 
GAMES THIS WEEK, AND SOME MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL AND SOCCER TEAMS
FOLLOWED SUIT.
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD, AND NOW THEY'RE USING 
THEIR LACK OF PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN LOUDER.
>> Reporter: PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETES USING THEIR ACTIONS TO 
CALL FOR CHANGE.
WENDY WOOLFOLK, NBC NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T GO 
FAR TO ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, HE
DELIVERED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 
ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE RNC WAS
MORE UPBEAT, INCLUDING A MOVING 
MESSAGE ON SECOND CHANCES FROM A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE NEARLY 22 YEARS I SPENT
IN PRISON WERE NOT WASTED.
GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND A PLAN FOR
MY LIFE.
I WAS NOT DELAYED OR DENIED.
I WAS DESTINED FOR SUCH A TIME
AS THIS.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT MY DAD'S
COMMUNICATION STYLE IS NOT TO 
EVERYONE'S TASTE AND I KNOW THAT
HIS TWEETS CAN FEEL A BIT 
UNFILTERED
BUT THE RESULTS, THE RESULTS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
>> WE FACE AN INVISIBLE ENEMY 
THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR NOR
INVITE, BUT WE WILL DEFEAT IT.
WE WILL DEFEAT IT BECAUSE 
AMERICA IS WHERE INNOVATION 
HAPPENS.
>> NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINS US
WITH MORE FROM D.C
TRACIE, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 
WAS DECIDEDLY DARKER THAN THAT
>> Reporter: WELL, IT WAS,
FRANCES.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND
LONGEST CONVENTION SPEECH THAT
WE HAVE EVER SEEN, IN EITHER
PARTY.
THE FIRST WAS THE PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, THERE WERE PROTESTS
HAPPENING OUTSIDE.
IN FACT, SENATOR RAND PAUL SAID 
THAT HE WAS ATTACKED BY WHAT HE 
CALLED AN ANGRY MOB.
HE DESCRIBED IT AS A CRAZED MOB 
OF ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
THIS WHILE INSIDE, A THOUSAND 
PEOPLE WERE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
SOUTH LAWN, LISTENING TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A LARGE PART
OF THAT SPEECH WAS ATTACKING JOE
BIDEN AND HIS RECORD
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS
AND IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, HE WILL
BE THE DESTROYER OF AMERICAN
GREATNESS.
IF YOU GIVE POWER TO JOE BIDEN, 
THE RADICAL LEFT WILL DEFUND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA.
THEY WILL MAKE EVERY CITY LOOK
LIKE DEMOCRAT-RUN PORTLAND, 
OREGON
NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION, 
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM 
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
JUST KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON 
THE FIRE
>> Reporter: ALSO COUNTERING THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN 
WASHINGTON, VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS, SHE SAID 
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD FAILED 
THE MOST BASIC AND IMPORTANT
PART OF HIS JOB, PROTECTING THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FRANCES?
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACI, THANK YOU
>>> ANOTHER CONFEDERATE STATUE
HAS BEEN TOPPLED, THIS TIME IN
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
THE SOUTH DEFENDERS' MEMORIAL 
MONUMENT SURVIVED THE SUMMER
PROTEST, BUT COULD NOT STAND UP 
TO HURRICANE LAURA
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, OFFICIALS 
VOTED TO KEEP THE STATUE ON THE 
COURTHOUSE LAWN AFTER A LOT OF
DEBATE
IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN OTHER
STORMS BEFORE AND EXTRAORDINARY,
BUT CRITICS HOPE THAT THAT WILL 
NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME.
>> WE SEE THE DAMAGE THERE
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT NOW LAURA'S
AFTERMATH AND WHERE SHE'S ADDED.
LET'S TALK TO.
>> NECEJANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WE NOW HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
LAURA.
IT'S BEEN DOWNGRADED
I THINK WE'LL SEE OUR LAST
ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT STILL, IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF
RAIN FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH THE
LEFTOVERS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FOR YOUR 
SATURDAY MORNING, BEFORE IT 
STARTS TO REALLY PUSH INTO MORE 
OF THE NORTHEAST
IT IS GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE,
FROM CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO 
BOSTON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH, WE HAVE HEAT ALERTS THAT 
ARE IN PLACE ACROSS TEXAS AND 
EVEN FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT
ORLANDO TODAY, CLOUDY SKIES ALL 
THE WAY INTO CHARLESTON.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ALL-IMPORTANT
WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP
>> GREAT JOB WITH ALL THE 
HURRICANE COVERAGE THIS WEEK, 
JANESSA.
>>> TWO PEOPLE ARE LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE AFTER THEIR SMALL PLANE 
CRASHED AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN 
IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
IT HAPPENED IN AN ISOLATED AREA 
OF BROWARD COUNTY, SO RESCUERS
NEEDED TO PICK THEM UP I
>>> BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT.
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO
ABE IS STEPPING DOWN
JAPAN'S NATIONAL BROADCASTER NHK
REPORTED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER
INTENDS TO RESIGN.
THE NEWS CAUSED STOCKS TO 
RECENTLY DECLINE
THE PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMED THE
REPORTS MINUTES AGO.
>>> A MAJOR REVERSAL FROM THE 
CDC.
THE AGENCY IS NOW WALKING BACK A
RECOMMENDATION FROM EARLIER THIS
WEEK THAT SAYS THAT PEOPLE WITH 
NO VIRUS SYMPTOMS DO NOT
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST.
THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION SAID
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF INFECTED
INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE TESTED, 
REGARDLESS OF SYMPTOMS
THE CDC'S DIRECTOR NOW SAYS THAT
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF CONFIRMED 
OR PROBABLE COVID-19 PATIENTS 
MAY CONSIDER TESTING
>>> THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THE
DECISION SPARKED BACKLASH FROM
MEDICAL EXPERTS.
>>> A NEW STUDY FROM UCLA 
REVEALED A DISTURBING TREND 
ABOUT THE TOLL OF COVID-19
IT SHOWS THERE HAVE A FIVE-FOLD 
INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
AMONG WORKING-AGE LATINOS IN
CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST THREE
MONTHS
ONE RESEARCHER SAID THE VICTIMS 
ARE UNSUNG ESSENTIAL WORKERS
LIKE FARMERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED MORE 
THAN 12,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
AND NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE 
LATINO
>>> TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND
ON THE NATIONAL MALL TO PROTEST 
POLICE BRUTALITY IN A MARS
ORGANIZED BY THE REVEREND AL
SHARPTON'S NATIONAL ACTIONNER 
AND THE NAACP.
IT COMES ON THE 57th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 
WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
GATHERED TO DEMAND CIVIL AND
ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH ON THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
>>> LORD & TAYLOR IS OFFICIALLY 
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
THE LUXURY DEPARTMENT RETAILER
ANNOUNCED IT IS CLOSING ALL OF
ITS 38 STORES, ENDING 
>>> OUR INTERACTIVE 
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GUIDE HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
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THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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MORE
>>> A NEW SONG IS PLAYING 
THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO THIS 
SUMMER
THE MYSTERIOUS SOUND SEEPING
THROUGH THE FOG IS LEAVING SOME 
BARRIER RESIDENTS CONFUSED
TO SOME, IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUM.
AND FOR OTHERS, A WHISTLE.
NBC'S JAKE WARD MAY HAVE SOLVED 
THE MYSTERY.
>> Reporter: SINCE EARLY JUNE, A
GHOSTLY SOUND HAS DRIFTED ACROSS
SAN FRANCISCO.
>> DO YOU HEAR THAT?
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Reporter: AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
LIT UP WITH A RANGE OF
REACTIONS, CALLING IT SOOTHING, 
UNSETTLING, EVEN ALIEN
>> CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD
KIND
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT 
SUPERNATURAL, IT'S THE CITY'S 
MOST ICONIC LANDMARK, THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE.
THE BIG FACTOR IN DESIGNING A 
BRIDGE IS OF COURSE WIND
THIS, THE GOLDEN GATE, IS A BIG 
CUT IN THE LANDSCAPE THAT ACTS
AS A WIND TUNNEL
THAT MEANS THAT THE WHOLE DESIGN
OF THE BRIDGE TURNS INTO ONE BIG
SAIL WHEN THE WIND IS STRONG
ENOUGH, AND THESE, THE ORIGINAL 
1937 STRUTS OF THE RAILING, 
CATCH THE WIND
IT'S THE NEW, THINNER VERSION OF
THOSE STRUTS THAT ARE CREATING
THAT NOISE
WHEN YOU ASK ENGINEERS WHY WIND 
MATTERS ON A BRIDGE, WELL, THEY 
ALWAYS NAME THE SAME ONE, THE 
TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE.
>> THE BRIDGE WHIPS ABOUT LIKE
SOME FLUTTERING RIBBON
>> Reporter: IT WAS NICKNAME
GALLOP IING GERTIE FOR ITS
TENDENCY TO SHAKE IN THE WIND.
>> IT LITERALLY SHOOK ITSELF TO 
PIECES
THE CONSENSUS WAS THE SOLID SAIL
RAILINGS WERE RESPONSIBLE.
>> Reporter: ENGINEERS
EVERYWHERE ARE HAUNTED BY IT
>> THIS WIND RETROFIT PROJECT 
WAS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TYPE OF 
EFFECT OR PHENOMENON DOESN'T
HAPPEN HERE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE
>> Reporter: THE IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT SCALE MODEL TESTS OF
EARTHQUAKES IN HIGH WINDS SHOWED
THE BRIDGE WILL BE STRONGER THAN
EVER
BUT THOSE TESTS DIDN'T REVEAL 
THE EERIE SOUND IT WOULD MAKE.
ENGINEERS HERE ARE WORKING ON A 
PLAN TO QUIET THE HUM.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE BRIDGE 
HARMONICS ARE A REMINDER OF THE 
HIGH STAKES AND COMPLICATED WORK
OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A 
ROADWAY HIGH ABOVE THE WAVES
JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS, SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> WOW
IT'S FASCINATING
AT LEAST AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME,
WE KNOW NOW THE CAUSE OF IT.
JUST TO MAKE EVERYON
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEEKEND NOW
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE
FOR THE EAST COAST AFTER THE
LEFTOVERINS OF THAT TROPICAL
SYSTEM, LAURA.
IN YOU'RE ACROSS THE EAST COAST,
SUNDAY WILL BE THE DAY WE'LL
START TO DRY OUT AND
TEMPERATURES VERY COMFORTABLE.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STARTS TO 
DIE DOWN
REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY 
THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE 
YOU ON MONDAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN
WE HAVE TWO SYSTEMS THAT HAVE 
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LATE NEXT 
>>> THE GULF COAST IS NOW 
ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER A
DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE LAURA.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WAS IN 
THE PATH OF THE EYE OF THE STORM
AS IT MADE LANDFALL.
THE CITY LIKELY HAS A LONG ROAD 
TO RECOVERY AHEAD OF IT.
NBC'S JAY GRAY IS ON THE GROUND 
THERE.
JAY, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 
AFTERMATH THAT YOU SEE THERE
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, IT'S
OVERWHELMING
IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, 
THERE'S DEVASTATION AND DEBRIS
THIS TWISTED, SHEARED METAL PART
OF WHAT USED TO BE A GAS STATION
HERE
YOU CAN SEE THE PUMPS STILL 
THERE, BUT THIS ONE IS GONE.
RIPPED AWAY AND TOSSED AWAY BY
THE STORM.
EVIDENCE OF THE SHEER POWER OF
LAURA.
AT FIRST GLANCE, IT HAS THE 
APPEARANCE OF A CHILD'S MESSY 
PLAYROOM
CARS AND TRUCKS SCATTERED ON
THEIR SIDES.
BUT A CLOSER LOOK AND IT'S
CLEAR, THIS MESS IS NO GAME.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
>> Reporter: FROM CAMERON, WHERE
THE MASSIVE STORM CAME ASHORE 
THROUGH LAKE CHARLES, THE 
DEVASTATION FROM LAURA STRETCHES
FOR MILES.
>> THIS WAS THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO EVER MAKE LANDFALL IN
LOUISIANA.
>> Reporter: A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 150 MILES AN HOUR
RIPPING APART HOMES AND L
BUSINESSES, LITERALLY PULLING 
TREES FROM THE GROUND.
SNAPPING POWER POLES, SCATTERING
AND TWISTING LINES
MOST OF THE AREA STILL WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY.
COMMUNITIES AND WE NOW KNOW 
FAMILIES CUT TO THEIR CORE
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN 
THE STORM AND OFFICIALS FEAR
THAT NUMBER COULD GROW
>> CERTAINLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND DO 
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH AND
RESCUE, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE
FATALITIES
I HOPE NOT
>> Reporter: SURVIVORS NOW
WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT
LAURA LEFT BEHIND, THE HURRICANE
TEARING AWAY MOST EVERYTHING
HERE, EXCEPT -- 
>> WE WILL REBUILD
WE ALWAYS DO
>> THEIR RESOLVE
>> YEAH, AND LOOK, IT'S THE 
STRENGTH THIS COMMUNITY IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED, 
FRANCES AND PHILLIP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG AND
VERY DIFFICULT RECOVERY HERE
BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH DAYS AHEAD FOR THEM
JAY, THANK YOU
>>> ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT
IT'S FULL OF MUSICIA
MEMORABILIA AND IT'S ALL GOING
UP FOR AUCTION SOON AND ALL FOR 
A GOOD CAUSE
ITEMS RANGE FROM A PAIR OF OSZZ 
OSBOURNE'S GLASSES, A JACKET
WORN BY CHER, A BILLIE EILISH 
TRACK SUIT, JOHN STAMOS' LEATHER
JACKET FROM "FULL HOUSE"
>> UNCLE
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED AT LOCATIONS 
ACROSS THE U.S. IT'S
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
FO
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT THIS
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CAPS OFF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF THE WEEK-LONG
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION USING THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE FOR HIS POLITICAL
EVENT, AS PROTESTS RAINED 
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE GATES 
AND BIDEN AND HARRIS WEIGHED IN 
TOO.
>>> THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE 
LAURA LEAVING DEATH AND 
DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH.
>>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE 
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING
THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE NBA AND
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WHOSE 
PROFESSIONAL PAUSE CAPTURED A 
NATION
>>> AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THE 
GHOSTLY SOUND DRIFTING ACROSS 
SAN FRANCISCO SINCE EARLY JUNE
SOME CALL IT SOOTHING.
OTHERS SAY IT'S UNSETTLING AND
EVEN ALIEN
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US TO END
THE WEEK
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA LEAVES A PATH OF
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON THE
GULF COAST
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER AND THOUSANDS OF
LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ARE WAKING
UP WITH THEIR LIVES UPSIDE DOWN.
IN THE TOWN OF WEST LAKE, PEOPLE
HAD TO SHELTER IN PLACE AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PLUMES OF SMOKE RELEASED
HAZARDOUS CHLORINE GAS
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES 
LOOKS LIKE
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND, ROOFS 
WERE PEELED OFF FROM HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TET TO VISIT 
THE STORM-RAVAGED AREAS THIS
WEEK
OUR CHRIS PALLONE HAS MORE
>> IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, IT 
WAS A DAY OF TAKING STOCK AND 
CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE, 
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
THE RECOVERY TIME FROM THIS IS
GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT, THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM EVER TO MAKE LANDFALL 
HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
DESTROYED BUILDINGS, TOPPLED
TRUCKS AND BROUGHT TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
LAKE CHARLES, ONE OF THE
HARDEST-HIT CITIES
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US, BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR 
STUFF KNOCKING AGAINST THE
BRICK.
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND DESPITE ALL OF IT, THE
GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> A TERRIFYING NIGHT WHICH WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS, MAYBE 
MONTHS OF CLEANUP AND 
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS PALLONE, NBC NEWS,
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
>>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE
WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD
OF THE STORM
THE NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS WITH CONCERNS ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS AND HELTERS.
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM
>> Reporter: FRANCES, GOOD
MORNING.
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
THOUSANDS OF MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL 
HEEDED THE CALL.
WHY THEY DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND.
>> Reporter: FAMILIES ACROSS
TEXAS UPROOTED BY A CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE AFTER OPTING TO RIDE
OUT THE STORM.
WHY'D YOU STAY HOME?
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHEREVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I WOULD NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN AFTER THAT
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH, 
AND OF COURSE THIS OAK TREE IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES,
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY
TIMES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT 
ANYWAY, WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO
>> Reporter: THEY BATTEN DOWN 
THEIR PROPERTY AS IN PAST 
STORMS, BUT THIS ONE BORE A NEW 
THREAT
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR A
LARGE BUILDING WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE, IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN 
MY THINKING OF EVACUATING.
>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAID HE
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN TIED UP HIS LIFE SAVINGS
IN A YOGA AND JIU-JITSU GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK ALONG
WITH HIS FELLOW VETERAN PARTNER,
TYLER PETE
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN YOU
WALKED UP HERE AND FOUND YOUR 
GYM STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN AND IT WAS LITERALLY
LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A
45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE
REBUILDING PROCESS UNDER A CLOUD
OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU
>> SOME TOUGH TIMES AHEAD.
SAM, THANKS.
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE LATEST
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS 
FACING TWO HOMICIDE CHARGES 
RELATED TO THE SHOOTINGS THAT 
HAPPENED AFTER THE PROTESTS.
AFTER SEVERAL NIGHTS OF 
ESCALATING TENSION, THERE WERE
MORE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AND
NEW CALLS FOR CHANGE
WENDY WOOLFOLK HAS THIS REPORT
>> THE KENOSHA COMMUNITY IS 
GRIEVING AS A RESULT OF THIS
TRAGIC SHOOTING.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY, BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> URGING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
WE MUST KNOW THAT JUSTICE WORKS 
FOR THE PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTIN 
SHESKY, HE'S BEEN WITH THE
KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 
SEVEN YEARS.
BUT ALSO ANNOUNCING THAT
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
HIS CAR.
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 
SHESKY AND TWO OTHER OFFICERS 
WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT AND UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER AND ARREST BLAKE.
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE AFTER TWO
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH IN THE SPORTS WORLD,
AFTER THE NBA ABRUPTLY CANCELED 
GAMES THIS WEEK, AND SOME MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL AND SOCCER TEAMS
FOLLOWED SUIT.
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD, AND NOW THEY'RE USING 
THEIR LACK OF PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN LOUDER.
>> Reporter: PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETES USING THEIR ACTIONS TO 
CALL FOR CHANGE.
WENDY WOOLFOLK, NBC NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T GO 
FAR TO ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, HE
DELIVERED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 
ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE RNC WAS
MORE UPBEAT, INCLUDING A MOVING 
MESSAGE ON SECOND CHANCES FROM A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE NEARLY 22 YEARS I SPENT
IN PRISON WERE NOT WASTED.
GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND A PLAN FOR
MY LIFE.
I WAS NOT DELAYED OR DENIED.
I WAS DESTINED FOR SUCH A TIME
AS THIS.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT MY DAD'S
COMMUNICATION STYLE IS NOT TO 
EVERYONE'S TASTE AND I KNOW THAT
HIS TWEETS CAN FEEL A BIT 
UNFILTERED
BUT THE RESULTS, THE RESULTS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
>> WE FACE AN INVISIBLE ENEMY 
THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR NOR
INVITE, BUT WE WILL DEFEAT IT.
WE WILL DEFEAT IT BECAUSE 
AMERICA IS WHERE INNOVATION 
HAPPENS.
>> NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINS US
WITH MORE FROM D.C
TRACIE, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 
WAS DECIDEDLY DARKER THAN THAT
>> Reporter: WELL, IT WAS,
FRANCES.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND
LONGEST CONVENTION SPEECH THAT
WE HAVE EVER SEEN, IN EITHER
PARTY.
THE FIRST WAS THE PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, THERE WERE PROTESTS
HAPPENING OUTSIDE.
IN FACT, SENATOR RAND PAUL SAID 
THAT HE WAS ATTACKED BY WHAT HE 
CALLED AN ANGRY MOB.
HE DESCRIBED IT AS A CRAZED MOB 
OF ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
THIS WHILE INSIDE, A THOUSAND 
PEOPLE WERE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
SOUTH LAWN, LISTENING TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A LARGE PART
OF THAT SPEECH WAS ATTACKING JOE
BIDEN AND HIS RECORD
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS
AND IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, HE WILL
BE THE DESTROYER OF AMERICAN
GREATNESS.
IF YOU GIVE POWER TO JOE BIDEN, 
THE RADICAL LEFT WILL DEFUND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA.
THEY WILL MAKE EVERY CITY LOOK
LIKE DEMOCRAT-RUN PORTLAND, 
OREGON
NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION, 
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM 
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
JUST KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON 
THE FIRE
>> Reporter: ALSO COUNTERING THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN 
WASHINGTON, VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS, SHE SAID 
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD FAILED 
THE MOST BASIC AND IMPORTANT
PART OF HIS JOB, PROTECTING THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FRANCES?
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACI, THANK YOU
>>> ANOTHER CONFEDERATE STATUE
HAS BEEN TOPPLED, THIS TIME IN
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
THE SOUTH DEFENDERS' MEMORIAL 
MONUMENT SURVIVED THE SUMMER
PROTEST, BUT COULD NOT STAND UP 
TO HURRICANE LAURA
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, OFFICIALS 
VOTED TO KEEP THE STATUE ON THE 
COURTHOUSE LAWN AFTER A LOT OF
DEBATE
IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN OTHER
STORMS BEFORE AND EXTRAORDINARY,
BUT CRITICS HOPE THAT THAT WILL 
NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME.
>> WE SEE THE DAMAGE THERE
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT NOW LAURA'S
AFTERMATH AND WHERE SHE'S ADDED.
LET'S TALK TO.
>> NECEJANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WE NOW HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
LAURA.
IT'S BEEN DOWNGRADED
I THINK WE'LL SEE OUR LAST
ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT STILL, IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF
RAIN FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH THE
LEFTOVERS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FOR YOUR 
SATURDAY MORNING, BEFORE IT 
STARTS TO REALLY PUSH INTO MORE 
OF THE NORTHEAST
IT IS GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE,
FROM CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO 
BOSTON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH, WE HAVE HEAT ALERTS THAT 
ARE IN PLACE ACROSS TEXAS AND 
EVEN FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT
ORLANDO TODAY, CLOUDY SKIES ALL 
THE WAY INTO CHARLESTON.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ALL-IMPORTANT
WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP
>> GREAT JOB WITH ALL THE 
HURRICANE COVERAGE THIS WEEK, 
JANESSA.
>>> TWO PEOPLE ARE LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE AFTER THEIR SMALL PLANE 
CRASHED AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN 
IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
IT HAPPENED IN AN ISOLATED AREA 
OF BROWARD COUNTY, SO RESCUERS
NEEDED TO PICK THEM UP I
>>> BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT.
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO
ABE IS STEPPING DOWN
JAPAN'S NATIONAL BROADCASTER NHK
REPORTED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER
INTENDS TO RESIGN.
THE NEWS CAUSED STOCKS TO 
RECENTLY DECLINE
THE PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMED THE
REPORTS MINUTES AGO.
>>> A MAJOR REVERSAL FROM THE 
CDC.
THE AGENCY IS NOW WALKING BACK A
RECOMMENDATION FROM EARLIER THIS
WEEK THAT SAYS THAT PEOPLE WITH 
NO VIRUS SYMPTOMS DO NOT
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST.
THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION SAID
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF INFECTED
INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE TESTED, 
REGARDLESS OF SYMPTOMS
THE CDC'S DIRECTOR NOW SAYS THAT
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF CONFIRMED 
OR PROBABLE COVID-19 PATIENTS 
MAY CONSIDER TESTING
>>> THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THE
DECISION SPARKED BACKLASH FROM
MEDICAL EXPERTS.
>>> A NEW STUDY FROM UCLA 
REVEALED A DISTURBING TREND 
ABOUT THE TOLL OF COVID-19
IT SHOWS THERE HAVE A FIVE-FOLD 
INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
AMONG WORKING-AGE LATINOS IN
CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST THREE
MONTHS
ONE RESEARCHER SAID THE VICTIMS 
ARE UNSUNG ESSENTIAL WORKERS
LIKE FARMERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED MORE 
THAN 12,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
AND NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE 
LATINO
>>> TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND
ON THE NATIONAL MALL TO PROTEST 
POLICE BRUTALITY IN A MARS
ORGANIZED BY THE REVEREND AL
SHARPTON'S NATIONAL ACTIONNER 
AND THE NAACP.
IT COMES ON THE 57th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 
WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
GATHERED TO DEMAND CIVIL AND
ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH ON THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
>>> LORD & TAYLOR IS OFFICIALLY 
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
THE LUXURY DEPARTMENT RETAILER
ANNOUNCED IT IS CLOSING ALL OF
ITS 38 STORES, ENDING 
>>> OUR INTERACTIVE 
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MORE
>>> A NEW SONG IS PLAYING 
THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO THIS 
SUMMER
THE MYSTERIOUS SOUND SEEPING
THROUGH THE FOG IS LEAVING SOME 
BARRIER RESIDENTS CONFUSED
TO SOME, IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUM.
AND FOR OTHERS, A WHISTLE.
NBC'S JAKE WARD MAY HAVE SOLVED 
THE MYSTERY.
>> Reporter: SINCE EARLY JUNE, A
GHOSTLY SOUND HAS DRIFTED ACROSS
SAN FRANCISCO.
>> DO YOU HEAR THAT?
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Reporter: AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
LIT UP WITH A RANGE OF
REACTIONS, CALLING IT SOOTHING, 
UNSETTLING, EVEN ALIEN
>> CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD
KIND
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT 
SUPERNATURAL, IT'S THE CITY'S 
MOST ICONIC LANDMARK, THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE.
THE BIG FACTOR IN DESIGNING A 
BRIDGE IS OF COURSE WIND
THIS, THE GOLDEN GATE, IS A BIG 
CUT IN THE LANDSCAPE THAT ACTS
AS A WIND TUNNEL
THAT MEANS THAT THE WHOLE DESIGN
OF THE BRIDGE TURNS INTO ONE BIG
SAIL WHEN THE WIND IS STRONG
ENOUGH, AND THESE, THE ORIGINAL 
1937 STRUTS OF THE RAILING, 
CATCH THE WIND
IT'S THE NEW, THINNER VERSION OF
THOSE STRUTS THAT ARE CREATING
THAT NOISE
WHEN YOU ASK ENGINEERS WHY WIND 
MATTERS ON A BRIDGE, WELL, THEY 
ALWAYS NAME THE SAME ONE, THE 
TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE.
>> THE BRIDGE WHIPS ABOUT LIKE
SOME FLUTTERING RIBBON
>> Reporter: IT WAS NICKNAME
GALLOP IING GERTIE FOR ITS
TENDENCY TO SHAKE IN THE WIND.
>> IT LITERALLY SHOOK ITSELF TO 
PIECES
THE CONSENSUS WAS THE SOLID SAIL
RAILINGS WERE RESPONSIBLE.
>> Reporter: ENGINEERS
EVERYWHERE ARE HAUNTED BY IT
>> THIS WIND RETROFIT PROJECT 
WAS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TYPE OF 
EFFECT OR PHENOMENON DOESN'T
HAPPEN HERE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE
>> Reporter: THE IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT SCALE MODEL TESTS OF
EARTHQUAKES IN HIGH WINDS SHOWED
THE BRIDGE WILL BE STRONGER THAN
EVER
BUT THOSE TESTS DIDN'T REVEAL 
THE EERIE SOUND IT WOULD MAKE.
ENGINEERS HERE ARE WORKING ON A 
PLAN TO QUIET THE HUM.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE BRIDGE 
HARMONICS ARE A REMINDER OF THE 
HIGH STAKES AND COMPLICATED WORK
OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A 
ROADWAY HIGH ABOVE THE WAVES
JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS, SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> WOW
IT'S FASCINATING
AT LEAST AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME,
WE KNOW NOW THE CAUSE OF IT.
JUST TO MAKE EVERYON
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEEKEND NOW
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE
FOR THE EAST COAST AFTER THE
LEFTOVERINS OF THAT TROPICAL
SYSTEM, LAURA.
IN YOU'RE ACROSS THE EAST COAST,
SUNDAY WILL BE THE DAY WE'LL
START TO DRY OUT AND
TEMPERATURES VERY COMFORTABLE.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STARTS TO 
DIE DOWN
REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY 
THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE 
YOU ON MONDAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN
WE HAVE TWO SYSTEMS THAT HAVE 
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LATE NEXT 
>>> THE GULF COAST IS NOW 
ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER A
DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE LAURA.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WAS IN 
THE PATH OF THE EYE OF THE STORM
AS IT MADE LANDFALL.
THE CITY LIKELY HAS A LONG ROAD 
TO RECOVERY AHEAD OF IT.
NBC'S JAY GRAY IS ON THE GROUND 
THERE.
JAY, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 
AFTERMATH THAT YOU SEE THERE
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, IT'S
OVERWHELMING
IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, 
THERE'S DEVASTATION AND DEBRIS
THIS TWISTED, SHEARED METAL PART
OF WHAT USED TO BE A GAS STATION
HERE
YOU CAN SEE THE PUMPS STILL 
THERE, BUT THIS ONE IS GONE.
RIPPED AWAY AND TOSSED AWAY BY
THE STORM.
EVIDENCE OF THE SHEER POWER OF
LAURA.
AT FIRST GLANCE, IT HAS THE 
APPEARANCE OF A CHILD'S MESSY 
PLAYROOM
CARS AND TRUCKS SCATTERED ON
THEIR SIDES.
BUT A CLOSER LOOK AND IT'S
CLEAR, THIS MESS IS NO GAME.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
>> Reporter: FROM CAMERON, WHERE
THE MASSIVE STORM CAME ASHORE 
THROUGH LAKE CHARLES, THE 
DEVASTATION FROM LAURA STRETCHES
FOR MILES.
>> THIS WAS THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO EVER MAKE LANDFALL IN
LOUISIANA.
>> Reporter: A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 150 MILES AN HOUR
RIPPING APART HOMES AND L
BUSINESSES, LITERALLY PULLING 
TREES FROM THE GROUND.
SNAPPING POWER POLES, SCATTERING
AND TWISTING LINES
MOST OF THE AREA STILL WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY.
COMMUNITIES AND WE NOW KNOW 
FAMILIES CUT TO THEIR CORE
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN 
THE STORM AND OFFICIALS FEAR
THAT NUMBER COULD GROW
>> CERTAINLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND DO 
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH AND
RESCUE, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE
FATALITIES
I HOPE NOT
>> Reporter: SURVIVORS NOW
WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT
LAURA LEFT BEHIND, THE HURRICANE
TEARING AWAY MOST EVERYTHING
HERE, EXCEPT -- 
>> WE WILL REBUILD
WE ALWAYS DO
>> THEIR RESOLVE
>> YEAH, AND LOOK, IT'S THE 
STRENGTH THIS COMMUNITY IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED, 
FRANCES AND PHILLIP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG AND
VERY DIFFICULT RECOVERY HERE
BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH DAYS AHEAD FOR THEM
JAY, THANK YOU
>>> ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT
IT'S FULL OF MUSICIA
MEMORABILIA AND IT'S ALL GOING
UP FOR AUCTION SOON AND ALL FOR 
A GOOD CAUSE
ITEMS RANGE FROM A PAIR OF OSZZ 
OSBOURNE'S GLASSES, A JACKET
WORN BY CHER, A BILLIE EILISH 
TRACK SUIT, JOHN STAMOS' LEATHER
JACKET FROM "FULL HOUSE"
>> UNCLE
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUEALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED AT LOCATIONS 
ACROSS THE U.S. IT'S
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
FO
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT THIS
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CAPS OFF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF THE WEEK-LONG
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION USING THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE FOR HIS POLITICAL
EVENT, AS PROTESTS RAINED 
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE GATES 
AND BIDEN AND HARRIS WEIGHED IN 
TOO.
>>> THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE 
LAURA LEAVING DEATH AND 
DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH.
>>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE 
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING
THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE NBA AND
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WHOSE 
PROFESSIONAL PAUSE CAPTURED A 
NATION
>>> AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THE 
GHOSTLY SOUND DRIFTING ACROSS 
SAN FRANCISCO SINCE EARLY JUNE
SOME CALL IT SOOTHING.
OTHERS SAY IT'S UNSETTLING AND
EVEN ALIEN
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US TO END
THE WEEK
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA LEAVES A PATH OF
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON THE
GULF COAST
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER AND THOUSANDS OF
LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ARE WAKING
UP WITH THEIR LIVES UPSIDE DOWN.
IN THE TOWN OF WEST LAKE, PEOPLE
HAD TO SHELTER IN PLACE AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PLUMES OF SMOKE RELEASED
HAZARDOUS CHLORINE GAS
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES 
LOOKS LIKE
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND, ROOFS 
WERE PEELED OFF FROM HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TET TO VISIT 
THE STORM-RAVAGED AREAS THIS
WEEK
OUR CHRIS PALLONE HAS MORE
>> IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, IT 
WAS A DAY OF TAKING STOCK AND 
CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE, 
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
THE RECOVERY TIME FROM THIS IS
GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT, THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM EVER TO MAKE LANDFALL 
HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
DESTROYED BUILDINGS, TOPPLED
TRUCKS AND BROUGHT TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
LAKE CHARLES, ONE OF THE
HARDEST-HIT CITIES
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US, BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR 
STUFF KNOCKING AGAINST THE
BRICK.
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND DESPITE ALL OF IT, THE
GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> A TERRIFYING NIGHT WHICH WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS, MAYBE 
MONTHS OF CLEANUP AND 
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS PALLONE, NBC NEWS,
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
>>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE
WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD
OF THE STORM
THE NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS WITH CONCERNS ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS AND HELTERS.
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM
>> Reporter: FRANCES, GOOD
MORNING.
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
THOUSANDS OF MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL 
HEEDED THE CALL.
WHY THEY DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND.
>> Reporter: FAMILIES ACROSS
TEXAS UPROOTED BY A CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE AFTER OPTING TO RIDE
OUT THE STORM.
WHY'D YOU STAY HOME?
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHEREVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I WOULD NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN AFTER THAT
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH, 
AND OF COURSE THIS OAK TREE IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES,
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY
TIMES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT 
ANYWAY, WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO
>> Reporter: THEY BATTEN DOWN 
THEIR PROPERTY AS IN PAST 
STORMS, BUT THIS ONE BORE A NEW 
THREAT
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR A
LARGE BUILDING WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE, IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN 
MY THINKING OF EVACUATING.
>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAID HE
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN TIED UP HIS LIFE SAVINGS
IN A YOGA AND JIU-JITSU GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK ALONG
WITH HIS FELLOW VETERAN PARTNER,
TYLER PETE
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN YOU
WALKED UP HERE AND FOUND YOUR 
GYM STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN AND IT WAS LITERALLY
LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A
45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE
REBUILDING PROCESS UNDER A CLOUD
OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU
>> SOME TOUGH TIMES AHEAD.
SAM, THANKS.
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE LATEST
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS 
FACING TWO HOMICIDE CHARGES 
RELATED TO THE SHOOTINGS THAT 
HAPPENED AFTER THE PROTESTS.
AFTER SEVERAL NIGHTS OF 
ESCALATING TENSION, THERE WERE
MORE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AND
NEW CALLS FOR CHANGE
WENDY WOOLFOLK HAS THIS REPORT
>> THE KENOSHA COMMUNITY IS 
GRIEVING AS A RESULT OF THIS
TRAGIC SHOOTING.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY, BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> URGING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
WE MUST KNOW THAT JUSTICE WORKS 
FOR THE PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTIN 
SHESKY, HE'S BEEN WITH THE
KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 
SEVEN YEARS.
BUT ALSO ANNOUNCING THAT
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
HIS CAR.
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 
SHESKY AND TWO OTHER OFFICERS 
WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT AND UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER AND ARREST BLAKE.
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE AFTER TWO
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH IN THE SPORTS WORLD,
AFTER THE NBA ABRUPTLY CANCELED 
GAMES THIS WEEK, AND SOME MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL AND SOCCER TEAMS
FOLLOWED SUIT.
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD, AND NOW THEY'RE USING 
THEIR LACK OF PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN LOUDER.
>> Reporter: PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETES USING THEIR ACTIONS TO 
CALL FOR CHANGE.
WENDY WOOLFOLK, NBC NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T GO 
FAR TO ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, HE
DELIVERED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 
ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE RNC WAS
MORE UPBEAT, INCLUDING A MOVING 
MESSAGE ON SECOND CHANCES FROM A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE NEARLY 22 YEARS I SPENT
IN PRISON WERE NOT WASTED.
GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND A PLAN FOR
MY LIFE.
I WAS NOT DELAYED OR DENIED.
I WAS DESTINED FOR SUCH A TIME
AS THIS.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT MY DAD'S
COMMUNICATION STYLE IS NOT TO 
EVERYONE'S TASTE AND I KNOW THAT
HIS TWEETS CAN FEEL A BIT 
UNFILTERED
BUT THE RESULTS, THE RESULTS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
>> WE FACE AN INVISIBLE ENEMY 
THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR NOR
INVITE, BUT WE WILL DEFEAT IT.
WE WILL DEFEAT IT BECAUSE 
AMERICA IS WHERE INNOVATION 
HAPPENS.
>> NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINS US
WITH MORE FROM D.C
TRACIE, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 
WAS DECIDEDLY DARKER THAN THAT
>> Reporter: WELL, IT WAS,
FRANCES.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND
LONGEST CONVENTION SPEECH THAT
WE HAVE EVER SEEN, IN EITHER
PARTY.
THE FIRST WAS THE PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, THERE WERE PROTESTS
HAPPENING OUTSIDE.
IN FACT, SENATOR RAND PAUL SAID 
CALLED AN ANGRY MOB. BY WHAT HE 
HE DESCRIBED IT AS A CRAZED MOB 
OF ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
THIS WHILE INSIDE, A THOUSAND 
PEOPLE WERE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
SOUTH LAWN, LISTENING TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A LARGE PART
OF THAT SPEECH WAS ATTACKING JOE
BIDEN AND HIS RECORD
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS
AND IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, HE WILL
BE THE DESTROYER OF AMERICAN
GREATNESS.
IF YOU GIVE POWER TO JOE BIDEN, 
THE RADICAL LEFT WILL DEFUND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA.
THEY WILL MAKE EVERY CITY LOOK
LIKE DEMOCRAT-RUN PORTLAND, 
OREGON
NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION, 
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM 
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
JUST KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON 
THE FIRE
>> Reporter: ALSO COUNTERING THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN 
WASHINGTON, VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS, SHE SAID 
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD FAILED 
THE MOST BASIC AND IMPORTANT
PART OF HIS JOB, PROTECTING THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FRANCES?
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACI, THANK YOU
>>> ANOTHER CONFEDERATE STATUE
HAS BEEN TOPPLED, THIS TIME IN
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
THE SOUTH DEFENDERS' MEMORIAL 
MONUMENT SURVIVED THE SUMMER
PROTEST, BUT COULD NOT STAND UP 
TO HURRICANE LAURA
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, OFFICIALS 
VOTED TO KEEP THE STATUE ON THE 
COURTHOUSE LAWN AFTER A LOT OF
DEBATE
IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN OTHER
STORMS BEFORE AND EXTRAORDINARY,
BUT CRITICS HOPE THAT THAT WILL 
NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME.
>> WE SEE THE DAMAGE THERE
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT NOW LAURA'S
AFTERMATH AND WHERE SHE'S ADDED.
LET'S TALK TO.
>> NECEJANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WE NOW HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
LAURA.
IT'S BEEN DOWNGRADED
I THINK WE'LL SEE OUR LAST
ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT STILL, IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF
RAIN FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH THE
LEFTOVERS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FOR YOUR 
SATURDAY MORNING, BEFORE IT 
STARTS TO REALLY PUSH INTO MORE 
OF THE NORTHEAST
IT IS GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE,
FROM CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO 
BOSTON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH, WE HAVE HEAT ALERTS THAT 
ARE IN PLACE ACROSS TEXAS AND 
EVEN FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT
ORLANDO TODAY, CLOUDY SKIES ALL 
THE WAY INTO CHARLESTON.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ALL-IMPORTANT
WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP
>> GREAT JOB WITH ALL THE 
HURRICANE COVERAGE THIS WEEK, 
JANESSA.
>>> TWO PEOPLE ARE LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE AFTER THEIR SMALL PLANE 
CRASHED AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN 
IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
IT HAPPENED IN AN ISOLATED AREA 
OF BROWARD COUNTY, SO RESCUERS
NEEDED TO PICK THEM UP I
>>> BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT.
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO
ABE IS STEPPING DOWN
JAPAN'S NATIONAL BROADCASTER NHK
REPORTED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER
INTENDS TO RESIGN.
THE NEWS CAUSED STOCKS TO 
RECENTLY DECLINE
THE PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMED THE
REPORTS MINUTES AGO.
>>> A MAJOR REVERSAL FROM THE 
CDC.
THE AGENCY IS NOW WALKING BACK A
RECOMMENDATION FROM EARLIER THIS
WEEK THAT SAYS THAT PEOPLE WITH 
NO VIRUS SYMPTOMS DO NOT
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST.
THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION SAID
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF INFECTED
INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE TESTED, 
REGARDLESS OF SYMPTOMS
THE CDC'S DIRECTOR NOW SAYS THAT
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF CONFIRMED 
OR PROBABLE COVID-19 PATIENTS 
MAY CONSIDER TESTING
>>> THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THE
DECISION SPARKED BACKLASH FROM
MEDICAL EXPERTS.
>>> A NEW STUDY FROM UCLA 
REVEALED A DISTURBING TREND 
ABOUT THE TOLL OF COVID-19
IT SHOWS THERE HAVE A FIVE-FOLD 
INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
AMONG WORKING-AGE LATINOS IN
CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST THREE
MONTHS
ONE RESEARCHER SAID THE VICTIMS 
ARE UNSUNG ESSENTIAL WORKERS
LIKE FARMERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED MORE 
THAN 12,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
AND NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE 
LATINO
>>> TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND
ON THE NATIONAL MALL TO PROTEST 
POLICE BRUTALITY IN A MARS
ORGANIZED BY THE REVEREND AL
SHARPTON'S NATIONAL ACTIONNER 
AND THE NAACP.
IT COMES ON THE 57th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 
WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
GATHERED TO DEMAND CIVIL AND
ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH ON THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
>>> LORD & TAYLOR IS OFFICIALLY 
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
THE LUXURY DEPARTMENT RETAILER
ANNOUNCED IT IS CLOSING ALL OF
ITS 38 STORES, ENDING 
>>> OUR INTERACTIVE 
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>>> A NEW SONG IS PLAYING 
THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO THIS 
SUMMER
THE MYSTERIOUS SOUND SEEPING
THROUGH THE FOG IS LEAVING SOME 
BARRIER RESIDENTS CONFUSED
TO SOME, IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUM.
AND FOR OTHERS, A WHISTLE.
NBC'S JAKE WARD MAY HAVE SOLVED 
THE MYSTERY.
>> Reporter: SINCE EARLY JUNE, A
GHOSTLY SOUND HAS DRIFTED ACROSS
SAN FRANCISCO.
>> DO YOU HEAR THAT?
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Reporter: AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
LIT UP WITH A RANGE OF
REACTIONS, CALLING IT SOOTHING, 
UNSETTLING, EVEN ALIEN
>> CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD
KIND
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT 
SUPERNATURAL, IT'S THE CITY'S 
MOST ICONIC LANDMARK, THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE.
THE BIG FACTOR IN DESIGNING A 
BRIDGE IS OF COURSE WIND
THIS, THE GOLDEN GATE, IS A BIG 
CUT IN THE LANDSCAPE THAT ACTS
AS A WIND TUNNEL
THAT MEANS THAT THE WHOLE DESIGN
OF THE BRIDGE TURNS INTO ONE BIG
SAIL WHEN THE WIND IS STRONG
ENOUGH, AND THESE, THE ORIGINAL 
1937 STRUTS OF THE RAILING, 
CATCH THE WIND
IT'S THE NEW, THINNER VERSION OF
THOSE STRUTS THAT ARE CREATING
THAT NOISE
WHEN YOU ASK ENGINEERS WHY WIND 
MATTERS ON A BRIDGE, WELL, THEY 
ALWAYS NAME THE SAME ONE, THE 
TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE.
>> THE BRIDGE WHIPS ABOUT LIKE
SOME FLUTTERING RIBBON
>> Reporter: IT WAS NICKNAME
GALLOP IING GERTIE FOR ITS
TENDENCY TO SHAKE IN THE WIND.
>> IT LITERALLY SHOOK ITSELF TO 
PIECES
THE CONSENSUS WAS THE SOLID SAIL
RAILINGS WERE RESPONSIBLE.
>> Reporter: ENGINEERS
EVERYWHERE ARE HAUNTED BY IT
>> THIS WIND RETROFIT PROJECT 
WAS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TYPE OF 
EFFECT OR PHENOMENON DOESN'T
HAPPEN HERE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE
>> Reporter: THE IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT SCALE MODEL TESTS OF
EARTHQUAKES IN HIGH WINDS SHOWED
THE BRIDGE WILL BE STRONGER THAN
EVER
BUT THOSE TESTS DIDN'T REVEAL 
THE EERIE SOUND IT WOULD MAKE.
ENGINEERS HERE ARE WORKING ON A 
PLAN TO QUIET THE HUM.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE BRIDGE 
HARMONICS ARE A REMINDER OF THE 
HIGH STAKES AND COMPLICATED WORK
OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A 
ROADWAY HIGH ABOVE THE WAVES
JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS, SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> WOW
IT'S FASCINATING
AT LEAST AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME,
WE KNOW NOW THE CAUSE OF IT.
JUST TO MAKE EVERYON
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEEKEND NOW
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE
FOR THE EAST COAST AFTER THE
LEFTOVERINS OF THAT TROPICAL
SYSTEM, LAURA.
IN YOU'RE ACROSS THE EAST COAST,
SUNDAY WILL BE THE DAY WE'LL
START TO DRY OUT AND
TEMPERATURES VERY COMFORTABLE.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STARTS TO 
DIE DOWN
REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY 
THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE 
YOU ON MONDAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN
WE HAVE TWO SYSTEMS THAT HAVE 
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LATE NEXT 
>>> THE GULF COAST IS NOW 
ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER A
DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE LAURA.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WAS IN 
THE PATH OF THE EYE OF THE STORM
AS IT MADE LANDFALL.
THE CITY LIKELY HAS A LONG ROAD 
TO RECOVERY AHEAD OF IT.
NBC'S JAY GRAY IS ON THE GROUND 
THERE.
JAY, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 
AFTERMATH THAT YOU SEE THERE
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, IT'S
OVERWHELMING
IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, 
THERE'S DEVASTATION AND DEBRIS
THIS TWISTED, SHEARED METAL PART
OF WHAT USED TO BE A GAS STATION
HERE
YOU CAN SEE THE PUMPS STILL 
THERE, BUT THIS ONE IS GONE.
RIPPED AWAY AND TOSSED AWAY BY
THE STORM.
EVIDENCE OF THE SHEER POWER OF
LAURA.
AT FIRST GLANCE, IT HAS THE 
APPEARANCE OF A CHILD'S MESSY 
PLAYROOM
CARS AND TRUCKS SCATTERED ON
THEIR SIDES.
BUT A CLOSER LOOK AND IT'S
CLEAR, THIS MESS IS NO GAME.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
>> Reporter: FROM CAMERON, WHERE
THE MASSIVE STORM CAME ASHORE 
THROUGH LAKE CHARLES, THE 
DEVASTATION FROM LAURA STRETCHES
FOR MILES.
>> THIS WAS THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO EVER MAKE LANDFALL IN
LOUISIANA.
>> Reporter: A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 150 MILES AN HOUR
RIPPING APART HOMES AND L
BUSINESSES, LITERALLY PULLING 
TREES FROM THE GROUND.
SNAPPING POWER POLES, SCATTERING
AND TWISTING LINES
MOST OF THE AREA STILL WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY.
COMMUNITIES AND WE NOW KNOW 
FAMILIES CUT TO THEIR CORE
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN 
THE STORM AND OFFICIALS FEAR
THAT NUMBER COULD GROW
>> CERTAINLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND DO 
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH AND
RESCUE, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE
FATALITIES
I HOPE NOT
>> Reporter: SURVIVORS NOW
WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT
LAURA LEFT BEHIND, THE HURRICANE
TEARING AWAY MOST EVERYTHING
HERE, EXCEPT -- 
>> WE WILL REBUILD
WE ALWAYS DO
>> THEIR RESOLVE
>> YEAH, AND LOOK, IT'S THE 
STRENGTH THIS COMMUNITY IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED, 
FRANCES AND PHILLIP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG AND
VERY DIFFICULT RECOVERY HERE
BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH DAYS AHEAD FOR THEM
JAY, THANK YOU
>>> ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT
IT'S FULL OF MUSICIA
MEMORABILIA AND IT'S ALL GOING
UP FOR AUCTION SOON AND ALL FOR 
A GOOD CAUSE
ITEMS RANGE FROM A PAIR OF OSZZ 
OSBOURNE'S GLASSES, A JACKET
WORN BY CHER, A BILLIE EILISH 
TRACK SUIT, JOHN STAMOS' LEATHER
JACKET FROM "FULL HOUSE"
>> UNCLE
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED AT LOCATIONS 
ACROSS THE U.S. IT'S
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
FO
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT THIS
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CAPS OFF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF THE WEEK-LONG
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION USING THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE FOR HIS POLITICAL
EVENT, AS PROTESTS RAINED 
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE GATES 
AND BIDEN AND HARRIS WEIGHED IN 
TOO.
>>> THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE 
LAURA LEAVING DEATH AND 
DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH.
>>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE 
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING
THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE NBA AND
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WHOSE 
PROFESSIONAL PAUSE CAPTURED A 
NATION
>>> AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THE 
GHOSTLY SOUND DRIFTING ACROSS 
SAN FRANCISCO SINCE EARLY JUNE
SOME CALL IT SOOTHING.
OTHERS SAY IT'S UNSETTLING AND
EVEN ALIEN
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US TO END
THE WEEK
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA LEAVES A PATH OF
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON THE
GULF COAST
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER AND THOUSANDS OF
LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ARE WAKING
UP WITH THEIR LIVES UPSIDE DOWN.
IN THE TOWN OF WEST LAKE, PEOPLE
HAD TO SHELTER IN PLACE AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PLUMES OF SMOKE RELEASED
HAZARDOUS CHLORINE GAS
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES 
LOOKS LIKE
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND, ROOFS 
WERE PEELED OFF FROM HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TET TO VISIT 
THE STORM-RAVAGED AREAS THIS
WEEK
OUR CHRIS PALLONE HAS MORE
>> IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, IT 
WAS A DAY OF TAKING STOCK AND 
CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE, 
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
THE RECOVERY TIME FROM THIS IS
GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT, THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM EVER TO MAKE LANDFALL 
HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
DESTROYED BUILDINGS, TOPPLED
TRUCKS AND BROUGHT TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
LAKE CHARLES, ONE OF THE
HARDEST-HIT CITIES
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US, BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR 
STUFF KNOCKING AGAINST THE
BRICK.
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND DESPITE ALL OF IT, THE
GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> A TERRIFYING NIGHT WHICH WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS, MAYBE 
MONTHS OF CLEANUP AND 
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS PALLONE, NBC NEWS,
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
>>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE
WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD
OF THE STORM
THE NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS WITH CONCERNS ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS AND HELTERS.
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM
>> Reporter: FRANCES, GOOD
MORNING.
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
THOUSANDS OF MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL 
HEEDED THE CALL.
WHY THEY DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND.
>> Reporter: FAMILIES ACROSS
TEXAS UPROOTED BY A CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE AFTER OPTING TO RIDE
OUT THE STORM.
WHY'D YOU STAY HOME?
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHEREVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I WOULD NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN AFTER THAT
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH, 
AND OF COURSE THIS OAK TREE IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES,
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY
TIMES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT 
ANYWAY, WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO
>> Reporter: THEY BATTEN DOWN 
THEIR PROPERTY AS IN PAST 
STORMS, BUT THIS ONE BORE A NEW 
THREAT
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR A
LARGE BUILDING WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE, IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN 
MY THINKING OF EVACUATING.
>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAID HE
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN TIED UP HIS LIFE SAVINGS
IN A YOGA AND JIU-JITSU GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK ALONG
WITH HIS FELLOW VETERAN PARTNER,
TYLER PETE
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN YOU
WALKED UP HERE AND FOUND YOUR 
GYM STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN AND IT WAS LITERALLY
LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A
45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE
REBUILDING PROCESS UNDER A CLOUD
OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU
>> SOME TOUGH TIMES AHEAD.
SAM, THANKS.
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE LATEST
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS 
FACING TWO HOMICIDE CHARGES 
RELATED TO THE SHOOTINGS THAT 
HAPPENED AFTER THE PROTESTS.
AFTER SEVERAL NIGHTS OF 
ESCALATING TENSION, THERE WERE
MORE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AND
NEW CALLS FOR CHANGE
WENDY WOOLFOLK HAS THIS REPORT
>> THE KENOSHA COMMUNITY IS 
GRIEVING AS A RESULT OF THIS
TRAGIC SHOOTING.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY, BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> URGING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
WE MUST KNOW THAT JUSTICE WORKS 
FOR THE PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTIN 
SHESKY, HE'S BEEN WITH THE
KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 
SEVEN YEARS.
BUT ALSO ANNOUNCING THAT
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
HIS CAR.
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 
SHESKY AND TWO OTHER OFFICERS 
WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT AND UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER AND ARREST BLAKE.
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE AFTER TWO
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH IN THE SPORTS WORLD,
AFTER THE NBA ABRUPTLY CANCELED 
GAMES THIS WEEK, AND SOME MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL AND SOCCER TEAMS
FOLLOWED SUIT.
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD, AND NOW THEY'RE USING 
THEIR LACK OF PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN LOUDER.
>> Reporter: PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETES USING THEIR ACTIONS TO 
CALL FOR CHANGE.
WENDY WOOLFOLK, NBC NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T GO 
FAR TO ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, HE
DELIVERED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 
ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE RNC WAS
MORE UPBEAT, INCLUDING A MOVING 
MESSAGE ON SECOND CHANCES FROM A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE NEARLY 22 YEARS I SPENT
IN PRISON WERE NOT WASTED.
GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND A PLAN FOR
MY LIFE.
I WAS NOT DELAYED OR DENIED.
I WAS DESTINED FOR SUCH A TIME
AS THIS.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT MY DAD'S
COMMUNICATION STYLE IS NOT TO 
EVERYONE'S TASTE AND I KNOW THAT
HIS TWEETS CAN FEEL A BIT 
UNFILTERED
BUT THE RESULTS, THE RESULTS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
>> WE FACE AN INVISIBLE ENEMY 
THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR NOR
INVITE, BUT WE WILL DEFEAT IT.
WE WILL DEFEAT IT BECAUSE 
AMERICA IS WHERE INNOVATION 
HAPPENS.
>> NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINS US
WITH MORE FROM D.C
TRACIE, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 
WAS DECIDEDLY DARKER THAN THAT
>> Reporter: WELL, IT WAS,
FRANCES.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND
LONGEST CONVENTION SPEECH THAT
WE HAVE EVER SEEN, IN EITHER
PARTY.
THE FIRST WAS THE PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, THERE WERE PROTESTS
HAPPENING OUTSIDE.
IN FACT, SENATOR RAND PAUL SAID 
THAT HE WAS ATTACKED BY WHAT HE 
CALLED AN ANGRY MOB.
HE DESCRIBED IT AS A CRAZED MOB 
OF ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
THIS WHILE INSIDE, A THOUSAND 
PEOPLE WERE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
SOUTH LAWN, LISTENING TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A LARGE PART
OF THAT SPEECH WAS ATTACKING JOE
BIDEN AND HIS RECORD
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS
AND IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, HE WILL
BE THE DESTROYER OF AMERICAN
GREATNESS.
IF YOU GIVE POWER TO JOE BIDEN, 
THE RADICAL LEFT WILL DEFUND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA.
THEY WILL MAKE EVERY CITY LOOK
LIKE DEMOCRAT-RUN PORTLAND, 
OREGON
NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION, 
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM 
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
JUST KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON 
THE FIRE
>> Reporter: ALSO COUNTERING THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN 
WASHINGTON, VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS, SHE SAID 
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD FAILED 
THE MOST BASIC AND IMPORTANT
PART OF HIS JOB, PROTECTING THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FRANCES?
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACI, THANK YOU
>>> ANOTHER CONFEDERATE STATUE
HAS BEEN TOPPLED, THIS TIME IN
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
THE SOUTH DEFENDERS' MEMORIAL 
MONUMENT SURVIVED THE SUMMER
PROTEST, BUT COULD NOT STAND UP 
TO HURRICANE LAURA
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, OFFICIALS 
VOTED TO KEEP THE STATUE ON THE 
COURTHOUSE LAWN AFTER A LOT OF
DEBATE
IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN OTHER
STORMS BEFORE AND EXTRAORDINARY,
BUT CRITICS HOPE THAT THAT WILL 
NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME.
>> WE SEE THE DAMAGE THERE
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT NOW LAURA'S
AFTERMATH AND WHERE SHE'S ADDED.
LET'S TALK TO.
>> NECEJANESSA WEBB
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WE NOW HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
LAURA.
IT'S BEEN DOWNGRADED
I THINK WE'LL SEE OUR LAST
ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT STILL, IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF
RAIN FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE STILL GOING TO WATCH THE
LEFTOVERS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FOR YOUR 
SATURDAY MORNING, BEFORE IT 
STARTS TO REALLY PUSH INTO MORE 
OF THE NORTHEAST
IT IS GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE,
FROM CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO 
BOSTON
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH, WE HAVE HEAT ALERTS THAT 
ARE IN PLACE ACROSS TEXAS AND 
EVEN FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE SEVERE 
WEATHER THREAT
ORLANDO TODAY, CLOUDY SKIES ALL 
THE WAY INTO CHARLESTON.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ALL-IMPORTANT
WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP
>> GREAT JOB WITH ALL THE 
HURRICANE COVERAGE THIS WEEK, 
JANESSA.
>>> TWO PEOPLE ARE LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE AFTER THEIR SMALL PLANE 
CRASHED AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN 
IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
IT HAPPENED IN AN ISOLATED AREA 
OF BROWARD COUNTY, SO RESCUERS
NEEDED TO PICK THEM UP I
>>> BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT.
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO
ABE IS STEPPING DOWN
JAPAN'S NATIONAL BROADCASTER NHK
REPORTED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER
INTENDS TO RESIGN.
THE NEWS CAUSED STOCKS TO 
RECENTLY DECLINE
THE PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMED THE
REPORTS MINUTES AGO.
>>> A MAJOR REVERSAL FROM THE 
CDC.
THE AGENCY IS NOW WALKING BACK A
RECOMMENDATION FROM EARLIER THIS
WEEK THAT SAYS THAT PEOPLE WITH 
NO VIRUS SYMPTOMS DO NOT
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST.
THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION SAID
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF INFECTED
INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE TESTED, 
REGARDLESS OF SYMPTOMS
THE CDC'S DIRECTOR NOW SAYS THAT
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF CONFIRMED 
OR PROBABLE COVID-19 PATIENTS 
MAY CONSIDER TESTING
>>> THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THE
DECISION SPARKED BACKLASH FROM
MEDICAL EXPERTS.
>>> A NEW STUDY FROM UCLA 
REVEALED A DISTURBING TREND 
ABOUT THE TOLL OF COVID-19
IT SHOWS THERE HAVE A FIVE-FOLD 
INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
AMONG WORKING-AGE LATINOS IN
CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST THREE
MONTHS
ONE RESEARCHER SAID THE VICTIMS 
ARE UNSUNG ESSENTIAL WORKERS
LIKE FARMERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED MORE 
THAN 12,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
AND NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE 
LATINO
>>> TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND
ON THE NATIONAL MALL TO PROTEST 
POLICE BRUTALITY IN A MARS
ORGANIZED BY THE REVEREND AL
SHARPTON'S NATIONAL ACTIONNER 
AND THE NAACP.
IT COMES ON THE 57th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 
WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
GATHERED TO DEMAND CIVIL AND
ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH ON THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
>>> LORD & TAYLOR IS OFFICIALLY 
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
THE LUXURY DEPARTMENT RETAILER
ANNOUNCED IT IS CLOSING ALL OF
ITS 38 STORES, ENDING 
>>> OUR INTERACTIVE 
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>>> A NEW SONG IS PLAYING 
THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO THIS 
SUMMER
THE MYSTERIOUS SOUND SEEPING
THROUGH THE FOG IS LEAVING SOME 
BARRIER RESIDENTS CONFUSED
TO SOME, IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUM.
AND FOR OTHERS, A WHISTLE.
NBC'S JAKE WARD MAY HAVE SOLVED 
THE MYSTERY.
>> Reporter: SINCE EARLY JUNE, A
GHOSTLY SOUND HAS DRIFTED ACROSS
SAN FRANCISCO.
>> DO YOU HEAR THAT?
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Reporter: AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
LIT UP WITH A RANGE OF
REACTIONS, CALLING IT SOOTHING, 
UNSETTLING, EVEN ALIEN
>> CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD
KIND
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT 
SUPERNATURAL, IT'S THE CITY'S 
MOST ICONIC LANDMARK, THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE.
THE BIG FACTOR IN DESIGNING A 
BRIDGE IS OF COURSE WIND
THIS, THE GOLDEN GATE, IS A BIG 
T IN THE LANDSCAPE THAT ACTS
AS A WIND TUNNEL
THAT MEANS THAT THE WHOLE DESIGN
OF THE BRIDGE TURNS INTO ONE BIG
SAIL WHEN THE WIND IS STRONG
ENOUGH, AND THESE, THE ORIGINAL 
1937 STRUTS OF THE RAILING, 
CATCH THE WIND
IT'S THE NEW, THINNER VERSION OF
THOSE STRUTS THAT ARE CREATING
THAT NOISE
WHEN YOU ASK ENGINEERS WHY WIND 
MATTERS ON A BRIDGE, WELL, THEY 
ALWAYS NAME THE SAME ONE, THE 
TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE.
>> THE BRIDGE WHIPS ABOUT LIKE
SOME FLUTTERING RIBBON
>> Reporter: IT WAS NICKNAME
GALLOP IING GERTIE FOR ITS
TENDENCY TO SHAKE IN THE WIND.
>> IT LITERALLY SHOOK ITSELF TO 
PIECES
THE CONSENSUS WAS THE SOLID SAIL
RAILINGS WERE RESPONSIBLE.
>> Reporter: ENGINEERS
EVERYWHERE ARE HAUNTED BY IT
>> THIS WIND RETROFIT PROJECT 
WAS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TYPE OF 
EFFECT OR PHENOMENON DOESN'T
HAPPEN HERE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE
>> Reporter: THE IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT SCALE MODEL TESTS OF
EARTHQUAKES IN HIGH WINDS SHOWED
THE BRIDGE WILL BE STRONGER THAN
EVER
BUT THOSE TESTS DIDN'T REVEAL 
THE EERIE SOUND IT WOULD MAKE.
ENGINEERS HERE ARE WORKING ON A 
PLAN TO QUIET THE HUM.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE BRIDGE 
HARMONICS ARE A REMINDER OF THE 
HIGH STAKES AND COMPLICATED WORK
OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A 
ROADWAY HIGH ABOVE THE WAVES
JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS, SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> WOW
IT'S FASCINATING
AT LEAST AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME,
WE KNOW NOW THE CAUSE OF IT.
JUST TO MAKE EVERYON
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEEKEND NOW
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SOGGY ONE
FOR THE EAST COAST AFTER THE
LEFTOVERINS OF THAT TROPICAL
SYSTEM, LAURA.
IN YOU'RE ACROSS THE EAST COAST,
SUNDAY WILL BE THE DAY WE'LL
START TO DRY OUT AND
TEMPERATURES VERY COMFORTABLE.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STARTS TO 
DIE DOWN
REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY 
THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE 
YOU ON MONDAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN
WE HAVE TWO SYSTEMS THAT HAVE 
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LATE NEXT 
>>> THE GULF COAST IS NOW 
ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER A
DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE LAURA.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WAS IN 
THE PATH OF THE EYE OF THE STORM
AS IT MADE LANDFALL.
THE CITY LIKELY HAS A LONG ROAD 
TO RECOVERY AHEAD OF IT.
NBC'S JAY GRAY IS ON THE GROUND 
THERE.
JAY, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 
AFTERMATH THAT YOU SEE THERE
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCES, IT'S
OVERWHELMING
IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, 
THERE'S DEVASTATION AND DEBRIS
THIS TWISTED, SHEARED METAL PART
OF WHAT USED TO BE A GAS STATION
HERE
YOU CAN SEE THE PUMPS STILL 
THERE, BUT THIS ONE IS GONE.
RIPPED AWAY AND TOSSED AWAY BY
THE STORM.
EVIDENCE OF THE SHEER POWER OF
LAURA.
AT FIRST GLANCE, IT HAS THE 
APPEARANCE OF A CHILD'S MESSY 
PLAYROOM
CARS AND TRUCKS SCATTERED ON
THEIR SIDES.
BUT A CLOSER LOOK AND IT'S
CLEAR, THIS MESS IS NO GAME.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING, THIS IS A DISASTER
AREA
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITERAL
DISASTER
>> Reporter: FROM CAMERON, WHERE
THE MASSIVE STORM CAME ASHORE 
THROUGH LAKE CHARLES, THE 
DEVASTATION FROM LAURA STRETCHES
FOR MILES.
>> THIS WAS THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO EVER MAKE LANDFALL IN
LOUISIANA.
>> Reporter: A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 150 MILES AN HOUR
RIPPING APART HOMES AND L
BUSINESSES, LITERALLY PULLING 
TREES FROM THE GROUND.
SNAPPING POWER POLES, SCATTERING
AND TWISTING LINES
MOST OF THE AREA STILL WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY.
COMMUNITIES AND WE NOW KNOW 
FAMILIES CUT TO THEIR CORE
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN 
THE STORM AND OFFICIALS FEAR
THAT NUMBER COULD GROW
>> CERTAINLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND DO 
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH AND
RESCUE, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE
FATALITIES
I HOPE NOT
>> Reporter: SURVIVORS NOW
WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT
LAURA LEFT BEHIND, THE HURRICANE
TEARING AWAY MOST EVERYTHING
HERE, EXCEPT -- 
>> WE WILL REBUILD
WE ALWAYS DO
>> THEIR RESOLVE
>> YEAH, AND LOOK, IT'S THE 
STRENGTH THIS COMMUNITY IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED, 
FRANCES AND PHILLIP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG AND
VERY DIFFICULT RECOVERY HERE
BACK TO YOU.
>> TOUGH DAYS AHEAD FOR THEM
JAY, THANK YOU
>>> ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT
IT'S FULL OF MUSICIA
MEMORABILIA AND IT'S ALL GOING
UP FOR AUCTION SOON AND ALL FOR 
A GOOD CAUSE
ITEMS RANGE FROM A PAIR OF OSZZ 
OSBOURNE'S GLASSES, A JACKET
WORN BY CHER, A BILLIE EILISH 
TRACK SUIT, JOHN STAMOS' LEATHER
JACKET FROM "FULL HOUSE"
>> UNCLE
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED AT LOCATIONS 
ACROSS THE U.S. IT'S
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK 
>>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA'S DEVASTATION
ON MULTIPLE STATES, TAKING AT 
LEAST SIX LIVES IN THE PROCESS
WE HAVE GOT THE LATEST. 
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
WHO USED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE
FINAL NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION,
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTED HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, AMID FANFARE AND BIG
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. 
>> PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE
JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING, INCLUDING 
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 
17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE
NBA AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES,
WHOSE PROFESSIONAL PAUSE
CAPTURED A NATION.
>>> AND WE'LL MEET THE WOMAN WHO
HAS SURVIVED TWO PANDEMICS, AS
SHE SHARES HER SECRET TO A HAPPY
LIFE ON THIS FINAL FRIDAY OF
AUGUST
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> THANKS FOR ENDING YOUR WEEK
WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
HURRICANE LAURA DELIVERED A 
SHATTERING AND DEADLY BLOW TO 
THE GULF COAST, LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF CHAOS
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE STORM.
A RIVER BOAT CASINO GOT WEDGED
UNDER A BRIDGE, AND PLUMES OF 
SMOKE BLANKETED THE AIR AFTER AN
OIL REFINERY WENT UP IN FLAMES
PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A ONE-MILE 
RADIUS OF WEST LAKE WERE TOLD TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
RELEASE OF CHLORINE GAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA, LOOKS LIKE.
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND
ROOFS PEELED OFF THEIR HOMES
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT 
THAT STORM-RAVAGED AREA, THIS 
WEEKEND.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, IT WAS A DAY OF
TAKING STOCK IN CLEANING UP.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE
YOU'RE GOING THIS IS -- THIS IS 
A DISASTER AREA.
YOU KNOW
IT'S A LITERAL DISASTER.
I MEAN, THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
THIS IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA
STRUCK THE AREA JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM EVER TO 
MAKE LANDFALL HERE
PACKING 150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN, THE STORM 
BROUGHT TREES AND POWER LINES 
DOWN
LAKE CHARLES
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT CITIES.
>> I'M THINKING THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL ON TOP
OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR STUFF
KNOCKING AGAINST THE BRICK
>> Reporter: A CHLORINE GAS LEAK
AT A PLANT NEAR LAKE CHARLES
CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE.
THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE 
TOLD NOT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THE GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS ARE COUNTING THEIR
BLESSINGS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL WE DIDN'T GET 
MORE STORM SURGE THAN WE DID
>> Reporter: A TERRIFYING NIGHT,
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEEKS,
MAYBE MONTHS, OF CLEANUP AND
CONSTRUCTION
CHRIS POLLONE, LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA.
>> MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
A NUMBER CHOSE TO REMAIN AND
ENDURE THE DANGEROUS NIGHT IN 
THEIR HOMES.
AND OTHERS, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND SHELTERS
SAM BROCK SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
RODE OUT THE STORM. 
>> FRANCES, GOOD MORNING
AHEAD OF A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HEEDED THE
CALL
ALTHOUGH, MANY LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT, WE FIND OUT WHY THEY
DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND
FAMILIES ACROSS TEXAS, UPROOTED 
BY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, AFTER
OPTING TO RIDE OUT THE STORM. 
>> WHY'D YOU STAY HOME
>> BECAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE 
GETTING BACK IN HERE WHENEVER 
HURRICANE RITA COME THROUGH.
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LEAVE 
AGAIN, AFTER THAT.
>> Reporter: THE CRACKED TREES
AND SPLINTERED ROOFS. 
>> LAST NIGHT, HEARD A CRASH
AND OF COURSE, THIS OAK TREE IS 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: DESTROYING HOMES 
BUT NOT SHAKING FOUNDATIONS.
>> WE'VE DONE IT A FEW TOO MANY 
TIMES, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT WE WILL REBUILD.
WE ALWAYS DO. 
>> THEY BATTEN DOWN THEIR 
PROPERTY, AS IN PAST STORMS.
BUT THIS ONE BOARE A NEW THREAT,
CORONAVIRUS.
>> BEING IN A LARGE SHELTER OR
BUILDING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN MY
THINKING OF EVACUATING. 
>> IRATA YOUNG ALSO SAYS HE 
COULDN'T AFFORD TO EVACUATE.
THE FIVE-YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN HAS TIED UP HIS LIFE
SAVINGS IN A YOGA AND JUJITSU 
GYM.
HE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, ALONG 
WITH HIS FELLOW, VETERAN
PARTNER, TYLER PETE.
THE PAIR WEREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'D FIND.
>> HOW RELIEVED WERE YOU WHEN 
YOU WALKED UP HERE AND SAW THAT 
YOUR GYM IS STILL INTACT
>> IT WAS INSANE
I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS 
LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN
A 45-POUND PLATE OFF OF MY
SHOULDERS.
>> I'M EXTREMELY RELIEVED.
I COULD PROBABLY KISS HIM.
>> Reporter: A RAY OF HOPE SH
P
SHINING THROUGH A FRIGHTENING 
STORM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY 
HOMEOWNER IN LAURA'S PATH WAS SO
FORTUNATE.
MANY, NOW FORCED TO BEGIN THE 
REBUILDING PROCESS, UNDER A 
CLOUD OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY.
FRANCES, BACK TO YOU. 
>> HOPING FOR THE BEST FOR THEM.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED 
HIS CASE FOR A SECOND TERM, 
RIGHT FROM THE STEPS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
THE PRESIDENT PAINTED A DIRE
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY THAT WOULD
PLUNGE INTO CHAOS, IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS THE ELECTION.
THROUGHOUT HIS SPEECH,
PROTESTORS MADE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
CHANTS AND MUSIC, ECHOING,
FAPFA
FAINTLY, IN THE DISTANCE. 
>> NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE ON 
THE FIREWORKS OF THE NIGHT
>> Reporter: A GRAND FINALE FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING IT ALL ON
THE LINE, IN HIS BID FOR A
SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.
>> I, PROFOUNDLY, ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: DRAWING A SHARP
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA AND JOE BIDEN'S.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS AND, IF GIVEN THE CHANCE,
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT, 
FORMALLY, ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
RENOMINATION AGAINST THE
UNPRECEDENTED BACKDROP OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
AND AT A TIME OF CRISIS.
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE
PUNISHING PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA.
AND AS RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
REKINDLE, AFTER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN
WISCONSIN, THE PRESIDENT, 
FORCEFULLY, UNDERSCORING HIS
LAW-AND-ORDER MESSAGE.
>> NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, DOWNPLAYING THE 
DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, AND 
TOUTING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSE
>> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, THIS YEAR
AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL CRUSH THE
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE, WITH 
PROMISES TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. 
>> IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS.
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS
AND APPOINT JUSTICES, WHO WILL
WIPE AWAY YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT 
AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS
>> Reporter: TRAILING IN THE
POLLS, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PARTY, MAKING A PRIME TIME SALES
PITCH FOR A SECOND TERM.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS. 
>> THAT DARK TONE SURFEERVED ASA
THROUGH LINE, DESPITE THE 
PROMISE OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR
FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THE
RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA. 
>> CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND MOB 
RULE. 
>> CRIME RAVAGING OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD SEE, 
IF IT ALLOWED BIDEN/HARRIS TO 
RUN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES FROM THE VENGEFUL
MOB.
>> THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS, ALTOGETHER.
>> NIGHTMARES ARE BECOMING REAL.
COPS KILLED.
CHILDREN SHOT.
>> DRUG ADDICTS.
GUNS ON THE STREET. 
>> THE MOB WILL TRY TO DESTROY
YOU.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT, LIBERAL, 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY.
>> BURN DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY, TO THE GROUND. 
>> SPAWNS OF SATAN. 
>> YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS
BEING DISMANTLED. 
>> ANARCHY AND CHAOS ON OUR 
STREETS.
>> THIS ELECTION SHAPING UP TO
BE CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL,
VERSUS RIOTING, LOOTING, AND
VANDALISM.
THE POLICE AREN'T COMING WHEN 
YOU CALL. 
>> THEY WANT TO STEAL YOUR
LIBERTY, YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU.
EMPTY THE PRISONS.
LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE, SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> IT'S A HORROR FILM, REALLY.
>> IT'S MADNESS.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
TONE RESONATES WITH VOTERS
BUT WE KNOW RATINGS FOR THE RNC 
HAVE TAKEN A HIT
WEDNESDAY DREW IN ABOUT 
50.7 MILLION VIEWERS
LAST WEEK'S DNC BROUGHT IN JUST 
UNDER 21.5 MILLION ON ITS THIRD 
NIGHT.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, I
GUESS, IS -- HE'S FIRING BACK 
THIS MORNING
HE ALSO -- HE RESPONDED TO CALLS
TO NOT EVEN BOTHER DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT AND HE SPOKE, ONE ON
ONE, WITH OUR ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLAMED HIM ALL WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN KENOSHA, 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
FIGHTING BACK.
BIDEN RESPONDING TO VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYING YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE'RE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VIOLENCE AND MORE DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM,
POLITICALLY.
HE VIEWS THIS AS A POLITICAL
BENEFIT TO HIM
YOU KNOW, HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS
AND IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
HAS KEPT POURING GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES IS ROOTING FOR
THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS
IT HELPS HIM, POLITICALLY?
>> I THINK HE VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE, IN ANY FORM, WHETHER
IT'S LOOTING OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHO'S -- WHO'S ROOTING FOR THE
VIOLENCE HERE?
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO SAID THE
BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE IS PEOPLE
DYING FROM COVID, AND WHAT HE 
CALLED PRESSURE ON THE
SCIENTISTS ON TESTING AND 
THERAPIES.
PO
POSSIBLY, ON VACCINES.
>> YOU EVER SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION PUT SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON THE FDA?
THERE'S NO BOUNDS TO WHAT THIS
GUY DOES AND HIS TEAM DOES
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO RUSH SOMETHING 
OUT, EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY?
>> I PRAY TO GOD THAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THE FACT IS, LET'S ASSUME WE
FINALLY DO GET A VACCINE, AND IT
WORKS.
AND HOW MUCH CREDIBILITY ARE WE 
GOING TO HAVE TELLING PEOPLE TO 
TAKE IT, AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS STUFF THAT THEY'VE 
MISREPRESENTED, SO FAR
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS, 
ALSO, PUNCHING BACK WITH CRAIG
MELVIN FOR THE "TODAY SHOW."
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER OR 
AGE OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HAVE
A RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR 
LEADERS WILL SPEAK TRUTH
EVEN WHEN THESE ARE DIFFICULT 
TRUTHS. 
>> AFTER NANCY PELOSI JOKED THAT
BIDEN SHOULD NOT DEBATE THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, SHE SAID, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH.
BIDEN TOLD ME HE WILL BE AT THE 
DEBATES, BUT WILL HAVE TO FACT
CHECK THE PRESIDENT, WHILE
DEBATING
FRANCES.
>> ANDREA, THANK YOU
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WE 
WEB JOINING US NOW WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHAT REMAINS OF LAURA.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, FRANCES 
AND PHILLIP.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS 
STORM SYSTEM, NOW DOWNGRADED TO 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IS GOING 
TO BE A RAINMAKER.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
ABOUT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
SPLIT APART, IT'S DEFINITELY
LOSING ITS WIND FORCE.
BUT THE RAIN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE, ALL THE WAY INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI AND UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EVEN FOR OHIO, WE'RE GOING TO 
WATCH THAT FOR SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN, IT HEADS TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST, LATE DAY FOR YOUR
SATURDAY
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WICHITA,
THIS AFTERNOON, 97 DEGREES
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE THREAT
OF SOME SEVERE STORMS SPARKING
UP A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE
NEW ORLEANS, MORE RAIN
RALEIGH, 93.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
ALL-IMPORTANT WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP, GUYS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT, 
JANESSA.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS MORNING YOU'RE GRABBING 
YOUR COFFEE AND THEN YOUR 
DOUGHNUTS.
SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THE
DOUGHNUT LOVERS.
KRISPY KREME IS BACK WITH THEIR 
POPULAR, CHOCOLATE-GLAZED 
DOUGHNUTS, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
COVERED IN RICH, CHOCOLATE
GLAZE.
IT'S BEING OFFERED
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
A WRONGLY IMPRISONED BLACK MAN
HAS BEEN FREED FROM A NORTH 
CAROLINA PRISON AFTER SERVING 44
YEARS.
