  >>> TONIGHT, NEW HOPE 
  IN THE RACE FOR A 
  VACCINE, SCIENTISTS 
  SAY OXFORD'S VACCINE
  CANDIDATE HAS BEEN
  SHOWN TO BE SAFE AND
  PRODUCE A STRONG
  IMMUNE RESPONSE.
  IN AN EARLY TRIAL, THE
  DOUBLE DEFENSE IT MAY 
  OFFER AND HOW SOON YOU
  MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET
  IT
  IT COMES AS MORE
  RECORDS ARE SHATTERED,
  LOS ANGELES ON THE
  BRINK OF ANOTHER STAY 
  AT HOME ORDER.
  IN MIAMI BEACH AN 8:00
  P.M. CURFEW.
  FLORIDA AGAIN 
  REPORTING REPORTING 
  OVER 10,000 DAILY 
  CASES, OVER 50
  HOSPITALS IN THE STATE
  OUT OF ICU BEDS.
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP,
  AFTER RESISTING 
  WEARING A MASK, HIS 
  NEW MESSAGE TO
  AMERICANS TONIGHT AND 
  WHY HE'S BRINGING BACK
  HIS TASK FORCE
  BRIEFINGS.
  >>> PLUS, THE GROWING 
  LIST OF RETAILERS 
  REQUIRING MASKS.
  AND DELTA'S BRAND NEW 
  POLICY
  THE SHOCKING AMBUSH, A
  GUNMAN DISGUISED AS A 
  DELIVERY MAN, FATALLY 
  SHOOTING THE SON OF A 
  FEDERAL JUDGE, HER
  HUSBAND CRITICALLY
  WOUNDED, THE SUSPECT
  IDENTIFIED AS A 
  LAWYER, HOW THE 
  MANHUNT CAME TO AN
  END.
  >>> EXCLUSIVE ON BOARD
  THE FLIGHT WITH NEW 
  YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW
  CUOMO FROM THE
  ONE-TIME EPICENTER TO 
  THE HOT SPOT OF 
  GEORGIA, HIS NEW
  MISSION.
  >>> FEDERAL AGENTS
  VIOLENTLY CLASHING
  WITH PROTESTERS IN
  PORTLAND, THE WALL OF 
  MOMS TRYING TO KEEP 
  THE PEACE.
  >>> AND THE MOMENT OF 
  SILENCE TODAY TO HONOR
  A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON.
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT. 
  >>> GOOD EVENING, 
  EVERYONE, WE GET TO 
  LEAD OFF TONIGHT WITH 
  A RARE PIECE OF 
  POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT 
  OUR BATTLE WITH 
  CORONAVIRUS.
  THE EARLY RESULTS ARE 
  IN FOR ONE OF THE MOST
  CLOSELY WATCHED 
  VACCINE TRIALS OUT OF 
  OXFORD UNIVERSITY, THE
  BOTTOM LINE,
  RESEARCHERS SAY, IT'S 
  SAFE AND IT TRIGGERED 
  THE HOPED FOR IMMUNE
  RESPONSE IN 
  VOLUNTEERS
  THE FAST TRACK ON 
  WHICH THIS DRUG IS
  BEING DEVELOPED,
  QUICKER THAN VACCINES,
  IS A REASON FOR HOPE
  AND CAUTION.
  OUR TEAMS BEGINS THERE
  TONIGHT.
  >> Reporter: THE
  INITIAL RESULTS LOOK
  PROMISING, A POSSIBLE 
  COVID-19 VACCINE FROM 
  THE UNIVERSITY OF 
  OXFORD APPEARS SAFE TO
  CONTINUE TESTING, 
  SCIENTISTS SAY, AND 
  PRODUCES TWO TYPES OF 
  PROTECTION FROM THE 
  CORONAVIRUS THAT HAS
  SO FAR KILLED MORE
  THAN 600,000 PEOPLE 
  WORLDWIDE.
  THE TRIAL INCLUDED
  MORE THAN A THOUSAND
  HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
  AGED 18 TO 55, WITH 
  HALF RECEIVING THE
  EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE, 
  SHOWN TO RAPIDLY AND
  ROBUSTLY INCREASE BOTH
  CORONAVIRUS FIGHTING
  ANTIBODIES AND
  VIRUS-HUNTING T CELLS 
  ACCORDING TO RESULTS
  RELEASED TODAY IN THE 
  BRITISH JOURNAL "THE
  LANCET".
