   SWEEPING NEW 
   SHUTDOWN.
   CALIFORNIA THE FIRST 
   STATE TO 
   ORDER A LOCKDOWN.
   NOW ORDERING ALL BARS,
   INDOOR 
   DINING, GYMS, CHURCHES
   AND MORE 
   TO CLOSE AGAIN.
   THE STATE ONE OF 41 
   SEEING 
   RISING CASES.
   IN FLORIDA SOARING 
   NUMBERS 
   AGAIN.
   OVER 12,000 NEW CASES.
   DEATHS NOW CLIMBING AS
   HOSPITALS 
   HIT THE BREAKING 
   POINT. 
   >>> THE MASSIVE LINES 
   FOR 
   TESTING.
   WHY ARE SOME WAITING A
   WEEK FOR 
   RESULTS WHEN PRO 
   ATHLETES ARE 
   TESTED SO FREQUENTLY?
   >>> THE WHITE HOUSE 
   TARGETING 
   DR. FAUCI.
   WHY THE NATION'S TOP 
   INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
   EXPERT IS BEING 
   SIDELINED
   AND HIS DIRE NEW 
   WARNING TODAY. 
   >>> THE NATION'S 
   SECOND LARGEST 
   SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOS 
   ANGELES, 
   DEFYING PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S 
   DEMANDS TO REOPEN IN 
   PERSON 
   SCHOOLS.
   >>> IN ARIZONA, THREE 
   TEACHERS 
   WHO SHARED A CLASSROOM
   TO REMOTE TEACH
   ALL INFECTED.
   ONE TRAGICALLY DIED. 
   >>> WASHINGTON'S NFL 
   TEAM. 
   ITS CONTROVERSIAL 
   NAME.
   THE MAJOR CHANGE 
   ANNOUNCED.
   >>> THE SEARCH FOR 
   THAT MISSING 
   "GLEE" STAR. 
   THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY 
   ON THE WATER.
   >>> REMEMBERING KELLY 
   PRESTON.
   HUSBAND JOHN TRAVOLTA 
   REVEALING 
   HER SECRET HEALTH 
   BATTLE. 
   >>> AND AFTER 114 DAYS
   APART DUE TO COVID, 
   THE CLEVER WAY ONE 
   COUPLE REUNITED.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   THERE ARE ANY NUMBER 
   OF FRESH 
   SIGNS THIS COUNTRY'S 
   WEAK AND 
   UNEVEN RESPONSE TO THE
   COVID 
   PANDEMIC IS FALLING 
   APART AT THE 
   SEAMS.
   DAILY INFECTIONS UP.
   HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS 
   UP.
   AND DEATHS UP TOO.
   WITH OFFICIALS ACROSS 
   THE 
   COUNTRY MEETING THE 
   MOMENT OF 
   NATIONAL CRISIS IN 
   STRIKINGLY 
   DIFFERENT WAYS, 
   FLORIDA WHERE 
   MASKS ARE NOT 
   REQUIRED, SEEING 
   SOME OF THE WORST DAYS
   ANY STATE 
   HAS SEEN IN THIS 
   PANDEMIC.
   WHILE HERE IN 
   CALIFORNIA TONIGHT 
   ALSO FACING OUT OF 
   CONTROL 
   INFECTIONS.
   THE GOVERNOR HAS JUST 
   REIMPOSED 
   STATE-WIDE 
   RESTRICTIONS ON 
   EVERYTHING FROM GYMS 
   AND SALONS 
   TO RESTAURANTS AND 
   CHURCHES.
   A LOT OF MOVING PARTS 
   TO COVER 
   TONIGHT.
   LET'S START IN 
   EPICENTER FLORIDA 
   WITH KERRY SANDERS. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   CALIFORNIA 
   TONIGHT AN ABOUT-FACE.
   WHAT HAD REOPENED NOW 
   CLOSING 
   AGAIN.
   THE STATEWIDE MANDATE 
   INCLUDES 
   CLOSING ALL BARS AND 
   INDOOR 
   ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE 
   RESTAURANTS 
   AFTER MORE THAN 60,000
   NEW 
   CASES.
   IN 80% OF THE STATE, 
   GYMS AND 
   HAIR SALONS ALSO 
   ORDERED TO 
   AGAIN SHUT DOWN.
   SOME BUSINESS OWNERS 
   SAY A 
   SECOND SHUTDOWN WILL 
   CLOSE THEM 
   FOREVER. 
