O
ERUPTED ON MONDAY.
ITS EXPLOSION SENT A COLUMN OF
SMOKE 16,000 FEET INTO THE SKY
CARPETING SURROUNDING VILLAGES
AND ROADS WITH A THICK LAYER OF 
ASH.
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES REPORTED 
NO CASUALTIES OR EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE
>>> LET'S BRING BACK IN JANESSA 
WEBB
JANESSA, WHEN IS THIS HEAT WAVE 
GOING TO END
NOVEMBER MAYBE
>> AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY
WE'RE GOING TO -- YEAH, EXACTLY,
WHEN IT STARTS SNOWING
31 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED
THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY WE SEE TEMPERATURES THAT
ARE SITTING IN THE LOWER 9 0s.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE'RE
STILL GOING TO SEE THE HEAT 
BUILDING FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY 
EV
♪ PAIN STILL GROWS 
A STRANGER TO YOU AND ME ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT
COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT ♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC 
DRUMBEAT, PHIL COLLINS' 1981 HIT
"IN THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE
AGAIN CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK IT HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES THANKS TO A RECENT VIRAL 
VIDEO WHERE TWINS FRED AND TED
WILLIAMS REACT TO THAT BEAT FOR 
THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> WE KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT A MAN
WATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE DROWN, IT
IS ABOUT DIVORCE
PHIL COLLINS TOLD JIMMY FALLON
THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, FOR 
THE RECORD, PUTTING THAT DECADES
OLD DEBATE TO END.
>> IT IS JUST ABOUT THE DRUM. 
>>> THE BUBBLE HASN'T BURST YET,
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MOVE THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THE BUBBLE IN
FLORIDA AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS 
TESTED POSITIVE LEADING UP TO 
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE START TO THE
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAD BEEN PLAYING IN 
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st
>> SHOULD HAVE TAKEN NOTE.
>>> BY NOW THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PRE CONNECTS 
US ALL AND SAVES LIVES, WHICH 
MASKS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE
HERE IS NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN
>> Reporter: THESE DAYS THE 
CHOICE OF FACE MASKS CAN BE 
DIZZYING
SO RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH 
SET UP TO FIND OUT WHICH MAY
WORK BEST, TESTING 14 DIFFERENT 
TYPES, WITH A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT 
DESIGNED TO VISUALIZE SMALL 
PARTICLES OR DROPLETS SPRAYED 
DURING REGULAR SPEECH.
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST WITH NO MASK,
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT, THOSE
ARE THE TINY PARTICLES WHICH
COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF 
THE TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE LIKE
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL GRADE N-95 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL, NOT A LOT 
OF DROPLETS GOT THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANNAS AND
NECK GAITERS DIDN'T FAREWELL
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY MAY RESULT 
IN MORE SMALL PARTICLES THAN NO 
MASK AT ALL.
THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCH SERS A
MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL 
LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT,
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> KRISTEN, THANK YOU FOR THAT
VERY USEFUL INFO
WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THEM BY NOW. 
>> FOLD UP 411
SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW
>>> THERE WAS A SHOOTING OUTSIDE
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL UNDER 
CONTROL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SECRET
SERVICE FOR DOING THEIR ALWAYS
QUICK AND VERY EFFECTIVE WORK.
>> THE PRESIDENT INTERRUPTED BY 
AGENTS DURING A WHITE HOUSE 
BRIEFING
A SHOOTING, JUST OUTSIDE THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST ON WHAT
FORCED THE PRESIDENT INTO THE 
OEFLK 
OVAL OFFICE FOR SAFETY. 
>> CORONAVIRUS FEARS MAY BE 
PUTTING THE 2020 COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON ON THE SIDELINES
BUT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE WNBA
AND NHL IS GIVING FANS SOME 
REASON TO CHEER.
>> WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
WUHAN LAB IN CHINA, WHERE 
OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING TO 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT THE
VIRUS ORIGINATED THERE. 
>> A DESTRUCTIVE DERECHO WITH 
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS
HEADED
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> AND I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
A CHAOTIC SCENE AT THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RUSHED OUT OF A 
BRIEFING, AFTER A SECRET SERVICE
OFFICER SHOT A MAN NEAR THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
HERE'S WHAT OFFICIALS SAY LED TO
THE SHOOTING
>> THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE 
OFFICER, AND TOLD THE OFFICER HE
HAD A WEAPON
THE SUSPECT THEN TURNED AROUND, 
RAN AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS THE
OFFICER AND, IN A DRAWING 
MOTION, WITHDREW AN OBJECT FROM 
HIS CLOTHING
HE THEN CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER'S STANCE, AS IF HE WAS
ABOUT TO FIRE A WEAPON
>> THE SUSPECT IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, THIS MORNING
AND NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED.
NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: TENSE MOMENTS AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE SECRET SERVICE SWEEPING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT OF THE
BRIEFING ROOM, IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PRESS CONFERENCE
THE PRESIDENT, QUICKLY, 
RETURNING.
SAYING LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE 
GROUNDS, AND THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
THE PERSON WAS ARMED
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS
BREACHED
I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO, THEY WERE RELATIVELY FAR
AWAY
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING SHARP
CRITICISM FROM BOTH PARTIES, FOR
GOING AROUND CONGRESS TO ISSUE
FOUR EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AFTER WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS 
BROKE DOWN
THE ORDERS INCLUDE $400 WEEKLY, 
ENHANCED UP
ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, 
DOWN FROM THE $600 DEMOCRATS HAD
BEEN PUSHING TO REINSTATE.
STATES WOULD HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE 
$100 OF THAT MONEY. 
>> STATES DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO DO THAT
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
ALSO, ANNOUNCING A PAYROLL TAX
SUSPENSION FOR PEOPLE MAKING
LESS THAN $100,000 A YEAR.
THOUGH, THAT MONEY, WHICH FUNDS 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
WOULD, STILL, BE OWED NEXT YEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEDGED HE WOULD
PUSH TO MAKE THE CUTS PERMANENT,
IF HE'S RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER
IN BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 
STUDENTS STEPPING BACK INTO THE 
CLASSROOM AND INTO THE HEART OF 
THE CONTROVERSY OVER REOPENING
SCHOOLS.
>> I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY.
>> WITH THE U.S. NOW TOPPING 5
MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES, A
GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE
BECOMING INFECTED.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN 
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, MORE THAN
97,000 KIDS TESTED POSITIVE, IN 
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
A 40% INCREASE, SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> PLAGUED BY GROWING
OUTBREAKS, GEORGIA ATTEMPTS TO
MOVE ITSELF OUT OF THE RED ZONE.
THE STATE REPORTED OVER 2,200 
NEW COVID-19 CASES, BRINGING THE
STATEWIDE TOTAL PAST 219,000
OFFICIALS UNVEILED A MASSIVE
TESTING SITE, RIGHT NEAR THE
AIRPORT.
SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS
EVEN SHOWED HOW EASY IT IS TO 
SWAB FOR THE TESTS
OUR BLAYNE ALEXANDER IS THERE.
BLAYNE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU
WE ARE RIGHT BY THE ATLANTA 
AIRPORT.
AND IN A FEW HOURS FROM NOW,
WHAT'S TYPICALLY AN OFF-AIRPORT 
PARKING LOT IS GOING TO OPEN FOR
DAY TWO OF COVID-19 TESTING.
THIS IS BILLED AS A MEGA-TESTING
SITE
THE STATE'S LARGEST COVID 
TESTING SITE IN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA WITH THE CAPACITY OF
TESTING SOME 5,000 PEOPLE EVERY 
DAY.
SELF-ADMINISTERED TESTS, FREE,
WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEY ARE PROMISING RESULTS
IN TWO TO THREE DAYS
NOW, ON MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY,
WE SAW GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP, AS
WELL AS THE SURGEON GENERAL,
JEROME ADAS R, RIGHT HERE, 
DEDICATING THAT SITE, 
ESSENTIALLY BEING HERE FOR THE
FIRST DAY.
AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF TESTING HERE IN GEORGIA
THIS COMES AS THE NUMBER OF 
DEATHS IS CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN 
WE HAVE SEEN, AT ANY POINT, IN
THE PANDEMIC
IN FACT, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THE 
STATE SAW ITS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY
TOTAL OF COVID-19 DEATHS WITH 
91
AND THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE RIGHT 
NOW IS AS HIGH IT'S EVER BEEN.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS FACILITY IN THE STATE OF 
GEORGIA, PHILLIP. 
>> AS GEORGIA RAMPS UP TESTING, 
IN TEXAS, THEY ARE REACHING NEW 
LOWS
36,000 TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED
LAST WEEK.
THAT'S A 42% DROP FROM JUST TWO 
WEEKS PRIOR.
ALL THIS, AS CASES SURPASS HALF 
A MILLION.
MOR
MORGAN CHESKY JOINS US NOW FROM 
DALLAS
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN. 
>> YEAH, GOOD MORNING.
IT REALLY IS A TOUGH DAY IN 
TEXAS.
THE STATE'S NOW SURPASSED MORE
THAN HALF A MILLION CASES OF
COVID-19
THE DEATH TOLL HAS EXCEEDED 
8,000.
AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN 
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN 
SEVERAL STATISTICS, THERE IS, 
STILL, A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE, 
POSITIVITY RATE, THAT'S HOVERING
AROUND 20%
WHICH MAKES CONTROLLING, TRYING 
TO CONTAIN THIS VIRUS, NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
RECOMMENDS 5% POSITIVITY RATE,
OR BELOW
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE WHAT
IT WILL TAKE TO ALLOW CONTACT 
TRACERS TO GET IN THERE, AND AT 
LEAST TRY TO DO THEIR JOB.
ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE SICK, AND DRIVE THAT NUMBER 
DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
BUT, UNTIL THAT POINT IS
REACHED, IT WILL BE A LONG ROAD 
AHEAD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
DESPITE HOSPITALIZATIONS
LEVELING OFF AND EVEN DROPPING
HERE, IN NORTH TEXAS
DOWN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH 
HAD SEEN SUCH A ROUGH FEW WEEKS 
IN JUNE AND EARLY JULY
SOUTH TEXAS, IN PARTICULAR
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THAT RUNS 
ALONGSIDE THE BORDER WITH 
MEXICO
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP
AHEAD OF THEM.
THE POPULATION THERE LIVES AT OR
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, IN LARGE
PERCENTAGES.
AND THEN, YOU HAVE THE FACT THAT
MANY MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY 
LIVE IN ONE HOUSEHOLD.
MAKING IT EVEN EASIER TO
TRANSMIT THE VIRUS
WE ARE HEARING FROM DOCTORS 
THERE, WHO ARE ASKING FOR ANY 
KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THEIR
SMALLER HOSPITALS, SIMPLY DON'T 
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKETHIS 
INFLUX OF PATIENTS THAT 
CONTINUES TO COME IN
AND UNTIL MORE RESOURCES ARE
DEVOTED TO THAT AREA, THEY SAY, 
IT WILL GET WORSE, BEFORE IT
GETS BETTER.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS 
TURN AROUND IN THAT CASE
MORGAN, THANKS. 
>> LET'S TURN NOW TO BELARUS, 
WHERE A CONTESTED ELECTION LED
TO VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE 
STREETS.
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
CHAPMAN BELL JOINING US NOW FROM
LONDON
CHAPMAN, GOOD MORNING.
WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT
THIS VOLATILE SITUATION?
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YEAH
SECOND NIGHT OF CLASHES BETWEEN 
POLICE AND PROTESTORS ON THE
STREETS.
POLICE USING TEAR GAS, RUBBER 
BULLETS, AND STUN GRENADES TO 
CONTROL THE CROWDS
THIS, AFTER SUNDAY'S
PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS, THAT SAW
THIS MAN, ALEXANKSANDR LUKASHEN,
WIN WITH 80% OF THE VOTE
IT'S A POSITION HE'S HELD SINCE 
1994, FOLLOWING THE FIRST 
ELECTIONS AFTER THE FALL OF THE 
SOVIET UNION
THERE ARE ACCUSATIONS, OF 
COURSE, THOUGH, OF VOTE RIGGING.
NO OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS.
WITH HIS MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO 
ACCEPT THE RESULTS
SAYING SHE WON
NOW, SHE RAN IN PLACE OF HER
HUSBAND, WHO WAS JAILED BEFORE
THE ELECTION
WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF 
CONGRATULATIONS FROM RUSSIA AND 
CHINA FOR MR. LUKASHENKO
THE U.S. AND EU HAVE SAID, HOLD 
ON, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT ABOUT 
THESE RESULTS.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS
IN LITHUANIA WHERE SHE'S FLED 
AFTER THE RESULTS.
NOW, LUKASHENKO IS FULL OF
CONTROVERSY, SAYING THE 
CORONAVIRUS COULD BE BEAT BY
VODKA AND VISITS TO THE SAUNA.
SO, PHILLIP, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THESE
RESULTS.
>> IF THAT WERE ONLY TRUE.
CHAPMAN BELL FOR US.
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU. 
>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS, AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED 
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
AND A WARNING, IT'S DISTURBING
>> I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED AS -- WHEN I 
START BREATHING -- WHEN I START 
BREATHING, IT'S GOING TO GO OFF 
ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEG DOWN. 
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSE TTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS AB
THREE MINUTES, HE IS PULLED FROM
THE SQUAD CAR AND PULLED TO THE 
GROUND. 
>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS SLAMMED THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS, STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS TO IOWA AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES ON TO HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN EXPECT 
CALM AFTER THAT STORM.
AND WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE?
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A RARE EVENT
THAT SPAWNED ABOUT 450 MILES
ACROSS AREAS OF THE MIDWEST.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST
LOOKING AT LOCAL REPORTS OF THE 
WIND DAMAGE.
WE HAD GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 80 
MILES PER HOUR IN SECTIONS OF 
THE COUNTRY WERE NOT EXPECTING
THAT SEVERE WEATHER BUT THAT'S
WHAT A SQUALL LINE CAN
DEFINITELY FORM INTO
RIGHT NOW, THAT STORM SYSTEM IS 
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS OHIO 
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALSO, WATCHING THOSE HEAT ALERTS
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON
THIS AFTERNOON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES FOR 
PITTSBURGH THIS AFTERNOON, 89 
DEGREES.
A FEW OF THOSE STORMS ARE GOING 
TO MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
MARGINAL RISK OF SOME SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS TEXAS,
INTO NEW ORLEANS
AND THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, 
COMING UP.
>> SURE IS. 
>> YES, IT IS.
WE ARE FEELING THAT, MORE THAN
EVER
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> FOR EDUCATOR APPRECIATION 
WEEK, CRISPY CREME WANTS TO 
HONOR TEACHERS BY GIVING THEM A 
FREE GLAZED DOUGHNUT AND COFFEE.
TODAY, THE FRANCHISE IS ALSO
GIVING AWAY A STRAIGHT A DOZEN, 
FOR ANY PURCHASE OF A DOZEN AT
PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS.
THEY HOPE CUSTOMER
>>> NOW, TO AN IMPORTANT
CONSUMER ALERT
WAGMAN'S IS RECALLING ORANGES,
LEMONS, AND SOME PREPARED FOODS 
OVER A POSSIBLE LISTERIA
CONTAMINATION.
AND FOUR POUND BAGS OF VALENCIA 
ORANGES WERE SOLD BETWEEN JULY
31st AND AUGUST 7th.
IN ADDITION TO THE FRUIT, THERE 
ARE DOZENS OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN
LEMON JUICE OR LEMON GARNISH
YOU CAN TAKE THEM BACK TO THE 
STORE, FOR A FULL REFUND. 
>> McDONALD'S IS SUING ITS
EX-CHIEF EXECUTIVE, STEVE 
EASTERBROOK.
ACCORDING TO THE FAST FOOD
CHAIN, EASTERBROOK LIED TO THE
COMPANY AND HID INFORMATION 
RELATED TO THREE PREVIOUS SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE TO RETURN HIS $40 
MILLION SEVERANCE PACKAGE, ALONG
WITH 26 WEEKS OF PAY
ATTORNEYS FOR EASTERBROOK DID 
NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR
COMMENT BY NBC NEWS.
>>> THE FIRST 4 NEWS
ORGANIZATION TO GO INSIDE THE 
LAB IN WUHAN, CHINA.
JANIS MACKEY FRAYER REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE HIGH-SECURITY
LAB INSIDE THE WUHAN INSTITUTE
OF VIROLOGY.
AT THE CENTER OF A POLITICAL
STORM OVER HOW THE PANDEMIC 
STARTED.
>> 100%.
>> 100%.
>> Reporter: MING IS THE LAB'S
DIRECTOR
NBC NEWS WAS GRANTED THE FIRST
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ACCESS
WHILE, THERE IS SOME SKEPTICISM 
ABOUT THE LAB'S CLAIMS, FIVE
LEADING VIROLOGISTS, FAMILIAR 
WITH LAB PROTOCOLS, TOLD US IT'S
IMPROBABLE THAT THE VIRUS WAS 
MADE OR ESCAPED.
THE LAB, ITSELF, IS A BOX,
WITHIN A BOX, WITH AIR LOCKS AND
HIGH SECURITY.
TECHNICIANS IN POSITIVE-PRESSURE
SUITS WERE TRAINED IN FRANCE AND
THE U.S.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW THE 
VIRUS GOT TO THE MARKET OR
WUHAN, HE SAYS
UP TO NOW, THERE'S NO CLEAR 
ANSWER
>> THE CHINA VIRUS, THE CHINA 
PLAGUE. 
>> KUNG FLU.
>> AMID ACCUSATIONS CHINA'S 
GOVERNMENT DOWNPLAYED THE 
SEVERITY OF THE OUTBREAK HERE,
THE U.S. AND CHINA HAVE BEEN
LOCKED IN A BATTLE OVER THE 
ORIGIN OF THE VIRUS.
>> THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT IT CAME
FROM A LABORATORY.
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE OFFERED
NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LINKING THE
VIRUS TO THE LAB
>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TARGETED AS A 
SCAPEGOAT.
>> CHINA FACES GLOBAL BACKLASH
FOR FAILING TO CONTAIN THE
OUTBREAK, EARLY ON, AND FOR A 
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AS IT
SPREAD
SCRUTINY OF THE LAB WAS FUELED
BY A STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE FROM
U.S. OFFICIALS IN JANUARY, 2018.
ABOUT SAFETY AND A SHORTAGE OF
TRAINED STAFF.
LAB OFFICIALS CLAIM U.S.
DIPLOMATS VISITED, ONLY ONCE, IN
MARCH 2018
AND DIDN'T SEE THE
HIGH-CONTAINMENT LAB
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO
CLARIFY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL NOT BE 
>>> ON THE EIGHTH DAY, GOD WOKE 
UP
REFRESHED FROM HIS NAP
AND MADE WHAT MOST AGREE IS HIS 
FINEST CREATION, YET
>> SPREAD THE WORD. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE'S SNL
FAVORITE BUT NOW, MACGRUBER IS
BACK IN ACTION
HEADED TO PEACOCK IN 2021.
GET A LOT OF OVER-THE-TOP,
ACTION-PACKED PLOTS HERE
IT WILL FOCUS ON HIS ESCAPE FROM
PRISON TO CONFRONT AN OLD ENEMY.
A CLASSIC CHEESE WHEN IT COMES
TO MAKING FUN OF THE -- 
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE SEEN IT
MY CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.
THE WNBA'S BUBBLE HASN'T BURST, 
YET.
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE, LEADING UP TO ARRIVAL,
NONE HAVE CONTRACTED VIRUS
INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
THE NHL ALSO REPORTS NO POSITIVE
COVID TESTS ON THE EVE OF THE 
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN E
EDMONTON AND TORONTO. 
>> DEEP IN THE TRENCHES AS
PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS, WHETHER TO CANCEL THE
SEASON
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE. 
>> BUT THAT'S INCREASINGLY
UNLIKELY
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS 
FALL BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES, STILL, HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS
FALL
WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG WE WANT TO
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL
>>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS
MORNING.
THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE ACROSS THE 
NORTHEAST.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING
31 MILLION PEOPLE, THIS 
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE STILL TALKING A
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND LELECTRIC SAY 
THERE WERE NO GAS LEAKS FOUND.
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT COUNTLESS BUSINESSES 
DAMAGED, ACROSS SEVERAL 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO
THE VIOLENCE WAS, APPARENTLY, 
SPARKED BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT
BETWEEN POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH, ACCORDING TO 
AUTHORITIES, WHEN RUMORS SPREAD 
THAT OFFICERS HAD FIRED ON AN 
UNARMED CHILD, LEADING TO THE 
ARREST DOWNTOWN.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AND AT LEAST 13 OFFICES
WERE INJURED DURING THE 
VIOLENCE
THE MAYOR SAYS THERE WILL BE A
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THE
AREA, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
>> THE TSA SAYS JULY AIR TRAVEL 
WAS DOWN 75%, COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR
BUT THEIR AGENCY REPORTED THEIR 
GUN CONFISCATION RATE TRIPLED.
IN 2019, FOR EVERY MILLION
PASSENGERS SCREENED, ABOUT FIVE 
GUNS WERE FOUND.
THIS JULY, THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO
OVER 15.
>> THE GAME MAY HAVE FELT 
DIFFERENT IN THE AGE OF COVID.
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP GOLF'S NEW 
SUPERSTAR FROM MAKING HISTORY.
HERE IS NBC'S MORGAN CHESKY.
>> AND THE CALIFORNIA KID IS THE
NEW STAR IN THE GAME OF GOLF. 
>> WHEN COLIN WOKE UP SUNDAY, HE
SAID THIS FELT MEANT TO BE
A 23-YEAR-OLD PLAYING AGAINST 
THE BEST GOLFERS ON THE PLANET
AND BEATING THEM WITH A SWING,
AS EASY AS A SMILE. 
>> WE GOT IT
HIT A REALLY GOOD PUTT
AND NOW WE'RE HERE. 
>> ON A NEARLY DESERTED COURSE, 
THE GRAD PUT ON A SHOW
BREAKING A RECORD FOR LOWEST
WEEKEND SCORE, EVER.
A MARK MOST RECENTLY SET BY A 
GUY NAMED TIGER.
>> WHAT DID WE REALLY WITNESS 
YESTERDAY?
>> IT WAS MAKE THE SHOT AND 
STAND UP TO THE MOMENT
AND HE DID JUST THAT. 
>> IN FACT, THE ONLY WEAKNESS IN
HIS GAME DIDN'T COME UNTIL AFTER
SEALING VICTORY.
WHEN COLIN FOUND THE TROPHY 
COMES, IN TWO PARTS.
A MOMENT, HE SHARED, WITH 
TODAY'S CARSON DAILY. 
>> I GOT TOO EXCITED
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE WANT.
NO, THERE'S NO MIC DROP IN THIS.
IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT.
>> A HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT FOR A
RISING STAR.
MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS.
>> HE'S GOT QUITE THE CAREER
AHEAD OF HIM AT AGE 23
AND EVEN WITH A MEMORABLE MOMENT
WITH THAT TROPHY. 
>> THAT WAS A FUNNY MOMENT
A BIT HUMBLING BUT WHENEVER YOUR
NAME'S BEING THROWN AROUND WITH 
THE LIKES OF TIGER WOODS, YOU 
KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE 
HOUSE FORCES SECRET SERVICE TO
PULL THE PRESIDENT, MID PRESS 
CONFERENCE, TO THE SAFETY OF THE
OVAL OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST
>>> LOOTING IN CHICAGO
MORE STORES HIT.
POLICE ARREST AT LEAST 100 AS 
THE MAYOR CONDEMNS THE VIOLENCE.
>>> THE 2,000-MILE PUPPY RESCUE 
THAT MANAGED TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON EVERYONE 
WHO MET A DOG NAMED HARRIS. 
>> AND THE MASK TEST
WHICH ONES PERFORMED THE BEST 
AND WORST?
IT'S TUESDAY
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT,
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM, AFTER A 
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN, JUST BLOCKS AWAY.
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THE SECRET 
SERVICE SAID THE SUSPECT TOLD 
THE OFFICER HE HAD A WEAPON.
THEN, CROUCHED INTO A SHOOTER 
STANCE, AND THE OFFICER RETURNED
FIRE
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING, AND
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT-OF-WORK 
AMERICANS, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING 
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STANDSTILL THIS MORNING.
AND NOW, THERE'S NEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, MADE TO
OFFSET THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT
NBC'S SCOTT MACFARLANE JOINS US 
WITH THE LATEST AND, SCOTT, 
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> FRANCES, THE PRESIDENT SAYS
HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR $400 IN 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BUT IT'S
STATES AND THE GOVERNORS THAT 
WILL HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE.
NOT -- THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOLD
REPORTERS ABOUT HIS PAYROLL TAX 
EXECUTIVE ORDER, SAYING IT WOULD
RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND IMPACT WORKERS WHO EARN 
$100,000 OR LESS EACH YEAR
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS SAY IT'S NOT 
CLEAR THAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY SAY IT'S ALSO A CONCERN
THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AND
FROM MEDICARE.
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS, AND THEY WERE
VERY ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR 
THE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY, DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
WE CANERMINATE THE 25%
OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK, THEY CAME UP WITH 
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS.
AND THE PRESIDENT THEN, OVER THE
WEEKEND, DID EVEN LESS TO GIVE
AN ILLUSION SO THAT THE MARKET
WOULD GO UP.
AND PEOPLE WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE THIS
MORNING, IN D.C.
THE U.S. HOUSE IS BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE IS A 
DEAL TO VOTE ON OR TO NEGOTIATE.
BUT, HERE'S THE SITUATION.
IT'S NOT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON
THE DEAL
THEY ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON 
WHETHER TO EVEN NOERKEGOTIATE O 
DEAL
THAT'S THE STORY IN D.C., I'M 
SCOTT MACFARLANE. 
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>> A MAN IN NEW JERSEY IS FACING
CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE 
HOSTED A PARTY AND NEARLY 300 
PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WITH NO REGARD
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERING
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
RESEARCHERS WARN THAT EVENTS
LIKE THESE CAN FUEL MAJOR 
OUTBREAKS OF CORONAVIRUS
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
GROWING CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS, WHICH MAY
BE FUELING A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
TENSIONS BOILING OVER OUTSIDE A 
CHURCH IN VENTURA COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA, WHERE PRO-MASK
DEMONSTRATORS HAD GATHERED
CHAPEL DEFYING STATEWIDE ORDERS,
WITH INDOOR SERVICES. 
>> NOW, YOU GET A CHANCE TO 
GREET ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE
THERE'S FREEDOM.
SAY HELLO.
>> Reporter: IN STURGIS, SOUTH
DAKOTA, A TEN-DAY MOTORCYCLE
RALLY, THAT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW
UP TO A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE, 
IS STILL UNDERWAY.
>> ALL THE OTHER BIKE SHOWS HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED, NATIONWIDE
>> Reporter: NO MASK REQUIRED.
>> TO ME, A LITTLE BIT
FRIGHTENING.
>> DR. JOSHUA IS WITH THE FRED
HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH
CENTERMENT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
PUBLISHED A PAPER THAT'S NOT
BEEN PEER REVIEWED
BUT IT FOUND THAT CORONAVIRUS 
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS ARE THE 
RESULT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AT
THE WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG 
TIME
>> 10 TO 20% OF PEOPLE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE
INFECTIONS
THEN, THERE ARE THESE LESS
COMMON, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
EVENTS WHERE ONE PERSON CAN 
INFECT DOZENS, SOMETIMES OVER 
100, PEOPLE.
>> ACCORDING TO A MODEL, HIS
TEAM BUILT THE RISKIEST WINDOW
FOR TRANSMISSION MAY BE BRIEF.
JUST A ONE TO TWO-DAY PERIOD
AFTER THE PERSON'S BEEN 
INFECTED
BUT THAT WINDOW COULD BE A HUGE 
PROBLEM IF THAT PERSON HAPPENS
TO BE SURROUNDED BY CROWDS. 
>> THE MOST OBVIOUS THING IS YOU
WOULD TRY TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY
CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN A 
TIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
>> WITH THE U.S. TOPPING 5
MILLION CASES, THESE FIVE 
STATES, COMBINED, NOW MAKE UP 
MORE THAN 40% OF THE INFECTIONS.
IN CHICAGO, BEACHES REMAIN
CLOSED
BUT DOZENS GATHER ON ONE, OVER
THE WEEKEND, ANYWAY.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT PICTURE WAS, I
THINK, HORRIFYING TO MANY PEOPLE
STANDING HERE.
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT
>> THE DEBATE OVER COLLEGE
FOOTBALL IS DEEP IN THE 
TRENCHES
AS PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE 
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS PLAN TO DECIDE WHETHER TO 
CANCEL THE SEASON.
NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S 
INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY.
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGEFOOTBALL THIS
FALL, BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES STILL HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS 
FALL
WE, CERTAINLY, HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG, WE WANT TO 
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL EVER KICK OFF
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>>> AND IN THE PROS, THE WNBA'S 
BUBBLE HAS NOT BURST, JUST YET
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE LEADING UP TO THEIR
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE STANLEY CUP 
PLAY OFFS.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st. 
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT OVER 100 REACTED AND 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS THE STORY
>> Reporter: CHAOS FROM DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO.
AN ANGRY MOB RECKING THE CITY'S 
MAGNIFICENT MILE, UPSCALE 
SHOPPING DISTRICT.
>> MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, PEOPLE 
LOOTING THE STORES. 
>> BLOCKS OF SHOPS AND
BUSINESSES, RANSACKED.
THE VIRUS, APPARENTLY, SPARKED
BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT BETWEEN
POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
>> AND THIS PERSON FIRED SHOTS
AT OUR OFFICERS.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SHOOTING,
A CROWD GATHERED AT THE SCENE.
>> TEMPERS FLARED, FUELED BY
MISINFORMATION
>> Reporter: RUMORS OFFICERS HAD
FIRED ON AN UNARMLED CHILD, 
LEADING TO THE MELEE DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS WAS AN ASSAULT ON OUR 
CITY
TO THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN THIS 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, LET'S BE 
CLEAR, WE ARE COMING FOR YOU
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 100 HAVE 
BEEN REACTED, FACING CHARGES
THAT INCLUDE LOOTING, DISORDERLY
CONDUCT, AND BATTERY AGAINST
POLICE
AT LEAST 13 OFFICERS WERE 
INJURED DURING THE VIOLENCE.
PART OF A DISTURBING TREND IN 
THE CITY
IN JUST THE LAST SEVEN DAYS,
NINE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN SHOT
THIS WEEKEND, THERE WERE AT 
LEAST 31 SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING 
THREE MURDERS.
TENSIONS AND A SHOW OF FORCE
GROWING, NOW, ALONG WITH POCKETS
OF UNREST ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE IS A STEPPED-UP POLICE
PRESENCE NOW IN THE BATTERED
DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH WILL STAY
IN PLACE, OFFICIALS SAY, UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> A NORTHWEST BALTIMORE 
COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER AN 
EXPLOSION TOOK OUT THREE HOMES
LEAVING ONE DEAD, AND SEVEN 
INJURED.
ONE MAN JUMPED IN TO SAVE HIS 
NEIGHBORS.
>> I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SHOES ON.
WE JUST STARTED TRYING TO, YOU
KNOW, DIG IN AND MOVE STUFF.
YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WINDOWS
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO TRY TO, 
YOU KNOW, FIND THESE PEOPLE.
WE, AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE HEARD
THE OLDER LADY
AND SHE SAID, HELP
SHE KEPT SAYING HELP
AND WE JUST WENT INTO ACTION
>> BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC 
SAYS NO GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS SLAMS THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS, 
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS TO IOWA, AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES AND HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S SEE WHAT TUESDAY HAS IN 
STORE FOR US
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WATCHING IT ALL.
HEY, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
DEFINITELY, A RARE EVENT FOR THE
MIDWEST.
SQUALL LINE SPAWNED ABOUT 450 
MILES.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS BURNING OFF AS 
IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS AREAS OF
THE OHIO VALLEY.
YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT NOW, IT'S
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.
THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO DRY
OUT ACROSS THAT AREA
THE BIG CONCERN, THOUGH, TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE 
TEMPERATURES
THEY ARE GOING TO SOAR
IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, RIGHT
NOW, WITH HUMIDITY CURRENTLY
SITTING IN THE LOWER 70s
RIGHT NOW, 79 DEGREES BUT WE ARE
ON OUR WAY TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO, TRYING OUT FOR CHICAGO
THIS AFTERNOON
A LOT OF SUNSHINE.
84 DEGREES
A STRONG COLD FRONT TRYING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THAT AREA
A FEW STORMS THAT ARE GOING TO
POP UP TODAY, FOR THE DEEP SOUTH
TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH SOME MINOR
FLOODING
LOTS OF HEAT ALERTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS UNBEARABLE
HEAT, COMING UP.
>> THAT, IT IS
ALL RIGHT, JANESSA
THANK YOU.
>> TALK ABOUT AN ENDING.
>> HOPEFULLY
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL
NOT PLAY ANY FALL SPORTS
OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION
ALIGNS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE STATE'S GOVERNOR, TOM
WOLF, WHO SAID LAST WEEK, HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 
JANUARY.
>> NEW YORK'S NTA IS URGING 
APPLE TO FIX THEIR
FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
TO ENSURE COMMUTERS DON'T REMOVE
FACE COVERINGS TO UNLOCK THEIR
PHONES. 
>> DURING THE 
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 
THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM THE TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS THAT SHOW THE MOMENTS 
THAT LED TO FLOYD'S DEATH.
AND A WARNING, YOU'LL FIND THE
VIDEO DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I START BREATHING, IT'S
GOING TO GO OFF ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEGS DOWN.
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS 
ABOUT THREE MINUTES, HE IS
PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR, AND
PINNED TO THE GROUND
THE FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR 
TIME
THE FULL VIDEO HAS BEEN FILED AS
EVIDENCE. 
>> BY NOW, THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PROTECTS US
ALL, AND SAVES LIVES
BUT WHICH MASKS ARE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE?
HERE'S NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN.
>> THESE DAYS, THE CHOICE OF
FACE MASKS CAN BE DIZZYING
SO, RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH
SET OUT TO FIND WHICH MAY WORK
BEST
TESTING 14 DIFFERENT TYPES WITH 
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO 
VISUALIZE SMALL PARTICLES OR
DROPLETS SPRAYED DURING REGULAR 
SPEECH
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE. 
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST, WITH NO 
MASK
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE TINY PARTICLES, 
WHICH COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF A 
TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, LIKE 
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL-GRADE N95s 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL
NOT A LOT OF DROPLETS GOT 
THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANAS AND 
NECK GATOR DIDN'T FARE WELL.
IN FACT, RESEARCHERS SAY THEY 
MAY RESULT IN MORE SMALL
PARTICLES, THAN NO MASK AT ALL. 
>> THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCHERS 
SAY MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE 
SEVERAL LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
THEY SAY, IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH
IT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S 
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT
KRISTEN, THANK
♪♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC DRUM
BEAT, PHIL COLLINS 1981 HIT "IN 
THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE AGAIN
CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK, HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES
IT HAPPENED AFTER A RECENT VIRAL
VIDEO WHERE 22-YEAR-OLD TWINS,
FRED AND TIM WILLIAMS, REACT
WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG AND 
THAT FAMOUS BEAT VERY THE VERY
FIRST TIME. 
>> THAT'S GREAT.
AND NOW WITH ALL THIS BECOMING
POPULAR, THE DECADES-OLD DEBATE 
ON WHAT THE SONG WAS ABOUT
ON WHETHER PHIL COLLINS SAW 
SOMEBODY DROWNING AND COMING
BACK
TO JIMMY FALLON, A COUPLE YEARS 
AGO, HE JUST SAID IT WAS ABOUT
HIS DIVORCE.
NOT SEEING SOMEBODY DROWN.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT.
I LIKE WHAT MIKE TYSON DID IN 
HANGOVER, THOUGH
GREAT SONG. 
>> AN EL PASO PUPPY FOUND ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TRIPLE-DIGIT
HEAT EARLIER THIS SUMMER NOW HAS
A NEW HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
HE'S MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS ALONG
THE WAY.
REPORTER SHELBY KAT FROM KTSM 
HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: A VEGAS FLIGHT 
ATTENDANT HOPPED ON A PLANE TO
EL PASO, WITHOUT HESITATION.
>> WAIT.
SO IT'S AVAILABLE TO COME TO EL 
PASO, TO PICK UP THE PUPPY. 
>> HERE, YOU CAN SEE MARCEL AND 
HARRIS ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM EL 
PASO TO NORTH CAROLINA
GETTING QUITE A BIT OF HELP 
ALONG THE WAY.
>> AND ONE OF OUR AMAZING 
EMPLOYEES PURCHASED ME A TICKET 
FROM EL PASO TO RALEIGH-DURHAM
BECAUSE THE FLIGHTS FILLED UP.
SO, THERE WAS A CHANCE I WASN'T 
GOING TO GET ON.
>> EVEN THIS HOTEL, HERE, IN EL 
PASO LET MARCELLE AND HARRIS
SPEND THE NIGHT FOR FREE. 
>> LOVES DOGS SO SHE COMPED MY
ROOM. 
>> EVERYONE WANTING TO HELP GET 
HARRIS TO HIS FOREVER HOME, 
MAKING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE ON 
THE PLANE.
>> NEEDED TO SEE A LITTLE 
KINDNESS
AND THIS PUPPY BROUGHT SO MUCH
LOVE
THE TWO PILOTS THAT I HAD.
THEY TOOK HIM FOR A WALK IN THE 
AIRPORT.
THEY WERE JUST -- IT MADE THEIR 
WHOLE DAY.
CHANGED THEIR MOODS.
ALL THE PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE 
WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO 
SEE HIM.
>> AFTER THREE FLIGHTS, MARCELLE
AND HARRIS FINALLY MADE IT TO 
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE WAS 
GREETED BY HIS NEW FAMILY.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE HERE IN
EL PASO SAYS THEY NEVER IMAGINED
SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME 
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
>> HE TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES ON 
THE WAY TO HIS NEW, FOREVER 
HOME
AND MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS WITH
SOUTH WEST, WITH THE WINDHAM, 
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT 
STEPS 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD 
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
31 MILLION PEOPLE, STILL, 
IMPACTED TODAY
GUYS, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 
HEAT INDICES
PRODUCTIVITY. 
>> ARE THOSE CAFFEINE PILLS?
>> AT FIRST, THEY'RE SO 
EXCITING
AND THEN, IT GETS EVEN MORE 
EXCITING
BUT AFTER THAT, IT GETS SO
SCARY.
AND IN THE END, YOU RUIN YOUR 
GIRL GROUP'S SHOT AT A RECORDING
CONTRACT. 
>> WHAT?
>> NOT LYING
MARIO LOPEZ AND ELIZABETH 
BERKELEY ARE BACK AT BAYSIDE
HIGH WITH A NEW CROP OF STUDENTS
IN THE NEW VERSION OF "SAVED BY 
THE BELL" COMING SOON TO PEACOCK
FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, NBC
UNIVERSAL.
>> I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR
CLASSIC SAVES.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF
ALL TIME
I LOVE HOW THEY CLEANED INTO
THAT CLASSIC JESSE BEING
ADDICTED TO THOSE CAFFEINE BI
PILLS.
ALL THAT STUFF
IT'S COMING BACK. 
>> THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN AMERICA'S 
GOT TALENT GETS UNDERWAY HERE ON
NBC TONIGHT.
THAT'S BECAUSE KELLY CLARKSON 
WILL BE FILLING IN FOR SIMON
COWELL
BUT BEFORE HE GOT HURT, COWELL
AND SOME OF HIS PALS SPOKE WITH 
NBC'S MARK BARGER.
>> SOFIA VERGARA. 
>> I'M JUST READY FOR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, FROM ONE 
DAY TO THE OTHER, SINCE WE
STARTED DOING THIS -- SINCE I 
STARTED DOING THIS SHOW.
>> FROM A SICK JUDGE TO 
AUDIENCE-FREE AUDITIONS.
AND IN SOCIALLY-DISTANT JUDGE 
CUTS, THIS SEASON'S LATEST CURVE
BALL CAME OVER THE WEEKEND. 
>> CELEBRITY SIMON COWELL IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT WITH A 
BROKEN BACK FOLLOWING AN
ACCIDENT ON AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
>> IT WILL SIDELINE HIM FROM
THIS WEEK'S SHOWS, WHICH HE HAD 
BEEN KEYED UP ABOUT.
>> IT WAS A BUZZ THAT WE COULD
GET THE SHOW BACK ON THE AIR. 
>> IT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT,
WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, AT 
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND ITS 
ADJACENT THEME PARK IN
HOLLYWOOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE RUSHING
AROUND ON GOLF CARTS, FROM ACT
TO ACT TO ACT.
THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT 
SETUPS. 
>> JERRY SAYS THAT WILL ALLOW A 
WHOLE NEW SCOPE FOR THE 11
PERFORMERS TONIGHT
AND THE OTHERS TO COME, OVER THE
NEXT THREE WEEKS
>> WE CAN GO ALL OVER, ANYWHERE 
WE WANT, AND THESE ACTS CAN GO
AS BIG AS THEY EVER HAVE DONE,
EVER, IN THEIR LIVES
SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
SEASON, VIEWERS WILL GET A SAY
IN WHO ADVANCES, INCLUDING THE
DANGER AXE. 
>> I GO CRAZY.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
I MEAN, I GET UP
I FALL DOWN.
I SCREAM
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE I REALLY GET
INTO IT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMERICA 
CAN JOIN HER
MARK BARGER, NBC NEWS.
>> SHOULD BE FUN
AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO TURN AN 
AUDITION INTO STARDOM LIKE KELLY
CLARKSON, EITHER
YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, THIS GOES TO
SHOW YOU A PANDEMIC OR BROKEN 
BACK CANNOT STOP THAT KIND OF 
TALENT FROM SHINING THROUGH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US ON
>>> A PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING 
INTERRUPTED BY SECRET SERVICE 
OVER ASHOOTING OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE AS THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO DEFEND HIS
CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS
>>> COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON THE 
BRINK OF CANCELLATION AS THE
MAJOR CONFERENCES ARE POISED TO 
PUNT ON THE ENTIRE 2020 SEASON. 
>>> STAGGERING NEW NUMBERS AS 
SCHOOLS REOPEN, NEARLY 100,000
CHILDREN TESTING POSITIVE IN
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
>>> COULD TODAY BE THE DAY WE 
FIND OUT THE FINALISTS AS JOE 
BIDEN NARROWS DOWN HIS CHOICE 
FOR VP ON HIS TICKET. 
>>> HOW DID PHIL COLLINS HIT
SINGLE "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" 
BECOME A SMASH HIT ONCE AGAIN?
IT IS TUESDAY, "EARLY TODAY"
BEGINS NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT 
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM AFTER A
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN JUST BLOCKS AWAY
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE,
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT, AND THE
SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
>> WAS THE SUSPECT ARMED
>> THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE
INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID THE
SUSPECT TOLD THE OFFICER HE HAD 
A WEAPON AND CROUCHED INTO A
SHOOTER'S STANCE AND THE OFFICER
FIRED.
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AND 
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT OF WORK
AMERICANS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STAND STILL THIS MORNING
AND NOW THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS 
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS MADE TO OFFSET
THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT.
NBC'S SCOTT McFARLAND JOINING US
FROM D.C. WITH THE LATEST.
SCOTT, GOOD MORNING.
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN ANY 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYS 
HIS PLAN, HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER 
FOR $400 IN NEW UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IS BEING WELL RECEIVED 
BY SOME GOVERNORS, BUT IT IS THE
STATES AND THOSE GOVERNORS WHO
HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR IT.
CRITICS SAY THE PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER AND THE
STATES DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO 
MAKE THAT HAPPEN
PRESIDENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS 
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE PAYROLL
TAX, POSTPONING PAYMENT OF THE
TAX UNTIL THE END OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR, HE SAYS, FOR 
WORKERS WHO EARN 100,000 A YEA
OR LESS.
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS QUESTION 
WHETHER IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND
SAY THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS AND THEY WERE VERY
ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY -- DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT
WE WANT TO DO, WE CAN TERMINATE 
THE 25% OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS.
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK THEY CAME UP WITH
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS AND THE 
PRESIDENT THEN OVER THE WEEKEND 
DID EVEN LESS.
TO GIVE AN ILLUSION, SO THAT THE
MARKET WOULD GO UP AND PEOPLE 
WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT PAYING
ATTE
ATTENTION.
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE IN D.C. 
THIS MORNING, THE U.S. HOUSE IS 
BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE SAY
DEAL COULD BE FINALIZED OR
APPROVED BUT IT IS NOT THE DEAL,
THERE AREN'T NEGOTIATIONS 
SCHEDULED TO CUT A DEAL.
LIVE IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT 
McFARLAND.
BACK TO YOU.
>> START WITH THE CONVERSATION, 
SCOTT, THANK YOU
>>> AFTER SPENDING SPRING UNDER 
LOCKDOWN, A SUMMER SURGE IS 
UNDER WAY IN SEVERAL STATES.
GROWING CONCERNS OVER LARGE 
GATHERINGS DEFYING STATE
MANDATES
THIS COMES AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE
FOOTBALL SEASON IN THE FALL.
BUT WILL THE TAILGATING TAKE A
BACK SEAT DURING THE PANDEMIC?
MIGUEL ALMAGUER INVESTIGATES
>> Reporter: THESE ARE AMONG THE
REASONS WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
THE U.S. HAS NOW SURPASSED 5
MILLION CONFIRMED COVID CASES,
ANOTHER SUMMER WEEKEND OF MASS
GATHERINGS, FROM HOUSE PARTIES
TO CHURCH SERVICES, AUTHORITIES 
SAY SOME ARE TEMPTING FATE
IN PORTLAND, OREGON, HUNDREDS 
GATHERED TO OPENLY DEFY STATE 
ORDERS ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT
NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS, AFTER ONE 
PASTOR OPENED HIS DOORS FOR A 
SERVICE DESPITE THE PROTESTS
OUTSIDE TO SHUT IT DOWN.
>> GOD GAVE US THESE RIGHTS.
>> Reporter: THE BITTER BATTLE
OVER CROWDS AND THE PANDEMIC
COMES AS THE NCAA STRUGGLES OVER
WHETHER TO PUNT ON THIS YEAR'S
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
WITH SEVERAL OUTLETS REPORTING
THE BIG TEN COVERAGE IS MOVING
TO PASS ON PLAYING, THE 
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE IS
DELAYING ITS SEASON UNTIL SPRING
2021, AMID A PUSH TO GET ON THE 
FIELD WITH THE #WE WANT TO PLAY.
THE PAC-12, WHICH INCLUDES USC, 
IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE THEIR 
FUTURE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, FOOTBALL
PRACTICE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO
START NEXT WEEK WON'T.
THE STATE HAS A BAN ON ALL LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERINGS, AND THAT 
INCLUDES AT FOOTBALL STADIUMS.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A $7 BILLION
BUSINESS, BUT NOW AMID THE
PANDEMIC, ANY SHOT AT A TRUE
SEASON MAY BE A HAIL MARY.
WHILE 22 STATES ARE SEEING A
DECREASE IN COVID CASES, THERE
IS CONCERN SANCTIONED EVENTS
LIKE THIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY COULD
BECOME SUPERSPREADERS.
>> I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THAT MANY
PEOPLE WITH MASKS ON UP HERE. 
>> Reporter: CONSIDER THE 
LARGEST PUBLIC GATHERING SINCE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, THOUSANDS 
ARE ROLLING THROUGH STURGIS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, WHERE MASKS ARE 
SUGGESTED, NOT REQUIRED.
>> JUST SELFISH AND UNFORTUNATE.
>> Reporter: THE FINE LINE
BETWEEN PERSONAL CHOICE AND 
PUBLIC SAFETY AMID THE PANDEMIC.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> WELL, SOME DISTRICTS ARE
STILL MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
REOPENING SCHOOLS, THERE ARE
MORE CLASSROOMS BEGINNING IN
PERSON LEARNING THIS WEEK.
NBC'S SAM BROCK JOINS US NOW
FROM FLORIDA WHERE SOME STUDENTS
JUST HAD THEIR FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: PHILLIP, GOOD
MORNING.
FLORIDA IS REOPENING ITS SCHOOL 
DOORS THIS WEEK AND LARGELY 
SMALLER COUNTIES AS IT EASES
INTO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION
THERE ARE NEW RULES AND 
CAUTIONARY TALES FROM OTHER 
STATES
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HAS 
NEVER FELT SO FOREIGN, UNDER
THIS CLOUD OF COVID-19
>> I FEEL STILL A LITTLE SCARY, 
BUT PRETTY COMFORTABLE. 
>> Reporter: CHILDREN AT THIS 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE RETURNING 
TO NEW CLASSROOMS WITH NEW
RULES, LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING,
REGULAR HAND WASHING AND
STAGGERED LUNCHES.
>> THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO KEEP EVERYTHING SANITIZED
AND KEEP THE STUDENTS AWAY FROM 
EACH OTHER
>> Reporter: MASKS, WHILE 
RECOMMENDED HERE, ARE OPTIONAL
>> WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL, I 
DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY AND NOT OPTIONAL
AND IF I SEE OR HEAR COUGHING,
NO, WE'RE PULLING RIGHT OUT.
HOME IS WHERE YOU WILL BE.
>> Reporter: IN THE LAST FOUR 
WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN A 90% 
SPIKE IN CASES AMONG CHILDREN IN
THE U.S., WHERE SO FAR MORE THAN
380,000 KIDS HAVE CONTRACTED THE
CORONAVIRUS.
OF THE COUNTRY'S 25 BIGGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 18 ARE
STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR
ENTIRELY VIRTUAL, WITH NO IN
PERSON OPTION ON DAY ONE
BUT THE NATION'S LARGEST
DISTRICT, NEW YORK CITY, GIVING 
STUDENTS THE OPTION OF RETURNING
TO CLASSES
>> WE WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: DAYSHAUNA BARKER 
TEACHES SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY 
WHERE HER YOUNG CHILDREN ATTEND 
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY 
CHILDREN WEARING A MASK ALL DAY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
PROTOCOLS OF THE SCHOOL THAT
THEY ATTEND.
>> Reporter: FEARS FOR THE CHILD
SAFETY AND THE EDUCATORS
>> THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO 
GIVE THEIR CONDOLENCE TO
SOMEBODY'S MAMA.
>> Reporter: WHITNEY REDICK IS A
MOTHER AND TEACHER FROM 
JACKSONVILLE, WHO PENNED A MOCK 
OBITUARY, SAYING SHE RETURNED TO
WORK, DID HER BEST, EDUCATOR, 
COVID SECURITY GUARD, HUMAN 
SHIELD, BUT ULTIMATELY SUCCUMBED
TO THE IGNORANCE OF THOSE IN
POWER.
CALLS FOR SAFETY FROM THOSE IN
OUR CLASSROOMS' FRONT LINES.
AND SOME GOOD INS FOR NERVOUS 
PARENTS HERE IN FLORIDA, THE
STATE RECORDING ITS LOWEST TOTAL
OF NEW DAILY COVID CASES IN 
WEEKS WITH THE POSITIVITY RATE
IN SINGLE DIGITS FOR FOUR OUT OF
THE LAST FIVE DAYS
PHILLIP?
>> GOOD NEWS THERE, RIGHT?
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> TURNING TO BELARUS WHERE A
CONTESTED ELECTION LED TO 
VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE STREETS
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
BUT PROTESTERS SAY THE PROCESS
WAS RIGGED
NBC'S CHAPMAN BELL JOINS US NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THIS
VOLATILE SITUATION
>> POLICE AND PROTESTERS ON THE 
STREETS WHERE POLICE HAVE BEEN
USING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER 
BULLETS AS WELL AS STUN GRENADES
TO CONTROL THE CROWDS, THIS 
AFTER SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION THAT SAW ALEXANDER 
LUKASHENKO WIN WITH 80% OF THE
VOTE
HIS SIXTH TERM AS PRESIDENT, A
POSITION HE HELD SINCE 1994,
ACCUSATIONS OF VOTE RIGGING, NO 
OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS, WITH HIS
MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO ACCEPT 
THE RESULTS SAYING SHE WON, SHE 
IS RUNNING IN PLACE OF HER HAD
HUSBAND WHO IS JAILED BEFORE THE
ELECTION
LUKASHENKO GETTING PRAISE FROM
RUSSIA AND CHINA, 
CONGRATULATIONS, WHILE THE U.S. 
AND EU HAVE SAID IT DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE FREE AND FAIR
A LOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN 
DOWN TO HIS HANDLING OF THE 
COUNTRY'S CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
HE HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THAT IT
COULD BE FIXED USING DRINKING 
VODKA AND GOING TO THE SAUNA
WE UNDERSTAND SHE IS CURRENTLY
IN LITHUANIA WHERE THE FOREIGN
MINISTER SAID SHE'S SAFE WHERE
SHE FLED
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THIS
COULD BE THE END OF WHO IS KNOWN
AS EUROPE'S LAST DICTATOR.
FRANCES?
>> CHAPMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW 
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERS THE RELEASE OF 
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
A WARNING THE VIDEO IS
DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO -- I'M 
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I STOP BREATHING, IT IS
GOING TO GO OUT ON ME, MAN
>> FLOYD SAYS MULTIPLE TIMES
THAT HE'S CLAUSTROPHOBIC AFTER A
STRUGGLE THAT LASTED ABOUT THREE
MINUTES.
HE'S PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR
AND PINNED TO THE GROUND
THIS FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR
TIME, BUT THE FULL VIDEO HAS
BEEN FILED AS EVIDENCE. 
>>> A DERECHO, 100-MILE-PER-HOUR
WIND GUSTS WERE MOVING ACROSS 
THE MIDWEST.
JANESSA WEBB IS TRACKING THAT 
EXTREME WEATHER.
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS.
THIS WAS A RARE EVENT, WE WERE
FORECASTING JUST SOME POP-UP
STORMS, BUT, MAN, THIS STORM
REALLY BLEW UP, TRAVELED 450
MILES ACROSS THE MIDWEST
WE HAVE DAMAGING WINDS, SAW 
WINDS UP TO 99 MILES PER HOUR 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DES MOINES.
NOW, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS
STORM SYSTEM BURNING OUT AT THIS
HOUR
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS GOING TO
START TO FADE INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, CAUSING A 
LITTLE BIT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS, 
BUT DRYING OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
STILL, THE BIG WEATHER STORY IS 
THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BUILD, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING
IN THE UPPER 60s TO 70s, BUT
HEADED TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE 
BREAKING OUT FINALLY THIS 
AFTERNOON, FOR CHICAGO
BACK INTO THE MID-80s AND RAIN
IS GOING TO FILTER IN BY THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH AND 
SOUTHEAST, WE'LL WATCH FOR MINOR
FLOODING
>>> YOU GUYS, I'M JUST SWEATING 
OVER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC SAYS 
IN GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND.
>>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND 
LOOTING LEFT OVER 100 ARRESTED, 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: DAYLIGHT REVEALED
THE DESTRUCTION.
LOOTERS RAN RAMPANT IN DOWNTOWN 
CHICAGO, INJURING 13 POLICE 
OFFICERS, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
ARRESTED, POLICE SAY
>> THIS WAS NOT AN ORGANIZED
PROTEST.
RATH THEER THIS WAS AN INCIDENTF
PURE CRIMINALITY. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS CHICAGO'S
MAGNIFICENT MILE, FULL OF HIGH
END SHOPS, NOW SOME OF THEM ARE 
BOARDED UP
THE CHAOS CAME HOURS AFTER
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE 
CITY'S SOUTH SIDE FOR A MAN WITH
A GUN.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE WHO MATCHED
THE SUSPECT'S DESCRIPTION 
STARTED SHOOTING
SO THE COPS FIRED BACK
AND EMOTIONS RAN HIGH,
AUTHORITIES SAY, WHEN FALSE 
RUMORS ERUPTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
>> FAIR IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR EVER
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREASINGLY 
VIOLENT SUMMER
IN PHILADELPHIA THIS WEEKEND, 
BULLETS GRAZED TWO 11-YEAR-OLDS 
AND SEVERAL SHOOTINGS, 20 PEOPLE
SHOOT A COOKOUT IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
VIOLENCE THAT HAS AT TIMES
OVERSHADOWED PEACEFUL PROTESTS
FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR AND 
OTHERS
IN LOUISVILLE, POLICE HAVE NOW
BANNED STREET DEMONSTRATIONS
>> THIS IS THE PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, POLICE
DECLARED ANOTHER RIOT, THE
PRESIDENT TWEETING THAT LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES SHOULD BRING IN THE 
NATIONAL GUARD
BUT IN CHICAGO, WHERE THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION SENT IN FEDERAL
AGENTS LAST MONTH TO HELP 
INVESTIGATE CRIMES, THE VIOLENCE
CONTINUES, FRUSTRATING SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE JACKIE 
JACKSON.
>> ON TOP OF COVID, THE 
VIOLENCE, THE LOOTING, I MEAN,
HOW MUCH MORE CAN A PERSON TAKE?
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS 
THERE WILL BE A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT, WITH 
OFFICERS WORKING LONGER SHIFTS
DOWNTOWN ACCESS WILL ALSO BE
RESTRICTED IN HOPES 
>>> WITH LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, ALL EYES ARE ON JOE 
BIDEN.
THE PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE 
HIS RUNNING MATE IN DAYS IF NOT 
HOURS.
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: PRESSURE MOUNTING
ON JOE BIDEN TO DECIDE ON HIS 
RUNNING MATE AND TO CHOOSE A
BLACK WOMAN.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, HAVE YOU 
PICKED A RUNNING MATE YET?
>> YEAH, I HAVE.
>> WHO IS IT
>> YOU
>> Reporter: HIS ANNOUNCEMENT 
WILL BE DIGITAL, FOLLOWED BY A
BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO OF HIS PICK
AND A JOINT APPEARANCE
THE CAMPAIGN SAYS SOME OF THE 
MAJOR CONTENDERS HAVE HAD IN
PERSON INTERVIEWS INCLUDING 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER, WHO FLEW IN SECRETLY A 
WEEK AGO
OTHER CONTENDERS ARE SNENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS, SUSAN RICE,
SENATORS TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND
ELIZABETH WARREN AND
CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS AND VAL
DEMINGS.
NOW WOMEN'S GROUPS ARE VOWING TO
DEFEND HIS RUNNING MATE AGAINST 
SEXISM
>> THE DISCRIMINATION, THE STUFF
THAT IS OUT THERE ON THE
INTERNET, THE ATTACKS WE HAVE 
SEEN, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THIS AND I 
THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
>> Reporter: THE CAMPAIGN IS
ALSO READY TO COMBAT RACIST 
ATTACKS IF BIDEN CHOOSES A BLACK
WOMAN.
100 PROMINENT BLACK MEN SAID THE
URGENCY TO PICK A BLACK WOMAN 
HAS GONE FROM SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN TO SOMETHING THAT 
HAS TO HAPPEN.
JOINING THE APPEAL FROM BLACK 
WOMEN.
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE 
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
ISSUES AROUND RACISM, SEXISM, 
EQUALITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE,
INCOME INEQUALITY IS ADDRESSED
IN A MAGNIFICENT BIG WAY
>> Reporter: THE LONGER BIDEN 
WAITS PAST HIS SELF-IMPOSED 
DEADLINE, THE MORE
>>> THE MOUNT SINABUNG VOLCANO
ERUPTED ON MONDAY.
ITS EXPLOSION SENT A COLUMN OF
SMOKE 16,000 FEET INTO THE SKY
CARPETING SURROUNDING VILLAGES
AND ROADS WITH A THICK LAYER OF 
ASH.
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES REPORTED 
NO CASUALTIES OR EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE
>>> LET'S BRING BACK IN JANESSA 
WEBB
JANESSA, WHEN IS THIS HEAT WAVE 
GOING TO END
NOVEMBER MAYBE
>> AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY
WE'RE GOING TO -- YEAH, EXACTLY,
WHEN IT STARTS SNOWING
31 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED
THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY WE SEE TEMPERATURES THAT
ARE SITTING IN THE LOWER 9 0s.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE'RE
STILL GOING TO SEE THE HEAT 
BUILDING FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY 
EV
♪ PAIN STILL GROWS 
A STRANGER TO YOU AND ME ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT
COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT ♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC 
DRUMBEAT, PHIL COLLINS' 1981 HIT
"IN THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE
AGAIN CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK IT HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES THANKS TO A RECENT VIRAL 
VIDEO WHERE TWINS FRED AND TED
WILLIAMS REACT TO THAT BEAT FOR 
THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> WE KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT A MAN
WATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE DROWN, IT
IS ABOUT DIVORCE
PHIL COLLINS TOLD JIMMY FALLON
THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, FOR 
THE RECORD, PUTTING THAT DECADES
OLD DEBATE TO END.
>> IT IS JUST ABOUT THE DRUM. 
>>> THE BUBBLE HASN'T BURST YET,
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MOVE THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THE BUBBLE IN
FLORIDA AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS 
TESTED POSITIVE LEADING UP TO 
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE START TO THE
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAD BEEN PLAYING IN 
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st
>> SHOULD HAVE TAKEN NOTE.
>>> BY NOW THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PRE CONNECTS 
US ALL AND SAVES LIVES, WHICH 
MASKS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE
HERE IS NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN
>> Reporter: THESE DAYS THE 
CHOICE OF FACE MASKS CAN BE 
DIZZYING
SO RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH 
SET UP TO FIND OUT WHICH MAY
WORK BEST, TESTING 14 DIFFERENT 
TYPES, WITH A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT 
DESIGNED TO VISUALIZE SMALL 
PARTICLES OR DROPLETS SPRAYED 
DURING REGULAR SPEECH.
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST WITH NO MASK,
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT, THOSE
ARE THE TINY PARTICLES WHICH
COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF 
THE TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE LIKE
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL GRADE N-95 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL, NOT A LOT 
OF DROPLETS GOT THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANNAS AND
NECK GAITERS DIDN'T FAREWELL
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY MAY RESULT 
IN MORE SMALL PARTICLES THAN NO 
MASK AT ALL.
THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCH SERS A
MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL 
LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT,
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> KRISTEN, THANK YOU FOR THAT
VERY USEFUL INFO
WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THEM BY NOW. 
>> FOLD UP 411
SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW
>>> THERE WAS A SHOOTING OUTSIDE
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL UNDER 
CONTROL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SECRET
SERVICE FOR DOING THEIR ALWAYS
QUICK AND VERY EFFECTIVE WORK.
>> THE PRESIDENT INTERRUPTED BY 
AGENTS DURING A WHITE HOUSE 
BRIEFING
A SHOOTING, JUST OUTSIDE THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST ON WHAT
FORCED THE PRESIDENT INTO THE 
OEFLK 
OVAL OFFICE FOR SAFETY. 
>> CORONAVIRUS FEARS MAY BE 
PUTTING THE 2020 COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON ON THE SIDELINES
BUT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE WNBA
AND NHL IS GIVING FANS SOME 
REASON TO CHEER.
>> WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
WUHAN LAB IN CHINA, WHERE 
OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING TO 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT THE
VIRUS ORIGINATED THERE. 
>> A DESTRUCTIVE DERECHO WITH 
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS
HEADED
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> AND I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
A CHAOTIC SCENE AT THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RUSHED OUT OF A 
BRIEFING, AFTER A SECRET SERVICE
OFFICER SHOT A MAN NEAR THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
HERE'S WHAT OFFICIALS SAY LED TO
THE SHOOTING
>> THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE 
OFFICER, AND TOLD THE OFFICER HE
HAD A WEAPON
THE SUSPECT THEN TURNED AROUND, 
RAN AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS THE
OFFICER AND, IN A DRAWING 
MOTION, WITHDREW AN OBJECT FROM 
HIS CLOTHING
HE THEN CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER'S STANCE, AS IF HE WAS
ABOUT TO FIRE A WEAPON
>> THE SUSPECT IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, THIS MORNING
AND NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED.
NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: TENSE MOMENTS AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE SECRET SERVICE SWEEPING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT OF THE
BRIEFING ROOM, IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PRESS CONFERENCE
THE PRESIDENT, QUICKLY, 
RETURNING.
SAYING LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE 
GROUNDS, AND THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
THE PERSON WAS ARMED
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS
BREACHED
I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO, THEY WERE RELATIVELY FAR
AWAY
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING SHARP
CRITICISM FROM BOTH PARTIES, FOR
GOING AROUND CONGRESS TO ISSUE
FOUR EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AFTER WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS 
BROKE DOWN
THE ORDERS INCLUDE $400 WEEKLY, 
ENHANCED UP
ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, 
DOWN FROM THE $600 DEMOCRATS HAD
BEEN PUSHING TO REINSTATE.
STATES WOULD HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE 
$100 OF THAT MONEY. 
>> STATES DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO DO THAT
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
ALSO, ANNOUNCING A PAYROLL TAX
SUSPENSION FOR PEOPLE MAKING
LESS THAN $100,000 A YEAR.
THOUGH, THAT MONEY, WHICH FUNDS 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
WOULD, STILL, BE OWED NEXT YEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEDGED HE WOULD
PUSH TO MAKE THE CUTS PERMANENT,
IF HE'S RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER
IN BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 
STUDENTS STEPPING BACK INTO THE 
CLASSROOM AND INTO THE HEART OF 
THE CONTROVERSY OVER REOPENING
SCHOOLS.
>> I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY.
>> WITH THE U.S. NOW TOPPING 5
MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES, A
GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE
BECOMING INFECTED.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN 
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, MORE THAN
97,000 KIDS TESTED POSITIVE, IN 
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
A 40% INCREASE, SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> PLAGUED BY GROWING
OUTBREAKS, GEORGIA ATTEMPTS TO
MOVE ITSELF OUT OF THE RED ZONE.
THE STATE REPORTED OVER 2,200 
NEW COVID-19 CASES, BRINGING THE
STATEWIDE TOTAL PAST 219,000
OFFICIALS UNVEILED A MASSIVE
TESTING SITE, RIGHT NEAR THE
AIRPORT.
SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS
EVEN SHOWED HOW EASY IT IS TO 
SWAB FOR THE TESTS
OUR BLAYNE ALEXANDER IS THERE.
BLAYNE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU
WE ARE RIGHT BY THE ATLANTA 
AIRPORT.
AND IN A FEW HOURS FROM NOW,
WHAT'S TYPICALLY AN OFF-AIRPORT 
PARKING LOT IS GOING TO OPEN FOR
DAY TWO OF COVID-19 TESTING.
THIS IS BILLED AS A MEGA-TESTING
SITE
THE STATE'S LARGEST COVID 
TESTING SITE IN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA WITH THE CAPACITY OF
TESTING SOME 5,000 PEOPLE EVERY 
DAY.
SELF-ADMINISTERED TESTS, FREE,
WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEY ARE PROMISING RESULTS
IN TWO TO THREE DAYS
NOW, ON MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY,
WE SAW GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP, AS
WELL AS THE SURGEON GENERAL,
JEROME ADAS R, RIGHT HERE, 
DEDICATING THAT SITE, 
ESSENTIALLY BEING HERE FOR THE
FIRST DAY.
AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF TESTING HERE IN GEORGIA
THIS COMES AS THE NUMBER OF 
DEATHS IS CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN 
WE HAVE SEEN, AT ANY POINT, IN
THE PANDEMIC
IN FACT, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THE 
STATE SAW ITS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY
TOTAL OF COVID-19 DEATHS WITH 
91
AND THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE RIGHT 
NOW IS AS HIGH IT'S EVER BEEN.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS FACILITY IN THE STATE OF 
GEORGIA, PHILLIP. 
>> AS GEORGIA RAMPS UP TESTING, 
IN TEXAS, THEY ARE REACHING NEW 
LOWS
36,000 TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED
LAST WEEK.
THAT'S A 42% DROP FROM JUST TWO 
WEEKS PRIOR.
ALL THIS, AS CASES SURPASS HALF 
A MILLION.
MOR
MORGAN CHESKY JOINS US NOW FROM 
DALLAS
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN. 
>> YEAH, GOOD MORNING.
IT REALLY IS A TOUGH DAY IN 
TEXAS.
THE STATE'S NOW SURPASSED MORE
THAN HALF A MILLION CASES OF
COVID-19
THE DEATH TOLL HAS EXCEEDED 
8,000.
AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN 
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN 
SEVERAL STATISTICS, THERE IS, 
STILL, A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE, 
POSITIVITY RATE, THAT'S HOVERING
AROUND 20%
WHICH MAKES CONTROLLING, TRYING 
TO CONTAIN THIS VIRUS, NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
RECOMMENDS 5% POSITIVITY RATE,
OR BELOW
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE WHAT
IT WILL TAKE TO ALLOW CONTACT 
TRACERS TO GET IN THERE, AND AT 
LEAST TRY TO DO THEIR JOB.
ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE SICK, AND DRIVE THAT NUMBER 
DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
BUT, UNTIL THAT POINT IS
REACHED, IT WILL BE A LONG ROAD 
AHEAD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
DESPITE HOSPITALIZATIONS
LEVELING OFF AND EVEN DROPPING
HERE, IN NORTH TEXAS
DOWN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH 
HAD SEEN SUCH A ROUGH FEW WEEKS 
IN JUNE AND EARLY JULY
SOUTH TEXAS, IN PARTICULAR
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THAT RUNS 
ALONGSIDE THE BORDER WITH 
MEXICO
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP
AHEAD OF THEM.
THE POPULATION THERE LIVES AT OR
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, IN LARGE
PERCENTAGES.
AND THEN, YOU HAVE THE FACT THAT
MANY MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY 
LIVE IN ONE HOUSEHOLD.
MAKING IT EVEN EASIER TO
TRANSMIT THE VIRUS
WE ARE HEARING FROM DOCTORS 
THERE, WHO ARE ASKING FOR ANY 
KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THEIR
SMALLER HOSPITALS, SIMPLY DON'T 
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKETHIS 
INFLUX OF PATIENTS THAT 
CONTINUES TO COME IN
AND UNTIL MORE RESOURCES ARE
DEVOTED TO THAT AREA, THEY SAY, 
IT WILL GET WORSE, BEFORE IT
GETS BETTER.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS 
TURN AROUND IN THAT CASE
MORGAN, THANKS. 
>> LET'S TURN NOW TO BELARUS, 
WHERE A CONTESTED ELECTION LED
TO VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE 
STREETS.
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
CHAPMAN BELL JOINING US NOW FROM
LONDON
CHAPMAN, GOOD MORNING.
WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT
THIS VOLATILE SITUATION?
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YEAH
SECOND NIGHT OF CLASHES BETWEEN 
POLICE AND PROTESTORS ON THE
STREETS.
POLICE USING TEAR GAS, RUBBER 
BULLETS, AND STUN GRENADES TO 
CONTROL THE CROWDS
THIS, AFTER SUNDAY'S
PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS, THAT SAW
THIS MAN, ALEXANKSANDR LUKASHEN,
WIN WITH 80% OF THE VOTE
IT'S A POSITION HE'S HELD SINCE 
1994, FOLLOWING THE FIRST 
ELECTIONS AFTER THE FALL OF THE 
SOVIET UNION
THERE ARE ACCUSATIONS, OF 
COURSE, THOUGH, OF VOTE RIGGING.
NO OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS.
WITH HIS MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO 
ACCEPT THE RESULTS
SAYING SHE WON
NOW, SHE RAN IN PLACE OF HER
HUSBAND, WHO WAS JAILED BEFORE
THE ELECTION
WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF 
CONGRATULATIONS FROM RUSSIA AND 
CHINA FOR MR. LUKASHENKO
THE U.S. AND EU HAVE SAID, HOLD 
ON, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT ABOUT 
THESE RESULTS.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS
IN LITHUANIA WHERE SHE'S FLED 
AFTER THE RESULTS.
NOW, LUKASHENKO IS FULL OF
CONTROVERSY, SAYING THE 
CORONAVIRUS COULD BE BEAT BY
VODKA AND VISITS TO THE SAUNA.
SO, PHILLIP, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THESE
RESULTS.
>> IF THAT WERE ONLY TRUE.
CHAPMAN BELL FOR US.
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU. 
>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS, AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED 
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
AND A WARNING, IT'S DISTURBING
>> I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED AS -- WHEN I 
START BREATHING -- WHEN I START 
BREATHING, IT'S GOING TO GO OFF 
ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEG DOWN. 
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSE TTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS AB
THREE MINUTES, HE IS PULLED FROM
THE SQUAD CAR AND PULLED TO THE 
GROUND. 
>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS SLAMMED THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS, STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS TO IOWA AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES ON TO HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN EXPECT 
CALM AFTER THAT STORM.
AND WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE?
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A RARE EVENT
THAT SPAWNED ABOUT 450 MILES
ACROSS AREAS OF THE MIDWEST.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST
LOOKING AT LOCAL REPORTS OF THE 
WIND DAMAGE.
WE HAD GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 80 
MILES PER HOUR IN SECTIONS OF 
THE COUNTRY WERE NOT EXPECTING
THAT SEVERE WEATHER BUT THAT'S
WHAT A SQUALL LINE CAN
DEFINITELY FORM INTO
RIGHT NOW, THAT STORM SYSTEM IS 
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS OHIO 
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALSO, WATCHING THOSE HEAT ALERTS
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON
THIS AFTERNOON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES FOR 
PITTSBURGH THIS AFTERNOON, 89 
DEGREES.
A FEW OF THOSE STORMS ARE GOING 
TO MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
MARGINAL RISK OF SOME SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS TEXAS,
INTO NEW ORLEANS
AND THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, 
COMING UP.
>> SURE IS. 
>> YES, IT IS.
WE ARE FEELING THAT, MORE THAN
EVER
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> FOR EDUCATOR APPRECIATION 
WEEK, CRISPY CREME WANTS TO 
HONOR TEACHERS BY GIVING THEM A 
FREE GLAZED DOUGHNUT AND COFFEE.
TODAY, THE FRANCHISE IS ALSO
GIVING AWAY A STRAIGHT A DOZEN, 
FOR ANY PURCHASE OF A DOZEN AT
PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS.
THEY HOPE CUSTOMER
>>> NOW, TO AN IMPORTANT
CONSUMER ALERT
WAGMAN'S IS RECALLING ORANGES,
LEMONS, AND SOME PREPARED FOODS 
OVER A POSSIBLE LISTERIA
CONTAMINATION.
AND FOUR POUND BAGS OF VALENCIA 
ORANGES WERE SOLD BETWEEN JULY
31st AND AUGUST 7th.
IN ADDITION TO THE FRUIT, THERE 
ARE DOZENS OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN
LEMON JUICE OR LEMON GARNISH
YOU CAN TAKE THEM BACK TO THE 
STORE, FOR A FULL REFUND. 
>> McDONALD'S IS SUING ITS
EX-CHIEF EXECUTIVE, STEVE 
EASTERBROOK.
ACCORDING TO THE FAST FOOD
CHAIN, EASTERBROOK LIED TO THE
COMPANY AND HID INFORMATION 
RELATED TO THREE PREVIOUS SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE TO RETURN HIS $40 
MILLION SEVERANCE PACKAGE, ALONG
WITH 26 WEEKS OF PAY
ATTORNEYS FOR EASTERBROOK DID 
NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR
COMMENT BY NBC NEWS.
>>> THE FIRST 4 NEWS
ORGANIZATION TO GO INSIDE THE 
LAB IN WUHAN, CHINA.
JANIS MACKEY FRAYER REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE HIGH-SECURITY
LAB INSIDE THE WUHAN INSTITUTE
OF VIROLOGY.
AT THE CENTER OF A POLITICAL
STORM OVER HOW THE PANDEMIC 
STARTED.
>> 100%.
>> 100%.
>> Reporter: MING IS THE LAB'S
DIRECTOR
NBC NEWS WAS GRANTED THE FIRST
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ACCESS
WHILE, THERE IS SOME SKEPTICISM 
ABOUT THE LAB'S CLAIMS, FIVE
LEADING VIROLOGISTS, FAMILIAR 
WITH LAB PROTOCOLS, TOLD US IT'S
IMPROBABLE THAT THE VIRUS WAS 
MADE OR ESCAPED.
THE LAB, ITSELF, IS A BOX,
WITHIN A BOX, WITH AIR LOCKS AND
HIGH SECURITY.
TECHNICIANS IN POSITIVE-PRESSURE
SUITS WERE TRAINED IN FRANCE AND
THE U.S.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW THE 
VIRUS GOT TO THE MARKET OR
WUHAN, HE SAYS
UP TO NOW, THERE'S NO CLEAR 
ANSWER
>> THE CHINA VIRUS, THE CHINA 
PLAGUE. 
>> KUNG FLU.
>> AMID ACCUSATIONS CHINA'S 
GOVERNMENT DOWNPLAYED THE 
SEVERITY OF THE OUTBREAK HERE,
THE U.S. AND CHINA HAVE BEEN
LOCKED IN A BATTLE OVER THE 
ORIGIN OF THE VIRUS.
>> THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT IT CAME
FROM A LABORATORY.
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE OFFERED
NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LINKING THE
VIRUS TO THE LAB
>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TARGETED AS A 
SCAPEGOAT.
>> CHINA FACES GLOBAL BACKLASH
FOR FAILING TO CONTAIN THE
OUTBREAK, EARLY ON, AND FOR A 
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AS IT
SPREAD
SCRUTINY OF THE LAB WAS FUELED
BY A STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE FROM
U.S. OFFICIALS IN JANUARY, 2018.
ABOUT SAFETY AND A SHORTAGE OF
TRAINED STAFF.
LAB OFFICIALS CLAIM U.S.
DIPLOMATS VISITED, ONLY ONCE, IN
MARCH 2018
AND DIDN'T SEE THE
HIGH-CONTAINMENT LAB
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO
CLARIFY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL NOT BE 
>>> ON THE EIGHTH DAY, GOD WOKE 
UP
REFRESHED FROM HIS NAP
AND MADE WHAT MOST AGREE IS HIS 
FINEST CREATION, YET
>> SPREAD THE WORD. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE'S SNL
FAVORITE BUT NOW, MACGRUBER IS
BACK IN ACTION
HEADED TO PEACOCK IN 2021.
GET A LOT OF OVER-THE-TOP,
ACTION-PACKED PLOTS HERE
IT WILL FOCUS ON HIS ESCAPE FROM
PRISON TO CONFRONT AN OLD ENEMY.
A CLASSIC CHEESE WHEN IT COMES
TO MAKING FUN OF THE -- 
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE SEEN IT
MY CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.
THE WNBA'S BUBBLE HASN'T BURST, 
YET.
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE, LEADING UP TO ARRIVAL,
NONE HAVE CONTRACTED VIRUS
INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
THE NHL ALSO REPORTS NO POSITIVE
COVID TESTS ON THE EVE OF THE 
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN E
EDMONTON AND TORONTO. 
>> DEEP IN THE TRENCHES AS
PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS, WHETHER TO CANCEL THE
SEASON
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE. 
>> BUT THAT'S INCREASINGLY
UNLIKELY
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS 
FALL BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES, STILL, HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS
FALL
WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG WE WANT TO
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL
>>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS
MORNING.
THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE ACROSS THE 
NORTHEAST.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING
31 MILLION PEOPLE, THIS 
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE STILL TALKING A
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND LELECTRIC SAY 
THERE WERE NO GAS LEAKS FOUND.
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT COUNTLESS BUSINESSES 
DAMAGED, ACROSS SEVERAL 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO
THE VIOLENCE WAS, APPARENTLY, 
SPARKED BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT
BETWEEN POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH, ACCORDING TO 
AUTHORITIES, WHEN RUMORS SPREAD 
THAT OFFICERS HAD FIRED ON AN 
UNARMED CHILD, LEADING TO THE 
ARREST DOWNTOWN.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AND AT LEAST 13 OFFICES
WERE INJURED DURING THE 
VIOLENCE
THE MAYOR SAYS THERE WILL BE A
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THE
AREA, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
>> THE TSA SAYS JULY AIR TRAVEL 
WAS DOWN 75%, COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR
BUT THEIR AGENCY REPORTED THEIR 
GUN CONFISCATION RATE TRIPLED.
IN 2019, FOR EVERY MILLION
PASSENGERS SCREENED, ABOUT FIVE 
GUNS WERE FOUND.
THIS JULY, THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO
OVER 15.
>> THE GAME MAY HAVE FELT 
DIFFERENT IN THE AGE OF COVID.
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP GOLF'S NEW 
SUPERSTAR FROM MAKING HISTORY.
HERE IS NBC'S MORGAN CHESKY.
>> AND THE CALIFORNIA KID IS THE
NEW STAR IN THE GAME OF GOLF. 
>> WHEN COLIN WOKE UP SUNDAY, HE
SAID THIS FELT MEANT TO BE
A 23-YEAR-OLD PLAYING AGAINST 
THE BEST GOLFERS ON THE PLANET
AND BEATING THEM WITH A SWING,
AS EASY AS A SMILE. 
>> WE GOT IT
HIT A REALLY GOOD PUTT
AND NOW WE'RE HERE. 
>> ON A NEARLY DESERTED COURSE, 
THE GRAD PUT ON A SHOW
BREAKING A RECORD FOR LOWEST
WEEKEND SCORE, EVER.
A MARK MOST RECENTLY SET BY A 
GUY NAMED TIGER.
>> WHAT DID WE REALLY WITNESS 
YESTERDAY?
>> IT WAS MAKE THE SHOT AND 
STAND UP TO THE MOMENT
AND HE DID JUST THAT. 
>> IN FACT, THE ONLY WEAKNESS IN
HIS GAME DIDN'T COME UNTIL AFTER
SEALING VICTORY.
WHEN COLIN FOUND THE TROPHY 
COMES, IN TWO PARTS.
A MOMENT, HE SHARED, WITH 
TODAY'S CARSON DAILY. 
>> I GOT TOO EXCITED
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE WANT.
NO, THERE'S NO MIC DROP IN THIS.
IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT.
>> A HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT FOR A
RISING STAR.
MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS.
>> HE'S GOT QUITE THE CAREER
AHEAD OF HIM AT AGE 23
AND EVEN WITH A MEMORABLE MOMENT
WITH THAT TROPHY. 
>> THAT WAS A FUNNY MOMENT
A BIT HUMBLING BUT WHENEVER YOUR
NAME'S BEING THROWN AROUND WITH 
THE LIKES OF TIGER WOODS, YOU 
KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE 
HOUSE FORCES SECRET SERVICE TO
PULL THE PRESIDENT, MID PRESS 
CONFERENCE, TO THE SAFETY OF THE
OVAL OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST
>>> LOOTING IN CHICAGO
MORE STORES HIT.
POLICE ARREST AT LEAST 100 AS 
THE MAYOR CONDEMNS THE VIOLENCE.
>>> THE 2,000-MILE PUPPY RESCUE 
THAT MANAGED TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON EVERYONE 
WHO MET A DOG NAMED HARRIS. 
>> AND THE MASK TEST
WHICH ONES PERFORMED THE BEST 
AND WORST?
IT'S TUESDAY
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT,
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM, AFTER A 
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN, JUST BLOCKS AWAY.
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THE SECRET 
SERVICE SAID THE SUSPECT TOLD 
THE OFFICER HE HAD A WEAPON.
THEN, CROUCHED INTO A SHOOTER 
STANCE, AND THE OFFICER RETURNED
FIRE
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING, AND
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT-OF-WORK 
AMERICANS, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING 
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STANDSTILL THIS MORNING.
AND NOW, THERE'S NEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, MADE TO
OFFSET THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT
NBC'S SCOTT MACFARLANE JOINS US 
WITH THE LATEST AND, SCOTT, 
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> FRANCES, THE PRESIDENT SAYS
HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR $400 IN 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BUT IT'S
STATES AND THE GOVERNORS THAT 
WILL HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE.
NOT -- THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOLD
REPORTERS ABOUT HIS PAYROLL TAX 
EXECUTIVE ORDER, SAYING IT WOULD
RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND IMPACT WORKERS WHO EARN 
$100,000 OR LESS EACH YEAR
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS SAY IT'S NOT 
CLEAR THAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY SAY IT'S ALSO A CONCERN
THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AND
FROM MEDICARE.
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS, AND THEY WERE
VERY ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR 
THE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY, DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
WE CAN TERMINATE THE 25%
OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK, THEY CAME UP WITH 
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS.
AND THE PRESIDENT THEN, OVER THE
WEEKEND, DID EVEN LESS TO GIVE
AN ILLUSION SO THAT THE MARKET
WOULD GO UP.
AND PEOPLE WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE THIS
MORNING, IN D.C.
THE U.S. HOUSE IS BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE IS A 
DEAL TO VOTE ON OR TO NEGOTIATE.
BUT, HERE'S THE SITUATION.
IT'S NOT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON
THE DEAL
THEY ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON 
WHETHER TO EVEN NOERKEGOTIATE O 
DEAL
THAT'S THE STORY IN D.C., I'M 
SCOTT MACFARLANE. 
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>> A MAN IN NEW JERSEY IS FACING
CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE 
HOSTED A PARTY AND NEARLY 300 
PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WITH NO REGARD
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERING
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
RESEARCHERS WARN THAT EVENTS
LIKE THESE CAN FUEL MAJOR 
OUTBREAKS OF CORONAVIRUS
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
GROWING CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS, WHICH MAY
BE FUELING A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
TENSIONS BOILING OVER OUTSIDE A 
CHURCH IN VENTURA COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA, WHERE PRO-MASK
DEMONSTRATORS HAD GATHERED
CHAPEL DEFYING STATEWIDE ORDERS,
WITH INDOOR SERVICES. 
>> NOW, YOU GET A CHANCE TO 
GREET ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE
THERE'S FREEDOM.
SAY HELLO.
>> Reporter: IN STURGIS, SOUTH
DAKOTA, A TEN-DAY MOTORCYCLE
RALLY, THAT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW
UP TO A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE, 
IS STILL UNDERWAY.
>> ALL THE OTHER BIKE SHOWS HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED, NATIONWIDE
>> Reporter: NO MASK REQUIRED.
>> TO ME, A LITTLE BIT
FRIGHTENING.
>> DR. JOSHUA IS WITH THE FRED
HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH
CENTERMENT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
PUBLISHED A PAPER THAT'S NOT
BEEN PEER REVIEWED
BUT IT FOUND THAT CORONAVIRUS 
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS ARE THE 
RESULT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AT
THE WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG 
TIME
>> 10 TO 20% OF PEOPLE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE
INFECTIONS
THEN, THERE ARE THESE LESS
COMMON, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
EVENTS WHERE ONE PERSON CAN 
INFECT DOZENS, SOMETIMES OVER 
100, PEOPLE.
>> ACCORDING TO A MODEL, HIS
TEAM BUILT THE RISKIEST WINDOW
FOR TRANSMISSION MAY BE BRIEF.
JUST A ONE TO TWO-DAY PERIOD
AFTER THE PERSON'S BEEN 
INFECTED
BUT THAT WINDOW COULD BE A HUGE 
PROBLEM IF THAT PERSON HAPPENS
TO BE SURROUNDED BY CROWDS. 
>> THE MOST OBVIOUS THING IS YOU
WOULD TRY TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY
CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN A 
TIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
>> WITH THE U.S. TOPPING 5
MILLION CASES, THESE FIVE 
STATES, COMBINED, NOW MAKE UP 
MORE THAN 40% OF THE INFECTIONS.
IN CHICAGO, BEACHES REMAIN
CLOSED
BUT DOZENS GATHER ON ONE, OVER
THE WEEKEND, ANYWAY.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT PICTURE WAS, I
THINK, HORRIFYING TO MANY PEOPLE
STANDING HERE.
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT
>> THE DEBATE OVER COLLEGE
FOOTBALL IS DEEP IN THE 
TRENCHES
AS PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE 
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS PLAN TO DECIDE WHETHER TO 
CANCEL THE SEASON.
NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S 
INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY.
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGEFOOTBALL THIS
FALL, BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES STILL HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS 
FALL
WE, CERTAINLY, HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG, WE WANT TO 
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL EVER KICK OFF
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>>> AND IN THE PROS, THE WNBA'S 
BUBBLE HAS NOT BURST, JUST YET
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE LEADING UP TO THEIR
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE STANLEY CUP 
PLAY OFFS.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st. 
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT OVER 100 REACTED AND 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS THE STORY
>> Reporter: CHAOS FROM DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO.
AN ANGRY MOB RECKING THE CITY'S 
MAGNIFICENT MILE, UPSCALE 
SHOPPING DISTRICT.
>> MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, PEOPLE 
LOOTING THE STORES. 
>> BLOCKS OF SHOPS AND
BUSINESSES, RANSACKED.
THE VIRUS, APPARENTLY, SPARKED
BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT BETWEEN
POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
>> AND THIS PERSON FIRED SHOTS
AT OUR OFFICERS.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SHOOTING,
A CROWD GATHERED AT THE SCENE.
>> TEMPERS FLARED, FUELED BY
MISINFORMATION
>> Reporter: RUMORS OFFICERS HAD
FIRED ON AN UNARMLED CHILD, 
LEADING TO THE MELEE DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS WAS AN ASSAULT ON OUR 
CITY
TO THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN THIS 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, LET'S BE 
CLEAR, WE ARE COMING FOR YOU
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 100 HAVE 
BEEN REACTED, FACING CHARGES
THAT INCLUDE LOOTING, DISORDERLY
CONDUCT, AND BATTERY AGAINST
POLICE
AT LEAST 13 OFFICERS WERE 
INJURED DURING THE VIOLENCE.
PART OF A DISTURBING TREND IN 
THE CITY
IN JUST THE LAST SEVEN DAYS,
NINE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN SHOT
THIS WEEKEND, THERE WERE AT 
LEAST 31 SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING 
THREE MURDERS.
TENSIONS AND A SHOW OF FORCE
GROWING, NOW, ALONG WITH POCKETS
OF UNREST ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE IS A STEPPED-UP POLICE
PRESENCE NOW IN THE BATTERED
DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH WILL STAY
IN PLACE, OFFICIALS SAY, UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> A NORTHWEST BALTIMORE 
COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER AN 
EXPLOSION TOOK OUT THREE HOMES
LEAVING ONE DEAD, AND SEVEN 
INJURED.
ONE MAN JUMPED IN TO SAVE HIS 
NEIGHBORS.
>> I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SHOES ON.
WE JUST STARTED TRYING TO, YOU
KNOW, DIG IN AND MOVE STUFF.
YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WINDOWS
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO TRY TO, 
YOU KNOW, FIND THESE PEOPLE.
WE, AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE HEARD
THE OLDER LADY
AND SHE SAID, HELP
SHE KEPT SAYING HELP
AND WE JUST WENT INTO ACTION
>> BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC 
SAYS NO GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS SLAMS THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS, 
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS TO IOWA, AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES AND HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S SEE WHAT TUESDAY HAS IN 
STORE FOR US
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WATCHING IT ALL.
HEY, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
DEFINITELY, A RARE EVENT FOR THE
MIDWEST.
SQUALL LINE SPAWNED ABOUT 450 
MILES.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS BURNING OFF AS 
IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS AREAS OF
THE OHIO VALLEY.
YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT NOW, IT'S
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.
THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO DRY
OUT ACROSS THAT AREA
THE BIG CONCERN, THOUGH, TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE 
TEMPERATURES
THEY ARE GOING TO SOAR
IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, RIGHT
NOW, WITH HUMIDITY CURRENTLY
SITTING IN THE LOWER 70s
RIGHT NOW, 79 DEGREES BUT WE ARE
ON OUR WAY TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO, TRYING OUT FOR CHICAGO
THIS AFTERNOON
A LOT OF SUNSHINE.
84 DEGREES
A STRONG COLD FRONT TRYING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THAT AREA
A FEW STORMS THAT ARE GOING TO
POP UP TODAY, FOR THE DEEP SOUTH
TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH SOME MINOR
FLOODING
LOTS OF HEAT ALERTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS UNBEARABLE
HEAT, COMING UP.
>> THAT, IT IS
ALL RIGHT, JANESSA
THANK YOU.
>> TALK ABOUT AN ENDING.
>> HOPEFULLY
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL
NOT PLAY ANY FALL SPORTS
OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION
ALIGNS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE STATE'S GOVERNOR, TOM
WOLF, WHO SAID LAST WEEK, HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 
JANUARY.
>> NEW YORK'S NTA IS URGING 
APPLE TO FIX THEIR
FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
TO ENSURE COMMUTERS DON'T REMOVE
FACE COVERINGS TO UNLOCK THEIR
PHONES. 
>> DURING THE 
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 
THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM THE TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS THAT SHOW THE MOMENTS 
THAT LED TO FLOYD'S DEATH.
AND A WARNING, YOU'LL FIND THE
VIDEO DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I START BREATHING, IT'S
GOING TO GO OFF ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEGS DOWN.
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS 
ABOUT THREE MINUTES, HE IS
PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR, AND
PINNED TO THE GROUND
THE FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR 
TIME
THE FULL VIDEO HAS BEEN FILED AS
EVIDENCE. 
>> BY NOW, THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PROTECTS US
ALL, AND SAVES LIVES
BUT WHICH MASKS ARE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE?
HERE'S NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN.
>> THESE DAYS, THE CHOICE OF
FACE MASKS CAN BE DIZZYING
SO, RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH
SET OUT TO FIND WHICH MAY WORK
BEST
TESTING 14 DIFFERENT TYPES WITH 
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO 
VISUALIZE SMALL PARTICLES OR
DROPLETS SPRAYED DURING REGULAR 
SPEECH
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE. 
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST, WITH NO 
MASK
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE TINY PARTICLES, 
WHICH COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF A 
TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, LIKE 
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL-GRADE N95s 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL
NOT A LOT OF DROPLETS GOT 
THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANAS AND 
NECK GATOR DIDN'T FARE WELL.
IN FACT, RESEARCHERS SAY THEY 
MAY RESULT IN MORE SMALL
PARTICLES, THAN NO MASK AT ALL. 
>> THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCHERS 
SAY MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE 
SEVERAL LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
THEY SAY, IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH
IT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S 
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT
KRISTEN, THANK
♪♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC DRUM
BEAT, PHIL COLLINS 1981 HIT "IN 
THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE AGAIN
CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK, HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES
IT HAPPENED AFTER A RECENT VIRAL
VIDEO WHERE 22-YEAR-OLD TWINS,
FRED AND TIM WILLIAMS, REACT
WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG AND 
THAT FAMOUS BEAT VERY THE VERY
FIRST TIME. 
>> THAT'S GREAT.
AND NOW WITH ALL THIS BECOMING
POPULAR, THE DECADES-OLD DEBATE 
ON WHAT THE SONG WAS ABOUT
ON WHETHER PHIL COLLINS SAW 
SOMEBODY DROWNING AND COMING
BACK
TO JIMMY FALLON, A COUPLE YEARS 
AGO, HE JUST SAID IT WAS ABOUT
HIS DIVORCE.
NOT SEEING SOMEBODY DROWN.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT.
I LIKE WHAT MIKE TYSON DID IN 
HANGOVER, THOUGH
GREAT SONG. 
>> AN EL PASO PUPPY FOUND ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TRIPLE-DIGIT
HEAT EARLIER THIS SUMMER NOW HAS
A NEW HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
HE'S MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS ALONG
THE WAY.
REPORTER SHELBY KAT FROM KTSM 
HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: A VEGAS FLIGHT 
ATTENDANT HOPPED ON A PLANE TO
EL PASO, WITHOUT HESITATION.
>> WAIT.
SO IT'S AVAILABLE TO COME TO EL 
PASO, TO PICK UP THE PUPPY. 
>> HERE, YOU CAN SEE MARCEL AND 
HARRIS ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM EL 
PASO TO NORTH CAROLINA
GETTING QUITE A BIT OF HELP 
ALONG THE WAY.
>> AND ONE OF OUR AMAZING 
EMPLOYEES PURCHASED ME A TICKET 
FROM EL PASO TO RALEIGH-DURHAM
BECAUSE THE FLIGHTS FILLED UP.
SO, THERE WAS A CHANCE I WASN'T 
GOING TO GET ON.
>> EVEN THIS HOTEL, HERE, IN EL 
PASO LET MARCELLE AND HARRIS
SPEND THE NIGHT FOR FREE. 
>> LOVES DOGS SO SHE COMPED MY
ROOM. 
>> EVERYONE WANTING TO HELP GET 
HARRIS TO HIS FOREVER HOME, 
MAKING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE ON 
THE PLANE.
>> NEEDED TO SEE A LITTLE 
KINDNESS
AND THIS PUPPY BROUGHT SO MUCH
LOVE
THE TWO PILOTS THAT I HAD.
THEY TOOK HIM FOR A WALK IN THE 
AIRPORT.
THEY WERE JUST -- IT MADE THEIR 
WHOLE DAY.
CHANGED THEIR MOODS.
ALL THE PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE 
WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO 
SEE HIM.
>> AFTER THREE FLIGHTS, MARCELLE
AND HARRIS FINALLY MADE IT TO 
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE WAS 
GREETED BY HIS NEW FAMILY.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE HERE IN
EL PASO SAYS THEY NEVER IMAGINED
SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME 
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
>> HE TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES ON 
THE WAY TO HIS NEW, FOREVER 
HOME
AND MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS WITH
SOUTH WEST, WITH THE WINDHAM, 
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT 
STEPS 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD 
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
31 MILLION PEOPLE, STILL, 
IMPACTED TODAY
GUYS, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 
HEAT INDICES
PRODUCTIVITY. 
>> ARE THOSE CAFFEINE PILLS?
>> AT FIRST, THEY'RE SO 
EXCITING
AND THEN, IT GETS EVEN MORE 
EXCITING
BUT AFTER THAT, IT GETS SO
SCARY.
AND IN THE END, YOU RUIN YOUR 
GIRL GROUP'S SHOT AT A RECORDING
CONTRACT. 
>> WHAT?
>> NOT LYING
MARIO LOPEZ AND ELIZABETH 
BERKELEY ARE BACK AT BAYSIDE
HIGH WITH A NEW CROP OF STUDENTS
IN THE NEW VERSION OF "SAVED BY 
THE BELL" COMING SOON TO PEACOCK
FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, NBC
UNIVERSAL.
>> I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR
CLASSIC SAVES.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF
ALL TIME
I LOVE HOW THEY CLEANED INTO
THAT CLASSIC JESSE BEING
ADDICTED TO THOSE CAFFEINE BI
PILLS.
ALL THAT STUFF
IT'S COMING BACK. 
>> THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN AMERICA'S 
GOT TALENT GETS UNDERWAY HERE ON
NBC TONIGHT.
THAT'S BECAUSE KELLY CLARKSON 
WILL BE FILLING IN FOR SIMON
COWELL
BUT BEFORE HE GOT HURT, COWELL
AND SOME OF HIS PALS SPOKE WITH 
NBC'S MARK BARGER.
>> SOFIA VERGARA. 
>> I'M JUST READY FOR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, FROM ONE 
DAY TO THE OTHER, SINCE WE
STARTED DOING THIS -- SINCE I 
STARTED DOING THIS SHOW.
>> FROM A SICK JUDGE TO 
AUDIENCE-FREE AUDITIONS.
AND IN SOCIALLY-DISTANT JUDGE 
CUTS, THIS SEASON'S LATEST CURVE
BALL CAME OVER THE WEEKEND. 
>> CELEBRITY SIMON COWELL IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT WITH A 
BROKEN BACK FOLLOWING AN
ACCIDENT ON AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
>> IT WILL SIDELINE HIM FROM
THIS WEEK'S SHOWS, WHICH HE HAD 
BEEN KEYED UP ABOUT.
>> IT WAS A BUZZ THAT WE COULD
GET THE SHOW BACK ON THE AIR. 
>> IT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT,
WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, AT 
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND ITS 
ADJACENT THEME PARK IN
HOLLYWOOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE RUSHING
AROUND ON GOLF CARTS, FROM ACT
TO ACT TO ACT.
THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT 
SETUPS. 
>> JERRY SAYS THAT WILL ALLOW A 
WHOLE NEW SCOPE FOR THE 11
PERFORMERS TONIGHT
AND THE OTHERS TO COME, OVER THE
NEXT THREE WEEKS
>> WE CAN GO ALL OVER, ANYWHERE 
WE WANT, AND THESE ACTS CAN GO
AS BIG AS THEY EVER HAVE DONE,
EVER, IN THEIR LIVES
SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
SEASON, VIEWERS WILL GET A SAY
IN WHO ADVANCES, INCLUDING THE
DANGER AXE. 
>> I GO CRAZY.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
I MEAN, I GET UP
I FALL DOWN.
I SCREAM
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE I REALLY GET
INTO IT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMERICA 
CAN JOIN HER
MARK BARGER, NBC NEWS.
>> SHOULD BE FUN
AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO TURN AN 
AUDITION INTO STARDOM LIKE KELLY
CLARKSON, EITHER
YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, THIS GOES TO
SHOW YOU A PANDEMIC OR BROKEN 
BACK CANNOT STOP THAT KIND OF 
TALENT FROM SHINING THROUGH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US ON
>>> A PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING 
INTERRUPTED BY SECRET SERVICE 
OVER ASHOOTING OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE AS THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO DEFEND HIS
CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS
>>> COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON THE 
BRINK OF CANCELLATION AS THE
MAJOR CONFERENCES ARE POISED TO 
PUNT ON THE ENTIRE 2020 SEASON. 
>>> STAGGERING NEW NUMBERS AS 
SCHOOLS REOPEN, NEARLY 100,000
CHILDREN TESTING POSITIVE IN
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
>>> COULD TODAY BE THE DAY WE 
FIND OUT THE FINALISTS AS JOE 
BIDEN NARROWS DOWN HIS CHOICE 
FOR VP ON HIS TICKET. 
>>> HOW DID PHIL COLLINS HIT
SINGLE "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" 
BECOME A SMASH HIT ONCE AGAIN?
IT IS TUESDAY, "EARLY TODAY"
BEGINS NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT 
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM AFTER A
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN JUST BLOCKS AWAY
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE,
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT, AND THE
SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
>> WAS THE SUSPECT ARMED
>> THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE
INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID THE
SUSPECT TOLD THE OFFICER HE HAD 
A WEAPON AND CROUCHED INTO A
SHOOTER'S STANCE AND THE OFFICER
FIRED.
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AND 
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT OF WORK
AMERICANS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STAND STILL THIS MORNING
AND NOW THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS 
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS MADE TO OFFSET
THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT.
NBC'S SCOTT McFARLAND JOINING US
FROM D.C. WITH THE LATEST.
SCOTT, GOOD MORNING.
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN ANY 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYS 
HIS PLAN, HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER 
FOR $400 IN NEW UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IS BEING WELL RECEIVED 
BY SOME GOVERNORS, BUT IT IS THE
STATES AND THOSE GOVERNORS WHO
HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR IT.
CRITICS SAY THE PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER AND THE
STATES DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO 
MAKE THAT HAPPEN
PRESIDENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS 
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE PAYROLL
TAX, POSTPONING PAYMENT OF THE
TAX UNTIL THE END OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR, HE SAYS, FOR 
WORKERS WHO EARN 100,000 A YEA
OR LESS.
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS QUESTION 
WHETHER IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND
SAY THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS AND THEY WERE VERY
ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY -- DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT
WE WANT TO DO, WE CAN TERMINATE 
THE 25% OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS.
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK THEY CAME UP WITH
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS AND THE 
PRESIDENT THEN OVER THE WEEKEND 
DID EVEN LESS.
TO GIVE AN ILLUSION, SO THAT THE
MARKET WOULD GO UP AND PEOPLE 
WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT PAYING
ATTE
ATTENTION.
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE IN D.C. 
THIS MORNING, THE U.S. HOUSE IS 
BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE SAY
DEAL COULD BE FINALIZED OR
APPROVED BUT IT IS NOT THE DEAL,
THERE AREN'T NEGOTIATIONS 
SCHEDULED TO CUT A DEAL.
LIVE IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT 
McFARLAND.
BACK TO YOU.
>> START WITH THE CONVERSATION, 
SCOTT, THANK YOU
>>> AFTER SPENDING SPRING UNDER 
LOCKDOWN, A SUMMER SURGE IS 
UNDER WAY IN SEVERAL STATES.
GROWING CONCERNS OVER LARGE 
GATHERINGS DEFYING STATE
MANDATES
THIS COMES AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE
FOOTBALL SEASON IN THE FALL.
BUT WILL THE TAILGATING TAKE A
BACK SEAT DURING THE PANDEMIC?
MIGUEL ALMAGUER INVESTIGATES
>> Reporter: THESE ARE AMONG THE
REASONS WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
THE U.S. HAS NOW SURPASSED 5
MILLION CONFIRMED COVID CASES,
ANOTHER SUMMER WEEKEND OF MASS
GATHERINGS, FROM HOUSE PARTIES
TO CHURCH SERVICES, AUTHORITIES 
SAY SOME ARE TEMPTING FATE
IN PORTLAND, OREGON, HUNDREDS 
GATHERED TO OPENLY DEFY STATE 
ORDERS ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT
NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS, AFTER ONE 
PASTOR OPENED HIS DOORS FOR A 
SERVICE DESPITE THE PROTESTS
OUTSIDE TO SHUT IT DOWN.
>> GOD GAVE US THESE RIGHTS.
>> Reporter: THE BITTER BATTLE
OVER CROWDS AND THE PANDEMIC
COMES AS THE NCAA STRUGGLES OVER
WHETHER TO PUNT ON THIS YEAR'S
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
WITH SEVERAL OUTLETS REPORTING
THE BIG TEN COVERAGE IS MOVING
TO PASS ON PLAYING, THE 
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE IS
DELAYING ITS SEASON UNTIL SPRING
2021, AMID A PUSH TO GET ON THE 
FIELD WITH THE #WE WANT TO PLAY.
THE PAC-12, WHICH INCLUDES USC, 
IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE THEIR 
FUTURE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, FOOTBALL
PRACTICE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO
START NEXT WEEK WON'T.
THE STATE HAS A BAN ON ALL LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERINGS, AND THAT 
INCLUDES AT FOOTBALL STADIUMS.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A $7 BILLION
BUSINESS, BUT NOW AMID THE
PANDEMIC, ANY SHOT AT A TRUE
SEASON MAY BE A HAIL MARY.
WHILE 22 STATES ARE SEEING A
DECREASE IN COVID CASES, THERE
IS CONCERN SANCTIONED EVENTS
LIKE THIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY COULD
BECOME SUPERSPREADERS.
>> I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THAT MANY
PEOPLE WITH MASKS ON UP HERE. 
>> Reporter: CONSIDER THE 
LARGEST PUBLIC GATHERING SINCE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, THOUSANDS 
ARE ROLLING THROUGH STURGIS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, WHERE MASKS ARE 
SUGGESTED, NOT REQUIRED.