64-YEAR-OLD RONNIE LONG WAS 
RELEASED ON THURSDAY, AFTER THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED A 
MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO
VACATE HIS 1976 CONVICTION BY AN
ALL-WHITE JURY
LONG HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 
IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE RAPE 
AND FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T 
COMMIT
THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THEY ALSO FOUND A PATTERN OF
POLICE SUPPRESSION OF MATERIAL
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
>> I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
THAT'S COME OUT AND SUPPORTED 
ME
AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT 
THEY WILL NEVER, EVER, NEVER, 
EVER, EVER, LOCK ME UP AGAIN
THEY'LL NEVER LOCK ME UP AGAIN. 
>> ALL RIGHT
RONNIE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR 
HIS FIRST MEAL OUT OF PRISON
IT WILL BE MAC AND CHEESE.
>> ADDITIONAL FILESCHARGES HAVE 
FILED.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE
FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES, AS WELL 
AS TWO COUNTS FOR ATTEMPTED 
HOMICIDE
HERE'S NBC'S WENDY WOOLFOLK.
>> Reporter: A GRIEVING 
COMMUNITY BUT A FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS OVER THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE,
PEACEFUL. 
>> THE VOICE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS
WE ARE HEARING WHAT IS BEING
SAID
>> Reporter: AND NEW CALLS FOR
SWIFT ACTION
>> THIS STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TO MOVE AND MOVE QUICKLY
>> Reporter: WISCONSIN'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK AS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN 
YEARS.
BUT ALSO, ANNOUNCING THAT 
INVESTIGATORS FOUND A KNIFE IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF 
BLAKE'S CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE -- SHESKEY AND 
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO 
TASER AND ARREST BLAKE
MEANWHILE, 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AFTER TWO 
PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM.
>> Reporter: AND UNPRECEDENTED
AFTERMATH, IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AFTER THE NBA, ABRUPTLY,
CANCELLED GAMES THIS WEEK.
AND SOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND SOCCER TEAMS FOLLOWED SUIT. 
>> THEY'RE USING THAT VOICE TO
BE HEARD
AND NOW, THEY'RE USING THEIR
LACK OF PLAY TO BE HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER
>>> LONDON ZOO BEGAN ITS ANNUAL 
WEIGH-IN TO FIND OUT HOW LONG 
THE CLOSURE HAS AFFECTED THEIR
ANIMALS.
STAFF NOTICED SOME OF THE 
SPECIES HAVE BEEN SAD BECAUSE 
THERE WERE NO VISITORS DUE TO 
THE PANDEMIC
THE TEST WILL CONFIRM IF OVER 
19,000 ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
PHYSICALLY CHANGED BY THE TOLL
OF THE LOCKDOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD. 
>> YOU KNOW?
I WONDER WHAT THAT FIRST ANIMAL 
WAS, THOUGH.
IT HAD SOME -- IT HAD LIKE ZEBRA
LEGS
YEAH
I DON'T KNOW
ALL RIGHT.
>>> PANDA FANS, HERE IS YOUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE NATIONAL ZOO'S
NEW, BABY PANDA.
MEI XIANG LEFT THE CUB ALONE, TO
GET SOME WATER, GIVING US A 
CLOSE-UP LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUB THERE 
CRYING, TOSSING, AND TURNING
THE BABY IS MEI XIANG'S FOURTH
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH
SELF-SOOTHING.
>> YEAH.
AFTER SPENDING 500 DAYS IN A
SHELTER, A 3-YEAR-OLD DOG NAMED 
JOEY HAS FINALLY FOUND A LOVING 
HOME
WHEN JOEY'S NEW OWNERS CAME TO
TAKE HIM HOME, THE STAFF PUT
LEIS AROUND THE POOCH'S NECK
THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS THE DAY 
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
SO
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF 
AUGUST
IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SLOPPY 
FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST
DRENCHING RAIN, DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
NICE AND SUNNY, THOUGH, FOR THE 
GREAT LAKES.
AND THE HEAT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
FO
>>> THEY MOVED, TODAY, 200,000
STRONG, DOWN A BROAD AVENUE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOFTLY, SINGING AND CHANTING THE
HYMNS BORN OF THEIR MOVEMENT AND
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THERE WERE NO RANKS.
THEY MOVED WITH DIGNITY BUT 
THERE WAS NO STERNNESS
THEIR PLACARD DEMANDED IT MUST
BE DONE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF ALL ELSE, FOR 
MOST, THESE WILL BE THE LASTING 
IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM.
>> ON THIS DAY IN 1963, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
DEMAND CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE MARCH CULMINATED WITH DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DELIVERING HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE 
A DREAM" SPEECH AT THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
AND TODAY, THOUSANDS TO GATHER
IN THAT SAME SPOT. 
>> A WOMAN BORN IN 1918, AUNT 
BA
BABS HAS LIVED THROUGH TWO
PANDEMICS AND IS FULL OF ADVICE.
HERE'S NBC'S HARRY SMITH. 
>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE BABS KNOWS
HOW TO WEAR A CROWN, IT DOESN'T 
SURPRISE HER FAMILY.
TO THEM, SHE IS ROYALTY.
>> WE LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BABS TURNED 102
THIS WEEK, AND STILL HOLDING
COURT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> SHE HAS MORE STORIES THAN
ANYBODY YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR 
LIFE
SOME ARE NOT TRUE.
SOME ARE TRUE.
SOME GET EXAGGERATED
BUT, BOY, IS SHE A LOT OF FUN TO
LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES.
>> A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC THROUGH YEARS,
THICK AND THIN
A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST
>> I HAD A CONFIDENCE THAT THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FINE
EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE.
MY FATHER TOLD ME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME.
MY PRESIDENT TOLD ME
>> Reporter: THAT WAS FDR, FOR
THE RECORD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE, MAKING IT
TO 100 REQUIRES LUCK, LOVE AND, 
MOST LIKELY, A TWINKLE IN YOUR
EYE.
>> GET A COKE AND CHIPS.
HAVE FUN
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
AND IT'S -- IT'S A GOOD LIFE
IT'S WORTH SUFFERING FOR AND
LIVING FOR
LIFE IS GOOD
>> Reporter: AND THAT PART, WE
DO BELIEVE
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
>> WOW
WHAT EVER HER SECRET IS, SHE
BETTER BOTTLE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING.
102 YEARS.
>> 102 YEARS OLD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABS
SHE DOES LOOK BIDEN.
PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE THIS 
MORNING.
PETER, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DIVING INTO THE 
GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAST 
NIGHT.
THE SECOND LONGEST CONVENTION 
SPEECH IN MODERN HISTORY.
SECOND ONLY TO THE ONE HE GAVE 
FOUR YEARS AGO THAT WAS 
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A STATE OF THE
UNION AND A CAMPAIGN RALLY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE 
WHITE HOUSE, THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE 
AS HE PRESIDENT CALLED IT, BEING
USED TO HOST A POLITICAL 
CONVENTION.
ONE TOP DEMOCRAT TWEETING GET 
OFF OUR LAWN.
THE PRESIDENT AT TIMES INFLATING
HIS OWN RECORD AND REPEATEDLY 
LAYING INTO JOE BIDEN.
WITH HIS FAMILY AND A FIREWORKS 
FINALE, PRESIDENT TRUMP BASKING 
IN THE GLOW OF HIS REPUBLICAN 
RENOMINATION.
>> I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: MOST NOTABLE, THE 
NIGHT'S BACKDROP.
THE PRESIDENT TRANSFORMING THE 
WHITE HOUSE INTO A PARTISAN 
POLITICAL PROP.
>> THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: OPENLY FLOUTING 
LONG STANDING NORMS AND LAWS.
>> THE FACT IS WE'RE HERE AND 
THEY'RE NOT.
>> Reporter: DESPITE MORE THAN 
3,000 AMERICANS DYING FROM 
CORONAVIRUS THIS WEEK ALONE, 
HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS CROWDED 
THE SOUTH LAWN WITH NO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND FEW MASKS.
>> TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS 
POSSIBLE, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE
SCIENCE, THE FACTS WITH THE 
DATA.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
TAKING AIM AT HIS DEMOCRATIC 
RIVAL.
>> JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: ATTACKING JOE BIDEN
BY NAME 41 TIMES.
EVEN THOUGH BIDEN LAST WEEK 
NEVER MENTIONED HIM ONCE IN HIS 
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL.
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP AT 
TIMES SOUNDING MORE LIKE A 
CHALLENGER THAN THE INCUMBENT 
VOWING TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER 
AMID A NEW ROUND OF RACIAL 
UNREST BUT NEVER REFERENCING 
JACOB BLAKE, THE BLACK MAN SHOT 
BY POLICE IN WISCONSIN.
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CONDEMNS
THE RIOTING, LOOTING, ARSON, AND
VIOLENCE WE HAVE SEEN IN 
DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES ALL LIKE 
KENOSHA.
>> Reporter: BUT AS A CANDIDATE 
FOUR YEARS AGO, MR. TRUMP 
PROMISED THIS.
>> THE CRIME AND VIOLENCE THAT 
TODAY AFFLICTS OUR NATION WILL 
SOON AND I MEAN VERY SOON COME 
TO AN END.
>> Reporter: BIDEN ON THURSDAY 
LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE.
>> HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS.
AND IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
POURING GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> Reporter: INTRODUCING THE 
PRESIDENT, HIS DAUGHTER AND 
SENIOR ADVISER IVANKA TRUMP. 
>> DAD, PEOPLE ATTACK YOU FOR 
BEING UNCONVENTIONAL.
BUT I LOVE YOU FOR BEING REAL 
AND I RESPECT YOU FOR BEING 
EFFECTIVE.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
PRAISING HIS PERFORMANCE WHILE 
COURTING CRITICAL VOTERS.
>> AND I SAY VERY MODESTLY THAT 
I HAVE DONE MORE FOR THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN.
>> Reporter: AND CASTING THE 
DEMOCRATS AS A THREAT TO 
AMERICAN GREATNESS.
>> HOW CAN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY 
ASK TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY WHEN IT 
SPENDS SO MUCH TIME TEARING DOWN
OUR COUNTRY?
>> Reporter: AS THE PRESIDENT 
SPOKE LAST NIGHT, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTERS GATHERED ALONG BLACK 
LIVES MATTER PLAZA JUST A BLOCK,
BLOWING HORNS.
AND THEY COULD BE LIGHTLY HEARD 
ON THE SOUTH LAWN LAST NIGHT.
>> LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE 
SPEECH.
ONE OF THE BIG PROMISES HAVING 
TO DO WITH A COVID VACCINE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S EXACTLY 
RIGHT.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
BIGGEST PROMISES ON THIS YET 
SAYING DEFINITIVELY THERE WOULD 
BE A COVID VACCINE BEFORE THE 
END OF THIS YEAR OR MAYBE EVEN 
SOONER IN HIS WORD.
THE TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE 
CAUTIONED THAT TIMELINE MAY BE 
UNREALISTIC.
THAT IT'S MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE 
FOR USE NEXT YEAR.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI THIS WEEK 
WARNING AGAINST THIS IDEA OF 
PREMATURELY AUTHORIZING A 
VACCINE FOR EMERGENCY USE 
ARGUING THAT THAT COULD DAMAGE 
EFFORTS TO DEVELOP OTHER 
VACCINES.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS 
THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY MAKING 
THIS ROAD TO RECOVERY THAT MUCH 
TOUGHER.
THIS MORNING THE DEVASTATION 
LEFT BEHIND BY HURRICANE LAURA 
COMING INTO SHARPER FOCUS.
THE POWERFUL STORM CRIPPLING 
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
THE DAMAGE STRETCHING FROM THE 
COAST HUNDREDS OF MILES INLAND.
>> SAY SOME PRAYERS FOR US.
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE 
HURTING RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IN THE COASTAL 
TOWNS CAMERON AND HOLLY BEACH, 
FIERCE WINDS RIPPED APART HOMES 
AND DECIMATED NEIGHBORHOODS.
30 MILES INLAND, LAURA RAKES 
THROUGH LAKE CHARLES BLOWING OUT
WINDOWS, KNOCKING A TRAIN OFF 
ITS TRACKS, AND SHREDDING THE 
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A BOMB EXPLODED
ALL OVER THE CITY IT LOOKS LIKE 
A BOMB EXPLODED.
>> Reporter: THE DANGEROUS WINDS
LASTED FOR HOURS KNOCKING OUT 
POWER TO MORE THAN 600,000 
PEOPLE.
LAURA'S DEADLY FORCE TOPPLING A 
TREE ONTO ONE FAMILY'S HOME 
KILLING THEIR DAUGHTER.
ONE OF AT LEAST SIX FATALITIES 
REPORTED STATEWIDE.
>> Reporter: THE STORM ALSO 
BEING BLAMED ON A FIRE AT A 
CHEMICAL PLANT SPEWING TOXIC 
FUMES INTO THE AIR.
DESPITE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION, 
THEY WERE SPARED THE STORM 
SURGE.
>> WE HAVE SUSTAINED A 
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS 
OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WHOSE 
LIVES ARE UPSIDE DOWN.
>> ANYBODY HERE?
>> Reporter: THE VOLUNTEER GROUP
CAJUN NAVY RELIEF LEAVING THEIR 
BOATS BEHIND AND GOING DOOR TO 
DOOR IN SEARCH OF PEOPLE NEEDING
HELP.
>> WE CAN DO DEBRIS CLEARING.
WE CAN DO BOAT RESCUES.
WHATEVER IS NEEDED IN THE 
COMMUNITY.
>> SEEING SOMEBODY'S FACE WHEN 
YOU HELP THEM IS SO REWARDING.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME GLAD TO BE
ABLE TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: OTHER STATES ALSO 
JOINING IN THE RESCUE AND RELIEF
EFFORTS.
NEW JERSEY, MISSISSIPPI, AND 
NORTH CAROLINA SENDING TEAMS 
AHEAD OF THE STORM.
THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IS STILL 
BEING ASSESSED.
THE MASSIVE CLEANUP NOW SLOWLY 
STARTING AS RESCUE EFFORTS 
CONTINUE.
>> PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT 
NOW WE CONTINUE TO BE IN AN 
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE MODE WHICH IS
ABOUT LIFE SAVING.
>> Reporter: AND THIS IS THE 
SCENE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL 
WAKING UP TO TODAY.
THESE TREES PROVING TO BE A 
MASSIVE PROBLEM.ISIANA NATIONAL 
GOING FROM COMMUNITY TO KMUND 
 -- COMMUNITY TRYING TO CUT 
THEIR WAY THROUGH ROADS TO REACH
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP MOST.
>> THANK YOU.
JOINING US BY PHONE IS THE MAYOR
OF LAKE CHARLES NICK HUNTER.
GOOD MORNING.
IT'S 24 HOURS SINCE WE LAST 
SPOKE.
YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SURVEY THE 
DAMAGE.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF LAKE 
CHARLES THIS MORNING?
>> WELL, THE STATE OF LAKE 
CHARLES, GOOD QUESTION.
LAKE CHARLES IS A LOT DIFFERENT 
THAN IT WAS 48 HOURS AGO.
IT'S THE -- THIS EVENT HAS 
REALLY DEALT US A PRETTY HEAVY 
BLOW.
>> YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT.
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE SCENES
YOU SAW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FOOTAGE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE AND I CAN'T 
EVEN IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL AS THE
MAYOR OF THAT COMMUNITY.
>> WELL, WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT OF
THE BUNKER AFTER THE STORM, I 
EXPECTED TO SEE SOME ROOT 
DAMAGE.
I MEAN, I EXPECTED TO SEE SOME 
FLOODING, SOME TREES IN THE 
ROAD.
WE SAW THAT.
WE SAW POWER LINES.
WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE WAS 
THERE WERE LITERAL ENTIRE 
BUILDINGS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN 
APART.
THERE WERE FACADES OF BRICK 
BUILDINGS THAT HAD BEEN AROUND 
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS THAT WERE 
BLOWN DOWN.
I MEAN, I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY 
BY THE DEVASTATION OF SOME OF 
THESE BUILDINGS.
IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT SEARCH AND 
RESCUE.
DO YOU FEEL THERE ARE PEOPLE AS 
WE SPEAK THIS MORNING WHO ARE 
STILL STRANDED OR NEED HELP?
OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A 
HANDLE ON THE NEED THERE IN 
TERMS OF PEOPLE?
>> I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 
VERY OPTIMISTIC RIGHT NOW AND 
SAY THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING THE 
PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR HOMES 
OR NEEDING TO GET OUT OF THEIR 
HOMES AT THIS POINT LIKE YOU 
WOULD WITH OTHER STORMS.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STORM
SURGE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FLOODED 
WATERS.
AND I HAVE GOT TO GIVE A LOT OF 
KUDOS TO OUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, OUR LOCAL PUBLIC 
SAFETY, THE NATIONAL GUARD.
I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A HECK OF 
AN EFFORT AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING
THEIR TAILS OFF LIKE A WELL 
OILED MACHINE.
AND I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GET OUT
OF THEIR HOMES DID IT.
AND SO NOW IT'S JUST PICKING UP 
THE PIECES.
>> YES.
THESE ARE TOUGH DAYS.
I MEAN, THE POWER IS OUT.
AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THE WATER 
PLANT WAS DAMAGED, PERHAPS 
DESTROYED.
SO WHAT IS THE STATE OF AFFAIRS 
THERE IN TERMS OF POWER AND 
WATER AND THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
NEED?
>> YEAH.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF LAKE CHARLES 
THINKING ABOUT COMING BACK, THEY
NEED TO BE REALLY BLUNT WITH 
THEMSELVES ABOUT THE HARSH 
REALITY OF WHAT THEY'RE COMING 
BACK TO.
THEY ARE COMING BACK TO A CITY 
WITHOUT POWER.
AND OUR COMPANY HAS NOT SAID 
THIS, BUT I'M WILLING TO SAY IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST A 
WEEK, PERHAPS WEEKS BEFORE POWER
WILL BE IN EVERY PART OF LAKE 
CHARLES.
THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES, WE 
ADMINISTER OUR LOCAL WATER 
COMPANY.
WE HAVE SIX WATER PLANTS ON A 
GOOD DAY.
ONE WAS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED.
I MEAN, JUST WIPED OFF THE MAP.
TWO ARE NOT WORKING.
THREE ARE WORKING A LITTLE.
I'M TELLING PEOPLE THAT WHEN YOU
TURN ON THE FAUCET, IT'S A 
TRICKLE.
AND I WISH I HAD AN ETA ON WHEN 
THAT WAS GOING TO BE FIXED.
BUT WE DON'T.
AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE
JUST GOT HIT WITH THE LARGEST 
HURRICANE TO HIT LOUISIANA IN 
THE LAST 150 YEARS.
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS WHEN IS THE 
WATER PRESSURE GOING TO BE ON, 
MY ANSWER IS I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT 
HAPPENED TO THE PLANT. 
>> MR. MAYOR, YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH
WORK IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'M SURE YOUR COMMUNITY 
APPRECIATES THE STRAIGHT TALK 
EVEN IF THE MESSAGE IS HARD TO 
HEAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS  A 
NIGHTLY CURFEW IS EXPECTED HERE 
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY.
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM 
ARIZONA, MICHIGAN, AND ALABAMA 
ARE HEADED TO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN.
>> WE ARE NOT FEDERALIZED.
WE'RE ON STATE ACTIVE DUTY.
>> Reporter: WHERE AMID A NIGHT 
OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS, 
AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN CRACKING 
DOWN TO AVOID THE VIOLENCE 
EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
>> GET THE [ BLEEP ] OUT!
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOWS 
KENOSHA POLICE AND U.S. MARSHALS
FORCIBLY ARRESTING PEOPLE IN A 
MINIVAN.
THEY FOUND HELMETS, GAS MASKS, 
AND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
>> WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP
IT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: THERE'S STILL 
OUTRAGE OVER THE LACK OF CHARGES
AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT JACOB BLAKE SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK.
THE PROTESTS MAKING THEIR WAY TO
PRO SPORTS WHERE ATHLETES ARE 
TAKING A STAND AND REFUSING TO 
PLAY.
NBA PLAYERS EXPECTED TO BE BACK 
ON THE COURT THIS WEEKEND AFTER 
WEDNESDAY'S BOYCOTT.
AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, NEW 
YORK METS AND MIAMI MARLINS 
PLAYERS WALKING OFF THE FIELD ON
THURSDAY.
>> THE METS AND MARLINS WILL NOT
BE PLAYING BASEBALL TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: STATE INVESTIGATORS
SAY BLAKE HAD A KNIFE IN HIS 
CAR.
WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO'S LEADING THE INVESTIGATION 
SAYS THE OFFICERS TRIED TO TASER
AND ARREST BLAKE AFTER 
RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT.
THE ATTORNEY FOR BLAKE'S FAMILY 
ARGUES THAT KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
CHARGED WITH MURDERING TWO 
PROTESTERS WAS SEEN WALKING BY 
POLICE AFTER GUNFIRE.
>> THEY LET HIM LITERALLY GO 
HOME.
SO THAT TELLS YOU A BLACK MAN 
WHO IS MAKING NO THREAT TO THE 
POLICE WALKING AWAY FROM THEM IS
SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN THE BACK.
A WHITE MAN KILLS TWO PEOPLE AND
WALKS BY THE POLICE AND IS NOT 
SHOT AND NOT KILLED.
THERE ARE TWO JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, 
RITTENHOUSE'S ATTORNEY TOLD NBC 
NEWS THIS WAS CLASSIC 
SELF-DEFENSE AND WE ARE GOING TO
PROVE IT.
WE WILL OBTAIN JUSTICE FOR KYLE 
NO MATTER HOW HARD THE FIGHT OR 
HOW LONG IT TAKES.
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN 
LUTHER KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" 
SPEECH, LATER TODAY JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY PLANS TO ATTEND 
THE 2020 MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
CA ONE-ON-ONE NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE HER NOMINATION 
WHERE WE STARTED BY TALKING 
ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR AND 
SOMEONE WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH 
POLICE FOR YEARS, IS THERE A 
SCENARIO IN WHICH THAT OFFICER 
WOULD HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED, WAS 
JUSTIFIED IN FIRING HIS WEAPON?
>> CRAIG, I DON'T SEE IT, BUT I 
DON'T HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE.
YOU KNOW, THE MAN WAS GOING TO 
HIS CAR.
HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ARMED.
AND IF HE WAS NOT ARMED, THE USE
OF FORCE THAT WAS SEVEN BULLETS 
COMING OUT OF A GUN AT CLOSE 
RANGE IN THE BACK OF THE MAN, I 
DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY COULD 
REASON THAT THAT WAS 
JUSTIFIABLE.
>> DO YOU THINK THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE CHARGED?
>> I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A 
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND BASED
ON WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT SEEMS THAT
THE OFFICER SHOULD BE CHARGED.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SAYING 
HERE'S A MAN WHO WOULDN'T FOLLOW
POLICE COMMANDS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRIED TO USE A 
TASER.
HE APPARENTLY IS REACHING INTO A
CAR WHERE A KNIFE WAS LATER 
FOUND.
AND BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS, WE
SHOULD RESERVE JUDGMENT.
AND THE OFFICER SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE PROCESS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT?
>> EVERYONE SHOULD BE AFFORDED 
DUE PROCESS.
I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY.
BUT HERE'S THE THING.
IN AMERICA WE KNOW THESE CASES 
KEEP HAPPENING.
AND WE HAVE HAD TOO MANY BLACK 
MEN IN AMERICA WHO HAVE BEEN THE
SUBJECT OF THIS KIND OF CONDUCT.
AND IT'S GOT TO STOP.
>> LAST NIGHT WE HEARD VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE SAY PEOPLE WOULD
NOT BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA.
A FEW HOURS AGO, I HEARD THE 
VICE PRESIDENT SAY -- VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN, I HEARD HIM SAY
HE THOUGHT TRUMP WAS ROOTING FOR
MORE VIOLENCE.
HOW DOES MORE VIOLENCE HELP THE 
PRESIDENT POLITICALLY?
>> THAT'S NOT MY DEAL TO FIGURE 
OUT HIS POLITICAL STRATEGY.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
SOME OF WHICH I HAVE WATCHED.
I HAVE YET TO SEE THESE PEOPLE 
WHO PROFESS TO BE NATIONAL 
LEADERS SPEAK ABOUT THIS ISSUE 
OF THE KILLING OF UNARMED BLACK 
MEN, BROWN MEN, INDIGENOUS MEN 
IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> AT THIS WEEK'S RNC, ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT HAS STRUCK ME 
COMPARED TO RNC'S PAST, THERE 
SEEMS TO BE A LARGER NUMBER OF 
BLACK MEN FRONT AND CENTER.
IT WOULD SEEM AS IF REPUBLICANS 
PERHAPS SEE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE 
THAT DEMOCRATS DON'T SEE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
WOMEN OF COLOR.
BLACK MEN.
WHAT IS THE CASE FOR THEM TO 
SHOW UP IN A FEW WEEKS FOR YOU 
AND MR. BIDEN?
>> FIRST OF ALL, EVERY VOTE 
NEEDS TO BE EARNED.
AND JOE AND I BELIEVE THAT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION
OF BLACK MEN IN AMERICA, WE KNOW
WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF 
WORK TO DO.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN REGARDS
TO POLICING IN THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 
REALITIES OF THE FACT THAT EVERY
MAN INCLUDING EVERY BLACK MAN 
WANTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
HIS FAMILY.
THE BIDEN/HARRIS PLAN IS ABOUT 
INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES WITH A 
PARTICULAR CONCERN ABOUT THOSE 
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LONG 
NEGLECTED TO ENSURE THERE WILL 
BE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
>> YOU DEVOTED A FAIR AMOUNT OF 
YOUR SPEECH TO THE VIRUS.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 
NATIONAL MASK MANDATE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE ONE
OF THE FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS.
>> YES.
>> HOW WOULD YOU ENFORCE THAT?
>> IT'S REALLY -- IT'S A 
STANDARD.
NOBODY'S GOING TO BE PUNISHED.
COME ON.
NOBODY LIKES TO WEAR A MASK.
THIS IS A UNIVERSAL FEELING.
RIGHT?
SO THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
HEY, LET'S ENJOY WEARING MASKS.
NO.
THE POINT IS THIS IS WHAT WE AS 
RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WHO LOVE OUR 
NEIGHBOR, WE HAVE TO JUST DO 
THAT RIGHT NOW.
GOD WILLING IT WON'T BE FOREVER.
>> ONE OF THE CENTRAL TENANTS OF
YOUR CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO BE THIS 
PROCESS THAT THERE WON'T BE AS 
MUCH CHAOS.
HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD 
SAYING THE FISH ROTS FROM THE 
HEAD.
PART OF LEADERSHIP IS TO SET A 
TONE FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE ON THE ONE HAND DONALD 
TRUMP WHO'S BEEN SPENDING FULL 
TIME TO SOW DIVISION AND HATE IN
THE COUNTRY.
ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE JOE 
BIDEN WHO HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT 
SAYING WE NEED TO UNIFY AS A 
COUNTRY, RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF 
OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEING.
IN THIS ELECTION, THERE ARE TWO 
CLEAR CHOICES.
THERE ARE TWO.
AND WHICH CHOICE IS REFLECTIVE 
OF WHO WE ASPIRE TO BE AS A 
COUNTRY AND AS A PEOPLE.
>> ONE OF THE CRITICISMS, 
OBVIOUSLY, THAT SHE'S GOTTEN 
ALONG WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT IS
YOU'VE GOT THE PRESIDENT AND 
VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAVE BEEN OUT
MAKING TRIPS TO BATTLEGROUND 
STATES DOING SMALL, IN SOME 
CASES LARGER IN-PERSON EVENTS.
SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THEY NEED TO
DO THAT.
SO WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING 
ABOUT THAT AND WHY THEY HAVEN'T 
BEEN DOING THAT.
WE'LL HAVE THAT COMING UP FOR 
YOU IN THE THIRD HOUR.
I ALSO ASKED HER WHY SHE THINKS 
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS SCARED 
WHEN IT COMES TO CORONAVIRUS.
SHE SAID THAT IN HER SPEECH 
YESTERDAY.
I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS IDEAHAT SHE'S BEEN 
LABELED SOME THIS WEEK AND IN 
THE PAST AS RADICALLY LIBERAL.
>>> WE ARE TIRED.
WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEATEN BY 
POLICEMEN.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR 
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN.
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT?
WE WANT OUR FREEDOM AND WE WANT 
IT NOW.
>> THAT WAS A 23-YEAR-OLD JOHN 
LEWIS SPEAKING AT THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON 57 YEARS AGO THIS 
MORNING.
HIS POIGNANT VOICE BREAKING 
THROUGH THEN AS IT WOULD FOR 
DECADES.
JOINED NOW BY PULITZER PRIZE 
WINNING JOHN MEACHAM.
HE EXAMINES JOHN LEWIS IN HIS 
NEW BOOK "HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING 
ON."
GOOD TO HAVE YOU, MR. MEACHAM.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, JOHN.
>> THANKS, CRAIG.
>> I STARTED THE BOOK THIS WEEK.
YOU MAKE A FAIRLY BOLD ASSERTION
EARLY ON IN THE BOOK.
AND IT'S THIS IDEA THAT JOHN 
LEWIS BELONGS IN THE PANTHEON 
NEXT TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AND 
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
WHY?
HOW SO?
>> BECAUSE OUR FOUNDERS IN THE 
LATE 18th CENTURY ARTICULATED 
IDEALS OF WHAT AMERICA SHOULD 
BE.
AND JOHN LEWIS AND MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND ROSA PARKS MADE THOSE 
IDEALS REAL.
THEY FORCED THE NATION TO 
ACTUALLY LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE 
OF THE COUNTRY THAT ALL WERE 
CREATED EQUAL.
AND UNTIL 60 YEARS AGO, WE WERE 
LIVING UNDER FUNCTIONAL 
APARTHEID IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IT WAS THIS YOUNG MAN FROM 
TROY, ALABAMA, SEGREGATED TROY, 
ALABAMA.
NEVER SAW A WHITE PERSON REALLY 
EXCEPT FOR THE MAILMAN UNTIL HE 
WAS ALMOST 18 YEARS OLD.
HE REVOLTED.
HIS SOUL REVOLTED AGAINST 
SEGREGATION, AGAINST THE 
WHITE-ONLY SIGNS, THE 
COLORED-ONLY SIGNS.
AND HE BELIEVED IN WHAT HE HEARD
IN CHURCH.
HE BELIEVED THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
AND THAT THAT MEANT A FULL AND 
FAIR AND FREE COUNTRY.
AND HE WAS WILLING AGAIN AND 
AGAIN AND AGAIN TO PUT HIS BODY 
ON THE LINE.
HE WAS WILLING TO BLEED AND DIE 
FOR AN IDEAL OF AMERICA THAT 
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO BRING 
INTO ACTION.
>> JOHN, THE BOOK ITSELF.
HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?
AND HOW INVOLVED WAS JOHN LEWIS 
IN THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK?
>> VERY MUCH SO.
I MET HIM 28 YEARS AGO WHEN I 
WAS A YOUNG REPORTER.
I WAS HONORED TO KNOW HIM 
THROUGH THOSE DECADES.
WE TALKED FAIRLY FREQUENTLY.
SAVED ALL MY NOTES.
I ALWAYS KNEW I'D WRITE ABOUT 
HIM, BUT I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER
DECADE OR SO.
THEN LATE LAST YEAR OF COURSE HE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC 
CANCER.
CANCER DID WHAT THE WHITE STATE 
TROOPERS OF THE SEGREGATED SOUTH
COULD NOT DO.
I WAS STANDING ON THE BRIDGE IN 
SELMA, THE PETTUS BRIDGE WITH MY
FAMILY AND THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLE
IN EASIER MARCH THIS YEAR.
WHEN JOHN LEWIS LED THE 
NON-VIOLENT MARCHERS INTO THE 
TEETH OF WHITE AUTHORITY SIMPLY 
FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
WHICH WAS PROMISED IN THE 
CONSTITUTION.
AND I WAS LISTENING TO HIM AND 
REALIZED THAT HIS VISION OF 
LOVE, HIS VISION THAT IF YOU AND
I DID THE RIGHT THING, IF OUR 
HEARTS AND MINDS WERE ORIENTED 
IN THE RIGHT WAY, WE COULD MAKE 
THIS A BETTER COUNTRY.
WE COULD BRING THE GOSPEL INTO 
REALITY.
AND I WAS LISTENING TO HIM AND I
THOUGHT, THIS IS THE STORY THAT 
WE MUST TELL.
IN THIS MOMENT OF SUCH 
DISPIRITEDNESS, SUCH CONTROVERSY
WSH SUCH DIVISION IN THE 
COUNTRY.
JOHN LEWIS' STORY INSPIRES AND 
ILLUMINATES.
WE SPENT ABOUT SIX WEEKS ON THE 
PHONE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
I WROTE THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE 
THAT THE ROLE OF FAITH AND THE 
ROLE OF COURAGE THAT HE 
EXEMPLIFIED ARE THE WAYS WE HAVE
TO FOCUS IF WE WANT TO MAKE THIS
A MORE BELOVED COMMUNITY.
>> WAS THE LATE CONGRESSMAN ABLE
TO READ IT BEFORE HE SLIPPED 
AWAY FROM US?
>> YES.
THANKS FOR ASKING THAT.
YES, HE WAS.
I MUST SAY, I WAS RELIEVED 
ENORMOUSLY THAT HE LIKED IT.
HE WAS VERY GENEROUS ABOUT IT.
IT'S VERY DAUNTING AS YOU MIGHT 
IMAGINE TO SEND AN AMERICAN 
SAINT AND AN AMERICAN ICON YOUR 
OWN VERSION OF WHAT HIS LIFE IS.
BUT HE ALSO WROTE AN AFTERWARD 
FOR THE BOOK WHICH IS HIS LAST 
TESTAMENT.
HIS FINAL WORDS TO THE COUNTRY 
ARE IN THIS BOOK.
WHAT'S AMAZING IS HOW HOPEFUL HE
WAS EVEN AMID THE POLICE 
VIOLENCE OF THIS HOUR.
EVEN AMID THE DIVISIONS AND THE 
UNHAPPINESS OF THIS HOUR.
HE BELIEVED THAT WE COULD MAKE 
PROGRESS.
WHAT HE WOULD SAY IS AND HE SAYS
THIS IN THE BOOK, IF YOU DON'T 
THINK AMERICA CAN CHANGE COME 
WALK IN MY SHOES.
BUT IF WE WANT IT TO CHANGE, WE 
NEED TO FOLLOW THE WAY OF LEWIS.
>> JOHN MEACHAM.
AGAIN, I'VE JUST STARTED THE 
BOOK.
BUT FOR FOLKS WHO THOUGHT THEY 
KNEW JOHN LEWIS, IT IS STILL 
QUITE REVEALING.
IT'SBIDEN.
PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE THIS 
MORNING.
PETER, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DIVING INTO THE 
GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAST 
NIGHT.
THE SECOND LONGEST CONVENTION 
SPEECH IN MODERN HISTORY.
SECOND ONLY TO THE ONE HE GAVE 
FOUR YEARS AGO THAT WAS 
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A STATE OF THE
UNION AND A CAMPAIGN RALLY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE 
WHITE HOUSE, THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE 
AS HE PRESIDENT CALLED IT, BEING
USED TO HOST A POLITICAL 
CONVENTION.
ONE TOP DEMOCRAT TWEETING GET 
OFF OUR LAWN.
THE PRESIDENT AT TIMES INFLATING
HIS OWN RECORD AND REPEATEDLY 
LAYING INTO JOE BIDEN.
WITH HIS FAMILY AND A FIREWORKS 
FINALE, PRESIDENT TRUMP BASKING 
IN THE GLOW OF HIS REPUBLICAN 
RENOMINATION.
>> I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: MOST NOTABLE, THE 
NIGHT'S BACKDROP.
THE PRESIDENT TRANSFORMING THE 
WHITE HOUSE INTO A PARTISAN 
POLITICAL PROP.
>> THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: OPENLY FLOUTING 
LONG STANDING NORMS AND LAWS.
>> THE FACT IS WE'RE HERE AND 
THEY'RE NOT.
>> Reporter: DESPITE MORE THAN 
3,000 AMERICANS DYING FROM 
CORONAVIRUS THIS WEEK ALONE, 
HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS CROWDED 
THE SOUTH LAWN WITH NO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND FEW MASKS.
>> TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS 
POSSIBLE, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE
SCIENCE, THE FACTS WITH THE 
DATA.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
TAKING AIM AT HIS DEMOCRATIC 
RIVAL.
>> JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: ATTACKING JOE BIDEN
BY NAME 41 TIMES.
EVEN THOUGH BIDEN LAST WEEK 
NEVER MENTIONED HIM ONCE IN HIS 
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL.
HE IS THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S
JOBS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP AT 
TIMES SOUNDING MORE LIKE A 
CHALLENGER THAN THE INCUMBENT 
VOWING TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER 
AMID A NEW ROUND OF RACIAL 
UNREST BUT NEVER REFERENCING 
JACOB BLAKE, THE BLACK MAN SHOT 
BY POLICE IN WISCONSIN.
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CONDEMNS
THE RIOTING, LOOTING, ARSON, AND
VIOLENCE WE HAVE SEEN IN 
DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES ALL LIKE 
KENOSHA.
>> Reporter: BUT AS A CANDIDATE 
FOUR YEARS AGO, MR. TRUMP 
PROMISED THIS.
>> THE CRIME AND VIOLENCE THAT 
TODAY AFFLICTS OUR NATION WILL 
SOON AND I MEAN VERY SOON COME 
TO AN END.
>> Reporter: BIDEN ON THURSDAY 
LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE.
>> HE'S ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT LESS.
AND IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT'S HE DOING?
POURING GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
>> Reporter: INTRODUCING THE 
PRESIDENT, HIS DAUGHTER AND 
SENIOR ADVISER IVANKA TRUMP. 
>> DAD, PEOPLE ATTACK YOU FOR 
BEING UNCONVENTIONAL.
BUT I LOVE YOU FOR BEING REAL 
AND I RESPECT YOU FOR BEING 
EFFECTIVE.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
PRAISING HIS PERFORMANCE WHILE 
COURTING CRITICAL VOTERS.
>> AND I SAY VERY MODESTLY THAT 
I HAVE DONE MORE FOR THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN.
>> Reporter: AND CASTING THE 
DEMOCRATS AS A THREAT TO 
AMERICAN GREATNESS.
>> HOW CAN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY 
ASK TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY WHEN IT 
SPENDS SO MUCH TIME TEARING DOWN
OUR COUNTRY?
>> Reporter: AS THE PRESIDENT 
SPOKE LAST NIGHT, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTERS GATHERED ALONG BLACK 
LIVES MATTER PLAZA JUST A BLOCK 
GOING FROM COMMUNITY TO KMUND 
 -- COMMUNITY TRYING TO CUT 
THEIR WAY THROUGH ROADS TO REACH
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP MOST.
>> THANK YOU.
JOINING US BY PHONE IS THE MAYOR
OF LAKE CHARLES NICK HUNTER.
GOOD MORNING.
IT'S 24 HOURS SINCE WE LAST 
SPOKE.
YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SURVEY THE 
DAMAGE.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF LAKE 
CHARLES THIS MORNING?
>> WELL, THE STATE OF LAKE 
CHARLES, GOOD QUESTION.
LAKE CHARLES IS A LOT DIFFERENT 
THAN IT WAS 48 HOURS AGO.
IT'S THE -- THIS EVENT HAS 
REALLY DEALT US A PRETTY HEAVY 
BLOW.
>> YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT.
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE SCENES
YOU SAW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FOOTAGE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE AND I CAN'T 
EVEN IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL AS THE
MAYOR OF THAT COMMUNITY.
>> WELL, WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT OF
THE BUNKER AFTER THE STORM, I 
EXPECTED TO SEE SOME ROOT 
DAMAGE.
I MEAN, I EXPECTED TO SEE SOME 
FLOODING, SOME TREES IN THE 
ROAD.
WE SAW THAT.
WE SAW POWER LINES.
WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE WAS 
THERE WERE LITERAL ENTIRE 
BUILDINGS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN 
APART.
THERE WERE FACADES OF BRICK 
BUILDINGS THAT HAD BEEN AROUND 
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS THAT WERE 
BLOWN DOWN.
I MEAN, I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY 
BY THE DEVASTATION OF SOME OF 
THESE BUILDINGS.
IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT SEARCH AND 
RESCUE.
DO YOU FEEL THERE ARE PEOPLE AS 
WE SPEAK THIS MORNING WHO ARE 
STILL STRANDED OR NEED HELP?
OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A 
HANDLE ON THE NEED THERE IN 
TERMS OF PEOPLE?
>> I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 
VERY OPTIMISTIC RIGHT NOW AND 
SAY THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING THE 
PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR HOMES 
OR NEEDING TO GET OUT OF THEIR 
HOMES AT THIS POINT LIKE YOU 
WOULD WITH OTHER STORMS.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STORM
SURGE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FLOODED 
WATERS.
AND I HAVE GOT TO GIVE A LOT OF 
KUDOS TO OUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, OUR LOCAL PUBLIC 
SAFETY, THE NATIONAL GUARD.
I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A HECK OF 
AN EFFORT AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING
THEIR TAILS OFF LIKE A WELL 
OILED MACHINE.
AND I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GET OUT
OF THEIR HOMES DID IT.
AND SO NOW IT'S JUST PICKING UP 
THE PIECES.
>> YES.
THESE ARE TOUGH DAYS.
I MEAN, THE POWER IS OUT.
AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THE WATER 
PLANT WAS DAMAGED, PERHAPS 
DESTROYED.
SO WHAT IS THE STATE OF AFFAIRS 
THERE IN TERMS OF POWER AND 
WATER AND THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
NEED?
>> YEAH.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF LAKE CHARLES 
THINKING ABOUT COMING BACK, THEY
NEED TO BE REALLY BLUNT WITH 
THEMSELVES ABOUT THE HARSH 
REALITY OF WHAT THEY'RE COMING 
BACK TO.
THEY ARE COMING BACK TO A CITY 
WITHOUT POWER.
AND OUR COMPANY HAS NOT SAID 
THIS, BUT I'M WILLING TO SAY IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST A 
WEEK, PERHAPS WEEKS BEFORE POWER
WILL BE IN EVERY PART OF LAKE 
CHARLES.
THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES, WE 
ADMINISTER OUR LOCAL WATER 
COMPANY.
WE HAVE SIX WATER PLANTS ON A 
GOOD DAY.
ONE WAS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED.
I MEAN, JUST WIPED OFF THE MAP.
TWO ARE NOT WORKING.
THREE ARE WORKING A LITTLE.
I'M TELLING PEOPLE THAT WHEN YOU
TURN ON THE FAUCET, IT'S A 
TRICKLE.
AND I WISH I HAD AN ETA ON WHEN 
THAT WAS GOING TO BE FIXED.
BUT WE DON'T.
AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE
JUST GOT HIT WITH THE LARGEST 
HURRICANE TO HIT LOUISIANA IN 
THE LAST 150 YEARS.
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS WHEN IS THE 
WATER PRESSURE GOING TO BE ON, 
MY ANSWER IS I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT 
HAPPENED TO THE PLANT. 
>> MR. MAYOR, YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH
WORK IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'M SURE YOUR COMMUNITY 
APPRECIATES THE STRAIGHT TALK 
EVEN IF THE MESSAGE IS HARD TO 
HEAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS  A 
NIGHTLY CURFEW IS EXPECTED HERE 
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY.
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM 
ARIZONA, MICHIGAN, AND ALABAMA 
ARE HEADED TO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN.
>> WE ARE NOT FEDERALIZED.
WE'RE ON STATE ACTIVE DUTY.
>> Reporter: WHERE AMID A NIGHT 
OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS, 
AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN CRACKING 
DOWN TO AVOID THE VIOLENCE 
EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
>> GET THE [ BLEEP ] OUT!
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOWS 
KENOSHA POLICE AND U.S. MARSHALS
FORCIBLY ARRESTING PEOPLE IN A 
MINIVAN.
THEY FOUND HELMETS, GAS MASKS, 
AND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
>> WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP
IT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: THERE'S STILL 
OUTRAGE OVER THE LACK OF CHARGES
AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT JACOB BLAKE SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK.
THE PROTESTS MAKING THEIR WAY TO
PRO SPORTS WHERE ATHLETES ARE 
TAKING A STAND AND REFUSING TO 
PLAY.
NBA PLAYERS EXPECTED TO BE BACK 
ON THE COURT THIS WEEKEND AFTER 
WEDNESDAY'S BOYCOTT.
AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, NEW 
YORK METS AND MIAMI MARLINS 
PLAYERS WALKING OFF THE FIELD ON
THURSDAY.
>> THE METS AND MARLINS WILL NOT
BE PLAYING BASEBALL TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: STATE INVESTIGATORS
SAY BLAKE HAD A KNIFE IN HIS 
CAR.
WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO'S LEADING THE INVESTIGATION 
SAYS THE OFFICERS TRIED TO TASER
AND ARREST BLAKE AFTER 
RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT.
THE ATTORNEY FOR BLAKE'S FAMILY 
ARGUES THAT KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
CHARGED WITH MURDERING TWO 
PROTESTERS WAS SEEN WALKING BY 
POLICE AFTER GUNFIRE.
>> THEY LET HIM LITERALLY GO 
HOME.
SO THAT TELLS YOU A BLACK MAN 
WHO IS MAKING NO THREAT TO THE 
POLICE WALKING AWAY FROM THEM IS
SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN THE BACK.
A WHITE MAN KILLS TWO PEOPLE AND
WALKS BY THE POLICE AND IS NOT 
SHOT AND NOT KILLED.
THERE ARE TWO JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, 
RITTENHOUSE'S ATTORNEY TOLD NBC 
NEWS THIS WAS CLASSIC 
SELF-DEFENSE AND WE ARE GOING TO
PROVE IT.
WE WILL OBTAIN JUSTICE FOR KYLE 
NO MATTER HOW HARD THE FIGHT OR 
HOW LONG IT TAKES.
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN 
LUTHER KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" 
SPEECH, LATER TODAY JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY PLANS TO ATTEND 
THE 2020 MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
CA ONE-ON-ONE NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE HER NOMINATION 
WHERE WE STARTED BY TALKING 
ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR AND 
SOMEONE WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH 
POLICE FOR YEARS, IS THERE A 
SCENARIO IN WHICH THAT OFFICER 
WOULD HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED, WAS 
JUSTIFIED IN FIRING HIS WEAPON?
>> CRAIG, I DON'T SEE IT, BUT I 
DON'T HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE.
YOU KNOW, THE MAN WAS GOING TO 
HIS CAR.
HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ARMED.
AND IF HE WAS NOT ARMED, THE USE
OF FORCE THAT WAS SEVEN BULLETS 
COMING OUT OF A GUN AT CLOSE 
RANGE IN THE BACK OF THE MAN, I 
DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY COULD 
REASON THAT THAT WAS 
JUSTIFIABLE.
>> DO YOU THINK THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE CHARGED?
>> I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A 
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND BASED
ON WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT SEEMS THAT
THE OFFICER SHOULD BE CHARGED.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SAYING 
HERE'S A MAN WHO WOULDN'T FOLLOW
POLICE COMMANDS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRIED TO USE A 
TASER.
HE APPARENTLY IS REACHING INTO A
CAR WHERE A KNIFE WAS LATER 
FOUND.
AND BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS, WE
SHOULD RESERVE JUDGMENT.
AND THE OFFICER SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE PROCESS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT?
>> EVERYONE SHOULD BE AFFORDED 
DUE PROCESS.
I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY.
BUT HERE'S THE THING.
IN AMERICA WE KNOW THESE CASES 
KEEP HAPPENING.
AND WE HAVE HAD TOO MANY BLACK 
MEN IN AMERICA WHO HAVE BEEN THE
SUBJECT OF THIS KIND OF CONDUCT.
AND IT'S GOT TO STOP.
>> LAST NIGHT WE HEARD VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE SAY PEOPLE WOULD
NOT BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA.
A FEW HOURS AGO, I HEARD THE 
VICE PRESIDENT SAY -- VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN, I HEARD HIM SAY
HE THOUGHT TRUMP WAS ROOTING FOR
MORE VIOLENCE.
HOW DOES MORE VIOLENCE HELP THE 
PRESIDENT POLITICALLY?
>> THAT'S NOT MY DEAL TO FIGURE 
OUT HIS POLITICAL STRATEGY.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
SOME OF WHICH I HAVE WATCHED.
I HAVE YET TO SEE THESE PEOPLE 
WHO PROFESS TO BE NATIONAL 
LEADERS SPEAK ABOUT THIS ISSUE 
OF THE KILLING OF UNARMED BLACK 
MEN, BROWN MEN, INDIGENOUS MEN 
IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> AT THIS WEEK'S RNC, ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT HAS STRUCK ME 
COMPARED TO RNC'S PAST, THERE 
SEEMS TO BE A LARGER NUMBER OF 
BLACK MEN FRONT AND CENTER.
IT WOULD SEEM AS IF REPUBLICANS 
PERHAPS SEE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE 
THAT DEMOCRATS DON'T SEE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
WOMEN OF COLOR.
BLACK MEN.
WHAT IS THE CASE FOR THEM TO 
SHOW UP IN A FEW WEEKS FOR YOU 
AND MR. BIDEN?
>> FIRST OF ALL, EVERY VOTE 
NEEDS TO BE EARNED.
AND JOE AND I BELIEVE THAT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION
OF BLACK MEN IN AMERICA, WE KNOW
WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF 
WORK TO DO.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN REGARDS
TO POLICING IN THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 
REALITIES OF THE FACT THAT EVERY
MAN INCLUDING EVERY BLACK MAN 
WANTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
HIS FAMILY.
THE BIDEN/HARRIS PLAN IS ABOUT 
INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES WITH A 
PARTICULAR CONCERN ABOUT THOSE 
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LONG 
NEGLECTED TO ENSURE THERE WILL 
BE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
>> YOU DEVOTED A FAIR AMOUNT OF 
YOUR SPEECH TO THE VIRUS.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 
NATIONAL MASK MANDATE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE ONE
OF THE FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS.
>> YES.
>> HOW WOULD YOU ENFORCE THAT?
>> IT'S REALLY -- IT'S A 
STANDARD.
NOBODY'S GOING TO BE PUNISHED.
COME ON.
NOBODY LIKES TO WEAR A MASK.
THIS IS A UNIVERSAL FEELING.
RIGHT?
SO THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
HEY, LET'S ENJOY WEARING MASKS.
NO.
THE POINT IS THIS IS WHAT WE AS 
RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WHO LOVE OUR 
NEIGHBOR, WE HAVE TO JUST DO 
THAT RIGHT NOW.
GOD WILLING IT WON'T BE FOREVER.
>> ONE OF THE CENTRAL TENANTS OF
YOUR CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO BE THIS 
PROCESS THAT THERE WON'T BE AS 
MUCH CHAOS.
HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD 
SAYING THE FISH ROTS FROM THE 
HEAD.
PART OF LEADERSHIP IS TO SET A 
TONE FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE ON THE ONE HAND DONALD 
TRUMP WHO'S BEEN SPENDING FULL 
TIME TO SOW DIVISION AND HATE IN
THE COUNTRY.
ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE JOE 
BIDEN WHO HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT 
SAYING WE NEED TO UNIFY AS A 
COUNTRY, RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF 
OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEING.
IN THIS ELECTION, THERE ARE TWO 
CLEAR CHOICES.
THERE ARE TWO.
AND WHICH CHOICE IS REFLECTIVE 
OF WHO WE ASPIRE TO BE AS A 
COUNTRY AND AS A PEOPLE.
>> ONE OF THE CRITICISMS, 
OBVIOUSLY, THAT SHE'S GOTTEN 
ALONG WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT IS
YOU'VE GOT THE PRESIDENT AND 
VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAVE BEEN OUT
MAKING TRIPS TO BATTLEGROUND 
STATES DOING SMALL, IN SOME 
CASES LARGER IN-PERSON EVENTS.
SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THEY NEED TO
DO THAT.
SO WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING 
ABOUT THAT AND WHY THEY HAVEN'T 
BEEN DOING THAT.
WE'LL HAVE THAT COMING UP FOR 
YOU IN THE THIRD HOUR.
I ALSO ASKED HER WHY SHE THINKS 
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS SCARED 
WHEN IT COMES TO CORONAVIRUS.
SHE SAID THAT IN HER SPEECH 
YESTERDAY.
I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS IDEA THAT SHE'S BEEN 
LABELED SOME THIS WEEK AND IN 
THE PAST AS RADICALLY LIBERAL.
>>> WE ARE TIRED.
WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEATEN BY 
POLICEMEN.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR 
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN.
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT?
WE WANT OUR FREEDOM AND WE WANT 
IT NOW.
>> THAT WAS A 23-YEAR-OLD JOHN 
LEWIS SPEAKING AT THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON 57 YEARS AGO THIS 
MORNING.
HIS POIGNANT VOICE BREAKING 
THROUGH THEN AS IT WOULD FOR 
DECADES.
JOINED NOW BY PULITZER PRIZE 
WINNING JOHN MEACHAM.
HE EXAMINES JOHN LEWIS IN HIS 
NEW BOOK "HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING 
ON."
GOOD TO HAVE YOU, MR. MEACHAM.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, JOHN.
>> THANKS, CRAIG.
>> I STARTED THE BOOK THIS WEEK.
YOU MAKE A FAIRLY BOLD ASSERTION
EARLY ON IN THE BOOK.
AND IT'S THIS IDEA THAT JOHN 
LEWIS BELONGS IN THE PANTHEON 
NEXT TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AND 
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
WHY?
HOW SO?
>> BECAUSE OUR FOUNDERS IN THE 
LATE 18th CENTURY ARTICULATED 
IDEALS OF WHAT AMERICA SHOULD 
BE.
AND JOHN LEWIS AND MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND ROSA PARKS MADE THOSE 
IDEALS REAL.
THEY FORCED THE NATION TO 
ACTUALLY LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE 
OF THE COUNTRY THAT ALL WERE 
CREATED EQUAL.
AND UNTIL 60 YEARS AGO, WE WERE 
LIVING UNDER FUNCTIONAL 
APARTHEID IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IT WAS THIS YOUNG MAN FROM 
TROY, ALABAMA, SEGREGATED TROY, 
ALABAMA.
NEVER SAW A WHITE PERSON REALLY 
EXCEPT FOR THE MAILMAN UNTIL HE 
WAS ALMOST 18 YEARS OLD.
HE REVOLTED.
HIS SOUL REVOLTED AGAINST 
SEGREGATION, AGAINST THE 
WHITE-ONLY SIGNS, THE 
COLORED-ONLY SIGNS.
AND HE BELIEVED IN WHAT HE HEARD
IN CHURCH.
HE BELIEVED THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
AND THAT THAT MEANT A FULL AND 
FAIR AND FREE COUNTRY.
AND HE WAS WILLING AGAIN AND 
AGAIN AND AGAIN TO PUT HIS BODY 
ON THE LINE.
HE WAS WILLING TO BLEED AND DIE 
FOR AN IDEAL OF AMERICA THAT 
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO BRING 
INTO ACTION.
>> JOHN, THE BOOK ITSELF.
HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?
AND HOW INVOLVED WAS JOHN LEWIS 
IN THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK?
>> VERY MUCH SO.
I MET HIM 28 YEARS AGO WHEN I 
WAS A YOUNG REPORTER.
I WAS HONORED TO KNOW HIM 
THROUGH THOSE DECADES.
WE TALKED FAIRLY FREQUENTLY.
SAVED ALL MY NOTES.
I ALWAYS KNEW I'D WRITE ABOUT 
HIM, BUT I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER
DECADE OR SO.
THEN LATE LAST YEAR OF COURSE HE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC 
CANCER.
CANCER DID WHAT THE WHITE STATE 
TROOPERS OF THE SEGREGATED SOUTH
COULD NOT DO.
I WAS STANDING ON THE BRIDGE IN 
SELMA, THE PETTUS BRIDGE WITH MY
FAMILY AND THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLE
IN EASIER MARCH THIS YEAR.
WHEN JOHN LEWIS LED THE 
NON-VIOLENT MARCHERS INTO THE 
TEETH OF WHITE AUTHORITY SIMPLY 
FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
WHICH WAS PROMISED IN THE 
CONSTITUTION.
AND I WAS LISTENING TO HIM AND 
REALIZED THAT HIS VISION OF 
LOVE, HIS VISION THAT IF YOU AND
I DID THE RIGHT THING, IF OUR 
HEARTS AND MINDS WERE ORIENTED 
IN THE RIGHT WAY, WE COULD MAKE 
THIS A BETTER COUNTRY.
WE COULD BRING THE GOSPEL INTO 
REALITY.
AND I WAS LISTENING TO HIM AND I
THOUGHT, THIS IS THE STORY THAT 
WE MUST TELL.
IN THIS MOMENT OF SUCH 
DISPIRITEDNESS, SUCH CONTROVERSY
WSH SUCH DIVISION IN THE 
COUNTRY.
JOHN LEWIS' STORY INSPIRES AND 
ILLUMINATES.
WE SPENT ABOUT SIX WEEKS ON THE 
PHONE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
I WROTE THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE 
THAT THE ROLE OF FAITH AND THE 
ROLE OF COURAGE THAT HE 
EXEMPLIFIED ARE THE WAYS WE HAVE
TO FOCUS IF WE WANT TO MAKE THIS
A MORE BELOVED COMMUNITY.
>> WAS THE LATE CONGRESSMAN ABLE
TO READ IT BEFORE HE SLIPPED 
AWAY FROM US?
>> YES.
THANKS FOR ASKING THAT.
YES, HE WAS.
I MUST SAY, I WAS RELIEVED 
ENORMOUSLY THAT HE LIKED IT.
HE WAS VERY GENEROUS ABOUT IT.
IT'S VERY DAUNTING AS YOU M
>>> HE WAS VERY 
GENEROUS ABOUT 
IT. 
IT WAS DAUNTING 
TO SEND AN 
AMERICAN ICON BY 
YOUR OWN VERSION 
TO WHAT HIS LIFE 
IS -- HE ALSO 
WROTE AN 
AFTERWORD FOR 
THE BOOK. 
IT IS REALLY HIS 
LAST TESTAMENT. 
HIS FINAL WORDS 
TO THE COUNTRY 
ARE IN THE BOOK. 
WHAT IS SO 
AMAZING, IS BY 
HOW HOPEFUL HE 
WAS AMID THE 
POLICE OF 
VIOLENCE AND THE 
DIVISION. 
WHAT HE WOULD 
SAY, HE SAYS 
THIS IN THE BOOK
, IF YOU DON'T 
THINK THAT 
AMERICA CAN 
CHANGE, WALK IN 
MY SHOES. 
IF WE WANTED TO 
CHANGE, WE NEED 
TO FOLLOW THE 
WAY OF LEWIS. 
>> FOR THE FOLKS 
THAT NEED JOHN 
LEWIS, IT IS 
REVEALING. 
HIS TRUTH IS 
MARCHING ON. 
IT IS OUT NOW. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> DIVING INTO 
THE GENERAL 
ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN, THE 
SECOND LONGEST 
CONVENTION 
SPEECH IN MODERN 
HISTORY, SECOND 
TO THE ONE THAT 
HE GAVE FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
IT WAS SOMEWHERE 
BETWEEN A 
CAMPAIGN OF THE 
UNION ADDRESS 
AND A RELIC, THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE 
I, AS THE 
PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF CALLED 
IT IS POSTING A 
POLITICAL 
CONVENTION. 
A DEMOCRAT LAST 
NIGHT TWEETED 
GET OFF OF OUR 
LINE, HE 
REPEATEDLY LAID 
INTO JOE BIDEN. 
>> BASKING IN 
THE GLOW OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NOMINATION. 
>> I PROFOUNDLY 
ACCEPT AS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>>> MOST NATIVELY
-- NOTICEABLY, 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
WAS TRANSFORMED 
INTO A POLITICAL 
PROBLEM. 
>> THIS IS THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION AND THE 
HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
THE FACT IS THAT 
WE ARE HERE, AND 
THEY'RE NOT. 
>> Reporter: 
DESPITE 3000 
AMERICANS DYING 
THIS WEEK ALONE, 
HUNDREDS OF 
SUPPORTERS 
CROWDED THE 
SOUTH LAWN WITH 
NO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
A FEW MASKS. 
>> SAVE AS MANY 
LIVES AS 
POSSIBLE, WE ARE 
FOCUSING ON THE 
SCIENCE AND THE 
DATA. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
TOOK DIRECT AIM 
AT IS DEMOCRATIC 
RIVAL. 
>> JOE BIDEN -- 
JOE BIDEN -- 
>> Reporter: 
ATTACKING JOE 
BIDEN BY NAME 41 
TIMES, EVEN 
THOUGH BIDEN 
NEVER MENTIONED 
TO ONCE AND HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA HAS SOUL.
HE IS THE 
DESTROYER OF 
AMERICA'S JOBS. 
>> Reporter: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SOUNDED LIKE A 
CHALLENGER, 
RATHER THAN THE 
INCUMBENT, 
RESTORING LAW 
AND ORDER AMID 
RACIAL UNREST. 
JACOB LAKE, THE 
MAN SHOT BY 
POLICE AND 
WISCONSIN WAS 
REFERENCED. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
CONDEMNS THE 
VIOLENCE THAT WE 
HAVE SEEN. 
DEMOCRAT RUN 
CITIES, LIKE 
KENOSHA. 
>> IS A 
CANDIDATE FOUR 
YEARS AGO, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ARMISTICE. 
>> THE CRIME AND 
VIOLENCE THAT 
AFFLICTS OUR 
NATION WILL 
SOON, AND I MEAN 
VERY SOON COME 
TO AN END. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN LOOKS TO 
CAPITALIZE. 
>> IT IS CAUSING 
MORE VIOLENCE, 
NOT LESS. 
HE KEEPS POURING 
GASOLINE ON THE 
FIRE. 
THIS IS DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
>> INTRODUCING 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
HIS DAUGHTER AND 
SENIOR ADVISOR, 
I FOUND GOD 
TRUMP. 
>> PEOPLE ALLOW 
YOU TO BE 
ATTACKED. 
FOR BEING 
UNCONVENTIONAL. 
>> I SAY VERY 
MODESTLY THAT I 
HAVE DONE MORE 
FOR THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT 
SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN. 
>> HE CASTED THE 
DEMOCRATS AS A 
THREAT TO 
AMERICA'S 
GREATNESS. 
>> HOW CAN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
ASKED TO LEAD 
OUR COUNTRY WHEN 
THEY HAVE SPENT 
SO MUCH TIME 
TEARING DOWN OUR 
COUNTRY? 
>>> IS THE 
PRESIDENT SPOKE, 
PROTESTERS 
GATHERED ALONG 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PLAZA, A 
BLOG FROM HERE 
BANGING POTS AND 
PANS AND BLOWING 
HORNS. 
THEY COULD BE 
HEARD ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN LAST 
NIGHT.
>>> I AM VERY 
PROUD TO BE THE 
NOMINEE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP KNOWS THAT 
HE INHERITED THE 
FIRST GENERATION 
OF AMERICANS WHO 
COULD NOT 
PROMISE CHILDREN 
A BETTER LIFE 
THAN THEIR OWN. 
>> THE PARTY HAS 
MOVED FROM 
LIBERAL TO 
RADICAL. 
THE NEW 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
WAS NOT JUST FOR 
HIGHER TAXES. 
NOW THEY WANT 
FULL OPEN 
BORDERS AND 
AGAINST OUR 
POLICE, AND 
AGAINST THE GOD-
GIVEN RIGHTS. 
>> AT NO TIME 
BEFORE HAVE 
VOTERS FACED A 
CLEARER CHOICE 
THEN BETWEEN 
THESE TWO 
PARTIES. 
THESE TWO 
VISIONS. 
THESE TWO 
PHILOSOPHIES 
AND, OR THESE 
TWO AGENDAS. 
>> THE RADICAL 
LEFT DOES NOT 
WANT BETTER 
POLICING. 
THEY DON'T 
REALLY CARE 
ABOUT THE 
JUSTICE SYSTEM 
BEING FAIRER. 
WHAT THEY WANT 
IS NO POLICING. 
>> BIDEN IS A 
TROJAN HORSE FOR 
SOCIALISM. 
HE IS A TROJAN 
HORSE WITH AOC, 
PELOSI, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER, 
AND HAS 
SPONSORED THE 
ENTIRE LEFT-
WING. 
>> TAKE AWAY 
YOUR SECOND 
AMENDMENT 
RIGHTS. 
THEY WANT FREE 
HEALTHCARE FOR 
ILLEGAL 
IMMIGRANTS. 
THEY OFFER NO 
PROTECTION AT 
ALL FOR UNBORN 
AMERICANS. 
>> I RECOGNIZE 
THAT MY DAD'S 
COMMUNICATION 
STYLE IS NOT TO 
EVERYONE'S 
TASTE. 
I KNOW THAT IS 
TWEETS KID FEEL 
A LITTLE BIT 
UNFILTERED. 
THE RESULT, THE 
RESULT SPEAKS 
FOR ITSELF. 
>> HE MAKES 
PROMISES AUNTIE 
KEEPS THEM. HE 
IS TRANSPARENT, 
AND WE CERTAINLY 
KNOW WHAT HE IS 
THINKING. 
>> WE HAVE BUILT 
300 MILES OF 
BORDER WELL COME 
BY AND WE ARE 
ADDING 10 NEW 
MILES EVERY 
SINGLE WEEK. 
THE WALL WILL 
SOON BE COMPLETE.
I SAY QUITE 
MODESTLY THAT I 
HAVE DONE MORE 
FOR THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT 
SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP -- HE 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
HURT AFRICAN-
AMERICANS.  
>> BIDEN'S 
CAREER AS A 
SHAMEFUL 
ROLLCALL OF THE 
MOST 
CATASTROPHIC 
BETRAYALS AND 
BLUNDERS IN OUR 
LIFETIME. 
HE HAS SPENT HIS 
ENTIRE CAREER ON 
THE WRONG SIDE 
OF HISTORY. 
>> WE HAVE A 
SOCIETY WHERE 
EVERY SINK AND 
LIVE IN A SAFE 
COMMUNITY AND GO 
TO A GREAT 
SCHOOL OF THEIR 
CHOICE. 
>> OPPOSING 
SCHOOL CHOICE -- 
ALL CHARTER 
SCHOOLS RIPPING 
AWAY OPPORTUNITY 
FOR BLACK AND 
HISPANIC 
CHILDREN. 
WE HAVE DEPORTED 
20,000 GANG 
MEMBERS AND 
500,000 CRIMINAL 
ALIENS. 
THE GOAL OF 
CANCEL CULTURES 
TO KE DECENT 
AMERICANS LIVE 
IN FEAR OF BEING 
FIRED, EXPELLED, 
SHAMED, 
HUMILIATED, AND 
DRIVEN FROM 
SOCIETY AS WE 
KNOW. 
AMERICA WILL 
LAND THE FIRST 
WOMAN ON THE 
MOON, AND THE 
UNITED STATES 
WILL BE THE FIRST
TO PLANT THAT 
BEAUTIFUL FLAG 
ON MARS. 
>> YOU ARE THE 
REASON THAT HE 
IS GOING TO KEEP 
FIGHTING FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS.
 
ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR AND 
SOMEONE WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH 
POLICE FOR YEARS, IS THERE A 
SCENARIO IN WHICH THAT
>>> IS A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR, AND 
SOMEONE THAT HAD 
WORKED CLOSELY 
WITH POLICE FOR 
YEARS A, IS 
THERE FINALLY A 
SCENARIO IN 
WHICH THE 
OFFICER WOULD 
HAVE BEEN 
JUSTIFIED? 
JUSTIFIED IN 
FIRING HIS 
WEAPON? 
>> CRAIG, I 
DON'T SEE IT. 
I DON'T HAVE ALL 
THE EVIDENCE. 
THE MAN WAS 
GOING TO HIS 
CAR. 
HE DID NOT 
APPEAR TO BE 
ARMED. 
IF HE WAS NOT 
ARMED, AND THAT 
THE USE OF FORCE 
-- SEVEN BULLETS 
COMING OUT OF THE
GUN AT CLOSE 
RANGE INTO THE 
BACK OF THE MAN, 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
ANYONE WOULD SAY 
THAT THAT IS 
JUSTIFIABLE. 
I THINK THAT 
THERE SHOULD BE 
A THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION. 
BASED ON WHAT I 
HAVE SEEN, IT 
SEEMS THAT THE 
OFFICER SHOULD 
BE CHARGED. 
>> A LOT OF 
FOLKS ARE SAYING 
-- HERE'S A MAN 
WOULD NOT FOLLOW 
POLICE COMMANDS. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRIED TO USE A 
TASER. 
HE REACHED INTO 
A CAR WHERE A 
KNIFE WAS LATER 
FOUND. 
BECAUSE OF THOSE 
REASONS ALONE, 
WE SHOULD 
RESERVE 
JUDGMENT. 
THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS. 
WHY WOULD YOU 
SAID OF THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> EVERYONE 
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS. 
I AGREE WITH 
THAT COMPLETELY. 
IN AMERICA, WE 
KNOW THAT THESE 
CASES KEEP 
HAPPENING. 
WE HAVE HAD TOO 
MANY BLACK MEN 
IN AMERICA WHO 
HAVE BEEN 
SUBJECT OF THIS 
KIND OF CONDUCT. 
AT US TO STOP. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT
PENTZ SAID THAT 
PEOPLE WOULD NOT 
BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
A FEW HOURS AGO 
I ENTERED THE 
PRESIDENT SAY -- 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THAT TRUMP WAS 
ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE. 
HOW DOES MORE 
VIOLENCE HELP 
THE PRESIDENT 
POLITICALLY? 
>> THAT IS NOT 
MY DEAL TO 
FIGURE OUT HIS 
POLITICAL 
STRATEGY, BUT I 
WILL SAY THIS 
ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
SOME OF WHICH OF 
THIS I HAVE 
WATCHED, BUT I 
AM YET TO SEE 
THE TWO PEOPLE 
WHO PROFESS TO 
BE NATIONAL 
LEADERS SPEAK ON 
THIS ISSUE. 
THE KILLING OF 
UNARMED BLACK 
MEN, BROWN MEN, 
INDIGENOUS MEN. 
ALL IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT HAS 
STRUCK ME, WITH 
THE RNC'S PAST, 
IS THAT THERE 
ARE BLACK MEN 
FRONT AND 
CENTER. 
IT WOULD SEEM 
THAT 
REPUBLICANS, 
PERHAPS SEE AN 
OPPORTUNITY 
HERE, THAT 
DEMOCRATS DON'T 
SEE. 
THERE IS TALK 
ABOUT TWO WOMEN 
OF COLOR. 
BLACK MEN. 
WHAT IS THE CASE 
FOR THEM TO SHOW 
UP? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
EVERY VOTE MUST 
BE EARNED. 
JOEY AND I BOTH 
STRONGLY BELIEVE 
THAT. 
WHEN WE LOOK AT 
THE CONDITION OF 
BLACK MEN IN 
AMERICA, WE KNOW 
THAT WE HAVE A 
WHOLE LOT OF 
WORK TO DO. 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT IT IN 
REGARDS TO 
POLICING IN THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM, BUT 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE REALITY OF 
THE FACT THAT 
EVERY MAN, 
INCLUDING EVERY 
BLACK MAN WANTS 
TO BE ABLE TO 
TAKE CARE OF HIS 
FAMILY. 
THE BIDEN HARRIS 
PLAN IS ABOUT 
INVESTING IN 
COMMUNITIES, 
WITH PARTICULAR 
CONCERNS. 
>> YOU TALKED 
ABOUT THE 
NATIONAL MASK 
MANDATE. 
IT SOUNDS LIKE I 
WOULD BE ONE OF 
THE FIRST ORDERS 
TO BUSINESS. 
HOW WOULD YOU 
ENFORCE THAT? 
>> IT IS A 
STANDARD. 
NOBODY LIKES TO 
WEAR A MASK. 
THIS IS A 
UNIVERSAL 
FEELING, RIGHT? 
THAT IS NOT THE 
POINT. 
THE POINT IS, 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
AS RESPONSIBLE 
PEOPLE WHO LOVE 
OUR NEIGHBOR, WE 
HAVE TO DO THAT 
RIGHT NOW. 
IT WON'T BE 
FOREVER. 
>> THE CAMPAIGN 
PROMISE, THAT 
THERE WILL NOT 
BE AS MUCH CHAOS 
-- HOW CAN YOU 
GUARANTEE THAT? 
>> PART OF 
LEADERSHIP IS TO 
SET A TONE. 
SET A TONE FOR 
THE COUNTRY. 
WE HAVE, ON THE 
YOUNG HAND, 
DONALD TRUMP 
CAUSING CHAOS IN 
OUR COUNTRY. 
THEN ON THE 
OTHER HAND YOU 
HAVE JOE BIDEN 
WHO IS ALL ABOUT 
SAYING WE NEED 
TO UNIFY THE 
COUNTRY AND 
RESPECT THE 
DIGNITY OF 
FELLOW HUMAN 
BEINGS. 
THE SELECTION, 
THERE ARE TWO 
CLEAR CHOICES. 
WHICH TRACE IS 
REFLECTIVE OF 
WHO WE ASPIRE TO 
BE AS A COUNTRY 
AND AS A PEOPLE? 
>> GETTING ALONG 
WITH THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, HE 
HAS THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
VICE PRESIDENT 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
OUT, MAKING 
TRIPS TO THE 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES AND DOING 
SMALL -- WE 
TALKED ABOUT WHY 
THEY HAVE NOT 
BEEN DOING THAT. 
WE WILL HAVE 
THAT ON THE 
THIRD HOUR, AND, 
HE SAID THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
SCARED OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IN THE PAST, 
RADICALLY 
LIBERAL, FOR MR. 
BIDEN WE WILL 
TALK ABOUT THAT. 
IT 
>> MORE HAD AND 
THE THIRD HOUR 
TODAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> REVEALING 
LAURA'S PATH OF 
DESTRUCTION -- 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE 
A BOMB EXPLODED. 
ALL OVER THE 
CITY LOOKS LIKE 
A BOMB EXPLODED. 
>> ROOFS RIPPED 
OFF HOMES. 
TREES UPROOTED. 
THE DERMSC 
>> YOU CAN SEE 
STUFF KNOCKING 
AGAINST THE 
BREAK. 
>> IT RIPPED 
THROUGH BUILDING 
AFTER BUILDING 
AND TOOK DOWN 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
IT KNOCKED OUT 
CELL PHONE SITES 
LIKE THIS ALL 
ACROSS THE CITY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
ONLY CALL THAT 
IT IS MANDATED 
WAS DIFFERENT 
HELP AND 
CLEANUP. 
HIS HOME WAS 
DAMAGED AND HIS 
CAR TOTALED. 
>> THIS IS A 
DISASTER AREA. 
IT IS A 
DISASTER. 
THE RECOVERY 
TIME FROM THIS 
IS GOING TO BE 
PHENOMENAL. 
>> DESPITE THE 
DEVASTATION, 
LAURA COULD HAVE 
BEEN MUCH WORSE. 
MOST PEOPLE ARE 
SPARED FROM 
FLOODING. 
>> WE ARE THINK 
OF THAT WE DID 
NOT GET MORE 
STORM SURGE THAN 
WE DID. 
>> WHEN YOU 
CONSIDER THE 
MAGNITUDE OF THE 
DAMAGE THAT 
COULD HAVE 
OCCURRED HERE, 
WE DID DODGE A 
BULLET. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS A NIGHT THAT 
NO ONE WILL SOON 
FORGET. 
>> I AM GLAD 
THAT WE ARE 
ALIVE. 
>> Reporter: 
DAMAGE TOTALS 
ARE STILL BEING 
CALCULATED. 
THE EXTENT OF 
THE DESTRUCTION 
IS BY ME. 
WE ARE 
DETERMINED TO 
MOVE ON EVEN IF 
IT TAKES YEARS. 
>> MR. MAYOR, 
GOOD MORNING, IT 
IS 24 HOURS 
SINCE WE HAD 
LAST SPOKE. 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
ABLE TO SURVEY 
THE DAMAGE. 
WHAT IS THE 
STATE OF LAKE 
CHARLES THIS 
MORNING? 
>> WHAT IS THE 
STATE OF LAKE 
CHARLES? 
WELL, IT IS A 
LOT DIFFERENT 
THAN IT WAS 48 
HOURS AGO. 
IT HAS BEEN 
DEALT A HEAVY 
BLOW. 
>> WE ARE 
LOOKING AT THE 
FOOTAGE, IT IS 
HARD TO SAY. 
I CAN IMAGINE 
HOW YOU FEEL AS 
THE MAYOR OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> WHEN I FIRST 
GOT OUT OF THE 
BUNKER, AFTER 
THE STORM, I 
EXPECTED TO SEE 
THE DAMAGE. 
I EXPECTED TO SEE
FLOODING, AND 
TREASON THE 
ROAD. 
WE SAW THAT AND 
WE SAW THE POWER 
LINES. 
WHAT I DID NOT 
EXPECT TO SEE IS 
LITERAL 
BUILDINGS THAT 
HAD BEEN BLOWN 
APART. 
THERE WERE BRICK 
BUILDINGS THAT 
HAD BEEN AROUND 
FOR 100 YEARS 
THAT WERE BLOWN 
DOWN. 
I WAS REALLY 
BLOWN AWAY BY 
THE DEVASTATION 
OF SOME OF THESE 
BUILDINGS. 
>> THERE ARE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
STILL STRANDED 
OR NEED HELP, DO 
YOU FEEL LIKE 
YOU HAVE A 
HANDLE ON THE 
NEED THERRIEN 
TERMS OF PEOPLE? 
>> I AM GOING TO 
BE VERY 
OPTIMISTIC. 
WE ARE NOT 
SEEING THE 
PEOPLE STRANDED 
IN THEIR HOMES, 
OR NEEDING TO 
GET OUT OF THEIR 
HOMES AT THIS 
POINT. 
THAT'S LIKE YOU 
WOULD WITH SOME 
OF THE STORMS. 
I HAVE REALLY 
GOT TO GIVE A 
LOT OF KUDOS TO 
THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
HECK OF AN 
EFFORT. 
PEOPLE ARE 
WORKING THEIR 
TAILS OFF, LIKE 
A WELL OILED 
MACHINE. 
IDYLLIC A LOT OF 
PEOPLE THAT 
WANTED TO GET 
OUT OF THEIR 
HOMES DATED. 
>> THE POWER IS 
OUT, AND THE 
WATER PLANT IS 
DAMAGED. 
PERHAPS 
DESTROYED. 
WHAT IS THE 
STATE OF AFFAIRS 
IN TERMS OF 
POWER IN THE 
THINGS THAT 
PEOPLE NEED? 
>> THIS IS A 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE RIGHT 
NOW. 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
OUTSIDE OF LAKE 
THE LOCAL WATER 
COMPANY HAD SIX 
WATER PLANTS ON 
A GOOD DAY. 
ONE WAS 
COMPLETELY 
OBLITERATED. 
WIPED OFF THE 
MAP. 
TWO ARE NOT 
WORKING. 
THREE ARE 
WORKING A LITTLE.
WHEN YOU TURN ON 
THE FOG -- IT IS 
A TRICKLE. 
I WISH I HAD AN 
ETA ON ONE THAT 
WAS GOING TO BE 
FIXED. 
WE DON'T HAVE AN 
ETA. 
I'M SORRY ABOUT 
THAT BUT WE JUST 
GOT HIT WITH THE 
LARGEST 
HURRICANE TO HIT 
LOUISIANA. 
THE WINDS AND 
THOUGH WATER 
PRESSURE WILL BE 
ON -- AND WE ARE 
TRYING TO ASSESS 
WHAT HAPPENED TO 
ATLANTA RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> YOU HAVE SO 
MUCH WORK AHEAD 
OF YOU. 
I'M SURE THAT 
YOUR COMMUNITY 
APPRECIATES THE 
STRAIGHT TALK 
EVEN IF THE 
MESSAGES HARD TO 
HEAR. 
WE OFFICIATED. 
