   >>> TONIGHT, THE 
   TERRIBLE NEW MILESTONE
   IN THE PANDEMIC, WITH 
   150,000 AMERICANS NOW 
   DEAD.
   SOME CITIES IMPOSE NEW
   RESTRICTIONS AS MORE 
   ALARMING IMAGES 
   EMERGE.
   THE PACKED CONCERT, 
   THE CROWDED CHURCH 
   GATHERING, THE BOAT 
   WITH NO DISTANCING.
   AS CITIES RESPOND, MY 
   EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 
   WITH THE MAYOR OF LOS 
   ANGELES ON COMBATTING 
   THE VIRUS IN ONE OF 
   THE NATION'S HOT 
   SPOTS.
   >>> ON THE FRONTLINES,
   ONE MAN'S MISSION, 
   TRYING TO SAVE LIVES 
   AND HIS URGENT NEW 
   WARNING TONIGHT.
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   UNDER FIRE FOR SHARING
   A VIDEO WITH HIS 84 
   MILLION FOLLOWERS 
   FILLED WITH 
   MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
   THE VIRUS.
   >>> THE AT
   INSIDE THE PROTESTS ON
   ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
   VIOLENCE.
   >>> THE PANDEMIC AND 
   BASEBALL.
   MORE PLAYERS TESTING 
   POSITIVE.
   CAN THE SEASON 
   SURVIVE?
   >>> A DEADLY ATTACK BY
   A GREAT WHITE SHARK IN
   A PLACE WHERE IT'S 
   NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO 
   HAPPEN.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
   LESTER HOLT."
   >> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   IT WAS JUST OVER THREE
   MONTHS AGO PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP PREDICTED THE 
   U.S. WOULD LOSE 50 TO 
   60,000 PEOPLE FROM 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   HE WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.
   TONIGHT, THE DEATH 
   TOLL HAS CLIMBED OVER 
   150,000.
   THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
   THEN AND NOW IS THAT 
   WE KNOW A LOT MORE 
   ABOUT HOW IT SPREADS.
   AND YET ALARMING 
   PICTURES TONIGHT 
   EXPOSE A GROWING 
   DEFIANCE OF SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING THAT IS 
   IMPERILLING THE COVID 
   FIGHT.
   WE'VE GOT A LOT TO 
   TELL YOU ABOUT 
   TONIGHT.
   LET'S TART WITH NBC'S 
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AS OUR NATIONAL DEATH 
   TOLL SURGES PAST 
   150,000, DOCTORS ON 
   THE FRONTLINES SAY 
   THEIR FIGHT AGAINST 
   COVID IS ALSO BEING 
   LOST HERE, AT THE 
   GROWING NUMBER OF 
   SOCIAL GATHERINGS 
   WHERE AMERICANS ARE 
   REFUSING TO KEEP THEIR
   SOCIAL DISTANCE OR 
   WEAR A MASK.
   NEAR SAN DIEGO, 
   HUNDREDS GATHERED FOR 
   A BEACH BAPTISM.
   >> IT'S FRUSTRATING TO
   NOT BE ABLE TO GATHER 
   LEGALLY IN CHURCH, SO 
   WE'LL JUST DO IT 
   OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN 
   AIR.
   >> Reporter: IN 
   BOSTON, A CRUISE 
   COMPANY TOLD TO STOP 
   OPERATING AFTER THIS 
   BOAT WAS PACKED WITH 
   REVELERS.
   OFFICIALS IN ST. LOUIS
   HAVE SHUT DOWN BARS 
   AND CLUBS THAT IGNORED
   MEASURES AIMED AT 
   SLOWING THE SPREAD OF 
   COVID.
   TODAY, NEW YORK 
   GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO 
   TWEETING THIS VIDEO, 
   SAYING HE WAS APPALLED
   BY EGREGIOUS SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING VIOLATIONS 
   AT A SKON CERT IN
   SOUTHAMPTON.