>> JUST SELFISH AND UNFORTUNATE.
>> Reporter: THE FINE LINE
BETWEEN PERSONAL CHOICE AND 
PUBLIC SAFETY AMID THE PANDEMIC.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> WELL, SOME DISTRICTS ARE
STILL MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
REOPENING SCHOOLS, THERE ARE
MORE CLASSROOMS BEGINNING IN
PERSON LEARNING THIS WEEK.
NBC'S SAM BROCK JOINS US NOW
FROM FLORIDA WHERE SOME STUDENTS
JUST HAD THEIR FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: PHILLIP, GOOD
MORNING.
FLORIDA IS REOPENING ITS SCHOOL 
DOORS THIS WEEK AND LARGELY 
SMALLER COUNTIES AS IT EASES
INTO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION
THERE ARE NEW RULES AND 
CAUTIONARY TALES FROM OTHER 
STATES
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HAS 
NEVER FELT SO FOREIGN, UNDER
THIS CLOUD OF COVID-19
>> I FEEL STILL A LITTLE SCARY, 
BUT PRETTY COMFORTABLE. 
>> Reporter: CHILDREN AT THIS 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE RETURNING 
TO NEW CLASSROOMS WITH NEW
RULES, LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING,
REGULAR HAND WASHING AND
STAGGERED LUNCHES.
>> THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO KEEP EVERYTHING SANITIZED
AND KEEP THE STUDENTS AWAY FROM 
EACH OTHER
>> Reporter: MASKS, WHILE 
RECOMMENDED HERE, ARE OPTIONAL
>> WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL, I 
DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY AND NOT OPTIONAL
AND IF I SEE OR HEAR COUGHING,
NO, WE'RE PULLING RIGHT OUT.
HOME IS WHERE YOU WILL BE.
>> Reporter: IN THE LAST FOUR 
WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN A 90% 
SPIKE IN CASES AMONG CHILDREN IN
THE U.S., WHERE SO FAR MORE THAN
380,000 KIDS HAVE CONTRACTED THE
CORONAVIRUS.
OF THE COUNTRY'S 25 BIGGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 18 ARE
STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR
ENTIRELY VIRTUAL, WITH NO IN
PERSON OPTION ON DAY ONE
BUT THE NATION'S LARGEST
DISTRICT, NEW YORK CITY, GIVING 
STUDENTS THE OPTION OF RETURNING
TO CLASSES
>> WE WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: DAYSHAUNA BARKER 
TEACHES SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY 
WHERE HER YOUNG CHILDREN ATTEND 
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY 
CHILDREN WEARING A MASK ALL DAY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
PROTOCOLS OF THE SCHOOL THAT
THEY ATTEND.
>> Reporter: FEARS FOR THE CHILD
SAFETY AND THE EDUCATORS
>> THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO 
GIVE THEIR CONDOLENCE TO
SOMEBODY'S MAMA.
>> Reporter: WHITNEY REDICK IS A
MOTHER AND TEACHER FROM 
JACKSONVILLE, WHO PENNED A MOCK 
OBITUARY, SAYING SHE RETURNED TO
WORK, DID HER BEST, EDUCATOR, 
COVID SECURITY GUARD, HUMAN 
SHIELD, BUT ULTIMATELY SUCCUMBED
TO THE IGNORANCE OF THOSE IN
POWER.
CALLS FOR SAFETY FROM THOSE IN
OUR CLASSROOMS' FRONT LINES.
AND SOME GOOD INS FOR NERVOUS 
PARENTS HERE IN FLORIDA, THE
STATE RECORDING ITS LOWEST TOTAL
OF NEW DAILY COVID CASES IN 
WEEKS WITH THE POSITIVITY RATE
IN SINGLE DIGITS FOR FOUR OUT OF
THE LAST FIVE DAYS
PHILLIP?
>> GOOD NEWS THERE, RIGHT?
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> TURNING TO BELARUS WHERE A
CONTESTED ELECTION LED TO 
VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE STREETS
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
BUT PROTESTERS SAY THE PROCESS
WAS RIGGED
NBC'S CHAPMAN BELL JOINS US NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THIS
VOLATILE SITUATION
>> POLICE AND PROTESTERS ON THE 
STREETS WHERE POLICE HAVE BEEN
USING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER 
BULLETS AS WELL AS STUN GRENADES
TO CONTROL THE CROWDS, THIS 
AFTER SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION THAT SAW ALEXANDER 
LUKASHENKO WIN WITH 80% OF THE
VOTE
HIS SIXTH TERM AS PRESIDENT, A
POSITION HE HELD SINCE 1994,
ACCUSATIONS OF VOTE RIGGING, NO 
OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS, WITH HIS
MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO ACCEPT 
THE RESULTS SAYING SHE WON, SHE 
IS RUNNING IN PLACE OF HER HAD
HUSBAND WHO IS JAILED BEFORE THE
ELECTION
LUKASHENKO GETTING PRAISE FROM
RUSSIA AND CHINA, 
CONGRATULATIONS, WHILE THE U.S. 
AND EU HAVE SAID IT DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE FREE AND FAIR
A LOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN 
DOWN TO HIS HANDLING OF THE 
COUNTRY'S CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
HE HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THAT IT
COULD BE FIXED USING DRINKING 
VODKA AND GOING TO THE SAUNA
WE UNDERSTAND SHE IS CURRENTLY
IN LITHUANIA WHERE THE FOREIGN
MINISTER SAID SHE'S SAFE WHERE
SHE FLED
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THIS
COULD BE THE END OF WHO IS KNOWN
AS EUROPE'S LAST DICTATOR.
FRANCES?
>> CHAPMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW 
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERS THE RELEASE OF 
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
A WARNING THE VIDEO IS
DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO -- I'M 
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I STOP BREATHING, IT IS
GOING TO GO OUT ON ME, MAN
>> FLOYD SAYS MULTIPLE TIMES
THAT HE'S CLAUSTROPHOBIC AFTER A
STRUGGLE THAT LASTED ABOUT THREE
MINUTES.
HE'S PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR
AND PINNED TO THE GROUND
THIS FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR
TIME, BUT THE FULL VIDEO HAS
BEEN FILED AS EVIDENCE. 
>>> A DERECHO, 100-MILE-PER-HOUR
WIND GUSTS WERE MOVING ACROSS 
THE MIDWEST.
JANESSA WEBB IS TRACKING THAT 
EXTREME WEATHER.
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS.
THIS WAS A RARE EVENT, WE WERE
FORECASTING JUST SOME POP-UP
STORMS, BUT, MAN, THIS STORM
REALLY BLEW UP, TRAVELED 450
MILES ACROSS THE MIDWEST
WE HAVE DAMAGING WINDS, SAW 
WINDS UP TO 99 MILES PER HOUR 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DES MOINES.
NOW, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS
STORM SYSTEM BURNING OUT AT THIS
HOUR
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS GOING TO
START TO FADE INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, CAUSING A 
LITTLE BIT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS, 
BUT DRYING OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
STILL, THE BIG WEATHER STORY IS 
THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BUILD, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING
IN THE UPPER 60s TO 70s, BUT
HEADED TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE 
BREAKING OUT FINALLY THIS 
AFTERNOON, FOR CHICAGO
BACK INTO THE MID-80s AND RAIN
IS GOING TO FILTER IN BY THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH AND 
SOUTHEAST, WE'LL WATCH FOR MINOR
FLOODING
>>> YOU GUYS, I'M JUST SWEATING 
OVER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC SAYS 
IN GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND.
>>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND 
LOOTING LEFT OVER 100 ARRESTED, 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: DAYLIGHT REVEALED
THE DESTRUCTION.
LOOTERS RAN RAMPANT IN DOWNTOWN 
CHICAGO, INJURING 13 POLICE 
OFFICERS, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
ARRESTED, POLICE SAY
>> THIS WAS NOT AN ORGANIZED
PROTEST.
RATH THEER THIS WAS AN INCIDENTF
PURE CRIMINALITY. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS CHICAGO'S
MAGNIFICENT MILE, FULL OF HIGH
END SHOPS, NOW SOME OF THEM ARE 
BOARDED UP
THE CHAOS CAME HOURS AFTER
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE 
CITY'S SOUTH SIDE FOR A MAN WITH
A GUN.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE WHO MATCHED
THE SUSPECT'S DESCRIPTION 
STARTED SHOOTING
SO THE COPS FIRED BACK
AND EMOTIONS RAN HIGH,
AUTHORITIES SAY, WHEN FALSE 
RUMORS ERUPTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
>> FAIR IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR EVER
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREASINGLY 
VIOLENT SUMMER
IN PHILADELPHIA THIS WEEKEND, 
BULLETS GRAZED TWO 11-YEAR-OLDS 
AND SEVERAL SHOOTINGS, 20 PEOPLE
SHOOT A COOKOUT IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
VIOLENCE THAT HAS AT TIMES
OVERSHADOWED PEACEFUL PROTESTS
FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR AND 
OTHERS
IN LOUISVILLE, POLICE HAVE NOW
BANNED STREET DEMONSTRATIONS
>> THIS IS THE PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, POLICE
DECLARED ANOTHER RIOT, THE
PRESIDENT TWEETING THAT LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES SHOULD BRING IN THE 
NATIONAL GUARD
BUT IN CHICAGO, WHERE THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION SENT IN FEDERAL
AGENTS LAST MONTH TO HELP 
INVESTIGATE CRIMES, THE VIOLENCE
CONTINUES, FRUSTRATING SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE JACKIE 
JACKSON.
>> ON TOP OF COVID, THE 
VIOLENCE, THE LOOTING, I MEAN,
HOW MUCH MORE CAN A PERSON TAKE?
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS 
THERE WILL BE A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT, WITH 
OFFICERS WORKING LONGER SHIFTS
DOWNTOWN ACCESS WILL ALSO BE
RESTRICTED IN HOPES 
>>> WITH LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, ALL EYES ARE ON JOE 
BIDEN.
THE PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE 
HIS RUNNING MATE IN DAYS IF NOT 
HOURS.
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: PRESSURE MOUNTING
ON JOE BIDEN TO DECIDE ON HIS 
RUNNING MATE AND TO CHOOSE A
BLACK WOMAN.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, HAVE YOU 
PICKED A RUNNING MATE YET?
>> YEAH, I HAVE.
>> WHO IS IT
>> YOU
>> Reporter: HIS ANNOUNCEMENT 
WILL BE DIGITAL, FOLLOWED BY A
BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO OF HIS PICK
AND A JOINT APPEARANCE
THE CAMPAIGN SAYS SOME OF THE 
MAJOR CONTENDERS HAVE HAD IN
PERSON INTERVIEWS INCLUDING 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER, WHO FLEW IN SECRETLY A 
WEEK AGO
OTHER CONTENDERS ARE SNENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS, SUSAN RICE,
SENATORS TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND
ELIZABETH WARREN AND
CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS AND VAL
DEMINGS.
NOW WOMEN'S GROUPS ARE VOWING TO
DEFEND HIS RUNNING MATE AGAINST 
SEXISM
>> THE DISCRIMINATION, THE STUFF
THAT IS OUT THERE ON THE
INTERNET, THE ATTACKS WE HAVE 
SEEN, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THIS AND I 
THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
>> Reporter: THE CAMPAIGN IS
ALSO READY TO COMBAT RACIST 
ATTACKS IF BIDEN CHOOSES A BLACK
WOMAN.
100 PROMINENT BLACK MEN SAID THE
URGENCY TO PICK A BLACK WOMAN 
HAS GONE FROM SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN TO SOMETHING THAT 
HAS TO HAPPEN.
JOINING THE APPEAL FROM BLACK 
WOMEN.
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE 
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
ISSUES AROUND RACISM, SEXISM, 
EQUALITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE,
INCOME INEQUALITY IS ADDRESSED
IN A MAGNIFICENT BIG WAY
>> Reporter: THE LONGER BIDEN 
WAITS PAST HIS SELF-IMPOSED 
DEADLINE, THE MORE
>>> THE MOUNT SINABUNG VOLCANO
ERUPTED ON MONDAY.
ITS EXPLOSION SENT A COLUMN OF
SMOKE 16,000 FEET INTO THE SKY
CARPETING SURROUNDING VILLAGES
AND ROADS WITH A THICK LAYER OF 
ASH.
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES REPORTED 
NO CASUALTIES OR EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE
>>> LET'S BRING BACK IN JANESSA 
WEBB
JANESSA, WHEN IS THIS HEAT WAVE 
GOING TO END
NOVEMBER MAYBE
>> AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY
WE'RE GOING TO -- YEAH, EXACTLY,
WHEN IT STARTS SNOWING
31 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED
THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY WE SEE TEMPERATURES THAT
ARE SITTING IN THE LOWER 9 0s.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE'RE
STILL GOING TO SEE THE HEAT 
BUILDING FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY 
EV
♪ PAIN STILL GROWS 
A STRANGER TO YOU AND ME ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT
COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT ♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC 
DRUMBEAT, PHIL COLLINS' 1981 HIT
"IN THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE
AGAIN CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK IT HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES THANKS TO A RECENT VIRAL 
VIDEO WHERE TWINS FRED AND TED
WILLIAMS REACT TO THAT BEAT FOR 
THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> WE KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT A MAN
WATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE DROWN, IT
IS ABOUT DIVORCE
PHIL COLLINS TOLD JIMMY FALLON
THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, FOR 
THE RECORD, PUTTING THAT DECADES
OLD DEBATE TO END.
>> IT IS JUST ABOUT THE DRUM. 
>>> THE BUBBLE HASN'T BURST YET,
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MOVE THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THE BUBBLE IN
FLORIDA AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS 
TESTED POSITIVE LEADING UP TO 
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE START TO THE
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAD BEEN PLAYING IN 
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st
>> SHOULD HAVE TAKEN NOTE.
>>> BY NOW THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PRE CONNECTS 
US ALL AND SAVES LIVES, WHICH 
MASKS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE
HERE IS NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN
>> Reporter: THESE DAYS THE 
CHOICE OF FACE MASKS CAN BE 
DIZZYING
SO RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH 
SET UP TO FIND OUT WHICH MAY
WORK BEST, TESTING 14 DIFFERENT 
TYPES, WITH A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT 
DESIGNED TO VISUALIZE SMALL 
PARTICLES OR DROPLETS SPRAYED 
DURING REGULAR SPEECH.
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST WITH NO MASK,
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT, THOSE
ARE THE TINY PARTICLES WHICH
COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF 
THE TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE LIKE
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL GRADE N-95 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL, NOT A LOT 
OF DROPLETS GOT THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANNAS AND
NECK GAITERS DIDN'T FAREWELL
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY MAY RESULT 
IN MORE SMALL PARTICLES THAN NO 
MASK AT ALL.
THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCH SERS A
MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL 
LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT,
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> KRISTEN, THANK YOU FOR THAT
VERY USEFUL INFO
WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THEM BY NOW. 
>> FOLD UP 411
SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW
>>> THERE WAS A SHOOTING OUTSIDE
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL UNDER 
CONTROL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SECRET
SERVICE FOR DOING THEIR ALWAYS
QUICK AND VERY EFFECTIVE WORK.
>> THE PRESIDENT INTERRUPTED BY 
AGENTS DURING A WHITE HOUSE 
BRIEFING
A SHOOTING, JUST OUTSIDE THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST ON WHAT
FORCED THE PRESIDENT INTO THE 
OEFLK 
OVAL OFFICE FOR SAFETY. 
>> CORONAVIRUS FEARS MAY BE 
PUTTING THE 2020 COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON ON THE SIDELINES
BUT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE WNBA
AND NHL IS GIVING FANS SOME 
REASON TO CHEER.
>> WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
WUHAN LAB IN CHINA, WHERE 
OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING TO 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT THE
VIRUS ORIGINATED THERE. 
>> A DESTRUCTIVE DERECHO WITH 
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS
HEADED
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> AND I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
A CHAOTIC SCENE AT THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RUSHED OUT OF A 
BRIEFING, AFTER A SECRET SERVICE
OFFICER SHOT A MAN NEAR THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
HERE'S WHAT OFFICIALS SAY LED TO
THE SHOOTING
>> THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE 
OFFICER, AND TOLD THE OFFICER HE
HAD A WEAPON
THE SUSPECT THEN TURNED AROUND, 
RAN AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS THE
OFFICER AND, IN A DRAWING 
MOTION, WITHDREW AN OBJECT FROM 
HIS CLOTHING
HE THEN CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER'S STANCE, AS IF HE WAS
ABOUT TO FIRE A WEAPON
>> THE SUSPECT IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, THIS MORNING
AND NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED.
NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: TENSE MOMENTS AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE SECRET SERVICE SWEEPING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT OF THE
BRIEFING ROOM, IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PRESS CONFERENCE
THE PRESIDENT, QUICKLY, 
RETURNING.
SAYING LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE 
GROUNDS, AND THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
THE PERSON WAS ARMED
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS
BREACHED
I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO, THEY WERE RELATIVELY FAR
AWAY
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING SHARP
CRITICISM FROM BOTH PARTIES, FOR
GOING AROUND CONGRESS TO ISSUE
FOUR EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AFTER WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS 
BROKE DOWN
THE ORDERS INCLUDE $400 WEEKLY, 
ENHANCED UP
ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, 
DOWN FROM THE $600 DEMOCRATS HAD
BEEN PUSHING TO REINSTATE.
STATES WOULD HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE 
$100 OF THAT MONEY. 
>> STATES DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO DO THAT
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
ALSO, ANNOUNCING A PAYROLL TAX
SUSPENSION FOR PEOPLE MAKING
LESS THAN $100,000 A YEAR.
THOUGH, THAT MONEY, WHICH FUNDS 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
WOULD, STILL, BE OWED NEXT YEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEDGED HE WOULD
PUSH TO MAKE THE CUTS PERMANENT,
IF HE'S RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER
IN BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 
STUDENTS STEPPING BACK INTO THE 
CLASSROOM AND INTO THE HEART OF 
THE CONTROVERSY OVER REOPENING
SCHOOLS.
>> I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY.
>> WITH THE U.S. NOW TOPPING 5
MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES, A
GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE
BECOMING INFECTED.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN 
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, MORE THAN
97,000 KIDS TESTED POSITIVE, IN 
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
A 40% INCREASE, SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> PLAGUED BY GROWING
OUTBREAKS, GEORGIA ATTEMPTS TO
MOVE ITSELF OUT OF THE RED ZONE.
THE STATE REPORTED OVER 2,200 
NEW COVID-19 CASES, BRINGING THE
STATEWIDE TOTAL PAST 219,000
OFFICIALS UNVEILED A MASSIVE
TESTING SITE, RIGHT NEAR THE
AIRPORT.
SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS
EVEN SHOWED HOW EASY IT IS TO 
SWAB FOR THE TESTS
OUR BLAYNE ALEXANDER IS THERE.
BLAYNE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU
WE ARE RIGHT BY THE ATLANTA 
AIRPORT.
AND IN A FEW HOURS FROM NOW,
WHAT'S TYPICALLY AN OFF-AIRPORT 
PARKING LOT IS GOING TO OPEN FOR
DAY TWO OF COVID-19 TESTING.
THIS IS BILLED AS A MEGA-TESTING
SITE
THE STATE'S LARGEST COVID 
TESTING SITE IN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA WITH THE CAPACITY OF
TESTING SOME 5,000 PEOPLE EVERY 
DAY.
SELF-ADMINISTERED TESTS, FREE,
WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEY ARE PROMISING RESULTS
IN TWO TO THREE DAYS
NOW, ON MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY,
WE SAW GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP, AS
WELL AS THE SURGEON GENERAL,
JEROME ADAS R, RIGHT HERE, 
DEDICATING THAT SITE, 
ESSENTIALLY BEING HERE FOR THE
FIRST DAY.
AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF TESTING HERE IN GEORGIA
THIS COMES AS THE NUMBER OF 
DEATHS IS CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN 
WE HAVE SEEN, AT ANY POINT, IN
THE PANDEMIC
IN FACT, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THE 
STATE SAW ITS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY
TOTAL OF COVID-19 DEATHS WITH 
91
AND THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE RIGHT 
NOW IS AS HIGH IT'S EVER BEEN.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS FACILITY IN THE STATE OF 
GEORGIA, PHILLIP. 
>> AS GEORGIA RAMPS UP TESTING, 
IN TEXAS, THEY ARE REACHING NEW 
LOWS
36,000 TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED
LAST WEEK.
THAT'S A 42% DROP FROM JUST TWO 
WEEKS PRIOR.
ALL THIS, AS CASES SURPASS HALF 
A MILLION.
MOR
MORGAN CHESKY JOINS US NOW FROM 
DALLAS
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN. 
>> YEAH, GOOD MORNING.
IT REALLY IS A TOUGH DAY IN 
TEXAS.
THE STATE'S NOW SURPASSED MORE
THAN HALF A MILLION CASES OF
COVID-19
THE DEATH TOLL HAS EXCEEDED 
8,000.
AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN 
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN 
SEVERAL STATISTICS, THERE IS, 
STILL, A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE, 
POSITIVITY RATE, THAT'S HOVERING
AROUND 20%
WHICH MAKES CONTROLLING, TRYING 
TO CONTAIN THIS VIRUS, NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
RECOMMENDS 5% POSITIVITY RATE,
OR BELOW
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE WHAT
IT WILL TAKE TO ALLOW CONTACT 
TRACERS TO GET IN THERE, AND AT 
LEAST TRY TO DO THEIR JOB.
ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE SICK, AND DRIVE THAT NUMBER 
DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
BUT, UNTIL THAT POINT IS
REACHED, IT WILL BE A LONG ROAD 
AHEAD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
DESPITE HOSPITALIZATIONS
LEVELING OFF AND EVEN DROPPING
HERE, IN NORTH TEXAS
DOWN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH 
HAD SEEN SUCH A ROUGH FEW WEEKS 
IN JUNE AND EARLY JULY
SOUTH TEXAS, IN PARTICULAR
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THAT RUNS 
ALONGSIDE THE BORDER WITH 
MEXICO
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP
AHEAD OF THEM.
THE POPULATION THERE LIVES AT OR
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, IN LARGE
PERCENTAGES.
AND THEN, YOU HAVE THE FACT THAT
MANY MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY 
LIVE IN ONE HOUSEHOLD.
MAKING IT EVEN EASIER TO
TRANSMIT THE VIRUS
WE ARE HEARING FROM DOCTORS 
THERE, WHO ARE ASKING FOR ANY 
KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THEIR
SMALLER HOSPITALS, SIMPLY DON'T 
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKETHIS 
INFLUX OF PATIENTS THAT 
CONTINUES TO COME IN
AND UNTIL MORE RESOURCES ARE
DEVOTED TO THAT AREA, THEY SAY, 
IT WILL GET WORSE, BEFORE IT
GETS BETTER.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS 
TURN AROUND IN THAT CASE
MORGAN, THANKS. 
>> LET'S TURN NOW TO BELARUS, 
WHERE A CONTESTED ELECTION LED
TO VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE 
STREETS.
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
CHAPMAN BELL JOINING US NOW FROM
LONDON
CHAPMAN, GOOD MORNING.
WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT
THIS VOLATILE SITUATION?
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YEAH
SECOND NIGHT OF CLASHES BETWEEN 
POLICE AND PROTESTORS ON THE
STREETS.
POLICE USING TEAR GAS, RUBBER 
BULLETS, AND STUN GRENADES TO 
CONTROL THE CROWDS
THIS, AFTER SUNDAY'S
PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS, THAT SAW
THIS MAN, ALEXANKSANDR LUKASHEN,
WIN WITH 80% OF THE VOTE
IT'S A POSITION HE'S HELD SINCE 
1994, FOLLOWING THE FIRST 
ELECTIONS AFTER THE FALL OF THE 
SOVIET UNION
THERE ARE ACCUSATIONS, OF 
COURSE, THOUGH, OF VOTE RIGGING.
NO OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS.
WITH HIS MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO 
ACCEPT THE RESULTS
SAYING SHE WON
NOW, SHE RAN IN PLACE OF HER
HUSBAND, WHO WAS JAILED BEFORE
THE ELECTION
WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF 
CONGRATULATIONS FROM RUSSIA AND 
CHINA FOR MR. LUKASHENKO
THE U.S. AND EU HAVE SAID, HOLD 
ON, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT ABOUT 
THESE RESULTS.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS
IN LITHUANIA WHERE SHE'S FLED 
AFTER THE RESULTS.
NOW, LUKASHENKO IS FULL OF
CONTROVERSY, SAYING THE 
CORONAVIRUS COULD BE BEAT BY
VODKA AND VISITS TO THE SAUNA.
SO, PHILLIP, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THESE
RESULTS.
>> IF THAT WERE ONLY TRUE.
CHAPMAN BELL FOR US.
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU. 
>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS, AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED 
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
AND A WARNING, IT'S DISTURBING
>> I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED AS -- WHEN I 
START BREATHING -- WHEN I START 
BREATHING, IT'S GOING TO GO OFF 
ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEG DOWN. 
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSE TTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS AB
THREE MINUTES, HE IS PULLED FROM
THE SQUAD CAR AND PULLED TO THE 
GROUND. 
>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS SLAMMED THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS, STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS TO IOWA AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES ON TO HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN EXPECT 
CALM AFTER THAT STORM.
AND WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE?
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A RARE EVENT
THAT SPAWNED ABOUT 450 MILES
ACROSS AREAS OF THE MIDWEST.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST
LOOKING AT LOCAL REPORTS OF THE 
WIND DAMAGE.
WE HAD GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 80 
MILES PER HOUR IN SECTIONS OF 
THE COUNTRY WERE NOT EXPECTING
THAT SEVERE WEATHER BUT THAT'S
WHAT A SQUALL LINE CAN
DEFINITELY FORM INTO
RIGHT NOW, THAT STORM SYSTEM IS 
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS OHIO 
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALSO, WATCHING THOSE HEAT ALERTS
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON
THIS AFTERNOON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES FOR 
PITTSBURGH THIS AFTERNOON, 89 
DEGREES.
A FEW OF THOSE STORMS ARE GOING 
TO MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
MARGINAL RISK OF SOME SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS TEXAS,
INTO NEW ORLEANS
AND THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, 
COMING UP.
>> SURE IS. 
>> YES, IT IS.
WE ARE FEELING THAT, MORE THAN
EVER
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> FOR EDUCATOR APPRECIATION 
WEEK, CRISPY CREME WANTS TO 
HONOR TEACHERS BY GIVING THEM A 
FREE GLAZED DOUGHNUT AND COFFEE.
TODAY, THE FRANCHISE IS ALSO
GIVING AWAY A STRAIGHT A DOZEN, 
FOR ANY PURCHASE OF A DOZEN AT
PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS.
THEY HOPE CUSTOMER
>>> NOW, TO AN IMPORTANT
CONSUMER ALERT
WAGMAN'S IS RECALLING ORANGES,
LEMONS, AND SOME PREPARED FOODS 
OVER A POSSIBLE LISTERIA
CONTAMINATION.
AND FOUR POUND BAGS OF VALENCIA 
ORANGES WERE SOLD BETWEEN JULY
31st AND AUGUST 7th.
IN ADDITION TO THE FRUIT, THERE 
ARE DOZENS OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN
LEMON JUICE OR LEMON GARNISH
YOU CAN TAKE THEM BACK TO THE 
STORE, FOR A FULL REFUND. 
>> McDONALD'S IS SUING ITS
EX-CHIEF EXECUTIVE, STEVE 
EASTERBROOK.
ACCORDING TO THE FAST FOOD
CHAIN, EASTERBROOK LIED TO THE
COMPANY AND HID INFORMATION 
RELATED TO THREE PREVIOUS SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE TO RETURN HIS $40 
MILLION SEVERANCE PACKAGE, ALONG
WITH 26 WEEKS OF PAY
ATTORNEYS FOR EASTERBROOK DID 
NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR
COMMENT BY NBC NEWS.
>>> THE FIRST 4 NEWS
ORGANIZATION TO GO INSIDE THE 
LAB IN WUHAN, CHINA.
JANIS MACKEY FRAYER REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE HIGH-SECURITY
LAB INSIDE THE WUHAN INSTITUTE
OF VIROLOGY.
AT THE CENTER OF A POLITICAL
STORM OVER HOW THE PANDEMIC 
STARTED.
>> 100%.
>> 100%.
>> Reporter: MING IS THE LAB'S
DIRECTOR
NBC NEWS WAS GRANTED THE FIRST
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ACCESS
WHILE, THERE IS SOME SKEPTICISM 
ABOUT THE LAB'S CLAIMS, FIVE
LEADING VIROLOGISTS, FAMILIAR 
WITH LAB PROTOCOLS, TOLD US IT'S
IMPROBABLE THAT THE VIRUS WAS 
MADE OR ESCAPED.
THE LAB, ITSELF, IS A BOX,
WITHIN A BOX, WITH AIR LOCKS AND
HIGH SECURITY.
TECHNICIANS IN POSITIVE-PRESSURE
SUITS WERE TRAINED IN FRANCE AND
THE U.S.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW THE 
VIRUS GOT TO THE MARKET OR
WUHAN, HE SAYS
UP TO NOW, THERE'S NO CLEAR 
ANSWER
>> THE CHINA VIRUS, THE CHINA 
PLAGUE. 
>> KUNG FLU.
>> AMID ACCUSATIONS CHINA'S 
GOVERNMENT DOWNPLAYED THE 
SEVERITY OF THE OUTBREAK HERE,
THE U.S. AND CHINA HAVE BEEN
LOCKED IN A BATTLE OVER THE 
ORIGIN OF THE VIRUS.
>> THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT IT CAME
FROM A LABORATORY.
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE OFFERED
NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LINKING THE
VIRUS TO THE LAB
>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TARGETED AS A 
SCAPEGOAT.
>> CHINA FACES GLOBAL BACKLASH
FOR FAILING TO CONTAIN THE
OUTBREAK, EARLY ON, AND FOR A 
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AS IT
SPREAD
SCRUTINY OF THE LAB WAS FUELED
BY A STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE FROM
U.S. OFFICIALS IN JANUARY, 2018.
ABOUT SAFETY AND A SHORTAGE OF
TRAINED STAFF.
LAB OFFICIALS CLAIM U.S.
DIPLOMATS VISITED, ONLY ONCE, IN
MARCH 2018
AND DIDN'T SEE THE
HIGH-CONTAINMENT LAB
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO
CLARIFY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL NOT BE 
>>> ON THE EIGHTH DAY, GOD WOKE 
UP
REFRESHED FROM HIS NAP
AND MADE WHAT MOST AGREE IS HIS 
FINEST CREATION, YET
>> SPREAD THE WORD. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE'S SNL
FAVORITE BUT NOW, MACGRUBER IS
BACK IN ACTION
HEADED TO PEACOCK IN 2021.
GET A LOT OF OVER-THE-TOP,
ACTION-PACKED PLOTS HERE
IT WILL FOCUS ON HIS ESCAPE FROM
PRISON TO CONFRONT AN OLD ENEMY.
A CLASSIC CHEESE WHEN IT COMES
TO MAKING FUN OF THE -- 
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE SEEN IT
MY CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.
THE WNBA'S BUBBLE HASN'T BURST, 
YET.
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE, LEADING UP TO ARRIVAL,
NONE HAVE CONTRACTED VIRUS
INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
THE NHL ALSO REPORTS NO POSITIVE
COVID TESTS ON THE EVE OF THE 
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN E
EDMONTON AND TORONTO. 
>> DEEP IN THE TRENCHES AS
PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS, WHETHER TO CANCEL THE
SEASON
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE. 
>> BUT THAT'S INCREASINGLY
UNLIKELY
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS 
FALL BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES, STILL, HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS
FALL
WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG WE WANT TO
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL
>>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS
MORNING.
THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE ACROSS THE 
NORTHEAST.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING
31 MILLION PEOPLE, THIS 
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE STILL TALKING A
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND LELECTRIC SAY 
THERE WERE NO GAS LEAKS FOUND.
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT COUNTLESS BUSINESSES 
DAMAGED, ACROSS SEVERAL 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO
THE VIOLENCE WAS, APPARENTLY, 
SPARKED BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT
BETWEEN POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH, ACCORDING TO 
AUTHORITIES, WHEN RUMORS SPREAD 
THAT OFFICERS HAD FIRED ON AN 
UNARMED CHILD, LEADING TO THE 
ARREST DOWNTOWN.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AND AT LEAST 13 OFFICES
WERE INJURED DURING THE 
VIOLENCE
THE MAYOR SAYS THERE WILL BE A
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THE
AREA, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
>> THE TSA SAYS JULY AIR TRAVEL 
WAS DOWN 75%, COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR
BUT THEIR AGENCY REPORTED THEIR 
GUN CONFISCATION RATE TRIPLED.
IN 2019, FOR EVERY MILLION
PASSENGERS SCREENED, ABOUT FIVE 
GUNS WERE FOUND.
THIS JULY, THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO
OVER 15.
>> THE GAME MAY HAVE FELT 
DIFFERENT IN THE AGE OF COVID.
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP GOLF'S NEW 
SUPERSTAR FROM MAKING HISTORY.
HERE IS NBC'S MORGAN CHESKY.
>> AND THE CALIFORNIA KID IS THE
NEW STAR IN THE GAME OF GOLF. 
>> WHEN COLIN WOKE UP SUNDAY, HE
SAID THIS FELT MEANT TO BE
A 23-YEAR-OLD PLAYING AGAINST 
THE BEST GOLFERS ON THE PLANET
AND BEATING THEM WITH A SWING,
AS EASY AS A SMILE. 
>> WE GOT IT
HIT A REALLY GOOD PUTT
AND NOW WE'RE HERE. 
>> ON A NEARLY DESERTED COURSE, 
THE GRAD PUT ON A SHOW
BREAKING A RECORD FOR LOWEST
WEEKEND SCORE, EVER.
A MARK MOST RECENTLY SET BY A 
GUY NAMED TIGER.
>> WHAT DID WE REALLY WITNESS 
YESTERDAY?
>> IT WAS MAKE THE SHOT AND 
STAND UP TO THE MOMENT
AND HE DID JUST THAT. 
>> IN FACT, THE ONLY WEAKNESS IN
HIS GAME DIDN'T COME UNTIL AFTER
SEALING VICTORY.
WHEN COLIN FOUND THE TROPHY 
COMES, IN TWO PARTS.
A MOMENT, HE SHARED, WITH 
TODAY'S CARSON DAILY. 
>> I GOT TOO EXCITED
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE WANT.
NO, THERE'S NO MIC DROP IN THIS.
IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT.
>> A HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT FOR A
RISING STAR.
MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS.
>> HE'S GOT QUITE THE CAREER
AHEAD OF HIM AT AGE 23
AND EVEN WITH A MEMORABLE MOMENT
WITH THAT TROPHY. 
>> THAT WAS A FUNNY MOMENT
A BIT HUMBLING BUT WHENEVER YOUR
NAME'S BEING THROWN AROUND WITH 
THE LIKES OF TIGER WOODS, YOU 
KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE 
HOUSE FORCES SECRET SERVICE TO
PULL THE PRESIDENT, MID PRESS 
CONFERENCE, TO THE SAFETY OF THE
OVAL OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST
>>> LOOTING IN CHICAGO
MORE STORES HIT.
POLICE ARREST AT LEAST 100 AS 
THE MAYOR CONDEMNS THE VIOLENCE.
>>> THE 2,000-MILE PUPPY RESCUE 
THAT MANAGED TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON EVERYONE 
WHO MET A DOG NAMED HARRIS. 
>> AND THE MASK TEST
WHICH ONES PERFORMED THE BEST 
AND WORST?
IT'S TUESDAY
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT,
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM, AFTER A 
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN, JUST BLOCKS AWAY.
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THE SECRET 
SERVICE SAID THE SUSPECT TOLD 
THE OFFICER HE HAD A WEAPON.
THEN, CROUCHED INTO A SHOOTER 
STANCE, AND THE OFFICER RETURNED
FIRE
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING, AND
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT-OF-WORK 
AMERICANS, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING 
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STANDSTILL THIS MORNING.
AND NOW, THERE'S NEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, MADE TO
OFFSET THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT
NBC'S SCOTT MACFARLANE JOINS US 
WITH THE LATEST AND, SCOTT, 
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> FRANCES, THE PRESIDENT SAYS
HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR $400 IN 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BUT IT'S
STATES AND THE GOVERNORS THAT 
WILL HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE.
NOT -- THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOLD
REPORTERS ABOUT HIS PAYROLL TAX 
EXECUTIVE ORDER, SAYING IT WOULD
RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND IMPACT WORKERS WHO EARN 
$100,000 OR LESS EACH YEAR
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS SAY IT'S NOT 
CLEAR THAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY SAY IT'S ALSO A CONCERN
THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AND
FROM MEDICARE.
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS, AND THEY WERE
VERY ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR 
THE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY, DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
WE CAN TERMINATE THE 25%
OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK, THEY CAME H 
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS.
AND THE PRESIDENT THEN, OVER THE
WEEKEND, DID EVEN LESS TO GIVE
AN ILLUSION SO THAT THE MARKET
WOULD GO UP.
AND PEOPLE WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE THIS
MORNING, IN D.C.
THE U.S. HOUSE IS BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE IS A 
DEAL TO VOTE ON OR TO NEGOTIATE.
BUT, HERE'S THE SITUATION.
IT'S NOT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON
THE DEAL
THEY ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON 
WHETHER TO EVEN NOERKEGOTIATE O 
DEAL
THAT'S THE STORY IN D.C., I'M 
SCOTT MACFARLANE. 
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>> A MAN IN NEW JERSEY IS FACING
CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE 
HOSTED A PARTY AND NEARLY 300 
PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WITH NO REGARD
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERING
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
RESEARCHERS WARN THAT EVENTS
LIKE THESE CAN FUEL MAJOR 
OUTBREAKS OF CORONAVIRUS
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
GROWING CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS, WHICH MAY
BE FUELING A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
TENSIONS BOILING OVER OUTSIDE A 
CHURCH IN VENTURA COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA, WHERE PRO-MASK
DEMONSTRATORS HAD GATHERED
CHAPEL DEFYING STATEWIDE ORDERS,
WITH INDOOR SERVICES. 
>> NOW, YOU GET A CHANCE TO 
GREET ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE
THERE'S FREEDOM.
SAY HELLO.
>> Reporter: IN STURGIS, SOUTH
DAKOTA, A TEN-DAY MOTORCYCLE
RALLY, THAT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW
UP TO A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE, 
IS STILL UNDERWAY.
>> ALL THE OTHER BIKE SHOWS HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED, NATIONWIDE
>> Reporter: NO MASK REQUIRED.
>> TO ME, A LITTLE BIT
FRIGHTENING.
>> DR. JOSHUA IS WITH THE FRED
HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH
CENTERMENT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
PUBLISHED A PAPER THAT'S NOT
BEEN PEER REVIEWED
BUT IT FOUND THAT CORONAVIRUS 
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS ARE THE 
RESULT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AT
THE WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG 
TIME
>> 10 TO 20% OF PEOPLE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE
INFECTIONS
THEN, THERE ARE THESE LESS
COMMON, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
EVENTS WHERE ONE PERSON CAN 
INFECT DOZENS, SOMETIMES OVER 
100, PEOPLE.
>> ACCORDING TO A MODEL, HIS
TEAM BUILT THE RISKIEST WINDOW
FOR TRANSMISSION MAY BE BRIEF.
JUST A ONE TO TWO-DAY PERIOD
AFTER THE PERSON'S BEEN 
INFECTED
BUT THAT WINDOW COULD BE A HUGE 
PROBLEM IF THAT PERSON HAPPENS
TO BE SURROUNDED BY CROWDS. 
>> THE MOST OBVIOUS THING IS YOU
WOULD TRY TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY
CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN A 
TIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
>> WITH THE U.S. TOPPING 5
MILLION CASES, THESE FIVE 
STATES, COMBINED, NOW MAKE UP 
MORE THAN 40% OF THE INFECTIONS.
IN CHICAGO, BEACHES REMAIN
CLOSED
BUT DOZENS GATHER ON ONE, OVER
THE WEEKEND, ANYWAY.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT PICTURE WAS, I
THINK, HORRIFYING TO MANY PEOPLE
STANDING HERE.
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT
>> THE DEBATE OVER COLLEGE
FOOTBALL IS DEEP IN THE 
TRENCHES
AS PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE 
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS PLAN TO DECIDE WHETHER TO 
CANCEL THE SEASON.
NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S 
INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY.
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGEFOOTBALL THIS
FALL, BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES STILL HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS 
FALL
WE, CERTAINLY, HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG, WE WANT TO 
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL EVER KICK OFF
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>>> AND IN THE PROS, THE WNBA'S 
BUBBLE HAS NOT BURST, JUST YET
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE LEADING UP TO THEIR
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE STANLEY CUP 
PLAY OFFS.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st. 
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT OVER 100 REACTED AND 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS THE STORY
>> Reporter: CHAOS FROM DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO.
AN ANGRY MOB RECKING THE CITY'S 
MAGNIFICENT MILE, UPSCALE 
SHOPPING DISTRICT.
>> MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, PEOPLE 
LOOTING THE STORES. 
>> BLOCKS OF SHOPS AND
BUSINESSES, RANSACKED.
THE VIRUS, APPARENTLY, SPARKED
BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT BETWEEN
POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
>> AND THIS PERSON FIRED SHOTS
AT OUR OFFICERS.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SHOOTING,
A CROWD GATHERED AT THE SCENE.
>> TEMPERS FLARED, FUELED BY
MISINFORMATION
>> Reporter: RUMORS OFFICERS HAD
FIRED ON AN UNARMLED CHILD, 
LEADING TO THE MELEE DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS WAS AN ASSAULT ON OUR 
CITY
TO THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN THIS 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, LET'S BE 
CLEAR, WE ARE COMING FOR YOU
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 100 HAVE 
BEEN REACTED, FACING CHARGES
THAT INCLUDE LOOTING, DISORDERLY
CONDUCT, AND BATTERY AGAINST
POLICE
AT LEAST 13 OFFICERS WERE 
INJURED DURING THE VIOLENCE.
PART OF A DISTURBING TREND IN 
THE CITY
IN JUST THE LAST SEVEN DAYS,
NINE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN SHOT
THIS WEEKEND, THERE WERE AT 
LEAST 31 SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING 
THREE MURDERS.
TENSIONS AND A SHOW OF FORCE
GROWING, NOW, ALONG WITH POCKETS
OF UNREST ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE IS A STEPPED-UP POLICE
PRESENCE NOW IN THE BATTERED
DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH WILL STAY
IN PLACE, OFFICIALS SAY, UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> A NORTHWEST BALTIMORE 
COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER AN 
EXPLOSION TOOK OUT THREE HOMES
LEAVING ONE DEAD, AND SEVEN 
INJURED.
ONE MAN JUMPED IN TO SAVE HIS 
NEIGHBORS.
>> I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SHOES ON.
WE JUST STARTED TRYING TO, YOU
KNOW, DIG IN AND MOVE STUFF.
YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WINDOWS
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO TRY TO, 
YOU KNOW, FIND THESE PEOPLE.
WE, AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE HEARD
THE OLDER LADY
AND SHE SAID, HELP
SHE KEPT SAYING HELP
AND WE JUST WENT INTO ACTION
>> BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC 
SAYS NO GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS SLAMS THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS, 
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS TO IOWA, AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES AND HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S SEE WHAT TUESDAY HAS IN 
STORE FOR US
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WATCHING IT ALL.
HEY, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
DEFINITELY, A RARE EVENT FOR THE
MIDWEST.
SQUALL LINE SPAWNED ABOUT 450 
MILES.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS BURNING OFF AS 
IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS AREAS OF
THE OHIO VALLEY.
YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT NOW, IT'S
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.
THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO DRY
OUT ACROSS THAT AREA
THE BIG CONCERN, THOUGH, TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE 
TEMPERATURES
THEY ARE GOING TO SOAR
IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, RIGHT
NOW, WITH HUMIDITY CURRENTLY
SITTING IN THE LOWER 70s
RIGHT NOW, 79 DEGREES BUT WE ARE
ON OUR WAY TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO, TRYING OUT FOR CHICAGO
THIS AFTERNOON
A LOT OF SUNSHINE.
84 DEGREES
A STRONG COLD FRONT TRYING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THAT AREA
A FEW STORMS THAT ARE GOING TO
POP UP TODAY, FOR THE DEEP SOUTH
TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH SOME MINOR
FLOODING
LOTS OF HEAT ALERTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS UNBEARABLE
HEAT, COMING UP.
>> THAT, IT IS
ALL RIGHT, JANESSA
THANK YOU.
>> TALK ABOUT AN ENDING.
>> HOPEFULLY
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL
NOT PLAY ANY FALL SPORTS
OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION
ALIGNS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE STATE'S GOVERNOR, TOM
WOLF, WHO SAID LAST WEEK, HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 
JANUARY.
>> NEW YORK'S NTA IS URGING 
APPLE TO FIX THEIR
FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
TO ENSURE COMMUTERS DON'T REMOVE
FACE COVERINGS TO UNLOCK THEIR
PHONES. 
>> DURING THE 
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 
THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM THE TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS THAT SHOW THE MOMENTS 
THAT LED TO FLOYD'S DEATH.
AND A WARNING, YOU'LL FIND THE
VIDEO DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I START BREATHING, IT'S
GOING TO GO OFF ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEGS DOWN.
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS 
ABOUT THREE MINUTES, HE IS
PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR, AND
PINNED TO THE GROUND
THE FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR 
TIME
THE FULL VIDEO HAS BEEN FILED AS
EVIDENCE. 
>> BY NOW, THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PROTECTS US
ALL, AND SAVES LIVES
BUT WHICH MASKS ARE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE?
HERE'S NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN.
>> THESE DAYS, THE CHOICE OF
FACE MASKS CAN BE DIZZYING
SO, RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH
SET OUT TO FIND WHICH MAY WORK
BEST
TESTING 14 DIFFERENT TYPES WITH 
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO 
VISUALIZE SMALL PARTICLES OR
DROPLETS SPRAYED DURING REGULAR 
SPEECH
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE. 
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST, WITH NO 
MASK
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE TINY PARTICLES, 
WHICH COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF A 
TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, LIKE 
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL-GRADE N95s 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL
NOT A LOT OF DROPLETS GOT 
THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANAS AND 
NECK GATOR DIDN'T FARE WELL.
IN FACT, RESEARCHERS SAY THEY 
MAY RESULT IN MORE SMALL
PARTICLES, THAN NO MASK AT ALL. 
>> THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCHERS 
SAY MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE 
SEVERAL LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
THEY SAY, IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH
IT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S 
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT
KRISTEN, THANK
♪♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC DRUM
BEAT, PHIL COLLINS 1981 HIT "IN 
THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE AGAIN
CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK, HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES
IT HAPPENED AFTER A RECENT VIRAL
VIDEO WHERE 22-YEAR-OLD TWINS,
FRED AND TIM WILLIAMS, REACT
WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG AND 
THAT FAMOUS BEAT VERY THE VERY
FIRST TIME. 
>> THAT'S GREAT.
AND NOW WITH ALL THIS BECOMING
POPULAR, THE DECADES-OLD DEBATE 
ON WHAT THE SONG WAS ABOUT
ON WHETHER PHIL COLLINS SAW 
SOMEBODY DROWNING AND COMING
BACK
TO JIMMY FALLON, A COUPLE YEARS 
AGO, HE JUST SAID IT WAS ABOUT
HIS DIVORCE.
NOT SEEING SOMEBODY DROWN.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT.
I LIKE WHAT MIKE TYSON DID IN 
HANGOVER, THOUGH
GREAT SONG. 
>> AN EL PASO PUPPY FOUND ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TRIPLE-DIGIT
HEAT EARLIER THIS SUMMER NOW HAS
A NEW HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
HE'S MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS ALONG
THE WAY.
REPORTER SHELBY KAT FROM KTSM 
HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: A VEGAS FLIGHT 
ATTENDANT HOPPED ON A PLANE TO
EL PASO, WITHOUT HESITATION.
>> WAIT.
SO IT'S AVAILABLE TO COME TO EL 
PASO, TO PICK UP THE PUPPY. 
>> HERE, YOU CAN SEE MARCEL AND 
HARRIS ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM EL 
PASO TO NORTH CAROLINA
GETTING QUITE A BIT OF HELP 
ALONG THE WAY.
>> AND ONE OF OUR AMAZING 
EMPLOYEES PURCHASED ME A TICKET 
FROM EL PASO TO RALEIGH-DURHAM
BECAUSE THE FLIGHTS FILLED UP.
SO, THERE WAS A CHANCE I WASN'T 
GOING TO GET ON.
>> EVEN THIS HOTEL, HERE, IN EL 
PASO LET MARCELLE AND HARRIS
SPEND THE NIGHT FOR FREE. 
>> LOVES DOGS SO SHE COMPED MY
ROOM. 
>> EVERYONE WANTING TO HELP GET 
HARRIS TO HIS FOREVER HOME, 
MAKING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE ON 
THE PLANE.
>> NEEDED TO SEE A LITTLE 
KINDNESS
AND THIS PUPPY BROUGHT SO MUCH
LOVE
THE TWO PILOTS THAT I HAD.
THEY TOOK HIM FOR A WALK IN THE 
AIRPORT.
THEY WERE JUST -- IT MADE THEIR 
WHOLE DAY.
CHANGED THEIR MOODS.
ALL THE PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE 
WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO 
SEE HIM.
>> AFTER THREE FLIGHTS, MARCELLE
AND HARRIS FINALLY MADE IT TO 
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE WAS 
GREETED BY HIS NEW FAMILY.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE HERE IN
EL PASO SAYS THEY NEVER IMAGINED
SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME 
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
>> HE TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES ON 
THE WAY TO HIS NEW, FOREVER 
HOME
AND MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS WITH
SOUTH WEST, WITH THE WINDHAM, 
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT 
STEPS 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD 
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
31 MILLION PEOPLE, STILL, 
IMPACTED TODAY
GUYS, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 
HEAT INDICES
PRODUCTIVITY. 
>> ARE THOSE CAFFEINE PILLS?
>> AT FIRST, THEY'RE SO 
EXCITING
AND THEN, IT GETS EVEN MORE 
EXCITING
BUT AFTER THAT, IT GETS SO
SCARY.
AND IN THE END, YOU RUIN YOUR 
GIRL GROUP'S SHOT AT A RECORDING
CONTRACT. 
>> WHAT?
>> NOT LYING
MARIO LOPEZ AND ELIZABETH 
BERKELEY ARE BACK AT BAYSIDE
HIGH WITH A NEW CROP OF STUDENTS
IN THE NEW VERSION OF "SAVED BY 
THE BELL" COMING SOON TO PEACOCK
FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, NBC
UNIVERSAL.
>> I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR
CLASSIC SAVES.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF
ALL TIME
I LOVE HOW THEY CLEANED INTO
THAT CLASSIC JESSE BEING
ADDICTED TO THOSE CAFFEINE BI
PILLS.
ALL THAT STUFF
IT'S COMING BACK. 
>> THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN AMERICA'S 
GOT TALENT GETS UNDERWAY HERE ON
NBC TONIGHT.
THAT'S BECAUSE KELLY CLARKSON 
WILL BE FILLING IN FOR SIMON
COWELL
BUT BEFORE HE GOT HURT, COWELL
AND SOME OF HIS PALS SPOKE WITH 
NBC'S MARK BARGER.
>> SOFIA VERGARA. 
>> I'M JUST READY FOR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, FROM ONE 
DAY TO THE OTHER, SINCE WE
STARTED DOING THIS -- SINCE I 
STARTED DOING THIS SHOW.
>> FROM A SICK JUDGE TO 
AUDIENCE-FREE AUDITIONS.
AND IN SOCIALLY-DISTANT JUDGE 
CUTS, THIS SEASON'S LATEST CURVE
BALL CAME OVER THE WEEKEND. 
>> CELEBRITY SIMON COWELL IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT WITH A 
BROKEN BACK FOLLOWING AN
ACCIDENT ON AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
>> IT WILL SIDELINE HIM FROM
THIS WEEK'S SHOWS, WHICH HE HAD 
BEEN KEYED UP ABOUT.
>> IT WAS A BUZZ THAT WE COULD
GET THE SHOW BACK ON THE AIR. 
>> IT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT,
WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, AT 
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND ITS 
ADJACENT THEME PARK IN
HOLLYWOOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE RUSHING
AROUND ON GOLF CARTS, FROM ACT
TO ACT TO ACT.
THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT 
SETUPS. 
>> JERRY SAYS THAT WILL ALLOW A 
WHOLE NEW SCOPE FOR THE 11
PERFORMERS TONIGHT
AND THE OTHERS TO COME, OVER THE
NEXT THREE WEEKS
>> WE CAN GO ALL OVER, ANYWHERE 
WE WANT, AND THESE ACTS CAN GO
AS BIG AS THEY EVER HAVE DONE,
EVER, IN THEIR LIVES
SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
SEASON, VIEWERS WILL GET A SAY
IN WHO ADVANCES, INCLUDING THE
DANGER AXE. 
>> I GO CRAZY.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
I MEAN, I GET UP
I FALL DOWN.
I SCREAM
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE I REALLY GET
INTO IT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMERICA 
CAN JOIN HER
MARK BARGER, NBC NEWS.
>> SHOULD BE FUN
AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO TURN AN 
AUDITION INTO STARDOM LIKE KELLY
CLARKSON, EITHER
YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, THIS GOES TO
SHOW YOU A PANDEMIC OR BROKEN 
BACK CANNOT STOP THAT KIND OF 
TALENT FROM SHINING THROUGH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US ON
>>> A PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING 
INTERRUPTED BY SECRET SERVICE 
OVER ASHOOTING OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE AS THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO DEFEND HIS
CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS
>>> COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON THE 
BRINK OF CANCELLATION AS THE
MAJOR CONFERENCES ARE POISED TO 
PUNT ON THE ENTIRE 2020 SEASON. 
>>> STAGGERING NEW NUMBERS AS 
SCHOOLS REOPEN, NEARLY 100,000
CHILDREN TESTING POSITIVE IN
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
>>> COULD TODAY BE THE DAY WE 
FIND OUT THE FINALISTS AS JOE 
BIDEN NARROWS DOWN HIS CHOICE 
FOR VP ON HIS TICKET. 
>>> HOW DID PHIL COLLINS HIT
SINGLE "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" 
BECOME A SMASH HIT ONCE AGAIN?
IT IS TUESDAY, "EARLY TODAY"
BEGINS NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT 
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM AFTER A
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN JUST BLOCKS AWAY
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE,
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT, AND THE
SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
>> WAS THE SUSPECT ARMED
>> THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE
INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID THE
SUSPECT TOLD THE OFFICER HE HAD 
A WEAPON AND CROUCHED INTO A
SHOOTER'S STANCE AND THE OFFICER
FIRED.
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AND 
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT OF WORK
AMERICANS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STAND STILL THIS MORNING
AND NOW THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS 
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS MADE TO OFFSET
THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT.
NBC'S SCOTT McFARLAND JOINING US
FROM D.C. WITH THE LATEST.
SCOTT, GOOD MORNING.
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN ANY 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYS 
HIS PLAN, HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER 
FOR $400 IN NEW UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IS BEING WELL RECEIVED 
BY SOME GOVERNORS, BUT IT IS THE
STATES AND THOSE GOVERNORS WHO
HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR IT.
CRITICS SAY THE PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER AND THE
STATES DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO 
MAKE THAT HAPPEN
PRESIDENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS 
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE PAYROLL
TAX, POSTPONING PAYMENT OF THE
TAX UNTIL THE END OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR, HE SAYS, FOR 
WORKERS WHO EARN 100,000 A YEA
OR LESS.
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS QUESTION 
WHETHER IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND
SAY THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS AND THEY WERE VERY
ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY -- DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT
WE WANT TO DO, WE CAN TERMINATE 
THE 25% OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS.
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK THEY CAME UP WITH
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS AND THE 
PRESIDENT THEN OVER THE WEEKEND 
DID EVEN LESS.
TO GIVE AN ILLUSION, SO THAT THE
MARKET WOULD GO UP AND PEOPLE 
WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT PAYING
ATTE
ATTENTION.
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE IN D.C. 
THIS MORNING, THE U.S. HOUSE IS 
BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE SAY
DEAL COULD BE FINALIZED OR
APPROVED BUT IT IS NOT THE DEAL,
THERE AREN'T NEGOTIATIONS 
SCHEDULED TO CUT A DEAL.
LIVE IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT 
McFARLAND.
BACK TO YOU.
>> START WITH THE CONVERSATION, 
SCOTT, THANK YOU
>>> AFTER SPENDING SPRING UNDER 
LOCKDOWN, A SUMMER SURGE IS 
UNDER WAY IN SEVERAL STATES.
GROWING CONCERNS OVER LARGE 
GATHERINGS DEFYING STATE
MANDATES
THIS COMES AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE
FOOTBALL SEASON IN THE FALL.
BUT WILL THE TAILGATING TAKE A
BACK SEAT DURING THE PANDEMIC?
MIGUEL ALMAGUER INVESTIGATES
>> Reporter: THESE ARE AMONG THE
REASONS WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
THE U.S. HAS NOW SURPASSED 5
MILLION CONFIRMED COVID CASES,
ANOTHER SUMMER WEEKEND OF MASS
GATHERINGS, FROM HOUSE PARTIES
TO CHURCH SERVICES, AUTHORITIES 
SAY SOME ARE TEMPTING FATE
IN PORTLAND, OREGON, HUNDREDS 
GATHERED TO OPENLY DEFY STATE 
ORDERS ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT
NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS, AFTER ONE 
PASTOR OPENED HIS DOORS FOR A 
SERVICE DESPITE THE PROTESTS
OUTSIDE TO SHUT IT DOWN.
>> GOD GAVE US THESE RIGHTS.
>> Reporter: THE BITTER BATTLE
OVER CROWDS AND THE PANDEMIC
COMES AS THE NCAA STRUGGLES OVER
WHETHER TO PUNT ON THIS YEAR'S
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
WITH SEVERAL OUTLETS REPORTING
THE BIG TEN COVERAGE IS MOVING
TO PASS ON PLAYING, THE 
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE IS
DELAYING ITS SEASON UNTIL SPRING
2021, AMID A PUSH TO GET ON THE 
FIELD WITH THE #WE WANT TO PLAY.
THE PAC-12, WHICH INCLUDES USC, 
IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE THEIR 
FUTURE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, FOOTBALL
PRACTICE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO
START NEXT WEEK WON'T.
THE STATE HAS A BAN ON ALL LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERINGS, AND THAT 
INCLUDES AT FOOTBALL STADIUMS.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A $7 BILLION
BUSINESS, BUT NOW AMID THE
PANDEMIC, ANY SHOT AT A TRUE
SEASON MAY BE A HAIL MARY.
WHILE 22 STATES ARE SEEING A
DECREASE IN COVID CASES, THERE
IS CONCERN SANCTIONED EVENTS
LIKE THIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY COULD
BECOME SUPERSPREADERS.
>> I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THAT MANY
PEOPLE WITH MASKS ON UP HERE. 
>> Reporter: CONSIDER THE 
LARGEST PUBLIC GATHERING SINCE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, THOUSANDS 
ARE ROLLING THROUGH STURGIS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, WHERE MASKS ARE 
SUGGESTED, NOT REQUIRED.
>> JUST SELFISH AND UNFORTUNATE.
>> Reporter: THE FINE LINE
BETWEEN PERSONAL CHOICE AND 
PUBLIC SAFETY AMID THE PANDEMIC.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> WELL, SOME DISTRICTS ARE
STILL MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
REOPENING SCHOOLS, THERE ARE
MORE CLASSROOMS BEGINNING IN
PERSON LEARNING THIS WEEK.
NBC'S SAM BROCK JOINS US NOW
FROM FLORIDA WHERE SOME STUDENTS
JUST HAD THEIR FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: PHILLIP, GOOD
MORNING.
FLORIDA IS REOPENING ITS SCHOOL 
DOORS THIS WEEK AND LARGELY 
SMALLER COUNTIES AS IT EASES
INTO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION
THERE ARE NEW RULES AND 
CAUTIONARY TALES FROM OTHER 
STATES
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HAS 
NEVER FELT SO FOREIGN, UNDER
THIS CLOUD OF COVID-19
>> I FEEL STILL A LITTLE SCARY, 
BUT PRETTY COMFORTABLE. 
>> Reporter: CHILDREN AT THIS 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE RETURNING 
TO NEW CLASSROOMS WITH NEW
RULES, LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING,
REGULAR HAND WASHING AND
STAGGERED LUNCHES.
>> THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO KEEP EVERYTHING SANITIZED
AND KEEP THE STUDENTS AWAY FROM 
EACH OTHER
>> Reporter: MASKS, WHILE 
RECOMMENDED HERE, ARE OPTIONAL
>> WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL, I 
DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY AND NOT OPTIONAL
AND IF I SEE OR HEAR COUGHING,
NO, WE'RE PULLING RIGHT OUT.
HOME IS WHERE YOU WILL BE.
>> Reporter: IN THE LAST FOUR 
WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN A 90% 
SPIKE IN CASES AMONG CHILDREN IN
THE U.S., WHERE SO FAR MORE THAN
380,000 KIDS HAVE CONTRACTED THE
CORONAVIRUS.
OF THE COUNTRY'S 25 BIGGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 18 ARE
STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR
ENTIRELY VIRTUAL, WITH NO IN
PERSON OPTION ON DAY ONE
BUT THE NATION'S LARGEST
DISTRICT, NEW YORK CITY, GIVING 
STUDENTS THE OPTION OF RETURNING
TO CLASSES
>> WE WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: DAYSHAUNA BARKER 
TEACHES SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY 
WHERE HER YOUNG CHILDREN ATTEND 
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY 
CHILDREN WEARING A MASK ALL DAY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
PROTOCOLS OF THE SCHOOL THAT
THEY ATTEND.
>> Reporter: FEARS FOR THE CHILD
SAFETY AND THE EDUCATORS
>> THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO 
GIVE THEIR CONDOLENCE TO
SOMEBODY'S MAMA.
>> Reporter: WHITNEY REDICK IS A
MOTHER AND TEACHER FROM 
JACKSONVILLE, WHO PENNED A MOCK 
OBITUARY, SAYING SHE RETURNED TO
WORK, DID HER BEST, EDUCATOR, 
COVID SECURITY GUARD, HUMAN 
SHIELD, BUT ULTIMATELY SUCCUMBED
TO THE IGNORANCE OF THOSE IN
POWER.
CALLS FOR SAFETY FROM THOSE IN
OUR CLASSROOMS' FRONT LINES.
AND SOME GOOD INS FOR NERVOUS 
PARENTS HERE IN FLORIDA, THE
STATE RECORDING ITS LOWEST TOTAL
OF NEW DAILY COVID CASES IN 
WEEKS WITH THE POSITIVITY RATE
IN SINGLE DIGITS FOR FOUR OUT OF
THE LAST FIVE DAYS
PHILLIP?
>> GOOD NEWS THERE, RIGHT?
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> TURNING TO BELARUS WHERE A
CONTESTED ELECTION LED TO 
VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE STREETS
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
BUT PROTESTERS SAY THE PROCESS
WAS RIGGED
NBC'S CHAPMAN BELL JOINS US NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THIS
VOLATILE SITUATION
>> POLICE AND PROTESTERS ON THE 
STREETS WHERE POLICE HAVE BEEN
USING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER 
BULLETS AS WELL AS STUN GRENADES
TO CONTROL THE CROWDS, THIS 
AFTER SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION THAT SAW ALEXANDER 
LUKASHENKO WIN WITH 80% OF THE
VOTE
HIS SIXTH TERM AS PRESIDENT, A
POSITION HE HELD SINCE 1994,
ACCUSATIONS OF VOTE RIGGING, NO 
OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS, WITH HIS
MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO ACCEPT 
THE RESULTS SAYING SHE WON, SHE 
IS RUNNING IN PLACE OF HER HAD
HUSBAND WHO IS JAILED BEFORE THE
ELECTION
LUKASHENKO GETTING PRAISE FROM
RUSSIA AND CHINA, 
CONGRATULATIONS, WHILE THE U.S. 
AND EU HAVE SAID IT DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE FREE AND FAIR
A LOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN 
DOWN TO HIS HANDLING OF THE 
COUNTRY'S CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
HE HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THAT IT
COULD BE FIXED USING DRINKING 
VODKA AND GOING TO THE SAUNA
WE UNDERSTAND SHE IS CURRENTLY
IN LITHUANIA WHERE THE FOREIGN
MINISTER SAID SHE'S SAFE WHERE
SHE FLED
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THIS
COULD BE THE END OF WHO IS KNOWN
AS EUROPE'S LAST DICTATOR.
FRANCES?
>> CHAPMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW 
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERS THE RELEASE OF 
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
A WARNING THE VIDEO IS
DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO -- I'M 
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I STOP BREATHING, IT IS
GOING TO GO OUT ON ME, MAN
>> FLOYD SAYS MULTIPLE TIMES
THAT HE'S CLAUSTROPHOBIC AFTER A
STRUGGLE THAT LASTED ABOUT THREE
MINUTES.
HE'S PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR
AND PINNED TO THE GROUND
THIS FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR
TIME, BUT THE FULL VIDEO HAS
BEEN FILED AS EVIDENCE. 
>>> A DERECHO, 100-MILE-PER-HOUR
WIND GUSTS WERE MOVING ACROSS 
THE MIDWEST.
JANESSA WEBB IS TRACKING THAT 
EXTREME WEATHER.
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS.
THIS WAS A RARE EVENT, WE WERE
FORECASTING JUST SOME POP-UP
STORMS, BUT, MAN, THIS STORM
REALLY BLEW UP, TRAVELED 450
MILES ACROSS THE MIDWEST
WE HAVE DAMAGING WINDS, SAW 
WINDS UP TO 99 MILES PER HOUR 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DES MOINES.
NOW, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS
STORM SYSTEM BURNING OUT AT THIS
HOUR
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS GOING TO
START TO FADE INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, CAUSING A 
LITTLE BIT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS, 
BUT DRYING OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
STILL, THE BIG WEATHER STORY IS 
THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BUILD, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING
IN THE UPPER 60s TO 70s, BUT
HEADED TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE 
BREAKING OUT FINALLY THIS 
AFTERNOON, FOR CHICAGO
BACK INTO THE MID-80s AND RAIN
IS GOING TO FILTER IN BY THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH AND 
SOUTHEAST, WE'LL WATCH FOR MINOR
FLOODING
>>> YOU GUYS, I'M JUST SWEATING 
OVER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC SAYS 
IN GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND.
>>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND 
LOOTING LEFT OVER 100 ARRESTED, 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: DAYLIGHT REVEALED
THE DESTRUCTION.
LOOTERS RAN RAMPANT IN DOWNTOWN 
CHICAGO, INJURING 13 POLICE 
OFFICERS, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
ARRESTED, POLICE SAY
>> THIS WAS NOT AN ORGANIZED
PROTEST.
RATH THEER THIS WAS AN INCIDENTF
PURE CRIMINALITY. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS CHICAGO'S
MAGNIFICENT MILE, FULL OF HIGH
END SHOPS, NOW SOME OF THEM ARE 
BOARDED UP
THE CHAOS CAME HOURS AFTER
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE 
CITY'S SOUTH SIDE FOR A MAN WITH
A GUN.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE WHO MATCHED
THE SUSPECT'S DESCRIPTION 
STARTED SHOOTING
SO THE COPS FIRED BACK
AND EMOTIONS RAN HIGH,
AUTHORITIES SAY, WHEN FALSE 
RUMORS ERUPTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
>> FAIR IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR EVER
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREASINGLY 
VIOLENT SUMMER
IN PHILADELPHIA THIS WEEKEND, 
BULLETS GRAZED TWO 11-YEAR-OLDS 
AND SEVERAL SHOOTINGS, 20 PEOPLE
SHOOT A COOKOUT IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
VIOLENCE THAT HAS AT TIMES
OVERSHADOWED PEACEFUL PROTESTS
FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR AND 
OTHERS
IN LOUISVILLE, POLICE HAVE NOW
BANNED STREET DEMONSTRATIONS
>> THIS IS THE PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, POLICE
DECLARED ANOTHER RIOT, THE
PRESIDENT TWEETING THAT LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES SHOULD BRING IN THE 
NATIONAL GUARD
BUT IN CHICAGO, WHERE THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION SENT IN FEDERAL
AGENTS LAST MONTH TO HELP 
INVESTIGATE CRIMES, THE VIOLENCE
CONTINUES, FRUSTRATING SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE JACKIE 
JACKSON.
>> ON TOP OF COVID, THE 
VIOLENCE, THE LOOTING, I MEAN,
HOW MUCH MORE CAN A PERSON TAKE?
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS 
THERE WILL BE A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT, WITH 
OFFICERS WORKING LONGER SHIFTS
DOWNTOWN ACCESS WILL ALSO BE
RESTRICTED IN HOPES 
>>> WITH LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, ALL EYES ARE ON JOE 
BIDEN.
THE PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE 
HIS RUNNING MATE IN DAYS IF NOT 
HOURS.
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: PRESSURE MOUNTING
ON JOE BIDEN TO DECIDE ON HIS 
RUNNING MATE AND TO CHOOSE A
BLACK WOMAN.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, HAVE YOU 
PICKED A RUNNING MATE YET?
>> YEAH, I HAVE.
>> WHO IS IT
>> YOU
>> Reporter: HIS ANNOUNCEMENT 
WILL BE DIGITAL, FOLLOWED BY A
BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO OF HIS PICK
AND A JOINT APPEARANCE
THE CAMPAIGN SAYS SOME OF THE 
MAJOR CONTENDERS HAVE HAD IN
PERSON INTERVIEWS INCLUDING 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER, WHO FLEW IN SECRETLY A 
WEEK AGO
OTHER CONTENDERS ARE SNENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS, SUSAN RICE,
SENATORS TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND
ELIZABETH WARREN AND
CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS AND VAL
DEMINGS.
NOW WOMEN'S GROUPS ARE VOWING TO
DEFEND HIS RUNNING MATE AGAINST 
SEXISM
>> THE DISCRIMINATION, THE STUFF
THAT IS OUT THERE ON THE
INTERNET, THE ATTACKS WE HAVE 
SEEN, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THIS AND I 
THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
>> Reporter: THE CAMPAIGN IS
ALSO READY TO COMBAT RACIST 
ATTACKS IF BIDEN CHOOSES A BLACK
WOMAN.
100 PROMINENT BLACK MEN SAID THE
URGENCY TO PICK A BLACK WOMAN 
HAS GONE FROM SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN TO SOMETHING THAT 
HAS TO HAPPEN.
JOINING THE APPEAL FROM BLACK 
WOMEN.
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE 
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
ISSUES AROUND RACISM, SEXISM, 
EQUALITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE,
INCOME INEQUALITY IS ADDRESSED
IN A MAGNIFICENT BIG WAY
>> Reporter: THE LONGER BIDEN 
WAITS PAST HIS SELF-IMPOSED 
DEADLINE, THE MORE
>>> THE MOUNT SINABUNG VOLCANO
ERUPTED ON MONDAY.
ITS EXPLOSION SENT A COLUMN OF
SMOKE 16,000 FEET INTO THE SKY
CARPETING SURROUNDING VILLAGES
AND ROADS WITH A THICK LAYER OF 
ASH.
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES REPORTED 
NO CASUALTIES OR EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE
>>> LET'S BRING BACK IN JANESSA 
WEBB
JANESSA, WHEN IS THIS HEAT WAVE 
GOING TO END
NOVEMBER MAYBE
>> AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY
WE'RE GOING TO -- YEAH, EXACTLY,
WHEN IT STARTS SNOWING
31 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED
THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY WE SEE TEMPERATURES THAT
ARE SITTING IN THE LOWER 9 0s.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE'RE
STILL GOING TO SEE THE HEAT 
BUILDING FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY 
EV
♪ PAIN STILL GROWS 
A STRANGER TO YOU AND ME ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT
COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT ♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC 
DRUMBEAT, PHIL COLLINS' 1981 HIT
"IN THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE
AGAIN CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK IT HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES THANKS TO A RECENT VIRAL 
VIDEO WHERE TWINS FRED AND TED
WILLIAMS REACT TO THAT BEAT FOR 
THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> WE KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT A MAN
WATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE DROWN, IT
IS ABOUT DIVORCE
PHIL COLLINS TOLD JIMMY FALLON
THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, FOR 
THE RECORD, PUTTING THAT DECADES
OLD DEBATE TO END.
>> IT IS JUST ABOUT THE DRUM. 
>>> THE BUBBLE HASN'T BURST YET,
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MOVE THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THE BUBBLE IN
FLORIDA AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS 
TESTED POSITIVE LEADING UP TO 
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE START TO THE
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAD BEEN PLAYING IN 
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st
>> SHOULD HAVE TAKEN NOTE.
>>> BY NOW THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PRE CONNECTS 
US ALL AND SAVES LIVES, WHICH 
MASKS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE
HERE IS NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN
>> Reporter: THESE DAYS THE 
CHOICE OF FACE MASKS CAN BE 
DIZZYING
SO RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH 
SET UP TO FIND OUT WHICH MAY
WORK BEST, TESTING 14 DIFFERENT 
TYPES, WITH A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT 
DESIGNED TO VISUALIZE SMALL 
PARTICLES OR DROPLETS SPRAYED 
DURING REGULAR SPEECH.
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST WITH NO MASK,
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT, THOSE
ARE THE TINY PARTICLES WHICH
COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF 
THE TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE LIKE
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL GRADE N-95 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL, NOT A LOT 
OF DROPLETS GOT THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANNAS AND
NECK GAITERS DIDN'T FAREWELL
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY MAY RESULT 
IN MORE SMALL PARTICLES THAN NO 
MASK AT ALL.
THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCH SERS A
MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL 
LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT,
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> KRISTEN, THANK YOU FOR THAT
VERY USEFUL INFO
WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THEM BY NOW. 
>> FOLD UP 411
SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW
>>> THERE WAS A SHOOTING OUTSIDE
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL UNDER 
CONTROL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SECRET
SERVICE FOR DOING THEIR ALWAYS
QUICK AND VERY EFFECTIVE WORK.
>> THE PRESIDENT INTERRUPTED BY 
AGENTS DURING A WHITE HOUSE 
BRIEFING
A SHOOTING, JUST OUTSIDE THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST ON WHAT
FORCED THE PRESIDENT INTO THE 
OEFLK 
OVAL OFFICE FOR SAFETY. 
>> CORONAVIRUS FEARS MAY BE 
PUTTING THE 2020 COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON ON THE SIDELINES
BUT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE WNBA
AND NHL IS GIVING FANS SOME 
REASON TO CHEER.
>> WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
WUHAN LAB IN CHINA, WHERE 
OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING TO 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT THE
VIRUS ORIGINATED THERE. 
>> A DESTRUCTIVE DERECHO WITH 
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS
HEADED
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP 
MENA. 
>> AND I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
A CHAOTIC SCENE AT THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RUSHED OUT OF A 
BRIEFING, AFTER A SECRET SERVICE
OFFICER SHOT A MAN NEAR THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
HERE'S WHAT OFFICIALS SAY LED TO
THE SHOOTING
>> THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE 
OFFICER, AND TOLD THE OFFICER HE
HAD A WEAPON
THE SUSPECT THEN TURNED AROUND, 
RAN AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS THE
OFFICER AND, IN A DRAWING 
MOTION, WITHDREW AN OBJECT FROM 
HIS CLOTHING
HE THEN CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER'S STANCE, AS IF HE WAS
ABOUT TO FIRE A WEAPON
>> THE SUSPECT IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, THIS MORNING
AND NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED.
NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: TENSE MOMENTS AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE SECRET SERVICE SWEEPING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT OF THE
BRIEFING ROOM, IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PRESS CONFERENCE
THE PRESIDENT, QUICKLY, 
RETURNING.
SAYING LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE 
GROUNDS, AND THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
THE PERSON WAS ARMED
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS
BREACHED
I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO, THEY WERE RELATIVELY FAR
AWAY
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING SHARP
CRITICISM FROM BOTH PARTIES, FOR
GOING AROUND CONGRESS TO ISSUE
FOUR EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AFTER WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS 
BROKE DOWN
THE ORDERS INCLUDE $400 WEEKLY, 
ENHANCED UP
ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, 
DOWN FROM THE $600 DEMOCRATS HAD
BEEN PUSHING TO REINSTATE.
STATES WOULD HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE 
$100 OF THAT MONEY. 
>> STATES DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO DO THAT
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
ALSO, ANNOUNCING A PAYROLL TAX
SUSPENSION FOR PEOPLE MAKING
LESS THAN $100,000 A YEAR.
THOUGH, THAT MONEY, WHICH FUNDS 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
WOULD, STILL, BE OWED NEXT YEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEDGED HE WOULD
PUSH TO MAKE THE CUTS PERMANENT,
IF HE'S RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER
IN BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 
STUDENTS STEPPING BACK INTO THE 
CLASSROOM AND INTO THE HEART OF 
THE CONTROVERSY OVER REOPENING
SCHOOLS.
>> I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY.
>> WITH THE U.S. NOW TOPPING 5
MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES, A
GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE
BECOMING INFECTED.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN 
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, MORE THAN
97,000 KIDS TESTED POSITIVE, IN 
JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
A 40% INCREASE, SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> PLAGUED BY GROWING
OUTBREAKS, GEORGIA ATTEMPTS TO
MOVE ITSELF OUT OF THE RED ZONE.
THE STATE REPORTED OVER 2,200 
NEW COVID-19 CASES, BRINGING THE
STATEWIDE TOTAL PAST 219,000
OFFICIALS UNVEILED A MASSIVE
TESTING SITE, RIGHT NEAR THE
AIRPORT.
SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS
EVEN SHOWED HOW EASY IT IS TO 
SWAB FOR THE TESTS
OUR BLAYNE ALEXANDER IS THERE.
BLAYNE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU
WE ARE RIGHT BY THE ATLANTA 
AIRPORT.
AND IN A FEW HOURS FROM NOW,
WHAT'S TYPICALLY AN OFF-AIRPORT 
PARKING LOT IS GOING TO OPEN FOR
DAY TWO OF COVID-19 TESTING.
THIS IS BILLED AS A MEGA-TESTING
SITE
THE STATE'S LARGEST COVID 
TESTING SITE IN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA WITH THE CAPACITY OF
TESTING SOME 5,000 PEOPLE EVERY 
DAY.
SELF-ADMINISTERED TESTS, FREE,
WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEY ARE PROMISING RESULTS
IN TWO TO THREE DAYS
NOW, ON MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY,
WE SAW GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP, AS
WELL AS THE SURGEON GENERAL,
JEROME ADAS R, RIGHT HERE, 
DEDICATING THAT SITE, 
ESSENTIALLY BEING HERE FOR THE
FIRST DAY.
AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF TESTING HERE IN GEORGIA
THIS COMES AS THE NUMBER OF 
DEATHS IS CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN 
WE HAVE SEEN, AT ANY POINT, IN
THE PANDEMIC
IN FACT, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THE 
STATE SAW ITS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY
TOTAL OF COVID-19 DEATHS WITH 
91
AND THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE RIGHT 
NOW IS AS HIGH IT'S EVER BEEN.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS FACILITY IN THE STATE OF 
GEORGIA, PHILLIP. 
>> AS GEORGIA RAMPS UP TESTING, 
IN TEXAS, THEY ARE REACHING NEW 
LOWS
36,000 TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED
LAST WEEK.
THAT'S A 42% DROP FROM JUST TWO 
WEEKS PRIOR.
ALL THIS, AS CASES SURPASS HALF 
A MILLION.
MOR
MORGAN CHESKY JOINS US NOW FROM 
DALLAS
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN. 
>> YEAH, GOOD MORNING.
IT REALLY IS A TOUGH DAY IN 
TEXAS.
THE STATE'S NOW SURPASSED MORE
THAN HALF A MILLION CASES OF
COVID-19
THE DEATH TOLL HAS EXCEEDED 
8,000.
AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN 
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN 
SEVERAL STATISTICS, THERE IS, 
STILL, A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE, 
POSITIVITY RATE, THAT'S HOVERING
AROUND 20%
WHICH MAKES CONTROLLING, TRYING 
TO CONTAIN THIS VIRUS, NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
RECOMMENDS 5% POSITIVITY RATE,
OR BELOW
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE WHAT
IT WILL TAKE TO ALLOW CONTACT 
TRACERS TO GET IN THERE, AND AT 
LEAST TRY TO DO THEIR JOB.
ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE SICK, AND DRIVE THAT NUMBER 
DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
BUT, UNTIL THAT POINT IS
REACHED, IT WILL BE A LONG ROAD 
AHEAD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
DESPITE HOSPITALIZATIONS
LEVELING OFF AND EVEN DROPPING
HERE, IN NORTH TEXAS
DOWN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHICH 
HAD SEEN SUCH A ROUGH FEW WEEKS 
IN JUNE AND EARLY JULY
SOUTH TEXAS, IN PARTICULAR
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THAT RUNS 
ALONGSIDE THE BORDER WITH 
MEXICO
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP
AHEAD OF THEM.
THE POPULATION THERE LIVES AT OR
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, IN LARGE
PERCENTAGES.
AND THEN, YOU HAVE THE FACT THAT
MANY MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY 
LIVE IN ONE HOUSEHOLD.
MAKING IT EVEN EASIER TO
TRANSMIT THE VIRUS
WE ARE HEARING FROM DOCTORS 
THERE, WHO ARE ASKING FOR ANY 
KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THEIR
SMALLER HOSPITALS, SIMPLY DON'T 
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKETHIS 
INFLUX OF PATIENTS THAT 
CONTINUES TO COME IN
AND UNTIL MORE RESOURCES ARE
DEVOTED TO THAT AREA, THEY SAY, 
IT WILL GET WORSE, BEFORE IT
GETS BETTER.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS 
TURN AROUND IN THAT CASE
MORGAN, THANKS. 
>> LET'S TURN NOW TO BELARUS, 
WHERE A CONTESTED ELECTION LED
TO VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE 
STREETS.
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S
AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED
A SWEEPING VICTORY
CHAPMAN BELL JOINING US NOW FROM
LONDON
CHAPMAN, GOOD MORNING.
WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT
THIS VOLATILE SITUATION?
>> WELL, PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YEAH
SECOND NIGHT OF CLASHES BETWEEN 
POLICE AND PROTESTORS ON THE
STREETS.
POLICE USING TEAR GAS, RUBBER 
BULLETS, AND STUN GRENADES TO 
CONTROL THE CROWDS
THIS, AFTER SUNDAY'S
PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS, THAT SAW
THIS MAN, ALEXANKSANDR LUKASHEN,
WIN WITH 80% OF THE VOTE
IT'S A POSITION HE'S HELD SINCE 
1994, FOLLOWING THE FIRST 
ELECTIONS AFTER THE FALL OF THE 
SOVIET UNION
THERE ARE ACCUSATIONS, OF 
COURSE, THOUGH, OF VOTE RIGGING.
NO OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS.
WITH HIS MAIN RIVAL REFUSING TO 
ACCEPT THE RESULTS
SAYING SHE WON
NOW, SHE RAN IN PLACE OF HER
HUSBAND, WHO WAS JAILED BEFORE
THE ELECTION
WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF 
CONGRATULATIONS FROM RUSSIA AND 
CHINA FOR MR. LUKASHENKO
THE U.S. AND EU HAVE SAID, HOLD 
ON, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT ABOUT 
THESE RESULTS.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS
IN LITHUANIA WHERE SHE'S FLED 
AFTER THE RESULTS.
NOW, LUKASHENKO IS FULL OF
CONTROVERSY, SAYING THE 
CORONAVIRUS COULD BE BEAT BY
VODKA AND VISITS TO THE SAUNA.
SO, PHILLIP, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THESE
RESULTS.
>> IF THAT WERE ONLY TRUE.
CHAPMAN BELL FOR US.
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU. 
>> THE PUBLIC IS GETTING A NEW
LOOK AT THE MOMENTS THAT LED TO 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS, AFTER REPORTERS VIEWED 
THE FOOTAGE LAST MONTH
AND A WARNING, IT'S DISTURBING
>> I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED AS -- WHEN I 
START BREATHING -- WHEN I START 
BREATHING, IT'S GOING TO GO OFF 
ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEG DOWN. 
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSE TTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS AB
THREE MINUTES, HE IS PULLED FROM
THE SQUAD CAR AND PULLED TO THE 
GROUND. 
>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS SLAMMED THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS, STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS TO IOWA AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES ON TO HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN EXPECT 
CALM AFTER THAT STORM.
AND WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE?
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A RARE EVENT
THAT SPAWNED ABOUT 450 MILES
ACROSS AREAS OF THE MIDWEST.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST
LOOKING AT LOCAL REPORTS OF THE 
WIND DAMAGE.
WE HAD GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 80 
MILES PER HOUR IN SECTIONS OF 
THE COUNTRY WERE NOT EXPECTING
THAT SEVERE WEATHER BUT THAT'S
WHAT A SQUALL LINE CAN
DEFINITELY FORM INTO
RIGHT NOW, THAT STORM SYSTEM IS 
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS OHIO 
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALSO, WATCHING THOSE HEAT ALERTS
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON
THIS AFTERNOON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES FOR 
PITTSBURGH THIS AFTERNOON, 89 
DEGREES.
A FEW OF THOSE STORMS ARE GOING 
TO MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
MARGINAL RISK OF SOME SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS TEXAS,
INTO NEW ORLEANS
AND THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, 
COMING UP.
>> SURE IS. 
>> YES, IT IS.
WE ARE FEELING THAT, MORE THAN
EVER
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> FOR EDUCATOR APPRECIATION 
WEEK, CRISPY CREME WANTS TO 
HONOR TEACHERS BY GIVING THEM A 
FREE GLAZED DOUGHNUT AND COFFEE.
TODAY, THE FRANCHISE IS ALSO
GIVING AWAY A STRAIGHT A DOZEN, 
FOR ANY PURCHASE OF A DOZEN AT
PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS.
THEY HOPE CUSTOMER
>>> NOW, TO AN IMPORTANT
CONSUMER ALERT
WAGMAN'S IS RECALLING ORANGES,
LEMONS, AND SOME PREPARED FOODS 
OVER A POSSIBLE LISTERIA
CONTAMINATION.
AND FOUR POUND BAGS OF VALENCIA 
ORANGES WERE SOLD BETWEEN JULY
31st AND AUGUST 7th.
IN ADDITION TO THE FRUIT, THERE 
ARE DOZENS OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN
LEMON JUICE OR LEMON GARNISH
YOU CAN TAKE THEM BACK TO THE 
STORE, FOR A FULL REFUND. 
>> McDONALD'S IS SUING ITS
EX-CHIEF EXECUTIVE, STEVE 
EASTERBROOK.
ACCORDING TO THE FAST FOOD
CHAIN, EASTERBROOK LIED TO THE
COMPANY AND HID INFORMATION 
RELATED TO THREE PREVIOUS SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE TO RETURN HIS $40 
MILLION SEVERANCE PACKAGE, ALONG
WITH 26 WEEKS OF PAY
ATTORNEYS FOR EASTERBROOK DID 
NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR
COMMENT BY NBC NEWS.
>>> THE FIRST 4 NEWS
ORGANIZATION TO GO INSIDE THE 
LAB IN WUHAN, CHINA.
JANIS MACKEY FRAYER REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE HIGH-SECURITY
LAB INSIDE THE WUHAN INSTITUTE
OF VIROLOGY.
AT THE CENTER OF A POLITICAL
STORM OVER HOW THE PANDEMIC 
STARTED.
>> 100%.
>> 100%.
>> Reporter: MING IS THE LAB'S
DIRECTOR
NBC NEWS WAS GRANTED THE FIRST
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ACCESS
WHILE, THERE IS SOME SKEPTICISM 
ABOUT THE LAB'S CLAIMS, FIVE
LEADING VIROLOGISTS, FAMILIAR 
WITH LAB PROTOCOLS, TOLD US IT'S
IMPROBABLE THAT THE VIRUS WAS 
MADE OR ESCAPED.
THE LAB, ITSELF, IS A BOX,
WITHIN A BOX, WITH AIR LOCKS AND
HIGH SECURITY.
TECHNICIANS IN POSITIVE-PRESSURE
SUITS WERE TRAINED IN FRANCE AND
THE U.S.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW THE 
VIRUS GOT TO THE MARKET OR
WUHAN, HE SAYS
UP TO NOW, THERE'S NO CLEAR 
ANSWER
>> THE CHINA VIRUS, THE CHINA 
PLAGUE. 
>> KUNG FLU.
>> AMID ACCUSATIONS CHINA'S 
GOVERNMENT DOWNPLAYED THE 
SEVERITY OF THE OUTBREAK HERE,
THE U.S. AND CHINA HAVE BEEN
LOCKED IN A BATTLE OVER THE 
ORIGIN OF THE VIRUS.
>> THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT IT CAME
FROM A LABORATORY.
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE OFFERED
NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LINKING THE
VIRUS TO THE LAB
>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TARGETED AS A 
SCAPEGOAT.
>> CHINA FACES GLOBAL BACKLASH
FOR FAILING TO CONTAIN THE
OUTBREAK, EARLY ON, AND FOR A 
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AS IT
SPREAD
SCRUTINY OF THE LAB WAS FUELED
BY A STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE FROM
U.S. OFFICIALS IN JANUARY, 2018.
ABOUT SAFETY AND A SHORTAGE OF
TRAINED STAFF.
LAB OFFICIALS CLAIM U.S.
DIPLOMATS VISITED, ONLY ONCE, IN
MARCH 2018
AND DIDN'T SEE THE
HIGH-CONTAINMENT LAB
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO
CLARIFY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL NOT BE 
>>> ON THE EIGHTH DAY, GOD WOKE 
UP
REFRESHED FROM HIS NAP
AND MADE WHAT MOST AGREE IS HIS 
FINEST CREATION, YET
>> SPREAD THE WORD. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE'S SNL
FAVORITE BUT NOW, MACGRUBER IS
BACK IN ACTION
HEADED TO PEACOCK IN 2021.
GET A LOT OF OVER-THE-TOP,
ACTION-PACKED PLOTS HERE
IT WILL FOCUS ON HIS ESCAPE FROM
PRISON TO CONFRONT AN OLD ENEMY.
A CLASSIC CHEESE WHEN IT COMES
TO MAKING FUN OF THE -- 
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE SEEN IT
MY CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.
THE WNBA'S BUBBLE HASN'T BURST, 
YET.
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
AND WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE, LEADING UP TO ARRIVAL,
NONE HAVE CONTRACTED VIRUS
INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
THE NHL ALSO REPORTS NO POSITIVE
COVID TESTS ON THE EVE OF THE 
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN E
EDMONTON AND TORONTO. 
>> DEEP IN THE TRENCHES AS
PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS, WHETHER TO CANCEL THE
SEASON
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE. 
>> BUT THAT'S INCREASINGLY
UNLIKELY
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS 
FALL BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES, STILL, HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS
FALL
WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG WE WANT TO
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL
>>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS
MORNING.
THE HEAT
IT IS UNBEARABLE ACROSS THE 
NORTHEAST.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING
31 MILLION PEOPLE, THIS 
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE STILL TALKING A
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, AN
EXPLOSION ROCKS BALTIMORE,
LEAVING ONE DEAD AND SEVEN
OTHERS INJURED
THE BLAST TOOK OUT THREE HOMES, 
REDUCING THEM TO PILES OF 
RUBBLE
EMERGENCY CREWS WERE SEARCHING
THROUGH THE DEBRIS FOR ANY
PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BALTIMORE GAS AND LELECTRIC SAY 
THERE WERE NO GAS LEAKS FOUND.
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT COUNTLESS BUSINESSES 
DAMAGED, ACROSS SEVERAL 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO
THE VIOLENCE WAS, APPARENTLY, 
SPARKED BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT
BETWEEN POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH, ACCORDING TO 
AUTHORITIES, WHEN RUMORS SPREAD 
THAT OFFICERS HAD FIRED ON AN 
UNARMED CHILD, LEADING TO THE 
ARREST DOWNTOWN.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AND AT LEAST 13 OFFICES
WERE INJURED DURING THE 
VIOLENCE
THE MAYOR SAYS THERE WILL BE A
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THE
AREA, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
>> THE TSA SAYS JULY AIR TRAVEL 
WAS DOWN 75%, COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR
BUT THEIR AGENCY REPORTED THEIR 
GUN CONFISCATION RATE TRIPLED.
IN 2019, FOR EVERY MILLION
PASSENGERS SCREENED, ABOUT FIVE 
GUNS WERE FOUND.
THIS JULY, THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO
OVER 15.
>> THE GAME MAY HAVE FELT 
DIFFERENT IN THE AGE OF COVID.
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP GOLF'S NEW 
SUPERSTAR FROM MAKING HISTORY.
HERE IS NBC'S MORGAN CHESKY.
>> AND THE CALIFORNIA KID IS THE
NEW STAR IN THE GAME OF GOLF. 
>> WHEN COLIN WOKE UP SUNDAY, HE
SAID THIS FELT MEANT TO BE
A 23-YEAR-OLD PLAYING AGAINST 
THE BEST GOLFERS ON THE PLANET
AND BEATING THEM WITH A SWING,
AS EASY AS A SMILE. 
>> WE GOT IT
HIT A REALLY GOOD PUTT
AND NOW WE'RE HERE. 
>> ON A NEARLY DESERTED COURSE, 
THE GRAD PUT ON A SHOW
BREAKING A RECORD FOR LOWEST
WEEKEND SCORE, EVER.
A MARK MOST RECENTLY SET BY A 
GUY NAMED TIGER.
>> WHAT DID WE REALLY WITNESS 
YESTERDAY?
>> IT WAS MAKE THE SHOT AND 
STAND UP TO THE MOMENT
AND HE DID JUST THAT. 
>> IN FACT, THE ONLY WEAKNESS IN
HIS GAME DIDN'T COME UNTIL AFTER
SEALING VICTORY.
WHEN COLIN FOUND THE TROPHY 
COMES, IN TWO PARTS.
A MOMENT, HE SHARED, WITH 
TODAY'S CARSON DAILY. 
>> I GOT TOO EXCITED
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE WANT.
NO, THERE'S NO MIC DROP IN THIS.
IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT.
>> A HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT FOR A
RISING STAR.
MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS.
>> HE'S GOT QUITE THE CAREER
AHEAD OF HIM AT AGE 23
AND EVEN WITH A MEMORABLE MOMENT
WITH THAT TROPHY. 
>> THAT WAS A FUNNY MOMENT
A BIT HUMBLING BUT WHENEVER YOUR
NAME'S BEING THROWN AROUND WITH 
THE LIKES OF TIGER WOODS, YOU 
KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE 
HOUSE FORCES SECRET SERVICE TO
PULL THE PRESIDENT, MID PRESS 
CONFERENCE, TO THE SAFETY OF THE
OVAL OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST
>>> LOOTING IN CHICAGO
MORE STORES HIT.
POLICE ARREST AT LEAST 100 AS 
THE MAYOR CONDEMNS THE VIOLENCE.
>>> THE 2,000-MILE PUPPY RESCUE 
THAT MANAGED TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON EVERYONE 
WHO MET A DOG NAMED HARRIS. 
>> AND THE MASK TEST
WHICH ONES PERFORMED THE BEST 
AND WORST?
IT'S TUESDAY
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
SECRET SERVICE IS ON HIGH ALERT,
AFTER A SCARE NEAR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIEFING ROOM, AFTER A 
SECRET SERVICE OFFICER SHOT A 
MAN, JUST BLOCKS AWAY.
MINUTES LATER, THE PRESIDENT
RETURNED TO THE PODIUM TO 
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE SUSPECT.
AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT
THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE INJURED.
>> IN A STATEMENT, THE SECRET 
SERVICE SAID THE SUSPECT TOLD 
THE OFFICER HE HAD A WEAPON.
THEN, CROUCHED INTO A SHOOTER 
STANCE, AND THE OFFICER RETURNED
FIRE
THE 51-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING, AND
THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
>> WITH MILLIONS OF OUT-OF-WORK 
AMERICANS, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING 
DETAILS ON A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE, TALKS ARE AT A
STANDSTILL THIS MORNING.
AND NOW, THERE'S NEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, MADE TO
OFFSET THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT
NBC'S SCOTT MACFARLANE JOINS US 
WITH THE LATEST AND, SCOTT, 
STILL NO TIMELINE ON WHEN 
AMERICANS WILL SEE ANY MONEY. 
>> FRANCES, THE PRESIDENT SAYS
HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR $400 IN 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BUT IT'S
STATES AND THE GOVERNORS THAT 
WILL HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE.
NOT -- THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOLD
REPORTERS ABOUT HIS PAYROLL TAX 
EXECUTIVE ORDER, SAYING IT WOULD
RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND IMPACT WORKERS WHO EARN 
$100,000 OR LESS EACH YEAR
AGAIN, HIS CRITICS SAY IT'S NOT 
CLEAR THAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY SAY IT'S ALSO A CONCERN
THAT WOULD STRIP MONEY FROM THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AND
FROM MEDICARE.
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH 
THE GOVERNORS, AND THEY WERE
VERY ANXIOUS TO GET MONEY FOR 
THE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
AND IF THEY, DEPENDING ON THE 
STATE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
WE CAN TERMINATE THE 25%
OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STATE.
>> LAST WEEK, THEY CAME UP WITH 
SOME MEAGER PROPOSALS.
AND THE PRESIDENT THEN, OVER THE
WEEKEND, DID EVEN LESS TO GIVE
AN ILLUSION SO THAT THE MARKET
WOULD GO UP.
AND PEOPLE WOULD THINK WE'RE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION
IT SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN
>> THE SENATE IS HERE THIS
MORNING, IN D.C.
THE U.S. HOUSE IS BACK HOME.
THEY'LL RECONVENE IF THERE IS A 
DEAL TO VOTE ON OR TO NEGOTIATE.
BUT, HERE'S THE SITUATION.
IT'S NOT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON
THE DEAL
THEY ARE AT AN IMPASSE ON 
WHETHER TO EVEN NOERKEGOTIATE O 
DEAL
THAT'S THE STORY IN D.C., I'M 
SCOTT MACFARLANE. 
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>> A MAN IN NEW JERSEY IS FACING
CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE 
HOSTED A PARTY AND NEARLY 300 
PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WITH NO REGARD
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERING
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
RESEARCHERS WARN THAT EVENTS
LIKE THESE CAN FUEL MAJOR 
OUTBREAKS OF CORONAVIRUS
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
GROWING CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS, WHICH MAY
BE FUELING A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
TENSIONS BOILING OVER OUTSIDE A 
CHURCH IN VENTURA COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA, WHERE PRO-MASK
DEMONSTRATORS HAD GATHERED
CHAPEL DEFYING STATEWIDE ORDERS,
WITH INDOOR SERVICES. 
>> NOW, YOU GET A CHANCE TO 
GREET ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE
THERE'S FREEDOM.
SAY HELLO.
>> Reporter: IN STURGIS, SOUTH
DAKOTA, A TEN-DAY MOTORCYCLE
RALLY, THAT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW
UP TO A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE, 
IS STILL UNDERWAY.
>> ALL THE OTHER BIKE SHOWS HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED, NATIONWIDE
>> Reporter: NO MASK REQUIRED.
>> TO ME, A LITTLE BIT
FRIGHTENING.
>> DR. JOSHUA IS WITH THE FRED
HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH
CENTERMENT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
PUBLISHED A PAPER THAT'S NOT
BEEN PEER REVIEWED
BUT IT FOUND THAT CORONAVIRUS 
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS ARE THE 
RESULT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AT
THE WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG 
TIME
>> 10 TO 20% OF PEOPLE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE
INFECTIONS
THEN, THERE ARE THESE LESS
COMMON, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
EVENTS WHERE ONE PERSON CAN 
INFECT DOZENS, SOMETIMES OVER 
100, PEOPLE.
>> ACCORDING TO A MODEL, HIS
TEAM BUILT THE RISKIEST WINDOW
FOR TRANSMISSION MAY BE BRIEF.
JUST A ONE TO TWO-DAY PERIOD
AFTER THE PERSON'S BEEN 
INFECTED
BUT THAT WINDOW COULD BE A HUGE 
PROBLEM IF THAT PERSON HAPPENS
TO BE SURROUNDED BY CROWDS. 
>> THE MOST OBVIOUS THING IS YOU
WOULD TRY TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY
CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN A 
TIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
>> WITH THE U.S. TOPPING 5
MILLION CASES, THESE FIVE 
STATES, COMBINED, NOW MAKE UP 
MORE THAN 40% OF THE INFECTIONS.
IN CHICAGO, BEACHES REMAIN
CLOSED
BUT DOZENS GATHER ON ONE, OVER
THE WEEKEND, ANYWAY.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT PICTURE WAS, I
THINK, HORRIFYING TO MANY PEOPLE
STANDING HERE.
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT
>> THE DEBATE OVER COLLEGE
FOOTBALL IS DEEP IN THE 
TRENCHES
AS PLAYERS ADVOCATE TO TAKE THE 
FIELD, MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
TEAMS PLAN TO DECIDE WHETHER TO 
CANCEL THE SEASON.
NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: COVID-19 MAY SACK
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY A BIG TEN
SCHEDULE
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S 
INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY.
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY THE BIG 
TEN'S PRESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST
PLAYING COLLEGEFOOTBALL THIS
FALL, BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH, NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS 
BEEN MADE.
THE PAC 12 IS, ALSO, EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ITS SEASON,
SOON
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE AND
THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE HAVE 
CANCELLED THEIR SEASONS.
BUT SOME FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND 
COACHES STILL HOPE THE SEASON 
CAN START.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY, NO MATTER 
WHO IT IS OR WHERE IT IS
SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE CHIPS 
FALL
WE, CERTAINLY, HOPE IT'S IN THE 
BIG TEN.
IF IT ISN'T, I THINK WE'RE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOR OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> STAR PLAYERS TREVOR LAWRENCE 
OF CLEMSON AND OHIO STATE'S 
JUSTIN FIELDS, POSTED ON TWITTER
USING THE HASHTAG, WE WANT TO 
PLAY
AND MICHIGAN HEAD COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH RELEASED A STATEMENT 
CALLING FOR A SEASON
AND WHILE COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A 
GAME, IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSINESS, 
WORTH $7 BILLION
THERE ARE INCREASING DOUBTS THAT
THIS SEASON WILL EVER KICK OFF
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>>> AND IN THE PROS, THE WNBA'S 
BUBBLE HAS NOT BURST, JUST YET
THE LEAGUE REPORTED ZERO
POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN 
THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR BUBBLE 
IN FLORIDA
WHILE SEVEN PLAYERS TESTED
POSITIVE LEADING UP TO THEIR
ARRIVAL, NONE HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
AND ON THE ICE, THE NHL ALSO
REPORTS NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
ON THE EVE OF THE STANLEY CUP 
PLAY OFFS.
TEAMS HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN
EDMONTON AND TORONTO SINCE
AUGUST 1st. 
>> A NIGHT OF UNREST AND LOOTING
LEFT OVER 100 REACTED AND 
SEVERAL OFFICERS INJURED AND
COUNTLESS BUSINESSES DAMAGED
ACROSS MULTIPLE CHICAGO 
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS THE STORY
>> Reporter: CHAOS FROM DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO.
AN ANGRY MOB RECKING THE CITY'S 
MAGNIFICENT MILE, UPSCALE 
SHOPPING DISTRICT.
>> MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, PEOPLE 
LOOTING THE STORES. 
>> BLOCKS OF SHOPS AND
BUSINESSES, RANSACKED.
THE VIRUS, APPARENTLY, SPARKED
BY AN EARLIER SHOOTOUT BETWEEN
POLICE AND A 20-YEAR-OLD
SUSPECT.
>> AND THIS PERSON FIRED SHOTS
AT OUR OFFICERS.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SHOOTING,
A CROWD GATHERED AT THE SCENE.
>> TEMPERS FLARED, FUELED BY
MISINFORMATION
>> Reporter: RUMORS OFFICERS HAD
FIRED ON AN UNARMLED CHILD, 
LEADING TO THE MELEE DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS WAS AN ASSAULT ON OUR 
CITY
TO THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN THIS 
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, LET'S BE 
CLEAR, WE ARE COMING FOR YOU
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 100 HAVE 
BEEN REACTED, FACING CHARGES
THAT INCLUDE LOOTING, DISORDERLY
CONDUCT, AND BATTERY AGAINST
POLICE
AT LEAST 13 OFFICERS WERE 
INJURED DURING THE VIOLENCE.
PART OF A DISTURBING TREND IN 
THE CITY
IN JUST THE LAST SEVEN DAYS,
NINE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN SHOT
THIS WEEKEND, THERE WERE AT 
LEAST 31 SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING 
THREE MURDERS.
TENSIONS AND A SHOW OF FORCE
GROWING, NOW, ALONG WITH POCKETS
OF UNREST ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE IS A STEPPED-UP POLICE
PRESENCE NOW IN THE BATTERED
DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH WILL STAY
IN PLACE, OFFICIALS SAY, UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> A NORTHWEST BALTIMORE 
COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER AN 
EXPLOSION TOOK OUT THREE HOMES
LEAVING ONE DEAD, AND SEVEN 
INJURED.
ONE MAN JUMPED IN TO SAVE HIS 
NEIGHBORS.
>> I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SHOES ON.
WE JUST STARTED TRYING TO, YOU
KNOW, DIG IN AND MOVE STUFF.
YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WINDOWS
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO TRY TO, 
YOU KNOW, FIND THESE PEOPLE.
WE, AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE HEARD
THE OLDER LADY
AND SHE SAID, HELP
SHE KEPT SAYING HELP
AND WE JUST WENT INTO ACTION
>> BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC 
SAYS NO GAS LEAKS WERE FOUND
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS 
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>>> A DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS SLAMS THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE MIDWEST.
THE DERECHO PRODUCED WINDS OF 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR AS IT 
MOVED THROUGH IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHICAGO ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING, DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS
THE STORM LASTED SEVERAL HOURS, 
LEAVING TREES UPROOTED AND MANY 
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
THE STORMS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS TO IOWA, AS WELL
KNOCKING TREES AND HOMES AND
POWER LINES.
ABOUT A MILLION CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S SEE WHAT TUESDAY HAS IN 
STORE FOR US
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WATCHING IT ALL.
HEY, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
DEFINITELY, A RARE EVENT FOR THE
MIDWEST.
