   >>> TONIGHT, THE 
   CATASTROPHIC 
  >>> TONIGHT, THE
  CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 
  4 HURRICANE, BEARING
  DOWN ON THE U.S. AS WE
  COME ON THE AIR.
  HURRICANE LAURA, THE
  EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
  MONSTER STORM ON A
  COLLISION COURSE WITH 
  TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
  500,000 UNDER 
  MANDATORY EVACUATIONS,
  STORM SURGE EXPECTED
  UP TO 20 FEET.
  FORECASTERS WARNING 
  IT'S UNSURVIVABLE.
  OUR TEAM IN THE STORM 
  ZONE
  AL ROKER HAS THE NEW
  TRACK.
  >>> ALSO DEADLY CHAOS 
  DURING THE JACOB BLAKE
  PROTEST IN WISCONSIN
  THE DISTURBING VIDEO
  OF A GUNMAN ON THE
  GROUND OPENING FIRE.
 TO TAKE THE COURT, ALL
  TONIGHT'S GAMES NOW 
  POSTPONED.
  >>> NIGHT THREE OF THE
  RNC, MIKE PENCE 
  SETTING THE STAGE FOR 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ON
  THURSDAY
  AND MELANIA TRUMP'S 
  MESSAGE ON RACE.
  >>> THE U.S.
  CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL
  SURPASSING 180,000, 
  AND THE SUDDEN
  REVERSAL FROM THE CDC 
  ON TESTING, WHY 
  CRITICS SAY IT WILL 
  COST LIVES. 
  >>> AND THE NEW 
  FIRESTORM 
  FOR WASHINGTON'S NFL
  TEAM, THE SECRET TAPE 
  CHEERLEADERS SAY WAS
  CREATED WITHOUT THEIR 
  KNOWLEDGE.
  WHAT THE TEAM IS
  SAYING
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT
  >>> GOOD EVENING, 
  EVERYONE, HERE COMES
  HURRICANE LAURA,
  WHAT'S BEING CALLED AN
  EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
  CATEGORY 4 STORM ON 
  TRACK FOR A BRUISING, 
  OVERNIGHT LANDFALL, 
  ALONG THE 
  TEXAS-LOUISIANA 
  BORDER
  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE TONIGHT 
  WARNING OF A
  CATASTROPHIC STORM
  SURGE, EXTREME WINDS
  AND FLASH FLOODING
  OFFICIALS SAYING THOSE
  WHO HAVEN'T EVACUATED 
  THE MOST AT RISK AREAS
  ARE NOW ON THEIR OWN
  TIME HAS ESSENTIALLY
  RUN OUT.
  THE REGION BRACING FOR
  WIND-DRIVEN WATERS
  THAT COULD PUSH FOR 
  MILES INLAND
  OUR TEAM IS ON THE
  GROUND
  MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE 
  VERY LATEST.
  MORGAN, WHAT ARE YOU
  SEEING
  >> Reporter: YEAH,
  LESTER, A DECEPTIVELY 
  SUNNY MOMENT HERE IN
  LAKE CHARLES, THE 
  OUTER BANDS FROM
  HURRICANE LAURA ARE 
  ALREAD
  MAKING THEIR WAY
  THROUGH, BRINGING HIGH
  WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
  THE CITY'S MAYOR
  TELLIN
  ME HE'S AFRAID NOT
  ENOUGH PEOPLE 
  EVACUATED WHILE THEY
  STILL COULD.
  TONIGHT ACROSS TEXAS
  AND LOUISIAN
  HURRICANE LAURA'S 
  MESSAGE LOUD -
  >> THE CATEGORY 4,
  THAT WAS REASON ENOUGH
  TO LEAVE
  >> Reporter: AND
  CLEAR.
  >> YOU'RE GOING TO
  LEAVE, NOW IS THE TIME
  TO DO IT. 
  >> Reporter: THE STORM
  SWELLING INTO A 
  CATEGORY 4 MONSTER
  IN ITS PATH, MORE THAN
  HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
  FACING MANDATORY
  EVACUATIONS.
  >> YOU'VE GOT TO
  LISTEN TO WHAT IT 
  TELLS YOU.
  >> Reporter: IN 
  LOUISIANA NO STRANGER 
  TO HURRICANES THE 
  GOVERNOR CALLING THIS 
  ONE DIFFERENT.