   >> A LOT OF REALLY 
   GOOD PEOPLE 
   ARE GOING TO LOSE 
   THEIR 
   LIVELIHOODS AND GO 
   BANKRUPT 
   AND LORD KNOWS WHAT
   BECAUSE PEOPLE 
   WOULDN'T WEAR A 
   MASK. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   FLORIDA WHICH 
   REMAINS OPEN FOR 
   BUSINESSES, 
   ANXIOUS RESIDENTS, 
   SOME WITHOUT 
   SYMPTOMS, BEGAN LINING
   UP AT 
   1:30 THIS MORNING TO 
   BE TESTED.
   >> KEEP THE LINE 
   MOVING, PLEASE. 
   >> Reporter: FLORIDA 
   NOW THE POSTER CHILD 
   FOR
   WHAT'S GONE WRONG.
   MORE THAN 12,000 
   POSITIVE TESTS 
   REPORTED HERE TODAY.
   THIS AFTER FLORIDA 
   BROKE THE 
   SINGLE DAY RECORD IN 
   ANY STATE 
   ON SUNDAY.
   15,300 POSITIVE TESTS.
   AND YOU'RE HERE 
   BECAUSE?
   >> I WANTED TO TEST 
   MYSELF.
   THEY HAVE BROKEN 
   RECORDS.
   I SEEN ALL THE 15,000.
   YOU KNOW, IT'S 
   FREAKING ME OUT. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   UNABATED 
   INCREASE OVER THE LAST
   TWO WEEKS 
   SPREADING IN MOST OF 
   THE 
   COUNTRY.
   >> THIS IS THE REASON 
   WHY WE 
   HAVE THIS REPUTATION.
   THE REASON IS US.
   OKAY?
   THERE IS NO BOOGEYMAN.
   IT'S US.
   UNLESS WE CHANGE 
   BEHAVIOR, WE 
   CAN DO ALL THE TESTS 
   IN THE 
   WORLD YOU WANT, IT IS 
   NOT GOING 
   TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
   >> Reporter: BEHIND 
   THE 
   STATISTICS, THE FACES 
   OF THOSE 
   WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE 
   TOO YOUNG 
   TO GET SICK.
   42-YEAR-OLD JOHN PLACE
   ON A 
   VENTILATOR AFTER HIS 
   21-YEAR-OLD 
   SON CAME HOME FROM A 
   FRIEND'S 
   HOUSE WHERE HE HAD 
   TAKEN OFF HIS 
   MASK.
   THE ENTIRE FAMILY NOW 
   TESTING 
   POSITIVE. 
   >> I FEEL LIKE I'M 
   LIVING A 
   NIGHTMARE, LIKE IT'S A
   BAD DREAM 
   AND I CAN'T GET UP 
   FROM IT. 
   >> Reporter: DOCTORS 
   SAY THEY'RE 
   INCREASINGLY SEEING 
   YOUNGER 
   PATIENTS WHO TEMPTED 
   FATE, 
   ATTENDING SO-CALLED 
   COVID
   PARTIES WHERE THEY 
   INTENTIONALLY 
   TRIED TO GET THE VIRUS
   OR PROVE 
   THAT IT'S FAKE.
   IN SAN ANTONIO, A 
   30-YEAR-OLD 
   WHO ATTENDED ONE OF 
   THOSE 
   PARTIES DIED.
   >> JUST BEFORE THE 
   PATIENT DIED, 
   THEY LOOKED AT THEIR 
   NURSE AND 
   THEY SAID, I THINK I 
   MADE A 
   MISTAKE.
   I THOUGHT THIS WAS A 
   HOAX, BUT 
   IT'S NOT. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
   DEADLY 
   VIRUS CONTINUING TO 
   SPREAD AS 
   HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE 
   CAUTION 
   WHILE TRYING TO EASE 
   FEARS.
   KERRY SANDERS, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >> Reporter: I'M 
   MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER.
   TONIGHT ACROSS THE 
   NATION, 
   HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
   ARE SOUNDING 
   THE ALARM ONCE AGAIN. 
   >> OUR HOSPITALS ARE 
   OVERWHELMED.
   WE HAVE SEVEN 
   HOSPITALS THAT ARE 
   AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY 
   RIGHT NOW IN 
   MIAMI-DADE ALONE. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   HUNDREDS OF 
   AMERICANS DYING EVERY 
   DAY FROM 
   COVID COMPLICATIONS --
   >> WE SEE A LOT OF 
   PATIENTS, AND 
   THEY'RE BOTH YOUNG AND
   OLD THAT 
   ARE GETTING VERY SICK.
