   >>> TONIGHT THE NEW 
   2020 
   DEMOCRATIC TICKET 
   MAKING ITS 
   DEBUT.
   JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
   HARRIS 
   APPEARING TOGETHER FOR
   THE FIRST 
   TIME SINCE SHE WAS 
   SELECTED AS 
   HIS RUNNING MATE.
   THE TWO COMING OUT 
   SWINGING 
   AGAINST PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP.
   HARRIS THE FIRST WOMAN
   OF COLOR 
   ON A MAJOR PARTY 
   TICKET.
   HER CONNECTION TO 
   BIDEN THROUGH 
   HIS LATE SON BEAU.
   AND THE QUESTIONS 
   SHE'S FACING 
   ABOUT HER RECORD AS A 
   PROSECUTOR. 
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   ALSO IN 
   FRONT OF THE CAMERAS 
   LATE TODAY 
   AND TAKING NEW AIM AT 
   HARRIS.
   WHY SOME OF HIS ALLIES
   FEAR THE 
   ATTACKS COULD 
   BACKFIRE. 
   >>> THE BATTLE OVER 
   SCHOOLS.
   MORE THAN 1,000 
   STUDENTS AND STAFF IN 
   ONE GEORGIA DISTRICT 
   QUARANTINED.
   IT'S BEING CALLED THE 
   SMOKING 
   GUN.
   THE NEW STUDY 
   REVEALING THE 
   VIRUS CAN SPREAD IN 
   THE AIR 
   INDOORS MUCH FARTHER 
   THAN WE 
   KNEW.
   >>> PLUS, THE 
   CHALLENGES FOR 
   STUDENTS LEARNING 
   ENGLISH AND 
   STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL 
   NEEDS WHEN 
   REMOTE LEARNING IS THE
   ONLY 
   OPTION.
   >>> A HORRIFIC TRAIN 
   DERAILMENT.
   AT LEAST THREE KILLED,
   INCLUDING 
   THE OPERATOR.
   WHAT CAUSED IT. 
   >>> A LIFELINE FOR 
   COLLEGE 
   FOOTBALL AFTER THE BIG
   10 AND 
   PAC-12 SIDELINED.
   THE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
   TODAY. 
   >>> AND THE TWIST OF 
   FATE.
   REUNITING THE 
   HOMECOMING KING 
   AND QUEEN NEARLY 30 
   YEARS LATER.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   THE BRAND-NEW 
   BIDEN-HARRIS TICKET 
   MADE
   ITS WAY TODAY.
   SOCIALLY DISTANCED ON 
   A STAGE IN DELAWARE 
   WHERE
   BOTH MADE PREPARED 
   REMARKS 
   BEFORE REPORTERS IN A 
   SCHOOL 
   GYM.
   HARRIS EMBRACING THE 
   HISTORY OF 
   HER SELECTION, AS WELL
   AS HER 
   ROLE OF CARRYING THE 
   ATTACK 
   AGAINST PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP.
   OUR ANDREA MITCHELL 
   WAS THERE.
   >> Reporter: TOGETHER 
   FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR
   BIG 
   ANNOUNCEMENT, THE 
   DEMOCRATIC 
   TICKET.
   THE OLDEST MAJOR PARTY
   CANDIDATE 
   TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT 
   AND THE 
   FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR. 
   >> THIS MORNING, ALL 
   ACROSS THE 
   NATION, LITTLE GIRLS 
   WOKE UP, 
   ESPECIALLY LITTLE 
   BLACK AND 
   BROWN GIRLS WHO SO 
   OFTEN FEEL 
   OVERLOOKED AND 
   UNDERVALUED IN 
   THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT
   TODAY, 
   TODAY JUST MAYBE, 
   THEY'RE SEEING 
   THEMSELVES FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME IN 
   A NEW WAY AS THE STUFF
   OF 
   PRESIDENTS AND VICE 
   PRESIDENTS. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   TRYING TO 
   SHOW THEY ARE A TEAM 
   WITH 
   SIMILAR VALUES AND 
   SHARED GOALS.
   >> AND WE'RE 
   EXPERIENCING A 
   MORAL RECKONING WITH 
   RACISM AND 
   SYSTEMIC JUSTICE THAT 
   HAS 
   BROUGHT A NEW 
   COALITION OF 
   CONSCIOUS TO THE 
   STREETS OF OUR 
   COUNTRY DEMANDING 
   CHANGE. 
