ELECTION, IS POLITICAL PRESSURE 
GETTING IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
>>> DAYS AFTER HURRICANE LAURA
DELIVERED HAVOC TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS, UTTER DEVASTATION. 
>> TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING FOR
CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
>> AND WHEN WHALES PERFORM
AQUATIC BALLET, WE HAPPENED TO
BE THERE TO CATCH IT ALL IN ITS 
GLORY.
IT'S SEPTEMBER 1st, AND "EARLY
TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS FOR STARTING A NEW
MONTH WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
UNREST ROILS IN THE U.S., AS
PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE MARRED 
BY VIOLENCE.
THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF
PROTESTORS IN KENOSHA.
STILL REELING AFTER THE DEATHS
OF JACOB BLAKE, GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, AND SO MANY 
OTHERS
WITH CLASHES BETWEEN GROUPS ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE POLITICAL 
SPECTRUM SPARKING IN CITIES ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
PROTESTS, LITERALLY, TURNING
INTO POLITICAL BATTLEGROUNDS
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING, 
WHAT HE CALLS, RADICAL, LEFT
MAYORS AND GOVERNORS FOR THE
VIOLENCE
AND PROMISING LAW AND ORDER,
AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, DESPITE THE 
MAYOR THERE URGING HIM TO STAY
AWAY. 
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION THAT WE'VE SEEN, IN 
RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS, HAS
OCCURRED IN CITIES, EXCLUSIVELY,
CONTROLLED AND DOMINATED BY THE 
BIDEN -- JOE BIDEN PARTY
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, AT
ONE POINT, SEEMINGLY, DEFENDING 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
WHO FACES MURDER CHARGES, AFTER 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A
THIRD, DURING A CONFRONTATION IN
KENOSHA.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE,
JOE BIDEN, CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHO 
SOWS CHAOS, RATHER THAN 
PROVIDING ORDER.
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST. 
>> HE MAY BELIEVE THE WORDS LAW 
AND ORDER MAKES HIM STRONG
BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL ON HIS
OWN SUPPORTERS TO STOP ACTING AS
AN ARMED MILITIA IN THIS COUNTRY
SHOWS HOW WEAK HE IS
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE MOST 
AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTINGS AND 
CHAOS, THE ISSUE IS MUCH BIGGER 
AND RUNS MUCH DEEPER THAN 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS. 
>> WE'RE REALLY JUST SICK AND 
TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY, THE 
ANGER AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> IT IS INCREASINGLY CLEAR THE
CORNERSTONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS HIS PUSH
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
PORTRAYING JOE BIDEN AS SOMEONE 
WHO WOULD PRESIDE OVER A CHAOTIC
AMERICA.
BUT HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER IS
FIGHTING BACK.
NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DELIVERING A FORCEFUL REBUTTAL, 
ACCUSING PRESIDENT TRUMP OF 
STOKING VIOLENCE TO DISTRACT
FROM HIS HANDLING OF THE ONGOING
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS DONALD 
TRUMP FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
SO NOW, HE'S TRYING TO SCARE
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE, COMBATTING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT BIDEN WOULD 
MAKE THE COUNTRY LESS SAFE
WHILE CONDEMNING THE UGLY SCENES
IN CITIES, LIKE PORTLAND AND
KENOSHA.
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS, PLAIN AND 
SIMPLE
>> Reporter: BIDEN CASTING THE
PRESIDENT AS ERRATIC AND
DANGEROUS, AND CHALLENGING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO
BRAND HIM AS EXTREME. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
ASK YOURSELF
D
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE
WATCHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
MISCHARACTERIZING BIDEN, WHO
CONDEMNED VIOLENCE ON BOTH THE
LEFT AND THE RIGHT. 
>> HE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THOSE ON
THE RIGHT, BUT HE DIDN'T TALK 
ABOUT THOSE ON THE LEFT.
AND THOSE ON THE LEFT ARE THE 
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S THE 
PRESIDENT, WHO HIS CRITICS SAY, 
IS ENCOURAGING CLASHES IN A 
BARRAGE OF WEEKEND TWEETS.
SHARING THIS VIDEO OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS UNLOADING PAINT BALLS
AND PEPPER SPRAY ON PROTESTORS
THE PRESS SECRETARY SAYING THE
PRESIDENT'S NEVER SEEN THE
VIDEO.
EVEN THOUGH, HE RETWEETED IT, A 
DAY EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDING HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
>> I UNDERSTAND THEY HAD LARGE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE 
SUPPORTERS, BUT THAT WAS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST
AND PAINT IS NOT -- AND PAINT IS
A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM.
PAINT IS NOT BULLETS
>> Reporter: AND DELIVERING THIS
WARNING.
>> IN AMERICA, WE WILL NEVER
SURRENDER TO MOB RULE BECAUSE IF
THE MOB RULES, DEMOCRACY IS,
INDEED, DEAD
>> LATE MONDAY, AFTER DEMANDING 
JOE BIDEN CONDEMN VIOLENCE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED TO
CONDEMN 17-YEAR-OLD, KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, BELIEVED TO BE A 
TRUMP SUPPORTER, WHO IS CHARGED 
WITH KILLING TWO PROTESTORS IN
KENOSHA.
THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO 
JUSTIFY RITTENHOUSE'S ACTIONS,
CLAIMING, WITHOUT OFFERING
EVIDENCE, THAT RITTENHOUSE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
FRANCES.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, FOR AN UPDATE ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE 
UNITED STATES.
THE COUNTRY, INCHING CLOSER TO
RECORDING 185,000 DEATHS, DUE TO
COVID-19
AND THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS
ABOUT OUTBREAKS IN THE MIDWEST
THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS ITS 
MICHIGAN FACTORY HAS COMPLETED
ITS DELIVERY OF 50,000
VENTILATORS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE AUTOMAKER WILL NOW BE 
WORKING FULL TIME ON AUTO PARTS,
ONCE AGAIN
AND IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS EXTENDED THE STATE'S 
EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE
MORATORIUM UNTIL OCTOBER 31st.
MANY STUDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE
BACK INSIDE CLASSROOMS FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS WEEK
NBC'S KARI SANDERS JOINS US,
NOW, WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR'S
GOING.
KARI, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
NOW, EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA IS OPEN
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT KIDS ARE 
GOING TO SCHOOL.
IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE AT HOME,
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOL
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STATE IS 
NOW 60% GOING TO CLASSROOMS.
40% WORKING AT HOME.
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOLING.
NOT ALWAYS EASY.
DAY ONE OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HIT A MAJOR 
SPEEDBUMP.
KIDS GETTING ONLINE WERE MET
WITH A MESSAGE, WELL, YOU CAN 
SEE IT RIGHT THERE
THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS.
THEY DIDN'T GET IN
COMPUTER PROBLEMS.
OF COURSE, FOR FAMILIES AT HOME,
THAT'S SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED 
BECAUSE THE KID'S IN ONE ROOM,
RUNNING IN TALKING TO MOM OR
DAD, WORKING IN THE OTHER PART
OF THE HOUSE
TUGGING ON THEIR SLEEVE, TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT WAS THIS AN 
INTERNET PROBLEM
OR DID IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE SERVERS AT THE SCHOOL
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, IT WAS A
SERVER PROBLEM
THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT ALL FIXED
OUT FOR DAY NUMBER TWO
MEANTIME, ACROSS THE STATE NOW, 
EVERY SCHOOL OPEN.
EVERYBODY, NOW, WAITING FOR A 
STATE REPORT ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
LEVELS IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE OPEN,
WHERE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S WHAT PARENTS WANT TO
KNOW
KARI, THANK YOU.
>>> ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR THE 
FDA ONE WEEK AFTER APOLOGIZING
FOR OVERSTATING THE BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE FDA CHIEF IS UNDER FIRE, YET
AGAIN.
THIS TIME, FOR SAYING HE IS 
WILLING TO FAST TRACK A VACCINE,
IF THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE
RISKS.
THE NEWEST CONTROVERSY COMES AS 
THE GLOBAL RACE TO FIND A CURE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES.
HERE'S NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT
>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SAYS HE'S PREPARED TO FAST TRACK
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IF THE 
BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.
FDA CHIEF, DR. STEVEN HAHN, 
TELLING "THE FINANCIAL TIMES" A 
VACCINE DEVELOPER COULD RECEIVE 
FEDERAL APPROVAL, BEFORE PHASE
THREE TRIALS ARE COMPLETE.
WE MAY FIND THAT APPROPRIATE
WE MAY FIND THAT INAPPROPRIATE
WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION
PHASE THREE TRIALS ARE THE MOST 
RIGOROUS OF ALL THE CLINICAL
TESTS.
HAHN INSISTS HE WOULDN'T RUSH 
THE PROCESS, JUST TO PLEASE THE 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A 
POLITICAL DECISION
BUT IT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION 
CHANCES.
>> WE ARE DELIVERING LIFESAVING 
THERAPIES, AND WE'LL PRODUCE A
VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE 
YEAR
OR MAYBE, EVEN SOONER.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THE FDA 
GRANTED EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION 
OF CONVALESCENT PLASMA, DESPITE 
CONCERNS AMONG HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ABOUT INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL 
DATA
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HAHN 
OVERSTATED THE THERAPY'S
BENEFITS
LATER, CALLING THE CRITICISM HE 
RECEIVED IN RETURN, ENTIRELY
JUSTIFIED.
>> THERE'S A PRESSURE TO HAVE 
SOMETHING DONE, AND THEY'RE 
BENDING, THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD,
WITHOUT HAVING REALLY EXCELLENT,
EXCELLENT CLINICAL TRIAL DAILY
TA
DATA TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT 
THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
>> Reporter: LEADING TO A LACK
OF PUBLIC TRUST.
ACCORDING TO A NEW, NATIONAL
SURVEY, 78% OF AMERICANS WORRY
THE COVID-19 VACCINE APPROVAL 
PROCESS IS BEING DRIVEN MORE BY 
POLITICS THAN SCIENCE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL.
AND ESPECIALLY, IN THIS CONTEXT,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
CUTTING CORNERS.
A VACCINE MIGHT BE SAFE.
IT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE.
BUT IF PEOPLE WON'T TAKE IT, IT 
WON'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE
GOALS.
>> THE VIEW AMONG LEADING 
PUBLIC-HEALTH EXPERTS IS THAT A 
COVID-19 VACCINE WOULDN'T BE
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
UNTIL EARLY 2021
WELL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION
>> EITHER WAY IT GOES, WE'LL
DEFINITELY SEE THE PUSHBACK.
GEOFF, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE
>>> CLEANUP CONTINUES ALONG THE 
GULF COAST, AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA CAUSED MASSIVE DAMAGE.
MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER, THIS 
MORNING, IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
THE CONDITIONS THERE, GROWING 
MORE DANGEROUS, AS TEMPERATURES 
RISE
HERE'S NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN.
>> Reporter: DAYS AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA BARRELED THROUGH
LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS, THERE 
IS UTTER DEVASTATION ACROSS THE 
STRIKE ZONE.
>> THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT
ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU ARE JUST IN
SHAMBLES AND THERE'S WATER
EVERYWHERE
AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, HOW
IS THIS REALITY?
>> Reporter: A HARSH REALITY, 
SETTING IN AS RESIDENTS BRACE 
FOR A LONG RECOVERY.
>> WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO COOK THINGS.
SO FOOD.
WATER.
THE MAIN THINGS.
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER.
THE SWELTERING HEAT, MAKING 
MATTERS WORSE.
>> ACROSS LOUISIANA, BUT
PARTICULARLY THE AFFECTED 
COMMUNITIES, THE HEAT INDEX IS
GOING TO BE BETWEEN 105 AND 108.
AND -- AND THIS IS GOING TO 
EXTEND, FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
>> Reporter: THE INFRASTRUCTURE 
IS SO DAMAGED, IT COULD TAKE
MONTHS BEFORE POWER IS FULLY
RESTORED
VITAL WATER LINES ARE, ALSO,
SEVERELY DAMAGED. 
>> THANK Y'ALL, VERY MUCH.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.
BLESS Y'ALL.
>> Reporter: COMMUNITIES, NOW 
PULLING TOGETHER WITH FOOD
DRIVES
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO
PROVIDING AID, WHILE MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
APPLIED FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE.
>> WE GOT MOLD GROWING IN THE 
HOUSE.
WE LOST ALL OUR FOOD AND
EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED SO MUCH
HELP
>> Reporter: TO COPE, SOME
RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE TAKING 
IT, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
>> I PRAY A LOT AND I HAVE HOPE.
>> Reporter: HOPE FOR A REGION
BATTERED, AS IT TAKES ITS FIRST 
STEPS TOWARD RECOVERY.
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THAT COULD LEAD 
TO FLASH FLOODING.
WE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I WISH THIS AREA COULD GET A
BREAK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE
SEEING ANOTHER WAVE OF RAIN.
ALSO, THE HEAT INDEX, NEAR 105
ACROSS TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.
NOW, THESE ARE LIGHT STORMS BUT 
DEFINITELY NOT NEEDED.
CAN SEE POTENTIAL GUSTS ALL THE 
WAY INTO SHREVEPORT UP TO 60
MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW, FLASH FLOODING IS A
CONCERN FOR ARKANSAS, TO THE TIP
OF LOUISIANA, WHERE 3 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST.
ALMOST LIKE A FALL-LIKE PATTERN.
78 DEGREES FOR NEW YORK CITY, 
THIS AFTERNOON
GOING TO WATCH JUST A FEW STORMS
FOR LITTLE ROCK THIS AFTERNOON, 
INTO YOUR EARLY EVENING.
BUT LOOK AT MONTGOMERY
92
THIS AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS A
BREAK.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN
COMING UP.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT'S SOONER THAN
LATER.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, 
THE U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW 
YORK AND NAOMI OSAKA MADE A 
STATEMENT BEFORE THE ACTION 
WEARING A BREONNA TAYLOR MASK TO
THE COURT.
SHE WOULD GO ON TO WIN A
THREE-SET WIN.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, TOP
SEATED NOVAK WOULD CRUISE TO
VICTORY IN STRAIGHT SETS WITH 
THOSE FLURRIES OF BLISTERING
SH
>>> GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR
AIR TRAVELERS.
DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE DROPPING 
FLIGHT-CHANGE FEES FOR DOMESTIC,
AND EVEN SOME FOREIGN,
DESTINATIONS
THE MOVE FOLLOWS A SIMILAR
ANNOUNCEMENT, SUNDAY, BY UNITED.
BUT THERE IS A CATCH
IN SOME CASES, LIKE THE NO
FRILLS, BASIC, ECONOMY FARES, 
THAT FEE MAY STILL APPLY
BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MOVEMENT, 
LITTLE BIT MORE BUDGING ON THE
AIRLINES, ESPECIALLY AT THIS
TIME AND AGE WHEN NO ONE IS 
TRAVELING.
>> ALMOST NOBODY THAT I KNOW IS 
DOING THAT
CERTAINLY.
>>> DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE, JOE BIDEN, JUST GOT A
PRETTY MAJOR ENDORSEMENT
THIS TIME, FROM THE NATIONAL
LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON 
MONDAY
THE LGBT BUSINESS GROUP BACKED
THE 77-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFUL.
SAYING, IN PART, JOE BIDEN
PROUDLY AFFIRMS AN ESSENTIAL, 
CORE VALUE OF THE NGLCC, THAT WE
ALL DESERVE OUR SHOT AT THE 
AMERICAN DREAM
AND THAT OUR ECONOMY ONLY 
SUCCEEDS WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE TO
ALL LGBT AND ALLIED AMERICANS.
THE GROUP, ALSO, SAID BIDEN'S 
EMBRACE OF THE EQUALITY ACT 
WOULD HELP LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER
BUSINESS OWNERS.
>> ONE WEEK AFTER JERRY FALWELL 
JR.'S DEPARTURE FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL SAYS IT
IS LAUNCHING AN INDEPENDENT 
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS TENURE AS
PRESIDENT.
IN A STATEMENT, THE EVANGELICAL 
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL BOARD SAID IT 
HAS RETAINED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO 
INVESTIGATE ALL FACETS OF THE 
SCHOOL'S OPERATIONS, UNDER
FALWELL.
ADDING THAT IT'S COMMITTED TO 
LEARNING THE CONSEQUENCES THAT
HAVE FLOWED FROM A LACK OF
SPIRITUAL STEWARDSHIP, BY OUR 
FORMER PRESIDENT
FALWELL SPENT 13 YEARS AS 
PRESIDENT, AND RESIGNED LAST
WEEK AFTER ACCUSATIONS THAT HE
PARTICIPATED IN A PARTNER'S 
AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE, WHICH HE
DENIES. 
>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LEGENDARY
COACH.
FORMER GEORGETOWN HEAD COACH, 
JOHN THOMPSON, DIED SUNDAY
NIGHT.
HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING
ON MONDAY.
CALLING THOMPSON AN HISTORIC
SHEPHERD OF THE SPORT.
THOMPSON COACHED FOR 27 YEARS,
RECRUITING THE LIKES OF ALAN
IVERSON AND PATRICK EWING.
HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK HEAD
COACH TO WIN A NATIONA
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE, IN MY HEAD, I'LL
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD, LIKE ACTUALLY
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY MOVING VIDEO TRIBUTE
TO ITS BLACK PANTHER, CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW BIG AN
IMPACT HE HAD.
AND GOOD FRIEND, MICHAEL B. 
JORDAN ALSO SHARED A TOUCHING 
MESSAGE SAYING I WISH WE HAD
MORE TIME.
ADDING THAT HE IS DEDICATING THE
REST OF HIS DAYS TO LIVING LIKE 
BOSEMAN HAD.
WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
WE HEARD SO MANY, WE'VE BEEN
HEARING SO MANY OF THESE
TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO HIM OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
>> THE WORLD STILL COMING TO
GRIPS WITH IT.
WE ARE STILL SEEING HIS IMPACT
IN FACT, RIGHT HERE, ALMOST 
25,000 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION 
PUSHING FOR A CONFEDERATE STATUE
TO BE REPLACED BY A MEMORIAL FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
FOLLOWING HIS TRAGIC DEATH FROM 
COLON CANCER
I CAN'T SE
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH
THE RAIN FALL ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH, INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
AND THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
THEN, WE'LL SHUT THINGS OFF.
DAYTIM
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR STEVE 
BANNON
THE FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER IS DUE IN COURT MAY 24th
FOR HIS FRAUD CASE INVOLVING
DONATIONS TO BUILD THE BORDER 
WALL
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," THE FEDS HAVE SEIZED A
TROVE OF E-MAILS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS IN THEIR CASE
AGAINST BANNON, WHO'S PLEADED 
NOT GUILTY
>>> A BUDDING NEW TREND FOR BABY
BOOMERS.
ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, 
MARIJUANA USE IS ON THE RISE IN 
ADULTS AGE 55 AND ABOVE.
THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 
SURVEYED BOOMERS FROM 2016 TO 
2018
THEY FOUND MEN AGES FROM 60 TO
64 HAD THE HIGHEST USAGE WITH 
12%.
STILL, THE BIGGEST CANNABIS 
CONSUMERS IN THE U.S. AT 38%. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IT WAS A MATCH MADE IN HONKY
TONK HEAVEN.
88-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY MUSIC 
LEGEND, LORETTA LYNN, POSTING ON
INSTAG
IN
I
INSTAGRAM THAT SHE AND KID ROCK 
GOT HITCHED.
THEY ELOPED AFTER SHE WATCHED 
HER SON RENEW THEIR VOWS
IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
SHE SAID IT WAS ALL JUST A JOKE 
AND THEY HAD A BLAST DOING IT.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS, I WAS
LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 
>> I KNOW.
AS YOU WERE READING IT, I WAS 
LIKE DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THAT 
STORY, YET
WOW.
PROBABLY, STILL LASTED LONGER 
THAN THE PAMELA ANDERSON
MARRIAGE I WOULD IMAGINE
A BIG ADVENTURE FOR A LITTLE
GIRL OFF THE COAST OF CANADA
HER MAGICAL MOMENT CAUGHT ON
CAMERA
YOU GOT TO SEE IT, TO BELIEVE 
IT
KEVIN TIBBLES HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: NOW, HERE'S A WHALE
OF A TALE.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
FISHING WITH DAD, SEAN, IN
CONCEPTION BAY OFF THE COAST OF 
NEW FINLAND IN CANADA.
TWO HUMPBACK WHALES, SUDDENLY,
LEAPT SKYWARD.
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST, SARAH WAS
SCARED
WHO WOULDN'T BE?
BUT DAD WAS THERE TO REASSURE 
HER.
>> WE TRIED TO STAY OUR 
DISTANCE
BUT THEY'RE CURIOUS, AND THEY'LL
COME IN TO CHECK YOU OUT. 
>> WHALES ARE PLENTIFUL HERE
BUT A WHALE BALLET
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY
LITTLE IS KNOWN AS TO WHY WHALES
BREECH SO SPECK TTACULARLY BUT T
IS BELIEVED THEY ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
>> ARE YOU FAMOUS, SARAH, FOR 
TELLING FISH TALES
>> I CATCH THE FISH.
AND DAD TELLS THE FISH TALES. 
>> AND THEY DID CATCH SOME FISH.
ONCE THEY HAD TIME TO CATCH 
THEIR BREATH
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
SO COOL WHEN YOU GOT A SHOW-OFF 
WHALE LIKE THAT WITH THE
AUDIENCE OF A 10-YEAR-OLD.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE AN 18-WHEELER DOING A 
PIROUETTE IN
>>> BIDEN'S STRATEGY IS TO
SURRENDER TO THE LEFT-WING MOB, 
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S
DOING.
I DON'T THINK HE EVEN KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
YOU KNOW MY STORY, MY FAMILY'S
STORY.
ASK YOURSELF
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> WE KICK OFF SEPTEMBER WITH 
THE CANDIDATES ON THE ATTACK
AND WE'RE JUST HOURS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO
KENOSHA, AMID TENSE PROTESTS
OVER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
>>> THIS MORNING, WE'LL GET A 
REALITY CHECK ON THE VIOLENCE IN
AMERICAN CITIES.
ARE THINGS BETTER OR WORSE
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST STATISTICS.
>>> AN EXTRAORDINARY OUTPOURING 
IN DETROIT
THE CITY GATHERING TO HONOR MORE
THAN 1,500 LOCALS, WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19.
>>> MOTHER NATURE DROPPING
TORRENTIAL RAINS AND CAUSING
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IN 
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WE'LL TELL YOU WHO IS MOST AT 
RISK TODAY. 
>> AND HOW ABOUT A LITTLE 
CUTENESS AS WE CELEBRATE THE
FIRST BIRTHDAY OF A COUPLE OF 
ADORABLE TWINS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON THIS
FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE 
BEING SCRUTINIZED, AFTER THE
FATAL SHOOTING OF A PROTESTOR IN
PORTLAND
AARON JAY DANIELSON WAS A 
SUPPORTER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PRAYER.
EARLIER, HE HAD BEEN PART OF THE
MOTORCADE THAT CLASHED WITH 
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTORS ON
SATURDAY
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
SHOOTER.
WE ARE NOW NEARING 100
CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF PROTESTS
IN PORTLAND.
AND RACIAL TENSIONS ARE ONLY
AM
AM
AMPLIFYING
OUR GABE GUTIERREZ, HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE ON
TUESDAY.
BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS 
OVER WHETHER HE'LL MEET WITH
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY
FROM KENOSHA TO PORTLAND, 
MOUNTING TENSIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARES TO 
VISIT WISCONSIN FOLLOWING THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE NEED HIM HERE.
WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP.
>> A PRESIDENT VISITING TOWN
OBVIOUSLY TAKES A LOT OF
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE PUT SOME
PLACE ELSE. 
>> IN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT,
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR WRITES, IN 
PART, I AM CONCERNED YOUR 
PRESENCE WILL ONLY HINDER OUR 
HEALING.
>> I THINK THAT KENOSHA, AT THIS
PRESENT TIME, NEEDS PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID IT REACHED OUT TO BLAKE'S
FAMILY BUT THEIR ATTORNEY SAID, 
SO FAR, HE'D NOT BEEN CONTACTED.
OVER THE WEEKEND, PEACEFUL
PROTESTS HERE, EVEN AS THE UNION
REPRESENTING KENOSHA POLICE TOOK
A STRONGER STANCE, DEFENDING THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED.
THE UNION SAYS THE OFFICERS 
RESPONDED TO A COMPLAINT THAT 
BLAKE WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE 
CALLER'S KEYS AND VEHICLE.
THEY ADD BLAKE HAD A KNIFE, AND 
WAS NONCOMPLIANT WHEN OFFICERS
ISSUED VERBAL COMMANDS
AND THAT HE PUT ONE OF THE
OFFICERS IN A HEADLOCK. 
>> THE POLICE UNION IS A UNION
THAT SUPPORT POLICE OFFICERS, IN
MY OPINION, NO MAEFTTER HOW
UNBELIEVABLE THE EXCESSIVE USE
OF FORCE, THE BRUTAL USE OF 
FORCE, USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE
IN AMERICA
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAS INFLAMED 
RACIAL TENSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
SIMMERING ALL SUMMER
OVER THE WEEKEND, CLASHES FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
TO PORTLAND.
WHERE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED,
AMID THE UNREST.
ALTHOUGH, IT'S UNKNOWN IF THEY
WERE CONNECTED
HOURS BEFORE, A CARAVAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS FACED OFF
AGAINST COUNTER-PROTESTORS IN 
THE CITY
THE FOUNDER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PLAYER, TOLD 
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THE
VICTIM WAS A FRIEND AND DID NOT 
PROVOKE HIS ATTACKERS.
>> THE WAY THE MEDIA'S
PORTRAYING IT IS IT HAD 
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRUMP
CRUISE BUT IT DIDN'T HE GOT 
ATTACKED
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
>> DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S
TWEETS, LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE 
GUARD WAS A STATE REQUEST, AND
NOT INITIATED BY THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PHILLIP.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTERPIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS,
LAST NIGHT, HE OFFERED THIS 
COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO USE 
EXCESSIVE FORCE,
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> A CHOKER.
THEY CHOKE
SHOOTING THE GUY
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK, 
MANY TIMES
I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN THE
MEANTIME, HE MIGHT'VE BEEN GOING
FOR A WEAPON
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE, 
BIG THING THERE.
BUT THEY CHOKE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> OUR CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT, TRACIE POTTS 
JOINS US WITH MORE
TRACIE, THAT'S JUST THE LATEST, 
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT, AS HE HEADS TO 
KENOSHA, TODAY
>> EXACTLY, FRANCES.
IN THAT FOX INTERVIEW, HE ALSO
REFERRED TO BLACK LIVES MATTER
AS A DISCRIMINATORY NAME AND A
MARXIST ORGANIZATION
AND THEN, EARLIER IN THE DAY, HE
TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN CLAIMING 
THAT HE WAS SIDING WITH THE 
RIOTERS, AND APPEARED TO DEFEND 
THAT TEENAGER WHO SHOT THREE
PEOPLE AND KILLED TWO DURING THE
RIOTS.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT. 
>> ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN THE 
ACTIONS OF VIGILANTES LIKE KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE?
>> WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF
IT
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING 
SITUATION.
YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I SAW
AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM. 
>> HE'S STOKING VIOLENCE IN OUR 
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA.
SAFE FROM COVID.
SAFE FROM CRIME AND LOOTING.
SAFE FROM RACIALLY MOTIVATED
VIOLENCE
SAFE FROM BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SAFE FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF
DONALD TRUMP
>> BIDEN AND HIS STRONGEST
PUSHBACK, YET, TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
ALSO, SAYING, CLEARLY, THAT 
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN DEMONSTRATING AND 
PROTESTING AND LOOTING AND
VIOLENCE
AND THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE PROMISED TO PROSECUTE 
THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW.
FRANCES.
>> TRACIE, THANK YOU
>>> WHILE JOE BIDEN IS GOING
VIRAL THIS MORNING, FOR HIS 
DEADPAN RESPONSE TO A HECKLER 
SHOTTING AT 
SHOUTING AT HIM FROM THE TOP OF 
A PICKUP TRUCK. 
>> HEY, JOE, YOU FINALLY GOT OUT
OF THE BASEMENT.
>> HTHAT'S RIGHT, JOE.
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
DON'T JUMP
>> DON'T JUMP.
BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THE HECKLER 
WHILE DELIVERING PIZZAS TO
FIREFIGHTERS IN PITTSBURGH. 
>> BOYCOTTS, PROTESTS, AND
MARCHES, IN SUPPORT OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT CONTINUE
ACROSS SPORTS LEAGUES.
THIS TIME, THE MOVEMENT HAS ALSO
SPREAD TO THE NCAA AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
ON MONDAY, CRIMSON TIDE COACH 
NICK SABAN MARCHED ALONGSIDE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS
ATHLETES, COACHES, AND
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SPOKE TO A 
CROWD WHERE THEY CALLED FOR 
CHANGES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
COMMUNITIES.
>> RESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE.
BUT WE WILL -- BUT WE BELIEVE IT
IS IMPORTANT THEY DO SO, IN A 
MANNER THAT IS FAIR TO ALL
PEOPLE
>> THE MARCH ENDED AT THE SPOT
ON CAMPUS WHERE THEN-GOVERNOR 
GEORGE WALLACE STOOD TO BLOCK 
BLACK STUDENTS FROM ENTERING IN 
1963. 
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ALL THE FACTS.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE LAUNCHING A 
NEW SERIES
AMERICA'S CITIES, FACT VERSUS 
FICTION.
JUST HOW MUCH HAS THE MURDER
RATE RISEN AND WHY
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO AND WHAT THE
NUMBERS REALLY SHOW.
>> Reporter: IT'S HAPPENING IN
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> VIOLENCE NUMBERS, SPIKING
AGAIN IN THE CITY OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> ANOTHER WEEKEND OF SHOOTINGS 
AND BLOODSHED AROUND NEW YORK 
CITY
>> Reporter: MURDER IS ON THE 
RISE. 
>> KENT CITY IS NOT ONLY HAVING 
A VIOLENT WEEKEND, BUT A VIOLENT
YEAR
>> Reporter: IN SOME PLACES, UP 
MORE THAN 50% OVER LAST YEAR
UP 105% IN MILWAUKEE
MANY OF THE VICTIMS RUSHED HERE 
TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF 
WISCONSIN.
CHIEF TRAUMA SURGEON SAYS THE 
PAST FOUR MONTHS HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN INSIDE THE
TRAUMA ROOM?
>> A LOT MORE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, 
AND A LOT MORE STABBINGS
A LOT MORE LETHAL-TYPES OF
INJURIES
BUT, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE
ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
>> LIKE MANY CITIES, MILWAUKEE'S
SURGE IN VIOLENCE HAS COINCIDED 
WITH THE PANDEMIC.
MORE PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF 
EACH OTHER, IN UNDER PRIVILEGED 
NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH MANY NOW
UNEMPLOYED
NATIONWIDE, 69 CITIES HAVE SEEN 
MURDERS JUMP 20% OR MORE
HOUSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO, UP 
33%.
ATLANTA, UP 46%.
MINNEAPOLIS, UP 89%.
>> STAY IN TOUCH WITH US. 
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: PATROLLING THE 
STREETS OF MILWAUKEE, THE 414 
LIFE TEAM TRYING TO CALM
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE VIOLENCE HAS
SOARED
REGGIE MOORE SAYS THE PANDEMIC
HAS ONLY ADDED FUEL TO A
DESPERATE SITUATION.
>> SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OVERLAY IN 
TERMS OF THEY HAVE HIGH 
CONCENTRATIONS OF HOMICIDES AND 
SHOOTINGS AND THEY HAVE HIGH
INCIDENCES OF COVID, WE 
DEFINITELY SEE AN OVERLAP.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C. ALSO DEALING
WITH AN INCREASE IN MURDER. 
>> IT'S VERY TROUBLING TO US
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE 
HAD REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME 
ACROSS OUR CITY.
>> Reporter: THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION LEGEND IS
TEAMING UP WITH POLICE IN NINE
CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT 
CRIME.
SO FAR, 1,500 ARRESTS.
>> AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUSPECTS
IN CUSTODY WITHOUT OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIPS
>> Reporter: BUT THE PEOPLE ON
THE FRONT LINES FEAR THE
VIOLENCE COULD WORSEN WHEN THE
WEATHER TURNS COLD. 
>> YOU HAVE SOCIAL ISOLATION
YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION.
YOU HAVE JUST THE STRESS OF THE 
DISEASE, ITSELF.
THEN, YOU HAVE THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK
BEING AFFECTED BY COVID, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN
EXPLOSION.
>> IMPORTANTLY, OPERATION LEGEND
IS NOT THE SAME EFFORT TO SEND
THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS TO PROTEST 
ZONES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND WHILE HOMICIDES ARE UP, 
NATIONWIDE, THE OVERALL VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE IS, ACTUALLY, DOWN.
AND EXPERTS SAY CRIME IS STILL
MUCH LOWER THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS 
AGO.
FRANCES.
>> THANKS FOR THE BREAKDOWN.
TOM, THANKS.
>>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE DEATH OF LEGENDARY 
GEORGETOWN COACH, JOHN THOMPSON.
THE HALL OF FAMER LED TO THREE
FINAL FOURS, INCLUDING A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1984.
THE FIRST BLACK COACH TO DO SO
JOHN THOMPSON WAS 78 YEARS OLD. 
>> MULTIPLE STATES BEGAN THIS 
WEEK WITH THREATS OF SEVERE 
FLOODING
CENTRAL ARKANSAS COULD SEE EVEN 
MORE RAIN TODAY AFTER RISING
WATER, ALREADY, HAS DRIVERS 
MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
A LOT OF STREETS HAD TO BE SHUT 
DOWN
AND WHEN INTENSE WEATHER HIT
NORTH CAROLINA, FOUR PEOPLE HAD 
TO BE RESCUED FROM THIS CAR.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN
EFFECT THERE OVERNIGHT
AND MEANWHILE, ALONG THE GULF 
COAST, MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE 
ARE, STILL, WITHOUT POWER, AFTER
HURRICANE LAURA.
AND NOW, LOUISIANA IS FACING
EXTREME HEAT
FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A BIG 
THREAT TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB, WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG
JOURNEY FOR LOUISIANA TO TEXAS, 
WHERE WE HAVE 25 MILLION PEOPLE 
UNDER HEAT ALERTS.
LAKE CHARLES, THIS AFTERNOON, 
YOUR HEAT INDEX WILL HIT 106
DEGREES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEAT IS GOING
TO STAY IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
ALSO, THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING WHERE WE COULD SEE FROM
DALLAS, ALL THE WAY INTO LITTLE 
ROCK, UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
IT'S A FALL-LIKE PATTERN THAT 
WE'RE SEEING
BUFFALO, 82 TODAY AND A LITTLE
BIT OF SUNSHINE BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
STORMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE FOR
THE DEEP SOUTH, ALL THE WAY INTO
TAMPA.
ORLANDO, 92.
ALSO, WATCHING A SYSTEM, THE
TROPICS, THEY'RE HEATING UP.
THAT'S COMING UP. 
>> LIKE EVERY WEEK, SOMETHING TO
WATCH DOWN THERE
ALL RIGHT.
JANESSA, THANK YOU. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS
TO CELEBRATE THE 30th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRESH PRINCE 
OF BEL AIR, THE CAST IS 
REUNITING FOR AN UNSCRIPTED 
SPECIAL.
IT'LL PREMIERE AROUND 
THANKSGIVING ON HBO MAX.
WILL SMITH AND ALFONSO HAVE 
SIGNED ON ALONG WITH THE OTHER
SHOW REGULARS.
>> IT IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE 
BUT BRAD PITT IS A WOULD INE MA.
THE FRENCH CHÂTEAU HE OWNS HAS
PRODUCED A LIMITED RELEASE. 
>> GETTING A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
>>> BATTLES OVER REOPENING
CONTINUE, AMID THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC
IN NEW JERSEY, GYMS CAN OPEN
THEIR DOORS, STARTING TODAY.
AND INDOOR DINING AND MOVIE 
THEATERS CAN REOPEN, FRIDAY.
THERE WILL BE A CAPACITY LIMIT
OF 25% FOR ALL THREE
IN NEW YORK CITY, NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUE OVER A PLAN TO SAFELY
REOPEN SCHOOLS
THE UNION REPRESENTING TEACHERS 
IN THE NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT COULD VOTE TO STRIKE 
TODAY IF A DEAL CAN'T BE REACHED
WITH THE CITY.
>>> MEANWHILE, THE NHL HAS
ANNOUNCED ITS FIFTH-STRAIGHT
WEEK OF NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
INSIDE ITS BUBBLE.
THAT'S OUT OF NEARLY 3,000
TESTS.
>>> AND IN DETROIT, A SPECIAL 
MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD TO
HONOR MORE THAN 1,500 LIVES LOST
TO CORONAVIRUS
PRI
PRIA FROM OUR AFFILIATE HAS THE 
STORY.
>> Reporter: MAYOR MIKE DUGGEN, 
GOVERNOR WHITMER, AND FAMILIES
GATHERED AT THE ENTRANCE OF 
BELLE ISLE
IN HONOR OF THE MORE THAN 1,500 
DETROITERS WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19. 
>> TODAY'S MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED
TO BRING SOME PEACE TO FAMILIES,
WHOSE LOVED ONES DIDN'T HAVE THE
FUNERALS THEY DESERVED. 
>> 15 FUNERAL PROCESSIONS WILL
ALLOW FAMILIES TO SAFELY DRIVE
BY THE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF COVID 
VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED 
ACROSS BELLE ISLE.
>> IT'S EASY TO GET NUMB IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE MUST NOT JUST LOOK AT
THESE AS NUMBERS
THESE ARE PEOPLE, WHO HAD DREAMS
AND PLANS AND A STORY.
>> Reporter: LIKE FRANCES BASIL,
AN 82-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WHO
FOSTERED DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN
DETROIT AND SPENT YEARS 
VOLUNTEERING AT LOCAL CHARITIES.
HER FAMILY DESCRIBES WHAT IT
FELT LIKE DRIVING BY HER PHOTO. 
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE SAW HER, 
YOU KNOW
LIKE, I KNOW THAT WE HAD RULES
AND WE COULDN'T STOP
BUT I ALMOST LIKE JUST HIT THE
BRAKES AND WAS, GRANNY, WE MISS 
YOU, WE LOVE YOU. 
>> THIS MEMORIAL, THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY TO HONOR
THE VICTIMS OF A PANDEMIC THAT
BROUGHT THE WORLD TO A
STANDSTILL. 
>> IT'S TREMENDOUS
THIS IS -- I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU 
SAY ABOUT A MAYOR, A GOVERNOR,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JUST THE 
CITY OFFICIALS, TO COME TOGETHER
IN THIS WAY, TO SHOW US ALL, YOU
KNOW, THE SURVIVORS OF FAMILIE
>>> VANDERSLOOT.
GIVING IT TO QUIGLEY
AND THERE'S THE RECORD. 
>> HISTORY IN THE WNBA BUBBLE AS
THE CHICAGO SKIES COURTNEY
VANDERSLOOT RECORDED 18 ASSISTS.
BREAKING THE LEAGUE RECORD FOR
MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME
VANDERSLOOT HAS HAD A HOT HAND
THERE DISHING OUT 15 ASSISTS IN 
A GAME JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>>> DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, KAMALA HARRIS, 
SURPRISED VIEWERS ON LAST 
NIGHT'S VERSUS BATTLE BETWEEN 
MUSIC ICONS BRANDY AND MONICA.
SHE WAS THERE VIRTUALLY.
ENCOURAGING FANS TO VOTE
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> YOU BOTH USED YOUR VOICE IN
SUCH A POWERFUL WAY.
AND AN EXTENSION OF OUR VOICES
IS OUR VOTE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND 
VOTING. 
>> YES. 
>> AND THEY FEEL SO HELPLESS
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU HELP 
YOURSELF
YOU HELP YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> HARRIS LATER SAID THAT SHE 
SUPPORTS BOTH SINGERS AND COULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HONORED TO 
JOIN THEM.
STILL, FIGHTING OVER THAT BOY, I
GUESS.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE.
TOM
TOPIC ALONE IS SERIOUS
GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER
AMAZON'S FLEET OF PRIME DELIVERY
DRONES
THE FAA HAS GIVEN FEDERAL 
APPROVAL FOR THE COMPANY TO 
EXPAND ITS UNMANNED DELIVERY
SERVICES IN THE SKY.
AMAZON SAID DELIVERIES WOULD
HAPPEN IN AREAS WITH LOW
POPULATION DENSITY AND PACKAGES 
WOULD WEIGH FIVE POUNDS OR LESS.
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BEING
TESTED. 
>> BRILLIANT
AMAZON'S
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE PEAK OF 
HURRICANE SEASON
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE NOW WATCHING TD 15
THIS ONE IS GOING TO COME OFF 
THE CAROLINA COAST
CAUSING SOME
>>> IT'S FUN TO WATCH JUST WHAT 
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE IN MY HEAD, I'LL 
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD?
LIKE, ACTUALLY, WHAT DOES IT -- 
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN -- IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO 
ITS KING, BLACK PANTHER,
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW LARGE OF
AN IMPACT HE HAD ON THE STARS HE
WORKED WITH AND THE FANS WHO
ADORED HIM
IT WAS HEADLINED, YOU WILL
ALWAYS BE OUR KING
AND GOOD FRIEND AND CO-STAR,
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SHARED A VERY
POWERFUL MESSAGE TO BOSEMAN 
SAYING I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME
AND HE ADDED THAT HE'S
DEDICATING THE REST OF HIS DAYS 
TO LIVING LIKE BOSEMAN HAD
WITH COURAGE, GRACE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
>>> AND ANGELA BASSETT FONDLY 
REMEMBERED HER FRIENDSHIP WITH
BOSEMAN.
SHE PLAYED THE MOTHER OF HIS
CHARACTER IN BLACK PANTHER
ALL YOU POSSESSED, YOU FREELY 
GAVE. 
>> THE WORLD STILL COMES TO 
GRIPS THAT HE IS NO LONGER WITH 
US HERE.
BUT THE IMPACT CERTAINLY IS.
>> STILL, SHOCKING, THOUGH. 
>> THE KINDNESS OF THOUSANDS OF 
STRANGERS IS CHANGING THE LIVES 
OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS
LAST WEEK, THIS PHOTO WENT
VIRAL.
THE GIRLS SITTING ON A PAVEMENT 
OUTSIDE A TACO BELL.
USING THE RESTAURANT'S WI-FI TO 
DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK.
AFTER THE PHOTO MADE THE ROUNDS 
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A GO FUND ME 
WAS CREATED FOR THEM RAISING
OVER $117,000.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL
THE SALINAS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IDENTIFIED THE GIRLS AND GAVE 
THEM A HOT SPOT SO THEY NO
LONGER HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE OF 
TACO BELL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME, WE'VE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS.
FAMILIES GOING TO A HOT SPOT, 
SCHOOL BUS PARKING LOT TO DO
WORK THERE
SHARING DEVICES.
BUT EVERYBODY'S COME TOGETHER.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE
REMINDS ME YOU CAN'T TAKE THINGS
FOR GRANTED LIKE THAT.
WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, THE 
U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW YORK
AND NAOMI OSAKA WEARING A 
BREONNA TAYLOR MASK.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, NOVAK
DJOKOVIC WITH A FLURRY OF 
BLISTERING SHOTS
AND 16-YEAR-OLD COCOA GOFF
DROPPED THE FIRST -- FIRST-ROUND
MATCH IN THREE SETS.
>>> NOW TO A BIG MILESTONE AT 
THE BERLIN ZOO
TWIN, PANDA CUBS CELEBRATED 
THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY
AND TO MARK THE SPECIAL 
OCCASION, ZOOKEEPERS GAVE THEM A
CAKE MADE OF ICE, BEET ROOT, AND
SWEET POTATO ROOT IN THE SHAPE
OF A NUMBER ONE.
ONLY GIANT PANDAS.
ANYTHING WE CAN USE AS AN EXCUSE
TO CELEBRATE THESE DAYS.
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME HUMAN 
BIRTHDAYS.
LILY TOMLIN TURNS 81
BARRY GIBB TURNS 74.
DR. PHIL I
1st.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL TRAVEL TO
WISCONSIN WHERE LOCAL LEADERS 
HAVE VOICED CONCERNS THAT THE 
VISIT COULD INFLAME THE 
SITUATION OVER THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
>> OUTBREAKS EX-PLOIDING ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THE COVID SWAT
TEAM BEING DISPATCHED TO ONE
UNIVERSITY
>>> AND THE CORONAVIRUS HAS PUT 
MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT 
RISK
NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING ON A 
NONPROFIT OFFERING LOANS THAT 
DON'T HAVE TO BE PAID BACK
>> AND GETTING RITD OF SOMETHING
MOST TRAVELERS CAN'T STAND
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE 
MARRED BY VIOLENCE
WE OTHER SEEING CLASHES BETWEEN 
GROUPS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE 
POLITICAL SPECTRUM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: PROTESTS LITERALLY 
TURNING INTO POLITICAL
BATTLEGROUNDS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING WHAT HE 
CALLS RADICAL LEFT MAYORS AND 
GOVERNORS AND PROMISING LAW & 
ORDER AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
WISCONSIN DESPITE THE MAYOR 
URGING HIM TO STAY AWAY.
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION HAS OCCURRED IN 
STREETS DOMINATED BY THE JOE
BIDEN PARTY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AT 
ONE POINT DEFENDING 17-YEAR-OLD 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE AFTER KILLING
TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A THERD
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AFROM 
THEM AND THEY VIE LANTLY
ATTACKED HIM
>> JOE BIDEN CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> A PRESIDENT THAT SEWS CHAOS. 
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST
>> HE MAY BELIEVE MOUTHING THE
WORDS LAW & ORDER MAKES HIM 
STRONG BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL
ON HIS FOLLOWERS SHOWS HOW WEAK 
HE IS.
>> Reporter: THE ISSUE IS MUCH
BIGGER AND MUCH DEEPER THAT 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS
>> WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF THE
VIOLENCE
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> AS UNFORTUNATELY THE ANGER 
AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING, NBC NEWS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING 
HIS LAW & ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTER PIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW HE OFFERED
THIS COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO
USE EXCESSIVE FORCE 
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> THEY CHOKE.
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK
MANY TIMES I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU 
HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
IN IF MEANTIME HE COULD HAVE
BEEN GOING FOR A WEAPON.
IT'S A WHOLE BIG THING THERE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING IT TO 
GOLF
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINS US WITH 
MORE AND THAT'S THE LATEST
COMMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT AS HE
HEADS TO KENOSHA TODAY
>> IN THE FOX INTERVIEW HE ALSO 
CALLED BLACK LIVES MATTERS A
DISCRIMINATORY NAME.
HE CALLED IT A MARKSIST GROUP 
AND HE TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN 
LINKING HIM TO THE PROTESTERS 
AND HE SEEMED TO DEFEND THAT
TEENAGER WHO KILLED TWO PEOPLE
IN THE VIOLENCE.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT
>> YOU'RE GOING TO DEFEND THE 
REACTIONS OF VIGILANT HES LIKE
KYLE RITTENHOUSE
>> YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I 
SAW AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET
AWAY FROM THEM IT LOOKS LIKE AND
THEN THEY VIOLENTLY ATTACKED
HIM.
>> HE'S STROKING VIOLENCE IN OUR
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA, SAFE FROM
COVID, SAFE FROM RACIALLY 
MOTIVATED VIOLENCE, SAFE FROM 
BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, SAFE 
FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF DONALD
TRUMP.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DESCRIBING THE LOOTING AND THE
RIOTING AND THE UNREST AS DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
HE ALSO SAID AS PRESIDENT HE
WOULD CLARIFY THAT LOOTERS ARE
NOT THE SAME AS DEMONSTRATORER
 
AND HE'D PROSECUTE THEM.
>>> JOE BIDEN SO GOING VIRAL
THIS MORNING FOR HIS DEAD PAN 
RESPONSE TO A HECKLER TELLING 
HIM HE CAN'T WIN IN THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HE WAS YELLING AT HIM FROM THE
TOP OF A PICKUP TRUCK.
>> YOU FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE 
BASEMENT
>> THAT'S RIGHT, JOE
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
>> BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THAT 
HECKLER WHILE HE WAS DELIVERING 
SOME PIZZAS TO FIREFIGHTERS IN
PITTSBURGH
>> SCHOOLS ARE PREPARING TO OPEN
CLASSROOMS TO STUDENT THIS WEEK 
EVEN WITH MANY REGIONS STILL
GRAPPLING WITH SPIKES IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
OFFICIALS IN THE UK, FRANCE AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES ENFORCING NEW 
MEASURES TO KEEP STUDENTS SACH
TALK ABOUT THOSE MEASURES NOW.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, LIKE 
MOST APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH 
CORONAVIRUS IT SEEMS SCHOOLS ARE
NO EXCEPTION
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO ONE SIZE 
FITS ALL ACROSS EUROPE AND
ACROSS THE UK.
VERY DIFFERENT WAYS OF WHAT 
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO
SO HERE IN THE UK THE GOVERNMENT
IS KEEN TO GETTING PEOPLE BACK
TO SCHOOL, BUT STUDENTS HERE IN 
ENGLAND ARE STARTING THIS WEEK, 
NORTHERN IRELAND, WELLS AND 
SCOTLAND HAVE ALREADY STARTED 
BACK SCHOOL.
STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS
AT SCHOOL.
THAT IS ALSO SIMILAR TO FRANCE
WHERE STUDENTS AND SECONDARY
SCHOOL I BELIEVE AGES 11 AND
BOTH HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
HOWEVER, IN PLACES LIKE POLAND
THERE IS NO MANDATE FOR STUDENT 
TO WEAR MASKS IN SQUOOLS BUT
THERE WILL BE LIKE HERE,
STAGGERED SCHOOL STARTING TIMES 
AND PICKUP TIMES TO TRY TO
REDUCE EXPOSURE AMONGST PARENTS.
INTERESTINGLY, PLACES LIKE
GERMANY WHERE THERE'S NOT --
SCHOOLS ARE HANDLED ON A LOCAL
LEVEL, NOT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, 
PLACES LIKE BERLIN HAVE SEEN
NOTOUT BREAKS BUT CASES IN
SCHOOL AND THEY'VE BEEN FORCED
TO CLOSE SCHOOLS THERE
THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT SCHOOL
GATES BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN 
OUTBREAK IN THAT MANY COUNTRIES 
AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE OPENING OF
CASES CONTRIBUTES TO THAT UPTICK
OF CORONAVIRUS
>> THAT IS WHAT WE'RE FEARING 
HERE AT HOME HERE AS WELL.
>> WE'RE SEEING THAT SPREAD 
THROUGHOUT COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE 
NATION AS WELL
SEVERAL SCHOOLS ARE SEEING A
SURGE IN CASES JUST WEEKS INTO
THE FALL SEMESTER AND SOME
UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING DRASTIC 
NEW MEASURES LIKE SENDING THOSE 
STUDENTS HOME OR CANCELLING 
IN-PERSON LEARNING
>> Reporter: FROM UNIVERSITIES
IN CALIFORNIA TO COLLEGE
CAMPUSES IN NEW YORK, AS
CORONAVIRUS EXPLODES
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 
OFFICIALS ARE LOCKING DOWN
STUDENT HOUSING AND EVEN SUS
SPENDING PART OF THE SCHOOL 
YEAR
>> STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED 
TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS.
>> IN NEW YORK A COVID SWAT TEAM
IS DEPLOYING RAPID TESTING AFTER
MORE THAN 1 4U7B STUDENTS CAUGHT
THE VIRUS FOLLOWING A SERIES OF 
PARTIES.
ON CAMPUS LEARNING NOW OFF
LIMITS FOR TWO WEEKS. 
>> IT'S A WAKEUP CALL FOR ALL 
AGES
WE HEAR ABOUT THESE PARTIES THAT
MAKE PLACE AND IT SPREADS LIKE
WILDFIRE
>> UNC CHAPEL HILL, TCU AND 
ALABAMA CONFIRM HUNDREDS OF 
CASES AS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ALSO 
SUSPENDS CLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS
BUT THE VIRUS COMES AT A HIGHER 
COST THAN JUST EDUCATION
HEALTH OFFICIALS HOECHING TO
CURB COMMUNITY SPREAD SAY 
INFECTED STUDENTS MOSTLY WITH 
MILD SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT RETURN 
HOME
>> THINGS AREN'T GOING TO GET 
BETTER UNTIL WE START TAKING IT 
SERIOUSLY.
>> WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE THE 
TIMES THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW 
AND NOT HAVE PARTIES
THERE ARE SO MANY PARTIES LIKE
AROUND MY HOUSE ON A NIGHTLY
BASIS.
>> AS THE VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AT A SLOWER RATE THE
NATION HAS NOW SURPASSED 6
MILLION COVID CASES, CALIFORNIA 
LEADING THE U.S. WITH 700,000 
CASES.
BECAUSE OF THAT NUMBER, SCHOOLS 
LIKE USC HAVE TURNED TO ALL 
ONLINE LEARNING BUT STUDENTS ARE
GATH
GATHERING CAMPUS
>> A LESSON TO BE LEARNED BY THE
VERY STUDENTS WHO SHOULD KNOW 
BETTER
NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JANESSA
WEBB WHO'S KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING 
AREAS.
JAN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE FLASH FLOODING CONCERN
AND THE HEAT CONTINUE TO BUILD
ACROSS TEXAS AND AA.
IT DOES MAKE ITS WAY INTO 
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 25 MILLION
PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SOME KIND OF 
HEAT ALERT
LAKE CHARLES FORECASTED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON TO HIT 106 DEGREES AND
WE STILL HAVE OVER 3,000 PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER.
WE COULD SEE UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES
THROUGH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR HAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURE IS STILL 
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE 
NORTHEAST WE'RE BACK IN THE 70s 
AND HUMIDITY IS WAY DOWN
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE HEAT
BUILD ALL THE WAY INTO SAN
ANTONIO, 100 DEGREES THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>>> HOPEFULLY GOING TO SEE SOME 
RELIEF
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN COMING UP
>>> AS THE WORLD CONTINUE TO
REEL FROM THE LOSS OF CHADWICK
BOSEMAN, IT'S SPARKED A TALK
ABOUT COLON CANCER
>> A SUPERHERO GONE AT JUST 43
YEARS OLD.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIED AFTER A 
FOUR-YEAR FIGHT WITH COLON
CANCER
NEWS OF THE DEATH SENDING SHOCK 
WAVES AROUND THE WORLD
HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2016 AND
BALL LED WITH IT THESE LAST FOUR
YEARS AS IT PROGRESSED TO STAGE 
FOUR
HE DIED AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE 
AND FAMILY INSIDE.
HE NEVER SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT 
HIS BATTLE
HE SHOT SOME OF HIS ICONIC
FILMS.
THE INTERVIEWER SAID YOU'VE BUN 
BEEN THROUGH THE WRINGER
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, HE LAUGHS
ONE DAY I'LL LIVE TO TELL THE 
STORY.
>> LIFE ON CHEMOTHERAPY, IT 
REALLY IS A CHALLENGE.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE 
ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT.
>> Reporter: HE WAS DIAGNOSED AT
STAGE THREE, THE CANCER ALREADY 
THROUGH HIS COLON WALL, LATER 
PROGRESSING TO STAGE FOUR WHICH 
MEANS ITS SPREAD BEYOND HIS 
COLON.
THE TOLL OF HIS DISEASE APPARENT
IN ONE OF HIS INSTAGRAM VIDEOS
>> COLON CANCER IS THE SECOND 
CAUSE OF DEATHS IN THE U.S. 
INFECTING AN INCREASING NUMBER
OF YOUNG AMERICANS
>> THE RISE REMAINS AN INIG MA
WE NEED TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT 
PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 CAN
GET THIS DISEASE
BOSEMAN TOOK TIME TO VISIT
CHILDREN WITH CANCER
>> THE TWO LITTLE KIDS, IAN AND 
TAYLOR WHO RECENTLY PASSED FROM 
CANCER, THROUGHOUT HOUR FILMING 
I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT 
THEY -- YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT
>> A SUPERHERO ON AND OFF SCREEN
WHO STILL HAS THE POWER TO SAVE 
LIVES.
>> THA
>>> TODAY'S QUICK HITS TO 
CELEBRATE THE 30th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FRESH PRINCE OF BELLAIRE,
IT WILL PREMIER AROUND
THANKSGIVING
WILL SMITH HAVE SIGNED ON ALONG 
WITH OTHER SHOW REGS
>> BRAD PITT IS A WINE MAKER
HE SAYS THE CABIN HE OWNS WITH
ANG -- ANGELINA PRODUCES WINE.
>> AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON ALREADY
>> AND THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT 
MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT 
RISK
BUT NONPROFITS ARE HELPING STORE
OWNERS STAY AFLOAT
>> Reporter: AMONG THE MOST 
PAINFUL IMPACTS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, MILLIONS OF
BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO STAY 
OPEN OR FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.
>> I HAD SOMETHING MOST OF MY 
STAFF.
>> Reporter: THE OWNER REACHED A
BREAKING SPOINT.
>> WITHOUT ANY HELP WE'LL HAVE
TO CLOSE IN A MONTH TO TWO
MONTHS BUT HE GOT HELP, A MUCH
NEEDED BOOST VIRGINIA 30-DAY
FUND
>> THE AVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS 
HAS ONLY TWO WEEKS OF CASH
RESERVE ON HAND.
>> Reporter: FOUNDER PETE SNIDER
AND HIS WIFE FORMED THE 
NONPROFIT IN MARCH
>> OUR NUMBER ONE MISSION IS TO 
SAVE AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AS
WE CAN. 
>> Reporter: WALK ABOUT 
OUTFITTERS
FOR OWNER TINA MILLER THE 
FINANCIAL HELP WAS JUST PART OF 
IT
>> THESE FOLKS ARE EATING AWAY
AT THEIR RETIREMENT JUST TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE PUTTING FOOD ON THE
TABLE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
>> FROM THERE IT GREW AND HAS 
NOW HELPED MORE THAN 600 SMALL
BUSINESSES
>> IN CONTRIBUTIONS AS SMALL AS 
$3 OR $30 THAT POOL HAS GROWN TO
OVER $3.1 MILLION.
THE THANKS KEEP POURING IN FROM 
BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> IT HAS BEEN SOME OF THE MOST 
HEART WARMING AND HEART BREAKING
WORK THAT I'VE EVER DONE IN MY
LIFE
>> A HELPING HAND OFFERING HOPE 
TO THOSE WHO NEED IT
>> A GREAT THING THEY'RE DOING
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AND
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE BUT 
WE'RE STILL WATCHING A WET
PATTERN ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH 
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
EVEN RAIN CONTINUES FOR NEW YORK
CITY, BUT HIGHS, THEY ARE BACK
>>> THE SUBMARINE WAS EQUIPPED
WITH A VIDEO CAMERA AND POWERFUL
LIGHTS AND THERE WAS NO 
MISTAKING THE TITANIC WHEN THEY 
CAME UPON IT
>> THE SHIP IS IN BEAUTIFUL 
CONDITION WHERE IT IS.
IT'S SITTING UPRIGHT AND IT 
LOOKS GORGEOUS AND I THINK IT 
OUGHT TO BE LEFT WHERE IT IS
>> A U.S. FRENCH EX- BEPIGS 
LOCATED THE 73-YEAR-OLD WRECKAGE
OF THE TITANIC ON THE FLOOR OF
THE ATLANTA USING THAT REMOLT 
CONTROLLED DEEP SEA VEHICLE.
THE FIRST IMAGES WERE OF ITS
BOILER
>> AND VERMONT BECAME THE FIFTH 
STATE TO LEGALIZE SAME SEX
MARRIAGE
VERMONT WAS ALSO THE FIRST STATE
TO ALLOW CIVIL UNIONS IN THE
YEAR 2,000
>> DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES
ARE DROPPING FLIGHT CHANGED FEES
FOR DOMESTIC AND SOME FOREIGN 
DESTINATIONS
THERE IS A CATCH
SO SOME CASES LIKE THE BASIC
ECONOMY, THOSE FEES MAY STILL 
APPLY BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE 
THEY'RE MOVING THIS THAT
DIRECTION.
NEXT WILL BE THE BAGGAGE FEES 
TOO.
WHO KNOWS?
>> THEY GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>>> FORD SAYS ITS MICHIGAN
FACTORY IS BACK TO MAKING 
VEHICLES FULL TIME
THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S COMPLETED 
THE DELIVERY OF 50,000 VAE
VENTILATORS.
>> OVER 171,000 BOOMER FROM 2016
TO 2018.
THEY FOUND MEN BETWEEN THE AGES 
OF 60 TO 64 HAD THE HIGHEST 
USAGE WITH 12.6%
DESPITE THE STUDY 18 TO 
25-YEAR-OLDS REMAIN THE BIGGEST 
CANNABIS CONSUMERS AT 38%.
>> ALL RIGHT
WITH SOME DOWN TIME IN THE
BUBBLE, CELTICS ROOKIE IS 
LEARNING HOW TO SWIM
THE 7'5" MAN DID NOT DO IT
ALONE.
HE'S STILL LEARNING THOUGH
THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE THEIR
PLAYOFF SERIES AGAINST THE
DEFENDING CHAMPION RAPTORS BUT
NOW HE'S GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO
DO
>> I'M GLAD THOSE GUYS ARE
HEADING HIM UP
ARIANA GRANDE HAS REACHED 200 
MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM
>> ALL RIGHT
WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH OUR 
SHOT OF THE DAY.
STUNNING, COLORFUL TIME LAPSE 
VIDEO OF MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST 
CHINA FL
>>> THE VIOLENCE IS FUELED BY 
DANGEROUS RHETORIC, FROM
FAR-LEFT POLITICIANS, THAT
DEMONIZE OUR NATION AND DEMONIZE
OUR POLICE
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
>> THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE 
CANDIDATES FUELING MORE THAN
JUST POLITICAL FIRES, AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, LATER TODAY.
>>> THIS MORNING, THE HEAD OF 
THE FDA IS UNDER FIRE FOR SAYING
HE MIGHT FAST TRACK THE APPROVAL
OF A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
WITH JUST 63 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION, IS POLITICAL PRESSURE 
GETTING IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
>>> DAYS AFTER HURRICANE LAURA
DELIVERED HAVOC TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS, UTTER DEVASTATION. 
>> TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING FOR
CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
>> AND WHEN WHALES PERFORM
AQUATIC BALLET, WE HAPPENED TO
BE THERE TO CATCH IT ALL IN ITS 
GLORY.
IT'S SEPTEMBER 1st, AND "EARLY
TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS FOR STARTING A NEW
MONTH WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
UNREST ROILS IN THE U.S., AS
PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE MARRED 
BY VIOLENCE.
THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF
PROTESTORS IN KENOSHA.
STILL REELING AFTER THE DEATHS
OF JACOB BLAKE, GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, AND SO MANY 
OTHERS
WITH CLASHES BETWEEN GROUPS ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE POLITICAL 
SPECTRUM SPARKING IN CITIES ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
PROTESTS, LITERALLY, TURNING
INTO POLITICAL BATTLEGROUNDS
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING, 
WHAT HE CALLS, RADICAL, LEFT
MAYORS AND GOVERNORS FOR THE
VIOLENCE
AND PROMISING LAW AND ORDER,
AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, DESPITE THE 
MAYOR THERE URGING HIM TO STAY
AWAY. 
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION THAT WE'VE SEEN, IN 
RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS, HAS
OCCURRED IN CITIES, EXCLUSIVELY,
CONTROLLED AND DOMINATED BY THE 
BIDEN -- JOE BIDEN PARTY
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, AT
ONE POINT, SEEMINGLY, DEFENDING 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
WHO FACES MURDER CHARGES, AFTER 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A
THIRD, DURING A CONFRONTATION IN
KENOSHA.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE,
JOE BIDEN, CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHO 
SOWS CHAOS, RATHER THAN 
PROVIDING ORDER.
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST. 
>> HE MAY BELIEVE THE WORDS LAW 
AND ORDER MAKES HIM STRONG
BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL ON HIS
OWN SUPPORTERS TO STOP ACTING AS
AN ARMED MILITIA IN THIS COUNTRY
SHOWS HOW WEAK HE IS
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE MOST 
AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTINGS AND 
CHAOS, THE ISSUE IS MUCH BIGGER 
AND RUNS MUCH DEEPER THAN 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS. 
>> WE'RE REALLY JUST SICK AND 
TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY, THE 
ANGER AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> IT IS INCREASINGLY CLEAR THE
CORNERSTONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS HIS PUSH
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
PORTRAYING JOE BIDEN AS SOMEONE 
WHO WOULD PRESIDE OVER A CHAOTIC
AMERICA.
BUT HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER IS
FIGHTING BACK.
NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DELIVERING A FORCEFUL REBUTTAL, 
ACCUSING PRESIDENT TRUMP OF 
STOKING VIOLENCE TO DISTRACT
FROM HIS HANDLING OF THE ONGOING
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS DONALD 
TRUMP FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
SO NOW, HE'S TRYING TO SCARE
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE, COMBATTING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT BIDEN WOULD 
MAKE THE COUNTRY LESS SAFE
WHILE CONDEMNING THE UGLY SCENES
IN CITIES, LIKE PORTLAND AND
KENOSHA.
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS, PLAIN AND 
SIMPLE
>> Reporter: BIDEN CASTING THE
PRESIDENT AS ERRATIC AND
DANGEROUS, AND CHALLENGING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO
BRAND HIM AS EXTREME. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
ASK YOURSELF
D
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE
WATCHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
MISCHARACTERIZING BIDEN, WHO
CONDEMNED VIOLENCE ON BOTH THE
LEFT AND THE RIGHT. 
>> HE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THOSE ON
THE RIGHT, BUT HE DIDN'T TALK 
ABOUT THOSE ON THE LEFT.
AND THOSE ON THE LEFT ARE THE 
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S THE 
PRESIDENT, WHO HIS CRITICS SAY, 
IS ENCOURAGING CLASHES IN A 
BARRAGE OF WEEKEND TWEETS.
SHARING THIS VIDEO OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS UNLOADING PAINT BALLS
AND PEPPER SPRAY ON PROTESTORS
THE PRESS SECRETARY SAYING THE
PRESIDENT'S NEVER SEEN THE
VIDEO.
EVEN THOUGH, HE RETWEETED IT, A 
DAY EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDING HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
>> I UNDERSTAND THEY HAD LARGE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE 
SUPPORTERS, BUT THAT WAS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST
AND PAINT IS NOT -- AND PAINT IS
A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM.
PAINT IS NOT BULLETS
>> Reporter: AND DELIVERING THIS
WARNING.
>> IN AMERICA, WE WILL NEVER
SURRENDER TO MOB RULE BECAUSE IF
THE MOB RULES, DEMOCRACY IS,
INDEED, DEAD
>> LATE MONDAY, AFTER DEMANDING 
JOE BIDEN CONDEMN VIOLENCE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED TO
CONDEMN 17-YEAR-OLD, KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, BELIEVED TO BE A 
TRUMP SUPPORTER, WHO IS CHARGED 
WITH KILLING TWO PROTESTORS IN
KENOSHA.
THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO 
JUSTIFY RITTENHOUSE'S ACTIONS,
CLAIMING, WITHOUT OFFERING
EVIDENCE, THAT RITTENHOUSE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
FRANCES.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, FOR AN UPDATE ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE 
UNITED STATES.
THE COUNTRY, INCHING CLOSER TO
RECORDING 185,000 DEATHS, DUE TO
COVID-19
AND THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS
ABOUT OUTBREAKS IN THE MIDWEST
THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS ITS 
MICHIGAN FACTORY HAS COMPLETED
ITS DELIVERY OF 50,000
VENTILATORS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE AUTOMAKER WILL NOW BE 
WORKING FULL TIME ON AUTO PARTS,
ONCE AGAIN
AND IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS EXTENDED THE STATE'S 
EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE
MORATORIUM UNTIL OCTOBER 31st.
MANY STUDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE
BACK INSIDE CLASSROOMS FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS WEEK
NBC'S KARI SANDERS JOINS US,
NOW, WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR'S
GOING.
KARI, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
NOW, EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA IS OPEN
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT KIDS ARE 
GOING TO SCHOOL.
IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE AT HOME,
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOL
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STATE IS 
NOW 60% GOING TO CLASSROOMS.
40% WORKING AT HOME.
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOLING.
NOT ALWAYS EASY.
DAY ONE OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HIT A MAJOR 
SPEEDBUMP.
KIDS GETTING ONLINE WERE MET
WITH A MESSAGE, WELL, YOU CAN 
SEE IT RIGHT THERE
THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS.
THEY DIDN'T GET IN
COMPUTER PROBLEMS.
OF COURSE, FOR FAMILIES AT HOME,
THAT'S SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED 
BECAUSE THE KID'S IN ONE ROOM,
RUNNING IN TALKING TO MOM OR
DAD, WORKING IN THE OTHER PART
OF THE HOUSE
TUGGING ON THEIR SLEEVE, TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT WAS THIS AN 
INTERNET PROBLEM
OR DID IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE SERVERS AT THE SCHOOL
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, IT WAS A
SERVER PROBLEM
THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT ALL FIXED
OUT FOR DAY NUMBER TWO
MEANTIME, ACROSS THE STATE NOW, 
EVERY SCHOOL OPEN.
EVERYBODY, NOW, WAITING FOR A 
STATE REPORT ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
LEVELS IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE OPEN,
WHERE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S WHAT PARENTS WANT TO
KNOW
KARI, THANK YOU.
>>> ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR THE 
A ONE WEEK AFTER APOLOGIZING
FOR OVERSTATING THE BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE FDA CHIEF IS UNDER FIRE, YET
AGAIN.
THIS TIME, FOR SAYING HE IS 
WILLING TO FAST TRACK A VACCINE,
IF THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE
RISKS.
THE NEWEST CONTROVERSY COMES AS 
THE GLOBAL RACE TO FIND A CURE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES.
HERE'S NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT
>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SAYS HE'S PREPARED TO FAST TRACK
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IF THE 
BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.
FDA CHIEF, DR. STEVEN HAHN, 
TELLING "THE FINANCIAL TIMES" A 
VACCINE DEVELOPER COULD RECEIVE 
FEDERAL APPROVAL, BEFORE PHASE
THREE TRIALS ARE COMPLETE.
WE MAY FIND THAT APPROPRIATE
WE MAY FIND THAT INAPPROPRIATE
WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION
PHASE THREE TRIALS ARE THE MOST 
RIGOROUS OF ALL THE CLINICAL
TESTS.
HAHN INSISTS HE WOULDN'T RUSH 
THE PROCESS, JUST TO PLEASE THE 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A 
POLITICAL DECISION
BUT IT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION 
CHANCES.
>> WE ARE DELIVERING LIFESAVING 
THERAPIES, AND WE'LL PRODUCE A
VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE 
YEAR
OR MAYBE, EVEN SOONER.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THE FDA 
GRANTED EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION 
OF CONVALESCENT PLASMA, DESPITE 
CONCERNS AMONG HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ABOUT INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL 
DATA
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HAHN 
OVERSTATED THE THERAPY'S
BENEFITS
LATER, CALLING THE CRITICISM HE 
RECEIVED IN RETURN, ENTIRELY
JUSTIFIED.
>> THERE'S A PRESSURE TO HAVE 
SOMETHING DONE, AND THEY'RE 
BENDING, THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD,
WITHOUT HAVING REALLY EXCELLENT,
EXCELLENT CLINICAL TRIAL DAILY
TA
DATA TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT 
THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
>> Reporter: LEADING TO A LACK
OF PUBLIC TRUST.
ACCORDING TO A NEW, NATIONAL
SURVEY, 78% OF AMERICANS WORRY
THE COVID-19 VACCINE APPROVAL 
PROCESS IS BEING DRIVEN MORE BY 
POLITICS THAN SCIENCE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL.
AND ESPECIALLY, IN THIS CONTEXT,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
CUTTING CORNERS.
A VACCINE MIGHT BE SAFE.
IT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE.
BUT IF PEOPLE WON'T TAKE IT, IT 
WON'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE
GOALS.
>> THE VIEW AMONG LEADING 
PUBLIC-HEALTH EXPERTS IS THAT A 
COVID-19 VACCINE WOULDN'T BE
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
UNTIL EARLY 2021
WELL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION
>> EITHER WAY IT GOES, WE'LL
DEFINITELY SEE THE PUSHBACK.
GEOFF, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE
>>> CLEANUP CONTINUES ALONG THE 
GULF COAST, AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA CAUSED MASSIVE DAMAGE.
MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER, THIS 
MORNING, IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
THE CONDITIONS THERE, GROWING 
MORE DANGEROUS, AS TEMPERATURES 
RISE
HERE'S NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN.
>> Reporter: DAYS AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA BARRELED THROUGH
LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS, THERE 
IS UTTER DEVASTATION ACROSS THE 
STRIKE ZONE.
>> THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT
ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU ARE JUST IN
SHAMBLES AND THERE'S WATER
EVERYWHERE
AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, HOW
IS THIS REALITY?
>> Reporter: A HARSH REALITY, 
SETTING IN AS RESIDENTS BRACE 
FOR A LONG RECOVERY.
>> WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO COOK THINGS.
SO FOOD.
WATER.
THE MAIN THINGS.
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER.
THE SWELTERING HEAT, MAKING 
MATTERS WORSE.
>> ACROSS LOUISIANA, BUT
PARTICULARLY THE AFFECTED 
COMMUNITIES, THE HEAT INDEX IS
GOING TO BE BETWEEN 105 AND 108.
AND -- AND THIS IS GOING TO 
EXTEND, FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
>> Reporter: THE INFRASTRUCTURE 
IS SO DAMAGED, IT COULD TAKE
MONTHS BEFORE POWER IS FULLY
RESTORED
VITAL WATER LINES ARE, ALSO,
SEVERELY DAMAGED. 
>> THANK Y'ALL, VERY MUCH.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.
BLESS Y'ALL.
>> Reporter: COMMUNITIES, NOW 
PULLING TOGETHER WITH FOOD
DRIVES
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO
PROVIDING AID, WHILE MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
APPLIED FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE.
>> WE GOT MOLD GROWING IN THE 
HOUSE.
WE LOST ALL OUR FOOD AND
EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED SO MUCH
HELP
>> Reporter: TO COPE, SOME
RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE TAKING 
IT, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
>> I PRAY A LOT AND I HAVE HOPE.
>> Reporter: HOPE FOR A REGION
BATTERED, AS IT TAKES ITS FIRST 
STEPS TOWARD RECOVERY.
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THAT COULD LEAD 
TO FLASH FLOODING.
WE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I WISH THIS AREA COULD GET A
BREAK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE
SEEING ANOTHER WAVE OF RAIN.
ALSO, THE HEAT INDEX, NEAR 105
ACROSS TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.
NOW, THESE ARE LIGHT STORMS BUT 
DEFINITELY NOT NEEDED.
CAN SEE POTENTIAL GUSTS ALL THE 
WAY INTO SHREVEPORT UP TO 60
MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW, FLASH FLOODING IS A
CONCERN FOR ARKANSAS, TO THE TIP
OF LOUISIANA, WHERE 3 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST.
ALMOST LIKE A FALL-LIKE PATTERN.
78 DEGREES FOR NEW YORK CITY, 
THIS AFTERNOON
GOING TO WATCH JUST A FEW STORMS
FOR LITTLE ROCK THIS AFTERNOON, 
INTO YOUR EARLY EVENING.
BUT LOOK AT MONTGOMERY
92
THIS AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS A
BREAK.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN
COMING UP.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT'S SOONER THAN
LATER.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, 
THE U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW 
YORK AND NAOMI OSAKA MADE A 
STATEMENT BEFORE THE ACTION 
WEARING A BREONNA TAYLOR MASK TO
THE COURT.
SHE WOULD GO ON TO WIN A
THREE-SET WIN.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, TOP
SEATED NOVAK WOULD CRUISE TO
VICTORY IN STRAIGHT SETS WITH 
THOSE FLURRIES OF BLISTERING
SH
>>> GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR
AIR TRAVELERS.
DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE DROPPING 
FLIGHT-CHANGE FEES FOR DOMESTIC,
AND EVEN SOME FOREIGN,
DESTINATIONS
THE MOVE FOLLOWS A SIMILAR
ANNOUNCEMENT, SUNDAY, BY UNITED.
BUT THERE IS A CATCH
IN SOME CASES, LIKE THE NO
FRILLS, BASIC, ECONOMY FARES, 
THAT FEE MAY STILL APPLY
BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MOVEMENT, 
LITTLE BIT MORE BUDGING ON THE
AIRLINES, ESPECIALLY AT THIS
TIME AND AGE WHEN NO ONE IS 
TRAVELING.
>> ALMOST NOBODY THAT I KNOW IS 
DOING THAT
CERTAINLY.
>>> DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE, JOE BIDEN, JUST GOT A
PRETTY MAJOR ENDORSEMENT
THIS TIME, FROM THE NATIONAL
LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON 
MONDAY
THE LGBT BUSINESS GROUP BACKED
THE 77-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFUL.
SAYING, IN PART, JOE BIDEN
PROUDLY AFFIRMS AN ESSENTIAL, 
CORE VALUE OF THE NGLCC, THAT WE
ALL DESERVE OUR SHOT AT THE 
AMERICAN DREAM
AND THAT OUR ECONOMY ONLY 
SUCCEEDS WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE TO
ALL LGBT AND ALLIED AMERICANS.
THE GROUP, ALSO, SAID BIDEN'S 
EMBRACE OF THE EQUALITY ACT 
WOULD HELP LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER
BUSINESS OWNERS.
>> ONE WEEK AFTER JERRY FALWELL 
JR.'S DEPARTURE FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL SAYS IT
IS LAUNCHING AN INDEPENDENT 
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS TENURE AS
PRESIDENT.
IN A STATEMENT, THE EVANGELICAL 
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL BOARD SAID IT 
HAS RETAINED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO 
INVESTIGATE ALL FACETS OF THE 
SCHOOL'S OPERATIONS, UNDER
FALWELL.
ADDING THAT IT'S COMMITTED TO 
LEARNING THE CONSEQUENCES THAT
HAVE FLOWED FROM A LACK OF
SPIRITUAL STEWARDSHIP, BY OUR 
FORMER PRESIDENT
FALWELL SPENT 13 YEARS AS 
PRESIDENT, AND RESIGNED LAST
WEEK AFTER ACCUSATIONS THAT HE
PARTICIPATED IN A PARTNER'S 
AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE, WHICH HE
DENIES. 
>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LEGENDARY
COACH.
FORMER GEORGETOWN HEAD COACH, 
JOHN THOMPSON, DIED SUNDAY
NIGHT.
HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING
ON MONDAY.
CALLING THOMPSON AN HISTORIC
SHEPHERD OF THE SPORT.
THOMPSON COACHED FOR 27 YEARS,
RECRUITING THE LIKES OF ALAN
IVERSON AND PATRICK EWING.
HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK HEAD
COACH TO WIN A NATIONA
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE, IN MY HEAD, I'LL
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD, LIKE ACTUALLY
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY MOVING VIDEO TRIBUTE
TO ITS BLACK PANTHER, CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW BIG AN
IMPACT HE HAD.
AND GOOD FRIEND, MICHAEL B. 
JORDAN ALSO SHARED A TOUCHING 
MESSAGE SAYING I WISH WE HAD
MORE TIME.
ADDING THAT HE IS DEDICATING THE
REST OF HIS DAYS TO LIVING LIKE 
BOSEMAN HAD.
WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
WE HEARD SO MANY, WE'VE BEEN
HEARING SO MANY OF THESE
TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO HIM OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
>> THE WORLD STILL COMING TO
GRIPS WITH IT.
WE ARE STILL SEEING HIS IMPACT
IN FACT, RIGHT HERE, ALMOST 
25,000 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION 
PUSHING FOR A CONFEDERATE STATUE
TO BE REPLACED BY A MEMORIAL FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
FOLLOWING HIS TRAGIC DEATH FROM 
COLON CANCER
I CAN'T SE
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH
THE RAIN FALL ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH, INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
AND THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
THEN, WE'LL SHUT THINGS OFF.
DAYTIM
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR STEVE 
BANNON
THE FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER IS DUE IN COURT MAY 24th
FOR HIS FRAUD CASE INVOLVING
DONATIONS TO BUILD THE BORDER 
WALL
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," THE FEDS HAVE SEIZED A
TROVE OF E-MAILS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS IN THEIR CASE
AGAINST BANNON, WHO'S PLEADED 
NOT GUILTY
>>> A BUDDING NEW TREND FOR BABY
BOOMERS.
ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, 
MARIJUANA USE IS ON THE RISE IN 
ADULTS AGE 55 AND ABOVE.
THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 
SURVEYED BOOMERS FROM 2016 TO 
2018
THEY FOUND MEN AGES FROM 60 TO
64 HAD THE HIGHEST USAGE WITH 
12%.
STILL, THE BIGGEST CANNABIS 
CONSUMERS IN THE U.S. AT 38%. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IT WAS A MATCH MADE IN HONKY
TONK HEAVEN.
88-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY MUSIC 
LEGEND, LORETTA LYNN, POSTING ON
INSTAG
IN
I
INSTAGRAM THAT SHE AND KID ROCK 
GOT HITCHED.
THEY ELOPED AFTER SHE WATCHED 
HER SON RENEW THEIR VOWS
IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
SHE SAID IT WAS ALL JUST A JOKE 
AND THEY HAD A BLAST DOING IT.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS, I WAS
LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 
>> I KNOW.
AS YOU WERE READING IT, I WAS 
LIKE DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THAT 
STORY, YET
WOW.
PROBABLY, STILL LASTED LONGER 
THAN THE PAMELA ANDERSON
MARRIAGE I WOULD IMAGINE
A BIG ADVENTURE FOR A LITTLE
GIRL OFF THE COAST OF CANADA
HER MAGICAL MOMENT CAUGHT ON
CAMERA
YOU GOT TO SEE IT, TO BELIEVE 
IT
KEVIN TIBBLES HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: NOW, HERE'S A WHALE
OF A TALE.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
FISHING WITH DAD, SEAN, IN
CONCEPTION BAY OFF THE COAST OF 
NEW FINLAND IN CANADA.
TWO HUMPBACK WHALES, SUDDENLY,
LEAPT SKYWARD.
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST, SARAH WAS
SCARED
WHO WOULDN'T BE?
BUT DAD WAS THERE TO REASSURE 
HER.
>> WE TRIED TO STAY OUR 
DISTANCE
BUT THEY'RE CURIOUS, AND THEY'LL
COME IN TO CHECK YOU OUT. 
>> WHALES ARE PLENTIFUL HERE
BUT A WHALE BALLET
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY
LITTLE IS KNOWN AS TO WHY WHALES
BREECH SO SPECK TTACULARLY BUT T
IS BELIEVED THEY ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
>> ARE YOU FAMOUS, SARAH, FOR 
TELLING FISH TALES
>> I CATCH THE FISH.
AND DAD TELLS THE FISH TALES. 
>> AND THEY DID CATCH SOME FISH.
ONCE THEY HAD TIME TO CATCH 
THEIR BREATH
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
SO COOL WHEN YOU GOT A SHOW-OFF 
WHALE LIKE THAT WITH THE
AUDIENCE OF A 10-YEAR-OLD.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE AN 18-WHEELER DOING A 
PIROUETTE IN
>>> BIDEN'S STRATEGY IS TO
SURRENDER TO THE LEFT-WING MOB, 
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S
DOING.
I DON'T THINK HE EVEN KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
YOU KNOW MY STORY, MY FAMILY'S
STORY.
ASK YOURSELF
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> WE KICK OFF SEPTEMBER WITH 
THE CANDIDATES ON THE ATTACK
AND WE'RE JUST HOURS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO
KENOSHA, AMID TENSE PROTESTS
OVER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
>>> THIS MORNING, WE'LL GET A 
REALITY CHECK ON THE VIOLENCE IN
AMERICAN CITIES.
ARE THINGS BETTER OR WORSE
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST STATISTICS.
>>> AN EXTRAORDINARY OUTPOURING 
IN DETROIT
THE CITY GATHERING TO HONOR MORE
THAN 1,500 LOCALS, WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19.
>>> MOTHER NATURE DROPPING
TORRENTIAL RAINS AND CAUSING
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IN 
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WE'LL TELL YOU WHO IS MOST AT 
RISK TODAY. 
>> AND HOW ABOUT A LITTLE 
CUTENESS AS WE CELEBRATE THE
FIRST BIRTHDAY OF A COUPLE OF 
ADORABLE TWINS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON THIS
FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE 
BEING SCRUTINIZED, AFTER THE
FATAL SHOOTING OF A PROTESTOR IN
PORTLAND
AARON JAY DANIELSON WAS A 
SUPPORTER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PRAYER.
EARLIER, HE HAD BEEN PART OF THE
MOTORCADE THAT CLASHED WITH 
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTORS ON
SATURDAY
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
SHOOTER.
WE ARE NOW NEARING 100
CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF PROTESTS
IN PORTLAND.
AND RACIAL TENSIONS ARE ONLY
AM
AM
AMPLIFYING
OUR GABE GUTIERREZ, HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE ON
TUESDAY.
BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS 
OVER WHETHER HE'LL MEET WITH
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY
FROM KENOSHA TO PORTLAND, 
MOUNTING TENSIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARES TO 
VISIT WISCONSIN FOLLOWING THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE NEED HIM HERE.
WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP.
>> A PRESIDENT VISITING TOWN
OBVIOUSLY TAKES A LOT OF
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE PUT SOME
PLACE ELSE. 
>> IN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT,
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR WRITES, IN 
PART, I AM CONCERNED YOUR 
PRESENCE WILL ONLY HINDER OUR 
HEALING.
>> I THINK THAT KENOSHA, AT THIS
PRESENT TIME, NEEDS PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID IT REACHED OUT TO BLAKE'S
FAMILY BUT THEIR ATTORNEY SAID, 
SO FAR, HE'D NOT BEEN CONTACTED.
OVER THE WEEKEND, PEACEFUL
PROTESTS HERE, EVEN AS THE UNION
REPRESENTING KENOSHA POLICE TOOK
A STRONGER STANCE, DEFENDING THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED.
THE UNION SAYS THE OFFICERS 
RESPONDED TO A COMPLAINT THAT 
BLAKE WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE 
CALLER'S KEYS AND VEHICLE.
THEY ADD BLAKE HAD A KNIFE, AND 
WAS NONCOMPLIANT WHEN OFFICERS
ISSUED VERBAL COMMANDS
AND THAT HE PUT ONE OF THE
OFFICERS IN A HEADLOCK. 
>> THE POLICE UNION IS A UNION
THAT SUPPORT POLICE OFFICERS, IN
MY OPINION, NO MAEFTTER HOW
UNBELIEVABLE THE EXCESSIVE USE
OF FORCE, THE BRUTAL USE OF 
FORCE, USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE
IN AMERICA
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAS INFLAMED 
RACIAL TENSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
SIMMERING ALL SUMMER
OVER THE WEEKEND, CLASHES FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
TO PORTLAND.
WHERE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED,
AMID THE UNREST.
ALTHOUGH, IT'S UNKNOWN IF THEY
WERE CONNECTED
HOURS BEFORE, A CARAVAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS FACED OFF
AGAINST COUNTER-PROTESTORS IN 
THE CITY
THE FOUNDER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PLAYER, TOLD 
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THE
VICTIM WAS A FRIEND AND DID NOT 
PROVOKE HIS ATTACKERS.
>> THE WAY THE MEDIA'S
PORTRAYING IT IS IT HAD 
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRUMP
CRUISE BUT IT DIDN'T HE GOT 
ATTACKED
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
>> DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S
TWEETS, LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE 
GUARD WAS A STATE REQUEST, AND
NOT INITIATED BY THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PHILLIP.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTERPIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS,
LAST NIGHT, HE OFFERED THIS 
COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO USE 
EXCESSIVE FORCE,
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> A CHOKER.
THEY CHOKE
SHOOTING THE GUY
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK, 
MANY TIMES
I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN THE
MEANTIME, HE MIGHT'VE BEEN GOING
FOR A WEAPON
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE, 
BIG THING THERE.
BUT THEY CHOKE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> OUR CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT, TRACIE POTTS 
JOINS US WITH MORE
TRACIE, THAT'S JUST THE LATEST, 
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT, AS HE HEADS TO 
KENOSHA, TODAY
>> EXACTLY, FRANCES.
IN THAT FOX INTERVIEW, HE ALSO
REFERRED TO BLACK LIVES MATTER
AS A DISCRIMINATORY NAME AND A
MARXIST ORGANIZATION
AND THEN, EARLIER IN THE DAY, HE
TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN CLAIMING 
THAT HE WAS SIDING WITH THE 
RIOTERS, AND APPEARED TO DEFEND 
THAT TEENAGER WHO SHOT THREE
PEOPLE AND KILLED TWO DURING THE
RIOTS.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT. 
>> ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN THE 
ACTIONS OF VIGILANTES LIKE KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE?
>> WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF
IT
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING 
SITUATION.
YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I SAW
AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM. 
>> HE'S STOKING VIOLENCE IN OUR 
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA.
SAFE FROM COVID.
SAFE FROM CRIME AND LOOTING.
SAFE FROM RACIALLY MOTIVATED
VIOLENCE
SAFE FROM BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SAFE FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF
DONALD TRUMP
>> BIDEN AND HIS STRONGEST
PUSHBACK, YET, TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
ALSO, SAYING, CLEARLY, THAT 
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN DEMONSTRATING AND 
PROTESTING AND LOOTING AND
VIOLENCE
AND THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE PROMISED TO PROSECUTE 
THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW.
FRANCES.
>> TRACIE, THANK YOU
>>> WHILE JOE BIDEN IS GOING
VIRAL THIS MORNING, FOR HIS 
DEADPAN RESPONSE TO A HECKLER 
SHOTTING AT 
SHOUTING AT HIM FROM THE TOP OF 
A PICKUP TRUCK. 
>> HEY, JOE, YOU FINALLY GOT OUT
OF THE BASEMENT.
>> HTHAT'S RIGHT, JOE.
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
DON'T JUMP
>> DON'T JUMP.
BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THE HECKLER 
WHILE DELIVERING PIZZAS TO
FIREFIGHTERS IN PITTSBURGH. 
>> BOYCOTTS, PROTESTS, AND
MARCHES, IN SUPPORT OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT CONTINUE
ACROSS SPORTS LEAGUES.
THIS TIME, THE MOVEMENT HAS ALSO
SPREAD TO THE NCAA AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
ON MONDAY, CRIMSON TIDE COACH 
NICK SABAN MARCHED ALONGSIDE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS
ATHLETES, COACHES, AND
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SPOKE TO A 
CROWD WHERE THEY CALLED FOR 
CHANGES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
COMMUNITIES.
>> RESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE.
BUT WE WILL -- BUT WE BELIEVE IT
IS IMPORTANT THEY DO SO, IN A 
MANNER THAT IS FAIR TO ALL
PEOPLE
>> THE MARCH ENDED AT THE SPOT
ON CAMPUS WHERE THEN-GOVERNOR 
GEORGE WALLACE STOOD TO BLOCK 
BLACK STUDENTS FROM ENTERING IN 
1963. 
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ALL THE FACTS.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE LAUNCHING A 
NEW SERIES
AMERICA'S CITIES, FACT VERSUS 
FICTION.
JUST HOW MUCH HAS THE MURDER
RATE RISEN AND WHY
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO AND WHAT THE
NUMBERS REALLY SHOW.
>> Reporter: IT'S HAPPENING IN
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> VIOLENCE NUMBERS, SPIKING
AGAIN IN THE CITY OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> ANOTHER WEEKEND OF SHOOTINGS 
AND BLOODSHED AROUND NEW YORK 
CITY
>> Reporter: MURDER IS ON THE 
RISE. 
>> KENT CITY IS NOT ONLY HAVING 
A VIOLENT WEEKEND, BUT A VIOLENT
YEAR
>> Reporter: IN SOME PLACES, UP 
MORE THAN 50% OVER LAST YEAR
UP 105% IN MILWAUKEE
MANY OF THE VICTIMS RUSHED HERE 
TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF 
WISCONSIN.
CHIEF TRAUMA SURGEON SAYS THE 
PAST FOUR MONTHS HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN INSIDE THE
TRAUMA ROOM?
>> A LOT MORE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, 
AND A LOT MORE STABBINGS
A LOT MORE LETHAL-TYPES OF
INJURIES
BUT, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE
ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
>> LIKE MANY CITIES, MILWAUKEE'S
SURGE IN VIOLENCE HAS COINCIDED 
WITH THE PANDEMIC.
MORE PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF 
EACH OTHER, IN UNDER PRIVILEGED 
NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH MANY NOW
UNEMPLOYED
NATIONWIDE, 69 CITIES HAVE SEEN 
MURDERS JUMP 20% OR MORE
HOUSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO, UP 
33%.
ATLANTA, UP 46%.
MINNEAPOLIS, UP 89%.
>> STAY IN TOUCH WITH US. 
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: PATROLLING THE 
STREETS OF MILWAUKEE, THE 414 
LIFE TEAM TRYING TO CALM
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE VIOLENCE HAS
SOARED
REGGIE MOORE SAYS THE PANDEMIC
HAS ONLY ADDED FUEL TO A
DESPERATE SITUATION.
>> SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OVERLAY IN 
TERMS OF THEY HAVE HIGH 
CONCENTRATIONS OF HOMICIDES AND 
SHOOTINGS AND THEY HAVE HIGH
INCIDENCES OF COVID, WE 
DEFINITELY SEE AN OVERLAP.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C. ALSO DEALING
WITH AN INCREASE IN MURDER. 
>> IT'S VERY TROUBLING TO US
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE 
HAD REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME 
ACROSS OUR CITY.
>> Reporter: THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION LEGEND IS
TEAMING UP WITH POLICE IN NINE
CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT 
CRIME.
SO FAR, 1,500 ARRESTS.
>> AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUSPECTS
IN CUSTODY WITHOUT OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIPS
>> Reporter: BUT THE PEOPLE ON
THE FRONT LINES FEAR THE
VIOLENCE COULD WORSEN WHEN THE
WEATHER TURNS COLD. 
>> YOU HAVE SOCIAL ISOLATION
YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION.
YOU HAVE JUST THE STRESS OF THE 
DISEASE, ITSELF.
THEN, YOU HAVE THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK
BEING AFFECTED BY COVID, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN
EXPLOSION.
>> IMPORTANTLY, OPERATION LEGEND
IS NOT THE SAME EFFORT TO SEND
THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS TO PROTEST 
ZONES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND WHILE HOMICIDES ARE UP, 
NATIONWIDE, THE OVERALL VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE IS, ACTUALLY, DOWN.
AND EXPERTS SAY CRIME IS STILL
MUCH LOWER THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS 
AGO.
FRANCES.
>> THANKS FOR THE BREAKDOWN.
TOM, THANKS.
>>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE DEATH OF LEGENDARY 
GEORGETOWN COACH, JOHN THOMPSON.
THE HALL OF FAMER LED TO THREE
FINAL FOURS, INCLUDING A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1984.
THE FIRST BLACK COACH TO DO SO
JOHN THOMPSON WAS 78 YEARS OLD. 
>> MULTIPLE STATES BEGAN THIS 
WEEK WITH THREATS OF SEVERE 
FLOODING
CENTRAL ARKANSAS COULD SEE EVEN 
MORE RAIN TODAY AFTER RISING
WATER, ALREADY, HAS DRIVERS 
MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
A LOT OF STREETS HAD TO BE SHUT 
DOWN
AND WHEN INTENSE WEATHER HIT
NORTH CAROLINA, FOUR PEOPLE HAD 
TO BE RESCUED FROM THIS CAR.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN
EFFECT THERE OVERNIGHT
AND MEANWHILE, ALONG THE GULF 
COAST, MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE 
ARE, STILL, WITHOUT POWER, AFTER
HURRICANE LAURA.
AND NOW, LOUISIANA IS FACING
EXTREME HEAT
FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A BIG 
THREAT TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB, WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG
JOURNEY FOR LOUISIANA TO TEXAS, 
WHERE WE HAVE 25 MILLION PEOPLE 
UNDER HEAT ALERTS.
LAKE CHARLES, THIS AFTERNOON, 
YOUR HEAT INDEX WILL HIT 106
DEGREES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEAT IS GOING
TO STAY IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
ALSO, THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING WHERE WE COULD SEE FROM
DALLAS, ALL THE WAY INTO LITTLE 
ROCK, UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
IT'S A FALL-LIKE PATTERN THAT 
WE'RE SEEING
BUFFALO, 82 TODAY AND A LITTLE
BIT OF SUNSHINE BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
STORMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE FOR
THE DEEP SOUTH, ALL THE WAY INTO
TAMPA.
ORLANDO, 92.
ALSO, WATCHING A SYSTEM, THE
TROPICS, THEY'RE HEATING UP.
THAT'S COMING UP. 
>> LIKE EVERY WEEK, SOMETHING TO
WATCH DOWN THERE
ALL RIGHT.
JANESSA, THANK YOU. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS
TO CELEBRATE THE 30th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRESH PRINCE 
OF BEL AIR, THE CAST IS 
REUNITING FOR AN UNSCRIPTED 
SPECIAL.
IT'LL PREMIERE AROUND 
THANKSGIVING ON HBO MAX.
WILL SMITH AND ALFONSO HAVE 
SIGNED ON ALONG WITH THE OTHER
SHOW REGULARS.
>> IT IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE 
BUT BRAD PITT IS A WOULD INE MA.
THE FRENCH CHÂTEAU HE OWNS HAS
PRODUCED A LIMITED RELEASE. 
>> GETTING A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
>>> BATTLES OVER REOPENING
CONTINUE, AMID THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC
IN NEW JERSEY, GYMS CAN OPEN
THEIR DOORS, STARTING TODAY.
AND INDOOR DINING AND MOVIE 
THEATERS CAN REOPEN, FRIDAY.
THERE WILL BE A CAPACITY LIMIT
OF 25% FOR ALL THREE
IN NEW YORK CITY, NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUE OVER A PLAN TO SAFELY
REOPEN SCHOOLS
THE UNION REPRESENTING TEACHERS 
IN THE NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT COULD VOTE TO STRIKE 
TODAY IF A DEAL CAN'T BE REACHED
WITH THE CITY.
>>> MEANWHILE, THE NHL HAS
ANNOUNCED ITS FIFTH-STRAIGHT
WEEK OF NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
INSIDE ITS BUBBLE.
THAT'S OUT OF NEARLY 3,000
TESTS.
>>> AND IN DETROIT, A SPECIAL 
MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD TO
HONOR MORE THAN 1,500 LIVES LOST
TO CORONAVIRUS
PRI
PRIA FROM OUR AFFILIATE HAS THE 
STORY.
>> Reporter: MAYOR MIKE DUGGEN, 
GOVERNOR WHITMER, AND FAMILIES
GATHERED AT THE ENTRANCE OF 
BELLE ISLE
IN HONOR OF THE MORE THAN 1,500 
DETROITERS WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19. 
>> TODAY'S MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED
TO BRING SOME PEACE TO FAMILIES,
WHOSE LOVED ONES DIDN'T HAVE THE
FUNERALS THEY DESERVED. 
>> 15 FUNERAL PROCESSIONS WILL
ALLOW FAMILIES TO SAFELY DRIVE
BY THE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF COVID 
VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED 
ACROSS BELLE ISLE.
>> IT'S EASY TO GET NUMB IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE MUST NOT JUST LOOK AT
THESE AS NUMBERS
THESE ARE PEOPLE, WHO HAD DREAMS
AND PLANS AND A STORY.
>> Reporter: LIKE FRANCES BASIL,
AN 82-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WHO
FOSTERED DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN
DETROIT AND SPENT YEARS 
VOLUNTEERING AT LOCAL CHARITIES.
HER FAMILY DESCRIBES WHAT IT
FELT LIKE DRIVING BY HER PHOTO. 
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE SAW HER, 
YOU KNOW
LIKE, I KNOW THAT WE HAD RULES
AND WE COULDN'T STOP
BUT I ALMOST LIKE JUST HIT THE
BRAKES AND WAS, GRANNY, WE MISS 
YOU, WE LOVE YOU. 
>> THIS MEMORIAL, THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY TO HONOR
THE VICTIMS OF A PANDEMIC THAT
BROUGHT THE WORLD TO A
STANDSTILL. 
>> IT'S TREMENDOUS
THIS IS -- I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU 
SAY ABOUT A MAYOR, A GOVERNOR,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JUST THE 
CITY OFFICIALS, TO COME TOGETHER
IN THIS WAY, TO SHOW US ALL, YOU
KNOW, THE SURVIVORS OF FAMILIE
>>> VANDERSLOOT.
GIVING IT TO QUIGLEY
AND THERE'S THE RECORD. 
>> HISTORY IN THE WNBA BUBBLE AS
THE CHICAGO SKIES COURTNEY
VANDERSLOOT RECORDED 18 ASSISTS.
BREAKING THE LEAGUE RECORD FOR
MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME
VANDERSLOOT HAS HAD A HOT HAND
THERE DISHING OUT 15 ASSISTS IN 
A GAME JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>>> DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, KAMALA HARRIS, 
SURPRISED VIEWERS ON LAST 
NIGHT'S VERSUS BATTLE BETWEEN 
MUSIC ICONS BRANDY AND MONICA.
SHE WAS THERE VIRTUALLY.
ENCOURAGING FANS TO VOTE
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> YOU BOTH USED YOUR VOICE IN
SUCH A POWERFUL WAY.
AND AN EXTENSION OF OUR VOICES
IS OUR VOTE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND 
VOTING. 
>> YES. 
>> AND THEY FEEL SO HELPLESS
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU HELP 
YOURSELF
YOU HELP YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> HARRIS LATER SAID THAT SHE 
SUPPORTS BOTH SINGERS AND COULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HONORED TO 
JOIN THEM.
STILL, FIGHTING OVER THAT BOY, I
GUESS.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE.
TOM
TOPIC ALONE IS SERIOUS
GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER
AMAZON'S FLEET OF PRIME DELIVERY
DRONES
THE FAA HAS GIVEN FEDERAL 
APPROVAL FOR THE COMPANY TO 
EXPAND ITS UNMANNED DELIVERY
SERVICES IN THE SKY.
AMAZON SAID DELIVERIES WOULD
HAPPEN IN AREAS WITH LOW
POPULATION DENSITY AND PACKAGES 
WOULD WEIGH FIVE POUNDS OR LESS.
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BEING
TESTED. 
>> BRILLIANT
AMAZON'S
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE PEAK OF 
HURRICANE SEASON
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE NOW WATCHING TD 15
THIS ONE IS GOING TO COME OFF 
THE CAROLINA COAST
CAUSING SOME
>>> IT'S FUN TO WATCH JUST WHAT 
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE IN MY HEAD, I'LL 
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD?
LIKE, ACTUALLY, WHAT DOES IT -- 
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN -- IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO 
ITS KING, BLACK PANTHER,
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW LARGE OF
AN IMPACT HE HAD ON THE STARS HE
WORKED WITH AND THE FANS WHO
ADORED HIM
IT WAS HEADLINED, YOU WILL
ALWAYS BE OUR KING
AND GOOD FRIEND AND CO-STAR,
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SHARED A VERY
POWERFUL MESSAGE TO BOSEMAN 
SAYING I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME
AND HE ADDED THAT HE'S
DEDICATING THE REST OF HIS DAYS 
TO LIVING LIKE BOSEMAN HAD
WITH COURAGE, GRACE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
>>> AND ANGELA BASSETT FONDLY 
REMEMBERED HER FRIENDSHIP WITH
BOSEMAN.
SHE PLAYED THE MOTHER OF HIS
CHARACTER IN BLACK PANTHER
ALL YOU POSSESSED, YOU FREELY 
GAVE. 
>> THE WORLD STILL COMES TO 
GRIPS THAT HE IS NO LONGER WITH 
US HERE.
BUT THE IMPACT CERTAINLY IS.
>> STILL, SHOCKING, THOUGH. 
>> THE KINDNESS OF THOUSANDS OF 
STRANGERS IS CHANGING THE LIVES 
OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS
LAST WEEK, THIS PHOTO WENT
VIRAL.
THE GIRLS SITTING ON A PAVEMENT 
OUTSIDE A TACO BELL.
USING THE RESTAURANT'S WI-FI TO 
DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK.
AFTER THE PHOTO MADE THE ROUNDS 
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A GO FUND ME 
WAS CREATED FOR THEM RAISING
OVER $117,000.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL
THE SALINAS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IDENTIFIED THE GIRLS AND GAVE 
THEM A HOT SPOT SO THEY NO
LONGER HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE OF 
TACO BELL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME, WE'VE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS.
FAMILIES GOING TO A HOT SPOT, 
SCHOOL BUS PARKING LOT TO DO
WORK THERE
SHARING DEVICES.
BUT EVERYBODY'S COME TOGETHER.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE
REMINDS ME YOU CAN'T TAKE THINGS
FOR GRANTED LIKE THAT.
WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, THE 
U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW YORK
AND NAOMI OSAKA WEARING A 
BREONNA TAYLOR MASK.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, NOVAK
DJOKOVIC WITH A FLURRY OF 
BLISTERING SHOTS
AND 16-YEAR-OLD COCOA GOFF
DROPPED THE FIRST -- FIRST-ROUND
MATCH IN THREE SETS.
>>> NOW TO A BIG MILESTONE AT 
THE BERLIN ZOO
TWIN, PANDA CUBS CELEBRATED 
THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY
AND TO MARK THE SPECIAL 
OCCASION, ZOOKEEPERS GAVE THEM A
CAKE MADE OF ICE, BEET ROOT, AND
SWEET POTATO ROOT IN THE SHAPE
OF A NUMBER ONE.
ONLY GIANT PANDAS.
ANYTHING WE CAN USE AS AN EXCUSE
TO CELEBRATE THESE DAYS.
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME HUMAN 
BIRTHDAYS.
LILY TOMLIN TURNS 81
BARRY GIBB TURNS 74.
DR. PHIL I
1st.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL TRAVEL TO
WISCONSIN WHERE LOCAL LEADERS 
HAVE VOICED CONCERNS THAT THE 
VISIT COULD INFLAME THE 
SITUATION OVER THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
>> OUTBREAKS EX-PLOIDING ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THE COVID SWAT
TEAM BEING DISPATCHED TO ONE
UNIVERSITY
>>> AND THE CORONAVIRUS HAS PUT 
MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT 
RISK
NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING ON A 
NONPROFIT OFFERING LOANS THAT 
DON'T HAVE TO BE PAID BACK
>> AND GETTING RITD OF SOMETHING
MOST TRAVELERS CAN'T STAND
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE 
MARRED BY VIOLENCE
WE OTHER SEEING CLASHES BETWEEN 
GROUPS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE 
POLITICAL SPECTRUM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: PROTESTS LITERALLY 
TURNING INTO POLITICAL
BATTLEGROUNDS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING WHAT HE 
CALLS RADICAL LEFT MAYORS AND 
GOVERNORS AND PROMISING LAW & 
ORDER AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
WISCONSIN DESPITE THE MAYOR 
URGING HIM TO STAY AWAY.
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION HAS OCCURRED IN 
STREETS DOMINATED BY THE JOE
BIDEN PARTY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AT 
ONE POINT DEFENDING 17-YEAR-OLD 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE AFTER KILLING
TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A THERD
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AFROM 
THEM AND THEY VIE LANTLY
ATTACKED HIM
>> JOE BIDEN CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> A PRESIDENT THAT SEWS CHAOS. 
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST
>> HE MAY BELIEVE MOUTHING THE
WORDS LAW & ORDER MAKES HIM 
STRONG BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL
ON HIS FOLLOWERS SHOWS HOW WEAK 
HE IS.
>> Reporter: THE ISSUE IS MUCH
BIGGER AND MUCH DEEPER THAT 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS
>> WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF THE
VIOLENCE
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> AS UNFORTUNATELY THE ANGER 
AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING, NBC NEWS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING 
HIS LAW & ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTER PIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW HE OFFERED
THIS COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO
USE EXCESSIVE FORCE 
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> THEY CHOKE.
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK
MANY TIMES I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU 
HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
IN IF MEANTIME HE COULD HAVE
BEEN GOING FOR A WEAPON.
IT'S A WHOLE BIG THING THERE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING IT TO 
GOLF
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINS US WITH 
MORE AND THAT'S THE LATEST
COMMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT AS HE
HEADS TO KENOSHA TODAY
>> IN THE FOX INTERVIEW HE ALSO 
CALLED BLACK LIVES MATTERS A
DISCRIMINATORY NAME.
HE CALLED IT A MARKSIST GROUP 
AND HE TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN 
LINKING HIM TO THE PROTESTERS 
AND HE SEEMED TO DEFEND THAT
TEENAGER WHO KILLED TWO PEOPLE
IN THE VIOLENCE.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT
>> YOU'RE GOING TO DEFEND THE 
REACTIONS OF VIGILANT HES LIKE
KYLE RITTENHOUSE
>> YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I 
SAW AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET
AWAY FROM THEM IT LOOKS LIKE AND
THEN THEY VIOLENTLY ATTACKED
HIM.
>> HE'S STROKING VIOLENCE IN OUR
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA, SAFE FROM
COVID, SAFE FROM RACIALLY 
MOTIVATED VIOLENCE, SAFE FROM 
BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, SAFE 
FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF DONALD
TRUMP.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DESCRIBING THE LOOTING AND THE
RIOTING AND THE UNREST AS DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
HE ALSO SAID AS PRESIDENT HE
WOULD CLARIFY THAT LOOTERS ARE
NOT THE SAME AS DEMONSTRATORER
 
