  >>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR
  DECISION ON REOPENING 
  SCHOOLS.
  ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  IN NEW YORK, THE
  ONE-TIME EPICENTER, 
  CAN REOPEN FOR
  IN-PERSON LEARNING THE
  GOVERNOR SAYS,
  INCLUDING NEW YORK
  CITY, THE NATION'S
  LARGEST DISTRICT WHILE
  MANY OTHERS AROUND THE
  COUNTRY WILL BEGIN THE
  YEAR REMOTELY.
  >>> NEWS ON THE 
  MYSTERY ILLNESS LINKED
  TO COVID IN CHILDREN
  CASES NOW IN 40 
  STATES
  WHAT PARENTS NEED TO
  KNOW ABOUT WHICH KIDS 
  ARE MOST AT RISK. 
  >>> THE LARGEST EVENT 
  IN AMERICA SINCE THE
  PANDEMIC BEGAN
  SOME 250,000 BIKERS 
  EXPECTED TO ATTEND
  NO MASKS REQUIRED.
  >>> THE NEW COMMENTS
  FROM DR. FAUCI ON JUST
  HOW EFFECTIVE A 
  CORONAVIRUS VACCINE 
  MAY OR MAY NOT BE.
  >>> THE NEW TWIST IN
  THE DEATH OF AN MLB 
  STAR
  THE FORMER TEAM 
  EMPLOYEE NOW FACING 
  FEDERAL CHARGES.
  >>> THE DEADLY
  PASSENGER PLANE CRASH 
  SKIDDING OFF THE
  RUNWAY
  NEARLY 200 PEOPLE 
  ONBOARD.
  >>> THE NEW U.S.
  INTELLIGENCE REPORT 
  ACCUSING RUSSIA OF
  TARGETING JOE BIDEN 
  AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT
  WHO CHINA WANTS TO
  WIN.
  OUR NBC NEWS
  INVESTIGATION IN THE
  WAKE OF THE DEATH OF
  GEORGE FLOYD
  WHAT WE FOUND.
  HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS
  AGAINST MINNEAPOLIS 
  OFFICERS NOT
  INVESTIGATED
  >>> AND COLLEGE 
  FOOTBALL CAMPS
  OPENING, BUT HOW SAFE 
  IS IT FOR THE PLAYERS?
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT
  >> GOOD EVENING,
  EVERYONE
  AFTER CLIMBING A
  MOUNTAIN OF SICKNESS, 
  DEATH AND GRIEF IN
  THIS PANDEMIC, THE
  STATE OF NEW YORK NOW 
  FINDS ITSELF ON THE 
  OTHER SIDE
  AND TONIGHT ITS 
  GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN
  SCHOOLS PERMISSION TO 
  REOPEN
  DISTRICTS INCLUDING 
  THE MAMMOTH NEW YORK
  CITY SYSTEM NOW 
  SCRAMBLING TO 
  CAUTIOUSLY MAP OUT
  THEIR OPENING PLANS.
  THE DECISION BEING
  WATCHED CLOSELY 
  TONIGHT AROUND THE
  COUNTRY AS TROUBLING
  NEW DATA EMERGES ABOUT
  KIDS AND COVID
  WE'RE COVERING IT ALL 
  STARTING NOW WITH 
  STEPHANIE GOSK
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  NEW YORK SCHOOLS
  OFFICIALLY HAVE THE 
  GREEN LIGHT TO REOPEN 
  CLASSROOMS, INCLUDING 
  THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST 
  DISTRICT, NEW YORK
  CITY
  >> IF ANYBODY CAN OPEN
  SCHOOLS, WE CAN OPEN
  SCHOOLS.
  AND THAT'S TRUE FOR 
  EVERY REGION IN THE 
  STATE.
  PERIOD. 
  >> Reporter: NEW YORK 
  REMAINS THE STATE HIT 
  HARDEST BY THE VIRUS, 
  WITH MORE THAN 30,000 
  DEATHS
  AT ITS PEAK THERE WERE
  1,000 DEATHS REPORTED 
  A DAY.
  ON THURSDAY THERE WERE
  JUST FIVE.
  TODAY THE INFECTION 
  RATE STATEWIDE IS 1%, 
  WELL BELOW THE 5% 
  THRESHOLD SET BY
  HEALTH OFFICIALS
  >> I WANT THEM BACK 
  FULL-TIME IN PERSON 
  AND ALSO AS A TEACHER 
  MY STUDENTS.
  I WANT THEM FIVE DAYS 
  A WEEK IN PERSON. 
  >> Reporter: THIS 
  MOTHER OF THREE BOYS
  AND A KINDERGARTEN
  TEACHER IN RURAL NEW
  YORK. 
