  FOR LANDFALL, OVER 110
  MILLION PEOPLE UNDER
  HURRICANE OR TROPICAL 
  STORM WARNINGS ALONG
  THE EAST COAST FROM 
  SOUTH CAROLINA TO 
  MAINE.
  LIFE THREATENING STORM
  SURGE, HEAVY RAIN AND 
  FLOODS IN AREAS 
  ALREADY HIT HARD BY 
  THE CORONAVIRUS.
  THE NEW TRACK JUST IN.
  >>> ALSO PRESIDENT
  TRUMP PUBLICLY
  CRITICIZING DR. 
  DEBORAH BIRX
  WHY THE PRESIDENT IS
  CALLING HER PATHETIC
  AFTER SHE WARNED THAT 
  COVID-19 IS 
  EXTRAORDINARILY 
  WIDESPREAD, INCLUDING 
  IN RURAL AREAS. 
  >> CONCERNS IN THE
  CLASSROOM AFTER 
  STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE
  AT ONE REOPENED SCHOOL
  AND THE OUTRAGE.
  MORE MASSIVE
  GATHERINGS AS PARTY 
  GOERS I GO NEAR THE 
  RISKS, PUTTING
  THEMSELVES AND SO MANY
  OTHERS IN DANGER. 
  >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE 
  BREAKING THE SILENCE
  ABOUT THE DEADLY
  AMBUSH ON HER FAMILY
  THE HEARTBREAKING LAST
  WORDS HER SON SAID TO 
  HER AND WHAT SHE'S
  ASKING FOR TONIGHT. 
  >>> NEWLY REVEALED
  BODY CAM VIDEO OF 
  GEORGE FLOYD'S FINAL
  MOMENTS, THE IMAGES AS
  AN OFFICER PULLS A
  GUN, HIS PLEAS NOT TO 
  SHOOT HIM.
  >>> A MASSIVE WILDFIRE
  BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
  NEAR LOS ANGELES
  THOUSANDS EVACUATED.
  >>> INSIDE THE COVID
  STRUGGLE
  AT A PLACE WHERE ONE
  IN THREE HOMES DON'T
  HAVE RUNNING WATER
  >>> AND THE UNLIKELY
  FRIENDSHIP FORGED 
  DURING THE PANDEMIC,
  INSPIRING AMERICA.
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT. 
  >>> MORE THAN 100 
  MILLION AMERICANS ARE 
  STARING DOWN A
  FAST-MOVING TROPICAL
  STORM.
  ISAIAS IS ON THE VERGE
  OF BECOMING A 
  HURRICANE TONIGHT AS
  IT TRACKS TO MAKE 
  LANDFALL IN THE 
  CAROLINAS.
  THE ENTIRE EAST COAST 
  IS AT RISK OF POWER 
  OUTAGES FROM WINDS
  THE HURRICANE IS
  RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT
  EVACUEES TONIGHT
  CATIE BECK STARTS OUR 
  COVERAGE. 
  >>> ISAIAS NOW
  SWEEPING THE EASTERN
  SEABOARD, PREDICTED TO
  MAKE LANDFALL ON THE
  NORTH AND SOUTH 
  CAROLINA BORDER --
  >> ONCE THE RAIN
  STARTS COMING, WE'RE
  IN. 
  >> Reporter: CAUSING
  WIDESPREAD FLOODING ON
  GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND 
  AND KNOCKING OUT
  POWER.
  MAND TEAR EVACUATIONS 
  ARE IN EFFECT FOR 
  PARTS OF THE OUTER
  BANKS.
  IN AM I RIGHTING
  BEACH, VACATIONERS -- 
  >> BE READY TO PLAY 
  CARDS AND GAMES IN OUR
  ROOM. 
  >> THIS STORM SEASON
  COMES AMID ANOTHER
  ONGOING DISASTER. 
  >> WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY
  FEELING STRAINED AND
  STRESSED FROM THE 
  PANDEMIC, YOU JUST
  HOPE IT'S NOT THE 
  STICK THAT BROKE THE
  CAMEL'S BACK. 
  >> Reporter: THE ICU
  IS FULL AT -- WHERE 37
  PATIENTS ARE BEING
  TREATED.