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   RELEASING A 
   VIDEO PROFILING KAMALA
   HARRIS, 
   OPENING WITH THAT 
   MOMENT WHEN 
   JOE BIDEN ASKED HER TO
   BE ON THE 
   TICKET. 
   >> HI, HI, HI, HI.
   SORRY TO KEEP YOU. 
   >> NO, THAT'S ALL 
   RIGHT.
   YOU READY TO GO TO 
   WORK?
   >> OH, MY GOD.
   I AM SO READY TO GO TO
   WORK. 
   >> Reporter: WHY 
   HARRIS?
   FIRST ENERGY, 
   EXCITEMENT, A 
   STRONG CAMPAIGNER, 
   EVEN 
   VIRTUALLY DURING THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   SECOND, HER ABILITY TO
   RALLY 
   BLACK VOTERS, KEY TO 
   ANY VICTORY, 
   ESPECIALLY IN THOSE 
   BATTLEGROUND STATES,
   PENNSYLVANIA, 
   MICHIGAN, 
   WISCONSIN WHO DID NOT 
   TURN OUT 
   IN LARGE ENOUGH 
   NUMBERS FOR 
   HILLARY CLINTON.
   THIRD, THE PROSECUTOR 
   USING HER 
   SKILLS TO GO AFTER 
   TRUMP AND HIS MEN.
   >> HAS THE PRESIDENT 
   OR ANYONE 
   AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
   EVER 
   SUGGESTED OR ASKED 
   THAT YOU OPEN 
   AN INVESTIGATION OF 
   ANYONE?
   YES OR NO, PLEASE, 
   SIR?
   >> THE PRESIDENT OR 
   ANYBODY 
   ELSE?
   >> SEEMS YOU WOULD 
   REMEMBER 
   SOMETHING LIKE THAT 
   AND BE ABLE 
   TO TELL US. 
   >> Reporter: SKILLS 
   HONED FROM 
   HER YEARS AS
   CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL 
   WHEN SHE FORGED A 
   FRIENDSHIP 
   WITH JOE BIDEN'S SON 
   BEAU.
   WHO HAD THE SAME JOB 
   IN DELAWARE.
   >> I KNOW HOW MUCH 
   BEAU 
   RESPECTED KAMALA AND 
   HER WORK.
   THAT MATTERED A LOT TO
   ME AS I 
   MADE THIS DECISION. 
   >> BEAU WAS THE KIND 
   OF GUY THAT 
   INSPIRED PEOPLE TO BE 
   A BETTER 
   VERSION OF THEMSELVES.
   HE REALLY WAS THE BEST
   OF US.
   AND WHEN I WOULD ASK 
   HIM, 
   WHERE DID YOU GET 
   THAT?
   WHERE DID THIS COME 
   FROM?
   HE WOULD ALWAYS TALK 
   ABOUT HIS 
   DAD. 
   >> Reporter: AND BIDEN
   SAYS 
   THEY'RE PREPARED FOR 
   ATTACKS 
   FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
   >> SHE'S GOING TO 
   STAND WITH ME 
   IN THIS CAMPAIGN, AND 
   ALL OF US 
   ARE GOING TO STAND UP 
   FOR HER. 
   >> AND ANDREA JOINS ME
   NOW.
   ANDREA, WHAT WILL THE 
   REST OF 
   THIS CAMPAIGN LOOK 
   LIKE?
   >> Reporter: THEY WILL
   BE 
   SEPARATED.
   AND BIDEN WAS ASKED AS
   HE WAS LEAVING TONIGHT
   WHETHER THEY
   WILL BE CAMPAIGNING 
   TOGETHER AND 
   HE SAID, IT DEPENDS ON
   WHAT THE 
   SCIENCE SAYS. 
   >> ANDREA, THANK YOU.
   >>> WITH HER SELECTION
   AS JOE 
   BIDEN'S RUNNING MATE, 
   HARRIS IS 
   BEING REINTRODUCED TO 
   THE 
   AMERICAN PUBLIC ON A 
   MUCH BIGGER 
   STAGE.
   >> FIRST OF ALL, IS 
   THE ANSWER 
   YES?
   >> THE ANSWER IS 
   ABSOLUTELY YES.
   I'M READY TO WORK.
   I AM READY TO DO THIS 
   WITH YOU,
   FOR YOU. 