  >> WE TRIED TO ZOOM 
  WITH THE KIDDOS, BUT
  IT WAS REALLY 
  DIFFICULT.
  A LOT DID NOT HAVE
  ACCESS TO DEVICES.
  A LOT DID NOT HAVE
  HOME SUPPORT. 
  >> Reporter: BUT EVERY
  DISTRICT HAS TO SUBMIT
  PLANS TO MAKE SURE THE
  RETURN TO SCHOOL IS 
  DONE SAFELY.
  NOT ALL OF THEM HAS.
  A NEW YORK CITY 
  TEACHERS UNION SAYS 
  SAFETY IS STILL A BIG 
  QUESTION. 
  >> OUR BIGGEST
  CONCERNS ARE THAT WE
  HAVE THE SOCIAL 
  DISTANCING IN PLACE.
  THAT IS IMPORTANT.
  WE KNOW WHEN YOU ARE
  GOING TO A SUPERMARKET
  YOU HAVE TO BE SIX
  FEET FROM THE NEXT
  PERSON
  WE WANT THAT IN THE 
  SCHOOLS.
  >> Reporter: FUELING
  CONCERN ARE CASES OF
  COVID POPPING UP IN 
  SCHOOLS THAT HAVE 
  ALREADY REOPENED
  AROUND THE COUNTRY
  IN A SEARCH OF LOCAL
  NEWS REPORTS, NBC NEWS
  FOUND OVER 60 CASES OF
  STUDENTS AND STAFF
  TESTING POSITIVE IN 
  TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, 
  INDIANA AND 
  MISSISSIPPI.
  ON THURSDAY, A
  MINNESOTA TEACHER 
  HOLDING HER SON 
  CONFRONTED THE
  GOVERNOR, VISIBLY 
  SHAKEN. 
  >> WHO IS GOING TO
  WATCH HIM WHEN I GO 
  BACK, AND I'M SCARED. 
  >> Reporter: GOVERNOR 
  TIM WALZ RESPONDING.
  >> ONE THING I CAN
  ASSURE YOU IS THE 
  STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
  WILL MONITOR ALL OF 
  THE PLANS FOR EACH
  DISTRICT
  >> AND I KNOW A LOT OF
  SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 
  NEW YORK STILL HAVE 
  SOME WORK TO DO HERE. 
  >> Reporter: YEAH,
  THAT'S RIGHT
  GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS 
  MORE THAN 100 
  DISTRICTS HAVE NOT
  SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS 
  TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
  HEALTH
  HE WANTS THEM TO POST 
  THOSE PLANS ONLINE AND
  HOLD MEETINGS WITH
  PARENTS TO EXPLAIN
  THEM
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  STEPHANIE GOSK IN NEW 
  YORK
  THANK YOU.
  >>> THERE ARE NEW 
  DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT
  RARE MYSTERY DISEASE
  LINKED TO COVID-19 IN 
  CHILDREN
  THE CDC NOW REPORTS 
  THERE ARE NEARLY 600
  CASES ACROSS 40 
  STATES, AND WE'RE 
  LEARNING MORE TONIGHT 
  ABOUT WHO IS MOST AT
  RISK
  LET'S GET MORE FROM 
  TOM COSTELLO. 
  >> Reporter: IT 
  HAPPENED SO FAST
  10-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM 
  WOKE UP WITH A STIFF
  NECK AND AN UPSET 
  STOMACH IN JUNE.
  SOON HIS ARMS AND LEGS
  BEGAN TO SWELL
  WITH HIS TEMPERATURE
  SOARING TO 104, HE WAS
  RUSHED TO A PITTSBURGH
  ICU STRUGGLING TO 
  BREATHE.
  >> IT LOOKED GRIM WHEN
  HE WAS IN ICU AND I 
  GUESS I THOUGHT THAT
  HE WASN'T GOING TO
  MAKE IT OUT.
  >> Reporter: YOU
  THOUGHT HE MIGHT DIE
  >> YES, SIR.
  >> Reporter: WILLIAM
  WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
  MISC, MULTISYSTEM 
  INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME.
  THE CDC REPORTED TODAY
  TEN CHILDREN HAVE DIED
  FROM MISC IN THE U.S
  THE MOST COMMON 
  SYMPTOMS SKIN RASHES, 
  RED EYES, FEVERS, 
  HEADACHES, ABDOMINAL
  PAIN, HEADACHES,
  DIARRHEA AND VOMITING.
