   >>> TONIGHT, THE FIRED
   POLICE OFFICER CHARGED
   WITH THE MURDER OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD, DEREK 
   CHUAVI FACING A JUDGE 
   FOR THE FIRST TIME.
   HOW MUCH HIS BAIL WAS 
   SET FOR.
   >>> IN HOUSTON 
   THOUSANDS PAYING 
   RESPECTS FOR GEORGE 
   FLOYD, THE 
   FINAL PUBLIC MEMORIAL 
   IN HIS 
   HOMETOWN.
   AMONG THE MOURNERS, 
   JOE BIDEN.
   HIS PRIVATE MEETING 
   WITH THE 
   FAMILY. 
   >>> ALSO, THE PROTESTS
   ACROSS 
   AMERICA BREAKING 
   RECORDS AMID 
   THE LARGELY PEACEFUL 
   GATHERINGS.
   DISTURBING ACTS OF 
   VIOLENCE 
   AGAINST PROTESTERS.
   ONE MAN DRIVING INTO A
   CROWD AND 
   OPENING FIRE. 
   >>> THE RALLYING CRY 
   GROWING
   LOUDER AMONG SO MANY 
   PROTESTERS.
   DEFUND THE POLICE, A 
   CONTROVERSIAL IDEA AND
   THE 
   STUNNING MOVE IN 
   MINNEAPOLIS. 
   S 
   REACTION TO THE NFL 
   SAYING IT 
   WAS WRONG ABOUT PLAYER
   PROTESTS.
   >>> NEW YORK CITY 
   FINALLY REOPENING
   TONIGHT, EXACTLY 100 
   DAYS SINCE 
   ITS FIRST CONFIRMED 
   CASE OF 
   COVID-19.
   WHILE IN MORE THAN 
   HALF THE
   COUNTRY, A TROUBLES 
   RISE.
   THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN 
   INVESTIGATION. 
   >>> AND A TROPICAL 
   STORM HITTING 
   THE U.S.
   MAJOR FLOODING AND 
   TONIGHT THE 
   NEW TORNADO THREAT. 
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   THE FORMER POLICE 
   OFFICER WHOSE 
   ACTIONS ARE THE CENTER
   OF THE 
   FIRESTORM OF PROTESTS 
   SWEEPING 
   AMERICA APPEARED VIA 
   VIDEO IN A 
   MINNEAPOLIS COURTROOM 
   TODAY TO 
   FACE CHARGES IN THE 
   DEATH OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD.
   AS Derek Chauvin WAS 
   ARRAIGNED 
   FOR MURDER AND 
   MANSLAUGHTER.
   NINE R NEARLY 1,200 
   MILES AWAY IN HOUSTON,
   LONG LINES FORMED AT 
   THE PUBLIC 
   VIEWS OF FLOYD.
   WHILE ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY, THE 
   MARCHES FOR JUSTICE 
   AND EQUALITY 
   ARE UNABATED.
   OUR GABE GUTIERREZ HAS
   THE 
   LATEST. 
   >> Reporter: FORMER 
   OFFICER 
   CHAUVIN FACED THE 
   JUDGE FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME CHARGED 
   WITH 
   SECOND-DEGREE MURDER 
   AND 
   MANSLAUGHTER AFTER THE
   DEATH OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD.
   A JUDGE SET BAIL AT $1
   MILLION 
   WITH CONDITIONS 
   INCLUDING 
   SUPERVISED RELEASE AND
   SURRENDERING ANY 
   FIREARMS.
   HIS LAWYER DID NOT 
   COMMENT ON 
   THE LARGES. 
   >> NO JUSTICE.
   NO PEACE. 
   >> SAY HIS NAME!
   >> GEORGE FLOYD. 
   >> Reporter: THE CASE 
   ROCKED A 
   MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 
   DEPARTMENT.
   WHICH IS ALSO UNDER A 
   STATE CIVIL RIGHTS 
   INVESTIGATION.
   ONE DAY AFTER THE 
   MAYOR WAS 
   BOOED FOR NOT 
   COMMITTING TO 
   ABOLISHING THE POLICE,
   A VETO 
   PROOF MAJORITY OF THE 
   CITY COUNCIL PLEDGED 
   TO DISBAND THE 
   DEPARTMENT AND REPLACE
   IT WITH MORE COMMUNITY
   POLICING.
