S
>> FOR THE SMALL COLLEGE TOWNS, 
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THEIR 
MAJOR EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS 
DOORS AND PULLING UP STAKES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT AND SOMETHING
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS WILL FEEL 
DEEPLY
>> Reporter: WITH NO MANDATE
FROM THE NCAA THE COACH AT
NEBRASKA SAID MONDAY THEY'LL
PLAY WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED
TO PLAYING NO MATTER WHAT, NO 
MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND 
HOW THAT LOOKS
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH SOME 
TEAMS STILL PRACTICING, CALEB 
FARLEY OPTED OUT FROM PLAYING AT
VIRGINIA TECH.
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND 
GAVE IT TO MY FATHER
>> Reporter: HERE IN PASADENA,
JUST THE ROSE BOWL GENERATES
ROUGHLY $200 MILLION FOR PLAYERS
WHO PERFORM IT CAN SOLIDIFY 
THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NFL,
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, FORBES IS OUT ABOUT W
ITS LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR TO 20 AND DWAYNE "THE ROCK" 
JOHNSON ON TOP WITH $87.5 
MILLION FOLLOWED BY RYAN
REYNOLDS, MARK WAHLBERG, BEN
AFFLECK AND VIN DECEIESEL.
>>> TESLA SHARES UP 6% IN 
AFTERHOURS TRADING
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT 
REMOVED 7 MILLION POSTS IN THE
SECOND QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDED CONTENT 
FAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND
EXAGGERATED CURES.
>>> MORE THAN 25 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE
STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT 
THEMSELVES
NOW THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT
MAY HELP
OUR STEPHANIE RUEHL REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, NEW
HOPE FOR NEW JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, MASTERCARD, VERIZON,
WELLS FARGO COMING TOGETHER TO
CREATE OVER 100,000 NEW JOBS AND
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 
LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY WORKERS.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS PHILANTHROPY
OR IS IT A BUSINESS INITIATIVE
>> IT'S A BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: JAMIE DIMON IS THE 
CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE AND MEMBER
OF THE NEW JOBS COUNCIL.
>> 30 CEOs TO TACKLE ONE OF 
SOCIETY'S BIG PROBLEMS, GETTING 
INNER CITY SCHOOL EDUCATION,
LARGELY MINORITY, GETTING THESE 
KIDS THROUGH SCHOOL AND WITH A
HIGH PAYING JOB.
>> Reporter: MANY OF THE
COMPANIES INVOLVED WERE ALREADY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR INITIATIVES
SEPARATELY BUT THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE
INEQUALITY HIGH LIGHTED BY THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT LED 
THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO UNITE 
FOR MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS
NOW THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT 
DON'T RELATE TO COVID, THEY'RE
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE 
LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY,
OUR COMPANY, OUR CLIENTS
>> Reporter: WHAT DO WE NEED TO 
HAPPEN MOST NOW FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO MORE
PARTICULARLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS,
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, ET
CETERA, TO GET US THROUGH THE 
NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS AS WE
OPEN UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
SOUNDLY.
>> YOU'VE GOT 200,000 EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING THEM 
BACK TO WORK SAFELY?
>> THERE'S STILL 150,000 PEOPLE 
WORKING FROM HOME AND I THINK 
WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME 
PERMANENCY TO SOME OF THAT, 
THERE'S A HUGE VALUE TO WORKING 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF
COLLABORATION AND CREATIVITY AND
TRAINING THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A 
VACCINE AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DO 
IT REALLY SAFELY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE 
OUR PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE
IN A RECESSION
>> YES, WE'RE IN A RECESSION
THAT WILL AFFECT INCOME, HOME 
PRICES, IT WILL IN PEOPLE'S REAL
LIVES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A JOB
YOU'RE GOING TO SEEMENT  SOME OE
EFFECTS FROM THAT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK A YEAR
FROM NOW WE COULD ONLY HAVE BIG 
BOX STORES AND CHAIN VAUNTS?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: HOW WILL THEY STAY 
IN BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE STILL
WORKING BUT THERE ARE ONES THAT 
ARE SUFFERING, KEEP ON TRYING 
DIFFERENT THINGS, TRYING TO GET 
BETTER
WE WILL WIN.
WE JUST WANT TO DO IT 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
OUR LATEST FORECAST IS SHOWING
WE COULD SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY
STARTING TO REV UP IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF STORMS THAT 
WILL COME BACK TO BACK OFF THE
WEST AFRICAN COAST
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WATCHING 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11
RIGHT NOW SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 
35 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE IS A TRACK ON THIS SYSTEM,
WE'RE THINKING IT COULD CHANGE
INTO TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE BY
TOMORROW EVENING, STILL A TON OF
UNCERTAINTY AS IT SITS IN A WARM
BODY OF WATER,
>>> LATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
MIMI JONES REFLECTS ON HER
LIFELONG FIGHT FOR EQUAL ACCESS 
TO SWIMMING LESSONS AND POOLS 
FOR BLACK CHILDREN
NBC'S RON ALLEN HAS MORE ON HER 
INSPIRING STORY.
>> Reporter: AN ICONIC IMAGE, A 
YOUNG BLACK WOMAN HORRIFIED WHEN
A MOTEL OWNER POURS ACID IN A 
SWIMMING POOL TARGETING CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVIST PROTESTING A
WHITES ONLY BUSINESS
>> IT WAS HORRIFYING
>> Reporter: MIMI JONES WAS 17
BACK THEN, 1964, ST. AUGUSTINE, 
FLORIDA.
>> THIS WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
SWIMMING IN A POOL, WASN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS ABOUT TOTAL SEGREGATION, 
LACK OF RESPECT, LACK OF
DIGNITY.
>> Reporter: THE SWIMMING PART
OF WEEKS PROVE TEST LED BY
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., BUILDING
THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACT OF 1964 THAT SUMMER.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE 
TONIGHT?
>> YEAH!
>> Reporter: FOR JONES, EQUAL 
ACCESS TO SWIMMING AND WATER
SAFETY BECAME ONE OF HER LIFE'S 
PASSIONS
STUDIES SHOW 64% OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE LITTLE OR
NO ABILITY TO SWIM AND BLACK
CHILDREN ARE FIVE AND A HALF
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROWN THAN 
THEIR WHITE PEERS.
>> KICK, KICK.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS THAT HUGE 
DISPARITY MOTIVATED THE THOMAS
TWINS TO START A FREE PROGRAM TO
CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> WE WANT TO BLOW THE LID OFF
AND GIVE ACCESS TO ANYONE.
>> Reporter: SIMONE MANUEL HOPES
TO TRANSFORM THE SPORT IN 2016
BECOMING THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN
INDIVIDUAL OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN
SWIMMING
>> I HAVE DEALT WITH EXPERIENCES
OF RACISM IN THIS SPORT SINCE 
THE AGE OF 12, I WANTED TO QUIT.
>> Reporter: SHE'S GRATEFUL TO
MIMI JONES, WHO PAVED THE WAY.
>> IT IS HEART WRENCHING TO KNOW
THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 
WANTING TO SWIM WOULD CAUSE 
SOMEONE TO THROW ACID ON
SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN
>> Reporter: A MOMENT THAT
FOREVER CHANGED JONES' LIFE.
>> IT ONLY STRENGTHENED MY
RESOLVE AND MY LIFELONG 
COMMITMENT TO CHALLENGE RACISM
AND EQUALITY AND LACK OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> Reporter: THIS TURNED OUT TO 
BE ONE OF HER LAST INTERVIEWS.
JONES DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES A
FEW DAYS LATER, HER FAMILY SAYS,
AGE 73 AND STILL HOPEFUL
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN SOCIAL CHANGE
HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT A
BATTLE, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S
A RENEWED AWAKENING.
>> Reporter: RON ALLEN, NBC 
NEWS, NEW YORK
>> SHE HELPED WITH THAT 
AWAKENING WITH THE BARRIERS 
BROKEN IN THE WATER AND OUT OF
THE WATER.
>> MIMI JONES, JOHN LEWIS, WE'VE
LOST SOME OF OUR GREATEST 
AMERICANS THIS SUMMER.
THEI
>>> WITH 83 DAYS UNTIL THE 2020 
ELECTION, JOE BIDEN CHOOSES 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR, KAMALA
HARRIS, AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
AND HE WILL SEAL THE DEAL AT A
BIG EVENT, LATER TODAY. 
>> THIS MORNING, WE HAVE GOT THE
LATEST ON RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE
THE WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>> PUNTING ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
THIS FALL, AS MORE MAJOR
CONFERENCES MAKE FINAL DECISIONS
ON POSTPONING THEIR FALL
SEASONS.
>> FAMILIES DEALING WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN, DURING THE
PANDEMIC, FACE SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF ANYONE.
FOR CORRESPONDENT RICHARD ENGEL 
SHARES THE PERSONAL STORY OF HIS
SON HENRY.
>> AND WE WILL FOLLOW A 770-MILE
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, ACROSS NINE
STATES, FROM A POWERFUL DERECHO.
A BUSY WEDNESDAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
HISTORY MADE IN THE RACE FOR
2020
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN HAS OFFICIALLY NAMED
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS
RUNNING MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
THE DEMOCRATIC DUO WILL APPEAR
TOGETHER, LATER TODAY, IN 
DELAWARE
MEANWHILE, THEIR LOOMING
OPPONENT IS ALREADY ON THE
ATTACK
>> IF YOU READ THE VARIOUS
POLITICAL PUNDITS, YOU WOULD
HAVE SAID THAT MAYBE -- THE ONE 
I THOUGHT WOULD BE BEST FOR US
MIKE IS A PRO.
>> SHORTLY BEFORE BIDEN MADE
THAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, A NEW
MONMOUTH POLL SHOWED THE
PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
WITH A TEN-POINT LEAD OVER
TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS MORE
>> THE DECISION ANNOUNCED 
ONLINE
KAMALA HARRIS, THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
THE CHARISMATIC, CALIFORNIA 
SENATOR.
55 YEARS OLD
MORE THAN TWO DECADES YOUNGER 
THAN BIDEN
REPRESENTING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF DEMOCRATS
AND UNLIKE OTHER BLACK WOMEN ON 
THE LIST, HAS, TWICE, WON 
STATEWIDE OFFICE
THE POLITICAL WORLD TOOK NOTICE 
WITH HER SPLASHY CAMPAIGN 
KICKOFF FOR PRESIDENT IN OAKLAND
LAST YEAR.
>> WE CAN CLAIM THE AMERICAN
DREAM FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> HARRIS IS A FORMER CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND A FRIEND
OF BO BIDEN'S, WHEN HE WAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF DELAWARE
WHICH IS WHY HER DEBATE 
CHALLENGE TO JOE BIDEN LAST YEAR
SHOCKED HIM.
>> AND THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME. 
>> WHEN ASKED THIS YEAR, BIDEN
HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE DOES NOT 
HOLD GRUDGES
AND HARRIS HAS CAMPAIGNED HARD
FOR HIM, SINCE DROPPING OUT,
HERSELF.
RA
RAISING MONEY AND PROVING SHE IS
A TEAM PLAYER.
THE CAMPAIGN RELEASING A PHOTO
OF BIDEN AND HARRIS TALKING.
IN A STATEMENT, BIDEN PRAISING
HARRIS AS SMART, TOUGH, AND 
READY TO LEAD.
WRITING, I NEED SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE IN A
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION
IN THIS YEAR OF RACIAL
RECKONING, THERE WAS STRONG 
PARTY SUPPORT FOR A BLACK 
CANDIDATE.
AND BIDEN CONSIDERED FORMER 
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, SUSAN
RICE, AS WELL AS WHITE
CONTENDERS, PRINCIPALLY MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
BUT BIDEN'S PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WAS
REVIVED BY HIS BIG VICTORY IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA, THANKS TO HIS 
ENDORSEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC LEADER
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN.
>> HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT
IS TO HAVE A BLACK WOMAN IN THIS
ROLE, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THIS
YEAR
>> IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
AND I THINK THIS SAYS, ONCE AND 
FOR ALL, THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WILL NOT TAKE BLACK PEOPLE
FOR GRANTED.
IT NEVER WAS TRUE.
BUT I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE OF A 
FACT TODAY. 
>> OUR THANKS TO ANDREW FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> AS THE DEBATE RACES ON OVER
REOPENING CLASSROOMS, THERE ARE 
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY 
BEING FORCED TO QUARANTINE
STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE OF 
THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS HEAD 
BACK TO CLASS, SOME SCHOOLS HAVE
ALREADY FLUNKED THEIR FIRST TEST
ON SAFETY.
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH, 
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH,
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT, WHICH OPENED LAST 
WEEK WITH A MANDATORY MASK
POLICY FOR ADULTS, BUT NONE FOR 
STUDENTS, SAYS IT ANTICIPATED 
POSITIVE TESTS, WHICH IS WHY WE 
PUT A SYSTEM INTO PLACE TO
QUICKLY CONTACT TRACE AND 
MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL WITH
AN OPTIONAL-MASK POLICY, ALSO,
STOPPED IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER
NINE POSITIVE CASES.
>> I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS -- 
OUR KIDS ARE BEING USED AS
GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S -- IT'S A
LITTLE ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
>> CONCERNS ABOUT REOPENING ARE 
WIDESPREAD. 
>> WITH MORE SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA 
REOPENING THEIR DOORS, NEW
NUMBERS FROM THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS 17 AND
UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN 130% IN 
THE LAST MONTH. 
>> FOR SOME REASON, THEY THINK
SCHOOL'S A MAGICAL PLACE AND WE 
DON'T NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART.
>> THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL 
TEACHER IS CONCERNED ABOUT
SAFETY IN COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE SCHOMASKS.
>> THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE SAYS
MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND
AVAILABLE, BUT NOT MANDATED,
WHICH IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN
THE USA.
ADDING, THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE, AS SPACE 
ALLOWS
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA DAVES TEACHES PUBLIC 
HIGH SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000
STUDENTS
SHE SAYS THE CITY'S REOPENING 
PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT
NEED TO BE SOLVED.
SUCH AS, TESTING AND A QUICK
TURNAROUND TIME ON TESTING
THAT THE SCHOOL, AS ITS OWN 
UNIT, CAN'T FIX.
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> SOME BIG-TIME COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WOULDN'T BE 
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES, THE BIG
TEN AND THE PAC 12 HAVE 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE POSTPONING 
ALL SPORTS FOR THE FALL SEASON, 
OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: CHANGING LEAVES AND
CHEERING FANS.
FOR MILLIONS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL
KICKS OFF, FALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH CONCERNS OF 
A COVID-19, THE SEASON IS IN
JEOPARDY. 
>> I THINK IT'S -- IT'S ALMOST
HOUR BY HOUR OF WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
>> BOTH, THE BIG TEN AND PAC 12 
ANNOUNCING THEY'RE POSTPONING 
ALL FALL SPORTS, JOINING THE
MOUNTAIN WEST AND MID-AMERICA 
CONFERENCES.
>> DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
MOVING FORWARD
THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND 
WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES, AND ALL THOSE 
CONNECTED WITH PAC 12 SPORTS
HAS, FROM DAY ONE, BEEN OUR TOP,
TOP PRIORITY
>> Reporter: STILL, A GROWING 
NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND COACHES 
SAY THE GAMES MUST GO ON
CLEMSON QUARTERBACK TREVOR
LAWRENCE, A HEISMAN TROPHY
CONTENDER AND HIGH-PROFILE NFL
PROSPECT, IS LEADING AN ONLINE
PUSH TO PLAY
DEMANDING THE POWER FIVE
CONFERENCES CREATE UNIVERSAL
MANDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES, TO PROTECT PLAYERS. 
>> WE WANT TO PLAY
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO
THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.
>> BUT SEVERAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS DURING
SUMMER WORKOUTS.
>> A HUGE VARIABLE THAT THE 
REMAINING LEAGUES WILL HAVE IS
HOW THOSE CAMPUSES REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING BACK ON CAMPUS, 
AS THERE IS AN EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK
>> Reporter: THE VIRUS, AN
OPPONENT RIGHT NOW, THAT NO ONE 
KNOWS HOW TO DEFEND.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
AND THAT, EVEN ONE OF HIS 
DAUGHTERS HAVE RECEIVED IT
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM, WITH GLOBAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAYING, NOT SO FAST.
JOINING US FROM LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
AND, CHAPMAN, SEEMS RUSSIA MAY
HAVE SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP
HERE
>> YEAH, FRANCES
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT, THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE, HAD A SLIGHTLY 
ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AFTERWARDS.
BUT CLAIMS IT WENT AWAY AFTER 
THAT
IN FACT, SPUTNIK FIVE, NAMED
AFTER ANOTHER RUSSIAN FIRST,
WORKS EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH AND IS 
SAFE
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 
THOUGH, SAYING NOT SO FAST
FIRSTLY, NO DATA'S BEEN 
PUBLISHED ABOUT THE RESEARCH
AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY 
RUSSIAN REGULATORS, BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE-THREE TRIALS
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
IT
SO, THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND 
SAFETY REMAINS UNCLEAR
PHASE-THREE TRIALS NORMALLY 
INVOLVE THOUSANDS TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
ONE EXPERT SAYING, RUSHING THIS 
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS POINT OUT IT RISKS PUBLIC
TRUST IN VACCINES.
THERE, ALREADY, IS A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM AMONGST THE PUBLIC ON
VACCINES
AND IF THEY GET IT WRONG, IT
COULD CREATE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS.
RUSSIA, THOUGH, SAYS THEY PLAN
TO START MASS PRODUCING IT, 
SOON
AND VACCINATION, LATER IN THE 
FALL
AND THAT, AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES 
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES
FRANCES, THIS RUSH FOR A VACCINE
IS TURNING INTO KIND OF LIKE THE
SPACE RACE. 
>> WOW
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW FORTHCOMING RUSSIA'S GOING
TO BE WITH INFORMATION ACT THABU
THAT VACCINE
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS
>>> STILL RECOVERING AFTER A
DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE STORM
SYSTEM SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION.
THE DERECHO CAUSED DAMAGE TO
NINE STATES AND KILLED AT LEAST 
ONE.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
AFTER A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM
TORE THROUGH THE MIDWEST MONDAY.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO 
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JUST CONFIRMED A TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN HERE IN CHICAGO'S
NORTH SIDE
CRUSHING CAR AFTER CAR AFTER
CAR.
>> IT WAS A RARE WEATHER SYSTEM,
KNOWN AS A DERECHO
A HUGE WALL OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN 
THAT TRAVELS MORE THAN 250
MILES.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED THIS ONE
COULD HAVE RACED -- ACROSS NINE 
STATES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO 
OHIO
PRODUCING WINDS --
>> WE LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET
AND SAW THE BRANCH OVER THERE 
THAT FELL ON THE POWER LINES. 
>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY 
GET INSIDE
>> Reporter: IT COULD BE A
BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER RAVAGING
THE CORN BELT, SO LATE IN THE 
GROWING SEASON
IN CHICAGO, WARNING SIRENS
BEFORE IT HIT.
THIS IS FRANCES RIVERA'S CAR
LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN HER HOME. 
>> THE WIND WAS HOWLING.
I THOUGHT MY WINDOWS WERE GOING 
TO GET BLOWN IN AND I RAN FOR 
COVER.
>> AND IN THE NORTHEAST, A WEEK 
AFTER TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
ALSO WITHOUT POWER. 
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> HOW IS TODAY SHAPING UP
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE
UPPER MIDWEST.
A FEW STORMS ARE GOING TO BE
POPPING OFF THIS AFTERNOON
AND RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE NOT 
MATERIALIZING.
DRY CONDITIONS
BUT IT WILL REV UP THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS
BAND OF MOISTURE START TO SPARK 
UP AROUND 2, 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALL THE WAY INTO THE MIDATLANTIC
STATES
EVEN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST
COULD SEE A SPOTTY SHOWER ALL 
THE WAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAIN 
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 TO 
3 INCHES
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO, WE ARE STILL SEEING HEAT
ALERTS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO
BOSTON
DAYTIME HIGHS STILL IN THE LOWER
90s.
HOT CONDITIONS FOR SAN ANTONIO, 
ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL TEXAS
NEAR 100 DEGREES
AND WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT A
NEW TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT'S
STARTING TO DEVELOP.
TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT, COMING 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, THERE
IS A SHORTAGE OF DR. PEPPER IN
STORES, ALL ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES
THE COMPANY TWEETED THAT THE
SHORTAGE APPLIES TO EVERY 
FLAVOR. 
>> SO MANY REBOOTS THESE DAYS 
AND THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR 
IS GETTING A DRAMATIC ONE.
WILL SMITH AND MORGAN COOPER
HAVE TEAMED UP TO LAUNCH A
REIMAGINING OF THE BELOVED
COMEDY AS A DRAMA SERIES
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING
SHOPPED AROUND A NUMBER OF
STREAMERS.
>> IT HAS ITS DRAMATIC MOMENTS
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST HAS
ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM SHE IS 
EXPECTING HER FIRST CHIL
KNOW, AN EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2
POUND GLAND.
THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES OUT 
SOMETHING ELSE. 
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS, ALONG WITH A LOOK AT BODY 
DEMENTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE THE 
HOLLYWOOD STAR, UNKNOWINGLY 
FOUGHT UP TO HIS DEATH
ROBIN'S WISH WILL BE RELEASED 
D
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WHAT A GENIUS ROBIN WILLIAMS 
WAS.
DEBATE CONTINUES OVER WHETHER TO
GO BACK TO SCHOOL, ALL OPTIONS
HAVE THEIR PROS AND CONS
AND FOR CHILDRENS WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS, THERE ARE EXTRA
CONSIDERATIONS AT PLAY
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, RICHARD 
ENGEL, SHARES HIS FAMILY'S OWN
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> OUR SON HENRY, NEARLY 5 YEARS
OLD NOW, HAS A SEVERE GENETIC 
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER.
HE DOESN'T WALK OR SPEAK
OR EFFICIENTLY FEED HIMSELF.
AND HE'S GETTING WORSE, IN THE
TIME OF COVID.
HE
HE'S SHAKING MORE, NOW
HE'S UPSET MORE OFTEN.
HIS HAND IN HIS MOUTH.
AN UNCONTROLLABLE PART. 
>> I THINK IT'S THE HARDEST THAT
IT'S EVER FELT
AS A CAREGIVER
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, WORRYING
THE ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH HIM
REGRESSION
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE
WHEN WILL THIS BE OVER
WHEN WE CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL?
>> MY WIFE MARY AND I, CARRY
HENRY AROUND, SINCE HE CAN'T
MOVE ON HIS OWN.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE EXTRA BURDEN 
THAT WEIGHS ON US.
IT'S THE LOSS OF THERAPIES
BEFORE, HENRY DID THERAPY ON A
HORSE.
IN PLAY GROUPS
MUSIC THERAPY.
IT ALL VANISHED WITH THE
PANDEMIC. 
>> WE HAVE TO DO FREQUENT 
THERAPIES TO KEEP HENRY'S BODY
FUNCTIONING.
TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THE THERAPIES,
HIS HIPS WOULD DISLOCATE
HE COULD GET SCOLIOSIS. 
>> IT TOOK OVER, I'D SAY, A YEAR
AND A HALF FOR HIM TO SIT UP ON 
HIS OWN.
SO, THAT'S AN IDEA OF HOW OLONG
IT TAKES. 
>> AND IF YOU DON'T DO
THERAPIES, FOR EVEN A FEW WEEKS,
YOU LOSE THAT SKILL AND THESE 
KIDS DON'T GET IT BACK EASILY,
IF EVER.
>> LIKE MOST KIDS AROUND THE
WORLD, HENRY ISN'T GOING TO 
SCHOOL NOW
NOT CLEAR WHEN OR HOW HE WILL 
AGAIN.
>> HE REALLY ENJOYED SCHOOL.
I THINK THE SOCIALIZATION ASPECT
OF SCHOOL, FOR HIM, WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL.
>> THE ONLY WAY HE CAN INTERACT 
WITH PEOPLE THAT HE LIKED, HIS
PEER GROUP, IS BEING IN THE SAME
ROOM WITH THEM
PLAYING WITH THE SAME TOYS
AND THAT'S GONE.
COVID RISKS SETTING BACK A WHOLE
GENERATION OF KIDS WITH PHYSICAL
AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
BUT HENRY HAS ONE BIG, POSITIVE 
CHANGE NOW
HE'S A BIG BROTHER TO THEO
HEALTHY AND 1, THIS MONTH.
SO, AT LEAST THEY HAVE EACH 
OTHER TO PLAY WITH
RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> THAT IS THE HOPE.
THAT THIS IS
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE TROPICS AR
>>> MILWAUKEE'S ANTETOKOUNMPO 
WAS EJECTED IN THE GAME AGAINST 
THE WIZARDS AFTER HEAD BUTTING
MOE WAGNER
HE FINISHED WITH 12 POINTS AND
NINE REBOUNDS IN TEN MINUTES OF 
GAME ACTION.
GIANNIS IS ONE OF THREE 
FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR'S MVP 
AWARD.
>> THAT PROVES THERE IS STILL 
SOME GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY.
RALLIES AROUND A BELOVED
NEIGHBOR AFTER SHE CONTRACTED 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> WEEKS AFTER A LENGTHY
HOSPITAL STAY, JEANINE WILLIAMS 
IS BACK AT WORK AND SHE'S 
MAKING -- SERVING UP AN EXAMPLE 
OF JUST HOW SERIOUS COVID-19 IS.
>> SEVEN DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
SEVEN DAYS AT HOME ON 
ANTIBIOTICS.
WHY THIS MASK IS SO IMPORTANT,
PEOPLE
WEAR YOUR MASK
WEAR YOUR MASK
WHERE'S YOUR MASK?
>> SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS LUNG
INFECTION.