   >> KAMALA HARRIS HAS 
   BUILT A 
   CAREER ON WORKING, 
   FIGHTING. 
   AND MOST OF ALL, NOT 
   BEING AFRAID TO BE THE
   FIRST.
   >> I AM SO PROUD TO 
   STAND WITH 
   YOU, AND I DO SO 
   MINDFUL OF ALL 
   THE HEROIC AND 
   AMBITIOUS WOMEN 
   BEFORE ME WHOSE 
   SACRIFICE,
   DETERMINATION AND 
   RESILIENCE 
   MAKES MY PRESENCE HERE
   TODAY EVEN POSSIBLE.
   >> SHE'S THE DAUGHTER 
   OF 
   IMMIGRANTS WHO FELL IN
   LOVE DURING THE 
   AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS.
   HARRIS' FATHER FROM 
   JAMAICA, AN 
   ECONOMICS PROFESSOR AT
   STANFORD.
   HER MOTHER LEFT INDIA 
   TO ATTEND 
   BERKELEY, BECOMING A 
   LEADING 
   BREAST CANCER 
   RESEARCHER.
   AFTER THEY WERE 
   DIVORCED, THEY 
   WERE RAISED MOSTLY BY 
   THEIR MOM.
   SHE PASSED AWAY IN 
   2009, BUT 
   HARRIS HAS CALLED HER 
   THE MOST 
   IMPORTANT INFLUENCE IN
   HER LIFE.
   TODAY QUOTING HER IN 
   THIS NEW 
   BIDEN CAMPAIGN AD. 
   GROWING UP, WHENEVER I
   GOT UPSET ABOUT 
   SOMETHING, MY MOTHER 
   WOULD
   LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND
   SAY, WHAT 
   ARE YOU GOING TO DO 
   ABOUT IT. 
   >> HARRIS IS NOW 55, A
   WIFE AND 
   STEPMOTHER, BUT SHE'S 
   OFTEN CANDID
   ABOUT HOW HER EARLY 
   EXPERIENCES 
   SHAPED HER, INCLUDING 
   THE MOST 
   TALKED ABOUT AND 
   CONTROVERSIAL 
   MOMENT OF HER 
   PRESIDENTIAL RUN 
   WHEN SHE CRITICIZED 
   HER NOW 
   RUNNING MATE'S RECORD 
   ON 
   BUSSING. 
   >> GROWING UP, MY 
   SISTER AND I 
   HAD TO DEAL WITH THE 
   NEIGHBOR 
   WHO TOLD US HER 
   PARENTS SAID 
   THEY COULDN'T PLAY 
   WITH US 
   BECAUSE WE WERE BLACK.
   YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A 
   LITTLE GIRL IN 
   CALIFORNIA WHO WAS 
   PART OF THE SECOND 
   CLASS TO INTEGRATE HER
   PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND
   SHE WAS BUSSED TO 
   SCHOOL EVERY 
   DAY.
   AND THAT LITTLE GIRL 
   WAS ME. 
   >> AT 17, HARRIS MOVED
   TO 
   WASHINGTON, D.C., TO 
   ATTEND 
   HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
   THERE SHE WRITES IN 
   HER AUTO 
   BIOGRAPHY, STUDENTS 
   WERE TAUGHT 
   THAT WE WERE YOUNG, 
   GIFTED AND 
   BLACK AND WE SHOULDN'T
   LET 
   ANYTHING GET IN THE 
   WAY OF OUR 
   SUCCESS.
   SHE SAYS BECOMING A 
   PROSECUTOR 
   WAS HER CALLING 
   BECAUSE SHE 
   WANTED TO HELP CHANGE 
   THE 
   SYSTEM, WORKING FIRST 
   IN 
   OAKLAND, THEN ELECTED 
   AS SAN 
   FRANCISCO'S DISTRICT 
   ATTORNEY 
   AND EVENTUALLY THE 
   FIRST BLACK 
   WOMAN TO BECOME 
   ATTORNEY GENERAL 
   OF CALIFORNIA. 
   >> I DEVOTED MY LIFE 
   TO MAKING 
   REAL THE WORDS CARVED 
   IN THE 
   UNITED STATES SUPREME 
   COURT, 
   EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER 
   LAW. 
   >> AS HARRIS' NATIONAL
   PROFILE 
   HAS RISEN, HER RECORD 
   AS A 
   PROSECUTOR HAS BEEN 
   BOTH PRAISED 
   AND CRITICIZED.
