YOU KNOW, SAY 
YES, THE SAME 
THING IS TO BE 
EXPECTED IN 
KIDS.  
I JUST, 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THAT'S NOT THE 
CASE.  
>> WELL, 
HOPEFULLY, WE'RE 
ABLE TO GET SOME 
OF THOSE 
CHILDREN INTO 
THESE TRIALS. 
BUT WE CAN 
FIGURE THAT OUT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, DR. WOODS. 
>> THANK YOU.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.   
>> WE'VE GOT 
SHOULD BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING 
TO KEACH HIS SON 
GO ABOUT PEACE.  
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE.  
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY.  
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY.   
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC.  
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET.  
>>> YOU GOTTA 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATE A 
SYSTEM, WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER.  
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES COULD 
BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEUGZ. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY 
TEACHERS, LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE CAN DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DID THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS  
WHO ARE GOING TO 
BE TOLD THEY 
WILL BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY, 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT.   
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC. 
AND PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT.  
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR.  
A PROUD NERD. 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA, TO 
CABLE TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
>>> THERE'S 
CONTROVERSY 
SURROUNDING THE 
SPEAKER OF THE 
HOUSE, AND IT'S 
BLOWING UP OR 
BLOWING OUT, 
RATHER.  
SPEAKER PELOSI, 
RESPONDING TO 
LEAKED SECURITY 
CAMERA VIDEO, 
OBTAINED BY FOX 
NEWS, SHOWING 
HER WITHOUT A 
MASK IN A SAN 
FRANCISCO SALON 
THAT SHOULD HAVE 
BEEN CLOSED 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC.  
>> I TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR TRUSTING THE 
WORD OF THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
SALON THAT I'VE 
BEEN TO OVER THE 
YEARS, MANY 
TIMES.  
AND THAT WHEN 
THEY SAID WHAT 
WE'RE ABLE TO 
ACCOMMODATE, 
PEOPLE, ONE 
PERSON AT A 
TIME.  
AND THAT WE CAN 
SET UP THAT 
TIME, I TRUSTED 
THAT. 
AS IT TURNS OUT, 
IT WAS A SETUP.  
>> MS NBC HOST 
AND 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CORRESPONDENT, 
CASEY HUNT JOINS 
US NOW. 
ALL RIGHT. 
CASEY.
LET'S JUST START 
WITH PELOSI, 
CALLING THIS A 
SETUP WHAT 
HAPPENED HERE? 
>> SO SAVANNAH, 
ESSENTIALLY, 
PELOSI SAYS AND 
HER TEAMS SAY, 
THAT SHE CALLED 
THE LONG-TIME 
SALON, WHERE SHE 
HAS BEEN GOING 
TO GET HER HAIR 
DONE FOR MANY 
YEARS, AHEAD OF 
TIME.  
AND THAT THEY 
SAID SHE COULD 
COME IN ON 
MONDAY.  
AND THE STYLIST 
WHO DID HER HAIR 
HAS ACTUALLY 
HIRED A LAWYER, 
AND SAYS HE 
COMMUNICATED 
WITH THE SALON 
OWNER SUNDAY 
NIGHT BEFORE IN 
APPOINTMENT 
HAPPENED ON 
MONDAY AM AND 
THAT ALL WAS 
CLEARED, THAT 
SHE COULD COME 
IN, AS LONG AS 
SHE WAS THE ONLY 
PERSON IN THE 
SALON, THAT THEY 
HAD BEEN DOING, 
HAVING CLIENTS 
IN, ONE AT A 
TIME. 
NOW, OF COURSE, 
THE SALON OWNER, 
RELEASED THIS 
FOOTAGE TO FOX 
NEWS, AND SAYS 
THE FACT THAT 
SHE WAS NOT 
WEARING A MASK 
WAS 
INAPPROPRIATE. 
AND THE REALITY 
IS, THE RULES 
CURRENTLY IN SAN 
FRANCISCO SAY 
THAT ONLY 
OUTDOOR HAIR 
SALON SERVICES 
ARE ALLOWED. 
SHAMPOOING IS 
NOT ALLOWED AT 
ALL, AND YOU 
ALWAYS HAVE TO 
WEAR A MASK.  
THE POLICY SAYS 
THE SALON OWNER 
HAS POLITICAL 
INTEREST HERE. 
AND THAT'S WHY 
SHE'S COMING OUT 
WITH THIS. 
AND REPUBLICANS 
HAVE CERTAINLY 
SEIZED ON WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
JUST TAKE A LOOK 
AT WHAT KAILEY 
McENANY, THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
PRESS SECRETARY 
DID AT THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE. 
>> NANCY PELOSI 
IS HOLDING UP 
$1.3 TRILLION IN 
RELIEF FOR THE 
PEOPLE, WHILE 
GETTING SPECIAL 
ACCESS TO THE 
VERY KIND OF 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
THAT THIS MONEY 
WOULD SUPPORT. 
BUSINESSES LIKE 
THIS HAIR SALON. 
NANCY PELOSI, 
YOU OUGHT TO 
APOLOGIZE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
OR BETTER YET. 
COME BACK TO 
WASHINGTON AND 
GET TO WORK FOR 
HARD-WORKING 
AMERICANS LIKE 
THE SALON OWNER 
THAT YOU 
MALIGNED AND 
DEMANDED AN 
APOLOGY FROM.  
>> SO, OF 
COURSE, NANCY 
PELOSISY DID, IN 
FACT, ASK FOR 
APOLOGY FROM THE 
SALON OR SAY 
THAT THE SALON 
SHOULD BE 
APOLOGIZING TO 
HER FOR SETTING 
UP THIS 
SITUATION. 
OF COURSE, THE 
PRESIDENT ALSO 
TWEETING ABOUT 
THIS TODAY, 
SAYING THAT THE 
SALON OWNER, 
PERHAPS, SHOULD 
BE RUNNING THE 
HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
SO FAR, NO 
ADDITIONAL 
RESPONSE FROM 
THE HOUSE 
SPEAKER ABOUT 
THIS, SAVANNAH.  
SHOULD BE RUNNING SATHE HOUSE O 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
SO FAR, NO ADDITIONAL RESPONSE 
FROM THE HOUSE FASPEAKER ABOUT 
THIS. 
>> NOW, CORONAVIRUS RELIEF 
TALKS REMAIN STALLED. 
HOW WILL THIS PLAY INTO THE 
NEGOTIATIONS. 
>>REPORTER: THEY ARE USING THEM 
AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO SAY 
THAT SHE IS BEING A HYPOCRITE 
AND NOT PRACTICING WHAT SHE IS 
PREACHING. 
HAIRCUTS FOR ME BUT ISNOT FOR 
OTHERS, THE REALITIES ON THE 
RELIEF BILL REMAIN THE SAME 
REGARDLESS OF THIS. 
PELOSI HAS SAID THAT SHE IS 
WILLING TO COME DOWN TO A TRUE 
STORY A DOLLAR BILL FROM THE $3 
TRILLION BILL PASSED IN MAY. 
SHE WON'T COME BACK IF 
REPUBLICANS INSIST ON KEEPING 
THAT NUMBER LOWER. 
THEY HAD COME TO THE TABLE WITH 
A $1 TRILLION PROPOSAL, MUCH 
SMALLER THAN HER $3 TRILLION 
PACKET. 
REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT 
MOVING INTO THE SENATE, THAT IS 
UNLIKELY TO GO ANYWHERE. 
DEMOCRATS CAN BLOCK IT. THE 
REALITY IS, HEADING INTO THE 
ELECTION, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 
ALLIES ARE LOOKING FOR A 
STRONGER ECONOMY. 
IT IS A CARES ACT THAT WAS 
KEEPING MANY OUT OF POVERTY AND 
FLOATED THE ECONOMY ALONG. 
THERE ARE SOME HARD 
CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD ABOUT 
HOW TO PROCEED ON THIS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> HELLO. 
YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO OUR CORRESPONDENT, 
JOE PRYOR. 
HE IS WATCHING THE LADIES. 
HAPPY THURSDAY. 
I FORGOT WHAT DAY IT WAS FOR A 
SECOND. 
WHAT IS THE LATEST? 
>> HAPPY THURSDAY. 
WE BEGIN WITH POLITICS. 
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IS IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
THEY HAVE BEEN REELING FROM 
UNREST AFTER THE %POLICE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB LAKE.'S GOAL 
IS TO FOCUS ON UNIFICATION AND 
PROGRESS BY SPEAKING WITH AND 
LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY 
INCLUDING THE FAMILY. 
THIS COMES TWO DAYS AFTER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOWARD DAMAGE 
AND SPOKE WITH LAW-ENFORCEMENT. 
TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS 
CAME IN AT 881,000, THE LOWEST 
WEEKLY TOTAL SINCE THE START OF 
THE PANDEMIC. 
ANALYST SAY WE HAVE TO BRACE 
FOR FURTHER JOB LOSSES IN THE 
COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. 
THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE 
GOVERNMENT CHANGE IN HOW IT 
ACCOUNTS FOR SEASONAL 
FLUCTUATION IN THE LABOR 
MARKET. 
THE ECONOMY IS 13 MILLION JOB 
SHY OF WHERE WAS IN FEBRUARY. 
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN HIT 
HARD. 
MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO STAY 
AFLOAT AS FEDERAL-AID RUNS OUT. 
FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED NEW STEPS 
TODAY TO TRY TO CURB 
MISINFORMATION AND MANIPULATION 
ON THEIR PLATFORM LEADING UP TO 
AND AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
THE PLATFORM WILL BAND NEW 
POLITICAL ADS WITH PLTHE WEEK 
LEADING UP TO NOVEMBER 3, 
ELECTION DAY. 
THEY WANT TO PREVENT EARLY 
DECLARATIONS OF VICTORY BY 
CAMPAIGNS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS. 
THEY ALSO WANT TO SLOW THE 
SPREAD OF HARMFUL INFORMATION 
ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF MAIL IN 
VOTING, SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN CASTING DOUBT ON. 
THIS MORNING MEYER ZUCKERBERG 
RESPONDED TO CONCERNS AROUND 
THE PRESIDENT'S CLAIMS ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
>> I THINK THAT HE IS SAYING 
THE ELECTION WILL BE 
FRAUDULENT. 
THAT IS PROBLEMATIC.  
>> NOT JUST ANYONE, IT IS THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 
>> YES. 
IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE 
PRESIDENT? 
ONCE THE POLICY GOES INTO PLACE 
THIS POLICY WILL. 
>> STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO 
CAMPUS AND AFTER WELCOMING 
STUDENTS AND FACULTY BACK THE 
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 
HAS REPORTED 1000 POSITIVE 
CASES AND TESTS ARE COMING BACK 
POSITIVE IS 26%. 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY 
SAYS THE CASELOAD IS LARGER THAN
EXPECTED. 
HE SAID IT IS DISAPPOINTING. 
THEY ARE SCALING UP TESTING. 
SPACE X IS CELEBRATING ANOTHER 
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH TODAY. 
MY GO BLASTOFF 
>>REPORTER: 60 SATELLITES WERE 
SENT  INTO ORBIT. 
THE MISSION IS TO BUILD A 
NETWORK OF 12,000 LOW ORBIT 
HIGH CBD S TO PROVIDE 
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY. 
EARLY TEST SHOW FAST DOWN LOW 
TIMES. 
>> THWE WILL SEE YOU A LITTLE 
BIT. 
>>LI> SING THOSE LAUNCHES SMILE 
>>> THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE 
FILING OF SEVERAL POLICE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH 
OF A BLACK MAN IN ROCHESTER, 
NEW YORK. NG
PORTIONS OF THIS VIDEO WERE 
RELEASED YESTERDAY. 
THIS IS DISTURBING. 
>> THIS VIDEO SHOWS A SPIT HAT 
OVER THE SUSPECT. 
THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE 
VIDEO CAMERA RELEASED BY THE 
FAMILY. 
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE THEN. CA
HE WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT 
SEVEN DAYS LATER. 
THE POLICE CHIEF THWON'T COMMEN 
ON THE CAUSE OF DEATH BECAUSE 
OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS. 
STEPHANIE JOINS ME NOW. 
STEPHANIE, WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO 
THE ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE? 
>>REPORTER: THE FIRST THING IS 
THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST 
LAST WEEK, IT WAS MONTHS AGO, 
IN MARCH. 
IT WAS 
MARCH 23 AND YOU MAY 
KNOW THAT ROCHESTER IS VERY 
COLD THAT TIME OF YEAR AND YOU 
CAN SEE THE MAN IN THE VIDEO 
RUNNING WITHOUT CLOTHES BEING 
APPREHENDED BY POLICE. 
HIS BROTHER HAD CALLED POLICE 
FOR HELP SAYING THAT HE WAS 
ACTING ERRATICALLY. 
HE ALSO TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES 
THAT A TRUCK DRIVER PHONED 911 
AS WELL SAYING THERE WAS A MAN 
RUNNING AROUND SAYING HE HAD 
COVERT. 
IN THE VIDEO, 11 MINUTES LONG, 
THIS IS EDITED, YOU CAN SEE THE 
POLICE PUT HANDCUFFS ON HIM AND 
THEN PUT A SPIT HOOD OVER HIS 
HEAD. 
ALSO KEEP IN MIND IN MARCH IN 
NEW YORK INTHERE WAS AN ENORMOU 
SPIKE OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE 
STATE. 
OFFICERS APPARENTLY WERE 
CONCERNED CIABOUT COVID. 
AFTER THAT HE IS FORCED TO THE 
GROUND AND THERE IS A MOMENT 
WHERE AN OFFICER HAS HIS HAND 
AROUND HIS HEAD HOLDING HIM 
DOWN AND ANOTHER OFFICER IS 
KNEELING ON HIS BACK. 
LATER EMTS COME AND PERFORM CPR 
ON HIM. HE IS TRANSFERRED TO A 
HOSPITAL AND PUT ON LIFE 
SUPPORT AND DIED SEVEN DAYS 
LATER. 
WE HAVE A COPY OF THE MEDICAL 
EXAMINER'S REPORT CALLING IT A 
HOMICIDE. ONE THING IS THIS 
FIXATION. 
THE OTHER THING IS EXCITED 
DELIRIUM. 
IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS 
AND THE OTHER IS IN TALKS A 
PATIENT BY PCP. 
HE WAS UNDER THAT INFLUENCE AT 
THE TIME. 
THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO SHOWS 
A HEATED AND PASSIONATE 
REACTION FROM FAMILY.  A
THEY ARE CALLING FOR THE REST 
OF THE OFFICERS AND MURDER 
CHARGES AGAINST THEM. 
THERE WERE PROTEST ICWITH NINE 
ARREST YESTERDAY. THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL IS LOOKING INTO THIS. 
SHE CALLS IT A TRAGEDY AND SAYS 
THEY WILL BE INVESTIGATING LIKE 
THEY INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING, 
THOROUGHLY. 
IF CHARGES ARE NECESSARY, THERE 
WILL BE CHARGES. 
SAVANNA? 
>> I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS 
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SPIT 
HELMET.'S HEAD WAS COVERED. 
WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT 
THAT? 
>>REPORTER: WELL, THE SPIT HOOD 
IS CONTROVERSIAL POLICE USE 
THIS. 
THERE HAVE SEBEEN PROBLEMS WITH 
IT IN THE PAST. 
IN THE CASE WHERE THE HOOD 
BEING PUT ON, OFFICERS HAVE 
CONCERNS OF COVID-19, THAT WILL 
BE A BIG PART OF THIS 
INVESTIGATION, WHETHER THAT 
NEEDED TO BE PUT ON OR NOT. 
ALSO, HOW HE WAS ARRESTED, HOW 
HE WAS DETAINED. 
ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO 
POINT OUT IS THAT WHILE THEY DO 
SHOW A GOOD PORTION OF THE 
INCIDENT THEY OFTEN DON'T HAVE 
ALL THE CONTENT OF WHAT IS 
GOING ON. 
THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE TO 
INVESTIGATE AND WHY THE 
INVESTIGATION TAKES SOME TIME. 
>> YOU MADE THE IMPORTANT NOTE 
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS 
CONVERSATION THAT THIS DID NOT 
HAPPEN LAST WEEK, IT WAS IN 
MARCH. 
WHERE WE JUST SING THIS VIDEO? 
>>REPORTER: THAT'S INTERESTING. 
THE PROCESS, THE ATTORNEY FOR 
THE FAMILY HAD CALLED FOR THE 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 
REQUEST FOR THE VIDEO TO BE 
RELEASED. 
ONCE HE GOT IT IT WAS RELEASED 
PUBLICLY BY THE CITY. 
THAT IS WHY WE SEE IT NOW. 
THE CITY AND THE MAYOR CAME 
UNDER FIRE FOR NOT DRAWING 
ATTENTION TO THIS CASE EARLIER 
ON. 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS CALLED 
IN BY THE GOVERNOR TO DO THE 
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. AS WE 
HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN, 
IT IS THE VIDEO AND PEOPLE 
SEEING THE VIDEO THAT TRIGGERS 
A PASSIONATE RESPONSE, 
SOMETIMES. 
>> YOU HAVE TOLD US THERE WILL 
BE AN INVESTIGATION. 
WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW FROM THE 
ROCHESTER POLICE ABOUT THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED? 
>> WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND THE 
UNION HAS NOT RESPONDED BACK TO 
US. 
THE POLICE DON'T WANT TO SAY 
ANYTHING ESRIGHT NOW WHILE THIS 
IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE 
SUSPENSION OF THE POLICE 
OFFICERS. 
THEY WILL COME UNDER PRESSURE 
TO SUSPEND THOSE 
OFFICERS OF 
THIS INCIDENT. 
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF 
COMMUNICATION. 
THEY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE 
SAW PROTEST YESTERDAY AND THERE 
WILL LIKELY BE MORE. 
WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE PROTEST 
PEACEFUL. 
>> OKAY. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING ON THIS TOUGH SOSTORY 
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HEADING 
TO PENNSYLVANIA.'S THIRD VISIT 
TO A BATTLEGROUND STATE THIS 
WEEK. 
OUR CORRESPONDENT JOINS US NOW 
FROM THE TROVE, PENNSYLVANIA. 
THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE 
PITTSBURGH. 
TELL US WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS 
VISIT. 
>> THE PRESIDENT WILL LAND AT A 
SMALL AIRPORT, SPEAK TO 
SUPPORTERS AND GO BACK TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THIS IS A SMALL TOWN, 8000 
PEOPLE IN A RURAL COUNTY. 
THE PRESIDENT STRATEGY IS TO 
JACK UP THE VOTERS AMONGST CORE 
SUPPORTERS IN THE RURAL PARTS 
OF PENNSYLVANIA EVEN AT THE 
EXPENSE OF THE VOTERS. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW JOE 
BIDEN HAS STAYED IN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE OVER 
THE PAST FEW MONTHS. 
NOW HE IS GOING TO WISCONSIN 
WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP GOES TO 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
WHAT IS HE GOING TO PITCH TO 
VOTERS IN BIDEN'S HOME STATE? 
>> IT'S HARD TO SEE A PATH TO 
270 VOTES THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
IT GETS 20 ELECTORAL VOTES. 
THIS IS A BIG PRIZE. 
IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT THE ONE 
MESSAGE WILL BE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE IS THROWING EVERYTHING AT WH
THE MALL. 
I EXPECT WE WILL HEAR ABOUT 
ANARCHISTS AND LOOTERS. 
WE HAVE NOT SEEN MAJOR PROTEST 
AND NOT VIOLENT PROTESTS IN ANY 
OF THESE TOWNS. 
WE WONDER 
HOW WELL THAT WILL 
PLAY. 
YOU WILL HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT 
THE ECONOMY. 
WHEN I TALK TO VOTERS I HEAR A 
LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW THE 
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES AND ENERGY 
PROJECTION IS POPULAR HERE. 
THESE ARE UNSCRIPTED AFFAIRS 
AND WHATEVER PEAKS HIS INTEREST 
TODAY COULD BE PART OF THE 
MESSAGE TONIGHT. 
>> WE HAVE THIS NEW POLL 
SHOWING BIDEN LEADING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP BY EIGHT POINTS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ONE THAT LAST 
TIME BUT ONLY BY ONE POINT. 
YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO 
VOTERS. 
ONE OF THEY BEEN SAYING? 
>>REPORTER: WE HAVE THE EIGHT 
POINT LEAD. 
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A 
PENNSYLVANIA POLE THAT ONLY HAD 
BIDEN UP FOR. 
>> THERE IS STILL A VERY 
HEALTHY LEAD FOR HYBIDEN. 
ONE THING REFLECTED IN THAT 
POLL IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE 
UP THEIR MIND. 
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF SWING 
VOTERS. 
IT IS A MATTER OF GETTING 
PEOPLE MOTIVATED TO VOTE. 
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A POWERFUL 
MOTIVATOR WHETHER YOU ARE FOR 
HIM OR AGAINST HIM. 
HERE IS A WOMAN I SPOKE TO LAST 
NIGHT IT WAS VOTING FOR BIDEN 
LARGELY BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>> THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS. 
I WOULD THINK. 
I'M NOT THRILLED WITH IT. 
IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
I JUST CAN'T DO TRUMP. 
I CAN'T. 
>> SO IT'S NOT FOR TRUMP? 
>> NOT FOR TRUMP. 
>> I DON'T DO THAT TWEET BUT I 
READ ALL THIS STUFF AND IT'S 
OKAY HERE BUT NOT OKAY THERE 
AND IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING. 
THERE IS NO -- EACH DAY IS 
DIFFERENT. I DON'T TRUST IT. 
I DON'T TRUST IT ALL. 
>> 
>>REPORTER: IT IS NOT SEXY BUT 
IT MAY BE A GOOD WAY TO PICK UP 
VOTERS WHO ARE EXHAUSTED BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. THEY MIGHT 
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE PLATFORM.
IT'S A PROSPECTS OF ANOTHER 
FOUR YEARS LIKE THAT WOMAN WAS 
JUST SAYING, SHE DOESN'T THINK 
THAT IS VERY APPEALING. 
>> WHAT A GREAT QUESTION TO 
HER, FOR BIDEN ARE NOT FOR 
TRUMP. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
WE WILL TALK TO YOU SOON. 
%
>> YOU 
>>> JOE AND DR. JILL BIDEN ARE 
IN WISCONSIN TODAY LEADING WITH 
THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE WHO 
WAS SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER 
JUST OVER ONE WEEK AGO. 
WE ARE IN KENOSHA. 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE MEETING 
BETWEEN THE BIDENS AND THE 
BLAKE FAMILY. 
>>REPORTER: YES. 
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS HIS FIRST 
TRIP TO WISCONSIN. 
A VERY IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND. 
NOT A CAMPAIGN FIELD. AS SOON 
AS HE TOUCHED DOWN, MILWAUKEE 
IS WARY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE 
HIS CONVENTION. 
HE WANTED TO MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY. 
HE MET WITH THE FATHER, 
SIBLINGS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF 
THE LEGAL TEAM AND WITH THE 
MOTHER. 
THIS WAS A PRIVATE MEETING. 
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OR 
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT WHAT THE 
CONVERSATION WAS LIKE. 
IT DID LAST LONGER THAN AN 
HOUR. 
AN OBVIOUS CONTRAST WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP CAME HE DID NOT 
MEET WITH THE FAMILY DURING HIS 
VISIT. 
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING HERE? 
