   >>> TONIGHT THE NEW 
   WARNING FROM PRESIDENT
   TRUMP AS WE COME ON 
   THE AIR.
   THE PRESIDENT HOLDING 
   HIS FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
   BRIEFING IN 90 DAYS.
   HIS NEW MESSAGE TO 
   AMERICANS.
   IT WILL PROBABLY GET 
   WORSE BEFORE IT GETS 
   BETTER.
   AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
   WEARING MASKS.
   BUT NOTABLY NOT IN 
   ATTENDANCE, DR. FAUCI 
   OR ANY OTHER HEALTH 
   EXPERTS.
   ALSO PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   ASKED ABOUT JEFFREY 
   EPSTEIN'S ALLEGED 
   ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE 
   MAXWELL.
   THE PRESIDENT IN HIS 
   ANSWER REPEATEDLY 
   SAYING, I WISH HER 
   WELL. 
   >>> ALSO THE TOP 
   VACCINE MAKERS ON 
   CAPITOL HILL.
   THEIR ANSWER TO THE 
   QUESTION EVERYONE'S 
   ASKING.
   WHEN COULD ONE BE 
   AVAILABLE?
   THE OUTBREAK SURGING.
   CALIFORNIA TOPPING 
   400,000 CASES, AND NEW
   FROM THE CDC, WHY THE 
   TRUE NUMBER OF CASES 
   MAY BE FAR HIGHER THAN
   REPORTED.
   >>> THE CHINESE 
   HACKERS ACCUSED OF 
   TRYING TO STEAL 
   VACCINE RESEARCH.
   THE CHARGES JUST 
   ANNOUNCED.
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   THREATENING TO SEND 
   MILITARIZED FEDERAL 
   AGENTS TO MORE CITIES 
   AFTER SCENES LIKE THIS
   IN PORTLAND.
   THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE, 
   STAY OUT.
   >>> THE MAJOR U.S. 
   CITY SHUTTING DOWN 
   SUMMER CAMPS AFTER A 
   COVID OUTBREAK.
   WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR
   REOPENING AMERICA'S 
   SCHOOLS.
   >>> AND THE NFL'S NEW 
   TESTING STRATEGY AS 
   ROOKIES REPORT TODAY 
   TO TRAINING CAMP.
   WILL THE SEASON START 
   ON TIME?
   >> Announcer: THIS IS 
   "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   A REMARKABLE CHANGE OF
   TUNE FOR PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP TODAY, WHO 
   ANNOUNCED THE COVID 
   PANDEMIC WILL GET 
   WORSE BEFORE IT GETS 
   BETTER AND MADE AN 
   UNQUALIFIED CALL FOR 
   MASK-WEARING AS WELL 
   AS VOICING SUPPORT FOR
   MORE TESTING.
   ALL THINGS HE HAS 
   MOCKED OR OPENLY 
   DOWNPLAYED UNTIL NOW.
   THE ABOUT-FACE COMING 
   DURING A 
   LATE-AFTERNOON NEWS 
   CONFERENCE.
   OUR TEAM IS READY TO 
   GO, AND THE WHITE 
   HOUSE IS WHERE WE 
   BEGIN WITH KRISTEN 
   WELKER. 
   >> Reporter: UNDER 
   PRESSURE, PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP HOLDING HIS 
   FIRST BRIEFING ON THE 
   CORONAVIRUS SINCE 
   APRIL, TOUTING 
   PROGRESS FIGHTING 
   COVID-19.
   >> THE VACCINES ARE 
   COMING, AND THEY'RE 
   COMING A LOT SOONER 
   THAN ANYONE THOUGHT 
   POSSIBLE, BY YEARS. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   INTENSIFYING HIS 
   DEFENSE OF HIS 
   ADMINISTRATION'S 
   HANDLING OF THE 
   CRISIS, BUT UNLIKE 
   PAST BRIEFINGS IN 
   WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   WAS FLANKED BY MEMBERS
   OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
   TASK FORCE, TONIGHT 
   THE PRESIDENT TOOK THE
   PODIUM ALONE, BRINGING
   IN A SHIFT IN TONE. 
   >> SOME AREAS OF OUR 
   COUNTRY ARE DOING VERY
   WELL.
   OTHERS ARE DOING LESS 
   WELL.
   IT WILL PROBABLY 
   UNFORTUNATELY GET 
   WORSE BEFORE IT GETS 
   BETTER.
   SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE
   SAYING ABOUT THINGS, 
   BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT 
   IS. 
   >> Reporter: INCLUDING
   DOING SOMETHING HE HAS
   RARELY DONE, TOUTING 
   MASKS.