>> WE WILL 
REBUILD FROM 
THIS. 
>> WE WILL WATCH 
YOU, AND CAN SEE 
YOU. 
THANK YOU.
 
 
THOUSANDS OF FOLKS ARE LITERALLY
PICKING UP THE PIECES LEFT 
BEHIND BY HURRICANE LAURA.
WE'RE JOINED NOW BY PETE GAINER 
ON THE RELIEF EFFORTS GOING ON 
THERE IN THE GULF.
>>> 
ADMINISTRATOR 
DANA, GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU. 
WE ARE DOING 
WELL. 
WE HOPE THAT YOU 
GUYS DOWN THERE 
WILL BE BETTER 
SOON. 
THE PAST HOUR, 
WE TALKED TO THE 
MAYOR OF LAKE 
CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA. 
THE MAYOR LEFT 
TOWN, AND TOLD 
NOT JUST TO COME 
BACK YET. 
IT COULD BE A 
WEEK OR EVEN 
MORE BEFORE 
POWER IS BACK 
ON. 
THERE IS NO ETA 
ON THE WATER 
BEING RESTORED. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM 
YOUR TEAM ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> THE POINT 
THAT YOU MADE 
ABOUT DO NOT 
COME BACK, I 
LIKE THAT POINT. 
THE MESSAGE THAT 
CONTINUES TO BE 
SAFE, IF YOU'RE 
AT A SAFE POINT, 
STAY THERE. 
STAY SAFE. 
WHAT WE SEE SO 
FAR IS WIND TO 
TRADE IN DAMAGE 
TO BUILDINGS. 
THERE IS LOTS OF 
POWERDOWN 
ENTRIES DOWN. 
YOU NOW, IT IS A 
PROCESS TO OPEN 
UP ACCESS SO 
THAT WE CAN GET 
RESTORATION 
CREWS ON THE 
STREET. 
WE NEED TO GET 
THE POWER 
RESTORED AND 
MAKE IT SAFE FOR 
PEOPLE TO RETURN 
WHEN THAT TIME 
COMES. 
>> THIS REGION 
IS NO STRANGER 
TO HURRICANES. 
I COULD, RITA, 
THEY HAVE AT THE 
AREA. 
WHAT WOULD YOU 
SAY THAT DAMAGE 
FROM HURRICANE 
LAURA LOOKS LIKE 
COMPARED TO THE 
PREVIOUS STORM? 
>> I DON'T LIKE 
TO COMPARE 
DAMAGE. 
EVERY STORM IS 
UNIQUE. 
WE ARE FOCUSED 
ON LAURA 
RECOVERY AND 
RESPONSE. 
THAT IS GOING TO 
BE OUR FOCUS 
UNTIL WE GET 
PEOPLE BACK IN 
THEIR HOME, 
SAFE, WARM AND 
DRY. 
THIS STORY NEEDS 
UNLIKE NO OTHER. 
A CATEGORY FOUR 
HURRICANE. 
I NEVER SEEN 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS COME ACROSS 
LOUISIANA AND 
KNOWN HISTORY. 
OUR GOAL IS 
SAFETY. 
WE ARE REMOVING 
DEBRIS AND 
RESTORING POWER. 
WE ARE MAKING IT 
SAFE FOR 
RESIDENTS TO 
RETURN TO THEIR 
HOMES. 
>> DOES IT SEEM 
LIKE FOLKS 
HEEDED THE 
WARNINGS AND 
EVACUATED WHEN 
THEY WERE ASKED 
TO? 
>> YES. 
WE ARE SURPRISED 
BY THE SCIENCE, 
BUT, WE DID NOT 
USE ANY FEDERAL 
ASSETS. 
BEFORE, DURING, 
IT IS A PRETTY 
AMAZING FACT. 
ESPECIALLY WHEN 
YOU CONSIDER 
OTHER HURRICANES 
AND HAZARDS. 
I AM REALLY GLAD 
THAT PEOPLE HAVE 
LISTENED, AND 
GOT OUT OF HARMS 
WAY. 
THEY KEPT 
THEMSELVES SAFE 
AND KEPT THEIR 
FAMILIES SAFE. 
IF THAT IS A 
TESTAMENT TO THE 
LEADERSHIP OF 
MAYORS, KEEPING 
RESIDENTS SAFE. 
MY HATS OFF TO 
THEM. 
>> THREE STATES 
DECLARE A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY. 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
THOUSANDS OF 
LOST THEIR 
HOMES. 
TO 300,000 MEALS 
WILL BE 
DISTRIBUTED, 
WITH 3 MILLION 
LITERS OF WATER 
ON THE GROUND. 
CAN WE TALK 
ABOUT GETTING 
THAT AND 
ANALYSIS INTO 
THE HANDS OF 
PEOPLE WHO NEED 
THEM? 
>> RESPONSE 
WORKS BEST WHEN 
IT IS LOCALLY 
EXECUTED. 
I GREW UP AS A 
LOCAL MERCY MAN, 
AND, I WAS A 
FEDERAL MERCY 
MANAGER. 
WHEN THOSE 
THINGS WORK 
TOGETHER, IT 
WORKS LIKE A 
SYMPHONY, MOST 
OF THE TIMES. 
WE ARE PROVIDING 
ALL OF THOSE 
RESOURCES. 
FOOD, WATER, 
GENERATORS, BLUE 
TARPS FOR ROOTS 
-- WE SUPPLY 
THOSE TO THE 
STATE AND THE 
STATE WILL 
DISPERSE THOSE 
TO THE LOCALS 
WHO NEED THEM 
MOST. 
THAT IS HOW THE 
SYSTEM WORKS. 
WE HAVE PLENTY 
OF RESOURCES ON 
THE GROUND, 
PEOPLE, 
SPECIALIZED 
TEAMS, 
COMMUNICATION 
TEAMS, RESCUE 
TEAMS, THERE'S A 
LOT DOWN THERE 
TO MEET THE 
NEEDS OF THE 
STATE OF THE 
LOCALS THAT NEED 
IT TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, THANKS TO 
THE CREWS THAT 
ARE OUT THERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
IT IS A DAUNTING 
TASK WITH A LOT 
OF WORK AHEAD OF 
YOU GUYS. 
THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING THE TIME 
TO TALK TO US. 
>> BETWEEN THE 
STORMS AND THE 
GULF, AND WE ARE 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
THE PANDEMIC, 
THE WILDFIRES 
ADDRESSED -- 
FAMA HAS NOW 
STEPPED UP OVER 
THE PAST FEW 
MONTHS. 
>> NATIONAL 
GUARD TROOPS 
FROM MICHIGAN 
AND ALABAMA ARE 
HEADING TO 
KENOSHA. 
>> AMID A NIGHT 
OF PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS, 
AVOIDING THE 
VIOLENCE EARLIER 
IN THE WEEK -- 
THIS VIDEO IS 
SHOWING KENOSHA 
POLICE AND U.S. 
MARSHALS 
FORCIBLY 
ARRESTING PEOPLE 
IN A MINIVAN AND 
BREAKING A 
WINDOW. 
AUTHORITIES 
FOUND HELMETS, 
GAS MASKS AND 
FIREWORKS. 
>> WE ARE DOING 
OUR BEST TO KEEP 
IT A SAFE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
>> A LACK OF 
CHARGES AGAINST 
A POLICE OFFICER 
WHO SHOT JACOB 
LIKE SEVEN TIMES 
AND THE BACK, 
THE PROTESTS 
MAKE THEIR WAY 
TO PRO SPORTS 
WHERE ATHLETES 
TAKE A STAND AND 
REFUSE TO PLAY. 
THE NBA PLAYERS 
ARE EXPECTED TO 
BE BACK ON THE 
COURT AFTER 
WEDNESDAY'S 
BOYCOTT. 
THE MARLINS 
PLAYERS WALKED 
OFF THE FIELD ON 
THURSDAY. 
>> THE MARLINS 
WILL NOT BE 
PLAYING BASEBALL 
TONIGHT. 
>>> BLAKE HAD A 
KNIFE IN HIS 
CAR, THOUGH 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO IS DEALING 
WITH THE 
INVESTIGATION 
SAID THEY TRIED 
TO TASER 
INTEREST PLAY, 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
THE ATTORNEY FOR 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
ARGUES THAT KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, WAS 
SEEN IN THIS 
VIDEO WALKING BY 
POLICE AFTER THE 
GUNFIRE BEFORE 
BEING ARRESTED 
HOURS LATER. 
>> THEY 
LITERALLY LET 
HIM GO HOME. 
THAT JUST TELLS 
YOU -- A BLACK 
MAN WHO IS 
MAKING A THREAT 
TO THE POLICE, 
WALKING AWAY 
FROM THEM IS 
SHUT SEVEN TIMES 
AND THAT BACK, 
AND A WIREMAN 
KILLS TWO 
PEOPLE, AND 
WALKS BY THE 
PHILLIES3ING  % SO3
HE WAS WILLING 
TO BLEED AND DIE 
 
OF THE 
SEGREGATED SOUTH 
-- THEY DID WHAT 
THEY COULD NOT 
DEAL, I WAS 
STANDING ON THE 
PETTUS BRIDGE 
WITH MY FAMILY, 
AND 1000 OTHER 
PEOPLE IN EARLY 
MARCH OF THIS 
YEAR.  
JOHN LEWIS LED 
THE NONVIOLENT 
MARCHERS INTO 
THE TEETH OF 
WIDE AUTHORITY, 
BECAUSE OF THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, 
PROMISED AND THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
HIS VISION OF 
LOVE -- THE 
VISION IF WE DID 
THE RIGHT THING, 
IF OUR HEARTS 
AND MINDS WERE 
ORIENTED IN THE 
RIGHT WAY, WE 
COULD PROBABLY 
MAKE THIS A 
BETTER COUNTRY. 
I THOUGHT, THIS 
IS THE STORY 
THAT WE MUST 
TELL IN THIS 
MOMENT, SUCH TO 
SPIRITEDNESS, 
SUCH 
CONTROVERSY, 
SUCH DIVISION OF 
THE COUNTRY. 
JOHN LEWIS'S 
STORY ASPIRES 
AND ELIMINATES. 
I WROTE THIS 
BECAUSE THE ROLE 
OF FAITH, AND 
THE ROLE OF 
COURAGE THAT HE 
EXEMPLIFIES IS 
THE WAY THAT WE 
WOULD HAVE TO 
FOCUS IF WE WANT 
TO MAKE THIS A 
MORE BELOVED 
COMMUNITY. 
>> WAS A LEAD 
CONGRESSMAN ABLE 
TO READ THIS? 
>> YES, HE WAS. 
I WOULD SAY, I 
WAS RELIEVED 
ANONYMOUSLY. 
HE WAS VERY 
GENEROUS ABOUT 
IT. 
IT IS VERY 
DAUNTING, AS YOU 
WOULD IMAGINE TO 
SEND AN AMERICAN 
SAINT AND ICON, 
YOUR OWN VERSION 
OF WHAT HIS LIFE 
IS -- HE ALSO 
WROTE AN 
AFTERWORD FOR 
THE BOOK. 
REALLY, IT IS 
HIS LAST 
TESTAMENT. 
HIS FINAL WORDS 
TO THE TIRE 
COUNTRY ARE IN 
THIS BOOK. 
WHAT IS SO 
AMAZING IS HOW 
HOPEFUL HE WAS, 
EVEN ADMITTED 
THE POLICE OF 
VIOLENCE IN THE 
SHOWER AND AMEND 
THE DIVISION AND 
ALL OF THE 
UNHAPPINESS OF 
THIS HOUR. 
HE ACTUALLY 
BELIEVED THAT WE 
COULD MAKE 
PROGRESS. 
WHAT HE WOULD 
SAY, IN THE BOOK
, IS IF YOU DO 
NOT THINK THAT 
AMERICA CAN 
CHANGE, WALK IN 
MY SHOES. 
IF WE WANT IT TO 
CHANGE WE WOULD 
NEED TO FOLLOW 
THE WAY OF LEWIS.
>> FOR THE FOLKS 
WHO THOUGHT 
ALICE'S HIS 
TRUTH IS 
MARCHING ON, IT 
IS OUT NOW. 
JOHN MEACHAM, 
THANK YOU. 
>>> GATHERING 
FOR THE GET YOUR 
KNEE OFF OF OUR 
NECK COMMITMENT 
MARCH, FALLING 
OUT THE 50th 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
THIS IS ALSO THE 
DATE 
SOUTH. 
FOR THOSE THAT 
ARE NOT FAMILIAR 
WITH THE STORY, 
IT PAINTS A 
PICTURE. 
>> A 14-YEAR-
OLD, VIBRANT 
MAN. 
HE WANTED TO 
TRAVEL TO VISIT 
RELATIVES SICK, 
IN MISSISSIPPI. 
HE HAPPENED TO 
VISIT A STORE, 
THE MEAT MARKET, 
AND WAS 
PURCHASING ITEMS.
>> WHEN LEAVING, 
SOMETHING 
HAPPENED 
INVOLVING THE 
STORE CLERK. 
>> THERE IS A 
FORBIDDEN RULE. 
>> THEN, HE WAS 
KIDNAPPED IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE 
NIGHT. 
>> THEY LYNCHED 
HIM, THEY SHOT 
HIM. 
THEY ALSO TIED 
BARB WIRE AROUND 
HIS NECK, AND 
EVENTUALLY THREW 
INTO THE RIVER. 
>> WHEN HIS BODY 
WAS RECOVERED, 
HIS MOTHER 
DECIDED ON A 
FOUR DAY 
MEMORIAL. 
>> ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
STRUCK ME ABOUT 
THE EMMETT 
TILL'S STORY, 
IS, HOW IT 
AFFECTED HIS 
MOTHER. 
HIS MOTHER 
INSISTED THAT 
THE CASKET COULD 
BE OPEN SO THAT 
PEOPLE COULD SEE 
HER SON. 
WHY WAS THAT SO 
IMPORTANT? 
>> THIS IS 
TERRIFIC THAT IT 
HAPPENED TO HER 
SON, BUT SHE 
KNEW THAT THERE 
WERE OTHER 
ATTACKS ON BLACK 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
OUR COUNTRY. 
SHE KNEW THAT IT 
WAS WRONG AND 
THE ONLY WAY TO 
DEMONSTRATE TO 
OUR COUNTRY FOR 
ANY KIND OF A 
CHANGE TO OCCUR, 
WOULD BE TO SHOW 
HIS BODY. 
TO SHOW WHAT 
HATE LOOKS LIKE 
A, WHAT YOU LOOK 
LIKE. 
>> TWO YEARS 
AGO, THE 
INVESTIGATION 
WAS REPORTEDLY 
REOPENED AFTER A 
2017 VANITY FAIR 
WITH THE 
SUBSEQUENT BOOK 
ON HIS MOTOR. 
THERE IS 
TESTIMONY. 
CAROLYN BRYAN'S 
FAMILY MAINTAINS 
THAT SHE NEVER  
RECANTED. 
IT 
>> WHY WOULD 
JUSTICE LOOK 
LIKE, IN 2020? 
FOR YOUR FAMILY? 
>> JUSTICE WOULD 
LOOK LIKE THE 
TRUTH. 
WE WANT CAROLYN 
BRYAN  TO BE 
HELD ACCOUNTABLE 
FOR HER, HER 
ROLE AND THE 
KIDNAPPING AND 
MURDER. 
WE WANT CHARGES 
BROUGHT AGAINST 
CAROLYN BRYAN, 
AND WE ARE 
PURSUING IT WITH 
THE PETITION, 
ASKING FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT  OF 
JUSTICE -- THIS 
WAS 65 YEARS. 
>> BREANNA 
TAYLOR, TREY VON 
MARTIN, GEORGE 
FLOYD -- WHAT 
YOU THINK? 
>> THERE IS A 
BOLD LINED THAT 
CONNECTS ALL OF 
THEM AT THE 
INJUSTICE THAT 
HAD OCCURRED. 
THE HATRED AND 
THE RACISM HAS 
GONE AWAY. 
I KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE OTHER 
CASES WELL 
BEFORE EMMETT, 
BUT I THINK THAT 
IT INSPIRES A 
MOVEMENT. 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WE CONNECT THE 
PAST TO THE 
PRESENT. 
THAT WAY WE CAN 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> THE 65th 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
EMMETT TILL'S 
DEATH, HOW 
SHOULD AMERICANS 
REMEMBER? 
>> WE ALL HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY --
IT IS 
REPRESENTATIVE 
YOUTH. 
IT IS 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF HOPE. 
I HOPE THAT WE 
CAN PLEDGE TO BE 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR 
EACH OTHER AND 
HAVE A COVENANT 
WITH EACH OTHER, 
THAT WE WILL NOT 
ALLOW THE RACISM 
TO ROUTE IT IN 
OUR LIVES. 
THE 
>> OKAY, AND 
2003, THE EMMETT 
TILL LEGACY 
FOUNDATION HAD 
PLANNED EVENTS 
INCLUDING A 
VIGIL, WE 
REACHED OUT TO 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE AND 
THEY HAD NO 
COMMENT AT THIS 
TIME. 
ALSO NO WORD 
BACK FROM THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE SPOKESPERSON 
FOR CAROLYN 
BRYAN SAID THAT 
THERE IS NO 
EVIDENCE TO 
SUPPORT CHARGING 
HER IN THE CASE. 
>>> 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 
WANTED TO SEE. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY 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.  
>>> I AM 
BRINGING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF 
THE WIFE AND 
MOTHER OF A 
HUSBAND AND KIDS 
WHO SADLY ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE, 
BECAUSE OF THE 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
EMERGING 
AMERICA, FOR 
CABLE TV NEWS, 
GLENN IFILL AND 
MY MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN, AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
DAYLIGHT REVEALS 
THE PATH OF 
DESTRUCTION. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE 
A BOMB EXCITED. 
IT DOES. 
ALL OVER THE 
CITY. 
IT LOOKS LIKE A 
BOMB EXPLODED. 
>> TREES 
UPROOTED. 
THE DEADLY STORM 
SCARRED COASTAL 
LOUISIANA. 
>> THE WINDOW 
BROKE OUT. 
THE WALLS CAME 
AND GRADED 
>> THE CATEGORY 
FOUR HURRICANE 
STRUCK OVERNIGHT.
WINS IT TOPPED 
150 MILES AN 
HOUR. 
HE LIFTED TRUCKS 
OFF THE ROAD. 
IN LAKE CHARLES, 
WHERE THE I 
WON'T WREAKS 
HAVOC, THE STORM 
SHREDDED ENTIRE 
BUILDINGS AND A 
FEW SECONDS. 
>> THE 
SKYSCRAPERS ARE 
GOING, IT IS NOT 
GOOD. 
OH NO. 
>> A TERRIFYING 
NIGHT FOR THOSE 
THAT CHOSE TO 
STAY BEHIND. 
>> YOU CAN HEAR 
STEPH KNOCKING 
AGAINST THE 
BREAK. 
>> IT RIPPED 
THROUGH BUILDING 
AFTER BUILDING, 
AND TOOK DOWN 
COMMUNICATION, 
KNOCKING OUT 
SOUTHBOUND SITES 
LIKE THIS ALL 
ACROSS THE CITY. 
>> THE ONLY CALL 
THIS GUY NEEDED 
WAS A CALL TO 
HIS FRIENDS TO 
CLEAN UP. 
HIS CAR DAMAGE, 
HIS HOME, TOTAL. 
>> THIS IS A 
DISASTER AREA. 
IT IS A LITERAL 
DISASTER. 
THE RECOVERY 
TIME WILL BE 
PHENOMENAL. 
>> DESPITE THE 
DEVASTATION, 
TODAY BROUGHT 
THE DEVASTATION 
AND THE 
REALIZATION THAT 
LAURA COULD HAVE 
BEEN WORSE. 
MOST PEOPLE WERE 
SPARED FROM 
MASSIVE FLOODING.
>> WHEN YOU 
CONSIDER THE 
MAGNITUDE OF THE 
DAMAGE THAT 
COULD HAVE 
OCCURRED HERE, 
WE DODGED A 
BULLET. 
>> AND 
LOUISIANA, IT IS 
A NIGHT THAT NO 
ONE WILL FORGET. 
>> I AM GLAD 
THAT WE ARE ALL 
ALIVE. 
IT 
>> DAMAGE TOTALS 
ARE STILL BEING 
CALCULATED. 
CAN SEE THE 
EXPANSE OF THE 
DESTRUCTION 
BEHIND ME AND 
REALIZE HOW LONG 
A ROAD OF 
RECOVERY LIES 
AHEAD FOR THIS 
COMMUNITY THAT 
IS DETERMINED TO 
MOVE ON. 
EVEN IF IT TAKES 
YEARS TO DO SO. 
>>> HOURS AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA 
RIPS THROUGH 
LAKE CHARLES, 
DAYBREAK BRINGS 
ANOTHER OMINOUS 
SITE. 
A NEARBY 
CHEMICAL PLANT 
IN COLSON A 
RAGING FIRE. 
VISIBLE FOR 
MILES. 
IT CREATED A 
BALLOON OF BLACK 
SMOKE THAT UNTIL 
ROADS WERE 
CLOSED, PASSING 
DRIVERS WOULD 
HAVE TO NAVIGATE 
THROUGH. 
A HEALTH HAZARD 
FOR THOSE WHO 
LIVE IN THE 
AREA, UNDER 
ORDER TO SHELTER 
IN PLACE. 
>> YOU NEED TO 
HAVE THE AIR 
CONDITIONING OFF 
IF YOU ARE LUCKY 
ENOUGH TO HAVE 
ELECTRICITY. 
>> EMERGENCY 
CREWS RESPOND TO 
THE INFERNO 
ACTED BY 11 LAKE 
CHARLES 
MANUFACTURING 
SCHOOL SUPPLIES. 
A STATEMENT FROM 
THE COMPANY THAT 
OWNS THE FACILITY
SAYS THAT THE 
FIRE WAS CAUSED 
BY A CHLORINE 
GAS LEAK AS THE 
HURRICANE TORE 
THROUGH THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS. 
>> THIS 
GENERATES HEAT 
AND BEGINS TO 
BURN, RELEASING 
CHLORINE GLASS 
INTO THE AREA. 
>> THE EXPOSURE 
TO CHLORINE CAN 
BE DANGEROUS AND 
LEAD TO SERIOUS 
RESPIRATORY 
ILLNESS. 
>> NOW IS NOT 
THE TIME TO GO 
SIGHTSEEING. 
I AM APPEALING 
TO EVERYBODY AND 
LOUISIANA. 
DON'T GET OUT ON 
THE ROAD. 
>> IMPACTED BY 
TODAY'S FIRE AND 
FUMES, IT IS 
DEFINITELY 
NUMBERS HERE 
BECAUSE MANY 
OTHER EVACUATED 
AHEAD OF THE 
STORM. 
>>> FAMILIES 
ACROSS TEXAS 
UPROOTED BY A 
CATEGORY FOUR 
HURRICANE AFTER 
OPTING TO WRITE 
OUT 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> BEING IN A 
LARGE SHELTER OR 
A BUILDING WITH 
A LOT OF PEOPLE, 
IT IS A HUGE 
FACTOR. 
>> SAYING HE 
COULD NOT AFFORD 
EVACUATED, THE 
FIVE YEAR MARINE 
CORPS VETERAN 
TIED UP HIS LIFE 
SAVINGS IN A 
YOGA AND JUJITSU 
JIM. 
HE OPENED LAST 
WEEK WITH HIS 
PARTNER, AND 
THEY WERE NOT 
SURE WHAT THEY 
WOULD FIND. 
>> IT WAS 
INSANE. 
I WALKED IN, IT 
WAS LITERALLY 
LIKE SOMEONE HAD 
IT TAKEN OFF A 
40 FOUND -- 45 
POUND PLAY OFF 
MY SHOULDERS. 
I CAN PROBABLY 
KISS HIM. 
>> A RAY OF 
HOPE, SHINING 
THROUGH A 
THREATENING 
STORM. 
AS YOU CAN SEE, 
SOME OF THE 
HOMEOWNERS ARE 
NOT AS 
FORTUNATE, 
REBUILDING UNDER 
A CLOUD OF COVID-
19.  
>>> MICHIGAN, 
ALABAMA, TROOPS 
ARE HEADING TO 
KENOSHA. 
>> AMID 
PROTESTS, 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
BEEN CRACKING 
DOWN TO AVOID 
VIOLENCE THAT 
WAS PRESENT 
EARLIER IN THE 
WEEK. 
U.S. MARSHALS 
FORCIBLY ARREST 
PEOPLE AND A 
MINIVAN, 
BREAKING THE 
WINDOW. 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
THEY FOUND 
HELMETS, GAS 
MASKS AND 
ILLEGAL 
FIREWORKS. 
>> WE ARE DOING 
OUR BEST TO KEEP 
IT A SAFE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
>> THERE ARE A 
LACK OF CHARGES 
AGAINST THE 
POLICE OFFICER 
WHO SHOT JACOB 
BLAKE SEVEN 
TIMES THE BACK. 
THEY MAKE THEIR 
WAY TO PRO 
SPORTS WHERE 
THEY REFUSE TO 
PLAY. 
NBA PLAYERS WERE 
EXPECTED TO BE 
BACK ON THE COURT
AFTER 
WEDNESDAY'S 
BOYCOTT. 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL, THE 
METS AND MARLINS 
PLAYERS WALKED 
OFF THE FIELD ON 
THURSDAY. 
>> THE METS AND 
MARLINS WILL NOT 
BE PLAYING 
BASEBALL TONIGHT.
>> INVESTIGATORS 
SAY THAT BLAKE 
HAD A KNIFE IN 
HIS CAR, THE 
WISCONSIN 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO IS LEADING 
THE 
INVESTIGATION 
AND SAID THAT 
THE OFFICERS 
TRIED TO TASER 
AT ARREST BLAKE 
AFTER RESPONDING 
TO HIS DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
THE ATTORNEY FOR 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
ARGUED THAT KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, 
CHARGED WITH THE 
MURDER OF TWO 
PROTESTERS WAS 
SEEN IN THIS 
VIDEO WALKING BY 
POLICE AFTER THE 
GUNFIRE, BEFORE 
BEING ARRESTED 
HOURS LATER. 
>> THEY 
LITERALLY LET 
HIM GO HOME, 
THAT JUST TELLS 
YOU THAT A BLACK 
MAN WHO IS 
MAKING NO THREAT 
TO THE POLICE, 
AND WALKING AWAY 
FROM THEM IS 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN THE BACK. 
A WHITE MAN, 
KILLING TWO 
PEOPLE, WALKS 
RIGHT BY THE 
POLICE AND IT IS 
NOT SHOT OR 
KILLED. 
THERE ARE TWO 
JUSTICE SYSTEMS 
IN AMERICA. 
>> RITTENHOUSE'S 
ATTORNEY TOLD 
NBC NEWS NOW 
THAT IT WAS 
CLASSIC SELF-
DEFENSE AND WE 
WILL APPROVE IT. 
WE'LL OBTAIN 
JUSTICE FOR KYLE 
THE MATTER HOW 
HARD THE FIGHT 
OR HOW HARD  OR 
ALLOW LONG IT 
TAKES. 
>>> LATER TODAY, 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY PLANS TO 
ATTEND THE 20/20 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, 
CALLING FOR 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
AND POLICE 
REFORM. 
>> THAT WAS DAVE 
GUTIERREZ. 
THANK YOU.
 
BACK.
HE SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE 
WITH ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Reporter: AFTER 
REPUBLICANS BLAMED HIM
AUDIOTAPE WEEK FOR 
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN
KENOSHA, JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS FIGHTING
BACK TODAY.
>>> VICE 
PRESIDENT TO 
MIKE SPENCE SAID 
-- 
>>> YOU PROBABLY 
HAVE RIGHT NOW, 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
AMERICA. 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE AND 
MORE DISRUPTION 
BECAUSE IT HELPS 
THEM 
POLITICALLY. 
IT IS A 
POLITICAL 
BENEFIT TO HIM. 
HE IS GETTING 
READY FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT 
LESS. 
HE IS CLEAR 
ABOUT THAT. 
HE KEPT POURING 
GASOLINE ON THE 
FIRE. 
THIS IS DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES IS 
ROOTING FOR 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
HE THINKS IT 
HELPS THEM 
POLITICALLY? 
>> HE USES IT AS 
A POLITICAL 
BENEFIT. 
I CONDEMNED THE 
VIOLENCE AND ANY 
FORM, LOOTING OR 
WHATEVER IT IS. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
SAFETY ISSUE IS 
PEOPLE DYING FROM
COVID-19, AND 
PRESSURE ON THE 
SCIENTISTS FOR 
THERAPY, 
POSSIBLY FOR 
VACCINES.  
>> DID YOU SEE 
AN 
ADMINISTRATION 
PUT PRESSURE ON 
THE FDA? 
THEY SHOULD 
LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
>> HOW THEY RUSH 
THIS OUT BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY? 
A RIGHT TO THINK 
THAT LEADERS 
WILL SPEAK 
TRUTH, EVEN IF 
THIS IS A 
DIFFICULT TRUTH. 
>> BITE AND 
SHOULD NOT 
DEBASE THE 
PRESIDENT, 
BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT DOES 
NOT TELL THE 
TRUTH. 
BIDEN SAID THAT 
HE WILL BE AT 
THE DEBATE, BUT 
WILL HAVE TO 
FACT CHECK THE 
PRESIDENT WHILE 
DEBATING. 
>>> PUBLIC 
CRITICISM, THE 
CDC HAS 
CLARIFIED THE 
NEW COVID-19 
GUIDELINES. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
THEY SAID THAT 
TESTING MAY BE 
CONSIDERED FOR 
ALL CLOSE 
CONTACT OF 
CONFIRMED OR 
PROBABLE COVID-
19 PATIENTS.  
WALKING BACK 
YESTERDAY'S 
RECOMMENDATION, 
ON THE CDC 
WEBSITE, PEOPLE 
EXPOSED TO COVID-
19  DID NOT HAVE 
SYMPTOMS AND 
THEY DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TASK. 
>> THIS IS A 
BLACK EYE FOR 
THE CDC. 
>> LEADING THE 
CDC, UNDER 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
-- 
>> CAN WE 
CONTROL COVID-19 
BY DOING THIS 
TESTING? 
>> TESTING IS.  
IT IS ESSENTIAL 
TO FIND THE 
VIRUS AND STOP 
THE CHAIN OF 
TRANSMISSION. 
>>> THE DOCTOR 
SAID THAT THREE 
QUARTERS OF 
THOSE WHO TEST 
POSITIVE TO NOT 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
>> I RECOMMEND 
THAT EVERYONE 
WHO THINKS THAT 
THEY SHOULD GET 
TESTED GET 
TESTED. 
>> IT IS PEACE 
OF MIND FOR 
AARON ROBINSON 
BEFORE SHE 
TRAVELS. 
>> I WANTED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT I 
DO NOT HAVE 
ANYTHING, OR BE 
BRINGING 
ANYTHING WITH 
ME, BASICALLY. 
>> SOME STATES 
GO THEIR OWN WAY 
AS WELL. 
>> I DON'T AGREE 
WITH THE NEW CDC 
GUIDANCE, FULL 
STOP. 
>> CALIFORNIA 
DOUBLES THE 
TESTING CAPACITY 
AS IT JOINS A 
DOZEN OTHER 
STATES DEFYING 
THE CDC. 
>> DECIDE TO GET 
THE TEST? 
ULTIMATELY, THAT 
IS A LOCAL 
HEALTH 
DEPARTMENT 
DECISION. 
THE CDC SHOULD 
HAVE A CLEAR 
RECOMMEND 
DACIAN, SIX 
MONTHS INTO THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> FOR A SECOND 
NIGHT, THE NBA'S 
QUIET COURT 
SPEAK VOLUMES AS 
THE PLAYERS A 
POSITIVE 
PLAYOFFS AGAIN, 
BEFORE AN 
AGREEMENT TO 
RESUME GAMES. 
THE PROTEST 
AFTER THE 
SHOOTING AND 
KENOSHA COMES AS 
PLAYERS AND 
MILWAUKEE DEMAND 
WISCONSIN 
LEGISLATORS ACT 
ON POLICE 
REFORM. 
>> FOCUS CANNOT 
BE OUT 
BASKETBALL. 
>> THEY FIND 
POWER AND THEIR 
PLATFORM ON A 
NIGHT WHEN 
MILLIONS WATCH 
AND HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS ARE 
SPENT ON 
ADVERTISING AND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS, THE 
MESSAGE IS NOW A 
MOVEMENT AROUND 
THE SPORTING 
WORLD. 
>> PLAYERS AND 
THE WNBA SPELLER 
JACOB BLAKE ON 
THEIR SHIRT, 
WITH SEVEN 
BULLET HOLES AND 
THEIR BACKS. 
SOCCER, TENNIS, 
HOCKEY AND 
BASEBALL GAMES 
ARE CANCELED 
ACROSS THE 
NATION. 
>> THE MOST 
DIFFICULT PART 
IS FOR CARE. 
BEING A BLACK 
MAN IN AMERICA, 
IT IS NOT EASY. 
>> ATHLETES ARE 
INTO ACTIVISM IN 
A NEW ERA. 
>> WHAT YOU ARE 
SEEING IN 
GENERAL IS 
PROBABLY THE 
LARGEST AND MOST 
WIDESPREAD DAY 
OF SPORTS 
ACTIVISM THAT 
OUR COUNTRY HAS 
EVER SEEN. 
>> SOON, THE 
GAMES WILL GO 
ON, AS THE NBA'S 
SHOOTS FOR 
CHANGE. 
>>> IT LOOKS 
LIKE SHE KNOWS 
HOW TO WEAR A 
CROWN. 
IT DOES NOT 
SURPRISE HER 
FAMILY. 
TO THEM, SHE IS 
ROYALTY. 
>> WE LOVE HER 
TO DEATH. 
>> SHE TURNED 
102 THIS WEEK. 
STILL HOLDING 
COURT. 
>> SHE HAS MORE 
STORIES THAN 
ANYONE YOU HAVE 
SEEN. 
SOME GET 
EXAGGERATED. 
SHE IS A LOT OF 
FUN TO LISTEN 
TO. 
>> A CHILD OF 
IMMIGRANTS, BORN 
INTO A PANDEMIC 
THROUGH THICK 
AND THIN, A 
WITNESS FOR 
HISTORY AND AN 
OPTIMIST. 
>> I THINK THE 
COUNTRY WILL BE 
FINE. 
EVERYTHING WILL 
BE GOOD BECAUSE 
I WAS TOLD THAT 
IT WOULD BE. 
MY FATHER TOLD 
ME, MY MOTHER 
TOLD ME. 
>> IN THE GAME 
OF LIFE, MAKING 
IT TO 100 
REQUIRES LUCK, 
LOVE, AND A 
TWINKLE IN YOUR 
EYE. 
>> HAVE FUN. 
HAVE FUN AND 
ENJOY. 
IT IS A GOOD 
LIFE. 
AS FAR AS 
SUFFERING AND 
LIVING. 
LIFE IS GOOD. 
HE 
>> IN THAT PART, 
WE DO BELIEVE. 
HARRY SMITH, NBC 
NEWS NOW.  
>>> 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 
WANTED TO SEE. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY 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.  
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC, WITH 
ALL THAT WE ARE 
FACING, AND 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 THE COLOR OF 
THEIR SKIN. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICAS TO 
CABLE TV NEWS, I 
HOPE WHEN IFILL 
AND MY MOM WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
WOMEN AND 
CANDIDATES ARE 
POSITIONED TO 
MAKE HISTORY UP 
AND ON THE 
BALLOT IN 2020. 
THEY SHUTTER 
RECORDS SET IN 
THE 2018 
MIDTERM. 
RUNNING FOR 
CONGRESS MORE 
THAN ANY OTHER 
YEAR, 266 WOMEN 
OF COLOR. 
WE ARE NOT JUST 
SAYING CRACKS IN 
THE GLASS 
CEILING, IT IS 
HAPPENING AT 
STATEHOUSES AND 
CITY ELSE, AND 
SCHOOL BOARDS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK AT THE 
WOMEN AND THE 
CANDIDATES 
MAKING HISTORY. 
>>> HISTORIC 
ELECTORAL WINS, 
AND PROTEST OVER 
THE POLICE 
KILLING OF 
GEORGE FLOYD, 
BRUNA TAYLOR, 
AND OTHER BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
130 BLACK PEOPLE 
WILL RUN FOR 
CONGRESS, 
STEADILY 
INCREASING FROM 
2012 WHEN I WAS 
48. 
FERGUSON, 
MISSOURI, 
ELECTED THE 
FIRST BLACK 
MAYOR SIX YEARS 
AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
MICHAEL BROWN, 
PUSHING THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
INTO THE 
NATIONAL 
SPOTLIGHT. 
SHERRY DAVIS 
LOOKED AT THE 
CONSERVATIVE 
COUNTY SCHOOL 
BOARD MEMBERS 
AND FOUND NO 
BLACK WOMEN. 
AT THE OFFICE -- 
REPUBLICAN WOMEN 
ARE RUNNING A 
NUMBERS OF A 
BLUE WAVE IN 
2018, THE PUBLIC 
AND WOMEN ARE 
HOPING TO CLOSE 
THE GENDER GAP 
AND THE PARTY 
IDENTIFICATION 
WITH LEADERSHIP. 
AT LEAST 227 
REPUBLICAN WOMEN 
HAVE FILED TO 
RUN FOR THE 
HOUSE, DOUBLE 
WITH THE NUMBER 
WAS A DECADE 
AGO. 
AFTER WINNING 
HER PRIMARY, 
NANCY IS ONE 
STEP CLOSER TO 
BECOMING THE 
FIRST REPUBLICAN 
WOMAN THAT WAS 
ELECTED TO 
CONGRESS AND 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
ELSEWHERE, 
CANDIDATES ARE 
MAKING THEIR OWN 
KIND OF HISTORY, 
THE FIRST OPENLY 
NON-BINARY 
SENATE CANDIDATE 
FILING FORMS FOR 
THE ELECTION, 
SHE NOTICED THAT 
ONLY TENDER 
TITLES LIKE 
MRS., MISS, OR 
MR. IN THE DROP-
DOWN MENU. 
SHE ALERTED THE 
SENATE OFFICE 
COMMITTEE AND A 
WEEK LATER THE 
NON-BINARY 
OPTION WAS ADDED 
TO THE SITE. 
CANDACE AND 
VERMONT COULD 
ELECT THEIR 
TRANSGENDER 
LAWMAKER FOR THE 
STATE 
LEGISLATURE IS 
A, STEPHANIE 
BYERS AND TAYLOR 
WILL WIN THE 
RACE IN 
NOVEMBER, 
JOINING MONICA 
SERVING OTHER 
STATES.
GROWING POWER IN 
POLITICS. 
COULD CHANGE 
AMERICAN 
POLITICS 
FOREVER. 
>> SUBURBAN 
WOMEN ARE A 
COVETED VOTING 
DEMOGRAPHIC. 
KEY TO PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
VICTORY IN 2016 
AND SHAPING UP 
TO BE A PIVOTAL 
DEMOGRAPHIC THIS 
YEAR TOO. 
TO APPEAL TO 
VOTERS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS TALKED ABOUT 
PROTECTING 
SUBURBAN 
HOUSEWIVES. 
BUT WHAT DO THE 
SUBURBS REALLY 
LOOK LIKE IN 
2020 AND HOW 
CLOSELY DOES 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S IDEA OF 
THE SUBURBAN 
HOUSEWIFE TO 
REALITY? 
THE SUBURBAN 
VOTER, THE 
SUBURBAN VOTER 
DOESN'T WANT 
PEOPLE TO COME 
IN AND FORCE LOW 
INCOME HOUSING 
DOWN THEIR 
THROATS. 
>> THE REALITY 
IS THAT THE -- 
POVERTY IS 
RISING FASTER IN 
THE SUBURBS AN 
IN CITIES. 
IT HAS BEEN 
REVERSED. 
LOW INCOME 
RESIDENTS ARE 
RAPIDLY PUSHED 
OUT OF CENTERS. 
THEY'RE 
INCREASINGLY 
DIVERSE. 
MINORITIES 
COMPRISE 30% OF 
SUBURBANS. 
WHAT ABOUT 
HOUSEWIVES IN 
HOW MANY WOMEN 
WOULD FIT THAT 
DESCRIPTION? 
ACCORDING TO PEW 
RESEARCH, 
MARRIAGE RATES 
HAVE DROPPED 
DRAMATICALLY 
SINCE THE 1960s. 
70% OF WOMEN 
WITH CHILDREN 
WORK OUTSIDE OF 
THE HOME AND 
PRIMARY 
BREADWINNERS IN 
HOUSEHOLDS WITH 
CHILDREN UNDER 
18. 
THEY'RE MORE 
LIKELY TO CARE 
ABOUT HEALTH 
CARE THAN CRIME 
AND DRUGS. 
IT IS DIFFICULT 
TO FLATTEN THEM 
INTO ONE VOTING 
BLOCK WHICH IS 
WHAT THE 
GENERALIZATION 
OF THE AMERICAN 
SUBURBAN 
HOUSEWIFE DOES. 
POLLS SHOW THAT 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN IS LEADING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN THREE KEY 
SWING STATES 
LARGELY BECAUSE 
OF HIS EDGE 
AMONG WOMEN 
VOTERS. 
IF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WANTS TO 
WIN IN 2020 HE 
SHOULD THINK OF 
WOMEN AS MORE 
THAN OUTDATED 
STEREO TYPES. 
.
PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE THIS 
MORNING.
PETER, GOOD MORNING.
>> R
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP DIVING 
INTO THE GENERAL 
ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN LAST 
NIGHT. 
THE SECOND 
LONGEST 
CONVENTION 
SPEECH IN MODERN 
HISTORY. 
SECOND ONLY TO 
THE ONE THAT HE 
GAVE FOUR YEARS 
AGO. 
IT WAS IN 
SOMEWHERE IN 
BETWEEN THE 
STATE OF THE 
UNION AND A 
CAMPAIGN RALLY. 
THE PEOPLE'S 
HOUSE BEING USED 
TO HOST A 
POLITICAL 
CONVENTION. 
GET OFF OUR LAWN 
A TOP DEMOCRAT 
TWEETED LAST 
NIGHT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
REPEATEDLY LAID 
INTO JOE BIDEN. 
>> WITH HIS 
FAMILY AND A 
FIREWORKS 
FINALE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BASKING IN THE 
GLOW OF HIS 
RENOMINATION. 
>> I PROUDLY 
ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> MOST NOTABLE, 
THE NIGHT'S BACK 
DROP, THE 
PRESIDENT 
TRANSFORMING THE 
WHITE HOUSE INTO 
A POLITICAL 
PROP. 
>> THIS IS THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN THE 
HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> OPENLY 
THROUGHOUTING 
LONG STANDING 
NORMS AND LAWS. 
>> THE FACT IS 
WE'RE HERE AND 
THEY'RE NOT . 
>> DESPITE MORE 
THAN 3,000 
AMERICANS DYING 
FROM CORONAVIRUS 
THIS WEEK ALONE, 
HUNDREDS OF 
SUPPORTERS 
CROWDED THE 
SOUTH LAWN WITH 
NO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND 
FEW MASKS. 
>> TO SAVE AS 
MANY LIVES AS 
UPON WE'RE 
FOCUSING ON THE 
SCIENCE, THE 
FACTS AND THE 
DATA. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
TAKING AIM AT 
HIS DEMOCRATIC 
RIVAL. 
>> JOE BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> ATTACKING JOE 
BIDEN BY NAME 41 
TIMES, EVEN 
THOUGH BIDEN 
LAST WEEK NEVER 
MENTIONED HIM 
ONCE IN HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL. 
HE IS THE 
DESTROYER OF 
AMERICA'S JOBS. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AT TIMES 
SOUNDING MORE 
LIKE A 
CHALLENGER THAN 
THE INCUMBENT, 
VOWING TO 
RESTORE LAW AND 
ORDER. 
NEVER 
REFERENCING 
JACOB BLAKE, THE 
BLACK MAN SHOT 
BY POLICE IN 
WISCONSIN. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
CONDEMNS THE 
RIOTING, ARSON 
AND VIOLENCE WE 
HAVE SEEN IN 
DEMOCRATIC RUN 
CITIES LIKE 
KENOSHA. 
>> BUT AS A 
CANDIDATE FOUR 
YEARS AGO, MR. 
TRUMP PROMISED 
THIS. 
>> THE CRIME AND 
VIOLENCE THAT 
TODAY AFFLICTS 
OUR NATION WILL 
SOON AND I MEAN 
VERY SOON COME 
TO AN END. 
>> BIDEN ON 
THURSDAY LOOKING 
TO CAPITALIZE. 
>> HE IS ROOTING 
FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT 
LESS. 
IT IS CLEAR 
ABOUT THAT. 
HE IS POURING 
GASOLINE ON THE 
FIRE. 
THIS HAPPENS TO 
BE DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
>> DAD, PEOPLE 
ATTACK YOU FOR 
BEING NOT 
CONVENTIONAL. 
BUT I LOVE YOU 
FOR BEING REAL 
AND I RESPECT 
YOU FOR BEING 
EFFECTIVE. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PRAISING 
HIS PERFORMANCE 
WHILE COURTING 
CRITICAL VOTERS. 
>> I SAY 
MODESTLY THAT I 
HAVE DONE MORE 
FOR THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT 
SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN. 
>> CASTING THE 
DEMOCRATS AS A 
THREAT TO 
AMERICAN 
GREATNESS. 
>> HOW CAN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
ASK TO LEAD OUR 
COUNTRY WHEN IT 
SPENDS SO MUCH 
TIME TEARING 
DOWN OUR COUNTY. 
>> AS THE 
PRESIDENT SPOKE 
LAST NIGHT, 
HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTERS 
GATHERED ALONG 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PLAZA 
JUST A BLOCK 
FROM HERE, 
BANGING POTS AND 
PANS, BLOWING 
HORNS. 
THEY COULD BE 
LIGHTLY HEARD ON 
THE SOUTH LAWN 
LAST NIGHT. 
>> I AM VERY, 
VERY PROUD TO BE 
THE NOMINEE OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP KNOWS HE 
INHERITED THE 
FIRST GENERATION 
OF AMERICANS WHO 
COULDN'T PROMISE 
THEIR CHILDREN A 
BETTER LIFE THAN 
THEIR OWN. 
>> THE PARTY HAD 
MOVED FROM 
LIBERAL TO 
RADICAL. 
THIS NEW 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
WASN'T JUST FOR 
HIGHER TAXES, 
NOW THEY WERE 
FOR OPEN 
BORDERS, AGAINST 
OUR POLICE, AND 
AGAINST OUR GOD-
GIVEN RIGHTS. 
>> AT NO TIME 
BEFORE HAVE 
VOTERS FACED A 
CLEARER CHOICE 
BETWEEN TWO 
PARTIES, TWO 
VISIONS, TWO 
PHILOSOPHIES OR 
TWO AGENDAS. 
>> THE RADICAL 
LEFT DOESN'T 
REALLY WANT 
BETTER POLICING. 
THEY DON'T 
REALLY CARE 
ABOUT MAKING THE 
JUSTICE SYSTEM 
FAIRER, WHAT 
THEY WANT IS NO 
POLICING. 
>> BIDEN IS A 
TROJAN HORSE FOR 
SOCIALISM. 
>> HE IS A 
TROJAN HORSE 
WITH BURNING 
AOC, PELOSI, 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, AND HIS 
PARTY'S ENTIRE 
LEFT WING. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
DEFUND THE LIST 
AND TAKE AWAY 
YOUR 2nd 
AMENDMENT 
RIGHTS. 
THEY WANT FREE 
HEALTH CARE FOR 
ILLEGAL 
IMMIGRANTS, 
OFFERING NO 
PROTECTION FOR 
OUR BORN 
AMERICANS. 
>> I RECOGNIZE 
THAT MY DAD'S 
COMMUNICATION 
STYLE IS NOT TO 
EVERYONE'S 
TASTE. 
AND I KNOW HIS 
TWEETS CAN FEEL 
A BIT 
UNFILTERED. 
BUT THE RESULTS, 
THE RESULTS 
SPEAK FOR 
THEMSELVES. 
>> HE MAKES 
PROMISES AND HE 
KEEPS THEM. 
HE IS 
TRANSPARENT AND 
WE CERTAINLY 
KNOW WHAT HE IS 
THINKING. 
>> WE HAVE 
ALREADY BUILT 
300 MILES OF 
BORDER WALL AND 
WE ARE ADDING 10 
NEW MILES EVERY 
SINGLE WEEK. 
THE WALL WILL 
SOON BE 
COMPLETE. 
AND I SAY VERY 
MODESTLY THAT I 
HAVE DONE MORE 
FOR THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT 
SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP 
RECOLLECTION AT 
THE IDENTIFIED 
THE DISPARITIES 
OF THE 1994 
BIDEN BILL THAT 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
HURT AFRICAN-
AMERICANS. 
>> BIDEN'S 
RECORD IS A 
SHAMEFUL ROLE 
CALL OF THE MOST 
CATASTROPHIC 
BETRAYALS AND 
BLUNDERS IN OUR 
LIFETIME. 
HE HAS SPENT HIS 
ENTIRE CAREER ON 
THE WRONG SIDE 
OF HISTORY. 
>> WE WANT A 
SOCIETY WHERE 
EVERY CHILD CAN 
LIVE IN A SAFE 
COMMUNITY AND GO 
TO A GREAT 
SCHOOL OF THEIR 
CHOICE. 
>> BIDEN ALSO 
VOWED TO CLOSE 
ALL CHARTER 
SCHOOLS, RIPPING 
AWAY THE LADDER 
OF OPPORTUNITY 
FOR BLACK AND 
HISPANIC 
CHILDREN. 
AND WE HAVE 
DEPORTED 20,000 
GANG MEMBERS AND 
500,000 CRIMINAL 
ALIENS. 
>> THE GOAL OF 
CANCEL CULTURE 
IS TO MAKE 
DECENT AMERICANS 
LIVE IN FEAR OF 
BEING FIRED, 
EXPELLED, 
SHAMED, 
HUMILIATED AND 
DRIVEN FROM 
SOCIETY AS WE 
KNOW IT. 
AMERICA WILL 
LAND A FIRST 
WOMAN ON THE 
MOON. 
AND THE UNITED 
STATES WILL BE 
THE FIRST NATION 
TO PLANT ITS 
BEAUTIFUL FLAG 
ON MARS. 
>> YOU ARE THE 
REASON HE IS 
GOING TO KEEP 
FIGHTING FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS. 
>> AS A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR AND 
SOMEONE WHO 
WORKED CLOSELY 
WITH POLICE FOR 
YEARS. 
>> YES. 
>> IS THERE A 
SCENARIO IN 
WHICH THAT 
OFFICER WOULD 
HAVE BEEN 
JUSTIFIED, WAS 
JUSTIFIED IN 
FIRING HIS 
WEAPON. 
>> CRAIG, I 
DON'T SEE IT, 
BUT I DON'T HAVE 
ALL OF THE 
EVIDENCE. 
YOU KNOW, THE 
MAN WAS GOING TO 
HIS CAR. 
HE DIDN'T APPEAR 
TO BE ARMED. 
IF HE WAS NOT 
ARMED, THE USE 
OF FORCE THAT 
WAS SEVEN 
BULLETS COMING 
OUT OF A GUN AT 
CLOSE RANGE IN 
THE BACK OF THE 
MAN, I DON'T SEE 
HOW ANYONE COULD 
REASON THAT WAS 
JUSTIFIABLE. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE 
CHARGED. 
>> I THINK THAT 
THERE SHOULD BE 
A THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION 
AND BASED ON 
WHAT I HAVE 
SEEN, IT SEEMS 
THAT THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE 
CHARGED. 
>> A LOT OF 
FOLKS ARE SAYING 
HERE IS A MAN 
WHO WOULDN'T 
FOLLOW POLICE 
COMMANDS. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRIED TO USE A 
TASER. 
HE APPARENTLY IS 
REACHING INTO A 
CAR WHERE A 
KNIFE WAS LATER 
FOUND. 
AND BECAUSE OF 
THOSE REASONS, 
WE SHOULD 
RESERVE 
JUDGMENT. 
AND THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS. 
WHAT WOULD YOU 
SAY TO THOSE 
PEOPLE SAYING 
THAT. 
>> EVERYBODY 
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS. 
I AGREE WITH 
THAT COMPLETELY. 
HERE IS THE 
THING, IN 
AMERICA WE KNOW 
THESE CASES KEEP 
HAPPENING. 
AND WE HAVE HAD 
TOO MANY BLACK 
MEN IN AMERICA 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
THE SUBJECT OF 
THIS KIND OF 
CONDUCT. 
AND IT'S GOT TO 
STOP. 
>> LAST NIGHT WE 
HEARD VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE 
SAY PEOPLE WOULD 
NOT BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
A FEW HOURS AGO 
I HEARD THE VICE 
PRESIDENT SAY -- 
VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN SAY HE 
THOUGHT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WAS ROOTING FOR 
MORE VIOLENCE. 
HOW DOES MORE 
VIOLENCE HELP 
THE PRESIDENT 
POLITICALLY. 
>> THAT'S NOT MY 
FOOTBALL DEAL TO 
FIGURE OUT HIS 
POLITICAL 
STRATEGY. 
I WILL SAY THIS 
ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION, SOME 
OF WHICH I HAVE 
WATCHED. 
I HAVE YET TO 
SEE THESE PEOPLE 
WHO PROFESS TO 
BE NATIONAL 
LEADERS SPEAK 
ABOUT THIS ISSUE 
OF THE KILLING 
OF UNARMED BLACK 
MEN, BROWN MEN, 
INDIGENOUS MEN 
IN OUR COUNTRY. 
>> AT THIS 
WEEK'S RNC, ONE 
OF THE THINGS 
THAT HAS STRUCK 
ME, COMPARED TO 
RNCs PAST, THERE 
SEEMS TO BE A 
LARGER NUMBER OF 
BLACK MEN FRONT 
AND CENTER. 
IT WOULD SEEM AS 
IF REPUBLICANS 
PERHAPS SEE AN 
OPPORTUNITY HERE 
THAT DEMOCRATS 
DON'T SEE. 
THERE'S TALK OF 
WOMEN OF BLACK. 
BLACK MEN, WHAT 
IS THE CASE FOR 
THEM TO SHOW UP 
IN A FEW WEEKS 
FOR AND YOU MR. 
BIDEN? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
EVERY VOTE NEEDS 
TO BE EARNED. 
AND JOE AND I 
BELIEVE THAT. 
WHEN WE LOOK AT 
THE CONDITION OF 
BLACK MEN IN 
AMERICA, WE KNOW 
WE STILL HAVE A 
WHOLE LOT OF 
WORK TO DO. 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT IT IN 
REGARD TO 
POLICING IN THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
BUT LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE 
REALITIES OF THE 
FACT THAT EVERY 
MAN, INCLUDING 
EVERY BLACK MAN, 
WANTS TO BE ABLE 
TO TAKE CARE OF 
HIS FAMILY. 
THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
PLAN IS ABOUT 
INVESTING IN 
COMMUNITIES WITH 
A PARTICULAR 
CONCERN ABOUT 
THOSE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
HAVE BEEN LONG 
NEGLECTED TO 
ENSURE THAT 
THERE WILL BE 
ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITIES. 
>> YOU DEVOTED A 
FAIR AMOUNT OF 
YOUR SPEECH TO 
THE VIRUS. 
>> YEAH. 
>> AND YOU 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
NATIONAL MASK 
MANDATE. 
>> YEAH. 
>> IT SOUNDS 
LIKE THAT WOULD 
BE ONE OF THE 
FIRST ORDERS OF 
BUSINESS. 
>> YEAH. 
>> HOW WOULD YOU 
ENFORCE THAT? 
>> IT IS REALLY 
-- IT IS A 
STANDARD. 
NOBODY IS GOING 
TO BE PUNISHED. 
COME ON. 
NOBODY LIKES TO 
WEAR A MASK. 
THIS IS A 
UNIVERSAL 
FEELING. 
RIGHT. 
SO THAT'S NOT 
THE POINT. 
HEY, LET'S ENJOY 
WEARING MASKS. 
NO. 
THE POINT IS 
THIS IS WHAT AS 
RESPONSIBLE 
PEOPLE WHO LOVE 
OUR NEIGHBOR, WE 
HAVE TO JUST DO 
THAT RIGHT NOW. 
GOD WILLING IT 
WON'T BE 
FOREVER. 
>> ONE OF THE 
CENTRAL TENANTS 
OF YOUR CAMPAIGN 
SEEMS TO BE THIS 
PROMISE THAT 
THERE WON'T BE 
AS MUCH CHAOS. 
>> UH-HUH. 
>> HOW CAN YOU 
GUARANTEE THAT? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
THERE'S AN OLD 
SAYING THE FISH 
ROTS FROM THE 
HEAD. 
PART OF 
LEADERSHIP IS TO 
SET A TONE FOR 
THE COUNTRY. 
WE HAVE ON THE 
ONE HAND DONALD 
TRUMP WHO HAS 
BEEN SPENDING 
FULL-TIME TRYING 
TO FILL HATE AND 
DIVISION IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
ON THE OTHER 
HAND YOU HAVE 
JOE BIDEN WHO 
HAS BEEN ALL 
ABOUT SAYING WE 
NEED TO UNIFY AS 
A COUNTRY, 
RESPECT THE 
DIGNITY OF OUR 
FELLOW HUMAN 
BEING. 
IN THIS 
ELECTION, THERE 
ARE TWO CLEAR 
CHOICES. 
THERE ARE TWO. 
AND WHICH CHOICE 
IS REFLECTIVE OF 
WHO WE ASPIRE TO 
BE AS A COUNTRY 
AND AS A PEOPLE. 
>> YOU KNOW, ONE 
OF THE 
CRITICISMS SHE 
HAS GOTTEN ALONG 
WITH THE VICE 
PRESIDENT IS 
THAT YOU'VE GOT 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT WHO 
HAVE BEEN OUT 
MAKING TRIPS TO 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES, DOING 
SMALL IN SOME 
CASES LARGER IN-
PERSON EVENTS. 
SOME HAVE 
SUGGESTED THAT 
THEY NEED TO DO 
THAT. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
WHY THEY ARE NOT 
DOING THAT. 
WE WILL HAVE 
THAT IN THE 
THIRD HOUR. 
I ALSO ASKED HER 
WHY SHE THINKS 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
SCARED WHEN THIS 
COMES TO 
CORONAVIRUS. 
HE SAID THAT IN 
THE SPEECH 
YESTERDAY. 
I ASKED HER 
ABOUT THAT. 
HE LABELS HER 
AND MR. BIDEN 
RADICALLY 
LIBERAL. 
>> MORE AHEAD IN 
THE THIRD HOUR 
OF TODAY. 
>> YES. 
>> OKAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
DAYLIGHT 
REVEALING 
LAURA'S PATH OF 
DESTRUCTION. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE 
A BOMB EXPLODED. 
IT DOES. 
ALL OVER THE 
CITY. 
IT LOOKS LIKE A 
BOMB EXPLODED. 
>> TREES YUP 
ROOTED. 
THE DEADLY STORM 
SCARRING COASTAL 
LOUISIANA. 
>> WINDOWS BROKE 
OUT, WALLS CAME? 
>> THE CATEGORY 
4 HURRICANE 
STRUCK OVERNIGHT 
WITH WINDS 
TOPPING 150 
MILES PER HOUR 
AND LIFTING 
TRUCKS OFF THE 
ROAD. 
IN LAKE CHARLES, 
THE STORM 
SHREDDED ENTIRE 
BUILDINGS IN A 
FEW SECONDS. 
>> WHOA THE SKY 
SCRAPER IS 
GOING. 
NOT GOOD. 
OH, NO. 
>> A TERRIFYING 
NIGHT FOR THOSE 
WHO CHOSE TO 
STAY BEHIND. 
>> I'M THINKING 
THE APARTMENT 
BUILDING IS 
GOING TO FALL ON 
TOP OF US. 
YOU CAN HEAR 
THINGS KNOCKING 
AGAINST THE 
BRICKS. 
>> THE WINDS 
ALSO TOOK DOWN 
VITAL 
COMMUNICATION, 
KNOCKING OUT 
CELL PHONE SITES 
LIKE THIS ALL 
ACROSS CITY. 
FOR CHRIS 
WATSON, THE ONLY 
CALL HE NEEDED 
WAS TO FRIENDS 
TO HELP HIM 
CLEAN UP. 
HIS HOME 
DAMAGED. 
HIS CAR TOTALED. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH DAMAGE HERE 
YOU'RE GOING 
THIS IS A 
DISASTER AREA. 
A LITERAL 
DISASTER. 
THE RECOVERY 
TIME FOR THIS 
WILL BE 
PHENOMENAL. 
>> YET DESPITE 
THE DEVASTATION 
TODAY BROUGHT 
THE REALIZATION 
THAT LAURA COULD 
HAVE BEEN WORSE 
WITH THOSE HERE 
SPARRED WITH 
MASSIVE 
FLOODING. 
>> WE'RE LUCKY 
WE DIDN'T GET 
THE STORM SURGE 
THAT WE 
EXPECTED. 
>> WHEN YOU 
CONSIDER THE 
MAGNITUDE OF THE 
DAMAGE THAT 
COULD HAVE 
OCCURRED HERE, 
WE DID DODGE A 
BULLET. 
>> BACK IN 
LOUISIANA, A 
NIGHT THAT NO 
ONE WILL SOON 
FORGET. 
>> I'M GLAD 
WE'RE ALL STILL 
ALIVE. 
THAT'S IT. 
>> DAMAGE TOTALS 
ARE STILL BEING 
CALCULATED. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
EXTENT OF THE 
DESTRUCTION 
BEHIND ME AND 
REALIZE HOW LONG 
A ROAD OF 
RECOVERY LAYS 
AHEAD FOR THE 
COMMUNITY 
DETERMINED TO 
MOVE ON, EVEN IF 
IT TAKES YEARS 
TO DO SO. 
>>> WE'RE JOINED 
NOW BY FEMA 
ADMINISTRATOR ON 
THE RELIEF 
EFFORTS GOING ON 
IN THE GULF. 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU, 
ADMINISTRATOR. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
HOW ARE YOU 
DOING. 
>> DOING WELL. 
HOPE YOU GUYS 
COUNSEL THERE 
WILL START TO DO 
A LITTLE BETTER 
SOON. 
LAST HOUR WE 
TALKED TO THE 
MAYOR OF LAKE 
CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA. 
HE URGED 
RESIDENTS WHO 
LEFT TOWN TO NOT 
COME BACK. 
IT COULD BE AT 
LEAST A WEEK OR 
MORE BEFORE 
POWER IS BACK 
ON. 
NO ETA ON WATER 
BEING FULLY 
RESTORED. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
SEEING AND 
HEARING FROM 
YOUR TEAM ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> YEAH. 
SO THE POINT 
THAT YOU MADE 
ABOUT DON'T COME 
BACK, I LIKE 
THAT POINT. 
AND OUR MESSAGE 
CONTINUES TO BE 
SAFETY. 
SO IF YOU'RE IN 
A SAFE PLACE, 
STAY THERE. 
IF YOU'RE 
SOMEWHERE ELSE 
AND WANT TO GO 
BACK, HEED THE 
DIRECTIONS OF 
YOUR LOCAL 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS, 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGERS AND 
STAY SAFE. 
WHAT WE SEE SO 
FAR IS WIND-
DRIVEN DAMAGE TO 
STRUCTURES AND 
BUILDINGS. 
LOTS OF POWER 
DOWN. 
LOTS OF TREES 
DOWN. 
SO IT WILL BE A 
PROCESS TO OPEN 
UP ACCESS SO WE 
CAN GET 
RESTORATION 
CREWS BACK ON 
THE STREETS. 
GET THE POWER 
RESTORED AND 
MAKE IT SAFE FOR 
PEOPLE TO RETURN 
WHEN THAT TIME 
COMES. 
>> THIS REGION 
IS NO STRANGER 
TO HURRICANES. 
HURRICANE IKE 
AND RITA HAVE 
HIT THE AREA. 
WHAT WOULD YOU 
SAY DAMAGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA 
LOOKS LIKE 
COMPARED TO THE 
PREVIOUS STORMS? 
>> I DON'T LIKE 
TO COMPARE 
DAMAGE. 
EVERY STORM IS 
UNIQUE. 
AND WE ARE 
FOCUSED ON LAURA 
RECOVERY AND 
RESPONSE. 
THAT WILL BE OUR 
FOCUS UNTIL WE 
GET PEOPLE BACK 
IN THEIR HOMES, 
SAFE, WARM AND 
DRY. 
THIS STORM IS 
UNLIKE NO OTHER. 
CAT 4. NEVER 
CAME ACROSS 
LOUISIANA IN 
KNOWN HISTORY. 
SO, AGAIN, OUR 
GOAL IS SAFETY. 
REMOVING DEBRIS 
AND RESTORING 
POWER AND MAKING 
IT SAFE FOR 
RESIDENTS TO 
RETURN TO THEIR 
HOMES. 
>> DOES IT SEEM 
LIKE FOLKS 
HEEDED THE 
WARNINGS AND 
EVACUATED WHEN 
THEY WERE ASKED 
TO. 
>> YEAH. 
I THINK SO. 
I THINK ONE OF 
THE SIGNS -- 
WE'RE KIND OF 
SURPRISED BY IT 
THIS MORNING, 
THERE'S NO -- WE 
DIDN'T USE ANY 
FEDERAL ASSETS 
FOR RESCUES. 
EITHER BEFORE, 
DURING OR SINCE 
I WAS LAST 
BRIEFED A COUPLE 
MINUTES AGO 
WHICH IS A 
PRETTY AMAZING 
FACT WHEN YOU 
CONSIDER OTHER 
HURRICANES AND 
OTHER HAZARDS. 
SO I'M REALLY 
GLAD THAT PEOPLE 
LISTENED. 
THEY GOT OUT OF 
HARM'S WAY. 
THEY KEPT 
THEMSELVES SAFE 
AND THEIR 
FAMILIES SAFE. 
THAT IS A 
TESTAMENT TO THE 
LEADERSHIP OF 
THE GOVERNOR AND 
THE LEADERSHIP 
OF MAYORS AND 
ELECTED LEADERS. 
MY HAT IS OFF TO 
THEM. 
>> AND THREE 
STATES HAVE 
DECLARED A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY. 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
CURRENTLY STILL 
WITHOUT POWER. 
RESIDENTS HAVE 
LOST THEIR 
HOMES. 
BUT FEMA HAS 
PREPOSITIONED 
800,000 LITTERS 
OF WATER ON THE 
GROUND AND 
MEALS. 
CAN YOU JUST 
DESCRIBE THE 
PLAN TO GET ALL 
OF THAT INTO THE 
HAND OF THE 
PEOPLE THAT NEED 
THEM. 
>> THAT IS A 
GREAT QUESTION. 
I GREW UP AS A 
LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGER. 
I AM NOW THE 
FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGER. 
WHEN ALL OF 
THOSE THINGS 
WORK TOGETHER, 
IT WORKS LIKE A 
SYMPHONY MOST 
TIMES. 
WE'RE PROVIDING 
ALL OF THE 
RESOURCES. 
WHETHER IT IS 
FOOD, WATER, 
GENERATORS, BLUE 
TARPS FOR ROOFS, 
WE WILL SUPPLY 
THOSE THROUGH 
THE STATE AND 
THE STATE WILL 
DISBURSE THOSE 
TO THE LOCALS 
THAT NEED THEM 
MOST. 
THAT'S WHERE THE 
SYSTEM WORKS. 
WE HAVE PLENTY 
OF RESOURCES ON 
THE GROUND. 
JUST NOT 
COMMODITIES BUT 
PEOPLE, 
SPECIALIZED 
TEAMS, URBAN 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAMS. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
RESOURCES DOWN 
THERE TO MEET 
THE NEEDS OF THE 
STATE AND THE 
LOCALS THAT NEED 
IT TODAY. 
>> 
ADMINISTRATOR, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
GOOD LUCK TO THE 
CREWS OUT THERE. 
I KNOW IT IS A 
DAUNTING TASK 
AND A LOT OF 
WORK AHEAD OF 
YOU GUYS. 
THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING THE TIME 
TO TALK TO US. 
>> MY PLEASURE. 
>> BETWEEN THE 
STORMS DOWN IN 
THE GULF, WE'RE 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PANDEMIC, 
WILDFIRES OUT 
WEST, FEMA HAS 
REALLY STEPPED 
UP OVER THE LAST 
FEW MONTHS. 
>>> NATIONAL 
GUARD TROOPS 
FROM ARIZONA, 
MICHIGAN AND 
ALABAMA ARE 
HEADED TO 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
>> WE ARE NOT 
FEDERALIZED. 
WE'RE ON ACTIVE 
DUTY. 
>> WHERE AMID A 
NIGHT OF 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
BEEN CRACKING 
DOWN TO AVOID 
THE VIOLENCE 
EARLIER IN THE 
WEEK. 
THIS VIDEO SHOWS 
KENOSHA POLICE 
AND U.S. 
MARSHALS 
FORCIBLY 
ARRESTING PEOPLE 
IN A MINIVAN, 
BREAKING ITS 
WINDOW. 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
THEY FOUND 
HELMETS, GAS 
MASKS AND 
ILLEGAL 
FIREWORKS. 
>> WE ARE DOING 
OUR BEST TO KEEP 
IT A SAFE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
>> THERE IS 
STILL OUTRAGE 
OVER THE LACK OF 
CHARGES AGAINST 
THE POLICE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT 
JACOB BLAKE 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
THE PROTESTS 
MAKING THEIR WAY 
TO PRO SPORTS 
WHERE ATHLETES 
ARE TAKING A 
STAND AND 
REFUSING TO 
PLAY. 
NBA PLAYERS 
EXPECTED TO BE 
BACK ON THE 
COURT THIS 
WEEKEND AFTER 
WEDNESDAY'S 
BOYCOTT. 
METS AND MARLINS 
PLAYERS WALKING 
OFF THE FIELD ON 
THURSDAY. 
>> THE METS AND 
MARLINS WILL NOT 
BE PLAYING 
BASEBALL 
TONIGHT. 
>> STATE 
INVESTIGATORS 
SAY BLAKE HAD A 
KNIFE IN HIS 
CAR. 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL LEADING 
THE SESSION SAID 
THAT THE 
OFFICERS TRIED 
TO TASER AND 
ARREST BLAKE 
AFTER RESPONDING 
TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
THE ATTORNEY FOR 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
ARGUES THAT KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, THE 
WHITE TEENAGER 
CHARGED WITH THE 
MURDER OF TWO 
PROTESTERS WAS 
SEEN WALKING BY 
POLICE AFTER THE 
GUNFIRE. 
>> THEY LET HIM 
LITERALLY GO 
HOME. 
SO THAT TELLS 
YOU A BLACK MAN 
WHO IS MAKING NO 
THREAT TO THE 
POLICE, WALKING 
AWAY FROM THEM 
IS SHOT SEVEN 
TIMES IN THE 
BACK. 
A WHITE MAN 
KILLS TWO PEOPLE 
AND WALKS BY THE 
POLICE AND IS 
NOT SHOT AND NOT 
KILLED. 
THERE ARE TWO 
JUSTICE SYSTEMS 
IN AMERICA. 
>> OVERNIGHT 
RITTENHOUSE'S 
ATTORNEY SAYS 
THIS WAS CLASSIC 
SELF DEFENSE AND 
WE'RE GOING TO 
PROVE IT. 
WE WILL OBTAIN 
JUSTICE FOR KYLE 
NO MATTER HOW 
HARD THE FIGHT 
OR HOW LONG IT 
TAKES. 
>> ON THE 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING'S I HAVE A 
DREAM SPEECH, 
LATER TODAY 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY INTENDS 
TO CALL FOR 
POLICE REFORM. 
>> THANK YOU, 
GABE. 
>> WE ARE TIRED. 
WE ARE TIRED OF 
BEING BEAT BY 
POLICEMEN. 
WE'RE TIRED OF 
OUR PEOPLE BEING 
LOCKED UP OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN. 
HOW LONG CAN WE 
BE PATIENT? 
WE WANT OUR 
FREEDOM AND WE 
WANT IT NOW. 
>> THAT WAS A 23-
YEAR-OLD JOHN 
LEWIS SPEAKING 
AT THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON 57 
YEARS AGO THIS 
MORNING. 
HIS POIGNANT 
VOICE BREAKING 
THROUGH THEN AS 
IT WOULD FOR 
DECADES. 
JOINED NOW BY 
JOHN LEECHMAN. 
HIS VOICE, STORY 
AND HIS IMPACT 
IN HIS NEW BOOK, 
THE TRUTH GOES 
MARCHING ON. 
IT IS OUT THIS 
WEEK. 
GOOD TO HAVE 
YOU. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU, 
JOHN. 
>> THANKS, 
CRAIG. 
>> I STARTED THE 
BOOK THIS WEEK. 
AND YOU MAKE A 
FAIRLY BOLD 
ASSERTION EARLY 
ON IN THE BOOK. 
AND IT IS THIS 
IDEA THAT JOHN 
LEWIS BEGINS IN 
THE PANTHEON 
RIGHT NEXT TO 
GEORGE 
WASHINGTON AND 
THOMAS 
JEFFERSON. 
WHY? 
HOW SO? 
>> BECAUSE OUR 
FOUNDERS IN THE 
LATE 18th 
CENTURY 
ARTICULATED 
IDEALS OF WHAT 
AMERICA SHOULD 
BE. 
AND JOHN LEWIS 
AND MARTIN 
LUTHER KING AND 
ROSA PARKS MADE 
THOSE IDEALS 
REAL. 
THEY FORCED THE 
NATION TO 
ACTUALLY LIVE UP 
TO THE PROMISE 
OF THE COUNTRY 
THAT ALL WERE 
CREATED EQUAL. 
AND UNTIL 60 
YEARS AGO, WE 
WERE LIVING 
UNDER FUNCTIONAL 
APARTHEID IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
IT WAS THIS 
YOUNG MAN FROM 
TROY, ALABAMA, 
SEGREGATED TROY, 
ALABAMA. 
NEVER SAW A 
WHITE PERSON 
REALLY EXCEPT 
FOR THE MAILMAN 
UNTIL HE WAS 
ALMOST 18 YEARS 
OLD, HE 
REVOLTED. 
HIS SOUL 
REVOLTED AGAINST 
SEGREGATION, 
AGAINST THE 
WHITE ONLY 
SIGNS, THE 
COLORED ONLY 
SIGNS. 
AND HE BELIEVED 
IN WHAT HE HEARD 
IN CHURCH. 
HE BELIEVED THAT 
YOU SHOULD LOVE 
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS 
YOURSELF. 
AND THAT MEANT A 
FULL AND FAIR 
AND FREE 
COUNTRY. 
AND HE WAS 
WILLING AGAIN 
AND AGAIN AND 
AGAIN TO PUT HIS 
BODY ON THE 
LINE. 
HE WAS WILLING 
TO BLEED AND DIE 
FOR AN IDEAL OF 
AMERICA THAT 
WE'RE STILL 
WORKING TO BRING 
INTO ACTION. 
>> JON, THE BOOK 
ITSELF, HOW DID 
IT COME ABOUT? 
AND HOW INVOLVED 
WAS JOHN LEWIS 
IN THE WRITING 
OF THIS BOOK? 
>> VERY MUCH SO. 
I MET HIM 28 
YEARS AGO WHEN I 
WAS A YOUNG 
REPORTER. 
I WAS HONORED TO 
KNOW HIM THROUGH 
THOSE DECADES. 
WE TALKED FAIRLY 
FREQUENTLY. 
I SAVED ALL OF 
MY NOTES. 
I ALWAYS KNEW I 
WOULD WRITE 
ABOUT HIM BUT I 
THOUGHT I HAD 
ANOTHER DECADE 
OR SO. 
LATE LAST YEAR 
OF COURSE HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
PANCREATIC 
CANCER. 
CANCER DID WHAT 
THE WHITE STATE 
TROOPERS OF THE 
SEGREGATED SOUTH 
COULD NOT DO. 
I WAS STANDING 
ON THE BRIDGE 
WITH MY FAMILY, 
MY FAMILY AND 
ABOUT A THOUSAND 
OTHER PEOPLE IN 
EARLY MARCH OF 
THIS YEAR AT THE 
COMMEMORATION OF 
THAT MOMENT, 
THAT BLOODY 
SUNDAY WHEN JOHN 
LEWIS LED THE 
NONVIOLENT 
MARCHERS INTO 
THE TEETH OF 
WHITE AUTHORITY 
SIMPLY FOR THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, 
WHICH WAS 
PROMISED IN THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
AND I WAS 
LISTENING TO HIM 
AND REALIZED 
THAT HIS VISION 
OF LOVE, HIS 
VISION THAT IF 
YOU AND I DID 
THE RIGHT THING, 
IF OUR HEARTS 
AND MINDS WERE 
ORIENTED IN THE 
RIGHT WAY, WE 
COULD MAKE THIS 
A BETTER 
COUNTRY. 
WE COULD BRING 
THE GOSPEL INTO 
REALITY. 
AND I WAS 
LISTENING TO HIM 
AND I THOUGHT 
THIS IS THE 
STORY WE MUST 
TELL IN THIS 
MOMENT OF SUCH 
DISSPIRITTEDNESS, 
SUCH CONTROVERSY 
AND SUCH 
DIVISION IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
JOHN LEWIS' 
STORY INSPIRES 
AND ILLUMINATES. 
SO WE SPENT 
ABOUT SIX WEEKS 
ON THE PHONE 
TOGETHER BECAUSE 
OF THE PANDEMIC. 
AND I WROTE THIS 
BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE THAT THE 
ROLE OF FAITH 
AND THE ROLE OF 
COURAGE THAT HE 
EXEMPLIFIED ARE 
THE WAYS WE HAVE 
TO FOCUS IF WE 
WANT TO MAKE 
THIS A MORE 
BELOVED 
COMMUNITY. 
>> WAS THE LATE 
CONGRESSMAN ABLE 
TO READ IT 
BEFORE HE 
SLIPPED AWAY 
FROM US? 
>> YES. 
THANKS FOR 
ASKING THAT. 
YES, HE WAS. 
I MUST SAY I WAS 
RELIEVED 
ENORMOUSLY THAT 
HE LIKED IT. 
HE WAS VERY 
GENEROUS ABOUT 
IT. 
IT'S VERY 
DAUNTING AS YOU 
MIGHT IMAGINE TO 
SEND AN AMERICAN 
SAINT AND AN 
AMERICAN ICON 
YOUR OWN VERSION 
OF WHAT HIS LIFE 
IS. 
BUT HE ALSO 
WROTE AN 
AFTERWARD FOR 
THE BOOK WHICH 
IS REALLY HIS 
LAST TESTAMENT. 
SO HIS FINAL 
WORDS TO THE 
COUNTRY ARE IN 
THIS BOOK. 
AND WHAT IS SO 
AMAZING IS HOW 
HOPEFUL HE WAS. 
EVEN AMID THE 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
OF THIS HOUR. 
EVEN AMID THE 
DIVISIONS AND 
THE UNHAPPINESS 
OF THIS HOUR, HE 
BELIEVED WE 
COULD MAKE 
PROGRESS. 
AND WHAT HE 
WOULD SAY IS, 
AND HE SAYS THIS 
IN THE BOOK, IF 
YOU DON'T THINK 
AMERICA CAN 
CHANGE, COME 
WALK IN MY 
SHOES. 
BUT IF WE WANT 
IT TO CHANGE, WE 
NEED TO FOLLOW 
THE WAY OF 
LEWIS. 
>> JOHN MEACHUM. 
FOR FOLKS WHO 
THOUGHT THEY 
KNEW JOHN LEWIS, 
THIS IS A GREAT 
BOOK. 
THANK YOU, JON. 