   THE GRAMMY WINNING 
   GROUP THE CHAIN 
   SMOKERS COULD FACE 
   LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.
   THE GOVERNOR IN 
   KENTUCKY ORDERING BARS
   TO SHUT DOWN, AND 
   RESTAURANTS TO REDUCE 
   CAPACITY, SAYING THAT 
   STATE COULD BECOME THE
   NEXT FLORIDA, TEXAS, 
   OR ARIZONA.
   >> I DON'T WANT TO BE 
   A STATE THAT HAS TO 
   ORDER ONE OF THESE 
   FREEZER TRUCKS BECAUSE
   OUR MORGUES RUN OUT OF
   SPACE.
   >> Reporter: AS FOUR 
   STATES NOW SURPASS
   400,000 CASES, 
   CALIFORNIA IS QUICKLY 
   APPROACHING 500,000.
   IN SOME PARTS OF THE 
   CENTRAL VALLEY, WHERE 
   NEARLY 1 IN 5 ARE 
   TESTING POSITIVE FOR 
   THE VIRUS, IT'S THE 
   WORKING POOR WHO ARE 
   SUFFERING THE MOST.
   >> THE POPULATION THAT
   WORKS REALLY HARD TO 
   PROVIDE THE FOOD 
   SUPPLY.
   >> Reporter: WITH 52 
   MILLION DOLLARS 
   EARMARKED TO IMPROVE 
   TESTING AND STAFFING 
   SHORTAGES AT 
   CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS, 
   TEMPERS ARE FLARING 
   NEARLY FIVE MONTHS 
   INTO THE PANDEMIC.
   IN SAN DIEGO, A WOMAN 
   ALLEGEDLY PEPPER 
   SPRAYED A COUPLE WHO 
   WERE NOT WEARING 
   MASKS, WHILE EATING IN
   A PARK.
   TONIGHT, A NATION ON 
   EDGE, AS SOME CHOOSE 
   TO IGNORE THE PANDEMIC
   AND OTHERS LOSE THEIR 
   LIVES FIGHTING IT.
   >> MIGUEL JOINS US 
   FROM LOS ANGELES.
   MIGUEL, WE'VE BEEN 
   KEEPING A WATCH ON 
   THIS LIST OF SO-CALLED
   RED ZONE STATES.
   I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
   SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
   THERE.
   >> Reporter: ACCORDING
   TO "THE NEW YORK 
   TIMES," 21 STATES ARE 
   IN THE RED ZONE.
   THAT'S WHERE THE 
   NUMBER OF NEW CASES 
   ARE EXPLODING AND NEW 
   RESTRICTIONS MAY NEED 
   TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
   MILITARY DOCTORS ARE 
   ARRIVING IN CITIES 
   LIKE LOS ANGELES, BUT 
   THEY MAY MOST BE 
   NEEDED IN THOSE RURAL 
   COUNTIES.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT, MIGUEL 
   IN LOS ANGELES.
   >>> TONIGHT, THE MAYOR
   OF THE COUNTRY'S 
   SECOND BIGGEST CITY IS
   TALKING WHETHER A 
   LOCKDOWN WILL BE 
   REQUIRED.
   LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN 
   AGGRESSIVELY TESTING, 
   AS THE REGION HAS LOST
   GROUND IN THE COVID 
   BATTLE.
   I SPOKE TO MAYOR ERIC 
   GARCETTI ABOUT WHAT 
   OPTIONS ARE ON THE 
   TABLE.
   OVER THE LAST FEW 
   WEEKS YOU HAVE 
   THREATENED TO REIMPOSE
   A STAY AT HOME ORDER 
   IN LOS ANGELES.
   DOES THAT STILL FEEL 
   LIKE IT'S POSSIBILITY?
   >> IT'S ALWAYS A 
   POSSIBILITY, BUT IT 
   FEELS MUCH BETTER 
   TODAY.
   A LOT OF PLACES ARE 
   LEARNING A LOT ABOUT 
   COVID-19.
   WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP 
   TO OPEN UP, YOU SHOULD
   PAUSE AND WAIT THREE 
   TO FOUR WEEKS TO SEE 
   WHAT THE IMPACT IS.
   SIMILARLY WHEN YOU 
   THOSE THINGS DOWN, 
   WAIT A FEW WEEKS TO 
   SEE WHAT THE EFFECT 
   IS.
   AND SO FAR, THINGS ARE
   STABILIZING.
   WE'RE SEEING 
   POSITIVITY RATES COME 
   DOWN, HOSPITALIZATION 
   IS STABLE.
   SO IF IT DOESN'T SOAR 
   UP, I DON'T THINK 
   WE'LL HAVE TO CLOSE 
   FURTHER.
   BUT IT REQUIRES ALL OF
   US EVERY DAY TO DO OUR
   PART.
   >> CALIFORNIA HAD 
   EARLY SUCCESS IN THE 
   PANDEMIC, AFTER BEING 
   THE FIRST STATE TO 
   IMPOSE STAY AT HOME 
   ORDERS, ONLY TO SEE A 
   SURGE IN CASES OVER 
   THE LAST SEVERAL 
   WEEKS.
   A LOT OF SHOULD HAVE, 
   COULD HAVE GOING ON.
   WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT 
   NIGHT?
   WHAT KEEPING RUNNING 
   THROUGH YOUR MIND,
   MAN, I WISH WE HAD 
   DONE X, Y, AND Z?
   >> NOT A LOT.
   HERE IN LOS ANGELES, 
   FIRST TO HAVE MASKS, 
   WE'RE THE FIRST TO 
   HAVE PUBLIC TESTING 
   FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT 
   SYMPTOMS, THE FIRST TO
   FOCUS ON THE 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   COMMUNITY.
   SO THERE'S NOT A LOT 
   OF REGRETS, BUT WHAT'S
   CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE 
   THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC
   METHOD IN REALTIME.
   I THINK PEOPLE IMAGINE
   THAT SOMEBODY OUT 
   THERE HAS THE PERFECT 
   ANSWER TO COVID-19, 
   AND IF YOU JUST STICK 
   TO THE PLAN, THE 
   SCIENTISTS WILL TELL 
   YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO 
   DO.
   WHAT THE SCIENTISTS 
   ARE TELLING US CHANGES
   WEEK TO WEEK.
   THAT'S PART OF THE 
   SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
   MY MESSAGE IS STICK TO
   WHAT WE DO KNOW, 
   MASKS, WASHING HANDS, 
   PHYSICAL DISTANCING, 
   STAYING AT HOME WHEN 
   YOU CAN, AND LEARN 
   FROM THIS.
   SEE WHERE -- YOU SEE 
   SPREAD, SHUT THOSE 
   PLACES DOWN FOR A 
   COUPLE OF DAYS, FIX 
   IT, BUT YOU CAN 
   PROBABLY REOPEN THEM 
   WITH A TARGETED SET OF
   PROTOCOLS.
   >> YOU TICKED OFF A 
   NUMBER OF FIRSTS THAT 
   LOS ANGELES HAD IN 
   THIS FIGHT, AND IT 
   WORKED.
   DOESN'T IT MAKE IT ALL
   THE MORE FRUSTRATING 
   THAT THE NUMBERS ARE 
   WHERE THEY ARE TODAY?
   >> YOU KNOW, I THINK 
   THE HEADLINES AROUND 
   THE COUNTRY, 
   CALIFORNIA HAS THE 
   MOST CASES.
   WELL, WE HAVE THE MOST
   PEOPLE.
   WHAT PEOPLE FORGET,
   WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
   NUMBERS, YOU HAVE TO 
   LOOK AT DENSITY, 
   POVERTY, AND 
   PREEXISTING HEALTH 
   CONDITIONS.
   L.A. WAS ON THAT CDC 
   INDEX TOWARDS THE TOP 
   AND WE'VE PROBABLY 
   DONE THE BEST JOB OF A
   VULNERABLE CITY 
   PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE.