   DETAILS COULD TAKE 
   MORE THAN A YEAR.
   >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
   ENGAGING 
   A PLAN TO CREATE A 
   PUBLIC SAFETY 
   SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR 
   EVERYONE.
   >> Reporter: 
   MEANWHILE, THE LAWYER 
   FOR 
   ANOTHER OFFICER 
   INVOLVED SAYS 
   FLOYD WAS RESISTING 
   ARREST. 
   >> HE DIDN'T DO 
   ANYTHING WRONG.
   HE WAS A POLICE 
   OFFICER TRYING 
   TO DO HIS JOB.
   >> Reporter: EARL GRAY
   REPRESENTS
   EX-OFFICER THOMAS LAIN
   WHO HAD 
   ONLY BEEN A COP FOR 
   FOUR DAYS. 
   >> LANE IS NOW IN 
   SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, 
   CHARGED
   WITH AIDING AND 
   ABETTING 
   SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. 
   >> HE DID NOT STANDBY 
   AND WATCH.
   HE WAS HOLDING THE 
   LANES BECAUSE 
   THE GUY WAS RESISTING.
   NOW WHEN HE'S HOLDING 
   HIS LEGS, 
   HE SAYS TO CHAUVIN, 
   WELL, SHOULD 
   WE ROLL HIM OVER 
   BECAUSE HE SAYS 
   HE CAN'T BREATHE. 
   CHAUVIN SAYS NO.
   >> Reporter: LANE'S 
   ATTORNEY NOW 
   SAYS HE PLANNED TO 
   SUBPOENA THE 
   UNRELEASED BODY CAM 
   VIDEO.
   GAIN GUTIERREZ NBC 
   NEWS 
   MINNEAPOLIS. 
   >> Reporter: I'M JOE 
   FRYER IN 
   HOUSTON.
   A LONG LINE 
   OUTSTRETCHED ARMS 
   WELCOMING GEORGE FLOYD
   HOME ONE 
   LAST TIME. 
   >> OUR MESSAGING IS 
   REALLY TO PROVIDE
   HELP AND HOPE AND HELP
   PEOPLE 
   REALLY BEGIN TO HEAL. 
   >> Reporter: DESPITE A
   HEAT 
   INDEX OF 100 DEGREES 
   AND THE NEED TO SOCIAL
   DISTANCE AND WEAR A 
   MASK, A MASSIVE
   CROWD CAME TO FLOYD'S 
   PUBLIC 
   VIEWING, INCLUDING 
   THAT MANY MET 
   HIM. 
   >> WE'RE ALL FAMILY AT
   THE END 
   OF THE DAY, ANYWAYS, 
   SO WE'RE 
   HERE TO SUPPORT THE 
   MOVEMENT AND SUPPORT 
   THE FLOYD FAMILY.
   >> Reporter: FLOYD'S 
   FAMILY MET 
   PRIVATELY TODAY WITH 
   FORMER VICE 
   PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, 
   THIS PHOTO 
   TWEETED BY THE 
   FAMILY'S 
   ATTORNEY.
   FLOYD WAS BORN IN 
   NORTH 
   CAROLINA.
   HE GREW UP IN 
   HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD 
   NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE A 
   MURAL PAYS TRIBUTE. 
   >> THIS IS WHERE HE 
   STARTED FROM.
   HE WAS SOMEBODY.
   >> Reporter: IN HIGH 
   SCHOOL 
   FLOYD WAS A 6'6" STAR 
   ATHLETE 
   MAKING IT TO THE STATE
   FOOTBALL 
   CHAMPIONSHIP AND 
   EARNING A 
   COLLEGE BASKETBALL 
   SCHOLARSHIP.
   SO YOUR FIRST 
   ALLEY-OOP WAS TO 
   GEORGE. 
   >> HIS HEART WAS GOLD,
   MAN.
   IT WAS SO -- HE WAS 
   THE PERFECT GUY, MAN.
   PERFECT GUY ON OUR 
   TEAM.
   >> Reporter: HE'S 
   STILL 
   REMEMBERED BY HIS 
   SECOND GRADE 
   TEACHER.