>>> THOUSANDS 
ARE EXPECTED TO 
GATHER TODAY FOR 
YOUR GLOAT YOUR 
KNEE OFF OUR 
NECKS COMMITMENT 
MARCH WHICH ALSO 
FALLS ON THE  
57th ANNIVERSARY 
OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
THIS IS ALSO THE 
DAY WHEN A 14-
YEAR-OLD BLACK 
TEENAGER NAMED 
EMMITT TILL 
BECAME A PART OF 
HISTORY. 
HE WAS TORCHED 
AND LYNCHED BY 
WHITE MEN. 
SHE WAS A 
TODDLER THEN BUT 
NOW WORKS TO 
HONOR HER 
COUSIN'S MEMORY 
WHILE SEEKING 
JUSTICE FOR THE 
CRIME. 
I TALKED TO HER 
ABOUT WHAT THAT 
MEANS FOR HER 
FAMILY AND HOW 
EMMITT TILL'S 
DEATH STILL 
RESINATES TODAY. 
>> IT WAS ONE OF 
THOSE 
SIGNIFICANT 
MOMENTS THAT 
MOVES THE 
COUNTRY ON AN 
EMOTIONAL LEVEL. 
IT WOKE PEOPLE 
UP. 
>> IN AUGUST 
1955 EMMITT TILL 
LEFT HIS CHICAGO 
HOME BOUND FOR 
THE DEEP SOUTH. 
>> FOR THOSE WHO 
ARE NOT FAMILIAR 
WITH THE STORY 
OF EMMITT TILL, 
PAINT THE 
PICTURE FOR US. 
>> A 14-YEAR-OLD 
VIBRANT, 
INTELLIGENT 
YOUNG MAN WANTED 
TO TRAVEL TO 
VISIT RELATIVES 
IN MISSISSIPPI, 
TO ADVISE I HIS 
GREAT UNCLE. 
HE HAPPENED TO 
VISIT A STORE 
WITH OTHER 
COUSINS AND WAS 
PURCHASING 
ITEMS. 
>> WHEN LEAVING 
DEBORAH WATT 
SAYS A PIVOTAL 
EVENT HAPPENED 
INVOLVING THE 
STORE CLERK. 
>> IT WAS A 
FORBIDDEN RULE. 
>> THEN ON 
AUGUST 28th, 
TILL WAS 
KIDNAPPED IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE 
NIGHT. 
>> THEY BEAT 
HIM. 
THEY LYNCHED 
HIM. 
THEY SHOT HIM. 
THEY ALSO TOOK A 
75 POUND COTTON 
GIN FAN AND WITH 
BASHED WIRE TIED 
IT AROUND HIS 
NECK AND 
INCLUDING HIM 
DOWN TO THE 
RIVER. 
>> WHEN HIS BODY 
WAS RECOVERED 
HIS MOTHER 
DECIDED ON A 
FOUR-DAY 
MEMORIAL. 
>> ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT HAS 
ALREADY STRUCK 
ME ABOUT THE 
EMMITT TILL 
STORY, DEBORAH, 
IS THE FACT THAT 
HIS MOTHER 
INSISTED THAT 
THAT CASKET BE 
OPEN SO PEOPLE 
COULD SEE HER 
SON. 
WHY WAS THAT SO 
IMPORTANT? 
>> THIS WAS 
HORRIFIC ACT 
THAT HAPPENED TO 
HER SON. 
SHE ALSO KNEW 
THERE WERE OTHER 
ATTACKS UPON 
OTHER BLACK MEN 
AND WOMEN IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
SHE KNEW IT WAS 
WRONG. 
AND THE ONLY WAY 
TO DEMONSTRATE 
TO OUR COUNTRY 
FOR ANY KIND OF 
A CHANGE TO 
OCCUR WOULD BE 
TO SHOW HIS BODY 
UNTOUCHED. 
TO SHOW WHAT 
HATE LOOKED 
LIKE. 
WHAT EVIL LOOKED 
LIKE. 
>> SEPTEMBER 
1955 AN ALL 
WHITE JURY 
ACQUITTED THE 
MEN. 
TWO YEARS AGO 
THE 
INVESTIGATION 
WAS REPORTEDLY 
REOPENED AFTER 
THIS 2017 VANITY 
FAIR ARTICLE AND 
SUBSEQUENT BOOK 
ON EMMITT TILL'S 
MURDER. 
CAROLINE 
BRYANT'S FAMILY 
MAINTAINS SHE 
NEVER RECANTED. 
>> WHAT WOULD 
JUSTICE LOOK 
LIKE IN 2020 FOR 
YOUR FAMILY? 
>> JUSTICE LOOKS 
FOR US TRUTH. 
WE WANT CAROLINE 
BRYANT TO BE 
HELD ACCOUNTABLE 
FOR HER ROLE IN 
HIS KIDNAPPING 
AND MURDER. 
SO WE WANT 
CHARGES BROUGHT 
AGAINST CAROLINE 
BRYANT AND WE 
ARE CURRENTLY 
ASKING FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE, THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN MISSISSIPPI 
AND THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY IN 
MISSISSIPPI TO 
BRING CHARGES. 
THIS WAS 65 
YEARS WE'VE BEEN 
WAITING FOR 
JUSTICE FOR 
EMMITT. 
>> HOW IS THIS 
STORY OF YOUR 
COUSIN CONNECTED 
TO BREONNA 
TAYLOR, TRAYVON 
MARTIN, 
MINNEAPOLIS, 
GEORGE FLOYD? 
>> IT IS A BOLD 
THICK LINE THAT 
CONNECTS WITH 
THE INJUSTICE 
THAT HAS 
OCCURRED. 
I THINK THAT THE 
HATRED AND THE 
RACISM HAS NOT 
GONE AWAY. 
AND I KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE OTHER 
CASES WELL 
BEFORE EMMITT'S. 
BUT I THINK IT 
INSPIRES A 
MOVEMENT, IF YOU 
WILL, JUST AS 
GEORGE FLOYD'S 
MURDER HAS 
INSPIRE A 
MOVEMENT. 
WE NEED TO 
CONNECT THE PAST 
TO THE PRESENT 
AND FUTURE SO WE 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> ON THIS, THE 
65th ANNIVERSARY 
OF EMMITT TILL'S 
DEATH, HOW 
SHOULD AMERICANS 
REMEMBER YOUR 
COUSIN? 
>> WE ALL HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO RIGHT THE 
WRONG SO THERE 
ARE NO MORE 
EMMITT TILL. 
EMMITT IS 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF YOUTH, OF 
VIBRANCY, OF OUR 
DREAMS AND 
HUMANITY. 
I HOPE THAT WE 
CAN PLEDGE TO BE 
ACCOUNTABLE TO 
EACH OTHER AND 
TO HAVE A 
COVENANT TO EACH 
OTHER THAT WE 
WILL NOT ALLOW 
THAT KIND OF 
RACISM TO REAP 
INTO OUR 
REALITY. 
>> AND HIS 
MOTHER MIMI TILL 
SPOKE UP FOR 
JUSTICE UNTIL 
HER DEATH IN 
2003. 
THE EMMITT TILL 
LEGACY 
FOUNDATION 
CONTINUES TO 
PICK UP THAT 
MANTLE. 
PLANNED EVENTS 
FOR THIS WEEKEND 
INCLUDE A VIGIL 
IN THE MARCH FOR 
PEACE. 
WE REACHED OUT 
TO THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
WE HAVE NOT 
HEARD BACK OR 
FROM THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AND THE 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
CAROLINE 
BRYANT'S FAMILY 
SAYS THERE IS NO 
EVIDENCE TO 
SUPPORT CHARGING 
HER IN THE CASE. 
%
>>> THE FBI NOW 
INVESTIGATING 
THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
THE WISCONSIN 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IDENTIFYING THE 
7-YEAR VETERAN 
OF THE KENOSHA 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AS 
THE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT BLAKE. 
MEANWHILE A 17-
YEAR-OLD FROM 
ILLINOIS IS IN 
CUSTODY IN 
CONNECTION WITH 
THE DOUBLE FATAL 
SHOOTING OF THE 
PROTESTS ON 
TUESDAY. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
BREWSTER JOINS 
ME NOW. 
LET'S START WITH 
THE JACOB BLAKE 
SHOOTING. 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THE 
SHOOTING AND THE 
OFFICER WHO 
FIRED THE SHOTS 
INTO BLAKE'S 
BACK? 
>> WELL, 
ALLISON, YOU 
MENTIONED SOME 
OF THE MORE 
RECENT 
INFORMATION THAT 
WE LEARN, THAT 
THE OFFICER WAS 
A 7-YEAR 
VETERAN. 
WE ALSO KNOW A 
LITTLE MORE OF 
THE TIMELINE AND 
THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
SURROUNDING WHAT 
EXACTLY HAPPENED 
ON THAT SUNDAY 
EVENING. 
OFFICERS SAY 
THAT THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
CALL FROM A 
WOMAN WHO SAID 
HER BOYFRIEND 
WAS AT THE 
LOCATION AND 
WASN'T SUPPOSED 
TO BE THERE. 
THEY'RE NOT 
SAYING WHETHER 
OR NOT THAT 
PERSON IS MR. 
BLAKE. 
THEY'RE JUST 
SAYING THAT WAS 
THE CALL THAT 
THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO. 
AND THEY SAY 
WHEN THEY GOT ON 
SCENE, THEY 
ENCOUNTERED MR. 
BLAKE. 
THEY TRIED TO 
ARREST HIM AND 
THEY 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TASED HIM. 
IN THAT 
INTERACTION AT 
SOME POINT THEY 
SAY MR. BLAKE 
ADMITTED TO THEM 
THAT HE HAD A 
KNIFE IN HIS 
POSSESSION. 
THEY DO NOT SAY 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY SAW THAT 
KNIFE OR WHETHER 
OR NOT THEY KNEW 
WHERE THAT KNIFE 
EXACTLY WAS. 
BUT THEN THEY 
SAY AFTER THE 
OFFICER SHOT MR. 
BLAKE SEVEN 
TIMES IN THE 
BACK, THEY DO 
CON TERM THAT 
THEY DID RECOVER 
-- INVESTIGATORS 
RECOVERED A 
KNIFE IN -- FROM 
THE FLOORBOARD 
OF THE DRIVER'S 
SIDE OF THAT 
VEHICLE. 
SO WE NOW KNOW 
MORE INFORMATION 
THAN WE HAVE 
KNOWN SINCE THIS 
ALL BEGAN. 
WE HAVE THAT 
STATEMENT THAT 
CAME OUT SUNDAY 
EVENING AFTER 
THE SHOOTING. 
NOW WE'RE 
GETTING A FULLER 
PICTURE OF 
EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED AND 
WHAT OCCURRED AT 
THAT SHOOTING. 
ALLISON, WHILE I 
HAVE YOU ON THIS 
TOPIC, I WANT TO 
BRING UP A NEW 
STATEMENT THAT 
WE HEARD FROM 
ANDREW YANG. 
THE REASON THAT 
I'M DOING THAT, 
I KNOW IT SOUNDS 
CONFUSING, I'M 
READING THE 
TWEET BECAUSE HE 
SAID HE SPOKE TO 
JACOB BLAKE 
SENIOR, THE FORT 
OF MR. BLAKE WHO 
IS IN THE 
HOSPITAL RIGHT 
NOW. 
MR. YANG SAYS 
HIS SON IS 
CONSCIOUS. 
HIS FIRST 
QUESTION AFTER 
HE WOKE UP WAS, 
QUOTE, DADDY, 
WHY DID SHE 
SHOOT ME SO MANY 
TIMES. 
ANDREW YANG 
WRITES ON 
TWITTER THAT HE 
WENT TO HIS 
FATHER. 
HE HAS 
RESTRAINTS ON 
EVEN THOUGH HE 
CAN'T MOVE HIS 
LEGS. 
SO IT SOUNDS 
LIKE ACCORDING 
TO MR. YANG WHO 
SAYS HE SPOKE TO 
JAKE AB BLAKE'S 
FATHER, MR. 
BLAKE IS 
CONSCIOUS RIGHT 
NOW. 
HE DOES HAVE 
HANDCUFFS AS HE 
IS IN THE 
HOSPITAL BED. 
THAT IS THE 
LATEST WE KNOW 
ABOUT HIS 
CONDITION AT 
THIS POINT. 
ALLISON. 
>> LET ME ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE 
TEEN IN CUSTODY 
FOR TUESDAY'S 
SHOOTING. 
HE WAS FROM 
ILLINOIS. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT WHY HE WAS 
IN KENOSHA? 
>> YEAH. 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE. 
17 YEARS OLD. 
HE IS FROM 
ANTIOCH, 
ILLINOIS WHICH 
IS ABOUT 30 
MINUTES AWAY 
FROM WHERE WE 
ARE RIGHT NOW IN 
KENOSHA. 
RIGHT KNOW WE 
KNOW HE IS IN 
ILLINOIS 
CUSTODY. 
THEY WANT TO 
BRING HIM FROM 
ILLINOIS TO 
WISCONSIN. 
WE WILL SEE HIM 
IN COURT AT 
LEAST VIRTUALLY 
TOMORROW AT SOME 
POINT. 
IT SEEMS LIKE IT 
WILL BE TOMORROW 
MORNING. 
AND IT WILL BE 
VIA ZOOM OR SOME 
OTHER FORM LIKE 
THAT. 
WE WILL SEE HIM 
IN COURT. 
WHAT WE DID FIND 
OVERNIGHT, HE 
WAS ACTUALLY 
INTERVIEWED ON 
TUESDAY NIGHT. 
TUESDAY NIGHT IS 
WHEN HE WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
SHOOTING AND 
KILLING TWO 
PROTESTERS. 
ONE 26-YEAR-OLD 
MAN. 
THE OTHER WAS 36 
YEARS OLD. 
AHEAD OF THE 
SHOOTING HE WAS 
INVIEWED BY THE 
DAILY CALLER. 
LISTEN TO WHY HE 
EXPLAINS WHY HE 
WAS HERE IN 
KENOSHA. 
>> OUR JOB IS TO 
PROTECT. 
AND PART OF MY 
JOB -- 
[UNDISCERNIBLE] 
>> RIGHT NOW HE 
IS CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE. 
BUT THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY 
SUGGESTED IN A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
YESTERDAY THAT 
THERE MAY BE 
SOME UPDATED 
CHARGES THAT MAY 
COME FROM IT. 
BUT WE DO KNOW 
HE IS IN CUSTODY 
RIGHT NOW AND WE 
CAN EXPECT TO 
SEE HIM IN COURT 
TOMORROW 
MORNING. 
ALISON. 
>> SHACK, LAST 
NIGHT VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE 
DID NOT 
REFERENCE JACOB 
BLAKE. 
>> I'LL TELL 
YOU; IT IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
PEOPLE HERE ARE 
FOCUSED ON RIGHT 
NOW. 
YOU SEE BEHIND 
ME PEOPLE ARE 
PAINTING UP 
THESE MURALS. 
>> YEAH. 
>> THAT ARE 
GOING ON. 
YOU SEE THERE IS 
PLYWOOD ALL OVER 
THE CITY THAT WE 
SAW DOWNTOWN 
AFTER THE FIRST 
NIGHT OF 
VIOLENCE. 
PEOPLE STARTED 
TO PROTECT THEIR 
BUSINESSES. 
YOU SEE PEOPLE 
STILL PAINTING. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
GOES ON BLOCK BY 
BLOCK. 
WE'RE AT A 
DIFFERENT 
LOCATION THAN I 
WAS TWO HOURS 
AGO. 
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN TELLING ME 
IS THIS IS WHERE 
THEY WANT THEIR 
FOCUS TO BE ON, 
HEALING THE 
COMMUNITY, 
BRINGING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER. 
THEY STILL SEE 
THAT VIDEO AND 
THEY STILL 
UNDERSTAND THE 
OUTRAGE OVER THE 
SHOOTING OF MR. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
BUT THEY WANT 
PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER AND DO 
SO PEACEFULLY. 
ONE THING TO 
NOTE ABOUT WHAT 
WE'VE BEEN 
HEARING, YES, 
VICE PRESIDENT 
PENCE DID NOT 
MENTION JACOB 
BLAKE BY NAME 
BUT LISTED 
KENOSHA ON ONE 
OF THE PLACES HE 
IS CALLING ON 
THE VIOLENCE TO 
END. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS REFERENCED 
KENOSHA AND THE 
VIOLENCE SAYING 
HE IS SENDING 
FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS. 
THE GOVERNOR 
DISPUTES THAT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NEVER MENTIONED 
BILLION BLAKE BY 
NAME. 
THAT IS IN STARK 
CONTRAST ABOUT 
WHAT YOU'RE 
HEARING FROM THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN ALMOST 
IMMEDIATELY PUT 
OUT A STATEMENT. 
WE HEARD SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS 
TODAY TALK ABOUT 
HOW SHE FELT 
VIEWING THAT 
TAPE AND THAT 
VIDEO THAT CAME 
OUT ON SUNDAY 
AFTER OR SUNDAY 
EVENING. 
SO YOU'RE SEEING 
A DRAMATIC 
DIVIDE BETWEEN 
HOW DIFFERENT 
PEOPLE AND 
DIFFERENT 
LEADERS ARE 
RESPONDING TO 
THIS CRISIS. 
THE LAST POINT I 
WILL MAKE FOR 
YOU, HERE? 
KENOSHA, IT IS A 
SWING COUNTY AS 
WE LOOK AHEAD TO 
THE GENERAL 
ELECTION THAT, 
IS A COUNTY THAT 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
WON TWICE IN 
2008 AND 2012. 
AND THEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FLIPPED IT BY 
ABOUT 250 VOTES 
IN 2016. 
>> SOME OF YOU 
MAY REMEMBER 
THAT TWO YEARS 
AT THE MARCH FOR 
OUR LIVES I SAID 
SPREAD THE WORD 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
ALL ACROSS THE 
NATION. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE A GREAT 
GENERATION. 
THAT WAS IN 
2018. I 
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT 
WOULD HIT US IN 
2020. 
A PANDEMIC THAT 
SHUT DOWN OUR 
SCHOOLS AND PUT 
OUR YOUNG LIVES 
ON HOLD. 
MORE KILLINGS OF 
UNARMED BLACK 
PEOPLE BY 
POLICE. 
ATTACKS ON OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
MORE KILLINGS. 
I MEAN THE WORST 
ECONOMIC CRISIS 
SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION THAT 
WE LEARNED ABOUT 
IN SCHOOL. 
AND MORE EXTREME 
WEATHER THAN 
EVER BEFORE. 
BUT GREAT 
CHALLENGES 
PRODUCE GREAT 
LEADERS. 
WE HAVE MASTERED 
THE SELFIE AND 
TIKTOK. 
NOW WE MUST 
MASTER 
OURSELVES. 
LESS THAN A YEAR 
BEFORE HE WAS 
ASSASSINATED, MY 
GRANDFATHER 
PREDICTED THIS 
VERY MOMENT. 
HE SAID THAT WE 
WERE MOVING INTO 
A NEW PHASE OF 
THE STRUGGLE. 
THE FIRST PHASE 
WAS THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS. 
AND THE NEW 
PHASE IS 
EQUALITY. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE HERE TODAY 
AND WHY PEOPLE 
ARE COMING 
TOGETHER ALL 
ACROSS THE WORLD 
FROM NEW ZEALAND 
TO NEW JERSEY. 
HE SAID THAT WE 
MUST NOT FORGET 
THE DAYS OF 
MONTGOMERY. 
WE MUST NOT 
FORGET THE SIT-
IN MOVEMENTS. 
WE MUST NOT 
FORGET THE 
BIRMINGHAM 
MOVEMENT AND 
SELMA. 
PAPA KING, WE 
WON'T. 
MY GENERATION 
HAS ALREADY 
TAKEN TO THE 
STREETS 
PEACEFULLY AND 
WITH MASKS AND 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED TO 
PROTEST RACISM. 
AND I WANT TO 
ASK THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE HERE TO 
JOIN ME IN 
PLEDGING THAT WE 
HAVE ONLY JUST 
BEGUN TO FIGHT 
AND THAT WE WILL 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
MOVES FROM ME TO 
WE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
DISMANTLING 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
ONCE AND FOR 
ALL. 
NOW AND FOREVER. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
STOPS POLICE 
BRUTALITY NOW 
AND FOREVER. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
SAVES OUR 
PLANET. 
ONCE AND FOR 
ALL. 
NOW AND FOREVER. 
AND WE ARE GOING 
TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
ENDS POVERTY 
HERE IN AMERICA. 
THE WEALTHIEST 
NATION ON EARTH. 
ONCE AND FOR 
ALL, NOW AND 
FOREVER. 
WE STAND AND 
MARCH FOR LOVE. 
AND WE WILL 
FULFILL MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 
DREAM. 
SO SHOW ME WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
SHOW ME WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> ONE LAST 
TIME. 
SHOW ME WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> OKAY. 
THEN LET'S SHOW 
THEM. 
>> A PROUD DAD. 
LET ME THANK GOD 
THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO 
ASSEMBLE TODAY 
AND TO THANK 
REVEREND 
SHARPTON AND THE 
NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK AND ALL 
OF THE THAT 
ACTUALLY ARE 
HERE TODAY. 
AND MOST OF ALL 
THESE FAMILIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
IMPACTED BY 
POLICE BRUTALITY 
AND MISCONDUCT. 
WE HAVE COME TO 
BEAR WITNESS TO 
REMEMBER FROM 
WHERE WE HAVE 
COME AND 
CAREFULLY 
CONSIDER WHERE 
WE'RE GOING. 
WHETHER YOU'RE 
HERE IN PERSON, 
ONLINE OR 
WATCHING ON 
MSNBC AND OTHER 
NETWORKS, THANK 
YOU FOR JOINING 
US FOR THIS 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
TOGETHER WE ARE 
TAKING A STAND 
AND WE ARE 
TAKING A GIANT 
STEP FORWARD. 
LET ME ALSO 
THANK AL GREEN 
FOR THE VERY 
WARM 
INTRODUCTION, MY 
DEAR FRIEND. 
WE'RE TAKING A 
STEP FORWARD ON 
AMERICA'S ROCKY 
BUT RIGHTEOUS 
JOURNEY TOWARDS 
JUSTICE. 
AUGUST 28th IS A 
DAY TO REMEMBER 
THE TRIUMPHS AND 
TRAGEDIES THAT 
HAVE TAKEN PLACE 
IN OUR HISTORIC 
STRUGGLE FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
TODAY WE 
COMMEMORATE THE 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON AND 
FREEDOM IN 1963 
WHERE MY FATHER 
DECLARED HIS 
DREAM. 
BUT WE MUST 
NEVER FORGET THE 
AMERICA 
NIGHTMARE OF 
RACIST VIOLENCE 
EXEMPLIFIED WHEN 
EMMITT TILL WAS 
MURDERED ON THIS 
DAY IN 1955. 
AND THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM 
FAILED TO 
CONVICT HIS 
KILLERS. 
65 YEARS LATER, 
WE STILL 
STRUGGLE FOR 
JUSTICE. 
DEMILITARIZING 
THE POLICE AND 
DECLARING AS WE 
CAN THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
IN OUR STRUGGLE 
FOR JUSTICE, 
THERE ARE NO 
PERMANENT 
VICTORIES. 
FOR ON THIS DAY 
12 YEARS AGO I 
WAS HONORED TO 
ADDRESS THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IN 
DENVER. 
AND ON THAT 
NIGHT IN THAT 
EVENING IN THE 
MILE HIGH CITY, 
OUR SPIRITS WERE 
SOARING AS THE 
DEMOCRATS 
NOMINATED BARACK 
OBAMA, WHO WOULD 
GO ON TO BECOME 
THE FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
PRESIDENT OF 
THESE UNITED 
STATES. 
BUT THE PROGRESS 
WE CELEBRATED 
THEN IS IN PERIL 
YET AGAIN. 
AND NOW WE MUST 
MARCH TO THE 
BALLOT BOX AND 
THE MAILBOXES TO 
DEFEND THE 
FREEDOMS THAT 
EARLIER 
GENERATIONS 
WORKED SO HARD 
TO WIN. 
IN SO MANY WAYS, 
WE STAND 
TOGETHER TODAY 
IN THE SYMBOLIC 
SHADOW OF 
HISTORY. 
BUT WE ARE 
MAKING HISTORY 
TOGETHER RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE'RE MARCHING 
WITH THE BIGGEST 
MOVEMENT FOR 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
SINCE THE 1960s. 
FROM HIGH SCHOOL 
STUDENTS TO 
SENIOR CITIZENS, 
BLACK AS WELL AS 
WHITE, LATINO, 
ASIAN-AMERICAN, 
NATIVE-
AMERICANS, 
PACIFIC 
ISLANDERS. 
AMERICANS ARE 
MARCHING 
TOGETHER. 
MANY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME. 
AND WE ARE 
DEMANDING REAL 
LASTING 
STRUCTURAL 
CHANGE. 
WE ARE MARCHING 
TOGETHER FOR 
TIME HONORED 
GOALS AND IN 
TIMELY WAYS. 
WE ARE 
COURAGEOUS BUT 
CONSCIOUS OF OUR 
HEALTH. 
WE ARE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED BUT 
SPIRITUALLY 
UNITED. 
WE ARE MAKING 
MASKING OUR 
FACES BUT NOT 
OUR FACE IN 
FREEDOM. 
AND WE ARE 
TAKING OUR 
STRUGGLE TO THE 
STREETS AND TO 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
THE NATION HAS 
NEVER SEEN SUCH 
A MIGHTY MOVE 
AMID A MODERN 
DAY INCLINATION 
OF WHAT MY 
FATHER CALLED 
THE COALITION OF 
CONSCIOUS. 
IF WE MOVE 
FORWARD WITH 
PURPOSE AND 
PASSION, WE WILL 
COMPLETE THE 
WORK SO BOLDLY 
BEGAN IN THE 
1960s. 
WE'RE MARCHING 
TO OVERCOME 
RACISM AND 
VIOLENCE. 
AND TODAY THOSE 
EVILS HAVE 
EXACERBATED FOUR 
MAJOR CHALLENGES 
THAT CURRENTLY 
FACE OUR 
COUNTRY. 
FIRST COVID-19. 
TRAGICALLY HAS 
KILLED MORE THAN 
175,000 
AMERICANS. 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS AND 
LATINO AND LOW 
INCOME PEOPLE 
AND EVERY 
BACKGROUND. 
SECOND, MORE 
THAN 30 MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE 
UNEMPLOYED 
AGAIN. 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
COVID-19 HAS 
LAID BARE THE 
STRUCTURE AND 
RACIAL 
INEQUALITIES IN 
OUR ECONOMY THAT 
KEPT TOO MANY 
PEOPLE TRAPPED 
IN POVERTY. 
POLICE BRUTALITY 
ARE KILLING SO 
MANY AVENUE 
MILES PER HOURS. 
TODAY WE MARCH 
WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES AND SAY 
THEIR NAME. 
GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, 
ERIC GARNER, 
MICHAEL BROWN, 
TAMIR RICE, 
RICHARDSON, 
TERRENCE 
CRUTCHER, TRAYVON
MARTIN, SO MANY 
OTHERS. 
FOR OUR VOTING 
RIGHTS ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
WE MUST 
VIGOROUSLY 
DEFEND OUR 
RIGHTS TO VOTE. 
THOSE RIGHTS 
WERE PAID FOR BY 
THE BLOOD OF 
THOSE LYNCHED 
EXERCISING THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS. 
THEY WERE PAID 
FOR BY THE BLOOD 
OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
WORKERS. 
THOSE RIGHTS 
WERE PAID FOR 
THROUGH THE 
SACRIFICES MADE 
BY HEROES SUCH 
AS CT VIVIAN, 
HAMMER, WILLIAMS 
AND JOHN LEWIS. 
BUT SINCE THE 
UNITED STATES 
SENATE HAS 
FAILED TO RENEW 
THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT, WE 
HAVE HAD TO 
OVERCOME A WHOLE 
NEW TRICK BAG OF 
TACTICS TO 
SUPPRESS OUR 
VOTES. 
DISCRIMINATORY 
VOTER ID 
REQUIREMENTS, 
VOTE BY MAIL, 
VOTING PURGES TO 
TARGET THOSE WHO 
HAVE MISSED 
SEVERAL 
ELECTIONS AND 
DISENFRANCHISING 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
SERVED THEIR 
TIME AND PAID 
THEIR DEBT TO 
SOCIETY. 
AND NOW COVID-19 
IS MAKING ITS 
DANGEROUS EVEN 
DEADLY TO STAND 
IN LINE AT 
POLLING PLACES. 
WE SHOULDN'T 
HAVE TO RISK OUR 
LIVES TO CAST 
OUR VOTES. 
WE NEED TO BE 
ABLE TO DO WHAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DOES, VOTE 
SAFELY BY MAIL. 
BUT NOW WE ARE 
STRUGGLING TO 
OVERCOME THE 
DISMANTLING OF 
THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE FOR THE 
EXPRESSED 
PURPOSE OF 
SUPPRESSING OUR 
VOTE. 
WITH ALL OF 
THESE THROATS TO 
OUR LIVES AND 
LIBERTIES, OUR 
CHALLENGE IS TO 
USE THIS MOMENT 
TO EXPAND THIS 
MOVEMENT, A 
MOVEMENT THAT 
NOT ONLY RAISES 
ITS VOICE BUT 
CASTS ITS VOTES, 
PURSUES ITS 
VISION, AND 
MAKES LASTING 
CHANGE. 
THE SCRIPTURE 
SAYS WHERE THERE 
IS NO VISION THE 
PEOPLE PARISH. 
OUR VISION IS 
BEST EXPRESSED 
BY A PHRASE WE 
MUST NEVER 
FORGET. 
THAT IS THE 
BELOVED 
COMMUNITY. 
WITH THOSE WORDS 
MY FATHER JOHN 
LEWIS, ROSA 
PARKS AND SO 
OTHER HISTORIC 
WOMEN AND MEN 
ENVISIONED IN 
AMERICA WHOSE 
DRAMATIC 
PRACTICE IS AS 
GOOD AS ITS 
PROMISE. 
AN AMERICA WHERE 
THE TRIPLE EVILS 
OF POVERTY, 
RACISM AND 
VIOLENCE WILL BE 
REPLACED BY 
PEACE, JUSTICE 
AND SHARED 
ABUNDANCE. 
AND WHERE HATE 
AND FEAR FINALLY 
GIVE WAY TO 
HEALTH AND LOVE. 
TO ACHIEVE THAT 
AMERICA, WE NEED 
TO RAISE OUR 
VOICES AND CAST 
OUR VOTES. 
OVER THE WEEKS 
AHEAD, 
CULMINATING ON 
ELECTION DAY. 
WE NEED TO VOTE 
AS IF OUR LIVES 
AND OUR 
LIVELIHOODS, OUR 
LIBERTIES DEPEND 
ON IT BECAUSE 
THEY DO. 
NO PERSON NO 
PEOPLE ARE MORE 
KEENLY AWARE OF 
THE RISK OF 
DISENFRANCHISEMENT 
THAN THOSE WHO 
OPPOSE. 
OUR NATION CAN 
ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITHOUT THE 
OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. 
THE SIMPLE 
CHALLENGE BEFORE 
US IS THAT 
EVERYONE CAN 
CAST A BALLOT 
AND EVERYONE 
THAT CAN MUST 
CAST A BALLOT. 
THAT BALLOT THAT 
IS CAST MUST BE 
COUNTED. 
AND THE RESULT 
MUST BE 
TRANSPARENT AND 
KNOWN TO THE 
WHOLE WORLD. 
AND SO TODAY I 
CAN CALL ON 
EVERYONE WITH 
THE MEANS TO 
DRIVE PEOPLE TO 
THE POLLS, TO 
MAKE A PLAN FOR 
YOURSELF, FOR 
YOUR FAMILY AND 
YOUR NEIGHBOR, 
FOR THOSE 
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND COMPANIES 
THAT CARE ABOUT 
DEMOCRACY. 
I CALL ON YOU 
TODAY TO OFFER 
YOUR RESOURCES 
AND YOUR 
CAPACITY TO MAKE 
SURE THAT EVERY 
BATTLE IS 
COUNTED. 
IF OUR 
FOREFATHERS WERE 
WILLING TO DIE 
FOR THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE, WE CAN 
WORK FOR THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
AND I WILL 
CONTINUE TO CALL 
ON YOU TO ACT IN 
THE COMING DAYS. 
YOU KNOW, MY 
FATHER WAS 
ASSASSINATED IN 
MEMPHIS, 
TENNESSEE. 
WHILE STANDING 
IN SOLIDARITY 
WITH POOR 
WORKING PEOPLE. 
SANITATION 
WORKERS WHOSE 
SLOGAN I AM A 
MAN WAS A 
STATEMENT. 
THEY WERE HUMAN 
BEINGS WITH 
RIGHT THAT'S 
SHOULD BE 
RESPECTED AND 
ACKNOWLEDGED. 
THEY WERE ASKING 
FOR SAFE WORKING 
CONDITIONS, FOR 
A LIVING WAGE, 
FOR RECOGNITION 
OF THEIR UNION, 
AND FOR HUMAN 
DIGNITY. 
THEY SUMMED UP 
THEIR STRUGGLE 
WITH THOSE FOUR 
WORDS. 
I AM A MAN. 
THAT SIMPLE BUT 
POWERFUL SLOGAN 
EMPOWERS 
MOVEMENTS TODAY 
FROM BLACK LIVES 
MATTER TO FIGHT 
FOR 15 AND FOR 
THE ME TOO 
STRUGGLE AGAINST 
SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT AND 
ABUSE. 
MOVEMENTS TRYING 
TO CLAIM THE 
DIGNITY THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
DENIED. 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. FOUGHT 
FOR THE DIGNITY 
OF WORK. 
AND THAT FIGHT 
IS NEVER ENDING. 
IN 1968, THE 
SANITATION 
STRIKE WORKERS 
DEMANDED AND THE 
CAMPAIGN 
DEMANDED THAT 
WORKING PEOPLE 
SHOULD NOT LIVE 
IN POVERTY. 
THOSE FIGHTS 
FORESHADOW OUR 
STRUGGLE TODAY 
TO MAKE THE 
MINIMUM WAGE A 
LIVING WAGE, NOT 
A POVERTY WAGE. 
AND WE ARE 
FIGHTING 
ALONGSIDE THE 
FRONT LINE 
WORKERS. 
SANITATION 
WORKERS. 
HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS. 
GROCERY WORKERS. 
TRANSPORT 
WORKERS. 
FOOD SERVICE 
WORKERS AND SO 
MANY MORE. 
THEY ARE PRAISED 
NOR BEING 
ESSENTIAL BUT 
THEY ARE TREATED 
AS IF THEY ARE 
EXPENDABLE. 
WHILE STANDING 
WITH SANITATION 
WORKERS IN 
MEMPHIS DAD SAID 
SO OFTEN WE 
OVERLOOK THE 
WORK AND 
SIGNIFICANCE OF 
THOSE NOT IN 
PROFESSIONAL 
JOBS, FOR THOSE 
NOT IN THE SO-
CALLED GOOD 
JOBS. 
LET ME SAY TO 
YOU TONIGHT THAT 
WHEREVER -- 
WHENEVER YOU'RE 
ENGAGED IN WORK 
THAT SERVES 
HUMANITY AND FOR 
THE BUILDING OF 
HUMANITY, IT HAS 
DIGNITY AND 
WORTH. 
NOW WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
CONFESSES 
GREATNESS FOR 
GRANDOSITY. 
MY FATHER SAID 
EVERYONE CAN BE 
GREAT BECAUSE 
EVERYBODY CAN 
SERVE. 
IN HIS FAMOUS 
SPEECH HE 
EXPLAINED THAT 
EVERYONE WANTS 
TO BE A DRUM 
MAJOR, THE 
LEADER OF THE 
MARCHING BAND. 
AND HE 
CHALLENGED US TO 
CHANNEL OUR DRUM 
MAJOR INSTINCT 
INTO BECOME 
DRAMA MAJORS FOR 
JUSTICE. 
WHILE WE HONOR 
OUR HISTORY WE 
MUST BE A LIVING 
MOVEMENT NOT A 
MONUMENT. 
IF DAD WERE HERE 
TODAY, I'M SURE 
HE WOULD IMPLORE 
US NOT TO HIM 
SELECTIVELY WHEN 
CONVENIENT. 
HE WOULD WANT US 
TO BE DRAMA 
MAJORS FOR 
JUSTICE. 
TO CHAMPION THE 
IDEALS THAT HE 
PROMOTED. 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
SOCIAL EQUALITY 
AND PEACE. 
AND HE WOULD 
GENTLY BUT 
INTENTLY 
CHALLENGE US NOT 
TO DWELL UPON 
THE PAST BUT TO 
LIVE AND LABOR 
IN WHAT HE 
CALLED THE 
FIERCE URGENCY 
OF NOW. 
SO IF YOU'RE 
LOOKING FOR A 
SAVIOR, GET UP 
AND FIND A 
MIRROR. 
WE MUST BECOME 
THE HEROES OF 
THE HISTORY WE 
ARE MAKING. 
AND US MEANS ALL 
OF US. 
IN 1963, AFTER MY
FATHER SPOKE, 
ASKED 
PARTICIPANTS TO 
PARTICIPATE AND 
DEMAND THE VOTER 
RIGHTS ACTS. 
MORE THAN HALF A 
CENTURY LATER WE 
MUST DEMAND THAT 
THE UNITED 
STATES SENATE 
STOP BLOCKING 
PASSAGE OF THE 
GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE IN 
POLICING ACT. 
AND THE JOHN 
LEWIS VOTING 
RIGHTS 
RESTORATION ACT. 
AND SO WHEN WE 
CONCLUDE TODAY, 
LET'S REMEMBER 
THAT -- REMEMBER 
THAT THIS IS THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH 
IN THE SPIRIT OF 
1963. 
I ASK YOU TO 
JOIN ME IN 
PLEDGING IN ACT 
IF THREE WAYS. 
FIRST, BECAUSE 
OUR CIVIL AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE 
AT STAKE IN THIS 
ELECTION, I ASK 
YOU NOT ONLY TO 
REGISTER TO 
VOTE, MAKE SURE 
THAT AT LEAST 
ONE OTHER PERSON 
REGISTERS AND 
VOTES. 
SECOND, I ASK 
YOU TO COMMIT TO 
SERVICE AND 
STRUGGLE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
FROM VOTER 
REGISTRATION TO 
RAISING THE 
MINIMUM WAGE TO 
DEMILITARIZING 
THE POLICE. 
GET INVOLVED 
WITH ONE OR MORE 
WORTH WHILE 
STRUGGLES IN 
YOUR COMMUNITY. 
AND THIRD, I ASK 
YOU TO PLEDGE AS 
MY FATHER AND 
JOHN LEWIS DID, 
TO GET INTO GOOD 
TROUBLE AND DO 
IT NONVIOLENTLY. 
REMEMBER, THAT 
IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST 
INJUSTICE, 
NONVIOLENCE 
DOESN'T MEAN 
PASSIVE 
ACCEPTANCE. 
IT MEANS 
PEACEFUL 
RESISTANCE. 
WE MUST COME 
TOGETHER AND 
JOIN WITH THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
TO RAISE OUR 
VOICES AND SAY 
ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH. 
WE MUST COME 
WITH THE POOR 
PEOPLE'S 
CAMPAIGN, THE 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE 
MOVEMENT. 
THE WOMEN'S 
MARCH AND ME TOO 
MOVEMENTS. 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
MLK FAMOUSLY 
SAID THAT THE 
UNIVERSE IS RUN 
BY 10 -- BENDS 
TOWARDS JUSTICE. 
HE SAYS IT DOES 
NOT DEPEND ON 
ITS OWN. 
WE MUST DO SOME 
WORK OURSELVES. 
AND THE FINAL 
YEAR OF HIS LIFE,
HE SAID, WHERE 
DOES HE GO FROM 
HERE? 
CANCER COMMUNITY?
MY BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS AND DEAR 
FRIENDS, THE 
HISTORY AND OUR 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE ANSWER BE 
CHAOS OR 
COMMUNITY? 
I BELIEVE THAT 
SOME HAVE CHOSEN 
THE ANSWER IS 
CHAOS AND THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
TODAY. 
WE WHO BELIEVE 
MUST CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY. 
IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, WE 
CAN AVOID 
WATCHING THE 
DREAM TURN INTO 
A PERMANENT 
NIGHTMARE. 
IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, 50 
YEARS FROM NOW, 
ABLE TO RID TEAM 
AMERICA UNTIL 
THE PROMISE OF 
DEMOCRACY. 
MY FRIEND, IF 
YOU CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, WE 
CAN ANSWER IN 
THE SCRIPTURE. 
YOU WILL SEE 
WHAT WILL BECOME 
OF HIS DREAMS. 
I WANT TO SAY TO 
YOU, THESE 
AREN'T ONLY 
OUTCOMES AS A 
PROTESTER, BUT 
AS VICTIMS. 
MY DADDY WAS 
KILLED WHEN I 
WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
THE NONSENSE AND 
SPLIT. 
YOU MAY KNOW 
COME UP AND AND 
I KNOW THAT SIX 
YEARS LATER MY 
GRANDMOTHER WAS 
GUNNED DOWN IN A 
CHURCH. I 
UNDERSTAND WHAT 
IT MEANS. 
I WAS SO 
THANKFUL THAT MY 
GRANDMOTHER AND 
MY MOTHER IN MY 
AUNTS AND UNCLES 
HAD TOLD ME 
ABOUT LOVE. 
MY GRANDDADDY 
USED TO SAY THAT 
I REFUSE TO ALLOW
ANY PERSON TO 
REDUCE ME TO 
HATRED. 
THE MAN THAT 
KILLED MY LOVELY 
WIFE, AND THE 
MAN THAT KILLED 
MY SON, I REFUSE 
TO ALLOW THEM TO 
REDUCE ME TO 
HATRED. 
IF WE DON'T 
RESOLVE THESE 
ISSUES, THERE 
ARE CERTAIN 
LEVELS OF LOVE. 
HE TALKED ABOUT 
ALL OF THEM. 
THE HIGHEST 
LEVEL OF LOVE, 
IT SEEKS NOTHING 
IN RETURN. 
LOVE THAT IS 
UNSELFISH. 
11 IF THEY ARE 
WHITE, BLACK, 
NATIVE AMERICAN, 
HISPANIC, 11 IF 
THEY ARE 
AFRICAN. 
YOU LOVE THEM IF 
VARIATION. 
YOU LOVE THEM 
BECAUSE YOU KNOW 
THAT GOD CALLS 
YOU TO DO THAT. 
WE WILL RESOLVE 
ALL OF THESE 
CRAZY ZACH, AND 
WE HAVE TO DO IT 
WITH LOVE. 
THANK YOU AND 
GOD BLESS YOU. 
LET'S KEEP ON 
KEEPING ON. 
>> THE 57th 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, I 
WISH THAT I 
COULD BE THERE 
WITH YOU TODAY 
AS REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON IS MY 
COLLEAGUE, MY 
FRIEND, AND MY 
BIG BROTHER. 
I AM FROM 
BROOKLYN, NEW 
YORK, AT AGE 18, 
HAVING LESS THAN 
I WAS TWO YEARS 
OLD, IT WAS A 
YEAR WHEN LACK 
LIVES MATTER MET 
MICHAEL GRIFFIN, 
SEAN BELL, AND 
GAVIN CATO. 
THE REPLACEMENT 
OF THE FIRST 
BLACK MAYOR, 
WITH THE 
GIULIANI. 
A STAYAWAY IF 
YOU ARE BLACK 
FROM 
BENSONHURST, AND 
HOWARD BEACH AND 
THE REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON, THE 
ONLY ONE WHO 
SEEMED TO KNOW 
WHAT TO DO AND 
CARED ENOUGH TO 
DO IT. 
A GENERATION 
EARLIER IT WAS 
JESSE JACKSON AND
DR. KING. 
FOR MY 
GENERATION IT 
WAS REVEREND AL. 
LITTLE THAT I 
NOW, I THOUGHT I 
WOULD GET TO 
KNOW HIM AS A 
LOCAL PRODUCER 
AND HOST ON 
HIDEO RUN, HE 
WOULD BE A GREAT 
MENTOR AND 
SUPPORTER. 
THE NETWORK HAS 
NEVER STOPPED 
WORKING, IT IS A 
NAME FOR A 
CHANGE, FOR 
TRADE ON MARTIN, 
BROWN, GARDNER, 
TIMMY RICE, 
FREDDIE GAYE, 
BROWN AND TAYLOR 
AND JACOB LEE. 
I MARCHED WITH 
HIM WHEN HE 
PULLED ME TO THE 
FRONT OF THE 
LINE, AND SAID 
IF I COULD BE 
THERE TO WITNESS 
HISTORY, JOHN 
LEWIS IS SECOND 
TO LAST PUBLIC 
APPEARANCE. 
I HAVE WATCHED 
NURSING GREETING 
FAMILIES AS THEY 
CRY OUT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
HE HAD 
PRESIDENTS 
CONFIDE IN HIM. 
HE INSPIRED ME 
TO USE MY GIFT 
TO MAKE REAL 
CHANGE. 
ANY IDEAS -- HE 
WILL DO 
SOMETHING AND 
CAUSE SOMETHING 
TO BE DONE. 
THE 57th 
ANNIVERSARY 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, 
PLEASE SUPPORT 
ME AND SUPPORTING
MY BIG BROTHER, 
REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON.
>> NO JUSTICE, 
NO PEACE! 
NO JUSTICE, NO 
PEACE,! WHAT WE 
WANT? 
WHAT WE WANT? 
WHAT DO WE WANT? 
WHEN DO WE WANT 
TO? 
WHEN DO WE WANT 
TO? 
WHEN DO WE WANT? 
WHEN DO WE WANT 
TO? 
ALL RIGHT. 
57 YEARS AGO. 
1963 -- THERE 
WAS A STRUGGLE 
IN BIRMINGHAM, 
ALABAMA. 
THERE WAS THE 
ASSASSINATION OF 
JANESSA EVANS. 
THE HEAD OF THE 
NAACP. 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
STRUGGLES AND 
MURDER, THEY 
CAME TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THEY DEMANDED 
THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT GIVES 
THEM A CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACT, AND 
VOTING RIGHTS. 
THEY MARCHED 
THAT DAY, TO A 
HOT BLISTERING 
DAY LIKE TODAY. 
THEY SAID THAT 
AS WE STRUGGLE, 
WE NEED 
LEGISLATION. 
THEY HAD THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
OF 1964, AND THE 
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
OF 1965. 
THEY CAME, YOUNG 
AND OLD. THEY 
CAME FROM THE 
SOUTH. 
MANY OF THEM 
COULD NOT STOP 
ON THE ROAD TO 
USE THE 
BATHROOM. 
IT WAS AGAINST 
THE LAW. 
THEY CAME ANYHOW.
MANY OF THEM 
COULD NOT STOP 
AND EAT AT A 
RESTAURANT. 
THEY HAVE 
SANDWICHES AND A 
PAPER BAG. 
MANY OF THEM 
COULD NOT REST 
AT THE MOTEL 
OVERNIGHT. 
THEY CAME 
ANYWAY, BECAUSE 
IT WAS AGAINST 
THE LAW FOR THEM 
TO STOP. 
BECAUSE THEY 
CAME, AND IN 
FORCE AND 63, WE 
WERE ABLE TO 
COME BACK IN 
2020. 
WRITING WHATEVER 
WE WANTED TO 
WRITE. 
STAYING IN 
WHATEVER HOTEL 
IS AVAILABLE. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
THAT WE NEED TO 
STRAIGHTEN THAT 
-- STRAIGHTEN 
OUT. 
2020. 2020, WE 
MUST DEAL WITH 
THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE. 
EVEN THOUGH WE 
ARE HERE, IN THE 
MIDST OF A 
PANDEMIC, I AM 
KEEP SAYING -- 
SPREAD IT OUT. 
WE WANT TO COME 
TO SHOW THAT 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WHEN I WAS 
HEADING TO JOSH 
-- GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FUNERAL, 
I SPOKE WITH 
PEOPLE AND I 
SAID OTHERS AS 
YOU KNOW, MAYBE 
WE NEED TO GO 
BACK TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THEY SAID, LET'S 
TALK IT OUT. 
WE DID NOT KNOW 
HOW WE WERE 
GOING TO DO IT. 
WE DID NOT KNOW 
HOW WE WOULD 
PLAN A. I DON'T 
KNOW HOW WE DID 
IT. 
WHY ARE WE IN 
WASHINGTON? 
TRUMP IS ONE OF 
THE LEADING 
MINDS OF OUR 
NATION. 
DR. MICHAEL ERIC 
DYSON TOLD ME 
THAT YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND, 
UNTIL YOU HAVE 
FEDERAL 
LEGISLATION, 
EVERY STATE WILL 
DO WHAT IT WANTS 
TO DO. 
NOW, WE NEED TO 
PASS THE ACTION 
INTO SENATE. 
WE NEED MITCH 
McCONNELL AND 
THE U.S. SENATE 
TO MEET WITH THE 
GEORGE FLOYD, 
AND WE WILL MEET 
THEM AT THE 
POLLS IN 
NOVEMBER WHETHER 
WE'VE GOT THE 
MAIL IN, WALKING 
IN, CRAWLING IN, 
WE WANT OUR 
BILLS PASSED. 
SEVERAL WEEKS 
AGO -- CONGRESS 
-- MAKING THE 
TRANSITION -- 
LAST TIME I WAS 
HERE -- HE END 
REVEREND 
WILLIAMS AND 
AMELIA BOYNTON 
WERE SITTING ON 
THE EDMUND 
PETTIS BRIDGE, 
CHITCHATTING. 
THAT BREAK 
LASTED UNTIL 
2000. 
WHEN WE COME TO 
WASHINGTON, 
SAYING HOW DO 
YOU MEMORIALIZE 
JOHN LEWIS, AND 
ALLOW THE 
BUILDING THAT HE 
STOOD FOR US, TO 
DIE, WE WANT FOR 
JOHN LEWIS, 
VOTING RIGHTS. 
WITHOUT 
LEGISLATION, 
THERE WOULD NOT 
BE A CHANGE. 
WE DID NOT COME 
OUT TO FEED 
BECAUSE WE HAD 
NOTHING TO DO. 
WE COME TO LET 
YOU KNOW THAT WE 
WILL COME ON BY 
THE NUMBERS AND 
THE HEAT, AND 
SAY THAT WE WILL 
STAND AND THE 
POLLS ALL YEAR 
LONG. 
IT KEEPS TELLING 
ME ABOUT BLACK 
PARENTS HAVE TO 
HAVE CONSERVATION
. HOW IT HAS 
BEEN EXPLAINED 
-- DON'T REACH 
FOR THE GLOVE 
DEPARTMENT. 
WE HAVE HAD THE 
CONVERSATION FOR 
DECADES. 
IT IS TIME FOR A 
CONVERSATION FOR 
AMERICA.
IT IS NO PROBLEM 
FOR THEM TO 
SHOOT US IN THE 
BACK. 
YOU ACT LIKE IT 
IS NO TROUBLE TO 
PUT A CHOKEHOLD 
ON US. 
SCREAMING I CAN 
BREATHE, 11 
TIMES. 
PULLING A MAN 
DOWN ON ON THE 
GROUND -- UNTIL 
THEY SQUEEZE THE 
LIFE OUT OF YOU. 
IT IS TIME FOR A 
CONVERSATION. 
I WONDERED WHY. 
WHY DID THEY 
HAVE TO MARCH? 
AT LINCOLN'S 
MEMORIAL? 
WHY DID THEY NOT 
GO TO THE 
JEFFERSON 
MEMORIAL? 
WHY DID THEY NOT 
GO TO THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT? 
YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND, 100 
YEARS BEFORE 1963
WAS 1863. 
1863. 
THAT WAS WHEN 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
SIGNED THE 
EMANCIPATION 
PROCLAMATION. 
THEY PROMISED US 
FULL CITIZENSHIP 
IF WE FIGHT TO 
SAVE THE UNION. 
HE PROMISED 40 
ACRES AND A 
MULE. 
WE NEVER GOT 
FULL CITIZENSHIP.
WE NEVER GOT THE 
REPARATIONS. 
THE PROMISE HAS 
BEEN BROKEN, AND,
WE CAME LIKE DR. 
KING CAME 57 
YEARS AGO SAYING 
THAT WE ARE 
TITLE BROKEN 
PROMISES. 
SOME SAY TO ME 
-- REVEREND AL, 
ALL OF THE 
FAMILIES HAVE 
DENOUNCED 
LOOTING. 
BUT WE HAVE NOT 
HEARD, IS YOU 
DENOUNCE 
SHOOTING. 
WE WILL SPEAK 
AGAINST THE 
LOOTING. 
WHEN WILL YOU 
SPEAK AGAINST 
IRAN POLICE 
SHOOTINGS? 
I REMEMBER -- 
THE REVEREND 
SAID AND SPOKE 
TODAY -- SAT US 
DOWN, AND SAID 
THAT AFTER THE 
MONTGOMERY 
BOYCOTTS, AND -- 
THE GOVERNOR OF 
GEORGIA, AND 
THAT MOVEMENT, 
AND ALBANY THAT 
HAD BEEN TREATED 
WITH A CERTAIN 
KIND OF 
KINDNESS. 
THEY SAID THAT 
THEY WANTED TO 
FIND SOMEONE 
THAT WOULD 
DEMONSTRATE THE 
RAW DISREGARD 
FOR RAISA, AND 
AS THEY DID, 
THEY WENT AND 
THEY WENT ALL 
OVER THE SOUTH. 
THEY TOLD HIM TO 
COME TO 
BIRMINGHAM. 
BECAUSE THERE 
WAS A POLICE 
CHIEF THERE 
NAMED ROY CONNOR.
ROY CONNOR WOULD 
ACT AN 
INSENSITIVE 
INVERT AWAY. 
IN 1963 AND 1964,
THEY FIVE. 
HERE WE ARE AT 
2020. 
WE HAVE GONE FROM
A MEAN-SPIRITED 
SHERIFF, TO A 
MEAN-SPIRITED 
PRESIDENT. 
WE DO NOT WANT 
TO BE 
DISRESPECTED. 
THIS YOUNG MAN, 
JACOB LIES IN A 
HOSPITAL, AND 
YOU WILL NOT 
CALL HIS NAME. 
HOW TO USE IT 
WHEN BE ON A 
TAILOR'S AND A 
GREAT AND YOU 
WILL NOT CALL 
HER NAME? 
HOW DO YOU SIT 
WHILE ERIC 
GARDNER IS AN A 
GRADE AND YOU 
WILL NOT CALL 
HIS NAME? 
HOW DO YOU SAY? 
GEORGE FLOYD IS 
LAYING IN A GRAVE
, WELL -- LOOKED 
DOWN FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
WE COME TO 
WASHINGTON BY 
THE THOUSANDS. 
WE WILL CALL THEN
NAME, WE ARE 
GOING TO CALL 
THEIR NAMES. 
WE WILL NEVER 
LET AMERICA 
FORGET WHAT YOU 
HAVE DONE. 
CALL THEIR NAMES.
THIS IS THE TIME,
THIS IS THE TIME
, FOR LEGISLATOR 
CHANGE. 
THIS IS THE TIME 
FOR US TO VOTE 
LIKE WE HAVE 
NEVER VOTED 
BEFORE. 
DON'T JUST VOTE 
FOR THE TOP OF 
THE TICKET. 
VOTE ALL THE WAY 
DOWN. 
SCROLL DOWN FROM 
THE TOP TO THE 
BOTTOM. 
VOTE ALL THE WAY 
TO THE 
DOGCATCHER. 
WE WANT TO GET 
RID OF ANYBODY 
THAT IS IN OUR 
WAY. 
OUR PARENTS DIED 
TO GIVE US THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
YOU CAN MESS 
WITH THE MAIL, 
BUT IT IS NOT 
THE SACRIFICE OF 
GOOD MEN GAVE OUR
VOTERS. 
WE DON'T CARE 
HOW LONG THE 
LINES ARE. 
WE DON'T CARE 
WHAT YOU DO. 
IT WILL STOP 
THINGS LIKE 
BREANNA TAYLOR. 
THEY SAY -- WHEN 
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN 
WAS ACQUITTED 
FOR THE MURDER --
WHEN HE WAS 
ACQUITTED FOR 
THE MURDER OF 
TREY VAUGHN 
MARTIN -- THREE 
YOUNG GENIUS 
SISTERS ABOUT 
THE SLOGAN BLACK 
LIFE MATTER. 
IT RESONATED. 
WHY DID IT 
RESONATE? 
YOU ACTED LIKE 
IT DID NOT 
MATTER. 
EVERYONE HAS NOT 
MATTERED THE 
SAME IN AMERICA. 
THE REASON WHY 
WE HAVE TO SAY 
THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IS 
BECAUSE WE GET 
NO HEALTHCARE. 
WE GET NO 
HEALTHCARE LIKE 
WE DO NOT 
MATTER. 
WE GO TO JAIL 
LONGER FOR THE 
SAME CRIME, LIKE 
WE DON'T MATTER. 
WE GET -- LIKE 
WE DON'T MATTER, 
WE ARE TREATED 
WITH DISRESPECT, 
FOR POLICEMAN 
THAT WE PAY 
THEIR SALARIES 
AND, LIKE WE 
DON'T MATTER. 
WE FIGURED THAT 
WE WOULD LET YOU 
NOW WHETHER WE 
ARE TALL OR 
SHORT, FAT OR 
SKINNY, LIKE 
SKINNED OR DARK 
SKINNED, BLACK, 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER! 
WE WILL NOT STOP 
UNTIL IT MATTERS 
TO EVERYONE.
>>> 1963, DR. 
KING TALKED 
ABOUT HIS DREAM. 
TODAY, WE HEARD 
FROM HIS SON. 
AND THIS -- IS A 
BEAUTIFUL 
GRANDDAUGHTER, 
THEY ARE AND THE 
BLOODLINES, THE 
CHILDREN AND 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
BECOMING THE 
SAME SPIRITUAL 
IMAGE. 
I WANT THIS 
COUNTRY TO NOW, 
EVEN WITH YOUR 
BRUTALITY, YOU 
CANNOT ROB US OF 
OUR DREAM. 
YOU CANNOT ROB 
US OF OUR 
DREAMS. 
WE HAVE ALWAYS 
HAD A DREAM. 
WE ALWAYS HAD 
THAT DREAM OF 
BEING WHAT WE 
ARE NOT ALLOWED 
TO BE. 
WE ARE THE DREAM 
KEEPERS. 
THIS IS WHY WE 
COME BLACK-AND-
WHITE, AND IN 
ALL RACES. 
THIS DREAM IS 
STILL ALIVE, HE 
MIGHT HAVE 
KILLED A DREAMER,
BUT YOU CANNOT 
KILL THE DREAM. 
WE WILL RISE, 
NEVER TO FALL 
AGAIN. 
WE WILL STAND UP
, EVEN WHEN OUR 
LEGS ARE TIRED. 
WE WILL MAKE THE 
DREAM COME TRUE. 
LET ME SAY THIS 
-- LET ME SAY 
THIS --
WE ALL SHOULD 
LEAVE YOUR 
COMMITTED TO 
KEEPING THIS 
DREAM ALIVE. 
I WANT EVERYONE 
THAT WENT TO THE 
WEBSITE, WANTS 
TO HELP US FOR 
ELECTION DAY. 
EARLY VOTING 
STARTS IN TWO 
WEEKS. 
WE WANT TO PUT 
PEOPLE ALL OVER 
THIS COUNTRY. 
THEY WANT TO 
SUPPRESS OUR 
VOTE. 
WE HAVE TO HAVE 
FOOT SOLDIERS 
THAT WILL 
PROTECT THE 
VOTE, AND BE OUT 
THERE. 
I WANT TO SAY, 
YOU COULD'VE 
BEEN SO MUCH 
MORE. 
YOU HAD IDEAS. 
YOU HAD DREAMS. 
NOT ONLY AS A 
RAISE, BUT AS A 
PERSON. 
FROM SOCIETY. 
THE OTHER DAY ON 
YOUR NECK. 
WE COULD HAVE 
HAD DEVELOPED A 
SUCCESSFUL AS 
OTHERS. 
SOCIETY HAD 
THEIR KNEE ON 
HER NECK. 
WE WILL NOT 
SUBMIT ANYMORE. 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO TAKE IT. 
WE ARE RISING UP.
IF WE HAVE TO 
VOTE EVERY DAY, 
WE WILL GET THE 
KNEE OFF OF HER 
NECK. 
WE WILL GET YOUR 
KNEE OFF OF OUR 
NECK. 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
NO JUSTICE, NO 
JUSTICE, NO 
JUSTICE, NO 
JUSTICE. ALL 
RIGHT. 
I WANT TO BRING 
OUT -- I WANT 
YOU TO BACK OUT. 
I WANT YOU TO 
BRING TO MY LEFT,
THE MOTHER OF 
BREANNA TAYLOR.
SAY HER NAME! 
SAY HER NAME! 
SAY HER NAME! 
SAY HER NAME! 
TAMIKA, THE 
MOTHER OF 
BREANNA TAYLOR.
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THE SUPPORT FOR 
BREANNA TAYLOR. 
SECOND, I JUST 
WANT TO -- 
THANKS LOUISVILLE
, MY FAMILY, FOR 
KENNETH WALKER. 
COMING OUT HERE 
AND CONTINUING 
TO SAY THE NAME 
LOUDER. 
WE ARE AT A POINT
WHERE WE CAN 
CHANGE IT, WE 
HAVE TO VOTE. 
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, WAIT 
A MINUTE -- I 
BROUGHT MR. 
LINCOLN. 
WE ALL STOPPED 
WHEN A MAN WAS 
KILLED WITH AN A 
ON HIS NECK. 
HIS DEATH HAS 
BEEN THE IMPETUS 
OF A GLOBAL 
MOVEMENT. 
I BRING YOU HIS 
BROTHER, THE 
BROTHER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
MY SISTER, 
BRIDGET, MY LIFE 
-- KITA. 
MY SISTER, TANYA.
>> OKAY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
>> I AM SO 
OVERWHELMED 
RIGHT NOW WITH 
EVERYONE HERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
NOW -- IT IS 
CRAZY TO SEE 
THIS RIGHT NOW. 
FOR BREANNA, FOR 
JACOB, FOR 
PAMELA TURNER, 
FOR MICHAEL BROWN
, FOR TREY VAUGHN
, AND FOR ANYONE 
ELSE WHO LOST 
THEIR LIVES.
IT HAS NEVER 
BEEN MORE CLEAR 
THAN CHANGE 
RIGHT NOW. 
IT IS HAPPENING 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE ARE DEMANDING 
IT. 
EVERYONE HERE 
HAS MADE A 
COMMITMENT, 
BECAUSE THEY 
WOULD NOT BE OR 
FOR ANY OTHER 
REASON RIGHT 
NOW. 
IT IS ODD. 
I KNOW IT IS HOT.
EVERYBODY OUT 
HERE RIGHT NOW, 
OUR LEADERS -- 
THEY NEED TO 
FOLLOW US WHERE 
WE ARE MARCHING, 
TO ENACT LAWS TO 
PROTECT US.
MY BROTHER 
GEORGE, HIS 
LOOKING TO RIGHT 
NOW AND IS 
THANKFUL FOR 
EVERYTHING THAT 
IS EVERYBODY IS 
DOING RIGHT NOW. 
YOU'RE SHOWING A 
LOT OF EMPATHY. 
I AM ENJOYING 
EVERY LAST 
EDITED. 
IF IT WERE NOT 
FOR YOU ALL, I 
DON'T KNOW WHERE 
I WOULD BE RIGHT 
NOW. 
I HAVE TO 
ADVOCATE FOR 
EVERYONE. 
JACOB BLAKE, HE 
WAS SHOT SEVEN 
TIMES. 
HE HAS KIDS. 
THAT IS PAINFUL.
I WANT YOU GUYS 
TO ASK 
YOURSELVES, HOW 
WILL THE HISTORY 
BOOKS WHENEVER 
YOU? 
WHAT IS YOUR 
LEGACY? 
WITH THE FUTURE 
GENERATIONS 
REMEMBER YOU FOR 
YOUR 
COMPLACENCY? 
YOUR INACTION? 
WILL THEY 
REMEMBER YOU FOR 
EMPATHY, 
LEADERSHIP, 
PASSION? 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING WAS HERE 57 
YEARS AGO. 
HE TOLD THE 
WORLD HIS DREAMS.
I DON'T THINK 
THAT YOU ALL ARE 
HEARING ME. 
WE HAVE TO DO IT 
TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE TO DO 
TOGETHER. 
FOR GENERATIONS 
TO COME. 
OUR CHILDREN. 
MY BROTHER CANNOT
BE WITH US TODAY.
WE HAVE TO BE 
THE VOICE. 
WE HAVE TO BE THE
CHANGE. 
WE HAVE TO BE IS 
LEGACY. 
THANK YOU.
>>> DON'T GET 
THAT CLOSE. 
DESPITE HER ARMS 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCE. 
YOU GUYS ARE TOO 
TIED UP HERE.
A FEW DAYS AGO --
A FEW DAYS AGO --
OKAY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
GOOD.
YOU HAVE THE 
FLOYD -- THE 
FLOYD FAMILY.
>> NOW, A FEW 
DAYS AGO, I GOT 
A CALL THAT I 
HAD TALKED TO 
HER FATHER. 
HIS SON WAS SHOT 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
THIS THIS WAS 
WELL HE WAS 
RUNNING INTO HIS 
CAR. 
POLICE HAD HIM 
DETAINED BY THE 
EDGE OF HIS 
TEACHER. 
THERE IS NO 
WEAPON IN HIS 
HAND. 
THERE IS NO 
THREAT. 
THE THREAT TO 
THE POLICEMAN. 
BY LAW, THE 
POLICEMAN SHOULD 
ONLY USE DEADLY 
FORCE WHEN THEY 
ARE IN A LIFE-
THREATENING 
CIRCUMSTANCE. 
WHAT COULD HAVE 
BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE, 
WHEN A MAN IS 
RUNNING AWAY 
FROM YOU? 
WHAT HAVE GOOD 
BEND THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE 
WHEN A MAN IS 
TRYING TO GET IN 
HIS CAR? 
THEY SAY THEY 
MAY HAVE FOUND A 
KNIFE IN HIS 
CAR. 
WHAT DID THEY 
DO? 
DID THEY EXAMINE 
THE POLICE TO 
SEE IF THEY HAD 
X-RAY VISION TO 
SEE THE CAR DOOR?
WHEN HE SHOT 
HIM, HE DID NOT 
KNOW I WAS IN 
THE CAR. 
WHAT HE KNEW WAS 
THAT A BLACK MAN 
SEEMS TO BE 
EXPENDABLE, AND 
WE HAVE COME TO 
SAY THAT WE ARE 
NO LONGER 
EXPENDABLE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
DEMAND JUSTICE. 
HIS MOTHER, AND 
FATHER, BOTH 
HERE. 
HIS MOTHER HAS 
HEAT EXHAUSTION, 
AND IS SITTING 
IN A TENT. 
I BRING YOU THE 
FATHER OF THIS 
YOUNG MAN. 
HOME, WE ARE ALL 
RALLYING FOR. 
THIS IS JACOB'S 
DAD. 
HE SAID I WILL 
FIGHT FOR MY 
ASSIGNED, AND I 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAYS NAME. 
SAYS NAME. 
SAYS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME.
THE SISTER WILL 
SPEAK FOR THE 
MOTHER. 
>> AMERICA. 
UNAPOLOGETICALLY, 
I'M HERE TO TELL 
YOU IN FRONT OF 
OUR HOUSE, THAT 
YOU HAVE THE 
RIGHT ONE. 
GOD HAS PREPARED 
ME. 
AMERICA, YOUR 
REALITY IS NOT 
REAL. 
CATERING TO YOUR 
DELUSIONS IS NO 
LONGER AN OPTION.
WE WILL NOT 
PRETEND. 
WILL NOT BE YOUR 
DOS OILS LAST. 
WE WILL NOT BE 
OPPRESSED. 
WE WILL NOT 
DRESS UP THE 
GENOCIDE AND 
COLLEGE POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
WE WILL ONLY 
PLEDGE 
ALLEGIANCE TO 
THE TRUTH. 
BLACK AMERICA, I 
HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
YOU MUST FIGHT. 
NOT WITH 
VIOLENCE AND 
CHAOS. 
WITH SELF-LOVE, 
LEARN TO LOVE 
YOURSELF LIKE 
PEOPLE. 
UNIFY. 
ECONOMICS. 
BLACK WOMEN. 
YOU ARE YOUR 
BROTHER'S KEEPER.
I KNOW THAT IS 
FA, BUT, FORGIVE 
HIM, AND HIS.
LET CHILDREN 
READ, LEARN, 
GROW AND LIVE. 
LET THEM 
QUESTION 
EVERYTHING. 
BLACKMAN --  
STANDOUT. 
STANDUP, BLACK 
MAN. 
EDUCATE YOURSELF.
PROTECT THE 
BLACK FAMILY 
UNIT.
>> NO JUSTICE? 
NO JUSTICE? 
NO JUSTICE? 
NO JUSTICE? 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB LAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THERE ARE TWO 
SYSTEMS OF 
JUSTICE AND THE 
UNITED STATES. 
THERE'S A WHITE 
SYSTEM, THAT IS 
A BLACK SYSTEM. 
THE BLACK SYSTEM 
IS NOT DOING SO 
WELL. 
BUT, LET'S STAND 
UP. 
EVERY BLACK 
PERSON IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS 
GOING TO STAND 
UP. 
WE ARE TIRED. 
I AM TIRED. 
I AM TIRED OF 
SEEING THESE 
BLACK AND BROWN 
PEOPLE SUFFER. 
SYSTEMATIC 
RACISM -- WE 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
IT RIGHT NOW. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
ALL OF US, 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
YVONNE MARTIN. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
WE FIND THEM 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
JACOB BLAKE? 
GUILTY. 
WE ARE NOT 
TAKING IT 
ANYMORE. 
I ASK EVERYONE 
TO STAND UP. 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
I MET THIS NOW 
SEVEN YEARS OLD. 
HOW DID I KNOW 
THAT I WOULD 
MEET THIS MAN 
AGAIN AND THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES? 
I TRULY DID NOT 
WANT TO SEE ALL 
OF YOU TODAY. 
JUST FOR THESE 
REASONS. 
MY FATHER WAS IN 
TOWN FOR 1 MARCH.
THE FIRST MARCH 
ON DC. 
I HAVE A DUTY. I 
HAVE A DUTY TO 
SUPPORT AND 
UNDERSTAND EACH 
AND EVERYONE IN 
THIS CROWD. 
I LOVE YOU. 
IF NOBODY TOLD 
YOU TODAY, BIG 
JAKE LOVES YOU. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
STAND UP, BABY. 
WE WILL SET UP 
TOGETHER. 
I NEED YOUR 
STRENGTH. 
BIG DADDY'S LEGS 
AREN'T THAT GOOD 
ANYMORE. 
I NEED YOUR 
STRENGTH! 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
I LOVE YOU ALL.
I WANT TO BRING 
THE ATTORNEY 
THAT REPRESENTS 
THESE FAMILIES. 
REPRESENTING THE 
MANY FAMILIES 
HERE, I THINK 
THAT WE SHOULD 
TAKE A MOMENT 
BEFORE WE MARCH 
THE MEMORIAL. 
GOOD AFTERNOON, 
DC. 
I REPRESENT THE 
ACEVEDO FAMILY, 
WHO WAS KILLED, 
BEFORE GEORGE 
FLOYD, GOING FOR 
10 MINUTES -- I 
ALSO REPRESENT 
THE FAMILY OF 
JACOB LAKE. 
HE WAS 
INHUMANELY KILLED
-- NEARLY 
KILLED. 
HE WAS SHOT. 
SEVEN TIMES. 
HE LIVES TODAY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING THIS 
EVENT HERE TODAY.
WE ARE TIRED OF 
TALKING. 
WE ARE TIRED OF 
PLAYING GAMES. 
2020 IS THE YEAR 
WHERE AMERICA 
WILL BE PUT ON 
TIMEOUT. 
WE THINK THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS. 
WITH ALL THE NBA 
TEAMS, WHO 
SACRIFICED THEIR 
GAME FOR THE 
SPECIAL CAUSE, 
WE THINK MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL. 
ALL OF THE 
ACTORS AND 
ENTERTAINERS. 
ALL THE 
CELEBRITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THEY 
UTILIZE THEIR 
PLATFORM FOR 
JUSTICE. 
TODAY, I JUST 
WANT TO LET YOU 
KNOW, THIS IS 
THE LAST SEASON 
OF THE POLICE 
VERSION OF HOW 
TO GET AWAY WITH 
MURDER. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
PLAYBOOK. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
PLACE. 
IT IS STEP ONE --
CLAIM THAT YOU 
ARE IN FEAR, 
FIND AN OBJECT 
-- SO THAT YOU 
CAN JUSTIFY 
KILLING A BLACK 
OR BROWN PERSON. 
STEP TWO, 
ASSASSINATE THE 
BLACK OR BROWN 
PERSON, AND 
SENSORY, 
ASSASSINATE HIS 
CHARACTER. 
THEN, YOU GET TO 
STEP FOUR. 
DELAY THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
YOU HAVE THE 
VIDEO THAT TAKES 
20 SECONDS TO 
WATCH BUT YOU 
TAKE SIX MONTHS 
TO SAY YOU ARE 
INVESTIGATING. 
YOU CAUSE AN 
UPROAR IN OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
YOUR ATTACKER 
PROTESTERS THAT 
ARE GATHERING 
PEACEFULLY. 
YOU TEARGAS 
AGAINST THEM. 
I WANT TO LET 
YOU KNOW, WE ARE 
HERE TODAY 
BECAUSE THE GAME 
IS OVER. 
THIS TIME OUT IS 
NOT IN VAIN. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
PLAY. 
IT IS OVER. 
IT IS TRAINING 
DAY FOR POLICE 
OFFICERS AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES AROUND 
THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS TRAINING 
DAY. 
IF YOU DO NOT 
TRAIN YOUR 
OFFICES ON 
STANDARD 
OPERATING 
PROCEDURES AND 
GIVE THEM RACIAL 
BIAS TRAINING, 
THEN, WE WILL 
HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE, 
I'LL LET YOU 
KNOW RIGHT NOW 
IT WILL NOT BE 
CHEAP, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU RIGHT NOW, 
ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
STANDING UP FOR 
JUSTICE AND 
STANDING UP FOR 
THIS VERY 
IMPORTANT CAUSE. 
THE TIME IS NOW. 
TAKE CHANGE, WE 
WILL NOT STOP 
UNTIL WE GET IT. 
WE WILL SHUT IT 
DOWN IF WE DON'T 
GET IT. 
IF WE DON'T GET 
IT, THEN, IF WE 
DON'T GET IT -- 
THANK YOU. 
NOW, I'M GOING 
TO BRING UP THE 
FAMILY OF JOY 
ACEVEDO. 
ANOTHER CASE 
WHERE AN OFFICER 
STRANGLED AN 
INNOCENT MAN FOR 
10 MINUTES.
>> WE NEED TO BE 
FREE. 
WE ARE A FREE 
PEOPLE. 
I WANT TO LET 
EVERYONE KNOW, 
TO LET THE 
GOVERNMENTS KNOW 
AS WELL, THAT WE 
HAVE RIGHTS, AND 
IF THERE'S NOT 
GOING TO BE NO 
JUSTICE, THEN 
THERE WILL BE NO 
PEACE. 
I KNOW THAT THIS 
IS WHAT GOD 
WANTS OUR 
BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS TO BUILD 
UNITY WITH 
HISPANICS, I 
HAVE A DIFFERENT 
NATIONALITY, IS 
STANDING FOR 
RAISE -- ACEVEDO 
DID NOT DESERVE 
TO DIE. 
HE WAS MY SON. 
HE WAS INVITED 
TO A POLICE 
PARTY, WHERE 
THERE WERE A LOT 
OF DRUGS AND 
ALCOHOL. 
THEY SHOT HIM, 
AND CHOKED HIM 
FOR 10 MINUTES. 
HE ALLOWED US TO 
COMPLEXES THAT 
THEY WANT TO USE 
AS WITNESSES --
MR. PETERSON, I 
WILL TELL YOU 
RIGHT NOW, 
AMERICA, WAKE 
UP. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
GET A RUDE 
AWAKENING. 
IN THE NAME OF 
JESUS CHRIST -- 
WE STAND FOR 
WHAT IS RIGHT. 
THANK YOU, I 
LOVE YOU ALL.
>> THE FAMILY 
MEMBERS ARE 
COMING FORWARD, 
AND PREPARED TO 
MARCH THROUGH 
THE MEMORIAL. 
ATHLETES HAVE 
STOOD FOR 
JUSTICE, AND 
SAID, I AM 
COMING -- AND 
FOR THE FAMILY.
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF FREDDIE GRAY, 
MY SON OF THE 
TIME IS 15 YEARS 
OLD. 
ALL I REMEMBER 
WAS SEEING MY 
SONS EYES AND 
FREDDIE'S EYES. 
I WENT TO THE 
PIANO, AND WROTE 
A SONG. 
NOT JUST FOR MY 
SON, BUT FOR 
EVERY SON. 
EVERY DOLLAR 
THAT IS 
REPRESENTATIVE. 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER.
OUR CHILDREN  
♪ WITH CHILDREN.
OH, CHILDREN ♪
JESUS LOVES THE 
LITTLE, THE 
LITTLE CHILDREN 
♪  ALL THE 
CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD  
♪ HIS CHILDREN, 
HER CHILDREN, 
YOUR CHILDREN, 
OUR CHILDREN ♪  
♪ JESUS LOVES 
THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN ♪  
♪ ALL THE 
CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD ♪  
♪ IT'S THE 
RIGHT, WE HAVE A 
RIGHT TO LIVE ♪ 
♪ TRADE OUR 
TEARS, TRADE OUR 
TEARS FOR 
LAUGHTER ♪  ♪ 
BECAUSE IN ONE 
MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT, DREAMS 
ARE SHATTERED ♪ 
♪ OUR SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS, THEY 
MATTER ♪  
♪ YES, THEY DO 
♪  
♪ BECAUSE 
BLACK, BLACK 
LIVES, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER ♪  
♪ OH ♪
♪ SO TOMORROW, 
I HOPE TO SEE  
♪ MY SON'S EYES 
LOOKING BACK AT 
ME ♪  
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
[ APPLAUSE ]  
>> B.B. 
WINAN.  
>>> I'M ATTORNEY 
CHRIS STEWART 
WITH JUSTIN 
MILLER. 
AND BRING YOU 
THE WORD. 
AND THANKS FOR 
THE SUPPORT YOU 
GIVE US. 
ON BEHALF OF 
GIANNA FLOYD, 
THE DAUGHTER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
ON BEHALF OF 
TAMIKA BROOKS IN 
THE CROWD. 
WALTER STERLING, 
AND ALL THE 
OTHER NAMES, 
THIS IS BECAUSE 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
HERE. 
BECAUSE OF REV, 
BECAUSE OF LEE 
MERIT. 
BECAUSE OF BEN 
CRUMP. 
BECAUSE OF ALL 
THE PEOPLE 
STANDING UP AND 
FIGHTING. 
57 YEARS AGO, WE 
WERE STANDING 
RIGHT HERE, 
TRYING TO FIGHT 
POVERTY AND 
OPPRESSION.  
THAT ILLNESS HAS 
NOT CHANGED. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NO VEHICLE SEEN 
FOR RACISM. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NO QUARANTINE 
FOR POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE HERE FOR 
TODAY. 
BECAUSE WE'RE 
ALL THE CURE. 
ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES UP 
HERE, THEIR 
CHILDREN ARE NOT 
VICTIMS. 
THEY'RE THE
VACCINE.
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SUPPORT. 
CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT, BECAUSE 
WITHOUT YOU, 
WE'RE NOTHING.   
>> LET US HEAR. 
