   ALARMING 
   COVID-19 SURGE IN 
   AMERICA.
   MULTIPLE STATES 
   REPORTING THEIR 
   HIGHEST SINGLE DAY 
   SPIKES IN NEW 
   CASES.
   ARIZONA, FLORIDA, 
   SOUTH CAROLINA 
   AND IN TEXAS 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS AT 
   A FACILITY IN ONE 
   MAJOR CITY 
   SOARING 40%.
   THE STATE NOW HITTING 
   PAUSE ON 
   REOPENING AND THE 
   CLASH BETWEEN 
   MAYORS AND GOVERNORS:
   DO THEY SPEED UP OR 
   SLOW DOWN? 
   >>> THE NEW CDC 
   GUIDELINES.
   FROM RETURNING TO 
   EVERY DAY LIFE,
   THE PRECAUTIONS 
   THEY'RE ADVISING 
   YOU TAKE TO STAY SAFE 
   AT 
   RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, 
   EVEN SUMMER 
   COOKOUTS. 
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   SPEAKING UP 
   ON POLICE REFORM.
   HIS NEW MESSAGE ON 
   CHOKEHOLDS, SHOULD 
   THEY BE BANNED AND
   WHAT HE SAID THAT'S 
   RAISING 
   EYEBROWS ABOUT ABRAHAM
   LINCOLN. 
   >>> THE PRESIDENT 
   HOURS AWAY 
   FROM TRAVELING TO WEST
   POINT.
   1,000 CADETS BROUGHT 
   BACK AND 
   QUARANTINED IN ORDER 
   TO HEAR HIM 
   SPEAK AT GRADUATION.
   AND HIS NEW REACTION 
   AFTER THE
   NATION'S TOP GENERAL 
   APOLOGIZED 
   FOR APPEARING IN HIS 
   CHURCH 
   PHOTO OP. 
   >>> THE STANDOFF IN 
   SEATTLE.
   PROTESTERS TAKING OVER
   MULTIPLE CITY BLOCKS.
   THE POLICE PRECINCT 
   BOARDED UP.
   NOT AN OFFICER IN 
   SIGHT.
   THE NEW THREAT TO MOVE
   THE PROTESTERS OUT BY 
   FORCE.
   >>> AND A VIDEO 
   INSPIRING 
   AMERICA.
   THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD
   COMING 
   OUT TO SURPRISE AN 
   EVERY DAY 
   HERO.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   AN ALARMING RISE IN 
   COVID-19 
   CASES AND 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS IN 
   THIS COUNTRY TONIGHT 
   RUDELY 
   REMINDING US THIS 
   VIRUS IS 
   MAKING ITS OWN RULES 
   NOW HAVING 
   REMARKABLY CLAIMED 
   MORE THAN 
   115,000 LIVES IN THIS 
   COUNTRY IN 
   UNDER FOUR MONTHS.
   THE SERIOUS SPIKE IN 
   MORE THAN A 
   DOZEN STATES MAKING 
   FOR SOME GUT 
   CHECK MOMENTS IN 
   PLACES STRAINING TO 
   FURTHER REOPEN.
   SOME OFFICIALS 
   PRESSING FORWARD 
   DESPITE
   THE NUMBERS TONIGHT 
   WHILE OTHERS 
   PREPARE TO HOLD TIGHT 
   A LITTLE 
   LONGER.
   MORGAN CHESKY LEADS 
   OFF OUR 
   COVERAGE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   RISING 
   CONCERNS AS A SURGE OF
   COVID-19 
   CASES HIT MULTIPLE 
   STATES. 
   >> NO ONE WANTS TO 
   SLOW DOWN THE 
   OPENING OF THE 
   ECONOMY, IF THERE 
   IS ANY WAY TO AVOID 
   IT.
   AND WE ARE IN THE ANY 
   WAY TO 
   AVOID IT STAGE. 
   >> Reporter: IN TEXAS 
   A MONTH 
   AFTER OPENING BACK UP,
   HOSPITAL 
   SPACE IS AVAILABLE, 
   BUT AT 
   HOUSTON METHODIST, 
   PATIENTS ARE 
   UP 40%. 
   >> I THINK PEOPLE HAVE
   LET THEIR 
   GUARD DOWN. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   HIMSELF CRITICIZED 
   AFTER PHOTOS 
   FROM LAST NIGHT'S 
   DALLAS VISIT 
   SHOWED A PACKED CHURCH
   WITH FEW 
   MASKS AND LITTLE 
   SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING.
   >> WHEN YOU SAW THAT 
   PICTURE OF THE 
   PRESIDENT'S MEETING 
   LAST NIGHT,
   WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL 
   REACTION?
   >> I WAS ANGRY BECAUSE
   THAT'S 
   OUR 
   COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
   THAT'S OUR PERSON WHO 
   IS 
   SUPPOSED TO BE LEADING
   THE 
   EFFORT TO KEEP YOU 
   ALIVE IN THE 
   TIME OF COVID. 