DOCTORS HAD TO DRAIN ONE OF HER 
LUNGS AND SURGICALLY PUT IN A 
CHEST TUBE. 
>> DEFINITELY, DON'T WANT TO BE 
AWAKE FOR THAT ONE
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE AWAKE
AFTER IT WAS IN.
>> WILLIAMS ADMITS IT WAS TOUGH 
BEING IN THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT 
FAMILY OR FRIENDS ABLE TO VISIT.
HOWEVER, HER FRIENDS IN CAROLIN
BEACH WERE WORKING THE WHOLE
TIME TO FILL HER CUP. 
>> DRIVERSING IS MY PREVIOUS
PROFESSION
I'M LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST COFFEE
IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE. 
>> WILLIAMS IS OFTEN THE FIRST
TO HELP OUT A NEIGHBOR IN A 
TOUGH TIME
SO IT WAS ONLY FITTING TO PEOPLE
SHE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS
STEPPED IN TO HELP HER
RAISING MORE THAN $26,000 WHILE 
SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE IN THE
HOSPITAL. 
>> THEY PULLED ME THROUGH THIS
I CAN PAY ALL MY MEDICAL BILLS
NONE OF MY LANDLORDS HAVE TO
WAIT FOR RENT.
THIS IS THANKS TO MY COMMUNITY
YES, I HAVE THE GREATEST TOWN ON
EARTH.
>> AS MUCH AS SHE HATES SHARING 
SMILES WITH OTHERS UNDER A MASK,
SHE IS ON A PERSONAL CRUSADE TO 
MAKE SURE THOSE VALUED CUSTOMERS
DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> I WANT THEM TO NOT GET IT
SO, I WANT EVERYBODY TO WEAR THE
MASK
IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
I HATE IT.
I CAN'T BREATHE UNDER THIS, 
HARDLY
IT'S HOT
YOU KNOW, ALL THAT
BUT IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>> LIFE IS SWEET FOR WILLIAMS 
NOW.
AND WHILE SHE THANKS EVERYONE 
WHO KEPT HER AFLOAT, SHE CREDITS
WINNING HER BATTLE TO A LITTLE
MAGIC FROM ABOVE. 
>> I'M A SURVIVOR.
I KNEW GOD WASN'T DONE WITH ME, 
YET.
>> OUR THANKS TO KENDALL McGEE
FROM OUR AFFILIATE, WECT, FOR 
THAT STORY
SHE'S SAYING YEAH IT'S A PAIN IN
THE BUTT
BUT IT SAVES LIVES. 
>> YEAH.
>>> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN MAKES HISTORY BY TAPPING
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS JOE,
QUOTE, NAILED THIS DECISION.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS QUICK TO 
REACT.
DROPPING A CAMPAIGN AD ON 
TWITTER OVERNIGHT.
AND HIS LATEST COMMENTS ON
SENATOR HARRIS, WHO HE NOT ONCE,
BUT TWICE, DONATED TO HER 
CAMPAIGNS.
>> FROM THE GRIDIRON OF THE 
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SPORT OF 
FOOTBALL, TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE
STUDENTS ARE GREETED WITH A 
COVID TEST
HEADING INTO FALL, LIKE NO
OTHER.
THE FAMILY OF ELIJAH McCLAIN, 
SUES THE AURORA, COLORADO,
OFFICERS AND PARAMEDICS INVOLVED
IN HIS DEATH. 
>> AND TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT
DAY.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT THESE
VANISHING GIANTS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020, A 
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR AMERICAN 
POLITICS
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN MADE HISTORY
OFFICIALLY, NAMING SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING
MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
MEANWHILE, THEIR OPPONENT IS
ALREADY ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT, CLAIMING BOOIPD 
H
BIDEN HAS A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WITH NOTABLE 
EXCEPTIONS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BOOIDEN
SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS HE CHOSE
HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER FOCUS
ON RACIAL DISPARITIES.
>> IN THE HOURS BEFORE BIDEN'S
DECISION, A NEW MONMOUTH POLL 
SHOWED THE PRESUMPTIVE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WITH A 
TEN-POINT LEAD OVER MR. TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
FOR MORE, LET'S GET TO SCOTT
MACFARLANE IN D.C.
AND, SCOTT, BIDEN AND HARRIS
WILL MAKE THEIR OFFICIAL DEBUT
TODAY.
>> YEAH, FRANCES
A MIDDAY APPEARANCE IN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S HOMETOWN, 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WHERE HE'S
HAD MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN EVENTS, 
ALREADY, THIS SUMMER
THEY WILL APPEAR TOGETHER AT THE
EVENT.
THEN, HAVE A VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER 
TOGETHER, TONIGHT.
THIS ALL HAPPENS, A WEEK TO THE 
DAY, BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS 
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOC
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORD AND EXPERIENCE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARIES WILL HELP HER BOOST 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS
ALREADY CONSISTENTLY LEADING IN 
THE POLLS.
HER OWN DEBATE AGAINST THE
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE, THAT HAPPENS LATER THIS
FALL
MULTIPLE SOURCES SAY THIS EVENT,
AGAIN, HAPPENS MIDDAY IN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SHE DID HIT JOE BIDEN PRETTY
HARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
THE PRIMARY DEBATES, LAST YEAR
A POINT UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP, SHORTLY AFTER THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK
AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HE
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO --
ONE OF THE REASONS IT SURPRISED 
ME
SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO 
JOE BIDEN, AND IT'S HARD TO PICK
SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE 
FACETIME ME, IN TEARS, BEING SO 
HAPPY ACT THIS
FOLKS WHO NEVER THOUGHT THEY
WOULD SEE, ON A TICKET, SOMEONE 
WHO LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> AND IN A STATEMENT ABOUT THE 
SELECTION, FORMER PRESIDENT,
BARACK OBAMA, SAYS JOE BIDEN
NAILED THIS DECISION, U
UNDERSCORING HIS JUDGMENT AND 
HIS CHARACTER.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT
MACFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW THIS PICK WILL 
CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE RACE
THANK YOU.
>>> BIDEN'S 2008 DEBATE STAGE 
RIVAL IS SENDING SOME WARM
WISHES TO HIS RUNNING MATE
FORMER VP NOMINEE SARA PALIN
CONGRATULATED KAMALA HARRIS ON
INSTAGRAM.
SHE POSTED A PICTURE OF HERSELF 
WITH THE ONLY OTHER WOMAN TO
SERVE ON A PARTY TICKET.
GERALDINE FERRARO.
SAID, OUT OF THE CHUTE, DON'T 
TRUST ANYONE NEW. 
>> AS INFECTIONS SURPASSED
5.1 MILLION, CORONAVIRUS DEATHS 
TOPPED 1,000, BRINGING THE
NATIONWIDE DEATH TOLL PAST
165,000.
AND THIS, AS MULTIPLE STATES
REPORT NEW HIGHS FOR FATALITIES.
GEORGIA SET A NEW RECORD, DAILY 
RECORD, WITH 137 DEATHS, WHILE
FLORIDA HAD 276.
LAST MONTH, MORE THAN 100 
FLORIDIANS, AGE 25 TO 44, DIED
A SIGN THAT THE VIRUS ISN'T 
LIMITED TO OLDER PEOPLE.
AND AS MILLIONS STRUGGLE TO PUT 
FOOD ON THE TABLE, THE NEW YORK 
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST HILLANDALE FARMS.
OFFICIALS AT HILLANDALE HAVE
DENIED THOSE CLAIMS.
>> NEW ZEALAND'S 102-DAY STREAK 
OF NO NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS 
COME TO AN END
A LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR 
THE CITY OF AUCKLAND, AFTER FOUR
CASES WERE CONFIRMED, ALL WITHIN
THE SAME FAMILY.
CONTACT TRACING IS NOW UNDERWAY.
>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT REMOVED
7 MI
7 MILLION POSTS IN THE SECOND 
QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS INCLUDES FAKE PREVENTATIVE 
MEASURES AND EXAGGERATED CURES. 
>> THE BUBBLE CONCEPT HAS BEEN A
WINNING STRATEGY FOR SPORTS 
TEAMS.
NOW, VASSAR COLLEGE, USING A
SIMILAR PLAN
STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE PART-TIME JOBS, VISIT
FAMILY, OR GO TO RESTAURANTS
>> Reporter: EVERY FALL, COLLEGE
STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO
RETURNING TO CAMPUS.
BUT, THIS YEAR, STUDENTS AT 
VASSAR COLLEGE IN NEW YORK WON'T
BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE, UNLESS 
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
>> I REALLY WANT US TO BE TAKING
THE MOST PRECAUTIONS THAT WE
CAN.
AND AS LONG AS THEY DO THAT, I'M
REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE
AND I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE
AND I WANT TO TRUST THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> GOING BACK TO CAMPUS, AND I'M
SUPEREXCITED TO BE GOING BACK.
>> THE IDEA OF A BUBBLE IS NOT
UNIQUE TO VASSAR. 
>> THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR A RESTART OF THE NBA SEASON.
IN A SAFETY BUBBLE
>> Reporter: THE NBA CREATED AN 
ISOLATION ZONE IN ORLANDO,
FLORIDA.
NO SINGLE PLAYER OR MEMBER OF 
THE BUBBLE HAS TESTED POSITIVE
SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN
VASSAR'S EVOLVING REOPENING PLAN
WILL ALSO INCLUDE FACE MASKS, 
PHYSICAL DISTANCE, TESTING, AND 
PROTOCOLS FOR ISOLATION.
VASSAR'S PRESIDENT, DR. 
ELIZABETH BRADLEY, A GLOBAL 
HEALTH EXPERT, BELIEVES THERE IS
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL REOPENING
PLAN. 
>> A VIRAL THREAT IS
COMPLICATED.
AND THE RIGHT STRATEGY DEPENDS
ON WHERE -- WHAT'S THE LOCATION?
WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE COLLEGE
WHAT'S THE CULTURE
WHAT KIND OF CAPACITIES DO THEY 
HAVE
AND SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR 
US NOT TO GET FOCUSED ON A
SINGLE STRATEGY, LIKE TESTING.
>> Reporter: BUT THE LEAD AUTHOR
ON THIS STUDY, ON SAFELY
REOPENING CAMPUSES, BELIEVES
THAT TESTING, IN ADDITION TO
ISOLATION, IS MOST ESSENTIAL. 
>> YES, INDEED
THERE IS A SAFE WAY FOR STUDENTS
TO RETURN TO COLLEGE IN THE 
FALL
AND THE KEY ELEMENT OF THAT PLAN
IS SCREENING FOR THE SARS COVI 2
VIRUS, AT HIGH FREQUENCY, LIKE
EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS.
USING A RAPID, INEXPENSIVE TEST,
COUPLED WITH STRICT, VIGILANT 
ADHERENCE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND OTHER BASIC PREVENTION
PRACTICES.
>> CONCERNED A BUBBLE WITHOUT 
ENOUGH TESTING RUNS A RISK OF A 
CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS.
>> IT DOES DEPEND ON EVERYTHING 
THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG TO 
GO RIGHT
YOU KNOW, I HAVE -- ENGINEERS 
BUILD BRIDGES TO WITHSTAND
SEVERAL TIMES THE WEIGHT THAT 
THEY EXPECT TO TRAVEL OVER THOSE
BRIDGES.
A BRIDGE THAT CAN ONLY WITHSTAND
THE WEIGHT YOU EXPECT IS CALLED 
A HOUSE OF CARDS. 
>> OUR THANKS TO SAVANNAH FOR 
THAT REPORT.
>> SOME BIG TIME COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WON'T BE
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCE, THE BIG 
TEN AND PAC 12 ANNOUNCED THEY 
ARE POSTPONING ALL SPORTS FOR 
THE FALL SEASON OVER CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS
OUR MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: FOR THE BIG TEN AND
PAC 12, THE GAME IS OVER, AT
LEAST FOR NOW.
THE CONFERENCES, HOME TO SOME OF
THE BIGGEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL, OFFICIALLY, PASSING ON
PLAYING AMID THE PANDEMIC.
WITH NO WORD FROM THE S.E.C., 
WHICH INCLUDES DEFENDING CHAMP, 
LSU, THE BIG TEN SAYS FOOTBALL
COULD KICK OFF AGAIN IN 2021
>> THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, FROM A MEDICAL 
STANDPOINT, TO PROCEED FORWARD
>> WITH GAMES SIDELINED FOR THE 
FALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND ITS
FANS WON'T GENERATE UPWARDS OF
$7 BILLION THIS YEAR
BEYOND BROADCASTING RIGHTS, 
TICKET SALES, LOCAL VENDORS,
RETAILERS, HOTELS, AND
RESTAURANTS, ALL, DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALL, 
COLLEGE TOWNS, THIS IS THE
EQUIVALENT OF THEIR MAJOR 
EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS DOORS AND 
PULLING STAKES
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOSS AND SOMETHING 
PEOPLE IN MOST TOWNS ARE GOING
TO FEEL DEEPLY. 
>> WITH NO MANDATE FOR NCAA, THE
COACH AT NEBRASKA SAID THEY'LL
PLAY, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG 
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY'S COMMITTED TO
PLAYING, NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND HOW -- HOW THAT LOOKS.
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTION. 
>> EVEN WITH SOME TEAMS STILL 
PRACTICING, CALEB FARLY OPTED 
OUT FROM PLAYING AT VIRGINIA
TECH. 
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND,
YOU KNOW, GAVE IT TO MY -- TO MY
FATHER
>> HERE, IN PASADENA, JUST THE
ROSE BOWL GENERATES ROUGHLY $200
MILLION.
FOR THOSE WHO PERFORM, IT CAN 
SOLIDIFY THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN
THE NFL.
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
ECONOMICS ARE ALL AT STAKE. 
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS 
CLAIMING IT'S THE FIRST COUNTRY 
IN THE WORLD TO APPROVE A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM
OUR RICHARD ENGEL HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: RUSSIA IS CALLING
IT SPUTNIK V FOR VACCINE AND
CLAIMS IT'S READY, SAFE,
PROVIDES LONG-TERM IMMUNITY.
AND AS OF TODAY, APPROVED FOR 
USE IN RUSSIA.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GONE 
THROUGH CRITICAL, STAGE THREE 
TRIALS
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID 
ONE OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS -- HE
DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH ONE -- TOOK
THE VACCINE.
TWO SHOTS.
HAD A SLIGHT FEVER, WHICH 
PASSED, AND NOW HAS ANTIBODIES
RUSSIA HASN'T PUBLISHED ANY DATA
BUT IS MOVING AHEAD WITH A FAST 
ROLLOUT PLAN TO VACCINATE 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL THIS MONTH
MASS PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER
MASS DISTRIBUTION, IN OCTOBER.
I SPOKE TO CEO OF THE RUSSIAN 
FUND BACKING THE VACCINE
HE SAYS HE'S, ALSO, TAKEN IT. 
>> SO, YOU WANT TO VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE THIS YEAR IN 
RUSSIA
>> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE
UP TO PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO BE
VACCINATED. 
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF HACKING RESEARCH
RUSSIA DISMISSES THAT AS
JEALOUSY. 
>> I THINK THOSE ACCUSATIONS ARE
BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
AFRAID OF RUSSIANS HAVING A SORT
OF SPUTNIK MOMENT BECAUSE OF
VACCINE.
OR BEING THE FIRST OUT THERE
WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ELSE OUT 
THERE.
>> MORE THAN 25 VACCINES ARE IN 
HUMAN TRIALS AROUND THE WORLD.
LEADING CANDIDATES, FROM OXFORD 
AND MODERNA, ARE CURRENTLY IN 
PHASE THREE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE
U.S. HAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR 100 MILLION DOSES OF
ITS VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HEALTH EXPERTS WORRY, WITHOUT 
EXTENSIVE TRIALS, VACCINES CAN
CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY, OR CAUSING LONG-TERM
SIDE EFFECTS
NYU VACCINE CENTER DIRECTOR,
MARK MULLIGAN, WHO IS WORKING ON
PFIZER'S VACCINE, HAS CONCERNS
ABOUT RUSSIA'S. 
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE
GOOD, PUBLIC NAME OF VACCINES.
I WANT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC 
THAT, IN THE U.S., ALL OF OUR 
COVID VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
BEING EVALUATED, VERY CAREFULLY.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY
CORNERS ON SAFETY.
>> A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS 20 
COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED
INTEREST FOR A POTENTIAL BILLION
DOSES.
AND THAT COULD BE MOST TROUBLING
FOR A VACCINE RUSSIA HAS YET TO 
PROVE IS SAFE.
PHILLIP.
>> ALL RIGHT
RICHARD, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO 
NBC'S METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, WITH A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT TODAY.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE STORMS 
SPARKING UP ACROSS THIS 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTO THE
MIDATLANTIC.
EVEN THE NORTHEAST COULD SEE A
FEW, SPOTTY SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE A
FLOODING CONCERN FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BAND OF 
MOISTURE, REALLY, STARTS TO 
HEIGHTEN AS WE STEP INTO THIS 
AFTERNOON.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES FOR THE
OHIO VALLEY.
85
AND FINALLY, GOING TO SEE SOME
SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S STILL HOT AND HUMID ACROSS 
THE DEEP SOUTH INTO TEXAS, NEAR 
102 ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>> WATCHING THE TROPICS AS WELL.
THAT'S COMING UP
>> ALL RIGHT
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT DAY 
AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDIA IS
REMINDING US THAT THESE GENTLE
GIANTS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF 
OUR ECOSYSTEM.
INHABITING 50% OF INDIA'S 
JUNGLES.
TODAY'S MINUTE FOR THE WORLD TO 
HONOR THE SPEECIES, SPREAD
AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS THEY
FACE, 
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, "FORBES" IS OUT WITH 
THE LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR 2020
AND LOOK AT NUMBER ONE
DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON FOR A 
SECOND YEAR WITH 87.5 MILLION.
FOLLOWED BY RYAN REYNOLDS, MARK 
REYNOLDS, BEN AFFLECK.
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT SENT TESLA
SHARES UP 6% IN AFTER-HOURS 
TRADING.
TESLA IS CURRENTLY TRADING AT 
1,374.
>> GAME ONE BETWEEN THE COLUMBUS
BLUE JACKETS AND LIGHTNING WENT 
THROUGH FIVE OVERTIMES
THE FOURTH LONGEST IN NHL PLAY
OFF HISTORY.
THE LIGHTNING ENDED UP WINNING
THE GAME 3-2. 
>> AND DAMIA
GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BUSY. 
>> SHE WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER
YESTERDAY.
I'M LIKE, I WONDER
OH, THAT'S WHY. 
>> ZAC EFRON IS HEADED BACK TO
DISNEY
HE WILL STAR IN THE FILM THREE
MEN AND A BABY
REMEMBER THAT?
IT'S A REMAKE OF THE 1987 --
BACHELORS LIVING A CAREFREE 
LIFESTYLE AND SHARING AN
APARTM
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE WEATHER 
PATTERN SETTING UP FOR THE
TROPIC -- TROPICS.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE 
PARENTS OF ELIJAH McCLAIN HAVE
FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER BEING
PLACED IN A CHOKE HOLD BY 
POLICE, AND INJECTED WITH 
KETAMINE
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED, AND IT NAMED SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
McCLAIN -- THE McCLAINS WANT
JUSTICE.
THE CITY OF AURORA SAID IT WAS
REVIEWING THE LAWSUIT AND COULD 
NOT COMMENT.
>> A CHICAGO MAN WHO WAS SHOT 
DURING A FOOT CHASE WITH POLICE 
IS NOW BEING HELD ON A MILLION
DOLLAR BOND.
THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING 
ANGERED THE COMMUNITY, AND
OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT'S WHAT 
PROMPTED LOOTING IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA
AUTHORITIES ALLEGED ALAN WAS
ARMED WITH A GUN AND FIRED AT 
POLICE, AS HE RAN AWAY FROM 
THEM
WITNESSES, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY,
CLAIM ALAN WAS NOT ARMED
THERE IS NO BODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE 
OF THIS INCIDENT
BUT CHICAGO POLICE DID RELEASE A
PHOTO OF THE WEAPON.
ALAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER 
AND UNLAWFUL WEAPONS CHARGES
>>> SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF CARMEN 
BEST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE 
RETIRING, FOLLOWING WEEKS OF
CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND
PROTESTORS
THE NEWS COMES THE SAME DAY THE 
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO 
TRIM THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT BY CLOSE TO $4 
MILLION.
BEST, WHO'S BEEN AN OFFICER FOR 
28 YEARS WAS THE CITY'S FIRST,
BLACK POLICE CHIEF
SHE SAYS RETIREMENT WAS A 
DIFFICULT DECISION BUT, 
ULTIMATELY, SHE KNEW IT WAS 
TIME. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE 
HALLMARK CHANNEL WILL FEATURE A 
SAME-SEX COUPLE TYING THE KNOT
WHILE MANY ARE APPLAUDING THE 
DECISION, NOT EVERYONE'S ON 
BOARD.
A SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE GROUP 
CALLED ONE MILLION MOMS STARTED 
A PETITION STATING OUR FAMILY 
WILL BOYCOTT HALLMARK AS LONG AS
THE NETWORK SURRENDERS TO THE 
LGBTQ AGENDA
OTHERS PRAISE THE NETWORK FOR 
BECOMING MORE DIVERSE AND 
INCLUSIVE.
THE UPCOMING MOVIE EVERY WEEKEND
WILL PREMIERE AUGUST 15th.
>> THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 
STORE IS RENTING OUT MORE THAN
JUST MOVIES.
THE STORE IS ACTUALLY 
TRANSFORMING INTO A '90s-THEMED 
AIRBNB
THE BEND, OREGON, LOCATION WILL 
BE LISTED FOR THREE ONE-NIGHT 
STAYS BUT ONLY TO COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
GUESTS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR 
MOVIE-MARATHON DREAM FOR JUST 
FOUR BUCKS A NIGHT
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A STEAL
CONSIDERING THE RENTALS ARE --
LATE CHECKOUT FEES
I HEAR THOSE CAN REALLY ADD UP
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
KIND OF BE KIND, REWIND,
POLICIES. 
>> YOU REMEMBER THOSE?
A RELIC, THAT IS
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FOR 
THE COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
>> MAYBE, THEY'LL OPEN IT UP
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE TEST RUN. 
>> WE'LL HOLDING ON TO THAT.
A UNIQUE MIRROR HOUSE IS LURING 
TOURISTS IN LATVIA
TINY HOUSE IS DESIGNED FOR A
MAXIMUM OF TWO TOURISTS.
IT COSTS ABOUT 188 BUCKS A
NIGHT.
BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE,
GUESTS CAN ALSO ORDER BREAKFAST 
AND DINNER
DESPITE NOT HAVING A SHOWEOR
TOILET, THIS HOUSE IS FULLY 
BOOKED
>>> HISTORY IN THE MAKING, AS 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
IS SET TO OFFICIALLY JOIN JOE 
BIDEN ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, 
WITH JUST 83 DAYS BEFORE
ELECTION DAY
>>> THE PRESIDENT HITS BACK HARD
SAYING SENATOR HARRIS WAS "NASTY
AND DISRESPECTFUL" TO BIDEN.
>>> THIS MORNING THE LATEST ON
RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE THE
WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>>> ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST
POWERFUL AND RESPECTED CEOs 
REVEALS A PLAN TO HIRE 100,000
FROM BLACK, ASIAN AND LATINEX 
COMMUNITY.
>> "EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT 
NOW.
>>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020 A WATERSHED
MOMENT FOR AMERICAN POLITICS, 
AFTER MONTHS OF PECULATION, JO
BIDEN MADE AN HISTORIC PICK 
OFFICIALLY NAMING SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE, 
POISED TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN
OF EVER ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
AND HER OPPONENT WASTED NO TIME 
GOING ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT CLAIMING BIDEN HAS 
A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY WITH NOTABLE
EXCEPTIONS THE LATINO COMMUNITY 
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, PIDEN 
SA
BIDEN SAID ONE OF THE REASONS HE
CHOSE HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER
FOCUS ON DISPARITIES
>> A TEN-POINT LEAD IS SHOWN
OVER MR. TRUMP, HOW HARRIS WILL 
IMPACT THE NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE
SEEN
FOR MORE, SCOTT MacFARLANE
>> Reporter: A MIDDAY EVENT IN
JOE BIDEN'S HOMETOWN OF 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, HE'S HAD
MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE
THIS IS SUMMER, APPEAR TOGETHER 
IN A VIRTUAL FUND-RAISING EVENT 
TONIGHT.
THE APPEARANCES COME ONE WEEK TO
THE DAY BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORDS IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARIES BOOST HER AND PREPARE 
HER FOR HER OWN DEBATE THIS FALL
AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT
PATIENCES.
HER DEBATES INCLUDED SHARP
CRITICISM AGAINST HER NEW 
RUNNING MATE, A POINT 
UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS
OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED HE 
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO ONE 
OF THE REASONS THAT SURPRISED 
ME, SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL
TO JOE BIDEN AND IT'S HARD TO 
PICK SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT 
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE FACE 
FACETIME ME IN TEARS BEING SO 
HAPPY ABOUT THIS
FOLKS NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD
SEE ON A TICKET SOMEONE WHO 
LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT,
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 
SAYS JOE BIDEN NAILED THIS
DECISION
TODAY'S JOINT APPEARANCE JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS COMES 
ONE DAY AFTER AN HISTORIC 
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ELECTRONICALLY
WITH A ZOOM CALL, A TEXT AND A
TWEET BY JOE BIDEN
LIVE IN D.C., I'M SCOTT 
MacFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S TURN TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, AND THE 
ONGOING DEBATE OVER REOPENING 
SCHOOLS.
IN SOME CITIES WHERE IN-PERSON
CLASSES HAVE BEGUN, DISTRICTS 
ARE ALREADY BEING FORCED TO 
QUARANTINE STUDENTS AND STAFF.