   >> Reporter: -- THE 
   SURGE IN 
   CASES IS FLOODING 
   HOSPITALS AND HOT 
   SPOTS LIKE PHOENIX.
   >> WE'RE AT OVER 100% 
   CAPACITY, 
   IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
   EVERY PLACE WITH A 
   POTENTIAL 
   BED, WE HAVE A PERSON.
   >> Reporter: IN 
   ARIZONA NEARLY 1 
   IN 5 ARE TESTING 
   POSITIVE FOR 
   THE VIRUS.
   IN TEXAS WHERE THE 
   DEATH TOLL IS 
   CLIMBING, THE SCENE IS
   JUST AS 
   GRIM. 
   >> WAREHOUSES OF 
   PEOPLE ON 
   LIFE-SUPPORT MACHINES.
   IT'S DIRE.
   WHEN YOU ARE COUNTING 
   HOW MANY 
   VENTILATORS YOU HAVE 
   LEFT, DO WE 
   HAVE TWO LEFT?
   DO WE HAVE SIX LEFT?
   THAT'S DIRE. 
   >> Reporter: THEIR 
   WARNINGS 
   REMINISCENT OF WHAT WE
   HEARD 
   FROM DOCTORS AND 
   NURSES IN NEW YORK 
   MONTHS
   AGO DURING THEIR 
   DARKEST DAYS.
   NEARLY 100,000 HEALTH 
   CARE 
   WORKERS HAVE 
   CONTRACTED COVID.
   WITH THE DEATH TOLL AT
   ROUGHLY 800.
   >> EVERY HEALTH CARE 
   WORKER IS 
   WORKING NONSTOP.
   OUR WORKFORCE IS ALSO 
   FALLING SICK.
   >> Reporter: AS 
   CALIFORNIA BEGAN 
   TO CLOSE IN ON NEW 
   YORK'S RECORD 
   NUMBER OF COVID CASES,
   SOME 
   HOSPITALS DO HAVE ROOM
   FOR NEW 
   PATIENTS.
   BUT HARD-HIT REGIONS 
   LIKE LOS 
   ANGELES ARE IN 
   TROUBLE. 
   >> IT'S EXASPERATING 
   AND A 
   LITTLE DEMORALIZING. 
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   ANOTHER GRUELING 
   OVERNIGHT SHIFT, THIS 
   NURSE SAYS
   HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
   ARE TIRED 
   AND FRUSTRATED. 
   >> IT DOES FEEL LIKE 
   IT'S OUT OF 
   CONTROL.
   I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN 
   THIS 
   SITUATION IN MY CAREER
   WHERE 
   SOMEBODY DIED BECAUSE 
   WE DIDN'T 
   HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE GRIM 
   REALITY ON THE FRONT 
   LINES OF A 
   FIGHT FAR FROM OVER.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS LOS 
   ANGELES.
   >> SO WHAT'S GOING ON 
   WITH THE 
   TESTING?
   IN THIS FIGHT TO 
   CONTAIN THE VIRUS, 
   THERE IS GROWING 
   FRUSTRATION OVER 
   TESTING BACKLOGS.
   PEOPLE WHO MAY BE 
   INFECTED 
   WAITING FOR TESTS AND 
   RESULTS, 
   WHILE SOME ATHLETES 
   APPARENTLY 
   GET EASY ACCESS.
   GABE GUTIERREZ NOW 
   WITH THAT 
   PART OF THE STORY.
   >> Reporter: FROM 
   FLORIDA TO 
   CALIFORNIA, TEXAS TO 
   ARIZONA, 
   TESTING TROUBLES ARE 
   INCREASINGLY BOGGING 
   DOWN THE 
   NATION'S CORONAVIRUS 
   RESPONSE. 
   >> DELAYS IN TESTING 
   AND 
   INADEQUATE TESTING ARE
   MAKING 
   PEOPLE SICKER, ARE 
   MAKING THE 
   OUTBREAKS BIGGER. 
   AND ARE LEADING TO 
   MORE DEATHS.
   >> Reporter: THE TRUMP
   ADMINISTRATION HAS 
   BLAMED SOME 
   TESTING PROBLEMS ON 
   MISMANAGEMENT AT THE 
   STATE LEVEL 
   AND SAID THE U.S. DID 
   MORE THAN 
   800,000 TESTS ON 
   FRIDAY.
   >> WE TEST MORE THAN 
   ANYBODY BY 
   FAR.
   AND WHEN YOU TEST, YOU
   CREATE 
   CASES. 
   >> Reporter: BUT TODAY
   THE 
   PRESIDENT'S FORMER 
   CHIEF OF 
   STAFF WROTE AN OP ED 
   FOR CNBC.