   SHE RECENTLY DUG OUT 
   ONE OF 
   FLOYD'S OLD 
   ASSIGNMENTS FROM 
   BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
   >> I WANT TO BE A 
   SUPREME COURT JUDGE.
   >> A DREAM INSPIRED BY
   THURGOOD MARSHALL.
   >> HE COULD HAVE NEVER
   PREDICTED 
   THE IMPACT THAT THE 
   EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WAS 
   GOING TO HAVE 
   ON JUSTICE.
   HE WANTED TO WORK IN 
   THE AREA OF 
   JUSTICE, AND HE HAS 
   CERTAINLY 
   FULFILLED HIS DREAM. 
   >> Reporter: NOT IN 
   THE WAY 
   ANYONE WOULD HAVE 
   IMAGINED.
   NOW FLOYD'S HEART 
   BROKEN 
   HOMETOWN IS SAYING 
   GOOD-BYE. 
   >> TOUGH DAY, ISN'T 
   IT?
   >> IT IS.
   IT IS.
   IT IS.
   BUT THERE IS ANOTHER 
   SIDE TO IT.
   THERE IS HOPE. 
   >> Reporter: FOLLOWING
   TODAY'S 
   VIEWING, THERE WILL BE
   A 
   CANDLELIGHT VIGIL 
   TONIGHT AT 
   FLOYD'S HIGH SCHOOL.
   HIS FUNERAL WILL TAKE 
   PLACE TOMORROW,
   AND HE WILL BE BURIED 
   NEXT TO 
   HIS MOTHER. 
   >> JOE, THANK YOU.
   TONIGHT NO SIGN THAT 
   THE 
   PROTESTS AND DEMANDS 
   FOR CHANGE 
   ARE LETTING UP AS NEW 
   DEMONSTRATIONS TAKE 
   PLACE FROM 
   COAST TO COAST.
   MOST OF THEM PEACEFUL,
   BUT NOT 
   ALL.
   HERE'S MIGUEL ALVAREZ.
   >> Reporter: IN CITIES
   BIG AND 
   SMALL, CROWDS ARE 
   SURGING TO 
   RECORD NUMBERS.
   50,000 IN THIS PROTEST
   ALONE.
   THE LARGEST NUMBER SO
   FAR IN A SINGLE DAY 
   SAYS THE 
   LAPD.
   THE CALL FOR POLICE 
   REFORM 
   BACKED BY A TITLE WAVE
   OF 
   MOMENTUM AND A SEA OF 
   DEMONSTRATORS FLOODING
   THE 
   STREETS EVERY DAY. 
   >> I WILL BE 
   PROTESTING UNTIL WE 
   DON'T NEED TO PROTEST 
   ANYMORE.
   >> Reporter: THE FIGHT
   FOR 
   POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 
   NOT JUST 
   UNFOLDING IN BIG 
   CITIES LIKE 
   WASHINGTON.
   FROM PHILLY TO GREEN 
   BAY TO DES 
   MOINES, PROTESTS 
   SHOWING NO 
   SIGNS OF SLOWING AFTER
   NEARLY 
   TWO WEEKS.
   THE MAYOR OF AUSTIN 
   JOINING THIS 
   CROWD IN TEXAS. 
   >> I THINK PEOPLE THAT
   LOOK LIKE 
   ME NEED TO SPEND A 
   LITTLE MORE 
   TIME LISTENING. 
   >> Reporter: AS THE 
   NATION 
   FOCUSES ON POLICE 
   TACTICS, IN 
   FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA 
   OFFICERS 
   CHARGE ONE OF THEIR 
   OWN WITH 
   ASSAULT AND BATTERY 
   AFTER THIS 
   ARREST ON FRIDAY.
   THE CHIEF SAYS THIS 
   TASING AND 
   HEAD BLOW OF A MAN 
   DISORDERLY IN 
   THE STREETS WAS AN 
   EXCESSIVE USE 
   OF FORCE. 
   >> UNACCEPTABLE.
   I'M JUST DISGUSTED.
   >> Reporter: IT COMES 
   AMID CALLS 
   FOR A MISSOURI POLICE 
   OFFICER TO 
   BE FIRED AFTER 
   STRIKING A MAN 
   WHO APPEARED TO BE 
   RUNNING AWAY.