  IN NORTH CAROLINA 
  WATER RESCUE PLANS AND
  SOCIALLY DISTANCED
  SHELTERS WHERE MASKS
  WILL BE REQUIRED. 
  >> SHELTERS WILL
  SCREEN PEOPLE FOR 
  CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS
  IF SOMEONE HAS
  COVID-19, OR SHOWS
  SYMPTOMS, THEY'LL BE
  DIRECTED TO A 
  SHELTERING OPTION FOR 
  ISOLATION OR MEDICAL
  ATTENTION.
  >> Reporter: NORTHERN 
  STATES ALSO BRACING 
  FOR TUESDAY'S IMPACT, 
  MARYLAND CLOSING COVID
  TESTING SITES FOR THE 
  DAY, AND IN NEW YORK
  CITY CREWS STACKING 
  SANDBAGS
  BUSINESS OWNERS 
  ALREADY HIT HARD BY 
  THE VIRUS WILL
  STRUGGLE TO WEATHER 
  STORM LOSS TOO. 
  >> IT DOES SCARE
  EVERYBODY, I'D SAY, IT
  HAS A HUGE ECONOMIC 
  IMPACT. 
  >> Reporter: OFFICIALS
  HERE REMINDING PEOPLE 
  THAT STORMS THAT MAKE 
  LANDFALL AT NIGHT CAN 
  BE MORE DANGEROUS.
  URGING EVERYONE TO
  STAY AT HOME AND OFF
  THE ROADWAYS
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, CATIE 
  BECK SETTING THE SCENE
  FOR US
  THANKS
  LET'S GET TO
  METEOROLOGIST DYLAN 
  DREYER NOW, WHAT'S THE
  LATEST TRACK IN THE 
  STORM AND WHERE IS IT 
  HEADED
  >> IT'S STILL A 
  TROPICAL STORM AT THIS
  POINT, BUT MOVING TO
  THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AT
  16-MILE-PER-HOUR, 
  LIKELY STRENGTHEN TO A
  CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE
  BEFORE IT MAKES 
  LANDFALL OVERNIGHT
  BETWEEN THE NORTH AND 
  SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.
  IT WILL CONTINUE TO 
  MOVE NORTHWARD INTO 
  NEW ENGLAND.
  WE COULD SEE ONE TO 
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN, 
  AND STORM SURGE WILL
  LIKELY CREATE COASTAL 
  FLOODING ALONG THE
  EAST COAST AND WINDS
  COULD GUST UP TO
  70-MILE-PER-HOUR
  IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY
  INTO NEW ENGLAND BY 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  >> DYLAN DREYER,
  THANKS VERY MUCH. 
  >>> GROWING CONCERN 
  THE CORONAVIRUS WILL
  SWEEP ACROSS PARTS OF 
  THE COUNTRY NOT YET 
  HIT HARD BY THE 
  DISEASE.
  THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS
  SAY NO REGION IS
  IMMUNE. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  CORONAVIRUS IS NOW
  MULTIPLYING THROUGH 
  RURAL AMERICA, A
  STAGGERING EXPLOSION
  OF NEW INFECTIONS,
  MORE THAN 40% OF THE
  U.S.'S 4.5 MILLION
  CASES WERE CONFIRMED
  IN JULY ALONE.
  >> I WANT TO BE VERY
  CLEAR, WHAT WE'RE 
  SEEING TODAY IS 
  DIFFERENT FROM MARCH
  AND APRIL.
  IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY 
  WIDESPREAD. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  LOUISIANA IN THE
  MIDDLE OF A COVID 
  SURGE IS THE STATE
  WITH THE HIGHEST
  NUMBER OF INFECTIONS
  PER CAPITA
  EXPERTS BELIEVE 
  MISSISSIPPI IS NEXT.
  >> THE SITUATION IS 
  DIRE
  THIS IS THE EXACT 
  CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE
  FEARED WHEN WE SAW THE
  DECISION FROM THE 
  GOVERNOR TO OPEN UP 
  THE STATE.
  >> Reporter: WITH KIDS
  AND CAMP COUNSELORS 
  ALSO CATCHING THE 
  VIRUS THERE IS RENEWED
  WORRY ABOUT SCHOOL AND
  WHETHER CHILDREN
  SHOULD RETURN.