   I KNOW IT ISN'T 
   POPULAR TO TALK 
   ABOUT IN SOME 
   REPUBLICAN CIRCLES, 
   BUT WE STILL HAVE A
   TESTING PROBLEM IN 
   THIS COUNTRY.
   MY SON WAS TESTED 
   RECENTLY.
   HE HAD TO WAIT FIVE TO
   SEVEN 
   DAYS FOR RESULTS.
   THAT IS SIMPLY 
   INEXCUSABLE AT THIS 
   POINT IN THE PANDEMIC.
   IN NORTH CAROLINA, 
   HUGH WAS TESTED AND 
   THEN ISOLATED IN HIS 
   BEDROOM IN LIMBO.
   >> IT'S INSANE TO ME 
   THAT IT 
   STILL TAKES UP TO TWO 
   WEEKS, 
   SEVEN DAYS, WHO KNOWS,
   IN ORDER 
   FOR THESE RESULTS TO 
   COME BACK. 
   >> Reporter: PUBLIC 
   HEALTH 
   OFFICIALS SAY 
   SKYROCKETING 
   DEMAND IS CREATING A 
   SHORTAGE OF 
   TESTING SUPPLIES SUCH 
   AS SWABS 
   AND REAGENTS, THE 
   CHEMICALS 
   NEEDED TO CONDUCT THE 
   TESTS.
   THE DELAYS ARE MAKING 
   AN ARMY OF 
   CONTACT TRACERS PAID 
   FOR BY 
   TAXPAYERS ESSENTIALLY 
   USELESS. 
   >> A STATE LIKE 
   FLORIDA THAT'S ON FIRE
   LIKE THIS, CONTACT
   TRACING ALMOST BECOMES
   IRRELEVANT.
   >> Reporter: AND IN 
   FLORIDA 
   THERE IS MOUNTING 
   FRUSTRATION 
   ABOUT ORDINARY 
   PATIENTS WAITING 
   LONG LINES.
   ATHLETES ARE GETTING 
   TESTED 
   FREQUENTLY.
   ONE NBA PLAYER POSTING
   ON SOCIAL MEDIA
   THAT HE'S BEEN TESTED 
   20 TIMES 
   SINCE ARRIVING IN 
   ORLANDO FOR 
   THE SEASON.
   NOW THE RACE IS ON TO 
   DEVELOP 
   QUICKER METHODS.
   IN ARIZONA STATE 
   RESEARCHERS ARE 
   CONDUCTING 60,000 
   TESTS A DAY, 
   UP TO 2,000 BY 
   ANALYZING SALIVA.
   HERE IN NEW YORK CITY,
   SOME 
   PATIENTS ARE WAITING 
   MORE THAN A 
   WEEK FOR THEIR TEST 
   RESULTS.
   THE MAYOR HERE IS 
   URGING THE FEDERAL 
   GOVERNMENT TO INVOKE 
   THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION
   ACT.
   LESTER?
   >> YEAH, SOMETHING WE 
   CAN'T 
   AFFORD TO GET WRONG.
   ALL RIGHT.
   GABE, THANK YOU. 
   >>> THE GOVERNMENT'S 
   MOST 
   PROMINENT MEDICAL 
   VOICE IN THIS 
   CRISIS, DR. ANTHONY 
   FAUCI, FINDS 
   HIMSELF AT ODDS WITH 
   THE TRUMP 
   ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT
   AND A 
   TARGET AS HE BECOMES 
   MORE BLUNT 
   ABOUT WHAT WE FACE AND
   THE 
   RESPONSE.
   OUR GEOFF BENNETT IS 
   AT THE 
   WHITE HOUSE.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   DR. 
   ANTHONY FAUCI UNDER 
   FIRE FROM 
   WITHIN.
   THE NATION'S TOP 
   INFECTIOUS 
   DISEASE EXPERTS 
   TARGETED BY A 
   WHITE HOUSE EFFORT TO 
   DISCREDIT 
   HIM AND HIS DIRE 
   WARNINGS ABOUT 
   THE CORONAVIRUS 
   CRISIS.
   A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
   ON SUNDAY 
   SENT NBC NEWS AND 
   OTHER OUTLETS 
   A LIST OF FAUCI'S PAST
   STATEMENTS ON THE 
   VIRUS SAID TO 
   BE INACCURATE.
   OTHERS ACCURATE BASED 
   ON WHAT 
   WAS KNOWN ABOUT THE 
   VIRUS AT THE 
   TIME.