   THE CLASH BETWEEN 
   OFFICERS AND 
   DEMONSTRATORS 
   CONTINUES TO 
   UNFOLD IN SOME VIOLENT
   CONFRONTATION.
   IN SEATTLE, POLICE SAY
   A MAN 
   APPEARED TO 
   INTENTIONALLY DRIVE 
   HIS CAR INTO A CROWD.
   LATER PULLING A GUN 
   AND SHOOTING 
   A PROTESTER AS 
   TENSIONS REACHED 
   A BOILING POINT.
   BUT FOR THE MOST PART,
   PROTESTS 
   NATIONWIDE ARE 
   PEACEFUL.
   IN CITIES LIKE LOS 
   ANGELES, THE 
   NATIONAL GUARD IS 
   PULLING OUT AS 
   CURFEWS ARE LIFTED.
   TONIGHT ON THE STREETS
   OF OUR NATION, ANOTHER
   CALL FOR ACTION
   IN A HISTORY-MAKING 
   MOVEMENT.
   NBC NEWS LOS ANGELES.
   >>> TONIGHT ACROSS THE
   COUNTRY, 
   THERE IS A GROWING 
   MOVEMENT TO 
   DEFUND POLICE 
   DEPARTMENTS.
   BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES 
   THAT MEAN?
   WELL, APPARENTLY NOT 
   THE SAME 
   THING TO EVERYBODY.
   MORGAN RADFORD 
   EXPLAINS. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   A RALLYING 
   CRY TO DEFUND POLICE 
   DEPARTMENTS 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
   THE MOVEMENT CALLS FOR
   CUTTING 
   DOWN POLICE BUDGETS 
   AND 
   REINVESTING THAT MONEY
   INTO 
   SERVICES FOR 
   MARGINALIZED 
   COMMUNITIES.
   >> IF YOU DEFUND 
   POLICE, WHAT 
   DOES IT ACTUALLY LOOK 
   LIKE?
   >> 911 CALLS WILL DO 
   WHAT THEY 
   ALREADY DO, BUT 
   PROBABLY BETTER.
   WHAT IF IT COULD BRING
   SOCIAL 
   WORKERS, PUBLIC HEALTH
   WORKERS, SUBSTANCE 
   ABUSE WORKERS,
   CHILD PROTECTIVE 
   WORKERS INSTEAD 
   OF JUST POLICE, FIRE 
   AND 
   AMBULANCE.
   >> Reporter: IT'S A 
   PUSH SEVERAL 
   CITIES ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY ARE 
   NOW DISCUSSING.
   AMONG THEM, NEW YORK 
   CITY, WITH 
   A POLICE BUDGET OF 
   NEARLY $6 
   BILLION.
   THIS WEEKEND, THE 
   MAYOR SAYING 
   HE'D LIKE TO MOVE SOME
   OF THAT 
   FUNDING TO YOUTH AND 
   SOCIAL 
   SERVICES.
   IN LOS ANGELES, THE 
   L.A. PD WAS 
   EXPECTING ITS LARGEST 
   EVER 
   ANNUAL BUDGET 
   INCREASE.
   BUT INSTEAD THE MAYOR 
   SAYS HE 
   NOW WANTS TO SLASH UP 
   TO $150 
   MILLION FROM POLICE 
   FUNDING.
   BUT MANY WHO HAVE 
   ANSWERED THE 
   CALL OF DUTY SAY LESS 
   MONEY FOR 
   THE DEPARTMENT COULD 
   ALSO MEAN 
   LESS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
   >> IS THERE A RISK?
   >> ABSOLUTELY, THERE'S
   A RISK.
   YOU ARE RISKING 
   OFFICERS 
   REQUESTING FOR HELP OR
   BACKUP 
   AND IT NOT BEING 
   THERE.
   YOU ARE RISKING THE 
   DELAY OF 
   INVESTIGATIONS OF 
   VIOLENT CRIMES 
   LIKE MURDER, RAPE, 
   ASSAULT. 
   >> Reporter: BUT WHILE
   THE 
   DEBATE OVER FUNDING 
   REACHES A FEVER PITCH,
   POLICE REFORM IS 
   ALREADY 
   UNDERWAY.
   IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, 
   PENNSYLVANIA, A PUSH 
   TO BAN TEAR 
   RUBBER BULLETS AND 
   TEAR GAS.