   SOME ON THE LEFT 
   CHIDING HER FOR 
   NOT BEING PROGRESSIVE 
   ENOUGH.
   BUT WHEN SHE RETURNED 
   TO 
   WASHINGTON FOUR YEARS 
   AGO AS A 
   SENATOR, SHE EARNED A 
   REPUTATION 
   FOR SHOWCASING THOSE 
   PROSECUTORIAL SKILLS 
   IN HIGH 
   PROFILE HEARINGS. 
   >> YES OR NO?
   >> WELL, IS THERE A 
   PERSON YOU 
   ARE TALKING ABOUT?
   >> I'M ASKING YOU A 
   VERY DIRECT 
   QUESTION.
   QUESTI
   YES OR NO?
   >> WHEN JOE BIDEN 
   SELECTED 
   HARRIS YESTERDAY, IT 
   MADE 
   HISTORY IN MANY WAYS, 
   BUT IT WAS 
   ALSO A CHOICE WITH 
   DEEP PERSONAL 
   MEANING FOR BIDEN 
   BECAUSE OF 
   HARRIS' CLOSE 
   FRIENDSHIP WITH 
   HIS LATE SON, BEAU. 
   >> I KNOW HOW MUCH 
   BEAU RESPECTED KAMALA 
   AND HER WORK, AND THAT
   MATTERS A LOT TO ME, 
   TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
   >> THE FORMER VICE 
   PRESIDENT HOW 
   BETTING HARRIS' 
   DECADES OF 
   WORKING, FIGHTING AND 
   BREAKING 
   BARRIERS WILL HELP HIM
   WIN THE 
   WHITE HOUSE. 
   >> FROM PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP THERE 
   WAS NEW CRITICISM OF 
   KAMALA 
   HARRIS TODAY, BUT THE 
   PRESIDENT'S ATTACKS 
   RISK TURNING 
   OFF SOME WHO SUPPORTED
   HIM FOUR 
   YEARS AGO.
   NBC'S
   KRISTEN WELKER IS AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AS 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   SHARPENS HIS 
   ATTACKS AGAINST 
   SENATOR KAMALA 
   HARRIS. 
   >> I WATCHED HER POLL 
   NUMBERS GO BOOM, BOOM,
   BOOM, DOWN TO ALMOST 
   NOTHING, AND SHE LEFT 
   ANGRY.
   SHE LEFT MAD.
   >> Reporter: SOME 
   ALLIES ARE 
   SOUNDING ALARM BELLS 
   ABOUT HIS 
   MIXED MESSAGING.
   ON THE ONE HAND, THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   AND HIS CAMPAIGN ARE 
   TRYING TO 
   LABEL THE FORMER 
   CALIFORNIA 
   ATTORNEY GENERAL AS 
   BEING TOO 
   TOUGH ON CRIME, WHILE 
   ALSO 
   ARGUING SHE'S AN 
   ANTI-POLICE 
   LEFTIST. 
   >> SHE LEFT NOBODY 
   HAPPY WHEN IT 
   CAME TO LAW AND ORDER,
   WHICH IS 
   THE NUMBER ONE JOB SHE
   HAD. 
   >> Reporter: SOME 
   ADVISERS THINK 
   THE PRESIDENT SHOULD 
   STAY AWAY 
   FROM PERSONAL ATTACKS 
   LIKE THE 
   ONE IN THIS TWEET, THE
   SUBURBAN 
   HOUSEWIFE WILL BE 
   VOTING FOR ME.
   THAT MESSAGE AIMED AT 
   DISPARAGING FAIR 
   HOUSING RULES
   ALREADY BACKFIRING IN 
   PENNSYLVANIA, AN AREA 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP WON BY 19 POINTS
   IN 2016.
   KRISTIN VOTED FOR 
   CANDIDATE
   TRUMP, BUT ISN'T SURE 
   THIS YEAR. 
   >> I DON'T FIND MYSELF
   IN THAT 
   SUBURBAN MOM GROUP 
   THAT HE'S 
   REFERRING TO. 
   >> Reporter: DO YOU 
   THINK HE 
   COULD BE HURTING HIS 
   CHANCES 
   WITH VOTERS LIKE YOU?
   >> DEFINITELY.
   I THINK HE NEEDS TO 
   STOP 
   TWEETING. 
