  >>> TONIGHT, SOUNDING 
  THE ALARM.
  DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WITH
  THE STARK WARNING TO
  CONGRESS AS 23 STATES 
  REPORT A RISE IN NEW
  CASES.
  IN TEXAS AND
  CALIFORNIA, STAGGERING
  NEW RECORDS.
  BY THE NEXT FEW WEEKS 
  ARE CRITICAL
  AND THE HOPEFUL 
  MESSAGE TODAY ON A
  POTENTIAL VACCINE.
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
  ARIZONA AS THE STATE
  BREAKS ITS SINGLE DAY 
  RECORD FOR NEW CASES
  HIS SECOND INDOOR 
  EVENT IN JUST FOUR
  DAYS
  AND HIS RESPONSE ABOUT
  WHETHER HIS STATEMENT 
  ABOUT SLOWING DOWN
  TESTING WASREALLY 
  JUST A JOKE.
  >>> THE SURPRISE TWIST
  IN THE FBI
  INVESTIGATION INTO A
  NOOSE FOUND IN
  NASCAR'S BUBBA
  WALLACE'S GARAGE
  STALL.
  WHY NO CHARGES WILL BE
  FILED.
  >>> THE CLASH NEAR THE
  WHITE HOUSE, POLICE 
  DRIVING OUT PROTESTERS
  TRYING TO TOPPLE A
  STATUE
  WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS 
  THREATENING TO DO.
  >>> THE FAMILY OF 
  RAYSHARD BROOKS 
  DRESSED IN WHITE FOR A
  FINAL FAREWELL
  M.L.K.'S DAUGHTER WITH
  A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO 
  HIS CHILDREN
  >>> THE WORLD'S TOP 
  TENNIS PLAYER TESTING 
  POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 
  AFTER A TOURNAMENT
  WHAT IT MEANS FOR 
  OTHER SPORTS AS THEY
  EYE THEIR RETURNS.
  >>> NEARLY 100 WORKERS
  INFECTED AT A SINGLE
  AMAZON WAREHOUSE
  AND THE PRIMARIES IN
  THE PANDEMIC
  WILL WE SEE SOME
  ELECTION UPSETS 
  TONIGHT?
  >> THIS IS "NBC 
  NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
  LESTER HOLT.
  >>> GOOD EVENING
  I'M SAVANNAH GUTHRIE
  IN FOR LESTER AND 
  TONIGHT THE STARK 
  WARNING FROM THE
  NATION'S TOP
  INFECTIOUS DISEASE
  DOCTOR COMING BEFORE
  CONGRESS
  DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID
  TODAY WE'RE SEEING A
  DISTURBING SURGE OF 
  INFECTIONS AND THE
  NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE
  CRITICAL
  CASES OF COVID-19 ARE 
  ON THE RISE IN ALMOST 
  HALF THE STATES NOW 
  WITH RECORD SURGES IN 
  FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND 
  ARIZONA, WHERE THE
  PRESIDENT VISITED THIS
  AFTERNOON.
  WE HAVE OUR TEAM
  COVERING ALL ANGLES 
  TONIGHT AND WE'LL 
  BEGIN WITH NBC'S TOM
  COSTELLO IN 
  WASHINGTON
  >> Reporter: WITH LONG
  LINES FOR TESTING AND 
  COVID-19 CASES SURGING
  ONCE AGAIN IN THE 
  SOUTH AND THE WEST, 
  THE NATION'S TOP
  CORONAVIRUS EXPERTS 
  TODAY WARNED CONGRESS 
  THE PANDEMIC REMAINS A
  VERY REAL THREAT
  >> WE ARE NOW SEEING A
  DISTURBING SURGE OF 
  INFECTIONS
  >> Reporter:
  NATIONWIDE, 23 STATES 
  ARE REPORTING AN
  INCREASE IN CASESOF 
  25% OR MORE OVER THE
  LAST TWO WEEKS
  WITH INCREASES OF 100%
  OR MORE IN HAWAII,
  OKLAHOMA, MONTANA,
  FLORIDA, ARIZONA, 
  SOUTH CAROLINA, 
  WYOMING, AND OREGON.
  EXPERTS BELIEVE IT
  COULD BE LINKED TO THE
  MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
  WHEN MILLIONS OF
  AMERICANS CHOSE TO
  LEAVE HOME AND
  SOCIALIZE IN LARGE
  GROUPS
  >> THE NEXT COUPLE
  WEEKS ARE GOING TO BE 
  CRITICAL IN OUR 
  ABILITY TO ADDRESS
  THOSE SURGINGS WE'RE
  SEEING
  >> Reporter: THE STATS
  TODAY, 2.3 MILLION
  CONFIRMED CASES ACROSS
  THE COUNTRY.