SQUALL LINE SPAWNED ABOUT 450 
MILES.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS BURNING OFF AS 
IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS AREAS OF
THE OHIO VALLEY.
YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT NOW, IT'S
STARTING TO FADE AWAY.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.
THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO DRY
OUT ACROSS THAT AREA
THE BIG CONCERN, THOUGH, TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE 
TEMPERATURES
THEY ARE GOING TO SOAR
IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, RIGHT
NOW, WITH HUMIDITY CURRENTLY
SITTING IN THE LOWER 70s
RIGHT NOW, 79 DEGREES BUT WE ARE
ON OUR WAY TO THE 90s.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO, TRYING OUT FOR CHICAGO
THIS AFTERNOON
A LOT OF SUNSHINE.
84 DEGREES
A STRONG COLD FRONT TRYING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THAT AREA
A FEW STORMS THAT ARE GOING TO
POP UP TODAY, FOR THE DEEP SOUTH
TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH SOME MINOR
FLOODING
LOTS OF HEAT ALERTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS UNBEARABLE
HEAT, COMING UP.
>> THAT, IT IS
ALL RIGHT, JANESSA
THANK YOU.
>> TALK ABOUT AN ENDING.
>> HOPEFULLY
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL
NOT PLAY ANY FALL SPORTS
OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION
ALIGNS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE STATE'S GOVERNOR, TOM
WOLF, WHO SAID LAST WEEK, HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 
JANUARY.
>> NEW YORK'S NTA IS URGING 
APPLE TO FIX THEIR
FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
TO ENSURE COMMUTERS DON'T REMOVE
FACE COVERINGS TO UNLOCK THEIR
PHONES. 
>> DURING THE 
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 
THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE.
A JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF
VIDEO FROM THE TWO POLICE BODY
CAMERAS THAT SHOW THE MOMENTS 
THAT LED TO FLOYD'S DEATH.
AND A WARNING, YOU'LL FIND THE
VIDEO DISTURBING
>> I DON'T WANT TO
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I'M CLAUSTROPHOBIC
I GOT ANXIETY.
>> I'LL ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. 
>> MAN, I'M SCARED
WHEN I START BREATHING, IT'S
GOING TO GO OFF ON ME, MAN. 
>> PUT YOUR LEGS DOWN.
>> OKAY.
OKAY
>> FLOYD SAYS, MULTIPLE TIMES,
THAT HE IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
AFTER A STRUGGLE THAT LASTS 
ABOUT THREE MINUTES, HE IS
PULLED FROM THE SQUAD CAR, AND
PINNED TO THE GROUND
THE FOOTAGE HAS BEEN EDITED FOR 
TIME
THE FULL VIDEO HAS BEEN FILED AS
EVIDENCE. 
>> BY NOW, THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT WEARING MASKS PROTECTS US
ALL, AND SAVES LIVES
BUT WHICH MASKS ARE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE?
HERE'S NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN.
>> THESE DAYS, THE CHOICE OF
FACE MASKS CAN BE DIZZYING
SO, RESEARCHERS AT DUKE HEALTH
SET OUT TO FIND WHICH MAY WORK
BEST
TESTING 14 DIFFERENT TYPES WITH 
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO 
VISUALIZE SMALL PARTICLES OR
DROPLETS SPRAYED DURING REGULAR 
SPEECH
RESEARCHERS SAID THE SAME 
PHRASE. 
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: FIRST, WITH NO 
MASK
NOTE THE FLASHES OF LIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE TINY PARTICLES, 
WHICH COULD CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE WORE A MASK THAT 
TRULY BLOCKED THESE PARTICLES,
WE WOULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF A 
TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, LIKE 
COVID-19, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: MEDICAL-GRADE N95s 
AND SURGICAL MASKS BOTH WORKED
WELL TO BLOCK PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH EXHALATION VALVES
WON'T PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU
COTTON MASKS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID WELL
NOT A LOT OF DROPLETS GOT 
THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE COMMUNITY SPREAD
>> Reporter: BUT BANDANAS AND 
NECK GATOR DIDN'T FARE WELL.
IN FACT, RESEARCHERS SAY THEY 
MAY RESULT IN MORE SMALL
PARTICLES, THAN NO MASK AT ALL. 
>> THE BOTTOM LINE, RESEARCHERS 
SAY MASKS WORK IF THEY HAVE 
SEVERAL LAYERS OF GOOD FABRIC.
THEY SAY, IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH
IT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S 
PROBABLY NOT DOING YOU A LOT OF 
GOOD
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT
KRISTEN, THANK
♪♪
>>> THANKS TO THAT ICONIC DRUM
BEAT, PHIL COLLINS 1981 HIT "IN 
THE AIR TONIGHT" IS ONCE AGAIN
CLIMBING THE CHARTS.
LAST WEEK, HIT NUMBER THREE ON
iTUNES
IT HAPPENED AFTER A RECENT VIRAL
VIDEO WHERE 22-YEAR-OLD TWINS,
FRED AND TIM WILLIAMS, REACT
WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG AND 
THAT FAMOUS BEAT VERY THE VERY
FIRST TIME. 
>> THAT'S GREAT.
AND NOW WITH ALL THIS BECOMING
POPULAR, THE DECADES-OLD DEBATE 
ON WHAT THE SONG WAS ABOUT
ON WHETHER PHIL COLLINS SAW 
SOMEBODY DROWNING AND COMING
BACK
TO JIMMY FALLON, A COUPLE YEARS 
AGO, HE JUST SAID IT WAS ABOUT
HIS DIVORCE.
NOT SEEING SOMEBODY DROWN.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT.
I LIKE WHAT MIKE TYSON DID IN 
HANGOVER, THOUGH
GREAT SONG. 
>> AN EL PASO PUPPY FOUND ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TRIPLE-DIGIT
HEAT EARLIER THIS SUMMER NOW HAS
A NEW HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
HE'S MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS ALONG
THE WAY.
REPORTER SHELBY KAT FROM KTSM 
HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: A VEGAS FLIGHT 
ATTENDANT HOPPED ON A PLANE TO
EL PASO, WITHOUT HESITATION.
>> WAIT.
SO IT'S AVAILABLE TO COME TO EL 
PASO, TO PICK UP THE PUPPY. 
>> HERE, YOU CAN SEE MARCEL AND 
HARRIS ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM EL 
PASO TO NORTH CAROLINA
GETTING QUITE A BIT OF HELP 
ALONG THE WAY.
>> AND ONE OF OUR AMAZING 
EMPLOYEES PURCHASED ME A TICKET 
FROM EL PASO TO RALEIGH-DURHAM
BECAUSE THE FLIGHTS FILLED UP.
SO, THERE WAS A CHANCE I WASN'T 
GOING TO GET ON.
>> EVEN THIS HOTEL, HERE, IN EL 
PASO LET MARCELLE AND HARRIS
SPEND THE NIGHT FOR FREE. 
>> LOVES DOGS SO SHE COMPED MY
ROOM. 
>> EVERYONE WANTING TO HELP GET 
HARRIS TO HIS FOREVER HOME, 
MAKING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE ON 
THE PLANE.
>> NEEDED TO SEE A LITTLE 
KINDNESS
AND THIS PUPPY BROUGHT SO MUCH
LOVE
THE TWO PILOTS THAT I HAD.
THEY TOOK HIM FOR A WALK IN THE 
AIRPORT.
THEY WERE JUST -- IT MADE THEIR 
WHOLE DAY.
CHANGED THEIR MOODS.
ALL THE PASSENGERS ON THE PLANE 
WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO 
SEE HIM.
>> AFTER THREE FLIGHTS, MARCELLE
AND HARRIS FINALLY MADE IT TO 
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE WAS 
GREETED BY HIS NEW FAMILY.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE HERE IN
EL PASO SAYS THEY NEVER IMAGINED
SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME 
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
>> HE TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES ON 
THE WAY TO HIS NEW, FOREVER 
HOME
AND MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS WITH
SOUTH WEST, WITH THE WINDHAM, 
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT 
STEPS 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD 
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
31 MILLION PEOPLE, STILL, 
IMPACTED TODAY
GUYS, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 
HEAT INDICES
PRODUCTIVITY. 
>> ARE THOSE CAFFEINE PILLS?
>> AT FIRST, THEY'RE SO 
EXCITING
AND THEN, IT GETS EVEN MORE 
EXCITING
BUT AFTER THAT, IT GETS SO
SCARY.
AND IN THE END, YOU RUIN YOUR 
GIRL GROUP'S SHOT AT A RECORDING
CONTRACT. 
>> WHAT?
>> NOT LYING
MARIO LOPEZ AND ELIZABETH 
BERKELEY ARE BACK AT BAYSIDE
HIGH WITH A NEW CROP OF STUDENTS
IN THE NEW VERSION OF "SAVED BY 
THE BELL" COMING SOON TO PEACOCK
FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, NBC
UNIVERSAL.
>> I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR
CLASSIC SAVES.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF
ALL TIME
I LOVE HOW THEY CLEANED INTO
THAT CLASSIC JESSE BEING
ADDICTED TO THOSE CAFFEINE BI
PILLS.
ALL THAT STUFF
IT'S COMING BACK. 
>> THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN AMERICA'S 
GOT TALENT GETS UNDERWAY HERE ON
NBC TONIGHT.
THAT'S BECAUSE KELLY CLARKSON 
WILL BE FILLING IN FOR SIMON
COWELL
BUT BEFORE HE GOT HURT, COWELL
AND SOME OF HIS PALS SPOKE WITH 
NBC'S MARK BARGER.
>> SOFIA VERGARA. 
>> I'M JUST READY FOR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, FROM ONE 
DAY TO THE OTHER, SINCE WE
STARTED DOING THIS -- SINCE I 
STARTED DOING THIS SHOW.
>> FROM A SICK JUDGE TO 
AUDIENCE-FREE AUDITIONS.
AND IN SOCIALLY-DISTANT JUDGE 
CUTS, THIS SEASON'S LATEST CURVE
BALL CAME OVER THE WEEKEND. 
>> CELEBRITY SIMON COWELL IS IN 
THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT WITH A 
BROKEN BACK FOLLOWING AN
ACCIDENT ON AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
>> IT WILL SIDELINE HIM FROM
THIS WEEK'S SHOWS, WHICH HE HAD 
BEEN KEYED UP ABOUT.
>> IT WAS A BUZZ THAT WE COULD
GET THE SHOW BACK ON THE AIR. 
>> IT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT,
WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, AT 
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND ITS 
ADJACENT THEME PARK IN
HOLLYWOOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE RUSHING
AROUND ON GOLF CARTS, FROM ACT
TO ACT TO ACT.
THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT 
SETUPS. 
>> JERRY SAYS THAT WILL ALLOW A 
WHOLE NEW SCOPE FOR THE 11
PERFORMERS TONIGHT
AND THE OTHERS TO COME, OVER THE
NEXT THREE WEEKS
>> WE CAN GO ALL OVER, ANYWHERE 
WE WANT, AND THESE ACTS CAN GO
AS BIG AS THEY EVER HAVE DONE,
EVER, IN THEIR LIVES
SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
SEASON, VIEWERS WILL GET A SAY
IN WHO ADVANCES, INCLUDING THE
DANGER AXE. 
>> I GO CRAZY.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
I MEAN, I GET UP
I FALL DOWN.
I SCREAM
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE I REALLY GET
INTO IT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMERICA 
CAN JOIN HER
MARK BARGER, NBC NEWS.
>> SHOULD BE FUN
AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO TURN AN 
AUDITION INTO STARDOM LIKE KELLY
CLARKSON, EITHER
YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, THIS GOES TO
SHOW YOU A PANDEMIC OR BROKEN 
BACK CANNOT STOP THAT KIND OF 
TALENT FROM SHINING THROUGH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US ON
AND THIS MORNING RESIDENTS HERE 
ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE.
>> OH, NO!
>> IT'S BEEN A ROUGH DAY TODAY.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING 
RESIDENTS IN THE MIDWEST ARE 
CLEANING UP AFTER A DEVASTATING 
STORM SYSTEM PUMMELLED MULTIPLE 
STATES MONDAY LEAVING MORE THAN 
A MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
>> COME HOME TO THIS, TO A 
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S DEVASTATED 
BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE A MICROBURST.
>> Reporter: WINDS SO STRONG, 
SOME SAYING THEY SAW A POSSIBLE 
TORNADO.
THIS VIDEO SHOWING WHAT MAY HAVE
BEEN A TWISTER SLEDDING A ROOF 
IN CHICAGO.
>> IT WAS MADNESS.
IT WAS REALLY DARK.
I WAS SCARED.
>> Reporter: STRONG WINDS MOVED 
IN QUICKLY THROUGH THE ROGERS 
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD TEARING DOWN 
TREES AND DESTROYING VEHICLES.
ONE RESIDENT DISCOVERING HIS CAR
HAD BEEN CRUSHED.
YET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, HE'S STILL
GRATEFUL.
>> I'M JUST GLAD I'M OKAY.
2020, IT IS -- I THINK YOU KNOW 
WHAT?
I THINK IT HAS PREPARED US FOR 
STUFF LIKE THIS.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
>> Reporter: THE POWERFUL STORM 
SYSTEM COVERING HUNDREDS OF 
MILES BLOWING HIGH WINDS 
EXCEEDING 100 MILES PER HOUR 
THROUGH IOWA EAST OF DES MOINES 
AND PARTS OF INDIANA AND 
NEBRASKA.
BACK IN CHICAGO, RESIDENTS ARE 
RATTLED BUT RESILIENT.
>> I JUST REALLY PRAY AND HOPE 
FOR THE FIRST FOR EVERY FAMILY 
THAT'S OUT HERE LIVING IN THESE 
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: HERE IN ILLINOIS, 
NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE 
STILL WITHOUT POWER.
MORE THAN A TALK ABOUT THE 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS HE'D JUST 
SIGNED AND COVID-19.
THIS MORNING AUTHORITIES IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL ARE 
INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING OUTSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT LED TO SOME
DRAMATIC MOMENTS INSIDE 
INVOLVING PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE SECRET SERVICE INTERRUPTING 
THE PRESIDENT JUST THREE MINUTES
INTO HIS CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING 
USHERING HIM OUT OF THE ROOM AND
INTO THE OVAL OFFICE.
THE PRESIDENT RETURNING MINUTES 
LATER.
>> THERE WAS A SHOOTING.
IT WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE, SEEMS TO BE, THE 
SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION 
OF THE SUSPECT.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT THE 
SECRET SERVICE SAYS THE SUSPECT 
A 51-YEAR-OLD MALE APPROACHED A 
UNIFORMED SECRET SERVICE OFFICER
AND TOLD HIM HE HAD A WEAPON.
THEN REMOVED AN OBJECT FROM HIS 
CLOTHING.
>> HE THEN CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER'S STANCE AS IF HE WAS 
ABOUT TO FIRE A WEAPON.
THE SECRET SERVICE OFFICER 
DISCHARGED HIS WEAPON STRIKING 
THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE TORSO.
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOWS 
POLICE APPARENTLY SURROUNDING 
THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT.
>> WE HEARD A GUNSHOT AS WE WERE
GOING DOWN THE STREET.
>> Reporter: THE SECRET SERVICE 
SAYS THE SUSPECT AND THE OFFICER
WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX WAS 
NEVER BREACHED DURING THE 
INCIDENT.
NOR WAS THE SECRET SERVICE 
PROTECTEE IN DANGER.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AS THE 
PRESIDENT WAS DEFENDING HIS 
DECISION TO SIGN EXECUTIVE 
ACTIONS AFTER TALKS WITH 
DEMOCRATS COLLAPSED.
THE ACTIONS INCLUDE A NEW WEEKLY
UNEMPLOYMENT BONUS OF $400.
LESS THAN THE $600 PEOPLE WERE 
INITIALLY RECEIVING.
STATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR
THE FUNDS AND PAY $100 OF THE 
COST.
OVERNIGHT THE NATIONAL 
GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION 
CRITICIZED THE MOVE WRITING IN 
PART, THE BEST WAY FORWARD IS 
FOR CONGRESS AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK TO 
THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND COME 
UP WITH A WORKABLE SOLUTION.
AS THE TREASURY SECRETARY VOWED 
AMERICANS WILL SEE THE FUNDS 
SOON.
>> WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, 
MOST OF THE STATES WILL BE ABLE 
TO EXECUTE.
>> Reporter: NOW, BOTH THE WHITE
HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS HAVE 
SIGNALLED THEY ARE WILLING TO 
RESTART NEGOTIATIONS FOR A 
BROADER RELIEF DEAL, BUT SO FAR 
THERE'S NO MEETING SCHEDULED.
AS FOR THAT INCIDENT HERE 
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT CAN'T 
DO THAT, THEY'RE LIKELY LOOKING 
AT A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
THIS MORNING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE FACING THEIR BIGGEST
TEST YET SENDING KIDS BACK INTO 
CLASSROOMS DURING A PANDEMIC 
THAT'S STILL SURGING IN SOME 
AREAS.
IN INDIANA, THIS MOM IS TRYING 
TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON COVID-19. 
>> THEY KNOW TO KEEP THEIR 
DISTANCE AND WE CAN'T REALLY 
TOUCH OUR FRIENDS THIS YEAR.
WASH OUR HANDS.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR EVERY 
TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF MASKS AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCING, PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS ALIKE ARE FINDING THEIR
SAFETY ALARM BELLS BUZZING.
FRANKIE CLARKE DROPPED OFF HER 
YOUNGEST SON FOR HIS FIRST DAY 
OF FIRST GRADE.
>> WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL, I 
DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS 
MANDATORY AND NOT OPTIONAL.
>> Reporter: AN HOUR WEST IN 
CENTRAL FLORIDA, A VETERAN 
EDUCATOR REPORTS FULL CLASSROOMS
AND CRAMMED HALLWAYS.
>> FOR SOME REASON THEY THINK 
SCHOOL IS A MAGICAL PLACE AND WE
DON'T NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART.
>> Reporter: THE CONCERNS HARDLY
SPECIFIC TO FLORIDA.
A SCHOOL IN DALLAS, GEORGIA, 
SHUT DOWN IN-PERSON CLASSES FOR 
AT LEAST TWO DAYS AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES.
ANGIE FRANK'S NEPHEWS WERE TWO 
OF THE STUDENTS INFECTED.
>> THEY WEREN'T SOCIALLY 
DISTANT.
THEY DID NOT HAVE MASKS ON.
AND BOTH BOYS SET IN CLASSES ALL
DAY LONG.
>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT 
SUPERINTENDENT WRITING THAT 
CLASSROOMS WERE THOROUGHLY 
CLEANED AND DISINFECTED.
AS AMERICA GRAPPLES WITH A 
BIGGER PROBLEM, A NEW REPORT 
FINDS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS 
THERE'S BEEN A 90% JUMP IN CASES
AMONG CHILDREN IN THE U.S. WITH 
97,000 CONTRACTING COVID IN THE 
SECOND HALF OF JULY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PRESSED BY NBC'S
CAROL LEE ON THE FIGURES.
>> SO DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT 
CHILDREN ARE ESSENTIALLY IMMUNE?
>> THEY DON'T GET VERY SICK.
AND ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE THAT
I'VE SPOKEN TO, THEY DON'T 
TRANSPORT IT OR TRANSFER IT TO 
OTHER PEOPLE OR CERTAINLY NOT 
VERY EASILY.
>> Reporter: UNEPIDEMIOLOGIST AT
EMERY UNIVERSITY REPORTING VERY 
DIFFERENT FINDINGS IN GEORGIA.
>> THOSE YOUNGER GROUPS PLAY A 
ROLE MORE BROADLY.
WE WILL SEE IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE AGE RANGE.
>> SO SAM, THIS DEBATE AS 
FLORIDA IS SET TO REOPEN ITS 
SCHOOLS.
A BIG QUESTION SEEMS TO BE 
WHETHER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 
ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW UP..
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT PART 
OF THE STORY?
>> Reporter: NEW YORK CITY MAYOR
de BLASIO ANNOUNCED CONFIDENCE 
THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
HE'S CITING A SURVEY SHOWING 74%
OF FAMILIES ARE DOING THIS 
IN-PERSON HYBRID MODEL.
THE PROBLEM IS MOST OF THE 
FAMILIES DIDN'T SELECT ANYTHING 
AND THEY WERE AUTOMATICALLY 
ENROLLED IN 
THAT THE FEVER WENT DOWN.
BUT SCIENTISTS ARE EXPRESSING 
GRAVE CONCERNS.
IN THE GLOBAL RACE FOR A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, RUSSIA SAID
TODAY IT'S ALREADY WON.
EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T COMPLETED 
PHASE THREE TRIALS.
THAT'S NOT SLOWING RUSSIA DOWN 
WHICH TODAY REGISTERED AND 
APPROVED FOR USE ITS VACCINE 
WHILE CONTINUING TO CONDUCT 
HUMAN TRIALS.
RUSSIA ALREADY HAS A ROLLOUT 
PLAN.
IT'S AMBITIOUS AND FAST.
TO START GIVING THE VACCINE TO 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL THIS MONTH, 
MASS PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER.
MASS DISTRIBUTION IN OCTOBER.
BEFORE TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, I 
SPOKE WITH THE HEAD OF THE 
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT FUND BACKING 
THE VACCINE. 
>> WE'LL HAVE 13 MILLION DOSES 
SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS 
NUMBER.
>> Reporter: YOU WANT TO 
VACCINATE 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN 
RUSSIA THIS YEAR.
>> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE.
THEN IT'S UP TO WHO WANTS TO BE 
VACCINATED.
BUT WE CAN VACCINATE TENS OF 
MILLIONS IN RUSSIA THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: SCIENTISTS 
INCLUDING FROM THE W.H.O. ARE 
SURGING CAUTION SAYING ONLY 
EXTENSIVE AND PROLONGED TESTING 
CAN DETERMINE IF A VACCINE IS 
EFFECTIVE AND SAFE.
U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE ACCUSED 
RUSSIA OF HACKING VACCINE 
RESEARCH, CLAIMS RUSSIA 
VIGOROUSLY DENIED.
>> ACCUSATIONS BY SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF RUSSIA 
HAVING A SPUTNIK MOMENT TO THE 
VACCINE.
OR BEING OUT THERE WHEN THERE IS
NOBODY ELSE OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: THE VACCINE IS 
OFFICIALLY CALLED SPUTNIK-V FOR 
VACCINE.
NOW, RUSSIA HAS NOT PUBLISHED 
MUCH DATA ABOUT THE VACCINE.
IT WILL BE PUBLISHED BUT 
SCIENTISTS INCLUDING DR. FAUCI 
SAY THEY HOPE THAT RUSSIA AND 
CHINA WHICH IS ALSO WORKING A 
SURVIVORS.E
AND NOW THEY'RE VERY MUCH 
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE AND 
DEBRIS, INVESTIGATORS ARE 
SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSE OF A 
MAJOR GAS EXPLOSION HERE IN 
BALTIMORE.
>> SO MANY HOUSES JUST GONE.
THE BLAST TOPPLED MULTIPLE 
HOUSES KILLING ONE WOMAN AND 
SENDING AT LEAST SEVEN OTHERS TO
AREA HOSPITALS.
>> THIS WAS A ROLLOUT EXPLOSION.
I SEEN SMOKE UP IN THE AIR LIKE 
60 FEET OR SO.
I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING.
I DIDN'T HAVE NO SHOES ON.
>> Reporter: THE EXPLOSION 
MID-MONDAY MORNING SENT 
NEIGHBORS SCRAMBLING TO HELP.
>> THERE WAS POWER LINES DOWN.
THERE WAS BRICKS, CINDER BLOCKS.
JUST CATASTROPHIC.
>> STARTED DIGGING.
>> Reporter: RESIDENTS LIKE DEAN
JONES STARTED DIGGING THROUGH 
DEBRIS.
>> WE COULD HEAR THE GAS AND 
SMELL THE GAS.
IT WAS LIKE -- SO WE'RE LIKE, 
THEY LIKE, YOU GO GET PEOPLE OUT
OF THERE.
TELL THEM TO MOVE.
>> Reporter: BALTIMORE 
FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY ON THE 
SCENE PULLING A SURVIVOR FROM 
THE WRECKAGE.
>> I WANT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY 
REALLY TO RALLY AROUND THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL 
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD PUT ALL 
OUR HOPES, ALL OUR PRAYERS, ALL 
OUR ENERGY.
>> Reporter: FIRE CREWS SPENDING
HOURS CLIMBING THROUGH THE 
RUBBLE IN 90 DEGREE HEAT AND 
HIGH HUMIDITY.
>> IT'S A RESCUE OPERATION.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL SEARCHING.
>> Reporter: FIRE AUTHORITIES 
DECLINING TO SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR.
MANY RESIDENTS WERE TOLD TO 
EVACUATE DISPLACED FROM THEIR 
HOMES DURING A PANDEMIC.
THE EXPLOSION LEAVING MANY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT GAS OR 
POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOT 
AUGUST DAY. 
>> WHEN WE GOT DOWN THERE AND 
SAW THE POWER LINE WAS BROKE IN 
HALF AND THE WIRES.
WE COULD HEAR THE YELLING.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I NEVER WANT
TO SEE AGAIN.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC IS ON
THE SCENE TRYING TO ISOLATE THE 
CAUSE.
ONE THEORY HERE IS THIS CITY
AWAY, THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT 
ARE THOSE TOP CONFERENCES GOING 
TO END UP DOING?
THIS MORNING MORE QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL.
PRESIDENTS OF THE BIG TEN 
MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS WHETHER
TO CANCEL ITS FALL SEASON AFTER 
GETTING PUSHBACK FROM TEACH 
COACHES, SOURCES SAY.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE POWER 
FIVE, THE PAC-12, ALSO MEETING 
TODAY TO DISCUSS THE FALL.
>> A HUGE VARIABLE THAT THE 
REMAINING LEAGUES WILL HAVE IS 
HOW THOSE CAMPUSES REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING BACK ON CAMPUS 
AS THERE IS AN EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK.
>> Reporter: THIS AS THE 
MOUNTAIN WEST AND MID-ATLANTIC 
CONFERENCES HAVE POSTPONED UNTIL
NEXT YEAR.
THE S.E.C. WILL ALSO DECIDE IN 
THE NEXT WEEK.
BUT THE PRESIDENT ISN'T HIDING 
HIS FEELINGS ON THE MATTER 
POSTING, PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
>> THESE COLLEGE ATHLETES WORK 
THEIR WHOLE LIVES FOR THIS 
MOMENT.
HE'D LIKE A CHANCE FOR THEM TO 
LIVE OUT OUR DREAMS.
>> Reporter: NOW SOME OF THE 
BIGGEST STARS ARE PUSHING BACK.
>> WE'RE HERE TO PLAY.
IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
>> Reporter: TREVOR LAWRENCE WHO
IS EXPECTED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE
DRAFT PICK POSTING WITH OTHER 
PLAYERS UNDER THE #WE WANT TO 
PLAY.
AND DEMANDING THE POWER FIVE 
CREATE UNIVERSAL HEALTH AND 
SAFETY PROCEDURES TO PROTECT 
PLAYERS.
UNLIKE THE NFL, THERE ARE NO 
NATIONAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
ALSO AT RISK HERE?
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
IN LOST REVENUE TO COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL TOWNS.
ONE STUDY FOUND IN ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN, ALONE, THE SPORT 
BRINGS IN MORE THAN $80 MILLION 
A YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.
>> I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN 
ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE FOR SO MANY 
OF THE CITIES WHERE THESE BIG 
UNIVERSITIES ARE IF THE COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL SEASON DOESN'T TAKE 
PLACE.
>> Reporter: MICHIGAN COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH IS FIGHTING TO PLAY 
POSTING THIS VIRUS CAN BE 
CONTROLLED AND HANDLED WITH 
PROPER SAFETY MEASURES.
BUT ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, 
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS IN AT LEAST 17
SCHOOLS HAVE SUFFERED COVID 
OUTBREAKS THIS SUMMER.
INDIANA LINEBACKER BRADY FEENEY 
ENDED UP IN THE E.R. WITH 
POSSIBLE HEART DAMAGE.
HE TWEETED, I WANT TO PLAY, BUT 
I TRULY BELIEVE WE NEED IT TO BE
SAFE.
NOW, MANY TOP ATHLETES ARE USING
THE #WE ARE UNITED TO LOBBY FOR 
THE CREATION OF A COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION 
THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE NFL
TO MAKE SURE THOSE PLAYERS ARE 
SAFE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MORGAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT SETS US UP NICELY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT IT WITH DAN 
PATRICK NOW.
DAN'S DAILY RADIO SHOW WILL 
START STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON 
PEACOCK LATER THIS MONTH.
MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, BROTHER.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
SO WE'VE HAD THESE MEETINGS OF 
ALL THE MAJOR CONFERENCES OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
LAST NIGHT THERE WAS THIS 
MEETING THAT THE SOUTHEASTERN 
CONFERENCE, THE MIGHTY S.E.C.
IF YOU WERE A BETTING MAN, HOW 
WOULD YOU BET THIS PLAYS OUT 
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS STARTING
TODAY, PERHAPS?
>> I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
DELAY, CRAIG.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
IN THE BIG TEN.
I WAS TOLD BY A SOURCE LAST 
NIGHT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO 
DELAY THIS NOW.
THE INFORMATION I GOT WAS NOT 
SUPPOSED TO COME OUT UNTIL TODAY
AND I THINK YESTERDAY MORNING 
WHEN WE BROKE THE STORY, ALL OF 
A SUDDEN THE BIG TEN AND THE 
PAC-12 STARTED TO GET SOME 
PUSHBACK.
I HEARD FROM THE S.E.C.
THEY SAID THEY'RE PLAYING.
THE ACC SAID THEY WERE GOING TO 
PLAY.
BIG 12 WAS ON THE FENCE A BIT.
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS WERE PLANNING
ON PLAYING, THE OTHER SCHOOLS 
WERE NOT.
I WOULD SAY IT'S THE WILD, WILD 
WEST BUT IT'S ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY.
IT'S THE WILD, WILD SOUTHWEST, 
THE WILD, WILD MIDWEST.
SO I THINK IT'S ALMOST 
HOUR-BY-HOUR OF WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
THE LATEST I HAVE IS THE BIG TEN
IS TRYING TO DELAY AND MAYBE NOT
CANCEL.
AND ONE THING I WANT TO CLARIFY,
WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY 12-2 THE 
PRESIDENTS VOTED TO CANCEL THE 
SEASON IN THE BIG TEN.
THEY DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE 
CANCELING.
THEY VOTED TO CANCEL.
AND THAT'S WHY I EVEN SAID IT 
YESTERDAY, THIS MAY CHANGE BY 
TUESDAY MORNING.
AND HERE WE ARE.
IT MAY CHANGE BY TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON.
>> DAN, IF SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS
DECIDE TO CANCEL THEIR SEASON, 
EVEN IF THE CONFERENCE DECIDES 
TO GO AHEAD, YOU GOT CERTAIN 
SCHOOLS THAT ARE CANCELING, 
CERTAIN CONFERENCES MAY PLAY, 
CERTAIN CONFERENCES MAY NOT.
WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD WE HAVE A 
SEASON WHERE YOU'VE GOT ACC 
TEAMS PLAYING S.E.C. TEAMS 
PLAYING PAC-12 -- AND YOU GOT 
THIS SORT OF SUPERCONFERENCE AS 
A RESULT?
ANY CHANCE OF THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE 
TIME TO DO THAT.
PLUS ALSO UNDERSTAND NEBRASKA 
SAYS THEY WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
WELL, THE BIG TEN OWNS THE 
RIGHTS TO NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.
IF NEBRASKA -- YOU JUST CAN'T GO
ROGUE HERE.
OHIO STATE'S TALKED ABOUT MAYBE 
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO 
PLAY.
FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD BY MY 
SOURCE YESTERDAY, THE S.E.C. IS 
SORT OF OPEN FOR BUSINESS 
SAYING, WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND
PLAY FOOTBALL WITH US.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
A COUPLE OF OUTLIERS THAT ARE 
GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THAT.
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE THE BIG
TEN AND NEBRASKA SAYS TO HECK 
WITH YOU.
WE'RE GOING ON OUR OWN.
DO YOU KEEP NEBRASKA IN THE BIG 
TEN?
DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT?
I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS -- 
IT'S UNCHARTERED TERRITORY FOR A
LOT OF REASONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ADULTS IN THE 
ROOM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE 
HAVE GROWNUPS.
THE REASON WHY IT GOT TO THIS 
POINT, THE 11th HOUR WAS WE 
WEREN'T HEARING FROM THE 
PRESIDENT.
EVERY COACH, EVERY PLAYER, EVERY
ATHLETIC PLAYER SAID WE'RE 
PLAYING FOOTBALL.
WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE 
PRESIDENTS.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY VOTE 
AND GO, WHAT ARE WE DOING 
PLAYING FOOTBALL HERE?
>> DAN.
SAVANNAH FROM NEW YORK, CALLING.
LONGTIME LISTENER.
FIRST TIME CALLER TO THE SHOW.
I DO -- I LOOK AT THIS AND I 
WONDER ABOUT THE NFL.
NBA SEEMS TO SO FAR HAVE IT 
RIGHT WITH THE BUBBLE.
NHL DOING THAT TOO.
WHAT DOES THIS PORTEND FOR THE 
NFL?
>> WELL, THE NFL HAS PLAYERS WHO
HAVE SIGNED AWAY THEIR RIGHTS 
FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 
AGREEMENTS.
SO THE LIABILITY IS THE BIG 
ISSUE WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL FROM
WHAT I WAS TOLD.
LIABILITY IS WHAT THESE 
PRESIDENTS ARE SO AFRAID OF.
WITH NFL, THIS PLAYERS COULD OPT
OUT IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY 
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
YOU HAVE A UNION THAT REPRESENTS
YOU.
I THINK THE NFL WILL START ON 
TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL FINISH 
ON TIME.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE BASICALLY 
CREATING THEIR OWN LITTLE 
BUBBLES IN EACH CITY.
SO THE SAINTS WILL HAVE A HOTEL.
THE BUCCANEERS WILL HAVE A 
HOTEL.
THAT'LL BE THEIR BUBBLE.
THE TESTING MEASURES ARE 
INCREDIBLE WITH THE NFL.
THEY HAVE THE MONEY.
AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER KEY 
ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN WEST, THE 
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, THEY 
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE 
TESTING.
THE POWER FIVE CONFERENCE 
SCHOOLS DO HAVE THE MONEY FOR 
TESTING.
YOU COULD MAKE A CASE, THOSE 
ATHLETES WILL BE SAFER ON 
CAMPUS -- THEY'RE GOING TO STAY 
ON CAMPUS IF THERE'S NO 
FOOTBALL.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
WORK OUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TESTING 
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT 
DIDN'T HAVE THE TESTING THAT RUN
THE REAL RISK.
BUT I THINK THE NFL IS GOING TO 
START ON TIME.
>> DAN PATRICK.
DAN, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, DAN. 
>> BY THE WAY, LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN LOOK OUT FOR 
"THE DAN PATRICK SHOW" STREAMING
DAILY ON 
GOAL.
NOW IT'S A NECESSITY.
THIS MORNING NEW HOPE FOR NEW 
JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, MASTERCARD, VERIZON, 
WELLS FARGO COMING TOGETHER TO 
CREATE OVER 100,000 NEW JOBS AND
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 
LOW INCOME AND MINORITY WORKERS.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS PHILANTHROPY
OR IS IT A BUSINESS INITIATIVE 
AS MANY. 
>> IT'S A BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: JAMIE DIMON IS THE 
CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE AND PART 
OF THE COUNCIL.
>> 30 CEOs COMING TOGETHER TO 
TRY TO TACKLE ONE OF SOCIETY'S 
BIG PROBLEMS WHICH IS GETTING 
INNER CITY SCHOOL EDUCATION, 
LARGELY MINORITY.
THAT'S GETTING THESE KIDS 
THROUGH SCHOOL AND WITH A HIGH 
PAYING JOB.
>> Reporter: MANY WERE ALREADY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR INITIATIVES 
SEPARATELY.
BUT THE PANDEMIC AND THE 
INEQUALITY HIGHLIGHTED BY THE 
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT LED 
THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO UNITE 
FOR MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS 
NOW THAT DON'T RELATE TO COVID.
THEY'RE THE RIGHT THING TO DO 
FOR THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO WE NEED TO 
HAPPEN MOST RIGHT NOW FROM OUR 
GOVERNMENT?
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO DO 
IS LITTLE BIT MORE PARTICULARLY 
FOR SMALL BUSINESS, UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE, ET CETERA TO GET US 
THROUGH THE NEXT THREE TO SIX 
MONTHS AS WE OPEN UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP.
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
SOUNDLY.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE GOT 200,000 
EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING THEM 
BACK TO WORK SAFELY.
>> SO THERE'S STILL 150,000 
PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.
AND I THINK WHILE THERE MAY BE 
SOME PERM NANCY TO SOME OF THAT,
THERE'S A HUGE VALUE OF WORKING 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF 
COLLABORATION AND CREATIVE 
TRAINING YOUNGER PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A VACCINE 
AND PEOPLE DO IT REALLY SAFELY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE 
OUR PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE
IN A RECESSION?
>> YEAH.
WE'RE IN A RECESSION.
IT WILL AFFECT HOME PRICES, 
INCOME.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE EFFECTS 
OF THAT.
>> Reporter: HALF THIS COUNTRY 
IS EMPLOYED BY SMALL BUSINESSES.
DO YOU THINK A YEAR FROM NOW WE 
COULD ONLY HAVE BIG BOX STORES 
AND CHAIN RESTAURANTS?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: HOW ARE THEY GOING 
TO STAY IN BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL ONES ARE 
STILL WORKING AND SELLING GOODS 
ON AMAZON.
BUT THERE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 
REALLY SUFFERING.
WE NEED TO KEEP ON TRYING 
DIFFERENT THINGS.
TRY TO GET BETTER.
WE WILL WIN.
WE JUST WANT TO DO IT SOONER 
RATHER THAN LATER AND MINIMIZE 
THE DAMAGE.
>> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT 
SMALL BUSINESS.
IT'S AN INSPIRING PLAN, BUT WHAT
DID JAMIE DIMON SAY ABOUT THE 
JOBS CRISIS WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW 
AND WHAT'S GOING TO RECTIFY 
THAT?
>> Reporter: SAVANNAH, HE 
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT COVID HAS SET 
US BACK IN A HUGE WAY.
BUT AS FAR AS THE JOBS SKILLS 
GAP, HE SAYS THIS IS AN 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM.
BIG BUSINESS KNOWS EXACTLY HOW 
PEOPLE NEED TO BE TRAINED.
SO THEY'RE PARTNERING TO TRAIN 
THE TRAINERS TO DO JUST THAT.
AT A TIME LIKE THIS, LOW SKILLED
WORKERS ARE BEING HIT THE 
AND THIS MORNING RESIDENTS HERE 
ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE.
>> OH, NO!
>> IT'S BEEN A ROUGH DAY TODAY.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING 
RESIDENTS IN THE MIDWEST ARE 
CLEANING UP AFTER A DEVASTATING 
STORM SYSTEM PUMMELLED MULTIPLE 
STATES MONDAY LEAVING MORE THAN 
A MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
>> COME HOME TO THIS, TO A 
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S DEVASTATED 
BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE A MICROBURST.
>> Reporter: WINDS SO STRONG, 
SOME SAYING THEY SAW A POSSIBLE 
TORNADO.
THIS VIDEO SHOWING WHAT MAY HAVE
BEEN A TWISTER SLEDDING A ROOF 
IN CHICAGO.
>> IT WAS MADNESS.
IT WAS REALLY DARK.
I WAS SCARED.
>> Reporter: STRONG WINDS MOVED 
IN QUICKLY THROUGH THE ROGERS 
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD TEARING DOWN 
TREES AND DESTROYING VEHICLES.
ONE RESIDENT DISCOVERING HIS CAR
HAD BEEN CRUSHED.
YET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, HE'S STILL
GRATEFUL.
>> I'M JUST GLAD I'M OKAY.
2020, IT IS -- I THINK YOU KNOW 
WHAT?
I THINK IT HAS PREPARED US FOR 
STUFF LIKE THIS.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
>> Reporter: THE POWERFUL STORM 
SYSTEM COVERING HUNDREDS OF 
MILES BLOWING HIGH WINDS 
EXCEEDING 100 MILES PER HOUR 
THROUGH IOWA EAST OF DES MOINES 
AND PARTS OF INDIANA AND 
NEBRASKA.
BACK IN CHICAGO, RESIDENTS ARE 
RATTLED BUT RESILIENT.
>> I JUST REALLY PRAY AND HOPE 
FOR THE FIRST FOR EVERY FAMILY 
THAT'S OUT HERE LIVING IN THESE 
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: HERE IN ILLINOIS, 
NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE 
STILL WITHOUT POWER.
MORE THAN A TALK ABOUT THE 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS HE'D JUST 
SIGNED AND COVID-19.
THIS MORNING AUTHORITIES IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL ARE 
INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING OUTSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT LED TO SOME
DRAMATIC MOMENTS INSIDE 
INVOLVING PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE SECRET SERVICE INTERRUPTING 
THE PRESIDENT JUST THREE MINUTES
INTO HIS CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING 
USHERING HIM OUT OF THE ROOM AND
INTO THE OVAL OFFICE.
THE PRESIDENT RETURNING MINUTES 
LATER.
>> THERE WAS A SHOOTING.
IT WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE, SEEMS TO BE, THE 
SUSPECT IS NOW ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE CONDITION 
OF THE SUSPECT.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT THE 
SECRET SERVICE SAYS THE SUSPECT 
A 51-YEAR-OLD MALE APPROACHED A 
UNIFORMED SECRET SERVICE OFFICER
AND TOLD HIM HE HAD A WEAPON.
THEN REMOVED AN OBJECT FROM HIS 
CLOTHING.
>> HE THEN CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER'S STANCE AS IF HE WAS 
ABOUT TO FIRE A WEAPON.
THE SECRET SERVICE OFFICER 
DISCHARGED HIS WEAPON STRIKING 
THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE TORSO.
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOWS 
POLICE APPARENTLY SURROUNDING 
THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT.
>> WE HEARD A GUNSHOT AS WE WERE
GOING DOWN THE STREET.
>> Reporter: THE SECRET SERVICE 
SAYS THE SUSPECT AND THE OFFICER
WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX WAS 
NEVER BREACHED DURING THE 
INCIDENT.
NOR WAS THE SECRET SERVICE 
PROTECTEE IN DANGER.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AS THE 
PRESIDENT WAS DEFENDING HIS 
DECISION TO SIGN EXECUTIVE 
ACTIONS AFTER TALKS WITH 
DEMOCRATS COLLAPSED.
THE ACTIONS INCLUDE A NEW WEEKLY
UNEMPLOYMENT BONUS OF $400.
LESS THAN THE $600 PEOPLE WERE 
INITIALLY RECEIVING.
STATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR
THE FUNDS AND PAY $100 OF THE 
COST.
OVERNIGHT THE NATIONAL 
GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION 
CRITICIZED THE MOVE WRITING IN 
PART, THE BEST WAY FORWARD IS 
FOR CONGRESS AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK TO 
THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND COME 
UP WITH A WORKABLE SOLUTION.
AS THE TREASURY SECRETARY VOWED 
AMERICANS WILL SEE THE FUNDS 
SOON.
>> WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, 
MOST OF THE STATES WILL BE ABLE 
TO EXECUTE.
>> Reporter: NOW, BOTH THE WHITE
HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS HAVE 
SIGNALLED THEY ARE WILLING TO 
RESTART NEGOTIATIONS FOR A 
BROADER RELIEF DEAL, BUT SO FAR 
THERE'S NO MEETING SCHEDULED.
AS FOR THAT INCIDENT HERE 
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT CAN'T 
DO THAT, THEY'RE LIKELY LOOKING 
AT A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
THIS MORNING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE FACING THEIR BIGGEST
TEST YET SENDING KIDS BACK INTO 
CLASSROOMS DURING A PANDEMIC 
THAT'S STILL SURGING IN SOME 
AREAS.
IN INDIANA, THIS MOM IS TRYING 
TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON COVID-19. 
>> THEY KNOW TO KEEP THEIR 
DISTANCE AND WE CAN'T REALLY 
TOUCH OUR FRIENDS THIS YEAR.
WASH OUR HANDS.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR EVERY 
TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF MASKS AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCING, PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS ALIKE ARE FINDING THEIR
SAFETY ALARM BELLS BUZZING.
FRANKIE CLARKE DROPPED OFF HER 
YOUNGEST SON FOR HIS FIRST DAY 
OF FIRST GRADE.
>> WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL, I 
DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS 
MANDATORY AND NOT OPTIONAL.
>> Reporter: AN HOUR WEST IN 
CENTRAL FLORIDA, A VETERAN 
EDUCATOR REPORTS FULL CLASSROOMS
AND CRAMMED HALLWAYS.
>> FOR SOME REASON THEY THINK 
SCHOOL IS A MAGICAL PLACE AND WE
DON'T NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART.
>> Reporter: THE CONCERNS HARDLY
SPECIFIC TO FLORIDA.
A SCHOOL IN DALLAS, GEORGIA, 
SHUT DOWN IN-PERSON CLASSES FOR 
AT LEAST TWO DAYS AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES.
ANGIE FRANK'S NEPHEWS WERE TWO 
OF THE STUDENTS INFECTED.
>> THEY WEREN'T SOCIALLY 
DISTANT.
THEY DID NOT HAVE MASKS ON.
AND BOTH BOYS SET IN CLASSES ALL
DAY LONG.
>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT 
SUPERINTENDENT WRITING THAT 
CLASSROOMS WERE THOROUGHLY 
CLEANED AND DISINFECTED.
AS AMERICA GRAPPLES WITH A 
BIGGER PROBLEM, A NEW REPORT 
FINDS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS 
THERE'S BEEN A 90% JUMP IN CASES
AMONG CHILDREN IN THE U.S. WITH 
97,000 CONTRACTING COVID IN THE 
SECOND HALF OF JULY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PRESSED BY NBC'S
CAROL LEE ON THE FIGURES.
>> SO DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT 
CHILDREN ARE ESSENTIALLY IMMUNE?
>> THEY DON'T GET VERY SICK.
AND ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE THAT
I'VE SPOKEN TO, THEY DON'T 
TRANSPORT IT OR TRANSFER IT TO 
OTHER PEOPLE OR CERTAINLY NOT 
VERY EASILY.
>> Reporter: UNEPIDEMIOLOGIST AT
EMERY UNIVERSITY REPORTING VERY 
DIFFERENT FINDINGS IN GEORGIA.
>> THOSE YOUNGER GROUPS PLAY A 
ROLE MORE BROADLY.
WE WILL SEE IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE AGE RANGE.
>> SO SAM, THIS DEBATE AS 
FLORIDA IS SET TO REOPEN ITS 
SCHOOLS.
A BIG QUESTION SEEMS TO BE 
WHETHER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 
ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW UP.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT PART 
OF THE STORY?
>> Reporter: NEW YORK CITY MAYOR
de BLASIO ANNOUNCED CONFIDENCE 
THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
HE'S CITING A SURVEY SHOWING 74%
OF FAMILIES ARE DOING THIS 
IN-PERSON HYBRID MODEL.
THE PROBLEM IS MOST OF THE 
FAMILIES DIDN'T SELECT ANYTHING 
AND THEY WERE AUTOMATICALLY 
ENROLLED IN 
THAT THE FEVER WENT DOWN.
BUT SCIENTISTS ARE EXPRESSING 
GRAVE CONCERNS.
IN THE GLOBAL RACE FOR A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, RUSSIA SAID
TODAY IT'S ALREADY WON.
EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T COMPLETED 
PHASE THREE TRIALS.
THAT'S NOT SLOWING RUSSIA DOWN 
WHICH TODAY REGISTERED AND 
APPROVED FOR USE ITS VACCINE 
WHILE CONTINUING TO CONDUCT 
HUMAN TRIALS.
RUSSIA ALREADY HAS A ROLLOUT 
PLAN.
IT'S AMBITIOUS AND FAST.
TO START GIVING THE VACCINE TO 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL THIS MONTH, 
MASS PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER.
MASS DISTRIBUTION IN OCTOBER.
BEFORE TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, I 
SPOKE WITH THE HEAD OF THE 
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT FUND BACKING 
THE VACCINE. 
>> WE'LL HAVE 13 MILLION DOSES 
SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS 
NUMBER.
>> Reporter: YOU WANT TO 
VACCINATE 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN 
RUSSIA THIS YEAR.
>> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE.
THEN IT'S UP TO WHO WANTS TO BE 
VACCINATED.
BUT WE CAN VACCINATE TENS OF 
MILLIONS IN RUSSIA THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: SCIENTISTS 
INCLUDING FROM THE W.H.O. ARE 
SURGING CAUTION SAYING ONLY 
EXTENSIVE AND PROLONGED TESTING 
CAN DETERMINE IF A VACCINE IS 
EFFECTIVE AND SAFE.
U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE ACCUSED 
RUSSIA OF HACKING VACCINE 
RESEARCH, CLAIMS RUSSIA 
VIGOROUSLY DENIED.
>> ACCUSATIONS BY SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF RUSSIA 
HAVING A SPUTNIK MOMENT TO THE 
VACCINE.
OR BEING OUT THERE WHEN THERE IS
NOBODY ELSE OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: THE VACCINE IS 
OFFICIALLY CALLED SPUTNIK-V FOR 
VACCINE.
NOW, RUSSIA HAS NOT PUBLISHED 
MUCH DATA ABOUT THE VACCINE.
IT WILL BE PUBLISHED BUT 
SCIENTISTS INCLUDING DR. FAUCI 
SAY THEY HOPE THAT RUSSIA AND 
CHINA WHICH IS ALSO WORKING A 
SURVIVORS.E
AND NOW THEY'RE VERY MUCH 
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE AND 
DEBRIS, INVESTIGATORS ARE 
SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSE OF A 
MAJOR GAS EXPLOSION HERE IN 
BALTIMORE.
>> SO MANY HOUSES JUST GONE.
THE BLAST TOPPLED MULTIPLE 
HOUSES KILLING ONE WOMAN AND 
SENDING AT LEAST SEVEN OTHERS TO
AREA HOSPITALS.
>> THIS WAS A ROLLOUT EXPLOSION.
I SEEN SMOKE UP IN THE AIR LIKE 
60 FEET OR SO.
I JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING.
I DIDN'T HAVE NO SHOES ON.
>> Reporter: THE EXPLOSION 
MID-MONDAY MORNING SENT 
NEIGHBORS SCRAMBLING TO HELP.
>> THERE WAS POWER LINES DOWN.
THERE WAS BRICKS, CINDER BLOCKS.
JUST CATASTROPHIC.
>> STARTED DIGGING.
>> Reporter: RESIDENTS LIKE DEAN
JONES STARTED DIGGING THROUGH 
DEBRIS.
>> WE COULD HEAR THE GAS AND 
SMELL THE GAS.
IT WAS LIKE -- SO WE'RE LIKE, 
THEY LIKE, YOU GO GET PEOPLE OUT
OF THERE.
TELL THEM TO MOVE.
>> Reporter: BALTIMORE 
FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY ON THE 
SCENE PULLING A SURVIVOR FROM 
THE WRECKAGE.
>> I WANT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY 
REALLY TO RALLY AROUND THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL 
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD PUT ALL 
OUR HOPES, ALL OUR PRAYERS, ALL 
OUR ENERGY.
>> Reporter: FIRE CREWS SPENDING
HOURS CLIMBING THROUGH THE 
RUBBLE IN 90 DEGREE HEAT AND 
HIGH HUMIDITY.
>> IT'S A RESCUE OPERATION.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL SEARCHING.
>> Reporter: FIRE AUTHORITIES 
DECLINING TO SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR.
MANY RESIDENTS WERE TOLD TO 
EVACUATE DISPLACED FROM THEIR 
HOMES DURING A PANDEMIC.
THE EXPLOSION LEAVING MANY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT GAS OR 
POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOT 
AUGUST DAY. 
>> WHEN WE GOT DOWN THERE AND 
SAW THE POWER LINE WAS BROKE IN 
HALF AND THE WIRES.
WE COULD HEAR THE YELLING.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I NEVER WANT
TO SEE AGAIN.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC IS ON
THE SCENE TRYING TO ISOLATE THE 
CAUSE.
ONE THEORY HERE IS THIS CITY
AWAY, THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT 
ARE THOSE TOP CONFERENCES GOING 
TO END UP DOING?
THIS MORNING MORE QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL.
PRESIDENTS OF THE BIG TEN 
MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS WHETHER
TO CANCEL ITS FALL SEASON AFTER 
GETTING PUSHBACK FROM TEACH 
COACHES, SOURCES SAY.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE POWER 
FIVE, THE PAC-12, ALSO MEETING 
TODAY TO DISCUSS THE FALL.
>> A HUGE VARIABLE THAT THE 
REMAINING LEAGUES WILL HAVE IS 
HOW THOSE CAMPUSES REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING BACK ON CAMPUS 
AS THERE IS AN EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK.
>> Reporter: THIS AS THE 
MOUNTAIN WEST AND MID-ATLANTIC 
CONFERENCES HAVE POSTPONED UNTIL
NEXT YEAR.
THE S.E.C. WILL ALSO DECIDE IN 
THE NEXT WEEK.
BUT THE PRESIDENT ISN'T HIDING 
HIS FEELINGS ON THE MATTER 
POSTING, PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
>> THESE COLLEGE ATHLETES WORK 
THEIR WHOLE LIVES FOR THIS 
MOMENT.
HE'D LIKE A CHANCE FOR THEM TO 
LIVE OUT OUR DREAMS.
>> Reporter: NOW SOME OF THE 
BIGGEST STARS ARE PUSHING BACK.
>> WE'RE HERE TO PLAY.
IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
>> Reporter: TREVOR LAWRENCE WHO
IS EXPECTED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE
DRAFT PICK POSTING WITH OTHER 
PLAYERS UNDER THE #WE WANT TO 
PLAY.
AND DEMANDING THE POWER FIVE 
CREATE UNIVERSAL HEALTH AND 
SAFETY PROCEDURES TO PROTECT 
PLAYERS.
UNLIKE THE NFL, THERE ARE NO 
NATIONAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
ALSO AT RISK HERE?
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
IN LOST REVENUE TO COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL TOWNS.
ONE STUDY FOUND IN ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN, ALONE, THE SPORT 
BRINGS IN MORE THAN $80 MILLION 
A YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.
>> I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN 
ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE FOR SO MANY 
OF THE CITIES WHERE THESE BIG 
UNIVERSITIES ARE IF THE COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL SEASON DOESN'T TAKE 
PLACE.
>> Reporter: MICHIGAN COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH IS FIGHTING TO PLAY 
POSTING THIS VIRUS CAN BE 
CONTROLLED AND HANDLED WITH 
PROPER SAFETY MEASURES.
BUT ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, 
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS IN AT LEAST 17
SCHOOLS HAVE SUFFERED COVID 
OUTBREAKS THIS SUMMER.
INDIANA LINEBACKER BRADY FEENEY 
ENDED UP IN THE E.R. WITH 
POSSIBLE HEART DAMAGE.
HE TWEETED, I WANT TO PLAY, BUT 
I TRULY BELIEVE WE NEED IT TO BE
SAFE.
NOW, MANY TOP ATHLETES ARE USING
THE #WE ARE UNITED TO LOBBY FOR 
THE CREATION OF A COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION 
THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE NF 
GOAL.
NOW IT'S A NECESSITY.
THIS MORNING NEW HOPE FOR NEW 
JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, MASTERCARD, VERIZON, 
WELLS FARGO COMING TOGETHER TO 
CREATE OVER 100,000 NEW JOBS AND
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 
LOW INCOME AND MINORITY WORKERS.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS PHILANTHROPY
OR IS IT A BUSINESS INITIATIVE 
AS MANY. 
>> IT'S A BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: JAMIE DIMON IS THE 
CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE AND PART 
OF THE COUNCIL.
>> 30 CEOs COMING TOGETHER TO 
TRY TO TACKLE ONE OF SOCIETY'S 
BIG PROBLEMS WHICH IS GETTING 
INNER CITY SCHOOL EDUCATION, 
LARGELY MINORITY.
THAT'S GETTING THESE KIDS 
THROUGH SCHOOL AND WITH A HIGH 
PAYING JOB.
>> Reporter: MANY WERE ALREADY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR INITIATIVES 
SEPARATELY.
BUT THE PANDEMIC AND THE 
INEQUALITY HIGHLIGHTED BY THE 
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT LED 
THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO UNITE 
FOR MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS 
NOW THAT DON'T RELATE TO COVID.
THEY'RE THE RIGHT THING TO DO 
FOR THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO WE NEED TO 
HAPPEN MOST RIGHT NOW FROM OUR 
GOVERNMENT?
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO DO 
IS LITTLE BIT MORE PARTICULARLY 
FOR SMALL BUSINESS, UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE, ET CETERA TO GET US 
THROUGH THE NEXT THREE TO SIX 
MONTHS AS WE OPEN UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP.
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
SOUNDLY.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE GOT 200,000 
EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING THEM 
BACK TO WORK SAFELY.
>> SO THERE'S STILL 150,000 
PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.
AND I THINK WHILE THERE MAY BE 
SOME PERM NANCY TO SOME OF THAT,
THERE'S A HUGE VALUE OF WORKING 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF 
COLLABORATION AND CREATIVE 
TRAINING YOUNGER PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A VACCINE 
AND PEOPLE DO IT REALLY SAFELY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE 
OUR PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE
IN A RECESSION?
>> YEAH.
WE'RE IN A RECESSION.
IT WILL AFFECT HOME PRICES, 
INCOME.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE EFFECTS 
OF THAT.
>> Reporter: HALF THIS COUNTRY 
IS EMPLOYED BY SMALL BUSINESSES.
DO YOU THINK A YEAR FROM NOW WE 
COULD ONLY HAVE BIG BOX STORES 
AND CHAIN RESTAURANTS?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: HOW ARE THEY GOING 
TO STAY IN BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL ONES ARE 
STILL WORKING AND SELLING GOODS 
ON AMAZON.
BUT THERE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 
REALLY SUFFERING.
WE NEED TO KEEP ON TRYING 
DIFFERENT THINGS.
TRY TO GET BETTER.
WE WILL WIN.
WE JUST WANT TO DO IT SOONER 
RATHER THAN LATER AND MINIMIZE 
THE DAMAGE.
>> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT 
SMALL BUSINESS.
IT'S AN INSPIRING PLAN, BUT WHAT
DID JAMIE DIMON SAY ABOUT THE 
JOBS CRISIS WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW 
AND WHAT'S GOING TO RECTIFY 
THAT?
>> Reporter: SAVANNAH, HE 
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT COVID HAS SET 
US BACK IN A HUGE WAY.
BUT AS FAR AS THE JOBS SKILLS 
GAP, HE SAYS THIS IS AN
>>> BIG BUSINESS
KNOWS EXACTLY
HOW PEOPLE NEED
TO BE TRAINED SO
THEY ARE
PARTNERRING WITH
THE
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO
TRAIN
THE TRAINERS TO
DO THAT.
AT A TIME LIKE
THIS, LOW SKILL
WORKERS ARE BEING
HIT THE
HARDEST.
HE IS SAYING WE
HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO GIVE
THEM HIGHER
SKILLS.
>>> IT'S BEEN A
ROUGH DAY TODAY.
>> THIS MORNING,
RESIDENTS IN
THE MIDWEST ARE
CLEANING UP
AFTER A
DEVASTATING STORM
SYSTEM
POMMELED MULTIPLE
STATES ON
MONDAY, LEAVING
MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER.
>> COME HOME TO
THIS, A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
IS DEVASTATED
BY A MICROBURST.
>> WINDS SO
STRONG SOME
PEOPLE
SAY THEY SAW A
TORNADO.
THIS SHREDDED A
ROOF IN CHICAGO.
>> IT WAS CRAZY,
REALLY DARK, I
WAS REALLY
SCARED.
>> STRONG WINDS
MOVED THROUGH
QUICKLY IN THE
ROGERS PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD,
TEARING DOWN
TREES
AND DESTROYING
VEHICLES, ONE
RESIDENT
DISCOVERED HIS
CAR WAS
CRUSHED IS IN THE
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, HE
IS STILL
GRATEFUL.
>> YOU KNOW IT IS
2020 SO IT HAS
PREPARED US FOR
STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> THERE IS
NOTHING I CAN DO.
THE POWERFUL
STORM SYSTEM
COVERING HUNDREDS
OF MILES,
BLOWING HIGH
WINDS, EXCEEDING
100 MILES PER
HOUR THROUGH
IOWA,
PARTS OF INDIANA
AND NEBRASKA.
BACK IN CHICAGO,
RESIDENTS ARE
RATTLED BUT
RESILIENT.
>> I JUST PRAY
AND HOPE FOR THE
BEST FOR EVERY
FAMILY OUT HERE
LIVING IN THESE
CONDITIONS RIGHT
NOW.
>> HERE IN
ILLINOIS, NEARLY
HALF
A MILLION PEOPLE
ARE WITHOUT
POWER.
MORE THAN A
MILLION ARE
WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY IN
THE MIDWEST.
IT WILL BE A LONG
DAY AHEAD.
>>> ON THE EAST
COAST, LINGERING
POWER PROBLEMS
FROM ISAIAS AND
THE DANGEROUS
HEAT WAVE IS NOT
HELPING THE
SITUATION.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 31 MILLION
PEOPLE UNDER SOME
SORT OF A HEAT
WATCH OR HEAT
WARNING,
ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHEAST.
THE HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE A
FACTOR.
HOT AND DRY OUT
WEST BUT IN THE
NORTHEAST, THIS
IS WHERE WE WILL
SEE THE FEELS
LIKE TEMPERATURES
FLIRTING WITH 100
DEGREES FROM
WASHINGTON D.C.
OVER TO BUFFALO,
ALBANY, BOSTON AS
WELL.
TOMORROW,
TEMPERATURES
ACTUALLY
DROP A FEW
DEGREES.
THE PROBLEM IS,
THE HUMIDITY
LEVELS RISE.
IT IS GOING TO
FEEL AGAIN LIKE
102 IN
WASHINGTON, 99 IN
RALEIGH,
NASHVILLE, 97, 94
DEGREES IN
CINCINNATI.
LOOK AT THE
TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES,
AMARILLO,
MIDLAND,
RECORD HIGHS BUT
YOU KNOW THIS,
IT IS A DRY HEAT.
>> IT IS A DRY
HEAT.
BUT SO IS AN
OVEN.
>> YEAH.
>>> THIS MORNING,
AUTHORITIES IN
THE NATION'S
CAPITOL ARE
INVESTIGATING A
SHOOTING OUTSIDE
OF THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT LED TO
DRAMATIC MOMENTS
INSIDE WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE SECRET
SERVICE
INTERRUPTED
THE PRESIDENT 3
MINUTES INSIDE
OF HIS
CORONAVIRUS
BRIEFING.
THEY USHERED HIM
INTO THE OVAL
OFFICE.
HE RETURNED
MOMENTS LATER.
>> IT WAS A
SHOOTING.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOT SOMEONE.
SEEMS TO BE THE
SUSPECT IS NOW
ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU
THE CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT.
>> OVERNIGHT THE
SECRET SERVICE
SAID THE SUSPECT,
A 51-YEAR-OLD
MALE APPROACHED A
UNIFORM SECRET
SERVICE OFFICER
IS TOLD HIM HE
HAD A WEAPON, AND
THEN REMOVED
AN OBJECT FROM
HIS CLOTHING.
>> HE CROUCHED
INTO A POSITION
AS IF HE WAS
GOING TO FIRE.
THE OFFICER
STRUCK THE
INDIVIDUAL IN THE
TORSI.
>> THIS VIDEO
SHOWS THE POLICE
SURROUNDING THE
INDIVIDUAL SHOT.
THE SECRET
SERVICE SAYS THE
SUSPECT AND
OFFICER WERE
TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> THE WHITE
HOUSE COMPLEX WAS
NEVER BREACHED
DURING THE
INCIDENT NOR WAS
THE SECRET
SERVICE PROTECTEE
IN DANGER.
>> IT COMES AS
THE PRESIDENT IS
DEFENDING HIS
DECISION TO SIGN
A
SERIES OF
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
HE
SAYS WILL BRING
FINANCIAL RELIEF
TO AMERICANS
AFTER TALKS WITH
DEMOCRATS
COLLAPSED.
THE PRESIDENT'S
ACTIONS INCLUDE
A NEW WEEKLY
UNEMPLOYMENT
PAYMENT OF $400,
LESS THAN THE
$600 PEOPLE WERE
INITIALLY
RECEIVING.
STATES ARE
AREQUIRED TO
APPLY
FOR THE FUNDS AND
PAY $100 OF
THE COST.
OVERNIGHT, THE
NATIONAL
GOVERNOR'S
ASSOCIATION
CRITICIZED THE
MOVE WRITING THAT
THE BEST WAY
FORWARD IS FOR
CONGRESS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION
TO GET BACK TO
THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE.
AS THE TREASURY
SECRETARY VOWED,
THE AMERICANS
WILL SEE THE
FUNDS
SOON.
>> MOST OF THE
STATES HAD BEEN
ABLE TO EXECUTE.
>> BOTH THE WHITE
HOUSE AND
DEMOCRATS HAVE
SIGNALED THEY ARE
WILLING TO
RESTART
NEGOTIATIONS
FOR A BROADER
RELIEF BILL.
AS FOR THE
INCIDENT
OVERNIGHT, A
LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL TELLS
ME THE SUSPECT
WAS NOT ARMED
WITH A GUN.
>>> AND JOE BIDEN
EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE HIS
CHOICE FOR A
RUNNING MATE ANY
MINUTE NOW.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> IT HAS US ALL
ON PINS AND
NEEDLES.
WE COULD LEARN
ANY MINUTE OR DAY
NOW.
THE TOP
CONTENDERS AT
THIS POINT
WITH SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS,
GRETCHEN WHITMER
AND SUSAN RICE.
I'M TOLD THAT ALL
OF THE
INTERVIEWS HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED
AND IT IS UP TO
BIDEN.
HE IS LOOKING TO
SOMEONE WHO
WILL DO NO HARM
TO HIS CAMPAIGN
AND WILL BE THE
STRONGEST
GOVERNING PARTNER
IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
WE WILL BE
LISTENING ALL DAY
LONG.
>>> THIS MORNING,
SCHOOLS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE
FACING THEIR
BIGGEST TEST YET,
SENDING KIDS
BACK TO THE
CLASSROOM DURING
A
PANDEMIC THAT IS
STILL SURGING
IN SOME AREAS.
IN INDIANA, THIS
MOM IS TRYING
TO PUMP THE
BRAKES ON
COVID-19.
>> THEY KNOW TO
KEEP THEIR
DISTANCE AND WE
CAN'T REALLY
TOUCH OUR FRIENDS
THIS YEAR.
>> FOR EVERY TEXT
BOOK EXAMPLE
OF MASKS AND
SOCIAL
DISTANCING,
PARENTS AND
TEACHERS ALIKE
ARE
FINDING SAFETY
ALARM BELLS
BUZZING.
FRANKIE CLARK
DROPPED OFF HER
SON FOR HIS FIRST
DAY IN SECOND
GRADE
WALKING INTO THE
SCHOOL, I
DIDN'T SEE A LOT
OF MASK
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT
THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING THAT
WAS
MANDATORY AND NOT
OPTIONAL.
>> AN HOUR WEST
IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA, A
VETERAN EDUCATOR
REPORTS FULL
CLASSROOMS AND
CRAMMED HALLWAYS.
>> FOR SOME
REASON THEY THINK
SCHOOL IS A
MAGICAL PLACE AND
WE
DON'T NEED TO BE
6 FEET APART.
>> A SCHOOL IN
DALLAS, GEORGIA
SHUT DOWN IN
PERSON CLASSES
FOR
AT LEAST TWO DAYS
AFTER 9
POSITIVE CASES.
ANGIE FRANK'S
NEPHEWS WERE TWO
OF THE STUDENTS.
>> THEY DID NOT
HAVE MASKS ON.
BOTH BOYS SAT IN
CLASSES ALL DAY
LONG.
>> THE DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT
WROTE THAT
CLASSES WERE
THOROUGHLY
CLEANED AND
DISINFECTED.
AMERICA GRAPPLES
WITH A NEW
PROBLEM.
IN THE LAST FOUR
WEEKS, THERE
HAS BEEN A 90%
JUMP IN CASES
AMONG CHILDREN IN
THE U.S..
PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS PRESSED BY
AN NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT ON
THE
FIGURES.
>> YOU STILL
BELIEVE THAT
CHILDREN ARE
ESSENTIALLY
IMMUNE?
>> THEY DON'T GET
VERY SICK AND
ACCORDING TO THE
PEOPLE I'VE
SPOKEN TO, THEY
DON'T TRANSFER
IT TO OTHER
PEOPLE OR
CERTAINLY
NOT VERY EASILY.
>> ONE
EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT
EMORY
UNIVERSITY
REPORTING
DIFFERENT
FINDINGS IN
GEORGIA.
>> THE YOUNGER
GROUPS PLAY A
ROLE IN
TRANSMISSION MORE
BROADLY.
I'M WORRIED WE
WILL SEE IT
SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE AGE RANGE.
>> THIS WORRY,
THIS DEBATE, ALL
COMING AS NEW
YORK CITY IS SET
TO REOPEN ITS
SCHOOLS.
A BIG QUESTION
SEEMS TO BE
WHETHER TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
ARE GOING TO
EXACTLY SHOW UP.
WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT THAT PART
OF THE STORY.
>> MAYOR BILL DE
BLASIO HAS SAID
THAT HE THINKS IT
WILL RUN
SMOOTHLY.
HE CITED A SURVEY
THAT SAID 40%
OF STUDENTS WILL
BE DOING A
HYBRID MODEL.
MOST FAMILIES DID
NOT SELECT
ANYTHING AND THEY
WERE ENROLLED
IN PERSON.
THERE IS AN
OPTION TO SWITCH
BACK AND FORTH
THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR, FOUR TIMES
MAXIMUM, SO
THIS COULD BE
FLOUD THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
>>> IN THE GLOBAL
RACE FOR A
CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE, RUSSIA
SAID
TODAY, IT HAS
ALREADY WON, EVEN
THOUGH IT HASN'T
COMPLETED PHASE
THREE TRIALS.
THAT IS NOT
SLOWING RUSSIA
DOWN
WHICH TODAY
REGISTERED AND
APPROVED FOR USE
THEIR VACCINE.
RUSSIA ALREADY
HAS A ROLL OUT
MAN.
IT'S AMBITIOUS
AND FAST.
TO START GIVING
THE VACCINE TO
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
THIS MONTH,
MASS PRODUCTION
IN SEPTEMBER,
MASS DISTRIBUTION
IN OCTOBER.
BEFORE TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT, I
SPOKE TO THE HEAD
OF THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT FUND
BACKING THE
VACCINE.
>> WE HAVE 50
MILLION DOSES.
WE WILL WORK
BASED ON THIS
NUMBER.
>> YOU WANT TO
VACCINATE 30
MILLION PEOPLE IN
RUSSIA?
>> WE WILL
PRODUCE UP TO 30
MILLION DOSES AND
THEN IT WILL
BE UP TO PEOPLE
WHO WANTS TO BE
VACCINATED BUT IN
PRINCIPLE,
YES, WE CAN
VACCINATE
MILLIONS
IN RUSSIA THIS
YEAR.
>> SCIENTISTS
FROM THE W.H.O.
ARE URGING
CAUTION SAYING
ONLY
EXTENSIVE AND
PROLONGED TESTING
CAN DETERMINE IF
A VACCINE IS
EFFECTIVE AND
SAFE.
U.S. OFFICIALS
HAVE ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF HACKING
VACCINE
RESEARCH, CLAIMS
RUSSIA
VIGOROUSLY
DENIES.
>> THEY ARE
AFRAID OF RUSSIA
AHEAD OF THEM IN
A SPUTNIK
MOMENT FOR THE
VACCINE OR BEING
THE FIRST OUT
THERE WHEN THERE
IS NOBODY ELSE
OUT THERE.
>> THE VACCINE IS
CALLED SPUTNIK
V, FOR VACCINE.
THERE IS ALREADY
STRONG
INTERNATIONAL
INTEREST TO
ACQUIRE IT.
RUSSIA HAS NOT
PUBLISHED MUCH
DATA ABOUT THE
VACCINE.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
SAY THE DATA
WILL BE PUBLISHED
BUT SCIENTISTS
INCLUDING DOCTOR
FAUCI SAY THEY
HOPE THAT RUSSIA
AND CHINA ARE
CARRYING OUT ALL
OF THE
PRECAUTIONS THAT
ARE REQUIRED TO
PRODUCE THIS
MEDICINE.
>>> DIGGING
THROUGH RUBBLE
AND
DEBRIS,
INVESTIGATORS ARE
SEARCHING FOR A
CAUSE OF A MAJOR
GAS EXPLOSION IN
BALTIMORE.
>> SO MANY HOUSES
GONE.
>> THE BLAST
TOPPLED MULTIPLE
HOUSES, KILLING
ONE WOMAN AND
SENDING AT LEAST
SEVEN OTHERS TO
AREA HOSPITALS.
>> IT WAS SMOKE
IN THE AIR ABOUT
60 FEET OR SO.
I JUST TOOK OFF
RUNNING.
I HAD NO SHOES
ON.
>> THE EXMOTION
MID MONDAY
MORNING SENT
NEIGHBORS
SCRAMBLING TO
HELP.
>> POWER LINES
DOWN, BRICK
CINDER BLOCKS
EVERYTHING.
CATASTROPHIC.
WE ENDED UP JUST
GOING IN THERE
AND DIGGING.
>> RESIDENTS LIKE
DEAN JONES AND
ANTOINETTE PERISH
STARTED
DIGGING IN THE
DEBRIS.
>> THEY WERE LIKE
TELL THEM
MOVE.
>> FIRST
RESPONDERS GOT ON
THE
SCENE , PULLING A
SURVIVOR FROM
THE RUBBLE.
>> I WANT THE
COMMUNITY TO
RALLY
AROUND THOSE WHO
ARE STILL
FIGHTING.
>> THEY SPENT
HOURS COMBING
THROUGH THE
RUBBLE IN 90
DEGREE
HEAT AND HIGH
HUMIDITY.
>> IT'S A RESCUE
OPERATION SO
RIGHT NOW WE ARE
STILL
SEARCHING.
>> FIRE RESCUE
AUTHORITIES
DECLINING TO SAY
HOW MANY PEOPLE
THEY WERE STILL
LOOKING FOR.
MANY RESIDENTS
WERE FORCED TO
EVACUATE.
NOW DISPLACED
FROM THEIR HOMES
DURING A
PANDEMIC.
THE EXPLOSION
LEAVING MANY IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WITHOUT GAS OR
POWER IN THE
MIDDLE OF A VERY
HOT AUGUST DAY.
>> WHEN WE GOT
DOWN THERE AND
SAW THE POWER
LINE WAS BROKE IN
HALF AND THE
WIRES, AND IT IS
JUST SOMETHING I
NEVER WANT TO
SEE AGAIN.
>> BALTIMORE GAS
AND ELECTRIC IS
ON THE SCENE
WORKING WITH THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
TRYING TO
ISOLATE THE
CAUSE.
ONE THEORY IS
THAT THIS CITY
HAS
A LOT OF AGING
GAS MAINS AND
PIPES.
THEY HAVE BEEN
LEAKING AND THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN A
CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR.
>>> THIS MORNING,
MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
PRESIDENTS OF THE
BIG TEN
MEETING TODAY TO
DISCUSS WHETHER
TO CANCEL ITS
FALL SEASON AFTER
GETTING PUSHBACK
FROM TEAM
COACHES, SOURCES
SAY.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF
THE POWER
FIVE, THE PAC-12
ALSO MEETING
TODAY TO DISCUSS
THE FALL.
>> A HUGE
VARIABLE THAT THE
REMAINING LEAGUES
WILL HAVE IS
HOW THOSE
CAMPUSES REACT TO
STUDENTS MOVING
BACK ON CAMPUS
AS THERE IS AN
EXPECTED VIRUS
UPTICK.
>> THIS AS THE
MID AMERICAN
CONFERENCES AND
MOUNTAIN WEST
HAVE POSTPONED
PLAY UNTIL NEXT
YEAR AMID
CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS.
THE SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE
REPORTEDLY WILL
ALSO DECIDE IN
THE NEXT WEEK.
THE PRESIDENT
ISN'T HIDING HIS
FEELINGS ON THE
MATTER POSTING,
PLAY COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
>> THESE COLLEGE
ATHLETES WORK
THEIR WHOLE LIVES
FOR THIS
MOMENT AND HE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THEM HAVE A
CHANCE TO LIVE
OUT
THEIR DREAMS.
>> NOW SOME OF
THE BIGGEST STARS
ARE PUSHING BACK.
>> WE WANT TO
PLAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE HERE TO DO.
>> TREVOR
LAWRENCE WHO IS
EXPECTED TO BE
THE NUMBER ONE
DRAFT PICK POSTED
THE HASHTAG,
WE WANT TO PLAY.
UNLIKE THE NFL,
THERE ARE NO
NATIONAL SAFETY
PROTOCOLS IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
ALSO AT RISK
HERE, HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN LOST
REVENUE TO
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TOWNS.
ONE STUDY FOUND
IN ANN ARBOR,
MICHIGAN ALONE,
THE SPORT BRINGS
IN OVER $80
MILLION A YEAR TO
LOCAL BUSINESSES.
YOU ARE LOOKING
AT AN ECONOMIC
NIGHTMARE FOR SO
MANY OF THE
CITIES WHERE
THESE BIG
UNIVERSITIES ARE
IF THE SEASON
DOESN'T TAKE
PLACE.
>> COACH JIM
HARBAUGH IS
FIGHTING TO PLAY
SAYING THE
CORONAVIRUS CAN
BE CONTAINED
WITH PROTOCOLS.
BUT AT LEAST 15
SCHOOLS HAVE HAD
COVID-19
OUTBREAKS THIS
SUMMER.
A COLLEGE
FRESHMAN ENDED UP
IN
THE HOSPITAL.
HE TWEETED, I
WANT TO PLAY BUT
I
BELIEVE IT NEEDS
TO BE SAFE.
MANY PLAYERS ARE
USING THE
HASHTAG, WE ARE
UNITED TO LOBBY
FOR A COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
ASSOCIATION,
SIMILAR TO THE
NFL
UNION.
A GROUP THAT
WOULD LOBBY ON
THEIR BEST
INTEREST AND
FIGHT TO
MAKE SURE THE
PLAYERS ARE SAFE.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS WITH
DAN PATRICK.
HIS RADIO SHOW
WILL START
STREAMING
EXCLUSIVELY ON
PEACOCK
LATER THIS MONTH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME.
WE HAVE HAD THE
MEETINGS OF THE
MAJOR CONFERENCES
FOR THE PAST
FEW DAYS.
LAST NIGHT THERE
WAS A MEETING
OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE,
THE MIGHTY SEC.
IF YOU WERE A
BETTING MAN, HOW
WOULD YOU BET
THAT THIS ALL
PLAYS OUT OVER
THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, STARTING
TODAY?
>> I THINK YOU
ARE GOING TO SEE
A DELAY.
I WAS TOLD BY A
SOURCE THAT THEY
WILL TRY TO DELAY
THIS NOW.
THE INFORMATION I
GOT WAS NOT
SUPPOSED TO COME
OUT UNTIL TODAY
AND I THINK
YESTERDAY MORNING
WITH WE BROKE THE
STORY, ALL OF
A SUDDEN, THE BIG
10 AND THE
PAC-12 STARTED TO
GET PUSHBACK.
I HEARD FROM THE
SCC AND THEY
SAID THEY WERE
PLAYING.
BIG 12 WAS ON THE
FENCE A LITTLE
BIT.
OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS WERE
PLANNING
ON PLAYING.
THE OTHER SCHOOLS
WERE NOT.
I WOULD SAY IT IS
A WILD, WILD
WEST BUT THIS IS
ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS THE WILD,
WILD,
SOUTHWEST AND
MIDWEST.
I THINK IT IS
ALMOST
HOUR-BY-HOUR OF
WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
BUT THE LATEST I
HAVE IS THE BIG
TEN IS TRYING TO
DELAY AND MAYBE
NOT CANCEL.
ONE THING I WANT
TO CLARIFY,
WHAT I SAID
YESTERDAY, 12 TO
2,
THE PRESIDENTS
VOTED TO CANCEL
THE SEASON.
THEY DIDN'T SAY
THAT THEY WERE
CANCELING, THEY
VOTED TO CANCEL.
THAT'S WHY I SAID
YESTERDAY,
THIS MAY CHANGE
BY TUESDAY
MORNING AND HERE
WE ARE.
IT MAY CHANGE BY
TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> DAN, IF SOME
OF THESE SCHOOLS
DECIDE TO CANCEL
THEIR SEASONS,
EVEN IF THE
CONFERENCE
DECIDES
TO GO AHEAD, YOU
HAVE CERTAIN
SCHOOLS CANCELING
AND CERTAIN
CONFERENCES MAY
PLAY AND SOME
MAY NOT.
WHAT IS THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT
YOU
HAVE A SEASON
THAT YOU HAVE SCC
TEAMS PLAYING
PAC-12 TEAMS AND
YOU HAVE A
SUPERCONFERENCE
AS A
RESULT?
ANY CHANCE CHANCE
OF THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK
WE HAVE TIME TO
DO THAT.
NEBRASKA SAYS
THEY WANT TO PLAY
FOOTBALL.
THE BIG 10 OWNS
THE RIGHTS TO
NEBRASKA
FOOTBALL.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO
ROGUE HERE.
FROM WHAT I WAS
TOLD BY MY
SOURCE YESTERDAY,
THE SCC IS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
SAYING WHO
WANTS TO PLAY
FOOTBALL FOR US
AND I THINK YOU
WILL HAVE OUT
LIARS THAT TRY TO
PUSH THAT.
BUT WHAT DO YOU
DO IF YOU ARE
NEBRASKA AND YOU
SAY, I DON'T
CARE ABOUT YOUR
GUIDELINES, WE
ARE GOING TO PLI.
DO YOU KEEP
NEBRASKA IN THE
BIG
10?
DO YOU FIGHT
SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
IT IS UNCHARTERED
TERRITORY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF
ADULTS IN THE
ROOMS BUT I DON'T
KNOW THAT WE
HAVE GROWN UPS.
YOU HAVE THE
PLAYERS, ATHLETIC
DIRECTORS OVER
HERE, AND THE
PRESIDENTS OVER
HERE.
THE REASON CAN
GOT TO THE 11th
HOUR IS WE
WEREN'T HEARING
FROM
THE PRESIDENTS.
EVERY COACH,
EVERY PLAYER AND
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
SAID WE ARE
PLAYING FOOTBALL.
WE DIDN'T HEAR
FROM THE
PRESIDENTS.
AND THEN THE
PRESIDENTS GET IN
A
ROOM AND VOTE AND
SAY, WHAT ARE
WE DOING PLAYING
FOOTBALL HERE?
>> LONG TIME
LISTENER AND
FIRST
TIME CALLER TO
THE SHOW, I LOOK
AT THIS AND I
WONDER ABOUT THE
NFL.
NBA SEEMS TO SO
FAR HAVE IT
RIGHT WITH THE
BUBBLE IDEA AND
NHL DOING THAT
TOO.
WHAT DOES THIS
PORTEND FOR THE
NFL?
>> WELL, THE NFL
HAS PLAYERS WHO
HAVE SIGNED AWAY
THEIR RIGHTS
FOR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
AGREEMENT.
SO THE LIABILITY
IS THE BIG
ISSUE WITH
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IS
WHAT I'M TOLD.
LIABILITY IS WHAT
THE PRESIDENTS
ARE AFRAID OF.
WITH THE NFL, THE
PLAYERS COULD
OPT OUT IF THEY
DON'T WANT TO
PLAY.
YOU HAVE A UNION
THAT WILL
REPRESENT YOU.
I THINK THE NFL
WILL START ON
TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY WILL FINISH
ON TIME.
THEY WILL CREATE
THEIR OWN
BUBBLES IN EACH
CITY.
SO THE SAINTS
WILL HAVE A
HOTEL.
THE BUCCANEERS
WILL HAVE A
HOTEL.
THAT WILL BE THE
BUBBLE.
THE TESTING
MEASURES ARE
INCREDIBLE WITH
THE NFL.
THEY HAVE THE
MONEY.
THAT'S A KEY
ISSUE.
THE MOUNTAIN
WEST, MID
AMERICAN
CONFERENCE, THEY
DON'T HAVE THE
MONEY FOR THAT.
SOME CONFERENCES
HAVE THE MONEY
FOR TESTING.
YOU CAN MAKE THE
CASE THAT THOSE
ATHLETES WILL BE
SAFER ON
CAMPUS.
THEY WILL STAY ON
CAMPUS IF
THERE IS NO
FOOTBALL.
THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO
WORKOUT.
THEY WILL HAVE
TESTING EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
IT'S THE OTHER
SCHOOLS THAT
DIDN'T HAVE THE
TESTING THAT RUN
THE RISK.
I THINK THE NFL
IS GOING TO
START ON TIME.
>> DAN PATRICK,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BY THE WAY,
LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, YOU
CAN LOOK OUT FOR
THE DAN PATRICK
SHOW, STREAMING
DAILY ON PEACOCK
FROM OUR PARENT
COMPANY NBC ON
AUGUST 24th.
>>> SCOTT
SADDERFIELD IS
AWAITING THE WORD
IF THERE WILL
BE FOOTBALL.
HE IS HEAD COACH
AND HE SAID ON
MONDAY THAT HIS
TEAM IS READY
AND WILLING TO
PLAY.
COACH, THANKS FOR
WAKING UP WITH
US THIS MORNING.
WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME.
APPRECIATE YOU
FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> THERE HAVE
BEEN A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS,
SCC, SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE
MEETING ON MONDAY
NIGHT TO
DECIDE HOW TO
MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING ABOUT THE
LIKELIHOOD OF A
FULL COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON?
>> EVERYTHING WE
ARE HEARING
FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION
HERE IS
THAT WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD
WITH
EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE HAD
PROTOCOLS IN
PLACE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL
MONTHS TO GET
THE PROTOCOLS IN
PLACE FOR OUR
GUYS TO RETURN TO
CAMPUS.
WE HAD GUYS TO
RETURN ON JUNE
8th.
WE HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL THE
LAST
FEW MONTHS WITH
OUR TRAINING AND
PRACTICES.
OUR DPIEZ FEEL
SAFE.
WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT GETTING THE
SEASON STARTED.
WE ARE AT
PRACTICE NUMBER 7
TODAY.
WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT MOVING
FORWARD AND
GETTING THIS
SEASON
UNDERWAY.
>> ANY POSITIVE
TESTS SO FAR?
>> YEAH, WE HAVE
HAD I THINK
AROUND FOUR
POSITIVE TESTS
SINCE
JUNE 8th.
WE HAVE 115 GUYS
THAT WE ARE
PRACTICING WITH
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE HAVE
BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL IN
EVERYTHING THAT
WE
ARE DOING WITH
ALL OF THE
PROTOCOL.
OUR TRAINING
STAFF HAS BEEN
PHENOMENAL, OUR
MEDICAL TEAM IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
WE ARE TESTING.
WE TESTED
EVERYONE AGAIN
THIS
MORNING.
WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THAT
THE
DOCTORS HAVE
ASKED US TO DO.
I THINK THAT HAS
BEEN THE MOST
FRUSTRATING THING
THAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH.
WE ARE SEEING
NEGATIVE NEWS.
OUR PLAYERS ARE
DOING EVERYTHING
THAT THE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS
HAVE TOLD US TO
DO AND NOW THERE
IS AN INFLEX IN
THE SEASON.
THERE IS A
FRUSTRATING THING
WE
ARE DOING.
>> I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT TESTING
SPECIFICALLY.
OBVIOUSLY,
LOSEIVAL,
MICHIGAN,
ALABAMA, THEY CAN
AFFORD TO TEST
THEIR PLAYERS
FREQUENTLY.
WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM A
NUMBER OF
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES IS
THEY CAN'T
AFFORD TO TEST
THEIR STUDENTS
AND STAFF AT THE
SAME RATE.
HOW DO YOU BRIDGE
THAT GAP IF
YOU HAVE SCHOOLS
THAT ARE ABLE
TO TEST AND
FOLLOW THE
PROTOCOLS
AND OTHER SCHOOLS
THAT CAN'T
AFFORD TO DO
THAT?
>> YEAH, THAT IS
THE MOST
DIFFICULT THING.
THAT'S WE WE ARE
SEEING A LOT OF
THE SMALLER
SCHOOLS OPTING
OUT.
WE ARE TALKING
NOW ABOUT POWER
5, THE BIG 10,
THE ACC, THE
PAC-12, ALL OF
THESE POWER
CONFERENCES THAT
HAVE TO MEANS
TO TEST, I THINK
THAT'S WHY YOU
ARE SEEING WE ARE
PLAYING
CONFERENCE ONLY.
EVERYONE IN THE
LEAGUE HAS THE
SAME PROTOCOLS,
SAME WEEKLY
TESTS.
I THINK THAT'S
WHY WE FEEL SAFE,
AS SAFE AS YOU
CAN FEEL TO PLAY
GAMES ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
I THINK THAT'S A
BIG DIFFERENCE
FROM THE POWER 5
TO MAYBE YOUR
SMALLER SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
>> THERE IS THIS
REPORT THAT
SOME BIG 10
ATHLETES
DEVELOPED A
RARE HEART
CONDITION
ASSOCIATED
WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS.
COACH, AT WHAT
POINT DOES IT
BECOME UNSAFE TO
PLAY?
HOW DO WE DECIDE
WHEN IT IS NOT
SAFE TO PLAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL?
>> WELL, WE HAVE
TO LEAN ON OUR
MEDICAL ADVISORY
BOARD.
WE ARE FOOTBALL
COACHES AND
ATHLETIC
DIRECTORS, WE
DON'T
HAVE MEDICAL
DEGREES.
WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO LEAN ON THE
MEDICAL ADVISORY
BOARD AND WHAT
THEY ARE TELLING
US.
RIGHT NOW THEY
ARE TELLING US TO
MOVE FORWARD.
IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THAT
COMES
TO LIGHT THAT WE
NEED TO SHUT
DOWN BECAUSE OF
HEALTH CONCERNS?
THAT'S WHAT WE
WILL DO.
WE ARE IN THIS
FOR THE STUDENT
ATHLETES AND WE
HAVE TO DO RIGHT
BY THEM.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE
WILL PUSH
FORWARD AND WE
ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY
ARE ASKING US TO
DO.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL
CONTINUE DOWN
THIS ROAD AND WE
WILL BE PLAYING
SOON ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> DO THOSE WHO
SAY IT IS NOT
WORTH THE RISK,
WE HAVE LOST
160,000
AMERICANS,
HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS HAVE
BEEN INFECTED,
TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF STUDENTS
HAVE BEEN
INFECTED, TO
THOSE WHO
WOULD SAY COLLEGE
FOOTBALL IS
NOT WORTH THE
RISK RIGHT NOW IN
A PANDEMIC, YOU
WOULD SAY WHAT?
>> I WOULD SAY
THAT THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE THAT
I'M NOT GOING TO
GET THE VIRUS IF
I DON'T PLAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE YOU
MENTIONED, THEY
DIDN'T PLAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
SO WE HAVE
PROTOCOLS IN
PLACE.
WE HAVE A BUBBLE
WITHIN OUR TEAM
RIGHT HERE.
AND WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO KEEP THEM
SAFE.
WE FEEL IT IS
JUST AS SAFE IF
NOT SAFER FOR OUR
GUYS TO BE
HERE, FOLLOW OUR
PROTOCOLS AND
ALSO HAVE A
PURPOSE IN THEIR
LIVES TO PLAY
FOOTBALL.
THEY WILL NOT BE
GOING OUT,
RUNNING AROUND
THE TOWN.
THEY WILL BE
FOCUSED FOR THE
NEXT FIVE MONTHS.
WE THINK IT IS
SAFE FOR OUR GUYS
TO CONTINUE DOWN
THIS PATH.
>> ALL RIGHT,
HEAD COACH AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME.
BEST OF LUCK.
THANKS FOR HAVING
ME ON.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, I FOUND A
FATHER TRYING TO
TEACH HIS SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER, WE
CAN RETALIATE
WITH LOVE.
THERE'S ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY.
>>> WHEN YOU NEED
BRUTAL
HONESTY.
THIS IS ABOUT 400
YEARS OF
RACISM.
>> WHEN YOU NEED
ANSWERS, FIRST
THING IN THE
MORNING.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO MAKE
BALLOTS READY TO
GO FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION?
>> WHEN YOU NEED
TO GO DEEP
INSIDE THE STORY.
>> WHAT'S A
CHANGE IN
POLICING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SEE ENACTED?
>> WHO IS TELLING
THE TRUTH AND
WHO IS LYING?
THAT'S THE NEWS
STORY AMERICANS
WANT TO HEAR.
>> YOU NEED YOUR
MORNING JOE
ONLY ON MSNBC.
>>> WE LIKE TO
THINK WE LIVE IN
A POST RACIAL
AMERICA.
WE ARE REMINDED
TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THAT WE DO
NOT.
>> NOW AFTER
WATCHING THE
MAYOR
OF ATLANTA ACT AS
A MOM TRYING
TO RAISE HER SON.
>> I REMEMBER HER
SAYING, WHY
DON'T I HAVE A
PONYTAIL LIKE THE
WHITE GIRLS?
IT'S OKAY TO
NOTICE YOU'RE
DIFFERENT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO
NOT FEEL LESS
THAN.
>> I FEEL SAFE
TALKING ABOUT
THIS WITH YOU
GUYS.
>>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
>> WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS.
WE SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD
COME THROUGH
HERE.
>> IT'S NEWS FOR
YOUR STREAMING
WORLD, LIVE
WEEKDAYS STARTING
AT
6 A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> A VIRUS THAT
KNOWS NO
BORDERS.
>> A REAL
CATASTROPHE IN
BRAZIL.
>> OUR GLOBAL
FIGHT AGAINST IT
UNITES US.
>> PEOPLE SAY IF
THEY DON'T
WORK, THEY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO
FEED THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> OUR TEAMS ARE
ON THE GROUND
LEARNING FROM
WHERE IT HAS
BEEN.
>> SO YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW IT
WILL IMPACT US
HERE.
LIFE IN ITALY IS
BACK TO NORMAL.
IT JUST DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THE
SAME NORMAL AS
BEFORE.
>>> THE ONLY
THING WE HAVE TO
FEAR IS FEAR
ITSELF.
.
>>> THESE ARE THE
UNITED STATES,
A UNITED PEOPLE
WITH A UNITED
PURPOSE.
>> ALL OF US CAN
EXTEND A HAND
TO THOSE IN NEED.
>>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO
BE FIXED AND WHAT
WOULD COUNT AS
JUSTICE IN THIS
CASE?
DO YOU HAVE
CLARITY ON WHAT
THE
PRESIDENT HAS
ORDERED?
I HAVE TO ASK
WHETHER THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CAN TURN THIS
AROUND SO THIS IS
AN ENGINE FOR
PROGRESSIVE
POLITICAL CHANGE.
>> PEOPLE ARE NOT
SIX FEET APART
FOR THE MOST
PART.
ARE YOU WORRIED
THESE TWO CRISES
COULD DOVE TAIL
IN TERMS OF
TRANSMISSION AT
THESE ONGOING
PROTESTS?
>>> THIS MORNING,
NEW HOPE FOR
NEW JOBS.
SOME OF THE
BIGGEST COMPANIES
IN
THE WORLD
INCLUDING AMAZON,
GOOGLE, MASTER
CARD, VERIZON,
WELLS FARGO
COMING TOGETHER
TO
CREATE OVER
100,000 NEW JOBS
AND
DEVELOP
RETRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR
LOW INCOME AND
MINORITY WORKERS.
>> DO YOU VIEW
THIS AS
PHILANTHROPY OR A
BUSINESS
INITIATIVE?
>> IT'S A
BUSINESS
INITIATIVE F.
THIS IS A MEMBER
OF THE NEW JOBS
COUNSEL AT J.P.
MORGAN.
>> WE ARE TRYING
TO TACKLE ONE
OF SOCIETY'S
BIGGEST PROBLEM,
GETTING
INNER-CITY
EDUCATION,
LARGELY MINORITY,
TO GET A HIGH
PAYING JOB.
>> THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THE
INEQUALITY
HIGHLIGHTED BY
THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT
LED INDUSTRY
LEADERS TO UNITE
FOR MORE
LONGTERM
SOLUTIONS.
>> WE ARE DOING A
LOT OF THINGS
NOW THAT WE NEED
TO DO THAT
DON'T RELATE TO
COVID.
IT'S THE RIGHT
THING FOR THE
HEALTH OF THE
COUNTRY.
>> WHAT DO WE
NEED FROM THE
GOVERNMENT?
>> THE GOVERNMENT
HAS TO DO MORE
FOR SMALL
BUSINESS,
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE TO GET
US THROUGH THE
NEXT THREE TO SIX
MONTHS AS WE
OPEN UP.
WE WILL HAVE TO
OPEN UP.
IT CAN BE DONE
SAFELY AND
SOUNDLY.
>> YOU HAVE
200,000
EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU
CAN BRING THEM
BACK TO WORK
SAFELY?
>> THERE ARE
STILL 150,000
PEOPLE WORKING
FROM HOME.
I THINK WHILE
THERE MAY BE SOME
PERMANENCY TO
THAT, THERE IS A
HUGE VALUE OF
WORKING TOGETHER,
COLLABORATION,
CREATIVITY,
TRAINING YOUNGER
PEOPLE,
HOPEFULLY THERE
WILL BE A
VACCINE AND
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE
DO
IT SAFELY.
>> WOULD YOU SAY
WE ARE IN A
RECESSION?
>> YEAH.
WE ARE IN A
RECESSION THAT
WILL
EVENTUALLY AFFECT
INCOME AND
HOME PRICES WHEN
PEOPLE REALIZE
THEY MAY NOT HAVE
A JOB.
YOU WILL SO THE
EFFECTS OF THAT.
>> HALF OF THIS
COUNTRY IS
EMPLOYED BY SMALL
BUSINESSES.
DO YOU THINK A
YEAR FROM NOW WE
WILL ONLY HAVE
BIG BOX STORES
AND CHAIN
RESTAURANTS?
>> NO.
>> HOW WILL THEY
STAY IN
BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF THE
SUCCESSFUL ONES
ARE STILL
WORKING, SELLING
GOODS
ON AMAZON.
THERE ARE THOSE
THAT ARE STILL
SUFFERING.
THEY ARE TRYING
DIFFERENT THINGS
TRYING TO GET
BETTER.
WE WILL WIN.
IT JUST NEEDS TO
BE SOONER
RATHER THAN
LATER.
>> WHAT DID HE
SAY ABOUT THE JOB
CRISIS WE ARE IN
NOW AND WHAT
WILL RECTIFY
THAT?
>> HE
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
COVID
SET US BACK IN A
HUGE WAY BUT HE
SAYS THIS IS A
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROBLEM.
BIG BUSINESS
KNOWS HOW PEOPLE
NEED TO BE
TRAINED SO THEY
PARTNER WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO
TRAIN THE
TRAINERS
TO DO THAT.
LOW SKILL WORKERS
ARE BEING HIT
THE HARDEST.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO
GIVE THEM HIGHER
SKILLS.
>>> THESE ARE
AMONG THE REASONS
HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THE U.S.
HAS SURPASSED 5
MILLION
CONFIRMED COVID
CASES, ANOTHER
SUMMER WEEKEND OF
MASS
GATHERINGS FROM
HOUSE PARTIES TO
CHURCH SERVICES,
AUTHORITIES SAY
SOME ARE TEMPTING
FAITH.
IN PORTLAND,
OREGON, HUNDREDS
GATHERED TO DEFY
STATE ORDERS.
IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, IT
NEARLY CAME TO
AFTER ONE PASTOR
OPENED HIS DOORS
FOR SERVICE
DESPITE PROTESTS
OUTSIDE TO SHUT
IT DOWN.
THE BATTLE OF
CROWDS AND
PANDEMIC COMES AS
THE NCAA
DECIDES WHETHER
OR NOT TO PUNT
ON THIS YEAR'S
FOOTBALL SEASON.
THE BIG TEN IS
MOVING TO PASS ON
PLAYING.
MOUNTAIN WEST AND
THE
MIDAMERICAN
CONFERENCE ARE
DELAYING THEIR
SEASONS, AMID A
PUSH TO GET ON
THE FIELD WITH
THE HASHTAG WE
WANT TO PLAY.
TOMORROW THE
PAC-12 WHICH
INCLUDES USC IS
EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THEIR
FUTURE.
HERE IN
CALIFORNIA,
FOOTBALL
PRACTICE THAT WAS
SCHEDULED TO
START NEXT WEEK
WON'T.
THE STATE HAS A
BAN ON ALL LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERINGS
AND THAT
INCLUDES AT
FOOTBALL
STADIUMS.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IS A $7 BILLION
BUSINESS.
NOW AMID THE
PANDEMIC, ANY
SHOT
AT A TRUE SEASON
MAY BE AHAIL
MARY.
WHILE 22 STATES
ARE SEEING A
DECREASE IN
COVID-19 CASES,
EVENTS LIKE THIS
MOTORCYCLE
RALLY COULD
BECOME
SUPERSPREADERS.
>> I HAVE NOT
SEEN THAT MANY
PEOPLE WITH MASKS
ON UP HERE.
>> CONSIDER THE
LARGEST PUBLIC
GATHERING SINCE
THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN, THOUSANDS
ARE ROLLING
THROUGH STURGIS
SOUTH DAKOTA
WHERE MASKS ARE
SUGGESTED, NOT
REQUIRED.
>> IT'S SELFISH.
>> TONIGHT, THE
FINE LINE
BETWEEN PERSONAL
CHOICE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY
AMID THE
PANDEMIC.
NBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>>> THESE DAYS, A
CHOICE OF
FACEMASKS CAN BE
DIZZYING.
RESEARCHERS AT
DUKE HEALTH SET
OUT TO FIND OUT
WHICH MAY WORK
BEST, TESTING 14
DIFFERENT TYPES
WITH A SIMPLE
EXPERIMENT
DESIGNED TO
VISUALIZE SMART
PARTICLES OR
DROPLETS SPRAYED
DURING REGULAR
SPEECH.
RESEARCHERS SAID
THE SAME
PHRASE, FIRST
WITH NO MASK.
NOTE THE FLASHES
OF LIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE
TINY PARTICLES
WOULD COULD
CONTAIN
CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE
WORE A MASK THAT
TRULY BLOCKED THE
PARTICLES, WE
WOULD REDUCE THE
SPREAD OF
COVID-19, NO
QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
>> N95, SURGICAL
MASKS WORK WELL
TO BLOCK
PARTICLES.
BUT MASKS WITH
EXHILLATION
VALVES WILL NOT
PROTECT YOU.
COTTON MASKS WITH
SEVERAL LAYERS
OF MATERIAL DID
WELL.
NOT A LOT OF
DROPLETS GOT
THROUGH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED
A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE SPREAD.
>> BUT BANDANNAS
DID NOT FARE
WELL.
THEY MAY RESULT
IN MORE
PARTICLES.
BOTTOM LINE,
MASKS WORK IF
THEY
HAVE SEVERAL
LAYERS OF GLUED
FABRIC.
IF YOU CAN SEE
THROUGH IT, IT IS
PROBABLY NOT
DOING MUCH GOOD.
>>> TIME TO GET
THESE DOORS
OPEN.
>> IT'S TOO MUCH
OF A GAMBLE.
>> I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THE
SCHOOLS OPEN.
WE HAVE TO THINK
OF OUR
TEACHERS.
>> KIDS ARE HERE
HEARING IT ALL,
THE UNCERTAINTY
OF WHAT SCHOOL
SHOULD LOOK LIKE,
CAUSING
STRESS.
>> THE SCHOOL
SAID EVERYTHING
WILL BE VIRTUAL
UNTIL NOVEMBER
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER THAT?
>> STUDENTS IN
PHILADELPHIA SAY
NOW MORE THAN
EVER STUDENTS
NEED
MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT.
LENA WANTS TO BE
A LAWYER AND
SPENT THE SUMMER
STUDYING.
>> WHAT WORRIES
YOU AS YOU HEAD
IN THE SCHOOL
YEAR?
>> FALLING
BEHIND.
I DON'T WANT T TO
BE FALL BEHIND
AND I DON'T DO AS
GOOD AS I
COULD.
>> DESMOND FEELS
SAFE WITH
VIRTUAL LEARNING
BUT NEEDS TO
WATCH HIS YOUNGER
STUDENTS.
>> I HAVE TO
PRIORITIZE
BECAUSE
I NEED TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE
DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN.
IT WILL BE MY
SCHOOLWORK
SECOND.
>> IN NEW JERSEY,
THE TRAVIS
FAMILY IS
STRUGGLING TOO.
>> DOES MOM SEEM
A LITTLE
STRESSED OUT?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> CARRY SPEECHES
SPANISH IN ONE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND HER STUDENTS
ATTEND ANOTHER.
THE PROPOSED
SCHEDULES DON'T
MATCH.
>> I'M IN A
LITTLE BIT OF
DENIAL
ABOUT IT.
I HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO SEND
THEM TO SCHOOL.
>> MY BEST
FRIENDS ARE ON
DIFFERENT DAYS.
>> KIDS OF ALL
AGES HAVE THREE
MAJOR QUESTIONS,
AM I SAFE?
ARE YOU THE
PEOPLE TAKING
CARE
OF ME SAFE?
AND HOW IS THIS
SITUATION GOING
TO AFFECT MY
DAILY LIFE?
>> DR. GENE
BEARSON RUNS THE
CLAY CENTER FOR
YOUNG HEALTHY
MINDS.
>> DO KIDS TEND
TO WORRY MORE IF
THEIR PARENTS ARE
WORRIED?
>> YOU BET.
ANXIETY IS
CONTAGIOUS.
>> SHE TELLS
PARENTS TO ASK
KIDS
WHAT THEIR
CONCERNS ARE,
REMIND
THEM OF OTHER
TIMES THEY GOT
THROUGH AND
SHIELD YOUNGER
CHILDREN FROM
GRIM DETAILS
ABOUT
THE VIRUS.
>> TEENAGERS ARE
MORE CAPABLE OF
UNDERSTANDING.
IN FACT, IF YOU
ARE NOT HONEST
WITH THEM, THEY
WILL FIND OUT
ANYWAYS.