  THROUGH THE END OF
  JULY, 570 CASES IN 40 
  STATES AND D.C
  THE MEDIAN AGE 8
  JUST OVER HALF WERE 
  BOYS
  ALMOST TWO-THIRDS 
  ENDED UP IN THE ICU,
  INCLUDING AT
  CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN
  BOSTON
  >> THIS IS OCCURRING
  SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 
  THREE AND SIX WEEKS 
  AFTER ACUTE COVID 
  EXPOSURE OR INFECTION.
  IN SOME CASES CHILDREN
  DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY
  HAD COVID AND HAD NO
  ACUTE SYMPTOMS. 
  >> Reporter: NEARLY 
  THREE-QUARTERS OF THE 
  PATIENTS ARE EITHER 
  LATINO OR 
  AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 
  >> I WAS WORRIED THAT 
  I MIGHT DIE.
  >> Reporter:
  8-YEAR-OLD JORDAN 
  SPENT A MONTH IN A NEW
  YORK ICU UNDERGOING 
  HEART SURGERY.
  >> THEY HAD TO PUT HIM
  ON A VENTILATOR 
  BECAUSE IT'S NOT
  GETTING BETTER
  I JUST COULD NOT
  COMPREHEND THAT.
  >> Reporter: THE CDC
  REPORTS OBESITY CAN BE
  A COMMON UNDERLYING 
  CONDITION.
  >> VERY CLOSE CALL. 
  >> I CAN'T THANK THE
  DOCTORS THAT HELPED ME
  ENOUGH. 
  >> Reporter:
  PEDIATRICIANS SAY GET 
  TO AN E.R. OR CALL 911
  IF A CHILD HAS SEVERE 
  DIARRHEA, HAS TROUBLE 
  BREATHING, SEEMS
  LETHARGIC OR CONFUSED.
  IT COULD BE A WARNING 
  SIGN OF MSIS
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  TOM COSTELLO, THANKS. 
  >>> A POSSIBLY RISKY
  GATHERING KICKING OFF 
  TODAY IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
  SOME 250,000 PEOPLE 
  EXPECTED TO ATTEND A
  BIKER RALLY IN STURGIS
  OVER TEN DAYS.
  THE LARGEST EVENT HELD
  IN AMERICA SINCE THE
  PANDEMIC BEGAN
  THE INFECTION RATE IS 
  RELATIVELY LOW IN 
  SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE THE
  REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR 
  HAS RESISTED
  STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS 
  AND MASK MANDATES.
  >>> ALSO TONIGHT ON 
  THOSE HOPES FOR A 
  CORONAVIRUS VACCINE,
  DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
  SPEAKING OUT ON JUST
  HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE 
  CANDIDATES MIGHT BE.
  OUR MEDICAL 
  CORRESPONDENT DR. JOHN
  TORRES JOINS US.
  DR. TORRES, WHAT DID
  FAUCI SAY?
  >> DR. FAUCI SAID THE 
  CHANCE OF CREATING A
  VACCINE THAT'S 98%
  EFFECTIVE ARE SLIM
  HE WENT ON TO SAY 
  SCIENTISTS ARE HOPING 
  FOR SHOTS AT 75%
  EFFECTIVE, BUT EVEN 
  50% OR 60% WOULD BE 
  ACCEPTABLE
  NOW, THAT MIGHT SOUND 
  DISHEARTENING, BUT YOU
  NEED TO KEEP IN MIND
  THAT MOST VACCINES
  DON'T PROVIDE 100%
  PROTECTION
  IN FACT, IN A GOOD
  YEAR, THE FLU VACCINE 
  IS 60% TO 70% 
  EFFECTIVE.
  BUT ANY VACCINE 
  PROTECTION WILL NO
  ONLY PREVENT INFECTION
  BUT WILL ENSURE THOSE 
  THAT DO GET SICK
  AREN'T AS SEVERELY ILL
  SO WE COULD REDUCE THE
  NUMBER OF 
  HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
  EVEN DEATHS.
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  JOHN, THANKS. 
  >>> NOW TO THE
  OVERDOSE DEATH OF 
  TYLER SKAGGS
  A FORMER LOS ANGELES
  ANGELS EMPLOYEE IS NOW
  FACING FEDERAL CHARGES
  AFTER SKAGGS WAS FOUND
  DE NOW
   FACING FEDERAL CHARGES
   AFTER 
   SKAGGS WAS FOUND DEAD 
   IN HIS 
   HOTEL ROOM LAST YEAR.
   WE GET MORE FROM 
   MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER.
   >> Reporter: MORE THAN
   A YEAR 
   AFTER THE SUDDEN 
   PASSING OF STAR 
   PITCHER TYLER SKAGGS, 
   TODAY 
   FORMER ANGELS EMPLOYEE
   ERIC KAY
   WAS CHARGED WITH 
   ILLEGAL 
   POSSESSION WITH INTENT
   TO 
   DISTRIBUTE A 
   CONTROLLED 
   SUBSTANCE.