AND HE'D PROSECUTE THEM.
>>> JOE BIDEN SO GOING VIRAL
THIS MORNING FOR HIS DEAD PAN 
RESPONSE TO A HECKLER TELLING 
HIM HE CAN'T WIN IN THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HE WAS YELLING AT HIM FROM THE
TOP OF A PICKUP TRUCK.
>> YOU FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE 
BASEMENT
>> THAT'S RIGHT, JOE
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
>> BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THAT 
HECKLER WHILE HE WAS DELIVERING 
SOME PIZZAS TO FIREFIGHTERS IN
PITTSBURGH
>> SCHOOLS ARE PREPARING TO OPEN
CLASSROOMS TO STUDENT THIS WEEK 
EVEN WITH MANY REGIONS STILL
GRAPPLING WITH SPIKES IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
OFFICIALS IN THE UK, FRANCE AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES ENFORCING NEW 
MEASURES TO KEEP STUDENTS SACH
TALK ABOUT THOSE MEASURES NOW.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, LIKE 
MOST APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH 
CORONAVIRUS IT SEEMS SCHOOLS ARE
NO EXCEPTION
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO ONE SIZE 
FITS ALL ACROSS EUROPE AND
ACROSS THE UK.
VERY DIFFERENT WAYS OF WHAT 
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO
SO HERE IN THE UK THE GOVERNMENT
IS KEEN TO GETTING PEOPLE BACK
TO SCHOOL, BUT STUDENTS HERE IN 
ENGLAND ARE STARTING THIS WEEK, 
NORTHERN IRELAND, WELLS AND 
SCOTLAND HAVE ALREADY STARTED 
BACK SCHOOL.
STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS
AT SCHOOL.
THAT IS ALSO SIMILAR TO FRANCE
WHERE STUDENTS AND SECONDARY
SCHOOL I BELIEVE AGES 11 AND
BOTH HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
HOWEVER, IN PLACES LIKE POLAND
THERE IS NO MANDATE FOR STUDENT 
TO WEAR MASKS IN SQUOOLS BUT
THERE WILL BE LIKE HERE,
STAGGERED SCHOOL STARTING TIMES 
AND PICKUP TIMES TO TRY TO
REDUCE EXPOSURE AMONGST PARENTS.
INTERESTINGLY, PLACES LIKE
GERMANY WHERE THERE'S NOT --
SCHOOLS ARE HANDLED ON A LOCAL
LEVEL, NOT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, 
PLACES LIKE BERLIN HAVE SEEN
NOTOUT BREAKS BUT CASES IN
SCHOOL AND THEY'VE BEEN FORCED
TO CLOSE SCHOOLS THERE
THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT SCHOOL
GATES BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN 
OUTBREAK IN THAT MANY COUNTRIES 
AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE OPENING OF
CASES CONTRIBUTES TO THAT UPTICK
OF CORONAVIRUS
>> THAT IS WHAT WE'RE FEARING 
HERE AT HOME HERE AS WELL.
>> WE'RE SEEING THAT SPREAD 
THROUGHOUT COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE 
NATION AS WELL
SEVERAL SCHOOLS ARE SEEING A
SURGE IN CASES JUST WEEKS INTO
THE FALL SEMESTER AND SOME
UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING DRASTIC 
NEW MEASURES LIKE SENDING THOSE 
STUDENTS HOME OR CANCELLING 
IN-PERSON LEARNING
>> Reporter: FROM UNIVERSITIES
IN CALIFORNIA TO COLLEGE
CAMPUSES IN NEW YORK, AS
CORONAVIRUS EXPLODES
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 
OFFICIALS ARE LOCKING DOWN
STUDENT HOUSING AND EVEN SUS
SPENDING PART OF THE SCHOOL 
YEAR
>> STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED 
TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS.
>> IN NEW YORK A COVID SWAT TEAM
IS DEPLOYING RAPID TESTING AFTER
MORE THAN 1 4U7B STUDENTS CAUGHT
THE VIRUS FOLLOWING A SERIES OF 
PARTIES.
ON CAMPUS LEARNING NOW OFF
LIMITS FOR TWO WEEKS. 
>> IT'S A WAKEUP CALL FOR ALL 
AGES
WE HEAR ABOUT THESE PARTIES THAT
MAKE PLACE AND IT SPREADS LIKE
WILDFIRE
>> UNC CHAPEL HILL, TCU AND 
ALABAMA CONFIRM HUNDREDS OF 
CASES AS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ALSO 
SUSPENDS CLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS
BUT THE VIRUS COMES AT A HIGHER 
COST THAN JUST EDUCATION
HEALTH OFFICIALS HOECHING TO
CURB COMMUNITY SPREAD SAY 
INFECTED STUDENTS MOSTLY WITH 
MILD SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT RETURN 
HOME
>> THINGS AREN'T GOING TO GET 
BETTER UNTIL WE START TAKING IT 
SERIOUSLY.
>> WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE THE 
TIMES THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW 
AND NOT HAVE PARTIES
THERE ARE SO MANY PARTIES LIKE
AROUND MY HOUSE ON A NIGHTLY
BASIS.
>> AS THE VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AT A SLOWER RATE THE
NATION HAS NOW SURPASSED 6
MILLION COVID CASES, CALIFORNIA 
LEADING THE U.S. WITH 700,000 
CASES.
BECAUSE OF THAT NUMBER, SCHOOLS 
LIKE USC HAVE TURNED TO ALL 
ONLINE LEARNING BUT STUDENTS ARE
GATH
GATHERING CAMPUS
>> A LESSON TO BE LEARNED BY THE
VERY STUDENTS WHO SHOULD KNOW 
BETTER
NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JANESSA
WEBB WHO'S KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING 
AREAS.
JAN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE FLASH FLOODING CONCERN
AND THE HEAT CONTINUE TO BUILD
ACROSS TEXAS AND AA.
IT DOES MAKE ITS WAY INTO 
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 25 MILLION
PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SOME KIND OF 
HEAT ALERT
LAKE CHARLES FORECASTED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON TO HIT 106 DEGREES AND
WE STILL HAVE OVER 3,000 PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER.
WE COULD SEE UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES
THROUGH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR HAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURE IS STILL 
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE 
NORTHEAST WE'RE BACK IN THE 70s 
AND HUMIDITY IS WAY DOWN
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE HEAT
BUILD ALL THE WAY INTO SAN
ANTONIO, 100 DEGREES THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>>> HOPEFULLY GOING TO SEE SOME 
RELIEF
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN COMING UP
>>> AS THE WORLD CONTINUE TO
REEL FROM THE LOSS OF CHADWICK
BOSEMAN, IT'S SPARKED A TALK
ABOUT COLON CANCER
>> A SUPERHERO GONE AT JUST 43
YEARS OLD.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIED AFTER A 
FOUR-YEAR FIGHT WITH COLON
CANCER
NEWS OF THE DEATH SENDING SHOCK 
WAVES AROUND THE WORLD
HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2016 AND
BALL LED WITH IT THESE LAST FOUR
YEARS AS IT PROGRESSED TO STAGE 
FOUR
HE DIED AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE 
AND FAMILY INSIDE.
HE NEVER SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT 
HIS BATTLE
HE SHOT SOME OF HIS ICONIC
FILMS.
THE INTERVIEWER SAID YOU'VE BUN 
BEEN THROUGH THE WRINGER
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, HE LAUGHS
ONE DAY I'LL LIVE TO TELL THE 
STORY.
>> LIFE ON CHEMOTHERAPY, IT 
REALLY IS A CHALLENGE.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE 
ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT.
>> Reporter: HE WAS DIAGNOSED AT
STAGE THREE, THE CANCER ALREADY 
THROUGH HIS COLON WALL, LATER 
PROGRESSING TO STAGE FOUR WHICH 
MEANS ITS SPREAD BEYOND HIS 
COLON.
THE TOLL OF HIS DISEASE APPARENT
IN ONE OF HIS INSTAGRAM VIDEOS
>> COLON CANCER IS THE SECOND 
CAUSE OF DEATHS IN THE U.S. 
INFECTING AN INCREASING NUMBER
OF YOUNG AMERICANS
>> THE RISE REMAINS AN INIG MA
WE NEED TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT 
PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 CAN
GET THIS DISEASE
BOSEMAN TOOK TIME TO VISIT
CHILDREN WITH CANCER
>> THE TWO LITTLE KIDS, IAN AND 
TAYLOR WHO RECENTLY PASSED FROM 
CANCER, THROUGHOUT HOUR FILMING 
I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT 
THEY -- YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT
>> A SUPERHERO ON AND OFF SCREEN
WHO STILL HAS THE POWER TO SAVE 
LIVES.
>> THA
>>> TODAY'S QUICK HITS TO 
CELEBRATE THE 30th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FRESH PRINCE OF BELLAIRE,
IT WILL PREMIER AROUND
THANKSGIVING
WILL SMITH HAVE SIGNED ON ALONG 
WITH OTHER SHOW REGS
>> BRAD PITT IS A WINE MAKER
HE SAYS THE CABIN HE OWNS WITH
ANG -- ANGELINA PRODUCES WINE.
>> AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON ALREADY
>> AND THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT 
MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT 
RISK
BUT NONPROFITS ARE HELPING STORE
OWNERS STAY AFLOAT
>> Reporter: AMONG THE MOST 
PAINFUL IMPACTS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, MILLIONS OF
BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO STAY 
OPEN OR FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.
>> I HAD SOMETHING MOST OF MY 
STAFF.
>> Reporter: THE OWNER REACHED A
BREAKING SPOINT.
>> WITHOUT ANY HELP WE'LL HAVE
TO CLOSE IN A MONTH TO TWO
MONTHS BUT HE GOT HELP, A MUCH
NEEDED BOOST VIRGINIA 30-DAY
FUND
>> THE AVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS 
HAS ONLY TWO WEEKS OF CASH
RESERVE ON HAND.
>> Reporter: FOUNDER PETE SNIDER
AND HIS WIFE FORMED THE 
NONPROFIT IN MARCH
>> OUR NUMBER ONE MISSION IS TO 
SAVE AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AS
WE CAN. 
>> Reporter: WALK ABOUT 
OUTFITTERS
FOR OWNER TINA MILLER THE 
FINANCIAL HELP WAS JUST PART OF 
IT
>> THESE FOLKS ARE EATING AWAY
AT THEIR RETIREMENT JUST TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE PUTTING FOOD ON THE
TABLE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
>> FROM THERE IT GREW AND HAS 
NOW HELPED MORE THAN 600 SMALL
BUSINESSES
>> IN CONTRIBUTIONS AS SMALL AS 
$3 OR $30 THAT POOL HAS GROWN TO
OVER $3.1 MILLION.
THE THANKS KEEP POURING IN FROM 
BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> IT HAS BEEN SOME OF THE MOST 
HEART WARMING AND HEART BREAKING
WORK THAT I'VE EVER DONE IN MY
LIFE
>> A HELPING HAND OFFERING HOPE 
TO THOSE WHO NEED IT
>> A GREAT THING THEY'RE DOING
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AND
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE BUT 
WE'RE STILL WATCHING A WET
PATTERN ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH 
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
EVEN RAIN CONTINUES FOR NEW YORK
CITY, BUT HIGHS, THEY ARE BACK
>>> THE SUBMARINE WAS EQUIPPED
WITH A VIDEO CAMERA AND POWERFUL
LIGHTS AND THERE WAS NO 
MISTAKING THE TITANIC WHEN THEY 
CAME UPON IT
>> THE SHIP IS IN BEAUTIFUL 
CONDITION WHERE IT IS.
IT'S SITTING UPRIGHT AND IT 
LOOKS GORGEOUS AND I THINK IT 
OUGHT TO BE LEFT WHERE IT IS
>> A U.S. FRENCH EX- BEPIGS 
LOCATED THE 73-YEAR-OLD WRECKAGE
OF THE TITANIC ON THE FLOOR OF
THE ATLANTA USING THAT REMOLT 
CONTROLLED DEEP SEA VEHICLE.
THE FIRST IMAGES WERE OF ITS
BOILER
>> AND VERMONT BECAME THE FIFTH 
STATE TO LEGALIZE SAME SEX
MARRIAGE
VERMONT WAS ALSO THE FIRST STATE
TO ALLOW CIVIL UNIONS IN THE
YEAR 2,000
>> DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES
ARE DROPPING FLIGHT CHANGED FEES
FOR DOMESTIC AND SOME FOREIGN 
DESTINATIONS
THERE IS A CATCH
SO SOME CASES LIKE THE BASIC
ECONOMY, THOSE FEES MAY STILL 
APPLY BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE 
THEY'RE MOVING THIS THAT
DIRECTION.
NEXT WILL BE THE BAGGAGE FEES 
TOO.
WHO KNOWS?
>> THEY GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>>> FORD SAYS ITS MICHIGAN
FACTORY IS BACK TO MAKING 
VEHICLES FULL TIME
THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S COMPLETED 
THE DELIVERY OF 50,000 VAE
VENTILATORS.
>> OVER 171,000 BOOMER FROM 2016
TO 2018.
THEY FOUND MEN BETWEEN THE AGES 
OF 60 TO 64 HAD THE HIGHEST 
USAGE WITH 12.6%
DESPITE THE STUDY 18 TO 
25-YEAR-OLDS REMAIN THE BIGGEST 
CANNABIS CONSUMERS AT 38%.
>> ALL RIGHT
WITH SOME DOWN TIME IN THE
BUBBLE, CELTICS ROOKIE IS 
LEARNING HOW TO SWIM
THE 7'5" MAN DID NOT DO IT
ALONE.
HE'S STILL LEARNING THOUGH
THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE THEIR
PLAYOFF SERIES AGAINST THE
DEFENDING CHAMPION RAPTORS BUT
NOW HE'S GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO
DO
>> I'M GLAD THOSE GUYS ARE
HEADING HIM UP
ARIANA GRANDE HAS REACHED 200 
MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM
>> ALL RIGHT
WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH OUR 
SHOT OF THE DAY.
STUNNING, COLORFUL TIME LAPSE 
VIDEO OF MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST 
CHINA FL
>>> THE VIOLENCE IS FUELED BY 
DANGEROUS RHETORIC, FROM
FAR-LEFT POLITICIANS, THAT
DEMONIZE OUR NATION AND DEMONIZE
OUR POLICE
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
>> THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE 
CANDIDATES FUELING MORE THAN
JUST POLITICAL FIRES, AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, LATER TODAY.
>>> THIS MORNING, THE HEAD OF 
THE FDA IS UNDER FIRE FOR SAYING
HE MIGHT FAST TRACK THE APPROVAL
OF A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
WITH JUST 63 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION, IS POLITICAL PRESSURE 
GETTING IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
>>> DAYS AFTER HURRICANE LAURA
DELIVERED HAVOC TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS, UTTER DEVASTATION. 
>> TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING FOR
CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
>> AND WHEN WHALES PERFORM
AQUATIC BALLET, WE HAPPENED TO
BE THERE TO CATCH IT ALL IN ITS 
GLORY.
IT'S SEPTEMBER 1st, AND "EARLY
TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS FOR STARTING A NEW
MONTH WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
UNREST ROILS IN THE U.S., AS
PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE MARRED 
BY VIOLENCE.
THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF
PROTESTORS IN KENOSHA.
STILL REELING AFTER THE DEATHS
OF JACOB BLAKE, GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, AND SO MANY 
OTHERS
WITH CLASHES BETWEEN GROUPS ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE POLITICAL 
SPECTRUM SPARKING IN CITIES ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
PROTESTS, LITERALLY, TURNING
INTO POLITICAL BATTLEGROUNDS
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING, 
WHAT HE CALLS, RADICAL, LEFT
MAYORS AND GOVERNORS FOR THE
VIOLENCE
AND PROMISING LAW AND ORDER,
AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, DESPITE THE 
MAYOR THERE URGING HIM TO STAY
AWAY. 
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION THAT WE'VE SEEN, IN 
RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS, HAS
OCCURRED IN CITIES, EXCLUSIVELY,
CONTROLLED AND DOMINATED BY THE 
BIDEN -- JOE BIDEN PARTY
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, AT
ONE POINT, SEEMINGLY, DEFENDING 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
WHO FACES MURDER CHARGES, AFTER 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A
THIRD, DURING A CONFRONTATION IN
KENOSHA.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE,
JOE BIDEN, CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHO 
SOWS CHAOS, RATHER THAN 
PROVIDING ORDER.
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST. 
>> HE MAY BELIEVE THE WORDS LAW 
AND ORDER MAKES HIM STRONG
BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL ON HIS
OWN SUPPORTERS TO STOP ACTING AS
AN ARMED MILITIA IN THIS COUNTRY
SHOWS HOW WEAK HE IS
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE MOST 
AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTINGS AND 
CHAOS, THE ISSUE IS MUCH BIGGER 
AND RUNS MUCH DEEPER THAN 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS. 
>> WE'RE REALLY JUST SICK AND 
TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY, THE 
ANGER AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> IT IS INCREASINGLY CLEAR THE
CORNERSTONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS HIS PUSH
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
PORTRAYING JOE BIDEN AS SOMEONE 
WHO WOULD PRESIDE OVER A CHAOTIC
AMERICA.
BUT HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER IS
FIGHTING BACK.
NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DELIVERING A FORCEFUL REBUTTAL, 
ACCUSING PRESIDENT TRUMP OF 
STOKING VIOLENCE TO DISTRACT
FROM HIS HANDLING OF THE ONGOING
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS DONALD 
TRUMP FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
SO NOW, HE'S TRYING TO SCARE
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE, COMBATTING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT BIDEN WOULD 
MAKE THE COUNTRY LESS SAFE
WHILE CONDEMNING THE UGLY SCENES
IN CITIES, LIKE PORTLAND AND
KENOSHA.
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS, PLAIN AND 
SIMPLE
>> Reporter: BIDEN CASTING THE
PRESIDENT AS ERRATIC AND
DANGEROUS, AND CHALLENGING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO
BRAND HIM AS EXTREME. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
ASK YOURSELF
D
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE
WATCHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
MISCHARACTERIZING BIDEN, WHO
CONDEMNED VIOLENCE ON BOTH THE
LEFT AND THE RIGHT. 
>> HE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THOSE ON
THE RIGHT, BUT HE DIDN'T TALK 
ABOUT THOSE ON THE LEFT.
AND THOSE ON THE LEFT ARE THE 
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S THE 
PRESIDENT, WHO HIS CRITICS SAY, 
IS ENCOURAGING CLASHES IN A 
BARRAGE OF WEEKEND TWEETS.
SHARING THIS VIDEO OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS UNLOADING PAINT BALLS
AND PEPPER SPRAY ON PROTESTORS
THE PRESS SECRETARY SAYING THE
PRESIDENT'S NEVER SEEN THE
VIDEO.
EVEN THOUGH, HE RETWEETED IT, A 
DAY EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDING HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
>> I UNDERSTAND THEY HAD LARGE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE 
SUPPORTERS, BUT THAT WAS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST
AND PAINT IS NOT -- AND PAINT IS
A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM.
PAINT IS NOT BULLETS
>> Reporter: AND DELIVERING THIS
WARNING.
>> IN AMERICA, WE WILL NEVER
SURRENDER TO MOB RULE BECAUSE IF
THE MOB RULES, DEMOCRACY IS,
INDEED, DEAD
>> LATE MONDAY, AFTER DEMANDING 
JOE BIDEN CONDEMN VIOLENCE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED TO
CONDEMN 17-YEAR-OLD, KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, BELIEVED TO BE A 
TRUMP SUPPORTER, WHO IS CHARGED 
WITH KILLING TWO PROTESTORS IN
KENOSHA.
THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO 
JUSTIFY RITTENHOUSE'S ACTIONS,
CLAIMING, WITHOUT OFFERING
EVIDENCE, THAT RITTENHOUSE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
FRANCES.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, FOR AN UPDATE ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE 
UNITED STATES.
THE COUNTRY, INCHING CLOSER TO
RECORDING 185,000 DEATHS, DUE TO
COVID-19
AND THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS
ABOUT OUTBREAKS IN THE MIDWEST
THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS ITS 
MICHIGAN FACTORY HAS COMPLETED
ITS DELIVERY OF 50,000
VENTILATORS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE AUTOMAKER WILL NOW BE 
WORKING FULL TIME ON AUTO PARTS,
ONCE AGAIN
AND IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS EXTENDED THE STATE'S 
EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE
MORATORIUM UNTIL OCTOBER 31st.
MANY STUDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE
BACK INSIDE CLASSROOMS FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS WEEK
NBC'S KARI SANDERS JOINS US,
NOW, WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR'S
GOING.
KARI, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
NOW, EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA IS OPEN
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT KIDS ARE 
GOING TO SCHOOL.
IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE AT HOME,
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOL
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STATE IS 
NOW 60% GOING TO CLASSROOMS.
40% WORKING AT HOME.
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOLING.
NOT ALWAYS EASY.
DAY ONE OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HIT A MAJOR 
SPEEDBUMP.
KIDS GETTING ONLINE WERE MET
WITH A MESSAGE, WELL, YOU CAN 
SEE IT RIGHT THERE
THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS.
THEY DIDN'T GET IN
COMPUTER PROBLEMS.
OF COURSE, FOR FAMILIES AT HOME,
THAT'S SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED 
BECAUSE THE KID'S IN ONE ROOM,
RUNNING IN TALKING TO MOM OR
DAD, WORKING IN THE OTHER PART
OF THE HOUSE
TUGGING ON THEIR SLEEVE, TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT WAS THIS AN 
INTERNET PROBLEM
OR DID IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE SERVERS AT THE SCHOOL
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, IT WAS A
SERVER PROBLEM
THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT ALL FIXED
OUT FOR DAY NUMBER TWO
MEANTIME, ACROSS THE STATE NOW, 
EVERY SCHOOL OPEN.
EVERYBODY, NOW, WAITING FOR A 
STATE REPORT ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
LEVELS IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE OPEN,
WHERE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S WHAT PARENTS WANT TO
KNOW
KARI, THANK YOU.
>>> ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR THE 
FDA ONE WEEK AFTER APOLOGIZING
FOR OVERSTATING THE BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE FDA CHIEF IS UNDER FIRE, YET
AGAIN.
THIS TIME, FOR SAYING HE IS 
WILLING TO FAST TRACK A VACCINE,
IF THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE
RISKS.
THE NEWEST CONTROVERSY COMES AS 
THE GLOBAL RACE TO FIND A CURE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES.
HERE'S NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT
>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SAYS HE'S PREPARED TO FAST TRACK
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IF THE 
BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.
FDA CHIEF, DR. STEVEN HAHN, 
TELLING "THE FINANCIAL TIMES" A 
VACCINE DEVELOPER COULD RECEIVE 
FEDERAL APPROVAL, BEFORE PHASE
THREE TRIALS ARE COMPLETE.
WE MAY FIND THAT APPROPRIATE
WE MAY FIND THAT INAPPROPRIATE
WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION
PHASE THREE TRIALS ARE THE MOST 
RIGOROUS OF ALL THE CLINICAL
TESTS.
HAHN INSISTS HE WOULDN'T RUSH 
THE PROCESS, JUST TO PLEASE THE 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A 
POLITICAL DECISION
BUT IT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION 
CHANCES.
>> WE ARE DELIVERING LIFESAVING 
THERAPIES, AND WE'LL PRODUCE A
VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE 
YEAR
OR MAYBE, EVEN SOONER.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THE FDA 
GRANTED EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION 
OF CONVALESCENT PLASMA, DESPITE 
CONCERNS AMONG HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ABOUT INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL 
DATA
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HAHN 
OVERSTATED THE THERAPY'S
BENEFITS
LATER, CALLING THE CRITICISM HE 
RECEIVED IN RETURN, ENTIRELY
JUSTIFIED.
>> THERE'S A PRESSURE TO HAVE 
SOMETHING DONE, AND THEY'RE 
BENDING, THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD,
WITHOUT HAVING REALLY EXCELLENT,
EXCELLENT CLINICAL TRIAL DAILY
TA
DATA TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT 
THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
>> Reporter: LEADING TO A LACK
OF PUBLIC TRUST.
ACCORDING TO A NEW, NATIONAL
SURVEY, 78% OF AMERICANS WORRY
THE COVID-19 VACCINE APPROVAL 
PROCESS IS BEING DRIVEN MORE BY 
POLITICS THAN SCIENCE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL.
AND ESPECIALLY, IN THIS CONTEXT,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
CUTTING CORNERS.
A VACCINE MIGHT BE SAFE.
IT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE.
BUT IF PEOPLE WON'T TAKE IT, IT 
WON'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE
GOALS.
>> THE VIEW AMONG LEADING 
PUBLIC-HEALTH EXPERTS IS THAT A 
COVID-19 VACCINE WOULDN'T BE
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
UNTIL EARLY 2021
WELL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION
>> EITHER WAY IT GOES, WE'LL
DEFINITELY SEE THE PUSHBACK.
GEOFF, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE
>>> CLEANUP CONTINUES ALONG THE 
GULF COAST, AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA CAUSED MASSIVE DAMAGE.
MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER, THIS 
MORNING, IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
THE CONDITIONS THERE, GROWING 
MORE DANGEROUS, AS TEMPERATURES 
RISE
HERE'S NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN.
>> Reporter: DAYS AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA BARRELED THROUGH
LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS, THERE 
IS UTTER DEVASTATION ACROSS THE 
STRIKE ZONE.
>> THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT
ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU ARE JUST IN
SHAMBLES AND THERE'S WATER
EVERYWHERE
AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, HOW
IS THIS REALITY?
>> Reporter: A HARSH REALITY, 
SETTING IN AS RESIDENTS BRACE 
FOR A LONG RECOVERY.
>> WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO COOK THINGS.
SO FOOD.
WATER.
THE MAIN THINGS.
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER.
THE SWELTERING HEAT, MAKING 
MATTERS WORSE.
>> ACROSS LOUISIANA, BUT
PARTICULARLY THE AFFECTED 
COMMUNITIES, THE HEAT INDEX IS
GOING TO BE BETWEEN 105 AND 108.
AND -- AND THIS IS GOING TO 
EXTEND, FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
>> Reporter: THE INFRASTRUCTURE 
IS SO DAMAGED, IT COULD TAKE
MONTHS BEFORE POWER IS FULLY
RESTORED
VITAL WATER LINES ARE, ALSO,
SEVERELY DAMAGED. 
>> THANK Y'ALL, VERY MUCH.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.
BLESS Y'ALL.
>> Reporter: COMMUNITIES, NOW 
PULLING TOGETHER WITH FOOD
DRIVES
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO
PROVIDING AID, WHILE MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
APPLIED FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE.
>> WE GOT MOLD GROWING IN THE 
HOUSE.
WE LOST ALL OUR FOOD AND
EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED SO MUCH
HELP
>> Reporter: TO COPE, SOME
RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE TAKING 
IT, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
>> I PRAY A LOT AND I HAVE HOPE.
>> Reporter: HOPE FOR A REGION
BATTERED, AS IT TAKES ITS FIRST 
STEPS TOWARD RECOVERY.
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THAT COULD LEAD 
TO FLASH FLOODING.
WE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I WISH THIS AREA COULD GET A
BREAK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE
SEEING ANOTHER WAVE OF RAIN.
ALSO, THE HEAT INDEX, NEAR 105
ACROSS TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.
NOW, THESE ARE LIGHT STORMS BUT 
DEFINITELY NOT NEEDED.
CAN SEE POTENTIAL GUSTS ALL THE 
WAY INTO SHREVEPORT UP TO 60
MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW, FLASH FLOODING IS A
CONCERN FOR ARKANSAS, TO THE TIP
OF LOUISIANA, WHERE 3 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST.
ALMOST LIKE A FALL-LIKE PATTERN.
78 DEGREES FOR NEW YORK CITY, 
THIS AFTERNOON
GOING TO WATCH JUST A FEW STORMS
FOR LITTLE ROCK THIS AFTERNOON, 
INTO YOUR EARLY EVENING.
BUT LOOK AT MONTGOMERY
92
THIS AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS A
BREAK.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN
COMING UP.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT'S SOONER THAN
LATER.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, 
THE U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW 
YORK AND NAOMI OSAKA MADE A 
STATEMENT BEFORE THE ACTION 
WEARING A BREONNA TAYLOR MASK TO
THE COURT.
SHE WOULD GO ON TO WIN A
THREE-SET WIN.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, TOP
SEATED NOVAK WOULD CRUISE TO
VICTORY IN STRAIGHT SETS WITH 
THOSE FLURRIES OF BLISTERING
SH
>>> GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR
AIR TRAVELERS.
DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE DROPPING 
FLIGHT-CHANGE FEES FOR DOMESTIC,
AND EVEN SOME FOREIGN,
DESTINATIONS
THE MOVE FOLLOWS A SIMILAR
ANNOUNCEMENT, SUNDAY, BY UNITED.
BUT THERE IS A CATCH
IN SOME CASES, LIKE THE NO
FRILLS, BASIC, ECONOMY FARES, 
THAT FEE MAY STILL APPLY
BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MOVEMENT, 
LITTLE BIT MORE BUDGING ON THE
AIRLINES, ESPECIALLY AT THIS
TIME AND AGE WHEN NO ONE IS 
TRAVELING.
>> ALMOST NOBODY THAT I KNOW IS 
DOING THAT
CERTAINLY.
>>> DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE, JOE BIDEN, JUST GOT A
PRETTY MAJOR ENDORSEMENT
THIS TIME, FROM THE NATIONAL
LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON 
MONDAY
THE LGBT BUSINESS GROUP BACKED
THE 77-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFUL.
SAYING, IN PART, JOE BIDEN
PROUDLY AFFIRMS AN ESSENTIAL, 
CORE VALUE OF THE NGLCC, THAT WE
ALL DESERVE OUR SHOT AT THE 
AMERICAN DREAM
AND THAT OUR ECONOMY ONLY 
SUCCEEDS WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE TO
ALL LGBT AND ALLIED AMERICANS.
THE GROUP, ALSO, SAID BIDEN'S 
EMBRACE OF THE EQUALITY ACT 
WOULD HELP LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER
BUSINESS OWNERS.
>> ONE WEEK AFTER JERRY FALWELL 
JR.'S DEPARTURE FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL SAYS IT
IS LAUNCHING AN INDEPENDENT 
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS TENURE AS
PRESIDENT.
IN A STATEMENT, THE EVANGELICAL 
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL BOARD SAID IT 
HAS RETAINED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO 
INVESTIGATE ALL FACETS OF THE 
SCHOOL'S OPERATIONS, UNDER
FALWELL.
ADDING THAT IT'S COMMITTED TO 
LEARNING THE CONSEQUENCES THAT
HAVE FLOWED FROM A LACK OF
SPIRITUAL STEWARDSHIP, BY OUR 
FORMER PRESIDENT
FALWELL SPENT 13 YEARS AS 
PRESIDENT, AND RESIGNED LAST
WEEK AFTER ACCUSATIONS THAT HE
PARTICIPATED IN A PARTNER'S 
AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE, WHICH HE
DENIES. 
>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LEGENDARY
COACH.
FORMER GEORGETOWN HEAD COACH, 
JOHN THOMPSON, DIED SUNDAY
NIGHT.
HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING
ON MONDAY.
CALLING THOMPSON AN HISTORIC
SHEPHERD OF THE SPORT.
THOMPSON COACHED FOR 27 YEARS,
RECRUITING THE LIKES OF ALAN
IVERSON AND PATRICK EWING.
HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK HEAD
COACH TO WIN A NATIONA
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE, IN MY HEAD, I'LL
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD, LIKE ACTUALLY
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY MOVING VIDEO TRIBUTE
TO ITS BLACK PANTHER, CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW BIG AN
IMPACT HE HAD.
AND GOOD FRIEND, MICHAEL B. 
JORDAN ALSO SHARED A TOUCHING 
MESSAGE SAYING I WISH WE HAD
MORE TIME.
ADDING THAT HE IS DEDICATING THE
REST OF HIS DAYS TO LIVING LIKE 
BOSEMAN HAD.
WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
WE HEARD SO MANY, WE'VE BEEN
HEARING SO MANY OF THESE
TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO HIM OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
>> THE WORLD STILL COMING TO
GRIPS WITH IT.
WE ARE STILL SEEING HIS IMPACT
IN FACT, RIGHT HERE, ALMOST 
25,000 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION 
PUSHING FOR A CONFEDERATE STATUE
TO BE REPLACED BY A MEMORIAL FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
FOLLOWING HIS TRAGIC DEATH FROM 
COLON CANCER
I CAN'T SE
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH
THE RAIN FALL ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH, INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
AND THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
THEN, WE'LL SHUT THINGS OFF.
DAYTIM
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR STEVE 
BANNON
THE FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER IS DUE IN COURT MAY 24th
FOR HIS FRAUD CASE INVOLVING
DONATIONS TO BUILD THE BORDER 
WALL
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," THE FEDS HAVE SEIZED A
TROVE OF E-MAILS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS IN THEIR CASE
AGAINST BANNON, WHO'S PLEADED 
NOT GUILTY
>>> A BUDDING NEW TREND FOR BABY
BOOMERS.
ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, 
MARIJUANA USE IS ON THE RISE IN 
ADULTS AGE 55 AND ABOVE.
THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 
SURVEYED BOOMERS FROM 2016 TO 
2018
THEY FOUND MEN AGES FROM 60 TO
64 HAD THE HIGHEST USAGE WITH 
12%.
STILL, THE BIGGEST CANNABIS 
CONSUMERS IN THE U.S. AT 38%. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IT WAS A MATCH MADE IN HONKY
TONK HEAVEN.
88-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY MUSIC 
LEGEND, LORETTA LYNN, POSTING ON
INSTAG
IN
I
INSTAGRAM THAT SHE AND KID ROCK 
GOT HITCHED.
THEY ELOPED AFTER SHE WATCHED 
HER SON RENEW THEIR VOWS
IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
SHE SAID IT WAS ALL JUST A JOKE 
AND THEY HAD A BLAST DOING IT.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS, I WAS
LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 
>> I KNOW.
AS YOU WERE READING IT, I WAS 
LIKE DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THAT 
STORY, YET
WOW.
PROBABLY, STILL LASTED LONGER 
THAN THE PAMELA ANDERSON
MARRIAGE I WOULD IMAGINE
A BIG ADVENTURE FOR A LITTLE
GIRL OFF THE COAST OF CANADA
HER MAGICAL MOMENT CAUGHT ON
CAMERA
YOU GOT TO SEE IT, TO BELIEVE 
IT
KEVIN TIBBLES HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: NOW, HERE'S A WHALE
OF A TALE.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
FISHING WITH DAD, SEAN, IN
CONCEPTION BAY OFF THE COAST OF 
NEW FINLAND IN CANADA.
TWO HUMPBACK WHALES, SUDDENLY,
LEAPT SKYWARD.
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST, SARAH WAS
SCARED
WHO WOULDN'T BE?
BUT DAD WAS THERE TO REASSURE 
HER.
>> WE TRIED TO STAY OUR 
DISTANCE
BUT THEY'RE CURIOUS, AND THEY'LL
COME IN TO CHECK YOU OUT. 
>> WHALES ARE PLENTIFUL HERE
BUT A WHALE BALLET
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY
LITTLE IS KNOWN AS TO WHY WHALES
BREECH SO SPECK TTACULARLY BUT T
IS BELIEVED THEY ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
>> ARE YOU FAMOUS, SARAH, FOR 
TELLING FISH TALES
>> I CATCH THE FISH.
AND DAD TELLS THE FISH TALES. 
>> AND THEY DID CATCH SOME FISH.
ONCE THEY HAD TIME TO CATCH 
THEIR BREATH
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
SO COOL WHEN YOU GOT A SHOW-OFF 
WHALE LIKE THAT WITH THE
AUDIENCE OF A 10-YEAR-OLD.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE AN 18-WHEELER DOING A 
PIROUETTE IN
>>> BIDEN'S STRATEGY IS TO
SURRENDER TO THE LEFT-WING MOB, 
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S
DOING.
I DON'T THINK HE EVEN KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
YOU KNOW MY STORY, MY FAMILY'S
STORY.
ASK YOURSELF
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> WE KICK OFF SEPTEMBER WITH 
THE CANDIDATES ON THE ATTACK
AND WE'RE JUST HOURS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO
KENOSHA, AMID TENSE PROTESTS
OVER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
>>> THIS MORNING, WE'LL GET A 
REALITY CHECK ON THE VIOLENCE IN
AMERICAN CITIES.
ARE THINGS BETTER OR WORSE
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST STATISTICS.
>>> AN EXTRAORDINARY OUTPOURING 
IN DETROIT
THE CITY GATHERING TO HONOR MORE
THAN 1,500 LOCALS, WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19.
>>> MOTHER NATURE DROPPING
TORRENTIAL RAINS AND CAUSING
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IN 
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WE'LL TELL YOU WHO IS MOST AT 
RISK TODAY. 
>> AND HOW ABOUT A LITTLE 
CUTENESS AS WE CELEBRATE THE
FIRST BIRTHDAY OF A COUPLE OF 
ADORABLE TWINS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON THIS
FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE 
BEING SCRUTINIZED, AFTER THE
FATAL SHOOTING OF A PROTESTOR IN
PORTLAND
AARON JAY DANIELSON WAS A 
SUPPORTER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PRAYER.
EARLIER, HE HAD BEEN PART OF THE
MOTORCADE THAT CLASHED WITH 
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTORS ON
SATURDAY
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
SHOOTER.
WE ARE NOW NEARING 100
CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF PROTESTS
IN PORTLAND.
AND RACIAL TENSIONS ARE ONLY
AM
AM
AMPLIFYING
OUR GABE GUTIERREZ, HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE ON
TUESDAY.
BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS 
OVER WHETHER HE'LL MEET WITH
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY
FROM KENOSHA TO PORTLAND, 
MOUNTING TENSIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARES TO 
VISIT WISCONSIN FOLLOWING THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE NEED HIM HERE.
WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP.
>> A PRESIDENT VISITING TOWN
OBVIOUSLY TAKES A LOT OF
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE PUT SOME
PLACE ELSE. 
>> IN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT,
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR WRITES, IN 
PART, I AM CONCERNED YOUR 
PRESENCE WILL ONLY HINDER OUR 
HEALING.
>> I THINK THAT KENOSHA, AT THIS
PRESENT TIME, NEEDS PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID IT REACHED OUT TO BLAKE'S
FAMILY BUT THEIR ATTORNEY SAID, 
SO FAR, HE'D NOT BEEN CONTACTED.
OVER THE WEEKEND, PEACEFUL
PROTESTS HERE, EVEN AS THE UNION
REPRESENTING KENOSHA POLICE TOOK
A STRONGER STANCE, DEFENDING THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED.
THE UNION SAYS THE OFFICERS 
RESPONDED TO A COMPLAINT THAT 
BLAKE WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE 
CALLER'S KEYS AND VEHICLE.
THEY ADD BLAKE HAD A KNIFE, AND 
WAS NONCOMPLIANT WHEN OFFICERS
ISSUED VERBAL COMMANDS
AND THAT HE PUT ONE OF THE
OFFICERS IN A HEADLOCK. 
>> THE POLICE UNION IS A UNION
THAT SUPPORT POLICE OFFICERS, IN
MY OPINION, NO MAEFTTER HOW
UNBELIEVABLE THE EXCESSIVE USE
OF FORCE, THE BRUTAL USE OF 
FORCE, USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE
IN AMERICA
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAS INFLAMED 
RACIAL TENSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
SIMMERING ALL SUMMER
OVER THE WEEKEND, CLASHES FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
TO PORTLAND.
WHERE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED,
AMID THE UNREST.
ALTHOUGH, IT'S UNKNOWN IF THEY
WERE CONNECTED
HOURS BEFORE, A CARAVAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS FACED OFF
AGAINST COUNTER-PROTESTORS IN 
THE CITY
THE FOUNDER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PLAYER, TOLD 
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THE
VICTIM WAS A FRIEND AND DID NOT 
PROVOKE HIS ATTACKERS.
>> THE WAY THE MEDIA'S
PORTRAYING IT IS IT HAD 
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRUMP
CRUISE BUT IT DIDN'T HE GOT 
ATTACKED
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
>> DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S
TWEETS, LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE 
GUARD WAS A STATE REQUEST, AND
NOT INITIATED BY THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PHILLIP.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTERPIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS,
LAST NIGHT, HE OFFERED THIS 
COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO USE 
EXCESSIVE FORCE,
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> A CHOKER.
THEY CHOKE
SHOOTING THE GUY
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK, 
MANY TIMES
I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN THE
MEANTIME, HE MIGHT'VE BEEN GOING
FOR A WEAPON
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE, 
BIG THING THERE.
BUT THEY CHOKE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> OUR CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT, TRACIE POTTS 
JOINS US WITH MORE
TRACIE, THAT'S JUST THE LATEST, 
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT, AS HE HEADS TO 
KENOSHA, TODAY
>> EXACTLY, FRANCES.
IN THAT FOX INTERVIEW, HE ALSO
REFERRED TO BLACK LIVES MATTER
AS A DISCRIMINATORY NAME AND A
MARXIST ORGANIZATION
AND THEN, EARLIER IN THE DAY, HE
TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN CLAIMING 
THAT HE WAS SIDING WITH THE 
RIOTERS, AND APPEARED TO DEFEND 
THAT TEENAGER WHO SHOT THREE
PEOPLE AND KILLED TWO DURING THE
RIOTS.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT. 
>> ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN THE 
ACTIONS OF VIGILANTES LIKE KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE?
>> WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF
IT
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING 
SITUATION.
YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I SAW
AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM. 
>> HE'S STOKING VIOLENCE IN OUR 
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA.
SAFE FROM COVID.
SAFE FROM CRIME AND LOOTING.
SAFE FROM RACIALLY MOTIVATED
VIOLENCE
SAFE FROM BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SAFE FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF
DONALD TRUMP
>> BIDEN AND HIS STRONGEST
PUSHBACK, YET, TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
ALSO, SAYING, CLEARLY, THAT 
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN DEMONSTRATING AND 
PROTESTING AND LOOTING AND
VIOLENCE
AND THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE PROMISED TO PROSECUTE 
THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW.
FRANCES.
>> TRACIE, THANK YOU
>>> WHILE JOE BIDEN IS GOING
VIRAL THIS MORNING, FOR HIS 
DEADPAN RESPONSE TO A HECKLER 
SHOTTING AT 
SHOUTING AT HIM FROM THE TOP OF 
A PICKUP TRUCK. 
>> HEY, JOE, YOU FINALLY GOT OUT
OF THE BASEMENT.
>> HTHAT'S RIGHT, JOE.
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
DON'T JUMP
>> DON'T JUMP.
BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THE HECKLER 
WHILE DELIVERING PIZZAS TO
FIREFIGHTERS IN PITTSBURGH. 
>> BOYCOTTS, PROTESTS, AND
MARCHES, IN SUPPORT OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT CONTINUE
ACROSS SPORTS LEAGUES.
THIS TIME, THE MOVEMENT HAS ALSO
SPREAD TO THE NCAA AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
ON MONDAY, CRIMSON TIDE COACH 
NICK SABAN MARCHED ALONGSIDE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS
ATHLETES, COACHES, AND
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SPOKE TO A 
CROWD WHERE THEY CALLED FOR 
CHANGES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
COMMUNITIES.
>> RESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE.
BUT WE WILL -- BUT WE BELIEVE IT
IS IMPORTANT THEY DO SO, IN A 
MANNER THAT IS FAIR TO ALL
PEOPLE
>> THE MARCH ENDED AT THE SPOT
ON CAMPUS WHERE THEN-GOVERNOR 
GEORGE WALLACE STOOD TO BLOCK 
BLACK STUDENTS FROM ENTERING IN 
1963. 
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ALL THE FACTS.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE LAUNCHING A 
NEW SERIES
AMERICA'S CITIES, FACT VERSUS 
FICTION.
JUST HOW MUCH HAS THE MURDER
RATE RISEN AND WHY
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO AND WHAT THE
NUMBERS REALLY SHOW.
>> Reporter: IT'S HAPPENING IN
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> VIOLENCE NUMBERS, SPIKING
AGAIN IN THE CITY OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> ANOTHER WEEKEND OF SHOOTINGS 
AND BLOODSHED AROUND NEW YORK 
CITY
>> Reporter: MURDER IS ON THE 
RISE. 
>> KENT CITY IS NOT ONLY HAVING 
A VIOLENT WEEKEND, BUT A VIOLENT
YEAR
>> Reporter: IN SOME PLACES, UP 
MORE THAN 50% OVER LAST YEAR
UP 105% IN MILWAUKEE
MANY OF THE VICTIMS RUSHED HERE 
TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF 
WISCONSIN.
CHIEF TRAUMA SURGEON SAYS THE 
PAST FOUR MONTHS HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN INSIDE THE
TRAUMA ROOM?
>> A LOT MORE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, 
AND A LOT MORE STABBINGS
A LOT MORE LETHAL-TYPES OF
INJURIES
BUT, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE
ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
>> LIKE MANY CITIES, MILWAUKEE'S
SURGE IN VIOLENCE HAS COINCIDED 
WITH THE PANDEMIC.
MORE PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF 
EACH OTHER, IN UNDER PRIVILEGED 
NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH MANY NOW
UNEMPLOYED
NATIONWIDE, 69 CITIES HAVE SEEN 
MURDERS JUMP 20% OR MORE
HOUSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO, UP 
33%.
ATLANTA, UP 46%.
MINNEAPOLIS, UP 89%.
>> STAY IN TOUCH WITH US. 
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: PATROLLING THE 
STREETS OF MILWAUKEE, THE 414 
LIFE TEAM TRYING TO CALM
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE VIOLENCE HAS
SOARED
REGGIE MOORE SAYS THE PANDEMIC
HAS ONLY ADDED FUEL TO A
DESPERATE SITUATION.
>> SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OVERLAY IN 
TERMS OF THEY HAVE HIGH 
CONCENTRATIONS OF HOMICIDES AND 
SHOOTINGS AND THEY HAVE HIGH
INCIDENCES OF COVID, WE 
DEFINITELY SEE AN OVERLAP.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C. ALSO DEALING
WITH AN INCREASE IN MURDER. 
>> IT'S VERY TROUBLING TO US
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE 
HAD REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME 
ACROSS OUR CITY.
>> Reporter: THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION LEGEND IS
TEAMING UP WITH POLICE IN NINE
CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT 
CRIME.
SO FAR, 1,500 ARRESTS.
>> AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUSPECTS
IN CUSTODY WITHOUT OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIPS
>> Reporter: BUT THE PEOPLE ON
THE FRONT LINES FEAR THE
VIOLENCE COULD WORSEN WHEN THE
WEATHER TURNS COLD. 
>> YOU HAVE SOCIAL ISOLATION
YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION.
YOU HAVE JUST THE STRESS OF THE 
DISEASE, ITSELF.
THEN, YOU HAVE THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK
BEING AFFECTED BY COVID, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN
EXPLOSION.
>> IMPORTANTLY, OPERATION LEGEND
IS NOT THE SAME EFFORT TO SEND
THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS TO PROTEST 
ZONES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND WHILE HOMICIDES ARE UP, 
NATIONWIDE, THE OVERALL VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE IS, ACTUALLY, DOWN.
AND EXPERTS SAY CRIME IS STILL
MUCH LOWER THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS 
AGO.
FRANCES.
>> THANKS FOR THE BREAKDOWN.
TOM, THANKS.
>>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE DEATH OF LEGENDARY 
GEORGETOWN COACH, JOHN THOMPSON.
THE HALL OF FAMER LED TO THREE
FINAL FOURS, INCLUDING A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1984.
THE FIRST BLACK COACH TO DO SO
JOHN THOMPSON WAS 78 YEARS OLD. 
>> MULTIPLE STATES BEGAN THIS 
WEEK WITH THREATS OF SEVERE 
FLOODING
CENTRAL ARKANSAS COULD SEE EVEN 
MORE RAIN TODAY AFTER RISING
WATER, ALREADY, HAS DRIVERS 
MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
A LOT OF STREETS HAD TO BE SHUT 
DOWN
AND WHEN INTENSE WEATHER HIT
NORTH CAROLINA, FOUR PEOPLE HAD 
TO BE RESCUED FROM THIS CAR.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN
EFFECT THERE OVERNIGHT
AND MEANWHILE, ALONG THE GULF 
COAST, MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE 
ARE, STILL, WITHOUT POWER, AFTER
HURRICANE LAURA.
AND NOW, LOUISIANA IS FACING
EXTREME HEAT
FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A BIG 
THREAT TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB, WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG
JOURNEY FOR LOUISIANA TO TEXAS, 
WHERE WE HAVE 25 MILLION PEOPLE 
UNDER HEAT ALERTS.
LAKE CHARLES, THIS AFTERNOON, 
YOUR HEAT INDEX WILL HIT 106
DEGREES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEAT IS GOING
TO STAY IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
ALSO, THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING WHERE WE COULD SEE FROM
DALLAS, ALL THE WAY INTO LITTLE 
ROCK, UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
IT'S A FALL-LIKE PATTERN THAT 
WE'RE SEEING
BUFFALO, 82 TODAY AND A LITTLE
BIT OF SUNSHINE BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
STORMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE FOR
THE DEEP SOUTH, ALL THE WAY INTO
TAMPA.
ORLANDO, 92.
ALSO, WATCHING A SYSTEM, THE
TROPICS, THEY'RE HEATING UP.
THAT'S COMING UP. 
>> LIKE EVERY WEEK, SOMETHING TO
WATCH DOWN THERE
ALL RIGHT.
JANESSA, THANK YOU. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS
TO CELEBRATE THE 30th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRESH PRINCE 
OF BEL AIR, THE CAST IS 
REUNITING FOR AN UNSCRIPTED 
SPECIAL.
IT'LL PREMIERE AROUND 
THANKSGIVING ON HBO MAX.
WILL SMITH AND ALFONSO HAVE 
SIGNED ON ALONG WITH THE OTHER
SHOW REGULARS.
>> IT IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE 
BUT BRAD PITT IS A WOULD INE MA.
THE FRENCH CHÂTEAU HE OWNS HAS
PRODUCED A LIMITED RELEASE. 
>> GETTING A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
>>> BATTLES OVER REOPENING
CONTINUE, AMID THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC
IN NEW JERSEY, GYMS CAN OPEN
THEIR DOORS, STARTING TODAY.
AND INDOOR DINING AND MOVIE 
THEATERS CAN REOPEN, FRIDAY.
THERE WILL BE A CAPACITY LIMIT
OF 25% FOR ALL THREE
IN NEW YORK CITY, NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUE OVER A PLAN TO SAFELY
REOPEN SCHOOLS
THE UNION REPRESENTING TEACHERS 
IN THE NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT COULD VOTE TO STRIKE 
TODAY IF A DEAL CAN'T BE REACHED
WITH THE CITY.
>>> MEANWHILE, THE NHL HAS
ANNOUNCED ITS FIFTH-STRAIGHT
WEEK OF NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
INSIDE ITS BUBBLE.
THAT'S OUT OF NEARLY 3,000
TESTS.
>>> AND IN DETROIT, A SPECIAL 
MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD TO
HONOR MORE THAN 1,500 LIVES LOST
TO CORONAVIRUS
PRI
PRIA FROM OUR AFFILIATE HAS THE 
STORY.
>> Reporter: MAYOR MIKE DUGGEN, 
GOVERNOR WHITMER, AND FAMILIES
GATHERED AT THE ENTRANCE OF 
BELLE ISLE
IN HONOR OF THE MORE THAN 1,500 
DETROITERS WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19. 
>> TODAY'S MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED
TO BRING SOME PEACE TO FAMILIES,
WHOSE LOVED ONES DIDN'T HAVE THE
FUNERALS THEY DESERVED. 
>> 15 FUNERAL PROCESSIONS WILL
ALLOW FAMILIES TO SAFELY DRIVE
BY THE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF COVID 
VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED 
ACROSS BELLE ISLE.
>> IT'S EASY TO GET NUMB IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE MUST NOT JUST LOOK AT
THESE AS NUMBERS
THESE ARE PEOPLE, WHO HAD DREAMS
AND PLANS AND A STORY.
>> Reporter: LIKE FRANCES BASIL,
AN 82-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WHO
FOSTERED DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN
DETROIT AND SPENT YEARS 
VOLUNTEERING AT LOCAL CHARITIES.
HER FAMILY DESCRIBES WHAT IT
FELT LIKE DRIVING BY HER PHOTO. 
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE SAW HER, 
YOU KNOW
LIKE, I KNOW THAT WE HAD RULES
AND WE COULDN'T STOP
BUT I ALMOST LIKE JUST HIT THE
BRAKES AND WAS, GRANNY, WE MISS 
YOU, WE LOVE YOU. 
>> THIS MEMORIAL, THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY TO HONOR
THE VICTIMS OF A PANDEMIC THAT
BROUGHT THE WORLD TO A
STANDSTILL. 
>> IT'S TREMENDOUS
THIS IS -- I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU 
SAY ABOUT A MAYOR, A GOVERNOR,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JUST THE 
CITY OFFICIALS, TO COME TOGETHER
IN THIS WAY, TO SHOW US ALL, YOU
KNOW, THE SURVIVORS OF FAMILIE
>>> VANDERSLOOT.
GIVING IT TO QUIGLEY
AND THERE'S THE RECORD. 
>> HISTORY IN THE WNBA BUBBLE AS
THE CHICAGO SKIES COURTNEY
VANDERSLOOT RECORDED 18 ASSISTS.
BREAKING THE LEAGUE RECORD FOR
MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME
VANDERSLOOT HAS HAD A HOT HAND
THERE DISHING OUT 15 ASSISTS IN 
A GAME JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>>> DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, KAMALA HARRIS, 
SURPRISED VIEWERS ON LAST 
NIGHT'S VERSUS BATTLE BETWEEN 
MUSIC ICONS BRANDY AND MONICA.
SHE WAS THERE VIRTUALLY.
ENCOURAGING FANS TO VOTE
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> YOU BOTH USED YOUR VOICE IN
SUCH A POWERFUL WAY.
AND AN EXTENSION OF OUR VOICES
IS OUR VOTE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND 
VOTING. 
>> YES. 
>> AND THEY FEEL SO HELPLESS
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU HELP 
YOURSELF
YOU HELP YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> HARRIS LATER SAID THAT SHE 
SUPPORTS BOTH SINGERS AND COULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HONORED TO 
JOIN THEM.
STILL, FIGHTING OVER THAT BOY, I
GUESS.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE.
TOM
TOPIC ALONE IS SERIOUS
GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER
AMAZON'S FLEET OF PRIME DELIVERY
DRONES
THE FAA HAS GIVEN FEDERAL 
APPROVAL FOR THE COMPANY TO 
EXPAND ITS UNMANNED DELIVERY
SERVICES IN THE SKY.
AMAZON SAID DELIVERIES WOULD
HAPPEN IN AREAS WITH LOW
POPULATION DENSITY AND PACKAGES 
WOULD WEIGH FIVE POUNDS OR LESS.
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BEING
TESTED. 
>> BRILLIANT
AMAZON'S
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE PEAK OF 
HURRICANE SEASON
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE NOW WATCHING TD 15
THIS ONE IS GOING TO COME OFF 
THE CAROLINA COAST
CAUSING SOME
>>> IT'S FUN TO WATCH JUST WHAT 
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE IN MY HEAD, I'LL 
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD?
LIKE, ACTUALLY, WHAT DOES IT -- 
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN -- IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO 
ITS KING, BLACK PANTHER,
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW LARGE OF
AN IMPACT HE HAD ON THE STARS HE
WORKED WITH AND THE FANS WHO
ADORED HIM
IT WAS HEADLINED, YOU WILL
ALWAYS BE OUR KING
AND GOOD FRIEND AND CO-STAR,
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SHARED A VERY
POWERFUL MESSAGE TO BOSEMAN 
SAYING I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME
AND HE ADDED THAT HE'S
DEDICATING THE REST OF HIS DAYS 
TO LIVING LIKE BOSEMAN HAD
WITH COURAGE, GRACE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
>>> AND ANGELA BASSETT FONDLY 
REMEMBERED HER FRIENDSHIP WITH
BOSEMAN.
SHE PLAYED THE MOTHER OF HIS
CHARACTER IN BLACK PANTHER
ALL YOU POSSESSED, YOU FREELY 
GAVE. 
>> THE WORLD STILL COMES TO 
GRIPS THAT HE IS NO LONGER WITH 
US HERE.
BUT THE IMPACT CERTAINLY IS.
>> STILL, SHOCKING, THOUGH. 
>> THE KINDNESS OF THOUSANDS OF 
STRANGERS IS CHANGING THE LIVES 
OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS
LAST WEEK, THIS PHOTO WENT
VIRAL.
THE GIRLS SITTING ON A PAVEMENT 
OUTSIDE A TACO BELL.
USING THE RESTAURANT'S WI-FI TO 
DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK.
AFTER THE PHOTO MADE THE ROUNDS 
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A GO FUND ME 
WAS CREATED FOR THEM RAISING
OVER $117,000.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL
THE SALINAS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IDENTIFIED THE GIRLS AND GAVE 
THEM A HOT SPOT SO THEY NO
LONGER HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE OF 
TACO BELL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME, WE'VE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS.
FAMILIES GOING TO A HOT SPOT, 
SCHOOL BUS PARKING LOT TO DO
WORK THERE
SHARING DEVICES.
BUT EVERYBODY'S COME TOGETHER.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE
REMINDS ME YOU CAN'T TAKE THINGS
FOR GRANTED LIKE THAT.
WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, THE 
U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW YORK
AND NAOMI OSAKA WEARING A 
BREONNA TAYLOR MASK.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, NOVAK
DJOKOVIC WITH A FLURRY OF 
BLISTERING SHOTS
AND 16-YEAR-OLD COCOA GOFF
DROPPED THE FIRST -- FIRST-ROUND
MATCH IN THREE SETS.
>>> NOW TO A BIG MILESTONE AT 
THE BERLIN ZOO
TWIN, PANDA CUBS CELEBRATED 
THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY
AND TO MARK THE SPECIAL 
OCCASION, ZOOKEEPERS GAVE THEM A
CAKE MADE OF ICE, BEET ROOT, AND
SWEET POTATO ROOT IN THE SHAPE
OF A NUMBER ONE.
ONLY GIANT PANDAS.
ANYTHING WE CAN USE AS AN EXCUSE
TO CELEBRATE THESE DAYS.
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME HUMAN 
BIRTHDAYS.
LILY TOMLIN TURNS 81
BARRY GIBB TURNS 74.
DR. PHIL I
1st.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL TRAVEL TO
WISCONSIN WHERE LOCAL LEADERS 
HAVE VOICED CONCERNS THAT THE 
VISIT COULD INFLAME THE 
SITUATION OVER THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
>> OUTBREAKS EX-PLOIDING ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THE COVID SWAT
TEAM BEING DISPATCHED TO ONE
UNIVERSITY
>>> AND THE CORONAVIRUS HAS PUT 
MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT 
RISK
NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING ON A 
NONPROFIT OFFERING LOANS THAT 
DON'T HAVE TO BE PAID BACK
>> AND GETTING RITD OF SOMETHING
MOST TRAVELERS CAN'T STAND
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE 
MARRED BY VIOLENCE
WE OTHER SEEING CLASHES BETWEEN 
GROUPS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE 
POLITICAL SPECTRUM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: PROTESTS LITERALLY 
TURNING INTO POLITICAL
BATTLEGROUNDS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING WHAT HE 
CALLS RADICAL LEFT MAYORS AND 
GOVERNORS AND PROMISING LAW & 
ORDER AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
WISCONSIN DESPITE THE MAYOR 
URGING HIM TO STAY AWAY.
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION HAS OCCURRED IN 
STREETS DOMINATED BY THE JOE
BIDEN PARTY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AT 
ONE POINT DEFENDING 17-YEAR-OLD 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE AFTER KILLING
TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A THERD
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AFROM 
THEM AND THEY VIE LANTLY
ATTACKED HIM
>> JOE BIDEN CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> A PRESIDENT THAT SEWS CHAOS. 
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST
>> HE MAY BELIEVE MOUTHING THE
WORDS LAW & ORDER MAKES HIM 
STRONG BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL
ON HIS FOLLOWERS SHOWS HOW WEAK 
HE IS.
>> Reporter: THE ISSUE IS MUCH
BIGGER AND MUCH DEEPER THAT 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS
>> WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF THE
VIOLENCE
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> AS UNFORTUNATELY THE ANGER 
AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING, NBC NEWS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING 
HIS LAW & ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTER PIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW HE OFFERED
THIS COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO
USE EXCESSIVE FORCE 
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> THEY CHOKE.
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK
MANY TIMES I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU 
HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
IN IF MEANTIME HE COULD HAVE
BEEN GOING FOR A WEAPON.
IT'S A WHOLE BIG THING THERE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING IT TO 
GOLF
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINS US WITH 
MORE AND THAT'S THE LATEST
COMMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT AS HE
HEADS TO KENOSHA TODAY
>> IN THE FOX INTERVIEW HE ALSO 
CALLED BLACK LIVES MATTERS A
DISCRIMINATORY NAME.
HE CALLED IT A MARKSIST GROUP 
AND HE TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN 
LINKING HIM TO THE PROTESTERS 
AND HE SEEMED TO DEFEND THAT
TEENAGER WHO KILLED TWO PEOPLE
IN THE VIOLENCE.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT
>> YOU'RE GOING TO DEFEND THE 
REACTIONS OF VIGILANT HES LIKE
KYLE RITTENHOUSE
>> YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I 
SAW AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET
AWAY FROM THEM IT LOOKS LIKE AND
THEN THEY VIOLENTLY ATTACKED
HIM.
>> HE'S STROKING VIOLENCE IN OUR
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA, SAFE FROM
COVID, SAFE FROM RACIALLY 
MOTIVATED VIOLENCE, SAFE FROM 
BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, SAFE 
FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF DONALD
TRUMP.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DESCRIBING THE LOOTING AND THE
RIOTING AND THE UNREST AS DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
HE ALSO SAID AS PRESIDENT HE
WOULD CLARIFY THAT LOOTERS ARE
NOT THE SAME AS DEMONSTRATORER
 