  120,000 DEATHS AND
  CLIMBING BY 500 TO
  1,000 EACH DAY
  EXPERTS WARN OF A 
  POTENTIALLY HORRIFYING
  DEATH TOLL TO COME
  THE POSSIBILITY OF
  200,000 DEATHS BY THE 
  FALL
  >> WE HAVE LARGE PARTS
  OF THE COUNTRY THAT 
  BELIEVE SOMEHOW THE 
  PANDEMIC IS OVER AND
  WE'RE DONE WITH THE 
  PANDEMIC
  THAT IS GOING TO GET
  US INTO A LOT OF
  TROUBLE.
  WE ARE NOT DONE WITH
  THIS PANDEMIC.
  >> Reporter: 14 STATES
  PLUS D.C. HAVE SHOWN A
  DROP IN CASES OF 25%
  OR MORE OVER THE LAST 
  TWO WEEKS.
  TODAY'S HEARING COMES 
  JUST THREE DAYS AFTER 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID A
  DECREASE IN TESTING 
  WOULD SLOW THE NUMBER 
  OF CASES
  >> SO I SAID TO MY
  PEOPLE, SLOW THE
  TESTING DOWN, PLEASE
  >> Reporter: THE WHITE
  HOUSE SAID THE
  PRESIDENT WAS KIDDING,
  BUT TODAY MR. TRUMP 
  SAID HE WAS SERIOUS.
  HIS TOP DOCTORS,
  THOUGH, INSIST NOTHING
  HAS CHANGED.
  >> I KNOW FOR SURE
  THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE
  NONE OF US HAVE EVER
  BEEN TOLD TO SLOW DOWN
  ON TESTING
  WE'RE GOING TO BE 
  DOING MORE TESTING NOT
  LESS
  >> ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
  AND CONTINUE TO BE
  COMMITTED TO
  INCREASING READILY, 
  TIMELY ACCESS TO
  TESTING.
  >> Reporter: THE GOOD 
  NEWS, THE FIRST 
  POTENTIAL VACCINE 
  ENTERS PHASE THREE
  CLINICAL TESTING NEXT 
  MONTH.
  FAUCI IS OPTIMISTIC 
  ABOUT A VACCINE BY
  YEAR'S END
  >> I STILL THINK THERE
  IS A REASONABLY GOOD
  CHANCE THAT BY THE
  VERY BEGINNING OF 2021
  THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO
  HAVE A VACCINE WE WILL
  HAVE IT BY THEN.
  >> Reporter: WHEN WILL
  SCHOOLS BE ABLE TO
  OPEN
  THE TOP DOCS TODAY
  SAID THAT IS UP TO
  EACH INDIVIDUAL STATE 
  AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT 
  ALL FOR SCHOOLS OR
  UNIVERSITIES
  MEANWHILE A PLEA TO 
  YOUNG PEOPLE TO THINK 
  ABOUT THOSE AT RISK 
  AND AVOID LARGE 
  CROWDS
  >> PLAN A.
  DON'T GO IN A CROWD.
  PLAN B, IF YOU DO,
  MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A
  MASK
  >> Reporter: THE
  CONCERN TONIGHT, WEEKS
  AFTER A SURGE, THE
  DEATH RATE TYPICALLY
  GOES UP.
  TOM COSTELLO, NBC 
  NEWS, WASHINGTON
  >> Reporter: I'M
  MORGAN CHESKY IN TEXAS
  WHERE TONIGHT A SURGE 
  IN COVID-19 IS RAISING
  FEARS AS THE STATE
  REOPENS.
  >> WE ARE MOVING VERY 
  FAST IN THE WRONG 
  DIRECTION.
  >> Reporter: MULTIPLE 
  CITIES TURNING INTO 
  HOT SPOTS AND TODAY 
  ANOTHER RECORD HIGH.
  5,000 NEW CASES 
  STATEWIDE.
  NOW AFTER BLAMING 
  RISING NUMBERS ON 
  INCREASED TESTING 
  GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
  CHANGING COURSE.
  >> COVID-19 IS NOW
  SPREADING AT AN 
  UNACCEPTABLE RATE IN
  TEXAS.
  IT MUST BE CORRALED.
  WE HAVE SEVERAL 
  STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
  THE SPREAD WITHOUT
  HAVING TO SHUT TEXAS
  BACK DOWN.