ATTORNEY MERIT 
IS BRINGING THE 
MOTHER, THE 
SISTER OF BOTHAM 
JEAN, KILLED BY 
POLICEWOMAN WHO 
SAID SHE THOUGHT 
IT WAS HER 
HOUSE.  
LET US HEAR FROM 
THIS SISTER.   
>> HELLO, 
EVERYONE. 
MY NAME IS ALISA 
FINDLEY.  
AT FIRST, I WANT 
TO THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK.  
I WOULD LIKE TO 
THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK, 
REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON AND 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING III FOR 
ORGANIZING AND 
CONVENING THIS 
MARCH. 
BOTHAM JEAN IS 
MY BROTHER. 
SEPTEMBER 6th 
MARKS TWO YEARS 
SINCE I LAST 
HEARD HIS VOICE, 
HEARD HIS LAUGH, 
TWO YEARS SINCE 
MY FAMILY HAS 
FELT WHOLE.  
BECAUSE 
SEPTEMBER 6 WILL 
BE TWO YEARS 
SINCE AMBER 
GUYGER SHOT MY 
BROTHER THROUGH 
HIS HEART. 
BOTHAM DIED 
WHILE SITTING AT 
HIS HOME, EATING 
ICE CREAM AND 
WATCHING 
FOOTBALL.  
HE WAS MINDING 
HIS OWN 
BUSINESS.  
SINCE THEN, I 
HAVE BEEN ON 
MISSION TO SEEK 
REFORM THROUGH 
THE SEVERELY 
BROKEN JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
BECAUSE BOTHAM 
WOULD STILL BE 
ALIVE TODAY.  
INSTEAD, WE ARE 
NINE DAYS AWAY 
FROM THE SECOND 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
HIS MURDER.  
TWO YEARS OF 
SAYING HIS NAME. 
AND ANTOINE 
ROSE'S NAME. 
10 YEARS OF 
SEEKING JUSTICE 
FOR D.J. 
HENRY. 
FOUR YEARS OF 
SAYING TERRENCE 
CRUTCH'S NAME, 
SAYING CHANTELLE 
DAVIS, DEL RON 
SMALL, SANDRA 
BRAND, TATIANA 
JEFFERSON AND SO 
MANY OTHERS.  
I AM TIRED OF 
LEARNING NEW 
NAMES, ADDING 
NEW HASHTAGS TO 
AN ALREADY LONG 
LIST OF VICTIMS 
OF POLICE 
TERROR.  
WE CANNOT ALLOW 
OUR BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS TO ONLY 
BE REMEMBERED 
FOR HOW THEY 
DIED. 
WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE TO PUSH 
FOR CHANGE SO 
THAT THEIR LIVES 
WERE NOT TAKEN 
IN VAIN.  
WE ARE ALL IN 
THIS TOGETHER.  
WE ARE OUR 
BROTHERS' AND 
SISTERS' KEEPER. 
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]  
>>> THE MOTHER 
OF AHMAUD 
ARBERY. 
YOUNG MAN 
JOGGING. 
SHOT DOWN IN 
COLD BLOOD.  
IN GEORGIA 
BRUNSWICK, 
GEORGIA. 
GIVE WANDA A BIG 
HAND.   
>> I STAND 
BEFORE YOU, AS 
THE PROUD MOTHER 
OF AHMAUD 
ARBERY.  
I'M CARRYING A 
VERY BROKEN 
HEART, BUT ALSO 
A GRATEFUL 
HEART.  
THAT GOD CHOSE 
MY SON, AHMAUD 
ARBERY, TO BE A 
PART OF THIS 
HUGE MOVEMENT.   
>> I DO BELIEVE 
IF WE CONTINUE 
TO STAND AND 
FIGHT TOGETHER, 
THAT WE WILL GET 
CHANGE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SADLY, WHEN 
WE HAVE THESE 
TYPE OF TRAGIC 
EVENTS, FAR TOO 
OFTEN.  
BUT I WANT EACH 
OF YOU TO PLEASE 
DON'T FORGET 
THEIR NAMES.  
PLEASE LET THEIR 
NAMES LIVE 
FOREVER.  
I. TO SHARE 
THINGS THAT I 
KNOW AHMAUD 
WOULD WANT ME TO 
SHARE WITH YOU 
AS WELL. 
THAT IS, I LOVE 
YOU. 
I LOVE YOU ALL 
FOR STANDING 
WITH US.   
>> WE LOVE YOU. 
>> I ALSO WANT 
YOU GUYS TO HELP 
ME CHANT HIS 
NAME, AND MAYBE 
HE'LL HEAR IT IN 
THE HEAVENS. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
>> AHMAUD 
ARBERY. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> AHMAUD 
ARBERY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
AND I LOVE YOU.  
>> SAY HIS NAME! 
AHMAUD ARBERY!
AHMAUD ARBERY!
>> LET US HEAR 
FROM THE 
ATTORNEY, LEE 
MERIT.  
BLACK POWER!
I SAID BLACK 
POWER.  
BLACK POWER!
LOOK.
WE CANNOT BE 
AFRAID TO SAY 
BLACK POWER. 
YOU CANNOT SAY 
THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IF YOU 
DON'T BELIEVE IN 
BLACK POWER.  
BLACK POWER.
THE ONLY WAY WE 
STOP THIS FROM 
HAPPENING IS 
WHEN WE BEGIN TO 
EXERCISE OUR OWN 
POWER.  
I'VE BEEN 
HEARING A LOT 
FROM THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL 
WEEK.  
AND THEY KEEP 
TELLING ME THAT 
THIS MAN FREED 
THE SLAVES.  
LET ME TELL YOU 
SOMETHING.  
SLEEP -- LINCOLN 
DIDN'T FREE NO 
SLAVES. 
WE FREED THE 
SLAVES. 
WE FREE 
OURSELVES WHEN 
FEE FIGHT FOR 
OURSELVES.  
WE FIGHT THROUGH 
BLACK POWER. 
BLACK POWER. 
>> BLACK POWER. 
>> SAY THAT 
NAME, TATIANA 
JEFFERSON.  
JAMEL ROBERSON. 
AHMAUD ARBERY. 
BOTHAM JEAN.
OSCAR GRANT.
[ CHANTING ]   
>> SEVILLE 
SMITH.  
DE'ANDRE ARBER.
TERENCE CRUTCHER.
AND SO MANY 
NAMES WE CAN'T 
SAY THEM ALL. 
BUT LISTEN. 
WHEN WE SAY 
BLACK POWER, 
THAT MEANS IT 
ALSO ONE MORE 
TIME SO THEY 
HEAR YOU IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
BLACK POWER.
>> BLACK POWER.  
>> LET US HEAR 
FROM THE FATHER 
OF AHMAUD 
ARBERY.  
>> ONE THING I 
JUST WANT TO 
THANK GOD FOR 
ALL SUPPORT FOR 
MY SON AND HIS 
MOTHER.  
I JUST WANT TO 
SAY IT'S BEEN A 
HARD ROAD 
BECAUSE MY BOY 
BEEN LYNCHED BY 
THREE WHITE MEN. 
AND IT'S BEEN A 
HARD ROLE FOR ME 
AND MY FAMILY.  
AND SOMETIMES 
FIND MYSELF 
SAYING I CAN'T 
BELIEVE IT. 
BUT IT'S REAL.
SOMETIMES I'LL 
BE LIKE, WOW.  
PEOPLE GOT TO 
CALL ME. 
AND IT JUST 
AIN'T REAL. 
I CAN'T BELIEVE 
IT. 
I SIT BACK. 
SO ME AND THIS 
FAMILY GOT TO BE 
A VOICE. 
AND I'M GOING TO 
FIGHT. 
I'M A FIGHTER. 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
STOP UNTIL GOD 
CALLS ME HOME.  
MORE POWER TO 
THE PEOPLE. 
THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE ALSO 
SAY THE NAME 
TRAY VON MARTIN? 
TRAVON MARTIN?
PLEASE WELCOME
TRAYVON MARTIN'S 
MOTHER.  
OUR HERO, 
SABRINA FULTON. 
AS SHE COMES, 
TRAY VON MARTIN! 
TRAY VON MARTIN!
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
I JUST WANT TO 
SAY, EVEN THOUGH 
WE GOING THROUGH 
A CRISIS. 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
LOOKS DARK. 
I WANT TO TELL 
YOU TO BE 
ENCOURAGED.  IN 
SPITE OF WHAT WE 
GO THROUGH, BE 
STRONG. 
STAND TALL. 
BE ENCOURAGED. 
DON'T STOP 
SAYING BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
DON'T STOP 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTING. 
DON'T STOP 
PRAYING. 
DON'T STOP
UNITING.
STAND TOGETHER!
THIS IS WHAT 
THIS IS ABOUT.  
WE WERE BUILT 
FOR THIS.  
AND LAST BUT NOT 
LEAST, I WANT TO 
LEAVE YOU WITH 
MY FAVORITE 
BIBLE VERSE. 
IT'S PROVERBS 
3:5-6.  AND IT 
SAYS TRUST IN 
THE LORD WITH 
ALL YOUR HEART, 
LEAN NOT INTO 
YOUR OWN 
UNDERSTANDING, 
IN ALL YOUR WAYS 
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM 
AND HE SHALL 
DIRECT YOUR 
PATHS, SO 
REGARDLESS. 
WHAT YOU'RE 
GOING THROUGH, 
TRUST IN GOD.  
HE'S THE ONLY 
THING THAT 
MATTERS.  
STAND UP, PEOPLE.
STAND UP. 
WE WAS BUILT FOR 
THIS.  
KEEP FIGHTING. 
>> AMEN. 
>> TRAYVON
MARTIN!
TRAYVON MARTIN! 
>> TRAYVON 
MARTIN! 
>> LET'S GIVE A 
ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE TO 
SYBRINA FULTON.  
ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES.  
FOR THEIR 
STRENGTH AND 
THEIR COURAGE.  
ANOTHER BROTHER, 
WHO THE NYPD 
KILLED, ERIC 
GARNER, "I CAN'T 
BREATHE." 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
>> WE HAVE NOW 
ERIC GARNER JR. 
AND IF YOU ALL 
WOULD LET HER 
MAKE HER WAY TO 
THE ROSTRUM, 
ERIC GARNER'S 
MOTHER, GWEN 
CAR. 
COME ON, ERIC 
GARNER, JR.  COME
ON, YOU ALL GIVE 
HIM APPLAUSE. 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
I CAN'T BREATHE! 
>> IT'S BEEN SIX 
YEARS.  
SINCE MY 
FATHER'S WORDS 
BECAME OUR 
WORDS.  
WE HAVE TO MAKE 
A CHANGE. 
I'M CHALLENGING 
THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
TO GO OUT AND 
MAKE A VOTE. 
IT'S POSSIBLE 
FOR A CHANGE. 
WE JUST HAVE TO 
PUT IN THE WORK. 
GO OUT AND FIND 
OUT WHAT WE HAVE 
TO DO AND WHAT 
PEOPLE WE HAVE 
TO VOTE IN TO 
MAKE A CHANGE.  
WE ARE HERE TO 
MARCH 
PEACEFULLY.  
I DON'T WANT TO 
SEE NO LOOTING. 
I DON'T WANT TO 
SEE NO NOTHING. 
JUST MARCH 
PEACEFULLY. 
I'M ERIC GARNER, 
JR.  THAT'S MY
MESSAGE.
>> WE HAVE THE 
MOTHER OF OSCAR 
GRANT, LADIES 
AND GENTLEMEN.  
JUST A WORD, 
QUICKLY PLEASE.  
RHONDA JOHNSON, 
LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN.  
RHONDA JOHNSON.
>> GOOD 
AFTERNOON.  
I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW THAT THIS 
RACE IS NOT 
GIVEN TO THE 
SWIFT NOR TO THE 
STRONG, BUT TO 
THE ONE WHO 
ENDURES.  
AND WE ARE A 
FIGHTING PEOPLE. 
MICAH SAYS, 
MICAH 6:8 SAYS 
WHAT DOES THE 
LORD REQUIRE OF 
YOU? 
TO WALK HUMBLY 
AND JUSTFULLY. 
AND WHEN WE 
THINK ABOUT 
JUSTICE, WE 
THINK OF AS A 
PEOPLE, WE HAVE 
NOT RECEIVED THE 
JUSTICE THAT WE 
DESERVE. 
AND IT'S GOING 
TO REQUIRE EACH 
AND EVERY ONE OF 
US TO CONTINUE 
TO BAND 
TOGETHER, TO 
CONTINUE TO 
MARCH, TO 
CONTINUE TO 
PROTEST, TO 
CONTINUE TO CALL 
THE UNJUSTICES 
UNJUST.  
AND YOU, AS A 
PEOPLE, WE AS A 
PEOPLE CAN MAKE 
IT HAPPEN. 
WE CAN CHANGE 
SOME OF THE LAWS 
THAT ARE BEFORE 
US.  
IF WE BAND 
TOGETHER. 
I HAVE WITH MY 
MY BROTHER, 
STEVEN JOHNSON 
AND WE ARE HERE 
TO FIGHT TO THE 
END. 
BECAUSE WE KNOW. 
WE KNOW FROM 
OSCAR'S CASE, 
ONLY 11 MONTHS 
IN THE COUNTY 
JAIL.  
WHERE IS THE 
JUSTICE? 
WHERE IS THE 
JUSTICE?  
WE LOOK AT 
LIBERTY. 
AND LIBERTY IS 
IN BALANCE. 
AND UNTIL WE AS 
A PEOPLE BEGIN 
TO FIGHT LIKE WE 
ARE FIGHTING ON 
TODAY, LIKE 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING HAD THAT 
DREAM. 
AND SO WE MUST 
HAVE THE DREAM, 
THAT WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE EQUALITY 
OF ALL PEOPLE.  
I AM OSCAR 
GRANT.   
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> LOUDER, SAY 
HIS NAME! 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WE LOVE YOU ALL. 
>> WHOO!  
>> WE GOT A 
COUPLE MORE. 
OUT OF RESPECT, 
WE JUST NEED 
EVERYONE TO 
BRING VERY BRIEF 
GREETINGS, SO WE 
CAN LINE UP TO 
MARCH.  
THE MOTHER OF 
DON TRAY 
HAMILTON.  
>> THE PEOPLE 
HAVE THE POWER. 
WE WILL SHOW UP 
ON NOVEMBER 
3rd TO TAKE OUR 
COUNTRY BACK.  
NOVEMBER 3rd TO 
TAKE OUR FAMILY 
BACK.  
I AM DONTRE 
HAMILTON'S 
MOTHER.  
HE WAS SHOT 14 
TIMES. 
FOR SLEEPING IN 
A PARK.  
I WILL NEVER 
STOP FIGHTING 
FOR YOU!  
LET'S FIGHT
TOGETHER.
VOTE!
>> SISTERS AND 
BROTHERS. 
>> MY 
GRANDMOTHER IS 
HERE. 
>> WHERE IS SHE? 
>> SISTERS AND 
BROTHERS, LET ME 
JUST SAY THIS.  
THE PROBLEM IS, 
THE POLICE HAVE 
KILLED SO MANY 
OF US, THERE'S 
NOT EVEN ENOUGH 
TIME FOR US TO 
HEAR FROM EVERY 
FAMILY.  
BUT I'M GOING TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
FAMILIES THAT 
ARE AROUND ME, 
JUST ACKNOWLEDGE 
WHO IS HERE.  
THE FAMILY OF 
STEPHON CLARK IS 
HERE.  
HOLD YOUR FIST 
UP, BROTHER.  
THE FAMILY OF 
MICHAEL BROWN IS 
HERE. 
THERE'S LESLIE. 
COME STAND NEXT 
TO ME. 
SO PEOPLE CAN 
SEE YOU. 
THE FAMILY OF 
SEVILLE CLARK -- 
SEVILLE SMITH. 
I'M SORRY.
THE FAMILY 
TERRENCE 
CRUTCHINS, TWIN 
SISTER IS HERE.  
WHO AM I LEAVING 
OUT?  
>> DAVID JONES.  
>> DAVID JONES 
IS HERE.  
>> STAND UP IN 
THERE. 
>> AM I LEAVING 
ANYBODY OUT? 
>> STAND UP, 
JAMEEL. 
>> WHO? 
>> PHILLIP PINEL.
THE FAMILY OF 
PHILLIP PINEL.  
ANTOINE ROSE.
>> MONTEZ 
HAMRON.  
ARE YOU HIS 
MOTHER? 
THE MOTHER OF 
MONTEZ HAMRON. 
LOOK.
EMMANUEL LEE. 
YOU SEE ALL THE 
NAMES.  
THAT ARE BEING 
CALLED.  
WE WANT TO PRAY 
FOR ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES.   
>> PAMELA 
TURNER. 
>> TAMIR RICE. 
>> PLEASE.
NILES ARRINGTON. 
PLEASE FOLLOW 
THE INSTRUCTION 
OF THE MARSHALS 
AND BEGIN TO 
LINEUP TO MY 
RIGHT AS WE 
BEGIN TO MARCH.  
>> WE GOTTA 
MARCH. 
WE GOTTA MARCH.
>> MOVE TO THE 
--  >> YOU'RE ON 
TV, THOUGH.  
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ]  >> I 
KNOW. 
YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
OKAY?
ALL RIGHT.
>> LET'S LET 
EVERYBODY, LET'S 
LET EVERYBODY 
LINE UP.  
YOU CAN SEE THE 
CROWDS SHIFTING 
TO THE RIGHT.  
LET'S MAKE WAY 
FOR THESE 
FAMILIES TO LEAD 
THE MARCH. 
>> MAYBE YOU CAN 
JUMP ON THE MIKE 
OVER THERE. 
ALL RIGHT?
>> TONY 
ROBINSON.   
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.   
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS.  
>> 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.  
>>> LAW AND 
ORDER.  
FOR MANY PEOPLE, 
IT SOUNDS LIKE 
THIS.  
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
BUT IN POLITICS, 
IT MEANS YOU'RE 
TOUGH ON CRIME. 
AND IT GOES WAY 
BACK. 
>> AS FAR AS 
THIS PROBLEM OF 
LAW AND ORDER IS 
CONCERNED. 
I AM FOR LAW AND 
ORDER. 
>> TODAY IT'S 
BECOME ONE OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S FAVORITE 
PHRASES. 
>> I AM THE LAW 
AND ORDER 
CANDIDATE.   
>> I AM YOUR 
PRESIDENT OF LAW 
AND ORDER.   
>> BUT WHAT 
EXACTLY DOES HE 
MEAN BY LAW AND 
ORDER? 
WELL, DURING HIS 
FIRST CAMPAIGN, 
IT MEANT A LOT 
OF THINGS, LIKE 
SECURING THE 
BORDER AND 
CRACKING DOWN ON 
GANGS. 
BUT HE ALSO 
PLEDGED TO 
REDUCE VIOLENT 
CRIME AND 
SUPPORT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
>> AMERICA'S 
POLICE AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL ARE 
WHAT SEPARATES 
CIVILIZATION 
FROM TOTAL 
CHAOS.  
AND THE 
DESTRUCTION OF 
OUR COUNTRY, AS 
WE KNOW IT.  
>> ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, 
TRUMP SAID 
OFFICERS WOULD 
NOT BE SHOT 
UNDER HIS WATCH. 
HE ALSO PLEDGED 
TO PURSUE THE 
DEATH PENALTY 
FOR COP KILLERS. 
BUT THE NUMBER 
OF POLICE KILLED 
BY FIREARMS HAS 
REMAINED FAIRLY 
STEADY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
LAST FEW YEARS. 
AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE HASN'T 
EXECUTED THOSE 
WHO HAVE KILLED 
COPS.  
HOWEVER, TRUMP 
HAS TRIED 
PROTECTING THE 
POLICE IN OTHER 
WAYS.  
IN 2017, HE 
SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER, 
CALLING FOR 
HARSHER 
PENALTIES FOR 
THOSE WHO HARM 
OFFICERS. 
AND WHEN TRUMP 
SIGNED HIS 
RECENT EXECUTIVE 
ORDER, PROMOTING 
POLICE REFORM, 
HECONTINUED TO 
BACK THE BLUE. 
>> NOBODY NEEDS 
A STRONG, 
TRUSTWORTHY 
POLICE FORCE 
MORE THAN THOSE 
WHO LIVE IN 
DISTRESSED 
AREAS. 
AND NOBODY IS 
MORE OPPOSED TO 
THE SMALL NUMBER 
OF BAD POLICE 
OFFICERS. 
AND YOU HAVE 
THEM. 
THEY ARE VERY 
TINY.  
I USE THE WORD 
"TINY." 
IT'S A VERY VERY 
SMALL 
PERCENTAGE. 
>> AND LATELY, 
TRUMP SAYS HE'S 
DEPLOYING 
HUNDREDS OF 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
TO MAJOR CITIES, 
LIKE CHICAGO TO 
FIGHT CRIME. 
INTERESTINGLY, 
PUBLIC 
PERCEPTION OF 
CRIME RATES HAVE 
BEEN WRONG FOR A 
LONG TIME. 
WHILE A MAJORITY 
OF PEOPLE 
BELIEVE YEAR 
AFTER YEAR CRIME 
IS GOING UP, THE 
REALITY IS THAT 
CRIME HAS BEEN 
CONSISTENTLY 
DROPPING FOR 
DECADES. 
>> THE BIG STORY 
FOR CRIME RATES 
IS THAT THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
PLUMMETING SINCE 
THE 1990s. 
THEY PLUMMETED 
DURING THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION.  
THEY PLUMMETED 
DURING THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION. 
AND THEY HAVE 
CONTINUED TO 
FALL DURING THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION.  
>> Reporter: BUT 
THIS YEAR MAY BE 
DIFFERENT. 
DAVID SKLANSKI 
IS A LAW 
PROFESSOR. 
HE EXPLAINED 
DURING THE 
PANDEMIC, 
SEVERAL CITIES 
ARE REPORTING AN 
UPTICK IN 
SHOOTINGS AND 
HOMICIDES. 
TRUMP HAS PUT 
SOME OF THE 
BLAME ON CIVIL 
UNREST, 
FOLLOWING GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH. 
BUT SRSKLANSKY 
SAYS IT MAY HAVE 
TO DO WITH THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE FACT THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
STUCK AT HOME, 
THE INCREASING 
RATES OF 
DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE. 
THE FACT THAT 
HOSPITALS ARE 
OVERWHELMED MAY 
HAVE MADE SOME 
ASSAULTS THAT 
PREVIOUSLY WOULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN 
DEADLY, DEADLY 
ASSAULTS.  
THE FACT THAT 
THE PANDEMIC HAS 
CAUSED THE 
ECONOMY TO GO 
INTO A TAILSPIN 
MAY BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
SOME OF THE 
INCREASING 
HOMICIDE.  
FINALLY, THERE'S 
SOME EVIDENCE 
THAT THE STATE 
POLICE 
SHOOTINGS, 
PARTICULARLY 
YOUNG BLACK MEN. 
>> I DO THANK 
EVERYONE.  
BUT THINGS ARE 
IMPROVING.  
AND THE LOCAL 
PEOPLE HERE ARE 
REBUILDING.  
SOMEONE ASKED ME 
THIS MORNING, 
WHAT DO YOU WANT 
THE NATION AND 
THE WORLD TO 
THINK KENOSHA 
IS?  
IT'S A GREAT 
PLACE TO LIVE.  
IT'S A GREAT 
POLICE TO RAISE 
A FAMILY.  
WE HAVE GREAT 
SCHOOLS.  
WE HAVE GREAT 
PARKS.  
AND LAKES. 
GREAT PLACES TO 
RAISE A FAMILY.  
AND WHEN ALL OF 
THIS CALMS DOWN, 
LIKE I HOPE IT'S 
TRENDING TOWARD 
RIGHT NOW, IF 
YOU REALLY GO 
OUTSIDE THIS 
SMALL AREA RIGHT 
HERE, LIFE GOES 
ON AS NORM IN KE
-- NORMAL IN 
KENOSHA COUNTY. 
IN THE CITY OF 
KENOSHA. 
THE PART THAT IS 
DAMAGED AND 
HURT, WE'RE ALL 
GOING TO WORK 
TOGETHER TO 
REBUILD. 
AND WE'RE 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO THE 
REBUILDING PART. 
WE'RE DOING THAT 
RIGHT NOW.  
AND FOR THOSE ON 
THE OUTSIDE OF 
KENOSHAA, IT'S A 
GREAT PLACE TO 
BE. 
AND I'M VERY 
PROUD TO BE PART 
OF IT.  
>> GOOD 
AFTERNOON.  
LAST NIGHT, IT'S 
ALREADY BEEN 
ALLUDED TO, IT'S 
MUCH CALMER, 
SAFER HERE IN 
THE CITY OF 
KENOSHA AND THE 
SURROUNDING 
AREA. 
HOPEFULLY THAT 
MEANS WE'RE 
MOVING TO A 
SAFER 
PLACEALTOGETHER. 
AND WE CAN 
RETURN TO 
NORMALCY. 
WE NEED A PLACE 
WHERE WE HAVE 
PEACE. 
WHERE WE HEAL 
AND WE CAN WORK 
TOWARD GROWTH. 
WITH THAT, 
THOUGH, THE 
EMPHASIS HAS 
BEEN ON LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
IT'S OUR BURDEN 
TO DO THAT.  
WE CAN'T DO THAT 
ALONE.  
WE NEED 
CITIZENS, WE 
NEED EVERYBODY'S 
ASSISTANCE IN 
THAT.  
AND IN ORDER TO 
ACCOMPLISH THAT, 
WE NEED THE 
MEDIA AND 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS TO BE 
PART OF THE 
SOLUTION, NOT 
PART OF THE 
PROBLEM.  
COMMENTS THAT 
ARE MADE THAT 
ARE DIVISIVE DO 
NOT BRING US 
CLOSER TO THE 
GOAL WE WANT, 
WHERE WE HAVE 
INCLUSION AND 
SAFETY AND 
UNBIAS FOR ALL.  
SO OVER THE LAST 
NUMBER OF DAYS, 
WE'VE HAD SOME 
MAJOR EVENTS.  
WE'VE HAD TWO 
PEOPLE LOSE 
THEIR LIVES 
SENSELESSLY.  
WHILE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTING. 
I'M NOT SURE OF 
THE DETAILS 
BEHIND THIS. 
BUT TWO PEOPLE 
KILLED. 
ONE PERSON 
SERIOUSLY 
INJURED. 
SENSELESSLY.
EARLIER, I MADE 
COMMENTS ABOUT 
THE ROLE OF 
CURFEW IN THAT. 
MY COMMENTS WERE
MISCONSTRUED.  
THE KENOSHA 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
THE SHERIFF'S 
DEPARTMENT 
FUNCTION UNDER A 
CURFEW AS A TOOL 
TO KEEP PEOPLE 
SAFE. 
AND WE'RE 
REQUESTING ALL 
PEOPLE TO OBEY 
THAT CURFEW, TO 
STAY HOME. 
AND NO WAY WAS 
MY COMMENT 
EARLIER INTENDED 
TO SUGGEST THAT 
BEING OUT AFTER 
CURFEW, THAT 
THOSE PERSONS 
PLAYED A ROLE IN 
THEIR DEATHS.  
TRAGICALLY, IF 
LIVES WERE LOST 
AND A PERSON 
WERE INJURED, 
THAT RESTS 
SOLELY ON THE 
PERSON WHO DID 
THAT. 
NOT ON THE 
VICTIMS OF THIS 
CRIME.  
ANY MORE THAN 
THE VICTIMS OF 
THE COUNTLESS 
ARSONS AND OTHER 
THINGS THAT ARE 
GOING ON.  
THIS WAS IN THE 
HANDS OF THOSE 
WHO CREATED. 
WE ASK ARE IF 
EVERYBODY'S HELP 
IN STOPPING THE 
VIOLENCE, 
ASSISTING THE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
SO WE CAN HOLD 
THOSE 
ACCOUNTABLE IN A 
COURT OF LAW.   
>> GOOD 
AFTERNOON.  
I'M MAJOR 
GENERAL PAUL 
MAP.  
AGTANT GENERAL 
AND COMMANDER OF 
WISCONSIN 
NATIONAL GUARD. 
I'M HAPPY TO BE 
HERE TODAY TO 
UPDATE YOU ON 
THE EFFORTS OF 
THE WISCONSIN 
NATIONAL GUARD 
IN SUPPORTING 
CIVIL AUTHORITY 
HERE IN KENOSHA 
OUR FIRST GUARD 
MEMBERS ARRIVED 
ON MONDAY, AND 
WE'VE STEADILY 
INCREASED OUR 
NUMBERS, 
SUPPORTING THE 
CITY EACH DAY, 
IN RESPONSE TO 
LOCAL REQUESTS 
FROM AUTHORITIES 
HERE. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
AGAIN EMPHASIZE 
THAT WE ARE 
CITIZENS, 
SOLDIERS AND 
AIRMEN. 
THAT MEANS THAT 
WE LIVE AND WORK 
IN THESE 
COMMUNITIES, 
THAT WE'RE YOUR 
NEIGHBORS ALL 
ACROSS 
WISCONSIN. 
AND WE COME WHEN 
WE ARE CALLED. 
WE'RE INVESTED 
IN THESE 
COMMUNITIES. 
AND WE WANT THE 
BEST FOR KENOSHA 
AND WISCONSIN. 
AND WE'LL 
CONTINUE TO BE 
HERE TO SUPPORT 
FOR AS LONG AS 
WE'RE NEEDED.  
ADDITIONALLY, 
WE'RE BRINGING 
IN NATIONAL 
GUARD SOLDIERS 
FROM OTHER 
STATES.  
SPECIFICALLY 
MICHIGAN, 
ALABAMA AND 
ARIZONA, 
SUPPORTING THIS 
EFFORT AS WELL. 
WHICH WILL 
INCREASE OUR 
NUMBER OF TROOPS 
SUPPORTING THE 
PEOPLE HERE IN 
KENOSHA. 
I'D LIKE TO SAY 
THAT WE ARE 
GRATEFUL FOR 
THEIR 
PARTNERSHIP AND 
THE PARTNERSHIP 
OF ALL OF THE 
AGENCIES, NOT 
JUST LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, 
THAT HAVE COME 
TOGETHER HERE IN 
KENOSHA.  
IN TERMS OF 
BRINGING IN 
SOLDIERS FROM 
OTHER STATES, I 
WAS ASKED 
YESTERDAY, WHY 
THAT WAS. 
AND I WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT I 
ANSWER THAT 
CLEARLY.  
SO IN WISCONSIN, 
WE HAVE ONE 
MILITARY POLICE 
COMPANY THAT IS 
A SIGN HERE IN 
WISCONSIN. 
I MADE THE 
ASSESSMENT THAT 
DUE TO THE 
SITUATION HERE, 
THAT WE WOULD BE 
BEST SERVED BY 
HAVING 
ADDITIONAL 
MILITARY POLICE 
COMPANIES, WHICH 
HAVE ADDITIONAL 
TRAINING IN 
CIVIL 
DISTURBANCE. 
AND HOW TO DEAL 
WITH THAT.  
SO THERE WERE 
OTHER STATES 
THAT HAVE THIS 
CAPABILITY THAT 
OFFERS THEIR 
ASSISTANCE. 
AND GOVERNOR 
EVERS GLADLY 
ACCEPTED THAT 
SUPPORT.  
I'LL ALSO SAY 
THAT WE ARE 
GRATEFUL TO SEE 
THE CALM THAT 
HAS ENSUED OVER 
THE LAST FEW 
NIGHTS. 
IT HAS BEEN MUCH 
BETTER. 
MUCH MORE 
PEACEFUL. 
AND THAT IS A 
GREAT SIGN HERE. 
AND REMIND 
EVERYONE THAT 
THE, ALL OF THE 
RESOURCES THAT 
ARE HERE IN 
KENOSHA, ARE 
DESIGNED TO 
SUPPORT 
EVERYONE'S FIRST 
AMENDMENT RIGHTS 
TO PEACEFULLY 
AND LAWFULLY 
DEMONSTRATE.  
ALL THE NATIONAL 
GUARD SOLDIERS 
AND AIRMEN TOOK 
AN OATH TO 
UPHOLD AND 
PROTECT THE 
CONSTITUTION.  
THAT'S WHY WE 
WEAR THE 
UNIFORM. 
WE ALSO WEAR 
THIS UNIFORM 
BECAUSE WE WANT 
TO SERVE OUR 
FELLOW CITIZENS. 
WE LOVE THIS 
STATE AND 
NATION. 
AND WE WANT TO 
PROTECT THE 
FREEDOMS THAT WE 
ENJOY.  
SO IN CLOSING, 
IF YOU'RE A 
COMMUNITY 
LEADER, AN 
INFLUENCER, OR 
ANYONE WHO WANTS 
TO HAVE YOUR 
VOICE HEARD, 
PLEASE KNOW THAT 
THESE VAST 
RESOURCES OF OUR 
COUNTRY ARE HERE 
AT YOUR 
DISPOSAL, TO 
PEACEFULLY AND 
LAWFULLY 
EXERCISE YOUR 
FIRST AMENDMENT 
RIGHT. 
DON'T LET RIT RI 
ON THING,LOOT -- 
RIOTING, LOOTING 
AND ANY OTHER 
UNLAWFUL 
BEHAVIOR DRAWN 
OUT YOUR VOICE. 
LASTLY, I'M 
GOING TO OPEN UP 
FOR QUESTIONS, 
FIRST FOR ANYONE 
WHO HAS 
QUESTIONS FOR 
ME. 
>> HOW MANY 
TROOPS DO YOU 
HAVE NOW. 
>> AS I 
MENTIONED 
BEFORE, WE DON'T 
DISCUSS SPECIFIC 
NUMBERS. 
BUT I WILL TELL 
YOU THAT WE HAVE 
OVER A THOUSAND 
HERE TODAY. 
>> HOW LONG WILL 
THEY BE HERE? 
>> AS I 
MENTIONED IN MY 
STATEMENT, WE'LL 
BE HERE AS LONG 
AS WE'RE NEEDED. 
>> WE'RE 
REEVALUATING, 
WE'RE REGULARLY 
SCHEDULED IN 
WITH MEETINGS 
WITH THE 
GOVERNOR AND 
LOCAL MEETINGS. 
>> WHO MAKES THE 
FINAL CALL FOR 
WHETHER YOU ALL 
ARE DISPLAYED TO 
KENOSHA, FOR 
EXAMPLE? 
>> THAT WOULD BE 
THE GOVERNOR. 
>> WHAT ARE THE 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES 
NOW? 
>> WE'RE DOING 
AN ARRAY OF 
DIFFERENT 
THINGS. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
EMPHASIZE THAT 
WE ARE IN 
SUPPORT OF LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
SO WE DON'T SELF-
DEPLOY. 
WE DON'T DECIDE 
ON OUR OWN WHERE 
WE GO OR WHAT WE 
DO WHILE WE'RE 
OUT THERE 
SUPPORTING THE 
LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
SO WE WORK IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH 
THE LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
AND EVERY DAY, 
WE'RE ON A DAY-
TO-DAY BASIS, 
PLANNING WHERE 
THEY WOULD BEST 
BE UTILIZED. 
WE'RE DOING 
THINGS LIKE 
POINT SECURITY.  
SECURING 
FACILITIES. 
WE ARE IN A 
REACTIONARY 
ROLE. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
WE'RE PREPARED 
TO DO IS ASSIST 
FIREFIGHTERS, IF 
THEY WERE TO GET 
INTO A 
SITUATION, WHERE 
THEY NEEDED TO 
FIGHT A FIRE.  
AND THE SCENE 
WASN'T SAFE FOR 
ANY NUMBER OF 
REASONS. 
THAT'S ONE OF 
THE THINGS WE 
WOULD ALSO DO. 
>> THIS IS A 
GENERAL 
QUESTION. 
>> SURE. 
>> ANY CONCERN 
ABOUT THE WEEK? 
I KNOW THERE ARE 
SOME 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
PLANNED.   
>> I'LL TAKE THE 
FIRST CRACK AT 
THAT.  
I DON'T KNOW 
THAT I WOULD SAY 
I'M CONCERNED. 
BUT WE'RE 
DEFINITELY 
KEEPING TRACK ON 
THE WEEKEND. 
THE WEEKEND IS A 
DIFFERENT 
DYNAMIC. 
SO IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH 
THE LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES, 
WE'RE MAKING 
SURE THAT WE'RE 
PREPARED THAT 
ANYTHING MIGHT 
COME UP OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
>> BEFORE YOU 
LEAVE, DID THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
ANYBODY IN HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAVE ANY ROLE? 
OR HAS IT PLAYED 
ANY ROLE IN YOUR 
BEING HERE? 
DO YOU CONSULT 
WITH THEM WHEN 
YOU DO ANYTHING 
HERE? 
>> AS HAS BEEN 
MENTIONED IN THE 
PRESS ALREADY, 
GOVERNOR EBERS 
HAS BEEN IN 
CONTACT WITH THE 
WHITE HOUSE.  
I'M NOT PRIVY TO 
THE SPECIFICS OF 
THOSE 
DISCUSSIONS.  
BUT THERE HAVE 
BEEN 
DISCUSSIONS.   
>> AND JUST 
CLARIFICATION.  
OVER 1,000 
GUARDSMEN HERE. 
DOES THAT 
INCLUDE THE OUT-
OF-STATE ONES? 
>> AGAIN. 
I JUST GAVE YOU 
LIKE -- OVER A 
THOUSAND.  
AND THAT, AS OF 
RIGHT NOW, DOES 
NOT INCLUDE 
THOSE.   
>> I GUESS MY 
QUESTION IS, ARE 
THE OUT-OF-STATE 
MEMBERS HERE? 
OR ARE THEY 
STILL ON THEIR 
WAY? 
>> OKAY. 
YES.
GOOD QUESTION.
SO THEY ARE EN 
ROUTE RIGHT NOW. 
WE HAVE SOME 
THAT ARE DRIVING 
HERE.  
THE ONES FROM 
MICHIGAN. 
AND THE OTHERS 
WILL BE ARRIVING 
VIA AIRPLANE 
LATER TODAY.   
>> CAN SOMEONE 
TELL US HOW MANY 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED IN 
RELATION TO THE 
PROTEST? 
AND ON WHAT 
CHARGES? 
>> I'LL LET THE 
CHIEF COME UP 
AND ADDRESS THE 
CROWD.  
>> TO DATE, 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SOMEWHERE AROUND 
50 PEOPLE 
ARRESTED. 
JUST UNDER 50, 
FOR A VARIETY OF 
OFFENSES FROM 
CURFEW TO 
WEAPONS CHARGES. 
DRUG CHARGES.
ILLEGAL
FIREWORKS.
AND I BELIEVE 
THE SUSPECT LAST 
NIGHT WAS ARREST 
SAID FOR 
POSSESSION OR 
POSSESSING THE 
FLAME THROWER.  
ACTUALLY, THAT 
WAS THE NIGHT 
BEFORE.  
>> QUESTION 
ABOUT JACOB LEE. 
IS HE STILL 
SHACKLED TO THE 
HOSPITAL? 
>> I CAN TELL 
YOU THAT HE IS, 
AND HAS BEEN 
UNDER THE GUARD 
OF AN OUTSIDE 
AGENCY. 
I CAN'T SPEAK TO 
THAT.  
AND NOBODY HERE 
CAN. 
>> HAS ANYONE 
SPOKEN TO THAT 
AGENCY? 
>> WHAT WILL BE 
THE AGENCY?  
DO YOU KNOW 
THAT? 
>> I CAN'T SPEAK 
TO THAT. 
BUT IT'S OUTSIDE 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY. 
>> IS IT 
STANDARD 
PRACTICE POLICY 
TO HAVE SOMEONE 
LIKE THAT? 
>> IT IS.
IN AN EFFORT TO 
HAVE AN OUTSIDE 
INVESTIGATION IN 
PLACE, IT'S ALSO 
VERY HELPFUL, 
OBVIOUSLY, TO 
HAVE AN OUTSIDE 
AGENCY GUARD 
THAT PERSON FOR 
HIS PROTECTION. 
AND FOR 
LIABILITY 
REASONS FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
>> DOES IT HAVE 
ANYTHING TO DO 
WITH THE 
OUTSTANDING 
WARRANT THAT WAS 
IN PLACE AGAINST 
HIM FROM JULY? 
>> HE'S BEING 
GUARDED. 
BECAUSE HE WAS 
UNDER ARREST. 
IT WAS FOR AN 
OUTSTANDING 
WARRANT FOR 
THIRD DEGREE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT.  
AND A FOLLOW-UP 
QUESTION IF I 
MAY. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
IF THE OFFICERS 
WHO RESPONDED TO 
THAT CALL SUNDAY 
KNEW OF THE 
OUTSTANDING 
WARRANT? 
>> I CAN'T. 
I BELIEVE THAT'S 
WHERE THEY WERE 
THERE. 
BUT I DON'T KNOW 
SPECIFICALLY. 
>> WOULD THAT 
CHANGE THE 
NATURE OF THE 
RESPONSE, YOU 
KNOW, KNOWING 
SOMEONE HAD A 
HISTORY? 
>> IT WOULD 
CERTAINLY BE 
HEIGHTENED 
AWARENESS. 
BUT IN THIS 
CASE, THE 
ALTERCATION. 
AND REMEMBER, 
I'M NOT AWARE OF 
THE DETAILS OF 
THIS, IS THAT 
THERE WAS SOME 
RESISTING.  
THAT'S WHAT 
CHANGED THE 
DYNAMICS.   
>> INTERVIEWED 
YET BY THE 
INVESTIGATORS? 
>> I BELIEVE DCI 
HAS SPOKEN WITH 
THEM, YES. 
>> AND THEY HAVE 
GOTTEN AN IDEA 
OF WHY HE 
RESPONDED AS HE 
DID ON THAT 
CALL? 
>> THEY DO NOT 
SHARE ANY 
DETAILS WITH ME 
ON THE 
INVESTIGATION 
THIS WILL IT'S 
DONE. 
>> THIS QUESTION 
FOR YOU, OR 
SHERIFF BETH, 
BUT A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE IN JAIL 
THIS MORNING, 
STILL UNDER 
ARREST FOR BEING 
OUT AFTER 
CURFEW, WHICH I 
UNDERSTAND IS A 
VIOLATION. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN 
WHY -- USUALLY, 
IT SEEMS RATHER 
LONG FOR 
VIOLATION, SOME 
PEOPLE ARE 
ASKING.   
>> YOU WANT TO 
STICK WITH THE 
CHIEF FIRST? 
>> DOES ANYBODY 
ELSE HAVE ANY 
MORE QUESTIONS 
FOR CHIEF? 
>> YES.
SO THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED TUESDAY 
NIGHT WITH THE 
SHOOTING.  
THE SUSPECT WAS 
SEEN ON VIDEO, 
WALKING AWAY 
FROM SCENE, 
PRESUMABLY BASED 
ON POSITION WITH 
A BODY ON THE 
GROUND. 
THERE'S AN 
ASSAULT RIFLE. 
AND HE WAS ABLE 
TO LEAVE THE 
SCENE. 
HE WASN'T 
QUESTIONED. 
SO JUST FROM A 
PROCEDURAL 
STANDPOINT. 
CAN YOU GIVE US 
AN IDEA OF WHY 
THAT DIDN'T 
HAPPEN? 
WHY HE WAS ABLE 
TO LEAVE THE 
SCENE? 
WHEN PRESUMABLY. 
WHEN PEOPLE WERE 
ACTUALLY HURT ON 
VIDEO AS WELL, 
SAYING THIS MAN 
SHOT SOMEONE. 
>> SURE. 
THAT'S A GOOD 
QUESTION.  
SO TO UNDERSTAND 
WHAT HAPPENED 
THAT NIGHT, AND 
WHAT YOU SAW IN 
THE FILM, THE 
VIDEO CLIP 
THERE, YOU NEED 
TO UNDERSTAND 
WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING IN THE 
GREATER SCHEME 
OF THINGS. 
THERE WERE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE IN THE 
AREA, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WITH 
WEAPONS AND 
UNFORTUNATELIES 
ARE A LOT OF 
GUNFIRE. 
SO WHAT THE 
OFFICERS WERE 
WALKING INTO OR 
DRIVING INTO IN 
THIS CASE, WAS A 
SHOTS FIRED 
COMPLAINT, NOT A 
SHOOTING, NOT A 
PERSON DOWN 
COMPLAINT. 
WE HAVE HAD MANY 
OF THOSE OVER 
THE COURSE OF 
THIS UNFORTUNATE 
EVENT.  
SO THEY'RE 
RESPONDING TO 
THAT. 
THEY SEE 
SOMEBODY WALKING 
TOWARD THEM, 
WITH HIS HANDS 
UP. 
THAT, TOO, ISN'T 
OUT OF THE 
ORDINARY, GIVEN 
HOW THE EVENTS 
HAVE BEEN GOING 
ON.  
MANY PEOPLE, AS 
I DROVE AROUND, 
AND OTHERS HAVE 
EXPLAINED, HAVE 
SEEN THE SAME 
THING.  
WE HAVE ARMED 
INDIVIDUALS OUT 
PROTESTING OR 
COUNTERPROTESTING 
OR SIMPLY 
WALKING AROUND, 
EXERCISING THEIR 
RIGHT, WILL PUT 
THEIR HANDS UP. 
SO THAT'S NOT -- 
IT MIGHT HAVE 
BEEN ABNORMAL 
TWO WEEKS AGO. 
IT'S NO LONGER 
ABNORMAL.  
SO THERE WAS 
NOTHING TO 
SUGGEST THAT 
THIS PERSON WAS 
INVOLVED IN A 
CRIMINAL 
BEHAVIOR. 
HE CONTINUED. 
HE MADE CONTACT 
NEAR THE 
OFFICER'S DOOR. 
AND YOU CAN HEAR 
ON THE RECORDING 
THAT I HEARD, 
THAT THE 
OFFICERS ARE 
TELLING HIM TO 
GET OUT OF THE 
WAY. 
CLEARLY THEY'RE 
NOT SEEING HIM 
AS A SUSPECT OR 
THREAT AT ANY 
TIME. 
HE'S ALLOWED TO 
LEAVE. 
AND HE GOES AND 
TURNS HIMSELF 
IN, BECAUSE WE 
HAVE NO IDEA 
THAT HE'S 
INVOLVED. 
THE OFFICERS 
BECOME FOCUSED 
ON WHAT THEY SEE 
DOWN THE ROAD.   
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ]  >>
WHAT'S THAT? 
>> WAS THAT A 
LAPSE IN 
JUDGMENT? 
>> I WOULD SAY 
NOT.  
TWO WEEKS AGO, 
MY ANSWER MIGHT 
HAVE BEEN 
DIFFERENT. 
BUT RIGHT NOW, 
THE TOTALITY OF 
CIRCUMSTANCE, 
NOTHING 
SUGGESTED THIS 
PERSON OR 
ANYTHING ANYBODY 
ELSE ARMED WAS 
THE PERSON.  
THEY'RE VERY 
UNLOOKLY TO HAVE 
HEARD ANY 
COMMENTS FROM 
THE CROWD, NEXT 
TO THE VEHICLES 
THAT WERE THERE, 
AT THE RADIO 
TRAFFIC, THE 
GUNFIRE, THE 
CROWD.   
>> A CHURCH 
GROUP HAS UHAUL 
PULLED OVER, A 
THOUSAND DOLLARS 
OF RELIEF 
SUPPLIES, 
INCLUDING FIRST 
AID KITS, SNACK 
BARS, AND FIRE 
EXTINGUISHERS 
WERE SEIZED BUT 
HAVE NOT BEEN 
RETURNED. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> I'M NOT AWARE 
OF THAT 
INCIDENT. 
>> OFFICER, ON 
THE INITIAL 
SHOOTING, WAS 
THE POLICE 
OFFICER AWARE 
THAT THERE WERE 
THREE BABIES IN 
THE CAR WHEN 
THEY FIRED ON 
THE SUSPECT? 
>> ARE YOU 
REFERRING BACK 
TO THE BEGINNING 
OF THIS? 
>> YES. 
I'M TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
GENTLEMAN WHO 
WAS SHOT SEVERAL 
TIMES. 
THERE WERE THREE 
BABIES IN THE 
CAR. 
DID THEY 
UNDERSTAND THERE 
WERE THREE 
CHILDREN IN THE 
CAR? 
>> I CAN TELL 
YOU ONCE AGAIN, 
I DON'T HAVE THE 
DETAILS OF THAT 
EVENT, NO MATTER 
HOW MANY TIMES 
YOU ASK THE 
QUESTION. 
THE DETAILS ARE 
IN THE HANDS OF 
DCI, NOT ME.   
>> ON THE FLOOR 
HERE. 
GO AHEAD, SIR. 
>> GENERALLY 
SPEAKING, 
CLEARLY THE KID 
WAS UNDERAGED. 
HE WAS 17 YEARS 
OLD. 
WHAT IS THE 
RULE.  
I MEAN, IT HAD 
AN OFFICER TO 
HAVE AN OFFICER 
TAUGHT THAT FROM 
THE GET-GO, THIS 
MAY NOT HAVE 
HAPPENED.  
WHAT IS THE 
GENERAL RULE OF 
THUMB ABOUT 
CHECKING I.D.s?  
DO OFFICERS DO 
THAT IN THAT 
REGARD? 
>> SO AGAIN. 
BACK TO TWO 
WEEKS AGO, IT 
WAS VERY LIKELY 
THAT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN DONE, GIVEN 
THE VAST NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE OUT. 
SOME PEOPLE 
WEARING MASKS, 
SOME NOT. 
THE APPEARANCE 
OF PEOPLE, WE 
DON'T HAVE, I 
CAN'T REALLY 
ANSWER THAT IN 
CURRENT CONTEXT. 
BECAUSE NOW 
THERE'S SO MANY. 
HE WASN'T 
CLEARLY AN 
UNDERAGED 
PERSON. 
I THINK IF YOU 
SAW A SMALL 
CHILD, YOU COULD 
DO THAT. 
BUT IT'S 
DIFFICULT TO 
ASCERTAIN THAT 
THERE IS AN AGE 
ISSUE WHEN IT'S 
THAT CLOSE.  
>> MILITIA 
MEMBERS HAVE 
TOLD ME THAT 
WITHOUT 
EXCEPTION, LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS WERE 
FRIENDLY TO 
THEM, AS THEY 
WALKED AROUND 
WITH SEMI 
AUTOMATIC 
WEAPONS ON THE 
STREETS THAT 
NIGHT.  
DID THAT HAVE 
ANYTHING TO DO 
WITH THE FACT 
THAT THE NOW-
ACCUSED SHOOTER 
WAS ABLE TO WALK 
RIGHT PAST 
DEPUTIES, AND 
NOW THERE'S AN 
EXTRADITION 
FIGHT OUT OF 
ILLINOIS? 
>> I CAN'T SPEAK 
TO THAT. 
I BELIEVE 
EVERYBODY OUT 
THERE IN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, HAS 
BEEN FRIENDLY TO 
BOTH SIDES. 
AND I CAN TELL 
YOU THAT AS 
THERE IS NO 
REASON TO 
DISBELIEVE WHAT 
I JUST SAID 
ABOUT NOT 
KNOWING THIS 
PERSON WAS A 
SUSPECT, THAT 
THAT HAD ANY 
ROLE IN IT.   
>> NEXT QUESTION 
QUESTION HERE IN 
THE BACK OF THE 
ROOM. 
>> CAN YOU TELL 
US HOW THEY GOT 
THE GUN AND IF 
ANYBODY IS GOING 
TO BE CHARGED IN 
THAT SPECIFIC 
CASE? 
>> I DON'T HAVE 
ANY SPECIFIC 
DETAILS AS TO 
HOW HE OBTAINED 
THE GUN.  
I KNOW WE'RE 
FOLLOWING UP. 
>> TWO MORE 
QUESTIONS FOR 
CHIEF HERE. 
>> HAS KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE BEEN 
QUESTIONED YET?  
AND I KNOW YOU 
SAID YOU DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT LED UP 
TO THE SHOOTING. 
BUT IT'S BEEN A 
NUMBER OF DAYS.  
AND THERE'S A 
LOT OF VIDEO.  
SO HOW IS THAT, 
I GUESS, 
POSSIBLE? 
>> WELL, AS IN 
MOST 
HOMICIDECASES, 
THEY TAKE DAYS.  
IT ALSO TAKES 
THE COOPERATION 
OF THE PERSON 
INVOLVED.  
AS THEY INVOKE 
THEIR RIGHT TO 
AN ATTORNEY. 
WE MAY NOT GET 
THAT 
INFORMATION. 
I CAN'T SPEAK TO 
WHAT THE DETAILS 
WERE ABOUT HIS 
MOTIVE. 
BECAUSE I DO NOT 
KNOW. 
>> FINAL 
QUESTION FOR 
CHIEF McGUINNESS 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> ME? 
>> YES, SIR. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> THANK YOU.
CHIEF, WHAT IS 
THE POLICY IN 
REGARD TO USE OF 
FORCE AND 
SITUATIONS WHERE 
A PERSON THAT IS 
ACCUSED OR 
SUSPECTED OF A 
CRIME IS FLEEING 
FROM OFFICERS? 
AND WHAT IS THE 
STATE LAW UNDER 
WHICH YOU 
OPERATE? 
>> WE FOLLOW THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
THERE'S A 
TRAINING AND 
STANDARDS 
CONFRONTATIONAL 
COURSE.  
IT HAS A WHOLE 
NUMBER OF 
THINGS. 
BUT THERE'S A 
HIERARCHY. 
AND THE LEVEL OF 
FORCE IS THE 
LEVEL SUFFICIENT 
TO TAKE A PERSON 
INTO CUSTODY.  
SO DEPENDING ON 
WHAT ACTION OF 
THE PERSON WHO 
IS BEING 
ARRESTED TAKES, 
THAT DRIVES THE 
LEVEL OF FORCE 
USED BY THE 
OFFICER. 
>> ARE THEY 
REQUIRED TO USE 
DEADLY FORCE?  
REQUIRED? 
NO.
AND I DON'T 
BELIEVE THEY 
USED DEADLY 
FORCE. 
HE WAS PLEA 
FLEEING. 
>> THAT'S THE 
FINAL QUESTION. 
DOES ANYBODY 
HAVE ANY 
QUESTIONS FOR 
SHERIFF. 
>> I'LL 
REITERATE THE 
QUESTION. 
THERE WERE A 
NUMBER, AND SOME 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
HELD  [ INAUDIBLE
]
FOR VIOLATING 
CURFEW. 
WE HAVE 
QUESTIONS FOR 
VIOLATION. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN 
WHY PEOPLE WERE 
HELD THAT LONG? 
>> I DON'T KNOW. 
I DON'T KNOW WHO 
IS IN THERE. 
I KNOW THERE ARE 
A FEW CURFEW 
ONES.  
BUT THEY HAVE TO 
POST BOND. 
AND THEY ALSO 
HAVE TO PROVIDE 
PROPER 
IDENTIFICATION. 
WE HAVE TO BE 
ABLE TO KNOW WHO 
THEY ARE. 
SO IF THEY HAVE 
NOT DONE EITHER 
OF THOSE TWO, I 
THEY MIGHT HAVE 
TO APPEAR IN 
COURT. 
AND I'M AFRAID, 
COURT IS NOW A 
LITTLE DAY OF 
DELAYED. 
>> CAN YOU 
EXPLAIN  [
INAUDIBLE ]
WE LEARNED ABOUT 
THAT THIS 
MORNING. 
>> PROBABLY JUST 
FOR THE SAFETY 
OF EVERYBODY 
COMING TO IT.  
THE FIRST I'VE 
HEARD OF IT, 
BECAUSE 
TRUTHFULLY, I'VE 
BEEN BUSY WITH 
OTHER THINGS. 
THAT WASN'T A 
PRIORITY FOR ME 
TO DO THAT. 
>> ANYBODY HAVE 
QUESTIONS FOR 
THE SHERIFF? 
>> ANY ON 
WHETHER THE 
MOTHER OF KYLE 
RITTEN HOUSE 
DROVE HIM AND 
WILL SHE FACE 
CHARGES? 
>> I ACTUALLY 
WAS ASKED THAT 
QUESTION THIS 
MORNING. 
AND IT'S THE 
FIRST I HEARD OF 
IT. 
I DON'T KNOW. 
I DIDN'T KNOW 
THAT SHE DID. 
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT 
INVESTIGATING 
THAT PART.  
AND I KNOW WE'VE 
KIND OF SAID 
THIS. 
BUT WE ALL HAVE 
DIFFERENT ROLES 
IN THIS ENTIRE 
SITUATION.  
THAT 
INVESTIGATION IS 
NOT UNDER, IN MY 
WORLD. 
>> IN THE BACK, 
BLUE SHIRT, BLUE 
HAT? 
>> YES, SIR YOU 
HAVE A QUESTION? 
>> SHERIFF, HAVE 
YOU SEEN THE 
VIDEO 
CIRCULATING 
AROUND OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFERING BOTTLES 
OF WATER, SAYING 
"WE APPRECIATE 
YOU" TO ARMED 
INDIVIDUALS 
WALKING AROUND? 
>> I WAS ASKED 
APPROXIMATE A 
FEW DIFFERENT 
ONES. 
AND TRUTHFULLY, 
I HAVE WATCHED 
NO SOCIAL MEDIA, 
WATCHED NO NEWS 
BROADCASTS, I 
HAVE NOT READ 
ANY PAPERS SINCE 
LAST WEEK. 
BUT THAT ONE, I 
DID SEE.  
AND IT'S AN 
ARMORED CAR, 
SAID SHERIFF ON 
IT. 
IT WASN'T ONE OF 
OUR BEAR CATS. 
RIGHT NOW WE 
HAVE 19 ARMORED 
VEHICLES THAT 
ARE ALL BEING 
UTILIZED. 
IT WASN'T ONE OF 
OURS. 
AS THE CHIEF 
POINTED OUT. 
AND I'M NOT A 
TECHY PERSON. 
I DON'T DO 
FACEBOOK. 
BUT ONE OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO WAS 
VIDEOTAPING, IT 
SOUNDED LIKE 
THEY WERE OUT IN 
PORTLAND, TOO. 
AND THEY 
COMMENTED ON HOW 
FRIENDLY THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT WAS 
HERE IN 
WISCONSIN.  
WELL, I DON'T 
KNOW IF I TAKE 
THAT AS A 
COMPLIMENT OR 
NOT.  
BUT THE FACT 
THAT ONE OF OUR 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
HERE THREW A 
BOTTLE OF WATER 
TO SOMEONE 
WALKING DOWN THE 
STREET, I 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
PART.  
HIS COMMENT THAT 
HE MADE, IT 
DOESN'T MIRROR 
ALL OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT'S 
PERSPECTIVE ON 
WHAT HAPPENED.  
THIS GROUP OF 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
CARRYING WEAPONS 
HERE, IF THEY'RE 
IN THEIR HOUSE 
-- AND AGAIN, I 
SUPPORT THE 
SECOND 
AMENDMENT. 
IF THEY'RE IN 
THERE PROTECTING 
THEIR PROPERTY, 
I HAVE NO ISSUE 
WITH THAT.  
AND THE PEOPLE 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
HERE CARRYING 
GUNS, THEY 
HAVEN'T BEEN 
ARRESTED BECAUSE 
IT'S A RIGHT 
THAT THEY HAVE.  
HAVE WE ASKED 
FOR THEM TO 
COME?  
ARE WE ASKING 
FOR THEM TO COME 
IN AND SUPPORT 
THINGS? 
I'M NOT.
ONE OF THE 
THINGS AS YOU 
CAN CLEARLY SEE 
THE SITUATION 
ESCALATED 
TUESDAY NIGHT 
BECAUSE THE 17-
YEAR-OLD BOY 
CARRYING WHAT 
APPEARS TO BE AN 
ASSAULT RIFLE, 
WHO HAS NO IDEA 
HOW TO HANDLE A 
SITUATION LIKE 
THIS, I DON'T 
CARE IF HE HAD 
THE RIGHT 
INTENTIONS OR 
NOT.  
TWO PEOPLE ARE 
CURRENTLY DEAD.  
AND ONE ALMOST 
HAD HIS ARM 
BLOWN OFF.  
SO THE COMMENTS 
THAT WHOEVER WAS 
IN THAT ARMORED 
VEHICLE SAID, IT 
DOES NOT REFLECT 
WHAT WE HEAR IN 
KENOSHA ARE 
ASKING FOR.  
WE HAVE AS YOU 
HEARD THE 
GENERAL SAY, 
WE'VE GOT A LOT 
OF MILITARY 
PERSONNEL. 
WE HAVE A LOT OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL FROM 
THROUGHOUT THE 
STATE, 
THROUGHOUT THE 
MIDWEST, AND 
TRUTH 
TREUGHTFULLY, WE 
HAVE THEM 
THROUGHOUT THE 
COUNTRY HERE 
RIGHT NOW, TO 
HELP PROTECT 
KENOSHA.   
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ]  >> 
CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THE 
STATUSES OF THE 
NINE PEOPLE 
ARRESTED THIS 
WEEK, IN 
RELATION TO THE 
GAS STATION? 
>> THAT WASN'T 
US. 
>> WAS THAT 
KENOSHA POLICE? 
>> IT WAS. 
>> CAN CAN YOU 
TALK ABOUT THAT, 
CHIEF?   
>> WHY DON'T YOU 
GUYS STICK WITH 
ONE PERSON AT A 
TIME? 
AND THAT WAY WE 
CAN WRAP IT UP 
AND I DON'T MEAN 
TO CUT YOU 
OFTEN. 
I THINK THE 
CHIEF CAN 
PROBABLY ANSWER 
THAT. 
>> THE 50 PEOPLE 
ARRESTED FOR 
PROTEST CHARGES, 
CAN YOU TELL IN 
GENERAL WHERE 
THEY FROM? 
FROM IN TOWN, 
OUT OF TOWN? 
>> I'VE HEARD OF 
A LOT OF OUT OF 
TOWN PEOPLE.  
I'M NOT SAYING 
THAT THERE 
AREN'T SOME FROM 
IN TOWN. 
BUT I'M AWARE 
THERE ARE A LOT 
FROM OUT OF 
TOWN. 
>> SHERIFF, WERE 
YOU AMOUNTING 
THAT SOME OF 
THOSE ARMED 
INDIVIDUALS, 
ARMED GROUPS 
WOULD BE OUT ON 
THE STREETS 
TUESDAY NIGHT TO 
CONFRONT 
PROTESTORS? 
WAS LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
ANTICIPATING 
THAT?   
>> I DON'T -- 
OUR DEPARTMENT 
AND THE PEOPLE 
THAT WERE OUT 
THERE, PROBABLY 
KNEW THAT.  
AGAIN, MY DAY 
FROM THE MINUTE 
I GET UP UNTIL 
THE MINUTE I 
FALL ASLEEP 
SOMEWHERE, THERE 
ARE CERTAIN 
THINGS THAT I'M 
KIND OF PRIVY TO 
AND ENLIGHTENED 
ON. 
I'M SURE OUR 
STAFF AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT KNEW 
BECAUSE THEY 
COULD SEE THEM. 
AND I'M SURE 
WHOEVER WAS OUT 
IN THE FIELD 
RELAYED THAT 
BACK TO THE 
COMMAND POST. 
>> BUT DID THEY 
KNOW? 
THROUGH ONLINE 
CHATTER? 
>> I'M SURE THAT 
THEY DID. 
I'M SURE THEY 
DID.  
AND AGAIN, THE 
FACT THAT THEY 
WERE OUT THERE 
ISN'T AGAINST 
THE LAW.  
AND THE FACT 
THAT, THE ONE 
PICTURE THAT I 
SAW, THE 
SUSPECT, HE HAD 
A MASK ON. 
AND AGAIN, I 
DON'T KNOW WHAT 
HE WAS DOING THE 
REST OF THE 
TIME. 
SO I DON'T KNOW. 
OTHER PEOPLE SAW 
HIM LATER.  
BUT WHEN I SAW 
HE HAD A MASK 
ON. 
HE HAD A 
BASEBALL CAP ON. 
HE HAD SOME KIND 
OF YELLOW OR 
GREEN SHIRT.  
AND HE LOOKED 
YOUNG TO ME. 
BUT I COULDN'T 
HAVE TOLD YOU, 
HE WAS UNDER 
AGE.  
I DON'T KNOW IF 
I ANSWERED YOUR 
QUESTION. 
>> FINAL 
QUESTION. 
>> SHERIFF --  >>
I KNOW YOUR 
AGENCY IS NOT 
INVESTIGATING 
THE OFFICER-
INVOLVED 
SHOOTING. 
>> THEN DON'T 
ASK THE 
QUESTION. 
>> AND I KNOW 
THAT YOUR 
DEPUTIES WERE 
NOT INVOLVED. 
BUT JUST AS THE 
TOP LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIAL IN THIS 
COUNTY.  
WHEN YOU SEE 
THAT CELL PHONE 
VIDEO --  >> I 
DIDN'T SEE THE 
CELL PHONE 
VIDEO. 
>> THE CELL 
PHONE VIDEO 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE, AS 
THE TOP LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIAL IN THIS 
COUNTY, DO YOU 
SEE A PROBLEM 
JUST FROM THE 
VIDEO OF WHAT 
THAT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICER DID? 
>> I THINK I 
ANSWERED. 
I HAVE NOT SEEN 
THAT VIDEO. 
>> YOU HAVE 
NEVER SEEN THAT 
VIDEO? 
>> I'M STICKING 
TO THE SAME 
THING I ANSWERED 
EARLIER. 
>> DO YOU HAVE A 
PROBLEM WITH 
THAT? 
THAT YOU HAVEN'T 
SEEN THE VIDEO? 
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'LL BRING 
THE CHIEF UP TO 
ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTION IN THE 
MIDDLE. 
THEN WE'LL MOVE 
ON.   
>> I HAVE ONE 
FOLLOW-UP. 
>> NO MORE 
FOLLOW-UPS.  
RIGHT HERE IN 
THE MIDDLE. 
>> CAN YOU TELL 
US WHAT THE 
STATUS IS OF THE 
NIGHT PEOPLE WHO 
WERE ARRESTED? 
THE RELATIONSHIP 
AT THE SPEEDWAY 
GAS STATION? 
SOUNDS LIKE THEY 
WERE OUT OF 
STATE PLATES? 
HAVE YOU 
DISCOVERED ANY 
MORE? 
>> I CAN ADDRESS 
THAT IN GENERAL. 
I DON'T HAVE 
GREAT DETAILS ON 
IT. 
BUT THE KENOSHA 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT 
RECEIVED A TIP 
THAT THERE WAS A 
NUMBER OF 
VEHICLES THAT 
WERE ON THE 
SOUTHWEST SIDE 
OF TOWN. 
WITH OUT-OF-
STATE PLATES IN 
A REMOTE AREA. 
AND THEY WERE 
DEEMED 
SUSPICIOUS. 
WE INITIATED 
SURVEILLANCE 
WITH THEM. 
AND EVENTUALLY 
MADE CONTACT 
WITH A GAS 
STATION ACROSS 
TOWN, WHERE I 
BELIEVE THEY 
WERE FUELING UP 
A GAS CAN. 
DON'T QUOTE ME 
ON THAT. 
BECAUSE I'M NOT 
NECESSARILY 
SURE. 
I THINK THAT'S 
WHAT I RECALL 
HEARING. 
>> IN THE COURSE 
OF IDENTIFYING 
THE OCCUPANTS OF 
TWO OF THE 
VEHICLES, THE 
THIRD VEHICLE 
ATTEMPTED TO 
LEAVE, DISOBEYED 
ORDERS, WOULDN'T 
ROLL THE WINDOWS 
DOWN, WOULD NOT 
COOPERATE WITH 
THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
AND DUE TO THE 
ACTIONS OF THE 
DRIVER, AN ENTRY 
WAS MADE INTO 
THE CAR. 
SO THAT BEING 
DONE, THEY'RE 
INVESTIGATING 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON.  
THEY FOUND 
SHIELD, MASKS, 
ILLEGAL 
FIREWORKS, SOME 
POLICE-
CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES. 
AND WE CALLED 
FOR THE 
ASSISTANCE OF 
ATF, WHO IS IN 
TOWN. 
THEY PROVIDED A 
SUPPORTING ROLE. 
WITH THAT. 
AND THEN THE 
INVESTIGATION 
WAS, REMAINS  [
INAUDIBLE ]
PRETTY MUCH WHAT 
I JUST LAID OUT 
FOR YOU. 
>> WHAT WAS THE 
FIREWORKS? 
JUST TOO BIG? 
>> AGAIN. 
NOT WITH THE 
DETAILS. 
BUT IT MAY BE 
THE SIZE, THE 
AMOUNT OF 
EXPLOSIVES 
INVOLVED IN IT. 
I DON'T HAVE THE 
DETAILS ON THAT. 
>> WHERE WERE 
THEY FROM? 
>> THOSE FROM 
OUT OF STATE. 
I DON'T RECALL 
WHICH STATE IT 
WAS FROM. 
>> ON ONE DAY, 
TWO CARS CAME 
DOWN FROM THE 
INTERSTATE. 
>> I BELIEVE I 
WAS TOLD. 
THAT WAS ONE 
MORE QUESTION. 
>> THAT'S THE 
LAST QUESTION 
FOR THE CHIEF. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
ANYBODY HAVE 
QUESTIONS FOR 
MAYOR? 
ANY QUESTIONS 
FOR COUNTY 
EXECUTIVE CRUZ? 
>> FOR THE 
MAYOR. 
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> SOME 
ORGANIZATIONS 
HAVE CALLED ON 
YOU TO ASK THE 
CHIEF AND THE 
SHERIFF TO 
RESIGN.  
AMID ALL OF THIS 
UNREST. 
AND THE OFFICER-
INVOLVED 
SHOOTING. 
DO YOU PLAN TO 
ASK THEM TO DO 
THAT? 
>> NO.
I THINK WHEN YOU 
LOOK AT WHAT HAS 
OCCURRED OVER 
THE LAST WEEK, 
AND ALL THE 
ACTIVITIES THAT 
ARE GOING ON, 
EVERYONE IS 
DOING THE BEST 
THEY CAN WITH 
THE SITUATION 
THEY HAVE AND I 
THINK BOTH THE 
CHIEF AND 
SHERIFF 
CLARIFIED THE 
SITUATION THAT 
THEY WERE TO US. 
>> HOW DO YOU 
WANT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT TO 
ADDRESS THAT? 
>> IF WE -- I 
MADE IT REALLY 
CLEAR MY OPINION 
OF ARMED 
MILITIA, OUT ON 
THE, IN THE 
CITY. 
DO NOT WANT YOU 
HERE. 
DO NOT EXPECT 
YOU TO BE HERE.  
AND YOU SHOULD 
STAY AWAY.  
AND I THINK 
THAT'S AS CLEAR 
AS I CAN MAKE 
IT. 
>> HOW DO YOU 
WANT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT? 
>> I THINK I 
MADE IT AS CLEAR 
AS I CAN MAKE 
IT. 
AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT WILL 
DO THEIR JOBS. 
>> MAYOR, THIS 
CHURCH GROUP 
THAT HAD A 
THOUSAND 
DOLLARS' WORTH 
OF ESSENTIALLY 
HUMANITARIAN 
SUPPLIES SEIZED, 
WILL THERE BE 
ANY ATTEMPT TO 
RETURN THOSE 
PROPERTIES TO 
THOSE GROUPS WHO 
HAVE NOT BEEN 
CHARGED WITH 
CRIMES? 
>> I WILL LOOK 
INTO IT. 
I DO NOT KNOW 
ANYTHING ABOUT 
IT, THOUGH, TO 
BE HONEST WITH 
YOU. 
ANY OTHER 
QUESTIONS FOR 
ME? 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> ANY QUESTION 
FIST ARE COUNTY 
EXECUTIVE 
CRUISER? 
[ INAUDIBLE ]  >>
THROUGH SUNDAY. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
NO QUESTIONS FOR 
COUNTY EXECUTIVE 
CRUISER. 
ANY FINAL 
QUESTIONS FOR 
GENERAL MAP? 
LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, THAT 
CONCLUDES OUR 
PRESS 
CONFERENCE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
MONDAY, RIGHT 
BACK HERE AT 
1:00 P.M. 
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> SAME PLACE? 
>> RIGHT HERE.
[ INAUDIBLE ]  
>> WE THANK YOU 
FOR COMING 
TODAY.   
>> THANK YOU.  
♪[ MUSIC ] ♪  
♪[ MUSIC ] ♪  
>>> FOUR YEARS 
AGO, THEN 
CANDIDATE TRUMP 
ASKED BLACK 
VOTERS THIS 
QUESTION. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
HAVE TO LOSE BY 
TRYING SOMETHING 
NEW. 
I WILL FIX. 
WATCH.
I WILL FIX IT.   
>> WHAT DO BLACK 
VOTERS THINK 
ABOUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP NOW NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
MORGAN RADFORD 
ASKED HIM THAT 
VERY QUESTION.   
>> I WENT BACK 
TO MY HOME STATE 
OF NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
WHICH IS WHERE 
THE CANDIDATE 
WAS IN CHARLOTTE 
BURG NORTH 
CAROLINA AND 
MECKLENBURG. 
WHERE HE 
ESSENTIALLY 
ASKED BLACK AND 
BROWN VOTERS. 
WHAT DO YOU HAVE 
TO LOSE BY 
VOTING FOR ME. 
ESSENTIALLY 
SAYING, WHY NOT 
TAKE A CHANCE TO 
VOTE FOR ME, 
BLACK VOTERS 
TEND TO 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
VOTE FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
I WENT AND 
ASKED, WHAT DO 
YOU HAVE TO 
LOSE, IF 
ANYTHING AT ALL? 
OUR CONVERSATION 
TALKED ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS, 
RACE AND BLACK 
UNEMPLOYMENT.  
TAKE A LISTEN. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS BILLED 
HIMSELF AS THE 
LAW AND ORDER 
PRESIDENT.  
DOES THAT MAKE 
YOU FEEL MORE OR 
LESS? 
>> THE QUESTION 
IS LAW AND ORDER 
FOR WHOM? 
AND WHAT I HEAR 
A LOT OF TIMES 
IS LAW AND 
ORDER, IN ORDER 
TO KEEP PEOPLE 
IN LINE.  
NOT LAW AND 
ORDER TO MAKE 
SURE JUSTICE IS 
FAIR.  
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT EVERYBODY 
IS EXPERIENCING 
THE JUSTICE 
SYSTEM IN THE 
SAME WAY.  
LAW AND ORDER TO 
ME IS SAYING I'M 
GOING TO KEEP 
THINGS THE WAY 
THEY ARE. 
AND IN THE SAME 
PLACE.  
YOU KNOW, TO 
MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
KNOW THEY 
BELONG. 
>> AS A BLACK 
BUSINESS OWNER. 
DO YOU THINK YOU 
ARE BETTER OR 
WORSE OFF? 
>> BEEN WORSE 
OFF. 
>> WORSE OFF.
I SACRIFICE. 
THE THINGS I 
ENJOY IN MY 
LIFE.  
IZ GAVE UP MY 
CAR. 
TO DO THAT.
>> YOU GAVE UP 
YOUR CAR TO KEEP 
YOUR BUSINESS 
OPEN? 
>> YES, I DID. 
>> IT WAS A 
POINT TO WHERE, 
OKAY. 
DO I KEEP THE 
BUSINESS OPEN? 
OR DO I PAY MY 
RENT? 
>> WE ASKED THE 
QUESTION. 
WHY DID THAT 
EXCITE YOU SO 
MUCH? 
>> I THINK THAT 
BLACKS HAVE BEEN 
LUMPED INTO THIS 
GROUP, WHERE 
THERE'S THOUGHT 
THAT IF YOU VOTE 
ANY OTHER WAY, 
EXCEPT STRAIGHT 
TICKET DEMOCRAT. 
THEN YOU'RE NOT 
REALLY BLACK. 
YOU'RE NOT GOOD 
ENOUGH. 
YOU'RE NOT PART 
OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
YOU'RE NOT COOL. 
THAT'S THE WAY 
THEY TREAT US. 
AND WHENEVER HE 
SAID THAT, IT 
WAS CALLING IT 
OUT. 
AND IT EMPOWERS 
ME. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
THAT. 
IT EMPOWERED ME 
TO SAY, YOU KNOW 
WHAT? 
I COULD STEP UP 
AND REALLY BE 
WHO I'M MEANT TO 
BE.   
THE DEMOCRATS 
SAID THEY 
BELIEVE THE 
PRESIDENT 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
HAS A RACE 
RELATIONS 
PROBLEM, DOESN'T 
HANDLE THE TOPIC 
OF RACE WELL. 
BUT THE 
SUPPORTERS SAID 
THEY DO NOT 
BELIEVE THAT HE 
IS RACIST.  
AND THAT RACE IS 
AN EMOTIONAL 
TOPIC.  
IT HAS BEEN 
BROUGHT FRONT 
AND CENTER 
DURING THE RNC 
THIS WEEK. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THERE ARE REAL 
ECONOMIC 
IMPACTS. 
FOR EXAMPLE, 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
BLACK AMERICANS, 
22% OF ALL COVID 
DEATHS HAVE BEEN 
AMONG BLACK 
PEOPLE. 
THAT'S 36,000 
BLACK PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE DIED SINCE 
THE PANDEMIC 
BEGAN IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT BLACK 
BUSINESS AND 
UNMMENT HAVE 
BEEN IMPACTED.  
31% HAVE CLOSED, 
COMPARED TO 17% 
WHITE 
BUSINESSES. 
WE KNOW WHEN IT 
COMES TO COVID, 
JOBS, WE KNOW 
THERE ARE REAL 
AND STATISTICAL 
DIFFERENCES. 
ALISON?
>>> WHAT DO 
SUBURBAN WOMEN 
ACTUALLY THINK 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP? 
TAKE A LISTEN AS 
SOME OF THEM 
SHARE THEIR 
THOUGHTS ON THE 
UPCOMING 
ELECTION.   
>> SAW THE TWEET 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT. 
GOING AFTER 
VOTERS LIKE YOU 
WOMEN LIVING IN 
SUBURBAN AREAS.  
[ LAUGHTER ]   
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
RESPONSE? 
>> I THINK 
LAUGHTER.  
I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT TO THINK. 
>> IN WHAT 
SPEECH RECENTLY. 
I CALLED YOU 
SUBURBAN 
HOUSEWIVES. 
THEY ALL LOVED 
THIS. 
BUT THEY SAID, 
SIR, I DON'T 
KNOW IF THAT'S 
POLITICALLY 
CORRECT.   
>> I KIND OF 
BLANKETING EVERY 
WOMAN IN AS A 
SUBURBAN 
HOUSEWIFE IS 
OFFENSIVE. 
HERE'S WHAT YOU 
NEED TO FOCUS 
ON. 
HERE IS MY 
ISSUE.  
NOT BECAUSE THIS 
IS WHERE YOU 
LIVE AND I'M 
GOING TO HAVE 
SOME KIND OF A 
DOG WHISTLE THAT 
IS GOING TO 
SCARE YOU INTO 
VOTING FOR ME. 
>> WE ARE NOT 
1950s HOUSEWIVES 
ANYMORE. 
WE'RE EDUCATED, 
STRONG WOMEN, 
WHO ARE TRYING 
TO RAISE 
FAMILIES WHILE 
WORKING FULL-
TIME OUT OF THE 
HOME. 
A LOT OF US ARE. 
AND TO MAKE US 
THINK THAT WE'RE 
GOING TO BE, 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE THING. 
AND WE'RE ALL OF 
A SUDDEN GOING 
TO BE OVERRUN IN 
OUR COMMUNITIES 
BY ALL OF THESE 
BAD PEOPLE, IT'S 
LUDICROUS. 
>> I'M IN THE 
SUBURBS. 
I ALSO HAVE 
CHILDREN. 
AND I'M NOT 
VOTING FOR 
DONALD TRUMP 
BECAUSE WHEN HE 
IS SAYING THAT, 
HE IS SPEAKING 
TO A CERTAIN 
BASE, WHICH HE'S 
OBVIOUSLY NOT 
INCLUDING ME IN 
THAT BASE.   