SO IT IS OKAY TO
SAY YOU ARE
ANXIOUS
YES, I WOULD SAY
TO SCHOOL AGED
KIDS, YEAH, I'M
WORRIED BUT WE
WILL GET THROUGH
THIS AND WE
WILL GET THROUGH
THIS TOGETHER.
>>> THE HIGH
SECURITY LAB
INSIDE
THE WUHAN
INSTITUTE OF
VIROLOGY,
AT&T THE CENTER
OF A POLITICAL
STORM.
THIS IS THE LAB'S
DIRECTOR.
NBC NEWS WAS
GRANTED THE FIRST
MEDIA ACCESS.
THERE IS
SKEPTICISM ABOUT
THE
LAB BUT FIVE
LEADING
VIROLOGISTS
TOLD US IT IS
IMPROBABLE THAT
THE VIRUS WAS
MADE IN THE LAB
AND ESCAPED.
THE LAB IS A BOX
WITHIN A BOX.
TECHNICIANS WERE
TRAINED IN
FRANCE AND THE
U.S.
>> I ALSO WANT TO
KNOW HOW THE
VIRUS GOT TO THE
MARKET IN
WUHAN.
UP TO NOW , THERE
IS NO CLEAR
ANSWER, HE SAYS.
>> THE CHINA
VIRUS, CHINA
PLAGUE.
>> AMID
ACCUSATIONS THAT
CHINA'S
GOVERNMENT DOWN
PLAYED THE
SEVERITY OF THE
OUTBREAK HERE,
THE U.S. AND
CHINA HAVE BEEN
LOCKED IN A
BOTTLE OVER THE
ORIGINS OF THE
VIRUS.
>> THERE IS
EVIDENCE IT CAME
FROM A
LABORATORY.
>> U.S. OFFICIALS
HAVE OFFERED
NO CREDIBLE
EVIDENCE LINKING
THE
VIRUS TO THE LAB.
>> IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT
WE
HAVE TARGETED AS
A SCAPEGOAT.
>> CHINA FACES
GLOBAL BACKLASH
FOR FAILING TO
CONTAIN THE
OUTBREAK EARLY ON
AND FOR A LACK
OF TRANSPARENCY
AS IT SPREAD.
SCRUTINY OF THE
LAB WAS
FURTHERED BY A
CABLE IN JANUARY
OF 2018 ABOUT
SAFETY AND A
SHORTAGE OF
STAFF.
LAB OFFICIALS
CLAIM U.S.
DIPLOMATS VISITED
ONLY ONE IN
MARCH 2018 AND
DIDN'T SEE THE
HIGH CONTAINMENT
LABS.
THE STATE
DEPARTMENT
DECLINED TO
CLARIFY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD THE WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION WILL
NOT BE
INVESTIGATING THE
WUHAN LAB AS A
POSSIBLE SOURCE
OF THE VIRUS.
>>> DAYLIGHT
REVEALED THE
DESTRUCTION,
LOOTERS IN
DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO, INJURING
13 POLICE
OFFICERS.
100 PEOPLE WERE
ARRESTED.
>> THIS WAS NOT
AN ORGANIZED
PROTEST.
THIS WAS AN
INCIDENT OF PURE
CRIMINALITY.
>> THIS IS
MICHIGAN AVENUE,
CHICAGO'S STREET
FULL OF HIGH
END SHOP.
NOW THEY ARE
BOARDED UP.
OFFICERS WERE
CALLED TO THE
CITY'S SOUTH SIDE
FOR A MAN WITH
A GUN.
SOMEONE WHO
MATCHED THE
SUSPECT'S
DESCRIPTION
STARTED
SHOOTING.
THE COPS FIRED
BACK.
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH
WHEN FALSE
RUMORS ERUPTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THERE IS NO
JUSTIFICATION FOR
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
EVER.
>> ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, IT HAS
BEEN AN
INCREASINGLY
VIOLENT
SUMMER.
IN PHILADELPHIA
THIS WEEKEND,
BULLETS GRAZED
TWO 11-YEAR-OLDS
IN SEPARATE
SHOOTINGS.
NEARLY 20 PEOPLE
WERE SHOT AT A
COOKOUT IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
THE
VIOLENCE OVER
SHADOWING
PEACEFUL
PROTESTS FOR THE
DEATHS OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND
OTHERS.
IN LOUISVILLE,
STREET
DEMONSTRATIONS
HAVE BEEN BANNED.
IN PORTLAND,
POLICE DECLARED
ANOTHER.
THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED THAT
LOCAL
AUTHORITIES
SHOULD BRING IN
THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
BUT IN CHICAGO
WHERE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION
SENT IN FEDERAL
AGENTS LAST MONTH
TO HELP
INVESTIGATE
CRIME, THE
VIOLENCE
CONTINUES,
FRUSTRATING SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS
LIKE JACKIE
JACKSON.
>> ON TOP OF THE
COVID, THE
RIOTS, LOOTING,
HOW MUCH MORE
CAN A PERSON
TAKE?
>> THERE WILL BE
HEAVIEST POLICE
PRESENCE WITH
OFFICERS WORKING
LONGER SHIFTS.
ACCESS WILL ALSO
BE LIMITED TO
DOWNTOWN.
>>> WITH JUST A
WEEK TO GO UNTIL
THE START OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL
CONVENTION, THE
CLOCK
IS TICKING FOR
FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN TO ANNOUNCE
HIS RUNNING MATE.
HERE'S THE
LATEST.
>> PRESSURE
MOUNTING ON JOE
BIDEN TO DECIDE
ON HIS RUNNING
MATE AND TO
CHOOSE A BLACK
WOMAN.
>> HAVE YOU
PICKED A RUNNING
MATE YET?
>> YEAH, I HAVE.
>> WHO IS IT?
>> YOU.
>> HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT WILL
BE
DIGITAL FOLLOWED
BY A VIDEO OF
HIS PICK AT A
JOINT APPEARANCE.
THE CAMPAIGN SAYS
SOME OF THE
MAJOR CONTENDERS
HAVE HAD IN
PERSON INTERVIEWS
INCLUDING
GRETCHEN WHITMER
WHO FLEW IN A
WEEK AGO.
OTHERS INCLUDE
KAMALA HARRIS,
SUSAN RICE, TAMMY
DUCKWORTH AND
ELIZABETH WARREN
AND CARREN
BASS.
NOW WOMEN GROUPS
ARE VOWING TO
DEFEND BIDEN'S
RUNNING MATE
AGAINST SIXISM
SUCH AS COMPARING
IT TO A COLUMN IN
THE BACHELOR.
>> THE ATTACKS
THEY HAVE SEEN,
THEY ARE
ANTICIPATING
THIS.
I THINK IT IS A
GOOD IDEA.
>> THE CAMPAIGN
IS ALSO READY TO
COMBAT RACIST
ATTACKS IF BIDEN
CHOOSES A BLACK
WOMAN.
SOME SAID THE
URGENCY TO PICK A
BLACK WOMAN HAS
GONE FROM
SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN TO
SOMETHING THAT
MUST HAPPEN.
>> WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT
INEQUALITY IS
ADDRESSED IN A
BIG
WAY.
>> THE LONGER
BIDEN WAITS, THE
MORE INFIGHTING
AMONG SUPPORTERS
OF THE
CANDIDATES,
ANOTHER
REASON TO DECIDE
SOON.
LESTER?
>>> I'M SAM
BROCK, THE FIRST
DAY
OF SCHOOL HAS
NEVER FELT SO
FOREIGN UNDER THE
CLOUD OF
COVID-19.
>> I FEEL A
LITTLE SCARY BUT
COMFORTABLE.
CHILDREN AT
McLENNY
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL ARE
RETURNING TO
CLASSROOMS WITH
NEW RULES LIKE
SOCIAL
DISTANCING,
REGULAR HAND
WASHING.
>> THEY ARE DOING
EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO KEEP
THINGS
SANITIZED AND
KEEP THE STUDENTS
AWAY FROM EACH
OTHER.
MASKS ARE
RECOMMENDED BUT
OPTIONAL.
>> WALKING INTO
THE SCHOOL, I
DIDN'T SEE A LOT
OF MASK
WEARING.
I THINK THAT THAT
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN SOMETHING
THAT WAS
MANDATORY AND NOT
OPTIONAL.
IF I SEE OR HEAR
COVID-19, WE
ARE PULLING RIGHT
NOW.
HOME IS WHERE YOU
WILL BE.
>> IN THE LAST
FOUR WEEKS THERE
HAS BEEN A 90%
SPIKE IN CASES
AMONG CHILDREN IN
THE U.S. WHERE
SO FAR MORE THAN
380,000 KIDS
HAVE CONTRACTED
THE CORONAVIRUS.
OF THE COUNTRY'S
25 BIGGEST
SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
18 ARE
STARTING THE
SCHOOL YEAR
ENTIRELY VIRTUAL
WITH NO IN
PERSON OPTION ON
DAY ONE.
BUT THE NATION'S
LARGEST
DISTRICT, NEW
YORK CITY, GIVING
STUDENTS THE
OPTION OF
RETURNING
TO CLASSES.
>> WE WANT TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> DASHANNA
PARKER TEACHES
HIGH
SCHOOL IN NEW
YORK CITY WHERE
HER YOUNG
CHILDREN ALSO
ATTEND
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
>> I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT MY
CHILDREN WEARING
A MASK ALL DAY.
I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT THE
PROTOCOLS OF THE
SCHOOL THEY
ATTEND.
>> FEARS FOR THE
CHILD'S SAFETY
AND THE
EDUCATORS.
>> THEY ARE ALL
GOING TO HAVE TO
GIVE THEIR
CONDOLENCE TO
SOMEBODY'S MAMA.
>> WHITNEY
REDDICK IS A
MOTHER
AND TEACHER WHO
PENNED A MOCK
OBITUARY SAYING
SHE RETURNED TO
WORK, DID THE
BEST AT ALL OF
THE
ROLES PLACED ON
HER SHOULDERS
BUT SUCCOMBED TO
THE IGNORANCE
OF THOSE IN
POWER.
CALLS FOR SAFETY
FROM OUR
CLASSROOMS FRONT
LINES, BAKER
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
>>> TONIGHT, THE
CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS DEEPENING
WITH A COUNTRY
HITTING 5 MILLION
CASES.
THESE FIVE STATES
COMBINE MAKING
UP MORE THAN 40%
OF THE
INFECTIONS
INCLUDING
CALIFORNIA
WHERE THE DEATH
TOLL TOPPED
10,000.
THIS MORNING IN
VENTURA COUNTY,
SCREAMING,
SLAPPING, SHOVING
DURING A CLASH
AHEAD OF CHURCH
WHERE PROMASK
DEMONSTRATORS
HAVE
GATHERED.
EMOTIONS RUNNING
HIGH AT GOD
SPEED CALVARY
CHAPEL WHERE THEY
ARE DEFYING STATE
WIDE ORDERS
WITH INDOOR
SERVICES.
>> THIS
GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T GIVE
US THESE RIGHTS.
GOD GAVE US THESE
RIGHTS.
>> IN THE HOT
SPOT STATE OF
TEXAS, THERE WAS
A RECORD HIGH
POSITIVITY RATE
CLIMBING SINCE
THE END OF JULY.
IN GEORGIA WHERE
THIS BACK TO
SCHOOL PHOTO WENT
VIRAL WITH
STUDENTS BACK TO
BACK IN THE
HALLWAYS, THE
PRINCIPAL SAYS
THE
SCHOOL WILL BE
CLOSED TOMORROW
AND TUESDAY AFTER
SIX STUDENTS
AND THREE STAFF
MEMBERS AT NORTH
PAULDING HIGH
SCHOOL HAVE
TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS.
THE SCHOOL HAS
SUSPENDED HANNAH
WATERS WHO
ORIGINALLY POSTED
THE
IMAGES, THEN THEY
REVERSED THE
DECISION.
>> I KNEW WALKING
IN MASKS WERE
NOT MANDATORY BUT
I DID TRUST
THEM TO KEEP US
SAFE.
>> MORE QUESTIONS
TONIGHT ABOUT
THE STATE OF
COLLEGE SPORTS.
THE BIG 10
ANNOUNCING THEY
WILL
SLOW DOWN
PRESEASON
FOOTBALL
PRACTICES WITH NO
PADS OR FULL
CONTACT AMONG
ATHLETES.
THIS AFTER THE
MID AMERICAN
CONFERENCE
POSTPONED ALL
FALL
SPORTS.
ANALYSTS BELIEVE
THE FALLOUT IS
JUST BEGINNING.
>> I DON'T THINK
WE WILL HAVE A
SEASON IN THE
FALL.
I HOPE I'M WRONG
BUT THERE IS
JUST TOO MANY
CHALLENGES.
IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO THREAD A
NEEDLE FROM 100
YARDS.
TOO MANY THINGS
CAN GO WRONG.
>> THE PANDEMIC
IS NOT SLOWING
DOWN THE ANNUAL
STURGIS
MOTORCYCLE RALLY
WHERE PEOPLE
PACK MAIN STREET,
BARS, AND
CONCERT VENUES.
>> NO ONE WANTS
TO BE THE GUINEA
PIG BUT WE WILL
SEE.
IT CAN GO RIGHT
OR IT CAN GO
WRONG.
>> KATHY JOINS US
LIVE FROM
STURGIS.
HAS THERE BEEN
ANY OTHER
REACTION FROM THE
VIDEOS OF
PACKED BARS?
>> SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WE SPOKE
WITH UNDERSTAND
THE RISK BUT SAY
MASKS AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING ARE
NOT MANDATING
HERE.
THEY SAY IT IS
REALLY UP TO THE
INDIVIDUAL TO
DECIDE WHETHER
THEY ENTER ONE OF
THE BUSY
ESTABLISHMENTS.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, I FOUND A
FATHER TRYING TO
TEACH HIS SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER.
WE RETALIATE WITH
LOVE.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE
DOWN HERE.
THERE'S ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY.
>> THAT'S ALL I
WANT HIM TO SEE.
>> WHEN YOU NEED
BRUTAL HONESTY.
>> THIS ISN'T
ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
THIS IS ABOUT 400
YEARS OF
RACISM.
>> WHEN YOU NEED
ANSWERS FIRST
THING IN THE
MORNING.
>> WHAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE TO MAKE
BALLOTS READY TO
GO FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION?
>> YOU NEED TO GO
DEEP INSIDE
THE STORY.
>> WHAT POLICY
CHANGE IN
POLICING WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SEE
ENACTED.
>> WHO IS TELLING
THE TRUTH AND
WHO IS LYING?
THAT'S THE STORY
AMERICANS WANT
TO HEAR.
>> YOU NEED YOUR
MORNING JOE ON
MSNBC.
>>> WE LIKE TO
THINK WE LIVE IN
A POST RACIAL
AMERICA.
WE ARE REMINDED
TIME AND TIME
AGAIN WE DO NOT.
>> AFTER I
WATCHED THE MAYOR
OF
ATLANTA ACT AS A
MOM TRYING TO
RAISE HER SON.
>> I REMEMBER HER
SAYING, WHY
DON'T I HAVE A
PONYTAIL LIKE THE
WHITE GIRLS?
IT'S OKAY TO
NOTICE YOU ARE
DIFFERENT, YOU
JUST HAVE TO NOT
FEEL LESS THAN.
>> I CHERISH THE
FACT THAT WE
CAN HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
I FEEL SAFE
TALKING ABOUT
THIS
WITH YOU GUYS.
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
>> WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS.
IT'S NEWS MADE
FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> A VIRUS THAT
KNOWS NO
BORDERS.
>> A REAL
CATASTROPHE IN
BRAZIL.
>> OUR GLOBAL
FIGHT AGAINST IT
UNITES US.
>> IF THEY DON'T
WORK, THEY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO
FEED THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> OUR NBC NEWS
AND SKY TEAMS ON
THE GROUND
LEARNING FROM
WHERE
IT HAS BEEN.
>> THE SOUTH
KOREA GOVERNMENT
IS
BRINGING STUDENTS
BACK IN
STAGES.
>> SO YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW IT
WILL IMPACT US
HERE.
>> LIFE IN ITALY
IS BACK TO
NORMAL.
IT JUST DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THE
SAME NORMAL AS
BEFORE.
>> THE ONLY THING
WE HAVE TO
FEAR IS FEAR
ITSELF.
>> THESE ARE THE
UNITED STATES,
A UNITED PEOPLE
WITH A UNITED
PURPOSE.
>> THE FUTURE
DOESN'T BELONG TO
THE FAINT
HEARTED.
IT BELONGS TO THE
BRAVE.
>> A GREAT PEOPLE
HAS BEEN MOVED
TO DEFEND A GREAT
NATION.
>> ALL OF US CAN
EXTEND A HAND
TO THOSE IN NEED.
>>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO
BE FIXED AND
WHATWISE COUNT
ASJUSTICE IN THIS
CASE?
>> DO YOU HAVE
CLARITY ON WHAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS
ORDERED?
>> I HAVE TO ASK
WHETHER THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CAN TURN THIS
AROUND SO THIS IS
AN ENGINE FOR
PROGRESSIVE
POLITICAL CHANGE?
>> ARE YOU
WORRIES THESE TWO
CRISES MAY DOVE
TAIL IN TERMS OF
THE RISK OF
TRANSMISSION AT
THESE ONGOING
PROTESTS?
>>> THERE ARE FEW
DEBATES IN
AMERICA TODAY
THAT DIVIDE
PEOPLE
MORE OVER OPEN
SCHOOLS.
ADTHE PRESIDENT
WHO CALLS FOR
PULL SCALE
REOPENING, COME
WHAT
MAY.
>> KEEPING THEM
OUT OF SCHOOL,
KEEPING WORK
CLOSED IS CAUSING
ECONOMIC HARM AND
DEATH.
>> DISTRICTS ARE
FEARFUL OF SICK
KIDS, SICK
TEACHERS IS
SUPPORT
STAFF.
EDUCATION IS
BEING GUTTED AS
TAX
REVENUES CRATER.
IN STEPS
SECRETARY OF
EDUCATION
BETSY DEVOS WHO
HAVE ARE
CLAIMING THAT SHE
IS FLOATING A
NATIONAL DE FACTO
VOUCHER AGAIN.
>> THERE ARE NO
WORDS TO EXPRESS
HOW OUTRAGED
EDUCATORS ARE AND
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ADVOCATORS.
>> THE CARES ACT
PROVIDED STOP
GAP FUNDING FOR
SCHOOLS BUT SOME
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ADVOCACY GROUPS
AND POLICY
EXPERTS SAY
SECRETARY
DEVOS IS TRYING
TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE
PANDEMIC TO
FURTHER HER
PERSONAL AGENDA
OF
PRIVATEIZING MORE
OF THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
>> THEY ARE
GIVING US
PRECIOUS
LITTLE TO WORK
WITH.
THANKS TO DEVOS,
THE LITTLE THAT
IS IN THERE IS
ALSO TO BE SHARED
WITH PRIVATE
SCHOOLS IN
ANOTHER
ATTEMPT AT
VOUCHERS.
>> AT A TIME WHEN
THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL IS VERY
MUCH IN NEED, IT
IS A LITTLE
PROBLEMATIC TO
PUT
MONEY INTO
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
>> THE DEBATE
OVER SCHOOL
CHOICE
OR PRIVATEIZING
EDUCATION AS
SOME CALL IT HAS
BEEN A PART OF
DEVOS'S LIFE.
>> SHE HAS SPENT
A LARNL PART OF
HER LIFE PUSHING
FOR VOUCHERS.
>> IT ALLOWS
MONEY TO BE
DIVERTED AWAY
FROM PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO GIVE
VOUCHERS TO
PARENTS SO THEY
CAN USE IT TO
SEND THEIR
STUDENTS TO
PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
>> I THINK IT
NEEDS TO BE TIDE
TO EDUCATION.
>> THE LANGUAGE
THAT DEVOS HAS
USED DURING THE
PANDEMIC IS
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
AT NATIONALIZING
VOUCHERS
ACCORDING TO
SOME.
>> WE ARE DEALING
WITH A
SECRETARY OF
EDUCATION WHO HAS
AT HER CORE A
FOUNDATION OF
PRINCIPLES THAT
SAYS WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
IT SHOULD BE AN
INDUSTRY.
IT SHOULD BE A
FOR PROFIT
BUSINESS.
SHE SEES THAT AS
HER JOB.
SHE IS REALLY
QUITE PLEASED
WITH
HERSELF.
AND WE ARE NOT.
>> MORE RECENTLY,
SECRETARY
DEVOS WHO ONCE
CALLED PUBLIC
SCHOOLS A DEAD
END, HAS
ATTEMPTED TO
DIVERT MORE MONEY
AWAY FROM PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
WHILE CONGRESS
PROVIDED SOME
LATITUDE TO HELP
SCHOOLS THAT
SERVE LOINCOME
SCHOOLS, DEVOS
MAY HAVE OVER
STEPPED HER
AUTHORITY.
>> SHE DECIDED
MORE MONEY SHOULD
GO TO PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
SO SHE FORTH THIS
RULE THAT IS
PUSHING SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO
PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR PRIVATE
SCHOOLS BASED ON
THEIR OVERALL
ENROLLMENT
INCLUDING
AFFLUENT
STUDENT, NOT JUST
THE ENROLLMENT
OF LOW INCOME
STUDENTS.
>> IBIN RESPONSE,
TWO LAWSUITS
HAVE BEEN FILED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
DECLINED AN
INTERVIEW.
BUT PRESS
SECRETARY DID
RESPOND
TO AN EMAIL
SAYING THIS
PANDEMIC
AFFECTED ALL
STUDENTS.
THE CARES ACT
REQUIRES THAT
FUNDING SHOULD BE
USED TO HELP
ALL STUDENTS.
THERE IS NO
REASONABLE
EXPLAINS
FOR DEBATING THE
USE OF FEDERAL
FUNDING TO SERVE
PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE K-12
STUDENTS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS SAID HE
SUPPORTS
SOMETHING THAT
RESEMIBLES A
NATIONAL VOUCHER
PROGRAM FOR
SCHOOLS FEARFUL
OF
OPENING.
>> IF SCHOOLS
STAY CLOSED, THE
MONEY SHOULD
FOLLOW STUDENTS
SO
FAMILIES ARE IN
CONTROL ABOUT
DECISIONS ABOUT
THEIR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS.
>> BUT THIS
RHETORIC AND
POLICY
GETS TWO THINGS
WRONG.
IT DIVERTS MONEY
ALL THE WAY
FROM RESOURCE
STRAPPED PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
TWO, ULTIMATELY,
ACCORDING TO
NUMEROUS STUDIES,
VOUCHERS ARE
INEFFECTIVE AT
BEST.
>> WE FOUND THAT
THEY ARE NOT
PROVIDING A
BENEFIT OVERALL
ON
AVERAGE FOR KIDS
WHO WOULD
OTHERWISE BE IN
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
IT ACTUALLY
RESULTS IN A
DECREASE OF
ACHIEVEMENT.
WE ARE ASKING OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO DO THINGS AND
WE DON'T FUND
THEM.
.
>>> WE ARE BACK
WITH CORONAVIRUS
IN THE CLASSROOM,
ALL THIS WEEK
ACROSS THE
PLATFORMS OF NBC
NEWS.
WE ARE TALKING
WITH TEACHERS,
PARENTS, STUDENTS
AS WELL TO
FIND OUT WHERE
THEY STAND ON
GOING BACK TO
SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
>> THERE ARE A
LOT OF ISSUES.
ALL OPTIONS HAVE
THEIR PROS AND
CONS.
FOR CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS,
THERE ARE EXTRA
CONSIDERATIONS.
WE HAVE A
PERSONAL STORY
FROM
RICHARD ANGLE
NOW.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT STORY
FOR MANY IN THE
SPECIAL NEEDS
COMMUNE.
THEY FEEL LIKE IN
ALL OF THE
DEBATE AND
DISCUSSION OF
GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL,
THEIR KIDS ARE
NOT REALLY BEING
TALKED ABOUT,
SOMETHING OF AN
AFTER THOUGHT.
BUT SCHOOL FOR
KIDS WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS IS
ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL.
IT IS WHERE THEY
RECEIVE THEIR
PHYSICAL THERAPY,
EMOTIONAL
THERAPY,
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY.
WITHOUT THESE
THERAPIES, KIDS
ARE NOT JUST
MISSING OUT, THEY
ARE REGRESSING.
THEY ARE LOSING
SKILLS.
MY WIFE AND I
HAVE BEEN
WATCHING
THAT IN OUR OWN
FAMILY.
>> OUR SON WAS
NEARLY 5 YEARS
OLD NOW, HE HAS A
SEVERE
GENNETTIC
NEUROLOGICAL ICAL
DISEASE.
HE DOESN'T WALK
OR SPEAK, OR
FEED HIMSELF.
AND HE IS GETTING
WORSE IN THE
AGE OF
CORONAVIRUS.
HE IS SHAKING
MORE, UPSET MORE
OFTEN, HE IS
PUTTING HIS HAND
IN
HIS MOUTH, AN
UNCONTROLLABLE
PART OF HIS
CONDITION, AT
TIMES,
CONSTANTLY.
>> I THINK IT'S
THE HARDEST IT
HAS EVER FELT AS
A CAREGIVER.
PHYSICALLY,
MENTALLY,
WORRYING,
THE ANXIETY ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH
HIM, REGRESSION,
WHAT HIS FUTURE
LOOKS LIKE, WHEN
WILL THIS BE
OVER, WHEN CAN WE
GO BACK TO
NORMAL.
>> MY WIFE AND I
CARRY HIM
AROUND SINCE HE
CAN'T MOVE ON
HIS OWN BUT
THAT'S NOT THE
EXTRA
BURDEN THAT
WEIGHS ON US.
IT'S THE LOSS OF
THERAPIES.
BEFORE, HENRY DID
THERAPY ON A
HORSE, PLAY
GROUPS, MUSIC
THERAPY, IT ALL
VANISHED WITH
THE PANDEMIC.
>> WE HAVE TO DO
FREQUENT
THERAPIES TO KEEP
HENRY'S BODY
FUNCTIONING, TO
KEEP IT
TOGETHER.
IF WE DIDN'T DO
THE THERAPIES,
HIS HIPS WOULD
DISLOCATE, HE
COULD GET
SCOLIOSIS.
>> IT TOOK A YEAR
AND A HALF FOR
HIM TO LEARN TO
SET UP ON HIS
OWN.
THAT'S AN IDEA OF
HOW LONG IT
TAKES.
>> IF YOU DON'T
DO THERAPY FOR
EVEN A FEW WEEKS,
YOU LOSE THAT
SKILL AND THESE
KIDS DON'T GET
IT BACK IF EVER.
LIKE MOST KIDS
AROUND THE WORLD,
HENRY ISN'T GOING
TO SCHOOL NOW,
NOT CLEAR WHEN
OUR HOW HE WILL
AGAIN.
>> HE REALLY
ENJOYED SCHOOL.
I THINK THE
SOCIALIZATION
ASPECT
FOR HIM WAS
REALLY WONDERFUL.
>> THE ONLY THING
HE CAN
INTERACT WITH
PEOPLE THAT HE
WOULD LIKE TO,
HIS PEER GROUP IS
BEING IN THE SAME
ROOM WITH
THEM, PLAYING
WITH THE SAME
TOYS.
AND THAT'S GONE.
THE SHOCK OF THE
COVID-19 ERA
CHANGE HAS BEEN
ESPECIALLY TOUGH
FOR CHILDREN WITH
AUTISM, LIKE
13-YEAR-OLD ZACH
IN OLYMPIA,
WASHINGTON.
HIS MOTHER SAYS
WHEN SCHOOL
STOPPED, ZACH
WENT INTO A BAD
CYCLE.
HE WOULD BANG HIS
BODY AGAINST
THE WALL
CONSISTENTLY.
IT GETS REALLY
DIFFICULT TO SEE
THAT.
>> WAS HE SELF
HARMING LIKE THIS
WHEN HE WAS GOING
TO SCHOOL
REGULARLY, WHEN
HE HAD A
SCHEDULE?
>> NO, NO, NOT IN
THATAY NO.
BUT IT ESCALATED
SIGNIFICANTLY
ONCE HE WAS NOT
IN SCHOOL, NO
MORE ROUTINE.
IT WAS TOO MUCH
FOR HIM TO
PROCESS.
>> THIS LASTED
FOR ABOUT TWO
MONTHS WHILE
CAROLINA WAS
TRYING
TO WORK FROM
HOME.
FOR MANY KIDS
WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS, REMOTE
LEARNING ISN'T A
REALISTIC OPTION.
>> WHAT IS IT
LIKE FOR AN
AUTISTIC CHILD TO
LOOK AT A ZOOM
BOX WITH 10 TO 15
KIDS TRYING TO
TALK AT ONCE?
>> IT FEELS LIKE
A CHILD IS LIKE
WATCHING 20
DIFFERENT ROCK
BANDS
PLAYING, LOUD,
STIMULATING, LOTS
OF DIFFERENT
INFORMATION
COMING
AT THEM BUT IT IS
HARD TO FILTER
IN WHAT IS
IMPORTANT AND
WHAT IS
NOT IMPORTANT.
>> COVID RISKS
SETTING BACK A
WHOLE GENERATION
OF KIDS WITH
PHYSICAL AND
EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
HENRY HAS ONE BIG
POSITIVE
CHANGE NOW, AT
LEAST THEY HAVE
EACH OTHER TO
PLAY WITH.
>> RICHARD, YOU
AND MARY ARE MY
HEROES.
 
MUCH.
AND YOU'VE JUST DONE SO MUCH FOR
HENRY AND SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE 
BY BRINGING THIS TO LIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.
ONE THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 
OVER THE YEARS, RICHARD, IS THE 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
THE RESEARCH 
BEING DONE FOR 
HENRY. 
HAS THE PANDEMIC 
IMPACTED WHETHER 
THAT WORK CAN BE 
DONE AND 
CONTINUE?  UE
>> WELL, COVID 
HAS IMPACTED 
RESEARCH. 
THERE'S NO DOUBT 
ABOUT IT. 
IT HAS SET 
THINGS BACK. 
RESEARCHERS 
AREN'T ABLE TO 
GO TO THE 
HOSPITALS. 
HOSPITALS HAVE 
BEEN OVERWHELMED 
DEALING WITH 
COVID. 
AND IT IS A REAL 
PROBLEM BECAUSE 
NOT ONLY DOES IT 
EXTEND THE GOAL 
POSTS AND WE 
HOPE THAT ONE 
DAY THIS 
RESEARCH THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
WOULD CREATE 
POSSIBLE 
SOLUTIONS FOR 
HENRY AND OTHER 
KIDS. 
THAT IS COMING 
BUT COVID HAS 
SET IT BACK.  K
>> HEY, BUSY. 
THERAPIES, 
EQUIPMENT. 
WE CAN ONLY 
IMAGINE HOW 
EXPENSIVE THEY 
ARE. 
WHAT DID THE 
OTHER FAMILIES 
TELL YOU ARABOUT 
HOW THEY'RE 
COPING WITH THIS 
PART IT WAS. 
>> HAVING A 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
CHILD IS 
EXPENSIVE. 
DESTRUCTIVELY 
EXPENSIVE FOR 
SOME FAMILIES. 
THAT'S WHY 
SCHOOL WAS SO 
IMPORTANT. HY
MOST PEOPLE 
RECEIVE THE 
LARGEST AMOUNT 
OF THERAPY. 
R
HAVING TO GO PRIVATE, THAT'S 
EXPENSIVE.
SOME FAMILIES CAN'T GO PRIVATE 
AT ALL.
IT'S SIMPLY NOT IN THEIR 
CALCULATIONS.
AND SO IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD 
IF THEY CAN'T 
AFFORD IT, THEY 
ARE IN THIS 
HORRIBLE 
SITUATION OF 
WATCHING THEIR 
CHILDREN 
DETERIORATE 
PHYSICALLY AND 
EMOTIONALLY AND 
JUST WAITING FOR 
SOME SORT OF 
CHANGE. 
SO IT IS AN 
INCREDIBLELY 
IMPORTANT STORY 
AND SOMETHING 
THAT I'M HAPPY 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT ON THE AIR 
TODAY. 
>> THERE ARE SO 
MANY DIFFERENT 
ASPECTS TO IT. 
WHETHER IT IS 
THE RESPECT OR 
THESE KIDS CAN 
CONTINUE TO GO 
TO SCHOOL. 
HAS HENRY BEEN 
ABLE TO DO ANY 
OF THE THINGS 
THAT HE LIKED 
ONLINE. 
I KNOW HE LIKED 
THE HORSE 
THERAPY. 
THAT MEANT SO 
MUCH TO HIM. 
ARE THERE THINGS 
THAT HE CAN DO 
ONLINE? 
HOW  DOES THAT 
GO. 
>> YES. 
AND NO. 
MARY DOES SOME 
ONLINE. 
BUT IT IS 
DIFFICULT. 
AS WE TALKED 
ABOUT, IT IS 
VERY DIFFICULT 
WITH CHILDREN 
WITH AUTISM TO 
TAKE IN THAT 
KIND OF SENSORY 
INPUT. 
BUT FOR HENRY, 
HE DOESN'T SIT 
VERY WELL EVEN 
IN AN ADAPTED 
CHAIR FOR VERY 
LONG. 
HE CAN'T FOCUS 
ON A SCREEN OR 
HOLD HIS HEAD UP 
IN A STABLE 
POSITION FOR 
VERY LONG. 
WHILE WE HAVE 
BEEN TRYING TO 
DO IT AND ARE 
SEEING A LITTLE 
BIT OF RESULT, A 
LOT OF KIDS WITH 
SPECIAL NEEDS, 
THIS REMOTE 
LEARNING ISN'T A 
REALISTIC 
OPTION. 
>> IT ISN'T. 
RICHARD, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR 
OPENING YOUR 
HOUSE AND YOUR 
HEART AND 
SHARING THIS. 
I THINK IT WILL 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
AND I HOPE THAT 
EVERYBODY THINKS 
ABOUT HOW THEY 
CAN WRAP THEIR 
ARMS AROUND AND 
SUPPORT FAMILIES 
LIKE RICHARD. 
RICHARD WROTE AN 
INCREDIBLY 
TOUCHING, MOVING 
ESSAY ABOUT HIS 
SON AND HIS 
EXPERIENCE AND 
OTHER FAMILIES. 
GO TO 
TODAY.COM.. 
>> SO PART OF IT 
HAS NOT BEEN THE 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT HOW TO GO 
FORWARD. 
YES, THANK YOU 
FOR SHINING A 
LIGHT ON THAT, 
MR. ENGLE. 
>> IT HAS BEEN A 
ROUGH DAY TODAY. 
>> RESIDENTS IN 
THE MIDWEST ARE 
CLEANING UP 
AFTER A 
DEVASTATING 
STORM SYSTEM 
PUMMELED 
MULTIPLE STATES 
MONDAY, LEAVING 
MORE THAN A 
MILLION PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
>> COME HOME TO 
THIS. 
DEVASTATED BY 
WHAT LOOKS LIKE 
A MICRO BURST. 
>> SOME WINDS SO 
STRONG THAT SOME 
PEOPLE SAYING 
THEY SAW A 
POSSIBLE 
TORNADO. 
THIS TWISTER 
SHREDDING A ROOF 
IN CHICAGO. 
>> IT WAS CRAZY. 
IT WAS MADNESS. 
IT WAS REALLY 
DARK. 
I WAS REALLY 
SCARED. 
>> STRONG WINDS 
MOVED IN QUICKLY 
TEARING DOWN 
TREES AND 
DESTROYING 
VEHICLES. 
ONE RESIDENT 
DISCOVERING HIS 
CAR HAD BEEN 
CRUSHED. 
YET IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, HE IS 
STILL GRATEFUL. 
>> I'M JUST GLAD 
I'M OKAY. 
>> I THINK 
BECAUSE 2020, IT 
IS -- I THINK, 
YOU KNOW WHAT, 
IT HAS PREPARED 
US FOR STUFF 
LIKE THIS. 
>> THERE IS 
NOTHING THAT I 
CAN DO. 
>> WINDS EX 
CITING 100 MILES 
PER HOUR THROUGH 
OHIO, EAST OF 
DES MOINES AND 
PARTS OF INDIANA 
AND NEBRASKA. 
BACK IN CHICAGO, 
RESIDENTS ARE 
RATTLED BUT 
RESILIENT. 
>> I JUST PRAY 
AND HOPE FOR THE 
BEST FOR EVERY 
FAMILY OUT HERE 
LIVING IN THESE 
CONDITIONS. 
>> HERE IN 
ILLINOIS NEARLY 
HALF A MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE 
WITHOUT POWER 
AND A MILLION 
WITHOUT 
ELECTRICITY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
MIDWEST. 
IT WILL BE A 
LONG DAY OF 
CLEANUP AHEAD. 
.
>> THANK YOU VERY 
>>> ON THE EAST 
COAST, LINGERING 
POWER PROBLEMS 
FROM ISAIAS AND 
THAT DANGEROUS 
HEAT WAVE NOT 
HELPING THE 
SITUATION. 
AL ROKER IS 
JOINING US WITH 
THAT PART OF THE 
STORY. 
HEY THERE, AL. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT 31 MILLION 
PEOPLE UNDER A 
HEAT WATCH OR 
HEAT WARNING, 
ESPECIALLY HERE 
IN THE 
NORTHEAST. 
AND THE HUMIDITY 
LEVELS WILL BE A 
FACTOR. 
HOT AND DRY OUT 
WEST. 
BUT HERE IN THE 
NORTHEAST, THIS 
IS WHERE WE WILL 
SEE THE FEELS 
LIKE 
TEMPERATURES 
FLIRT WITHING 
100 FROM 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
OVER TO BUFFALO, 
ALBANY, BOSTON 
AS WELL. 
TOMORROW, 
TEMPERATURES 
ACTUALLY DROP A 
FEW DEGREES. 
BUT THE PROBLEM 
IS THE HUMIDITY 
LEVELS RISE. 
SO IT'S GOING TO 
FEEL, AGAIN, 
LIKE 102 IN 
WASHINGTON. 
NASHVILLE, 97. 
94 IN 
CINCINATTI. 
PALM SPRINGS, 
RECORD HIGHS. 
AS THEY ALWAYS 
SAY OUT THERE, 
YOU KNOW THIS, 
SAVANNAH, IT IS 
A DRY HEAT. 
>> IT IS A DRY 
HEAT. 
SO IS AN OVEN 
AL. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
AUTHORITIES IN 
THE NATION'S 
CAPITOL ARE 
INVESTIGATING A 
SHOOTING OUTSIDE 
OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE THAT LED 
TO SOME DRAMATIC 
MOMENTS INSIDE 
INVOLVING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THE SECRET 
SERVICE 
INTERRUPTING THE 
PRESIDENT JUST 
THREE MINUTES 
INTO HIS 
CORONAVIRUS 
BRIEFING. 
USHERING HIM OUT 
OF THE ROOM AND 
INTO THE OVAL 
OFFICE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
RETURNING 
MINUTES LATER. 
>> IT WAS A 
SHOOTING. 
IT WAS LAW 
ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE. 
SEEMS TO BE THE 
SUSPECT. 
AND THE SUSPECT 
IS NOW ON THE 
WAY TO THE 
HOSPITAL. 
I CAN'T TELL YOU 
THE CONDITION OF 
THE SUSPECT. 
>> OVERNIGHT THE 
SECRET SERVICE 
SAID THE 
SUSPECT, A 51-
YEAR-OLD MALE, 
APPROACHED A 
UNIFORM SECRET 
SERVICE OFFICER 
AND TOLD HIM HE 
HAD A WEAPON AND 
THEN REMOVED AN 
OBJECT FROM HIS 
CLOTHING. 
>> HE THEN 
CROUCHED INTO A 
SHOOTER STANCE 
AS IF HE WAS 
ABOUT TO FIRE A 
WEAPON. 
THE SECRET 
SERVICE OFFICER 
DISCHARGED HIS 
WEAPON, STRIKING 
THE INDIVIDUAL 
IN THE TORSO. 
>> THIS VIDEO 
SHOWS POLICE 
APPARENTLY 
SURROUNDING THE 
PERSON WHO WAS 
SHOT. 
>> WE HEARD A 
GUNSHOT AS WE 
WERE GOING DOWN 
THE STREET. 
>> THE SECRET 
SERVICE SAYS THE 
OFFICER AND THE 
SUSPECT WERE 
TAKEN TO THE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE COMPLEX 
WAS NEVER 
BREACHED DURING 
THE INCIDENT, 
NOR WAS THE 
SECRET SERVICE 
EVER IN DANGER. 
>> IT COMES AS 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
AGAIN DEFENDING 
HIS DECISION TO 
SIGN A SERIES OF 
EXECUTIVE 
ACTIONS HE SAYS 
WILL BRING 
FINANCIAL RELIEF 
TO STRUGGLING 
AMERICANS AFTER 
TALKS OF 
DEMOCRATS 
COLLAPSED. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
ACTIONS INCLUDE 
A NEW WEEKLY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BONUS PAYMENT OF 
$400, LESS THAN 
THE $600 PEOPLE 
WERE INITIALLY 
RECEIVING. 
STATES ARE 
REQUIRED TO 
APPLY FOR THE 
FUNDS AND PAY 
$100 OF THE 
COST. 
OVERNIGHT THE 
NATIONAL 
GOVERNORS 
ASSOCIATION 
CRITICIZED THE 
MOVE, WRITING IN 
PART, THE BEST 
WAY FORWARD IS 
FOR CONGRESS AND 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
TO GET BACK TO 
THE NEGOTIATING 
TABLE AND COME 
UP WITH A 
WORKABLE 
SOLUTION. 
AS THE TREASURY 
SECRETARY VOWED, 
AMERICANS WILL 
SEE THE FUNDS 
SOON. 
>> WITHIN THE 
NEXT WEEK OR TWO 
MOST OF THE 
STATES WILL BE 
ABLE TO EXECUTE. 
>> NOW, BOTH THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
SIGNALED THEY 
ARE WILLING TO 
RESTART 
NEGOTIATIONS FOR 
A BROADER RELIEF 
DEAL. 
BUT SO FAR THERE 
IS NO MEETING 
SCHEDULED. 
A LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIAL TELLS 
ME THAT THE 
SUSPECT WAS NOT 
ARMED WITH A 
GUN. 
 
GUN.
SAVANNAH?
>> ALL RIGHT.
MEANWHILE, I GOT TO ASK
>>> MEANWHILE, 
JOE BIDEN 
EXPECTED TO 
ANNOUNCE HIS 
CHOICE FOR A 
RUNNING MATE ANY 
DAY NOW, ANY 
MINUTE. 
COULD BE TODAY 
OR TOMORROW. 
WON'T BE NEXT 
WEEK. 
WHAT'S GOING ON. 
>> IT CERTAINLY 
HAS US ON PINS 
AND NEEDLES FOR 
SURE. 
WE COULD LEARN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
CHOICE FOR HIS 
RUNNING MATE ANY 
MINUTE OR DAY 
NOW. 
BASED TO MANY 
SOURCE, THE TOP 
COP TENDERS 
INCLUDE KAMALA 
HARRIS, GRETCHEN 
WHITMER AND 
SECURITY ADVISER 
SUZANNE RICE. 
IT IS UP TO RIDE 
ON. 
ALL OF THE 
INTERVIEWS HAVE 
BEEN COMPLETED. 
HE IS LOOKING 
FOR SOMEONE THAT 
WILL DO NO HARM 
TO HIS CAMPAIGN 
AND THE 
STRONGEST 
GOVERNING 
PARTNER IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
WE WILL BE 
WORKING OUR 
SOURCES ALL DAY 
LONG, SAVANNAH. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, SCHOOLS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE 
FACING THEIR 
BIGGEST TEST 
YET. 
SENDING KIDS 
BACK INTO 
CLASSROOMS 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC THAT IS 
STILL SURGING IN 
SOME AREAS. 
IN INDIANA, THIS 
MOM IS TRYING TO 
PUMP THE BRAKES 
ON COVID-19. 
>> THEY KNOW TO 
KEEP THEIR 
DISTANCE AND WE 
CAN'T REALLY 
TOUCH OUR 
FRIENDS THIS 
YEAR. 
AND WASH OUR 
HANDS. 
>> Reporter: FOR 
EVERY TEXTBOOK 
EXAMPLE OF MASKS 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, 
PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS ALIKE 
ARE FINDING 
THEIR SAFETY 
ALARM BELLS 
BUZZING. 
FRANKIE CLARK 
DROPPED OFF HER 
SON FOR THE 
FIRST DAY OF 
SECOND GRADE. 
>> I DIDN'T SEE 
A LOT OF MASK 
WEARING. 
I THINK THAT 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS MANDATORY 
AND NOT 
OPTIONAL. 
>> Reporter: AN 
HOUR WEST IN 
WESTERN FLORIDA, 
AN EDUCATOR 
REPORTS CRAMPED 
HALLWAYS. 
>> THEY THINK 
THAT SCHOOL IS 
MAGICAL PLACE 
AND WE DON'T 
NEED TO BE SIX 
FEET APART. 
A SCHOOL IN 
GEORGIA SHUT 
DOWN CLASSES FOR 
AT LEAST TWO 
DAYS AFTER 9 
POSITIVE CASES. 
>> THEY WEREN'T 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
THEY DID NOT 
HAVE MASKS ON. 
AND THEY SAT IN 
CLASSES ALL DAY 
LONG. 
>> Reporter: THE 
DISTRICT'S 
SUPERINTENDENT 
WROTE THAT 
CLASSROOMS WERE 
THOROUGHLY 
CLEANED AND 
DISINFECTED. 
AS AMERICA 
GRAPPLES WITH A 
BIGGER PROBLEM. 
A NEW REPORT 
FINDS IN THE 
LAST FOUR WEEKS, 
THERE'S BEEN A 
90% JUMP IN 
CASES OF 
CHILDREN IN THE 
U.S. WITH 97,000 
CONTRACTING 
COVID IN THE 
LAST WEEK OF 
JULY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
PRESSED BY CAROL 
LEE ON THE 
FIGURES. 
>> SO DO YOU 
STILL BELIEVE 
THAT CHILDREN 
ARE IMMUNE. 
>> THEY DON'T 
GET VERY SICK. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PEOPLE THAT I 
HAVE SPOKEN TO, 
THEY DON'T 
TRANSPORT IT OR 
TRANSFER IT TO 
OTHER PEOPLE OR 
CERTAINLY NOT 
VERY EASILY. 
>> ONE 
EPIDEMIOLOGIST 
AT EMERY 
UNIVERSITY 
REPORTING VERY 
DIFFERENT 
FINDINGS IN 
GEORGIA. 
>> THOSE YOUNGER 
GROUPS PLAY A 
ROLE IN 
TRANSMISSION 
MORE BROADLY. 
I'M WORRIED 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE DISEASE 
SPREAD 
THROUGHOUT THE 
AGE RANGE. 
>> SAM, THIS 
WORRY, THIS 
DEBATE ALL OF IT 
COMING AS NEW 
YORK SIT SEE SET 
TO REOPEN ITS 
SCHOOLS. 
BUT THE QUESTION 
SEEMS TO BE 
WHETHER TEACHERS 
AND STUDENTS ARE 
ACTUALLY GOING 
TO SHOW UP. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THAT PART 
OF THE STORY? 
>> NEW YORK CITY 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO HAS 
EXPRESSED 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
IT WILL HAPPEN 
SMOOTHLY. 
7% 4% OF 
FAMILIES WILL BE 
DOING THE IN 
PERSON HYBRID 
MODEL. 
A NUMBER OF 
FAMILIES DID NOT 
SELECT ANYTHING 
SO THEY WERE 
ENROLLED IN 
PERSON. 
IT IS POSSIBLE 
THIS COULD BE 
VERY FLUID IN 
TERMS OF THE 
NUMBERS OVER THE 
YEAR. 
>>> IN THE 
GLOBAL RACE FOR 
A CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE, RUSSIA 
SAID IT HAS 
ALREADY WON EVEN 
THOUGH IT HASN'T 
COMPLETED PHASE 
3 TRIALS. 
THAT IS NOT 
SLOWING RUSSIA 
DOWN WHICH TODAY 
REGISTERED AND 
APPROVED FOR USE 
ITS VACCINE 
WHILE CONTINUING 
TO CONDUCT HUMAN 
TRIALS. 
RUSSIA ALREADY 
HAS A ROLLOUT 
PLAN. 
IT IS AMBITIOUS 
AND FAST. 
TO START GIVING 
THE VACCINE TO 
MEDICAL 
PERSONNEL, THIS 
MONTH MASS 
PRODUCTION IN 
SEPTEMBER. 
MASS 
DISTRIBUTION IN 
OCTOBER. 
BEFORE THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
TODAY, I SPOKE 
TO THE HEAD OF 
THE RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT FUND 
BACKING THE 
VACCINE. 
>> 13 MILLION 
DOSES. 
SO WE WILL BE 
WORKING BASED ON 
THIS NUMBER. 
>> SO YOU WANT 
TO VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE 
THIS YEAR IN 
RUSSIA. 
>> WE WILL 
PRODUCE 30 
MILLION DOSES OF 
THE VACCINE AND 
IT WILL BE UP TO 
PEOPLE WHO WANT 
TO BE 
VACCINATED. 
IN PRINCIPLE, 
YES, WE CAN 
VACCINATE TENS 
OF MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE IN RUSSIA 
THIS YEAR. 
>> Reporter: 
SCIENTISTS 
INCLUDING FROM 
THE WHO ARE 
URGING CAUTION, 
SAYING ONLY 
EXTENSIVE AND 
PROLONGED 
TESTING CAN 
DETERMINE IF A 
VACCINE IS 
EFFECTIVE AND 
SAFE. 
U.S. OFFICIALS 
HAVE ACCUSED 
RUSSIA OF 
HACKING VACCINE 
RESEARCH. 
CLAIMS THAT 
RUSSIA 
VIGOROUSLY 
DENIES. 
>> SOME OF THE 
ACCUSATIONS ARE 
AFRAID OF RUSSIA 
FOR BEING THE 
FIRST OUT THERE 
WHEN THERE IS 
NOBODY ELSE OUT 
THERE. 
>> THE VACCINE 
IS CALLED IS THE 
PUTNIC-V FOR 
VACCINE. 
THE DATA WILL BE 
PUBLISHED BUT 
SCIENTISTS 
INCLUDING DR. 
FAUCI HOPE THAT 
RUSSIA AND CHINA 
WHO ARE ALSO 
WORKING ON 
VACCINES ARE 
CARRYING OUT ALL 
OF THE 
PRECAUTIONS THAT 
ARE REQUIRED TO 
PRODUCE THE 
MEDICINE. 
>>> DIGGING 
THROUGH RUBBLE 
AND DEBRIS 
INVESTIGATORS 
ARE SEARCHING 
FOR THE CAUSE OF 
A MAJOR GLASS 
EXPLOSION HERE 
IN BALTIMORE. 
>> SO MANY 
HOUSES JUST 
GONE, BRO. 
>> Reporter: THE 
BLAST TOPPLED 
MULTIPLE HOUSES, 
KILLING ONE 
WOMAN AND 
SENDING AT LEAST 
SEVEN OTHERS TO 
AREA HOSPITALS. 
>> A ROLLOUT 
EXPLOSION. 
I SEEN LIKE 
SMOKE UP IN THE 
AIR LIKE 60 FEET 
OR SO. 
AND I JUST TOOK 
OFF RUNNING. 
I DIDN'T HAVE 
ANY SHOES ON. 
>> THE EXPLOSION 
MID-MONDAY 
MORNING SENT 
NEIGHBORS 
SCRAMBLING TO 
HELP. 
>> CINDER BLOCKS 
EVERYWHERE. 
WE JUST WENT IN 
THERE AND 
STARTED DIGGING. 
>> DEAN JONES 
AND ANTOINETTE 
STARTED DIGGING 
THROUGH THE 
DEBRIS. 
>> THEY'RE LIKE 
YOU GET PEOPLE 
OUT THERE. 
TELLING HEM TO 
MOVE. 
>> BALTIMORE 
FIREFIGHTERS 
QUICKLY ON THE 
SCENE, PULLING A 
SURVIVOR FROM 
THE WRECKAGE. 
>> I WANT THE 
PEOPLE IN THE 
CITY TO RALLY 
AROUND THE 
INDIVIDUALS 
STILL FIGHTING 
FOR THEIR LIVES. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
SHOULD PUT ALL 
OF OUR HOPES AND 
ENERGY INTO. 
>> FIRE CREWS 
SPENDING HOURS 
COMBING THROUGH 
THE RUBBLE IN 90 
DEGREE HEAT AND 
HIGH HUMIDITY. 
>> IT IS A 
RESCUE 
OPERATION. 
RIGHT NOW WE'RE 
STILL SEARCHING. 
>> FIRE RESCUE 
AUTHORITIES 
DECLINING TO SAY 
HOME PALM THEY 
WERE LOOKING 
FOR. 
MANY RESIDENTS 
WERE FORCED TO 
EVACUATE. 
NOW DISPLACED 
FROM THEIR HOMES 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
THE EXPLOSION 
LEAVING MANY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
WITHOUT GAS OR 
POWER IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A VERY 
HOT AUGUST DAY. 
>> WE GOT DOWN 
THERE AND SAW 
THE POWER LINE 
WAS BROKE IN 
HALF AND THE 
WIRES AND WE 
COULD HEAR THE 
YELLING. 
IT IS JUST 
SOMETHING THAT I 
NEVER WANT TO 
SEE AGAIN. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH. 
BALTIMORE GAS 
AND ELECTRIC ARE 
ON THE SCENE 
WORKING WITH THE 
FIRE DEPARTMENT 
TRYING TO 
ISOLATE THE 
CAUSE. 
ONE THEORY IS 
THE CITY HAS A 
LOT OF AGING GAS 
MAINS AND PIPES. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
LEAKING AND THAT 
MAY HAVE BEEN A 
CONTRIBUTING 
FACTOR. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
MORE QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE FUTURE 
OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
PRESIDENTS OF 
THE BIG 10 
MEETING TODAY TO 
DISCUSS WHETHER 
TO CANCEL THE 
FALL SEASON 
AFTER GETTING 
PUSH BACK FROM 
TEAM COACHES 
SOURCES SAY. 
ANOTHER MEMBER 
OF THE POWER 5, 
THE PAC-12 ALSO 
MEETING TODAY TO 
DISCUSS THE 
FALL. 
>> A HUGE 
VARIABLE THAT 
THE REMAINING 
LEAGUES WILL 
HAVE IS HOW 
THOSE CAMPUSES 
REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING 
BACK ON CAMPUS 
AS THERE IS AN 
EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK. 
>> THIS AS THE 
MOUNTAIN WEST 
AND CONFERENCES 
HAVE POSTPONED 
PLAY UNTIL NEXT 
YEAR AMONG THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS. 
THEY WILL AT THE 
SIDE IN THE NEXT 
WEEK. 
BUT THE 
PRESIDENT ISN'T 
HIDING HIS 
FEELINGS ON THE 
MATTER, POSTING, 
PLAY COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
>> THESE COLLEGE 
ATHLETES, YOU 
KNOW, WORK THEIR 
WHOLE LIVES FOR 
THIS MOMENT AND 
HE WANTS TO SEE 
THEM LIVE OUT 
THEIR 
TREATMENTS. 
>> NOW SOME OF 
THE BIGGEST 
STARS ARE 
PUSHING BACK. 
>> WE WANT TO 
PLAY. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
LOVE TO DO. 
THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE HERE TO 
DO. 
>> TREVOR WHO IS 
EXPECTED TO BE 
THE NUMBER ONE 
DRAFT PICK 
POSTING WITH 
OTHER PLAYERS 
UNDER 
#WEWANTTOPLAY 
AND DEMANDING 
THE POWER FIVE 
MANDATE SAFETY 
PROCEDURES TO 
PROTECT PLAYERS. 
UNLIKE THE NFL, 
THERE ARE NO 
NATIONAL SAFETY 
PROTOCOLS IN 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
ALSO AT RISK 
HERE, HUNDREDS 
OF MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN LOST 
REVENUE TO 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TOWNS. 
IN ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN ALONE 
THE SPORT BRINGS 
IN MORE THAN $80 
MILLION A YEAR 
TO LOCAL 
BUSINESSES. 
>> I THINK 
YOU'RE LOOKING 
AT AN ECONOMIC 
NIGHTMARE FOR SO 
MANY OF THE 
CITIES WHERE 
THESE BIG 
UNIVERSITIES ARE 
IF THE COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL SEASON 
DOESN'T TAKE 
PLACE. 
>> Reporter: 
MICHIGAN PLACE 
JIM HARBAUGH IS 
FIGHTING TO 
PLAY, POSTING IT 
CAN BE HANDLED 
WITH PROPER 
SAFETY MEASURES. 
ACCORDING TO 
MEDIA REPORTS, 
FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS IN AT 
LEAST 17 SCHOOLS 
HAVE SUFFERED 
COVID OUTBREAKS 
IN SUMMER. 
INDIANA LINEMAN 
FIN ETESTED 
POSITIVE AND 
ENDED UP IN THE 
ER WITH POSSIBLE 
HEART DAMAGE. 
THE COLLEGE 
FRESHMAN 
TWEETING, I WANT 
TO PLAY BUT I 
TRULY BELIEVE 
THAT WE NEED TO 
BE SAFE. 
NOW MANY TOP 
ATHLETES ARE 
USING 
#WEAREUNITE 
TODAY LOBBY FOR 
A PLAYERS 
ASSOCIATION THAT 
WOULD BE SIMILAR 
TO THE NFL 
UNION. 
A GROUP THAT 
WOULD LOBBY ON 
THEIR BEST 
INTEREST AND 
FIGHT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
PLAYERS ARE 
SAFE. 
THAT SETS US UP
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT IT WITH 
DAN PATRICK NOW. 
DAN'S RADIO SHOW 
WILL START 
STREAMING 
EXCLUSIVELY ON 
PEACOCK LATE 
THEY ARE WEEK. 
MORE ON THAT IN 
A MOMENT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME. 
WE'VE HAD THESE 
MEETINGS OF ALL 
OF THE MAJOR 
CONFERENCES OVER 
THE PAST FEW 
DAYS. 
LAST NIGHT THERE 
WAS A MEETING, 
THE SOUTHEASTERN 
CONFERENCE. 
IF YOU WERE A 
BETTING MAN, HOW 
WOULD YOU BET 
THIS PLAYS OUT 
OVER THE NEXT 
FEW DAYS, 
STARTING TODAY 
PERHAPS? 
>> I THINK 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE A DELAY, 
CRAIG. 
I THINK YOU'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
THAT IN THE BIG 
10. 
WAY TOLD BY A 
SOURCE LAST 
NIGHT THEY WILL 
TRY TO DELAY 
THIS NOW. 
WHAT HAPPENED IS 
THE INFORMATION 
I GOT WAS NOT 
SUPPOSED TO COME 
OUT UNTIL TODAY. 
AND I THINK 
YESTERDAY 
MORNING WHEN WE 
BROKE THE STORY 
ALL OF A SUDDEN 
THE BIG 10 AND 
THE PAC-12 
STARTED TO GET 
PUSH BACK. 
I HEARD FROM THE 
SEC THEY SAID 
THEY'RE PLAYING. 
THE ACC SAID 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
PLAY. 
BIG 12 WAS ON 
THE FENCE A 
LITTLE BIT. 
OKLAHOMA AND 
TEXAS WERE 
PLANNING ON 
PLAYING. 
ANOTHER SCHOOLS 
WERE NOT. 
I WOULD SAY IT 
IS THE WILD, 
WILD WEST BUT 
THIS IS ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS THE WILD 
WILD SOUTHWEST, 
THE WILD, WILD 
MIDWEST. 
I THINK IT IS 
ALMOST HOUR BY 
HOUR OF WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
HERE. 
BUT THE LATEST I 
HAVE IS THE BIG 
10 IS TRYING TO 
DELAY AND MAYBE 
NOT CANCEL. 
AND ONE THING I 
WANT TO CLARIFY, 
WHAT I SAID 
YESTERDAY, 12 TO 
2 THE PRESIDENTS 
VOTED TO CANCEL 
THE SEASON IN 
THE BIG 10. 
THEY DIDN'T SAY 
THEY WERE 
CANCELING. 
THEY VOTED TO 
CANCEL. 
AND THAT'S WHY I 
EVEN SAID IT 
YESTERDAY, THIS 
MAY CHANGE BY 
TUESDAY MORNING. 
AND HERE WE ARE. 
IT MAY CHANGE BY 
TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON. 
>> DAN, IF SOME 
OF THESE SCHOOLS 
DECIDE TO CANCEL 
THEIR SEASON, 
EVEN IF THE 
CONFERENCE -- 
EVEN IF THE 
CONFERENCE 
DECIDES TO GO 
AHEAD, YOU HAVE 
CERTAIN SCHOOLS 
CANCELING AND 
CERTAIN SCHOOLS 
PLAYING, CERTAIN 
CONFERENCES MAY 
PLAY, OTHERS MAY 
NOT. 
WHAT IS THE 
LIKELIHOOD THAT 
WE HAVE A SEASON 
WHERE YOU HAVE 
ACC TEAMS 
PLAYING SEC 
TEAMS AND YOU 
HAVE THIS SORT 
OF SUPER 
CONFERENCE AS A 
RESULT? 
ANY CHANCE OF 
THAT? 
>> I DON'T THINK 
WE HAVE THE TIME 
TO DO THAT. 
PLUS, ALSO 
UNDERSTAND, 
NEBRASKA SAYS 
THEY WANT TO 
PLAY FOOTBALL. 
WELL, THE BIG 10 
OWNS THE RIGHTS 
TO NEBRASKA 
FOOTBALL. 
IF NEBRASKA -- 
YOU CAN'T GO 
ROGUE HERE. 
OHIO STATE HAS 
TALKED ABOUT 
MAYBE THEY'RE 
GIG TO TRY TO 
PLAY. 
FROM WHAT I WAS 
TOLD BY MY 
SOURCE 
YESTERDAY, THE 
SEC IS SORT OF 
OPEN FOR 
BUSINESS SAYING 
WHO WANTS TO 
COME IN AND PLAY 
FOOTBALL WITH 
US? 
AND I THINK YOU 
WILL HAVE A 
COUPLE OF 
OUTLIERS THAT 
WILL TRY TO PUSH 
THAT. 
WHAT DO YOU DO 
IF YOU'RE THE 
BIG 10 AND 
NEBRASKA SAYS 
THE HECK WITH 
YOU. 
WE DON'T CARE 
WHAT YOUR 
GUIDELINES ARE. 
WE'RE GOING ON 
OUR OWN. 
DO YOU WANT TO 
FIGHT SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT? 
I JUST THINK 
THAT THIS IS -- 
IT IS 
UNCHARTERED 
TERRITORY FOR A 
VARIETY OF 
REASONS. 
WE HAVE A LOT OF 
ADULTS IN THE 
ROOM BUT I DON'T 
KNOW IF WE HAVE 
GROWN-UPS. 
AND YOU HAVE THE 
PLAYERS, THE 
ATHLETIC 
DIRECTORS AND 
THE COACHES AND 
PRESIDENTS OVER 
HERE. 
AND THE REASON 
WHY IT GOT TO 
THIS POINT THE 
11th HOUR IS WE 
WEREN'T HEARING 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENTS. 
EVERY COACH, 
EVERY PLAYER, 
EVERY ATHLETIC 
DIRECTOR SAID 
WE'RE PLAYING 
FOOTBALL. 
WE DIDN'T HEAR 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENTS. 
THEN THEY GET IN 
A ROOM AND VOTE 
AND SAY WHAT ARE 
WE DOING PLAYING 
FOOTBALL HERE. 
>> YEAH. 
DAN, SAVANNAH 
FROM NEW YORK. 
LONG TIME 
LISTENER, FIRST 
TIME CALLER TO 
THE SHOW, DAN. 
I WONDER ABOUT 
THE NFL. 
THE NBA SEEMS TO 
HAVE IT RIGHT 
WITH THE BUBBLE 
IDEA. 
THE NHL DOING 
THAT TOO. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN FOR THE 
NFL? 
>> WELL, THE NFL 
HAS PLAYERS WHO 
ARE -- YOU KNOW, 
THEY HAVE SIGNED 
AWAY THEIR 
RIGHTS FOR 
COLLECTIVE 
BARGAINING 
AGREEMENTS. 
THE LIABILITY IS 
THE BIG ISSUE 
WITH COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
LIABILITY IS 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENTS ARE 
SO AFRAID OF. 
WITH THE NFL, 
THE PLAYERS 
COULD OPT OUT IF 
THEY DIDN'T WANT 
TO PLAY DURING 
THE PANDEMIC. 
YOU HAVE A UNION 
THAT REPRESENTS 
YOU. 
I THINK THE NFL 
WILL START ON 
TIME. 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
THEY WILL FINISH 
ON TIME. 
THEY WILL BE 
BASICALLY 
CREATING THEIR 
OWN LITTLE 
BUBBLES IN EACH 
CITY. 
SO THE SAINTS 
WILL HAVE A 
HOTEL, THE 
BUCCANEERS WILL 
HAVE A HOTEL. 
THAT WILL BE 
THEIR BUBBLE. 
THE TESTING 
MEASURES ARE 
INCREDIBLE WITH 
THE NFL. 
>> YES. 
>> THEY HAVE THE 
MONEY. 
AND I THINK THAT 
IS ANOTHER KEY 
ISSUE. 
YOU KNOW, 
MOUNTAIN WEST, 
THE MID AMERICAN 
CONFERENCE, THEY 
DON'T HAVE THE 
MONEY FOR THE 
TESTING. 
THE POWER 5 
CONFERENCE 
SCHOOLS HAVE THE 
MONEY FOR 
TESTING. 
AND YOU CAN MAKE 
A CASE THOSE 
ATHLETES WILL BE 
SAFER ON CAMPUS. 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO STAY ON 
CAMPUS IN F. 
THERE IS NO 
FOOTBALL AND 
CONTINUE TO WORK 
OUT. 
THEY WILL HAVE 
TESTING EVERY 
SINGLE DAY. 
IT IS THE OTHER 
SCHOOL THAT'S 
DIDN'T HAVE THE 
TESTING THAT RUN 
THE RISK. 
I THINK THE NFL 
IS GOING TO 
START ON TIME. 
>> DAN PATRICK. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU, 
DAN. 
>> BY THE WAY, 
LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN OF THE 
JURY. 
>> THANK YOU, 
GUYS. 
>> YOU CAN WATCH 
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SAFE.
>> THAT WAS MORGAN CHESKY 
REPORT
>>> SCOTT 
SADDERFIELD IS 
AWAITING WORD IF 
THERE WILL BE 
FOOTBALL. 
THE HEAD COACH 
OF THE 
LOUISVILLE 
CARDINALS. 
ONE OF THE POWER 
5 CONFERENCES, 
THE ACC. 
THE COACH SAID 
ON MONDAY THAT 
HIS TEAM IS 
READY AND 
WILLING TO PLAY. 
COACH, THANKS 
FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US THIS 
MORNING. 
DO APPRECIATE 
YOUR TIME. 
>> APPRECIATE 
YOU FOR HAVING 
ME ON. 
>> THERE HAVE 
BEEN A NUMBER OF 
MEETINGS OVER 
THE LAST FEW 
DAYS. 
CONFERENCES 
MEETING OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
THE SEC, THE 
SOUTHEASTERN 
CONFERENCE 
MEETING ON 
MONDAY NIGHT 
DECIDING HOW TO 
MOVE FORWARD. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING ABOUT 
THE LIKELIHOOD A 
FULL COLLEGE 
SEASON. 
>> EVERYTHING 
THAT WE'RE 
HEARING FROM OUR 
ADMINISTRATION 
HERE, FROM THE 
ACC IS WE'RE 
MOVING FORWARD 
WITH EVERYTHING. 
YOU KNOW, WE'VE 
HAD PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
THEY HAD SEVERAL 
MONTHS TO GET 
THESE PROTOCOLS 
IN PLACE FOR OUR 
GUYS TO RETURN 
TO CAMPUS. 
WE HAD GUYS 
RETURN ON JUNE 
THE  8th. 
WE'VE BEEN 
SUCCESS THE LAST 
THREE MONTHS 
WITH THE 
TRAINING AND 
PRACTICES. 
OUR GUYS FEEL 
SAFE. 
YOU KNOW, WE'RE 
EXCITED ABOUT 
GETTING THE 
SEASON STARTED. 
WE'RE PRACTICING 
NUMBER 7 TODAY. 
EVERYTHING IS 
GOING SMOOTH 
HERE. 
WE'RE EXCITED 
ABOUT MOVING 
FORWARD AND 
GETTING THE 
SEASON UNDERWAY. 
>> ANY POSITIVE 
TESTS SO FAR? 
>> YEAH. 
WE'VE HAD I 
THINK AROUND 
FOUR POSITIVE 
TESTS SINCE JUNE 
THE  8th. 
AND WE'VE GOT 
115 GUYS THAT 
WE'RE PRACTICING 
WITH RIGHT NOW. 
I THINK WE'VE 
BEEN VERY 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE'RE DOING W 
OUR PROTOCOLS, 
OUR TRAINING 
STAFF HAS BEEN 
PHENOMENAL. 
THE MEDICAL TEAM 
AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
LOUISVILLE HAS 
BEEN 
UNBELIEVABLE. 
WE'RE TESTING 
EVERYBODY. 
QUESTION DID 
ACTIVE TESTING 
AGAIN THIS 
MORNING. 
THAT HAS THE 
MOST FRUSTRATING 
THING THAT WE'RE 
DEALING WITH. 
WE'RE SEEING 
THIS NEGATIVE 
NEWS. 
BECAUSE OUR 
PLAYERS ARE 
DOING EVERYTHING 
THAT THE MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS 
HAVE TOLD US TO 
DO. 
AND NOW WE'RE 
QUESTIONING ARE 
WE INFLUX WITH 
THE SEASON. 
THAT IS THE 
FRUSTRATING 
THING WE'RE 
DEALING WITH. 
>> I WANT TO 
PICK UP ON 
SOMETHING THAT 
YOU SAID WITH 
REGARDS TO 
TESTING 
SPECIFICALLY. 
OBVIOUSLY THE 
LOUISVILLES, THE 
MICHIGANS, THE 
ALABAMAS, THE 
CLEMSONS, THEY 
CAN AFFORD TO 
TEST THEIR 
PLAYERS 
FREQUENTLY. 
WHAT WE'RE 
HEARING FROM A 
NUMBER OF 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES, 
THE SMALLER 
ONES, THEY CAN'T 
AFFORD TO TEST 
THE STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT THE 
SAME RATE. 
HOW DO YOU 
BRIDGE THAT GAP? 
IF YOU HAVE 
SCHOOL THAT'S 
ARE ABLE TO TEST 
AND FOLLOW THE 
PROTOCOLS AND 
OTHER SCHOOL 
THAT'S CAN'T 
AFFORD TO DO 
THAT. 
>> THAT IS THE 
MOST DIFFICULT  
THING. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
SEEING THE 
SMALLER SCHOOLS 
OPTING OUT. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THE POWER 
5, THE BIG 10, 
THE PAC-12. 
ALL OF THE 
CONFERENCES THAT 
HAVE THE MEANS 
TO TEST. 
I THINK THAT'S 
WHY YOU'RE 
SEEING WE'RE 
PLAYING 
CONFERENCE ONLY. 
EVERYBODY IN THE 
LEAGUE HAS THE 
SAME PROTOCOLS 
AND DOING THE 
SAME WEEKLY 
TESTS. 
THAT'S WHY WE 
FEEL AS SAFE AS 
YOU CAN FEEL TO 
GO OUT AND PLAY 
GAMES ON 
SATURDAY 
AFTERNOONS. 
THAT IS THE BIG 
DIFFERENCE FROM 
THE POWER 5 TO 
MAYBE YOUR 
SMALLER SCHOOLS 
THROUGHOUT THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> THERE IS THIS 
REPORT THAT SOME 
BIG 10 ATHLETES 
DEVELOPED A RARE 
HEART CONDITION 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
COACH, AT WHAT 
POINT DOES IT 
BECOME UNSAFE TO 
PLAY? 
HOW DO WE DECIDE 
WHEN IT IS NOT 
SAFE ENOUGH TO 
PLAY COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
>> WELL, I THINK 
WE HAVE TO LEAN 
ON OUR MEDICAL 
ADVISORY BOARD. 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 
COACHES, 
ATHLETIC 
DIRECTORS OR 
PRESIDENTS. 
WE DON'T HAVE 
MEDICAL DEGREES. 
WE HAVE TO LEAN 
ON OUR MEDICAL 
ADVISORY BOARD. 
THEY ARE TELLING 
TO US CONTINUE 
TO MOVE FORWARD. 
IF THERE IS 
ANYTHING THAT 
COMES TO LIGHT 
THAT WE NEED TO 
SHUT DOWN 
BECAUSE OF 
HEALTH CONCERNS, 
THEN THAT'S WHAT 
WE WILL DO. 
OF OBVIOUSLY 
WE'RE IN THIS 
FOR THE STUDENT 
ATHLETE. 
BUT RIGHT NOW 
THEY'RE TELLING 
TO US PUSH 
FORWARD. 
WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
THEY ARE TELLING 
US TO DO. 
WE WILL BE 
PLAYING SOON ON 
SATURDAY 
AFTERNOONS. 
>> COACH, TO 
THOSE WHO SAY IT 
IS NOT WORTH THE 
RISK. 
WE HAVE LOST 
160,000 
AMERICANS. 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS HAVE 
BEEN INFECTED. 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
STUDENTS HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN 
INFECTED. 
TO THOSE WHO SAY 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
JUST ISN'T WORTH 
THE RISK RIGHT 
NOW IN THE MIDST 
OF A PANDEMIC, 
YOU WOULD SAY 
WHAT? 
>> I WOULD SAY 
THAT THERE'S NO 
GUARANTEE THAT 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
GET THE VIRUS IF 
I DON'T PLAY 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
ALL OF THE 
PEOPLE YOU THAT 
MENTIONED THEY 
DIDN'T PLAY 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
SO WE HAVE 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
WE HAVE A BUBBLE 
WITHIN OUR TEAM 
RIGHT HERE. 
AND WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE CAN TO KEEP 
THEM SAFE. 
WE FEEL THAT IT 
IS JUST AS SAFE 
IF NOT SAFER FOR 
OUR GUYS TO BE 
HERE FOLLOWING 
OUR PROTOCOLS 
AND ALSO HAVING 
PURPOSE IN THEIR 
LIVES TO PLAY 
FOOTBALL. 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE 
GOING OUT AND 
RUNNING AROUND 
THE TOWN. 
THEY WILL BE 
FOCUSED FOR THE 
NEXT FIVE 
MONTHS. 
WE THINK IT IS 
EXTREMELY SAFE 
FOR OUR GUYS TO 
CONTINUE DOWN 
THIS PATH. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
COACH 
SADDERFIELD HEAD 
COUCH AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
LOUISVILLE. 
THANKS FOR YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
BEST OF LUCK TO 
YOU AND THE TEAM 
AS WELL. 
>> APPRECIATE 
YOU HAVING ME 
ON. 
%
LOT FOR NOW. %
THANK YOU SO %
MUCH. %
GREAT TO SEE %
YOU. %
HAPPY MONDAY. %
>>> CALI
>> CALIFORNIA 
GOVERNOR NEWSOM 
SPOKE TODAY 
SINCE THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH DIRECTOR 
RESIGNED. 
ERIN JOINS US 
FROM McLAUGHLIN 
FROM LOS 
ANGELES. 
WHAT DID THE 
GOVERNOR HAVE TO 
SAY. 
>> Reporter: 
ALLISON, HE WAS 
ASKED REPEATEDLY 
ABOUT THE 
SURPRISE 
RESIGNATION OF 
CALIFORNIA'S 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
DIRECTOR DR. 
SONIA ANGEL. 
SHE HAD BEEN IN 
THE POST FOR 
LESS THAN A 
YEAR. 
REALLY SEEN AS A 
CRITICAL PART OF 
HIS TEAM, 
FIGHTING COVID-
19. 
HER RESIGNATION 
SHORTLY FOLLOWED 
THE DATABASE 
GLITCH, THE 
DATABASE THAT 
COUNTS THE 
CONFIRMED NUMBER 
OF CASES 
THROUGHOUT THE 
STATE. 
IT WAS RIDDLED 
WITH GLITCHES 
LAST WEEK, 
RESULTING IN AN 
UNDERCOUNT OF 
THE NUMBER OF 
CONFIRMED CASES. 
THE GLITCHES 
HAVE SINCE BEEN 
RESOLVED. 
THERE'S A 
BACKLOG NOW OF 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
CASES. 
AND AUTHORITIES 
SAY THEY CAN'T 
LET ANY OF THE 
COUNTIES, THE 38 
COUNTIES 
CURRENTLY ON 
CALIFORNIA'S 
WATCH LIST OFF 
THAT LIST UNTIL 
THE SITUATION IS 
RESOLVED. 
IT IS REALLY 
SEEN AS A HUGE 
SET BACK IN THE 
FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID-19. 
HE WAS ASKED 
SPECIFICALLY IN 
THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE IF 
THERE IS ANY 
LINK BETWEEN THE 
DATABASE 
GLITCHED AND THE 
RESIGNATION OF 
HIS HEALTH 
DIRECTOR. 
TAKE A LISTEN 
HOW HE 
RESPONDED. 
>> I ACCEPTED 
HER RESIGNATION. 
WE'RE ALL 
ACCOUNTABLE IN 
OUR RESPECTIVE 
ROLES FOR WHAT 
HAPPENS 
UNDERNEATH US. 
I DON'T WANT TO 
AIR ANY MORE 
THAN THAT. 
IF IT IS AN 
OBVIOUS, THEN I 
ENCOURAGE TO YOU 
CONSIDER THE 
FACT THAT WE 
ACCEPTED THE 
RESIGNATION. 
APPRECIATED HER 
WORK. 
WE ALL HAVE A 
ROLE AND 
RESPONSIBILITY 
AS IT RELATES TO 
WHAT HAPPENED 
WITHIN OUR 
RESPECTIVE 
DEPARTMENTS. 
NONE OF THIS IS 
EASY. 
TECHNOLOGY IS 
ALWAYS STUBBORN 
AND CHALLENGING. 
AND ALL OF THESE 
THINGS BEING 
ASSESSED, ALL OF 
THESE THINGS 
BEING CONSIDERED 
IN RELATIONSHIP 
TO WHAT WE'RE 
DOING GOING 
FORWARD WITH OUR 
ACTING INTERIM 
DPH DIRECTOR. 
>> THEY'RE STILL 
WORKING THROUGH 
THESE DATA 
ISSUES. 
HE DID POINT TO 
THE DECLINE IN 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
HERE IN THE 
STATE. 
DOWN FROM 18% IN 
THE TWO WEEKS. 
THE DATA IS 
COLLECTED 
SEPARATE TO THE 
NUMBER OF ACTUAL 
CASES. 
AND THAT'S 
REALLY, AGAIN, 
SEEN AS GOOD 
NEWS, GIVEN THE 
EXTREME LENGTH 
CALIFORNIA HAS 
GONE TO TO TRY 
TO GET THE VIRUS 
UNDER CONTROL. 
ALYSON. 
>> DOCTORS AND 
TRACERS ARE 
SAYING NEW CASES 
ARE COMING FROM 
SUPER SPREADER 
TYPE EVENTS. 
WE KNEW THERE 
WAS A HUGE 
GATHERING IN 
STUGIS, SOUTH 
DAKOTA. 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING ABOUT 
THIS. 
>> THEY ARE 
UPSET ABOUT THE 
SUPER SPREADING 
EVENTS THAT ARE 
CONTINUING HERE 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, 
POINTING 
SPECIFICALLY TO 
THIS EVENT IN 
STURGIS, SOUTH 
DAKOTA. 
IT WAS A 
MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY. 
A TEN-DAY EVENT. 
NOW IN DAY 
THREE. 
NORMALLY 300,000 
PEOPLE DESCEND 
ON STURGIS FOR 
THAT AMOUNT. 
THAT IS STILL 
250,000 PEOPLE. 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
DOES NOT HAVE A 
MANDATORY MASK 
POLICY. 
THE NBC CREW 
SAID THEY SAW A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
WITHOUT MASKS. 
A SOURCE OF 
FRUSTRATION TO 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
WHO POINT TO 
THIS KIND OF AN 
EVENT AS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
CONTINUING 
SURGES THAT 
WE'RE SEEING 
HERE IN THE U.S. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
WHAT DR. VAN 
GUPTA HAD TO 
SAY. 
>> THE DATA IS 
SUGGESTING THAT 
80% OF 
TRANSMISSIONS 
ARE A RESULT OF 
10 TO 20% OF 
INFECTIONS 
LIKELY BECAUSE 
OF EVENTS LIKE 
THIS THAT DRAW A 
NATIONAL CROWD 
LIKE IN STURGIS. 
THIS IS THE TYPE 
OF MATCHES THAT 
WILL KEEP THE 
OUTBREAK THAT WE 
HAVE ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY FROM 
SUSTAINING. 
>> NOW, ONCE 
THIS MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY IS OVER, 
ALL OF THE 
CITIZENS OF 
STURGIS WILL BE 
OFFERED FREE 
CORONAVIRUS 
TESTING. 
BUT MANY OF THE 
PEOPLE WE'VE 
BEEN SPEAKING TO 
SAY THEY ARE 
EXTREMELY 
CONCERNED AND 
THAT IS A SMALL 
CONSOLATION. 
>> HOW ABOUT 
THERE IN 
CALIFORNIA? 
WE KNOW THERE 
ARE SEVERAL 
RELIGIOUS GROUPS 
BRINGING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER WITHOUT 
MASKS. 
THERE WAS A 
SERVICE IN THAT 
DREW PROTESTERS. 
IN PORTLAND, 
MANY PEOPLE WERE 
NOT WEARING 
MASKS AT A 
PROTEST WHAT IS 
GOING ON HERE. 
>> YEAH. 
THAT IS THE GOD 
SPEED CALVARY 
CHAPEL IN 
NEWBURY PARK, 
CALIFORNIA WHICH 
ACTUALLY HAD A 
TEMPORARY 
RESTRAINING 
ORDER ISSUED 
AGAINST IT BY A 
COURT. 
A TWO-WEEK 
RESTRAINING 
ORDER STOPPING 
THEM FROM 
HOSTING THEIR 
SERVICES 
INDOORS. 
NEVERTHELESS THE 
PASTOR THERE 
GOING FORWARD 
WITH THAT THIS 
WEEKEND. 
SOME 
DEMONSTRATORS 
SHOWING UP. 
THERE WERE SMALL 
SCUFFLE THAT'S 
BROKE OUT 
BETWEEN PRO AND 
ANTI-CEREMONY 
DEMONSTRATORS. 
AN EXAMPLE OF 
THE KINDS OF 
EVENTS EXPERTS 
SAY ARE 
PROBLEMATIC. 
ALSO ANOTHER AS 
YOU MENTIONED 
ANOTHER SERVICE 
IN OREGON. 
HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE TURNED 
OUT ON THE 
WATERFRONT IN 
PORTLAND TO HEAR 
A PREACHER 
SPEAK. 
AGAIN, VERY FEW 
MASKS SEEN AT 
THAT EVENT. 
THAT EVENT WAS 
HOSTED OUTDOORS. 
BUT, YOU KNOW, 
EXPERTS SAYING 
GOING FORWARD 
THIS KIND OF 
THING REALLY 
NEEDS TO STOP IF 
WE WANT TO STOP 
THE SURGES THAT 
WE'RE SEEING IN 
THE VIRUS ACROSS 
THE U.S. 
♪[MUSIC]♪♪
>> THEY ADVISED 
THE CONGREGATION 
TO WEAR MASKS 
AND MAINTAIN 
SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
YOU CAN JUDGE 
FOR YOURSELF HOW 
MANY ACTUALLY 
DO. 
♪[MUSIC]♪♪
>> THESE SO-
CALLED REVIVAL 
MEETINGS ON THE 
BEACHES OF 
SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA ARE 
TAKING PLACE IN 
VIOLATION OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
ORDERS AND AT A 
TIME THAT 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES AND DEATHS 
ARE SURGING 
HERE. 
THE POLICE WERE 
THERE BUT TOOK 
NO ACTION. 
THEY ADMIT THERE 
IS ONLY SO MUCH 
THEY CAN DO AT 
AN EVENT WITH 
HUNDREDS TAKING 
PART. 
>> HE IS THE 
KING OF KINGS. 
HE IS THE LORD 
OF LORDS. 
>> THEY HAVE 
BEEN FORCED TO 
MOVE HERE TO 
NEWPORT BEACH. 
THE STANDOFF 
WITH AUTHORITIES 
HAS GROWN. 
THE PREVIOUS 
WEEK, THE LOCAL 
COUNCIL ALONG 
THE COAST PUT UP 
ROAD SIGNS 
SAYING THE EVENT 
WAS CANCELED. 
>> COME ON. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
CANCEL JESUS 
SAID THE 
ORGANIZERS. 
THEY DROWNED OUT 
POLICE WARNINGS 
AND CONTINUED 
WITH THE 
SERVICES. 
>> HALLELUJAH. 
>> IT IS THEY 
SAY THEIR RIGHT 
TO DO THIS. 
>> THE 
AUTHORITIES ARE 
SAYING DON'T DO 
IT. 
SHOULD YOU NOT 
BE ABIDING BY 
WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING. 
>> YEAH. 
I THINK 
ULTIMATELY, AND 
I GUESS IT IS 
KIND OF LIKE 
WHERE YOU STAND 
POLITICALLY. 
BUT FOR US WE 
BELIEVE THAT 
LIKE AS AN 
AMERICAN 
CITIZEN, THE 
AUTHORITY IS THE 
PEOPLE. 
SO THE 
GOVERNMENT, I 
MEAN, THEY'RE 
MEANT TO PROTECT 
THE WILL OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
SO WHEN THERE IS 
THAT TENSION OF 
GOVERNMENT 
POWER, PEOPLE 
WONDER IS THIS 
AMERICA STILL. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS WORTH 
POINTING OUT 
THIS IS ORANGE 
COUNTY, A PLACE 
WHERE YOU CAN 
LOOK AROUND AND 
ALMOST BELIEVE 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
HAS NEVER 
HAPPENED. 
MASKS ARE FEW 
AND FAR BETWEEN. 
EVEN IN THE 
SHOPS. 
AND PEOPLE HERE 
SUPPORT THAT 
RIGHT TO 
CONGREGATE. 
>> MY OPINION 
HAS ALWAYS BEEN 
WE'RE IN THE 
OPARE. 
AND BEING AT THE 
BEACH, YOU'VE 
ALWAYS GOT A 
BREEZE GOING. 
TO ME I THINK 
THAT IS THE BEST 
WAY TO BE 
OUTSIDE. 
THEY WANT US ALL 
TO BE OUTSIDE. 
AND I THINK GOD 
IS EVERYWHERE. 
>> BACK AT THE 
REVIVAL, THEY 
HEAD FOR THE 
WATER. 
BAPTISMS IN THE 
PACIFIC OCEAN 
ARE WHY MANY 
PEOPLE COME AND 
FEW BELIEVE 
THERE IS A RISK 
IN ANY OF THIS. 
>> I THINK THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE 
FREE HE TO 
CHOOSE WHETHER 
THEY WANT TO 
WEAR A MASK OR 
NOT. 
AND I FEEL 
HEALTHIER WHEN I 
DON'T WEAR A 
MASK. 
>> I HAVE NO 
FEAR. 
I THINK NEWSOME 
IS LYING. 
I'LL JUST SAY IT 
ABOUT THAT. 
>> ABOUT THE 
VIRUS. 
>> NO. 
ABOUT THE 
NUMBERS AND THE 
STATS. 
I KNOW A LOT OF 
PEOPLE HAVE 
GOTTEN COVID. 
BUT THEY'RE ALL 
FINE AND BETTER. 
AND I KNOW A TON 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
ARE WALKING 
AROUND HERE THAT 
ARE -- HAVE 
NEVER BEEN, YOU 
KNOW -- HAVE NOT 
GOT SICK AT ALL. 
>> YOU CAN GO 
OUT NOT FEELING 
WELL, THAT IS 
IRRESPONSIBLE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
DOING THAT HERE 
TODAY. 
>> I WOULD HOPE 
SO. 
YOU CAN'T 
CONTROL IT ONE 
WAY OR THE 
OTHER. 
YOU REALLY 
CAN'T. 
>> GOD GAVE ME 
THE WORD FOR 
COVID. 
IT IS CHRIST 
OVERCOMING 
VICTORY IN 
DISEASE. 
THAT'S WHAT I 
BELIEVE. 
COVID. 
YES. 
IF YOU HAVE A CO-
MORBIDITY OR 
ISSUES, STAY 
HOME. 
THERE WERE 
THOUSANDS OF 
PROTESTERS. 
THEY DIDN'T HAVE 
MASKS ON. 
WE'RE PROTESTING 
FOR JESUS. 
>> THEY SAY 
THERE IS NO WAY 
THEY CAN STOP 
THIS NOW BECAUSE 
THEY BELIEVE 
THEY ANSWER TO A 
HIGHER AUTHORITY 
EVEN IF THAT PUT 
THEM IN DIRECT 
CONFLICT OF A 
MORE EASTERLY 
ONE. 
SKY NEWS, ORANGE 
COUNTY IN 
CALIFORNIA. 
>> EVERYTHING 
WAS GOING GOOD. 
I JUST KNOW IF I 
HAD MORE TIME TO 
PLAY, I WAS 
GOING TO HAVE 
MORE OFFERS. 
>> THE PANDEMIC 
BROUGHT HIGH 
SCHOOL SPORTS TO 
A GRINDING HALT, 
LEAVING MANY 
STUDENT ATHLETES 
WONDERING IF 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO EARN A 
SCHOLARSHIP AND 
PLAY IN COLLEGE. 
MANY ARE 
DEPENDING ON 
THAT TO AFFORD A 
COLLEGE 
EDUCATION. 
>> I NEEDED A 
SCHOLARSHIP TO 
PAY FOR COLLEGE. 
THE SCHOLARSHIPS 
STARTED SLOWING 
DOWN AND I KNEW 
I WOULDN'T HAVE 
THE FUNDS TO BE 
ABLE TO GO TO 
SCHOOL. 
>> STUDENT 
ATHLETES LOOKING 
TO LAND ONE OF 
THE SCHOLARSHIPS 
GOES THROUGH AN 
INTENSE 
RECRUITING 
PROCESS. 
THAT ISN'T AN 
OPTION NOW. 
>> PHYSICALLY 
THE SPRING AND 
SUMMER MONTHS 
ARE PRIME 
RECRUITING TIMES 
WHERE COLLEGE 
COACHES ARE 
TRAVELING TO 
CITIES, CAMPS, 
TOURNAMENTS AND 
RECRUITING THEIR 
BEST TO WATCH 
KIDS PLAY. 
AND THAT HASN'T 
BEEN HAPPENING. 
>> THE NCAA TOLD 
US THERE ARE 
RESTRICTIONS ON 
RECRUITING UNTIL 
AT LEAST THE END 
OF AUGUST. 
DIVISION 1 IS IN 
A DEAD PERIOD, 
RESTRICTING ALL 
IN-PERSON 
CONTACT. 
DIVISION 2? A 
QUIET PERIOD 
WHERE COACHES 
CAN MEET 
RECRUITS BUT NOT 
WATCH THEM 
COMPETE IN 
PERSON. 
NOW THEY ARE 
TURNING TO 
SOCIAL MEDIA AND 
OTHER PLATFORMS 
TO SHOW COACHES 
THEIR SKILLS. 
>> I WOULD 
RECORD MYSELF 
WORKING OUT AND 
POST IT ON 
TWITTER AND THEN 
TRYING TO GET 
NOTICED THROUGH 
THERE BECAUSE I 
KNOW THAT IS A 
BIG PLATFORM FOR 
A LOT OF COLLEGE 
COVES. 
>> RECRUITING IS 
PART OF THE 
NORMAL PROCESS. 
WHAT HAS REALLY 
CHANGED IT IS 
THE ONLY FORM OF 
RECRUITING. 
>> FOR MANY 
PLAYERS, THEY 
FEEL THAT 
COACHES AND 
RECRUITERS NEED 
TO MEET THEM IN 
PERSON TO SEE 
HOW MUCH THEY 
HAVE IMPROVED. 
>> RECRUITING-
WISE, IT HAS 
HURT ME BECAUSE 
I HAVEN'T BEEN 
ABLE TO GET IN 
FRONT OF THE 
COACH THAT'S I'M 
INTERESTED IN 
AND SHOW THEM 
HOW MUCH 
PROGRESS I HAVE 
MADE THIS OFF 
SEASON. 
>> FOR SOME 
PEOPLE LIKE ME, 
THAT DOESN'T 
PASS THE TEST ON 
THE PAPER THAT 
ISN'T 6'8", YOU 
HAVE TO SEE A 
GUARD PLAY IN 
PERSON 
SOMETIMES. 
AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS HOLDING US 
BACK ON BEING 
ABLE TO PLAY 
PERIOD. 
>> IN SOME 
PLACES IT IS 
UNCLEAR WHEN OR 
IF STUDENTS WILL 
GET BACK ON THE 
FIELD. 
IN SOME STATES 
LIKE OREGON 
WHERE THIS 
FAMILY LIVES, 
HAS DECIDED TO 
POSTPONE FALL 
SPORTS UNTIL THE 
SPRING. 
THEY ARE 
CONSIDERING TO 
MOVE SO HE CAN 
PLAY FOOTBALL 
SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
>> HE ABSOLUTELY 
LOVES HIS 
TEAMMATES AND HE 
IS BUMMED THAT 
HE MIGHT HAVE TO 
LEAVE TO GO TO 
SOMEWHERE HE HAS 
NEVER BEEN 
BEFORE BUT 
STRUCTURALLY HE 
HAS TO DO IT 
THAT WAY. 
>> FOR RECENT 
GRADUATES LIKE 
DEVON, IT HAS 
IMPLICATIONS 
BEYOND THE GAME. 
>> MY MOM TRIED 
TO HIDE IT FROM 
US BECAUSE SHE 
DIDN'T WANT US 
WORRIED ABOUT 
IT. 
SHE WANTED US TO 
FOCUS ON SCHOOL. 
BUT SHE FINALLY 
TOLD US. 
WE HAD TO PACK 
OUR STUFF AND WE 
WERE HOMELESS 
AFTER THAT. 
I REACHED OUT TO 
THE COACH TRYING 
TO GET HELP. 
THEY -- WE 
TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT HOW 
COLLEGE ISN'T AN 
OPTION. 
THINGS THAT THEY 
CAN DO TO HELP 
US WITH HOUSING, 
SHELTERS. 
BUT, YOU KNOW, 
WE'RE CURRENTLY 
STILL HOMELESS 
AND LOOKING FOR 
HOUSING. 
>> FOR NOW 
COACHES ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
CURRENT PLAYERS 
TO FOCUS ON WHAT 
THEY CAN 
CONTROL. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
THING IS TRAIN 
AND PREPARE. 
THERE IS GOING 
TO TIME A TIME 
WHERE IT WILL BE 
SAFE FOR US TO 
PLAY. 
AND WE'RE 
PUSHING FOR THAT 
MOMENT. 
AND WHEN THE 
OPPORTUNITY 
COMES, BE 
PREPARED TO 
SEIZE IT. 
%
CAPACITY. 
>> MORGAN, TEXAS 
HIT ITS HIGHEST 
AVERAGE 
POSITIVITY RATE 
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC, 
TOPPING 20%. 
WHAT ARE 
OFFICIALS SAYING 
ABOUT THAT 
NUMBER? 
>> THEY'RE 
SAYING THAT IT 
NEEDS TO GO 
DOWN. 
AND NOT JUST A 
LITTLE BIT, 
ALYSON BUT 
DRASTICALLY. 
YOU SEE THAT 20% 
NUMBER THERE. 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE HIGHEST 
NUMBER THAT'S 
TEXAS HAS SEEN 
SINCE THIS 
PANDEMIC BEGAN. 
AND JUST TO PUT 
THAT INTO 
PERSPECTIVE, 
CONSIDER WHAT 
THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION 
RECOMMENDS. 
A 7-DAY 
POSITIVITY 
AVERAGE OF 5% OR 
LESS THAT. 
IS REALLY THE 
NUMBER YOU THAT 
NEED TO BE 
HITTING ON A 
LARGE SCALE 
STANDPOINT 
BEFORE THE 
CONTACT TRACERS 
CAN REALLY START 
TO DO ANY GOOD 
AND ACTUALLY TRY 
TO CORAL AND 
THEN TRACK THE 
SPREAD OF THIS 
VIRUS. 
SO UNTIL THAT 
NUMBER DROPS 
DOWN 
CONSIDERABLY, 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE SEEING A LONG 
ROAD AHEAD. 
NOT JUST HERE IN 
TEXAS BUT ANY 
STATE, ANY 
COMMUNITY THAT 
HAS POSITIVITY 
RATES THAT 
REALLY EXCEED 5 
AS THE HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION 
EXPLAINS OR 
PARTICULARLY 10. 
WE KNOW THAT 
CITY LEADERS 
HAVE KIND OF HAD 
UNOFFICIAL GOALS 
OF TRYING TO 
KEEP IT BELOW 10 
OR AROUND 7. 
THAT HAS FRANKLY 
BEEN UNREALISTIC 
OVER THE PAST 
COME OF MONTHS 
AS WE HAVE SEEN 
THE CASES IN 
TEXAS EXPLODE.. 
>> SOME STATES 
ARE STRUGGLING 
MORE THAN 
OTHERS. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
WHAT IS GOING ON 
IN THE RURAL 
BORDER 
COMMUNITIES. 
HOW ARE THE 
COMMUNITIES 
COPING. 
>> Reporter: NOT 
WELL AT ALL. 
IN FACT THE 
NUMBERS THERE 
CONTINUE TO 
RISE. 
ESPECIALLY IN 
SOUTH TEXAS. 
AND IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
NOTE THAT THEY 
-- OF EVERYWHERE 
IN TEXAS HAVE A 
UNIQUE SET OF 
DISADVANTAGES 
AGAINST EVERYONE 
IN THAT 
COMMUNITY. 
THE DOCTORS, THE 
NURSES, THEY 
DON'T HAVE A LOT 
OF HEALTH CARE 
RESOURCES. 
WE KNOW THAT 
FEDERAL TEAMS 
HAVE BEEN DE 
EMPLOYED TO THAT 
AREA. 
ON THE PATIENT 
SIDE OF THINGS, 
YOU HAVE MULTI 
GENERATIONAL 
FAMILIES LIVING 
TOGETHER IN ONE 
HOME. 
BASICALLY 
TRANSMITTING THE 
VIRUS THAT MUCH 
MORE EASILY. 
AND YOU HAVE 50% 
OR BELOW. 
50% OF THE 
POPULATION DOWN 
THERE BASICALLY 
LIVING AT OR 
BELOW THE 
POVERTY LINE IN 
HIDALGO AND STAR 
COUNTY. 
AND ONE 
COMMUNITY IN 
PARTICULAR OVER 
THE PAST SEVERAL 
WEEKS HAS GAINED 
AN UNFORTUNATE 
AMOUNT OF 
ATTENTION FOR 
ALL OF THE WRONG 
REASONS THAT. 
IS DONNA TEXAS 
IN HIDALGO 
COUNTY. 
7 OUT OF EVERY 
100 PEOPLE THERE 
HAS COVID-19, 
ONE OF THE 
HIGHEST PER 
CAPITA RATES OF 
ANY COMMUNITY IN 
THE ENTIRE 
COUNTRY I SPOKE 
TO DR. MELENDEZ 
WHO WORKS AT A 
NEARBY HOSPITAL 
AS HE TRIED TO 
EXPLAIN THE 
REASON BEHIND 
THE RISE IN 
NUMBERS. 
TAKE A LISTEN. 
>> I'M TELLING 
YOU, I WAS IN 
IRAQ. 
I'VE BEEN IN 
BAGHDAD. 
THIS IS BEYOND 
WHAT YOU CAN 
IMAGINE. 
THE PAIN, THE 
LONELINESS. 
THE TELEPHONE 
COMMUNICATION 
BETWEEN THE 
NURSE AND 
PATIENT'S 
FAMILY. 
THE DYING ALONE. 
PLEASE SEND ME 
HOME. 
I WOULD RATHER 
DIE AT HOME THAN 
HERE. 
%
DIE AT HOME THAN 
IN HERE. %
>> Reporter: AND %
YOU HEAR THAT %
AND YOU SEE 
NUMBERS GETTING 
BETTER %
ELSEWHERE. %
BUT THAT IS THE 
DAILY REALITY %
THAT STILL FACES 
SO MANY SOUTH %
TEXANS AND THAT 
>> THERE IS AN 
INCREASING 
AMOUNT OF 
FRUSTRATION EVEN 
AS SMALL 
IMPROVEMENTS ARE 
SEEN ON A 
STATEWIDE SCALE. 
ALYSON. 
>> YEAH. 
YOU CAN 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
FRUSTRATION. 
MORGAN, THANKS 
FOR UPDATING US 
ON WHAT IS GOING 
ON IN TEXAS. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS. 
I FOUND A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S WHAT I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> WHAT IS A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED? 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT IS THE NEWS 
STORY THAT 
AMERICANS WANT 
TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
MORNING JOE ONLY 
ON MSNBC. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE FAINT 
HEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
>> DO HAVE YOU 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
>> I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
EMERGENCY FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM ONE 
ANOTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
>> ARE YOU 
WORRIED IT MAY 
DOVETAIL INTO 
THE RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> AT LEAST ONE 
PERSON WAS 
KILLED, SEVERAL 
OTHERS INJURED 
WHEN THREE HOMES 
EXPLODED IN 
BALTIMORE 
EARLIER TODAY. 
THAT GAS 
EXPLOSION 
TRAPPING AT 
LEAST ONE PERSON 
IN THE RUBBLE. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
PETE WILLIAMS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
PETE, WHAT DO WE 
KNOW ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED HERE? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, WHAT WE 
KNOW IS THE 
AUTHORITIES 
BELIEVE IT WAS A 
GAS LEAK. 
THIS HAS BEEN A 
PROBLEM IN 
BALTIMORE WITH 
AN AGING 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
OF NATURAL GAS 
PIPES. 
GAS LEAKS HAVE 
BECOME VERY 
FREQUENT THERE. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE HOLE THERE. 
>> WOW. 
>> THAT'S WHERE 
THREE ROW HOUSES 
WERE LOCATED. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
ONE ON THE LEFT, 
AS THE PLANE 
PULLS OUT THERE. 
>>> DO YOU SEE 
THE RUBBLE AND 
THE ONE ON THE 
LEFT? 
IT IS MISSING 
THE SIDEWALL OF 
THE HOUSE THERE. 
>> WOW. 
>> PEOPLE WERE 
BURIED IN THAT 
RUBBLE. 
ONE WOMAN WAS 
KILLED. 
AT LEAST FOUR, 
PERHAPS AS MANY 
AS SIX PEOPLE 
WERE INJURED. 
AND NEIGHBORS 
IMMEDIATELY WHEN 
THEY HEARD THIS 
TREMENDOUS 
EXPLOSION THAT 
BLEW OUT WINDOWS 
IN SURROUNDING 
NEIGHBORHOODS, 
THEY RUSHED TO 
THE SCENE TO TRY 
TO GET SURVIVORS 
THAT THEY COULD 
HEAR WHO WERE 
SAYING HELP US, 
INCLUDING SOME 
CHILDREN WHO 
WERE ASKING FOR 
HELP. 
THEY MANAGED TO 
PULL SEVERAL 
PEOPLE TO 
SAFETY. 
THE FIRE 
DEPARTMENT IS 
STILL ON THE 
SCENE WITH THE 
ASSISTANCE OF 
THE BALTIMORE 
POLICE, THE 
BUREAU OF 
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO 
AND FIREARMS 
STILL LOOKING 
FOR SURVIVORS. 
IT SEEMS TO BE, 
ALTHOUGH THEY 
HAVEN'T 
OFFICIALLY SAID, 
FROM ALL 
INDICATIONS, IT 
IS A NATURAL GAS 
EXPLOSION. 
I SUPPOSE EVERY 
COMMUNITY IN THE 
COUNTRY HAS 
EXPERIENCED 
THESE. 
AND UNTIL YOU 
HEAR ONE, IT'S 
REALLY HARD TO 
BELIEVE THE 
VORACITY OF 
THESE 
EXPLOSIONS, HOW 
INCREDIBLY 
DESTRUCTIVE THEY 
ARE. 
THE HOMES WERE 
BLOWN TO BITS. 
IT WILL BE A 
WHILE UNTIL THEY 
COMPLETELY 
FINISH 
GETINGWHAT THEY 
BELIEVE TO BE 
ALL OF THE FOLKS 
OUT OF THERE. 
SEVERAL OF THE 
ELDERLY PEOPLE 
WERE TAKEN TO 
THE HOSPITAL. 
NOT CLEAR STILL 
THE NUMBER OF 
INJURIES WHETHER 
IT WAS FOUR OR 
SIX. 
I SUPPOSE YOU 
COULD SAY IT 
COULD HAVE BEEN 
MUCH WORSE. 
IT HAPPENED JUST 
BEFORE 10:00 
THIS MORNING IN 
NORTH WESTERN 
BALTIMORE. 
>> PETE, I MEAN, 
YOU SAID IT. 
YOU LOOK AT THE 
IMAGES. 
I HAVE COVERED 
GAS EXPLOSIONS 
LIKE THAT IN MY 
DAYS AS A LOCAL 
REPORTERS. 
IF YOU HAVE NOT 
SEEN OR HEARD 
ONE OF THOSE 
BEFORE, IT IS 
JUST INCREDIBLE. 
LOOKING AT THOSE 
IMAGES, IT IS 
HARD TO BELIEVE 
THAT ANYONE 
SURVIVED THAT. 
THE DESTRUCTION 
IS JUST 
INCREDIBLE. 
>> IT IS. 
IT IS. 
HOWEVER, AS YOU 
SAY, WHILE THESE 
THINGS ARE 
TREMENDOUSLY 
DAMAGING, IT IS 
QUITE COMMON FOR 
PEOPLE TO 
SURVIVE THEM. 
>> YEAH. 
>> SOMETIMES IT 
IS BURNS FROM -- 
IF THERE IS A 
FLASH FIRE THAT 
THE EXPLOSION 
CAUSES. 
USUALLY IT IS 
JUST THE FALLING 
DEBRIS. 
ESPECIALLY IF 
PEOPLE ARE IN 
THE BASEMENT AND 
THE UPPER FLOORS 
AND THE HOUSES 
COLLAPSE ON 
THEM. 
IT IS USUALLY 
BROKEN BONES AND 
OTHER KINDS OF 
INJURIES FROM 
BEING CRUSHED BY 
THE DEBRIS THAT 
CAUSES THE 
INJURIES. 