   IT'S A STUNNING 
   BROADSIDE 
   AGAINST A CAREER CIVIL
   SERVANT 
   WHO HAS ADVISED SIX 
   PRESIDENTS 
   AND WAS AWARDED THE 
   PRESIDENTIAL 
   MEDAL OF FREEDOM.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY 
   DOWN 
   PLAYING THE RISKS. 
   >> I HAVE A VERY GOOD 
   RELATIONSHIP WITH DR. 
   FAUCI.
   I HAVE HAD FOR A LONG 
   TIME, 
   RIGHT FROM THE 
   BEGINNING.
   I FIND HIM TO BE A 
   VERY NICE 
   PERSON.
   I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE 
   WITH HIM. 
   >> Reporter: FAUCI NO 
   LONGER 
   BRIEFED THE PRESIDENT 
   AND HASN'T 
   SPOKE TO HIM IN MORE 
   THAN A 
   MONTH.
   IN RECENT WEEKS,
   FAUCI HAS BECOME 
   INCREASINGLY 
   VOCAL ABOUT THE 
   COUNTRY'S 
   CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE. 
   >> AS A COUNTRY, WHEN 
   YOU 
   COMPARE US TO OTHER 
   COUNTRIES, I 
   DON'T THINK YOU CAN 
   SAY WE'RE 
   DOING GREAT.
   I MEAN, WE'RE JUST 
   NOT. 
   >> WELL, I THINK WE 
   ARE IN A 
   GOOD PLACE.
   I DISAGREE WITH HIM.
   DR. FAUCI IS A NICE 
   MAN, BUT 
   HE'S MADE A LOT OF 
   MISTAKES. 
   >> Reporter: A RECENT 
   OPINION POLL SHOWS THE
   AMERICAN PUBLIC TRUSTS
   FAUCI'S ADVICE OVER 
   THE 
   PRESIDENT WHEN IT 
   COMES TO THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   THE WHITE HOUSE 
   SIDELINED FAUCI 
   FROM CORONAVIRUS TASK 
   FORCE 
   BRIEFINGS AND 
   INTERVIEWS AS IT 
   PUSHES PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S CALL TO 
   REOPEN THE COUNTRY, AN
   EFFORT TO 
   CONTINUED TODAY WITH 
   THE 
   PRESIDENT RETWEETING A
   BASELESS 
   CLAIM BY A FORMER GAME
   SHOW HOST
   THAT EVERYONE IS LYING
   ABOUT THE 
   CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING
   THE CDC.
   DR. FAUCI IS DECLINING
   TO 
   COMMENT, BUT HE 
   WEIGHED IN TODAY 
   ABOUT THE NEW SURGE IN
   CORONAVIRUS CASES.
   FAUCI SAYING OF THE 
   PANDEMIC, WE 
   HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO 
   SEE THE 
   END OF IT.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT, GEOFF 
   BENNETT 
   TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU.
   >>> AND IN THE MIDST 
   OF THE PANDEMIC AND 
   THE POLITICS, A REAL 
   PRACTICAL CONCERN
   TONIGHT FOR FAMILIES.
   WHAT WILL THE SCHOOL 
   YEAR LOOK 
   LIKE?
   STEPHANIE GOSK REPORTS
   SOME OF 
   THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST 
   DISTRICTS 
   ARE NOW WEIGHING IN.
   >> Reporter: ON AUGUST
   18th, THE 
   FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN
   LOS 
   ANGELES, STUDENTS WILL
   BE 
   LEARNING FROM HOME. 
   >> THE HEALTH AND 
   SAFETY OF ALL 
   IN THE SCHOOL 
   COMMUNITY IS NOT 
   SOMETHING WE CAN 
   COMPROMISE.
   >> Reporter: NEW YORK 
   CITY 
   SCHOOLS MAY NOT OPEN 
   EITHER.
   GOVERNORS SAYING IT 
   WILL DEPEND 
   ON THE DATA.
   >> IT'S NOT DO WE 
   REOPEN OR NOT.
   YOU REOPEN IF IT IS 
   SAFE TO REOPEN.
   >> Reporter: FOR NOW 
   THE 
   COUNTRY'S LARGEST 
   SCHOOL 
   DISTRICT HAS NOT MET 
   THE 
   REOPENING REQUIREMENTS
   SET BY 
   THE STATE.
   AND IN FLORIDA'S 
   MIAMI-DADE 
   COUNTY, NEARLY THE 
   SAME MESSAGE IF THE
   NUMBERS DON'T GET 
   BETTER.