  >> Reporter: IN LESS
  THAN A WEEK NEW CASES 
  IN THE HOUSTON AREA 
  HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED
  PROMPTING THIS WARNING
  FROM INFECTIOUS 
  DISEASE SPECIALIST DR.
  PETER HOTEZ.
  >> I BELIEVE IF THE 
  NUMBERS CONTINUE TO 
  RISE AT THIS PACE 
  HOUSTON IS ON TRACK TO
  BECOME THE WORST
  AFFECTED CITY IN THE
  UNITED STATES.
  >> Reporter: DESPITE
  PROMPTING TEXAS 
  CHILDREN'S TO NOW 
  TREAT ADULTS IN AN
  ISOLATION UNIT
  HOSPITAL STAFF SAYS 
  THE SITUATION IS
  CHANGING
  >> AT THIS POINT WE'RE
  ACTUALLY TRYING TO
  CATCH UP AND WE'RE IN 
  THE BEGINNING WHEN
  THIS HAPPENED WE WERE 
  IN FRONT OF IT
  >> Reporter: EXPERTS
  PARTIALLY BLAME THE 
  SURGE ON PEOPLE NOT 
  WEARING MASKS.
  LACK OF SOCIAL
  DISTANCING ESPECIALLY 
  AMONG YOUNGER ADULTS, 
  ANOTHER CONCERN.
  IN NORTH CAROLINA, ONE
  OF THE MANY PLACES
  WHERE CROWDS PACK THE 
  BEACHES.
  IN FLORIDA, OFFICIALS 
  REPORT A RADICAL RISE 
  IN YOUNGER COVID
  CASES.
  >> HALF OF THESE
  POSITIVE TESTS ARE IN 
  THAT 34 AND UNDER AGE 
  GROUP.
  >> Reporter: IN 
  ARIZONA CASES HAVE
  DOUBLED OVER THE LAST 
  TWO WEEKS.
  84% OF THEIR ICU BEDS 
  ARE NOW IN USE
  ON THE WEST COAST,
  CALIFORNIA BREAKING 
  THEIR OWN DAILY HIGH
  MORE THAN 5,000 NEW 
  CASES IN THE LAST 24
  HOURS.
  >> THERE IS THIS FALSE
  SENSE OF SECURITY 
  RIGHT NOW.
  BECAUSE THINGS ARE
  OPENING UP
  >> Reporter: BACK IN
  TEXAS, A PUSH FROM THE
  OWNER OF THE HOUSTON
  ROCKETS FOR EVERYONE
  TO FOLLOW THE 
  GUIDELINES
  >> IF WE DON'T WEAR 
  MASKS WE'RE GOING TO
  HAVE TO SHUT DOWN 
  AGAIN.
  >> Reporter: WITH 
  NUMBERS RISING
  OFFICIALS SAY THIS
  PANDEMIC MAY JUST BE
  GETTING STARTED.
  MORGAN CHESKY, NBC
  NEWS
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
  IN ONE OF THOSE HOT 
  SPOTS TONIGHT 
  CAMPAIGNING IN
  ARIZONA, A CRITICAL 
  BATTLEGROUND STATE
  NBC'S JEFF BENNETT
  REPORTS ON POLITIC
  AND THE PANDEMIC
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP TONIGHT FOR THE 
  SECOND TIME IN LESS 
  THAN A WEEK ADDRESSING
  SUPPORTERS AT A LARGE 
  INDOOR GATHERING, THIS
  TIME AT DREAM CITY
  CHURCH IN PHOENIX.
  THE EVENT RAISING 
  HEALTH CONCERNS WITH
  ARIZONA TODAY 
  REPORTING A RECORD
  NUMBER OF NEW 
  CORONAVIRUS CASES.
  >> Reporter: SOME 
  PEOPLE ARE WORRIED
  ABOUT BEING IN A
  CONFINED SPACE WITH A 
  LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT 
  NOW BECAUSE OF
  CORONAVIRUS.
  DO YOU HAVE ANY 
  WORRIES AT ALL
  >> THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD
  HAVE BEEN WORRIED WHEN
  THEY WERE DOING THE 
  RIOTS AND NOBODY
  SEEMED TO WORRY THEN
  >> Reporter: LEADERS
  OF THE CHURCH HOSTING 
  THE EVENT SAID IN A 
  SINCE DELETED VIDEO 
  THAT THEY INSTALLED 
  NEW TECHNOLOGY THEY 
  CLAIMED COULD 
  VIRTUALLY KILL
  COVID-19 IN THE AIR.