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT 
IS COMMON TO 
SURVIVE -- 
FORTUNATELY TO 
SURVIVE THESE 
EXPLOSIONS. 
>>> LEBANON'S 
GOVERNOR 
RESIGNING TODAY 
THE PRIME 
MINISTER SAYING 
HE AND ALL OF 
HIS MINISTER 
WILLS BACK DOWN 
AND STAND WITH 
THE LEBANESE 
PEOPLE. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
DEMANDING REFORM 
SINCE THE BLAST 
KILLED 160 
PEOPLE. 
THEY BLAME THE 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
EXPLOSION AND 
YEARS OF 
CORRUPTION AND 
ECONOMIC RUIN. 
RICHARD ENGLE 
JOINS US NOW. 
WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN EXACTLY FOR 
THE ENTIRE 
GOVERNMENT TO 
RESIGN? 
WHO IS IN CHARGE 
AND WHAT HAPPENS 
NOW? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, FRANKLY 
FOR THE LEBANESE 
PEOPLE, THIS IS 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
THEY'RE FIGHTING 
AGAINST. 
IT IS JUST A 
CARETAKER 
GOVERNMENT NOW. 
THE THING THAT 
WILL CHANGE 
ESSENTIALLY AND 
WHEN IT IS 
UNCLEAR AND HOW 
PROFOUND THE 
CHANGE WILL BE 
IS ALSO UNCLEAR 
IS THAT THE 
CARETAKER 
GOVERNMENT WILL 
MANAGE AFFAIRS 
UNTIL A NEW 
GOVERNMENT IS 
FORMED. 
THAT MEANS A LOT 
OF BACK ROOM 
DEALINGS, A LOT 
OF AGREEMENTS, A 
LOT OF POWER 
SHARING, POWER 
BROKERING. 
THIS HAPPENED IN 
LEBANON LAST 
OCTOBER. 
AND IT TOOK 
MONTHS AND ALL 
YOU ENDED UP 
WITH WAS A 
RESHUFFLING OF 
THE DECK WITH A 
NEW SET OF CARDS 
LAID OUT ON THE 
TABLE AND MANY 
LEBANESE PEOPLE 
FEEL BECAUSE OF 
THIS CRISIS THE 
DECK WILL BE 
RESHUFFLED AGAIN 
AND THEY WILL 
GET A SIMILAR 
HAND WHICH THEY 
THINK IS THE 
WRONG HAND THAT 
HAS BEEN GUIDING 
LEBANON FOR THE 
LAST 30 YEARS. 
THAT IS DEEPLY 
CORRUPT AND HAS 
LED TO A STATE 
WHERE NOT ONLY 
IS THERE NO 
POWER, THE 
COUNTRY'S 
CURRENCY HAS 
COLLAPSED, THE 
ECONOMY HAS 
COLLAPSED. 
NOW THE AMMONIUM 
NITRATE IS 
UNCARED FOR AT 
THE PORT UNTIL 
THERE IS A FIRE 
AND A LARGE 
PORTION OF THE 
CITY IS 
DESTROYED AND 
SOME 6,000 
PEOPLE WERE 
INJURED. 
AND TODAY MANY 
LEBANESE WERE 
POSTING ONLINE 
AND WRITING 
ABOUT AND 
SPEAKING OUT FOR 
THE INDIVIDUAL 
LOSS OF THEIR 
LIVES. 
THAT EACH ONE OF 
THESE LIVES 
COUNTS AND THEY 
BLAME THE 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
NEGLIGENCE AND 
CORRUPTION. 
WILL MUCH 
CHANGE? 
NOT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE IN 
LEBANON ARE 
CONVINCED THIS 
WILL REALLY 
CHANGE THE 
SYSTEMIC CHANGE 
THAT THEY WANT. 
>> YEAH. 
RICHARD, I KNOW 
THE PEOPLE 
THERE, THE 
PROTESTERS THERE 
WANT CHANGE. 
ARE THERE 
SMALLER EVEN 
SPECIFIC THINGS, 
SPECIFIC DEMANDS 
THAT THEY HAVE 
THAT THEY HOPE 
TO SEE AT SOME 
POINT? 
>> THEY WANT 
LEBANON TO BE 
MORE LIKE A 
NORMAL COUNTRY 
THAT WORKS. 
AND THEY LOOK AT 
THEIR COUNTRY 
AND IT IS 
PROFOUNDLY 
BROKEN. 
THE CURRENCY 
COLLAPSED. 
UP TO 90% IN 
VALUE. 
SO BECAUSE THE 
BANKS WERE 
EFFECTIVELY 
RUNNING A PONZI 
SCHEME. 
ONCE THE PONZI 
SCHEME 
EVAPORATED LIKE 
ALL PONZI 
SCHEMES, IT 
DISINTEGRATED. 
THE POWER IS 
ALWAYS CUT 
FREQUENTLY. 
NOW IT IS CUT 
THE MAJORITY OF 
THE DAY. 
NOW A HUGE BLAST 
THAT HAS DAMAGED 
THE CITY, PEOPLE 
DON'T HAVE MONEY 
THEIR BANK 
ACCOUNTS TO PAY 
IT. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
THINGS WILL 
CHANGE. 
THEY CAN'T PAY 
THE GENERATORS 
THAT HELPED 
SUPPLEMENT THE 
POWER THAT IS 
CUTTING. 
PEOPLE SAY IT IS 
WORSE NOW AND 
MORE DE 
MORALIZING THAN 
EVEN DURING THE 
DAYS OF THE 
CIVIL WAR. 
AND THAT WAS A 
VERY, VERY DARK 
TIME DURING THE 
1980s FOR THE 
LEBANESE WITH 
FIGHTING AND 
VIOLENCE AND 
KIDNAPPINGS. 
THEY SAY NOW IT 
IS PERHAPS EVEN 
MORE 
DEMORALIZING. 
>> RICHARD, 
THANK YOU FOR 
EXPLAINING TO US 
WHAT IS GOING ON 
THERE THIS WEEK. 
>>> YOU MAY HAVE 
SEEN POSTERS, 
MEMES, EVEN BABY 
ONSIES WITH THE 
LETTER Q. THE 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORY MAIN 
SIGNAL. 
WHAT IS Q. 
>> SAVE THE 
WORLD. 
>> IN A TIME OF 
DEEP POLITICAL 
POLARIZATION AND 
WIDESPREAD 
DISTRUST OF 
INSTITUTIONS, IT 
IS THE MOTHER OF 
ALL MODERN 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES. 
>> THE HEART OF 
THE BELIEF 
SYSTEM IS ALMOST 
EVERYONE IN 
POWER IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS 
PART OF A DEEP 
STATE. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
WAS PICKED BY 
MILITARY LEADERS 
TO RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT AS A 
WAY TO KIND OF 
BRING DOWN THE 
DEEP STATE. 
>> WHICH IS 
AFFILIATED WITH 
MISBEHAVIOR NOT 
LIMIT TODAY 
CHILD 
TRAFFICKING. 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
GOING TO SAVE US 
FROM THIS IN A 
MOMENT CALLED 
THE -- 
AND THE BELIEF %
THAT THE STORM 
IS COMING. 
>> WHAT STORM, 
MR. PRESIDENT?. %
YOU WILL FIND 
UP. %
>> WHERE ALL OF %
THE EVILDOERS, 
DEMOCRATS, %
BUREAUCRATS, ALL %
SORTS OF MEDIA %
FIGURES, RESPITE %
AND PUT IN FRONT 
OF MILITARY %
TRIALS IN %
GUANTANAMO.
OF MILITARY
TRIALS AT
GUANTANAMO.
>> A PERSON OR
GROUP KNOWN AS Q
HAS BEEN POSING%
AS A GOVERNMENT
INSIDER POSTING
ABOUT NEWS THAT
TURNS OUT TO BE
WRONG.
BUT THE BATTING
AVERAGE DOESN'T
SEEM TO MATTER.
IN A SHORT TIME
THE CONSPIRACY
THEORY HAS SPREAD
FROM FRINGE
INTERNET FORUMS
TO MAIN STREAM
MAGA MEMES AND
FACEBOOK FEEDS TO
THE REAL WORLD.
RESEARCHERS NOTE
THAT THE PATH
INTO MAIN STREAM
POLITICS IS THE
STORY OF AN
ELECTION,
PANDEMIC,
AND INTERNET
ITSELF.
>> IF YOU ARE AT
HOME AND YOU'RE
ISOLATED AND
YOU'RE WONDERING
 GOING ON
WITH THE
PANDEMIC AND
YOU'RE
UNSATISFIED
WITH STATE AND
NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
EXPLANATIONS,
THEN
CONSPIRACY
THEORIES START TO
LOOK REASONABLE
IN THE FACE OF
THE ABSENCE OF
AUTHORITY AND
KNOWLEDGE.
>> PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS USED
HIS
SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS TO
PROMOTE
Q ANON FOLLOWERS
AND CONTENT,
NEARLY 200 TIMES.
THE WHITE HAS HAS
CALLED NEWS
COVERAGE OF Q
ANON AND OTHERS
RIDICULOUS BUT WE
CAN SEE HOW IT
CAN BE DANGEROUS.
>> MAGA ON HIS
HAND AND UNITED
WE STAND ON HIS
PALM.
>> LAST YEAR IT
WAS IDENTIFIED
AS A POTENTIAL
DOMESTIC
TERRORIST THREAT.
>> IFE  YOU BELIEVE
YOUR
GOVERNMENT IS
BEING CONTROLLED
BY SATATIC SEX
TRAFFICKING, THAT
IS ALMOST AN 
INVITATION TO
TAKE
ACTION ON ITS
OWN.
>> 75 PEOPLE HAVE
SHOWN SUPPORT
FOR Q ANON HAVE
RUN FOR CONGRESS
THIS YEAR.
19 OF THOSE
CANDIDATES ARE ON
THE BALLOT THIS
NOVEMBER.
POLLS SUGGEST A
COUPLE% MIGHT
ACTUALLY WIN.
CANDIDATES LIKEAT
LAUREN BOBTH A
RESTAURANT OWNER
WHO BEAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ENDORSED
CANDIDATE, A
REPUBLICAN IN THE
PRIMARY OF
COLORADO'S THIRD
DISTRICT.
SHE  SPOKE
FAVORABLY OF THE
CONSPIRACY
THEORY.
>> EVERYTHING I
HAVE HEARD OF Q,
I HOPE THAT THIS
IS REAL.
>> IN JULY,
BOBIRTH DISTANCED
HERSELF FROMSE A
PRIOR PRAISE IN A
TWEET, CALLING IT
FAKE NEWS.
BOBIRTH IS
FAVORED TO WIN IN
NOVEMBER.
THEN THERE IS
JULIE PERKINS,
THE
NOMINEE FOR
OREGON.
SHE CALLED
HERSELF A DIGITAL
SOLDIER.
IN A NOW DELETED
TWEET, SHE
SAID, I STAND
WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP, I STAND
WITH Q ANON.
>> SHE WON THE
REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY BY A LAND
SLIDE.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN
FOLLOWING Q,
ANY OF THAT
STUFF?
>> THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE
RUNNING TO
REPRESENT
GEORGIA'S
14th DISTRICT,
MARJORY TAYLOR
GREEN, IS ONE OF
Q'S MOST
UNAPOLOGETIC.
GREEN IS AIC
BUSINESS WOMAN
AND
LONG TIME
CONSPIRACY
THEORIST
WHO WAS CONDEMNED
BY HER OWN
PARTY IN JUNE
AFTER SEVERAL
RACIST VIDEO OZ
POSTED ON
FACEBOOK WERE
REVEALED.
 HAVEPOSTS
BEEN REMOVED BUT
THERE ARE STILL
SOME IN SUPPORT
OF Q ANON.
SHE IS SET FOR A
RUNOFF IN A
DEEPLY RED
DISTRICT.
GREEN AND
COLORADO'S
 LAUREN
BOBIRTH DIDN'T
RESPOND TO OUR
REQUEST FOR
COMMENT.
JULIE PERKINS
DECLINED TO
COMMENT ON HER
SUPPORT FOR Q
ANON SAYING SHE
IS FOCUSED ON
THE ISSUE
YOU HAVE ONE OR
TWO FRINGE Q
ANON PEOPLE IN
WASHINGTON, I
DON'T THINK THATON
WILL CHANGE
ANYTHING VERYIN
MUCH.
THE WORST% THINGIN
THAT IS LIKELY
TO HAPPEN IS
THESE PEOPLE WILL
BE GIVEN A
PLATFORM ON WHICH
TO
SHARE THESE
IDEAS.
>> THESE
CANDIDATES HAVE
NOT
 HOW THEIR
BELIEF IN THE
CONSPIRACY THEORY
MAY HELP THEM
WITH LAW MAKING.
FOR NOW THEY JUST
WANT TO WIN.
>> Q ANON IS A
CREATURE OF THE
INTERNET THAT
DESPERATELY SEEKS
LEGITIMIZATION IN
THE REAL WORLD
AND PARTICULARLY
IN THE REAL
WORLD OF
WASHINGTON D.C.
THERE
WOULD BE VERY
LITTLE CELEBRATED
MORE THAN HAVE
SOMEONE COME TO
THE U.S. SENATE
WHO DEFINITIVELY
SUPPORTS Q ANON.
THERE IS NO
VICTORY LIKE
THAT.
>>> IT'S BEEN A
ROUGH DAY TODAY.
>> TODAYNI
RESIDENTS IN THE
MIDWEST ARE
CLEANING UP AFTER
A
DEVASTATING STORM
SYSTEM
POMMELED MULTIPLE
STATES ON
MONDAY, LEAVING
MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER.
>> COME HOME TO
THIS, TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
IS DEVASTATED
BY WHAT LOOKED
LIKE A
MICROBURST.
>> WINDS SO
STRONG, SOME SAY
THEY SAW A
TORNADO.
THIS VIDEO
SHOWING WHAT MAY
HAVE
BEEN A TWISTER,
SHREDDING A ROOF
IN CHICAGO.
>> IT WAS  CRAZY.
IT WAS REALLY
DARK.
I WAS REALLY
SCARED.
>> STRONG
 WINDS
MOVED IN QUICKLY
THROUGH THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD,
TEARING DOWN
TREES AND
DESTROYING
VEHICLES.
ONE RESIDENT
DISCOVERING HIS
CAR
WAS CRUSHED .T
IN THE MIDDLE OF
A PANDEMIC, HE
IS STILL
GRATEFUL.
>> I'M JUST? DMRAD
TO BE OKAY.
I THINK 2020 HAS
PREPARED US FOR
STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> THERE IS
NOTHING I CAN DO.
>> THE POWERFUL
STORM SYSTEM
COVERED HUNDREDS
OF MILES, WITH
WINDS EXCEEDING
100 MILES PER
HOUR IN IOWA,
PARTS OF INDIANA,
AND NEBRASKA.
BACK INRE CHICAGO,
RESIDENTS ARE
RATTLED BUT
RESILIENT.
>> I JUST HOPE
AND PRAY FOR THE
BEST FOR
EVERINOMY OUT
HERE
LIVING IN THESE
CONDITIONS RIGHT
NOW.
>> HERE IN
ILLINOIS, NEARLY
HALF
A MILLION PEOPLE
ARE WITHOUT
POWER.
MORE THAN A
MILLION ARE
WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY IN
THE MIDWEST.
IT'S GOING TO BE
ALONG DAY OF
CLEANUP AHEAD.
>>> ON THE EAST
COAST, LINGERING
POWER PROBLEMS
FROM ISAIAS AND
THE DANGEROUSOT
HEAT WAVE IS NOT
HELPING THE
SITUATION.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 31 MILLION
PEOPLE UNDER SOME
SORT OF A HEAT
WATCH OR HEAT
WARNING,
ESPECIALLY HERE
IN THE
NORTHEAST.
THE HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE GOING
TO
BE A FACTOR.
HOT AND DRY OUT
WEST.
HEREWE IN THE
NORTHEAST, THIS
IS
WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO SEE THE
FEELS LIKE
TEMPERATURES
FLIRTING
WITH 100 DEGREES
FROM WASHINGTON
D.C. TO BUFFALO,
ALBANY, AND
BOSTON AS WELL.
TOMORROW
TEMPERATURES DROP D
BUT
THE P PROBLEM IS
THE HUMIDITY
LEVELS RISE.
SO IT WILL FEEL
AGAIN LIKE 102
IN WASHINGTON, 99
IN RALEIGH,
NASHVILLE 97,
PALM SPRINGS,
PHENING, RECORD
HIGHS.
BUT AS THEY SAY
OUT THERE, IT'S
A DRY HEAT.
>> IT IS A DRY
HEAT BUT SO IS AN
OVEN.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>>> THIS MORNING,
AUTHORITIES IN
THE NATION'S
CAPITAL ARE
INVESTIGATING A
SHOOTING OUTSIDE
OF THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT LED TO
DRAMATIC MOMENTS
INSIDE
INVOLVING
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE SECRET
SERVICE
INTERRUPTING
THE PRESIDENT
JUST 3 MINUTES
INTO HIS
CORONAVIRUS
BRIEFING,
USHERINGNT HIM INTO
THE OVAL
OFFICE.
THE PRESIDENT
RETURNING MINUTES
LATER.
>> IT WAS A
SHOOTING.
IT WAS LAW
ENFORCEMENT SHOT
SOMEONE, SEEMS TO
BE THE SUSPECT
AND THE SUSPECT
IS ON THE WAY TO
THE HOSPITAL.
I CAN'T TELL
 YOU
THE
 CONDITION
OF THE SUSPECT.
OVERNIGHT THE
SECRET SERVICE
SAID THE SUSPECT
APPROACHED A
UNIFORMED SECRET
SERVICE OFFICER
AND TOLD HIM HE
HAD A WEAPON.
THEN HE REMOVED
AN OBJECT FROM
HIS CLOTHING
HE CROUCHED INTO
A SHOOTER
STANCE AS IF HE
WAS ABOUT TO
FIRE A WEAPON.
THE OFFICER
DISCHARGED HIS
WEAPON, STRIKING
THE INDIVIDUAL
IN THE TORSO.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS
POLICE
SURROUNDING THE
PERSON WHO WAS
SHOT.
>> WE HEARD A
GUNSHOT ASRE WE
WERE
GOING DOWN THE
STREET.
THE SECRET
SERVICE SAYS THESA
SUSPECT AND THE
OFFICER WERE
TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> THE WHITE
HOUSE COMPLEX WAS
NEVER BREACHED
DURING THE
INCIDENT NOR WAS
THE SECRET
SERVICE PROTECTEE
EVER IN
DANGER.
>> IT COMES AS
THE PRESIDENT IS
DEFENDING HIS
DECISION TO SIGN
A
SERIES OF
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
HE
SAYS WILL BRING
FINANCIAL RELIEF
TO STRUGGLING
AMERICANS AFTER
TALKS WITH
DEMOCRATS
COLLAPSED.
THE PRESIDENT'S
ACTIONS INCLUDE
A $400 BONUS
PAYMENT, LESS
THAN
THE $600 THAT
THEY WERE
RECEIVING.
STATES ARE
REQUIRED TO APPLY
FOR
THE FUNDS AND PAY
$100 OF THE
COST.
THE
 NATIONAL
GOVERNORS
ASSOCIATION
CRITICIZED THE
MOVE,
WRITING THAT THE
BEST WAY
FORWARD IS FOR
CONGRESS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION TO
GET BACK TO
THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE AND
 GET
BACK TO A WORKING
SOLUTION.
AS THE TREASUR Y
SECRETARY VOWED,
THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL SEE
THE
FUNDS SOON.te
>> BOTH THE WHITE
HOUSE AND
DEMOCRATS HAVE
SIGNALED THEY ARE
WILLING TO
RESTART
NEGOTIATIONS
FOR A BROADER B
RELIEF DEAL BUT
SO
FAR THERE IS NO
MEETING
SCHEDULED.
AS FOR THE
INCIDENT, AME LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL TELLS ME
THE SUSPECT WAS
NOT ARMED WITH A
GUN.
>>> WE ASKED YOU
ABOUT JOE BIDEN
ANNOUNCING HIS
RUNNING MATE
TODAY, TOMORROW,
ANYT  MINUTE.
IT WON'T BE NEXT
WEEK.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> ITep CERTAINLY
HAS US ALL ON
PINS AND NEEDLES
FOR SURE.
WE COULD LEARN
ANY MINUTE OR
DAY, BASED ON
MULTIPLE SOURCES
WHO I'VE SPOKEN
WITH, THE TOP
CONTENDERS
INCLUDE KAMALA
HARRIS, GRETCHEN
WHITMER AND
SUSAN RICE.
AT THIS POINT,
ALL OF THE
INTERVIEWS HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED
AND IT'S UP TO
BIDEN.
HE IS LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE WHOO
WILL DO NO HARM
TOAM HIS CAMPAIGN
AND WILL BE HIS
STRONGEST
GOVERNING PARTNER
IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
WE WILL BE
WORKING OUR
SOURCES
ALL DAY LONG.
>>> THIS MORNING,
SCHOOLS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE
FACING THEIR
BIGGEST TEST YET,
SENDING KIDS
BACK THE TO THE
CLASSROOM DURING
A PANDEMIC THAT
IS STILL SURGING
IN SOME AREAS.
IN INDIANA, THISTO
MOM IS TRYING
TO PUMP THE
BRAKES ON
COVID-19.
>> THEY KNOW TO 
KEEP THEIR
DISTANCE AND WE
CAN'T REALLY
TOUCH OUR PRENDZ
THIS YEAR AND
WASH YOUR HANDS.
>> FOR EVERY TEXT
BOOK EXAMPLE
OF MASKS AND
SOCIAL
DISTANCING,
PARENTS ARE
FINDING SAFETY
ALARM
BELLS BUZZING.
FRANKIE CLARK
DROPPEDER OFF HER
SON FOR THE FIRST
DAY.
>> WALKING INTO
THE SCHOOL I
DIDN'T SEE A LOT
OFD MASK
WEARING.
I THINK THATNK
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING THAT
WAS MANDATORY AND
NOT OPTIONAL.
>> AN OUR WEST IN
CENTRAL
FLORIDA, A
VETERAN EDUCATOR
REPORTS FULL
CLASSROOMS AND
CRAMMED HALLWAYS.
THE CONCERNS
HARDLY SPECIFIC
TO
FLORIDA.
A SCHOOL IN
DALLAS, GEORGIA,
SHUT DOWN IN
PERSON CLASSES
FWR
TWO DAYS AFTER
NINE CASES.
NANCY'S TWO SONSOT
WERE TWO OF THE
ONES INFECTED.
>> THEY WERE NOT
SOCIALLY
DISTANT.
THEY DID NOT HAVE
MASKS ONLO AND
THEY BOTH SAT IN
CLASSES ALL DAY
LONG.
>> THE CLASSES
WERE THOROUGHLY
CLEANED AND
DISINFECTED.
A NEW REPORT
FINDS IN THE LAST
FOUR WEEKS THERE
HAS BEEN A 90%
JUMP IN CASES IN
CHILDREN IN THE
U.S. WITH 97,000
CONTRACTING
COVID-19 IN THE
SECOND HALF OF
JULY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
PRESSED BY AN
NBC CORRESPONDENT
ON THE NEW
FIGURES.
>> YOU STILL
BELIEVE THAT
CHILDREN AREO
ESSENTIALLY
IMMUNE?
>> THEY DON'T GETN
VERY SICK AND
ACCORDING TO D THE
PEOPLE I HAVE
SPOKEN TO,R THEY
DON'T TRANSFER
IT TO OTHER
PEOPLE OR
CERTAINLY
NOT VERY EASILY.
>> ONE
EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT
EMORY
UNIVERSITY
REPORTED A
DIFFERENT
FINDING.
>> WE ARE GOING
TO SEE SPREAD
ACROSS THE AGE
RANGE.
>> ALL OF THIS
COMES AS NEW YORK
CITY IS SET TO
REOPEN ITS
SCHOOLS.
A BIG QUESTION
SEEMS TO BE
WHETHER TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
ARE ACTUALLY
GOING TO SHOW UP.
WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT THAT PART
OF THE STORY?
>> NEW YORK CITY
MAYOR BILL DE
BLASIO HAS
EXPRESSED
CONFIDENCE
THAT IT WILL
HAPPEN SMOOTHLY.
HE IS CITING A
SURVEY SHOWING
74% OF FAMILIES
WILL BE DOING AN
IN PERSON AND
HYBRID MODEL.
THE PROBLEM ISYBL.
MOST FAMILIES
DIDN'T SELECT
ANYTHING AND THEY
WERE
AUTOMATICALLY
ENROLLED IN
IN PERSON.
THERE IS AN
OPTION TO SWITCH
BACK AND FORTH
THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
>>> IN A GLOBAL
RACE FOR A
CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE, RUSSIAS
SAID
TODAY, IT'S
ALREADY WON EVEN
THOUGH IT HASN'T
COMPLETED PHASE
THREE TRIALS.
THAT IS NOT
SLOWING RUSSIA
DOWN
WHICH TODAY
REGISTERED AND
APPROVED FOR USE
THE VACCINE
WHILE CONTINUING
TO CONDUCT
HUMAN TRIALS.
RUSSIA ALREADY
HAS A ROLLOUT
PLAN.
IT IS AMBITIOUS
AND FAST.
TO START GIVING
THE VACCINE TO
MEDICAL
PERSONNEL, THIS
MONTH,
MASS PRODUCTION
IN SEPTEMBER.
MASS
 DISTRIBUTION
IN OCTOBER.
BEFORE TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT, I
SPOKE TOIT THE HEAD
OF THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT FUND
BACKING THE
VACCINE.
>> WE HAVE 12
MILLION DOSES SO
I
WILL ON BE WORKING
BASED ON THISO
NUMBER.
>> YOU WANT TO
VACCINATE 30
MILLION PEOPLE IN
RUSSIA?
WE WILL PRODUCE
UP TO 30 MILLION
DOSES AND IT WILL
BE UP TO
PEOPLE IF THEY
WANT TO VACCINATE
BUT IN PRINCIPLE,
YES, WE CAN
VACCINATE UP TO
30 MILLION THIS
YEAR.
>> EXPERTS ARE
URGING CAUTION
SAYING ONLY
LONGTERM TESTING
CAN
DETERMINE IF AU.
VACCINE IS
EFFECTIVE AND
SAFE.
U.S. OFFICIALS
HAVE ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF HACKING
VACCINE
RESEARCH , CLAIMS
THAT RUSSIA
DENIES.
>> ALL OFUS THESE
ACCUSATIONS ARE
BY PEOPLE WHO ARE
AFRAID OF
RUSSIA BEING
AHEAD IN THE
SPUTNIK MOMENT OF
THE VACCINE,
OF BEING THE
FIRST OUT THERE
WHEN NOBODY ELSE
IS OUT THERE.
>> THE VACCINE IS
CALLED SPUTNIK
V FOR VACCINE.
RUSSIA OFFICIALS
SAY THERE IS
ALREADY STRONG
INTERNATIONAL
INTEREST TO
ACQUIRE IT.
THEY HAVE NOT
PUBLISHED MUCH
DATA ABOUT THE
VACCINE.
SCIENTISTS LIKE
DR. FAUCI SAY
THEY W HOPE THAT
RUSSIA AND CHINA
ARE CARRYING OUT
ALL OF THE
PRECAUTIONS
REQUIRED TO
PRODUCE
THIS
 MEDICINE.
>>> DIGGING
THROUGH RUBBLE
AND
DEBRIS,
INVESTIGATORS ARE AE
SEARCHING FOR THE
CAUSE OF A
MAJOR GAS
EXPLOSION HERE IN
BAULT HOAR
BALTIMORE.
>> SO MANY HOUSES
GONE.
>> THE BLAST
LEVELLED THREE
HOUSES AND KILLED
ONE WOMAN AND
SENT SEVERAL
OTHERS TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> SMOKE UP IN
THE AIR LIKE 60
FEET OR SO.
I JUST TOOK OFF
RUNNING.
>> THE EXPLOSION
MONDAY MORNING
SET NEIGHBORS
SCRAMBLING TO
HELP.
>> POWER LINES
DOWN, BRICK
CINDER BLOCKS,
CATASTROPHIC.
WE ENDED
 UP GOING
IN THERE AND
DIGGING.
>> RESIDENTS
STARTED DIGGING
THROUGH DEBRIS
YOU COULD SMELL
THE GAS.
THEY ARE LIKE,
YOU GET PEOPLE
OUT, TELL THEM
MOVE.
>> BALTIMORE
FIREFIGHTERSO
QUICKLY ON THE
SCENE, PULLING A
SURVIVOR FROM THE
WRECKAGE.
>> I WANT
EVERYONE TO RALLY
AROUND THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE
STILL FIGHTING
FOR THEIR LIVES.
THAT'S WHERE WE
SHOULD PUT ALL
OF OUR HOPE.
>> FIREFIGHTERS
SPENDING HOURS
COMBING THROUGH
THE RUBBLE IN 90
DEGREE HEAT AND
HIGH HUMIDITY.
>> IT'S A RESCUE
OPERATION SO WE
ARE STILL
SEARCHING.
RESCUE
AUTHORITIES
DECLINING TO
SAY HOW MANY
PEOPLE THEY WERE
STILL LOOKING
FOR.
MANY RESIDENTS
WERE FORCED TO
EVACUATE.
NOW DISPLACED
FROM THEIR HOMES
DURING A
PANDEMIC, THE
EXPLOSIONE
LEAVING MANY IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WITHOUT GAS OR
POWER IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HOT
AUGUST DAY.
>> WHEN WE GOT
DOWN THERE AND
SAW THE POWER
LINE WAS BROKE IN
HALF AND THE
WIRES, PEOPLE
YELLING.
IT IS JUST
SOMETHING I NEVER
WANT TO SEE
AGAIN.
>> BALTIMORE GAS
IS ON THE SCENE
TRYING TO ISOLATE
THE CAUSE.
ONE THEORY IS THE
CITY HAS A LOT
OF AGING GAS
LINES AND PIPES.
THEY MAY HAVE
BEEN LEAKING.
>>> THIS  MORNING,
MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
PRESIDENTS OF THE
BIG TENF 
MEETING TODAY TO
DISCUSS WHETHER
TO CANCEL THE
FALL SEASON AFTER
GETTING PUSHBACK
FROM TEAM
COACHES, SOURCES
SAY.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF
THE POWER
FIVE, THE PAC-12
ALSO MEETING
TODAY TO DISCUSS
THE FALL.
>> A HUGE
VARIABLE THAT THE
REMAINING LEAGUES
WILL HAVE IS
HOW THOSE
CAMPUSES REACT TO
STUDENTS MOVING
BACK ON CAMPUS
AS THERE IS AN
EXPECTED VIRUS
UPTICK.
>> THISte AS THE
MOUNTAIN WEST AND
MID AMERICAN
CONFERENCES HAVE
MOST PONED PLAY
UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THE SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE
REPORTEDLY WILL
DECIDE WITHIN
THE NEXT WEEK.
THE PRESIDENT
ISN'T HIDING
 HIS
FEELINGS ON THE
MATTER POSTING,
PLAY COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
>> THESE COLLEGE
ATHLETES WORK
THEIR WHOLE LIVES
FOR THIS
MOMENT AND HE
WOULD LIKE TO
 T SEE
THEM HAVE A
CHANCE TO LIVE
OUT
THEIR DREAMS
NOW SOME OF THE
BIGGEST STARS
ARE PUSHING BACK.
>> WE WANT TO
PLAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE HERE TO DO.
>> TREVOR
LAWRENCE WHOor IS
EXPECTED TO BE
THE NFL'S NUMBER
ONE DRAFT PICK
POSTED WITH OTHER
PLAYERS UNDER THE
HASHTAG, WE
WANT TO PLAY.
AND DEMANDING
HEALTH PROCEDURES
TO PROTECT
PLAYERS.
UNLIKE THE NFL,
THERE ARE NO
NATIONAL
PROTOCOLS.
ALSO AT RISK IS
HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN LOST
REVENUE TO
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TIMES.
ONE STUDY FOUND
THAT IN ANN
ARBOR, MICHIGAN
ALONE, THE STATE
BRINGS IN $80
MILLION A YEAR TO
LOCAL BUSINESSES.
>> YOU ARE
LOOKING AT AN
ECONOMIC
NIGHTMARE FOR SO
MANY
CITIES WHERE THE
BIG
UNIVERSITIES ARE 
IF THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON
DOESN'T TAKE
PLACE.
>> JIM HARBAUGH
IS FIGHTING TO
PLAY SAYING THAT
THE VIRUS CAN
BE CONTROLLED
WITH PROPER
SAFETY
MERGES.
BUT FOOTBALL
PROGRAMS IN AT
LEAST 17 SCHOOLSDI
HAVE SUFFERED
COVID-19
OUTBREAKS THIS
SUMMER.
THIS FRESHMANEE
ENDED UP IN THE
ER
WITH WITH
POSSIBLE HEART
DAMAGE.
THE COLLEGE
FRESHMAN TWEETED, W
I
WANT TO PLAY BUT
I TRULY BELIEVE
WE NEED IT TO BE
SAFE.
>> MANY TOP
ATHLETES ARE
USING
THE HASHTAG WE
ARE UNITED TO
LOBBY FOR THE
CREATE OF A
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PLAYERS
ASSOCIATION
SIMILAR TO THE
NFL
UNION, A GROUP TO
FIGHT TO MAKE
SURE THE PLAYERS
ARE SAFE.
>>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT IT NOW WITH
DAN PATRICK.
DAN'S DAILY RADIO
SHOW WILL
START STREAMING
EXCLUSIVELY ON
PEACOCK LATER
THIS MONTH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE HAVE ALLEE OF
THE MEETINGS OF
THE MAJOR
CONFERENCES FOR
THE
PAST FEW DAYS.
LAST NIGHT THERE
WAS A MEETING,
THE MIGHTY SEC.
IF YOU WERE A
BETTING MAN, HOW
WOULD YOU BET
THAT THIS ALL
PLAYS OUT OVER
THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, STARTING
TODAY?
I THINK YOU ARE
GOING TO SEE A
DELAY.
I THINK YOU WILL
SEE THAT IN THE
BIG TEN.
I WAS TOLD BY A
SOURCE LAST
NIGHT, THEY WILL
TRY TO DELAY
THIS NOW.
I THINK WHAT
HAPPENED IS THE
INFORMATION I GOT
WAS NOT
SUPPOSED TO COME
OUT UNTIL
TODAY.
I THINK YESTERDAY
MORNING WHEN
WE BROKE THE
STORY, ALL OF A
SUDDEN, THE BIG
10 AND PAC-12
GOT PUSH PACK.
THE ACC SAYS THEY
ARE GOING TO
PLAY.
BIG 12 WAS ON THE
FENCE A
LITTLE.
OKAY ANDOKER TEXAS
WERE PLANNING ON
PLAYING, THE
OTHER SCHOOLS
WERE
NOT.
I WOULD SAY IT IS
THE WILDWI WEST
BUT THIS IS ALL
OVER THE
COUNTRY.
IT IS THE WILD,
WILD, SOUTHWEST
AND MIDWEST.
I THINK IT IS
ALMOST
HOUR-BY-HOUR OF
WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
THE LATEST I HAVE
IS THE BIG 10
IS TRYING TO
DELAY AND MAYBE
NOT
CANCEL.
ONE THING I WANT
TO CLARIFY,
WHAT TI SAID
YESTERDAY, 12-2
THE
N 
PRESIDENTS VOTED
TO CANCEL THE
SEASON.
THEY DIDN'T SAY
THEY WERE
CANCELING IT,
THEY VOTED TO
CANCEL.
THAT'S WHY ID SAID
YESTERDAY,
THIS MAY CHANGE
BY TUESDAY
MORNING AND HERE
WE ARE.
IT MAY CHANGE BY
TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> IF SOME OF
THESE SCHOOLS
DECIDE TO CANCEL
THEIR SEASONS,
EVEN IF THE
CONFERENCE
DECIDES
TO GO
 AHEAD, YOU
HAVE CONCERN
SCHOOLS
CANCELING,
CERTAIN
CONFERENCES MAYPL
PLAY, CONCERN
ONES MAY NOT.
WHAT'S THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT
WE
HAVEE A SEASON
WHERE WE HAVE ACC
TEAMS PLAYING SCC
TEAMS PLAYING -
PAC-12 TEAMS AND
YOU HAVE THIS
SORT OF SUPER
CONFERENCE AS A
RESULT.
ANY CHANCE OF A
THAT?
>> I
 DON'T THINK
WE HAVE THE
TIME TO DO THAT.
PLUS, ALSO
UNDERSTAND,
NEBRASKA
SAYS U THEY WANT TO
PLAY FOOTBALL.
WELL, THE BIG 10
OWNS THE RIGHT
TO NEBRASKA
FOOTBALL.
YOUIO JUST CAN'T GO
ROGUE HERE.
OHIO STATE HAS
TALKED ABOUT
MAYBE THEY WILL
PLAY.
FROM WHAT I
 WAS
TOLD YESTERDAY,
THE SCC IS OPEN
FOR BUSINESS, I
SAYING WHO WANTS
TO COME IN AND
PLAY FOOTBALL
WITH US.
I THINK THERE
WILL BE OUTLIARS
THAT TRY TO PUSH
THAT.
BUT WHAT DO YOU
DO?
DO YOU KEEP
NEBRASKA IN THE
BIG
10?
DO YOU T FIGHT
SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
IT IS UNCHARTERED
TERRITORY FOR T
A VARIETY OF
REASONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF
ADULTS IN THE
ROOM BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF WE HAVE
GROWN UPS.
YOU HAVE THE
PLAYERS AND
COACHES
OVER HERE ANDIN
THEN THE
PRESIDENTS OVER
HERE.
THE REASON N' IT GOT
TO THE 11th
HOUR, WE WEREN'T
HEARING FROM
THE PRESIDENTS.
EVERY COACH AND
ATHLETICREAY
DIRECTOR SAID WE
ARE PLAYING
FOOTBALL.
AND THEN THE
PRESIDENTS GET IN
A
ROOM AND A VOTEOT AD
SAY WHAT ARE
WE DOING PLAYING
FOOTBALL IN
HERE?
HOW DID WE GET TO
THAT POINT?
>> YEAH, LONG
TIME LISTENER, I
LOOK AT THIS AND
I WONDER ABOUT
THE NFL.
NBA SEEMS TO SO
FAR HAVE IT
RIGHT WITH THEH
WHOLE BUBBLE
IDEA.
NHL DOING THAT
TOO.
WHAT DOES THIS
PORTEND FOR THE
NFL?
>> THE NFL HAS
PLAYERS WHO HAVE
SIGNED AWAY THEIR
RIGHTS FOR
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS.
THE LIABILITY IS
THE BIG ISSUE
WITH COLLEGE
FOOTBALL FROM
WHAT
I WAS TOLD.
LIABILITY IS WHAT
THE PRESIDENTS
ARE SO AFRAID OF.
WITH THE NFL, THE
PLAYERS COULD
OPT OUTWI IF THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO
PLAY DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
NO ONE REPRESENTS
YOU.
I THINK THE NFL
WILL START ON
TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY WILL FINISH
ON TIME.
THEY WILL BE
CREATING THEIR
OWN
BUBBLES IN EACH
CITY.
THE SAINTS WILL
HAVE A HOTEL,TE BTI
THAT WILL BE
THEIR BUBBLE.
THE TESTING
MEASURES ARE
INCREDIBLE WITH
THE NFL.
THEY HAVE THE
MONEY.
THAT'S ANOTHER
KEY ISSUE.
MOUNTAIN WEST,
THE MIDAMERICAN
CONFERENCE, THEY
DON'T HAVEIC THE
MONEY FOR THE
TESTING.
THE POWER FIVE
CONFERENCE
SCHOOLS DO HAVE
THE MONEY FOR
TESTING.
YOU CAN MAKE A
CASE, THOSE
ATHLETES WILL BE
SAFER O-N
CAMPUS.
THEY WILL STAY ON 
CAMPUS IF
THERE IS NO
FOOTBALL.
THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO
WORKOUT.
THEY WILL HAVE
TESTING EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
IT'S THE OTHER
SCHOOLS THAT
DIDN'T HAVE THE
TESTING THAT RUN
THE REAL RISK.
I THINK THE NFL
IS GOING TO
START ON TIME.
>> DAN PATRICK,
THANK YOU, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> BY THE WAY,
YOU CAN LOOK OUT
FOR THE DAN
PATRICK SHOW,
STREAMING DAILY
ON PEACOCK FROM
OUR PARENT
COMPANY, NBC
UNIVERSAL ON
AUGUST 24th.
>> SCOTT SATYR
FIELD IS EAGERLY
AWAITING WORD ON
IF THERE WILL
BE A COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON.
HE IS THE HEAD
COACH AT
LOUISVILLE.
HE SAID HIS F TEAM
IS READY AND
WILLING TO PLAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR
WAKING UP WITH
US THIS MORNING.
>> APPRECIATE YOU
HAVING ME ON.
>> THERE HAVES
BEEN A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS OVER THE
PAST FEW DAYS,
THE SCC,
SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE
MEETING ON MONDAY
NIGHT TOE
DECIDE HOW TO
MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING ABOUT THE
LIKELIHOOD OF A
FULL COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON?
>> EVERYTHING WE
ARE HEARING
FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION
HERE AND
THE ACC IS WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD
WITH EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE PROTOCOLS
IN PLACE, THEY
HAD SEVERAL
MONTHS TO GET
THEM
INTO PLACE TO
HAVE THE GUYS
RETURN TO CAMPUS.
 GUYS RETURNEDR
JUNE 8th .
WE HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL WITH
THE
TRAINING AND
PRACTICES.
OUR GUYS FEEL
SAFE.
WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT GETTING THE
SEASON STARTED.
WE ARE AT
PRACTICE NUMBER 7
TODAY.
EVERYTHING IS
GOING SMOOTH
HERE.
WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT MOVINGUTNG
FORWARD AND
GETTING THE
SEASON
UNDERWAY.
>> ANY POSITIVE
TESTS SO FAR?
>> YEAH, WE HAVE
HAD I THINK
AROUND FOUR
POSITIVE TESTS
SINCE
JUNE 8th.
WE HAVE 115 GUYS
THAT WE ARE
PRACTICING WITH
RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK WE
HAVE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL IN
EVERYTHING WE ARE
DOING WITH THE
PROTOCOLS.
THE TRAINING
STAFF HAS BEEN
PHENOMENAL.
THE MEDICAL TEAM
IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
WE ARE TESTING.
WE TESTED
EVERYONE AGAIN
THIS
MORNING.
WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THAT
THE
DOCTORS HAVE
ASKED US TO E DO.
I THINK THAT HAS
BEEN THE MOST
FRUSTRATING THING
THAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH NOW.
OUR
 PLAYERS ARE
DOING EVERYTHING
THAT THE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS
HAVE TOLD USG TO
DO BUT NOW WE
ARE QUESTIONING
IT WITH THE
INFLUX OF THE
SEASON.
>> I WANTT TO PICK
UP ON 
SOMETHING YOU
SAID WITH REGARDS
TO TESTING
SPECIFICALLY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE
LOUISVILLE,
MICHIGAN,
ALABAMA, CLEMSON,
THEYES
CAN AFFORD TO
TEST THEIR
PLAYERS
FREQUENTLY.
WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROMOLND  A
NUMBER OF
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES,
THEY CAN'T AFFORDO
TO TEST THE
STUDENTS AND
STAFF
AT THE SAME RATE.
HOW DO YOU BRIDGE
THATDG GAP?
IF YOU HAVE
SCHOOLS THAT ARE
ABLE TO TEST AND
OTHER SCHOOLS
THAT CAN'T AFFORD
TO THE THAT?
>> THAT IS THE
MOST DIFFICULT
THING.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE
SEEING A LOT
OF THE SMALLER
SCHOOLS OPTING
OUT.
WE ARE TALKING
RIGHT NOW ABOUT
POWER FIVE.
WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE BIG 10,
ACC, BACK 12.
ALL OF THE POWER
CONFERENCES
THAT HAVE THE
MEANS TO TEST.
THAT'S WHY YOU
HAVE SEEN WHY WE
ARE PLAYING
CONFERENCE ONLY.
EVERYONE IN THE
LEAGUE, DOING
THE SAME
PROTOCOLS, SAME
WEEKLY
TEST.
THAT'S WHY WE
FEEL SAFE, AS
SAFE
AS YOU CAN FEEL
TO GO OUT AND
PLAY GAMES ON
SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
THAT'S THE BIGGER
THING.
THERE IS A THAT
GOT A RARE HEART
CONDITION BECAUSE
OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
WHEN DOES IT
BECOME UNSAFE TO
PLAY COLLEGE
FOOTBALL?
>> I THINK WE
HAVE TO LEAN ON
OUR MEDICAL
ADVISORY BOARDS.
WE ARE ATHLETIC
DIRECTORS AND WE
DON'T HAVEDE
MEDICAL DEGREES.
WE ARE LEANING ON
THE MEDICAL
ADVISORY BOARD
AND WHAT THEY ARE
TELLING US.
RIGHT NOWRI OUR
BOARD IS TELLING
US TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD.
IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THATTH
COMES
TO LIGHT THAT WE
NEED TO SHUT
DOWN BECAUSE OF
HEALTHNS CONCERNS,
THEN THAT'S WHAT
WE WILL DO.
WE ARE IN THIS
FOR THE STUDENT
ATHLETES AND WE
HAVE TO DO RIGHT
BY THEM.
AS OF RIGHT NOW,
THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH
FORWARD AND
THEY ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE
ASKED THEM TO DO
AND HOPEFULLY
WE WILL CONTINUE
DOWN THIS ROAD
AND WE WILL PLAY
SOON ON
SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> TO THOSE WHO
WOULD SAY IT IS
NOT WORTH THE
RISK.
WE HAVE LOST
160,000
AMERICANS,HU
HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS HAVE
BEEN
INFECTED, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN
INFECTED.
FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD SAY COLLEGE
FOOTBALL IS NOT
WORTH THE RISK TND
RIGHT NOW IN THE
MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC, YOU
WOULD SAY WHAT?
>> I WOULD SAY
THAT THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE THAT
I'M NOT GOING TO
GET THELL VIRUS IF
I DON'T PLAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE
YOU MENTIONED
DIDN'T PLAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
WE HAVE PROTOCOLS.UA
IN PLACE .
WE HAVE A BUBBLE
WITHIN OUR TEAM
RIGHT HERE.
WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO KEEP THEM
SAFE.
WE FEEL THAT IT
IS JUST AS SAFE
IF NOT SAFER FOR
OUR GUYS TO BE
HERE WITH OUR
PROTOCOLS AND
ALSO
HAVE A PURPOSE
 IN
THEIR LIVES TO
PLAY FOOTBALL.
THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO BE GOING
OUT.
THEY WILL NOT BE
RUNNING AROUND
THE TOWN.
THEY WILL BE
FOCUSED FOR THE
NEXT FIVE MONTHS.
WE THINK IT IS
STAF FOR OUR GUYS
TO CONTINUE DOWN
THIS PATH.
>>H THANKS, HEAD
COACH AT
UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
BEST OF LUCK TO
YOU AND THE
TEAM.
APPRECIATE YOU
HAVING ME ON.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, I FOUND A
FATHER TRYING TO
TEACH HIS SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER, WE
RETALIATE WITH
LOVE.
THERE'S ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY.
THAT'S ALL I WANT
THEM TO SEE.
>>> WHEN YOU NEED
BRUTAL
HONESTY.
>> THIS ISN'T
ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP, THIS IS
ABOUT 400 YEARS
OF RACISM.
>> WHEN YOU NEED
ANSWERS FIRST
THING IN THE
MORNING.
>> WHAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE TO MAKE
BALLOTS READY FOR
THE
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER?
>> WHEN YOU NEED
TO GO DEEP
INSIDE THE STORY.
>> WHAT BIG
POLICY CHANGE IN
POLICING WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SEE
ENACTED?
>> AND HEAR FROM
SOMEONE WHO HAS
BEEN THERE.
>> WHO IS TELLING
THE TRUTH AND
WHO IS LYING?
THAT'S THE STORY
AMERICANS NEED
TO HEAR.
>>> WE LIKE TO
THINK WE LIVE IN
A POST RACIAL
AMERICA.
WE ARE REMINDED
TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THAT WE DO
NOT.
>> AFTER I
WATCHED THE MAYOR
OF
ATLANTA TRYING TO
RAISE HER SON.
>> I REMEMBER HER
SAYING, WHY
DON'T I HAVE A
PONYTAIL LIKE THE
WHITE GIRLS?
IT'S OKAY TO
NOTICE YOU'RE
DIFFERENT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO
NOT FEEL LESS
THAN.
>> I CHERISH THE
FACT THAT WE
CAN HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
>>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
>> WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE SAW A
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
>> IT'S NEWS MADE
FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD,
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> A VIRUS THAT
KNOWS NO
BORDERS.
>> A REAL
CATASTROPHE IN
BRAZIL.
>> OUR GLOBAL
FIGHT AGAINST IT
UNITES US.
OUR SKY TEAMS ARE
ON THE GROUND,
LEARNING FROM
WHERE IT HAS
BEEN.
SO YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW IT
WILL IMPACT OUR
LIVES HERE.
>>> THE ONLY
THING WE HAVE TO
FEAR IS FEAR
ITSELF.
.
>> THESE ARE THE
UNITED STATES,
A UNITED PEOPLE
ARE A UNITED
PURPOSE.
>> THE FUTURE
DOESN'T BELONG TO
THE FAINT
HEARTED.
IT BELONGS TO THE
BRAVE.
>> A GREAT PEOPLE
HAS BEEN MOVED
TO DEFEND A GREAT
NATION.
>> ALL OF US CAN
EXTEND A HAND
TO THOSE IN NEED.
.
>>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO
BE FIXED AND WHAT
WOULD COUNT AS
JUSTICE IN THIS
CASE?
>> DO YOU HAVE
CLARITY ON WHAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS
ORDERED?
>> CAN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TURN
THIS AROUND AS AN
ENGINE FOR
POLITICAL CHANGE?
>>> ARE YOU
WORRIED THAT
THESE
TWO CRISES MAY
DOVE TAIL IN
TERMS OF THE RISK
OF
TRANSMISSION AT
THE ONGOING
PROTESTS?
>>> THIS MORNING,
NEW HOPE FOR
NEW JOBS.
SOME OF THE
BIGGEST COMPANIES
IN
THE WORLD
INCLUDING AMAZON,
GOOGLE, MASTER
CARD, VERIZON,CR
WELLS FARGO
COMING TOGETHER
TO
CREATE OVER
100,000 JOBS AND
TO
CREATE RETRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR
LOW INCOME AND
MINORITY WORKERS.
>> IS THIS
FLANTHROPIC OR J A
BUSINESS ISSUE?
>> A BUSINESS
ISSUE.
>> 30CEO'S COMING
TOGETHER TOAC
TRY TO TACKLE ONE
OF SOCIETY'S
BIGGEST PROBLEMS
WHICH IS
GETTING
EDUCATION, TO THE
LOW
INCOME, MANY
MINORITY, GETTINGep
THEM THROUGH
SCHOOL TO A HIGH
PAYING JOB.
>> THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THE
INEQUALITY
HIGHLIGHTED BY
THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT
LED THESE
LEADERS TO UNITE
FOR THIS
INITIATIVE.
>> WE ARE DOING A
LOT OF THINGS
THAT ARE THE
RIGHT THING FOR
THE
HEALTH OF THE
COUNTRY.
>> WHAT DO WE
NEED THE MOST
FROM
THE GOVERNMENT?
>> THEY NEED TO
DO MORE FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES,
AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE UNTIL
WE
OPEN UP.
WE WILL OPEN UP.
WE CAN DO IT
SAFELY.
>>
 DO YOU THINK
YOU CAN BRING
YOUR EMPLOYEES
PACK?
>> THERE IS A
HUGE VALUE OF
WORKING TOGETHER,NG
COLLABORATION.
HOPEFULLY THERE
WILL BE APE
VACCINE AND
PEOPLE DO IT
SAFELY.
WE WILL NOT
JEOPARDIZE OUR
PEOPLE.
>> WOULD YOU SAYPEe 
WE ARE IN A
RECESSION?
>> YES, IT WILL
EVENTUALLY
AFFECT HOME
PRICES, WHEN
PEOPLE
REALIZE THEY H MAY
NOT HAVE A JOB.
YOU WILL SEE THE
EFFECTS OF IT.
>> HALF OF THIS
COUNTRY IS
EMPLOYED BY SMALL
BUSINESSES.
DO YOU THINK
 A
YEAR FROM NOW WE
COULD ONLY HAVE
BIG BOX STORES
AND CHAIN
RESTAURANTS?
>> NO.
>> HOW WILL YOU
STAY IN
BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF  THE
ONES ARE STILL
SELLING ON
AMAZON.
SOME ARE REALLYTT
STRUGGLING.
A LOT OF THEM
HAVE TO TRY
DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE WILL WIN.
SOONERER OR LATER
WE NEED TO
MINIMIZE THE
DAMAGE.
>> IT'S ANG
INSPIRING PLAN
BUT
WHAT IS HE SAYING
ABOUT THE JOB
CRISIS WE ARE IN
RIGHT NOWHE AND
WHAT IS GOING TO
RECTIFY THAT?
>> HE
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
COVID-19
HAS BEEN AN  FACTOR
IN A HUGE WAY.
AS FAR AS THE
JOBS SKILL STATS,
HE SAYS THIS IS A
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROBLEM.
BIG BUSINESS
KNOWS HOW PEOPLE
NEED TO BE
TRAINED SO THEY
ARE
PARTNERRING WITH
THEKI DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION TO
TRAIN THE
TRAINERS TO DO
JUST THAT.
LOW SKILL WORKERS
ARE BEING HIT
THE HARDEST AND
HE SAYS WE Z TO
FIND OUT A WAY TO
GIVE THEM
HIGHER SKILLS.
>>> THESE ARE
AMONG THE REASONS
HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THE U.S.
HAS NOW SURPASSED
5 MILLION
CONFIRMED
COVID-19 CASES.
ANOTHER SUMMER
WEEKEND OF MASS
GATHERINGS FROM
HOUSE PARTIES TO
SEARCH SERVICES.
AUTHORITIES SAY
SOME ARE
TEMPTING FATE.
IN PORTLAND
OREGON HUNDREDS
GATHERED TO DEFY
ORDERS ON
PUBLIC
GATHERINGS.
IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, IT
NEARLY GAME TO
BLOWS AFTER ONE
PASTOR OPENED HIS
DOORS TO
SERVICE DESPITE
THE PROTEST
OUTSIDE TO SHUT
IT DOWN.
>> GOD GAVE US
THESE RIGHTS.
>> THE BATTLE
OVER CROWDS AND
THE PANDEMIC
COMES AS THE NCAA
STRUGGLES ON
WHETHER TO PUNT
ON
THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON.
WITH SEVERAL
OUTLETS REPORTING
THE BIG 10
CONFERENCE IS
MOVING
TO PASS ON
PLAYING, MOUNTAIN
WEST AND THE MID
AMERICAN
CONFERENCE ARE
DELAYING THEIR
SEASONS.
THIS AMID A PUSH
TO GET ON THE
FIELD WITH THE
HASHTAG WE WANT
TO PLAY.
>> TOMORROW THE
PAC-12 WHICH
INCLUDES, SC IS
EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THEIR
FUTURE.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
SCHEDULED FOR
HERE WON'T.
THE STATE HAS A
BAN ON LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERINGS
AND THAT
INCLUDES AT
FOOTBALL
STADIUMS.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IS A $7 BILLION
BUSINESS.
NOW AMID THE
PANDEMIC, ANY
SHOT
AS A TRUE SEASON
MAY BE AHAIL
MARY.
WHILE 22 STATES
ARE SEEING A
DECREASE IN
COVID-19 CASES,
THERE IS CONCERN
SANCTIONED
EVENTS LIKE THIS
MOTORCYCLE
RALLY COULD
BECOME
SUPERSPREADERS.
>> I HAVEN'T EVEN
SEEN THAT MANY
PEOPLE WITH MASKS
ON UP HERE.
>> CONSIDERED THE
LARGEST PUBLIC
GATHERING SINCE
THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN, THOUSANDS
ARE ROLLING
THROUGH STURGIS,
SOUTH DAKOTA
WHERE MASKS ARE
SUGGESTED, NOT
REQUIRED.
>> IT'S SELFISH
AND UNFORTUNATE.
>> IT'S A FINE
LINE BETWEEN
PERSONAL CHOICE
AND PUBLIC
SAFETY AMID A
PANDEMIC.
.
>>> THESE DAYS
THE CHOICE OF
FACEMASKS CAN BE
DIZZYING.
RESEARCHERS HAVE
SET UP TO TEST
WHICH IS THE BEST
WITH A SIMPLE
EXPERIMENT
DESIGNS TO
VISUALIZE
SMALL PARTICLES O
OR DROPLETS
SPRAYED DURING
REGULAR SPEECH.
RESEARCHERS SAID
THE SAME
PHRASE.
FIRST WITH NO
MASK.
NOTE THE FLASHES
OF LIGHT.
THOSEY ARE THE
PARTICLES THAT
COULD CONTAIN
CORONAVIRUS.
>> IF EVERYONE
WORE A MASK THAT
BLOCKED THE
PARTICLES, WE
WOULD
REDUCE THE SPREAD
OF COVID-19,
NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
>> MEDICAL GRADE,
N95, SURGICAL
MASKS WORK WELL
TO BLOCK
PARTICLES.
MASKS WITH
EXHALATION VALVES
WILL NOT PROTECT
THOSE AROUND
YOU.
CLOTH MASKS WITH
SEVERAL LAYERS
DID WELL.
>> YOU  DON'T NEED
A PERFECT MASK
TO REDUCE
COMMUNITY SPREAD.
>> BANDANNAS AND
NECK GATORS
DIDN'T FARE WELL.
THEY MAY RESULT
IN MORE
PARTICLES.
RESEARCHERS SAY
MASK WORKS IF
THEY HAVE SEVERAL
LAYERS OF GOOD
FABRIC.
IF YOU CAN SEE
THROUGH IT, IT IS
PROBABLY NOT
DOING MUCH GOOD.
>>> TIME TO GET
THE DOORS OPEN.
>> TOO MUCH OF A
GAMBLE.
>> I WOULD LIKE S
TO SEE THE
SCHOOLS OPEN.
>> WE HAVE TO
THINK OF THE
TEACHERS.
>> KIDS ARE
HEARING IT
 ALL,
THE
UNCERTAINTY OF
S
WHAT SCHOOL
SHOULD LOOK LIKE
CAUSING STRESS.
>> THE SCHOOL
HA
DISTRICT SAYS
EVERYTHING WILL
BE VIRTUAL UNTIL
NOVEMBER BUT WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER
THAT?
>> STUDENT
LEADERS FOR YOUTH
UNITED FOR CHANGE
IN
PHILADELPHIA SAY
NOW MORE THAN
EVER STUDENTS
NEED MENTAL
HEALTH
SUPPORT.
LENA WANTS TO BE
A LAWYER AND
SPENT THE SUMMER
STUDYING.
>> WHAT WORRIES
YOULA MOST HEADED
INTO THE SCHOOL
YEAR?
>> FALLING T
BEHIND.
I DON'T WANT TO
FALL BEHIND IN
MY STUDIES.
>> DESMONDAL FEELS
SAFER WITH
VIRTUAL LEARNING
BUT NEEDS TO
WATCH HISST YOUNGER
SISTERS.
>> I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE
DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN AND
THEN SECOND IS
GOING TO BE MY
SCHOOL WORK.
>> IN NEARBY NEW
JERSEY, THE
TRAVIS FAMILY IS
STRUGGLING TOO.
>> DOES MOM SEEM
A LITTLE
STRESSED OUT,
GUYS?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>>
  CARRY TEACHES
SPANISH IN ONE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND HER KIDS
ATTENDHA ANOTHER.
THEIR SCHEDULES
DON'T MATCH.
>> I'M IN DENIAL
ABOUT IT.
I HAVE NO
 CHOICE
BUT TO SEND
THEM TO SCHOOL.
>> KIDS OF ALL
AGES HAVE THREE
MAJOR QUESTIONS,
AM I SAFE?
ARE YOU, THE
PEOPLE TAKING
CARE
OF C ME, SAFE?
AND HOW IS THIS
SITUATION GOING
TO EFFECT MY
DAILY LIFE?
>> DR. GENE
BEARSON RUNS THE
CENTER FOR YOUNG
HEALTHY MINDS.
>> DO KIDS WORRY
MORE WHEN THEY
SEE THEIR PARENTS
ARE WORRIED?
>> YOU BET.
ANXIETY IS
CONTAGIOUS.
>> HE TELLS
PARENTS TO ASK
KIDS
WHAT THEIR
CONCERNS ARE,
REMIND
THEM OF HARD
TIMES THEY GOT
THROUGH AND
SHIELD CHILDREN
FROM
GRIM DETAILS
ABOUT THE VIRUS.
>> CHILDREN ARE
MORE CAPABLE OF
UNDERSTANDING.
IF WE ARE NOT
HONEST TO THEM,
THEY WILL FIND
OUT ANYWAY.
>> IT IS OKAY TO
SAY WE ARE ALL
ANXIOUS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD EVEN SAY
TO SCHOOL AGED
KIDS, YEAH, I'M
WORRIED BUT WE
WILL GET THROUGH
THIS AND WE
WILL GET THROUGH
THIS TOGETHER.
>>> THE HIGH
SECURITY LAB
INSIDE
THE WUHAN
INSTITUTE OF
VIROLOGY,
AT THE CENTE
R OF
A POLITICAL
STORM OVER HOW
THE PANDEMIC
STARTED.
>> I'M CONFIDENT,
100%.
>>'S THIS IS THE
LAB'S DIRECTOR.
NBC NEWS WAS
GRANTED THE FIRST
MEDIA ACCESS.
THERE IS
SKEPTICISM ABOUT
THE
LAB'S CLAIM BUT
FIVE LEADINGIA
VIROLOGISTS TOLD
US IT IS
IMPROBABLE THAT
THE VIRUS WAS
MADE OR ESCAPED.
THE LAB IS A BOX
WITHIN A BOX
WITH AIR LOCKS
AND HIGH
SECURITY.
TECHNICIANS IN
POSITIVE PRESSURE
SUITS WERE
TRAINED IN FRANCE
AND
THE U.S.
>> I ALSO WANT TO
KNOW HOW THE
VIRUS GOT TO THE
MARKET OR
WUHAN,EE HE SAID.
UP TO
 NOW, THERE
IS NO CLEAR
ANSWER.
>> THE CHINA
VIRUS, THE CHINA
PLAGUE.
>> AMID
ACCUSATIONS
CHINA'S
GOVERNMENT DOWN
PLAYED THE
SEVERITY OF THE
OUTBREAK HERE,
THE U.S. AND
CHINA HAVE
LINLOCKED IN A
BATTLE OVER THE
ORIGIN OF THE
VIRUS.
THERE IS NO
CREDIBLE EVIDENCE
LINKING THE VIRUS
TO THE LAB.
>> IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT
WE ARE
TARGETED AS A
SCAPEGOAT.
>> CHINA FACES
BACKLASH FOR
FAILING TO
CONTROL THE
OUTBREAK
EARLY ON AND FOR
A LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY AS O
IT SPREAD.
SKRAUTANY OF THE
LAB WAS FUELLED
IN A LETTER PIE
U.S. OFFICIALS
IN JANUARY OF
2018.
CHINESE DIPLOMATS
CLAIM THAT
U.S. OFFICIALS
DID NOT SEE THE
LAB IN 2018.
>> WE ARE TOLD
THAT THE W.H.O.
WILL NOT
INVESTIGATE THE
WUHAN
LAB AS A POSSIBLE
SOURCE OF THE
VIRUS.
>>> DAYLIGHT
REVEALED THE
DESTRUCTION,
LOOTERS RAN
RAMPANT
IN DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO, INJURING
13
POLICE OFFICERS
WITH 100
 PEOPLE
ARRESTED.
>>LI THIS WAS NOT
AN ORGANIZED
PROTEST.
THIS WAS AN
INCIDENT OF PURE
CRIMINALITY.
>> THIS IS
CHICAGO'S MAGNIF
SENT
MILE FULL OF HIGH
END SHOPS, NOW
THEY ARE BOARDED
UP.
>> THE CHAOS
STARTED AFTER
OFFICERS WERE
CALLED TO THE
EAST
SIDE OF THE CITY
FOR A MAN WITH
A GUN.
SOMEONE MATCHINGNG
THE DESCRIPTIONIO
STARTED SHOOTING.
COPS FIRED BACK.
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH
WHEN FALLS
RUMORS ERUPTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THERE IS NO
JUSTIFICATION FOR
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
EVER.
>> ACROSS THEER
COUNTRY, IT HAS
BEEN AN
INCREASINGLY
VIOLENT
SUMMER.
IN PHILADELPHIA,
BULLETS-Y GRAZED
TWO 11-YEAR-OLDS
IN TWO
SHOOTINGS.
AT LEAST 20
PEOPLE WERE SHOT
AT
A COOKOUT IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
AT
TIMES, THE
VIOLENCE IS OVER
SHADOWING THE
PEACEFUL PROTESTS
FOR THE
 DEATH OFRE
GEORGE FLOYD
AND OTHERS.
IN PORTLAND,
POLICE DECLARED A
RIOT.
THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED THAT
LOCAL
AUTHORITIES
SHOULD BRING IN
THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
IN CHICAGO WHERE
OCON
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION
SENT IN FEDERAL
AGENTS LAST MONTH
TO HELP
INVESTIGATE
CRIMES, THE
VIOLENCE
CONTINUED,
FRUSTRATING SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS
LIKEMA JACKIE
JACKSON.
>> ON TOP OF
COVID, VIOLENCE,
LOOTING, HOW MANY
MORE CAN
PEOPLE TAKE?
>> THE MAYOR SAYS
THERE WILL BE
A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE TONIGHT
WITH OFFICERS
WORKING LONGER
SHIFTS.
ACCESS TO
DOWNTOWN WILL
ALSO BE
LIMITED.
>>> WITH JUST AIL
WEEK BEFORE THE
START OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL
CONVENTION, THE
CLOCK IS TICKING
FOR JOE BIDEN TO
ANNOUNCE HIS
RUNNING MATE.
HERE'S THE
LATEST.
>>> PRESSURE
MOUNTING ON JOEUN
BIDEN TO DECIDE
ON HIS RUNNING
MATE AND TO
CHOOSE A BLACK
WOMAN.
>> HAVE YOU
PICKED A RUNNING
MATE YET?
YEAH, I HAVE.
>> WHO IS IT?
>> YOU.
>> HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT WILL
BE
DIGITAL FOLLOWING
A BIOGRAPHICAL
VIDEO
 OF HIS
PICK.
SOME OF THERS
CONTENDERS HAVE
HAD
IN PERSON
INTERVIEWS
INCLUDING
GRETCHEN WHITMER
WHO FLEW IN A
WEEK AGO.
OTHER CONTENDERS
ARE KAMALA
HARRIS, SUSAN
RICE, TAMMY
DUCKWORTH AND
ELIZABETH WARREN,
KAREN BASS, AND
VAL DEMING.
WOMEN GROUPS
 ARE
VOWING TO
DEFEND THE
RUNNING MATE
AGAINST
SEXISM SUCH AS A
COLUMN
COMPARING THE
SELECTION PROCESS
TO AN EPISODE OF
THE BACHELOR.
>> THE ATTACKS WE
HAVE SEEN,
THAT'S WHATTH THEY
ARE DOING, THEY
ARE ANTICIPATING
THIS.
I THINK IT'S
 A
GOOD IDEA.
>> THE CAMPAIGN
IS ALSO READY TO
COMBAT RACIST
ATTACKS IF BIDEN
CHOOSES A BLACK
WOMAN.
100 PROMINENT
BLACK MEN SAID
THE
URGENCY OF
PICKING A BLACK
WOMAN
HAS GONE FROM
SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN TO
SOMETHING THAT
MUST HAPPEN.
>> THIS IS THE
MOMENT WE NEED TO
MAKE THERE ARE
ISSUES AROUND
RACISM , SEXISM,
INCOME
INEQUALITY IS
ADDRESSED IN A
BIG
WAY.
>> THE LONGER
BIDEN WAITS, THE
MORE INFIGHTING
AMONG THE
SUPPORTERS OF THE
CANDIDATES.
ANOTHER REASON TO
DECIDE SOON.
.
>>> THE FIRST DAY
OF SCHOOL HAS
NEVER FELT SO
FOREIGN UNDER THE F
CLOUD OF
COVID-19.
>> I FEEL A
LITTLE SCARY BUT
COMFORTABLE.
>> CHILDREN AT
McLARRY
ELEMENTARY
 SCHOOL
ARE RETURNING
TO
 CLASSROOMS
WITH NEW ROLLS
LIKE SOCIAL
DISTANCING, HAND
WASHING AND
STAGGERED
LUNCHES.
>> THEY ARE DOING
WHAT THEY CAN CTH
TO KEEP THE
STUDENTS AWAY
FROM
EACHOT OTHER.
MASKS ARE
RECOMMENDED BUT
OPTIONAL.
>> WALKING INTO,
THE SCHOOL, I
DIDN'T SEE A LOT
OF MASK
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN SMPG THAT
WAS MANDATORY AND
NOT OPTIONAL.
IF I SEE OR HEAR
COUGHING, WE
ARE PULLING RIGHT
OUT.
HOME IS WHERE YOU
WILL BE.
>> IN THE LAST
FOUR WEEKS, THERE
HAS BEEN A 90%
SPIKE IN CASES
AMONG CHILDREN IN
THE U.S. WHERE
SO FAR MORE THAN
380,000 KIDS
CONTRACTED THE
CORONAVIRUS.
OF THE COUNTRY'S
25 BIGGEST
SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
18 ARE
STARTING THE
SCHOOL YEAR
ENTIRELY VIRTUAL
WITH NO IN
PERSON OPTION ON
DAY ONE.
THE NATION'S
LARGEST DISTRICT
,
NEW YORK CITY IS
GIVING STUDENTS
THE OPTION OF
RETURNING TO
CLASSES.
 DESHANNA PARKER
TEACHES HIGH
SCHOOL IN NEW
YORK CITY WHERE
HER CHILDREN ALSO
ATTEND SCHOOL.
>> I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT MY
CHILDREN WEARING
MASKS ALL DAY.
I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT THE
PROTOCOLS OF THE
SCHOOLS.
>> FEARS FOR THE
CHILDREN AND
THE EDUCATORS.
>> THEY  WILL HAVE
TO GIVE THEIR
CONDOLENCES TO
SOMEBODY'S MOM.
>> THIS IS A
TEACHER AND
MOTHER
WHO PENNED A MOCK
OBITUARY WHO
SAID SHE RETURNED
TO WORK, DID
THE BEST TO
HANDLE ALL OF THE
ROLES ON HER
SHOULDERS BUT
ULTIMATELY
SUCCOMBED TO THE
IGNORANCE OF
THOSE IN POWER.
CALLS FOR SAFETY
AMONG THE
CLASSROOMS ON OUR
FRONT LINES.
>>> TONIGHT THE
CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS DEEPENING
WITH THE
COUNTRY HITTING 5
MILLION CASES.
THESE FIVE STATES
COMBINE MAKING
UP 40% OF THE
INFECTION,
INCLUDING
CALIFORNIA WHERE
THE
DEATH TOLL TOPPED
10,000.
THIS MORNING IN
VENTURA COUNTY,
STREAMING,
SLAPPING, SHOVING
DURING A CLASH
AHEAD OF CHURCH
WHERE PROMASK
DEMONSTRATORS HAD
GATHERED.
EMOTIONS RUNNING
HIGH AT GOD
SPEED CALVARY
CHAPEL WHERE THEY
ARE DEFYING
ORDERS WITH
INDOOR
SERVICES.
>> OUR GOVERNMENT
DIDN'T GIVE US
THESE RIGHTS.
GOD GAVE US THESE
RIGHTS.
>> IN THE HOT
SPOT STATE OF
TEXAS, THE
POSITIVITY RATE
HAS
BEEN CLIMBING
SINCE THE END OF
JULY.
IN GEORGIA, THIS
BACK TO SCHOOL
PHOTO WENT VIRAL
SHOWING
STUDENTS BACK TO
BACK IN THE
HALLWAYS.
THE PRINCIPAL
SAYS THE SCHOOL
WILL BE CLOSED
FOR TWO DAYS
AFTER SIX
STUDENTS AND
THREE
STAFF MEMBERS AT
PAULDING HIGH
SCHOOL HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE
FOR
COVID-19.
THE SCHOOL
SUSPENDED THE
STUDENT
WHO POSTED THE
PICTURES BUT
SINCE REVERSED
THE DECISION.
>> I KNEW MASKS
WERE NOT
MANDATORY BUT I
DID TRUST THEM
TO KEEP US SAFE.
>> MORE QUESTIONS
TONIGHT ABOUT
THE STATE OF
COLLEGE SPORTS.
THE BIG TEN
ANNOUNCING THEY
WILL
SLOW DOWN
PRESEASON
FOOTBALL
PRACTICE WITH NO
PADS OR FULL
CONTACT AMONG
ATHLETES.
THIS AFTER THE
MIDAMERICAN
CONFERENCE
POSTPONED ALL
FALL
SPORTS.
ANALYSTS BELIEVE
THE FALLOUT IS
JUST BEGINNING.
I DON'T THINK WE
WILL HAVE A
SEASON IN THE
FALL.
I HOPE I'M WRONG
BUT THERE IS
JUST TOO MANY
CHALLENGES.
IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO THREAD A
NEEDLE FROM 100
YARDS.
THERE ARE TOO
MANY THINGS THAT
CAN GO WRONG.
>> BUT THE
PANDEMIC IS NOT
SLOWING DOWN THE
ANNUAL STURGIS
MOTORCYCLE RALLY
WHERE PEOPLE
PACK MAIN STREET,
BARS, AND
CONCERT VENUES.
>> NO ONE WANTS
TO BE THE GUINEA
PIG.
BUT WE WILL SEE.
IT CAN GO RIGHT.
IT CAN GO WRONG.
WE WILL FIND OUT.
>> KATHY JOINS US
LIVE FROM
STURGIS.
HAS THERE BEEN
ANY OTHER
REACTION TO THE
VIDEO OF PACKED
BARS?
>> JOSE, SOME OF
THE PEOPLE WE
SPOKE WITH
UNDERSTAND THE
RISKS
BUT SINCE SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS
NOT MANDATED
HERE, IT IS UP TO
THE INDIVIDUAL
WHEN THEY ENTER
ONE OF THESE
ESTABLISHMENTS.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, I FOUND A
FATHER, TRYING TO
TEACH HIS SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER, WE
HAVE TO RETALIATE
WITH LOVE.
THERE'S ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY.
>>> WHEN YOU NEED
BRUTAL
HONESTY, WHEN YOU
NEED ANSWERS
FIRST THING IN
THE MORNING, WHEN
YOU NEED TO GO
DEEP INSIDE THE
STORY.
>> WHAT POLICY
CHANGE IN
POLICING WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SEE
ENACTED?
>> AND HEAR FROM
SOMEONE WHO HAS
BEEN THERE.
>> WHO IS TELLING
THE TRUTH AND
WHO IS LYING
EVERY DAY?
THAT'S THE STORY
AMERICANS WANT
TO HEAR
YOU NEED YOUR
MORNING JOE ONLY
ON MSNBC.
>>> WE LIKE TO
THINK WE LIVE IN
SOME KIND OF POST
RACIAL
AMERICA.
WE ARE REMINDED
TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THAT WE DO
NOT.
>> AFTER I
WATCHED THE MAYOR
OF
ATLANTA ACT AS A
MOM TRYING TO
RAISE HER SON AND
I THINK OF YOU
AND YOUR KIDS.
>> I REMEMBER HER
COMING HOME
SAYING WHY DON'T
I HAVE A
PONYTAIL LIKE THE
WHITE GIRLS?
IT'S OKAY TO
NOTICE THAT YOU
ARE
DIFFERENT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO
NOT FEEL LESS
THAN.
>> I CHERISH THE
FACT THAT WE
CAN HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
I FEEL SAFE
TALKING WITH YOU
GUYS.
YOU'RE WATCHING
NBC NEWS NOW.
>> WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE SAW A LARGE
CONVOY COME
THROUGH HERE.
>> IT'S NEWS MADE
FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> A VIRUS THAT
KNOWS NO
BORDERS.
>> A REAL
CATASTROPHE IN
BRAZIL.
>> OUR GLOBAL
FIGHT AGAINST IT
UNITES US.
OUR NBC NEWS AND
SKY TEAMS ARE
ON THE GROUND,
LEARNING FROM
WHERE IT'S BEEN.
THE SOUTH KOREAN
GOVERNMENT IS
BRINGING STUDENTS
BACK OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
>> SO YOU CAN
BETTER UNDERSTAND
HOW IT WILL
IMPACT US HERE.
LIFE ACROSS ITALY
IS BACK TO
NORMAL.
IT JUST DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THE
SAME NORMAL AS
BEFORE.
>> THE ONLY THING
WE HAVE TO
FEAR IS FEAR
ITSELF.
.
>> THESE ARE THE
UNITED STATES,
A UNITED PEOPLE
WITH A UNITED
PURPOSE.
>> THE FUTURE
DOESN'T BELONG TO
THE FAINT
HEARTED.
IT BELONGS TO
THEPRAVE.
>> A GREAT PEOPLE
HAS BEEN MOVED
TO DEFEND A GREAT
NATION.
>> ALL OF US CAN
EXTEND A HAND
TO THOSE IN NEED.
>>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO
BE FIXED AND WHAT
WOULD COUNT AS
JUSTICE IN THIS
CASE?
>> DO YOU HAVE
CLARITY ON WHAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS
ACTUALLY
ORDERED?
I HAVE TO ASK
WHETHER THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CAN TURN THIS
AROUND SO THAT
THIS IS AN ENGINE
FOR PROGRESSIVE
POLITICAL
CHANGE.
>> PEOPLE ARE NOT
SIX FEET APART
FROM ONE ANOTHER
FOR THE MOST
PART.
ARE YOU WORRIED
THESE CRISES MAY
DOVE TAIL IN
TERMS OF THE RISK
OF TRANSMISSION
AT THE ONGOING
PROTESTS?
>>> THERE ARE FEW
DEBATES IN
AMERICA TODAY
THAT DIVIDE
PEOPLE
MORE THAN SCHOOL
REOPENINGS.
PARENTS CRACKING
UNDER THE
PRESSURE, PLAYING
FULL-TIME
TEACHER, CARE
TAKER AND REMOTE
WORKER, ALL UNDER
THE SAME ROOF.
ADD TO THE MIX OF
PRESIDENT WHO
CALLS FOR FULL
SCALE REOPENING,
COME WHAT MAY.
>> KEEPING WORK
CLOSED, IT'S
CAUSING DEATH
ALSO, ECONOMIC
HARM, IT'S
CAUSING DEATH.
>> DISTRICTS ARE
FEARFUL OF SICK
KIDS, SICK
TEACHERS, AND
SICK
SUPPORT STAFF.
THE EDUCATION
BUDGETS ALL BEING
GUTTED AS TAX
REVENUES CRATER.
INTO THE BREACH
STEPS SECRETARY
OF EDUCATION
BETSY DEVOS WHO
SOME ARE ACCUSING
OF PLAYING
BARTIZAN GAMES BY
FLOATING A
VOUCHER PLAN ONCE
AGAIN.
>> THERE ARE NO
WORDS TO EXPRESS
HOW OUTRAGED
EDUCATORS ARE.
>> THE CARES ACT
PROVIDED $13.5
BILLION FOR
FUNDING FOR
ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY
SCHOOLS.
BUT PUBLIC SCHOOL
ADVOCACY
GROUPS SAY SAERTH
DEVOS IS
TRYING TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE
PANDEMIC TO
FURTHER HER
AGENDA
OF PRIVATEIZING
MORE OF THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
>> THEY ARE
GIVERING US
PRECIOUS
LITTLE TO WORK
WITH.
THANKS TO BETSY
DEVOS, THE
LITTLE THAT IS IN
THERE IS ALSO
TO BE SHARED WITH
PRIVATE
SCHOOLS IN A
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
AT
VOUCHERS.
>> AT A TIME WHEN
THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE VERY
MUCH IN NEED,
IT IS PROBLEMATIC
TO GIVE MONEY
TO PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
>> THE DEBATE
OVER SCHOOL
CHOICE
AS SUPPORTERS
CALL IT OR
PRIVATEIZING
EDUCATION AS
OPPONENTS SAY IT
HAS BEEN A PART
OF DEVOS'S PLAN.
VOUCHERS ARE
GIVEN TO PARENTS
SO
THEY CAN USE THE
MONEY TO GO TO
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
>> I BELIEVE THAT
EDUCATION
FUNDING SHOULD BE
TIED TO
STUDENTS AND NOT
SYSTEMS.
THAT NECESSITY
HAS NEVER BEEN
MORE EVIDENT.
>> THE LANGUAGE
SECRETARY DEVOS
HAS USED DURING
THE PANDEMIC ARE
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
AS NATIONIZING
VOUCHERS
ACCORDING TO
SOME.
>> WE ARE DEALING
WITH A
SECRETARY OF
EDUCATION THAT
HAS
AT CORE A
PRINCIPLE THAT
SAYS WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
 SHOULD BE A
FOR PROFIT
BUSINESS.
SHE SEES IT AS
HER JOB.
SHE IS QUITE
PLEASED WITH
HERSELF AND WE
ARE NOT.
>> MORE RECENTLY,
SECRETARY
DEVOS WHO ONCE
CALLED PUBLIC
SCHOOLS A DEAD
END HAS ATTEMPTED
TO DIVERT MORE
MONEY FROM PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN FAVOR
OF PRIVATE
ONES.
CONGRESS DID
PROVIDE SOME
LATITUDE TO HELP
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
THAT SERVE LOW
INCOME STUDENTS
BUT SHE MAY HAVE
OVER STEPPED
HER AUTHORITY.
>> SHE DECIDED
THAT MORE MONEY
SHOULD GO TO
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SO SHE SET FORTH
THIS RULE THAT
IS PUSHING SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO
PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR PRIVATE
SCHOOLS BASED ON
THEIR OVERALL
ENROLLMENT
INCLUDING
AFFLUENT
STUDENTS, NOT
JUST THE
ENROLLMENT OF LOW
INCOME
STUDENTS
IN RESPONSE TO
THIS, TWO
LAWSUITS HAVE
BEEN FILED TO
BLOCK THE
ACTIONS.
ONE SPEARHEADED
BY THE NAACP.
THE NATIONAL
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
DECLINED AN
INTERVIEW.
A PRESS SECRETARY
RESPONDED TO
AN EMAIL SAYING
THIS PANDEMIC
AFFECTED ALL
STUDENTS.
THE CARES ACT
REQUIRES THAT ALL
FUNDING SHOULD BE
USED TO HELP
ALL STUDENTS.
THERE IS NO
REASONABLE
EXPLANATION FOR
DEBATING THE USE
OF PUBLIC FUNDING
FOR PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC
STUDENTS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS SAID HE
SUPPORTS
SOMETHING THAT
RESEMIBLES A
VOUCHER PROGRAM.
>> IF THE SCHOOLS
STAY CLOSED,
THE MONEY SHOULD
FOLLOW THE
STUDENTS SO
FAMILIES ARE IN
CONTROL ABOUT
DECISIONS FOR
THEIR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS.
>> BUT THIS
RHETORIC AND
POLICY
GETS TWO THINGS
WRONG.
IT DIVERTS MONEY
FROM RESOURCE
STRAPPED PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
IT ULTIMATELY,
ACCORDING TO
NUMEROUS ACADEMIC
STUDIES,
VOUCHERS ARE
INEFFECTIVE AT
BEST.
>> WE FOUND THEY
ARE NOT
PROVIDING A
BENEFIT OVERALL
ON
AVERAGE FOR KIDS
WHO WOULD
OTHERWISE BE IN
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
IT RESULTS IN A
DECREASE OF
ACHIEVEMENT.
WE RELY A GREAT
DEAL ON THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE ASK OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO DO
THIS AND WE DON'T
FUND THEM TO
WHERE THEY NEED.
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH CORONAVIRUS 
IN THE CLASSR
PLATFORM OF NBC 
NEWS. 
WE'RE TALKING 
WITH TEACHERS, 
PARENTS, 
STUDENTS AS 
WELL. 
TO FIND OUT 
WHERE THEY STAND 
ON GOING BACK ENS T 
SCHOOL THIS 
YEAR. 
>> THERE ARE A 
LOT OF ISSUES. 
ALL ACTIONS OF 
COURSE HAVE PROS 
AND CONS. 
FOR CHILDREN RE
WITH EXTRA NEEDS 
THERE ARE EXTRA 
CONSIDERATIONS 
AT PLAY. 
RICHARD JOINS US 
WITH A PERSONAL 
STORY  EFOR HIM 
AND HIS FAMILY. 
GOOD MORNING, 
RICHARD. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
SAVANNAH. 
SUCH AN 
IMPORTANT STORY 
FOR THE SPECIAL 
NEEDS COMMUNITY. 
THEY FEEL THEIR 
KIDS ARE BEING 
NOT REALLY 
TALKED ABOUT, 
SOMETHING OF AN UG
AFTER THOUGHT. 
BUT SCHOOL FOR IT
KIDS WITH 
SPECIAL NEEDS IS 
ABSOLUTELY 
ESSENTIAL. 
IT L. IIS WHERE THE 
RECEIVE ALL OF 
THEIR THERAPIES, 
PHYSICAL 
THERAPY, D
EMOTIONAL 
THERAPY, 
OCCUPATIONAL KI
THERAPY. 
WITHOUT THESE 
THERAPIES, KIDS 
ARE NOT JUST 
MISSING OUT BUT 
THEY'RE 
REGRESSING AND 
LOSING SKILLS. 
MY WIFE AND I 
HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING THAT IN 
OUR OWN FAMILY. 
OUR SON HENRY 
NEARLY 5 YEARS 
OLD NOW HAS A 
SEVERE GENETIC 
NEUROLOGICAL 
ORDER. 
HE DOESN'T WALK 
OR SPEAK. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
GOOD MORNING. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> OR 
EFFICIENTLY FEED 
HIMSELF. 
HE IS GETTING 
WORSE ETN IN THE 
TIME OF COVID. 
HE IS SHAKING 
MORE NOW. 
HE IS UPSET MORE 
OFTEN. 
HE IS PUTTING 
HIS HAND IN HIS 
MOUTH, AN 
UNCONTROLLABLE 
PART OF HIS 
CONDITION AT 
TIMES 
CONSTANTLY. 
>> IT IS THE 
HARDEST IT HAS 
EVER FELT AS A 
CAREGIVER. 
PHYSICALLY, 
MENTALLY. 
WORRYING, THE 
ANXIETY ABOUT 
WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN WITH HIM. 
REGRESSION. 
WHAT 
DOES THE 
FUTURE LOOK 
LIKE. 
WHEN WILL THIS 
BE OVER AND WE 
CAN GO BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
>> MY WIFE MARY 
AND I CARRY 
HENRY AROUND BUT 
THAT IS NOT THE 
EXTRA BURDEN 
THAT WEIGHS ON 
US. 
IT IS THE LOSS 
OF THERAPIES. 
BEFORE HENRY DID 
THERAPY ON A 
HORSE IN PLAY 
GROUPS. 
MUSIC THERAPIES. 
IT ALL VANISHED 
WITH THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> WE HAVE TO DO 
FREQUENT 
THERAPIES TO  
KEEP HENRY'S  
BODY 
FUNCTIONING, TO 
KEEP IT 
TOGETHER. 
IF WE DIDN'T DO 
THE THERAPIES 
HIS HIPS WOULD 
DISLOCATE, HE 
COULD GET 
SCOLIOSIS. 
>> IT TOOK OVER 
A YEAR AND A 
HALF  A AFOR HIM TO 
LEARN TO SIT UP 
ON HIS OWN. 
THAT IS AN IDEA A
OF HOW LONG IT 
TAKES. 
>> IF YOU DON'T 
DO THERAPIES FOR 
EVEN A FEW 
WEEKS, YOU LOSE 
THAT SKILL AND 
THESE KIDS DON'T 
GET IT BACK 
EASILY IF EVER. 
>> LIKE MOST 
KIDS AROUND THE 
WORLD, HENRY 
ISN'T GOING TO 
SCHOOL NOW. 
NOT CLEAR WHEN 
OR HOW HE WILL 
AGAIN. 
>> ENHE REALLY 
ENJOYED SCHOOL. 
I THINK THE 
SOCIALIZATION 
ASPECT OF SCHOOL 
FOR HIM WAS 
WONDERFUL. 
>> THE ONLY WAY 
HE CAN INTERACT 
WITH PEOPLE THAT 
HE LIKED, HIS 
PEER GROUP, IS 
BEING IN THE 
SAME ROOM WITH 
THEM. 
PLAYING WITH THE 
SAME TOYS. 
AND THAT'S GONE. 
>> THE SHOCK OF 
THE COVID ERA 
CHANGE HAS BEEN 
ESPECIALLY TOUGH 
FOR CHILDREN 
WITH AUTISM DLIKE 
13-YEAR-OLD ZACH 
IN WASHINGTON. 
HIS MOTHER SAYS 
WHEN SCHOOL 
STOPPED, ZACH HE
WENT INTO A BAD 
CYCLE. 
>> HE WOULD HIT >>
HIS HEAD OR HE 
WOULD BANG HIS 
BODY UP AGAINST 
THE WALL. 
YOU KNOW, 
CONSISTENTLY. 
AND IT GETS 
REALLY DIFFICULT 
TO SEE ATTHAT. 
>> WAS HE SELF 
HARMING LIKE SE
THIS WHEN HE WAS 
GOING TO SCHOOL 
REGULARLY, WHEN 
HE HAD A 
SCHEDULE? 
>> NO. 
NO. 
NOT IN THIS T-- 
NOT IN THAT WAY, 
NO. 
BUT IT ESCALATED 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
ONCE HE WASN'T 
IN SCHOOL THERE 
WAS NO MORE 
SCHEDULE, NO 
MORE ROUTINE. 
IT WAS JUST TOO  F
MUCH FOR HIM TO 
PROCESS. 
>> THIS LASTED 
FOR ABOUT TWO 
MONTHS WHILE SHE 
WAS ALSO TRYING 
TO WORK FROM 
HOME.  T
CAN AND FOR MANY 
KIDS WITH 
SPECIAL NEEDS, 
REMOTE LEARNING 
ISN'T THE 
REALISTIC 
OPTION. 
>> WHAT IS IT 
LIKE FOR AN 
AUTISTIC CHILD 
TO BE LOOK AT A 
ZOOM BOX WITH 
10, 15 KIDS ALL 
TRYING TO TALK 
AT ONCE? 
>> IT FEELS LIKE 
A CHILD IS LIKE 
WATCHING 20 
DIFFERENT ROCK 
BANDS PLAYING. 
LOUD, 
STIMULATING, AT
LOTS OF 
DIFFERENT 
INFORMATION 
COMING AT THEM 
BUT IT  IS HARD 
TO FILTER IN 
WHAT IS 
IMPORTANT AND 
FILTER OUT WHAT 
IS NOT 
IMPORTANT. 
>> COVID SETTING BA
BACK A WHOLE 
GENERATION OF 
KIDS WITH 
PHYSICAL AND 
EMOTIONAL NEEDS. 
BUT HENRY HAS 
ONE BIG POSITIVE 
CHANGE NOW. 
HE IS A BIG 
BROTHER TO THEO, 
HEALTHY AND ONE 
THIS MONTH. 
>> HI. 
>> SO AT LEAST 
THEY HAVE EACH 
OTHER TO PLAY 
BALL. 
>> RICHARD, YOU 
AND MARY ARE MY 
HEROES. 
YOU KNOW THAT WE 
ADMIRE YOU SO 
MUCH. 
AND YOU HAVE 
DONE SO MUCH FOR 
HENRY AND SO 
MUCH FOR 
EVERYONE BY 
BRINGING THIS TO 
LIGHT. 
I KNOW T IT IS NOT 
EASY. 
ONE THINGS THAT 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT OVER THE 
YEARS IS THE 
RESEARCH BEING 
DONE FOR HENRY. 
HAS THE NRPANDEMIC 
IMPACTED WHETHER 
THAT WORK CAN BE 
DONE AND 
CONTINUE? MI
>> WELL, COVID 
HAS IMPACTED 
RESEARCH. 
THERE'S NO DOUBT 
ABOUT IT. 
IT SET THINGS 
BACK. 
RESEARCHERS 
AREN'T ABLE TO 
GO TO THE 
HOSPITALS. 
HOSPITALS HAVE VE
BEEN OVERWHELMED 
DEALING WITH 
COVID. 
AND IT IS COA REAL 
PROBLEM BECAUSE 
NOT ONLY DOES 
THAT EXTEND THE 
GOAL POSTS AND 
WE HAD HOPED 
THAT MAYBE ONE 
DAY THIS 
RESEARCH THAT 
WE'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
ON 
AIR WOULD CREATE 
POSITIVE 
SOLUTIONS FOR EN
HENRY AND OTHER 
KIDS. 
WE HOPE THAT IS 
STILL COMING BUT 
COVID HAS SET IT 
BACK. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW FAR. 
>> HEY, BUDDY. 
THERAPIES, 
EQUIPMENT, WE S,
CAN ONLY IMAGINE 
HOW EXPENSIVE 
THOSE THINGS 
ARE. 
WHAT DID THE 
OTHER FAMILIES 
THAT YOU TALKED ID
TO, WHAT DID 
THEY TELL YOU 
ABOUT HOW 
THEY'RE COPING 
WITH THAT PART 
OF THIS? 
>> HAVING A 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
CHILD IS 
EXTREMELY 
EXPENSIVE. 
IT CAN BE 
DESTRUCTIVELY 
EXPENSIVE FOR 
SOME FAMILIES. 
THAT IS ANOTHER 
REASON WHY N
SCHOOL WAS SO 
IMPORTANT. 
THAT'S WHERE 
THEY WERE 
RECEIVING -- 
MOST PEOPLE 
RECEIVE THE 
LARGEST AMOUNT 
OF THERAPY. 
AND NOW SOME 
FAMILIES ARE 
EITHER HAVING TO 
GO PRIVATE THAT. 
IS EXPENSIVE. 
SOME FAMILIES 
CAN'T GO PRIVATE 
AT ALL, YIT IS 
NOT IN THEIR 
CALCULATION. 
IF THEY CAN'T 
AFFORD IT, THEY 
ARE IN THIS 
HORRIBLE 
SITUATION OF 
WATCHING THEIR 
CHILDREN 
POTENTIALLY 
DETERIORATE 
PHYSICALLY AND 
EMOTIONALLY AND 
JUST WAITING FOR 
SOME SORT OF  F
CHANGE. 
SO IT IS AN 
INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT STORY 
AND SOMETHING 
THAT I'M HAPPY 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT ON THE AIR 
TODAY. 
>> THERE ARE 
MANY DIFFERENT 
ASPECTS TO IT, 
WHETHER IT IS 
THE RESEARCH OR 
IF THEY CAN 
CONTINUE TO GO 
TO SCHOOL. 
I KNOW THAT 
HENRY DID THE 
EQUINE THERAPY 
AND THE HORSES 
AND THAT MEANT AN
SO MUCH TO HIM. 
BUT ARE THERE 
THINGS THAT HE 
CAN DO ONLINE? 
AND HOW DID THAT 
GO? 
>> YES AND NO. 
MARY DOES A LOT 
ONLINE. 
AND SOME OF IT 
HELPS. 
BUT IT'S 
DIFFICULT. 
AS WE TALKED 
ABOUT, IT IS 
VERY DIFFICULT 
FOR CHILDREN 
WITH AUTISM TO 
TRY TO TAKE IN 
THAT SENSORY 
INPUT. 
BUT FOR HENRY, 
HE DOESN'T SIT 
VERY WELL EVEN 
IN AN ADAPTIVE 
CHAIR FOR VERY 
LONG. 
HE CAN'T FOCUS 
ON HIS SCREEN 
AND HOLD HIS 
HEAD UP IN A 
STABLE POSITION 
FOR VERY LONG. 
WHILE WE HAVE 
BEEN TRYING TO 
IT, A LOT OF 
KIDS WITH 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
THE REMOTE 
LEARNING IS NOT 
AN OPTION. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
OPENING YOUR 
HOUSE AND HEART 
AND SHARING 
THIS. 
I THINK IT WILL 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
AND PEOPLE CAN 
WRAP THEIR DARMS 
AROUND AND 
SUPPORT FAMILIES 
LIKE RICHARD'S. 
RICHARD WROTE AN 
INCREDIBLY 
TOUCHING ESSAY 
ABOUT HIS SON. 
WE SEND YOUR
LOVE TO YOU AND 
HENRY AND MARY 
AND THEO. 
>> THAT HAS NOT 
PART OF THE 
ONGOING ON
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT HOW WE 
MOVE FORWARD. 
YES, THANK YOU 
FOR SHINING A 
LIGHT ON THAT. 
>> IT'S BEEN A 
ROUGH DAY TODAY. 
>> THIS MORNING 
RESIDENTS IN THE 
MIDWEST ARE 
CLEANING UP 
AFTER A 
DEVASTATING 
STORM SYSTEM 
PUMMELED 
MULTIPLE STATES 
MONDAY, LEAVING 
MORE THAN A 
MILLION PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
>> COME R.HOME ETO 
THIS, TO A 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
THAT IS S
DEVASTATED BY 
WHAT LOOKS LIKE 
A MICRO BURST. 
>> WINDS SO 
STRONG SOME 
SAYING THEY SAW 
A POSSIBLE 
TORNADO. 
THIS VIDEO 
SHOWING WHAT MAY 
HAVE BEEN THA 
TWISTING 
SHREDDING A ROOF 
IN CHICAGO. 
>> IT WAS CRAZY, 
MADNESS. 
IT WAS 
REALLY 
DARK. 
I WAS REALLY 
SCARED. 
>> STRONG WINDS r:
MOVED IN QUICKLY 
THROUGH THE 
ROGER PARKS 
NEIGHBORHOOD,  R
TEARING DOWN 
TREES AND 
DESTROYING 
VEHICLES. 
ONE RESIDENT 
DISCOVERING HIS 
CAR HAD BEEN 
CRUSHED. 
YET IN THE 
MIDFUL THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, HE IS 
STILL GRATEFUL. 
>> I'M GLAD I'M 
OKAY. 
I THINK BECAUSE 
IT IS 2020, I 
THIS IS -- YOU 
KNOW WHAT, IT 
HAS PREPARED US 
FOR STUFF LIKE 
THIS. 
>> THERE IS 
NOTHING THAT I 
CAN DO. 
>> THE POWERFUL 
STORM SYSTEM 
COVERING 
HUNDREDS OF 
MILES, BLOW HIGH 
WINDS, EXCEEDING 
100 ESUGMILES PER 
HOUR IN IOWA, 
EAST OF DES 
MOINES. 
BACK IN CHICAGO, 
RESIDENTS ARE 
RATTLED BUT 
RESILIENT. 
>> I PRAY FOR 'S
THE BEST FOR 
EVERYONE OUT 
HERE LIVING IN 
THESE CONDITIONS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> HERE IN 
ILLINOIS HALF ,A 
MILLION PEOPLE 
ARE WITHOUT 
POWER. 
MORE THAN A 
MILLION ARE 
WITHOUT 
ELECTRICITY. 
IT WILL BE A 
LONG DAY OF 
CLEANUP AHEAD. 
>> ON THE EAST 
COAST, LINGERING 
POWER PROBLEMS 
FROM ISAIAS AND 
THAT DANGEROUS 
HEAT WAVE IS NOT 
HELPING THE 
SITUATION. 
AL ROKER IS 
JOINING US GUNOW. 
>> WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT 31 
MILLION PEOPLE 
UNDER SOME SORT 
OF A HEAT WATCH 
OR HEAT WARNING, 
ESPECIALLY HERE 
IN THE 
NORTHEAST. 
AND HUMIDITY 
LEVELS WILL BE A 
FACTOR. 
HOT AND DRY OUT 
WEST. 
BUT HERE IN THE 
NORTHEAST, THIS 
IS WHERE WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE THE 
FEELS LIKE 
TEMPERATURE 
FLIRTING WITH 
100 FROM 
WASHINGTON, 
D.C., BUFFALO, 
ALBANY AND 
BOSTON AS WELL. 
TOMORROW, 
TEMPERATURES 
ACTUALLY DROP A 
FEW DEGREES. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
THE HUMIDITY 
LEVELS RISE. 
IT'S GOING TO 
FEEL, GAAGAIN, 
LIKE 102 IN 
WASHINGTON. 
NASHVILLE, 97. 
94 OUT IN 97
CINCINATTI. 
AND THEN LOOK AT 
THE TRIPLE 
DIGITS 
TEMPERATURES. 
PALM SPRINGS, 
PHOENIX, 
AMARILLO. 
RECORD HIGHS. 
YOU KNOW THIS, 
SAVANNAH, THEY 
SAY IT IS A DRY 
HEAT. 
>> IT IS A DRY 
HEAT NOBUT SO IS 
AN OVEN, AL. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> YEAH. OV
>> THIS MORNING 
AUTHORITIES IN 
THE NATION'S 
CAPITOL ARE 
INVESTIGATING A 
SHOOTING OUTSIDE 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
THAT LED TO SOME 
DRAMATIC MOMENTS 
INSIDE INVOLVING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THE SECRET 
SERVICE 
INTERRUPTING THE TH
PRESIDENT JUST 
THREE NTMINUTES IN
INTO HIS 
CORONAVIRUS 
BRIEFING. 
USHERING HIM OUT  H
OF THE ROOM AND 
INTO THE OVAL 
OFFICE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
RETURNING 
MINUTES LATER. 
>>  WIT WAS A 
SHOOTING. 
IT WAS LAW 
ENFORCEMENT SHOT 
SOMEONE. 
IT SEEMED TO BE  
THE SUSPECT AND 
THE SUSPECT IS 
NOW ON THE WAY 
TO THE HOSPITAL. 
I CAN'T TELL YOU 
THE CONDITION OF  
THE SUSPECT. 
>> OVERNIGHT THE 
SECRET SERVICE 
SAID THE 
SUSPECT, A 51-
YEAR-OLD MALE, 
APPROACHED A 
UNIFORM SECRET 
SERVICE OFFICER 
AND TOLD HIM HE SE
HAD A WEAPON AND 
THEN REMOVED AN 
OBJECT FROM HIS 
CLOTHING. 
>> HE CROUCHED 
INTO A SHOOTER 
STANCE AS IF HE 
WAS ABOUT TO 
FIRE A WEAPON. 
THE SECRET 
SERVICE OFFICER 
DISCHARGED HIS 
WEAPON, STRIKING 
THE INDIVIDUAL 
IN THE TORSO. 
>> 
THIS VIDEO 
SHOWS POLICE 
APPARENTLY 
SURROUNDING THE 
PERSON WHO WAS UR
SHOT. 
>> WE HEARD A 
GUNSHOT AS WE 
WERE GOING DOWN 
THE STREET. 
>> THE SECRET 
SERVICE SAYS THE 
SUSPECT AND THE 
OFFICER WERE 
TAKEN TO A 
HOSPITAL. 
>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE COMPLEX 
WAS NEVER 
BREACHED DURING 
THE INCIDENT NOR 
WAS THE SECRET 
SERVICE 
PROTECTEE EVER 
IN DANGER. 
IT COMES AS THE 
PRESIDENT 
DEFENDS HIS 
DECISION TO SIGN 
A SERIES OF 
EXECUTIVE 
ACTIONS THAT HE 
SAYS WILL BRING 
FINANCIAL RELIEF 
TO STRUGGLING 
AMERICANS AFTER 
TALKS WITH 
DEMOCRATS 
COLLAPSED. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
ACTIONS INCLUDE 
A NEW WEEKLY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BONUS PAYMENT OF 
$400, LESS THAN 
THE $600 PEOPLE 
WERE INITIALLY 
RECEIVING. 
STATES ARE 
REQUIRED TO 
APPLY FOR THE 
FUNDS AND PAY 
$100 OF THE 
COST. 
OVERNIGHT THE 
NATIONAL 
GOVERNORS 
ASSOCIATION 
CRITICIZED THE 
MOVE WRITING IN 
PART THE BEST HE
WAY FORWARD IS 
FOR CONGRESS AND 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
GET BACK TO TO FO
THE NEGOTIATING 
TABLE AND COME 
UP WITH A 
WORKABLE 
SOLUTION. 
AS THE TREASURY 
SECRETARY VOWED, 
AMERICANS WILL 
SEE THE FUNDS  T
SOON. 
>> WITHIN THE 
NEXT WEEK OR 
TWO, MOST OF THE 
STATES WILL BE 
ABLE TETO EXECUTE. 
>> Reporter: 
NOW, BOTH THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
SIGNALED THEY 
ARE WILLING TO 
RESTART 
NEGOTIATIONS FOR  
A BROADER RELIEF 
DEAL BUT SO FAR 
THERE IS NO 
MEETING 
SCHEDULED. 
AS FOR THE 
INCIDENT 
OVERNIGHT, A LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIAL DOES 
TELL ME THE 
SUSPECT WAS NOT 
ARMED WITH A 
GUN.  D
 
GUN.
SAVANNAH?
>> ALL RIGHT.
MEANWHIL
>>> MEANWHILE, 
JOE BIDEN IS 
EXPECTED TO 
ANNOUNCE HIS 
CHOICE FOR A 
RUNNING MATE ANY 
TIME NOW. 
IT COULD BE 
TODAY OR 
TOMORROW. 
CERTAINLY NOT A 
WEEK. 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
>> IT HAS ALL OF 
US ON PINS AND 
NEEDLES. 
WE COULD LEARN 
IT ANY MINUTE OR 
DAY. 
BASED ON 
MULTIPLE 
SOURCES, THE TOP 
CONTENDERS 
INCLUDE AT THIS 
POINT SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
GRETCHEN WHITMER 
AND OBAMAER 
ADVISER SUZANNE 
RICE. 
AT THIS POINT 
ALL OF THE 
INTERVIEWS HAVE 
BEEN COMPLETED. 
BIDEN IS LOOKING 
FOR SOMEONE WHO 
WILL DO NO HARM 
TO HIS CAMPAIGN 
AND A STRONG 
GOVERNING 
PARTNER IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
WE WILL BE 
WORKING OUR 
SOURCES ALL DAY 
LONG, SAVANNAH. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
SCHOOLS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY ARE 
FACING THEIR 
BIGGEST TASK 
YET, SENDING 
KIDS BACK INTO 
CLASSROOMS 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC THAT IS 
SURGING IN SOME 
AREAS. 