NBC'S SCAM BROCK HAS THIS 
REPORT
>>ED ASTUDENTS HEAD BACK TO 
CLASS SOME SCHOOLS HAVE FLUNKED 
THEIR FIRST TEST ON SAFETY
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH 
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT WHICH OPENED LAST
WEEK WHICH MANDATORY MASK POLICY
FOR ADULTS BUT NONE FOR STUDENTS
SAY IT ANTICIPATED POSITIVE 
TESTS WHICH IS WHY WE PUT A 
SYSTEM IN PLACE TO CONTACT TRACE
AND MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL STOPPED 
IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES
>> I FELT LIKE OUR KIDS ARE USED
AS GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S A LITTLE
ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT
THAT WAY
>> Reporter: CONCERNS ABOUT 
REOPENING ARE WIDESPREAD
WITH MORE SCHOOLS OPENING NEW 
NUMBERS, COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS
17 AND UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN
130% IN THE LAST MONTH
>> FOR SOME REASON THEY THINK 
SCHOOL SAY MAGICAL PLACE
>> Reporter: THIS FLORIDA HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER ERIC RODRIGUEZ IS
CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE MASKS, DIDN'T WANT US TO
BE THE MASK POLICE BUT HAVE US
POLICE OTHER ITEMS LIKE DRESS 
CODES.
>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT 
SAYS MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND 
AVAILABLE BUT NOT MANDATED WHICH
IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN THE
USA.
ADDING THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT 
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE AS SPACE ALLOWS 
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE ESPECIALLY IN PLACES 
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA TEACHES PUBLIC HIGH
SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000 
STUDENTS AND SAYS THE CITY'S
REOPENING PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR 
ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT NEED
TO BE SOLVED SUCH AS TESTING AND
A QUICK TURNAROUND TIME ON
TESTING THAT THE SCHOOL AS ITS
OWN UNIT CAN'T FIX
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AND THAT 
EVEN ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS HAS 
RECEIVED IT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MET 
WITH INTERNATIONAL SKEPTICISM 
WITH GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAYING NOT SO FAST
JOINING FROM US LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
SEEMS LIKE RUSSIA MAY HAVE
SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP HERE
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
FRANCES.
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE HAD A FEVER FOR A 
DAY, BUT THEN IT WENT DOWN, 
CLAIMS THIS NEW VACCINE CALLED
SPUTNIK 5 NAMED AFTER ANOTHER 
RUSSIAN FIRST IS EFFECTIVE
ENOUGH AND IS SAFE BUT THE
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IS SAYING
NOT SO FAST.
FIRST NO, DATA HAS BEEN PUB LSHD
BY THE RESEARCHERS FOR THIS 
VACCINE AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED
BY RUSSIAN REGULATORS BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE THREE TRIALS, 
TRIALS THAT NORMALLY ARE TAKEN
WITH THOUSANDS TO TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE THOSE
HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES, 
AND HERE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
THIS SO THEY DON'T KNOW THE 
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OR THE SAFETY 
OF THIS VACCINE IN RUSSIA.
ONE EXPERT SAYING RUSHING THIS
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS IN THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY POINT OUT THAT IT 
RISKS PUBLIC TRUST IN VACCINES, 
SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO 
MAINTAIN TO MAKE SURE ONCE THERE
IS A SAFE VACCINE THAT PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY DO TAKE IT.
NOW, RUSSIA SAYS THEY DO PLAN TO
START MASS PRODUCING THIS SOON
AND VACCINATION WILL START LATER
IN THE FALL ON A MASS SCALE, AND
THEY SAY AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES BUT AS 
YOU POINT OUT, THEY MAY BE
JUMPING THE GUN THERE THOUGH
THIS RACE FOR A VACCINE KIND OF 
PLAYING OUT LIKE THE SPACE RACE.
FRANCES?
>> AND A LOT OF WORLD SKEPTICISM
WITH THIS CLAIM.
>>> TO LEBANON, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE MARCHED IN THE STREETS OF
BEIRUT, THEY STOPPED FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE NEAR THE PORT 
FROM THE EXPLOSION KILLED AT
LEAST 160 PEOPLE
IN THE MEANING A CROWD OF 
PROTESTERS THREW ROCKS AND
STARTED FIRES OUTSIDE THE 
PARLIAMENT COMPLEX
THE BLAST HAS FUELED OUTRAGE
AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADERS.
DOCUMENTS HAVE COME TO LIGHT
THAT SHOW TOP OFFICIALS KNEW
ABOUT THE STOCKPILE OF
EXPLOSIVES AND DID NOTHING ABOUT
IT
>>> THE PARENTS OF ELIJAH 
McCLAIN FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED AND NAMES SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS THE
MACL
McCLAINS WANT JUSTICE.
THE CITY COULD NOT COMMENT
>>> CREWS ARE WORKING TO BATTLE 
A MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR DENVER
THE GRIZZLY CREEK FIRE HAS GROWN
TO MORE THAN 3,200 ACRES FUELED 
BY HOT AND WINDY WEATHER AND
CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER AND
SHUT DOWN A HIGHWAY.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUE TEAM
WHICH INCLUDES STATE AND FEDERAL
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WILL TAKE 
OVER COMMAND TODAY
>>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JANESSA 
WEBB AND SEE WHAT SHE'S WATCHING
TODAY.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE TROPICS,
TOO, GOOD MORNING.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH THIS 
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE NEED SOME OF THIS RAIN WE'RE 
SEEING ON THE EAST COAST TO 
SHIFT TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TO REALLY HELP THAT FIRE DANGER.
UNFORTUNATELY, DRY CONDITIONS 
WILL PERSIST
WATCHING THE FLOODING THREAT
THAT IS GOING TO BE ENHANCED
ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A FLOOD
THREAT THAT WILL SPARK UP BY
TODAY INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING FROM
CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY TODAY.
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
FOR THE NORTHEAST WE HAVE HEAT
ALERTS FOR NEW YORK CITY TO 
BOSTON
THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE IN 
THE MID-90s.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST DAY BEFORE
COOLER WEATHER MAKES ITS WAY
FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CENTRAL 
TEXAS, 100 DEGREES
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TROPICS
COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK
YOU.
>>> VIOLA DAVIS GIFTED HERSELF
WITH AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY FOR
HER 55th BIRTHDAY, NOT ONLY DID 
SHE BUY THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOME 
SHE WAS BORN IN, THE PROPERTY IS
ON A FORMER SLAVE PLANTATION
WHERE HER GRANDFATHER AS A
SHARECROPPER SO SHE BOUGHT THAT 
LAND AS WELL
SHE ANNOUNCED HE
>>> THE HUMAN BRAIN IS AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2 POUND GLAND.
>> THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU 
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES UP WITH 
SOMETHING ELSE
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS ALONG WITH A LOOK AT LOUIE 
BODY DREAMTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE
HE UNKNOWINGLY FOUGHT UP TO HIS 
DEATH.
"ROBIN'S WISH" WILL BE RELEASED 
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WE MISS HIM
>>> SOME BIG COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE PLAYING
FOOTBALL
BIG TEN AND PAC-12 ARE
POSTPONING ALL GAMES OVER 
CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN AND
PAC-12 THE GAME IS OVER AT LEAST
FOR NOW.
>> TOUCHDOWN BUCKEYES.
>> Reporter: THE CONFERENCES
HOME TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
OFFICIALLY PASSING ON PLAYING 
AMID THE PANDEMIC WITH NO WORD
FROM THE SEC, WHICH INCLUDES
DEFENDING CHAMPS LSU, THE BIG 
TEN SAYS FOOTBALL COULD KICK OFF
AGAIN IN 2021.
>> THERE ARE TOO MANY 
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE FROM A MEDICAL
STANDPOINT TO PROCEED FORWARD.
>> Reporter: WITH GAMES 
SIDELINED FOR THE FALL, COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL AND ITS FANS WON'T 
GENERATE UPWARDS OF $7 BILLION
THIS YEAR, BEYOND BROADCASTING
RIGHTS, TICKET SALES, LOCAL 
VENDORS, RETAILERS, HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS ALL DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> FOR THE SMALL COLLEGE TOWNS, 
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THEIR 
MAJOR EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS 
DOORS AND PULLING UP STAKES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT AND SOMETHING
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS WILL FEEL 
DEEPLY
>> Reporter: WITH NO MANDATE
FROM THE NCAA THE COACH AT
NEBRASKA SAID MONDAY THEY'LL
PLAY WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED
TO PLAYING NO MATTER WHAT, NO 
MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND 
HOW THAT LOOKS
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH SOME 
TEAMS STILL PRACTICING, CALEB 
FARLEY OPTED OUT FROM PLAYING AT
VIRGINIA TECH.
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND 
GAVE IT TO MY FATHER
>> Reporter: HERE IN PASADENA,
JUST THE ROSE BOWL GENERATES
ROUGHLY $200 MILLION FOR PLAYERS
WHO PERFORM IT CAN SOLIDIFY 
THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NFL,
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, FORBES IS OUT ABOUT W
ITS LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR TO 20 AND DWAYNE "THE ROCK" 
JOHNSON ON TOP WITH $87.5 
MILLION FOLLOWED BY RYAN
REYNOLDS, MARK WAHLBERG, BEN
AFFLECK AND VIN DECEIESEL.
>>> TESLA SHARES UP 6% IN 
AFTERHOURS TRADING
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT 
REMOVED 7 MILLION POSTS IN THE
SECOND QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDED CONTENT 
FAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND
EXAGGERATED CURES.
>>> MORE THAN 25 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE
STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT 
THEMSELVES
NOW THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT
MAY HELP
OUR STEPHANIE RUEHL REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, NEW
HOPE FOR NEW JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, MASTERCARD, VERIZON,
WELLS FARGO COMING TOGETHER TO
CREATE OVER 100,000 NEW JOBS AND
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 
LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY WORKERS.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS PHILANTHROPY
OR IS IT A BUSINESS INITIATIVE
>> IT'S A BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: JAMIE DIMON IS THE 
CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE AND MEMBER
OF THE NEW JOBS COUNCIL.
>> 30 CEOs TO TACKLE ONE OF 
SOCIETY'S BIG PROBLEMS, GETTING 
INNER CITY SCHOOL EDUCATION,
LARGELY MINORITY, GETTING THESE 
KIDS THROUGH SCHOOL AND WITH A
HIGH PAYING JOB.
>> Reporter: MANY OF THE
COMPANIES INVOLVED WERE ALREADY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR INITIATIVES
SEPARATELY BUT THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE
INEQUALITY HIGH LIGHTED BY THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT LED 
THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO UNITE 
FOR MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS
NOW THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT 
DON'T RELATE TO COVID, THEY'RE
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE 
LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY,
OUR COMPANY, OUR CLIENTS
>> Reporter: WHAT DO WE NEED TO 
HAPPEN MOST NOW FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO MORE
PARTICULARLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS,
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, ET
CETERA, TO GET US THROUGH THE 
NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS AS WE
OPEN UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
SOUNDLY.
>> YOU'VE GOT 200,000 EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING THEM 
BACK TO WORK SAFELY?
>> THERE'S STILL 150,000 PEOPLE 
WORKING FROM HOME AND I THINK 
WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME 
PERMANENCY TO SOME OF THAT, 
THERE'S A HUGE VALUE TO WORKING 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF
COLLABORATION AND CREATIVITY AND
TRAINING THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A 
VACCINE AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DO 
IT REALLY SAFELY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE 
OUR PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE
IN A RECESSION
>> YES, WE'RE IN A RECESSION
THAT WILL AFFECT INCOME, HOME 
PRICES, IT WILL IN PEOPLE'S REAL
LIVES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A JOB
YOU'RE GOING TO SEEMENT  SOME OE
EFFECTS FROM THAT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK A YEAR
FROM NOW WE COULD ONLY HAVE BIG 
BOX STORES AND CHAIN VAUNTS?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: HOW WILL THEY STAY 
IN BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE STILL
WORKING BUT THERE ARE ONES THAT 
ARE SUFFERING, KEEP ON TRYING 
DIFFERENT THINGS, TRYING TO GET 
BETTER
WE WILL WIN.
WE JUST WANT TO DO IT 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
OUR LATEST FORECAST IS SHOWING
WE COULD SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY
STARTING TO REV UP IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF STORMS THAT 
WILL COME BACK TO BACK OFF THE
WEST AFRICAN COAST
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WATCHING 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11
RIGHT NOW SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 
35 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE IS A TRACK ON THIS SYSTEM,
WE'RE THINKING IT COULD CHANGE
INTO TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE BY
TOMORROW EVENING, STILL A TON OF
UNCERTAINTY AS IT SITS IN A WARM
BODY OF WATER,
>>> LATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
MIMI JONES REFLECTS ON HER
LIFELONG FIGHT FOR EQUAL ACCESS 
TO SWIMMING LESSONS AND POOLS 
FOR BLACK CHILDREN
NBC'S RON ALLEN HAS MORE ON HER 
INSPIRING STORY.
>> Reporter: AN ICONIC IMAGE, A 
YOUNG BLACK WOMAN HORRIFIED WHEN
A MOTEL OWNER POURS ACID IN A 
SWIMMING POOL TARGETING CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVIST PROTESTING A
WHITES ONLY BUSINESS
>> IT WAS HORRIFYING
>> Reporter: MIMI JONES WAS 17
BACK THEN, 1964, ST. AUGUSTINE, 
FLORIDA.
>> THIS WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
SWIMMING IN A POOL, WASN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS ABOUT TOTAL SEGREGATION, 
LACK OF RESPECT, LACK OF
DIGNITY.
>> Reporter: THE SWIMMING PART
OF WEEKS PROVE TEST LED BY
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., BUILDING
THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACT OF 1964 THAT SUMMER.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE 
TONIGHT?
>> YEAH!
>> Reporter: FOR JONES, EQUAL 
ACCESS TO SWIMMING AND WATER
SAFETY BECAME ONE OF HER LIFE'S 
PASSIONS
STUDIES SHOW 64% OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE LITTLE OR
NO ABILITY TO SWIM AND BLACK
CHILDREN ARE FIVE AND A HALF
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROWN THAN 
THEIR WHITE PEERS.
>> KICK, KICK.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS THAT HUGE 
DISPARITY MOTIVATED THE THOMAS
TWINS TO START A FREE PROGRAM TO
CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> WE WANT TO BLOW THE LID OFF
AND GIVE ACCESS TO ANYONE.
>> Reporter: SIMONE MANUEL HOPES
TO TRANSFORM THE SPORT IN 2016
BECOMING THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN
INDIVIDUAL OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN
SWIMMING
>> I HAVE DEALT WITH EXPERIENCES
OF RACISM IN THIS SPORT SINCE 
THE AGE OF 12, I WANTED TO QUIT.
>> Reporter: SHE'S GRATEFUL TO
MIMI JONES, WHO PAVED THE WAY.
>> IT IS HEART WRENCHING TO KNOW
THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 
WANTING TO SWIM WOULD CAUSE 
SOMEONE TO THROW ACID ON
SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN
>> Reporter: A MOMENT THAT
FOREVER CHANGED JONES' LIFE.
>> IT ONLY STRENGTHENED MY
RESOLVE AND MY LIFELONG 
COMMITMENT TO CHALLENGE RACISM
AND EQUALITY AND LACK OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> Reporter: THIS TURNED OUT TO 
BE ONE OF HER LAST INTERVIEWS.
JONES DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES A
FEW DAYS LATER, HER FAMILY SAYS,
AGE 73 AND STILL HOPEFUL
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN SOCIAL CHANGE
HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT A
BATTLE, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S
A RENEWED AWAKENING.
>> Reporter: RON ALLEN, NBC 
NEWS, NEW YORK
>> SHE HELPED WITH THAT 
AWAKENING WITH THE BARRIERS 
BROKEN IN THE WATER AND OUT OF
THE WATER.
>> MIMI JONES, JOHN LEWIS, WE'VE
LOST SOME OF OUR GREATEST 
AMERICANS THIS SUMMER.
THEI
>>> WITH 83 DAYS UNTIL THE 2020 
ELECTION, JOE BIDEN CHOOSES 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR, KAMALA
HARRIS, AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
AND HE WILL SEAL THE DEAL AT A
BIG EVENT, LATER TODAY. 
>> THIS MORNING, WE HAVE GOT THE
LATEST ON RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE
THE WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>> PUNTING ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
THIS FALL, AS MORE MAJOR
CONFERENCES MAKE FINAL DECISIONS
ON POSTPONING THEIR FALL
SEASONS.
>> FAMILIES DEALING WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN, DURING THE
PANDEMIC, FACE SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF ANYONE.
FOR CORRESPONDENT RICHARD ENGEL 
SHARES THE PERSONAL STORY OF HIS
SON HENRY.
>> AND WE WILL FOLLOW A 770-MILE
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, ACROSS NINE
STATES, FROM A POWERFUL DERECHO.
A BUSY WEDNESDAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
HISTORY MADE IN THE RACE FOR
2020
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN HAS OFFICIALLY NAMED
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS
RUNNING MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
THE DEMOCRATIC DUO WILL APPEAR
TOGETHER, LATER TODAY, IN 
DELAWARE
MEANWHILE, THEIR LOOMING
OPPONENT IS ALREADY ON THE
ATTACK
>> IF YOU READ THE VARIOUS
POLITICAL PUNDITS, YOU WOULD
HAVE SAID THAT MAYBE -- THE ONE 
I THOUGHT WOULD BE BEST FOR US
MIKE IS A PRO.
>> SHORTLY BEFORE BIDEN MADE
THAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, A NEW
MONMOUTH POLL SHOWED THE
PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
WITH A TEN-POINT LEAD OVER
TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS MORE
>> THE DECISION ANNOUNCED 
ONLINE
KAMALA HARRIS, THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
THE CHARISMATIC, CALIFORNIA 
SENATOR.
55 YEARS OLD
MORE THAN TWO DECADES YOUNGER 
THAN BIDEN
REPRESENTING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF DEMOCRATS
AND UNLIKE OTHER BLACK WOMEN ON 
THE LIST, HAS, TWICE, WON 
STATEWIDE OFFICE
THE POLITICAL WORLD TOOK NOTICE 
WITH HER SPLASHY CAMPAIGN 
KICKOFF FOR PRESIDENT IN OAKLAND
LAST YEAR.
>> WE CAN CLAIM THE AMERICAN
DREAM FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> HARRIS IS A FORMER CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND A FRIEND
OF BO BIDEN'S, WHEN HE WAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF DELAWARE
WHICH IS WHY HER DEBATE 
CHALLENGE TO JOE BIDEN LAST YEAR
SHOCKED HIM.
>> AND THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME. 
>> WHEN ASKED THIS YEAR, BIDEN
HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE DOES NOT 
HOLD GRUDGES
AND HARRIS HAS CAMPAIGNED HARD
FOR HIM, SINCE DROPPING OUT,
HERSELF.
RA
RAISING MONEY AND PROVING SHE IS
A TEAM PLAYER.
THE CAMPAIGN RELEASING A PHOTO
OF BIDEN AND HARRIS TALKING.
IN A STATEMENT, BIDEN PRAISING
HARRIS AS SMART, TOUGH, AND 
READY TO LEAD.
WRITING, I NEED SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE IN A
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION
IN THIS YEAR OF RACIAL
RECKONING, THERE WAS STRONG 
PARTY SUPPORT FOR A BLACK 
CANDIDATE.
AND BIDEN CONSIDERED FORMER 
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, SUSAN
RICE, AS WELL AS WHITE
CONTENDERS, PRINCIPALLY MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
BUT BIDEN'S PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WAS
REVIVED BY HIS BIG VICTORY IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA, THANKS TO HIS 
ENDORSEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC LEADER
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN.
>> HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT
IS TO HAVE A BLACK WOMAN IN THIS
ROLE, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THIS
YEAR
>> IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
AND I THINK THIS SAYS, ONCE AND 
FOR ALL, THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WILL NOT TAKE BLACK PEOPLE
FOR GRANTED.
IT NEVER WAS TRUE.
BUT I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE OF A 
FACT TODAY. 
>> OUR THANKS TO ANDREW FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> AS THE DEBATE RACES ON OVER
REOPENING CLASSROOMS, THERE ARE 
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY 
BEING FORCED TO QUARANTINE
STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE OF 
THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS HEAD 
BACK TO CLASS, SOME SCHOOLS HAVE
ALREADY FLUNKED THEIR FIRST TEST
ON SAFETY.
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH, 
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH,
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT, WHICH OPENED LAST 
WEEK WITH A MANDATORY MASK
POLICY FOR ADULTS, BUT NONE FOR 
STUDENTS, SAYS IT ANTICIPATED 
POSITIVE TESTS, WHICH IS WHY WE 
PUT A SYSTEM INTO PLACE TO
QUICKLY CONTACT TRACE AND 
MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL WITH
AN OPTIONAL-MASK POLICY, ALSO,
STOPPED IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER
NINE POSITIVE CASES.
>> I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS -- 
OUR KIDS ARE BEING USED AS
GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S -- IT'S A
LITTLE ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
>> CONCERNS ABOUT REOPENING ARE 
WIDESPREAD. 
>> WITH MORE SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA 
REOPENING THEIR DOORS, NEW
NUMBERS FROM THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS 17 AND
UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN 130% IN 
THE LAST MONTH. 
>> FOR SOME REASON, THEY THINK
SCHOOL'S A MAGICAL PLACE AND WE 
DON'T NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART.
>> THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL 
TEACHER IS CONCERNED ABOUT
SAFETY IN COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE SCHOMASKS.
>> THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE SAYS
MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND
AVAILABLE, BUT NOT MANDATED,
WHICH IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN
THE USA.
ADDING, THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE, AS SPACE 
ALLOWS
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA DAVES TEACHES PUBLIC 
HIGH SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000
STUDENTS
SHE SAYS THE CITY'S REOPENING 
PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT
NEED TO BE SOLVED.
SUCH AS, TESTING AND A QUICK
TURNAROUND TIME ON TESTING
THAT THE SCHOOL, AS ITS OWN 
UNIT, CAN'T FIX.
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> SOME BIG-TIME COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WOULDN'T BE 
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES, THE BIG
TEN AND THE PAC 12 HAVE 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE POSTPONING 
ALL SPORTS FOR THE FALL SEASON, 
OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: CHANGING LEAVES AND
CHEERING FANS.
FOR MILLIONS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL
KICKS OFF, FALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH CONCERNS OF 
A COVID-19, THE SEASON IS IN
JEOPARDY. 
>> I THINK IT'S -- IT'S ALMOST
HOUR BY HOUR OF WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
>> BOTH, THE BIG TEN AND PAC 12 
ANNOUNCING THEY'RE POSTPONING 
ALL FALL SPORTS, JOINING THE
MOUNTAIN WEST AND MID-AMERICA 
CONFERENCES.
>> DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
MOVING FORWARD
THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND 
WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES, AND ALL THOSE 
CONNECTED WITH PAC 12 SPORTS
HAS, FROM DAY ONE, BEEN OUR TOP,
TOP PRIORITY
>> Reporter: STILL, A GROWING 
NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND COACHES 
SAY THE GAMES MUST GO ON
CLEMSON QUARTERBACK TREVOR
LAWRENCE, A HEISMAN TROPHY
CONTENDER AND HIGH-PROFILE NFL
PROSPECT, IS LEADING AN ONLINE
PUSH TO PLAY
DEMANDING THE POWER FIVE
CONFERENCES CREATE UNIVERSAL
MANDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES, TO PROTECT PLAYERS. 
>> WE WANT TO PLAY
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO
THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.
>> BUT SEVERAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS DURING
SUMMER WORKOUTS.
>> A HUGE VARIABLE THAT THE 
REMAINING LEAGUES WILL HAVE IS
HOW THOSE CAMPUSES REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING BACK ON CAMPUS, 
AS THERE IS AN EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK
>> Reporter: THE VIRUS, AN
OPPONENT RIGHT NOW, THAT NO ONE 
KNOWS HOW TO DEFEND.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
AND THAT, EVEN ONE OF HIS 
DAUGHTERS HAVE RECEIVED IT
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM, WITH GLOBAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAYING, NOT SO FAST.
JOINING US FROM LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
AND, CHAPMAN, SEEMS RUSSIA MAY
HAVE SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP
HERE
>> YEAH, FRANCES
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT, THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE, HAD A SLIGHTLY 
ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AFTERWARDS.
BUT CLAIMS IT WENT AWAY AFTER 
THAT
IN FACT, SPUTNIK FIVE, NAMED
AFTER ANOTHER RUSSIAN FIRST,
WORKS EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH AND IS 
SAFE
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 
THOUGH, SAYING NOT SO FAST
FIRSTLY, NO DATA'S BEEN 
PUBLISHED ABOUT THE RESEARCH
AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY 
RUSSIAN REGULATORS, BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE-THREE TRIALS
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
IT
SO, THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND 
SAFETY REMAINS UNCLEAR
PHASE-THREE TRIALS NORMALLY 
INVOLVE THOUSANDS TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
ONE EXPERT SAYING, RUSHING THIS 
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS POINT OUT IT RISKS PUBLIC
TRUST IN VACCINES.
THERE, ALREADY, IS A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM AMONGST THE PUBLIC ON
VACCINES
AND IF THEY GET IT WRONG, IT
COULD CREATE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS.
RUSSIA, THOUGH, SAYS THEY PLAN
TO START MASS PRODUCING IT, 
SOON
AND VACCINATION, LATER IN THE 
FALL
AND THAT, AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES 
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES
FRANCES, THIS RUSH FOR A VACCINE
IS TURNING INTO KIND OF LIKE THE
SPACE RACE. 
>> WOW
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW FORTHCOMING RUSSIA'S GOING
TO BE WITH INFORMATION ACT THABU
THAT VACCINE
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS
>>> STILL RECOVERING AFTER A
DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE STORM
SYSTEM SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION.