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THERE IS 
A GATHERING OUTSIDE THIS 
CHURCH, SOME ACTIVISTS 
DESCENDED ON THIS AREA BEFORE 
JOE BIDEN ARRIVED. 
THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS GOING 
ON IN THE CHURCH. 
20 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING 
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STATE 
LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, A FORMER 
POLICE CHIEF, A FIREFIGHTERS 
UNION REPRESENTATIVE. 
THEY ARE ALL ENDORSERS OF JOE 
BIDEN AND A LOCAL LEADER FROM 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
THIS IS A REAL EFFORT BY THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN TO SHOW WHAT 
THEY THINK IS HIS STRENGTH, 
CONVENING PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT 
SIDES OF AN ARGUMENT AND BRING 
FEELINGS OF HEALING TO A 
COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN GOING 
THROUGH A LOT. YOU CAN STILL 
SEE WINDOWS BOARDED UP AND 
SIGNS OF LOOTING THAT TOOK 
PLACE JUST DAYS AGO. 
A DIFFERENT SCENE FROM WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS HERE. 
>> THE BIDEN'S TRIP COMES JUST 
TWO DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TRIP. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT MEET 
WITH THE FAMILY. 
HE SPOKE TO BUSINESS LEADERS 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
HOW DO THESE VISITS CONTRAST 
WITH EACH OTHER? 
>> WHAT HAS PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TRIED TO MAKE THIS ALLOW ABOUT 
IS LAW IN ORDER. 
THAT WAS THE SAME KIND OF GROUP 
JOE BIDEN IS MEETING WITH TODAY.
WHERE JOE BIDEN HEARS TALK 
ABOUT LAW AND ORDER. HE TALKS 
ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY. 
WHAT IS INTERESTING, THE 
KICKOFF WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES 
AGO AND HE IS NOT SAID MORE 
THAN HELLO SO FAR. 
JOE BIDEN WILL LISTEN TO ALL 
THESE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND 
REPRESENTATIVES. THIS COMMUNITY 
HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH. 
THEN HE WILL WEIGH IN WITH SOME 
OF HIS OWN THOUGHTS AND THAT IS 
THE CONTRAST THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
IS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT. 
THEY THINK THEY MIGHT NOT CALL 
IT LAWN ORDER BUT THE MESSAGE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP THINKS HE CAN 
WIN ON IT IS ONE THEY CAN PLAY 
WITH JUST AS WELL. 
HE HAS STRENGTH WITH THE 
ELECTRIC. 
HE STARTED OFF HIS CAMPAIGN 
TALKING ABOUT CHARLOTTESVILLE 
WHEN THERE WAS A CLASH BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND COUNTER 
PROTESTERS. 
THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, HIS 
MESSAGE THAT DAY WAS LEADERS IN 
THIS COUNTRY NEED TO LOWER THE 
TEMPERATURE AND TRY TO BRING 
THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER. 
VERY CONSISTENT MESSAGING FROM 
JOE BIDEN WHEN THEY SEE A TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRYING TO KNOCK THEM 
OFF THEIR MESSAGING. 
>> I HAVE YOU. 
I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS 
NEW AD THAT THE BIDEN CAMP IS 
OUT WITH. 
LET'S WATCH IT FIRST. 
>> WHY DO BLACK AMERICANS THINK 
THEY CAN LOSE THEIR LIFE IN THE 
COURSE OF JUST LIVING THEIR 
LIFE. 
>> PART OF THE POINT OF FREEDOM 
IS TO BE FREE FROM RACISM AND 
INJUSTICE AND ALL THIS 
MANIFESTATION. 
>> WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW 
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THEIR 
STRUGGLE AND THE FACT THAT THEY 
DESERVED TO BE TREATED WITH 
DIGNITY. 
>> WHAT IS THE STRATEGY HERE? 
>> 
>>REPORTER: REMEMBER WE TALKED 
ABOUT THAT FUNDRAISING 
ADVANTAGE THAT JOE BIDEN HAD 
RAISING NEARLY $365 BILLION? 
THIS IS ONE OF MANY 
ADVERTISEMENTS THAT THAT MONEY 
WILL PAY FOR. 
JOE HAS HAD OTHER ADS AS WELL. 
HE WILL BE ABLE TO DIFFERENT 
SPOTS WITH DIFFERENT MESSAGES. 
THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO 
AFRICA AMERICANS I THOUGHT ONE 
OF THE MOST INTERESTING PARTS 
OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT WAS THE 
VOICE OF PAMELA HARRIS. 
I COVERED THE OBAMA BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IN 2008, 2012, I DON'T 
THINK I REMEMBER HEARING JOE 
BIDEN IN ALL THE CAMPAIGN 
ADVERTISING. 
IT WAS JUST BARACK OBAMA. 
>> SHE WILL GET TO PLAY A KEY 
ROLE ON THIS CAMPAIGN. 
>> IF IT IS SEPTEMBER OF AN 
ELECTION YEAR, WE ARE BRACING 
FOR MANY MORE ADS. 
>> WE WILL SEE YOU AND A BIT. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> NORTH CAROLINA SELECTION 
CHIEF IS REMINDING PEOPLE IT IS 
ILLEGAL TO VOTE TWICE IN AN 
ELECTION AFTER THE PRESIDENT 
SAID YESTERDAY THAT THEY WILL 
GO OUT AND VOTE AND THEN HAVE 
TO CHECK THEIR VOTE BY GOING TO 
THE POLLS AND VOTING THAT WAY. 
IF IT TABULATES, THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO DO THAT. 
SO LET THEM SEND IT IN AND LET 
THEM GO VOTE AND THEN THE SYSTEM
IS GOOD SO I GUESS THEY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO VOTE. 
IT OF THIS NOT TABULATED, THEY 
WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE. 
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS AND THAT 
IS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. 
>> PETE WILLIAMS JOINS ME NOW. 
PETE, LET'S START WITH YOU 
WALKING US THROUGH WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS SUGGESTING. 
>> I THINK WHAT HE IS SAYING, 
WHEN HE EXPANDED ON SOME 
TWITTER MESSAGES IS IF YOU 
VOTED BY MAIL, YOU CAN GO TO 
THE POLLS AND SEE WHETHER THEY 
HAVE A RECORD OF RECEIVING YOUR 
MAIL AND BALANCE JUST TO MAKE 
SURE THE SYSTEM IS WORKING. 
IF THEY DON'T, GO AHEAD AND 
VOTE IN PERSON AT THE POLE AND 
THEN AFTERWARDS, THEY SHOULD BE 
ABLE TO CATCH THAT YOU VOTED 
TWICE AND DISCARD ONE OF THOSE 
TWO BALLOTS. 
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT HE IS 
SAYING. 
IT IS SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE 
VOTE TWICE AND EVEN IF THEY 
HAVE MAILED IN A BALLOT, THEY 
SHOULD GO AHEAD AND VOTE AT THE 
POLLING PLACE IF THERE IS A 
QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE 
BALLOT WAS RECEIVED. 
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT HE IS 
SAYING. 
>> OKAY. 
LET'S TALK THIS THROUGH. 
IS THAT SUGGESTING ALLOWED? 
IS THERE A PUNISHMENT FOR 
SOMEONE WHO DOES SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT? 
>> SOMEBODY WHO TRIES TO DO 
THAT PURPOSEFULLY, THAT IS 
ILLEGAL. 
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO CATCH 
THIS. 
WHEN YOU ARE SENT AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT THERE IS A RECORD THAT 
SHOWS THAT YOU GOT AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT. 
WHEN YOU SHOW UP AT THE POLLS 
AND THE POLL WORKER HAS AN 
ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THAT OR 
PRINT OUT THAT WAS PREPARED 
JUST BEFORE THE POLLS OPENED IT 
SHOWS THAT PEOPLE REQUESTED AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT AND THEN A 
QUESTION MARK. 
IF YOU SAY I NEVER GOT THAT 
BALLOT, THEY WILL GIVE YOU WHAT 
IS CALLED A PROVISIONAL BALLOT 
MEANING THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO 
CAST IT, IT IS SET ASIDE AND 
THEN CANVASSING AFTER THE POLLS 
CLOSE SHOWS WHETHER OR NOT YOU 
DID SEND IN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT 
AND IF YOU DID YOUR VOTING IN 
PERSON VOTE WILL NOT COUNT. 
IF YOU DO TRY TO DO THAT ON 
PURPOSE, VOTE TWICE, TO JACK UP 
THE VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT 
TO VOTE FOR, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
PROSECUTED FOR THAT BUT THAT IS 
QUITE RARE. 
>> NOW, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> HE IS TRYING TO MAKE THE 
POINT THAT THE ABILITY TO 
MONITOR THIS SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD 
AND IF IT IS SO GOOD THAT IF 
YOU TRY TO VOTE A SECOND TIME 
YOU WOULD BE CAUGHT. 
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LULL 
IS IN THAT PARTICULAR STATE. 
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW OF 
A PARTICULAR STATE SAYS BUT 
WHEN IT BECOMES FINAL DASHED 
LINE GO HE IS REFUSING TO SAY 
IT IS ILLEGAL BUT HE SAYS HE 
DOESN'T KNOW THE LAW IN NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
IS THERE ANY STATE WHERE YOU 
COULD LEGALLY VOTE TWICE OR TRY 
TO VOTE TWICE? 
>> 
>>REPORTER: I'M ASSUMING THERE 
WOULD BE -- WHAT HE MEANT WAS 
IF YOU UNWITTINGLY VOTE TWICE 
AND YOU THINK YOUR MAIL AND 
BALLOT WAS NOT DELIVERED AND 
YOU ARE IN GOOD FAITH GOING TO 
THE POLES BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR
BALLOT DID NOT COUNT, THAT 
WOULD NOT BE ILLEGAL 
NECESSARILY. 
THESE CASES, IT ALL COMES DOWN 
TO THE INDIVIDUAL FACTS. 
VOTING TWICE ON PURPOSE, THAT 
IS CERTAINLY ILLEGAL. 
>> OKAY. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BREAKING 
DOWN THIS COMPLICATED ONE WITH 
A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH. 
THANK YOU. 
>> YOU BET. 
>> MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO 
VOTE IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
WE ARE HERE TO HELP. 
WE HAVE A NEW STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE CALLED PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
IT IS INFORMATION ON RULES, 
DEADLINES AND RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT AT NBC.COM. 
>>> AMONG THE CHAOS  I FOUND A 
MAN TRYING TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
YOU CAN RETALIATE WITH LOVE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THE STATE CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS FEEL THEY NEED TO 
COME OUT IN FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE 
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT 
GETTING THE SUPPORT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER LECTURE TODAY COMING 
UP AGAINST HOW TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT THAT HIS 
UNDERSTANDING OF WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE ARE ARE RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
IT IS SUPER EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS IS A 
THING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT 
AND BORROW FOR AND PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S HIGH DESIGNS CAN BE 
HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 
KIDS HAVE QUESTIONS. 
WE HAVE A NEW NEWS PROGRAM FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR KIDS WILL WATCH. 
>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. 
WE ACTUALLY SAW [ INAUDIBLE ] 
COME THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING WHAT IS THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR SCHOOLS. 
>> IT IS ABOUT MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN THE FAMILIES 
THEY LOVE AND THEIR JOB. 
>> YOU ARE CREATING A LITTLE 
COMMUNITY. 
WE SHOULD DEVELOP OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
LET'S TURN IT OVER TO STUDENT. 
HOW DO THEY REALLY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL. 
THEY ARE RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
THE U.S. SHATTERING THE RECORD 
FOR MOST COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF 
CONCERN THAT THE KIDS HOME 
INDEFINITELY WILL NOT BE ABLE 
TO CATCH UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING ABOUT CHANGE SOON? 
>> MORE PROTESTS ARE EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> THE POLICE ARE UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. 
>>> WITH ALL THAT WE ARE FACING 
I AM SO PROUD TO BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER OF A HUSBAND 
AND KIDS WHO SADLY ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE OF EMERGING 
AMERICA. 
I HOPE MY MOM WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND BE PROUD. 
>> 
>>> IT IS THURSDAY, THAT MEANS 
JOBLESS NUMBERS ARE IN. 
881,000 NEW PEOPLE FILED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT DURING THE LAST 
WEEK OF AUGUST. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IS THE 
LOWEST WEEKLY TOTAL SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC STARTED. 
WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN 
FOR OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY? 
OUR SENIOR BUSINESS 
CORRESPONDENT JOINS ME. 
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN ONE 
MONTH UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS WENT 
DOWN. 
IS THIS OUR WAY TO RECOVERY? 
>> IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE 
YOU. 
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SUCH A 
LONG TIME. 
LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THIS, 
THIS ECONOMY IS FRAGILE AND 
FRAGMENTED. 
THE NUMBER IS LESS THAN 1 
MILLION BUT WE ARE 4.5 TIMES 
MORE PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED TODAY 
THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
29 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
THE IDEA THAT THE ECONOMY IS 
SNAPPING BACK IS NOWHERE TO BE 
SEEN. 
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS BARELY GONE 
DOWN IN AUGUST. 
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IS 
THAT RICHER RICH GETTING RICHER 
AND THE POOR GETTING POORER. 
WITH THESE NUMBERS YOU HAVE ONE 
IN FIVE AMERICANS WITHOUT A 
JOB. 
WHAT IS REALLY CONFUSING IS 
THAT THE STOCK MARKET IS 
ROARING IN BUSINESSES ARE GOING 
UP WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING. 
ON THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE 
YOU HAVE FOOD BANKS THAT ARE 
BUSTING AT THE SEAMS BECAUSE SO 
MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. 
IT IN THE LAST WALL STREET 
JOURNAL POLL IN LAST SEVEN DAYS 
MANY WERE FOOD INSECURE. 
THIS DIVINE WILL GROW. 
LOOK AT AIRLINE COMPANIES THAT 
ARE ALREADY PAVING THE WAY 
SAYING THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE 
ARE GOING TO FURLOW THOUSANDS 
AND THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. 
WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC 
RELIEF PLAN. 
WHEN CONGRESS COMES BACK THERE 
WILL BE PRESSURE. 
YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ANYTHING IS 
BOOMING. 
WE ARE IN A RECOVERY. 
IT IS FRAGILE AND FRAGMENTED. 
>> SO THEN WE DO HAVE THE STOCK 
MARKET BREAKING RECORDS, WHAT 
IS BEHIND THAT? 
IT IS BREAKING RECORDS BECAUSE 
OF BIG GETTING BIGGER. 
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STOCK 
MARKET WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 
INDEX. 
EVEN THE INDEX HAS A 
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF 
MONSTER COMPANIES THAT DON'T 
NEED TO RECOVER. AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, FACEBOOK OR RETAILERS 
LIKE WALMART. 
THEY ARE ONLY GETTING BIGGER. 
WHAT IS SAD IS THAT AS YOU 
WATCH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS 
OF BUSINESSES DISAPPEAR EACH 
YEAR, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE 
MEGA GIANT STORES. 
ONE YEAR FROM NOW WE COULD HAVE 
ONLY BIG BOX STORES TO SELECT 
FROM. 
WE COULD LOSE OUR INDEPENDENT 
RESTAURANTS. 
WE ARE CONTINUING ON THAT 
TRACK. 
>> THAT IS A SCARY AND SAD 
THOUGHT. 
>> YOU MENTIONED HOW WE DON'T 
HAVE A NEW RELIEF BILL. 
TALKS ARE STALLED IN CONGRESS. 
WE HAVE 13 MILLION AMERICANS 
OUT OF WORK. 
IF THEY CAN'T START WORKING 
PRETTY SOON, WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN FOR THE ECONOMY? 
>> IT IS ROUGH. 
DON'T FORGET, WHEN THERE IS AT 
STIMULUS, PEOPLE ARE PUTTING 
THE MONEY BACK IN THE ECONOMY. 
THEY ARE PAYING THEIR RENT. WE 
ARE FACING MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS WHO ARE DELINQUENT, 
NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS. 
WITHOUT THAT MONEY, THE ECONOMY 
STARTS TO STALL. 
THE UNITED STATES IS A CONSUMER-
BASED ECONOMY. 
WE ARE NO LONGER MANUFACTURING. 
IN THE UNITED STATES IT IS 
CONSUMERS. 
CONSUMERS NEED TO SPEND. 
IF THEY ARE NOT SPENDING THE 
ECONOMY STALLS OUT. 
OKAY. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO 
SEE YOU. 
I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU A HUG. 
I MISS YOU, IT HAS BEEN TOO 
LONG. 
>> WHEN I SEE YOUR FACE IT 
MAKES ME SAD. 
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SUCH A 
LONG TIME. 
>> I KNOW. 
>> I KNOW IT USED TO BE A DAILY 
OCCURRENCE. 
IT IS SO SAD. 
>> SEE YOU, BABE. 
>> WE KNOW ESSENTIAL WORKERS 
HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF CATCHING 
THE CORONAVIRUS AND IN 
CALIFORNIA AND DOCUMENTED 
HEALTH CARE AND DOMESTIC 
WORKERS HAVE TO BALANCE OF FEAR 
GETTING SICK WITH THEIR 
FINANCIAL STRUGGLES WITHOUT 
UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
JACOB SPOKE TO FRONT-LINE 
WORKERS ABOUT THE CHOICES THEY 
ARE MAKING. 
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
YOU ARE IN CALIFORNIA LIKE ME 
AND YOU KNOW THAT IN CALIFORNIA 
WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION OF 
UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS. 
IT IS OVER 1 MILLION STRONG 
HERE IN THIS COUNTY ONLY. 
WE HAVE HOME HEALTHCARE WORKERS 
AND THAT IS A GROUP VULNERABLE 
TO COVID-19 BECAUSE OF THE 
MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT IT 
EXPOSES THEM TO AND OF COURSE 
BECAUSE OF THE LIVING 
CONDITIONS AND THE OTHER 
SOCIETAL BARRIERS THAT THEY 
HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAILY. 
WATCH THIS. 
>> THIS CELL PHONE COMMITTEE 
WAS GIVEN TO US BY A FILIPINO 
CARETAKER WHO SHARES AN 
APARTMENT IN LOS ANGELES WITH 
SIX OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS, 
FOR OUR UNDOCUMENTED. 
>> THEY LIVED TOGETHER TO SAVE 
MONEY. 
LIVING CONDITIONS ARE RISKY AND 
THEY LIVE IN FEAR OF 
CONTRACTING COVERT. 
>> THING GET IT FROM THE 
WORKPLACE AND AT HOME. 
>> IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR 
FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO 
BE UNDOCUMENTED. 
MAYOR MORE THAN 40% OF THE 
DEATHS IN THE U.S. OCCUR IN 
NURSING HOMES. 
WE MET THREE OF THEM RECENTLY 
AFTER THEY FINISHED UP A 12 
HOUR NIGHT SHIFT. 
ALL THREE OF YOUR UNDOCUMENTED. 
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 
>> PHILIPPINES. 
>> PHILIPPINES. 
>> PHILIPPINES. 
>>REPORTER: FILIPINOS ACCOUNT 
FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF ASIANS 
THEY ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY 
HIGH WITH COVA DEATH. 
A NATIONWIDE STUDY FOUND ASIANS 
JOINED A BLACK AND HISPANICS IN 
SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT BY 
COVERT. 
FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED, 
THERE IS THE ADDED BURDEN OF 
BEING INELIGIBLE FOR ANY 
FEDERAL RELIEF DESPITE BEING 
LABELED ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> SO WE ARE UNDOCUMENTED. 
>> THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. 
WE CANNOT GET UNEMPLOYMENT. WE 
DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
OVER THE NEXT MONTH. 
>> WE COULD BE HOMELESS. 
>> I'M LOOKING AT HOMELESS 
PEOPLE SLEEPING OVER THERE. 
DO YOU THINK THERE IS A CHANCE 
YOU COULD END UP ON THE STREET? 
>> YES. 
>> YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BECAUSE 
YOU ARE UNDOCUMENTED BUT TO GO 
BACK TO YOUR JOB IN A PLACE 
WHERE YOU COULD GET COVID? 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> THIS IS THE FILIPINOS 
WORKERS CENTER. 
THEY HAVE SEEN COVID RAVAGE THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN THE 
HOMES ARE STILL VERY MUCH 
NEEDED RIGHT NOW SO THEY ARE 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
>> IT IS THE PARADOX OF BEING 
UNDOCUMENTED AND ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. 
THAT BRINGS TO LIGHT ALL THE 
PROBLEMS THAT UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS FACE. 
>> THIS IS NOT AN UNDOCUMENTED 
PROBLEM OR EVEN A COVERT 
PROBLEM IT IS A MULTIPLE 
PROBLEM? 
>> YES. 
IN THIS CRISIS, IT SHOWS ALL OF 
THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND GIVEN 
THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THESE JOBS ARE GOOD JOBS AND 
THEY ACTUALLY CAN AFFORD DECENT 
HOUSING SO THAT THEY CAN 
ACTUALLY AFFORD HEALTHCARE AND 
TRANSPORTATION. 
>> SAVANNA, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
WE KEPT THE IDENTITIES OF THAT 
PERSON CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE 
THEY ARE UNDOCUMENTED. 
I WANT TO SAY THE LIVING 
CONDITIONS WE SAW AT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE PIECE IS THE 
EXPOSURE THAT THEY HAVE TO THE 
VIRUS AT THEIR JOBS. 
BEYOND THE VACCINE THE WORKERS 
HAVE LOST FIVE OF THEIR OWN 
COLLEAGUES. 
THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE 
PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH THEM. 
THERE IS AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM 
THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE LIKE THESE 
WORKERS TO COME OUT FROM BEHIND 
THE SHADOWS TO GET THE HELP 
THEY NEED AND DESERVE AND MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, A LIVING WAGE. 
THESE JOBS AND THE POSITION 
THAT THEY ARE IN MAKE THE 
INCOME THAT THEY HAVE NOT 
RELIABLE. 
IT IS NOT AN INCOME THEY CAN 
COUNT ON TO GET OUT OF THE 
LIVING CONDITIONS LIKE THE ONE 
WE SAW THERE, CRAMPED AND 
MAKING THEM MORE VULNERABLE TO 
COVERT. 
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 
CONFLICT OF EVENTS. 
THIS IS A STARK REVELATION FOR 
A POPULATION THAT IS UNIQUE. 
>> OVER 800 CORONAVIRUS CASES 
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 
THEY ARE GOING FOR IN PERSON 
LEARNING. 
ARE CORRESPONDED IS JOINING US. 
HOW WORRIED OUR FACULTY MEMBERS 
ON CAMPUS? 
>> HOW DO THEY FEEL? 
>> THEY ARE WORRIED. 
THIS IS ALL A BIG EXPERIMENT. 
REGARDLESS OF WHAT 
ADMINISTRATOR WE TALKED TO, 
THEY SAY THEY ARE IN FAVOR 
BRINGING STUDENTS BACK ON 
CAMPUS AND HAVING CLASSES BUT 
THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 
THIS IS NOT WITHOUT RISK. 
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA HAS 
SEEN THEIR CASES GO UP AND 
PERCENT POSITIVE WENT FROM 2% 
TO 5% IN ONE WEEK AND AMONG 
FACULTY MEMBERS, THOSE NUMBERS 
MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY ACCURATE 
BECAUSE THERE IS A LAG IN TIME 
IN GETTING RESULTS AND REPORTS 
THAT STUDENTS THERE ARE GETTING 
COVID-19 TEST AT CAMPUS, WHEN 
THEY TAKE THOSE TESTS AND USE 
THEIR PARENTS INSURANCE, THE 
CONCERNS ARE THAT PERHAPS THOSE 
CASES MIGHT NOT BE SENT OVER TO 
BE COUNTED IN THE TALLY AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 
AND THIS IS WHAT HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS ARE TELLING US. 