  >>> WE HAVE FIRST OF
  ALL A VACCINE WHICH IS
  VERY WELL TOLERATED 
  AND SECONDLY WE'RE
  SEEING GOOD IMMUNE
  RESPONSES, EXACTLY THE
  SORT OF IMMUNE
  RESPONSES WE WERE 
  HOPING FOR. 
  >> Reporter: I CAUGHT 
  UP TO THE WITH THE VIE
  KNEE FAMILY, ALL THREE
  TAKING PART IN THE
  OXFORD TRIAL. 
  >> WHEN YOU READ THAT 
  IT'S SAFE, APPEARS TO 
  BE EFFECTIVE ON TWO 
  LEVELS, YOU HAVE IT IN
  YOUR BODIES, WHAT DID 
  YOU THINK?
  >> IT'S EFFECTIVE AND 
  SAFE. 
  >> I THINK THE FACT 
  THAT IT'S PRODUCING T 
  CELLS IS A BONUS, LIKE
  THE CHERRY ON THE CAKE
  REALLY. 
  >> HOW ARE YOU
  FEELING, SEVERAL
  MONTHS HAVE GONE BY?
  >> NO DIFFERENCE AT 
  ALL, NOT EVEN -- NO 
  NOTICED ANYTHING AT 
  ALL, HAVE WE
  >> NO SIDE EFFECTS AT 
  ALL.
  >> Reporter: BUT THERE
  ARE SOME POTENTIAL
  SIDE EFFECTS, 
  INCLUDING HEADACHE AND
  FATIGUE.
  SO WHEN COULD IT BE 
  AVAILABLE?
  NBC'S KEIR SIMMONS
  SMOKE WITH THE
  DIRECTOR OF THE OXFORD
  INSTITUTE LEADING THE 
  RESEARCH
  IF EVERYTHING GOES
  WELL, A VACCINE BY
  EARLY 2021
  >> A VACCINE LATER
  THIS YEAR IS NOT
  IMPOSSIBLE
  A LOT OF THINGS WOULD 
  HAVE TO GO RIGHT FOR
  THAT TO HAPPEN AND TO 
  BE DEPLOYED IN 2020,
  IF WE'RE STILL
  TARGETING THAT
  >> Reporter: BUT
  SCIENTISTS STILL DON'T
  KNOW HOW OLDER, OR
  VULNERABLE PEOPLE WILL
  REACT TO THE VACCINE, 
  HOW LONG IT LASTS, OR 
  IF IT'S STRONG ENOUGH.
  >> THE ONLY WAY WE'RE 
  GOING TO FIND OUT IS
  BY DOING THE LARGE
  PHASE THREE TRIALS AND
  WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO BE 
  INFECTED IN PART OF 
  THAT TRIAL. 
  >> Reporter: BUT THE
  MANUFACTURER ISN'T
  WAITING, ALREADY
  PRODUCING NOW.
  AND THE U.S. HAS
  SECURED 300 MILLION 
  DOSES.
  SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
  THEY CAN HAVE AN EARLY
  BATCH FOR MEDICAL 
  PROFESSIONALS OR
  HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS 
  READY THIS YEAR, WITH 
  WIDER DISTRIBUTION
  NEXT YEAR.
  BUT THEY REALLY WON'T 
  KNOW HOW WELL IT WORKS
  UNTIL THE VOLUNTEERS
  WHO'VE TAKEN THE
  VACCINE ARE ACTUALLY
  EXPOSED TO THE
  CORONAVIRUS.
  LESTER
  >> THE WORLD CERTAINLY
  HOPING TONIGHT
  RICHARD, THANK YOU. 
  >>> THE URGENCY OF A
  VACCINE UNDERSCORED 
  THIS EVENING BY A 
  WORSENING CRISIS IN 
  MUCH OF THE COUNTRY AS
  COVID CASES SOAR TO 
  NEW RECORDS AND SOME
  CITIES APPEAR CLOSE TO
  ORDERING NEW
  SHUTDOWNS.
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER WITH
  THE LATEST. 
  >> Reporter: FALLING
  DEEPER INTO CRISIS
  EVERY DAY CALIFORNIA
  IS SET TO SOON ECLIPSE
  400,000 CORONAVIRUS 
  CASES.
  ON PACE TO BECOME THE 
  NATION'S LARGEST
  SOURCE OF INFECTIONS
  AT THE CITY OF LOS
  ANGELES, TEETERING ON 
  THE EDGE OF ANOTHER 
  SHUTDOWN
  L.A. COUNTY ALONE 
  SURPASSING 4,000
  DEATHS AND 150,000
  CASES.
  THE MAYOR ASKED HOW 
  CLOSE IS THE CITY TO
  ANOTHER STAY AT HOME
  ORDER.