>> YOU THINK 
IT'S RACIST? 
>> YES. 
IT IS. 
THERE'S NO OTHER 
WAY AROUND THAT. 
>> I THINK THAT 
IF ANYTHING, HE 
NEEDS TO GET ON 
BOARD WITH THE 
FACT THAT THE 
SUBURBAN MOMS 
ARE OUT THERE, 
WANTING TO 
EDUCATE OUR 
CHILDREN, MAKING 
SURE THEY 
UNDERSTAND THE 
PRIVILEGE THAT 
THEY HAVE IN 
THEIR LIVES THAT 
A LOT OF 
CHILDREN DON'T 
HAVE. 
BECAUSE I POINT 
THAT OUT TO MY 
KIDS CONSTANTLY. 
>> AND I'M JUST 
LIKE SO FIRED UP 
AND PASSIONATE 
ABOUT MAKING 
SURE I RAISE 
GOOD CITIZENS. 
>> FOR ME, 
SPEAKING AS A 
BLACK WOMAN.  
IT'S HARD TO 
TUNE OUT. 
JUST SIX MONTHS 
AGO, I WAS 
CALLED THE N 
WORD TO MY FACE, 
AT WORK, 
MULTIPLE TIMES. 
SO THE ECONOMY 
AND ALL OF THOSE 
THINGS.  
I GET THAT 
THEY'RE 
PROBLEMS, BUT 
THEY'RE PROBLEMS 
FOR MY CHILDREN. 
THIS IS THE 
PROBLEM FOR MY 
CHILDREN. 
AND THE ECONOMY 
DOESN'T MATTER. 
>> HE ALSO SAID 
THE INVASION OF 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
WILL UNDERMINE 
SAFETY FOR THE 
SUBURBAN 
HOUSEWIVES. 
DO YOU FEEL 
THREATENED? 
>> OH, GOSH NO. 
I FEEL 
THREATENED BY SO 
MANY OTHER 
THINGS.  
THAT'S RACIST. 
I'M SCARED OF 
COMPLETE WHITE 
NATIONALISM. 
AND PEOPLE 
HAVING GUNS WHO 
AREN'T TRAINED. 
>> I FEEL OPEN 
MINDED.  
AND I'M NOT IN 
THAT SUBURBAN 
THAT HE IS 
REFERRING TO.   
>>> I'M ALISON 
MARS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW.  
%
,
CORRESPONDENT  
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE HAS THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM.  
I ENVA
DLGOT MY FRIDAY 
SHIRT ON. 
THIS %IS A PRE-
VACATION FRIDAY. 
SO I'M EXTRA, 
EXTRA INTO IT. 
>> ALISON,  YOU 
SAID WHAT I WAS 
GOING TO SAY. 
I DON'T HAVE 
RETURNS. 
AFTERNOON. 
ARE YOU WEARING VERN
YOUR BODY SHIRT 
WE ALL DYNEED IT 
BACK. 
>> YEAH. 
>> I'M HAPPY TO 
HEAR THAT. 
>> A PROMISE 
WHEN I COME BACK 
FROM MY WEEK ON, 
I WILL DO IT. 
WE WILL GET IT 
ON FRIDAY. T 
A BIG THANK YOU. 
ALWAYS GRATEFUL 
FOR YOUR 
COVERAGE THERE. 
>> Reporter: I 
AM, AND I AM 
EXCITED TO BE 
HERE WITH 
EVERYONE 
WATCHING AND YOU 
SO DESERVE THE. 
BUT AS WE HEAD 
INTO THE CRISAN 
THIS. 
AND NOW LET'S 
GET STARTED 
RIPPING UP THE 
WEEK WITH THE 
DEMONSTRATION OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
AT LEAST 10 ARE 
DID AFTER THE 
STORM TORE 
THROUGH LOUISIANA
WITH DANGEROUS 
HIGH PLAINS. 
MORE FLATTENED 
BUILDINGS AND 
LEFT HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS 
WITHOUT POWER. 
IT COULD TAKE 
DAYS TO FULLY 
ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE. 
THE MAYOR OF 
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA, SPOKE 
ABOUT THE 
DESTRUCTION ON 
"THE 
TODAY SHOW."
>> WHAT I DID 
NOT EXPECT TO 
SEE WAS THERE 
WERE LITTLE 
ENTIRE BUILDINGS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
BLOWN APART. 
THERE WERE 
FACADES OF BRICK 
BUILDINGS THAT 
HAD BEEN AROUND 
FOR 100 YEARS 
THAT WERE 
BROUGHT BLOWN 
DOWN. 
I WAS REALLY 
BLOW YOU AWAY BY 
THE DEVASTATION 
THAT SOME OF 
THESE BUILDINGS 
SUFFERED. 
>>> AND A BIG 
UPDATE AT THE 
END BE. 
PLAY-OFFS WILL 
RESTART 30 
FOLLOWING THREE 
DAYS OF 
POSTPONED GAMES. 
OF COURSE, IT 
STARTED 
WEDNESDAY WHEN 
THE D MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS BOYCOTTED 
THE PROGRAM TO 
PROTEST THE 
SHEDDING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THE AND BE AND 
ITS UNIT UNSTABLE
CREATE A SOCIAL 
JUSTICE 
COALITION TO 
PROMOTE POLICE 
AND FROM JUSTICE 
REFORM. 
TEAMS ALSO PLAN 
TO WORK S WITH 
LOCAL ELECTION 
OFFICIALS TO TRY 
TO FIND HOME 
AWARENESS AT 
LOCATIONS FOR 
THE NDELECTION. 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS 
FACING SIX 
CHARGES OVER THE 
KILLING TWO 
PEOPLE DURING 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
TWO OF THOSE OTSH
CHARGES INCLUDE 
THIS DEGREE 
HOMICIDE, WHICH 
MEANS THE 
SENTENCE TO LIFE 
IN PRISON. 
HOWEVER, HE 
LIVES IN 
ILLINOIS AND A 
JUDGE WAS BUT A 
HEARING TO 
SERMON IF YOU 
SHOULD RETURN TO 
WISCONSIN TO 
FACE CHARGES. 
RITTENHOUSE'S 
LAWYERS SAY HE 
WAS ACTING IN 
SELF-DEFENSE 
DURING I 
PUT IS. 
ALL SPARKED BY 
THE OFFICER 
INVOLVED 
SHOOTING OF CE
JACOB WEEK. 
JAKE'S FATHER 
GAVE AN UPDATE 
UNCLE'S 
THIS INTO THE. 
>> MY SON IS 
FIGHTING FOR HIS 
LIFE, HOLDING ON.
HE IS HOLDING ON.
HE IS MEDICATED 
PRETTY MUCH ALL 
THE TIME. 
>> MOVING ON TO 
CAPITOL HILL, 
WHERE HOUSE 
DEMOCRATS TODAY 
ANNOUNCED 
PROCEEDINGS 
AGAINST SIX 
ESTATE MIKE 
POMPEO. 
THE HOUSE'S 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
COMMITTEE SAYS 
POMPEO IGNORED 
REQUESTS MPTO 
SUBMIT STATE 
DEPARTMENT 
DOCUMENTS. 
THE COMMITTEE'S 
CHAIRMAN ALSO 
CRITICIZED 
POMPEO FOR 
SPEAKING AT THE 
ON NGTHE DURING A 
STATE DEPARTMENT 
TRIP TO ISRAEL. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
POMPEO, QUOTE, 
DEMONSTRATED 
ALARMING 
DISREGARD FOR 
THE LAWS  TRAND 
RULES GOVERNING 
HIS OWN CONDUCT. 
>>> AND LASTLY, 
TO BEN'S LONGEST 
PRIME MINISTER 
SHINZO ABE IS 
RESIGNING. 
HE APPEARED WITH 
TEARS IN HIS 
EYES, 
EXPLAINING, I 
CANNOT MAKE THE 
BEST DECISIONS 
FOR THE PEOPLE. 
HE STRUGGLED WITH
ULCERATIVE 
COLITIS FOR 
YEARS, AN 
ILLNESS THAT HE 
SAYS HAS 
RECENTLY GOTTEN 
WORSE. 
HE SAYS OTHE WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
SERVE UNTIL A 
NEW LEADER TAKES 
OVER WITH IN THE 
COMING WEEKS. 
JUST A TOUGH 
TIME FOR JAPAN 
AS IT TRIES TO 
RECOVER FROM THE IE
FINANCIAL TOLL 
OF THE PANDEMIC. 
JUST LIKE WE ALL 
ARE, ALISON.  
>> ABSOLUTELY, 
SAVANNAH. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
WE WILL CATCH UP 
WITH YOU IN 
ABOUT AN HOUR.  
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP GRANTING A 
FULL PARDON TO 
ALEC JOHNSON AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
TODAY. 
SHE SPOKE E AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION LAST BL
NIGHT. 
TRUMP ME TO 
JOHNSON'S PRISON T.
SENTENCE BACK IN 
2018 AFTER SHE 
SPENT MORE THAN 
TWO DECADES IN 
JAIL ON DRUG 
CHARGES. 
>> SO WEAR A 
TAKING ALICE 
FROM A 
COMPETITION TO A 
FULL PARDON AND 
I'M GOING TO 
SIGN IT INRIGHT 
NOW AND WE ARE 
VERY PROUD,  
ALISON, THE JOB 
YOU HAVE DONE.  
AND WHAT YOU 
REPRESENT. 
>> NBC  NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
KAREN LEIGH 
JOINS ME NOW.  
HELPING PERSUADE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BACK IN 2018. 
DO WE KNOW WHAT 
PUSHED HIM TO 
PARDON HER  H
TODAY? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, ALISON, R 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PRESIDENT, HE 
SAW HER IN THE 
AUDIENCE AT HIS 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE.  
AND DECIDED TO 
HAVE HER COME 
OVER TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE SO 
HE COULD GIVE 
HER A FULL 
PARDON. 
HE SAID THAT HE 
ASKED HIS STAFF 
IF THEY COULD 
GATHER AND SHE 
CAME OVER. 
THEY DID NOT 
EVEN DISCUSS IT, 
MEANING HE AND 
-- HE JUST 
SIGNED THE 
DOCUMENT RIGHT 
THERE. 
SO IT % RWITH A 
LITTLE 
SPONTANEOUS FOR 
HIM, WHETHER HE 
WAS -- I DON'T 
KNOW. 
HE SAID THAT HE 
SAW HER LAST 
NIGHT AND 
DECIDED THIS WAS 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE
 WANTED TO DO. 
AND SHE  ALSO 
SPOKE AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
SO THE BLWHITE 
HOUSE AND THE 
PRESIDENT 
CERTAINLY FEEL 
LIKE THIS T IS ONE 
OF HIS BIG 
SUCCESS STORIES 
AND OBVIOUSLY, 
TRYING TO APPEAL 
TO AFRICAN-
AMERICAN VOTERS 
FOR THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
THIS IS A PLACE 
WHERE HE THINKS 
HE HAS SOME 
POTENTIAL TO DO 
THAT. 
>> CAROL, IF MY 
MATH IS CORRECT, 
67 DAYS LEFT 
UNTIL THE 
ELECTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS BACK ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
THIS EVENING. 
WHAT IS ON HIS 
AGENDA? 
>> WELL, HIS 
AGENDA IS PRETTY 
SIMPLE. 
IT IS TRIED TO 
WIN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
HE LOST %IT 
REALLY NARROWLY 
IN 2016 AND NOW, 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO -- THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
CAMPAIGN, HE 
NEEDS EVERY 
ELECTORAL VOTE 
HE CAN GET IN 
NOVEMBER. 
AND NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
IN STRIKING 
DISTANCE, 2016, 
BARACK OBAMA WON 
IT IN 2012 AND 
SO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS %GOING 
TO HEAD THERE TO 
HOLD AN ACTUAL 
CAMPAIGN RALLY. 
THIS IS NOT AN 
OFFICIAL WHITE 
HOUSE EVENT. 
WE ARE 
TOLD THAT 
HE IS SUPPOSED 
TO HIT ON SOME 
OF THE THINGS 
THAT WE HEARD 
FROM HIM IN HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE LAST 
NIGHT. 
AND IT IS ALL 
IN, ALISON, AND 
HIM TRYING TO 
PICK UP AS MANY 
ELECTORAL VOTES 
AS YOU CAN IN 
NOVEMBER AND NEW 
HAMPSHIRE IS A 
STATE WHERE HIS 
CAMPAIGN FEELS 
LIKE THEY WERE 
VERY CLOSE LAST 
TIME AND THERE'S 
NO REASON WHY HE 
SHOULD NOT BE 
ABLE TO GET IT 
IN TIME. 
>> CAROL, HIS 
AREN'T THE 
SPEECH LESS 
THAN 
CAULKING ABOUT 
70 MINUTES. 
HE -- WHAT IS 
THE PRESIDENT 
TWEETING ABOUT 
THE RNC? EN
>> Reporter: 
RATINGS, 
RATINGS, 
RATINGS. 
HE LOVES TO TALK RA
ABOUT RATINGS. 
HE HAS TWEETED 
THAT GREAT 
RATINGS AND 
REVIEWS LAST %
NIGHT. 
THANK YOU.ST 
AND HE IS REALLY 
FOCUSED ON THE 
IDEA THAT A LOT 
OF PEOPLE TUNED 
IN TO HIS 
SPEECH. 
HE WAS TOLD VERY 
HAPPY ABOUT THE 
WAY THAT IT 
LOOKED AT THE 
SETTING AND 
OBVIOUSLY, 
HIGHLY 
CONTROVERSIAL 
THAT HE DECIDED 
TO HOLD HIS OB
SPEECH AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
BUT HE IS, YOU 
KNOW, FOCUSED ON 
RATINGS, WHICH 
LIKELY ARE A 
LITTLE BIT DOWN 
FROM WHAT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION WAS. 
BUT WE NOW FROM 
THE PRESIDENT 
THAT HE PAYS 
VERY CLOSE 
ATTENTION.  THAT 
IS WHAT HE WAS 
TWEETING ABOUT 
TODAY, ALISON.  
>> HOW ABOUT THE 
CAMPAIGN, CAROL? 
WHAT IS %THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
SAYING ABOUT THE 
CONVENTIONS? 
>> THEY FEEL 
GOOD ABOUT ONIT. 
THEY BE LIKE 
BOTH WEEKS, THAT 
LAST WEEK, THEY 
DID A REALLY 
GOOD EFFORT TO 
COUNTER PROGRAM 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
OUT THERE 
TRAVELING ALMOST 
EVERY DAY IN 
DIFFERENT 
STATES. 
AND THEY FEEL 
LIKE THE 
CONVENTION WILL 
WENT REALLY WELL 
FOR THEM. 
YOU HAD TIM COOK 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
COMMUNICATION 
STRUCTURE, FOUR 
DAYS, BUT 
SUCCESS. 
AND THAT HE FELT T 
LIKE THEY HAD 
REALLY DONE A 
TREMENDOUS JOB 
IN TERMS OF 
GETTING THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
MESSAGE OUT 
THERE. 
HE SAID AGTHAT THE 
PRESIDENT OF A 
FOUR CASE WAS -- 
AND CATHE PRESIDENT
DELIVERED 
EXACTLY THE 
MESSAGE HE'S 
SHOULD DELIVER. 
HE ALSO SAID 
THAT, YOU KNOW, 
DO YOU FEEL LIKE 
DOMINATED THE 
WEEK AND THAT 
THEY MANAGED TO 
AT THE %SAME TIME 
NOT THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS GETTING 
OUT ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, 
SMOKE HIM OUT. 
THAT IS HOW THEY 
ARE PUTTING IT, 
THAT THEY, YOU 
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 
MADE AN ISSUE OF 
JOE BIDEN BEING 
-- HE IS NOW 
GETTING OUT AND 
CAMPAIGNING A OU
LITTLE BIT IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THAT IS EXCESS. 
THEY LIKE HIM TO 
BE AT THERE. 
AND THEY FEEL 
LIKE THE MORE 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
IS OUT THERE IN 
FRONT OF ERVOTERS, 
THAT BETTER THAT 
IS FOR TOTAL 
TRUMP. 
THEY FEEL GOOD 
ABOUT THEIR 
CONVENTION AND 
THEY ARE TRYING 
NOW TO 
CAPITALIZE ON IT 
AND KEEP IT 
GOING HAVING 
PRECEDENT OUT 
THERE IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE TODAY. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
CONVENTION 
SEASON, IF YOU 
WILL, TWO ONWEEKS 
OF CONVENTION 
ARE NOW OVER. 
IT IS TIME FOR 
CAMPAIGNING. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANKS. 
>>> 57 YEARS 
AFTER DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. 
DELIVERED HIS "I 
HAVE A DREAM" 
SPEECH IN 
WASHINGTON, DC, 
A NEW GENERATION 
OF LEADERS IN 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE TOOK TO 
THE NATIONAL 
MALL TODAY FOR 
THE GET YOUR 
KNEE OFF OUR 
NEXT COMMITMENT 
MARCH. 
SPEAKING ON THE 
VERY SAME STEP 
WHERE HIS FATHER 
SHARED HIS DREAM 
FOR AMERICA. 
>> WE NEED TO 
VOTE AS IF OUR 
LIVES AND OUR 
LIVELIHOODS ARE 
AT LIBERTY 
DEPEND ON IT. 
BECAUSE THEY DO. 
NO PERSON, NO 
PEOPLE ARE MORE 
KEENLY AWARE OF 
THE OF 
DISENFRANCHISEMENT
THAN THOSE WHO 
HAVE SUFFERED 
FROM IT. 
THERE'S A KNEE 
UPON THAT NECK 
OF DEMOCRACY, 
AND OUR NATION 
CAN ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITHOUT VETHE 
OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
MORGAN RADFORD 
IS AT TODAY'S 
SMALL JET 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON, WE ARE 
GETTING HERE 
JUST OUTSIDE THE 
LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
LEADERS OF THIS 
MUCH  AS WELL AS 
FRIENDS AND 
FAMILIES WHO 
HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTED, WHO 
HAVE LOST  LOVED 
ONES TO POLICE 
WERE TELL THE. 
THEY ARE COMING 
HERE NOW AND WE 
ARE NOT TO ABOUT 
BEGIN THE MARCH 
ALL THE WAY THE 
MLK MEMORIAL. 
THIS IS 
ON THE 
57th ANNIVERSARY 
OF E THAT FAMOUS 
"I HAVE A DREAM" 
SPEECH DELIVERED 
BY DR. TEEN. 
MANY PEOPLE WE 
HAVE SPOKEN TO 
ARE ASKING, WHY 
ARE WE STILL 
HAVING TO FIGHT 
FOR SOCIAL 
JUSTICE, EVEN 57 
YEARS AFTER THAT 
"I HAVE A DREAM" 
SPEECH WAS 
DELIVERED? 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
CHANTING, LIKE 
LIVES MATTER, NO 
JUSTICE, NO 
PEACE BECAUSE 
TODAY IS ABOUT 
ACHIEVING 
EQUALITY. 
IS ABOUT GETTING 
JUSTICE AND IT %
IS ABOUT -- 
ALISON?  
>>> WISCONSIN 
ACTIVIST WALKED 
750 MILES JUST 
TO GET TO THAT 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
TELLING NBC NEWS 
THOSE SMART  
MILES ARE ONE 
LEG OF THE RELAY 
TO END -- 
>>> 33 MILES ON 
THE OTHER SIDE 
OF THIS. HE
WE ARE THERE. 
WHEN I FIND OUT 
YOU WERE HAVING 
THIS, THE SAME 
DAY THAS THE 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING SPEECH, I 
FELT LIKE IT WAS 
A BETTER. 
I WAS LIKE, YOU 
KNOW WHAT? 
I'M GOING 
TO 
WALK THERE. 
ALLOW PEOPLE DID 
NOT THINK I WAS 
GOING TO DO IT. 
WE WAITED LIKE A 
CRAZY IDEA. 
>> FRANK WAS OUT 
HERE PROTESTING. 
WE HAD BEEN OUT 
HERE. 
FOR SO MANY 
DAYS. 
THAT THEN HE 
DECIDED TO WALK. 
DO YOU WANT TO 
COME ALONG? 
LET'S GO. 
>> BLACK LIVES 
MATTER! 
>> WE HAVE 
ENCOUNTERED 
EVERY DAY THINGS 
THAT SHOULD NOT 
HAVE BEEN IN 
AMERICA. 
PEOPLE ARE AT 
WAR WALKING DOWN 
THE STREET. 
WE RING THESE 
NASTY, UGLY 
ISSUES TO THE 
FRONT. 
>> MY MOTHER 
MARCHED IN MARCH.
NOTHING HAS 
CHANGED. 
400 YEARS. IT IS 
TIME FOR A 
CHANGE. 
>> WE FOHAVE A LOT 
OF MOMENTS A WHERE 
PEOPLE FEEL 
LIKE, OUTPOURING 
OF LOVE FROM ALL 
THE HATE THAT WE 
WERE RECEIVING. 
THERE WAS AN 
OFFICER THAT 
WATCH WITH AS. 
BEFORE WE LEFT 
INDIANA, THERE 
WAS A STATE 
TROOPER WHO GAVE 
ME HER BADGE. 
THAT WAS A VERY 
EMOTIONAL MOMENT 
FOR ME AS WELL. 
I COULD NEVER IN 
MILLION YEARS 
IMAGINE THAT. 
I THANK GOD. I 
APPRECIATE IF ONE
. ANYTHING I SAY 
ANYTHING WE ARE 
GETTING. 
WE'RE JUST E 
TRYING TO GET 
EQUALITY. 
>> WE NEED TO GET
ORGANIZED 
TOGETHER, 
RESIGNATION. 
WE CALL ON EACH 
OTHER WHENEVER 
WE NEED HELP. 
WE NEED TO 
DEMAND CHANGE, 
NOT ASK FOR 
CHANGED. 
THE DUKE THIS IS 
A NEGOTIATION. 
THIS IS NOT A 
NEGOTIATION. 
I'M THERE TO 
DEMAND CHANGED. 
ARE Y'ALL 
TIRED? 
BECAUSE I'M 
TIRED. 
WHEN IT IS BETIME 
TO VOTE,  WE ALL 
VOTE. 
IF YOU ARE AN 
ACTIVIST, IT IS 
TIME. 
THIS IS A 
REVOLUTION. 
THIS IS THE 
REVOLUTION!
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY 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. 
>> PROTESTERS 
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 TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
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 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
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. 
>> LEAVING 
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 
WHERE WE CAN 
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 HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO 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 CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
SEARCH AND RESCUE
TEAMS SCOURED 
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA, 
TODAY, S,MILES FROM
HURRICANE LAURA. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
WITH THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
SEARCH AND HE
RESCUE TEAMS 
TODAY. 
IT LOOKS TELIKE 
YOU ARE OKDEALT 
WITH THOSE GUYS 
TODAY. 
TELL ME  ALL 
ABOUT IT.  M
WE ARE STILL THE 
VEHICLES RIGHT 
NOW. 
THESE CHRIS 
KELLY HAVE BEEN 
SPENDING ALL 
DATE LOADING UP 
WITH SUPPLIES. 
SOME READY TO 
EAT MINUTES. 
THEY ARE HANDING 
OUT TO FOLKS WHO 
HAVE LOST 
ELECTRICITY PLUS 
WATER. 
WHAT YOU Y WILL 
SEE IS SOME 
CASES, THE POWER 
LINES AND OR THE 
STREET ARE JUST 
DANGLING. 
BROKEN TREES 
EVERYWHERE THAT 
HAVE NOT BEEN. 
ROOFS RIPPED OFF 
IN SOME CASES. 
AND THEY ARE 
GETTING PHONE 
CALLS, THE 
NATIONAL GUARD. 
FROM FAMILY 
MEMBERS SAME, WE 
NEED HELP OR WE 
CAN'T LOCATE 
SOMEONE. 
CAN YOU PLEASE 
STOP BY AND 
CHECK ON THEM? 
THEY'RE DOING 
DEBT. 
THEY ARE 
DELIVERING THE 
RESOURCES AND 
THOSE WHO NEED 
SHELTER NOT. 
THE ISSUE, I 
WILL TELL YOU, 
ALISON,  IT HAS 
BEEN OUT HERE 
FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS WE 
WILL CAN'T GET 
INTO THEIR 
HOMES. 
TREES ARE EI
BLOCKING THE 
WAS. 
POWER LINES %ARE 
BLOCKING THE 
WAS. 
THEY CAN'T GET 
TO WHERE THEY 
NEED TO GO. 
IT IS A LITTLE 
BUMPY RIGHT NOW. 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS REALLY LY
MILITARY STYLE. 
TO GET THE, 
THOUGH. 
AND HELP THEM IN 
WHATEVER WAY HE
THEY CAN. 
>> SEMKO SINCE 
SOME PEOPLE HAVE 
NOT BEEN ABLE TO 
GET HOME YET, 
SINCE THEY MAY 
NOT HAVE 
NECESSARILY 
GOTTEN THE 
CHANCE TO ILASSESS 
ALL THE DAMAGE 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
TRIED TO GET ALL 
THE TREES  AND 
GET TO 
BARRICADES -- 
>> Reporter: I 
APOLOGIZE IF YOU 
CAN'T HEAR IZME 
RIGHT NOW. 
SORRY, I GOT -- 
I THINK WE -- 
>> Reporter: I 
GOT YOU. 
>> OH. %
SEMKO I THINK -- 
HEY, YOU GOT A 
LITTLE BIT OF A 
BUMPY RIDE 
THERE. 
LET ME  ASK YOU 
THIS. 
I KNOW THAT YOU 
SAID PEOPLE ARE 
HAVING TROUBLE 
EVEN JUST 
GETTING HOME. 
HAS THAT MADE IT 
DIFFICULT TO 
ASSESS HOW BAD 
THE DAMAGE IS AT 
THIS STAGE GEOF 
THE GAME? 
YES. 
I MEAN, SUFFICE 
IT TO SAY, 
HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS IF NOT 
BILLIONS. 
BUT TRYING TO 
ACTUALLY GET OFF 
THE PROPERTY. 
THEY OR EVEN -- 
THERE'S TREE 
CUTTING GOING 
ON. 
THERE'S POWER 
FRUSTRATION. 
THIS IS -- 
BEFORE YOU GET A 
REALLY ACCURATE 
DAMAGE 
ASSESSMENT OF 
MOST OF RATHE 
PEOPLE, I WILL 
PLAY A SOUNDBITE 
FOR YOU. HER 
NAME IS CLAIRE. 
SHE HAS BEEN IN 
THIS AREA. 
SHE FOUND OUT IT 
WAS GOING TO BE 
A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE TWITCH 
OF LIFE HERE IS 
HOW SHE 
DESCRIBED HER 
EXPENSE WITH US 
THESE LAST 
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
>> IT WAS 
DEMONS. 
THERE WERE LIKE 
DEMONS OUTSIDE. 
IT SAID. 
THERE'S GOING TO 
BE PEOPLE THAT. 
WE DID NOT KNOW 
IF OUR HOUSE WAS 
EVEN GOING TO BE 
HERE. 
IT WAS LIKE -- 
THERE'S NO -- 
>> Reporter: YOU 
SAW CLARA 
HOLDING BACK 
TEARS, ACTUALLY 
CRYING. 
THE GRATITUDE, 
ALISON, SHE 
EXPRESSED OF THE 
NATIONAL 
APARTMENT, HARD 
TO ARTICULATE IN 
WORDS.  
THE EXPRESSIONS 
ON HER FACE, YOU 
COULD TELL IT 
MEANS SO MUCH 
THAT THE HELP IS 
COMING RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE DOING 
ABOUT 110 
MISSIONS A %DAY. 
THAT IS HOW MANY 
DATED YESTERDAY. 
THEY WILL DO THE 
SAME OR MORE 
NOW. 
A LOT OF THESE 
FOLKS, ALISON,  
IT IS NOT BY 
CHOICE. 
THEY FOUND A 
EITHER TOO LATE 
HOW STRONG THE 
HURRICANE WAS 
GOING TO
 BE. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
THE MEANS TO GET 
OUT. 
SO BEFORE WE 
MOVE INTO THE -- 
IN MANY CASES, 
THEY JUST GOT 
BLINDSIDED OR 
DID NOT HAVE THE 
RESOURCES TO 
LEAVE. 
THAT IS TOTHE 
POSITION THEY AT
ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE TALKING 
ABOUT THAT WITH 
ALLIE IS DAY. 
SOME PEOPLE JUST 
DON'T HAVE 
SOMEWHERE TO GO. 
THEY DID SONOT 
HAVE THE MONEY 
BUT SHE SAID, 
THEY DID NOT 
KNOW UNTIL IT 
WAS TOO LATE TO 
GO SOMEWHERE. 
SAM, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH FOR 
TAKING THE TIME 
TO US.  
IT MUST BE SUCH 
AN UPSETTING 
THING TO SEE THE 
DAMAGE THERE AND 
ALSO SO 
HEARTWARMING TO 
SEE PEOPLE SO 
GRATEFUL. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS THE BEST OF 
BOTH WORLDS, THE 
GENEROSITY WE RL
ARE SEEING RIGHT 
NOW IN THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THIS PERFECT WAY 
TO CAPTURE %IT, 
ALISON. 
THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING ME ON.  
>>> THANKS SO 
MUCH. 
IT COULD TAKE 
WEEKS IF NOT 
MONTHS FOR  FOLKS 
IN LOUISIANA TO 
RECOVER FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
NBC NEWS 
REPORTER  %FOR LA
THE LA THOMPSON 
JOINS ME. 
WHAT ARE THE 
BIGGEST ISSUES 
THERE TODAY? 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON, WE'RE 
JUST NOW 
LEARNING  THAT 
THE STATE OF 
LOUISIANA IS ATAN 
ADDITIONAL FOUR 
STORM RELATED 
DEATHS. 
THE FOUR PEOPLE 
REALLY BELIEVED 
TO HAVE DIED 
FROM CARBON 
MONOXIDE 
POISONING DUE TO 
THE A GENERATOR 
THAT THEY HAD 
AND THEIR HOME 
AND SO EITHAT DOES 
BRING THE DEATH 
TOLL FROM THIS 
STORM UP TO 10. 
BUT YOU ASKED ME 
ABOUT SOME OF 
THOSE OTHER 
ISSUES THAT THEY 
ARE FACING HERE. 
AND I THINK 
RIGHT BEHIND ME, 
THIS HOUSE HAS 
HAD ESSENTIALLY 
THE ENTIRE 
ROOF 
OFF OF IT. 
AND THAT IS THE 
TYPE OF 
DESTRUCTION THAT 
WE ARE F SEEING IN 
VARIOUS AREAS 
THROUGHOUT THE% 
CHARLES AND THE 
AREA. 
AND, YOU KNOW, 
THERE ARE SOME 
FOLKS WHO ARE 
OUT THERE 
CLEANING UP THE 
MESS. 
THEY ARE IN YOUR 
YARD. 
THE OTHER 
CONCERN HERE IS 
THINGS LIKE 
THIS. 
THIS DOWNED 
POWER LINE THAT 
YOU SEE LIHERE 
BECAUSE THERE 
ARE MANY, MANY 
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW 
WHO LOST POWER 
DURING THAT 
STORM. 
THEY ARE T STILL 
WITHOUT POWER  A
RIGHT NOW. 
AS WE SPEAK, AND 
SO THOSE ARE 
REALLY THE 
ISSUES AT HAND 
HERE. 
WE'VE GOT 
FALLEN 
TREES IN THE 
WOODS THAT FOLKS 
ARE WORKING TO 
CLEAR. 
SO THAT WORKERS 
CAN GET THIN TO 
RESTORE POWER 
AND BEGIN TO 
RESTORE MANY OF 
THOSE SERVICES 
BUT THE GOOD 
NEWS, HOWEVER, 
IS THAT THE 
STORM SURGE WAS 
ORIGINALLY 
PREDICTED TO BE 
UP TO 20 FEET 
AND THAT WAS NOT 
THE CASE. 
THEY HAD NOT 
SEEN A STORM 
SURGE THAT A I AND 
SO I YOU DO NOT 
SEE AS MANY OF 
THOSE FLOODING, 
THE FLOODING OF 
HOMES AND THOSE 
RELATED DEATHS. 
THAT WE MIGHT 
HAVE SEEN. 
BUT THE DAMAGE 
AND DESTRUCTION 
IS WHAT THE 
FOLKS HERE ARE 
GOING TO BE LEFT 
CLEANING UP. 
ALISON?  
>> PRISCILLA, I 
KNOW THOUSANDS 
OF PEOPLE 
EVACUATED AHEAD 
OF THE STORM. 
ANY IDEA WHEN 
THOSE PEOPLE CAN 
GO BACK HOME? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, ALISON, I 
WAS ACTUALLY IN  
SHREVEPORT 
BEFORE THIS. 
THAT WAS ONE OF 
THE AREAS WHERE 
FOLKS WERE ABLE 
TO EVACUATE TO. 
AND AS I MADE MY 
WAY INTO LAKE 
CHARLES, EARLIER 
TODAY, THERE WAS 
DEFINITELY A LOT 
OF TRAFFIC ON 
THE ROADS. 
EYES UP MILES 
LONG LINES OF 
PEOPLE TO 
LOOKING TO GET 
BACK TO IT SEEMS 
THAT SOME  PEOPLE 
MAY ALREADY BE 
COMING BACK IN 
AND THEY ARE 
ABLE TO DO THAT. 
BUT LOCAL 
OFFICIALS HERE 
HAVE WARNED THAT 
FOLKS NEED TO BE 
PREPARED THAT 
THEY ARE COMING 
INTO A SITUATION 
WHERE THEY ARE 
NOT GOING TO 
HAVE POWER OR IT 
MIGHT NOT HAVE 
WATER AND THEY 
NEED TO BE 
PREPARED TO DEAL 
WITH THAT. 
BUT THE OTHER 
THING THAT I'VE 
ACTUALLY SEEN AS 
I'M OUT HERE IN 
THIS 
NEIGHBORHOOD IS 
FOLKS LIKE THIS 
THAT YOU SEE 
DOWN THERE, 
THOSE BRIGHT 
COLORS. 
VOLUNTEERS WHO 
HAVE COME IN 
FROM ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TO 
HELP OUT IN THIS 
RECOVERY EFFORT. 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO SPEAK WITH T.
ONE OF THOSE 
VOLUNTEERS 
EARLIER TODAY 
ABOUT WHY HE 
MADE THE DRIVE 
HERE FROM 
OKLAHOMA. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
WHAT HE TOLD ME. 
>> REALLY, IT IS 
A CALL TO 
SERVICE BUT MADE 
UP OF MILITARY 
VETERANS. 
IT RUNS IN OUR 
BLOOD BUT IT IS 
IN OUR DNA. 
WE WANT TO HELP. 
SOMETIMES WE 
DON'T KNOW WHAT 
TO DO WITH 
OURSELVES, JUST 
LIKE ANYBODY 
ELSE, YOU TURN 
THE NEWS ON. 
INWS A, WE WANT TO 
HELP. .
HERE COMES THAT 
AVENUE FOR IT, 
THE CAMARADERIE. 
IT IS AMAZING. 
AND SO THEY ARE 
JUST ABOUT 
WRAPPING UP 
HERE. 
HAVE BEEN HELPING
CLEAR SOME OF 
THE STORIES OUT 
OF THE STROADWAYS. 
THEY TELL ME THAT
THE GOAL REALLY 
IS TO HELP 
OTHERS SO  THAT 
WHEN THOSE CREWS 
CAME IN, THEY 
BEGIN RESTORING 
POWER AND 
RESTORING WATER, 
THEY ARE ABLE TO 
DO THAT WITHOUT 
HAVING TO WORRY 
ABOUT HOW THEY 
ARE GOING TO GET 
THROUGH ON SOME 
OF THESE THAT 
HAVE BEEN PRETTY 
BADLY MESSED UP, 
ALISON?  
>> Reporter: 
PRISCILLA, I 
KNOW YOU'RE r:NOT 
ALL THAT FAR 
FROM LAKE 
CHARLES AND THEY 
ARE DEALING WITH 
A CHEMICAL PLANT 
FIRE THERE. 
TWO WEEKS NOW 
WITH THE LATEST 
IS THERE IN THAT 
SITUATION? 
>> Reporter: 
EARLY TODAY, WE 
DIDN'T KNOW THAT 
THE FIRE WAS 
STILL 
SMOLDERING, AND 
SO THE FOLKS WHO 
LIVE IN THAT 
AREA ARE STILL 
BEING ASKED ARIF 
THEY WERE IN A 
WHILE MILD 
RADIUS OF THAT 
AREA TO STAY 
INSIDE THEIR HOME
AND THAT ALSO 
MEANS MAKING 
SURE THAT IF 
THEY DO HAVE 
POWER, THAT AIR-
CONDITION IS NOT 
RUNNING AT THAT 
THOSE WINDOWS 
ARE CLOSED. 
AND THAT WAS A 
BIT CONCERNED 
BECAUSE THERE 
WAS ALSO 
A HEAT 
ADVISORY AND 
MANY OF THESE 
AREAS AROUND 
HERE TODAY. 
AND SO YOU GOT 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
FORCED TO WHBE IN 
THE POE HOMES 
NOT -- NOT GO 
OUTSIDE. 
AS A  HEAT 
ADVISORY IS 
GOING ON. 
IT IS BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T WANT 
THEM TO READ IN 
THAT 
CONTAMINATED AIR 
BUT YOU KNOW, 
THOSE FOLKS HAVE 
A LOT OF THEM 
HAVE BEEN  UNDER 
THAT SHELTER 
ORDER SINCE 
YESTERDAY. 
DURING HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
THAT CHEMICAL 
FIRE WAS -- %HAD RI
TO DEAL WITH THE 
CHLORINE THAT 
WOULD'VE CAUSED 
THAT. 
SO MANY 
OF THOSE 
FOLKS HAVE OFBEEN 
STUCK INSIDE HA
THEIR HOMES. 
THEY ARE UNABLE 
TO GET OUT. 
AT LEAST 24 
HOURS NOW, 
ALISON.  
>> Reporter: 
PRISCILLA, I 
KNOW IT teIS GOOD 
NEWS THAT YOU 
DID NOT SEE THE 
TERRIBLE STORM E 
SURGE THERE. 
I KNOW IT IS 
TOUGH FOR FOLKS 
WITHOUT POWER, FO
DEALING WITH ALL 
THOSE DOWNED 
TREES, BLOWN OFF 
THEIR HOMES. %
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR TELLING 
US WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
>> Reporter: 
THANKS, ALISON. !
KAMALA HARRIS 
SAYS THE OFFICER 
WHO SHOT JACOB 
BLAKE SHOULD BE 
CHARGE. 
SHE EXPLAINED 
HER POSITION IN 
AN INCLUSIVE NEB 
WITH "TODAY 
SHOW" ANCHOR 
CRAIG MELVIN. 
>> AS A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR AND 
SOMEONE WHO 
WORKED CLOSELY 
WITH POLICE FOR 
YEARS, BASED ON 
WHAT YOU HAVE 
SEEN, WHAT YOU 
KNOW BUT THE 
CASE, IS 
THERE A 
SCENARIO IN 
WHICH THAT 
OFFICER WOULD 
HAVE BEEN 
JUSTIFIED? 
WAS JUSTIFIED IN 
FIRING HIS 
WEAPON? 
>> CRAIG, I 
DON'T SEE IT. 
I HOW ALL THE 
EVIDENCE. 
FROM WHAT I SAW, 
YOU KNOW, I'M 
NOT THE 
PROSECUTOR IN 
THE CASE. 
I DON'T HAVE ALL 
THE EVIDENCE. 
BUT THAT MAN WAS 
GOING TO HIS 
CARPET HE DID 
NOT APPEAR TO BE 
ARMED. 
IF HE WAS NOT 
ARMED, IF HE WAS 
NOT ARMED, THE 
USE OF FORCE 
THAT WAS SEVEN 
BULLETS COMING 
OUT OF A GUN AT 
CLOSE RANGE IN 
THE BACK OF THE 
MAN, I DON'T SEE 
HOW ANYBODY COULD
REASON THAT THAT 
WAS JUSTIFIABLE. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE 
CHARGED? 
>> I THINK THERE 
SHOULD BE A 
THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION AND
BASED ON WHAT I 
HAVE SEEN, IT 
SEEMS THAT THE 
OFFICER SHOULD  
BE CHARGED. 
>> THOSE WHO ARE 
SAYING. 
NO ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, AND 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF FOLKS WHO ARE 
THINK IT HERE'S 
A MAN WHO WOULD 
NOT FOLLOW 
POLICE COMMANDS, 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRIED TOO  %USE A 
TASER AND THEN 
HE APPARENTLY IS 
REACHING INTO A 
CART WHERE A 
KNIFE WAS LATER 
FOUND. 
CAN BECAUSE R OF 
THOSE REASONS, 
WE SHOULD 
RESERVE 
JUDGMENT. 
THAT THE OFFICER 
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS. 
WHAT WOULD UEYOU 
SAY TO THOSE 
PEOPLE WHO SAY 
THAT? 
>> EVERYBODY  W
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDABLE DUE 
PROCESS. 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE TENANTS OF 
OUR SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE. 
BUT HERE'S THE 
THING. 
IN AMERICA, WE 
KNOW THESE CASES 
KEEP HAPPENING. 
AND WE HAVE HAD 
TOO MANY BLACK 
MEN IN AMERICA 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
THE SUBJECT OF 
THIS KIND OF 
CONDUCT AND MANY 
OF WHOM HAVE 
LOST THEIR LIVES 
AND WE SPEAK 
THEIR NAMES ALL 
THE TIME. 
AGAIN, GEORGE 
FLOYD. 
I GEMEAN, JUST AS 
THE MOST RECENT, 
YOU KNOW, MOST 
PUBLIC EXAMPLE 
OF THIS. 
AND IT HAS TO 
STOP IT HAS TO 
STOP. 
LISTEN. 
THERE ARE STILL 
TWO FORMS OF 
JUSTICE IN 
AMERICA. 
WE HAVE TO BE 
HONEST ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
HAVE MADE LAW 
AND ORDER A 
CENTRAL THEME OF 
THE CAMPAIGN. 
THEY ARE HOLDING 
THE VIOLENT PART 
OF THE PROTESTS. 
THEY ARE HOLDING 
THIS UP E AS 
EXAMPLES OF WHAT 
THIS COUNTRY 
WOULD LOOK LIKE 
IF JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS DE
WOULD BE 
ELECTED. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
PENCE SAID 
PEOPLE WOULD NOT 
BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
TWO HOURS AGO, I 
HEARD THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN, 
SAYING THAT HE 
THOUGHT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WAS ROOTING FOR 
MORE VIOLENCE. 
HOW DOES MORE 
VIOLENCE HELP 
THE PRESIDENT 
POLITICALLY? 
>> I %MEAN, LOOK, 
YOU HAVE METO ASK 
KELLYANNE 
CONWAY. 
I DON'T KNOW 
THAT IS NOT MY 
DEAL. 
TO FIGURE OUT 
HIS POLITICAL 
STRATEGY. 
I WILL SEE THIS. 
ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
SOME OF WHICH I 
HAVE WATCHED. 
I HAVE YET TO 
SEE THESE PEOPLE 
WHO PROFESS TO 
BE NATIONAL 
LEADERS, SPEAK 
ABOUT THIS ISSUE 
OF THE KILLING 
OF UNARMED BLACK 
MEN, BRANDMAN, 
INDIGENOUS MEN 
OUR COUNTRY. 
I HAVE YET TO 
SEE THEM SPEAK 
ABOUT IT. 
AND THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE ARE 
TWO MONTHS 
PRACTICALLY, A 
LITTLE BIT MORE, 
AWAY FROM AN 
ELECTION. 
TO DECIDE WHO 
WILL BECOME THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
WHILE WE ARE IN 
THE MIDST OF THE 
FOUR CRISES. 
AND THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF 
RACE OR GENDER 
OR AGE OR 
GEOGRAPHIC 
LOCATION, HAVE A 
RIGHT TO  THE 
BELIEF THAT 
THEIR OR EVEN 
DIFFICULT TRUTHS.
AND WE ARE NOT 
SEEING THAT IN 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
WE ARE NOT IC
SEEING.FROM THE 
PEOPLE WHO SAY 
THAT THEY SHOULD 
BE LEADING OUR 
COUNTRY FROM 
TODAY AND %INTO 
THE FUTURE IN 
THE MIDST OF THE 
CRISES.
! ARE YOU 
HEADING TO THE 
POLLS OR THE 
POST OFFICE THIS 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
NBC NEWS CAN 
HELP YOU FIGURE 
THAT UP. 
GO TO  
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOU 
. WE HAVE A NEW 
STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE THERE WITH 
INFORMATION ON 
VOTING RULES, %
DEADLINES, AND 
RESTRICTIONS.! 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE 
WE'LL STAY IN EL 
MIGHT HAVE  INOW. 
THE JUDGE 
DELAYED HIS 
EXTRADITION 
HEARING UNTIL 
FEBRUARY 25th. 
RITTENHOUSE THE 
17-YEAR-OLD 
CHARGE IN THE 
CONNECTION WITH 
THE SHOOTING 
THAT KILLED TWO 
PEOPLE AND KI
CRITICALLY 
INJURED ANOTHER 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, THIS 
WEEK. 
OUR REPORTER 
JOINS US NOW. 
WHY DID THE 
JUDGE DELAY 
RITTENHOUSE'S 
TRADITION 
HEARING. 
>> Reporter: THE 
HEARING LASTED 
JUST ABOUT WHAT 
MINUTE. 
IT WAS ABA VIRTUAL 
HEARING. 
HE DID L NOT EVEN 
HAVE RITTENHOUSE 
APPEAR IN THAT 
HEARING. 
IT WAS 
LIVESTREAMED. 
WHAT HAPPENED 
WAS HIS 
ATTORNEYS ASKED 
FOR MORE TIME. 
THEY SAID THEY 
ARE ACQUIRING NEW
COUNSEL. 
HE IS TRYING TO 
FIGURE THINGS 
OUT. 
THEY ASKED FOR 
MORE TIME BUT 
THIS IS AN 
EXTRADITION 
HEARING. 
WE KNOW ADTHAT 
RITTENHOUSE IS 
FROM ANTIOCH, 
ILLINOIS. 
IT IS 
30 MINUTES 
AWAY FROM WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT 
NOW. E 
HE DROVE. HE IS 
ACCUSED OF 
SHOOTING AND 
KILLING TWO OF 
THOSE PROTESTERS,
INJURING ANOTHER 
ONE. 
THIS IS A 
HEARING TO 
DETERMINE 
WHETHER OR NOT 
HE WILL ETGO FROM 
ILLINOIS TO 
KENOSHA TO BE 
TRIED. 
WE NOW  BHE IS 
FACING SIX 
COUNTS OF 
MATERIAL 
INCLUDING 
RECKLESS 
ENDANGERMENT AND 
INCLUDING 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE, 
INCLUDIN%GUD THE 
ADDITION OF A 
DEADLY WEAPON. ON
HIS ATTORNEYS 
SAY THAT HE WAS 
ESSENTIALLY 
ACTING IN SELF-
DEFENSE, CALLING 
IT A  Y LFCLASSIC 
SELF-DEFENSE 
CHARGE. 
OR SELF-DEFENSE 
CASE. 
BUT IT IS A 
MATTER OF TIME. 
WE WE'LL SEE 
WHAT EXACTLY 
HAPPENED. 
WE WILL KNOW 
THAT WE WILL SEE 
HIM IN COURT ON 
SEPTEMBER 25th, 
JUST ABOUT 30 
DAYS FROM NOW AS 
THE HEARING HAS 
BEEN POSTPONED. 
ALISON?  
>> SHAQ LET'S 
TALK ABOUT JACOB 
BLAKE. 
HIS FATHER B SAYS 
HE IS HANDCUFFED 
TO HIS HOSPITAL 
BED WHILE HE IS 
CURRENTLY 
PARALYZED BUT I 
KNOW HOW WAS TO 
ASK THIS, BUT 
WHY ON EARTH IS 
A PARALYZED MAN 
IN HANDCUFFS IN 
THE HOSPITAL? 
AND YOU HAVE A 
BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
WHY POLICE %WERE 
TRYING TO DETAIN 
HIM IN THE FIRST 
PLACE BEFORE HE 
WAS SHOT? 
>> Reporter: 
WELCOME TO 
YOUR 
SECOND SESSION, 
NO, WE DON'T 
HAVE A BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING 
ABOUT WHY POLICE 
WERE TRYING TO 
DETAIN HIM. 
WE HAVE 
THAT 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WARNING 
INVESTIGATION 
AND THEY SAID 
THAT OFFICERS 
ARRIVED, THEY %
TRIED TO ARREST 
HIM. 
AND TWO OFFICERS 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASE 
HIM. 
THEY DID NOT 
HAVE THE 
QUESTION OF 
WHY 
HE WAS SUBJECT 
TO ARREST. 
AS FOR THE 
DETAIL FROM HIS 
FATHER THAT HE 
IS BEING 
SHACKLED TO HIS 
HOSPITAL BED 
COUPLE, THE 
POLICE CHIEF 
JUST CONFIRMED 
THAT THE. 
AND HE SAID HE 
DID NOT HAVE 
MUCH TO PROVIDE. T 
HE SAID THAT 
CURRENTLY, MR. ID
BLAKE IS BEING 
HELD BY AN 
OUTSIDE LAW BY
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY. 
HE SAYS IT IS A 
CONNECTION TO 
OUTSTANDING 
WARRANT THAT WAS 
ISSUED IN %JULY 
THAT WAS 
CONNECTION TO A 
3rd DEGREE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT 
CHARGE. 
WE HAVE REACHED 
OUT TO MR. 
BLAKE'S ATTORNEY 
TO SEE WHAT IS 
THE STATUS OF 
THAT WARRANT. 
THERE IS 
REPORTING 
SUGGESTING THAT 
THOSE WARRANTS 
HAVE SHIFTED. 
THERE'S BEEN 
SOME UPDATE WITH  
THAT. 
WE WORKING TO 
CONFIRM THAT BUT 
THAT WAS ALL THE 
POLICE CHIEF WAS 
ABLE TO SEE. 
AND ITS TO:, THE 
POLICE CHIEF 
ADDED THAT HE 
DID NOT KNOW 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THE OFFICERS, 
WHEN HE WENT, 
WHEN THEY PULLED 
UP AND RESPONDED 
TO THE CALL ON 
SUNDAY NIGHT 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THOSE OFFICERS 
WERE AWARE OF 
THE AWARD. 
THAT AS PART OF 
THE STATE 
INVESTIGATION 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE KENOSHA'S 
POLICE CHIEF IS 
KIND OF PASSING 
THIS KIND OF OF 
NOW GIVING US 
THAT NEW DETAIL. 
ALISON?  
>> Reporter: 
SHAQ, HOW IS 
BLAKE DOING 
TODAY? 
I KNOWG  HIS 
FATHER SPOKE AT 
THE MARCH IN 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST ON HIS 
CONDITION AND  O
HOW HE IS DOING? 
HIS FATHER IS IN 
WASHINGTON, DC, 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE GOT TO CATCH 
UP WITH HIM. 
OUR GARRETT 
HAYES 
INTERVIEWED HIM 
BEFORE HIS 
SPEECH. 
ONE THING 
TO 
NOTE, HE SAID, 
WHILE HIS SON IS 
DOING BETTER, HE 
IS IN ERTHE 
HOSPITAL, HE IS 
STILL HOLDING ON 
AND FIGHTING FOR 
HIS LIFE. 
LISTEN TO A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
WHAT HE SAID 
EARLIER TODAY 
FROM DC. 
>> MY SON IS 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF 
HE WILL BE 
PARALYZED FOR 
THE REST OF HIS 
LIFE. 
THE SWELLING, 
BUT I DON'T CARE.
GRABBED MY HAND 
WHEN I WENT INTO 
THE HOSPITAL. 
AND I SAID, WHAT 
IS WRONG, MAN? 
HE SAID, I 
THOUGHT I WAS 
HALLUCINATING. 
HE GRABBED MY 
HAND. 
>> Reporter: SO 
YOU HEAR HIS 
FATHER 
EXPLAINING, THE 
ENCOUNTER HE HAD 
WITH HIS SON. 
HE GOT TO HAVE 
THAT EXPENSE 
WITH HIM IN THE 
HOSPITAL. 
ALISON?  
>> SAC, I CAN'T 
STOP SHAKING MY 
HEAD BECAUSE I 
CAN'T UNDERSTAND 
A MAN WHO IS IN 
TEARS, IN PAIN, 
PARALYZED. 
I KNOW WE NEED 
TO MOVE ON FROM 
THIS, BUT IT 
DOES NOT MAKE 
SENSE. 
IT BORDERS  ON 
SETTING INHUMAN. 
I KNOW TODAY WE 
ALSO GOT SOME 
NEW INFORMATION. 
TODAY, THE 
WISCONSIN DOJ 
IDENTIFIED THE 
OTHER OFFICERS 
WHO WERE 
INVOLVED IN 
BLAKE'S 
SHOOTING. 
WHAT OTHER 
INFORMATION DO 
YOU HAVE? 
>> THAT NG
IS 
RIGHT. 
THEY GET  A FEW 
MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT THE 
EXCHANGE AND 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING AT  THE 
ALSO DETAILED 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED. 
WE ALREADY KNEW 
ABOUT OFFICER 
RUSTEN SHESKEY. 
HE WAS THE ONE 
WHO PART OF THE 
SEVEN SHOTS INTO 
THE BACK OF MR. 
BLAKE. 
THAT IS 
CONFIRMED BY THE 
STATE DOJ. 
BUT WHAT THEY 
SAY IN ATTHE 
DETAILS THAT 
RECEIVED IS %THAT 
RIGHT BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, AS FOFOR 
OFFICERS ABOUT, 
MR. CHESKY OR 
OFFICER CHESKY 
ALSO TRIED TO 
HAYES MR. BLAKE. 
THAT WAS AN 
UNSUCCESSFUL 
ATTEMPT TO TASTE 
HIM. 
THERE WAS ST
ANOTHER OFFICER 
ON THE SCENE, 
OFFICER VINCENT, 
WHO ALSO HIS 
TASER IN THAT 
INITIAL 
EXCHANGE. 
ALSO FOUND IT 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
AND THEN WE ALSO 
HAVE THE NAME OF 
OFFICER BRITTANY 
MERONEK. 
SHE JUST JOINED 
THE ENFORCE. BR
IN JANUARY. 
HER ROLE IN THE 
SITUATION IS NOT 
EXACTLY CLEAR. 
I DON'T QUITE 
SOME VIDEO FROM 
THAT INITIAL 
VIDEO THAT WE 
SAW THAT SPARKED 
EVERYTHING. 
THERE IS VIDEO 
SHOWING HER 
HELPING OUT AND 
ASSISTING MR. 
BLAKE AFTER THE 
SHOOTING. 
BUT IF, WE NOW 
HAVE A FULLER 
PICTURE OF WHAT 
HAPPENED, 
ANSWERING SOME 
OF THOSE PI, SIX 
QUESTIONS WE 
HAVE BEEN ASKING 
SINCE THE START 
OF THIS, SINCE 
SATURDAY NIGHT, IS
WHERE THE REAL 
LAST STATEMENT 
THAT WE GOT WAS 
ON THAT SUNDAY 
NIGHT. 
ALISON?  AY
>> SHAQ I KNOW 
WE NEED TO LET 
YOU GO, BUT 
QUICK QUESTION. 
WHAT CONCERNS 
ARE THERE ABOUT 
PROTESTS OR 
VIOLENCE OR 
ANYTHING LIKE 
THAT HEADING 
INTO THE BEGAN. 
>> Reporter: 
PROTESTS FOR THE 
PAST FEW NIGHT 
PLUS HAVE BEEN 
LARGELY 
PEACEFUL. 
THAT IS NOT TO 
SAY THAT THAT 
THERE HAVE NOT 
BEEN AREAS. 
INSTEAD OF IT 
BEING THAT 8:00 
PM CURFEW, IT IS 
NOW AT 7:00 P.M. 
IN DOING THAT, 
THEY EXPLAINED 
THE REASON THEY 
DID THAT IS TO 
ALLOW ARRESTS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
IN DAYLIGHT 
ESSENTIALLY. 
ONE OF THE 
ARRESTS HAVE 
GONE VIRAL. 
AN ARREST OF 
FOLKS IN A BLACK 
VAN AND A BREAD 
TRUCK. 
THEY SAID D THEY 
WERE WITH A 
FURRED SERVICE, 
A 
FOOD DELIVERY 
SERVICE. 
OFFICERS 
ARRESTED NINE 
INDIVIDUALS 
AFTER THEY 
RAISING FILLING 
UP INDIVIDUAL 
GAS TANKS OR RYGAS %
CANISTERS INSIDE 
THEIR VEHICLE. 
OFFICERS SAY 
THEY FOUND 
ILLEGAL 
FIREWORKS BUT 
THEY FOUND GAS 
MASKS THEY FOUND 
HELMETS. 
OFFICERS ARE 
SAYING THAT D IS 
AN EXAMPLE OF 
WHAT THEY CAN DO 
NOW THAT THEY 
HAVE AN EARLIER 
CURFEW TIME IN 
ADDITION TO 
THAT, WE ALSO 
HAVE THE 
MOBILIZATION OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD THAT IS 
STILL HERE. 
THREE OTHER 
STATES INTERVENE 
TO THE EFFORTS 
HERE IN 
WISCONSIN, SC
CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD MISSION. 
STILL UNDER THE AL
NATIONAL GUARD 
COMMAND. 
STILL UNDER 
STATE CONTROL. RD
NOW YOU HAVE 
MORE 
REINFORCEMENT AS 
WE HEAD INTO THE 
WEEKEND. 
WE TO EXPECT 
PROTESTS TO 
CONTINUE AS THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
HAPPENING EVERY 
NIGHT. 
AGAIN, LAST G 
NIGHT, THEY HAVE %
BEEN LARGELY 
PEACEFUL. 
WE EXPECT THAT 
TO HAPPEN TO THE 
BEGIN AS PEOPLE 
CONTINUE TO 
REFLECT ON AND 
CONTINUE TO 
REACT TO THE 
SHOOTING OF TOMR. 
BLAKE. 
ALISON?   O
>> ALL RIGHT, 
SHAQ, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR ALL YOUR 
GREAT COVERAGE 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> TUESDAY'S 
DEMOCRATIC SENATE
TIMER IN 
MASSACHUSETTS IS 
SHAPING UP %TO BE 
A CLOSE ONE. 
SENATOR ED 
MARKEY HAS A 
SLIGHT LEAD OVER 
JOE KENNEDY. 
KENNEDY IS A 
FOUR TERM 
CONGRESSMAN. 
HE IS ALSO  TTHE 
GRANDSON OF 
ROBERT F 
KENNEDY. 
ANTONIO HILTON 
CAUGHT UP WITH 
BOTH CANDIDATES. 
>> Reporter: 
HAVE RAIN 
SENATOR ED 
MARKEY'S 
IMMIGRATION 
EFFORTS. 
AND THE CONCERNS 
RAISED BY THE 
FAMILY OF A MAN 
KILLED BY POLICE 
10 YEARS AGO. 
HIS FATHER 
TWEETED THIS 
VIDEO ABOUT 
MARKEY. 
>> NOT ONLY DID 
YOU NOT ACT. 
IT FELT LIKE YOU 
WERE JUST 
DISMISSING US, 
USING THE TERM 
COLORED. 
>> Reporter: 
MARKEY LATER 
APOLOGIZED TO THE
FAMILY. 
>> A RACE 
BETWEEN TWO 
WHITE MEN. 
ONE WHO COMES 
FROM A WELL-KNOWN
FAMILY. 
>> I AM A PERSON 
OF EXTRAORDINARY 
PRIVILEGE. 
I UNDERSTAND 
THAT. 
FROM DAY INONE E.IN 
THIS WAS, WE 
HAVE BEEN 
DELIBERATE ABOUT 
ONE SHOWING UP 
AND COMMUNITIES 
ARE OFTEN 
OVERLOOKED. 
IT DOES TAKE 
ACTIVISM . AND AN
ADVOCACY. 
AND I THINK 
SENATOR ED 
MARKEY HAS A 
LONG TIME TO 
SHOW THAT. 
>> 
>> HOW ARE YOU 
DOING? 
>> FAMOUS 
FAMILY'S BEST 
WEALTH, HUBBLE 
BEGAN. 
>> I BRING 
PROVEN LEADERSHIP
AND I AM A CHANGE
AGENT. 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY, WHEN 
HAD A CHANCE, HE 
WAITED TWO YEARS.
HE DID NOT EVEN 
MENTION THE 
CLIMATE PROCESS 
AND HIS 
RESPONSE. D 
>> Reporter: DO 
YOU NOT THINK 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY COUNTS 
AS A AGGRESSIVE? 
>> NO. 
ARE YOU WILLING 
TO TAKE RISKS TO 
MAKE THE CHANGES 
ON MEDICARE THFOR 
ALL, ON THE 
GREEN NEW DEAL, 
ON ENSURING -- 
AND THAT IS WHAT 
I HAVE DONE 
THROUGHOUT MY 
CAREER. 
THAT IS NOT WHAT 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY HAS BEEN 
DOING. 
>> LET GREW N HAUP 
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
I'M SURE YOU ARE 
VERY FIGHTING 
FOR THEM. 
>> Reporter: 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY IN 
BOSTON HAS MY 
BACK. 
ON ISSUE AFTER 
ISSUE I HAVE 
BEEN THERE. 
I HAVE BEEN 
PARTNERING AND 
FIGHTING WITH 
THEM ON THE 
ISSUES THAT THE 
CARE THE MOST 
ABOUT AND THAT 
IS WHY ANTHEY HAVE 
MY BACK 
INDUSTRIES. 
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR >>
ALL YOU ARE 
DOING. 
>> Reporter: IF 
KENNEDY LOSES, 
IT WOULD BE THE 
FIRST IN THE 
FAMILY -- WHY 
NOT JUST LEGALLY 
RETIRE? 
>> FOUR MORE 
YEARS. SOMEBODY 
SAYS WE? 
IT IS GOING TO 
RUFFLE TOO MANY 
FEATHERS? 
IT WOULD BE RUDE 
IF I LDABSOLUTELY 
JUMPED IN. 
ACTUALLY GIVE 
YOU THE DIGNITY 
THAT YOU DESERVE 
IF I LOSE, I 
LOSE. 
BUT THEY DESERVE 
IT. 
>>> ANTONIO 
JOINS US LIVE 
NOW BUT WE HEARD 
FROM THE 
CANDIDATES 
THERE. 
WHAT HAVE YOU ND
HEARD FROM 
VOTERS ABOUT 
THESE TWO 
DEMOCRATS? 
IT HAS BEEN 
INTERESTING 
HEARING THAT. 
YOU SEE THIS 
RACE BREAKING 
ISLINES NG 
OF RACE, AGE, 
AND CLASS. 
AND ONE OF THE 
MAJOR DRIVERS IN 
THE LAST COUPLE 
WEEKS HAS BEEN 
THE FACT THAT 
YOUNG PROGRESSES 
HERE IN 
MASSACHUSETTS 
ARE JOINING WITH 
-- TWITTER AND 
TIKTOK ONLINE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
CELEBRATE HIS 
WORK ON THE 
GREEN NEW DEAL, 
MEDICARE FOR NE
ALL, AND 
ALSO A 
BIT OF SOFUN AT 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY. 
KENNEDY, ON THE 
OTHER HAND, 
THOUGH, HAS NGA 
BIT OF HAAN EDGE 
WITH VOTERS OF 
COLOR AND TE
WORKING-CLASS 
VOTERS WHO SAY 
THEY HAVE NOT 
SEEN ED MARKEY 
IN THEIR 
COMMUNITIES OVER 
THE YEARS. 
A FEW LUCKY HAS 
NOT DEMONSTRATED 
MUCH LEADERSHIP. 
SOME OF THEM  
ACTUALLY RARELY 
REMEMBER WHO HE 
WAS. 
AND THEY ARE 
INTERESTED IN 
GETTING SOME 
FRESH BLOOD IN 
THERE. 
THEY ALSO 
REMEMBER THE 
KENNEDY LEGACY 
AND SOME OF 
THOSE VOTERS, 
PARTICULARLY 
VOTERS OF COLOR, 
THINK THAT 
KENNEDY WILL 
FIGHT FOR THEIR 
ISSUES. IS
AND SO THE YOUNG 
PROGRESSES ARE 
BEHIND THE 74-
YEAR-OLD AND 
THEN YOU SEE A 
LOT OF THE 
VOTERS OF COLOR 
AND WORKING 
CLASS VOTERS 
BEHIND ENTITY. 
WHICH MAKES FOR 
AN INTERESTING 
RACE. 
>> SURE DOES. 
YET, IT IS SUCH 
AN INTERESTING 
BREAK THEM. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
ABOUT HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY 
PELOSI BUT SHE 
ENDORSED 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY. 
HOW DID THAT GO NG
OVER IN 
MASSACHUSETTS? 
IT WAS BIG NEWS 
HERE. 
AND I ACTUALLY 
ASKED 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY ABOUT 
THAT DIRECTLY. 
BUT HE SAID T TO 
ME WAS, NO 
CRASHING ABOUT 
IT, HE SAW HER 
ENDORSEMENT AS A 
BOOST TO HIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
HE SEES HER AS A 
HERO. 
HOWEVER, WHAT WE 
SAID WAS THAT 
THE MARKEY 
SUPPORTERS, THE 
SUPPORT ARE 
COMMUTING LOOK 
AT THAT 
ENDORSEMENT AS 
MORE PROOF THAT 
THEIR ASSESSMENT 
OF KENNEDY AS 
BEING TOO 
ESTABLISHMENT, 
AS BEING PART OF 
A WEALTHY 
DYNASTIC FAMILY, 
THAT THEY FEEL 
ENTITLED TO BE 
THE CENTER 
THERE. 
THAT SAW HER 
ENDORSEMENT OF W 
KENNEDY AS PROOF 
THAT HE WAS AN 
ESTABLISHMENT 
FIGURE. 
GIVE HIM ALL THE 
MORE REASON 
>> YOU SAW HIM 
GET A BIG FIX OF 
DONATIONS FROM 
HIS SUPPORTERS. 
AND SO SOME OF 
THEM HAVE 
ALREADY 
SAID, 
PELOSI IN THERE 
ENDED UP KIND OF 
MESSING THINGS 
UP IN THE FINAL 
DAYS FOR 
KENNEDY. 
SING THE 
ENDORSEMENT AS 
SOME 
POSITIVENESS. 
BUT HAS BECOME A 
TOPIC YEAR. 
A LOT OF VOTERS 
HAVE BEEN OUT 
FOLLOWING BOTH 
CAMPAIGNS. 
SOME OF G THEM 
CELEBRATED AND 
SOME OF THEM SAY 
THIS IS EXACTLY 
WHAT WE TALK 
ABOUT. 
THE 39-YEAR-OLD 
CANNOT GET  THE 
RUG PULLED OUT. 
>> IS SUCH A 
FASCINATING 
PRIMARY. 
WE WILL SEE HOW 
THINGS TURN OUT 
ONTO THE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THINGS, 
ALISON. 
>>> YOU CAN 
WATCH THE FULL 
STORY TOMORROW 
ON THE WEEKEND 
REPORT. 
>>> A VIRAL PRO 
TRUMP'S TWEETS 
ARE COMING FROM 
FAKE AFGHAN-
AMERICAN SPAM 
ACCOUNTS. 
THE SPAMMERS ARE 
POSING AS BLACK 
PEOPLE AND EVEN 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY IN SUPPORT 
OF DEMOCRAT 
PRESENT TRUMP. 
THEN, TELL US 
MORE ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED HERE AB
AND HOW TWITTER 
FOUND OUT ABOUT 
IT. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF THE poTWEETS 
WENT EXTREMELY 
VIRAL. 
IT WAS ALSO VERY 
FISHY. 
THAT WAS  AN 
ACCOUNT THAT 
SAID, IN THE, 
LOOK, I'M A 
LIFELONG 
DEMOCRAT I'M 
GOING TO VOTE 
REPUBLICAN THIS 
YEAR. 
THIS WAS ON, YOU 
KNOW, WEDNESDAY. 
I'M DONE WITH 
THIS TRASH. 
13,000 RETREATS. 
AND PEOPLE ARE 
LIKE, I DON'T 
KNOW ABOUT THIS. 
IT CAN IT 
APPEARS THAT 
THIS PROFILE 
PICTURE IS A 
DUTCH MODEL. 
AND IT WAS. 
HE WAS MAD ABOUT 
HIS IDENTITY 
BEING STOLE. 
TWITTER WAS 
LIKE, OKAY, WE 
SHOULD LOOK INTO 
THIS. 
THEY FOUND A 
SPAM THAT WORK 
OUR ROAD THIS 
ACCOUNT AND 
ANOTHER ACCOUNT 
THAT HAD 38,000 
FOLLOWERS. 
IT HAS FIVE 
RETREATS THAT  H-- 
FIVE TWEETS. 
THESE ARE FIVE 
THINGS THAT SPAM 
OPERATION THAT 
WAS PUSHING THE 
PRO-TRUMP 
SUGGEST, 
PRETENDING TO BE 
AFRICAN-
AMERICAN. 
>> BEN, TWITTER 
SAYS IT HAS SEEN 
AN INCREASE IN 
COPY PASTA. 
AND THAT IT MAY 
LIMIT THE 
VISIBILITY OF 
THOSE TWEETS FOR 
NON-SUPER 
TECHIES LIKE ME, 
COPYPASTA IS A 
NEW TERM. 
WHAT SHOULD BE  
WATCHING OUT 
FOR? 
WHAT ARE THE 
SIGNS THAT THE 
TWEETS YOU MIGHT 
BE READING OR 
THE POSTS ARE 
FAKE? 
>> COPYPASTA  IS 
A THING THAT WAS 
USED BY TROLLS 
FOR A BYLONG 
PERIOD OF TIME TO
MESS AROUND WITH 
SERVICES. 
IT IS BEING USED 
FOR POLITICAL 
PURPOSES. 
A 4CHAN THINK OF 
A REDDIT THING 
AT IS BECOMING A 
TWITTER THING. 
THE TOOK ABOUT 
POLITICS OR THE 
POLITICAL 
MESSAGES. 
AND THAT IS WHAT 
YOU SHOULD LOOK 
FOR. 
IF YOU SEE THE 
SAME TWEET BEING 
TWEETED OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN, 
PETITION, 
SOMEBODY WHO IS 
BREAKING NEWS. 
THAT IS WHAT 
COPYPASTA IS. 
THAT IS DONE TO 
SIMULATE SUPPORT 
FOR  A GROUP OF 
PEOPLE THAT DOES 
NOT HAVE THAT 
MUCH SUPPORT. 
THAT IS WHAT 
HAPPENED HERE. 
SOME OF THESE 
ACCOUNTS, THEY OF 
WERE JUST 
RETWEETED. 
THOSE MESSAGES 
WERE THEN POSTED 
ON TWO D.%OTHER FAKE
AFGHAN-AMERICAN 
AGAINST EVER 
CREATED. 
SO THIS IS -- WE 
DON'T KNOW 
EXACTLY WHO IS 
BEHIND IT. 
WE DO NOTE THAT 
THIS IS NOT 
AUTHENTIC. 
THIS IS VERY 
ARTIFICIAL 
BEHAVIOR. 
>> IT IS 
PROBABLY 
SOMETHING WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE A 
LOT MORE AS THE 
ELECTION GETS  
CLOSER. 
BEN COLLINS, 
THANK YOU AND 
NOW WE KNOW WHAT 
COPYPASTA IS. 
I APPRECIATE IS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> 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. 
>> PROTESTERS 
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 TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
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 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
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. 
>> LEAVING 
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 
WHERE WE CAN 
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 HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO 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 CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
>>> HOMELAND 
SECURITY FOR 
U.S. AIRPORTS. 
NBC NEWS THIS IS 
CORRESPONDENT ES
JULIA AINSLEY 
NOW. 
WE ARE TALKING 
FOR NUMBERS AND 
EMAILS YEAR. 
HOW DID THIS FIT 
INTO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT'S 
CURRENT CONTACT E 
TRACING PROGRAM? 
>> INTERESTING, 
ALISON, EVEN AS 
AMERICANS WHO 
ARE COMING IN 
OUR SUBJECT. 
ANYONE ARRIVING 
ON AN 
INTERNATIONAL 
FLIGHT. 
YOU THINK ABOUT 
THAT NATIONAL 
FLIGHT IN 2020. 
YOU HAD TO 
PROVIDE SOME 
INFORMATION. 
NOW THEY'RE 
GOING TO START 
ASKING FOR EMAIL 
ADDRESSES, 
SECONDARY CONTACT
. AND THIS IS 
WHAT THE ARE 
CONSIDERING. 
WHAT IS NEW HERE 
IS INFORMATION 
AND DO YOU SEE 
THAT IT IS 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANT TO BE ABLE 
TO DO  CONTACT 
TRACING. 
SAY SOMEONE ACON 
YOUR FLIGHT 
NOTIFIES THE AIR 
LINE THAT THEY 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19. 
THEN THEY COULD 
ALERT ALL OF THE 
PASSENGERS. 
THAT A VISIBLE 
THING TO DO. 
WHAT PEOPLE IN 
THE AIR LINE 
INDUSTRY OUR R 
THINK IS THAT 
THIS GOES ABOVE 
AND BEYOND WHAT 
THEY ARE SAYING 
AND OTHER 
COUNTRIES. 
AND FIELD ON 
OTHER LEVELS. 
FOR EXAMPLE, 
UNLIKE WORK 
SOMEONE WOULD 
ARRIVE IN THE UK 
AND HAVE TO 
QUARANTINE FOR 
14 DAYS, THERE'S 
NO SUCH THING 
LIKE THIS. 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENT THAT 
YOU HAVE %TO TELL 
THE AIR LINES 
AFTER YOU LAND. 
THEY SAY THAT 
THERE ARE NOT 
ENOUGH 
SAFEGUARDS ON 
THIS 
INFORMATION. 
THEY LOOK AT ARISHO 
THEY ARE 
COLLECTED AND 
SAY, THERE'S NO 
END DATE YEAR. 
DOES, NOT TIME 
WITH THEY HAVE 
TO GET RID OF 
THIS 
INFORMATION. 
THE DHS IS ISNOT 
PUTTING ANY 
SAFEGUARDS. 
WE KEEP THIS 
INFORMATION FROM 
BEING USED FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
LIKE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THEY GO INTO THE 
DATABASE WHERE 
ANYONE LIKE I 
SAID HE COULD 
ACCESS THIS. 
WHEN THEY SAY 
THIS COULD BE EY
ANOTHER SAMPLE 
OF THE 
FRUSTRATION 
USING COVID TO 
REALLY PROMOTE 
SOME POLICIES 
THAT THEY ON IT 
TO DO. 
SOME OF THEM 
MAYBE TO GET 
MORE INFORMATION 
ON, SAY, PEOPLE 
OVERSTAYING 
THEIR VISAS. 
THEY SAY THAT IT 
REALLY PUTS MORE 
PRIVACY CONCERNS 
IF THEY ASK FOR 
MORE 
INFORMATION. R 
>> JULIA, WHAT 
KIND OF A SIGN 
OF WITH A 
PROGRAM LIKE 
THIS NEED? 
WHAT WOULD HAVE 
TO HAPPEN FOR IT 
TO TAKE EFFECT 
THEY  ARE 
COMMENTING? 
>> Reporter: 
RIGHT NOW, THEY 
ARE NOT 
COMMENTING. 
WE NOTES THAT 
THIS IS BEING 
BEING BACK AND 
FORTH BETWEEN 
CDC AND DHS. 
THERE ARE PEOPLE 
IN THOSE 
AGENCIES WHO HAVE
TO LOOK AT THIS 
AND SIGN OFF AND 
SEE IF IT 
DOESN'T MEET 
STANDARDS. 
BUT REALLY IN 
THE END, THIS 
COULD BE 
IMPLEMENTED MUCH 
IN THE WAY WE 
HAVE SEEN 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
BE IMPLEMENTED, 
KIND OF 
OVERNIGHT BY 
THIS 
COMMUNICATION 
AND THEN THE 
PROCESS THAT ER
ALWAYS GETS 
HALTED IN COURT. 
ONE THING THAT 
IS REALLY 
INTERESTING 
ABOUT THIS, 
THOUGH, IS THE 
ARGUMENT THAT WE 
NEED TO 
WATCH 
PEOPLE COMING IN 
ON INTERNATIONAL 
FLIGHTS BUT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS THAT WE 
SPOKE TO MIKE 
KOLICH AND I, 
SAID THAT 
USUALLY IT IS 
THE MESSAGE THAT 
WE WANT TO 
WATCH. 
LACES THAT  HE 
WAS, 100 TIMES 
MORE NUMBER OF 
COVID CASES AND 
SOME OF THESE 
INTERNATIONAL 
DESTINATIONS. 
REALLY DHS -- 
>> YEAH, FOR 
SURE. 
>> Reporter: -- 
TO COLLECT 
INFORMATION ON 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
TRAVEL. 
REALLY GOES INTO 
QUESTION THE 
RAISING AND THE 
PURPOSE BEHIND G 
THIS TO BEGIN 
WITH. 
>> YEAH, IT 
DOES, FOR SURE. 
JULIA AINSLEY, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING. 
HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND. 
>> Reporter: T 
YOU, TOO. 
>>> WE HAVE 
HARPER'S 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION CASE 
HERE IN THE E %U.S. 
ACCORDING TO 
RESEARCHERS IN 
THE PATTER %
DOCTORS SAY 25 --
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR THE, OF 
MAKING BACK IN 
APRIL. 
THEY TESTED 
POSITIVE AGAIN 
IN MAY. 
NBC NEWS  
MEDICAL 
CORRESPONDENT 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
JOINS ME NOW. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST WE ARE 
TALKING ABE 
INFECTION CASE 
IN THE U.S. WE 
REPORTED ON AT 
LEAST FOUR 
WORLDWIDE LAST 
WEEK. 
TELL US WHAT YOU 
KNOW ABOUT THE 
USA'S EVENT ABWHAT 
ARE YOU 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
REINFECTIONS 
GOING FORWARD? 
YOU KNOW  I LIKE 
TO PUT THINGS IN 
PERSPECTIVE. 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
PERSPECTIVE. 
RIGHT NOW, 24 
MILLION CASES 
WORLDWIDE THAT 
WE KNOW ABOUT. 
OF THOSE 24 
MILLION CASES, 
FOUR ARE 
INFECTIONS. 
THEY ARE 
VALIDATED 
REINFECTIONS, 
VERIFIED ONE 
THAT WE KNOW 
HAPPENS. 
WHAT HAPPENS 
HERE IN THESE 
FOUR CASES, ONE 
IN HONG KONG, 
ONE IN ELGIN, 
ONE IN THE 
NETHERLANDS, AND 
ONE IN THE U.S. 
THEY RECOVER 
FROM COVID-19. 
AND THEN THEY 
GOT SICK  AGAIN 
FROM COVID-19. 
THE VIRUS THAT 
WAS LOOKING 
GENETICALLY. 
THEY FOUND IT TO 
BE A LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT THE 
FIRST TIME 
AROUND THAN THE 
FOR SOME. 
THEY ACTUALLY 
HAD LESS 
SYMPTOMS. 
SO IT LOOKED 
LIKE THEIR 
ANTIBODIES 
KICKED IN AND TH
HELP PROTECT 
THEM FROM IT BUT 
THE OTHER ITCASE, 
A PERSON WHO HAD 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
ISSUES. 
THE U.S. CASE, 
ACTUALLY GOT 
SICKER AND SO 
THAT IS RAISING 
A FEW CONCERNS, 
OKAY, WHAT IS 
HAPPENING HERE 
BECAUSE THE 
ANTIBODIES DON'T 
SEEM TO BE 
PROTECTING AS 
MUCH. 