>> I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE 
CONSERVATIVE. 
ITS OLD DATA. 
>> STUDENTS GO AND GET THIS 
DONE AND THEY CAN PAY FOR IT 
WITH THEIR PARENTS INSURANCE. 
THAT ATTRIBUTES THE COVID CASE 
TO THEIR HOME COUNTY. 
AS ALARMING AS THESE NUMBERS ARE
, THEY SHOULD BE MORE ALARMING. 
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED 
THAT CONCERNING. 
HE URGED STUDENTS TO RESIST 
ORGANIZATIONS AND LARGE SOCIAL 
GATHERINGS. 
IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT FOR 
LABOR DAY ACTIVITIES TO BE 
EXTRA CAREFUL. 
>> ALLISON, YESTERDAY WE TALKED 
ABOUT ANOTHER UNIVERSITY IN A 
DIFFERENT STATE, ALABAMA WITH 
1200 CASES IN JUST UNDER ONE 
MONTH. 
HOW MANY CASES ARE TOO MANY FOR 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES? 
>> YOU REPORTED ON SCHOOLS 
REOPENING. 
YOU KNOW THIS. 
IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO JUST GET 
NUMBERS FROM A LOT OF THESE 
COLLEGES THAT ARE REOPENING. 
THERE IS NO STANDARD WAY THAT 
ANYONE IS COUNTING OR REPORTING 
NUMBERS. 
WE NEED TO JUST GET INFORMATION 
FROM THE USE UNIVERSITIES AND 
COLLEGES AND WHEN IT COMES TO 
GETTING THEIR TOP LINE WHERE 
THEY SAY OKAY -- I HAD TO ASK 
THAT QUESTION TOO MANY 
ADMINISTRATORS. 
YOU NEVER GET A STRAIGHT 
ANSWER. 
WERE GOING TO LET THE DATA 
DRIVE OUR DECISIONS. 
IT IS HARD TO GET ANY CLEAR OR 
CONCRETE NUMBERS. 
SOME EXAMPLES -- IF YOU LOOK 
LIKE A COUPLE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS 
TO FIND THE ANSWER, I THINK IT 
IS WORTH LOOKING AT. 
SO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 
HAS 33,000 UNDERGRADUATES. 
THEIR 1200 STUDENTS AND THEY 
ARE CONTINUING WITHIN PERSON 
CLASSES. THEY DON'T PLAN TO 
MOVE ENTIRELY ONLINE. 
GEORGIA HAS 30,000 
UNDERGRADUATES AND 800 STUDENTS 
POSITIVELY COVID-19. 
NO PLANS TO CHANGE TO ONLINE 
LEARNING. 
THERE CONTINUING WITH IN PERSON 
CLASSES. 
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY HAS 
22,000 STUDENTS AND 600 CASES 
OF COVID-19 BUT THEY ARE NOW 
MOVING EVERYTHING TO ONLINE 
STARTING ON MONDAY. 
THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN A MONTH 
LONGER. 
THEY HAVE FEWER CASES BUT THEY 
ARE GOING TO ONLINE AND 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND 
ALABAMA OR NOT. 
OKAY. 
WE HAVE NOW BEEN REPORTING THE 
1200 NUMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY 
OF ALABAMA FOR COUPLE OF DAYS. 
3300 STUDENTS ARE STILL GOING 
TO CLASSES. 
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND. 
OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO IT. 
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT WILL 
LOOK LIKE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS? 
WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON 
WHAT TO DO OVER THIS WEEKEND? 
>> THE ROAD HATS WAS TALKING 
ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. 
SHE WAS HAVING A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNOR THERE AND SHE'S 
SPOKE DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS 
ABOUT LABOR DAY. 
LISTEN IN. 
>> TO EVERY UNIVERSITY STUDENT 
OUT THERE, IF YOU HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SO GREAT 
AND SMART AND BEEN THE CROWD 
WITHOUT A MASK, YOU WILL LIKELY 
BECOME INFECTED. 
DO NOT GO HOME TO YOUR PARENTS 
OR GRANDPARENTS OVER LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND AND SPREAD THE VIRUS TO 
THEM AND DO NOT GO OUT IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY WITHOUT A MASK ON. 
WE KNOW YOUNG ADULTS ARE OUT 
AND ABOUT, THE UNIVERSITIES 
NEED TO HAVE A TESTING 
STRATEGY. 
IF YOU FIND 200, THERE COULD BE 
2000. 
ESPECIALLY OF THE LARGE 
UNIVERSITIES. 
>> RIGHT NOW YOU HERE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED 
FOR STUDENTS TO NOT GO TO BARS 
WHERE THEY CAN'T SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE AND TRY TO LIMIT GOING 
OUT. 
ONE THING INTERESTING WHEN I 
TALKED TO A PRESSED PROFESSOR, 
HE SAID HE FELT LIKE THERE IS A 
BIT OF A SHIFT OF BLAME BEING 
PLACED ON COLLEGES AND 
STUDENTS. 
HE SAID THAT WASN'T FAIR. 
HE SAID IT IS UNREALISTIC TO 
EXPECT YOUNG ADULTS, 
PARTICULARLY IN A CONGREGATED 
COLLEGE SETTING TO NOT 
SOCIALIZE. 
THE ADULTS IN CHARGE SHOULD 
HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT BETTER 
AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
BROUGHT BACK TO CAMPUS. 
HE THINKS THAT WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING NOW IS A BIT OF SHIFT IN 
BLAME AND PUTTING IT ON 
STUDENTS. 
HE DOESN'T THINK THAT IS FAIR. 
THEY ARE URGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO 
MAKE SURE THEY ARE TAKING EXTRA 
PRECAUTIONS TO CURTAIL SOME OF 
THESE OUTBREAKS. 
>> DEFINITELY SOMETHING VALID 
TO POINT OUT. THE STUDENTS HAVE 
BEEN COOPED UP A LOT WITH THEIR 
PARENTS AND NOW THEY ARE BACK 
AT SCHOOL, HOW MUCH ARE WE 
EXPECTING HERE? 
>> THANK YOU FOR KEEPING AN EYE 
ON THESE IMPORTANT NUMBERS. 
>> 
>>> MIAMI DADE FLORIDA POLICE 
ARRESTED A TEENAGER CONNECTED 
TO A RELENTLESS CYBER ATTACK 
CRIPPLING VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR 
THOUSANDS IN THE COUNTY. 
CARRIE JOINS ME NOW, TEENS 
THESE DAYS KNOW HOW TO DO A LOT.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS THREAT? 
>>REPORTER: THE AUTHORITIES 
SPOTTED IT INITIALLY, 350,000 
STUDENTS IN MIAMI, DADE COUNTY. 
THAT IS THE FOURTH LARGEST IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
VIRTUAL LEARNING WAS SHOT DOWN 
SO THEY STARTED SEARCHING THE 
DIGITAL FOOTPRINT. 
IT LEAVES A NUMBER BEHIND BUT 
THEY WERE OVER WHELMED BY SO 
MANY. 
THEY EVENTUALLY KEYED IN ON ONE 
ADDRESS. 
IT TURNED OUT TO BE A 16-YEAR-
OLD, JUNIOR AT SOUTH MIAMI HIGH 
SCHOOL AT AROUND 2:45 IN THE 
MORNING THEY MOVED AND MADE AN 
ARREST. 
AS THEY TALK TO HIM THEY SAID 
HE CONFESSED TO AT LEAST DATE 
ATTACKS ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEM 
THAT HAD CRIPPLED THE EARN LINE 
VIRTUAL LEARNING AND EXPOSE THE 
PROBLEM THE SCHOOL SAID THEY 
DID NOT EXPECT, THIS IS WHAT 
THEY HAD TO SAY JUST A SHORT 
TIME AGO. 
>> THIS DOES NOT RULE OUT OTHER 
ANTAGONISTS AS FEDERAL AND 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES 
HAVE INFORMED US THAT IN 
ADDITION TO THESE LOCAL ATTACKS,
THESE ORIGINATED FROM SOUTH 
FLORIDA, MOST SPECIFICALLY ONE 
PERPETRATED BY A STUDENT, THERE 
ARE OTHER TAX FROM OTHER 
NATIONS SUCH AS RUSSIA, UKRAINE,
CHINA, ARRACK AND POSSIBLY 
OTHERS. 
>> SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW WAS 
IT THAT THE ATTACKS WERE BEING 
COORDINATED AROUND THE WORLD? 
COMPUTER EXPERTS SAY THAT 
SOMEBODY AS YOUNG AS 16 YEARS 
OLD COULD GO ONLINE AND 
ACTUALLY PAY FOR WHAT IS CALLED 
A DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK ON A 
SENSITIVE COMPUTER SO THE PING 
COMING FROM AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ 
OR CHINA MAY NOT BE PEOPLE IN 
THOSE COUNTRIES WHO ARE 
PERPETRATING THIS. 
IT MAY BE THAT A 16-YEAR-OLD 
FOUND ONE PERSON IN ANOTHER 
COUNTRY WHO ARRANGED FOR THE 
COMPUTERS TO MAKE THE ATTACK. 
THAT IS KIND OF WHAT THE 
COMPUTER CRIMES DIVISION ARE 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. 
REALISTICALLY, TRYING TO 
EVENTUALLY HOLD SOMEBODY 
ACCOUNTABLE OVERSEAS, WE HAVE 
SEEN THAT BEFORE AND IT IS 
DIFFICULT TO TRACK THOSE PEOPLE 
DOWN AND TO BRING THEM TO 
JUSTICE. 
>> THIS MUST BE FRUSTRATING FOR 
STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS. 
RICO THIS IS DAVE 4. ON DAVE 4 
WITH THE SHUTDOWN OF THESE 
DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS, THE 
SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO COME 
BACK UP. 
SO MUCH OF A DIFFERENT 
SITUATION, IT'S INCREDIBLY 
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE STUDENTS 
AND PARENTS ARE TRYING TO DO 
THIS FROM HOME. 
ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE YOU 
HAVE A CHILD IN THE ROOM OR IN 
THE LIVING ROOM WITH A COMPUTER 
TRYING TO BEGIN CLASSES. 
IT IS VERY EXPERIENCED. 
ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST GRADER AND 
THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
HOUSE YOU HAVE THE PARENTS WHO 
IS TRYING TO WORK FROM HOME AND 
INITIALLY, EVERYBODY WANDERED, 
DOES IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH MY INTERNET SERVICE ARE 
TOO MANY COMPUTERS ONLINE OR 
TOO MUCH VIDEO STREAMING. 
THEN THEY REALIZE THEY WERE 
ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS A 
COMPUTER FAILURE BECAUSE OF THE 
ATTACK AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. 
THEN THE QUESTION BECAME, HOW 
DID TEACHERS COMMUNICATE WITH 
THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME BECAUSE 
THEY ARE ALL COMMUNICATING 
THROUGH THIS PORTAL. 
SOME TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO GET 
THEIR STUDENTS OUTSIDE EMAILS, 
TEXT MESSAGING NUMBERS AND 
PRIOR TO THIS COLLAPSE THEY 
SAID WE WILL BEGIN SCHOOL. IF 
WE HAVE A PROBLEM I WILL SEND 
YOU A ZOOM OR SOMETHING IN TEAM 
MEETINGS OR SOMETHING ALONG 
THOSE LINES SO THEY COULD 
BYPASS IT. 
SOME KIDS DID HAVE SCHOOL BUT 
PEOPLE ARE THANKFUL THE SYSTEM 
BEGINS TO BE UP AND RUNNING. 
THERE IS STILL ONE PROBLEM, THE 
DENIAL OF SERVICE COULD HAPPEN 
AGAIN. 
>> YOU WALKED US THROUGH THESE 
ISSUES ON MONDAY AND NOW THE 
CYBER ATTACK. 
I THINK AND EXPERTISE FORMING 
FOR YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT 
ALL THIS. 
>> YOU LEARNED QUITE A BIT AS A 
REPORTER. 
THANK YOU. 
>> I AM SERIES. 
IT'S COMPLICATED. 
THANK YOU FOR TELLING US. 
>> OKAY. 
>> BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON IS 
UNDERWAY BUT QUESTIONS STILL 
REMAIN ABOUT WHAT THAT SHOULD 
LOOK LIKE DURING A PANDEMIC. 
THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF 
PEDIATRICS JOINS ME NOW. 
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN OUTBREAKS 
AT MANY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE 
REOPENED. 
YOU LEAD A STUDY ABOUT THE 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF COVERT. 
WHAT DID YOU FIND? 
>> WE FOUND THAT KIDS IN OUR 
STUDY WERE PRETTY LOW IN TERMS 
OF HOW MANY KIDS WERE INFECTED 
AND THE RATE OF ASYMPTOMATIC 
INFECTION. 
OVERALL, A LOW NUMBER. 
THAT WAS, OF COURSE NOT 
DEFINITIVE BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY 
A SMALL SECTION OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
WE DID FIND THE OVERALL RATE 
WAS PRETTY LOW SO WE WERE 
ENCOURAGED THAT MAYBE THE 
NUMBERS ARE NOT QUITE AS HIGH 
AS ONCE THOUGHT. 
>> WITH STUDENTS HEADING BACK 
TO SCHOOL, WHAT SYMPTOMS SHOULD 
PARENTS WATCH OUT FOR? 
>> KIDS ARE SHOWING SYMPTOMS 
SIMILAR TO ADULTS AND IN OTHER 
WAYS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
THEY TEND TO HAVE LOW-GRADE 
FEVERS AND THEY WILL HAVE BODY 
ACHES THAT ADULTS HAVE. 
THEY MAY HAVE TROUBLE 
EXPLAINING WHAT THAT MEANS AND 
SO THEY MAY OVERALL JUST FEEL 
FATIGUED, THEY MAY NOT FEEL 
WELL. 
ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN 
IN KIDS IS G.I. 
SYMPTOMS, DIARRHEA, VIA 
EMITTING AND RESPIRATORY 
SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO ADULTS. 
THEY SEEM TO BE A LITTLE MORE 
MILD IN KIDS SO HAVING A HIGH 
SUSPICION FOR THAT IN KIDS IS 
ALWAYS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING OUT 
FOR. 
>> OKAY. 
WATCHING OUT FOR EVEN FOR MILD 
SYMPTOMS. 
>> WE HAVE BIG VACCINE NEWS. 
WE COULD BE ABLE TO ROLLOUT A 
VACCINE BY NOVEMBER 1. WHERE DO 
KIDS FALL ON THAT ROLLOUT 
SCHEDULE? 
>> 
>>REPORTER: KIDS INVOLVEMENT IN 
VACCINE STUDIES IS LOW. 
IN GENERAL, IN A NORMAL VACCINE 
STUDY, KIDS ARE ON THE BACKEND 
OF WHERE THINGS ARE STUDIED. 
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE 
SAFE AND HEALTHY ADULTS FIRST 
AND THEN THEY GO OUT TO BE 
TESTED IN KIDS. 
THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS BEEN 
HAPPENING WITH THESE COVID-19 
VACCINES. 
IT WORRIES ME A BIT AS A 
PEDIATRICIAN BECAUSE IT NEEDS 
TO BE TESTED IN KIDS THAN FOR 
OUR SOCIETY TO BE ABLE TO OPEN 
UP AND GET IT TO A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY, KIDS 
NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE 
STUDIES. 
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE FEW IF ANY 
STUDIES ENROLLING KIDS AND 
HOPEFULLY, COMING SOON, MY JOB 
IS TO ADVOCATE FOR LOOKING OUT 
FOR KIDS AND TEST THEM IN KIDS 
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. 
>> SO WITHOUT A LOT OF KIDS 
INVOLVED IN THESE STUDIES, WHAT 
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TO KNOW IF A
VACCINE IS SAFE FOR KIDS? 
CAN YOU TAKE THE INFORMATION 
AND DETERMINE IF IT IS SAFE FOR 
THEM? 
>> THERE IS A THING THAT WE HAVE
THAT KIDS ARE NOT JUST LITTLE 
ADULTS. 
IT IS KIND OF HARD TO 
EXTRAPOLATE A LOT FROM ADULT 
STUDIES. 
SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE GET 
WILL BE HELPFUL, FOR SURE. 
KIDS TEND TO ACT DIFFERENTLY IN 
TERMS OF INFECTION AND VACCINE 
SO KIDS IMMUNE SYSTEMS ACT 
DIFFERENTLY THAN ADULTS, THE 
WAY THEY RESPOND IN THE FIRST 
WEEKS AND SAFETY SIGNALS. 
I WOULD LOVE TO BE TELL YOU THAT
IT WILL BE THE SAME AS FOR 
ADULTS. 
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS USUALLY 
NOT THE CASE. 
>> HOPEFULLY WE ARE ABLE TO GET 
SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN IN FOR 
TRIAL SO WE CAN FIGURE THAT 
OUT. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> 
>>> AMONG THE CHAOS I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT THIS. 
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE 
TO EXPAND TESTING CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS FEEL LIKE THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT GETTING 
THE SUPPORT FROM THE POLICE. 
MY GO ANOTHER ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP AGAINST THE BACKDROP 
OF HOW TO KEEP VOTERS SAFE. 
>> THE MOMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU HAVE TO GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
THAT IS EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT 
AND BORROW FOR AND PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO UNDERSTANDING KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED A NEWSCAST FOR THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR FAMILY WILL WATCH 
NBC NEWS, KIDS ADDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>>> WE SAW A A LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL GUARD COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN. 
>>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> TEACHERS ARE MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN THE JOBS THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. 
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP OURSELVES AND IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> LIVES TURN IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL? 
>> I MISS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE RESILIENT. 
>> 
>>> A SURGEON CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION. 
THE U.S. SHATTERING THE RECORD 
FOR MOST COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF 
CONCERN THAT THE KIDS ARE GOING 
TO BE HOME INDEFINITELY AND 
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP? 
>> YOU HAVE FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT CHANGE SOON? 
>> IN PORTLAND, MORE PROTEST IS 
EXPECTED TONIGHT. 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND TRAVEL HE HAS NEVER 
BEEN MORE IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THE NEWS I AM PROUD TO 
BE THE WIFE AND MOTHER OF 
FAMILY WHO SADLY ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR. 
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
EMERGING AMERICA TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE MY MOM WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND BE PROUD. 
>> 
>>> CONTROVERSY SURPRISING THE 
SPEAKER RESPONDING TO SECURITY 
VIDEO SHOWING HER WITHOUT A 
MASK AND A SAN FRANCISCO SALON 
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
>> I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
TRUSTING THE WORD OF THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD SALON THAT I HAVE 
BEEN TOO MANY TIMES AND WHEN 
THEY SAID WE COULD ACCOMMODATE 
PEOPLE ONE PERSON AT A TIME AND 
WE CAN SET UP THAT TIME I 
TRUSTED THAT. 
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS NOT SET 
UP. 
>> 
>> ARE CONGRESSIONAL 
CORRESPONDENT JOINS US NOW. 
LET'S START WITH ADDRESSING 
PELOSI CALLING THIS A SET UP. 
WHAT HAPPENED. 
>>REPORTER: PELOSI SAYS AND HER 
TEAMS SAY THAT SHE CALLED THE 
LONGTIME SALON WHERE SHE HAD 
BEEN GOING TO GET HER HAIR DONE 
FOR MANY YEARS AHEAD OF TIME 
AND THEY SAID SHE COULD COME IN 
ON MONDAY. 
THE STYLIST TO DID HER HAIR HAS 
HIRED A LAWYER AND SAID SHE 
COMMUNICATED WITH THE SALON 
OWNER BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT 
HAPPENED ON MONDAY AND IT WAS 
ALL CLEARED, SHE COULD COME IN 
AS LONG AS SHE WAS THE ONLY 
PERSON IN THE SALON. 
THEY HAD BEEN HAVING CLIENTS IN 
ONE AT A TIME. 
THE SALON OWNER RELEASED THIS 
FOOTAGE TO FOX NEWS AND SAYS 
THAT SHE WAS NOT WEARING A MASK 
AND THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. 
THE REALITY IS THE RULES IN SAN 
FRANCISCO SAY THAT ONLY OUTDOOR 
HAIR SALON SERVICES ARE 
ALLOWED. 
SHAMPOOING IS NOT ALLOWED AT 
ALL AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WEAR 
MASS. 
SO PELOSI SAYS SHE WAS SET UP 
BY THE SALON OWNER AND SHE HAD 
A POLITICAL INTEREST YEAR AND 
THAT IS WHY SHE IS COMING OUT 
WITH THIS. 
REPUBLICANS HAVE SEIZED ON WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRESS 
SECRETARY SAID TODAY AT THE 
BRIEFING. 
WATCH. 
>> NANCY PELOSI IS HOLDING UP 
$1.3 TRILLION IN RELIEF FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
SHE IS GETTING SPECIAL ACCESS 
TO THE VERY KIND OF SMALL 
BUSINESSES THAT THIS MONEY 
WOULD SUPPORT. 
BUSINESS IS LIKE THIS HAIR 
SALON. 
NANCY PELOSI, YOU NEED TO 
APOLOGIZE TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
BETTER YET, COME BACK TO 
WASHINGTON AND GET TO WORK FOR 
HARD-WORKING AMERICANS LIKE 
THIS SALON OWNER THAT YOU 
DEMANDED AN APOLOGY FROM. 
>>REPORTER: NANCY PELOSI DID 
ASK FOR AN APOLOGY FROM THE 
SALON OR SAY THIS SALON SHOULD 
APOLOGIZE FOR ME FOR SETTING UP 
THIS SITUATION. 
THE PRESIDENT ALSO TWEETING 
ABOUT THIS TODAY SAYING THAT 
THE SALON OWNER PERHAPS SHOULD 
BE RUNNING THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
NO ADDITIONAL RESPONSES FROM 
THE HOUSE SPEAKER ABOUT THIS. 
>> NOW, CORONAVIRUS RELIEF TALK 
REMAINS STALLED. 
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING 
TO PLAY INTO THOSE 
NEGOTIATIONS? 
>> 
 
SHE WON'T COME BACK IF %
REPUBLICANS INSIST ON KEEPING %
THAT NUMBER LOWER. %
THEY HAD COME TO THE TABLE WITH%
A $1 TRILLION PROPOSAL, MUCH %
SMALLER THAN HER $3 TRILLION %
PACKET. %
REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT 
MOVING INTO THE SENATE, THAT IS 
UNLIKELY TO GO ANYWHERE. %
DEMOCRATS CAN BLOCK IT. THE %
REALITY IS, HEADING INTO THE %
ELECTION, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS%
ALLIES ARE LOOKING FOR A %
STRONGER ECONOMY. %
IT IS A CARES ACT THAT WAS 
KEEPING MANY OUT OF POVERTY AND%
FLOATED THE ECONOMY ALONG. 
THERE ARE SOME HARD %
CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD ABOUT %
HOW TO PROCEED ON THIS. %
>> 
WAS A MAN ACTING 
ERRATICALLY. 
THIS VIDEO, 
ABOUT 11 MINUTES 
LONG, SHOWS 
OFFICERS ON THE 
SCENE, AND THEY 
PUT A HOOD OVER 
DANIEL PRUDE'S 
HEAD. 