  AFTER STUDENTS AT THIS
  JUNIOR HIGH IN INDIANA
  TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
  THE VIRUS DURING THE
  FIRST WEEK OF 
  IN-PERSON CLASSES,
  CHICAGO PUBLIC
  SCHOOLS, THE THIRD
  LARGEST IN THE NATION,
  ANNOUNCED THEY MAY BE 
  MOVING AWAY FROM THEIR
  PLANNED HYBRID SYSTEM 
  TO ALL REMOTE 
  LEARNING, SIMILAR TO
  LOS ANGELES.
  BUT STUDENTS IN NEW 
  YORK STILL IN LIMBO.
  THE GOVERNOR SAYING 
  HE'LL MAKE A DECISION 
  THIS WEEK.
  >> THIS IS AN ISSUE OF
  PUBLIC HEALTH.
  JUST BECAUSE THE
  SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
  YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY 
  ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S
  PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT'S 
  NOT GOING TO BE 
  ENOUGH
  >> Reporter: MAKING 
  MATTERS WORSE THESE 
  TROUBLING SCENES FROM 
  THOSE IGNORING HEALTH 
  MANDATES FROM HOUSE 
  PARTIES IN NASHVILLE
  TO HUNDREDS OF RIVER
  REVELERS IN ILLINOIS, 
  THIS WEEKEND OFFICIALS
  CONDEMNED ORGANIZERS
  ABOARD THIS BOAT IN 
  NEW YORK, AND AT A
  RAVE UNDER A BRIDGE IN
  BROOKLYN FOR FAILING
  TO FOLLOW BASIC SOCIAL
  DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
  BUT EVEN SANCTIONED 
  EVENTS LIKE THIS FAIR 
  IN MISSOURI DREW
  CONCERN.
  TONIGHT OUR NATION
  STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN 
  A PANDEMIC AND THE
  BEHAVIOR OF THOSE 
  CHOOSING TO IGNORE IT.
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
  >> YOU HEARD THAT 
  CANDID AND ALARMING 
  ASSESSMENT FROM DR. 
  BIRX, A SHORP CONTRAST
  TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
  MORE OPTIMISTIC 
  PREDICTIONS.
  TODAY THE PRESIDENT 
  WENT ON THE ATTACK
  NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT IS
  AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  TONIGHT TAKING A SWIPE
  AT DR. DEBORAH BIRX,
  COORDINATOR OF THE
  WHITE HOUSE KROEFRS 
  RESPONSE
  THE PRESIDENT 
  APPARENTLY TARGETING
  BIRX IN A TWEET FOR 
  HER RESPONSE TO 
  CRITICISM FROM HOUSE
  SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
  WHO QUESTIONED HER
  CREDIBILITY.
  >> I THINK THE
  PRESIDENT IS SPREADING
  DISINFORMATION ABOUT
  THE VIRUS.
  AND SHE IS HIS -- SHE 
  IS HIS APPOINTEE
  SO I DON'T HAVE 
  CONFIDENCE THERE, NO. 
  >> I HAVE NEVER BEEN
  CALLED POLLYANNISH OR 
  NONSCIENTIFIC OR DATA 
  DRIVE.
  I WILL STAKE MY 
  40-YEAR CAREER ON 
  FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
  ON -- IMPLEMENTING
  BETTER PROGRAMS TO
  SAVE LIVES ROIM IN THE
  SAME INTERVIEW SHE
  WARNED THE PANDEMIC IS
  EXTRAORDINARILY 
  WIDESPREAD IN THE U.S.
  THE PRESIDENT LASHING 
  OUT, IN ORDER TO
  COUNTER NANCY DEBORAH 
  TOOK THE BAIT AND HIT 
  US
  PATHETIC
  THE PRESIDENT'S 
  DEMOCRATIC RIVAL JOE
  BIDEN WEIGHING IN.
  IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
  THIS HAS TO BE SAID 
  BUT IF I'M ELECTED
  PRESIDENT I'LL SPEND
  MY MONDAY MORNINGS
  WORKING WITH OUR
  NATION'S TOP EXPERTS
  TO CONTROL THIS VIRUS.
  NOT INSULTING THEM ON 
  TWITTER.