   >> IT IS NOT THE FIRST
   TIME THE 
   PRESIDENT HAS 
   STRUGGLED WITH HOW 
   TO TALK ABOUT HARRIS.
   WHEN SHE FIRST 
   LAUNCHED HER 
   PRIMARY CAMPAIGN -- 
   >> WE CAN RECLAIM THE 
   AMERICAN DREAM. 
   >> Reporter: -- 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP
   PRAISED HER, TELLING 
   "THE NEW 
   YORK TIMES," I WOULD 
   SAY THE 
   BEST OPENING SO FAR 
   WOULD BE 
   KAMALA HARRIS.
   BUT QUICKLY TAKING AIM
   ON THE 
   CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
   >> KAMALA.
   KAMALA IS FALLING.
   >> Reporter: AND WHEN 
   ASKED 
   ABOUT HARRIS AS A 
   POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE
   JUST A FEW WEEKS 
   AGO --
   >> I THINK SHE WOULD 
   BE A FINE 
   CHOICE, KAMALA HARRIS,
   FINE 
   CHOICE. 
   >> Reporter: STILL THE
   DEMOCRAT'S DIVERSE 
   TICKET IS 
   FUELLING THE QUESTION 
   AMONG SOME 
   REPUBLICANS, IS THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   CONSIDERING SHAKING UP
   HIS OWN 
   TEAM?
   A TOP CAMPAIGN ADVISER
   ADDRESSED 
   THE ISSUE TODAY.
   >> OUR VICE PRESIDENT 
   HAS BEEN A 
   FIGHTER.
   HE HAS WORKED EVERY 
   SINGLE DAY 
   FOR THE AMERICAN 
   PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: NOW, 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP IS GEARING UP TO
   COUNTER 
   PROGRAM THE DEMOCRATIC
   NATIONAL
   CONVENTION NEXT WEEK 
   PLANNING 
   CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN 
   MINNESOTA, ARIZONA, 
   WISCONSIN AND 
   PENNSYLVANIA.
   >> THANK YOU. 
   >>> AND THE PRESIDENT 
   TONIGHT 
   ONCE AGAIN PUSHING FOR
   SCHOOLS 
   TO REOPEN.
   BUT DISTRICTS ACROSS 
   THE COUNTRY 
   ARE LEARNING HOW 
   CHALLENGING 
   THAT PROCESS IS AS 
   MORE CLOSE DOWN TO 
   COPE WITH SURGES IN 
   COVID CASES.
   HERE'S TOM COSTELLO 
   FOR THAT. 
   >> Reporter: FOR 
   MILLIONS OF 
   STUDENTS FROM FLORIDA 
   TO 
   INDIANA, LOUISIANA TO 
   ARIZONA, 
   THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS
   ALREADY 
   OFF TO A ROUGH START.
   IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, 
   GEORGIA, A 
   SECOND HIGH SCHOOL HAS
   CLOSED 
   AFTER 14 CONFIRMED 
   CASES.
   NEARLY 1,200 STUDENTS 
   AND STAFF 
   QUARANTINED DISTRICT 
   WIDE. 
   >> THERE ARE A LOT OF 
   KIDS 
   WALKING THROUGH THE 
   HALLWAY.
   THERE WAS NO WAY TO 
   SOCIALLY 
   DISTANCE AND ALSO 
   GOING IN AND 
   OUT OF THE CAFETERIA. 
   >> Reporter: 45 
   MINUTES AWAY, 
   THAT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE
   STUNTS PACKED THE 
   HALLS, MANY WITHOUT 
   MASKS, CLOSED FOR A 
   THIRD TIME TODAY.
   >> UNFORTUNATELY THEY 
   DID GET 
   IT, BUT I JUST FEEL 
   LIKE THAT'S 
   THE RISK SOME OF THE 
   SENIORS ARE 
   WILLING TO TAKE TO 
   HAVE OUR 
   SENIOR YEAR. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS 
   HAPPENING 
   NATIONWIDE IN 
   GULFPORT, 
   MISSISSIPPI, 100 
   STUDENTS AND A 
   TEACHER ARE 
   QUARANTINED.
   IN MUNCIE, INDIANA, A 
   MIDDLE AND 
   A HIGH SCHOOL CLOSED.