AND HE'D PROSECUTE THEM.
>>> JOE BIDEN SO GOING VIRAL
THIS MORNING FOR HIS DEAD PAN 
RESPONSE TO A HECKLER TELLING 
HIM HE CAN'T WIN IN THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HE WAS YELLING AT HIM FROM THE
TOP OF A PICKUP TRUCK.
>> YOU FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE 
BASEMENT
>> THAT'S RIGHT, JOE
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
>> BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THAT 
HECKLER WHILE HE WAS DELIVERING 
SOME PIZZAS TO FIREFIGHTERS IN
PITTSBURGH
>> SCHOOLS ARE PREPARING TO OPEN
CLASSROOMS TO STUDENT THIS WEEK 
EVEN WITH MANY REGIONS STILL
GRAPPLING WITH SPIKES IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
OFFICIALS IN THE UK, FRANCE AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES ENFORCING NEW 
MEASURES TO KEEP STUDENTS SACH
TALK ABOUT THOSE MEASURES NOW.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, LIKE 
MOST APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH 
CORONAVIRUS IT SEEMS SCHOOLS ARE
NO EXCEPTION
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO ONE SIZE 
FITS ALL ACROSS EUROPE AND
ACROSS THE UK.
VERY DIFFERENT WAYS OF WHAT 
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO
SO HERE IN THE UK THE GOVERNMENT
IS KEEN TO GETTING PEOPLE BACK
TO SCHOOL, BUT STUDENTS HERE IN 
ENGLAND ARE STARTING THIS WEEK, 
NORTHERN IRELAND, WELLS AND 
SCOTLAND HAVE ALREADY STARTED 
BACK SCHOOL.
STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS
AT SCHOOL.
THAT IS ALSO SIMILAR TO FRANCE
WHERE STUDENTS AND SECONDARY
SCHOOL I BELIEVE AGES 11 AND
BOTH HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
HOWEVER, IN PLACES LIKE POLAND
THERE IS NO MANDATE FOR STUDENT 
TO WEAR MASKS IN SQUOOLS BUT
THERE WILL BE LIKE HERE,
STAGGERED SCHOOL STARTING TIMES 
AND PICKUP TIMES TO TRY TO
REDUCE EXPOSURE AMONGST PARENTS.
INTERESTINGLY, PLACES LIKE
GERMANY WHERE THERE'S NOT --
SCHOOLS ARE HANDLED ON A LOCAL
LEVEL, NOT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, 
PLACES LIKE BERLIN HAVE SEEN
NOTOUT BREAKS BUT CASES IN
SCHOOL AND THEY'VE BEEN FORCED
TO CLOSE SCHOOLS THERE
THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT SCHOOL
GATES BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN 
OUTBREAK IN THAT MANY COUNTRIES 
AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE OPENING OF
CASES CONTRIBUTES TO THAT UPTICK
OF CORONAVIRUS
>> THAT IS WHAT WE'RE FEARING 
HERE AT HOME HERE AS WELL.
>> WE'RE SEEING THAT SPREAD 
THROUGHOUT COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE 
NATION AS WELL
SEVERAL SCHOOLS ARE SEEING A
SURGE IN CASES JUST WEEKS INTO
THE FALL SEMESTER AND SOME
UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING DRASTIC 
NEW MEASURES LIKE SENDING THOSE 
STUDENTS HOME OR CANCELLING 
IN-PERSON LEARNING
>> Repter: FROM UNIVERSITIES
IN CALIFORNIA TO COLLEGE
CAMPUSES IN NEW YORK, AS
CORONAVIRUS EXPLODES
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 
OFFICIALS ARE LOCKING DOWN
STUDENT HOUSING AND EVEN SUS
SPENDING PART OF THE SCHOOL 
YEAR
>> STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED 
TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS.
>> IN NEW YORK A COVID SWAT TEAM
IS DEPLOYING RAPID TESTING AFTER
MORE THAN 1 4U7B STUDENTS CAUGHT
THE VIRUS FOLLOWING A SERIES OF 
PARTIES.
ON CAMPUS LEARNING NOW OFF
LIMITS FOR TWO WEEKS. 
>> IT'S A WAKEUP CALL FOR ALL 
AGES
WE HEAR ABOUT THESE PARTIES THAT
MAKE PLACE AND IT SPREADS LIKE
WILDFIRE
>> UNC CHAPEL HILL, TCU AND 
ALABAMA CONFIRM HUNDREDS OF 
CASES AS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ALSO 
SUSPENDS CLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS
BUT THE VIRUS COMES AT A HIGHER 
COST THAN JUST EDUCATION
HEALTH OFFICIALS HOECHING TO
CURB COMMUNITY SPREAD SAY 
INFECTED STUDENTS MOSTLY WITH 
MILD SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT RETURN 
HOME
>> THINGS AREN'T GOING TO GET 
BETTER UNTIL WE START TAKING IT 
SERIOUSLY.
>> WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE THE 
TIMES THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW 
AND NOT HAVE PARTIES
THERE ARE SO MANY PARTIES LIKE
AROUND MY HOUSE ON A NIGHTLY
BASIS.
>> AS THE VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AT A SLOWER RATE THE
NATION HAS NOW SURPASSED 6
MILLION COVID CASES, CALIFORNIA 
LEADING THE U.S. WITH 700,000 
CASES.
BECAUSE OF THAT NUMBER, SCHOOLS 
LIKE USC HAVE TURNED TO ALL 
ONLINE LEARNING BUT STUDENTS ARE
GATH
GATHERING CAMPUS
>> A LESSON TO BE LEARNED BY THE
VERY STUDENTS WHO SHOULD KNOW 
BETTER
NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JANESSA
WEBB WHO'S KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING 
AREAS.
JAN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE FLASH FLOODING CONCERN
AND THE HEAT CONTINUE TO BUILD
ACROSS TEXAS AND AA.
IT DOES MAKE ITS WAY INTO 
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 25 MILLION
PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SOME KIND OF 
HEAT ALERT
LAKE CHARLES FORECASTED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON TO HIT 106 DEGREES AND
WE STILL HAVE OVER 3,000 PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER.
WE COULD SEE UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES
THROUGH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR HAY
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURE IS STILL 
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE 
NORTHEAST WE'RE BACK IN THE 70s 
AND HUMIDITY IS WAY DOWN
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE HEAT
BUILD ALL THE WAY INTO SAN
ANTONIO, 100 DEGREES THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>>> HOPEFULLY GOING TO SEE SOME 
RELIEF
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN COMING UP
>>> AS THE WORLD CONTINUE TO
REEL FROM THE LOSS OF CHADWICK
BOSEMAN, IT'S SPARKED A TALK
ABOUT COLON CANCER
>> A SUPERHERO GONE AT JUST 43
YEARS OLD.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIED AFTER A 
FOUR-YEAR FIGHT WITH COLON
CANCER
NEWS OF THE DEATH SENDING SHOCK 
WAVES AROUND THE WORLD
HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2016 AND
BALL LED WITH IT THESE LAST FOUR
YEARS AS IT PROGRESSED TO STAGE 
FOUR
HE DIED AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE 
AND FAMILY INSIDE.
HE NEVER SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT 
HIS BATTLE
HE SHOT SOME OF HIS ICONIC
FILMS.
THE INTERVIEWER SAID YOU'VE BUN 
BEEN THROUGH THE WRINGER
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, HE LAUGHS
ONE DAY I'LL LIVE TO TELL THE 
STORY.
>> LIFE ON CHEMOTHERAPY, IT 
REALLY IS A CHALLENGE.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE 
ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT.
>> Reporter: HE WAS DIAGNOSED AT
STAGE THREE, THE CANCER ALREADY 
THROUGH HIS COLON WALL, LATER 
PROGRESSING TO STAGE FOUR WHICH 
MEANS ITS SPREAD BEYOND HIS 
COLON.
THE TOLL OF HIS DISEASE APPARENT
IN ONE OF HIS INSTAGRAM VIDEOS
>> COLON CANCER IS THE SECOND 
CAUSE OF DEATHS IN THE U.S. 
INFECTING AN INCREASING NUMBER
OF YOUNG AMERICANS
>> THE RISE REMAINS AN INIG MA
WE NEED TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT 
PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 CAN
GET THIS DISEASE
BOSEMAN TOOK TIME TO VISIT
CHILDREN WITH CANCER
>> THE TWO LITTLE KIDS, IAN AND 
TAYLOR WHO RECENTLY PASSED FROM 
CANCER, THROUGHOUT HOUR FILMING 
I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT 
THEY -- YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT
>> A SUPERHERO ON AND OFF SCREEN
WHO STILL HAS THE POWER TO SAVE 
LIVES.
>> THA
>>> TODAY'S QUICK HITS TO 
CELEBRATE THE 30th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FRESH PRINCE OF BELLAIRE,
IT WILL PREMIER AROUND
THANKSGIVING
WILL SMITH HAVE SIGNED ON ALONG 
WITH OTHER SHOW REGS
>> BRAD PITT IS A WINE MAKER
HE SAYS THE CABIN HE OWNS WITH
ANG -- ANGELINA PRODUCES WINE.
>> AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON ALREADY
>> AND THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT 
MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AT 
RISK
BUT NONPROFITS ARE HELPING STORE
OWNERS STAY AFLOAT
>> Reporter: AMONG THE MOST 
PAINFUL IMPACTS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, MILLIONS OF
BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO STAY 
OPEN OR FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.
>> I HAD SOMETHING MOST OF MY 
STAFF.
>> Reporter: THE OWNER REACHED A
BREAKING SPOINT.
>> WITHOUT ANY HELP WE'LL HAVE
TO CLOSE IN A MONTH TO TWO
MONTHS BUT HE GOT HELP, A MUCH
NEEDED BOOST VIRGINIA 30-DAY
FUND
>> THE AVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS 
HAS ONLY TWO WEEKS OF CASH
RESERVE ON HAND.
>> Reporter: FOUNDER PETE SNIDER
AND HIS WIFE FORMED THE 
NONPROFIT IN MARCH
>> OUR NUMBER ONE MISSION IS TO 
SAVE AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AS
WE CAN. 
>> Reporter: WALK ABOUT 
OUTFITTERS
FOR OWNER TINA MILLER THE 
FINANCIAL HELP WAS JUST PART OF 
IT
>> THESE FOLKS ARE EATING AWAY
AT THEIR RETIREMENT JUST TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE PUTTING FOOD ON THE
TABLE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
>> FROM THERE IT GREW AND HAS 
NOW HELPED MORE THAN 600 SMALL
BUSINESSES
>> IN CONTRIBUTIONS AS SMALL AS 
$3 OR $30 THAT POOL HAS GROWN TO
OVER $3.1 MILLION.
THE THANKS KEEP POURING IN FROM 
BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> IT HAS BEEN SOME OF THE MOST 
HEART WARMING AND HEART BREAKING
WORK THAT I'VE EVER DONE IN MY
LIFE
>> A HELPING HAND OFFERING HOPE 
TO THOSE WHO NEED IT
>> A GREAT THING THEY'RE DOING
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AND
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE BUT 
WE'RE STILL WATCHING A WET
PATTERN ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH 
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
EVEN RAIN CONTINUES FOR NEW YORK
CITY, BUT HIGHS, THEY ARE BACK
>>> THE SUBMARINE WAS EQUIPPED
WITH A VIDEO CAMERA AND POWERFUL
LIGHTS AND THERE WAS NO 
MISTAKING THE TITANIC WHEN THEY 
CAME UPON IT
>> THE SHIP IS IN BEAUTIFUL 
CONDITION WHERE IT IS.
IT'S SITTING UPRIGHT AND IT 
LOOKS GORGEOUS AND I THINK IT 
OUGHT TO BE LEFT WHERE IT IS
>> A U.S. FRENCH EX- BEPIGS 
LOCATED THE 73-YEAR-OLD WRECKAGE
OF THE TITANIC ON THE FLOOR OF
THE ATLANTA USING THAT REMOLT 
CONTROLLED DEEP SEA VEHICLE.
THE FIRST IMAGES WERE OF ITS
BOILER
>> AND VERMONT BECAME THE FIFTH 
STATE TO LEGALIZE SAME SEX
MARRIAGE
VERMONT WAS ALSO THE FIRST STATE
TO ALLOW CIVIL UNIONS IN THE
YEAR 2,000
>> DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES
ARE DROPPING FLIGHT CHANGED FEES
FOR DOMESTIC AND SOME FOREIGN 
DESTINATIONS
THERE IS A CATCH
SO SOME CASES LIKE THE BASIC
ECONOMY, THOSE FEES MAY STILL 
APPLY BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE 
THEY'RE MOVING THIS THAT
DIRECTION.
NEXT WILL BE THE BAGGAGE FEES 
TOO.
WHO KNOWS?
>> THEY GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>>> FORD SAYS ITS MICHIGAN
FACTORY IS BACK TO MAKING 
VEHICLES FULL TIME
THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S COMPLETED 
THE DELIVERY OF 50,000 VAE
VENTILATORS.
>> OVER 171,000 BOOMER FROM 2016
TO 2018.
THEY FOUND MEN BETWEEN THE AGES 
OF 60 TO 64 HAD THE HIGHEST 
USAGE WITH 12.6%
DESPITE THE STUDY 18 TO 
25-YEAR-OLDS REMAIN THE BIGGEST 
CANNABIS CONSUMERS AT 38%.
>> ALL RIGHT
WITH SOME DOWN TIME IN THE
BUBBLE, CELTICS ROOKIE IS 
LEARNING HOW TO SWIM
THE 7'5" MAN DID NOT DO IT
ALONE.
HE'S STILL LEARNING THOUGH
THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE THEIR
PLAYOFF SERIES AGAINST THE
DEFENDING CHAMPION RAPTORS BUT
NOW HE'S GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO
DO
>> I'M GLAD THOSE GUYS ARE
HEADING HIM UP
ARIANA GRANDE HAS REACHED 200 
MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM
>> ALL RIGHT
WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH OUR 
SHOT OF THE DAY.
STUNNING, COLORFUL TIME LAPSE 
VIDEO OF MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST 
CHINA FL
>>> THE VIOLENCE IS FUELED BY 
DANGEROUS RHETORIC, FROM
FAR-LEFT POLITICIANS, THAT
DEMONIZE OUR NATION AND DEMONIZE
OUR POLICE
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
>> THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE 
CANDIDATES FUELING MORE THAN
JUST POLITICAL FIRES, AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, LATER TODAY.
>>> THIS MORNING, THE HEAD OF 
THE FDA IS UNDER FIRE FOR SAYING
HE MIGHT FAST TRACK THE APPROVAL
OF A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
WITH JUST 63 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION, IS POLITICAL PRESSURE 
GETTING IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
>>> DAYS AFTER HURRICANE LAURA
DELIVERED HAVOC TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS, UTTER DEVASTATION. 
>> TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING FOR
CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
>> AND WHEN WHALES PERFORM
AQUATIC BALLET, WE HAPPENED TO
BE THERE TO CATCH IT ALL IN ITS 
GLORY.
IT'S SEPTEMBER 1st, AND "EARLY
TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS FOR STARTING A NEW
MONTH WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
UNREST ROILS IN THE U.S., AS
PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ARE MARRED 
BY VIOLENCE.
THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF
PROTESTORS IN KENOSHA.
STILL REELING AFTER THE DEATHS
OF JACOB BLAKE, GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, AND SO MANY 
OTHERS
WITH CLASHES BETWEEN GROUPS ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE POLITICAL 
SPECTRUM SPARKING IN CITIES ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
PROTESTS, LITERALLY, TURNING
INTO POLITICAL BATTLEGROUNDS
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMING, 
WHAT HE CALLS, RADICAL, LEFT
MAYORS AND GOVERNORS FOR THE
VIOLENCE
AND PROMISING LAW AND ORDER,
AHEAD OF A TUESDAY TRIP TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, DESPITE THE 
MAYOR THERE URGING HIM TO STAY
AWAY. 
>> THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION THAT WE'VE SEEN, IN 
RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS, HAS
OCCURRED IN CITIES, EXCLUSIVELY,
CONTROLLED AND DOMINATED BY THE 
BIDEN -- JOE BIDEN PARTY
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, AT
ONE POINT, SEEMINGLY, DEFENDING 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
WHO FACES MURDER CHARGES, AFTER 
KILLING TWO PEOPLE, INJURING A
THIRD, DURING A CONFRONTATION IN
KENOSHA.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE,
JOE BIDEN, CONDEMNING VIOLENCE
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHO 
SOWS CHAOS, RATHER THAN 
PROVIDING ORDER.
>> Reporter: AND BLAMING THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FOLLOWERS FOR 
THE GROWING UNREST. 
>> HE MAY BELIEVE THE WORDS LAW 
AND ORDER MAKES HIM STRONG
BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL ON HIS
OWN SUPPORTERS TO STOP ACTING AS
AN ARMED MILITIA IN THIS COUNTRY
SHOWS HOW WEAK HE IS
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE MOST 
AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTINGS AND 
CHAOS, THE ISSUE IS MUCH BIGGER 
AND RUNS MUCH DEEPER THAN 
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL 
POLITICS. 
>> WE'RE REALLY JUST SICK AND 
TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY, THE 
ANGER AND VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> IT IS INCREASINGLY CLEAR THE
CORNERSTONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS HIS PUSH
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
PORTRAYING JOE BIDEN AS SOMEONE 
WHO WOULD PRESIDE OVER A CHAOTIC
AMERICA.
BUT HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER IS
FIGHTING BACK.
NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
DELIVERING A FORCEFUL REBUTTAL, 
ACCUSING PRESIDENT TRUMP OF 
STOKING VIOLENCE TO DISTRACT
FROM HIS HANDLING OF THE ONGOING
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS DONALD 
TRUMP FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
SO NOW, HE'S TRYING TO SCARE
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE, COMBATTING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT BIDEN WOULD 
MAKE THE COUNTRY LESS SAFE
WHILE CONDEMNING THE UGLY SCENES
IN CITIES, LIKE PORTLAND AND
KENOSHA.
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING
IT'S LAWLESSNESS, PLAIN AND 
SIMPLE
>> Reporter: BIDEN CASTING THE
PRESIDENT AS ERRATIC AND
DANGEROUS, AND CHALLENGING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO
BRAND HIM AS EXTREME. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
ASK YOURSELF
D
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE
WATCHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
MISCHARACTERIZING BIDEN, WHO
CONDEMNED VIOLENCE ON BOTH THE
LEFT AND THE RIGHT. 
>> HE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THOSE ON
THE RIGHT, BUT HE DIDN'T TALK 
ABOUT THOSE ON THE LEFT.
AND THOSE ON THE LEFT ARE THE 
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S THE 
PRESIDENT, WHO HIS CRITICS SAY, 
IS ENCOURAGING CLASHES IN A 
BARRAGE OF WEEKEND TWEETS.
SHARING THIS VIDEO OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS UNLOADING PAINT BALLS
AND PEPPER SPRAY ON PROTESTORS
THE PRESS SECRETARY SAYING THE
PRESIDENT'S NEVER SEEN THE
VIDEO.
EVEN THOUGH, HE RETWEETED IT, A 
DAY EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDING HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
>> I UNDERSTAND THEY HAD LARGE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE 
SUPPORTERS, BUT THAT WAS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST
AND PAINT IS NOT -- AND PAINT IS
A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM.
PAINT IS NOT BULLETS
>> Reporter: AND DELIVERING THIS
WARNING.
>> IN AMERICA, WE WILL NEVER
SURRENDER TO MOB RULE BECAUSE IF
THE MOB RULES, DEMOCRACY IS,
INDEED, DEAD
>> LATE MONDAY, AFTER DEMANDING 
JOE BIDEN CONDEMN VIOLENCE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED TO
CONDEMN 17-YEAR-OLD, KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, BELIEVED TO BE A 
TRUMP SUPPORTER, WHO IS CHARGED 
WITH KILLING TWO PROTESTORS IN
KENOSHA.
THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO 
JUSTIFY RITTENHOUSE'S ACTIONS,
CLAIMING, WITHOUT OFFERING
EVIDENCE, THAT RITTENHOUSE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
FRANCES.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, FOR AN UPDATE ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE 
UNITED STATES.
THE COUNTRY, INCHING CLOSER TO
RECORDING 185,000 DEATHS, DUE TO
COVID-19
AND THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS
ABOUT OUTBREAKS IN THE MIDWEST
THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS ITS 
MICHIGAN FACTORY HAS COMPLETED
ITS DELIVERY OF 50,000
VENTILATORS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE AUTOMAKER WILL NOW BE 
WORKING FULL TIME ON AUTO PARTS,
ONCE AGAIN
AND IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS EXTENDED THE STATE'S 
EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE
MORATORIUM UNTIL OCTOBER 31st.
MANY STUDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE
BACK INSIDE CLASSROOMS FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS WEEK
NBC'S KARI SANDERS JOINS US,
NOW, WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR'S
GOING.
KARI, GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
NOW, EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA IS OPEN
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT KIDS ARE 
GOING TO SCHOOL.
IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE AT HOME,
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOL
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STATE IS 
NOW 60% GOING TO CLASSROOMS.
40% WORKING AT HOME.
DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOLING.
NOT ALWAYS EASY.
DAY ONE OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HIT A MAJOR 
SPEEDBUMP.
KIDS GETTING ONLINE WERE MET
WITH A MESSAGE, WELL, YOU CAN 
SEE IT RIGHT THERE
THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS.
THEY DIDN'T GET IN
COMPUTER PROBLEMS.
OF COURSE, FOR FAMILIES AT HOME,
THAT'S SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED 
BECAUSE THE KID'S IN ONE ROOM,
RUNNING IN TALKING TO MOM OR
DAD, WORKING IN THE OTHER PART
OF THE HOUSE
TUGGING ON THEIR SLEEVE, TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT WAS THIS AN 
INTERNET PROBLEM
OR DID IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE SERVERS AT THE SCHOOL
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, IT WAS A
SERVER PROBLEM
THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT ALL FIXED
OUT FOR DAY NUMBER TWO
MEANTIME, ACROSS THE STATE NOW, 
EVERY SCHOOL OPEN.
EVERYBODY, NOW, WAITING FOR A 
STATE REPORT ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
LEVELS IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE OPEN,
WHERE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S WHAT PARENTS WANT TO
KNOW
KARI, THANK YOU.
>>> ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR THE 
FDA ONE WEEK AFTER APOLOGIZING
FOR OVERSTATING THE BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE FDA CHIEF IS UNDER FIRE, YET
AGAIN.
THIS TIME, FOR SAYING HE IS 
WILLING TO FAST TRACK A VACCINE,
IF THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE
RISKS.
THE NEWEST CONTROVERSY COMES AS 
THE GLOBAL RACE TO FIND A CURE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES.
HERE'S NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT
>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SAYS HE'S PREPARED TO FAST TRACK
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IF THE 
BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.
FDA CHIEF, DR. STEVEN HAHN, 
TELLING "THE FINANCIAL TIMES" A 
VACCINE DEVELOPER COULD RECEIVE 
FEDERAL APPROVAL, BEFORE PHASE
THREE TRIALS ARE COMPLETE.
WE MAY FIND THAT APPROPRIATE
WE MAY FIND THAT INAPPROPRIATE
WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION
PHASE THREE TRIALS ARE THE MOST 
RIGOROUS OF ALL THE CLINICAL
TESTS.
HAHN INSISTS HE WOULDN'T RUSH 
THE PROCESS, JUST TO PLEASE THE 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A 
POLITICAL DECISION
BUT IT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION 
CHANCES.
>> WE ARE DELIVERING LIFESAVING 
THERAPIES, AND WE'LL PRODUCE A
VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE 
YEAR
OR MAYBE, EVEN SOONER.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THE FDA 
GRANTED EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION 
OF CONVALESCENT PLASMA, DESPITE 
CONCERNS AMONG HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ABOUT INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL 
DATA
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HAHN 
OVERSTATED THE THERAPY'S
BENEFITS
LATER, CALLING THE CRITICISM HE 
RECEIVED IN RETURN, ENTIRELY
JUSTIFIED.
>> THERE'S A PRESSURE TO HAVE 
SOMETHING DONE, AND THEY'RE 
BENDING, THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD,
WITHOUT HAVING REALLY EXCELLENT,
EXCELLENT CLINICAL TRIAL DAILY
TA
DATA TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT 
THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
>> Reporter: LEADING TO A LACK
OF PUBLIC TRUST.
ACCORDING TO A NEW, NATIONAL
SURVEY, 78% OF AMERICANS WORRY
THE COVID-19 VACCINE APPROVAL 
PROCESS IS BEING DRIVEN MORE BY 
POLITICS THAN SCIENCE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL.
AND ESPECIALLY, IN THIS CONTEXT,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
CUTTING CORNERS.
A VACCINE MIGHT BE SAFE.
IT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE.
BUT IF PEOPLE WON'T TAKE IT, IT 
WON'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE
GOALS.
>> THE VIEW AMONG LEADING 
PUBLIC-HEALTH EXPERTS IS THAT A 
COVID-19 VACCINE WOULDN'T BE
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
UNTIL EARLY 2021
WELL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION
>> EITHER WAY IT GOES, WE'LL
DEFINITELY SEE THE PUSHBACK.
GEOFF, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE
>>> CLEANUP CONTINUES ALONG THE 
GULF COAST, AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA CAUSED MASSIVE DAMAGE.
MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER, THIS 
MORNING, IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
THE CONDITIONS THERE, GROWING 
MORE DANGEROUS, AS TEMPERATURES 
RISE
HERE'S NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN.
>> Reporter: DAYS AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA BARRELED THROUGH
LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS, THERE 
IS UTTER DEVASTATION ACROSS THE 
STRIKE ZONE.
>> THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT
ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU ARE JUST IN
SHAMBLES AND THERE'S WATER
EVERYWHERE
AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, HOW
IS THIS REALITY?
>> Reporter: A HARSH REALITY, 
SETTING IN AS RESIDENTS BRACE 
FOR A LONG RECOVERY.
>> WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO COOK THINGS.
SO FOOD.
WATER.
THE MAIN THINGS.
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER.
THE SWELTERING HEAT, MAKING 
MATTERS WORSE.
>> ACROSS LOUISIANA, BUT
PARTICULARLY THE AFFECTED 
COMMUNITIES, THE HEAT INDEX IS
GOING TO BE BETWEEN 105 AND 108.
AND -- AND THIS IS GOING TO 
EXTEND, FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
>> Reporter: THE INFRASTRUCTURE 
IS SO DAMAGED, IT COULD TAKE
MONTHS BEFORE POWER IS FULLY
RESTORED
VITAL WATER LINES ARE, ALSO,
SEVERELY DAMAGED. 
>> THANK Y'ALL, VERY MUCH.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.
BLESS Y'ALL.
>> Reporter: COMMUNITIES, NOW 
PULLING TOGETHER WITH FOOD
DRIVES
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO
PROVIDING AID, WHILE MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
APPLIED FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE.
>> WE GOT MOLD GROWING IN THE 
HOUSE.
WE LOST ALL OUR FOOD AND
EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED SO MUCH
HELP
>> Reporter: TO COPE, SOME
RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE TAKING 
IT, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
>> I PRAY A LOT AND I HAVE HOPE.
>> Reporter: HOPE FOR A REGION
BATTERED, AS IT TAKES ITS FIRST 
STEPS TOWARD RECOVERY.
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THAT COULD LEAD 
TO FLASH FLOODING.
WE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I WISH THIS AREA COULD GET A
BREAK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE
SEEING ANOTHER WAVE OF RAIN.
ALSO, THE HEAT INDEX, NEAR 105
ACROSS TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.
NOW, THESE ARE LIGHT STORMS BUT 
DEFINITELY NOT NEEDED.
CAN SEE POTENTIAL GUSTS ALL THE 
WAY INTO SHREVEPORT UP TO 60
MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW, FLASH FLOODING IS A
CONCERN FOR ARKANSAS, TO THE TIP
OF LOUISIANA, WHERE 3 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST.
ALMOST LIKE A FALL-LIKE PATTERN.
78 DEGREES FOR NEW YORK CITY, 
THIS AFTERNOON
GOING TO WATCH JUST A FEW STORMS
FOR LITTLE ROCK THIS AFTERNOON, 
INTO YOUR EARLY EVENING.
BUT LOOK AT MONTGOMERY
92
THIS AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS A
BREAK.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN
COMING UP.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT'S SOONER THAN
LATER.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, 
THE U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW 
YORK AND NAOMI OSAKA MADE A 
STATEMENT BEFORE THE ACTION 
WEARING A BREONNA TAYLOR MASK TO
THE COURT.
SHE WOULD GO ON TO WIN A
THREE-SET WIN.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, TOP
SEATED NOVAK WOULD CRUISE TO
VICTORY IN STRAIGHT SETS WITH 
THOSE FLURRIES OF BLISTERING
SH
>>> GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING FOR
AIR TRAVELERS.
DELTA AND AMERICAN AIRLINES 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE DROPPING 
FLIGHT-CHANGE FEES FOR DOMESTIC,
AND EVEN SOME FOREIGN,
DESTINATIONS
THE MOVE FOLLOWS A SIMILAR
ANNOUNCEMENT, SUNDAY, BY UNITED.
BUT THERE IS A CATCH
IN SOME CASES, LIKE THE NO
FRILLS, BASIC, ECONOMY FARES, 
THAT FEE MAY STILL APPLY
BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MOVEMENT, 
LITTLE BIT MORE BUDGING ON THE
AIRLINES, ESPECIALLY AT THIS
TIME AND AGE WHEN NO ONE IS 
TRAVELING.
>> ALMOST NOBODY THAT I KNOW IS 
DOING THAT
CERTAINLY.
>>> DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE, JOE BIDEN, JUST GOT A
PRETTY MAJOR ENDORSEMENT
THIS TIME, FROM THE NATIONAL
LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON 
MONDAY
THE LGBT BUSINESS GROUP BACKED
THE 77-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFUL.
SAYING, IN PART, JOE BIDEN
PROUDLY AFFIRMS AN ESSENTIAL, 
CORE VALUE OF THE NGLCC, THAT WE
ALL DESERVE OUR SHOT AT THE 
AMERICAN DREAM
AND THAT OUR ECONOMY ONLY 
SUCCEEDS WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE TO
ALL LGBT AND ALLIED AMERICANS.
THE GROUP, ALSO, SAID BIDEN'S 
EMBRACE OF THE EQUALITY ACT 
WOULD HELP LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER
BUSINESS OWNERS.
>> ONE WEEK AFTER JERRY FALWELL 
JR.'S DEPARTURE FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL SAYS IT
IS LAUNCHING AN INDEPENDENT 
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS TENURE AS
PRESIDENT.
IN A STATEMENT, THE EVANGELICAL 
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL BOARD SAID IT 
HAS RETAINED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO 
INVESTIGATE ALL FACETS OF THE 
SCHOOL'S OPERATIONS, UNDER
FALWELL.
ADDING THAT IT'S COMMITTED TO 
LEARNING THE CONSEQUENCES THAT
HAVE FLOWED FROM A LACK OF
SPIRITUAL STEWARDSHIP, BY OUR 
FORMER PRESIDENT
FALWELL SPENT 13 YEARS AS 
PRESIDENT, AND RESIGNED LAST
WEEK AFTER ACCUSATIONS THAT HE
PARTICIPATED IN A PARTNER'S 
AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE, WHICH HE
DENIES. 
>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LEGENDARY
COACH.
FORMER GEORGETOWN HEAD COACH, 
JOHN THOMPSON, DIED SUNDAY
NIGHT.
HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING
ON MONDAY.
CALLING THOMPSON AN HISTORIC
SHEPHERD OF THE SPORT.
THOMPSON COACHED FOR 27 YEARS,
RECRUITING THE LIKES OF ALAN
IVERSON AND PATRICK EWING.
HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK HEAD
COACH TO WIN A NATIONA
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE, IN MY HEAD, I'LL
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD, LIKE ACTUALLY
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY MOVING VIDEO TRIBUTE
TO ITS BLACK PANTHER, CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW BIG AN
IMPACT HE HAD.
AND GOOD FRIEND, MICHAEL B. 
JORDAN ALSO SHARED A TOUCHING 
MESSAGE SAYING I WISH WE HAD
MORE TIME.
ADDING THAT HE IS DEDICATING THE
REST OF HIS DAYS TO LIVING LIKE 
BOSEMAN HAD.
WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
WE HEARD SO MANY, WE'VE BEEN
HEARING SO MANY OF THESE
TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO HIM OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
>> THE WORLD STILL COMING TO
GRIPS WITH IT.
WE ARE STILL SEEING HIS IMPACT
IN FACT, RIGHT HERE, ALMOST 
25,000 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION 
PUSHING FOR A CONFEDERATE STATUE
TO BE REPLACED BY A MEMORIAL FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
FOLLOWING HIS TRAGIC DEATH FROM 
COLON CANCER
I CAN'T SE
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER
AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH
THE RAIN FALL ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH, INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
AND THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
THEN, WE'LL SHUT THINGS OFF.
DAYTIM
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR STEVE 
BANNON
THE FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER IS DUE IN COURT MAY 24th
FOR HIS FRAUD CASE INVOLVING
DONATIONS TO BUILD THE BORDER 
WALL
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," THE FEDS HAVE SEIZED A
TROVE OF E-MAILS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS IN THEIR CASE
AGAINST BANNON, WHO'S PLEADED 
NOT GUILTY
>>> A BUDDING NEW TREND FOR BABY
BOOMERS.
ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, 
MARIJUANA USE IS ON THE RISE IN 
ADULTS AGE 55 AND ABOVE.
THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 
SURVEYED BOOMERS FROM 2016 TO 
2018
THEY FOUND MEN AGES FROM 60 TO
64 HAD THE HIGHEST USAGE WITH 
12%.
STILL, THE BIGGEST CANNABIS 
CONSUMERS IN THE U.S. AT 38%. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IT WAS A MATCH MADE IN HONKY
TONK HEAVEN.
88-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY MUSIC 
LEGEND, LORETTA LYNN, POSTING ON
INSTAG
IN
I
INSTAGRAM THAT SHE AND KID ROCK 
GOT HITCHED.
THEY ELOPED AFTER SHE WATCHED 
HER SON RENEW THEIR VOWS
IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
SHE SAID IT WAS ALL JUST A JOKE 
AND THEY HAD A BLAST DOING IT.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS, I WAS
LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 
>> I KNOW.
AS YOU WERE READING IT, I WAS 
LIKE DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THAT 
STORY, YET
WOW.
PROBABLY, STILL LASTED LONGER 
THAN THE PAMELA ANDERSON
MARRIAGE I WOULD IMAGINE
A BIG ADVENTURE FOR A LITTLE
GIRL OFF THE COAST OF CANADA
HER MAGICAL MOMENT CAUGHT ON
CAMERA
YOU GOT TO SEE IT, TO BELIEVE 
IT
KEVIN TIBBLES HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: NOW, HERE'S A WHALE
OF A TALE.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
FISHING WITH DAD, SEAN, IN
CONCEPTION BAY OFF THE COAST OF 
NEW FINLAND IN CANADA.
TWO HUMPBACK WHALES, SUDDENLY,
LEAPT SKYWARD.
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST, SARAH WAS
SCARED
WHO WOULDN'T BE?
BUT DAD WAS THERE TO REASSURE 
HER.
>> WE TRIED TO STAY OUR 
DISTANCE
BUT THEY'RE CURIOUS, AND THEY'LL
COME IN TO CHECK YOU OUT. 
>> WHALES ARE PLENTIFUL HERE
BUT A WHALE BALLET
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY
LITTLE IS KNOWN AS TO WHY WHALES
BREECH SO SPECK TTACULARLY BUT T
IS BELIEVED THEY ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
>> ARE YOU FAMOUS, SARAH, FOR 
TELLING FISH TALES
>> I CATCH THE FISH.
AND DAD TELLS THE FISH TALES. 
>> AND THEY DID CATCH SOME FISH.
ONCE THEY HAD TIME TO CATCH 
THEIR BREATH
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
SO COOL WHEN YOU GOT A SHOW-OFF 
WHALE LIKE THAT WITH THE
AUDIENCE OF A 10-YEAR-OLD.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE AN 18-WHEELER DOING A 
PIROUETTE IN
>>> BIDEN'S STRATEGY IS TO
SURRENDER TO THE LEFT-WING MOB, 
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S
DOING.
I DON'T THINK HE EVEN KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING. 
>> YOU KNOW ME
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
YOU KNOW MY STORY, MY FAMILY'S
STORY.
ASK YOURSELF
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
>> WE KICK OFF SEPTEMBER WITH 
THE CANDIDATES ON THE ATTACK
AND WE'RE JUST HOURS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO
KENOSHA, AMID TENSE PROTESTS
OVER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
>>> THIS MORNING, WE'LL GET A 
REALITY CHECK ON THE VIOLENCE IN
AMERICAN CITIES.
ARE THINGS BETTER OR WORSE
WE'VE GOT THE LATEST STATISTICS.
>>> AN EXTRAORDINARY OUTPOURING 
IN DETROIT
THE CITY GATHERING TO HONOR MORE
THAN 1,500 LOCALS, WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19.
>>> MOTHER NATURE DROPPING
TORRENTIAL RAINS AND CAUSING
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IN 
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WE'LL TELL YOU WHO IS MOST AT 
RISK TODAY. 
>> AND HOW ABOUT A LITTLE 
CUTENESS AS WE CELEBRATE THE
FIRST BIRTHDAY OF A COUPLE OF 
ADORABLE TWINS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON THIS
FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE 
BEING SCRUTINIZED, AFTER THE
FATAL SHOOTING OF A PROTESTOR IN
PORTLAND
AARON JAY DANIELSON WAS A 
SUPPORTER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PRAYER.
EARLIER, HE HAD BEEN PART OF THE
MOTORCADE THAT CLASHED WITH 
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTORS ON
SATURDAY
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
SHOOTER.
WE ARE NOW NEARING 100
CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF PROTESTS
IN PORTLAND.
AND RACIAL TENSIONS ARE ONLY
AM
AM
AMPLIFYING
OUR GABE GUTIERREZ, HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> PHILLIP, THE PRESIDENT IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE ON
TUESDAY.
BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS 
OVER WHETHER HE'LL MEET WITH
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY
FROM KENOSHA TO PORTLAND, 
MOUNTING TENSIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARES TO 
VISIT WISCONSIN FOLLOWING THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE NEED HIM HERE.
WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP.
>> A PRESIDENT VISITING TOWN
OBVIOUSLY TAKES A LOT OF
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE PUT SOME
PLACE ELSE. 
>> IN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT,
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR WRITES, IN 
PART, I AM CONCERNED YOUR 
PRESENCE WILL ONLY HINDER OUR 
HEALING.
>> I THINK THAT KENOSHA, AT THIS
PRESENT TIME, NEEDS PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID IT REACHED OUT TO BLAKE'S
FAMILY BUT THEIR ATTORNEY SAID, 
SO FAR, HE'D NOT BEEN CONTACTED.
OVER THE WEEKEND, PEACEFUL
PROTESTS HERE, EVEN AS THE UNION
REPRESENTING KENOSHA POLICE TOOK
A STRONGER STANCE, DEFENDING THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED.
THE UNION SAYS THE OFFICERS 
RESPONDED TO A COMPLAINT THAT 
BLAKE WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE 
CALLER'S KEYS AND VEHICLE.
THEY ADD BLAKE HAD A KNIFE, AND 
WAS NONCOMPLIANT WHEN OFFICERS
ISSUED VERBAL COMMANDS
AND THAT HE PUT ONE OF THE
OFFICERS IN A HEADLOCK. 
>> THE POLICE UNION IS A UNION
THAT SUPPORT POLICE OFFICERS, IN
MY OPINION, NO MAEFTTER HOW
UNBELIEVABLE THE EXCESSIVE USE
OF FORCE, THE BRUTAL USE OF 
FORCE, USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE
IN AMERICA
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAS INFLAMED 
RACIAL TENSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
SIMMERING ALL SUMMER
OVER THE WEEKEND, CLASHES FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
TO PORTLAND.
WHERE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED,
AMID THE UNREST.
ALTHOUGH, IT'S UNKNOWN IF THEY
WERE CONNECTED
HOURS BEFORE, A CARAVAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS FACED OFF
AGAINST COUNTER-PROTESTORS IN 
THE CITY
THE FOUNDER OF THE FAR-RIGHT
GROUP, PATRIOT PLAYER, TOLD 
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THE
VICTIM WAS A FRIEND AND DID NOT 
PROVOKE HIS ATTACKERS.
>> THE WAY THE MEDIA'S
PORTRAYING IT IS IT HAD 
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRUMP
CRUISE BUT IT DIDN'T HE GOT 
ATTACKED
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
>> DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S
TWEETS, LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE 
GUARD WAS A STATE REQUEST, AND
NOT INITIATED BY THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PHILLIP.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING
HIS LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE AS A
CENTERPIECE IN HIS RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN
DURING AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS,
LAST NIGHT, HE OFFERED THIS 
COMPARISON FOR OFFICERS WHO USE 
EXCESSIVE FORCE,
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>> A CHOKER.
THEY CHOKE
SHOOTING THE GUY
SHOOTING THE GUY IN THE BACK, 
MANY TIMES
I MEAN, COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
COULDN'T YOU HAVE WRESTLED HIM
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN THE
MEANTIME, HE MIGHT'VE BEEN GOING
FOR A WEAPON
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE, 
BIG THING THERE.
BUT THEY CHOKE
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT
>> OUR CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT, TRACIE POTTS 
JOINS US WITH MORE
TRACIE, THAT'S JUST THE LATEST, 
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT, AS HE HEADS TO 
KENOSHA, TODAY
>> EXACTLY, FRANCES.
IN THAT FOX INTERVIEW, HE ALSO
REFERRED TO BLACK LIVES MATTER
AS A DISCRIMINATORY NAME AND A
MARXIST ORGANIZATION
AND THEN, EARLIER IN THE DAY, HE
TALKED ABOUT JOE BIDEN CLAIMING 
THAT HE WAS SIDING WITH THE 
RIOTERS, AND APPEARED TO DEFEND 
THAT TEENAGER WHO SHOT THREE
PEOPLE AND KILLED TWO DURING THE
RIOTS.
>> THE RIOTERS AND JOE BIDEN
HAVE A SIDE.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SIDE OF THE 
RADICAL LEFT. 
>> ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN THE 
ACTIONS OF VIGILANTES LIKE KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE?
>> WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF
IT
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING 
SITUATION.
YOU SAW THE SAME TAPE AS I SAW
AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE
AND HE FELL.
AND THEN, THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM. 
>> HE'S STOKING VIOLENCE IN OUR 
CITIES
DO I LOOK LIKE A RADICAL
SOCIALIST, WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS?
REALLY
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA.
SAFE FROM COVID.
SAFE FROM CRIME AND LOOTING.
SAFE FROM RACIALLY MOTIVATED
VIOLENCE
SAFE FROM BAD COPS
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SAFE FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF
DONALD TRUMP
>> BIDEN AND HIS STRONGEST
PUSHBACK, YET, TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
ALSO, SAYING, CLEARLY, THAT 
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN DEMONSTRATING AND 
PROTESTING AND LOOTING AND
VIOLENCE
AND THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE PROMISED TO PROSECUTE 
THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW.
FRANCES.
>> TRACIE, THANK YOU
>>> WHILE JOE BIDEN IS GOING
VIRAL THIS MORNING, FOR HIS 
DEADPAN RESPONSE TO A HECKLER 
SHOTTING AT 
SHOUTING AT HIM FROM THE TOP OF 
A PICKUP TRUCK. 
>> HEY, JOE, YOU FINALLY GOT OUT
OF THE BASEMENT.
>> HTHAT'S RIGHT, JOE.
>> DON'T JUMP.
DON'T JUMP
DON'T JUMP
>> DON'T JUMP.
BIDEN LAUGHED OFF THE HECKLER 
WHILE DELIVERING PIZZAS TO
FIREFIGHTERS IN PITTSBURGH. 
>> BOYCOTTS, PROTESTS, AND
MARCHES, IN SUPPORT OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT CONTINUE
ACROSS SPORTS LEAGUES.
THIS TIME, THE MOVEMENT HAS ALSO
SPREAD TO THE NCAA AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
ON MONDAY, CRIMSON TIDE COACH 
NICK SABAN MARCHED ALONGSIDE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS
ATHLETES, COACHES, AND
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SPOKE TO A 
CROWD WHERE THEY CALLED FOR 
CHANGES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
COMMUNITIES.
>> RESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE.
BUT WE WILL -- BUT WE BELIEVE IT
IS IMPORTANT THEY DO SO, IN A 
MANNER THAT IS FAIR TO ALL
PEOPLE
>> THE MARCH ENDED AT THE SPOT
ON CAMPUS WHERE THEN-GOVERNOR 
GEORGE WALLACE STOOD TO BLOCK 
BLACK STUDENTS FROM ENTERING IN 
1963. 
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ALL THE FACTS.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE LAUNCHING A 
NEW SERIES
AMERICA'S CITIES, FACT VERSUS 
FICTION.
JUST HOW MUCH HAS THE MURDER
RATE RISEN AND WHY
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO AND WHAT THE
NUMBERS REALLY SHOW.
>> Reporter: IT'S HAPPENING IN
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> VIOLENCE NUMBERS, SPIKING
AGAIN IN THE CITY OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> ANOTHER WEEKEND OF SHOOTINGS 
AND BLOODSHED AROUND NEW YORK 
CITY
>> Reporter: MURDER IS ON THE 
RISE. 
>> KENT CITY IS NOT ONLY HAVING 
A VIOLENT WEEKEND, BUT A VIOLENT
YEAR
>> Reporter: IN SOME PLACES, UP 
MORE THAN 50% OVER LAST YEAR
UP 105% IN MILWAUKEE
MANY OF THE VICTIMS RUSHED HERE 
TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF 
WISCONSIN.
CHIEF TRAUMA SURGEON SAYS THE 
PAST FOUR MONTHS HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN INSIDE THE
TRAUMA ROOM?
>> A LOT MORE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, 
AND A LOT MORE STABBINGS
A LOT MORE LETHAL-TYPES OF
INJURIES
BUT, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE
ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
>> LIKE MANY CITIES, MILWAUKEE'S
SURGE IN VIOLENCE HAS COINCIDED 
WITH THE PANDEMIC.
MORE PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF 
EACH OTHER, IN UNDER PRIVILEGED 
NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH MANY NOW
UNEMPLOYED
NATIONWIDE, 69 CITIES HAVE SEEN 
MURDERS JUMP 20% OR MORE
HOUSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO, UP 
33%.
ATLANTA, UP 46%.
MINNEAPOLIS, UP 89%.
>> STAY IN TOUCH WITH US. 
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: PATROLLING THE 
STREETS OF MILWAUKEE, THE 414 
LIFE TEAM TRYING TO CALM
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE VIOLENCE HAS
SOARED
REGGIE MOORE SAYS THE PANDEMIC
HAS ONLY ADDED FUEL TO A
DESPERATE SITUATION.
>> SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OVERLAY IN 
TERMS OF THEY HAVE HIGH 
CONCENTRATIONS OF HOMICIDES AND 
SHOOTINGS AND THEY HAVE HIGH
INCIDENCES OF COVID, WE 
DEFINITELY SEE AN OVERLAP.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C. ALSO DEALING
WITH AN INCREASE IN MURDER. 
>> IT'S VERY TROUBLING TO US
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE 
HAD REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME 
ACROSS OUR CITY.
>> Reporter: THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION LEGEND IS
TEAMING UP WITH POLICE IN NINE
CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT 
CRIME.
SO FAR, 1,500 ARRESTS.
>> AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUSPECTS
IN CUSTODY WITHOUT OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIPS
>> Reporter: BUT THE PEOPLE ON
THE FRONT LINES FEAR THE
VIOLENCE COULD WORSEN WHEN THE
WEATHER TURNS COLD. 
>> YOU HAVE SOCIAL ISOLATION
YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION.
YOU HAVE JUST THE STRESS OF THE 
DISEASE, ITSELF.
THEN, YOU HAVE THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK
BEING AFFECTED BY COVID, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN
EXPLOSION.
>> IMPORTANTLY, OPERATION LEGEND
IS NOT THE SAME EFFORT TO SEND
THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS TO PROTEST 
ZONES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND WHILE HOMICIDES ARE UP, 
NATIONWIDE, THE OVERALL VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE IS, ACTUALLY, DOWN.
AND EXPERTS SAY CRIME IS STILL
MUCH LOWER THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS 
AGO.
FRANCES.
>> THANKS FOR THE BREAKDOWN.
TOM, THANKS.
>>> THE BASKETBALL WORLD IS 
MOURNING THE DEATH OF LEGENDARY 
GEORGETOWN COACH, JOHN THOMPSON.
THE HALL OF FAMER LED TO THREE
FINAL FOURS, INCLUDING A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1984.
THE FIRST BLACK COACH TO DO SO
JOHN THOMPSON WAS 78 YEARS OLD. 
>> MULTIPLE STATES BEGAN THIS 
WEEK WITH THREATS OF SEVERE 
FLOODING
CENTRAL ARKANSAS COULD SEE EVEN 
MORE RAIN TODAY AFTER RISING
WATER, ALREADY, HAS DRIVERS 
MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
A LOT OF STREETS HAD TO BE SHUT 
DOWN
AND WHEN INTENSE WEATHER HIT
NORTH CAROLINA, FOUR PEOPLE HAD 
TO BE RESCUED FROM THIS CAR.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN
EFFECT THERE OVERNIGHT
AND MEANWHILE, ALONG THE GULF 
COAST, MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE 
ARE, STILL, WITHOUT POWER, AFTER
HURRICANE LAURA.
AND NOW, LOUISIANA IS FACING
EXTREME HEAT
FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A BIG 
THREAT TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS
HERE'S NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB, WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG
JOURNEY FOR LOUISIANA TO TEXAS, 
WHERE WE HAVE 25 MILLION PEOPLE 
UNDER HEAT ALERTS.
LAKE CHARLES, THIS AFTERNOON, 
YOUR HEAT INDEX WILL HIT 106
DEGREES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEAT IS GOING
TO STAY IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
ALSO, THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING WHERE WE COULD SEE FROM
DALLAS, ALL THE WAY INTO LITTLE 
ROCK, UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
IT'S A FALL-LIKE PATTERN THAT 
WE'RE SEEING
BUFFALO, 82 TODAY AND A LITTLE
BIT OF SUNSHINE BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
STORMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE FOR
THE DEEP SOUTH, ALL THE WAY INTO
TAMPA.
ORLANDO, 92.
ALSO, WATCHING A SYSTEM, THE
TROPICS, THEY'RE HEATING UP.
THAT'S COMING UP. 
>> LIKE EVERY WEEK, SOMETHING TO
WATCH DOWN THERE
ALL RIGHT.
JANESSA, THANK YOU. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS
TO CELEBRATE THE 30th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRESH PRINCE 
OF BEL AIR, THE CAST IS 
REUNITING FOR AN UNSCRIPTED 
SPECIAL.
IT'LL PREMIERE AROUND 
THANKSGIVING ON HBO MAX.
WILL SMITH AND ALFONSO HAVE 
SIGNED ON ALONG WITH THE OTHER
SHOW REGULARS.
>> IT IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE 
BUT BRAD PITT IS A WOULD INE MA.
THE FRENCH CHÂTEAU HE OWNS HAS
PRODUCED A LIMITED RELEASE. 
>> GETTING A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
>>> BATTLES OVER REOPENING
CONTINUE, AMID THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC
IN NEW JERSEY, GYMS CAN OPEN
THEIR DOORS, STARTING TODAY.
AND INDOOR DINING AND MOVIE 
THEATERS CAN REOPEN, FRIDAY.
THERE WILL BE A CAPACITY LIMIT
OF 25% FOR ALL THREE
IN NEW YORK CITY, NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUE OVER A PLAN TO SAFELY
REOPEN SCHOOLS
THE UNION REPRESENTING TEACHERS 
IN THE NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT COULD VOTE TO STRIKE 
TODAY IF A DEAL CAN'T BE REACHED
WITH THE CITY.
>>> MEANWHILE, THE NHL HAS
ANNOUNCED ITS FIFTH-STRAIGHT
WEEK OF NO POSITIVE COVID TESTS 
INSIDE ITS BUBBLE.
THAT'S OUT OF NEARLY 3,000
TESTS.
>>> AND IN DETROIT, A SPECIAL 
MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD TO
HONOR MORE THAN 1,500 LIVES LOST
TO CORONAVIRUS
PRI
PRIA FROM OUR AFFILIATE HAS THE 
STORY.
>> Reporter: MAYOR MIKE DUGGEN, 
GOVERNOR WHITMER, AND FAMILIES
GATHERED AT THE ENTRANCE OF 
BELLE ISLE
IN HONOR OF THE MORE THAN 1,500 
DETROITERS WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19. 
>> TODAY'S MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED
TO BRING SOME PEACE TO FAMILIES,
WHOSE LOVED ONES DIDN'T HAVE THE
FUNERALS THEY DESERVED. 
>> 15 FUNERAL PROCESSIONS WILL
ALLOW FAMILIES TO SAFELY DRIVE
BY THE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF COVID 
VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED 
ACROSS BELLE ISLE.
>> IT'S EASY TO GET NUMB IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE MUST NOT JUST LOOK AT
THESE AS NUMBERS
THESE ARE PEOPLE, WHO HAD DREAMS
AND PLANS AND A STORY.
>> Reporter: LIKE FRANCES BASIL,
AN 82-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WHO
FOSTERED DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN
DETROIT AND SPENT YEARS 
VOLUNTEERING AT LOCAL CHARITIES.
HER FAMILY DESCRIBES WHAT IT
FELT LIKE DRIVING BY HER PHOTO. 
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE SAW HER, 
YOU KNOW
LIKE, I KNOW THAT WE HAD RULES
AND WE COULDN'T STOP
BUT I ALMOST LIKE JUST HIT THE
BRAKES AND WAS, GRANNY, WE MISS 
YOU, WE LOVE YOU. 
>> THIS MEMORIAL, THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY TO HONOR
THE VICTIMS OF A PANDEMIC THAT
BROUGHT THE WORLD TO A
STANDSTILL. 
>> IT'S TREMENDOUS
THIS IS -- I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU 
SAY ABOUT A MAYOR, A GOVERNOR,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JUST THE 
CITY OFFICIALS, TO COME TOGETHER
IN THIS WAY, TO SHOW US ALL, YOU
KNOW, THE SURVIVORS OF FAMILIE
>>> VANDERSLOOT.
GIVING IT TO QUIGLEY
AND THERE'S THE RECORD. 
>> HISTORY IN THE WNBA BUBBLE AS
THE CHICAGO SKIES COURTNEY
VANDERSLOOT RECORDED 18 ASSISTS.
BREAKING THE LEAGUE RECORD FOR
MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME
VANDERSLOOT HAS HAD A HOT HAND
THERE DISHING OUT 15 ASSISTS IN 
A GAME JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>>> DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, KAMALA HARRIS, 
SURPRISED VIEWERS ON LAST 
NIGHT'S VERSUS BATTLE BETWEEN 
MUSIC ICONS BRANDY AND MONICA.
SHE WAS THERE VIRTUALLY.
ENCOURAGING FANS TO VOTE
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> YOU BOTH USED YOUR VOICE IN
SUCH A POWERFUL WAY.
AND AN EXTENSION OF OUR VOICES
IS OUR VOTE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND 
VOTING. 
>> YES. 
>> AND THEY FEEL SO HELPLESS
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU HELP 
YOURSELF
YOU HELP YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> HARRIS LATER SAID THAT SHE 
SUPPORTS BOTH SINGERS AND COULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HONORED TO 
JOIN THEM.
STILL, FIGHTING OVER THAT BOY, I
GUESS.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE.
TOM
TOPIC ALONE IS SERIOUS
GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER
AMAZON'S FLEET OF PRIME DELIVERY
DRONES
THE FAA HAS GIVEN FEDERAL 
APPROVAL FOR THE COMPANY TO 
EXPAND ITS UNMANNED DELIVERY
SERVICES IN THE SKY.
AMAZON SAID DELIVERIES WOULD
HAPPEN IN AREAS WITH LOW
POPULATION DENSITY AND PACKAGES 
WOULD WEIGH FIVE POUNDS OR LESS.
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BEING
TESTED. 
>> BRILLIANT
AMAZON'S
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE PEAK OF 
HURRICANE SEASON
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE NOW WATCHING TD 15
THIS ONE IS GOING TO COME OFF 
THE CAROLINA COAST
CAUSING SOME
>>> IT'S FUN TO WATCH JUST WHAT 
IT MEANS TO PEOPLE
AT TIMES, LIKE IN MY HEAD, I'LL 
BE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS DO
FOR THE WORLD?
LIKE, ACTUALLY, WHAT DOES IT -- 
YOU KNOW, IS IT ACTUALLY
VALUABLE IN -- IN THIS CLIMATE
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YES, IT
ACTUALLY IS.
NOT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE 
ESCAPE
I THINK, WHEN DONE RIGHT, IT
GIVES PEOPLE HOPE.
>> MARVEL STUDIOS RELEASED AN 
EXTREMELY TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO 
ITS KING, BLACK PANTHER,
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW LARGE OF
AN IMPACT HE HAD ON THE STARS HE
WORKED WITH AND THE FANS WHO
ADORED HIM
IT WAS HEADLINED, YOU WILL
ALWAYS BE OUR KING
AND GOOD FRIEND AND CO-STAR,
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SHARED A VERY
POWERFUL MESSAGE TO BOSEMAN 
SAYING I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME
AND HE ADDED THAT HE'S
DEDICATING THE REST OF HIS DAYS 
TO LIVING LIKE BOSEMAN HAD
WITH COURAGE, GRACE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
>>> AND ANGELA BASSETT FONDLY 
REMEMBERED HER FRIENDSHIP WITH
BOSEMAN.
SHE PLAYED THE MOTHER OF HIS
CHARACTER IN BLACK PANTHER
ALL YOU POSSESSED, YOU FREELY 
GAVE. 
>> THE WORLD STILL COMES TO 
GRIPS THAT HE IS NO LONGER WITH 
US HERE.
BUT THE IMPACT CERTAINLY IS.
>> STILL, SHOCKING, THOUGH. 
>> THE KINDNESS OF THOUSANDS OF 
STRANGERS IS CHANGING THE LIVES 
OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS
LAST WEEK, THIS PHOTO WENT
VIRAL.
THE GIRLS SITTING ON A PAVEMENT 
OUTSIDE A TACO BELL.
USING THE RESTAURANT'S WI-FI TO 
DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK.
AFTER THE PHOTO MADE THE ROUNDS 
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A GO FUND ME 
WAS CREATED FOR THEM RAISING
OVER $117,000.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL
THE SALINAS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IDENTIFIED THE GIRLS AND GAVE 
THEM A HOT SPOT SO THEY NO
LONGER HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE OF 
TACO BELL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME, WE'VE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS.
FAMILIES GOING TO A HOT SPOT, 
SCHOOL BUS PARKING LOT TO DO
WORK THERE
SHARING DEVICES.
BUT EVERYBODY'S COME TOGETHER.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE
REMINDS ME YOU CAN'T TAKE THINGS
FOR GRANTED LIKE THAT.
WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS, THE 
U.S. OPEN KICKED OFF IN NEW YORK
AND NAOMI OSAKA WEARING A 
BREONNA TAYLOR MASK.
AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, NOVAK
DJOKOVIC WITH A FLURRY OF 
BLISTERING SHOTS
AND 16-YEAR-OLD COCOA GOFF
DROPPED THE FIRST -- FIRST-ROUND
MATCH IN THREE SETS.
>>> NOW TO A BIG MILESTONE AT 
THE BERLIN ZOO
TWIN, PANDA CUBS CELEBRATED 
THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY
AND TO MARK THE SPECIAL 
OCCASION, ZOOKEEPERS GAVE THEM A
CAKE MADE OF ICE, BEET ROOT, AND
SWEET POTATO ROOT IN THE SHAPE
OF A NUMBER ONE.
ONLY GIANT PANDAS.
ANYTHING WE CAN USE AS AN EXCUSE
TO CELEBRATE THESE DAYS.
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME HUMAN 
BIRTHDAYS.
LILY TOMLIN TURNS 81
BARRY GIBB TURNS 74.
DR. PHIL IR 
WHO SHOOTS SOMEONE IN THE BACK 
TO A GOLFER WHO MISSES AN EASY 
PUTT.
AHEAD OF HIS TRIP TO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, A CITY STILL REELING 
FROM RECENT VIOLENCE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS REFUSING TO CONDEMN 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE, THE ALLEGED 
TRUMP SUPPORTER WHO'S BEEN 
CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE 
HOMICIDE AFTER KILLING TWO 
PROTESTERS THERE.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS.
LOOKS LIKE.
AND HE FELL AND THEN THEY VERY 
VIOLENTLY ATTACKED HIM.
I GUESS HE WAS IN VERY BIG 
TROUBLE.
HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 
KILLED.
>> Reporter: THE UNREST FOLLOWS 
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK 
MAN, JACOB BLAKE, NOW PARALYZED.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE SPOKE WITH
THE PASTOR FOR THE BLAKE FAMILY 
BUT WILL NOT MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY TODAY BECAUSE HE SAYS 
THEY WANTED A LAWYER PRESENT 
CALLING THAT INAPPROPRIATE.
OVERNIGHT LAWYERS REPRESENTING 
THE FAMILY TELLING NBC NEWS IF 
BLAKE'S MOTHER SPOKE TO THE 
PRESIDENT, SHE WAS PREPARED TO 
ASK HIM TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF 
HER SON'S SHOOTING ADDING THAT 
SHE WOULD DO WHAT SHE'S ASKED 
ALL OF AMERICA TO DO.
EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
IN A NEW INTERVIEW WITH FOX 
NEWS, HE SAID HE BELIEVES BLACK 
AMERICANS WANT LAW AND ORDER.
AND MADE THIS EYEBROW RAISING 
ANALOGY ABOUT SOME POLICE 
ENCOUNTERS.
>> COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
THEY CHOKE.
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT, 
THEY MISS A THREE-FOOT -- 
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING TO IT 
GOLF.
OF COURSE THAT'S -- 
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
SUGGESTING WITHOUT EVIDENCE OR 
EXPLANATION HIS RIVAL JOE BIDEN 
IS NOT IN CONTROL OF HIS 
CAMPAIGN.
>> WHO DO YOU THINK IS PULLING 
BIDEN'S STRINGS?
SIT FORMER OBAMA OFFICIALS?
>> PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE NEVER 
HEARD OF.
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DARK 
SHADOWS.
PEOPLE THAT -- 
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE CONSPIRACY 
THEORY.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MAKING ANOTHER CLAIM WITHOUT 
EVIDENCE THAT AN INVESTIGATION 
IS UNDERWAY INTO A GROUP OF 
AGITATORS WHO HE SAYS FLEW TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C., INTENT ON 
CAUSING CHAOS AT LAST WEEK'S 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
>> WE HAD SOMEBODY GET ON A 
PLANE FROM A CERTAIN CITY THIS 
WEEKEND.
IN THE PLANE IT WAS ALMOST 
COMPLETELY LOADED WITH THUGS 
WEARING THESE DARK UNIFORMS, 
BLACK UNIFORMS WITH GEAR AND 
THIS AND THAT.
>> Reporter: BIDEN IN PITTSRGH
DELIVERING HIS MOST FORCEFUL 
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BLAMING HIM FOR STOKING VIOLENCE
TO DISTRACT FROM THE ONGOING 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> THESE ARE NOT IMAGES OF SOME 
IMAGINED JOE BIDEN AMERICA IN 
THE FUTURE.
THESE ARE IMAGES OF DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA TODAY.
HE KEEPS TELLING IF HE WAS 
PRESIDENT YOU'D FEEL SAFE.
WELL, HE IS PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: BIDEN FOLLOWING UP 
ON HIS REMARKS AFTER THE EVENING
NEWS CONFERENCE SLAMMING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITING, QUOTE, 
THE PRESIDENT DECLINED TO REBUKE
VIOLENCE.
HE WOULDN'T EVEN REPUDIATE ONE 
OF HIS SUPPORTERS WHO WAS 
CHARGED WITH MURDER BECAUSE OF 
HIS ATTACKS ON OTHERS.
HE'S TOO WEAK AND SCARED OF THE 
HATRED HE HAS STIRRED TO PUT AN 
END TO IT.
>> AS YOU REPORTED, HE WILL NOT 
BE MEETING WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY.
SO WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO?
>> Reporter: NO MEETING WITH THE
BLAKE FAMILY BUT THE PRESIDENT 
IS EXPECTED TO VISIT WITH 
MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
HE'LL ALSO TOUR BUSINESSES IN 
KENOSHA DAMAGED DURING LAST 
WEEK'S RIOTING AND LOOTING 
THERE.
THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT 
DISMISSED CONCERNS THIS TRIP 
COULD INFLAME TENSIONS AND 
IGNITE NEW URGING 
PEOPLE TO GATHER PEACEFULLY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT.
THIS MORNING A PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT.
DIVIDING KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
THE CITY HOPING TO PUT LAST 
WEEK'S DEADLY VIOLENCE SPARKED 
BY THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE BEHIND THEM.
BUT SOME WORRY PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL INFLAME TENSIONS AGAIN.
>> PEOPLE OF KENOSHA DO NOT WANT
TO BE USED AS A CAMPAIGN TOOL.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT DEFYING REQUESTS FROM 
KENOSHA'S GOVERNOR AND MAYOR TO 
DELAY HIS TRIP.
>> I THINK KENOSHA AT THIS 
PRESENT TIME NEEDS PEACE AND 
NEEDS TO HEAL AND NEEDS PEOPLE 
TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN 
KENOSHA SAY IT WAS THE GOVERNOR 
WHO ACTIVATED THE NATIONAL GUARD
PUSHING BACK ON THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEET THAT THERE WOULD BE NO 
KENOSHA RIGHT NOW IF THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAD NOT STEPPED IN.
>> THAT'S A FALSE STATEMENT. 
>> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S 
FALSE?
>> BECAUSE KENOSHA IS A STRONG 
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK 
REGARDLESS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO 
KENOSHA POLICE, MORE THAN HALF 
OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN RECENT
DEMONSTRATIONS HERE ARE FROM 
OUTSIDE THE CITY AND ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY JACOB BLAKE'S SHOOTING 
BY POLICE HAS FUELED SIMILAR 
SITUATIONS BY RACIAL INJUSTICE.
AND STATE POLICE HAD BEEN 
BROUGHT BACK IN AFTER ONE OF THE
SUPPORTERS WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
ON SATURDAY.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE SHOOTING 
WAS KEBTCONNECTED TO THE PROTES.
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY SAYS ALL OF
THE VIOLENCE IS AN UNNECESSARY 
AND UNWANTED DISTRACTION FROM 
THE MOVEMENT CALLING FOR CHANGE.
>> WE'RE REALLY JUST SICK AND 
TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
>> Reporter: AND AS YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, AG FORCED TO ANSWER  
QUESTION WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO 
CONTROL THE SPREAD?
ON CAMPUS AFTER CAMPUS, IT'S 
BECOMING A TOUGH REALITY AS THE 
STUDENT POPULATION PICKS UP, SO 
DO THE COVID CASES. 
>> THIS WAS JUST NO SURPRISE TO 
ME.
>> Reporter: WHILE SOME SCHOOLS 
HAVE SET ASIDE AREAS FOR 
STUDENTS TO ISOLATE ON CAMPUS, 
OTHERS ARE CLOSING COMPLETELY 
AND SENDING STUDENTS BACK HOME 
WHERE THEY COULD SPREAD THE 
VIRUS.
>> IF CHILDREN HAVEN'T ALREADY 
LEFT HOME TO GO TO CAMPUS, 
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE 
THINKING ABOUT SHOULD THEY GET 
ON THOSE FLIGHTS, GET IN THE CAR
AND COME TO CAMPUS?
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH 
CAUTIONARY TALES.
>> Reporter: AND ON CAMPUS, 
PARTIES ARE PICKING UP.
AFTER SCHOOLS SUSPENDED 
STUDENTS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 
IS TEMPORARILY BLOCKING ALL 
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM 
HOLDING GATHERINGS.
>> YOU CAN'T STOP COLLEGE KIDS 
FROM, LIKE, PARTYING AND GOING 
OUT WITH EACH OTHER.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: BUT JACOB BARELLA 
SAYS AROUND CAMPUS HE SEES 
STUDENTS BEHAVING.
YOU FEEL SAFE.
>> I FEEL SAFE, YEAH.
I JUST FEEL SAFE THAT I COULD 
LOOK AROUND AND SEE EVERYBODY 
WITH MASKS ON.
I FEEL LIKE 99% OF KIDS THAT GOT
HERE HAD TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY 
AND THEY HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD
TO GET HERE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT -- 
THEY DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH 
RISKING IT ALL TO HAVE ONE NIGHT
OF FUN.
>> Reporter: ELSEWHERE, THE 
CONCERN STRETCHES FAR BEYOND 
CAMPUS.
IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS, HOME OF 
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, THE 
MAYOR WARNS THAT MORE CASES AT 
THE SCHOOL MEANS MORE CASES IN 
THE COMMUNITY WHICH COULD FORCE 
K-12 SCHOOLS TO GO VIRTUAL. 
>> IF YOU'RE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
AND COLLEGE, YOU CAN PROBABLY 
HANDLE AN ONLINE CLASS.
BUT A SECOND OR THIRD GRADER, 
THEY CAN'T.
>> Reporter: AS THEY'RE PREPARED
TO WELCOME BACK K-12 STUDENTS, 
THEY ARE WATCHING COLLEGES 
CLOSELY.
>> I BELIEVE COLLEGES ARE THE 
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE.
>> Reporter: AND GUYS, STUDENTS 
AND EVEN SOME HEALTH OFFICIALS 
WE SPOKE TO ARE PUSHING BACK ON 
OFFICIALS THAT ARE PLACING THE 
BLAME LARGELY ON STUDENTS 
POINTING TO THOSE PICTURES OF 
PACKED PARTIES SAYING THAT WHEN 
YOU PUT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG HIS 
COMMUNITY ABOVE ELSE.
ANNE THOMPSON HAS MORE ON THE 
LATE HOYAS ICON.
>> Reporter: FOR 27 YEARS, JOHN 
THOMPSON JR. TOWERED OVER 
GEORGETOWN'S SIDELINE.
AT 6'10," HE WAS AN IMPOSING 
PRESENCE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS MIND.
>> HE STARTED A CULTURAL 
REVOLUTION.
YOU KNOW, HE CAME IN AND HE 
CHANGED THINGS THERE.
MADE IT A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK 
TEAM.
>> Reporter: RESPECTED BY RIVALS
LIKE SYRACUSE'S JIM BOEHEIM.
>> HE SET A STANDARD FOR ALL 
COACHES.
BUT HE ALSO PAVED THE PATH FOR 
YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACHES 
AND PLAYERS WHO REALLY COULD SEE
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: THOMPSON LED THE 
HOYAS TO ALMOST 600 VICTORIES 
INCLUDING THREE FINAL FOURS AND 
ONE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> SO HAPPY.
IT'S JOHN THOMPSON.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST BLACK 
COLLEGE COACH TO WIN IT ALL.
BUT HE'D POINT OUT 
DISCRIMINATION DEPRIVED SO MANY 
OTHERS OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
HAVE A GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM.
WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO SEE
OUR KIDS GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: 75 OF THE 77 
PLAYERS WHO STAYED FOUR YEARS 
EARNED DEGREES.
26 PLAYERS WERE DRAFTED BY THE 
NBA.
FOUR ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
IVERSON THANKING THE COACH WHO 
STOOD BY HIM WHEN HE WAS A 
TALENTED BUT TROUBLED TEEN.
>> I WANT TO THANK COACH 
THOMPSON FOR SAVING MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: EWING WHO WON A 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 
THOMPSON IS NOW GEORGETOWN'S 
COACH.
>> HE'S A PERSON THAT HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED A LOT NOT ONLY AS A
BASKETBALL COACH BUT ALSO AS AN 
ICON, AS A PERSON WHO FOUGHT FOR
THE THINGS THAT HE BELIEVED IN.
>> Reporter: THOMPSON PROTECTED 
HIS PLAYERS AND FOUGHT FOR THEM.
WALKING OFF THE COURT IN 1989 TO
PROTEST ON NCAA RULE HE THOUGHT 
HURT BLACK ATHLETES.
>> THIS IS VERY MUCH 
DISCRIMINATORY.
>> Reporter: A GIANT ON AND OFF 
THE COURT.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.
>> YOU CAN SEE HE WAS A LOT MORE
THAN A BASKETBALL COACH TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 1980s 
FOLLOWING BASKETBALL LIKE I DID,
GEORGETOWN WAS IT.
WITH PATRICK EWING AND IT WAS 
COACH THOMPSON WHO MADE THEM IT 
ECONOMY ARE LIKE THROWING 
GASOLINE ON A SIMMERING FIRE.
IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IN CITIES BIG AND SMALL.
A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN HOMICIDES.
IN LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, 
NASHVILLE, DENVER.
>> IT'S NOT OKAY THAT THIS SURGE
IN CRIME IS IMPACTING OUR 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
>> Reporter: AN 89% INCREASE IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
MORE THAN 100% IN MILWAUKEE.
IN CHICAGO MORE THAN 505 DEATHS 
JUST THIS YEAR.
>> WE GOT TO BE TIRED OF THIS.
BECAUSE DAMN IT, I'M TIRED OF 
IT.
>> Reporter: 7-YEAR-OLD NATALIE 
WALLACE WAS KILLED WHILE PLAYING
IN THE FRONT YARD AS HER FAMILY 
PREPARED TO CELEBRATE 
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
POLICE BELIEVED SHE WAS CAUGHT 
IN RETALIATORY GUNFIRE BETWEEN 
GANGS.
THREE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED.
>> I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT 
YOUR WHOLE LIFE CAN CHANGE.
>> Reporter: HER FATHER SINGLE 
DAD NATHAN WALLACE STILL 
STRUGGLES TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS YOUR LITTLE GIRL.
>> YEAH.
MY YOUNGEST.
FEEL LIKE I COULDN'T PROTECT 
HER.
I MEAN, THAT REALLY HITS YOU, 
REALLY HURTS YOUR SOUL.
>> Reporter: VIOLENT CRIME IS 
NOTHING NEW TO CHICAGO, BUT THIS
YEAR HAS BEEN EXPONENTIALLY BAD.
THE NUMBER OF KIDS 13 OR YOUNGER
KILLED IN SHOOTINGS HAS ALREADY 
SURPASSED ALL OF LAST YEAR.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, AN
ARMY OF ORANGE SHIRTS CALLED 
TARGET AREA WALKS THE STREETS ON
A MISSION.
TO STOP VIOLENCE BEFORE IT 
STARTS IN AN AREA SUFFOCATING 
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD 
INSECURITY, THE LOSS OF 
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, GANGS, 
DRUGS, AND GUNS.
AMPLIFYING ALL OF IT, THE 
PANDEMIC.
MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE STRESS, 
TENSION WITH POLICE, AND 
DESPERATION.
>> WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, IT 
HIT THIS COMMUNITY HARDER THAN 
IT HIT ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: TARGET'S EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR.
>> PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT 
A LIFE ANYMORE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE 
HAVE TO TEACH OUR KIDS.
>> Reporter: THIS SUMMER THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION 
LEGEND HAS PARTNERED FEDERAL 
AGENTS WITH LOCAL POLICE ACROSS 
NINE CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON 
VIOLENT CRIME MAKING 1500 
ARRESTS.
>> THESE ARRESTS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE AND IT WILL MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE ON OUR VIOLENT CRIME 
RATE OVERALL IN KANSAS CITY.
>> Reporter: NOT TO BE CONFUSED 
WITH THE FEDERAL AGENTS SENT TO 
ZONE THIS SUMMER.
WHILE THEY HAVE BECOME FLASH 
POINTS IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN, MOST EXPERTS SAY THE 
VIOLENCE IS NOT RELATED TO 
DEMONSTRATIONS OVER RACIAL 
INEQUALITY.
AND DESPITE THE JUMP IN 
HOMICIDES, THE NATION'S CRIME 
RATE IS STILL DOWN SHARPLY FROM 
THE 1990s.
STILL THE PANDEMIC AND STALLED 
ECONOMY HAVE TENSIONS AND 
TEMPERS RUNNING HIGH.
FOR AUTRY PHILLIPS, PROGRESS IS 
MEASURED ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
>> IF ONE OF US JUST HELPED ONE 
PERSON FROM GETTING SHOT AND ONE
OF US JUST HELPED ONE PERSON 
FROM GETTING KILLED, IF ONE OF 
US JUST HELPED ONE PERSON TO GET
BACK IN SCHOOL, TO GET OFF DRUGS
TWOB GET INTO ANGER MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM, TO GET AN ID.
>> Reporter: THESE PEOPLE ON THE
STREETS ARE REALLY DOING ALL 
THEY CAN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THEY'RE WORRIED AS THE 
WEATHER GETS COLDER IN THE 
COMING MONTHS AND PEOPLE ARE 
STILL FORCED INSIDE BECAUSE OF 
COVID, WE COULD SEE EVEN MORE 
VIOLENCE.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT 
OF THIS PANDEMIC, ONE OTHER 
CONCERN IS THE NUMBER OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE IN THESE LOW-INCOME AREAS
THAT ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL 
ONLINE BUT DON'T NECESSARILY 
HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY 
NEED.
SO WHAT ROLE MIGHT THAT PLAY IN 
ALL OF THIS?
>> Reporter: I HEARD THAT 
REPEATEDLY IN MILWAUKEE AND 
CHICAGO.
PEOPLE SAYING, LISTEN.
PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 
DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS 
NECESSARILY FOR THEIR KIDS.
IN FACT, A RECENT STUDY FOUND AS
MANY AS 15 MILLION K-12 STUDENTS
DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET 
OR COMPUTERS.
SO ALL OF THAT COULD AGGRAVATE 
THE SITUATION IF THEY'RE 
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WORK AT 
HOME AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO
HELP THEM BECAUSE MOM OR DAD IS 
AT WORK AND THEY DON'T HAVE HIGH
SPEED INTERNET.
THIS COULD REALLY BE EVEN SUPER 
OTHERS OF HEROIC FIGURES OF THE 
PAST.
AS TRIBUTE AFTER TRIBUTE 
CONTINUE TO POUR IN HONORING THE
LIFE OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN, THEMES
ARE EMERGED.
WORDS LIKE KIND, SOULFUL, 
AUTHENTIC POPULATING POSTS OF 
THOSE WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHES.
JOSH GAD SHARING THIS BLESSED 
MEMORY SHOWING ANOTHER ONE OF 
BOSEMAN'S SEEMINGLY ENDLESS 
TALENTS.
THE ACTOR RECEIVING SO MANY 
TRIBUTES IN DEATH, OFFERED SO 
MUCH GRATITUDE IN LIFE.
IN 2019 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 
AWARDS SEASON, BOSEMAN PAID 
HOMAGE TO DENZEL WASHINGTON WHO 
HAD ONCE PAID HIS TUITION.
>> AN OFFERING FROM A SAGE AND A
KING IS MORE THAN SILVER AND 
GOLD.
IT IS A SEED OF HOPE, A BUD OF 
FAITH.
THERE IS NO "BLACK PANTHER" 
WITHOUT DENZEL WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: NOW WASHINGTON WHO 
RECOGNIZED THE YOUNGER ACTOR'S 
TALENT EARLY ON SAYING IN A 
STATEMENT HE WAS A GENTLE SOUL 
AND A BRILLIANT ARTIST WHO WILL 
STAY WITH US FOR ETERNITY.
GOD BLESS CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
HIS "BLACK PANTHER" CAST MATES 
CHIMING IN.
DANAI GURRA POSTING I CAN'T EVEN
WRAP MY MIND AROUND THIS LOSS.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN SAYING I'M 
GOING TO MISS YOUR GENEROSITY, 
SENSE OF HUMOR, AND INCREDIBLE 
GIFTS.
I'M DEDICATING THE REST OF MY 
DAYS TO LIVE THE WAY YOU DID 
WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
AND WINSTON DUKE CALLING BOSEMAN
MY BROTHER, MY HERO, MY BLACK 
PANTHER.
OVER FOUR YEARS, BOSEMAN NEVER 
LET ON ABOUT HIS OWN BATTLE WITH
COLON CANCER SPENDING TIME WITH 
TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN.
HE TOUCHED MILLIONS OF OTHERS 
LEAVING A LEGACY FOR 
GENERATIONS.
NEVER MORE EVIDENT THAN IN THESE
POIGNANT TRIBUTES BY CHILDREN TO
THEIR HERO.
>> I'M MAKING SURE HE WILL 
NEVER, EVER DIE.
>> Reporter: AND TO THE ACTOR 
WHO OFFERED GENERATIONS OF BLACK
BOYS AND GIRLS A HERO THEY WERE 
MISSING, MARVEL RELEASED THIS 
STIRRING TRIBUTE.
>> I THINK HE WORE THE CROWN 
WITH DIGNITY.
>> Reporter: IN ART AS IN LIFE.
MY GOODNESS.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN TALK ONLINE 
ABOUT CREATING A MEMORIAL FOR 
CHADWICK IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEARLY 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED
A PETITION TO REPLACE A 
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT THERE FOR 
ONE OF CHADWICK.
I HEARD FROM PEOPLE AT HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY WHO ARE THINKING OF 
RENAMING A FINE ARTS CENTER.
I HAVE A FEELING IN THE MONTHS, 
DAYS AHEAD WE'LL HEAR ABOUT MORE
COMMUNITY CENTERS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY TO HONOR HIM.
>> THAT DENZEL WASHINGTON STORY 
WAS FASCINATING.
HE OPENED UP TO YOU ABOUT THAT 
DURING YOUR INTERVIEW.
>> HE WAS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO A 
PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM AT OXFORD.
COULD NOT AFFORD TO GO.
HIS PROFESSOR AS HOWARD WAS 
FELICIA RASHAD AND SHE MADE A 
PHONE CALL TO DENZEL WASHINGTON 
WHO WROTE THE CHECK SO CHADWICK 
COULD GO.
HE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL LATER 
DENZEL WASHINGTON WAS WHO PAID 
IT.
HE MAY NOT HAVE BECOME THE ACTOR
HE WAS WITHOUT THAT FROM DENZEL 
WASHINGTON.
HE SAID LATER AT THE "BLACK 
PANTHER"  
A HURRICANE.
WE'LL SPEAK TO THEM IN A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE 
STORY.
>> Reporter: ONE WEEK AGO, IT 
WAS A DESPERATE RACE AGAINST 
TIME.
HURRICANE LAURA ON TRACK TO 
BECOME A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 
WITH FORECASTERS PREDICTING AN 
UNSURVIVABLE STORM SURGE.
TABITHA FAUCET WAS IN THE 
HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM A 
DIFFERENT C-SECTION.
HER TWO 2-DAY-OLD DAUGHTER 
TETHERED TO A VENTILATOR.
>> THE NURSES CAME IN AND WERE 
LIKE, HEY, WE JUST GOT AN 
UPDATE.
DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED STORM 
SURGE AND THE WEATHER, WE HAVE 
TO GET Y'ALL OUT OF HERE.
>> Reporter: IN AN HOURS' LONG 
OPERATION, THE TEAM TRANSFERRED 
THE FRAGILE NEWBORNS TO A 
HOSPITAL ON HIGHER GROUND.
ALONG WITH THE CRUCIAL EQUIPMENT
TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.
>> TRANSFERRING 19 BABIES, 
CRITICAL INFANTS EVEN ACROSS 
TOWN IS A BIG ORDEAL.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> Reporter: THAT NIGHT AS 
LAURA'S FIERCE WINDS HOWLED 
OUTSIDE, A TEAM OF NURSES, 
RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, AND A 
DOCTOR HUDDLED INSIDE AND 
WATCHED OVER THE TINY INFANTS.
>> THE WHOLE BUILDING IS MOVING.
YOU CAN FEEL THE BUILDING 
SHAKING.
>> Reporter: AND IN THE MIDDLE 
OF THE TERRIFYING ORDEAL -- 
>> YOU'RE IN THE ROOM AND THE 
WINDOWS WERE SHAKING AND 
RATTLING.
IT WAS DISTURBING.
FRIGHTENING.
>> Reporter: UPDATING WORRIED 
FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK ALL NIGHT 
LONG.
>> THAT REASSURANCE RIGHT THERE,
THAT REALLY HELPED ME GET 
THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE SURVIVING 
UNHURT.
>> BESIDES BEING AFRAID AND THE 
STRESS, WE DIDN'T GO WITHOUT 
ANYTHING AND THE BABIES DIDN'T 
REALIZE THERE WAS A STORM GOING 
ON.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS 
ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
>> WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T 
HAVE KEPT OUR SANITY.
IT WAS ROUGH.
BUT BECAUSE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, 
WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PULL 
THROUGH.
>> Reporter: TO THOSE WHO HELPE 
WHO SHOOTS SOMEONE IN THE BACK 
TO A GOLFER WHO MISSES AN EASY 
PUTT.
AHEAD OF HIS TRIP TO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, A CITY STILL REELING 
FROM RECENT VIOLENCE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS REFUSING TO CONDEMN 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE, THE ALLEGED 
TRUMP SUPPORTER WHO'S BEEN 
CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE 
HOMICIDE AFTER KILLING TWO 
PROTESTERS THERE.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS.
LOOKS LIKE.
AND HE FELL AND THEN THEY VERY 
VIOLENTLY ATTACKED HIM.
I GUESS HE WAS IN VERY BIG 
TROUBLE.
HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 
KILLED.
>> Reporter: THE UNREST FOLLOWS 
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK 
MAN, JACOB BLAKE, NOW PARALYZED.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE SPOKE WITH
THE PASTOR FOR THE BLAKE FAMILY 
BUT WILL NOT MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY TODAY BECAUSE HE SAYS 
THEY WANTED A LAWYER PRESENT 
CALLING THAT INAPPROPRIATE.
OVERNIGHT LAWYERS REPRESENTING 
THE FAMILY TELLING NBC NEWS IF 
BLAKE'S MOTHER SPOKE TO THE 
PRESIDENT, SHE WAS PREPARED TO 
ASK HIM TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF 
HER SON'S SHOOTING ADDING THAT 
SHE WOULD DO WHAT SHE'S ASKED 
ALL OF AMERICA TO DO.
EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
IN A NEW INTERVIEW WITH FOX 
NEWS, HE SAID HE BELIEVES BLACK 
AMERICANS WANT LAW AND ORDER.
AND MADE THIS EYEBROW RAISING 
ANALOGY ABOUT SOME POLICE 
ENCOUNTERS.
>> COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
THEY CHOKE.
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT, 
THEY MISS A THREE-FOOT -- 
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING TO IT 
GOLF.
OF COURSE THAT'S -- 
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
SUGGESTING WITHOUT EVIDENCE OR 
EXPLANATION HIS RIVAL JOE BIDEN 
IS NOT IN CONTROL OF HIS 
CAMPAIGN.
>> WHO DO YOU THINK IS PULLING 
BIDEN'S STRINGS?
SIT FORMER OBAMA OFFICIALS?
>> PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE NEVER 
HEARD OF.
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DARK 
SHADOWS.
PEOPLE THAT -- 
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE CONSPIRACY 
THEORY.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MAKING ANOTHER CLAIM WITHOUT 
EVIDENCE THAT AN INVESTIGATION 
IS UNDERWAY INTO A GROUP OF 
AGITATORS WHO HE SAYS FLEW TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C., INTENT ON 
CAUSING CHAOS AT LAST WEEK'S 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
>> WE HAD SOMEBODY GET ON A 
PLANE FROM A CERTAIN CITY THIS 
WEEKEND.
IN THE PLANE IT WAS ALMOST 
COMPLETELY LOADED WITH THUGS 
WEARING THESE DARK UNIFORMS, 
BLACK UNIFORMS WITH GEAR AND 
THIS AND THAT.
>> Reporter: BIDEN IN PITTSRGH
DELIVERING HIS MOST FORCEFUL 
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BLAMING HIM FOR STOKING VIOLENCE
TO DISTRACT FROM THE ONGOING 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> THESE ARE NOT IMAGES OF SOME 
IMAGINED JOE BIDEN AMERICA IN 
THE FUTURE.
THESE ARE IMAGES OF DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA TODAY.
HE KEEPS TELLING IF HE WAS 
PRESIDENT YOU'D FEEL SAFE.
WELL, HE IS PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: BIDEN FOLLOWING UP 
ON HIS REMARKS AFTER THE EVENING
NEWS CONFERENCE SLAMMING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITING, QUOTE, 
THE PRESIDENT DECLINED TO REBUKE
VIOLENCE.
HE WOULDN'T EVEN REPUDIATE ONE 
OF HIS SUPPORTERS WHO WAS 
CHARGED WITH MURDER BECAUSE OF 
HIS ATTACKS ON OTHERS.
HE'S TOO WEAK AND SCARED OF THE 
HATRED HE HAS STIRRED TO PUT AN 
END TO IT.
>> AS YOU REPORTED, HE WILL NOT 
BE MEETING WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY.
SO WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO?
>> Reporter: NO MEETING WITH THE
BLAKE FAMILY BUT THE PRESIDENT 
IS EXPECTED TO VISIT WITH 
MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
HE'LL ALSO TOUR BUSINESSES IN 
KENOSHA DAMAGED DURING LAST 
WEEK'S RIOTING AND LOOTING 
THERE.
THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT 
DISMISSED CONCERNS THIS TRIP 
COULD INFLAME TENSIONS AND 
IGNITE NEW URGING 
PEOPLE TO GATHER PEACEFULLY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT.
THIS MORNING A PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT.
DIVIDING KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
THE CITY HOPING TO PUT LAST 
WEEK'S DEADLY VIOLENCE SPARKED 
BY THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE BEHIND THEM.
BUT SOME WORRY PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL INFLAME TENSIONS AGAIN.
>> PEOPLE OF KENOSHA DO NOT WANT
TO BE USED AS A CAMPAIGN TOOL.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT DEFYING REQUESTS FROM 
KENOSHA'S GOVERNOR AND MAYOR TO 
DELAY HIS TRIP.
>> I THINK KENOSHA AT THIS 
PRESENT TIME NEEDS PEACE AND 
NEEDS TO HEAL AND NEEDS PEOPLE 
TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN 
KENOSHA SAY IT WAS THE GOVERNOR 
WHO ACTIVATED THE NATIONAL GUARD
PUSHING BACK ON THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEET THAT THERE WOULD BE NO 
KENOSHA RIGHT NOW IF THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAD NOT STEPPED IN.
>> THAT'S A FALSE STATEMENT. 
>> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S 
FALSE?
>> BECAUSE KENOSHA IS A STRONG 
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK 
REGARDLESS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO 
KENOSHA POLICE, MORE THAN HALF 
OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN RECENT
DEMONSTRATIONS HERE ARE FROM 
OUTSIDE THE CITY AND ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY JACOB BLAKE'S SHOOTING 
BY POLICE HAS FUELED SIMILAR 
SITUATIONS BY RACIAL INJUSTICE.
AND STATE POLICE HAD BEEN 
BROUGHT BACK IN AFTER ONE OF THE
SUPPORTERS WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
ON SATURDAY.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE SHOOTING 
WAS KEBTCONNECTED TO THE PROTES.
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY SAYS ALL OF
THE VIOLENCE IS AN UNNECESSARY 
AND UNWANTED DISTRACTION FROM 
THE MOVEMENT CALLING FOR CHANGE.
>> WE'RE REALLY JUST SICK AND 
TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
>> Reporter: AND AS YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, AG FORCED TO ANSWER  
QUESTION WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO 
CONTROL THE SPREAD?
ON CAMPUS AFTER CAMPUS, IT'S 
BECOMING A TOUGH REALITY AS THE 
STUDENT POPULATION PICKS UP, SO 
DO THE COVID CASES. 
>> THIS WAS JUST NO SURPRISE TO 
ME.
>> Reporter: WHILE SOME SCHOOLS 
HAVE SET ASIDE AREAS FOR 
STUDENTS TO ISOLATE ON CAMPUS, 
OTHERS ARE CLOSING COMPLETELY 
AND SENDING STUDENTS BACK HOME 
WHERE THEY COULD SPREAD THE 
VIRUS.
>> IF CHILDREN HAVEN'T ALREADY 
LEFT HOME TO GO TO CAMPUS, 
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE 
THINKING ABOUT SHOULD THEY GET 
ON THOSE FLIGHTS, GET IN THE CAR
AND COME TO CAMPUS?
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH 
CAUTIONARY TALES.
>> Reporter: AND ON CAMPUS, 
PARTIES ARE PICKING UP.
AFTER SCHOOLS SUSPENDED 
STUDENTS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 
IS TEMPORARILY BLOCKING ALL 
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM 
HOLDING GATHERINGS.
>> YOU CAN'T STOP COLLEGE KIDS 
FROM, LIKE, PARTYING AND GOING 
OUT WITH EACH OTHER.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: BUT JACOB BARELLA 
SAYS AROUND CAMPUS HE SEES 
STUDENTS BEHAVING.
YOU FEEL SAFE.
>> I FEEL SAFE, YEAH.
I JUST FEEL SAFE THAT I COULD 
LOOK AROUND AND SEE EVERYBODY 
WITH MASKS ON.
I FEEL LIKE 99% OF KIDS THAT GOT
HERE HAD TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY 
AND THEY HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD
TO GET HERE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT -- 
THEY DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH 
RISKING IT ALL TO HAVE ONE NIGHT
OF FUN.
>> Reporter: ELSEWHERE, THE 
CONCERN STRETCHES FAR BEYOND 
CAMPUS.
IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS, HOME OF 
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, THE 
MAYOR WARNS THAT MORE CASES AT 
THE SCHOOL MEANS MORE CASES IN 
THE COMMUNITY WHICH COULD FORCE 
K-12 SCHOOLS TO GO VIRTUAL. 
>> IF YOU'RE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
AND COLLEGE, YOU CAN PROBABLY 
HANDLE AN ONLINE CLASS.
BUT A SECOND OR THIRD GRADER, 
THEY CAN'T.
>> Reporter: AS THEY'RE PREPARED
TO WELCOME BACK K-12 STUDENTS, 
THEY ARE WATCHING COLLEGES 
CLOSELY.
>> I BELIEVE COLLEGES ARE THE 
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE.
>> Reporter: AND GUYS, STUDENTS 
AND EVEN SOME HEALTH OFFICIALS 
WE SPOKE TO ARE PUSHING BACK ON 
OFFICIALS THAT ARE PLACING THE 
BLAME LARGELY ON STUDENTS 
POINTING TO THOSE PICTURES OF 
PACKED PARTIES SAYING THAT WHEN 
YOU PUT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG HIS 
COMMUNITY ABOVE ELSE.
ANNE THOMPSON HAS MORE ON THE 
LATE HOYAS ICON.
>> Reporter: FOR 27 YEARS, JOHN 
THOMPSON JR. TOWERED OVER 
GEORGETOWN'S SIDELINE.
AT 6'10," HE WAS AN IMPOSING 
PRESENCE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS MIND.
>> HE STARTED A CULTURAL 
REVOLUTION.
YOU KNOW, HE CAME IN AND HE 
CHANGED THINGS THERE.
MADE IT A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK 
TEAM.
>> Reporter: RESPECTED BY RIVALS
LIKE SYRACUSE'S JIM BOEHEIM.
>> HE SET A STANDARD FOR ALL 
COACHES.
BUT HE ALSO PAVED THE PATH FOR 
YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACHES 
AND PLAYERS WHO REALLY COULD SEE
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: THOMPSON LED THE 
HOYAS TO ALMOST 600 VICTORIES 
INCLUDING THREE FINAL FOURS AND 
ONE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> SO HAPPY.
IT'S JOHN THOMPSON.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST BLACK 
COLLEGE COACH TO WIN IT ALL.
BUT HE'D POINT OUT 
DISCRIMINATION DEPRIVED SO MANY 
OTHERS OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
HAVE A GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM.
WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO SEE
OUR KIDS GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: 75 OF THE 77 
PLAYERS WHO STAYED FOUR YEARS 
EARNED DEGREES.
26 PLAYERS WERE DRAFTED BY THE 
NBA.
FOUR ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
IVERSON THANKING THE COACH WHO 
STOOD BY HIM WHEN HE WAS A 
TALENTED BUT TROUBLED TEEN.
>> I WANT TO THANK COACH 
THOMPSON FOR SAVING MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: EWING WHO WON A 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 
THOMPSON IS NOW GEORGETOWN'S 
COACH.
>> HE'S A PERSON THAT HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED A LOT NOT ONLY AS A
BASKETBALL COACH BUT ALSO AS AN 
ICON, AS A PERSON WHO FOUGHT FOR
THE THINGS THAT HE BELIEVED IN.
>> Reporter: THOMPSON PROTECTED 
HIS PLAYERS AND FOUGHT FOR THEM.
WALKING OFF THE COURT IN 1989 TO
PROTEST ON NCAA RULE HE THOUGHT 
HURT BLACK ATHLETES.
>> THIS IS VERY MUCH 
DISCRIMINATORY.
>> Reporter: A GIANT ON AND OFF 
THE COURT.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.
>> YOU CAN SEE HE WAS A LOT MORE
THAN A BASKETBALL COACH TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 1980s 
FOLLOWING BASKETBALL LIKE I DID,
GEORGETOWN WAS IT.
WITH PATRICK EWING AND IT WAS 
COACH THOMPSON WHO MADE THEM IT 
ECONOMY ARE LIKE THROWING 
GASOLINE ON A SIMMERING FIRE.
IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IN CITIES BIG AND SMALL.
A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN HOMICIDES.
IN LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, 
NASHVILLE, DENVER.
>> IT'S NOT OKAY THAT THIS SURGE
IN CRIME IS IMPACTING OUR 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
>> Reporter: AN 89% INCREASE IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
MORE THAN 100% IN MILWAUKEE.
IN CHICAGO MORE THAN 505 DEATHS 
JUST THIS YEAR.
>> WE GOT TO BE TIRED OF THIS.
BECAUSE DAMN IT, I'M TIRED OF 
IT.
>> Reporter: 7-YEAR-OLD NATALIE 
WALLACE WAS KILLED WHILE PLAYING
IN THE FRONT YARD AS HER FAMILY 
PREPARED TO CELEBRATE 
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
POLICE BELIEVED SHE WAS CAUGHT 
IN RETALIATORY GUNFIRE BETWEEN 
GANGS.
THREE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED.
>> I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT 
YOUR WHOLE LIFE CAN CHANGE.
>> Reporter: HER FATHER SINGLE 
DAD NATHAN WALLACE STILL 
STRUGGLES TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS YOUR LITTLE GIRL.
>> YEAH.
MY YOUNGEST.
FEEL LIKE I COULDN'T PROTECT 
HER.
I MEAN, THAT REALLY HITS YOU, 
REALLY HURTS YOUR SOUL.
>> Reporter: VIOLENT CRIME IS 
NOTHING NEW TO CHICAGO, BUT THIS
YEAR HAS BEEN EXPONENTIALLY BAD.
THE NUMBER OF KIDS 13 OR YOUNGER
KILLED IN SHOOTINGS HAS ALREADY 
SURPASSED ALL OF LAST YEAR.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, AN
ARMY OF ORANGE SHIRTS CALLED 
TARGET AREA WALKS THE STREETS ON
A MISSION.
TO STOP VIOLENCE BEFORE IT 
STARTS IN AN AREA SUFFOCATING 
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD 
INSECURITY, THE LOSS OF 
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, GANGS, 
DRUGS, AND GUNS.
AMPLIFYING ALL OF IT, THE 
PANDEMIC.
MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE STRESS, 
TENSION WITH POLICE, AND 
DESPERATION.
>> WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, IT 
HIT THIS COMMUNITY HARDER THAN 
IT HIT ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: TARGET'S EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR.
>> PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT 
A LIFE ANYMORE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE 
HAVE TO TEACH OUR KIDS.
>> Reporter: THIS SUMMER THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION 
LEGEND HAS PARTNERED FEDERAL 
AGENTS WITH LOCAL POLICE ACROSS 
NINE CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON 
VIOLENT CRIME MAKING 1500 
ARRESTS.
>> THESE ARRESTS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE AND IT WILL MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE ON OUR VIOLENT CRIME 
RATE OVERALL IN KANSAS CITY.
>> Reporter: NOT TO BE CONFUSED 
WITH THE FEDERAL AGENTS SENT TO 
ZONE THIS SUMMER.
WHILE THEY HAVE BECOME FLASH 
POINTS IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN, MOST EXPERTS SAY THE 
VIOLENCE IS NOT RELATED TO 
DEMONSTRATIONS OVER RACIAL 
INEQUALITY.
AND DESPITE THE JUMP IN 
HOMICIDES, THE NATION'S CRIME 
RATE IS STILL DOWN SHARPLY FROM 
THE 1990s.
STILL THE PANDEMIC AND STALLED 
ECONOMY HAVE TENSIONS AND 
TEMPERS RUNNING HIGH.
FOR AUTRY PHILLIPS, PROGRESS IS 
MEASURED ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
>> IF ONE OF US JUST HELPED ONE 
PERSON FROM GETTING SHOT AND ONE
OF US JUST HELPED ONE PERSON 
FROM GETTING KILLED, IF ONE OF 
US JUST HELPED ONE PERSON TO GET
BACK IN SCHOOL, TO GET OFF DRUGS
TWOB GET INTO ANGER MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM, TO GET AN ID.
>> Reporter: THESE PEOPLE ON THE
STREETS ARE REALLY DOING ALL 
THEY CAN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THEY'RE WORRIED AS THE 
WEATHER GETS COLDER IN THE 
COMING MONTHS AND PEOPLE ARE 
STILL FORCED INSIDE BECAUSE OF 
COVID, WE COULD SEE EVEN MORE 
VIOLENCE.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT 
OF THIS PANDEMIC, ONE OTHER 
CONCERN IS THE NUMBER OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE IN THESE LOW-INCOME AREAS
THAT ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL 
ONLINE BUT DON'T NECESSARILY 
HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY 
NEED.
SO WHAT ROLE MIGHT THAT PLAY IN 
ALL OF THIS?
>> Reporter: I HEARD THAT 
REPEATEDLY IN MILWAUKEE AND 
CHICAGO.
PEOPLE SAYING, LISTEN.
PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 
DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS 
NECESSARILY FOR THEIR KIDS.
IN FACT, A RECENT STUDY FOUND AS
MANY AS 15 MILLION K-12 STUDENTS
DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET 
OR COMPUTERS.
SO ALL OF THAT COULD AGGRAVATE 
THE SITUATION IF THEY'RE 
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WORK AT 
HOME AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO
HELP THEM BECAUSE MOM OR DAD IS 
AT WORK AND THEY DON'T HAVE HIGH
SPEED INTERNET.
THIS COULD REALLY BE EVEN SUPER 
OTHERS OF HEROIC FIGURES OF THE 
PAST.
AS TRIBUTE AFTER TRIBUTE 
CONTINUE TO POUR IN HONORING THE
LIFE OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN, THEMES
ARE EMERGED.
WORDS LIKE KIND, SOULFUL, 
AUTHENTIC POPULATING POSTS OF 
THOSE WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHES.
JOSH GAD SHARING THIS BLESSED 
MEMORY SHOWING ANOTHER ONE OF 
BOSEMAN'S SEEMINGLY ENDLESS 
TALENTS.
THE ACTOR RECEIVING SO MANY 
TRIBUTES IN DEATH, OFFERED SO 
MUCH GRATITUDE IN LIFE.
IN 2019 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 
AWARDS SEASON, BOSEMAN PAID 
HOMAGE TO DENZEL WASHINGTON WHO 
HAD ONCE PAID HIS TUITION.
>> AN OFFERING FROM A SAGE AND A
KING IS MORE THAN SILVER AND 
GOLD.
IT IS A SEED OF HOPE, A BUD OF 
FAITH.
THERE IS NO "BLACK PANTHER" 
WITHOUT DENZEL WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: NOW WASHINGTON WHO 
RECOGNIZED THE YOUNGER ACTOR'S 
TALENT EARLY ON SAYING IN A 
STATEMENT HE WAS A GENTLE SOUL 
AND A BRILLIANT ARTIST WHO WILL 
STAY WITH US FOR ETERNITY.
GOD BLESS CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
HIS "BLACK PANTHER" CAST MATES 
CHIMING IN.
DANAI GURRA POSTING I CAN'T EVEN
WRAP MY MIND AROUND THIS LOSS.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN SAYING I'M 
GOING TO MISS YOUR GENEROSITY, 
SENSE OF HUMOR, AND INCREDIBLE 
GIFTS.
I'M DEDICATING THE REST OF MY 
DAYS TO LIVE THE WAY YOU DID 
WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND NO 
REGRETS.
AND WINSTON DUKE CALLING BOSEMAN
MY BROTHER, MY HERO, MY BLACK 
PANTHER.
OVER FOUR YEARS, BOSEMAN NEVER 
LET ON ABOUT HIS OWN BATTLE WITH
COLON CANCER SPENDING TIME WITH 
TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN.
HE TOUCHED MILLIONS OF OTHERS 
LEAVING A LEGACY FOR 
GENERATIONS.
NEVER MORE EVIDENT THAN IN THESE
POIGNANT TRIBUTES BY CHILDREN TO
THEIR HERO.
>> I'M MAKING SURE HE WILL 
NEVER, EVER DIE.
>> Reporter: AND TO THE ACTOR 
WHO OFFERED GENERATIONS OF BLACK
BOYS AND GIRLS A HERO THEY WERE 
MISSING, MARVEL RELEASED THIS 
STIRRING TRIBUTE.
>> I THINK HE WORE THE CROWN 
WITH DIGNITY.
>> Reporter: IN ART AS IN LIFE.
MY GOODNESS.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN TALK ONLINE 
ABOUT CREATING A MEMORIAL FOR 
CHADWICK IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEARLY 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED
A PETITION TO REPLACE A 
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT THERE FOR 
ONE OF CHADWICK.
I HEARD FROM PEOPLE AT HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY WHO ARE THINKING OF 
RENAMING A FINE ARTS CENTER.
I HAVE A FEELING IN THE MONTHS, 
DAYS AHEAD WE'LL HEAR ABOUT MORE
COMMUNITY CENTERS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY TO HONOR HIM.
>> THAT DENZEL WASHINGTON STORY 
WAS FASCINATING.
HE OPENED UP TO YOU ABOUT THAT 
DURING YOUR INTERVIEW.
>> HE WAS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO A 
PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM AT OXFORD.
COULD NOT AFFORD TO GO.
HIS PROFESSOR AS HOWARD WAS 
FELICIA RASHAD AND SHE MADE A 
PHONE CALL TO DENZEL WASHINGTON 
WHO WROTE THE CHECK SO CHADWICK 
COULD GO.
HE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL LATER 
DENZEL WASHINGTON WAS WHO PAID 
IT.
HE MAY NOT HAVE BECOME THE ACTOR
HE WAS WITHOUT THAT FROM DENZEL 
WASHINGTON.
HE SAID LATER AT THE "BLACK 
PANTHER"  
A HURRICANE.
WE'LL SPEAK TO THEM IN A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE 
STORY.
>> Reporter: ONE WEEK AGO, IT 
WAS A DESPERATE RACE AGAINST 
TIME.
HURRICANE LAURA ON TRACK TO 
BECOME A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 
WITH FORECASTERS PREDICTING AN 
UNSURVIVABLE STORM SURGE.
TABITHA FAUCET WAS IN THE 
HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM A 
DIFFERENT C-SECTION.
HER TWO 2-DAY-OLD DAUGHTER 
TETHERED TO A VENTILATOR.
>> THE NURSES CAME IN AND WERE 
LIKE, HEY, WE JUST GOT AN 
UPDATE.
DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED STORM 
SURGE AND THE WEATHER, WE HAVE 
TO GET Y'ALL OUT OF HERE.
>> Reporter: IN AN HOURS' LONG 
OPERATION, THE TEAM TRANSFERRED 
THE FRAGILE NEWBORNS TO A 
HOSPITAL ON HIGHER GROUND.
ALONG WITH THE CRUCIAL EQUIPMENT
TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.
>> TRANSFERRING 19 BABIES, 
CRITICAL INFANTS EVEN ACROSS 
TOWN IS A BIG ORDEAL.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> Reporter: THAT NIGHT AS 
LAURA'S FIERCE WINDS HOWLED 
OUTSIDE, A TEAM OF NURSES, 
RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, AND A 
DOCTOR HUDDLED INSIDE AND 
WATCHED OVER THE TINY INFANTS.
>> THE WHOLE BUILDING IS MOVING.
YOU CAN FEEL THE BUILDING 
SHAKING.
>> Reporter: AND IN THE MIDDLE 
OF THE TERRIFYING ORDEAL -- 
>> YOU'RE IN THE ROOM AND THE 
WINDOWS WERE SHAKING AND 
RATTLING.
IT WAS DISTURBING.
FRIGHTENING.
>> Reporter: UPDATING WORRIED 
FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK ALL NIGHT 
LONG.
>> THAT REASSURANCE RIGHT THERE,
THAT REALLY HELPED ME GET 
THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: EVERY
>>> THAT REALLY
HELPED ME GET
THROUGH THE NIGHT
RIGHT THERE.
>> BESIDES BEING
AFRAID AND
STRESSED, THE
BABIES DIDN'T
REALIZE WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
>> PARENTS
ETERNALLY
GRATEFUL.
>> WITHOUT THEM.
BECAUSE OF THEM,
WE WERE ABLE TO
REALLY PULL
THROUGH.
>> TO THOSE THAT
HELPED THEIR
PRECIOUS NEWBORNS
WEATHER THE
FIRST STORM OF
THEIR YOUNG
LIVES.
NBC NEWS.
>>> AHEAD OF THIS
TRIP TO
KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, TODAY,
PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS REFUSING TO
CONDEMN KYLE
RITTENHOUSE.
AFTER SHOOTING
AND KILLING TWO
PROTESTERS THERE.
>> HE WAS TRYING
TO GET AWAY
FROM THEM I
GUESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE, AND HE FELL
AND THEY VERY
VIOLENTLY
ATTACKED HIM.
I GUESS HE WAS IN
VERY BIG
TROUBLE.
HE #3R0EB WOULD
HAVE BEEN
KILLED.
>> THE UNREST
FOLLOWS THE
SHOOTING OF A
BLACK MAN, JACOB
BLAKE NOW
PARALYZED.
HE SPOKE WITH THE
PASTOR OF THE
FAMILY, BUT WILL
NOT MEET WITH
THE FAMILY
BECAUSE HE SAYS
THEY
WANTED A LAWYER
PRESENT CALLING
IT INAPPROPRIATE.
IF BLAKE'S MOTHER
SPOKE TO THE
PRESIDENT, SHE
WAS PREPARED TO
WATCH THE VIDEO
OF HER SON'S
SHOOTING ADDING
WHAT SHE WOULD
ASK ALL OF
AMERICA TO DO,
EXAMINE YOUR
HEART.
THE PRESIDENT
SAYS HE BELIEVES
BLACK AMERICANS
WANT LAW AND
ORDER AND WITHOUT
MENTIONING THE
JACOB BLAKE
SHOOTING MADE
THIS
ANALOGY.
>> THEY CHOKE
JUST LIKE IN A
GOLF TOURNAMENT.
>> YOU'RE NOT
COMPARING IT TO
GOLF BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THE
MEDIA WILL SAY.
>> THE PRESIDENT
ALSO SUGGESTING
WITHOUT EVIDENCE
OR EXPLANATION,
HIS DEMOCRATIC
RIVAL JOE BIDEN
IS NOT IN CONTROL
OF HIS
CAMPAIGN.
>> WHO DO YOU
THINK IS PULLING
BIDEN'S STRINGS?
>> PEOPLE YOU'VE
NEVER HEARD OF.
PEOPLE IN THE
DARK SHADOWS.
>> THAT SOUNDS
LIKE CONSPIRACY
THEORY.
>> PRESIDENT
TRUMP MAKING
ANOTHER CLAIM
WITHOUT EVIDENCE
THAT A GROUP OF
INVESTIGATIONS
ARE UBD WAY.
AT LAST WEEK'S
REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
>> WE HAD
SOMEBODY GET ON A
PLANE FROM A
CERTAIN CITY THIS
WEEKEND AND IN
THE PLANE IT WAS
ALMOST COMPLETELY
LOADED WITH
THUGS WEARING
THESE DARK
UNIFORMS, BLACK
UNIFORMS WITH
GEAR.
>> BIDEN IN
PITTSBURGH
DELIVERING HIS
MOST FORCEFUL
ATTACK.
TO DISTRACT FROM
THE ONGOING
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
>> THESE ARE NOT
IMAGES OF SOME
IMAGINED JOE
BIDEN AMERICA
FUTURE.
THESE ARE IMAGES
OF DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA
TODAY.
HE KEEPS TELLING
US HE'S
PRESIDENT.
YOU'RE SAFE.
HE IS PRESIDENT
WHETHER HE KNOWS
IT OR NOT.
>> BIDEN
FOLLOWING UP
AFTER THE
PRESIDENT'S
REMARKS SLAMMING
PRESIDENT TRUMP
WRITING QUOTE,
THE PRESIDENT
DECLINED TO
REFUTE
VIOLENCE.
HE WOULDN'T EVEN
REFUTEUATE THE
VIOLENCE.
HE'S TOO WEAK.
>> AS YOU
REPORTED, THE
PRESIDENT WILL
NOT BE MEETING
WITH JACOB
BLAKE'S FAMILY.
SO WHAT EXACTLY
IS HE GOING TO
DO?
>> HE IS EXPECTED
TO MEET WITH
MEMBERS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THE PRESIDENT
LAST NIGHT
DISMISSED
CONCERNS THAT
THIS
TRIP COULD
INFLAME TENSIONS
AND
IGNITE NEW
VIOLENCE.
HE SAYS IT COULD
IN HIS WORDS
INCREASE
ENTHUSIASM IN
WISCONSIN
WHICH IS A
BATTLEGROUND HE
NEEDS
TO INCREASE VOTES
IN THE UP
COMING ELECTION.
FOR
 
PEOPLE TO GATHER PEACEFULLY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT.
THIS MORNING A PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT.
>>> THIS MORNING,
A PRESIDENTIAL
VISIT DIVIDING
KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN.
THE CITY OF
HOPING TO PUT
LAST
WEEK'S DEADLY
VIOLENCE SPARKED
BY THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE BEHIND
THEM, BUT SOME
WORRY PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL
INFLAME TENSIONS
AGAIN.
>> PEOPLE OF
KENOSHA DO NOT
WANT
TO BE USED AS A
CAMPAIGN TOOL.
>> THE
PRESIDENT'S VISIT
DEFYING REQUESTS
TO DELAY HIS
TRIP.
>> I THINK
KENOSHA AT THIS
TIME
NEEDS PEACE AND
TIME TO HEAL AND
PEOPLE TO ALLOW
US TO DO IT.
>> OFFICIALS IN
KENOSHA SAY IT
WAS AT GOVERNOR
WHO ACTIVATED
THE NATIONAL
GUARD.
THERE WOULD BE NO
KENOSH AVM
RIGHT NOW.
>> WHY DO YOU
BELIEVE IT'S
FALSE?
>> BECAUSE
KENOSHA IS A
STRONG
COMMUNITY.
>> MORE THAN HALF
OF THE PEOPLE
ARRESTED IN THE
RECENT
DEMONSTRATIONS
HERE ARE FROM
OUTSIDE THE CITY
AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY JACOB
BLAKE'S SHOOTING
BY POLICE HAS
FUELLED SIMILAR
PROTESTS AGAINST
RACIAL
INJUSTICE.
AND IN PORTLAND,
STATE POLICE
HAVE NOW BEEN
CALLED BACK IN
AFTER AARON J.
DANIELSON WHO HAS
BEEN PART OF THE
CARAVAN WAS
SHOT AND KILLED
SATURDAY.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF
THE SHOOTING
WAS CONNECTED TO
THE PROTESTS.
BACK IN KENOSHA,
JACOB BLAKE'S
FAMILY SAYS ALL
OF THE VIOLENCE
IS UNWANTED
DISTRACTION FOR A
MOVEMENT CALLING
FOR CHANGE.
>> WE'RE SICK AND
TIRED OF THE
VIOLENCE.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME, A
HEAVY PRESENCE OF
THE NATIONAL
GUARD HERE.
A NIGHTLY CURFEW
HAS BEEN
EXTENDED FOR THE
REST OF THE
WEEK.
 
>>> ON CAMPUS
AFTER CAMPUS,
IT'S
BECOMING A TOUGH
REALITY AS THE
STUDENT
POPULATION PICKS
UP, SO
DO THE COVID
CASES.
>> THIS WAS NO
SURPRISE TO ME.
>> WHILE SOME
SCHOOLS HAVE SET
ASIDE AREAS TO
ISOLATE ON
CAMPUS, OTHERS
ARE CLOSING
COMPLETELY AND
SENDING STUDENTS
BACK HOME WHERE
THEY COULD
SPREAD THE VIRUS.
>> IF CHILDREN
HAVEN'T ALREADY
LEFT HOME, SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS
SHOULD BE
THINKING TWICE
ABOUT
SHOULD THEY GET
ON THESE FLIGHTS
BECAUSE WE'VE
ALREADY HAD
ENOUGH
OCCASION NAR
TALES.
>> SCHOOLS ARE
CRACKING DOWN
AFTER SUSPENDING
MORE THAN
200 STUDENTS.
OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY IS
TEMPORARILY
BLOCKING ALL
STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
FROM HOLDING
GATHERINGS.
>> BUT JACOB
BORELLA WHERE
THERE ARE MORE
THAN 400 ACTIVE
STUDENT CASES
SAYS AROUND
CAMPUS, HE SEES
STUDENTS
BEHAVING.
>> YOU FEEL SAFE.
>> I FEEL SAFE.
>> I FEEL SAFE
THAT I CAN LOOK
AROUND AND SEE
EVERYBODY WITH
MASKS ON.
I FEEL LIKE 99%
OF KIDS THAT GOT
HERE HAD TO PAY A
LOT OF MONEY
AND WORK HARD TO
GET HERE AND I
FEEL THEY DON'T
THINK IT'S WORTH
RISKING IT ALL TO
HAVE ONE NIGHT
OF FUN.
>> ELSEWHERE, THE
CONCERN
STRETCHES FAR
BEYOND CAMPUS.
THE MAYOR WARNS
THAT MORE CASES
AT THE SCHOOL
MEAN MORE CASES
IN
THE COMMUNITY
WHICH COULD FORCE
K-12 SCHOOLS TO
GO VIRTUAL.
IF YOU'RE IN
HIGHER EDUCATION,
IN COLLEGE, YOU
COULD PROBABLY
HANDLE AN ONLINE
CLASS, BUT A
2ND AND 3RD
GRADER, THEY
CAN'T.
>> I BELIEVE
COLLEGES ARE THE
CANARY IN THE
COAL MINE.
>> IF, GUYS,
STUDENTS AND EVEN
SOME HEALTH
OFFICIALS THAT WE
SPOKE TO ARE
PUSHING BACK ON
OFFICIALS THAT
ARE PLACING THE
BLAME LARGELY ON
STUDENTS
POINTING TO
PICTURES OF
PACKED
PARTIES SAYING
WHEN YOU PUT
THOUSANDS OF
YOUNG PEOPLE
LIVING
IN THE SAME
SPACE.
IT'S LIKELY TO BE
UNEXPECTED.
>> AT 6'10" HE
WAS AN IMPOSING
PRESENCE IN
BASKETBALL.
>> HE STARTED A
CULTURAL
REVOLUTION.
HE CAME IN AND HE
CHANGED THINGS
THERE.
>> HE SET A
STANDARD FOR ALL
COACHES BUT HE
ALSO PAVED A PATH
FOR YOUNG AFRICAN
AMERICAN
PLAYERS AND
COACHES WHO COULD
REALLY SEE WHAT'S
POSSIBLE.
>> THOMPSON LET
THE HOYERS.
>> THIS IS THE
GUY.
>> THE FIRST
BLACK COLLEGE
COACH TO WIN IT
ALL.
BUT HE'D POINT
OUT
DISCRIMINATION
DEPRIVED SO MANY
OTHERS OF THE
OPPORTUNITY.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE
A GOOD
BASKETBALL TEAM.
WE WORKED AS HARD
AS WE CAN.
.
>> 75 OF THE 77
PLAYERS WHO
STAYED FOUR YEARS
EARNED A
DEGREE.
26 PLAYERS WERE
DRAFTED BY THE
NBA.
FOUR IN THE HALL
OF FAME.
IVERSON THANKING
THE COACH WHO
STOOD BY HIM.
>> I WANT TO
THANK COACH
THOMPSON WHO HAD
FAITH IN MY
LIFE.
>> EUWING WHO WON
A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH
THOMPSON IS
NOW A COACH.
>> HE
ACCOMPLISHED A
LOT NOT
ONLY AS A
BASKETBALL COACH
BUT
ALSO AS A PERSON
WHO FOUGHT FOR
THE SAME SIDE OF
THE LEAGUE.
>> TORPSON
PROTECTED HIS
PLAYERS AND
FOUGHT FOR THEM.
WALKING OFF THE
COURT IN 1989 TO
PROTECT AN NCAA
RULE HE THOUGHT
HURT BLACK
ATHLETES.
>> A GIANT ON AND
OFF THE COURT.
>> AND THOMPSON,
NBC NEWS.
>> YOU CAN SEE HE
WAS A LOT
MORE THAN A
BASKETBALL COACH
TO
A LOT OF POOEP.
IF YOU GREW UP IN
THE 1980s,
GEORGETOWN WAS
IT.
AND IT WAS COACH
THOMPSON WHO
MADE THEM IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE IMPACT HE
HAD ON SOMEONE
LIKE ALLEN
IVERSON.
>> THAT WAS AN
INCREDIBLE
MOMENT.
>>> IT'S
HAPPENING ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY IN CITIES
BIG AND SMALL.
A DRAMATIC SPIKE
IN HOMICIDES IN
LOS ANGELES, NEW
YORK, IN
NASHVILLE, IN
DENVER.
>> IT'S NOT OKAY
THAT THIS
SURGE IN CRIME IS
IMPACTING OUR
VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS.
>> AND 89%
INCREASE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
MORE THAN 100% IN
MILWAUKEE.
IN CHICAGO, MORE
THAN 500 DEATHS
JUST THIS YEAR.
>> WE'RE TIRED OF
IT.
>> ON JULY 4TH,
7-YEAR-OLD
NATALIE WALLACE
WAS KILLED IN
THE FRONT YARD.
SHE WAS CAUGHT IN
RETALIATORY
GUNFIRE BETWEEN
THREE GANGS.
>> JUST LIKE
THAT, YOUR WHOLE
LIFE CAN CHANGE.
>> HER FATHER
STILL STRUGGLES
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> SHE WAS YOUR
LITTLE GIRL.
>> YEAH, MY
YOUNGEST.
TO FEEL LIKE I
COULDN'T PROTECT
HER, I MEAN, THAT
WILL REALLY
HIT YOU.
IT REALLY HURTS
YOUR SOUL.
>> VIOLENT CRIME
IS NOTHING NEW
TO CHICAGO.
THE NUMBER OF
KIDS HAS ALREADY
SURPASSED.
TO SPOP VIOLENCE
BEFORE IT
STARTS IN AN AREA
SUFFER
INDICATING WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT,
FOOD INSECURITY,
A LOSS OF
NEIGHBORHOOD
SCHOOLS, GANGS,
DRUGS, AND GUNS.
AMPLIFYING ALL OF
IT.
THE PANDEMIC,
MORE TENSION,
MORE
STRESS.
TENSION WITH
POLICE AND
DESPERATION.
>> WHEN THE
CORONAVIRUS HIT,
IT
HIT THIS
COMMUNITY HARDER
THAN
IT HIT ANY OTHER
COMMUNITY.
>> AUTRY PHILLIPS
IS TARGET'S
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
>> PEOPLE JUST
DON'T CARE ABOUT
A LIFE ANYMORE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT
TO US.
>> THIS SUMMER,
THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S
OPERATION LEGEND
HAS PARTNERED
WITH FEDERAL
AGENTS TO CRACK
DOWN ON VIOLENT
CRIMES.
>> THESE ARRESTS
MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND IT
WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ON
VIOLENT CRIME
RATE
OVERALL IN KANSAS
CITY.
>> WHILE CRIME
AND POLICING.
MOST EXPERTS SAY
THE VIOLENCE IS
NOT RELATED TO
DEMONSTRATIONS
OVER RACIAL
INEQUALITY.
DESPITE THE JUMP
IN HOMICIDES,
THE NATION'S
CRIME RATE IS
STILL
DOWN SINCE THE
1990s.
FOR AUTRY
PHILLIPS,
PROGRESS IS
MEASURES ONE
PERSON AT A TIME.
>> IF ONE OF US
JUST HELPED ONE
PERSON FROM
GETTING SHOT, IF
ONE
OF US JUST HELPED
ONE PERSON
FROM GETTING
KILLED.
TO GET BACK IN
SCHOOL, TO GET
OFF DRUGS, TO GET
INTO AN ANGER
MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM, TO GET
AN
ID.
>> THEY'RE
WORRIED, YOU
GUYS, AS
THE WEATHER GETS
COLDER IN THE
COMING MONTHS, WE
COULD SEE EVEN
MORE VIOLENCE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> YEAH, YOU
TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THIS
PANDEMIC.
ONE OTHER CONCERN
IS THE NUMBER
OF YOUNG PEOPLE
IN THESE LOW
INCOME AREAS THAT
ARE GOING BACK
TO SCHOOL ONLINE,
BUT DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE
ALL THE
RESOURCES THEY
NEED.
WHAT ROLE MIGHT
THAT PLAY IN ALL
OF THIS.
>> I HEARD THAT
REPEATEDLY IN
MILWAUKEE AND
CHICAGO SAYING
LISTEN, PEOPLE IN
THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD
DON'T HAVE
COMPUTERS FOR
THEIR KIDS.
IN FACT, A RECENT
STUDY FOUND AS
MANY AS 15
MILLION K-12
STUDENTS
DON'T HAVE HIGH
SPEED INTERNET.
BOTH OF THOSE AGO
RI AGGRAVATE THE
SITUATION.
>> A LOT OF PLAY
HERE.
THANKS SO MUCH,
TOM.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>>> AS TRIBUTE
AFTER TRIBUTE
CONTINUE TO POUR
IN HONORING THE
LIFE OF CHADWICK
BOSEMAN, THEMES
HAVE EMERGED.
WORDS LIKE
"KIND," "SOULFUL"
"AUTHENTIC".
THE ACTOR
RECEIVING SO MANY
TRIBUTES IN DEPTH
OFFERED SO
MUCH GRATITUDE IN
LIFE.
IN 2019 AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE
AWARD SEASON,
BOSEMAN PAID
OMAGE
TO DENZELENSKY
WASHINGTON.
>> IT'S A SEED OF
HOPE.
A BUD OF FAITH.
THERE IS NO BLACK
PANTHER
WITHOUT
DENZELENSKY
WASHINGTON.
>> NOW WASHINGTON
WHO RECOGNIZED
THE YOUNGER
ACTOR'S TALENT
EARLY
ON SAYING IN A
STATEMENT HE WAS
A GENTLE SOUL AND
A BRILLIANT
ARTIST WHO WILL
STAY WITH US FOR
ETERNITY.
HIS BLACK PANTHER
CAST MATES
CHIMING IN.
POSTING I CAN'T
EVEN WRAP MY
MIND AROUND THIS
LOSS.
A LOSS RESINATING
IN MY OWN
HEART AROUND THE
GLOBE.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SAYING I'M
GOING TO MISS
YOUR HONESTY,
YOUR
GENEROSITY, YOUR
SENSE OF HUMOR
AND YOUR
INCREDIBLE GIFT.
I'M DEDICATING
THE REST OF MY
DAYS THE WAY YOU
DID WITH
COURAGE AND NO
REGRETS.
AND WINSTON DUKE
CALLING BOSEMAN
MY BROTHER, MY
HERO, MY BLACK
PANTHER.
BOSEMAN NEVER LED
ON ABOUT HIS
DEAL WITH COLON
CANCER.
HE TOUCHED
MILLIONS OF
OTHERS
LEEING A LEGACY
FOR MORE
GENERATIONS.
>> I'M MAKING
SURE HE WILL
NEVER DIE.
>> AND TO THE
ACTOR WHO OFFERED
GENERATIONS OF
BLACK BOYS AND
GIRLS A HERO THEY
WERE MISSING
MARVEL SHOWED
THIS TRIBUTE.
IN ART AS IN
LIFE.
>> MY GOODNESS.
>> THERE'S ALSO
BEEN TALK ONLINE
OF CREATING A
MEMORIAL FOR
CHADWICK IN HIS
HOMETOWN OF
ANDERSON, NORTH
CAROLINA.
WITH ONE HONORING
CHADWICK.
I'VE HEARD FROM
PEOPLE OVER AT
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
WHO ARE
THINKING ABOUT
RENAMING A FINE
ARTS CENTER.
I HAVE A FEELING
MONTHS EVEN
DAYS IN AHEAD
LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO HONOR HIM.
>> THAT
DENZELENSKY
DENZEL
WASHINGTON.
CHADWICK DIDN'T
FIND OUT UNTIL
LATER IT HAD BEEN
DENZEL
WASHINGTON.
SO HE MAY NEVER
HAD BECOME THE
ACTOR HE WAS.
AND HE DIDN'T SAY
LATER AT THE
BLACK PANTHER
PREMIER HE MET
HIM
IN PERSON.
>> ISN'T THAT
PHENOMENAL.
>> THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
 