  >> WE'VE INSTALLED
  THESE UNITS AND IT
  KILLS 99.9% OF COVID
  WITHIN TEN MINUTES
  >> Reporter: THE
  CHURCH TODAY POSTING A
  STATEMENT SAYING THEY 
  MISSPOKE
  ADDING WE HOPE TO 
  ALLEVIATE ANY 
  CONFUSION WE MAY HAVE 
  CAUSED
  EVENT ORGANIZERS SAY
  THEY ARE ASKING BUT 
  NOT REQUIRING PEOPLE
  TO WEAR MASKS INSIDE
  TODAY'S VISIT MARKS 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  THIRD TRIP TO ARIZONA 
  IN FIVE MONTHS, A 
  STATE CRUCIAL TO HIS
  RE-ELECTION.
  ARIZONA WAS ONCE A
  RELIABLY REPUBLICAN 
  STRONGHOLD, BUT 
  NATIONAL POLLS SHOW 
  THE PRESIDENT 
  CURRENTLY TRAILING
  DEMOCRATIC RIVAL JOE
  BIDEN.
  THE PRESIDENT TRYING
  TO REGAIN MOMENTUM BY 
  RETURNING TO AN ISSUE 
  THAT HELPED HIM WIN 
  THE WHITE HOUSE IN
  2016
  BORDER SECURITY.
  >> MY ADMINISTRATION
  HAS DONE MORE THAN ANY
  ADMINISTRATION IN 
  HISTORY TO SECURE OUR 
  SOUTHERN BORDER.
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESIDENT STOPPING IN 
  YUMA TO TOUT THE
  COMPLETION OF 200 
  MILES OF BORDER WALL
  BUILT DURING HIS
  ADMINISTRATION
  MEANTIME, FORMER
  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
  MAKING HIS FIRST
  APPEARANCE ON THE 2020
  VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL
  WITH JOE BIDEN TONIGHT
  SLAMMED PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP, ACCUSING HIM OF
  PRACTICING WHAT HE
  CALLED A, QUOTE,
  DISORGANIZED, 
  MEAN-SPIRITED APPROACH
  TO GOVERNMENT THAT
  ENDANGERS AMERICAN
  VALUES
  SAVANNAH
  >> GEOFF, THANK YOU.
  >>> THE FBI SAYS
  TONIGHT IT IS 
  CONFIDENT NO CRIME WAS
  COMMITTED IN
  CONNECTION WITH A 
  NOOSE FOUND IN THE
  GARAGE USEDBY NASCAR
  STAR BUBBA WALLACE
  NBC'S PETE WILLIAMS 
  JOINS US NOW
  PETE, WHAT HAVE WE
  FOUND OUT?
  >> WELL, THE FBI AND
  THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
  NOW SAY IT DOES NOT 
  APPEAR ANYBODY
  INTENDED TO EXPRESS 
  HATRED FOR BUBBA
  WALLACE.
  THE DISCOVERY OF A
  NOOSE IN HIS NASCAR 
  GARAGE TOUCHED OFF A
  HUGE AND EMOTIONAL
  SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR 
  HIM AT THE TRACK IN 
  ALABAMA BUT NOW THE 
  FBI SAYS THE NOOSE HAD
  BEEN THERE FOR AT 
  LEAST SIX MONTHS. 
  >> SINCE LAST OCTOBER,
  AND THAT WALLACE WAS
  ONLY ASSIGNED THAT
  SPECIFIC GARAGE LAST
  WEEK
  INVESTIGATORS 
  DETERMINED NOBODY 
  COULD HAVE KNOWN HE 
  WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO
  THAT GARAGE,
  CONCLUSION, NO
  EVIDENCE OF ANY 
  FEDERAL CRIME.
  NASCAR SAYS IT WAS A
  GARAGE DOOR PULL ROPE 
  FASHIONED LIKE A NOOSE
  AND SAYS IT IS
  GRATEFUL TO LEARN THIS
  WAS NOT AN INTENTIONAL
  OR RACIST ACT,
  SAVANNAH
  >> ALL RIGHT
  PETE WILLIAMS WITH THE
  UPDATE
  THANK YOU.
  >>> A GROWING BATTLE
  IN THIS COUNTRY 
  TONIGHT OVER THE
  REMOVAL OF MONUMENTS
  VIEWED BY SOME AS 
  SYMBOLS OF RACISM WITH
  THE PRESIDENT NOW 
  WEIGHING IN.
  >> Reporter: POLICE IN
  WASHINGTON THIS 
  MORNING USING PEPPER
  SPRAY AND BATONS TO 
  CLEAR PROTESTERS FROM 
  THE STREETS AROUND
  LAFAYETTE PARK WHERE
  LAST NIGHT FEDERAL
  OFFICERS AND A LARGER 
  GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS
  CLASHED.