THE DERECHO CAUSED DAMAGE TO
NINE STATES AND KILLED AT LEAST 
ONE.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
AFTER A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM
TORE THROUGH THE MIDWEST MONDAY.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO 
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JUST CONFIRMED A TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN HERE IN CHICAGO'S
NORTH SIDE
CRUSHING CAR AFTER CAR AFTER
CAR.
>> IT WAS A RARE WEATHER SYSTEM,
KNOWN AS A DERECHO
A HUGE WALL OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN 
THAT TRAVELS MORE THAN 250
MILES.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED THIS ONE
COULD HAVE RACED -- ACROSS NINE 
STATES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO 
OHIO
PRODUCING WINDS --
>> WE LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET
AND SAW THE BRANCH OVER THERE 
THAT FELL ON THE POWER LINES. 
>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY 
GET INSIDE
>> Reporter: IT COULD BE A
BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER RAVAGING
THE CORN BELT, SO LATE IN THE 
GROWING SEASON
IN CHICAGO, WARNING SIRENS
BEFORE IT HIT.
THIS IS FRANCES RIVERA'S CAR
LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN HER HOME. 
>> THE WIND WAS HOWLING.
I THOUGHT MY WINDOWS WERE GOING 
TO GET BLOWN IN AND I RAN FOR 
COVER.
>> AND IN THE NORTHEAST, A WEEK 
AFTER TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
ALSO WITHOUT POWER. 
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> HOW IS TODAY SHAPING UP
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE
UPPER MIDWEST.
A FEW STORMS ARE GOING TO BE
POPPING OFF THIS AFTERNOON
AND RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE NOT 
MATERIALIZING.
DRY CONDITIONS
BUT IT WILL REV UP THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS
BAND OF MOISTURE START TO SPARK 
UP AROUND 2, 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALL THE WAY INTO THE MIDATLANTIC
STATES
EVEN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST
COULD SEE A SPOTTY SHOWER ALL 
THE WAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAIN 
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 TO 
3 INCHES
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO, WE ARE STILL SEEING HEAT
ALERTS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO
BOSTON
DAYTIME HIGHS STILL IN THE LOWER
90s.
HOT CONDITIONS FOR SAN ANTONIO, 
ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL TEXAS
NEAR 100 DEGREES
AND WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT A
NEW TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT'S
STARTING TO DEVELOP.
TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT, COMING 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, THERE
IS A SHORTAGE OF DR. PEPPER IN
STORES, ALL ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES
THE COMPANY TWEETED THAT THE
SHORTAGE APPLIES TO EVERY 
FLAVOR. 
>> SO MANY REBOOTS THESE DAYS 
AND THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR 
IS GETTING A DRAMATIC ONE.
WILL SMITH AND MORGAN COOPER
HAVE TEAMED UP TO LAUNCH A
REIMAGINING OF THE BELOVED
COMEDY AS A DRAMA SERIES
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING
SHOPPED AROUND A NUMBER OF
STREAMERS.
>> IT HAS ITS DRAMATIC MOMENTS
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST HAS
ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM SHE IS 
EXPECTING HER FIRST CHIL
KNOW, AN EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2
POUND GLAND.
THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES OUT 
SOMETHING ELSE. 
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS, ALONG WITH A LOOK AT BODY 
DEMENTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE THE 
HOLLYWOOD STAR, UNKNOWINGLY 
FOUGHT UP TO HIS DEATH
ROBIN'S WISH WILL BE RELEASED 
D
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WHAT A GENIUS ROBIN WILLIAMS 
WAS.
DEBATE CONTINUES OVER WHETHER TO
GO BACK TO SCHOOL, ALL OPTIONS
HAVE THEIR PROS AND CONS
AND FOR CHILDRENS WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS, THERE ARE EXTRA
CONSIDERATIONS AT PLAY
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, RICHARD 
ENGEL, SHARES HIS FAMILY'S OWN
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> OUR SON HENRY, NEARLY 5 YEARS
OLD NOW, HAS A SEVERE GENETIC 
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER.
HE DOESN'T WALK OR SPEAK
OR EFFICIENTLY FEED HIMSELF.
AND HE'S GETTING WORSE, IN THE
TIME OF COVID.
HE
HE'S SHAKING MORE, NOW
HE'S UPSET MORE OFTEN.
HIS HAND IN HIS MOUTH.
AN UNCONTROLLABLE PART. 
>> I THINK IT'S THE HARDEST THAT
IT'S EVER FELT
AS A CAREGIVER
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, WORRYING
THE ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH HIM
REGRESSION
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE
WHEN WILL THIS BE OVER
WHEN WE CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL?
>> MY WIFE MARY AND I, CARRY
HENRY AROUND, SINCE HE CAN'T
MOVE ON HIS OWN.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE EXTRA BURDEN 
THAT WEIGHS ON US.
IT'S THE LOSS OF THERAPIES
BEFORE, HENRY DID THERAPY ON A
HORSE.
IN PLAY GROUPS
MUSIC THERAPY.
IT ALL VANISHED WITH THE
PANDEMIC. 
>> WE HAVE TO DO FREQUENT 
THERAPIES TO KEEP HENRY'S BODY
FUNCTIONING.
TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THE THERAPIES,
HIS HIPS WOULD DISLOCATE
HE COULD GET SCOLIOSIS. 
>> IT TOOK OVER, I'D SAY, A YEAR
AND A HALF FOR HIM TO SIT UP ON 
HIS OWN.
SO, THAT'S AN IDEA OF HOW OLONG
IT TAKES. 
>> AND IF YOU DON'T DO
THERAPIES, FOR EVEN A FEW WEEKS,
YOU LOSE THAT SKILL AND THESE 
KIDS DON'T GET IT BACK EASILY,
IF EVER.
>> LIKE MOST KIDS AROUND THE
WORLD, HENRY ISN'T GOING TO 
SCHOOL NOW
NOT CLEAR WHEN OR HOW HE WILL 
AGAIN.
>> HE REALLY ENJOYED SCHOOL.
I THINK THE SOCIALIZATION ASPECT
OF SCHOOL, FOR HIM, WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL.
>> THE ONLY WAY HE CAN INTERACT 
WITH PEOPLE THAT HE LIKED, HIS
PEER GROUP, IS BEING IN THE SAME
ROOM WITH THEM
PLAYING WITH THE SAME TOYS
AND THAT'S GONE.
COVID RISKS SETTING BACK A WHOLE
GENERATION OF KIDS WITH PHYSICAL
AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
BUT HENRY HAS ONE BIG, POSITIVE 
CHANGE NOW
HE'S A BIG BROTHER TO THEO
HEALTHY AND 1, THIS MONTH.
SO, AT LEAST THEY HAVE EACH 
OTHER TO PLAY WITH
RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> THAT IS THE HOPE.
THAT THIS IS
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE TROPICS AR
>>> MILWAUKEE'S ANTETOKOUNMPO 
WAS EJECTED IN THE GAME AGAINST 
THE WIZARDS AFTER HEAD BUTTING
MOE WAGNER
HE FINISHED WITH 12 POINTS AND
NINE REBOUNDS IN TEN MINUTES OF 
GAME ACTION.
GIANNIS IS ONE OF THREE 
FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR'S MVP 
AWARD.
>> THAT PROVES THERE IS STILL 
SOME GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY.
RALLIES AROUND A BELOVED
NEIGHBOR AFTER SHE CONTRACTED 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> WEEKS AFTER A LENGTHY
HOSPITAL STAY, JEANINE WILLIAMS 
IS BACK AT WORK AND SHE'S 
MAKING -- SERVING UP AN EXAMPLE 
OF JUST HOW SERIOUS COVID-19 IS.
>> SEVEN DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
SEVEN DAYS AT HOME ON 
ANTIBIOTICS.
WHY THIS MASK IS SO IMPORTANT,
PEOPLE
WEAR YOUR MASK
WEAR YOUR MASK
WHERE'S YOUR MASK?
>> SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS LUNG
INFECTION.
DOCTORS HAD TO DRAIN ONE OF HER 
LUNGS AND SURGICALLY PUT IN A 
CHEST TUBE. 
>> DEFINITELY, DON'T WANT TO BE 
AWAKE FOR THAT ONE
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE AWAKE
AFTER IT WAS IN.
>> WILLIAMS ADMITS IT WAS TOUGH 
BEING IN THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT 
FAMILY OR FRIENDS ABLE TO VISIT.
HOWEVER, HER FRIENDS IN CAROLIN
BEACH WERE WORKING THE WHOLE
TIME TO FILL HER CUP. 
>> DRIVERSING IS MY PREVIOUS
PROFESSION
I'M LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST COFFEE
IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE. 
>> WILLIAMS IS OFTEN THE FIRST
TO HELP OUT A NEIGHBOR IN A 
TOUGH TIME
SO IT WAS ONLY FITTING TO PEOPLE
SHE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS
STEPPED IN TO HELP HER
RAISING MORE THAN $26,000 WHILE 
SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE IN THE
HOSPITAL. 
>> THEY PULLED ME THROUGH THIS
I CAN PAY ALL MY MEDICAL BILLS
NONE OF MY LANDLORDS HAVE TO
WAIT FOR RENT.
THIS IS THANKS TO MY COMMUNITY
YES, I HAVE THE GREATEST TOWN ON
EARTH.
>> AS MUCH AS SHE HATES SHARING 
SMILES WITH OTHERS UNDER A MASK,
SHE IS ON A PERSONAL CRUSADE TO 
MAKE SURE THOSE VALUED CUSTOMERS
DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> I WANT THEM TO NOT GET IT
SO, I WANT EVERYBODY TO WEAR THE
MASK
IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
I HATE IT.
I CAN'T BREATHE UNDER THIS, 
HARDLY
IT'S HOT
YOU KNOW, ALL THAT
BUT IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>> LIFE IS SWEET FOR WILLIAMS 
NOW.
AND WHILE SHE THANKS EVERYONE 
WHO KEPT HER AFLOAT, SHE CREDITS
WINNING HER BATTLE TO A LITTLE
MAGIC FROM ABOVE. 
>> I'M A SURVIVOR.
I KNEW GOD WASN'T DONE WITH ME, 
YET.
>> OUR THANKS TO KENDALL McGEE
FROM OUR AFFILIATE, WECT, FOR 
THAT STORY
SHE'S SAYING YEAH IT'S A PAIN IN
THE BUTT
BUT IT SAVES LIVES. 
>> YEAH.
>>> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN MAKES HISTORY BY TAPPING
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS JOE,
QUOTE, NAILED THIS DECISION.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS QUICK TO 
REACT.
DROPPING A CAMPAIGN AD ON 
TWITTER OVERNIGHT.
AND HIS LATEST COMMENTS ON
SENATOR HARRIS, WHO HE NOT ONCE,
BUT TWICE, DONATED TO HER 
CAMPAIGNS.
>> FROM THE GRIDIRON OF THE 
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SPORT OF 
FOOTBALL, TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE
STUDENTS ARE GREETED WITH A 
COVID TEST
HEADING INTO FALL, LIKE NO
OTHER.
THE FAMILY OF ELIJAH McCLAIN, 
SUES THE AURORA, COLORADO,
OFFICERS AND PARAMEDICS INVOLVED
IN HIS DEATH. 
>> AND TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT
DAY.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT THESE
VANISHING GIANTS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020, A 
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR AMERICAN 
POLITICS
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN MADE HISTORY
OFFICIALLY, NAMING SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING
MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
MEANWHILE, THEIR OPPONENT IS
ALREADY ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT, CLAIMING BOOIPD 
H
BIDEN HAS A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WITH NOTABLE 
EXCEPTIONS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BOOIDEN
SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS HE CHOSE
HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER FOCUS
ON RACIAL DISPARITIES.
>> IN THE HOURS BEFORE BIDEN'S
DECISION, A NEW MONMOUTH POLL 
SHOWED THE PRESUMPTIVE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WITH A 
TEN-POINT LEAD OVER MR. TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
FOR MORE, LET'S GET TO SCOTT
MACFARLANE IN D.C.
AND, SCOTT, BIDEN AND HARRIS
WILL MAKE THEIR OFFICIAL DEBUT
TODAY.
>> YEAH, FRANCES
A MIDDAY APPEARANCE IN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S HOMETOWN, 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WHERE HE'S
HAD MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN EVENTS, 
ALREADY, THIS SUMMER
THEY WILL APPEAR TOGETHER AT THE
EVENT.
THEN, HAVE A VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER 
TOGETHER, TONIGHT.
THIS ALL HAPPENS, A WEEK TO THE 
DAY, BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS 
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOC
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORD AND EXPERIENCE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARIES WILL HELP HER BOOST 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS
ALREADY CONSISTENTLY LEADING IN 
THE POLLS.
HER OWN DEBATE AGAINST THE
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE, THAT HAPPENS LATER THIS
FALL
MULTIPLE SOURCES SAY THIS EVENT,
AGAIN, HAPPENS MIDDAY IN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SHE DID HIT JOE BIDEN PRETTY
HARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
THE PRIMARY DEBATES, LAST YEAR
A POINT UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP, SHORTLY AFTER THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK
AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HE
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO --
ONE OF THE REASONS IT SURPRISED 
ME
SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO 
JOE BIDEN, AND IT'S HARD TO PICK
SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE 
FACETIME ME, IN TEARS, BEING SO 
HAPPY ACT THIS
FOLKS WHO NEVER THOUGHT THEY
WOULD SEE, ON A TICKET, SOMEONE 
WHO LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> AND IN A STATEMENT ABOUT THE 
SELECTION, FORMER PRESIDENT,
BARACK OBAMA, SAYS JOE BIDEN
NAILED THIS DECISION, U
UNDERSCORING HIS JUDGMENT AND 
HIS CHARACTER.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT
MACFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW THIS PICK WILL 
CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE RACE
THANK YOU.
>>> BIDEN'S 2008 DEBATE STAGE 
RIVAL IS SENDING SOME WARM
WISHES TO HIS RUNNING MATE
FORMER VP NOMINEE SARA PALIN
CONGRATULATED KAMALA HARRIS ON
INSTAGRAM.
SHE POSTED A PICTURE OF HERSELF 
WITH THE ONLY OTHER WOMAN TO
SERVE ON A PARTY TICKET.
GERALDINE FERRARO.
SAID, OUT OF THE CHUTE, DON'T 
TRUST ANYONE NEW. 
>> AS INFECTIONS SURPASSED
5.1 MILLION, CORONAVIRUS DEATHS 
TOPPED 1,000, BRINGING THE
NATIONWIDE DEATH TOLL PAST
165,000.
AND THIS, AS MULTIPLE STATES
REPORT NEW HIGHS FOR FATALITIES.
GEORGIA SET A NEW RECORD, DAILY 
RECORD, WITH 137 DEATHS, WHILE
FLORIDA HAD 276.
LAST MONTH, MORE THAN 100 
FLORIDIANS, AGE 25 TO 44, DIED
A SIGN THAT THE VIRUS ISN'T 
LIMITED TO OLDER PEOPLE.
AND AS MILLIONS STRUGGLE TO PUT 
FOOD ON THE TABLE, THE NEW YORK 
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST HILLANDALE FARMS.
OFFICIALS AT HILLANDALE HAVE
DENIED THOSE CLAIMS.
>> NEW ZEALAND'S 102-DAY STREAK 
OF NO NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS 
COME TO AN END
A LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR 
THE CITY OF AUCKLAND, AFTER FOUR
CASES WERE CONFIRMED, ALL WITHIN
THE SAME FAMILY.
CONTACT TRACING IS NOW UNDERWAY.
>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT REMOVED
7 MI
7 MILLION POSTS IN THE SECOND 
QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS INCLUDES FAKE PREVENTATIVE 
MEASURES AND EXAGGERATED CURES. 
>> THE BUBBLE CONCEPT HAS BEEN A
WINNING STRATEGY FOR SPORTS 
TEAMS.
NOW, VASSAR COLLEGE, USING A
SIMILAR PLAN
STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE PART-TIME JOBS, VISIT
FAMILY, OR GO TO RESTAURANTS
>> Reporter: EVERY FALL, COLLEGE
STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO
RETURNING TO CAMPUS.
BUT, THIS YEAR, STUDENTS AT 
VASSAR COLLEGE IN NEW YORK WON'T
BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE, UNLESS 
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
>> I REALLY WANT US TO BE TAKING
THE MOST PRECAUTIONS THAT WE
CAN.
AND AS LONG AS THEY DO THAT, I'M
REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE
AND I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE
AND I WANT TO TRUST THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> GOING BACK TO CAMPUS, AND I'M
SUPEREXCITED TO BE GOING BACK.
>> THE IDEA OF A BUBBLE IS NOT
UNIQUE TO VASSAR. 
>> THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR A RESTART OF THE NBA SEASON.
IN A SAFETY BUBBLE
>> Reporter: THE NBA CREATED AN 
ISOLATION ZONE IN ORLANDO,
FLORIDA.
NO SINGLE PLAYER OR MEMBER OF 
THE BUBBLE HAS TESTED POSITIVE
SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN
VASSAR'S EVOLVING REOPENING PLAN
WILL ALSO INCLUDE FACE MASKS, 
PHYSICAL DISTANCE, TESTING, AND 
PROTOCOLS FOR ISOLATION.
VASSAR'S PRESIDENT, DR. 
ELIZABETH BRADLEY, A GLOBAL 
HEALTH EXPERT, BELIEVES THERE IS
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL REOPENING
PLAN. 
>> A VIRAL THREAT IS
COMPLICATED.
AND THE RIGHT STRATEGY DEPENDS
ON WHERE -- WHAT'S THE LOCATION?
WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE COLLEGE
WHAT'S THE CULTURE
WHAT KIND OF CAPACITIES DO THEY 
HAVE
AND SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR 
US NOT TO GET FOCUSED ON A
SINGLE STRATEGY, LIKE TESTING.
>> Reporter: BUT THE LEAD AUTHOR
ON THIS STUDY, ON SAFELY
REOPENING CAMPUSES, BELIEVES
THAT TESTING, IN ADDITION TO
ISOLATION, IS MOST ESSENTIAL. 
>> YES, INDEED
THERE IS A SAFE WAY FOR STUDENTS
TO RETURN TO COLLEGE IN THE 
FALL
AND THE KEY ELEMENT OF THAT PLAN
IS SCREENING FOR THE SARS COVI 2
VIRUS, AT HIGH FREQUENCY, LIKE
EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS.
USING A RAPID, INEXPENSIVE TEST,
COUPLED WITH STRICT, VIGILANT 
ADHERENCE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND OTHER BASIC PREVENTION
PRACTICES.
>> CONCERNED A BUBBLE WITHOUT 
ENOUGH TESTING RUNS A RISK OF A 
CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS.
>> IT DOES DEPEND ON EVERYTHING 
THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG TO 
GO RIGHT
YOU KNOW, I HAVE -- ENGINEERS 
BUILD BRIDGES TO WITHSTAND
SEVERAL TIMES THE WEIGHT THAT 
THEY EXPECT TO TRAVEL OVER THOSE
BRIDGES.
A BRIDGE THAT CAN ONLY WITHSTAND
THE WEIGHT YOU EXPECT IS CALLED 
A HOUSE OF CARDS. 
>> OUR THANKS TO SAVANNAH FOR 
THAT REPORT.
>> SOME BIG TIME COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WON'T BE
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCE, THE BIG 
TEN AND PAC 12 ANNOUNCED THEY 
ARE POSTPONING ALL SPORTS FOR 
THE FALL SEASON OVER CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS
OUR MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: FOR THE BIG TEN AND
PAC 12, THE GAME IS OVER, AT
LEAST FOR NOW.
THE CONFERENCES, HOME TO SOME OF
THE BIGGEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL, OFFICIALLY, PASSING ON
PLAYING AMID THE PANDEMIC.
WITH NO WORD FROM THE S.E.C., 
WHICH INCLUDES DEFENDING CHAMP, 
LSU, THE BIG TEN SAYS FOOTBALL
COULD KICK OFF AGAIN IN 2021
>> THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, FROM A MEDICAL 
STANDPOINT, TO PROCEED FORWARD
>> WITH GAMES SIDELINED FOR THE 
FALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND ITS
FANS WON'T GENERATE UPWARDS OF
$7 BILLION THIS YEAR
BEYOND BROADCASTING RIGHTS, 
TICKET SALES, LOCAL VENDORS,
RETAILERS, HOTELS, AND
RESTAURANTS, ALL, DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALL, 
COLLEGE TOWNS, THIS IS THE
EQUIVALENT OF THEIR MAJOR 
EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS DOORS AND 
PULLING STAKES
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOSS AND SOMETHING 
PEOPLE IN MOST TOWNS ARE GOING
TO FEEL DEEPLY. 
>> WITH NO MANDATE FOR NCAA, THE
COACH AT NEBRASKA SAID THEY'LL
PLAY, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG 
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY'S COMMITTED TO
PLAYING, NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND HOW -- HOW THAT LOOKS.
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTION. 
>> EVEN WITH SOME TEAMS STILL 
PRACTICING, CALEB FARLY OPTED 
OUT FROM PLAYING AT VIRGINIA
TECH. 
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND,
YOU KNOW, GAVE IT TO MY -- TO MY
FATHER
>> HERE, IN PASADENA, JUST THE
ROSE BOWL GENERATES ROUGHLY $200
MILLION.
FOR THOSE WHO PERFORM, IT CAN 
SOLIDIFY THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN
THE NFL.
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
ECONOMICS ARE ALL AT STAKE. 
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS 
CLAIMING IT'S THE FIRST COUNTRY 
IN THE WORLD TO APPROVE A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM
OUR RICHARD ENGEL HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: RUSSIA IS CALLING
IT SPUTNIK V FOR VACCINE AND
CLAIMS IT'S READY, SAFE,
PROVIDES LONG-TERM IMMUNITY.
AND AS OF TODAY, APPROVED FOR 
USE IN RUSSIA.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GONE 
THROUGH CRITICAL, STAGE THREE 
TRIALS
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID 
ONE OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS -- HE
DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH ONE -- TOOK
THE VACCINE.
TWO SHOTS.
HAD A SLIGHT FEVER, WHICH 
PASSED, AND NOW HAS ANTIBODIES
RUSSIA HASN'T PUBLISHED ANY DATA
BUT IS MOVING AHEAD WITH A FAST 
ROLLOUT PLAN TO VACCINATE 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL THIS MONTH
MASS PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER
MASS DISTRIBUTION, IN OCTOBER.
I SPOKE TO CEO OF THE RUSSIAN 
FUND BACKING THE VACCINE
HE SAYS HE'S, ALSO, TAKEN IT. 
>> SO, YOU WANT TO VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE THIS YEAR IN 
RUSSIA
>> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE
UP TO PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO BE
VACCINATED. 
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF HACKING RESEARCH
RUSSIA DISMISSES THAT AS
JEALOUSY. 
>> I THINK THOSE ACCUSATIONS ARE
BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
AFRAID OF RUSSIANS HAVING A SORT
OF SPUTNIK MOMENT BECAUSE OF
VACCINE.
OR BEING THE FIRST OUT THERE
WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ELSE OUT 
THERE.
>> MORE THAN 25 VACCINES ARE IN 
HUMAN TRIALS AROUND THE WORLD.
LEADING CANDIDATES, FROM OXFORD 
AND MODERNA, ARE CURRENTLY IN 
PHASE THREE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE
U.S. HAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR 100 MILLION DOSES OF
ITS VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HEALTH EXPERTS WORRY, WITHOUT 
EXTENSIVE TRIALS, VACCINES CAN
CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY, OR CAUSING LONG-TERM
SIDE EFFECTS
NYU VACCINE CENTER DIRECTOR,
MARK MULLIGAN, WHO IS WORKING ON
PFIZER'S VACCINE, HAS CONCERNS
ABOUT RUSSIA'S. 
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE
GOOD, PUBLIC NAME OF VACCINES.
I WANT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC 
THAT, IN THE U.S., ALL OF OUR 
COVID VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
BEING EVALUATED, VERY CAREFULLY.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY
CORNERS ON SAFETY.
>> A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS 20 
COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED
INTEREST FOR A POTENTIAL BILLION
DOSES.
AND THAT COULD BE MOST TROUBLING
FOR A VACCINE RUSSIA HAS YET TO 
PROVE IS SAFE.
PHILLIP.
>> ALL RIGHT
RICHARD, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO 
NBC'S METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, WITH A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT TODAY.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE STORMS 
SPARKING UP ACROSS THIS 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTO THE
MIDATLANTIC.
EVEN THE NORTHEAST COULD SEE A
FEW, SPOTTY SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE A
FLOODING CONCERN FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BAND OF 
MOISTURE, REALLY, STARTS TO 
HEIGHTEN AS WE STEP INTO THIS 
AFTERNOON.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES FOR THE
OHIO VALLEY.
85
AND FINALLY, GOING TO SEE SOME
SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S STILL HOT AND HUMID ACROSS 
THE DEEP SOUTH INTO TEXAS, NEAR 
102 ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>> WATCHING THE TROPICS AS WELL.
THAT'S COMING UP
>> ALL RIGHT
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT DAY 
AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDIA IS
REMINDING US THAT THESE GENTLE
GIANTS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF 
OUR ECOSYSTEM.
INHABITING 50% OF INDIA'S 
JUNGLES.
TODAY'S MINUTE FOR THE WORLD TO 
HONOR THE SPEECIES, SPREAD
AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS THEY
FACE, 
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, "FORBES" IS OUT WITH 
THE LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR 2020
AND LOOK AT NUMBER ONE
DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON FOR A 
SECOND YEAR WITH 87.5 MILLION.
FOLLOWED BY RYAN REYNOLDS, MARK 
REYNOLDS, BEN AFFLECK.
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT SENT TESLA
SHARES UP 6% IN AFTER-HOURS 
TRADING.
TESLA IS CURRENTLY TRADING AT 
1,374.