   >> WE'RE INSTEAD 
   ASKING AMERICANS TO 
   USE MASKS, SOCIALLY 
   DISTANCE, AND EMPLOY 
   VIGOROUS HYGIENE, WASH
   YOUR HANDS EVERY 
   CHANCE YOU GET WHILE 
   SHELTERING HIGH-RISK 
   POPULATIONS.
   WE ARE IMPLORING YOUNG
   AMERICANS TO AVOID 
   PACKED BARS AND OTHER 
   CROWDED INDOOR 
   GATHERINGS.
   BE SAFE AND BE SMART.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT ALSO ASKED 
   WHY HE HAS SENT MIXED 
   MESSAGES ON MASKS, 
   TWEETING OUT A PICTURE
   OF HIMSELF WEARING ONE
   FOR THE FIRST TIME 
   YESTERDAY AND THEN 
   HOURS LATER, CAPTURED 
   AT A FUND-RAISER AT 
   HIS HOTEL WITHOUT ONE.
   >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM 
   WITH THE MASKS.
   I VIEW IT THIS WAY.
   ANYTHING THAT 
   POTENTIALLY CAN 
   HELP -- AND THAT 
   CERTAINLY CAN 
   POTENTIALLY HELP -- IS
   A GOOD THING.
   I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
   I CARRY IT.
   I WEAR IT.
   YOU SAW ME WEARING IT 
   A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND
   I'LL CONTINUE.
   >> Reporter: HE ALSO 
   ADDRESSED WHY NEARLY 
   SIX MONTHS IN, TESTING
   IS STILL FALLING 
   SHORT.
   >> WE'VE DONE MORE 
   TESTING BY FAR THAN 
   ANYBODY.
   SOME OF THE TESTS, 
   BECAUSE IT IS MASSIVE 
   VOLUME, IT TAKES 
   LONGER.
   OTHERS OF THE TESTS, 
   AS YOU KNOW, ARE VERY 
   QUICK.
   THEY'RE 5-MINUTE AND 
   15-MINUTE TESTS, AND 
   THOSE ARE FRANKLY THE 
   ONES THAT I PREFER.
   BUT WE'RE DOING 
   MASSIVE NUMBERS, AND 
   THE NUMBERS ARE COMING
   DOWN. 
   >> Reporter: THE ONE 
   MOMENT THE PRESIDENT 
   VEERED OFF MESSAGE 
   WHEN HE WAS ASKED 
   ABOUT GHISLAINE 
   MAXWELL, ACCUSED OF 
   ENABLING JEFFREY 
   EPSTEIN'S EXPLOITATION
   OF MINORS. 
   >> I DON'T KNOW.
   I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN 
   FOLLOWING IT TOO MUCH.
   I JUST WISH HER WELL 
   FRANKLY.
   I'VE MET HER NUMEROUS 
   TIMES OVER THE YEARS, 
   ESPECIALLY SINCE I 
   LIVED IN PALM BEACH. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE PRESIDENT'S RIVAL,
   JOE BIDEN IN DELAWARE,
   SHARPENING HIS 
   ATTACKS. 
   >> YOU KNOW, HE'S QUIT
   ON YOU, AND HE'S QUIT 
   ON THIS COUNTRY.
   THIS ELECTION IS NOT 
   JUST ABOUT HIM.
   IT'S ABOUT US.
   IT'S ABOUT YOU.
   >> Reporter: NOW, THE 
   PRESIDENT'S SHIFT IN 
   STRATEGY COMES AMID A 
   SLUMP IN HIS POLL 
   NUMBERS.
   IT'S NOT CLEAR IF 
   HE'LL CONTINUE TO DO 
   THE BRIEFINGS ALONE.
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID
   HE WAS NOT INVITED TO 
   THIS ONE.
   LESTER.
   >> KRISTEN WELKER AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE 
   TONIGHT, THANKS. 
   >>> WITH THE PANDEMIC 
   HITTING THE U.S. 
   ESPECIALLY HARD AND 
   AMERICANS CLINGING TO 
   THE HOPE OF A VACCINE,
   THE NATION'S TOP 
   VACCINE MAKERS OFFERED
   SOME CREDENCE TO THE 
   PRESIDENT'S SENSE OF 
   OPTIMISM, SUGGESTING A
   VACCINE COULD PASS FDA
   SCRUTINY LATE THIS 
   YEAR OR EARLY NEXT.
   HERE'S TOM COSTELLO. 
   >> Reporter: AT THE 
   UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
   MED CENTER TODAY, MORE
   VOLUNTEERS ROLLING UP 
   THEIR SLEEVES FOR A 
   COVID-19 VACCINE 
   TRIAL.
   THIS ONE RUN BY DRUG 
   GIANT PFIZER.
   SO FAR, 138,000 
   VOLUNTEERS HAVE SIGNED
   UP AS DRUG COMPANIES 
   RACE TO STOP THE VIRUS
   THAT'S ALREADY CLAIMED
   600,000 LIVES 
   WORLDWIDE.