INTERVIEW.
>> YOUR HAI
>>> YOUR HAIR'S
BLOWING IN THE
WIND AND THE
WINDOW WASN'T
EVEN
OPEN.
>> THE HUMAN
BRAIN IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY
THREE AND A HALF
POUND GLAND.
>> HELLO.
>> MOMENTS WHEN
I'D BE ON THE
ROAD, SOMETHING
WILL HAPPEN AND
YOU CAN'T HELP
IT'S LIKE BEING
POSSESSED.
>> WHEN IT WORKS
IT'S GREAT.
>> NOTHING GOT
HIM OFF MORE.
THAT LET HIS
BRAIN TAKE HIM
WHERE HE'S GOING.
>> COMEDIANS WHO
PLAYED WITH
ROBIN WILLIAMS
SAID IT WASN'T
ABOUT GOING TOE
TO TOE IT WAS
JUST KEEPING UP.
HIS MIND WAS JUST
THAT FAST.
BUT THE WORLD
ALSO ADORED HIM
FOR HIS HEART.
WIFE SUSAN GOT
THE BEST OF BOTH.
>> THIS WAS A MAN
WHO WAS
INCREDIBLY RICH
AND DEEP AND
VERSED AND IN SO
MUCH ABOUT
HUMANITY AND
CULTURE AND HIS
HUMOR WAS LIKE
THIS SECRET
WEAPON AND THERE
WAS SO MANY
TIMES WHEN HE
WOULD SEE
SOMEBODY
NEEDED A LIFT AND
HE WOULD
INJECT A LITTLE
BIT OF HUMOR IN
JUST THE RIGHT
WAY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> ROBIN
WILLIAMS.
>> IN AN APPARENT
SUICIDE.
>> WHEN NEWS OF
HIS SUICIDE
BROKE, THERE WERE
COUNTLESS
THEORIES, MONEY,
DEPRESSION,
DRUGS.
NONE OF THEM
TRUE.
>> SEEING THOSE
KINDS OF
HEADLINES, HOW
DID YOU DEAL WITH
THAT?
>> THAT WAS
REALLY
CHALLENGING
AND ROBIN AND I
KNEW THERE WAS
SO MUCH MORE
GOING ON.
ROBIN WAS RIGHT
WHEN HE SAID TO
ME I JUST WANT TO
REBOOT MY
BRAIN.
IN THAT MOMENT, I
PROMISED HIM
WE WOULD GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF
THIS AND I JUST
DIDN'T KNOW THAT
WOULD BE AFTER HE
PASSED.
>> AFTER YEARS OF
CHASING
ANSWERS, SUSAN
WILLIAMS NOW
SHARES WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED
TO
HER HUSBAND IN A
NEW
DOCUMENTARY,
ROBIN'S WISH.
>> I WAS CALLED
IN TO GO OVER
THE CORONER'S
REPORT.
THEY SAT ME DOWN
AND SAID HE
ESSENTIALLY ROBIN
DIED OF
DIFFUSE LOUIE
BODY DEMENTIA.
>> THE DISEASE
HAD INFILTRATED
EVERY REGION OF
ROBIN'S BRAIN.
>> IT MADE SENSE
WHY HE WAS
EXPERIENCING WHAT
HE WAS
EXPERIENCING.
>> SO YOU KNEW IN
YOUR SOUL THAT
THERE WAS
SOMETHING THERE.
DESCRIBE THE
MOMENT WHEN YOU
SAW
LOUIE BODY
DEMENTIA.
WAS THAT THE
ANSWER THAT
LOOKED
YOU IN THE FACE?
>> I WAS RELIEVED
I HAD A NAME.
WE HAD GONE
THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE TOBLGT
REALLY BEING
CHASED BY A
MONSTER.
I LEFT THERE WITH
A NAME OF THE
DISEASE.
THE THING THAT
ROBIN AND I HAD
BEEN SEARCHING
FOR.
>> LEWY BODY
DEMENTIA IS A
DEVASTATING
ILLNESS.
IT'S A KILLER.
IT IS FAST.
IT'S PROGRESSIVE.
THIS WAS ABOUT AS
DEVASTATING
FORM OF LEWY BODY
DEMENTIA I'D
EVER SEEN.
IT AMAZED ME THAT
ROBIN COULD
MOVE OR WALK AT
ALL.
>> ALL THE WHILE,
ROBIN HAD NO
IDEA WHAT WAS
HAPPENING TO HIM.
>> IT WAS CLEAR
TO ME, TO ALL
OF US ON THAT SET
THAT SOMETHING
WAS GOING ON WITH
PROOB BIN.
ROBIN WAS
STRUGGLING TO
REMEMBER
LINES AND TO
COMBINE THE RIGHT
WORDS WITH THE
PERFORMANCE.
ROBIN WOULD CALL
ME AND SAY IS
IT USABLE?
IS ANY OF THIS
USABLE?
>> I SAW HIS
MORAL CRUMBLING.
I SAW A GUY WHO
WASN'T HIMSELF
AND HE THOUGHT
THAT WAS
UNFORGIVABLE.
>> DOCTORS
DIAGNOSED ROBINS
WITH
PARK KINSONS BUT
HE WORKED IT
WAS DEMENTIA OR
SCHIZOPHRENIA.
HE WAS AT TIMES
PARANOID AND
DELUSIONAL LOSING
HIS GRASP ON
REALITY.
>> YOU AND ROBIN
WERE TOLD FOR
MEDICAL REASONS
YOU NEEDED TO
SLEEP IN SEPARATE
BEDS SO HE
COULD GET HERE
REST.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
WAS GOING ON?
>> HE SAID TO ME
DOES THIS MEAN
WE'RE SEPARATED
AND THAT WAS A
REALLY SHOCKING
MOMENT WHEN
YOU'RE BEST
FRIEND, YOUR
PARTNER, YOUR
LOVE, YOU REALIZE
THERE'S A GIANT
CHASM SOMEWHERE
AND YOU CAN'T SEE
WHERE IT IS
BUT THAT'S JUST
NOT BASED IN
REALITY.
THAT WAS A HARD
MOMENT.
>> IT'S THROUGH
HIS WISH BY
ENCOURAGING
ROBIN'S FRIENDS
TO
SPEAK OUT, THIS
FILM WILL SPARK
A DIALOG ABOUT
BRAIN DISEASE.
>> IT NO LONGER
FEELS LOYAL TO
BE SILENT ABOUT
IT, BUT MAYBE
MORE LOYAL TO
SHARE WITHOUT
SHAME, WITHOUT
SECRECY.
>> WHAT DID YOU
LOSE THAT DAY?
>> THE GREATEST
LOVE I'VE EVER
KNOWN, MY BEST
FRIEND, MY
PARTNER, YOU NO
E.
>> I JUST FINALLY
ONE DAY SAID.
HE'S JUST SO
JOYOUS AND THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN
NO JOY IN HIS
LIFE.
HE WASN'T READY
TO GO AT ALL AND
HE STUCK AROUND
LONGER THAN HE
FELT LIKE IT.
I JUST KNOW HIM
BECAUSE HE
WASN'T READY TO
SAY GOOD-BYE TO
SUSAN OR TO LIFE.
>> IF YOU WANT TO
SEE THE FACE
OF LOVE, JUST
WATCH SUSAN AND
ROBIN DANCE AND
THAT IS CORE
ROBIN'S WISH IS A
LOVE STORY.
THE TALE OF A
HEART BROKEN WIFE
CONTINUING HER
HUSBAND'S LIFE
LONG DREAM.
SHE DOES THAT BY
CONTINUING
AWARENESS ABOUT
BRAIN DISEASE.
>> I ASKED HIM,
WHEN WE GET TO
THE END OF OUR
LIVES, AND WHEN
WE LOOK BACK,
WHAT IS IT WE
WANT
TO HAVE DONE?
>> HE SAID I WANT
TO HELP PEOPLE
BE LESS AFRAID.
I SAID HONEY,
YOU'RE ALREADY
DOING THAT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU
DO.
AND THAT IS
PRETTY GREAT, YOU
KNOW.
>> THE THING THAT
MATTERS ARE
OTHERS WAY BEYOND
YOURSELF.
SELF GOES AWAY.
EGO BYE BYE.
YOU REALIZE THERE
ARE A LOT OF
AMAZING PEOPLE
OUT THERE TO BE
GRATEFUL FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT
LIFE IS ABOUT.
>> I JUST -- 
>> WOW.
>>> I JUST I
THOUGHT SHE,
SUSAN
WAS SO BRAVE IN
TALKING ABOUT
THIS AND SHE TO
FINALLY HAVE
FOUND THE
DIAGNOSIS WAS
LIKE THE
ROSETTA STONE.
IT WAS LIKE NOW
SHE UNDERSTOOD
WHAT HAPPENED TO
HER HUSBAND.
>> SHE CALLED IT
THE INVISIBLE
MONSTER.
YOU THINK OF HIM
AS SO VIBRANT
AND ENERGETIC AND
SEEING THOSE
GREAT CLIPS OF
HIM, IT'S HARD TO
RECONCILE THAT
WITH A MAN WHO
WAS SO LOST AT
THE END AND IN SO
MUCH PAIN.
>> THE DOCTORS
WERE SAYING
BECAUSE HE HAD
THIS INCREDIBLE
BRAIN WITH SO
MANY PATHWAYS IN
IT, IT WAS SORT
OF HOW THE
DISEASE COULD
HIDE ITSELF.
FOR REGULAR
PEOPLE LIKE US,
IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN
APPARENT EARLY
ON.
BUT PEOPLE
THOUGHT WHEN HE
DIED
IT WAS LIKE THE
DEPRESSION OF A
COMEDIAN, IT WAS
ALL THESE
THINGS AND SHE
WANTED -- SUSAN
WANTED EVERYONE
TO KNOW THIS WAS
THE CAUSE.
AND IT'S THE LOVE
STORY AND SHE
WAS TELLING ME
THE STORY ABOUT
HOW THEY MET.
SHE SAID I'M
STANDING OUTSIDE
AND I'M LIKE IS
THAT ROBIN
WILLIAMS.
SHE SAID HE HAD
CAMO PANTS ON.
AND HE SAID, WELL
THEN THEY'RE
PERFECT BECAUSE
YOU LIKE THEM.
AND SHE SAID IN
THAT MOMENT,
THAT'S HOW THEY
STARTED AND THEY
DATED.
THEY FELL IN LOVE
AND NOW SHE'S
SPENDING HER
LIFE, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF JUST
WORKING TOWARD
THIS
GOAL SHE'S BEEN
FIGHTING FOR.
>> IT'S ALSO A
GOOD REMINDER WE
SEE THIS PUBLIC
VERSION OF
PEOPLE WE KNOW
AND LOVE AND
THERE'S OFTEN
SOMETHING ELSE
GOING ON.
>> AND SUSAN,
ROBIN'S WIDOW IS
NOW THE VICE
CHAIR OF THE
BOARD
OF THE AMERICAN
BRAIN
FOUNDATION.
AND THAT OF
COURSE CANNOT BE
DIAGNOSED UNTIL
AFTER YOU PASS.
THERE'S MORE OF
OUR ONE ON ONE
CONVERSATION
COMING UP.
>> GOOD FOR HER.
THAT WAS
BEAUTIFUL.
WELL DONE.
.
BUT FIRST MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE 
STORY.
>>> ONE WEEK AGO,
IT WAS A
DESPERATE RACE
AGAINST TIME.
HURRICANE LAURA
ON TRACK TO
BECOME A
DANGEROUS
CATEGORY 4
WITH FORECASTERS
PREDICTING AN
UNSURVIVABLE
STORM SURGE.
TAB THAT FAUCET
WAS RECOVERING
FROM A TWO DAY
OLD C-SECTION.
>> THE NURSES
JUST CAME IN AND
WERE LIKE, HEY,
WE JUST GOT AN
UPDATE DUE TO THE
ANTICIPATED
STORM SURGE AND
THE WEATHER, WE
HAVE TO GET YA'LL
OUT OF HERE.
>> IN AN HOUR'S
LONG OPERATION,
THE NEO NATAL
INTENSIVE CARE
TRANSFERRED THE
CREW TO HIGHER
GROUND.
>> TRANSFERRING
19 BABIES
CRITICAL INFANTS
EVEN JUST
ACROSS TOWN IS A
BIG ORDEAL.
>> THAT NIGHT, AS
LAURA'S
FIERCE WINDS
HOWLED OUTSIDE, A
TEAM OF
RESPIRATORY
NURSES AND
THERAPYISTS
HUDDLED INSIDE.
>> THE WHOLE
BUILDING WAS
MOVING.
>> YOU CAN FEEL
IT.
>> YOU CAN FEEL
THE BUILDING
SHAKING.
>> AND IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE
TERRIFYING
ORDEAL.
>> YOU'RE IN THE
ROOM AND THE
WINDOWS ARE
RATTLING AND THE
BUILDING WAS
SHAKING.
IT WAS A LITTLE
BIT DISTURBING.
>> UB DATING
WORRIED PARENTS
ON
FACEBOOK ALL
NIGHT LONG.
>> THAT
REASSURANCE RIGHT
THERE, THAT
REALLY HELPS ME
GET
THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
>> EVERYONE
SURVIVING UNHURT.
>> DECIDES BEING
AFRAID AND
DISTRESSED, WE
DIDN'T GO WITHOUT
ANYTHING AND THE
BABIES DIDN'T
EVEN REALIZE
THERE WAS A STORM
GOING ON.
>> THE PARENTS
ETERNALLY
GRATEFUL.
>> IT WAS ROUGH,
BUT BECAUSE OF
THEM, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE ABLE TO
REALLY PULL
THROUGH.
>> TO THOSE WHO
HELPED THEIR
PRECIOUS NEWBORN
ON THE FIRST
DAY OF THEIR
LIVES.
>>> WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR YOU
GUYS.
JOINING US NOW
THE STAFF OF THAT
NICU.
THE NICU
DIRECTOR.
CHRISSIE IS A
NURSE
PRACTICIONER
WITH THE UNIT.
WELCOME, GUYS,
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO
SEE YOU.
I WANT YOU JUST
TO GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT OF A
PLAY BY PLAY IF
YOU WOULDN'T
MIND.
WHEN YOU WERE
TRYING TO MOVE
THOSE TINY
BABIES, SOME
WEIGHING
A POUND OR LESS.
THAT 300 POUNDS
OF EQUIPMENT FOR
EACH CHILD ACROSS
TOWN, THAT
MUST HAVE BEEN
TAXING IN AND OF
ITSELF.
>> YES, IT WAS
PRETTY EXHAUSTING
IF FOR OUR STAFF.
BUT I'LL TELL
YOU, WE COULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT
WITHOUT ALL THE
HELP FROM THE
WOMEN'S CAMPUS
AND
PEDIATRICS
GETTING US
SETTLED
HERE AND MOVING
US UP THERE.
>> BLESS YOU AND
EVERY LAST ONE
OF YOU THERE.
WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE JOB
YOU DID.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE
INSIDE THAT
HOSPITAL.
YOU GET TO LAKE
CHARLES
MEMORIAL.
THE HURRICANE
MOVES IN.
YOU'RE HERE WITH
ALL THESE
BABIES.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE
TO BE INSIDE AS
THAT STORM CAME
THROUGH.
>> SURE, IT WAS
PRETTY
TERRIFYING, THE
WIND AND THE
WATER COMING
THROUGH, BUT OUR
FOCUS WAS BABY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE ALL OF
THEM WERE TAKE
CARE OF OF.
SO THAT WAS OUR
MAIN FOCUS.
IT KIND OF WENT
FAST FROM THERE.
WE HAD SO MANY
BABIES TO TAKE
CARE OF.
>> YOU KEPT YOUR
SPIRITS UP
THAT NIGHT.
YOU HAD TO
SOMEHOW KEEP ALL
THAT
FEAR AT BAY AND
AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, SOME MUSIC
PLAYED A SMALL
PART.
>> YEAH, ONE OF
OUR NURSES
ALLISON HAD A
PLAY LIST FULL OF
PRAISE AND
WORSHIP MUSIC AND
WE
JUST BLARED THAT.
WE WERE ALL
SINGING.
IT WAS KIND OF
TRICKLING DOWN
THE HALLWAY.
IT WAS JUST CALM
AND PEACE FOR
US DURING THIS
TIME.
>> I KNOW WHAT'S
DIFFICULT IN A
TIME LIKE THIS.
YOU HAD KIDS OF
YOUR OWN AND
YOU'RE PROBABLY
CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AT HOME.
TELL US WHAT THAT
PART OF THE
STORY WAS LIKE.
>> NO ONE WANTS
TO BE SEPARATED
FROM THEIR
CHILDREN.
MY FOUR CHILDREN
EVACUATED WITH
MY HUSBAND.
I JUST COULDN'T
IMAGINE WHAT THE
MOTHERS OF THESE
BABIES FELT
DURING THIS TIME
BECAUSE THEIR
BABIES WERE HERE.
THEY HAD TO PUT A
LOT OF TRUST
IN US TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM.
>> HOW DID THE
BABIES
THEMSELVES DO.
HOW DID THEY DO
THROUGH THE
STORM?
>> THEY DID VERY
WELL, PROBABLY
BETTER THAN US.
WE MAINTAINED
THEIR EQUIPMENT,
THE RESPIRATORY
STUFF THEY
NEEDED AND THEY
DID FINE.
THEY SLEPT
THROUGH THE WHOLE
THING.
>> HOW LONG DID
THIS WHOLE
THING TAKE FROM
WHEN YOU STARTED
THE TRANSFER
PROCESS THROUGH
THE
NIGHT.
THINGS CALM DOWN.
YOU GET THE 19
BABIES BACK.
WHEN YOU FINALLY
GOT HOME, HOW
LONG WAS YOUR DAY
AT WORK?
>> ABOUT 48 HOURS
FOR ME.
A LITTLE BIT
SHORTER BECAUSE
WE
LET SOME OF THEM
GO HOME ONCE
SOME OF THE
BABIES WERE GONE.
BUT 48 HOURS FOR
SOME.
>> YEAH, YOU GUYS
ARE
INCREDIBLE.
THE STORIES, YOU
GUYS PUT
MATTRESSES UP.
YA'LL DID IT ALL.
YOU WENT ABOVE
AND BEYOND LIKE
WE KNEW YOU
WOULD.
THANK YOU GUYS SO
MUCH.
WILL YOU GIVE A
HUG TO THAT
WHOLE NICU
DEPARTMENT BEHIND
YOU
BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALL INCREDIBLE
PEOPLE.
>> NICE WORK,
EVERYBODY.
>> THAT'S
INCREDIBLE.
>> IMAGINE THE
PARENTS AND THAT
NIGHT YOU HAVE A
BABY.
>> YEAH.
>> AND YOU'RE
GOING TO FACEBOOK
TO BE LIKE IS
EVERYTHING OKAY.
>> AND THINK
ABOUT WHEN YOU
LOOK
AT THE NUMBER OF
WIRES.
THERE ARE JUST
ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT THOSE
CHILDREN NEED
NOURISHMENT AND
THOSE NURSES
JUST TOOK CARE OF
THEM.
>> THEY JUST GO
TO WORK.
IT TAKES THREE
HOURS.
>> THAT'S TOUGH
DURING A NORMAL,
DURING COVID
TIME.
>> AND LEE WAS
TALKING ABOUT
HOW SHE HAS FOUR
CHILDREN.
THERE'S NOT A MOM
ALIVE WHO'S
NOT THINKING ARE
THEY REALLY
OKAY.
ARE THEY REALLY
ALL RIGHT?
THEY CHOSE TO
MAKE SURE THOSE
BABIES ARE OKAY.
FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
>> UNK THAT FOR YOUR TIME THIS 
>>> JOINING US
NOW TO DISCUSS
THOSE SCHOOL
OUTBREAKS AND
OTHER
COVID-19 NEWS.
DR. FATELL THANK
YOU FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
>> HERE'S THE
DEAL.
I WISH YOU COULD
SEE ALL THE
TEXT MESSAGES
WITH MY FRIENDS.
WE'RE ALL TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WE SHOULD
DO.
PEOPLE ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY
WERE DOING THE
SAME THING.
HE ALSO SAID THAT
AN OUTBREAK IN
K-12 SCHOOLS IS
INEVITABLE WHICH
GRABBED OUR
ATTENTION.
IT WILL FORCE AN
ALL-REMOTE
LEARNING SYSTEM
IF YOU WILL.
CHILDREN, I GUESS
WE'LL GET DOWN
TO THE BOTTOM OF
IT.
DOES AGE REALLY
MATTER?
>> AGE DOES
MATTER.
WE KNOW THAT
CHILDREN AGES 10
YEARS AND OLDER
REALLY DO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO
TRANSMIT THIS
VIRUS JUST LIKE
ADULTS AND
THAT'S BEEN
PROVEN THROUGH
STUDIES AROUND
THE WORLD.
AND CHILDREN WHO
ARE YOUNGER,
WE'RE STILL
LEARNING BUT WE
DO
KNOW FACT NUMBER
ONE, THEY DO
GET THIS VIRUS.
THEY DO GET SICK
FROM THIS VIRUS
AND THEY GET
HOSPITALIZED, BUT
AT LOWER RATES
THAN ADULTS.
I THINK WHAT HE'S
TRYING TO
RELAY IS THAT
SCHOOLS AND K-12
ARE NOT IN A
BUBBLE AWAY FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S THE
COMMUNITY RATES
ARE
RISING, IT'S
INEVITABLE THAT
CHILDREN WILL BE
AFFECTED BY
THAT.
NEW YORK HAS DONE
REMARKABLY
WELL, BUT AS
WE'RE WATCHING
AROUND THE
COUNTRY, EVEN
PLACES
WHERE CASES WERE
ALMOST DOWN TO
LESS THAN 100 ARE
SEEING SORT OF
KIND OF HOT SPOTS
AND I THINK
THAT'S WHAT THE
GOVERNOR AND
MAYORS AROUND
THAT COUNTRY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
>> LAST WEEK, THE
CDC SAID THAT
PEOPLE WITHOUT
COVID-19 SYMPTOMS
DO NOT NEED
TESTING.
EXACTLY WHO
SHOULD BE GETTING
TESTING AND HOW
OFTEN IN YOUR
OPINION?
>> YEAH, THAT IS
ENTIRELY
SOMETHING THAT
HELPS
PROFESSIONALS
HAVE VERY SOLID
EVIDENCE.
WE SHOULD BE
TESTING PEOPLE
PERIOD AND THAT
INCLUDES BY THE
WAY ASYMPTOMATIC
PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN IN KNOWN
CONTACT WITH
COVID-19 CASES.
THE TIMING OF
THAT TESTING IS
WHAT REALLY IS
KIND OF
DEPENDENT.
YOU SHOULDN'T GET
IT RIGHT AWAY
BECAUSE IT CAN
TAKE SEVERAL DAYS
TO BECOME
POSITIVE AND YOU
NEED
TO ISOLATE.
AND WE SHOULD
ALSO BE TESTING
PEOPLE WITH
SYMPTOMS AND THEN
THERE'S A THIRD
FUNCTION IN
TESTING I JUST
WANT TO EMPHASIZE
IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
SOMETHING WE CALL
SURVEILLANCE.
WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE
REAL RATES IN THE
COMMUNITY ARE
AND TESTING
PEOPLE.
EVEN WHEN THEY
DON'T PRESENT IS
A KEY PART OF
UNDERSTANDING
MORE
ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS.
SO SIMPLY PUT, WE
NEED TO BE
TESTING MORE THAN
WE ARE.
WE'RE DOING A
BETTER JOB THAN
WE
WERE THREE MONTHS
AGO, BUT WE
SHOULD BE MAKING
VERY RAPID,
EASY, AND
AFFORDABLE NO
COST
TESTING AVAILABLE
WHENEVER
POSSIBLE.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT VACCINES.
SEVERAL COMPANIES
HAVE ALREADY
MOVED TO PHASE
THREE TRIALS SO
WHAT DOES EACH
PHASE REPRESENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE
THIS WHOLE
PROCESS
HAS BEEN SPED UP
BECAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE
ANXIOUS FOR A
VACCINE.
>> IT HAS AND
JUST FOR CONTACT
STUDYING, THE
AVERAGE TIME TO
MAKE A VACCINE
BEFORE COVID WAS
ANYWHERE ON THE
SHORT END FOUR
YEARS, ON THE
LONGER END ABOUT
12 TO 15 YEARS.
YOU CAN TELL
WE'RE ALREADY
FAST
TRACKING THE
PHASES.
THE FIRST TWO
PHASES WHICH
WE'VE
ALREADY PASSED
THROUGH LOOK AT
SAFETY FOR
TESTING HUMANS
AND
ANIMAL TESTING.
PHASE THREE WITH
THREE
MANUFACTURERS
CURRENTLY WHEN
THEY'RE TESTING
TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE EACH LOOK
FOR SAFETY AND
EFFICACY OR
EFFECTIVENESS.
AND SEVERAL OF
THOSE
MANUFACTURERS ARE
EXPECTING TO
WRAP UP PHASE
THREE TRIALS BY
THE END OF
OCTOBER.
BETWEEN WHAT THE
WORLD IS DOING
AND WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IN THE
UNITED STATES,
WE'RE ON TRACK TO
HAVE A LOT MORE
INFORMATION IN
THE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS ABOUT A
VACCINE.
>> THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING.
 
GUTIERREZ ON THE 
GROUND IN WISCONSIN.
AND A WARNING, SOME OF
THE VIDEO MAY BE HARD 
TO WATCH. 
>> Reporter: FROM 
>>> FROM KENOSHA
TO PORTLAND, AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP
PREPARES TO
VISIT KENOSA
FOLLOWING THE
SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
>> WE NEED A LOT
OF RESOURCES
THAT COULD BE
PLACED SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
>> I AM CONCERNED
YOUR PRESENCE
WILL ONLY HINDER
OUR HEALING.
>> I THINK THAT
KENOSHA AT THIS
PRESENT TIME
NEEDS PEACE.
>> TODAY, THE
WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THE PRESIDENT
REACHED OUT TO
BLAKE'S FAMILY,
BUT SO FAR, HE
HAS NOT BEEN
CONTACTED EVEN AS
THE UNION
REPRESENTING
KENOSHA
POLICE TOOK A
STRONGER STANCE.
THE UNION SAYS
THE OFFICERS
RESPONDED TO A
COMPLAINT THAT
BLAKE WAS TRYING
TO STEAL THE
CALLER'S KEYS AND
VEHICLE AND
THAT HE PUT ONE
OF THE OFFICERS
IN A HEAD LOCK.
>> THE POLICE
UNION IS A UNION
THAT SPOPTS OUR
POLICE OFFICERS
IN MY OPINION NO
MATTER HOW
UNBELIEVABLE THE
EXTENSE OF USE
OF FORCE BLACK
PEOPLE IN
AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, BLAKE'S
SHOOTING HAS
INFLAMED RACIAL
TENSIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN
SIMMERING ALL
SUMMER.
OVER THE WEEKEND,
CLASHES FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND
TALLAHASSEE,
FLORIDA, TO
PORTLAND, WHERE A
MAN WAS SHOT
AND KILLED AMID
THE UNREST.
ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT
KNOWN IF THEY
WERE CONNECTED.
HOURS BEFORE A
CARAVAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S
SUPPORTERS FACED
OFF
AGAINST COUNTER
PROTESTERS IN
THE CITY.
THE FOUNDERS OF
THE FAR RIGHT
GROUP PATRIOT
PLAYER TOLD AARON
McLAUGHLIN THE
VICTIM WAS A
FRIEND.
>> THE WAY IT WAS
PORTRAYING IT
IS IT HAD
SOMETHING TO DO
WITH
THE TRUMP CREWS
AND HE DIDN'T
AND HE GOT
ATTACKED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE WE COULD
HAVE DONE
DIFFERENTLY.
>> AND GABE JOINS
US NOW.
GABE, WHAT IF ANY
ROLE DID THE
WHITE HOUSE HAVE
SENDING THE
NATIONAL GUARD
TROOPS TO KENOSHA
TO KEEP THE
PEACE.
>> LOCAL
OFFICIALS HERE
SAY
THAT THE
INCREASED
PRESENCE OF
THE NATIONAL
GUARD WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN
INITIATED BY THE
WHITE
HOUSE.
>>> IT'S
HAPPENING IN
CITIES
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> VIOLENCE
NUMBERS SPIKING
AGAIN IN THE CITY
OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> ANOTHER
WEEKEND OF
SHOOTINGS
AND BLOODSHED
AROUND NEW YORK
CITY.
>> MURDER IS ON
THE RISE.
>> A VIOLENT
WEEKEND AND A
VIOLENT YEAR.
>> IN SOME PLACES
UP 50% OVER
LAST YEAR.
UP 105% IN
MILWAUKEE.
MANY OF THE
VICTIMS RUSHED
HERE
TO THE MEDICAL
COLLEGE OF
WISCONSIN.
THE PAST FOUR
MONTHS HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU
SEEN INSIDE
THE TRAUMA ROOM.
>> A LOT MORE
GUNSHOT WOUNDS
AND
A LOT MORE
STABBINGS.
IN ADDITION TO
THAT, WE WERE
ALSO SEEING A LOT
MORE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
>> LIKE MANY
CITIES,
MILWAUKEE'S
SURGE IN VIOLENCE
HAS COINCIDED
WITH THE
PANDEMIC.
MORE PEOPLE
SITTING ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER WITH
UNDERPRIVILEGED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NATIONWIDE, 69
CITIES HAVE SEEN
MURDERS JUMP 20%
OR MORE.
ATLANTA UP 46%.
MINNEAPOLIS UP
89%.
>> STAYING IN
TOUCH WITH IT.
>> PATROLLING THE
STREETS OF
MILWAUKEE, THE
414 LIFE TEAM
TRYING TO CALL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
CITY PREVENTION
DIRECTOR REGGIE
MOORE SAYS THE
PANDEMIC HAS ONLY
ADDED FUEL TO A
DESPERATE
SITUATION.
>> SO WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT OVERLAY IN
TERMS OF HIGH
CONCENTRATIONS OF
HOMICIDES AND
HIGH INCIDENTS OF
COVID, WE
DEFINITELY SEE AN
OVERLAP.
>> WASHINGTON,
D.C. ALSO
DEALING WITH AN
INCREASE IN
MURDER.
>> IT'S VERY
TROUBLING TO US
OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS.
>> THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S
OPERATION LEJDZ
IS TEAMING UP
WITH LOCAL POLICE
IN NINE CITIES
TO CRACK DOWN ON
VIOLENT CRIME.
SO FAR, 1,500
ARRESTS.
>> AND WE
WOULDN'T HAVE
SUSPECTS
IN CUSTODY
WITHOUT OUR
FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIPS.
>> BUT THE PEOPLE
ON THE FRONT
LINES FEAR THE
VIOLENCE COULD
WORSEN.
>> YOU HAVE
SOCIAL ISOLATION.
YOU HAVE THE
ECONOMIC
DEVASTATION.
YOU HAVE JUST THE
STRESS OF THE
DISEASE ITSELF.
THEN YOU HAVE
THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE AT THE
HIGHEST RISK
BEING AFFECTED BY
COVID AND
YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE AN
EXPLOSION.
>> IMPORTANTLY,
OPERATION
LEGEND NOT COULD
BE CONFUSEDS IN
THE PROTEST ZONES
AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
THE ACTUAL
VIOLENT CRIME
RATE IS
DOWN AND EXPERTS
NOTE THE CRIME
RATE IS MUCH
LOWER THAN IT WAS
30 YEARS AGO.
>>> TONIGHT FOR
TENS OF
THOUSANDS,
HURRICANE LAURA'S
IMPACT COULD BE
LONG LASTING.
EARLY ESTIMATES
HAVE LAURA
LEAVING BEHIND UP
TO $20 BILLION
IN LOSSES.
>> PART OF THE
INSIDE FELL
THROUGH, WATER.
>> WITH ROADS
FINALLY STARTING
TO RE-OPEN.
PEOPLE ARE
POURING INTO
DOWNTOWN
LAKE CHARLES.
LINING UP BY THE
THOUSANDS.
ALL IN HOPES OF
GETTING MUCH
NEEDED SUPPLIES.
>> LOUISIANA
NATIONAL GUARD
WORKING NON STOP
HANDING OUT
700,000 MEALS.
MORE THAN A
MILLION LEADERS
OF
WATER SO MANY
STILL OUT OF
POWER
NOW TURNING TO
GENERATORS.
>> THE HURRICANE
WAS ROUGH
ENOUGH AND THIS
IS DEVASTATING.
>> CRAIG EVANS
DROPPED OFF GAS
FOR FRIENDS TO
RUN THEIR
GENERATOR.
IT WAS INSIDE THE
GARAGE.
BUT THE NEXT DAY,
HE FOUND THAT
DOOR HAD SHUT.
INSIDE THE HOME,
THE WOMAN HE
LOVED LIKE A
MOTHER AND THREE
OTHERS DIED.
>> I'LL GO
OUTSIDE AND COME
BACK IN AND I SEE
THAT THE BODY
IS BREATHING.
>> JOHN LEWIS
SURVIVED.
NOW EVANS AND
LEWIS'S SON LYELL
BOTH THROUGH.
>> WHERE DO YOU
GO FROM HERE?
>> ONE THING I
CANNOT DO IS LOOK
BACK.
BY LOOKING BACK,
I'LL NEVER SEE
WHAT'S IN FRONT
OF ME.
SO I HAVE TO GIVE
IT TO GOD
BECAUSE MY MRIEF
CHANGED IN THE
TWINKLING OF AN
EYE.
>> AN ALERTED
GOING OUT WARNING
EVERYONE THAT
WHEN MISUSED,
THEY
CAN BE DEADLY.
>>> FROM
UNIVERSITIES IN
CALIFORNIA TO
COLLEGE CAMPUSES
IN NEW YORK,
TONIGHT AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES
EKSZ MROEDED
INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER LEARNING,
OFFICIALS ARE
CANCELLING
CLASSES
AND EVEN
SUSPENDING PART
OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR.
>> STUDENTS WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED
TO LEAVE THE
CAMPUS.
>> AT SUNY
ONIANTA IN NEW
YORK,
RAPID TESTING
AVENUE MORE THAN
100 STUDENTS
CAUGHT THE VIRUS
FOLLOWING A
SERIES OF
PARTIES.
.
>> IT'S A WAKE-UP
CALL FOR
PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES.
WE WAKE UP AND
HEAR ABOUT THESE
PARTIES THEY
PLACED AND IT
SPREADS LIKE WILD
FIRE.
>> HUNDREDS OF
CASES AS TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY ALSO
SU SPENDS
CLASSES FOR TWO
WEEKS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS
HOPING TO CURB
COMMUNITY SPREAD
MOSTLY WITH
MILD SYMPTOMS
SHOULD NOT RETURN
HOME.
>> WE'VE GOT TO
REALIZE THE
TIMES THAT WE'RE
AT RIGHT NOW
AND NOT HAVE
PARTIES.
LIKE THERE'S SO
MANY PARTIES
AROUND MY HOUSE
ON A NIGHTLY
BASIS.
>> AS THE VIRUS
SPREADS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AT A
SLOWER RATE,
THE NATION HAS
NOW SURPASSED 6
MILLION COVID
CASES.
CALIFORNIA
LEADING THE U.S.
WITH
700,000 CASES.
>> BECAUSE OF
THAT NUMBER,
SCHOOLS LIKE
U.S.C.
HAVE TURNED
TO ALL ONLINE
LEARNING BUT
STUDENTS ARE
STILL GATHERING
OFF
CAMPUS.
AND EVEN AFTER
SMALL GATHERINGS,
THE MULTIPLYING.
>>
>>> THE HEAD OF
THE FOOD AND
DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
SAYS HE'S
PREPARED TO FAST
TRACK A
CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE IF
POSSIBLE.
FDA CHIEF DR.
STEVEN HAHN
TELLING THE
FINANCIAL TIMES A
VACCINE DEVELOPER
COULD APPROVE
A VACCINE BEFORE
THE PHASE THREE
TRIALS ARE
COMPLETE.
WE WILL MAKE A
DETERMINATION.
PHASE THREE
TRIALS ARE THE
MOST
RIGOROUS OF ALL
THE CLINICAL
TESTS.
HAHN INSISTS HE
WOULDN'T RUSH
THE PROCESS JUST
TO PLEASE THE
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS NOT GOING
TO BE A
POLITICAL
DECISION BUT IT
COULD
BE CRUCIAL TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
RE-ELECTION
PROCESS.
>> WE ARE
DELIVERING
LIFE-SAVING
THERAPIES AND
WE'LL PRODUCE A
VACCINE BEFORE
THE END OF THE
YEAR OR MAYBE
EVEN SOONER.
>> LAST WEEK, THE
FDA GRANTED
THE CONVALESCENT
PLASMA.
AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, HAHN
OVERSTATED THE
THERAPY'S
BENEFITS LATER
CALLING THE
CRITICISM HE
RECEIVED IN
RETURN
INCREDIBLY
JUSTIFIED.
>> THEY'RE
BENDING AND
THEY'RE
MOVING AHEAD
WITHOUT HAVING
REALLY EXCELLENT
CLINICAL TRIAL
DATA TO SUPPORT
THE IDEA THIS IS
GOING TO WORK.
>> LEADING TO A
LACK OF PUBLIC
TRUST.
ACCORDING TO A
NEW NATIONAL
SURVEY, 78% OF
AMERICANS WORRY
THAT COVID-19
VACCINE APPROVAL
PROCESS IS BEING
DRIVEN MORE BY
POLITICS THAN
SCIENCE.
>> A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL
AND ESPECIALLY IN
THIS CONTEXT
WHERE PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT
CUTTING CORNERS.
A VACCINE MIGHT
BE SAFE, IT
MIGHT BE
EFFECTIVE, BUT IF
PEOPLE WON'T TAKE
IT, IT WON'T
BE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE THE
GOALS.
>> THE VIEW AMONG
LEADING PUBLIC
HEALTH EXPERTS IS
THAT THE
COVID-19 VACCINE
WOULDN'T BE
AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC WELL
AFTER THE
NOVEMBER
ELECTIONS.
>>> WHEN THE MAN
WHO WAS A SUPER
HERO ON SCREEN
SUCCUMBED TO
COLON CANCER ON
FRIDAY , THE
WORLD WAS
STUNNED.
43, LARGER THAN
LIFE, AND
INCREASINGLY THE
PICTURE OF
SOMEONE AT RISK
FOR THE DEADLY
DISEASE.
DEATH RATES ARE
47% HIGHER IN
BLACK MEN AND 34%
HIGHER IN
BLACK WOMEN THAN
WHITES.
LIKELY DUE TO
POOR DIETS.
WHILE THE
MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE
DIAGNOSED WITH
THE DISEASE WILL
BE OVER 50,
DOCTORS SAY THEY
ARE
SEEING MORE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
>> SINCE THE
1990s, WE HAVE
BEEN NOTICING A
STEADY RISE IN
THE RATE OF
PEOPLE UNDER THE
AGE
OF 50 AT ABOUT 2%
PER YEAR.
>> THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY
RECENTLY REVISED
ITS SCREENING
GUIDELINE.
CHANGES IN BOWL
HABITS, BLOOD,
OR ABDOMINAL
CRAMPING.
SYMPTOMS THAT MAY
SEEM
EMBARRASSING TO
DISCUSS.
>> HOW MUCH COULD
WE CHANGE
THINGS IF PEOPLE
KNEW WHAT TO
LOOK FOR AND WERE
ABLE TO GET
THIS TYPE OF
SCREENING?
>> OVER 50,000 OR
SO COLO RECTAL
DEATHS.
WE ESTIMATE THAT
ABOUT 15,000 TO
20,000 OF THOSE
DEATHS COULD BE
PREVENTED.
>> AND HE SAID IT
SHOULD START
FROM CHILDHOOD
WITH A DIET RICH
IN FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES AND
WHOLE GRAINS.
>> I THINK THE
FACT THAT HE WAS
ABLE TO MAKE ALL
THESE MOVIES
AND BE AS
PRODUCTIVE AS HE
WAS
THROUGHOUT
GETTING THIS
TREATMENT JUST
ILLUSTRATES HE
WASN'T JUST A
SUPER HERO ON
SCREEN.
>> A MAN WHO KEPT
HIS OWN
STRUGGLES QUIET
BUT WHOSE LEGACY
HAS NOW STARTED
AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION.
NBC NEWS.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, I FOUND A
FATHER TRYING TO
TEACH HIS SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE RETALIATE
WITH LOVE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DOWN HERE.
THAT'S ALL I WANT
HIM TO SEE.
>> THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE
THE STATE
CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE
TO EXPAND ITS
TESTING
CAPABILITY.
>> PROTESTERS
FEEL THEY NEED TO
COME OUT IN FULL
FORCE AND
SUPPORT THEIR
COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE NOT
GETTING THE
SUPPORT FROM
POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE IS RIGHT
HERE AT OUR FEET.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO
GET A FOUR
YEAR DEGREE, BUT
A FOUR YEAR
DEGREE IS
EXPENSIVE.
WE HAVE CREATED A
SYSTEM WHERE A
KICK-IT TO THE
MIDDLE CLASS IS A
THING THAT MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILIES
HAVE TO STRESS
ABOUT AND BORROW
FOR AND PATCH
TOGETHER.
>> WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING WITH
CHRIS HAZE?
SUBSCRIBE NOW?
>> TODAY'S
HEADLINES CAN BE
HARD
TO UNDERSTAND.
WE HOPE YOUR
FAMILY WILL WATCH
NIGHTLY NEWS KIDS
EDITION.
.
>>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
IT'S NEWS MADE IF
FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT
6:00 A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> STARTING THIS
MORNING, WHAT
THE NEW SCHOOLS
WILL LOOK LIKE.
>> TEACHERS LOVE
TO MAKE TOUGH
CHOICES BETWEEN
THE JOBS THEY
LOVE AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> YOU'RE
CREATING A LITTLE
COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS THE
ONE THAT WE
SHOULD DEVELOP
OURSELVES AND
DEVELOP OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> LET'S TURN IT
OVER TO
STUDENTS.
HOW DO THEY
REALLY FEEL ABOUT
RETURNING TO
SCHOOL.
>> WHAT I MISS IS
MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
SEVERAL
FRONTS.
>> TONIGHT, THE
U.S. SHATTERING
THE RECORD FOR
MOST COVID CASES
IN A SINGLE DAY.
>> FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
THAT THE KIDS ARE
GOING TO BE
HOME
INDEFINITELY.
>> YOU HAVE FAITH
THIS IS GOING
TO BRING ABOUT
CHANGE SOON.
>> HERE IN
PORTLAND, MORE
PROTESTS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT.
>> NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS WITH LESTER
HOLT.
>>> THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS
DYNAMIC AND
PROBABLY HAS
NEVER
BEEN MORE
IMPORTANT.
WITH ALL THAT
WE'RE FACING, I
AM
SO PROUD TO BRING
THE
PERSPECTIVE OF A
BLACK WOMAN, A
DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE
WIFE
AND MOTHER OF A
HUSBAND AND KIDS
WHO ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO
POLICE VIOLENCE
BECAUSE OF THEIR
COLOR.
A PROUD NERD AND
A
REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE EMERGING
AMERICA TO CABLE
TV NEWS.
I HOPE THE GREAT
GWEN EIFFEL AND
MY MOM WILL LOOK
DOWN FROM
HEAVEN AND BE
PROUD.
>>> THERE'S A
SERIES OF
DIVISION BETWEEN
TWO BLACK
IDENTITIES.
THE RESURGENCE OF
THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT
CONCERTED
A LOT OF
CONVERSATION.
THIS DIVISION
BEING ONE OF
THEM.
AND BEYONCE TOOK
THE
CONVERSATION EVEN
FURTHER BACK
IN JULY.
>> HAS THIS NEW
RACIAL
AWAKENING IN 2020
FINALLY MADE
THESE TWO
COMMUNITIES
UNITE?
>> THAT IS AN
AFRICAN WAY.
>> YOU CAN'T WEAR
A CROWN WITH
YOUR HEAD DOWN.
>> BEYONCE'S NEW
FILM CAUSED A
SHAKE UP.
THERE WAS A
SIMILAR REACTION
TO
BLACK PANTHER
BACK IN 2018 AND
LIKE WISE EDDIE
MURPHY'S COMING
TO AMERICA 32
YEARS AGO.
WITH EACH OF
THESE MOMENTS OF
BLACK PRIDE COMES
CONTROVERSY
EXPOSING
PERSISTENT
TENSIONS
BETWEEN BLACK
AMERICANS AND
AFRICAN AMERICANS
IN THE U.S.
AND THE REASONS
ARE COMPLICATED.
IT HAS TO DO WITH
SOME AFRICANS
THAT FEEL LIKE
THEIR CULTURE IS
BEING
MISREPRESENTED.
MANY WHO ARE
DESCEND ENTS OF
AFRICA DOESN'T
MEAN THEY CAN'T
CELEBRATE THEIR
ANCESTOR'S
CULTURE.
AFRICANS AND
BLACK AMERICANS
HAVEN'T BEEN ON
THE SAME PAGE
FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
THERE'S NOT ONE
EXACT REASON WHY
THIS TENSION
EXISTS.
IT'S A BUILD-UP
OF MULTIPLE
REASONS.
LIKE THE IDEA
THAT AFRICAN
AMERICAN
IMMIGRANTS ARE
TAKING
AWAY JOBS FROM
BLACK AMERICANS.
LIKE THE IDEA
THAT SOME
AFRICANS
AREN'T AWARE OF
THE HISTORY OF
RACE IN AMERICA.
>> A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT COME
TO
THIS COUNTRY ARE
JUST LEARNING
ABOUT THESE
RACIAL ISSUES AND
LEARNING THAT IT
DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER IF YOU'RE
FROM AFRICA OR
FROM ALABAMA,
YOU'RE STILL
CONSIDERED BLACK.
>> THE IMMIGRANT
COMES TO THIS
COUNTRY WANTING
TO JUST, YOU
KNOW, LIKE
ACHIEVE.
THEY COME TO THIS
COUNTRY
WANTING TO WORK.
WANTING TO GO TO
SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE THE
PERSONA WHICH IN
THEIR MIND
DISTINGUISHES
THEM
FROM THE BLACK
AMERICANS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> JOURNALIST
LELA DAY HAVE A
PODCAST CALLED
THE SOUP WHERE
THEY DISCUSS
SUBJECTS
SURROUNDING BLACK
IDENTITY.
THOSE ARE PART OF
THE AFRICAN
DIASPA BOTH
IDENTIFIED AS
BLACK
AND BOTH LIVE IN
AMERICA.
THE WAY THEY
IDENTIFY THEIR
BLACKNESS IS
PERSONAL WHICH IS
THE CASE FOR EACH
AND EVERY
BLACK PERSON IN
AMERICA.
GROWING UP, THEY
EACH NOTICE
SLIGHT TENSIONS
AMONG THEIR
COMMUNITY.
>> AS A DAUGHTER
OF IMMIGRANTS
FROM AFRICA, FROM
SUDAN, IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN AN
ISSUE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
WHAT ARE YOU?
FOR ME, THE
DIVISION SHOWED
UP
EARLY AND
FREQUENTLY.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR
TO ME THAT I
WAS BLACK, I WAS
AFRICAN, BUT I
WAS A DIFFERENT
KIND OF BLACK
FOR SURE.
STARTING IN
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL,
RIGHT.
LIKE THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN GIRLS
AT SCHOOL NEVER
REALLY EMBRACED
ME.
>> IT HAPPENED
MORE WHEN I WAS
IN COLLEGE.
THERE'S A BLACK
STUDENT UNION
AND A LOT OF THE
AFRICAN
STUDENTS WERE
APART OF THE
BLACK
STUDENT UNION.
IT WAS A DECISION
THAT A LOT OF
THEM HAD MADE
THEY JUST FELT
THERE WASN'T A
SPACE FOR THEM.
THE ISSUES WE
WERE FIGHTING
FOR,
A LOT OF THEM
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT THEY
NEEDED TO BE
APART OF AND THAT
WAS A MOMENT FOR
ME WHEN I
STARTED REALIZING
THESE ARE VERY
DIFFERENCE BLACK
EXPERIENCES
WE'RE HAVING
HERE.
THE MAJORITY 
REALLY PORTRAY, 
I THINK, AFRICAN-
AMERICANS IN 
CERTAIN BOXES. 
IT IS THE THUG. 
THE GANGSTER. 
OF COURSE THERE 
ARE PLENTY OF 
AFRICANS AND 
BLACK AMERICANS 
WHO ARE EDUCATED 
ABOUT EACH 
OTHER'S 
COMMUNITIES AND 
WHO TAKE THE 
TIME TO LEARN 
ABOUT ONE 
ANOTHER. 
BUT WE AGREE 
THAT STEREOTYPES 
HAVE CREATED A 
PREJUDICE AMONG 
THOSE ONLY 
EXPOSED TO SO 
MUCH. 
BUT AT THE END 
OF THE DAY, 
BLACK, BEING 
BLACK IN AMERICA 
OPINIONS FACING 
RACISM AND 
INEQUALITY. 
NO MATTER WHERE 
YOU ARE FROM. 
>> AHMED WAS 
KILLED. 
>> FOUR POLICE 
OFFICERS HAVE 
BEEN FIRED AFTER 
A MAN WAS PINNED 
TO THE GROUND 
AND DIED. 
>> 14-YEAR-OLD 
AHMED MOHAMMED 
TOOK HIS 
HOMEMADE DIGITAL 
CLOCK TO SHOW 
HIS ENGINEERING 
TEACHER. 
HE WAS 
HANDCUFFED IN 
THE HALLWAY. 
>>> YES WE COME 
FROM DIFFERENT 
PLACES. 
WE ARE ALL BLACK 
AND WE SHOULD 
STAND IN 
SOLIDARITY WITH 
ONE ANOTHER.
 
WHO SHOOTS SOMEONE IN 
 
TO A GOLFER WHO
N
AHEAD OF HIS 
TRIP TO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TODAY, 
A CITY STILL 
REELING FROM 
RECENT VIOLENCE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS REFUSING TO 
CONDEMN KYLE 
RIGHTEN HOUSE. 
>> I GUESS HE 
WAS IN VERY BIG 
TROUBLE. 
HE PROBABLY 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
KILLED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
UNREST FOLLOWING 
THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A 
BLACK MAN, JACOB 
BLAKE, NOW 
PARALYZED. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID HE SPOKE 
WITH THE PASTOR 
FOR THE BLAKE 
FAMILY BUT WILL 
NOT MEET WITH 
THE FAMILY 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANTED A LAWYER 
PRESENT. 
CALLING THAT 
INAPPROPRIATE. 
LAWYERS TOLD NBC 
NEWS IF BLAKE'S 
MOTHER SPOKE TO 
THE PRESIDENT, 
SHE WAS PREPARED 
TO ASK HIM TO 
WATCH THE VIDEO 
OF HER SON'S 
SHOOTING. 
ADDING WHAT SHE 
WOULD DO WHAT 
SHE HAS ASKED 
ALL AMERICA TO 
DO, INTERVIEW 
WITH OUR HEART. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID HE BELIEVES 
BLACK AMERICANS 
WANT LAW AND 
ORDER AND 
WITHOUT MAKING 
THE JACOB BLAKE 
SHOOTING MADE 
THIS ANALOGY. 
>> SHOOTING THE 
GUY IN THE BACK 
MANY TIMES, 
COULDN'T YOU 
HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING 
DIFFERENT? 
THEY CHOKE. 
JUST LIKE IN A 
GOLF TOURNAMENT, 
THEY MISS A 
THREE-FOOT PUTT. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
ARE NOT 
COMPARING IT TO 
GOLF? 
>> NO, I'M 
SAYING PEOPLE 
CHOKE. 
>> HIS 
DEMOCRATIC RIVAL 
JOE BIDEN HE 
SAID IS NOT IN 
CONTROL OF HIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> Reporter: WHO 
DO YOU THINK IS 
PULLING BIDEN'S 
STRINGS? 
>> PEOPLE YOU 
HAVE NEVER HEARD 
OF. 
PEOPLE IN THE 
DARK SHADOWS. 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN? 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP MAKING 
ANOTHER CLAIM, 
WITHOUT 
EVIDENCE, THAT 
AN INVESTIGATION 
IS UNDERWAY INTO 
A GROUP OF 
AGITATORS, WHO 
HE SAYS FLEW TO 
WASHINGTON D.C. 
INTENT TO 
CAUSING CHAOS AT 
LAST WEEK'S 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> WE HAD 
SOMEBODY GET ON 
A PLANE FROM A 
CERTAIN CITY 
THIS WEEKEND. 
AND IN THE PLANE 
IT WAS ALMOST 
COMPLETELY 
LOADED WITH 
THUGS, WEARING 
THESE DARK 
UNIFORMS, BLACK 
UNIFORMS WITH 
GEAR AND THIS 
AND THAT. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN IN 
PITTSBURGH 
DELIVERING HIS 
MOST FORCEFUL 
ATTACK ON 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
BLAMING HIM FOR 
STOKING VIOLENCE 
TO DETRACT FROM 
THE ONGOING 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THESE ARE NOT 
IMAGES OF SOME 
IMAGINED JOE 
BIDEN AMERICA IN 
THE FOUGHT. 
THESE ARE IMAGES 
OF DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA 
TODAY. 
HE KEEPS TELLING 
US IF HE WAS 
PRESIDENT YOU 
WOULD FEEL SAFE. 
WELL HE IS 
PRESIDENT, 
WHETHER HE KNOWS 
IT OR NOT. 
>> BIDEN 
FOLLOWING UP ON 
HIS REMARKS 
AFTER THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
EVENING NEWS 
CONFERENCE, 
SLAMMING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WRITING THE 
PRESIDENT 
DECLINED TO 
REBUKE VIOLENCE, 
HE WOULDN'T EVEN 
REPUDIATE ONE OF 
HIS SUPPORTERS 
WHO IS CHARGED 
WITH MURDER. 
HE IS TOO SCARED 
OF THE HATRED HE 
HAS STIRRED TO 
PUT AN END TO 
IT. 
>>> THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
NOT BE MEETING 
WITH JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY. 
SO WHAT IS HE 
GOING TO DO? 
>> Reporter: NO 
MEETING WITH THE 
FAMILY. 
BUT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
EXPECTED TO 
VISIT WITH 
MEMBERS OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
HE WILL TOUR 
BUSINESSES IN 
KENOSHA DAMAGED 
DURING LAST 
WEEK'S RIOTING 
AND LOOTING 
THERE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID IT COULD, 
IN HIS WORDS, 
INCREASE 
ENTHUSIASM, IN 
WISCONSIN, WHICH 
OF COURSE IS A 
CRUCIAL 
BATTLEGROUND HE 
NEEDS TO WIN IN 
THE UPCOMING 
ELECTION 
 
PEOPLE TO GATHER PEACEFULLY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT.
THIS M
. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
A PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT. 
DIVIDING 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
THE CITY HOPING 
TO PUT LAST 
WEEK'S DEADLY 
VIOLENCE, 
SPARKED BY THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB BLAKE, 
BEHIND THEM. 
BUT SOME WORRY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL INFLAME 
TENSIONS AGAIN. 
PEOPLE OF 
KENOSHA DO NOT 
WANT TO BE USED 
AS A CAMPAIGN 
TOOL. 
>> I THINK THAT 
KENOSHA, AT THIS 
PRESENT TIME, 
NEEDS PEACE. 
AND NEEDS TO 
HEAL AND NEEDS 
PEOPLE TO ALLOW 
US TO DO THAT. 
>>> OFFICIALS IN 
KENOSHA SAY IT 
WAS THE GOVERNOR 
WHO ACTIVATED 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD, PUSHING 
BACK ON THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
TWEET THAT THERE 
WOULD BE NO 
KENOSHA RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> WHY DO YOU 
BELIEVE IT IS 
FALSE? 
>> BECAUSE 
KENOSHASY STRONG 
COMMUNITY. 
>> Reporter: 
ACCORDING TO 
POLICE, MORE 
THAN HALF OF THE 
PEOPLE ARRESTED 
IN THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
HEAR ARE FROM 
OUTSIDE THE 
CITY. 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
SHOOTING HAS 
FUELED SIMILAR 
PROTESTS AGAINST 
RACIAL INJUSTICE 
AND IN PORTLAND, 
STATE POLICE 
HAVE BEEN CALLED 
BACK IN AFTER 
AARON DANIELSON 
WAS SHOT AND 
KILLED ON 
SATURDAY. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR 
IF THE SHOOTING 
WAS CONNECTED TO 
THE PROTESTS. 
BACK IN KENOSHA, 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY SAYS ALL 
THE VIOLENCE IS 
AN UNNECESSARY 
DISTRACTION FROM 
THE MOVEMENT 
CALLING FOR 
CHANGE. 
>> WE ARE SICK 
AND TIRED OF THE 
VIOLENCE. 
WE ARE TIRED IT 
HAVE. 
>> AS YOU CAN 
SEE BEHIND ME, A 
HEAVY PRESENCE 
OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD HERE. 
A NIGHTLY CURFEW 
HAS BEEN 
EXTENDED FOR THE 
REST OF THE 
WEEK. 
>>> ON CAMPUS 
AFTER CAMPUS, IT 
IS BECOMING A 
TOUGH REALITY AS 
THE STUDENT 
POPULATION PICKS 
UP, SO DO THE 
COVID-19 CASES. 
WHILE SOME 
SCHOOLS HAVE SET 
ASIDE AREAS FOR 
STUDENTS TO 
ISOLATE ON 
CAMPUS, OTHERS 
ARE CLOSING 
COMPLETELY AND 
SENDING STUDENTS 
BACK HOME WHERE 
THEY COULD 
SPREAD THE 
VIRUS. 
>> IF CHILDREN 
HAVEN'T ALREADY 
LEFT HOME TO GO 
TO COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES, SCHOOL 
ADMINISTRATORS 
SHOULD BE 
THINKING ABOUT 
SHOULD THEY GET 
IN THE CAR AND 
COME TO CAMPUS? 
>> AND ON 
CAMPUS, AS 
PARTIES ARE 
PICKING UP, 
SCHOOLS ARE 
CRACKING DOWN. 
AFTER SUSPENDING 
MORE THAN 200 
STUDENTS FOR 
BREAKING THE 
SCHOOL'S COVID-
19 RULES OHIO 
STATE UNIVERSITY 
IS TEMPORARILY 
BLOCKING ALL 
STUDENT 
ORGANIZES FROM 
HOLDING 
GATHERINGS. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
STOP COLLEGE 
KIDS FROM 
PARTYING WITH 
EACH OTHER. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
A FRESHMAN AT 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MISSOURI 
WHERE THERE ARE 
MORE THAN 400 
ACTIVE STUDENT 
CASES SAID 
AROUND CAMPUS HE 
SEES STUDENTS 
BEHAVING. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
FEEL SAFE? 
>> I FEEL SAFE 
THAT I CAN LOOK 
AROUND AND SEE 
EVERYBODY WITH 
MASKS ON. 
I FEEL LIKE 99% 
OF KIDS THAT GOT 
HERE HAD TO PAY 
A LOT OF MONEY 
AND THEY HAD TO 
WORK REALLY HARD 
TO GET HERE AND 
THEY DON'T THINK 
IT IS WORTH 
RISKING IT ALL 
TO HAVE A NIGHT 
OF FUN. 
>>> IN MAN 
KANSAS HOME OF 
KANSAS STATE 
UNIVERSITY THE 
MAYOR WARNS MORE 
CASES AT THE 
SCHOOL COULD 
MEAN MORE CASES 
IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>>> IN NEW YORK, 
GOVERNOR CUOMO 
SAYS AS THEY 
PREPARE TO 
WELCOME BACK K-
12 STUDENTS THEY 
ARE WATCHING 
COLLEGES 
CLOSELY. 
>> I BELIEVE 
COLLEGES ARE THE 
CANARY IN THE 
COAL MINE. 
>> AND GUYS 
STUDENTS AND 
EVEN SOME HEALTH 
OFFICIALS WE 
SPOKE TO ARE 
PUSHING BACK ON 
OFFICIALS THAT 
ARE PLACING THE 
BLAME LARGELY ON 
STUDENTS. 
POINTING TO 
PUTTING 
THOUSANDS OF 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
TOGETHER 
ESSENTIALLY 
LIVING IN THE 
SAME SPACE, IT 
IS LIKELY ONLY 
TO BE EXPECTED. 
FOR 27 YEARS 
JOHN THOMPSON 
JR. TOURED OVER 
GEORGETOWN SIDE 
LINES. 
AT 6'10" HE WAS 
AN IMPOSING 
PRESENCE IN 
COLLEGE 
BASKETBALL, 
NEVER AFRAID TO 
SPEAK HIS MINED. 
>> HE CAME IN 
AND HE CHANGED 
THINGS THERE. 
>> Reporter: 
RESPECTED BY 
RIVALS LIKE 
SYRACUSE'S JIM 
BOEHEIM. 
>> HE SET A 
STANDARD FOR ALL 
COACHES. 
BUT HE ALSO 
PAVED A PATH FOR 
YOUNG AFRICAN-
AMERICAN COACHES 
AND PLAYERS WHO 
REALLY COULD SEE 
WHAT IS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THOMPSON LED 
THEM TO ALMOST 
600 VICTORIES, 
INCLUDING THREE 
FINAL FOURS AND 
ONE NATIONAL 
CHAMPIONSHIP. 
THE FIRST BLACK 
COLLEGE COACH TO 
WIN IT ALL. 
>> WE WORK AS 
HARD AS WE CAN 
TO SEE OUR KIDS 
GRADUATE FROM 
SCHOOL. 
>> Reporter: 75 
OF THE 77 
PLAYERS EARNED 
DEGREES. 
26 PLAYERS WERE 
DRAFTED BY THE 
NBA. 
FOUR ARE IN THE 
HALL OF FAME. 
PATRICK EWING, 
OVER ISN'T, 
IVERSON THANKING 
THE COACH WHO 
STOOD BY HIM 
WHEN HE WAS A 
TALENTED BUT 
TROUBLED TEEN. 
>> I WANT TO 
THANK COACH 
TOWNSEND FOR 
SAVING MY LIFE. 
>> EWING, WHO 
WON A NATIONAL 
CHAMPIONSHIP 
WITH THOMPSON IS 
NOW GEORGETOWN'S 
COACH. 
>> HE IS A 
PERSON WHO 
ACCOMPLISHED A 
LOT. 
NOT ONLY AS A 
BASKETBALL 
COACH. 
AS A PERSON WHO 
BELIEVED IN US. 
>>> THOMPSON 
WALKED OFF THE 
COURT IN 1989 TO 
PROTEST AN NCAA 
RULE HE THOUGHT 
HURT BLACK 
ATHLETES. 
>> A GIANT ON 
AND OFF THE 
COURT. 
ANN THOMPSON, 
NBC NEWS. 
>>> HE WAS A LOT 
MORE THAN A 
BASKETBALL COACH 
IN THE 1980S. 
GEORGETOWN WAS 
IT. 
IT WAS COACH 
THOMPSON WHO 
MADE THEM IT. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
IMPACT HE HAD ON 
SOMEONE LIKE 
ALLEN IVERSON 
WHO MAY NEVER 
HAVE HAD THE 
CAREER HE HAD 
WITHOUT THAT MAN 
THERE. 
>> THAT WAS AN 
INCREDIBLE 
MOMENT. 
>>> IT IS 
HAPPENING ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY IN 
CITIES BIG AND 
SMALL. 
A DRAMATIC SPIKE 
IN HOMICIDES. 
IN LOS ANGELES, 
NEW YORK, IN 
NASHVILLE, IN 
DENVER. 
>> IT IS NOT 
OKAY THAT THIS 
SURGE IN CRIME 
IS IMPACTING OUR 
VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS. 
>> AND AN 89% 
INCREASE IN 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
MORE THAN 100% 
IN MILWAUKEE. 
IN CHICAGO MORE 
THAN 505 DEATHS 
JUST THIS YEAR. 
ON JULY 4TH, 
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD 
NATALIE WALLACE 
WAS KILLED WHILE 
PLAYING IN THE 
FRONT YARD AS 
HER FAMILY 
PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE 
INDEPENDENCE 
DAY. 
SHE WAS CAUGHT 
IN RETALIATORY 
GUNFIRE BETWEEN 
GANGS. 
>> THREE 
SUSPECTS HAVE 
BEEN ARRESTED. 
HER FATHER, 
SINGLE DAD 
NATHAN WALLACE, 
STILL STRUGGLES 
TO TALK ABOUT 
IT. 
>> Reporter: SHE 
WAS YOUR LITTLE 
GIRL? 
>> YEAH, MY 
YOUNGEST. 
I FEEL LIKE I 
COULDN'T PROTECT 
HER. 
THAT REALLY HITS 
YOU. 
REALLY HURTS 
YOUR SOUL. 
>> Reporter: 
VIOLENT CRIME IS 
NOTHING NEW TO 
CHICAGO BUT THIS 
YEAR HAS BEEN 
EXPONENTIALLY 
BAD. 
THE NUMBER OF 
KIDS ALREADY 
KILLED IN 
SHOOTINGS HAS 
ALREADY 
SURPASSED LAST 
YEAR. 
ON THE SOUTH 
SIDE OF 
CHICAGOAN ARMY 
OF ORANGE SHIRTS 
CALLED TARGET 
AREA, WALKS THE 
STREETS TO STOP 
VIOLENCE BEFORE 
IT STARTS IN AN 
AREA SUFFERING 
FROM MORE 
UNEMPLOYMENT, 
MORE STRESS, 
TENSION WITH 
POLICE AND 
DESPERATION. 
>> WHEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS HIT, 
IT HIT THIS 
COMMUNITY HARDER 
THAN IT HIT ANY 
OTHER COMMUNITY. 
>>> PEOPLE JUST 
DON'T CARE ABOUT 
A LIFE ANY MORE. 
THAT IS 
IMPORTANT TO US. 
WE HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> THIS SUMMER 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT'S 
OPERATION HAS 
PARTNERED WITH 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
WITH LOCAL 
POLICE ACROSS 
NINE CITIES TO 
CRACK DOWN ON 
VIOLENT CRIME, 
MAKING 1500 
ARRESTS. 
>> THESE ARRESTS 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
AND IT WILL MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE ON 
OUR VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE 
OVERALL IN 
KANSAS CITY. 
>> Reporter: NOT 
TO BE CONFUSED 
WITH THE FEDERAL 
AGENT SENT FRO 
TEST ZONES THIS 
SUMMER. 
WHILE MOST 
EXPERTS SAY THE 
VIOLENCE IS NOT 
RELATED TO 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
OVER RACIAL 
INEQUALITY. 
AND DESPITE THE 
JUMP IN 
HOMICIDES THE 
NUMBER IS STILL 
DOWN FROM THE 
1990S. 
FOR AUDITORY 
PHILLIPS 
PROGRESS IS 
MEASURED ONE 
PERSON AT A 
TIME. 
>> IF ONE OF US 
HELP ONE PERSON 
FROM GETTING 
SHOT AND FROM 
GETTING KILLED, 
IF ONE OF US 
JUST HELP ONE 
PERSON TO GET 
BACK IN SCHOOL, 
TO GET OFF 
DRUGS, TO GET IN 
AN ANGER 
MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
>> THESE PEOPLE 
ON THE STREETS 
ARE DOING ALL 
THEY CAN TO MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE. 
BUT THEY ARE 
WORRIED AS THE 
WEATHER GETS 
COLDER AND 
PEOPLE ARE 
FORCED INSIDE 
BECAUSE OF COVID-
19, WE COULD SEE 
EACH MORE 
VIOLENCE. 
>> TOM AS YOU 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
IMPACT OF THIS 
PANDEMIC ON 
EVERYTHING YOU 
ARE DISCUSSING 
HERE, ONE OF THE 
CONCERNS IS THE 
NUMBER OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE IN THESE 
LOW INCOME AREAS 
THAT ARE GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
ONLINE BUT DON'T 
NECESSARILY HAVE 
THE RESOURCES 
THEY NEED. 
WHAT ROLE MIGHT 
THAT PLAY? 
>> I HEARD THAT 
REPEATEDLY IN 
MILWAUKEE AND 
CHICAGO SAYING 
LISTEN, PEOPLE 
IN THIS 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
DON'T HAVE HIGH 
SPEED INTERNET 
AND COMPUTERS 
FOR THEIR KIDS. 
A RECENT STUDY 
FOUND AS MANY AS 
15 MILLION K-12 
STUDENTS DON'T 
HAVE HIGH SPEED 
INTERNET OR 
COMPUTERS. 
ALL THAT COULD 
AGGRAVATE THE 
SITUATION. 
IF THEY ARE 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
DOING WORK AT 
HOME AND THERE 
IS NOBODY TO 
HELP THEM AND 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
HIGH SPEED 
INTERNET, THERE 
COULD BE EVEN 
MORE PROBLEMS 
GOING FORWARD. 
>>> TOM COSTELLO 
IN CHICAGO. 
THANKS, TOM. 
WE APPRECIATE 
IT. 
>>> AS TRIBUTE 
AFTER TRIBUTE 
CONTINUE TO POUR 
IN, HONORING THE 
LIFE OF CHADWICK 
BOZEMAN, THEMES 
EMERGED. 
WORDS LIKE KIND, 
SOULFUL, 
AUTHENTIC. 
HIS CLOSE FRIEND 
IS SHARING THIS 
BLESSED MEMORY 
SHARING ANOTHER 
ONE OF BOZEMAN'S 
SEEMINGLY 
ENDLESS TALENT. 
THE ACTOR 
RECEIVING SO 
MANY TRIBUTES IN 
DEATH OFFERED SO 
MUCH GRATITUDE 
IN LIFE. 
IN 2009, AT THE 
HEIGHT OF THE 
AWARDS SEASON, 
BOZEMAN PAID 
HOMAGE TO DENZEL 
WASHINGTON, WHO 
HAD ONCE PAID 
HIS TUITION. 
>> AN OFFERING 
FROM A SAGE AND 
A KING IS MORE 
THAN CIVIL AND 
GOLD. 
IT IS THE SEED 
OF HOPE, A BUD 
OF FAITH. 
THERE IS NO 
BLACK PANTHER 
WITHOUT DENZEL 
WASHINGTON. 
>> Reporter: NOW 
WASHINGTON, WHO 
RECOGNIZED THE 
YOUNGER ACTOR'S 
TALENT EARLIER 
ON, SAYING IN A 
STATEMENT HE WAS 
A GENTLE SOUL 
AND A BRILLIANT 
ARTIST WHO WILL 
STAY WITH US FOR 
ETERNITY. 
GOD BLESS 
CHADWICK 
BOZEMAN. 
HIS BLACK 
PANTHER CAST 
MATES CHIMING 
IN, SAYING I 
CAN'T EVEN WRAP 
MY MIND AROUND 
THIS LOSS. 
MICHAEL B. 
JORDAN SHARING 
I'M GOING TO 
MISS YOUR 
HONESTY, YOUR 
GENEROSITY AND 
SENSE OF HUMOR 
AND INCREDIBLE 
GIFTS. 
I'M DEDICATING 
THE REST OF MY 
DAYS TO LIVE THE 
WAY YOU DID, 
WITH GRACE, 
COURAGE AND 
MONTH REGRETS. 
>>> WINSTON DUKE 
CALLING BOZEMAN 
MY BROTHER, MY 
HERO. 
OVER FOUR YEARS, 
BOZEMAN NEVER 
LET ON. 
SPENDING TIME 
WITH TERMINALLY 
ILL CHILDREN. 
HE TOUCHED 
MILLIONS OF 
OTHERS. 
NEVER MORE 
EVIDENT THAN 
FROM THESE 
POIGNANT 
TRIBUTES FROM 
CHILDREN I CAN'T 
TO THE ACTOR WHO 
OFFERED 
GENERATIONS OF 
HEROES, MARVEL 
RELEASED THIS 
STIRRING 
TRIBUTE. 
>> I THINK HE 
WORE THE CROWN 
WITH DIGNITY. 
>> THERE HAS 
BEEN LK ONLINE 
OF CREATING A 
MEMORIAL IN HIS 
HOMETOWN OF 
ANDERSON, SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
NEARLY 13,000 
PEOPLE HAVE 
SIGNED A 
PETITION TO 
REPLACE A 
CONFEDERATE 
MONUMENT THERE. 
I HAVE A FEELING 
IN THE MONTHS, 
EVEN DAYS AHEAD, 
WE'LL HERE ABOUT 
MORE COMMUNITY 
CENTERS IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
LOOKING FOR WAYS 
TO HONOR 
CHADWICK. 
>> HE OPENED TO 
YOU ABOUT THAT 
DENZEL 
WASHINGTON 
STORY. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, HE WAS AT 
HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY, WAS 
ACCEPTED INTO A 
PRESTIGIOUS 
PROGRAM AT 
OXFORD AND COULD 
NOT AFFORD TO 
GO. 
HIS TEACHER AT 
THE UNIVERSITY 
WAS FELECIA 
RASHAD. 
SHE CALLED HER 
FRIEND AND 
CHADWICK DIDN'T 
FIND OUT LATER 
IT WAS DENZEL 
WASHINGTON. 
HE DID SAY LATER 
AT THE BLACK 
PANTHER PREMIERE 
HE FINALLY MET 
HIM AND THANKED 
HIM IN PERSON. 
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
SUSAN WI
 
.
>> YOUR HAIR IS BLOWING IN THE 
WIND AND
T
. 
>>> THE HUMAN 
BRAIN YOU KNOW, 
AN EXTRAORDINARY 
GLAND. 
SOMETHING WILL 
HAPPEN AND WE 
CAN'T HELP IT 
BEING POSSESSED. 
>> WHEN IT WORKS 
IT IS GREAT AND 
WHEN IT DOESN'T, 
IT IS PAINFUL I 
CAN'T NOTHING 
GOT HIM OFF AS 
MUCH AS BEING IN 
FRONT OF A LIVE 
AUDIENCE. 
>> AND LETTING 
HIS BRAIN TAKE 
HIM WHERE HE IS 
GOING AND 
REACTING WITH 
THE AUDIENCE AND 
DOING 300 LIVES 
ON THAT. 
>> COMEDIANS WHO 
PLAYED WITH 
ROBIN WILLIAMS 
SAID IT WASN'T 
ABOUT GOING TOE 
TO TOE, IT WAS 
JUST KEEPING UP. 
HIS MINED WAS 
THAT FAST. 
BUT THE WORLD 
ALSO ADORED HIM 
FOR HIS HEART. 
WIFE SUSAN GOT 
THE BEST OF THE 
BOTH. 
THIS WAS A MAN 
WHO VERSE WAS 
VERSED IN 
HUMANITY. 
HE WOULD INJECT 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
HUMOR IN JUST 
THE RIGHT WAY TO 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> ROBIN 
WILLIAMS HAS 
DIED. 
>> IN AN 
APPARENT 
SUICIDE. 
>> WHEN NEWS OF 
HIS SUICIDE 
BROKE, THERE 
WERE COUNTLESS 
THEORIES, MONEY, 
DEPRESSION, 
DRUGS. 
NONE OF THEM 
TRUE. 
>> SEEING THOSE 
KIND OF 
HEADLINES, HOW 
DID YOU DEAL 
WITH THAT? 
>> THAT WAS 
REALLY 
CHALLENGING. 
ROBIN AND I KNEW 
THERE WAS SO 
MUCH MORE GOING 
ON. 
ROBIN WAS RIGHT 
WHEN HE SAID TO 
ME I JUST WANT 
TO REBOOT MY 
BRAIN. 
IN THAT MOMENT I 
PROMISED HIM WE 
WOULD GET TO THE 
BOTTOM OF THIS 
AND I JUST 
DIDN'T KNOW THAT 
WOULD BE AFTER 
HE PASSED. 
>> AFTER YEARS 
SUSAN WILLIAMS 
NOW SHARES WHAT 
REALLY HAPPENED 
TO HER HUSBAND 
IN A NEW 
DOCUMENTARY, 
ROBIN'S WISH. 
>> I WAS CALLED 
IN TO SIT DOWN 
TO GO OVER THE 
CORONER'S 
REPORT. 
THEY SAT ME DOWN 
AND SAID HE, 
ESSENTIALLY, 
ROBIN DIED OF 
DIFFUSE LOUIE 
BODY DEMENTIA. 
HE WASN'T IN HIS 
RIGHT MIND. 
>> THE DISEASE 
HAD INFILTRATED 
EVERY REGION OF 
ROBIN'S BRAIN. 
>> IT MAKES 
SENSE. 
WHY HE WAS 
EXPERIENCING 
WHAT HE WAS 
EXPERIENCING. 
>> SO YOU KNEW, 
IN OUR SOUL, 
THAT THERE WAS 
SOMETHING THERE. 
DESCRIBE THE 
MOMENT WHEN YOU 
SAW THAT, WAS 
THAT THE ANSWER 
JUST LACKING YOU 
IN THE FACE? 
>> I WAS 
RELIEVED I HAD A 
NAME. 
ROBIN AND I HAD 
GONE THROUGH 
THIS EXPERIENCE 
TOGETHER, REALLY 
BEING CHASED BY 
AN INVISIBLE 
MONSTER AND IT 
WAS LIKE WHACK A 
MOLE WITH THE 
SYMPTOMS. 
I LEFT THERE 
WITH THE NAME OF 
THE DISEASE. 
THE THING THAT 
ROBIN AND I HAD 
BEEN SEARCHING 
FOR. 
>> IT IS A 
DEVASTATING 
ILLNESS. 
IT IS A KILLER. 
IT IS FAST. 
IT IS 
PROGRESSIVE. 
THIS WAS ABOUT 
AS DEVASTATING A 
FORM OF IT AS I 
HAD EVER SEEN. 
IT REALLY AMAZED 
ME THAT ROBIN 
COULD WALK OR 
MOVE AT ALL. 
>> ALL THE 
WHILE, ROBIN HAD 
NO IDEA WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING TO 
HIM. 
>> IT WAS CLEAR 
TO ME, IT WAS 
CLEAR TO ALL OF 
US ON THAT SET 
THAT SOMETHING 
WAS GOING ON 
WITH ROBIN. 
ROBIN WAS 
STRUGGLING TO 
REMEMBER LINES, 
AND TO COMBINE 
THE RIGHT WORDS 
WITH THE 
PERFORMANCE. 
ROBIN WOULD CALL 
ME AND SAY IS IT 
USABLE? 
IS ANY OF THIS 
USABLE? 
I SAW HIS MORALE 
CRUMBLING. 
I SAW A GUY WHO 
WASN'T HIMSELF 
AND HE THOUGHT 
THAT WAS 
UNFORGIVABLE. 
>> DOCTORS 
DIAGNOSED ROBIN 
WITH 
PARKINSON'S. 
BUT HE WORRIED 
IT WAS DEMENTIA 
OR 
SCHIZOPHRENIA. 
AS THE DISEASE 
PROGRESSED HE 
WAS AT TIMES 
PARANOID AND 
DELUSIONAL. 
>> YOU AND ROBIN 
WERE TOLD FOR 
MEDICAL REASONS 
THAT YOU TWO 
NEEDED TO SLEEP 
IN SEPARATE 
BEDS? 
>> YEAH. 
>> SO HE COULD 
GET MORE REST. 
THOSE WERE 
DOCTORS ORDERS. 
WHAT DID HE 
THINK WAS GOING 
ON WHEN YOU TWO 
WERE SLEEPING IN 
SEPARATE BEDS? 
>> HE SAID TO ME 
DOES THIS MEAN 
WE ARE 
SEPARATED? 
AND THAT WAS A 
REALLY SHOCKING 
MOMENT. 
WHEN YOUR BEST 
FRIEND, YOUR 
PARTNER, YOUR 
LOVE, YOU 
REALIZE THERE IS 
A GIANT CHASM 
SOMEWHERE AND 
YOU CAN'T SEE 
WHERE IT IS, BUT 
THAT IS JUST NOT 
BASED IN 
REALITY. 
THAT WAS A HARD 
MOMENT. 
>> IT IS SUSAN'S 
WISH BY 
ENCOURAGING 
ROBIN'S FRIENDS 
TO SPEAK OUT, 
THIS FILM WILL 
SPARK A DIALOGUE 
ABOUT BRAIN 
DISEASE. 
>> IT NO LONGER 
FEELS LOYAL TO 
BE SILENT ABOUT 
IT BUT MAYBE 
MORE LOYAL TO 
SHARE, WITHOUT 
SHAME, WITHOUT 
SECRECY. 
>> WHAT DID YOU 
LOSE THAT DAY. 
>>> ? 
>> THE GREATEST 
LOVE I HAVE EVER 
KNOWN. 
MY BEST FRIEND. 
MAY PARTNER. 
YOU KNOW,. 
>> I JUST KNOW 
THAT HE FINALLY 
ONE DAY SAID I'M 
NOT GOING TO GO 
WHERE THIS IS 
TAKING ME. 
HE WAS SO JOYOUS 
AND THERE WAS NO 
JOY IN HIS LIFE. 
HE WASN'T READY 
TO GO. 
HE WASN'T READY 
TO GO AT ALL. 
HE STUCK AROUND 
LONGER THAN HE 
WANTED TO 
BECAUSE HE 
WASN'T READY TO 
SAY GOODBYE TO 
SUSAN OR TO 
LIFE. 
>> IF YOU WANT 
TO SEE THE FACE 
OF LOVE, JUST 
WATCH SUSAN AND 
ROBIN DANCE. 
AT ITS CORE, 
ROBIN'S WISH IS 
A LOVE STORY. 
THE TALE OF A 
HEARTBROKEN WIFE 
CONTINUING HER 
HUSBAND'S 
LIFELONG DREAM. 
SHE DOES THAT BY 
RAISING 
AWARENESS ABOUT 
BRAIN DISEASE. 
>> I ASKED HIM 
WHEN WE GET TO 
THE END OF OUR 
LIVES AND WE ARE 
LOOKING BACK, 
WHAT IS IT WE 
WANT TO HAVE 
DONE WITHOUT 
MISSING A BEAT? 
>> HE SAID I 
WANT TO HELP 
PEOPLE BE LESS 
AFRAID. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS 
BEAUTIFUL AND I 
SAID HONEY, YOU 
ARE ALREADY 
DOING THAT. 
THAT IS WHAT YOU 
DO. 
AND THAT IS 
PRETTY GREAT, 
YOU KNOW? 
>> THE THING 
THAT MATTERS ARE 
OTHERS. 
WAY BEYOND 
YOURSELF. 
SELF GOES AWAY. 
EGO, BYE BYE. 
YOU REALIZE 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF AMAZING 
PEOPLE OUT THERE 
TO BE GRATEFUL 
FOR AND A LOVING 
GOD AND THAT IS 
WHAT LIFE IS 
ABOUT. 
>> WOW. 
>> I THOUGHT 
THAT SUSAN WAS 
SO BRAVE IN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS AND SHE, TO 
FINALLY HAVE 
FOUND THE 
DIAGNOSIS WAS 
LIKE THE ROSETTA 
STONE. 
SHE WAS LIKE NOW 
IT MAKES SENSE, 
NOW THE WORLD 
SNAPPED INTO 
FOCUS. 
SHE UNDERSTOOD. 
>> I GUESS YOU 
CALL IT THE 
INVISIBLE 
MONSTER. 
THE THING THAT 
HAD TAKEN OVER 
THEIR LIVES. 
SEEING THOSE 
BRIEF CLIPS OF 
HIM IN ALL THOSE 
GREAT MOVIES, IT 
IS HARD TO 
RECONCILE THAT 
WITH A MAN WHO 
WAS ZOLOFT AT 
THE END AND IN 
SO MUCH PAIN I 
CAN'T THE 
DOCTORS WERE 
SAYING BECAUSE 
HE HAD THIS 
INCREDIBLE BRAIN 
WITH SO MANY 
PATHWAYS IN IT, 
IT WAS SORT OF 
HOW THE DISEASE 
COULD HIDE 
ITSELF. 
FOR REGULAR 
PEOPLE LIKE US, 
IT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN APPARENT 
LATER ON. 
LIKE MAYBE EVEN 
WALKING AND 
TALKING WOULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN 
POSSIBLE. 
BUT PEOPLE 
THOUGHT IT WAS 
THE DEPRESSION 
OF A COMEDIAN 
AND IT WAS ALL 
THESE THINGS AND 
SUSAN WANTED 
EVERYONE TO KNOW 
THIS IS WHAT IT 
WAS. 
THIS WAS THE 
CAUSE. 
AND AGAIN, AT 
THE CORE OF IT, 
IT IS JUST A 
LOVE STORY. 
SHE WAS TELLING 
THE STORY ABOUT 
HOW THEY MEET. 
SHE SAID WE WERE 
AT AN APPLE 
STORE. 
I'M STANDING 
OUTSIDE AND I 
SAID IS THAT 
ROBIN WILLIAMS. 
HE HAD CAMO 
PANTS ON AND HE 
SAID I LIKE 
THOSE CAMO PANTS 
AND HE SAID WELL 
THEN THEY ARE 
PERFECT, BECAUSE 
YOU LIKE THEM. 
IN THAT MOMENT, 
THAT IS HOW THEY 
STARTED. 
THEY DATED, THEY 
FELL IN LOVE AND 
NOW SHE IS 
SPENDING HER 
LIFE YOU KNOW, 
CAPED OF WORKING 
TOWARD THIS GOAL 
SHE HAS BEEN 
FIGHTING FOR. 
>> IT IS ALSO A 
GOOD REMINDER WE 
SEE THIS PUBLIC 
VERSION OF 
PEOPLE WE KNOW 
AND LOVE AND 
THEY SEEM SO 
HAPPY AND THEIR 
LIVES ARE GOOD 
AND MAN, THERE 
IS OFTEN 
SOMETHING ELSE 
GOING ON. 
>> AND ROBIN'S 
WIDOW, SUSAN, IS 
NOW THE VICE 
CHAIR OF THE 
AMERICAN 
BRAZILIAN 
FOUNDATION AND 
SHE CONTINUES 
HER MISSION TO 
CREATE BETTER 
OPPORTUNITIES TO 
DIAGNOSE IT. 
IT CAN ONLY BE 
DIAGNOSED AFTER 
YOU PASS. 
THERE IS MORE 
COMING UP, BUT 
IT WAS OUR 
PRIVILEGE TO 
SPEAK WITH HER. 
>> WELL DONE. 
>>> 
>>> ONE WEEK 
AGO, IT WAS A 
DESPERATE RACE 
AGAINST TIME. 
HURRICANE LAURA 
ON TRACK TO 
BECOME A 
DANGEROUS 
CATEGORY 4, WITH 
FORECASTERS 
PREDICTING AN 
UNSURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE. 
TABITHA FAUCET 
WAS IN THE LAKE 
CHARLES WOMEN'S 
HOSPITAL, 
RECOVERING FROM 
A DIFFICULT C-
SECTION, HER TWO-
DAY-OLD TETHERED 
TO A VENTILATOR. 
>> THE NURSES 
CAME IN. 
DUE TO THE 
ANTICIPATED 
STORM SURGE AND 
THE WEATHER, WE 
HAVE TO GET 
Y'ALL OUT OF 
HERE. 
>> Reporter: IN 
AN HOURS LONG 
OPERATION THE 
NEONATAL 
INTENSIVE CARE 
UNIT TEAM 
TRANSFERRED THE 
FRAGILE NEWBORNS 
TO A HOSPITAL ON 
HIGHER GROUND. 
>> TRANSFERRING 
19 BABIES, 
CRITICAL 
INFANTS, EVEN 
JUST ACROSS TOWN 
IS A BIG ORDEAL. 
THAT NIGHT, AS 
LAURA'S FIERCE 
WINDS HOWLED 
OUTSIDE, A TEAM 
HUDDLED INSIDE 
AND WATCHED OVER 
THE TINY 
INFANTS. 
>> THE WHOLE 
BUILDING IS 
MOVING. 
YOU CAN FEEL IT 
SHAKING. 
>> Reporter: AND 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
THE TERRIFYING 
ORDEAL. 
>> YOU ARE IN 
THE ROOM AND THE 
WINDOWS ARE 
RATTLING AND THE 
BUILDING WAS 
SHAKING. 
IT WAS A LITTLE 
BIT DISTURBING, 
FRIGHTENING. 
>>> UPDATING 
WORRIED PARENTS 
ON FACEBOOK ALL 
NIGHT LONG. 
>> THAT 
REASSURANCE 
RIGHT THERE, 
THAT REALLY 
HELPED ME GET 
THROUGH THE 
NIGHT, FOR SURE. 
>> Reporter: 
EVERYONE 
SURVIVING 
UNHURT. 
>> BESIDES BEING 
AFRAID AND 
DISTRESSED, WE 
DIDN'T GO 
WITHOUT ANYTHING 
AND THE BABIES 
DIDN'T EVEN 
REALIZE THERE 
WAS A STORM 
GOING ON. 
>> THE PARENTS 
ETERNALLY 
GRATEFUL. 
>> WITHOUT THEM 
WE WOULDN'T HAVE 
KEPT OUR SANITY. 
IT WAS ROUGH, 
BUT BECAUSE OF 
THEM, YOU KNOW, 
WE WERE ABLE TO 
REALLY PULL 
THROUGH. 
>>> TO THOSE WHO 
HELPED THEIR 
PRECIOUS 
NEWBORNS WEATHER 
THE FIRST STORM 
OF THEIR YOUNG 
LIVES. 
>>> WE HAVE BEEN 
WAITING FOR YOU 
GUYS. 
JOINING US NOW 
THE STAFF FROM 
THAT NICU. 
WE HAVE LEAH 
UPTON THE 
DIRECTOR. 
CHRISSY IS A 
NURSE 
PRACTITIONER 
WITH THE UNIT. 
WELCOME GUYS WE 
ARE SO HAPPY TO 
SEE YOU. 
I WANT YOU TO 
GIVE US A LITTLE 
BIT OF A PLAY BY 
PLAY IF YOU 
WOULDN'T MIND. 
THAT, WHEN YOU 
WERE TRYING TO 
MOVE THOSE TINY 
BABIES, SOME 
WEIGHING A 
COUPLE OF POUNDS 
OR LESS, 300 
POUNDS OF 
EQUIPMENT FOR 
EACH CHILD 
ACROSS TOWN, 
THAT MUST HAVE 
BEEN VERY 
TAXING, IN AND 
OF ITSELF? 
>> YES IT WAS 
PRETTY 
EXHAUSTING BY 
OUR STAFF. 
I COULDN'T HAVE 
DONE IT WITHOUT 
ALL THE HELP 
FROM THE WOMEN'S 
CAMPUS AND 
PEDIATRICS FROM 
GETTING IT 
SETTLED HERE. 
>> BLESS YOU AND 
BLESS EVERY LAST 
ONE OF YOU 
THERE. 
YOU REALLY ARE A 
SAINT. 
BUT WHAT WAS IT 
LIKE INSIDE THAT 
HOSPITAL? 
YOU GET TO LAKE 
CHARLES 
MEMORIAL, THE 
HURRICANE MOVES 
IN WITH ALL 
THESE STAIN ANY 
BABIES THAT 
DON'T EVEN HAVE 
THEIR MOMS THERE 
WITH THEM. 
>> PRETTY 
TERRIFYING, THE 
WIND AND THE 
WATER COMING 
THROUGH. 
OUR FOCUS WAS 
THESE BABIES. 
JUSTIFY LIKE 
WHEN YOU TAKE 
CARE OF THEM AT 
THE MAIN CAMPUS. 
THE WHETHER 
THERE WAS A 
STORM OR NOT. 
SO THAT WAS THE 
MAIN FOCUS, SO 
IT KIND OF WENT 
FAST FROM THERE. 
>>> CHRIS YOU 
GUYS KEPT YOUR 
SPIRITS UP THAT 
NIGHT. 
YOU HAD TO 
SOMEHOW KEEP ALL 
THAT FEAR AT 
BAY. 
AS I UNDERSTAND 
IT MUSIC PLAYED 
A SMALL PART. 
TELL ME ABOUT 
THAT. 
ONE OF OUR 
NURSES, ALLISON, 
HAD A PLAYLIST 
FULL OF PRAISE 
AND WORSHIP 
MUSIC AND WE 
BLADE THAT. 
WE WERE ALL 
SINGING. 
IT KEPT CALM AND 
PEACE FOR US 
DURING THIS 
TIME. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
IS DIFFICULT IN 
A SITUATION LIKE 
THIS. 
A LOT OF YOU 
GUYS ARE MOMS, 
YOU HAVE KIDS OF 
YOUR OWN AND YOU 
ARE PROBABLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
WHAT ARE THEY 
DOING AT HOME. 
TELL US A LITTLE 
BIT ABOUT WHAT 
THAT PART OF THE 
STORY WAS LIKE. 
>> NO ONE WANTS 
TO BE SEPARATED 
FROM THEIR 
FAMILY DURING A 
TIME LIKE THIS. 
BUT MY FOUR 
CHILDREN 
EVACUATED WITH 
MY HUSBAND, SO I 
KNEW THEY WERE 
IN SAFE HANDS. 
THE MOTHERS HAD 
TO PUT A LOT OF 
TRUST IN US TO 
TAKE CARE OF THE 
BABIES. 
>> HOW DID THE 
BABIES 
THEMSELVES DO? 
HOW DID THEY DO 
THROUGH THE 
STORM? 
>> THEY DID VERY 
WELL. 
PROBABLY BETTER 
THAN US. 
THEY SLEPT 
THROUGH THE 
WHOLE THING. 
WE MAINTAINED 
THEIR EQUIPMENT, 
THE RESPIRATORY 
STUFF THEY 
NEEDED AND THEY 
DEFINE. 
SHE SLEPT 
THROUGH THE 
WHOLE THING. 
>> HOW LONG DID 
THIS WHOLE THING 
TAKE, GUYS? 
FROM WHEN YOU 
STARTED THE 
TRANSFER PROCESS 
THROUGH THE 
NIGHT? 
THINGS CALM 
DOWN, YOU GET 
THE 19 BABIES 
BACK TO OTHER 
HOSPITALS WITH 
RUNNING WATER. 
WHEN YOU FINALLY 
GOT HOME, HOW 
LONG WAS YOUR 
DAY AT WORK? 
>> ABOUT 48 
HOURS FOR ME. 
A FEW WENT HOME 
BUT 48 HOURS FOR 
SOME. 
>>> YOU GUYS ARE 
INCREDIBLE. 
YOU PUT 
MATTRESSES UP TO 
PROTECT SO THE 
WINDOWS WOULDN'T 
SHATTER ON THE 
CHILDREN. 
Y'ALL DID IT 
ALL, YOU WENT 
ABOVE AND BEYOND 
LIKE WE KNEW YOU 
WOULD. 
WE WANT TO THANK 
YOU. 
AND GIVE A HUG 
TO THE WHOLE 
NICU DEPARTMENT 
BEHIND YOU. 
THEY ARE ALL 
INCREDIBLE 
PEOPLE. 
>> THAT IS 
INCREDIBLE. 
>> IMAGINE BEING 
THE PARENTS. 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
FACEBOOK TO GET 
LIKE IS 
EVERYTHING OKAY? 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK 
AT THE NUMBER OF 
WIRES, HOW THEY 
ARE JUST ALL THE 
THINGS THOSE 
CHILDREN NEED, 
NOURISHMENT, AND 
THOSE NURSES 
TOOK SUCH CARE 
OF THEM. 
>> THEY ARE A 
DIFFERENT BREED, 
AREN'T THEY? 
WE HAVE THREE 
HOURS TO GET 19 
BABIES AND ALL 
THAT EQUIPMENT 
ACROSS TOWN AND 
DURING COVID-19. 
>> AND SHE WAS 
TALKING ABOUT 
HOW SHE HAS FOUR 
CHILDREN, THERE 
IS NOT A MOM 
ALIVE WHO IS NOT 
THINKING ARE 
THEY REALLY 
OKAY? 
BUT THEY CHOSE 
TO MAKE SURE 
THOSE BABIES 
WERE OKAY. 
>> WILL THEY GET 
MORE THAN 
COOKIES TO EAT? 
>> 
>>> JOINING US 
NOW, IN OTHER 
NEWS, WE HAVE 
DR. PATEL 
ASSOCIATE 
PROFESSOR OF 
MEDICINE AT 
GEORGE 
WASHINGTON 
UNIVERSITY. 
I WISH YOU COULD 
SEE THE TEXT 
MESSAGES WITH 
ALL OF MY 
FRIENDS. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHAT 
WE SHOULD DO. 
PEOPLE ALL 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY ARE 
DOING IT. 
WITH GOVERNOR 
CUOMO SAYING AN 
OUTBREAK IN K-12 
SCHOOLS IS 
INEVITABLE. 
HE SAID IT WILL 
FORCE AN ALL 
REMOTE LEARNING 
SYSTEM. 
ARE CHILDREN 
MORE OR LESS 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
CONTRACTING AND 
SPREADING THE 
VIRUS? 
AND DOES AGE 
REALLY MATTER? 
>> AGE DOES 
MATTER. 
THAT IS WHERE WE 
CAN MAKE SOME 
CLEAR 
DISTINCTIONS, 
CHILDREN AGES 10 
AND OLDER REALLY 
DO HAVE THE 
ABILITY TO 
TRANSMIT THIS 
VIRUS JUST LIKE 
ADULTS. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
PROVEN THROUGH 
STUDIES AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
CHILDREN WHO ARE 
YOUNGER ARE 
STILL LEARNING. 
FACT NUMBER ONE 
THEY DO GET SICK 
FROM THIS VIRUS 
AND 
HOSPITALIZED, 
BUT AT LOWER 
RATES FROM 
ADULTS. 
HOWEVER I THINK 
WHEN GOVERNOR 
CUOMO MADE THAT 
COMMENT, WHAT HE 
IS TRYING TO 
RELAY IS SCHOOLS 
AND K-12 ARE NOT 
IN A BUBBLE AWAY 
FROM THE 
COMMUNITY. 
SO IF THE 
COMMUNITY RATES 
ARE RISING, IT 
IS INEVITABLE 
THAT CHILDREN 
WILL ALSO BE 
AFFECTED BY 
THAT. 
NEW YORK HAS 
DONE REMARKABLY 
WELL. 
BUT AS WE ARE 
WATCHING AROUND 
THE COUNTRY, 
EVEN PLACES 
WHERE CASES ARE 
ALMOST DOWN TO 
LESS THAN 100 
ARE SEEING KIND 
OF HOT SPOTS. 
AND I THINK THAT 
IS WHAT THE 
GOVERNOR AND 
MAYORS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT. 
>> PEOPLE 
WITHOUT COVID-19 
SYMPTOMS DO NOT 
NEED TESTING? 
EXACTLY WHO 
SHOULD BE 
GETTING TESTED? 
AND HOW OFTEN, 
IN YOUR OPINION? 
>> THIS IS 
ENTIRELY 
SOMETHING HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS 
HAVE VERY SOLID 
EVIDENCE. 
WE SHOULD BE 
TESTING PEOPLE. 
PERIOD. 
AND THAT 
INCLUDES 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN IN CONTACT 
WITH COVID-19 
CASES. 
YOU SHOULDN'T 
GET IT RIGHT 
AWAY, BECAUSE IT 
CAN TAKE SEVERAL 
DAYS TO BECOME 
POSITIVE. 
YOU NEED TO 
ISOLATE UNTIL 
THEN. 
WE SHOULD BE 
TESTING PEOPLE 
WITH SYMPTOMS. 
THERE IS A THIRD 
FUNCTION IN 
TESTING I WANT 
TO EMPHASIZE IN 
PUBLIC HEALTH, 
SOMETHING CALLED 
SURVEILLANCE. 
WE REALLY NEED 
TO UNDERSTAND 
WHAT THE REAL 
RATES IN THE 
COMMUNITY ARE. 
AND DOING THAT, 
TESTING PEOPLE, 
EVEN WHEN THEY 
DON'T PRESENT, 
IS A KEY PART OF 
UNDERSTANDING 
MORE ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
SO, SIMPLY PUT, 
WE NEED TO BE 
TESTING MORE 
THAN WE ARE. 
WE ARE DOING A 
BETTER JOB THAN 
WE WERE THREE 
MONTHS AGO, SIX 
MONTHS AGO. 
BUT WE SHOULD BE 
MAKING VERY 
RAPID, EASY AND 
AFFORDABLE NO 
COST TESTING 
AVAILABLE 
WHENEVER 
POSSIBLE. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT VACCINES 
NOW. 
SEVERAL 
COMPANIES HAVE 
ALREADY MOVED TO 
PHASE III 
TRIALS. 
WHAT DOES EACH 
PHASE REPRESENT? 
SEEMS LIKE THIS 
WHOLE PROCESS 
HAS BEEN SPED 
UP. 
>> IT HAS AND 
JUST FOR CONTACT 
SETTING THE 
AVERAGE TIME TO 
MAKE A VACCINE 
BEFORE COVID-19 
WAS ANYWHERE ON 
THE SHORTENED 
FOUR YEARS, ON 
THE LONGER END 
12 TO 15 YEARS, 
YOU CAN TELL WE 
ARE ALREADY FAST 
TRACKING THE 
PHASES. 
IN GENERAL THERE 
ARE FOUR PHASES 
TO CLINICAL 
TRIALS. 
THE FIRST TWO 
PHASES REALLY 
LOOK AT TESTING 
FOR SAFETY IN 
HUMANS AND 
ANIMAL TESTING. 
PHASE III WHICH 
THREE
MANUFACTURERS IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES ARE IN, 
LOOK FOR SAFETY 
AND EFFICACY. 
SEVERAL OF THOSE 
MANUFACTURERS 
ARE EXPECTING TO 
WRAP-UP PHASE 
III TRIALS BY 
THE END OF 
OCTOBER. 
BETWEEN WHAT THE 
WORLD IS DOING 
AND WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING IN THE 
UNITED STATES, 
WE ARE ON TRACK 
TO HAVE A LOT 
MORE INFORMATION 
IN THE NEXT 
SEVERAL MONTHS. 
>> WE'LL TAKE 
THAT GLIMMER OF 
GOOD NEWS THERE. 
DR. PATEL, THANK 
YOU FOR YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I'M 
DOING. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
ANOTHER ELECTION 
DAY COMING UP OF 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
THE PANDEMIC. 
THE MOMENT WE 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE. 
>>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE. 
A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES, 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES, WE 
STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
IT IS NEWS MADE 
FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>> MANY 
TEACHERS ARE 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DID THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
WHAT WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTERS ARE 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> ONE OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TOP 
MEDICAL ADVISERS 
IS URGING THE 
WHITE HOUSE TO 
EMBRACE AT 
CONTROVERSIAL 
STRATEGY TO 
CONTROL THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
WASHINGTON POST, 
FROM THE SCOTT 
ATLAS WANTS THE 
U.S. TO TRY TO 
BUILD UP 
IMMUNITY AMONG 
HEALTHY PEOPLE. 
HOWEVER SWEDEN 
HAS HAD ONE OF 
THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION AND 
DEATH RATES 
WORLDWIDE. 
DR. AS ATLAS 
RELEASED A 
STATEMENT SAYING 
THERE IS NO 
POLICY AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE OF 
ACHIEVING HERD 
IMMUNITY, AND 
THAT HE HAS 
NEVER 
RECOMMENDED IT. 
DR. THOMAS SIDE 
JOINS ME, HE IS 
A SURGEON AT 
BOSTON'S BRIGHAM 
AND WOMEN'S 
HOSPITAL. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN 
HERD IMMUNITY 
AND HOW SWEDEN 
TRIED TO USE IT? 
>> THANKS FOR 
HAVING ME ON THE 
SHOW. 
THE IDEA OF HERD 
IMMUNITY IS THAT 
IF YOU HAVE A 
HIGHER 
PROPORTION OF 
INDIVIDUALS WHO 
HAVE ALREADY 
BEEN EXPOSED AND 
DEVELOPED 
ANTIBODIES AND 
IMMUNITY TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS, 
THAT DECREASES 
THE PROBABILITY 
THAT SOMEBODY 
ELSE WILL BE 
SUSCEPTIBLE OR 
EXPOSED TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS BY 
CHANCE. 
THINK OF IT AS 
IF YOU ARE IN 
THE ROOM AND 
THERE IS LOTS OF 
BOUNCING BALLS. 
IF YOU HAVE MORE 
OF THOSE BALLS 
THAT HAVE 
ANTIBODIES THE 
INDIVIDUAL 
CHANCE OF ANY OF 
THOSE BALLS 
HITTING YOU 
BACKS LOWER AND 
LOWER. 
SWEDEN EXPOSED 
INDIVIDUALS AND 
KEPT THE ECONOMY 
OPEN, KEEP 
SOCIETY OPEN 
WITH THE IDEA 
MORE AND MORE 
INDIVIDUALS WILL 
BE EXPOSED AND 
THAT WOULD 
INCREASE THE 
HERD IMMUNITY 
FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IT IS A VERY 
CONTROVERSIAL 
POLICY, AND MOST 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS REALLY 
WORRY ABOUT YOU 
KNOW, NEEDLESSLY 
EXPOSING 
INDIVIDUALS TO 
CORONAVIRUS 
UNNECESSARILY. 
>>> SO WOULD THE 
MAIN CONCERN 
WITH OTHER 
COUNTRIES TRYING 
THIS APPROACH BE 
SIMPLY THAT? 
THAT WE WOULD BE 
NEEDLESSLY 
EXPOSING PEOPLE? 
>>> I THINK 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
THERE IS NO 
SHORTCUTS TO 
FIGHTING THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
THERE IS NO 
MIRACLE CURE. 
WE ARE LEFT WITH 
WHAT WE HAD WITH 
THE SAME BASKET 
OF INTERVENTION 
THAT WE HAD 
SEVERAL MONTHS 
AGO. 
WE HAVE WEARING 
MASKS, GOOD HAND 
HYGIENE, GOOD 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
SUCH AS SOCIAL 
DISTANCING TO 
TREAT THE 
PANDEMIC HAS 
BEEN IMPROVED 
WITH INCREASED 
ALGORITHMS AND 
WE ARE STILL 
AWAITING THE 
VACCINES TO 
COME. 
WE ALSO SEE 
THERE ARE RISING 
NUMBER OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES AMONG 
YOUNG 
INDIVIDUALS, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
WAVE IN THE 
SOUTH IN THE 
LAST MONTHS, 
NUMBERS AND 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AND DEATHS EVEN 
AMONG THOSE WHO 
ARE YOUNG. 
40% OF OUR 
POPULATION IS 
OBESE, 10% OF 
OUR POPULATION 
HAS DIABETES. 
SO IT IS NOT AN 
APPLES TO ANLES 
COMPARISON. 
I THINK THE 
TRADE OFFICES 
AREN'T THERE. 
IT DOESN'T MAKE 
SENSE TO 
UNNECESSARILY 
EXPOSE 
INDIVIDUALS WHEN 
WE HAVE 
INTERVENTIONS 
THAT WORK THAT 
CAN ALLOW PEOPLE 
TO REENGAGE 
SOCIETY IN A 
SAFE AND 
THOUGHTFUL WAY, 
BY STILL WEARING 
MASKS, STILL 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
SO NOW, IN YOUR 
OPINION, ARE 
THOSE THE 
MEASURES THAT 
SHOULD BE TAKEN 
BY THE U.S. TO 
CONTROL THE 
SPREAD OF 
CORONAVIRUS? 
OR IS THERE 
ANYTHING ELSE? 
>> WE HAVE A SET 
OF INTERVENTIONS 
THAT WE KNOW 
WORK. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO 
JUST LOOK AT 
SWEDEN OR OTHER 
COUNTRIES, WE 
CAN LOOK WITHIN 
OUR OWN COUNTRY 
TO SEE WHAT HAS 
WORKED IN THE 
PAST AND WHAT 
LIKELY WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
WORK. 
THINK HOW 
WIDESPREAD THE 
PANDEMIC WAS IN 
CITIES LIKE 
BOSTON AND NEW 
YORK IN MARCH 
AND APRIL WITH 
INDIVIDUALS AND 
PATIENTS WAITING 
IN LONG LINES 
AND BEING IN 
VERY PROUDED 
EMERGENCY ROOMS. 
NEW YORK HAS HAD 
A LESS THAN 1% 
TEST POSITIVE 
RATE, BOSTON 
LESS LAN 1%. 
AND THESE ARE 
STATES THAT HAD 
A VERY HIGH 
SURGE OF THE 
PANDEMIC BUT 
HAVE USED PUBLIC 
HEALTH EFFORTS 
THOUGHTFULLY, 
WITH UNIVERSAL 
MASKING. 
A SLOW AND 
DELIBERATE 
REOPENING TO 
FOCUS ON SAFETY 
FOR OUR ECONOMY 
AND FOR SCHOOLS, 
AND CONTINUING 
WELL PLANNED OUT 
PHYSICAL AND 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
GUIDELINES. 
THIS IS AN 
EXAMPLE OF WE 
CAN MEET THE 
PANDEMIC. 
SEE A PEAK AND 
COME OFF THAT 
PEAK. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO 
THROW CAUTION TO 
THE WIND AND 
BARREL AHEAD. 
THERE IS A GAME 
PLAN THAT HAS 
WORKED AND CAN 
CONTINUE TO 
WORK. 
>>> SO FOR 
PEOPLE WHO SAY 
IT IS TIME TO 
REOPEN 
BUSINESSES, IT 
IS TIME FOR ME 
TO SEND MY KID 
BACK TO SCHOOL, 
IT IS TIME TO 
GET BACK TO 
NORMAL, WHAT DO 
YOU SAY? U SAY? 
WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE TO THEM? 
>> THERE IS NO 
SORT OF 
PHILOSOPHICAL 
BELIEF. 
ALL THIS IS 
DRIVEN BY 
EVIDENCE. 
AT THE HARVARD 
HEALTH INSTITUTE 
WE SHOW A RISK 
LEVEL FOR EACH 
STATE AND EACH 
COUNTY AND 
REALLY WHAT 
WOULD BE 
REOPENING PLANS 
FOR SOCIETY AND 
SCHOOLS NEEDS TO 
BE DRIVEN BY THE 
NUMBER OF NEW 
CASES PER DAY. 
BECAUSE THAT 
GIVES YOU A 
SENSE OF WHAT 
THE RISK LEVEL, 
THE THREAT LEVEL 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
LEVEL 
TRANSMISSION 
CORONAVIRUS IS. 
IN COMMUNITIES 
WHERE THE 
TRANSMISSION IS 
VERY LOW, THAT 
IS A GREEN ZONE, 
WHERE YOU CAN 
SAFELY REOPEN 
SCHOOLS FOR IN 
PERSON 
EDUCATION. 
BECAUSE THE RISK 
OF TRANSMISSION 
IS LOW ENOUGH 
THE BENEFITS 
OUTWEIGH THE 
RISK. 
ON THE OTHER 
HAND IF YOU HAVE 
A COUNTY OR 
STATE THAT IS IN 
A RED ZONE, THAT 
IS A HOT SPOT. 
THAT TELLS YOU 
THERE IS 
WIDESPREAD 
COMMUNITY LEVEL 
TRANSMISSION. 
YOU HAVE TO GET 
CONTROL OF IT 
FIRST. 
IT DOESN'T MEAN 
SHUT SCHOOLS 
DOWN FOREVER, IT 
MEANS TO BUY 
TIME LIKE WE DID 
BACK IN MARCH 
AND APRIL TO 
FLATTEN THE 
CURVE. 
THAT WAS TO 
PRESERVE 
CAPACITY FOR 
HOSPITALS. 
NOW WE ARE 
FLATTENING THE 
CURVE TO GET 
KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL SAFELY 
AND BUSINESSES 
OPEN BUT DOING 
IT IN A SAFE AND 
THOUGHTFUL WAY 
AND FOLLOWING 
GOOD GUIDELINES, 
SUCH AS WEARING 
MASKS. 
THE BEST WAY IS 
NOT TO DO IT 
THOUGHTLESSLY, 
BUT TO DO IT 
THOUGHTFULLY, BY 
MAKING SURE WE 
FOLLOW THROUGH 
WITH THE GAME 
PLAN THAT WORKS 
IN TERMS OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
PRACTICES. 
>> TIPS WE CAN 
ALL USE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> THE RACE IS 
ON TO FIND A 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE. 
THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER 
SAID HE IS 
WILLING TO FAST 
TRACK THE OFFER 
OF A VACCINE 
BEFORE PHASE III 
TRIALS END. 
THIS COULD MEAN 
WE WOULD SEE A 
VACCINE BEFORE 
THE END OF THE 
YEAR. 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
JOINS ME NOW. 
WHAT DOES THE 
EMERGENCY 
PROCESS LOOK 
LIKE? 
HOW FAST IS IT 
GOING? 
>> IT CAN GET 
VERY CONFUSING, 
THIS ISN'T 
SOMETHING WE 
HAVE SEEN MOST 
OF US, AT LEAST 
IN OUR LIFETIME 
THE FDA 
TYPICALLY DOES 
AN APPROVAL 
PROCESS. 
DRUGS, VACCINES, 
WE GO THROUGH 
TELEDIFFERENT 
HUMAN PHASE 
TRIALS, IN 
BETWEEN THESE 
TRIALS, A LOT OF 
NUMBER 
CRUNCHING. 
TYPICALLY WHAT 
HAPPENS, ONCE 
THEY GET THROUGH 
TRIALS, THIS CAN 
TAKE YEARS. 
ON AVERAGE FOR 
VACCINES AROUND 
11 YEARS. 
THEY ARE SAYING 
WE DON'T HAVE 
TIME FOR THAT. 
LET'S USE THISEE 
EMERGENT 
AUTHORIZATION. 
WE NEED TO LOOK 
AT IT FROM THE 
POINT OF VIEW, 
DO THE BENEFITS 
OUTWEIGH THE 
RISKS? 
WE HAVE THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
WE NEED A 
VACCINE. 
IS THERE A WAY 
WE CAN BRIDGE 
THAT GAP. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING 
TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER, WE 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
PRO PROFESSORS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL SUPPORT OF 
THEIR COMMUNITY.
>>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE. 
IT IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS HAYES 
DESCRIBED NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
NIGHTLY NEWS 
KIDS EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
>>> LIVE 
WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
WITH A NEW 
NORMAL. 
>> MANY ARE 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL, THIS IS 
THE MOMENT WE 
SHOULD DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.
>>> TONIGHT THE 
UN SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THE KIDS WON'T 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS ARE LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
I'M FACING I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COVER. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
I REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CAIN 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>> FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN NEARLY 
SIX MONTHS, KIDS 
ACROSS FLORIDA 
HAVE THE OPTION 
TO HEAD BACK 
INTO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
BUT THE FIRST 
DAY OF SCHOOL 
LOOKS VERY 
DIFFERENT THIS 
YEAR. 
CARRIE SANDERS 
JOINS ME NOW 
FROM CHARLOTTE 
COUNTY, FLORIDA. 
WHAT IS THE 
FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL LOOKING 
LIKE RIGHT NOW? 
>> AN EXCITING 
DAY FOR KIDS. 
MOST OF THEM ARE 
GETTING OUT OF 
SCHOOL AT THIS 
HOUR. 
THEY GOT THEIR 
PARENTS TO BRING 
THEM TO SCHOOL, 
BUT BOTTOM LINE 
IS THEY ARE ALL 
WEARING MASKS. 
FOR THOSE KIDS 
WHO HAVE NOW 
ARRIVED AT 
SCHOOLS WITHOUT 
MASKS, THE STATE 
OF FLORIDA, THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION HAS 
ACQUIRED MORE 
THAN 10 MILLION 
MASKS TO GIVE 
THE KIDS. 
IT IS ALL ABOUT 
TEACHING THEM. 
WHAT THEY HEAR 
FROM THEIR 
PARENTS, MAKING 
SURE THEY WATCH 
THEIR HANDS, 
MAKING SURE WHAT 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IS. 
IN SOME CASES 
THEY SET UP 
PARTITIONS ON 
THE DESKS TO 
HAVE A LITTLE 
ADDED SPACE TO 
PROTECT EACH 
OTHER. 
EVERY SCHOOL IN 
THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA IS NOW 
OPEN. 
WHETHER IT IS 
BRICKS AND 
MORTAR, EVERY 
SCHOOL IS NOW 
OPEN IN ALL 67 
COUNTIES. 
>>> YOU JUST 
MENTIONED THAT 
SOME OF THAT IS 
VIRTUAL. 
IN FACT 
THOUSANDS OF 
STUDENTS ARE 
STAYING REMOTE. 
THERE IS SOME 
DIFFICULTY 
THERE. 
SOME OF THE KIDS 
ARE ALREADY 
RUNNING INTO 
PROBLEMS. 
TELL US WHAT YOU 
HAVE HEARD. 
>> ABOUT 60% OF 
THE KIDS ARE 
GOING INTO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
BUT IN SOME 
COUNTIES, LIKE 
MIAMI DADE 
COUNTY, IT IS 
100% VIRTUAL. 
TODAY IS A FAIL. 
THE KIDS ALL GOT 
COMPUTERS ISSUED 
TO THEM ON THE 
INTERNET. 
THE INTERNET 
APPARENTLY 
ROBUST ENOUGH TO 
HOLD EVERYTHING, 
SO THE KIDS WERE 
ABLE TO DIAL IN, 
MORE OR LESS, AS 
YOU WOULD SAY, 
WITH THEIR 
COMPUTERS. 
BUT ONCE THEY 
GOT TO THE 
SYSTEM THE 
SYSTEM CRASHED 
AND COULD NOT 
COME UP. 
KIDS DISCOVERING 
THAT REPEATED 
TRIES DID THEM 
NO SUCCESS. 
AND I GUESS IF 
THERE IS ONE 
LITTLE UPSIDE 
HERE. 
AT THE END OF 
THE DAY ALL THE 
STUDENTS AT 
MIAMI DADE WERE 
NOTIFIED BY THE 
SUPERINTENDENT 
THAT TODAY WOULD 
NOT BE 
CONSIDERED A 
LOST DAY THAT 
THEY NOW HAVE TO 
MAKE UP. 
WHY DID THIS ALL 
HAPPEN? 
WELL, ACCORDING 
TO THE OFFICIALS 
AND THE EXPERTS 
AND THE IT 
DEPARTMENT AT 
THE MIAMI DADE 
SCHOOL, THEY SAY 
THIS WAS NOT A 
CASE OF 
HARDWARE, THIS 
WAS SOFTWARE, 
AND IT HAD 
SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH THE CODE. 
AND ALL I CAN 
SAY IS, AS AN 
AVERAGE PERSON 
WHO USES THE 
COMPUTER EVERY 
DAY, WHEN I HEAR 
IT IS SOMETHING 
TO DO WITH THE 
CODE, YOU HOPE 
EXPERTS CAN 
SOLVE IT AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE. 
>> YOU JUST SAY 
WHO KNOWS? 
AND LOOK IT IS 
TOUGH. 
>>> THIS IS KIND 
OF WILD. 
A RECENT MIAMI 
HERALD REPORT 
SAYS THE FLORIDA 
HEALTH 
DEPARTMENT 
ACCIDENTALLY 
RELEASED A 
REPORT THAT 
FOUND NEARLY 900 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19 DURING 
A TWO WEEK 
PERIOD IN AUGUST 
AS SCHOOLS WERE 
REOPENING. 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> THIS IS 
REALLY QUITE 
TROUBLING. 
PARENTS AND 
SCHOOLTEACHERS 
WOULD LIKE TO 
KNOW THE SPREAD 
OF CORONAVIRUS 
IN THE STATE. 
THE MIAMI HERALD 
HAD A REPORTER 
WHO SPOTTED ON 
THE HEALTH 
DEPARTMENT 
WEBSITE A REPORT 
THAT WAS 
ANNELIDSING THE 
NUMBER OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN THE 
SCHOOL SYSTEMS 
IN THE STATE OF 
FROM. 
WE HAVE 67 
COUNTIES. 
BUT THAT REPORT 
THEN WAS TAKEN 
DOWN ALMOST AS 
QUICKLY AS IT 
WAS TAKEN UP. 
THE REPORTER WAS 
ABLE TO GET A 
SCREEN SHOT FROM 
IT AND HAD SOME 
OF THE DATA FROM 
THE REPORT, 
WHICH INCLUDED 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF MEMBERS 
FROM PRIMARY AND 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOLS, SHOWING 
THEY HAD 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS IS 
INFORMATION 
INCREDIBLY 
USEFUL TO 
PARENTS. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAYS IT WAS 
INADVERTENTLY 
POSTED. 
IT WAS ONLY 
PARTIAL 
INFORMATION AND 
THAT IT LACKS 
CONTEXT AND IT 
WILL EVENTUALLY 
ALL BE PLACED ON 
THE WEBSITE FOR 
PEOPLE TO MAKE 
THEIR OWN 
DECISIONS. 
TODAY IS THE 
FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL. 
IT IS THE KIND 
OF INFORMATION 
PARENTS CAN USE. 
AS YOU KNOW THE 
UNION IN THE 
STATE OF FLORIDA 
IS SUING THE 
GOVERNOR WHO 
FORCED THE 
SCHOOLS TO OPEN 
THAT MANY WERE 
TOO RUSHED AND 
TOO SCIENTIFIC. 
NOW THEY ARE 
RESPONDING TO 
WHAT WAS POSTED 
BY THE MIAMI 
HERALD. 
>>> WE KNEW THAT 
THIS WOULD BE 
THE END RESULT 
OF RUSHING TO 
OPEN OUR 
SCHOOLS. 
WE KNEW THAT, 
YOU KNOW, WHAT 
THE SMALL PART 
OF HISTORY THAT 
TAUGHT US THAT 
THIS WAS GOING 
TO BE A 
COMMUNITY 
PREDDING HE 
OTHER VENT. 
SCHOOLS ARE 
GOING TO CREATE 
A SUPER SPREAD 
EVENT. 
WE HAD NO 
SURPRISE THERE. 
BUT IT WOULD BE 
UNFORTUNATELY 
WHAT WE ARE UP 
AGAINST IN 
FLORIDA IS THE 
GOVERNOR WHO 
DOES NOT WANT TO 
BE TRANSPARENT. 
>>> AND SO A LOT 
OF CONCERN 
AGAIN, THE 
GOVERNORS ARE 
SAYING THAT 
INFORMATION WILL 
EVENTUALLY BE 
AVAILABLE. 
BUT FOR MANY 
PARENTS THEY 
WOULD LIKE TO 
HAVE IT NOW. 
ALL THE SCHOOLS 
OPEN IN THE 
STATE OF 
FLORIDA, A LOT 
OF EYES AND 
ATTENTION ON 
CORONAVIRUS, 
WHETHER THIS 
ULTIMATELY WORKS 
WITH ALL THE 
SCHOOLS OPEN IS 
SORT OF A TEST 
IN PROGRESS AND 
WE ARE WAITING 
TO FIND OUT 
WHETHER THERE IS 
A SUPER 
SPREADING EVENT, 
ESPECIALLY AS WE 
HAVE SEEN ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES 
AND WHETHER 
FLORIDA WILL BE 
ABLE TO 
MAINTAIN. 
KIDS COME AND 
GO, AND EVEN IF 
THEY ARE LESS 
SUSCEPTIBLE FOR 
LONG-TERM OR 
SERIOUS ILLNESS 
FROM 
CORONAVIRUS, 
THEY COME AND GO 
AT THE HOUSE. 
THEY COME HOME 
TO THE PARENTS, 
SOMETIMES 
GRANDPARENTS ARE 
LIVING IN THE 
HOUSE. 
IT IS THE 
POTENTIAL HERE 
THAT IS THE MOST 
CONCERN AND MOST 
ATTENTION ON 
WHAT POTENTIALLY 
COULD HAPPEN. 
>>> ABSOLUTELY. 
YOU KNOW KERRY, 
IT IS A LITTLE 
TOO LATE. 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL IS TODAY. 
THAT COATING 
ISSUE FOR US. 
>>> 
PENNSYLVANIA'S 
EVICTION 
MORATORIUM 
EXPIRES AT 
MIDNIGHT. 
NBC NEWS 
REPORTERS SPOKE 
WITH RENTERS 
ABOUT THE STRESS 
OF FACING 
EVICTION DURING 
A PANDEMIC. 
I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME. 
>> IF YOUR LANDLORD TELLS YOU 
YOU HAVE TO GO, WHERE WILL YOU 
GO? 
>> TO A HOMELESS SHELTER. 
>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS THAT ARE 
AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF EVICTIONS. 
WE HAVE JUDGMENTS THAT HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN FILED OR 
SCHEDULED. 
WE HAVE HEARD FROM ORDINARY 
FOLKS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING 
THROUGH THE COVID CRISIS. 
WE ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE CITIES 
WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF 
INFECTIONS. 
AUGUST HAS BEEN TERRIBLE FOR 
FAMILIES IN TERMS OF MEETING 
THEIR RENT. 
ONCE WE HIT SEPTEMBER, WE WILL 
SEE A HUGE JUMP. 
>> I THINK WE'RE IN AN ECONOMY 
THAT HAS BEEN RAVISHED BY THE 
PANDEMIC. 
PEOPLE ARE SCARED. 
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW TO SOMEHOW BE PARENTS AND 
EITHER WORK OR LOOK FOR WORK 
WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE TRYING TO 
LEARN VIRTUALLY. 
IT FALLS ON ALL OF US TO ABSORB 
WHAT BLOW WE CAN FROM THE 
PANDEMIC TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AT 
A BASIC LEVEL. 
>> IF YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING 
TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT 
HAS THE ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE 
LIKE YOU, EXTEND THE 
MORATORIUM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY 
TO US. 
>> CONSIDER THAT WE ARE ON A 
FIXED INCOME. 
WE DON'T HAVE DAILY MONEY OR 
WEEKLY MONEY. 
WE GET PAID MONTHLY. 
I HAVE NEVER LIVED LIKE THIS 
BEFORE IN MY LIFE. 
THIS HAS BEEN THE HARDEST YEAR 
THAT I'VE LIVED. 
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST 
PLACE THAT I'VE LIVED. 
PEOPLE NEED HELP. 
IT IS HARD OUT HERE. 
I THINK WE SHOULD ALL GET 
TOGETHER TO TRY TO HELP EACH 
OTHER. 
INSTEAD OF KILLING EACH OTHER 
AND BEATING EACH OTHER DOWN, WE 
NEED SOMEONE TO FIGHT FOR US, 
FOR OUR LIVING SITUATION SO WE 
CAN HAVE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT. 
THERE IS NO HOPE HERE. 
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOK 
FORWARD TO. 
>> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO HER 
LANDLORD FOR COMMENT BUT WE 
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. 
>>> QANON THEORIES ARE 
SPREADING OVERSEAS, POPPING UP 
IN BERLIN AT A PROTEST. 
MATT BRADLEY IS IN GERMANY WITH 
MORE. 
>> THIS BOISTEROUS PROTEST IS 
TRYING TO CONVINCE THAT IT IS A 
SHAM. 
YOU WON'T SEE ANY MASKS OR 
GLOVES HERE BUT YOU CAN CATCH A 
GLIMPSE OF AN AMERICAN 
PHENOMENAL. 
THIS MARCH IS MOSTLY ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS BUT 
WILL ARE A LOT OF QDANON 
SUPPORTERS HERE. 
IT IS SPREADING AROUND THE 
WORLD LIKE A PANDEMIC. 
>> MOST QANON BELIEVERS ARE NEW 
TO THE CONSPIRACY THEORY. 
CONVINCING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS 
DOWN A RABBIT HOLE OF BIZARRE, 
BASELESS DELUSION. 
A REPORTER FOR FIRST DRAFT 
NEWS. 
>> QANON IS MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE 
AS A CONSPIRACY THAN IT WAS 
YEARS AGO. 
IT IS ADAPTABLE. 
>> A DUTCH HOUSEWIFE SAYS SHE 
IS GENUINELY WORRIED FOR HER 8-
YEAR-OLD SON. 
>> FOR HIS FUTURE, YEAH. 
I DON'T WANT HIM TO LIVE IN 
FEAR OF HUGGING PEOPLE OR 
SEEING OTHER PEOPLE AS 
POTENTIAL SICK AND MAKING 
OTHERS SICK. 
>> Reporter: LIKE MANY, SHE IS 
A RECENT QANON CONVERT. 
>> SOME PEOPLE WILL CALL YOU 
CRAZY OR WHATEVER. 
CONSPIRACY CRAZY. 
AND I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. 
FOR ME I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS 
THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE VERY BAD 
AND THEY HAVE TO COME OUT. 
>> Reporter: WHILE QANON 
SUPPORTERS IN THE STATE HAVE 
COMMITTED VIOLENCE, THESE 
PROTESTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY 
PEACEFUL BUT NOT WELCOME TO 
REPORTERS WHO THEY BELIEVE ARE 
PART OF THE ELITE THAT'S THEY 
OPPOSE. 
SOME TRIED TO BLOCK OUR SHOT. 
>> NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THIS. 
THEY ARE CHANTING FAKE NEWS. 
>> A HOSTILE HALLUCINATION ON 
THE MARCH AROUND THE WORLD. 
>> THE IRONY HERE IS THE 
CORONAVIRUS BURDEN THAT GERMANY 
CARRIED WAS QUITE LIGHT. 
THERE WEREN'T AS MANY CASES OR 
DEATHS AS NEIGHBORING STATES 
LIKE FRANCE. 
THAT IS WHY THE COUNTRY WAS 
ABLE TO GET OUT SO EASILY. 
IT IS IRONIC THAT THERE ARE SO 
MANY PEOPLE PROTESTING. 
MATT BRADLEY, NBC NEWS, BERLIN. 
>>> AHEAD OF HIS TRIP TO 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TODAY, A 
CITY REELING HAVE VIOLENCE, THE 
PRESIDENT IS NOT CONDEMNING 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE, CHARGED WITH 
FIRST DEGREE HOMICIDE AFTER 
SHOOTING AND KILLING TWO 
PROTESTERS THERE. 
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS. 
THEN HE FELL. 
AND THEN THEY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM. 
I GUESS HE WAS IN VERY BIG 
TROUBLE. 
HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 
KILLED. 
>> THE UNREST FOLLOWS THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN, 
JACOB BLAKE, NOW PARALYZED. 
THE PRESIDENT SPOKE WITH A 
PASTOR FOR THE FAMILY BUT WILL 
NOT MEET WITH THE FAMILY TODAY 
BECAUSE THEY WANTED A LAWYER 
PRESENT, CALLING THAT 
INAPPROPRIATE. 
OVERNIGHT LAWYERS REPRESENTING 
THE FAMILY TELLING NBC NEWS IF 
BLAKE'S MOTHER SPOKE TO THE 
PRESIDENT, SHE WAS PREPARED TO 
ASK HIM TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF 
HIS SON'S SHOOTING, ASKING HIM 
TO EXAMINE YOUR HEART. 
HE BELIEVES THAT BLACK 
AMERICANS WANT LAW AND ORDER. 
AND WITHOUT MENTIONING THE 
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING MADE THIS 
EYE RAISING ANALOGY BY POLICE 
ENCOUNTERS. 
>> SHOOTING A GUY MANY TIMES IN 
THE BACK, COULDN'T YOU HAVE 
DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
THEY CHOKE. 
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT. 
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING IT TO 
GOLF BECAUSE -- 
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING 
WITHOUT EVIDENCE OR EXPLANATION 
HIS DEMOCRATIC RIVAL JOE BIDEN 
IS NOT IN CONTROL OF HIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> WHO DO YOU THINK IS PULLING 
BIDEN'S STRINGS? 
IS IT FORMER OBAMA PEOPLE. 
>> YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. 
PEOPLE IN THE DARK SHADOWS. 
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 
THAT SOUNDS LIKE CONSPIRACY 
THEY'RELY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING 
ANOTHER CLAIM WITHOUT EVIDENCE 
THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS 
UNDERWAY INTO A GROUP OF 
AGITATORS THAT HE SAYS FLEW TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C. INTENT ON 
CAUSING CHAOS AT THE CONVENTION 
LAST WEEK. 
>> WE HAD PEOPLE GET ON A PLANE 
THIS WEEKEND AND IT WAS 
COMPLETELY LOADED WITH THUGS 
WEARING THESE DARK UNIFORMS, 
BLACK UNIFORMS WITH GEAR THIS 
AND THAT. 
>> BIDEN BLAMING HIM FOR 
STOKING VIOLENCE. 
>> THESE ARE NOT IMAGES OF SOME 
JOE BIDEN AMERICA IN THE 
FUTURE. 
THESE ARE OF IMAGES OF DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA TODAY. 
HE KEEPS SAYING IF HE WAS 
PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD FEEL SAFE. 
HE IS PRESIDENT, WHETHER HE 
KNOWS IT OR NOT. 
>> Reporter: BIDEN SLAMMING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITING THE 
PRESIDENT DECLINED TO REPUTE 
VIOLENCE. 
HE WOULDN'T REPUTE ONE CHARGED 
WITH MURDER. 
HE IS TOO WEAK, TOO SCARED OF 
THE HATRED THAT HE HAS STIRRED 
TO PUT AN END TO IT. 
>> AS YOU REPORTED, THE 
PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE MEETING 
WITH JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY. 
WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO. 
>> NO MEETING WITH THE BLAKE 
FAMILY. 
BUT HE WILL MEET WITH MEMBERS 
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TOUR 
BUSINESSES IN KENOSHA 
DAMAGEDBERG THE RIOTING AND 
LOOTING LAST WEEK. 
THE PRESIDENT DISMISSED 
CONCERNS THIS TRIP COULD 
INFLAME TENSIONS. 
HE SAYS IT COULD INCREASE 
ENTHUSIASM IN WISCONSIN WHICH 
IS A CRUCIAL BATTLEGROUND THAT 
HE NEEDS TO WIN IN THE UPCOMING 
ELECTION. 
 