   >> Reporter: IN SOUTH 
   CAROLINA, 
   THE GOVERNOR LIFTING 
   RESTRICTIONS DESPITE 
   SEEING THE 
   SINGLE LARGEST 
   INCREASE IN 
   CASES SINCE THE 
   PANDEMIC BEGAN.
   14 STATES SHOWING A 
   GREATER THAN
   25% INCREASE IN CASES 
   IN THE 
   LAST WEEK.
   RECENT SPIKES NOW 
   PROMPTING SOME 
   AREAS TO PRESS PAUSE.
   NASHVILLE STAYING IN 
   PHASE TWO 
   AS BOTH UTAH AND 
   OREGON TAKE 
   SIMILAR STEPS. 
   >> THIS IS ESSENTIALLY
   A 
   STATE-WIDE YELLOW 
   LIGHT.
   THIS ONE WEEK PAUSE 
   WILL GIVE 
   OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 
   EXPERTS TIME 
   TO ASSESS WHAT FACTORS
   ARE 
   DRIVING THE SPREAD OF 
   THE VIRUS 
   AND DETERMINE IF WE 
   NEED TO 
   ADJUST OUR APPROACH TO
   REOPENING. 
   >> IF SHE MAKES THAT 
   DECISION, 
   THERE IS A REASON 
   SHE'S MAKING 
   THAT DECISION, AND I 
   HAVE TO 
   TRUST THAT. 
   >> Reporter: 
   NATION-WIDE THE VIRUS 
   STILL 
   HITTING FAMILIAR 
   HOTSPOTS.
   THIS CALIFORNIA 
   NURSING HOME 
   EVACUATED EARLY THIS 
   MORNING AFTER AN 
   OUTBREAK FORCED NEARLY
   EVERY RESIDENT TO 
   RELOCATE.
   IN OKLAHOMA WHIRLPOOL 
   CLOSING 
   ITS PLANT IN TULSA 
   WHERE THE VIRUS JUST 
   HIT A DAILY PEAK.
   THE COMPANY SAYING 
   EXPOSED 
   WORKERS HAVE BEEN 
   QUARANTINED.
   WITH EACH COVID-19 
   CASE IN THE 
   PLANT, THERE IS A 
   THOROUGH 
   INVESTIGATION THAT 
   INCLUDES 
   CONTACT TRACING.
   THE RUSH TO REOPEN NOW
   FORCING A 
   FACE-OFF BETWEEN LOCAL
   AND STATE 
   LEADERS.
   IN NEW JERSEY, WHERE 
   CASES HAVE STABILIZED,
   THE GOVERNOR IS SUING 
   THE CITY OFS A BERRY 
   PARK AFTER LOCAL 
   DINERS VIOLATED HIS 
   ORDER TO NOT ALLOW 
   INDOOR DINING.
   >> WE HAVE ONE SET OF 
   RULES, AND 
   THEY ARE BASED ON ONE 
   PRINCIPAL, 
   AND THAT IS ENSURING 
   PUBLIC 
   HEALTH. 
   >> Reporter: BACK IN 
   TEXAS, IT 
   IS THE MAYOR WHO IS 
   PUSHING FOR 
   A SLOW-DOWN.
   BUT THE GOVERNOR'S 
   ORDER MEANS 
   FULL STREAM AHEAD. 
   >> THE STATE HAS 
   PREEMPTED LOCAL 
   GOVERNMENTS FROM 
   HITTING THE 
   BRAKES.
   WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR 
   VOICE AND 
   PROVIDING INFORMATION 
   AND
   MONITORING THE 
   SITUATION.
   >> Reporter: NOW, I 
   DID REACH 
   OUT TO THE TEXAS 
   GOVERNOR TODAY.
   HIS OFFICE SAYS 
   DESPITE THIS 
   UPTICK IN NUMBERS, 
   TEXAS HAS 
   INCREASED ITS TESTING 
   LIKE THESE 
   DRIVE-THROUGH SITES BY
   MORE
   THAN 200% SINCE MAY.
   THEY WENT ON TO SAY 
   THAT 
   NATIONWIDE TEXAS HAS 
   ONE OF THE 
   LOWEST DEATH RATES FOR
   COVID-19.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT, MORGAN 
   CHESKY 
   TONIGHT STARTING US 
   OFF. 
   THANKS.
   >>> THE CDC SAID TODAY
   IT NOW EXPECTS MORE
   THAN 140,000 DEATHS 
   FROM 
   CORONAVIRUS BY JULY 
   4th.
   THIS AS IT ISSUED NEW 
   GUIDELINES 
   FOR WHAT AMERICANS 
   SHOULD DO 
   EVERY DAY TO PREVENT 
   THE SPREAD 
   OF THE VIRUS.