   >> SO THE RACE IS ON, 
   NOT AGAINST EACH OTHER
   BUT AGAINST THIS 
   VIRUS.
   >> Reporter: AT A 
   VIRTUAL CONGRESSIONAL 
   HEARING TODAY, 
   EXECUTIVES FROM FIVE 
   LEADING VACCINE 
   DEVELOPERS SAID 
   THEY'RE ALL IN VARIOUS
   STAGES OF TESTING, 
   SOME NOW ENTERING 
   HUMAN TRIALS.
   EVEN BEFORE FDA 
   APPROVAL, PFIZER, 
   MERCK, ASTRAZENECA, 
   MODERNA, AND JOHNSON &
   JOHNSON ALL PLAN TO 
   RAMP UP PRODUCTION TO 
   MEET GLOBAL DEMAND.
   SOME MEMBERS OF 
   CONGRESS ARE CONCERNED
   THE WHITE HOUSE COULD 
   TRY TO FAST-TRACK A 
   VACCINE. 
   >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE
   THAT YOU WILL GUARD 
   AGAINST ANY PRESSURE 
   THAT COMES FROM THE 
   FDA TO EITHER LOWER 
   ITS STANDARDS OR TO 
   APPROVE SOMETHING THAT
   YOU KNOW DOESN'T MEET 
   THE STANDARDS.
   >> WE ARE WORKING 
   AROUND THE CLOCK TO 
   ACCELERATE OUR 
   DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE'RE
   NOT CUTTING CORNERS ON
   SAFETY. 
   >> Reporter: AMONG THE
   VOLUNTEERS IN THE 
   MARYLAND PFIZER STUDY,
   CYNTHIA SIKORSKY, WHO 
   RECEIVED TWO DOSES IN 
   JUNE, THOUGH SHE 
   DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE 
   RECEIVED THE VACCINE 
   OR A PLACEBO.
   HAVE YOU HAD ANY SIDE 
   EFFECTS?
   >> I HAD JUST VERY 
   MILD SIDE EFFECTS 
   AFTER THE FIRST 
   VACCINE, WHICH 
   CONSISTED OF VERY MILD
   CHILLS.
   BUT OTHER THAN THAT, 
   REALLY NONE. 
   >> Reporter: 65 YEARS 
   OLD AND IN GOOD 
   HEALTH, VOLUNTEERING, 
   SHE SAYS, IS THE LEAST
   SHE COULD DO. 
   >> I FELT IT WAS 
   SOMETHING THAT I COULD
   DO TO HELP FIGHT THE 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   U.S., THE NIH IS 
   LOOKING FOR 30,000 
   VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH 
   VACCINE TRIAL.
   THE SIGNUP LINK ON ITS
   WEBSITE USES A NETWORK
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   BUILT DECADES AGO.
   VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE A 
   STIPEND AND EITHER A 
   VACCINE DOSE OR A 
   PLACEBO.
   LEAD RESEARCHERS SAY 
   IT'S CRITICAL TO 
   ENROLL MINORITY 
   VOLUNTEERS SINCE COVID
   HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY
   AFFECTED THOSE 
   COMMUNITIES. 
   >> WE CERTAINLY AREN'T
   OUT TO COERCE ANY 
   POPULATIONS, BUT WE 
   WOULD LIKE MINORITY 
   POPULATIONS TO HAVE 
   FULL ACCESS AND FULL 
   ADVANTAGE OF 
   PARTICIPATING IN THESE
   TRIALS IF THEY WISH TO
   DO SO.
   >> Reporter: DEPENDING
   ON THE VACCINE, 
   RESEARCHERS SAY WE'D 
   PROBABLY ALL GET TWO 
   DOSES, AND THE FDA IS 
   LIKELY TO APPROVE MORE
   THAN ONE VACCINE.
   >> THE FIRST VACCINE 
   MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST 
   VACCINE FOR SENIORS OR
   FOR CHILDREN. 
   >> Reporter: THE FDA 
   REQUIRES ALL VACCINES 
   TO BE AT LEAST 50% 
   EFFECTIVE TO RECEIVE 
   APPROVAL.
   FOUR OF THE FIVE DRUG 
   COMPANIES RECEIVED 
   TAXPAYER MONEY TO FIND
   A VACCINE.
   TODAY TWO OF THOSE 
   COMPANIES TOLD 
   CONGRESS THEY WILL 
   OFFER THE VACCINE FOR 
   FREE OR AT COST.
   LESTER.