  >> WITHOUT ANY WARNING
  THEY CAME AND STARTED 
  BEATING PEOPLE
  MALICIOUSLY WITH
  BATONS
  >> Reporter:
  PROTESTERS TYING ROPES
  AROUND THE STATUE OF
  ANDREW JACKSON TRYING 
  AND FAILING TO TOPPLE 
  THE BRONZE MONUMENT TO
  THE NATION'S 7th
  PRESIDENT.
  >> ANDREW JACKSON WAS 
  A SLAVE OWNER, THE
  OPPOSITE OF SENSITIVE 
  TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS, 
  AND HE COMMITTED
  TERRIBLE ATROCITIES 
  AND VIOLENCE AGAINST
  NATIVE AMERICANS IN 
  THIS COUNTRY
  >> Reporter: THE
  INCIDENT DRAWING THE
  ATTENTION OF PRESIDENT
  TRUMP, WHO SAID HE
  WOULD USE A 2003 LAW
  TO ARREST AND PURSUE
  HARSH SENTENCES TO
  THOSE CAUGHT DAMAGING 
  OR DESTROYING STATUES 
  OF VETERANS ON FEDERAL
  PROPERTY
  >> THEY'RE BAD PEOPLE.
  THEY DON'T LOVE OUR 
  COUNTRY.
  THEY'RE NOT TAKING
  DOWN OUR MONUMENTS
  >> Reporter: ACROSS 
  THE COUNTRY IN THE
  WAKE OF THE KILLING OF
  GEORGE FLOYD STATUES
  AND MONUMENTS DEEMED
  RACIST BY SOME ARE
  COMING DOWN BY FORCE
  OR BY GOVERNMENT
  ORDER.
  DEMONSTRATORS THIS
  WEEK TEARING DOWN 
  MONUMENTS TO
  CONFEDERATE FIGURES IN
  RALEIGH AND A STATUE
  OF UNION GENERAL AND
  PRESIDENT ULYSSES S.
  GRANT WHO DEFEATED THE
  CONFEDERACY IN SAN
  FRANCISCO.
  IN NEW YORK CITY THE
  MUSEUM OF NATURAL 
  HISTORY SAYS IT WILL
  TAKE DOWN A STATUE OF 
  TEDDY ROOSEVELT IN THE
  FACE OF GROWING 
  CRITICISM OVER ITS
  DEPICTION OF BLACK AND
  NATIVE AMERICAN 
  FIGURES BENEATH THE 
  FORMER PRESIDENT
  >> THESE ARE MONUMENTS
  THAT DON'T REPRESENT, 
  FOR THE PEOPLE
  IT IS A REPRESENTATION
  OF OPPRESSION.
  >> Reporter: D.C. 
  POLICE ARE OUT IN 
  FORCE.
  THE PROTESTERS PUSHED 
  BACK A FULL BLOCK FROM
  THE JACKSON STATUE AND
  THE WHITE HOUSE,
  POLICE DETERMINED TO
  AVOID A REPEAT OF THE 
  CHAOS WE SAW HERE LAST
  NIGHT.
  SAVANNAH
  >> THANK YOU
  >>> IN ATLANTA TODAY A
  FAREWELL TO RAYSHARD
  BROOKS, 11 DAYS AFTER 
  HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED
  BY ATLANTA POLICE.
  THE MESSAGES AT HIS 
  FUNERAL RESONATING FAR
  BEHIND THE CHURCH 
  WHERE HE WAS
  REMEMBERED TODAY
  HERE'S NBC'S BLAYNE 
  ALEXANDER.
  á
  >> Reporter: DRESSED
  IN WHITE THE FAMILY OF
  RAYSHARD BROOKS FILED 
  INTO ATLANTA'S
  HISTORIC EBENEZER 
  BAPTIST CHURCH
  A SOULFUL, BUT SOMBER 
  GOOD-BYE FOR THE
  27-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY 
  A POLICE OFFICER
  THE SERVICE AT TIMES
  FOCUSING NOT ON HIS 
  DEATH BUT HIS LIFE AS 
  A FATHER OF FOUR
  >> I LOOK AT MY GRAND 
  BABY RIGHT THERE
  SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE 
  HIM.
  AND WHEN I LOOK AT
  HER, I KNOW THAT HE'S 
  NOT GONE
  á I NEED YOU á
  >> Reporter: IN THE 
  CHURCH ONCE PASTORED
  BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER
  KING JR. TODAY HIS
  DAUGHTER SPOKE
  DIRECTLY TO BROOKS' 
  CHILDREN
  >> I KNOW THE PAIN OF 
  GROWING UP WITHOUT A
  FATHER AND THE ONGOING
  ATTENTION AROUND HIS
  TRAGIC LOSS.