  >> I THINK WE'RE ON 
  THE BRINK OF THAT.
  >> Reporter: WITH THE 
  MILITARY SENDING
  CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, 
  HUNDREDS OF DOCTORS 
  AND NURSES TO FILL
  STAFFING SHORTAGES, 
  DOZENS OF STATES
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
  STILL BATTLING A RISE 
  IN COVID CASES
  IN FLORIDA, MORE THAN 
  50 HOSPITALS HAVE NO
  BEDS AVAILABLE IN 
  THEIR ICUs. 
  >> WE SHOULD HAVE 
  STAYED QUARANTINED
  LONGER, HONESTLY
  >> Reporter: IN SOUTH 
  BEACH, THE PARTY IS 
  OVER
  STRICT CURFEWS ARE
  AIMED AT CUTTING
  CROWDS AND THE SPREAD 
  OF COVID
  SAM BROCK IS THERE. 
  >> Reporter: ON A 
  NORMAL SUMMER DAY THIS
  STRETCH OF OCEAN DRIVE
  WOULD BE CRAWLING WITH
  PEOPLE EATING,
  DRINKING AND GOING TO 
  THE BEACH.
  NOW, A RELATIVE GHOST 
  TOWN
  NOT THE VISUALS YOU 
  WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH
  MIAMI BEACH PRE-COVID.
  >> Reporter: BUT MANY 
  ARE DEFYING RULES AND 
  LOGIC, THIS STREET
  PARTY IN CENTRAL
  FLORIDA -- AND SCENES 
  LIKE THIS IN QUEENS 
  SHOW MANY IN TIGHT
  QUARTERS WITHOUT
  MASKS.
  IT COMES AS NEW YORK
  ENTERS PHASE FOUR OF
  REOPENING, WHILE
  STATES LIKE KENTUCKY
  ARE SETTING THEIR OWN 
  DAILY RECORD FOR NEW
  COVID CASES.
  >> WE ARE IN A WAR
  AGAINST THIS VIRUS. 
  >> Reporter: MANY OF
  THE SICK ARE UNDER 40,
  IN TEXAS A DAILY FIGHT
  TO SAVE LIVES.
  >> I'M TAKING CARE OF 
  MORE THAN ENOUGH YOUNG
  PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY
  INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME
  VERY, VERY CLOSE TO 
  DYING.
  >> Reporter: THE
  CRISIS AT HOSPITALS 
  COMES AMID UNCERTAINTY
  AT SCHOOLS AS SOME
  CHILDREN GET READY TO 
  GO BACK TO THE
  CLASSROOM AND OTHERS
  PREPARE FOR ONLINE
  LEARNING A NEW STUDY
  OUT OF SOUTH KOREA
  SHOWS OLDER CHILDREN
  HAVE HIGHER 
  TRANSMISSION RATES
  THAN ADULTS.
  AS OUR NATION BATTLES 
  TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS
  SOME FAMILIES HAVE
  ALREADY LOST THE
  FIGHT.
  IN ILLINOIS AS KAY
  TACKISH WAS SLIPPING
  AWAY FROM HER FAMILY
  HER HUSBAND COMFORTED 
  HER ONE LAST TIME.
  >> MY DAD SAID, KAY,
  BEING MARRIED TO YOU, 
  FOR 61 YEARS, MY LIFE 
  HAS BEEN A DREAM
  AND A TEAR CAME TO HER
  EYE, AND A COUPLE 
  MINUTES LATER SHE WAS 
  GONE. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  ONE FAMILY'S LOSS, A
  REMINDER FOR ALL OF 
  WHAT'S AT STAKE.
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
  >>> ONE DAY AFTER 
  SAYING HE WOULD NOT 
  CONSIDER A NATIONAL 
  MANDATE ON MASKS, 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  TWEETED A PICTURE OF
  HIMSELF WEARING ONE 
  TODAY, CALLING IT 
  PATRIOTIC.
  NBC'S KRISTEN WELKER
  WITH LATE DETAILS NOW 
  FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
  AN ABOUT-FACE,
  PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR 
  THE FIRST TIME
  TWEETING OUT A PHOTO
  OF HIMSELF WEARING A
  MASK, WRITING MANY
  PEOPLE SAY IT IS
  PATRIOTIC TO WEAR A 
  FACE MASK WHEN YOU
  CAN'T SOCIALLY
  DISTANCE, THERE'S 
  NOBODY MORE PATRIOTIC 
  THAN ME, YOUR FAVORITE
  PRESIDENT.