  THE TWEET MARKS THE 
  LATEST INSTANCE OF
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  UNDERCUTTING ONE OF 
  HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
  TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS
  IN THE MIDDLE OF A
  PANDEMIC
  BUT IT'S THE FIRST
  TIME HE'S PUBLICLY
  CRITICIZED BIRX.
  ALL OF IT UNFOLDING 
  WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
  STILL UNABLE TO REACH 
  A DEAL ON A NEW 
  CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
  PLAN TO EXTEND THE
  $600 BOOST IN 
  UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
  OFFICIALS HOLDING 
  ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS
  TODAY WITH DEMOCRATIC 
  LEADERS ON CAPITOL
  HILL. 
  >> WE'RE MOVING DOWN
  THE TRACK.
  WE STILL HAVE OUR 
  DIFFERENCES.
  >> Reporter: THERE'S A
  NEW URGENCY TO THE
  NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOME
  30 MILLION JOBLESS
  AMERICANS NOW LEFT IN 
  LIMBO WITHOUT THE 
  CRITICAL ASSISTANCE.
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, GEOFF 
  BENNETT, THANKS.
  TWO WEEKS AFTER A 
  GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED
  THE SON OF A FEDERAL
  JUDGE IN NEW JERSEY,
  AND WOUNDED HER 
  HUSBAND, THE JUDGE IS 
  NOW SPEAKING OUT IN A 
  POWERFUL AND
  HEARTBREAKING VIDEO 
  STATEMENT.
  ANNE THOMPSON HAS HER 
  STORY.
  >> THE WEEKEND WAS A
  GLORIOUS ONE
  IT WAS FILLED WITH
  LOVE AND LAUGHTER AND 
  SMILES
  >> Reporter:
  PAINFULLY, ANGRILY
  ESTHER SALAS DESCRIBES
  THE WEEKEND SHE AND 
  HER HUSBAND MARK
  CELEBRATED THEIR SON'S
  20th BIRTHDAY AND LOST
  HIM.
  >> AND DANIEL SAID, 
  MOM, LET'S KEEP 
  TALKING.
  I LOVE TALKING TO YOU,
  MOM.
  AND IT WAS AT THAT
  EXACT MOMENT THAT THE 
  DOORBELL RANG.
  AND DANIEL LOOKED AT
  ME AND SAID, WHO IS 
  THAT
  AND BEFORE I COULD SAY
  A WORD HE SPRINTED
  UPSTAIRS
  WITHIN SECONDS I HEARD
  THE SOUND OF BULLETS
  AND SOMEONE SCREAMING 
  NO
  BUT DANIEL BEING
  DANIEL PROTECTED HIS
  FATHER
  AND HE TOOK THE 
  SHOOTER'S FIRST BULLET
  DIRECTLY TO THE CHEST.
  THE MONSTER THEN
  TURNED HIS ATTENTION
  TO MY HUSBAND AND 
  BEGAN TO SHOOT AT MY
  HUSBAND.
  ONE SHOT
  AFTER ANOTHER.
  MARK WAS SHOT THREE 
  TIMES.
  >> Reporter: SALAS
  REVEALS THE SHOOTER,
  ATTORNEY ROY DEN
  HOLLANDER WHO APPEARED
  IN COURSE HAD A 
  DOSSIER ON HER FAMILY 
  FROM WHERE THEY LIVE
  TO WORSHIP, PERSONAL
  INFORMATION ABOUT 
  JUDGES THAT SHE SAYS
  SHOULD BE PRIVATE.
  >> WHILE MY HUSBAND IS
  STILL IN THE HOSPITAL 
  RECOVERING FROM HIS 
  MULTIPLE SURGERIES WE 
  ARE LIVING EVERY
  PARENT'S WORST
  NIGHTMARE.
  MAKING PREPARATIONS TO
  BURY OUR ONLY CHILD 
  DANIEL. 
  >> Reporter: A PLEA TO
  PREVENT A REPEAT OF 
  THE TRAGEDY THAT'S
  BROKEN HER HEART. 
  >> THIS IS A MATTER OF
  LIFE AND DEATH
  >> Reporter: ANNE 
  THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. 
  >> WHAT A POWERFUL, 
  AND SAD ACCOUNT.