  >> THE STORM IS GOING 
  TO BE MORE POWERFUL 
  THAN RITA.
  >> Reporter: LAURA IS 
  NOW PACKING WINDS 
  TOPPING 140 MILES AN
  HOUR, WITH AN UP TO 
  20 FOOT STORM SURGE.
  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE DESCRIBING IT 
  IN THE STARKEST TERMS,
  UNSURVIVABLE
  HERE IN CAMERON,
  LOUISIANA WHER
  THE EYE OF THE STORM
  IS EXPECTED TO PASS 
  WE'RE ALREAD
  SEEING LAURA'S IMPACT,
  LOW LYING STREETS 
  UNDER WATER.
  AS THOSE GULF WATERS
  START TO RISE.
  THE COMMUNITY CRUSHED 
  BY HURRICANE RITA IN
  2005, AN OVERNIGHT
  GHOST TOWN EXCEPT FOR 
  87-YEAR-OLD HENRY 
  McCALL. 
  HENRY, THEY'RE SAYING 
  THAT
  STORM SURGE IS GOING
  TO BE UNSURVIVABLE
  AND HERE YOU ARE. 
  >> YES
  THE LAST MINUTE I MAY 
  LEAVE BUT RIGHT NOW 
  I'M STILL DEBATING
  WHAT TO DO
  >> Reporter: THOSE WHO
  DID FLEE FINDING A NEW
  PROBLEM, SHELTERS 
  RUNNING OUT OF ROOM 
  BECAUSE OF SOCIAL 
  DISTANCING FOR
  COVID-19 AND LAKE 
  CHARLES WITH A
  PRECIOUS FEW HOURS
  UNTIL LANDFALL STORES 
  ARE BOARDED UP, GAS 
  STATIONS EMPTY
  AS THE REALITY OF 
  WHAT'S TO COME SINKS
  IN. 
  >> WE'VE GOT
  MATTRESSES IF WE'VE 
  GOT TO CLIMB UNDER
  THEM
  OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 
  JUST PREPARED FOR 
  ANYTHING
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THE GULF COAST BRACING
  FOR IMPACT
  MORGAN CHESKY, NBC
  NEWS, LAKE CHARLES, 
  LOUISIANA.
  >> Reporter: I'M SAM
  BROCK IN PORT ARTHUR
  ALONG THE GULF COAST
  TONIGHT IT'S NOT JUST 
  THE WINDS, BUT THE
  WATER THEY'RE FEARING 
  FROM THE CATASTROPHIC 
  STORM SURGE.
  >> THE HURRICANE, I 
  COVERED THIS ISLAND.
  >> Reporter: THE
  IMPACT CAN BE 
  DEVASTATING EVEN FROM 
  SMALL SURGES, AT THREE
  FEET THE FLOOD WATERS 
  ARE LIFE THREATENING, 
  AT SIX FEET THE WAVES 
  CAN SMASH THROUGH 
  WINDOWS AND DOORS.
  AT NINE FEET ENTIRE 
  NEIGHBORHOODS COULD BE
  DESTROYED.
  LAURA'S STORM SURGE 
  COULD TOP OUT AT
  20 FEET.
  >> THIS HAS BEEN
  CATEGORIZED REPEATEDLY
  AS AN UNSURVIVABLE
  STORM SURGE WHERE IT
  WILL BE HITTING.
  >> Reporter: THE
  NATIONAL HURRICANE
  CENTER WARNING THE
  WATERS CAN PUSH 30
  MILES INLAND
  IN THE TEXAS CITY OF
  PORT ARTHUR I'M 
  STANDING ON TOP OF A
  LEVY THAT'S BUILT UP
  AND REENFORCED TO 
  HANDLE STORM SURGE, 
  BUT NOT 15 TO 20 FEET 
  WORTH OF IT.
  THE MAYOR HERE IS 
  DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
  WHAT'S TO COME. 
  >> ABOUT 5:00 IT'S
  GOING TO BE YOU AND 
  GOD.
  >> Reporter: WE FOUND 
  PEOPLE SCRAMBLING TO
  GET OUT, REMEMBERING
  THE RUTHLESS RISING 
  WATERS IN HURRICANES
  PAST. 
  >> I'VE BEEN THROUGH
  HARVEY, AND I AIN'T 
  GOING TO CHANCE THIS
  I'VE DECIDED TO GET ON
  OUT OF HERE.