   LET'S GET MORE NOW 
   FROM TOM 
   COSTELLO. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   AMERICANS 
   EAGER TO RESUME THEIR 
   NORMAL 
   LIVES, THE CDC IS OUT 
   WITH A 
   LONG AWAITED LIST OF 
   GUIDELINES 
   WHILE REITERATING 
   ADVICE TO WASH
   HANDS, SOCIAL DISTANCE
   AND WEAR 
   MASKS.
   HAVING FRIENDS OVER?
   HOST THEM OUTDOORS IF 
   YOU CAN.
   SEPARATE SEATING AND 
   AVOID 
   SHARING CONDIMENTS AND
   SALAD 
   DRESSING.
   STAYING AT A HOTEL,
   TAKE THE STAIRS, AVOID
   ELEVATORS, UNLESS IT 
   IS JUST YOU 
   AND YOUR FAMILY.
   EATING OUT?
   CALL FIRST AND FIND 
   OUT IF THE 
   WAITERS ARE WEARING 
   MASKS. 
   NO ADVICE ON ATTENDING
   PROTESTS, POLITICAL 
   RALLIES OR GOING TO 
   CHURCH.
   >> IN THE COMING 
   WEEKS, WE COULD 
   SEE INCREASES IN THE 
   NUMBER OF 
   CASES OF COVID-19 AS 
   STATES 
   REOPEN AND AS THERE IS
   AN 
   INCREASE IN PUBLIC 
   GATHERINGS. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY'S 
   BRIEFING 
   WAS OVER THE PHONE, 
   NOT ON 
   CAMERA.
   AMID THE WORST 
   PANDEMIC IN 100 YEARS,
   NEITHER THE CDC NOR 
   THE 
   CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
   HAS 
   BRIEFED THE NATION ON 
   CAMERA SINCE APRIL 
   27th, 48 DAYS AGO.
   MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
   HAVE BEEN ASKING 
   QUESTIONS.
   >> I AM ALARMED THAT 
   THIS 
   ADMINISTRATION HAS 
   SIDELINED THE 
   CDC AND OUR RESPONSE 
   TO THE 
   PANDEMIC AND CHOSEN 
   POLITICAL 
   EXPEDIENCY OVER PUBLIC
   HEALTH. 
   >> Reporter: THIS WEEK
   REPORTERS 
   ASKED A WHITE HOUSE 
   PRESS 
   SECRETARY WHAT 
   HAPPENED TO THE 
   TASK FORCE BRIEFINGS. 
   >> IS THERE ANY 
   THOUGHT TO 
   RETURNING TO DAILY 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   BRIEFINGS?
   FREQUENT CORONAVIRUS 
   BRIEFINGS?
   >> NEW CASES HAVE 
   STABILIZED AND 
   MANY ARE BEING 
   IDENTIFIED FOR 
   PROACTIVE MONITORING. 
   AND FINDING 
   ASYMPTOMATIC CASES.
   >> Reporter: THE WHITE
   HOUSE 
   SAYS THE TASK FORCE IS
   STILL 
   MEETING, BUT WITH THE 
   DEATH TOLL 
   STILL CLIMBING, A 
   FORMER CDC 
   DIRECTOR SAYS THE 
   PUBLIC NEEDS 
   REGULAR UPDATES. 
   >> THESE ARE THE 
   WORLD'S BEST 
   EXPERTS.
    IN HOW TO STOP A 
   DISEASE LIKE COVID.
   WE NEED TO HEAR FROM 
   THESE 
   EXPERTS AT LEAST EVERY
   WEEK. 
   >> Reporter: 
   MEANWHILE, A DC -- CDC
   REPORT INDICATES THE 
   U.S. HAD A 30%
   INCREASE, WHILE OTHER 
   COUNTRIES 
   HAD A DECLINE, 
   INCLUDING 
   BRITAIN, GERMANY, 
   ITALY AND 
   SPAIN.
   LESTER?
   >> TOM COSTELLO, 
   THANKS. 
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   SAYS HE WILL 
   SOON ISSUE AN 
   EXECUTIVE ORDER ON 
   POLICE REFORM AND HE 
   WEIGHED IN 
   ON THE USE OF 
   CHOKEHOLDS BY 
   POLICE.
   KRISTEN WELKER HAS 
   LATE DETAILS. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP REVEALING ONE 
   ASPECT OF 
   POLICE REFORM HE MIGHT
   SUPPORT.
   SIGNALING HE'S OPEN TO
   A BAN ON OFFICERS 
   USING CHOKEHOLDS.
   BUT ALSO VOICING 
   RESERVATIONS IN 
   A FOX NEWS INTERVIEW. 
   >> I THINK THE CONCEPT
   OF 
   CHOKEHOLDS SOUNDS SO 
   PERFECT AND 
   THEN YOU REALIZE IT'S 
   ONE-ON-ONE.
   IF IT'S TWO ON ONE, 
   IT'S A 
   DIFFERENT STORY.
   BUT IF A POLICE 
   OFFICER IS IN A 
   BAD SCUFFLE AND HE'S 
   GOT 
   SOMEBODY -- 
   >> IF IT'S A 
   ONE-ON-ONE FIGHT 
   FOR THE LIFE. 