   >> IT WILL BE VERY 
   DIFFICULT FOR US TO 
   REOPEN SCHOOLS.
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP CONTINUES TO 
   SUPPORT 
   REOPENING THIS FALL. 
   >> WE HAVE TO OPEN THE
   SCHOOLS.
   WE HAVE TO GET THEM 
   OPEN.
   AND I THINK THERE IS A
   LOT OF 
   POLITICS GOING ALONG. 
   >> Reporter: THE TRUMP
   ADMINISTRATION IS NOT 
   ISSUING 
   ANY NATIONAL 
   GUIDELINES TO 
   REOPEN, DISTANCING 
   ITSELF FROM 
   THOSE PROPOSED BY THE 
   CDC AND 
   THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 
   OF 
   PEDIATRICS.
   OVER THE WEEKEND, 
   EDUCATION 
   SECRETARY BETSY DeVOS 
   SAID THE 
   DECISION SHOULD BE 
   MADE ON THE 
   LOCAL LEVEL. 
   >> SCHOOLS SHOULD DO 
   WHAT'S 
   RIGHT ON THE GROUND AT
   THAT TIME 
   FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND
   FOR THEIR 
   SITUATION.
   THERE IS NO ONE 
   UNIFORM APPROACH 
   THAT WE CAN TAKE OR 
   SHOULD TAKE 
   NATIONWIDE. 
   >> Reporter: AMONG THE
   CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE
   GROWING 
   RESEARCH THAT CHILDREN
   ARE LESS 
   LIKELY TO CONTRACT AND
   SPREAD 
   CORONAVIRUS THAN 
   ADULTS.
   BUT MANY ARE WORRIED 
   ABOUT SCHOOLS 
   REOPENING IN HOT 
   SPOTS.
   IN ARIZONA THREE 
   TEACHERS WHO 
   SHARED A CLASSROOM ALL
   CONTRACTED COVID 
   DESPITE 
   FOLLOWING CDC 
   GUIDELINES.
   ONE OF THEM, A 
   LONG-TIME 
   EDUCATOR, DIED.
   AND SOME STUDENTS ARE 
   CONCERNED, 
   TOO.
   IN VIRGINIA, THIS HIGH
   SCHOOL 
   SENIOR SAYS SHE 
   DOESN'T WANT TO 
   GO BACK.
   >> JUST GOING TO 
   SCHOOL RIGHT 
   NOW FEELS LIKE SUCH AN
   EXPERIMENT, AND, YOU 
   KNOW, ME, 
   MY PEERS, MY FAMILY 
   AND MY 
   YOUNGER SIBLINGS, 
   WE'RE NOT 
   WILLING TO BE PART OF 
   THAT 
   EXPERIMENT. 
   >> Reporter: THE OTHER
   GOAL BASED ON THE 
   EDUCATORS IS THEY
   WANT TO DO IS REOPEN 
   SCHOOLS 
   ONLY TO HAVE TO SHUT 
   THEM DOWN 
   AGAIN.
   LESTER, NOTHING ABOUT 
   THIS 
   DECISION IS EASY. 
   >> YOU HAVE GOT THAT 
   RIGHT, 
   STEPHANIE.
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
   NFL 
   >>> BACK NOW WITH THAT
   INFERNO 
   STILL BURNING ABOARD A
   U.S. NAVY 
   WARSHIP IN SAN DIEGO.
   AT LEAST 57 PEOPLE 
   HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR 
   INJURIES AFTER 
   YESTERDAY'S EXPLOSION.
   A NAVY OFFICIAL SAYS 
   THE SHIP'S 
   FIRE SUPPRESSION 
   SYSTEM HAD BEEN 
   TURNED OFF TO UNDERGO 
   MAINTENANCE. 
   >>> A MAJOR CHANGE 
   COMING TO THE 
   NFL.
   WASHINGTON'S TEAM 
   DROPPING THE 
   NAME MANY CONSIDER TO 
   BE A 
   RACIAL SLUR.
   HERE'S TOM COSTELLO. 
   >> Reporter: FOR 87 
   YEARS, THE 
   NAME HAS BEEN 
   SYNONYMOUS WITH 
   PROFESSION SPORTS IN 
   THE 
   NATION'S CAPITAL.
   TODAY THE TEAM 
   ANNOUNCED ITS 
   RETIRING THE LOGO AND 
   NAME, NOW 
   WIDELY VIEWED AS A 
   RACIST SLUR 
   AGAINST NATIVE 
   AMERICANS.