  I AIN'T GOING TO TAKE 
  NO CHANCES THIS TIME
  I WAS IN WATER UP TO
  MY SHOULDERS
  >> Reporter: WITH 
  THESE WATERS FROM THE 
  GULF EXPECTED TO
  BARREL ASHORE,
  CONCERN ALSO FOR MAJOR
  OIL REFINERIES HERE 
  WHICH COULD BE KNOCKED
  OFFLINE FOR WEEKS.
  LESTER
  >> SAM BROCK FOR US,
  THANKS VERY MUCH. ERY MUCH.
   >>> WE ARE CLOSELY 
   TRACKING 
  
  >>> WE'RE CLOSELY 
  TRACKING
  HURRICANE LAURA AS IT 
  APPROACHES LANDFALL.
  LET'S GO TO AL ROKER
  AL, WHAT'S THE VERY 
  LATEST
  >> LESTER, LAURA'S
  TAKING AIM ON THE 
  TEXAS-LOUISIANA 
  BORDER
  THIS COULD BE THE 
  STRONGEST EVER TO HIT 
  THERE.
  400 MILES WIDE, MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES 
  PER HOUR WITH 145 MILE
  PER HOUR WINDS
  COULD BE 150 WHEN IT
  MAKES LANDFALL EARLY
  TOMORROW MORNING AND
  THEN CONTINUES UP THE 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
  VALLEY BRINGING MORE
  HEAVY RAIN
  WE'RE GOING TO BE 
  WATCHING THIS SYSTEM
  WITH THE STORM SURGE
  THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO
  BE ONE OF THE MOST
  CATASTROPHIC PARTS TO 
  THIS SYSTEM, 15 TO
  20 FEET OF STORM
  SURGE, POWER OUTAGES
  LIKELY INTO NEXT WEEK 
  AND RAINFALL UPWARDS
  OF 15 INCHES OR MORE, 
  MOVING INTO THE 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
  VALLEY
  LESTER
  >> AL, THANKS.
  >>> ANOTHER MAJOR 
  STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING,
  THE DEADLY SHOOTING 
  THAT ERUPTED DURING 
  THE JACOB BLAKE 
  PROTEST IN KENOSHA, 
  WISCONSIN, TWO PEOPLE 
  KILLED, A THIRD 
  INJURED AND LATE TODAY
  A 17-YEAR-OLD UNDER 
  ARREST
  GABE GUTIERREZ IS 
  THERE.
  WE WANT TO WARN YOU,
  SOME OF THE VIDEO IS
  DISTURBING
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  AN ARREST IN THE
  DEADLY VIOLENCE THAT
  BROKE OUT LAST NIGHT
  IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 
  OVER THE SHOOTING OF
  JACOB BLAKE.
  THIS VIDEO CAPTURED 
  PART OF THE CHAOS,
  SHOTS RINGING OUT, A
  MAN ON THE GROUND 
  FIRING A LONG GUN.
  BYSTANDERS RUNNING IN 
  HORROR
  IT'S UNCLEAR
  WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
  OR AFTER THIS VIDEO.
  RIGHT BEFORE DAWN 
  AUTHORITIES ARE STILL 
  ON THE SCENE
  POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE 
  ARE DEAD
  AT LEAST ONE PERSON 
  INJURED.
  TODAY AUTHORITIES 
  ARRESTED 17-YEAR-OLD
  KYLE RITTENHOUSE IN 
  ILLINOIS, HE FACES A
  FIRST DEGREE
  INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
  CHARGE. 
  >> WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE
  IS A
  MEMBER OF A MILITIA 
  GROUP WHO DECIDED TO
  BE A VIGILANTE. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  SHOOTINGS CAME AFTER
  AUTHORITIES IN ARMORED
  VEHICLES FIRED TEAR 
  GAS AT DISPERSED
  CROWDS
  TENSIONS ARE HIGH 
  HERE
  VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL
  MEDIA SHOWS MEN WITH
  LONG GUNS STANDING
  GUARD OUTSIDE A 
  BOARDED UP BUILDING.
  AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT
  SAID WHETHER ANY OF 
  THEM WERE INVOLVED IN 
  ANY CONFRONTATION.