  >>> MORE THAN TWO 
  MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH
  OF GEORGE FLOYD 
  TONIGHT THE CLEAREST
  PICTURE YET OF WHAT 
  LED UP TO THE DEADLY
  CONFRONTATION FROM
  POLICE BODY CAM VIDEOS
  THAT HAVE BEEN LEAKED.
  WE WANT TO WARN YOU 
  THE IMAGES ARE
  DISTURBING
  HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
  >> SEE YOUR HANDS.
  STAY IN THE CAR.
  LET ME SEE YOUR OTHER 
  HAND. 
  >> I'M SORRY, I'M 
  SORRY.
  >> Reporter: SECONDS
  AFTER THOMAS LANE 
  APPROACHES GEORGE 
  FLOYD'S VEHICLE HE'S
  ALREADY DRAWN HIS GUN.
  PUT YOUR [ BLEEP ]
  HAND UP THERE.
  THESE BODY CAMERA 
  VIDEOS WERE VIEWED IN 
  PERSON BY NBC NEWS
  LAST MONTH BUT HAD NOT
  BEEN DISTRIBUTED
  PUBLICLY
  THE DAILY MAIL.COM
  SAYS IT OBTAINED A
  LEAKED COPY,
  APPARENTLY RECORDED 
  OFF A COMPUTER SCREEN.
  >> PLEASE DON'T SHOOT 
  ME, PLEASE, MAN.
  >> I'M NOT GOING TO 
  SHOOT YOU --
  >> HE TELLS THE 
  OFFICER HE'S BEEN SHOT
  BEFORE. 
  >> PLEASE DON'T SHOOT 
  ME. 
  >> THE VIDEO SHOWS HOW
  A CALL ABOUT AN 
  ALLEGED FAKE $20 BILL 
  ON MEMORIAL DAY 
  ESCALATED INTO A
  DEADLY ENCOUNTER THAT 
  WOULD IGNITE GLOBAL 
  OUTRAGE.
  THE OFFICERS HANDCUFF 
  HIM AND STRUGGLE TO 
  GET HIM TO A SQUAD
  CAR.
  >> PLEASE.
  >> YOU'RE STILL GOING 
  IN THE CAR. 
  >> I WON'T DO IT
  ANOTHER TIME
  NO, SIR, I AM 
  CLAUSTROPHOBIC, FOR 
  REAL
  CAN YOU PLEASE -- 
  >> I WILL.
  >> I'M NOT THAT KIND
  OF GUY, MAN.
  >> FLOYD PLEADS WITH
  THE OFFICERS. 
  >> I'M NOT A BAD GUY, 
  MAN.
  >> HE HAS ANXIETY AND 
  HE'S JUST RECOVERED 
  FROM COVID-19.
  >> PLEASE, PLEASE.
  >> FINE.
  >> MY WRISTS, MAN, MY 
  WRISTS. 
  >> I WANT TO LAY ON 
  THE GROUND. 
  >> PROSECUTORS HAVE 
  CHARGED THE OFFICER 
  WHO THEN KNELT ON 
  FLOYD'S NECK WITH 
  SECOND DEGREE MURDER
  AND MANSLAUGHTER
  THE THREE OTHER 
  OFFICERS ARE ACCUSED
  OF AIDING AND ABETTING
  HIM.
  THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
  DEPARTMENT TODAY HAD
  NO COMMENT ON THE BODY
  CAMERA VIDEOS.
  NEITHER DID THE 
  ATTORNEYS FOR THREE OF
  THE FOUR EX-OFFICERS, 
  THE LAWYER FOR FORMER 
  OFFICER THOMAS LANE 
  SAYS HE'D LIKE THE
  COURT TO RELEASE THE
  FULL VIDEOS.
  LESTER
  >> GABE GUTIERREZ 
  TONIGHT, THANK YOU. 
  >>> JUST IN THIS
  EVENING CALIFORNIA
  FIRE OFFICIALS SAY A
  MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR 
  LOS ANGELES WAS CAUSED
  BY A MALFUNCTION IN A 
  VEHICLE'S EXHAUST 
  SYSTEM
  THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE
  PUBLIC'S HELP TO FIND 
  THE VEHICLE AS THE
  APPLE FIRE HAS
  CONSUMED MORE THAN 40 
  SQUARE MILES OF DRY 
  BRUSH AND TIMBER
  THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN 
  EVACUATED.