   >> TOM COSTELLO 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   >>> THE URGENCY FOR A 
   VACCINE COMES AS 
   INFECTIONS CONTINUE TO
   SOAR IN HOT SPOTS LIKE
   CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND
   FLORIDA AND AS THE CDC
   NOW SAYS THE REAL 
   NUMBER OF INFECTIONS 
   MAY BE MUCH HIGHER 
   THAN THE CURRENT 
   NUMBERS SUGGEST.
   HERE'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER.
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   NEARLY 4 MILLION 
   AMERICANS TESTING 
   POSITIVE FOR THE 
   CORONAVIRUS, TONIGHT 
   THE CDC SAYS THE TRUE 
   NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
   INFECTED IS LIKELY TEN
   TIMES HIGHER THAN 
   REPORTED IN SOME 
   REGIONS.
   THE NEW FINDINGS 
   SUGGEST THOSE WHO ARE 
   ASYMPTOMATIC OR DIDN'T
   SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION
   WERE LIKELY SPREADING 
   THE VIRUS IN THEIR OWN
   COMMUNITIES.
   >> EVERYTHING WAS SO 
   UNCERTAIN.
   LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF
   OUR DAD WAS GOING TO 
   BE ABLE TO GET OFF THE
   VENTILATOR, AND WE 
   DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD MY
   MOM WAS AT THAT TIME. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN 
   CLAIRE AND GRACE GREEN
   THOUGHT THEY HAD A 
   MILD VIRAL INFECTION, 
   THEY UNKNOWINGLY 
   PASSED COVID TO THEIR 
   PARENTS.
   THEIR FATHER JASON 
   NEARLY DIED.
   >> I FEEL LIKE I HAD A
   STRONG DESIRE TO 
   CONTINUE BEING A PART 
   OF MY FAMILY'S LIFE.
   >> Reporter: THE NEW 
   ANALYSIS FROM THE CDC 
   BASED ON ANTIBODY 
   TESTS INDICATES THE 
   HARDEST HIT 
   COMMUNITIES ARE 
   NOWHERE CLOSE TO 
   ACHIEVING HERD 
   IMMUNITY, THE LEVEL OF
   EXPOSURE WHERE THE 
   VIRUS SLOWS.
   >> ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER
   OF CASES ARE TEN TIMES
   HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT
   THEY WERE, THAT NUMBER
   BEING MUCH HIGHER 
   MEANS THE DEATH RATE 
   IS A LOT LOWER.
   >> Reporter: AS 
   CALIFORNIA NOW 
   SURPASSES A STUNNING 
   400,000 CASES, THE 
   GOLDEN STATE CONTINUES
   TO SET GRIM MILESTONES
   FOR NEW INFECTIONS AND
   DEATHS.
   WHILE MANY HOSPITALS 
   ACROSS CALIFORNIA ARE 
   STRESSED, IN SOME 
   BIGGER CITIES THERE 
   ARE OPEN ROOMS IN THE 
   ICU.
   BUT IN SMALLER 
   COMMUNITIES, THE 
   SITUATION IS BLEAK.
   FACING A BREAKING 
   POINT, SOME COVID 
   PATIENTS IN RURAL 
   COMMUNITIES ARE BEING 
   MOVED 70 MILES AWAY.
   CITIES LIKE LOS 
   ANGELES AND SAN 
   FRANCISCO ARE UNDER 
   TIGHTENING 
   RESTRICTIONS.
   >> WE'RE EXHAUSTED, 
   JUST EXHAUSTED.
   IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR
   4 1/2 MONTHS NOW. 
   >> Reporter: WITH THE 
   PANDEMIC TAKING A 
   DEEPENING FINANCIAL 
   TOLL, THIS THE LINE 
   FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
   BENEFITS IN OKLAHOMA, 
   THE CRISIS IS 
   SPREADING TO SMALLER 
   STATES LIKE ALASKA, 
   WYOMING, AND IDAHO.
   >> I DON'T REMEMBER 
   MARCH AND APRIL AT 
   ALL. 
   >> Reporter: BILLY 
   ZENDRY BEAT COVID
   AFTER FOUR MONTHS IN 
   THE HOSPITAL. 
   >> GOD HAS SOME PLAN 
   FOR ME AND I HAVE TO 
   FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT 
   IS GOING FORWARD. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   STORIES OF SURVIVAL 
   AMID NEWS A STAGGERING
   NUMBER OF AMERICANS 
   ARE INFECTED AND 
   SPREADING THE VIRUS 
   WITHOUT EVER KNOWING 
   IT.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> AS COVID CASES 
   SURGE AND MUCH OF THE 
   FOCUS OF LATE HAS BEEN
   AMONG THE SPREAD AMONG
   YOUNGER PEOPLE, 
   THERE'S A NEW WARNING 
   TONIGHT ABOUT THE 
   GROWING IMPACT ON 
   OLDER AMERICANS.