  THE IMAGE WAS TAKEN 
  FROM HIS RECENT VISIT 
  TO WALTER REID MEDICAL
  CENTER, THE ONLY TIME 
  THE PRESIDENT HAS WORN
  A MASK PUBLICLY.
  OVER THE WEEKEND THE
  PRESIDENT SAID HE HAS 
  NO PLANS TO ENFORCE A 
  NATIONAL MASK MANDATE.
  >> I WANT PEOPLE TO 
  HAVE A CERTAIN FREEDOM
  AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN
  THAT
  WITH THAT BEING SAID
  I'M A BELIEVER IN 
  MASKS.
  I THINK MASKS ARE 
  GOOD
  BUT I LEAVE IT UP TO
  THE GOVERNORS.
  >> Reporter: IT'S ALL 
  A PART OF A MAJOR 
  SHIFT IN STRATEGY,
  WITH POLLS SHOWING THE
  PRESIDENT TRAILING JOE
  BIDEN BY DOUBLE 
  DIGITS
  FOR DAYS AIDES HAVE 
  BEEN PUSHING HIM TO 
  PUBLICLY SHOW MORE
  LEADERSHIP ACCORDING
  TO MULTIPLE OFFICIALS.
  THE PRESIDENT TODAY 
  ANNOUNCING PLANS TO 
  START BRIEFING
  AMERICANS AGAIN.
  >> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
  YOU A LOT OF BRIEFINGS
  IN THE NEXT WEEK AND
  OVER THE NEXT FEW 
  WEEKS AS TO -- I THINK
  IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
  DO WITH THE VACCINES
  AND THE THERAPEUTICS. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  BRIEFINGS WERE
  ABRUPTLY CANCELLED IN 
  APRIL, SOON AFTER 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE
  THE WIDELY DEBUNKED 
  CLAIM THAT PERHAPS
  HEAT AND INJECTING
  DISINFECTANTS COULD 
  KILL THE VIRUS. 
  >> I SEE THE
  DISINFECTANT KNOCKS IT
  OUT IN A MINUTE, ONE
  MINUTE
  AND IS THERE A WAY WE 
  CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE 
  THAT, BY INJECTION, 
  INSIDE, OR ALMOST A 
  CLEANING
  >> Reporter: WITH THE 
  POTENTIAL SHOWDOWN
  LOOMING OVER STIMULUS 
  SPENDING PRESIDENT
  TRUMP SPOKE FROM THE
  OVAL OFFICE TODAY 
  FLANKED BY TOP
  REPUBLICANS WHILE THE 
  WHITE HOUSE AND 
  REPUBLICANS AGREE THE 
  BILL SHOULD INCLUDE 
  BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
  HELP SCHOOLS REOPEN,
  THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 
  STICKING POINTS.
  TODAY THE PRESIDENT 
  SIGNALING YOU ARE 
  SKRENSY TO GET A DEAL.
  >> I THINK HOPEFULLY
  WE'LL GET THERE, BUT
  WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 
  LOT OF THINGS.
  >> Reporter: AMONG THE
  DISAGREEMENTS, HOW
  MUCH NEW FUNDING
  SHOULD GO TO THE CDC, 
  AND TO UNEMPLOYMENT 
  INSURANCE, WHICH
  EXPIRES AT THE END OF 
  THE MONTH.
  LESTER
  >> KRISTEN WELKER AT
  THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK
  YOU.
  >>> AND WITH NO 
  FEDERAL MANDATE ON
  WEARING FACE COVERINGS
  ALMOST 30 STATES NOW
  REQUIRE THEM IN PUBLIC
  AND SO DO A GROWING 
  NUMBER OF COMPANIES 
  FOR CUSTOMERS IN THEIR
  STORES
  HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
  >> FRUSTRATED WITH THE
  COUNTRY'S CONFLICTING 
  MASK MANDATES BIG NAME
  RETAILERS ARE ISSUING 
  THEIR OWN ORDERS, NO
  MASK, NO ENTRY
  NOW INCLUDING WALMART,
  SAM'S CLUB, CVS,
  WALGREENS, LOWE'S,
  WHOLE FOODS, KOHL'S 
  AND NOW DELTA 
  AIRLINES
  THEY'LL BE URGED TO 
  STAY HOME OR UNDERGO A
  VIRTUAL MEDICAL EXAM. 
  >> IF YOU INSIST UPON 
  NOT WEARING A MASK
  WE'RE GOING TO INSIST 
  ON YOU NOT TRAVELING
  ON DELTA IN THE 
  FUTURE. 