  THE FIRE IS JUST 5% 
  CONTAINED TONIGHT.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS 
  WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE 
  A PLACE WITH THE
  HIGHER DEATH RATE PER 
  CAPITA FROM 
  CORONAVIRUS THAN ANY
  U.S. STATE
  A MISSIO
  >>> WE'RE BACK NOW
  WITH OUR LOOK INSIDE
  THE NAVAJO NATION IN
  THE SOUTH WESTERN U.S.
  WHERE JUST WASHING
  YOUR HANDS TO STOP THE
  SPREAD OF THE VIRUS 
  CAN BE DIFFICULT
  BECAUSE FOR MANY
  THERE'S NO RUNNING
  WATER.
  CYNTHIA McFADDEN NOW
  ON THE URGENT MISSION 
  TO SAVE LIVES AND 
  BRING CHANGE
  >> Reporter: TO LIVE
  HERE IN NAVAJO NATION 
  MOST MUST LEARN TO
  MAKE DUE
  AND TONIGHT IN THE AGE
  OF CORONAVIRUS IT'S 
  EVEN HARDER.
  HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE 
  TO GO DOWN THE ROAD?
  >> IF IT'S THE MUDDY
  ROAD IT TAKES ABOUT 
  TWO HOURS.
  >> YOU'RE REALLY
  ISOLATED. 
  >> YES, WE ARE
  AND THIS ONE -- 
  >> >> Reporter: 
  KATHERINE'S FAMILY HAS
  BEEN ON THIS LAND FOR 
  GENERATIONS.
  SHE SAYS THEY'VE GOT
  ELECTRICITY ABOUT A 
  DECADE AGO
  IT WORKS SOMETIMES
  BUT MOST ALARMING,
  THEY LIVE HERE WITH NO
  RUNNING WATER.
  >> I THINK WE'RE
  ABANDONED PRETTY MUCH.
  >> Reporter: AT LEAST 
  30% OF THE HOMES ON 
  THE RESERVATION HAVE
  NO RUNNING WATER
  IN AMERICA, IN 2020,
  DURING A PANDEMIC.
  >> I THINK A LOT OF 
  TIMES NATIVES GET 
  OVERLOOKED. 
  >> Reporter: ROBINS 
  DREW UP HERE AND IS 
  DETERMINED TO CHANGE
  THAT. 
  >> MY FAMILY DIDN'T 
  HAVE RUNNING WATER
  AND SEEING THE
  DIFFERENCES WHEN
  SOMEBODY HAS RUNNING
  WATER INSIDE OF THEIR 
  HOUSE AND WHEN THEY 
  DON'T, IT'S HUGE. 
  >> Reporter: SHE RUNS 
  THE NAVAJO WATER
  PROJECT.
  300 NEW WATER SYSTEMS 
  INSTALLED IN HOMES SO 
  FAR.
  VITAL BECAUSE WELLS SO
  OFTEN GO DRY, OR ARE
  CONTAMINATED
  ONE CONTAMINANT,
  URANIUM FROM PREVIOUS 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  MINING. 
  >> PEOPLE WHO DO GO TO
  WATER RESOURCES AND 
  COLLECT IT WHERE
  THERE'S URANIUM GET 
  SICK, I DON'T WANT
  THAT TO HAPPEN FOR
  ANYBODY.
  >> Reporter: THIS IS A
  LOCAL PUMP, OPEN ONLY 
  A FEW HOURS A WEEK
  BUT SOMETIMES --
  >> THE WATER TURNS
  YELLOW OR RED.
  IT'S NOT SAFE FOR 
  ANYBODY.
  >> Reporter: SO NAVAJO
  NATION PRESIDENT
  JONATHAN NESZ HOPES TO
  USE THE $714 MILLION
  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  SENT FOR PANDEMIC 
  RELIEF TO PROVIDE 
  WATER, ELECTRICITY, 
  BROADBAND AND HOUSING.
  >> IF WE CAN GET
  RUNNING WATER TO OUR
  CITIZENS IT WILL HELP 
  PUSH COVID-19 OFF OUR 
  NATION THAN ANY FUTURE
  VIRUS.