PUTTING 
PERSPECTIVE AND 
TALKING TO 
EXPERTS, WHAT 
THEY ARE D TELLING 
ME IS ARTHEY DON'T 
BE SURPRISED IF 
THIS DID NOT 
HAPPEN. 
THIS THE NATURE 
OF VIRUSES THAT 
ARE CURRENTLY RU
CHANGING 
CONSTANTLY 
MUTATING. 
THESE ARE SMALL 
MUTATIONS FOR 
THE MOST PART TLGI
BUT EVERY NOW 
AND THEN, IT CAN 
TURN INTO 
MUTATION. 
WE WILL CAN GET 
INFECTED. 
FOR THE AVERAGE 
PERSON GOING 
AROUND ON THEIR 
DAILY LIVES, NOT 
GOING TO AFFECT 
THEM TYPICALLY. 
THIS HAVE BEEN 
IN ACADEMIC AND 
RESEARCH AND 
SCIENTIFIC 
COMMITTEES. 
NOW WITH SO  MUCH 
ATTENTION BEING 
PUT ON 
CORONAVIRUS, WE 
ARE HEARING %
ABOUT IT IN THE 
MEDIA. 
THE MAN CAN SEND 
IS PEOPLE WILL 
GET PANICKY 
ABOUT THIS AND 
GET ANSWERS 
ABOUT IT WHEN IT 
IS SOMETHING 
THAT HAPPENS ON 
SUCH A LIMITED 
SCALE. 
IT IS TEGOING TO 
TAKE SOME 
WATCHING AND ONE 
SEE IF IT 
HAPPENS MORE 
OFTEN. 
IF IT REHAPPENS 
MORE OFTEN, IT 
GETS MORE 
CONCERNING. 
FOR THE 
IMMEDIATE TERM, 
THE VACCINE. 
HOW IS IT GOING 
TO AFFECT THE 
VACCINE? 
WE DON'T KNOW AT 
THIS POINT. 
WE ARE HOPING 
THE VACCINE IS 
STILL SOMETHING 
YOU CAN GET 
ONCE, MAYBE 
TWICE IN YOUR 
LIFE THEM. 
IF THIS 
CONTINUES, WE 
SEE MORE IN 
REINFECTIONS, 
THERE MIGHT BE 
WE NEED TO THE 
VACCINE ON A 
YEARLY BASIS, 
MUCH LIKE WITH 
THE FLU SHOT 
RIGHT NOW, U 
ALISON. 
>>> LET'S TALK A 
LITTLE BIT, IF 
YOU DON'T  BMIND, 
HOW THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
SPREADS. 
WE KNOW IT VIIS 
PRIMARILY SPREAD 
TO THE AIR. 
DO WE HAVE A 
SENSE OF HOW 
LONG IT SURVIVES 
IN THE AIR? 
>> WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS FOR MONTHS. 
IT GOES THREE TO 
FIVE. 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IS 6 
FEET. 
WE'RE FINDING 
OUT THAT SOME OF 
THE PARTICLES 
AND THIS IS THEY 
CAN, THE NATURE 
OF HOW VIRUSES 
SPREAD. 
SOME THIS HOPARTY 
SCHOOLS CAN TURN 
INTO SMALLER 
PARTICLES, WHICH 
ARE AIRBORNE 
PARTICLES. 
THEY CAN LAST %CH
FOR LONGER. OR
OF THEM. 
THEORETICALLY, 
THEY COULD LAST 
FOR HOURS. 
BUT THAT DOES NOT
SILLY ME THE 
TOTAL GOING TO 
CAUSE PEOPLE TO 
GET SICK. 
THEY IMPORTANT %
PART IS TO MAKE 
SURE THAT YOU 
HAVE THIS 
AIRBORNE 
PARTICLES IN 
THAT EQUATION 
YOU TO TRY  NETO 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
TO MINIMIZE 
PEOPLE'S RISKS 
AND THAT MEANS, 
OF COURSE, 
MAKING SURE THAT 
WHEN THEY ARE IN 
CLOSE CONTACT, 
THEY WEAR MASKS. 
ALL THE THINGS 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
BECAUSE THEY LK
HELP WITH BOTH 
SIDES OF THE 
EQUATION. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
JOHN, I KNOW YOU 
SPOKE ABOUT WHY 
WE NEED OUTDOOR 
AIR TO STOP THE 
VIRUS FROM 
SPREADING. 
WHAT DID HE TELL 
YOU. 
>> HE LLIS TALKING 
ABOUT WHAT HE IS 
NOT USING, I USE 
AS A -- SO WE 
TALK ABOUT 
WEARING YOUR 
MASK, WASH YOUR 
YOUR , WASH 
DISTANCE. 
THEY FOURTH W'S, 
THE WIND IS FOR 
THE "W." 
VENTILATION AND 
FILTRATION. 
SIMPLY OPEN UP A 
WINDOW., EIGHT 
VERY SPECIFIC 
REASON WHY HE 
SAYS WE NEED TO 
DONE THAT. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
HAD TO  SAY. 
>> IF I'M SICK 
RIGHT NOW, 
EMITTING 
PARTICLES AS GH
BEING TALK, THEY 
WILL ACCUMULATE 
INDOORS. 
SMALL PARTICLES 
WILL LASTAY ALOFT 
INDEFINITELY. 
ONE OF TWO 
THINGS NIHAPPENED 
ONE THEY ARE 
DELUDED OUT EYOF 
THE AIR FOR 
VENTILATION. 
YOU WANT TO 
BRING IN MORE 
OUTDOOR AIR. 
WE CAN CLEAN 
THEM OUT OF THE 
AIR. 
FROM FILTRATION. 
MILICA IF E WE'RE 
NOT DOING THAT, IF
THEN ARTICLE 
LEVELS ARE JUST 
GOING 
>> WHAT HE IS 
TALKING ABOUT IS 
THE VENTILATION 
AND FILTRATION. 
OPEN WINDOWS, 
NOW THE FOURTH  
W, I'M GOING TO 
START USING, 
ALISON, OPENING 
WINDOWS, WE GET 
THE FRESH AIR 
EXCHANGE FOR 
INDOOR AIR AND 
LESSEN THE 
CHANCES OF 
GETTING 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT'S TTNA
IMPORTANT, EVEN 
WHEN THE WEATHER 
TURNS COLD, IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO DO 
IT, BUNDLE KIDS 
UP AND TEACHERS 
UP AND OPEN THE 
WINDOWS, SAME 
THINGS AT HOMES 
AND OFFICES. 
>> HODR. JOHN, 
THANKS SO MUCH. 
>> YOU BET. 
>>> I'M ALISON 
MORRIS, YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GET TO 
CORRESPONDENT 
SAVANNA SELLER S 
SHE HAS THE 
LATEST FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM. 
>> Reporter: 
LOVING THE 
FRIDAY SHIRT. 
WRAPPING UP THIS 
WEEK WITH THE 
DEVASTATION FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA, 
AT LEAST 11 ARE %
DEAD IN 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS AFTER THE 
STORM TORE 
THROUGH THE 
GULF. 
IT PLAN 
BUILDINGS AND 
LEFT HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS 
WITHOUT POWER. 
THE MAYOR OF 
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA SPOKE 
OUT ABOUT THE 
DESTRUCTION ON 
THE TODAY SHOW. 
>> WHAT I DIDN'T DN
EXPECT TO SEE 
WAS THERE FOR 
LITERAL ENTIRE 
BUILDINGS THAT 
HAD BEEN BLOWN 
APART, FORSADS 
OF BRICK 
BUILDINGS ORTHAT 
HAVE BEEN AROUND 
FOR 100 YEARS 
BLOWN DOWN. 
I WAS REALLY 
BLOWN AWAY BY 
THE DEVASTATION 
OF SOME OF THESE 
BUILDINGS. 
>> Reporter: A 
BIG UPDATE OUT 
OF THE NBA , THE 
LEAGUE SAYS 
PLAYOFFS WILL 
RESTART SATURDAY 
FOLLOWING THREE IN
DAYS OF 
POSTPONED GAMES. 
THIS  STARTED 
WEDNESDAY WHEN 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS STOPPED 
THE PLAYOFF 
GAME. 
THE UNION 
ANNOUNCED THEY 
WILL CREATE A 
SOCIAL JUSTICE 
COALITION TO 
PROMOTE POLICE 
AND CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM. 
TEAMS PLAN TO 
WORK WITH LOCAL 
ELECTION 
OFFICIALS TO 
TRANSFORM HOME 
ARENAS INTO 
POLLING 
LOCATIONS FOR 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
CYLE RITEN HOUSE 
IS FACING THREE 
CHARGES. 
TWO OF THE 
CHARGES INCLUDE 
FIRST DEGREE MOM 
SIDE, WHICH 
MEANS THE TEEN 
COULD H BE 
SENTENCED TO 
LIFE IN PRISON, 
IF HE IS 
CONVICTED IN 
WISCONSIN. 
HE LIVES TEIN 
ILLINOIS AND 
TODAY A JUDGE 
POSTPONED A 
HEARING TO 
DETERMINE IF HE 
SHOULD RETURN NETO 
WISCONSIN TO 
FACE CHARGES. 
HIS LAWYERS SAY 
HE WAS ACTING IN 
SELF DEFENSE 
DURING A PROTEST 
SPARKED BY THE 
OFFICER INVOLVED 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE LAST 
WEEKEND. 
BLAKE'S FATHER  
GAVE AN UPDATE 
ON HIS SON'S 
CONDITION 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> MY SON IS 
FIGHTING FOR HIS 
LIFE. 
HE IS HOLDING 
ON. 
HE IS HOLDING 
ON. 
HE IS MEDICATED 
PRETTY MUCH ALL 
THE TIME. 
>> MOVING ON TO 
CAPITOL HILL, 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
ANNOUNCED 
CONTEMPT 
PROCEEDINGS 
AGAINST MIKE AN
POMPEO, THEY SAY 
HE IGNORED 
REQUESTS TO 
STATE DEPARTMENT 
DOCUMENTS. 
THE CHAIRMAN 
CRITICIZED  S.
POMPEO FOR 
SPEAKING AT THE 
RNC DURING A 
STATE DEPARTMENT 
TRIP TO ISRAEL. 
ENGLE WROTE MIKE 
POMPEO 
DEMONSTRATED E EO
ALARMING 
DISREGARD FOR 
THE LAWS AND 
RULES GOVERNING 
HIS OWN CONDUCT. 
JA PAP'S LONGEST 
SERVING PRIME 
MINISTER SAYS HE 
IS RESIGN DUE TO 
HEALTH ISSUES. 
HE APPEARED HEWITH 
TEARS EXPLAINING 
QUOTE I CANNOT 
BE PRIME 
MINISTER IF I 
CANNOT MAKE THE 
BEST DECISIONS 
FOR THE PEOPLE. 
HE SUFFERED WITH 
COLITIS, THAT 
HAS GOTTEN 
WORSE. 
HE WILL CONTINUE S, 
TO SERVE UNTIL A 
NEW LEADER TAKES 
OVER WITHIN THE 
COMING WEEKS. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP GRANTING A 
FULL PARDON TO 
ALICE JOHNSON, 
SHE SPOKE AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION LAST 
NIGHT. 
TRUMP COMMUTED 
JOHNSON'S PRISON 
SENTENCE IN E  AT
2018, AFTER SHE 
SPENT TWO 
DECADES IN JAIL 
ON DRUG CHARGES. 
>> WE ARE TAKING 
ALICE FROM A 
COMMUTATION TO A 
FULL PARDON, I'M 
GOING TO SIGN IT 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE ARE PROUD OF 
ALICE, THE %JOB 
YOU HAVE DONE 
AND WHAT YOU 
REPRESENT. 
>> CAROL LEE 
JOINS ME NOW. 
DO WE KNOW WHAT 
PUSHED HIM TO 
PARDON HER? 
>> Reporter: HE 
SAW HER IN THE 
AUDIENCE AT HIS 
SPEECH FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE, 
DECIDED TO HAVE 
HER COME OVER TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SO HE COULD GIVE 
HER A FULL 
PARDON. 
HE SAID HE ASKED 
HIS STAFF IF 
THEY COULD GET 
HER AND SHE CAME 
OVER, THEY 
DIDN'T DISCUSS 
IT. 
HE AND ALICE. 
HE SIGNED THE 
DOCUMENT RIGHT 
THERE. 
IT WAS A LITTLE 
SPONTANEOUS FOR 
HIM, WHETHER HE 
HAS BEEN 
THINKING  ABOUT 
THIS FOR A 
WHILE. 
HE SAW R HER LAST 
NIGHT AND 
DECIDED THIS WAS 
SOMETHING HE 
WANTED TO DO. 
SHE ALSO SPOKE 
AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
THE PRESIDENT 
FEELS LIKE THIS 
IS ONE OF HIS 
BIG SUCCESS 
STORIES AND 
TRYING TO APPEAL 
TO AFRICAN 
AMERICAN VOTERS 
IN THE OUTRRUN UP T 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION, THIS 
IS A PLACE IN 
WHICH HE THINKS 
HE HAS POTENTIAL 
TO DO THAT. 
>> CAROL, IF MY 
MATH IS CORRECT, 
WE HAVE 67 %DAYS 
LEFT UNTIL THE 
ELECTIONS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS BACK ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, 
HE WILL BE THIN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
THIS EVENING. 
WHAT IS ON HIS 
AGENDA? 
>> Reporter: 
SIMPLE, TO TRY 
TO WIN 
WIN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE THIS 
TIME AROUND. 
HE LOST NARROWLY 
IN 2016. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
CAMPAIGN OPENLY 
ADMITS, HE NEEDS 
EVERY E 
ELECTORAL VOTE 
HE CAN GET, NEW 
HAMPSHIRE IS 
WITHIN STRIKING 
DISTANCE, IN 
2016, BARACK 
OBAMA WON IT, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL HOLD A 
CAMPAIGN RALLY. 
THERE WILL BE 
1000 PEOPLE 
THERE. 
IT'S AIMED AT T 
HIM TRYING TO 
PICK UP AS MANY
ELECTORAL VOTE. 
THERE IS NO 
REASON WHY HE 
SHOULDN'T BE 
ABLE TO %GET IT 
THIS TIME. 
>> HIS ABRNC 
SPEECH CLOCKED 
IN ABOUT 70 
MINUTES. 
HE HAS MORE TO 
SAY TODAY. 
WHAT HAS %THE 
PRESIDENT BEEN 
TWEETING ABOUT BO
THE RNC? 
>> Reporter: 
RATINGS, 
RATINGS, HE 
LOVES TO TALK 
ABOUT RATINGS. 
HE TWEETED GREAT  
RATINGS AND 
REVIEWS LAST 
NIGHT. 
THANK YOU.TH 
HE IS REALLY 
FOCUSED ON THE 
IDEA THAT A LOT 
OF PEOPLE TUNED 
INTO HIS SPEECH. 
HE WAS TOLD  VERY 
HAPPY ABOUT THE 
WAY THAT IT 
LOOKED AND THE 
SETTING, IT IS 
HIGHLY 
CONTROVERSIAL HE 
DECIDED TO HOLD 
HIS SPEECH AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
BUT HE IS 
FOCUSED ON 
RATINGS WHICH 
FRANKLY ARE ALLY 
DOWN FROM WHAT 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION WAS 
BUT WE KNOW FROM 
THE PRESIDENT 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING HE 
PAYS CLOSE 
ATTENTION TO. 
THAT'S SOMETHING 
HE HAS BEEN 
TWEETING ABOUTED 
TO. 
>> HOW ABOUT THE 
CAMPAIGN? 
WHAT IS THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
SAYING ABOUT THE 
CONVENTION? 
REPUBLICAN THEY 
ARE FEELING 
REALLY GOOD 
ABOUT IT. 
BOTH WEEKS, THE 
LAST WEEK THEY 
DID A REALLY 
GOOD EFFORT TO 
COUNTER PROGRAM 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
TRAVELING ALMOST 
EVERYDAY IN 
DIFFERENT 
STATES. 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THE CONVENTION 
WENT WELL FOR %
THEM. 
YOU HAVE TIMES 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
COMMUNICATION'S 
DIRECTOR SAID 
OUR FOUR DAYS 
WERE AN UN 
QUALIFIED 
SUCCESS AND HE 
FELT LIKE THEY 
HAD DONE A 
TREMENDOUS JOB 
THE TERMS OF 
GETTING THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
MESSAGE OUT 
THERE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
WAS USUNQUALIFIED 
SUCCESS AND THE 
PRESIDENT 
DELIVERED 
EXACTLY THE 
MESSAGE HE 
SHOULD DELIVER 
IS SAID THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
DOMINATED THE 
WEEK AND MANAGED 
TO AT THE SAME AC
TIME NOW THAT 
JOE BIDEN IS 
GETTING OUT ON 
THE  CAMPAIGN 
TRAILING SPOKE 
HIM OUT. 
 THEY  HOW
ARE PUTTING IT. 
THEY OBVIOUSLY 
MADE AN ISSUE OF 
JOE CABIDEN BEING 
IN HIS HOBASEMENT, 
HE IS NOW 
GETTING OUT AND 
SUPPOSED TO 
CAMPAIGN A 
LITTLE BIT IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
THAT'S THE 
SUCCESS, THEY 
WOULD LIKE HIM 
TO BE OUT THERE, 
THEY FEMALE HIKE  
THE MORE JOE 
BIDEN IS OUT 
THERE, THIS FROM 
OF VOTERS THE 
BETTER THAT IS 
FOR DONALD TRUMP 
BUT FEEL GOOD 
ABOUT THE 
CONVENTION AND 
TRYING NOW TO 
CAPITALIZE IT 
AND KEEP THE 
MOMENTUM GOING T 
WITH HAVING THE 
PRESIDENT IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE TODAY. IN
CONVENTION TO
SEASON, OUR TWO 
WEEKS OF AL
CONVENTIONS ARE 
OVER, IT'S TIME 
FOR CAMPAIGNING. 
CAROL, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. EN 
. 
>>> 57 YEARS 
AFTER DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. 
DELIVERED HIS I 
HAVE A DREAM 
SPEECH IN 
WASHINGTON DC, A 
NEW GENRACE OF 
LEADERS RAISING 
ITS VOICE IN THE 
FIGHT AGAINST 
ABLE RIP 
JUSTICE, 
THOUSANDS TO 
TOOK THE 
NATIONAL MALL 
FOR THE GET YOUR 
KNEE OFF OUR 
NECK COMMITMENT 
MARCH IN 
WASHINGTON. ED
>> WE NEED TO 
VOTE AS IF OUR 
LIVES AND 
LIVELIHOODS AND 
LIBERTIES DEPEND 
ON IT BECAUSE 
THEY DO. 
NO PERSON, NO 
PEOPLE ARE MORE 
KEENLY AWARE OF 
THE RISK OF 
DISENFRANCHISEMENT R
THAN THOSE THAT 
SUFFERED FROM 
IT. 
OUR NATION CAN 
ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITHOUT THE 
OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. NA
 
 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE STANDING 
HERE OUTSIDE OF 
THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
LEADERS OF THIS 
MARCH AS WELL AS 
THE FAMILIES 
AFFECT WHO HAD 
LOST LOVED ONES 
TO BRUTALITY AND 
POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
WE ARE ABOUT TO 
BEGIN THE MARCH 
TO MLK MEMORIAL. 
THIS IS ON THE 
57th ANNIVERSARY 
OF THAT FAMOUS I 
HAVE A DREAM 
SPEECH DELIVERED 
BY DR. KING AND 
MANY OF THE 
PEOPLE WE SPOKEN 
TO HERE TODAY 
ARE ASKING WHY 
ARE WE STILL 
HAVING TO FIGHT 
FOR JUSTICE, 
EVEN IN 2020, 
EVEN 57 YEARS 
AFTER THAT 
FAMOUS SPEECH 
WAS DELIVERED. 
TODAY THEY HAVE 
BEEN CHANTING 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, NO 
JUSTICE, NO 
PEACE, TODAY 
THIS IS ABOUT 
ACHIEVING 
EQUALITY AND 
KEEPING JUSTICE 
AND ACHIEVING 
PROTECTION. 
>> A WISCONSIN 
ACTIVIST WALKED 
750 MILES JUST 
TO GET TO THAT 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
FRANK NITTY SAYS 
IT'S ONE LEG OF 
THE RELAY TO END 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
>> WE GOT ABOUT 
34 OR 33 MILES 
ON THE OTHER 
SIDE OF THIS TO 
DO, THEN WE ARE 
THERE. 
WHEN I FOUND OUT 
THEY WERE HAVING 
A GEORGE FLOYD 
PROTEST ON THE 
SAME DAY AS A 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING SPEECH, I 
THOUGHT WHAT A 
BETTER WAY TO 
HONOR. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WERE LIKE YOU 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
MAKE IT. 
THAT MADE IT A 
CRAZY IDEA TO BE 
GOING OVER 30 
MILES A DAY FOR 
24 DAYS 
STRAIGHT. 
>> FRANK WAS OUT 
HERE PROTESTING, 
MARCHING ON A 
CONSISTENT BASIS 
FOR SO MANY 
DAYS. 
WHEN HE DECIDED 
TO WALK, HE 
ASKED DID YOU 
WANT TO COME 
ALONG, I WAS 
LIKE LET'S GO. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
CALLED OUT OF 
OUR NAMES, WE 
HAVE ENCOUNTERED 
EVERYDAY THINGS 
THAT SHOULDN'T 
HAPPEN TO ANY 
HUMAN BEING IN 
AMERICA. 
PEOPLE ARE AT 
WAR WITH US 
WALKING DOWN THE 
STREET. 
WE HAVE TO BRING 
THE NASTY UGLY 
ISSUES TO THE 
FRONT SO 
AMERICAN CAN SEE 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
>> MY MOTHER 
MARCHED IN THE 
MARCH, NOTHING 
HAS CHANGED. 
IT CAN'T STAY 
THIS WAY. 
IT'S BEEN 400 
YEARS. 
IT'S TIME FOR A 
CHANGE. 
>> WE HAD A LOT 
OF MOMENTS WHERE 
PEOPLE HAVE AN 
OUTPOURING OF 
LOVE THAT HAPPEN 
FROM THE HATE, 
TONS OF SUPPLIES 
AND PEOPLE THAT 
COME THROUGH 
WITH TONS OF 
SUPPLY, AN 
OFFICER MARCHED 
WITH US, HANDS 
UP FOR BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
BEFORE WE LEFT 
INDIANA, A STATE 
TROOPER GAVE ME 
HER BADGE AND 
SAID YOU FIGHT 
FOR ME WHILE I 
FIGHT FOR YOU, 
THAT WAS AN 
EMOTIONAL 
MOMENT. 
I COULDN'T 
IMAGINE THAT 
ANYONE WOULD 
LOOK UP TO ME 
FOR THAT. 
I THANK GOD FOR 
THAT, I 
APPRECIATE 
EVERYONE THAT 
BELIEVES AND 
ANYTHING I SAY 
OR ANYTHING THAT 
WE ARE DOING. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
GET EQUALITY FOR 
LIFE. 
>> WE NEED TO 
GET ORGANIZED 
TOGETHER AS A 
NATION OF 
ACTIVISTS SO WE 
CAN CALL ON EACH 
OTHER WHENEVER 
WE NEED HELP. 
WE NEED TO 
DEMAND CHANGE, 
NOT ASK FOR 
CHANGE. 
THEY THINK THIS 
IS NEGOTIATION. 
I CAME HERE TO 
DEMAND CHANGE. 
I'M TIRED. 
ARE YA'LL TIRED? 
IF YOU ARE AN 
ACTIVIST, STOP 
ME SO WE CAN 
ORGANIZE. 
IT'S TIME. 
THIS IS A 
REVOLUTION. 
THIS IS THE 
REVOLUTION. 
. 
>>> SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAMS 
SCOURING LAKE 
CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA, MILES 
FROM WHERE 
HURRICANE LAURA 
MADE LANDFALL. 
SAM BROCK RODE 
ALONG WITH THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAM. 
LOOKS LIKE YOU 
ARE WITH THOSE 
GUYS TODAY. 
TELL ME ALL 
ABOUT IT. 
>> Reporter: WE, 
WITH THE HIGH 
WATER VEHICLES, 
THE CREWS HAVE 
BEEN SPENDING 
ALL DAY LOADING 
UP WITH 
SUPPLIES, WE 
HAVE WATER, 
READY TO EAT 
MEALS THEY ARE 
HANDING OUT TO 
FOLKS THAT LOST 
POWER, 
ELECTRICITY AND 
WATER AS WE 
DRIVE DOWN THE 
STREETS, YOU 
WILL SEE, THE 
POWERLINES OR 
THE STREET 
SIGNALS ARE 
DANGLING, BROKEN 
TREES EVERYWHERE 
THAT ARE KNOCKED 
INTO HOMES, 
ROOFS OFF IN 
SOME CASES. 
THIS IS A MILD 
BLOCK FROM WHAT 
WE HAVE SEEN, WE 
ARE GETTING 
PHONE CALLS FROM 
FAMILY MEMBERS 
SAYING WE NEED 
HELP OR CAN'T 
LOCATE SOMEONE, 
CAN YOU STOP BY 
AND CHECK ON 
THEM. 
THEY ARE DOING 
THAT. 
THEY ARE 
DELIVERING THE 
RESOURCES AND 
BRINGING THOSE 
WHO NEED SHELTER 
NOW, BACK HOME. 
THE ISSUE, 
HAVING BEEN OUT 
HERE FOR THE 
LAST SEVERAL 
HOURS IS THAT 
PEOPLE CAN'T GET 
TO THEIR HOMES, 
TREES ARE 
BLOCKING THE 
ROADS AND POWER 
LINES ARE 
BLOCKING THE 
ROADS. 
THEY CAN'T GET 
TO WHERE THEY 
NEED TO GO OR 
THE RESOURCES 
THEY NEED. 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS USING 
MILITARY-STYLE 
VEHICLES TO GET 
THERE AND HELP 
THEM IN WHATEVER 
WAY THEY CAN. 
>> SAM, SINCE 
THEY MAY NOT 
HAVE NECESSARILY 
GOTTEN A CHANCE 
TO ASSESS ALL OF 
THE DAMAGE 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
TRYING TO GET 
OVER TREES AND 
GET THROUGH 
BARRICADES -- 
>> Reporter: I 
APOLOGIZE IF YOU 
CANNOT HEAR ME 
RIGHT NOW. 
I CANNOT HEAR 
ANYONE. 
I GOT YOU. 
>> SAM, I THINK, 
EXCELLENT, YOU 
GOT A BUMPY 
RIDE, LOSING 
YOUR EAR PIECE 
IS 
UNDERSTANDABLE. 
PEOPLE ARE 
HAVING TROUBLE 
GETTING HOME. 
HAS THAT MADE IT 
DIFFICULT TO 
ASSESS HOW BAD 
THE DAMAGE IS AT 
THIS STAGE OF 
THE GAME? 
>> Reporter: 
YES. 
SUFFICE TO SAY, 
THE HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS, IF NOT 
THE BILLIONS. 
THERE ARE TREE 
CUTTING GOING ON 
AND POWER 
RESTORATION. 
THAT HAS TO 
HAPPEN FIRST 
BEFORE YOU CAN 
HAVE AN ACCURATE 
DAMAGE 
ASSESSMENT. 
I WOULD LOVE TO 
PLAY A SOUND 
BITE OF A WOMAN 
WE INTERVIEWED, 
CLARA, SHE LIVES 
IN THIS AREA AND 
FOUND OUT IT WAS 
GOING TO BECOME 
A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE TOO 
LATE AND 
COULDN'T GET OUT 
IN TIME. 
HERE IS HOW SHE 
DESCRIBED HER 
EXPERIENCE TO US 
THE LAST COUPLE 
OF DAYS. 
>> IT WAS 
DEMONS, LIKE 
DEMONS OUTSIDE 
OF OUR HOUSE. 
IT'S SAD. 
THERE IS GOING 
TO BE PEOPLE 
HURT. 
THERE IS GOING 
TO BE PEOPLE 
DEAD IF THEY CAN 
FIND THEM. 
WE DIDN'T KNOW 
IF OUR HOUSE WAS 
GOING TO BE 
HERE. 
IT WAS LIKE WHEN 
WE CAME OUT OF 
IT, THERE WAS 
NOBODY. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
SAW CLARA 
HOLDING BACK 
TEARS, IN SOME 
CASES CRYING. 
THE GRATITUDE 
SHE EXPRESSED 
FOR THE NATIONAL 
GUARDS MEP ARE 
HARD TO 
ARTICULATE IN 
WORDS, IT MEANS 
SO MUCH THE HELP 
IS COMING RIGHT 
NOW. 
THEY ARE DOING 
110 MISSION AS 
DAY. 
THAT'S HOW MANY 
THEY DID 
YESTERDAY. 
THE GOAL IS TO 
DO THE SAME OR 
MORE NOW. 
THE FOLKS, 
ALISON, THEY 
STAYED BEHIND 
BUT NOT BY 
CHOICE. 
THEY FOUND OUT 
TOO LATE HOW 
STRONG THE 
HURRICANE WAS 
GOING TO BE OR 
DON'T HAVE THE 
MEANS TO GET 
OUT. 
BEFORE WE LOOK 
THROUGH THIS 
PRISM OF PEOPLE 
MAKING 
IRRESPONSIBLE 
DECISIONS, IN 
MANY CASES THEY 
GOT BLIND SIDED 
OR DIDN'T HAVE 
THE RESOURCES TO 
LEAVE. 
>> SAM, WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THAT WITH ALI 
YESTERDAY. 
SOME PEOPLE 
DON'T HAVE THE 
GAS OR DIDN'T 
KNOW UNTIL IT 
WAS TOO LATE TO 
GO SOMEWHERE. 
SAM, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH FOR 
TAKING THE TIME 
TO TALK TO US. 
IT MUST BE BOTH 
SUCH AN 
UPSETTING THING 
TO SEE THE 
DAMAGE THERE AND 
ALSO HEART 
WARMING TO SEE 
PEOPLE SO 
GRATEFUL FOR THE 
HELP. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S THE BEST OF 
BOTH WORLDS. 
THE GENEROSITY 
WE ARE SEEING 
AND THE PAIN 
THEY ARE 
EXPERIENCING, A 
PERFECT WAY TO 
CAPTURE IT, 
ALISON, THANK 
YOU FOR HAVING 
ME ON. 
>>> IT COULD 
TAKE WEEKS IF 
NOT MONTHS FOR 
FOLKS IN 
LOUISIANA TO 
RECOVER FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE JUST NOW 
LEARNING THAT 
THE STATE OF 
LOUISIANA IS 
REPORTING AN 
ADDITIONAL FOUR 
STORM RELATED 
DEATHS, THESE 
FOUR PEOPLE 
BELIEVED TO HAVE 
DIED FROM CAR 
BOP MONOXIDE 
POISONING DUE TO 
A GENERATOR THEY 
HAD IN THEIR 
HOME. 
THAT DOES BRING 
THE DEATH TOLL 
FROM THIS STORM 
UP TO 10. 
YOU ASKED ME 
ABOUT THE OTHER 
ISSUES THEY ARE 
FACING HERE. 
I THINK YOU CAN 
SEE THAT RIGHT 
BEHIND ME. 
THIS HOUSE HAD 
ESSENTIALLY THE 
E TIRE ROOF TON 
OFF OF IT. 
THAT'S THE TYPE 
OF DESTRUCTION 
WE ARE SEEING IN 
VARIOUS AREAS 
THROUGHOUT LAKE 
CHALLENGES AND 
SULFUR IN THIS 
AREA. 
THERE ARE FOLKS 
OUT HERE 
BEGINNING TO 
CLEAN UP THE 
BRUSH THAT ARE 
IN THEIR YARDS 
BUT THE OTHER 
BIG CONCERN HERE 
IS THINGS LIKE 
THIS, THIS 
DOWNED POWERLINE 
THAT YOU SEE 
MANY PEOPLE LOST 
POWER DURING THE 
STORM AND STILL 
WITHOUT POWER 
RIGHT NOW, AS WE 
SPEAK. 
THOSE ARE REALLY 
THE ISSUES AT 
HAND, YOU GOT 
FALLEN TREES IN 
THE ROAD SO 
WORKERS CAN 
BEGIN TO RESTORE 
THE SERVICES. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS 
THE STORM SURGE 
WAS ORIGINALLY 
PREDICTED TO BE 
UP TO 20 FEET 
AND THAT WAS NOT 
THE CASE. 
THEY DID NOT SEE 
A STORM SURGE 
THAT HIGH. 
YOU DIDN'T SEE 
AS MANY OF THE 
FLOODING OF 
HOMES AND FLOOD 
RELATED DEATHS 
WE MIGHT HAVE 
SEEN BUT THE 
DAMAGE AND THE 
DESTRUCTION IS 
WHAT THE FOLKS 
HERE ARE GOING 
TO BE LEFT 
WORKING TO CLEAN 
UP, ALISON. 
>> I KNOW 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE EVACUATED 
AHEAD OF THE 
STORM. 
ANY IDEA WHEN 
THOSE PEOPLE CAN 
GO BACK HOME?  
. 
>> Reporter: I 
WAS IN 
SHREVEPORT 
BEFORE THIS, 
THAT WAS ONE OF 
THE AREAS POTION 
WERE ABLE TO 
EVACUATE -- 
FOLKS WERE ABLE 
TO EVACUATE TO. 
THERE WAS A LOT 
OF TRAFFIC ON 
THE ROADS. 
I SAW MILE LONG 
LINES FOR PEOPLE 
GETTING GAS. 
SOME PEOPLE 
MAYBE COMING 
BACK IN AND ABLE 
TO DO THAT. 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
WARNED FOLKS 
NEED TO BE 
PREPARED, THEY 
MIGHT NOT HAVE 
POWER OR WATER 
AND NEED TO BE 
PREPARED TO DEAL 
WITH THAT. 
THE OTHER THING 
I HAVE SEEN, I'M 
OUT IN THIS 
NEIGHBORHOOD, 
FOLKS LIKE THIS, 
YOU SEE IN THE 
BRIGHT COLORED 
VESTS, 
VOLUNTEERS WHO 
HAVE COME IN 
FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO HELP 
OUT IN THIS 
RECOVERY EFFORT. 
I HAD AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SPEAK WITH ONE 
OF THOSE 
VOLUNTEERS, 
LUKE, EARLIER 
TODAY ABOUT WHY 
HE MADE THE 
DRIVE FROM 
OKLAHOMA. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
WHAT HE TOLD ME. 
>> IT'S A CALL 
TO SERVICE. 
80% IS MADE UP 
OF MILITARY 
VETERANS, IT'S 
RUNS IN OUR 
BLOOD. 
ONCE WE GET OUT 
OF THE SERVICE, 
OUR HANDS ARE UP 
AND DON'T KNOW 
WHAT TO DO WITH 
OUR SELF. 
YOU TURN THE 
NEWS ON AND SEE 
THIS HAPPEN, WE 
WANT TO HELP. 
THE COMRADERY 
WORKING WITH 
OTHER VETERANS, 
SEEN THINGS WE 
HAVE DONE, IT'S 
AMAZING. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
HELPING TO CLEAR 
THE TREES OUT OF 
THE ROADWAY. 
THE GOAL IS TO 
HELP OUT SO WHEN 
THE CREWS COME 
IN THEY ARE NOT 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
WORRY ABOUT 
GETTING THROUGH 
THE STREETS THAT 
HAVE BEEN BADLY 
MESSED UP, 
ALISON. 
>> I KNOW YOU 
ARE NOT ALL THAT 
FAR FROM LAKE 
CHARLES, YOU ARE 
DEALING WITH A 
CHEMICAL PLANT 
FIRE. 
DO WE KNOW THE 
LATEST ON THAT 
AND WHAT THAT 
SITUATION IS? 
>> Reporter: 
EARLIER TODAY, 
WE DID NOTE THAT 
THE FIRE WAS 
STILL SMOLDERING 
AND SO THE FOLKS 
WHO LIVE IN THAT 
AREA WERE STILL 
BEING ASKED IF 
THEY WERE IN A 
ONE MILE RADIUS 
OF THAT AREA TO 
STAY INSIDE 
THEIR HOMES AND 
THAT MEANS 
MAKING SURE THAT 
IF THEY HAVE 
POWER THAT AIR-
CONDITIONING IS 
NOT RUNNING AND 
WINDOWS ARE 
CLOSED. 
THERE WAS ALSO A 
HEAT ADVISORY IN 
MANY OF THE 
AREAS AND HERE. 
YOU HAVE PEOPLE 
FORCED TO BE IN 
THEIR HOME S NOT 
OPEN WINDOWS OR 
GO OUTSIDE, AS A 
HEAT ADVISORY IS 
GOING ON, 
BECAUSE THEY 
DON'T WANT THEM 
TO BRING IN THAT 
CONTAMINATED 
AIR. 
THE FOLKS HAVE A 
LOT OF THEM HAVE 
BEEN UNDER THAT 
SHELTER ORDER 
SINCE YESTERDAY, 
DURING HURRICANE 
LAURA, WHEN THAT 
CHEMICAL FIRE 
BEGAN, IT HAD TO 
DO WITH THE 
CHLORINE LEAK 
THAT CAUSED 
THAT. 
MANY FOLKS ARE 
STUCK INSIDE 
THEIR HOMES AND 
UP ABLE TO LEAVE 
AND GET THE 
FRESH AIR FOR 24 
HOURS NOW. 
>> I KNOW IT'S 
GOOD NEWS THAT 
YOU DIDN'T SEE 
THAT TERRIBLE 
STORM SUMMER 
THERE. 
IT'S TOUGH FOR 
FOLKS WITHOUT 
POWER, DEALING 
WITH ALL THE 
DOWNED TREES, 
THE ROOF FLOWN 
OFF THEIR HOMES. 
I KNOW IT'S A 
TOUGH DAY THERE 
TODAY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
TELLING US WHAT 
IS GOING ON. 
>> Reporter: 
THANKS, ALISON. 
>>> KAMALA 
HARRIS SAYS THE 
OFFICER THAT 
SHOT JACOB BLAKE 
SHOULD BE 
CHARGED. 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE 
EXPLAINING HER 
POSITION IN AN 
EXCLUSIVE 
INTERVIEW WITH 
CRAIG MELVIN. 
>> AS A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR AND 
SOMEONE WHO 
WORKED CLOSELY 
WITH POLICE FOR 
YEARS, BASED ON 
WHAT YOU HAVE 
SEEP AND KNOW 
ABOUT THE CASE, 
IS THERE A 
SCENARIO IN 
WHICH THAT 
OFFICER WOULD 
HAVE BEEN 
JUSTIFIED? 
WAS JUSTIFIED IN 
FIRING HIS 
WEAPON? 
>> Reporter: 
CRAIG, I DON'T 
SEE IT BUT I 
DON'T HAVE ALL 
THE EVIDENCE. 
FROM WHAT I SAW, 
WHAT THE PUBLIC 
HAS SEEN, I'M 
NOT THE 
PROSECUTOR IN 
THE CASE. 
I DON'T HAVE ALL 
THE EVIDENCE 
BUT, THE MAN WAS 
GOING TO HIS CAR 
AND DIDN'T 
APPEAR TO BE 
ARMED. 
IF HE WAS NOT 
ARMED, IF HE WAS 
NOT ARMED, THE 
USE OF FORCE 
THAT WAS 7 
BULLETS COMING 
OUT OF A GUN AT 
CLOSE RANGE IN 
THE BACK OF THE 
MAN, I DON'T SEE 
HOW ANYBODY 
COULD REASON 
THAT WAS 
JUSTIFIABLE. 
>> YOU THINK THE 
OFFICER SHOULD 
BE CHARGED? 
>> THERE SHOULD 
BE A THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION 
AND BASED ON 
WHAT I SEEN, IT 
SEEMS THAT THE 
OFFICER SHOULD 
BE CHARGED. 
>> FOR THOSE 
SAYING ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY, 
THERE ARE FOLKS 
SAYING, HERE IS 
A MAN WHO 
WOULDN'T FOLLOW 
POLICE COMMANDS, 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRIED TO USE A 
TASER, AND THEN 
HE APPARENTLY IS 
REACHING INTO A 
CAR WHERE A 
KNIFE WAS LATER 
FOUND AND 
BECAUSE OF THOSE 
REASONS, WE 
SHOULD RESERVE 
JUDGMENT AND THE 
OFFICER SHOULD 
BE AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS. 
WHAT WOULD YOU 
SAY TO THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> EVERYONE 
SHOULD BE 
AFFORDED DUE 
PROCESS, I AGREE 
WITH THAT 
COMPLETELY. 
THAT'S ONE OF 
THE IMPORTANT 
TENANTS OF OUR 
SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE. 
HERE IS THE 
THING, IN 
AMERICA, WE KNOW 
THESE CASES KEEP 
HAPPENING. 
WE HAVE HAD TOO 
MANY BLACK MEN 
IN AMERICA, WHO 
HAVE BEEN THE 
SUBJECT OF THIS 
KIND OF CONDUCT 
AND MANY LOST 
THEIR LIVES AND 
WE SPEAK THEIR 
NAMES ALL THE 
TIME. 
AGAIN, GEORGE 
FLOYD, AS THE 
MOST RECENT, 
MOST PUBLIC 
EXAMPLE OF THIS. 
IT'S GOT TO 
STOP. 
IT'S GOT TO 
STOP. 
LISTEN, THERE 
ARE STILL TWO 
FORMS OF JUSTICE 
IN AMERICA. 
WE HAVE TO BE 
HONEST ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
HAVE MADE LAW 
AND ORDER A 
CENTRAL THEME OF 
THE CAMPAIGN, 
THEY ARE HOLDING 
UP THE VIOLENT 
PART OF THE 
PROTEST IN 
KENOSHA, 
PORTLAND AND 
MINNEAPOLIS, 
HOLDING UP THE 
EXAMPLES OF WHAT 
THIS COUNTRY 
WOULD LACK LIKE 
IF JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WERE TO BECOME 
PRESIDENT. 
PEOPLE WOULD NOT 
BE SAFE IF JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
I HEARD THE VICE 
PRESIDENT SAY, 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN, I HEARD 
HIM SAY THAT THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
ROOTING FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE. 
HE THOUGHT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WAS ROOTING FOR 
MORE VIOLENCE. 
HOW DOES MORE 
VIOLENCE HELP 
THE PRESIDENT 
POLITICALLY? 
>> LOOK, YOU 
HAVE TO AND 
KELLYANN CONWAY 
OR SOMEBODY, I 
DON'T KNOW. 
THAT'S NOT MY 
DEAL TO FIGURE 
OUT HIS 
POLITICAL 
STRATEGY. 
I WILL SAY THIS, 
ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION, SOME 
OF WHICH I HAVE 
WATCHED, I HAVE 
YET TO SEE THESE 
PEOPLE WHO 
PROFESS TO BE 
NATIONAL LEADERS 
SPEAK ABOUT THIS 
ISSUE OF THE 
KILLING OF 
UNARMED BLACK 
MEN, BROWN MEN, 
INDIGENOUS MEN 
IN OUR COUNTRY. 
I HAVE YET TO 
SEE THEM SPEAK 
ABOUT IT. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE ARE TWO 
MONTHS 
PRACTICALLY, A 
LITTLE BIT MORE, 
AWAY FROM AN 
ELECTION TO 
DECIDE WHO 
BECOMES THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
WHILE WE ARE. 
>> THE MIDST OF 
AT LEAST FOUR 
CRISIS. 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, 
REGARDLESS OF 
RACE OR GENDER 
OR AGE OR 
GEOGRAPHIC 
LOCATION HAVE A 
RIGHT TO BELIEVE 
THEIR LEADERS 
WILL SPEAK 
TRUTH, EVEN WHEN 
THESE ARE 
DIFFICULT TRUTHS 
TO SPEAK AND TO 
HEAR. 
WE ARE NOT 
SAYING THAT IN 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
WE ARE NOT 
SAYING THAT FROM 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
SAY THEY SHOULD 
BE LEADING OUR 
COUNTRY FROM 
TODAY INTO THE 
FUTURE IN THE 
MIDST OF THESE 
CRISIS.  
. 
>> ARE YOU 
HEADING TO THE 
POLLS OR TO THE 
POST OFFICE THIS 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION? 
NBC NEWS NOW CAN 
HELP YOU FIGURE 
THAT OUT, GO TO 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE, WE 
HAVE A STATE BY 
STATE GUIDE WITH 
INFORMATION ON 
VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS. 
>>> KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE WILL 
STAY IN ILLINOIS 
FOR NOW. 
A JUDGE DELAYED 
HIS EXTRADITION 
HEARING UNTIL 
SEPTEMBER 25th, 
HE IS THE 17-
YEAR-OLD CHARGED 
IN CONNECTION 
WITH THE 
SHOOTING THAT 
KILLED TWO 
PEOPLE AND 
CRITICALLY 
INJURED ANOTHER 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN THIS 
WEEK. 
WHAT HAPPENED 
TODAY? 
WHY DID THE 
JUDGE DELAY HIS 
EXTRADITION 
HEARING? 
>> Reporter: THE 
HEARING LASTED 
ONE MINUTE. 
IT WAS VIRTUAL. 
WE DIDN'T SEE 
RITTENHOUSE 
APPEAR IN THE 
HEARING, IT WAS 
LIVE STREAMED. 
ESSENTIALLY WHAT 
HAPPENED, HIS 
ATTORNEYS ASKED 
FOR MORE TIME. 
THEY SAID HE IS 
ACQUIRING NEW 
COUNCIL AND 
TRYING TO FIGURE 
THINGS OUT AND 
ASKED FOR 
DECISION ON 
EXTRADITION TO 
BE MADE. 
THIS WAS AN 
EXTRADITION 
HEARING. 
RITTENHOUSE IS 
FROM ANTIOCH, 
ILLINOIS, 30 
MINUTES AWAY 
FROM WHERE WE 
ARE NOW, HE 
DROVE TOWN 
KENOSHA ON 
TUESDAY WITH HIS 
FIREARM AND 
ACCUSED OF 
SHOOTING AND 
KILLING TWO OF 
THOSE 
PROTESTERS, 
INJURING ANOTHER 
ONE AND THIS IS 
A HEARING TO 
DETERMINE 
WHETHER OR NOT 
HE WILL GO FROM 
ILLINOIS TO 
KENOSHA TO BE 
TRIED HERE. 
HE IS FACING SIX 
COUNTS INCLUDING 
RECKLESS 
ENDANGERMENT AND 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE AND 
POSSESSION OF A 
DEADLY WEAPON. 
HIS ATTORNEYS 
SAY HE WAS 
ESSENTIALLY 
ACTING IN SELF 
DEFENSE, CALLING 
IT A CLASSIC 
SELF DEFENSE 
CHARGE OR SELF 
DEFENSE CASE. 
IT'S A MATTER OF 
TIME. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS, WE WILL 
KNOW WE WILL SEE 
HIM IN COURT 
SEPTEMBER 25th, 
30 DAYS FROM NOW 
AS THAT HEARING 
HAS BEEN 
POSTPONED. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT JACOB 
BLAKE, HIS 
FATHER SAYS HE 
IS HANDCUFFED TO 
HIS HOSPITAL BED 
WHILE HE IS 
PARALYZED. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
ELSE TO ASK 
THIS, WHY ON 
EARTH IS A 
PARALYZED MAN IN 
HANDCUFFS IN THE 
HOSPITAL? 
DO YOU HAVE A 
BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
WHY POLICE WERE 
TRYING TO DETAIN 
HIM BEFORE HE 
WAS SHOT? 
>> Reporter: NO, 
WE DON'T HAVE A 
BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
WHY POLICE WERE 
TRYING TO DETAIN 
HIM. 
THE STATE IS 
RUNNING THIS 
INVESTIGATION, 
THEY SAY 
OFFICERS ARRIVED 
AND TRIED TO 
ARREST HIM AND 
TWO OFFICERS 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASE 
HIM BUT THEY DID 
NOT ANSWER THE 
QUESTION OF WHY 
HE WAS SUBJECT 
TO ARREST 
INITIALLY. 
AS FOR THE 
DETAILS FROM HIS 
FATHER, HE IS 
BEING SHACKLED 
TO HIS HOSPITAL 
BED, THE POLICE 
CHIEF CONFIRMED 
THAT DETAIL, HE 
SAID HE DIDN'T 
HAVE MUCH TO 
PROVIDE BUT SAID 
CURRENTLY MR. 
BLAKE IS BEING 
HELD BY AN 
OUTSIDE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY. 
HE SAID IT'S IN 
CONNECTION TO AN 
OUTSTANDING 
WARRANT ISSUED 
IN JULY 
CONNECTED TO A 
THIRD DEGREE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT 
CHARGE. 
HE REACHED OUT 
TO MR. BLAKE'S 
ATTORNEY TO SEE 
WHAT THE STATUS 
OF THE WARRANT 
IS. 
THERE IS 
SUGGESTION THAT 
THE WARRANT 
SHIFTED. 
THAT WAS ALL THE 
POLICE CHIEF WAS 
ABLE TO SAY. 
IN ADDITION TO 
THAT, THE POLICE 
CHIEF ADDED HE 
DID NOT KNOW 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THE OFFICERS, 
WHEN THEY WENT 
PULLED UP AND 
RESPONDED TO THE 
CALL ON SUNDAY 
NIGHT BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, 
WHETHER THOSE 
OFFICERS WERE 
AWARE OF THE 
WARRANT. 
THAT'S PART OF 
THE STATE 
INVESTIGATION 
AND THAT'S WHERE 
THE KENOSHA 
POLICE CHIEF IS 
PASSING THIS OFF 
TO BUT NOW 
GIVING US THAT 
NEW DETAIL, 
ALISON. 
>> HOW IS BLAKE 
DOING TODAY? 
I KNOW HIS 
FATHER SPOKE AT 
THE MARCH IN 
WASHINGTON DC. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST ON HIS 
CONDITION AND 
HOW HE IS DOING? 
>> Reporter: HIS 
FATHER IS IN 
WASHINGTON DC. 
WE GOT TO CATCH 
UP WITH HIM, 
GARRETT 
INTERVIEWED HIM 
AS HE WAS 
WALKING UP 
BEFORE HIS 
SPEECH. 
ONE THING TO 
NOTE, HE SAID 
WHILE HIS SON IS 
DOING BETTER, HE 
IS IN THE 
HOSPITAL, HE IS 
STILL HOLDING ON 
AND FIGHTING FOR 
HIS LIFE. 
LISTEN TO A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
THE INTERVIEW 
EARLIER TODAY 
FROM DC. 
>> MY SON IS 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF 
HE WILL BE 
PARALYZED FOR 
THE REST OF HIS 
LIFE OR UNTIL 
THE SWELLING -- 
BUT I DON'T 
CARE. 
HE GRABBED MY 
HAND WHEN I WENT 
INTO THE 
HOSPITAL. 
I SAID WHAT IS 
WRONG, MAN, ARE 
YOU IN PAIN? 
HE SAID NO, I 
THOUGHT I WAS 
HALLUCINATING. 
HE GRABBED MY 
HAND AND HE 
WEPT. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
HEAR HIS FATHER 
EXPLAINING OR 
REVISITING THE 
ENCOUNTER HE HAD 
WITH HIS SON. 
HE WAS HERE AND 
GOT TO HAVE THAT 
EXPERIENCE WITH 
HIM IN THE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> I JUST CAN'T 
STOP SHAKING MY 
HEAD BECAUSE I 
CAN'T 
UNDERSTAND, A 
MAN IN TEARS, 
FROM PAIN, WHO 
IS PARALYZED, IS 
ATTACHED TO THE 
HOSPITAL BED. 
I KNOW WE NEED 
TO MOVE ON FROM 
THIS ONE, BUT 
DOESN'T MAKE 
SENSE. 
IT BORDERS ON 
SOUNDING 
INHUMANE. 
WE GOT NEW 
INFORMATION, THE 
WISCONSIN DOJ 
IDENTIFYING THE 
OTHER OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN 
BLAKE'S 
SHOOTING. 
WHAT OTHER 
INFORMATION DO 
YOU HAVE? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
THEY GAVE A FEW 
MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT THE EXACT 
EXCHANGE AND 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING AND 
THEY ALSO 
DETAILED THE 
OFFICERS 
INVOLVED. 
WE KNEW ABOUT 
OFFICER 
RUSSKINKS HE 
FIRED THE SHOTS 
INTO THE BACK OF 
MR. BLAKE, 
CONFIRMED BY THE 
STATE DOJ. 
WHAT THEY SAY IN 
THE NEW DETAIL 
WE RECEIVED IS 
THAT RIGHT 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, AS 
WHEN OFFICERS 
ARRIVED, THE 
OFFICER ALSO 
TRIED TO TASE 
MR. BLAKE. 
THAT WAS AN UN 
SUCCESSFUL 
ATTEMPT TO TASE 
HIM. 
THERE WAS 
ANOTHER OFFICER 
ON THE SCENE, 
OFFICER VINCENT, 
WHO FIRED HIS 
TASER IN THAT 
INITIAL EXCHANGE 
ALSO FIRED IT 
UNSUCCESSFULLY. 
WE HAVE THE NAME 
OF OFFICER 
BRITNEY, SHE 
JOINED THE FORCE 
BACK IN JANUARY, 
HER ROLE IN THE 
SITUATION IS NOT 
EXACTLY CLEAR. 
THERE IS VIDEO 
FROM THAT 
INITIAL VIDEO WE 
SAW THAT SPARKED 
EVERYTHING. 
THERE IS VIDEO 
SHOWING HER 
HELPING OUT AND 
ASSISTING MR. 
BLAKE AFTER THE 
SHOOTING. 
WE HAVE A FULLER 
PICTURE OF WHAT 
HAPPENED ANSWERS 
TO THE BASIC 
QUESTIONS WE 
HAVE BEEN ASKING 
SINCE SUNDAY 
NIGHT WHERE THE 
REAL LAST 
STATEMENT THAT 
WE GOT WAS ON 
THAT SUNDAY 
NIGHT. 
ALISON. 
>> I KNOW WE 
NEED TO LET YOU 
KNOW, BUT A 
QUICK QUESTION 
BEFORE WE DO, 
ARE THERE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
PROTESTS OR 
VIOLENCE TONIGHT 
AND HEADING INTO 
THE WEEKEND. 
>> Reporter: 
PROTESTS HAVE 
BEEN LARGELY 
PEACEFUL, NOT TO 
SAY THERE 
HAVEN'T BEEN 
ARREST. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PULLED UP THE 
CURFEW, IT'S NOW 
AT 7:00 P.M. 
THEY EXPLAINED 
THE REASON THEY 
DID THAT IS TO 
ALLOW ARRESTS TO 
HAPPEN IN 
DAYLIGHT 
ESSENTIALLY. 
THE ARREST OF 
FOLKS IN A BLACK 
VAN IN A BREAD 
TRUCK, THEY SAID 
THEY WERE WITH 
FOOD  DELIVERY 
SERVICE. 
THEY WERE 
ARRESTED AFTER 
THEY WERE SEEN 
FILLING UP GAS 
CANISTERS, 
OFFICERS FOUND 
ILLEGAL 
FIREWORKS AND 
GAS MASKS AND 
HELMETS. 
OFFICERS ARE 
SAYING THAT'S AN 
EXAMPLE OF WHAT 
THEY CAN DO NOW 
THAT THEY HAVE 
AN EARLIER 
CURFEW TIME. 
WE HAVE THE 
MOBILIZATION OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD THAT'S 
STILL HERE. 
THREE OTHER 
STATES 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE EFFORTS HERE 
IN WISCONSIN, 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD MISSION, 
STILL UNDER THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COMMAND, UNDER 
STATE CONTROL 
BUT NOW YOU HAVE 
MORE 
REINFORCEMENT AS 
WE HEAD INTO THE 
WEEKEND. 
WE EXPECT 
PROTESTS TO 
CONTINUE AS THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
HAPPENING EVERY 
NIGHT. 
LAST TWO NIGHTS 
LARGELY 
PEACEFUL. 
WE EXPECT THAT 
TO HAPPEN 
THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND AS 
PEOPLE REFLECT 
AND CONTINUE TO 
REACT TO THE 
SHOOTING OF MR. 
BLAKE. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR GREAT 
COVERAGE FROM 
KENOSHA 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> TUESDAY'S 
DEMOCRATIC 
SENATE PRIMARY 
IN MASSACHUSETTS 
IS SHAPING TOWN  
UP TO BE A CLOSE 
ONE. 
KENNEDY IS A 
FOUR TERM 
CONGRESSMAN AND 
A GRANDSON OF 
ROBERT F 
KENNEDY. 
>> Reporter: 
KENNEDY HAS 
HAMMERED SENATOR 
MAURKICE 
IMMIGRATION 
RECORD AND 
PASSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
SCHOOL 
INSTIGATION 
EFFORTS AND THE 
CONCERNS RAISED 
BY THE FAMILY OF 
DJ HENRY, A 
BLACK MAN KILLED 
BY POLICE 10 
YEARS AGO. 
HIS FATHER 
TWEETED H VIDEO 
ABOUT MARQUEE. 
>> WE FELT LIKE 
YOU WERE JUST 
DISMISSING US, 
USING THE TERM 
COLOR IN THE 
CONVERSATION. 
>> Reporter: HE 
APOLOGIZED TO 
THE FAMILY. 
>> ARE EITHER OF 
YOU THE RIGHT 
PERSON FOR THIS 
MOMENT? 
>> ONE IS A 
SENATOR IN POWER 
FOR A LONG TIME 
AND ONE COMES 
FROM A WELL 
KNOWN FAMILY. 
>> I AM A PERSON 
OF EXTRAORDINARY 
PRIVILEGE, I 
UNDERSTAND THAT. 
FROM DAY ONE IN 
THIS RACE, WE 
HAVE BEEN 
DELIBERATE ABOUT 
ONE SHOWING UP 
AND COMMUNITIES 
THAT OFTEN ARE 
OVERLOOKED AND 
UNDER HEARD. 
>> IT TAKES 
ACTIVISM AND 
ENGAGEMENT. 
THE SENATOR HAD 
A LONG TIME TO 
SHOW THAT. 
>> Reporter: HE 
SPENT THE FINAL 
DAYS ATTACKING 
KENNEDY'S 
COMMITMENT TO 
PROGRESSIVE 
CAUSES. 
COP TRASSING THE 
FAMOUS FAMILY'S 
VAST WEALTH, 
WITH HIS OWN 
HUMBLE 
BEGINNINGS. 
>> WHY SHOULD A 
MASSACHUSETTS 
VOTER WORRY IF 
YOU LOSE? 
>> I BRING 
PROVEN 
LEADERSHIP AND I 
AM A CHANGE 
AGENT. 
CONGRESS 
KENNEDY, WHEN HE 
HAD A CHANCE TO 
LEAD ON 
MEDICARE, HE 
WAITED TWO 
YEARS, WHEN HE 
HAD A CHANCE TO 
RESPOND TO THE 
STATE OF THE 
UNION ADDRESS 
FOR THE WHOLE 
PARTY, HE DIDN'T 
MENTION THE 
CLIMATE CRISIS. 
>> DO YOU NOT 
THINK 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY COUNTS 
AS A 
PROGRESSIVE. 
>> ARE YOU 
WILLING TO TAKE 
RISK TO MAKE THE 
BIG CHANGES ON 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL, ON THE 
GREEN NEW DEAL, 
ON ENSURING WE 
DON'T MILITARIZE 
THE STREETS OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> I GREW UP IN 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
AS I SPOKE TON 
BLACK VOTERS, 
SOME HAVEN'T 
SEEP YOU IN 
THEIR 
COMMUNITIES AND 
NOT SURE YOU ARE 
FIGHTING FOR 
THEM. 
>> RACHEL 
ROLLINS, THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY THIS 
BOSTON, HAS MY 
BACK ON ISSUE 
AFTER ISSUE. 
I HAVE BEEN 
THERE, I HAVE 
BEEN PARTNERING 
AND FIGHTING 
WITH THEM ON THE 
ISSUES THEY CARE 
THE MOST ABOUT. 
THAT'S WHY THEY 
HAVE MY BACK IN 
THIS RACE. 
 
>> Reporter: IF %
KENNEDY LOSES, %
IT WOULD BE THE %
FIRST IN THE 
FAMILY -- WHY %
NOT JUST LEGALLY %
RETIRE? %
>> FOUR 
>> WE ARE SAYING 
WE WILL GIVE YOU 
SIX MORE YEARS 
FOR MAXIMUM 
EFFORT. 
I WOULD LIKE 
HELP YOU -- 
PUSHED OUR 
COUNTRY AND 
PARTY TO GIVE 
YOU THE DIGNITY 
YOU DESERVE. 
IF I LOSE TO 
THAT, I LOSE. 
THEY DESERVE IT. 
 
>>>
>>> ANTONIO 
JOINS US LIVE. 
WE HEARD FROM 
THE CANDIDATES 
THERE, WHAT ELSE 
ARE YOU HEARING 
FROM THE VOTERS 
ABOUT THESE TWO 
DEMOCRATS? 
>> IT'S BEEN 
INTERESTING IN 
MASSACHUSETTS 
OVER THE LAST 
SEVERAL DAYS. 
YOU SEE THIS 
RACE BREAKING 
DOWN ALONG LINES 
OF RACE, AGE AND 
CLASS. 
ONE OF THE MAJOR 
DRIVERS HAVE 
BEEN THEY ARE 
JUMPING TO 
MARQUIS -- THEY 
CELEBRATE HIS 
WORK ON THE 
GREEN NEW DEAL, 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL, POKES FUN 
AT CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY. 
KENNEDY HAS AN 
EDGE WITH VOTERS 
OF COLOR AND 
WORKING CLASS 
VOTERS WHO 
HAVEN'T SEEN ED 
IN THE 
COMMUNITIES AND 
FEEL LIKE HE 
HASN'T 
DEMONSTRATED 
MUCH LEADERSHIP. 
THEY ARE 
INTERESTED IN 
GETTING FRESH 
BLOOD IN THERE 
AND REMEMBER THE 
KENNEDY LEGACY 
AND SOME OF 
THOSE VOTERS, 
PARTICULARLY 
VOTERS OF COLOR, 
THINK KENNEDY 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
THEIR ISSUES. 
YOUNG 
PROGRESSIVES ARE 
BEHIND THE 74 
YEAR OLD AND SEE 
A LOT OF THE 
VOTERS OF COLOR 
AND WORKING 
CLASS VOTERS 
BEHIND KENNEDY 
WHICH MAKES FOR 
AN INTERESTING 
RACE WHERE THE 
ASSUMPTIONS YOU 
MADE ON THE 
SURFACE HAVE 
BEEN FLIPPED 
UPSIDE DOWN. 
>> IT'S AN 
INTERESTING 
BREAKDOWN. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
ABOUT HOW 
SPEAKER NANCY 
PELOSI SHE 
ENDORSED 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY. 
HOW DID THAT GO 
OVER IN 
MASSACHUSETTS? 
>> PELOSI'S 
ENDORSEMENT WAS 
BIG NEWS. 
I ASKED 
CONGRESSMAN 
KENNEDY ABOUT 
THAT DIRECTLY. 
HE SAID NO 
QUESTION ABOUT 
IT HE SAW HER 
ENDORSEMENT AS A 
BOOST TO HIS 
CAMPAIGN, HE 
SEES HER AS A 
HERO. 
HOWEVER, WHAT WE 
SAW WAS A 
MARQUEE 
SUPPORTED 
COMMUNITY LOOKED 
AT THAT 
ENDORSEMENT AS 
MORE PROOF THEIR 
ASSESSMENT AS 
KENNEDY AS BEING 
TOO ESTABLISHED 
AND PART OF A 
WEALTHY DYNASTIC 
FAMILY, FEELING 
ENTITLED TO BE 
THE SENATOR. 
THEY SAW HE 
ENDORSEMENT OF 
KENNEDY AS PROOF 
THAT HE WAS AN 
ESTABLISHMENT 
FIGURE AND GAVE 
THEM ALL THE 
MORE REASON TO 
CONTINUE 
SUPPORTING 
MARQUEE, AND YOU 
SAW HIM GET A 
BIG INFLUX OF 
DONATIONS FROM 
HIS SUPPORTERS, 
SOME OF THEM 
ARGUED PELOSI 
ENDED UP MESSING 
THINGS UP IN THE 
FINAL DAYS FOR 
CEP DI, -- 
KENNEDY -- 
IT'S WELCOME 
BECOME A TOPIC 
HERE. 
THE VOTERS HAVE 
BEEN OUT 
FOLLOWING BOTH 
CAMPAIGNS AND 
BROUGHT IT UP. 
SOME CELEBRATE 
IT AND OTHERS 
SAYS SEE THIS IS 
WHAT WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
THE 39 YEAR OLD 
SHOULD GET TO 
PULL THE RUG OUT 
FROM UNDERNEATH 
MARQUEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
FASCINATING 
PRIMARY. 
WE WILL SEE HOW 
THINGS TURNOUT 
ON TUESDAY. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> WATCH THE 
FULL STORY 
TOMORROW ON THE 
WEEKEND REPORT. 
>>> VIRAL PRO 
TRUMP TWEETS ARE 
COMING FROM FAKE 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
SPAM ACCOUNTS 
TWITTER SAYS AND 
TAKING THEM 
DOWN. 
THE SPAMMERS ARE 
POSING AS BLACK 
PEOPLE LEAVING 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY IN SUPPORT 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
BEN COLLINS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
TELL US WHAT 
HAPPENED AND HOW 
TWITTER FOUND 
OUT ABOUT IT. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF THE TWEETS 
WENT EXTREMELY 
VIRAL. 
IT WAS ALSO VERY 
FISHY, AN 
ACCOUNT THAT 
SAID, LOOK, I'M 
A LIFELONG 
DEMOCRAT, I'M 
GOING TO VOTE 
REPUBLICAN THIS 
YEAR, THIS WAS 
ON WEDNESDAY OF 
THE RNC. 
I'M DONE WITH 
THIS TRASH, I 
WILL BE 
REGISTERING 
REPUBLICAN, IT 
GOT 13,000 
RETWEETS. 
PEOPLE ARE LIKE 
I DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT THIS. 
THE POFILE 
PICTURE IS A 
DUTCH MODEL, IT 
WASES I TALKED 
TO THE DUTCH 
MODEL, HE WAS 
NERVOUS ABOUT 
HIS IDENTITY 
BEING STOLEN. 
IT WAS PRETTY 
ROUGH. 
TWITTER FOUND A 
SPAM NETWORK 
AROUND THIS 
ACCOUNT AND 
ANOTHER ACCOUNT 
CALLED K RON 
619, HAD 38,000 
FOLLOWERS AND 5 
TWEETS THAT HAD 
OVER 10,000 
RETWEETS, 
EXTRAORDINARILY 
VIRAL TWEETS, 
PUSHING MESSAGES 
PRETENDING TO BE 
AFRICAN 
AMERICANS. 
>> BEN, TWITTER 
SAYS IT HAS SEEN 
AN INCREASE IN 
COPY PASTA, AN 
ATTEMPT TO COPY 
AND PASTE AND 
RETWEET THE SAME 
PHRASE AND MAY 
LIMIT THE 
VISIBILITY. 
WHAT ELSE SHOULD 
AVERAGE PEOPLE 
WHO DON'T KNOW, 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
LOOK OUT FOR, 
OTHER SIGNS THE 
TWEETS OR THE 
POSTS YOU ARE 
SEEING ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA ARE FAKE? 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S A SAYING 
USED BY TROLLS 
FOR A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME 
TO JOKE AROUND 
AND MESS AROUND 
WITH SERVICES. 
NOW IT APPEARS 
IT USED FOR 
POLITICAL 
SERVICES, A 4 
CHAN, RED DIT 
THING AND NOW A 
POLITICAL THING, 
TO JOKE AROUND 
ABOUT POLITICS. 
IF YOU SEE THE 
SAME TWEET, 
RETWEETED OTHER 
AND OVER AGAIN, 
THAT'S WHAT IT 
IS. 
THAT'S DONE TO 
SIMULATE SUPPORT 
FOR A GROUP OF 
PEOPLE THAT 
DOESN'T HAVE 
THAT MUCH 
SUPPORT. 
SOME OF THESE 
ACCOUNTS, THEY 
WEREN'T JUST 
RETWEETED 10,000 
TIMES, THE 
MESSAGES WERE 
POSTED ON TO 
OTHER FAKE 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
ACCOUNTS CREATED 
THIS MONTH. 
THIS IS THE 
CORNIEST THING. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHO IS BEHIND 
IT. 
THIS IS NOT 
AUTHENTIC. 
IT'S VERY 
ARTIFICIAL 
BEHAVIOR. 
>> IT'S PROBABLY 
SOMETHING WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE A 
LOT MORE AS THE 
ELECTION GETS 
CLOSER. 
BEN COLLINS 
THANKS FOR 
TALKING US 
THROUGH IT. 
 
>>> 
>>> HOMELAND 
SECURITY MAY 
COLLECT PHONE 
NUMBERS FROM 
TRAVELERS COMING 
INTO U.S. 
AIRPORTS FOR 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONTACT TRACING. 
JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT 
JULIA ENSLY 
JOINS ME NOW. 
PHONE NUMBERS 
AND EMAILS, WHO 
WOULD BE SUBJECT 
TO THIS, HOW 
DOES THIS FIT 
INTO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT'S 
CURRENT CONTACT 
TRACING PROGRAM? 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S 
INTERESTING, 
ALISON, 
AMERICANS WHO 
ARE COMING INTO 
THE UNITED 
STATES WOULD BE 
SUBJECT TO THIS, 
ANYONE ARRIVE ON 
AN INTERNATIONAL 
FLIGHT WOULD 
HAVE TO PROVIDE 
MORE 
INFORMATION. 
IF YOU CAN THINK 
ABOUT YOUR LAST 
FLIGHT, YOU HAD 
TO PROVIDE SOME 
INFORMATION, ONE 
PHONE NUMBER, 
NOW THEY WILL 
ASK FOR EMAIL 
ADDRESSES, 
SECONDARY PHONE 
NUMBERS AND 
SECONDARY 
CONTACTS. 
THIS IS WHAT 
THEY ARE 
CONSIDERING WHAT 
TIME IS NEW IS 
MORE INFORMATION 
AND SAY IT'S 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANT TO BE ABLE 
TO DO CONTACT 
TRACING. 
SAY SOMEONE 
NOTIFIES THE 
AIRLINE, THEY 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19. 
THEY CAN ALERT 
THE PASSENGERS. 
THAT SOUNDS LIKE 
A REASONABLE 
THING TO DO. 
WHAT PEOPLE IN 
THE AIRLINE 
INDUSTRY ARE 
SAYING IS THIS 
GOES ABOVE AND 
BEYOND WHAT THEY 
ARE SEEING IN 
OTHER COUNTRIES 
AND FAILS ON 
OTHER LEVELS, 
UNLIKENINGLAND 
WHERE SOMEONE 
WOULD ARRIVE IN 
THE UK AND HAVE 
TO QUARANTINE, 
THERE IS NO SUCH 
THING, NO 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENT YOU 
WOULD HAVE TO 
TELL THE AIRLINE 
AFTER YOU LAND. 
THERE ARE NOT 
ENOUGH 
SAFEGUARDS ON 
THIS 
INFORMATION. 
SOME PEOPLE 
CIVIL LIBERTIES 
EXPERTS LOOKS AT 
HOW THIS IS 
COLLECTED AND 
SAY THERE IS NO 
END DATE OR NO 
TIME WHERE THEY 
HAVE TO GET RID 
OF THE 
INFORMATION OR 
STOP COLLECTING, 
DHS IS NOT 
PUTTING 
SAFEGUARDS TO 
SEEP THE 
INFORMATION FROM 
BEING USED FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
LIKE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
IT WOULD GO INTO 
A DATA BASE, FOR 
ANYONE LIKE ICE 
COULD ACCESS 
THIS, THEY SAY 
THIS COULD BE 
ANOTHER EXAMPLE 
OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
USING COVID TO 
PROMOTE POLICIES 
THEY LONG WANTED 
TO DO, SOME 
MAYBE TO GET 
MORE INFORMATION 
ON SAY, PEOPLE 
OVER STAYING 
THEIR VISAS AND 
SAY IT COULD 
CAUSE MORE 
PRIVACY CONCERNS 
IF THEY ASK FOR 
MORE 
INFORMATION. 
>> JEWEL I CAN'T 
RECOLLECT WHAT 
KIND OF A SANE 
OFF WOULD A 
PROGRAM NEED? 
JULIA, WHAT KIND 
OF A SIGN YOU 
HAVE WOULD THIS 
PROGRAM NEED? 
IS THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY OR CDC 
COMMENTING? 
>> Reporter: 
BOTH AGENCIES 
HAVE TO LOOK AT 
THIS AND SIGN 
OFF AND SEE IF 
IT MEETS 
STANDARDS. 
IN THE END THIS 
COULD BE 
IMPLEMENTED IN 
THE WAY WE HAVE 
SEEN EXECUTIVE 
ORDERS, SOME 
CASES OVERNIGHT 
BY THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND THE PROCESS 
COULD GET HALTED 
IN COURT. 
THE ARGUMENT 
THAT WE NEED TO 
WATCH PEOPLE 
COMING IN ON 
INTERNATIONAL 
FLIGHTS BECAUSE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS WE SPOKE 
TO, MY 
COLLEAGUE, LORI 
STRICT LAND AND 
I, SAID THERE 
ARE DOMESTIC 
FLIGHTS YOU 
WOULD WANT TO 
WATCH. 
DHS ONLY HAS 
JURISDICTION TO 
COLLECT 
INFORMATION ON 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
TRAVELERS 
THROWING INTO 
QUESTION THE 
REASON AND THE 
PURPOSE BEHIND 
THIS TO BEGIN 
WITH. 
>> 
 
THANK YOU SO %
MUCH FOR YOUR %
REPORTING. %
HAVE A GR
WE HAVE OUR 
FIRST 
CORONAVIRUS 
REINFECTION CASE 
HERE IN THE 
U.S., ACCORDING 
TO RESEARCHERS 
IN NEVADA. 
A 25-YEAR-OLD 
MAN TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19 IN 
APRIL, AND 
TESTED POSITIVE 
AGAIN IN MAY. 
MEDICAL SPORE 
DAN SHAFFER, DR. 
JOHN TOREZ JOINS 
ME NOW. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME WE 
ARE TALKING 
ABOUT A 
REINFECTION CASE 
IN THE U.S. WE 
REPORTED ON FOUR 
WORLDWIDE OVER 
THE LAST WEEK. 
TELL US WHAT YOU 
KNOW ABOUT THE 
U.S. CASE, WHAT 
ARE YOUR 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
REINFECTIONS 
GOING FORWARD? 
>> Reporter: I 
LIKE TO PUT 
THINGS IN 
PERSPECTIVE. 
RIGHT NOW, 24 
MILLION CASES 
WORLDWIDE WE 
KNOW ABOUT, OF 
THE 24 MILLION 
CASES, FOUR ARE 
REINFECTIONS OR 
VALIDATED 
REINFECTIONS, 
VERIFIED ONE WE 
KNOW HAPPENED. 
WHAT HAPPENED IN 
THE FOUR CASES, 
ONE THIS HONG 
KONG, ONE IN 
BELGIUM, ONE IN 
THE NETHERLANDS 
AND ONE IN THE 
U.S., THEY GOT 
SICK AND 
RECOVERED FROM 
COVID-19 AND GOT 
SICK AGAIN FROM 
COVID-19. 
WITH THE VIRUS 
LOOKED AT 
GENETICALLY AND 
FOUND TO BE A 
LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT THE 
SECOND TIME 
AROUND THAN THE 
FIRST TIME. 
TWO OF THE 
CASES, THEY HAD 
LESS SYMPTOMS, 
THEIR ANTIBODIES 
KICKED IN AND 
HELPED PROTECT 
THEM FROM IT. 
THE OTHER PERSON 
HAD IMMUNE 
SYSTEM ISSUES. 
THE OTHER PERSON 
GOT SICKER, 
RAISING A FEW 
CONCERNS, THE 
ANTIBODIES 
DIDN'T SEEM TO 
PROTECT AS MUCH. 
PUTTING IT IN 
PERSPECTIVE, AND 
TALKING TO 
EXPERTS, THEY 
WOULD BE 
SURPRISED IF 
THIS DIDN'T. 
VIRUSES ARE 
CONSTANTLY 
CHANGING AND 
MUTATING, THESE 
ARE SMALL 
MUTATIONS FOR 
THE MOST PART, 
EVERY NOW AND 
THEN IT CAN TURN 
INTO A BIGGER 
MUTATION, PEOPLE 
CAN GET 
REINFECTED. 
FOR THE AVERAGE 
PERSONS NOT 
GOING TO AFFECT 
THEM. 
THIS HAPPENS IN 
ACADEMIC AND 
RESEARCH AND 
SCIENTIFIC 
COMMUNITIES. 
WITH SO MUCH 
ATTENTION PUT ON 
CORONAVIRUS WE 
ARE HEARING 
ABOUT IN THE 
MEDIA, THE MAIN 
CONCERN IS 
PEOPLE WILL GET 
PANICKY AND 
ANXIOUS WHEN 
IT'S SOMETHING 
THAT'S HAPPENED 
ON A LIMITED 
SCALE. 
SEE IF IT 
HAPPENS MORE 
OFTEN. 
IF IT HAPPENS 
MORE OFTEN, THAT 
GETS CONCERNING. 
FOR THE 
IMMEDIATE TERM, 
THE VACCINE, HOW 
IS THAT GOING TO 
AFFECT THE 
VACCINE. 
WE ARE HELPING 
THE VACCINE IS 
SOMETHING YOU 
CAN GET ONCE OR 
TWICE IN YOUR 
LIFETIME. 
IF WE SEE 
REINFECTION, WE 
MIGHT HAVE A 
VACCINE ON A 
YEARLY BASIS 
MUCH LIKE WITH 
THE FLU SHOT, 
ALISON. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT HOW THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
SPREADS, WE KNOW 
IT PRIMARILY 
SPREADS THROUGH 
THE AIR, DO WE 
HAVE A SENSE OF 
JUST HOW LONG IT 
SURVIVES IN THE 
AIR? 
>> ON THE 
AVERAGE, IT GOES 
3 TO 5 FEET. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING OF 
SIX FEET. 
SOME OF THE 
PARTICLES, THIS 
IS THE NATURE OF 
HOW VIRUSES 
SPREAD, SOME OF 
THE PARTICLES 
CAN TURN INTO 
SMALLER 
PARTICLES, 
AIRBORNE 
PARTICLES, THEY 
CAN LAST FOR 
LONGER PERIODS 
OF TIME. 
THREE
THEORETICALLY 
THEY CAN LAST 
FOR HOURS TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW TO MINIMIZE 
PEOPLE'S RISKS 
AND MAKING SURE 
THAT WHEN THEY 
ARE CLOSE 
CONTACT THEY 
WEAR MASKS, THEY 
HELP WITH BOTH 
SIDES OF THE 
EQUATION. 
>> DR. JOHN, I 
KNOW YOU SPOKE 
WITH A HARVARD 
PROFESSOR ABOUT 
WHY WE NEED 
OUTDOOR AIR TO 
STOP THE VIRUS 
FROM SPREADING, 
WHAT DID HE TELL 
YOU? 
>> WHAT HE IS 
USING AND I USE 
AS A FOURTH W, 
WE TALK ABOUT 
WEAR YOUR MASK, 
WASH YOUR HANDS 
AND WATCH YOUR 
DISTANCEER, HE 
ADDED A FOURTH 
W, VENTILATION 
AND FILTRATION. 
THE WIND IS FOR 
THE WINDOW. 
THIS IS A REASON 
WHY HE SAYS WE 
NEED TO DO THAT. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
HAD TO SAY. 
>> IF I'M SIX 
RIGHT NOW, I'M 
EMITTING 
 ARTICLES.
THEY WILL A 
TEAMMATE INDOORS 
AND THE SMALL 
PARTICLES WILL 
STAY ALOFT AND 
DEFINITELY. 