  >> Reporter: TFRPERS
  ARE STILL FLARING OVER
  MASK ORDERS.
  SEVERAL SHOPPERS EVEN 
  ARRESTED FOR PULLING
  GUNS WHEN ASKED TO
  WEAR A MASK.
  THIS MORNING THE
  SURGEON GENERAL 
  APPEALED DIRECTLY TO
  FOX NEWS VIEWERS FOR
  HELP. 
  >> I'M PLEADING WITH
  YOUR VIEWERS, I'M 
  BEGGING YOU, PLEASE 
  UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE
  NOT TRYING TO TAKE
  AWAY YOUR FREEDOMS
  WHEN WE SAY WEAR A
  FACE COVERING.
  >> Reporter: NEW
  RESEARCH FROM FORT
  WORTH SHOWS THE 
  DIFFERENCE MASKS CAN
  MAKE, IN 34 STATES
  THAT WERE NOT ORDERING
  MASKS AT THE END OF 
  MAY, COVID CASES ROSE 
  THROUGH JUNE AND EARLY
  JULY, OFTEN SHARPLY,
  BUT IN NEARLY EVERY 
  STATE WITH A MASK 
  ORDER COVID CASES 
  DROPPED.
  >> THE BOTTOM LINE IS 
  THAT THE STATE THAT 
  HAS PUT THAT MANDATE
  IN PLACE ARE HERE,
  WE'RE ABLE TO CONTAIN 
  THE SPREAD OF THE 
  VIRUS IN JUNE.
  >> Reporter: THE CDC
  SAYS IF EVERYONE WORE 
  A MASK IN PUBLIC IT 
  COULD SAVE TENS OF
  THOUSANDS OF LIVES BY 
  THE FALL
  LATE TODAY GROCERY
  CHAIN WIN DIXIE SAYS
  IT TOO WILL MANDATE 
  MASKS.
  >> I THINK IT'S 
  TOTALLY ABSURD THEY 
  WOULD MAKE YOU AND
  FORCE YOU TO WEAR A 
  MASK AGAINST YOUR 
  WILL. 
  >> VERY GOOD IDEA FOR 
  EVERYONE, FOR 
  EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY
  HAS TO HAVE THE MASK. 
  >> Reporter: WITHOUT A
  FEDERAL MASK POLICY 
  MORE RETAILERS, 
  INCLUDING HOME DEPOT
  SAY THEY WILL SOON
  ENFORCE THEIR OWN 
  NATIONAL NO MASK, NO
  ENTRY POLICIES
  LESTER
  >> TOM COSTELLO 
  TONIGHT, THANK YOU, 
  TOM.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS,
  BRAND NEW INFORMATION 
  OF THE SHOCKING AND 
  DEADLY ATTACK AT THE
  HOME OF A FEDERAL 
 
   >>> BACK NOW WITH THAT
   DEADLY AMBUSH.
   A FEDERAL JUDGE'S SON
   FATALLY SHOT.
   HER HUSBAND CRITICALLY
   WOUNDED 
   AT THEIR NEW JERSEY 
   HOME AFTER A 
   MAN HUNT, THE SUSPECT 
   FOUND DEAD 
   TODAY.
   ANNE THOMPSON REPORTS 
   THIS IS 
   NOT THE ONLY SHOOTING 
   HE MAY BE 
   CONNECTED TO. 
   >> Reporter: THEY ARE 
   A LEGAL POWER COUPLE, 
   FEDERAL JUDGE AND
   HER CRIMINAL DEFENSE 
   ATTORNEY 
   HUSBAND MARK ANDREW.
   THEIR DOMESTIC LIFE 
   SHATTERED 
   LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
   LAW ENFORCEMENT 
   SOURCES SAY
   A GUNMAN DRESSED AS A 
   DELIVERY 
   MAN SHOT MARK AS HE 
   ANSWERED THE 
   DOOR AND THEN KILLED 
   THEIR ONLY 
   CHILD DANIEL AS HE 
   TRIED TO HELP 
   HIS FATHER. 
   >> SUCH KIND PEOPLE.
   ALWAYS SO PROUD OF 
   THEIR SON. 
   >> Reporter: DANIEL, A
   20-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT
   CATHOLIC 
   UNIVERSITY WANTED TO 
   FOLLOW IN 
   HIS PARENTS' 
   FOOTSTEPS.
   NOMINATED IN 2010 BY 
   THEN 
   PRESIDENT BARACK 
   OBAMA. 
   >> THIS FAMILY WAS A 
   TIGHT 
   FAMILY.