   NBC BATON ROUGE 
   AFFILIATE
   WBLA REPORTS 141 
   STUDENTS 
   QUARANTINED IN 
   LIVINGSTON 
   PARISH.
   AND TONIGHT, MORE 
   POTENTIAL TROUBLE FOR 
   SCHOOLS.
   UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
   RESEARCHERS HAVE 
   EVIDENCE THE 
   COVID VIRUS CAN TRAVEL
   MUCH 
   FURTHER THAN SIX FEET,
   UP TO 16 
   FEET. 
   >> THOSE SMALL 
   PARTICLES THAT 
   REMAIN ADRIFT IN THE 
   AIR CAN 
   MOVE VERY QUICKLY LONG
   DISTANCES.
   AND IN A CONFINED 
   SPACE. 
   >> Reporter: BUT IN 
   MASSACHUSETTS, A RALLY
   FOR 
   REOPENING.
   WITH FEW CASES ACROSS 
   THE STATE, 
   THE GOVERNOR SAYS MOST
   STUDENTS 
   SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL.
   WHILE NEW JERSEY'S 
   GOVERNOR TODAY SAID 
   SCHOOLS AND 
   UNIVERSITIES SHOULD 
   OFFER EITHER REMOTE OR
   IN PERSON LEARNING.
   >> THERE IS NO ONE 
   SIZE FITS ALL 
   PLAN TO THIS VERY 
   DIFFICULT 
   SITUATION. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   ELIZABETH, NEW 
   JERSEY, 400 TEACHERS 
   HAVE 
   CLAIMED A MEDICAL 
   EXEMPTION NOT 
   TO TEACH IN CLASS.
   ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF 
   TEACHERS 
   FORCING ADMINISTRATORS
   INTO 
   REMOTE LEARNING AS 
   DISTRICTS 
   STRUGGLE WITH THE 
   PANDEMIC 
   NOBODY PLANNED FOR.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT, TOM 
   COSTELLO.
   NOTHING IS EASY ABOUT 
   THIS.
   THANKS VERY MUCH. 
   >>> OVERSEAS, A DEADLY
   PLANE CRASH TODAY IN 
   SCOTLAND.
   A PASSENGER TRAIN 
   DERAILED AFTER 
   HEAVY RAIN AND 
   FLOODING IN THE 
   AREA.
   ONE CAR FALLING DOWN 
   AN 
   EMBANKMENT.
   OFFICIALS SAID
   THE OPERATOR OF THE 
   TRAIN AND 
   THE CONDUCTOR WERE 
   BELIEVED TO 
   BE AMONG THOSE KILLED.
   THE CAUSE IS NOT YET 
   CLEAR.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
   CHALLENGES OF REMOTE 
   LEARNING 
   FOR THOSE LEARNING 
   ENGLISH AND 
   THOSE WITH SPECIAL 
   NEEDS.
   >>> WE'RE BACK WITH 
   THE LATEST 
   IN OUR COLLABORATION 
   WITH 
   TELEMUNDO.
   THE DIFFICULT 
   STRUGGLES FOR 
   CHILDREN TRYING TO 
   LEARN ENGLISH 
   AND STUDENTS WITH 
   SPECIAL NEEDS 
   IN THIS AGE OF REMOTE 
   LEARNING.
   MORGAN STARTS US OFF 
   NOW IN SAN 
   ANTONIO. 
   >> Reporter: 
   14-YEAR-OLD LOVES TO 
   LEARN.
   DO YOU LIKE SCHOOL?
   YOU REALLY LIKE SCHOOL
   A LOT.
   HIS FAMILY MOVED FROM 
   MEXICO TO 
   SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 
   LESS THAN TWO 
   YEARS AGO AND HE'S 
   BEEN TRYING 
   TO LEARN ENGLISH EVER 
   SINCE. 
   >> DIFFICULT TO FIND 
   WAYS TO 
   PRACTICE. 
   >> Reporter: HE WAS A 
   STAR 
   STUDENT BUT SAYS HIS 
   CLASSES GOT 
   HARDER WHEN THEY WENT 
   VIRTUAL 
   LAST SEMESTER. 
   >> Reporter: WHY ARE 
   THOSE 
   VIRTUAL CLASSES 
   HARDER?
   >> BECAUSE I DON'T 
   HAVE THAT 
   CONTACT WITH THE 
   TEACHERS. 