   >> YOU SAY THE NUMBERS
   ARE LOOKING BETTER, 
   BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO 
   THE SCIENTISTS, WE'RE 
   STILL REALLY EARLY 
   INTO THIS THING.
   >> ABSOLUTELY.
   THE GOOD NEWS TODAY 
   DOES NOT MEAN GOOD 
   NEWS TOMORROW.
   THIS VIRUS PREYS WHEN 
   WE GET RELAXED, 
   EXHAUSTED AND DIVIDED.
   AND WE CAN'T DO ANY OF
   THAT.
   >> HE TOLD ME THEY ARE
   SEEING SOME SPREAD OF 
   THE VIRUS OCCURRING IN
   MANUFACTURING WHERE 
   WORKERS ARE TOO CLOSE 
   TOGETHER AND HE 
   WOULDN'T HESITATE TO 
   SHUT DOWN COMPANIES 
   NOT ABIDING BY THE 
   RULES.
   >>> TONIGHT, A 
   DRAMATIC INSIDE LOOK 
   AT THE EXPERIENCE OF 
   FIRST RESPONDERS IN 
   NEW YORK.
   FOR MONTHS, OUR NBC 
   NEWS COLLEAGUES HAVE 
   FOLLOWED A PARAMEDIC 
   THAT HAS A CAUTIONARY 
   TALE FOR THE REST OF 
   THE COUNTRY.
   HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.
   >> EVERY DAY WE LEARN 
   SOMETHING NEW ABOUT 
   COVID-19.
   WE CAN'T STOP IT.
   WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT 
   WOULD BE THE END OF 
   LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.
   IT LITERALLY SHUT DOWN
   THE WHOLE WORLD.
   >> Reporter: IN EARLY 
   APRIL, PARAMEDICS IN 
   YONKERS WERE GETTING 
   NEARLY 700 CALLS A 
   DAY, DOUBLE THE NORMAL
   VOLUME.
   >> MORE IMPORTANTLY 
   RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE 
   TO GET HER OXYGEN.
   >> Reporter: A 
   PARAMEDIC'S CLOSEUP OF
   THE VIRUS, AND ITS 
   TOLL ON THE FAMILIES.
   >> LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS 
   HYPERTENSION, HIGH 
   CHOLESTEROL.
   THYROID.
   BECAUSE OF THE RISKS, 
   HOSPITALS AREN'T 
   LETTING FAMILY MEMBERS
   IN, SO THESE POOR 
   PEOPLE CAN'T SAY 
   GOODBYE TO THEIR 
   FAMILY.
   THEY CAN'T SAY I LOVE 
   YOU, HOLD THEIR HAND.
   IT'S SAD.
   >> CAN'T COME SEE YOU,
   BUT WE'LL SEE YOU WHEN
   YOU COME BACK.
   >> ALL RIGHT, MA.
   >> YOU SEE ENTIRE 
   FAMILIES GETTING SICK,
   BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO
   TAKE CARE OF EACH 
   OTHER.
   IT'S LIKE IT USES OUR 
   HUMANITY AGAINST US.
   >> Reporter: A 
   PARAMEDIC'S JOB IS TO 
   SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
   BUT AT THE HEIGHT OF
   THE CRISIS THEY OFTEN 
   COULDN'T.
   >> IF WE'RE UNABLE TO 
   REVIVE THEM, WE WOULD 
   CALL TIME OF DEATH IN 
   THE FIELD.
   WHEN I THINK OF 
   GHOSTS, I THINK OF 
   JOBS THAT WEREN'T 
   THERE.
   SAYING THAT WE CANNOT 
   BE AFFECTED BY THIS 
   THINGS THAT WE SEE IS 
   LIKE SAYING WE CAN 
   WALK ON WATER AND NOT 
   GET WET.
   AS LONG AS YOU DO THE 
   RIGHT THING, DEATH 
   NEVER TAKES A PATIENT 
   FROM ME.