  LATE TODAY THREE DAYS 
  AFTER AN OFFICER SHOT 
  BLAKE MULTIPLE TIMES
  IN THE BACK 
  WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY
  GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE
  OFFICER AS RUSTEN --
  WHO'S BEEN WITH THE 
  DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN
  YEARS, OFFICERS 
  UNSUCCESSFULLY TRY
  TODAY ARREST AND TASER
  BLAKE AFTER A WOMAN 
  CALLED ABOUT HER
  BOYFRIEND BEING ON THE
  PREMISES WHEN HE
  WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE.
  >> DURING THE 
  INVESTIGATION 
  FOLLOWING THE INITIAL 
  INCIDENT MR. BLAKE
  ADMITTED HE HAD A 
  KNIFE IN HIS
  POSSESSION, AND DCI 
  AGENTS AT THE DIVISION
  OF CRIMINAL 
  INVESTIGATION 
  RECOVERED A KNIFE FROM
  THE DRIVER'S SIDE 
  FLOOR BOARD OF MR.
  BLAKE'S VEHICLE.
  >> NO CHARGES HAVE
  BEEN FILED AND NO 
  COMMENT SINCE THE NEWS
  CONFERENCE FROM 
  BLAKE'S ATTORNEY
  BUT THE INVESTIGATION 
  IS ONGOING
  FOR BLAKE'S UNCLE,
  ANSWERS CAN'T COME
  SOON ENOUGH.
  >> WE DON'T WANT ANY
  VIOLENCE
  WE DON'T WANT 
  DESTRUCTION.
  WE WANT JUSTICE.
  >> Reporter: THE
  EXTRADITION HEARING 
  FOR THE ACCUSED GUNMAN
  LAST NIGHT IS NOW SET 
  FOR FRIDAY
  NO
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS
  >>> IT IS NIGHT THREE 
  OF THE RNC, VICE
  PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
  SET TO MAKE THE CASE
  FOR FOUR MORE YEARS OF
  A TRUMP PRESIDENCY
  AFTER FIRST LADY
  MELANIA TRUMP TOOK
  CENTER STAGE LAST 
  NIGHT.
  HERE'S HALLIE JACKSON 
  WITH THAT.
  >> Reporter: AFTER THE
  TWILIGHT'S LAST 
  GLEAMING VICE 
  PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
  TONIGHT WILL SPEAK AT 
  FORT McHENRY, THE SITE
  THAT INSPIRED THE 
  LYRICS OF "THE STAR 
  SPANGLED BANNER," 
  THE STAGE SET FOR A 
  SPEECH
  HEAVY ON PATRIOTISM 
  ACCORDING TO SOURCES
  FAMILIAR WITH IT
  AND HEAVY ON POLICY 
  WITH PENCE EXPECTED TOOE 
   BIDEN 
  OFFER WHAT THEY CALL A
  BRIGHTER
  VISION AND MAKE THE 
  CASE AGAINST A JOE
  BIDEN PRESIDENCY
  THE BACKDROP LAST 
  NIGHT WAS CLOSER TO 
  HOME FOR THE PRESIDENT
  AND FIRST LADY
  NOT THE USUAL 
  CONVENTION ARENA
  BECAUSE OF COVID
  INSTEAD, HIS CAMPAIGN 
  LEVERAGING THE WHITE
  HOUSE, AND THE POWER
  OF HIS PRESIDENCY TO
  THEIR POLITICAL 
  ADVANTAGE.
  >> I GRANT JON, I'M 
  NOT SURE YOU KNOW 
  THIS, A FULL PARDON.
  >> Reporter: FROM THE 
  EMOTIONAL PARDON OF 
  PRISON REFORM ACTIVIST
  JON PONDER. 
  >> TODAY, PRAISE GOD, 
  I AM FILLED WITH HOPE.
  >> Reporter: TO A 
  NATURALIZATION
  CEREMONY OUTSIDE THE
  EAST ROOM.
  >> CONGRATULATIONS
  AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU.
  MAY GOD BLESS YO
  AND MAY GOD BLESS OUR 
  GREAT COUNTRY,
  AMERICA.
  >> Reporter: TO A 
  SPEECH BY SECRETARY OF
  STATE MIKE POMPEO 
  WHILE ON AN OFFICIAL
  TRIP
  TO JERUSALEM. 
  >> THIS PRESIDENT THAT
  HAS LED BOLD
  INITIATIVES IN NEARLY 
  EVERY CORNER OF THE 
  WORLD.