PEOPLE TO GATHER PEACEFULLY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT.
>>> THIS MORNING A PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT. 
DIVIDING KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
THE CITY HOPING TO PUT LAST 
WEEK'S DEADLY VIOLENCE SPARKED 
BY THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE BEHIND THEM. 
SOME WORRY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL INFLAME TENSIONS AGAIN. 
>> PEOPLE OF KENOSHA DO NOT 
WANT TO BE USED AS A CAMPAIGN 
TOOL. 
>> THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT 
DEFYING REQUESTS FROM THE 
GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR OF 
KENOSHA TO DELAY HIS TRIP. 
>> I THINK KENOSHA AT THIS 
PRESENT TIME NEEDS PEACE AND 
NEEDS TO HEAL AND NEEDS PEOPLE 
TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
>> OFFICIALS IN KENOSHA SAY IT 
WAS THE GOVERNOR WHO ACTIVATED 
THE NATIONAL GUARD, PUSHING 
BACK ON THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET 
THAT THERE WOULD BE NO KENOSHA 
RIGHT NOW IF THE WHITE HOUSE 
HAD NOT STEPPED IN. 
>> THAT'S A FALSE STATEMENT. 
>> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS 
FALSE? 
>> BECAUSE KENOSHA IS A STRONG 
COMMUNITY. 
WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK 
REGARDLESS. 
>> ACCORDING TO KENOSHA POLICE, 
MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE 
ARRESTED IN THE RECENT 
DEMONSTRATIONS HERE ARE FROM 
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. 
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY JACOB 
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAS FUELED 
PROTESTS AGAINST RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
IN PORTLAND, STATE POLICE HAVE 
BEEN CALLED BACK AFTER 
DANIELSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
ON SATURDAY. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE SHOOTING 
WAS CONNECTED TO THE PROTEST. 
BACK IN KENOSHA, JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY SAYS ALL OF THE VIOLENCE 
IS AN UNNECESSARY AND UNWANTED 
DISTRACTION FROM THE MOVEMENT 
CALLING FOR CHANGE. 
>> WE'RE REALLY SICK AND TIRED 
OF THE VIOLENCE. 
WE'RE TIRED OF IT. 
>> Reporter: AND AS YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, A HEAVY PRESENCE OF 
THE NATIONAL GUARD HERE. 
A NIGHTLY CURFEW HAS BEEN 
EXTENDED FOR THE REST OF THE 
WEEK. 
>>> ON CAMPUS AFTER CAMPUS, IT 
IS BECOMING A TOUGH REALITY AS 
THE STUDENT POPULATION PICKS 
UP, SO DO THE COVID CASES. 
>> IT WAS NO SURPRISE TO ME. 
>> WHILE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE SET 
ASIDE AREAS FOR STUDENTS TO 
ISOLATE ON CAMPUS, OTHERS ARE 
CLOSING COMPLETELY AND SENDING 
STUDENTS BACK HOME WHERE THEY 
COULD SPREAD THE VIRUS. 
>> IF CHILDREN HAVEN'T ALREADY 
LEFT HOME TO GO TO COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS 
SHOULD THINK TWICE ABOUT SHOULD 
THEY COME TO CAMPUS BECAUSE 
WE'VE HAD ALREADY CAUTIONARY 
TALES. 
AFTER SUSPENDING MORE THAN 200 
STUDENTS FOR BREAKING THE 
RULES, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IS 
TEMPORARILY BLOCKING ALL 
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM 
HOLDING GATHERINGS. 
>> YOU CAN'T STOP COLLEGE KIDS 
FROM LIKE PARTYING AND GOING 
OUT WITH EACH OTHER. 
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
>> JACOB, A FRESHMAN AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHERE 
THERE ARE MORE THAN 400 ACTIVE 
STUDENT CASES SAYS AROUND 
CAMPUS HE SEES STUDENTS 
BEHAVING. 
>> YOU FEEL SAFE. 
>> I FEEL SAFE, YEAH. 
I FEEL SAFE THAT I CAN LOOK 
AROUND AND SEE EVERYBODY WITH 
MASKS ON. 
I FEEL THAT 99% OF KIDS THAT 
GOT HERE HAD TO PAY A LOT OF 
MONEY AND HAD TO WORK REALLY 
HARD TO GET HERE. 
I FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T THINK IT 
IS WORTH RISKING IT ALL TO HAVE 
ONE NIGHT OF FUN. 
>> ELSEWHERE THE CONCERN 
STRETCHES FAR BEYOND CAMPUS. 
IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS, THE MAYOR 
WARNED THAT MORE CASES AT THE 
SCHOOL MEAN MORE CASES IN THE 
COMMUNITY WHICH COULD FORCE K-
12 SCHOOLS TO GO VIRTUAL. 
>> YOU CAN PROBABLY HANDLE AN 
ONLINE CLASS BUT A 2nd OR  3rd 
GRADER CAN'T. 
>> GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS AS THEY 
WELCOME BACK K-12 STUDENTS, 
THEY ARE WATCHING COLLEGES 
CLOSELY. 
>> I BELIEVE COLLEGES ARE THE 
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. 
>> SOME HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE 
PUSHING BACK ON OFFICIALS 
PLACING THE BLAME LARGELY ON 
STUDENTS, POINTING TO THE 
PICTURES OF PACKED PARTIES 
SAYING WHEN YOU PUT THOUSANDS 
OF YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER, 
ESSENTIALLY LIVING IN THE SAME 
SPACE, IT IS LIKELY ONLY TO BE 
EXPECTED. 
 
LATE HOYAS
>>> FOR 27 YEARS JOHN THOMPSON 
JUNIOR TOWERED OVER GEORGETOWN 
SIDE LINES. 
AT 6'10" HE WAS AN IMPOSING 
PRESENCE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. 
NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS MIND. 
>> HE STARTED A CULTURAL 
REVOLUTION. 
YOU KNOW, HE CAME IN AND HE 
CHANGED THINGS THERE, MADE IT A 
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK TEAM. 
>> RESPECTED BY RIVALS LIKE 
SYRACUSE'S JIM BAYHINE. 
>> HE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR 
COACHES BUT ALSO PAVED THE PATH 
FOR YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COACHES SUBPOENA PLAYERS WHO 
REALLY COULD SEE WHAT IS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THOMPSON LED THE TEAM TO 
ALMOST 600 VICTORIES, INCLUDING 
THREE FINAL FOURS AND ONE 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. 
>> THE FIRST BLACK COLLEGE 
COACH TO WIN IT ALL. 
HE WOULD POINT OUT 
DISCRIMINATION DEPRIVED SO MANY 
OF THE OPPORTUNITY. 
>> WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
HAVE A GOOD BASKETBALL. 
WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS 
GRADUATE SCHOOL. 
>> 75 OF THE PLAYERS THAT 
STAYED ALL FOUR YEARS EARNED 
DEGREES. 
26 WERE DRAFTED BY THE NBA. 
FOUR ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME. 
PATRICK EWING AND IVERSON. 
IVERSON THANKING THE COACH WHO 
STOOD BY HIM WHEN HE WAS A 
TALENTED BUT TROUBLED TEEN. 
>> I WANT TO THANK COACH 
THOMPSON FOR SAVING MY LIFE. 
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 
>> EWING WHO WON A NATIONAL 
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THOMPSON IS 
NOW GEORGETOWN'S COACH. 
>> HE IS A PERSON WHO HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. 
NOT ONLY AS A BASKETBALL COACH 
BUT ALSO AN ICON, A PERSON WHO 
FOUGHT FOR THE THINGS THAT HE 
BELIEVED IN. 
>> THOMPSON PROTECTED HIS 
PLAYERS AND FOUGHT FOR THEM. 
WALKING OFF THE COURT IN 1989 
TO PROTEST AN NCAA RULE THAT HE 
THOUGHT HURT BLACK ATHLETES. 
>> THIS IS VERY MUCH 
DISCRIMINATORY. 
>> A GIANT ON AND OFF THE 
COURT. 
ANN THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. 
>> YOU CAN SEE HE WAS A LOT 
MORE THAN A BASKETBALL COACH TO 
A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 1980s 
FOLLOWING BASKETBALL LIKE I 
DID, GEORGETOWN WAS IT. 
AND IT WAS COACH THOMPSON WHO 
MADE THEM IT. 
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT HE 
HAD ON ALLEN IVERSON WHO MAY 
NOT HAVE HAD THE CAREER THAT HE 
HAD WITHOUT THAT MAN. 
>> THAT WAS A AN INCREDIBLE 
STORY. 
>> A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN 
HOMICIDES. 
IN LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, IN 
NASHVILLE, IN DENVER. 
>> IT'S NOT OKAY THAT THIS 
SURGE IN CRIME IS IMPACTING OUR 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
>> 89% INCREASE IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
ALMOST 100% IN MILWAUKEE. 
>> WE HAVE TO BE TIRED OF IT. 
BECAUSE I'M TIRED IT WAS. 
>> ON JULY 4th, 7-YEAR-OLD 
NATALIE WALLACE WAS KILLED 
WHILE PLAYING IN THE FRONT YARD 
AS HER FAMILY PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY. 
POLICE BELIEVE SHE WAS CAUGHT 
IN RETALIATORY GUNFIRE BETWEEN 
GANGS. 
THREE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED. 
>> I MEAN IT IS JUST LIKE THAT. 
YOUR WHOLE LIFE CAN CHANGE. 
>> HER FATHER, SINGLE DAD 
NATHAN WALLACE STILL STRUGGLES 
TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
>> SHE WAS YOUR LITTLE GIRL. 
>> MY YOUNGEST. 
I COULDN'T PROTECT HER. 
THAT REALLY HITS YOU. 
IT REALLY HURTS YOUR SOUL, YOU 
KNOW. 
>> VIOLENT CRIME IS NOTHING NEW 
TO CHICAGO. 
BUT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN 
EXPONENTIALLY BAD. 
THE NUMBER OF KIDS 13 OR 
YOUNGER KILLED IN SHOOTINGS HAS 
ALREADY SURPASSED ALL OF LAST 
YEAR. 
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, 
AN ARMY OF ORANGE SHIRTS CALLED 
TARGET AREA WALKS THE STREETS 
ON A MISSION. 
TO STOP VIOLENCE BEFORE IT 
STARTS IN AN AREA SUFFOCATING 
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD 
INSECURITY, THE LOSS OF 
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, GANGS, 
DRUGS AND GUNS. 
AMPLIFYING ALL OF IT, THE 
PANDEMIC. 
MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE STRESS, 
TENSION WITH POLICE AND 
DESPERATION. 
>> WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, IT 
HIT THIS COMMUNITY HARDER THAN 
IT HIT ANY OTHER COMMUNITY. 
>> AUDREY PHILLIPS IS THE 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
>> PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT A 
LIFE ANY IT IS MORE. 
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. 
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE 
ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS. 
>> FEDERAL AGENTS HAVE BEEN 
PARTNERED WITH LOCAL POLICE 
ACROSS NINE CITIES TO CRACK 
DOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME, MAKING 
1500 ARRESTS. 
>> THESE ARRESTS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
AND IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE 
ON OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE 
OVERALL IN KANSAS CITY. 
>> NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE 
FEDERAL AGENTS SENT TO PROTEST 
ZONES THIS SUMMER. 
WHILE CRIME AND POLICING HAVE 
BECOME FLASH POINTS IN THE 
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, MOST 
EXPERTS SAY THE VIOLENCE IS NOT 
RELATED TO DEMONSTRATIONS OVER 
RACIAL INEQUALITY. 
DESPITE THE JUMP IN HOMICIDES 
THE CRIME RATE IS DOWN SHARPLY 
FROM THE 1990s. 
STILL THE PANDEMIC AND STALLED 
ECONOMY HAVE TENSIONS AND 
TEMPERS RUNNING HIGH. 
FOR AUDREY PHILLIPS, PROGRESS 
IS MEASURED ONE PERSON AT A 
TIME. 
>> IF ONE OF US JUST HELPED ONE 
PERSON FROM GETTING SHOT, IF 
ONE PERSON HELPED ONE PERSON 
FROM GETTING KILLED, IF ONE OF 
US HELPED ONE PERSON TO GET 
BACK INTO SCHOOL, TO GET OFF 
DRUGS, TO GET INTO AN ANGER 
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, TO GET AN 
ID. 
>> YEAH. 
THESE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS ARE 
DOING ALL THEY CAN TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
THEY WORRY AS THE WEATHER GETS 
COLDER AND PEOPLE ARE FORCED 
INSIDE BECAUSE OF COVID, WE 
COULD SEE MORE VIOLENCE. 
>> YOU SEE THE IMPACT OF THE 
PANDEMIC ON THE VIOLENCE. 
THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE NUMBER 
OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LOW-
INCOME AREAS GOING BACK TO 
SCHOOL ONLINE BUT DON'T 
NECESSARILY HAVE THE RESOURCES 
THEY NEED. 
WHAT ROLE MIGHT THAT PLAY IN 
ALL OF THIS. 
>> I HEARD THAT REPEATEDLY, 
BOTH IN MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO, 
PEOPLE SAYING PEOPLE IN THIS 
NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T HAVE HIGH 
SPEED INTERNET. 
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS 
NECESSARILY FOR THEIR KIDS. 
A RECENT STUDY FOUND AS MANY AS 
15 MILLION 
K-12 STUDENTS DON'T HAVE HIGH 
SPEED INTERNET OR COMPUTERS. 
ALL OF THAT COULD AGGRAVATE THE 
SITUATION. 
IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING 
WORK AT HOME AND THERE IS NO 
ONE TO HELP THEM BECAUSE MOM 
AND DAD IS AT WORK AND THEY 
DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET, 
THIS COULD BE MORE OF A PROBLEM 
GOING FORWARD. 
>> A LOT AT PLAY HERE. 
THANK YOU, TOM. 
WE APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> AS TRIBUTE AFTER TRIBUTE 
CONTINUE TO POUR IN HONORING 
THE LIFE OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN, 
THINGS LIKE KIND, SOULFUL. 
CLOSE FRIEND JOSH SHARING THIS 
MEMORY SHOWING ONE OF HIS 
ENDLESS TALENTS. 
♪[MUSIC]♪♪
>> THE ACTOR RECEIVING SO MANY 
TRIBUTES IN DEATH. 
OFFERED SO MUCH GRATITUDE IN 
LIFE. 
IN 2019. 
>>> AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AWARDS 
SEASON HE PAID HOMAGE TO DENZEL 
WASHINGTON WHO ONCE PAID HIS 
TUITION. 
>> IT IS A SEED OF HOPE, A BUD 
OF FAITH. 
THERE IS NO BLACK PANTHER 
WITHOUT DENZEL WASHINGTON. 
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 
>> NOW WASHINGTON WHO 
RECOGNIZED THE YOUNGER ACTOR'S 
TALENT EARLY ON SAYING IN A 
STATEMENT HE WAS A GENTLE SOUL 
AND A BRILLIANT ARTIST WHO WILL 
STAY WITH US FOR ETERNITY. 
GOD BLESS CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
HIS BLACK PANTHER CAST MATES 
CHIMING IN. 
I CAN'T WRAP MY MIND AROUND 
THIS LOSS. 
A LOSS RESINATING IN MY OWN 
HEART AND AROUND THE GLOBE. 
MICHAEL B. JORDAN SHARING I'M 
GOING TO MISS YOUR HONESTY, 
YOUR GENEROSITY, YOUR SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND INCREDIBLE GIFTS. 
I'M DEDICATING THE REST OF MY 
DAYS TO LIVE THE WAY YOU DID, 
WITH GRACE, COURAGE AND NO 
REGRETS. 
AND WINSTON DUKE CALLING 
BOSEMAN MY BROTHER, MY HERO, MY 
BLACK PANTHER. 
OVER FOUR YEARS, BOSEMAN NEVER 
LET ON ABOUT HIS OWN BATTLE 
WITH COLON CANCER. 
SPENDING TIME WITH TERMINALLY 
ILL CHILDREN. 
HE TOUCHED MILLIONS OF OTHERS, 
LEAVING A LEGACY FOR 
GENERATIONS. 
NEVER MORE EVIDENT THAN IN 
THESE POIGNANT TRIBUTES BY 
CHILDREN TO THEIR HERO. 
>> I'M MAKING SURE THEY WILL 
NEVER, EVER DIE. 
>> AND TO AN ACTOR THAT GAVE 
BLACK CHILDREN A HERO THEY WERE 
MISSING, MARVEL RELEASED THIS 
TRIBUTE. 
>> I THINK HE WORE THE CROWN 
WITH DIGNITY. 
>> IN ART AS IN LIFE. 
>> MY GOODNESS. 
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN TALK ONLINE 
OF CREATING A MEMORIAL FOR 
CHADWICK IN HIS HOMETOWN. 
THEY WILL REPLACE A CONFEDERATE 
MONUMENT THERE WITH ONE 
HONORING CHADWICK. 
I HEARD HOWARD UNIVERSITY WHO 
IS THINKING OF RENAMING A FINE 
ARTS CENTER. 
WE WILL HEAR ABOUT MORE 
COMMUNITY CENTERS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO 
HONOR CHADWICK. 
>> THAT DENZEL WASHINGTON STORY 
WAS FASCINATING. 
HE OPENED UP TO YOU DURING YOUR 
INTERVIEW. 
>> HE WAS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
ACCEPTED INTO AN ACTING PROGRAM 
AT OXFORD. 
HE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GO. 
SHE MADE A PHONE CALL TO HER 
BUDDY DENZEL WASHINGTON WHO 
WROTE THE CHECK SO CHADWICK 
COULD GO. 
HE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL LATER 
THAT IT WAS DENZEL WASHINGTON. 
SO HE MAY NEVER HAVE BECOME THE 
ACTOR HE WAS WITHOUT THAT 
ANONYMOUS GESTURE BY DENZEL 
WASHINGTON. 
HE FINDLY MET DENZEL AND WAS 
ABLE TO THANK HIM IN PERSON. 
>> SO PHENOMENAL. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
 
INTERVIEW.
>>> YOUR HAIR IS BLOWING IN THE 
WIND AND THE WINDOW ISN'T EVEN 
OPEN. 
>> THE HUMAN BRAIN. 
AT THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU 
UNDERSTAND IT AND IT COMES UP 
WITH SOMETHING ELSE. 
MOMENTS I'LL BE ON THE ROAD 
SUBPOENA SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN 
THAT WILL FIRE OFF AND YOU 
CAN'T HELP IT. 
IT IS LIKE BEING POSSESSED. 
>> WHEN IT WORKS IT IS GREAT. 
WHEN IT DOESN'T IT IS PAINFUL. 
>> IT IS LIKE A BURN. 
>> NOTHING GOT HIM OFF AS MUCH 
AS BEING IN FRONT OF A LIVE 
AUDIENCE AND GETTING TO JUST 
FREE FLOAT AND LET HIS BRAIN 
TAKE HIM WHERE HE WAS GOING AND 
REACT WITH THE AUDIENCE AND DO 
300 RIFTS ON THAT. 
>> COMEDIANS WHO PLAYED WITH 
ROBIN WILLIAMS SAID IT WASN'T 
ABOUT GOING TOE TO TOE, IT WAS 
KEEPING UP. 
HIS MIND WAS THAT FAST. 
BUT THE WORLD ALSO ADORED HIM 
FOR HIS HEART. 
WISE SUZANNE GOT THE BEST OF 
BOTH. 
>> THIS WAS A MAN WHO WAS 
INCREDIBLY RICH AND DEEP AND 
VERSED IN SO MUCH ABOUT 
HUMANITY AND CULTURE. 
AND HIS HUMOR WAS LIKE THIS 
SECRET WEAPON. 
THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES WHEN 
HE WOULD SEE SOMEONE NEEDED A 
LIFT AND HE WOULD JUST INJECT A 
LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR IN JUST THE 
RIGHT WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
>> ROBIN WILLIAMS HAS DIED. 
>> THE LAUGHTER ENDED TODAY. 
>> AN APPARENT SUICIDE. 
>> WHEN NEWS OF HIS SUICIDE 
BROKE, THERE WERE COUNTLESS 
THEORIES, MONEY, DEPRESSION, 
DRUGS. 
NONE OF THEM TRUE. 
>> SEEING THOSE KIND OF 
HEADLINES, HOW DID YOU DEAL 
WITH THAT? 
>> THAT WAS REALLY CHALLENGING. 
YOU KNOW, ROBIN AND I KNEW 
THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE GOING 
ON. 
ROBIN WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID TO 
ME, I JUST WANT TO REBOOT MY 
BRAIN. 
IN THAT MOMENT I PROMISED HIM 
THAT WE WOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM 
OF THIS. 
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOULD 
BE AFTER HE PASSED. 
>> AFTER YEARS OF CHASING 
ANSWERS, SUZANNE WILLIAMS NOW 
SHARES WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO 
HER HUSBAND IN A NEW 
DOCUMENTARY, ROBIN'S WISH. 
>> I WAS CALLED IN TO SIT DOWN 
TO GO OVER THE CORONER'S 
REPORT. 
THEY SAT ME DOWN AND SAID HE -- 
ESSENTIALLY ROBIN DIED OF 
DIFFUSE BODY DEMENTIA. 
HE WASN'T IN HIS RIGHT MIND. 
>> THE DISEASE HAD INFILTRATED 
EVERY REGION OF HIS BRAIN. 
>> IT MAKES SENSE WHY HE WAS 
EXPERIENCING WHAT HE WAS 
EXPERIENCING. 
>> SO YOU KNEW IN YOUR SOUL 
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE. 
DESCRIBE THE MOMENT WHEN YOU 
SAW LOUIS BODY DEMENTIA. 
WHAT WAS THE ANSWER LOOKING YOU 
IN THE FACE. 
>> I WAS RELIEVED I HAD A NAME. 
ROBIN AND I HAD GONE THROUGH 
THIS EXPERIENCE, BEING CHASED 
BY AN INVISIBLE MONSTER. 
IT WAS LIKE WHACK A MOLE WITH 
THE SYMPTOMS. 
I LEFT THERE WITH A NAME OF THE 
DISEASE, THE THING THAT ROBIN 
AND I HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR. 
>> LOUIS BODY DEMENTIA IS A 
DEVASTATING ILLNESS. 
IT IS A KILLER. 
IT IS FAST. 
IT IS PROGRESSIVE. 
THIS WAS ABOUT AS DEVASTATING 
CASE AS I HAD EVER SEEN. 
IT AMAZED ME THAT ROBIN COULD 
WALK OR MOVE AT ALL. 
>> ALL THE WHILE ROBIN HAD NO 
IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM. 
>> IT WAS CLEAR TO ME, IT WAS 
CLEAR TO ALL OF US ON THAT SET 
THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON 
WITH ROBIN. 
ROBIN WAS STRUGGLING TO 
REMEMBER LINES AND TO COMBINE 
THE RIGHT WORDS WITH THE 
PERFORMANCE. 
ROBIN WOULD CALL ME AND SAY, IS 
IT USABLE? 
IS ANY OF THIS USABLE? 
I SAW HER MORALE CRUMBLING. 
I SAW A GUY WHO WASN'T HIMSELF 
AND HE THOUGHT THAT WAS 
UNFORGIVABLE. 
>> DOCTORS DIAGNOSED ROBIN WITH 
PARKINSONS BUT HE WORRIED IT 
WAS DEMENTIA OR SCHIZOPHRENIA 
HE WAS AT TIMES PARANOID AND 
DELUSIONAL, LOSING HIS GRASP ON 
REALITY. 
>> YOU AND ROBIN WERE TOLD FOR 
MEDICAL REASONS THAT YOU TWO 
NEEDED TO SLEEP IN SEPARATE 
BEDS SO HE COULD GET MORE REST. 
THOSE WERE DOCTOR'S ORDERS. 
WHAT DID HE THINK WAS GOING ON 
WHEN YOU TWO THOUGHT WERE 
SLEEPING IN SEPARATE BEDS. 
>> HE SAID TO ME DOES THIS MEAN 
WE'RE SEPARATED? 
AND THAT WAS A REALLY SHOCKING 
MOMENT. 
WHEN YOUR BEST FRIEND, YOUR 
PARTNER, YOUR LOVE, YOU REALIZE 
THERE IS A GIANT SOMEWHERE AND 
YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE IT IS. 
BUT THAT'S JUST NOT BASED IN 
REALITY. 
THAT WAS A HARD MOMENT, CODE A. 
>> IT'S SUSAN'S WISH BY 
ENCOURAGING HIS FRIEND TO SPEAK 
OUT, THIS WILL SPARK A DIALOGUE 
ABOUT BRAIN DISEASE. 
>> BE MORE LOYAL TO SHARE 
WITHOUT SHAME, WITHOUT SECRECY. 
>> WHAT DID YOU LOSE THAT DAY? 
>> THE GREATEST LOVE I'VE EVER 
KNOWN. 
MY BEST FRIEND. 
MY PARTNER. 
YOU KNOW. 
>> I JUST KNOW THAT HE FINALLY 
SAID I'M NOT GOING TO GET OVER 
THIS. 
IT IS TAKING ME. 
HE IS SO JOYOUS. 
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO JOY IN 
HIS LIFE. 
HE WASN'T READY TO GO. 
HE WASN'T READY TO GO AT ALL. 
HE STUCK AROUND LONGER THAN HE 
FELT LIKE IT. 
HE WASN'T READY TO SAY GOOD-BYE 
TO SUSAN OR TO LIFE. 
>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FACE 
OF LOVE, JUST WATCH SUSAN AND 
ROBIN DANCE. 
AND AT ITS CORE ROBIN'S WISH IS 
A LOVE STORY, THE TALE OF A 
HEART BROKEN WIFE CONTINUING 
HIS HUSBAND'S LIFE LONG DREAM. 
HE DOES THAT BY RAISING 
AWARENESS ABOUT BRAIN DISEASE. 
>> I ASKED HIM WHEN WE GET TO 
THE END OF OUR LIVES AND 
LOOKING BACK, WHAT IS IT THAT 
WE WANT TO HAVE DONE? 
WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT HE SAID 
I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE BE LESS 
AFRAID. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
AND I SAID HONEY, YOU'RE 
ALREADY DOING THAT. 
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. 
AND THAT IS PRETTY GREAT, YOU 
KNOW. 
>> THE THING THAT MATTERS ARE 
OTHERS. 
EGO, BYE-BYE. 
THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING PEOPLE 
OUT THERE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR 
AND A LOVING GOD. 
AND THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT. 
>> I JUST -- 
>> WOW. 
>> I THOUGHT THAT SHE, SUSAN, 
WAS SO BRAVE IN TALKING ABOUT 
THIS. 
SHE -- TO FINALLY HAVE FOUND 
REALLY THE DIAGNOSIS WAS LIKE 
THE ROSETTE ROSETTA STONE. 
NOW SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT 
HAPPENED TO HER. 
>> THE INVISIBLE MONSTER. 
THE THING THAT TOOK OVER THEIR 
LIVES. 
YOU THINK OF HIM AS SO VIBRANT 
AND ENERGETIC. 
YOU SEE THOSE CLIPS OF THEM. 
IT IS HARD TO RECONCILE THAT 
WITH A MAN SO LOST AND IN SO 
MUCH PAIN. 
>> THE DOCTORS WERE SAYING 
BECAUSE HE HAD THIS INCREDIBLE 
BRAIN WITH SO MANY PATHWAYS IT 
IS HOW THE BRAIN COULD HIDE 
ITSELF. 
FOR MANY OF US IT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN APPARENT EARLIER ON. 
MAYBE WALKING AND TALKING WOULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. 
PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN HE DIED, 
OH, IT WAS THE DEPRESSION OF A 
COMEDIAN, IT WAS ALL THESE 
THINGS. 
AND SHE WANTED -- SUSAN WANTED 
EVERYONE TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT 
IT WAS. 
THIS WAS THE CAUSE. 
AT THE CORE OF IT, IT IS A LOVE 
STORY. 
SHE WAS TELLING ME A STORY 
ABOUT HOW THEY MET. 
WE WERE AT AN APPLE STORE. 
I'M STANDING OUTSIDE AND I WAS 
LIKE IS THAT ROBIN WILLIAMS. 
HE HAD CAMO PANTS ON AND SHE 
SAID I LIKE THOSE PANTS. 
HE AND SAID WELL THEN THEY'RE 
PERFECT BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM. 
AND SHE SAID IN THAT MOMENT 
THAT'S HOW THEY STARTED AND 
THEY DATED. 
THEY FELL IN LOVE. 
AND NOW SHE IS SPENDING HER 
LIFE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST 
WORKING TOWARDS THIS GOAL THAT 
SHE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR. 
>> IT IS ALSO A GOOD REMINDER 
THAT WE SEE THIS PUBLIC VERSION 
OF THE PEOPLE WE KNOW AND LOVE 
AND THEY SEEM SO HAPPY AND GOOD 
AND THEN THERE IS OFTEN 
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. 
>> YEAH. 
AND SUSAN, ROBIN'S WIDOW, IS 
THE VICE CHAIR OF THE AMERICAN 
BRAIN FOUNDATION WHERE SHE 
CONTINUES HER MISSION TO CREATE 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER 
DIAGNOSIS OF LOUIS BODY 
DEMENTIA. 
THAT CAN'T BE DIAGNOSED UNTIL 
YOU PASS. 
THERE IS MORE OF OUR 
CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER ON 
HODA AND JENNA. 
>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
WELL DONE, HODA. 
>>> ONE WEEK AGO IT WAS A 
DESPERATE RACE AGAINST TIME. 
HURRICANE LAURA ON TRACK TO 
BECOME A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 
WITH FORECASTERS PREDICTING AN 
UNSURVIVABLE STORM SURGE. 
THE FAUCET WAS IN THE LAKE 
WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. 
HER TWO DAY OLD DAUGHTER 
TETHERED TO A VENTILATOR. 
>> THE NURSES CAME IN AND SAID 
WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE. 
DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED STORM 
SURGE AND THE WEATHER, WE HAVE 
TO GET Y'ALL OUT OF HERE. 
>> IN AN HOUR LONG OPERATION 
THEY TRANSFERRED THE NEWBORNS 
TO HIGHER GROUND ALONG WITH THE 
CRUCIAL EQUIPMENT TO KEEP THEM 
ALIVE. 
>> TRANSFERRING 19 BABIES 
CRITICAL INFANTS EVEN ACROSS 
TOWN IS A BIG ORDEAL. 
>> THAT NIGHT AS LAURA'S FIERCE 
WINDS HOWLED OUT, A TEAM OF 
NURSES AND DOCTORS HUDDLED 
INSIDE AND WATCHED OVER THE 
TINY INFANTS. 
>> THE WHOLE BUILDING IS 
MOVING. 
>> YOU CAN FEEL IT. 
>> YOU CAN FEEL THE BUILDING 
SHAKING. 
>> YOU CAN SEE STUFF FLYING OUT 
THERE. 
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
TERRIFYING ORDEAL. 
>> YOU'RE IN THE ROOM AND THE 
WINDOWS ARE RATTLING AND THE 
BUILDING WAS SHAKING. 
IT WAS A LITTLE DISTURBING, 
FRIGHTENING. 
>> UPDATING WORRIED PARENTS ON 
FACEBOOK ALL NIGHT LONG. 
>> THAT REASSURANCE RIGHT 
THERE, THAT HELPED ME GET 
THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR SURE. 
>> EVERYONE SURVIVING UNHURT. 
>> BESIDES BEING AFRAID AND 
STRESSED, WE DIDN'T GO WITHOUT 
ANYTHING AND THE BABIES DIDN'T 
EVEN REALIZE THERE WAS A STORM 
GOING ON. 
>> THE PARENTS ETERNALLY 
GRATEFUL. 
>> BECAUSE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, 
WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PULL 
THROUGH. 
>> TO THOSE WHO HELPED THEIR 
PRECIOUS NEWBORNS WEATHER THE 
FIRST STORM OF THEIR YOUNG 
LIVES. 
MORGAN CHESKYE, NBC NEWS. 
>> WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU. 
THE STAFF FROM LAKE CHARLES 
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. 
WE HAVE LEAH, THE NICU 
DIRECTOR. 
A NURSE PRACTITIONER WITH THE 
UNIT. 
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. 
I WANT YOU TO GIVE US A LITTLE 
BIT OF A PLAY BY PLAY IF YOU 
WOULDN'T MIND. 
WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO MOVE 
THOSE TINY BABIES, SOME 
WEIGHING A COUPLE POUNDS OR 
LESS WITH THAT EQUIPMENT ACROSS 
TOWN, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN 
TAXING IN AND OF ITSELF. 
>> YES. 
IT WAS PRETTY EXHAUSTING FOR 
OUR STAFF. 
BUT I TELL YOU, WE COULDN'T 
HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL OF THE 
HELP FROM THE WOMEN AND THE 
STAFF GETTING IT UP THERE. 
>> BLESS AND YOU BLESS EVERY 
ONE LAST OF YOU. 
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB YOU DID. 
YOU REALLY ARE SAINTS. 
WHAT WAS IT LIKE INSIDE THAT 
HOSPITAL? 
YOU GET TO LAKE CHARLES 
MEMORIAL. 
THE HURRICANE MOVES IN AND 
YOU'RE WITH THE TINY BABIES WHO 
DON'T HAVE THEIR MOMS WITH 
THEM. 
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE INSIDE 
AS THE STORM CAME THROUGH? 
>> SURE. 
IT WAS PRETTY TERRIFYING. 
JUST THE WIND AND THE WATER 
COMING THROUGH. 
BUT OUR FOCUS WAS THESE BABIES. 
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 
OF THEM WERE TAKEN CARE OF LIKE 
WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM AT 
THE MAIN CAMPUS, WHETHER THERE 
WAS A STORM OR NOT. 
THAT WAS OUR MAIN FOCUS. 
IT KIND OF WENT FAST FROM 
THERE. 
WE HAD SO MANY BABIES TO TAKE 
CARE OF. 
>> YOU KEPT YOUR SPIRITS UP 
THAT NIGHT. 
YOU HAD TO SOMEHOW KEEP ALL OF 
THAT FEAR AT BAY. 
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SOME MUSIC 
PLAYED A SMALL PART. 
TELL ME ABOUT THAT. 
>> YES. 
ONE OF OUR NURSES ALLISON HAD A 
PLAY LIST FULL OF JUST PRAISE 
AND WORSHIP MUSIC. 
WE JUST BLAIRED THAT. 
WE WERE ALL SINGING. 
IT WAS TRICKLING DOWN THE 
HALLWAYS. 
IT KEPT SOME CALM AND PEACE FOR 
US DURING THIS TIME. 
>> I KNOW WHAT IS DIFFICULT IN 
A SITUATION LIKE. 
THIS I KNOW A LOT YOU HAVE ARE 
MOMS. 
YOU HAVE KIDS OF YOUR OWN. 
AND YOU ARE PROBABLY CONCERNED 
ABOUT, WOW, WHAT ARE THEY DOING 
AT HOME? 
LEAH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT WHAT THAT PART OF THE 
STORY WAS LIKE. 
>> WELL, NO ONE WANTS TO BE 
SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILY 
DURING A TIME LIKE THIS. 
BUT MY FOUR CHILDREN EVACUATED 
WITH MY HUSBAND. 
I KNEW THEY WERE IN SAFE HANDS. 
I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT 
THESE CHILDREN -- THE MOTHERS 
OF THESE BABIES FELT DURING 
THIS TIME BECAUSE THEIR BABIES 
WERE HERE. 
THEY HAD TO PUT A LOT OF TRUST 
IN US TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
>> HOW DID THE BABIES DO? 
YOU HAD THESE 19 PRECIOUS 
NEWBORNS. 
HOW DID THEY DO DURING THE 
STORM. 
>> THEY DID VERY WELL. 
PROBABLY BETTER THAN US. 
THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE 
THING. 
WE MAINTAINED THEIR EQUIPMENT, 
THE RESPIRATORY STUFF THEY 
NEEDED AND THEY DID FINE. 
THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE 
THING. 
>> HOW LONG DID THIS WHOLE 
THING TAKE, GUYS, FROM WHEN YOU 
STARTED THE TRANSFER PROCESS 
THROUGH THE NIGHT THINGS CALMED 
DOWN. 
YOU GET THE 19 BABIES BACK TO 
OTHER HOSPITALS WITH RUNNING 
WATER. 
WHEN YOU FINALLY GOT HOME, HOW 
LONG WAS YOUR DAY AT WORK? 
>> ABOUT 48 HOURS FOR ME. 
A LITTLE SHORTER. 
BECAUSE WE LET SOME OF THEM GO 
HOME ONCE SOME OF THE BABIES 
WERE BORN. 
BUT 48 HOURS FOR SOME. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE. 
I MEAN THE STORIES YOU PUT 
MATTRESSES UP TO PROTECT SO THE 
WINDOWS WOULDN'T SHATTER ON THE 
CHILDREN. 
YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND LIKE 
WE KNEW YOU WOULD. 
WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS. 
WOULD YOU GIVE A HUG TO THAT 
WHOLE NICU DEPARTMENT BEHIND 
YOU. 
THEY'RE ALL INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> NICE WORK, EVERYBODY. 
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
>> AMAZING. 
>> IMAGINE BEING THE PARENTS 
AND THAT NIGHT YOU HAVE A BABY 
IN PERIL AND YOU'RE GOING TO 
FACEBOOK TO SEE IF EVERYTHING 
IS OKAY. 
>> THINK ABOUT -- YOU LOOK AT 
THE NUMBER OF WIRES, ALL OF THE 
THINGS THAT THE CHILDREN NEED, 
NOURISHMENT. 
AND THOSE NURSES TOOK SUCH 
GREAT CARE. 
>> THEY'RE A DIFFERENT BREED. 
THEY GO TO WORK. 
WE HAVE THREE HOURS TO GET 19 
BABIES AND THE EQUIPMENT ACROSS 
TOWN. 
>> THAT IS TOUGH DURING A 
NORMAL TIME, NOT TO MENTION 
COVID TIMES. 
>> SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW 
SHE HAS FOUR CHILDREN AND THEY 
WERE OKAY WITH HER HUSBAND. 
THERE IS NOT A MOM ALIVE WHO IS 
THINKING ARE THEY OKAY. 
>> I HOPE THEY GET MORE THAN 
COOKIES. 
>> YES. 
>> WE HAVE DR. PATEL, THE NBC 
MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND A 
PROFESSOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON 
UNIVERSITY. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS 
MORNING. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> HERE IS THE DEAL. 
I WISH YOU COULD SEE THE TEXT 
MESSAGES WITH ALL OF MY 
FRIENDS. 
WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO. 
PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE 
DOING THE SAME THING. 
GOVERNOR CUOMO IN NEW YORK 
SAYING THE COLLEGES ARE THE 
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. 
HE SAYS AN OUTBREAK IN A K-12 
SCHOOLS IS INEVITABLE. 
ARE CHILDREN MORE OR LESS 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO CONTRACTING THE 
VIRUS? 
AND DOES AGE REALLY MATTER. 
>> AGE DOES MATTER. 
AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MAKE 
SOME CLEAR DISTINCTIONS. 
WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN AGES 10 
YEARS AND OLDER REALLY DO HAVE 
THE ABILITY TO TRANSMIT THIS 
VIRUS JUST LIKE ADULTS. 
AND THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN 
THROUGH STUDIES AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
AND CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER 
WE'RE STILL LEARNING BUT WE DO 
KNOW FACT NUMBER ONE, THEY DO 
GET THIS VIRUS. 
THEY DO GET SICK FROM THIS 
VIRUS AND THEY GET HOSPITALIZED 
BUT LOWER RATES THAN ADULTS. 
HOWEVER I THINK WHEN GOVERNOR 
CUOMO MADE THAT COMMENT, HE IS 
TRYING TO RELAY THAT SCHOOLS 
AND K-12 ARE NOT IN A BUBBLE 
AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
SO AS THE COMMUNITY RATES ARE 
RISING, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT 
CHILDREN WILL BE AFFECTED BY 
THAT. 
NEW YORK HAS DONE REMARKABLY 
WELL. 
AS WE'RE WATCHING AROUND THE 
COUNTRY, EVEN PLACES WHERE 
CASES WERE ALMOST DOWN TO LESS 
THAN 100 ARE SEEING KIND OF HOT 
SPOTS. 
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE 
GOVERNOR AND MAYORS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. 
>> LET'S MOVE TO TESTING. 
LAST WEEK THE CDC SAID PEOPLE 
WITHOUT COVID-19 SYMPTOMS DO 
NOT NEED TESTING. 
EXACTLY WHO SHOULD BE GETTING 
TESTING AND OFTEN IN YOUR 
OPINION. 
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE VERY 
SOLID EVIDENCE. 
WE SHOULD BE TESTING PEOPLE 
PERIOD. 
AND THAT INCLUDES BY THE WAY 
ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN IN KNOWN CONTACT WITH 
COVID-19 CASES. 
THE TIMING OF THAT TESTING IS 
WHAT REALLY IS KIND OF 
DEPENDENT. 
YOU SHOULDN'T GET IT RIGHT AWAY 
BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL 
DAYS TO BECOME POSITIVE. 
YOU NEED TO ISOLATE UNTIL THEN. 
WE SHOULD ALSO BE TESTING 
OBVIOUSLY. 
PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS. 
AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD 
FUNCTION IN TESTING THAT I WANT 
TO EMPHASIZE IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
SOMETHING THAT WE CALL 
SURVEILLANCE. 
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 
REAL RATES IN COMMUNITY ARE. 
AND DOING THAT, TESTING PEOPLE, 
EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T PRESENT IS 
A KEY PART OF UNDERSTANDING 
MORE ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. 
SO SIMPLY PUT, WE NEED TO BE 
TESTING MORE THAN WE ARE. 
WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB THAN 
WE WERE THREE MONTHS AGO, SIX 
MONTHS AGO. 
BUT WE SHOULD BE MAKING VERY 
RAPID, EASY AND AFFORDABLE NO-
COST TESTING AVAILABLE WHENEVER 
POSSIBLE. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT VACCINES 
NOW. 
BECAUSE SEVERAL COMPANIES THEY 
HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO PHASE 
THREE TRIALS. 
SO WHAT DOES EACH PHASE 
REPRESENT? 
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WHOLE 
PROCESS HAS BEEN SPED UP 
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS FOR A VACCINE. 
>> IT HAS. 
AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, THE 
AVERAGE TIME TO MAKE A VACCINE 
BEFORE COVID WAS FOUR YEARS ON 
THE SHORTENED OR 12-15. 
WE'RE FAST TAKING THE PHASES. 
IN GENERAL THERE ARE FOUR 
PHASES. 
THE FIRST TWO PHASES WHICH 
WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH 
WITH SOME COMPANIES LOOK FOR 
TESTING FOR SAFETY IN HUMANS 
AND ANIMAL TESTING. 
PHASE 3, WHICH THREE 
MANUFACTURERS IN THE UNITED 
STATES ARE IN CURRENTLY AND ARE 
TESTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE EACH, LOOK FOR SAFETY 
AND EFFICACY OR EFFECTIVENESS. 
VERY CRITICAL. 
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE 
MANUFACTURERS, HERE IS THE GOOD 
NEWS, SEVERAL OF THE 
MANUFACTURERS ARE EXPECTING TO 
WRAP UP TRIALS BY THE END OF 
OCTOBER. 
BETWEEN WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING 
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE 
UNITED STATES, WE'RE ON TRACK 
TO HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION 
IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS 
ABOUT A VACCINE. 
>> WE WILL TAKE THAT GLIMMER OF 
GOOD NEWS THERE. 
DR. PATEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
TIME THIS MORNING. 
>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 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. 
>> THIS MORNING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN OR 
HAVE A JOB. 
THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE CREATING A LITTLE 
COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 
>> THIS IS A MOMENT THAT WE CAN 
DEVELOP OURSELVES AND OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY REALLY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISS IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE RESILIENT. 
 
GUTIERREZ ON THE 
GROUND IN WISCONSIN.
AND A WARNING, SOME OF
THE VIDEO MAY BE HARD 
>> FROM KENOSHA TO PORTLAND, 
MOUNTING TENSIONS AS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PREPARES TO VISIT 
WISCONSIN AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE NEED HIM HERE. 
WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP. 
>> IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES 
THAT COULD BE PUT SOMEWHERE 
ELSE. 
>> IN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE GOVERNOR WRITES IN PART, 
I'M CONCERNED THAT YOUR 
PRESENCE WILL ONLY HINDER OR 
HEALING. 
>> I THINK THAT KENOSHA AT THIS 
PRESENT TIME NEEDS PEACE. 
>> TODAY THE WHITE HOUSE SAID 
IT REACHED OUT TO BLAKE'S 
FAMILY BUT THEIR ATTORNEY SAID 
SO FAR HE HAS NOT BEEN 
CONTACTED. 
OVER THE WEEKEND, PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS HERE, EVEN AS THE 
UNION REPRESENTING KENOSHA 
POLICE TOOK A STRONGER STANCE 
DEFENDING THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED. 
THE UNION SAYS THE OFFICERS 
RESPONDED O TO A COMPLAINT THAT 
BLAKE WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE 
CALLER'S KEYS AND VEHICLE AND 
BLAKE HAD A KNIFE AND WAS 
NONCOMPLANT ANT WHEN ISSUED 
DEMANDS AND PUT A POLICE IN A 
HEAD LOCK. 
>> THE UNION REPRESENTS POLICE 
OFFICERS IN MY OPINION NO 
UNBELIEVABLE THE USE OF FORCE 
USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE 
ACROSS AMERICA. 
>> OVER THE WEEKEND, CLASHES 
FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AND 
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. 
TO PORTLAND. 
WHERE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
AMID THE UNREST. 
IT IS UNKNOWN IF THEY WERE 
CONNECTED. 
HOURS BEFORE A CARAVAN OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS FACED 
OFF AGAINST COUNTER PROTESTERS 
IN THE CITY. 
THE FOUNDER OF PATRIOT PLAYER 
TOLD NBC NEWS THAT THE VICTIM 
WAS A FRIEND AND DID NOT 
PROVOKE HIS ATTACKERS. 
>> THE MEDIA IS PORTRAYING THAT 
IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE 
TRUMP CREWS. 
IT DIDN'T. 
HE GOT ATTACKED. 
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD HAVE 
DONE DIFFERENTLY. 
>> GABE JOINS US NOW. 
WHAT IF ANY ROLE DID THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAVE IN SENDING NATIONAL 
GUARD TROOPS TO KENOSHA TO KEEP 
THE PEACE? 
>> WELL, DESPITE THE 
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS, LOCAL 
OFFICIALS HEARSAY THAT THE 
INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD WAS A STATE 
REQUEST AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
INITIATED BY THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>>> IT IS HAPPENING IN CITIES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>> VIOLENCE NUMBERS SPIKING 
AGAIN IN THE CITY OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
>> ANOTHER WEEKEND OF SHOOTINGS 
AND BLOOD SHED IN NEW YORK 
CITY. 
>> MURDER IS ON THE RISE. 
>> KENT CITY IS NOT ONLY HAVING 
A VIOLENT WEEKEND BUT A VIOLENT 
YEAR. 
>> UP 50% OVER LAST YEAR IN 
MANY PLACES. 
MANY OF THE VICTIMS RUSHED HERE 
TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF 
WISCONSIN. 
CHIEF TRAUMA SURGEON SAYS THE 
PAST FOUR MONTHS HAVE BEEN 
DIFFERENT. 
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN INSIDE 
THE TRAUMA ROOM? 
>> A LOT MORE GUNSHOT WOUNDS 
AND STABBINGS. 
A LOT MORE LETHAL TYPES OF 
INJURIES. 
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE 
SEEING A LOT MORE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
>> LIKE MANY CITIES MILWAUKEE'S 
SURGE IN VIOLENCE HAS COINCIDED 
WITH THE PANDEMIC. 
NATIONWIDE 69 CITIES HAVE SEEN 
MURDERS JUMP 20% OR MORE. 
HOUSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO UP 
33%. 
ATLANTA UP 46%. 
MINNEAPOLIS UP 89%. 
>> RANDOM GUNSHOTS. 
>> PATROLLING THE STREETS OF 
MILWAUKEE, THE 414 LIFE TEAM 
TRYING TO CALM NEIGHBORHOODS 
WHERE VIOLENCE HAS SORED. 
CITY PREVENTION DIRECTOR MOORE 
SAYS THE PANDEMIC HAS ONLY 
ADDED FUEL TO A DESPERATE 
SITUATION. 
>> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OVERLAY IN 
TERMS OF CONCENTRATIONS OF 
HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS AND 
HIGH INCIDENCES OF COVID, WE 
SEE AN OVERLAP. 
>> WASHINGTON, D.C. DEALING 
WITH AN INCREASE IN MURDER. 
>> IT IS TROUBLING TO US. 
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE 
HAD A REDUCTION IN VIOLENT 
CRIME IN THE CITY. 
>> TEAMING UP WITH LOCAL POLICE 
IN NINE CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON 
VIOLENT CRIME. 
SO FAR 1500 ARRESTS. 
>> WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUSPECTS IN 
CUSTODY WITHOUT OUR FEDERAL 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
>> BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT 
LINES FEAR THE VIOLENCE COULD 
WORSEN WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS 
COLD. 
>> YOU HAVE SOCIAL ISOLATION. 
YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION. 
YOU HAVE JUST THE STRESS OF THE 
DISEASE ITSELF. 
THEN YOU HAVE THOSE COMMUNITIES 
THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK 
BEING AFFECTED BY COVID. 
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN 
EXPLOSION. 
>> IMPORTANTLY OPERATION LEGEND 
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE 
EFFORT TO SEND AGENTS TO 
PROTEST ZONES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
WHILE HOMICIDES ARE UP 
NATIONWIDE, THE ACTUAL VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE IS DOWN. 
EXPERTS NOTE, THE CRIME RATE IS 
MUCH LOWER THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS 
AGO. 
 
>>> TONIGHT FOR TENS OF 
THOUSANDS, HURRICANE LAURA'S 
IMPACT COULD BE LONG LASTING. 
EARLY ESTIMATES HAVE LAURA 
LEAVING BEHIND UP TO $20 
BILLION IN LOSSES. 
>> ROOF DAMAGE. 
PART OF THE INSIDE FELL 
THROUGH. 
WATER IN THE HOUSE. 
IT IS A MESS. 
>> WITH ROADS FINALLY STARTING 
TO REOPEN, PEOPLE ARE POURING 
INTO DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES, 
LINING UP BY THE THOUSANDS ALL 
IN HOPES OF GETTING MUCH NEEDED 
SUPPLIES. 
LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD 
WORKING NONSTOP, HANDING OUT 
700,000 MEALS. 
MORE THAN A MILLION LITTERS OF 
WATER. 
SO MANY STILL OUT OF POWER NOW 
TURNING TO GENERATORS. 
>> THE HURRICANE WAS ROUGH 
ENOUGH. 
AND THIS IS DEVASTATING. 
>> CRAIG EVANS DROPPED OFF FOR 
FRIENDS TO RUN THEIR GENERATOR. 
IT WAS INSIDE THEIR GARAGE, THE 
DOOR OPEN FOR VENTILATION. 
THE NEXT DAY HE FOUND THAT DOOR 
HAD SHUT. 
INSIDE THE HOME, THE WOMAN HE 
LOVED LIKE A MOTHER AND THREE 
OTHERS DIED. 
>> I GO OUTSIDE AND COME BACK 
IN AND I SEE THE FIFTH BODY IS 
GRIEVING. 
>> MIRACULOUSLY HE SURVIVED. 
>> WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE. 
>> I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT 
THAT. 
THE ONE THING THAT I CAN'T DO 
IS LOOK BACK. 
IF I KEEP LOOKING BACK, I WILL 
NEVER SEE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF 
ME. 
SO I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO GOD 
BECAUSE MY LIFE CHANGED IN THE 
TWINKLING OF AN EYE. 
>> WE LEARNED OF THE 16 DEATHS 
CONNECTED TO LAURA, HALF ARE 
RELATE TODAY GENERATORS. 
AN EMERGENCY ALERT GOING OUT 
THAT WHEN MISUSED, THEY CAN BE 
DEADLY. 
>>> FROM UNIVERSITIES IN 
CALIFORNIA TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES 
IN NEW YORK, TONIGHT AS 
CORONAVIRUS CASES EXPLODED AT 
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
LEARNING, STUDENT HOUSING IS 
BEING LOCKED DOWN AND 
SUSPENDING PARTS OF THE SCHOOL 
YEAR. 
AT SUNI IN NEW YORK, RAPID 
TESTING AFTER MORE THAN A 
HUNDRED STUDENTS CAUGHT THE 
VIRUS AFTER A SERIES OF 
PARTIES. 
ON CAMPUS LEARNING NOW OFF 
LIMITS FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. 
>> IT IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR 
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. 
WE HEAR ABOUT THESE PARTY 
THAT'S TAKE PLACE AND IT 
SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE. 
>> WITH COLLEGE PARTIES FUELING 
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, UNC 
CHAPEL HILL, TCU AND ALABAMA 
CONFIRM HUNDREDS OF CASES. 
AS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ALSO 
SUSPENDS CLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS. 
BUT THE VIRUS COMES AT A HIGHER 
COST THAN JUST EDUCATION. 
HEALTH OFFICIALS HOPING TO CURB 
COMMUNITY SPREAD SAY INFECTED 
STUDENTS, MOSTLY WITH MILD 
SYMPTOMS, SHOULD NOT RETURN 
HOME. 
>> THINGS AREN'T GOING TO GET 
BETTER UNTIL WE TAKE IT 
SERIOUSLY. 
>> WE HAVE TO REALIZE THE TIMES 
WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND NOT HAVE 
PARTIES. 
THERE ARE SO MANY PARTIES LIKE 
AROUND MY HOUSE ON A NIGHTLY 
BASIS. 
>> AS THE VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, THE NATION HAS NOW 
SURPASSED 6 MILLION COVID 
CASES. 
CALIFORNIA LEADING THE U.S. 
WITH 700,000 CASES. 
BECAUSE OF THAT NUMBER, SCHOOLS 
LIKE USC HAVE TURNED TO ALL 
ONLINE LEARNING. 
BUT STUDENTS ARE STILL 
GATHERING OFF CAMPUS. 
THE VIRUS IS MULTIPLYING. 
TONIGHT A LESSON TO BE LEARNED 
BY THE VERY STUDENTS WHO SHOULD 
KNOW BETTER. 
NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES. 
>>> HEAD OF THE FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION SAYS HE IS 
PREPARED TO FAST TRACK THE 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AS QUICKLY 
AS POSSIBLE IF THE BENEFITS 
OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. 
FDA CHIEF HAHN TELLING THE 
FINANCIAL TIMES A VACCINE 
DEVELOPER COULD RECEIVE FEDERAL 
APPROVAL BEFORE PHASE 3 TRIALS 
ARE COMPLETE. 
WE MAY FIND THAT APPROPRIATE. 
WE MAY FIND THAT INAPPROPRIATE. 
WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION. 
PHASE 3 TRIALS ARE THE MOST 
RIGOROUS OF ALL OF THE CLINICAL 
TESTS. 
HAHN INSISTS HE WOULDN'T RUSH 
THE PROCESS JUST TO PLEASE THE 
PRESIDENT. 
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A 
POLITICAL DECISION. 
BUT IT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION 
CHANCES. 
>> WE ARE DELIVERING LIFE-
SAVING THERAPIES. 
AND WE WILL PRODUCE A VACCINE 
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR OR 
MAYBE EVEN SOONER. 
>> LAST WEEK THE FDA GRANTED 
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, DESPITE 
CONCERNS AMONG HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ABOUT INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL 
DATA. 
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HAHN 
OVERSTATED THE BENEFITS. 
CALLING THE CRITICISM THAT HE 
RECEIVED IN RETURN TOTALLY 
JUSTIFIED. 
>> THERE IS A APPRECIATE TOWER 
HAVE SOMETHING DONE. 
AND THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD 
WITHOUT HAVING REALLY 
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT CLINICAL 
TRIAL DATA TO SUPPORT THE IDEA 
THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK. 
>> LEADING TO A LACK OF PUBLIC 
TRUST. 
ACCORDING TO A NEW NATIONAL 
SURVEY, 78% OF AMERICANS WORRY 
THAT THE VACCINE APPROVAL 
PROCESS IS BEING DRIVEN MORE BY 
POLITICS THAN SCIENCE. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
SKEPTICAL. 
ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONTEXT 
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT 
CUTTING CORNERS. 
A VACCINE MIGHT BE SAFE, IT 
MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE. 
BUT IF PEOPLE WON'T TAKE IT, IT 
WON'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE 
GOALS. 
>> THE VIEW AMONG LEADING 
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS IS THAT A 
COVID-19 VACCINE WOULDN'T BE 
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC 
UNTIL EARLY 2021. 
WELL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
 
DISEASE.
>>> WHEN THE MAN WHO WAS A 
SUPERHERO ON SCREEN SUCCUMBED 
TO COLON CANCER ON FRIDAY, THE 
WORLD WAS STUNNED. 
CHADWICK BOSEMAN WAS JUST 43. 
LARGER THAN LIFE. 
AND INCREASINGLY THE PICTURE OF 
SOMEONE AT RISK FOR THE DEADLY 
DISEASE. 
ONE IN 23 BLACK MALES WILL BE 
DIAGNOSED WITH COLON RECTAL 
CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME. 
DEATH RATES ARE 43% HIGHER IN 
BLACK MEN AND 41% HIGHER IN 
BLACK WOMEN. 
WHILE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE 
DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE WILL 
BE OVER 50, DOCTORS SAY THEY 
ARE SEEING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE. 
>> SINCE THE 1990s, WE HAVE 
BEEN NOTICING A STEADY RISE IN 
THE RATE IN PEOPLE UNDER THE 
AGE OF 50 AT ABOUT 2% PER YEAR. 
>> THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 
RECENTLY REVISED ITS SCREENING 
GUIDELINES TO BEGIN SCREENING 
AT 45 YEARS OLD, EVEN EARLIER 
IF THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY OR 
SYMPTOMS LIKE CHANGES IN BOWEL 
HABITS, BLOOD OR ABDOMINAL 
CRAMPING. 
SYMPTOMS THAT MIGHT SEEM 
EMBARRASSING TO DISCUSS. 
>> HOW COULD WE CHANGE THINGS 
IF PEOPLE KNEW WHAT TO LOOK FOR 
AND ABLE TO GET THIS TYPE OF 
SCREENING. 
>> OF THE 50,000 OR SO COLON 
RECTAL CANCER DEATHS THAT OCCUR 
IN THE UNITED STATES, 15,000 TO 
20,000 OF THE DEATHS COULD BE 
PREVENTED. 
>> IT SHOULD BEGIN IN CHILDHOOD 
WITH A DIET RICH IN WHOLE 
GRAINS AND FRUITS AND VEGGIES. 
>> THE FACT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO 
MAKE THESE MOVIES AND BE AS 
PRODUCTIVE AS HE WAS THROUGHOUT 
GETTING THIS TREATMENT REALLY 
ILLUSTRATES HE WASN'T JUST A 
SUPERHERO ON SCREEN. 
>> A MAN WHO KEPT HIS OWN 
STRUGGLES QUIET BUT WHOSE 
LEGACY HAS STARTED AN IMPORTANT 
CONVERSATION. 
>> THERE'S A HISTORY OF 
DIVISION BETWEEN TWO SPECIFIC 
IDENTITIES IN THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY. 
AFRICANS AND BLACK AMERICANS. 
THE RESURGENCE OF THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT KICK 
STARTED A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. 
THIS DIVISION BEING ONE OF 
THEM. 
BEYONCE TOOK THE CONVERSATION 
EVEN FURTHER BACK IN JULY. 
SO HAS THIS NEW RACIAL 
AWAKENING IN 2020 MADE THE TWO 
COMMUNITIES UNITE? 
>> BEYONCE'S NEW DISNEY+ FILM 
BLACK IS KING CAUSED A SHAKE-
UP, INSPIRING MANY BLACK 
AMERICANS WITH ITS REFERENCES 
TO AFRICAN CULTURE. 
THERE WAS A SIMILAR REACTION TO 
BLACK PANTHER BACK IN 2018 AND 
LIKEWISE WITH EDDIE MURPHY'S 
COMING TO AMERICA 32 YEARS AGO. 
WITH EACH OF THE SUPPOSED 
MOMENTS OF BLACK PRIDE COMES 
CONTROVERSY. 
EXPOSING TENSIONS BETWEEN BLACK 
AMERICANS AND AFRICANS IN THE 
U.S. AND THE REASONS ARE 
COMPLICATED. 
IT HAS TO DO WITH SOME AFRICANS 
FEELING THEIR CULTURE IS BEING 
MISREPRESENTED. 
MANY BLACK AMERICAN WHO'S ARE 
DESCENDANTS OF AFRICA, FEELING 
THEIR SEPARATION FROM THE 
CONTINENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 
THEY CAN'T CELEBRATE THEIR 
ANCESTOR CULTURE. 
BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE 
SAME PAGE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
THERE IS NOT ONE EXACT REASON 
WHY THIS TENSION EXISTS. 
IT IS THE BUILDUP OF MULTIPLE 
REASONS. 
SOME ARE ECONOMIC. 
LIKE THE IDEA THAT AFRICAN 
IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKING AWAY 
CERTAIN JOBS FROM BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
AND OTHERS HISTORICAL. 
LIKE THE IDEA THAT SOME 
AFRICANS AREN'T AWARE OF THE 
HISTORY OF RACE IN AMERICA. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO 
THIS COUNTRY, THEY'RE JUST 
LEARNING ABOUT THESE RACIAL 
ISSUES AND JUST LEARNING WHAT 
IT MEANS TO BE BLACK AND 
THEY'RE JUST LEARNING THAT IT 
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU'RE 
FROM AFRICA OR FROM ALABAMA, 
YOU'RE STILL CONSIDERED BLACK. 
>> AN IMMIGRANT COMES TO THIS 
COUNTRY WANTING TO JUST, YOU 
KNOW, JUST LIKE ACHIEVE. 
THEY COME TO THIS COUNTRY 
WANTING TO WORK, WANTING TO GO 
TO SCHOOL. 
THEY HAVE THIS PERSONA WHICH IN 
THEIR MINDS DISTINGUISHES THEM 
FROM THE BLACK AMERICAN IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
>> JOURNALIST LE LA DAY HAS A 
BROADCAST CALLED THE SCOOP 
WHERE THEY DISCUSS SUBJECTS 
SURROUNDING BLACK IDENTITY, 
INCLUDING THIS VERY TOPIC. 
>>> BOTH IDENTIFY AS BLACK AND 
BOTH LIVE IN AMERICA. 
BUT HUNTER IS AFRICAN AND LELIA 
IS A BLACK AMERICAN. 
THE WAY THEY IDENTIFY THEIR 
BLACKNESS IS PERSONAL WHICH IS 
THE COOIS FOR EACH AND EVERY 
BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA. 
GROWING UP THEY BOTH NOTICED 
LIGHT TENSIONS WITHIN THEIR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS 
FROM AFRICA, FROM SUDAN, IT HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE, RIGHT. 
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN WHAT ARE YOU. 
FOR ME THE DIVISION SHOWED UP 
EARLY AND FREQUENTLY. 
IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT I 
WAS BLACK, I WAS AFRICAN, BUT I 
WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLACK 
FOR SURE. 
STARTING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 
RIGHT. 
LIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN GIRLS 
AT SCHOOL NEVER REALLY EMBRACED 
ME. 
IT HAPPENED MORE WHEN I WAS AT 
COLLEGE. 
THERE'S A BLACK STUDENT UNION. 
AND A LOST THE AFRICAN STUDENTS 
WERE NOT PART OF THE BLACK 
STUDENT UNION. 
IT WAS A DECISION THAT A LOT 
HAD MADE THAT THEY FELT IT 
WASN'T A SPACE FOR THEM. 
THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE, YOU 
KNOW -- THAT WE WERE FIGHTING 
FOR AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 
WE WERE COMING UP AGAINST, A 
LOT OF THEM DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS 
SOMETHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO 
BE A PART OF. 
AND THAT WAS A MOMENT FOR ME 
WHEN I STARTED REALIZING, OH, 
THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT BLACK 
EXPERIENCES WE'RE HAVING HERE. 
>> SHE THINKS A MAJOR REASON 
WHY THE DIVISION EXISTS IS THE 
DEPICTION OF BOTH COMMUNITIES 
IN POP CULTURE. 
>> FOR A LONG, LONG TIME PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN SAYING AMERICAN MEDIA 
IS PORTRAYING AFRICAN ONE AS A 
NUMBER OF THINGS, RIGHT. 
EITHER THIS POOR AND PEOPLE 
DON'T KNOW HOW TO RULE THEIR 
COUNTRIES. 
THE OTHER THAT WE'RE ALL QUEENS 
AND KINGS AND WE'RE DRIPPING IN 
GOLD AND THAT IS PROBLEMATIC AS 
WELL. 
SO THIS GOES BOTH WAYS, RIGHT. 
AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS ONLY KNOW 
WHAT THEY SEE ON AMERICAN 
TELEVISION. 
PEOPLE COMING FROM AFRICA ONLY 
KNOW WHAT THEY SEE ON WHATEVER, 
MOVIE SCREEN, TV SHOWS. 
BAD BOYS, WHAT YOU GOING TO DO 
WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU. 
>> THE MAJORITY REALLY PORTRAY 
I THINK AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN 
CERTAIN BOXES. 
IT'S THE THUGS. 
IT IS THE GANGSTER RAP. 
>> OF COURSE THERE ARE PLENTY 
OF AFRICANS AND BLACK PERSON 
WHO'S ARE EDUCATED ABOUT EACH 
OTHER'S COMMUNITIES AND WHO 
TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT 
ONE ANOTHER. 
BUT THEY AGREE THAT STEREO 
TYPES HAVE CREATED A QUIET 
PREJUDICE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE 
ONLY EXPOSED TO SO MUCH, 
LEADING TO ASSUMPTIONS AND VERY 
LITTLE DIALOGUE. 
AT THE END OF THE DAY, BLACK IS 
NOT A MONO-LIST. 
BUT BEING BLACK IN AMERICA ALSO 
MEANS FACING RACISM AND 
INEQUALITY. 
NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE FROM. 
>> 22-YEAR-OLD AHMAD WAS 
KILLED. 
OFFICERS UNLOADED 41 ROUNDS. 
>> FOUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE 
BEEN FIRED AFTER A MAN WAS 
PINNED TO THE GROUND AND DIED. 
>> 14-YEAR-OLD AHMAD MOHAMMED 
TOOK HIS DIGITAL CLOCK TO SHOW 
HIS ENGINEERING TEACHER. 
THE MUSLIM STUDENT WAS 
HANDCUFFED IN THE HALLWAY. 
>> IT WAS A SECOND VIOLENT 
NIGHT IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 
AFTER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
>> YES, WE COME FROM DIFFERENT 
PLACES. 
WE ARE ALL BLACK AND ALSO WE 
SHOULD STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH 
ONE ANOTHER. 
 
WHO SHOOTS SOMEONE IN THE BACK 
TO A GOLFER WHO MISSES 
>> AHEAD OF HIS TRIP TO 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TODAY, A 
CITY REELING FROM RECENT 
VIOLENCE, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT 
CONDEMNING KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
AFTER SHOOTING AND KILLING TWO 
PROTESTERS THERE. 
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM I GUESS. 
IT LOOKS LIKE. 
AND HE TESTIMONY. 
AND THEN THEY VERY VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED HIM. 
I GUESS HE WAS IN VERY BIG 
TROUBLE. 
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN -- HE 
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 
KILLED. 
>> THE UNREST FOLLOWS THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN, 
JACOB BLAKE, NOW PARALYZED. 
THE PRESIDENT IS HE HE SPOKE 
WITH A PASTOR FOR THE FAMILY 
BUT WILL NOT MEET WITH THE 
FAMILY TODAY BECAUSE HE SAYS 
THEY WANTED A LAWYER PRESENT, 
CALLING THAT INAPPROPRIATE. 
OVERNIGHT LAWYERS REPRESENTING 
THE FAMILY TELLING NBC NEWS, IF 
BLAKE'S MOTHER SPOKE TO THE 
PRESIDENT SHE WAS PREPARED TO 
ASK HIM TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF 
HER SON'S SHOOTING. 
ADDING SHE WOULD ASK HIM TO DO 
WHAT SHE HAS ASKED AMERICA TO 
DO, EXAMINE YOUR HEART. 
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS 
HE SAYS THAT BLACK AMERICANS 
WANT LAW AND ORDER AND WITHOUT 
MENTIONING THE BLAKE SHOOTING 
MADE THIS ANALOGY ABOUT SOME 
POLICE ENCOUNTERS. 
>> SHOOTING A GUY IN THE BACK 
MANY TYPES, COULDN'T YOU HAVE 
DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
THEY CHOKE. 
JUST LIKE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT 
THEY MISS -- 
>> YOU'RE NOT COMPARING IT TO 
GOLF. 
>> I'M SAYING PEOPLE CHOKE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT OFFERING 
WITHOUT EXPLANATION HIS 
DEMOCRATIC RIVAL JOE BIDEN IS 
NOT IN CONTROL OF HIS CAMPAIGN. 
>> WHO DO YOU THINK IS PULLING 
BIDEN'S STRINGS? 
IS IT FORMER OBAMA PEOPLE. 
>> PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE NEVER 
HEARD OF. 
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DARK 
SHADOWS. 
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 
THAT SOUNDS LIKE CONSPIRACY 
THEORY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING 
ANOTHER CLAIM WITHOUT EVIDENCE 
THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS 
UNDERWAY INTO A GROUP OF 
AGITATORS THAT HE SAYS FLEW TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C. INTENT ON 
CAUSING CHAOS AT LAST WEEK'S 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> WE HAD SOMEBODY GET ON A 
PLANE FROM A CERTAIN CITY THIS 
WEEKEND. 
AND IN THE PLANE IT WAS ALMOST 
COMPLETELY LOADED WITH THUGS 
WEARING THESE DARK UNIFORMS, 
BLACK UNIFORMS WITH GEAR AND 
THIS AND THAT. 
>> BIDEN IN PITTSBURGH 
DELIVERING HIS MOST FORCEFUL 
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
BLAMING HIM FOR STOKING 
VIOLENCE AMID THE PANDEMIC. 
>> THESE ARE NOT IMAGES OF A 
JOE BIDEN AMERICA IN THE 
FUTURE. 
THESE ARE IMAGES OF DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA TODAY. 
HE KEEPS TELLING US IF HE WAS 
PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD FEEL SAFE. 
WELL, HE IS PRESIDENT, WHETHER 
HE KNOWS IT OR NOT. 
>> Reporter: BIDEN FOLLOWING UP 
ON HIS REMARKS AFTER THE 
PRESIDENT'S EVENING NEWS 
CONFERENCE, SLAMMING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WRITING, QUOTE, THE 
PRESIDENT DECLINED TO REBUKE 
VIOLENCE. 
HE WOULDN'T EVEN REFUTE ATE ONE 
OF THE SUPPORTERS CHARGED WITH 
MURDER BECAUSE OF HIS ATTACKS 
ON OTHERS. 
HE IS TOO WEAK, TOO SCARED OF 
THE HATRED THAT HE HAS STIRRED 
TO PUT AN END TO IT. 
>> HE WILL NOT BE MEETING WITH 
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY SO WHAT 
WILL HE BE DOING. 
>> THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO 
VISIT WITH MEMBERS OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND TOUR BUSINESSES 
IN KENOSHA DAMAGED DURING LAST 
WEEK'S RIOTING AND LOOTING 
THERE. 
THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT 
DISMISSED CONCERN THAT'S THIS 
TRIP COULD INFLAME TENSIONS AND 
IGNITE NEW VIOLENCE. 
HE SAYS IT COULD INCREASE 
ENTHUSIASM IN WISCONSIN WHICH 
OF COURSE IS A CRUCIAL 
BATTLEGROUND STATE THAT HE 
NEEDS TO WIN IN THE UPCOMING 
ELECTION. 
 
PEOPLE TO GATHER PEACEFULLY IN 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT.
>>> THIS MORNING A PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT. 
DIVIDING KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
THE CITY HOPING TO PUT LAST 
WEEK'S DEADLY VIOLENCE SPARKED 
BY THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE BEHIND THEM. 
SOME WORRY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL INFLAME TENSIONS AGAIN. 
>> THE PEOPLE OF KENOSHA DO NOT 
WANT TO BE USED AS A CAMPAIGN 
TOOL. 
>> THE PRESIDENT DEFYING 
REQUESTS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND 
MAYOR TO DELAY HIS TRIP. 
>> I THINK THAT KENOSHA AT THIS 
PRESENT TIME NEEDS PEACE AND 
NEEDS TO HEAL AND NEEDS PEOPLE 
TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
>> OFFICIALS IN KENOSHA SAY IT 
WAS THE GOVERNOR WHO ACTIVATED 
THE NATIONAL GUARD, PUSHING 
BACK ON THE PRESIDENT HE'S 
TWEET THAT THERE WOULD BE NO 
KENOSHA RIGHT NOW IF THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAD NOT STEPPED IN. 
>> THAT'S A FALSE STATEMENT. 
>> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS 
FALSE. 
>> BECAUSE KENOSHA IS A STRONG 
COMMUNITY. 
WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK 
REGARDLESS. 
>> ACCORDING TO KENOSHA POLICE, 
MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE 
ARRESTED IN THE RECENT 
DEMONSTRATIONS HERE ARE FROM 
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. 
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY JACOB 
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAS FUELED 
PROTESTS AGAINST RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
IN PORTLAND, STATE POLICE HAVE 
NOW BEEN CALLED BACK IN AFTER 
AARON JAY DANIELSON WHO WAS A 
CARAVAN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
SUPPORTERS WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
ON SATURDAY. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE SHOOTING 
WAS CONNECTED TO THE PROTEST. 
BACK IN KENOSHA, JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY SAYS ALL OF THE VIOLENCE 
IS AN UNNECESSARY AND UNWANTED 
DISTRACTION FROM THE MOVEMENT 
CALLING FOR CHANGE. 
>> WE'RE REALLY SICK AND TIRED 
OF THE VIOLENCE. 
WE'RE TIRED OF IT. 
>> AND AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND 
ME, A HEAVY PRESENCE OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD HERE. 
A NIGHTLY CURFEW FOR KENOSHA 
HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE REST 
OF THE WEEK. 
>>> ON CAMPUS AFTER CAMPUS, IT 
IS BECOMING A TOUGH REALITY AS 
THE STUDENT POPULATION PICKS 
UP, SO DO THE COVID CASES. 
>> THIS WAS NO SURPRISE TO ME. 
>> WHILE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE SET 
ASIDE AREAS FOR STUDENTS TO 
ISOLATE ON CAMPUS, OTHERS ARE 
CLOSING COMPLETELY AND SENDING 
STUDENTS BACK HOME WHERE THEY 
COULD SPREAD THE VIRUS. 
>> IF CHILDREN HAVEN'T ALREADY 
LEFT HOME TO GO TO COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE 
THINKING ABOUT SHOULD THEY GET 
INTO THE CAR TO COME TO CAMPUS. 
WE'VE ALREADY HAD ENOUGH 
CAUTIONARY TALES. 
SCHOOLS ARE CRACKING DOWN AFTER 
SUSPENDING MORE THAN 200 
STUDENTS FOR BREAKING THE COVID-
19 RULES OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 
IS TEMPORARILY BLOCKING ALL 
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM 
HOLDING GATHERINGS. 
>> YOU CAN'T STOP COLLEGE KIDS 
FROM LIKE PARTYING AND GOING 
OUT WITH EACH OTHER. 
IT JUST ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. 
>> BUT JACOB A FRESHMAN AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHERE 
THERE ARE MORE THAN 400 ACTIVE 
STUDENT CASES SAYS AROUND 
CAMPUS HE SEES STUDENTS 
BEHAVING. 
>> YOU FEEL SAFE. 
>> I FEEL SAFE, YEAH. 
I JUST FEEL SAFE THAT I CAN 
LOOK AROUND AND SEE EVERYBODY 
WITH MASKS ON. 
I FEEL LIKE 99% OF KIDS WHO GOT 
HERE HAD TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY 
AND THEY HAD TO WORK REALLY 
HARD TO GET HERE. 
I FEEL LIKE HERE NOT -- THEY 
DON'T THINK IT IS WORTH RISKING 
IT ALL FOR ONE NIGHT OF FUN. 
>> ELSEWHERE THE CONCERN 
STRETCHES FAR BEYOND CAMPUS. 
IN MANHATTAN KANSAS THE MAYOR 
WARNS THAT MORE CASES AT THE 
SCHOOL MEANS MORE CASES IN THE 
COMMUNITY, WHICH COULD FORCE K-
12 SCHOOLS TO GO VIRTUAL. 
>> IF YOU'RE IN HIGHER 
EDUCATION IN COLLEGE YOU CAN 
PROBABLY HANDLE AN ONLINE CRASS 
BUT A  2nd OR 3rd GRADER CAN'T. 
>> GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS AS THEY 
PREPARE TO WELCOME BACK K-12 
STUDENTS THEY ARE WATCHING 
COLLEGES CLOSELY. 
>> I BELIEVE COLLEGES ARE THE 
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. 
>> AND GUYS, STUDENTS AND EVEN 
SOME HEALTH OFFICIALS THAT WE 
SPOKE TO ARE PUSHING BACK ON 
OFFICIALS THAT ARE PLACING THE 
BLAME LARGELY ON STUDENTS, 
POINTING TO THE PICTURES OF 
PACKED PARTIES SAYING WHEN YOU 
PUT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE 
TOGETHER, ESSENTIALLY LIVING IN 
THE SAME SPACE, IT IS LIKELY 
ONLY TO BE EXPECTED. 
 