IN INDIANA, THIS 
MOM IS TRYING TO 
PUMP THE BRAKES 
ON COVID-19. 
>> THEY KNOW TO 
KEEP THEIR 
DISTANCE. 
WE CAN'T TOUCH 
OUR FRIENDS THIS 
YEAR AND WASH 
OUR HANDS. 
>> Reporter: FOR 
EVERY TEXTBOOK 
EXAMPLE OF MASKS 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, 
PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS ALIKE 
ARE FINDING 
THEIR SAFETY 
ALARM BELLS 
BUZZING. 
FRANKIE CLARK 
DROPPED OFF HER 
YOUNGEST SON FOR 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SECOND GRADE. 
>> WALKING INTO 
THE SCHOOL I 
DIDN'T SEE A LOT 
OF  MASK 
WEARING. 
I THINK IT 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
MANDATORY AND 
NOT OPTIONAL. 
>> FOR SOME 
REASON THEY 
THINK SCHOOL IS 
A MAGICAL PLACE 
AND WE DON'T 
NEED TO BE SIX 
FEET APART. 
>> Reporter: A 
SCHOOL IN 
GEORGIA SHUT 
DOWN CLASSES FOR 
AT LEAST TWO 
DAYS AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES. 
TWO OF THE 
STUDENTS 
INFECTED. 
>> THEY WEREN'T 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
THEY DID NOT 
HAVE MASKS ON. 
BOTH BOYS SAT IN 
CLASSES ALL DAY 
LONG. 
>> Reporter: THE 
DISTRICT'S 
SUPERINTENDENT 
WROTE THAT 
CLASSROOMS WERE 
THOROUGHLY 
CLEANED AND 
DISINFECTED AS 
AMERICA GRAPPLES 
WITH A BIGGER 
PROBLEM. 
A NEW REPORT 
FINDS IN THE 
LAST FOUR WEEKS, 
THERE'S BEEN A 
9% 0% PERCENT 
JUMP IN CASES OF 
CHILDREN THE IN 
U.S. PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PRESSED BY 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
CAROL LEE ON THE 
NEW FIGURES. 
>> SO DO YOU 
STILL BELIEVE 
THAT CHILDREN 
ARE ESSENTIALLY 
IMMUNE. 
>> THEY DON'T 
GET REALLY SICK. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PEOPLE THAT I 
HAVE SPOKEN TO, 
THEY DON'T 
TRANSPORT IT OR 
TRANSFER IT TO 
OTHER PEOPLE OR 
CERTAINLY NOT 
VERY EASILY. 
>> ONE 
EPIDEMIOLOGIST 
AT EMERY 
UNIVERSITY 
REPORTING VERY 
DIFFERENT 
FINDINGS IN 
GEORGIA. 
>> THOSE YOUNGER 
GROUPS PLAY A 
ROLE IN 
TRANSMISSION 
MORE BROADLY. 
I'M WORRIED THAT 
WE WILL SEE IT 
SPREAD 
THROUGHOUT THE 
AGE RANGE. 
>> SAM, THIS 
WORRY, THIS 
DEBATE, ALL OF 
IT COMING AS NEW 
YORK CITY IS SET 
TO REOPEN ITS 
SCHOOLS. 
A BIG QUESTION 
SEEMS TO BE 
WHETHER TEACHERS 
AND STUDENTS ARE 
ACTUALLY GOING 
TO SHOW UP. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THAT PART 
OF THE STORY? 
>> NEW YORK CITY 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO HAS 
EXPRESSED 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
WILL HAPPEN 
SMOOTHLY DESPITE 
A SURVEY SHOWING 
74% OF FAMILIES 
WILL BE DOING 
THIS IN-PERSON 
HYBRID MODEL. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
THAT MOST 
FAMILIES DIDN'T 
SELECT ANYTHING 
AND 
AUTOMATICALLY 
ENROLLED IN 
PERSON. 
THERE IS AN 
OPTION TO SWITCH 
BACK AND FORTH 
THROUGHOUT THE 
YEAR, FOUR TIMES 
MAXIMUM. 
SO IT COULD BE 
FLUID OVER THE 
YEAR. 
>>> IN THE 
GLOBAL RACE FOR 
A CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE, RUSSIA 
SAID TODAY IT 
HAS ALREADY WON 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
HASN'T COMPLETED 
PHASE 3 TRIALS. 
THAT IS NOT 
SLOWING RUSSIA 
DOWN WHICH TODAY 
REGISTERED AND 
APPROVED FOR USE 
ITS VACCINE 
WHILE O 
CONTINUING TO 
CONDUCT HUMAN 
TRIALS. 
RUSSIA ALREADY 
HAS A ROLLOUT 
PLAN. 
IT IS AMBITIOUS 
AND FAST. 
TO START GIVING 
THE VACCINE TO 
MEDICAL 
PERSONNEL, THIS 
MONTH MASS 
PRODUCTION IN 
SEPTEMBER, MASS 
DISTRIBUTION IN 
OCTOBER. 
BEFORE TODAY'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT, I 
SPOKE WITH THE 
HEAD OF THE 
RUSSIAN 
GOVERNMENT FUND 
BACKING THE 
VACCINE. 
>> 30 MILLION 
DOSES. 
SO WE WILL BE 
WORKING BASED ON 
THIS NUMBER. 
>> SO YOU WANT 
TO VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE 
THIS YEAR IN 
RUSSIA. 
>> WE WILL 
PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF 
THE VACCINE. 
AND THEN, YOU 
KNOW, IT WILL BE 
UP TO PEOPLE WHO 
WANT TO BE 
VACCINATED. 
BUT IN 
PRINCIPLE, YES, 
WE CAN VACCINATE 
TENS OF MILLIONS 
OF PEOPLE IN 
RUSSIA THIS 
YEAR. 
>> SCIENTISTS 
INCLUDING FROM 
THE WHO ARE 
URGING CAUTION 
ONLY EXTENSIVE 
AND PROLONGED 
TESTING CAN 
DETERMINE IF A 
VACCINE IS 
EFFECTIVE AND 
SAFE. 
>> U.S. 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
ACCUSED RUSSIA 
OF HACKING 
VACCINE 
RESEARCH, CLAIMS 
THAT RUSSIA 
VIGOROUSLY 
DENIED. 
>> SOME 
ACCUSATIONS BY 
SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE -- BEING 
THE FIRST OUT 
THERE WHEN THERE 
IS NOBODY ELSE 
OUT THERE. 
>> THE VACCINE 
IS OFFICIALLY 
CALLED SPUTNIK-V 
FOR VACCINE. 
THERE IS ALREADY 
STRONG 
INTERNATIONAL 
INTEREST TO 
ACQUIRE IT. 
RUSSIA HAS NOT 
PUBLISHED MUCH 
DATA ABOUT THE 
VACCINES. 
RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS SAY 
THE DATA WILL BE 
PUBLISHED BUT 
SCIENTISTS 
INCLUDING DR. 
FAUCI HOPE THAT 
RUSSIA AND CHINA 
WHICH IS ALSO 
WORKING ON A 
VACCINE ARE 
CARRYING OUT ALL 
OF THE 
PRECAUTION 
THAT'S ARE 
REQUIRED TO 
PRODUCE THIS 
MEDICINE. 
>>> DIGGING 
THROUGH RUBBLE 
AND DEBRIS, 
INVESTIGATORS 
ARE SEARCHING 
FOR THE CAUSE OF 
A MAJOR GAS 
EXPLOSION HERE 
IN BALTIMORE. 
>> SO MANY 
HOUSES JUST 
GONE, BRO. 
>> Reporter: THE 
BREAST TOPPLED 
MULTIPLE HOUSES, 
KILLING ONE 
WOMAN AND 
SENDING AT LEAST 
SEVEN OTHERS TO 
AREA HOSPITALS. 
>> I SEEN SMOKE 
UP IN THE AIR 60 
FEET OR SO. 
AND I TOOK OFF 
RUNNING. 
I DIDN'T HAVE 
ANY SHOES ON. 
>> Reporter: THE 
EXPLOSION MID-
MONDAY MORNING 
SENT NEIGHBORS 
SCRAMBLING TO 
HELP. 
>> WE STARTED 
DIGGING. 
>> RESIDENTS 
LIKE DEAN JONES 
AND ANTOINETTE 
STARTED DIGGING 
THROUGH DEBRIS. 
>> YOU COULD 
HEAR AND SMELL 
THE GAS. 
THEY'RE LIKE YOU 
GO GET PEOPLE 
OUT OF THERE. 
TELL THEM TO 
MOVE. 
>> BALTIMORE 
FIREFIGHTERS 
QUICKLY ON THE 
SCENE, PULLING A 
SURVIVOR FROM 
THE WRECKAGE. 
>> I WANT ALL OF 
THE PEOPLE IN 
THE CITY TO 
RALLY AROUND THE 
PEOPLE FIGHTING 
FOR THEIR LIVES. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
SHOULD PUT ALL 
OF OUR HOPES AND 
ENERGIES INTO. 
>> COMBING 
THROUGH THE 
RUBBLE IN 90 
DEGREE HEAT AND 
HUMIDITY. 
>> WE ARE STILL 
SEARCHING. 
>> FIRE RESCUE 
AUTHORITIES 
DECLINING TO SAY 
HOW MANY PEOPLE 
THEY WERE STILL 
LOOKING FOR. 
MANY RESIDENTS 
WERE FORCED TO 
EVACUATE. 
NOW DISPLACED 
FROM THEIR HOMES 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
THE EXPLOSION 
LEAVING MANY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
WITHOUT GAS OR 
POWER IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A VERY 
HOT AUGUST DAY. 
>> WHEN WE GOT 
DOWN THERE AND 
SAW THE POWER 
LINE WAS BROKE 
IN HALF AND THE 
WIRES WE COULD 
HEAR THE 
YELLING. 
IT IS JUST 
SOMETHING THAT I 
NEVER WANT TO 
SEE AGAIN. 
>> BALTIMORE GAS 
AND ELECTRIC IS 
ON THE SCENE 
WORKING WITH THE 
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 
TRYING TO 
ISOLATE THE 
CAUSE. 
ONE THEORY IS 
THIS CITY HAS A 
LOT OF AGING GAS 
MAINS AND PIPES. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
LEAKING. 
AND THAT MAY 
HAVE BEEN A 
CONTRIBUTING 
FACTOR. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
MORE QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE FUTURE 
OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
PRESIDENTS OF 
THE BIG 10 
MEETING TODAY TO 
DISCUSS WHETHER 
TO CANCEL ITS 
FALL SEASON 
AFTER GETTING 
PUSH BACK FROM 
TEAM COACHES 
SOURCES SAY. 
THE PAC-12 ALSO 
MEETING TODAY TO 
DISCUSS THE 
FALL. 
>> A HUGE 
VARIABLE THAT 
THE REMAINING 
LEAGUES WILL 
HAVE IS HOW THE 
STUDENTS WILL 
RETURN TO 
CAMPUSES. 
>> THIS AS PLAY 
HAS BEEN 
POSTPONED AMID 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS. 
THE SOUTHEASTERN 
CONFERENCE WILL 
DECIDE IN THE 
NEXT WEEK. 
THE PRESIDENT 
ISN'T HIDING HIS 
FEELINGS ON THE 
MATTER, POSTING, 
PLAY COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
>> THESE COLLEGE 
ATHLETES WORK 
THEIR WHOLE 
LIVES FOR THIS 
MOMENT AND HE 
WANTS TO THEM TO 
LIVE OUT THEIR 
DREAMS. 
>> NOW SOME OF 
THE BIGGEST 
STARS ARE 
PUSHING BACK. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
WE LOVE TO DO. 
>> CLEMSON 
QUARTERBACK 
TREVOR LAWRENCE 
WHO IS EXPECTED 
TO BE THE NUMBER 
ONE DRAFT PICK 
FOR THE NFL 
POSTED UNDER 
#WEWANTTOPLAY 
AND DEMANDING 
THE POWER 5 
CREATE MANDATED 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY 
PROCEDURES TO 
PROTECT PLAYERS. 
UNLIKE THE NFL, 
THERE ARE NOT 
ANY NATIONAL 
SAFETY PROTOCOLS 
IN COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
AT RISK, 
HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF LAST 
REVENUE TO 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TEAMS. 
IN ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN ALONE, 
THE SPORT BRINGS 
IN $80 MILLION A 
YEAR TO LOCAL 
BUSINESSES. 
>> I THINK 
YOU'RE LOOKING 
AT AN ECONOMIC 
NIGHTMARE FOR SO 
MANY OF THE 
CITIES WHERE 
THESE BIG 
UNIVERSITIES ARE 
IF THE COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL SEASON 
DOESN'T TAKE 
PLACE. 
>> MICHIGAN 
COACH JIM 
HARBAUGH IS 
FIGHTING TO 
PLAY, POSTING, 
THIS VIRUS CAN 
BE CONTROLLED 
AND HANDLED WITH 
PROPER SAFETY 
MEASURES. 
ACCORDING TO 
MEDIA REPORTS, 
FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS IN AT 
LEAST 17 SCHOOLS 
HAVE SUFFERED 
COVID OUTBREAKS 
THIS SUMMER. 
FIN ETESTED 
POSITIVE AND 
ENDED UP IN THE 
ER WITH POSSIBLE 
HEART DAMAGE. 
THE COLLEGE 
FRESHMAN 
TWEETING I WANT 
TO PLAY BUT I 
TRULY BELIEVE WE 
NEED IT TO BE 
SAFE. 
NOW, MANY TOP 
ATHLETES ARE 
USING 
#WEAREUNITED TO 
LOBBY FOR A 
COLLEGE 
ASSOCIATION THAT 
WOULD LOBBY ON 
THEIR BEST 
INTEREST TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
PLAYERS ARE 
SAFE. 
>>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT IT WITH 
DAN PATRICK NOW. 
DAN'S DAILY 
RADIO SHOW WILL 
START STREAMING 
EXCLUSIVELY ON 
PEACOCK LATER 
THIS MONTH. 
MORE ON THAT IN 
JUST A MOMENT. 
THANKS FOR YOUR 
TIME. 
WE'VE HAD THESE 
MEETINGS OF ALL 
OF THE MAJOR 
CONFERENCES THE 
PAST FEW DAYS. 
LAST NIGHT THERE 
WAS A MEETING 
THE SOUTHEASTERN 
CONFERENCE, THE 
MIGHTY SEC. 
IF YOU WERE A 
BETTING MAN, HOW 
WOULD YOU BET 
THIS PLAYS OUT 
OVER THE NEXT 
FEW DAYS, 
STARTING TODAY 
PERHAPS. 
>> I THINK 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE A DELAY, 
CRAIG. 
I THINK YOU'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
THAT IN THE BIG 
10. 
I WAS TOLD BY A 
SOURCE LAST 
NIGHT THAT THEY 
WILL TRY TO 
DELAY IT NOW. 
THE INFORMATION 
THAT I GOT WAS 
NOT SUPPOSED TO 
COME OUT UNTIL 
TODAY. 
AND I THINK 
YESTERDAY 
MORNING WHEN WE 
BROKE THE STORY 
ALL OF A SUDDEN 
THE BIG 10 AND 
THE PAC-12 
STARTED TO GET 
PUSH B THE SEC 
SAID THEY WERE 
PLAYING. 
THE ACC SAID 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO PLAY. 
BIG 12 WAS ON 
THE FENCE. 
OKLAHOMA AND 
TEXAS WERE 
PLANNING TO 
PLAY. 
THE OTHER 
SCHOOLS WERE 
NOT. 
I WOULD SAY IT 
IS THE WILD, 
WILD WEST BUT 
THIS IS ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS THE WILD, 
WILD SOUTHWEST. 
THE WILD, WILD 
MIDWEST. 
SO I THINK IT IS 
HOUR BY HOUR 
WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN HERE. 
BUT THE BIG 10 
TRYING TO DELAY 
AND MAYBE NOT 
CANCEL. 
AND ONE THING 
THAT I WANT TO 
CLARIFY, WHAT I 
SAID YESTERDAY 
12 TO 2 THE 
PRESIDENTS VOTED 
TO CANCEL THE 
SEASON IN THE 
BIG 10. 
THEY DIDN'T SAY 
THEY WERE 
CANCELING. 
THEY VOTED TO 
CAP SELL. 
THAT'S WHY I 
SAID IT 
YESTERDAY. 
THIS MAY CHANGE 
BY TUESDAY 
MORNING. 
AND HERE WE ARE. 
IT MAY CHANGE BY 
TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON. 
>> DAN, IF SOME 
OF THESE SCHOOLS 
DECIDE TO CANCEL 
THEIR SEASON, 
EVEN IF THE 
CONFERENCE -- 
EVEN IF THE 
CONFERENCE 
DECIDES TO GO 
AHEAD, YOU HAVE 
CERTAINLY SCHOOL 
THAT'S ARE 
CANCELING AND 
CERTAIN 
CONFERENCES MAY 
OR MAY NOT PLAY. 
WHAT IS THE 
LIKELIHOOD THAT 
WE HAVE A SEASON 
WHERE YOU'VE GOT 
ACC TEAMS 
PLAYING SEC 
TEAMS PLAYING 
PAC-12 AND YOU 
HAVE THIS SORT 
OF SUPER 
CONFERENCE AS A 
RESULT? 
ANY CHANCE OF 
THAT? 
>> I DON'T THINK 
WE HAVE THE TIME 
TO DO THAT. 
PLUS, ALSO 
UNDERSTAND 
NEBRASKA SAYS 
THEY WANT TO 
PLAY FOOTBALL. 
WELL, THE BIG 10 
OWNS THE RIGHTS 
TO NEBRASKA 
FOOTBALL. 
IF NEBRASKA -- 
YOU CAN'T JUST 
GO ROGUE HERE. 
OHIO STATE HAS 
TALKED ABOUT 
MAYBE THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
TRY TO PLAY. 
FROM WHAT I WAS 
TOLD BY MY 
SOURCE 
YESTERDAY, THE 
SEC IS SORT OF 
OPEN FOR 
BUSINESS, SAYING 
WHO WANTS TO 
COME IN AND PLAY 
FOOTBALL WITH 
US? 
AND I THINK 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
HAVE A COUPLE 
OUTLIERS WHO TRY 
TO PUSH THAT. 
WHAT IF THEY SAY 
WE'RE GOING ON 
OUR OWN. 
DO YOU WANT TO 
FIGHT SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT? 
I THINK IT IS 
UNCHARTERED 
TERRITORY FOR A 
VARIETY OF 
REASONS. 
WE HAVE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE IN THE 
ROOM. 
AND THE REASON 
WHY IT GOT TO 
THIS POINT THE 
11th HOUR WAS WE 
WEREN'T HEARING 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENTS. 
EVERY COACH, 
EVERY PLAYER, 
EVERY ATHLETIC 
DIRECTOR SAID 
WE'RE PLAYING 
FOOTBALL. 
WE DIDN'T HEAR 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENTS. 
THEN THEY GET IN 
A ROOM AND VOTE 
AND THEY SAY 
WHAT ARE WE 
DOING PLAYING 
FOOTBALL HERE. 
>> YEAH. 
DAN SAVANNAH 
FROM NEW YORK 
CALLING. 
LONG TIME 
LISTENER, FIRST 
TIME CALLER 
CALLING IN. 
I WONDER ABOUT 
THE NFL. 
THE NBA SEEMS TO 
HAVE IT RIGHT 
WITH THE BUBBLE 
IDEA. 
NHL DOING THAT 
TOO. 
WHAT DOES THIS 
MEAN PORTEND FOR 
THE NFL. 
>> WELL THE NFL 
HAS PLAYERS WHO 
SIGNED AWAY 
THEIR RIGHTS FOR 
COLLECTIVE 
BARGAINING 
AGREEMENTS. 
THE LIABILITY IS 
THE BIG ISSUE 
WITH COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL FROM 
WHAT I WAS TOLD. 
LIABILITY IS 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENTS ARE 
SO AFRAID OF. 
WITH THE NFL, 
THE PLAYERS CAN 
OPT OUT IF THEY 
DIDN'T WANT TO 
PLAY DURING THE 
PANDEMIC. 
YOU HAVE A UNION 
THAT REPRESENTS 
YOU. 
I THINK THE NFL 
WILL START ON 
TIME. 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
THEY WILL FINISH 
ON TIME. 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE BASICALLY 
CREATING THEIR 
OWN BUBBLES IN 
EACH CITY. 
THE SAINTS WILL 
HAVE A HOTEL. 
THE BUCCANEERS 
WILL HAVE A 
HOTEL. 
THAT WILL BE 
THEIR BUBBLE. 
THE TESTING 
MEASURES ARE 
INCREDIBLE WITH 
THE NFL. 
THEY HAVE THE 
MONEY. 
AND I THINK THAT 
IS ANOTHER KEY 
ISSUE. 
MOUNTAIN WEST, 
THE MID-AMERICAN 
CONFERENCE, THEY 
DON'T HAVE THE 
MONEY FOR THE 
TESTING. 
THE POWER 5 
CONFERENCE 
SCHOOLS HAVE THE 
MONEY FOR 
TESTING. 
AND YOU CAN MAKE 
A CASE THAT THE 
ATHLETES WILL BE 
SAFER ON CAMPUS. 
THEY WILL STAY 
ON CAMPUS IF 
THERE IS NO 
FOOTBALL. 
THEY WILL 
CONTINUE TO WORK 
OUT AND HAVE 
TESTING EVERY 
SINGLE DAY. 
IT IS THE 
SCHOOLS THAT 
DIDN'T HAVE THE 
TESTING THAT RUN 
THE REAL RISK. 
BUT I THINK THE 
NFL IS GOING TO 
START ON TIME. 
>> DAN PATRICK. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU, 
DAN. 
>> BY THE WAY, 
LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN. 
>> YOU CAN LOOK 
OUT FOR THE DAN 
PATRICK SHOW 
STREAMING ON 
PEACOCK ON 
AUGUST 24th. 
>> SCOTT 
SADDERFIELD IS 
EAGERLY AWAITING 
WORD WHETHER 
THERE WILL BE 
FOOTBALL. 
THE HEAD COACH 
OF THE 
LOUISVILLE 
CARDINALS. 
A MEMBER OF THE 
ACC, ONE OF THE 
POWER 5 
CONFERENCES. 
COACH SAID ON 
MONDAY THAT HIS 
TEAM IS READY 
AND WILLING TO 
PLAY. 
COACH, THANKS 
FOR WAKING UP 
WITH US THIS 
MORNING. 
WHICHAPPRECIATE 
YOUR TIME? 
>> APPRECIATE 
YOU HAVING ME 
ON. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING ABOUT 
THE LIKELIHOOD 
OF A FULL 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
SEASON? 
>> EVERYTHING 
WE'RE HEARING 
FROM OUR 
ADMINISTRATION 
HERE FROM THE 
ACC IS WE'RE 
MOVING FORWARD 
WITH EVERYTHING. 
YOU KNOW, WE'VE 
HAD PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
THEY HAD SEVERAL 
MONTHS TO GET 
THE PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE FOR OUR 
GUYS TO RETURN 
TO CAMPUS. 
WE HAD GUYS 
RETURN ON JUNE 
THE  8th. 
WE'VE BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL THE 
LAST THREE MOSS  
MONTHS HERE WITH 
OUR PRACTICES. 
EVERYTHING IS 
GOING VERY 
SMOOTH HERE. 
WE'RE EXCITED 
ABOUT MOVING 
FORWARD AND 
GETTING THE 
SEASON UNDERWAY. 
>> ANY POSITIVE 
TESTS SO FAR. 
>> YEP. 
WE'VE HAD I 
THINK AROUND 
FOUR POSITIVE 
TESTS SINCE JUNE 
THE  8th. 
AND, YOU KNOW, 
WE'VE GOT 115 
GUYS THAT WE'RE 
PRACTICING WITH 
RIGHT NOW. 
SO I THINK WE'VE 
BEEN VERY 
SUCCESSFUL. 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE'RE DOING, 
WITH ALL OF OUR 
PROTOCOLS, OUR 
TRAINING STAFF 
HAS BEEN 
PHENOMENAL. 
WE'RE TESTING. 
WE ACTIVELY 
TESTED EVERYONE 
THIS MORNING. 
WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
THE DOCTORS HAVE 
ASKED US TO DO. 
IT HAS BEEN THE 
MOST FRUSTRATING 
THING THAT WE'RE 
DEALING WITH. 
OUR PLAYERS ARE 
DOING EVERYTHING 
THAT THE MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS 
TOLD US TO DO 
AND NOW WE'RE 
QUESTIONING ARE 
WE INFLUX WITH 
THIS SEASON. 
THAT IS 
FRUSTRATING. 
>> I WANTED TO 
PICK UM ON 
SOMETHING YOU 
THAT SAID WITH 
REGARDS TO 
TESTING 
SPECIFICALLY. 
THE LOUISVILLES 
AND CLEMSONS AND 
ALABAMAS THEY 
CAN TEST THEIR 
PLAYERS 
FREQUENTLY. 
THE SMALLER 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
CAN'T AFFORD TO 
TEST THEIR 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT THE 
SAME RATE. 
HOW DO YOU 
BRIDGE THAT GAP? 
IF YOU'VE GOT 
SCHOOL THAT'S 
ARE ABLE TO TEST 
AND FOLLOW THE 
PROTOCOLS AND 
OTHER SCHOOLS 
CAN'T AFFORD TO 
DO THAT. 
>> YEAH. 
I MEAN THAT IS 
THE MOST 
DIFFICULT THING. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
SEEING A LOT OF 
THE SMALLER 
SCHOOLS OPTING 
OUT. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT POWER 5 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THE BIG 
10, THE ACC, THE 
PAC-12. 
ALL OF THE POWER 
CONFERENCES THAT 
IS THE MAIN -- 
THAT'S WHY 
YOU'RE SEEING 
WE'RE PLAYING 
CONFERENCE ONLY. 
EVERYONE IN OUR 
LEAGUE HAS THE 
SAME PROTOCOLS, 
DOING THE SAME 
WEEKLY TESTS. 
THAT'S WHY WE 
FEEL VERY SAFE. 
AS SAFE AS YOU 
CAN FEEL TO GO 
OUT AND PLAY 
GAMES ON 
SATURDAY 
AFTERNOONS. 
I THINK THAT IS 
THE BIG 
DIFFERENCE. 
FROM THE POWER 5 
TO THE SMALLER 
SCHOOLS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> THERE IS A 
REPORT THAT SOME 
BIG 10 ATHLETES 
DEVELOPED A RARE 
HEART CONDITION 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
COACH, AT WHAT 
POINT DOES IT 
BECOME UNSAFE TO 
PLAY? 
HOW DO WE DECIDE 
WHEN IT IS NOT 
SAFE ENOUGH TO 
PLAY COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL? 
>> WELL, I THINK 
WE OBVIOUSLY 
HAVE TO LEAN ON 
OUR MEDICAL 
ADVISORY BOARD. 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 
COACHES, 
ATHLETIC 
DIRECTORS OR 
PRESIDENTS. 
WE DON'T HAVE 
MEDICAL DEGREES. 
WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE CAN TO LEAN 
ON THE MEDICAL 
ADVISORY BOARD 
AND WHAT THEY'RE 
TELLING US. 
THEY ARE TELLING 
US TO CONTINUE 
TO MOVE FORWARD. 
IF THERE IS 
ANYTHING THAT 
COMES TO LIGHT 
THAT WE NEED TO 
SHUT DOWN 
BECAUSE OF 
HEALTH CONCERNS, 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
WILL DO. 
WE ARE IN THIS 
FOR THE STUDENT 
ATHLETES. 
BUT RIGHT NOW 
THEY'RE TELLING 
US TO CONTINUE 
TO PUSH FORWARD 
AND WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
THEY'RE ASKING 
US TO DO. 
HOPEFULLY WE 
WILL BE PLAYING 
SOON ON SATURDAY 
AFTERNOONS. 
>> TO THOSE WHO 
SAY IT IS SIMPLY 
NOT WORTH THE 
RISK. 
WE HAVE LOST 
160,000 
AMERICANS. 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS HAVE 
BEEN INFECTED. 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
STUDENTS HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN 
INFECTED. 
TO THOSE WHO SAY 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
JUST ISN'T WORTH 
THE RISK RIGHT 
NOW THE MIDST OF 
A PANDEMIC, YOU 
WOULD SAY WHAT? 
>> I WOULD SAY 
THAT THERE'S NO 
GUARANTEE THAT 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
GET THE VIRUS IF 
I DON'T PLAY 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
ALL OF THESE 
PEOPLE THAT YOU 
MENTIONED, THEY 
DIDN'T PLAY 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
SO WE HAVE 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
WE HAVE A BUBBLE 
WITHIN OUR TEAM 
RIGHT HERE AND 
WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE CAN TO KEEP 
THEM SAFE. 
WE FEEL IT IS AS 
SAFE IF NOT 
SAFER FOR OUR 
GUYS TO BE HERE 
AND FOLLOWING 
OUR PROTOCOLS 
AND HAVE A 
PURPOSE IN THEIR 
LIVES, TO PLAY 
FOOTBALL. 
THEY WON'T BE 
GOING OUT AND 
RUNNING AROUND 
THE TOWN. 
THEY WILL BE 
FOCUSED FOR THE 
NEXT FIVE 
MONTHS. 
IT IS EXTREMELY 
SAFE FOR OUR 
GUYS TO CONTINUE 
DO YOU THIS 
SOUTH. 
>> THANK YOU, 
COACH. 
BEST OF LUCK TO 
YOU AND THE TEAM 
AS WELL. 
>> APPRECIATE 
YOU HAVING ME 
ON. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM ONE 
ANOTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THESE TWO CRISIS 
MAY DOVETAIL 
INTO THE RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> CALIFORNIA 
GOVERNOR NEWSOM 
SPOKE TODAY FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
SINCE THE 
STATE'S PUBLIC 
HEALTH DIRECTOR 
RESIGNED. 
ERIN McLAUGHLIN 
JOINS US FROM 
LOS ANGELES NOW. 
WHAT DID THE 
GOVERNOR HAVE TO 
SAY, ERIN? 
>> Reporter: 
HEY. 
HE WAS ASKED 
REPEATEDLY ABOUT 
THE SURPRISE 
RESIGNATION OF 
CALIFORNIA'S 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
DIRECTOR, DR. 
SONIA ANGEL. 
SHE HAD BEEN IN 
HER POST FOR 
LESS THAN A 
YEAR. 
REALLY SEEN AS A 
CRITICAL PART OF 
HIS TEAM 
FIGHTING COVID-
19. 
HER RESIGNATION 
SHORTLY FOLLOW 
THIS HAD 
DATABASE GLITCH, 
THE DATABASE 
THAT COUNTS THE 
NUMBER OF 
CONFIRMED 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES THROUGHOUT 
THE STATE WAS 
RIDDLED WITH 
GLITCHES LAST 
WEEK RESULTING 
IN AN UNDERCOUNT 
IN THE NUMBER OF 
CONFIRMED CASES. 
THAT SYSTEM, THE 
GLITCHES HAS 
SINCE BEEN 
RESOLVED. 
THERE IS A 
BACKLOG OF 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
CASES. 
AND AUTHORITIES 
SAY THEY CAN'T 
LET ANY OF THE 
COUNTIES, THE 38 
COUNTIES 
CURRENTLY ON 
CALIFORNIA'S 
WATCH LIST OFF 
THAT LIST UNTIL 
THE SITUATION IS 
RESOLVED. 
IT IS REALLY 
SEEN AS A HUGE 
SET BACK IN THE 
FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID-19. 
HE WAS ASKED 
SPECIFICALLY IN 
THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE IF 
THERE IS ANY 
LINK BETWEEN THE 
DATABASE 
GLITCHES AND THE 
RESIGNATION. 
LISTEN TO HOW HE 
RESPONDED. 
>> I ACCEPTED 
HER RESIGNATION. 
WE'RE ALL 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR 
WHAT HAPPENS 
UNDERNEATH US. 
I DON'T WANT TO 
AIR ANY MORE 
THAN THAT. 
IF IT IS NOT 
OBVIOUS, THEN I 
-- WELL, I 
ENCOURAGE YOU TO 
CONSIDER THE 
FACT THAT WE 
ACCEPTED HER 
RESIGNATION. 
WE APPRECIATED 
HER WORK. 
WE ALL HAVE A 
ROLE AND 
RESPONSIBILITY 
WITH RESPECT TO 
WHAT HAPPENS IN 
OUR RESPECTIVE 
DEPARTMENTS. 
NONE OF THIS IS 
EASY. 
TECHNOLOGY IS 
ALWAYS 
STUBBORNING AND 
CHALLENGING. 
ALL OF THESE 
THINGS BEING 
ASSESSED AND 
CONSIDERED IN 
RELATIONSHIP TO 
WHAT WE'RE DOING 
GOING FORWARD 
WITH OUR ACTING 
INTERIM DPH 
DIRECTOR. 
>> THEY'RE STILL 
WORKING THROUGH 
THE DATA ISSUES. 
HE DID POINT TO 
THE DECLINE IN 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
HERE? 
THE STATE. 
DOWN TO 18% IN 
THE LAST TWO 
WEEKS. 
THE DATA IS 
COLLECTED 
SEPARATE TO THE 
NUMBER OF ACTUAL 
CASES. 
THAT IS REALLY, 
AGAIN, SEEN AS 
GOOD NEWS, GIVEN 
THE EXTREME 
LENGTHS 
CALIFORNIA HAS 
GONE TO TO TRY 
TO GET THE VIRUS 
UNDER CONTROL.. 
>> ERIN, DOCTORS 
AND TRACERS ARE 
SAYING THAT MOST 
NEW CASES ARE 
COMING FROM 
SUPER SPREADER 
TYPE EVENTS. 
WE KNOW THERE 
WAS A MASSIVE 
GATHERING IN 
STURGIS, SOUTH 
DAKOTA. 
WHAT ARE HEALTH 
EXPERTS SAYING 
ABOUT THESE 
MAJOR EVENTS? 
>> YEAH. 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
ARE REALLY UPSET 
BY THE SUPER 
SPREADING EVENTS 
THAT ARE 
CONTINUING HERE 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
POINTING 
SPECIFICALLY TO 
THIS EVENT IN 
STURGIS, SOUTH 
DAKOTA. 
IT WAS A 
MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY. 
A TEN-DAY EVENT. 
CURRENTLY IN DAY 
THREE. 
NORMALLY SOME 
500,000 PEOPLE 
DESCEND UPON 
TOUR YOU, SOUTH 
DAKOTA FOR THE 
EVENT. 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
DOES NOT HAVE A 
MANDATORY MASK 
POLICY. 
THE NBC CREW 
THERE THIS 
WEEKEND SAW MANY 
PEOPLE WITHOUT 
MASKS. 
REALLY A SOURCE 
OF FRUSTRATION 
TO HEALTH 
EXPERTS WHO 
POINT TO THIS 
KIND OF AN EVENT 
AS RESPONSIBLE 
FOR CONTINUING 
SURGES THAT 
WE'RE SEEING 
HERE IN THE U.S. 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
DR. GUPTA HAD TO 
SAY. 
>> THE DATA 
SUGGESTS THAT 
830% OF THE 
TRANSMISSIONS IS 
A RESULT OF 10-
20% OF 
INFECTIONS 
LIKELY BECAUSE 
OF EVENTS LIKE 
THIS THAT DRAW A 
NATIONAL CROWD 
LIKE IN STURGIS. 
>> ONCE THIS 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY 
IS OVER, ALL OF 
THE CITIZENS OF 
STURGIS WILL BE 
OFFERED FREE 
CORONAVIRUS 
TESTING. 
MANY OF THE 
PEOPLE THERE ARE 
EXTREMELY 
CONCERNED AND 
THAT IS A SMALL 
CONSOLATION. 
>> ERIN, HOW 
ABOUT THERE IN 
CALIFORNIA, WE 
KNOW THERE ARE 
SEVERAL 
RELIGIOUS GROUPS 
BRINGING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER WITHOUT 
MASKS. 
A CALIFORNIA 
GROUP HAD A 
SERVICE THAT 
DREW PROTESTERS. 
IN OREGON PLENTY 
OF PEOPLE WERE 
NOT WEARING 
MASKS. 
WHAT IS GOING ON 
HERE. 
>> YEAH. 
THAT'S THE GOD 
SPEAK CALVARY 
CHAPEL IN 
NEWBURY PARK, 
CALIFORNIA, 
WHICH ACTUALLY 
HAD A 
RESTRAINING 
ORDER, A 
TEMPORARY 
STRAINING ORDER 
ISSUED AGAINST 
IT BY A COURT. 
STOPPING THEM 
FROM HOSTING 
THEIR SERVICES 
INDOORS. 
NEVERTHELESS THE 
PASTOR THERE 
GOING FORWARD 
WITH THAT THIS 
WEEKEND. 
SOME 
DEMONSTRATORS 
SHOWED UP. 
AN EXAMPLE OF 
THE KINDS OF 
EVENTS THAT 
EXPERTS SAY ARE 
REALLY 
PROBLEMATIC. 
ANOTHER SERVICE 
IN OREGON. 
HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE TURNED 
OUT ON THE 
WATERFRONT IN 
PORTLAND TO HEAR 
A PREACHER 
SPEAK. 
VERY FEW MASKS 
SEEN AT THAT 
EVENT. 
THAT EVENT WAS 
OUTDOORS. 
BUT EXPERTS SAY 
GOING FORWARD 
THIS KIND OF 
THING REALLY 
NEEDS TO STOP IF 
WE WANT TO STOP 
THE SURGES THAT 
WE'RE SEEING IN 
THE VIRUS ACROSS 
THE U.S. 
♪[MUSIC]♪♪
>> THEY ADVISED 
THE CONGREGATION 
TO WEAR MASKS 
AND MAINTAIN 
SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
YOU CAN JUDGE 
FOR YOURSELF HOW 
MANY ACTUALLY 
DO. 
 
THESE SO-CALLED
THESE REVIVAL 
MEETINGS ON THE 
BEACH OF 
CALIFORNIA ARE 
TAKING PLACE IN 
VIOLATION OF 
HEALTH ORDERS 
AND AT A TIME 
THAT CORONAVIRUS 
CASES AND DEATHS 
ARE SURGING 
HERE. 
THE POLICE WERE 
THERE. 
BUT TOOK NO 
ACTION. 
THEY ADMIT THERE 
IS ONLY SO MUCH 
THEY CAN DO AT 
AN EVENT WITH 
HUNDREDS TAKING 
PART. 
>> THE KING OF 
KINGS. 
AND HE IS THE 
LORD OF LORDS. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
FORCED TO MOVE 
HERE TO NEWPORT 
BEACH AS THE 
STANDOFF WITH 
AUTHORITIES HAS 
GROWN. 
THE PREVIOUS 
WEEK THE COUNCIL 
ALONG THE COAST 
PUT UP ROAD 
SIGNS SAYING THE 
EVENT WAS 
CANCELED. 
YOU CAN'T CANCEL 
JESUS SAYS THE 
ORGANIZER. 
THEY DROWN OUT 
POLICE WARNINGS 
AND CONTINUE 
WITH THE 
SERVICE. 
>> HALLELUJAH. 
>> IT IS THEY 
SAY THEIR RIGHT 
TO DO THIS. 
>> FREEDOM. 
>> THE 
AUTHORITIES ARE 
SAYING DON'T DO 
IT. 
SHOULD YOU NOT 
BE ABIDING BY 
WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING. 
>> YEAH. 
I THINK 
ULTIMATELY, AND 
I GUESS IT IS 
LIKE WHERE YOU 
STAND 
POLITICALLY, BUT 
FOR US WE 
BELIEVE THAT 
LIKE AS AN 
AMERICAN 
CITIZEN, THE 
AUTHORITY IS THE 
PEOPLE. 
SO THE 
GOVERNMENT -- I 
MEAN, THEY'RE 
MEANT TO PROTECT 
THE WILL OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
SO WHEN THERE IS 
THAT TENSION OF 
GOVERNMENT POWER 
I THINK PEOPLE 
START TO WONDER, 
IS THIS AMERICA 
STILL. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS WORTH 
POINTING OUT 
THIS IS ORANGE 
COUNTY, A PLACE 
WHERE YOU CAN 
LOOK AROUND AND 
ALMOST BELIEVE 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
HAS NEVER 
HAPPENED. 
MASKS ARE FEW 
AND FAR BETWEEN. 
EVEN IN THE 
SHOPS. 
AND PEOPLE HERE 
SUPPORT THAT 
RIGHT TO 
CONGREGATE. 
>> MY OPINION 
HAS ALWAYS BEEN 
WE'RE IN THE 
OPARE. 
BEING THE AT 
BEACH, YOU'VE 
GOT A BREEZE 
GOING. 
AND TO ME THAT 
IS THE BEST WAY 
TO BE OUTSIDE. 
THEY WANT US ALL 
TO BE OUTSIDE. 
AND I THINK GOD 
IS EVERYWHERE. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK AT THE 
REVIVAL, THEY 
HEAD FOR THE 
WATER. 
BAPTISMS IN THE 
PACIFIC OCEAN 
ARE WHY MANY 
PEOPLE COME. 
AND FEW BELIEVE 
THERE'S A RISK 
IN ANY OF THIS. 
>> I THINK 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE 
FREE TO CHOOSE 
WHETHER THEY 
WANT TO WEAR A 
MASK OR NOT. 
I FEEL HEALTHIER 
WHEN I DON'T 
WEAR A MASK. 
>> I HAVE NO 
FEAR. 
>> NOT ABOUT THE 
VIRUS BUT ABOUT 
THE NUMBERS AND 
STATS. 
I KNOW A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
GOTTEN COVID. 
BUT THEY'RE ALL 
FINE. 
THEY'RE ALL 
BETTER. 
AND I KNOW A TON 
OF PEOPLE 
WALKING AROUND 
HERE THAT HAVE 
NEVER BEEN, YOU 
KNOW -- HAVE NOT 
GOT SICK AT ALL. 
>> YOU CAN GO 
OUT AND YOU'RE 
NOT FEELING OUT, 
THAT IS 
IRRESPONSIBLE. 
MAKE THE 
RESPONSIBLE 
CHOICE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
DOING THAT 
TONIGHT. 
>> I WOULD HOPE 
SO. 
YOU CAN'T 
CONTROL IT ONE 
WAY OR THE 
OTHER. 
YOU REALLY 
CAN'T. 
>> INSTEAD OF 
COVID IT IS 
CHRIST 
OVERCOMING 
VICTORY IN 
DISEASE. 
IF YOU HAVE AN 
ISSUE, STAY 
HOME. 
THERE WERE 
THOUSANDS OF 
PROTESTERS AND 
THEY DIDN'T HAVE 
MASKS ON. 
WE'RE PROTESTING 
FOR JESUS. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY SAY THERE 
IS NO WAY THAT 
THEY CAN STOP 
THIS NOW BECAUSE 
THEY BELIEVE 
THEY ANSWER TO A 
HIGHER 
AUTHORITY, EVEN 
IF THAT HAS PUT 
THEM IN DIRECT 
CONFLICT WITH 
THE RULES OF AN 
EARTHLY ONE. 
NBC NEWS, ORANGE 
COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA. 
>> IT IS A 
BREAKOUT SEASON. 
>> EVERYTHING 
WAS GOING GOOD. 
IF I HAD MORE 
TIME TO PLAY. 
>> THE PANDEMIC 
BROUGHT HIGH 
SCHOOL SPORTS TO 
A GRINDING HALT, 
LEAVING MANY 
HIGH SCHOOL 
ATHLETES 
WONDERING IF 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO GET A 
SCHOLARSHIP TO 
HELP PAY FOR 
COLLEGE. 
>> I WAS GOING 
TO GET A 
BASEBALL 
SCHOLARSHIP TO 
HELP PAY FOR 
COLLEGE. 
ONCE WE WERE OUT 
OF SCHOOL, THE 
SCHOLARSHIPS 
SLOWED DOWN AND 
I KNEW I 
WOULDN'T HAVE 
THE FUNDS AT THE 
END OF THE YEAR 
TO APPLY FOR 
COLLEGE. 
>> STUDENT 
ATHLETES LOOKING 
TO LAND ONE OF 
THOSE 
SCHOLARSHIPS 
GOES THROUGH AN 
INTENSE 
RECRUITING 
PROCESS THAT 
INVOLVES MEETING 
WITH COACHES IN 
PERSON. 
THAT ISN'T AN 
OPTION NOW. 
>> PHYSICALLY 
THE SPRING AND 
SUMMER MONTHS 
ARE PRIME 
RECRUITING TIMES 
WHERE COLLEGE 
COACHES ARE 
TRAVELING TO 
THESE CAMPS,  
TOURNAMENTS AND 
RECRUITING 
STUDENTS TO 
PLAY. 
THAT HASN'T BEEN 
HAPPENING. 
>> THE NCAA SAYS 
THERE ARE 
RESTRICTIONS ON 
RECRUITING UNTIL 
AT LEAST AUGUST. 
RESTRICTING ALL 
IN PERSON 
CONTACT FOR 
DIVISION 1. NOW 
PLAYERS ARE 
TURNING TO 
SOCIAL MEDIA AND 
OTHER ONLINE 
PLATFORMS TO 
SHOW RECRUITERS 
THEIR SKILLS. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
THING THAT I WAS 
DOING THROUGH 
THE PANDEMIC IS 
I WOULD RECORD 
MYSELF WORKING 
OUT AND POST IT 
ON TWITTER. 
AND THEN TRYING 
TO GET NOTICED 
THROUGH THERE. 
BECAUSE I KNOW 
THAT IS A BIG 
PLATFORM A LOT 
OF COLLEGE 
COACHES. 
>> WHAT HAS 
CHANGED IS NOW 
IT IS THE ONLY 
FORM OF 
RECRUITING. 
>> BUT MANY 
PLAYERS FEEL 
THAT COACHES AND 
RECRUITERS NEED 
TO MEET THEM IN 
PERSON TO SEE 
HOW MUCH THEY 
HAVE IMPROVED. 
>> RECRUITING-
WISE, IT HAS 
HURT ME QUITE A 
BIT BECAUSE I 
HAVEN'T BEEN 
ABLE TO GET IN 
FRONT OF COACH 
THAT'S I'M 
INTERESTED IN 
AND SCHOOLS AND 
SHOW THEM HOW 
MUCH PROGRESSIVE 
MADE THIS OFF 
SEASON. 
>> SOMEONE WHO 
ISN'T 6'8", YOU 
HAVE TO SEE A 
GUARD PLAY IN 
PERSON 
SOMETIMES. 
>> IN SOME 
PLACES IT IS 
UNCLEAR WHEN OR 
EVEN IF STUDENTS 
WILL GET BACK ON 
THE FIELD. 
SOME STATES LIKE 
OREGON WHERE 
THIS FAMILY 
LIVES HAS 
DECIDED TO 
POSTPONE FALL 
SPORTS TO THE 
SPRING. 
A DECISION THAT 
HAS THE FAMILY 
CONSIDERING 
MOVING SO HE 
COULD PLAY 
SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
>> HE IS BUMMED 
THAT HE MIGHT 
HAVE TO GO 
SOMEWHERE THAT 
HE HAS NEVER 
BEEN BEFORE. 
BUT STRUCTURALLY 
HE HAS TO DO IT 
THAT WAY. 
>> FOR RECENT 
GRADUATES LIKE 
DEVON, LOSING 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO PLAY FOR A 
SCHOLARSHIPS HAS 
FURTHER 
IMPLICATIONS. 
>> MY MOM TRIED 
TO HIDE IT FROM 
US FOR A LITTLE 
BIT. 
SHE WANTED US TO 
FOCUS ON SCHOOL. 
SHE TOLD US THAT 
WE HAVE TO PACK 
OURSELVES. 
WE WERE HOMELESS 
AFTER THAT. 
I REACHED OUT TO 
THE COACHES TO 
TRY TO GET HELP. 
THEY -- WE 
TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT HOW 
COLLEGE ISN'T AN 
OPTION ANYMORE. 
THINGS THAT WE 
CAN DO TO HELP 
US WITH HOUSING 
AND SHELTERS. 
BUT WE ARE 
CURRENTLY STILL 
HOMELESS, 
LOOKING FOR 
HOUSING. 
>> FOR NOW 
COACHES ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
CURRENT PLAYERS 
TO FOCUS ON WHAT 
THEY CAN 
CONTROL. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
THING IS TRAIN 
AND PREPARE. 
THERE IS GOING 
TO COME A TIME 
WHERE IT WILL BE 
SAFE FOR US TO 
PLAY. 
AND WE'RE 
PUSHING FOR THAT 
MOMENT. 
AND WHEN THE 
OPPORTUNITY 
COMES, BE 
PREPARED TO 
SEIZE IT. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING IN 
BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR EYES. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY THE 
PEOPLE THAT I 
SPOKE TO SAY IF 
THEY DON'T WORK, 
THEY CAN'T FEED 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS ON 
THE GROUND 
LEARNING WHERE 
IT HAS BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO YOU CAN 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING THAT WE 
HAVE TO FEAR IS 
FEAR ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE FAINT 
HEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
>> I HAVE SO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO-SO 
THIS AN ENGINE 
FOR PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THESE MAY 
DOVETAIL INTO 
THE RISK OF 
TRANKS MISSION 
AT THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> YOU MAY HAVE 
SEEN POSTERS 
MEMES EVEN BABY 
ONSIES WITH THE 
LETTER Q. THE 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORY'S MAIN 
SIGNAL AND 
SYMBOL. 
>> IN A TIME OF 
DEEP POLITICAL 
POLARIZATION AND 
WIDESPREAD 
DISTRUST OF 
INSTITUTIONS 
POWERED BY 
DISINFORMATION 
IT IS THE MOTHER 
OF ALL MODERN 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES. 
>> THE HEART OF 
THE Q BELIEF 
SYSTEM IS ALMOST 
EVERYONE IN 
POWER IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS 
PART OF A SECRET 
KABUL, A DEEP 
STATE. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
WAS PICKED BY 
MILITARY LEADERS 
TO RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT AS A 
WAY TO BRING 
DOWN THE DEEP 
STATE. 
>> WHICH IS 
AFFILIATED WITH 
ALL SORTS OF 
MISBEHAVIOR, NOT 
LIMITED TO CHILD 
TRAFFICKING. 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
THE VIEW IS 
GOING TO SAVE US 
FROM THIS IN A 
MOMENT CALLED 
THE -- 
>> THE STORM IS 
COMING. 
>> WHAT STORM, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
>> YOU WILL FIND 
OUT. 
>> THE STORM IS 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
THE MOMENT WHERE 
ALL OF THESE 
EVILDOERS ARE 
GOING TO BE 
ARRESTED AND PUT 
IN FRONT OF 
MILITARY IN 
GUANTANAMO AND 
AMERICA WILL BE 
RESTORED WITH 
GREATNESS. 
>> WE ARE 
FINALLY PUTTING 
AMERICA FIRST. 
>> CALLING 
THEMSELVES Q HAS 
BEEN POSING AN 
AN INSIDER 
ONLINE POSTING 
WHAT FOLLOWERS 
THINK ARE CLUES 
ABOUT THIS 
IMAGINARY WAR. 
ALL OF THE CLUES 
INCLUDING THAT 
HILLARY CLINTON 
WAS ARRESTED AND 
JOHN KENNEDY 
JUNE IS O'ER ARE 
ALIVE TURN OUT 
TO BE WRONG. 
BUT THE BATTING 
AVERAGE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO MATTER. 
IN A SHORT TIME, 
THE CONSPIRE 
THEORY HAS 
SPREAD FROM 
INTERNET FORUM 
TO MAIN STREET 
MAGA FEEDS TO 
THE REAL WORLD. 
RESEARCHERS NOTE 
THAT THE PATH 
INTO MAINSTREAM 
POLITICS IS 
REALLY THE STORY 
OF AN ELECTION, 
A PANDEMIC AND 
THE INTERNET 
ITSELF. 
>> IF YOU'RE AT 
HOME AND YOU'RE 
ISOLATED AND 
YOU'RE WONDERING 
WHAT IS GOING ON 
WITH THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
YOU'RE 
UNSATISFIED WITH 
STATE AND 
NATIONAL 
GOVERNMENT 
EXPLANATIONS, 
THEN CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES START 
TO LOOK 
REASONABLE IN 
THE FACE OF THE 
ABSENCE OF 
AUTHORITY AND 
KNOWLEDGE. 
>> MEANWHILE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS USED HIS OWN 
SOCIAL MEDIA 
ACCOUNTS TO PUSH 
ON FOLLOWERS AND 
CONTENTS NEARLY 
200 TIMES. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
HAS CALLED NEWS 
COVERAGE OF THIS 
AND OTHER 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES 
RIDICULOUS. 
WE HAVE SEEN HOW 
SUCH CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES CAN 
PROVE DANGEROUS. 
>> LAST YEAR THE 
FBI IDENTIFIED 
IT AS A 
POTENTIAL 
DOMESTIC TERROR 
THREAT. 
>> IF YOU 
BELIEVE YOUR 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BEING CONTROLLED 
BY SATANIC SEX 
TRAFFICKERS, 
TAKE ACTION ON 
YOUR OWN. 
>> 75 PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE SHOWN 
SUPPORT HAVE RUN 
FOR CONGRESS 
THIS YEAR. 
POLLS SUGGEST A 
COUPLE MIGHT 
ACTUALLY WIN 
CANDIDATES LIKE 
LAUREN, A 
RESTAURANT OWNER 
WHO DEFEATED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ENDORSED 
CANDIDATE IN 
COLORADO'S 3rd 
DISTRICT. 
SHE APPEARED ON 
TALK SHOWS. 
>> EVERYTHING 
THAT I HAVE 
HEARD I HOPE 
THAT THIS IS 
REAL. 
>> IN JULY, SHE 
DISTANCED 
HERSELF FROM HER 
PRIOR PRAISE. 
IN A TWEET 
CALLING IT FAKE 
NEWS. 
SHE IS FAVORED 
TO WIN IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> HELLO. 
>> AND THEN 
THERE'S PERKINS, 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINEE FOR U.S. 
SENATE IN 
OREGON. 
THE INSURANCE 
AGENT CALLS 
HERSELF AIKEN 
TALL FOLDER. 
IN A NOW DELETED 
TWEET SAID. 
>> I STAND WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> THOUGH HER 
CHANCE IN THE 
GENERAL MAY BE 
SLIM, SHE WON 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PRIMARY BY A 
LANDSLIDE. 
>> HAVE YOU BEEN 
FOLLOWING Q, ANY 
OF THAT STUFF? 
ANYBODY? 
>> THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CANDIDATE 
RUNNING TO 
REPRESENT 
GEORGIA'S 14th 
DISTRICT 
MARJORIE TAYLOR 
GREEN IS ONE OF 
THE MOST ARDENT 
AND UNAPOLOGETIC 
CANDIDATES. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP NEEDS ME 
AND CONGRESS TO 
PUT AMERICA 
FIRST. 
>> GREEN IS A 
BUSINESS WOMAN 
WHO WAS 
CONDEMNED BY HER 
OWN PARTY IN 
JUNE AFTER 
SEVERAL RACIST 
AND ANTI-SEMITIC 
VIDEOS WERE 
UNEARTHED BY 
POLITICO. 
MANY OF THE 
POSTS HAVE BEEN 
REMOVED BUT HER 
SUPPORT FOR Q 
STILL LIVES 
ONLINE. 
>> NOW, Q IS A 
PATRIOT. 
>> GREEN WON 
MORE THAN 40% OF 
THE PRIMARY VOTE 
AND SET FOR A 
RUNOFF IN A 
DEEPLY RED 
DISTRICT THAT IS 
ALL BUT A SURE 
LOCK FOR THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CANDIDATE. 
GREEN AND 
COLORADO'S 
LAUREN BOBART 
DID NOT RESPOND 
TO OUR REQUEST 
FOR COMMENT. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINEE DECLINED 
TO COMMENT ON 
HER SUPPORT FOR 
Q SAYING SHE WAS 
FOCUSED ON THE 
ISSUES. 
>> IF THEY WIND 
UP IN WASHINGTON 
I DON'T THINK 
THAT WILL CHANGE 
ANYTHING VERY 
MUCH. 
THE WORST THING 
THAT WILL HAPPEN 
FROM THAT, THESE 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
GIVEN A PLATFORM 
ON WHICH TO 
SHARE THESE 
IDEAS. 
>> THESE 
CANDIDATES 
HAVEN'T SAID HOW 
THEIR BELIEF IN 
THE CONSPIRACY 
THEORY WILL 
GUIDE THEM AS 
LAWMAKERS. 
FOR NOW THEY 
JUST WANT TO 
WIN. 
>> FANON IS A 
CREATURE OF THE 
INTERNET. 
PARTICULARLY IN 
THE REAL WORLD 
OF WASHINGTON, 
D.C. FOR QANON 
BELIEVERS, THERE 
WOULD BE VERY 
LITTLE TO 
CELEBRATE MORE 
THAN HAVING 
SOMEONE COME TO 
THE U.S. SENATE 
WHO BELIEVED IN 
QANON. 
THERE IS NO 
VICTORY LIKE 
THAT. 
>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS. 
WE HAVE THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM. 
WHAT DO YOU HAVE 
ON THIS TACO 
TUESDAY. 
>> I LOVE THAT. 
TACO TUESDAY. 
WE DO HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
NBC NEWS HAS 
JUST LEARNED 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
HAS CHOSEN HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
HE HAS MADE A 
DECISION. 
BUT HE COULD 
REVEAL IT AS 
EARLY AS TODAY. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHO YET. 
STILL ON THAT 
WATCH. 
WE ARE LEARNING 
THAT HE HAS 
ACTUALLY MADE A 
DECISION. 
NOW, LET'S HEAD 
OVER TO GEORGIA 
WHERE ONE SCHOOL 
DISTRICT IS 
TELLING OVER 800 
STUDENTS TO 
QUARANTINE 
FOLLOWING A RISE 
IN CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
ONLY REOPENED A 
WEEK AGO. 
NOW AT LEAST 19 
SCHOOLS ARE 
AFFECTED BY THE 
NEW CASES. 
IT IS WORTH 
NOTING THAT 
STUDENTS AND 
TEACHERS AREN'T 
REQUIRED TO WEAR 
MASKS THOUGH THE 
DISTRICT SAYS 
THEY'RE 
RECOMMENDED. 
,
CONTINUES TO 
SPREAD ACROSS 
THE U.S. THE NEW 
DAILY CASES IN 
THE CASTATE APPEAR 
TO BE SLOWING. 
THERE ARE OTHER TO
UNSETTLING 
MARKERS. 
FLORIDA'S TTRECORD 
FOR WEEKLY 
HOSPITALIZATION 
IT AND IT'S 276 
NEW DEATHS. 
ITS HIGHEST 
SINGLE DAY TOTAL 
YES. 
NOW, RUSSIA, 
WHERE PRESIDENT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
IS CLAIMING HE 
IS ONE MORE RACE 
TO DEVELOP A 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE. 
TODAY, PRESIDENT 
ANNOUNCED THAT 
RUSSIA 
REGISTERED THE 
WORLD'S FIRST, 
19 VACCINE. NA
BUT HE
 
AT
DID NOT 
PROVIDE ANY 
EVIDENCE. 
THIS, OF COURSE, 
PUNTED A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM 
ACROSS THE WORLD 
INCLUDING U.S. 
HEALTH AND 
HUMAN 
SERVICES 
SECRETARY. 
>> THE POINT IS 
NOT TO BE FIXED 
WITH THE 
VACCINE. 
THE POINT IS TO 
HAVE A VACCINE 
THAT IS SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE FOR 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
WORLD. 
>> LIVING UP TO 
THE THAT IVMAN 
WAS, MORE THAN 
MANY PEOPLE WERE 
WITHOUT POWER 
THIS MORNING 
BECAUSE OF A 
RARE STORM 
YESTERDAY. 
BEST OF OVER 100 
MILES PER HOUR 
RACED ACROSS 
ILLINOIS, 
INDIANA, AND 
MICHIGAN. 
WITH THE STORM 
SPENDING MORE 
THAN 14 HOURS. 
THE STORM WAS 
SUSPECT WHAT 
WOMAN IN INDIANA 
WAS FOUND DEAD 
AFTER DESTROYED 
HER HOME. 
NO, FOR AN 
UPDATE ON 
GHISLAINE 
MAXWELL, WHO WAS 
ARRESTED IN JULY 
AND CHARGED WITH 
DRIVING UNDERAGE 
GIRLS FOR 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 
MAXWELL'S LEGAL 
TEAM CLAIMS SHE 
IS SUFFERING 
FROM 
PARTICULARLY 
DIFFICULT JAIL FF
CONDITIONS LIKE 
24-HOUR 
SURVEILLANCE AND 
CIVIL BODY 
SCANS. 
HER  LAWYERS ALSO 
ARGUED THE HARSH 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
ARE THE RESULT 
OF EPSTEIN'S 
SUICIDE THE ROLE 
OF PRISONS HAS 
NOT RESPONDED. 
WE WILL BE 
KEEPING AN EYE 
ON THAT. 
ALISON?  
>>> ALL RIGHT, 
SAVANNAH, AGAIN, 
YOU GOT A WHOLE 
LOT GOING ON 
TODAY. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR GETTING 
US UP TO SPEED 
AND WE WILL SEE 
YOU IN AN HOUR.  
>>> UNIVERSITY 
OF ARIZONA 
STUDENTS ARE 
HEADING BACK TO 
THE CAMPUS. 
BUT THE WILL 
NEED TO E GET 
TESTED FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
FIRST. 
NBC NEWS 
REPORTER  RON RO
HILLIARD JOINS ME
FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
TUCSON CAMPUS. 
WE ARE 
TALKING 
ABOUT A WHOLE 
LOT OF STUDENTS 
HERE. 
WHAT IS THIS 
TESTING PROCESS 
LIKE? 
>> TESTING IN
PROCESS IS A 
WEIRD WAY TO, I 
GUESS, BE 
INTRODUCED TO 
COLLEGE 
ORIENTATION. 
THIS IS WEEK 
NUMBER ONE. 
THIS WEEK IS 
WHEN FOLKS ARE 
MOVING BACK FOONTO 
THE CAMPUS AND 
COMING BACK INTO 
TUCSON TO BEGIN 
CLASSES AGAIN. 
AND WHAT YOU SEE 
HERE IS A 
UNIVERSITY 
SETTING UP AN 
ANTIGEN TESTING 
PROCESS, WHERE 
ALL STUDENTS %
LIVING ON 
CAMPUS, WHERE 
ABOUT 200, 300 
OF THEM. 
THEY COME 
THROUGH THESE 
DOORS AND GET 
TESTED FOR ABOUT 
AN HOUR TO GET 
THOSE LAB 
RESULTS. 
AT THAT POINT, OS
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO MOVE 
INTO THE  DORMS 
HERE ON CAMPUS. 
AND OH, ONTHIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN A 
RESTAURANT. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN 
THE WATER. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN 
IN GYM 
ESSENTIALLY, YOU 
ARE WELCOMING 
FOLKS INTO A 
PROFESSIONAL 
ENVIRONMENT ALSO 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT. 
EDUCATIONAL 
ENVIRONMENT HERE 
IN WHICH YOU ARE 
DEALING  YWITH THE 
POPULATION THAT 
IS EXPECTED TO 
BE ABOUT 20,000, 
WHICH IS ABOUT 
HALF OF ISWHAT 
THEIR NORMAL 
ENROLLMENT IS 
HERE AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA. 
STILL, 20,000 
FOLKS CAMEF  IN TO 
THIS PART OF 
TUCSON HERE. 
THAT IS A 
CONVERSATION I 
WANT YOU TO 
LISTEN TO. 
RICHARD CARMONA. 
HE IS  THE FORMER 
U.S. SURGEON 
GENERAL UNDER 
THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
IS A TUCSON 
RESIDENT NOW. 
HE HAS BEEN 
TESTED BY THE 
UNIVERSITY TO 
MEET THE ENTRY 
EFFORT HERE. 
I WANT YOU TO 
HEAR DIRECTLY 
FROM HIM IN 
TERMS OF WHAT IS 
AT STAKE ON THE 
CAMPUS. 
>> IT IS GOING 
TO BE VERY 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU WON'T 
PROBABLY SEE ALL 
OF THE OTHER 
SOCIAL 
ACTIVITIES, 
FRATERNITIES, 
SORORITIES WILL  O
BE. ALL OF THOSE 
GROUPS HAVE BEEN 
CONTACTED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THAT THEY HAVE 
TO ADJUST THEIR 
SOCIAL BEHAVIORS 
TO THIS NEW JU
WORLD ORDER SO 
THAT WE DON'T 
INADVERTENTLY 
SPREAD 
INFECTION. 
>> Reporter: DR. VED
KIMONO WAS 
EMPHASIZING THAT 
IT IS GOING TO 
TAKE THE 
STUDENTS, 
FACULTY, 
EVERYBODY ABOUT UD
THIS CAMPUS NEW 
ZEALAND AND 
ORDER TO KEEP 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OPEN. 
THERE ARE SOME 
UNIVERSITIES 
LIKE HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY AND 
JOHNS HOPKINS 
THAT HAVE OPTED 
TO GO ONLY VE
DIGITALLY THIS 
SEMESTER HERE. 
BUT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA, 
INTENDING F TO MAKE
FROM A HYBRID 
MODEL WHERE SOME 
STUDENTS ARE 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO START GOING 
BACK INTO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
IF ALL HEGOES 
WELL, AT AN 
INCREASING RATE, 
WE SHOULD KNOW, 
YESTERDAY, WAS 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
TESTING HERE ON 
CAMPUS. 
AND THE 
UNIVERSITY 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
ONE OUT OF 600 
INDIVIDUALS 
THERE AND 
ACTUALLY TESTED 
POSITIVE WHICH 
IS A 
SUGGESTION 
THAT THEY ARE 
STARTING OFF ON 
A GOOD NOTE HOW 
DOES THE CAMPUS 
GO FORWARD FROM 
HERE? 
>> YOU ARE GOING 
TO INSERT THIS 
INTO YOUR 
NOSTRIL. 
>> SO VONN, IT 
IS GOING TO BE A 
DIFFERENT START 
TO THE YEAR. 
SCHOOL IS NOT 
GOING TO BE 
QUITE LIKE IT 
WAS. 
IT IS PROBABLY 
NOT WHAT THEY 
WERE EXPECTING. 
TO BE SHOWING UP 
FOR? 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT IT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
TELLING YOU ABOUT
GOING BACK TO 
ACE MR. THAT 
LOOKS LIKE THIS? 
>> WE TALKED TO 
SEVERAL OF THE 
STUDENTS AND A 
LOT OF BIG 
QUESTION MARK 
THAT THEY ALSO 
HAVE IN THEIR 
MINDS. 
TAKE A  R LISTEN TO 
SOME OF OUR 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> IT IS GOING 
TO BE  ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT, 
OBVIOUSLY. 
THERE'S NOT EN
GOING TO BE MUCH 
TO DO, I FEEL 
LIKE, AND NOT 
GOING TO BE VERY 
MANY PEOPLE ON 
CAMPUS, 
OBVIOUSLY. 
>> ARE YOU 
POSITIVE IN THE 
SCHOOL DOING THE 
BEST THEY CAN? 
I JUST DON'T 
KNOW HOW ST
STUDENTS WILL 
REACT. 
>> Reporter:  WTHE 
LAST WOMAN YOU 
HEARD FROM, SHE 
IS A JUNIOR THIS 
YEAR. 
AND YOU HEARD 
HER SAY THAT SHE 
BELIEVES THE 
UNIVERSITY WAS 
DOING EVERYTHING 
SHE SAID. 
SHE IS ACTIVELY 
LIVING WITH HER 
FAMILY. 
SHE IS ALSO A 
THEATER MAJOR 
AND SHE SAID 
THAT SHE WANTS 
TO GO SHTO CLASS 
BECAUSE THERE IS 
AN INTEGRAL PART 
OF THEATER IN 
TERMS OF BEING IN
PHYSICAL CONTACT 
WITH ONE 
ANOTHER. 
AND SHE SAID 
THAT THAT IS SHE 
SAID SHE IS LOST 
BUT LAID OFF 
THREE DIFFERENT 
JOBS THIS %YEAR. 
FROM HER IS
RESTAURANT. 
AS WELL AS TWO 
OTHER JOBS THAT 
SHE SAID SHE 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
IMPACT THAT COVID
HAD CAN HAVE ON 
A COMMITTEE. 
SHE SAID THAT 
THAT IS WHERE 
SHE WANTS OTHER 
STUDENTS TO 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IMPERATIVE IT 
IS, ESPECIALLY 
WHEN YOUNGER 
PEOPLE ARE 
LARGELY SHOWING 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
SIGNS, HOW 
IMPERATIVE IT IS 
BETTER TO OM
NOT 
ONLY KEEP THE 
UNIVERSITY OPEN 
BUT ALSO TO KEEP 
INDIVIDUALS LIKE 
HER OWN FAMILY 
WHO SHE LIVES 
WITH SAFE. 
>> VAUGHN, SO 
MANY THINGS UGTHAT 
THOSE STUDENTS 
ARE GOING THERE. 
SUCH A TOUGH 
YEAR FOR THEM ON 
SO MANY LEVELS. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE INEVITABLE 
HERE. 
YOU BRING 
STUDENTS BACK. %
SOMEONE IS %
PROBABLY GOING 
TO GET THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN THERE'S S.A 
CASE ON CAMPUS 
AND WHAT IS THE 
UNIVERSITY 
PLANNING ON WHAT 
HAPPENS AND 
WHERE THEY ARE 
IN THE YEAR? YE
>> Reporter: THE 
UNIVERSITY HAS 
TURNED THREE 
DORMITORIES INTO 
ISOLATION DORMS. 
SO IF AN 
INDIVIDUAL TO 
POSITIVE, THEY 
ARE GOING TO GO 
TO THAT 
ISOLATION FROM, 
WHERE THE 
UNIVERSITY WILL 
DELIVER THREE 
DAYS IN. 
AND SO THE 
IMPACT IS THAT 
THEY ARE ABLE TO 
STOP THE SPREAD 
AND ESSENTIALLY 
TRIED THEIR BEST 
TO OPERATE IN A 
SAFE ENVIRONMENT 
AS POSSIBLE. 
AT THAT POINT, 
THINGS ARE GOING 
TO GO BACK TO 
THE CONTACT 
TRACING. 
EVERYBODY WHO 
THAT STUDENT T 
CAME IN CONTACT 
WITH, UNIQUE 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THE SIGNIFICANCE 
HERE, TOO, 
BECAUSE THIS IS 
ALSO THE LARGEST 
EMPLOYER. 
ABOUT 15,000 
FACULTY HERE. TH
I WAS HAVING A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA 
PRESIDENT, SABOBBY 
ROBBINS. 
I WANT TO LET 
YOU LISTEN TO 
PART OF THE 
CONVERSATION 
BECAUSE HE ALSO 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
IMPACT HERE. 
>> I AM 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE HAVE GOT THE 
BEST POSSIBLE 
SYSTEMS IN PLACE 
WITH EXTENSIVE 
TESTING, GREAT 
CONTACT TRACING, 
AND THE CAPACITY 
TO ISOLATE. 
I'M ALSO 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE CAN CONTINUE 
TO SAY, WASH 
YOUR HANDS, 
COVER YOUR FACE, 
AND STAY AS FAR 
AWAY FROM AS 
MANY PEOPLE AS 
POSSIBLE. 
IF WE MAINTAIN 
THOSE SIX . 
GUIDING 
PRINCIPLES, WE 
WILL DO A LOT TO 
BE ABLE TO KEEP 
AND OPERATE FROM 
HAPPENING. 
>>> RESIDENT 
ROBINS TOLD ME 
THAT THEY WILL 
BE PREPARED TO 
THE DS QUIT AND 
MAKE THIS AN 
ONLINE SEMESTER 
IF THESE 
NUMBERS 
WERE TO GET OUT 
OF HAND AS YOU 
HEARD HIM SAY, 
THEY ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
FOLKS TO TAKE 
THIS SERIOUSLY. 
AND DO THEIR 
BEST TO KEEP 
THIS UNIVERSITY  
OPEN HERE 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANT TO GIVE 
STUDENTS THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
CONTINUE AND 
EXPAND THEIR 
EDUCATION THE 
WHOLE POINT OF 
THE UNIVERSITY 
AT THE 
SAME TIME,
WE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT A VERY 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT AND 
YOU HAVE SEEN 
EVERY AGE GROUP 
STRUGGLE TO A 
LARGE EXTENT 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY BEING 
ABLE TO SOCIALLY 
DISTANT AND BE 
COGNIZANT OF 
WHAT IS ABOUT 
THEM. 
I THINK THIS IS 
THE COUNTRY'S 
BIGGEST TO 
PERHAPS YET. 
>> YEAH, IT IS 
QUITE A YETEST FOR 
SURE. 
VAUGHN HILLYARD 
WITH THE LATEST 
FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA. 
TAKE A  OFOR 
SHOWING WHAT IT 
IS LIKE THERE AS 
THEY TRIED TO 
GET KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL. 
>> THANKS.! 
COACHES FIGHTING 
TO SAVE THEIR 
SEASONS. 
ATHLETES WORRIED 
ABOUT LOSING 
THEIR 
SCHOLARSHIPS. 
FANS 
DISAPPOINTED AS 
THE IMAGINE A EI%LA
FAULT WITHOUT A 
BALL. 
COLLEGE 
CONFERENCES ARE 
STILL TRIED TO 
FIGURE OUT 
WHETHER TO PUT 
THEIR PLAYERS 
BACK ON THE 
FIELD NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
MORGAN CHESKY IS NB
AT THE MERCY OF 
NORTH TEXAS'S 
CAMPUS IN 
DENTON. 
MORGAN, WHAT IS 
THE LATEST TODAY 
ON THE 
CONFERENCE 
HEADS? 
WHAT IS GOING ONNF
ON? 
>> ALISON, WE 
FINALLY 
CONFIRMED A LOT 
OF THE RUMORS WE 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING FROM 
YESTERDAY. 
THAT IS WITHIN 
THE PAST SEVERAL 
MINUTES,  A BIG 
10 CONFERENCE, 
ONE OF THE POWER 
FIVE IN THE 
COUNTRY HAS 
OFFICIALLY 
ANNOUNCED THAT 
IT IS  POSTPONED 
FALL SPORTS AND 
THAT INCLUDES 
FOOTBALL. 
KEEP IN MIND, 
THESE ARE 
SCHOOLS THAT 
BRING HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE TGAMES 
EACH AND EVERY 
SATURDAY JUST AN
PULLED UP THIS 
ESTIMATE THAT 
THE CONFERENCE 
BUT I JUST 
MINUTES AGO. 
I WANT TO READ 
TO YOU IN PART 
WHAT IT SAYS, 
SAYING THAT WE 
KNOW HOW 
SIGNIFICANT THE 
STUDENT ATHLETES %
EXPERIENCE CAN 
BE IN SHIPPING 
THE FUTURE OF 
THE TALENTED 
YOUNG WOMEN AND 
MEN. 
EVERYONE IS D 
ASSOCIATED WITH %
THE BIG TEN 
CONFERENCE AND 
ITS MEMBER 
TRADITIONS IS 
COMMITTED TO 
GETTING EVERYONE 
BACK TO NS%THE 
COMPETITION AS 
SOON AS IT IS 
SAFE TO DO SO 
BECAUSE THEY SEE 
THAT WINTER AND 
SPRING SPORTS 
ARE STILL BEING 
EVALUATED AT 
THIS TIME 
ALISON, THIS IS 
AN INCREDIBLE 
DECISION BECAUSE 
OF THE MAJOR 
CONFERENCES KIND 
OF HAVE BEEN 
WAITING ON THE 
SIDELINES, IF 
YOU WILL, 
WATCHING TO SEE 
WHAT THE BIG TEN 
WILL DO. 
THEY HAVE 
COME 
OUT AND 
OFFICIALLY MADE 
THIS DECISION. 
IT ESSENTIALLY 
DRAWS A LINE IN 
THE SAND FOR A 
LOT OF THE OTHER 
SCHOOLS ABOUT 
THE COUNTRY AS 
TO WHETHER OR 
NOT YOU'RE GOING 
TO HAVE A 
SEASON. 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
LOT OF TALK ON, 
WILL THERE BE A 
POSTPONING OF A 
FEW GAMES 
SO 
THEY CAN PUT 
SOME SORT OF 
PROTOCOL INTO 
PLACE? 
BUT AS NTOF RIGHT 
NOW, ONE OF THE 
LARGEST 
CONFERENCES IN 
THE COUNTRY HAS 
DECIDED BETTER 
TO WAIT IT OUT 
UNTIL AT LEAST 
SPRING AND 
PROCEED THAT 
WAY. 
ALISON?  
>> AND MORGAN, 
THE BIG TEN 
MAKING THIS G 
DECISION WHILE 
THEY WERE UNDER 
SOME INTENSE 
PRESSURE. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SOME BIG VOICES, 
IMPORTANT PEOPLE 
CALLING FOR 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TO COME R BACK. 
IF YOU TELL US A 
LITTLE BIT MORE 
ABOUT THAT AND 
MAKE THE 
ARGUMENT HAS 
BEEN ON THAT 
SIDE OF THINGS. 
ALISON, YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
SOME OF THE MOST 
HISTORIC 
PROGRAMS IN THE 
COUNTRY THAT ARE 
PART OF WHAT IS  
A $4 BILLION 
BUSINESS. 
THAT IS  THE 
ESTIMATED AMOUNT 
THAT COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL BRINGS 
IN FROM AN 
ECONOMIC 
STANDPOINT ALL 
ACROSS THE  
COUNTRY. 
TO THESE 
COMMITTEES. 
WE NOTE THAT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN COACH, 
JIM HARBAUGH, %AN 
OUTSPOKEN 
ADVOCATE OF 
LETTING HIS TEAM 
GO FORTH IN 
PLAY, 
ESSENTIALLY 
THING THAT YOU 
CAN CREATE AN 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
THAT IS SAFER 
FOR THE STUDENT 
ATHLETES ON 
CAMPUS THAT WAS 
MORE CONTROLLED 
AND LETTING THEM 
GO HOME WHERE 
THERE IS 
ESSENTIALLY NO 
RULES IN PLACE 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE BEING 
SAFE. 
MEANWHILE, TOP 
PLAYERS IN THE 
COUNTRY, TREVOR 
LAWRENCE, THE 
CLEMSON 
QUARTERBACK, WHO 
WAS EXPECTED %TO 
GO NUMBER ONE IN 
THE UPCOMING NFL 
DRAFT, CAME OUT 
AND SAID THAT 
THERE IS A SAFE 
WAY TO PLAY THIS 
GAME IF WE ALL 
GET TOGETHER AND 
HAVE A 
CONVERSATION. 
HE ALSO WAS 
TRYING TO LOBBY 
FOR COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS 
ASSOCIATION TO 
BE CREATED, %%
ESSENTIALLY THE 
SAME AS AN NFL 
PLAYERS UNIT  
THAT WOULD LOBBY 
ON THE PLAYERS' 
BEHALF BACK AND 
TRY TO PUT SOME 
RULES AND 
REGULATION IN 
PLACE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THOSE 
PLAYERS COULD 
ACTUALLY SEE THE 
FIELD COME 
SATURDAY. 
BUT AS IT STANDS 
RIGHT NOW, 
EVERYTHING IS UP 
IN THE AIR. 
THE ONLY 
CERTAINTY WE 
KNOW AT THIS 
POINT FROM THAT 
MAJOR CONFERENCE 
STANDPOINT IS 
THAT THE BIG TEN 
WILL BE QUIET 
COME SATURDAY 
THIS FALL. 
>> YEAH. 
AND MORGAN, I 
MEAN, YOU 
MENTIONED THIS, IS
THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT. 
OBVIOUSLY 
DEVASTATING FOR 
STUDENT ATHLETES 
WITH FUTURES OR, 
YOU KNOW, 
THEIR 
WHOLE LIVES IN 
EFFECT REVOLVE 
AROUND PLAYING 
FOOTBALL, BUT I 
THINK YOU 
MENTIONED THAT 
MONEY THERE AND 
THE COMMUNITY, 
YOU THINK ABOUT 
ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN, FOR 
EXAMPLE, AT WHAT 
FOOTBALL MEANS 
TO THE COMMUNITY 
COME AUGUST, 
SEPTEMBER. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, ALISON, 
THERE'S A STUDY 
THAT LOOKED  AT 
ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN, WHERE 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MICHIGAN IS. 
THEY CAME BACK 
AND SAID THAT 
FOOTBALL ALONE 
BRINGS IN AN 
ESTIMATED 80 
MILLION DOLLARS 
AND THAT IS JUST 
ONE SMALL CITY 
IN MICHIGAN. 
I WANT YOU TO 
LOOK AT THAT 
FROM AN ENTIRE 
COUNTRY 
STANDPOINT. 
AND REALIZE THAT 
IT IS NOT JUST 
THE PLAYERS. 
IT IS NOT JUST 
THE PLAYERS OF 
THE PLAYERS OR 
THE COACHES THAT 
ARE GOING TO BE 
LOOKING AT THIS. 
IT IS GOING TO BE
THE SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNER 
THAT HAS A 
RESTAURANT OR A 
SHOP A FEW 
BLOCKS AWAY FROM 
THE STADIUM WHO 
REALLY MIXED ADUP 
A LARGE PORTION 
OF THEIR ANNUAL 
INCOME FROM THE 
FANS WHO COME 
INTO TOWN FOR 
THOSE HOME 
GAMES. 
THIS IS  WHAT 
WE'RE GOING  TO 
SEE PLAY OUT I'M 
REMINDED OF 
TRAVELING TO %
STILLWATER, 
OKLAHOMA, WHERE 
OKLAHOMA STATE 
IS. 
A MEMBER %OF THE 
BIG 12 
CONFERENCE 
THERE. 
THAT COMMUNITY 
IS MORE OR NF%LESS 
BUILT AROUND THE 
UNIVERSE THE 
THERE. 
WITH A MASSIVE ER
TURN OUT. 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE PER HOME 
GAME. 
SO THE TRICKLE-
DOWN, IS GOING 
TO BE TOUGH. 
AND WE REALLY 
HAVE YET TO SEE 
HOW FAR IT WILL 
GO DOWN AS WE 
LOOK AROUND THE 
COUNTRY NOW TO 
SEE WHAT OTHER 
CONFERENCES WILL 
DO FOLLOWING THE 
BIG 10'S 
DECISION. 
ALISON?  
>> YEAH, AND 
MORGAN, THESE 
ARE CITIES. 
THESE ARE %SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
THESE OUR ARTOWNS 
THAT ARE 
STRUGGLING 
ALREADY BECAUSE 
OF THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
A BIG DECISION 
FROM THE BIG TEN 
TODAY. 
MORGAN CHESKY, 
THANKS SO MUCH. 
>> THANK  SYOU. 
>>> SOME FLORIDA 
SCHOOLS ARE 
REQUIRING FACE 
MASKS THIS E WHILE 
OTHERS ARE ONLY 
ASKING TEACHERS 
TO COVER UP. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
SAM BROCK HAS 
MORE ON THAT 
DIFFERENT 
DISTRICTS' PLANS.
>> ALISON, 
AFTERNOON. 
IT IS BACK TO 
SCHOOL  HERE IN 
FLORIDA FOR 
ABOUT A DOZEN OR 
SO COUNTIES 
MOSTLY SMALLER 
COUNTIES IN THE 
STATE. 
I'M IN DUVAL 
RIGHT NOW 
JACKSONVILLE. 
STILL OPENING ON 
AUGUST 20th. 
PLENTY OF %
PRECAUTIONS, A 
LOT MORE, 
INFECTED, THEN 
WE HAVE SEEN IN 
SOME OF THE 
OTHER AREAS WE 
HAVE VISITED SO 
FAR. 
THAT INCLUDES 
REQUIREMENTS FOR 
EVERYBODY, STAFF 
AND STUDENTS TO 
WEAR A MASK BUT 
MUCH AT ALL 
TIMES. 
BUSES, COMMON 
ERRORS IN 
CUSTOMS, THERE 
ARE A FEW 
EXCEPTIONS TO 
THAT, MAINLY 
THEN, WE SAYS, 
BE 
>> THEY WEARE ALSO 
PROVIDING MASKS 
AND SPACESHIPS 
TO EVERYBODY PRE-
K THROUGH SECOND 
GRADE. 
FOR THIRD NDAND 
FIFTH GRADER, 
THEY ARE 
INSTALLING 
SHIELDS ABOUT 
THEIR DESKS. 
WHEN THE 
CHILDREN WANT TO 
TAKE OFF THEIR 
MASKS FOR A 
BREATH, THEY 
WILL HAVE THAT 
ADDED LAYER HAOF 
PROTECTION. 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
GOING ON HERE. 
WE HAVE ONPOLICY 
GUIDELINES WHERE 
THE MASKS ARE 
OPTIONAL AND THE 
TEACHERS ARE 
WEARING MASKS. 
BUT NOT ALL 
PARENTS AND 
STUDENTS ARE 
SOME OF THE FOLKS
WE TALKED TO 
KNOW FOR A FACT 
THAT THE 
SUPERINTENDENT 
ASSOCIATION HERE 
IN FLORIDA, THE %
PRESIDENT OF 
THAT GROUP HAS 
WRITTEN A LETTER 
TO THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION ASKING 
FOR TO DO THINGS 
THAT HAPPEN. 
WHEN, WRAP IT 
RESPONSE TO AN. 
THEY NIKKI 
UNIFORM 
POLICIES. 
WHAT YOU HAVE 
NOW IN FLORIDA 
ESSENTIALLY IS  A 
HODGEPODGE OF 
RULES WHETHER IT 
IS MASKS OR WILL 
IT ACTUALLY 
TRIGGER 
QUARANTINED. 
NEW IMPLICATION 
OF STUDENTS IN GE
THE COMMUNITY 
WHEN IT
 COMES TO 
THE POSITIVE 
COVID-19 TO 
SPEAK REALLY 
IMPORTANT 
QUESTIONS. 
THEY WILL WANT 
TO NARROW IT 
DOWN HERE. 
THIS DEBATE IS 
JUST NOW HITTING 
UP WITH SCHOOLS 
COMING BACK, 
STUDENTS COMING 
BACK ONLINE, AND 
COVID NOT GOING 
AWAY. 
THAT IS THE VERY 
LATEST HERE IN 
JACKSONVILLE. 
SAM BROCK, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> WHEN YOU 
NEED BRUTAL 
HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT'S A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED? 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH, AND 
WHO'S LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT'S THE NEWS 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
"MORNING JOE," 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF 
POSTRACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE 
PEOPLE I SPOKE 
TO SAID IF THEY 
DON'T WORK, 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS 
ARE ON THE 
GROUND, LEARNING 
FROM WHERE IT'S 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> TODAY, THE 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED, AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 6 
FEET APART FROM 
ONE ANOTHER FOR 
THE MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? ! 
>>> SOMETHING 
ELSE.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> WHEN YOU 
NEED BRUTAL 
HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT'S A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED? 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH, AND 
WHO'S LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT'S THE NEWS 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
"MORNING JOE," 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF 
POSTRACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE 
PEOPLE I SPOKE 
TO SAID IF THEY 
DON'T WORK, 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS 
ARE ON THE 
GROUND, LEARNING 
FROM WHERE IT'S 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED, AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 6 
FEET APART FROM 
ONE ANOTHER FOR 
THE MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? ! 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
APPLIED HIS 
RUNNING MATE AND 
COULD REVEAL WHO 
IT IS AS EARLY 
AS TODAY. 
NBC NEWS  
POLITICAL 
REPORTER ALI 
VITALI JOINS ME 
NOW. 
ALI, IT IS THE 
POTENTIAL DATE T 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WAITING FOR. 
FINALLY SOME 
MOVEMENT. 
WHAT ELSE CAN 
YOU TELL ATUS? 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON, I FEEL 
LIKE WE HAVE 
BEEN  SAYING 
THIS FOR DAYS 
NOW. 
IN RECENT HOURS 
WE HAVE STARTED 
TO HEAR THE WORD 
IMMINENT AND E IN 
THE LAST FEW 
MINUTES, OUR 
COLLEAGUE 
CONFIRMED WITH 
ONE SOURCE 
FAMILIAR WITH 
THE MATTER THAT 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
MADE HIS PICK 
AND THAT THE 
DECISION COULD 
COME AS EARLY AS 
TODAY. Y.
WHILE WE WAIT 
FOR THIS, IT IS 
WAS KIND OF 
REHASHING WHAT 
GOT US TO THIS 
POINT, WHICH IS 
THAT, OF COURSE, 
THIS PROCESS HAS 
BEEN REALLY LONG 
STARTING OUT ENIN 
MAY AS JOE BIDEN 
BECAME THE 
PRESUMPTIVE 
NOMINEE FOR THE 
PARTY AND THIS 
TIME, WE HAVE 
SEEN THE PROCESS 
OF COME TOWN TO 
A FEW NAMES THAT 
WE HAVE HEARD 
PRODUCE 
CONSISTENTLY. 
NAMES LIKE 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
SUSAN RICE, 
TAMMY DUCKWORTH, MM
ELIZABETH WARREN,
MERCHANT WOOD, 
SHE IS ONE OF 
THE ONES WHO 
REPORTED HAS ESMET 
WITH JOE BIDEN 
SHE FLEW FROM 
MICHIGAN TO 
DOVER TO MEET 
WITH HIM FACE TO 
FACE. 
FOR ONE OF THOSE 
FINAL ROUNDS OF 
INTERVIEWS THAT 
WE KNOW WILL BE 
UNDERTAKEN WHILE 
JOE BIDEN OW MULLS 
HIS CHOICE. 
AND HE SAID THIS 
PAST WEEKEND AS 
WE WERE HEARING, 
NOT VERY MUCH 
FROM THE PEOPLE 
ABOUT HIS TH
PROCESS. 
WE KNOW JOE 
BIDEN THAT THIS 
WEEKEND THAT 
WE 
DELAWARE, 
MULLING THIS 
DECISION WITH 
FAMILY IN THAT 
WEIGHT THAT HE 
HAS CONSULTED 
FAMILIES. 
THIS WAS ANOTHER 
ONE. 
OF COURSE, ALL 
OF THE TACTICS 
THAT ARE ALWAYS 
USED WITH THESE 
CAMPAIGNS TO 
KEEP THIS 
DECISION UNDER 
WRAPS, I WAS 
TALKING WITH 
MICHAEL THE 
OTHER DAY %ABOUT 
JUST HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS 
FOR THESE 
CAMPAIGNS NOT 
JUST THAT THESE 
POTENTIAL 
CONTENDERS BUT 
TO ALSO HAVE THE 
NEWS CAME OUT IN 
THE WAY THAT 
THEY WANTED TO. 
THEY WANT TO 
CONTROL THIS 
NEWS CYCLE. 
THE REALLY NT
IMPORTANT 
DECISION. 
AND SO YOU THINK 
ABOUT HOW IN 
2012, THERE'S HO
BEEN INFAMOUS 
STORY OF 
PAUL 
RYAN WHEN HE MET 
WITH MITT 
ROMNEY, WEARING 
SUNGLASSES AND A 
BASEBALL HAT, 
TRYING TO BE 
INCOGNITO. 
WHEN HE WAS THE 
POINT, THEY 
SHROUDED. 
REPORTERS THAT 
WERE STAKED . OUT 
OUTSIDE, PAUL 
RYAN, HE 
ACTUALLY ESCAPED 
OUT THE BACK 
DOOR AND INTO 
THE WOODS ANTO TRY 
TO GET TO MITT 
ROMNEY'S HOUSE 
FOR THE EVENTUAL 
REVEAL. 
AND ALSO TIM 
KAINE IN 2016. 
IT WAS AT A FUND 
RAISER THE NIGHT 
THAT HE WAS TOLD 
HE WAS GOING TO 
BE THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK. 
PRESIDENT JOHN 
PODESTA WAS 
WAITING OUTSIDE 
TO TAKE HIM AWAY 
SO THE REVEAL 
COULD BE DONE 
TOGETHER. 
WE ARE NOT SURE 
IF THIS IS GOING 
TO BE WHERE WE 
SEE JOE BIDEN 
AND HIS EVENTUAL 
RUNNING MATE 
TOGETHER. 
OF COURSE, ONE 
OF THE HALLMARKS  C
OF THE PANDEMIC 
HERE. 
WE DO KNOW THAT 
THERE'S GOING TO 
BE A HEAVY 
DIGITAL ASPECT 
TO THIS 
REVEAL, 
ONE THAT THEY 
HAVE DONE A GOOD 
JOB OF KEEPING 
SECRET UNTIL 
THEY ARE READY 
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> YES, WHICH 
THEY HAVE DONE 
QUITE A JOB, 
ALLIE. 
WE HAVE  BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS, WHAT FEELS 
LIKE WEEKS NOW. 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, OF 
COURSE, STARTS 
ON MONDAY. AT 
HERE'S WHAT THE 
DNC CHAIRMAN 
SAID ABOUT 
RYAN'S VETTING %
PROCESS. 
>> I INKNOW THIS 
PROCESS PRETTY 
WELL. 
AND IT IS A VERY 
THOROUGH 
VETTING. 
AND JOE BIDEN, OR
MORE THAN ANYONE 
IN AMERICA KNOWS 
WHAT THE JOB OF 
VICE PRESIDENT 
IS AND %I KNOW, 
KNOWING HIM, HE 
WANTS TO.HIS 
LETTER EYES, 
CROSS HIS T's, 
AND THAT IS 
EXACTLY WHAT HE 
IS DOING. 
>> WE HAVE 
TALKED ABOUT 
THIS ON SEVERAL 
OCCASIONS AS THE 
MARRIAGE OF 
STORES. 
DECISION. FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
MAYBE THIS IS 
THE PERSON THAT 
YOU'RE GOING PETO 
BE WORKING SO 
CLOSELY REFLECT 
LET'S TALK A 
LITTLE BIT MORE, 
ALLIE, ABOUT HOW 
IMPORTANT THIS 
DECISION IS AND 
HOW THE STATES 
CHANGED AS WE 
HAVE BEEN 
WAITING TO HEAR 
FROM HIM. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE ARE ALWAYS 
A LOT OF 
DIFFERENT WAYS 
YOU CAN LOOK AT 
AS POTENTIAL 
CONTENDERS. 
BACK WHEN JOHN 
McCAIN WAS 
CHOOSING SARAH 
PALIN IN 2008, 
IT WAS IT. 
THAT WAS MEANT 
TO GENERATE 
EXCITEMENT FOR 
THE PUBLIC. 
NOW, FOR JOE 
BIDEN, THAT IS 
NOT THE POSITION 
THAT HE IS IN. 
HE IS RUNNING 
AHEAD IN A LOT 
OF THESE POLLS, 
BOTH NATIONALLY 
AND IN 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES. 
WHILE DEMOCRATIC 
OPERATIVES WOULD 
TELL YOU DID 
WANT TO REST ON 
THOSE POLLS 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANT A CAMPAIGN. 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, IT DOES 
SEEM TO STAKES 
ARE ON THIS 
DECISION VERY  
DIFFERENT 
BECAUSE FOR THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
ALREADY IN A 
STRONG POSITION, 
THIS IS SOMEWHAT 
THAT HAS TO BE A 
VALUED. 
OR AT THE VERY 
LEAST A DO NO 
HARM CANDIDATE 
AS THEY ARE 
LOOKING AT THESE 
CONTENDERS, THAT 
IS REALLY THE 
IMPORTANT THING 
ACROSS THE 
BOARD. 
AND THAT E IS ALSO 
WHY THAT IS SO 
IMPORTANT TO 
GOING THROUGH 
DOCUMENTS, 
TALKING WITH 
PEOPLE WHO S,HAVE 
KNOWN THESE 
CANDIDATES. 
GETTING TO KNOW 
WHO THEY ARE, IF 
THERE'S ANYTHING 
IN THEIR BACK 
ON, THEY KNOW 
WHAT IT IS AND 
THEY CAN 
ANTICIPATE HOW 
TO GET IN FRONT 
OF IT. 
AND OF COURSE, 
ALL OF THIS 
COMING JUST DO 
NO HARM. 
WE HAVE ALREADY 
SEEN PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
TALKING ABOUT 
WHO THIS PERSON 
COULD BE AND AS 
WE WERE TALKING 
YESTERDAY, 
WOMEN'S GROUPS 
ARE BRACING  FOR 
WHAT PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP %
MIGHT SAY ABOUT 
THIS PERSON WHO 
IS GOING TO BE 
THE NO MATTER 
WHAT A WOMAN AND 
POTENTIALLY A WO
WOMAN OF COLOR. 
SEXISM AND 
RACISM IS 
SOMETHING 
DEMOCRAT GROUPS 
ARE TO AND TRIED 
TO GET PEOPLE TO 
ANTICIPATE AS 
WELL. 
ALI, THERE'S ONE 
PERSON I HAVE 
BEEN HARASSED 
ABOUT THE VEEP 
STATE. 
THAT IS EPNBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
MIKE MEMOLI I'M 
GRATEFUL THAT 
YOU WOULD CATCH 
US ON A DAY LIKE 
THIS. 
YOUR TAKE ON 
WHAT WE HAVE 
HEARD SO FAR AND 
THE FACT THAT 
THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
MAY FINALLY BE 
NEAR? 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, WELL, 
CLEARLY THIS IS 
A MOMENT WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT FOR 
MONTHS. 
BIDEN BECAME THE 
DE FACTO NOMINEE 
IN APRIL. 
THEY SAID ABOUT 
THE -- AS A 
PARTICIPANT WHEN 
HE WAS CHOSEN 12 
YEARS AGO BY 
BARACK OBAMA. 
THE BIDEN TEAM 
WANTED TO LEAKED 
THAT PROCESS TOBUT 
THEY FELT THAT 
IT WAS A PROCESS 
THAT SERVED 
EVERYBODY WILL 
AND OBVIOUSLY, 
FROM THEIR 
PERSPECTIVE, HE 
DID WILL. 
WHAT DID THEY 
DO? 
THEY BEGIN 
TESTING A VERY 
WIDE NET. 
BY HAD ALREADY 
MADE THE PLEDGE 
THAT HE MAWOULD 
CHOOSE A WOMAN. 
THAT NARROWS  ATHE 
FIELD 
CONSIDERABLY TO 
START. 
THEY CONTACTED 
BASICALLY EVERY AB
WOMAN SENATOR, 
EVERYONE 
GOVERNOR. 
A NUMBER OF 
PROMINENT 
MEMBERS OF THE R,
HOUSE, PROMINENT 
MAYORS AS WELL. 
AND SOME OUT 
SIDE NOTABLES, 
OUTSIDE CIRCUITS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
THEIR F 
CAMPAIGN. 
OTHER ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY WHO 
MIGHT FIT THE 
BILL. 
AND THEY 
BASICALLY ASKED 
HIM THAT SIMPLE 
QUESTION, WOULD 
YOU BE OPEN TO 
GOING TO ENTHE 
PROCESS OF TOTHE 
VETTING, WHICH 
IS A %RATHER 
INTRUSIVE A 
DIFFICULT 
PROCESS, IN 
WHICH CASE, YOU 
HAVE TO TURN 
OVER BASICALLY 
EVERY PIECE OF 
DOCUMENTATION 
ABOUT YOUR 
LIVELIHOOD TO A 
CAMPING SO THAT 
THEY CAN LOOK 
FOR ANY 
POTENTIAL 
PITFALLS. 
ONCE THAT 
INITIAL PROCESS 
WAS HELPED THEY 
TOOK -- THE 
SECOND STEP, 
WHICH IS PUTTING 
THE NAMES UP UP 
ON A BOAT, 
DISCUSSING IT 
WITH THE BOARD 
MEMBERS, OF 
COURSE, BIDEN'S 
SENIOR CAMPING 
STAFF AND OTHERSN' 
CLOSE TO THE 
PROCESS. 
AND NARROW IT 
DOWN TO WHAT WE 
WOULD CALL THE 
BUTTON TO. 
HE HAS BEEN VERY 
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT 
HE WANTS IN A 
RUNNING MATE, 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
COMPATIBLE WITH 
HIM, SOMEONE WHO 
CAN WORK WITH 
HIM AND THE 
WHITE HOUSE, BE 
READY, OF 
COURSE, THE 
MOST 
IMPORTANT THING, 
TO BE PRESENT ON 
A WOMAN'S 
NOTICE, SHOULD 
THE WORST 
HAPPEN. 
IT BEGIN 
NARROWING THAT 
PROCESS THEM. 
AND IN THE LAST 
FEW WEEKS, OF 
COURSE, THAT 
PROCESS 
INTENSIFIED AS 
THIS REAL HARD 
DEADLINE AT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE 
CONVENTION 
YEARS. 
BIDEN HAD HOPED NV
TO NEVER THAT 
FIELD DOWN TO A 
SMALL GROUP OF 
THREE OR FOUR 
LESS WEEKEND. 
WE KNOW HE HAS 
SPENT THE LAST 
SEVERAL WEEKEND 
IN DELAWARE. 
WHAT DID WE 
LEARN? 
WE LEARNED THAT DI
WHILE HE WAS 
AWAY FROM US 
HERE IN THE 
STATE THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN DOING, 
HE WAS ABLE TO 
MEET WITH AT 
LEAST ONE 
MICHIGAN 
GOVERNOR, 
GRETCHEN 
WHITMER, FOR AN RN
IN PERSON 
CONVERSATION. 
WE EXPECT HE HAS 
HAD OTHER 
MEETINGS WITH 
OTHER FINALISTS 
THE QUESTION, 
THOUGH, WHICH WE 
WILL BEGIN TO 
LEARN MORE ABOUT 
NOW THAT RETHE 
OFFICE ATIS NEAR, 
THE CONCLUSION,  
HOW MANY OF 
THOSE WERE IN 
PRISON? 
HOW MANY OF 
THOSE WERE 
VIRTUAL? 
THAT BRINGS US 
TO THIS POINT. 
THE BIDEN TEAM 
HAS HAD A PLAN 
FOR THIS MOMENT 
ALL ALONG. 
THEY WANT THIS 
TO NOT LEAK. 
THEY WANT THIS 
TO COME ANOUT ON 
THEIR OWN TERMS. 
WE KNOW, OF 
COURSE, NOW, 
ACCORDING TO THE 
A SOURCE CLOSE 
TO THE CAMPING, 
THAT THIS 
DECISION HAS 
BEEN MADE BY THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
COMMUNICATED TO 
HIS SENIOR STAFF 
AND IF ALL IS 
GOING TO PLAN, 
WE WILL SEE A 
TEXT MESSAGE 
LETTING ON OUR 
PHONES VERY 
SOON. 
WE WILL SEE AN 
EMAIL SHOWING UP 
IN YOUR INBOX IS 
POTENTIALLY OF A 
LARGELY VIRTUAL 
ANNOUNCEMENT, 
BUT THE OTHER 
THING, ALISON, 
INTERESTING , 
WHICH HAS NOT 
NECESSARILY BEEN 
CLEAR. 
WHAT WE Y ARE ALSO 
LOOKING AT IS 
THE POTENTIAL IN 
PERSON 
APPEARANCE BY 
THIS NEW 
DEMOCRATIC BUT 
IT IS VERY 
LIKELY HERE  IN 
WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE. 
WE HAVE SEEN HE
SOME ACTIVITY 
DOWNTOWN AT A 
HOTEL. 
THE DuPONT HOTEL 
SOMETHING OF 
CERTAIN PERSONAL 
SIN AGAINST THE 
JOE BIDEN. 
THAT WAS THE 
PLACE WHERE HE 
CELEBRATED HIS 
FIRST ELECTION 
VICTORY TO THE 
U.S. SENATE IN 
1972. 
SOME INDICATION 
MIGHT BE THAT HE 
IS PLANNING TO 
APPEAR WITH A 
WOMAN WHO WOULD 
BE HIS VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> WELL, MIKE, 
NO DOUBT, WHEN 
THAT HAPPENS, 
YOU WILL BE 
RIGHT ON TOP OF 
IT. 
COULD NOT PICK A 
BETTER TIME TO 
TALK THIS 
THROUGH WITH. 
THANK YOU BOTH 
SO MUCH I'M SURE 
WE WILL  BE 
CATCHING UP WITH 
YOU VERY SOON. 
>> THAT IS FOR 
SURE. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAYS THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
COMPLETELY 
CHANGE HIS 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH CHINESE 
PRESIDENT XI VI
JINPING.LY%
 
>> I HAD A GREAT 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I LIKE HIM ONHEBUT  
DON'T FEEL THE 
SAME WAY NOW. 
I HAD A VERY, 
VERY GOOD 
RELATIONSHIP. 
AND I HAVE NOT 
SPOKEN TO HIM IN 
A LONG TIME. 
>> PRESIDENT NG
TRUMP STUCK BY 
HIS COUNTERPART, 
RAISING CHINA IN 
GENERATE FOR INITS 
EFFORTS TO 
CONTAIN THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT WAS BEFORE 
ANYONE IN THE 
U.S. DIED FROM 
THE VIRUS. 
NBC NEWS  
POLITICAL 
REPORTER MONICA 
ALBA JOINS ME 
NOW. 
TELL US ABOUT 
HOW THIS 
RELATIONSHIP HAS 
SOURED. 
>> Reporter: IT 
HAS BEEN QUITE 
THE EVOLUTION 
SINCE GENERATE, 
OF COURSE, 
PRESIDENT XI 
JINPING, SOMEONE 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS TOUTED AS 
ONE OF HIS 
CLOSEST ALLIES. 
ONE OF THE 
HALLMARKS OF  THE 
FIRST FEW YEARS 
OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND SOMEONE WHO 
HE WAS QUICK TO 
PRAISE ON MANY 
DIFFERENT 
OCCASIONS. 
THAT HAS ALL ER
SHIFTED IN 
RECENT MONTHS 
THE OUTSET OF 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
THE PRESIDENT 
REALLY DEFENDED 
HIS CHINESE 
COUNTERPART 
THING HE HAD 
DONE A GOOD JOB 
OF TRYING TO 
CONTAINING THE 
VIRUS AND NOW, 
MUCH LATER, D WE 
HAVE LEARNED THE 
WIDENING SCOPE 
OF HOW CHINA -- 
ITS OWN NUMBERS 
AND STATISTICS 
OF THE NUMBERS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS TAKEN A 
DIFFERENT TUNE 
AND SAID THAT 
THEIR 
RELATIONSHIP HAS 
REALLY GONE 
DOWNHILL. 
NOTING THAT THAT 
TRADE AGREEMENT 
IS SOMETHING HE 
HAS BEEN ASKED 
ABOUT IN BETERMS 
OF WHAT FAITH TO 
COURT PHASE 
THREE WOULD %LOOK 
LIKE. 
AND HIS POINT, 
THOSE TALKS S HAVE 
REALLY STALLED. 