  >> Reporter: THE STATE
  DEPARTMENT SAYS POMPEO
  WAS ACTING IN HIS 
  PERSONAL, NOT 
  PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.
  AND TH
  WHITE HOUSE SAYS NO 
  LAWS HAVE BEEN
  VIOLATED
  CRITICS ARGUE THOSE 
  BLURRED LINES ARE 
  INAPPROPRIATE AND MAY 
  BE ILLEGAL, AND POINT   BETWER
   REALITY
  TO WHAT THEY CALL A 
  GULF BETWEEN RHETORIC 
  AND REALITY.
  LIKE THE OVERTURES TO 
  BLACK AMERICANS 
  DESPITE THE 
  PRESIDENT'S PAST
  RACIST TWEETS AND FROM
  A TOP ADVISER A 
  REFERENCE TO THE
  CURRENT CORONAVIRUS 
  PANDEMIC IN PAST
  TENSE.
  >> THEN CAME A ONCE IN
  100-YEAR PANDEMIC, IT 
  WAS AWFUL.
  >> Reporter: ABOUT A
  THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE 
  STILL DYING EVERY DAY 
  FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
  A HEARTBREAK FIRST
  LADY MELANIA TRUMP
  ACKNOWLEDGED. 
  >> DONALD WILL NOT
  REST UNTIL HE HAS DONE
  ALL HE CAN TO TAKE
  CARE OF EVERYONE
  IMPACTED BY THIS
  TERRIBLE PANDEMIC.
  >> Reporter: THE FIRST
  LADY SPEAKING FROM THE
  NEWLY RENOVATED ROSE
  GARDEN, ALSO ADDRESSED
  RACE
  YEARS AFTER SHE 
  DEFENDED HER HUSBAND'S
  BIRTHER CONSPIRACY
  THEORY. 
  >> IT IS A HARSH
  REALITY.
  THAT WE ARE NOT PROUD 
  OF PARTS OF OUR 
  HISTORY.
  >> Reporter: AND IN 
  THE TRADITION OF FIRST
  LADY SPEECHES MRS.
  TRUMP GETTING PERSONAL
  ABOUT HER HUSBAND.
  >> WHETHER YOU LIKE IT
  OR NOT YOU ALWAYS KNOW
  WHAT HE'S THINKING
  AND THAT IS BECAUSE 
  HE'S AN AUTHENTIC 
  PERSON, WHO LOVES THIS
  COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE
  AND WANTS TO CONTINUE 
  TO MAKE IT BETTER.
  >> Reporter: BEFORE 
  THE VICE PRESIDENT
  TAKES THE STAGE HERE
  THE LINEUP OF SPEAKERS
  FOR THE REST OF THE 
  NIGHT INCLUDES TOP
  PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER
  KELLYANNE CONWAY SET
  TO MAKE REMARKS JUST
  DAYS BEFORE SHE LEAVES
  THE ADMINISTRATION TO 
  FOCUS ON HER FAMILY.
  LESTER
  >> HALLIE JACKSON,
  TONIGHT, THANKS.
  >>> WE'RE BACK IN 60
  SECONDS WITH A SUDDEN 
  CHANGE TO CDC TESTING 
  CHANGE TO CDC TESTING 
  GUIDELINES FOR COVID, 
  WHY SOME STATES ARE 
  MILESTONE IN THE
  CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, 
  THE U.S. DEATH TOLL 
  NOW SURPASSING
  180,000.
  IT COMES AS THE CDC IS
  SPARKING CONTROVERSY
  BY SUDDENLY CHANGING
  ITS TESTING 
  GUIDELINES
  HERE'S ANNE THOMPSON
  >> Reporter: DESPITE A
  37% DROP IN CASES 
  NATIONWIDE SINCE LATE 
  JULY, FURIOUS PUSHBACK
  ON THE CDC'S NEW
  RECOMMENDATION, THAT
  PEOPLE EXPOSED TO 
  COVID AND HAVE NO 
  SYMPTOMS NO LONGER
  NEED TO GET TESTED
  THE CHANGE IGNITING 
  CONFUSION AMONG PUBLIC
  HEALTH EXPERTS. 
  >> THAT'S AN ESSENTIAL
  COMPONENT OF
  CASE-BASED
  INTERVENTIONS, DOING
  EFFECTIVE TRACKING AND
  TRACING.