   CHOKE HOLDS ARE 
   ALREADY BANNED 
   IN COLORADO.
   AND TENNESSEE IS PART 
   OF THE 
   GROWING NUMBER OF 
   CITIES 
   REQUIRING POLICE 
   OFFICERS TO 
   WEAR BODY CAMERAS.
   NEW JERSEY OVERHAULED 
   ITS POLICE 
   DEPARTMENT IN 2013 TO 
   FOCUS ON 
   COMMUNITY POLICING AND
   HAS SINCE 
   SEEN A 40% DROP IN 
   VIOLENT 
   CRIMES. 
   >> Reporter: SO IS 
   COMMUNITY 
   POLICING WORKING?
   >> 1,000% YES. 
   >> Reporter: A COUNTRY
   SEARCHING 
   FOR SOLUTIONS AND 
   BEGINNING TO 
   HEAL AS THE CALLS OF 
   CHANGE GROW 
   EVEN LOUDER.
   MORGAN RODFORD,
   NBC NEWS NEW YORK. 
   >>> MEANTIME TONIGHT, 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP AND HIS 
   DEMOCRATIC 
   OPPONENT, FORMER VICE 
   PRESIDENT 
   JOE BIDEN ARE BOTH 
   WEIGHING IN 
   ON THIS DEFUND THE 
   POLICE 
   MOVEMENT.
   AND KRISTIN WELKER 
   TELLS US 
   ABOUT IT FROM 
   WASHINGTON NOW. 
   >> Reporter: AIMING TO
   CAPITALIZE, PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP IS 
   AGAIN CALLING HIMSELF 
   THE LAW 
   AND ORDER PRESIDENT 
   AND TRYING 
   TO CAST DEMOCRATS WHO 
   SUPPORT 
   THE MOVEMENT TO DEFUND
   THE 
   POLICE AS ANTI-LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT 
   AND RADICALS.
   THE PRESIDENT MEETING 
   WITH LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
   TODAY AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE.
   >> WE WON'T BE 
   DEFUNDING OUR 
   POLICE.
   WE WON'T BE 
   DISMANTLING OUR 
   POLICE.
   WE WON'T BE DISBANDING
   OUR 
   POLICE. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   SPOKESPERSON FOR 
   THE PRESIDENT'S 
   DEMOCRATIC RIVAL 
   JOE BIDEN SAID BIDEN 
   IS ALSO 
   OPPOSED TO DEFUNDING 
   THE POLICE, 
   BUT DOES SUPPORT 
   SIGNIFICANT 
   REFORMS TO POLICE 
   DEPARTMENTS 
   NATIONWIDE.
   ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY,
   DEMOCRATS 
   UNVEILING THEIR OWN 
   PROPOSAL.
   NBC'S CASEY HUNT. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   SWEEPING DEMOCRATIC 
   PROPOSAL WOULD
   MAKE SIGNIFICANT 
   REFORMS TO 
   POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 
   BANNING 
   CHOKE HOLDS, MAKING IT
   EASIER TO 
   PROSECUTE AN OFFICER 
   AND CREATING A 
   NATIONAL DATABASE OF 
   POLICE MISCONDUCT.
   BUT IT FACES AN UPHILL
   BATTLE IN 
   THE REPUBLICAN SENATE.
   >> Reporter: HOUSE 
   DEMOCRATS 
   ALSO TAKING TIME TO 
   KNEEL FOR 8 
   MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS
   IN MEMORY 
   OF GEORGE FLOYD.
   IT COMES AMID A 
   GROWING FORCE OF 
   CRITICISM OF THE 
   PRESIDENT'S 
   HANDLING OF THE 
   AFTERMATH OF 
   FLOYD'S DEATH.
   THE RETIRED JOINT 
   CHIEF,
   GENERAL COLIN POWELL 
   BECOMING 
   THE LATEST FORMER 
   MILITARY 
   GENERAL TO CRITICIZE 
   MR. TRUMP.
   POWELL WHO SERVED 
   THREE 
   REPUBLICANS PRESIDENTS
   AND ONE 
   DEMOCRAT AND WHO VOTED
   FOR 
   HILLARY CLINTON IN 
   2016 ENDORSED 
   BIDEN OVER THE 
   WEEKEND, ACCUSING 
   THE PRESIDENT OF 
   DISHONESTY. 