   WITH THAT, HERE'S 
   KERRY SANDERS.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   VILLAGES IN CENTRAL 
   FLORIDA, HOME TO AN 
   ESTIMATED 51,000 
   RETIREES.
   HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS OF
   VILLAGE RESIDENTS WITH
   COVID HAVE INCREASED 
   NEARLY 40% IN JUST 
   THREE DAYS.
   >> ELDERLY PEOPLE NEED
   TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
   VIRUS IS VERY 
   DISCRIMINATORY.
   IT REALLY PICKS ON THE
   ELDERLY. 
   >> IT'S A CATASTROPHE.
   IT'S A DISASTER.
   >> Reporter: KATE 
   SMITH SLOAN ADVOCATES 
   FOR THE MOST 
   VULNERABLE. 
   HOW BAD IS THE CRISIS 
   FOR ELDERLY IN OUR 
   COUNTRY?
   >> WELL, WE'VE 
   DESCRIBED IT AS A 
   CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   95-YEAR-OLD MARIA 
   LOUISA CUEVAS DIED 
   FROM CORONAVIRUS.
   THE FAMILY SUSPECTS 
   SHE WAS EXPOSED TO 
   COVID FROM AN 
   ATTENDING ASYMPTOMATIC
   NURSE WHO UNKNOWINGLY 
   SPREAD IT. 
   >> SO THE ONLY PEOPLE 
   WHO HAD ACCESS WERE 
   THE NURSES AND THE 
   PEOPLE THAT WORK 
   THERE. 
   >> Reporter: HEALTH 
   OFFICIALS SAY IT'S 
   BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET 
   A HANDLE ON THE 
   PROBLEM AMONG THE 
   ELDERLY IN LARGE PART 
   BECAUSE NURSING HOMES 
   CONTINUE TO BE 
   OVERLOOKED ACCORDING 
   TO FORMER CDC DIRECTOR
   DR. THOMAS FRIEDEN. 
   >> WE ARE FLYING BLIND
   IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
   WORST PANDEMIC IN 100 
   YEARS. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   FLORIDA WHERE ONE IN 
   FIVE RESIDENTS IS OVER
   THE AGE OF 65, THE 
   PROBLEM IS MOST ACUTE 
   IN LONG-TERM CARE 
   FACILITIES, AND IT'S 
   GETTING WORSE.
   THE NUMBER OF INFECTED
   RESIDENTS AND STAFF AT
   ELDER CARE FACILITIES 
   HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED 
   IN JUST THE PAST THREE
   WEEKS.
   FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR 
   TODAY.
   >> WE CANNOT ALLOW A 
   CONTAGIOUS PATIENT TO 
   BE SENT BACK INTO A 
   LONG-TERM CARE 
   FACILITY THAT DOESN'T 
   HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF
   APPROPRIATELY 
   ISOLATING THEM.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AN ANALYSIS BY NBC 
   NEWS OF PUBLICLY 
   AVAILABLE DATA SHOWS 
   COVID-RELATED DEATHS 
   AMONG RESIDENTS AT 
   LONG-TERM CARE 
   FACILITIES NOW EXCEEDS
   56,000.
   LESTER. 
   >> KERRY SANDERS 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   >>> THIS EVENING, THE 
   JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS 
   ACCUSING TWO MEN IN 
   CHINA OF TRYING TO 
   STEAL MEDICAL 
   TECHNOLOGY FROM 
   COMPANIES HERE WORKING
   ON COVID-19 TREATMENTS
   AND VACCINES.
   PETE WILLIAMS HAS 
   DETAILS.
   >> Reporter: LESS THAN
   A WEEK AFTER NOVAVAX, 
   A MARYLAND BIOTECH 
   FIRM ANNOUNCED THAT IT
   WAS RESEARCHING A 
   POTENTIAL COVID 
   VACCINE, THE FBI SAYS,
   A COMPUTER HACKER IN 
   CHINA, LI XIAOYU, 
   SEARCHED FOR WAYS TO 
   HACK INTO ITS 
   COMPUTERS.
   NOW HE AND A FORMER 
   COLLEGE CLASSMATE ARE 
   WANTED MEN, CHARGED BY
   FEDERAL PROSECUTORS 
   WITH TRYING TO HACK 
   INTO THREE OTHER U.S. 
   COMPANIES WORKING ON 
   COVID TREATMENTS AND 
   TESTING.
   THEY DIDN'T SUCCEED IN
   STEALING ANYTHING, THE
   JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 
   SAYS, BUT THEIR 
   CYBERATTACKS WERE A 
   POTENTIAL DISTRACTION.
   >> WE ARE CONCERNED 
   THAT THE HACKING OR 
   EVEN THE ATTEMPTED 
   HACKING OF THAT 
   INFORMATION CAN SLOW 
   DOWN THE RESEARCH. 