  >> Reporter: TODAY'S
  SERVICE CAPPED AT 200 
  FAMILY AND FRIENDS BY 
  INVITATION ONLY.
  AND OUTSIDE, MORE 
  MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL 
  CELEBRATING BROOKS' 
  LIFE WHILE PROTESTING 
  HIS DEATH.
  >> WHAT DO YOU DO TO
  STAY ALIVE, COMPLY
  LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, OR 
  RUN LIKE RAYSHARD 
  BROOKS
  I'M NOT ASKING FOR A
  FRIEND
  I'M ASKING FOR MYSELF.
  AND MY NIECES.
  AND MY NEPHEWS
  AND MY CHILDREN.
  >> Reporter: KING,
  FOCUSING ON THE DAY 
  BROOKS DIED, JUNE 
  12th, THE SAME DAY
  CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER 
  MEDGAR EVERS WAS
  KILLED IN 1963, THE 
  DAY NELSON MANDELA WAS
  SENTENCED TO PRISON.
  >> SO JUNE 12th IS NOW
  A CONSTANT REMINDER OF
  THE STRUGGLE FOR
  JUSTICE.
  >> Reporter: TODAY A
  RALLYING CRY FOR
  PEACE.
  >> MAKE US BETTER 
  PEOPLE NO MATTER THE
  RACE, LET'S TREAT EACH
  OTHER HOW WE WANTED TO
  BE TREATED AS PEOPLE
  >> Reporter: AND A
  MESSAGE FOR THOSE 
  PROTESTING
  >> WE'VE GOT TO KEEP
  ON WALKING TOGETHER 
  AND MARCHING TOGETHER 
  AND STANDING TOGETHER,
  AND TOGETHER WE WILL
  WIN!
  >> Reporter: BLAYNE 
  ALEXANDER, NBC NEWS,
  ATLANTA.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS ONE 
  OF THE WORLD'S TOP
  TENNIS SUPERSTARS 
  TESTING POSITIVE FOR
  COVID-19 AFTER A
  CONTROVERSIAL 
  TOURNAMENT
  WHAT IT MEANS FO
   >>> ONE OF THE WORLD'S
   TOP TENNIS PLAYERS, 
   NOVAK DJOKOVIC, HAS 
   TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
   COVID-19 AFTER A 
   CONTROVERSIAL 
   TOURNAMENT.
   AND IT COMES AS SPORTS
   REMAIN IN LIMBO AND  LEAGUESE
   MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL,
   AND THE NFL TRY TO MAP
   OUT ALTERNATIVE 
   SEASONS.
   HERE'S NBC'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   TENNIS TOURNAMENT FOR 
   NOVAK DJOKOVIC LOOKED 
   LIKE ANY OTHER 
   PRECOVID.
   LITTLE SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING AND HARDLY 
   A MASK IN SIGHT AMID A
   PANDEMIC.
   NOW AFTER DJOKOVIC, 
   HIS WIFE AND OTHER 
   STARS TESTED POSITIVE 
   FOR THE CORONAVIRUS, 
   THE 33-YEAR-OLD SAYS, 
   I'M EXTREMELY SORRY 
   FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL 
   CASE OF INFECTION.
   JUST DAYS EARLIER, 
   DJOKOVIC POSTED A 
   VIDEO AT A CONCERT AND
   APPEARED TO ATTEND 
   CLUBS OVERSEAS WITHOUT
   A MASK.
   SAYING THIS EARLIER IN
   THE MONTH.
   >> YOU KNOW, LIFE GOES
   ON, AND I THINK WE AS 
   ATHLETES, WE ARE 
   LOOKING FORWARD TO 
   PLAYING AND TO 
   COMPETE.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   INCIDENT IS EXACTLY 
   WHAT WORRIES THE NFL, 
   NBA, AND MLB.
   TONIGHT, BASEBALL IS 
   TRYING TO SALVAGE ITS 
   SEASON.
   PLAYERS REPORTEDLY 
   AGREEING TO A NEW 
   60-GAME SEASON 
   STARTING IN LATE JULY.
   BUT THERE IS STILL NO 
   AGREEMENT OVER NEW 
   HEALTH AND SAFETY 
   PROTOCOL.
   EVEN IF THEY DO PLAY 
   BALL THIS YEAR, FANS 
   MAY NOT BE ABLE TO 
   RETURN TO VENUES LIKE 
   DODGER STADIUM.