   >> AND THAT DOES 
   HAPPEN.
   SO YOU HAVE TO BE 
   CAREFUL.
   WITH THAT BEING SAID, 
   IT WOULD 
   BE, I THINK, A VERY 
   GOOD THING 
   THAT GENERALLY 
   SPEAKING IT 
   SHOULD BE ENDED. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   SAYING HE'S CLOSE TO 
   FINALIZING 
   AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 
   THAT WOULD 
   IMPROVE POLICE 
   TRAINING, BUT HAS YET 
   TO OFFER SPECIFICS.
   HE WAS ASKED WHAT HE 
   WOULD SAY 
   TO PROTESTERS ABOUT 
   GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S DEATH. 
   >> I THINK IT'S A 
   SHAME.
   I THINK IT'S A 
   DISGRACE, AND 
   IT'S GOT TO STOP.
   AT THE SAME TIME, YOU 
   ALSO KNOW 
   THAT WE HAVE 
   INCREDIBLE PEOPLE 
   IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
   AND WE HAVE 
   TO CHERISH THEM AND 
   TAKE CARE OF 
   THEM AND WE CAN'T LET 
   SOMETHING 
   LIKE THIS WHERE YOU 
   HAVE A BAD 
   APPLE GO OUT AND, YOU 
   KNOW, 
   DESTROY THE IMAGE OF 
   MILLIONS OF 
   PEOPLE THAT TAKE 
   REALLY GOOD 
   CARE OF US. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT IS 
   GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO 
   ADDRESS 
   THE CONCERNS OF 
   PROTESTERS WITH 
   SOME ADVISERS TELLING 
   NBC NEWS 
   THEY'RE WORRIED HE IS 
   ONLY 
   FOCUSSED ON HIS BASE.
   THE PRESIDENT AT TIMES
   HEARD 
   SAYING OF THE 
   PROTESTERS, THESE 
   AREN'T MY VOTERS 
   ACCORDING TO THREE 
   PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH 
   THE COMMENTS.
   RESPONDING TO OUR 
   REPORT, A 
   WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL 
   SAYING, 
   QUOTE, THE PRESIDENT 
   DOESN'T SEE 
   THE PROTESTERS AS 
   DIRECTLY ABOUT 
   HIM, WHICH IS 
   ACCURATE.
   IT'S A RESULT OF 
   DECADES OF 
   RACISM IN OUR COUNTRY.
   MEANWHILE, AFTER 
   CRITICISM OF 
   HIS UPCOMING RALLY ON 
   THE 
   ANNIVERSARY OF THE END
   OF 
   SLAVERY, THE PRESIDENT
   SAYS THE 
   DATE WAS NOT CHOSEN ON
   PURPOSE. 
   >> IT WASN'T DONE FOR 
   THAT 
   REASON, BUT IT'S AN 
   INTERESTING 
   DATE, BUT IT'S A 
   CELEBRATION. 
   >> Reporter: LATER 
   TOUTING HIS 
   RECORD, INVOKING 
   ABRAHAM 
   LINCOLN. 
   >> I THINK I'VE DONE 
   MORE FOR THE BLACK 
   COMMUNITY THAN ANY 
   OTHER PRESIDENT AND 
   LET'S TAKE A PASS ON 
   ABRAHAM
   LINCOLN BECAUSE HE DID
   GOOD.
   ALTHOUGH, IT'S ALWAYS 
   QUESTIONABLE.
   >> BUT WE ARE FREE, 
   MR. 
   PRESIDENT. 
   HE DID PRETTY WELL.
   >> YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
   I MEAN.
   BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE 
   A PASS ON 
   HONEST ABE. 
   >> BUT YOU SAY YOU 
   HAVE DONE 
   MORE THAN ANYBODY. 
   >> WELL, LOOK, 
   CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
   REFORM,
   NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE
   DONE IT.
   I DID IT. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   TONIGHT THE RNC 
   ANNOUNCING ITS MOVING 
   THE 
   REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 
   TO 
   JACKSONVILLE.
   THE PRESIDENT PULLED 
   THE EVENT 
   FROM CHARLOTTE WHERE 
   THE 
   GOVERNOR HAD REQUIRED 
   SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
   LESTER?
   >> KRISTEN WELKER AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE, THANKS. 
   >>> THE PRESIDENT 
   WEIGHING IN ON 
   THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
   JOINT CHIEFS 
   WHO APOLOGIZED FOR 
   APPEARING IN 
   THAT RECENT CHURCH 
   PHOTO OP.
   IT COMES HOURS BEFORE
   THE PRESIDENT TRAVELS 
   TO WEST 
   POINT FOR ITS 
   COMMENCEMENT.
   HERE'S COURTNEY CUE 
   BY. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP RESPONDING AFTER
   MARK 
   MILLEY APOLOGIZED FOR 
   BEING AT 
   THAT CONTROVERSIAL 
   PHOTO OP 
   OUTSIDE THE WHITE 
   HOUSE. 