HAVE ILL 
PHASE ONE 
ONGOING. 
IT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE IF YOU 
LOOK TO CATHE 
PRESIDENT 
SIGNIFICANT 
PROCESS, 
SOMETHING HE 
WANTED TO BE 
TALKING ABOUT IC%
THE HEADING INTO 
THE RE-ELECTION, 
THAT TRADE WAS 
GOING TO BE ONE 
OF THEM, 
ABSOLUTELY 
IMMERSED IN THE 
LAST IMCOUPLE OF 
MONTHS. 
THE RELATIONSHIP 
WITH JOHN AND . 
WITH THAT 
LEADER, SOMEBODY 
WHO FOR A LONG 
TIME, WAS 
CONSIDERED ONE 
OF THE CLOSEST 
ALLIES ON THE 
WORLD STAGE, 
ALISON.  
>> MONICA  WE 
HAVE SEEN WELL 
OVER FIVE 
MINUTES 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN THE 
U.S. THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
STILL PUTTING 
OUT AN 
OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID IN MI%ANOTHER 
INTERVIEW TODAY. 
>> WE ARE DOING 
VERY WELL AND 
EVERYTHING 
INCLUDING 
CORONA, AS YOU 
CALL IT. 
LET ME 
JUST TELL 
YOU, WE ARE 
GETTING TO AN 
END. 
WE OR GETTING -- 
VACCINES ARE 
READY TO ROCK. 
>> MONICA, HOW 
CONCERNED IS THE 
TRUMP CAMPING 
ABOUT GETTING 
THE U.S. BACK TO 
SOME SORT OF 
NORMAL? 
>> DEFINITELY RT
BEEN THEIR 
MOTIVATION FOR A 
STRATEGY. 
THIS ENTIRE 
SUMMER, IF YOU 
LOOK AT IT, THEY 
ARE CONCERNED. 
THE ARE HOPING 
THAT AMERICANS 
WILL THINK THAT 
THAT IS AT THE 
OTHER END  OF THE 
LINE. 
MAYBE AFTER THE 
ELECTION LOOKING 
AHEAD TO WHAT A 
VACCINE COULD 
DELIVER. 
THERE'S SOME 
PROMISE. 
THERE'S SOME 
HOPE THERE. ULSO
BUT BELIEVE IS A 
STARK REALITY 
THAT IS FACING 
THEM HERE IS 
THAT THERE IS 
NOT MUCH 
INDICATION. 
LOOK AT THE NEWS 
YOU GUYS JUST 
ABOUT THE BIG 
TEN POSTPONING 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL, FOR 
EXAMPLE. 
THAT IS FO
SOMETHING THE 
PRESIDENT WANTED 
TO LOOK TO AS A 
SIGN FOR 
NORMALCY, 
SOMETHING THAT 
WOULD BE BACK , 
POTENTIALLY IN A 
MODIFIED FORM 
BUT SOMETHING 
THAT PEOPLE 
COULD LOOK 
FORWARD TO IN 
THE FALL. 
THAT IS NOT 
GOING TO BE 
HAPPENING UNTIL TO
THE SPRING OR 
MAYBE LATER. 
THE PRESIDENT 
WANTS COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL TO 
RESUME. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
EDUCATION OR 
SCHOOLS, IT IS 
THE SAME THING. 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN IS 
TRYING TO 
PROTECT THIS 
GN
POTENTIAL RETURN 
TO NORMALCY. 
BUT IF YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT WHAT 
IS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENING AS %WE 
REACH BUT AUGUST 
AND SEPTEMBER, 
THAT IS JUST NOT 
WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING. 
IT'S NOT THE 
REALITY THAT 
THEY CAN 
ACTUALLY PAIN 
ON. 
AND THAT IS WHAT 
THEY HAVE TO TRY 
TO GET PEOPLE TO 
BUY INTO THIS 
OPTIMISM. 
BUT WHEN HEAR 
THE PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT A 
VACCINE, BY 
OWNER AROUND %
LOOKING. 
THAT IS  PURELY 
POLITICAL. 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
ARE VERY   HOPEFUL 
AND WANT 
SOMETHING TO 
COME UP %IN THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF 
MONTHS. 
BUT NOBODY IS 
PROMISING 
SOMETHING AS 
SOON AS T IN THE 
NEXT 80 DAYS, 
ALISON. 
THAT 80IS  
SOMETHING THAT 
DOES NOT MATCH 
WITH ANYTHING 
REALISTIC IT IS 
MORE LIKELY THE 
END OF 2020 AND 
EARLY 2021 FOR 
VACCINES. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
MONICA, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH.
! CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF 
NEGOTIATIONS 
STILL DEADLOCKED 
TODAY. 
WHITE HOUSE 
NEGOTIATORS AND 
DEMOCRATS NO CR
CLOSER TO A 
DEAL. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL JOINS 
ME NOW. 
ARE THEY EVEN 
TALKING? 
WHAT IS THE WORD 
ON CAPITOL HILL? 
>> THE FACE OF 
NEGOTIATIONS, 
ALISON, WHERE  CE
THEY ARE 
DISAPPOINTING 
FINGERS AT EACH 
OTHER. 
THERE'S NOTHING 
MEANINGFUL 
HAPPENING. 
NO, THEY ARE NOT 
TALKING. 
THE TWO SIDES, 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
THE DEMOCRATS 
AND THEN AT 
DEMONSTRATION, 
WE HAVE NOT 
CONTACTED EACH 
OTHER OR BEEN IN 
TOUCH IN ANY WAY 
SINCE THEIR LAST 
MEETING ON FRIDAY
. WHERE THINGS 
COMPLETELY SEEM 
TO HAVE BROKEN 
DOWN. 
NOW, THE SENATE 
MAJORITY LEADER, 
MITCH McCONNELL 
AND HIS 
COUNTERPART, 
DEMOCRATIC 
LEADER CHUCK 
SCHUMER, WENT ON AR 
THE SENATE FLOOR 
TODAY, POINTING 
FINGERS, PLACING 
BLAME AT THE 
OTHER SIDE 
McCONNELL THINK 
THAT IT IS UP TO 
THE DEMOCRATS TO 
COME BACK TO THE 
NEGOTIATING 
TABLE AND WHILE 
SCHUMER SAYS THE 
EXACT SAME THING 
ABOUT HIS 
REPUBLICAN 
COUNTERPARTS. 
THEY ARE SAYING 
THAT NEED T TO 
MEET THEM IN THE 
MIDDLE AND SHOW 
A WILLINGNESS TO 
COMPROMISE MITCH 
McCONNELL 
INSISTED IN AN 
INTERVIEW 
MOMENTS AGO WITH 
FOX NEWS WHERE 
HE STATED THE 
OBVIOUS. 
THAT THEY ARE IN 
A STALEMATE BUT 
HE DID, THOUGH, 
CALL ON BOTH 
SIDES TO GET 
TOGETHER AND 
THIS IS A SIGN 
THAT McCONNELL 
ACTUALLY WANTS 
SOMETHING TO GET 
DONE EVEN THOUGH 
HE IS THE ONE 
WHO HAS BEEN ON 
THE SIDELINES ENBY 
THE AT 
DEMONSTRATION 
AND DEMOCRATS, 
TAKING CONTROL N %
HERE, AND A 
PROCESS THAT HAS 
PROVED TO GIVEN 
THE RESULTS AT 
THIS POINT, 
ALISON.  
>> THE 
DEADLOCKED 
CONTINUES. 
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL, 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> , THANK YOU.! 
EDUCATION 
SECRETARY BETSY 
DeVOS SAYS THE 
SCHOOL SHOULD 
REOPEN. SHE IS 
SENDING EIGHT 
MIXED MESSAGE 
WORKING REMOTELY% 
HERSELF FROM HER 
WATERFRONT 
MANSION IN 
MICHIGAN. 
NBC NEWS F 
CORRESPONDENT  
HEIDI PRISCILLA 
HAS NEW 
REPORTING TODAY 
ON THE EDUCATION 
SECRETARY. 
HEIDI, N YOU'RE 
REPORTING THE 
ABSENCE FROM THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION, 
WRITING, SHE HAS 
BEEN IN CONSTANT 
CONTACT WITH 
GOVERNORS, STATE 
SUPERINTENDENTS, 
VIRTUALLY AND IN 
PERSON YET, NBC 
NEWS COULD NOT 
FIND A RECORD OF 
SIMILAR EVENTS 
FOR PUBLIC 
SCHOOL 
OFFICIALS. 
WHAT IS GOING EVR O 
HERE? 
>> READ WELL, 
SHE HAS DONE 
SOME 
ROUNDTABLES. 
BUT IT IS KEY 
THAT THOSE 
ROUNDTABLES HAVE 
BEEN WITH 
PRIVATE SCHOOLS 
BUT THERE HAS 
NOT BEEN THAT 
MANY. 
NBC NEWS TOOK A 
LOOK AT HER 
PUBLIC CALENDAR 
AND IT HAS BEEN 
EMPTY FOR? 
>> REACHED OUT 
TO THE 
SUPERINTENDENT 
ASSOCIATION THAT 
REPRESENTS ALL 
49 STATES AND %%
EVEN THOUGH 
DIVORCE' OFFICE 
TOLD US THAT SHE 
HAS BEEN IN 
CONSTANT CONTACT 
WITH 
SUPERINTENDENT, 
THE ASSOCIATION 
TOLD US THEY 
HAVE NOT HAD ANY 
CONTACT WITH HER 
THE ENTIRE YEAR 
BASICALLY. 
SO SHE IS NOT 
GIVING ANY 
GUIDANCE BUT SHE 
IS ALSO NOT 
GOING INTO THE 
COMMUNITIES TO 
TOUR THE SCHOOL 
STEPPING HAVE 
POOR VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS. 
THAT SHE TIIS 
DEMANDING ALONG 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP THAT THE 
REOPEN. 
SO AGAIN, THE 
DEBATE IS REOPEN 
OR WE  IARE GOING 
TO PULL YOUR 
FUNDS. 
AND ALSO, NOT 
PROVIDING 
GUIDANCE PU ON WHAT 
THOSE REOPENING 
HEALTH PROTOCOLS 
SHOULD BE. 
SHE IS G CONOT EVEN 
SAYING THAT 
SCHOOLS 
ABSOLUTELY NEED 
TO THE FOLLOWING 
CDC PROTOCOLS. 
THEY ARE POINTING
OUT THE FACT 
THAT THERE ARE 
CDC PROTOCOLS. 
THE ARE NOT 
SETTING ANY 
WILLS, ALISON. 
AND SO A LOT OF 
PUBLIC SCHOOL  
ADVOCATES ARE 
JUST DEALING 
ABANDONED BY THE 
TOP EDUCATION 
OFFICIAL IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
AMIDST WHAT IS 
REALLY ONE OF 
THE MOST 
CRITICAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH MOMENTS 
FACING PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS IN OUR 
HISTORY. 
>> HI, ON TOP OF 
THAT,  DeVOS HAS 
FULL-TIME  VOLL
DETECTION AT HER 
HOME TO THE TUNE 
OF $25 MILLION 
SO FAR. 
WHAT IS THAT 
ABOUT? 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE 
HAVE BEEN 
TRACKING SINCE 
118 WENT %NBC 
FIRST REPORTED 
THAT THE 
MARSHALS WERE 
PROTECTING BETSY 
DeVOS AS THE 
ONLY CABINET 
SECRETARY TO LY
HAVE THAT LEVEL 
OF DETECTION. 
AND NOW WE 
CIRCLE BACK TO 
FIND OUT WHAT IS 
EXACTLY GOING ON 
WITH THAT. 
THAT CONTINUING 
AS SHE IS MOSTLY 
SEQUESTERING 
HERSELF ONLY 
DOING SMALL, 
CLOSE EVENTS AND 
EFFECT, THE 
ANSWER WAS YES 
AND THE COST TO 
TAXPAYERS NOW IS 
ABOUT $25 
MILLION FROM 
WHEN SHE CAME IN 
TO TODAY. 
THAT IS RELEVANT 
ONCE AGAIN, 
GIVEN THAT  DeVOS
HAS TAKEN SUCH A 
LOW  PROFILE AT 
THIS CRITICAL 
TIME, FACING ALL 
SCHOOLS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
ALISON.  
>> ALL RIGHT, 
AIDY, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH FOR FOR 
YOUR REPORTING. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> RUNOFF 
ELECTIONS ARE 
HAPPENING IN 
GEORGIA TODAY. 
WHILE 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES AND DEATHS,
THE ARE STILL ON 
THE RISE. 
MEAN WELL, 
VOTERS ARE SUING 
THE STATE OVER 
ITS CHAOTIC JUNE 
PRIMARY. 
THE POLLING 
LOCATIONS CLOSE, 
KEEPING VOTERS 
WAITING FOR 
HOURS. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
BLAYNE ALEXANDER 
IS AT A POLLING 
SITE IN ATLANTA 
THAT HAD SOME 
TROUBLE BACK IN 
JUNE. 
BLAINE, HOW ARE 
THINGS TODAY? 
>> Reporter: 
ABOUT TWO MONTHS 
AGO, I WAS AT 
THIS EXACT SAME 
LOCATION ON THE 
SAME TIME AND I 
GOT TO TELL D YOU, 
THE DIFFERENCE 
IS NIGHT AND 
DAY. 
AT THE TIME, I 
SPOKE WITH SOME 
PEOPLE WHO 
WAITED THREE, 
FOUR, 75 HOURS 
TO VOTE HERE AT 
THIS PRECINCT RE
HERE IN ATLANTA. 
THEY WERE 
WAITING IN %THE 
POURING RAIN. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
WHAT WE OKSAW. 
AND JUNCKER 
VERSUS WHAT WE 
ARE SEEING 
TODAY, VERY 
DIFFERENT. 
FOR A COUPLE OF 
REASONS. 
ONE, OF COURSE, R 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
RUN OUT TURN 
OUT, IT IS 
TYPICALLY LOWER 
THAN WHAT YOU 
SEE IN OTHER 
LOCATIONS. 
SHOWED HER'S 
MOST POPULIST 
COUNTY, THERE 
WERE SOME 29,000 ON
PEOPLE WHO TOOK 
ADVANTAGE OF 
EARLY VOTING. 
THE OTHER RECENT 
WAS KIND 
OFFICIALS SAY 
THEY JUST TOOK A 
NUMBER OF STEPS 
TO TRY TO 
ELIMINATE WHAT 
WE SAW PACKAGING 
AND MORE POORLY, 
LOOKING AHEAD TO 
NOVEMBER PUTS 
SYSTEMS IN PLACE 
FOR THINGS TO 
WORK PROPERLY. 
THEY ADDED MORE 
POLL WORKERS FOR 
INSTANCE. 
ABOUT AND MORE 
POLLING 
LOCATIONS IN THE 
COUNTY THEN WHAT 
WE SAW. TH
AND JUNE. 
AND THE OTHER 
THING IS THAT 
EVEN IN THE  
MIDST OF THIS 
PANDEMIC GEORGIA 
IS ROLLING %OUT A 
NEW VOTING 
SYSTEM. 
THEY ARE USING 
NEW VOTING 
MACHINES USED 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN JUNE. 
EVERY SINGLE ONE 
OF THE PRECINCT, 
ABOUT 174 NOW 
HAS A TECHNICIAN 
THERE TO BE ABLE 
TO TROUBLESHOOT 
IF NECESSARY. 
>> SO, TALKING 
TO VOTERS I RAN 
INTO A VOTERS 
THAT A 
>> WITH BACK IN 
JUNE. 
ALISON PARK AT 
THE TIME, SHE 
WAS  ME-- RAINED 
ON. 
WILL A VERY 
DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE AT 
THIS TIME 
AROUND. 
TAKE A LOOK. 
YOU WAITED 3 1/2 
HOURS LAST TIME 
WHEN YOU CAME 
HERE TODAY, WHAT 
WERE YOU 
EXPECTING? 
>> I WAS NOT 
SURE. 
IT WOULD NOT 
HAVE MATTERED IF 
BREAK UP IS 
GOING TO  BE 
THERE. 
I WAS  GOING TO 
VOTE IN THIS 
RUNOFF. 
ANNO WE ARE NOT 
ARE LITTLE MORE 
TRICKY FOR 
PEOPLE. 
>> SO THERE YOU 
HEAR HER. ER
SHE HAS A BRIGHT 
ATTITUDE. 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
SPOKE TO MBTHAT 
THEY. 
PLENTY OF 
OFFICIALS TELL 
ME THE %ARE 
CERTAINLY NOT 
LOOKING FOR A 
REPEAT OF WHAT 
WE SAW BACK IN 
JUNE. 
>> BLAYNE, SO 
LET ME ASK YOU 
ABOUT THE K 
ELECTIONS RUNOFF 
TODAY. 
WHAT ARE RUTHE 
REASONS TO ATWATCH 
THERE?  
>> SO MOST OF 
THESE OUR LOCAL 
RACIST. 
BUT THERE IS ONE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
RACE THAT IS 
GETTING A LOT OF 
ATTENTION. 
IT IS GEORGIA'S 
13th 
CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT. 
THAT IS UP IN T GE
THE NORTHWEST 
PART OF THE 
STATE. 
IT IS A DEEP 
REPUBLICAN AREA, 
YOU KNOW, THAT 
HAS BEEN HELD BY 
REPUBLICANS FOR 
QUITE SOME TIME. 
WHOEVER WINS 
TODAY'S RUNOFF IS
EXPECTED TO 
EASILY GO ON TO 
VICTORY IN 
NOVEMBER. 
THAT IS GETTING 
A LOT OF 
ATTENTION, 
BECAUSE ONE OF 
THE CANDIDATES 
THAT IS EXPECTED 
TO WIN TODAY HAS 
COME UNDER A LOT 
OF CRITICISM FOR 
A 
RACIST. 
RACIST VIDEOS 
AND SUPPORTING 
QAnon CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES. 
SOME OF THAT 
CRITICISM HAS 
EVEN COME FROM 
MEMBERS OF HER 
OWN PARTY, 
PEOPLE IN THE 
HOUSE, PEOPLE 
WHO SHE WOULD BE 
WORKING WITH IF 
SHE WERE TO WIN 
THE ELECTION.  
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE SUPPORTING 
HER OPPONENT, 
ALISON.  
>> SO IT IS AN 
ELECTION A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ARE 
WATCHING THERE. 
BLAYNE ALEXANDER 
IN ATLANTA, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> A COALITION 
OF 27 CEOs FOR 
MAJOR COMPANIES 
LIKE GOOGLE, 
MICROSOFT, AND 
AMAZON HAVE 
PLEDGED TO TRAIN 
AND HIRE 100,000 
UNDERSERVED 
NEWARKERS OVER 
THE NEW D DECADES. 
STEPHANIE 
SCENTINVENT WITH 
J.P. 
MORGAN TICHASE CEO 
TO LEARN MORE. 
BUT THE 
IMPORTANT PART 
OF THE 30 CEOs 
COMING TOGETHER 
TO TRY TO TACKLE 
ONE OF SOCIETY'S 
BIG PROBLEMS, 
GETTING INNER 
CITY SCHOOL 
EDUCATION, 
LARGELY MINORITY,
GETTING KIDS TO 
SCHOOL AND WITH 
A HIGH-PAYING 
JOB. 
>> TACKLING 
THESE PROBLEMS 
BECAUSE 
GOVERNMENT FIELD 
IN TERMS OF 
POLICY AND DID 
NOT DO THEIR 
JOB. 
>> POSSIBLY. I 
WANT TO GET 
THOSE KIDS WITH 
HIGHS GOALS, 
COMMUNITY 
COLLEGE, OR 
COLLEGE AND THEY 
GET OUT, THEY 
SAY, MY GOD, I 
GOT A JOB THAT 
IS WELL-PAYING. 
>> Reporter: 
PHILANTHROPY IS %
A IN THE BUCKET. 
FROM A 
GOVERNMENT 
PERSPECTIVE, 
WHEN YOU LOOK MEAT 
THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT AND 
PAYING PEOPLE, 
WHAT DO WE NEED 
TO HAVE THE MOST 
RIGHT NOW FROM 
REPUBLICAN? 
SIMPLY THE LONG-
TERM. %
WE ALWAYS FOCUS 
ON WHAT IS IN 
THE  SHORT RUN. 
COVID IS A 
PROBLEM, BUT WE 
WILL GET THROUGH 
IT. 
IT IS A PROBLEM. 
WE WILL A GET 
THROUGH IT. 
WE HAVE TO FIX 
THE STRUCTURE. 
WE HAVE TO FIX 
IMMIGRATION. 
WE HAVE TO FIX 
IMMIGRATION. 
WE HAVE TO FIX 
HEALTH CARE. 
THOSE THINGS ARE 
ACTUALLY 
EXTREMELY 
DAMAGING. WE 
HAVE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE IT. 
THE POOR FOLKS 
HERE, 
MINORITIES, AND 
SO FOR ME, WE 
SHOULD TACKLE 
THE PROBLEM. 
THE COVID 
ITSELF, I THINK 
THE GOVERNMENT 
TOOK BOLD, 
DRAMATIC ACTION. 
CREDIT TO GIVE 
STEPHEN MNUCHIN, 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND THE TH
DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICAN 
CAUCUS. 
WHO WOULD HAVE 
THEY WOULD LOSE 
THAT FUN? 
PPP. 
YOU COULD ARGUE 
WITH PPP AND WE 
DESIGNED A D 
COUPLE TEMPS. 
THEY MOVED VERY 
QUICKLY. 
PROBLEM SAVED 35 
MILLION JOBS. 
BUT YOU SOUND 
VERY OPTIMISTIC. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO THAT SINGLE 
MOM IN THE BRONX 
WHO HAS TO GO 
BACK TO WORK 
BECAUSE SHE IS A 
CASHIER AT A 
GROCERY STORE 
AND SHE IS NOT 
PART OF A 
TRAINING CO-
PROGRAM. 
KIDS WERE NIGOING 
TO SCHOOL 
VIRTUALLY AND 
DON'T HAVE A 
COMMUNITY CENTER 
TO GO TO AND 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
A CAMP. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO THAT WOMAN 
WHO SAYS, I'M 
SUFFERING. 
>> I'MM  VERY 
SYMPATHETIC. 
ONE OF THE 
BEAUTIFUL THINGS 
THAT IS 
HAPPENING IN THE 
CITY, YOU 
PROBABLY HEARD 
IT 7:00 EVERY 
NIGHT PEOPLE 
SLEEPING AND 
CLAPPING, 
THINKING APRIL. 
IT SHOULD GIVE 
US A LITTLE 
CIVILITY TO 
THINK PEOPLE AND 
RELIES THAT 
THESE JOBS ARE 
ESSENTIAL AND 
STUFF LIKE THAT. 
IF THEY NEED 
SPECIAL HELP, 
THERE'S 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE. 
WE ARE GOING TO ERME
DO SOME 
CHILDCARE STUFF 
AS WELL. 
I'M VERY SYMPTOMS
SYMPATHETIC. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO HELP THEIR 
EMPLOYEES TO 
THIS. 
THEY CAN'T ALL 
DO THIS. 
>> YOU KNOW 
ESPECIALLY 
BECAUSE YOU WERE 
SO INVOLVED  IN 
PPP. 
DE-STICK A YEAR 
FROM THERE WE 
COULD ONLY HAVE 
BIG-BOX STORES 
AND CHAIN 
RESTAURANTS? 
HOW ARE WE GOING 
TO STAY IN 
BUSINESS? 
>> THERE ARE 20 
MILLION LOCAL 
BUSINESSES. 
A LOT OF THEM 
ARE ONE PRESENT 
JOB 
>> A LOT OF 
SUCCESSFUL ONES 
THAT ARE SELLING 
GOODS ON AMAZON. 
THERE ARE THE 
ONES WHO ARE 
REALLY SUFFERING.
>> AQIB BUT THE 
30 MINUTE T PEOPLE 
THAT DON'T HAVE 
JOBS RIGHT NOW. 
OR WHO ARE BEING 
FORCED TO GO 
BACK TO WORK. 
AND THEY DON'T 
HAVE CHILDCARE 
OR HEALTH CARE. 
IF WE DON'T 
PROVIDE HEALTH 
CARE TO EVERY 
WORKING 
AMERICAN, HOW 
CAN THEY FEEL 
SAFE TO GO WORK? 
>> IT IS A GOOD 
QUESTION I CAN'T 
ANSWER THAT ONE 
QUESTION BUT 
REMEMBER, 
EVERYONE GETS 
HESTER, WHO GOES 
TO A HOSPITAL 
BUT YOU DO GET 
HEALTH CARE AND 
YOU GET TESTED. 
A BUNCH OF 
DIFFERENT 
THINGS. BU
I AGREE, I AM 
QUITE UPSET AT 
SOCIETY BECAUSE 
THE THINGS YOU 
MENTIONED, WE 
HAVE FAILED AT 
FIXING FOR 30 
YEARS. 
COVID JUST MADE 
IT WORSE. 
HEALTH CARE HAS 
BEEN A PROBLEM 
FOR 30 YEARS. 
WE SPENT TWICE 
AS MUCH AS OTHER 
COUNTRIES. 
40 MILLION 
PEOPLE UNINSURED 
BUT THE OUTCOMES 
WE HAVE 
UNBELIEVABLE 
DOCTORS, IN A? 
IN A FISHERY OF 
THAT 
UNBELIEVABLE 
HOSPITALS AND 
MEDICAL AND ARM 
AND DEVICES. 
BUT TWICE SHATAS 
MUCH. 
WE HAVE TWICE AT 
THE OUTCOME. 
WE DON'T TEACH 
NUTRITION AND 
WILLIS HIGH 
SCHOOL. 
AND WE SHOULD. 
THERE'S SO MANY 
BASIC THINGS WE 
DON'T DO THAT 
WOULD HAVE MADE 
THIS MUCH 
BETTER. 
YOU GOT TO 
SEPARATE IT IN 
THE LONG RUN. 
IF YOU DON'T 
BELIEVE ME, GO 
BACK AND LOOK 
AT, YOU KNOW, A 
GREAT ARTICLE 
ABOUT THE 
SPANISH FLU, THE 
GREAT 
DEPRESSION, 
WORLD WAR II, 
AND RECOVERING 
FROM ALL 
OF THEM.
>> HOW DO YOU 
READ THIS TIME? 
AT THE END OF 
THE RECESSION, 
HOUSES -- 
>> WE ARE IN A 
RECESSION, I 
HAVE SEEN THE -- 
THAT MAY NOT 
HAPPEN. 
BUT IT WILL 
EVENTUALLY AFFECT
INCOMES. 
HOME PRICES, 
WHEN PEOPLE 
REALIZE THEY MAY 
NOT HAVE A JOB.
! AND STEPH 
JOINS US LIVE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFFECT MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES. 
HOW ITDOES THIS 
NEW PROGRAM 
START TO ADDRESS 
THAT? 
BUT LISTEN, IT 
IS NOT GOING TO 
SOLVE THINGS 
TOMORROW. 
IT'S FINALLY 
ADDRESSES THE 
SKILLS THAT. 
SOMETHING WE 
NEEDED TO 
ADDRESS LONG %
BEFORE COVID WE 
NOTE THAT THE 
BIGGEST 
COMPANIES IN THE 
WORLD HAVE BEEN 
ON MAJOR HIRING 
SPREES OVER THE 
LAST FEW YEARS 
BUT YET AT THE 
SAME TIME, 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS COULD 
NOT SUPPORT 
THEMSELVES. 
THEY COULD NOT 
MAKE A . LIVING 
WAGE. 
THAT WAS A SKILL 
CAP ISSUE 
LEADING TO A 
WHICH KEPT 
SHOULD BE C.O.s 
HAVE SAID, THIS 
IS NOT 
PHILANTHROPY. 
THIS IS A 
BUSINESS 
IMPERATIVE. 
THEY ARE 
COMMITTING TO 
THE HEART 
100,000 PEOPLE 
IN THE NEXT 10 
YEARS. 
THE KEY TO THAT 
IS THIS 
PARTNERSHIP. 
IT IS ONLY 
HAPPENING NOW IN 
NEW YORK. G 
WITH LOCAL CITY 
COLLEGES, 
COMMUNITY 
COACHES, THEY LO
ARE REDESIGNING 
PROGRAMS. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
THE TRAINERS, 
THING, HERE'S A 
NEW CURRICULUM 
FOR LOW INCOME, 
FOR MINORITY 
STUDENTS. 
LET'S GIVE THEM 
THE ACTUAL 
SKILLS THAT YOU 
NEED FOR THE 
JOBS FOR 
TOMORROW. 
OUR BIGGEST 
COMPANIES OUT 
THERE, THEY GOT 
OUR ARTIFICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE. 
THEY KNOW 
EXACTLY THE 
SKILLS THEY NEED 
FOR THEIR JOBS 
TODAY AND THEIR 
JOBS TOMORROW 
AND HOPEFULLY A 
PROGRAM LIKE 
THIS CAN FINALLY 
MATCHUP THE 222 
>> IT IS A GREAT 
STOP. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> REPORTER:. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
SAYS RUSSIA HAS EN
REGISTERED THE 
WORLD'S FIRST 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE. 
BUT THE VACCINE 
HAS RONOT BEEN A 
PHASE THREE 
TRIAL YET AND 
SCIENTISTS ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
ITS SAFETY. 
NBC NEWS CHIEF 
FOREIGN 
CORRESPONDENT  
RICHARD ENGEL 
JOINING ME NOW. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
IT. 
WHAT ARE THE 
BIGGEST CONCERNS 
ABOUT THIS 
VACCINE? 
>> Reporter: THE 
BIGGEST CONCERN 
IS, IS IT SAFE? 
RIGHT NOW, WE 
DON'T KNOW MUCH 
ABOUT THE DATA. 
THEY HAVE NOT 
PUBLISHED. 
WE KNOW 
ACCORDING TO 
WHAT RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
SAID THAT ANONLY A 
SMALL NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE, PERHAPS 
A FEW DOZEN OR A 
COUPLE OF 
HUNDRED HAVE ONLY
-- HAVE TRIED 
THIS VACCINE. 
THEY TEND TO BE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
IN THE ELITE. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
SAYS ONE OF HIS 
TWO DAUGHTERS 
HAS TAKEN IT AND 
SHE HAD A LITTLE 
FEVER, IT WENT 
DOWN BUT SHE 
SEEMS TO BE 
DOING WELL BUT 
HE SAYS SHE HAS 
ANTIBODIES AND 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
SAYS THAT THIS 
VACCINE IS READY 
TO GO. 
IT IS SAFE AND 
IT IS EFFECTIVE 
AT PROVIDING 
LONG-TERM 
PROTECTIONS FROM 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
BUT PHASE 
%
THREE 
TRIALS, THOSE 
ARE THE BIG 
EXTENSIVE TRIALS 
WHERE YOU USE 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE AND SEE 
WHEN THOSE TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE, WHEN 
THEY COME 
CONTACT WITH 
CORONAVIRUS, 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
INFECTED. 
BUT WE SOUGHT 
TODAY WAS RUSSIA 
JUMPING THE 
QUEUE, SORT OF 
ARRIVING AT THE 
50 YARD MARK OR 
THE 60 YARD MARK 
AND THEN SAYING 
THAT IT HAD A 
TOUCHDOWN. 
IT DOES D NOT MEAN 
THAT IT IS 
FURTHER ADVANCED 
THAN OTHER 
COMPANIES. 
THERE ARE 
SEVERAL DRUG 
COMPANIES THAT 
ARE ALREADY IN 
PHASE THREE 
TRIALS. 
RUSSIA IS NOT IN 
PHASE THREE 
TRIALS. 
WHAT RUSSIAN 
SAID TODAY WAS, 
EVEN THOUGH WE 
ARE NOT IN PHASE 
THREE TRIALS, WE 
WHAT WE HAVE IS 
GOOD ENOUGH. VE
WE ARE GOING TO 
REGISTER THIS 
VACCINE WE ARE 
GOING TO 
LEGALIZE IT. 
AT WE ARE 
OPENING THE 
MARKET AS OF 
TODAY. 
AND RUSSIA SAID 
IT HAS ALREADY 
GOTTEN 
TREMENDOUS 
INTEREST FROM 20 
DIFFERENT 
COUNTRIES 
ACCORDING TO A LRTT
SPOKESMAN FOR A 
FUND THAT IS -- 
THE CEO, I 
SHOULD THINK 
ABOUT THE FUND 
THAT IS 
INVESTING IN 
DISTRICT. 
SO IT IS 
ANNOUNCED THAT 
RUSSIA HAS 
>>. 
ONE IN THE 
VACCINE RESPECT 
IT IS MORE THAN 
IT IS DECLARING 
THAT IS ONE IN 
THE VACCINE 
RACE. 
AND OPENS FOR 
BUSINESS AS OF 
TODAY. 
>> Reporter: 
RICHARD ENGEL 
WITH THE LATEST 
ON RUSSIA'S 
CLAIMS. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> RUSSIA'S 
COVID VACCINE 
HAS NOT GONE 
THROUGH PHASE 
THREE CLINICAL 
TRIALS. 
WE HAVE 
NO 
PUBLISHED DATA 
ON IT VLADIMIR 
PUTIN IS ONE OF 
HIS TWO ADULT 
DAUGHTERS HAS 
ALREADY TAKEN IT.
THE DOCTOR JOINS 
ME NOW. 
HE IS 
THE 
CHAIRMAN OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF AN
MEDICINE AT ST. 
JOSEPH'S HEALTH NE
CARE SYSTEM AND 
PROFESSOR AT 
RUTGERS NEW 
JERSEY MEDICAL 
SCHOOL AND 
WEARING THE VEST 
BOW TIE WE HAVE 
SEEN ON TV. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THIS RUSSIAN 
VACCINE? 
I IMAGINE N YOU 
HAVE MANY. 
>> YES, I HAVE 
MANY CONCERNS. 
FIRST OF ALL, IT 
IS PRETTY 
INTERESTING. 
I HAVE NEVER, 
YOU KNOW, WE 
HAVE BEEN GOING 
VERY QUICKLY 
WITH THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF 
OUR AMERICAN 
VACCINES. 
WE ARE FAR ALONG 
IN PHASE THREE. 
AND JUST SO YOUR 
VIEWERS KNOW, JU
PHASE ONE IS 
WHERE YOU REALLY 
SEE IF WHAT YOU 
HAVE FOR 
PROVOKING THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM TO 
HAVE A RESPONSE. 
PHASE THE TWO IS 
WHERE YOU TRY IT 
FOR SAFETY ON 
PEOPLE LIKE THE 
ELDERLY, 
CHILDREN, BUT 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
MIDDLE AGE, ETC. 
TO SEE IF IT IS 
SAFE. 
AND THEN PHASE 
THREE, WHICH THE 
RUSSIANS HAVE 
NOT COMPLETED 
HIS EFFICACY. 
THAT IS WHERE 
YOU HAVE 30 TO 
40,000 PEOPLE, 
HALF OF WHICH 
ARE ON THE 
SIEBEL 
INJECTIONS, 
SUGAR WATER. 
AND THE E , OTHER 
HALF ON THE 
ACTUAL VACCINE 
TO SEE WHO IS 
PROTECTED AND 
WHO WAS NOT. 
AND WHETHER 
THERE ARE ANY 
ADVERSE AFFECTS 
THE QUESTION IS, 
WHAT I TAKE THE 
VACCINE THAT THE 
RUSSIANS ARE E 
PRODUCING THE 
ANSWER IS NO. 
AND I WONDER 
WHETHER YOUR 
VIEWERS WILL ALSO
DECIDE TO TAKE 
IT. . 
THIS IS BAD FOR 
SEVERAL REASONS. 
ONE IS THAT IF 
THE VACCINE HAS 
ADVERSE EFFECTS 
AND DOES NOT 
PROTECT PEOPLE, 
THAT THE ANTI-
VAXXER'S ARE 
GOING TO SEE, 
WELL, SEE, WE 
TOLD YOU SO. 
VACCINES ARE 
USELESS. 
AND WE REDON'T 
WANT THAT TO 
HAPPEN. 
WE GOT THEM 
STUFF COMING %OUT 
OF OUR LARGE 
PHARMA COMPANIES 
THAT ARE GOING 
TO BE VERY 
SUCCESSFUL BUT 
THEY ARE NOT -- 
BUT WE E DID MAKE 
IT TO THE MOON 
DESPITE SPUTNIK 
ONE. 
I PASS THAT ON 
TO YOU, WORDS OF 
WISDOM. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THOSE WORDS OF 
WISDOM. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
THIS. 
WHEN WE TO 
EVENTUALLY GET A 
VACCINE, PERHAPS 
ONE THAT YOU'RE 
MORE COMFORTABLE 
WITH, DO YOU 
THINK THAT DOIT 
SHOULD BE 
MANDATORY FOR 
STUDENTS GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL, 
OR ADULTS GOING 
BACK TO THEIR 
OFFICES? 
>> WELL, THAT IS 
A ELGOOD QUESTION 
BECAUSE IN THE 
HOSPITAL, IN INTHE 
HEALTH CARE 
INDUSTRY, MOST 
HOSPITALS MAKE 
VACCINES FOR THE 
FLU MANDATORY. 
COVID-19, A 
WHOLE DIFFERENT 
BALL GAME. 
ABSOLUTELY WE 
WOULD MANDATE 
THAT EVERYBODY 
BE VACCINATED. 
AT THE %FOR 
SCHOOLS, 
ABSOLUTELY TO 
PROTECT OUR 
TEACHERS AND TO 
PROTECT FAMILY 
MEMBERS WHEN A 
CHILD COMES BACK 
FROM SCHOOL AND 
HAS THE 
POTENTIAL OF 
INFECTING THE 
ENTIRE FAMILY. 
INCLUDING 
GRANDPARENTS WHO 
ARE PARTICULARLY 
-- OR PERHAPS 
EVEN THEIR 
PARENTS. 
SO I THINK ALL 
CHILDREN SHOULD 
BE VACCINATED 
NOW, I KNOW THAT 
IS GOING TO COST 
QUITE A 
COMMOTION WITH 
THE ANTI-VAXXER 
>> I'M PREPARED 
TO TAKE THE HIT. 
BUT IT IS A 
PROTECTIVE 
MECHANISM 
AGAINST THIS IS
DREADFUL ILLNESS.
IF ANYBODY HAS 
SEEN PATIENTS AS 
WE HAVE DIE OF 
THE DISEASE, 
THEN THEY WOULD 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IMPORTANT THIS UL
IS. 
IT REALLY IS 
IMPORTANT. 
>> DR. LAHITA, I 
DO HAVE A THE 
REGULATION FOR 
YOU. 
SOMEONE ASKS, IF 
YOU HAVE ALREADY 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19 OR 
IF YOU HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR ANTIBODIES, 
YOU STILL NEED 
TO GET 
VACCINATED? 
>> THE ANSWER IS 
YES. 
WHY? 
BECAUSE WE DON'T 
KNOW HOW LONG 
THE REGIONAL HO
IMMUNO RESPONSE 
TO THE COVID-19 
IS GOING TO 
PERSIST I'M 
HOPING 
NEUTRALIZING 
ANTIBODIES AS ES
PART OF THE 
NATURAL 
INFECTION THAT 
DID NOT KILL 
YOU. 
I HOPELL IT 
PROTECTS YOU FOR 
A LONG TIME. 
HOWEVER, 
REMEMBER, THIS 
IS A CORONAVIRUS NG
RELATED IN MANY 
WAYS TO THE 
COMMON COLD. 
WHICH CAN BE 
RECURRING. 
SO WE DON'T 
SIMPLY KNOW AND 
I'M TOLD BY MY 
FRIENDS IN THE 
RESEARCH ARM 
THAT YES, THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE THAT 
THEY HAVE SEEN, 
THE DEED AT THEY 
HAVE SEEN SHOWS 
PROLONGED 
PROTECTION. 
BUT WE DON'T 
KNOW IF ONTHE 
NATURAL 
PROTECTION IS 
GOING TO LAST. 
WE KNOW THE 
VACCINE WILL 
PROTECT YOU. 
THAT WE DON'T 
KNOW WHETHER YOU 
HAVE A MILD CASE 
OR SEVERITIES OF 
COVID-19. 
WHETHER THAT 
WILL BE 
PERSISTENT IN 
SUMMARY, 
EVERYBODY COMING 
TO EVERYBODY, 
CERTAINLY IN 
HEALTH CARE DYAND 
SHOULD GET THIS 
VACCINE. 
THE AMERICAN MADE
VACCINE. 
>> Reporter: ALL 
RIGHT, DR. LAHITA
, THANK YOU FOR 
THE GREAT 
ADVICE. 
HOPE TO SEE YOU 
AGAIN SOON. 
>> OH. 
TO SEE YOU, TOO. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M ALISON 
MORRIS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE, OF COURSE, 
HAS THE VERY AT
LATEST HEADLINES 
FOR US FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM. 
SAVANNAH, WHAT 
YOU HAVE ON THIS 
TACO TUESDAY?  
I LOVE THAT, 
TACO TUESDAY. 
HI THERE ALISON 
BUT ACTUALLY, WE 
HAVE SOME  BIG 
NEWS. 
NBC NEWS HAS 
JUST LEARNED  
THAT JOE BIDEN 
HAS CHOSEN HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
HE HAS MADE A 
DECISION. 
BUT HE COULD 
REVEAL IT AS 
EARLY AS TODAY. 
ACTUALLY MADE A %
DECISION. %
NOW, LET'S HEAD 
OVER TO GEORGIA 
WHERE ONE SCHOOL %
DISTRICT IS %
TELLING OVER 800 
STUDENTS TO %
QUARANTINE %
FOLLOWING A RISE 
IN CORONAVIRUS %
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
>>
 19th SCHOOLS 
ARE AFFECTED BY 
THESE CASES. 
IT'S WORTH 
NOTING THAT 
STUDENTS AND 
TEACHERS ARE NOT AC
REQUIRED TO WEAR 
A MASK ALTHOUGH 
THEY ARE 
RECOMMENDED. 
MEANWHILE, THIS 
IS A CORONAVIRUS 
HOTSPOT IS THE 
PANDEMIC 
CONTINUES TO 
SPREAD AND THE 
NEW DAILY CASES 
APPEAR TO BE 
SLOWING BUT 
THERE ARE 
UNSETTLING 
MARKERS. 
YESTERDAY FLORIDA
BROKE THE RECORD 
FOR WEEKLY 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AND TODAY IT UNMA
ANNOUNCED 276 
NEW DEATHS, THE 
HIGHEST TOTAL 
YET. 
NOW IN RUSSIA 
PRESIDENT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
HAS ANNOUNCED HE 
HAS A 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE AND THEY 
REGISTERED THE 
FIRST VACCINE 
BUT HE DIDN'T 
PROVIDE ANY 
EVIDENCE. 
THIS PROMPTED A 
LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM 
AROUND THET, WORLD 
FROM THE U.S. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
SECRETARY. 
>>D  THE POINT IS 
NOT TO BE FIRST, 
THE POINT IS TO 
HAVE A INVACCINE 
THAT IS SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE FOR 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
WORLD.
>> Reporter: 
OWING TO THE 
MIDWEST, MORE 
THAN 1 MILLION 
PEOPLE WITH 
WITHOUT POWER 
BECAUSE OF A 
WINDSTORM 
YESTERDAY. 
GUS OF OVER 100 
MILES AN HOUR 
RACED ACROSS 
ILLINOIS, 
INDIANA AND 
MICHIGAN WITH 
THE STORM 
SPENDING MORE 
THANNG 14 HOURS. 
IT WAS SO SEVERE 
ONE WOMAN WAS 
FOUND DEAD AFTER 
THE WINTER 
DESTROYED HER 
HOME. 
NOW AN UPDATE ON 
MAXWELL. 
IN A NEW COURT 
FILING THEY 
CLAIM SHE IS 
SUFFERING FROM 
DIFFICULT JAIL 
CONDITIONS LIKE 
24-HOUR 
SURVEILLANCE AND 
BODY SCANS AND 
HER LAWYERS 
ARGUE THAT HER 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
ARE A RESULT OF 
THE SUICIDE OF 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 
THEY HAVE NOT 
RESPONDED TO THE 
FILING. 
WE WILL KEEP AN 
EYE ON THIS. 
ALLISON? 
>>> AGAIN, YOU 
GOT A LOT GOING 
ON. 
THANK YOU FOR 
GETTING US UP TO 
SPEED AND WE 
WILL SEE YOU IN 
AN HOUR. 
>> JOE N BIDEN HAS 
PICKED HIS 
RUNNING MATE AND 
HE COULD REVEAL 
WHO IT IS AS 
EARLY AS TODAY. 
ALLEY, THIS IS 
THE POTENTIAL 
DAY WE'VE BEEN 
WAITING FOR. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US? 
>> WE HAVE BEEN 
SAYING THIS FOR 
DAYS BUT IN 
RECENT HOURS WE 
HAVE STARTED TO 
HEAR THE WORD 
IMMINENT AND NOW 
THEY HAVE 
CONFIRMED THAT 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
MADE HIS PICK 
AND THIS DECISION
COULD COME AS 
EARLY AS TODAY. 
WHILE WE WAIT IT 
IS WORTH 
REHASHING WHAT 
GOT US TO THIS 
POINT. 
THIS PROCESS HAS 
BEEN LONG, 
STARTING IN MAY 
AFTER JOE BIDEN 
BECAME THE 
PRESUMPTIVE 
NOMINEE AND 
SINCE THEN WE'VE 
SEEN THE PROCESS 
COME DOWN TO A 
FEW NAMES WE'VE 
HEARD 
CONSISTENTLY. 
NAMES LIKE 
KAMALA HARRIS 
AND SUSAN RICE 
AND ELIZABETH 
WARREN AND THEY 
HAVE MET WITH 
JOE BIDEN AND 
THEY FLEW FROM 
MICHIGAN TO 
DELAWARE TO ONMEET 
WITH HIM FACE-TO-
FACE FOR ONE OF 
THE FINAL ROUNDS 
OF INTERVIEWS 
THAT WILL BE 
UNDERTAKEN WHILE 
JOE BIDEN THINKS 
ABOUT THIS. 
THIS PAST 
WEEKEND AS WE 
WERE HEARING NOT 
MUCH FROM THE 
PEOPLE AROUND 
HIM, HE SPENT 
THE WEEKEND IN 
DELAWARE MULLING 
OVER HIS 
DECISION WITH 
HIS FAMILY IN 
THE SAME WAY 
THAT HE HAS 
CONSULTED WITH 
FAMILY WITH 
OTHER BIG 
DECISIONS. 
THIS WAS ANOTHER 
ONE. 
OF COURSE, ALL 
OF THE D ESERCLOAK  
DAGGER TACTICS 
ALWAYS USED TO 
KEEP THE DECISION
UNDER WRAPS. 
I WAS TALKING 
WITH SOMEONE THE 
OTHER DAY ABOUT 
HOW IMPORTANT IT 
IS NOT TO JUST 
VENT TO THESE 
CONTENDERS BUT 
TO HAVE THE COME 
OUT IN THE WAY 
THAT THEY WANTED.
THEY WANT TO 
CONTROL THIS 
NEWS. 
>> IT'S AN 
IMPORTANT 
DECISION. 
INC. 
ABOUT HOW IN 
2012 THERE WAS 
THE STORY OF 
PAUL RYAN WHEN 
HE MET OUWITH MITT 
ROMNEY WEARING 
SUNGLASSES AND A 
BASEBALL HAT 
TRYING TO  BE 
INCOGNITO. 
WHEN HE WAS THE 
PICK, THEY 
SHOUTED IT TO 
EVADE THE 
REPORTERS STAKED 
OUTSIDE HIS HOME.
HE ESCAPED OUT 
THE BACK DOOR 
INTO THE WOODS 
TO TRY TO GET TO 
ROMNEY'S HOUSE. 
THEN, IN 2016 
TIM KAINE WAS AT 
A FUNDRAISER THE 
NIGHT HE WAS 
TOLD HE WAS 
GOING TO BE THE 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK AND ONE OF 
THE AIDES WAS 
WAITING OUTSIDE 
TO TAKE HIM AWAY.
WE AREN'T SURE 
IF THIS WILL BE 
A THING THAT WE 
WILL SEE WITH 
JOE BIDEN AND 
HIS EVENTUAL 
RUNNING MATE. 
WE DO KNOW THAT 
THERE WILL BE A 
HEAVY DIGITAL 
ASPECT TO THE 
REVEAL AND THEY 
HAVE DONE A GOOD 
JOB OF KEEPING 
THIS SECRET. 
>> YES, QUITE A 
JOB, %ALI,  WE'VE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT THIS FOR 
WEEKS. 
THE DEMOCRATIC  
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS MONDAY. 
HERE IS WHAT 
THEY SAID ABOUT 
THE VETTING 
PROCESS TODAY. 
>> I KNOW THIS 
PROCESS PRETTY 
WELL. 
IT IS A THOROUGH 
VETTING AND JOKE 
BIDEN OR THAN 
ANYONE IN AMERICA
KNOWS WHAT THE 
JOB OF VICE 
PRESIDENT IS. 
KNOWING HIM, HE 
WANTS TO DO THIS.
>> Reporter: WE 
TALK ABOUT THIS. 
IT'S A BIG 
DECISION FOR JOE 
BIDEN BECAUSE 
THIS IS THE 
PERSON YOU ARE 
GOING TO BE 
WORKING CLOSELY 
WITH. EL
HAVE MISTAKES 
CHANGED AT ALL 
AS WE HAVE BEEN 
WAITING TO HEAR 
FROM HIM?>> 
Reporter: NO. 
THERE ARE 
DIFFERENT WAYS 
TO LOOK AT VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CONTENDERS. 
WHEN JOHN McCAIN 
WAS MAKING THE 
CHOICE IN 2008 
IT WAS MEANT TO 
GENERATE 
EXCITEMENT FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN 
TICKET. 
NOW 20FOR JOE 
BIDEN THAT IS 
NOT THE POSITION 
HE'S IN. 
HE IS RUNNING 
AHEAD IN THE 
POLLS AND WHILE 
THEY WOULD TELL 
YOU THEY DON'T 
WANT TO REST ON 
THAT BECAUSE 
THEY WANT TO 
CAMPAIGN AT THE 
SAME TIME IT 
MAKES THIS 
DECISION 
DIFFERENT 
BECAUSE FOR THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
IN A STRONG 
POSITION THIS IS 
SOMEONE THAT HAS 
TO BE A VALUE ME
ADD OR DO NO 
HARM CANDIDATE. 
AS WE LOOK AT 
THESE CONTENDERS 
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHY THIS 
IS IMPORTANT E 
GOING THROUGH 
DOCUMENTS AND 
TALKING WITH 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE AT
KNOWN THESE 
CANDIDATES. 
GETTING TO KNOW 
WHO THEY ARE SO 
IF THERE IS 
ANYTHING IN 
THEIR %BACKGROUND 
THEY KNOW WHAT 
IT IS AND THEY 
CAN ANTICIPATE 
THIS. 
OF COURSE, ALL 
OF THIS COMES 
FROM DO NO HARM. 
WE SEEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TALKING ABOUT 
WHO THIS PERSON 
COULD BE AND 
WOMEN'S GROUPS 
ARE PRESSING FOR,
WHAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP MIGHT SAY. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO GET PEOPLE TO 
ANTICIPATE THIS 
AS WELL. 
>> ALI,  THERE 
IS ONE PERSON I 
HAVE BEEN ASKING 
ABOUT THIS. 
MIKE MEMOLI.  
I'M GRATEFUL YOU 
DIDN'T LET THIS 
OPPORTUNITY 
PASS. 
YOUR TAKE ON 
WHAT YOU'VE 
HEARD SO FAR AND 
THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
BEING FINALLY 
HERE?
>> Reporter: 
CLEARLY THIS IS 
A MOMENT WE'VE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT FOR MONTHS.
HE Y BECAME THE DE 
FACTO NOMINEE IN 
APRIL AND THEN 
THEY TALKED 
ABOUT THE WORK 
HE HAS BEEN 
THROUGH WHEN HE 
WAS CHOSEN BY 
BARACK OBAMA. 
THE BIDEN TEAM 
FELT IT WAS A 
PROCESS THAT 
SERVED EVERYBODY 
WELL AND ENDED 
WELL. 
THEY BEGAN 
CASTING A WIDE 
NET. 
BY THAT POINT LE
BIDEN HAD MADE 
THE PLEDGE 
CHOOSE A WOMAN 
AND THAT NARROW 
THE FIELD 
CONSIDERABLY. 
THEY CONTACTED 
EVERY ONE HIM AND
, WOMAN SENATOR 
AND GOVERNOR AND 
PROMINENT MAYORS 
AND OUTSIDE 
NOTABLES THAT IF 
ANY PART OF THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
OTHER ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY WHO 
MIGHT FIT THE 
BILL. 
THEY ASKED, 
WOULD YOU BE 
OPEN TO GOING 
THROUGH THE 
PROCESS OF 
VETTING WHICH IS 
RATHER INTRUSIVE 
AND A DIFFICULT 
PROCESS. 
YOU HAVEEN TWO 
TURN OVER EVERY 
PIECE OF 
DOCUMENTATION 
ABOUT YOUR LIFE 
TO THE CAMPAIGN 
SO THEY CAN LOOK 
FOR ANY 
POTENTIAL 
PITFALLS. 
WANTS THIS 
PROCESS LIWAS DONE 
THEY TOOK THE 
STEP OF PUTTING 
THE NAMES ON A 
BOARD AND 
DISCUSSING IT 
WITH THE SEARCH 
COMMITTEE AREAS 
THE CAMPAIGN 
STAFF AND OTHERS 
AND THEY 
NARROWED IT TO 
THE BIDEN TEST. 
HE HAS BEEN 
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT 
HE WANTS. 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
SIMPATICO WITH 
HIM 
IDEOLOGICALLY 
AND 
TEMPERAMENTALLY 
AND SOMEONE WHO 
COULD WORK WITH 
HIM IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND BE 
READY. 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT THING 
IS TO BE THE 
PRESIDENT ON A 
MOMENT'S NOTICE 
SHOULD THE WORST 
HAPPEN. 
THEN THEY BEGAN 
TO NARROW THIS 
DOWN. 
IN THE LAST FEW 
WEEKS THE 
PROCESS AND 
TESTIFIED AS THE 
HARD DEADLINE 
NEARED. 
BIDEN HOPED TO 
NARROW IT DOWN 
TO A SMALLER 
GROUP OF THREE 
OR FOUR. 
HE HAS SPENT THE 
LAST SEVERAL 
WEEKENDS IN 
DELAWARE AND WE 
LEARNED THAT 
WHILE HE WAS AWAY
FROM US HERE HE 
MET WITH ONE 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR. 
OF THE FINALISTS 
FOR  AN IN PERSON 
CONVERSATION. 
WE EXPECT HE'S 
HAD OTHER 
MEETINGS WITH 
OTHER FINALISTS. 
THE QUESTION NOW 
IS, HOW MANY 
WERE IN PERSON 
AND HOW MANY 
WERE VIRTUAL. 
THIS BRINGS US 
DOWN TO THIS 
POINT. 
THE BIDEN MATEAM 
HAS A PLAN FOR 
THIS AND THEY 
WANT THIS TO NOT 
LEAK. 
THEY WANTED TO 
COME OUT ON 
THEIR TERMS. 
NOW CITING A 
SOURCE CLOSE TO 
THE CAMPAIGN THE 
DECISION HAS 
BEEN MADE BY S.THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
COMMUNICATED HIS 
STAFF. 
IF ALL GOES  M
ACCORDING TO PLAN
WE WILL SEE AND 
EMAIL SHOWING UP 
SOON AND 
POTENTIALLY 
OTHER DIMENSIONS 
OF A VIRTUAL 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
IT HAS NOT BEEN 
CLEAR THE LAST 
DAY OR SO, OF 
POTENTIAL JOINT 
APPEARANCE 
LIKELY IN 
WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE. 
WE SEEN SOME 
ACTIVITY 
DOWNTOWN AT THE 
HOTEL. 
THIS WAS THE 
PLACE WHERE HE 
CELEBRATED HIS 
FIRST ELECTION 
VICTORY IN 1972 
AND WHERE SOME 
INDICATION MIGHT 
BE THAT HE'S 
PLANNING TO 
APPEAR WITH THE 
WOMAN THAT WOULD 
BE HIS VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> MIKE, NO 
DOUBT WHEN THAT 
HAPPENS YOU'LL 
BE ON TOP OF IT. 
MIKE MEMOLI, 
THANK %YOU.  
WE WILL BE 
CATCHING UP WITH 
YOU SOON. 
>> YES. 
>> THE 
UNIVERSITY OF AN
ARIZONA STUDENTS 
ARE HEADING BACK 
TO CAMPUS BUT 
THEY WILL NEED 
TO GET TESTED 
FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
JOINING ME FROM  
THE TUCSON 
CAMPUS, WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT A 
LOT OF STUDENTS. 
WHAT IS THE 
TESTING PROCESS AT
LIKE? 
>> IT IS A WEIRD 
WAY TO BE 
INTRODUCED TO 
COLLEGE 
ORIENTATION. 
THIS IS WEAK ONE 
WHEN FOLKS ARE 
MOVING BACK TO 
US AND COMING 
BACK TO TUCSON 
TO AGAIN LK
CLASSES. 
SEE IS U 
THE UNIVERSITY 
SETTING UP THE 
TESTING PROCESS 
WHERE ALL 
STUDENTS ON 
CAMPUS AND THEY 
EXPECT ABOUT 
5300, COME 
THROUGH THE 
DOORS TO GET 
TESTED. 
THE PROCESS 
TAKES ABOUT AN 
HOUR TO GET THE 
LAB RESULTS AND 
AT THAT POINT 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO MOVE 
INTO THE DORMS ST
ON CAMPUS. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN A 
RESTAURANT OR A 
WATERPARK OR THE 
GYM. 
ESSENTIALLY YOU 
ARE WELCOMING 
FOLKS INTO A 
PROFESSIONAL 
ENVIRONMENT AND 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT AND 
AN EDUCATIONAL 
ENVIRONMENT IN 
WHICH YOU ARE 
DEALING WITH THE 
STUDENT 
POPULATION THAT 
IS EXPECTED TO 
BE AROUND 
20,000, HAVE OF 
WHAT THE  ENORMAL 
ENROLLMENT IS 
HERE AT THE 
UNIVERSITY. 
STILL, 20,000 
COMING TO THIS 
COLLEGE, I HAD A 
CONVERSATION WITH
THE FORMER U.S. 
SURGEON YOGENERAL 
UNDER THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND A TUCSON 
RESIDENT IT HE 
HAS BEEN TASKED 
TO LEAD THE 
REENTRY EFFORT. 
I WANT TO YOU TO 
HEAR FROM HIM IN 
TERMS OF WHAT IS 
AT STAKE. 
>> IT'S GOING TO 
BE DIFFERENT. 
YOU WON'T SEE 
OPENING FOOTBALL 
GAMES AND ALL 
THE OTHER SOCIAL 
ACTIVITIES SUCH 
AS O FRATERNITIES 
AND SORORITIES. 
THESE GROUPS 
HAVE BEEN 
CONTACTED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THEY HAVE TWO 
ADJUST THEIR 
SOCIAL BEHAVIORS 
SO THAT WE DON'T 
INADVERTENTLY 
SPREAD 
INFECTION. 
>> HE EMPHASIZED 
THAT IT WILL TAKE
THE STUDENTS AND 
FACULTY AND 
EVERYBODY AROUND 
THE CAMPUS TO BE 
DILIGENT IN 
ORDER TO KEEP 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OPEN. 
THERE ARE SOME 
UNIVERSITIES 
LIKE HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY AND 
JOHN HOPKINS 
AR % A PUPPET TO DE
GO ONLY DIGITAL 
THIS SEMESTER. 
IN PLACES LIKE 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF ARIZONA, THEY 
INTEND TO IVWORK 
TOWARD THE 
HYBRID MODEL 
WHERE SOME 
STUDENTS WILL BE 
ABLE TO GO BACK 
INTO THE 
CLASSROOM AND OF 
ALL GOES WELL AT 
AN INCREASING 
RATE. 
YESTERDAY WAS 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
TESTING HERE ON 
CAMPUS. 
THE OFFICIALS 
TELL US ONE OUT 
OF 600 
INDIVIDUALS THAT 
CAME IN TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
THIS SUGGESTS 
THEY ARE STARTING
OFF ON A GOOD 
NOTE. 
JUST HOW DO THEY 
GO FORWARD FROM 
HERE? 
>> IT WILL BE A 
DIFFERENT 
SCARRED, START TO
THE YEAR. 
FOR THOSE GOING 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IT IS 
PROBABLY NOT 
WHAT THEY WERE 
EXPECTING. 
HOW DO ECTHEY FEEL 
ABOUT IT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
TELLING YOU 
ABOUT GOING BACK 
WHEN IT LOOKS 
LIKE THIS? 
>> 
>>> THIS IS A 
SPECIAL REPORT. 
HERE IS LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> COMING OFF 
THE AIR WITH 
BREAKING NEWS. 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE JOE 
BIDEN HAS MADE 
HIS CHOICE AND 
WE HAVE 
CONFIRMED THAT 
HE HAS PICKED 
KAMALA HARRIS TO 
BE HIS RUNNING 
MATE, THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR 
IN HISTORY TO BE 
CHOSEN FOR SUCH RY
A POSITION ENDING
WEEKS OF 
SUSPENSE AND 
MAKING GOOD OF A 
PROMISE HE  MADE 
DURING THE 
PRIMARIES TO 
NAME A WOMAN TO 
RUN AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
HE HELD THIS JOB 
HIMSELF UNDER 
BARACK OBAMA. 
THE DEMO CREDIT, 
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
HAS WIDENED. 
LET'S GO TO 
KRISTEN WELKER. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US?>> 
Reporter: AS 
THEY THIS IS AN 
HISTORIC PICK, 
TAKING THE FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
FEMALE TO BE A 
RUNNING MATE ON 
A PRESIDENTIAL 
TICKET. 
THIS COMES AFTER 
WEEKS OF 
DELIBERATION. 
SHE IS THE 
SENATOR FROM 
CALIFORNIA AND 
SOMEONE WHO WAS 
IN THE PRIMARY 
RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT HERSELF
AND, OF COURSE, 
WE ALL REMEMBER 
THE FIRST DEBATE 
WHEN SHE TOOK 
SHARP AIM AT THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
THAT WAS 
SOMETHING REALLY 
RANKLED SOME OF 
HIS SUPPORTERS 
AND SOMETHING 
THAT WAS FOCUSED 
ON DURING THE 
PROCESS. 
SOMETHING HE AND 
HIS FAMILY SPENT 
A FAIR AMOUNT OF 
TIME THINKING 
ABOUT. 
CAN SHE BE 
TRUSTED AND 
LOYAL AND 
ULTIMATELY BIDEN 
MAKING THE 
DECISION THIS IS 
THE PERSON THAT 
WILL BE THE 
STRONGEST 
RUNNING MATE. 
THE PERSON THAT 
WILL SERVE WITH 
HIM IF HE DOES, 
IN FACT, WHEN 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
WHAT ARE SOME OF 
THE STRENGTHS OF 
SENATOR HARRIS? ?
SHE IS SOMEONE 
WHO HAS 
EXPERIENCE ON THE
NATIONAL STAGE 
AND SHE HAS ONE 
A NATIONAL 
CAMPAIGN FOR 
PRESIDENT 
HERSELF. 
SHE HAS PRBEEN 
UNDER THAT TYPE 
OF FIRE. 
SHE BRINGS A 
STRONG DEBATE 
PERFORMANCE TO 
THE TABLE. 
SOMEONE WHO THEY 
THOUGHT WOULD BE 
A FORMIDABLE 
CANDIDATE AGAINST
FIKE, VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE. 
THESE ARE THE 
THINGS WE ARE 
TOLD ARE THE 
REASON THAT 
BIDEN PICKED 
SENATOR HARRIS. 
THIS WILL BE AN 
HISTORIC PICK. 
BIDEN WITH 
GETTING A LOT OF 
PRESSURE TO TT
CHOOSE AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
RUNNING MATE. NN
NOT ONLY IN THE 
WAKE OF PROTESTS 
NATIONWIDE IN 
WHICH HE WILL 
HAVE BEEN 
CALLING FOR 
CHANGE, BUT ALSO 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS FEEL N-
THIS IS AN 
INFLECTION POINT 
IN THE HISTORY 
OF THE NATION. 
I'M TOLD THIS IS 
ONE OF THE 
REASONS THAT WE 
DECIDED TO PICK 
HARRIS. 
HE FEELS HE WILL 
HAVE A STRONG 
PARTNER ONCE HE 
IS IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
>> LET'S GO TO 
ANDREA MITCHELL, 
OUR CHIEF 
WASHINGTON 
CORRESPONDENT. 
ANDREA, IF YOU 
LOOK THROUGH THE 
LENS OF THE 
CAMPAIGN AND WHY 
SHE MAKES SENSE 
TO JOE BIDEN.>> 
Reporter: SHE 
MAKES SENSE 
BECAUSE HE FEELS 
SHE WILL BE A 
GOOD GOVERNING 
PARTNER. 
SHE HAS CHARISMA 
AND SHE IS  55 
YEARS OLD. 
MORE THAN TWO 
DECADES YOUNGER AN
THAN HE IS. 
SHE IS THE FUTURE
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
SHE HAD A MOBIG 
LAUNCH IN 2019 
AND 20,000 
PEOPLE GATHERED. 
SHE WAS A GOOD 
CAMPAIGNER 
ALTHOUGH HER OWN 
CAMPAIGN ALTERED 
AND SHE HAD TO 
DROP OUT. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
LOYAL THEY LAST 
CAMPAIGNED 
TOGETHER MARCH 9.
SHE IS SOMEONE 
HE FEELS CAN 
BRING A LOT OF 
ENERGY. 
SHE IS LOTHE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN ON 
THE TICKET FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT. 
THAT IS 
SIGNIFICANT. DE
EARLIER TODAY 
ONE OF HIS CLOSE 
FRIENDS SAID 
THIS WILL BE AN 
HISTORIC CHOICE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
WOMEN BEFORE. 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
PRESSURE 
AND CERTAINLY 
THE ADVICE THAT 
PUT HIM ON TRACK 
TO GETTING THE 
NOMINATION TO 
BEING THE 
PRESUMPTIVE 
NOMINEE AND 
DEFEATING THE 
COMPETITION. 
ALSO THE TIME IS 
RIGHT. 
THEY HAVE PUT 
OUT A STATEMENT 
IN WHICH JOE 
BIDEN SAYS IN 
HIS PREPARED 
STATEMENT I NEED 
SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS T THE 
PAIN THAT SO 
MANY IN OUR 
NATION ARE 
SUFFERING 
WHETHER THEY 
HAVE LOST A G JOB 
OR BUSINESS OR A 
LOVED ONE TO THE 
VIRUS. 
THE PRESIDENT HE
SAID HE DOESN'T 
WANT TO BE 
DISTRACTED. 
TAKING CARE OF 
THE PEOPLE OF 
THE NATION IS A 
JOB AND KAMALA 
HARRIS 
UNDERSTANDS 
THAT. 
HE ALSO LASENT I 
NEED SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THAT 
WE IN A BATTLE 
FOR THE SOUL OF 
THE NATION AND 
IF WE ARE GOING 
TO GET THROUGH 
THIS WE NEED TO 
COME TOGETHER 
AND UNITE FOR A 
BETTER AMERICA. 
SHE GETS THAT. R 
SHE IS SPEAKING 
TO THE LAUNCH OF 
THE CAMPAIGN IN 
2019 AND HE 
FOCUSED ON 
CHARLOTTESVILLE 
AND LONG BEFORE NG
THE RACIAL 
RECKONING HE HAS 
BEEN FOCUSING ON 
THE 
BATTLE FOR 
REAL JUSTICE AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS. 
HE BELIEVES THAT 
A BLACK WOMAN 
WOULD RING HIM 
THAT. 
THIS IS AN 
HISTORIC MOMENT. 
ALSO THERE HAS 
BEEN A LOT OF 
PRESSURE IN THE 
LAST 24 HOURS, 
LESTER, THAT THIS
IS THE TIME THAT 
IT HAD TO BE A 
BLACK WOMAN 
FOLLOWING LIKE 
WOMEN WHO HAVE 
BEEN THE CORE OF 
JOE BIDEN'S 
CONSTITUENCY 
FOREVER. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE A POPULAR 
CHOICE IN 
ENERGIZING BLACK 
PEOPLE AND OTHERS
AND YOUNG PEOPLE 
BECAUSE OF HER 
AGE AND HER 
CHARISMA. 
LESTER? 
>> I CAN'T HELP 
BUT NOTING HOW 
EVERYTHING IS 
DIFFERENT. 
IN THIS KIND OF 
ANNOUNCEMENT I 
WOULD HAVE READ 
THE INTRODUCTION 
AND TAKING YOU 
TO THE STAGE AND 
THEY WOULD'VE 
BEEN STANDING 
TOGETHER. 
OBVIOUSLY THIS 
CAN'T HAPPEN IN %
THIS 
ENVIRONMENT. 
LET ME ISBRING IN 
THE MODERATOR OF 
MEET THE PRESS, 
CHUCK TODD. 
TALK ABOUT THE 
POLITICS OF 
THIS. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
WERE CLEARLY 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
TRYING OUT THE 
TALKING POINTS 
DEPENDING ON WHO 
WAS CHOSEN 
TODAY.>> 
Reporter: THERE 
ARE A FEW THINGS 
TO BRING UP 
ABOUT THIS. 
NUMBER ONE, THE 
CLOSEST COROLLARY
I THINK IT 
HASN'T MODERATE 
RESIDENTIAL 
POLITICS IS 
REAGAN-BUSH 1980.
ONE OF THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE ATTACK 
LINES CAME FROM 
GEORGE HW BUSH 
WHO CALLED IT 
VOODOO 
ECONOMICS. 
THERE WERE A LOT VO
OF QUESTIONS 
BEFORE HE PUT 
HIM ON THE 
TICKET AND EVEN 
AFTER. 
CAN HE BE VE
TRUSTED? 
IT WAS A 
POWERFUL ALLIANCE
THEY REALIZED 
THEY NEEDED IN 
1980 AS THE THE 
PARTY UNIFY. 
THEY THOUGHT 
THEY HAD AN 
HISTORIC 
OPPORTUNITY. 
A LOT OF STUS 
BELIEVE 2020 
LOOKS A LOT LIKE 
1980. 
TO ME THE 
PARALLEL, WHO 
HIT BIDEN THE 
HARDEST? 
IT WAS KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
IN SOME WAYS IT 
SHOWS YOU THAT 
HE WANTS TO SEND 
A MESSAGE. HE 
DOESN'T HOLD 
GRUDGES BUT HE 
WANTS SOMEBODY DY
WHO IS TOUGH 
ENOUGH TO 
CAMPAIGN. 
SHE IS A GOOD 
CAMPAIGNER. 
YES, PEOPLE WILL 
LOOK BACK ON THE 
CAMPAIGN AND SAY 
SHE STRUGGLED A 
LITTLE AND I 
WOULD ARGUE ONE 
OF THE REASONS 
IS, SHE 
PROGRESSIVE OR 
SOMEWHERE IN 
BETWEEN? 
IN BETWEEN  B
ELIZABETH WARREN 
AND JOE BIDEN 
WHICH IS ANOTHER 
REASON THEY 
PICKED HER. 
SHE IS SEEN AS 
SOMEBODY WHO CAN 
BE A BRIDGE TO 
THE PROGRESSIVE 
COMMUNITY. 
YOU 
WILL IVSEE 
SOME PROGRESSIVES
HANDWRINGING 
TODAY. 
IF YOU ARE IN 
THE JOE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN AND YOU 
LOOK AT THE 
HISTORY OF THE 
CANDIDATES 
LEADING AT THE 
TIME HE DECIDED 
TO PICK THEIR 
RUNNING MATE, 
THIS IS ALMOST 
THE PERSON 
EVERYBODY 
ASSUMES IT 
SHOULD BE. 
IF YOU THINK 
ABOUT IT, BIDEN 
HARRIS WAS A 
TICKET A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WERE 
SPECULATING ON 
WHEN THE 
CAMPAIGN BEGAN 
IN JANUARY 2019. 
>> LET ME GO 
BACK TO KRISTEN 
WELKER. 
ARE YOU HEARING 
ANYTHING ABOUT 
THIS? 
>> 1 YES, I JUST 
GOT A LITTLE BIT 
OF REACTION. 
THEY SAID THIS 
WAS AN EXPECTED 
PICK. 
EXPECT THE 
CAMPAIGN TO HIT 
HARRIS HEAVILY 
ON HER OWN 
CRITICISMS OF 
BIDEN AND HYPER 
PARTISAN IS HIM. 
OVERALL NO ONE 
IS SURPRISED. 
THE BOTTOM LINE 
TAKING A STEP 
BACK A, I THINK 
THAT THE 
ADMINISTRATION, 
THE CAMPAIGN 
TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT EXACTLY HOW 
TO GO AFTER 
HARRIS. 
THIS IS SOMEONE 
WHO 
COULD 
POTENTIALLY 
BLEND HIS LAW 
AND ORDER 
MESSAGE AND HAS 
A BACKGROUND IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND DURING THE 
PRIMARY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DIDN'T TYPICALLY 
TAKE AIM AT AND 
PRAISED HER FOR 
HAVING THE BEST 
ROLLOUT. 
ON THE DAY SHE 
ANNOUNCED SHE 
WAS DROPPING OUT 
OF THE RACE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TWEETED HEE  WOULD 
MISS HER AND SHE 
RESPONDED, WE'LL 
SEE YOU EVENT 
THE THIRD. 
AGAIN, THIS IS 
SOMEONE WHO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT WE 
ARE GETTING A 
LITTLE BIT OF A 
WINDOW INTO HOW 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO GO AFTER HER. 
AGAIN, THAT IS 
WHAT BIDEN SEES 
IN HARRIS AND 
WHY HE SEES HER 
AS A STRONG 
CANDIDATE FOR 
THAT REASON. 
SHE IS SOMEONE 
WHO IS MAC 
STRUGGLED TO PUT 
INTO HIS 
THOUGHTS. 
IN A 
RADIO 
INTERVIEW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOOK AIM AT 
BIDEN FOR SAY HE 
WAS GOING TO 
PICK A FEMALE 
RUNNING MATE. 
HE SAID HE WILL 
NOT SHUT AWAY D 
FROM GENDER 
POLITICS. 
JUST AS HE DID 
IN 2016. 
>> WE WERE TOLD 
THAT THE OTHERS 
ON THE SHORT 
LIST WOULD, WERE 
NOTIFIED EARLIER 
THIS AFTERNOON 
THAT THEY WERE 
NOT GOING TO BE 
PICKED. 
LET ME GO TO THIS
CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT. 
WHAT A FORMIDABLE
FORCE AS A TRUMP 
CRITIC. 
>> SHE HAS BEEN. 
SHE CAME TO 
CAPITOL HILL 
RELATIVELY 
RECENTLY. 
SHE HAS BEEN IN 
THE SENATE A FEW 
YEARS. 
SHE QUICKLY 
ESTABLISHED 
HERSELF AS ONE 
OF THE SHARPEST 
AND HIGHEST 
PROFILE 
QUESTIONERS OF 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
APPOINTEES AND 
JUDICIAL 
APPOINTEES AND 
OTHERS. 
SHE HAS MOLDED UM  A
A 
MODERN WAY OF 
HOLDING THE 
SENATE SEAT AND 
COMPETING FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
I INTERVIEWED 
HER SEVERAL 
TIMES AS SHE 
CONTEMPLATED HER 
2020 BID. 
SHE FOCUSED, FOR 
EXAMPLE, ON 
MIGRANT 
AMERICANS AND 
IMMIGRANTS, 
PARTICULARLY AS 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
WAS SEPARATING ON
CHILDREN FROM 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
SHE DEVELOPED A 
REPUTATION AS  A
SOMEBODY WHO 
DIGS IN BEHIND-
THE-SCENES. 
SHE IS 
PERSONABLE AND 
DEVELOPS PERSONALNA
RELATIONSHIPS 
THAT SHE CAN 
RELY ON AS TRIED 
TO ACHIEVE HER 
POLITICAL GOALS. 
ONE THING I 
WOULD HIGHLIGHT 
IS, SHE HAS NOT 
BEEN AFRAID TO 
TRY HERSELF AS 
AMBITIOUS. 
AS WE HAVE A 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN ON 
THE TICKET SHE 
IS NOT SHYING 
AWAY FROM THAT. 
SHE DID NOT SHY 
AWAY DURING HER 
SELECTION 
PROCESS EITHER. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
THE BIDEN TEAM 
GRAPPLED WITH A 
LITTLE BIT. 
A LOT HAVE WOMEN 
HAVE COME TO HER 
DEFENSE ON THAT 
QUESTION. 
THIS IS A NEW 
WAY THAT WE ARE 
SEEING WOMEN 
MOVE FORWARD. 
IT HAS OFTEN 
BEEN CONSIDERED NS
A LIABILITY. 
WOMEN CANDIDATES 
IN THE PAST HAVE 
BEEN TOLD TO SHY 
AWAY FROM THIS 
AND KAMALA 
HARRIS IS NOT 
ONE OF THOSE 
WOMEN. 
LESTER? 
>> I WANT TO 
READ THIS TWEET. 
HE SAID I HAVE 
THE GREAT HONOR 
TO ANNOUNCE THAT 
I PICKED KALAMA 
HARRIS, ONE OF 
THE COUNTRIES 
FINEST PUBLIC 
SERVANTS AS MY 
RUNNING MATE. 
BACK WHEN SHE 
WAS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL SHE 
WORKED CLOSELY 
WITH MY E SON AS I 
WATCHED AS SHE 
TOOK ON THE 
BANKS AND 
PROTECTED WOMEN D 
AND KIDS. 
HE SAID I WAS 
PROUD THEN AND 
I'M PROUD TO 
HAVE HER AS MY 
PARTNER IN THIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
IN THE COVID 
DAYS THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
CAME VIA TWEET. 
TO REPEAT, JOE 
BIDEN HAS CHOSEN 
FORMER PRIMARY 
OPPONENT KAMALA 
HARRIS AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
THIS IS AN 
HISTORIC CHOICE 
OF AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN 
AS A CANDIDATE 
FOR VICE CA
PRESIDENT. 
WE HOPE THAT YOU 
WILL STAY WITH 
US FOR FURTHER 
DEVELOPMENTS. 
I WILL BE BACK 
WITH A COMPLETE 
WRAP UP AND 
REACTION ON THE 
NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS. %
FOR NOW, LESTER 
HOLT IN NEW YORK.
GOOD DAY, 
EVERYONE. 
>>> WE FINALLY 
HAVE AN ANSWER 
TO THIS 
QUESTION. 
JOE ERBIDEN PICKING
KAMALA HARRIS AS 
HIS RUNNING 
MATE. 
OUR POLITICAL 
EDITOR IS 
JOINING US NOW 
WITH THIS 
DEMOCRATIC 
SPECIALIST. 
FOR THOSE NOT UP 
TO SPEED, TALK 
ABOUT THE 
HISTORIC DECISION
AND HOW IT HAS 
UNFOLDED THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
>> BIDEN 
ANNOUNCED, LET 
HARRIS, HIS 
PREVIOUS OPPONENT
AND SOMETIMES AN 
ACRIMONIOUS 
CAMPAIGN. 
SHE IS THE THIRD 
WOMAN TO BE THE 
NOMINEE OF A 
MAJOR POLITICAL 
PARTY IN THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF 
COLOR. 
THIS IS AN N 
HISTORICAL 
MOMENT. 
IT COULD BE 
OVERLOOKED A 
LITTLE BIT 
BECAUSE HERE IT 
HAS BEEN 
CONSIDERED A 
FRONT RUNNER 
THROUGHOUT THE 
PROCESS. 
SHE IS A  A%HEWOMAN 
WHO HAS BEEN 
VETTED ON THE 
NATIONAL STAGE 
BECAUSE OF HER 
RUN FOR RESIDENT 
IN 2019 RUAND SHE 
WAS ELECTED 
STATEWIDE IN 
CALIFORNIA AND 
SHE SERVED AS  A 
SENATOR AND SHE 
HAS A PORTFOLIO 
GOING INTO THIS 
PROCESS THAT 
MAKES HER SEEM 
LIKE ONE OF THE 
TOP CANDIDATES. 
IT WAS ALWAYS 
SEEN AS HER 
PLACE TO LOSE. 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT VETTED 
MANY OTHER WOMEN 
WHEN HE WAS 
GOING THROUGH 
THIS PROCESS. 
I THINK WHAT 
THIS SIGNALS TO 
ME IS THAT HE 
HAS MADE THE 
JUDGMENT THAT 
SHE WOULD BE A 
GOOD GOVERNING 
PARTNER AND SHE 
REPRESENTS THE 
FUTURE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
SHE IS 55 YEARS 
OLD AND A WOMAN 
OF COLOR. 
ALSO, SHE IS A 
SOMEONE YOU CAN 
TRUST YOUR I 
MENTIONED 
EARLIER THE 
FIRST DEMOCRATIC 
DEBATE, THEY HAD 
A TESTY EXCHANGE 
OVER HIS 
TREATMENT OF 
ISSUES OF RACE.  
THAT WAS 
SOMETHING SEEN 
AS CAUSING BAD 
BLOOD BETWEEN 
THE TWO 
CAMPAIGNS. 
IT HAS BEEN 
DISCUSSED AS THE 
POSSIBLE REASON 
THAT SHE WOULD 
NOT BE THE PICK. 
IT  IS CLEAR THAT 
HE HAS PUT THAT 
BEHIND HIM AND 
HE BELIEVES THAT 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
THE RIGHT 
GOVERNING PARTNER
IN THE RIGHT 
PERSON TO BE A 
NEW FACE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
HE IS A 
CANDIDATE THAT 
WANTS TO BRIDGE 
THE PAST AND 
INTO THE FUTURE. 
>> WE HAVE A 
DEMOCRATIC 
STRATEGIST HERE. 
MICHAEL, WHAT 
ARE THE 
STRENGTHS THAT 
SHE BRINGS TO 
THE TICKET? 
WHAT ARE THE 
WEAKNESSES THE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
GO 
AFTER? 
>> THE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
GO AFTER HER 
RECORD AS A 
PROSECUTOR. 
THE PRESIDENT 
CLAIMS TO BE A 
LAW AND ORDER 
PRESIDENT. 
KAMALA HARRIS 
HAS DONE THE JOB.
SHE CAN TALK 
ABOUT WHAT IT 
TAKES AND HOW TO 
GO ABOUT DOING 
THIS. 
ONE OF HER 
STRENGTHS WILL 
BE THE FACT THAT 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
ARE LOOKING FOR 
REPRESENTATION. 
ONE OF THE 
WORRIES WAS THAT 
JOE BIDEN WAS 
GOING TO PICK A 
NONBLACK %
CANDIDATE. 
THE CRITIQUE 
AMONG THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY IS, WE 
GOT JOE BIDEN TO 
THE PARTY. 
NOW HE SHOULD 
SELECT A BLACK 
FEMALE. 
KAMALA HARRIS HE 
HAS DONE THAT. 
ALL OF THE 
WORRYING AND 
DRAMA ABOUT WHO 
HE WAS GOING TO 
SELECT ENDED UP 
THE PERSON WHOM 
YOU SUSPECTED. 
>> LET ME ASK 
YOU A FOLLOW-UP. 
WE TALKED ABOUT U 
HOW JOE BIDEN 
NEEDED TO, IF 
ANYTHING, DO NO 
HARM AND WE'VE 
GONE BACK AND 
FORTH TALKING 
ABOUT HOW 
ESSENTIAL THIS 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK IS. NT AL
DO YOU FEEL THAT 
JOE BIDEN HAD TO 
PICK AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN? 
Reporter: I 
DON'T THINK HE 
HAD TO PICK AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMAN BUT I 
THINK IT WAS 
SMART OF HIM TO 
DO SO. 
THERE WERE 
NUMEROUS WOMEN 
WHO WERE 
QUALIFIED. 
THERE WERE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMEN WHO  WERE RE 
QUALIFIED THAT 
MADE A SMART 
CHOICE AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WAS ONE OF 
THOSE. 
>> WE HAVE THIS 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER. 
ALI, WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT THIS.  
KNOWING THAT 
THERE WAS A 
POTENTIAL FOR 
GENDER ATTACKS 
AND RACIAL 
ATTACKS. 
WHAT KIND OF 
SITUATION DO 
THEY HAVE NOW? 
Reporter: ALL OF 
US ARE TRYING TO 
GET THE MOST UP-
TO-DATE 
INFORMATION ON 
THIS. 
THAT'S WHY I'M 
LOOKING DOWN. 
SOMETHING THAT A 
LOT OF WOMEN'S 
GROUP HAD PLANNED
, THEY KNEW THIS 
WOULD BE 
HISTORIC AND IT 
WOULD BE THE 
THIRD WOMAN ON 
THE BALLOT AS A 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
HARRIS IS THE 
FIRST. 
JUST BY LOOKING 
AT THE PROCESS, 
THE KIND OF  
THINGS THAT THIS 
IS. 
THIS WAS ALMOST 
AGAINST HER 
BECAUSE SHE RAN 
FOR PRESIDENT 
HERSELF. 
>> ALI, WE ARE 
HAVING  AUDIO 
ISSUES.NG 
WE ARE GOING TO 
TRY TO WORK THAT 
OUT. 
ONE OF THE BIG 
QUESTIONS PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN ASKING 
IS, WHAT WILL 
THIS EVENTUALLY 
LOOK LIKE? 
WILL WE SEE WILL 
THIS BE VIRTUAL? 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING? 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT HOW WE 
WILL SEE THEM 
TOGETHER OVER 
THE NEXT DAYS 
AND WEEKS. 
>> WE HEARD 
THERE WILL BE A 
VIRTUAL EVENT 
TONIGHT AND 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SOME PREPARATION 
AND A VENUE THAT 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
PREVIOUSLY USED 
IN THE PANDEMIC. 
THERE ARE 
REPORTS THAT 
THEY WILL END UP 
IN THE SAME 
PLACE TOGETHER. 
AS WELL DURING 
THE TIME OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
THERE WILL BE 
SOME SCRUTINY OF 
HOW THIS LOOKS. 
IT WILL NOT BE 
AS THE 
TRADITIONAL 
EVENT THAT YOU 
NORMALLY PITCHER 
WITH THE 
CANDIDATES 
JOINING HANDS 
AND RAISING THEM 
TRIUMPHANTLY. 
YOU MIGHT SEE 
SOME SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THERE WILL NOT 
BE A BIG CROWD 
AND YOU WILL NOT 
HAVE A BALLOON 
DROP. 
IN SOME WAYS 
THIS WILL BE A 
MUTED WAY OF 
INTRODUCING THE 
CANDIDATES. 
THIS IS ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT 
HAS BEEN A 
CHARACTERIZATION 
OF THE ENTIRE 
VETTING PROCESS. 
TYPICALLY THERE 
IS A LOT OF 
IN 
PERSON MEETINGS 
BUT THE 
CANDIDATES WERE 
ABLE TO MEET 
WITH JOE BIDEN. 
THE DETAILS OF 
THE MEETINGS 
HAVE YET TO BE 
DISCLOSED AND 
MUCH OF THE 
PROCESS PLAYED 
OUT BEHIND 
CLOSED DOORS IN A
WAY THAT 
PREVIOUSLY IT 
WOULDN'T HAVE A 
NEW WITH SEE A 
LOT MORE FACE TO 
FACE INTERACTION 
BETWEEN THE 
CANDIDATES. 
>> MICHAEL, WE 
HAVE BEEN 
WAITING FOR THIS 
DECISION FOR 
SOME TIME AND 
IT'S HERE. 
IF YOU WERE 
ADVISING ME 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN, 
WHAT WOULD YOUR 
FIRST BID OF 
ADVICE BE WHAT 
WOULD YOU TELL 
THEM TO START ON 
RIGHT AWAY? 
Reporter: THEY 
NEED TO DEFINE 
KAMALA HARRIS 
AND HER 
BIOGRAPHY. 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO ALLOW 
THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
TO ALLOW TO DO 
THIS. .
MANY REPUBLICANS 
HAVE BEEN TUNED 
OUT AND FOCUSED 
ON OTHER THINGS 
AND WE TELLING 
HER BIOGRAPHY 
AND TALKING ABOUT
HER TIME AT 
HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY AND 
HER CAREER AS A 
PROSECUTOR, 
FRAMING THAT IN A
WAY THAT IS 
HELPFUL IS 
IMPORTANT. 
IN 2012 WE SAW 
THE DEMOCRATS 
DEFINE MITCH 
ROMNEY EARLY 
DURING THE 
GENERAL ELECTION.
REPUBLICANS WERE 
NEVER ABLE TO 
RECOVER. 
DEMOCRATS CAN'T 
ALLOW THAT TO 
HAPPEN THIS 
TIME. 
>> MICHAEL, 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
FROM CALIFORNIA, 
A LARGE ESTATE. 
WHAT DO YOU MAKE 
OF THE CONCERNS 
THAT HE WAS ON 
THE EAST COAST 
AND SHE IS FROM 
THE WEST COAST 
THIS IS TO GET 
SPEAK TO THE 
MIDDLE OF 
AMERICA? 
>> JOE BIDEN  OAND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
APPEAL TO ALL 
SECTORS OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
WE SEEN THIS IN 
THE POLLING 
NUMBERS. 
THEY PLAY VERY 
WELL WITH WHITE 
COMMUNITIES AND 
BLACK OF 
COMMITTEES, 
RURAL AND URBAN 
AND SUBURBAN. 
THIS IS LESS 
ABOUT THE MAP 
AND MORE ABOUT 
THE RECOMMUNITIES 
IN THE MESSAGE. 
BOTH HAVE A 
STORY OF BEING 
THE FIRST IN 
THEIR FAMILY TO 
SUCCEED AND MOVE 
FORWARD. 
IT'S AN AMERICAN 
STORY AND IF THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
TELLING 
THAT 
STORY IT WILL BE 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> WE TALKED 
QUITE A BIT 
ABOUT SOME OF 
THE TENSIONS 
BETWEEN KAMALA 
HARRIS AND JOE 
BIDEN WHEN THEY 
WERE GOING AFTER 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINATION. 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE SURE TO 
MENTION THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
THAT SHE HAD 
WITH HIS SON. 
CAN YOU TALK 
ABOUT THAT AND 
WHAT ROLE IT 
MIGHT HAVE 
PLAYED? 
>> YES, HE 
SERVED AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AND THEY HAD A 
FRIENDSHIP THAT. 
I CAN NOT 
OVERSTATE HOW 
MUCH FAMILY 
RELATIONSHIPS 
MEAN TO JOE 
BIDEN. 
OVER THE WEEKEND 
HE MET WITH HIS 
FAMILY TO 
DISCUSS HIS VP 
PICK. 
EVERY TIME HE 
HAS MADE A MAJOR 
DECISION HIS 
FAMILY HAS BEEN 
THE NUMBER ONE 
AND TWO AND 
THREE FACTOR. 
THE REASON HE 
DID NOT RUN IN 
2016 IS BECAUSE 
HIS FAMILY HAD 
BEEN GREETING 
THE DEATH OF HIS 
SON, BEAU.  
HE TALKED ABOUT 
HIS SON WHO 
COULD TAKE ON 
THE POLITICAL 
MANTLE. 
IF BEAU WAS 
LIVING TODAY  
MANY SAY HE TO
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
THE PERSON WHO 
HAD PERHAPS WON 
THE NOMINATION. 
I'M SURE THIS 
FRIENDSHIP 
PLAYED A FACTOR 
IN THE WAY HE 
LOOKS AT HARRIS 
AS A PERSON, NOT 
NECESSARILY A 
POLITICIAN, 
SOMEONE WHO 
SHARED THE 
VALUES OF O HIS 
SON. 
THIS WAS THE YEAR
HIS FAMILY 
DECIDED HE WAS 
READY TO RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
I THINK THE 
CLOSENESS OF 
THAT RELATIONSHIP
IS MEANINGFUL TO 
HIM AND 
SOMETHING THEY 
CONNECTED OVER 
EVEN WHEN HARRIS 
WAS HIS RIVAL IN 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARY AND I'M 
SURE THEY TALKED 
ABOUT THIS. 
>> MICHAEL, 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE AGE FACTOR. 
TWO DECADES 
BETWEEN THE TWO 
OF THEM. 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
THE YOUNGER OF 
THE TWO. 
HOW DO YOU PLAY 
THAT 
STRATEGICALLY 
AND 
INTELLIGENTLY 
WITHOUT HARPING 
ON THE FACT THAT 
HE IS IN HIS 
LATE 70s? 
>> YES, OPTICS 
OR EVERYTHING. 
WHEN YOU PUT JOE 
BIDEN NEXT 
KAMALA HARRIS 
THIS SHOWS A 
BRIDGE INTO THE 
NEXT CHAPTER OF 
DEMOCRATIC 
POLITICS. 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
ACT AS A MENTOR 
TO, LEFT HARRIS 
AND MANY OF THE 
WAYS WE SAW THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN BARACK 
OBAMA AND SA VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN. 
THIS IS THE FLIP 
OFTH THIS AND WHAT 
YOU WILL SEE IS 
A RELATIONSHIP 
THAT WILL BE 
CLOSE. 
I THINK KAMALA 
HARRIS WILL BE 
THE LAST PERSON 
IN THE ROOM WHEN 
IT'S TIME TO 
MAKE DECISIONS. 
THAT IS THE 
REQUEST OF JOE 
BIDEN WHEN HE 
BECAME THE VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
I DON'T HESITATE 
TO SAY THAT I 
SEE OBAMA'S 
FINGERPRINT ON 
THIS SELECTION. 
HE HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN A BIG FAN 
OF KAMALA HARRIS 
AND JOE BIDEN 
TALKED ABOUT HOW 
OBAMA'S DECISION-
MAKING IN TERMS 
OF THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE WOULD LOVE TO 
ENTER INTO AS HE 
CAME TO  THE 
FINAL DECISION. 
>> IT IS A DAY 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WAITING FOR. 
JOE BIDEN IS 
MAKING THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
THAT HE SELECTED 
KAMALA HARRIS AS 
HIS RUNNING MATE 
ON THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
I APPRECIATE YOU 
BOTH. 
>> 
>>> SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WILL BE THE 
THIRD WOMAN IN 
HISTORY TO 
BECOME A VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE AND THE 
FIRST LACK WOMAN.
LOOKING AT HOW 
THEY ARRIVED AT 
THIS HISTORIC 
MOMENT. 
POUR AFTER A LOT 
OF SPECULATION 
IT IS OFFICIAL. 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
JOE BIDEN'S 
RUNNING MATE. 
HOW DID SHE GO 
FROM PERSECUTOR 
TO VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE? 
LET'S GO TO 
1964. 
SHE WAS BORN IN 
OAKLAND 
CALIFORNIA. 
HER FATHER WAS 
FROM JAMAICA AND 
TAUGHT AT 
STANFORD AND HER 
MOTHER MOVED 
FROM INDIA LATER 
BECOMING A 
SCIENTIST AND 
ACTIVIST. 
>> MY MOTHER WAS 
THE TOUGHEST, 
SMARTEST AND 
MOST LOVING 
PERSON I'VE EVER 
KNOWN.
>> Reporter: FAST
OVER TO THE 80s 
SHE STUDIED AT 
HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY IN 
THE 80s AND GOT 
HER LAW DEGREE 
AT UC 
HASTINGS. 
HER CAREER 
KICKED OFF IN 
1990 AS THE 
DEPUTY DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY IN 
ALAMEDA  COUNTY. 
>> FIRST I 
DECIDED TO 
BECOME A 
PROSECUTOR 
BECAUSE MEI FELT A 
VERY STRONG 
SENSE OF 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO PROTECT THOSE 
WHO ARE 
VULNERABLE. 
>> BY 2004 
HARRISON, HARRIS 
HAD ONE OF OUR 
FIRST ELECTION 
AS THE DA AND 
THEIR SHE HAD 
THE PRISONER 
REENTRY 
INITIATIVE WHILE 
WATCHING A 
PROGRAM TO STOP 
KAREN PARENTS 
FROM LETTING HER 
KIDS SKIP SCHOOL.
SOME SAID SHE 
WAS TOO TOUGH ON 
CRIME 
PARTICULARLY IN 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR. 
>> IT'S UNA MYTH 
TO SAY THAT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS DON'T 
WANT LAW-
ENFORCEMENT. 
WE DO. 
WHAT WE DON'T NTFO
WANT IS 
PROFILING. 
>> WE DON'T WANT 
IS EXCESSIVE 
FORCE. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS TO HAVE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS 
STRIPPED. 
>> THIS IS A 
BELIEVE SHE 
STILL DEFENDS. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT A MYTH 
THAT BLACK 
PEOPLE DON'T WANT
PUBLIC SAFETY. 
THAT IS NOT 
TRUE. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS RACIAL 
PROFILING. 
>> OR CHOKEHOLDS 
OR MASS 
INCARCERATION. 
>> SHE RAN FOR 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN 2010 BEATING G 
HER OPPONENT BY 
LESS THAN A 
PERCENTAGE 
POINT. 
SHE WAS THE 
FIRST WOMAN RCAND 
FIRST BLACK 
AMERICAN TO GET 
A  TJOB. 
>> I STAND 
BEFORE YOU IN 
THE BIGGEST 
STATE IN THE 
COUNTRY.>> 
Reporter: SHE 
FOUGHT AGAINST 
SAME-SEX 
MARRIAGE BUT 
CRITICS SAY SHE 
SHOULD'VE PUSHED 
FOR CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM 
OR POLICIES LIKE 
LEGALIZING 
MARIJUANA 
ESPECIALLY GIVEN 
THIS INTERVIEW 
LATER. 
>> HAVE YOU EVER 
SMOKED? 
>> I HAVE. 
I DID INHALE. 
>> IN 2014 HARRIS
MARRIED DOUG 
IMHOFF AND BECAME
STEPMOM TO HIS 
KIDS. 
THIS WAS AROUND 
THE TIME SHE 
ANNOUNCED HER 
SENATE CAMPAIGN 
AND SHE WON THE 
RACE THE SAME 
NIGHT THAT HE 
WON POOR. 
SHE IS ONE OF 
THE FIRST TWO 
LACK WOMEN EVER 
ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE. 
>> I COULD NOT 
BE MORE PROUD TO 
REPRESENT MY 
STATE. 
>> SHE WROTE 
BILLS WITH 
SENATORS 
FOCUSING ON  TES 
THINGS LIKE BAIL 
REFORM AND 
INTEGRATION AND 
SHE BECAME KNOWN 
AS HERBER 
ABILITY TO GRILL 
WITNESSES. 
IS A POLICY IN  
WRITING? 
>> I THINK SO. 
>> DID YOU NOT 
CONSULT FOR YOU 
CAME BEFORE THIS 
COMMITTEE 
KNOWING THAT WE 
WOULD ASK YOU 
QUESTIONS? 
>> WE TALKED 
ABOUT IT. 
>> YOU KNEW THAT 
IT WOULD BE 
SHOWN TO YOU. 
>> THE POLICY IS 
BASED ON LITHE 
PRINCIPLE THAT 
THE PRESIDENT -- 
>> SIR, I'M NOT 
ASKING ABOUT M THE 
PRINCIPAL. 
>> I NEED TO 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>> THAT YOU 
WOULD RELY ON 
THE POLICY -- 
DID YOU NOT ASK 
YOUR STAFF TO 
SHOW YOU THE 
POLICY THAT 
WOULD BE THE 
BASIS FOR YOU 
REFUSING TO 
ANSWER THIS 
QUESTION?>> 
Reporter: IN 
JANUARY 2019 
THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT -- 
>> I'M RUNNING 
TO BE THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
PEOPLE, BY 
THE 
PEOPLE AND FOR 
ALL PEOPLE. 
POUR SHE 
PROMOTED MEDICARE
FOR ALL AND 
TUITION FREE 
COLLEGE AND HER 
POLL NUMBERS 
SURGED DURING 
THE FIRST DEBATE 
WHEN SHE CALLED 
OUT FOR OPPOSING 
BUSSING IN THE 
1970s. 
>> THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS THE SECOND, 
CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
SCHOOL AND SHE 
WAS BUST EVERY 
DAY. 
THAT LITTLE GIRL 
WAS ME. 
DONATIONS POURED 
IN THAT NIGHT 
BUT THE 
ENTHUSIASM 
DIDN'T LAST. 
SHE DROPPED IN SM
DECEMBER AFTER 
RUNNING OUT OF 
MONEY. 
DESPITE THOSE 
CONTENTIOUS 
DEBATES SHE 
ENDED UP 
ENDORSING BIDEN 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR. 
>> ONE THING WE 
NEED NOW IS A 
LEADER WHO DOES 
CARE ABOUT THE 
PEOPLE AND WHO 
CAN UNIFY THE 
PEOPLE. 
>> I BELIEVE JOE 
CAN DO THAT. 
>> CLEARLY BIDEN 
BELIEVES HARRIS 
CAN HELP PAVE 
THE PATH TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>>  WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOW. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY 
-- 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP, THIS IS 
ABOUT 400 YEARS 
OF RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
THE BALLOTS 
READY TO GO FOR 
THE ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER. 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT WOULD 
YOU LIKE TO SEE 
ENACTED? 
>> HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND WHO IS 
LYING EVERY DAY. 
THAT IS THE 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> THE MORNING 
SHOW ONLY ON 
MSNBC. 
>>> AFTER I 
WATCHED I ABOUT 
YOU AND YOUR 
KIDS. 
I REMEMBER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
>> YOU HAVE DO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT IS MY 
THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>  WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIFE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING IN 
BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR EYES. 
>> THE GLOBAL 
FIGHT UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY THE 
PEOPLE SAID IF 
THEY DON'T WORK 
THEY WILL NOT BE 
ABLE TO FEED 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> OUR TEAMS ARE 
ON THE GROUND 
RUNNING FROM 
WHERE IT'S BEEN. 
>> THIS 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF WEEKS IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO YOU CAN 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL BUT IT 
DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THEM, IT 
BELONGS TO THE 
BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO TO 
DEFEND A GREAT 
NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED? 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
SIX FEET APART 
FOR THE MOST 
PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THIS COULD 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION OF 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> COACHES 
FIGHTING TO SAVE 
THE BOAT SEASON 
AND ATHLETES 
WORRIED ABOUT 
LOSING 
SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
FANS 
DISAPPOINTED AS 
THEY IMAGINE 
FALL WITHOUT 
FOOTBALL. 
COLLEGES ARE 
TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT WHETHER TO 
PUT THE PLAYERS 
BACK ON THE 
FIELD. 
OUR 
CORRESPONDENT IS 
AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF S 
NORTH TEXAS IN 
DENTON. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST TODAY? 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON? 
>> ALISON, WE 
HAVE CONFIRMED  
THE RUMORS AND 
WITHIN THE PAST 
SEVERAL MINUTES 
THE BIG TEN, ONE 
OF THE POWER 
FIVE IN ONTHE 
COUNTRY HAS 
OFFICIALLY 
ANNOUNCED THAT 
IT MOIS POSTPONING 
ALL SPORTS AND 
THAT INCLUDES 
FOOTBALL. 
KEEP IN MIND 
THAT THESE ARE 
SCHOOLS THAT 
BRING HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE TO GAMES 
EACH AND EVERY 
SATURDAY. RE 
I JUST PULLED UP 
THE STATEMENT 
THEY PUT OUT AND 
I WANT TO READ 
TO YOU WHAT IT 
SAYS. 
IT SAYS THAT WE 
KNOW HOW 
SIGNIFICANT THE 
STUDENT ATHLETE 
EXPERIENCE CAN 
BE IN SHAPING THE
TEACHER OF THESE 
YOUNG MEN AND 
WOMEN.  
EVERYONE 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE BIG TEN AND 
ITS MEMBER 
INSTITUTION IS 
COMMITTED TO 
GETTING EVERYONE 
BACK TO 
COMPETITION AS 
SOON AS IT IS 
SAFE TO DO SO. 
THEY SAY THAT 
WINTER AND 
SPRING SPORTS 
ARE STILL BEING 
EVALUATED AT THE 
TIME. 
THIS IS AN 
INCREDIBLE 
DECISION BECAUSE 
OTHER FEMAJOR 
CONFERENCES HAVE 
BEEN WAITING ON 
THE SIDELINES 
WATCHING TO SEE 
WHAT THE BIG TEN 
WILL DO. 
AS THEY HAVE 
COME OUT AND 
OFFICIALLY MADE 
THIS DECISION IT 
ESSENTIALLY 
DRAWS A LINE IN 
THE SAND FOR A 
LOT OF THE OTHER 
SCHOOLS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY AS 
TO WHETHER OR 
NOT THEY WILL 
HAVE A SEASON. 
THERE HAD BEEN 
TALK ON WHETHER AB
THERE WOULD BE A 
POSTPONING OF A 
FEW GAMES SO 
THEY COULD PUT 
SOME SORT OF 
PROTOCOL INTO 
PLACE, BUT AS OF 
NOW ONE OF THE 
T RGES
COVERAGES IN THE 
COUNTRY HAS 
DECIDE IT'S 
BETTER TO WAIT 
IT OUT UNTIL 
SPRING AND 
PERCEIVED THAT 
WAY. 
ALISON ? 
>> THE BIG 10 
MAKING THIS 
DECISION WAS 
UNDER INTENSE 
PRESSURE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SOME BIG VOICES 
WITH IMPORTANT 
PEOPLE CALLING 
FOR COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL TO COME 
BACK. 
TELL US ABOUT SI
THAT AND WHAT 
THEY SAID ABOUT 
THIS.>> Reporter:
YOU ARE TALKING 
ABOUT SOME OF 
THE MOST 
HISTORIC 
PROGRAMS IN THE A 
COUNTRY THAT ARE 
PART OF WHAT IS A
$4 BILLION 
BUSINESS. 
THAT'S THE 
ESTIMATED AMOUNT 
THAT COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL BRINGS 
IN FROM BUS AN 
ECONOMIC 
STANDPOINT ALL 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
WE KNOW THAT %THE 
UNIVERSITY OF E 
MICHIGAN COACH, 
AN OUTSPOKEN 
ADVOCATE ON 
LETTING HIS TEAM 
PLAY, 
ESSENTIALLY SAID PO
THEY CAN CREATE 
AN ENVIRONMENT 
THAT IS SAFE FOR 
THE STUDENT 
ATHLETES ON 
CAMPUS THAT WAS 
MORE CONTROLLED 
THAN LETTING 
THEM GO HOME 
WHERE THERE IS 
ESSENTIALLY NO 
RULES IN PLACE 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
BEING SAFE. 