   KAY ADMITTED GIVING 
   SKAGGS
   OXYCODONE.
   DAYS BEFORE HIS BODY 
   WAS FOUND INSIDE A 
   TEXAS HOTEL ROOM.
   THE FATALE DOSE WAS 
   LACED WITH 
   FENTANYL SAY 
   PROSECUTORS. 
   >> THIS COUNTERFEIT 
   POISON, JUST 
   LIKE THE BLUE PILLS 
   FOUND IN HIS 
   HOTEL ROOM HAVE BEEN 
   RESPONSIBLE 
   FOR 28,00 TO OVERDOSE 
   DEATHS 
   SINCE 2017.
   >> Reporter: SKAGGS 
   HAD A MIX OF 
   FENTANYL, OXYCODONE 
   AND ALCOHOL 
   IN HIS SYSTEM WHEN HIS
   BODY WAS 
   DISCOVERED.
   PROSECUTORS SAY KAY 
   AND SKAGGS TEXTED ONE 
   ANOTHER ABOUT
   THE DRUGS HOURS BEFORE
   HE DIED.
   HOW MANY, ASKED KAY.
   JUST A FEW, LIKE FIVE 
   REPLIED 
   SKAGGS.
   >> TYLER SKAGGS TAKING
   THE MOUND.
   >> Reporter:
   AT 27, THE PITCHER WAS
   ONE OF 
   THE GAME'S MOST 
   PROMISING 
   PLAYERS. 
   >> ONE OF THE MANY 
   DEVASTATING 
   THINGS ABOUT FENTANYL 
   IS MANY OF 
   THOSE WHO OVERDOSE ON 
   IT WILL 
   NEVER EVEN KNOW THEY 
   TOOK IS.
   >> Reporter: IN A 
   STATEMENT, SKAGGS' 
   HEARTBROKEN
   FAMILY SAYS, WE ARE 
   RELIEVED NO 
   ONE ELSE MET THE SAME 
   FATE AS 
   TYLER AS SKAGGS PUBLIC
   MEMORIAL, 
  NOW HE FACES YEARS
  BEHIND BARS.
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
  >>> ANOTHER MAJOR 
  STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING 
  TONIGHT, THE
  HORRIFYING PASSENGER
  PLANE CRASH.
  AT LEAST 16 KILLED
  WHEN AN AIR INDIA 
  EXPRESS PLANE SKIDDED 
  OFF THE RUNWAY AND
  SPLIT IN TWO
  OUR BILL NEELY NOW ON 
  WHAT HAPPENED.
  >> Reporter: IN 
  TORRENTIAL RAIN,
  RESCUERS SURROUND A 
  CRASHED BOEING PLANE
  THAT MINUTES EARLIER
  HAD SKIDDED OFF THE 
  RUNWAY
  PASSENGERS STILL
  TRAPPED IN THEIR
  SEATS, WATER HOSED ON 
  IT TO STOP THE FIRE.
  THE PLANE IS IN TWO 
  PIECES
  IT FELL 30 FEET DOWN A
  RAVINE AND SPLIT OPEN.
  190 PEOPLE ONBOARD
  WHAT WAS THE
  GOVERNMENT RESCUE 
  PLANE FOR INDIANS 
  STRANDED ABROAD 
  BECAUSE OF
  CORONAVIRUS.
  THE AIR INDIA JET HAD 
  FLOWN FROM DUBAI
  AS IT APPROACHED THE
  CALICUT AIRPORT, THE
  RAIN WAS HEAVY AND
  VISIBILITY POOR.
  IT SLID AND HURDLED 
  OFF THE RUNWAY
  AMONG THE PASSENGERS, 
  10 CHILDREN.
  OF THE TWO PILOTS, ONE
  IS DEAD.
  DOZENS ARE INJURED, 
  BUT MOST OF THE 
  INJURIES ARE LIGHT
  LOCALS CALLING IT A 
  MIRACLE DOZENS MORE 
  PEOPLE WEREN'T KILLED.
  LESTER
  >> HORRIFYING IMAGES
  BILL, THANKS. 
  >>> BREAKING NEWS FROM
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  HOLDING A LAST-MINUTE 
  NEWS CONFERENCE THIS
  EVENING.
  PETER ALEXANDER AT THE
  WHITE HOUSE NOW WITH
  LATE DETAILS
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THE NATION'S TOP
  COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
  OFFICIAL IN A STRIKING
  NEW STATEMENT REVEALS 
  WHO OUR KEY FOREIGN 
  ADVERSARIES WANT TO 
  WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL
  ELECTION
  TRUMP APPOINTEE 
  WILLIAM EBENENER
  WRITES RUSSIA SUGS A
  RANGE OF MEASURES TO
  DENIGRATE JOE BIDEN.