   >> I THINK IT WAS A 
   BEAUTIFUL 
   PICTURE.
   I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I 
   THINK CHRISTIANS THINK
   IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL 
   PICTURE.
   >> Reporter: GENERAL 
   MILLEY SAID 
   HIS PARTICIPATION GAVE
   THE 
   APPEARANCE HE WAS 
   INVOLVED IN 
   DOMESTIC POLITICS.
   THREE DEFENSE 
   OFFICIALS SAYING 
   HE DISCUSSED 
   RESIGNING.
   IT CAME AFTER DEFENSE 
   SECRETARY 
   ESPER ALSO PUBLICALLY 
   DISAGREED 
   WITH THE PRESIDENT. 
   >> IF THAT'S THE WAY 
   THEY FEEL, I THINK 
   THAT'S FINE.
   I HAVE GOOD 
   RELATIONSHIPS WITH 
   THE MILITARY.
   I HAVE REBUILT OUR 
   MILITARY. 
   >> Reporter: NOW THE 
   COMMANDER 
   IN CHIEF IS SET TO 
   MAKE THE 
   TRADITIONAL TRIP TO 
   WEST POINT'S 
   GRADUATION, ONE THAT 
   WILL LOOK 
   MUCH DIFFERENT THAN 
   LAST YEAR'S.
   RETURNING CADETS ARE 
   BEING 
   TESTED AND SEPARATED 
   INTO 
   GROUPS.
   18 TESTED POSITIVE FOR
   CORONAVIRUS AND HAD TO
   BE 
   ISOLATED.
   ALL ASYMPTOMATIC, 
   THEY'RE NOW 
   CLEAR TO GRADUATE 
   TOMORROW. 
   >> Reporter: UNLIKE 
   PREVIOUS YEARS, THIS 
   YEAR'S
   CEREMONY WILL BE HELD 
   HERE.
   AND THE GRADUATES, 
   THEIR FAMILY 
   AND FRIENDS WILL BE 
   WATCHING 
   ONLINE. 
   >> I ENVISION 
   LIEUTENANTS COMING 
   OUT OF THOSE SALLY 
   PORTS RIGHT
   THERE WITH THEIR MASKS
   ON. 
   >> I THINK MAKING THE 
   COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, 
   I'M DOING 
   IT AT WEST POINT, 
   WHICH I LOOK 
   FORWARD TO. 
   >> Reporter: CRITICS 
   ACCUSE THE 
   PRESIDENT OF MAKING 
   CADETS 
   RETURN TO CAMPUS. 
   >> FORCING ALL OF 
   THESE CADETS, 
   1,000 OF THEM INTO A 
   SINGLE 
   LOCATION JUST SO THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   CAN SPEAK AT THEM IS 
   REALLY A 
   FAILURE OF HIS ROLE AS
   COMMANDER 
   IN CHIEF. 
   >> BUT ARMY LEADERS 
   INSIST THE 
   EVENT WAS PLANNED ALL 
   ALONG. 
   >> THE DECISION WAS 
   MADE BY THE 
   SECRETARY OF THE ARMY,
   SECRETARY 
   McCARTHY, WITH MY BEST
   MILITARY 
   ADVICE AND MY ADVICE 
   THE 
   SECRETARY WAS THAT THE
   UNITED 
   STATES MILITARY 
   ACADEMY SHOULD 
   HAVE A GRADUATION. 
   >> WE'RE HAPPY THAT 
   HE'S COMING. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   CADETS TOLD US 
   THEY'RE THRILLED. 
   >> I GET TO SAY, CLASS
   DISMISSED, WE'RE ALL 
   THROWING 
   OUR HATS UP, AND IT'S 
   GOING TO 
   BE A GREAT DAY. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE 
   LONG GRAY LINE.
   >>> AFTER YESTERDAY'S 
   BIG SELL-OFF, WALL 
   STREET BOUNCED BACK 
   TODAY.
   THE DOW GAINS ALMOST 
   500 POINTS, 
   JUST SHORT OF 2%.
   STILL IT WAS WALL 
   STREET'S WORST 
   WEEK SINCE MARCH.
   WE'LL TAKE A SHORT 
   BREAK.
   IN 60 SECONDS, THE 
   STANDOFF IN 
   SEATTLE.
   >>> IN SEATTLE, A 
   GROUP OF 
   PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN 
   OVER FOUR 
   BLOCKS, DRIVING THE 
   POLICE OUT.
   NOW THE PRESIDENT IS 
   THREATENING MILITARY 
   ACTION TO TAKE THE 
   AREA BACK.
   WITH MORE, HERE'S 
   JOLENE KENT. 
   >> IN SEATTLE'S 
   CAPITOL HILL 
   NEIGHBORHOOD, THE EAST
   POLICE PRECINCT HAS A 
   NEW NAME.