>> GAME ONE BETWEEN THE COLUMBUS
BLUE JACKETS AND LIGHTNING WENT 
THROUGH FIVE OVERTIMES
THE FOURTH LONGEST IN NHL PLAY
OFF HISTORY.
THE LIGHTNING ENDED UP WINNING
THE GAME 3-2. 
>> AND DAMIA
GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BUSY. 
>> SHE WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER
YESTERDAY.
I'M LIKE, I WONDER
OH, THAT'S WHY. 
>> ZAC EFRON IS HEADED BACK TO
DISNEY
HE WILL STAR IN THE FILM THREE
MEN AND A BABY
REMEMBER THAT?
IT'S A REMAKE OF THE 1987 --
BACHELORS LIVING A CAREFREE 
LIFESTYLE AND SHARING AN
APARTM
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE WEATHER 
PATTERN SETTING UP FOR THE
TROPIC -- TROPICS.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE 
PARENTS OF ELIJAH McCLAIN HAVE
FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER BEING
PLACED IN A CHOKE HOLD BY 
POLICE, AND INJECTED WITH 
KETAMINE
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED, AND IT NAMED SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
McCLAIN -- THE McCLAINS WANT
JUSTICE.
THE CITY OF AURORA SAID IT WAS
REVIEWING THE LAWSUIT AND COULD 
NOT COMMENT.
>> A CHICAGO MAN WHO WAS SHOT 
DURING A FOOT CHASE WITH POLICE 
IS NOW BEING HELD ON A MILLION
DOLLAR BOND.
THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING 
ANGERED THE COMMUNITY, AND
OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT'S WHAT 
PROMPTED LOOTING IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA
AUTHORITIES ALLEGED ALAN WAS
ARMED WITH A GUN AND FIRED AT 
POLICE, AS HE RAN AWAY FROM 
THEM
WITNESSES, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY,
CLAIM ALAN WAS NOT ARMED
THERE IS NO BODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE 
OF THIS INCIDENT
BUT CHICAGO POLICE DID RELEASE A
PHOTO OF THE WEAPON.
ALAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER 
AND UNLAWFUL WEAPONS CHARGES
>>> SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF CARMEN 
BEST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE 
RETIRING, FOLLOWING WEEKS OF
CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND
PROTESTORS
THE NEWS COMES THE SAME DAY THE 
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO 
TRIM THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT BY CLOSE TO $4 
MILLION.
BEST, WHO'S BEEN AN OFFICER FOR 
28 YEARS WAS THE CITY'S FIRST,
BLACK POLICE CHIEF
SHE SAYS RETIREMENT WAS A 
DIFFICULT DECISION BUT, 
ULTIMATELY, SHE KNEW IT WAS 
TIME. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE 
HALLMARK CHANNEL WILL FEATURE A 
SAME-SEX COUPLE TYING THE KNOT
WHILE MANY ARE APPLAUDING THE 
DECISION, NOT EVERYONE'S ON 
BOARD.
A SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE GROUP 
CALLED ONE MILLION MOMS STARTED 
A PETITION STATING OUR FAMILY 
WILL BOYCOTT HALLMARK AS LONG AS
THE NETWORK SURRENDERS TO THE 
LGBTQ AGENDA
OTHERS PRAISE THE NETWORK FOR 
BECOMING MORE DIVERSE AND 
INCLUSIVE.
THE UPCOMING MOVIE EVERY WEEKEND
WILL PREMIERE AUGUST 15th.
>> THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 
STORE IS RENTING OUT MORE THAN
JUST MOVIES.
THE STORE IS ACTUALLY 
TRANSFORMING INTO A '90s-THEMED 
AIRBNB
THE BEND, OREGON, LOCATION WILL 
BE LISTED FOR THREE ONE-NIGHT 
STAYS BUT ONLY TO COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
GUESTS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR 
MOVIE-MARATHON DREAM FOR JUST 
FOUR BUCKS A NIGHT
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A STEAL
CONSIDERING THE RENTALS ARE --
LATE CHECKOUT FEES
I HEAR THOSE CAN REALLY ADD UP
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
KIND OF BE KIND, REWIND,
POLICIES. 
>> YOU REMEMBER THOSE?
A RELIC, THAT IS
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FOR 
THE COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
>> MAYBE, THEY'LL OPEN IT UP
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE TEST RUN. 
>> WE'LL HOLDING ON TO THAT.
A UNIQUE MIRROR HOUSE IS LURING 
TOURISTS IN LATVIA
TINY HOUSE IS DESIGNED FOR A
MAXIMUM OF TWO TOURISTS.
IT COSTS ABOUT 188 BUCKS A
NIGHT.
BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE,
GUESTS CAN ALSO ORDER BREAKFAST 
AND DINNER
DESPITE NOT HAVING A SHOWEOR
TOILET, THIS HOUSE IS FULLY 
BOOKED
>>> HISTORY IN THE MAKING, AS 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
IS SET TO OFFICIALLY JOIN JOE 
BIDEN ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, 
WITH JUST 83 DAYS BEFORE
ELECTION DAY
>>> THE PRESIDENT HITS BACK HARD
SAYING SENATOR HARRIS WAS "NASTY
AND DISRESPECTFUL" TO BIDEN.
>>> THIS MORNING THE LATEST ON
RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE THE
WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>>> ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST
POWERFUL AND RESPECTED CEOs 
REVEALS A PLAN TO HIRE 100,000
FROM BLACK, ASIAN AND LATINEX 
COMMUNITY.
>> "EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT 
NOW.
>>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020 A WATERSHED
MOMENT FOR AMERICAN POLITICS, 
AFTER MONTHS OF PECULATION, JO
BIDEN MADE AN HISTORIC PICK 
OFFICIALLY NAMING SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE, 
POISED TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN
OF EVER ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
AND HER OPPONENT WASTED NO TIME 
GOING ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT CLAIMING BIDEN HAS 
A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY WITH NOTABLE
EXCEPTIONS THE LATINO COMMUNITY 
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, PIDEN 
SA
BIDEN SAID ONE OF THE REASONS HE
CHOSE HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER
FOCUS ON DISPARITIES
>> A TEN-POINT LEAD IS SHOWN
OVER MR. TRUMP, HOW HARRIS WILL 
IMPACT THE NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE
SEEN
FOR MORE, SCOTT MacFARLANE
>> Reporter: A MIDDAY EVENT IN
JOE BIDEN'S HOMETOWN OF 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, HE'S HAD
MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE
THIS IS SUMMER, APPEAR TOGETHER 
IN A VIRTUAL FUND-RAISING EVENT 
TONIGHT.
THE APPEARANCES COME ONE WEEK TO
THE DAY BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORDS IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARIES BOOST HER AND PREPARE 
HER FOR HER OWN DEBATE THIS FALL
AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT
PATIENCES.
HER DEBATES INCLUDED SHARP
CRITICISM AGAINST HER NEW 
RUNNING MATE, A POINT 
UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS
OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED HE 
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO ONE 
OF THE REASONS THAT SURPRISED 
ME, SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL
TO JOE BIDEN AND IT'S HARD TO 
PICK SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT 
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE FACE 
FACETIME ME IN TEARS BEING SO 
HAPPY ABOUT THIS
FOLKS NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD
SEE ON A TICKET SOMEONE WHO 
LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT,
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 
SAYS JOE BIDEN NAILED THIS
DECISION
TODAY'S JOINT APPEARANCE JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS COMES 
ONE DAY AFTER AN HISTORIC 
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ELECTRONICALLY
WITH A ZOOM CALL, A TEXT AND A
TWEET BY JOE BIDEN
LIVE IN D.C., I'M SCOTT 
MacFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S TURN TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, AND THE 
ONGOING DEBATE OVER REOPENING 
SCHOOLS.
IN SOME CITIES WHERE IN-PERSON
CLASSES HAVE BEGUN, DISTRICTS 
ARE ALREADY BEING FORCED TO 
QUARANTINE STUDENTS AND STAFF.
NBC'S SCAM BROCK HAS THIS 
REPORT
>>ED ASTUDENTS HEAD BACK TO 
CLASS SOME SCHOOLS HAVE FLUNKED 
THEIR FIRST TEST ON SAFETY
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH 
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT WHICH OPENED LAST
WEEK WHICH MANDATORY MASK POLICY
FOR ADULTS BUT NONE FOR STUDENTS
SAY IT ANTICIPATED POSITIVE 
TESTS WHICH IS WHY WE PUT A 
SYSTEM IN PLACE TO CONTACT TRACE
AND MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL STOPPED 
IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES
>> I FELT LIKE OUR KIDS ARE USED
AS GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S A LITTLE
ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT
THAT WAY
>> Reporter: CONCERNS ABOUT 
REOPENING ARE WIDESPREAD
WITH MORE SCHOOLS OPENING NEW 
NUMBERS, COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS
17 AND UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN
130% IN THE LAST MONTH
>> FOR SOME REASON THEY THINK 
SCHOOL SAY MAGICAL PLACE
>> Reporter: THIS FLORIDA HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER ERIC RODRIGUEZ IS
CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE MASKS, DIDN'T WANT US TO
BE THE MASK POLICE BUT HAVE US
POLICE OTHER ITEMS LIKE DRESS 
CODES.
>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT 
SAYS MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND 
AVAILABLE BUT NOT MANDATED WHICH
IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN THE
USA.
ADDING THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT 
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE AS SPACE ALLOWS 
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE ESPECIALLY IN PLACES 
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA TEACHES PUBLIC HIGH
SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000 
STUDENTS AND SAYS THE CITY'S
REOPENING PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR 
ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT NEED
TO BE SOLVED SUCH AS TESTING AND
A QUICK TURNAROUND TIME ON
TESTING THAT THE SCHOOL AS ITS
OWN UNIT CAN'T FIX
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AND THAT 
EVEN ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS HAS 
RECEIVED IT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MET 
WITH INTERNATIONAL SKEPTICISM 
WITH GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAYING NOT SO FAST
JOINING FROM US LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
SEEMS LIKE RUSSIA MAY HAVE
SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP HERE
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
FRANCES.
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE HAD A FEVER FOR A 
DAY, BUT THEN IT WENT DOWN, 
CLAIMS THIS NEW VACCINE CALLED
SPUTNIK 5 NAMED AFTER ANOTHER 
RUSSIAN FIRST IS EFFECTIVE
ENOUGH AND IS SAFE BUT THE
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IS SAYING
NOT SO FAST.
FIRST NO, DATA HAS BEEN PUB LSHD
BY THE RESEARCHERS FOR THIS 
VACCINE AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED
BY RUSSIAN REGULATORS BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE THREE TRIALS, 
TRIALS THAT NORMALLY ARE TAKEN
WITH THOUSANDS TO TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE THOSE
HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES, 
AND HERE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
THIS SO THEY DON'T KNOW THE 
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OR THE SAFETY 
OF THIS VACCINE IN RUSSIA.
ONE EXPERT SAYING RUSHING THIS
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS IN THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY POINT OUT THAT IT 
RISKS PUBLIC TRUST IN VACCINES, 
SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO 
MAINTAIN TO MAKE SURE ONCE THERE
IS A SAFE VACCINE THAT PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY DO TAKE IT.
NOW, RUSSIA SAYS THEY DO PLAN TO
START MASS PRODUCING THIS SOON
AND VACCINATION WILL START LATER
IN THE FALL ON A MASS SCALE, AND
THEY SAY AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES BUT AS 
YOU POINT OUT, THEY MAY BE
JUMPING THE GUN THERE THOUGH
THIS RACE FOR A VACCINE KIND OF 
PLAYING OUT LIKE THE SPACE RACE.
FRANCES?
>> AND A LOT OF WORLD SKEPTICISM
WITH THIS CLAIM.
>>> TO LEBANON, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE MARCHED IN THE STREETS OF
BEIRUT, THEY STOPPED FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE NEAR THE PORT 
FROM THE EXPLOSION KILLED AT
LEAST 160 PEOPLE
IN THE MEANING A CROWD OF 
PROTESTERS THREW ROCKS AND
STARTED FIRES OUTSIDE THE 
PARLIAMENT COMPLEX
THE BLAST HAS FUELED OUTRAGE
AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADERS.
DOCUMENTS HAVE COME TO LIGHT
THAT SHOW TOP OFFICIALS KNEW
ABOUT THE STOCKPILE OF
EXPLOSIVES AND DID NOTHING ABOUT
IT
>>> THE PARENTS OF ELIJAH 
McCLAIN FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED AND NAMES SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS THE
MACL
McCLAINS WANT JUSTICE.
THE CITY COULD NOT COMMENT
>>> CREWS ARE WORKING TO BATTLE 
A MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR DENVER
THE GRIZZLY CREEK FIRE HAS GROWN
TO MORE THAN 3,200 ACRES FUELED 
BY HOT AND WINDY WEATHER AND
CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER AND
SHUT DOWN A HIGHWAY.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUE TEAM
WHICH INCLUDES STATE AND FEDERAL
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WILL TAKE 
OVER COMMAND TODAY
>>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JANESSA 
WEBB AND SEE WHAT SHE'S WATCHING
TODAY.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE TROPICS,
TOO, GOOD MORNING.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH THIS 
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE NEED SOME OF THIS RAIN WE'RE 
SEEING ON THE EAST COAST TO 
SHIFT TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TO REALLY HELP THAT FIRE DANGER.
UNFORTUNATELY, DRY CONDITIONS 
WILL PERSIST
WATCHING THE FLOODING THREAT
THAT IS GOING TO BE ENHANCED
ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A FLOOD
THREAT THAT WILL SPARK UP BY
TODAY INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING FROM
CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY TODAY.
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
FOR THE NORTHEAST WE HAVE HEAT
ALERTS FOR NEW YORK CITY TO 
BOSTON
THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE IN 
THE MID-90s.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST DAY BEFORE
COOLER WEATHER MAKES ITS WAY
FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CENTRAL 
TEXAS, 100 DEGREES
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TROPICS
COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK
YOU.
>>> VIOLA DAVIS GIFTED HERSELF
WITH AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY FOR
HER 55th BIRTHDAY, NOT ONLY DID 
SHE BUY THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOME 
SHE WAS BORN IN, THE PROPERTY IS
ON A FORMER SLAVE PLANTATION
WHERE HER GRANDFATHER AS A
SHARECROPPER SO SHE BOUGHT THAT 
LAND AS WELL
SHE ANNOUNCED HE
>>> THE HUMAN BRAIN IS AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2 POUND GLAND.
>> THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU 
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES UP WITH 
SOMETHING ELSE
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS ALONG WITH A LOOK AT LOUIE 
BODY DREAMTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE
HE UNKNOWINGLY FOUGHT UP TO HIS 
DEATH.
"ROBIN'S WISH" WILL BE RELEASED 
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WE MISS HIM
>>> SOME BIG COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE PLAYING
FOOTBALL
BIG TEN AND PAC-12 ARE
POSTPONING ALL GAMES OVER 
CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN AND
PAC-12 THE GAME IS OVER AT LEAST
FOR NOW.
>> TOUCHDOWN BUCKEYES.
>> Reporter: THE CONFERENCES
HOME TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
OFFICIALLY PASSING ON PLAYING 
AMID THE PANDEMIC WITH NO WORD
FROM THE SEC, WHICH INCLUDES
DEFENDING CHAMPS LSU, THE BIG 
TEN SAYS FOOTBALL COULD KICK OFF
AGAIN IN 2021.
>> THERE ARE TOO MANY 
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE FROM A MEDICAL
STANDPOINT TO PROCEED FORWARD.
>> Reporter: WITH GAMES 
SIDELINED FOR THE FALL, COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL AND ITS FANS WON'T 
GENERATE UPWARDS OF $7 BILLION
THIS YEAR, BEYOND BROADCASTING
RIGHTS, TICKET SALES, LOCAL 
VENDORS, RETAILERS, HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS ALL DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> FOR THE SMALL COLLEGE TOWNS, 
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THEIR 
MAJOR EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS 
DOORS AND PULLING UP STAKES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT AND SOMETHING
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS WILL FEEL 
DEEPLY
>> Reporter: WITH NO MANDATE
FROM THE NCAA THE COACH AT
NEBRASKA SAID MONDAY THEY'LL
PLAY WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED
TO PLAYING NO MATTER WHAT, NO 
MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND 
HOW THAT LOOKS
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH SOME 
TEAMS STILL PRACTICING, CALEB 
FARLEY OPTED OUT FROM PLAYING AT
VIRGINIA TECH.
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND 
GAVE IT TO MY FATHER
>> Reporter: HERE IN PASADENA,
JUST THE ROSE BOWL GENERATES
ROUGHLY $200 MILLION FOR PLAYERS
WHO PERFORM IT CAN SOLIDIFY 
THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NFL,
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, FORBES IS OUT ABOUT W
ITS LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR TO 20 AND DWAYNE "THE ROCK" 
JOHNSON ON TOP WITH $87.5 
MILLION FOLLOWED BY RYAN
REYNOLDS, MARK WAHLBERG, BEN
AFFLECK AND VIN DECEIESEL.
>>> TESLA SHARES UP 6% IN 
AFTERHOURS TRADING
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT 
REMOVED 7 MILLION POSTS IN THE
SECOND QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDED CONTENT 
FAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND
EXAGGERATED CURES.
>>> MORE THAN 25 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE
STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT 
THEMSELVES
NOW THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT
MAY HELP
OUR STEPHANIE RUEHL REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, NEW
HOPE FOR NEW JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, MASTERCARD, VERIZON,
WELLS FARGO COMING TOGETHER TO
CREATE OVER 100,000 NEW JOBS AND
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 
LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY WORKERS.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS PHILANTHROPY
OR IS IT A BUSINESS INITIATIVE
>> IT'S A BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: JAMIE DIMON IS THE 
CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE AND MEMBER
OF THE NEW JOBS COUNCIL.
>> 30 CEOs TO TACKLE ONE OF 
SOCIETY'S BIG PROBLEMS, GETTING 
INNER CITY SCHOOL EDUCATION,
LARGELY MINORITY, GETTING THESE 
KIDS THROUGH SCHOOL AND WITH A
HIGH PAYING JOB.
>> Reporter: MANY OF THE
COMPANIES INVOLVED WERE ALREADY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR INITIATIVES
SEPARATELY BUT THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE
INEQUALITY HIGH LIGHTED BY THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT LED 
THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO UNITE 
FOR MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS
NOW THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT 
DON'T RELATE TO COVID, THEY'RE
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE 
LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY,
OUR COMPANY, OUR CLIENTS
>> Reporter: WHAT DO WE NEED TO 
HAPPEN MOST NOW FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO MORE
PARTICULARLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS,
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, ET
CETERA, TO GET US THROUGH THE 
NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS AS WE
OPEN UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
SOUNDLY.
>> YOU'VE GOT 200,000 EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING THEM 
BACK TO WORK SAFELY?
>> THERE'S STILL 150,000 PEOPLE 
WORKING FROM HOME AND I THINK 
WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME 
PERMANENCY TO SOME OF THAT, 
THERE'S A HUGE VALUE TO WORKING 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF
COLLABORATION AND CREATIVITY AND
TRAINING THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A 
VACCINE AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DO 
IT REALLY SAFELY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE 
OUR PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE
IN A RECESSION
>> YES, WE'RE IN A RECESSION
THAT WILL AFFECT INCOME, HOME 
PRICES, IT WILL IN PEOPLE'S REAL
LIVES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A JOB
YOU'RE GOING TO SEEMENT  SOME OE
EFFECTS FROM THAT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK A YEAR
FROM NOW WE COULD ONLY HAVE BIG 
BOX STORES AND CHAIN VAUNTS?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: HOW WILL THEY STAY 
IN BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE STILL
WORKING BUT THERE ARE ONES THAT 
ARE SUFFERING, KEEP ON TRYING 
DIFFERENT THINGS, TRYING TO GET 
BETTER
WE WILL WIN.
WE JUST WANT TO DO IT 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
OUR LATEST FORECAST IS SHOWING
WE COULD SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY
STARTING TO REV UP IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF STORMS THAT 
WILL COME BACK TO BACK OFF THE
WEST AFRICAN COAST
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WATCHING 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11
RIGHT NOW SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 
35 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE IS A TRACK ON THIS SYSTEM,
WE'RE THINKING IT COULD CHANGE
INTO TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE BY
TOMORROW EVENING, STILL A TON OF
UNCERTAINTY AS IT SITS IN A WARM
BODY OF WATER,
>>> LATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
MIMI JONES REFLECTS ON HER
LIFELONG FIGHT FOR EQUAL ACCESS 
TO SWIMMING LESSONS AND POOLS 
FOR BLACK CHILDREN
NBC'S RON ALLEN HAS MORE ON HER 
INSPIRING STORY.
>> Reporter: AN ICONIC IMAGE, A 
YOUNG BLACK WOMAN HORRIFIED WHEN
A MOTEL OWNER POURS ACID IN A 
SWIMMING POOL TARGETING CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVIST PROTESTING A
WHITES ONLY BUSINESS
>> IT WAS HORRIFYING
>> Reporter: MIMI JONES WAS 17
BACK THEN, 1964, ST. AUGUSTINE, 
FLORIDA.
>> THIS WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
SWIMMING IN A POOL, WASN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS ABOUT TOTAL SEGREGATION, 
LACK OF RESPECT, LACK OF
DIGNITY.
>> Reporter: THE SWIMMING PART
OF WEEKS PROVE TEST LED BY
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., BUILDING
THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACT OF 1964 THAT SUMMER.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE 
TONIGHT?
>> YEAH!
>> Reporter: FOR JONES, EQUAL 
ACCESS TO SWIMMING AND WATER
SAFETY BECAME ONE OF HER LIFE'S 
PASSIONS
STUDIES SHOW 64% OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE LITTLE OR
NO ABILITY TO SWIM AND BLACK
CHILDREN ARE FIVE AND A HALF
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROWN THAN 
THEIR WHITE PEERS.
>> KICK, KICK.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS THAT HUGE 
DISPARITY MOTIVATED THE THOMAS
TWINS TO START A FREE PROGRAM TO
CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> WE WANT TO BLOW THE LID OFF
AND GIVE ACCESS TO ANYONE.
>> Reporter: SIMONE MANUEL HOPES
TO TRANSFORM THE SPORT IN 2016
BECOMING THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN
INDIVIDUAL OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN
SWIMMING
>> I HAVE DEALT WITH EXPERIENCES
OF RACISM IN THIS SPORT SINCE 
THE AGE OF 12, I WANTED TO QUIT.
>> Reporter: SHE'S GRATEFUL TO
MIMI JONES, WHO PAVED THE WAY.
>> IT IS HEART WRENCHING TO KNOW
THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 
WANTING TO SWIM WOULD CAUSE 
SOMEONE TO THROW ACID ON
SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN
>> Reporter: A MOMENT THAT
FOREVER CHANGED JONES' LIFE.
>> IT ONLY STRENGTHENED MY
RESOLVE AND MY LIFELONG 
COMMITMENT TO CHALLENGE RACISM
AND EQUALITY AND LACK OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> Reporter: THIS TURNED OUT TO 
BE ONE OF HER LAST INTERVIEWS.
JONES DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES A
FEW DAYS LATER, HER FAMILY SAYS,
AGE 73 AND STILL HOPEFUL
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN SOCIAL CHANGE
HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT A
BATTLE, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S
A RENEWED AWAKENING.
>> Reporter: RON ALLEN, NBC 
NEWS, NEW YORK
>> SHE HELPED WITH THAT 
AWAKENING WITH THE BARRIERS 
BROKEN IN THE WATER AND OUT OF
THE WATER.
>> MIMI JONES, JOHN LEWIS, WE'VE
LOST SOME OF OUR GREATEST 
AMERICANS THIS SUMMER.
THEI
>>> WITH 83 DAYS UNTIL THE 2020 
ELECTION, JOE BIDEN CHOOSES 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR, KAMALA
HARRIS, AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
AND HE WILL SEAL THE DEAL AT A
BIG EVENT, LATER TODAY. 
>> THIS MORNING, WE HAVE GOT THE
LATEST ON RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE
THE WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>> PUNTING ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
THIS FALL, AS MORE MAJOR
CONFERENCES MAKE FINAL DECISIONS
ON POSTPONING THEIR FALL
SEASONS.
>> FAMILIES DEALING WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN, DURING THE
PANDEMIC, FACE SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF ANYONE.
FOR CORRESPONDENT RICHARD ENGEL 
SHARES THE PERSONAL STORY OF HIS
SON HENRY.
>> AND WE WILL FOLLOW A 770-MILE
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, ACROSS NINE
STATES, FROM A POWERFUL DERECHO.
A BUSY WEDNESDAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
HISTORY MADE IN THE RACE FOR
2020
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN HAS OFFICIALLY NAMED
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS
RUNNING MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
THE DEMOCRATIC DUO WILL APPEAR
TOGETHER, LATER TODAY, IN 
DELAWARE
MEANWHILE, THEIR LOOMING
OPPONENT IS ALREADY ON THE
ATTACK
>> IF YOU READ THE VARIOUS
POLITICAL PUNDITS, YOU WOULD
HAVE SAID THAT MAYBE -- THE ONE 
I THOUGHT WOULD BE BEST FOR US
MIKE IS A PRO.
>> SHORTLY BEFORE BIDEN MADE
THAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, A NEW
MONMOUTH POLL SHOWED THE
PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
WITH A TEN-POINT LEAD OVER
TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS MORE
>> THE DECISION ANNOUNCED 
ONLINE
KAMALA HARRIS, THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
THE CHARISMATIC, CALIFORNIA 
SENATOR.