THEY PUT A HOOD 
OVER DANIEL 
CRUDE PRUDE, 
SOMETHING CALLED 
A SPIT HOOD. 
HE IS THEN 
TACKLED TO THE 
ENNDND.  
HE IS PUT THERE 
BY ONE OFFICER. 
THE OTHER 
KNEELING ON HIM. 
LATER ON, 
THEY PERFORM CPR.
HE WAS PUT ON 
LIFE SUPPORT AND 
DIED SEVERAL 
DAYS LATER. 
THE VIDEO 
RELEASED NOW 
OSHTAINED BY THE 
ATTORNEY FOR THE 
FAMILY.  
VIDEO RELEASE.
AS WE'VE EVEN 
SEEN MANY TIMES 
BEFORE. 
IT'S THE VIDEO 
THAT TRIGGERS 
THE ANGRY 
RESPONSE.  
GR
ALSO HAVE 
PROTESTORS 
HITTING THE 
STREET, ANGRY. 
THERE WERE NINE %
ARRESTS LAST 
NIGHT. 
AND THE CITY 
TODAY, ON PINS 
AND NEEDLES, 
WAITING TO SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS 
NEXT.  SE
THERE ARE
MULTIPLE
INVESTIGATIONS.  %
INCLUDING ONE 
BEING CONDUCTED 
BY THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL FOR 
LETICIA JAMES. 
SHE SAID R THAT 
THIS IS A 
TRAGEDY, BUT HER 
OFFICE IS GOING 
TO TAKE ITS 
TIME. 
AND INVESTIGATE 
THOROUGHLY, 
BEFORE MAKING A 
DECISION ON 
CHARGES.  
>>> WE'RE 
OFFICIALLY TWO 
MONTHS AWAY FROM 
ELECTION DAY. 
AND WITH SEVERAL 
OF -- SO SORRY. 
ONE MOMENT. 
WHILE WE'RE 
HAVING SOME 
PROMPTER,S. 
AND WITH SEVERAL 
NEW POLLS OUT 
NOW, WE'RE 
GETTING A BETTER 
LOOK AT WHERE 
THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RACE STANDS. 
>> DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE JOE 
BIDEN LEADS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NATIONALLY. 
BY AS MANY AS 10 
POINTS. 
THAT'S IN THE 
LATEST NATIONAL 
QUINNIPIAC POLL. 
TRUMP %AND BIDEN 
ARE BOTH IN 
MAJOR 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES TODAY.  JO
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
MIKE MEMOLI  
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, WHERE 
THE FAMILY MET 
WITH THE FAMILY 
OF JACOB BLAKE. 
AND NBC NEWS 
CORSPONDENT, 
GARRETT HAAKE IS 
IN PENNSYLVANIA, 
LATROBE, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
I'M LUCKY TO 
HAVE YOU GUYS 
BOTH WITH ME 
RIGHT NOW.  %
MIKE, I WANT NI
TO 
START WITH YOU. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THE 
BIDEN'S OUMEETING 
WITH THE BLAKE 
FAMILY. 
>> OF COURSE 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS HERE 
IN KENOSHA, JUST 
TWO DAYS AGO, 
WHAT WAS ONE OF 
THE HEADLINES 
OUT OF THAT 
VISIT? 
HE %HAMET WITH LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
HE MET WITH SOME 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
BUSINESSES WHO 
SUFFERED BECAUSE 
OF THE RIOTING 
AND THE LOOTING 
IN THAT WEEK. 
NOT HE DID 
MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
WHAT WAS THE 
FIRST THING JOE 
BIDEN DID AFTER 
HE LANDED IN THE 
AIRPORT HERE, HE 
MET WITH THE 
FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
MET WITH JACOB 
BLAKE'S FATHER, 
HIS SIBLINGS 
THERE AT THE 
AIRPORT. 
THEN SPOKE BY 
PHONE, ACTUALLY, 
WITH JACOB 
BLAKE'S MOTHER. 
AND WE LEARNED 
HE WAS ALSO ABLE 
TO SPEAK BY 
PHONE WITH JACOB 
BLAKE HIMSELF. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LISTEN WITH 
BIDEN TALKING 
ABOUT THAT 
CONVERSATION HE 
HAS.  LK
>>> HAD AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SPEND SOMETIME 
WITH JACOB ON 
THE  %PHONE. 
HE'S OUT OF 
I.C.U. 
WE SPOKE FOR 
ABOUT 15 
MINUTES.  
AND HIS BROTHER 
AND TWO SISTERS 
INSTEAD, HIS MOM 
ON THE 
TELEPHONE.  
 H
AND I SPOKE TO 
HIM A LOT 
BEFORE.  
SPENT THIS TIME 
WITH MY WIFE.  
AND HE TALKED 
ABOUT HOW 
NOTHING WAS 
GOING TO DETER 
HIM.  
HOW WHETHER HE 
WALKED AGAIN OR 
NOT, HE WAS NOT 
GOING TO GIVE 
UP.  
IN
>> Reporter: 
THIS THEME OF 
RESILIENCE BIDEN 
TALKED ABOUT, 
BASED ON THAT 
CONVERSATION, 
WAS ONE OF THAT 
REALLY WAS 
THROUGHOUT HIS 
VISIT TO KENOSHA 
TODAY, SAVANNAH. 
AND WHEN YOU %%
THINK ABOUT IT, 
BIDEN SPOKE AT 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
HIS ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH INCLUDED 
THE WORDS OF 
GEORGE FLOYD'S 
GRANDDAUGHTER, 
WHO HE MET WITH 
DURING A 'SVISIT 
TO HOUSTON. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE'RE 
GOING TO EXPECT 
TO HEAR A LOT 
MORE ABOUT FROM 
BIDEN AS  HE 
CONTINUES TO 
ADDRESS THESE 
ISSUES OF 
SAFETY, OF 
SOCIAL JUSTICE, 
AND FOR THE NEED 
FOR ADDITIONAL 
POLICE REFORMS 
IN THIS COUNTRY, 
SAVANNAH.    
>> MIKE, WHAT 
ELSE HAS BIDEN 
BEEN UP TO IN 
KENOSHA? 
>> Reporter: 
AFTER HE HAD 
THAT MEETING 
WITH JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY, 
HE CAME TO THE 
CHURCH RIGHT  
BEHIND ME HERE. 
AND HE HAD A 
COMMUNITY 
MEETING. 
A CONVERSATION CO
THAT INCLUDED 
BOTH LOCAL 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS, SOME 
FAITH LEADERS 
FROM THE AREA.  UD
HE MET WITH A 
SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNER.  HE A
WE HEARD FROM 
LEADERS OF A 
LOCAL GROUP OF 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER 
ACTIVISTS. 
AND HE ACALSO TTWAS 
SPEAKING TO AN 
AUDIENCE TO 
INCLUDED A LOCAL %
POLICE OFFICER, 
AS WELL AS THE 
FORMER POLICE 
CHIEF HERE. 
THAT WAS THE 
SORT OF FOCUS OF 
THE DAY. 
BIDEN SPENT A 
LOT OF TIME 
LISTENING, 
TAKING NOTES AND 
TALKING ABOUT 
SOME OF HIS OWN 
POLICIES. 
BUT HE REALLY 
FOCUSED ON A 
COUPLE OF KEY 
POINTS AS IT 
RELATES TO THE 
ELECTION HERE. 
HE SAID THAT ITE WI 
OR LOSE IN THIS 
ELECTION, THAT 
HE PLANS TO DO 
EVERYTHING HE 
CONTINUES, CAN 
DO TO KEEP 
FIGHTING FOR 
EQUALITY FOR 
JUSTICE FOR 
THOSE VICTIMS OF 
UNWARRANTED 
POLICE VIOLENCE. 
HED  ALSO TALKED 
ABOUT INVOKING 
THE NAME OF JOHN 
LEWIS. 
SAYING MEHOW 
IMPORTANT IT WAS 
THAT EVERYONE 
EXERCISE THEIR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
AND THEN HE SAID 
IF HE WINS THIS 
ELECTION. 
HE SAID HE WAS 
SORT OF DOING A 
LITTLE 
EXPECTATION 
SETTING. 
SAYING WE'RE NOT AT
GOING TO GET 
EVERYTHING WE 
WANT TO 
ACCOMPLISH IN 
FOUR YEARS. 
BUT HE PROMISED 
WE'RE NOT GOING  
TO MOVE A LOT IN 
THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION IF HE 
WINS THIS CT
NOVEMBER, 
SAVANNAH. 
>> AND GARRETT, 
WHAT IS THE 
PRESIDENT UP TO 
IN PENNSYLVANIA 
TODAY?   
>> WELL, VATHE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
BE LANDING 
SHORTLY, REALLY 
ABOUT AN HOUR 
AND A HALF FROM 
NOW.  
WE EXPECT HERE 
IN LATROBE, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
THAT'S WESTERN 
P.A. 
NOT TOO FAR .  FROM 
PITTSBURGH. 
WHERE IT WILL BE 
HOLDING A HANGAR-
STYLE RALLY, 
THAT I GOTTA 
TELL YOU, 
SAVANNAH, LOOKS 
AND FEELS 
EVERYTHING LIKE 
A 2016 CAMPAIGN 
EVENT. 
NOT A 2020 
CAMPAIGN EVENT 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PANDEMIC. 
THERE ARE 
PROBABLY 
THOUSANDS INSIDE 
THIS %HANGAR 
RIGHT NOW. 
SEVERAL MORE 
HUNDRED OUTSIDE 
WAITING TO GET 
IN. 
MASKS WERE 
REQUIRED FOR 
ENTRY, BUT THE 
MASKS WERE 
COMING OFF, AS 
SOON AS PEOPLE 
WERE THROUGH THE 
METAL DETECTORS. 
THANKFULLY %WHAT 
WILL BE AN IN-
AND-OUT STOP 
HERE IN LATROBE. 
AN%
LANDING,
SPEAKING.
>> Reporter: 
>> NOW, GARRETT, 
THIS NEW 
QUINNIPIAC POLL 
SHOWS BIDEN 
LEADING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA.  BI
BUT IN 2016, 
TRUMP WON THE 
STATE. 
IT WAS ONLY BY A 
POINT. 
HOW IS TRUMP 
GOING TO SHIFT 
THE MIND OF 
VOTERS THERE? 
WHAT DO THEY 
WANT TO SEE FROM 
THE PRESIDENT? 
WHAT OMDO THEY 
WANT TO HEAR? 
>> Reporter: IN 
2016, DONALD 
TRUMP WON THIS 
STATE BY ABOUT 1 
POINT. 
AND IN THE LAST 
TWO DAYS, WE'VE 
SEEN DIFFERENT 
POLLS THAT BOTH 
SHOWED HIM 
TRAILING. 
THE POLL OUT 
YESTERDAY SHOWED 
HIM DOWN BY 4. 
THE EDONE YOU JUST 
MENTIONED, 
SHOWED HIM DOWN 
BY 8.  THOSE ARE 
TWO DIFFERENT 
SETS OF PROBLEMS 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT. 
WHAT THEY WANT %
TO E DO, THE WHITE 
HOUSE TEAM DOES, 
THE CAMPAIGN 
TEAM DOES, IS 
ADDRESS THEIR 
CHALLENGES IN 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
FOCUSING ON 
PUMPING UP THEIR 
BASE. 
BY COMING TO A 
MORE RURAL 
COUNTY, IN A 
PLACE LIKE 
LATROBE. 
THIS IS A E PLACE 
THE PRESIDENT 
WON BY 30 
POINTLESS FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
IF YOU COULD S WIN 
IT BY 32.  
34 THIS TIME, 
THAT WOULD 
BALANCE OUT SOME 
WEAKNESS IN THE 
SUBURBS AROUND 
PLACES LIKE 
PHILADELPHIA, 
AND CLOSER INTO 
PITTSBURGH. 
BUT IF HE'S 
REALLY DOWN BY 6 
OR 8, THAT'S THE 
BIGGER PROBLEM. 
THAT MEANS IT'S 
NOT ENOUGH TO 
GET THE FOLKS 
WHO WERE AT THIS 
RALLY EXCITED 
ABOUT HIM. 
HE WECINEEDS TO WIN 
OVER SUBURBAN 
VOTERS, ONES WHO 
ARE REALLY ON 
THE FENCE ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT. 
AND %
I FOUND IN 
MY CONVERSATIONS 
WITH VOTERS 
AROUND LATROBE 
TODAY, ERTHAT ONE 
OF THE AREAS HE 
HAS MOST 
OPPORTUNITY TO ST
DO THAT IS BY 
DRESSING THE 
CORONAVIRUS IN A 
MORE SERIOUS 
WAY.   A
THIS ONE I THINK 
IS EMBLEMATIC OF 
WHAT A LOT OF 
FOLKS FEEL.  OT
>> JUST A LITTLE 
MORE ABOUT THE 
PANDEMIC. 
AND WHAT'S GOING 
TO HAPPEN.  %
AND I WOULD 
REALLY LIKE TO 
SEE HIM WEAR A 
MASK MORE.  
>> 
UNDERSTANDABLE. 
>> YES. 
BECAUSE RIGHT 
NOW THE PANDEMIC 
CONTROLS MY JOB. 
 
THE JOBS OF ALL 
OF THESE LITTLE 
BUSINESSES IN 
HERE. 
AND TONIGHT, 
WE'RE JUST 
TRYING TO GET HEGHA 
LITTLE BIT OF 
PEOPLE COMING 
INTO THE TOWN 
AND SUPPORTING 
THE SMALL 
BUSINESSES.  
SO THAT'S WHY 
WE'RE HERE.  L 
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, THAT 
IDEA THAT THE 
PANDEMIC IS THE 
ISSUE THAT SITS 
ON TOP OF ALL 
OTHER ISSUES IS 
REFLECTING IN 
POLLING, 
REFLECTED IN 
INTERVIEWS. 
IT'S REALLY G,
REFLECTED AROUND 
THE COUNTRY. 
BUT AS I OULAID 
OUT A MINUTE 
AGO, THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
PANDEMIC 
PREVENTION STEPS 
THAT ARE NOT ST%
BEING TAKEN AT 
THIS RALLY RIGHT 
NOW LEAVES ME 
THINKING THAT 
VOTERS LIKE THAT 
WOMAN MAY BE 
LEFT WANTING 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
APPEARANCE HERE 
TONIGHT.  
>> NOW, MIKE, 
WHAT CAN WE 
EXPECT FROM 
BIDEN IN 
BATTLEGROUND N 
STATES LIKE 
FLORIDA AND 
NORTH CAROLINA?  
SINCE %PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS 
ALREADY STARTED 
HITTING?  
%
,
>> Reporter: 
WELL, I'LL TELL 
YOU WHAT, 
SAVANNAH, YOU'RE 
NOT GOING TO SEE 
SCENES LIKE WHAT 
YOU'RE SEEING 
WITH GARRETT 
RIGHT THERE. 
YOU'RE NOT GOING 
TO SEE BIDEN 
TRYING TO HOLD 
CAMPAIGN 
RALLIES. 
YOU'RE NOT GOING 
TO SEE THE KINDS 
OF EFFORTS TO 
REALLY BUILD 
CROWDS AT ALL. 
I WOULD NOTE 
THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN MORE OF JOE 
BIDEN PHYSICALLY 
ON THE TRAIL, 
OFTEN AS IT IS, 
RATHER THAN 
JUSTCAMPAIGNING 
FROM HIS HOME.  
BUT HE IS 
GETTING OUT 
MORE. 
YOU SAW HIM IN 
PITTSBURGH, 
MONDAY. 
YOU SAW HIM 
SPEAKING IN HIS 
HOMETOWN OF 
WILMINGTON. 
ON WEDNESDAY, 
HE'S GOING TO BE 
DOING ANOTHER 
SET OF REMARKS. 
YES, ALSO IN HIS 
HOMETOWN OF 
WILMINGTON 
TOMORROW. 
TALKING ABOUT 
WHAT WE EXPECT 
IN TERMS OF THE 
JOBS REPORT. 
BUT YOU'LL ALSO 
REMEMBER, WHEN 
BIDEN TOOK 
QUESTIONS 
YESTERDAY. 
I ASKED HIM, I 
SAID, LISTEN, 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF SUPPORTERS 
WHO WANT TO SEE 
YOU OUT ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
AREN'T YOU 
WILLING AT THIS 
POINT MAYBE TO 
PUSH THE 
ENVELOPE? 
TO GO BEYOND 
MAYBE WHAT YOUR 
MEDICAL ADVISERS 
ARE TELLING YOU? 
AND HE BASICALLY 
IS SAYING, NO, 
HE'S GOING TO DO 
EVERYTHING HE 
CAN. 
YES, HE'S GOING 
TO TRAVEL MORE. 
BUT HIS FIRST 
AND FOREMOST 
PRIORITY IS 
SETTING A GOOD 
EXAMPLE, HE PUT 
IT. 
HE DOESN'T THE 
TO DO ANYTHING 
THAT MIGHT 
ATTRACT A CROWD 
AND THEREFORE 
MIGHT CREATE A 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
ISSUE.  
SAVANNAH?
>> AND NOW, 
GARRETT, THE 
PRESIDENT 
VISITED NORTH 
CAROLINA 
YESTERDAY, WHERE 
HE SEEMED TO 
SUGGEST PEOPLE 
SHOULD TRY TO 
VOTE TWICE TO 
TEST THE MAIL-IN 
VOTING PROCESS. 
VOTING TWICE IS, 
OF COURSE, 
ILLEGAL. 
WHAT IS THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SAYING ABOUT 
THOSE COMMENTS 
TODAY?  
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, NORTH 
CAROLINA, IT'S 
ACTUALLY A 
FELONY. 
THIS HAS BEEN 
INTERESTING, 
SAVANNAH. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND THE CAMPAIGN 
ARE POTENTIALLY 
DOUBLING DOWN ON 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
COMMENTS AND 
TRYING TO TURN 
IT INTO POLICY. 
THE CAMPAIGN PUT 
OUT A STATEMENT 
SAYING IF YOU DO 
VOTE EARLY BY 
MAIL, YOU OUGHT 
TO GO AHEAD AND 
SHOW UP AT YOUR 
REGISTRAR'S 
OFFICE OR COUNTY 
CLERK, TO MAKE 
SURE THAT BALLOT 
IS COUNTED. 
THAT SEEMS LIKE 
ON THE SURFACE 
NOT PARTICULARLY 
CRAZY ADVICE. 
THE CHALLENGE IS 
HERE, MANY, MANY 
STATES INCLUDING 
BATTLEGROUNDS 
LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
THOSE VOTES 
AREN'T REALLY 
COUNTED OR 
TABULATED OR 
ALREADY LOOKED 
AT, UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY. 
YOU HAVE PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE VOTED, 
SHOWING UP IN A 
MIDST OF A 
PANDEMIC, IN A 
TIME WHEN THERE 
ARE FEWER 
POLLING STATIONS 
OPEN IN ANY 
STATE. 
AND IF THEY 
SUCCEED, THE 
WHOLE THING IS A 
MESS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND THE CAMPAIGN 
IS DOUBLING DOWN 
ON IT. 
AS FAR AS THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ONGOING ASSAULT 
ON THE INTEGRITY 
OF VOTING BY 
MAIL. 
AND I'LL JUST 
ADD IN TALKING 
TO VOTERS AROUND 
THE STATE IN THE 
LAST DAY AND A 
HALF OR SO, I 
HAVE FOUND MANY 
SAYING THEY ARE 
GOING TO VOTE 
FOR JOE BIDEN, 
ARE TELLING ME, 
THEY WILL 
PROBABLY SHOW UP 
IN PERSON. 
THERE IS A 
WIDESPREAD 
DISTRUST IN 
VOTING BY MAIL.  
IT IS ONE IN 
WHICH THE 
PRESIDENT SEEMS 
TO BE VERY 
SUCCESSFUL. 
>> MIKE, 
GARRETT, THANK 
YOU. 
GARRETT THAT, 
DOES LOOK LIKE A 
FAIRLY SIZABLE 
CROWD BEHIND 
YOU. 
SO STAY SAFE AND 
THANK YOU BOTH 
FOR JOINING US.  
>> THANKS, 
SAVANNAH. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS 
THREATENING TO 
WITHHOLD FEDERAL 
FUNDING FROM 
FOUR MAJOR 
CITIES. 
OR HE SAYS LOCAL 
LEADERS HAVE 
PERMITTED, 
QUOTE, ANARCHY. 
SEATTLE, 
PORTION, 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
AND NEW YORK 
CITY ARE ALL RUN 
BY DEMOCRATS.  
NEW YORK CITY 
MAYOR BILL de 
BLASIO RESPONDED 
TO THE THREAT ON 
MSNBC TODAY. 
>> IT'S JUST 
BLATANTLY 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL 
WHAT HE'S 
SAYING.  
THE PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO SUBVERT 
WHAT THE 
CONGRESS ALREADY 
DECIDED IN TERMS 
OF A BUDGET. 
THAT'S IN THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
THE CONGRESS 
DECIDES THAT. 
>> MURDERS HAVE 
SPIKED BUT AT 
SIMILAR RATES IN 
CITIES RUN BY 
BOTH DEMOCRATS 
AND REPUBLICANS. 
TOM COSTELLO 
REPORTS FOR THE 
LATEST 
INSTALLMENT OF 
AMERICAN CITIES: 
FACT OR FISSION 
FICTION. 
>> AMID NATIONAL 
PROTESTS OVER 
QUALITY AND 
POLICE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS OFTEN 
REPEATED THE 
SAME CLAIM. 
>> THE TOP 10 
MOST DANGEROUS 
CITIES IN 
AMERICA ARE RUN 
BY DEMOCRATS.  
>> 20 WORSE. 
20 MOST 
DANGEROUS ARE 
DEMOCRAT RUN. 
WORSE THAN 
HONDURAS. 
WORSE THAN 
AFGHANISTAN. 
>> THE REALITY 
CHECK, HOMICIDE 
RATE ARE UP IN 
MANY CITIES, RUN 
BY BOTH 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS. 
UP 13% IN 
REPUBLICAN LED 
MIAMI.  
UP 29% IN 
REPUBLICAN-RUN 
CULS 
TULS 
A THROUGH JUNE.
AND REPUBLICAN-
LED FORT WORTH, 
POLICE REPORT A 
50% INCREASE IN 
HOMICIDES JUST 
THIS YEAR. 
>> WE GOT 
CHALLENGES JUST 
AS WELL AS OTHER 
LARGE AND SMALL 
METROPOLITAN 
AREAS. 
WE'RE DOING THE 
BEST THAT WE CAN 
WITH THE 
RESOURCES THAT 
WE HAVE. 
>> AND DEMOCRAT-
LED OAKLAND, A 
26% INCREASE. 
>> CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY, 
MAJOR CITY 
CHIEFS, ARE 
SAYING THE EXACT 
SAME THING. 
THE AMOUNT OF 
GUNS, THE AMOUNT 
OF GUN CRIMES.  
THE SIGNIFICANT 
INCREASES. 
>> CRIME EXPERTS 
SAY THE PANDEMIC 
AND ECONOMIC 
FALLOUT ARE BIG 
FACTORS IN 
DRIVING THE RATE 
HIGHER. 
ROUGHLY 100% OF 
AMERICA'S 
BIGGEST CITIES 
ARE LED BY 
DEMOCRATS, 
ARREST -- 
REPUBLICANS OR 
OTHERS.   