   THE STATEMENT ON THE 
   TEAM'S OLD 
   LETTERHEAD SAYING IT'S
   WORKING 
   CLOSELY TO DEVELOP A 
   NEW NAME 
   AND DESIGN APPROACH 
   THAT WILL 
   ENHANCE THE STANDING 
   OF OUR 
   PROUD, TRADITION-RICH 
   FRANCHISE. 
   NATIVE AMERICAN 
   ADVOCATES SAY IT'S 
   ABOUT TIME.
   >> RED FACE IS THE 
   EXACT SAME 
   THING AS BLACK FACE.
   RIGHT?
   SO ALL THESE 
   CARICATURES WE SEE 
   HAPPENING BETWEEN 
   THESE SPORTS 
   TEAMS AND AMONGST 
   THEIR FANS, IT 
   NEEDS TO GO. 
   >> THEY FORCE PEOPLE 
   TO LOOK AT 
   US THROUGH THESE 
   SYMBOLS.
   THEY FORCE PEOPLE TO 
   LOOK AT US 
   AS HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO
   AREN'T 
   REALLY DESERVING OF 
   HUMAN 
   RIGHTS. 
   >> Reporter: AT THE 
   TEAM'S HOME 
   FIELD TODAY, MANY FANS
   FELT THE 
   CHANGE IS APPROPRIATE.
   >> WE HAVE TO CHANGE 
   WITH THE 
   TIMES, BUT ALSO IT IS 
   CLOSE TO 
   MY HEART. 
   >> Reporter: TEAM 
   OWNER DAN SNYDER HAS 
   ALWAYS
   INSISTED THE NAME 
   HONORED NATIVE 
   AMERICANS, BUT THIS 
   SUMMER'S 
   DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST
   RACISM 
   ONLY BROUGHT MORE 
   ATTENTION TO 
   THE CONTROVERSY.
   THE TEAM HAS BEEN 
   UNDER PRESSURE 
   FOR YEARS TO CHANGE 
   THE NAME, 
   BUT IT WAS THE 
   CORPORATE 
   PRESSURE THAT RECENTLY
   BECAME A 
   DECIDING FACTOR.
   FEDEX TRIED TO TAKE 
   ITS NAME OFF 
   THE STADIUM, WHILE 
   NIKE, AMAZON 
   AND DICK'S SPORTING 
   GOODS 
   STOPPED SELLING THE 
   TEAM'S 
   MERCHANDISE.
   DAVE JOHNSON HAS 
   COVERED THE TEAM FOR 
   30 YEARS.
   >> I THINK WE WILL SEE
   TEAMS 
   UNDER PRESSURE BECAUSE
   OF WHAT'S 
   HAPPENING IN 
   WASHINGTON WITH THE 
   NFL TEAMS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   CLEVELAND 
   INDIANS ARE 
   CONSIDERING A CHANGE 
   WHILE THE CHICAGO 
   BLACKHAWKS AND 
   ATLANTA BRAVES SAY 
   THEY ARE 
   STICKING WITH THEIR 
   NAMES FOR 
   NOW.
   WITH NATIVE AMERICANS 
   SAYING 
   THIS IS ONLY THE 
   BEGINNING OF 
   THEIR FIGHT.
   TOM COSTELLO, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   LANDOVER, MARYLAND.
   >>> NOW TO A TRAGIC 
   DISCOVERY IN 
   CALIFORNIA.
   AUTHORITIES FINDING 
   THE BODY OF 
   MISSING ACTRESS
   áá I LOVE YOU 
   áá I LOVE YOU 
   áá I LOVE YOU 
   áá LIKE
   >>> HOLLYWOOD TONIGHT 
   IS 
   MOURNING THE LOSS OF 
   ACTRESS 
   KELLY PRESTON WHO DIED
   OF A 
   PRIVATE BATTLE WITH 
   CANCER.
   HERE'S JOE FRYER. 
   >> Reporter: AS AN 
   ACTRESS, KELLY PRESTON
   STARRED IN PRECIOUS 
   MOVIES 
   SHARING THE SCREEN 
   WITH TOM 
   CRUISE IN "JERRY 
   MAGUIRE". 
   >> YOU JUST SCREWED UP
   BOTH OUR LIVES.
   OH, POOR BABY.
   THANKS TO ME, FOR 
   BETTER OR WORSE.
   >> Reporter: AND 
   ARNOLD 
   SCHWARZENEGGER IN 
   "TWINS."
   SHE SHARED HER LIFE 
   WITH ANOTHER 
   STAR, JOHN TRAVOLTA, 
   HER HUSBAND 
   FOR NEARLY THREE 
   DECADES.