55 YEARS OLD
MORE THAN TWO DECADES YOUNGER 
THAN BIDEN
REPRESENTING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF DEMOCRATS
AND UNLIKE OTHER BLACK WOMEN ON 
THE LIST, HAS, TWICE, WON 
STATEWIDE OFFICE
THE POLITICAL WORLD TOOK NOTICE 
WITH HER SPLASHY CAMPAIGN 
KICKOFF FOR PRESIDENT IN OAKLAND
LAST YEAR.
>> WE CAN CLAIM THE AMERICAN
DREAM FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> HARRIS IS A FORMER CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND A FRIEND
OF BO BIDEN'S, WHEN HE WAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF DELAWARE
WHICH IS WHY HER DEBATE 
CHALLENGE TO JOE BIDEN LAST YEAR
SHOCKED HIM.
>> AND THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME. 
>> WHEN ASKED THIS YEAR, BIDEN
HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE DOES NOT 
HOLD GRUDGES
AND HARRIS HAS CAMPAIGNED HARD
FOR HIM, SINCE DROPPING OUT,
HERSELF.
RA
RAISING MONEY AND PROVING SHE IS
A TEAM PLAYER.
THE CAMPAIGN RELEASING A PHOTO
OF BIDEN AND HARRIS TALKING.
IN A STATEMENT, BIDEN PRAISING
HARRIS AS SMART, TOUGH, AND 
READY TO LEAD.
WRITING, I NEED SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE IN A
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION
IN THIS YEAR OF RACIAL
RECKONING, THERE WAS STRONG 
PARTY SUPPORT FOR A BLACK 
CANDIDATE.
AND BIDEN CONSIDERED FORMER 
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, SUSAN
RICE, AS WELL AS WHITE
CONTENDERS, PRINCIPALLY MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
BUT BIDEN'S PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WAS
REVIVED BY HIS BIG VICTORY IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA, THANKS TO HIS 
ENDORSEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC LEADER
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN.
>> HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT
IS TO HAVE A BLACK WOMAN IN THIS
ROLE, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THIS
YEAR
>> IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
AND I THINK THIS SAYS, ONCE AND 
FOR ALL, THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WILL NOT TAKE BLACK PEOPLE
FOR GRANTED.
IT NEVER WAS TRUE.
BUT I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE OF A 
FACT TODAY. 
>> OUR THANKS TO ANDREW FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> AS THE DEBATE RACES ON OVER
REOPENING CLASSROOMS, THERE ARE 
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY 
BEING FORCED TO QUARANTINE
STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE OF 
THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS HEAD 
BACK TO CLASS, SOME SCHOOLS HAVE
ALREADY FLUNKED THEIR FIRST TEST
ON SAFETY.
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH, 
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH,
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT, WHICH OPENED LAST 
WEEK WITH A MANDATORY MASK
POLICY FOR ADULTS, BUT NONE FOR 
STUDENTS, SAYS IT ANTICIPATED 
POSITIVE TESTS, WHICH IS WHY WE 
PUT A SYSTEM INTO PLACE TO
QUICKLY CONTACT TRACE AND 
MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL WITH
AN OPTIONAL-MASK POLICY, ALSO,
STOPPED IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER
NINE POSITIVE CASES.
>> I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS -- 
OUR KIDS ARE BEING USED AS
GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S -- IT'S A
LITTLE ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
>> CONCERNS ABOUT REOPENING ARE 
WIDESPREAD. 
>> WITH MORE SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA 
REOPENING THEIR DOORS, NEW
NUMBERS FROM THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS 17 AND
UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN 130% IN 
THE LAST MONTH. 
>> FOR SOME REASON, THEY THINK
SCHOOL'S A MAGICAL PLACE AND WE 
DON'T NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART.
>> THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL 
TEACHER IS CONCERNED ABOUT
SAFETY IN COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE SCHOMASKS.
>> THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE SAYS
MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND
AVAILABLE, BUT NOT MANDATED,
WHICH IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN
THE USA.
ADDING, THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE, AS SPACE 
ALLOWS
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA DAVES TEACHES PUBLIC 
HIGH SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000
STUDENTS
SHE SAYS THE CITY'S REOPENING 
PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT
NEED TO BE SOLVED.
SUCH AS, TESTING AND A QUICK
TURNAROUND TIME ON TESTING
THAT THE SCHOOL, AS ITS OWN 
UNIT, CAN'T FIX.
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> SOME BIG-TIME COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WOULDN'T BE 
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES, THE BIG
TEN AND THE PAC 12 HAVE 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE POSTPONING 
ALL SPORTS FOR THE FALL SEASON, 
OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: CHANGING LEAVES AND
CHEERING FANS.
FOR MILLIONS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL
KICKS OFF, FALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH CONCERNS OF 
A COVID-19, THE SEASON IS IN
JEOPARDY. 
>> I THINK IT'S -- IT'S ALMOST
HOUR BY HOUR OF WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
>> BOTH, THE BIG TEN AND PAC 12 
ANNOUNCING THEY'RE POSTPONING 
ALL FALL SPORTS, JOINING THE
MOUNTAIN WEST AND MID-AMERICA 
CONFERENCES.
>> DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
MOVING FORWARD
THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND 
WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES, AND ALL THOSE 
CONNECTED WITH PAC 12 SPORTS
HAS, FROM DAY ONE, BEEN OUR TOP,
TOP PRIORITY
>> Reporter: STILL, A GROWING 
NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND COACHES 
SAY THE GAMES MUST GO ON
CLEMSON QUARTERBACK TREVOR
LAWRENCE, A HEISMAN TROPHY
CONTENDER AND HIGH-PROFILE NFL
PROSPECT, IS LEADING AN ONLINE
PUSH TO PLAY
DEMANDING THE POWER FIVE
CONFERENCES CREATE UNIVERSAL
MANDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES, TO PROTECT PLAYERS. 
>> WE WANT TO PLAY
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO
THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.
>> BUT SEVERAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS DURING
SUMMER WORKOUTS.
>> A HUGE VARIABLE THAT THE 
REMAINING LEAGUES WILL HAVE IS
HOW THOSE CAMPUSES REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING BACK ON CAMPUS, 
AS THERE IS AN EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK
>> Reporter: THE VIRUS, AN
OPPONENT RIGHT NOW, THAT NO ONE 
KNOWS HOW TO DEFEND.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
AND THAT, EVEN ONE OF HIS 
DAUGHTERS HAVE RECEIVED IT
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM, WITH GLOBAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAYING, NOT SO FAST.
JOINING US FROM LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
AND, CHAPMAN, SEEMS RUSSIA MAY
HAVE SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP
HERE
>> YEAH, FRANCES
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT, THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE, HAD A SLIGHTLY 
ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AFTERWARDS.
BUT CLAIMS IT WENT AWAY AFTER 
THAT
IN FACT, SPUTNIK FIVE, NAMED
AFTER ANOTHER RUSSIAN FIRST,
WORKS EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH AND IS 
SAFE
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 
THOUGH, SAYING NOT SO FAST
FIRSTLY, NO DATA'S BEEN 
PUBLISHED ABOUT THE RESEARCH
AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY 
RUSSIAN REGULATORS, BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE-THREE TRIALS
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
IT
SO, THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND 
SAFETY REMAINS UNCLEAR
PHASE-THREE TRIALS NORMALLY 
INVOLVE THOUSANDS TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
ONE EXPERT SAYING, RUSHING THIS 
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS POINT OUT IT RISKS PUBLIC
TRUST IN VACCINES.
THERE, ALREADY, IS A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM AMONGST THE PUBLIC ON
VACCINES
AND IF THEY GET IT WRONG, IT
COULD CREATE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS.
RUSSIA, THOUGH, SAYS THEY PLAN
TO START MASS PRODUCING IT, 
SOON
AND VACCINATION, LATER IN THE 
FALL
AND THAT, AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES 
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES
FRANCES, THIS RUSH FOR A VACCINE
IS TURNING INTO KIND OF LIKE THE
SPACE RACE. 
>> WOW
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW FORTHCOMING RUSSIA'S GOING
TO BE WITH INFORMATION ACT THABU
THAT VACCINE
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS
>>> STILL RECOVERING AFTER A
DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE STORM
SYSTEM SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION.
THE DERECHO CAUSED DAMAGE TO
NINE STATES AND KILLED AT LEAST 
ONE.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
AFTER A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM
TORE THROUGH THE MIDWEST MONDAY.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO 
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JUST CONFIRMED A TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN HERE IN CHICAGO'S
NORTH SIDE
CRUSHING CAR AFTER CAR AFTER
CAR.
>> IT WAS A RARE WEATHER SYSTEM,
KNOWN AS A DERECHO
A HUGE WALL OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN 
THAT TRAVELS MORE THAN 250
MILES.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED THIS ONE
COULD HAVE RACED -- ACROSS NINE 
STATES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO 
OHIO
PRODUCING WINDS --
>> WE LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET
AND SAW THE BRANCH OVER THERE 
THAT FELL ON THE POWER LINES. 
>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY 
GET INSIDE
>> Reporter: IT COULD BE A
BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER RAVAGING
THE CORN BELT, SO LATE IN THE 
GROWING SEASON
IN CHICAGO, WARNING SIRENS
BEFORE IT HIT.
THIS IS FRANCES RIVERA'S CAR
LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN HER HOME. 
>> THE WIND WAS HOWLING.
I THOUGHT MY WINDOWS WERE GOING 
TO GET BLOWN IN AND I RAN FOR 
COVER.
>> AND IN THE NORTHEAST, A WEEK 
AFTER TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
ALSO WITHOUT POWER. 
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> HOW IS TODAY SHAPING UP
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE
UPPER MIDWEST.
A FEW STORMS ARE GOING TO BE
POPPING OFF THIS AFTERNOON
AND RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE NOT 
MATERIALIZING.
DRY CONDITIONS
BUT IT WILL REV UP THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS
BAND OF MOISTURE START TO SPARK 
UP AROUND 2, 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALL THE WAY INTO THE MIDATLANTIC
STATES
EVEN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST
COULD SEE A SPOTTY SHOWER ALL 
THE WAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAIN 
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 TO 
3 INCHES
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO, WE ARE STILL SEEING HEAT
ALERTS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO
BOSTON
DAYTIME HIGHS STILL IN THE LOWER
90s.
HOT CONDITIONS FOR SAN ANTONIO, 
ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL TEXAS
NEAR 100 DEGREES
AND WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT A
NEW TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT'S
STARTING TO DEVELOP.
TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT, COMING 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, THERE
IS A SHORTAGE OF DR. PEPPER IN
STORES, ALL ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES
THE COMPANY TWEETED THAT THE
SHORTAGE APPLIES TO EVERY 
FLAVOR. 
>> SO MANY REBOOTS THESE DAYS 
AND THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR 
IS GETTING A DRAMATIC ONE.
WILL SMITH AND MORGAN COOPER
HAVE TEAMED UP TO LAUNCH A
REIMAGINING OF THE BELOVED
COMEDY AS A DRAMA SERIES
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING
SHOPPED AROUND A NUMBER OF
STREAMERS.
>> IT HAS ITS DRAMATIC MOMENTS
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST HAS
ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM SHE IS 
EXPECTING HER FIRST CHIL
KNOW, AN EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2
POUND GLAND.
THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES OUT 
SOMETHING ELSE. 
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS, ALONG WITH A LOOK AT BODY 
DEMENTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE THE 
HOLLYWOOD STAR, UNKNOWINGLY 
FOUGHT UP TO HIS DEATH
ROBIN'S WISH WILL BE RELEASED 
D
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WHAT A GENIUS ROBIN WILLIAMS 
WAS.
DEBATE CONTINUES OVER WHETHER TO
GO BACK TO SCHOOL, ALL OPTIONS
HAVE THEIR PROS AND CONS
AND FOR CHILDRENS WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS, THERE ARE EXTRA
CONSIDERATIONS AT PLAY
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, RICHARD 
ENGEL, SHARES HIS FAMILY'S OWN
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> OUR SON HENRY, NEARLY 5 YEARS
OLD NOW, HAS A SEVERE GENETIC 
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER.
HE DOESN'T WALK OR SPEAK
OR EFFICIENTLY FEED HIMSELF.
AND HE'S GETTING WORSE, IN THE
TIME OF COVID.
HE
HE'S SHAKING MORE, NOW
HE'S UPSET MORE OFTEN.
HIS HAND IN HIS MOUTH.
AN UNCONTROLLABLE PART. 
>> I THINK IT'S THE HARDEST THAT
IT'S EVER FELT
AS A CAREGIVER
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, WORRYING
THE ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH HIM
REGRESSION
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE
WHEN WILL THIS BE OVER
WHEN WE CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL?
>> MY WIFE MARY AND I, CARRY
HENRY AROUND, SINCE HE CAN'T
MOVE ON HIS OWN.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE EXTRA BURDEN 
THAT WEIGHS ON US.
IT'S THE LOSS OF THERAPIES
BEFORE, HENRY DID THERAPY ON A
HORSE.
IN PLAY GROUPS
MUSIC THERAPY.
IT ALL VANISHED WITH THE
PANDEMIC. 
>> WE HAVE TO DO FREQUENT 
THERAPIES TO KEEP HENRY'S BODY
FUNCTIONING.
TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THE THERAPIES,
HIS HIPS WOULD DISLOCATE
HE COULD GET SCOLIOSIS. 
>> IT TOOK OVER, I'D SAY, A YEAR
AND A HALF FOR HIM TO SIT UP ON 
HIS OWN.
SO, THAT'S AN IDEA OF HOW OLONG
IT TAKES. 
>> AND IF YOU DON'T DO
THERAPIES, FOR EVEN A FEW WEEKS,
YOU LOSE THAT SKILL AND THESE 
KIDS DON'T GET IT BACK EASILY,
IF EVER.
>> LIKE MOST KIDS AROUND THE
WORLD, HENRY ISN'T GOING TO 
SCHOOL NOW
NOT CLEAR WHEN OR HOW HE WILL 
AGAIN.
>> HE REALLY ENJOYED SCHOOL.
I THINK THE SOCIALIZATION ASPECT
OF SCHOOL, FOR HIM, WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL.
>> THE ONLY WAY HE CAN INTERACT 
WITH PEOPLE THAT HE LIKED, HIS
PEER GROUP, IS BEING IN THE SAME
ROOM WITH THEM
PLAYING WITH THE SAME TOYS
AND THAT'S GONE.
COVID RISKS SETTING BACK A WHOLE
GENERATION OF KIDS WITH PHYSICAL
AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
BUT HENRY HAS ONE BIG, POSITIVE 
CHANGE NOW
HE'S A BIG BROTHER TO THEO
HEALTHY AND 1, THIS MONTH.
SO, AT LEAST THEY HAVE EACH 
OTHER TO PLAY WITH
RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> THAT IS THE HOPE.
THAT THIS IS
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE TROPICS AR
>>> MILWAUKEE'S ANTETOKOUNMPO 
WAS EJECTED IN THE GAME AGAINST 
THE WIZARDS AFTER HEAD BUTTING
MOE WAGNER
HE FINISHED WITH 12 POINTS AND
NINE REBOUNDS IN TEN MINUTES OF 
GAME ACTION.
GIANNIS IS ONE OF THREE 
FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR'S MVP 
AWARD.
>> THAT PROVES THERE IS STILL 
SOME GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY.
RALLIES AROUND A BELOVED
NEIGHBOR AFTER SHE CONTRACTED 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> WEEKS AFTER A LENGTHY
HOSPITAL STAY, JEANINE WILLIAMS 
IS BACK AT WORK AND SHE'S 
MAKING -- SERVING UP AN EXAMPLE 
OF JUST HOW SERIOUS COVID-19 IS.
>> SEVEN DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
SEVEN DAYS AT HOME ON 
ANTIBIOTICS.
WHY THIS MASK IS SO IMPORTANT,
PEOPLE
WEAR YOUR MASK
WEAR YOUR MASK
WHERE'S YOUR MASK?
>> SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS LUNG
INFECTION.
DOCTORS HAD TO DRAIN ONE OF HER 
LUNGS AND SURGICALLY PUT IN A 
CHEST TUBE. 
>> DEFINITELY, DON'T WANT TO BE 
AWAKE FOR THAT ONE
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE AWAKE
AFTER IT WAS IN.
>> WILLIAMS ADMITS IT WAS TOUGH 
BEING IN THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT 
FAMILY OR FRIENDS ABLE TO VISIT.
HOWEVER, HER FRIENDS IN CAROLIN
BEACH WERE WORKING THE WHOLE
TIME TO FILL HER CUP. 
>> DRIVERSING IS MY PREVIOUS
PROFESSION
I'M LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST COFFEE
IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE. 
>> WILLIAMS IS OFTEN THE FIRST
TO HELP OUT A NEIGHBOR IN A 
TOUGH TIME
SO IT WAS ONLY FITTING TO PEOPLE
SHE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS
STEPPED IN TO HELP HER
RAISING MORE THAN $26,000 WHILE 
SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE IN THE
HOSPITAL. 
>> THEY PULLED ME THROUGH THIS
I CAN PAY ALL MY MEDICAL BILLS
NONE OF MY LANDLORDS HAVE TO
WAIT FOR RENT.
THIS IS THANKS TO MY COMMUNITY
YES, I HAVE THE GREATEST TOWN ON
EARTH.
>> AS MUCH AS SHE HATES SHARING 
SMILES WITH OTHERS UNDER A MASK,
SHE IS ON A PERSONAL CRUSADE TO 
MAKE SURE THOSE VALUED CUSTOMERS
DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> I WANT THEM TO NOT GET IT
SO, I WANT EVERYBODY TO WEAR THE
MASK
IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
I HATE IT.
I CAN'T BREATHE UNDER THIS, 
HARDLY
IT'S HOT
YOU KNOW, ALL THAT
BUT IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>> LIFE IS SWEET FOR WILLIAMS 
NOW.
AND WHILE SHE THANKS EVERYONE 
WHO KEPT HER AFLOAT, SHE CREDITS
WINNING HER BATTLE TO A LITTLE
MAGIC FROM ABOVE. 
>> I'M A SURVIVOR.
I KNEW GOD WASN'T DONE WITH ME, 
YET.
>> OUR THANKS TO KENDALL McGEE
FROM OUR AFFILIATE, WECT, FOR 
THAT STORY
SHE'S SAYING YEAH IT'S A PAIN IN
THE BUTT
BUT IT SAVES LIVES. 
>> YEAH.
>>> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN MAKES HISTORY BY TAPPING
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS JOE,
QUOTE, NAILED THIS DECISION.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS QUICK TO 
REACT.
DROPPING A CAMPAIGN AD ON 
TWITTER OVERNIGHT.
AND HIS LATEST COMMENTS ON
SENATOR HARRIS, WHO HE NOT ONCE,
BUT TWICE, DONATED TO HER 
CAMPAIGNS.
>> FROM THE GRIDIRON OF THE 
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SPORT OF 
FOOTBALL, TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE
STUDENTS ARE GREETED WITH A 
COVID TEST
HEADING INTO FALL, LIKE NO
OTHER.
THE FAMILY OF ELIJAH McCLAIN, 
SUES THE AURORA, COLORADO,
OFFICERS AND PARAMEDICS INVOLVED
IN HIS DEATH. 
>> AND TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT
DAY.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT THESE
VANISHING GIANTS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020, A 
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR AMERICAN 
POLITICS
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN MADE HISTORY
OFFICIALLY, NAMING SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING
MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
MEANWHILE, THEIR OPPONENT IS
ALREADY ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT, CLAIMING BOOIPD 
H
BIDEN HAS A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WITH NOTABLE 
EXCEPTIONS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BOOIDEN
SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS HE CHOSE
HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER FOCUS
ON RACIAL DISPARITIES.
>> IN THE HOURS BEFORE BIDEN'S
DECISION, A NEW MONMOUTH POLL 
SHOWED THE PRESUMPTIVE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WITH A 
TEN-POINT LEAD OVER MR. TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
FOR MORE, LET'S GET TO SCOTT
MACFARLANE IN D.C.
AND, SCOTT, BIDEN AND HARRIS
WILL MAKE THEIR OFFICIAL DEBUT
TODAY.
>> YEAH, FRANCES
A MIDDAY APPEARANCE IN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S HOMETOWN, 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WHERE HE'S
HAD MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN EVENTS, 
ALREADY, THIS SUMMER
THEY WILL APPEAR TOGETHER AT THE
EVENT.
THEN, HAVE A VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER 
TOGETHER, TONIGHT.
THIS ALL HAPPENS, A WEEK TO THE 
DAY, BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS 
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOC
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORD AND EXPERIENCE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARIES WILL HELP HER BOOST 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS
ALREADY CONSISTENTLY LEADING IN 
THE POLLS.
HER OWN DEBATE AGAINST THE
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE, THAT HAPPENS LATER THIS
FALL
MULTIPLE SOURCES SAY THIS EVENT,
AGAIN, HAPPENS MIDDAY IN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SHE DID HIT JOE BIDEN PRETTY
HARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
THE PRIMARY DEBATES, LAST YEAR
A POINT UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP, SHORTLY AFTER THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK
AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HE
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO --
ONE OF THE REASONS IT SURPRISED 
ME
SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO 
JOE BIDEN, AND IT'S HARD TO PICK
SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE 
FACETIME ME, IN TEARS, BEING SO 
HAPPY ACT THIS
FOLKS WHO NEVER THOUGHT THEY
WOULD SEE, ON A TICKET, SOMEONE 
WHO LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> AND IN A STATEMENT ABOUT THE 
SELECTION, FORMER PRESIDENT,
BARACK OBAMA, SAYS JOE BIDEN
NAILED THIS DECISION, U
UNDERSCORING HIS JUDGMENT AND 
HIS CHARACTER.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT
MACFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW THIS PICK WILL 
CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE RACE
THANK YOU.
>>> BIDEN'S 2008 DEBATE STAGE 
RIVAL IS SENDING SOME WARM
WISHES TO HIS RUNNING MATE
FORMER VP NOMINEE SARA PALIN
CONGRATULATED KAMALA HARRIS ON
INSTAGRAM.
SHE POSTED A PICTURE OF HERSELF 
WITH THE ONLY OTHER WOMAN TO
SERVE ON A PARTY TICKET.
GERALDINE FERRARO.
SAID, OUT OF THE CHUTE, DON'T 
TRUST ANYONE NEW. 
>> AS INFECTIONS SURPASSED
5.1 MILLION, CORONAVIRUS DEATHS 
TOPPED 1,000, BRINGING THE
NATIONWIDE DEATH TOLL PAST
165,000.
AND THIS, AS MULTIPLE STATES
REPORT NEW HIGHS FOR FATALITIES.
GEORGIA SET A NEW RECORD, DAILY 
RECORD, WITH 137 DEATHS, WHILE
FLORIDA HAD 276.
LAST MONTH, MORE THAN 100 
FLORIDIANS, AGE 25 TO 44, DIED
A SIGN THAT THE VIRUS ISN'T 
LIMITED TO OLDER PEOPLE.
AND AS MILLIONS STRUGGLE TO PUT 
FOOD ON THE TABLE, THE NEW YORK 
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST HILLANDALE FARMS.
OFFICIALS AT HILLANDALE HAVE
DENIED THOSE CLAIMS.
>> NEW ZEALAND'S 102-DAY STREAK 
OF NO NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS 
COME TO AN END
A LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR 
THE CITY OF AUCKLAND, AFTER FOUR
CASES WERE CONFIRMED, ALL WITHIN
THE SAME FAMILY.
CONTACT TRACING IS NOW UNDERWAY.
>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT REMOVED
7 MI
7 MILLION POSTS IN THE SECOND 
QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS INCLUDES FAKE PREVENTATIVE 
MEASURES AND EXAGGERATED CURES. 
>> THE BUBBLE CONCEPT HAS BEEN A
WINNING STRATEGY FOR SPORTS 
TEAMS.
NOW, VASSAR COLLEGE, USING A
SIMILAR PLAN
STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE PART-TIME JOBS, VISIT
FAMILY, OR GO TO RESTAURANTS
>> Reporter: EVERY FALL, COLLEGE
STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO
RETURNING TO CAMPUS.
BUT, THIS YEAR, STUDENTS AT 
VASSAR COLLEGE IN NEW YORK WON'T
BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE, UNLESS 
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
>> I REALLY WANT US TO BE TAKING
THE MOST PRECAUTIONS THAT WE
CAN.
AND AS LONG AS THEY DO THAT, I'M
REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE
AND I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE
AND I WANT TO TRUST THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> GOING BACK TO CAMPUS, AND I'M
SUPEREXCITED TO BE GOING BACK.
>> THE IDEA OF A BUBBLE IS NOT
UNIQUE TO VASSAR. 
>> THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR A RESTART OF THE NBA SEASON.
IN A SAFETY BUBBLE
>> Reporter: THE NBA CREATED AN 
ISOLATION ZONE IN ORLANDO,
FLORIDA.
NO SINGLE PLAYER OR MEMBER OF 
THE BUBBLE HAS TESTED POSITIVE
SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN
VASSAR'S EVOLVING REOPENING PLAN
WILL ALSO INCLUDE FACE MASKS, 
PHYSICAL DISTANCE, TESTING, AND 
PROTOCOLS FOR ISOLATION.
VASSAR'S PRESIDENT, DR. 
ELIZABETH BRADLEY, A GLOBAL 
HEALTH EXPERT, BELIEVES THERE IS
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL REOPENING
PLAN. 
>> A VIRAL THREAT IS
COMPLICATED.
AND THE RIGHT STRATEGY DEPENDS
ON WHERE -- WHAT'S THE LOCATION?
WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE COLLEGE
WHAT'S THE CULTURE
WHAT KIND OF CAPACITIES DO THEY 
HAVE
AND SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR 
US NOT TO GET FOCUSED ON A
SINGLE STRATEGY, LIKE TESTING.
>> Reporter: BUT THE LEAD AUTHOR
ON THIS STUDY, ON SAFELY
REOPENING CAMPUSES, BELIEVES
THAT TESTING, IN ADDITION TO
ISOLATION, IS MOST ESSENTIAL. 