   IT IS A SYMBOL OF THE 
   DRAMATIC 
   TRANSFORMATION 
   TRIGGERED BY MORE 
   THAN A WEEK OF VIOLENT
   FLASHES, 
   TEAR GAS AND FLASH 
   BANGS.
   BETWEEN POLICE AND 
   PROTESTERS, 
   CALLING FOR AN END TO 
   POLICE 
   BRUTALITY IN THE NAME 
   OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD.
   >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO
   TELL THE 
   WORLD OUT HERE AS YOU 
   PROTEST?
   >> I JUST WANT 
   JUSTICE, AND WE 
   JUST WANT IT NOW. 
   >> Reporter: IN AN 
   UNEXPECTED 
   MOVE THIS WEEK, POLICE
   BOARDED 
   UP AND LEFT THE EAST 
   PRECINCT, HOPING 
   PROTESTERS WOULD 
   DISPERSE, BUT THEY 
   STAYED.
   OVER SEVERAL CITY 
   BLOCKS WITHOUT 
   A COP IN SIGHT.
   HOWEVER PEACEFUL, THE 
   SCENE HERE 
   PROMPTING PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP TO 
   THREATEN MILITARY 
   ACTION AGAIN 
   TODAY, CALLING 
   PROTESTERS 
   TERRORISTS. 
   >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
   LET THIS 
   HAPPEN IN SEATTLE.
   IF WE HAVE TO GO IN, 
   WE'RE GOING 
   TO GO IN.
   THE GOVERNOR IS EITHER
   GOING TO 
   DO IT.
   BUT HE'S GOT GREAT 
   NATIONAL 
   GUARD TROOPS.
   HE CAN DO IT.
   BUT ONE WAY OR THE 
   OTHER, IT'S 
   GOING TO GET DONE. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE THE
   ZONE 
   REMAINS PEACEFUL, THE 
   POLICE 
   CHIEF, WHO IS THE 
   FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO 
   LEAD THE DEPARTMENT, 
   IS NOW CONCERNED THEIR
   ABSENCE FROM THE AREA 
   IS 
   THREATENING PUBLIC 
   SAFETY. 
   >> OUR 911 RESPONSE 
   TIME HAS 
   TRIPLED IN THE AREA.
   IT'S GONE FROM 5 
   MINUTES TO 
   ABOUT 18 MINUTES FOR 
   THE REALLY 
   IMPORTANT CALLS THAT 
   WE'RE 
   RESPONDING TO. 
   >> Reporter: AS THE 
   ZONE GROWS, 
   POLICE SAY THEY PLAN 
   TO RETURN, 
   PROMISING SOMETHING 
   WILL CHANGE.
   >> WHEN I LOOK AT YOU,
   I SEE MY 
   OWN FAMILY MEMBERS 
   RIGHT IN YOUR 
   FACE, RIGHT?
   SO IT IS TIME FOR US 
   TO HAVE 
   DIALOGUE AND HAVE 
   CHANGE, AND 
   I'M ALL FOR IT. 
   >> Reporter: JOLENE 
   KENT, NBC 
   NEWS SEATTLE. 
   >>> THE PUSH FOR 
   POLICE REFORM 
   TOOK A STEP FORWARD 
   TODAY IN 
   LOUISVILLE, THE CITY 
   BANNING 
   SO-CALLED NO KNOCK 
   WARRANTS 
   AFTER THE DEATH OF 
   BREONNA 
   TAYLOR.
   NOW THERE IS AN EFFORT
   TO BAN THEM 
   NATIONALLY.
   GABE GUTIERREZ WITH 
   MORE ON THE 
   CONTROVERSIAL 
   PRACTICE.
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   LOUISVILLE'S 
   MAYOR SIGNED BRIANNA'S
   LAW, 
   BANNING THE USE OF NO 
   KNOCK 
   WARRANTS, A 
   CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE
   THAT GIVES POLICE 
   AUTHORITY
   TO ENTER A HOME 
   WITHOUT 
   ANNOUNCING THEMSELVES.
   >> Reporter: IN MARCH,
   BREONNA 
   TAYLOR AND HER 
   BOYFRIEND WERE 
   ASLEEP IN THEIR 
   APARTMENTS WHEN 
   THREE POLICE OFFICERS 
   ARRIVED WITH A 
   NARCOTICS SEARCH 
   WARRANTS.
   LAWYERS SAY THE COUPLE
   WAS 
   STARTLED WHEN THE 
   OFFICERS IN 
   PLAINCLOTHES ENTERED 
   THE HOME.
   POLICE SAY THE 
   OFFICERS DID 
   ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES, 
   BUT 
   TAYLOR'S FAMILY 
   DISPUTES THAT.
   WALKER SAYS HE THOUGHT
   IT WAS A 
   HOME INVASION AND 
   OPENED FIRE 
   WITH HIS LICENSED 
   HANDGUN, 
   INJURING AN OFFICER.