  >> Reporter: BUT
  THAT'S COMPLICATED
  IN PART BECAUSE 
  PROJECTS HERE ARE SO
  OVERREGULATED, HE 
  SAYS. 
  >> DID YOU KNOW IT
  TAKES $2 MILLION TO $3
  MILLION TO WAIVE ONE
  MILE OF ROAD HERE AND 
  IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN'T 
  EVEN USE THE MATERIAL 
  ON OUR LAND, OUR ROCK,
  OUR SOIL. 
  >> NOW HE'S PLEADING
  TO SCRAP REGULATIONS
  LIKE THAT.
  TONIGHT THE WHITE 
  HOUSE TELLS US THEY'RE
  WORKING ON IT.
  >> Reporter: DO YOU 
  THINK THE U.S. FEDERAL
  GOVERNMENT HAS THE
  BEST INTEREST OF
  INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AT
  HEART?
  >> WELL, THE RECORD 
  NOW SHOWS NO BUT I AM 
  HOPEFUL, OF COURSE. 
  >> Reporter: THE HOPE 
  THIS CRISIS MAY BRING 
  LASTING CHANGE TO A 
  PEOPLE KNOWN -- 
  CYNTHIA McFADDEN, NBC 
  NEWS, FROM NAVAJO 
  NATION
  >>> UP NEXT HERE
  TONIGHT CAUGHT IN THE 
  MIDDLE THE DEVASTATING
  ECONOMIC IMPACT ON ONE
  >> IN THE SEARCH FOR
  SOLUTIONS TONIGHT ONE 
  OF THE MILLIONS OF
  AMERICAN FAMILIES 
  STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE 
  AFTER LOSING THAT 
  EXTRA $600 A WEEK IN
  FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT
  BENEFITS WITH NO DEAL 
  TO EXTEND IT IN SIGHT,
  WITH MORE HERE'S JO 
  LING KENT.
  >> SHE'S TEETERING ON 
  THE BRINK.
  >> IT'S LIKE YOUR LIFE
  BEFORE THE PANDEMIC 
  TURNS UPSIDE DOWN.
  >> Reporter: THE
  SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE
  WAS FURLOUGHED FROM 
  HER HOUSEKEEPER JOB AT
  THE SAN FRANCISCO 
  MARRIOTT BACK IN
  MARCH.
  NO STRANGER TO
  HARDSHIP SHE LOST HER 
  HUSBAND TO LUNG CANCER
  TEN YEARS AGO.
  >> THEY KNOW THAT I'M 
  STRONG, AND I DON'T 
  WANT THEM TO SEE THAT 
  I'M CRYING
  BUT AT THE END OF THE 
  DAY LIKE THINKING HOW 
  CAN I SURVIVE?
  IT REALLY STRESS ME 
  OUT, HOW CAN I PROVIDE
  FOR THEM
  >> Reporter: WITH NO
  DEAL IN WASHINGTON HER
  UNEMPLOYMENT WILL SOON
  DROP FROM ABOUT $1,000
  A WEEK TO $400. 
  >> IT'S NOT A LUXURY
  TO HAVE A TELEPHONE OR
  A CAR OR A HOME.
  THAT'S NECESSITY AND
  WE NEED IT. 
  >> Reporter: SHE AND
  HER CHILDREN, 11, 13
  AND 21 YEARS OLD HAVE 
  BEEN SHARING A BEDROOM
  IN HER SISTER'S HOUSE,
  A HOME THEY ALSO SHARE
  WITH HER 88-YEAR-OLD
  MOTHER. 
  >> WE DON'T WANT TO GO
  OUT.
  WE DON'T WANT OUR 
  MOTHER TO GET INFECTED
  WITH THE VIRUS. 
  >> THANK YOU
  >> Reporter: SHE HAS
  NO CHOICE.
  GOING TO A FOOD BANK
  TO HELP FEED HER
  CHILDREN AS SHE LOOKS 
  FOR WORK AND THE
  SEARCH HASN'T BEEN
  EASY
  HER INDUSTRY, 
  HOSPITALITY, HIT
  PARTICULARLY HARD WITH
  PEOPLE STILL IN THE 
  TRAVELING AND NEARLY 5
  MILLION JOBS
  DISAPPEARING IN THE 
  PANDEMIC WITH WOMEN 
  AND PEOPLE OF COLOR 
  BEARING THE BRUNT OF
  THIS CRISIS.