   >> HE LIES.
   HE LIES ABOUT THINGS.
   AND HE GETS AWAY WITH 
   IT BECAUSE 
   PEOPLE WILL NOT HOLD 
   HIM 
   ACCOUNTABLE. 
   >> Reporter: ALSO OVER
   THE 
   WEEKEND, REPUBLICAN 
   SENATOR MITT 
   ROMNEY MARCHING WITH 
   PROTESTERS 
   OUTSIDE THE WHITE 
   HOUSE. 
   >> WE NEED A VOICE 
   AGAINST 
   RACI
   RACISM.
   WE NEED MANY VOICES 
   AGAINST
   RACISM AND AGAINST 
   BRUTALITY.
   WE NEED TO STAND UP 
   AND SAY THAT 
   BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   RESPONDING TO ROMNEY 
   ON TWITTER 
   TODAY TWEETING, 
   "TREMENDOUS 
   SINCERITY.
   WHAT A GUY".
   AND NEAR THE SAME SPOT
   WHERE 
   ROMNEY MARCHED, THIS 
   PHOTO WAS 
   CAPTURED.
   THE MAYOR OF 
   WASHINGTON, D.C. 
   POSING WITH CIVIL 
   RIGHTS ICON JOHN LEWIS
   WHERE THE
   WORDS BLACK LIVES 
   MATTER ARE NOW 
   PAINTED ON THE ROAD TO
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE.
   MEANWHILE, IN AN 
   INTERVIEW 
   TONIGHT, ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL BILL BARR 
   APPEARED TO
   CONTRADICT PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP WHO 
   SAID HE ONLY WENT TO 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE BUNKER DURING 
   THE INITIAL 
   PROTEST TO INSPECT IT.
   BUT BARR SAYING THE 
   SECRET 
    TAKE
   A KNEE IN THE FALL AS 
   THE LEAGUE ADMITS
   THE PLAYING FIELD IS 
   CHANGING.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> NEW YORK CITY 
   TODAY FINALLY 
   STARTING REOPENING 100
   DAYS 
   AFTER ITS FIRST 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   CASE.
   THIS AS ECONOMISTS 
   DECLARED THE 
   U.S. 
   ENTERED A RECESSION IN
   FEBRUARY 
   AS THE VIRUS SHUT DOWN
   BUSINESSES NATIONWIDE.
   HERE'S RON ALLEN. 
   >> Reporter: A SLOW 
   START TO NEW 
   YORK'S MORNING RUSH AS
   THE CITY 
   BECOMES THE LAST PLACE
   IN THE 
   COUNTRY TO BEGIN 
   REOPENING.
   >> IT'S NERVE 
   WRACKING, BUT I'M 
   EXCITED AND LOOKING 
   FORWARD TO A 
   LITTLE BACK OF 
   NORMALCY, I 
   GUESS. 
   >> Reporter: SOME 
   400,000 
   WORKERS CAN NOW RETURN
   TO JOBS 
   IN CONSTRUCTION, 
   MANUFACTURING 
   AND RETAIL WITH 
   CURBSIDE PICKUP. 
   >> IT'S BEEN PRETTY 
   BAD, YEAH.
   I'M NOT GOING TO LIE 
   ABOUT THAT.
   I'M SMILING UNDERNEATH
   THIS 
   MASK, IF YOU CAN'T 
   TELL. 
   >> Reporter: ONE 
   QUESTION: WILL NEW 
   YORKERS
   FEEL COMFORTABLE 
   ENOUGH TO 
   CONTINUE TO MASS 
   TRANSIT?
   RIDERSHIP HAS DROPPED 
   90%.
   OFFICIALS NOW TRYING 
   TO CONVINCE 
   THE PUBLIC THE SYSTEM 
   HAS NEVER 
   BEEN SO CLEAN.
   MASKS ARE MANDATORY 
   AND 
   AVAILABLE FOR FREE. 
   >> IT IS SAFE TO RIDE 
   THE 
   SUBWAYS AND BUSSES. 
   AND THAT'S THE CASE 
   WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TO
   OUR CUSTOMERS.
   >> Reporter: THE TOLL 
   FROM 
   COVID-19 IS 
   STAGGERING.