  AND DESPITE TRUMP'S 
  INSISTENCE NO ONE HAS 
  BEEN TOUGHER ON 
  RUSSIA, HE SAYS SOME
  KREMLIN-LINKED ACTORS 
  ARE SEEKING TO BOOST
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  CANDIDACY ON SOCIAL 
  MEDIA AND RUSSIAN 
  TELEVISION
  BIDEN HAS BLASTED THE 
  PRESIDENT'S HANDLING
  OF RUSSIA.
  >> HIS ENTIRE 
  PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN A 
  GIFT TO PUTIN.
  >> Reporter: BUT A
  DIFFERENT STORY ON
  CHINA WHO U.S.
  INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS
  SAY PREFERS THAT
  PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHOM 
  BEIJING SEES AS 
  UNPREDICTABLE, DOES 
  NOT WIN RE-ELECTION.
  >> NOBODY HAS BEEN
  TOUGHER ON CHINA THAN 
  ME
  THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE
  JOE BIDEN INSTEAD OF
  TRUMP.
  >> Reporter: AND IRAN 
  ALSO SEEKS TO 
  UNDERMINE THE 
  PRESIDENT.
  DEMOCRATS PRAISING THE
  STATEMENT BUT ARGUING 
  RUSSIA POSES THE
  BIGGEST THREAT
  TONIGHT THE WHITE 
  HOUSE SAYS THE U.S. 
  WILL NOT TOLERATE 
  FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
  IN OUR ELECTORAL
  PROCESSES.
  MEANWHILE, HERE AT
  HOME, NEW SIGNS THE 
  ECONOMY IS SLOWLY 
  RECOVERING
  ADDING NEARLY 1.8 
  MILLION JOBS IN JULY, 
  LOWERING THE
  UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY
  NEARLY A POINT TO 
  ROUGHLY 10%.
  THE NUMBERS BETTER
  THAN EXPECTED BUT 
  THERE IS STILL 13 
  MILLION FEWER JOBS
  THAN IN FEBRUARY, THE 
  MONTH BEFORE THE
  ECONOMY SHUT DOWN FOR 
  THE PANDEMIC
  LATE TONIGHT, WITH
  NEGOTIATIONS ON MORE
  CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
  COLLAPSING, THE 
  PRESIDENT SAYING HE'S 
  PREPARED TO SIGN
  EXECUTIVE ORDERS
  >> WE'RE GOING TO 
  ENHANCE UNEMPLOYMENT
  BENEFITS THROUGH THE
  END OF THE YEAR.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THE PRESIDENT SAYS
  HE'S ALSO PREPARED TO 
  DEFER THE PAYROLL TAX 
  BUT THERE'S A QUESTION
  WHETHER HE HAS THE
  LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO 
  ALL OF IT.
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, PETER,
  THANKS
  >>> TIME IS RUNNING 
  OUT FOR SMALL 
  BUSINESSES TO SECURE
  FEDERAL MONEY TO STAY 
  AFLOAT
  THEY HAVE UNTIL 
  TOMORROW TO APPLY FOR 
  PPP LOANS.
  STEPHANIE RUHLE WITH
  AN UPDATE ON A SMALL
  BUSINESS THAT WAS SHUT
  OUT THE FIRST TIME
  AROUND
  >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN
  AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR
  SMALL BUSINESSES IN 
  AMERICA.
  >> WE REALLY DID NOT
  THINK WHEN THIS ALL 
  STARTED THAT WE WERE
  GOING TO BE ABLE TO 
  MAKE IT THROUGH.
  >> Reporter: WE FIRST 
  MET RHONDA AND RICKY
  ATKINS IN APRIL.
  >> FOR SMALL
  BUSINESSES, THESE 
  FUNDS ARE GOING TO
  MAKE OR BREAK MOST OF 
  US
  >> Reporter: BUT THE
  FATE OF THEIR VIRGINIA
  SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
  CHANGED WHEN THEY GOT 
  APPROVED FOR A LOAN 
  THROUGH THE PAYCHECK
  PROTECTION PROGRAM
  >> WE ARE IN A MUCH 
  MORE SOLID POSITION 
  THAN WHEN WE STARTED
  WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP
  EVERYBODY ON STAFF. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  GOVERNMENT PROGRAM WAS
  CREATED AS A QUICK FIX
  TO SAVE JOBS AND COVER
  BUSINESS EXPENSES 
  DURING WHAT MANY
  LAWMAKERS THOUGHT 
  WOULD BE A TEMPORARY
  DISRUPTION
  BUT THE ROLL-OUT WAS
  BUMPY.