MEANWHILE, TOP 
PLAYERS IN THE 
COUNTRY SUCH AS 
THE CLEMSON 
QUARTERBACK 
EXPECTED TO BE 
NUMBER ONE IN 
THE DRAFT CAME 
OUT AND SAID 
THERE IS A SAFE 
WAY TO PLAY IF 
WE ALL GET 
TOGETHER AND 
HAVE A 
CONVERSATION. 
HE WAS TRYING TO 
LOBBY FOR 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PLAYERS TO  BE 
CREATED THE SAME 
AS THE NFL 
PLAYERS UNION TO 
LOBBY ON THE 
PLAYERS' BEHALF 
AND TRY TO PUT 
SOME RULES AND 
REGULATIONS IN 
PLACE TO MAKE  
SURE THAT THE 
PLAYERS COULD 
ACTUALLY SEE THE 
FIELD COME 
SATURDAY. 
BUT, AS IT 
STANDS NOW 
EVERYTHING IS UP 
IN THE AIR. 
THE ONLY CERTAIN 
THING WE KNOW AT 
THIS POINT 
FROM 
THE MAJOR 
STANDPOINT IS 
THAT THE BIG 10 
WILL BE QUIET ON 
SATURDAYS THIS 
FALL. 
>> MORGAN, YOU 
MENTIONED THE 
ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
OBVIOUSLY 
DEVASTATING FOR 
STUDENT ATHLETES.
THEIR WHOLE LIVES
REVOLVE AROUND 
PLAYING 
FOOTBALL. 
YOU MENTIONED 
THE MONEY AND 
THE COMMUNITIES. 
THINK ABOUT ANN 
ARBOR, MICHIGAN, 
FOR EXAMPLE AND 
WHAT THE 
BOMBINGS TO THAT 
COMMUNITY COME 
AUGUST AND 
SEPTEMBER.>> 
Reporter: YES. 
THERE IS A STUDY 
LOOKING AT ANN 
ARBOR, MICHIGAN 
WHERE THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN IS. 
IT CAME BACK AND 
SAID THAT 
FOOTBALL ALONE 
BRINGS IN AN 
ESTIMATED $80 
MILLION AND 
THAT'S JUST TO 
ONE 50 IN 
MICHIGAN. 
I WANT YOU TO 
LOOK AT THAT 
FROM AN  YENTIRE 
COUNTRY'S 
STANDPOINT AND 
REALIZE IT'S NOT 
JUST THE 
PLAYERS, NOT 
JUST THE PARENTS 
OF THE PLAYERS 
AND THE COACHES 
THAT WILL BE 
LOOKING AT THIS. 
IS GOING TO BE 
TO SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNERS 
WITH A 
RESTAURANT OR 
SHOP IF YOU 
WALKED AWAY FROM 
THE STADIUM WHO 
REALLY MAKES UP 
A LARGE PORTION 
OF THEIR OMANNUAL 
INCOME FANS WHO 
COME TO TOWN FOR 
THOSE HOME 
GAMES. 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
ARE GOING TO SEE 
PLAY OUT. 
I'M REMINDED OF 
TRAVELING TO 
STILLWATER, 
OKLAHOMA WHERE 
OKLAHOMA STATE 
IS, A PART OF 
THE BIG 12 
CONFERENCE. 
THAT COMMUNITY IS
BUILT AROUND THE 
UNIVERSITY THERE.
A  MASSIVE TURNOUT
WITH TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE FOR HOME 
GAMES. 
SO, 
TRICKLE-DOWN 
IS GOING TO BE 
TOUGH. 
WE HAVE YET TO 
SEE HOW FAR IT 
WILL GO AS WE 
LOOK AROUND VETHE 
COUNTRY TO SEE 
WHAT OTHER 
CONFERENCES WILL 
DO FOLLOWING 
THIS DECISION. 
ALISON ? 
>> MORGAN, THESE 
ARE CITIES AND 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
AND TOWNS 
STRUGGLING 
ALREADY. 
A BIG DECISION 
TODAY. 
MORGAN, THANKS 
SO MUCH. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
SAID RUSSIA HAS 
REGISTERED THE 
WORLD'S FIRST 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE BUT IT 
IS NOT BEEN 
THROUGH A PHASE 
3 TRIAL AND 
SCIENTISTS ARE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
ITS SAFETY. 
OUR FOREIGN 
CORRESPONDENT, 
RICHARD ENGEL, 
IS JOINING ME 
NOW. 
WHAT ARE THE 
BIGGEST CONCERNS 
ABOUT THIS 
VACCINE?>> 
Reporter: THE 
BIGGEST CONCERN 
IS, IS IT ESSAFE? 
RIGHT NOW WE 
DON'T KNOW VERY 
MUCH ABOUT THE 
DATA. 
ACCORDING TO WHAT
RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
SAID ONLY A 
SMALL NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE, PERHAPS A
DOZEN OR COUPLE 
OF HUNDRED HAVE 
TRIED THE 
VACCINE. 
THEY TEND TO BE 
PEOPLE -- PUTIN 
SAID ONE OF HIS 
DAUGHTERS HAS 
TAKEN IT AND SHE 
HAD A LITTLE 
FEVER AND IT 
WENT DOWN AND 
SHE SEEMS TO BE 
DOING WELL.  
HE SAID SHE HAS 
ANTIBODIES AND 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
SAID THIS 
VACCINE IS READY 
TO GO AND IT'S 
SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE IN 
PROVIDING LONG 
TERM PROTECTION 
FROM THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
BUT, -TPHASE 3 
TRIALS ARE THE 
BIG, EXTENSIVE 
TRIALS WHERE YOU 
USE TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE AND SEE 
WHEN THOSE TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE COME INTO 
CONTACT WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
WHETHER, IN 
FACT, THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
THOSE HAVE NOT CO
TAKEN PLACE IN 
RUSSIA. 
WHAT WE SAW EN
TODAY WAS RUSSIA 
JUMPING IN AND 
ARRIVING AT THE 
50 YARD OR 60 
YARD MARK, 
SAYING THEY HAD 
A TOUCHDOWN. 
IT DOESN'T MEAN 
THAT THEY ARE 
FURTHER ADVANCED 
THAN OTHER 
COMPANIES. 
THERE ARE 
SEVERAL DRUG 
COMPANIES THAT 
ARE ALREADY IN 
PHASE 3 TRIALS. 
RUSSIA IS NOT IN 
PHASE 3 TRIALS. 
THEY SAID TODAY 
THAT EVEN THOUGH 
WE ARE NOT IN 
PHASE 3 TRIALS 
WHAT WE HAVE IS 
GOOD ENOUGH. IS
ARE GOING TO 
REGISTER THIS 
VACCINE AND 
LEGALIZE IT AND 
WE ARE OPENING 
THE MARKET AS OF 
TODAY. 
RUSSIA SAID THEY 
GOTTEN TREMENDOUS
INTEREST FROM 20 
DIFFERENT 
COUNTRIES 
ACCORDING TO A 
SPOKESMAN, THE 
CEO OF THE FUND 
INVESTING IN 
THIS DRUG. 
IT'S NOT THAT 
RUSSIA IS THE 
NAME.  SPUTNIK 
IMPLIES, WON THE 
RACE, IT'S MORE 
THAT IT IS 
DECLARING THAT 
IT WON THE RACE. 
OPENING FOR 
BUSINESS AS OF 
TODAY. 
>> RICHARD, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>>, THE CHAOS I 
FOUND A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
LITTLE HONESTY 
-- 
>> THIS IS IT 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP, THIS IS 
ABOUT 400 YEARS 
OF RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING -- 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
MAKE THE BALANCE 
READY TO GO FOR 
THE ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
GOING DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT THE 
POLICY CHANGE 
THAT YOU WOULD 
LIKE TO SEE 
ENACTED? 
HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND WHO IS 
LYING, THAT IS 
THE STORY 
AMERICANS WANT 
TO HEAR. 
>> MORNING JOE 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>>> IN AMERICA 
WE ARE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN ABOUT 
THIS. 
>> EVERY TIME I 
WATCH THIS I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
I REMEMBER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
>> YOU JUST HAVE 
TO NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN, THAT'S MY 
THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE GOT  
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIFE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS IS A 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY THEY 
SAID IF THEY DO 
NOT WORK THEY 
WILL NOT BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> WE ARE ON THE 
GROUND RUNNING 
FROM WHERE IT 
HAS BEEN. 
>> THEY ARE 
BRINGING THE 
STUDENTS BACK IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO YOU CAN 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE IN ITALY 
IS BACK TO 
NORMAL BUT IT 
DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE FAINT OF 
HEART, IT 
BELONGS TO THE 
BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> YOU CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED? 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ORDERED? 
WHETHER THE K 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO IT IS 
AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THIS MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION IN 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>>
,
. AS SOON AS IT 
GETS STARTED. 
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GET TO THE 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE HAS THE 
LATEST PONNHEADLINE 
FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM. 
ANYTHING 
HAPPENING TODAY, EW
SAVANNA? 
>> I WAS JUST 
ABOUT TO SAY, I 
HAVE SOME 
HEADLINES FOR 
YOU. 
YES, THERE'S TOO 
MUCH GOING ON. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
START OFF WITH 
THE BIG NEWS WE 
HAVE ALL BEEN 
WAITING FOR 
WHICH IS THE 
FACT THAT FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
SELECTED HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS IS GOING 
TO BE HIS VP IN 
A THE PRESENTED 
NUMBER CALLED A 
FEARLESS FIGHTER 
FOR THAT LITTLE 
GUY. 
IF THE BUTTONS 
COULD GET WIN, 
HERE IS WOULD 
BECOME THE FIRST 
FEMALE VICE 
PRESIDENT IN 
HISTORY. 
AND NOT SOME 
THICKNESS OUT OF 
THE SPORTS WELL. 
THE BIG TEN AND 
THEIR POSTPONING 
THEIR FALL 
SEASON BECAUSE 
OF CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS. 
THIS MEANSPO 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TEAMS FROM  OHIO 
STATE, 
NORTHWESTERN, 
RUTGERS, AND 
MANY MORE WON'T  , 
HAVE TO NYWAIT 
UNTIL AT LEAST 
THE SPRING THE 
PLAY AGAIN. 
AND AS THE 
PANDEMIC JUST 
LIFE AS WE KNOW 
IT ACROSS THE 
U.S., I ROWAS ALSO 
CONTINUES TO 
SPREAD 
WORLDWIDE. 
TODAY, GLOBAL 
COVID-19 CASES 
SURPASSED THE 20 NTE
MILLION MARK 
ACCORDING TO AN 
NBC NEWS TO TAKE 
THIS NEWS COMES 
AFTER PRESENT 
BUT REPORTING 
THAT RUSSIA HAD 
CREATED THE 
FIRST 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE. 
HOWEVER, HE HAS VI
NOT PROVIDED ANY 
EVIDENCE TO BACK 
THOSE CLAIMS.  T
FORMER FBI 
MISSION TO SCOTT 
EXPRESSED HIS 
BUSINESSES HIM 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> I WOULD NOT 
TAKE IT. 
CERTAINLY NOT IF 
IT IS A CLINICAL 
TRIAL I IT SEEMS 
IT HAS BEEN 
TESTED IN S 
SEVERAL HUNDRED 
PATIENTS. 
THEY ARE A 
LITTLE BIT 
BEHIND WHERE WE 
ARE WITH THE 
VACCINES WE HAVE 
BEEN DEVELOPING. 
VACCINES HERE 
AND THAT YOU AS 
ARE IN PHASE 
THREE CLINICAL 
TRIAL 
>> THOUSANDS OF 
PATIENTS AS WE 
SPEAK. 
>> NOW 
CONTAINING THE 
FACEBOOK, WHICH 
HAS STRUGGLED TO 
COMBAT 
MISINFORMATION 
IN GENERAL AND  
CERTAINLY 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
WILL, TODAY, THE 
SUSHMITA GIANT 
IS IT REMOVED 
SEVEN MILLION 
POSTS CONTAINING 
FALSE 
INFORMATION 
REGARDING THE 
CORONAVIRUS.IN 
THE POSTS 
APPARENTLY 
INCLUDED 
INACCURATE 
CLAIMS ABOUT 
CURES AND 
PREVENTION 
MEASURES. 
FACEBOOK ALSO 
SAID IT REMOVED 
ROUGHLY E REED%
22 
MILLION POSTS 
CONTAINING HATE 
SPEECH IN AN 
EFFORT TO RELATE 
MORE OF ITS 
CONTENT. 
MONROE, WE GOT 
SOME BIG NEWS ON 
FACE COVERINGS. 
LISTEN TO THIS. 
IN IS THE DAY 
OUT BY DUKE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
JUST THAT 
BANDANNAS AND 
NECK THEATERS 
ARE INEFFECTIVE 
AT PREVENTING 
THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19. 
AND EFFECT, IT 
COULD BE WORSE 
THAN NO MASK AT 
ALL. 
HOWEVER, THE 
CITY ALSO 
FOUND 
COTTON CLOTH 
MASK, SURGICAL 
MASKS, AND N-95 H 
MASKS TO BE 
EFFECTIVE. 
>>> AND LASTLY, 
WILL MAKE THIS 
IT IS KEPARTNERING 
WITH INSTACART 
TO PROVIDE SAME-
DAY GROCERY 
DELIVERIES TO 
COMPETE WITH 
AMAZON AND WHOLE 
FOODS. 
THE SERVICE E IS 
ONLY AVAILABLE 
IN CALIFORNIA 
AND OKLAHOMA 
FOR 
NOW. 
BUT IT COULD 
EXPAND AS MANY 
AMERICANS SWITCH 
TO ONLINE 
GROCERY SHOPPING 
AMID THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC.
!  THAT WAS A 
MOUTHFUL, 
ALISON. 
WE GOT A LOT 
GOING ON. 
I'M CERTAINLY  
-- YOU KNOW WHO 
I'M THINKING 
ABOUT RIGHT NOW? 
MIKE MEMOLI. 
WE'RE NOT -- 
EVERY DAY. 
>> HE IS GOING 
TO BE SO HAPPY 
NOT TO SOGET THOSE 
ANNOYING 
QUESTIONS FROM 
ME. 
I WILL  THINK 
ABOUT THE ROUND 
OF IRRITATING 
QUESTIONS. 
WHAT A 
NGDAY 
TODAY. 
[ LAUGHTER ] 
>> Reporter: 
EXACTLY. 
I WILL SEE YOU 
TOMORROW.! 
BIDEN/HARRIS 
WILL BE THE 
TICKET. 
NBC NEWS  
POLITICAL 
REPORTER ALI 
VITALI IS OUTSIDE
SENATOR HARRIS' 
HOME. 
A HISTORIC CHOICE
, KAMALA HARRIS 
IS THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN ON A 
MAJOR TICKET. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN'S 
DECISION TODAY. 
>> I KNOW THAT 
YOU AND I HAVE 
BEEN WAITING FOR 
THIS 
>> WE R HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT IT 
FOR DAYS. 
THE CLOAK AND 
DAGGER TACTICS 
OF GETTING THIS 
UNDER WRAPS, 
THAT ULTIMATELY 
WRECK WE DID 
HEAR START TO 
THE DAY AS HE 
MADE A DECISION, 
AS HE STARTED 
INFORMING 
ADVISERS AND 
THEN ULTIMATELY 
TELLING WOMEN 
THEMSELVES THAT 
HE DID MAKE A 
DECISION 
INFORMING THE 
PEOPLE WHO  DID 
NOT GET IT AND 
THEN OBVIOUSLY, 
OF COURSE, 
TELLING KAMALA 
HARRIS HERSELF. 
BUT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
DEMOCRATS AND 
THE PARTIES HAVE 
BEEN HOPING FOR 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
VEEPSTAKES 
PROCESS. 
WE %HIHAVE STHURT 
FROM ACTIVISTS 
WHO HOPE THIS 
WOULD BE 
REFLECTIVE. 
WITH THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
AND THAT IS TIHEMOT 
SAY THAT IT IS 
HISTORIC IN THAT 
THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR 
EVER BE OFIN THIS 
SPACE. 
AND WHILE THAT 
IS WHAT 
ACTIVISTS HAVE 
WHAT A, WE ALSO 
KNOW WHAT JOE 
BIDEN HAS 
REPEATEDLY SAID 
HE WAS IN A VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE MADE. 
WHICH IS SOMEONE 
WHO --
 SOMETHING 
THAT PEOPLE 
THOUGHT MIGHT 
GET IN THE WAY 
OF THAT, THE WAY 
THAT THEY 
SPARRED ON THE 
DEBATE STAGE 
EARLIER IN THE 
PRIMARY. 
THAT THAT WAS 
ALSO SOMETHING 
THAT COME BACK 
AROUND WHEN 
COMMENT HARRIS 
WAS CALLED TOO 
AMBITIOUS 
BECAUSE SHE WAS 
VOWING FOR 
POWER. 
ALL OF THESE WI
THINGS HAPPEN 
AND THAT IS 
EXACTLY, QUITE 
FRANKLY, WHAT WE 
HAVE HEARD FROM 
WOMEN'S GROUPS 
WHO WERE PRIME 
THEMSELVES FOR RE
ANY RACISM OR 
SEXISM THAT WAS 
COMING TO  TTHIS 
PROCESS ONCE 
THIS PERSON 
WAS 
CHOSEN. 
I WILL SAY WHEN 
THE BAITY  DEBATE 
STAGE MOMENT AND 
SOMETHING THAT 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN IS 
SITTING ON
 RIGHT 
NOW, TOO, THAT 
IS SOME THINGS 
THAT IS LOOKED 
AT AS A 
NEGATIVE. 
THERE'S ALSO THE 
PATH OF PEACE 
HARRIS, ON THE 
DEBATE STAGE, 
WAS ALSO RAISED 
FOR HER 
PERFORMANCE. 
IN AN ERA WHERE 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE GOING -- ON 
THEIR SCREENS 
WATCHING TV, 
THESE DEBATES 
COULD BE REALLY 
IMPORTANT AND SO 
WHEN SHE DOES GO 
TO WITH MIKE 
PENCE, THAT TH
DEBATE SCALE IS 
GOING TO BE ON 
DISPLAY WITH  
THAT IT COULD 
SERVE AS ITVIRAL 
MOMENTS IT COULD 
BRING MORE 
ATTENTION TO THE 
DEBATE STAGE IS. 
SHE IS SOMEONE 
WHO HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN A STRONG 
DEBATE ABOUT I 
KNOW THAT THAT 
IS THE NEXT 
THING I'M REALLY 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO 
SEEING HERE 
AS WE CONTINUE 
DOWN WITH 80 
SOME ODD DAYS TO 
GO. 
>> YEAH, PEOPLE 
ARE TALKING 
ABOUT THAT 
ALREADY, BUT 
THAT COULD %LOOK 
LIKE AND THE 
STRENGTH SHE 
BRINGS THERE. 
LISTEN, WE KNOW 
THAT SHE IS THE 
SENATOR. 
WE KNOW THAT SHE 
IS THE FIRST 
BLACK FEMALE TO 
BE ON FEA MAJOR 
TICKET. 
BUT GIVE OUR 
VIEWERS A LITTLE 
BIT OF A 
REFRESHER ON 
COMMENT HARRIS 
BUT THE PEOPLE 
WHO MIGHT NOT 
KNOW ALL THAT 
MUCH ELSE. 
WHAT ARE %THE KEY 
THINGS THAT E THEY 
SHOULD KNOW 
ABOUT HER AS THE 
VP ON THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
STAGE? 
>> Reporter: HER 
TIME IN MOLAW 
ENFORCEMENT IS I 
SOMETHING WE 
WILL HEAR ABOUT 
CONTINUOUSLY. 
SHE IS SOMEONE 
WHO HAS SHRUN 
STATEWIDE IN 
CALIFORNIA. 
BUT AND ALSO AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
THERE. 
AND SO THAT IS 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
WHEN YOU TALK 
ABOUT HER TIME 
AS A PROSECUTOR. 
IT IS ALSO GOING 
TO BECOME 
RELEVANT WHEN 
YOU GO AGAIN 
SOMEONE LIKE THE 
TRUMP/PENCE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS WHO HAS SEEN 
THEMSELVES THE E 
ADMISSION OF LAW 
AND ORDER. 
SHE IS SOMEONE 
WHO CAN ACTUALLY 
SPEAK TO WHAT 
THAT LOOKS LIKE 
FROM HER OWN 
EXPENSE IN 
CALIFORNIA. 
BEING A 
PROSECUTOR IN 
THAT IT IS A 
DOUBLE-EDGED 
SWORD BECAUSE 
THAT IS ALSO THE 
SAME EXACT THING 
THAT SHE CAME 
UNDER SCRUTINY SH
FOR WHEN 
SHE WAS 
RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT DURING 
2019. 
AND SO 
OBVIOUSLY, A 
DOUBLE EDGE 
POINT THERE. 
BUT AGAIN, 
SOMEONE WHO HAS 
BEEN VETTED 
NATIONALLY, WHO 
ALSO HAS THE 
BENEFIT, QUITE 
FRANKLY, HAVING 
BEEN ABLE TO 
TRAVEL THE 
COUNTRY AND HEAR 
INTIMATELY FROM 
VOTERS IS %TOP OF 
MY FOR THEM BUT 
I KNOW THAT IS 
KIND OF A FOREIGN
CONCEPT TO US. 
WE HAVE TOBEEN 
AWAY FROM VOTERS 
FOR SO LONG 
BECAUSE THERE 
HAVE NOT BEEN 
CAMPING EVENTS 
OR RELEASE. 
BUT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
COMMENT HARRIS 
IS ABLE TO BRING 
TO THE TICKET, 
THE FACT THAT 
SHE DID ONE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
SHE DOES HAVE 
THE KNOWLEDGE OF 
THE COUNTRY. 
I THINK THAT 
COULD MAKE HER 
AFFECTED AS SHE 
DOES GO ON THE 
DEBATE STAGE AND 
FOR A STWHATEVER 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
THAT THERE ON 
THE TRAIL RIGHT 
NOW IN THE AGE 
OF A PANDEMIC. 
>> YEAH, ALI, 
SPEAKING OF 
THAT, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WANT TO 
KNOW WHEN W IT 
MIGHT BE SEE 
THESE TWO OF THE 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME WHEN R WHERE 
THEIR NEXT 
APPEARANCES AND 
GET-TOGETHERS, 
IF YOU WILL, 
LOOK LIKE? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT THING HAS 
BEEN REALLY 
CRAZY TO 
ME 
FRIENDLY 
THROUGHOUT ALL 
OF THIS IS WE 
HAVE SEEN THE 
WHOLE MIX OF THE 
PANDEMIC AS WE 
MOVED ALONG 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
PROCESS. 
BUT I  TTHINK THE 
MOST DURING IS 
GOING TO BE NOT 
SEEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WITH 
HIS RUNNING 
MATE. 
THE NEW VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RUNNING MATE. 
WHICH IS ALL 
AROUND HER THAT 
IS THE  H
CONSUMMATE 
PICTURE OF EVERY 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION AND 
WE KNOW THAT 
MILWAUKEE ISCR %%NO 
LONGER ON THE 
TABLE FOR  THEM 
TO HAVE THAT 
MOMENT. 
WE ALSO KNEW 
THAT THIS WAS 
GOING TO BE A 
WILL LET THAT 
FEATURED HEAVY 
DIGITAL CONTENT. 
WE KNOW THAT IT 
CAME AN EMAIL 
FOLLOWED BY A 
TEXT MESSAGE. BY
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
THE CAMPAIGN HAD 
REALLY BEEN 
PUSHING 
SUPPORTERS TO IN 
ORDER TO FIND 
OUT WHO THIS 
POINT WAS GOING 
TO BE. 
SO THAT IS THE 
ROLLOUT, AT 
LEAST INITIALLY. 
ALL OF 
THESE 
AWARDS OF THE 
PANDEMIC 
SPRINKLED 
THROUGHOUT THE 
FROM THE WAY  %
THAT THESE OM
CANDIDATES 
PROVIDED ALL THE 
WAY DOWN OVTO THE 
WAY IT WAS 
ANNOUNCED. 
>> Reporter: 
ALI, A BIG DAY 
TODAY, ONE THAT 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WAITING FOR 
FEELS LIKE 
FOREVER. 
WE FINALLY HAVE 
OUR ANSWER. 
KAMALA HARRIS. %
JOE BIDEN'S 
POINTS. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANKS. K 
>>> CRITIC 
STURGIS MICHAEL 
JOINS ME NOW. 
MICHAEL, ALWAYS 
A %TREAT TO HAVE 
YOU ON THE SHOW. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR U BEING 
HERE. 
SOTOL OF, AS A 
STRATEGIST, WHAT 
DO YOU LIKE 
ABOUT KAMALA 
HARRIS AS A VP 
PICK? 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
CONCERNS, IF 
ANY? 
>> EFFORTS, 
I 
GOT TO SEE THE 
BIG WINNER TODAY 
IS MAYA RUDOLPH 
I CAN'T WAIT TO 
SEE. 
DURING THE FALL 
SEASON. 
>> MICHAEL, I 
HAVE TO TELL 
YOU, BUT BEFORE 
WE WENT ON AIR, 
ONE OF OUR 
PRODUCERS THAT 
THAT TO ME OVER 
-- IS IT WRONG 
TO SAY  THAT? 
ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
SOCIAL MEDIA IS 
READY FOR IT. ME
WE NEED IT. 
>> Reporter: I 
GOT YOU. 
YOU KNOW, I 
THINK THIS WAS A 
SMART CHOICE. 
>> BESIDES MAYA 
RUDOLPH, WHAT 
YOU LIKE ABOUT 
HER? 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK IT IS A 
POOR CHOICE. 
NOT ONLY KAMALA 
HARRIS THE FIRST 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
WOMAN SHE IS THE 
FIRST INDIAN-
AMERICAN 
INDIVIDUAL- TO BE 
SELECTIVE. 
SHE IS  THE FIRST 
WOMAN EVER IN 
HBCU TO BE 
ELECTED. 
VERY IMPORTANT 
NARRATIVE THAT 
WILL BE PICKED D. 
UP FROM THE 
OBAMA YEARS AND 
TRANSPORTED INTO 
THIS ELECTION 
CYCLE. 
NOT ONLY ARE  ETHE 
OBJECTS GOOD, 
BUT COMMENT 
HARRIS IS 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
CHARISMATIC AND 
SMART. 
AND HAS C BEEN 
VERY COULD NOT 
ON THE DEBATE 
STAGE BUT SOME 
OF THOSE HEARING 
WINDS. 
THE EAUNITED STATES
CENTER PARK I 
THINK SHE IS 
GOING TO BRING 
TO THE TOTABLE NOT 
JUST AS A VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES BUT 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
SPEAKING FOR  %THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> ALL RIGHT, SO 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
WHAT THE 
CONCERNS ARE, 
WHAT THE ISSUES 
ARE, WHAT E YOU 
THINK THE 
DOWNSIDES, THE 
DRAWBACKS ARE, 
THAT THE %PARKING 
COMMENT HARRIS? TH
YOU KNOW, THERE 
HAS BEEN 
CRITIQUES ABOUT 
HER PERFORMANCE 
AT THE DEBATE 
SHE ACCUSED JOE 
BIDEN OF 
ENGAGING IN 
RACISM WE DON'T 
SEE THAT AS A 
BIG PROBLEM. 
YOU KNOW, THE 
ELECTION OF 
REAGAN AND 
HERBERT WALKER 
BUSH WHERE 
HERBERT WALKER 
BUSH MARKED 
ECONOMIC. 
THAT IS A 
SIMILAR SCENARIO 
TO WHAT WE ARE 
SIGNIFICANT THAT 
COMMENT HARRIS 
WAS NOT AFRAID 
TO TAKE ON JOE 
BIDEN AND SHOWS 
THAT SHE IS A 
TOUGH COMPETITOR  
WHEN IT COMES 
TIME FOR HER TO 
GO UP AGAINST 
REPUBLICANS. 
A LOT  UOF THE 
CRITIQUES HAVE 
BEEN SHE IS HARD 
TO WORK WITH OR 
SHE IS THTOUGH. 
IN THE, THE 
GENERIC AND 
SEXIST TAGS THAT 
WOMEN OFTEN 
STRUGGLE TO 
OVERCOME. 
WELL, NO, WHAT 
WE ARE SEEING IS 
A STRONG BLACK 
WOMAN WHO ROIS 
AMBITIOUS, WHO 
IS EMBRACING 
THAT AMBITION 
AND READY TO 
TAKE ON TWO MEN 
IN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
WHO HAVE A INPUVERY 
CHECKERED %
HISTORY WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
SUPPORTING WOMEN 
AND THOSE RIGHTS.
>> I LOVE THAT 
YOU BROUGHT UP 
THE AMBITION 
THING. 
ONE OF TITHE LAST 
TIME THAT YOU 
HEARD SOMEONE 
SAY A MAN WAS 
TOO AMBITIOUS? 
WE JUST DON'T 
SEE THAT IT IS 
JUST SUCH A 
GENDERED INSULT. 
LET'S TALK A 
LITTLE BIT MORE 
HERE, MIKE. 
IT REALLY IS, 
RIGHT? 
BUT YOU DON'T 
BECOME A 
POLITICIAN IF 
YOU'RE NOT 
AMBITIOUS. 
YEAH. 
>> SHE IS 
RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
SHE WAS 
AMBITIOUS. 
KNOW THAT HE 
WOULD PICK A 
WOMAN. 
WE DID PINOT KNOW 
THAT HE WOULD 
PUT A BLACK 
WOMAN. 
YOUR THOUGHTS K ON 
THAT DECISION 
AND JUST A 
HISTORIC MOMENT 
THIS IS. 
>> SO I THINK 
THIS WAS THE 
RIGHT DECISION. 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
LOT OF WORRY 
AND'S DONATION 
ABOUT WHETHER OR 
NOT JOE ETBIDEN 
WAS GOING TO 
PICK AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN, 
ESPECIALLY AFTER 
THE CAMPAIGN WAS 
REVIVED IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
NOT TALKING 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
NOT ONLY HAS HE. 
AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN. 
THE ENTIRE FIELD 
OF WOMEN IN THAT 
PROCESS WAS 
QUALIFIED. 
UNIT, WHICH HAVE 
NO PROVEN 
%THAT 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
SUCH A STRONG 
BENCH IN TERMS 
OF WOMEN READY 
TO TAKE ON AND 
LEAD US INTO THE 
NEXT CHAPTER OF 
DEMOCRATIC 
POLITICS. 
BUT WHEN IT 
COMES TO KAMALA 
HARRIS, I THINK 
WHAT YOU'RE 
RELEASING IS 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
GOING TO BRING 
OVER 
INSTITUTIONS 
LIKE THE A.K.A., INR
SORORITY, ALL 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
IT IS NOT ONLY 
STRONG SUPPORT 
BUT STRONG DONOR 
BASE. 
I THINK ROYOU ARE 
GOING TO SEE 
INDIAN AMERICANSTO 
WHO ARE VERY 
EXCITED ABOUT 
THE PROCESS OF 
SEEING 
REPRESENTATION, 
FULL 
REPRESENTATION 
AND SO I THINK  
THAT THIS EN
IS 
GOING TO REFLECT 
THE CHANGING 
DYNAMICS OF THIS 
COUNTRY AND 
REALLY TOLD 
THE 
AMERICAN STORY. 
>> SO WHAT ARE 
YOU WATCHING FOR 
NEXT WEEK AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION? 
I KNOW IT IS 
GOING TO MOBE 
DIFFERENT THAN 
ANY OTHER AND 
THAT IS 
CERTAINLY HAS 
WHAT DO YOU WANT 
TO SEE FROM 
KAMALA HARRIS? 
WHAT DO YOU WANT 
TO SEE FROM JOE 
BIDEN NEXT WEEK? 
WEDNESDAY 
VIRTUALLY, 
UNIQUE SO ESTO 
SPEAK, FACED THE 
STAGE. 
>> I DON'T FOR 
COMMENT HARRIS, 
WHAT SHE REALLY 
NEEDS TO DO AND 
WITH THE 
CAMPAIGN NEEDS 
TO DO IS TELL 
HER STORY TO GO 
BACK AND TALK 
ABOUT HER 
BIOGRAPHY 
BECAUSE SHE GOT 
HERE. 
AND DEFINED IT 
IN A WAY THAT 
REFRAMES THIS 
NARRATIVE OF HER 
BEING A 
PROSECUTOR AS A 
POSITIVE. 
SHE HAS A UNIQUE 
PERSPECTIVE AS 
THE FORMER 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, OF  
CALIFORNIA, AS 
THE FORMER 
PROSECUTOR IN 
ANGELES COUNTY, AS
SHE UNDERSTAND 
THE %TRADITIONS 
AND THE REFORMS 
THAT NEED TO 
TAKE PLACE SO WE 
CAN HAVE A MORE 
JUST SOCIETY BUT 
HER ABILITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THAT 
FROM HER UNIQUE 
PERSPECTIVE, I 
THINK, IS A 
PLUS, NOT A 
NEGATIVE. 
THE QUICKER THE 
SKIN DEFINED QU
THAT, THE EASIER 
IT WILL BE COME 
GENERAL ELECTION 
BECAUSE WE ALL 
KNOW THAT THE 
PRESIDENT WHO 
CONSIDERS 
HIMSELF TO BE 
THE LAW AND 
ORDER PRESIDENT 
FOR SOME WEIRD 
RATIONALE THAT I 
WILL NEVER 
UNDERSTAND IS 
GOING TO ATTEMPT 
TO ATTACK HER ON 
THAT BIG AND SO 
THEIR FIRST JOB 
IS TO INOCULATED 
HEARD FROM THOSE 
ATTACKS. 
>> MICHAEL STARR 
HOPKINS, MY 
THING IS THAT IT 
IS A BIG DAY FOR 
KAMALA HARRIS 
AND MAYA 
RUDOLPH. 
>> D TAKE CARE. 
>>> WHAT IS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAYING ABOUT 
COMMENT HARRIS 
AS %JOE BIDEN'S 
FOR VP? 
MONICA ALBA 
JOINS ME NOW. 
WHAT ARE WE 
HEARING FROM THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
>> Reporter: E THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HIS OWN CAMPAIGN 
HAD A LOT OF 
CONTENT READY TO 
GO AS SOON AS 
THAT 
PRESIDENTIAL 
POINT WAS GOING AT
TO BE ENOUGH. 
WHEN WE LOOK AT 
IT WAS SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
WE SAW AN AD 
THAT WAS TREATED 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT OFFICE 
ON ACCOUNT OF 
32nd TERM 
CAMPAIGN DIGITAL 
AD ATTACKING HER %
AND HER AT
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT. 
AND THE CAMPING 
ITSELF ALSO PUT 
OUT THEIR OWN 
STATEMENT 
REVIEWING WHAT 
THEIR ATTACK T 
STRATEGY IS 
GOING TO BE 
AGAINST HER. 
AND IT SEEMED TO 
BE IN EMPART 
ATTACKING AND 
TRYING TO FRAME 
HER AS BEING A 
PART OF WHAT 
THEY ARE CALLING 
THE RADICAL 
LEFT. 
THIS IS A 
STRATEGY WE SAW 
IN THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
UTILIZED IN THE 
PRIMARY. 
THEY WERE TRYING 
TO SAY THAT 
ANYONE WHO SAIS 
GOING TO BE THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE WAS 
GOING TO BE SO 
FAR LEFT AND 
THEY WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 
CANDIDATES LIKE 
SENATOR BERNIE 
WARNER, SENATOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND SENATOR 
ELIZABETH 
WARREN. 
THEY WERE 
PUSHING THE %
PARTIES SO FAR 
TO THE LEFT NO 
MATTER WHO THE 
NOMINEE WAS 
GOING TO BE, 
THAT WAS GOING 
TO BE SOMETHING 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO HAVE TO 
ANSWER FOR. 
NOW IT SEEMS 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
TRY TO COME 
HARRIS AWAY.  
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN HAS 
MORE OF A 
CHALLENGE WITH 
HER AS A PARK. 
SINCE SHE IS 
MORE DIFFICULT 
TO DESCRIBE IN 
THAT MANNER. 
GIVEN HER PAST 
AS PROSECUTOR 
AND HER TOUGH ON 
CRIME MESSAGE TOIN 
THOSE YEARS IN 
CALIFORNIA SO TO 
GIVE YOU AN 
IDEA, WHAT THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
HAS BEEN %
PREPARING HIS 
MATERIALS 
AGAINST HER FOR 
MORE THAN A 
YEAR. 
THEY WERE READY 
TO GO BACK WHEN 
SHE WAS 
APPEARING THAT 
DEBATE STAGE AS 
A PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES. 
SO THIS IS 
SOMEBODY WHO HAS 
HAD MONTHS DYAND 
MONTHS OF 
RESEARCH 
AVAILABLE TO DO, 
WHICH IS 
DIFFERENT FROM 
SOME OF THE 
OTHER PEOPLE ON 
THE LIST, WE'RE 
TALK ABOUT OTHER 
CONSIDERATIONS 
OF WHO THIS IS 
GOING TO BE, NOW 
WE KNOW THE TERM 
CAMPAIGN SAYS, 
WE HAVE DONE 
ARTWORK ON HER 
WE KNOW HOW WE 
ARE GOING  TO 
ATTACK HER. 
IT TURNS INTO A 
DIFFERENT STAGE. 
BETWEEN SENATOR 
HARRIS AND 
CURRENT VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE. 
THAT IS A 
DIFFERENT 
DYNAMIC WE WILL 
SEE OF THE 
STAGE. 
YOU CAN ALREADY 
SEE THE 
PRESIDENT GOING 
AFTER HER. 
IT IS FUNNY WHEN 
WE LOOK OVER A 
YEAR AND A HALF 
AGO, THE PERSON 
WAS ACTUALLY 
IMPRESSED WITH 
COMMENT HARRIS' 
LUNCH IN 
OAKLAND. 
THEY ARE PRAISED 
HER CROWD SIZE, 
SING THE 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
HER WAS 
IMPRESSIVE. 
SO THAT GIVES 
YOU A SENSE OF 
SOMETHING HE HAS 
SAID ABOUT HER 
POSITIVE IN ABTHE 
PAST. 
THEY HAVE 
NEGATIVE ATTACKS 
LINED UP %NOW, 
ALISON. 
>> YEAH, THINGS 
CHANGE PRETTY 
QUICKLY.  
A LOT OF OTHER 
NEWS OUT OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
MAKING SOME 
CHANGES TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
ON UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS. 
TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISER LARRY 
KUDLOW. 
>> WE MODIFIED TO
SLIGHTLY THE . 
MECHANICS OF THE 
DEAL. 
BASELINE OF 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS FROM 
STATES IS ROUGHLY
$400 OKAY, PER 
PERSON PER WEEK. 
THAT IS THAT 
MEDIAN. 
ON TOP OF THAT, 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS 
GOING TO PUT IN 
$300. 
SO MONICA WHY 
THE CHANGE HERE? 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON? 
THERE'S 
CONFUSION HERE, 
ALISON, AND THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
CONTINUES 
BACKTRACKING . 
INSTEAD OF THE 
$800, IT IS MORE 
LIKELY TO  BE 
$700. 
YOU SEE LARRY 
KUDLOW DOING 
THAT MASK THERE 
IN THE 
TELEVISION 
INTERVIEW. 
IT SEEMS SITO BE 
THE STATE AND 
HOW MUCH MONEY 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO BE ABLE TO 
CONTRIBUTE TO 
THAT THAT 
REMAINS AN OPEN 
QUESTION. 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
THESE LITTLE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HOW THESE 
EXECUTIVE 
ACTIONS ARE 
GOING TO WORK 
VERSUS WHAT WILL 
BE PASSED  WIN THE 
NEXT CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF PACKAGE, 
WHICH IS ON 
CAPITOL HILL, 
ETERNALLY TALL. 
THAT IS WHY YOU 
HAVE SO MANY 
WONDERING HOW IT 
WILL WORK BUT IT 
SEEMS THAT WOULD 
HOUSE THEMSELVES 
DON'T KNOW 
EXACTLY BUT FOR LV
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS WHO 
ARE COUNTING ON 
THIS MONEY, $100 
THIS IS CERTAIN 
TO BE ABLE. 
IT WAS BEALREADY 
GOING TO BE 
REDUCED. 
THIS IS ANOTHER 
SIGN OF WHAT IS 
HAPPENING AND 
AGAIN, THEY ARE 
THINK THIS WILL 
LIKELY BE TH
RETROACTIVE TO 
AUGUST 1st. 
CLEAREST SIGNS 
OF WHEN 
THAT 
MONEY WILL 
ACTUALLY COME, 
WHERE BUT NOT 
FOR ANOTHER 
COUPLE OF? 
>> SECRETARY 
STEVEN MNUCHIN 
INDICATING IT 
COULD BE LONGER, 
ALISON.  
>> MONICA, YOU 
ALSO HAVE SOME 
MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
COMING UP IN 
LESS THAN BLALTWO 
WEEKS. 
BUT IS THE NEWS 
TODAY? 
HERE'S WHAT WE 
LEARNED ABOUT 
THE AUGUST 24th 
PORTION, WHICH 
IS SCHEDULED TO 
TAKE PLACE IN 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
WE NOW KNOW THAT 
THE ACTUAL 
NOMINATIONS 
TRAVELING IN AND 
OUT WHICH IS 
ALSO SORT OF 
PROCEDURAL AND SO
OFFICIAL 
BUSINESS OF THE ND
CONVENTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
DONE, BEAT 
LIVESTREAMED. 
THERE WILL BE 
SOME REPORTS 
ALLOWED TO COVER 
IT. 
A FEW WEEKS AGO, 
WE WERE TOLD 
THERE MIGHT NOT 
BE ANY PRESS 
COVERAGE 
WHATSOEVER GIVEN 
THE SAFETY ES%
GUIDELINES AND 
CONCERNS OF 
ACTUALLY DOING 
THE PHYSICAL 
CONVENTION, 
WHICH IS 
DIFFERENT. 
THAT IS WHAT ENISTH 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
DOING, OF 
COURSE, AS 
MIDGLEY SKILL 
BACK. 
WE ARE STILL 
TALKING ABOUT 
HUNDREDS OF 
DELEGATES IN THE 
ROOM COMING 
TOGETHER TO DO 
THIS AND GET OFF 
THAT PROCESS. 
SO THERE WILL BE 
SOME MEDIA E 
COVERAGE, WHICH 
IS GREAT NEWS 
FOR US 
REPORTERS. 
IT WILL BE 
LIVESTREAMED. 
WE WILL BE ABLE 
TO SEE THAT IT 
IS POSSIBLE THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT OR 
BOTH OF THEM 
WILL BE GOING TO 
CHARLOTTE. 
TO THINK THAT 
SMALL GROUP OF 
DELICATE DON'T 
KNOW FOR 
SURE IF 
THAT IS GOING TO 
TAKE PLACE. 
WHAT REMAINS A 
MAJOR QUESTION 
IS IF THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO GIVE 
HIS ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH ON AUGUST 
27th. 
HE HAS NARROWED 
IT DOWN %TO THE 
OPTIONS BUT IT 
WILL BE IN 
GETTYSBURG OR BEON 
THE LAWN OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
THEY HAVE NOT 
INDICATED YET 
WHERE THAT WILL 
HAPPEN. 
THAT, CONVENTION 
IS JUST A %COUPLE 
OF WEEKS AWAY. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
KIND OF EFFORTS 
THAT REPUBLICANS 
ARE GOING TO PUT 
UP THE  
COUNTERPROGRAMMING 
MESSAGING DIRTY 
BEFORE THEY TELL 
US EVERYTHING 
THEY ARE %
GOING 
TO DO FOR THE 
RNC THE 
FOLLOWING WEEK, 
ALISON.  
>> ALL 
RIGHT, 
MONICA, WE HAVE 
HIT YOU WITH A 
HOST OF TH
QUESTIONS. 
I ONLY HAVE ONE 
MORE BEFORE VEI 
LET YOU GO. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NOW CONSIDERING 
A TRAVEL BAN 
ON 
CERTAIN 
AMERICANS. 
THAT IS 
ACCORDING TO RT
"THE NEW YORK 
TIMES." 
BUT WE KNOW 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
SO 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS THINK IT 
WOULD BE MATURE 
TO CALL IT THAT 
AT THIS POINT 
THEY ARE 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
THAT MANY THINGS 
ARE UNDER 
DISCUSSION. 
AND ITS 
ALLEGEDLY ALSO 
TO WHO %ARE 
TRAVELING ABROAD 
IN TERMS OF 
SCREENINGS, FOR 
EXPOSURE OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
HOW WOULD THAT 
WORK? 
THAT IS THE 
MAJOR QUESTION? 
IS IT CLEAR THAT 
AT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
LEVEL, THEY HAVE 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS 
AND DISCUSSIONS 
ON WHETHER THEY 
NEED TO HAVE A 
MORE SERIOUS AND 
WHETHER THEY 
COULD DENY ENTRY 
INTO THE U.S. 
SPECIFICALLY WHO 
ARE TRAVELING 
ABROAD RETURNING 
HOME DEPENDING 
ON WHERE THEY 
WERE AND HOW 
MUCH OF THE 
VIRUS THEY WERE 
EXPOSED TO. 
BUT AGAIN, THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
THINK THAT PRE-
DISCUSSION 
LEVEL. 
THERE'S NOTHING 
OFFICIAL TO 
ANNOUNCE ON AITHAT C
AT THIS TIME. 
BUT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
HOLDING A NEWS 
CONFERENCE, 
SPECIFICALLY ON 
CORONAVIRUS. 
TALKING ABOUT 
ALL THESE N OTHER 
TOPICS AND MORE 
IN THE NEXT 
HOUR. 
THE TOP.  
IT IS POSSIBLE 
WE WILL LEARN 
MORE FROM HIM 
QUICKLY, FRALISON. 
>> MONICA YOU 
RENT FOR A WHOLE 
LOT TODAY. 
I DON'T THINK 
YOU SO DOMUCH FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
WE ARE VERY 
GRATEFUL. 
>> Reporter: ANY 
TIME. 
>> Reporter: THE 
ONLY BLACK WOMAN 
IN THE SENATE 
WILL BECOME THE 
FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN ON A MAJOR 
TICKET. 
SO HOW IS 
CAPITOL HILL 
REACTING? 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
LEIGH ANN TI
CALDWELL JOINING 
ME NOT PICK WHAT 
ARE YOU HEARING 
FROM LAWMAKERS? 
>> WELL, ALISON, 
I WAS LOOKING AT 
MY COMPUTER. IN
SO MANY 
OF THE 
LAWMAKERS WERE 
PEOPLE WHO WERE 
ALSO IN THE RACE 
TO BE JOE 
BIDEN'S --. 
THAT %IS TRUE. 
>> Reporter: -- 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE AS WELL. - 
AND PULLING UP 
THE STATEMENT 
FROM ELIZABETH 
WARREN, WITH A 
CONTENDER AS 
WELL. 
SHE TWEETED THAT 
COMMONERS WILL 
BE A GREAT 
PARTNER TO JOE 
BIDEN AND MAKING 
OUR GOVERNMENT 
AS POWERFUL 
FORCE FOR NGGOOD 
IN THE FIGHT FOR 
SOCIAL, RACIAL, 
AND ECONOMIC 
JUSTICE. 
SO WE ARE IC
GETTING A LOT OF 
TWEETS AND 
STATEMENTS 
SIMILAR TO THAT  
FROM HER 
DEMOCRATIC 
COLLEAGUES WHO 
ARE EXTREMELY 
SUPPORTIVE AND  
THRILLED AT THIS 
CHOICE. 
I WAS 
JUST 
TALKING TO A 
SOURCE WHO HAS A 
MEMBER WHOSE 
BOSS IS A MAP OF 
THE SENATE 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE. 
WHICH IS ALSO 
THE COMMITTEE 
THAT SENATOR, 
THANKS ENA LOT 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
ALSO ON. 
AND THIS SOURCE 
SAID THAT SHE 
REALLY IMPRESSED 
THAT MEMBERS ON 
THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE. 
SHEET TO THEM 
HOW TO DO AN 
INVESTIGATION. 
SHE TAUGHT THEM 
HOW TO QUESTION 
MRS. AND SHE 
REALLY DID WORK. 
AND THAT IS A 
DIFFICULT 
COMMITTEE TO BE 
LIKED ON. 
AS WELL. 
EVEN THOUGH THEY 
TRIED TO BE 
PROCEDURAL. 
THAT IS SEEING A 
LOT FROM A 
SOURCE OF ONE OF 
HER COLLEAGUES. 
REPUBLICANS ON 
THE OTHER HAND 
HAVE BEEN MOSTLY 
SILENT. 
WE HEARD FROM A 
COUPLE 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
HAVE RE-ELECTION 
RACES AND WILL 
BE ON THE BALLOT 
AS WELL. 
IN NOVEMBER. 
INCLUDING 
SENATOR PERDUE 
OF GEORGIA, WHO 
SAID THAT THE 
CHOICE IS CLEAR. 
IN NOVEMBER. 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE RADICAL 
LEFT, JOE BIDEN, 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
HE SAYS IS THE 
RIGHT THICKET OF 
MIKE PENCE AND 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
OF COURSE, DAVID 
PURDUE WILL URALSO 
BE ON THE TICKET 
IN GEORGIA TRIED 
TO WIN HIS RE-
ELECTION WOULD 
YOU. 
IT IS OBVIOUSLY N 
A REPARTISAN TI
SPLIT. 
ON HOW 
ISPEOPLE 
ARE REACTING. 
BUT DEMOCRATS 
ARE THRILLED, 
ALISON.  
>> ALL BAD, 
LEIGH ANN, ANY 
UPDATES ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF 
NEGOTIATIONS? 
HOW ARE THOSE 
TALKS GOING, ROIF 
AT ALL? GO
>> Reporter: 
THEY ARE NOT 
GOING. 
SENATE MINORITY 
LEADER MITCH  E 
McCONNELL TOLD 
FOX NEWS EARLIER 
TODAY THAT THEY 
ARE IN A 
STALEMATE. 
THE TOP 
NEGOTIATORS, THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS AND THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
SINCE THEIR LAST 
MEETING ON 
FRIDAY., SCHUMER
, THE DEMOCRATIC 
LEADER AND 
McCONNELL, WENT, 
TOOK TO THE 
SENATE FLOOR 
EARLIER. 
LATELY POINTING 
AT EACH OTHER 
PRACTICING THAT 
THE OTHER SIDE 
NEEDS TO COME TO 
THE TABLE TO 
CONTINUE THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS BUT %
ONE THING IS 
NOTABLE, THE IN
FACT THAT 
McCONNELL IS 
CALLING FOR THE 
NEGOTIATIONS TO 
CONTINUE. 
HE HAS BEEN ON 
THE SIDELINES 
THROUGHOUT 
WASHING NEINSTEAD 
OF ANTICIPATING. 
SO HE IS -- HE 
DOES SAY THAT A 
DEAL IS 
NECESSARY AND 
THERE'S A 
LOT OF 
POLITICAL 
REASONS FOR HIM 
TO SAY THAT. 
HE HAS A LOT OF 
VULNERABLE 
MEMBERS IN 
NOVEMBER WHO HE 
KNOWS NEEDS SOME 
SORT OF DEAL TO 
TAKE HOME. 
ALISON?  
>> Reporter: 
ALLRED, LEIGH 
ANN CALDWELL, I 
KNOW WE WILL BE 
CHECKING IN WITH 
YOU. 
THANK YOU THSO 
MUCH. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> AND WE HAVE 
AN OFFICIAL 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE OFFICE OF 
BARACK OBAMA 
RELEASED THIS 
EVENING. 
IT IS A 
STATEMENT FROM 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
ON THE SELECTION 
OF SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS AS 
VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN'S 
RUNNING MATE. 
BARACK OBAMA %
THINK A CHOOSING 
A VICE PRESIDENT 
IS THE FIRST 
IMPORTANT 
DECISION A 
PRESIDENT MAKES. 
WHEN YOU ARE IN 
THE OVAL OFFICE 
AND THE TOUGHEST 
ISSUES, AND THE 
CHOICE YOU MAKE 
WILL AFFECT THE 
LIVES AND 
LIVELIHOODS OF 
THE ENTIRE 
COUNTRY, YOU 
NEED SOMEONE 
WITH THE 
JUDGMENT AND THE 
CHARACTERS MAKE 
THE RIGHT CALL? 
SOMEONE WHOSE 
FOCUS GOES 
BEYOND SELF 
INTEREST TO 
CONSIDER THE 
LIVES AND 
PROSPECTS OF 
OTHERS. 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA GOES ON 
TO 
SAY, ONJOE BIDEN 
NAILED THIS 
DECISION. 
BY CHOOSING 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS AS %
AMERICA'S NEXT 
VICE PRESIDENT, 
HE HAS 
UNDERSCORED HIS %
OWN JUDGMENT AND 
CHARACTER 
REALITY SHOWS US 
THAT THESE 
ATTRIBUTES ARE 
NOT OPTIONAL E IN 
A PRESIDENT THE 
REQUIREMENTS OF 
THE JOB AT NOW 
JOE HAS AN IDEAL 
PARTNER TO HELP 
HIM TACKLE THE 
VERY WILL TO 
MAKE AN FACES 
RIGHT NOW IN THE 
YEARS AHEAD. 
WE WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> WHEN YOU 
NEED BRUTAL 
HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT'S A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED? 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH, AND 
WHO'S LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT'S THE NEWS 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
"MORNING JOE," 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF 
POSTRACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE 
PEOPLE I SPOKE 
TO SAID IF THEY 
DON'T WORK, 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS 
ARE ON THE 
GROUND, LEARNING 
FROM WHERE IT'S 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED, AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 6 
FEET APART FROM 
ONE ANOTHER FOR 
THE MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS?  
,
>>> SOME FLORIDA 
PARENTS AREN'T 
TAKING ANY RISK, 
OPTING TO TEACH 
THEIR KIDS FROM 
HOME. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
KERRY SANDERS 
HAS MORE FROM 
FT. 
LAUDERDALE. 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON, SOME  
DISTURBING 
NUMBERS, THE 
SINGLE DATE 
NUMBER OF DEATHS 
IN THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA, THE 
RECORD 276 
REPORTED TODAY. 
THAT IS THE 
BACKDROP AS 
PARENTS ARE 
GETTING READY TO 
SEND THEIR KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
HERE IN BROWARD 
COUNTY. 
THIS COUNTY, IT 
WILL ALL BE 
VIRTUAL, BUT IN 
OTHER PARTS OF 
THE STATE, KIDS 
ARE GOING BACK 
TO THE CLASSES. 
MORE HAVE 
ALREADY RETURNED 
TO THE CLASSROOM.
IT IS WHY SOME 
PARENTS ARE 
SAYING, LOOK, I 
DON'T LIKE 
VIRTUAL SCHOOL, 
I'M AFRAID MY 
KIDS WILL NOT 
PAY ATTENTION 
ONLINE. 
I DON'T FEEL 
COMFORTABLE 
SENDING MY CHILD 
INTO THE 
CLASSROOM 
BECAUSE OF 
EXPOSURE 
POTENTIALLY TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
BUT THEY ARE 
CHOOSING TO DO 
HOMESCHOOLING. 
THAT IS WHAT THE 
FAMILY IN 
SARASOTA COUNTY, 
FLORIDA, HAS 
DECIDED TO DO. 
ESTIMATED 6 
MILLION ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
WHO ARE CHOOSING 
HOMESCHOOLING 
FOR THEIR 22 
CHILDREN. 
>> FOR, WE 
DECIDED TO 
HOMESCHOOL THE 
FAMILY BECAUSE 
OUR YOUNGEST IS 
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. 
HE HAS A COMPLEX 
CONGENITAL HEART 
DEFECT. 
IT BUT HIM IN 
THE HIGH RISK 
CATEGORY. 
FOR US, IT MADE 
MORE SENSE AS A 
FAMILY TO 
HOMESCHOOL THIS 
YEAR. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY FOUND A 
PROGRAM THEY 
LIKE. 
THERE ARE OTHERS 
ON MY THAT'S ARE 
INDEED SIGNING 
UP FOR. 
IT IS AN OPTION 
IN AN EDUCATION 
SYSTEM RIGHT 
NOW. 
IT IS GETTING 
TURNED UPSIDE 
DOWN. 
KERRY SANDERS, 
NBC NEWS, FT. 
LAUDERDALE. 
! HOW DO YOU 
JUGGLE WORKING 
FROM HOME AND 
HELPING YOUR 
KIDS WITH THEIR 
ONLINE LEARNING? 
IT IS A 
BALANCING ACT. 
PARENTS AND HAVE 
BEEN MANAGING 
THAT DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
MSNBC 
CORRESPONDENT 
CAUGHT UP WITH 
TERRENCE AND 
TEACHERS OF 
SURGICAL FOR THE 
INTO AMERICA 
PODCAST TO TALK 
ABOUT THE 
CHALLENGES OF 
EDUCATING KIDS 
DURING COVID-19. 
HERE'S A 
PREVIEW. 
>> THAT IS RHETT 
ALISON. 
THANK YOU.  
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING TO THE 
COMMUNITY 
MEMBERS, FAMILY 
MEMBERS AND 
EXPERTS, 
TEACHERS, IN THE 
UNIFIED SCHOOL 
DISTRICT. 
ALREADY DECIDED 
THAT SCHOOL WILL 
BE ALL ONLINE 
FROM THE PULPIT 
THIS WAS A 
DECISION THAT, 
YOU KNOW, SCHOOL 
OFFICIALS, THEY 
DID NOT TAKE 
LIGHTLY. 
THEY WANTED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY PUT THE 
HEALTH AND WELL-
BEING AND SAFETY 
OF THEIR 
CHILDREN FIRST. 
I SPOKE TO A 
PARENT WHO IS 
ONE OF MANY 
PARENTS WHO ARE 
ACTUALLY 
CONCERNS THAT 
THEIR STUDENTS 
MAY ACTUALLY 
FALL FURTHER 
BEHIND IF THEY 
STAY OUT OF THE 
CLASSROOM ANY 
LONGER. 
IF THEY CAN'T DO 
AN ADEQUATE JOB 
TEACHING, THAT 
IS NOT THEIR 
PROFESSION BUT 
ALSO SOME OF 
THESE PARENTS 
SAY, I HAVE A 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
CHILD WHO 
PERFORMS BETTER 
IN THE CLASSROOM 
ENVIRONMENT. 
THEY SAID THAT 
AS LONG AS 
SCHOOL PUTS 
CERTAIN 
PRECAUTIONS IN 
PLACE AND THAT 
NUMBERS THE 
STEPS ARE GOING 
DOWN. 
YOU KNOW, THEY 
ARE PERFECT IF 
ON. 
WHEN I TALKED TO 
A T-SHIRT WHO 
SAID, YOU KNOW 
WHAT? 
I'M A TEACHER IN 
A LOW INCOME 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
WHERE MANY 
STUDENTS HAVE 
ALREADY FACED 
THE DIGITAL 
DIVIDE AND 
ADVERSITY. 
YOU KNOW WHAT? 
IF WE BRING THEM 
TO THIS TO THEM, 
THEY HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN HIT 
HARD BY COVID. 
SO YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE WILL LEARN 
SOME THINGS OF 
THE LAST FOUR OR 
FIVE MONTHS 
ABOUT HOW TO 
TEACH THEM 
ONLINE AND IN 
FACT, THERE ARE 
MANY STUDENTS 
WHO HAVE 
ACTUALLY, YOU 
KNOW, EMERGED 
GREATER AND 
UTTER THROUGH 
THIS SITUATION. 
WE ALSO SPOKE TO 
THE HEAD, THE 
CALIFORNIA STATE 
BOARD OF 
EDUCATION WHO 
SAYS NONE OF 
THESE DECISIONS, 
THE DECISIONS 
ACTUALLY CLOSE 
THE PHYSICAL 
SCHOOL GAP 
ISSUE. 
IT IS ALL 
ONLINE. 
NONE OF THESE 
DECISIONS WERE 
TAKEN LIKELY. 
THERE'S AN 
OPPORTUNITY HERE 
TO BE NIMBLE, TO 
BE SMART. 
AND EKELER, 
THINKING OF THE 
BIGGER, MORE 
BROADLY ABOUT 
HOW WE EDUCATE 
OUR CHILDREN. 
AND LOVE LAST 
FOUR OR FIVE 
MUST HAVE SHOWN 
THAT WE CAN DO A 
PRETTY GOOD JOB 
OF DOING THAT. 
IT IS A VERY 
DYNAMIC 
SITUATION BUT IT 
IS A HIGH-STAKES 
SITUATION. 
BUT WE SPENT 
THIS ENTIRE WEEK 
DIVING INTO THE 
NUANCE, THE 
WRINKLES, THE 
DIGITAL DIVIDE, 
THE HEALTH 
CONCERNS, 
PARENTS' 
FRUSTRATIONS IN 
WANTING SCHOOLS 
TO BE BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
AS MOST OF US 
WANT TO BE BACK 
IN NORMAL, THESE 
DIFFERENT 
DECISIONS. 
ALISON? ! 
BEFORE THE 
CORONAVIRUS, SOME
DOCTORS 
CONSIDERED 
VAPING AN 
EPIDEMIC. 
RESEARCHERS HAVE 
FOUND A 
CONNECTION 
BETWEEN THE 
JEDEC. 
A STUDY FROM 
SANFORD SAID 
TEENAGERS WHO 
FAVOR ARE UP TO 
SEVEN TIMES MORE 
LIKELY TO GET 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
DR. JULIE MORITA 
JOINS ME NOW. 
SHE IS THE 
EXECUTIVE VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
SHE IS ALSO THE 
FORMER 
COMMISSIONER OF 
THE CHICAGO 
DEPARTMENT OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH. 
DR. MORITA, 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE. 
WHY ARE PEOPLE 
WHO WRITE AT A 
HIGHER RISK OF 
GETTING 
CORONAVIRUS? 
IT IS BECAUSE WE 
KNOW THAT THIS 
IS A NEW 
DISEASE, WE ARE 
STILL LEARNING 
ABOUT IT BUT IT 
IS NOT EXACTLY 
CLEAR WHY IT IS 
THE CASE. 
WE ARE SEEING 
THESE YOUNG 
PEOPLE HAVE A 
MUCH HIGHER RATE 
OF BECOMING ILL 
WITH COVID. 
AND LIKELY 
MECHANISMS COULD 
BE BECAUSE THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
AFFECTED BY -- 
INFORMATION IN 
THE LUNGS. 
IT MAKES PEOPLE 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
GETTING COVID 
INFECTIONS. 
THERE IS THE 
POSSIBILITY OF 
THE BEHAVIOR OF 
STUDENTS, 
SHARING 
PRODUCTS. 
THEY ARE USING 
THE SAME VAPING 
THE FIGHT. 
ALSO POSSIBLE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PHYSICALLY 
DIFFERENT 
BECAUSE THEY 
HAVE BEEN VAPING.
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE? WHAT IS 
YOUR ADVICE FOR 
TEENS, FOR 
ADULTS WHO ARE 
VAPING, 
ESPECIALLY RIGHT 
NOW DURING A 
PANDEMIC? 
I THINK IT IS 
NOT TO DO IT. 
BEFORE COVID, 
THERE'S BEEN 
RISKS ASSOCIATED 
WITH VAPING. 
IS THE COMMON 
CONCENTRATION OF 
NICOTINE THAT IS 
INCLUDED IN 
VAPING PRODUCTS 
BUT IT IS SO 
HIGH THAT YOUNG 
PEOPLE ARE VERY 
SUSCEPTIBLE AND 
CAN BECOME A 
VICTIM TO 
NICOTINE. 
AND THEN THEY 
ARE MORE LIKELY 
TO WANT TO USE 
MORE TRADITIONAL 
TOBACCO PRODUCTS 
LIKE CIGARS AND 
CIGARETTES. 
THE PRODUCTS ARE 
VERY, VERY 
MAJORS AND THEY 
CAN LEAD TO 
CANCER AND 
CHRONIC LUNG 
DISEASE. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
MORITA, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT A 
VACCINE. 
WE GOT NEWS THAT 
RUSSIA IS MOVING 
FORWARD WITH A 
VACCINE THAT HAS 
NOT BEEN THROUGH 
PHASE THREE 
CLINICAL TRIALS 
BUT THERE ARE 
DOZENS OF OTHER 
VACCINES AROUND 
THE WORLD THAT 
ARE GOING TO 
THOSE TRIALS 
RIGHT NOW. 
WHEN CAN WE 
REALLY UGLY 
EXPECTED TO HAVE 
A SAFE VACCINE? 
YOU KNOW, I'M 
REALLY IMPRESSED 
WITH HOW QUICKLY 
VACCINES HAVE 
BEEN -- ARE 
BEING DEVELOPED. 
BUT I ALSO HAVE 
CONCERNS THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN 
RUSHING THROUGH 
THE PROCESS. 
THERE ARE WELL-
ESTABLISHED 
PROCESSES FOR 
DEVELOPING 
VACCINES FOR 
EVALUATING THEIR 
SAFETY AND HOW 
THEY WORK. 
IN TERMS OF 
IMMUNE RESPONSE 
AND PREVENTING 
DISEASE AND 
THOSE THINGS, 
THOSE PHASES OF 
THE EVALUATION 
ARE REALLY 
CRITICAL AND 
REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> DR. MUNICH 
I'M SO SORRY TO 
INTERRUPT YOU. 
WE HAVE TO HEAD 
TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE FOR 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
CORONAVIRUS 
BRIEFING. 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
>>> -- STATES, 
CITIES, ABSOLUTE 
DUTY TO USE ALL 
THE RESOURCES 
NECESSARY TO END 
THE VIOLENCE AND 
ALL OF THE 
INJURY AND 
DEATH. 
NEW YORK CITY 
HEALTH AN ARMY 
OF POLICE. 
I KNOW THEM VERY 
WELL. 
AND THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
NEW YORK'S 
FINEST ARE AS 
GOOD AS IT GETS. 
THEY SHOULD BE 
ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOB. 
CANDY DO THEIR 
JOB IF THEY ARE 
ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOB NEW 
YORK. 
PROBLEM WILL BE 
SOLVED AND IT 
WILL BE SOLVED 
QUICKLY. 
THEY DO IT WELL. 
THE AMERICA BILL 
de BLASIO, 
SHOULD 
IMMEDIATELY HIRE 
BACK ALL OF THE 
LEASE WHO WERE 
FIRED. 
WITH THAT 
JUSTIFICATION, 
THEY WERE FIRED 
BECAUSE THAT IS 
PART OF DEFUND 
THE POLICE THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
THEY SURE HARD 
NEW YORK CITY'S 
FINEST. 
WE HAVE SOME 
INCREDIBLE 
POLICEMAN, DOING 
A SPECIFIC JOB 
THAT NO ONE ELSE 
CAN DO, 
ACTUALLY. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
TERRORISM AND 
OTHER THINGS. 
TOGETHER, THE 
CITY OF CHICAGO 
AND THE STATE OF 
ILLINOIS HAVE 
25,000 POLICE 
OFFICERS AND 
SHERIFFS AND 
GUARDSMEN'S 
AVAILABLE TO 
QUELL ANY 
VIOLENCE. 
THEY CAN DO IT 
VERY QUICKLY, 
VERY EASILY, IF 
ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOBS, 
AGAIN, IF 
ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOBS. 
PLEASE, LAW 
ENFORCEMENT IS 
INCREDIBLE. 
BUT THEY HAVE TO 
BE ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOBS AND 
DEMOCRATS, THE 
RADICAL LEFT 
DEMOCRATS, WILL 
VOTE TO BECOME 
MORE OF THE 
SAME. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
ELECTION RESULTS
, THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE BEING TAKEN 
OVER BY THE 
RADICAL LEFT THE 
CITY OF PORTLAND 
AND THE STATE OF 
OREGON HAVE 
10,000 FINE 
OFFICERS AND 
GUARDSMEN 
AVAILABLE. 
SEATTLE, 
WASHINGTON, AND 
WASHINGTON STATE 
HAVE 10,000 
AVAILABLE. SO 
SEATTLE, THE 
CITY OF SEATTLE 
AND WASHINGTON 
STATE ITSELF, 
THEY HAVE GREAT 
PEOPLE. 
THEY SHOULD BE 
ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOB. 
I'M URGING THEM 
TO DEPLOY THESE 
RESOURCES TO 
PROTECT THEIR 
CITIZENS AND TO 
STOP THE 
VIOLENCE AND ALL 
OF THE THINGS 
THAT WE WILL 
WATCH ON 
TELEVISION GOING 
OVER WELL, A LOT 
OF THE 
UNFORTUNATELY 
FAKE NEWS DON'T 
LIKE TO PUT IT 
ON BECAUSE IT 
SHOWS THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
DOING A VERY JOB 
BAD JOB OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
BUT I'M OFFERING 
ALL AVAILABLE 
FEDERAL SUPPORT 
REQUESTED TO 
STOP THE VIRUS 
AND ARREST THE 
CRIMINALS. 
WE HAVE TO BE 
ASKED BY THE 
GOVERNORS OR THE 
MEARS. 
WE WILL DO THAT 
VERY RAPIDLY. 
IT IS -- WE ARE 
ABLE TO GO AND 
TAKE CARE OF IT. 
WE DO IT VERY 
QUICKLY. 
YOU SAW WOULD 
HAVE BEEN IN 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
THEY SEE RIPPED 
THE CITY APART. 
AND THE NATIONAL 
GUARD WOULD IN. 
THEY ENDED IT 
IMMEDIATELY. 
IT WAS IMMEDIATE 
AND LASTLY, THE 
ACTS OF 
DESTRUCTION ARE 
NOT ISOLATED 
INCIDENTS. 
THEY DEMONSTRATE 
THE PATTERN OF A 
VIOLENT LEFT 
WING EXTREMISM 
THAT YOU GET TO 
SEE IF YOU ARE 
WATCHING THE 
NEWS PROGRAM. 
UNDER ANY 
RATIONAL 
DEFINITION, THE 
ARSON ATTACK ON 
THE POLICE 
PRECINCT IN 
PORTLAND WOULD 
BE CONSIDERED AN 
ACT OF LEFT WING 
DeMETRICK 
TERRORISM. 
THEY REALLY ARE 
ANARCHISTS. 
THESE ARE LEFT 
WING ANARCHISTS. 
THEY ARE 
ANARCHISTS. 
I'M DIRECTING 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE TO 
STOP THESE 
ANARCHISTS. THE 
IMMEDIATELY TO 
STOP THEM. 
AND TO WORK WITH 
THE CITY AND THE 
STATE TO GET THE 
JOB DONE. 
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HAVE TO 
INVESTIGATE AND 
PROSECUTE ALL OF 
THESE CRIMES 
IMMEDIATELY BUT 
WE ARE WORKING 
WITH YOU. 
AND THE LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES NO 
WHO THEY ARE. 
THEY NO THERE 
THEY COME FROM. 
THEY KNOW A LOT 
ABOUT THEM. 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO GET THEIR ACT 
TOGETHER AND GET 
IT DONE AND WE 
ARE READY TO HELP
IF YOU NEED THAT 
HELP. 
YOU SHOULD NOT 
NEED THAT HELP, 
ACTUALLY. 
YOU SHOULD BE 
ABLE TO DO IT 
YOURSELF AND GET 
IT DONE VERY 
WELL. 
AGAIN, YOU HAVE 
EXCELLENT POLICE 
AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
BUT YOU HAVE TO 
LET THEM DO 
THEIR JOB. 
WHAT YOU'RE 
SEEING IN 
PORTLAND AND 
SEATTLE AND NEW 
YORK, CHICAGO IS 
REALLY THE 
DEMOCRATS ROAD 
MAP FOR AMERICA. 
THEY WHAT EVERY 
CITY IN AMERICA 
TO RESEMBLE 
PORTLAND. THEY 
WANT TO PASS 
FEDERAL 
LEGISLATION 
HAMSTRINGING 
EVERY POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
AMERICA. 
THEY WANT TO GET 
RID OF YOUR 
SECOND 
AMENDMENT. 
THEY WANT TO EAT 
CASH FLOWS TO THE
RESIDENCE, THE 
FUND POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS OR 
AT LEAST LARGELY 
DEFINED. 
YOU SAW THAT 
WITH MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS THEY 
TOOK OUT OF THE 
POLICE DEPARTMENT
FAR LEFT 
PROSECUTORS WHO 
SIDE WITH THE 
CRIMINALS AND 
TARGET LAW-
ABIDING 
CITIZENS. 
IF THE LEFT GAINS
POWER, NO KENNY 
CITY, COUNTY, OR 
SUBURB IN OUR 
COUNTRY WILL BE 
SAFE. 
FOR THE VACCINE 
FRONT, SOME VERY 
GOOD NEWS. 
TODAY, I MET 
WITH THE LEADERS 
OF OPERATION 
WARP SPEED. 
HISTORIC 
UNDERTAKING TO 
PRODUCE A SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE 
VACCINE IN 
RECORD TIME. 
WE HEARD AN 
UPDATE FROM THE 
TOP SCIENTISTS 
AND THE 
GOVERNMENT AND 
THE LEADERS OF 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
COMPANIES WHICH 
RIGHT NOW ARE -- 
THEY ARE TAKING 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS WORTH OF 
AS BECAUSE I 
HAVE CREATED A 
THAT IS WHERE 
DRUGS WHICH IS 
GOING TO REDUCE 
DRUG PRICES BY 
40, 50, 60, AND 
MAYBE EVEN 70% 
IN SOME CASES. 
NUMBERS THAT 
HAVE NEVER BEEN 
HEARD OF OR 
THOUGHT OF. 
SO WHEN YOU SEE 
THOSE ADS, 
REMEMBER, THAT 
MEANS YOUR DRUG 
PRICES ARE 
COMING DIMITRIC 
WHEN YOU SEE ADS 
ATTACKING THE 
PRESIDENT, IT IS 
VERY SIMPLE. 
THIS EVENING, 
I'M PLEASED TO 
ANNOUNCE THAT WE 
HAVE REACHED AN 
AGREEMENT WITH 
MODERNA TO 
MANUFACTURE AND 
DELIVER 100 
MILLION DOSES OF 
THEIR 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE EDITED. 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL 
LOAN THESE 
VACCINE DOSES. 
RECENTLY, WE 
ALSO SECURED 
PARTNERSHIPS 
WITH JOHNSON AND 
JOHNSON. THEY 
SUPPORT THE 
LARGE-SCALE 
MANUFACTURING OF 
THE VACCINES. 
VERY WILL IN 
THOSE VACCINES. 
TREMENDOUS 
PROMISE EVERY 
SINGLE ONE OF 
THEM. 
AND WE HAVE MANY 
OF THEM. 
AND THEY ARE 
YEARS AHEAD OF 
SCHEDULE. 
IF THIS WERE THE 
PREVIOUS 
ADMINISTRATION 
OR ANY OF THE HE 
WAS 
ADMINISTRATION IS
, WHERE WE ARE 
NOW, WOULD HAVE 
TAKEN YEARS. 
THREE VACCINE 
CANDIDATES ARE 
NOW IN PHASE 
THREE TRIALS 
ALREADY. 
THE FINAL STAGE 
OF CLINICAL 
TRIALS IS THE 
FINAL STAGE. 
WE ARE INVESTING 
IN THE 
DEVELOPMENT AND 
MANUFACTURE OF 
THE TOP SIX 
VACCINE 
CANDIDATES TO 
ENSURE RAPID 
DELIVERY. 
MILITARY IS 
READY TO GO. 
THEY ARE READY 
TO DELIVER A 
VACCINE. 
TO AMERICANS AS 
SOON AS ONE IS 
FULLY APPROVED 
BY THE FDA AND 
WE ARE MOVING 
VERY CLOSE TO 
THAT. 
WE ARE ON TRACK 
TO RAPIDLY 
PRODUCE 100 
MILLION DOSES OF 
AS SOON AS THE 
VACCINE IS 
APPROVED AND UP 
TO 500 MILLION 
SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER. 
SO WE WILL HAVE 
600 MILLION 
DOSES. 
OPERATION WARP 
SPEED IS THE 
LARGEST AND MOST 
ADVANCED 
OPERATION OF ITS 
KIND ANYWHERE IN 
THE WORLD AND IN 
WERE IN HISTORY. 
WE HAVE TREATED 
MORE THAN 86,000 
AMERICANS WHO 
HAVE CONVALESCENT
PLASMA BUT A 
RECENT MAYO 
CLINIC STUDY 
FOUND THAT THIS 
TREATMENT MAY 
PRODUCE RESULTS 
WHICH ARE 
INCREDIBLE. 
WE LOOK TO A 
REDUCTION AND 
REDUCED 
MORTALITY RATE 
BY 50%. AND 
POSSIBLY EVEN 
MORE THAN 50%. 
I URGE AMERICANS 
WHO HAVE 
RECOVERED FROM 
THE VIRUS TO GO 
TO 
CORONAVIRUS.GOV 
AND SIGN UP AND 
DONATE. 
WE WOULD REALLY 
APPRECIATE THAT 
BECAUSE IT HAS 
BEEN VERY 
SUCCESSFUL, 
UNBELIEVABLY 
SUCCESSFUL. 
AND WE WOULD 
LOVE YOU TO GO 
AND DONATE. 
AS WE CONTINUE 
TO CONFRONT THE 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 
UNITED STATES 
ECONOMY IS 
REBOUNDING 
STRENGTH LIKE 
NOBODY THOUGHT 
POSSIBLE. 
WE HAVE SEEN THE 
NUMBERS. 
YOU SEE WHAT IS 
GOING ON. 
YESTERDAY, 
TODAY, AND 
TOMORROW, IN MY 
OPINION, FOR THE 
GREAT THIRD 
QUARTER AND 
REALLY POISED 
WITH SOME GREAT 
STOCK NUMBERS. 
THE DOW/JONES 
PAST 28,000 
POINTS FOR THE 
FIRST TIME, MORE 
THAN A 15% SURGE 
SINCE JUST MARCH.
WE HAVE 
INCREASED BY 
15%, MORE THAN 
MARCH. 
IT HAS GAINED 
APPROXIMATELY 
9500 POINTS THAT 
SAME PERIOD, 
MARCH, AND HAS 
RECOVERED NEARLY 
ALL OF ITS VALUE 
SINCE THE VIRUS 
STRUCK OUR 
NATION. 
THINK OF THAT. 
AMERICA'S 
ECONOMY IS 
INCREDIBLE. 
AND THE ECONOMIC 
RECOVERY IS 
OUTPACING RP 
NATION. 
THE EUROPEAN 
UNION'S GDP CARD 
40%. 
WHERE'S THAT 
UNITED STATES. 
IT IS 40% 
WORSTED UNITED 
STATES. 
SUCH A STRONG 
BASE. 
THAT WE ARE ABLE 
TO DO THINGS AND 
SUSTAIN BETTER 
THAN ANYBODY IN 
THE WORLD. 
FRANCE'S GDP THE 
CLIENT WAS 
NEARLY 80% 
RECENT ARIZONA 
AND SPAIN. 
EXPANDS AN 
ECONOMIC 
CONTRACTION 
CASES. 
NATIONWIDE, WE 
CONTINUE TO SEE 
IMPROVEMENTS IN 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST THE 
PANDEMIC. 
SUBSTANTIAL 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
SINCE LAST WEEK, 
87% OF THE 
COUNTIES IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
REPORT DECLINING 
CASES. 
TO GIVE THAT 87% 
OF THE COUNTIES 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES, THEY 
REPORTED 
DECLINING CASES. 
MORTALITY HAS 
DECLINED BY 7% 
AND 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
ARE DECLINING 
RAPIDLY. 
STATES THAT WERE 
PRIMARY HOT 
SPOTS SUCH AS 
FLORIDA, TEXAS, 
AND ARIZONA HAVE 
REDUCED CASES BY 
NEARLY 25%. BUT 
ALL AMERICANS 
MUST REMAIN 
VIGILANT, 
PRACTICE GOOD 
HYGIENE, 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE, WEAR A 
MASK, WHATEVER 
POSSIBLE. 
WHENEVER YOU ARE 
GETTING TOO 
CLOSE TO PEOPLE, 
WEAR A MASK AND 
PROTECT THE 
ELDERLY. 
ALWAYS CHECK THE 
ELDERLY. 
SINCE THE END OF 
JULY, THE SEVEN 
DAY AVERAGE FOR 
CASES IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
HAS FALLEN BY 
NEARLY 20%. 
THE VIRUS 
CONTINUES TO 
INCREASE THE 
NATIONS ACROSS 
THE GLOBE. 
LAST WEEK FRANCE 
AND GERMANY BOTH 
RECORDED THEIR 
HIGHLY HIGHEST 
DAILY NUMBER OF 
NEW CASES IN 
TREATMENT. 
NOT THAT I WANT 
TO BRING THAT 
UP, BUT MIGHT AS 
WELL EXPLAIN IT 
TO THE MEDIA, 
THE SEVEN-DAY 
CASE AVERAGE IN 
GERMANY HAS 
INCREASED BY 62% 
SINCE LAST WEEK. 
UNFORTUNATELY. 
AND THAT IS 
TRULY 
UNFORTUNATE. 
IT HAS INCREASED 
82% IN FRANCE. 
113% IN SPAIN. 
AND 30% IN THE 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
IT WAS A BIG 
INCREASE. 
CASES ARE ALSO 
RAPIDLY 
INCREASING IN 
THE NETHERLANDS. 
SWEDEN, BELGIUM, 
SWITZERLAND, 
SLOVAKIA, 
ESTONIA, AND 
OTHER EUROPEAN 
COUNTRIES, THEY 
ARE GOING DOWN. 
WE WILL BE 
SEEING THAT EVEN 
MORE RAPIDLY AS 
TIME GOES BY, 
SHORT TIME. 
EVEN THOUGH 
AMERICA IS THE 
LARGEST AT-RISK 
OPPOSITION 
INCLUDING 1.5 
MILLION RESIDENTS
AND NURSING 
HOMES, ABOUT 
FIVE TIMES THAT 
OF OTHER 
EUROPEAN 
COUNTRIES, 
EUROPE HAS 
EXPENSED A 
NEARLY 40% 
HIGHER ACCESS 
MORTALITY RATE 
THAN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
WE ALSO HAVE 
FEWER DEATHS PER 
CAPITA. 
EXCLUDING THE 
DISASTROUS NEW 
YORK TRI-STATE 
AREA, WHICH HAD 
A REALLY, REALLY 
HARD TIME. 
AND DID BETTER 
THAN OUR PEER 
NATIONS, OF 
WESTERN EUROPE. 
THANKS TO OUR 
EXCELLENT AND 
HIGHLY ADVANCED 
MEDICAL CARE AND 
SKILL. 
THINK THAT THE 
NEWS DOES NOT 
TELL YOU. 
THEY DON'T TELL 
YOU THAT. 
THEY DON'T LIKE 
TO TELL YOU 
THAT. 
UNITED STATES IS 
NOW CONDUCTING 
MORE THAN 66 
MILLION TESTS. 
FAR MORE THAN 
ANY OTHER NATION 
IN THE WORLD. 
INDIA, WHICH HAS 
A POPULATION OF 
1.5 BILLION 
PEOPLE, HAS -- 
SO WE ARE AT 66 
MILLION. 
AND THE OF IT. 
INDIA IS AT 24 
MILLION. 
THE ENTIRE REGION
OF LATIN AMERICA 
COMPRISING 33 
COUNTRIES HAS 
CONDUCTED 25 
MILLION TEST AND 
LETTING AMERICA. 
MORE CONFORMED 
CASES THAN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
AS WE SAVELY 
STORE OUR GREAT 
ECONOMY AND 
REOPEN THE 
SCHOOLS AND 
HOPEFULLY YOU 
CAN WATCH 
COLLEGES PLAY 
FOOTBALL. 
WE WANT TO GET 
FOOTBALL IN 
COLLEGE IS. 
THESE ARE YOUNG, 
STRONG PEOPLE. 
THEY WON'T HAVE 
A BIG PROBLEM 
WITH THE CHINA 
VIRUS. 
SO WE WANT TO 
SEE COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL START 
AND HOPEFULLY A 
LOT OF GREAT 
PEOPLE ARE GOING 
TO BE OUT OF 
THERE. 
THE ARE GOING TO 
BE OUT THERE 
PLAYING FOOTBALL 
AND HE WILL BE 
ABLE TO FIGHT IT 
OFF AND HOPEFULLY
MOST OF THEM 
WILL NEVER GET 
IT. 
STATISTICALLY. 
BUT WE KNOW WE 
WILL SEE MORE 
CASES AT SOME 
POINT AND WE 
WILL EVENTUALLY 
DEVELOP 
SUFFICIENT 
IMMUNITY IN 
ADDITION TO 
EVERYTHING ELSE 
THAT WE ARE 
DOING. 
SO COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL, GET 
OUT THERE AND 
PLAY FOOTBALL. 
PEOPLE WANT TO 
SEE IT. 
AND STAND FOR 
THE AMERICAN 
FLAG. 
STAND FOR THE 
NATIONAL ANTHEM 
BECAUSE PEOPLE 
ARE NOT HAPPY 
WHEN THAT DOES 
NOT HAPPEN. 
YOU LOOK AT THE 
NBA AND WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITH 
THE NBA. 
CAN'T IMAGINE 
WHY, BUT THEY 
DID NOT STAND. 
THEY DID NOT 
SHOW RESPECT TO 
OUR FLIGHT. 
THEY DID NOT 
SHOW RESPECT TO 
OUR NATIONAL 
ANTHEM. 
AND MAYBE THAT 
IS HAVING AN 
IMPACT JUST NOT 
GOOD. 
THE NFL HAD ITS 
PROBLEMS TO TWO 
YEARS AGO WHEN 
THAT HAPPENED. 
THEY WERE 
WEIGHED DOWN 
WITH THEIR 
RATINGS AND 
THEIR FANS. 
AND THE STRUGGLE 
AND NOW ALL OF A 
SUDDEN THEY ARE 
PUTTING 
THEMSELVES IN 
THE SAME 
POSITION. 
STAND FOR YOUR 
FLAG AND STAND 
FOR THE NATIONAL 
ANTHEM. 
AND I THINK 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
DO FANTASTICALLY 
WELL. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE UNDER WATCH. 
I'M ONE OF THEM. 
THAT IS WHY OUR 
STRATEGY AND 
ATTENTION ARE 
AUGUST ON 
PREVENTING THE 
CASES THAT ARE 
MOST LIKELY TO 
REQUIRE 
DISCUSSING THE 
OPENING OF 
SCHOOLS, 
HOSPITALIZATION 
ON ANY DEATH. WE 
HAVE TO MAINTAIN 
-- OVER OUR 
ELDERLY POSSIBLE 
POPULATION. 
WE HAVE TO BE 
VERY VIGILANT 
ALL OVER BUT WE 
HAVE TO REALLY 
PROTECT OUR 
ELDERLY 
POPULATION AND 
ESPECIALLY OUR 
ELDERLY 
POPULATION THAT 
HAS ALBUMS WITH 
HEART, LUNG, IN 
THE FORM OF 
SICKNESS, 
DIABETES IN 
PARTICULAR. 
AND WE ARE AT 
THE SAME TIME IN 
VERY GOOD SHAPE 
WITH RESPECT TO 
THE HOSPITAL 
ROOM AND HOSPITAL
THE CROWDING. 
WE ARE IN GREAT 
SHAPE FROM THE 
NURSING HOME 
FRONT, 
PROTECTING OUR 
NURSING HOME 
RESIDENTS IS A 
CRITICAL FOCUS 
OF OUR SURGERY. 
HHS ANNOUNCED 
THAT THEY WILL 
USE THAT PROVIDE 
RELIEF FUND TO 
DELIVER AN 
ADDITIONAL FIVE 
MILLION DOLLARS 
TO PROTECT 
NURSING HOMES. 
AND LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITIES 
AS THEY CONTINUE 
TO COMBAT THE 
CHINA VIRUS. WE 
HAVE DELIVERED 
ALMOST 1800 
RAPID POINT-OF-
CARE TESTING 
DEVICES TO 
NURSING HOMES 
AND WE ARE IN 
THE PROCESS OF 
DELIVERING THESE 
DEVICES TO ALL 
15,000 MEDICARE 
AND MEDICAID 
CERTIFIED 
NURSING HOMES BY 
THE END OF 
SEPTEMBER. 
SO THEY ARE 
GOING TO HAVE A 
VERY, VERY RAPID 
TESTS. 
YOU WON'T HAVE 
TO WAIT AROUND 
TO TWO OR THREE 
DAYS AND THAT 
NUMBER HAS COME 
DOWN VERY 
SUBSTANTIALLY. 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
IT WAS WHEN YOU 
SENT IT TO THE 
LABS YOU GET 
VERY ACTIVE 
TESTS. 
CHECK IT AND 
THEN TO SEND IT 
BACK. 
BUT WE ARE NOW 
AT A POSITION 
WHERE WE ARE 
SENDING VERY, 
VERY RAPID 
TESTS, FIVE 
MINUTES TO 50 
MINUTES. 
WE WILL CARE FOR 
AMERICA'S 
SENIORS AS WE 
DEVELOP THE 
VACCINE. 
AND THERAPEUTICS 
AND THERAPEUTICS 
ARE COMING ALONG 
VERY, VERY WELL. 
I THINK WE HAVE 
SOME GREAT 
ANSWERS UP 
THERE, INCLUDING 
SOME THAT YOU 
WILL BE HEARING 
ABOUT IN THE 
VERY NEAR FUTURE.
THE WORLD OF 
THERAPEUTICS, 
WHEN YOU GO INTO 
THE HOSPITAL AT 
YOU GET A SHOT 
OR DO WHAT YOU 
HAVE TO DO WITH 
PERHAPS 
TRANSFUSION, 
COMBINATION OF 
WHAT YOU CAN DO 
AND PEOPLE GET 
BETTER. 
I LIKE THAT VERY 
MUCH BUT I LIKE 
THAT VERY, VERY 
MUCH. 
I CAN EVEN 
PROCEED IN A 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
GETTING IT, THAT 
WILL I THINK 
PROBABLY EVEN 
PROCEED VACCINE. 
TERRIBLY, WE ARE 
DOING VERY, VERY 
WELL. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WILL BE HAPPY 
WHEN THEY SEE 
SOME OF THE 
NUMBERS THAT I'M 
SEEING AND SOME 
THE RESULTS. 
TREMENDOUS 
THINGS ARE 
HAPPENING ON THE 
VACCINE THE 
THERAPEUTIC 
FRONT. 
AND OUR COUNTRY 
SHOULD BE VERY 
PROUD OF ITSELF. 
WE WILL GET IT 
DELIVERED VERY 
RAPIDLY AS SOON 
AS IT COMES UP 
OKAY. 
QUESTIONS? 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
20 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE SET 
TO BE EVICTED 
FROM THEIR HOMES.
-- IF YOU DO NOT 
REACH A DEAL 
WITH CONGRESS. 
>> WE ARE 
STOPPING 
EVICTIONS. 
WE ARE STOPPING 
EVICTIONS. 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO LET THAT 
HAPPEN. 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO LET THEIR -- 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
MAYBE, THEY 
DON'T CARE. 
BUT I CARE. 
I SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
YOU KNOW THAT, 
RIGHT? 
AND WE ARE NOT 
LETTING PEOPLE BE
CONVICTED 
>> THANK YOU, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
I HAVE SOME 
QUESTIONS, ONE 
ABOUT SENATOR 
HARRIS' RECORD. 
REGARDING 
SENATOR HARRIS' 
RECORD, YOU HAD 
SOME PRETTY -- 
SAID THAT SHE 
WAS A PHONY. 
PHONY. 
ASKED ABOUT 
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
. AS SAN 
FRANCISCO THE 
AGE, OVERSAW THE 
1900s MARIJUANA 
CONVICTIONS. 
SHE APPEARS TO 
SHOW LIES AND SAY
-- SHE SAID -- 
WHY DID SHE LIE 
ABOUT THAT? 
IS THERE PERHAPS 
SOME MARIJUANA 
LIABILITY? 
I THINK SHE SAID 
THINGS THAT WERE 
UNTRUE. 
SHE IS A PERSON 
THAT HAS TOLD 
MANY, MANY 
STORIES THAT 
WERE NOT TRUE. 
SHE IS A VERY 
BIG INTO RAISING 
TAXES. 
SHE WANTS TO 
SLASH FUNDS FOR 
OUR TERRY AT 
EIGHT LEVEL THAT 
NOBODY CAN EVEN 
BELIEVE. 
SHE IS AGAINST 
FRACKING FRACKING
, SHE IS AGAINST 
PETROLEUM 
PRODUCTS. 
HOW DO YOU GO DO 
THAT AND GO INTO 
PENNSYLVANIA OR 
OHIO OKLAHOMA OR 
THE GREAT STATE 
OF TEXAS. 
SHE IS AGAINST 
FRACKING. 
TRUCKING IS A 
BIG DEAL. 
SHE IS IN FAVOR 
OF SOCIALIZED 
MEDICINE. 
WHERE YOU LOSE 
YOUR DOCTORS. 
YOU WILL LOSE 
YOUR PLAN. 
SHE WANTS TO 
TAKE YOUR HEALTH 
CARE PLANS AWAY 
FROM 180 MILLION 
AMERICANS. 
180 MILLION 
AMERICANS, VERY 
HAPPY WITH THEIR 
HEALTH 
INSURANCE. 
AND SHE WANTS TO 
TAKE THAT AWAY. 
SO SHE WAS MIGHT 
NUMBER ONE PICK 
AS THEY WOULD 
SEEK BECAUSE 
HOPEFULLY YOU 
WILL START 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
SHE WAS MIGHT 
NUMBER ONE DRAFT 
PICK. 
AND WE WILL SEE 
HOW SHE WORKS 
UP. 
SHE DID A VERY, 
VERY POOR JOB IN 
THE PRIMERS, AS 
YOU KNOW. 
SHE WAS 
EXPECTING TO DO 
WELL. 
AND SHE WAS -- 
SHE ENDED UP 
ONLY 2%. 
AND SPENT A LOT 
OF MONEY. 
SHE HAD A LOT OF 
THINGS HAPPENING.
SO I WAS A 
LITTLE SURPRISED 
THAT HE PARKED 
HER. 
I HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING HER FOR 
A LONG TIME. 
IT WAS 
EXTRAORDINARY 
NASTY TO -- 
JUDGE KAVANAUGH 
NOW JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH. 
SHE WAS NASTY TO 
A LEVEL THAT WAS 
JUST A HORRIBLE 
THING, THE WAY 
SHE WAS, THE WAY 
SHE TREATED NOW 
JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH. 
AND I WON'T 
FORGET THAT. 
SO SHE DID VERY 
POORLY IN THE 
PRIMARIES AND 
NOW SHE HAS 
CHOSEN. 
LET'S SEE HOW 
THAT WORKS UP. 
>> [ INAUDIBLE 
QUESTION ] 
>> I CAN'T TELL 
YOU WHAT SHE IS 
VOTING FOR. 
I THINK JOE KNOWS
THIS AND SHE 
DOES BUT I WAS 
SURPRISED WITH 
THE POINTS. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WERE THING THAT 
WOULD NOT BE 
THE. 
BUT I WAS MORE 
SURPRISED THAN 
ANYTHING ELSE 
BECAUSE SHE DID 
SO POORLY. 
MANY PEOPLE DID 
MUCH BETTER THAN 
HER IN THE 
PRIMARY. 
IT IS LIKE A 
POLL. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, -- WE 
WERE ACTUALLY 
WORN IN 2013. 
PFIZER ABUSE IS 
CONCERNED, THERE 
WAS TREMENDOUS 
PFIZER ABUSE. 
IT'S AMAZING IT 
HAS TAKEN THIS 
LONG AND 
EVERYONE KNOWS 
IT HAS PROVEN 
VERY 
SUBSTANTIALLY 
NOT ONLY PFIZER 
ABUSE, CHANGING 
DOCUMENTS AND 
PUTTING 
DOCUMENTS IN 
FRONT OF THE 
COURTS THAT ARE 
DISGRACEFUL THAT 
THEY COULD HAVE 
DONE IT. 
AND THE FACT IS, 
WE CAUGHT JOE 
BIDEN, PRESIDENT 
OBAMA, THE WHOLE 
GROUP. YOU CAN 
LOOK AT BRENNAN 
AND CALL ME AND 
THE WHOLE GROUP 
WE SAW, WE 
CAUGHT THEM 
SPYING ON OUR 
CAMPAIGN, IT WAS 
AN ILLEGAL ACT 
LIKE NO OTHER 
ILLEGAL ACT. 
THIS IS TREASON. 
THIS WAS AT THE 
HIGHEST LEVEL OF 
TREASON. 
AND OBAMA AND 
BIDEN GOT CAUGHT 
SPYING ON MY 
CAMPAIGN USING 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCIES OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT TO DO 
IT. 
BOTH BEFORE AND 
AFTER THE 
ELECTION. SO 
BEFORE THE 
ELECTION AND 
AFTER I WON THEY 
CONTINUED. 
IT IS TOTALLY 
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY 
AND I WOULD JUST 
HAVE TO SEE WHAT 
IS HAPPENING BUT 
AS FAR AS KAMAL 
IS CONCERNED, 
SHE IS A BIG TAX 
RAISER, SHE IS A 
BIG SLASHER OF 
FUNDS FOR OUR 
MILITARY AND SHE 
IS DOUBLE SHE 
HAS GOT A LOT OF 
DIFFICULT THINGS 
SHE WILL HAVE TO 
EXPLAIN PLUS SHE 
WAS VERY NASTY 
TO -- ONE OF THE 
REASONS THAT 
SURPRISED ME, 
SHE WAS PROBABLY 
NASTIER THAN 
EVEN POCAHONTAS 
TO JOE BIDEN. 
SHE WAS VERY 
DISRESPECTFUL TO 
JOE BIDEN. 
AND IT'S HARD TO 
PICK SOMEBODY 
THAT IS THAT 
DISRESPECTFUL AND
SHE SAID THINGS 
DURING THE 
DEBATES, DURING 
THE DEMOCRAT 
PRIMARY DEBATES 
THAT WERE 
HORRIBLE ABOUT 
SLEEPY JOE. 
AND I WOULD 
THINK THAT HE 
WOULD NOT HAVE 
PICKED KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
>> YESTERDAY -- 
DEPARTMENT AND 
THE -- THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
SERVE -- WHAT 
DOES THIS SAY 
ABOUT OUR 
COUNTRY AND WHAT 
DOES THIS SAY 
ABOUT -- 
>> WELL I THINK 
THAT IN SPITE OF 
ALL THAT THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH IN 
SEATTLE WITH THE 
EMBARRASSMENT OF 
HAVING A RADICAL 
LEFT GROUP, 
ANTIFA AND 
OTHERS TAKE OVER 
A BIG PORTION OF 
THE CITY OF 
SEATTLE. 
THEY TOOK ABOUT, 
TALK ABOUT A BIG 
CITY, A MAJOR 
CITY THAT THEY 
ALLOW THAT TO 
HAPPEN IS 
INCREDIBLE AND 
IT TOOK SO LONG 
TO FIX IT. IT IS 
INCREDIBLE. 
THE ONLY REASON 
THEY WENT IN IS 
BECAUSE THEY 
KNEW WE WERE 
GOING IN THE 
FOLLOWING DAY SO 
THEY PROCEEDED 
US. 
THEY DID NOT 
WANT THAT TO 
HAPPEN. 
THEY DID NOT 
WANT TO BE 
EMBARRASSED AND 
THE PEOPLE JUST 
GAVE UP. 
THEY WERE 
EXHAUSTING 
EXHAUSTED FROM 
HAVING TAKEN 
OVER A CITY FOR 
SO LONG. 
THE POLICE 
COMMISSIONER 
SEEMS LIKE A 
VERY GOOD WOMAN. 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO SLASHER 
SALARY BY 40 OR 
50% AND THEY CUT 
A TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OFF THE 
POLICE DEPARTMENT
REALLY WORK 
PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING IT IS NOT 
JUST SUSTAINABLE 
AS A GOOD POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
THOSE POLICE ARE 
GOOD ALSO BUT 
THEY ARE NOT 
ALLOWED TO DO 
THEIR JOB SO I 
THINK IT IS A 
SHAME. 
ISAAC -- I HATE 
TO SEE HER GO 
BECAUSE SHE DID 
A GOOD JOB IN 
HER OWN WAY BUT 
SHE WASN'T 
EFFECTIVE IN 
CONVINCING THE 
MAYOR AND THE 
CITY COUNCIL TO 
GIVE THE FUNDS 
THAT WERE NEEDED 
OR LEAVE THE 
FUNDS THE WAY 
THEY ARE. 
THEY HAVE BEEN A 
BIG DEFINED AS A 
BIG PART OF IT 
AND IT WILL 
PROBABLY GET 
WORSE BEFORE 
PEOPLE REALIZE 
THIS IS A TRAGIC 
ERROR BEFORE 
PEOPLE START 
DYING AND 
GETTING HURT 
VERY BADLY SO I 
THINK SEATTLE 
HAS MADE A 
TRAGIC MISTAKE. 
I THINK PORTLAND 
HAS NO CLUE AS 
TO WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING. 
THEY HAVE NO 
CLUE. 
AND HOPEFULLY, 
THEY WILL BE 
ASKING FOR HELP 
BECAUSE WE CAN 
SOLVE THEIR 
PROBLEM VERY, 
VERY QUICKLY. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
ON SENATOR 
HARRIS, VERY 
SIMPLY, IS SHE 
GOING TO HELP 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT BARDEN 
IN NOVEMBER OR 
IS SHE GOING TO 
HURT? 
>> WELL I LIKE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE MUCH 
BETTER. 
HE IS SOLID AS A 
ROCK. 
HE HAS BEEN A 
FANTASTIC VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE HAS DONE 
EVERYTHING YOU 
CAN DO. HE IS 
RESPECTED BY 
EVERY RELIGIOUS 
GROUP. 
WHETHER IT IS 
EVANGELICAL, 
WHETHER IT IS 
ANY OTHER GROUP, 
THEY RESPECT 
MIKE PENCE. 
HE HAS BEEN A 
GREAT VICE 
PRESIDENT AND I 
WILL TAKE HIM 
OVER CAMILLA 
HARRIS AND THE 
TERRIBLE WAY SHE 
HAS TREATED 
JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH. 
THAT WAS A 
HORRIBLE EVENT. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS 
TERRIBLE FOR 
HER. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS 
TERRIBLE FOR OUR 
NATION. 
I THOUGHT SHE 
WAS THE MEANEST, 
THE MOST 
HORRIBLE, MOST 
DISRESPECTFUL OF 
ANYBODY IN THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
SHE IS ALSO KNOWN
FROM WHAT I 
UNDERSTAND AS 
BEING JUST ABOUT 
THE MOST LIBERAL 
PERSON IN THE 
U.S. SENATE AND 
I WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT THAT 
BIDEN WOULD HAVE 
TRIED TO STAY 
AWAY FROM THAT A 
LITTLE BIT 
BECAUSE WITH 
WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING WITH OPEN 
BORDERS AND 
SANCTUARY CITIES 
WERE THERE 
TRYING TO 
PROTECT 
SANCTUARY CITIES 
WHICH IS ALSO 
PROTECTING A 
LARGE NUMBER OF 
CRIMINALS, WITH 
ALL OF THE 
THINGS THEY ARE 
DOING, THE 
SECOND 
AMENDMENT, THEY 
WANT TO TAKE 
AWAY YOUR SECOND 
AMENDMENT OR 
MODIFY IT TO A 
POINT WHERE IT 
IS ESSENTIALLY 
NO LONGER THE 
SECOND 
AMENDMENT. 
I WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT HE WOULD 
HAVE GONE 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>> -- 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, WHY 
DID HE CHOOSE 
CAMILLA HARRIS 
THEN? 
>> -- 
,
. AS SOON AS IT 
GETS STARTED. 
>>> HEY, %
EVERYONE. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. %
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CORRES
>>> EVERYONE, 
I'M ALISON 
MORRIS, YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW LET'S 
GET TO NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDED 
WITH THE LATEST 
HEADLINES FROM 
NBC NEWS GOT 
.COM. 
ANYTHING 
HAPPENING TODAY, 
SAVANNAH? 
I WAS JUST ABOUT 
SAY BUCKLE UP, 
ALLISON. 
DO I HAVE SOME 
HEADLINES FOR 
YOUR. 
THERE IS TOO 
MUCH GOING ON. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
START OFF WITH 
BREAKING NEWS. 
WE HAVE ALL BEEN 
WAITING FOR AND 
THAT IS THAT JOE 
BIDEN HAS 
ELECTED HIS 
RUNNING MATE, 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS AND THAT 
WILL BE HIS VP. 
IN A TWEET, 
CARMELA W JOE 
BIDEN CALLED 
KAMALA HARRIS A 
"FURIOUS 
FIGHTER." 
IF JOE BIDEN IS 
ELECTED CARMELA 
HARRIS WILL 
BECOME THE FIRST 
FEMALE VICE 
PRESIDENT IN 
HISTORY. 
>>> TONIGHT, 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TEAMS ANNOUNCE 
THEY ARE 
POSTPONING 
FOOTBALL. THAT 
MEANS COLLEGE 
TEAMS WILL HAVE 
TO WAIT UNTIL AT 
LEAST THE SPRING 
TO PLAY AGAIN. 
>>> AS THE 
PANDEMIC CHANGES 
LIFE AS WE KNOW 
IT, ACROSS THE 
U.S., THE VIRUS 
ALSO CONTINUES 
TO SPREAD 
WORLDWIDE. 
TODAY GLOBAL 
COVID-19 CASES 
SURPASSED THE 20 
MILLION MARK 
ACCORDING TO AN 
NBC NEWS TALLY. 
THIS AFTER 
PRESIDENT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
SAID RUSSIA HAD 
CREATED THE 
FIRST ANTIVIRUS 
VACCINE. 
HOWEVER HE LACKS 
THE EVIDENCE TO 
PROVE ANY OF 
THOSE CLAIMS. 
>> I WOULD NOT 
TAKE IT AS THE 
BUDDHA CERTAINLY 
NOT OUTSIDE THE 
CLINICAL TRIAL 
RIGHT NOW. 
IT APPEARS IT 
HAS ONLY BEEN 
TESTED IN 
SEVERAL HUNDRED 
PATIENTS AT 
MOST. 
RIGHT NOW THEY 
ARE BEHIND WHERE 
WE ARE WITH THE 
VACCINES THAT WE 
HAVE AN HOUR 
VACCINES IN THE 
U.S. ARE IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS, 
GETTING DOSED AND
IN THOUSANDS OF 
PATIENTS AS WE 
SPEAK. 
>> TURNING TO 
FACEBOOK WHICH 
HAS STRUGGLED TO 
COMBAT 
MISINFORMATION 
IN GENERAL AND 
CERTAINLY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
PANDEMIC, TODAY 
THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
GIANT SAYS IT 
REMOVED 7 
MILLION POSTS 
CONTAINING FALSE 
INFORMATION 
REGARDING THE 