  >> Reporter: NEW
  YORK'S GOVERNOR 
  CALLING THE MOVE
  INDEFENSIBLE. 
  >> YOU CANNOT JUSTIFY 
  THAT ON ANY PUBLIC
  HEALTH BASIS
  THAT'S POLITICS.
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP IN JUNE 
  SUGGESTED LESS
  TESTING.
  >> SO I SAID TO MY
  PEOPLE, SLOW THE
  TESTING DOWN, PLEASE
  >> Reporter: TODAY THE
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
  AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
  WHICH OVERSEES THE
  CDC, SAYS THERE WAS NO
  DIRECTION FROM THE
  PRESIDENT OR VICE 
  PRESIDENT ON THE NEW
  GUIDELINES
  DEFENDING THE CHANGE
  WHEN PRESSED BY 
  REPORTERS, SAYING 
  TESTS SHOULD NOW BE 
  FOCUSED AND 
  STRATEGICALLY DONE, 
  NOT FOR THE SAKE OF 
  BEING TESTED. 
  >> IF WE'RE NOT 
  TESTING THESE PEOPLE
  THEY WILL INFECT
  OTHERS AND THE VIRAL
  TRANSMISSION AND
  OUTBREAK WILL GET ONLY
  WORSE OVER TIME.
  >> Reporter: A CONCERN
  SHARED BY DR. ANTHONY 
  FAUCI, ACCORDING TO A 
  STATEMENT TONIGHT HE
  REVIEWED A DRAFT OF 
  THE GUIDELINES BUT WAS
  NOT AT THE TASK FORCE 
  MEETING WHERE THEY
  WERE ADOPTED BECAUSE
  HE WAS UNDERGOING 
  SURGERY.
  BOSTON UNIVERSITY 
  BELIEVES MORE TESTS 
  ARE BETTER
  IT'S BUILT A COVID LAB
  ON CAMPUS WHERE EIGHT 
  ROBOTS HELP MORE THAN 
  A DOZEN PEOPLE PROCESS
  UP TO 6,000 COVID 
  TESTS A DAY.
  PART OF BU'S MASSIVE
  EFFORT TO TEST
  UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
  TWICE A WEEK AND GET
  RESULTS IN 24 HOURS.
  >> IF SOMEONE IS
  POSITIVE WE CAN CALL
  THEM AND DO CONTACT 
  TRACING AND GET THEM
  ISOLATED AS QUICKLY AS
  POSSIBLE
  >> Reporter: PUTTING
  STUDENTS LIKE JUNIOR
  KATHERINE GORBOWSKI AT
  EASE. 
  >> I WANT TO KEEP 
  EVERYONE AROUND ME
  SAFE AS I WANT TO KEEP
  MYSELF SAFE.
  >> Reporter: ACROSS 
  THE COUNTRY OUTBREAKS.
  WHERE STUDENTS GATHER 
  IN LARGE PARTIES WITH 
  FEW SAFE COVERINGS
  207 CASES AT AUBURN,
  658 AT UNIVERSITY OF
  NORTH CAROLINA
  A FATE BU HOPES TO
  AVOID.
  >> EVEN IF SOMEONE
  DOESN'T ADHERE TO 
  THOSE INDIVIDUAL
  SAFETY PRACTICES AND
  THEY'RE NOT KEEPING 
  SOCIALLY DISTANCED
  WE'RE GOING TO CATCH
  THEM ON OUR TESTING.
  >> Reporter: TO KEEP
  STUDENTS HEALTHY AND
  LEARNING, ANNE
  THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, 
  BOSTON. 
  >>> THE NFL IS
  INVESTIGATING A CLAIM 
  THAT A LEWD VIDEO WAS 
  MADE OF CHEERLEADERS
  FOR THE WASHINGTON
  FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THE 
  TEAM'S OWNER, GEOFF 
  BENNETT REPORTS.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  ANOTHER BOMBSHELL 
  ALLEGATION CLAIMING A 
  CULTURE OF SEXUAL 
  HARASSMENT WITHIN THE 
  WASHINGTON FOOTBALL 
  TEAM, THE WASHINGTON
  POST FIRST REPORTING
  TODAY THAT LARRY
  MICHAEL, A FORMER TEAM
  EXECUTIVE AND 
  PLAY-BY-PLAY
  BROADCASTER INSTRUCTED
  EMPLOYEES TO CREATE A 
  BEHIND THE SCENES 
  VIDEO FOR OWNER DANIEL
  SNYDER FEATURING
  OUTTAKES OF PARTIALLY 
  NUDE TEAM CHEERLEADERS
  FROM A 2008 SWIMSUIT
  CALENDAR SHOOT
  MICHAEL DENIED THE
  ALLEGATION TO THE 
  POST
  ATTORNEY LISA BANKS 
  REPRESENTS SOME OF THE
  WOMEN.