  MANY BANKS WERE NOT 
  PREPARED TO PROCESS 
  THE INITIAL FLOOD OF
  APPLICATIONS FOR THE
  FIRST $350 BILLION, 
  WHICH DISAPPEARED IN
  JUST 13 DAYS
  SO CONGRESS ADDED 
  ANOTHER $250 BILLION
  TO THE POT
  BUT GUIDELINES ON HOW 
  AND WHEN THE MONEY HAD
  TO BE USED WERE STRICT
  AND CHANGED AFTER THE 
  LOANS WERE APPROVED,
  CONFUSING MANY SMALL
  BUSINESS OWNERS.
  SINCE APRIL, $521 
  BILLION HAVE BEEN 
  DISTRIBUTED.
  BUT CHRISTINA IN RENO,
  NEVADA, DIDN'T GET ANY
  OF IT.
  >> 90% OF MY ACCOUNTS 
  HAD CLOSED DOWN.
  >> Reporter: SO THE 
  SINGLE MOTHER WASN'T
  ABLE TO SAVE THE
  BAKERY SHE AND HER
  DAUGHTERS SPENT YEARS 
  BUILDING
  >> THE LOAN WOULD HAVE
  KEPT ME GOING.
  IT WOULD HAVE KEPT ME 
  AFLOAT UNTIL THE
  PANDEMIC HOPEFULLY
  ENDED OR WHEN I GOT 
  REJECTED FOR THAT, ALL
  OF THOSE DREAMS KIND
  OF JUST WENT DOWN THE 
  DRAIN.
  >> Reporter: LAST WEEK
  THEY LEFT THEIR HOME
  FOR GOOD TO MOVE BACK 
  IN WITH HER PARENTS.
  >> IT'S WIPED OUT 
  EVERYTHING I HAVE 
  WORKED SO HARD FOR
  >> Reporter: AT LEAST 
  300,000 SMALL 
  BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED
  FOR GOOD
  IN APRIL, THIS
  FLORIDA BOUTIQUE WAS
  OPERATING ONLINE ONLY,
  BRINGING IN ABOUT 11% 
  OF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE.
  >> ALL OF A SUDDEN IT 
  CAME TO A CRASHING
  HALT. 
  >> Reporter: GWEN WAS 
  USING HER PERSONAL
  SAVINGS TO PAY HER
  EIGHT EMPLOYEES UNTIL 
  RECEIVING A SMALL PPP 
  LOAN FROM A SMALL 
  COMMUNITY BANK
  >> THIS WAS A 
  LIFELINE
  THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A 
  BLESSING AND VERY,
  VERY MUCH NEEDED AND
  APPRECIATED.
  I'M ABLE TO SUSTAIN 
  ENOUGH TO PAY ALL MY
  BILLS.
  I STILL HAVEN'T PAID
  MYSELF FULLY YET, BUT 
  THAT'S OKAY.
  I'M GETTING THERE.
  >> Reporter: AND THERE
  ARE STILL $128 BILLION
  IN PPP MONEY LEFT ON
  THE TABLE FOR SMALL 
  BUSINESS OWNERS, AND
  THEY HAVE UNTIL 
  TOMORROW TO APPLY.
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  STEPHANIE, THANK YOU. 
  >>> WE'RE BACK IN 60
  SECONDS WITH AN NBC 
  NEWS INVESTIGATION
  POLICING THE POLICE.
  WHY SO MANY COMPLAINTS
  ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS 
  POLICE WERE NOT 
  INVESTIGATED. 
  >>> PLUS, COLLEGE 
  FOOTBALL FACING AN
  UNCERTAIN FUTURE
  NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT 
  WHETHER THEY CAN KEEP 
  NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT 
  WHETHER THEY CAN KEEP 
   THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
   DEPARTMENT WAS DELAYED
   UNTIL 
   AT LEAST NEXT YEAR, A 
   MEASURE PROPOSED AFTER
   THE DEATH OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD.
   NOW AN NBC NEWS 
   INVESTIGATION IN 
   PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR 
   AFFILIATE 
   CARRY LEVIN
   HAS FOUND THE 
   DEPARTMENT HAS A 
   HISTORY OF MISCONDUCT 
   COMPLAINTS 
   THAT WERE NEVER 
   INVESTIGATED.
   HERE'S NBC'S GABE 
   GUTIERREZ. 
   >> Reporter: HE WAS 
   SITTING IN 
   HIS MINNEAPOLIS 
   APARTMENT FOUR 
   YEARS AGO WATCHING A 
   MOVIE WITH 
   HIS NOW WIFE WHEN HE 
   HEARD 
   POUNDING ON THE DOOR. 