>> YES, INDEED
THERE IS A SAFE WAY FOR STUDENTS
TO RETURN TO COLLEGE IN THE 
FALL
AND THE KEY ELEMENT OF THAT PLAN
IS SCREENING FOR THE SARS COVI 2
VIRUS, AT HIGH FREQUENCY, LIKE
EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS.
USING A RAPID, INEXPENSIVE TEST,
COUPLED WITH STRICT, VIGILANT 
ADHERENCE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND OTHER BASIC PREVENTION
PRACTICES.
>> CONCERNED A BUBBLE WITHOUT 
ENOUGH TESTING RUNS A RISK OF A 
CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS.
>> IT DOES DEPEND ON EVERYTHING 
THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG TO 
GO RIGHT
YOU KNOW, I HAVE -- ENGINEERS 
BUILD BRIDGES TO WITHSTAND
SEVERAL TIMES THE WEIGHT THAT 
THEY EXPECT TO TRAVEL OVER THOSE
BRIDGES.
A BRIDGE THAT CAN ONLY WITHSTAND
THE WEIGHT YOU EXPECT IS CALLED 
A HOUSE OF CARDS. 
>> OUR THANKS TO SAVANNAH FOR 
THAT REPORT.
>> SOME BIG TIME COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WON'T BE
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCE, THE BIG 
TEN AND PAC 12 ANNOUNCED THEY 
ARE POSTPONING ALL SPORTS FOR 
THE FALL SEASON OVER CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS
OUR MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: FOR THE BIG TEN AND
PAC 12, THE GAME IS OVER, AT
LEAST FOR NOW.
THE CONFERENCES, HOME TO SOME OF
THE BIGGEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL, OFFICIALLY, PASSING ON
PLAYING AMID THE PANDEMIC.
WITH NO WORD FROM THE S.E.C., 
WHICH INCLUDES DEFENDING CHAMP, 
LSU, THE BIG TEN SAYS FOOTBALL
COULD KICK OFF AGAIN IN 2021
>> THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, FROM A MEDICAL 
STANDPOINT, TO PROCEED FORWARD
>> WITH GAMES SIDELINED FOR THE 
FALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND ITS
FANS WON'T GENERATE UPWARDS OF
$7 BILLION THIS YEAR
BEYOND BROADCASTING RIGHTS, 
TICKET SALES, LOCAL VENDORS,
RETAILERS, HOTELS, AND
RESTAURANTS, ALL, DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALL, 
COLLEGE TOWNS, THIS IS THE
EQUIVALENT OF THEIR MAJOR 
EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS DOORS AND 
PULLING STAKES
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOSS AND SOMETHING 
PEOPLE IN MOST TOWNS ARE GOING
TO FEEL DEEPLY. 
>> WITH NO MANDATE FOR NCAA, THE
COACH AT NEBRASKA SAID THEY'LL
PLAY, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG 
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY'S COMMITTED TO
PLAYING, NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND HOW -- HOW THAT LOOKS.
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTION. 
>> EVEN WITH SOME TEAMS STILL 
PRACTICING, CALEB FARLY OPTED 
OUT FROM PLAYING AT VIRGINIA
TECH. 
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND,
YOU KNOW, GAVE IT TO MY -- TO MY
FATHER
>> HERE, IN PASADENA, JUST THE
ROSE BOWL GENERATES ROUGHLY $200
MILLION.
FOR THOSE WHO PERFORM, IT CAN 
SOLIDIFY THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN
THE NFL.
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
ECONOMICS ARE ALL AT STAKE. 
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS 
CLAIMING IT'S THE FIRST COUNTRY 
IN THE WORLD TO APPROVE A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM
OUR RICHARD ENGEL HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: RUSSIA IS CALLING
IT SPUTNIK V FOR VACCINE AND
CLAIMS IT'S READY, SAFE,
PROVIDES LONG-TERM IMMUNITY.
AND AS OF TODAY, APPROVED FOR 
USE IN RUSSIA.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GONE 
THROUGH CRITICAL, STAGE THREE 
TRIALS
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID 
ONE OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS -- HE
DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH ONE -- TOOK
THE VACCINE.
TWO SHOTS.
HAD A SLIGHT FEVER, WHICH 
PASSED, AND NOW HAS ANTIBODIES
RUSSIA HASN'T PUBLISHED ANY DATA
BUT IS MOVING AHEAD WITH A FAST 
ROLLOUT PLAN TO VACCINATE 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL THIS MONTH
MASS PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER
MASS DISTRIBUTION, IN OCTOBER.
I SPOKE TO CEO OF THE RUSSIAN 
FUND BACKING THE VACCINE
HE SAYS HE'S, ALSO, TAKEN IT. 
>> SO, YOU WANT TO VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE THIS YEAR IN 
RUSSIA
>> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE
UP TO PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO BE
VACCINATED. 
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF HACKING RESEARCH
RUSSIA DISMISSES THAT AS
JEALOUSY. 
>> I THINK THOSE ACCUSATIONS ARE
BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
AFRAID OF RUSSIANS HAVING A SORT
OF SPUTNIK MOMENT BECAUSE OF
VACCINE.
OR BEING THE FIRST OUT THERE
WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ELSE OUT 
THERE.
>> MORE THAN 25 VACCINES ARE IN 
HUMAN TRIALS AROUND THE WORLD.
LEADING CANDIDATES, FROM OXFORD 
AND MODERNA, ARE CURRENTLY IN 
PHASE THREE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE
U.S. HAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR 100 MILLION DOSES OF
ITS VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HEALTH EXPERTS WORRY, WITHOUT 
EXTENSIVE TRIALS, VACCINES CAN
CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY, OR CAUSING LONG-TERM
SIDE EFFECTS
NYU VACCINE CENTER DIRECTOR,
MARK MULLIGAN, WHO IS WORKING ON
PFIZER'S VACCINE, HAS CONCERNS
ABOUT RUSSIA'S. 
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE
GOOD, PUBLIC NAME OF VACCINES.
I WANT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC 
THAT, IN THE U.S., ALL OF OUR 
COVID VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
BEING EVALUATED, VERY CAREFULLY.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY
CORNERS ON SAFETY.
>> A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS 20 
COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED
INTEREST FOR A POTENTIAL BILLION
DOSES.
AND THAT COULD BE MOST TROUBLING
FOR A VACCINE RUSSIA HAS YET TO 
PROVE IS SAFE.
PHILLIP.
>> ALL RIGHT
RICHARD, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO 
NBC'S METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, WITH A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT TODAY.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE STORMS 
SPARKING UP ACROSS THIS 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTO THE
MIDATLANTIC.
EVEN THE NORTHEAST COULD SEE A
FEW, SPOTTY SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE A
FLOODING CONCERN FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BAND OF 
MOISTURE, REALLY, STARTS TO 
HEIGHTEN AS WE STEP INTO THIS 
AFTERNOON.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES FOR THE
OHIO VALLEY.
85
AND FINALLY, GOING TO SEE SOME
SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S STILL HOT AND HUMID ACROSS 
THE DEEP SOUTH INTO TEXAS, NEAR 
102 ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>> WATCHING THE TROPICS AS WELL.
THAT'S COMING UP
>> ALL RIGHT
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT DAY 
AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDIA IS
REMINDING US THAT THESE GENTLE
GIANTS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF 
OUR ECOSYSTEM.
INHABITING 50% OF INDIA'S 
JUNGLES.
TODAY'S MINUTE FOR THE WORLD TO 
HONOR THE SPEECIES, SPREAD
AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS THEY
FACE, 
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, "FORBES" IS OUT WITH 
THE LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR 2020
AND LOOK AT NUMBER ONE
DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON FOR A 
SECOND YEAR WITH 87.5 MILLION.
FOLLOWED BY RYAN REYNOLDS, MARK 
REYNOLDS, BEN AFFLECK.
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT SENT TESLA
SHARES UP 6% IN AFTER-HOURS 
TRADING.
TESLA IS CURRENTLY TRADING AT 
1,374.
>> GAME ONE BETWEEN THE COLUMBUS
BLUE JACKETS AND LIGHTNING WENT 
THROUGH FIVE OVERTIMES
THE FOURTH LONGEST IN NHL PLAY
OFF HISTORY.
THE LIGHTNING ENDED UP WINNING
THE GAME 3-2. 
>> AND DAMIA
GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BUSY. 
>> SHE WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER
YESTERDAY.
I'M LIKE, I WONDER
OH, THAT'S WHY. 
>> ZAC EFRON IS HEADED BACK TO
DISNEY
HE WILL STAR IN THE FILM THREE
MEN AND A BABY
REMEMBER THAT?
IT'S A REMAKE OF THE 1987 --
BACHELORS LIVING A CAREFREE 
LIFESTYLE AND SHARING AN
APARTM
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE WEATHER 
PATTERN SETTING UP FOR THE
TROPIC -- TROPICS.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE 
PARENTS OF ELIJAH McCLAIN HAVE
FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER BEING
PLACED IN A CHOKE HOLD BY 
POLICE, AND INJECTED WITH 
KETAMINE
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED, AND IT NAMED SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
McCLAIN -- THE McCLAINS WANT
JUSTICE.
THE CITY OF AURORA SAID IT WAS
REVIEWING THE LAWSUIT AND COULD 
NOT COMMENT.
>> A CHICAGO MAN WHO WAS SHOT 
DURING A FOOT CHASE WITH POLICE 
IS NOW BEING HELD ON A MILLION
DOLLAR BOND.
THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING 
ANGERED THE COMMUNITY, AND
OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT'S WHAT 
PROMPTED LOOTING IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA
AUTHORITIES ALLEGED ALAN WAS
ARMED WITH A GUN AND FIRED AT 
POLICE, AS HE RAN AWAY FROM 
THEM
WITNESSES, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY,
CLAIM ALAN WAS NOT ARMED
THERE IS NO BODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE 
OF THIS INCIDENT
BUT CHICAGO POLICE DID RELEASE A
PHOTO OF THE WEAPON.
ALAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER 
AND UNLAWFUL WEAPONS CHARGES
>>> SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF CARMEN 
BEST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE 
RETIRING, FOLLOWING WEEKS OF
CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND
PROTESTORS
THE NEWS COMES THE SAME DAY THE 
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO 
TRIM THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT BY CLOSE TO $4 
MILLION.
BEST, WHO'S BEEN AN OFFICER FOR 
28 YEARS WAS THE CITY'S FIRST,
BLACK POLICE CHIEF
SHE SAYS RETIREMENT WAS A 
DIFFICULT DECISION BUT, 
ULTIMATELY, SHE KNEW IT WAS 
TIME. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE 
HALLMARK CHANNEL WILL FEATURE A 
SAME-SEX COUPLE TYING THE KNOT
WHILE MANY ARE APPLAUDING THE 
DECISION, NOT EVERYONE'S ON 
BOARD.
A SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE GROUP 
CALLED ONE MILLION MOMS STARTED 
A PETITION STATING OUR FAMILY 
WILL BOYCOTT HALLMARK AS LONG AS
THE NETWORK SURRENDERS TO THE 
LGBTQ AGENDA
OTHERS PRAISE THE NETWORK FOR 
BECOMING MORE DIVERSE AND 
INCLUSIVE.
THE UPCOMING MOVIE EVERY WEEKEND
WILL PREMIERE AUGUST 15th.
>> THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 
STORE IS RENTING OUT MORE THAN
JUST MOVIES.
THE STORE IS ACTUALLY 
TRANSFORMING INTO A '90s-THEMED 
AIRBNB
THE BEND, OREGON, LOCATION WILL 
BE LISTED FOR THREE ONE-NIGHT 
STAYS BUT ONLY TO COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
GUESTS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR 
MOVIE-MARATHON DREAM FOR JUST 
FOUR BUCKS A NIGHT
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A STEAL
CONSIDERING THE RENTALS ARE --
LATE CHECKOUT FEES
I HEAR THOSE CAN REALLY ADD UP
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
KIND OF BE KIND, REWIND,
POLICIES. 
>> YOU REMEMBER THOSE?
A RELIC, THAT IS
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FOR 
THE COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
>> MAYBE, THEY'LL OPEN IT UP
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE TEST RUN. 
>> WE'LL HOLDING ON TO THAT.
A UNIQUE MIRROR HOUSE IS LURING 
TOURISTS IN LATVIA
TINY HOUSE IS DESIGNED FOR A
MAXIMUM OF TWO TOURISTS.
IT COSTS ABOUT 188 BUCKS A
NIGHT.
BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE,
GUESTS CAN ALSO ORDER BREAKFAST 
AND DINNER
DESPITE NOT HAVING A SHOWEOR
TOILET, THIS HOUSE IS FULLY 
BOOKED
>>> HISTORY IN THE MAKING, AS 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
IS SET TO OFFICIALLY JOIN JOE 
BIDEN ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, 
WITH JUST 83 DAYS BEFORE
ELECTION DAY
>>> THE PRESIDENT HITS BACK HARD
SAYING SENATOR HARRIS WAS "NASTY
AND DISRESPECTFUL" TO BIDEN.
>>> THIS MORNING THE LATEST ON
RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE THE
WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>>> ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST
POWERFUL AND RESPECTED CEOs 
REVEALS A PLAN TO HIRE 100,000
FROM BLACK, ASIAN AND LATINEX 
COMMUNITY.
>> "EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT 
NOW.
>>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020 A WATERSHED
MOMENT FOR AMERICAN POLITICS, 
AFTER MONTHS OF PECULATION, JO
BIDEN MADE AN HISTORIC PICK 
OFFICIALLY NAMING SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE, 
POISED TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN
OF EVER ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
AND HER OPPONENT WASTED NO TIME 
GOING ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT CLAIMING BIDEN HAS 
A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY WITH NOTABLE
EXCEPTIONS THE LATINO COMMUNITY 
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, PIDEN 
SA
BIDEN SAID ONE OF THE REASONS HE
CHOSE HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER
FOCUS ON DISPARITIES
>> A TEN-POINT LEAD IS SHOWN
OVER MR. TRUMP, HOW HARRIS WILL 
IMPACT THE NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE
SEEN
FOR MORE, SCOTT MacFARLANE
>> Reporter: A MIDDAY EVENT IN
JOE BIDEN'S HOMETOWN OF 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, HE'S HAD
MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE
THIS IS SUMMER, APPEAR TOGETHER 
IN A VIRTUAL FUND-RAISING EVENT 
TONIGHT.
THE APPEARANCES COME ONE WEEK TO
THE DAY BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORDS IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARIES BOOST HER AND PREPARE 
HER FOR HER OWN DEBATE THIS FALL
AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT
PATIENCES.
HER DEBATES INCLUDED SHARP
CRITICISM AGAINST HER NEW 
RUNNING MATE, A POINT 
UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS
OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED HE 
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO ONE 
OF THE REASONS THAT SURPRISED 
ME, SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL
TO JOE BIDEN AND IT'S HARD TO 
PICK SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT 
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE FACE 
FACETIME ME IN TEARS BEING SO 
HAPPY ABOUT THIS
FOLKS NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD
SEE ON A TICKET SOMEONE WHO 
LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT,
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 
SAYS JOE BIDEN NAILED THIS
DECISION
TODAY'S JOINT APPEARANCE JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS COMES 
ONE DAY AFTER AN HISTORIC 
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ELECTRONICALLY
WITH A ZOOM CALL, A TEXT AND A
TWEET BY JOE BIDEN
LIVE IN D.C., I'M SCOTT 
MacFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S TURN TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, AND THE 
ONGOING DEBATE OVER REOPENING 
SCHOOLS.
IN SOME CITIES WHERE IN-PERSON
CLASSES HAVE BEGUN, DISTRICTS 
ARE ALREADY BEING FORCED TO 
QUARANTINE STUDENTS AND STAFF.
NBC'S SCAM BROCK HAS THIS 
REPORT
>>ED ASTUDENTS HEAD BACK TO 
CLASS SOME SCHOOLS HAVE FLUNKED 
THEIR FIRST TEST ON SAFETY
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH 
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT WHICH OPENED LAST
WEEK WHICH MANDATORY MASK POLICY
FOR ADULTS BUT NONE FOR STUDENTS
SAY IT ANTICIPATED POSITIVE 
TESTS WHICH IS WHY WE PUT A 
SYSTEM IN PLACE TO CONTACT TRACE
AND MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL STOPPED 
IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES
>> I FELT LIKE OUR KIDS ARE USED
AS GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S A LITTLE
ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT
THAT WAY
>> Reporter: CONCERNS ABOUT 
REOPENING ARE WIDESPREAD
WITH MORE SCHOOLS OPENING NEW 
NUMBERS, COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS
17 AND UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN
130% IN THE LAST MONTH
>> FOR SOME REASON THEY THINK 
SCHOOL SAY MAGICAL PLACE
>> Reporter: THIS FLORIDA HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER ERIC RODRIGUEZ IS
CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE MASKS, DIDN'T WANT US TO
BE THE MASK POLICE BUT HAVE US
POLICE OTHER ITEMS LIKE DRESS 
CODES.
>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT 
SAYS MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND 
AVAILABLE BUT NOT MANDATED WHICH
IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN THE
USA.
ADDING THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT 
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE AS SPACE ALLOWS 
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE ESPECIALLY IN PLACES 
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA TEACHES PUBLIC HIGH
SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000 
STUDENTS AND SAYS THE CITY'S
REOPENING PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR 
ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT NEED
TO BE SOLVED SUCH AS TESTING AND
A QUICK TURNAROUND TIME ON
TESTING THAT THE SCHOOL AS ITS
OWN UNIT CAN'T FIX
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, AND THAT 
EVEN ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS HAS 
RECEIVED IT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MET 
WITH INTERNATIONAL SKEPTICISM 
WITH GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAYING NOT SO FAST
JOINING FROM US LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
SEEMS LIKE RUSSIA MAY HAVE
SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP HERE
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
FRANCES.
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE HAD A FEVER FOR A 
DAY, BUT THEN IT WENT DOWN, 
CLAIMS THIS NEW VACCINE CALLED
SPUTNIK 5 NAMED AFTER ANOTHER 
RUSSIAN FIRST IS EFFECTIVE
ENOUGH AND IS SAFE BUT THE
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IS SAYING
NOT SO FAST.
FIRST NO, DATA HAS BEEN PUB LSHD
BY THE RESEARCHERS FOR THIS 
VACCINE AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED
BY RUSSIAN REGULATORS BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE THREE TRIALS, 
TRIALS THAT NORMALLY ARE TAKEN
WITH THOUSANDS TO TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE THOSE
HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES, 
AND HERE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
THIS SO THEY DON'T KNOW THE 
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OR THE SAFETY 
OF THIS VACCINE IN RUSSIA.
ONE EXPERT SAYING RUSHING THIS
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS IN THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY POINT OUT THAT IT 
RISKS PUBLIC TRUST IN VACCINES, 
SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO 
MAINTAIN TO MAKE SURE ONCE THERE
IS A SAFE VACCINE THAT PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY DO TAKE IT.
NOW, RUSSIA SAYS THEY DO PLAN TO
START MASS PRODUCING THIS SOON
AND VACCINATION WILL START LATER
IN THE FALL ON A MASS SCALE, AND
THEY SAY AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES BUT AS 
YOU POINT OUT, THEY MAY BE
JUMPING THE GUN THERE THOUGH
THIS RACE FOR A VACCINE KIND OF 
PLAYING OUT LIKE THE SPACE RACE.
FRANCES?
>> AND A LOT OF WORLD SKEPTICISM
WITH THIS CLAIM.
>>> TO LEBANON, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE MARCHED IN THE STREETS OF
BEIRUT, THEY STOPPED FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE NEAR THE PORT 
FROM THE EXPLOSION KILLED AT
LEAST 160 PEOPLE
IN THE MEANING A CROWD OF 
PROTESTERS THREW ROCKS AND
STARTED FIRES OUTSIDE THE 
PARLIAMENT COMPLEX
THE BLAST HAS FUELED OUTRAGE
AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADERS.
DOCUMENTS HAVE COME TO LIGHT
THAT SHOW TOP OFFICIALS KNEW
ABOUT THE STOCKPILE OF
EXPLOSIVES AND DID NOTHING ABOUT
IT
>>> THE PARENTS OF ELIJAH 
McCLAIN FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED AND NAMES SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS THE
MACL
McCLAINS WANT JUSTICE.
THE CITY COULD NOT COMMENT
>>> CREWS ARE WORKING TO BATTLE 
A MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR DENVER
THE GRIZZLY CREEK FIRE HAS GROWN
TO MORE THAN 3,200 ACRES FUELED 
BY HOT AND WINDY WEATHER AND
CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER AND
SHUT DOWN A HIGHWAY.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUE TEAM
WHICH INCLUDES STATE AND FEDERAL
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WILL TAKE 
OVER COMMAND TODAY
>>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JANESSA 
WEBB AND SEE WHAT SHE'S WATCHING
TODAY.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE TROPICS,
TOO, GOOD MORNING.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH THIS 
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE NEED SOME OF THIS RAIN WE'RE 
SEEING ON THE EAST COAST TO 
SHIFT TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TO REALLY HELP THAT FIRE DANGER.
UNFORTUNATELY, DRY CONDITIONS 
WILL PERSIST
WATCHING THE FLOODING THREAT
THAT IS GOING TO BE ENHANCED
ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A FLOOD
THREAT THAT WILL SPARK UP BY
TODAY INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING FROM
CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY INTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY TODAY.
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
FOR THE NORTHEAST WE HAVE HEAT
ALERTS FOR NEW YORK CITY TO 
BOSTON
THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE IN 
THE MID-90s.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST DAY BEFORE
COOLER WEATHER MAKES ITS WAY
FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CENTRAL 
TEXAS, 100 DEGREES
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TROPICS
COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK
YOU.
>>> VIOLA DAVIS GIFTED HERSELF
WITH AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY FOR
HER 55th BIRTHDAY, NOT ONLY DID 
SHE BUY THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOME 
SHE WAS BORN IN, THE PROPERTY IS
ON A FORMER SLAVE PLANTATION
WHERE HER GRANDFATHER AS A
SHARECROPPER SO SHE BOUGHT THAT 
LAND AS WELL
SHE ANNOUNCED HE
>>> THE HUMAN BRAIN IS AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2 POUND GLAND.
>> THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU 
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES UP WITH 
SOMETHING ELSE
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS ALONG WITH A LOOK AT LOUIE 
BODY DREAMTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE
HE UNKNOWINGLY FOUGHT UP TO HIS 
DEATH.
"ROBIN'S WISH" WILL BE RELEASED 
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WE MISS HIM
>>> SOME BIG COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE PLAYING
FOOTBALL
BIG TEN AND PAC-12 ARE
POSTPONING ALL GAMES OVER 
CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: THE BIG TEN AND
PAC-12 THE GAME IS OVER AT LEAST
FOR NOW.
>> TOUCHDOWN BUCKEYES.
>> Reporter: THE CONFERENCES
HOME TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
OFFICIALLY PASSING ON PLAYING 
AMID THE PANDEMIC WITH NO WORD
FROM THE SEC, WHICH INCLUDES
DEFENDING CHAMPS LSU, THE BIG 
TEN SAYS FOOTBALL COULD KICK OFF
AGAIN IN 2021.
>> THERE ARE TOO MANY 
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE FROM A MEDICAL
STANDPOINT TO PROCEED FORWARD.
>> Reporter: WITH GAMES 
SIDELINED FOR THE FALL, COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL AND ITS FANS WON'T 
GENERATE UPWARDS OF $7 BILLION
THIS YEAR, BEYOND BROADCASTING
RIGHTS, TICKET SALES, LOCAL 
VENDORS, RETAILERS, HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS ALL DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> FOR THE SMALL COLLEGE TOWNS, 
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THEIR 
MAJOR EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS 
DOORS AND PULLING UP STAKES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT AND SOMETHING
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS WILL FEEL 
DEEPLY
>> Reporter: WITH NO MANDATE
FROM THE NCAA THE COACH AT
NEBRASKA SAID MONDAY THEY'LL
PLAY WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED
TO PLAYING NO MATTER WHAT, NO 
MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND 
HOW THAT LOOKS
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTIONS.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH SOME 
TEAMS STILL PRACTICING, CALEB 
FARLEY OPTED OUT FROM PLAYING AT
VIRGINIA TECH.
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND 
GAVE IT TO MY FATHER
>> Reporter: HERE IN PASADENA,
JUST THE ROSE BOWL GENERATES
ROUGHLY $200 MILLION FOR PLAYERS
WHO PERFORM IT CAN SOLIDIFY 
THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NFL,
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, FORBES IS OUT ABOUT W
ITS LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR TO 20 AND DWAYNE "THE ROCK" 
JOHNSON ON TOP WITH $87.5 
MILLION FOLLOWED BY RYAN
REYNOLDS, MARK WAHLBERG, BEN
AFFLECK AND VIN DECEIESEL.
>>> TESLA SHARES UP 6% IN 
AFTERHOURS TRADING
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT 
REMOVED 7 MILLION POSTS IN THE
SECOND QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDED CONTENT 
FAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND
EXAGGERATED CURES.
>>> MORE THAN 25 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE
STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT 
THEMSELVES
NOW THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT
MAY HELP
OUR STEPHANIE RUEHL REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, NEW
HOPE FOR NEW JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMAZON, 
GOOGLE, MASTERCARD, VERIZON,
WELLS FARGO COMING TOGETHER TO
CREATE OVER 100,000 NEW JOBS AND
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 
LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY WORKERS.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS PHILANTHROPY
OR IS IT A BUSINESS INITIATIVE
>> IT'S A BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: JAMIE DIMON IS THE 
CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE AND MEMBER
OF THE NEW JOBS COUNCIL.