   >> Reporter: ROBERTO 
   IS ONE OF 
   FIVE MILLION PUBLIC 
   SCHOOL 
   STUDENTS LEARNING 
   ENGLISH AS A 
   SECOND LANGUAGE, A 
   CHALLENGE 
   THAT CAN BE ESPECIALLY
   HARD FOR 
   MANY LATINO STUDENTS 
   SINCE MORE 
   THAN 40% OF LATINO 
   FAMILIES 
   DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER.
   >> Reporter: SO WHAT 
   ARE YOU 
   USUALLY DOING YOUR 
   WORK ON?
   >> I DO IT IN MY OWN. 
   >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE
   DOING 
   YOUR HOMEWORK ON YOUR 
   PHONE?
   >> UH-HUH. 
   >> Reporter: WOW.
   HIS FAMILY OF FIVE 
   SHARES ONE 
   LAPTOP.
   EVEN WHEN HE CAN 
   ACCESS HIS 
   ASSIGNMENTS, HE'S ON 
   HIS OWN.
   DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
   >> NO. 
   >> Reporter: ROBERTO'S
   MOM SAYS 
   HE'S BEEN LOSING SOME 
   OF THE 
   ENGLISH HE'S ALREADY 
   LEARNED 
   SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
   I WAS HELPING THEM 
   WITH AS MUCH 
   AS I COULD OF THE 
   ACTIVITIES.
   BUT IT REALLY ISN'T 
   SUFFICIENT.
   >> Reporter: IT'S A 
   CHALLENGE ROBERTO'S 
   TEACHER IS ALSO UP 
   AGAINST.
   >> OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS 
   AREN'T 
   REALLY SET UP TO 
   SUPPORT MIGRANT 
   FAMILIES TO BEGIN 
   WITH.
   AND NOW WITH REMOTE 
   LEARNING, 
   THAT'S JUST CARRYING 
   OVER INTO 
   THAT. 
   >> Reporter: FOR 
   FAMILIES OF 
   STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL 
   NEEDS, 
   THOSE CHALLENGES CAN 
   BECOME EVEN 
   MORE DIFFICULT.
   HOW DO YOU HELP THOSE 
   STUDENTS 
   WHO NEED THAT SOCIAL 
   IN PERSON 
   INTERACTION TO THRIVE?
   THAT'S WHAT OUR 
   TELEMUNDO 
   COLLEAGUE WENT TO FIND
   OUT. 
   >> Reporter: THAT'S 
   RIGHT, 
   MORGAN.
   ABOUT 700,000 SPECIAL 
   NEEDS 
   STUDENTS HERE IN THE 
   U.S. ARE 
   ALSO ENGLISH LANGUAGE 
   LEARNERS, 
   LEAVING MANY IMMIGRANT
   PARENTS 
   TO PROVIDE SPEECH, 
   OCCUPATIONAL 
   AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
   AT HOME.
   SIX-YEAR-OLD TWINS DO 
   EVERYTHING 
   TOGETHER.
   TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU 
   LOVE YOUR 
   SISTER?
   >> LIKE THIS. 
   >> Reporter: THEY LOVE
   DRESSING 
   UP AS PRINCESSES AND 
   DANCING.
   BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 
   LEARNING, 
   THEIR NEEDS ARE 
   DIFFERENT.
   EMMA HAS AUTISM AND IS
   NON-VERBAL. 
   DOES EMMA MISS GOING 
   TO SCHOOL?
   CAN YOU SEE IT IN HER?
   >> AT FIRST SHE HAS 
   STRESS, A 
   BIG STRESS BECAUSE 
   AUTISTIC 
   CHILDREN, THEY NEED A 
   SCHEDULE. 
   >> Reporter: AT 
   SCHOOL, EMMA'S 
   NEEDS WERE MET WITH A 
   TEACHER, 
   STUDENT AND SEVEN 
   DIFFERENT THERAPISTS
   EVERY WEEK, ROLES THAT
   HER 
   MOTHER HAD TO TAKE ON 
   OVERNIGHT. 
   >> I HAVE TO RUN FROM 
   ONE SIDE 
   OF THE HOUSE TO 
   ANOTHER SIDE OF 
   THE HOUSE WITH 
   DIFFERENT 
   COMPUTERS SO THEY CAN 
   CONCENTRATE VERY WELL 
   ON HER 
   STUFF. 