   >> Reporter: AND THE 
   FBI SAYS THE TWO 
   CHINESE MEN TARGETED 
   COMPANIES IN OTHER 
   COUNTRIES DOING COVID 
   RESEARCH, PART OF A 
   WORLDWIDE HACKING 
   CAMPAIGN THAT ALSO 
   TARGETED HIGH-TECH 
   FIRMS AND MILITARY 
   CONTRACTORS.
   SOMETIMES THEY DID IT 
   FOR PROFIT, THE FBI 
   SAYS, AND SOMETIMES 
   THEY STOLE SECRETS AT 
   THE REQUEST OF CHINESE
   INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 
   BASED IN THIS 
   BUILDING.
   >> WHEN CHINA VIOLATES
   CRIMINAL LAWS AND 
   INTERNATIONAL NORMS, 
   WE WILL NOT TOLERATE 
   IT. 
   >> Reporter: U.S. 
   OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN 
   SAYING FOR WEEKS NOW 
   THAT CHINA IS TRYING 
   TO STEAL AMERICAN 
   COVID-19 SECRETS, BUT 
   THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
   ANYBODY'S ACTUALLY 
   BEEN CHARGED WITH 
   TRYING TO DO IT.
   NOVAVAX SAYS IT'S 
   CONFIDENT IT CAN 
   CONTINUE ITS VACCINE 
   WORK WITHOUT 
   DISRUPTION.
   LESTER. 
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   PETE WILLIAMS, THANKS.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NEW 
   THREAT TO SEND IN MORE
   >>> BACK NOW WITH 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   THREAT TO SEND FEDERAL
   FORCES INTO MORE 
   CITIES AFTER VIOLENT 
   CLASHES IN PORTLAND, 
   OREGON, BETWEEN 
   PROTESTERS AND 
   GOVERNMENT AGENTS.
   OUR GABE GUTIERREZ NOW
   ON THE MAYOR'S PUSHING
   BACK.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   IN WHAT CRITICS SAY IS
   CLEARLY A CORNERSTONE 
   OF HIS RE-ELECTION 
   STRATEGY, PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP IS THREATENING 
   TO SEND IN FEDERAL LAW
   ENFORCEMENT TO STOP 
   SURGING VIOLENCE IN 
   MAJOR CITIES FROM NEW 
   YORK TO CHICAGO.
   >> LOOK AT WHAT'S 
   GOING ON.
   ALL RUN BY DEMOCRATS, 
   ALL RUN BY VERY 
   LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.
   AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
   IF BIDEN GOT IN, THAT 
   WOULD BE TRUE FOR THE 
   COUNTRY.
   THE WHOLE COUNTRY 
   WOULD GO TO HELL. 
   >> THIS IS A GAME HE'S
   PLAYING TO DIVERT 
   ATTENTION AWAY FROM 
   THE MANY CRISES THAT 
   ARE FACING THIS 
   NATION.
   >> Reporter: THE TRUMP
   ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT
   SENT FEDERAL AGENTS TO
   PORTLAND, OREGON, TO 
   DEFEND FEDERAL 
   BUILDINGS AGAINST 
   VIOLENT ATTACKS.
   BUT THE MAYOR THERE 
   SAYS THAT ESCALATED 
   THE CONFLICT.
   NOW MAYORS FROM SIX 
   MAJOR CITIES ARE 
   SENDING THIS LETTER TO
   THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, 
   BLASTING THAT 
   DEPLOYMENT.
   >> I'LL BE DARNED IF 
   I'M GOING TO LET 
   ANYBODY, EVEN IF THEIR
   NAME IS MR. PRESIDENT,
   BRING THOSE KIND OF 
   TROOPS TO OUR CITY. 
   >> Reporter: SOME 
   LEGAL EXPERTS ARE 
   RAISING CONSTITUTIONAL
   QUESTIONS.
   >> WHAT'S 
   UNPRECEDENTED IS USING
   FEDERAL LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT LIKE THIS,
   THAT IS TO SAY, AS A 
   COUNTERPROTEST FORCE, 
   IN A CONTEXT IN WHICH 
   CITIES AND STATES HAVE
   SAID WE DON'T NEED 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: STILL IT 
   HAS BEEN AN ESPECIALLY
   VIOLENT SUMMER.
   ATLANTA HAS SEEN A 
   300% SPIKE IN SHOOTING
   VICTIMS THE SECOND 
   WEEK OF JULY COMPARED 
   TO THE SAME TIME LAST 
   YEAR.
   IN NEW YORK CITY, OVER
   THE PAST WEEK, 
   SHOOTING VICTIMS ARE 
   UP MORE THAN 200%.