   THE THREE OFFICERS 
   RETURNED 
   FIRE, KILLING TAYLOR. 
   >> SOMEBODY KICKED IN 
   THE DOOR 
   AND SHOT MY 
   GIRLFRIEND. 
   >> BREONNA WAS NOT 
   INVOLVED IN 
   DRUG ACTIVITY, SO THEY
   HAD NO 
   REASON TO BE AT HER 
   APARTMENT 
   THAT NIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: A NEWLY 
   RELEASED 
   POLICE INCIDENT REPORT
   IS MOSTLY BLANK.
   IT SAYS THERE IS NO 
   FORCED 
   ENTRY.
   UNDER INJURIES IT SAYS
   NONE, 
   EVEN THOUGH TAYLOR WAS
   SHOT
   EIGHT TIMES.
   REPUBLICAN KENTUCKY
   SENATOR RAND PAUL IS 
   INTRODUCING 
   FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO
   BAN NO 
   KNOCK WARRANTS 
   NATIONWIDE. 
   >> IN THE CASE OF 
   BREONNA 
   TAYLOR, THEY HAD A 
   WARRANT. 
   BUT THEY DIDN'T ACCUSE
   HER OR THE BOYFRIEND 
   OF BEING DRUG DEALERS.
   >> Reporter: IT IS 
   ESTIMATED 
   THEY'RE USED 20,000 
   TIMES EACH 
   YEAR. 
   >> THEY TYPICALLY TEND
   TO BE 
   DEPLOYED IN SITUATIONS
   LIKE DRUG RAIDS WHERE 
   THAT
   ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IS
   REALLY 
   NECESSARY AND YOU ARE 
   CONCERNED 
   ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY 
   OF THE DESTRUCTION OF 
   EVIDENCE.
   >> Reporter: TAYLOR 
   WAS AN EMT.
   SHE SAVED LIVES FOR A 
   LIVING.
   HER FAMILY HOPES THAT 
   HER DEATH 
   WILL SAVE MORE. 
   >> IT'S AMAZING THAT 
   PEOPLE ARE 
   LISTENING.
   PEOPLE ARE SAYING HER 
   NAME AND 
   LEARNING WHO SHE WAS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   OFFICERS 
   INVOLVED IN TAYLOR'S 
   DEATH HAVE 
   BEEN PLACED ON 
   ADMINISTRATIVE 
   REASSIGNMENT PENDING 
   AN ONGOING 
   INVESTIGATION.
   THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 
   HAS 
   DECLINED TO COMMENT.
   LESTER?
   >> GABE, THANKS VERY 
   MUCH.
   >>> COMING UP AS WE 
   CONTINUE, 
   PRIDE AND PROTESTS, 
   THE 
   PA
   >>> JUNE IS PRIDE 
   MONTH, AND 
   SOME WHO WERE THERE 
   WHEN THE 
   MOVEMENT BEGAN NOTE 
   THAT TODAY'S 
   CALLS FOR CHANGE SOUND
   VERY 
   FAMILIAR.
   HERE'S JOE FRYER.
   >> Reporter: PRIDE 
   MONTH STARTED 
   THIS YEAR NOT WITH A 
   PARADE BUT 
   WITH PROTESTS IN FRONT
   OF NEW 
   YORK'S ICONIC 
   STONEWALL INN, IN 
   CONTRAST TO THE 
   CELEBRATION AT 
   STONEWALL LAST JUNE 
   WHEN WE MET 
   REVEREND GODDESS 
   KENNEDY. 
   >> IT IS THE YOUNG 
   PEOPLE THAT 
   HAVE TO CARRY ON AFTER
   WE'RE 
   GONE.
   IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 
   THE YOUNG FOLKS KNOW 
   THE HISTORY OF 
   STONEWALL.
   >> Reporter: KENNEDY 
   WAS THERE 
   IN JUNE OF '69 WHEN 
   POLICE 
   RAIDED STONEWALL.
   SOMETHING THAT 
   HAPPENED A LOT AT GAY 
   BARS.
   BUT THIS TIME THE 
   CROWD FOUGHT 
   BACK, SPARKING 
   PROTESTS THAT 
   LASTED SEVERAL NIGHTS.
   VITAL TO THE UPRISING,
   QUEER AND
   TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR,
   INCLUDING 
   MARSHA P. JOHNSON.
   BECAUSE OF 
   CORONAVIRUS, WE SPOKE 
   BY PHONE WITH REVEREND
   KENNEDY 
   WHO CAN'T HELP BUT 
   THINK OF 
   STONEWALL AS SHE 
   WATCHES TODAY'S 
   PROTESTS. 
   >> THIS IS FINALLY A 
   TIME WHEN 
   PEOPLE ARE REALIZING 
   THAT WE'RE 
   REALLY ALL IN THIS 
   TOGETHER. 