   >> Reporter: ADDING 
   THE 
   CHALLENGE FOR LATINO 
   PARENTS 
   WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 
   CHILDREN IS A 
   LACK OF INFORMATION IN
   SPANISH, WHICH IS WHY 
   SHE CREATED A WEBSITE 
   WITH INFORMATION IN 
   SPANISH TO TRY TO HELP
   OTHERS.
   >> Reporter: IT SEEMS 
   LIKE YOU 
   HAVE TO STEP UP EVEN 
   MORE AND 
   BECOME EVEN MORE OF A 
   SUPER MOM. 
   >> A LITTLE BIT. 
   >> Reporter: DO YOU 
   EVER SIT 
   BACK AND BREAK DOWN, 
   LET THE 
   EMOTIONS GET TO YOU?
   >> A LOT OF TIMES, 
   YES.
   A LOT OF TIMES.
   BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU 
   HAVE TO BE A 
   MOM.
   THAT'S WHAT MOMS DO IS
   LIKE BE 
   THERE FOR YOUR 
   CHILDREN. 
   >> Reporter: NO MATTER
   WHAT 
   THEIR NEEDS, FOR NBC 
   NEWS, 
   NICOLE SUAREZ, NBC 
   TELEMUNDO. 
   >>> AND UP NEXT, THE 
   MIXED 
   SIGNALS FOR COLLEGE 
   >>> MORE CONFUSION WAS
   SEWN INTO 
   THE WORLD OF COLLEGE 
   FOOTBALL 
   AFTER TWO MAJOR
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> UP NEXT TONIGHT, A
   HOMECOMING THREE 
   DECADES IN THE 
 
   >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, 
   THE 
   SURPRISE REUNION FOR A
   HOMECOMING KING AND 
   QUEEN AFTER 
   NEARLY 30 YEARS.
   JOE FRYER WITH 
   TONIGHT'S 
   INSPIRING AMERICA.
   >> WHEN JANET AND GREG
   TIED THE 
   KNOT AT MONTHCLAIR 
   STATE, THEY 
   CROWNED A COURT SHIP 
   THAT STARTED THROUGH A
   DATING APP.
   >> THAT'S THE HOOK 
   LINE AND 
   SINKER THAT DREW ME IN
   TO THAT 
   ENTIRE SWIPE.
   NO DIMPLE, NO SWIPING.
   >> Reporter: IT 
   ACTUALLY WASN'T 
   AS SIMPLE AS A DIMPLE.
   YOU SEE,
   WHEN GREG SAW JANET ON
   THAT APP, 
   HE RECOGNIZED HER FROM
   THEIR 
   COLLEGE DAYS WHERE SHE
   WAS THE 
   HOMECOMING QUEEN, AND 
   HE WAS THE 
   OVERLY EXUBERANT KING.
   YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE
   TO YOUR 
   FRIEND.
   WHAT DID YOUR FRIEND 
   SAY TO YOU?
   >> HE SAID, THAT'S 
   YOUR QUEEN.
   GO GET YOUR QUEEN. 
   >> WHEN YOU ARE 50, 
   THERE IS NOT 
   A LOT OF THINGS THAT 
   YOU CAN 
   REMEMBER FROM BACK IN 
   THE DAY. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   COLLEGE THEY 
   KNEW EACH OTHER BUT 
   NEVER DATED.
   THE SPARKS DAME LAST 
   YEAR WHEN 
   THEY REUNITED.
   HE PROPOSED THIS 
   APRIL, PAVING 
   THE WAY FOR A SOCIALLY
   DISTANT 
   WEDDING IN THE SAME 
   PLACE WHERE 
   THEY BECAME ROYALTY 30
   YEARS 
   AGO.
   CROWNED AND NOW VOWED 
   ON THE 50 YARD LINE.
   >> AND I WOULD SAY YOU
   MAY NEED 
   A LITTLE BIT OF 
   PATIENCE TO WAIT 
   FOR YOUR QUEEN OR 
   KING. 
   >> PATIENCE.
   30 YEARS MINIMUM.
   MAXIMUM MAYBE. 
   >> Reporter: JOE 
   FRYER, NBC NEWS.
   >> WHAT A TERRIFIC 
   STORY.
   THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS."
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, 
   EVERYONE.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND 
   EACH OTHER.
   YOURSELF AND 
   EACH OTHER.
   GOOD NIGHT.
   YOURSELF AND EACH 
   OTHER.
   GOOD NIGHT.