   HE ALWAYS HAS TO FIGHT
   ME FOR IT.
   THE REST OF THE 
   COUNTRY IS STARTING TO
   HAVE SPIKES.
   SO AREAS LIKE FLORIDA 
   AND TEXAS NOW HAVE 
   HUGE NUMBERS AND ARE 
   GOING THROUGH WHAT WE 
   WENT THROUGH IN MARCH 
   AND APRIL.
   YOU'LL HAVE MOMENTS 
   WHEN QUESTIONING YOUR 
   OWN ABILITIES AND 
   PERHAPS YOUR SANITY.
   BUT YOU'LL RISE.
   >> Reporter: STEPHANIE
   GOSK, NBC NEWS.
   >> A SOBERING GLIMPSE 
   INTO THIS CRISIS.
   >>> THEN THERE IS A 
   BATTLE OVER 
   MISINFORMATION.
   TWITTER AND OTHER 
   SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
   TODAY DELETED A VIDEO 
   WITH FALSE CLAIMS 
   ABOUT COVID-19 THAT 
   WERE SHARED BY 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP.
   PETER ALEXANDER IS AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE.
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP TONIGHT UNDER 
   FIRE FOR SPREADING 
   MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
   THE CORONAVIRUS, AFTER
   RETWEETING A VIDEO 
   SHOWING A GROUP OF 
   DOCTORS IN LAB COATS 
   FALSELY CLAIMING 
   THERE'S A CURE FOR THE
   DISEASE AND THAT MASKS
   AND SHUTDOWNS ARE NOT 
   NECESSARY TO STOP ITS 
   SPREAD.
   >> THEY'RE VERY 
   RESPECTED DOCTORS.
   THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO 
   WAS SPECTACULAR IN HER
   STATEMENTS ABOUT IT.
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   CLIP, A HOUSTON 
   DOCTOR, WHO HAS PUSHED
   CONSPIRACY THEORYS AND
   BLAMED SOME MEDICAL 
   ISSUES ON DEMON 
   SPIRITS, AGGRESSIVELY 
   PROMOTES 
   HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS 
   PART OF A COVID CURE.
   >> IT WORKS.
   >> SHE'S ALSO MADE THE
   STATEMENT THAT DOCTORS
   MAKE MEDICINE USING 
   DNA FROM ALIENS.
   >> I CAN TELL YOU 
   THIS, SHE WAS ON AIR 
   ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 
   DOCTORS.
   THEY WERE BIG FANS OF 
   HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
   BUT I KNOW NOTHING 
   ABOUT HER.
   >> Reporter: THEN THE 
   PRESIDENT WALKED OUT 
   OF HIS BRIEFING.
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   KNOCKED DOWN THE 
   DOCTOR'S 
   HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
   CLAIMS.
   >> THE OVERWHELMING 
   PREVAILING CLINICAL 
   TRIALS THAT HAVE 
   LOOKED AT THE EFFICACY
   OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
   HAVE INDICATED THAT IT
   IS NOT EFFECTIVE IN 
   CORONAVIRUS DISEASE.
   >> Reporter: TWITTER 
   REMOVED THE CLIPS, 
   DELETING SEVERAL OF 
   THE PRESIDENT'S POSTS,
   WITH FACEBOOK AND 
   YOUTUBE ALSO TAKING 
   THE VIDEO DOWN.
   BUT NOT BEFORE MORE 
   THAN 14 MILLION PEOPLE
   HAD WATCHED IT.
   THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
   PAINTED A ROSY PICTURE
   OF THE COUNTRY, 
   DESPITE SURGING CASES 
   NATIONWIDE.
   >> YOU CAN LOOK AT 
   LARGE PORTIONS OF OUR 
   COUNTRY THAT'S 
   CORONA FREE.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
   JOE BIDEN IS SLAMMING 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR 
   HIS RESPONSE TO THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   >> TO CHANGE THE TONE 
   OVER THE LAST FEW 
   DAYS, AS PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP HAS, DOESN'T 
   CHANGE THE FACTS OF 
   THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP FACES 
   A REAL TEST, AND HE'S 
   FAILED IT.