  >> IT'S HIGH TIME THIS
  WAS EXPOSED, AND THAT 
  THE NFL TAKES ACTION
  >> Reporter: THE POST 
  ALSO REPORTS THE STORY
  OF FORMER CHEERLEADER 
  TIFFANY BACON SCOURBY,
  SAYING THAT DURING A
  2004 CHARITY EVENT
  SNYDER TOLD HER HE AND
  A TEAM DOCTOR HAD A 
  HOTEL SUITE AND 
  SUGGESTED SHE AND THE 
  DOCTOR GO TO THE ROOM 
  AND GET TO KNOW EACH
  OTHER BETTER
  SNYDER, IN A STATEMENT
  TO ESPN TONIGHT,
  DENIES THAT 
  ALLEGATION, SAYS THE
  REPORTING READS LIKE A
  HIT JOB AND ADDS, 
  WHILE I WAS UNAWARE OF
  THESE ALLEGATIONS 
  UNTIL THEY SURFACED IN
  THE MEDIA I TAKE FULL 
  RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
  CULTURE OF OUR
  ORGANIZATION
  EVEN BEFORE TODAY'S 
  ARTICLE I HAVE BEGUN
  TAKING ANY AND ALL
  STEPS NECESSARY TO
  ENSURE THAT THE 
  WASHINGTON FOOTBALL 
  TEAM IS AN
  ORGANIZATION THAT IS
  DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE AND
  RESPECTFUL OF ALL.
  IN JULY THE POST
  PUBLISHED A STORY THAT
  DETAILED SEXUAL 
  HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS
  FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN 
  FORMER FEMALE 
  EMPLOYEES.
  EMILY APPLEGATE WORKED
  AS A TEAM MARKETING 
  COORDINATOR FOR A YEAR
  IN 2014.
  >> I MEAN ON A DAILY
  BASIS I WAS VERBALLY
  HARASSED, I WAS 
  SEXUALLY HARASSED.
  >> Reporter: SHE'S
   GEOFF BENNET
  AMONG THOSE TONIGHT 
  CALLING ON SNYDER TO
  CLEAN UP THE TEAM'S 
  CULTURE.
  GEOFF BENNETT, NBC
  NEWS, WASHINGTON. 
  >>> UP NEXT, THE FIRST
  LADY'S URGENT CALL TO 
  ACTI
  >>> FIRST LADY MELANIA
  TRUMP DELIVERED AN
  URGENT MESSAGE AT LAST
  NIGHT'S RNC ABOUT THE 
  PANDEMIC'S MENTAL 
  HEALTH TOLL.
  KATE SNOW WITH THE
  DEEPENING CRISIS. 
  >> Reporter: IN THE 
  MIDST OF COVID MELANIA
  TRUMP PUT A SPOTLIGHT 
  ON SUBSTANCE USE AND
  MENTAL HEALTH.
  >> SUICIDES ARE ON THE
  RISE
  AS PEOPLE WHO ARE 
  STRUGGLING WITH 
  LONELINESS AND
  ADDICTION FEEL THEY 
  HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN
  PARENTS, PLEASE TALK
  TO YOUR CHILDREN. 
  >> Reporter: A SURVEY 
  CONDUCTED IN JUNE 
  FOUND 40% OF ADULTS IN
  THE U.S. WERE DEALING 
  WITH MENTAL OR
  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 
  ISSUES RELATED TO THE 
  PANDEMIC, INCLUDING 
  ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
  AND ONE QUARTER OF
  YOUNG PEOPLE 18 TO 25 
  CONSIDERED SUICIDE
  25%.
  YOUNGER TEENS ARE 
  STRUGGLING TOO. 
  >> SHE THRIVED ON 
  BEING ACTIVE
  SHE DID.