   >> I KEPT ASKING WHO 
   IS IT.
   FINALLY BY THE THIRD 
   TIME THEY 
   FINALLY ANNOUNCED THAT
   IT WAS 
   POLICE. 
   >> Reporter: FOUR 
   OFFICERS SAID 
   THEY WERE RESPONDING 
   TO A CALL 
   FROM A NEIGHBOR ABOUT 
   A DOMESTIC 
   DISPUTE. 
   >> Reporter: AS SOON 
   AS I OPENED 
   THE DOOR, THE OFFICER 
   GRABBED ME 
   BY THE COLLAR AND 
   SNATCHED ME 
   OUT INTO THE HALLWAY, 
   AND HE 
   PLACED HIS ARM UNDER 
   MY NECK 
   LIKE THIS, AND HE GOT 
   UPSET AND 
   THREW ME DOWN A FLIGHT
   OF STEPS. 
   >> Reporter: HE THREW 
   YOU DOWN A 
   FLIGHT OF STAIRS?
   >> YES. 
   >> Reporter: HE SAYS 
   THE 
   OFFICERS FORCED HIM 
   INTO A SQUAD 
   CAR, BUT INSTEAD OF 
   TAKING HIM 
   TO JAIL HE SAYS THEY 
   TOOK HIM TO 
   AN ALLEY AND BEAT HIM.
   >> I THOUGHT I WAS 
   GOING TO DIE.
   I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER.
   I THOUGHT I WAS NEVER 
   GOING TO 
   SEE MY WIFE AGAIN.
   IT WAS THE SCARIEST 
   MOMENT OF MY 
   LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: HE SAYS 
   THE 
   OFFICERS EVENTUALLY 
   DROPPED HIM 
   OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE
   ROAD.
   HE WALKED BACK HOME 
   AND CALLED HIS LOCAL 
   POLICE PRECINCT.
   BROWN SAYS HE GOT A 
   LETTER IN 
   THE MAIL SAYING THE 
   COMPLAINT 
   WOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
   BUT IT NEVER WAS.
   ACCORDING TO POLICE 
   DOCUMENTS 
   REVIEWED BY NBC NEWS.
   EVENTUALLY HE SAYS HE 
   DECIDED 
   THE PROCESS WAS 
   STACKED AGAINST 
   HIM, SO HE DIDN'T 
   FOLLOW UP. 
   >> I FELT LIKE THERE 
   WAS NOTHING 
   I COULD DO.
   I FELT LIKE -- I FELT 
   LIKE 
   NOBODY CARED. 
   >> Reporter: BROWN'S 
   COMPLAINT 
   IS ON FILE WITH THE 
   MINNEAPOLIS 
   OFFICE OF POLICE 
   CONDUCT REVIEW, 
   WHICH HANDLES CIVILIAN
   COMPLAINTS.
   BUT IT WAS LABELED 
   INQUIRY, 
   WHICH MEANS THE 
   COMPLAINT WASN'T 
   SIGNED OR THE 
   INVESTIGATOR 
   NEEDED MORE 
   INFORMATION.
   NBC NEWS FOUND THAT 
   791 
   COMPLAINTS WERE 
   LABELED 
   INQUIRIES SINCE 2016, 
   MAKING UP 
   MORE THAN A QUARTER OF
   CITIZENS 
   CONTACTING THE OFFICE 
   DURING 
   THAT PERIOD. 
   >> ARE PEOPLE 
   ABANDONING THE 
   PROCESS?
   ARE THEY --
   DO THEY JUST NOT FEEL 
   SAFE?
   BUT THAT IS A 
   STATISTICALLY 
   SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, 
   AND YOU 
   WOULD WANT TO KNOW 
   WHY. 
   >> Reporter: NBC NEWS 
   SPOKE TO 
   50 PEOPLE WHO FILED 
   WHAT THEY 
   THOUGHT WERE 
   COMPLAINTS AGAINST 
   MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS 
   THAT ENDED 
   UP BEING INQUIRIES.
   NEARLY HALF OF THEM 
   SAID THEY 
   GOT NO RESPONSE AT 
   ALL.
   MORE THAN HALF FILED 
   BY PHONE, AND
   THE MAJORITY SAY THEY 
   WERE NOT 
   TOLD THEIR COMPLAINT 
   NEEDED TO 
   BE IN WRITING.
   THE OFFICE OF POLICE 
   CONDUCT 
   REVIEW DECLINED AN ON 
   CAMERA 
   INTERVIEW SAYING IT 
   COULD NOT 
   COMMENT ON BROWN'S 
   INQUIRIES DUE TO 
   PRIVACY LAWS.