LATE HOYAS
>>> FOR 27 YEARS JOHN THOMPSON 
JUNIOR TOWERED OVER GEORGETOWN 
SIDE LINES. 
AT 6'10" HE WAS AN IMPOSING 
PRESENCE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. 
NEVER AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS MIND. 
>> HE STARTED A CULTURAL 
REVOLUTION. 
YOU KNOW, HE CAME IN AND HE 
CHANGED THINGS THERE. 
NAMED A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK 
TEAM. 
>> RESPECTED BY RIVALS LIKE 
SYRACUSE'S JIM BEHINE. 
>> HE PAVED THE PATH FOR YOUNG 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACHES AND 
PLAYERS WHO REALLY COULD SEE 
WHAT IS POSSIBLE. 
>> THOMPSON LED THE TEAM TO 
ALMOST 600 VICTORIES, INCLUDING 
THREE FINAL FOURS AND ONE 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. 
>> THE FIRST BLACK COLLEGE 
COACH TO WIN IT ALL. 
BUT HE WOULD POINT OUT 
DISCRIMINATION DEPRIVED SO MANY 
OTHERS OF THE OPPORTUNITY. 
>> WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
HAVE A GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM. 
WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
SEE THAT OUR KIDS GRADUATE FROM 
SCHOOL. 
>> 75 OF THE 77 PLAYERS THAT 
STAYED FOUR YEARS EARNED 
DEGREES. 
26 WERE DRAFTED BY THE NBA. 
FOUR ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME. 
>> IVERSON THANKING THE COACH 
WHO STOOD BY HIM WHEN HE WAS A 
TALENTED BUT TROUBLED TEEN. 
>> I WANT TO THANK COACH 
THOMPSON FOR SAVING MY LIFE. 
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 
>> EWING WHO WON A NATIONAL 
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THOMPSON IS 
NOW GEORGETOWN'S COACH. 
>> HE IS A PERSON THAT HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. 
NOT JUST AS A BASKETBALL COACH 
BUT AN ICON WHO FOUGHT FOR THE 
THINGS THAT HE BELIEVES IN. 
>> THOMPSON PROTECTED HIS 
PLAYERS AND FOUGHT FOR THEM. 
WALKING OFF THE COURT IN 1989 
TO PROTEST AN NCAA RULE THAT HE 
THOUGHT HURT BLACK ATHLETES. 
>> THIS IS VERY MUCH 
DISCRIMINATORY. 
>> A GIANT ON AND OFF THE 
COURT. 
>> YOU CAN SEE HE WAS A LOT 
MORE THAN A BASKETBALL COACH 
INFORM A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 1980s 
FOLLOWING BASKETBALL LIKE I 
DID, GEORGETOWN WAS IT. 
PATRICK EWING AND COACH 
THOMPSON WHO MADE THEM IT. 
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT HE 
HE HAD ON SOMEONE LIKE IVERSON 
WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CAREER 
WITHOUT THE MAN RIGHT THERE. 
>> THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE 
MOMENT IN THAT SPOT. 
>>> IT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IN CITIES BIG AND 
SMALL. 
A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN HOMICIDES. 
IN LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, IN 
NASHVILLE, IN DENVER. 
>> IT IS NOT OKAY THAT THIS 
SURGE IN CRIME IS IMPACTING OUR 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
>> MORE THAN 100% IN MILWAUKEE. 
IN CHICAGO, MORE THAN 505 
DEATHS JUST THIS YEAR. 
>> WE HAVE TO BE TIRED OF IT. 
I'M TIRED OF IT. 
>> ON JULY 4th, 7-YEAR-OLD 
NATALIE WALLACE WAS KILLED 
WHILE PLAYING IN THE FRONT YARD 
AS HER FAMILY PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY. 
POLICE BELIEVE SHE WAS CAUGHT 
IN RETALIATORY GUNFIRE BETWEEN 
GANGS. 
THREE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED. 
>> JUST LIKE THAT YOUR WHOLE 
LIFE CAN CHANGE. 
>> HER FATHER, SINGLE DAY DAD 
NATHAN WALLACE STRUGGLES TO 
TALK ABOUT IT STILL. 
>> SHE WAS YOUR LITTLE GIRL. 
>> MY YOUNGEST. 
TO FEEL THAT I COULDN'T PROTECT 
HER, THAT REALLY HITS YOU, IT 
HURTS YOUR SOUL. 
>> VIOLENT CRIME IS NOTHING NEW 
TO CHICAGO. 
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN 
EXPONENTIALLY BAD. 
THE NUMBER OF KIDS 13 OR 
YOUNGER KILLED IN SHOOTINGS HAS 
ALREADY SURPASSED ALL OF LAST 
YEAR. 
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AN 
ARMY OF ORANGE SHIRTS CALLED 
TARGET AREA WALKS THE STREETS 
ON A MISSION, TO STOP VIOLENCE 
BEFORE IT STARTS IN A COMMUNITY 
SUFFERING FROM FOOD INIS HE 
CUTE, DRUGS, GUNS. 
AMPLIFYING IT THE PANDEMIC. 
MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE STRESS, 
TENSION WITH POLICE AND 
DESPERATION. 
>> WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, IT 
HIT THIS COMMUNITY HARDER THAN 
IT HIT ANY OTHER COMMUNITY. 
>> AUDREY PHILLIPS IS TARGET'S 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
>> PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT 
A LIFE ANYMORE. 
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. 
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE 
HAVE TO TEACH OUR KIDS THAT. 
>> THIS SUMMER OPERATION LENGTH 
END HAS PARTNERED FEDERAL 
AGENTS WITH LOCAL POLICE ACROSS 
NINE CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON 
VIOLENT CRIME, MAKING 1500 
ARRESTS. 
>> THESE ARRESTS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
AND IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE 
ON THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE 
OVERALL IN KANSAS CITY. 
>> NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE 
FEDERAL AGENTS SENT TO PROTEST 
ZONES THIS SUMMER. 
WHILE CRIME AND POLICING HAVE 
BECOME FLASH POINTS IN THE 
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, MOST SAY 
THE VIOLENCE IS NOT RELATED TO 
DEMONSTRATIONS OVER RACIAL 
INEQUALITY. 
DESPITE THE JUMP IN HOMICIDES, 
THE CRIME RATE IS DOWN SHARPLY 
FROM THE 1990s. 
STILL THE PANDEMIC AND STALLED 
ECONOMY HAVE TENSIONS AND 
TEMPERS RUNNING HIGH. 
FOR AUDREY PHILLIPS, PROGRESS 
IS MEASURED ONE PERSON AT A 
TIME. 
>> IF ONE OF US JUST HELPS ONE 
PERSON FROM GETTING SHOT, IF 
ONE OF US JUST HELPS ONE PERSON 
FROM GETTING KILLED, IF ONE OF 
US JUST HELPS ONE PERSON TO GET 
BACK IN SCHOOL TO GET OFF 
DRUGS, TO GET INTO AN ANGER 
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, TO GET AN 
ID. 
>> THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS 
ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE. 
THEY'RE WORRIED THAT AS THE 
WEATHER GETS COLDER IN THE 
COMING MONTHS AND PEOPLE ARE 
FORCED INSIDE BECAUSE OF COVID, 
WE COULD SEE EVEN MORE 
VIOLENCE. 
>> AS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 
IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC ON 
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE 
DISCUSSING HERE, ONE OTHER 
CONCERN IS THE NUMBER OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE IN THESE LOW-INCOME 
AREAS THAT ARE GOING BACK TO 
SCHOOL ONLINE BUT DON'T 
NECESSARILY HAVE ALL OF THE 
RESOURCES THEY NEED. 
WHAT ROLE MIGHT THAT PLAY IN 
ALL OF THIS. 
>> YEAH. 
LISTEN, I HEARD THAT REPEATEDLY 
BOTH IN MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO. 
PEOPLE SAYING LISTEN, PEOPLE IN 
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T HAVE 
HIGH SPEED INTERNET. 
PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 
DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS 
NECESSARILY FOR THEIR KIDS. 
A RECENT STUDY FOUND AS MANY AS 
15 MILLION 
K-12 STUDENTS DON'T HAVE HIGH 
SPEED INTERNET OR COMPUTERS. 
THAT COULD AGGRAVATE THE 
SITUATION. 
IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE 
WORKING AT HOME BUT NO ONE IS 
THERE TO HELP THEM BECAUSE MOM 
AND DAD IS AT WORK OR THEY 
DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET, 
IT COULD BE A PROBLEM GOING 
FORWARD. 
>> A LOT AT PLAY HERE. 
THANK YOU, TOM. 
>>> AS TRIBUTE AFTER TRIBUTE 
CONTINUE TO POUR IN HONORING 
THE LIFE OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN 
THEMES HAVE EMERGED. 
KIND, SOULFUL, AUTHENTIC. 
POPULATING POSTS OF THOSE LIVE 
THAT'S HE TOUCHED. 
JOSH SHARING THIS BLESSED 
MEMORY SHOWING ANOTHER ONE OF 
BOSEMAN'S SEEMINGLY ENDLESS 
TALENTS. 
♪[MUSIC]♪♪
>> THE ACTOR RECEIVING SO MANY 
TRIBUTES IN DEATH OFFERED SO 
MUCH GRATITUDE IN LIFE. 
IN 2019 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 
AWARDS SEASON BOSEMAN PAID 
HOMAGE TO DENZEL WASHINGTON WHO 
HAD WANTS PAID FOR HIS TUITION. 
>> IT IS MORE THAN SILVER AND 
GOLD IT IS THE SEED OF HOPE. 
A BUD OF FAITH. 
THERE IS NO BLACK PANTHER 
WITHOUT DENZEL WASHINGTON. 
>> NOW WASHINGTON WHO 
RECOGNIZED THE YOUNGER ACTOR'S 
TALENT EARLY ON SAYING IN A 
STATEMENT, HE WAS A GENTLE SOUL 
AND A BRILLIANT ARTIST WHO WILL 
STAY WITH US FOR ETERNALITY. 
GOD BLESS CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
HIS BLACK PANTHER CAST MATES 
CHIMING IN. 
I CAN'T WRAP MY MIND AROUND 
THIS LOSS. 
A LOSS RESINATING IN MY OWN 
HEART AND AROUND THE GLOBE. 
MICHAEL B. JORDAN SAYING I WILL 
MISS YOUR HONESTY, YOUR 
GENEROSITY, SENSE OF HUMOR AND 
INCREDIBLE GIFTS. 
I'M DEDICATING THE REST OF MY 
DAYS TO LIVE THE WAY THAT YOU 
DID, WITH GRACE, COURAGE AND NO 
REGRETS. 
AND WEBSTON DUKE CALLING BOSE 
WITH MAN MY BROTHER, MY HERO, 
MY BLACK PANTHER. 
OVER FOUR YEARS, BOSEMAN NEVER 
LET ON ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH 
COLON CANCER, SPENDING TIME 
WITH TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN. 
LEAVE BEING A LEGACY FOR 
GENERATIONS. 
NEVER MORE EVIDENT THAN IN 
THIGHS TRIBUTES BY CHILDREN TO 
THEIR HERO. 
>> I'M MAKING SURE THAT HE WILL 
NEVER EVER DIE. 
>> AND TO THE ACTOR THAT OFFERS 
GENERATIONS OF BLACK BOYS AND 
GIRLS A HERO THEY WERE MISSING, 
MARVEL RELEASED THIS TRIBUTE. 
>> I THINK HE WORE THE CROWN 
WITH DIGNITY. 
>> IN ART AS IN LIFE. 
>> MY GOODNESS. 
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN TALK ONLINE 
OF CREATING A MEMORIAL FOR HIM 
IN SOUTH CAROLINA HIS HOMETOWN. 
NEARLY 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
SIGNED A PETITION TO REPLACE A 
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT THERE WITH 
ONE HONORING CHADWICK. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY IS THINKING 
OF RENAMING A FINES ART CENTER. 
WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT CENTERS 
AROUND THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR 
WAYS TO HONOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN. 
>> THAT DENZEL WASHINGTON STORY 
WAS FASCINATING. 
HE OPENED UP TO YOU ABOUT THAT 
DURING YOUR INTERVIEW. 
>> YEAH. 
HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO AN ACTING 
PROGRAM AT OXFORD. 
HE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GO. 
HIS TEACHER MADE A PHONE CALL 
TO HER BUDDY DENZEL WASHINGTON 
WHO WROTE THE CHECK SO THAT 
CHADWICK COULD GO. 
HE DIDN'T FIND OUT LATER THAT 
IT HAD BEEN DENZEL WASHINGTON. 
SO HE MAY HAVE NEVER BECOME THE 
ACTOR HE WAS WITHOUT THAT 
ANONYMOUS GESTURE BY DENZEL 
WASHINGTON. 
HE SAID LATER AT THE BLACK 
PANTHER PREMIERE THAT HE FETE 
DENZEL IN PERSON AND WAS ABLE 
TO THANK HIM. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> ONE WEEK AGO IT WAS A 
DESPERATE RACE AGAINST TIME. 
HURRICANE LAURA ON TRACK TO 
BECOME A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 
FOUR. 
WITH FORECASTERS PREDICTING AN 
UNSURVIVABLE STORM SURGE. 
THE LAKE CHARLES WOMEN'S 
HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM A 
DIFFICULT C-SECTION. 
HER 2 DAY OLD DAUGHTER TETHERED 
TO A VENTILATOR. 
>> THE NURSES CAME IN AND WERE 
LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST 
GOT AN UPDATE. 
DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED STORM 
SURGE AND THE WEATHER, YOU 
KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET Y'ALL OUT 
OF HERE. 
>> THE NICU TEAM TRANSFERRED 
THE FRAGILE NEWBORNS TO A 
HOSPITAL ON HIGHER GROUND. 
ALONG WITH THE CRUCIAL 
EQUIPMENT TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. 
>> TRANSFERRING 19 BABIES 
CRITICAL INFANTS, EVEN ACROSS 
TOWN IS A BIG ORDEAL. 
>> OH MY GOSH. 
>> THAT NIGHT AS LAURA'S FIERCE 
WINDS HOWLED OUTSIDE, A TEAM OF 
NURSES, RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS 
AND DOCTORS HUDDLED INSIDE 
WATCHING OVER THE TINY INFANTS. 
>> THE BUILDING IS SHAKING. 
>> YOU SEE STUFF FLYING OUT 
THERE. 
>> THE WINDOWS ARE RATTLING AND 
THE BUILDING IS SHAKING. 
IT WAS DISTURBING, FRIGHTENING. 
>> UPDATING WORRIED PARENTS ON 
FACEBOOK ALL NIGHT LONG. 
>> THAT REASSURANCE RIGHT 
THERE, THAT REALLY HELPED ME 
GET THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR SURE. 
>> EVERYONE SURVIVING UNHURT. 
>> BESIDES BEING AFRAID AND 
DISTRESSED, WE DIDN'T GO 
WITHOUT ANYTHING AND THE BABIES 
DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THERE WAS A 
STORM GOING ON. 
>> TELL MOMMY HI. 
>> THE PARENTS ETERNALLY 
GRATEFUL. 
>> WITHOUT THEM WE WOULDN'T 
HAVE KEPT OUR SANITY. 
IT WAS ROUGH. 
BUT BECAUSE OF THEM WE WERE 
ABLE TO REALLY PULL THROUGH. 
>> TO THOSE WHO HELPED THEIR 
PRECIOUS NEWBORNS WEATHER THE 
FIRST STORM OF THEIR YOUNG 
LIVES. 
FOR TODAY, MORGAN CHESKY, NBC 
NEWS. 
>> OH, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 
YOU GUYS. 
JOINING US NOW THE STAFF FROM 
THE NICU AT LAKE CHARLES 
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. 
WE'VE GOT LEAH, THE NICU 
DIRECTOR, CHRISSY IS A NURSE 
PRACTITIONER WITH THE UNIT. 
WELCOME, GUYS. 
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. 
I WANT YOU TO GIVE US A LITTLE 
BIT OF A PLAY BY PLAY IF YOU 
WOULDN'T MIND. 
WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO MOVE 
THE TINY BABIES, SOME WEIGHING 
A COUPLE POUNDS OR LESS, THE 
EQUIPMENT FOR EACH CHILD ACROSS 
TOWN, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN 
TAXING IN AND OF ITSELF. 
>> YES, IT WAS PRETTY 
EXHAUSTING FOR OUR STAFF. 
I TELL YOU, WE COULDN'T HAVE 
DONE IT WITHOUT ALL OF THE HELP 
FROM THE WOMEN AND PEDIATRICS 
FROM GETTING EVERYTHING SETTLED 
HERE AND HELPING US MOVE IT UP 
THERE. 
>> FIRST OF ALL, BLESS YOU AND 
BLESS EVERY LAST WIND OF YOU 
THERE. 
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB YOU DID. 
YOU REALLY ARE SAINTS. 
BUT WHAT WAS IT LIKE INSIDE 
THAT HOSPITAL? 
YOU GET TO LAKE CHARLES 
MEMORIAL. 
THE HURRICANE MOVES IN. 
YOU'RE THERE WITH ALL OF THESE 
TINY BABIES WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE 
THEIR MOMS THERE WITH THEM. 
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE INSIDE 
AS THE STORM CAME THROUGH? 
>> SURE. 
IT WAS PRETTY TERRIFYING. 
JUST THE WIND AND THE WATER 
COMING THROUGH. 
BUT OUR FOCUS WAS THESE BABIES. 
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 
OF THEM WERE TAKEN CARE OF. 
JUST LIKE AT THE MAIN CAMPUS, 
WHETHER THERE WAS A STORM OR 
NOT. 
THAT WAS OUR MAIN FOCUS. 
WE HAD SO MANY BABIES TO TAKE 
CARE OF. 
>> YOU HAD TO SOMEHOW KEEP THAT 
FEAR AT BAY THAT NIGHT. 
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SOME MUSIC 
PLAYED A SMALL PART. 
TELL ME ABOUT THAT. 
>> YES. 
ONE OF OUR NURSES ALLISON HAD A 
PLAY LIST WITH JUST PRAISE AND 
WORSHIP MUSIC. 
WE JUST BLAIRED THAT. 
WE WERE ALL SINGING. 
IT WAS TRICKLING DOWN THE 
HALLWAYS. 
IT JUST KEPT SOME CALM AND 
PEACE FOR US DURING THIS TIME. 
>> AND YOU KNOW I KNOW WHAT IS 
DIFFICULT IN A SITUATION LIKE 
THIS. 
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS ARE 
MOMS. 
YOU HAVE KIDS OF YOUR OWN. 
AND YOU ARE PROBABLY CONCERNED 
ABOUT, WOW, WHAT ARE THEY DOING 
AT HOME. 
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 
THAT PART OF THE STORY WAS 
LIKE. 
>> WELL, NO ONE WANTS TO BE 
SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILY 
DURING A TIME LIKE THIS. 
BUT MY FOUR CHILDREN EVACUATED 
WITH MY HUSBAND. 
SO I KNEW THAT THEY WERE IN 
SAFE HANDS. 
I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT 
THESE CHILDREN -- THE MOTHERS 
OF THESE BABIES FELT DURING 
THIS TIME BECAUSE THEIR BABIES 
WERE HERE. 
THEY HAD TO PUT A LOT OF TRUST 
IN US TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
>> CHRISSY, HOW DID THE BABIES 
THEMSELVES DO. 
YOU HAVE THESE PRECIOUS 
NEWBORNS. 
HOW DID THEY DO DURING THE 
STORM. 
>> THEY DID VERY WELL. 
PROBABLY BETTER THAN US. 
THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE 
THING. 
WE MAINTAINED. 
YOU KNOW THEIR EQUIPMENT, THE 
RESPIRATORY STUFF THEY NEEDED 
AND THEY DID FINE. 
THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE 
THING. 
>> HOW LONG DID THIS WHOLE 
THING TAKE, FROM WHEN YOU 
STARTED THE TRANSFER PROCESS. 
THROUGH THE NIGHT, THINGS GET 
CALMED DOWN. 
YOU GET THE BABIES BACK TO 
HOSPITALS WITH RUNNING WATER. 
WHEN YOU FINALLY GOT HOME, HOW 
LONG WAS YOUR DAY AT WORK? 
>> ABOUT 48 HOURS FOR ME. 
SOME A LITTLE BIT SHORTER 
BECAUSE WE LET SOME OF THEM GO 
HOME ONCE THE SOME BABIES WERE 
GONE. 
48 HOURS FOR SOME. 
>> THAT IS AMAZING. 
YOU PUT MATTRESSES UP TO 
PROTECT SO THE WINDOWS WOULDN'T 
SHATTER ON THE CHILDREN. 
YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND LIKE 
WE KNEW YOU WOULD. 
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
WE WANT TO THANK YOU. 
WOULD YOU GIVE A HUG TO THAT 
WHOLE NICU DEPARTMENT BEHIND 
YOU. 
THEY'RE ALL INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> GREAT JOB, GUYS. 
>> NICE WORK, EVERYBODY. 
>> THAT IS INCREDIBLE. 
>> IMAGINE BEING THE PARENTS 
AND THAT NIGHT YOU HAVE A BABY. 
>> YES. 
>> IN PERIL AND YOU'RE GOING TO 
FACEBOOK TO SEE IF EVERYTHING 
IS OKAY. 
>> AND THINK ABOUT -- WHEN YOU 
LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF WIRE, ALL 
OF THE THINGS THAT THE CHILDREN 
NEED, NOURISHMENT AND THOSE 
NURSES TOOK GREAT CARE OF THEM. 
>> THEY'RE A DIFFERENT BREED. 
THEY JUST GO TO WORK. 
WE HAVE THREE HOURS TO GET THE 
BABIES ACROSS TOWN. 
>> THAT'S TOUGH DURING A NORMAL 
TIME NOT TO MENTION COVID 
TIMES. 
>> SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW 
SHE HAS FOUR CHILDREN AND THEY 
WERE OKAY WITH HER HUSBAND. 
THERE'S NOT A MOM ALIVE WHO 
AREN'T THINKING IF THEY'RE OKAY 
AND ALL RIGHT. 
>> I HOPE THEY GET MORE THAN 
JUST COOKIES AS A THANK YOU. 
>> YES. 
>> JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS 
THOSE SCHOOL OUTBREAKS AND 
ANOTHER COVID NEWS WE HAVE 
KAVITA PATEL, ASSOCIATE 
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS 
MORNING. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
I WISH YOU COULD SEE THE TEXT 
MESSAGES WITH ALL OF MY 
FRIENDS. 
I HAVE A 3rd AND 5th GRADER. 
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 
TO DO. 
PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE 
DOING THE SAME THING. 
GOVERNOR CUOMO IN NEW YORK 
SAYING COLLEGES WERE, QUOTE, 
THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. 
HE SAYS AN OUTBREAK IN K-12 
SCHOOLS IS INEVITABLE. 
IT MAY FORCE AN ALL REMOTE 
LEARNING SYSTEM. 
ARE CHILDREN MORE OR LESS 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO CONTRACTING AND 
SPREADING THE VIRUS? 
AND DOES AGE REALLY MATTER? 
>> AGE DOES MATTER. 
AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MAKE 
SOME CLEAR DISTINCTIONS. 
WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN AGES 10 
YEARS AND OLDER REALLY DO HAVE 
THE ABILITY TO TRANSMIT THIS 
VIRUS JUST LIKE ADULTS. 
AND THAT'S BEEN PROVEN THROUGH 
STUDIES AROUND THE WORLD. 
AND CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER 
WE'RE STILL LEARNING BUT WE DO 
KNOW FACT NUMBER ONE, THEY DO 
GET THIS VIRUS. 
THEY DO GET SICK FROM THIS 
VIRUS AND THEY GET HOSPITALIZED 
BUT AT LOWER RATES THAN ADULTS. 
HOWEVER I THINK WHAT GOVERNOR 
CUOMO IS TRYING TO RELAY IS 
SCHOOLS K-12 ARE NOT IN A 
BUBBLE AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
SO AS THE COMMUNITY RATES ARE 
RISING, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT 
CHILDREN WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED 
BY THAT. 
NEW YORK HAS DID NOT REMARKABLY 
WELL. 
AS WE'RE WATCHING AROUND THE 
COUNTRY, EVEN IN PLACES WHERE 
CASES WERE ALMOST DOWN TO LESS 
THAN 100 ARE SEEING KIND OF HOT 
SPOTS. 
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE 
GOVERNOR AND MAYORS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. 
>> LET'S MOVE TO TESTING. 
LAST WEEK THE CDC SAID PEOPLE 
WITHOUT COVID-19 SYMPTOMS DO 
NOT NEED TESTING. 
EXACTLY WHO SHOULD BE GETTING 
TESTED AND HOW OFTEN IN YOUR 
OPINION. 
>> YEAH. 
THIS IS ENTIRELY, YOU KNOW, 
SOMETHING THAT HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS HAVE VERY SOLID 
EVIDENCE. 
WE SHOULD BE TESTING PEOPLE 
PERIOD. 
AND THAT INCLUDES, BY THE WAY, 
ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN IN KNOWN CONTACT WITH 
COVID-19 CASES. 
>>> THE TIMING OF THAT TESTING 
IS WHAT REALLY IS DEPENDENT. 
YOU SHOULD WAIT SEVERAL DAYS 
BECAUSE IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL 
DAYS TO BECOME POSITIVE. 
YOU SHOULD BE SELF ISOLATING 
UNTIL THAT TIME. 
THERE IS A THIRD FUNCTION THAT 
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IN PUBLIC 
HEALTH, SOMETHING WE CALL 
SURVEILLANCE. 
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 
REAL RATES IN THE COMMUNITY 
ARE. 
AND DOING THAT, TESTING PEOPLE, 
EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T PRESENT, 
IS A KEY PART OF UNDERSTANDING 
MORE ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. 
SIMPLY PUT, WE NEED TO BE 
TESTING MORE THAN WE ARE. 
WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB THAN 
WE WERE THREE MONTHS AGO, SIX 
MONTHS AGO. 
BUT WE SHOULD BE MAKING VERY 
RAPID EASY AND AFFORDABLE NO-
COST TESTING AVAILABLE WHENEVER 
POSSIBLE. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT VACCINES 
NOW. 
BECAUSE SEVERAL COMPANIES THEY 
HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO PHASE 3 
TRIALS. 
SO WHAT DOES EACH PHASE 
REPRESENT? 
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WHOLE 
PROCESS HAS BEEN SPED UP 
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS FOR A VACCINE. 
>> IT HAS. 
THE AVERAGE TIME TO MAKE A 
VACCINE BEFORE COVID WAS 
ANYWHERE ON THE SHORTENED FOUR 
YEARS. 
ON THE LONGER END 12-15 YEARS. 
YOU CAN TELL WE'RE ALREADY FAST 
TRACKING THE PHASES. 
IN GENERAL THERE ARE FOUR 
PHASES TO CLINICAL TRIALS. 
THE FIRST TWO PHASES WHICH 
WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH 
WITH SOME COMPANIES REALLY LOOK 
AT TESTING FOR SAFETY IN HUMANS 
AND ANIMAL TESTING. 
PHASE 3 WHICH THREE 
MANUFACTURERS IN THE UNITED 
STATES ARE IN CURRENTLY AND 
THEY'RE TESTING TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH LOOK 
FOR SAFETY AND EFFICACY OR 
EFFECTIVENESS. 
VERY CRITICAL. 
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE 
MANUFACTURERS -- HERE IS THE 
GOOD NEWS. 
SEVERAL OF THOSE MANUFACTURERS 
ARE EXPECTING TO RAMP UP PHASE 
3 TRIALS BY THE END OF OCTOBER. 
BETWEEN WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING 
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE 
UNITED STATES, WE'RE ON TRACK 
TO HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION 
IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS 
ABOUT A VAC SCREEN WE WILL TAKE 
THAT GLIMMER OF GOOD NEWS 
THERE. 
DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 
THIS MORNING. 
>> ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TOP 
MEDICAL ADVISERS IS URGING THE 
WHITE HOUSE TO EMBRACE A 
CONTROVERSIAL STRATEGY TO 
CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
ACCORDING TO A REPORTING IN THE 
"WASHINGTON POST" DR. ATLAS 
WANTS THE U.S. TO TRY HERD 
IMMUNITY. 
IT LIFTS SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS 
AND TRIES TO BUILD UP IMMUNITY 
AMONG HEALTHY PEOPLE. 
SWEDEN HAS HAD ONE OF THE 
HIGHEST DEATH RATES AND 
INFECTIONS WORLD SIDE. 
DR. ATLAS SAYS THERE IS NO 
POLICY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND 
HE HAS NEVER RECOMMENDED IT. 
THE DOCTOR JOINS ME NOW A 
SURGEON AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S 
HOSPITAL AND A PROFESSOR AT 
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH. 
DOCTOR, CAN YOU FIRST EXPLAIN 
HERD IMMUNITY AND HOW SWEDEN 
TRIED TO USE IT. 
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE 
SHOW. 
THE IDEA OF HERD IMMUNITY IS IF 
YOU HAVE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF 
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ALREADY 
BEEN EXPOSED AND DEVELOPED 
ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNITY TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS, THAT DECREASES THE 
PROBLEM THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL 
BE SUSCEPTIBLE OR EXPOSED TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS BY CHANCE. 
THINK OF IT IF YOU'RE IN THE 
ROOM AND THERE'S A LOT OF 
BOUNCING BALLS. 
IF YOU HAVE MORE OF THOSE BALLS 
THAT HAVE ANTIBODIES, THE 
CHANCE OF THOSE BALLS HITTING 
YOU BECOMES LOWER AND LOWER. 
WHAT SOME COUNTRIES AND HAVE 
DONE AND SWEDEN IS AN EXAMPLE 
IS TO SAY THAT WE CAN EXPOSE 
INDIVIDUALS AND KEEP THE 
ECONOMY OPEN, KEEP SOCIETY OPEN 
WITH THE IDEA THAT MORE AND 
MORE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE 
EXPOSED AND THAT WILL INCREASE 
THE HERD IMMUNITY FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE -- IT IS A VERY 
CONTROVERSIAL POLICY AND MOST 
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS REALLY 
WORRY ABOUT NEEDLESLY EXPOSING 
INDIVIDUALS TO THE CORONAVIRUS 
UNNECESSARILY. 
>> SO THE MAIN CONCERN WITH 
OTHER COUNTRIES TRYING THIS 
APPROACH WOULD BE THAT, THAT WE 
WOULD BE NEEDLESSLY EXPOSING 
PEOPLE. 
>> YEAH. 
THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO 
FIGHTING THIS PANDEMIC. 
THERE IS NO MIRACLE CURE. 
WE ARE LEFT WITH THE 
INTERVENTION THAT WE HAD 
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 
WEARING MASKS, GOOD HAND 
HYGIENE, SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
WE'RE STILL AWAITING THE 
VACCINES TO COME. 
BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS 
THERE ARE NUMBERS OF 
CORONAVIRUS CASES AMONG YOUNG 
INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, YOU 
KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE WAVE IN 
THE SOUTH IN THE LAST SEVERAL 
MONTHS, NUMBERS OF 
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS 
EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG. 
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE UNITED 
STATES IS NOT SWEDEN'S 
POPULATION. 
40% OF OUR POPULATION IS OBESE, 
WHICH WE KNOW IS A RISK FACTOR. 
10% OF OUR POPULATION HAS 
DIABETES. 
IT IS NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES 
COMPARISON. 
IT COMES DOWN TO I THINK THE 
TRADE-OFFS AREN'T THERE. 
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO 
UNNECESSARILY EXPOSE 
INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE HAVE 
INTERVENTIONS THAT WORK, THAT 
CAN ALLOW PEOPLE TO REENGAGE 
SOCIETY IN A SAFE AND 
THOUGHTFUL WAY BY STILL WEARING 
MASKS, STILL HAVING PHYSICAL 
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
>> SO NOW IN YOUR OPINION ARE 
THOSE THE MEASURES THAT SHOULD 
BE TAKEN BY THE U.S. TO CONTROL 
THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS OR IS 
THERE ANYTHING ELSE. 
>> YES. 
SO WE HAVE A SET OF 
INTERVENTIONS THAT WE KNOW 
WORK. 
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST LOOK 
AT SWEDEN OR OTHER COUNTRIES. 
WE CAN LOOK WITHIN OUR OWN 
COUNTRY TO SEE WHAT HAS WORKED 
IN THE PAST AND WILL LIKELY 
CONTINUE TO WORK. 
THINK ABOUT HOW WIDESPREAD THE 
PANDEMIC WAS IN CITIES LIKE 
BOSTON AND NEW YORK IN MARCH 
AND APRIL WITH INDIVIDUALS AND 
PATIENTS, YOU KNOW, WAITING IN 
LONG LINES AND BEING IN VERY 
CROWDED EMERGENCY ROOMS. 
YOU KNOW, NEW YORK HAS HAD A 
LESS THAN 1% POSITIVITY RATE. 
BOSTON HAS A POSITIVITY RATE OF 
LESS THAN 1%. 
THESE ARE STATES THAT HAVE 
FACED THE VERY HIGH SURGE OF 
THE PANDEMIC BUT USED PUBLIC 
HEALTH EFFORTS THOUGHTFULLY 
WITH UNIVERSAL MASKING FOR 
INDIVIDUALS. 
A VERY SLOW AND DELIBERATELY 
REOPENING TO FOCUS ON SAFETY 
FOR OUR ECONOMY AND SCHOOLS AND 
CONTINUING WELL THOUGHT OUT AND 
WELL PLANNED OUT PHYSICAL AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES. 
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE CAN 
MEET THE PANDEMIC, SEE A PEAK 
AND COME OFF OF THAT PEAK IF WE 
DO IT IN A SAFE AND THOUGHTFUL 
WAY. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO THROW CAUTION 
TO THE WIND AND BARREL AHEAD. 
THERE IS A GAME PLAN THAT HAS 
WORKED AND CAN CONTINUE TO 
WORK. 
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY IT IS 
TIME TO REOPEN BUSINESSES, IT 
IS TIME FOR ME TO SEND KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL, IT IS TIME TO 
GET BACK TO NORMAL? 
WHAT DO YOU SAY WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE TO THEM. 
>> THERE IS NO PHILOSOPHICAL 
BELIEF. 
AT THE HARVARD GLOBAL HEALTH 
INSTITUTE, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A 
DASHBOARD THAT SHOWS THE RISK 
LEVEL FOR EACH STATE AND COUNTY 
AND REALLY THE REOPENING PLANS 
FOR BOTH SOCIETY AND SCHOOLS 
NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN BY THE 
NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER DAY. 
THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT 
THE RISK LEVEL, THE THREAT 
LEVEL OF THE TRANSMISSION 
OCCURRING IN A VIRUS IS. 
WHERE IT IS LOW, LESS THAN ONE 
PER 100,000, YOU CAN REOPEN 
SCHOOLS FOR IN-PERSON EDUCATION 
BECAUSE THE RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION IS LOW ENOUGH. 
THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE 
RISKS. 
IF YOU HAVE A STATE IN THE RED 
ZONE, THAT IS A HOT SPOT. 
THERE IS WIDESPREAD THAT YOU 
HAVE TO GET CONTROL OF THE 
PANDEMIC FIRST. 
IT DOESN'T MEAN TO SHUT DOWN 
SCHOOLS FOREVER. 
IT IS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE. 
BACK THEN IT WAS TO FLATTEN THE 
CURVE TO RESERVE CAPACITY FOR 
HOSPITALS. 
NOW WE'RE FLATTENING THE CURVE 
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET 
KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND 
BUSINESSES BACK OPEN AND 
FOLLOWING GOOD GUIDELINES SUCH 
AS WEARING MASKS. 
THE BEST WAY TO REOPEN THE 
ECONOMY AND THE SCHOOLS IS NOT 
TO DO IT THOUGHTLESSLY BUT 
THOUGHTFULLY. 
MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW 
THROUGH WITH THE GAME PLAN. 
DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THE RACE IS ON TO FIND A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. 
FDA COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN 
SAID HE IS WILLING TO FAST 
TRACK THE AUTHORIZATION OF A 
VACCINE BEFORE PHASE 3 TRIALS 
END. 
THIS COULD MEAN WE SEE A 
VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE 
YEAR. 
NBC NEWS MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT 
DR. JOHN TORRES JOINS ME NOW. 
ALL RIGHT, DR. JOHN, WHAT IS 
THIS FDA EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION PROCESS LOOK 
LIKE? 
HOW FAST EXACTLY IS IT GOING? 
>> SAVANNAH, IT CAN GET VERY 
CONFUSING. 
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE 
HAVE SEEN IN OUR LIFETIME. 
THE FDA TYPICALLY DOES AN 
APPROVAL PROCESS. 
DRUGS, VACCINES, THEY WILL GO 
THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT HUMAN 
PHASE TRIALS AFTER UNDERGOING 
ANIMAL TRIALS. 
IN BETWEEN A LOT OF NUMBER 
CRUNCHING AND ANALYSIS. 
ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THE 
TRIALS THEN THEY LOOK AT THE 
APPROVAL PROCESS. 
THIS CAN TAKE YEARS. 
ON AVERAGE FOR VACCINES AROUND 
11 YEARS. 
NOW WE HAVE A PANDEMIC. 
PUSH FORWARD TO 2020. 
THEY'RE SAYING WE DON'T HAVE 
TIME FOR THAT. 
LET'S USE THIS EMERGENCY USE 
AUTHORIZATION. 
WHAT HAPPENS HERE INSTEAD OF 
DOING THE ROBUST TRIALS AND 
STUDIES AND DATA ANALYSIS, THEY 
SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM 
THE POINT OF VIEW, DO THE 
BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. 
WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON 
RIGHT NOW, THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
IS THERE A WAY TO BRIDGE THE 
GAP TEMPORARILY BY USING THIS 
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION. 
>> PENNSYLVANIA'S EVICTION 
MORATORIUM EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT. 
HALF A MILLION OF PEOPLE COULD 
BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR 
HOUSING. 
WE SPOKE WITH RENTERS ABOUT THE 
STRESS OF FACING EVICTION 
DURING A PANDEMIC. 
>> EITHER I PAY RENT OR I PAY 
GAS AND ELECTRIC AND DON'T PAY 
RENT BECAUSE I CAN'T WALK 
SOMETIMES. 
I CAN'T MOVE. 
AND I HAVE TO GET BACK AND 
FORTH TO THE DOCTORS. 
I HAVE TO ASK MY FAMILY TO HELP 
ME. 
YOU KNOW. 
I HAVE TO GO TO FOOD BANKS. 
I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME. 
>> IF YOUR LANDLORD TELLS YOU 
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, WHERE CAN 
YOU GO. 
>> TO A HOMELESS SHELTER. 
>> WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THE 
IMPLICATIONS OF THE MORATORIUM 
MEANS. 
>> THIS IS A DISASTER IN THE 
MAKING. 
STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 1st, WE 
HAVE THOUSANDS OF FILL DELL 
FANS THAT ARE AT RISK. 
THEY'RE ORDINARY FOLKS 
STRUGGLING THROUGH THE COVID 
CRISIS. 
WE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE CITIES 
WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF 
INFECTIONS. 
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL 
PAYMENTS RAN OUT AT THE END OF 
JULY, AUGUST HAS BEEN TERRIBLE 
FOR FAMILIES IN TERMS OF 
MEETING THEIR RENT. 
IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL SEE A HUGE 
IMPACT ACROSS THE CITY OF 
PHILADELPHIA. 
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO 
STOP. 
>> AS A LANDLORD WITH A 
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MY 
TENANTS AND A HUMAN BEING, I 
THINK IT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA. 
WE'RE IN ANION KEY MONDAY THAT 
HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY THE 
PANDEMIC. 
PEOPLE ARE SCARED. 
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW TO SOMEHOW BE PARENTS AND 
EITHER WORK OR LOOK FOR WORK 
WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE TRYING TO 
LEARN VIRTUALLY. 
>> IT FALLS ON ALL OF US TO 
ABSORB WHAT BLOW WE CAN FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC IN ORDER TO KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE AT A BASIC LEVEL. 
>> IF YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING 
TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHO 
HAS THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE 
MORATORIUM TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE 
YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? 
>> PLEASE GIVE US A CHANCE. 
CONSIDER THAT WE'RE ON A FIXED 
INCOME. 
WE DON'T HAVE WEEKLY PAY. 
WE GET PAID ONCE A MONTH AND WE 
HAVE TO PAY UTILITIES, GAS, 
ELECTRIC. 
THIS IS TERRIBLE. 
I HAVE NEVER LIVED LIKE THIS 
BEFORE IN MY LIFE. 
THIS HAS BEEN THE HARDEST YEAR 
THAT I'VE LIVED. 
THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST PLACE 
THAT I'VE LIVED. 
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED HELP. 
IT IS HARD OUT HERE. 
AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE 
TOGETHER TO TRY TO HELP EACH 
OTHER INSTEAD OF KILLING EACH 
OTHER AND BEATEN EACH OTHER 
DOWN. 
WE NEED HELP. 
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO FIGHT FOR 
US TO FIX OUR LIVING SITUATION 
SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER 
ENVIRONMENT. 
THERE IS NO HOPE HERE. 
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOK 
FORWARD TO. 
>> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO HER 
LANDLORD FOR COMMENT BUT WE 
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. 
>>> QANON CONSPIRACY THEORIES 
ARE SPREADING OVERSEAS POPPING 
UP AT A PROTEST FOR CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS. 
MATT BRADLEY IS IN GERMANY WITH 
MORE. 
>> Reporter: THIS BOISTEROUS 
PROTEST IS TRYING TO CONVINCE 
THE WORLD THAT THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC IS EXAGGERATED OR EVEN 
A SHAM. 
YOU WON'T SEE ANY MASKS OR 
GLOVES HERE. 
BUT YOU CAN CATCH A GLIMPSE OF 
A VERY AMERICAN PHENOMENAL. 
THIS MARCH IN BERLIN IS MOSTLY 
AGAINST CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS. 
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF QANON 
SUPPORTERS HERE THANKS TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS THE QANON CONSPIRE 
THEORY IS SPREADING AROUND THE 
WORLD LYING PANDEMIC. 
>> MOST NONBELIEVERS ARE NEW TO 
THIS THEORY. 
IT IS A GATEWAY TO QANON, 
INVITING CONSPIRACY THEY ARISTS 
DOWN A RAPPITY HOLE OF 
DELUSION. 
A RAPTOR FIRST DRAFT NEWS. 
>> QANON SPECIFICALLY -- 
>> FOR KENOSHA AND WISCONSIN, 
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN HAS BEEN 
VERY GOOD TO ME. 
I LOVE THE PEOPLE. 
WE HAVE DONE A LOT FOR THE 
STATE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
DO A LOT FOR THE STATE. 
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN 
HAPPEN WHEN YOU DO IT RIGHT. 
I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY 
ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR WHO 
IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
SECRETARY CHAD WOLF. 
CHAD. 
CHAD. 
THANK YOU. 
RON JOHNSON, SENATOR RON 
JOHNSON WHO IS OUTSTANDING. 
I HAVE TO TELL YOU. 
SO RESPECTED WITHIN THE 
BEAUTIFUL HALLS OF CONGRESS. 
AND I APPRECIATE THE GREAT JOB 
YOU DO, RON. 
I HOPE THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN 
APPRECIATE HOW GOOD A SENATOR. 
DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA? 
DO THEY KNOW? 
YOU'RE NEVER TO GET NOT 
ELECTED, RON. 
OR I'LL BE VERY UNHAPPY. 
A CONGRESSMAN WHO HAS BEEN A 
WARRIOR, A TRUE WARRIOR. 
A FIGHTER NOT ONLY FOR SOME OF 
THE VERY GOOD CAUSES BUT FOR 
THIS CAUSE. 
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO CALL ME 
AND SAY WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 
AND BRIAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU. 
BRIAN STYLE, CONGRESSMAN. 
YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST RE-
ELECTION. 
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO WIN IT 
BIG. 
I HOPE YOU DO. 
YOU DESERVE TO. 
ALSO MY FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF. 
WHERE IS -- I DEFINITELY LIKE 
THIS STATE BECAUSE YOU ARE A 
VERY PROUD CITIZEN OF -- RIGHT 
HERE. 
YOU'RE STILL HERE. 
YOU NEVER LEFT HERE. 
YOU NEVER WOULD LEAVE. 
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
KENOSHA HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY 
ANTIPOLICE AND ANTIAMERICAN 
RIOTS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN HIT SO HARD. 
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET 
INVOLVED. 
DAVID BETH AND DANIEL WHO I 
HAVE BEEN WATCHING A LOT ON 
TELEVISION. 
I GOT TO KNOW THEM BOTH VERY 
WELL. 
THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE 
JOB. 
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS 
IN A COUPLE MINUTES. 
WE APPRECIATE IT. 
ALSO ZACH RODRIGUEZ, SUPERVISOR 
KENOSHA COUNTY. 
ZACH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 
ZACH. 
GOOD JOB. 
HE HAD A ROUGH THREE DAYS BUT 
THEN IT GOT WELL BROUGHT BACK 
IN, BACK IN JUST WHERE YOU 
WANTED IT. 
AARON DECKER SUPERVISOR FOR 
KENOSHA. 
AARON. 
THANK YOU. 
GOOD JOB. 
DON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
JERRY JOHNSON, NATIONAL TRUSTEE 
OF THE WISCONSIN FRATERNAL 
ORDER OF POLICE. 
JERRY, THANK YOU. 
PEOPLE HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC 
JOB. 
REALLY YOU HAVE TO BE PROUD OF 
THEM. 
>> JAMES AND SHARON WARD. 
PASTORS. 
WHERE IS -- WELL, IT WAS GREAT 
SPEAKING TO YOU YESTERDAY. 
AND YOU REALLY ARE A VERY 
RESPECTED MAN. 
I REALLY ENJOYED OUR 
CONVERSATION. 
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR 
BEING LEER. 
I APPRECIATE IT. 
WE ALSO HAVE MAJOR GENERAL PAUL 
KNAPP WHO IS AROUND HERE 
SOMEPLACE. 
WAS RIGHT ON -- THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH, PAUL. 
HE WAS FANTASTIC. 
LINDA CARPENTER. 
OWNERS OF B AND L OFFICE 
FURNITURE. 
SCOTT IS BACK THERE SOMEPLACE. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
YOU GOT HIT PRETTY HARD, RIGHT. 
YOU GOT HIT PRETTY HARD. 
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
IT'S GOING TO GET REBUILT. 
KIMBERLY WARNER, OWNER OF THE 
AUTHENTIC GIFTS AND REPORT 
CANDLE FACTORY. 
THAT'S A FANCY NAME THAT YOU 
HAVE RIGHT THERE. 
REPORT. 
I BET IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
ARE YOU GOING TO REBUILD. 
WILL YOU BE REBUILDING. 
>> WE WERE NOT DESTROYED. 
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE 
SMALLER WOMEN'S SMALL 
BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. 
>> OKAY. 
>> AND JUST SUPPORTING AND 
SAYING THANKS FOR SAVING 
DOWNTOWN? 
WE WILL BE GIVING YOU HELP. 
OKAY. 
WE WILL BE GIVING YOU HELP. 
JOHN, OWNER OF RHODES' CAMERA 
SHOP. 
THAT WAS 109 YEARS. 
DO YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF 
WORDS? 
WOULD YOU LIKE TO? 
WHERE IS HE? 
>> THIS SIDE. 
>> OH, OKAY. 
GOOD. 
JOHN, STAND UP, PLEASE. 
109 YEARS. 
>> 109 YEARS. 
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. 
THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE 
NATIONAL GUARD. 
AGAIN, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 
DID AN AWESOME JOB. 
I WANT TO THANK THEM. 
>> WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU. 
THAT IS A VERY COMPLETE REBUILD 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWN THERE. 
THAT IS INCREDIBLE. 
IF THEY WOULD HAVE RESPONDED TO 
THE FIRST CALL, IT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN -- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 
DIFFERENT STORY. 
BUT THEY DID RESPOND WHICH IS 
BETTER THAN SOME GOVERNORS 
FRANKLY. 
AND ONCE THEY RESPONDED, ONCE 
WE TOOK, YOU KNOW, CONTROL OF 
IT, THINGS WENT REALLY WELL. 
YOU JUST MET SOME VERY TALENTED 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE. 
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 
CLEAR SAILING. 
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU 
A HAND. 
YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, YOU'RE 
INSURED, RIGHT. 
>> YES, WE ARE. 
>> THEY ARE HELPING AND BEING 
RESPONSIBLE. 
>> SO FARROW OWE. 
>> YOU WILL LET ME KNOW. 
YOU WILL LET ME KNOW. 
YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW AT THE 
END. 
AND RICKY TALAPATRA. 
THAT'S A BEAUTY. 
THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
>> REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN THAT 
WERE VANDALIZED. 
WE WERE ABLE TO REBUILD BUT I 
REPRESENT THE DOWNTOWN KENOSHA 
THAT IS LEADING THE EFFORT 
DOWNTOWN. 
IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE BUT OUR 
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY 
INCREDIBLE. 
MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO HELP 
THAN WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. 
RIGHT NOW WE NEED FINANCIAL 
HELP. 
LOSS OF BUSINESS AND PROPERTY 
IS STAGGERING AT THIS POINT. 
>> WE WILL BE HELPING YOU WITH 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HELPING YOU 
WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
GET IT BACK IN SHAPE. 
GET KENOSHA BACK IN SHAPE. 
WE WILL GET IT BACK VERY 
QUICKLY. 
I REALLY THINK SO. 
WE WILL BE HELPED BY JOHN 
MORSI, CITY ADMINISTRATOR OF 
KENOSHA. 
THANK YOU, JOHN. 
YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR 
YOU FOR THE NEXT LITTLE BIT. 
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE. 
>> I THINK WE WILL. 
>> SAMANTHA KIRKMAN, STATE 
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 61. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
CONGRATULATIONS ON DOING A 
REALLY GREAT JOB. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> AND VAN WANGUARD, HIGHLY 
RESPECTED PERSON. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
RAPID RESPONSE AND THE FACT 
THAT YOU'RE COMING TO A SMALL 
CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND 
SAYING IT IS AS IMPORTANT AS 
EVERY OTHER CITY AND THE FACT 
THAT WE GOT THINGS UNDER 
CONTROL. 
THE GUARD HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.  
PRETTY WELL 
TOGETHER IN 
SOUTHEASTERN 
WISCONSIN. 
BUT THIS REALLY 
HELPS. 
AND RIOTS HAVE A 
LOT TO DO WITH 
THAT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
YOU'RE IN OUR 
PRAYERS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
AND YOUR 
REPUTATION IS A 
GREAT ONE. 
ALSO, THIS AREA 
IS A SPECIAL 
AREA. 
WE CAN'T LET 
THAT HAPPEN TO 
THIS AREA. 
WE GOT HERE 
QUICKLY. 
DID THE JOB. 
VIOLENT MOBS, 
DEMOLISHED OR 
DAMAGED AT LEAST 
25 BUSINESSES, 
BURNED DOWN 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
AND THREW BRICKS 
AT POLICE 
OFFICERS, WHICH 
YOUR POLICE 
OFFICERS WON'T 
STAND FOR, AND 
THEY DIDN'T 
STAND FOR IT. 
THESE ARE NOT 
ACTS OF PEACEFUL 
PROTEST, BUT 
REALLY DOMESTIC 
TERROR. 
MY 
ADMINISTRATION 
COORDINATED WITH 
THE STATE AND 
LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES TO 
VERY, VERY 
SWIFTLY DEPLOY 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD, SEARCH 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, TWO 
KENOSHANS 
STOPPED THE 
VIOLENCE. 
AND I STRONGLY 
SUPPORT THE USE 
OF NATIONAL 
GUARD IN OTHER 
CITIES. 
AND YOU WOULD 
HAVE THE SAME 
THING HAPPENING 
IN PORTLAND, IT 
WOULD ALL BE 
OVER VERY, VERY 
QUICKLY. 
AND I WANT TO 
THANK THE TWO OF 
YOU FOR GETTING 
IT DONE SO 
STRONGLY AND 
QUICKLY AND 
BRAVELY. 
YOU STILL NEED 
THAT 
COORDINATION NO 
MATTER HOW MANY 
PEOPLE YOU SEND 
IN. 
I JUST CAME FROM 
A VISIT OF ONE 
OF THE 
BUSINESSES THAT 
WAS BURNED DOWN. 
B&L FURNITURE. 
AND THE GREAT 
100-YEAR-OLD 
CAMERA SHOP, 
WHICH I REALLY 
RESPECT. 
IT HAD A 
REPUTATION FAR 
BEYOND THE STATE 
EVEN. 
AND IT'S 
TERRIBLE TO SEE. 
SEVERAL OTHER 
BUSINESS OWNERS, 
THEY'RE JOINING 
US, AND WE HAVE 
SOME IN THE BACK 
ALSO, TO STOP 
THE POLITICAL 
VIOLENCE, WE 
MUST ALSO 
CONFRONT THE 
RADICAL 
IDEOLOGY. 
RADICAL FAR LEFT 
CONTINUE TO PUSH 
THE DESTRUCTION 
OF OUR NATION 
AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, AS 
OPPRESSIVE, 
RACIST, THEY'LL 
THROW OUT ANY 
WORD THAT COMES 
TO THEM. 
ACTUALLY, WE 
MUST GIVE FAR 
GREATER SUPPORT 
TO OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
IT'S ALL ABOUT 
GIVING THEM 
ADDITIONAL 
SUPPORT. 
THESE ARE GREAT 
PEOPLE. 
THESE ARE GREAT, 
GREAT PEOPLE. 
THESE ARE BRAVE 
PEOPLE. 
THEY ARE 
FIGHTING TO SAVE 
PEOPLE THAT 
THEY'VE NEVER 
MET BEFORE IN 
MANY CASES. 
AND THEY'RE 
INCREDIBLE. 
WE MUST REALLY 
BE THANKFUL THAT 
WE HAVE THEM. 
AND WE HAVE TO 
HELP THEM DO 
THEIR JOBS. 
WE CAN'T BE 
THREATENING 
THEM, WHERE 
THEIR PENSION IS 
GOING TO BE 
TAKEN AWAY. 
JOBS ARE GOING 
TO BE TAKEN 
AWAY. 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
BE LIVING A BAD 
LIFE, IF THEY 
UTTER AN 
INCORRECT WORD. 
YOU CAN'T DO IT. 
WE HAVE TO HAVE 
OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WE CHERISH OUR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WE WOULDN'T BE 
HERE WITHOUT OUR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
EVEN ME HERE 
TODAY. 
I FEEL SO SAFE. 
AND YOU WENT 
THROUGH HELL 
JUST A FEW DAYS 
AGO. 
BUT I FEEL SO 
SAFE. 
I BETTER BE 
SAFE, RIGHT? 
I BETTER BE 
SAFE. 
BUT WE'RE ALL 
SAFE. 
AND WE'RE SAFE 
BECAUSE OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
AND WE HONOR 
YOU. 
AND I WILL SAY 
THIS. 
WE HAVE TO 
CONDEMN THE 
DANGEROUS ANTI-
POLICE RHETORIC. 
IT'S GETTING 
MORE AND MORE -- 
IT'S VERY 
UNFAIR. 
YOU HAVE SOME 
BAD APPLES, WE 
ALL KNOW THAT. 
AND THOSE WILL 
BE TAKEN CARE OF 
THROUGH THE 
SYSTEM. 
AND NOBODY IS 
GOING TO BE EASY 
ON THEM EITHER. 
AND YOU HAVE 
PEOPLE THAT 
JOKE. 
THEY'RE UNDER 
TREMENDOUS. 
I SAID IT 
YESTERDAY. 
SAID IT LAST 
NIGHT. 
THEY'RE UNDER 
TREMENDOUS 
PRESSURE. 
AND THEY MAY BE 
THERE FOR 15 
YEARS AND HAVE A 
SPOTLESS RECORD. 
AND ALL OF A 
SUDDEN, THEY'RE 
FACED WITH A 
DECISION. 
THEY HAVE A 
QUARTER OF A 
SECOND. 
QUARTER OF A 
SECOND TO MAKE A 
DECISION. 
AND IF THEY MAKE 
A WRONG 
DECISION, ONE 
WAY OR THE 
OTHER, THEY'RE 
EITHER DEAD OR 
IN BIG TROUBLE. 
AND PEOPLE HAVE 
TO UNDERSTAND 
THAT THEY CHOKE 
SOMETIMES. 
AND IT'S A VERY 
TOUGH SITUATION, 
RIGHT? 
IT'S A VERY 
TOUGH -- SOME 
PEOPLE CALLED 
THEM BAD AND 
HORRIBLE. 
AND THEY MADE A 
BAD DECISION. 
BUT IF YOU THINK 
OF IT, WHEN THEY 
HAVE, AND I KNOW 
YOU PRACTICE 
THIS ALL THE 
TIME, WHERE YOU 
GIVE PEOPLE 
LITERALLY A 
QUARTER OF A 
SECOND TO MAKE A 
DECISION. 
AND A LOT OF 
THEM CAN'T MAKE 
THAT RIGHT 
DECISION. 
IT'S A VERY 
TOUGH THING TO 
DO. 
THE VAST AND 
OVERWHELMING 
MAJORITY OF 
POLICE OFFICERS 
ARE HONORABLE, 
COURAGEOUS, AND 
DEVOTED PUBLIC 
SERVANTS. 
THEY'RE 
INCREDIBLE. 
YET MANY 
POLITICIANS 
IGNORE THEIR 
SACRIFICE AND 
IGNORE THE 
AFRICAN 
AMERICAN, 
HISPANIC-
AMERICAN 
VICTIMS. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
THAT WERE LOVING 
THE STREETS. 
I CAN TELL YOU, 
OF WISCONSIN. 
WHEN WE WERE 
COMING IN. 
IT WAS LOVING 
THE STREETS. 
AND SO MANY 
AFRICAN 
AMERICANS, 
HISPANIC 
AMERICANS, I CAN 
SEE WAVING, 
PASTURE WAS SO 
BEAUTIFUL TO 
SEE. 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE, THEY WANT 
TO HAVE SAFETY. 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE SAFETY. 
YOU LOOK AT, I'M 
NOT A HUGE 
BELIEVER IN 
POLLS OBVIOUSLY. 
BUT YOU LOOK AT 
POLLS, WHERE 
THERE'S 87% WANT 
TO HAVE GREAT 
POLICE. 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE STRONG 
POLICE. 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE SAFETY. 
THEY'RE THE ONES 
THAT ARE MOST 
AFFECTED BY 
TRAGEDIES LIKE 
YOU'LL SEE GOING 
AROUND. 
WHEN THESE 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
POLICE 
WRONGDOING AND 
WHEN DID YOU SEE 
THAT? 
THEY HAVE MADE 
ALLEGATIONS, 
THEY MUST BE 
FULLY AND FAIRLY 
INVESTIGATED. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
THEY'RE DOING. 
BILL BARR HAS 
DONE A FANTASTIC 
JOB IN THAT 
RESPECT. 
AND WE FULLY 
UNDERSTAND THAT. 
BECAUSE YOU DO 
HAVE PROBLEMS 
THE OTHER WAY. 
BUT THEY'RE VERY 
-- YOU KNOW, THE 
SAD THING IS, 
YOU CAN DO 
10,000 GREAT 
JOBS AS A 
POLICEMAN OR A 
POLICEWOMAN. 
YOU CAN DO AN 
INCREDIBLE JOB 
FOR YEARS. 
AND THEN YOU 
HAVE ONE BAD 
APPLE OR 
SOMETHING 
HAPPENS THAT IS 
BAD. 
AND THAT'S THE 
NIGHTLY NEWS FOR 
THREE WEEKS. 
THAT'S ALL THEY 
TALK ABOUT. 
THEY DON'T TALK 
ABOUT THE 
THOUSANDS AND 
THOUSANDS OF 
GOOD JOBS, THE 
LIVES THAT YOU 
SAVE, THEY NEVER 
TALK ABOUT. 
SO I'M COMMITTED 
TO HELPING 
KENOSHA REBUILD. 
WE ALL ARE. 
WE WILL PROVIDE 
$1 MILLION TO 
THE KENOSHA LAW 
ENFORCEMENT SO 
THAT YOU HAVE 
SOME EXTRA MONEY 
TO GO OUT AND DO 
WHAT YOU HAVE TO 
DO. 
YOU TOOK A ROUGH 
-- IT WAS A 
ROUGH WEEK, TO 
PUT IT MILDLY. 
AND YOU'VE DONE 
IT INCREDIBLY 
WELL. 
I'M ALSO 
PROVIDING NEARLY 
$4 MILLION TO 
SUPPORT THE 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
THAT I TALKED 
ABOUT TODAY, 
THAT GOT BURNED 
UP, BURNED DOWN. 
AND WE'RE GOING 
TO BE PROVIDING 
OVER $42 MILLION 
TO SUPPORT 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
STATEWIDE, 
INCLUDING DIRECT 
SUPPORT FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
FUNDING FOR 
ADDITIONAL 
PROSECUTORS, TO 
PUNISH CRIMINALS 
AND RESOURCES TO 
PROVIDE SERVICES 
TO VICTIMS OF 
CRIME. 
AND THAT WAS 
BILL BARR WANTED 
THAT MONEY PUT 
IN. 
SO THAT'S $42 
MILLION THAT 
WILL HELP WITH 
PROSECUTORS AND 
ALL OF THE OTHER 
THINGS THAT ARE 
SO IMPORTANT TO 
YOU. 
YOU NEED THAT. 
BECAUSE WHEN YOU 
GRAB THEM AND 
NOTHING HAPPENS 
THEN THEY'RE 
BACK ON THE 
STREET, THAT 
DOESN'T WORK OUT 
TOO WELL. 
MY 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS RESTORING 
PUBLIC SAFETY. 
WE'RE HIRING 
MORE POLICE. 
SURGING TOUGH ON 
CRIME, FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS, 
INCREASING. 
PENALTIES FOR 
ASSAULTING LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
AND FOR 
DISMANTLING 
ANTIFA. 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO MENTION THE 
WORD ANTIFA. 
THIS IS A VERY, 
VERY BAD GROUP 
OF PEOPLE. 
VERY BAD, VERY 
DANGEROUS GROUP 
OF PEOPLE. 
AND WE ARE DOING 
A BIG NUMBER ON 
ANTIFA. 
THEY'RE BAD. 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR, WE 
ANNOUNCED 
LEGEND. 
IT IS A THING 
THAT HAS REALLY 
WORKED OUT 
AMAZINGLY WELL, 
BILL. 
BUT IT'S REALLY 
SORT OF 
UNDERSTATED IN A 
SENSE. 
WE'VE ALREADY 
CONDUCTED MORE 
THAN 1,000 
ARRESTS IN OUR 
FIRST MONTH IN 
CHICAGO. 
WE WENT TO 
CHICAGO VERY 
RECENTLY. 
OBVIOUSLY, 
THAT'S BEEN A 
DISASTER, 
CHICAGO. 
TOTAL DISASTER. 
WITH AGAIN, 
RADICAL LEFT 
DEMOCRAT. 
AND WE JUST HAVE 
-- IT'S ALL 
DEMOCRAT. 
EVERYTHING IS 
DEMOCRAT. 
ALL OF THESE 
PROBLEMS ARE 
DEMOCRAT CITIES. 
WE DON'T WANT TO 
SAY IT. 
BUT IT IS. 
THE TOP 10 
DEMOCRATS THEN 
YOU GO INTO THE 
TOP 25. 
AND TAKE A LOOK 
AT THAT. 
IT'S THE SAME 
THING. 
WE CUT THE 
NUMBER OF 
MURDERS IN 
CHICAGO LAST 
MONTH IN HALF. 
STILL WAY TOO 
MANY. 
BUT THEY, 
OPERATION LEGEND 
WAS VERY, VERY, 
VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
AND NOW, IT'S 
JUST REALLY 
GETTING GOING. 
BUT THEY CUT IT 
IN HALF. 
AND JUST AT ITS 
VERY EARLY 
STAGE. 
THIS IS IN SHARP 
CONTRAST TO 
THOSE WHO WANT 
TO SLASH POLICE 
FUNDING, OPPOSE 
USING THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
AND WANT TO HIRE 
RADICAL JUDGES 
AND PROSECUTORS 
WHO WILL RELEASE 
RIOTERS, LOOTERS 
AND CRIMINALS. 
WE HAVE THAT IN 
POARLDZ. 
WHERE THE 
PROSECUTORS 
DON'T WANT TO DO 
ANYTHING. 
YOU CAN CATCH 
SOMEBODY DOING 
THE WORST CRIME. 
AND THEY DON'T 
DON'T WANT TO DO 
ANYTHING. 
SO WE'RE VERY, 
VERY UPSET ABOUT 
THAT. 
WE'RE NOT GOING 
TO BE CUTTING 
POLICE FUNDING. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
WHAT THEY WANT 
TO DO. 
THEY WANT TO CUT 
POLICE FUNDING. 
WE WANT TO 
INCREASE POLICE 
FUNDING, 
SUBSTANTIALLY. 
THEY WANT TO END 
CASH BAIL, WHICH 
HAS BEEN A 
KILLER FOR NEW 
YORK. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN NEW 
YORK. 
THEY ALLOWED 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE OUT OF 
JAIL IN NEW 
YORK. 
AND THEY'RE 
WALKING AROUND 
AND CAUSING 
NOTHING BUT 
PROBLEMS. 
WHO WOULD NOT 
KNOW THAT? 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO KNOW ANYTHING 
ABOUT POLICING. 
I'M NOT A 
POLICEMAN. 
BUT YOU HAVE TO 
KNOW, IF YOU LET 
MANY OF THESE 
PEOPLE OUT, 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
CAUSE PROBLEMS. 
THEY WANT TO 
CLOSE THE 
PRISONS SO YOU 
CAN'T HOLD 
ANYBODY. 
REIMAGINED 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
AND IMMIGRATION 
ENFORCEMENT. 
RESUME CATCH-AND-
RELEASE AT THE 
BORDER. 
AS CHAD WILL 
TELL YOU, WE'VE 
HAD TREMENDOUS 
SUCCESS ON THE 
BORDER. 
WE'RE UP TO OVER 
300 MILES 
OFBORDER WALL. 
AND WE'RE HAVING 
THE BEST YEAR WE 
HAVE HAD. 
PEOPLE ARE 
COMING IN 
ILLEGALLY. 
FOR THE MOST 
PART THEY COME 
IN ILLEGALLY. 
BUT FOR THE MOST 
PART, THE WALL 
IS GOING TO BE 
FINISHED. 
AND THE OTHER 
THING. 
WE WANT TO 
APPOINT SUPREME 
COURT JUSTICES 
AND JUDGES UP TO 
ALMOST 300 
JUDGES BY THE 
END OF THE TERM. 
AND TWO SUPREME 
COURT JUSTICES. 
SO WE HAVE A LOT 
OF THINGS TO DO, 
A LOT OF GREAT 
THINGS TO DO, 
BUT IT'S AN 
HONOR TO BE IN 
YOUR 
NEIGHBORHOOD. 
IT'S AN HONOR TO 
BE IN YOUR GREAT 
STATE, 
WISCONSIN. 
AND WE'RE HERE 
FOR YOU ALL THE 
WAY. 
AND SOME PEOPLE 
THOUGHT IT WOULD 
BE A GOOD THING 
FOR ME TO COME, 
A BAD THING. 
I JUST REALLY 
WANTED TO COME. 
I REALLY CAME 
TODAY TO THANK 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND JUST REALLY, 
WHAT YOU'VE DONE 
HAS BEEN 
INCREDIBLE. 
IT'S BEEN REALLY 
INSPIRING. 
BECAUSE YOU SEE 
IT HAPPENING ALL 
OVER. 
AND IT NEVER 
SEEMS TO END. 
AND IT NEVER 
SEEMS TO END. 
BECAUSE IT'S 
ALMOST AS THOUGH 
THEY DON'T WANT 
IT TO END. 
BECAUSE YOU 
ENDED IT REALLY 
FAST. 
AND CONGRESSMAN, 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU FOR THE JOB 
YOU DID. 
YOU WERE THE 
FIRST CALL. 
AND I WANT TO 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH FOR A 
REALLY GREAT 
JOB. 
WITH NA, I'D 
LIKE TO 
INTRODUCE BILL 
BARR, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES, 
SAY A FEW WORDS. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
AS MOST OF YOU 
KNOW, WHENEVER 
THERE IS AN 
OFFICER-INVOLVED 
SHOOTING IN OUR 
COUNTRY, IT'S 
REVIEWED BY 
LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES TO 
ENSURE THAT IT 
WAS REASONABLE 
FORCE. 
AND WHEN THERE 
ARE QUESTIONS 
RAISED ABOUT IT, 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT ALSO, 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT, ALSO 
REVIEWS IT. 
AND LIKE ALL 
PROCEDURES AND 
PROCESSES IN OUR 
COUNTRY, WE DO 
IT UNDER DUE 
PROCESS. 
AND WE TRY TO 
REACH A 
DISPASSIONATE, 
REASONED 
DECISION, BASED 
ON AN ANALYSIS 
OF THE 
SITUATION. 
WE DO NOT ALLOW 
JUDGMENTS TO BE 
REACHED BECAUSE 
OF MOB VIOLENCE. 
WE DO NOT HAVE 
MOB VIOLENCE IN 
THIS COUNTRY, 
MAKE OUR 
DECISIONS OVER 
THE FATE OF 
INDIVIDUALS WHEN 
THEIR ACTIONS 
ARE CHALLENGED. 
AND WHEN THIS 
SHOOTING 
OCCURRED, HERE 
IN KENOSHA, 
UNDER THE 
DIRECTION OF THE 
PRESIDENT, WE 
TOLD THE D.O.D., 
THE DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT, TO 
GET READY FOR 
NATIONAL GUARD 
UNITS, IN CASE 
THEY WERE NEEDED 
FOR HELP HERE. 
AND SEVERAL 
STATES 
VOLUNTEERED TO 
SUPPLY NATIONAL 
GUARD IF THEY 
WERE NEEDED. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT 
DIRECTED ME TO 
ASSEMBLE A GROUP 
OF FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT THAT 
WOULD BE 
DISPATCHED HERE, 
WHICH WE DID AND 
STAGED THEM IN 
CHICAGO. 
AND WE WERE 
PICKING UP 
INFORMATION THAT 
THESE VIOLENT 
INSTIGATORS WERE 
COMING TO 
KENOSHA. 
COMING FROM 
CALIFORNIA, 
WASHINGTON 
STATE, A LOT 
FROM CHICAGO. 
AND THEY WERE 
COMING UP TO 
KENOSHA. 
SO WE EXPECTED 
MATTERS TO GET 
WORSE. 
THE VIOLENCE 
THAT ERUPTED, 
SHORTLY AFTER 
THIS SHOOTING, 
IS SIMPLY NOT A 
LEGITIMATE 
RESPONSE TO A 
POLICE SHOOTING. 
AND THE LOOTING 
AND THE ARSON 
WERE 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
AND AS IT 
PROGRESSED, IT 
BECAME MORE AND 
MORE DISTANT 
FROM THE ISSUE 
OF RACIAL 
JUSTICE. 
IT WAS VIOLENCE 
FOR VIOLENCE 
SAKE. 
AND ONCE AGAIN, 
WE SAW THE 
HIJACKING OF A 
PROTEST BY A 
HARD-CORE GROUP 
OF RADICALS, WHO 
WERE CARRYING 
OUT, PLANNING A 
COORDINATED 
VIOLENT ATTACK 
ON LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, 
AND PRIVATE 
PROPERTY. 
AND THAT CAN'T 
BE TOLERATED. 
THESE ARE THE 
SAME PEOPLE, 
MANY OF THEM WHO 
CAME FROM OUT OF 
TOWN, OUT OF 175 
ARRESTS, 100 
WERE FROM OUT OF 
TOWN. 
AND SOME -- 
THESE ARE THE 
SAME PEOPLE, 
USING THE SAME 
TACTICS THAT 
HAVE BEEN USED 
IN VARIOUS 
CITIES, 
WASHINGTON, 
D.C., ATLANTA, 
CHICAGO, NOW 
KENOSHA, 
PORTLAND. 
AND THEY USE 
THESE BLACK 
BLOCK TACTICS. 
THROWING 
PROJECTILES AT 
POLICE. 
AND LITERALLY 
TRYING TO 
INFLICT INJURIES 
ON POLICE, 
ARSON, AND 
RIOTING. 
THEY CAME 
EQUIPPED AS EVEN 
THE MAYOR OF 
WASHINGTON 
ACKNOWLEDGED. 
THEY COME 
EQUIPPED TO 
FIGHT. 
AND IT'S 
COMPLETELY 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
AND THE STATE IS 
THE FIRST LINE 
OF DEFENSE. 
IF LOCAL LEADERS 
ARE COMMITTED TO 
KEEPING PUBLIC 
SAFE, IT CAN BE 
DONE. 
AND WHILE IT WAS 
SLOW GETTING OFF 
THE STARTING 
BLOCK, THIS IS 
AN EXAMPLE THAT 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
THE LOCAL 
POLITICAL 
LEADERSHIP 
BACKING THE 
POLICE, YOU HAVE 
THE STATE 
WILLING TO PUT 
IN THE RESOURCES 
IN TERMS OF 
NATIONAL GUARD, 
AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, ABLE 
TO COME UP WITH 
SUPPORT SUCH AS 
THE FBI, THE 
MARSHALS AND 
ATF, WHO HAVE 
SOME SPECIAL 
SKILLS AND 
FORENSIC ABILITY 
TO HELP, THERE 
WILL BE PEACE ON 
THE STREETS. 
AND THERE'S 
GOING TO BE 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
WHAT PEOPLE 
DON'T SEE IS 
THAT IN ALL OF 
THESE SETTINGS, 
THERE ARE TASK 
FORCES OF 
FEDERAL AND 
STATE OFFICERS, 
REVIEWING ALL 
THE VIDEO THAT 
WE CAN GET OUR 
HANDS ON. 
AND WHEN WE ARE 
ABLE TO IDENTIFY 
PEOPLE WHO 
COMMITTED CRIMES 
IN THESE RIOTS, 
GOING ALL THE 
WAY BACK TO THE 
BEGINNING, 
WHETHER THEY'RE 
BURNING POLICE 
CARS, OR 
THROWING ROCKS 
AT PEOPLE, WHICH 
ARE DEADLY, THEY 
WILL BE 
PROSECUTED. 
THAT'S A LARGE-
SCALE EFFORT. 
AND IT'S GOING 
TO CONTINUE. 
SO I CAN TELL 
YOU, MR. 
PRESIDENT, THAT 
AS FAR AS THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS 
CONCERNED, WE 
WELCOME THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
WORK WITH STATE 
AND LOCAL TO 
DEAL WITH THIS 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
ISSUE. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
USED TO WORK 
TOGETHER. 
WE DO A GOOD JOB 
WHEN WE'RE 
ALLOWED TO WORK 
TOGETHER. 
THIS IS NO 
DIFFERENT THAN 
DEALING WITH 
VIOLENT CRIME, 
WHERE WE WORK 
TOGETHER. 
WE CAN ACHIEVE 
RESULTS. 
AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS 
WILLING TO USE 
ALL OF OUR TOOLS 
AND ALL OUR LAWS 
TO BRING THESE 
PEOPLE TO 
JUSTICE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
YOU'RE DOING A 
GREAT JOB, BILL. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> SENATOR RON 
JOHNSON FROM 
YOUR WONDERFUL 
STATE, AND HE IS 
ONE OF THE GREAT 
SENATORS, I CAN 
TELL YOU THAT, 
IN THE U.S. 
SENATE. 
HE'S ONE OF THE 
BEST. 
RON, PLEASE. 
>> THERE'S NO 
DOUBT WHAT 
YOU'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT IN 
TERMS OF THE 
DECISIVENESS, 
THE RESOLVE, THE 
SURGING OF 
RESOURCES. 
I THINK 44 
DIFFERENT 
COUNTIES AND 
REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM DIFFERENT 
SHERIFF 
DEPARTMENTS, 
REALLY HELPED 
STOP THE 
RIOTING. 
AND BRING PEACE 
TO THE STREETS. 
BUT WE HAVE 
HERE, PASTOR 
WARD AND HIS 
WIFE. 
I REACHED OUT, 
BECAUSE I WAS 
JUST SO 
APPRECIATIVE OF 
JULIA JACKSON'S 
WORDS OF 
FORGIVENESS AND 
OF HEALING. 
SO YOU COMBINE 
THE PROPER ROLE 
OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THE SUPPORT FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WITH PEOPLE THAT 
ALSO WANT TO END 
THE VIOLENCE 
THAT ARE WILLING 
TO FORGIVE AND 
ARE WILLING TO 
OFFER THOSE 
WORDS OF 
HEALING. 
SO I THOUGHT 
THAT WAS VERY 
POWERFUL. 
I WAS REALLY 
APPRECIATIVE. 
AND MRS. WARD, 
THANK YOU FOR 
TALKING TO ME. 
AND PASTOR WARD, 
THANKS FOR 
CALLING ME BACK. 
>> PLEASURE. 
>> THAT'S ALSO 
INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT. 
HERE IN 
WISCONSIN, A 
LITTLE BIT OF A 
SIDE. 
BUT CHARLES 
KRAUTHAMMER ONCE 
GAVE A SPEECH 
HERE. 
HE SAID, YOU 
ALWAYS HEAR 
MINNESOTA NICE. 
I WOULD SAY 
WISCONSIN 
EVENNICER. 
AND I WOULD SAY 
IT'S TRUE. 
WE ALL HAVE THE 
SAME GOAL, A 
SAFE, 
PROSPEROUS, BUT 
SECURE, KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, 
AMERICA. 
SO WE DO SHARE 
THE GOALS. 
AND IT'S SO 
IMPORTANT TO 
SUPPORT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
MY MESSAGE TO 
THE FOLKS OUT 
HERE IS IT'S A 
VERY SMALL 
PERCENTAGE OF 
THE AMERICAN 
POPULATION THAT 
ARE DOING THE 
RIOTING, TRYING 
TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS ARE SO 
APPRECIATIVE OF 
THE SERVICE AND 
THE SACRIFICE 
AND THE HELP 
THEY GET FROM 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
I DON'T WANT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT TO 
BE DISSPIRITTED 
AT ALL. 
BECAUSE THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS ARE 
FOR YOU. 
VAST MAJORITY OF 
WISCONSINITES. 
BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME, IT TAKES 
THE WORDS OF 
AMERICANS TO 
OFFER THOSE 
WORDS OF 
FORGIVENESS. 
AND TRYING TO 
ATTAIN THAT TYPE 
OF UNITY AND 
HEALING. 
SO AGAIN, MR. 
PRESIDENT, I 
THANK YOU FOR 
COMING HERE. 
COMING HERE TO 
THANK LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, 
SUPPORT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, BUT 
ALSO COMING HERE 
JUST TO SUPPORT 
THE CITIZENS OF 
KENOSHA, AND 
WISCONSIN, AS WE 
REBUILD, AS WE 
RECOVER FROM 
SOMETHING THAT 
THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF 
PEOPLE ABHOR AND 
DO NOT SUPPORT. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
CONGRESSMAN. 
PLEASE. 
RYAN STYLE? 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, I 
APPRECIATE YOU 
BEING HERE. 
AS EVENTS 
SPIRALED OUT OF 
CONTROL, PEOPLE 
STARTED CALLING 
ME. 
THEY WERE 
SCARED. 
THEY WERE 
NERVOUS. 
THEY WERE 
CONCERNED THIS 
SAFETY. 
THEIR FAMILY'S 
SAFETY. 
THEIR HOME. 
PLACE OF 
EMPLOYMENT. 
AND THEY WERE 
LOOKING FOR 
WHERE TO TURN. 
AND IT WAS VERY 
CLEAR FROM 
TALKING TO FOLKS 
HERE IN THE CITY 
OF KENOSHA, 
LOCAL ELECTED 
LEADERS THAT WE 
NEEDED 
ADDITIONAL 
RESOURCES IN THE 
COMMUNITY OF 
KENOSHA 
IMMEDIATELY. 
THAT'S 
ULTIMATELY WITH 
Y I CALLED YOU 
ON TUESDAY 
MORNING. 
AFTER ONLY SEVEN 
MINUTES, YOUGOT 
ON THE PHONE 
WITH ME. 
YOU SAID, BRIAN. 
I'M THERE FOR 
THE PEOPLE OF 
KENOSHA. 
AND THE PEOPLE 
OF KENOSHA, 
EVERYONE THAT 
CALLED ME WANTED 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
HERE IN THIS 
COMMUNITY. 
AND THEY WANTED 
IT IMMEDIATELY. 
THEY DIDN'T CARE 
IF THE HELP WAS 
DEMOCRAT, 
REPUBLICAN OR 
FROM THE MAN ON 
THE MOON. 
BUT WHAT YOU DID 
IS MADE THE CALL 
AND SAID, ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH. 
WE NEED TO GET 
RESOURCES INTO 
THE COMMUNITY OF 
KENOSHA. 
AND ULTIMATELY, 
WHEN THE OFFICER 
IS ACCEPTED, I 
THINK IT BECAME 
VERY CLEAR TO 
THE CRIMINAL 
ELEMENT. 
THAT THEY KNEW 
THAT KENOSHA 
MADE BUSINESS. 
WE MADE 
SIGNIFICANT 
ARRESTS IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
WORKING WELL 
WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
WHEN I TALK TO 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
HERE AND IN 
KENOSHA. 
AND WHEN THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WORKS 
HAND IN HAND 
WITH THE STATE 
AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
YOU CAN GET A 
LOT DONE. 
AND I THINK IT 
SPEAKS VOLUMES 
ABOUT THE PEOPLE 
HERE IN THE 
COMMUNITY OF 
KENOSHA. 
THIS IS A HARD-
WORKING, FAMILY-
LOVING TOWN THAT 
WANTS SAFETY IN 
THEIR COMMUNITY. 
AND ONE MORE 
PIECE. 
I'VE HAD A LOT 
OF OPPORTUNITY 
TO TALK TO THE 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
THOSE ON THE 
FRONT LINES. 
I SPOKE TO A 
GENTLEMAN THAT 
HAD A BRICK 
THROWN AT HIM. 
I'VE SPOKEN TO 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS WHO HAD 
HORRIFIC WORDS 
THROWN AT THEM. 
AND THESE ARE 
MEMBERS OF OUR 
COMMUNITY THAT 
WAKE UP EVERY 
DAY, PUT A BADGE 
OVER THEIR 
HEART, WALK OUT 
THE DOOR, SWORN 
TO ANSWER THE 
CALL, TO PROTECT 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
AND I THINK YOU 
COMING AND 
SAYING THANK YOU 
TO THOSE MEN AND 
WOMEN IN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, 
SPEAK VOLUMES. 
AND TODAY, WE 
HAVE PUBLIC 
SAFETY RESTORED. 
WE APPRECIATE 
ALL THE WORK YOU 
DID ON THAT. 
AND NOW WE BEGIN 
THE WORK OF 
HEALING AND 
REBUILDING 
KENOSHA, TO MAKE 
KENOSHA STRONGER 
THAN IT'S EVER 
BEEN BEFORE. 
WE THANK YOU ARE 
HAVE MUCH FOR 
BEING HERE, MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THANK YOU, 
BRIAN. 
GREAT JOB. 
DAVID BETH, 
SHERIFF, PLEASE. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR 
BEING HERE. 
WHEN IN STARTED 
SUNDAY NIGHT, WE 
KNEW IT WAS 
GOING TO GET 
WORSE. 
BUT WE REALLY 
DIDN'T KNOW HOW 
BAD. 
AND THERE IS NO 
WAY THAT ONE OR 
IN OUR CASE, TWO 
AGENCIES CAN 
WORK TOGETHER TO 
FIGHT WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
WHEN PEA WE PUT 
OUT THE CALL 
INITIALLY TO THE 
STATE AND LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
HERE, IT WAS A 
TREMENDOUS 
RESPONSE. 
BUT IT STILL 
WASN'T ENOUGH BY 
MONDAY NIGHT. 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD STARTED 
COMING ON MONDAY 
NIGHT. 
AND STARTED 
HELPING US. 
AND THEIR 
NUMBERS KEPT 
GROWING. 
AND WE CALLED 
BRIAN ON TUESDAY 
MORNING EARLY, 
THE LEADERS OF 
KENOSHA, AND WE 
SAID, WE'LL TAKE 
HELP FROM 
WHOEVER WILL 
SEND IT OUR WAY. 
WE WANT TO 
PROTECT THE 
PEOPLE OF 
KENORTHBOUND 
ATHE CITY OF 
KENORTHBOUND 
ATHE COUNTY OF 
KENOSHA. 
WE WANT TO 
PROTECT IT. 
AND BRIAN SAID, 
I'M GOING TO 
MAKE A PHONE 
CALL. 
AND A SHORT TIME 
LATER, WE KNEW 
THAT THE 
RESOURCES OF THE 
UNITED STATES, 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND 
THE PRESIDENT, 
WERE ON ITS WAY. 
AND WE KNEW THAT 
IT TOOK A LITTLE 
DISCUSSION 
BETWEEN STATE 
AND FEDERAL 
LEVELS. 
BUT WE'RE VERY 
THANKFUL THAT IT 
WORKED OUT. 
BECAUSE AS I 
SAID, I DIDN'T 
CARE WHO I GOT 
HELP FROM. 
I WANTED 
RESOURCES HERE. 
AND AFTER IT WAS 
APPROVED AND THE 
PRESIDENT SAID, 
IT'S COMING. 
WHATEVER YOU 
NEED, IT'S 
COMING. 
AND I HAD SOME 
VERY IMPORTANT 
PEOPLE FROM 
WASHINGTON TELL 
ME, I HAVE TO 
REPORT TO THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
MR. BAR AND TELL 
THEM WHAT THE 
SHERIFF WANT? 
AND THE 
RESOURCES JUST 
KEPT COMING. 
THE PEOPLE KEPT 
COMING. 
THE GRATITUDE 
KEPT COMING. 
AND I HEARD 
STORIES. 
AND I PROBABLY 
SHOULDN'T SHARE 
THIS. 
BUT SOME PEOPLE 
IN PORTLAND THAT 
WEREN'T TREATED 
AS GOOD AS THEY 
WERE HERE. 
AND THEY SAID, 
WE CAN'T BELIEVE 
WHAT A DIFFERENT 
PLACE THIS IS 
BECAUSE OF HOW 
WE ALL WORKED 
TOGETHER, RATHER 
THAN NOT WANTING 
TO WORK TOGETHER 
AT ALL.
O SEW THANK YOU 
FOR BEING THE 
PRESIDENT THAT 
LIKES LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
I HOPE YOU CAN 
FEEL THE LOVE 
THEY HAVE AND 
EVERYBODY WHO 
CAME. 
IT'S QUITE AN 
OPERATION TO 
WATCH, TO BE 
PART OF. 
AND TRUTHFULLY, 
IN MY LIFE, I 
NEVER THOUGHT I 
WOULD SEE 
ANYTHING LIKE 
THIS. 
AND HOPEFULLY I 
NEVER HAVE TO 
SEE THIS AGAIN. 
BUT THE 
RESOURCES THAT 
IN THIS CASE, 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND 
YOU PROVIDED, 
AND MR. BARR AND 
MR. JOHNSON AND 
THE PEOPLE HERE, 
IT'S 
UNBELIEVABLE 
WHAT WE HAVE 
HERE RIGHT NOW. 
AND IT'S ALL TO 
PROTECT THE 
PEOPLE OF 
KENOSHA. 
AND I STILL -- 
I'LL TAKE ANY 
HELP I CAN GET. 
AND I THANK YOU 
FOR IT. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SHERIFF. 
I'LL TELL YOU, 
YOU'VE DONE A 
GREAT JOB. 
AND JUST, IF 
THEY'RE 
WATCHING, 
PORTLAND OR 
CHICAGO OR NEW 
YORK OR ANY ONE 
OF OTHER CITIES 
THAT WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
BUT PORTLAND 
PROBABLY WOULD 
BE SO EASY. 
MAYBE THAT WOULD 
BE THE FIRST 
ONE. 
BECAUSE I SEE IT 
EVERY NIGHT, 
IT'S ON THE 
NEWS. 
IT'S BURNING. 
AND THEY'RE 
ALWAYS PLAYING 
GAMES. 
AND I DON'T 
KNOW, THEN HE 
GETS UP AND 
SAYS, WE'RE 
TRYING TO WORK 
TOGETHER. 
THEN THEY WANT 
TO BURN DOWN HIS 
HOUSE LAST 
NIGHT, THE 
MAYOR. 
BUT WE'RE READY, 
WILLING AND ABLE 
TO SEND IN A 
MASSIVE GROUP OF 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
REALLY HIGHLY 
TRAINED. 
YOU SAW THAT. 
>> THROUGH HERE. 
>> YOUR 
EXPERIENCE, 
RIGHT? 
AND WE COULD 
SOLVE THAT 
PROBLEM IN LESS 
THAN AN HOUR IN 
PORTLAND. 
SO I HOPE 
THEY'LL CALL. 
AND AT SOME 
POINT, BILL, 
WE'LL JUST HAVE 
TO DO IT 
OURSELVES. 
WE'LL HAVE TO DO 
SOMETHING THAT I 
THINK THE PEOPLE 
WILL BE 
EXTREMELY HAPPY 
WITH. 
MAYBE THE MAYOR 
WON'T. 
AND MAYBE THE 
GOVERNOR WON'T. 
BUT I DON'T KNOW 
IF THEY KNOW 
WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING. 
IT'S JUST SO SAD 
TO WATCH IT 
HAPPEN. 
BUT HERE, YOU 
ACTED AND ACTED 
APPROPRIATELY. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE SUPPORT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
COMING TO WHAT 
IS SMALLTOWN 
AMERICA. 
KENOSHA IS 
100,000 PEOPLE. 
BY NATIONAL 
STANDARDS, WE'RE 
STILL SMALL. 
BUT WHAT YOU 
ALSO HAVE HERE 
IS A REACTION TO 
ATTACK ON SMALL 
TOWN AMERICA. 
THE TACTICS 
BEING USED 
ACROSS THIS 
NATION TO ATTACK 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ARE WARFARE-TYPE 
TACTICS. 
AND WE STILL USE 
RESTRAINT AND 
FUNCTION WITHIN 
OUR RULES. 
SO THOSE TWO 
TOGETHER. 
THERE'S NOT A FOR
A TAT. 
FROM EVERY 
DEPARTMENT THAT 
HAS COME OUT. 
WE WERE ABLE TO 
RESTORE PEACE. 
AND WE'RE 
WORKING TOWARD 
ORDER AND 
HEALING AND 
GROWTH. 
AND AS PART OF 
SOMEONE IN THE 
WORLD, POLICE 
SCRUTINY IS NOT 
A BAD THING. 
POLICE, THE 
ATTACKS ON 
POLICE, AND THE 
THINGS LEADING 
TO RIOTS, THAT'S 
NOT ABOUT POLICE 
SCRUTINY. 
THOSE ARE 
LEGITIMATE 
ATTACKS. 
WHAT WORKED FOR 
US, WAS WE 
CERTAINLY HAD A 
UNIFIED COMMAND, 
MISSION. 
THAT NORMALLY 
TAKES SOMETIME 
TO BUILD. 
BUT INSTANTLY 
BETWEEN MYSELF, 
THE LOCAL 
SHERIFF, WE 
PULLED TOGETHER, 
WORKED WITH THE 
CITY, WORKED 
WITH THE STATE, 
WORKED WITH 
OFFICERS FROM 
SOUTHEAST OF 
HERE. 
AND THERE'S NOT 
A LOT SOUTHEAST 
OF KENOSHA, TO 
THE NORTHWEST 
CORNER OF THE 
STATE. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
TWO STEPS AWAY 
FROM CANADA 
ISSUE SENDING 
OFFERS DOWN 
HERE. 
SO THE RESPONSE 
OF THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
COMMUNITY WAS 
TREMENDOUS. 
AND EVERYBODY I 
TALKED TO WAS 
HERE TO HELP 
RESTORE PEACE 
AND ORDER FOR 
THE GOOD PEOPLE 
OF KENOSHA. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, 
DANIEL. 
THANK YOU. 
AND YOU TWO 
WORKED TOGETHER 
REALLY 
BEAUTIFULLY. 
REALLY GOOD. 
REALLY GOOD JOB. 
PLEASE, TED. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
>> AMERICANS 
NEED AND DESERVE 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND PUBLIC 
SAFETY, 
REGARDLESS OF 
WHERE THEY LIVE. 
REGARDLESS OF 
THEIR POLITICS. 
THE DECREASE IN 
VIOLENCE WE'VE 
SEEN HERE IN 
KENOSHA IS 
REALLY A PRIVATE 
EXAMPLE OF HOW 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT CAN 
WORK TOGETHER. 
IT'S REALLY A 
MODEL WE CAN 
REPLICATE IN 
PORTLAND AND 
OTHER PARTS OF 
THE COUNTRY. 
YOU'VE BEEN VERY 
CLEAR. 
IF CITIES NEED 
HELP, THEY NEED 
ASSISTANCE. 
IF THEY NEED 
CAPABILITIES 
BEYOND THEIR 
REACH. 
ALL THEY HAVE TO 
DO IS CALL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND 
WE'LL BE THERE. 
DHS PARTNERS NOT 
ONLY WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE BUT WITH 
LOCAL 
COMMUNITIES 
EVERY DAY. 
TO PROTECT THE 
CITIZENS OF 
THOSE 
COMMUNITIES FOR 
PROVIDING LAW 
ENFORCEMENT HERE 
IN KENOSHA, SOME 
ASSISTANCE. 
UNTIL YOU'RE 
ABLE TO REBUILD 
AND GET BACK ON 
YOUR FEET. 
SO CERTAINLY 
WANT TO EXTEND 
OUR APPRECIATION 
FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
AND LET ME SAY 
THE RECENT 
ATTACKS ON LAW 
ENFORCEMENT HAVE 
BEEN VERY 
DISGUSTING. 
WE NEED TO THANK 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
THEY'RE ATTACKED 
EVERY DAY FOR 
WEARING THAT 
UNIFORM. 
AND DOING THEIR 
JOBS. 
AGAIN, ON BEHALF 
OF THE 240,000 
MEN AND WOMEN OF 
THE DEPARTMENT. 
I WANT TO SAY 
THANK YOU TO THE 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT FOR 
DOING YOUR JOB 
AND PROTECTING 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> REALLY NICE. 
PASTORS, WOULD 
YOU LIKE TO SAY 
A PRAYER? 
>> YES, SIR. 
>> I'D LOVE TO 
HAVE THAT. 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
SO HIGHLY 
THOUGHT OF IN 
THE AREA. 
SO PLEASE. 
>> SURE. 
SHALL WE PRAY? 
>> PLEASE. 
>> FATHER, WE 
COME TO YOU IN 
THE NAME OF OUR 
LORD JESUS 
CHRIST, AND WE 
THANK YOU FOR 
THIS TIME THAT 
YOU'VE DIVINELY 
ORDAINED. 
FATHER, WE ASK 
YOU TO FORGIVE 
US ALL, WHERE 
WE'VE STRAYED 
FROM YOUR WAYS 
AND WHERE WE 
HAVE NOT 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
YOUR WORD, AND 
WE ASK THAT YOU 
CONTINUE TO 
CAUSE THIS 
NATION TO BE ONE 
NATION UNDER 
GOD, THAT YOU 
ALONE ARE THE 
ONE THAT CAN 
MAKE US 
INDIVISIBLE, AND 
BY BEING 
INDIVISIONIBLE, 
THERE WILL BE 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
WE SIMPLY PRAY 
THAT YOU WOULD 
BRING OUR NATION 
BACK TO YOU. 
THAT YOUR WORD 
WOULD BE 
DOMINANT. 
THAT YOU WOULD 
CAUSE US TO WALK 
IN LOVE. 
TO LIVE IN LOVE. 
RESTORE EMPATHY 
AND COMPASSION. 
KINDNESS. 
CONCERN FOR EACH 
OTHER. 
LORD I PRAY FOR 
OUR PRESIDENT. 
AS YOUR WORD 
SAYS, THAT YOU 
WOULD STRENGTHEN 
HIM AND GIVE HIM 
WISDOM AND THE 
HEART TO LEAD AT 
THIS TIME, AS 
WELL AS THE 
LEADERS HERE. 
WE GIVE 
OURSELVES TO YOU 
AND ASK FOR YOUR 
GOOD HAND TO BE 
UPON US, IN THE 
NAME OF OUR LORD 
JESUS, WE PRAY, 
AMEN. 
>> AMEN. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
AND SHARON WOULD 
YOU LIKE TO SAY 
SOMETHING? 
>> I WOULD. 
I THINK -- I'M 
HERE, FIRST OF 
ALL, 
REPRESENTATIVING 
INTERSESSORS AND 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
PRAYING FOR 
PEOPLE OF PRAYER 
TO MOBILIZE THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO 
HAVE BLACK 
PEOPLE AT THE 
TABLE TO HELP, 
YOU KNOW, SOLVE 
THE PROBLEM. 
AND ALSO I THINK 
JAMES AND I, OUR 
PRAYER IS THAT 
WE ARE ABLE TO 
WORK TO REALLY 
BRING ABOUT A 
CHANGE. 
I THINK THERE'S 
A LOT OF GREAT 
CHANGE THAT HAS 
BEEN MENTIONED 
HERE. 
OF HOW LAW 
ENFORCEMENT HAS 
QUICKLY SOLVED 
THE PROBLEM OF 
THE CRIME IN THE 
STREET. 
BUT I THINK 
THERE'S -- I 
THINK THIS IS A 
GOOD OPPORTUNITY 
FOR US TO REALLY 
SOLVE THE 
PROBLEM IN THE 
NATION. 
AND I THINK 
JAMES AND I 
COULD HELP WITH 
THAT. 
>> IT'S REALLY 
WELL PUT. 
YES, JAMES? 
>> AND MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
IF I MAY ADD, 
BEING THE ONLY 
PASTORS IN THE 
ROOM, IF I COULD 
MAYBE JUST SHARE 
A LITTLE BIT 
FROM A DIFFERENT 
PERSPECTIVE THAT 
I THINK WOULD 
BRING BALS. 
I HAVE A GREAT 
FRIEND, WHO IS 
CHIEF TONY 
SCARPELLI, AND I 
TALK ABOUT THE 
PARTNERSHIP 
BETWEEN PASTORS 
AND POLICE. 
AND I OFTEN TELL 
TONY, IF WE CAN 
DO OUR JOB WELL, 
IT WILL MAKE HIS 
JOB EASIER. 
THAT'S BECAUSE 
THERE ARE THREE 
TYPES OF LAW 
THAT GOVERNOR A 
SOCIETY. 
THERE'S 
SPIRITUAL LAW, 
MORAL LAW, AND 
CIVIL LAW. 
MOST OF THE 
CONVERSATION 
TODAY HAS BEEN 
ABOUT CIVIL LAW. 
BUT UNTIL WE CAN 
REALLY FOCUS ON 
SPIRITUAL AND 
MORAL LAW AND 
CHANGE THE 
HEARTS OF 
PEOPLE, WE'LL 
HAVE TO CONTINUE 
TO BUILD BIGGER 
JAILS AND BIGGER 
PRISONS UNTIL WE 
CAN BRING OUR 
BACK TO THE 
PLACE OF 
SPIRITUAL AND 
MORAL LAW. 
WE CERTAINLY 
WANT TO HONOR 
PASTOR JULIA. 
>> YES. 
>> AND WE 
CERTAINLY PRAY 
FOR JACOB'S 
CONTINUED 
HEALING. 
AND WE PRAY FOR 
PEACE. 
BUT I JUST WANT 
TO OFFER TO YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
JESUS SAID, 
BLESSED ARE THE 
PEACEMAKERS. 
AND WE WANT TO 
HELP BE OF 
SERVICE TO YOU 
AND TO OUR 
NATION OF HAVING 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS OF 
HOW DO WE 
REBUILD THE 
FOUNDATIONS OF 
SPIRITUALITY AND 
MORALITY, WHICH 
GIVES US THE 
CONTEXT OF LOVE. 
IF YOU GIVE A 
RIGHTEOUS, GOOD, 
MORAL MAN THE 
LAUNCH CODE TO 
OUR NUCLEAR 
ARSENAL, 
EVERYONE WILL BE 
SAFE, BECAUSE 
HE'S A GOOD MAN. 
BUT IF YOU GIVE 
A MALICIOUS MAN, 
WHO IS IMMORAL, 
AN INK PEN, YOU 
HAVE TO FEAR FOR 
YOUR LIFE. 
I WANT TO SAY, 
THAT WE'RE HERE 
TO BE OF SERVICE 
TO YOU AND OUR 
COUNTRY, TO 
BRING UNITY. 
WE BELIEVE THAT 
WE CAN HELP, TO 
LISTEN WITH 
EMPATHY AND 
COMPASSION TO 
THE REAL PAIN 
THAT HURTS BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
BUT WE WANT TO 
BE OF SERVICE TO 
YOU AND TO OUR 
NATION TO BRING 
TRUE HEALING, 
PEACE, AND TO 
SEEK GOD'S PEACE 
TO OUR NATION. 
WE'RE HERE AND 
AVAILABLE. 
>> YOU KNOW WHAT 
I THINK? 
I THINK SO 
YOU'RE AN 
INCREDIBLE 
COUPLE. 
I REALLY DO. 
I THINK YOU'RE 
AN INCREDIBLE 
COUPLE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE. 
>> YES, SIR. 
>> REALLY GREAT. 
BEAUTIFUL. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
ANY QUESTIONS, 
PLEASE? 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
>> AT SOME 
POINT, YOU HAVE 
TO GO IN ON YOUR 
OWN. 
IS THAT A 
REFERENCE TO 
CITIES LIKE 
PORTLAND -- 
>> NO, IT'S NOT. 
YEAH. 
NO, IT'S NOT. 
BUT WE'RE TIRED 
OF WATCHING 
EVERY NIGHT WITH 
PORTLAND. 
THEY'RE ON NIGHT 
104 NOW. 
AND WE'RE TIRED 
OF WATCHING IT. 
BECAUSE IT COULD 
BE SOLVED IN AN 
HOUR. 
AND WE'RE TIRED 
OF WATCHING A 
MAYOR THAT HAS 
NO CLUE OF 
WHAT'S GOING ON. 
AND PEOPLE ARE 
CALLING OUR 
OFFICE. 
AND PEOPLE ARE 
CALLING 
WASHINGTON, THAT 
LIVE IN 
PORTLAND. 
AND LIVE IN THE 
STATE. 
AND THEY'RE 
SAYING, PLEASE, 
PLEASE SEND 
HELP. 
AND THE 
GOVERNOR, WE 
CALL THE 
GOVERNOR OFTEN. 
AND THEY SAY, 
NO, WE DON'T 
NEED YOUR HELP. 
BUT I SAY, YOUR 
COMMUNITY IS 
BURNING DOWN. 
THEY DON'T NEED 
OUR HELP. 
NOW, I DON'T 
KNOW IF THAT'S 
POLITICAL. 
I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
CERTAINLY NOT 
COMMON SENSE. 
BUT WE COULD 
SOLVE IT JUST 
LIKE HERE. 
WE ALL WORK 
TOGETHER. 
WE CAME INTO 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
THE STATE 
GOVERNMENT, CITY 
GOVERNMENT. 
EVERYBODY WORKED 
TOGETHER. 
THE SENATOR, THE 
CONGRESSMAN. 
IT WAS LIKE A 
BEAUTIFUL THING. 
IT JUST CAME. 
IT JUST WORKED. 
AND IT WAS DONE 
ALMOST 
INSTANTLY. 
PEOPLE WERE 
AMAZED. 
AND AS YOU 
PROBABLY WILL 
HAVE TO REPORT, 
MAYBE PEOPLE ARE 
SURPRISED. 
THERE'S BEEN 
ZERO PROBLEM IN 
TERMS OF YOUR 
SAFETY, OUR 
SAFETY. 
I FEEL SO SAFE. 
FOUR OR FIVE 
DAYS AGO, JAMES, 
WE COULDN'T HAVE 
DONE THIS. 
THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT HAS 
BEEN SO GREAT. 
AND WE COULD DO 
THIS IN PORTLAND 
SO QUICKLY, SO 
EASILY, IT WOULD 
BE INCREDIBLE. 
WE WOULD HAVE 
DONE IT IN 
SEATTLE. 
WE WERE SET TO 
GO INTO SEATTLE 
THE FOLLOWING 
DAY. 
THEY HEARD THAT. 
AND THE POLICE 
DID A GOOD JOB. 
BUT THE PEOPLE 
GAVE UP. 
THEY WERE 
EXHAUSTED. 
THEY WERE THERE 
FOR A LONG TIME. 
AND THEY GAVE 
UP. 
THEY WERE 
EXHAUSTED. 
SO WE'RE THERE. 
WE WOULD REALLY 
LOVE TO HELP 
OREGON, 
PORTLAND. 
WE HAVE THE 
PEOPLE, THEY'RE 
READY. 
THEY COULD BE 
THERE IN LESS 
THAN AN HOUR. 
LESS THAN AN 
HOUR. 
AND IT WOULD ALL 
END. 
AND THEY GOT A 
GLIMPSE OF THAT 
IN THIS GREAT 
STATE. 
THEY GOT A 
REALLY GOOD 
GLIMPSE OF IT. 
IT HAPPENED VERY 
QUICKLY. 
AND NOW, I SEE 
IT. 
THEY'RE ALREADY 
REBUILDING. 
YOU'RE ALREADY 
REBUILDING YOUR 
STORES. 
YOU'LL BE 
REBUILDING YOUR 
STORES SOON. 
THE CAMERA SHOP. 
SO WE DON'T WANT 
TO DO THAT. 
BUT AT SOME 
POINT, WE'RE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
DO IT. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE TO DO IT. 
OKAY? 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
>> IS THERE 
ANYTHING YOU 
WANT TO SAY TO 
THE BLAKE 
FAMILY? 
I KNOW YOU 
DIDN'T GET A 
CHANCE TO TALK 
TO THEM. 
BUT WHAT WOULD 
SAW I TO THEM IN 
TERMS OF THE 
PAIN THEY'RE 
GOING THROUGH 
AND THE 
QUESTIONS THEY 
HAVE ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED? 
>> WELL, I FEEL 
TERRIBLY FOR 
ANYBODY THAT 
GOES THROUGH 
THAT. 
THAT'S WHY I WAS 
SO HONORED TO 
MEET THE 
PASTORS. 
I FEEL TERRIBLY 
FOR ANYBODY THAT 
GOES THROUGH 
THAT. 
AS YOU KNOW, 
IT'S UNDER 
INVESTIGATION. 
IT'S A BIG THING 
HAPPENING RIGHT 
NOW. 
I GUESS IT'S 
UNDER LOCAL 
INVESTIGATION. 
I KNOW, BILL, 
YOU'RE ALSO 
PARTICIPATING. 
BUT IT'S UNDER 
YOUR LOCAL 
INVESTIGATION 
GROUP, UNIT. 
AND I HOPE THEY 
COME UP WITH THE 
RIGHT ANSWER. 
IT'S A 
COMPLICATED 
SUBJECT, TO BE 
HONEST WITH YOU. 
BUT I FEEL 
TERRIBLY FOR 
ANYBODY THAT HAS 
TO GO THROUGH. 
AND I DIDN'T GET 
TO SPEAK TO THE 
MOTHER. 
I HEAR SHE'S A 
FINE WOMAN. 
I'VE HEARD THAT 
FROM THE PASTOR. 
A REALLY FINE 
WOMAN. 
BUT YOU CAN SEE, 
WHEN I SPOKE TO 
THE PASTORS, I 
SEE EXACTLY WHAT 
IT IS. 
AND THEY 
UNDERSTAND WHERE 
I AM. 
AND IF WE CAN 
HELP, WE'RE 
GOING TO HELP. 
BUT IT IS A 
QUESTION, IT'S 
UNDER 
INVESTIGATION. 
A LOT OF THINGS 
HAPPENED WITH 
THAT. 
AND OTHER 
THINGS, FRANKLY, 
THAT WE'RE 
LOOKING AT VERY, 
VERY CLOSELY. 
OKAY? 
>> MR. PRESIDENT 
-- 
>> WEAR BODY 
CAMERA? 
SHOULD EVERY 
POLICE OFFICER 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES WEAR A 
BODY CAMERA? 
>> BODY CAM? 
WELL, THAT'S 
VERY INTEREST 
BEING. 
LET ME ASK BILL 
TO ANSWER THAT 
QUESTION. 
GO AHEAD, BILL. 
>> WELL, 
GENERALLY, 
THAT'S A LOCAL 
ISSUE FOR EACH 
POLICE FORCE AND 
EACH COMMUNITY, 
THE POLITICAL 
LEADERS OF THE 
COMMUNITY TO 
DECIDE UPON. 
BUT I THINK MOST 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PEOPLE I KNOW, 
WHO WERE 
ORIGINALLY 
SKEPTICAL OF 
BODY CAMERAS ARE 
NOW COMING 
AROUND TO 
FEELING THAT 
THEY ACTUALLY 
ARE A NET 
BENEFIT. 
>> IT'S, THE 
WHOLE THING WITH 
THE BODY CAM. 
YOU READ IT. 
AND READ TWO 
SIDES TO THE 
STORY. 
HOW DO YOU FEEL 
ABOUT IT, 
DANIEL? 
>> I BELIEVE 
THAT BODY 
CAMERAS WILL BE 
VERY HELPFUL FOR 
US. 
>> YOU THINK 
THEY'RE GOOD? 
>> RIGHT NOW, 
OFFICERS WOULD 
BE VINDICATED 
FOR SOME OF THE 
THINGS THEY HAVE 
BEEN ACCUSED OF. 
AND CERTAINLY, 
IF THEY WERE. 
>> BUT YOU 
OVERALL. 
>> I SUPPORT 
THEM. 
>> HOW ABOUT 
YOU? 
>> WE'RE GOOD 
WITH IT. 
WE PUT INTO THE 
BUDGET FOR 2021. 
>> SO YOU'LL BE 
HAVING THEM. 
WE'LL BE HAVING 
THEM. 
>> OKAY, GOOD. 
>> THE PROBLEM 
WITH POLICE 
VIOLENCE. 
YOU DESCRIBED 
JUST A PROBLEM 
OF A FEW BAD 
APPLES. 
>> YOU'RE GOING 
TO HAVE TO SPEAK 
UP PLEASE. 
>> YEAH. 
THE PROBLEM WITH 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
HAS BEEN 
DESCRIBED BY 
YOU, INCLUDING 
PRISON, AS JUST 
A FEW BAD 
APPLES. 
OR PEOPLE WHO 
CHOKE 
OCCASIONALLY. 
SOME AFRICAN 
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY 
LEADERS AND A 
LOT OF OTHERS 
ACTUALLY, HAVE 
SAID IT'S 
SYSTEMIC. 
WHERE DO YOU 
STAND ON THAT? 
>> I DON'T 
BELIEVE THAT. 
I THINK THE 
POLICE DO AN 
INCREDIBLE JOB. 
AND I THINK YOU 
DO HAVE SOME BAD 
APPLES. 
I THINK YOU'D 
AGREE. 
EVERY ONCE IN A 
WHILE, YOU SEE 
SOMETHING. 
AND YOU DO HAVE 
THE OTHER 
SITUATION, TOO, 
WHERE THEY'RE 
UNDER THIS 
TREMENDOUS 
PRESSURE. 
AND THEY DON'T 
HANDLE IT WELL. 
THEY CALL IT 
CHOKING. 
AND IT HAPPENS. 
AND NO, BUT I 
DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT AT ALL. 
I'VE MET SO MANY 
POLICE. 
I HAVE THE 
ENDORSEMENT OF 
SO MANY, MAYBE 
EVERYBODY. 
AND FRANKLY, I 
THINK THEY'RE 
INCREDIBLE 
PEOPLE. 
THEY WANT TO DO 
THE RIGHT THING. 
IT'S A TOUGH 
JOB. 
IT'S A TOUGH 
JOB. 
IT'S A DANGEROUS 
JOB. 
BUT I HAVE TO 
SAY THIS TO THE 
POLICE. 
THE PEOPLE ARE 
OUR COUNTRY LOVE 
YOU. 
YOU DON'T HEAR 
THAT. 
YOU DON'T HEAR 
IT FROM THEM. 
BUT THE PEOPLE. 
COUNTRY LOVE 
YOU. 
AND YOU KNOW 
THAT, YOU FEEL 
IT IN YOUR HEART 
OR YOU WOULDN'T 
BE DOING IT. 
BUT THERE'S A 
GREAT LOVE. 
AND WHEN THEY 
SEE WHAT GOES 
ON. 
AND WHEN THEY 
SEE A CASE LIKE 
THIS, WHERE IT'S 
SOLVED SO 
QUICKLY, THEY 
RESPECT THE 
POLICE A LOT. 
REALLY A LOT. 
SO YOU SHOULD 
HEAR IT AT 
LEAST. 
>> MR. PRESIDENT 
TO FOLLOW ON 
THAT. 
WE'RE FOCUSING 
ON VIOLENT 
ACTIONS. 
BUT THERE HAVE 
BEEN COUNTLESS 
NONVIOLENT 
PROTESTS HERE IN 
WISCONSIN AND 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY THIS 
SUMMER. 
PEOPLE CALLING 
FOR AN END TO 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
IS A PROBLEM IN 
THIS COUNTRY? 
>> WELL, YOU 
KNOW, YOU JUST 
KEEP GETTING 
BACK TO THE 
OPPOSITE 
SUBJECT. 
WE SHOULD TALK 
ABOUT THE KIND 
OF VIOLENCE THAT 
WE'VE SEEN IN 
PORTLAND AND 
HERE AND OTHER 
PLACES. 
YOU ALWAYS GET 
TO THE OTHER 
SIDE. 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK ABOUT THIS 
OR THAT? 
THE FACT IS, 
WE'VE SEEN 
TREMENDOUS 
VIOLENCE. 
AND WE WILL PUT 
IT OUT VERY, 
VERY QUICKLY, IF 
GIVEN THE 
CHANCE. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
THIS IS ALL 
ABOUT. 
I KEEP HEARING 
ABOUT PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
AND I COME INTO 
AN AREA LIKE 
THIS AND SEE THE 
TOWN IS BURNED 
DOWN. 
I MEAN, YOU LOOK 
AT MINNEAPOLIS. 
THEY SHOULD HAVE 
ACTED MUCH 
QUICKER. 
WHEN WE GOT THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
IN THERE, IT 
TOOK LITERALLY A 
HALF AN HOUR. 
YOU SAW THE 
SCENE. 
THEY FORMED. 
THEY WALKED. 
IT WAS OVER. 
AND THEY HAVEN'T 
HAD A PROBLEM OF 
ANY CONSEQUENCE 
SINCE. 
THEIR POLICE 
WEREN'T ALLOWED 
TO DO THE JOB 
THAT THEY COULD 
DO. 
THEY HAVE A VERY 
GOOD POLICE 
DEPARTMENT. 
BUT THEY WEREN'T 
ALLOWED. 
NOW THEY WANT TO 
BREAK IT UP. 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO END IT. 
THEY WANT TO NOT 
ONLY DEFUND. 
THEY WANT TO GET 
RID OF IT. 
IT'S RIDICULOUS. 
I JUST SAY THIS. 
THAT THE KIND OF 
VIOLENCE THAT I 
SAW, YOU MAY 
HAVE PROTESTORS. 
BUT YOU HAVE 
SOME REALLY BAD 
PEOPLE, TOO. 
YOU HAVE 
ANARCHISTS AND 
THE LOOTERS AND 
THE RIOTERS. 
YOU HAVE ALL 
TYPES. 
YOU HAVE 
AGITATORS. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
YOU SHOULD BE 
FOCUSING ON WITH 
YOUR 
QUESTION. 
I KEEP HEARING 
ABOUT PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
REALLIES I THINK 
IT HAS HURT THE 
MEDIA VERY 
BADLY. 
BECAUSE YOU HAVE 
SOMEONE STANDING 
ON ONE OF THE 
NETWORKS. 
I WON'T SAY 
WHICH ONE. 
BUT THERE ARE 
MANY OF THEM, 
SAYING HOW IT'S 
A PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
AND OVER THE 
SHOULDER, YOU 
SEE THE WHOLE 
PLACE IS BURNING 
DOWN. 
IT'S BECOME A 
PRETTY COMMON 
SIGHT. 
SO I DON'T VIEW 
THE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
I THINK PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS IS 
FANTASTIC. 
IT'S BEEN GREAT. 
BUT BY AND 
LARGE, THIS IS 
NOT PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
WHEN YOU WALK 
INTO AN AREA AND 
SEE BUILDINGS 
THAT ARE BURNED 
DOWN. 
AND FORTUNATELY, 
HERE WE STOPPED 
IT EARLY. 
AND SO THE 
DAMAGE IS 
RELATIVELY 
MINIMAL. 
BUT WHEN YOU 
LOOK AT SOME OF 
THESE AREAS THAT 
THEY JUST DON'T 
ASK FOR THE 
HELP, THEY 
REFUSE TO ALLOW 
US TO GO IN AND 
HELP THEM. 
AND BY THE TIME 
YOU GET THERE, 
THE PLACE IS 
DISINTEGRATED. 
THEN THEY SAY IT 
WAS A PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
IT'S NOT A 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
AND YOU 
SHOULDN'T CALL 
IT A PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
OKAY. 
ONE MORE PLEASE. 
>> TO ANSWER MY 
QUESTION. 
>> SAY IT AGAIN? 
>> THE PEOPLE -- 
>> YOU'RE GOING 
TO HAVE TO SPEAK 
UP, SIR. 
>> THE PEOPLE 
PROTESTS THAT 
HAVE HAPPENED. 
YOU CAN 
ACKNOWLEDGE SOME 
OF THEM ARE 
PEACEFUL. 
THEY'RE CALLING 
FOR STRUCTURAL 
CHANGE. 
MR. BLAKE WAS 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN THE BACK. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THERE IS A NEED 
FOR STRUCTURAL 
CHANGE? 
>> I THINK 
PEOPLE ARE GOING 
FOR STRUCTURAL 
CHANGE. 
THEN YOU CAN 
TAKE THE PEOPLE 
OF KENOSHA THAT 
AREN'T HERE THAT 
YOU WON'T SEE 
AND AREN'T 
PROTESTING. 
BUT THEY WANT TO 
SEE CHANGE, TOO. 
THEY WANT LAW 
AND ORDER. 
THAT'S THE 
CHANGE THEY 
WANT. 
THEY WANT THE 
POLICE TO BE 
POLICE. 
THEY WANT THE 
POLICE TO DO 
WHAT THEY DO 
BETTER THAN 
ANYBODY ELSE IN 
THE WORLD. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
THEY WANT, TOO. 
YOU DON'T SEE 
THEM MARCHING. 
AND YOU DON'T 
SEE THEM IN THE 
STREETS. 
BUT WHAT THEY 
WANT IS GREAT 
POLICE FORCE. 
THEY WANT PEOPLE 
THAT ARE GOING 
TO KEEP THEM 
SAFE. 
WHERE THEIR 
HOUSES AREN'T 
BROKEN INTO. 
WHERE THEY'RE 
NOT RAPED AND 
MURDERED. 
THAT'S WHAT THEY 
WANT. 
AND THEY'RE 
PROTESTORS, TOO. 
BUT THEY DON'T 
WALK DOWN THE 
STREET. 
UP AND DOWN THE 
STREET. 
SO, YOU KNOW, 
JUST THE WAY IT 
IS. 
JUST THE WAY IT 
IS. 
SO I WANT TO 
THANK YOU ALL. 
AND I'LL SEE YOU 
BACK AT THE 
PLANE. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
GREAT JOB. 
FANTASTIC JOB. 
THANK YOU, 
EVERYBODY. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
INAUDIBLE 
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KNOW, WHENEVER %
THERE IS AN %
OFFICER-INVOLVED %
SHOOTING IN OUR 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TODAY, 
A WEEK AFTER 
JACOB BLAKE WAS 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN HIS BACK BY 
THE POLICE 
OFFICER. 
THIS MORNING, 
THE PRESIDENT 
PRAISED THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
AND LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
THERE FOR 
CRACKING DOWN ON 
VIOLENT 
PROTESTS. 
>> ONE OF THE 
REASONS I'M 
MAKING THE TRIP 
TODAY AND GOING 
TO WISCONSIN IS 
WE'VE HAD SUCH A 
BIG SUCCESS IN 
SHUTTING DOWN 
WHAT WOULD BE 
RIGHT NOW, A 
CITY THAT WOULD 
HAVE BEEN 
KENOSHA, A CITY 
THAT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN BURNT TO 
THE GROUND BY 
NOW. 
>> NBC NEWS 
REPORTER, 
SHAQUILLE 
BREWSTER JOINS 
ME NOW FROM 
KENOSHA 
WISCONSIN. 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT TODAY, 
SHAQ. 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, SO FAR, 
WE'VE SEEN THE 
PRESIDENT GO AND 
TOUR SOME DAMAGE 
FROM SOME 
DESTROYED 
BUILDINGS AND 
MEET WITH 
BUSINESS OWNERS 
FROM THOSE EARLY 
DAYS OF THE 
PROTESTS. 
THEN THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO A HIGH 
SCHOOL, WHERE WE 
WILL HAVE A 
ROUND TABLE 
DISCUSSION WITH 
MEMBERS OF THE 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
COMMUNITY. 
ALL PART OF THIS 
TRIP. 
WHAT IS NOT ON 
HIS ITINERARY 
RIGHT NOW IS 
MEETING WITH ANY 
FAMILY MEMBERS 
FROM THE JACOB 
BLAKE FAMILY. 
OR MEETING WITH 
ANY PROTESTORS 
OR ANY ACTIVISTS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
PROTESTING SINCE 
THE SHOOTING OF 
MR. BLAKE. 
WHAT IS JUST 
BEEN ADDED TO 
HIS SCHEDULE, 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PRESIDENT IS A 
MEETING WITH A 
PASTOR WHAT IS 
CONNECT TO THE 
MOTHER OF MR. 
BLAKE. 
WE'LL TRY TO 
FIGURE OUT 
EXACTLY WHAT 
THAT WILL LOOK 
LIKE AND WHEN 
THAT WILL 
HAPPEN. 
BUT EITHER A 
MEETING OR A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE PASTOR 
CONNECTED TO MR. 
BLAKE'S MOTHER, 
INSTEAD OF THE 
FAMILY 
THEMSELVES. 
SO WHAT YOU SAW 
AS THE PRESIDENT 
WAS DOING THAT 
AND MAKING HIS 
MOVES AROUND THE 
CITY, HERE AT 
THE LOCATION, 
WHERE MR. BLAKE 
WAS SHOT, NOW 
OVER A WEEK AGO, 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
YOU SAW HIS 
FAMILY COME OUT 
AND HOST A 
COMMUNITY EVENT. 
AND ESSENTIALLY, 
IT WAS A BLOCK 
PARTY. 
YOU HAD FOOD, 
YOU HAD MUSIC. 
YOU HAVE A 
BOUNCE HOUSE. 
THEY'RE STILL 
HERE. 
SOME OF THE 
KIDS, BOUNCING 
OVER THE BOUNCE 
HOUSE OVER MY 
RIGHT SHOULDER 
THERE. 
THE POINT THAT 
WAS TRYING TO BE 
MADE HERE. 
AS THE PRESIDENT 
IS HAVING HIS 
EVENT. 
AS PROTESTORS 
AND SUPPORTERS 
GO AND FILL THE 
LINES, FILL THE 
MOTORCADES. 
THEY'RE TRYING 
TO HAVE A 
COMMUNITY-
FOCUSED EVENT. 
COMMUNITY-BASED 
EVENT. 
SAYING, INSTEAD 
OF FOCUSING ON 
THE OUTRAGE, 
IT'S A TIME OF 
HEALING. 
WHERE MR. BLAKE 
WAS SHOT AGAIN 
OVER A WEEK AGO. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> NOW, WE KNOW 
MANY OFFICIALS 
HAD ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
RECONSIDER HIS 
VISIT. 
WE KNOW SOME OF 
THEM ARE SAYING, 
IT MIGHT NOT 
ACTUALLY HELP 
WITH HEALING. 
HOW ARE PEOPLE 
THERE FEELING 
ABOUT HIS VISIT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING TO YOU 
TODAY? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, FIRST, LET 
ME READ YOU A 
NEW STATEMENT 
THAT I JUST GOT 
A COUPLE OF 
MINUTES AGO, 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE. 
GOVERNOR TONY 
EBERS OPPOSE THE 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TRIP. 
AND ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
POSTPONE THIS 
TRIP, SAYING THE 
COMMUNITY NEEDS 
MORE TIME TO 
HEAL. 
HIS TRIP WAS 
ALSO BEING 
OPPOSED BY 
KENOSHA'S MAYOR. 
AND INVESTIGATOR 
LOOKING INTO THE 
SHOOTING. 
BUT GOVERNOR 
EBERS' OFFICE 
SAYING THAT 
NEITHER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
OR ANYONE FROM 
HIS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
HAS REACHED OUT 
TO GOVERNOR 
EBERS, REGARDING 
HIS TRIP TO 
KENOSHA. 
WE DID NOT SEE 
THE GOVERNOR 
TOUR IN THE 
EVENTS. 
HE DID NOT 
PARTICIPATE IN 
THE ROUND TABLE 
DISCUSSION THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
HAVING. 
THAT IS 
HAPPENING 
SEPARATE FROM 
WHAT WHAT YOU'RE 
SEEING NOW. 
>> ONE OF THE 
REASONS WHY IS 
BECAUSE OF THAT 
SCENE THAT 
YOU'RE SEEING IN 
THE DOWNTOWN 
AREA RIGHT NOW. 
WHERE AS WITH 
ANY PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT. 
I'VE COVERED 
SEVERAL OF 
THESE. 
YOU HAVE 
SUPPORTERS 
COMING OUT, 
WANTING TO SHOW 
THEIR SUPPORT 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT. 
AND YOU HAVE 
POEM OPPOSING 
THE PRESIDENT, 
WANTING TO 
HIGHLIGHT THEIR 
OPPOSITION. 
AND RIGHT NOW, 
YOU HAVE THE TWO 
SIDES IN THE 
SAME AREA, IN 
THE DOWNTOWN 
PARK RIGHT NOW. 
AND THAT IS A 
CONCERN. 
IN KENOSHA, 
THERE IS STILL A 
CURFEW IN PLACE 
THAT EXTENDS 
THROUGH THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
OVER A THOUSAND 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS. 
WISCONSIN 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS, 
DEPLOYED TO 
WISCONSIN. 
500 MORE FROM 
THREE OTHER 
STATES, 
ASSISTING LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
IF YOU GO ACROSS 
THE DOWNTOWN 
AREA, BUSINESSES 
ARE STILL 
BOARDED UP. 
SO THE TENSIONS 
ARE STILL HIGH. 
AND THE CONCERN 
FROM COMMUNITY 
LEADERS IS THAT 
NOW YOU HAVE 
MORE PEOPLE 
COMING IN. 
YOU HAVE MORE 
THAT HIGH 
EMOTION WITH THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT THAT 
SURROUNDS ANY 
VISIT FROM A 
PRESIDENT. 
IT'S A CONCERN 
THAT WE'VE SEEN 
THE PAST FEW 
DAYS THERE. 
RELATIVE PEACE 
TO FIGHT THE 
LARGE PROTESTS. 
THERE'S A 
CONCERN THAT 
THAT WOULD 
CHANGE AS YOU 
HAVE MORE PEOPLE 
COMING IN. 
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 
NOT HAVING THAT 
AT THIS POINT. 
BUT YOU ARE 
SEEING BOTH 
SIDES HERE. 
YOU ARE SEEING A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
SHOW UP AND LET 
THEIR VOICES BE 
HEARD THROUGH 
PROTESTING. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> NOW, SHAQ. 
WE'VE SEEN WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS DONE TODAY. 
WE KNOW THAT 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY WAS 
HOLDING THAT 
COMMUNITY EVENT 
THAT YOU WERE 
AT. 
ANY WORD ON A 
MEETING BETWEEN 
THE TWO BETWEEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND THE FAMILY? 
>> Reporter: 
RIGHT NOW, THERE 
IS NOTHING 
PLANNED. 
RIGHT NOW, THE 
LATEST THAT WE 
HEARD IS THAT 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO TRY TO 
MEET WITH THE 
PASTOR OF MR. 
BLAKE'S MOTHER. 
AGAIN, WE DON'T 
KNOW ANY MORE 
ABOUT THAT. 
I KNOW THE UNCLE 
AND FATHER FOR 
MR. BLAKE SAID, 
ON MSNBC 
YESTERDAY. 
THAT THEY DON'T 
HAVE A FAMILY 
PASTOR. 
IT'S 
INTERESTING. 
THE BOTTOM LINE 
IS, IF THE 
PRESIDENT WANTED 
TO SPEAK OUT AND 
REACH OUT TO THE 
FAMILY OF MR. 
BLAKE, THAT 
CONVERSATION 
WOULD HAVE 
HAPPENED. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SAID THEY DID 
REACH OUT. 
THAT THEY FOUND 
IT INAPPROPRIATE 
THAT MR. BLAKE'S 
ATTORNEYS, 
WANTED TO 
MONITOR THE 
CALL. 
WE KNOW THAT 
WHENEVER THE 
PRESIDENT MAKES 
A CALL, HIS OWN 
ATTORNEY AND HIS 
OWN STAFF AND 
AIDES MONITOR 
THAT CALL. 
BUT THE BOTTOM 
LINE, THAT 
CONNECTION NOT 
HAPPENING IN A 
DIRECT SENSE 
BETWEEN THE 
FAMILY OF MR. 
BLAKE AND THE 
PRESIDENT. 
DESPITE HIS 
VISIT TO 
KENOSHA. 
ALL RIGHT, SHAQ. 
THANK YOU AS 
ALWAYS FOR 
REPORTING. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
>>> A FIERY 
NIGHT OF UNREST 
IN PORTLAND, 
OREGON. 
POLICE ARRESTED 
19 PEOPLE, 
DECLARING A RIOT 
OUTSIDE MAYOR 
TEDLER'S 
APARTMENT 
BUILDING. 
ERIN McLAUCHLAN 
JOINS US FROM 
PORTLAND, 
OREGON. 
WALK US THROUGH 
WHAT HAPPENED 
LAST NIGHT. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, LAST NIGHT 
ABOUT 200 
PROTESTORS, 
MARCHING HERE IN 
PORTLAND, 
STOPPING OUTSIDE 
THE CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX, WHERE 
THE MAYOR OF 
PORTLAND, TED 
WHEELER LIVES. 
THEY STARTED A 
FIRE USING A 
PICNIC TABLE OUT 
IN THE STREET. 
AND THEN SOMEONE 
BROKE INTO A 
BUSINESS ON THE 
GROUND FLOOR OF 
THE BUILDING, 
LIGHTING A SMALL 
FIRE INSIDE THAT 
BUILDING. 
RESIDENTS STILL 
INSIDE A 
CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX. 
IT WAS AT THAT 
POINT, POLICE 
SAY THAT THEY 
INTERVENED. 
CONFRONTING 
PROTESTORS. 
CLASHES RESUMED. 
AND 19 ARRESTED 
IN TOTAL. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
PROTESTORS HAVE 
TARGETED THAT 
COMPLEX. 
MAYOR TED 
WHEELER IS SEEN 
AS A DIVISIVE 
FIGURE TO MANY 
OF THE 
PROTESTORS. 
WORTH KEEPING IN 
MIND, HE IS ALSO 
PORTLAND'S 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONER. 
LAST NIGHT WAS 
THE 96th NIGHT 
OF UNREST HERE 
IN PORTLAND, 
SAVANNAH. 
>> WOW. 
96 NIGHTS. 
NOW, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
ALSOCONTINUED 
HIS FEUD WITH 
MAYOR WHEELER 
AND WEIGHED IN 
ON LAST NIGHT'S 
PROTESTS. 
LET'S LISTEN TO 
THAT. 
>> THESE RADICAL 
ANARCHISTS WERE 
TRYING TO GET 
INTO THE MAYOR'S 
HOUSE. 
AND LOTS OF BAD 
THINGS WERE 
HAPPENING TO 
THIS POOR, 
FOOLISH, VERY 
STUPID MAYOR. 
I MEAN, HOW HE 
CAN BE MAYOR, I 
HAVE NO IDEA. 
BUT ALL HE HAS 
TO DO IS CALL, 
AND WITHIN 10 
MINUTES, THEIR 
PROBLEM WILL BE 
OVER. 
THEY HAD 
TREMENDOUS 
NUMBERS OF 
PEOPLE, REALLY 
HARASSING HIM 
HORRIBLY, AND I 
GUESS TRYING TO 
BREAK INTO HIS 
HOUSE. 
AND HE STILL 
STICKS UP FOR 
THEM, BECAUSE 
HE'S A FOOL. 
ONLY A FOOL 
WOULD STICK UP 
FOR THEM LIKE 
THAT. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
ERIN. 
WHAT'S MAYOR'S 
WHEELER'S 
REACTION TO 
THAT? 
BOTH THE STRONG 
WORDS THERE 
AGAINST HIM. 
AS WELL AS THAT 
SORT OF OFFER 
FOR HELP. 
WHAT IS HE 
SAYING ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> CAR 
HOARNLINGS 
HODGESESMENT. 
>>> AD THIS 
ADDLE POINT, WE 
HAVE YET TO HEAR 
THE MAYOR 
RESPOND 
SPECIFICALLY TO 
THOSE REMARKS BY 
THE PRESIDENT IN 
THE PAST HE HAS 
ACCUSED THE 
PRESIDENT OF 
SEWING HATE. 
PART OF THE WAR 
OF WORDS BOTH 
BLAMING EACH 
OTHER FOR THE 
KRAIGDZ OF 
VIOLENCE. 
THERE WAS A 
LETTER TED 
WHEELER SENT ON 
AUGUST 28th. 
CHAD WOLF, THE 
ACTING SECRETARY 
OF DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY, 
RESPONDING TO 
THAT LETTER 
YESTERDAY, 
WRITING A LETTER 
OF HIS OWN, 
TWEETING IT OUT 
THIS MORNING. 
I HAVE A PART OF 
IT. 
I'LL READ IT TO 
YOU. 
SAYING, THERE 
WILL COME A 
POINT, WHEN 
STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS FAIL 
TO PROTECT THEIR 
PUBLIC. 
THE STATE WILL 
HAVE NO POINT 
BUT TO PROTECT 
OUR AMERICAN 
CITIZENS. 
NO WORD ON 
EXACTLY WHAT 
THAT MEANS. 
BUT WE ALL 
REMEMBER EARLY 
IN JULY, WHEN 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY SENT 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
TO THE 
COURTHOUSE, 
WHERE THERE WERE 
CLASHES AT THAT 
COURTHOUSE, 
SERVED TO 
ESCALATE THE 
SITUATION. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> NOW, ERIN, WE 
UNDERSTAND THE 
MAN WHO SHOT AT 
POLICE WAS SHOT 
AND KILLED 
SATURDAY NIGHT. 
TELL US WHAT WE 
KNOW. 
>> THEY HAVE 
IDENTIFIED HIM 
AS 39-YEAR-OLD 
AARON DANIELSON. 
KNOWN AS A 
MEMBER OF A FAR-
RIGHT GROUP 
KNOWN AS PATRIOT 
PRAYER. 
WE SPOKE TO THE 
FOUNDER WHO SAID 
DANIELSON WAS 
PART OF THE PRO-
TRUMP CONVOY 
THAT DROVE 
THROUGH 
PORTLAND, 
CLASHING WITH 
COUNTY 
DEMONSTRATORS ON 
THE SATURDAY, 
FIRING PAINT 
BALLS AND MACE. 
HE SAID THE 
CONVOY HAD LEFT 
THE CITY. 
DANIELSON HAD 
LIVED IN 
PORTLAND. 
SHOT IN 
PORTLAND. 
TELLING US AT 
THAT POINT, THE 
DEMONSTRATION 
ITSELF WAS OVER. 
UNCLEAR IF THE 
TWO ARE IN ANY 
WAY CONNECTED. 
THAT IS ALL PART 
OF AN ONGOING 
HOMICIDE 
INVESTIGATION 
THAT AUTHORITIES 
ARE WORKING 
TOGETHER TO 
PIECE TOGETHER 
AND WILL WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
NO ARRESTS HAVE 
BEEN MADE SO 
FAR. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
THANKS, ERIN FOR 
YOUR REPORTING. 
AND STAY SAFE. 
STOZ YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS. 
I'M TRYING TO 
FIND A FATHER 
TEACHING HIS SON 
ABOUT ANGER. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE IN 
ANGER. 
WE CAN RETALIATE 
IN LOVE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY. 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
R. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOTTA 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM, WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
TIDS WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
QUESTIONS CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
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. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULD JUST 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO AREGOING TO 
BE TOLD THEY'RE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WLESTER 
HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING. 
I AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBANDKIDS 
WHO ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD. 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL. 
AND MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> HOMICIDES 
ARE UP 20% OR 
MORE IN DOZENS 
OF U.S. CITIES. 
EXPERTS SAY MOST 
OF THIS IS 
RELATED TO 
RECENT CIVIL 
RIGHTS PROTESTS 
BUT POINT TO THE 
PANDEMIC 
INSTEAD. 
AS PART OF A NEW 
SERIES, 
AMERICA'S 
CITIES, FACT 
VERSUS FICTION, 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
TOM COSTELLO 
REPORTS FROM 
MILWAUKEE. 
>> IT'S 
HAPPENING IN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
>>> VIOLENCE 
NUMBERS SPIKING 
AGAIN IN THE 
CITY, OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
>> ANOTHER 
WEEKEND OF 
SHOOTINGS AND 
BLOODSHED AROUND 
NEW YORK CITY. 
>> MURDER IS ON 
THE RISE. 
>> CITY IS NOT 
ONLY HAVING A 
VIOLENT WEEKEND. 
BUT A 
VIOLENTIER. 
>> IN SOME 
PLACES, UP MORE 
THAN 5%. 
MANY RUSH HERE 
TO THE MEDICAL 
COLLEGE OF 
WISCONSIN. 
CHIEF TRAUMA 
SURGEON, MARK 
DEMOYA SAYS THE 
PAST FEW MONTHS 
HAVE BEEN 
DIFFERENT. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU 
SEEING INSIDE 
THE EMERGENCY 
ROOM? 
>> A LOT MORE 
GUNSHOT WOUNDS 
AND STABBINGS. 
A LOT MORE 
LEETLAL TYPE. 
WITH YOU ALSO 
SEEING MORE 
DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
>> Reporter: 
LIKE MANY 
CITIES, 
MILWAUKEE'S 
SURGE IN 
VIOLENCE HAS 
COINCIDED WITH 
THE PANDEMIC. 
MORE PEOPLE 
SITTING ON TOP 
OF EACH OTHER IN 
UNDERPRIVILEGED 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
WMANY NOW 
UNEMPLOYED. 
69 CITIES HAVE 
SEEN MURDERS 
JUMP 20% OR 
MORE. 
HOUSTON AND SAN 
FRANCISCO UP 
33%. 
ATLANTA UP 46%. 
MINNEAPOLIS UP 
89%. 
>> STAY IN 
TOUCH. 
>> PATROLLING 
THE STREETS OF 
MILWAUKEE, THE 
414 LIFE TEAM, 
TRYING TO CALM 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
WHERE VIOLENCE 
HAS SOARED. 
CITY DIRECTOR 
REGGIE MOORE 
SAYS THE 
PANDEMIC HAS 
ONLY ADDED FUEL 
TO A DESPERATE 
SITUATION. 
>> SO WHEN WE 
LOOK AT THE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
THAT OVERLAY, IN 
TERMS OF HIGH 
CONCENTRATIONS 
OF HOMICIDES AND 
SHOOTINGS AND 
HIGH INCIDENCES 
OF COVID, WE 
DEFINITELY SEE A 
OVERLAP. 
>> WASHINGTON, 
D.C. ALSO 
DEALING WITH AN 
INCREASE IN 
MURDER. 
>> VERY 
TROUBLING TO US. 
FOR THE LAST 
THREE YEARS, 
WE'VE HAD 
REDUCTIONS IN 
VIOLENT CRIMES 
ACROSS OUR CITY. 
>> THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT'S 
OPERATION 
LEGEND, TEAMING 
UP WITH LOCAL 
POLICE IN NINE 
CITIES TO CRACK 
DOWN ON VIOLENT 
CRIME. 
SO FAR, 1500 
ARRESTS. 
>> AND WE 
WOULDN'T HAVE 
SUSPECTS IN 
CUSTODY, WITHOUT 
OUR FEDERAL 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
>> BUT THE 
PEOPLE ON THE 
FRONT LINES FEAR 
THE VIOLENCE 
COULD WORSEN, 
WHEN THE WEATHER 
TURNS COLD. 
>> YOU HAVE 
SOCIAL 
ISOLATION. 
YOU HAVE THE 
ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION. 
YOU HAVE JUST 
THE STRESS OF 
THE DISEASE 
ITSELF. 
THEN YOU HAVE 
THOSE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
ARE AT THE 
HIGHEST RISK, 
BEING AFFECTED 
BY COVID. 
AND YOU'RE GOING 
TO SEE AN 
EXPLOSION. 
%
CANDLE FACTORY. %
THAT'S A FANCY NAME THAT YOU %
HAVE RIGHT THERE. %
REPORT. %
I BET IT WAS BEAUTI
>>> HELLO. 
YOU ARE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
FOLLOWING THE 
LATEST HEADLINE 
FROM NBC 
NEWS.COM. 
WHERE DO WE 
START? 
>>REPORTER: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS IN WISCONSIN 
TODAY TOURING 
THE IMAGE FROM 
RECENT UNREST IN 
THE CITY WHERE 
PROTESTERS HAVE 
BEEN CALLING FOR 
REFORM AFTER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB LAKE. 
LOCAL LEADERS 
HAD ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT NOT TO 
COME SAYING HIS 
PRESENCE WOULD 
HINDER HEALING. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
STILL PRESSED ON 
TODAY AFTER 
CONTINUING TO 
SLAM DEMOCRATIC 
LEADERS AND 
DEMONSTRATORS 
FOR VIOLENT 
UNREST IN U.S. 
CITIES. 
BREONNA TAYLOR'S 
BOYFRIEND HAS 
FILED A CIVIL 
COMPLAINT 
AGAINST THE 
POLICE AND K THE 
CITY. 
THEY KILLED HER 
IN HER HOME ON 
MARCH 13. 
THEY WERE 
EXECUTING A 
SEARCH WARRANT. 
TAYLOR AND HER 
BOYFRIEND WERE 
TOGETHER IN HER 
HOME. 
THEY THOUGHT 
SOMEONE WAS  
BREAKING INTO THE
APARTMENT. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
COMPLAINT FILED 
BY HIS LAWYER, 
HE IS DEALING 
WITH LIFELONG 
TRAUMA AND FEAR 
HE WILL BE 
HARMED. 
LOUISVILLE 
POLICE SAID THEY 
DON'T COMMENT ON 
PENDING 
LITIGATION. 
ONE OFFICER WAS 
FIRED AND THE 
OTHER TWO WERE 
REASSIGNED. 
>>> SCHOOLS WILL 
DELAY IN PERSON 
LEARNING. 
THE MAYOR MADE 
THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
TODAY IN 
RESPONSE TO 
COMPLAINTS FROM 
THE TEACHERS 
UNION. 
SCHOOL STAFF HAD 
RAISED CONCERNED LL
ABOUT IN 
ADEQUATE 
SAFEGUARDS AND 
THREATENED TO 
STRIKE. 
THEIR SET TO 
REOPEN NOW ON 
SEPTEMBER 21 
INSTEAD OF THE 
ORIGINAL PLANNED 
SEPTEMBER 10 
GIVING TEACHERS 
MORE TIME TO 
PREPARE THEIR 
CLASSROOMS. 
THE MAYOR AH 
EXPLAINED. 
>> WE HAVE 
AGREED TO MAKE 
SURE HEALTH 
MEASURES ARE IN 
PLACE AND THERE 
IS TIME FOR THE 
APPROPRIATE 
PREPARATION FOR 
EDUCATORS AND 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WE CAN HAVE THE 
SMOOTHEST 
BEGINNING OF THE 
SCHOOL YEAR, 
EVEN UNDER % 
CHALLENGING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> IN HONG KONG, 
THERE WAS A 
MASSIVE 
CORONAVIRUS 
TESTING EFFORT 
TODAY. 
650,000 PEOPLE 
REGISTERED TO 
TAKE PART IN 
TESTING DESPITE 
A BOYCOTT FROM 
ACTIVISTS AND 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS WHO 
CITED CONCERNS 
AROUND CHINA'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
YOU CAN GET A 
FREE NASAL AND 
THROAT TEST 
THROUGHOUT HONG 
KONG.GO
SA  
THERE WAS A 
SPIKE IN NUMBERS 
IN EARLY JULY. 
IT APPEARS TO BE 
GETTING THINGS 
UNDER CONTROL BY 
TIGHTENING 
GUIDELINES. 
GLOBALLY THE 
CASES TOP TO 25 
MILLION. 
HONG KONG HOPES 
RESIDENTS WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
VOLUNTEER FOR 
FREE TEST AND 
DENIES THERE IS 
REASON FOR 
PRIVACY 
CONCERNS. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
WILL RESUME 
PUBLIC DOORS ON 
SEPTEMBER 12 
WITH NEW 
CORONAVIRUS 
GUIDELINES. 
TORRES WILL TAKE 
PLACE ON FRIDAY 
AND SATURDAY 
WITH REDUCED 
CAPACITY. OT
YOU WILL WEAR A 
FACE COVERING 
AND PEOPLE 
COMING FROM HIGH 
RISK STATES WILL 
NEED TO SOLVE 
QUARANTINE 14 
DAYS AFTER 
ARRIVING IN DC. 
SAVANNA, IF YOU 
WANT TO VISIT 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
YOU HAVE TO 
HUNKER DOWN IN A 
HOTEL FOR TWO 
WEEKS FIRST. 
>> THAT'S GOING 
TO HAPPEN TO 
BOTH OF US SAWHEN 
WE GO BACK TO 
NEW YORK. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. TO
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN ABOUT AN 
HOUR. 
>>> VOTING IS 
UNDERWAY IN 
MASSACHUSETTS 
FOR THE SENATE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARY . ED 
MARKEY IS 
LOOKING TO HOLD 
HIS SEAT FROM 
THE CHALLENGER, 
JOE KENNEDY. 
GARRETT JOINS US 
FROM BOSTON. 
GIVE US THE 
LATEST ON THIS 
RACE. 
>> THE REALITY 
IS THAT VOTERS 
HAVE BEEN VOTING 
FOR WEEKS, 
900,000 OF THEM 
CASTING THEIR 
BALLOTS BY MAIL 
IN ADVANCE OF 
ELECTION DAY 
TODAY. 
THAT IS TWO 
THIRDS TO THREE 
QUARTERS OF THE 
TOTAL VOTES WE 
WILL SEE. 
OVER THAT TIME 
WE HAVE SEEN 
OVER THE LAST 
COUPLE OF WEEKS, 
ED MARKEY, HE 
STARTED WAY DOWN 
IN THE INITIAL 
POLES WHEN 
KENNEDY FIRST 
ANNOUNCED THE 
CHALLENGE. 
HE HAS BEEN 
GAINING STEAM 
AND 
CONSOLIDATING 
SUPPORT AMONG 
LIBERALS AND 
EDUCATED VOTERS. 
THE POLLS SHOW 
HIM LEADING. 
KENNEDY IS 
TRYING TO TURN 
OUT A BASE OF  SE
SUPPORT FROM 
BLUE-COLLAR WORK 
ERRS AND PEOPLE 
LESS LIKELY TO 
VOTE. 
IF YOU DON'T 
TURN OUT AS 
OFTEN, HE IS 
LEANING ON HIS 
NAME AND 
EVERYTHING HE 
CAN TO TRY TO 
TURN THIS THING 
AROUND AND KEEP 
HIS FAMILIES 
PERFECT RATING EV
IN TACT BY THE 
TIME THEY STOP 
COUNTING VOTES 
LATER TONIGHT. 
>> YOU CAUGHT UP 
WITH KENNEDY. 
WHAT DID HE TELL 
YOU? 
>>REPORTER: I 
HAD A CHANCE TO 
SEE HIS LAST 
RALLY LATE LAST 
NIGHT AND SPEAK 
WITH HIM IN 
DORCHESTER THIS 
MORNING. 
HE TRIED TO PUT 
INTO CONTEXT WHY 
HE IS RUNNING 
AND WHAT HE 
OFFERS RUNNING FO
AGAINST AN 
INCUMBENT 
WHO IS 
PERFECTLY WELL 
KNOWN AND NOT 
SOMEBODY WHO IS AI
OUT OF STEP WITH 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY AND WHY HE 
IS CHALLENGING 
HIM AT THIS 
MOMENT. 
HERE IS WHAT HE 
TOLD ME. 
>> I AM 
CHALLENGING THE 
NOTION THAT WE 
CAN N DO BETTER 
AGAINST A MAN 
WHO I RESPECT 
BUT HAS BEEN IN 
OFFICE NEARLY 50 
YEARS. 
IT IS BEEN 50 
YEARS AND THIS 
IS WHAT WE HAVE. 
>> THE REFRAIN 
AMONG SUPPORTERS 
IS THAT HE IS 
GONE WASHINGTON 
AND REPRESENTED 
THE STATE IN ONE 
CAPACITY OR 
ANOTHER FOR 47 
YEARS AND 
SUPPORTERS SAY 
HE IS NOT IN THE 
WESTERN HALF OF 
THE STATE AT 
ALL. 
THAT IS WHAT 
KENNEDY HAS BING 
HANGING HIS HAT 
ON. 
BUT HE HAS BEEN 
LEANING ON THE 
ENDORSEMENTS, 
MARKEY THAT IS. 
AND FROM A CASIO 
CORTEZ WHO 
TEAMED UP WITH 
HIM. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
THE CALLING CARD 
WITH YOUNGER 
PROGRESSIVES IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
>>N  SOME OF 
KENNEDY'S 
SUPPORTERS ARE 
SAYING THAT N BUT 
THEN WHAT ARE 
OTHERS SAYING? EN
WHAT IS YOUR 
FEELING ABOUT 
THE RACE? 
>> IT IS BEEN 
INTERESTING 
TALKING TO 
VOTERS, EVEN 
THOSE VOTING 
AGAINST HIM THEY 
GIVE A NOD TO 
HIS EFFORTS AND 
ESPECIALLY TO 
HIS FAMILY. 
HIS FAMILY NAME 
IS CERTAINLY A 
DOOR OPENER FOR 
MANY. 
THEY LEAN ON THE 
KENNEDY LEGACY. 
THE QUESTION IS, 
IS THAT %ENOUGH 
TO FIRE AND 
MARKEY? 
WE WILL SEE. EX
HERE'S WHAT SOME 
PEOPLE WERE 
TELLING ME. 
>> I REMEMBER 
JOHN F. KENNEDY. 
I WAS IN GRAMMAR 
SCHOOL WHEN HE 
WAS PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
I THINK ABOUT 
THE HISTORY OF 
HIS FAMILY, WHAT 
THEY HAVE GONE 
THROUGH, WHAT IT 
MEANS TO ME. 
I'M A BLACK MAN. 
I WANT TO GIVE 
HIM A CHANCE. 
I THINK THIS IS 
JUST ME. MAYBE 
THINGS WILL 
CHANGE. 
WHO WOULD YOU 
VOTE FOR? 
>> MARKEY. WHY? 
>> BECAUSE I 
THINK HE IS 
DOING OKAY. 
I JUST DON'T 
BELIEVE IN 
TAKING A JOB 
FROM SOMEBODY 
WHO IS 
DOING IT. 
>> AT THE END OF 
THE DAY, DOING 
OKAY MAYBE 
ENOUGH. 
IT IS A PRIMARY 
ELECTION AND 
TURNOUT WILL BE 
HIGH IN THESE 
PRIMARY 
ELECTIONS IN 
GENERAL. 
IT IS VERY HARD 
TO SHAKE LOOSE 
AN INCUMBENT 
SENATOR, EVEN IF 
YOUR LAST NAME 
IS KENNEDY. 
THE  IF 
REPORT IS JUST 
OKAY, THAT'S 
GOOD FOR MOST OF 
US. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> YOU  YBET. 
>> TIGHT RACES, 
GENERATIONAL 
DIVISIONS AND A 
VERY FAMOUS 
NAME. 
ARE LONATIONAL 
POLITICAL 
CORRESPONDENT IS 
AT THE BIG BOARD 
WITH THE WOLATEST 
NUMBERS IN THE 
MASSACHUSETTS 
PRIMARY. 
>> OKAY. 
KENNEDY IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
THIS IS SUPPOSED 
TO ASADBE AUTOMATIC 
JOE KENNEDY IS A 
MEMBER OF THE 
HOUSE. 
HE IS AM
CHALLENGING THE 
SENATOR AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARY. 
WHY WAS HE 
SUPPOSED TO BE A U 
FAVORITE INSTEAD 
OF THE INCUMBENT?
KENNEDYS RUN IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
JFK STARTED IN 
46 HE WON A 
HOUSE SEAT, WENT 
TO THE %SENATE, 
THEN PRESIDENCY. 
HIS BROTHER, TED 
STARTED IN 62 
AND TOOK THE 
SENATE SEAT THAT 
JFK HAD AND HE 
HELD ONTO IT FOR 
HALF A CENTURY. 
AND IN 1980 HE 
RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
THEN JOE KENNEDY 
THE SECOND, THE 
FATHER OF JOE 
KENNEDY THE 
THIRD WHO IS 
RUNNING RIGHT 
NOW. 
HE WAS ELECTED 
TO THE HOUSE SIX 
 IMES.
NEVER LOSS. 
JOE KENNEDY GOT 
ELECTED IN 2012 
AND REELECTED 
EVER SINCE. 
HE WON EVERY 
PRIMARY. 
ADD THEM 
TOGETHER, D 26 WINS
, NO LOSSES. 
THE KENNEDYS 
UNDEFEATED 
IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
THEY COULD HAVE 
THEIR FIRST LOSS 
RIGHT NOW. 
ED MARKEY IS A 
LIFER ON CAPITOL 
HILL. 
HE WAS ELECTED 
FIRST BACK IN 
1976. 
THAT WAS A LONG 
TIME AGO WHEN HE 
HAD SPECIAL 
ELECTION WHEN 
JOHN BECAME 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE. 
MARKEY WENT TO 
THE SENATE MOTHEN. 
THE KENNEDYS 
THOUGHT HE COMES 
UP IN 2020. 
HE IS 74 VIYEARS 
OLD. 
I THINK THEY 
THOUGHT THEY 
COULD ROLL OVER 
HIM. 
HAS FOUGHT. 
HE IS RUNNING TO 
THE LEFT OF 
KENNEDY. HE HAS 
THE GREEN NEW  
DEAL AND A LOT 
OF YOUNG SUPPORT 
FOR HIM IN THIS 
RACE SHOWING UP 
IN THE POLLS. 
HERE ARE THE 
FINAL POLLS. 
MARKEY BY 16. 
MARKEY BY 12 IN 
ANOTHER. 
MARKEY BY 10 S AND 
ANOTHER ONE. 
DOUBLE DIGIT 
LEADS FOR ED 
MARKEY IN THE 
FINAL POLES OF 
THIS RACE. 
A LOT OF MAIL IN 
VOTING. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF THINGS THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
DECIDING TO DO 
TODAY. 
KENNEDY WILL 
BIG  A 
TURNOUT AT THE 
POLLS. 
PEOPLE NEED TO 
BREAK BIG FOR 
HIM OTHERWISE 
HISTORY WILL BE 
MADE FOR THE 
KENNEDYS FOR THE 
FIRST TIME 
LOSING IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
>> 
>>> STEPHEN 
NGUYEN TESTIFIED 
BEFORE CONGRESS 
TODAY FACING 
TOUGH QUESTIONS 
ABOUT A 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF BILL AND 
THE STATE OF THE 
ECONOMY. 
OUR HOST AND 
CONGRESSIONAL 
KAHN 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINED US 
OUTSIDE THE 
HEARING. 
WHAT ARE THE 
DEMOCRATS HOPING 
TO GET OUT OF 
TODAY'S HEARING? 
>>REPORTER: THIS 
IS OFFICIALLY A 
HEARING FOR 
ALERSIGHT. G 
THE PROGRAM THEY 
CAME OUT OF THE 
CARES ACT, THAT 
$2 TRILLION 
PACKAGE OF 
LEGISLATION 
PASSED IN MARCH 
TO HELP 
INDIVIDUAL 
AMERICANS WITH 
DIRECT CHECKS 
AND UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE AND 
HOW BUSINESSES 
THROUGH THE PPE 
LENDING PROGRAM 
THAT SMALL 
BUSINESSES HAVE 
RELIED ON. 
IT IS NOT BEEN NO
WITHOUT 
CHALLENGES. 
A REPORT OUT 
THIS MORNING 
WILL WALK 
THROUGH SOME OF 
WHAT DEMOCRATS 
AND OTHERS THEY 
ARE PROBLEMS 
D TH THE WE
PROGRAM, 
COMPANIES 
BORROWED FROM 
AND WORKING FOR 
THE FEDERAL T.%
GOVERNMENT OR 
OTHER REASONS 
RECEIVING LOANS 
AS A POTENTIAL 
FOR FRAUD ETC. 
THAT IS THE 
OFFICIAL FOCUS 
OF THE HEARING. 
THE REALITY HAS 
BEEN THAT WE 
HAVE HEARD LPA LOT 
OF PUBLIC BACK 
AND FORTH ABOUT 
THESE PRIVATE 
NEGOTIATIONS TO 
TRY AND GET 
ANOTHER 
CORONAVIRUS 
BUILT ON. 
YOU HAD 
REPUBLICANS 
TRYING TO DEFEND 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
MORE BROADLY IN 
A REPUBLICAN 
POSITION AND 
DEMOCRATS SAYING 
WE NEED TO GET AI
SOMETHING DONE 
HERE. 
SOMETHING BIG. 
THEY SEEM TO 
AGREE THAT MORE 
IS NEEDED BUT 
THE ISSUE IS THE 
SCALE. TO
NANCY PELOSI -- 
A HOUSE PASSED 
THE HEROES ACT 
BACK IN MAY. 
REPUBLICANS HAD 
COUNTERED BY 
PUTTING TOGETHER 
A $1 
TRILLION 
PACKAGE USED TO 
START THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS. 
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE 
NEGOTIATIONS 
STALLED A FEW 
WEEKS AFTER THE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS 
EXPIRED. 
SO WHAT IS GOING 
ON NOW? 
YOU SAW THE 
PUBLIC POSTURING 
IN THE HEARING. 
REPUBLICANS IN 
THE SENATE SEEM 
TO BE  
 SPULLING 
TOGETHER 
SOMETHING 
SMALLER THAT 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO TRY TO HOLD E  H 
VOTE ON NEXT 
WEEK WHEN THEY 
COME FROM THEIR 
RECESS. 
IT IS UNLIKELY 
THAT WILL EVER 
BECOME LAW 
BECAUSE PELOSI 
SAID SHE COULD R ME
CUT $1 TRILLION 
DOWN TO TWO 
TRILLION FROM 3 
TRILLION, SHE 
DOESN'T WANT TO 
TALK TO 
REPUBLICANS IF 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO COME . UP TO 
MEET HER. 
ALL OF THIS IS 
UNFOLDING 80 
DAYS BEFORE E.THE 
ELECTION SO THE 
POLITICAL CLIMATE
IS GETTING . MORE 
INTENSE AS WE 
SPEAK. 
EXCUSE ME MAYBE 
60+ DAYS. 
EVERY DAY WE GET 
CLOSER TO THAT 
AND THEN THE 
MORE INTENSE THE 
POLITICS GETS. 
>> 63, WHO'S 
COUNTING. 
>> IT IS THE 
FIRST OF THE 
MONTH. RENT IS 
DUE AND  S
EVICTIONS ARE 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
MILLIONS ARE TO
STILL OUT OF LD
WORK AND STRESS. 
THEY WANT HELP. 
DO YOU THINK IT 
IS POSSIBLE 
TODAY'S HEARING 
WILL PUT US 
CLOSER TO A 
RELIEF BILL? 
>> IT HAIS 
POSSIBLE WE WILL 
HAVE ANOTHER 
ROUND. CONGRESS 
FACES AN YO
IMPORTANT 
DEADLINE. 
THE GOVERNMENT 
NEEDS TO BE 
FUNDED. 
WE COULD ADD A 
GOVERNMENT 
SHUTDOWN ON TOP 
OF ALL THIS. NO
WE ARE HAVING 
NORMAL 
CONVERSATIONS 
HERE IN CONGRESS 
THAT WOULD NOT 
BE INA PROBLEM. 
PEOPLE DON'T 
WANT TO FIGHT 
ABOUT THAT KIND 
OF STUFF DURING 
AN ELECTION. 
THEY USUALLY 
PASS CONTINUING 
RESOLUTIONS AND 
HEAD OUT. 
RIGHT NOW, 
ANYTHING COULD 
HAPPEN. 
THAT MEANS THERE GH 
IS ANOTHER ROUND 
OF MUST PASS 
LEGISLATION IN E'
CONGRESS. 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
THAT SITUATION 
THERE IS A 
POSSIBILITY YOU 
COULD PUT 
SOMETHING ON TO 
THAT THAT WOULD 
ALSO PASS AT THE 
SAME TIME. IT IS 
LIKELY THAT WILL 
BE ANOTHER ROUND 
OF NEGOTIATIONS. 
RIGHT NOW, THERE 
IS NOTHING 
GUARANTEED AND 
THE TWO SIDES 
ARE STILL 'SSO FAR 
APART THAT IT IS 
HARD TO SAY THAT 
AMERICANS WILL 
BE GETTING 
INCREASED 
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR 
PROTECTION FROM AN
EVICTIONS AND IN 
SEPTEMBER 
ANOTHER ROUND OF 
BILLS WILL BE 
DUE. 
THIS WILL HAPPEN 
AGAIN ON OCTOBER 
1 AND THEN JUST 
A FEW DAYS 
BEFORE THE Y 
ELECTION, 
NOVEMBER 1, IF 
CONGRESS DOES 
NOTHING. 
>> %THERE WAS A 
HEATED MOMENT 
WHEN JIM JORDAN, 
A REPUBLICAN 
BLAMED 
DEMOCRATIC 
GOVERNORS FOR 
KEEPING 
BUSINESSES 
CLOSE. 
LISTEN TO THIS. 
>> THE THR CHSECRETY
, IS IT FAIR TO 
SAY THAT IF 
PEOPLE COULD GO 
BACK TO WORK WE 
WOULD HAVE LESS 
UNEMPLOYMENT? 
>> THERE IS NO 
QUESTION THAT 
THE REASON WE 
HAVE 
UNEMPLOYMENT IS 
THAT 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
ARE NOT OPENING 
UP AND THERE ARE 
ISSUES. 
SOME OF THAT HAS 
TO BE BALANCED 
WITH THE MEDICAL 
ISSUES 
APPROPRIATELY. 
>> THAT 
ENCAPSULATES A 
LOT OF 
DISAGREEMENT 
THAT WE ARE 
HEARING WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
ANYTHING, 
REOPENING 
SCHOOLS AND 
RESTAURANTS. 
WHAT ELSE DID WE 
HEAR FROM 
REPUBLICANS 
TODAY? 
>> THE BROAD 
ARGUMENT THERE, 
STEVE TALKED FOACYO
ABOUT THIS, THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAD HOPED THIS 
WOULD BE A V-
SHAPED RECOVERY 
SO IT LOOKS LIKE 
EVERYTHING SHUT 
DOWN AND THEN 
BOUNCED BACK 
ONCE WE FIGURED 
THINGS OUT. 
THE REALITY IS A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT 
AND THERE ARE 
DRAMATIC IMPACTS 
IN CERTAIN 
INDUSTRIES THAN 
IN OTHERS AND 
THAT PUTS A 
DISPROPORTIONATE 
SHARE OF THE 
IMPACT ON LOWER W 
RAGE WORKERS. 
THE HOSPITALITY, 
RESTAURANT, 
PLACES THAT HAVE 
NOT BEEN ABLE TO 
RETURN TO 
BUSINESS BECAUSE 
OF THE WAY THEY 
ARE STRUCTURED. 
THEY CAN'T 
SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
THERE IS ALSO 
THE REALITY THAT 
THE HEALTH 
PANDEMIC IS NOT 
UNDER CONTROL. 
THAT IS PART OF 
WHAT THEY WERE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
YOU DIDN'T HEAR 
A LOT ABOUT THAT  
FROM REPUBLICAN 
LAWMAKERS AT THE 
HEARING TO
DA 
NICE JOB OF 
SUMMARIZING, 
SHALL WE SAY 
WHAT THEY HAD TO 
SAY. 
EVEN IN 
REPUBLICAN LED 
STATES WHERE 
THEY WENT TO 
REOPEN QUICKLY HE
AND THEY DID 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT PUSHED 
THEM TO DO, THEY 
ENDED UP IN THE 
SUMMER HAVING 
SPIKES AND HAD 
TO SHUT DOWN 
AGAIN AND 
SOMETIMES FOR 
THE FIRST TIME. 
CLEARLY, THE 
EXPERIENCE IS 
UNEVEN AND I DO 
THINK THAT 
MINUTIA AND 
RECOGNIZES THAT 
THERE DOES NEED 
TO BE ANOTHER 
ROUND OF RELIEF 
BUT HOW DO THEY 
GET THERE 
CONSIDERING THE 
POLITICS AND ALL 
OF IT. 
I GO ABSOLUTELY. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK HOYOU. 
>> WITH OVER 700 
COVID-19 CASES 
ILLINOIS STATE 
UNIVERSITY IS 
ONE OF MANY 
COLLEGES DEALING 
WITH THE 
OUTBREAKS. 
WHAT ARE SCHOOLS 
DOING TO CONTAIN 
THE VIRUS? 
OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
ORVIRTS. %CO
>>REPORTER: 
HELLO. 
MORE AND MORE 
STUDENTS IS OUR 
ON COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES IS. 
IN MANY PLACES OR
WE'RE SEEING 
COVID CASES 
CONTINUE TO 
RISE. 
INCREASINGLY 
OFFICIALS ARE 
BEING ASKED, 
WHAT ARE THEY 
DOING TO STOP 
THE SPREAD? 
ON MANY CAMPUSES 
THEY MRHASET ASIDE 
PLACES FOR 
STUDENTS TO 
ISOLATE. 
IT CAN BE A S DORM 
OR HOUSE OR 
SOMEPLACE FOR TH
STUDENTS TO GO 
AROUND FOR 14 
DAYS. 
SOME SCHOOLS GO 
FURTHER THAN 
THAT AND SEND 
SCHOOLS HOME 
BECAUSE OF THE 
RISE IN CASES. 
THERE IS CONCERN 
THEY MAKE AT 
HOME AND SPREAD 
THE VIRUS TO 
THEIR FAMILY ARE 
PEOPLE IN THEIR 
COMMUNITIES. 
EXPERTS ARE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
THAT. 
AND THEN THE 
IMAGES OF PACKED 
PARTIES AROUND 
THE COUNTRY. 
SOME SCHOOLS ARE 
%RACKING DOWN ON 
THAT. 
SOME STUDENTS 
ARE GETTING 
SUSPENDED IF 
THEY ARE IN 
VIOLATION AND 
SOME SCHOOLS ARE 
STOPPING ALL 
STUDENT 
ORGANIZATIONS 
FROM HOLDING ANY 
SORT OF 
GATHERING AT 
LEAST 
TEMPORARILY. 
ONE OTHER BIG 
CONCERN IN ALL 
OF THIS AND 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ARE CONTINUING 
TO LOOK AT THESE 
RISING NUMBER ISOF 
CASES, WHAT IT  G,AR
MEANS FOR THE 
COMMUNITY 
ESPECIALLY IF 
THE NUMBER OF 
CASES GOES 
BEYOND CAMPUS NG
AND INTO THE 
TOWNS AROUND 
THEM. 
>> ARE FACE 
SHIELDS 
EFFECTIVE TO 
PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
THAT MAY NOT BE ST
THE CASE. 
THEY ONLY BLOCK 
SOME DROPLETS. 
THIS DR. JOINS 
US NOW. 
HE IS AN ER 
DOCTOR. 
OKAY. 
I HAVE TO SAY 
WHEN I SEE 
SOMEONE WITH 
JUST A MOFACE 
SHIELD ON I AM 
THINKING, ISN'T 
THAT LETTING 
DROPLETS OUT AND 
NOT PROTECTING 
OTHER PEOPLE? 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
TAKE AWAY FROM 
THIS STUDY? 
>> IT'S AN 
INTERESTING 
STUDY. 
IT IS SIMILAR TO 
GOING TO A ROCK 
CONCERT AND SE
USING A FOG 
MACHINE. 
YOU NOTICE THAT 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
SMOKE BILLOWING 
OUT AROUND 
STRUCTURES. 
THAT IS WHAT THE 
STUDY SHOWED. 
USING WATER AND 
A COUPLE OF 
LASERS THEY WERE 
ABLE TO SHOW 
THAT NEITHER THE YO
FACE SHIELD OR 
THE MASS WORK. 
PARTICLESE  WERE 
ABLE TO SEEP 
AROUND THE 
SIDES. 
YOU ARE RIGHT, 
THE FACE SHIELDS 
AND MASKS ARE 
MUCH MORE 
COMFORTABLE, IT 
IS LIKELY THEY 
ARE NOT AS 
EFFECTIVE AS A 
GOOD MASK OR 
RESPIRATOR. 
>> SEEPING 
AROUND THE 
SIDES, THAT JUST 
GOT ME. 
LET'S TALK  ABOUT 
MASS. 
DO WE KNOW HOW 
EFFECTIVE THEY 
ARE? 
HOW SHOULD WE 
USE THEM ONAND 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
BE WEARING? 
>> THE MOST 
IMPORTANT POINT 
IS THAT IT IS 
CRITICAL TO KEEP 
WEARING A MASK. ST
ANYTHING IS 
BETTER THAN 
NOTHING AT ALL. 
IN TERMS OF THE 
GRADE, WE KNOW 
THE AND 95 IS 
THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE WORK 
AFTER THAT A 
STANDARD 
SURGICAL MASS 
THEN A COTTON 
MASK AND THEN 
WHERE TWO BACK 
TO BACK. 
THOUGH SEEMED TO 
BE THE BEST. 
EARLY EVIDENCE 
SAYS THE 
BANDANNA MASK 
CREATE SOME 
WORSE SPRAY AND 
PEOPLE ARE 
RECOMMENDING NOT 
USING THOSE AS 
A 
PRIMARY BARRIER. 
I REALLY 
RECOMMEND THAT 
PEOPLE WEAR 
COTTON MASK OR A 
STANDARD 
SURGICAL MASK. 
THESE ARE 
CRITICAL TO 
REDUCING SPREAD. 
THE DECREASE IN 
MUCH OF THE TETTPE
COUNTRY THAT WE 
HAVE SEEN OVER 
THE PAST FEW 
WEEKS IS A 
DIRECT RESULT OF 
MASK IRECT 
MANDATE THAT 
WENT UP ABOUT  A 
MONTH AGO. 
THEY ABSOLUTELY 
WORK AT IT IS 
CRITICAL WE 
CONTINUE TO USE 
THEM. 
>> WHAT ABOUT A 
MASK AND A NAFACE 
SHIELD. 
SHOULD PEOPLE 
CONSIDER THAT? 
>> IT'S TRYING 
TO E'BALANCE WHAT 
YOU ARE DOING 
AGAINST THE 
PROTECTION. 
THERE IS SOME 
EVIDENCE THAT 
YOU CAN CATCH 
THE VIRUS 
THROUGH YOUR 
EYE. 
THESE SHIELDS 
ARE GOOD FOR 
THAT DIRECT 
FORWARD BLAST. 
FOR PEOPLE IN 
HIGH CONTACT, 
HIGH EXPOSURE 
SCENARIOS, 
PROBABLY 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS AND 
PEOPLE IN CLOSED 
ENVIRONMENTSLLBO
 . IT 
IS A BENEFIT 
FROM WEARING A 
SHIELD. 
I OFTEN USE 
GOGGLE GOALS IN 
THE EMERGENCY 
DEPARTMENT. 
FOR THE AVERAGE 
PERSON, IT IS 
UNLIKELY THERE 
WILL BE A LARGE 
IMPROVEMENT FROM 
USING THE FACE 
SHIELD AND IT IS 
PROBABLY NOT 
NECESSARY IN 
THAT 
CIRCUMSTANCE. 
>> THE FACE 
SHIELDS ARE MORE 
COMFORTABLE THAN 
GOGGLES. 
IN MY FICASE 
BECAUSE I HAVE 
THE GLASSES. 
IS A TOTAL 
DISASTER. 
>> IS THAT GOING 
TO BE THE NEW 
NORMAL EVEN 
AFTER WE HAVE 
THE VACCINE? 
>> THERE IS A 
LOT OF 
DISCUSSION. 
PEOPLE SAY 
THINGS WILL 
NEVER BE THE 
SAME AND I 
DISAGREE WITH 
THAT. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
AMERICA AND THE 
WORLD HAS FACED PI
A PANDEMIC. 
THERE ARE EIGHT 
OF THESE THINGS 
THAT WE ONCAN 
TRACE OVER THE 
LAST 150 YEARS. 
THE FACT IS THAT 
HUMAN BEINGS GR
HAVE AN ABILITY 
TO ADAPT TO NEW 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES. 
WE WILL OVERCOME 
THIS AND THERE 
ARE THINGS WE 
CAN DO TO 
OVERCOME THIS 
PARTICULARLY 
USING MASKS AND 
WASHING HANDS 
UNTIL WE DEVELOP 
HERD IMMUNITY 
WHICH WILL 
PROBABLY COME 
THROUGH A 
VACCINE 
HOPEFULLY 
SOMETIME IN THE 
NEXT THREE TO 
SIX MONTH. 
I EXPECT THAT 
NEXT YEAR WE 
WILL HAVE A 
VACCINE THEN WE 
WILL DEVELOP 
SOME HERD 
IMMUNITY. 
AS WE DO THAT, 
PEOPLE WILL STOP 
WEARING MASS. 
THE OTHER THING 
THAT MIGHT 
HAPPEN IS THE 
VIRUS COULD 
MUTATE INTO 
SOMETHING LESS 
SERIOUS. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
THAT OVER TIME. 
THAT'S WHAT 
HAPPENED WITH 
THE 1918 FLU AND 
THAT'S WHAT 
HAPPENED WITH H1 
AND ONE. 
I DON'T THINK 
THE MASKS WILL 
BECOME A 
PERMANENT 
FIXTURE. 
WE WILL GET 
THERE BUT 
THEY'RE NOT 
COMING REDOWN 
TOMORROW. 
OKAY. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR YOUR 
ANALYSIS AND 
THAT LITTLE BIT 
OF HELP. 
I LIKE %HEARING 
THAT YOU THINK 
WE CAN RETURN TO 
SOME SENSE OF 
NORMALCY. 
WE ARE ALL 
HOPING FOR THAT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> SHORTLY. 
>> A MAJOR 
CALIFORNIA MEAT 
PACKAGING PLANT 
ORDERED TO SHUT 
DOWN AFTER EIGHT 
HAVE DIED FROM 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
AND 400 OTHERS 
TESTED POSITIVE. 
WE ARE OUTSIDE 
FOSTER FARMS IN 
LIVINGSTON, 
CALIFORNIA. 
EIGHT WORKERS 
FROM ONE PLAN. 
THAT IS TRAGIC. 
HOW DID THIS 
OUTBREAK START? TT
>> STANDING HERE 
AS I AM, IT IS 
AMAZING HOW 
DIFFERENT THIS 
IS FROM THE 
CALIFORNIA YOU SE
SEE IN THE 
POSTCARDS. 
THIS IS THE BIG 
OPEN FLAT 
CENTRAL VALLEY 
OF CALIFORNIA. 
NOT JUST THIS 
STATE, AMERICA 
IS T FED HERE. 
ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST 
EMPLOYERS IN 
THIS PART OF IT 
IS THE PLANT YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME, 
FOSTER FARMS. 
THEY HAVE HUGE 
NUMBERS OF 
POULTRY 
PRODUCTS. 
THE SMELL HERE 
LD THAT OF 
BOILED CHICKEN. 
YOU CAN SENSE 
THE ENORMITY OF 
THIS EMPLOYERS 
INFLUENCE ACROSS 
THIS TOWN. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
TWO MONTHS AGO, 
AN OUTBREAK WAS 
DECLARED HERE BY 
COUNTY HEALTH 
OFFICIALS. 
THEY HAVE CALLED 
THIS THE LARGEST 
AND MOST SEVERE 
OUTBREAK IN  THE 
COUNTY. 
ARE 400 
PEOPLE TESTING 
POSITIVE AND 
EIGHT PEOPLE ARE 
DEAD. 
THIS IS A 
DISASTER. 
KEEP IN MIND 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT AN 
INDUSTRY IN 
WHICH IF ONE 
PERSON DIES ON 
THE JOB THEN THTHE 
FACTORY WOULD 
HAVE SHUT DOWN. 
IT HAS TAKEN A 
TEST BEFORE 
SHUTDOWN ORDER 
HAS GONE INTO I 
PLACE. 
TONIGHT THAT 
BEGINS. 
SIX DAYS OF 
SHUTTING DOWN AT 
WHICH POINT TSTHE 
COMPANY WILL 
HAVE A CLEAN 
SLATE AND START 
OVER WITH NEW 
PROCEDURES AND 
HOPEFULLY A 
CLEAN EMPLOYEE 
BASE. 
>> IS THAT THE 
PLAN TO GET THIS 
UNDER CONTROL? 
SIX DAYS, IS 
THAT ENOUGH? 
>> I KNOW. 
THAT IS A 
QUESTION. 
THE INCUBATION 
TIME IS 14 DAYS. 
I WANT TO READ 
YOU A STATEMENT 
THAT THEY SENT 
US ABOUT THEIR 
PLANS FOR GOING 
OUT AND DOING 
THIS -- MAKING A 
BETTER. 
THE COMPANY SAID 
THAT DURING THE  
TIME THE COMPANY 
IS GOING TO DEEP 
CLEAN THE 
FACILITY AND DO 
TWO OF COVID-19 
TESTING. ALL 
EMPLOYEES. 
THEY WILL BE 
PAID DURING THE 
TIME THE PLAN IS 
CLOSED AND THEY 
PROVIDED A LIST 
OF THINGS, THEY 
WILL GET FACE 
MASKS. 
INSTALLING 
DIVIDERS IN 
BREAK ROOMS. 
THIS HAS GONE ON SP.
FOR AT LEAST TWO 
MONTHS. 
WE SAW AN EMAIL 
THAT WAS SENT TO 
EVERY EMPLOYEE 
SAYING THAT THIS 
WEEK THEY SHOULD 
COME BACK TO 
WORK AND WHERE . 
THEIR FACEMASK. 
SUMMONING THEM 
BACK. 
SO THE WHEELS OF 
THIS PLANT HAVE 
CONTINUED TO 
TURN THROUGHOUT 
THIS CRISIS. 
IT IS ONLY NOW, T 
TWO MONTHS AFTER 
THE OUTBREAK WAS 
DECLARED THAT 
THEY WILL SHUT 
DOWN FOR SIX 
DAYS TO GET A 
FRESH START 
HERE. 
OKAY. 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE DIRECTIVE 
EXECUTIVE OF A 
NON-PROFIT. 
HOW DO THE 
WORKERS FEEL? DO 
THEY FEEL SAFE 
COMING BACK TO 
WORK? 
DO THEY THINK 
THAT'S LONG 
ENOUGH TO GET AN 
OUTBREAK UNDER 
CONTROL? 
>> THIS IS THTHE 
THING, WE HAVE 
TRIED TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO 
EMPLOYEES BUT NO 
ONE WILL SPEAK 
TO US. TH
THIS IS THE 
LARGEST EMPLOYER 
IN THE COUNTY. 
IT IS A LARGE 
EMPLOYER AND IT 
IS ALSO 
INFLUENTIAL. 
PEOPLE WHO WORK 
HERE ARE TAKING 
A STEP UP FROM 
HAVING WORKED IN 
THE FIELDS WHERE 
THE WORK IS A 
REGULAR AND 
HAPPENS AT 
STRANGE HOURS, 
UNDERPAID, ALL 
OF THAT. 
THIS IS A U.B.STEP 
UP. 
THIS IS ONE OF 
THE CHIEF 
EMPLOYERS OF A 
HUGE COMMITTEE 
THE EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR RUNS A 
NONPROFIT THAT 
IS A SUPPORT 
SYSTEM FOR MANY 
OF THE 
EMPLOYEES. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
HAD TO SAY WHEN 
I ASKED HIM HOW 
WORKERS WERE 
REACTING. 
>> ONE WORKER 
THAT I ENGAGED 
WITH SAID [ 
INAUDIBLE ] THAT 
MEANS THAT THEY 
CALL US 
ESSENTIAL BUT 
THEY TREAT US 
LIKE [ INAUDIBLE 
]. 
>> IT IS 
HEARTBREAKING TO 
HEAR THIS FROM 
PEOPLE WORKING 
SO HARD TO POKEEP 
YOU AND I FED. 
IT REMINDS US 
THAT ACROSS THE 
NATION IT IS THE 
LOWEST PAID 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
TAKING THE 
HEAVIEST BURDEN 
OF THIS. 
YOU COMBINE THAT 
WITH OUR 
OUTSTANDING 
QUESTIONS, WHY 
IS THE SHUT DOWN 
ONLY SIX DAYS? 
WHY TWO MONTHS 
TO DECLARE THIS 
UNSAFE TO WORK 
AND SHUT IT 
DOWN? 
WHY DOES THE 
BURDEN KEEP 
FALLING ON THE 
LOWEST PAID 
AMERICANS? 
>> IT IS 
HEARTBREAKING TO 
HERE. 
A REMINDER TO 
ALL OF US TO 
SHOW OUR 
GRATITUDE FOR 
THE PEOPLE THAT 
ARE KEEPING US 
FED AND SAFE AND 
KEEPING OUR 
GROCERY STORES 
OPEN. 
IT'S TOUGH TO 
HERE. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>>> STUDENTS ARE 
HEADED BACK TO 
SCHOOL WITH 
STRICT 
CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS IN 
PLACE TO STAY 
SAFE. 
>>REPORTER: IT 
IS SEPTEMBER AND 
THAT MEANS BACK 
TO SCHOOL FOR O 
MILLIONS OF KIDS 
IN ITALY, 
GREECE, THERE ARE
COUNTRIES THAT 
OPENED EARLIER. 
SEPTEMBER IS A 
BIG MONTH FOR 
MANY OF THE 
COUNTRIES IN 
EUROPE. NOW 
BELGIUM IS 
REOPENING 
SCHOOLS TODAY 
AMID A RECENT 
SPIKE IN 
INFECTION 
NUMBERS AND IN 
BELGIUM THERE IS 
A TRAFFIC LIGHT 
SYSTEM. 
THEY REOPENED 
UNDER YELLOW 
CODES. 
THEIR SOCIAL 
MEASURING AND 
HANDWASHING 
PRACTICES. 
TEACHERS AND THE 
KIDS WILL HAVE 
TO WEAR MASKS. 
YOUNGER KIDS 
DON'T HAVE TO. 
THIS IS A BIG PATETY
CHANGE FOR 
CHILDREN GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL.  PP
IT'S ALSO BIG IT TT
CHANGE FOR 
PARENTS WHO ARE 
SENDING THEIR 
KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
WE SPOKE TO ONE 
MOTHER WHO SAID 
WHAT THIS IS 
LIKE. 
LISTEN TO THIS. 
>> I AM RELIEVED 
FOR MY E CHILDREN. 
WE USED ALL THE 
MEASURES AND WE 
ARE DOING WHAT 
NEEDS TO EABE DONE.
CHILDREN CAN'T 
HAVE THEIR 
FRIENDS OVER TO 
PLAY. 
I AM RELIEVED 
THAT THEY CAN GO 
BACK D TO IT 
LEARNING 
ENVIRONMENT AND 
SEE THEIR %
TEACHERS. 
MILLIONS OF 
STUDENTS ACROSS 
EUROPE ARE GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
AND THE 
EDUCATION AGENCY 
SAYS ONE IN 
THREE STUDENTS 
AROUND THE NGWORLD 
WILL FIND THEIR 
WAY BACK TO 
SCHOOL AT THE 
END %OF SUMMER. 
THERE IS 
UNCERTAINTY OUT 
THERE. 
THERE ARE STILL 
HIGH INFECTION 
NUMBERS AND 
PEOPLE ARE 
ASKING WILL THIS 
BACK-TO-SCHOOL 
PLAN %GOES 
SMOOTHLY. 
MANY SURELY HOPE 
SO. 
BACK TO YOU. 
>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
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 IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
STRUGGLES TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
NEED TO SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY. 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT THE MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND A PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS SO WE 
STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL WATCH
NIGHTLY NEWS, 
KIDS ADDITION. 
>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
WE SAW CONVOY OF 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
TEACHERS HAVE TO 
CHOOSE BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
WHERE MY GOING 
TO DO, TAKE CARE 
OF MY CHILDREN 
OR HAVE A JOB? 
>> THIS SCHOOL 
WILL DEVELOP. 
LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO STUDENTS
, HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>> I MISS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> 
>>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERS THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> KIDS SAID 
THEY WILL BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY AND 
WHAT IS YOUR 
CONCERN THAT 
THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THIS WILL BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE? 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEW 
SENTENCE IS THE 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY NEVER 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
I AM PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO ARE FAR 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
EMERGING 
AMERICAN. 
I HOPE MY MOM 
WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
BE PROUD. 
>> 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, THIS 
MORNING PRAISE 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD AND LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
FOR CRACKING 
DOWN ON VIOLENT 
PROTEST. 
>> ONE OF THE 
REASONS I AM 
GOING TO 
WISCONSIN IS 
BECAUSE WE HAD 
SUCH A BIG 
SUCCESS IN 
SHUTTING DOWN 
WHAT WOULD BE A 
CITY THAT WOULD 
HAVE BEEN KENOSHA
AND BURNED TO 
THE GROUND BY 
NOW. 
>> NBC NEWS 
REPORTER JOINS 
US NOW FROM 
KENOSHA 
WISCONSIN. 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT TODAY. 
>>REPORTER: SO 
FAR WE HAVE SEEN 
THE PRESIDENT 
TOUR DAMAGE AND 
IT'S FROM THE 
EARLY DAYS ON 
THE PROTEST. 
THAT HE WENT TO 
HIGH SCHOOL TO 
HAVE A 
ROUNDTABLE 
DISCUSSION. WHAT 
IS NOT ON THE 
ITINERARY IS 
MEETING WITH ANY 
FAMILY MEMBERS 
FROM THE JACOB 
BLAKE FAMILY OR 
PROTESTERS OR 
ACTIVISTS WHO 
HAVE BEEN 
PROTESTING SINCE 
THE SHOOTING OF 
MR. BLAKE. 
WHAT HAS BEEN 
ADDED TO HIS 
SCHEDULE IS A 
MEETING WITH A 
PASTOR CONNECTED 
TO THE MOTHER OF 
MR. BLAKE TO TRY 
TO FIGURE OUT 
WHAT THAT WILL 
LOOK LIKE AND 
WHEN IT WILL 
HAPPEN. 
A MEETING OR 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE PASTOR 
CONNECTED TO MR. 
BLAKE'S MOTHER. 
AS THE PRESIDENT 
MOVED AROUND THE 
CITY, THIS IS THE
LOCATION WHERE 
MR. BLAKE WAS 
SHOT. 
USE ALL HIS 
FAMILY, AND HOLD 
A COMMUNITY 
EVENT, A BLOCK 
PARTY, FOOD, 
MUSIC. 
YOU COULD HEAR 
THE KIDS 
BOUNCING ON THE 
BOUNCE HOUSE. 
WHAT THEY ARE 
TRYING TO DO IS 
SAY AS THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
HIS EVENT AND AS 
PROTESTERS AND 
SUPPORTERS FILL 
THE LINE OF THE 
MOTORCADE THEY 
ARE TRYING TO 
HAVE A COMMUNITY-
BASED EVENT 
SAYING THAT 
INSTEAD OF 
FOCUSING ON 
OUTRAGE IT IS 
TIME FOR 
COMMUNITY 
HEALING. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO EMBODY THAT 
IN WHAT YOU SEE 
RIGHT HERE WHERE 
MR. BLAKE WAS 
SHOT. 
>> OFFICIALS 
HAVE ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
RECONSIDER HIS 
VISIT. 
SUMMER SAYING IT 
MIGHT NOT HELP 
WITH HEALING. 
HOW ARE PEOPLE 
THERE FEELING 
ABOUT THIS 
VISIT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING TO YOU 
TODAY? 
>>REPORTER: LET 
ME READ THIS 
STATEMENT I JUST 
GOT A COUPLE OF 
MINUTES AGO FROM 
THE GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE. 
TONY DEVERS SAID 
HE OPPOSED THE 
PRESIDENT'S TRIP.
HE SAID THE 
COMMUNITY NEEDS 
MORE TIME TO 
HELP. 
IT WAS ALSO 
OPPOSED BY THE 
MAYOR AND THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO IS LEADING 
THE 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING. 
THE GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE SAID, 
NEITHER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
OR ANYONE FROM 
HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS REACHED OUT. 
WE DID NOT SEE 
HIM IN THE TOUR 
OF THE 
BUSINESSES AND 
HE IS NOT 
PARTICIPATING IN 
ROUNDTABLE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
THAT IS 
HAPPENING 
SEPARATE FROM 
WHY HE IS SEEN 
HERE. 
THERE WAS 
OPPOSITION FROM 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
BECAUSE OF IT 
BEING IN THE 
DOWNTOWN AREA. 
AS WITH ANY 
PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT, HAVE 
SUPPORTERS COME 
OUT WANTING TO 
SHOW SUPPORT FOR 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND YOU HAVE 
BROADCASTERS AND 
PEOPLE WHO WANT 
TO OPPOSE THE 
PRESIDENT. 
THE TWO SIDES IN 
THE SAME AREA IN 
A DOWNTOWN AREA 
AND THAT IS A 
CONCERN. 
THERE IS STILL 
CURFEW IN PLACE 
EXTENDING 
THROUGH THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
OVER 1000 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS DEPLOYED 
TO WISCONSIN. 
500 MORE FROM 
THREE OTHER 
STATES. 
IF YOU GO CROSS 
DOWNTOWN 
BUSINESSES ARE 
BOARDED UP. 
THE TENSIONS ARE 
STILL HIGH AND 
THE CONCERN FROM 
COMMUNITY 
LEADERS IS THAT 
NOW YOU HAVE 
MORE PEOPLE 
COMING IN AND 
MORE WITH HIGH 
EMOTIONS WITH 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT. 
IT IS A CONCERN 
THAT THE SCENES 
FROM THE PAST 
FEW DAYS, A 
CONCERN THAT 
WILL CHANGE. 
MORE PEOPLE WILL 
COME IN. 
RIGHT NOW WE ARE 
NOT HAVING THAT. 
RIGHT NOW YOU 
ARE SEEING BOTH 
SIDES AND A LOT 
OF PEOPLE SHOW 
UP AND LET THEIR 
VOICES BE HEARD 
THROUGH 
PROTESTING. 
>> OKAY. 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
DONE, THERE WAS 
A COMMUNITY 
EVENT AND ANY 
WORD ON A 
MEETING BETWEEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND THE FAMILY? 
RIGHT NOW THERE 
IS NOTHING PLAN. 
THE LATEST WE 
HEARD IS THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
WILL TRY TO MEET 
WITH THE PASTOR 
OF MR. BLAKE'S 
MOTHER. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
ANYMORE ABOUT 
THAT. 
THE UNCLE AND 
FATHER SAID NO. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
A FAMILY PASTOR. 
THE PRESIDENT 
MAY HAVE WANTED 
TO REACH OUT AND 
SPEAK TO THAT 
FAMILY. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SAID THEY 
REACHED OUT BUT 
THEY THOUGHT IT 
WAS 
UNAPPROPRIATE 
THAT THE FAMILY 
ATTORNEY WANTED 
TO MONITOR:ALL. 
USUALLY HIS OWN 
ATTORNEY 
MONITORS THE 
CALL. 
THAT CONNECTION 
DOES NOT APPEAR 
TO BE HAPPENING 
DESPITE HIS 
VISIT TO KENOSHA 
TODAY. 
>> OKAY. 
THANK YOU. 
YOU THAT IT. 
>> 
>>> A FIERY 
NIGHT OF UNREST 
IN PORTLAND, 
OREGON. 
19 WERE ARRESTED 
AND DECLARED A 
RIOT OUT OF THE 
MAYOR'S 
APARTMENT 
BUILDING. 
ERIN JOINS US 
FROM PORTLAND. 
ERIN, WALK US 
THROUGH WHAT 
HAPPENED LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> LAST NIGHT A 
GROUP OF 
PROTESTERS, 
AROUND 200 OF 
THEM MARCHED 
TOWARD THE 
DISTRICT HERE IN 
PORTLAND 
STOPPING OUTSIDE 
THE CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX WHERE 
THE MAYOR 
PORTLAND LIVES. 
THEY STARTED A 
FIRE USING A 
PICNIC TABLE OUT 
IN THE STREET AND
SOMEONE BROKE 
INTO A BUSINESS 
ON THE GROUND 
FLOOR OF THE 
BUILDING. 
LIGHTING WAS -- 
A SMALL FIRE WAS 
LIT. 
RESIDENCE CALLED 
THE FIRE 
DEPARTMENT. 
POLICE SAY THEY 
INTERVENED, 
CLASSES RESUMED 
AND THERE WERE 
19 ARRESTED. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
FIRST TIME 
PROTESTERS HAVE 
TARGETED:CONDOMINIU 
COMPLEX. 
THEY WERE THERE 
FRIDAY AS WELL. 
THE MAYOR IS 
SEEN AS A 
DIVISIVE FIGURE 
TOO MANY 
PROTESTERS. 
HE IS ALSO THE 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONER. 
LAST NIGHT WAS 
THE 96 THAT 
NIGHT OF UNREST 
HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
BACK TO YOU. 
 
AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, AS %
OPPRESSIVE, 
RACIST, THEY'LL %
THROW OUT ANY 
WORD THAT COMES %
TO THEM. %
ACTUALLY, WE %
MUST GIVE FAR %
GREATER SUPPORT %
TO OUR LAW %
ENFORCEMENT. %
IT'S ALL ABOUT %
GIVING THEM %
ADDITIONAL %
SUPP
WOW. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ALSO 
CONTINUED HIS 
VIEWS WITH THE 
MAYOR AND 
WEIGHED IN ON 
LAST NIGHT 
PROTEST. 
LET'S LISTEN TO 
THAT. 
>> THE RADICALS 
WERE TRYING TO 
GET INTO THE 
MAYOR'S HOUSE AND
IT IS FOOLISH. 
STUPID. 
HOW HE CAN BE 
MARRIED, I HAVE 
NO IDEA. 
ALL HE HAS TO DO 
IS CALL AND WE 
WILL END THEIR 
PROBLEM. 
THEY HAVE PEOPLE 
THAT ARE 
HARASSING HIM 
HORRIBLY. 
HE STILL PICKS 
UP WITH THEM. 
HE IS A FOOL. 
ONLY A FOOL 
WOULD DO THAT. 
>> OKAY. 
WHAT IS THE 
MAYOR'S 
REACTIONS ABOUT 
THE STRONG WORDS 
AGAINST HIM AND 
THE OFFER FOR 
HELP. 
WHAT DOES HE SAY 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> WE HAVE YET 
TO HEAR FROM THE 
MAYOR AND 
RESPOND 
SPECIFICALLY TO 
THOSE REMARKS BY 
THE PRESIDENT. 
HE HAD ACCUSED 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
THROWING HATE 
AND DIVISION 
HERE IN PORTLAND 
THAT PART OF THE 
WAR OF WORDS 
BETWEEN THE TWO 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
GOING ON FOR A 
FEW WEEKS. 
THEY BOTH 
EXCHANGED 
INSULTS. 
IT IS NOT JUST 
THE VIOLENCE 
THAT THEY ARE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
THEY ARE RIOTING 
ABOUT IT. 
THERE WAS A 
LETTER SENT TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ON AUGUST 28 
THAT THE ACTING 
SECRETARY OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY WAS 
RESPONDING TO 
THAT LETTER 
YESTERDAY AND 
WRITING A LETTER 
OF HIS OWN. 
I HAVE PART OF IT
. THERE WILL 
COME A POINT 
WHEN STATE AND 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
FAILED TO 
PROTECT ITS 
CITIZENS FROM 
VIOLENCE. 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL 
HAVE NO CHOICE 
BUT TO PROTECT 
OUR AMERICAN 
CITIZENS. 
NO WORD ON 
EXACTLY WHAT 
THAT MEANS. 
WE ALL REMEMBER 
EARLY IN JULY 
WHEN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY SENT 
FEDERAL AGENT TO 
THE COURTHOUSE 
WHERE THERE WERE 
CLASHES. 
THEY WERE SAID 
TO HAVE 
ESCALATED THE 
SITUATION THERE. 
>> POLICE HAVE 
IDENTIFIED THE 
MAN WHO WAS SHOT 
AND KILLED 
DURING PROTEST 
SATURDAY NIGHT. 
TELL US WHAT WE 
KNOW. 
>> YES. 
THEY IDENTIFIED 
HIM AS A 39-YEAR-
OLD, AARON 
DANIELSON. 
A MEMBER OF 
PATRIOT PRAYER. 
WE WERE SPEAKING 
TO THE FOUNDER 
OF THAT GROUP 
WHO TOLD US THAT 
HE WAS A PART OF 
THE PRO TRUMP 
CONVOY THAT 
DROVE THROUGH 
PORTLAND 
CLASHING WITH 
THE 
DEMONSTRATORS ON 
A SATURDAY. 
THEY THREW 
PAINTBALLS AND 
MAZE. 
THE CONVOY LEFT 
THE CITY. 
DANIELSON LIVED 
IN PORTLAND. 
HE RETURNED 
THERE. 
WHEN HE WAS SHOT 
AND KILLED. 
HE WAS SHOT IN 
THE CHEST. 
AT THAT POINT 
THE 
DEMONSTRATION 
WAS OVER. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THE TWO ARE IN 
ANY WAY 
CONNECTED. 
THAT IS ALL PART 
OF AN ONGOING 
HOMICIDE 
INVESTIGATION 
THAT AUTHORITIES 
ARE WORKING TO 
PIECE TOGETHER 
EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED. NO 
ARRESTS HAVE 
BEEN MADE AS FAR 
AS THAT 
INVESTIGATION AT 
THIS TIME. 
>> OKAY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
REPORTING. 
STAY SAFE. 
>> 
%
HEALING. %
SO AGAIN, MR. %
PRESIDENT, I %
THANK YOU 
FACEBOOK TOOK 
DOWN FAKE 
RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS 
AFTER A TIP FROM 
THE FBI. 
THEY HIRED 
JOURNALIST TO 
UPLOAD A FAKE 
WEBSITE. 
CAN, THIS IS A 
WILD ONE. 
BRING US UP TO 
SPEED. 
OBVIOUSLY, THERE 
IS A DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN A LOT OF 
PEOPLE THINK OF 
AND THEN A REAL 
JOURNALIST LIST 
WRITING A 
WEBSITE. 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON? 
>> THAT IS 
RIGHT. 
FACEBOOK 
DISCLOSED THAT 
THE LATEST 
EXAMPLE OF HOW 
RUSSIA IS TRYING 
TO INTERVENE IN 
THESE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTIONS BY 
SHAPING PUBLIC 
OPINION. 
THAT IS A BAD 
NEWS. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS 
THIS CASE WAS 
NOT SUCCESSFUL. 
IT WAS CAUGHT 
EARLY BY THE FBI.
FACEBOOK SHUTDOWN
13 ACCOUNTS. 
IT IS 
INTERESTING SOME 
OF THE THINGS 
THEY DID. 
THEY USED 
ARTIFICIAL 
INTENTIONS FOR 
THESE PEOPLE ON 
LINKEDIN. 
THEY HIRED A 
FREELANCE 
JOURNALIST. 
AN AMERICAN WE 
TALKED TO SAID 
HE OFFERED ME 
$200 FOR 
ARTICLES. 
THIS WAS A FAR 
LEFT WEBSITE 
DESIGNED TO GET 
VOTERS AWAY FROM 
MAINSTREAM 
DEMOCRATS. 
KNITS RIGHT OUT 
OF THE 
PROPOSITION 
PLAYBOOK. 
LUCKILY IT DID 
NOT GET A LOT OF 
TRACTION. 
>> SO FACEBOOK 
GETS A TIP FROM 
THE FBI. 
HOW DID THE FBI 
FIND OUT ABOUT 
THIS? 
>> WELL, WE 
BELIEVE THE FBI 
FOUND OUT ABOUT 
IT THROUGH THE 
DIGITAL SPYING 
OPERATION KEEPING
TIES ON FOREIGN 
ACTORS AND THE 
INTERNET 
RESEARCH AGENCY. 
THEY WERE ACTIVE 
BACK IN 2016. 
THEY WERE 
INDICTED AND 
THEN IN THE FALL 
2018 CYBER 
COMMAND SHUT 
THEM DOWN FOR 
ONE DAY WITH A 
CYBER ATTACK. 
THEY ARE BACK AT 
IT. 
THIS SHOWS THAT 
IT IS HARD TO 
SHUT THIS DOWN 
AND THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS NOT DETERRED 
IT OR RAISE THE 
COST OR MADE 
SURE THAT THEY 
WOULD PAY A 
PRICE IF THEY 
INTERFERE. 
RUSSIA FEELS 
FREE TO CONTINUE 
TO DO THAT, 
APPARENTLY. 
>> SOME OF THESE 
ACCOUNTS WENT TO 
ONE THAT MUELLER 
ACTUALLY 
INVESTIGATED. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> YES. 
IT'S THE 
INTERNET 
RESEARCH AGENCY. 
IT WAS A HUGE 
FACTOR IN THE 
RUSSIAN 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY 
INTERVENTION. 
THEY WERE 
CREATING ALL 
KINDS OF FALSE 
IDENTITIES ON 
FACEBOOK AND 
TWITTER. 
MEMBERS OF THE 
GROUP WERE 
INDICTED BY 
ROBERT MUELLER 
AND HEAVILY 
FEATURED IN THE 
REPORT AND THEY 
HAVE RELOCATED 
AND CHANGED 
THEIR TACTICS 
BUT ARE STILL 
AROUND. 
THEY WERE 
BANKROLLED BY A 
WEALTHY RUSSIAN. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW THEY ARE 
GETTING THEIR 
FUNDING. 
THE INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCIES 
PROBABLY 
UNDERSTAND. 
TODAY WE HAVE A 
GLIMPSE OF THE 
LATEST EXAMPLE 
OF HOW THEY ARE 
CREATIVELY 
TRYING TO 
INTERFERE IN OUR 
ELECTIONS. 
>> OKAY. 
WE ARE ONLY 63 
DAYS OUT FROM 
THE ELECTIONS. 
HOW DOES THIS 
CAMPAIGN COMPARE 
TO WHAT WE SAW 
BACK IN 2016? 
>>REPORTER: THAT 
IS A GREAT 
QUESTION. 
WHAT FACEBOOK 
AND OTHER SOCIAL 
MEDIA SITES AND 
EXPERTS TELL ME 
IS THAT IT IS 
NOT AS 
SUCCESSFUL 
BECAUSE THERE IS 
A COLLECTIVE 
ACTOR EFFORT TO 
GET RID OF IT. 
YET FBI IS ON 
THE CASE. 
THAT IS THE GOOD 
NEWS. 
AND THE RUSSIANS 
HAVE CHANGED 
THEIR TACTICS. 
IT'S HARD TO 
BUILD AN 
AUDIENCE. 
IN 2016 THEY WERE
NOT AFRAID OF 
GETTING CAUGHT. 
ALSO WE WERE NOT 
LOOKING FOR. 
THEY HAVE NOT 
GAINED MUCH 
TRACTION. 
WHAT FACEBOOK 
POLICY CHIEF 
TOLD ME IS THAT 
HE FEARS BECAUSE 
OF THAT, THERE 
WILL BE AN 
EFFORT TO DO A 
HACK AND DUMP 
OPERATION WHERE 
THEY LEAK SOME 
PIECE OF 
INFORMATION ON 
THE EVE OF THE 
ELECTION AND THEN
THE MEDIA WILL 
BE CONFRONTED 
WITH WHAT DO WE 
REPORT? 
HOW DO WE 
INOCULATE THE 
PUBLIC AGAINST 
THIS EVER TO 
CHANGE PUBLIC 
OPINION. 
IN 2015 WE 
PLAYED RIGHT 
INTO THEIR HAND 
AND REPORTED ALL 
THE LEAKED 
STUFF. 
HOPEFULLY THIS 
TIME IT WILL BE 
DIFFERENT. 
>> OKAY. 
YOU MADE MY EARS 
PICK UP. 
HACK AND DUMP. 
THAT SOUNDS 
OMINOUS. 
I DID LIKE THAT 
YOU SAID THE FBI 
IS ON THE CASE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
WATCH WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DO NOT 
HAVE TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> 
>>> THIS IS THE 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
EXPAND TESTING. 
PROTESTERS NEED 
TO SUPPORT 
COMMUNITIES 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP WITH A 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE AREN'T WHO WE 
SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT IF 
THAT IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> HEADLINES 
COULD BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
WE STARTED A NEW 
NEWS FOR THEM. 
IT'S NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY GO 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
WHAT IS THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS? 
>> TEACHERS HAVE 
TO MAKE TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE IN THEIR 
FAMILY. 
SO WHAT DO I DO, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
I MISS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>> MOST COVID 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF 
CONCERNS THAT 
THE KIDS WILL 
NOT BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGES SOON? 
>> HERE, IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTEST IS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> R POLICE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> 
>>> THE BUSINESS 
IS DYNAMIC AND 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THE WORK
I AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
WHEN EYEFUL WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>> 
%
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. %
>> WHAT AM I %
GOING TO DECIDE? %
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? %
THAT'S AN %
IMPOSSIBLE %
DECISION. %
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A %
LI
>>> THERE IS A 
QUIET DIVISION 
BETWEEN BLACK 
AMERICANS AND 
AFRICANS IN THE 
U.S. GOOD 
BEYONCI IN THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
CREATE A MORE 
UNITED FRONT? 
WE TEAMED UP 
WITH THE HOST 
AND CREATOR OF 
THE STOOP 
PODCAST TO LOOK 
INTO THIS 
DIVIDE. 
>> BEYONCI'S NEW 
FILM CAUSED A 
SHAKE UP. 
IT INSPIRED 
BLACKS. THERE 
WAS A SIMILAR 
REACTION TO THE 
BLACK PANTHERS 
IN 2018 WITH 
THESE MOMENTS 
COMES 
CONTROVERSY. 
EXPOSING 
PERSISTENT 
TENSION BETWEEN 
BLACK AMERICANS 
AND AFRICANS IN 
THE U.S. THERE'S 
NO ONE EXACT 
REASON. 
IT IS THE BUILD 
UP OF MULTIPLE 
REASONS. 
>> SUMMER 
ECONOMIC. 
IMMIGRANTS ARE 
TAKING AWAY 
CERTAIN JOBS 
FROM BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
OTHERS 
HYSTERICAL LIKE 
THE IDEA THAT 
SOME AFRICANS 
ARE NOT AWARE OF 
THE HISTORY OF 
RACE IN AMERICA. 
PEOPLE ARE JUST 
LEARNING ABOUT 
THESE RACIAL 
ISSUES AND 
LEARNING WHAT IT 
MEANS TO BE 
BLACK AND IT 
DOESN'T REALLY 
MATTER IF YOU 
ARE FROM AFRICA 
OR ALABAMA, YOU 
ARE STILL BLACK. 
>> WHEN AN 
IMMIGRANT COMES 
TO THIS COUNTRY 
THEY NEED TO 
ACHIEVE. 
THEY WANT TO 
WORK. 
THEY WANT TO GO 
TO SCHOOL. 
THEY HAVE A 
PERSONA WHICH 
DISTINGUISHES 
THEM FROM THE 
BLACK AMERICANS 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> JOURNALISTS 
HAVE A PODCAST 
CALLED THE 
STOOP. 
DAY DISCUSS 
BLACK IDENTITY 
INCLUDING THIS 
VERY TOPIC. 
BOTH IDENTIFY AS 
BLACK AND LIVE 
IN AMERICA. 
ONE IS AFRICAN 
AND ONE IS A 
BLACK AMERICAN. 
THE DIVISION MAY 
EXIST BECAUSE 
THERE IS A 
PICTURE OF BOTH 
COMMUNITIES IN 
POP-CULTURE. 
AFRICA WAS 
PORTRAYED AS 
EITHER A 
DESOLATE PLACE 
WHERE THERE WAS 
FAMINE AND WAR 
AND PEOPLE WHO 
DON'T KNOW HOW 
TO RULE THE 
COUNTRY. 
AND THEN THE 
OTHER ONE IS 
THEY ARE KINGS 
AND QUEENS AND 
DRIPPING IN GOLD 
AND THAT IS 
PROBLEMATIC AS 
WELL. 
SO THIS GOES 
BOTH WAYS. 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS ONLY 
KNOW WHAT THEY 
SEE ON AMERICAN 
TELEVISION. 
PEOPLE COMING 
FROM AFRICA ONLY 
KNOW WHAT THEY 
SEE ON THEIR 
MOVIE SCREENS 
AND TV SHOWS. 
>> THE MAJORITY 
PORTRAY AFRICAN-
AMERICANS IN 
CERTAIN BOXES. 
THEY ARE THUGS 
AND GANGSTERS. 
OF COURSE, THERE 
ARE PLENTY OF 
AFRICANS AND 
BLACK AMERICANS 
EDUCATED. 
%
UP WITH LOCAL %
POLICE IN NINE %
CITIES TO CRACK %
DOWN ON VIOLENT %
CRIME. 
SO FAR, 1500 %
ARRESTS. 
>> AND WE 
WOULDN'T HAVE %
SUSPECTS IN %
CUSTODY, WITHOUT %
OUR FEDERAL %
PARTNERSHIPS. %
>> BUT THE 
PEOPLE ON THE %
FRONT LINES FEAR 
THE VIOLENCE 
COULD WORSEN, %
WHEN THE WEATHER %
TURNS COLD. %
>> YOU HAVE %
SOCIAL 
ISOLATION. %
YOU HAVE THE %
ECONOMIC %
DEVASTATION. %
YOU HAVE JUST %
THE STRESS OF %
THE DISEASE %
ITSELF. 
THEN YOU HAVE %
THOSE %
COMMUNITIES THAT %
ARE AT THE %
HIGHEST RISK, %
BEING AFFECTED %
BY COVID. %
AND YOU'RE GOING %
TO SEE AN %
EXPLOSION. 
LET'S GO TO NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, WS
JOE FRYER WHO 
HAS THE LATEST. 
>> WE BEGIN WITH 
LEGAL VICTORY 
FOR DONALD 
TRUMP. 
A FEDERAL 
APPEALS COURT 
TEMPORARILY 
BLOCKED 
MANHATTAN'S 
DISTRICT N'
ATTORNEY FROM 
OBTAINING THE 
PRESIDENT'S TAX 
RETURNS. 
THE COURT EN
GRANTED THE 
STAY, WHICH PUTS 
A HOLD ON A 
LOWER COURT 
RULING, WHICH 
GAVE PROSECUTORS 
THE COMMUNITY. 
THIS GIVES RSTIME 
TO CONSIDER THE 
COURT'S OWRMT, 
THAT SUBPOENA 
FOR THE RECORD 
IS OVERLY BROAD. R 
AND ISSUED IN 
BAD FAITH. 
FANS ARGUE IT 
WOULD IMPEDE HAS 
INVESTIGATION. IT
HE BEGAN AFTER 
FORMER TRUMP 
LAWYER MICHAEL 
COHEN CLAIMED HE 
PAID STORMY 
DANIELS TO KEEP 
QUIET DAABOUT AN 
ALLEGED AFFAIR 
BEFORE THE 2016 
ELECTION. 
THE SUPREME 
COURT REFUSED TO 
BLOCK THE 
SUBPOENA IN 
JULY, PUSHING 
BACK ON 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CLAIMS 
TO IMMUNITY. T  
CRIMINAL PROBES 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
THE HEARINGS ON 
THE MERITS ON 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
LATEST APPEAL, 
WILL S BE HELD 
LATER IN 
SEPTEMBER. 
IDENTIFYING 
POSSIBLE FRAUD 
AND ABUSE IN THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
$600 BILLION 
PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
A P LACK 'SLL  OF 
GOVERNMENT 
OVERSIGHT AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
LED TO BILLIONS 
OF DOLLARS BEING 
DIVERTED TO 
FRAUD, WASTE AND 
ABUSE, RATHER 
THAN REACHING 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
IN NEED. 
FINDINGS INCLUDE 
THAT MORE THAN 
$1 BILLION WAS 
REPORTEDLY GIVEN 
TO SMALL 
BUSINESSES THAT 
RECEIVED 
MULTIPLE LOANS, 
VIOLATING THE 
PROGRAM'S 
GUIDELINES, AND 
MORE THAN 600 
LOANS, TOTALING 
OVER $96 
MILLION, WENT TO 
COMPANIES 
EXCLUDED FROM 
DOING BUSINESS 
WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT.  NE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
AND THE 
GOVERNMENT HAVE 
REACHED AN 
IMPASSE ON  HTHE 
NEXT ROUND OF 
AIDES, NESO FAR, 
FAILING TO REACH 
A BIPARTISAN 
AGENT. EA
STEVEN MNUCHIN 
TELLING 
LAWMAKERS WHAT 
HE WANTS TO SEE 
NEXT. G 
>>> WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO WORK 
WITH THE SENATE 
AND HOUSE ON A 
BIPARTISAN 
BASIS, FOR PHASE 
4 RELIEF 
PACKAGE. %HA
I BELIEVE A 
BIPARTISAN 
AGREEMENT STILL 
SHOULD BE 
REACHED AND 
WOULD PROVIDE 
SUBSTANTIAL 
FUNDS FOR 
SCHOOLS, 
TESTING, 
VACCINES, SCPPP 
FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES, 
CONTINUED 
ENHANCED 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS, CHILD 
CARE, NUTRITION, COD
AGRICULTURE, 
AND 
THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
ALONG WITH 
LIABILITY 
PROTECTION FOR 
UNIVERSITIES, 
SCHOOLS AND 
BUSINESS. IT
>> FACEBOOK SAYS 
RUSSIAN INTERNET 
CONTROLS IN
LAUNCHED A NEW 
WEBSITE THAT 
HIRED ACTUAL 
JOURNALISTS, 
INCLUDING 
FREELANCERS FROM 
AMERICA. 
ANALYSTS SAY THE 
SITE, CALLED 
PEACE DATA, 
AIMED TO DIVIDE 
DEMOCRATS. 
IT FOCUSED 
LARGELY ON D DIATTH 
ENVIRONMENT AND 
CORPORATE AND 
POLITICAL 
CORRUPTION. 
FACEBOOK SAID IT 
LEARNED THROUGH 
A TIP FROM THE 
FBI, THAT PEOPLE 
FORMERLY 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE RUSSIAN 
INTERNET AGENCY, 
RAN PEACE DATA. 
THE SITE 
OPERATED 13 
FACEBOOK COUNTS 
AND TWO SITES 
WHICH WERE TAKEN 
DOWN BY FACEBOOK 
TODAY. 
THEY  CREATED A 
NUMBER OF SOCIAL 
MEDIA PERSONAS 
AND CREATED 
POLITICAL 
TURMOIL IN THE 
U.S. L 
FACEBOOK SAYS OK
THERE IS NO 
INDICATION THAT 
THIS GAINED A 
RECENT 
FOLLOWING. 
>>> DIRECTLY 
ONTO PHONES. 
NO APP INNEEDED. 
IT WILL BE AN 
OPT-IN FEATURE, 
USING BLUETOOTH 
TECHNOLOGY ON 
YOUR DEVICE. 
THEY CALL IT THE 
EXPOSURE 
NOTEIFICATION 
SYSTEM. 
THEY WILL USE 
BLUETOOTH TO 
DETERMINE HOW 
CLOSE PEOPLE ARE 
TO ONE ANOTHER. 
AND IF ONE OF 
THE USERS TESTS 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19. 
IT AM SEND PUSH 
NEGOTIATIONS TO 
PHONES NEARBY.  
APPLE AND GOOGLE 
SAY THEY HOPE TO 
INCREASE THE 
ADOPTION OF 
CONTRACT TRACING 
AND MAKE IT MORE 
EFFICIENT. 
TECH COMPANIES 
SAY THE SYSTEM 
DOES NOT Y COLLECT 
THE LOCATION OR 
IDENTITY OF 
USERS. 
THOSE ARE YOUR 
TUESDAY 
HEADLINES, 
SAVANNAH. 
>>> THAT IS S.DA
PRETTY NEAT. 
NOT HAVING TO 
DOWNLOAD AN APP 
FOR THAT. 
MAYBE IT WILL 
MEAN MOST PEOPLE 
WILL BE UP FOR 
IT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, JOE. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TODAY, 
MEETING WITH LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, 
AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE HAVE NGTO 
HAVE OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WE CHERISH OUR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WE WOULDN'T BE  
HERE WITHOUT OUR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WE 
HAVE TO 
CONDEMN THE 
DANGEROUS, ANTI-
POLICE RHETORIC. 
IT'S GETTING 
MORE AND MORE. 
IT'S VERY 
UNFAIR. 
AND YOU HAVE 
SOME BAD APPLES. 
WE ALL KNOW 
THAT. 
AND THOSE WILL 
BE TAKEN CARE OF 
THROUGH THE 
SYSTEM. 
>> Reporter: NBC 
NEWS REPORTER, 
SHAQUILLE 
BREWSTER JOINS 
ME NOW FROM 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
SHAQ, WHAT ELSE SH
DID THE 
PRESIDENT SAY? 
AND I'M CURIOUS, TH
HOW IS THAT 
MESSAGE RECEIVED 
IN THE ROOM? W  
>> WELL, IT WAS 
A RELATIVELY 
QUICK TRIP FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WHO CAME TO 
KENOSHA THIS 
AFTERNOON.  TIS
AND WE SAW HIM 
FIRST TOUR SOME 
BUSINESSES. 
BUSINESSES THAT 
GOT DAMAGED IN 
THE LOOTING AND GO
RIOTING THAT YOU 
SAW IN THE EARLY 
DAYS OF THE 
PROTEST. 
YOU ALSO SAW THE 
PRESIDENT HAVE 
THE ROUND TABLE 
DISCUSSION WITH 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
LEADERS, HAVING 
THAT DISCUSSION, 
WHERE YOU HEARD 
THEM TALK ABOUT %
THE LOOTING AND 
THE RIOTING, 
SAYING THAT HE 
WANTS TO RESTORE 
ORDER TO 
KENOSHA, TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
PRESENCE THAT 
HE'S TAKING SOME 
CREDIT FOR. 
WE KNOW THE 
NATIONAL GUARD, 
THOSE ORDERS ARE 
MADE BY THE  
GOVERNOR OF THE 
STATE. 
BUT YOU HEARD 
THE PRESIDENT 
MENTION THOSE 
STEPS THERE IN 
HAS MEETINGS 
WITH LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. ET
BUT YOU ALSO 
HEARD ABOUT THE 
ASSISTANCE THAT 
HE ANNOUNCED 
FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS FOR 
BUSINESSES 
AVAILABLE. 
MILLIONS ARSSOF 
DOLLARS FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
A SPECIAL $42 
MILLION GRANT 
FOR STATE AND 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
YOU HEARD THE 
PRESIDENT MAKE A 
LOT OFT  
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ABOUT WHAT HE'S 
PLANNING TO DO, 
ABOUT WHAT HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS DOING IN THE 
WAKE OF THE 
UNREST THAT WE 
SAW IN KENOSHA. 
WHAT WE DID NOT 
HEAR FROM THE 
PRESIDENT, AND 
HE WAS ASKED 
ABOUT THIS BY 
SEVERAL 
REPORTERS, WAS 
THE MESSAGES 
THAT YOU HEAR 
FROM PROTESTORS, 
LIKE THE 
PROTESTORS 
BEHIND ME, ARE  
APPROACHING US 
RIGHT NOW. 
THE MESSAGES YOU IN
HEAR FROM THEM, 
CALLING FOR AN 
END TO SYSTEMIC 
RACISM. 
CALLING TO 
POLICE REFORM. 
THE RA PRESIDENT 
NOT TOUCHING ON 
HIS PROPOSALS OR 
WHETHER HE 
BELIEVES IT WAS 
A SERIOUS ISSUE 
WHEN HE WAS 
ASKED. 
INSTEAD, HE WENT 
TO FOCUS ON THE 
VIOLENCE THAT WE 
SAW ABOUT A WEEK 
AGO AT THIS 
POINT. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> SHAQ, 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PEOPLE YOU'RE 
TALKING TO, WHAT 
MESSAGE DOES 
THIS VISIT SEND? 
HOW IS IT BEING 
RECEIVED? 
>> Reporter: YOU 
KNOW, EVER SINCE 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
ANNOUNCED HIS 
VISIT. 
IT STARTED ON 
TUESDAY. 
AND WE HIMIGHT TE
MOVE A LITTLE 
BIT. 
SO IF YOU  SEE 
OUR CAMERA MOVE, 
THAT'S WHY. 
WE'RE JUST GOING 
TO MOVE  OUT OF 
THE WAY OF 
PROTESTORS. 
>> YES, PLEASE 
DO. 
>> Reporter: . %
YEAH, OF COURSE. 
AND THIS SAY 
VERY PEACEFUL 
CROWD. 
LET ME  PJUST MAKE 
THAT CLEAR. 
BUT LET ME GET 
OUT OF THE WAY, 
SO WE'RE NOT IN 
THEIR WAY WHEN 
THEY ARE 
MARCHING DOWN 
THE STREET. 
BUT WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT 
ANNOUNCED THIS 
TRIP ENINITIALLY, 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
ANNOUNCE TODAY 
MONDAY. 
AND BY SUNDAY, 
YOU HAD 
OPPOSITION FROM 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, ALL 
SAYING THE 
COMMUNITY STILL 
NEEDS MORE TIME 
FOR HEALING. 
EMOTIONS ARE 
HIGH. 
PEOPLE ARE VERY 
SERIOUS ABOUT 
JUSTICE. IN
YOU HEAR THAT 
FROM THE CROWD. 
BROTESTING RIGHT 
NOW. 
HE SAYS HE WANTS 
JUSTICE FOR 
JACOB BLAKE. 
AND THAT'S E THE 
EMOTION PEOPLE 
HAVE. 
AND THE EMOTION 
THAT WAS 
CONCERNING SOME IO
OF THE LEADERS 
WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT 
ANNOUNCED HIS 
VISIT. 
YOU KNOW, THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
IS STILL CEIN 
PLACE HERE. 
THERE IS STILL A 
CURFEW THAT 
STARTS IN ABOUT 
THREE HOURS 
HERE. 
AND THE CONCERN 
THAT THEY HAD IS 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
RELATIVELY, THE 
PAST FEW NIGHTS, 
WE SAW PEACE. E 
PROTESTS THAT 
WERE LARGELY 
PEACEFUL. 
THE CONCERN IS 
THAT MAY CHANGE 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENTIAL AYTH
VISIT AS YOU 
DRAW MORE PEOPLE 
TO KENOSHA, MORE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
STILL FIRED UP 
ABOUT THE 
ORIGINAL 
SHOOTING, ABTHAT 
SHOOTING THAT 
HAPPENED ON 
SUNDAY, OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> YEAH, SHAQ. 
AND IT'S GETTING 
A LITTLE BIT 
LOUD IN THERE. 
WE CAN %SEE 
PEOPLE AROUND 
YOU. 
T 
THANKS SO MUCH.
THANKS SO MUCH.,
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SLAMMED 
PORTLAND MAYOR 
TED WHEELER 
TODAY AFTER 19 
PEOPLE WERE 
ARRESTED THERE, 
FOLLOWING 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
VIOLENT UNREST 
>> THESE RADICAL 
ANARCHISTS WERE 
TRYING TO GET 
INTO THE MAYOR'S 
HOUSE. 
AND LOTS OF 
THINGS WERE 
HAPPENING TO 
THIS POOR, 
FOOLISH, VERY 
STUPID MAYOR. 
I MEAN, HOW HE 
COULD BE MAYOR, 
I HAVE NO IDEA. 
BUT ALL HE HAS 
TO DO IS CALL 
AND WITHIN 10 
MINUTES, THEIR 
PROBLEM WILL BE 
OVER. 
THEY HAD 
TREMENDOUS 
RESULTS OF 
PEOPLE REALLY 
HARASSING HIM 
HORRIBLY, AND I 
GUESS TRY TO 
BREAK INTO HIS 
HOUSE EXPMPLETS 
HE STILL STICKS 
UP FOR THEM. 
BECAUSE HE'S A 
FOOL. 
ONLY A FOOL 
WOULD STICK UP 
FOR THEM LIKE 
THAT. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
EXCUSE ME, ERIN 
McLAUGHLIN JOINS 
US FROM 
PORTLAND, 
OREGON. 
WE JUST HEARD 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAY THE PEOPLE 
ARE TRYING TO 
GET INTO THE 
MAYOR'S HOUSE. 
TALK TO US ABOUT 
HOW CLOSE IT 
CAME TO THAT 
LAST NIGHT. 
>> Reporter: 
HEY, SAVANNAH. 
WELL, LAST 
NIGHT, A GROUP 
OF PROTESTORS 
MARCHED THROUGH 
THE STREETS OF 
PORTLAND TO THE 
PEARL DISTRICT, 
WHERE 
THEYBELIEVED 
MAYOR IS LIVING 
IN A CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX THERE. 
WHEN THEY 
ARRIVED, THEY 
SET FIRE TO A 
PICNIC TABLE IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
THE STREET. 
SOMEONE THEN 
BROKE INTO ONE 
OF THE GROUND 
LEVEL BUSINESSES 
AND SET A SMALL 
FIRE INSIDE THE 
BUILDING OF THE 
CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX. 
STILL INSIDE. 
ACCORDING TO 
POLICE, IT IS AT 
THAT POINT, THAT 
THEY CHOSE TO 
INTERVENE. 
CLASHING WITH 
THE 
DEMONSTRATORS. 
MAKING SOME 19 
ARRESTS IN 
TOTAL, WORTH 
NOTING, THERE'S 
A SMALL FIRE 
THAT WAS SET 
INSIDE THE 
BUILDING, IT WAS 
QUICKLY 
EXTINGUISHED. 
AND DIFFUSED BY 
THE SMALL HOURS 
OF THE MORNING. 
YET ANOTHER 
NIGHT OF UNREST 
HERE FOR 
PORTLAND. 
AND THIS TIME, 
AN ARSON 
INVESTIGATION IS 
UNDER WAY, AS A 
RESULT OF WHAT 
HAPPENED THERE 
AT THAT 
CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX. 
>> NOW, IN 
ADDITION TO 
THOSE STRONG 
WORDS FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WE'RE ALSO 
HEARING FROM 
ACTING DHS 
SECURITY CHAD 
WOLF, HE SENT A 
LETTER TO MAYOR 
WHEELER TODAY, 
CALLING PORTLAND 
THE EPICENTER OF 
CRIME AND CHAOS. 
WHAT ELSE DID HE 
SAY? 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, THAT'S 
RIGHT. 
THAT WAS IN 
RESPONSE TO A 
LETTER THAT TED 
WHEELER 
ADDRESSED TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ON AUGUST 28th, 
FOLLOWING 
VIOLENCE THAT 
HAPPENED HERE IN 
DOWNTOWN 
PORTLAND, AFTER 
A PRO-TRUMP 
CONVOY ENTERED 
THE CITY, 
CLASHING WITH 
COUNT 
DEMONSTRATORS. 
HE SENT A LETTER 
TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, TO 
COMPLAIN ABOUT 
THAT. 
CHAD WOLF 
RESPONDING ON 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
BEHALF, CALLING 
ON THE MAYOR TO 
REQUEST FEDERAL 
INTERVENTION. 
I'LL READ YOU 
PART OF WHAT THE 
LETTER SAID. 
HE SAID, THERE 
WILL COME A 
POINT WHERE 
STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS FAILED 
TO PROTECT ITS 
CITIZENS FROM 
VIOLENCE TO 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENTS. 
WILL HAVE NO 
CHOICE BUT TO 
PROTECT OUR 
AMERICAN 
CITIZENS. 
PART OF THIS 
ONGOING WAR OF 
WORDS, BETWEEN 
THE MAYOR AND 
THE PRESIDENT. 
THEY BOTH BLAME 
EACH OTHER FOR 
THE VIOLENCE. 
THEY ARE BOTH 
TRADING INSULTS 
ON PRETTY MUCH A 
DAILY BASIS. 
AT THIS POINT. 
AND IT IS WORTH 
NOTING THAT THE 
LAST TIME 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENTS 
INTERVENED IN 
THE SITUATION 
WAS EARLIER IN 
JULY. 
THERE WERE 
CLASHES THAT 
WERE HAPPENING 
OUTSIDE THE 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSE HERE 
IN DOWNTOWN 
PORTLAND. 
THE ADDITION OF 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
REALLY DID SEEM 
TO MAKE THE 
SITUATION WORSE. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> AND FINALLY, 
ERIN, WHAT ARE 
AUTHORITIES 
BRACING FOR 
THERE TONIGHT? 
DO YOU THINK 
IT'S GOING TO BE 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
UNREST? 
>> WELL, THAT'S 
CERTAINLY WHAT 
AUTHORITIES ARE 
EXPECTING AND 
BRACING FOR AT 
THIS POINT. 
LAST NIGHT 
MARKED THE 96th 
NIGHT OF UNREST 
HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
AND THEY'RE 
EXPECTING 
ANOTHER NIGHT AS 
WELL. 
IN FACT, THEY 
HAVE INCREASED 
THE SECURITY 
PRESENCE HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
THE GOVERNOR 
CONTRACTING HER 
OWN PLAN TO DEAL 
WITH THE 
SECURITY 
SITUATION, 
SENDING IN THE 
STATE TROOPS TO 
BACK UP THE 
POLICE. 
BUT THE MAYOR 
HIMSELF TRYING 
TO DEESCALATE 
THE 
SITUATION,PROPOSING 
ANY NUMBER OF 
POLICE REFORMS. 
BUT THERE IS A 
GROUP THAT IS 
VERY PERSISTENT 
AND CONTINUES TO 
BE VERY ANGRY, 
TAKING TO THE 
STREETS NIGHT 
AFTERNIGHT, TO 
PROTEST THE 
SITUATION. 
>> 96 NIGHTS. 
THAT IS JUST 
REALLY SOMETHING 
HERE IN AN 
AMERICAN CITY. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, ERIN. 
>> SURE. 
>>> THERE HAS 
BEEN A DRAMATIC 
SPIKE IN MURDERS 
ACROSS THE 
UNITED STATES. 
IN CHICAGO, MORE 
THAN 500 
HOMICIDES JUST 
THIS YEAR. 
FOR A NEW 
SERIES, 
AMERICA'S 
CITIES, FACT 
VERSUS FICTION, 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
COMCOSTELLO, 
WENT TO SEE HOW 
THEY ARE WORKING 
TO KEEP THEM 
SAFE. 
>>> WE'RE SEEING 
THIS IN CITIES 
BIG AND SMALL. 
REALLY THE 
DISTURBING 
INCREASE IN 
HOMICIDES. 
WE CAN TELL YOU 
THAT EXPERTS SAY 
THERE'S REALLY 
NOT ONE SINGLE 
REASON FOR IT. 
THERE ARE MANY 
REASONS FOR IT. 
AND THEY HAVE 
REALLY BEEN 
BUBBLING AND 
BUBBLING FOR 
YEARS. 
BUT NOW, THE 
PANDEMIC AND THE 
ECONOMY ARE 
MAKING THE 
SITUATION FAR 
WORSE. 
>> IT'S 
HAPPENING ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, IN 
CITIES BIG AND 
SMALL. 
A DRAMATIC SPIKE 
IN HOMICIDES. 
IN LOS ANGELES, 
NEW YORK. 
IN NASHVILLE. 
IN DENVER. 
>> IT'S NOT OKAY 
THAT THIS SURGE 
IN CRIME IS 
IMPACTING OUR 
VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS. 
>> AND 89% 
INCREASE IN 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
MORE THAN 100% 
IN MILWAUKEE. 
IN CHICAGO, MORE 
THAN 505 DEATHS 
JUST THIS YEAR. 
>> I'M TIRED OF 
IT. 
>> ON JULY 4th, 
7-YEAR-OLD 
NATALIE WALLACE 
WAS KILLED WHILE 
PLAYING IN THE 
FRONT YARD, AS 
HER FAMILY 
PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE 
INDEPENDENCE 
DAY. 
POLICE BELIEVE 
SHE WAS CAUGHT 
IN RETALIATORY 
GUNFIRE. 
THREE SUSPECTS 
HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED. 
>> I MEAN, JUST 
LIKE THAT, YOUR 
WHOLE LIFE CAN 
CHANGE. 
>> HER FATHER, 
SINGLE DAD, 
NATHAN WALLACE, 
STILL STRUGGLES 
TO TALK ABOUT 
IT. 
>> SHE WAS YOUR 
LITTLE GIRL. 
>> YEAH, MY 
YOUNGEST. 
I FEEL LIKE I 
COULDN'T PROTECT 
HER. 
THAT REALLY HITS 
YOU, HURTS YOUR 
SOUL. 
>> VIOLENT CRIME 
HAS BEEN NOTHING 
NEW TO CHICAGO. 
BUT IN YEAR HAS 
BEEN 
EXPONENTIALLY 
BAD. 
THE NUMBER HAS 
ALREADY 
SURPASSED ALL OF 
LAST YEAR. 
>> ON THE SOUTH 
SIDE OF SHAN 
ARMY OF ORANGE 
SHIRTS, CALLED 
TARGET AREA, 
WALKS THE 
STREETS ON A 
MISSION, TO STOP 
VIOLENCE BEFORE 
IT STARTS IN AN 
AREA SUFFOCATING 
WITH 
UNEMPLOYMENT, 
FOOD INSECURITY, 
THE LOSS OF 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
SCHOOLS, GANGS, 
DRUGS AND GUNS. 
AMPLIFYING ALL 
OF IT, THE 
PANDEMIC, MORE 
UNEMPLOYMENT, 
MORE STRESS, 
TENSION WITH 
POLICE AND 
DESPERATION. 
>> WHEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS HIT, 
IT HIT THIS 
COMMUNITY, 
HARDER THAN IT 
HIT ANY OTHER 
COMMUNITY. 
>> AUDREY 
PHILLIPS IS 
TARGET'S 
EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR. 
>> PEOPLE JUST 
DON'T CARE ABOUT 
A LIFE ANYMORE. 
THAT'S IMPORTANT 
TO US. 
WE HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
WE HAVE TO TEACH 
OUR KIDS. 
>> THIS SUMMER, 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT'S 
OPERATION LEGEND 
HAS PARTNERED 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
WITH LOCAL 
POLICE, ACROSS 
NINE CITIES, TO 
CRACK DOWN ON 
VIOLENT CRIME, 
MAKING 1500 
ARRESTS. 
>> THESE ARRESTS 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
AND IT WILL MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE ON 
OUR VIOLENT 
CRIME RATE, 
OVERALL IN 
KANSAS CITY. 
>> NOT TO BE 
CONFUSED WITH 
THE FEDERAL 
AGENTS SENT TO 
PROTEST ZONES 
THIS SUMMER. 
WHILE CRIME AND 
POLICING HAVE 
BECOME 
FLASHPOINTS IN A 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN, 
MOSTEXPERTS SAY 
THE VIOLENCE IS 
NOT RELATED TO 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
OVER RACIAL 
INEQUALITY. 
AND DESPITE THE 
JUMP IN 
HOMICIDES, THE 
NATION'S CRIME 
RATE IS STILL 
DOWN SHARPLY 
FROM THE 1990s. 
STILL, THE 
PANDEMIC, AND 
STALLED ECONOMY, 
HAVE TENSIONS 
AND TEMPERS 
RUNNING HIGH. 
FOR AUTRY 
PHILLIPS, 
PROGRESS IS 
MEASURED, ONE 
PERSON AT A 
TIME. 
>> IF ONE OF US 
JUST HELPED ONE 
PERSON. 
AND ONE OF US 
JUST HELPED ONE 
PERSON FROM 
GETTING KILLED. 
AND ONE OF US 
JUST TOLD ONE 
PERSON TO GET IN 
SCHOOL, GET IN A 
DRUG MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
>> AS THE 
WEATHER GETS 
COLDER IN SOME 
OF THESE 
NORTHERN CITIES. 
AND THEY CAN'T 
GET OUTSIDE. 
BECAUSE IT'S TOO 
COLD. 
THE SITUATION 
COULD GET WORSE. 
PEOPLE ARE 
INSIDE, STUCK ON 
TOP OF EACH 
OTHER. 
ECONOMY STILL 
DEALING WITH 
COVID. 
AND THE 
SITUATION IS 
RIGHT FOR THE 
SITUATION TO GET 
EVEN WORSE. 
>> JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
ARE OUT WITH A 
NEW VIDEO TODAY, 
AS PART OF THEIR 
VIRTUAL 
CAMPAIGN. 
THEY HIT 
EVERYTHING FROM 
TRUMP'S 
CORONAVIRUS TO 
VOTING RIGHTS. 
EVEN MAKING THE 
CASE FOR 
ELECTION DAY. 
>> WHEN YOU AND 
I GET ELECTED, 
GOD WILLING, 
WE'LL VOTE HARD 
TO MAKE VOTING 
DAY. 
SHOULD BE SAME-
DAY 
REGISTRATION. 
>> WE'RE THE 
GREATEST 
DEMOCRACY IN THE 
WORLD. 
AND VOTER 
TURNOUT IS BEING 
PUSHED BY THE 
OTHER TEAM TO BE 
LOWERED. 
>> WHAT ARE THEY 
AFRAID OF? 
I THINK THEY'RE 
AFRAID THEY'RE 
GOING TO SHOW UP 
VOTING. 
>> I THINK 
THEY'RE AFRAID 
OF THE PEOPLE. 
>> NBC NEWS 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER ALLEY 
VITALE JOINS ME 
NOW. 
ALI, JOE BIDEN 
ACTUALLY 
OUTLINES POLICY 
ABOUT VOTING 
RIGHTS. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THEIR 
PLANS? 
>> WE SAW THEM 
TALK ABOUT A 
WIDE RANGE OF 
ISSUES PLAGUING 
THE COUNTRY NOW. 
AND THEY DID IT 
WITH A MIX OF 
ANGER AT DONALD 
TRUMP AND 
CHARTING FORWARD 
THE THINGS THEY 
WOULD LIKE TO DO 
IF THEY'RE 
ELECTED IN 
NOVEMBER. 
AMONG THOSE 
THINGS IS VOTING 
AND INCREASING 
ACCESS TO IT. 
WE KNOW ONE OF 
THE TOP ITEM 
NUMBERS WAS 
EVERY SINGLE 
SPEAKER, TELLING 
VIEWERS THAT 
THEY NEEDED TO 
FIGURE OUT A 
PLAN TO GO VOTE. 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
NOW TALKING 
TODAY ABOUT WHAT 
THEY WOULD DO TO 
INCREASE ACCESS 
TO THAT, 
INCLUDING MAKING 
ELECTION DAY A 
NATIONAL 
HOLIDAY, AND 
SAME-DAY VOTER 
REGISTRATION. 
ALL OF THIS IN 
THE CONTEXT OF 
HOW REPUBLICANS 
ARE TRYING TO DO 
THE OPPOSITE IN 
THEIR VIEW. 
DEMOCRATS, OF 
COURSE, SAYING 
THEY WANT TO 
INCREASE 
TURNOUT. 
THEY FEEL IT 
WILL HELP THEM. 
WE SEE DEMOCRATS 
PUSHING FOR 
INCREASED VOTER 
ACCESS OVER THE 
COURSE OF THE 
LAST TWO YEARS. 
>>> ALI, BIDEN 
AND HARRIS ALSO 
TALKED ABOUT 
SOMETHING YOU 
AND I TALKED 
ABOUT YESTERDAY. 
THAT'S CHILD 
CARE. 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
FOLLOWING THESE 
STORIES OF WOMEN 
SCALING BACK 
WORK TO CARE FOR 
THEIR KIDS. 
THAT'S PART OF 
YOUR INCREDIBLE 
"SHE SESSION 
"SERIES. 
BIDEN SPRANG 
THIS AS AN 
ACTUAL ECONOMIC 
HURDLE, 
SOMETHING YOU 
TOUCHED ON. 
WHAT DID HE SAY? 
>> HOO PHRASED 
IT AS AN 
ECONOMIC HURDLE 
BECAUSE IT IS 
ONE. 
WOMEN ARE HALF 
THE POPULATION. 
IT THEY'RE NOT 
WORKING, THAT'S 
GOING TO BE A 
PROBLEM FOR THE 
COUNTRY. 
YOU ARE LOSING 
MONEY IF YOU 
DON'T HAVE WOMEN 
AS PART OF YOUR 
WORKFORCE. 
AND IT REMINDS 
ME OF WHAT 
PEOPLE WOULD SAY 
TO HER ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
THEY WOULD SAY, 
CAN WE TALK 
ABOUT WOMEN'S 
ISSUES? 
AND SHE WOULD 
SAY, OH, GOOD, 
I'M GLAD YOU 
WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY. 
ALL OF THESE ARE 
WOMEN'S ISSUES. 
HERE'S HOW JOE 
BIDEN TALKED 
ABOUT IT TODAY. 
>> HOW MANY 
SINGLE PARENTS 
OUT THERE, EVEN 
BEFORE THE 
CRISIS, COVID 
CRISIS? 
>> HE DOESN'T 
HAVE IT IN HIM. 
>> WE WERE 
ALREADY, I 
THINK, IN 
TROUBLE BEFORE 
COVID. 
BUT HOW MANY 
SINGLE PARENTS 
OUT THERE EVEN 
BEFORE THE 
CRISIS, COVID 
CRISIS. 
WE'RE TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
CAN I KEEP MY 
JOB AND TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILD? 
THERE SHOULD BE 
AUTOMATIC LEAVE 
FOR PEOPLE TO BE 
ABLE TO PROVIDE 
FOR THE NEEDS OF 
THEIR FAMILY. 
SHOULD BE CHILD 
CARE AVAILABLE. 
AND NO ONE 
SHOULD HAVE TO 
PAY MORE THAN A 
SMALL PERCENTAGE 
OF INCOME TO BE 
ABLE TO GET THAT 
CHILD CARE. 
>> AND AGAIN, 
SAVANNAH, YOU 
AND I TALKED 
ABOUT THIS 
YESTERDAY. 
THE NEED FOR 
CHILD CARE IS 
NOT A NEW 
PROBLEM. 
IT WAS SOMETHING 
THAT WAS COSTLY. 
SOMETHING NAA 
LOT OF WOMEN AND 
MEN ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY COULDN'T 
ACCESS EVEN 
BEFORE THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
BUT LIKE SO MANY 
OTHER ISSUES, 
THE PANDEMIC HAS 
SHONE A GREATER 
LIGHT ON IT. 
IT'S SOMETHING 
JOE BIDEN CAN 
SPEAK ABOUT FROM 
PERSONAL 
EXPERIENCE AS 
WELL. 
YOU'LL REMEMBER 
THAT RIGHT AFTER 
HE WAS ELECTED 
TO THE SENATE, 
HE LOST HIS WIFE 
AND DAUGHTER, 
TRAGICALLY IN A 
CAR ACCIDENT. 
AND WAS LEFT AS 
A SINGLE PARENT 
FOR SEVERAL 
YEARS TO HIS TWO 
YOUNG SONS. 
EVERY STAFFER 
THAT YOU TALK TO 
IN BIDEN'S 
ORBIT, WILL 
REGULARLY TALK 
ABOUT HIM 
JUMPING ON THE 
AMTRAK IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
AND TRYING TO 
GET HOME TO 
DELAWARE, SO HE 
COULD BE THERE 
FOR HIS KIDS. 
THAT'S A PART OF 
JOE BIDEN'S 
STORY. 
SO HIM 
HIGHLIGHTING THE 
CHILD CARE ISSUE 
RIGHT NOW, IT 
SHOWS THAT IT'S 
A PRIORITY. 
BUT IT'S 
SOMETHING HE 
ALSO UNDERSTANDS 
INNATELY, FROM 
HIS OWN 
EXPERIENCE. 
>> ALI, WE ALSO 
SPOKE SENATOR 
HARRIS SPEAK 
MORE ABOUT HER 
RECORD, 
SPECIFICALLY BIG 
BANKS AND 
FORECLOSURE. 
WHAT DID SHE 
SAY? 
AND WHO DO YOU 
THINK SHE IS 
PLAYING THIS 
APPROACH TO? 
>> SO THIS WHOLE 
TAPED DISCUSSION 
WAS REALLY 
INTERESTING TO 
ME FOR TWOEN 
RAS. 
IT'S STILL THE 
CONVICT 
INTRODUCING 
THEMSELVES. 
I KNOW IT FEELS 
LIKE IT'S BEEN 
FOREVER. 
THAT KAMALA AIRS 
HARRIS AND JOE 
BIDEN ARE 
RUNNING 
TOGETHER. 
TYPICALLY, WE'RE 
NOT EVEN AT 
LABOR DAY YET. 
AND IT GETS TO 
BE THE TIME. 
SO THIS VIDEO 
DID TWO THINGS 
IN MY MIND. 
ON THE ONE HAND, 
IT WAS 
INTRODUCING THE 
TICKET. 
BUT ALSO PUSHING 
THE CREDENTIALS. 
SO IF YOU WERE 
JUST TUNING IN, 
YOU GOT TO LEARN 
ABOUT KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
AND WE GOT TO 
LEARN THAT AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN CALIFORNIA, 
IT WAS BOTH A 
PERSONAL AND 
PROFESSIONAL 
MOMENT FOR HER. 
ON THE PERSONAL 
FRONT. 
DURING THE 
RECESSION IN 
2008, IT'S THE 
TIME WHEN SHE 
FIRST STARTED 
WORKING WITH 
BEAU BIDEN, JOE 
BIDEN'S LATE 
SON. 
THAT'S HOW SHE 
SAID SHE GOT TO 
KNOW JOE BIDEN, 
BY PROXY, 
THROUGH HAS SON. 
AND ON A 
PROFESSIONAL 
FRONT, IT WAS 
HER TIME OF 
TAKING ON THE 
BIG BANKS, 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS GOING TO BE 
IMPORTANT NOW IN 
THIS NEXT MOMENT 
OF RECESSION. 
LISTEN TO HOW 
SHE TALKED ABOUT 
IT. 
>> ONE OF THE 
TOUGHEST 
DECISIONS IS THE 
DECISION I MADE, 
TO PULL 
CALIFORNIA OUT 
OF NEGOTIATIONS. 
WITH THE FIVE 
BIGGEST BANKS IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES WITH THE 
FORECLOSURE 
CRISIS. 
>> SO YOUR SON 
WHO SPOKE WITH 
SUCH PRIDE ABOUT 
YOU. 
HE'S THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
OF DELAWARE. 
I'M THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF 
CALIFORNIA. 
YOU BOTH SAID, 
KAMALA, I'M 
STANDING WITH 
YOU, BECAUSE 
IT'S THE RIGHT 
THING. 
>> AND THIS IS 
AN EXPERIENCE 
THAT KAMALA 
HARRIS TALKS 
ABOUT A LOT. 
WE KNOW THAT JOE 
BIDEN, IN TANDEM 
WITH BARACK 
OBAMA IN 2008, 
HELPED PLAN AND 
PULL THE COUNTRY 
OUT OF RECESSION 
THEN. 
NOW, WHAT THE 
CAMPAIGN IS 
DOING IS 
CONSISTENTLY 
BOLSTERING 
CREDENTIALS IN 
THAT REALM AS 
WELL. 
IF THEY'RE 
ELECTED, THEY'RE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
DEAL WITH THE 
PANDEMIC. 
BUT ALSO GOING 
TO HAVE TO DEAL 
WITH A PRETTY 
BAD LANDSCAPE 
NOW. 
TRY TRY TO 
FIGURE OUT BOTH 
VIRUS AND THE 
ECONOMIC REALITY 
OF IT. 
TRYING TO 
BOLSTER IN THAT 
VIDEO. 
SOMETHING THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
SINCE SHE'S BEEN 
ANNOUNCED AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
>> ALI, YOU 
REALLY JUST 
MENTIONED, IT'S 
ONLY BEEN A 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
SINCE WE HAD 
THESE TWO 
TOGETHER. 
THIS IS JUST ONE 
OF A HANDFUL OF 
TIMES THAT WE 
HAVE SEEN THEM 
DOING SOMETHING 
LIKE THIS 
TOGETHER. 
DID ANYTHING 
ELSE BIG STAND 
OUT TO YOU ON 
THIS? 
>> WE'VE SEEN 
THEM DO A FEW 
CONVERSATIONS 
LIKE THIS RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND AS SOON AS 
SHE WAS 
ANNOUNCED, THEY 
HAD A SMALL 
ROLLOUT PERIOD. 
IT WAS THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST WEEK, 
WHERE WE'RE IN 
THE GENERAL 
ELECTION PERIOD. 
AFTER ALL OF THE 
CONVENTION 
FANFARE. 
SO I THOUGHT IT 
WAS INTERESTING 
THAT THEY WOULD 
ROLL THIS VIDEO 
OUT RIGHT NOW, 
SORT OF STILL 
AGAIN, AALOWING 
THEM TO 
INTRODUCE 
THEMSELVES TO 
VOTERS AGAIN. 
AND WATCHING TO 
GET TO KNOW THIS 
TICKET A LITTLE 
BETTER. 
BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME, IT WAS 
REALLY STRIKING 
THE WAY THEY 
TALKED ABOUT AN 
ISSUE THAT BOTH 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT. 
AND THIS 
PRESIDENT HAS 
BEEN BRINGING UP 
CONSISTENTLY. 
BOTH BIDEN AND 
HARRIS WERE 
UNEQUIVOCAL IN 
THIS ABOUT 
CALLING IT OUT 
AS A PROBLEM. 
AND HIGHLIGHTING 
CONSISTENT WAYS 
IN WHICH THEY'VE 
SEEN IT IN 
SOCIETY. 
CONTRAST THAT 
TODAY. 
WHEN A REPORTER 
ASKED HIM IF HE 
THOUGHT SYSTEMIC 
RACISM WAS A 
PROBLEM IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
TRUMP ACTUALLY 
SAID THAT HE'S 
FOCUSING ON THE 
WRONG THING. 
AND THAT THEY 
SHOULD BE, 
INSTEAD, TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
VIOLENCE IN 
PORTLAND. 
NEVER MIND THE 
FACT THAT THOSE 
THINGS ARE 
ACTUALLY 
INEXTRICABLY 
LINKED. 
BUT TRUMP JUST 
DOESN'T TALK 
ABOUT THESE 
ISSUES OF RACIAL 
JUSTICE AND 
RACIAL INJUSTICE 
IN THE SAME WAY 
NAWE SEE 
DEMOCRATS DO. 
AND I'M 
INTERESTED IN 
SEEING, BECAUSE 
WE'RE IN THE 
MIDST OF THIS 
MOMENT, IF THAT 
ACTUALLY 
TRICKLES DOWN TO 
VOTERS AS 
SOMETHING THAT 
ULTIMATELY 
PUSHES THEIR 
VOTE IN ANY ONE 
WAY. 
>> IT WILL 
DEFINITELY BE 
INTERESTING TO 
SEE. 
THANK YOU SOICH, 
ALI. 
>> THANKS. 
>> ARE YOU 
HEADING TO VOTE 
IN THE POST 
OFFICE? 
MIGHT BE A 
LITTLE CONFUSING 
THIS YEAR. 
BUT NBC NEWS HAS 
YOUR BACK. 
GO TO 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOU 
WE HAVE A NEW 
STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE. 
ON VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS. 
>>> THE U.S. 
GOVERNMENT 
LEFTMIGRANT 
CHILDREN IN VANS 
OVERNIGHT, WHILE 
THEY WERE 
WAITING TO BE 
REUNITED WITH 
THEIR PARENTS. 
ACCORDING TO A 
REPORT FROM THE 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
CONFIRMING NBC 
NEWS REPORTING 
LAST SUMMER. 
SOME WERE LEFT 
IN VANS FOR UP 
TO 41 HOURS. 
NBC NEWS JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT, 
JULIA AINSLY 
JOINS ME NOW. 
JULIA, YOU'RE 41 
HOURS. 
THAT IS JUST A 
SHOCKING NUMBER. 
WHAT HAPPENED 
HERE? 
>> WELL, THAT 
NUMBER, 41, IS 
NEW DETAILS THAT 
THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL FOUND 
AFTER CONGRESS 
ASKED HIM TO 
LOOK INTO 
REPORTING THAT 
WE FIRST HAD 
HERE ON NBC 
NEWS. 
THIS WAS WHEN 
THE FIRST GROUP 
OF CHILDREN WERE 
TO BE TAKEN FROM 
HHS CUSTODY 
HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES. 
BUT THE CHILDREN 
SHOWED UP AND 
I.C.E. 
SAID, WE'RE NOT 
READY TO REUNITE 
THESE FAMILIES. 
WE DON'T HAVE 
THE MANPOWER 
PROCESSING 
DPAIBILITIES. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW TO FIND OUT 
WHO BELONGS. 
MY COLLEAGUE 
REPORTED THEN, 
THAT THERE WERE 
CHILDREN WAITING 
IN THE JULY 
HEAT. 
AND VANS IN THE 
PARKING LOT FOR 
OVERNIGHT. 
THEN THE 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL TOOK A 
YEAR, LOOKING 
INTO THIS, 
INTERVIEWING 
PEOPLE. 
AND THEY FOUND 
THAT THERE WERE 
CHILDREN THERE 
AT A MINIMUM OF 
10 HOURS AND A 
MAXIMUM OF 41 
HOURS. 
WAITING. 
NOT JUST AN 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
SITUATION AND A 
VAN. 
BUT WAITING 
REALLY IN 
ANGUISH TO BE 
REUNITED WITH A 
PARENT THEY HAD 
BEEN SEPARATED 
FROM WHILE 
CROSSING THE 
BORDER IN 2018. 
>>> WHAT 
SATURDAY 
GOVERNMENT 
SAYING ABOUT IN 
WATCHDOG REPORT? 
>> WELL, THE 
RESPONSE TO THE 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL WAS THAT 
THEY DO 
EVERYTHING TO 
TRY TO LOOK OUT 
FOR THE CARE AND 
SAFETY OF PEOPLE 
IN THEIR 
CUSTODY. 
THE THINGS IS, 
DHS, CAN ONLY 
LOOK AT THE 
COMPONENTS OF 
THAT ONE AGENCY. 
AND THIS 
HAPPENED BECAUSE 
OF A BREAKDOWN 
IN COMMUNITY. 
SIMPLY ONE 
WASN'T TALKING 
TO THE OTHER. 
IT PEERS THESE 
CHILDREN SHOWED 
UP ON THE DOORS 
OF ISIS. 
THEY WERE 
SURPRISED. 
SO I.C.E. 
HAS SAID THEY 
ARE LOOKING FOR 
PEOPLE IN THEIR 
CUSTODY. 
BUT IT DOESN'T 
GET TO THE 
BREAKDOWN HERE. 
AND REALLY, 
SAVANNAH, THIS 
GOES TO THE 
HEART OF THE 
PROBLEM, WHEN 
THEY STARTED 
SEPARATING THESE 
CHILDREN. 
AND IT'S 
SOMETHING THAT 
WE REPORTED ON 
JUST A FEW WEEKS 
AGO. 
THAT THEY DIDN'T 
HAVE THE 
LONISTICS IN 
PLACE -- 
LOGISTICS IN 
PLACE. 
STEVEN MILLER 
SAID, FORGET 
ABOUT THE 
LOGISTICS. 
WHO IS READY TO 
MOVE FORWARD 
WITH SEPARATING 
CHILDREN? 
FORGET ABOUT 
WHETHER OR NOT 
WE CAN REUNITE 
THEM. 
AND AS A RESULT 
OF THAT VOTE, 
THEY SIGNED THE 
DECLARATION TO 
START MOVING 
FORWARD ON 
SEPARATION. 
AND EVEN WHEN 
SEPARATIONS WERE 
OVER AND THEY 
DECIDED TO END 
THAT POLICY, 
THIS IS WHAT 
HAPPENED WHEN 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
DECIDED TO 
SEPARATE 
CHILDREN WITHOUT 
A PLAN IN PLACE 
TO REUNITE THEM 
WITH THEIR 
PARENTS. 
THIS IS THE 
BREAKDOWN OF 
THAT 
COMMUNICATION. 
AND THIS IS THE 
RESULT OF PEOPLE 
WHO DECIDED 
THROUGH A VOTE, 
TO MOVE FORWARD 
WITH THIS 
POLICY, WITHOUT 
HAVING A PLAN IN 
PLACE TO PROTECT 
THESE CHILDREN 
AND REUNITE 
THESE FAMILIES. 
>>> IT REALLY IS 
JUST TOUGH TO 
HEAR. 
THIS ALL 
HAPPENED BACK IN 
2018. 
THE PANDEMIC 
HASN'T MADE 
ISSUES ANY 
TOUGHER. 
HOW ARE THEY 
HANDLING 
IMMIGRANT 
CHILDREN NOW? 
>> IT'S 
INTERESTING. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
THE ACROSS-THE-
BOARD POLICY FOR 
EVERY PARENT AND 
SEPARATE THEM 
ANY MORE. 
BUT INSTEAD, 
WE'RE STILL 
SEEING 
UNACCOMPANIED 
CHILDREN BEING 
HELD IN PLACES 
LIKE HOTELS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
VERY QUICKLY 
DEPORTED WITHOUT 
HAVING THE SAME 
RIGHT TO DUE 
PROCESS TO CLAIM 
ASYLUM THAT THEY 
USED TO. 
BECAUSE OF THIS 
NEW AUTHORITY 
THAT THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY HAS 
CLAIMED. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT THERE ARE 
ASYLUM SEEKERS 
COMING TO THE 
BORDER. 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS BASICALLY 
PUT A HALT TO 
ANYONE COMING IN 
AND TRYING TO 
CLAIM ASYLUM 
HERE. 
ALSO, THERE'S A 
DIFFERENT FORM 
OF SEPARATIONS. 
THERE ARE NOW 
FAMILIES BEING 
HELD TOGETHER IN 
I.C.E. 
DETENTION. 
AND PARENTS ARE 
HAVING TO DECIDE 
BETWEEN 
RELEASING THEIR 
CHILD AND BEING 
SEPARATED FROM 
THEM OR 
REMAINING IN 
I.C.E. 
DETENTION. 
WHILE THE 
CHANCES OF 
HAVING THE VIRUS 
ONLY INCREASE. 
EVEN THAT KIND 
OF FAMILY 
SEPARATION WE 
SAW IN 2017 HAS 
ENDED. 
IT STILL REMAINS 
THE CASE THAT 
UNACCOMPANIED 
CHILDREN AND 
FAMILIES WHO 
COME TOGETHER 
HERE TO CLAIM 
ASYLUM, DO NOT 
HAVE IT EASY AND 
OFTEN GET CAUGHT 
IN THIS 
BUREAUCRATIC 
MESS, WHERE THEY 
HAVE TO DECIDE 
BETWEEN THEIR 
SAFETY AND 
STAYING 
TOGETHER. 
>>> JULIA 
AINSLY, THANK 
YOU FOR JOINING 
US TO DISCUSS 
THIS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, WE WANT TO 
MAKE SURE 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 DAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY. 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY OF 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE, 
AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT IT IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM, WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
QUESTIONS CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
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. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMALS FOR 
SCHOOLS LOOK 
LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOBS 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT TO 
DEVELOP OUR 
SCHOOLS AND OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
CONCERN THAT THE 
KIDS WON'T BE 
ABLE TO CATCH 
THEM. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING. 
PIAM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF MEN WHO ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THEIR COLOR. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL, AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> IT'S PRIMARY 
DAY IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
WHERE INCUMBENT 
SENATOR ED 
MARKEY IS LOSING 
HIS SEAT FROM 
CONGRESSMAN JOE 
KINNEY. 
GARRETT HAAKE IS 
IN DORCHESTER 
WITH THE LATEST. 
>> HEY, 
SAVANNAH. 
THIS HAS TURNED 
INTO A 
FASCINATING 
RACE. 
WITH ALL THE 
FALL LINES ON 
DISPLAY. 
AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC ON 
ONE SIDE. 
74-YEAR-OLD 
INCUMBENT, ED 
MARKEY. 
CONGRESSWOMAN 
ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ. 
ON THE OTHER 
SIDE, JOSEPH 
KENNEDY III, HE 
IS BACKED BY 
NANCY PELOSI, 
THE SPEAKER OF 
THE HOUSE THAT 
HAS BEEN PUSHING 
HIM FORWARD IN 
THIS CRAIS. 
THE TWO ARE 
HEADING FORWARD 
FOR WHAT WE 
EXPECT TO BE A 
FAIRLY FIGHT 
FINISH. 
900,000 BAY 
STATERS HAVE 
ALREADY CAST 
THEIR VOTES. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHAT ELECTION 
DAY TURNOUT WILL 
BE LIKE. 
THAT'S IT. 
I'VE BEEN 
TALKING TO 
VOTERS ALL DAY 
HERE IN THE 
DORCHESTER 
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 
BOSTON. 
THIS IS AN AREA 
THAT SHOULD BE 
STRONG FOR 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY. 
AND YOU'RE 
HEARING A LOT OF 
NOSTALGIA FOR 
HIS FAMILY. 
SUPPORT FOR WHAT 
THE CONGRESSMAN 
IT TRYING TO DO. 
IT JUST MAY NOT 
BE ENOUGH TO 
UNSEAT ED 
MARKEY. 
>> THE 
CANDIDATES HAVE 
AN INVOLVEMENT. 
AND FATHER, 
UNCLES, ALL OF 
THEM, HAVE 
ALWAYS BEEN GOOD 
TO THE PEOPLE OF 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
AND DEEP DOWN 
INSIDE, I FEEL 
LIKE IT'S TIME 
TO REALLY CLEAN 
HOUSE. 
>> I THINK THE 
KENNEDY NAME 
BRINGS SOME SORT 
OF FAMILIARITY. 
BUT I JUST DON'T 
BELIEVE IN 
TAKING THE JOB 
FROM SOMEONE 
THAT IS DOING 
IT. 
>> TO THE BEST 
OF HIS ABILITY. 
>>> KENNEDY HAD 
A WIDE RANGE. 
MARKEY HAS 
PULLED AHEAD IN 
RECENT WEEKS. 
IF JOSEPH 
KENNEDY LOSES 
TODAY. 
IT WILL BE THE 
FIRST TIME HE 
HAS LOST A 
PRIMARY IN 27 
TRIES. 
THE FAMILY IS 26-
0, ACROSS 
GENERATIONS, 
GOING BACK TO 
JFK. 
>>> ONE 
PENNSYLVANIA 
MANUFACTURING 
COMPANY IS 
SUFFERING 
IMMENSELY 
BECAUSE OF THE 
CHINA TRADE WAR. 
THEY HAVEN'T 
BEEN PROFITABLE 
IN TWO YEARS. 
WILL THEY BE 
VOTING IN 
NOVEMBER? 
KEY 
BATTLEGROUND. 
>> THEY'RE GOING 
TO BRING BACK 
MANUFACTURING. 
THEY'RE GOING ON 
BRING BACK OUR 
JOBS THAT FORMED 
THE BACK BONE OF 
AMERICAN MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
AND OUR COUNTRY 
AS A WHOLE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS ABOUT, 
ARE THEY GOING 
TO HAVE A JOB IN 
SIX MONTHS OR A 
YEAR. 
CURRENTLY, ABOUT 
40 PEOPLE 
FURLOUGH. 
AND THE FUTURE 
IS UNCERTAIN. 
UNTIL THE 
CHINESE 
COMPETITION IS 
SQUARED AWAY TO 
A POINT WHERE WE 
CAN COMPETE WITH 
THEM. 
IF YOU LOOK 
AROUND THIS 
COMPLEX, THIS 
USED TO BE 
MANUFACTURING. 
AND THERE'S VERY 
FEW 
MANUFACTURING 
LEFT IN THIS 
REGION IN THE 
COMPLEX THAT 
WE'RE IN. 
THERE'S TWO OR 
THREE. 
AND IT'S 
PROBABLY 300 
NOW. 
>> YEARS AGO. 
WE WERE BUSY, 
BUSY. 
WE HAD OVERTIME. 
A LOT OF 
OVERTIME. 
I MEAN, PEOPLE 
USED TO CRY, 
THERE WAS TOO 
MUCH OVERTIME. 
VERY BUSY. 
>> COMING IN 
FROM THE CHINESE 
MANUFACTURER. 
THEY'RE SELLING 
THOSE FOR PRICES 
THAT ARE UNDER 
OUR MATERIAL 
COST. 
SO THERE'S NO 
WAY THAT EVEN IF 
ALL THE PEOPLE 
IN OUR FACTORY 
CAME TO WORK FOR 
FREE. 
WE STILL 
COULDN'T COMPETE 
WITH THE CHINESE 
IMPORT. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
ON THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL PROMISED 
TO TAKE ON 
CHINA. 
WHAT ABOUT WHAT 
HE SAID DREW TO 
YOU HIM. 
>> HE WAS GOING 
TO DRAW THE 
CHINESE 
MANUFACTURERS. 
I THINK IN SOME 
WAYS, HE DID 
WHAT HE SAID HE 
WAS GOING TO DO. 
HE TARIFFED 
CHINA. 
BUT, IS SLOW. 
IT'S NOT 
CREATING JOBS 
FOR US YET. 
THE TARIFFS 
HAVEN'T POLLUTE 
PRODUCED THE 
RESULTS WE NEED. 
UNTIL THERE IS 
SOMETHING THE 
GOVERNMENT DOES 
TO STOP CHINA 
FROM SUBSIDIZING 
THE PRICES OF 
THE TRAILERS. 
THERE IS NO HELP 
FOR US. 
WE NEED SOMEONE 
TO SAY, HERE'S A 
PLAN THAT IS NOT 
JUST GOING TO 
COLLECT REVENUE 
FOR THE UNITED 
STATES. 
BUT ALSO GOING 
TO GET PRICING 
UP TO WHERE 
WE'RE 
COMPETITIVE. 
>> I'VE BEEN 
HERE FOR 27 
YEARS. 
I AM HOPING TO 
RETIRE HERE. 
I WANT TO STAY 
HERE AS LONG AS 
I CAN. 
AND HOPEFULLY 
OUR PRESIDENT 
WILL HELP MAKE 
THAT HAPPEN. 
>> WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO IS 
A BUSINESSMAN BY 
NATURE, NOT A 
POLITICIAN. 
AND HE TELLS 
YOU. 
THAT HOPEFULLY 
HE'LL CONTINUE 
TO HAVE THE SAME 
MINDSET. 
>> MY WHOLE 
FAMILY IS 
DEMOCRAT. 
BUT MY FATHER 
WOULD BE ROLLING 
IN HIS GRAVE 
RIGHT NOW. 
BUT I DON'T SEE 
MYSELF VOTING 
FOR A DEMOCRAT. 
I THINK TRUMP 
HAS DONE A GREAT 
JOB. 
I REALLY DO. 
>> KIASK YOU WHO 
YOU VOTED FOR IN 
2016? 
>> TRUMP. 
>> ARE YOU 
LEANING EITHER 
WAY? 
>> NO. 
I'M WAITING IT 
OUT TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
>> I'M STILL 
UNDECIDED. 
WHERE I GO WITH 
MY VOTE. 
I HAVE TO HEAR 
WHAT THEY HAVE 
TO SAY. 
IT'S A LITTLE 
EARLY YET. 
>> TO ME, IT'S 
NOT JUST ABOUT 
THE CHINESE 
IMPORTS. 
IT'S ABOUT THE 
REST OF THE 
ECONOMY. 
IT'S ABOUT 
COVID. 
IT'S ABOUT A LOT 
OF THINGS. 
SO THERE'S A LOT 
OUT THERE YET. 
AND A LITTLE TOO 
SOON TO SAY. 
>>> MARA 
BURWICK. 
YOU ARE IN AN 
BATTLE GROUND. 
>> TRUMP AND 
BIDEN CAMPAIGNS. 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
FOR SUCCESS. 
HERE, THE 
TRAILERS ALL 
SITTING BEHIND 
ME. 
THE WORKERS 
COMMUTE ABOUT A 
50-MILE RAIDIUS. 
THEY'RE ALL 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF WHAT THIS 
NORTHEAST LOOKS 
LIKE. 
AND WHAT THEY 
THINK ABOUT IN 
NOVEMBER. 
WHAT'S IMPORTANT 
ABOUT THIS 
REGION 
SPECIFICALLY. 
I WANT TO SHOW 
YOU DATA OF WHAT 
HAPPENED IN 2012 
VERSUS 2016. 
IT'S FASCINATING 
BECAUSE YOUSEE 
THE NUMBERS FLIP 
FLOP. 
THE REGION 
LARGELY WENT FOR 
OBAMA. 
AND MARGIN OF 
ABOUT 20% THERE. 
FLIPPED AND WENT 
FOR THIS. 
AND THE FOCUS ON 
MANUFACTURING. 
AND SO THIS 
REGION OF 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
LARGELY CARRIED 
THE STATE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BACK IN 2016. 
REMEMBER, HE 
JUST WON 
PENNSYLVANIA BY 
44,000 VOTES. 
IT'S A VERY SLIM 
MARGIN. 
AND A BULK OF 
THOSE CAME FROM 
THIS AREA OF THE 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE LIKE WE 
SAID. 
BIDEN WAS HERE 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL BE HERE 
LATER THIS WEEK. 
WE CAN SEE 
PEOPLE TEND TO 
THINK IF YOU CAN 
FOCUS ON 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
THAT'S 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF WHAT WE'LL 
SEE IN TERMS OF 
WINNING THE 
PRESIDENCY. 
AN INTERESTING 
NOTE, THIS WEEK, 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN ISN'T 
SPENDING ANY 
MONEY ON AIR 
RIGHT NOW 
ADVERTISING IN 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
AND THEIR 
CAMPAIGN STAYING 
ON A PRESS CALL 
YESTERDAY. 
THAT THEY 
BELIEVE THEY 
ONLY NEED TO WIN 
ONE OF THE THREE 
MAJOR BATTLE 
GROUNDS DATING 
IN WISCONSIN OR 
MICHIGAN IN 
ORDER TO STAY 
STRONG ON THE 
PRESIDENCY. 
BUT AS YOU HEARD 
CLEARLY THERE'S 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS LEFT 
UNANSWERED. 
FROM BOTH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN. 
SO VOTERS HERE 
TELLING ME 
THEY'RE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO 
HEARING WHAT 
BOTH CANDIDATES 
HAVE TO SAY IN 
THE UPCOMING 
DEBATE. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> YES. 
SO INTERESTING 
TO HEAR WHAT SO 
MANY PEOPLE HAVE 
DECIDED. 
GREAT INTERVIEW. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, MARA. 
>> ANY TIME. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS PUSHING 
A RUMOR THAT A 
PLANE FULL OF, 
QUOTE, THUGS, 
WAS SENT TO 
DISRUPT THE 
SUMMER. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID ON FOX 
NEWS. 
>> WE HAD 
SOMEBODY GET ON 
A PLANE FROM A 
CERTAIN CITY 
THIS WEEKEND. 
AND IN THE 
PLANE, IT WAS 
ALMOST 
COMPLETELY 
LOADED WITH 
THUGS. 
WEARING THESE 
DARK UNIFORMS, 
BLACK UNIFORMS. 
WITH GEAR AND 
THIS AND THAT. 
I'LL TELL YOU 
SOMETIME. 
BUT IT'S UNDER 
INVESTIGATION 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> NBC NEWS TECH 
REPORTER, BEN 
COLLINS JOINS ME 
NOW. 
BEN, YOU'RE 
REPORTING THIS 
CLAIM FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ACTUALLY MATCHES 
A CONSPIRACY 
THEORY ALL 
SUMMER. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN 
THIS TO US? 
>> YEAH. 
THREE MONTHS 
AGO. 
THERE WAS A 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORY SPREAD BY 
A GUY IN IDAHO. 
AND IT ALLEGED 
SIMPLY THAT A 
PLANE FULL OF 
PEOPLE FROM 
SEATTLE, SOME OF 
WHOM HAD LIKE 
ANTIFA TATTOOS 
ON THEM. 
WERE ALL GEARED 
OUT. 
EXACTLY WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT SAID. 
BUT SAID IT WAS 
GOING FROM 
SEATTLE TO 
BOISE, WAS ABOUT 
TO GO RAVAGE THE 
TOWN. 
NOW, THIS GOT 
EXTREMELY VIRAL 
ACROSS LOCAL 
IDAHO FACEBOOK 
GROUPS. 
IN MISSOULA 
MONTANA. 
THEY TALKED 
ABOUT ANTIFA 
BEING THERE. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING BEFORE 
THE PRESIDENT 
SORT OF DECIDED 
TO REIGNITE 
YESTERDAY. 
>>> WHAT'S 
BEHIND THESE 
VIRAL POSTS? 
I KNOW YOU 
TALKED ABOUT 
THEM. 
THAT CLAIM 
ANTIFA'S HEADING 
TO DIFFERENT 
TOWNS ACROSS 
COUNTRY? 
YOU MENTIONED 
IT'S JUST THIS 
ONE GUY IN 
IDAHO? 
WHAT'S THE FUEL 
BEHIND 
THISTHEORY? 
>> SURE. 
IT'S NEVER ONE 
GUY. 
RIGHT? 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
SOMEONE PUTTING 
THEIR OWN SPIN 
ON IT. 
BUT IN THIS 
SITUATION 
SPECIFICALLY. 
THEY TOOK THE 
POST AND SORT OF 
BLEW IT OUT, 
GAVE IT A LITTLE 
BIT MORE JUICE 
ON THEIR OWN 
FACEBOOK 
ACCOUNT. 
AND TUESDAY THE 
SHERIFF'S OFFICE 
WAS WARNING OF 
THIS. 
AND THAT HAD TO 
PUT THIS UP. 
LOOK, THAT'S NOT 
TRUE. 
THAT'S NOT 
HAPPENING. 
ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
THEY'RE COMING 
TO THE SUBURBS. 
COMING TO 
DESTROY THINGS 
IN BUSES OR 
PLANES. 
THAT WAS 
HAPPENING FOR 
MONTHS. 
IN TEXT 
MESSAGES, ON 
NEXT DOOR, THAT 
APP. 
AND PRIVATE 
FACEBOOK GROUPS. 
SO THIS IS NOT 
NEW. 
THE NEW SPIN ON 
IT IS HOW THEY 
TRY TO DO THIS 
FOR SOME REASON. 
>>> VERY 
INTERESTING. 
THANK YOU FOR 
REPORT BEING ON 
THIS. 
IT'S SO 
IMPORTANT TO BE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS 
MISINFORMATION 
AND THE DIVISION 
IT CAN CREATE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR JOINING 
US. 
>> COOL. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> TIKTOK HAS 
CHOSEN A BUYER. 
AND THE DEAL 
COULD BE 
ANNOUNCED AS 
SOON AS TODAY. 
SENIOR MEDIA 
REPORTER, DYLAN 
BYER JOINS ME 
NOW. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS 
POTENTIAL DEAL? 
IS IT WALMART, 
MICROSOFT, 
ORACLE? 
WE'RE HEARING SO 
MANY NAMES. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW? 
>> 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THAT'S THE ONE 
THING WE DON'T 
KNOW WHO THE 
ACTUAL BUYER IS 
GOING TO BE. 
IT'S DECIDING 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY TO WANT GO 
WITH THE GROUP 
THAT IS LED BY 
MICROSOFT AND 
WALMART. 
WHETHER THEY 
WANT TO GO TO 
THE ORACLE LED 
COALITION. 
THEY ALSO HAVE 
TO APPEASE 
BEIJING AND THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
THIS IS REALLY 
PART OF A MUCH 
LARGEESH GEO 
POLITICAL BATTLE 
TAKING PLACE 
RIGHT NOW 
BETWEEN THE 
UNITED STATES 
AND CHINA. 
THE LATEST 
DEVELOPMENT AND 
IN FACT, WAS 
BEING REPORTED 
SORT OF RIGHT 
NOW, AS WE 
SPEAK, BY THE 
WALL STREET 
JOURNAL IS THAT 
THE DEAL, WHICH 
SEEMED TO HAVE 
CLOSED LAST 
WEEK, IS GETTING 
HUNG UP ON THIS 
QUESTION, OF 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THE BUYER WILL 
BE ABLE, WHEN 
THEY ACQUIRE 
TIKTOK TO ALSO 
ACQUIRE TIKTOK'S 
ALGORITHM. 
AND BASICALLY, 
WHAT THAT COMES 
DOWN TO IS 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO PROVIDE 
[ INAUDIBLE ] OR 
MAKES IT SUCH A 
VALUABLE 
SERVICE. 
IS THAT IT GIVES 
YOU VIDEO THAT 
YOU LIKE. 
BEFORE YOU EVEN 
KNOW YOU WANT 
IT. 
THAT IS REALLY 
ITS SECRET 
SAUCE. 
SO GETTING THAT 
WITHOUT THAT, IS 
BASICALLY NOT 
GETTING TIKTOK 
AT ALL. 
SO WHETHER OR 
NOT THEY CAN 
WRESTLE OUT HOW 
THE AMERICAN 
BUYER GETS THE 
ALGORITHM FROM 
THE CHINESE-
OWNED COMPANY. 
THEY HAVE TO 
SOLVE THAT 
ASPECT OF THIS 
BEFORE THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO ANNOUNCE WHO 
THAT BUYER IS. 
>> YOU JUST 
BOILED THAT DOWN 
REALLY WELL. 
TIKTOK HAS THIS 
THING, THE PAGE, 
BEFORE YOU GET 
WHAT YOU WANT. 
IT JUST DOES NOT 
HAVE THE SAME 
APPEAL. 
LET'S TALK A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
THE, YOU 
MENTIONED THE 
GEO POLITICAL 
RAMIFICATIONS. 
THIS IS NOT A 
VIDEO APP FOR 
GEN Z. THERE 
REALLY ARE THESE 
OTHER BIGGER 
RAMIFICATIONS. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT AND WHAT IT 
REALLY COULD 
MEAN. 
>> SURE. 
THE CONCERN IN 
WASHINGTON 
AROUND TIKTOK 
AND A LOT OF 
CHINESE APPS IS 
THAT BECAUSE 
THEY ARE OWNED 
BY CHINESE 
COMPANIES. 
THE CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT COULD 
USE THOSE APPS 
TO GET ACCESS TO 
AMERICAN USER 
DATA. 
AND THAT REALLY 
HIGHLIGHTS AN 
EACH BROADER 
CONCERN, WHICH 
IS WE'RE DEALING 
WITH THE FIRST 
TIME IN SORT OF 
AMERICAN HISTORY 
WHEN TECH 
COMPANIES OUT OF 
CHINA ARE 
BEGINNING TO 
GAIN GLOBAL 
APPEAL. 
SO THE QUESTION 
ABOUT WHAT, YOU 
KNOW, WE'VE LONG 
AMERICANEAGLE, 
TWITTER. 
THOSE ARE ONES. 
AMID THIS AROUND 
CHINA. 
IT IS GROWING 
TECHNOLOGICAL 
POWER. 
THEY ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
WHETHER OR NOT 
WE UNDERMINE 
AMERICA'S 
INTEREST. 
IF WE SOAK UP 
THAT USER DATA 
AND WHAT THE 
CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT MIGHT 
DO WITH IT. 
AND ALL OF THIS 
COMES, OF 
COURSE, AMID 
BROADER TRADE 
TENSION, WITH 
CHINA, WHICH IS 
REALLY THE GEO 
POLITICAL 
STRUGGLE OF OUR 
TIME. 
SO I THINK WHAT 
WE'RE MOVING 
TOWARDS, RATHER 
THAN 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
IS A WORLD WHERE 
THERE WILL NO 
LONGER BE WHAT 
IS KNOWN AS THE 
WORLDWIDE WEB. 
THERE WILL BE 
MULTIPLE 
INTERNETS THAT 
ARE MUCH MORE 
DEFINED BY 
DIFFERENT GEO 
POLITICAL 
ALLIANCES. 
CHINA WILL HAVE 
ITS INTERNET. 
HOW THE REST OF 
THE WORLD SHAKES 
OUT BETWEEN THE 
TWO IS NOT JUST 
A TAX STORY. 
IT'S A GEO 
POLITICAL STORY. 
>> NOW, IS ALL 
OF WHAT YOU'RE 
SAYING THERE 
SOUNDS LIKE 
MAYBE COULD THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
TARGET MAYBE 
OTHER CHINESE 
APPS? 
>> YES. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
AND THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAS 
INDICATED THEY 
WILL. 
AND IN FACT, WE 
FOCUSED SO MUCH 
ON TIKTOK. 
BECAUSE IT'S 
SORT OF LIKE THE 
BUZZY, SEXY APP 
OF OUR TIME. 
BUT THERE ARE 
APPS THAT ARE 
MUCH MORE 
INTEGRAL TO OUR 
LIVES. 
THE APP IS A 
TOOL NOT JUST 
FOR CHINA. 
BUT FOR THE 
CHINESE DIASPORA 
ALL OVER THE 
WORLD. 
THEY RELY ON 
THIS APP TO 
COMMUNICATE WITH 
FAMILY MEMBERS 
BACK HOME. 
SO THEY'RE GOING 
TO BE ALL SORTS 
OF APPS THAT 
CHINESE PEOPLE 
AND PEOPLE ALL 
OVER THE WORLD 
USE THAT ARE 
GOING TO GO 
THROUGH WHAT 
TIKTOK IS GOING 
THROUGH NOW. 
SO LONG AS TRUMP 
IS IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
DYLAN. 
THANKS SO MUCH 
FOR YOUR 
ANALYSIS ON 
THIS. 
AS YOU WERE JUST 
ANSWERING THAT 
LAST QUESTION, I 
JUST GOT A 
TIKTOK 
NOTIFICATION. 
THERE YOU GO. 
>> THANKS SO 
MUCH. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, WE 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. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT 
THAT TRULY 
UNDERSTANDS WHOY 
ARE AND WHO WE 
SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
THIS IS A THING 
THAT MISS MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> 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. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE SHOULD 
JUST DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DID THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO ARE TOLD 
THEY WILL BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY, 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CAROL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>> CAN 7.5 
MILLION PEOPLE 
GET TESTED IN A 
WEEK? 
AND CAN IT SLOW 
A THIRD WAVE 
DOWN? 
THIS IS THE 
QUESTION THE 
HONG KONG 
GOVERNMENT IS 
TRYING TO ANSWER 
TODAY. 
JUSTIN SOLOMON 
REPORTS FROM 
HONG KONG. 
>> IT'S BEEN 
OVER SEVEN 
MONTHS SINCE 
COVID-19 FIRST 
HIT HONG KONG. 
NOW, GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
ROLLING OUT A 
FREE COMMUNAL 
TESTING PROGRAM. 
WITH THE HOPE OF 
FINDING 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
CARRIERS OF THE 
VIRUS. 
>> WE WOULD ALSO 
LIKE TO OFFER 
THIS FREE 
TESTING SERVICE 
TO ALL THE 
CITIZENS WHO 
NEED TO BE 
TESTED. 
>> COMMUNAL 
TESTING HAS 
WORKED IN 
MAINLAND CHINAA. 
BUT PROFESSOR 
HONG SAYS THAT'S 
BECAUSE OF FULL 
COMMUNITY 
LOCKDOWNS. 
SOMETHING NOT 
BEING DONE IN 
HONG KONG. 
>> COMMUNITY 
TESTING HAS 
WORKED REALLY 
WELL IN MAINLAND 
CHINA. 
WHEN THEY HAVE 
STAY-AT-HOME 
ORDERS. 
SO PEOPLE ARE AT 
HOME. 
THEY COME OUT 
JUST TO BE 
TESTED. 
AND IF ANYONE IS 
FOUND TO BE 
INFECTED, THEY 
CAN BE ISOLATED 
AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS QUAVER 
QUARANTINED. 
AND WE KNOW THEY 
WON'T HAVE 
PASSED THE 
INFECTION TO 
ANYBODY ELSE. 
>> NEARLY 
800,000 HAVE 
SIGNED UP. 
MAKESHIFT LABS 
HAVE BEEN BUILT 
INTO OVER 100 
TESTING 
FACILITIES IN 
THE CITY. 
>> THE 
GOVERNMENT OF 
BEIJING AND HONG 
KONG HAVE BEEN 
VERY 
ENTHUSIASTIC 
ABOUT 
DEMONSTRATING 
THIS MASS 
TESTING APPROACH 
AS A GOOD WAY TO 
RESOLVE THE END 
OF A COMMUNITY 
EPIDEMIC, 
BECAUSE IT'S 
BEEN SO 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
MAINLAND CHINA. 
AND IF IT WORKS 
IN HONG KONG, 
MAYBE IT WILL BE 
A SUCCESS IN 
OTHER PARTS OF 
THE WORLD. 
AND THAT WOULD 
BE THE CHINESE 
APPROACH TO 
CONTROLLING 
COVID. 
>> SEVERAL 
ACTIVISTS, 
HOWEVER, LIKE 
GEORGE BUSH WA 
WANG ARE ASKING 
PEOPLE PEOPLE TO 
NOT TAKE THE 
TEST. 
WOOZ. 
>> WE CALL TO 
BOYCOTT THE 
TESTING. 
>> RAISING 
CONCERNS THAT IT 
JUST WON'T WORK. 
AND DNA SAMPLES 
COULD BE 
COLLECTED AND 
SENT BACK TO 
MAIN LAND CHINA. 
SOMETHING HONG 
KONG GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
VEHEMENTLY 
DENIED. 
CARRIE LAM WAS 
THE FIRST TO GET 
TESTED THIS 
MORNING. 
THE PROGRAM 
ITSELF IS 
SCHEDULED TO 
LAST FOR SEVEN 
DAYS. 
OFFICIALS SAY IT 
COULD BE EXTEND 
TENDED, SHOULD 
THERE BE DEMAND. 
JUSTIN SOLOMON, 
NBC NEWS, HONG 
KONG. 
>>> A WARNING 
FROM THE 
NATION'S TOP 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE EXPERT. 
DR. ANTHONY 
FOUCHY, TELLING 
GOVERNORS LABOR 
DAY WEEKEND WILL 
BE KEY TO 
FIGURING OUT THE 
CONTROL OF 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE FALL. 
DR. NATALIE AZAR 
JOINS ME. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE IMPACT THAT 
JUST ONE PARTY 
OR EVENT CAN BE 
SO DANGEROUS. 
I KNOW WE SAW 
THESE SPIKES 
AFTER MEMORIAL 
DAY. 
AND THE 4th OF 
JULY. 
BUT HOW CAN 
THESE ONEOFF 
EVENTS BE SO 
DANGEROUS? 
>> I THINK THE 
EASIEST WAY TO 
THINK ABOUT IT, 
SAVANNAH IS TO 
THINK ABOUT THE 
PROPERTY AND 
PRINCIPLES OF 
THE VIRUS, RIGHT 
NOW AS WE KNOW 
IT. 
RIGHT NOW, WE 
KNOW THAT THE 
MORE AN 
INDIVIDUAL 
INTERACTS WITH 
SOMEBODY ELSE, 
AND THE LONGER 
THE INTERACTION 
IS, THE GREATER 
THE RISK OF 
SPREAD. 
WE KNOW THE 
PRIMARY RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION IS 
RESPIRATORY 
DROPLETS, 
COUGHING, 
LAUGHING, 
TALKING, 
SNEEZING. 
AND WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT ABOUT 40% 
OF PEOPLE ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC BUT 
THEY CAN 
TRANSMIT THE 
VIRUS. 
YOU PUT THAT 
TOGETHER AND 
IT'S KIND OF A 
STORM FOR A 
SUPER SPREADING 
OF EVENTS. 
THAT IS A 
GATHERING OF 
LARGER GROUPS OF 
PEOPLE IN 
CONGREGATE 
SETTING WHERE WE 
KNOW THE VIRUS 
CAN TRANSMIT. 
THE SAVING GRACE 
IS THAT MOST 
LABOR DAY 
ACTIVITIES WILL 
PROBABLY BE HELD 
OUTDOORS OR 
SOMEBODY HELD 
OUTDOORS IF 
POSSIBLE BECAUSE 
WE KNOW THAT 
WILL DEFINITELY 
MITIGATE SOME OF 
THAT RISK. 
>>> SO CAN 
PEOPLE CELEBRATE 
BUT STILL 
PROTECT 
THEMSELVES AND 
OTHERS? 
IS THERE A SAFE 
WAY TO DO THAT? 
AND ENJOY LABOR 
DAY? 
>> DEFINITELY. 
SO YOU CAN THINK 
ABOUT IT LIKE 
PROBABLY OVER 
THE SUMMER. 
FAMILIES HAVE 
BEEN SOCIALIZING 
WITH A SMALLER 
GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
PERHAPS A LITTLE 
BUBBLE, SO 
OUTSIDE OF THEIR 
FAMILY WITH SORT 
OF A DEFINING 
NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE. 
TRY TO MAINTAIN 
THAT IF YOU CAN 
THIS WEEKEND. 
INSTEAD OF 
BRANCHING OUT 
AND GOING TO 
VISIT TONS OF 
PEOPLE THAT YOU 
MAYBE HAVEN'T 
SEEN ALL SUMMER. 
IT'S ALSO 
IMPORTANT THAT 
WHEN YOU ARE 
WITH YOUR 
FAMILY, YOU 
COULD DEFINITELY 
MINGLE WITH 
OTHER PEOPLE 
FROM OTHER 
FAMILIES. 
BUT IF YOU DO 
SO, HAVE YOU TO 
WEAR A MASK AND 
MAINTAIN SOCIAL 
DISTANCE OR 
SHOULD I SAY, 
PUT THE MASK 
OUTSIDE, IF YOU 
CAN'T MAINTAIN 
THAT SIX-FOOT 
DISTANCE. 
WHAT WE'VE DONE, 
YOU KNOW, WITH 
OUR FRIENDS IS, 
YOU KNOW, 
FAMILIES WILL 
BRING THEIR OWN 
FOOD OR THEIR 
OWN LITTLE SETUP 
ON THE PICNIC 
TABLE. 
HAVE DISPOSABLE 
UTENSILS, THAT 
SORT OF THING. 
ALL THINGS THAT 
ARE VERY CLEARLY 
NICELY DEFINED 
IN THE CDC 
GUIDANCE THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN TRYING 
TO FOLLOW ALL 
SUMMER. 
>> NOW, LET'S 
TALK TRAVEL 
HEADING INTO A 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
WE'VE TALKED A 
LOT ABOUT SAFETY 
ON THE PLANE. 
BUT WHAT ABOUT 
ROAD TRIPS. 
SHOULD PEOPLE 
AVOID REST 
STOPS. 
HOW SHOULD THEY 
BE PACKING TO 
TRY TO KEEP 
THEMSELVES SAFE. 
>> I THINK 
THERE'S TWO WAYS 
TO THINK ABOUT 
TRAVEL, 
SAVANNAH, WHAT 
TO DO BEFORE YOU 
TRAVEL. 
AND WHAT TO DO 
OR BRING WHILE 
TRAVELING. 
BEFORE YOU 
TRAVEL, YOU 
REALLY NEED TO 
FIND OUT WHAT 
THE AMOUNT OF 
SPREAD IS, AND 
THE DESTINATION 
THAT YOU'RE 
GOING. 
AND ALSO, IF 
THERE ARE ANY 
TRAVEL OR 
QUARANTINE 
RESTRICTIONS, 
WHERE YOU'RE 
GOING, AND WHEN 
YOU COME BACK 
FROM WHERE YOU 
ARE TRAVELING 
FROM. 
I ALSO THINK 
IT'S SUPER 
IMPORTANT TO 
THINK ABOUT YOUR 
OWN PERSONAL 
RISK. 
YOU DON'T WANT 
TO BRING SOMEONE 
HOME. 
WHILE TRAVELING, 
THE USUAL 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
APPLY AND THAT 
IS TO HAVE YOUR 
MASK AND 
MAINTAIN YOUR 
DISTANCE AND 
WASH YOUR HANDS 
FREQUENTLY. 
AND HAVE YOUR, 
AT LEAST 60% 
ALCOHOL WITH 
YOU. 
IF YOU ARE GOING 
TO A REST STOP, 
IF 
>> WIPE IT DOWN 
WITH A 
DISINFECTANT 
CLOTH, DEFINITELY
WASH HANDS AFTER 
YOU DO THAT. 
CONSIDER 
BRINGING YOUR 
OWN FOOD, SO YOU 
ARE NOT 
NECESSARILY 
GOING INSIDE THE 
REST STOP 
SOMETHING LIKE A 
DRIVE-THROUGH, 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT WOULD BE 
SAFER THAN GOING 
INSIDE AGAIN. 
EACH TIME YOU 
DECREASE 
EXPOSURE, PEOPLE 
YOU ARE 
THEORETICALLY 
INCREASING YOUR 
RISK FOR, YOU 
KNOW, 
CONTRACTING THE 
VIRUS YOURSELF. 
>> OKAY, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
TIPS WE CAN ALL 
USE GOING INTO 
THIS LONG 
WEEKEND. 
AGAIN, GOOD TO 
SEE YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> HI, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M SAVANNA 
SELLERS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
JOE FRYER, 
FOLLOWING THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM. 
JOE, WHAT'S THE 
LATEST?  
>> PATER, 
SAVANNAH. 
WE GO WITH A 
LEGAL VICTORY 
FOR PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
YORK A FEDERAL 
APPEALS COURT 
TEMPORARILY 
BLOCKED THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY FROM 
OBTAINING THE 
PRESIDENT'S TAX 
RETURNS. 
THEY GRANTED 
THIS, WHICH IS A 
HOLD ON THE 
LOWER COURT 
RULING THAT GAVE 
PROSECUTORS 
ACCESS TO THE 
RECORDS 
IMMEDIATELY. 
DOES NOT GIVE 
THE COURT TIME 
TO CONSIDER 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S ARGUMENT 
THAT A SUBPOENA 
FOR THE RECORDS 
IS OVERLY BROAD, 
AND ISSUED IN 
BAD FAITH. 
THE DELAYS WOULD 
IMPEDE THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
HE BEGAN THE 
PROBE AFTER 
FORMER TRUMP 
LAWYER, MICHAEL 
COHEN, CLAIMED 
HE PAID STORMY 
DANIELS TO KEEP 
QUIET ABOUT AN 
ALLEGED AFFAIR 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP BEFORE THE 
26 ELECTION. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS DENIED THE 
AFFAIR. 
THE SUPREME 
COURT REFUSED TO 
BLOCK THE 
SUBPOENA IN 
JULY, PUSHING 
BACK ON 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CLAIMS, 
WHILE IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE, THE 
HEARING ON THE 
MERITS OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
LATEST APPEAL 
WILL BE HELD 
LATER IN 
SEPTEMBER. 
INVESTIGATOR 
SAID THEY HAVE 
IDENTIFIED 
POSSIBLE FRAUD 
AND ABUSE IN THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
$600 BILLION 
PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
THE SUBCOMMITTEE 
REPORTS A LACK 
OF GOVERNMENT 
OVERSIGHT 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
LED TO BILLIONS 
OF DOLLARS BEING 
DIVERTED TO FRAUD
, WASTE, AND 
ABUSE, RATHER 
THAN REACHING 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
IN NEED. 
FINDINGS INCLUDE 
THAT MORE THAN 
$1 BILLION WAS 
REPORTEDLY GIVEN 
TO SMALL 
BUSINESSES THAT 
RECEIVED 
MULTIPLE LOANS, 
VIOLATING 
PROGRAM 
GUIDELINES AND 
MORE THAN 600 
LOANS TOTALING 
OVER $96 MILLION 
WENT TO 
COMPANIES 
EXCLUDED FROM 
DOING BUSINESS 
WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
IN THE SENATE 
HAVE REACHED AN 
IMPASSE ON THE 
NEXT ROUND OF 
AID. 
SO FAR, FAILING 
TO REACH A 
BIPARTISAN 
AGREEMENT. 
TREASURY 
SECRETARY STEVE 
MNUCHIN TESTIFIED
THE DAY BEFORE 
THE HOUSE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANEL, TELLING 
LAWMAKERS WHAT 
SHE WANTS TO SEE 
NEXT. 
>> WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO WORK 
WITH THE SENATE 
AND HOUSE ON A 
BIPARTISAN BASIS 
FOR PHASE 4 
RELIEF PACKAGE. 
I BELIEVE A 
BIPARTISAN 
AGREEMENT STILL 
SHOULD BE 
REACHED, AND 
WOULD PROVIDE 
SUBSTANTIAL 
FUNDS FOR 
SCHOOLS, 
TESTING, 
VACCINES, PPP 
FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES, 
CONTINUE TO 
ENHANCE AND 
IMPLEMENT 
BENEFITS, CHILD 
CARE, NUTRITION, 
AGRICULTURE. 
AND THE U.S. 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
ALONG WITH 
LIABILITY 
PROTECTION FOR 
UNIVERSITIES, 
SCHOOLS, AND 
BUSINESS. 
>> FACEBOOK SAYS 
RUSSIAN INTERNET 
TROLLS LAUNCHED 
A WEBSITE THAT 
HIRED ACTUAL 
JOURNALISTS, 
INCLUDING 
FREELANCERS FROM 
AMERICA. 
ANALYST SAY THE 
SITE HIM A 
CALLED PIECE 
DATA, AIM TO 
DEMOCRATS. 
THIS IS LARGELY 
ON THE 
ENVIRONMENT, 
CORPORATE AND 
POLITICAL 
CORRUPTION. 
FACEBOOK SAYS IT 
WILL THROUGH TIP 
THE FBI, ABLE 
FORMERLY 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE RUSSIAN 
INTERNET 
RESEARCH AGENCY 
RAN PIECE DATA, 
IT OPERATED 13 
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT 
AND TWO PAGES, 
WHICH WERE TAKEN 
DOWN BY FACEBOOK 
TODAY, LEADING 
UP TO THE 2016 
RACE, THE 
RUSSIAN INTERNET 
RESEARCH AGENCY 
CREATED A NUMBER 
OF SOCIAL MEDIA 
PERSONAS THAT 
CREATED PORTABLE 
TURMOIL IN THE 
U.S. YORK 
FACEBOOK SAYS 
THERE IS NO 
INDICATION THIS 
RECENT SITE HAD 
GAINED A 
SIGNIFICANT 
FOLLOWING. 
APPLE AND GOOGLE 
ARE NOW 
INSTALLING 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONTACT TRACING, 
DIRECTLY ON THE 
PHONES. 
NO APP NEEDED. 
IT'LL BE AN OPT 
IN FEATURE, 
USING BLUETOOTH 
TECHNOLOGY ON 
YOUR DEVICE. 
THEY CALL IT THE 
EXPOSURE 
NOTIFICATION 
SYSTEM, IT'LL 
USE BLUETOOTH 
SIGNAL TO 
DETERMINE HOW 
CLOSE PHONES ARE 
TO ONE ANOTHER, 
AND FOR HOW 
LONG. 
AND IF ONE OF 
THE PHONE USERS 
TEST POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19, 
IT'LL SEND A 
PUSH 
NOTIFICATION TO 
PHONES THAT WERE 
NEARBY. 
AND NO LONGER 
REQUIRES USERS 
TO DOWNLOAD AN 
OUTSIDE APP, 
APPLE AND GOOGLE 
SAY THEY HOPE TO 
INCREASE THE 
ADOPTION OF 
CONTACT TRACING, 
AND MAKE IT MORE 
EFFICIENT. TECH 
COMPANIES SAY 
THE SYSTEM DOES 
NOT COLLECT THE 
LOCATION, OR THE 
IDENTITY OF 
USERS. 
THOSE ARE YOUR 
TUESDAY 
HEADLINES, 
SAVANNAH. 
>> THAT IS 
PRETTY NEAT, NOT 
HAVING TO 
DOWNLOAD AN APP. 
MAYBE THOSE 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
UP FOR IT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, JOE. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TODAY 
THE WEEK AFTER 
JACOB BLAKE WAS 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN HIS BACK 
POLICE OFFICER. 
THIS MORNING, 
THE PRESIDENT 
RAISE THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
AND LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
THERE FOR 
CRACKING DOWN ON 
VIOLENT 
PROTESTS. 
>> ONE OF THE 
REASONS I'M 
MAKING THE TRIP 
TODAY AND GOING 
TO WISCONSIN, WE 
HAVE HAD SUCH A 
BIG SUCCESS IN 
SHUTTING DOWN 
WHAT WAS RIGHT 
NOW A CITY THAT 
WOULD'VE BEEN 
KENOSHA, A CITY 
THAT WOULD'VE 
BEEN PUT TO THE 
GROUND BY NOW. 
>> NBC NEWS 
REPORTER SHAKEEL 
BREWSTER JOINS 
ME NOW FROM 
CHICAGO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN TELL 
ME MORE ABOUT 
THE VISIT. 
>> Reporter: SO 
FAR, WE HAVE 
SEEN THE 
PRESIDENT GO 
TOWARD SOME 
DAMAGED OR 
DESTROYED 
BUILDINGS AND 
MEET WITH 
BUSINESS OWNERS 
FROM THOSE EARLY 
DAYS OF THE 
PROTESTS. 
AND THEN THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO HIGH 
SCHOOL. 
HE WILL HAVE A 
ROUNDTABLE 
DISCUSSION WITH 
MEMBERS OF THE 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
COMMUNITY, SO 
ALL PART OF 
THIS, WHAT IS 
NOT ON HIS 
ITINERARY RIGHT 
NOW IS MEETING 
WITH ANY FAMILY 
MEMBERS FROM THE 
JACOB BLAKE 
FAMILY, OR 
MEETING WITH ANY 
PROTESTERS, OR 
ANY ACTIVIST WHO 
HAD BEEN 
PROTESTING SINCE 
THE SHOOTING OF 
MR. BLAKE ERIC 
WHAT IS ADDED TO 
HIS SCHEDULE, 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PRESIDENT, IS A 
MEETING WITH A 
PASTOR THAT IS 
CONNECTED TO THE 
MOTHER OF MR. 
BLAKE, TO TRY TO 
FIGURE OUT 
EXACTLY WHAT 
THAT WILL LOOK 
LIKE AND WHEN 
THAT WILL 
HAPPEN. 
A MEETING OR 
CONVERSATION 
LASTING WITH THE 
PASTOR COMMENTS 
OUT OF THE 
FAMILIES 
THEMSELVES. 
WE SAW THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
DOING THAT, 
MAKING HIS MOVES 
AROUND THE CITY, 
AT THE LOCATION 
HE WAS SHOT, NOW 
OVER A WEEK AGO, 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK, HE SAW 
HIS FAMILY HOST 
A COMMUNITY 
EVENT. 
ESSENTIALLY WAS 
A BLOCK PARTY. 
MUSIC, A BLOCK 
BOUNCE HOUSE. 
I HEAR THEM OVER 
MY RIGHT 
SHOULDER HERE. 
WHAT THEY ARE 
TRYING TO DO, 
THE POINT I WAS 
TRYING TO BE 
MADE HERE IS, AS 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
HAVING HIS 
EVENT, AS 
PROTESTERS AND 
SUPPORTERS GO 
AND FILL THE 
ROADS OF THE 
MOTORCADES, 
THERE SHINED A 
COMMUNITY 
FOCUSED EVENT, 
COMMUNITY-BASED 
EVENT, INSTEAD 
OF FOCUSING ON 
THE OUTREACH, 
IT'S TIME FOR 
COMMUNITY 
HEALING, THE 
MESSAGE YOU 
HEARD FROM MR. 
BLAKE'S MOTHER 
AND WHAT YOU SEE 
HERE, AT THE 
SITE WHERE MR. 
BLAKE WAS 
SOUGHT. 
AGAIN, OVER A 
WEEK AGO AT THIS 
POINT. 
SAVANNA? 
>> NOW, WE KNOW 
MANY OFFICIALS 
HAVE ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
RECONSIDER HIS 
VISIT. 
WE KNOW SOME OF 
THEM ARE SAYING 
IT MIGHT NOT 
ACTUALLY HELP 
WITH HEALING. 
HOW ARE PEOPLE 
THERE FEELING 
ABOUT HIS VISIT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING TO YOU 
TODAY? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, FIRST, LET 
ME READ YOU A 
STATEMENT THAT I 
JUST GOT A 
COUPLE OF 
MINUTES AGO FROM 
THE GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE. 
WE KNOW THAT 
WISCONSIN 
GOVERNOR TONY 
LEVERS OPPOSED 
THE PRESIDENT. 
HE SAID AND 
ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
POSTPONE THAT 
THE COMMUNITY 
NEEDS MORE TIME 
TO HEAL. 
BEING OPPOSED BY 
KENOSHA'S MAYOR 
AND ALSO THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
LEADING THE 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF MR. 
BLAKE. 
GOVERNOR TONY 
LEVERS IS 
RELEASING A 
STATEMENT TO NBC 
NEWS, THEN THE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NOR ANYONE FROM 
HIS ADMITTED 
RATION HAS 
REACHED OUT TO 
GOVERNOR EBERT 
DEPARTING 
REGARDING THE 
TRIP TO KENOSHA. 
WE ARE NOT 
SEEING HIM 
PARTICIPATE IN 
THE ROUNDTABLE 
DISCUSSION THAT 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
HAVING, THAT IS 
HAPPENING 
SEPARATE FROM 
WHAT YOU ARE 
SEEING HERE. 
ONE OF THE 
REASONS WHY 
THERE WAS THAT 
OPPOSITION FROM 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
HERE IN KENOSHA 
WAS, BECAUSE OF 
THAT THING YOU 
ARE SEEING IN 
THE DOWNTOWN 
AREA RIGHT NOW. 
AS WITH ANY 
PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT, I'VE BEEN 
TO SEVERAL OF 
THESE, YOU HAVE 
SUPPORTERS COME 
OUT WILLING TO 
SHOW THEIR 
SUPPORT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT, AND 
YOU HAVE 
PROTESTERS, 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WANTING TO 
HIGHLIGHT THEIR 
OPPOSITION. 
YOU HAVE THE TWO 
SIDES IN THE 
SAME AREA, AND 
THE DOWNTOWN 
PARK RIGHT NOW, 
THAT IS A CONCERN
. IN KENOSHA, 
THERE IS STILL A 
CURFEW IN PLACE 
THAT EXTENDS 
THROUGH THE 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
OVER A DOZEN 
NATIONAL 
CARDMEMBERS, 
THEY ARE 
DEPLOYED TO 
WISCONSIN 500 
MORE FROM THREE 
OTHER STATES, 
ASSISTING LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
IF YOU GO ACROSS 
THE DOWNTOWN 
AREA, AS THIS IS 
ARE STILL 
BOARDED UP. 
ATTENTIONS ARE 
STILL HIGH AND 
THE CONCERN FROM 
COMMUNITY 
LEADERS IS THAT, 
NOW YOU HAVE 
MORE PEOPLE 
COMING IN. 
YOU HAVE MORE 
WITH THE HIGH 
EMOTION WITH THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
VISIT, IT IS A 
CONCERN THAT THE 
PAST TWO DAYS, 
THE RELATIVE 
PEACE, DESPITE 
THE LARGE 
PROTESTS, 
CONCERNED THAT 
THAT WOULD 
CHANGE. 
YOU HAVE MORE 
PEOPLE COMING 
IN. 
RIGHT NOW, WE 
ARE NOT HAVING 
THAT AT THIS 
POINT. 
YOU ARE SEEING 
BOTH SIDES HERE, 
YOU ARE SEEING A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
SHOW UP AND LET 
THEIR VOICES BE 
HEARD IN 
PROTESTING. 
SAVANNA? 
>> NOW, WE HAVE 
SEEN WITH THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
DONE TODAY. 
WE KNOW JACOB 
BLAKE FAMILY WAS 
HOLDING THAT 
COMMUNITY EVENT 
YOU ARE AT. 
ANY WORD ON A 
MEETING BETWEEN 
THE TWO, BETWEEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND THE FAMILY? 
>> Reporter: 
RIGHT NOW, THERE 
IS NOTHING 
PLANNED BACK 
RIGHT NOW, THE 
LATEST THAT WE 
HEARD IS THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO TRY TO 
MEET THE PASTOR, 
MR. BLAKE'S 
MOTHER, AGAIN. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
ANYMORE ABOUT 
THAT. 
I KNOW THE UNCLE 
AND FATHER FROM 
MR. BLAKE SAID ON
NBC NEWS 
YESTERDAY, THEY 
DON'T HAVE A 
FAMILY PASS. 
BOTTOM LINE, 
PRESIDENT WANTED 
TO REACH OUT AND 
WANTED TO SPEAK 
TO THE FAMILY OF 
MR. BLAKE . THAT 
CONVERSATION 
WOULD'VE 
HAPPENED. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
THING THEY DID 
REACH OUT, BUT 
THEY FOUND IT 
INAPPROPRIATE 
THAT HIS 
ATTORNEY, THE 
FAMILY ATTORNEYS 
WANTED TO 
MONITOR THAT 
CALL. 
WE KNOW THAT 
WHENEVER THE 
PRESIDENT MAKES 
A CALL, HIS OWN 
ATTORNEYS ON HIS 
OWN STAFF AND 
AIDES MONITORED 
OUTSIDE OF THE 
CALL. 
BUT THE BOTTOM 
LINE IS, THAT 
CONVERSATION, 
THAT CONNECTION 
IS NOT HAPPENING 
IN A DIRECT 
SENSE BETWEEN 
THE FAMILY OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES, DESPITE 
HIS VISIT TO 
KENOSHA TODAY. 
SAVANNA? 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THANK YOU AS 
ALWAYS, FOR YOUR 
REPORTING. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
 