   NEARLY 22,000 DEAD.
   LAST WEEK FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME A 
   DAY WHEN NO ONE DIED 
   FROM A 
   CONFIRMED CASE OF 
   COVID-19. 
   >> CONGRATULATIONS.
   WE ARE BACK.
   WE ARE BACK.
   WE ARE CONTINUING OUR 
   DECLINE.
   THE REST OF THE 
   COUNTRY IS STILL 
   SPIKING.
   >> Reporter: 26 STATES
   IN 
   VARIOUS STAGES OF 
   REOPENING HAVE 
   SEEN COVID CASES 
   INCREASE DURING 
   THE PAST WEEK, IN PART
   BECAUSE 
   THEY'RE TESTING MORE 
   AND 
   INCLUDING PROBABLE 
   CASES.
   IN TEXAS, ONE OF THE 
   FIRST TO REOPEN, THE 
   NUMBER OF PATIENTS
   IN HOSPITALS IS NOW AT
   A RECORD 
   HIGH.
   AND CASES ALSO STILL 
   SPIKING IN 
   SOME MINORITY 
   NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
   NEW YORK CITY.
   REOPENING IS STILL ON 
   HOLD IN 
   SOME OF THE CITY'S 
   MOST 
   EXCLUSIVE SHOPPING 
   AREAS, 
   BOARDED UP AFTER A 
   WAVE OF 
   VANDALISM AND LOOTING 
   LAST WEEK.
   ADDING TO THE ANXIETY,
   TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
   PEACEFUL 
   PROTESTERS STILL HOLD 
   DAILY 
   MARCHES THROUGHOUT THE
   CITY.
   SHE HAS SEEN THOSE 
   HUGE PROTESTS
   PASS RIGHT BY HER 
   CLOTHING 
   BUSINESS, BUT SHE'S 
   STILL READY 
   TO REOPEN TODAY. 
   >> THINGS WILL 
   PROBABLY NEVER GO 
   BACK TO NORMAL, BUT I 
   DO THINK 
   THERE IS A BRIGHT 
   FUTURE AHEAD 
   OF US. 
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   COUNTRY'S HARDEST HIT 
   CITY, THE FIRST STEPS 
   ON
   THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
   RON ALLEN, NBC NEWS 
   NEW YORK. 
   >>> NOW TO OUR NEW 
   SERIES 
   INEQUALITY IN AMERICA.
   A LOOK AT THE DEEPER 
   RACIAL 
   ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 
   MOST 
   RECENTLY EXPOSED BY 
   THE UPHEAVAL 
   OF THE LAST COUPLE OF 
   WEEKS.
   VICKY WYNN ON 
   STRUGGLES FACING 
   SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED
   BY 
   MINORITIES. 
   >> Reporter: OTIS' 
   TRUCKING COMPANY HAULS
   CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
   DESPITE HIS SUCCESS, 
   HE'S HAD 
   TROUBLE SECURING 
   CAPITAL. 
   >> THERE IS NEVER 
   ENOUGH 
   RESOURCES.
   IT'S A STRUGGLE. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   STRUGGLE MINORITY 
   BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE 
   FACED FOR 
   DECADES. 
   >> WE NEVER REACHED 
   THE COMMITTEE BOARD TO
   PROCESS THE 
   APPLICATION.
   YOU GET STOPPED AFTER 
   THE APPLICATION 
   PROCESS.
   >> THE WAY BANKING WAS
   SET UP 
   HISTORICALLY IS THAT 
   COMMUNITIES 
   OF COLOR AND 
   INDIVIDUALS OF 
   COLOR WERE ALREADY SET
   UP TO BE 
   ON A DIFFERENT 
   FINANCIAL PATH 
   THAN WHITE FAMILIES 
   AND BLACK 
   COMMUNITIES.
   THAT PROVIDED THEM A 
   LEG UP IN 
   TERMS OF BUILDING 
   WEALTH AND 
   STARTING DOWN THE PATH
   TO 
   ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
   >> Reporter: A RATE 
   TWICE AS 
   HIGH AS WHITE BUSINESS
   OWNERS.
   LORETTA HARRISON HAS 
   OWNED THIS 
   CANDY SHOP FOR 43 
   YEARS.