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP TONIGHT ALSO 
   BROUGHT UP DR. FAUCI'S
   HIGH APPROVAL RATINGS 
   REGARDING THE VIRUS, 
   COMPARED TO HIS OWN, 
   SAYING THAT HE'S DONE 
   WHAT FAUCI 
   RECOMMENDED, BUT THAT 
   FAUCI IS "HIGHLY 
   THOUGHT OF" ADDING 
   NOBODY LIKES ME, IT 
   CAN ONLY BE MY 
   PERSONALITY.
   LESTER?
   >> PETER ALEXANDER 
   TONIGHT AT THE WHITE 
   HOUSE, THANKS.
   >>> AT A HEATED 
   CONGRESSIONAL HEARING 
   TODAY, ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL WILLIAM BARR 
   DEFENDED THE ACTIONS 
   OF FEDERAL AGENTS IN 
   PORTLAND AND SAID HE 
   ISN'T DOING ANYTHING 
   TO HELP PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S FRIENDS OR 
   PUNISH HIS ENEMIES.
   HERE'S PETE WILLIAMS.
   >> Reporter: BARR SAYS
   FEDERAL AGENTS ARE IN 
   PORTLAND TO DEFEND THE
   U.S. COURTHOUSE FROM 
   EXTREMISTS WHO 
   HIJACKED PEACEFUL 
   PROTESTS.
   BUT DURING HIS FIRST 
   APPEARANCE BEFORE THE 
   HOUSE JUDICIARY 
   COMMITTEE SINCE 
   BECOMING ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL, DEMOCRATS 
   SAID IT'S INTENDED TO 
   GIVE THE PRESIDENT 
   FOOTAGE FOR CAMPAIGN 
   ADS.
   >> YOU ARE PROJECTING 
   FEAR AND VIOLENCE 
   NATIONWIDE IN PURSUIT 
   OF OBVIOUS POLITICAL 
   OBJECTIVES.
   SHAME ON YOU, MR. 
   BARR.
   >> Reporter: BARR SAYS
   ATTACKERS AT THE 
   PORTLAND COURTHOUSE 
   HAVE SET FIRES.
   >> THROWN THINGS, USED
   EXPLOSIVES, AND 
   INJURED POLICE, 
   INCLUDING JUST THIS 
   PAST WEEKEND PERHAPS 
   PERMANENTLY BLINDING 
   THREE FEDERAL OFFICERS
   WITH LASERS.
   >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
   QUESTION THE USE OF 
   FORCE TO CLEAR 
   LAFAYETTE PARK IN JUNE
   JUST BEFORE PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP WALKED TO A 
   NEARBY CHURCH AND HELD
   UP A BIBLE.
   BARR SAYS IT WAS TO 
   PROTECT THE WHITE 
   HOUSE AND NEARBY 
   BUILDINGS.
   >> THE MOVEMENT WAS 
   NOT GEARED TO THE 
   BEHAVIOR OF THAT 
   PARTICULAR CROWD.
   IT WAS GEARED TO THE 
   FACT THAT WE WERE 
   MOVING THE PERIMETER 
   OUT TO PUT UP A FENCE 
   ON H STREET.
   >> Reporter: BARR WAS 
   ASKED WHY HE SOUGHT A 
   MORE LENIENT SENTENCE 
   FOR ROGER STONE AND 
   MOVED TO DISMISS 
   CHARGES AGAINST 
   MICHAEL FLYNN.
   >> IN DONALD TRUMP'S 
   AMERICA, THERE'S TWO 
   SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE.
   ONE FOR PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP AND HIS CRONIES,
   AND ANOTHER FOR THE 
   REST OF US.
   >> Reporter: BUT BARR 
   SAID HE MADE THOSE 
   DECISIONS WITHOUT ANY 
   WHITE HOUSE PRESSURE.