QUICKLY. %
DID THE JOB. %
VIOLENT MOBS, %
DEMOLISHED OR %
DAMAGED AT LEAST 
25 BUSINESSE
A NIGHT OF 
UNREST IN 
PORTLAND, 
OREGON, POLICE 
ARRESTED 19 
PEOPLE, 
DECLARING A 
RIGHT OUTSIDE 
MAYOR TED 
WHEELER'S 
APARTMENT 
BUILDING. 
NBC NEWS  
RESPONDENT JOINS 
ME NOW FROM 
PORTLAND. 
ERIN, WALK US 
THROUGH WHAT 
HAPPENED LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> Reporter: 
LAST NIGHT, 
SAVANNA, A GROUP 
OF PROTESTERS, 
AROUND 200 OF 
THEM, MARCHED 
TOWARD THE 
DISTRICT HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
STOPPING OUTSIDE 
OF THE 
CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX, WHERE 
THE MAYOR OF 
PORTLAND, TED 
WHEELER, LIVES. 
THEY STARTED A 
FIRE USING A 
PICNIC TABLE 
COME OUT IN THE 
STREETS. 
AND THEN SOMEONE 
BROKE INTO A 
BUSINESS ON THE 
GROUND FLOOR OF 
THE BUILDING, 
LIGHTING A SMALL 
FIRE INSIDE THAT 
BUILDING. 
RESIDENCE, STILL 
INSIDE THE 
CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX AT THAT 
POINT, POLICE 
SAY THAT THEY 
INTERVENED, 
CONFRONTING THE 
PROTESTERS. 
CLASHES SORT OF 
RESUMED AND 
ARRESTS WERE 
MADE. 
19 ARRESTED IN 
TOTAL. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
PROTESTERS HAVE 
TARGETED THE 
CONDOMINIUM 
COMPLEX. 
THEY WERE THERE 
ON FRIDAY, AS 
WELL. 
MAYOR TED 
WHEELER IS SEEN 
AS A DIVISIVE 
FIGURE TO MANY 
OF THE 
PROTESTERS. 
WE ARE KEEPING 
IN MIND, ALSO 
PORTLAND'S LEES 
COMMISSIONER 
LAST NIGHT WITH 
A 96 NIGHT OF 
UNREST HERE IN 
PORTLAND YORK 
>> WOW. 
96 NIGHT. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ALSO 
CONTINUED HIS 
FEUD WITH MAYOR 
WHEELER AND 
WAITING ON LAST 
NIGHT'S PROTEST. 
LET'S LISTEN TO 
THAT. 
>> THESE RADICAL 
ANARCHISTS WERE 
TRYING TO GET 
INTO THE MAYOR'S 
HOUSE AND LOTS 
OF BAD THINGS 
WERE HAPPENING. 
IT WAS FOOLISH, 
VERY SIMPLE, HOW 
HE CAN BE MAYOR, 
I HAVE NO IDEA. 
ALL HE HAS TO DO 
IS CALL AND 
WITHIN 10 
MINUTES, THEIR 
PROBLEM WILL BE 
OVER. 
THEY HAD 
TREMENDOUS 
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
REALLY ARRESTING 
HIM, HORRIBLY, 
TRYING TO BREAK 
INTO HIS HOUSE. 
AND HE STILL 
STICKS UP WITH 
THEM, BECAUSE HE 
IS FULL. 
ONLY A FOOL 
WOULD STICK UP 
FOR THEM LIKE 
THAT. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
AARON, WHAT IS 
MAILER MAYOR 
WHEELER'S 
REACTION, THE 
OFFER FOR HELP 
AND THAT 
REACTION, WHAT 
IS HE SAYING 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: AT 
THIS POINT, WE 
HAVE YET TO HEAR 