   >> Reporter: THE VERY 
   FIRST 
   PRIDE TOOK PLACE ON 
   THE ONE YEAR 
   ANNIVERSARY OF 
   STONEWALL, BUT IT 
   WAS NOTHING LIKE THE 
   ENERGETIC 
   PARADES WE HAVE GROWN 
   ACCUSTOMED TO.
   IT WAS A PROTEST 
   MARCH. 
   >> AND, SO, THE PRIDE 
   PARADES GREW OUT OF
   PROTEST THAT WAS AS A 
   RESULT OF 
   VIOLENCE, 
   POLICE-INDUCED 
   VIOLENCE.
   WE HAVE TO REMEMBER 
   THAT. 
   >> Reporter: THIS YEAR
   PRIDE 
   FESTIVITIES ACROSS THE
   COUNTRY 
   WERE PUT ON HOLD 
   BECAUSE OF 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   BUT NOW IN THE WAKE OF
   GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S DEATH, L.A. 
   PRIDE IS 
   HOLDING A SOLIDARITY 
   PROTEST ON 
   THE SAME STREETS THEY 
   MARCHED ON 
   50 YEARS AGO, RAISING 
   SOME OF 
   THE SAME ISSUES. 
   >> UNTIL WE GET THIS 
   RIGHT, WE 
   WILL CONTINUE TO COME 
   BACK TO 
   THIS PLACE. 
   >> Reporter: A BANNER 
   HANGING 
   OUTSIDE STONEWALL LAST
   WEEK SAID 
   PRIDE IS A RIOT.
   A REMINDER NOT JUST 
   WHERE PRIDE 
   BEGAN BUT WHY.
   JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> UP NEXT, THE 
   INSPIRING ACT 
   OF KINDNESS FOR A 
   
   >>> INSPIRING AMERICA 
   IS BROUGHT 
   TO YOU BY LIBERTY 
   MUTUAL 
   INSURANCE. 
   ONLY PAY FOR WHAT YOU 
   NEED.
   >>> FINALLY WE WANT TO
   SHARE 
   WITH YOU THE SURPRISE 
   FOR AN 
   EVERY DAY HERO WHO HAS
   HELPED 
   KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
   GOING 
   DURING THIS TIME.
   KATIE BECK WITH A 
   VIDEO 
   INSPIRING AMERICA. 
   >> Reporter: UPS 
   DRIVER GREG 
   WATKINS IS OFTEN 
   GREETED BY 
   PEOPLE WAITING FOR 
   HIM, BUT 
   NEVER BEFORE LIKE 
   THIS. 
   >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT 
   TO SAY.
   IT'S JUST AN AMAZING 
   SURPRISE. 
   >> Reporter: CUSTOMERS
   ARE 
   GRATEFUL FOR 
   DELIVERIES, BUT ON 
   THIS DAY APPRECIATION 
   AWAITS 
   WATKINS. 
   HE HAS BEEN BRINGING 
   BOXES TO DOORSTEPS ON 
   THESE STREETS FOR OVER
   A DECADE.
   >> YOU ARE ESSENTIAL. 
   YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 
   ESSENTIAL.
   >> Reporter: IN THIS 
   LONG 
   ISLAND, NEW YORK 
   NEIGHBORHOOD,
   THE FATHER OF FOUR HAS
   FOUND 
   UNEXTENDED FAMILY. 
   >> HE IS COMPLETELY 
   GENUINE.
   HE DOES EVERYTHING 
   FROM HIS 
   HEART.
   NOT BECAUSE IT'S HIS 
   JOB.
   HE DOES IT BECAUSE HE 
   CARES 
   ABOUT PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PANDEMIC 
   BROUGHT DIFFICULT 
   MONTHS AT HOME 
   FULL OF UNWELCOME 
   CHANGE.
   BUT WATKINS STAYED 
   STEADY, A SOURCE OF 
   JOY, ARRIVING RIGHT ON
   TIME.
   NOW A RETURN TO 
   SENDER.
   >> BEING IN THIS AREA 
   AND JUST 
   GETTING TO KNOW 
   EVERYBODY HERE, 
   WATCHING YOUR KIDS 
   GROW.
   I'M WATCHING THEM 
   START TO DRIVE.
   >> Reporter: A 
   SURPRISE DELIVERY 
   FOR WATKINS FROM A 
   COMMUNITY 
   THAT WANTS HIM TO KNOW
   WHAT 
   BEING ESSENTIAL REALLY
   MEANS.
   KATIE BECK, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> WHAT A GREAT 
   OUTPOORING.
   THAT IS NIGHTLY NEWS 
   FOR THIS FRIDAY.
   PLEASE JOIN US 
   TOMORROW FOR A 
   SPECIAL DATELINE 
   INVESTIGATION 
   INTO THE CORONAVIRUS 
   PANDEMIC.
   THE PLAY BOOK TO STOP 
   IT AND 
   WHAT WENT WRONG.
   8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 
   7:00 CENTRAL 
   HERE ON NBC.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND 
   EACH OTHER.
   GOOD NIGHT.