  >> Reporter: SOPHOMORE
  SMITH EXCELLED AT 
  SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL
  AND TRACK, SHE PLAYED 
  THREE INSTRUMENTS BUT 
  COVID SHUT ALL OF THAT
  DOWN AND SHE WAS STUCK
  IN THE HOUSE. 
  >> SHE WAS LITERALLY
  BY HERSELF
  I THINK IT JUST PUT 
  HER IN A PLACE TO BE
  LONELY. 
  >> Reporter: SHE TOOK 
  HER OWN LIFE IN APRIL.
  DO YOU THINK YOUR 
  DAUGHTER WOULD BE GONE
  RIGHT NOW IF WE DIDN'T
  HAVE A PANDEMIC?
  >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
  THE DYNAMIC OF LIFE 
  CHANGED.
  >> WE'RE IN A MOMENT
  WHERE WE ARE ALL BEING
  AFFECTED IN SOME WAY
  BY THE PANDEMIC.
  >> Reporter: 13% OF 
  ADULTS REPORTED 
  STARTING OR INCREASING
  SUBSTANCE USE TO COPE 
  WITH STRESS OR
  EMOTIONS RELATED TO 
  COVID.
  EXPERTS ENCOURAGE ALL 
  OF US TO FOCUS ON WHAT
  WE CAN CONTROL, 
  ROUTINE, SLEEP, 
  SCHEDULES.
  >> Reporter: ALL OF US
  ARE EXPERIENCING SOME 
  LEVEL OF STRESS AND 
  STRAIN
  BUT DIALOGUING ABOUT
  IT TOGETHER CAN CREATE
  A SENSE OF NOT BEING
  ALONE, BEING IN THIS
  TOGETHER. 
  >> Reporter: DANIELLE 
  URGES PARENTS TO TALK 
  WITH THEIR KIDS.
  >> SIT DOWN AND TALK
  TO THEM.
  IF YOU'RE WORKING AT
  HOME AND IF YOU'RE
  WORKING AND THEY'RE AT
  HOME ALL DAY, STILL 
  TAKE THAT TIME. 
  >> Reporter: I'M SURE 
  YOU WISH YOU HAD THAT 
  TIME NOW. 
  >> YEAH, OF COURSE I
  DO
  I MEAN, THAT'S MY --
  THAT'S MY FIRST BORN
  >> Reporter: KATE 
  SNOW, NBC NEWS. 
  >> IF YOU OR SOMEONE
  YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP 
  CALL THE NATIONAL 
  SUICIDE PREVENTION
  LIFELINE AT 
  1-800-273-8255. 
  >>> WHEN WE COME BACK 
  AL ROKER JOINS U
   >>> ALL RIGHT.
   WE'RE BACK WITH AL 
   ROKER.
   HE'S TRACKING
  >>> WE'RE BACK WITH AL
  ROKER TRACKING
  HURRICANE LAURA, WE'RE
  HOURS AWAY FROM 
  LANDFALL
  WHAT DO THINGS LOOK 
  LIKE NOW
  >> Reporter: THIS IS A
  DANGEROUS STORM TAKING
  AIM ON THE
  TEXAS-LOUISIANA 
  BORDER
  145 MILE PER HOUR 
  WINDS MOVING NORTHWEST
  AT 15.
  LANDFALL EARLY
  TOMORROW MORNING, IT
  CONTINUES UP INTO THE 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
  VALLEY, BRINGING
  TORRENTIAL RAIN AND 
  TORNADOS
  THE STORM SURGE 
  UPWARDS OF 20 FEET
  WILL REACH AT LEAST 40
  MILES INLAND AS THAT
  STORM PUSHES THROUGH, 
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH
  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS,
  WE'RE LOOKING AT
  DAMAGING WINDS THAT 
  WILL KNOCK OUT POWER, 
  AND HEAVY RAIN, 
  WIDESPREAD FLASH AND
  URBAN FLOODING, UP TO 
  15 INCHES OR MORE,
  LESTER. 
  >> AL, THANKS, WE KNOW
  YOU'LL CONTINUE TO
  MONITOR HURRICANE 
  LAURA.
  >>> THAT IS "NIGHTLY
  NEWS," THANK YOU FOR
  WATCHING, I'M LESTER
  HOLT
  PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
  YOURSELF AND EACH 
  PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
  YOURSELF AND EACH 
  OTHER.