   LAST WEEK, 1-YEAR-OLD 
   DEVEL GARDNER JR. DIED
   IN BROOKLYN AFTER 
   BEING SHOT IN THE 
   STOMACH WHILE SITTING 
   IN A STROLLER DURING A
   BARBECUE.
   >> I WAS JUST -- I WAS
   CRUSHED.
   >> Reporter: WE SPOKE 
   WITH HIS FATHER AND 
   GRANDMOTHER. 
   >> IT'S NOT THE OLDER 
   PEOPLE DOING IT.
   IT'S THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
   DOING IT.
   SO THEY COULD PROTEST 
   DAY AND NIGHT UNTIL 
   THE SUN TURNS BLUE, 
   BUT THEY NEED TO STOP 
   THE GUN VIOLENCE.
   >> Reporter: EXPERTS 
   SAY THIS SUMMER'S 
   SURGE IN VIOLENCE IS 
   DUE TO A PERFECT STORM
   OF THE PANDEMIC AND 
   WIDESPREAD ANGER 
   AGAINST THE POLICE.
   LESTER.
   >> ALL RIGHT, GABE.
   THANK YOU.
   >>> WITH THE SCHOOL 
   YEAR FAST APPROACHING,
   SUMMER CAMPS HAVE BEEN
   VIEWED AS A TEST RUN 
   OF SORTS FOR GETTING 
   KIDS BACK TOGETHER IN 
   GROUPS.
   BUT AFTER AN OUTBREAK 
   IN ONE MAJOR U.S. CITY
   CAMPS THERE ARE 
   SHUTTING DOWN.
   HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
   SCRAMBLING TO GET 
   READY FOR THE FIRST 
   DAY BACK, WHATEVER 
   THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, A 
   REALITY CHECK ON WHAT 
   IS POSSIBLE IN MIAMI.
   >> WE'RE GOING TO BE 
   CLOSING ALL OF OUR 
   SUMMER CAMPS EFFECTIVE
   THIS WEEK. 
   >> Reporter: PARK-RUN 
   DAY CAMPS SHUT DOWN 
   EARLY AFTER FOUR CASES
   OF COVID WERE 
   DISCOVERED AMONG 
   CAMPERS AND STAFF.
   MANY EDUCATORS SEE 
   SUMMER CAMP AS THE 
   CANARY IN THE COAL 
   MINE FOR REOPENING 
   SCHOOLS, AND THERE 
   HAVE BEEN MIXED 
   RESULTS.
   IN MISSOURI, 82 KIDS 
   AND STAFF GOT SICK AT 
   AN OVERNIGHT CAMP 
   EARLIER THIS MONTH 
   EVEN WITH EXTRA SAFETY
   MEASURES IN PLACE LIKE
   HEALTH SCREENINGS, 
   VOLUNTARY 
   SELF-QUARANTINE BEFORE
   CAMP BEGAN, AND NEW 
   AIR FILTRATION SYSTEMS
   IN CABINS.
   BUT AT THE HIDEAWAY 
   DAY CAMP IN 
   PENNSYLVANIA, SUCCESS.
   >> WHAT HAS WORKED THE
   BEST FOR US IS KEEPING
   THOSE CAMPERS IN A 
   CONTROLLED 
   ENVIRONMENT.
   SO IN VERY SMALL 
   GROUPS, ROTATING 
   TOGETHER AND AWAY FROM
   OTHER GROUPS. 
   >> Reporter: SO WHEN 
   TWO CAMPERS TESTED 
   POSITIVE FOR COVID, 
   ONLY THOSE CHILDREN 
   AND STAFF HAD TO BE 
   QUARANTINED.
   BUT CAMP IS NOT 
   SCHOOL.
   >> MOST OF YOUR 
   ACTIVITIES ARE 
   OUTSIDE.
   MOST OF SCHOOLS' 
   ACTIVITIES ARE INSIDE.
   >> FOR SURE.
   I THINK IT'S GOING TO 
   BE QUITE THE 
   CHALLENGE.
   >> Reporter: FACING 
   THOSE CHALLENGES WILL 
   TAKE SMART PLANS AND 
   MONEY.
   TODAY THE SENATE 
   MAJORITY LEADER 
   PROPOSED $105 BILLION 
   FOR SCHOOLS. 
   >> THEIR EDUCATIONS 
   DEPEND ON IT.
   IN SOME CASES, THEIR 
   SAFETY DEPENDS ON IT, 
   AND SO DO THE 
   LIVELIHOODS OF WORKING
   PARENTS.
   >> Reporter: BUT SOME 
   TEACHERS ARE WORRIED.
   FLORIDA'S LARGEST 
   TEACHERS UNION IS 
   SUING THE GOVERNOR 
   OVER HIS ORDER TO 
   REOPEN SCHOOLS FIVE 
   DAYS A WEEK.