   CLOSE, LOVING, DOTING 
   PARENTS. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDING
   OVER THE FRAUD TRIAL 
   OF TERESA GUGIED AND 
   HER HUSBAND JOE AND A 
   LAWSUIT
   BROUGHT AGAINST 
   DEUTSCHE BANK 
   FOR FAILING TO MONITOR
   HIGH RISK 
   CLIENTS INCLUDING 
   CONVICTED SEX 
   OFFENDER JEFFREY 
   EPSTEIN.
   >> DID MARK HAVE 
   ENEMIES?
   >> MARK IS A CRIMINAL 
   DEFENSE 
   ATTORNEY AND BEFORE 
   THAT HE WAS 
   A PROSECUTOR AT THE 
   ESSEX COUNTY 
   PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
   I DON'T THINK YOU CAN 
   BE A 
   PROSECUTOR AND DO YOUR
   JOB AND 
   AT LEAST NOT HAVE 
   PEOPLE NOT 
   LIKE YOU. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   SHOCKING CRIME TAKING 
   ANOTHER BIZARRE TURN 
   TODAY.
   THERE LAW ENFORCEMENT 
   OFFICIALS
   SAY THEY FOUND THE 
   BODY OF THE 
   SUSPECT, AN ATTORNEY 
   DEAD OF AN 
   APPARENT 
   SELF-INFLICTED 
   GUNSHOT.
   HOLLANDER,
   A NEW YORK LAWYER WELL
   KNOWN FOR 
   HIS ANTIFEMINIST 
   AGENDA ON MSNBC 
   IN 2010 DISCUSSING HIS
   LAWSUIT 
   CHALLENGING THE 
   LEGALITY OF 
   LADIES' NIGHTS IN 
   BARS. 
   >> THEY GET IN FOR 
   FREE.
   WE, HOWEVER, HAVE TO 
   PAY $20.
   CALLING SALAS IN HIS 
   BOOK A LAZY 
   AND INCOMPETENT LATINA
   JUDGE 
   APPOINTED BY OBAMA.
   THE JUDGE'S FAMILY NOW
   IN 
   MOURNING.
   HER SON DEAD AND HER 
   HUSBAND 
   HOSPITALIZED, 
   RECOVERING FROM 
   GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
   ANNE THOMPSON, NBC 
   NEWS NORTH 
   BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.
   >>> NOW TO OUR NBC 
   NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
   AS NEW YORK CITY 
   ENTERED A NEW PHASE OF
   REOPENING TODAY,
   GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO 
   HEADED 
   SOUTH TO PREVENT THE 
   VIRUS FROM RETURNING 
   TO THE NORTHEAST.
   HE SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE 
   WITH NBC'S
   GABE GUTIERREZ. 
   >> Reporter: NEW YORK 
   GOVERNOR 
   ANDREW CUOMO
   IS STILL ON THE MOVE.
   EVEN THOUGH MOST OF 
   HIS STATE IS STILL AT 
   A STANDSTILL.
   WHY HEAD DOWN TO 
   GEORGIA TODAY?
   >> GEORGIA HAS A REAL 
   PROBLEM. 
   >> Reporter: WE WENT 
   WITH THE 
   GOVERNOR TODAY. 
   >> IT IS SO 
   UNNECESSARY IN A 
   WAY, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE
   KNEW WHAT 
   WE NEEDED TO DO.
   >> Reporter:
   TODAY CUOMO MET WITH 
   THE 
   DEMOCRATIC MAYOR WHO 
   HAS BEEN 
   CRITICAL OF GEORGIA'S 
   REPUBLICAN 
   GOVERNOR WHO HAS 
   REFUSED TO 
   MANDATE MASKS. 
   >> HEALTH CARE 
   PROFESSIONALS SAY 
   THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.
   HEALTH CARE 
   RESEARCHERS SAY IF 
   WE HAD A NATIONAL MASK
   POLICY, 
   WE WOULD SAVE 40,000 
   LIVES. 
   >> Reporter: BACK IN 
   APRIL, NEW 
   YORK STATE SAW MORE 
   THAN 800 
   COVID DEATHS A DAY.
   TODAY THAT NUMBER IS 
   DOWN TO 8.
   MONTHS AGO THOUSANDS 
   OF 
   VOLUNTEERS RUSHED TO 
   NEW YORK TO 
   HELP FIGHT THE VIRUS.
   NOW THE STATE HAS SENT
   PPE, 
   MEDICATION, TEST KITS 
   AND 
   CONTACT TRACERS TO NEW
   HOT SPOTS 
   IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA 
   AND TEXAS.