>> THE PRESIDENT 
CLAIMS THIS IS 
PRETTY MUCH ONLY 
A PROBLEM IN 
DEMOCRATIC 
CITIES. 
IS THAT 
ACCURATE? 
>> WELL, THE 
DATA THAT WE 
HAVE RIGHT NOW 
SAYS THAT THAT 
IS NOT ACCURATE. 
WE'RE SEEING 
ABOUT A 25% 
INCREASE IN THE 
14 CITIES RUN BY 
REPUBLICANS.  
VERY SIMILAR 
CHANGE ON 
AVERAGE OF THE 
CITIES THAT ARE 
RUN BY 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> Reporter: 
VANISH FEW 
MURDERS HAVE 
BEEN CONNECTED 
TO THE PROTESTS 
OVER RACIAL 
INEQUALITY.  
POLICE REPORT 
OUTSIDE 
AGITATORS FROM 
BOTH THE LEFT 
AND THE RIGHT.  
HAVE OFTEN 
TURNED THOSE 
PROTESTS 
VIOLENT. 
OVER THE 
WEEKEND, THE 
PRESIDENT 
TWEETED THAT 
D.C. MAYOR, 
MURIEL BOWSER, 
CLEAN UP D.C. OR 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL 
DO IT FOR YOU. 
>> WHEN A 
PRESIDENT 
ATTACKS A 
AMERICAN CITIES, 
HE'S ATTACKING 
AMERICA.  
AND THE JOB OF 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
TO UNITE US.  
NOT TO DIVIDE 
US.  
>> MAKE SURE YOU 
KNOW HOW TO VOTE 
IN THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION.  
AND NBC NEWS IS 
HERE TO HELP. 
WE HAVE A NEW 
STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE, CALLED 
PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
IT HAS 
INFORMATION ON 
VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOU 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE! 
WE DON'T HAVE TO 
RETALQUATE YATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY.  
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC.  
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET.  
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM, WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER.  
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION.  
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE VON 
VOY OF THE 
NACIAL GUARD AND 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.  
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS.  
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS  
WHO ARE TOLD 
THEY WILL BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY, 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT.  
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC. 
AND PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT.  
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA, TO 
CABLE TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> WHILE 
AMERICAN 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
SOARS IN THE 
PANDEMIC, MANY 
ARE TURNING TO 
FOOD BANKS FOR 
HELP. 
IN LOS ANGELES 
TODAY, NEARLY 
2,000 PEOPLE 
LINED UP FOR 
DONATIONS. 
MANY OF THEM 
THERE FOR THE 
FIRST TIME.  
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
STEVE PATTERSON 
JOINS ME NOW, 
FROM WHERE THE 
FOOD BANK 
OPERATES.  
STEVE, TELL US 
ABOUT WHAT YOU 
HAVE SEEN THERE 
TODAY. 
>> WELL, A LOT 
OF THANKFUL 
FACES, SAVANNAH. 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
BEEN 
UNDERSERVED. 
AND REALLY, IN A 
HARD SITUATION 
BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE JOB MARKET 
HAS REALLY YET 
TO FULLY RECOVER 
OR EVEN HALFWAY 
TO THAT, TO 
REALLY BEING 
ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THINGS ARE BACK 
TO NORMAL OR 
EVEN CLOSE TO 
NORMAL. 
AND YOU COULD 
REALLY SEE THAT 
TODAY. 
ABOUT 1400 
PEOPLE, THE 
ESTIMATE CAME 
THROUGH HERE. 
THIS IS THE L.A. 
REGIONAL FOOD 
BANK. 
THEY WERE DOING 
THIS SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC 
STARTED, SERVING 
HUNDREDS TO 
THOUSANDS TO 
PEOPLE, AT ONE 
TIME. 
THEY ESTIMATE 
THAT 
THEY'VEPROBABLY 
HANDED OUT SOME 
90 MILLION 
POUNDS OF FOOD, 
JUST IN THE 
PANDEMIC ALONE. 
THAT EQUATES TO 
ABOUT 70 MILLION 
MEALS. 
TODAY WAS NO 
DIFFERENT. 
WE SPOKE TO 
PEOPLE IN LINE. 
A LOT OF THEM, 
IT WAS THEIR 
FIRST TIME 
GETTING 
ASSISTANCE LIKE 
THIS. 
BUT WE'RE JUST 
PUT OUT BY THE 
PANDEMIC.  
OTHERS HAVE 
TAKEN ADVANTAGE 
OF IT BEFORE.  
BUT WE'RE 
SKIPPING MEALS.  
OR WE'RE EATING 
THINGS THAT WERE 
KIND OF IN THEIR 
CABINET, LEFT 
OVER. 
INSTEAD OF BEING 
ABLE TO COME 
AROUND THE TABLE 
AND HAVE A FULL 
MEAL. 
IN MANY CASES, 
WITH THEIR 
CHILDREN OR WITH 
THEIR 
GRANDMOTHER OR 
FAMILY. 
THIS GAVE THEM 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
DO THAT. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
IS SO SPECIAL 
ABOUT THIS. 
BUT 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
IT ALSO SPEAKS 
TO THE FACT THAT 
CORONAVIRUS IS 
IN MANY CASES, 
ALSO SURGING AND 
ALSO SUPPRESSING 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN THE 
JOB MARKET HERE 
IN CALIFORNIA. 
THIS IS A MARKET 
THAT REALLY 
DEPENDS ON THE 
ENTERTAINMENT 
BUSINESS, 
TOURISM AND 
HOSPITALITY. 
AND A LOT OF 
THAT IS STILL 
SHUT DOWN 
THROUGHOUT THE 
STATE. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE STATE, WE'RE 
STILL RECOVERING 
AT A 13% 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE, COMPARED 
TO THE REST OF 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHICH IS AT 10%. 
AND IF YOU DIAL 
IN L.A. 
COUNTY ALONE, 
IT'S ABOUT 17% 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
SO LOOKING AND 
COMPARING TO THE 
REST OF THE 
NATION, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE STILL 
IN DIRE STRAITS 
HERE. 
THIS, THANKFULLY 
IS ONE OF THOSE 
STUDENT WHERE 
PEOPLE CAN GET 
SOMETHING TO 
EAT. 
PUT SOME FOOD ON 
THE TABLE FOR 
THEMSELVES AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
SO IT WAS GOOD 
TO SEE THAT. 
BUT STILL SPEAKS 
TO THE FACT THAT 
THINGS ARE BAD 
HERE WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE JOB 
MARKET.  
SAVANNAH?
STEVE, I JUST 
LOVED THE WAY 
YOU PUT THAT. 
HUMANIZING.
AND IT'S NOT 
JUST THE PALLETS 
AND CRATES.  
IT'S THE 
OPPORTUNITY OF 
PEOPLE HAVING 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO HAVE A MEAL 
WITH THEIR 
FAMILY. 
I KNOW YOU SPOKE 
WITH THE CEO OF 
THE FOOD BANK.  
WHAT DID HE TELL 
YOU? 
>> HE WAS 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
WHAT THEY WERE 
ABLE TO DO. 
AND WHAT THEY 
ABLE TO CONTINUE 
TO DO. 
BUT AGAIN, HE 
SAID BASICALLY, 
THAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN GOING 
NONSTOP SINCE 
THIS STARTED. 
IN A WAY IN 
WHICH IS VERY 
DRAMATIC.  
YOU KNOW. 
AND AT A LEVEL, 
WE HAVEN'T 
REALLY SEEN 
SINCE THE GREAT 
RECESSION IN 
2008. 
BUT EVEN NOW 
BEYOND THAT. 
JUST BECAUSE THE 
LEVEL OF NEED IS 
SO HIGH. 
IT CONTINUES TO 
BE SO HIGH.  
YOU KNOW, BACK 
WHEN THE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE WAS EVEN 
MUCH HIGHER A 
FEW MONTHS AGO. 
THEY STILL SEE 
THIS SUSTAINED 
PRESSURE OF 
PEOPLE THAT NEED 
HELP. 
AND IT DOESN'T 
APPEAR TO BE 
GOING ANYWHERE. 
AND EVEN IF THIS 
WERE TO END 
TOMORROW OR NEXT 
WEEK, THEY WOULD 
STILL NEED TO BE 
ABLE TO FEED 
PEOPLE. 
BECAUSE THE JOB 
MARKET, YOU 
KNOW, WE SEE 
THAT LAG, WHERE 
IT TAKES A WHILE 
TO RECOVER, EVEN 
AFTER THINGS 
HAVE GONE 
ESSENTIALLY BACK 
TO NORMAL. 
OR AT LEAST 
GETTING TO BACK 
TO NORMAL. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID ABOUT JUST 
WHAT THE NEED 
IS. 
LISTEN TO THIS. 
>> THE NEEDS 
HAVE SPIKED UP 
SIGNIFICANTLY, 
RIGHT AWAY.  
PLUS 80% 
INCREASED 
DISTRIBUTION 
WHEN THE 
PANDEMIC FIRST 
STARTED.  
AND NOW WE'RE AT 
125% INCREASE ON 
FOOD ACQUISITION 
AND FOOD 
DISTRIBUTION. 
SO WE SEE IT AT 
THIS REALLY 
HISTORIC LEVEL 
FOR THE FOOD 
BANK.  
>> 125% 
INCREASE. 
YOU HEARD IT 
THERE. 
THAT IS AN 
INCREDIBLE 
ASTRONOMICAL 
SPIKE THAT THEY 
HAD TO DEAL 
WITH. 
BUT THEY'VE DONE 
IT REALLY 
EFFICIENTLY. 
I MEAN, BEHIND 
ME. 
THIS THING IS 
RUNNING LIKE A 
WELL-OILED 
MACHINE. 
YOU COULDN'T 
REALLY TELL THAT 
1400 PEOPLE CAME 
THROUGH. 
BECAUSE THEY'RE 
SO EFFICIENT AT 
DOING IT. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
FEEDING PEOPLE 
FOR SO LONG, 
THAT THEY 
ESSENTIALLY KNOW 
HOW TO DO IT. 
BUT AGAIN, 
HERE'S SAYING 
THIS THING COULD 
CONTINUE FOR A 
VERY LONG TIME. 
LUCKILY, WITH 
THEIR 
PARTNERSHIPS, 
BOTH AT THE 
STATE, LOCAL, 
NATIONAL LEVEL. 
AND WITH THE 
VOLUNTEERS THAT 
HAVE REALLY 
STEPPED UP. 
WITH THE 
DONATIONS THAT 
HAVE STEPPED UP 
IN THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
THEY'RE ABLE TO 
SUSTAIN THIS 
AMOUNT OF 
PRESSURE.  
SAVANNAH?
>> STEVE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH.  
AND AGAIN, I 
JUST LOVE YOU 
REALLY 
HUMANIZING IT, 
MAKING US POINT 
OUT THAT THESE 
ARE MEALS FOR 
PEOPLE TO HAVE 
WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
THINGS, ANYTHING 
NORMAL. 
ANYTHING THAT IS 
GOING TO GET 
PEOPLE THROUGH. 
THEY NEED TO 
EAT. 
THEY NEED THESE 
THINGS. 
THANKS FOR YOUR 
REPORTING THERE. 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S WHAT IT'S 
ALL ABOUT, 
SAVANNAH. 
THANK YOU.
>>> THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC HASN'T 
TREATED EVERYONE 
EQUALLY.  
BLACK AMERICANS 
ARE TWICE AS 
LIKELY TO DIE 
FROM COVID-19, 
WHICH MAKES IT 
EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT TO 
MAKE SURE A 
VACCINE WORKS 
FOR EVERYBODY.  
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
RON ALLEN SAT 
DOWN WITH THE 
DIRECTOR FOR 
NATIONAL 
INSTITUTE FOR 
ALLERGY AND 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE.  
DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI TO TALK 
ABOUT WHAT WE 
ALL CAME TO KNOW 
TODAY. 
>> HOW IMPORTANT 
DO YOU THINK IT 
IS FOR PEOPLE OF 
COLOR TO BE 
INVOLVED IN THE 
TESTING PROCESS 
OF THESE 
POTENTIAL 
VACCINES? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
EXTRAORDINARILY 
IMPORTANT FOR SO 
MANY REASONS. 
FIRST OF ALL, 
GIVEN WHAT WE 
SEE AND HOW THIS 
DISEASE AND THIS 
INFECTION HAS 
RAVAGED THE 
MINORITY 
COMMUNITY, THAT 
AN INTERVENTION, 
SUCH AS A 
VACCINE IS FOR 
TWO 18 REASONS. 
FIRST OF ALL, 
THE INCIDENTS OR 
THE LIKELIHOOD 
OF GETTING 
INFECTED.  
IS GREATER IN 
THE MINORITY 
COMUNT 
COMMUNITIES, 
PARTICULARLY 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES. 
AND THEN IF THEY 
DO GET INFECTED, 
THEY HAVE A MUCH 
GREATER 
LIKELIHOOD OF A 
SEVERE OUTCOME, 
INCLUDING 
HOSPITALIZATION 
AND DEATH, 
BECAUSE OF THE 
UNDERLYING 
CONDITIONS, 
WHICH ARE MUCH 
GREATER, AND 
MUCH MORE 
REPRESENTED IN 
THE AFRICAN 
AMERICAN AND 
OTHER MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES.  
SO THE BENEFIT 
OF A VACCINE IS 
CLEARLY 
IMPORTANT FOR 
THE MINORITY 
COMMUNITY. 
AND IF YOU DON'T 
HAVE THEM 
REPRESENTED IN 
THE CLINICAL 
TRIAL, THEN YOU 
WILL NOT HAVE 
DEFINITIVELY 
PROVEN THAT THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE IN 
THEM. 
YOU CAN ASSUME 
THAT IF IT IS 
SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE IN THE 
WHITE POPULATION 
OR THE 
NONMINORITY 
POPULATION, THAT 
IT WOULD BE 
EFFECTIVE. 
BUT YOU REALLY 
WANT TO KNOW 
THAT YOU TRIED 
THIS VACCINE IN 
A WELL 
ORGANIZED, 
PLACEBO-
CONTROLLED 
TRIAL, AND YOU 
KNOW IT WORKS IN 
MINORITIES AND 
IT'S SAFE IN 
MINORITIES. 
THAT'S THE 
REASON WHY IT'S 
SO IMPORTANT. 
>> AND WE ARE 
NOT INVOLVED. 
THE NUMBERS ARE 
LESS, ABOUT 10% 
BASED ON COVID 
PREVENTION 
NETWORK. 
WHAT DID YOU SAY 
TO PEOPLE WHO 
JUST DON'T TRUST 
THE PROCESS AND 
WORRY THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE 
TREATED LIKE A 
GUINEA PIG? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
YOU'VE GOT TO 
PUT A LOT OF 
EFFORT INTO A 
COMMUNITY 
ENGAGEMENT AND 
COMMUNITY 
OUTREACH. 
AND YOU'VE GOT 
TO ENGAGE PEOPLE 
NOT ONLY PEOPLE 
LIKE MIGHT AND 
PEOPLE WHO ARE, 
YOU KNOW, 
ESSENTIALLY 
OFFICIAL PEOPLE. 
BUT YOU'VE GOT 
TO GET PEOPLE 
WHO AT THE 
COMMUNITY LEVEL 
AND ARE TRUSTED 
BY THE 
COMMUNITY. 
IT'S EXTREMELY 
IMPORTANT FOR 
THEM AS 
INDIVIDUALS. 
BUT ALSO FOR 
THAT DEMOGRAPHIC 
GROUP. 
WE NEED TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE 
PROVE BEYOND A 
DOUBT THAT WHAT 
WE'RE DOING IS 
SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE IN 
THEM.   
>> THERE ARE 
CONCERNS THAT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS PUSHING THE 
FDA TO APPROVE 
VACCINES FASTER 
THAN THE SCIENCE 
WOULD SUGGEST.  
WHAT IS YOUR 
RESPONSE TO 
THAT?   
>> YOU KNOW, IF 
YOU LOOK AT THE 
COMMITMENT OF 
THE FDA, WHO 
HAVE BEEN 
EXPLICIT IN 
BEING VERY 
CLEAR, THAT 
THEIR DECISION 
ON THE 
REGULATORY 
ASPECTS OF WHEN 
A VACCINE WOULD 
BE MADE 
AVAILABLE TO THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC, 
IS GOING TO BE 
BASED ON SCIENCE 
AND HARD DATA 
AND EVIDENCE.  
THEY MADE THAT 
VERY, VERY 
CLEAR.  
AND I TAKE THEM 
FOR THEIR WORD 
THAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO DO 
THAT.  
AND THERE'S 
ANOTHER ISSUE 
THERE THAT I 
THINK THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC 
NEEDS TO 
APPRECIATE.  
THERE ARE DATA 
AND SAFETY 
MONITORING 
BOARDS, WHICH 
ARE INDEPENDENT 
GROUP OF 
INDIVIDUALS.  
WHO, IN FACT, 
LOOK AT THE 
DATA, 
INTERMITTENTLY, 
AND MAKE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
AS TO WHAT THE 
DISPOSITION OF 
THE TRIAL IS.   
>> BUT DO YOU 
WORRY THE 
PROCESS HAS 
BECOME TOO 
POLITICAL WITH 
AN ELECTION 
APPROACHING? 
>> YOU KNOW, I 
THINK THERE IS A 
PERCEPTION OF 
THERE BEING 
POLITICAL. 
BUT I DON'T SEE 
THAT AS BEING 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS GOING TO BE 
PRACTICALLY 
PLAYING OUT. 
IF YOU HAVE THE 
COMMITMENT OF 
THE FDA, AND YOU 
HAVE THE 
COMMITMENT, I 
KNOW THE DATA 
AND SAFETY 
MONITORING 
PEOPLE, THEY ARE 
INDEPENDENT. 
AND THEY ARE 
VERY, VERY 
COMMITTED TO 
MAKING SURE 
SCIENCE PREVAILS 
AND NOT 
POLITICS.  
>>> THE CDC IS 
TELLING STATES 
TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE A 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE BY 
NOVEMBER 1st. 
JUST DAYS BEFORE 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION.  
NBC NEWS MEDICAL 
CONTRIBUTOR AND 
INTERNAL MEDICAL 
PHYSICIAN, DR. 
LIPPY ROY JOINS 
ME NOW. 
NOW, DR. ROY, 
THE CDC SAYS 
THIS WOULD APPLY 
TO HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS AND HIGH 
RISK GROUPS. 
WHO FALLS INTO 
THESE 
CATEGORIES? 
>> HEY, SAVANNAH 
YES. 
THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
ARE THAT THE 
HEALTHCARE 
PROFESSIONALS, 
AS WELL AS OTHER 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS AND 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY STAFF, 
WOULD BE THAT 
FIRST TIER TO 
RECEIVE THE 
VACCINE. 
THEN AFTER THAT, 
IT WOULD BE 
PEOPLE OVER THE 
AGE OF 65, 
NATIVE 
AMERICANS. 
AND OTHER RACIAL 
AND ETHNIC 
MINORITY GROUPS. 
THOSE WOULD BE 
-- THAT WOULD BE 
THE TIER OF 
PEOPLE RECEIVING 
THE VACCINE. 
IN ADDITION, MEN 
AND WOMEN WHO 
ARE 
INCARCERATED. 
SO THOSE 
POPULATIONS ARE 
CONSIDERED HIGH 
RISK.  
INDIVIDUALS AT 
RISK FOR GETTING 
COVID INFECTION. 
>> NOW, LET'S 
SAY THERE IS A 
VACCINE 
AVAILABLE BY 
NOVEMBER AND 
LET'S SAY YOU 
HAVE SOME OF 
THOSE PATIENTS 
WHO ARE HIGH 
RISK. 
WOULD YOU 
RECOMMEND IT TO 
THEM? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
THAT'S THE 
MILLION DOLLAR 
QUESTION, ISN'T 
IT, SAVANNAH?
I MEAN, WE HEARD 
DR. FAUCI 
EXPRESS HIS 
RECOMMENDATIONS, 
AS WELL AS 
SAFETY. 
HE CITED AN 
INDEPENDENT 
SAFETY BOARD 
THAT LOOKS AT 
THE DATA.  
THAT SAID, AND I 
CERTAINLY TRUST 
DR. FAUCI, BUT 
THAT SAID, THE 
OTHER HARD FACT, 
WE HAVE NEVER, 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF HUMAN 
HISTORY, 
DEVELOPED AND 
DISTRIBUTED A 
VACCINE AND 
DIRECTLY INTO 
HUMANS, IN UNDER 
FOUR YEARS.  
AND THE FACT 
THAT WE'RE NOW 
THINKING OF 
DEVELOPING AND 
DISTRIBUTING A 
VACCINE FOR 
COVID-19 IN LESS 
THAN A YEAR, IT 
JUST -- I THINK 
IT'S REASONABLE 
WHY SO MANY OF 
US, PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND 
MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS 
ARE SKEPTICAL, 
WITHOUT SEEING 
TRULY THE DATA 
IN LARGE, LARGE 
POPULATIONS OF 
PEOPLE, 
INCLUDING 
HEALTHY PEOPLE. 
BECAUSE 
REMEMBER, THIS 
VACCINE. 
THE GOAL, THE 
INTENT OF THE 
VACCINE IS IT TO 
GO OUT OVER 
HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE ALL OVER 
THE WORLD. 
INCLUDING ADULTS 
AND CHILDREN. 
WE NEED TO TAKE 
EVERY ADVANTAGE 
POSSIBLE. 
>> NOT SURE YOU 
JUST INSTILLED 
CONFIDENCE IN 
ME. 
BUT THANK YOU 
FOR HONESTLY 
ASSESSING IT. 
I THINK WE'RE 
ALL CONFUSED 
LIKE SHOULD WE 
INJECT SOMETHING 
LIKE THIS SO 
QUICKLY AFTER IT 
IS DEVELOPED. 
REALISTICALLY, 
WHEN COULD THIS 
BECOME 
AVAILABLE?  
IF YOU'RE NOT IN 
THE HIGH RISK 
AREA. 
>> AND I I 
DIDN'T ANSWER 
YOUR SPECIFIC 
QUESTION. 
WOULD I FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, 
EITHER GIVING IT 
TO MYSELF, MY 
PATIENTS AND I 
DO TAKE CARE OF 
COVID-INFECTED 
PATIENTS HERE IN 
NEW YORK CITY, 
OR TO MY OWN 
FAMILY MEMBERS. 
AND THE SHORT 
ANSWER IS, I 
WOULD NOT FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, 
UNTIL I GET 
ABSOLUTE 
ASSURANCE THAT 
THE VACCINE HAS 
BEEN ADEQUATELY 
TESTED IN 
THOUSANDS AND 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE. 
AND YOU REALLY 
NEED TIME TO 
ASSESS FOR AT 
RISK 
CONSEQUENCES. 
AND TO ANSWER 
OTHER QUESTIONS 
ABOUT WHEN WILL 
IT REALISTICALLY 
BE AVAILABLE TO 
THE AVERAGE 
PERSON, THE 
PUBLIC.  
THEY THINK BY 
NOVEMBER. 
BUT HONESTLY, 
AGAIN, IF YOU 
LOOK AT HISTORY 
AND VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT.  
IT TAKES YEARS. 
SO I REALLY 
DON'T THINK IT'S 
UNTIL 2021. 
BUT I'M HAPPY TO 
BE PROVEN WRONG. 
AS LONG AS THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND ADEQUATELY 
TESTED. 
SAVANNAH?