   >> THEY'RE SAYING THEY
   WANT TO OPEN UP THESE 
   SCHOOLS, BUT YET 
   THEY'RE NOT PUTTING 
   MORE FUNDING. 
   >> Reporter: GOVERNOR 
   RON DeSANTIS SAID ON 
   MONDAY THE AIM OF THE 
   ORDER WAS TO GIVE 
   PARENTS OPTIONS, 
   INCLUDING REMOTE 
   LEARNING IF THEY 
   PREFER.
   WHILE AT HIDEAWAY DAY 
   CAMP, THE BENEFITS OF 
   BEING WITH OTHER KIDS 
   ARE OBVIOUS.
   >> I WAS READY TO DO 
   SOMETHING DIFFERENT 
   AND GET OUT OF THE 
   HOUSE. 
   >> I THINK THEY ARE 
   THRILLED, OVERWHELMED,
   AND WE'RE KIND OF 
   SEEING THEM COME BACK 
   TO LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: FOR THE 
   SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S A 
   GOAL EVERYONE SHARES.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> UP NEXT, THE NFL'S
   NEWS.
   >>> UP NEXT, THE NFL'S
   PLAN AS THE NEW SEASON
   >>> IT'S A MIDSUMMER 
   RITUAL FAR DIFFERENT 
   THIS YEAR.
   TRAINING CAMP FOR NFL 
   ROOKIES BEGAN TODAY 
   WITH OTHER PLAYERS 
   REPORTING NEXT WEEK.
   NBC'S SAM BROCK ON THE
   NFL'S PLAN.
   >> Reporter: FOOTBALL 
   FANS DESPERATE FOR AN 
   NFL KICKOFF THIS 
   FALL -- 
   >> CLUBS ARE WORKING 
   TO CREATE A CLEAN AND 
   SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 
   >> Reporter: -- JUST 
   GOT A DOSE OF GOOD 
   NEWS AFTER THE LEAGUE 
   AND ITS PLAYERS 
   PATCHED TOGETHER A 
   PLAN FOR COVID-19 
   TESTING.
   TWO NEGATIVES REQUIRED
   BEFORE PLAYERS CAN 
   EVEN ENTER CAMP, THEN 
   DAILY TESTING FOR TWO 
   WEEKS.
   SHOULD THE POSITIVITY 
   RATE STAY BELOW 5%, 
   TESTING THEN GOES TO 
   EVERY OTHER DAY.
   YOU THINK THERE'S ANY 
   GUARANTEE THE NFL HAS 
   A SEASON THIS YEAR?
   >> I DON'T THINK 
   THERE'S ANY GUARANTEE.
   WE WANT TO PULL THIS 
   OFF BECAUSE AMERICA 
   NEEDS IT.
   IT WOULD BE EXCITING 
   TO HAVE THE 
   OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY 
   NFL FOOTBALL AND BE 
   THERE TO GIVE PEOPLE 
   SOMETHING TO SMILE AND
   ENJOY. 
   >> Reporter: ANDREW 
   WHITWORTH IS AN L.A. 
   RAMS CAPTAIN WHO HAS 
   SEEN COVID UP CLOSE 
   AND PERSONAL.
   HIS WHOLE FAMILY 
   CONTRACTED THE VIRUS 
   IN LATE JUNE, 
   INCLUDING HIS WIFE, 
   FOUR KIDS, AND MOTHER 
   AND FATHER-IN-LAW. 
   >> IT ALMOST KILLED MY
   DAD, SO I THINK WE 
   LOOK AT OTHER FAMILIES
   IN THE NFL, PREGNANT 
   WOMEN SPECIFICALLY, 
   PEOPLE WHO MAYBE ARE 
   LIVING WITH THEIR 
   PARENTS. 
   >> Reporter: WITH AN 
   EYE TOWARDS FAMILIES 
   AND THEIR SAFETY, THE 
   NFL SEASON SET TO 
   START IN SEPTEMBER 
   AFTER MAJOR LEAGUE 
   BASEBALL AND THE NBA. 
   >> THIS SINCE MARCH 
   13th WHEN EVERYTHING 
   SHUT DOWN IN SPORTS IS
   THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 
   WEEK IN PROFESSIONAL 
   SPORTS TO SEE WHAT IT 
   MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR 
   THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
   >> Reporter: AND 
   TONIGHT SOME PROMISING
   EARLY RETURNS FROM THE
   NBA, WHICH JUST 
   REPORTED ITS LATEST 
   ROUND OF TESTING 
   RESULTS FROM THE 
   BUBBLE IN ORLANDO.
   HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS 
   TESTED, ZERO POSITIVE.
   LESTER.
   >> SAM BROCK TONIGHT.
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