   SHE GOT A LOAN IN THE 
   SECOND 
   ROUND OF THE PPP, BUT 
   KNOWS 
   OTHERS WERE NOT AS 
   FORTUNATE. 
   >> WE DON'T FEEL THAT 
   WE GET ALL 
   THE INFORMATION, AND 
   THEN WHEN 
   WE DO GET THE 
   INFORMATION, THEN 
   IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE 
   WHAT WAS 
   OUT THERE HAS ALREADY 
   BEEN 
   GOTTEN. 
   >> Reporter: A SURVEY 
   FOUND ONLY 
   ONE IN TEN BLACK AND 
   HISPANIC 
   BUSINESSES RECEIVE THE
   RELIEF 
   THEY REQUESTED DURING 
   THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   ANOTHER ISSUE, 
   LANGUAGE.
   DURING THE PPP'S 
   ROLLOUT, THE 
   SMALL BUSINESS 
   ADMINISTRATION 
   ONLY OFFERED THE 
   APPLICATION IN 
   ENGLISH BEFORE 
   ULTIMATELY MAKING 
   IT AVAILABLE IN 17 
   ADDITIONAL 
   LANGUAGES.
   HERE IN NEW YORK'S 
   CHINATOWN, 
   MORE THAN 90% OF THE 
   BUSINESSES 
   WERE SHUT DOWN.
   BUSINESS OWNERS HERE 
   SAY THEY
   FACE A DOUBLE WHAMMY, 
   A LOSS OF 
   CUSTOMERS AND THE 
   STIGMA LINKED 
   WITH THE VIRUS. 
   >> I THINK WHOEVER 
   THINKS IT IS 
   NOT SAFE TO COME TO AN
   ASIAN-OWNED BUSINESS 
   SHOULD 
   THINK AGAIN. 
   >> Reporter: 
   WILL TON TANG IS THE 
   OWNER OF
   CHINATOWN'S OLDEST 
   RESTAURANT. 
   >> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT 
   OF JUST 
   PREJUDICES, ESPECIALLY
   WITH 
   DINERS THAT ARE NOT 
   COMING 
   ANYMORE.
   AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE 
   IT IN 
   CHINATOWN, WHO CAN?
   >> SMALL BUSINESSES, 
   WE ARE THE 
   FLAVOR OF THE CITY, 
   AND ONCE YOU 
   LOSE THE FLAVOR OF THE
   CITY, 
   THEN THERE IS NO 
   TASTE.
   SO I WILL NOT GIVE UP.
   >> Reporter: MINORITY 
   BUSINESS 
   OWNERS FIGHTING TO 
   SURVIVE AND 
   REBUILD ON UNEQUAL 
   FOOTING.
   NBC NEWS NEW YORK.
   >>> UP NEXT, THE NEW 
   BATTLE 
   TONIGHT BETWEE
   >>> THE GLOVES ARE OFF
   BETWEEN 
   THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
   AND 
   PRINCE ANDREW.
   FEDERAL PROSECUTORS 
   HAVE FORMALLY DEMANDED
   AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
   ROYAL AS PART OF A SEX
   TRAFFICKING 
   INVESTIGATION INTO 
   HIS FRIEND JEFFREY 
   EPSTEIN.
   IN MARCH, PROSECUTORS 
   ACCUSED 
   THE PRINCE OF REFUSING
   TO COOPERATE.
   THOUGH, HIS ATTORNEYS 
   SAY HE OFFERED
   TO HELP THREE TIMES, 
   THIS TIMES 
   THIS YEAR BY PROVIDING
   A 
   STATEMENT. 
   >>> AND WE'RE TRACKING
   THE 
   THREAD NOW FROM 
   TROPICAL 
   DEPRESSION CRISTOBAL.
   IT COULD ALSO SPAWN 
   MORE 
   TORNADOS ACROSS THE 
   SOUTH AS I
   >>> BEFORE WE GO, WE 
   WANTED TO 
   LET YOU KNOW THAT 
   WE'LL HAVE 
   LIVE COVERAGE OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD'S 
   FUNERAL TOMORROW IN 
   HOUSTON, AND 
   I WILL SEE YOU FOR 
   "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS" TOMORROW FROM 
   NEWS" TOMORROW FROM 
   THERE. 
   >>> FOR NOW, THAT'S 