>> NOW, A LOT OF 
THESE DIFFERENT 
VACCINES ARE IN 
PHASE 3 OF THEIR 
TRIALS. 
BUT THAT DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY MEAN 
THAT WE KNOW FOR 
SURE THAT THEY 
SAFE, IF THEY 
HAVEN'T GONE ALL 
THE WAY THROUGH 
THAT PHASE 3. 
WHAT COULD GO 
WRONG HERE. 
>> I HATE TO BE 
A DEBBIE DOWNER 
AGAIN, SAVANNAH. 
BUT THERE'S A 
LOT OF THINGS 
THAT CAN GO 
WRONG. 
THIS IS WHY WE 
NEED PHASE 3 
TRIAL. 
AND JUST SO YOUR 
VIEWERS ARE 
REALLY CLEAR. 
PHASE 3 TESTS 
PEOPLE IN THE 
RANGE OF 30,000 
PEOPLE. 
AND IT'S NOT 
JUST THE NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE, BUT 
IT'S TRACKING 
THEM OVER TIME 
TO LOOK FOR ANY 
TYPE OF ADVERSE 
EVENTS. 
ANYWHERE FROM 
LIKE MILD SIDE 
EFFECTS. 
LIKE REDNESS TO 
THE SITE OF 
INJECTION. 
TO SEVERE.
THERE'S MANY 
TIMES OF 
COMPLICATIONS. 
MANY WAYS, 
MEDICATIONS SUCH 
AS VACCINE CAN 
GO WRONG.  
THE OTHER 
ISSUES, THOUGH, 
SAVANNAH, ARE 
REALLY 
LOGISTICAL. 
YOU REMEMBER 
FROM THE DATA, 
STUDIES COMING 
FROM PFIZER, 
MODERNA THAT HAD 
VACCINE IS GOING 
TO REQUIRE TWO 
DOSES. 
SO RIGHT NOW, IF 
YOU LOOK AT 
POLLS, THE 
AVERAGE, I THINK 
ONLY 40 TO 50% 
OF AMERICANS ARE 
EVEN AGREEABLE 
TO GETTING A 
VACCINE, LET 
ALONE COMING 
BACK FOR A 
SECOND DOSE. 
AND THE OTHER 
ISSUE IS, THE 
VACCINES NEED TO 
BE STORED 
ATMINUS SERVICE. 
I THINK THE
PFIZER NI
MINUS 17.
OR THE OTHER WAY 
AROUND. 
BUT THAT'S 
ADDITIONAL 
STORAGE 
COMPLICATION. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
ISSUES THAT WE 
REALLY NEED TO 
BE AWARE OF, 
SAVANNAH? 
>> DR. ROY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR ASSESSMENT. 
I SO APPRECIATE 
THE HONESTY. 
REALLY, IT'S 
SOMETHING WE 
HAVE TO HEAR.  
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR JOINING 
US. 
>> HAPPY FRIDAY 
SAVANNAH. 
>>> 881,000 
PEOPLE FILED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
LAST WEEK. 
NORMALLY, THAT 
WOULDN'T BE 
CAUSED FOR 
CELEBRATION. 
BUT IT'S 
ACTUALLY THE 
LOWEST WEEKLY 
TOTAL SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC UPENDED 
THE ECONOMY. 
NBC NEWS 
BUSINESS AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
CORRESPONDENT, 
JO LING KENT 
JOINS ME NOW. 
JO, HI. 
WALK US THROUGH.
IS THIS CAUSE 
FOR SOME HOPE? 
>> SAVANNAH, 
HEY. 
IT IS A SIGN OF 
HEALING OF THE 
ECONOMY. 
NOT COMPLETELY. 
BUT ANOTHER STEP 
IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION. 
BUT 881,000 
JOBLESS CLAIMS. 
THAT NUMBER, YOU 
GOTTA LOOK AT 
THE CONTEXT TWO 
DIFFERENT WAYS. 
STILL ABOUT FOUR 
TIMES AS MUCH AS 
THE PRECOVID 
JOBLESS CLAIMS 
THAT WE WOULD 
GET BACK BEFORE 
FEBRUARY OR 
EARLY MARCH. 
AND THE OTHER 
THING, TOO, IS 
THIS NUMBER IS 
LOWER. 
IT'S A NEW WAY 
THAT THE LABOR 
DEPARTMENT IS 
CALCULATING ITS 
WEAKLY JOBLESS 
CLAIMS. 
THEY HAVE THIS 
THING WHERE THEY 
HAVE TO ADJUST 
FOR SEASONALITY. 
OR RETAIL 
WORKERS GETTING 
HIRED UP FOR THE 
SEASON. 
THAT'S ALSO 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE DROP IN THAT 
NUMBER. 
OVERALL, MOVING 
IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION FOR 
THE SIXTH WEEK 
IN A ROW. 
BUT STILL VERY 
STAGGERING 
NUMBERS, 
REFLECTING THE 
REAL HUMAN PAIN 
HERE BEHIND THE 
ECONOMIC 
SITUATION.   
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
THE PAIN ASIDE 
FROM OF COURSE, 
THE MEDICAL 
PAIN. 
LIKE SO MUCH IN 
THIS.  
A BIG QUESTION 
GOING FORWARD.  
WHAT WILL 
RECOVERY LOOK 
LIKE FOR 
DIFFERENT 
AMERICANS?   
>> YEAH. 
NO DOUBT ABOUT 
IT. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
REPORTING 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
CRISIS, THE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
HURT THE MOST IN 
THIS ECONOMIC 
DISASTER ARE 
PEOPLE OF COLOR 
AND WOMEN. 
AND PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE THE LOWEST 
LEVEL OF INCOME. 
ESPECIALLY THOSE 
HOURLY WAGE 
EARNERS. 
TOMORROW, WE'RE 
GOING TO GET THE 
AUGUST JOBS 
REPORT. 
AND WE'LL GET A 
REALLY GOOD 
SENSE OF HOW 
THINGS ARE GOING 
IN A BIGGER SORT 
OF WAY.  
IT'S A GOOD 
NUMBER. 
BUT AGAIN, YOU 
HAVE TO LOOK AT 
THE CONTEXT. 
WE LOST ABOUT 
22, 23 MILLION 
JOBS, WHAT WAS 
IT? 
BACK IN MARCH 
AND APRIL? 
AND WE'VE ONLY 
GAINED ABOUT 12 
OR THEN MILL 
13 MILLION OF 
THOSE BACK. 
ANOTHER 1.3 IN 
AUGUST WOULD BE 
A GOOD THING, 
RIGHT? 
BUT IT'S ALSO 
SHOWING HOW BIG 
THAT GULF IS. 
AND WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT THE 
FOOD LINES WE'VE 
COVERED. 
PEOPLE TRYING TO 
GET FOOD ON 
THEIR TABLE TO 
SURVIVE. 
NOW YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT 
EVICTIONS 
CRISIS. 
GOING ON AS WE 
SPEAK. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
REALITY OF THIS 
SITUATION, EVEN 
THOUGH THE 
NUMBERS ARE 
GETTING BETTER. 
IT'S STILL 
EXTREMELY 
PAINFUL FOR A 
LOT OF 
INDIVIDUALS OUT 
THERE.   
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
NOW, JOE, THE 
DOW FELL MORE 
THAN 800 POINTS 
TODAY. 
BUT THE STOCK 
MARKET HAD BEEN 
SETTING RECORDS. 
WHAT HAPPENED 
TODAY? 
>> YEAH. 
YOU REALLY SAW A 
BIG PULLBACK IN 
TECH STOCKS. 
LIKE APPLE AND 
TESLA, DROPPING 
8, 9%. 
YOU ALSO HAVE 
ALPHABET AT 
GOOGLE'S 
COMPANY. 
DROPPING 
SIGNIFICANTLY AS 
WELL. 
TALKING TO 
ANALYSTS ABOUT 
IT, THEY SAY 
THIS WAS A 
HEALTHY 
PULLBACK. 
A LOT OF 
EXCITEMENT. 
AND SOME PEOPLE 
WERE SELLING ON 
THE GAMES THAT 
THEY HAD MADE. 
THIS IS ONE OF 
THE BEST AUGUSTS 
IN DECADES, 
ACCORDING TO ONE 
STOCK MARKET 
ANALYST. 
THAT'S AGAIN, 
WHERE YOU SEE 
THE DIVIDE.  
YOU SEE A STOCK 
MARKET TO BE 
MOVING IN A VERY 
POSITIVE 
DIRECTION. 
AND YOU ALSO 
HAVE SO MANY 
PEOPLE HURTING 
AT THE SAME 
TIME.  
SO CERTAINLY THE 
STOCK MARKET 
TAKING A HIT 
TODAY. 
BUT IT'S BEEN A 
LOT OF UP AND 
DOWN IN THE 
RECEIPT WEEKS. 
WE'LL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS HERE. 
BUT THE STOCK 
MARKET, AS I 
ALWAYS LIKE TO 
SAY. 
WITH ALISON, 
IT'S NOT REALLY 
REFLECTIVE OF 
THE ECONOMY. 
>> THAT 
CERTAINLY SEEMS 
TO HAVE BEEN 
TRUE THROUGHOUT 
THIS ENTIRE 
CRISIS. 
I'M SURE WE'LL 
BE TALKING TO 
YOU SOON ONCE WE 
GET THE JOBS 
REPORT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANKS, 
SAVANNAH. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING 
TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE.  
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY.  
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC.  
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET.  
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
AND A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM, WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER.  
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS HAYES?
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND.  
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION.  
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>> THIS MORNING, 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE.   
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.  
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS.  
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS  
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY ARE 
GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT.  
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR.  
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
>>> FACEBOOK IS 
BANNING 
POLITICAL ADS 
FOR THE WEEK 
LEADING UP TO 
ELECTION DAY.  
THE MOVE IS 
AIMED AT CURBING 
THE SPREAD OF 
MISINFORMATION. 
THE COMPANY ALSO 
SAYING IT WILL 
REMOVE POSTS 
THAT TRY TO 
SUPPRESS OR 
DISCOURAGE 
VOTING.  
NBC NEWS SENIOR 
MEDIA REPORTER, 
DYLAN BYERS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT THIS 
POLICY, WHY 
FACEBOOK IS 
DOING IT. 
AND IT'S 
INTERESTING THAT 
IT'S JUST THAT 
WEEK BEFORE, IF 
THE IDEA IS TO 
STOP 
MISINFORMATION. 
WHAT ABOUT THE 
WEEK BEFORE 
THAT? 
HOW ARE THEY 
EXPLAINING THIS? 
>> SURE. 
THIS IS A MOVE, 
SAVANNAH, 
BASICALLY BOTH 
SIGNIFICANT 
INSOFAR AS 
FACEBOOK HAS 
NEVER INSTITUTED 
A TEMPORARY BAN 
ON ADVERTISING. 
AND THEY ARE 
GOING FURTHER 
THAN THEY HAVE 
BEFORE. 
IN TERMS OF 
TRYING TO CURB 
MISINFORMATION 
AND POLITICAL 
ADVERTISING.  
I THINK DUE TO 
THE OBVIOUS 
SENSITIVITIES 
SURROUNDING THIS 
ELECTION. 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, LIKE YOU 
SAID, THERE'S 
SORT OF LIMITS 
TO HOW MUCH 
THEY'RE DOING 
HERE. 
AND HOW 
EFFECTIVE IT CAN 
ACTUALLY BE.  
THE REASON TO 
BAN NEW ADS FOR 
ONE WEEK IS 
EFFECTIVELY TO 
GIVE ANY 
CAMPAIGN THE 
AMOUNT OF TIME 
TO SORT OF 
COMBAT, YOU 
KNOW, BASICALLY, 
DEFEND THE 
NARRATIVE. 
FOR INSTANCE, 
WHAT FACEBOOK 
DOESN'T WANT. 
THEY DON'T WANT 
A SITUATION 
WHERE THE NIGHT 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY, THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN ROLLS 
OUT A STRING OF 
ADS THAT SHOW 
MISINFORMATION 
ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN'S RECORDS 
AND THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN DOESN'T 
HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
RESPOND. 
NOW, AN AD THAT 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN POSTS A 
WEEK AND A DAY 
EARLIER, OR TWO 
WEEKS EARLIER, 
THEY COULD 
CONTINUE TO RUN 
THAT STRAIGHT UP 
THROUGH ELECTION 
DAY. 
THIS ISN'T A 
QUESTION SO MUCH 
ABOUT BLOCKING 
POLITICAL 
ADVERTISING, 
LEADING US TO 
THE ELECTION, AS 
IT IS ABOUT 
BASICALLY 
AVOIDING A 
SITUATION IN 
WHICH SOMEONE 
SNEAKS SOMETHING 
NEFARIOUS OVER 
THE FINISH LINE 
AT THE VERY LAST 
MINUTE.  
>> SO BASICALLY, 
THERE ARE KIND 
OF GOING TO BE 
THESE WORK 
AROUNDS WHERE 
THEY CAN KEEP 
THESE OLDER ADS 
THAT DOESN'T 
JUST COME OUT 
THEN UP? 
IS THAT WHAT 
YOU'RE SAYING? 
>> YEAH, 
EXACTLY. 
SO I THINK IF 
I'M SITTING IN 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN OR 
TRUMP CAMP PAIN. 
WHAT I'M 
THINKING ABOUT, 
MAYBE I'M 
PUTTING SOME ADS 
UP ON FACEBOOK, 
A WEEK AND A DAY 
BEFORE THE 
ELECTION. 
NOT PUTTING A 
LOT OF MONEY 
BEHIND THEM, BUT 
PUTTING THEM UP 
THERE. 
THEN ALL OF A 
SUDDEN, REALLY 
PUSHING THEM IN 
THAT FINAL WEEK. 
SO I THINK 
THAT'S THE KIND 
OF AREA, WHERE I 
THINK A LOT OF 
FOLKS, YOU KNOW, 
FACEBOOK 
CRITICS, CIVIL 
RIGHTS GROUPS, 
FOLKS ON THE 
LEFT I THINK, 
ARE WARY ABOUT 
THE CERTAIN LA
LAIS SE FAIR 
APPROACH.  
THEY ARE SAYING 
THIS IS LARGER 
PROBLEMS THAT 
FACEBOOK HAS 
DEALT WITH. 
THE ARGUMENT 
THAT FACEBOOK IS 
MAKING IS THE 
ARGUMENT IT HAS 
ALWAYS MADE, 
WHICH IS LOOK. 
WE BELIEVE WE 
SHOULDN'T BE THE 
ARBITERS ARE 
TRUTH. 
WE BELIEVE BOTH, 
WE BELIEVE ALL 
POLITICAL 
CAMPAIGNS SHOULD 
HAVE THE RIGHT 
TO SPEAK AND SAY 
WHAT THEY WANT 
AND BUY THE ADS 
THAT THEY WANT. 
AND WE BELIEVE 
THAT THE MORE 
THEY DO THAT, 
THE MORE THAT WE 
CAN HAVE 
COUNTERSPEECH. 
AND THE OTHER 
PEOPLE, 
INCLUDING FOLKS 
IN THE MEDIA AND 
RIFLE POLIT -- 
VIVAL POLITICAL 
CAMPAIGNS CAN 
COME IN AND THEY 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THEY HAVE 
TIME TO DO THAT. 
>> NOW, 
FACEBOOK'S VP 
WENT ON MSNBC TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
POLICY. 
MY COLLEAGUE 
ASKED ABOUT 
FACEBOOK AND THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
ALLOWING THE 
CAMPAIGN TO POST 
MISINFORMATION 
ABOUT VOTING. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID.   
>> LEGITIMATE 
SPACE IN OPEN, 
FREE SOCIETY. 
TO DEBATE 
DIFFERENT 
METHODS OF 
VOTING. 
PEOPLE ON ALL 
SIDES OF THE 
AISLE, BY THE 
WAY.  
DEMOCRATS AS
WELL.
DEBATE ABOUT THE 
VIRTUES AND 
VICES. 
AS OPPOSED TO IN-
PERSON VOTING. 
IT WOULD BE 
INDEED. 
I SUSPECT MANY 
PEOPLE WOULD 
FEEL QUITE 
OFFENDED BY 
THIS. 
IF A PRIVATE 
COMPANY WAS 
GOING TO CEASE 
TO ELIMINATE.  
DISCUSSION.
AND LEGITIMATE 
DISCUSSION OF 
VOTING. 
INCLUDING IN 
THIS EXCEPTIONAL 
TIME OF 
PANDEMIC. 
>> SOME OF THAT 
IS KIND OF AS 
YOU SAID, DYLAN, 
THEY ARE NOT THE 
ARBITERS OF 
TRUTH OR 
INFORMATION. 
BUT HOW IS 
FACEBOOK 
SPECIFICALLY 
ADDRESSING THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
POST? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING SO FAR, AT 
LEAST IN THE 
FIRST 24 HOURS 
OR I SHOULD SAY, 
12 HOURS SINCE 
THEY ANNOUNCED 
THESE STATS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
ACTUALLY HAS A 
POST OUT THERE, 
AS WE SPEAK, 
THAT EFFECTIVELY 
TRAFFICS 
MISINFORMATION 
ABOUT THE VOTING 
PROCESS. 
AND WHAT 
FACEBOOK HAS 
DONE IS ATTACHED 
A LABEL TO IT.  
I THINK IT 
LEAVES A LOT OF 
FOLKS FEELING 
LIKE HOW FAR ARE 
YOU REALLY 
GOING? 
HOW EFFECTIVE 
CAN A LABEL ON A 
POST BE? 
VERSUS ACTUALLY 
GOING SO FAR AS 
TO TAKE IT DOWN? 
WHICH TEAM SEEMS 
TO BE WHAT THEY 
SUGGESTED IN 
THEIR POLICY. 
I THINK TO THE 
POINT THAT NICK 
CLEGG MADE THERE 
IN THE INTERVIEW 
TO KATIE TUR. 
THAT IS A 
REASONABLE 
POINT. 
YOU CAN IMAGINE 
HOW MUCH PROTEST 
THERE WOULD BE, 
IF FACEBOOK 
BECAME REALLY 
AGGRESSIVE ABOUT 
WHAT YOU COULD 
AND COULDN'T 
SAY, ABOUT THE 
EFFECTS OF 
SOMETHING LIKE 
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
I THINK THE 
PROBLEM IN THIS 
UNIQUE MOMENT IN 
HISTORY IS WE DO 
HAVE EXTREMELY 
POWERFUL SOCIAL 
MEDIA COMPANY. 
OR I SHOULD SAY, 
A FEW VERY 
POWERFUL SOCIAL 
MEDIA COMPANIES. 
THERE IS ALSO 
YOUTUBE AND 
TWITTER, TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW THEY MANAGE 
THE SPEECH AT A 
TIME WHERE YOU 
HAVE AN 
INCUMBENT IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE WHO 
HAS NO QUALMS 
ABOUT SOWING 
MISINFORMATION 
AND CHAOS AND AT 
TIMES, FRANKLY, 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES, IN AN 
EFFORT TO 
SUPPRESS THE 
VOTE. 
THIS WILL BE A 
CHAOTIC 
SITUATION. 
EVEN MARK 
ZUCKERBERG, THE 
CEO OF FACEBOOK, 
HAS WARNED THIS 
IS GOING TO GET 
HEATED. 
AND I THINK 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO TRY 
TO LEVEL THIS 
OUT, WHILE 
OPERATING THEIR 
BUSINESS IN THAT 
SORT OF FREE 
SPEECH, LAISSEZ-
FAIRE PHILOSOPHY 
THEY'VE ALWAYS 
TRIED TO KEEP IN 
PLACE. 
>> DYLAN, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR 
YOUR REPORTING 
ON THIS. 
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
>>> THE BIG 10 
WAS EXPECTED TO 
KICK OFF THIS 
WEEKEND. 
BUT THE 
CONFERENCE WAS 
BENCHED, DUE TO 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS.  
THE 
CONTROVERSIAL 
MOVE HAS MANY 
PARENTS OUTRAGED 
ANDDEMANDING 
ANSWERS. 
EVEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS 
WEIGHING IN. 
HERE'S NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
SAM BROCK.   
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, GOOD 
AFTERNOON.  
FOR PARENTS AND 
FOR FAMILIES 
RIGHT NOW. 
THERE IS ONE 
THING THEY TELL 
ME THEY ARE 
REALLY LOOKING 
FOR. 
THAT IS 
CLARIFICATION. 
HOW DID THE BIG 
10 GO FROM ALL 
SYSTEMS GO, TO 
SIX DAYS LATER, 
A SEASON THAT IS 
EFFECTIVELY 
FROZEN ON ICE? 
THEY SAY THEY 
WANT DATA, THEY 
WANT AN 
EXPLANATION AND 
THEY WANT IT 
NOW.  
>> Reporter: 
TIME IS TICKING. 
AND PRESSURE 
BUILDING ON THE 
BIG 10 FOOTBALL 
CONFERENCE TO 
RETURN TO THE 
FIELD THIS FALL. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH COLLATERAL 
DAMAGE THAT WILL 
OCCUR BECAUSE OF 
THIS 
CANCELLATION 
THAT I JUST FEEL 
THE TRANPARENCY 
HAS NOT BEEN 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: 
PARENTS OF 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PLAYERS AT IOWA, 
NEBRASKA AND 
OHIO STATE, 
DESCRIBING THE 
ROLLER COASTER 
RIDE OF A 
SCHEDULED 
RELEASED AUGUST 
5th AND A 
TIMEOUT, CALLED 
SIX DAYS LATER.  
>> WHAT WAS THE 
EMOTIONAL 
REACTION FOR 
YOUR CHILD, WHEN 
YOU FOUND OUT 
THAT THIS 
EVENING WAS 
GOING TO BE PUT 
ON PAUSE? 
>> I THINK IT 
CAUSED GREAT 
HARM TO THE 
EMOTIONAL AND 
MENTAL WELL 
BEING OF THESE 
KIDS.  
>> Reporter: 
WHAT STARTED 
WITH PROTESTS, 
QUICKLY 
ESCALATED TO A 
WHITE HOUSE 
INTERVENTION, 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PERSONALLY 
CALLING THE BIG 
10 COMMISSIONER 
THIS WEEK.  
>> ABOUT GETTING 
BIG 10 PLAYING 
AGAIN 
IMMEDIATELY. 
AND LET'S SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS. 
>> THE BIG 10 
CONFERENCE, 
RESPONDING.  
THEY'RE 
EXHAUSTING EVERY 
RESOURCE TO HELP 
STUDENT ATHLETES 
GET BACK TO 
PLAYING THE 
SPORTS THEY LOVE 
AT THE 
APPROPRIATE TIME 
IN THE SAFEST 
AND HEALTHIEST 
WAY POSSIBLE. 
>> LOOKING FOR 
THE END ZONE. 
>> THE COVID 
CLIFF HANGER.  
STAR PLAYERS AND 
OTHER 
CONFERENCES OPT 
OUT. 
DEFENDING 
CHAMPS, LSU, 
WATCHED SEVERAL 
BIG NAMES DEPART 
THIS WEEK. 
AND UNIVERSITY 
OF GEORGIA 
QUARTERBACK 
JAMIE NEWTON 
CLAIMING HE'LL 
BE SITTING ON 
THE SIDELINES, 
TOO. 
CITING THE 
UNCERTAINTIES 
AMID A GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC.  
WIDE WIFER AT 
OHIO STATE. 
SHE SAID OF ALL 
THE SAFETY 
PROTOCOLS, SHE 
FEELS BETTER 
WHEN HE'S WITH 
THE TEAM. 