  >> THEY JUST SAY THAT 
  IT'S EASY TO FIND A 
  JOB BUT IT'S REALLY 
  HARD TO FIND A JOB
  WHERE YOU CAN BE SAFE.
  >> Reporter: BUT SHE
  PUSHES ON, DIGGING
  DEEP WITHIN, TO 
  PROTECT HER CHILDREN
  AND THEIR FUTURE. 
  >> BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
  I'M SCARED AND EVEN 
  THOUGH I DON'T KNOW 
  HOW TO FIGURE IT OUT I
  ALWAYS PRAY.
  THE ONLY THING THAT I 
  HAVE RIGHT NOW IS MY
  FAITH AND MY COURAGE
  TO FIGHT
  >> Reporter: WHAT 
  SHE'S GOING THROUGH IS
  UNFORTUNATELY NOT 
  UNIQUE
  FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE 
  COUNTRY TELL US DEMAND
  IS THROUGH THE ROOF,
  AND UNEMPLOYMENT
  CLAIMS HAVE HOVERED 
  OVER A MILLION FOR 19 
  STRAIGHT WEEKS AND
  COUNTING
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, JO LING 
  KENT, THANK YOU FOR 
  SHARING HER STORY.
  >>> UP NEXT, THE
  >>> FINALLY IN THE
  WORST OF TIMES THEY'RE
  BECOMING THE BEST OF
  FRIENDS.
  OUR JOE FRYER WITH THE
  STORY FIRST BROUGHT TO
  US BY OUR MINNEAPOLIS 
  NBC AFFILIATE KARA
  ELEVEN. 
  >> LIKE SO MANY KIDS
  HER AGE 7-YEAR-OLD
  ADDY FENSTER IS 
  SEPARATED FROM HER
  FRIENDS.
  >> I MISS THEM A LOT. 
  >> LIKE SO MANY 
  SENIORS HIS AGE 
  73-YEAR-OLD GARY
  MELQUIST IS LONELY
  TOO.
  TWO STRANGERS NOW PALS
  BY PEN. 
  >> I LOVE ICE CREAM.
  >> IT'S GONE SO MUCH
  FURTHER THAN I THOUGHT
  IT WOULD. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  UNLIKELY DUO, ONE OF
  TWO DOZEN PANDEMIC PEN
  PAL PAIRS MATCHED UP
  BY AUGUSTANA CARE 
  MINNEAPOLIS WHERE GARY
  IS A RESIDENT.
  >> HELPS WITH THE MORE
  SOLITUDE LIFE WE HAVE 
  NOW AND I'VE MADE SOME
  JOY TO HER AND SHE
  DOES TO ME. 
  >> HE DRAWS A LOT OF
  PICTURES OF THE SEA.
  >> THEY EXCHANGE MORE 
  THAN WORDS. 
  >> AND THIS IS A
  LITTLE DEER, AND IT'S 
  REALLY PRETTY.
  >> WITH KEACH TURNING 
  THEIR WALLS INTO MINI 
  MUSEUMS.
  >> SHE'S ONLY 7 YEARS 
  OLD AND SHE DID THAT. 
  >> SHOWCASING THE 
  HEART WORK OF A 
  NEWFOUND FRIEND.
  >> I'M GOING TO BE
  HONEST I DID NOT
  ANTICIPATE A
  7-YEAR-OLD AND A 70 
  SOME-YEAR-OLD HAVING
  SO MUCH IN COMMON.
  >> Reporter: COMMON 
  GROUND FOUND IN 
  HANDWRITTEN LETTERS.
  >> YOU ARE A NICE 
  FRIEND TOO
  >> Reporter: REMINDING
  ADDY AND GARY THEY'RE 
  FAR FROM ALONE. 
  >> YOUR FRIEND WITH 
  LOVE, THANK YOU AGAIN,
  GARY. 
  >> JOE FRYER, NBC 
  NEWS
  >>> AND THAT IS 
  NIGHTLY NEWS, THANK 