ONE IS THE EARTH 
DELUDED OUT 
OF 
THE AIR FOR 
INFLATION. 
OR  YOU CAN CLEAN 
THEM OUT OF THE 
AIR THROUGH 
FILTRATION. 
THE PARTICLE 
LEVELS ARE JUST . 
GOING TO BUILD 
UP AN UP. 
WE SPENT TIME 
INDOORS. 
>> SO 
ESSENTIALLY WHAT 
HE IS TALKING 
ABOUT IS THE 
VENTILATION 
INFILTRATION. 
VENTILATION, 
USING ALL THE 
WINDOWS,  WHICH 
I'M GOING TO 
START USING 
ALISON. 
AND BY OPENING  
WINDOWS, WE GET 
THAT FRESH AIR 
EXCHANGE FROM 
INDOOR AIR AND 
WE LISTEN TO 
CHANCES OF 
GETTING 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IF AND WHEN THE 
WEATHER TURNS 
COLD. 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
IF YOU CAN DO 
IT. 
BUNDLE KIDS UP. 
BUNDLE TEACHERS 
UP. 
OPEN THOSE 
WINDOWS. 
SAME THING AT 
HOME. 
SAME THING AT 
HOSPITALS. 
>> ALL BUT, THIT 
IS THE FOURTH 
"W." 
DR. URJOHN, THINK. 
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M ALISON 
MORRIS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO  NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE HAS THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM T VA%
NBCNEWS.COM.  
SAVANNAH, LET'S 
DO THIS ONE MORE 
TIME. 
LET'S PUT THIS 
FRIDAY IN THE 
BOOKS AND CALL 
IT EIGHT 
WEEKEND.  %
>> Reporter: po
YES, LET'S DO 
THAT. 
THANKS FOR 
HAVING ME BACK. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
TALK ABOUT THAT 
MARCH ON AB
WASHINGTON. 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE HIT ONTHE 
STREETS ON DC 
TODAY TO CALL 
FOR RACIAL 
EQUALITY. 
IT COMMEMORATED 
THE REGIONAL 
MARSH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
WHEN MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. 
DELIVERED HIS 
FAMOUS "I HAVE A 
DREAM" SPEECH. 
IT COMES LESS 
THAN A WEEK 
AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
NEW CALLS FOR 
POLICE REFORM. 
>> NOT ONLY DO I 
COME AS A 
PROTESTER. 
BUT I COME AS A 
VICTIM. 
MY DADDY WAS 
KILLED WHEN I 
WAS 10 YEARS 
OLD. 
GUNNED DOWN, YOU 
KNOW THAT. 
BY AN ASSASSIN'S 
PILOT. 
SOME OF SAYOU, BUT 
MAY NOT KNOW. 
SIX YEARS LATER, 
MY GRANDMOTHER 
WAS GUNNED DOWN 
IN THE CHURCH 
WALL SAYING THE 
BOARD'S PRAYER. 
SO I UNDERSTAND 
WHAT IT MEANS TO 
LOSE A LOVED ONE.
>> ALSO IN 
WASHINGTON 
TODAY, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND %I'M A 
FULL PARDON FOR 
ALICE MARIE 
JOHNSON. 
YOU MIGHT 
RECOGNIZER FROM 
THE RNC ICTHIS 
WEEK, WHERE SHE 
SPOKE ABOUT WH
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM. 
SHE WAS 
21 YEARS 
INTO A LIFE 
SENTENCE FOR THE 
FIRST TIME 
NONVIOLENT DRUG 
OFFENSE UNTIL 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
COMMUTED HER 
SENTENCE. 
HERE'S PART OF 
TRUMP'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> I'M GOING TO 
GIVE A POINT 
FULL PARDON. 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
FULLY PARDONED. 
YOU CAN DO 
WHATEVER YOU 
WANT IN LIFE AND 
KEEP DOING THE 
GREAT JOB YOU 
ARE DOING. 
>>> AN 
UNSETTLING STORY 
OUT OF 
CALIFORNIA 
CENTRAL VALLEY. 
OFFICIALS ARE 
ORDERING A 
POULTRY 
PROCESSING PLANT 
TO Y SHUT DOWN. 
MASSIVE 
CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAK. 
AT LEAST 358 
EMPLOYEES . ON THE 
PLANT TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR THE 
VIRUS. 
AND EIGHT E HAVE 
DIED. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
HOW THE PLANT 
WILL PROCEED 
WITH THE SHUT 
DOWN AND THTHE 
COULD NOT 
IMMEDIATELY BE 
REACHED FOR 
COMMENT. 
LOCAL HEALTH 
OFFICIALS SAY IT 
IS ONE OF THE 
WORST UP. 
IN THE STATE. 
>>> NOW TURNING 
TO THE END OF 
THE INDICATOR OF 
THE STATE OF THE 
ECONOMY. 
MGM RESORTS IS 
LAYING OFF 
18,000 EMPLOYEES 
PREVIOUSLY BEEN 
FURLOUGHED, MANY 
NOW, THEIR JOB 
CUTS ARE 
PERTINENT TO THE 
CASINO, BUT HE 
DID SAY THE PLAN 
TO KEEP CALLING 
WORKERS BACK AS 
THE REOPEN AT 
THEIR PROPERTIES 
AND THEY 
WILL 
HAVE HEALTH 
BENEFITS THROUGH 
SEPTEMBER 30th. 
>>> FINALLY, AN 
UPDATE ON 
OXYMORONIC THE 
OPPONENT OF 
RUSSIAN 
PRESIDENT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN. 
WE TOLD YOU 
EARLY THIS WEEK 
HAD FALLEN ILL A 
BOARD A FLIGHT 
TO MOSCOW AFTER 
A SUSPECTED 
POISONING AT AN 
AIRPORT BUT THE 
PLANE HAD TO 
MAKE AN 
EMERGENCY 
LANDING WHERE 
SHE WAS TWEETED 
BY RUSSIAN 
DOCTORS WHO 
CLAIMED NO 
POISON WAS SENT. 
HE WAS THEN 
AIRLIFTED TO 
GERMANY, WHERE 
DOCTORS DID FIND 
INDICATORS OF 
REASONING. 
THE MEDICAL TEAM 
TREATED HIM. HIS 
CONDITION IS 
IMPROVING. 
THAT IS  
SOMETHING WE 
WILL DEFINITELY 
BE KEEPING AN 
EYE ON, EPALISON, 
IS THAT BACK AND 
FORTH UNFOLDS. 
>> THAT IS JUST 
A WILD STORY. 
HOPE HIS 
CONDITION 
IMPROVES, FOR 
SURE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
THANKS FOR 
HOLDING THE FORT 
WHILE I'M ON 
VACATION. 
YOU ARE THE 
ABSOLUTE BEST. U 
I WILL SEE YOU 
IN SEPTEMBER. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
ENJOY YOUR TIME 
OFF. 
>>> THANKS, MY 
FRIEND. ND
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS A PRETTY 
BUSY SCHEDULE 
THIS WEEKEND. 
HE IS 
HEADING TO 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS TO SEE THE 
DAMAGE HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
HIS TAKING HIS 
CAMPAIGN TO RRTHE 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
TONIGHT 
NBCNEWS.COM 
SENIOR WHAT HAS 
REPORTER SHANNON 
PETTY  %IS THERE. 
THIS IS A MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN AND AN 
AIRPORT HANGAR 
IN THERE BUT WE 
CAN SEE BUALL THE 
FOLKS, THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
RESTRICTIONS 
MUCH STRICTER 
THAN WHAT WE RUSAW 
AND THE WHITE 
HOUSE LESS THAN. 
THAT WAS BUT THE 
WILL AND THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
UPCOMING SPEECH. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY ARE %
STRICTER BECAUSE 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
HAS A MANDATE 
THAT REQUIRES 
PEOPLE AND 
EVENTS OVER 100 
PEOPLE TO WEAR A 
MASK. 
SO HOWEVER, AS 
YOU MIGHT BE 
ABLE TO SEE 
BEHIND ME, YOU 
ARE TAKING THE 
REQUIREMENT VERY 
LOOSELY. 
THIS, A RYLOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO DON'T 
HAVE MASKS ON 
HERE BUT THE 
CAMPAIGN -- 
PEOPLE ARE 
WEARING AROUND 
THE PORCH AND OR 
THEIR EAR, OR 
NOT WEARING EATHEM 
AT ALL BUT OF 
COURSE, AS WE 
SOUGHT IN THE 
ROSE GARDEN  IOR 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE LAWN, E 
YESTERDAY, WHERE 
YOU HAD PEOPLE 
PACKED TOGETHER, 
NOT WEARING 
MASKS, THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN IS 
GOING TO HAVE AN 
ARGUMENT MAKING 
THE CASE THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
WEAR MASKS NOW 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
IS THE LAW THAT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
CONTINUES TO 
HOLD EVENTS WHEN 
IT IS NOT 
REQUIRED TO WEAR 
A MASK WHERE NO 
ONE IN 
ATTENDANCE 
VIRTUALLY HAS 
MASKS ON, ALISON.
>> Reporter: 
SHANNON, HOW 
ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
OTHER TRIP THIS 
WEEKEND TO 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS. 
WHAT CAN ANYOU 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, EVERYTHING 
IS PRETTY FLUID AT
AT THAT MOMENT. 
HE BASICALLY 
ANNOUNCED 
YESTERDAY THAT 
HE WAS D PLANNING 
TO DO THIS. 
HERE'S WHAT 
WHITE HOUSE 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
MARK MEADOWS HAS 
TO SAY ABOUT IT 
EARLIER. 
>> Reporter: 
ACTUALLY, WE GOT 
TWO DIFFERENT 
LOCATIONS THAT 
ARE GOING ENDOWN. 
THE PLANS ARE NOT
-- TO LEAVE 
TOMORROW TO 
ACTUALLY HEAD 
DOWN THERE, TO 
NOT ONLY 
EVALUATE THE 
DAMAGE, BUT HAVE 
DISCUSSIONS WITH 
LOCAL LEADERS, 
BOTH IN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
RESCUE FIRST 
RESPONDERS. 
I WAS ON THE 
PHONE YESTERDAY 
WITH -- AND HE 
WAS AS WELL -- 
WITH GOVERNORS. 
I WAS ON THE 
PHONE WITH LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AS WELL AS A 
COUPLE OF 
MIRRORS AND SO 
WE WILL -- IT 
APPEARS NOW THAT 
WE ARE LOOKING AT
TRIP TO 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS. 
ALTHOUGH THAT 
IS AN
STILL VERY FLUID 
BASED ON REALLY 
THE MEANS AND 
THAT DEMAND ON 
THE GROUND. 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE WE ARE NOT 
IN THE WAY AS WE 
GO INTO OFFER 
ADDITIONAL 
SUPPORT. 
>> Reporter: OF 
COURSE, ALISON, 
THERE  IS A LOT 
OF QUESTION 
ABOUT WHETHER 
THE PRESIDENT 
WOULD CHANGE HIS 
SCHEDULE BECAUSE 
OF THIS CHFORM. 
AS WE SEE, PAST 
PRESIDENT STUPID 
THE LAST TIME, 
HE WAS POSTED TO 
COME TO THE NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
HE CANCELED THE E 
PLANS BECAUSE OF 
ANOTHER STORM. 
THE PRESIDENT 
OBVIOUSLY CHOSE 
TO STICK TO HIS 
SCHEDULE, COMING 
TO THIS %EVENT 
TONIGHT, DESPITE 
ALL OF THE 
TRAGEDY THAT IS 
UNFOLDING ON THE 
GROUND THERE IN 
TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA. 
>> SHANNON, THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
ALSO ANNOUNCING 
HE WILL BE 
HEADING TO 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH %
CAROLINA, FOR AN 
EVANGELICALS FOR 
TRUMP EVENT. 
WHAT KIND OF 
SUPPORT WE HAVE 
WITH THEM RIGHT 
NOW? 
>> Reporter: GH
WELL, THEY STILL 
SUPPORT THE 
PRESIDENT IN 
VERY LARGE 
NUMBERS. 
BUT NOT AS LARGE 
AS THEY 
SUPPORTED HIM 
IN 
2016. 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
REALLY GOING TO 
NEED EVERYBODY'S 
VOTE FOR 2016 TO 
COME OUT AGAIN. 
SO THAT IS AN 
AREA THAT THE 
WHITE HOUSE HAS 
ACKNOWLEDGED. 
IT IS SOMETHING 
SUPPORT. 
KELLYANNE CONWAY 
WAS TALKED ABOUT 
THIS LAST IN%
WEEK. 
THERE'S AREAS 
LIKE ON THE PRO-
LIFE MOVEMENT 
AND OTHER 
OUTREACH TO BE 
EVANGELICAL. 
THIS EVENT 
OBVIOUSLY IS ONE 
OF THEM. 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE %
PENCE, IS GOING 
TO BE HERE. 
BUT IT IS A 
GROUP THAT THEY 
REALLY NEED TO 
SHORE UP SUPPORT 
FROM, ALISON. 
>> SHANNON, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
BEEN CRITICIZED 
THIS WEEK FOR 
NOT CONDEMNING 
THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
MARK SHMEADOWS SAYS
THEY DID WHICH 
OUT TO THE 
BLAKE'S FAMILY.  
WHAT ELSE IS THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
SAYING? 
>> Reporter: AND 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
DID NOT REALLY 
BRING UP IN HIS 
ADDRESS. 
HE TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT THE 
PROTEST AND 
VIOLENCE AND %
THAT WRITING 
THAT HAS 
FOLLOWED. 
THESE POLICE-
INVOLVED 
SHOOTINGS 
INCLUDING THE 
ONE OF E JACOB 
BLAKE BUT DID 
NOT MENTION 
JACOB BLAKE BY 
NAME. 
HERE IS WHAT 
MARK MEADOWS HAD 
TO SAY ABOUT IT 
EARLIER. 
>> WELL, HE 
ASKED ME %TO 
REACH OUT TO THE 
FAMILY 
YESTERDAY. 
I ACTUALLY DID  MI
THAT. 
I SPOKE TO A 
PASTOR THAT IS 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE FAMILY, HAD 
A VERY GOOD 
CONVERSATION 
THERE. 
HE IS TRYING NOT ER
TO MAKE THIS 
POLITICAL. 
THE OTHER PART 
OF THIS, A RULE 
OF LAW PRESIDENT.
WHAT HE ASKS, I 
CAN TELL YOU. 
WHEN WE REALLY 
DID NOT KNOW 
ANYTHING ABOUT 
THIS, HE ASKED 
ME ATTORNEY 
GENERAL TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
INVESTIGATED IT. AT
GET TO THE 
TRUTH, MAKE SURE 
THAT THOSE THAT 
HAVE HAD ANY 
POTENTIAL 
VIABILITY OR 
HELD 
ACCOUNTABLE. IL
>> Reporter: AND 
SO, I MEAN, YOU 
CAN SEE THE 
WHITE HOUSE ONCE 
AGAIN, IN THESE 
SITUATIONS, 
TRYING TO WALK 
THIS LINE AS 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THEY NEED TO 
WALK BETWEEN ED
SHOWING SOME 
SORT OF EMPATHY 
FOR THE VICTIMS 
OF THESE 
SHOOTINGS BUT AT 
THE SAME NGTIME 
HAVING TO SHOW 
THAT UNWAVERING 
SUPPORT FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
POLICE AND YOU 
CAN HEAR MARK 
MEADOWS SEEING 
THAT RIGHT 
THERE, THAT 
THIS 
IS A LAW AND 
ORDER PRESIDENT, 
ESSENTIALLY 
SAYING THAT THEY 
ARE STILL ON THE 
SIDE OF THE 
POLICE, ALISON. 
>> I'LL BREAK, 
SHANNON 
PETTYPIECE, WE LL
AWAIT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ARRIVAL. 
THANK YOU ESSO 
MUCH. YO
>>> IF. 
NBCNEWS.COM  
SENIOR POLITICAL 
ANALYST SAYS THE 
PERSON CAN'T 
ADMIT THAT HE IS 
IN POWER  RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND GHTHE HEALTH. 
JOHN JOINS ME 
LIGHT SNOW. 
JOHN, IS A 
PERSON WHO IS SO 
OFTEN PROJECTING  
THE QUIET PART 
OUT LOUD. 
YOU WHEN THE 
TRUMP WOULD YODARE 
SAY THAT HE IS 
IN CONTROL HERE. 
WHY NOT? 
>> ALISON, HE 
SAID  >>HE MADE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AND HE SAID THAT 
HE IS GOING TO 
MAKE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
THE PART THAT HE 
IS NOTHING IS 
THAT NOFROM HAVING 
MADE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
AND THE OBVIOUS 
PART OF THAT, 
THE PART  -- IS 
THAT  THERE WERE 
187,000 MILLION 
AMERICANS FROM 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THE REALIO %ECONOMY 
IS FLOUNDERING. 
AND THERE'S 
CIVIL UNREST IN 
THE STREETS. 
ALL DURING HIS 
PRESIDENCY. 
AND MUCH AS RIHE 
WILL CHINA FOR 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
AND AS MUCH AS 
HE WILL LANE 
DEMOCRATIC 
MAYORS FOR THE 
VIOLENCE. 
POLITICAL 
PHILOSOPHY, THE 
OTHER SIDE FROM 
THE VIOLENCE IN 
THE STREETS. 
WHAT HE
 IS 
SAYING TO THE 
PUBLIC, THE 
VOTING PROCESS 
IF YOU ELECT HIM 
PRESIDENT, THOSE 
THINGS WILL GO 
AWAY AND RIGHT 
NOW, HE IS 
PLEASANT. 
THE QUESTION OF 
COURSE, THE 
OBVIOUS QUESTION 
FROM THAT IS, 
WHAT IS HE 
WAITING FOR? 
>> ONE OF THE 
ISSUES THAT YOU 
TOUCH ON THERE, 
THE ECONOMY. 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY AS ONE 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S GREATEST 
STRENGTH BUT IT 
IS OFTEN WHERE 
HE PULLED THE 
BEST WITH 
AMERICAN VOTERS. 
WE SAW THE 
WEAKNESS OF THE 
ECONOMY AND THE 
JOBLESS CLAIMS 
OUT YESTERDAY. 
MORE THAN 
EMELYNE, PEOPLE 
ON THE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
LINE LAST WEEK %
WHAT DOES THAT 
DO TO TRUMP'S 
ARGUMENT THAT HE 
HAS BUILT THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY 
IN HISTORY? 
>> A FAIR 
READING OF THE 
TRUMP ECONOMY 
BEFORE 
CORONAVIRUS, 
ALISON, IS THAT OMRE
IT WAS DURING 
WELL. 
NOT NEARLY S AS 
WILL AS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
LIKE THAT THE 
TOPIC THAT IS TO 
SAY IT WAS NOT 
THE GREATEST 
ECONOMY IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE 
WORLD BY ANY 
NORMAL MEASURE. 
THE ECONOMIC 
GROWTH THAT WE 
SAW LESS THAN 3% 
BY THE YEAR. 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE TRUMP 
RESIDENCY IS 
MODEST ECONOMIC 
GROWTH, ECONOMIC 
GROWTH. 
CERTAINLY NOT, 
YOU KNOW, 
CERTAINLY NOT 
ANYTHING BY 
HISTORICAL 
STANDARDS. 
HIS STOCK MARKET 
HITTING NEW 
HIGHS DURING  THE 
PRESIDENCY. 
TYPICALLY HITS 
NEW HIGHS DURING 
ANY PRESIDENCY. 
THE REAL 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE TO LESS RE
THAN 50 YEARS. 
IN HIS 
PRESIDENCY, 
CERTAINLY A BIG 
DEAL. 
BUT DURING THE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
ALSO %THE HIGHS, 
SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION. 
WE'RE LOOKING AT 
A PERIOD RIGHT 
NOW WHERE WE 
HAVE SEEN ABOUT 
30 MILLION SE
AMERICANS OUT OF 
WORK. 
AND WE ARE AN
FACING A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STOCK MARKET 
ECONOMY WHERE 
THE SHAREHOLDER 
ECONOMY AND %THE 
REAL ECONOMY IN 
TERMS OF THOSE 
WHO ARE 
UNEMPLOYED, IN 
TERMS OF %THE 
ABILITY OF 
BUSINESSES TO 
STAY OPEN, HAS 
DIVORCED 
THEMSELVES. 
AND SO WHAT WE 
ARE LOOKING AT 
IS AN ECONOMY 
THAT IS GOING TO 
HAVE SOME TIME 
TO COME BACK AND 
SO HIS CRITICS 
OFTEN, YOU KNOW, 
SORT OF DON'T -- 
COUNT THAT SORT 
OF INTRICACIES 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
HOW THAT WOULD --
TO HAD TO SHUT 
DOWN COMMERCE OR 
HAD TO SUGGEST 
COMMERCE "BEAT 
SHAZAM" AND AT 
THE SAME TIME, 
TRUMP'S BOAST 
ABOUT WHAT THE 
ECONOMY WAS 
BEFORE THAT 
PERIOD OR, YOU 
KNOW,  OFOR -- 
>> COMING, JOHN, 
YOU WENT TO THE 
ISSUES, RIGHT? 
THE THINGS THAT 
TRUMP IS TRYING 
TO PIN ON JOE 
BIDEN HERE. 
I 
MEAN, HE IS 
SAYING IT IS 
UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN 
PRESIDENCY. 
NO DEFENSE 
AGAINST THE CYTH
PANDEMIC. 
AND IMBALANCE 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH CHINA. 
SOUTH HILL COLD 
LIKE PRESIDENT H 
TRUMP IS WRITING 
AS THE 
CHALLENGER, NOT 
AS THE INCUMBENT.
>> Reporter: HE 
IS RUNNING po
AGAINST HIS 
OWN 
PRESIDENCY. 
YOU KNOW, OFTEN 
SAY, HE IS 
DESCRIBING THE 
CONDITIONS OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES IS 
CURRENTLY 
EXPERIENCING. 
AND THINK THIS 
IS WHAT INIT WILL 
LOOK UNDER A 
BIDEN RESIDENCY. 
SORT OF A 
REMARKABLE THING 
THAT IS GOING 
ON. 
TYPICALLY, 
PRESENCE RUNNING 
FOR RE-ELECTION 
WILL RUN AS A 
CHANGE CANDIDATE 
IN A CERTAIN 
WEIGHT, DESPITE 
THE FACT THAT 
THEY ARE IN 
OFFICE. 
THEY WAS, WHAT 
IS IT THAT THEY 
ARE GOING TO 
CHANGE ABOUT 
THINGS IN THE 
NEXT FOUR YEARS? 
IN THIS,, THE 
PRESIDENCY IS 
ATTACKING WHAT 
IS GOING ON IN 
THE COUNTRY WHEN 
NOW. 
SIMPLY THINK EN
THAT IS WHAT 
WOULD BE GOING 
ON UNDER A BIDEN 
PRESIDENCY. 
>> Reporter: LET 
ME ASK YOU THIS, 
JOHN. 
SPOKE TO YOU 
AHEAD OF THE ON 
THE ON MONDAY. 
HERE YOU ARE, 
NOW THAT IT IS 
FRIDAY. 
NOW THAT IT IS 
OVER. 
WHAT DID YOU 
TAKE AWAY FROM 
THIS WEEK HOW 
WOULD YOU SAY 
THAT REPUBLICANS 
DID WITH THEIR 
HOME-FIELD 
ADVANTAGE GOING 
TO LAST AFTER 
THE DEMOCRATS? 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON, I THINK, 
UNIQUE FROM THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF 
TRYING TO RALLY 
THE TRUMP  BASE, 
I THINK HE DID A 
PRETTY GOOD JOB. 
I THINK FROM 
PERSPECTIVE OF 
TRYING TO REACH 
OUT TO PEOPLE 
WHO DON'T ALWAYS 
AGREE WITH THE 
PRESIDENT, WE 
WILL HAVE TO 
SEE. 
BUT I'M NOT SURE 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT 
BROUGHT IN A 
WHOLE LOT OF NEW 
VOTERS. 
PARTY 
CONVENTIONS TEND 
TO NOT 
DO A 
GREAT DEAL IN 
TERMS OF %DOING 
THAT. 
AND THEY ARE 
TYPICALLY PRETTY 
-- THERE MAY BE 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
A DOUBT. 
THERE MAY 
NOT BE 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
A BOUNCE. 
BUT VOTERS ARE 
GOING TO THE 
POLLS. 
THEY DON'T USE 
BALLOTS FOR A 
LITTLE WHILE. 
WE STILL HAVE 
THREE THINGS TO 
COME. 
IN A. THIS IS A 
MOMENTS IN TIME 
THAT WILL ELAPSE 
PRETTY QUICKLY. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
WELL, BOTH 
CONVENTIONS NOW 
BEHIND US. 
JOHN, WITH YOU 
AND YOUR WIFAMILY 
A GREAT RELAXING 
WEEKEND. 
ALL THE NGGOOD 
STUFF LIKE 
BASEBALL BUT I 
HOPE IT IS A 
GREAT ONE. 
>> SENT YOU A 
GREAT VACATION. 
>> HEY, THANKS. 
IS THERE A SUCH 
THING AS A BAD 
VACATION? 
>> Reporter: NOT 
USUALLY, BUT I 
MEAN, IN THE 
TIME OF 
CORONAVIRUS -- 
>> I DON'T WANT 
TO FIND OUT! 
YOU KNOW I'M 
SIMPLE. 
JOHN, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
WE WILL YOU SOON.
>>> WILL 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
THE A %JOB IN HIS 
APPROVAL RATINGS 
NOW THAT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS 
OVER? 
WE LOOK AT THE 
LATEST NUMBERS. 
>> Reporter: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS HAD HIS 
CONVICTION, HIS 
CHANCE TO TRY TO 
MOVE THE NUMBERS 
IN HIS FAVOR. 
THIS IS WHERE HE 
STOOD INTO  THE 
CONVENTION, 
COMPARING HIM TO 
OUR PAST 
PRESIDENTS AND 
RUNNING FOR RE-
ELECTION ARE 
GOING INTO THEIR 
CONVENTIONS. 
WHAT YOU SEE 
HERE, TRUMP'S 
APPROVAL RATING 
COMING INTO THIS 
CONVENTION WAS 
44%. 
AND RUNNING 
AGAINST JOE 
BIDEN IN TITHE 
POLLS, HE WAS 
LOSING BY  HONE. 
OUR POLL, 50 FOR 
BIDEN. 
50 FOR BIDEN AND 
41 FOR TRUMP. 
AND YOU FOCAN SEE 
HOW THAT SUCKS 
UP AGAINST PAST 
PRESIDENTS. 
YOU HAVE TWO THAT
ENDED UP WINNING 
EASILY. 
THEY WERE BOTH 
OVER 50% IN 
THEIR APPROVAL 
RATING. 
THAT CERTAINLY 
HELPED. 
OBAMA AND GEORGE 
W. BUSH WITH 
THAT FORD EIGHT, 
47. 
THOSE WERE THEIR 
APPROVAL BIGGEST 
AT THE TIME OF 
THEIR 
CONVENTIONS. 
BOTH GOT RE-
ELECTED OF  T
COURSE, GOT EI RE-
ELECTED VERY 
NARROWLY. 
SO AGAIN, THE 
APPROVAL RATING 
HIGHER THAN 
TRUMP AND THEY 
WERE JUST ABLE 
TOJU GET RE-
ELECTED. 
AND THAT YOU SEE 
BELOW TRUMP HERE,
GEORGE HW BUSH, 
JIMMY CARTER,  
WELL BELOW TRUMP 
IN TERMS OF THE 
APPROVAL BUT 
THESE ARE THE 
TWO MODERATE 
INCUMBENT 
PRESIDENT WHO 
WERE DEFEATED 
FOR RE-ELECTION. 
SO IT IS 
INTERESTING TO 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
THIS NUMBER FOR 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
HE IS  TSORT OF 
BETWEEN TWO 
GROUPS YEAR. 
IS BETWEEN THE 
TWO PRESIDENTS 
WHO LOST THE TO 
THE PRESIDENTS 
WHO WON BY A 
SMALL MARGIN. 
TRUMP'S HOAX 
HERE, GETTING 
THAT APPROVAL 
NUMBER UP OBAMA 
AND "W" GIVE YOU 
A SENSE OF WHERE 
IT NEEDS TO BE, 
THE HIGH 40s BUT 
IF TRUMP CAN GET 
IT TO 47, 48% 
SUMMER IN THAT 
NEIGHBORHOOD, 
THAT COULD PUT 
HIM IN THE 
POSITION TO WIN 
THE ELECTION. 
THAT SOUNDS VERY 
SIMPLE. 
44, 47, 48, IT 
SOUNDS LIKE -- 
KEEP IN MIND, 
THOUGH, TRUMP 
SAID 44. 
LET TAKE A LOOK 
AT HIS AVERAGE 
APPROVAL RATING. 
EVERY DAY OF 
THIS PRESIDENCY. 
ON ANY GIVEN DAY 
OF THIS VE
PRESIDENCY. 
THE AVERAGE OF 
POLLS THAT ARE 
OUT THERE 
TOGETHER, TAKE A 
LOOK YEAR. 
WHAT IS THE 
HIGHS HE  GOT 
TRUCKS 47.4. 
THAT IS THE 
HIGHEST HE HAS 
THEM. 
THAT IS APRIL 
1st OF THIS 
YEAR. 
AS THE 
CORONAVIRUS, 
AND, THERE WAS %
THAT BRIEF 
PERIOD. 
YOU CAN SEE IT 
RIGHT THERE E 
WHERE HIS 
NUMBERS JUMPED. 
THAT IS THE 
HIGHEST OF HIS 
ENTIRE 
PRESIDENCY. 
THE LOWEST IN 
THE 2017 AND THE 
HIGHEST SINCE 
THE SUMMER 
BEGAN, SINCE THE 
SUMMER OF NC2020, 
IT IS 44.3. 
LOOK AT THAT. 
THAT IS JANUARY 
27 TEEN. 
HE NEEDS TO GET 
UP TO 47, 48. 
IT SOUNDS EASY. 
BUT THIS IS THE 
STORY OF HIS 
PRESIDENCY. 
IF HE  WERE TO 
GET UP THERE TO 
GEORGE W. BUSH, 
BARACK OBAMA 
LEVELS, COMPARED 
TO WHERE %IT HAS 
BEEN SO FAR. 
>>> THE 
REPUBLICAN AND 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTIONS ARE 
OVER. 
ELECTIONS JUST 
67 DAYS  A
AWAY. 
VOTERS STILL 
HAVE NOT MADE UP 
THEIR MIND YET. 
NBC NEWS 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER  MIVAUGHN 
HILLYARD 
CONTINUES OUR 
SERIES FROM 
GRAND RAPIDS, 
MICHIGAN. 
VAUGHN, WHAT ARE 
VOTERS TELLING 
YOU?  
>> YOU SAID IT. 
67 DAYS. 
THIS IS A TIME 
WHERE IT IS A 
MATTER OF TRYING 
TO TURNED OUT 
FOLKS WHO HAVE 
HAD THEIR BACKS 
IN THE PAST AND 
WHO NEED, YOU 
NEED TO HAVE 
THEIR BACKS TOIN 
NOVEMBER. 
THAT IS WHY I 
WANT TO LET YOU 
LISTEN TO A 
COUPLE OF  THESE 
FOLKS. 
WE'RE IN E 
MICHIGAN. 
IT WAS 11 
THOUSAND VOTES. 
IT WAS THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN HILLARY 
CLINTON AND 
DONALD TRUMP %
BACK IN 2016. 
THAT WAS THE 
MARGIN. 
AND SO THERE'S 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN. 
THERE IS 
THE 
REALIZATION THAT 
YOU CAN'T AFFORD 
TO LOSE N'THIS 
MANY VOTES HERE 
ARE THE, 
EVERYONE. 
THAT IS ARE 
FOCUS. 
THIS IS A 
TRADITIONALLY 
CONSERVATIVE 
AREA. 
THIS AT THE 
GREATER GRAND LL
RAPIDS AREA. 
DATING BACK TO 
GERALD FORD'S 
HOMETOWN. 
BUT YOU HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS TO YO
FOLKS, IT IS 
CLEAR THAT THIS 
IS A PLACE THAT 
IS OVER THE 
YEARS, "KEVIN 
CAN WAIT", OPEN 
ITSELF TO VOTING 
FOR DEMOCRATS. 
JUST FOUR YEARS 
AGO, R HILLARY 
CLINTON LOST 
THIS COUNTY BY 
JUST THREE 
PERCENTAGE 
POINTS. 
AND THEN THAT IS 
WHY DEMOCRATS 
HOPE THAT THEY 
CAN MAKE EVEN 
GREATER GAINS 
AND MORE MIDDLE-
OF-THE-ROAD 
CONSERVATIVE 
TOWNS, BUT ONE OA
THAT IT HAS 
SHOWN A 
WILLINGNESS TO 
VOTE DEMOCRAT IN 
THE PAST. 
I WANT TO LET 
YOU LISTEN TO A 
COUPLE OF VOTERS 
WE TALKED TO. 
>> WE, FOR SURE, 
ARE GOING BIDEN. 
FOR SURE. 
I JUST FEEL LIKE 
THIS COUNTY HAS 
-- PROBABLY 
SHIFTING TOWARDS 
BIDEN BECAUSE OF 
TRUMP'S RECORD 
OVER THE LAST 
THREE YEARS. 
>> I'M VERY 
UNDECIDED I KNOW 
WHO I'M GOING TO 
VOTE FOR. 
>> Reporter: THE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
POTENTIAL HERE, 
ALISON. 
THAT FIRST WOMAN 
YOU HEARD FROM  
SHE AND HER 
HUSBAND VOTED 
FOR MITT ROMNEY 
BACK IN 2012. 
AND YET, 
THEY 
SAID THEY HAVE 
KIDS AND THEY DO 
NOT WANT A 
DONALD TRUMP 
PRESIDENCY. 
AND THAT IS THE 
GIST YOU GET 
FROM A LOT OF 
THE FOLKS YEAR. 
THIS IS A CASE 
WHERE IT IS 80% 
WHITE. 
ABOUT A % THIRD OF 
THE RESIDENTS IN 
THIS COUNTY, SI
WOULD YOU LOOK 
AT THE POLLING, 
WHITE COLLEGE 
EDUCATOR VOTERS 
IN A SIGNIFICANT 
WAY, ARE MOVING 
THEIR SUPPORT TO 
JOE BIDEN HERE 
THIS YEAR. 
COMPARED TO JUST 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
[ LAUGHTER ], I 
WAS ABOUT HTA 
BLOCK DOWN THE 
ROAD FROM DOHERE. 
THERE WAS A 
GROUP OF NINE 
MEN IN THEIR 
40s, 50s, AND I 
STARTED A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THEM. 
I ASKED TIHIM 
ABOUT THE JOE 
BIDEN OR DONALD 
TRUMP ALL NONE 
OF THEM DESCRIBE 
THEMSELVES AS 
BEING IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE 
ROAD OR LEANING 
MORE 
CONSERVATIVE. 
NOT A SINGLE ANONE 
SET THEY INTEND 
TO VOTE FOR 
TRUMP. 
DAY NOTICE, R YES, 
CONSERVATIVE, 
AND HE SAID IT 
IS ALL PART OF 
THE SAME CHURCH 
OF CHRISTIAN 
REFORM CHURCH 
DOWN THE ROAD 
FROM HERE. 
THEY SAID THAT 
NOBODY SHOULD 
TAKE THIS AS A 
MISNOMER THAT 
JUST BECAUSE YOU 
MAY BE 
CONSERVATIVE AND 
CHRISTIAN DOES 
NOT MEAN YOU ARE 
PLEDGING 
ALLEGIANCE TO 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THEY SAID THAT 
THEY WOULD WHEN 
IT COMES TO 
IMMIGRATION 
POLICIES, PREFER 
MORE HUMANE 
APPROACH. 
WHEN IT % COMES TO 
THE FLIGHT OF 
THE OR, BEING 
ABLE TO 
RECONCILE, THE 
POLICIES THAT AT 
THE FEDERAL 
LEVEL, WITH 
THOSE WITHIN 
THEIR OWN 
COMMUNITIES. 
THEY HAVE LESS 
THAN THEM. 
I THINK THAT IS 
SORT OF THE 
ENERGY WHERE JOE 
BIDEN HOPES WHTO 
TAP INTO HERE. 
>> VAUGHN, LET 
ME ASK YOU, WHAT 
ARE THE TOP 
ISSUES FOR 
VOTERS THERE? 
ARE THERE A 
COUPLE ISSUES ER
WHERE THEY SAY, 
THIS IS GOING TO 
MAKE THE 
DIFFERENCE, 
WHETHER I VOTE 
DEMOCRAT OR 
REPUBLICAN?  
>> Reporter: 
THERE'S A GREAT 
LOT OF THOSE 
ORDERS THAT 
FOCUS MUCH MORE 
ON THE TACTICS 
AND STYLE OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. ST
AND THE WAY THAT 
HE IMPACTS 
COMMUNITIES 
PATERNALLY 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR AND ALSO 
THE WAY ITIN% 
WHICH 
HE IS LARGELY 
DIVIDED AND MADE 
FOLKS ANGRY ANWITH 
COMEDIANS LIKE 
THIS TOWARDS 
THEIR NEIGHBORS. 
BUT I WANT TO 
LET YOU LISTEN 
TO A COUPLE 
INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE STILL UP FOR 
GRABS, YOU, ILTAKE 
FILTERING DECIDE 
BETWEEN JOE 
BIDEN AND DONALD 
TRUMP HERE IN 
THIS. 
TAKE A HELISTEN. 
>> I'M NOT -- 
GETTING RID OF 
-- IN LOW INCOME 
AREAS. 
I'M NOT HEARING 
ANYONE TALKING 
ABOUT CREATING 
REAL EQUITY 
TICKETS. 
>> I THINK THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
WHOEVER IS 
PRESIDENT, ARE 
NOT EOGOING TO PUT 
UP WITH THIS. 
NO BOOKS ON 
ORDER DOES NEED 
TO -- WE NEED TO 
HAVE SOME NESORT 
OF STABILITY 
THAT YOU CAN'T 
JUST GO AND RAKE 
INTO SOMEONE'S 
BUSINESS AND 
BURN IT DOWN. 
MAYBE 
GENERATIONAL 
BUSINESSES. 
I DO THINK WE MA
NEED TO HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO IS 
GOING TO ENCALM 
THIS WHOLE THING 
DOWN. 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON,  THOSE 
TWO VOTERS ARE 
CRITICAL YEAR. 
THE FIRST 
GENTLEMEN, THE 
UNDERTONES, HE 
WROTE IN BERNIE 
SANDERS IN 2016. 
THE SECOND JALIN,
JERRY, HE VOTED 
FOR DONALD TRUMP 
IN 2016. 
HE WAS MUCH MORE 
-- JOE BIDEN. 
YOU HEARD FROM 
SIX AFTER 
LISTENING TO THAT
SPEECH FROM 
DONALD TRUMP 
LESS THAN, 
CLEARLY 
RESULTING THE 
CONCERNS THAT 
TRUMP IS 
IMPOSING ONTO 
THE GREATER 
COUNTRY ABOUT 
VIOLENCE AND 
THIS IDEA OF 
THE TS AND 
DIVIDE WITHIN 
THESE CITY 
COURTS. 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE SAID THAT HE 
HIMSELF IS 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
AND IT IS 
LEADING HIM 
TOWARDS DONALD 
TRUMP, ALISON.  
>> YEAH, VAUGHN, 
67 DAYS MAY NOT 
SOUND LIKE A 
LONG-TERM. 
IT GIVES PEOPLE 
THE TIME TO  GO 
OVER THE ISSUES, 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
THEY FEEL. 
I THINK WE MAY 
SEE A LOT OF 
THAT IN T THE DAYS 
AHEAD. 
VAUGHN, I LOVE 
THAT WE ARE BACK 
TO TOWN. 
I MISSED THAT 
FROM OUR  DAYS 
BACK IN 2019 AND 
EARLY 2020. 
>> AGREED. 
AGREED. 
>> THANKS, MY 
FRIEND. 
>>> IF YOU STILL 
DON'T KNOW, HOW 
HE WILL VOTE IN 
THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION, NBC 
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>>> JACOB BLAKE 
IS NO LONGER 
SHACKLED TO HIS 
HOSPITAL BED. 
THAT IS 
ACCORDING TO HIS 
LAWYER WHO ADDED 
THAT BETWEEN AN 
ABDOMINAL 
INJURY, AN ARM 
INJURY, AND TWL HIS 
SPINE, LEG CAN 
BARELY MOVE A 
MILLIMETER 
WITHOUT BEING A IN 
EXCLUSIVE PAIN. 
HIS LAWYERS SAID 
ONE OF BLAKE'S 
FEET HAD BEEN 
SHACKLED TO HIS 
BED BECAUSE OF 
AN OUTSTANDING 
WARRANT THAT 
STEMMED FROM AN 
INCIDENT IN 
JULY. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT INCIDENT 
AND HOW HIS TEAM 
WAS ABLE TO GET 
THAT SHEKEL 
REMOVED? 
>> Reporter: 
LET'S WALK  IT 
BACK A LITTLE 
BIT BECAUSE WE 
HEARD FROM HIS 
FATHER, MR. FR
JACOB BLAKE 
SENIOR WHO SAID 
HE WANTED 
A -- 
THE HARDEST PART 
OF VISITING HIS 
SON IN THE 
HOSPITAL, WHICH 
HE DID A COUPLE 
DAYS AGO, WITH 
SEEING HIS SON 
WITH NO SHACKLES 
ON HIS ANKLE AND 
THAT WAS 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS ASKED OF 
COUNTY OFFICIALS 
AND ELECTED 
OFFICIALS HERE. 
WHY WITH THAT 
HAPPENING? 
THE POLICE CHIEF 
EARLY THIS THOUT 
AND SAID THAT 
THOSE SHACKLES 
ARE THERE BY 
OUTSIDE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY THAT THEY 
WERE PUT ON BY 
OUTSIDE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY AND MR. 
BLAKE WAS BEING 
GUARDED BECAUSE 
OF THAT WARRANT 
THAT YOU %
MENTIONED. 
THE AWARD HAD TO 
DO WITH 3rd 
DEGREE SEXUAL 
ASSAULT CHARGE 
THAT MR. BLAKE 
WAS FACING. 
WELL, NOW HIS 
ATTORNEYS ARE 
SAYING THAT 
THE 
CHARGE AND THAT 
WARRANT HAS BEEN 
VACATED AT THIS 
POINT. 
SHACKLES HAVE AT
BEEN REMOVED AND 
THE DEPUTIES 
THERE AT THE 
HOSPITAL HAVE 
SINCE LEFT AND 
NO LONGER AT THE 
HOSPITAL. 
THAT WAS A 
SOURCE OF MUCH 
OUTRAGE, HEARING 
THOSE DETAILS. 
GABE GUTIERREZ, 
OUR NBC NEWS 
:HERE TALKING 
WITH ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND HE 
PUSHED UP ON 
THAT VERY 
FORCEFULLY. 
IT SEEMS LIKE IT 
HAS BEEN A 
RESULT OF WHAT 
HAPPENED IN 
BETWEEN AND WHAT 
WAS NEEDED TO 
GET THOSE 
SHACKLES REMOVED 
AND TO GET THAT 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PRESENTS OUT OF 
THE HOSPITAL 
ROOM. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR 
AT THIS POINT. 
BUT AS OF WHAT 
HIS ATTORNEYS 
ARE SAYING RIGHT 
NOW, THE LATEST 
IS THAT E THOSE 
GUARDS HAVE BEEN 
REMOVED AND 
THOSE SHACKLES 
ARE NO D LONGER 
THERE. 
ALISON?  
>> SHAQ, TODAY, 
THEY IDENTIFIED 
THE OTHER 
OFFICERS WHO 
WERE INVOLVED 
IN 
BLAKE'S 
SHOOTING. 
ANY OTHER NEW 
INFORMATION? 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US? 
>> THE  
IDENTIFIED NEW 
OFFICERS AND A 
FEW MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT WHAT LED 
TO THE BATCH OF 
AND WHAT 
HAPPENED IN THE 
MOMENTS BEFORE 
THE SHOOTING. 
OFFICER RUSTEN 
SHESKEY WAS THE 
OFFICER. 
IT WAS CAPTURED 
ON VIDEO BUT IT 
SPARKED ALL T OF 
THE UNREST. 
WHAT THE 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND 
REMEMBER, THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
OF WISCONSIN IS 
THE ONE 
INVESTIGATING 
THIS. 
IT IS A STATE 
INVESTIGATION AT 
THIS POINT. 
WELL, THAT NEW 
STATEMENT SAYS 
THAT OFFICER 
SHESKEY ARRIVED 
PRIOR TO ARREST 
MR. BLAKE AND 
FIRED HIS TASER 
UNSUCCESSFULLY. 
THEN THE 
STATEMENT ALSO 
MISSED A ES SECOND 
OFFICER OFFICER 
VINCENT ARENAS, 
AND SAID HE ALSO 
TRIED SOURING 
HIS TASER. 
WE KNOW THAT A 
THIRD OFFICER, 
OFFICER BRITTANY 
MERONEK, WAS 
THERE. 
SHE HAS  WBEEN ON 
THE FOURTH JUST 
SINCE GENERATE. 
NOW NOTE THAT 
THREE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED, WE 
ALSO KNOW THAT 
TWO OF THEM AT 
LEAST TRIED TO 
AND ATTEMPTED TO 
FIRE THEIR TASER 
AND WAS 
UNSUCCESSFUL IN 
DOING THAT. 
ALL THAT COMING 
OUT IN A 
STATEMENT THAT 
CAME OUT JUST 
THIS MORNING. T 
REMEMBER, 
ALISON,  THE 
INITIAL 
STATEMENT THAT 
WE GOT WAS ON 
SUNDAY. 
WE GOT A LITTLE 
BIT MORE 
USUALLY. 
AND THIS LATEST 
NUGGET COMING 
THIS MORNING. 
>> RIGHT. 
WE ALSO 
GOT SOME 
MORE INFORMATION 
THIS AFTERNOON. 
POLICE 
IDENTIFIED THE 
TWO PEOPLE WHO  A 
WERE SHOT AND 
KILLED AT THE 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA ON 
TUESDAY. 
WHAT DO  YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THEM? 
THAT IS RIGHT, 
TWO MEN, 126 
YEARS OLD. 
THE OTHER WAS 
SHOT IN THE 
PROTEST. 
AFTER THE 
PROTEST T.TO THE 
THE FIRST ONE 36-
YEAR-OLD JOSEPH, 
WE KNOW 
-THAT HE 
WAS ENGAGED TO 
BE MARRIED. 
WE KNOW THAT HE 
HAD A YOUNG 
DAUGHTER,. 
THE SHOOTER CAME 
FROM -- AND HIS 
FANS ARE CALLING 
HIM A E HERO 
BECAUSE OF THE 
SPEECHES, THE 
ONE THAT WAS 
WIDELY SPREAD 
WHERE YOU 
SEE 
THE 17-YEAR-OLD 
WITH THE GUN, 
BEING CHASED 
SEVERAL PEOPLE. 
WELL, THAT CHASE 
BEGAN AFTER 
ROSENBAUM WAS 
SHOT IN PEOPLE 
WERE TRYING TO 
CHASE HIM TO 
DISARM HIM 
ACCORDING TO 
WHAT THEY WERE 
SEEING IN THAT 
VIDEO. 
AND CAME  UP AND 
WAS TRYING TO 
DISARM HIM. 
HE WAS SHOT WITH 
THAT AR-15 STOUT 
WEAPON. 
SO THOSE ARE THE 
TWO VICTIMS AS 
WE KNOW THERE IS 
A THIRD VICTIM 
WHO IS OUT OF 
THE HOSPITAL AT 
THIS POINT. 
WHO DID NOT DIE, 
WHAT SUFFERED A 
GUNSHOT WOUND. 
WE ALSO NOTE HE 
IS INVOLVED AND 
HE SEEMS TO BE 
DOING OKAY AT 
THIS POINT. 
THOSE ARE THE 
TWO VICTIMS WHO 
LOST THEIR 
LIVES,  36 YEARS 
OLD ENTRY SIX 
YEARS OLD, 
ALISON.  
>> IT IS JUST 
HEARTBREAKING. 
SHAQ, THANK YOU 
FOR THE UPDATE 
AND FOR YOUR 
GREAT REPORTING 
FROM KENOSHA 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU, 
ALISON.  
SPOKE WHAT 
ACTUALLY 
HAPPENED DURING 
THE OKPROTEST IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, 
TUESDAY NIGHT. 
THAT LEFT TWO 
PEOPLE THAT NOAND  
ANOTHER INJURED. 
INVESTIGATIVE 
REPORTER USED 
FOOTAGE FROM 
THAT NIGHT TO 
PIECE TOGETHER 
SOME OF THE KEY 
MOMENTS. 
JUST A WARNING, 
THE VIDEO STYOU'RE 
ABOUT TO SEE IS 
GRAPHIC AND IT 
MAY BE 
DISTURBING. 
>> IT IS 11:45 
P.M. 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
IN A  PARKING LOT,
USE CAR 
DEALERSHIP 
LOCATED ON THE 
CORNER OF 63rd 
STREET AND JARED 
ROAD. 
THE CITY OF 
KENOSHA HAS BEEN 
MARKED BY 
TENSION 
FOLLOWING THE 
SHOOTING OF 20 9-
YEAR-OLD JACOB 
BLAKE BY POLICE 
OFFICERS ON 
AUGUST 23rd. 
THE CITY IS 
EXPENSING A 
THIRD NIGHT OF 
UNREST. 
A WARNING, THESE 
IMAGES MIGHT BE 
DISTURBING TO 
SOME. 
TWO WITNESSES 
CAPTURED THE 
FOOTAGE OF ASIAN 
ABOUT TO UNFOLD 
IN THIS PARKING 
LOT. 
THE FIRST WITNESS
STANDING ACROSS 
THE STREET AN
CAPTURES A YOUNG 
MAN WITH A RIFLE 
RUNNING INTO THE 
DEALERSHIP 
PARKING LOT. 
HE IS IPBEING 
CHASED. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE THIS 
MOMENT, BUT WE 
DO KNOW THAT 
CITIZENS WERE 
OUT IN THE 
STREETS, 
GUARDING LOCAL 
SHOPS. 
A SHORT LIST --   L
WHAT APPEARS TO 
BE A -- IN THE 
YOUNG MAN'S 
DIRECTION. 
A SECOND WITNESS 
CAPTURES THE 
SAME MEANT 
RUNNING AFTER 
HIM. 
>> OH! 
THEY ARE NN
SHOOTING. 
OH! 
>> Reporter: THE 
SHORT LIST MAN 
FALLS. 
[ SOUND OF 
GUNFIRE ] THE 
YOUNG MAN WITH 
THE RIFLE HAS 
WEAVED AROUND THE
CAR TO SEE THAT 
HE IS NOW LYING 
ON THE, 
EVERYONE. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
FROM THIS 
FOOTAGE WHO 
FIRED THE SHOT. 
THAT YOUNG MAN 
TAKES OUT HIS 
PHONE AND 
APPEARS TO MAKE 
A PHONE CALL. 
TAKES OFF HIS 
SHIRT TO APPLY 
FOR AID. 
IN LATER 
FOOTAGE, WE SAY 
THAT THE MAN ON 
THE GROUND HAS A 
VISIBLE HAD ONE. 
IT IS AT THIS 
POINT THAT WE 
CAN IDENTIFY 
THIS INDIVIDUAL. 
THEY PUT %CITY 
WORKERS LIKE PU
GREEN SHIRT, 
MEDICAL, AND A 
BEIGE IS BALL 
CAP. 
NBC NEWS LLHAS 
RELEASED  THE 
SOCIAL MEDIA 
PORT FILE. 
CONFIDENT THAT 
THIS IS A 17-
YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE. 
HE IS SEEN 
RUNNING AWAY 
FROM THE SCENE. 
THE SAME MAN 
WITH THE RIFLE 
AND THE ORANGE 
MEDICAL KIT IS 
SEEN RUNNING 
NORTH ON 
SHERIDAN ROAD. 
A THIRD WITNESS 
CAPTURES FOOTAGE 
OF HIM BEING 
CHASED BY A 
GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
A MAN WEARING A 
WHITE SHIRT 
TAKES A SWING AT 
HIM. 
HE LOSES HIS HAT.
RITTENHOUSE 
TRIPS AND FALLS 
TO THE ANGROUND. 
HE AIMS HIS 
RIFLE AS 
MULTIPLE MEN RUN 
TOWARDS HIM. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
PLAY THE VIDEO 
AGAIN TO GET A 
BETTER SENSE OF 
EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
HERE, HE FIRES 
HIS WEAPON. 
HE SHOOTS AT A 
SECOND PERSON 
HERE. 
THAT MAN WITH 
THE SKATEBOARD 
APPEARS TO BE 
HIT IN THE CHEST.
HE DISCHARGES 
ANOTHER SHOT 
TOWARDS THIS MAN.
THE SEQUENCE OF 
EVENTS WAS 
CAPTURED BY A 
PHOTOGRAPHER OG
STANDING ON THE 
OTHER SIDE OF 
THE STREET. 
HERE'S A THE MAT 
WITH THE LIGHT 
GENES. 
HE APPEARS T TO 
KICK THAT MET 
WITH RIFLE. 
THAT MAN THE 
HOODIE APPEARS 
TO HIT HIM WITH 
A M SKATEBOARD AND 
TRIES TO GRAB 
HIS WEAPON. 
HE DISCHARGES 
HIS RIFLE 
AGAIN. 
THE MAT WITH THE 
SKATEBOARD 
CLUTCHES HIS 
CHEST. RD
ANOTHER MAN -- 
HIS HANDS ARE 
UP. 
HE IS HOLDING 
WHAT APPEARS  TO 
BE A HANDGUN. 
A FINAL SHOT IS 
DISCHARGE. 
RITTENHOUSE GETS 
UP, TURNED TO %
WALK TOWARDS THE 
GAS STATION. 
THIS MAN IN A 
BASEBALL CAP IS 
HOLDING HIS 
WHITE -- RIGHT 
ARMOR. 
HE APPEARS TO 
STILL BE HOLDING 
A HANDGUN. 
GUNSHOTS 
CONTINUE TO RING 
OUT. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
WHERE THEY ARE 
COMING FROM. 
SECONDS LATER, 
WE SEE 
RITTENHOUSE RUN 
TOWARDS POLICE 
VEHICLES. 
HEAT WAVES AND 
PUTS HIS HANDS 
UP. 
POLICE DO NOT 
APPREHEND 
RITTENHOUSE 
IMMEDIATELY. 
ACCORDING TO 
AUTHORITIES THAT 
THE CITY 
RESULTED IN TWO 
FATALITIES AND A US 
THIRD GUNSHOT 
VICTIM WAS 
TRANSPORTED TO %
THE HOSPITAL 
WITH SERIOUS BUT 
NON-LIFE-
THREATENING 
INJURIES. 
POLICE ARRESTED 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IN 
HIS HOMETOWN OF 
ANTIOCH, 
ILLINOIS. 
HE FACES SIX 
CHARGES 
INCLUDING FIRST-
DEGREE 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE. 
HOW RITTENHOUSE'S
ATTORNEY SAID 
THIS IS CLASSIC 
SELF-DEFENSE AND 
WE ARE GOING TO 
PROVE IT. 
WE WILL ACHIEVE 
JUSTICE FOR KYLE,
NO MATTER HOW 
HARD THE FIGHT 
OR HOW LONG IT 
TAKES.
>>> 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. 
>> PROTESTERS 
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 TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
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 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
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. 
>> LEAVING 
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 
WHERE WE CAN 
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 HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO 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 CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
>>> LOUISIANA 
RESIDENTS ARE 
CLEANING UP WHAT 
HURRICANE LAURA 
LEFT BEHIND. 
500,000 PEOPLE 
IN THE LA STATE 
DON'T HAVE POWER 
AND EVEN THE 
MOST PREPARED 
COMMUNITIES ARE 
STILL A MESS 
TODAY. 
>> I SSTHINK WE 
PREPARED 100 
SANDBAGS WITH 
OUR FAMILY. 
THE COMMITTEE HAS
DONE A GOOD JOB 
OF PREPARING FOR 
IT WITH THE 
DEVASTATION. 
IT IS A WAR 
ZONE. 
IT WAS IS. 
IT IS LIKE A 
TURNED INTO CAME 
THROUGH. 
>> MSNBC ANCHOR 
SHOWS US THE 
DAMAGE IN 
LOUISIANA. 
>> I'M HERE AND 
SULFUR, 
LOUISIANA. 
THIS IS PART LFOF 
THE PROBLEM 
HERE, POWER DOWN 
EVERYWHERE. 
WE POGOT. 
DON'T TRUX. 
WE GOT 
ELECTRICAL EC
WORKERS. 
WORKING EAST 
TEXAS TO GET 
POWER RESTORED. 
AND THE ARE 
TRYING TO E GET 
BECAUSE THE 
WINDS ARE DONE. 
THE BOTTOM LINE 
IS THERE'S TTSO 
MUCH OF THIS 
DAMAGE THAT 
IT 
IS GOING THTO BE 
DAYS, IF NOT 
WEEKS, BEFORE IT 
WHAT YOU GO 
HERE, THERE ARE 
TREES DONE. TH
THIS IS A 
RESIDENTIAL 
AREA. 
AND THERE ARE 
POWER LINES 
THEM. 
IN FACT, YOU SEE 
THIS TREE DOWN 
OVER HERE. 
YOU CAN WNSEE A 
POWER POLE HAD 
SNAPPED AND LE
THERE IS IN FACT 
A TRANSFORMER 
BELOW IT. 
EVERYTHING WE 
ARE SEEING HAS 
SOME DAMAGE IN 
IT. 
WE EITHER GOT 
TREES DONE OR WE 
HAVE GOT IN THE 
CASE OF  OVER 
HERE, TAKE A 
LOOK AT THE 
STREAK THAT HAS 
COME THAN JUST 
WHAT THE EDGE OF 
THE HOUSE BUT 
BUT IN THIS 
CASE, YOU HAVE 
GOT THE TREE 
THAT WENT RIGHT 
DOWN THE ROOF OF 
THE HOUSE. 
THAT IS CAUSING 
ANOTHER PROBLEM 
BECAUSE, AS YOU 
CAN SEE, IT IS 
WENT NOW BUT I 
HAD MORE 
THUNDER, WHICH 
MEANS IT IS 
THE G TO 
MAIN MORE. 
THAT HAMPERS 
THESE REPAIR 
EFFORTS BUT THIS 
PARTICULAR AREA, 
AND NUMBER %OF 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
DIDN'T LIVE HERE 
DID EVACUATE TO 
OTHER AREAS AND 
THEY ARE COMING 
BACK. 
WE SEE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE TRYING TO 
CLEAN UP THE 
PROPERTIES. 
THERE ARE SOME 
PARTS OF 
LOUISIANA THAT 
HE WILL HAVE NOT 
BEEN ABLE TO GET 
BACK INTO  
BECAUSE IT IS 
BLOATED AND 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
DID NOT LEAVE 
FOR ALL SORTS OF 
REASONS THAT YOU 
AND I HAVE 
DISCUSSED. 
SO AUTHORITIES 
ARE GOING  
THROUGH, TRYING 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT EVERYBODY 
IS SAFE AND 
ACCOUNTED FOR 
AND THEN THAT 
THIS TYPE OF 
REPAIR THAT IS 
NECESSARY, THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE THE 
HELP THEY  HNEED 
AND THEY ARE 
ABLE TO REPAIR 
AND. 
SO THE PASTORM IS 
GONE. 
THE WORST OF IT 
IS GONE. 
BUT IN FACT, FOR 
PEOPLE WHO LIVED 
THROUGH THIS OR 
THEIR HOMES HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH IT, 
THERE IS GOING 
TO BE A LOT OF 
WORK. 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
TO UNDERSTAND 
AFTER HURRICANE 
HARVEY, THERE 
ARE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO -- 
EVEN AFTER  W
HARVEY. 
WHAT YOU GOT 
WATER DAMAGE AND 
WHAT YOU GOT 
STRUCTURAL 
DAMAGE, THIS 
WORK IS ALREALLY 
HARD. 
CERTAINLY FOR 
THE NEXT DAYS 
AND WEEKS. 
IT IS GOING TO 
BE HARD FOR 
LOUISIANA. 
THE STATE FOR 
SOME PEOPLE, 
SOMETHING THAT 
CARRIES ON FOR A 
MATTER OF 
MONTHS. 
ALISON? 
! 57 YEARS AGO, 
DOZENS OF PEOPLE 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON 
DEMANDING 
FREEDOM AND 
EQUAL RIGHTS. 
STANDING IN 
FRONT OF THE 
LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
AUGUST 28, 1963. 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. GAVE 
HIS LEGENDARY "I 
HAVE A DREAM" 
SPEECH. 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
EATING POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
ONE OF  THE 
SPEAKERS, GEORGE 
FLOYD'S SISTER. 
>> I'M 
#PROJECTFLOYD. 
I WANT YOU GUYS 
TO ASK YOURSELF 
RIGHT NOW. 
HOW WOULD THE 
HISTORY BOOKS 
REMEMBER YOU. 
WHAT WILL BE YOUR
LEGACY? 
WILL YOUR FUTURE 
GENERATIONS 
REMEMBER YOU FOR 
YOUR COMPLACENCY
, YOUR 
CONNECTIONS, OR 
WILL THEY 
REMEMBER YOU FOR 
YOUR EVERYTHING? 
YOUR LEADERSHIP, 
YOUR PASSION. 
WHAT WE NEED IS 
CHANGE THAT WE 
ARE AT A POINT 
WHERE WE CAN GET 
THAT CHANGE, BUT 
WE HAVE TO STAND 
TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE TO VOTE. 
>> BLACK LIVES 
MATTER! 
>> AS A NEAT 
UPON THE NECK OF 
DEMOCRACY. 
OUR NATION CAN 
ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITHOUT THE 
OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
GARRETT HAAKE 
HAS MORE FROM 
THE MARCH. 
>> Reporter: WE 
HAVE COME TO THE 
END OF A LONG, 
HOT DAY HERE AT 
THE MEMORIAL, 
REALLY ACROSS 
THE MALL. 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE OUT HERE 
TODAY TO RALLY 
IN SUPPORT OF 
THE LIVES PPLOST 
BY AFRICAN-
AMERICANS IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
CONTINUING TO 
FIGHT INFOR 
JUSTICE. 
THERE ARE LINES 
STRETCHING ALL 
THE WAY BACK TO 
THE FIRST WATCH 
ON WASHINGTON. 
FROM SPEAKER 
AFTER SPEAKER, 
>> I ERTHINK WE 
HEARD TWO REALLY 
YOUR POINTS. 
FIRST, THE 
OBVIOUSLY LOCAL, 
A NUMBER OF 
SPEAKERS CALLED 
ON THE SENATE TO 
PASS IN THE 
PRESENT TO SIGN 
THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND 
POLICING AT. 
THEY WANT E TO SEE 
THAT BILL MOVED 
TO THE SENATE 
AND GET TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DESK. 
SEE SOME REAL 
ACTION ON THIS 
CAUSE. 
THE SECOND  WAS 
FOR PEOPLE NOT 
TO GET OPTIRED, 
NOT TO GET 
FATIGUED BY A 
STRUGGLE THAT 
HAS GENERATIONS 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
BUT TO STAY IN 
THE STREETS, TO 
STAY PHYSICAL AY
STAY VOCAL. 
AND NOW JACOB 
LIKE ON THEIR -- 
AND IN THE 
PUBLIC. 
SPEAKING OF MR. 
BLAKE, I SPOKE 
TO HIS FATHER 
TODAY. 
HE WAS ERHERE AT 
THE MUCH. 
HE WAS VERY 
EMOTIONAL. 
HE TOLD WAME THAT 
HIS OWN FATHER 
HAD PARTICIPATED 
IN THE  FIRST 
MUCH HERE TO 
SEVEN YEARS AGO. 
HE CREATES YETHE 
ARK OF THAT 
THROUGH THIS 
MOMENT. 
>> THERE IS NO 
JUSTICE. 
BLEW HIS ARM OFF 
AND WALKED HOME 
TO ILLINOIS. 
THEY GAVE MY SON 
SOMETHING IN HIS 
BACK. 
>> THE FATHER 
WAS ONE OF MANY 
RELATIVES OF 
THOSE KILLED BY 
POLICE WHO SPOKE 
AT THE PROGRAM. 
VERY EMOTIONAL A 
SERIES OF 
MOMENTS LIGHT UP 
ONE AFTER ANOTHER
BEFORE THIS 
CROWD. 
AGAIN, IN  THE 
TENS OF THOUSANDS
, MARCHANT THAT 
THEY GOT 
MEMORIAL BEHIND 
ME TO THE MLK 
MEMORIAL, JUST A 
FEW BLOCKS AWAY. 
THE CROWD SO 
BIG, THEY HELD 
UP THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DEPARTURE TO GET 
OUT OF  TOWN, THE 
TRAFFIC THE 
STREETS OF %DC, 
THEY GROUND THE 
CITY TO A 
HOSPITAL 
EVERYONE TO 
FOCUS ON THIS 
ISSUE. 
ALISON? 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY 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. 
>> PROTESTERS 
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 TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
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 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
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. 
>> LEAVING 
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 
WHERE WE CAN 
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 HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO 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 CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
! COLLEGES AND 
DIVERSITIES ARE 
TRYING TO 
CONTROL THE 
SPREAD OF COVID-
19 AND YOUR 
CAMPUS IS OPEN. 
THIS WEEK, THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA THAT IT 
FOUND REALLY 
SENSE OF COVID-19
IN A DORM AND 
WAS ABLE TO 
PREVENT AN 
OUTBREAK BY 
TESTING 
WASTEWATER. 
NBC NEWS MEDICAL 
CONTRIBUTOR 
JOINS 
ME NOW. 
I AM SO SORRY TO 
START WITH 
TOILET TALK. 
IT IS NECESSARY 
TO DEPICT 
UTILITIES ABOUT 
THIS WITH WATER 
TESTING? 
COULD THIS BE A 
KEY WAY TO CATCH 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
BEFORE PEOPLE 
ARE EVEN %SHOWING 
SYMPTOMS? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, ALISON, IT 
IS FRIDAY. 
ANYTHING GOES ON 
A FRIDAY, RIGHT? 
AYYEAH. 
YEAH, WELL, THIS 
IS REALLY 
INTERESTING. 
SOAL THIS IS FROM 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF ARIZONA. 
THEY'RE LOOKING 
AT IT. 
WASTEWATER AS A 
WAY TO MONITOR 
FOR POTENTIAL 
CASES. 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PATIENTS. 
INDIVIDUAL 
TESTING. 
AT THIS DATA CAN 
HELP PREDICT 
POSSIBLE 
OUTBREAKS IN 
SPECIFIC AREAS 
SUCH AS 
UNIVERSITY 
DORMITORIES. 
WE KNOW 
TYTHAT THE 
VIRAL GENETIC 
MATERIAL CAN BE 
DETECTED IN 
FECES. 
AND IT CAN BE 
SHOWN IN FECES 
OF INFECTED 
PATIENTS. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW LONG, HOW 
MUCH ACCORDING 
TO THE CDC. 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA TEAM, 
THEY ARE IZWORKING 
ON THE 
CONNECTION 
BETWEEN VIRAL 
CASES AND 
WASTEWATER AND A 
NUMBER OF 
INFECTED PEOPLE 
IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
BUT THEY THERE'S 
POTENTIAL FOR TE
MONITORING THIS 
IN ADVANCE 
DURING THE 
OUTBREAKS. 
CERTAINLY IN 
UNIVERSITY 
SETTINGS. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
ROY, WE HEARD 
ABOUT THE STUDY 
WHERE THEY WERE 
TESTING WITH 
WATER. 
WE HEARD  ABOUT A 
WOMAN 
POTENTIALLY 
GETTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHEN SHE WAS ON 
A FLIGHT IN THE 
AIRPLANE 
BATHROOM. 
THIS RAISES FOR 
ME, AND THESE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
HOW CAREFUL DO 
WE NEED RETO BE 
ENSURING 
BATHROOMS OR THE 
POTENTIAL 
PROBLEM SITES? 
DOES THIS MEAN 
THE VIRUS CAN BE 
ESTIMATED 
THROUGH WASTE? 
AGAIN, SORRY FOR 
ALL THE BATHROOM 
TALK JUST 
CONCERNING TO 
THINK, SHOULD I 
NOT BE USING 
McBATH WAS AT 
RIGHT NOW? 
THESE ARE 
QUESTIONS WHERE 
WE DON'T REALLY 
KNOW ALL N'THE 
ANSWERS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS, ALISON, 
FOR MUCH SNOW, 
RIGHT? 
WE HAVE , BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
HOW WE ARE 
LITERALLY EVERY 
DAY ON THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS. 
I DO WANT TO 
ENCOURAGE THE 
VIEWERS TO 
REALLY STILL 
STICK TO THE CDC 
GUIDANCE IN 
TERMS OF WHAT WE 
NEED TO KNOW IN 
TERMS OF 
EFFECTIVELY 
REDUCING THE 
VIRUS, THE 
SPREAD OF THIS 
VIRUS BUT NOW 
THAT WE WEAR 
MASKS. 
I REACHED FOR MY 
MASK RIGHT NOW. 
I HAVE MULTIPLE. 
MAINTAIN THAT 
PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING AND 
GOOD HAND 
HYGIENE. 
THOSE ARE THE 
THREE MAIN 
THINGS, IF YOU 
DO THOSE THREE 
THINGS, YOU WILL 
HAVE A MUCH, 
MUCH REDUCED 
CHANCE OF 
GETTING THE 
VIRUS. 
>> DR. LORI, 
ANOTHER NEW 
STUDY. 
THIS IS NEFROM 
SOUTH TRYON. 
THAT CHILDREN MAY
SHARE THE VIRUS 
FOR UP TO THREE 
WEEKS. 
WHAT DOES E THAT 
TELL US ABOUT 
GETTING COVID-
19. 
ARE THEY US
POTENTIALLY 
INFECTIOUS 
LONGER THAN 
ADULTS.'S 
>> YEAH, SO THIS 
IS AN 
INTERESTING 
STUDY. 
THIS IS A TESTUDY 
LOOKING AT 91 
CHILDREN UNDER 
THE AGE OF 19. 
ACROSS 22 
HOSPITALS. 
AND WHAT THEY 
FOUND WAS ANTHAT 
HALF OF THE KIDS 
THAT WERE 
SYMPTOMATIC E AND 
ABOUT 20% OF THE 
KIDS WHO WERE 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
WERE SHEDDING O 
THE VIRUS ABOUT 
THREE WEEKS OUT. 
AND SO THIS 
ACTUALLY HAS 
IMPLICATIONS IN 
TERMS OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH STRATEGIES
WITH RESPECT TO 
THE MITIGATION 
OF COMMUNITY 
SPREAD. 
ESPECIALLY IN 
LIGHT OF SCHOOLS 
REOPENING AND 
DAY CARES AND 
CAMPS AND 
UNIVERSITIES. 
SO THAT IS 
SOMETHING TO BE 
AWARE OF. 
IF YOU COUPLE TO 
STUDY WITH 
PREVIOUS, %
LOOKING AT 
CHILDREN WHERE 
WE KNOW THAT 
CERTAIN CAN GET 
INFECTED AND 
TRANSMIT THE 
VIRUS AND EACH 
OTHER. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
WE ALL NEED TO 
ACTIVELY BE 
AWARE OF WHILE 
THINKING OF 
DECREASING OR 
MITIGATING 
COMMUNITY 
SPREAD. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
ROY, JUST THIS 
WEEK, THE FDA 
APPROVED E EIGHT 
RAPID TEST BUT 
IT IS LESS 
INVASIVE THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB 
THAT WE HAVE AN
SEEN QUITE A 
BIT. 
WHAT SHOULD OUR 
VIEWERS KNOW 
ABOUT THIS 
PARTICULAR TEST? 
>> YEAH, SO, 
LOOK AT, I'M 
ALWAYS A FAN OF 
NEW TESTING, NEW 
DIAGNOSTICS. 
BUT THE KEY 
TESTING THAT I'M 
ALWAYS LOOKING 
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
INDIVIDUALS, THE 
MEDICAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
COMMITTEES, 
LOOKING FOR 
ACCURACY OF THE 
TEST AND 
REPEATED THE OF 
THE RESULTS. 
SO ABBOTT 
LABORATORIES 
CAME OUT WITH 
ANOTHER COVID-19 
CLINICAL ANTIGEN 
TEST THAT REALLY 
DELIVERS THE 
RESULTS. 
AND IT IS FIVE? 
>> THAT IS 
GREAT. 
IT IS COST 
EFFECTIVE. 
I THINK YOU USE 
CREDIT CARD OR 
-- OF THE CREDIT 
CARD. 
AGAIN, TO MAKE A 
I WOULD BONTKE 
THE SENSITIVITY 
AND SPECIFICITY 
SPECIFICITY OF 
THE DATA. 
NEED TO REALLY 
SEE LARGE-SCALE 
RESULTS IN ORDER 
TO REALLY 
ACCURATELY SAY 
HOW GOOD THIS 
TEST IS. 
IF IT IS GOING 
TO BE WIDESPREAD 
TESTING, ALISON. 
>> DR. ROY, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
YOU HIT 
EVERYTHING FROM 
TESTING WITH 
WATER, TO THE 
NEW TESTS. 
WE ARE VERY 
GRATEFUL THAT 
YOU ARE 
HERE 
WITH US TODAY. 
HAVE A REALLY 
NICE WEEKEND. 
>> Reporter: 
YOU, TOO, 
ALISON. 
BYE. 
>>> JUST 67 DAYS 
LEFT IN THE RACE 
FOR THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
DEMOCRATS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS 
ARE FOCUSING ON 
ANOTHER RISK, 
THE PROGRESSIVE 
JUSTICE JU
DEMOCRATS 
ENDORSING A 
CANDIDATE THEY 
THINK CAN TAKE 
ON RICHARD NEAL, 
A CH16 TERM 
INCUMBENT, 
MASSACHUSETTS 
CONGRESSIONAL 
PRIMARY NEXT 
WEEK. 
DASHA BURNS LOOK
S BACK AT THE 
RECORD SO FAR. 
MARCH 2020. 
MARINA NEUMAN, A 
BUSINESS 
CONSULTANT AND 
ANTIBULLYING 
ACTIVIST. 
>> CONGRESSMAN 
DAN LIPINSKI IS 
THE FIRST 
INCUMBENT TO 
LOSE A PRIMARY. 
>> JAMAAL BOWMAN,
A MIDDLE SCHOOL 
PRINCIPAL IN DDTHE 
BRONX WON HIS 
PRIMARY RACE 
AGAINST ELLIOTT 
ENGEL TO BECOME 
THE NEXT 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF NEW YORK 16th.
>> OUR MOVEMENT 
IS DESIGNED TO 
RESTORE THAT 
FAITH, TO 
RESTORE THE HOPE.
AND AUGUST 2020. 
EIGHT NURSE AND 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER ACTIVIST 
DEFEATED LACY 
CLAY, A 10 TERM 
INCUMBENT WHOSE 
FAMILY HELD A 
SEAT FOR LDOVER 90 
YEARS. 
>> AN ACTIVIST 
WITH NO NAME, NO 
TITLE, ANDME NO 
REAL MONEY. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE'S A COMMON 
THREAD HERE. 
THESE CANDIDATES 
WERE ALL 
ENDORSED BY A 
GROUP CALLED 
JUSTICE 
DEMOCRATS. 
IT START BY SOME JU
ALUMNI OF BERNIE 
SANDERS' 2016, 
HAPPY. 
THEIR ROLE IS TO 
ELECT LIKE-
MINDED 
PROGRESSIVES TO 
CONGRESS. 
THEY RECRUIT 
CANDIDATES TO 
RUN FOR OFFICE RE
AND CAMPAIGN FOR 
THEM. 
>> WE ARE LASER 
FOCUSED ON 
EXACTLY ONE 
THING, WHICH IS 
YANKING THE %
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
IN CONGRESS TO 
THE LEFT. 
AND WE DO THAT 
BY CHALLENGING  C
CORPORATE 
FRIENDLY, 
CORPORATE BACKED 
WITH PEOPLE MORE,
PROGRESSIVE, 
YOUNGER, MORE 
DIVERSE OFTEN 
WOMEN AND WHO 
ARE RUNNING FOR 
OFFICE BECAUSE 
THEY ARE FED UP 
WITH THE 
DIRECTION OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>>> JUST AS MO
DEMOCRATS FIRST 
TURNED HEADS IN 
2018, THEY 
RECRUITED A 
BARTENDER, 
ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ TO 
RUN  FOR CONGRESS.
>> I WAS 
NOMINATED TO RUN 
BY AN 
ORGANIZATION 
CALLED JUSTICE 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY HELPED HER USS.
DEFEAT JOE 
CROWLEY. 
>> SHE IS 
LOOKING AT 
HERSELF ON 
TELEVISION RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> Reporter: ON
JUSTICE 
DEMOCRATS 
ENDORSED THREE 
MEMBERS OF %THE 
SQUAD. 
>> I'M CURIOUS 
TO KNOW HOW YOU 
WILL RECRUIT 
FOLKS 
>> KIND OF A 
SKIN OF THE 
ENTIRE COUNTRY 
OF WHERE OUR 
DISTRICTS  WTHAT 
ARE FROM EARLY 
QUITE DIVERSE. 
THAT VOTERS IN 
THOSE DISTRICT 
ARE REALLY 
HURTING BECAUSE 
WE DON'T HAVE 
THINGS LIKE 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL. 
OR THREE  FPUBLIC 
HIGHER ED OR 
REALLY IN  PAIN 
BECAUSE OF THE 
AGASSI OF 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
AND THEIR 
COMMUNITY SPEAK 
KIND OF OUR POLL 
DISTRICTS, 
DISTRICTS THAT 
WE THINK ARE 
READY FOR A NEW 
KIND OF 
LEADERSHIP. 
WE DO A REALLY 
THOROUGH SEARCH 
OF ALL THE 
COMMUNITY 
LEADERS THAT WE 
CAN FIND OF 
FOLKS WHO HAVE 
REALLY INVESTED 
IN ALL THE 
GROUNDS AND 
THEIR 
COMMUNITY'S FOR 
YEARS AND YEARS. 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
GIVEN THEIR ALL 
FOR THEIR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> Reporter: IN 
2018, THE 
ORGANIZATION'S 
SUCCESS RATE WAS 
UNDER 20 PERCENT 
TO 2020, FIVE 
OUT OF THE NINE 
CANDIDATES HAVE 
MADE IT ONTO THE 
BALLOT IN 
NOVEMBER. 
THREE ARE 
FAVORITES TO WIN 
IN THE GENERAL. 
THEY HAVE NOT 
YET SEEN SUCCESS 
OUTSIDE 
DEMOCRATIC 
STRONGHOLDS. 
IN FOUR OUT OF 
THE FIVE 
CANDIDATES THEY 
ARE BACKING WILL 
BE ON THE BALLOT 
IN NOVEMBER, E 
THEY ARE IN 
SOLID BLUE 
DISTANCE. 
PART OF THIS IS 
BY DESIGN.  O
>> WE BUY IN 
LOGIC TO ENDORSE 
AND STRONGLY -- 
DISTRICTS. 
THAT IS PART OF 
OUR THEORY OF 
CHANGE. 
WE UNDERGO 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
EVERYONE BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
HANDING DISTRICTS
THAT. 
>> AS DEMOCRATS' 
AGENDA HAS NOT 
BEEN MET HAWITH 
OVER OPEN ARMS 
FROM THE PARTY'S 
THIS MORNING. 
IN 2019, THE 
IMPLEMENTING A 
POLICY TO BLACK 
WITH OUTSIDE 
CONSULTING FIRMS 
WORKING TO HELP 
CANDIDATES G 
DEFEATING 
INCUMBENTS