>> OUR STANDARDS 
WERE PHENOMENAL. 
THEY WERE BEING 
TESTED, TESTING 
NEGATIVE. 
THE ONLY TIME WE 
HAD AN OUTBREAK 
OF POSITIVE 
OUTBREAK WAS 
AGAIN, AFTER THE 
KIDS WENT HOME. 
>> EIGHT PLAYER, 
INCLUDING 
GARRETT 
SNODGRASS, 
RECENTLY SUED 
THE BIG 10, 
SAYING THIS IS 
CAUSING 
IRREPARABLE HARM 
TO THE PLAYERS. 
>> IF WE HAD 
INFORMATION THIS 
MADE ME FEEL 
THAT MY SON'S 
LIFE IS AT RISK 
OR HIM BEING 
PART OF THAT 
FOOTBALL PROGRAM 
WAS NOT SAFE FOR 
HIM, I WOULD BE 
THE FIRST ONE TO 
BRING HIM HOME. 
>> AND WITH 
REGARD TO THAT 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NEBRASKA 
LAWSUIT, ONE OF 
THE THINGS CAN 
ACCOMPLISHES, IT 
FORCED THE BIG 
10 TO ACTUALLY 
REVEAL WHERE 
SCHOOLS VOTED.  
11 OF THE 
SCHOOLS VOTED TO 
SUSPEND PLAY 
THIS FALL. 
ONLY THREE 
WANTED TO MOVE 
FORWARD. 
OHIO STATE, IOWA 
AND NEBRASKA. 
THE QUESTION NOW 
BECOMES, WILL 
THE BIG 10 HAVE 
A CHANGE OF 
HEART? 
AND WHERE WILL 
THIS LAWSUIT GO? 
FROM MIAMI, SAM 
BROCK, NBC NEWS. 
>>> WE KNOW 
GERMAN 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
RUSSIAN 
OPPOSITION 
LEADER, ALEXEI 
NAVALNY WAS 
POISONED.  
BUT THEY SAY 
ISN'T THE FIRST 
TIME OF 
POISONING OF 
CRITICS. 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
27 POISONING 
SINCE PUTIN TOOK 
POWER.   
>> Reporter: HE 
WAS A FORMER 
RUSSIAN SPY 
SOMEONE WANTED 
TO SILENCE.  
ALEXANDER 
POISONED IN 2006 
AFTER DEFECTING. 
>> ANYONE WHO 
CAN PROVIDE ANY 
TRUE INFORMATION 
TO TRY TO STOP 
THEM. 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANT TO CONTROL 
THIS 
INFORMATION.  
[ BELLS RINGING 
]  >> EVEN 
CRITICS SAY HIS 
FAMILY IS 
REACHING BEYOND 
RUSSIA'S 
BORDERS. 
>> ALEXANDER VIN 
YENKO HAD BEEN 
GRANTED ASYLUM 
HERE IN THE U.S. 
HE MET WITH TWO 
RUSSIAN AGENTS. 
BELIEVE HE WAS 
AMONGST FRIENDS 
AND DRANK A CUP 
OF TEA LACED 
WITH A FATAL 
DOSE OF 
PALONEIUM. 
AND HE IS NOT 
THE ONLY ONE. 
>> A FORMER 
RUSSIAN SPY AND 
HIS DAUGHTER 
JULIA, POISONED 
WITH THE NERVE 
AGENT IN THEIR 
ADOPTED HOME OF 
SALISS BURY. 
THEY SURVIVED, 
BUT THE TOXIN 
SPREAD, KILLING 
BRITISH WOMAN, 
TERRORIZING A 
CITY. 
THE SAME KIND OF 
NERVE AGENT, 
GERMAN 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
WAS USED ON 
RUSSIAN 
OPPOSITION. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
TOO MUCH POISON, 
IT WILL STILL BE 
DETECTABLE IN 
THE SYSTEM IN AN 
AUTOPSY.  
IF THERE ISN'T 
ENOUGH QUANTITY, 
FOR EXAMPLE, IF 
ATARGET ONLY HAS 
A HALF A CUP OF 
POISONS OR 
SOMETHING, THEY 
MAY GET ILIL BUT 
NOT DIE. 
>> WHILE IT MAY 
SEEM ACHE A COLD 
WAR RELIC. 
THEY HAVE 
RECALLED 27 
INCIDENTS OF 
POISONING OR 
SUSPECTED 
POISONING SINCE 
PUTIN FIRSTTOOK 
PREMIERESHIP.  
IN THE CASE OF 
NAVALNY. 
CALLS FOR 
RETRIBUTION ARE 
INTENSIFYING.  
FOR THE U.S., 
IT'S PERSONAL. 
>> I THINK AT 
THIS POINT, 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
ASSETS SHOULD BE 
FROZEN. 
>> SERGEI DIED 
AFTER EXPOSING 
RUSSIAN 
CORRUPTION. 
INSPIRING 
BROWDER TO 
CREATE THE ACT, 
SANCTIONING 
OFFENDERS OF 
HUMAN RIGHTS. 
>> I'M ALMOST 
SURE THAT NOBODY 
WILL HAVE THE 
GUTS TO SANCTION 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
HIMSELF.  
IF TRUMP 
MINIMIZES OR 
DIMINISHES 
PUTIN'S 
RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR GRAVE 
CRIMES, THAT 
EMBOLDENS PUTIN 
IT DO MORE. 
>> Reporter: 
WITHOUT MAJOR 
INTERNATIONAL 
INTERVENTION, 
THOSE TOUCHED BY 
THE LEGACY OF 
THESE ATTACKS 
HAVE DEDICATED 
THEIR LIFE TO 
PREVENTION.  
OF THESE 
ATTACKS, HOW 
DEDICATED THEIR 
LIVES TO 
PREVENTION. 
>> YOU FIGHT FOR TI
YOUR MEMORY, FOR 
YOUR LIFE. 
IT IS NOT ENOUGH 
INTERNATIONAL 
SINCE MY HUSBAND
, PEOPLE STILL 
BELIEVE HE CAN 
DO BUSINESS AS 
USUAL. 
IN RUSSIA, YOU 
CAN'T. 
>> Reporter: 
TONIGHT ELECTING 
A VOLLEY 
CONTINUES TO 
FIGHT FOR HIS 
LIFE, ANOTHER 
ATTEMPT TO THE 
CRITIC, 
SUCCESSFUL, AT 
LEAST , FOR NOW. 
HELENA HUMPHREY, 
NBC NEWS, LONDON.
>>> HI, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
YOU ARE WATCHING 
THE NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOE FRYER, 
FOLLOWING THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM NBCNEWS.COM 
. JOE, HAPPY 
THURSDAY TO YOU, 
RIGHT, I JUST 
FORGOT WHAT IT 
WAS FOR A 
SECOND. 
WHAT'S THE 
LATEST UPDATE? 
>> IT IS 
THURSDAY, HAPPY 
THURSDAY, 
SAVANNAH. 
WE BEGIN WITH 
POLITICS PICK 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE, 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT, JOE 
BIDEN IS IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TODAY. 
THE CITY HAS 
BEEN REELING 
FROM PROTEST AND 
VIOLENT UNREST, 
AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF  C
% 
JACOB BLAKE.EL 
BIDEN SAYS HIS 
GOAL IS TO FOCUS 
ON UNIFICATION 
AND PROGRESS, BY 
SPEAKING WITH 
AND LISTENING TO 
THE COMMUNITY 
THERE, INCLUDING 
BLAKE'S FAMILY. 
THE VISIT COMES 
TWO DAYS AFTER 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP TOWARD 
DAMAGE IN 
KENOSHA, AND 
SPOKE PRIMARILY 
WITH LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
>> Reporter: 
FIRST-TIME 
JOBLESS CLAIMS 
FOR THE LAST 
WEEK IN AUGUST E 
CANNOT 881,000, 
THE LOWEST 
WEEKLY TOTAL 
SINCE THE START E 
OF THE PANDEMIC. 
ANALYST FAYE WE 
STILL HAVE TO 
BRACE FOR 
FURTHER JOB 
LOSSES IN THE 
COMING WEEKS AND 
MONTHS. 
THE DIP IS 
PARTLY BECAUSE 
OF THE 
GOVERNMENT'S 
CHANGE AND HOW 
IT ACCOUNTS FOR 
SEASONAL 
FLUCTUATION IN 
THE LABOR 
MARKET. 
THE U.S. ECONOMY 
IS ILL NEARLY IO. 1 
MILLION JOBS SHY 
OF WHERE IT WAS 
IN FEBRUARY. 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
HAVE BEEN HIT 
ESPECIALLY HARD, 
MANY ARE 
STRUGGLING TO 
STAY AFLOAT, AS Y 
FEDERAL RATE AID 
RUNS OUT AND 
CROTHERS 
RESTRICTIONSNS 
STAY IN PLACE. 
>>> FACEBOOK 
ANNOUNCED NEW 
STEPS TODAY TO 
TRY TO CURB 
MISINFORMATION 
AND MANIPULATION 
ON THE PLATFORM, 
LEADING UP TO 
AND EVEN AFTER 
THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. THE 
SOCIAL MEDIA 
PLATFORM WILL 
BAN NEW 
POLITICAL ADS 
FOR THE WEEK 
LEADING UP TO 
ELECTION DAY, 
WHICH IS 
NOVEMBER 3rd AND 
PLANS TO REMOVE 
POSTS THAT TRY 
TO SUPPRESS OR 
DISGORGE VOTING. 
FACEBOOK HOPES 
MEASURES WILL 
PREVENT EARLY 
DECLARATIONS, 
VICTORY BY 
CAMPAIGNS AND 
THEIR 
SUPPORTERS. 
THE COMPANY ALSO 
HOPES TO SLOW 
THE SPREAD OF 
HARMFUL 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT THE 
LEGITIMACY OF 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SOMETHING THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
BEEN CASTING 
DOUBT ON. IN AN 
INTERVIEW ON CBS 
THIS MORNING, 
FACEBOOK CEO 
MARK ZUCKERBERG 
RESPONDED TO 
CONCERNS AROUND 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
CLAIMS ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
>> I CERTAINLY 
THINK THAT 
ANYONE WHO IS 
SAYING THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
FRAUDULENT, I 
THINK THAT IS 
PROBLEMATIC. 
I THINK 
ADDITIONAL 
CONTEXT NEEDS TO 
BE ADDED TO ST
THAT. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
JUST ANYONE, NOT 
JUST REGULAR 
JOE, THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> IS WILL 
DEFINITELY APPLY 
TO THE 
PRESIDENT, ONCE 
THIS POLICY GOES CE
INTO PLACE. 
>>> SOME 
COLLEGES ARE CO
STRUGGLING TO 
CONTROL 
CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAKS AS 
DUNES RETURN TO 
CAMPUS, SHORTLY 
AFTER WELCOMING 
STUDENTS AND 
FACULTY BACK, 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
HAS RECORDED 
MORE THAN 1000 
POSITIVE COVID 
CASES% AND THE 
RATE OF TESTS 
COMING BACK 
POSITIVE OVER 
THE PAST WEEK IS 
AROUND 26%. THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PRESIDENTES SAID 
THE CASELOAD IS 
LARGER THAN 
EXPECTED AND HE 
CALLED STUDENT 
BEHAVIOR 
UNACCEPTABLE AND 
DISAPPOINTING. 
UNIVERSITY SAYS 
IT IS SCALING UP 
TESTING AND SA
DISINFECTING 
EFFORTS. 
>>> SPACEX IS 
CELEBRATING 
ANOTHER 
SUCCESSFUL 
LAUNCH TODAY. 
>> FOUR, THREE, 
TWO, ONE, ZERO, 
IGNITION AND 
LIFT OFF. 
>> THE ROCKET 
SENT 60 STARLIGHT
SATELLITES INTO 
ORBIT AS PART OF 
THE MISSION. THE 
MISSION AIMS TO 
BUILD A NETWORK 
OF 12,000 LOW 
ORBIT SATELLITES 
THAT PROVIDE 
HIGH-SPEED 
INTERNET ACTIVITY12
. THEY SAY EARLY 
TESTS ALREADY 
SHOW FAST 
DOWNLOAD TIMES 
AND LATENCY LOW 
ENOUGH TO PLAY 
THE FASTEST 
MULTIPLAYER 
ONLINE GAME. 
THOSE ARE YOUR 
THURSDAY 
HEADLINE, 
SAVANNAH. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN A HELITTLE BIT. 
>> SEEING THOSE 
LAUNCHES MAKES 
ME SMILE EVERY TI
TIME. 
THAT IS SO COOL. 
THANKS, JOE. 
WE WILL E.SEE YOU 
IN AN HOUR. 
>>> THERE ARE 
CALLS FOR THE 
FIRING AND 
ARREST OF 
SEVERAL POLICE 
OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN AN 
INCIDENT THAT 
LED TO THE DEATH E %
OF A BLACK MAN 
IN ROCHESTER, 
NEW YORK. 
PORTION OF THE 
BODY CAMERA 
VIDEO WAS JUST LE
RELEASED 
YESTERDAY BY FOTHE 
FAMILY. 
BEFORE WE SHOW 
YOU, A WARNING, 
IT IS DISTURBING.
THIS VIDEO FROM 
MARCH SHOWS 
POLICE OFFICERS 
PLAYING A FOOT 
HAD OVER 41-YEAR-
OLD DANYEL 
PRUDEN, BECAUSE 
HE SAID HE HAD 
COVID.  
THEY THEN 
PRESSED HIS FACE 
INTO THE PAYMENT 
BEFORE HE WENT 
LIMP. 
THIS IS ONLY A 
PORTION OF THE 
POLICE BODY, 
VIDEO RELEASED 
BY HIS FAMILY. 
WE DO NOT KNOW 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFOREHAND. 
PRUDE WAS TAKEN 
OFF LIFE SUPPORT 
SEVEN DAYS 
LATER.  
THE POLICE CHIEF 
WON'T COMMENT ON 
THE CAUSE OF 
DEATH AT THIS 
POINT, BECAUSE 
THE TWO ONGOING 
INVESTIGATIONS 
INTO THE CASE 
AND A POTENTIAL BE
LAWSUIT. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
O 
STEPHANIE DOLPH 
JOINS ME NOW. 
STEPHANIE, WHAT 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
THE MOMENTS 
LEADING UP TO 
PRUDE  ENCOUNTER 
WITH POLICE? 
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, THE 
FIRST THING 
PEOPLE NEED TO 
KNOW IS, THIS 
DIDN'T HAPPEN 
JUST LAST WEEK. 
IT HAPPENED 
MONTHS AGO, BACK 
IN MARCH, THE 
DAY WAS MARCH 
23rd. 
YOU MAE KNOW 
THAT ROCHESTER 
IN UPSTATE NEW 
YORK, IT IS  
VERY COLD. 
THAT TIME OF 
YEAR IN 
ROCHESTER, YOU 
SEE THIS MAN IN 
THE VIDEO, YO
RUNNING WITHOUT 
CLOSE, BEING 
APPREHENDED BY 
POLICE. 
WHAT WE KNOW IS 
THAT HIS BROTHER 
HAD CALLED POLICE
FOR HELP, SAYING 
THAT DANYEL WAS 
ACTING 
ERRATICALLY. 
WE ALSO  WERE 
TOLD, NEW YORK 
TIMES IS 
REPORTING THAT A , 
TRUCK DRIVER 
PHONED 911 AS 
WELL. 
THING THERE WAS 
A MAN RUNNING 
AROUND SAYING HE 
HAD COVID. 
IN THE VIDEO, 
THIS IS ABOUT 11 
MINUTES LONG AND 
IT IS EDITED. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
POLICE APPREHEND 
DANYEL PROVED,  
PUT OVER HIS 
HEAD. 
ALSO TO KEEP IN 
MIND, IN NEW 
YORK, THERE IS 
AN ENORMOUS 
SPIKE OF 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE STATE, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
NEW YORK CITY. 
BUT ALSO UPSTATE 
AS WELL. 
OFFICERS 
APPARENTLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
COVID, BUT THEN AF
AFTER THAT, 
PRUDE IS FORCED 
TO THE GROUND. 
THERE IS A 
MOMENT WHERE  AN 
OFFICER FOR HAVE 
TWO MINUTES, 
HOLDING HIS HEAD 
DOWN. 
ANOTHER OFFICER 
IS KNEELING ON 
HIS BACK. 
LATER IN THE 
VIDEO, EMTs, AND 
PERFORM CPR ON 
HIM. HE IS THEN 
TRANSFERRED TO A 
HOSPITAL WHERE 
HE IS PUT ON 
LIFE SUPPORT AND 
DIES SEVEN DAYS 
LATER. 
WE NOW HAVE DAA 
COPY OF THE 
MEDICAL 
EXAMINER'S 
REPORT THAT 
CALLED IT A 
HOMICIDE, FOR A 
NUMBER OF 
FACTORS. 
ONE OF THEM IS 
ASSOCIATION. 
THE OTHER ONE, 
EXCITED 
DELIRIUM, A 
LITTLE UNCLEAR 
WHAT THAT MEANS. 
THE OTHER, 
INTOXICATION BY 
PCP . HE WAS 
UNDER THE 
INFLUENCE OF PCP 
AT THE TIME. 
THE RELEASE OF 
THIS VIDEO, WHAT 
IT SHOWS, 
TRIGGERING A 
VERY HEATED AND 
PASSIONATE 
REACTION FROM 
THE FAMILY, AS 
YOU SAID, THEYES 
ARE NOW CALLING 
FOR THE REST OF 
THESE OFFICERS 
AND FOR MURDER ER
CHARGES AGAINST 
THEM. 
YOU ALSO HAVE 
PROTESTS, 
INCLUDING NINE 
ARRESTS 
YESTERDAY. 
YOU HAVE THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN THE STATE OF 
NEW YORK LOOKING 
INTO THIS 
INCIDENT. 
SHE CALLS IT A YO
 
TRAGEDY AND THEY 
INVESTIGATE IT 
LIKE THEY 
INVESTIGATE 
EVERYTHING, 
THOROUGHLY. AND 
IF CHARGES ARE 
NECESSARY, THERE 
WILL BE CHARGES. 
SAVANNAH?  NN
>> NOW, I KNOW 
YOU MENTIONED 
THIS, BUT LET'S 
TALK A LITTLE 
BIT MORE ABOUT 
THAT SPIT HOOD 
WE KNOW HIS HEAD 
WAS COVERED. 
WHAT MORE DO YOU 
KNOW ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, YOU KNOW, 
A SPIT HOOD IS A 
VERY 
CONTROVERSIAL 
TACTIC THAT 
POLICE USE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
PROBLEMS WITH IT 
IN THE PAST, BUT 
IN THE CASE 
WHERE THE HOOD 
BEING PUT ON, 
OFFICERS HAVE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS, 
THEY'LL BE A BIG 
PART OF THTHIS 
INVESTIGATION. 
WHETHER THAT 
NEEDED TO BE PUT 
ON OR NOT PUT ON 
WILL BE 
CERTAINLY PART 
OF THIS. 
ALSO, HOW HE WAS 
DETAINED COMING 
UP, ONE OF THE 
THINGS IMPORTANT 
TO POINT OUT IS 
WITH THE VIDEOS, 
WHILE THEY DO 
SHOW A GOOD 
PORTION OF THE 
INCIDENT, THEY 
WILL OFTEN HAVE 
ALL THE CONTEXT 
OF WHAT WENT ON. 
THAT IS WHY THEY 
HAVE TO BE 
INVESTIGATED, 
THAT IS WHY 
SOMETIMES THESE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
TAKE SOME TIME. 
BUT THAT SPIT 
HOOD WILL 
CERTAINLY BE AT 
THE CENTER OF 
IT. 
SAVANNAH?  
>> STEPHANIE, 
YOU ALSO MAE BE 
IMPORTANT NOTE 
RIGHT HERE AT 
THE BEGINNING OF 
OUR CONVERSATION 
THAT THIS E DIDN'T 
JUST HAPPEN LAST 
WEEK, THIS WAS 
BACK IN MARCH,  
WHY ARE WE JUST 
NOW SEEING THIS 
VIDEO? 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S 
INTERESTING. 
THE PROCESS, THE 
ATTORNEY FOR poTHE  
FAMILY HAD 
CALLED FOR THE 
INFORMATION ACT 
REQUEST, FOR THE 
VIDEO TO BE 
RELEASED. ONCE 
HE OBTAINED IT, 
IT WAS THEN 
RELEASED 
PUBLICLY BY THE 
CITY. 
THAT IS S WHY WE 
ARE SEEING IT 
NOW. 
AND THE CITY OF 
WEALTH, AND 
THE 
MAYOR HERSELF, 
COMING UNDER 
FIRE A BIT FOR 
NOT DRAWING 
ATTENTION TO 
THIS CASE 
EARLIER ON. 
HOWEVER, THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WAS CALLED IN 
OVER THE SUMMER 
BY GOVERNOR 
ANDREW CUOMO, TO 
DO THIS SPECIAL 
INVESTIGATION. 
BUT AS WE HAVE 
SEEN OVER ANAND 
OVER AGAIN, IT 
HAS BEEN 
VIDEOED, AND 
PEOPLE SEEN THE 
VIDEO, THAT 
TRIGGERS THE 
MOST PASSIONATE 
RESPONSE 
SOMETIMES. 
>> NOW, YOU'VE 
TOLD US THAT 
THEY WILL BE 
INVESTIGATING 
THE ATTORNEY 
JOURNAL ABOUT. 
WHAT ELSE DO WE 
KNOW FROM THE 
ROCHESTER 
POLICE, NEW YORK 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, ABOUT 
THE 
INVESTIGATION 
AND THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, WE HAD 
REACHED OUT, WE 
ALSO GOT TO THE 
UNION FOR THE 
POLICE AND THEY 
HAVE NOT 
RESPONDED BACK 
TO US. 
THE POLICE DON'T 
WANT TO SAY 
ANYTHING RIGHT 
NOW ON THE 
RECORD WHILE 
THESE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
ARE ONGOING. 
BUT THE FAMILY 
HAS CALLED FOR 
THE SUSPENSION 
OF THESE POLICE 
OFFICERS. 
THEY WILL COME 
UNDER INCREASED 
PRESSURE, 
PROBABLY, TO 
SUSPEND THOSE 
OFFICERS AS THA SE 
RESULT OF WHAT 
HAPPENED THAT 
NIGHT. 
OTHERWISE,  THERE 
HASN'T BEEN A 
LOT OF 
COMMUNICATION. 
NOW THEY HAVE A A IO
SITUATION WHERE 
THEY SAW 
PROTESTS 
YESTERDAY, THERE 
WILL LIKELY BE MO
MORE PROTEST. 
THEY OBVIOUSLY 
WANT TO KEEP 
THOSE PROTEST 
PEACEFUL. 
SAVANNAH?  
>> STEPHANIE, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING ON 
THIS STORY. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
ARE WELCOME. 
>> Reporter: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS HEADING TO 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
HIS THIRD VISIT 
TO A 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE THIS WEEK. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
GARRETT HIT 
JOINS ME NOW FROM
PENNSYLVANIA, 
OUTSIDE OF 
PITTSBURGH. %
GARRETT, TELL US 
WHAT WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS VISIT.
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
DO ONE OF THESE 
FOR FLY IN 
RALLIES HE LIKES SE
TO DO, 
ESSENTIALLY LAND 
ON THE TARMAC, 
SPEAK TO A ACCROWD 
OF SUPPORTERS, 
POP RIGHT ON THE 
PLANE AND GO 
BACK TO 
WASHINGTON. 