   IN A SIGN OF THE 
   TIMES, ONE OF THE MOST
   CLASSIC BALLPARKS IS 
   NOW BEING USED FOR 
   COVID TESTING.
   WITH THE NFL PLAYERS 
   ASSOCIATION NOW URGING
   MEN TO PRIVATE 
   WORKOUTS, LIKE THE 
   KIND TOM BRADY TOOK 
   PART IN TAMPA TODAY, 
   NBA PLAYERS ARE 
   GETTING THEIR FIRST 
   COVID TESTS MANDATED 
   BY THE LEAGUE.
   IF PLAY RESUMES, 
   PLAYERS WOULD BE 
   ISOLATED AT DISNEY 
   WORLD.
   BUT IN FLORIDA, 
   THERE'S BEEN A 168% 
   RISE IN COVID CASES 
   THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
   >> THE IDEA THAT YOU 
   CAN ASSURE IS BEYOND 
   MY COMPREHENSION.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   PLAYING BALL AMID A 
   PANDEMIC.
   PERHAPS THE BIGGEST 
   GAMBLE TAKEN YET BY 
   PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> A COMPANY SO MANY 
   OF US HAVE DEPENDED ON
   DURING THE PANDEMIC, 
   AMAZON IS FACING AN 
   OUTBREAK OF ITS OWN.
   AND NOW ONE WORKER IS 
   SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HIS
   SAFETY CONCERNS.
   HERE'S NBC'S JOLENE 
   KENT.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   NEW DATA ON 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES 
   INSIDE A SINGLE AMAZON
   WAREHOUSE IN MINNESOTA
   RAISING ALARMS.
   >> EVERY SINGLE DAY I 
   WOULD BE WORRIED.
   I COMPLAINED MANY 
   TIMES.
   >> Reporter: STATE 
   HEALTH OFFICIALS NOW 
   REVEALING 88 WORKERS 
   TESTED POSITIVE AT 
   MSP-1, AN AMAZON 
   WAREHOUSE WITH A 
   1,000-PERSON WORKFORCE
   BETWEEN APRIL AND MID 
   JUNE, MEANING 1 IN 12 
   EMPLOYEES CONTRACTED 
   THE VIRUS.
   JAMAR SAYS HE LOVES 
   WORKING AT AMAZON BUT 
   TESTED POSITIVE IN 
   MAY, AND SO DID HIS
   WIFE, TWO CHILDREN AND
   75-YEAR-OLD MOTHER IN 
   LAW.
   >> SHE WENT TO 
   HOSPITAL AND SPENT 
   THREE WEEKS.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   AMAZON HAS NOT 
   RESPONDED TO OUR 
   OUR MULTIPLE REQUESTS 
   FOR COMMENT.
   AND DENIED OUR 
   PREVIOUS REQUEST TO GO
   INSIDE TO OBSERVE 
   THEIR SAFETY MEASURES 
   OR TELL US HOW MANY 
   PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
   INFECTED OR HAVE DIED.
   MY AN NBC NEWS COUNT, 
   AT LEAST TEN AMAZON 
   WAREHOUSE WORKERS HAVE
   DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS 
   NATIONWIDE.
   TONIGHT, A MINNESOTA 
   HEALTH DEPARTMENT 
   OFFICIAL TELLS US THIS
   IS NOT THE WORST 
   OUTBREAK IN THE STATE.
   AND THE SITUATION HAS 
   IMPROVED SINCE THE 
   STATE MADE 
   RECOMMENDATIONS.
   >> I THINK CUSTOMERS 
   SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY 
   ARE DEFINITELY 
   RESPONDING TO THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   WE'RE ALL LEARNING 
   HERE.
   THE BOXES THEY SEND TO
   YOUR HOUSE ARE NOT AT 
   RISK FOR COVID.
   >> Reporter: DO YOU 
   THINK AMAZON IS DOING 
   ENOUGH TO MITIGATE THE
   SPREAD?
   >> YES.
   THEY'RE PLANNING IN 
   THE FUTCHER TO 
   INCREASE THEIR TESTING
   AVAILABILITY.
   >> Reporter: BUT SOME 
   AMAZON WORKERS IN 
   MINNESOTA ARE NOT 
   CONVINCED YET.
   >> I'M GLAD THEY'RE 
   PROVIDING MASKS, 
   I'M GLAD THEY'RE
   TAKING OUR 
   TEMPERATURES.
   BUT WORKER SAFETY IS 
   NOT THE TOP PRIORITY.