   CUOMO DISMISSES THE 
   TRUMP'S 
   ADMINISTRATION 
   INSISTENCE THAT 
   MORE CASES ARE DUE TO 
   MORE 
   TESTING. 
   >> THIS PRESIDENT HAS 
   REFUSED TO 
   ACCEPT REALITY.
   HE IS STILL IN DENIAL 
   ABOUT THE 
   COVID VIRUS.
   >> Reporter: BUT CUOMO
   HAS ALSO 
   FACED CONTROVERSY 
   HIMSELF FOR 
   ORDERING COVID 
   PATIENTS BE 
   TRANSFERRED FROM 
   HOSPITALS TO 
   NURSING HOMES BACK IN 
   MARCH TO 
   FREE UP BED SPACE.
   CRITICS SAY THAT 
   DECISION COST 
   LIVES.
   ALTHOUGH, THE GOVERNOR
   STRONGLY 
   DISPUTES THAT.
   IF YOU HAD TO DO IT 
   OVER AGAIN, 
   WOULD YOU HAVE ISSUED 
   THAT SAME 
   DIRECTIVE OR WAS IT A 
   MISTAKE?
   >> WE LOOKED AT THIS 
   FACTUALLY.
   IF YOU LOOK AT WHEN 
   THE NURSING 
   HOME DEATHS HAPPENED, 
   IT HAS NO 
   CORRELATION TO THAT 
   ORDER.
   WHERE THE SPREAD CAME 
   FROM WERE 
   FROM THE WORKERS.
   THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
   THE VIRUS 
   MAY HAVE COME FROM 
   VISITORS 
   EARLY ON. 
   >> Reporter: GOVERNOR 
   CUOMO SAYS 
   AN OUTBREAK ANYWHERE 
   IS AN 
   OUTBREAK EVERYWHERE, 
   AND HE 
   DOESN'T WANT TO FIGHT 
   A 
   RESURGENCE OF THIS 
   VIRUS BACK IN 
   NEW YORK. 
   LESTER?
   >> GABE GUTIERREZ 
   TONIGHT.
   >>> PORTLAND, OREGON 
   IS ON EDGE 
   TONIGHT AFTER WEEKS OF
   VIOLENCE 
   IN THE STREETS.
   NOW THE RECENT ARRIVAL
   OF 
   FEDERAL AGENTS IS 
   SPARKING A NEW 
   FIRESTORM.
   NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN 
   IS THERE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   PORTLAND IS 
   REELING.
   AFTER SIX WEEKS OF 
   VIOLENCE,
   PROTESTERS ONCE AGAIN 
   STORMING 
   FEDERAL PROPERTY, 
   SETTING A FIRE 
   AT A COURTHOUSE.
   NOW OREGON'S ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL IS 
   ASKING FOR A TEMPORARY
   RESTRAINING ORDER TO 
   STOP WHAT 
   SHE ARGUES ARE 
   UNLAWFUL ARRESTS 
   OF PROTESTERS BY 
   FEDERAL AGENTS.
   IF THEY HAD IDENTIFIED
   THEMSELVES, WOULD THIS
   BE AN 
   ISSUE?
   >> THAT'S PART OF IT.
   AND THAT WOULD 
   CERTAINLY HELP.
   BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE
   NOT 
   GIVING ANY 
   EXPLANATIONS FOR WHAT 
   THEY'RE DOING OR WHY 
   THEY'RE 
   DOING IT. 
   >> Reporter: THE MAYOR
   BLAMES 
   >> Reporter: 
   PORTLAND'S DEMOCRATIC 
   MAYOR BLAMES
   PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING
   THE 
   ARRIVAL OF FEDERAL 
   OFFICERS 
   INFLAMED THE 
   SITUATION.
   LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE 
   LOST 
   CONTROL.
   WHILE MANY PROTESTS 
   HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL,
   THERE HAS ALSO BEEN 
   VIOLENCE 
   AGAINST POLICE AND 
   LOOTING. 
   >> THESE ARE 
   ANARCHISTS, AND THE 
   POLITICIANS OUT THERE,
   YES, 
   THEY'RE WEAK, BUT 
   THEY'RE AFRAID 
   OF THESE PEOPLE.
   THEY'RE ACTUALLY 
   AFRAID OF THESE 
   PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHY 
   THEY SAY, 
   WE DON'T WANT THE 
   FEDERAL 
   GOVERNMENT HELPING.
   >> Reporter: SUSAN 
   OWNED A JEWELRY SHOP 
   NEAR THE PROTEST.
   HOW HAS IT IMPACTED 
   YOUR BUSINESS?