   >> I WOULD JUST ASK 
   PEOPLE -- SUPPOSEDLY 
   I'M PUNISHING THE
   PRESIDENT'S ENEMIES 
   AND HELPING HIS 
   FRIENDS.
   WHAT ENEMIES HAVE I 
   INDICTED?
   >> Reporter: AND WHAT 
   ABOUT PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S CLAIMS ABOUT 
   THE PUSH TO USE MORE 
   MAIL-IN BALLOTS COULD 
   RIG THE ELECTION?
   >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
   THIS 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
   ELECTION WILL BE 
   RIGGED?
   >> I HAVE NO REASON TO
   THINK IT WILL BE.
   >> Reporter: AS FOR 
   THE FEDERAL FORCE IN 
   PORTLAND, BARR SAID IT
   CAN BE REDUCED WHEN 
   THE VIOLENCE STOPS.
   LESTER?
   >> PETE WILLIAMS 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   >>> IN PORTLAND, THERE
   WAS NEW VIOLENCE 
   AROUND THAT FEDERAL 
   COURTHOUSE.
   ERIN McLAUGHLIN WAS IN
   THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL.
   >> Reporter: IT'S 9:00
   AT NIGHT.
   PROTESTORS MARCHED 
   TOWARDS PORTLAND'S 
   FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
   >> I'M HERE FOR BLACK 
   LIVES MATTER.
   I DON'T AGREE WITH THE
   FEDERAL TROOPS BEING 
   HERE.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   SO-CALLED WALL OF MOMS
   LEADING THE WAY, SOME 
   WITH CHILDREN.
   PROTESTORS BURN A 
   BONFIRE OUTSIDE THE 
   COURTHOUSE FENCE, 
   INCLUDING AN AMERICAN 
   FLAG.
   NEAR MIDNIGHT, 
   HUNDREDS HAVE 
   GATHERED.
   SOME PROTESTORS BEGIN 
   LAUNCHING FIREWORKS AT
   THE COURTHOUSE.
   FLAMES CAN BE SEEN.
   THERE'S A LARGE BLAST 
   INSIDE THE FENCE.
   FEDERAL AGENTS LATER 
   RESPOND WITH FLASH 
   BANGS AND TEAR GAS.
   ONE OF THE MOMS SAYS 
   SHE'S HAD A ENOUGH.
   >> I'M A SINGLE MOM 
   SHE'S HAD A ENOUGH.
   >> I'M A SINGLE MOM 
   AND I WORK FULL TIME 
   WHETHER OR NOT SCHOOLS
   CAN REOPEN SAFELY AS 
   ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
   TEACHERS' UNIONS IN 
   THE COUNTRY WEIGHS IN.
   OUR KERRY SANDERS HAS 
   MORE ON ITS MESSAGE TO
   TEACHERS ABOUT 
   IN-PERSON LEARN THING 
   FALL.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   SCHOOLS TESTING OUT 
   SAFETY SYSTEMS.
   >> PLEASE WEAR A MASK.
   >> Reporter: AS 
   PRESSURE MOUNTS, THE 
   NATION'S SECOND 
   LARGEST TEACHER'S 
   UNION AUTHORIZING ITS 
   1.7 MILLION MEMBERS TO
   STRIKE IN DISTRICTS 
   AND STATE WHERE IS 
   CERTAIN SAFETY 
   STANDARDS ARE NOT MET.
   >> DO I WANT TO GET 
   BACK INTO SCHOOL?
   ABSOLUTELY.
   BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE
   TO DO THAT IN A SAFE 
   ENVIRONMENT.
   >> Reporter: A PILOT 
   SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM 
   UNDER WAY AT WESLEY 
   ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 
   MIDDLETOWN, 
   CONNECTICUT, APPEARS 
   HOPEFUL.
   BUT WITH CONCESSIONS,
   FEW IF ANY SCHOOLS CAN
   REPLICATE.
   >> I ONLY HAVE FOUR 
   KIDS IN MY CLASS RIGHT
   NOW.