   BUT THE MINNEAPOLIS 
   POLICE 
   DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T 
   COMMENT 
   SPECIFICALLY ON THE 
   CASE EITHER.
   OF THE NEARLY 18,000 
   POLICE 
   DEPARTMENTS IN THE 
   U.S., ONLY 
   ABOUT 165, INCLUDING 
   MINNEAPOLIS HAVE 
   CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT.
   BUT EVEN WITH THAT 
   OVERSIGHT, 
   BROWN SAYS HE DID NOT 
   FEEL 
   HEARD.
   IF A DIRECTOR OF THAT 
   AGENCY WAS 
   SITTING WITH YOU RIGHT
   NOW, WHAT 
   WOULD YOU SAY?
   >> I WOULD JUST ASK 
   THEM HOW 
   DOES A CASE LIKE MINE 
   GET BURIED OR LOST?
   >> Reporter: ACCORDING
   TO THE 
   POLICE REPORT, THAT 
   911 CALL 
   CAME FROM A NEIGHBOR 
   WHO SAID 
   THEY HEARD A MAN AND 
   WOMAN 
   ARGUING.
   NBC NEWS TRACKED THAT 
   PERSON 
   DOWN.
   THAT PERSON LIVED SIX 
   HOUSES 
   AWAY AND ACROSS THE 
   STREET.
   BROWN WAS NEVER 
   CHARGED. 
   LESTER?
   ALL RIGHT.
   GABE GUTIERREZ 
   TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> STILL AHEAD, AN 
   INSIDE LOOK 
   >>> WE'RE BACK NOW 
   WITH THE 
   DEBATE OVER THE 
   UPCOMING COLLEGE 
   FOOTBALL SEASON AND 
   THE SCHOOLS 
   WEIGHING WHETHER 
   GETTING BACK IN 
   THE GAME IS WORTH THE 
   RISK.
   KERRY SANDERS REPORTS.
   >> Reporter: COLLEGE 
   FOOTBALL 
   NOW WITH A NEW SET OF 
   RULES AND 
   REGULATIONS TO PROTECT
   PLAYERS 
   AND COACHES.
   AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
   SOUTH 
   FLORIDA IN TAMPA, THE 
   FIRST DAY 
   OF PRACTICE TODAY, 
   EVERY PLAYER 
   TESTING NEGATIVE FOR 
   CORONAVIRUS, BUT FOR 
   HOW LONG?
   FOOTBALL INHERENTLY IN
   CONFLICT 
   WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING
   BECAUSE 
   PLAYERS HIT. 
   >> IT IS A CHALLENGE 
   FOR SURE.
   YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK,
   YOU KNOW, 
   AS ATHLETES AND AS 
   COACHES, 
   WE'RE KIND OF BUILT ON
   TAKING ON 
   CHALLENGES AND FACING 
   ADVERSITY. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY BIG
   SKY 
   JOINING OTHER 
   CONFERENCES 
   POSTPONING AND IN SOME
   CASES 
   CANCELING THE SEASON.
   THE $7 BILLION A YEAR 
   COLLEGIATE 
   FOOTBALL INDUSTRY 
   SIDELINED BY A 
   VIRUS.
   NOW ANYTHING BUT 
   CERTAIN.
   USF QUARTERBACK NOAH 
   JOHNSON HOPEFUL IN
   WHAT IS HIS LAST YEAR 
   OF 
   ELIGIBILITY. 
   >> I WILL BE ABLE TO 
   HANG MY 
   CLEATS UP AND HOLD MY 
   HEAD HIGH AND BE 
   PROUD.
   >> THERE IS SO MUCH 
   MONEY AT 
   STAKE, WHICH IS WHY 
   THESE 
   LEAGUES ARE EVEN 
   POWERING 
   THROUGH AT THIS POINT.
   >> Reporter: UNLIKE 
   SOME 
   PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 
   WHERE 
   ATHLETES ARE IN A 
   BUBBLE, THERE 
   IS NO ISOLATION IN 
   FOOTBALL.
   THE PLAYBOOK IS STILL 
   UNWRITTEN.
   LESTER?
   >> KERRY SANDERS, 
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> WHEN WE COME BACK,
   A 
   
   >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, 
   THE 
   INSPIRING NEWS WE ALL 
   NEED TO 
   END THE WEEK.
   A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IN
   JUNCTION 
   CITY, KANSAS FOR 
   CATHERINE AND HER MOM,
   BOTH NOW COVID FREE 
   AND
   GETTING OUT OF THE 
   HOSPITAL 
   TOGETHER.