   >> Reporter: MINNESOTA
   IS A STATE WHERE CASES
   ARE DECREASING, 
   SHOWING JUST HOW 
   COMPLICATED REOPENING 
   THE ECONOMY COULD BE 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
   SAVANNAH?
   >> JO, THANK YOU.
   >>> NEXT, THE SHOWDOWN
   ON THIS PRIMARY DAY IN
   >>> BACK NOW ON THIS 
   PRIMARY DAY IN THE 
   MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, 
   WITH ALL EYES ON 
   KENTUCKY TO SEE WHICH 
   DEMOCRAT WILL TAKE ON 
   THE SENATE'S TOP 
   REPUBLICAN.
   HERE'S NBC'S KRISTEN 
   WELKER.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   IS THE PROTEST 
   MOVEMENT SWEEPING THE 
   COUNTRY ABOUT TO SHAKE
   UP THE DEMOCRATIC RACE
   TO TAKE ON THE 
   SENATE'S MOST POWERFUL
   REPUBLICAN, MITCH 
   McCONNELL.
   ONE CANDIDATE 
   PREDICTING A MAJOR 
   SURPRISE.
   >> FIGHTING FOR A 
   BETTER FUTURE HAS 
   ALLOWED US TO BUILD 
   THE COALITION AND WILL
   SHOCK THE WORLD TODAY.
   >> Reporter: 
   DEMOCRATIC STATE 
   REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES
   BOOKER HAS BEEN A 
   MAJOR PLAYER IN 
   KENTUCKY'S PROTESTS 
   FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
   BOOKER SUPPORTS 
   DEFUNDING POLICE, THE 
   GREEN NEW DEAL, AND 
   MEDICARE FOR ALL.
   AND HE'S BACKED BY 
   PROGRESSIVE STARS 
   BERNIE SANDERS AND 
   ALEXANDRIA OCASIO 
   CORTEZ.
   >> WE NEED TO UPROOT 
   STRUCTURAL INEQUITY 
   AND STRUCTURAL RACISM.
   >> Reporter: BOOKER 
   HAS BEEN AN
   UNDERDOG AGAINST 
   RETIRED MARINE FIGHTER
   PILOT AND EARLY 
   FRONT-RUNNER AMY 
   McGRATH WHO IS 
   SUPPORTED BY 
   ESTABLISHMENT 
   DEMOCRATS.
   >> WE DIDN'T CARE 
   ABOUT POLITICS, WE 
   JUST WANTED TO SERVE 
   OUR COUNTRY.
   >> Reporter: EARLIER 
   THIS MONTH, SHE WAS 
   ASKED THE SHE HAD 
   TAKEN PART IN 
   PROTESTS.
   >> I HAVE NOT.
   >> AND WHY?
   >> WELL, I'VE BEEN 
   WITH MY FAMILY AND 
   I'VE HAD SOME FAMILY 
   THINGS GOING ON THIS 
   PAST WEEKEND.
   >> Reporter: SHE WAS 
   ASKED AGAIN TODAY.
   >> I DID PARTICIPATE.
   I WENT TO LOUISVILLE 
   AND I WAS IN CENTRAL 
   PARK FOR A MEMORIAL 
   SERVICE FOR BREONNA 
   TAYLOR AND GEORGE 
   FLOYD.
   >> Reporter: IN A 
   LOUISVILLE POLLING 
   PLACE TODAY, MIXED 
   VIEWS.
   >> I FELT LIKE SHE 
   WOULD BE THE BEST 
   PERSON TO GET IN AND 
   KNOCK MITCH OUT.
   >> WE FEEL LIKE WE 
   NEED CHANGE, SO I LIKE
   CHARLES BOOKER A LOT.
   >> Reporter: SO FAR NO
   MAJOR PROBLEMS 
   REPORTED AT THE 
   POLLING PLACES.
   SAVANNAH?
   >> KRISTEN, THANK YOU.
   >>> UP NEXT, A YOUNG 
   SKATER WITH 
   >>> AND BEFORE WE GO 
   TONIGHT IN OUR LATEST 
   INSTALLMENT OF NIGHTLY
   NEWS KIDS EDITION, 
   WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO
   A REMARKABLE YOUNG 
   SKATER WHO IS
   INSPIRING OTHERS WITH 
   A TOUCHING ROUTINE.
   KATE SNOW HAS THAT 
   MESSAGE.
   AND ONE GIRL'S ACT OF 
   KINDNESS FOR NURSES ON
   THE FRONTLINES.
   OUR NEW EPISODE IS 
   STREAMING NOW.
   THAT'S NBC "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