   >> WELL, I HAD TO 
   BOARD UP SINCE 
   MAY 31st BECAUSE I'M 
   WORRIED 
   ABOUT THE VANDALISM.
   IT'S KILLING ME. 
   >> Reporter: THIS 
   MOTHER OF TWO, 
   THE SIGHT OF FEDERAL 
   AGENTS 
   BROUGHT HER OUT TO 
   PROTEST FOR 
   THE FIRST TIME. 
   SHE'S ORGANIZED A 
   GROUP CALLED THE WALL 
   OF MOM.
   >> I FIGURED IF I 
   COULD GET SOME 
   MOMS OUT HERE THAT 
   MAYBE WE 
   WOULD QUELL SOME OF 
   THAT 
   VIOLENCE.
   PEOPLE WOULDN'T FEEL 
   THE NEED TO 
   THROW WATER BOTTLES OR
   THROW 
   ROCKS OR THROW BRICKS.
   THEY WOULD HAVE TO US 
   TO PROTECT 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: OUTSIDE 
   THE FEDERAL 
   COURTHOUSE, A STATUE 
   TWICE BEEN TORN DOWN, 
   IT'S NOW BEING PUT UP
   >>> IN THE HALLS OF 
   CONGRESS AND 
   ACROSS AMERICA, 
   TRIBUTES ARE 
   STILL POURING IN THIS 
   EVENING 
   FOR CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
   LEWIS, THE 
   CIVIL RIGHTS ICON WHO 
   DIED LATE 
   FRIDAY AT AGE 80.
   HERE'S NBC'S BLAINE 
   ALEXANDER.
   >> Reporter: FOR THE 
   MAN WHO 
   SPOKE VOLUMES DURING 
   HIS 33 
   YEARS IN CONGRESS, 
   TODAY A 
   MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
   >> IN REMEMBRANCE OF 
   THE 
   CONSCIOUS OF THE 
   CONGRESS, THE 
   HONORABLE JOHN LEWIS.
   [ APPLAUSE ]
   >> Reporter: HIS 
   HISTORIC OFFICE 
   SHROUDED IN BLACK.
   BACK HOME IN ATLANTA, 
   JOHN LEWIS 
   MORE THAN A CONGRESS, 
   A HERO. 
   >> HE WAS REALLY A 
   MODEL OF WHAT 
   A POLITICIAN SHOULD 
   BE, WHAT A 
   PERSON SHOULD BE. 
   >> Reporter: AN 
   ORIGINAL FREEDOM 
   WRITER.
   AT JUST 23,
   HE WAS THE YOUNGER 
   SPEAKER AT 
   THE MARCH ON 
   WASHINGTON. 
   >> WE DO NOT WANT OUR 
   FREEDOM 
   GRADUALLY, BUT WE WANT
   TO BE 
   FREE NOW. 
   >> Reporter: HE STARED
   DOWN 
   JUSTICE, BEATEN TO THE
   GROUND ON 
   BLOODY SUNDAY.
   MORE THAN TWO DECADES 
   LATER,
   THE MAN WHO NEARLY 
   LOST HIS LIFE 
   FOR DARING TO DEMAND A
   RIGHT TO 
   VOTE WAS ELECTED TO 
   THE HALLS OF 
   CONGRESS. 
   >> HE DIDN'T KNOW HE 
   WAS GOING 
   TO BE SERVING THE 
   FIRST 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   PRESIDENT, BUT 
   HE WAS WILLING TO 
   SACRIFICE.
   HE WAS WILLING TO GO 
   THROUGH 
   THAT SUFFERING AND 
   THAT UNEARNED 
   SUFFERING. 
   >> Reporter: AWARDED 
   THE 
   PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF 
   FREEDOM 
   BY FORMER PRESIDENT 
   OBAMA WHO WROTE,
   LEWIS NOT ONLY GAVE 
   ALL OF 
   HIMSELF TO THE CAUSE 
   OF FREEDOM. 
   HE INSPIRED 
   GENERATIONS TO TRY TO 
   LIVE UP TO HIS 
   EXAMPLE.
   >> WHEN YOU SEE 
   SOMETHING THAT 
   IS NOT RIGHT, NOT 
   JUST, NOT 
   FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
   OBLIGATION TO
   SAY SOMETHING, TO DO 
   SOMETHING. 
   >> Reporter: AND THIS 
   COUNTRY IS 
   FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT 
   HE DID.
   BLAINE ALEXANDER, NBC 
   NEWS 
   ATLANTA.
   >>> AND THAT IS 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   FOR THIS EVENING.