   IT'S VERY MANAGEABLE.
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   MANAGING KIDS AND 
   EXPOSURE TO 
   CORONAVIRUS AT SCHOOL,
   UNTESTED.
   >> IT'S JUST SOMETHING
   THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO
   BE IN MY MIND, AM I 
   REALLY PUTTING HIM AT 
   SUCH A HIGH RISK NOW, 
   PUTTING HIM BACK IN 
   SCHOOL?
   >> Reporter: IN 
   MIDDLETOWN, 
   PARTITIONS, OUTDOOR 
   CLASSROOMS AND MASKS 
   REQUIRED.
   AND SOUTH DAKOTA'S 
   GOVERNOR ENCOURAGING 
   SCHOOLS TO OPEN WITH 
   NO MASKS REQUIRED.
   >> THE MASK SITUATION 
   WITH KIDS AND WITH 
   ADULTS IS VERY MIXED 
   RESEARCH.
   AND THE SCIENCE HAS 
   NOT PROVEN WHAT IS 
   EFFECTIVE AND WHAT 
   ISN'T.
   >> Reporter: MORE THAN
   75 CHILDREN HAVE DIED 
   FROM COVID, INCLUDING 
   FLORIDA'S YOUNGEST 
   VICTIM 9-YEAR-OLD 
   KAMORA.
   IN FLORIDA, 31,000 
   KIDS TESTING POSITIVE.
   UP 34% IN JUST EIGHT 
   DAYS.
   AND IN MARTIN COUNTY, 
   1 IN 4 CHILDREN 
   POSITIVE.
   >> THE NUMBERS ARE 
   JUST TOO HIGH FOR OUR 
   FAMILY TO TAKE THAT 
   RISK.
   >> Reporter: EVETTE 
   GARCIA JOINING 6 
   MILLION OTHER PARENTS 
   CHOOSING FOR THE FIRST
   TIME TO HOME SCHOOL 
   HER 5-YEAR-OLD SON, 
   JULIAN.
   ARE YOU GOING TO CALL 
   MOMMY MOMMY OR CALL 
   HER TEACHER?
   >> TEACHER MOMMY.
   >> Reporter: TEACHER 
   MOMMY.
   >> TEACHER MOMMY.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   PARENTS WORRIED A 
   WRONG DECISION COULD 
   BREAK THEIR HEARTS.
   >> I'M NERVOUS, BUT I 
   THINK THIS IS THE 
   RIGHT THING TO DO.
   I THINK THIS IS THE 
   SAFEST OPTION FOR US.
   >> Reporter: KERRY 
   SANDERS, NBC NEWS, 
   ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA.
   >>> TONIGHT, WE'RE 
   LEARNING MORE ABOUT 
   THAT DEADLY SHARK 
   ATTACK IN MAINE.
   AUTHORITIES SAY JULIE,
   A 63-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW
   YORK CITY, WAS 
   SWIMMING 60 FEET FROM 
   SHORE WHEN A GREAT 
   WHITE SHARK BIT HER.
   THERE WAS SOME 
   KAYAKERS THAT MANAGED 
   TO GET HER TO SHORE 
   BUT SHE DIED AT THE 
   SCENE.
   THIS I
   BELOW 1%, AS IT TRIES 
   TO KEEP AN INFECTIOUS 
   DISEASE FROM STOPPING 
   SPORTS.
   >>> IN OUR LATEST 
   INSTALLMENT OF 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" KID'S 
   EDITION, WE'LL VISIT A
   BOOKSTORE THAT WANTS 
   TO HELP KIDS OF COLOR 
   HAVE POSITIVE 
   SELF-IMAGE.
   PLUS, WE'LL INTRODUCE 
   YOU TO A GIRL WHO USED
   HER TOOTH FAIRY MONEY 
   TO HELP FEED THE 
   ANIMALS AT THE ZOO.
   AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE 
   WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
   OUR NEW EPISODE IS 
   STREAMING RIGHT NOW.
   >>> THAT'S NBC 
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