YOU MENTIONED 
WHERE WE ARE, I 
THINK THAT'S AN 
IMPORTANT PART 
OF THE STORY. 
THIS IS A SMALL 
TOWN OF ABOUT 
8000 PEOPLE AND 
MORE WILL COUNTY 
IN THE STATE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
STRATEGY HERE IN 
PENNSYLVANIA HAS 
BEEN TO TRY TO 
JACK UP THE 
MOTIVE ON HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
SEMINAL PARTS OF 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
EVEN PERHAPS THE 
EXPENSE OF THE 
VOTERS THAT HE 
MAE BE LOSING 
WITH THOSE SAME 
MESSAGES,  AND 
THE MORE VOTERS 
SUBURBS AROUND 
PLACES LIKE 
PHILADELPHIA. 
>> GARRETT, 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
HOW DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE JOE 
BIDEN HAS 
PRIMARILY STAYED 
IN PENNSYLVANIA 
AND DELAWARE 
OVER PRTHE PAST 
TWO MONTHS. 
TODAY, BIDEN IS 
HEADING TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS HEADING TO 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
WHAT IS THE 
PRESIDENT 
PITCHING TO 
VOTERS IN 
BIDEN'S HOME 
STATE? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, LOOK. 
FOR BIDEN, FIRST 
OF ALL, IT'S 
HARD TO SEE 270 
ELECTORAL VOTES 
DOESN'T INCLUDE 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
IT IS HIS HOME 
STATE, THE STATE 
NEXT ERROR WHERE 
HE LIVES RIGHT 
NOW, 20 
ELECTORAL VOTES. 
THIS IS INA BIG 
PRICE FOR BOTH 
CAMPAIGNS. 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT, IT'S 
ALWAYS HARD TO 
SAY WHAT HIS ONE 
METHOD WILL BE. 
YOU WATCH THESE 
EVENTS LATELY, 
AND THROWING 
EVERYTHING AT 
THE WALL. 
I EXPECT WE WILL 
HEAR TAX ON THE 
CITY, VIOLENT 
LOOTERS AND 
ANARCHISTS AND 
SO FORTH. 
ALTHOUGH YOU 
HAVE NOT SEEN 
MAJOR PROTESTS, 
AND CERTAINLY 
NOT VIOLENT 
PROTESTS IN 
EITHER 
PITTSBURGH OR 
PHILADELPHIA. 
SO YOU KIND OF 
WONDER HOW WELL 
THAT PLAYS IN  %A 
PLACE LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
AND I THINK YOU  
WILL HEAR HIM 
TALK ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY. 
WHEN I TALKED TO 
TRUMP VOTERS 
HERE, I DO HEAR 
A LOT OF TALK 
ABOUT HOW THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
POLICIES, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
THE AREA OF 
ENERGY 
PRODUCTION, WERE 
POPULAR HERE. 
BUT AGAIN, THESE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RALLIES ARE 
UNSCRIPTED 
AFFAIRS. 
AND WHATEVER HAS 
PEAKED HIS 
INTEREST TODAY, 
COULD BE PART OF 
THE MESSAGE 
TONIGHT. 
>> NOW, GARRETT, 
WE HAVE  SH TNOTHIS 
POLL SHOWING JOE 
BIDEN LEADING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BY EIGHT POINTS 
IN PENNSYLVANIA, 
WHICH OF COURSE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WON THE LAST 
TIME AROUND, BUT 
ONLY BY ONE 
POINT. 
YOU'VE BEEN 
SPEAKING TO 
VOTERS THERE, 
WHAT HAVE THEY 
BEEN SAYING? 
>> Reporter: YOU 
KNOW, IT'S 
INTERESTING. 
WE HAVE THAT 
EIGHT POINT LEAD 
TODAY, YESTERDAY 
THERE WAS 
ANOTHER 
PENNSYLVANIA 
POLE THAT HAD 
BIDEN ONLY E ANPE
UP 
FOUR. 
EITHER WAY, OR 
IF THERE IS 
SOMEWHERE IN 
BETWEEN, THAT IS 
STILL A VERY 
HEALTHY LEAD FOR 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS I'M 
FINDING HERE IN 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
AND IT'S 
REFLECTED IN 
THAT POLL IS 
THAT, PEOPLE 
HAVE LARGELY 
MADE UP THEIR 
MINDS. 
THE IDEA THAT 
THEY ARE 
UNDECIDED, SWING 
VOTERS OUT THERE 
STILL, IT'S KIND 
OF A FANTASY. 
IT'S A MATTER OF 
GETTING PEOPLE 
MOTIVATED 
TO 
VOTE. 
AND WHAT I'M 
DOING FOR 
VOTERS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS A POWERFUL 
MOTIVATOR, 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
FOR HIM, M OR 
AGAINST HIM. 
HERE IS N A WOMAN 
I SPOKE TO HERE 
LAST NIGHT WHO 
IS VOTING FOR 
JOE BIDEN, 
LARGELY BECAUSE 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
TAKE A 
LISTEN. 
>>PR THE LESSER OF 
TWO EVILS. 
I  WOULD THINK, 
I'M NOT THRILLED 
WITH IT, BUT IT 
IS WHAT IT IS. 
AND I JUST 
CANNOT DO TRUMP, 
I CAN'T. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
THINK OF YOUR 
VOTE MORE FOR 
BIDEN OR NOT FOR 
TRUMP? 
>> NOT FOR 
TRUMP. 
I JUST DIDN'T 
LIKE THE  THINGS 
HE DOES. 
LIKE I DON'T 
TWEET, I DON'T 
DO THAT STUFF, 
BUT I READ ALL 
OF THIS STUFF 
AND IT'S LIKE, 
IT'S OKAY HERE 
BUT NOT OKAY 
THERE. 
IT'S ALWAYS 
CHANGING. 
THERE IS NO SUCH
, YOU KNOW, EACH 
DAY IS DIFFERENT 
FROM WHAT HE 
SAYS. 
AND I 
JUST DON'T 
TRUST IT. 
I DON'T TRUST 
IT. 
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, IT'S 
NOT SEXY, BUT IT 
MAE BE A WINNING 
PLATFORM FOR 
BIDEN  TO BE 
ABLE TO PICK UP 
THESE VOTERS WHO 
ARE JUST 
EXHAUSTED BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
THAT MIGHT FIND 
THEMSELVES MORE 
LIKELY TO BE 
TRADITIONAL 
REPUBLICANS, OR 
MAYBE HAVE 
PROBLEMS WITH 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PLATFORM. 
BUT FOR 
WHOM THE 
PROSPECT OF 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS, LIKE THE 
LAST FOUR, LIKE 
THAT WOMAN WAS 
JUST DESCRIBING, 
JUST DON'T SEEM 
ALL THAT MA
APPEALING. 
>> GARRETT, WHAT 
A GREAT QUESTION,
FOR BIDEN OR 
JUST NOT FOR 
TRUMP. 
THANKS SO MUCH, 
GARRETT. 
WE WILL TALK TO CH
YOU SOON. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
GET. 
>>>  JOE AND DR. 
JILL BIDEN ARE 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TODAY, 
MEETING WITH 
LOCAL COMMUNITY 
LEADERS AND THE 
FAMILY OF JACOB 
BLAKE.  
HE WAS SHOT 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK BY A 
KENOSHA POLICE 
OFFICER, JUST 
OVER A WEEK AGO. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
MIKE MANLEY 
JOINS ME NOW FROM
KENOSHA. 
MIKE, TELL US 
ABOUT THE 
MEETING BETWEEN 
THE BIDENS AND 
THE BLAKE 
FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, SAVANNAH, 
OBVIOUSLY THIS 
IS JOE BIDEN'S 
FIRST TRIP ANTO 
WISCONSIN, VERY 
IMPORTANT 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE IN THIS 
ELECTION, BUT 
VERY MUCH  NOT 
IN CAMPAIGN  
FIELD TO THIS 
VISIT. 
AS SOON AS HE 
TOUCHED DOWN IN 
MILWAUKEE, 
MILWAUKEE IS OF 
COURSE THE WACITY 
WHERE HE  WAS 
OPPOSED ALL THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION TOOK 
HIS FIRST ORDER 
OF BUSINESS WAS 
MEETING WITH THE 
FAMILY OF 
JACOB 
BLAKE. 
HE MET WITH HIS 
FATHER, HIS 
SIBLINGS, AS 
WELL AS SOME OF 
THE 
REPRESENTATIVES 
OF HIS LEGAL 
TEAM, JOINING 
THAT iPHONE ALSO 
WAS JACOB 
BLAKE'S MOTHER. 
THIS WAS A 
PRIVATE MEETING. 
WE DON'T HAVE MO
ANY PICTURES, 
ANY READOUT FROM 
THE CAMPAIGN OF 
WHAT THE OU
CONVERSATION WAS 
LIKE. 
IT DID LAST FOR 
LONGER THAN AN 
HOUR. 
AN OBVIOUS 
CONTRAST, FROM 
WHAT WE SAW JUST ER
TWO DAYS AGO 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ARRIVED, 
HE DID NOT MEET 
WITH JACOB BLAKE 
FAMILY DURING 
HIS VISIT. 
NOW I WILL TALK 
ABOUT WHAT ELSE 
IS HAPPENING 
HERE, YOU CAN 
SEE BEHIND ME, 
THERE IS A 
GATHERING 
OUTSIDE OF THIS 
CHURCH, LOCAL 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER ACTIVISTS 
WHO HAVE 
DESCENDED ON 
THIS AREA JUST 
BEFORE JOE BIDEN 
ARRIVED. 
INSIDE THE 
CHURCH IS THAT CI
COMMUNITY 
MEETING THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS HAVING, 
ABOUT 20 
PARTICIPANTS 
THAT INCLUDES 
LOCAL FAITH 
LEADERS, ELECTED 
OFFICIALS, AS 
WELL AS 
REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
COMMUNITY, 
FORMER POLICE 
CHIEF FROM HERE 
IN KENOSHA, 
REPRESENTATIVE 
FROM THE 
FIREFIGHTERS 
UNION, OF COURSE.
LAES 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
SUCH A CRITICAL 
ENDORSER OF JOE 
BIDEN DURING 
THIS CAMPAIGN. 
AS WELL AS A 
LOCAL LEADER 
FROM THE KENOSHA AC
CHAPTER OF THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER GROUP. 
THIS IS, AGAIN, 
A REAL EFFORT BY 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN, BOTH 
TO SHOW WHAT 
THEY THINK IS 
ONE OF JOE 
BIDEN'S 
STRENGTHS, HIS 
ABILITY TO 
CONVENE PEOPLE 
ON DIFFERENT 
SIDES OF AN 
ARGUMENT. 
ALSO, TOE  
BRING 
SOME FEELINGS OF 
HEALING TO A 
COMMUNITY THAT 
HAS OBVIOUSLY 
BEEN GOING 
THROUGH AN AWFUL 
LOT, JUST A 
BLOCK OR TWO 
AWAY FROM WHERE 
WE ARE STANDING, 
YOU CAN STILL 
SEE WINDOWS BO
BOARDED UP, 
SIGNS FROM THE 
WRITING, THE 
LOOTING THAT 
TOOK PLACE DAYS 
AGO. 
OBVIOUSLY, A WI
VERY DIFFERENT 
SCENE FROM A FEW 
DAYS AGO, FROM 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS HERE. 
>> NOW, THE 
BIDENS TRIP 
COMES TWO DAYS 
AFTER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TRIP. 
AS HE POINTED 
OUT, HE DID NOT 
MEET WITH THE 
BLAKE FAMILY, 
BUT HE DID SPEAK 
WITH BUSINESS 
LEADERS AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
HOW THESE TWO 
VISITS CONTRAST 
WITH EACH OTHER. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S ALWAYS 
INTERESTING, R.ES
WHEN HAS DONALD 
TRUMP TRIED TO 
MAKE THE 
SELECTION ABOUT, 
ESPECIALLY AS 
PART OF THE W TH
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, LAW 
AND ORDER. 
THAT WAS WHY, 
REALLY, THE SAME 
KINDS OF GROUPS 
THAT JOE BIDEN MEOF
IS MEETING WITH 
TODAY, OR MAYBE 
WHO TRUMP MET 
WITH A MISSING 
INGREDIENT, OF 
COURSE, JACOB 
BLAKE FAMILY. 
AND WERE JOE 
BIDEN HERE IS 
DONALD TRUMP OR
TALKING ABOUT 
LAW AND ORDER, 
HE TALKS ABOUT 
SAFETY AND 
SECURITY. 
NOW WHAT'S 
INTERESTING IS 
PART OF THE 
CONVERSATION PA
HAPPENING INSIDE,
THEY TAKE OFF 
JUST ABOUT HALF 
AN HOUR AGO, JOE 
BIDEN REALLY 
HASN'T SAID MORE 
THAN HELLO SO 
FAR. 
IN THE FORMAT OF 
THIS EVENT, JOE 
BIDEN LISTENING 
TO ALL OF THESE 
DIFFERENT 
VIEWPOINTS, ALL 
THESE 
REPRESENTATIVES 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH SO MUCH 
OF THE  LAST KIFEW 
WEEKS, AND THEN 
HE WILL WEIGH IN 
WITH SOME OF HIS 
OWN THOUGHTS. 
AND THAT IS 
OBVIOUSLY THE 
KIND OF CONTRAST 
AT THE BIDEN LA
CAMPAIGN IS 
TRYING TO 
HIGHLIGHT HERE. 
THEY THINK, 
YEAH, THEY MIGHT 
NOT CALL IT LAW 
AND ORDER, BUT H 
WHAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WENT ON, 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY CAN PLAY 
WITH JUST AS 
WELL. 
THEY THINK JOE 
BIDEN HAS 
STRENGTHS WITH 
THE ELECTORATE, 
REMEMBER, HE 
KICKED OFF HIS 
CAMPAIGN TALKING 
ABOUT 
CHARLOTTESVILLE, 
WHEN THERE WAS A ES
CLASH BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND 
COUNTER 
PROTESTERS. 
THE LAST TIME 
JOE BIDEN WAS IN 
WISCONSIN, IN 
FACT, A LITTLE 
UNDER TWO YEARS 
AGO, HE WAS HERE 
FOR THE MIDTERM 
ELECTIONS. 
HIS MESSAGE THAT 
DAY, I S WAS THERE 
COVERING THE 
EVENT, LEADERS 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
NEED TO LOWER 
THE TEMPERATURE 
AND THEY NEED TO 
TRY TO BRING THE 
COUNTRY 
TOGETHER. 
VERY CONSISTENT 
MESSAGING FROM 
JOE BIDEN, WHEN 
THEY SEE A TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TRYING 
TO KNOCK THEM 
OFF THEIR 
MESSAGE. 
>> MIKE, WHILE I 
GOT YOU, I'VE 
GOT ASK YOU 
ABOUT THIS NEW 
AD THAT THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS 
CAMP IS OUT 
WITH. 
LET'S WATCH A 
LITTLE BIT OF IT 
FIRST. 
>> WHY, ISIN THIS 
NATION, CAN %
BLACK AMERICANS 
WAKE UP KNOWING 
THEY CAN LOSE 
THEIR LIFE, AS 
OPPOSED TO JUST 
LIVING THEIR 
LIFE. 
>> PART OF THE  
POINT OF FREEDOM 
IS TO BE FREE 
FROM BRUTALITY, 
FROM INJUSTICE, 
FROM RACISM AND 
ALL OF THIS 
MANIFESTATION. 
>> WE HAVE TO 
LET PEOPLE KNOW 
THAT WE NOT ONLY 
UNDERSTAND THEIR 
STRUGGLE, BUT 
UNDERSTAND THE 
FACT THEY 
DESERVE TO BE 
TREATED WITH 
DIGNITY. 
THEY'VE GOT A 
KNOW WE ARE 
LISTENING. 
>> MY, 
WHAT'S 
THE STRATEGY 
HERE? 
>> Reporter: 
REMEMBER, WE 
TALKED A LITTLE 
BIT MEABOUT 
YESTERDAY, THE 
FUNDRAISING 
ADVANTAGE THAT 
JOE BIDEN HAD IN 
AUGUST, RAISING 
NEARLY $365 
MILLION? 
THIS IS JUST ONE 
OF THE MANY, 
MANY, MANY ADS 
THAT THAT MONEY 
IS GOING TO GO 
PAY FOR.
'S SHOWS, AS 
WELL AS SOME OF 
THE OTHER ADS WE 
HAVE SEEN LAUNCH 
THIS WEEK, HOW  
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO LAUNCH 
DIFFERENT SPOTS 
WITH DIFFERENT 
MESSAGES TO 
TARGET DIFFERENT 
GROUPS OF VOTERS 
PICK VERY 
CLEARLY, THIS IS 
AN ATTEMPT  BY 
THE GNBIDEN AF
CAMPAIGN TO 
REACH OUT TO 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTERS, THIS 
WILL BE RUNNING 
ON CABLE 
STATIONS, AND 
SOME LOCAL 
AFFILIATES. 
WHERE THERE ARE 
HIGHER 
VIEWERSHIP AMONG 
AFRICAN AMERICAN , H
VOTERS, AND I 
THOUGHT ONE OF 
THE MOST 
INTERESTING 
PARTS ABOUT THIS 
AD WAS THE VOICE 
OF KAMALA HARRIS 
THAT WAS PART OF 
THIS, HIS 
NEW 
RUNNING MATE, OF 
COURSE, VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE ON THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET. 
I COVERED THE 
OBAMA BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IN 
2008, 2012. 
I DON'T THINK I 
REMEMBER EVER 
HEARING JOE 
BIDEN VOICE, ALL 
THE CAMPAIGN 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
INCLUDED JESS AL
BARACK OBAMA. A 
THIS IS A REAL 
SIGN OF HOW WE 
ARE SEEING 
KAMALA HARRIS 
BEGIN TO PLAY A 
KEY ROLE ON THIS 
CAMPAIGN AS WELL.
>> AT SEPTEMBER 
OF AN ELECTION 
YEAR, WE ARE 
BRACING FOR 
MANY, MANY, MANY 
MORE ADS, LIKE 
YOU SAID, 
MIKE'S. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
SEE YOU SOON. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> NORTH 
CAROLINA'S 
ELECTION CHIEF 
IS REMINDING 
PEOPLE THAT IT ON
IS ILLEGAL TO 
VOTE TWICE IN AN 
ELECTION, AFTER 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THIS 
YESTERDAY DURING 
HIS VISIT TO THE 
STATE. 
>> THEY WILL GO 
OUT AND THEY 
WILL VOTE, THEY 
WILL HAVE TO GO 
CHECK THEIR VOTE 
BY GOING TO THE 
POLE AND VOTING 
THAT WAY, 
BECAUSE IF IT 
TABULATES, THEY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
DO THAT. 
SO LET THEM SEND 
IT IN AND LET 
THEM GO VOTE. 
AND IF THIS 
SYSTEM IS AS 
GOOD AS THEY SAY 
IT IS, OBVIOUSLY 
THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO VOTE. 
IF IT ISN'T 
TABULATED, THEY 
WILL BE ABLE TO 
VOTE. 
THAT'S THE WAY 
IT IS. TH
AND THAT IS WHAT 
THEY SHOULD DO. 
>> NBC NEWS 
JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT 
PETE WILLIAMS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
PETE, LET'S 
START WITH NOYOU 
WALKING US 
THROUGH WHAT 
EXACTLY THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
SUGGESTING HERE. 
>> WELL, I THINK 
WHAT HE IS 
SAYING, BASED ON 
WHAT HE SAID 
THERE IN FRONT 
OF AIR FORCE  ONE 
IN NORTH 
CAROLINA AND 
EXPANDED ON IN 
SOME TWITTER AG
MESSAGES TODAY 
IS, IF YOU VOTED 
BY MAIL, YOU CAN 
GO TO THE POLE 
AND SEE WHETHER 
THEY HAVE A 
RECORD OF 
RECEIVING YOUR 
MAIL-IN BALLOT, 
JUST TO MAKE 
SURE THE SYSTEM 
IS WORKING. AND 
IF THEY DON'T, 
THEN GO %AHEAD 
AND VOTE IN 
PERSON, AT THE 
POLL.  
AND THEN 
AFTERWARDS, THEY 
SHOULD BE ABLE 
TO CATCH THAT 
YOU VOTED TWICE, 
AND DISCARD ONE 
OF THOSE TWO 
BALLOTS. 
THAT SEEMS TO BE 
WHAT HE IS 
SAYING. 
IS CERTAINLY IS 
SUGGESTING THAT PE
PEOPLE VOTE 
TWICE, IN OTHER 
WORDS, EVEN IF 
THEY HAVE MAILED 
IN A BALLOT, 
THEY SHOULD GO 
AHEAD AND VOTE 
AT THE POLLING 
PLACE, IF THERE 
IS ANY QUESTION 
ABOUT WHETHER 
THERE MAIL-IN 
BALLOT WAS 
RECEIVED, THAT 
SEEMS TO BE WHAT 
HE IS SAYING. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
NOW LET'S JUST 
TALK THROUGH,  HIS 
THAT SUGGESTION, 
WHAT HE IS 
SUGGESTING, 
ALLOWED? 
IS THERE A 
PUNISHMENT FOR 
SOMEONE WHO 
TRIES TO DO 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT?  
>> RPSUNDAY TRIES 
TO DO THAT ON 
PURPOSE, TO VOTE 
TWICE, THAT IS 
THE LEGAL. 
AND THE SYSTEM 
IS DESIGNED TO 
CATCH THIS. EN
SO WHEN YOU ARE 
SENDING IN AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT, 
THERE IS A 
RECORD THAT GOES 
IN THE VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
RECORD THAT 
SHOWS THAT YOU 
GOT AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT WHEN YOU 
SHOW UP AT THE 
POLL, THE POLL 
WORKER EITHER 
HAS AN 
ELECTRONIC  
VERSION OF THAT 
WHOLE BOOK OR 
PRINTOUT THAT 
WAS PREPARED 
JUST BEFORE THE 
POLLS OPEN, AND 
IT SHOWS THAT 
PEOPLE REQUESTED 
AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT, AND 
THERE IS A? IF 
YOU TELL THE 
POLL WORKER, 
LOOK, I NEVER 
GOT THAT BALLOT, 
THEY WILL GIVE 
YOU WHAT IS 
CALLED A 
PROVISIONAL 
BALLOT. 
MEANING THAT YOU 
ARE ALLOWED TO 
CAST IT, BUT IT 
IS SET ASIDE 
DURING THE 
CANVASSING, 
AFTER THE POLLS 
CLOSED, THEY 
WILL LOOK TO SEE 
WHETHER IN FACT 
YOU DID SEND IN 
AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT. 
IF YOU DID,  YOU 
ARE MAIL IN 
VOTE, YOUR 
VOTING IN PERSON 
VOTE  COUNT. 
IF YOU DO TRY TO 
DO THAT ON 
PURPOSE, TO 
VOTE 
TWICE, TO JACK 
UP THE VOTE FOR 
WHOEVER YOU WANT 
TO VOTE DOFOR, 
YES, THAT IS THE 
LEGAL. 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
PROSECUTED FOR 
IT. 
ALTHOUGH I WILL 
SAY THAT IS OS
QUITE RARE. 
>> NOW, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL BILL BARR
WAS ASKED ABOUT 
THIS YESTERDAY. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> HE IS TRYING 