   IT WAS TRAVOLTA WHO 
   SHARED THE 
   TRAGIC NEWS.
   MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE 
   KELLY HAS LOST HER 
   TWO-YEAR BATTLE WITH 
   BREAST CANCER.
   SHE FOUGHT A 
   COURAGEOUS FIGHT, ONE 
   SHE CHOSE TO KEEP 
   PRIVATE.
   THE COUPLE MET IN THE 
   LATE '80s 
   WHILE SHOOTING "THE 
   EXPERTS."
   THEY PLAYED HUSBAND 
   AND WIFE ON 
   SCREEN IN THE MOB 
   MOVIE "GOTTI."
   >> AND OUR SON IS A 
   TARGET. 
   >> Reporter:
   OFF SCREEN THEIR LOVE 
   NEVER 
   FADING. 
   >> WHAT IS THE BEST 
   PART BEING 
   MARRIED TO JOHN 
   TRAVOLTA? 
   >> OH, MY GOD.
   THERE IS TOO MANY BEST
   THINGS.
   HIS LIPS, DANCING, 
   FUN.
   >> TOGETHER THEY HAD 
   THREE 
   CHILDREN, INCLUDING 
   JETT, WHO
   DIED IN 2009 AFTER 
   SUFFERING A 
   SEIZURE.
   PRESTON'S 20-YEAR-OLD 
   DAUGHTER 
   POSTED A TRIBUTE TO 
   HER MOM.
   I HAVE NEVER MET 
   ANYONE AS 
   COURAGEOUS, STRONG, 
   BEAUTIFUL, 
   LOVING AS YOU.
   BELOVED MOTHER, WIFE 
   AND ACTRESS,
   PRESTON WAS JUST 57 
   YEARS OLD.
   JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> FINALLY, A WOMAN 
   WHO FOUND A 
   WAY TO COMFORT HER 
   HUSBAND IN 
   SICKNESS AND IN 
   HEALTH.
   HERE'S KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN. 
   >> Reporter: FOR 114 
   DAYS, THIS 
   WAS AS CLOSE AS MARY 
   DANIEL AND 
   HER HUSBAND STEVE 
   COULD GET. 
   >> I'M GOING TO COME 
   GIVE YOU A 
   HUG REAL SOON. 
   >> Reporter: STEVE IS 
   IN A 
   NURSING HOME WITH 
   EARLY ONSET 
   ALZHEIMER'S. 
   VISITORS NOT ALLOWED, 
   EXEMPT THROUGH A 
   WINDOW.
   >> THERE IS NO WAY TO 
   EXPLAIN TO 
   HIM WHY THIS IS 
   HAPPENING AND 
   HOW LONG IS THIS GOING
   TO 
   HAPPEN.
   AND, SO, HE CRIED. 
   >> Reporter: MARY FELT
   LIKE SHE 
   WAS BREAKING HER VOW 
   TO BE BY 
   HIS SIDE. 
   >> I PROMISED HIM I 
   WOULD BE 
   THERE, AND I WASN'T. 
   >> Reporter: THEN SHE 
   LEARNED 
   THE NURSING HOME 
   NEEDED A 
   DISHWASHER. 
   >> DISHWASHER IT IS.
   WHATEVER YOU HAVE 
   AVAILABLE, 
   I'LL TAKE. 
   >> Reporter: WHAT WAS 
   THAT 
   MOMENT LIKE WHEN YOU 
   GOT TO SEE 
   HIM IN PERSON?
   >> I KNOCKED ON THE 
   DOOR.
   I MEAN,
   OBVIOUSLY HE'S NOT 
   EXPECTING ME.
   AND "MARY" WAS THE 
   FIRST THING 
   HE SAID AND CAME OVER 
   AND GAVE 
   ME -- WE HAD A REALLY 
   GREAT HUG.
   WE BOTH STARTED 
   CRYING. 
   >> SHE CONTINUES TO 
   GET TESTED 
   FOR COVID AND HAS TO 
   WORK HARD, 
   BUT SHE SHOWS UP WITH 
   A SMILE 
   AND A MESSAGE FOR HER 
   HUSBAND. 
   >> HE IS DEEPLY LOVED 
   AND THAT 
   HE WILL NEVER BE 
   ALONE.
   AND THAT'S THE BEST 
   GIFT THAT I 
   CAN GIVE HIM FOR THE 
   REST OF HIS 
   LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: A LESSON 
   IN TRUE 
   LOVE.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> LOVE ALWAYS FINDS 
   A WAY.
   THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS."
   THANKS FOR WATCHING.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND 
   EACH OTHER.