>> 30 CEOs TO TACKLE ONE OF 
SOCIETY'S BIG PROBLEMS, GETTING 
INNER CITY SCHOOL EDUCATION,
LARGELY MINORITY, GETTING THESE 
KIDS THROUGH SCHOOL AND WITH A
HIGH PAYING JOB.
>> Reporter: MANY OF THE
COMPANIES INVOLVED WERE ALREADY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR INITIATIVES
SEPARATELY BUT THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE
INEQUALITY HIGH LIGHTED BY THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT LED 
THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO UNITE 
FOR MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS
NOW THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT 
DON'T RELATE TO COVID, THEY'RE
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE 
LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY,
OUR COMPANY, OUR CLIENTS
>> Reporter: WHAT DO WE NEED TO 
HAPPEN MOST NOW FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO MORE
PARTICULARLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS,
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, ET
CETERA, TO GET US THROUGH THE 
NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS AS WE
OPEN UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
SOUNDLY.
>> YOU'VE GOT 200,000 EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING THEM 
BACK TO WORK SAFELY?
>> THERE'S STILL 150,000 PEOPLE 
WORKING FROM HOME AND I THINK 
WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME 
PERMANENCY TO SOME OF THAT, 
THERE'S A HUGE VALUE TO WORKING 
TOGETHER IN TERMS OF
COLLABORATION AND CREATIVITY AND
TRAINING THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A 
VACCINE AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DO 
IT REALLY SAFELY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE 
OUR PEOPLE
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE
IN A RECESSION
>> YES, WE'RE IN A RECESSION
THAT WILL AFFECT INCOME, HOME 
PRICES, IT WILL IN PEOPLE'S REAL
LIVES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A JOB
YOU'RE GOING TO SEEMENT  SOME OE
EFFECTS FROM THAT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK A YEAR
FROM NOW WE COULD ONLY HAVE BIG 
BOX STORES AND CHAIN VAUNTS?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: HOW WILL THEY STAY 
IN BUSINESS?
>> A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE STILL
WORKING BUT THERE ARE ONES THAT 
ARE SUFFERING, KEEP ON TRYING 
DIFFERENT THINGS, TRYING TO GET 
BETTER
WE WILL WIN.
WE JUST WANT TO DO IT 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
OUR LATEST FORECAST IS SHOWING
WE COULD SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY
STARTING TO REV UP IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF STORMS THAT 
WILL COME BACK TO BACK OFF THE
WEST AFRICAN COAST
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WATCHING 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11
RIGHT NOW SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 
35 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE IS A TRACK ON THIS SYSTEM,
WE'RE THINKING IT COULD CHANGE
INTO TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE BY
TOMORROW EVENING, STILL A TON OF
UNCERTAINTY AS IT SITS IN A WARM
BODY OF WATER,
>>> LATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
MIMI JONES REFLECTS ON HER
LIFELONG FIGHT FOR EQUAL ACCESS 
TO SWIMMING LESSONS AND POOLS 
FOR BLACK CHILDREN
NBC'S RON ALLEN HAS MORE ON HER 
INSPIRING STORY.
>> Reporter: AN ICONIC IMAGE, A 
YOUNG BLACK WOMAN HORRIFIED WHEN
A MOTEL OWNER POURS ACID IN A 
SWIMMING POOL TARGETING CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVIST PROTESTING A
WHITES ONLY BUSINESS
>> IT WAS HORRIFYING
>> Reporter: MIMI JONES WAS 17
BACK THEN, 1964, ST. AUGUSTINE, 
FLORIDA.
>> THIS WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
SWIMMING IN A POOL, WASN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS ABOUT TOTAL SEGREGATION, 
LACK OF RESPECT, LACK OF
DIGNITY.
>> Reporter: THE SWIMMING PART
OF WEEKS PROVE TEST LED BY
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., BUILDING
THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACT OF 1964 THAT SUMMER.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE 
TONIGHT?
>> YEAH!
>> Reporter: FOR JONES, EQUAL 
ACCESS TO SWIMMING AND WATER
SAFETY BECAME ONE OF HER LIFE'S 
PASSIONS
STUDIES SHOW 64% OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE LITTLE OR
NO ABILITY TO SWIM AND BLACK
CHILDREN ARE FIVE AND A HALF
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROWN THAN 
THEIR WHITE PEERS.
>> KICK, KICK.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS THAT HUGE 
DISPARITY MOTIVATED THE THOMAS
TWINS TO START A FREE PROGRAM TO
CHILDREN IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> WE WANT TO BLOW THE LID OFF
AND GIVE ACCESS TO ANYONE.
>> Reporter: SIMONE MANUEL HOPES
TO TRANSFORM THE SPORT IN 2016
BECOMING THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN
INDIVIDUAL OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN
SWIMMING
>> I HAVE DEALT WITH EXPERIENCES
OF RACISM IN THIS SPORT SINCE 
THE AGE OF 12, I WANTED TO QUIT.
>> Reporter: SHE'S GRATEFUL TO
MIMI JONES, WHO PAVED THE WAY.
>> IT IS HEART WRENCHING TO KNOW
THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 
WANTING TO SWIM WOULD CAUSE 
SOMEONE TO THROW ACID ON
SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN
>> Reporter: A MOMENT THAT
FOREVER CHANGED JONES' LIFE.
>> IT ONLY STRENGTHENED MY
RESOLVE AND MY LIFELONG 
COMMITMENT TO CHALLENGE RACISM
AND EQUALITY AND LACK OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> Reporter: THIS TURNED OUT TO 
BE ONE OF HER LAST INTERVIEWS.
JONES DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES A
FEW DAYS LATER, HER FAMILY SAYS,
AGE 73 AND STILL HOPEFUL
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN SOCIAL CHANGE
HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT A
BATTLE, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S
A RENEWED AWAKENING.
>> Reporter: RON ALLEN, NBC 
NEWS, NEW YORK
>> SHE HELPED WITH THAT 
AWAKENING WITH THE BARRIERS 
BROKEN IN THE WATER AND OUT OF
THE WATER.
>> MIMI JONES, JOHN LEWIS, WE'VE
LOST SOME OF OUR GREATEST 
AMERICANS THIS SUMMER.
THEI
>>> WITH 83 DAYS UNTIL THE 2020 
ELECTION, JOE BIDEN CHOOSES 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR, KAMALA
HARRIS, AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
AND HE WILL SEAL THE DEAL AT A
BIG EVENT, LATER TODAY. 
>> THIS MORNING, WE HAVE GOT THE
LATEST ON RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO HAVE
THE WORLD'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE.
>> PUNTING ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
THIS FALL, AS MORE MAJOR
CONFERENCES MAKE FINAL DECISIONS
ON POSTPONING THEIR FALL
SEASONS.
>> FAMILIES DEALING WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN, DURING THE
PANDEMIC, FACE SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF ANYONE.
FOR CORRESPONDENT RICHARD ENGEL 
SHARES THE PERSONAL STORY OF HIS
SON HENRY.
>> AND WE WILL FOLLOW A 770-MILE
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, ACROSS NINE
STATES, FROM A POWERFUL DERECHO.
A BUSY WEDNESDAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
HISTORY MADE IN THE RACE FOR
2020
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN HAS OFFICIALLY NAMED
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS
RUNNING MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
THE DEMOCRATIC DUO WILL APPEAR
TOGETHER, LATER TODAY, IN 
DELAWARE
MEANWHILE, THEIR LOOMING
OPPONENT IS ALREADY ON THE
ATTACK
>> IF YOU READ THE VARIOUS
POLITICAL PUNDITS, YOU WOULD
HAVE SAID THAT MAYBE -- THE ONE 
I THOUGHT WOULD BE BEST FOR US
MIKE IS A PRO.
>> SHORTLY BEFORE BIDEN MADE
THAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, A NEW
MONMOUTH POLL SHOWED THE
PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
WITH A TEN-POINT LEAD OVER
TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
ANDREA MITCHELL HAS MORE
>> THE DECISION ANNOUNCED 
ONLINE
KAMALA HARRIS, THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
THE CHARISMATIC, CALIFORNIA 
SENATOR.
55 YEARS OLD
MORE THAN TWO DECADES YOUNGER 
THAN BIDEN
REPRESENTING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF DEMOCRATS
AND UNLIKE OTHER BLACK WOMEN ON 
THE LIST, HAS, TWICE, WON 
STATEWIDE OFFICE
THE POLITICAL WORLD TOOK NOTICE 
WITH HER SPLASHY CAMPAIGN 
KICKOFF FOR PRESIDENT IN OAKLAND
LAST YEAR.
>> WE CAN CLAIM THE AMERICAN
DREAM FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> HARRIS IS A FORMER CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND A FRIEND
OF BO BIDEN'S, WHEN HE WAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF DELAWARE
WHICH IS WHY HER DEBATE 
CHALLENGE TO JOE BIDEN LAST YEAR
SHOCKED HIM.
>> AND THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME. 
>> WHEN ASKED THIS YEAR, BIDEN
HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE DOES NOT 
HOLD GRUDGES
AND HARRIS HAS CAMPAIGNED HARD
FOR HIM, SINCE DROPPING OUT,
HERSELF.
RA
RAISING MONEY AND PROVING SHE IS
A TEAM PLAYER.
THE CAMPAIGN RELEASING A PHOTO
OF BIDEN AND HARRIS TALKING.
IN A STATEMENT, BIDEN PRAISING
HARRIS AS SMART, TOUGH, AND 
READY TO LEAD.
WRITING, I NEED SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE IN A
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION
IN THIS YEAR OF RACIAL
RECKONING, THERE WAS STRONG 
PARTY SUPPORT FOR A BLACK 
CANDIDATE.
AND BIDEN CONSIDERED FORMER 
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, SUSAN
RICE, AS WELL AS WHITE
CONTENDERS, PRINCIPALLY MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
BUT BIDEN'S PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WAS
REVIVED BY HIS BIG VICTORY IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA, THANKS TO HIS 
ENDORSEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC LEADER
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN.
>> HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT
IS TO HAVE A BLACK WOMAN IN THIS
ROLE, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THIS
YEAR
>> IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
AND I THINK THIS SAYS, ONCE AND 
FOR ALL, THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WILL NOT TAKE BLACK PEOPLE
FOR GRANTED.
IT NEVER WAS TRUE.
BUT I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE OF A 
FACT TODAY. 
>> OUR THANKS TO ANDREW FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> AS THE DEBATE RACES ON OVER
REOPENING CLASSROOMS, THERE ARE 
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY 
BEING FORCED TO QUARANTINE
STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE OF 
THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: AS STUDENTS HEAD 
BACK TO CLASS, SOME SCHOOLS HAVE
ALREADY FLUNKED THEIR FIRST TEST
ON SAFETY.
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE
HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSING THROUGH, 
AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH,
AFTER SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.
NOW, MORE THAN 900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN QUARANTINE.
THE DISTRICT, WHICH OPENED LAST 
WEEK WITH A MANDATORY MASK
POLICY FOR ADULTS, BUT NONE FOR 
STUDENTS, SAYS IT ANTICIPATED 
POSITIVE TESTS, WHICH IS WHY WE 
PUT A SYSTEM INTO PLACE TO
QUICKLY CONTACT TRACE AND 
MANDATE QUARANTINES.
ANOTHER GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL WITH
AN OPTIONAL-MASK POLICY, ALSO,
STOPPED IN-PERSON LEARNING AFTER
NINE POSITIVE CASES.
>> I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS -- 
OUR KIDS ARE BEING USED AS
GUINEA PIGS AND IT'S -- IT'S A
LITTLE ENRAGING WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
>> CONCERNS ABOUT REOPENING ARE 
WIDESPREAD. 
>> WITH MORE SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA 
REOPENING THEIR DOORS, NEW
NUMBERS FROM THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
COVID-19 CASES FOR KIDS 17 AND
UNDER JUMPING MORE THAN 130% IN 
THE LAST MONTH. 
>> FOR SOME REASON, THEY THINK
SCHOOL'S A MAGICAL PLACE AND WE 
DON'T NEED TO BE SIX FEET APART.
>> THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL 
TEACHER IS CONCERNED ABOUT
SAFETY IN COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
>> THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 
REQUIRE SCHOMASKS.
>> THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE SAYS
MASKS ARE ENCOURAGED AND
AVAILABLE, BUT NOT MANDATED,
WHICH IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN
THE USA.
ADDING, THE DISTRICT HAD A GREAT
FIRST DAY AND THE POLICY WAS
ALWAYS TO SPACE, AS SPACE 
ALLOWS
BUT GETTING ENOUGH SPACE IS AN
OBSTACLE, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES
LIKE NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 
SAMANTHA DAVES TEACHES PUBLIC 
HIGH SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 3,000
STUDENTS
SHE SAYS THE CITY'S REOPENING 
PLAN DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
>> THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT
NEED TO BE SOLVED.
SUCH AS, TESTING AND A QUICK
TURNAROUND TIME ON TESTING
THAT THE SCHOOL, AS ITS OWN 
UNIT, CAN'T FIX.
>> Reporter: AND TIME TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS IS RUNNING OUT.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JACKSONVILLE
>>> SOME BIG-TIME COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WOULDN'T BE 
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES, THE BIG
TEN AND THE PAC 12 HAVE 
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE POSTPONING 
ALL SPORTS FOR THE FALL SEASON, 
OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
OUR JAY GRAY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: CHANGING LEAVES AND
CHEERING FANS.
FOR MILLIONS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL
KICKS OFF, FALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH CONCERNS OF 
A COVID-19, THE SEASON IS IN
JEOPARDY. 
>> I THINK IT'S -- IT'S ALMOST
HOUR BY HOUR OF WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
>> BOTH, THE BIG TEN AND PAC 12 
ANNOUNCING THEY'RE POSTPONING 
ALL FALL SPORTS, JOINING THE
MOUNTAIN WEST AND MID-AMERICA 
CONFERENCES.
>> DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
MOVING FORWARD
THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND 
WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES, AND ALL THOSE 
CONNECTED WITH PAC 12 SPORTS
HAS, FROM DAY ONE, BEEN OUR TOP,
TOP PRIORITY
>> Reporter: STILL, A GROWING 
NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND COACHES 
SAY THE GAMES MUST GO ON
CLEMSON QUARTERBACK TREVOR
LAWRENCE, A HEISMAN TROPHY
CONTENDER AND HIGH-PROFILE NFL
PROSPECT, IS LEADING AN ONLINE
PUSH TO PLAY
DEMANDING THE POWER FIVE
CONFERENCES CREATE UNIVERSAL
MANDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES, TO PROTECT PLAYERS. 
>> WE WANT TO PLAY
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO
THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.
>> BUT SEVERAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS DURING
SUMMER WORKOUTS.
>> A HUGE VARIABLE THAT THE 
REMAINING LEAGUES WILL HAVE IS
HOW THOSE CAMPUSES REACT TO 
STUDENTS MOVING BACK ON CAMPUS, 
AS THERE IS AN EXPECTED VIRUS 
UPTICK
>> Reporter: THE VIRUS, AN
OPPONENT RIGHT NOW, THAT NO ONE 
KNOWS HOW TO DEFEND.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS 
RUSSIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD TO APPROVE A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
AND THAT, EVEN ONE OF HIS 
DAUGHTERS HAVE RECEIVED IT
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM, WITH GLOBAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAYING, NOT SO FAST.
JOINING US FROM LONDON IS 
CHAPMAN BELL
AND, CHAPMAN, SEEMS RUSSIA MAY
HAVE SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP
HERE
>> YEAH, FRANCES
VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT, THAT
DAUGHTER OF HIS THAT HAS TAKEN
THE VACCINE, HAD A SLIGHTLY 
ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AFTERWARDS.
BUT CLAIMS IT WENT AWAY AFTER 
THAT
IN FACT, SPUTNIK FIVE, NAMED
AFTER ANOTHER RUSSIAN FIRST,
WORKS EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH AND IS 
SAFE
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 
THOUGH, SAYING NOT SO FAST
FIRSTLY, NO DATA'S BEEN 
PUBLISHED ABOUT THE RESEARCH
AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY 
RUSSIAN REGULATORS, BEFORE THE
CRUCIAL STAGE-THREE TRIALS
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH
IT
SO, THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND 
SAFETY REMAINS UNCLEAR
PHASE-THREE TRIALS NORMALLY 
INVOLVE THOUSANDS TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
ONE EXPERT SAYING, RUSHING THIS 
OUT IS A GAMBLE THAT IS RECKLESS
AND FOOLISH.
OTHERS POINT OUT IT RISKS PUBLIC
TRUST IN VACCINES.
THERE, ALREADY, IS A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM AMONGST THE PUBLIC ON
VACCINES
AND IF THEY GET IT WRONG, IT
COULD CREATE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS.
RUSSIA, THOUGH, SAYS THEY PLAN
TO START MASS PRODUCING IT, 
SOON
AND VACCINATION, LATER IN THE 
FALL
AND THAT, AT LEAST 20 COUNTRIES 
HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
AROUND 1 BILLION DOSES
FRANCES, THIS RUSH FOR A VACCINE
IS TURNING INTO KIND OF LIKE THE
SPACE RACE. 
>> WOW
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW FORTHCOMING RUSSIA'S GOING
TO BE WITH INFORMATION ACT THABU
THAT VACCINE
CHAPMAN, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS
>>> STILL RECOVERING AFTER A
DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE STORM
SYSTEM SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION.
THE DERECHO CAUSED DAMAGE TO
NINE STATES AND KILLED AT LEAST 
ONE.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
AFTER A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM
TORE THROUGH THE MIDWEST MONDAY.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO 
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JUST CONFIRMED A TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN HERE IN CHICAGO'S
NORTH SIDE
CRUSHING CAR AFTER CAR AFTER
CAR.
>> IT WAS A RARE WEATHER SYSTEM,
KNOWN AS A DERECHO
A HUGE WALL OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN 
THAT TRAVELS MORE THAN 250
MILES.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED THIS ONE
COULD HAVE RACED -- ACROSS NINE 
STATES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO 
OHIO
PRODUCING WINDS --
>> WE LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET
AND SAW THE BRANCH OVER THERE 
THAT FELL ON THE POWER LINES. 
>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY 
GET INSIDE
>> Reporter: IT COULD BE A
BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER RAVAGING
THE CORN BELT, SO LATE IN THE 
GROWING SEASON
IN CHICAGO, WARNING SIRENS
BEFORE IT HIT.
THIS IS FRANCES RIVERA'S CAR
LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN HER HOME. 
>> THE WIND WAS HOWLING.
I THOUGHT MY WINDOWS WERE GOING 
TO GET BLOWN IN AND I RAN FOR 
COVER.
>> AND IN THE NORTHEAST, A WEEK 
AFTER TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
ALSO WITHOUT POWER. 
>> OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR THAT
REPORT. 
>> HOW IS TODAY SHAPING UP
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
WITH MORE ON THAT.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE
UPPER MIDWEST.
A FEW STORMS ARE GOING TO BE
POPPING OFF THIS AFTERNOON
AND RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE NOT 
MATERIALIZING.
DRY CONDITIONS
BUT IT WILL REV UP THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THIS
BAND OF MOISTURE START TO SPARK 
UP AROUND 2, 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALL THE WAY INTO THE MIDATLANTIC
STATES
EVEN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST
COULD SEE A SPOTTY SHOWER ALL 
THE WAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAIN 
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 TO 
3 INCHES
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO, WE ARE STILL SEEING HEAT
ALERTS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO
BOSTON
DAYTIME HIGHS STILL IN THE LOWER
90s.
HOT CONDITIONS FOR SAN ANTONIO, 
ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL TEXAS
NEAR 100 DEGREES
AND WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT A
NEW TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT'S
STARTING TO DEVELOP.
TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT, COMING 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, THERE
IS A SHORTAGE OF DR. PEPPER IN
STORES, ALL ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES
THE COMPANY TWEETED THAT THE
SHORTAGE APPLIES TO EVERY 
FLAVOR. 
>> SO MANY REBOOTS THESE DAYS 
AND THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR 
IS GETTING A DRAMATIC ONE.
WILL SMITH AND MORGAN COOPER
HAVE TEAMED UP TO LAUNCH A
REIMAGINING OF THE BELOVED
COMEDY AS A DRAMA SERIES
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING
SHOPPED AROUND A NUMBER OF
STREAMERS.
>> IT HAS ITS DRAMATIC MOMENTS
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST HAS
ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM SHE IS 
EXPECTING HER FIRST CHIL
KNOW, AN EXTRAORDINARY 3 1/2
POUND GLAND.
THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, IT COMES OUT 
SOMETHING ELSE. 
>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ROBIN 
WILLIAMS WILL GIVE THE WORLD AN 
INTIMATE RECOUNTING OF HIS FINAL
DAYS, ALONG WITH A LOOK AT BODY 
DEMENTIA, THE BRAIN DISEASE THE 
HOLLYWOOD STAR, UNKNOWINGLY 
FOUGHT UP TO HIS DEATH
ROBIN'S WISH WILL BE RELEASED 
D
DIGITALLY AND ON DEMAND 
SEPTEMBER 1st.
>> WHAT A GENIUS ROBIN WILLIAMS 
WAS.
DEBATE CONTINUES OVER WHETHER TO
GO BACK TO SCHOOL, ALL OPTIONS
HAVE THEIR PROS AND CONS
AND FOR CHILDRENS WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS, THERE ARE EXTRA
CONSIDERATIONS AT PLAY
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, RICHARD 
ENGEL, SHARES HIS FAMILY'S OWN
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> OUR SON HENRY, NEARLY 5 YEARS
OLD NOW, HAS A SEVERE GENETIC 
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER.
HE DOESN'T WALK OR SPEAK
OR EFFICIENTLY FEED HIMSELF.
AND HE'S GETTING WORSE, IN THE
TIME OF COVID.
HE
HE'S SHAKING MORE, NOW
HE'S UPSET MORE OFTEN.
HIS HAND IN HIS MOUTH.
AN UNCONTROLLABLE PART. 
>> I THINK IT'S THE HARDEST THAT
IT'S EVER FELT
AS A CAREGIVER
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, WORRYING
THE ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH HIM
REGRESSION
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE
WHEN WILL THIS BE OVER
WHEN WE CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL?
>> MY WIFE MARY AND I, CARRY
HENRY AROUND, SINCE HE CAN'T
MOVE ON HIS OWN.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE EXTRA BURDEN 
THAT WEIGHS ON US.
IT'S THE LOSS OF THERAPIES
BEFORE, HENRY DID THERAPY ON A
HORSE.
IN PLAY GROUPS
MUSIC THERAPY.
IT ALL VANISHED WITH THE
PANDEMIC. 
>> WE HAVE TO DO FREQUENT 
THERAPIES TO KEEP HENRY'S BODY
FUNCTIONING.
TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THE THERAPIES,
HIS HIPS WOULD DISLOCATE
HE COULD GET SCOLIOSIS. 
>> IT TOOK OVER, I'D SAY, A YEAR
AND A HALF FOR HIM TO SIT UP ON 
HIS OWN.
SO, THAT'S AN IDEA OF HOW OLONG
IT TAKES. 
>> AND IF YOU DON'T DO
THERAPIES, FOR EVEN A FEW WEEKS,
YOU LOSE THAT SKILL AND THESE 
KIDS DON'T GET IT BACK EASILY,
IF EVER.
>> LIKE MOST KIDS AROUND THE
WORLD, HENRY ISN'T GOING TO 
SCHOOL NOW
NOT CLEAR WHEN OR HOW HE WILL 
AGAIN.
>> HE REALLY ENJOYED SCHOOL.
I THINK THE SOCIALIZATION ASPECT
OF SCHOOL, FOR HIM, WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL.
>> THE ONLY WAY HE CAN INTERACT 
WITH PEOPLE THAT HE LIKED, HIS
PEER GROUP, IS BEING IN THE SAME
ROOM WITH THEM
PLAYING WITH THE SAME TOYS
AND THAT'S GONE.
COVID RISKS SETTING BACK A WHOLE
GENERATION OF KIDS WITH PHYSICAL
AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
BUT HENRY HAS ONE BIG, POSITIVE 
CHANGE NOW
HE'S A BIG BROTHER TO THEO
HEALTHY AND 1, THIS MONTH.
SO, AT LEAST THEY HAVE EACH 
OTHER TO PLAY WITH
RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> THAT IS THE HOPE.
THAT THIS IS
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE TROPICS AR
>>> MILWAUKEE'S ANTETOKOUNMPO 
WAS EJECTED IN THE GAME AGAINST 
THE WIZARDS AFTER HEAD BUTTING
MOE WAGNER
HE FINISHED WITH 12 POINTS AND
NINE REBOUNDS IN TEN MINUTES OF 
GAME ACTION.
GIANNIS IS ONE OF THREE 
FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR'S MVP 
AWARD.
>> THAT PROVES THERE IS STILL 
SOME GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY.
RALLIES AROUND A BELOVED
NEIGHBOR AFTER SHE CONTRACTED 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> WEEKS AFTER A LENGTHY
HOSPITAL STAY, JEANINE WILLIAMS 
IS BACK AT WORK AND SHE'S 
MAKING -- SERVING UP AN EXAMPLE 
OF JUST HOW SERIOUS COVID-19 IS.
>> SEVEN DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
SEVEN DAYS AT HOME ON 
ANTIBIOTICS.
WHY THIS MASK IS SO IMPORTANT,
PEOPLE
WEAR YOUR MASK
WEAR YOUR MASK
WHERE'S YOUR MASK?
>> SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS LUNG
INFECTION.
DOCTORS HAD TO DRAIN ONE OF HER 
LUNGS AND SURGICALLY PUT IN A 
CHEST TUBE. 
>> DEFINITELY, DON'T WANT TO BE 
AWAKE FOR THAT ONE
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE AWAKE
AFTER IT WAS IN.
>> WILLIAMS ADMITS IT WAS TOUGH 
BEING IN THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT 
FAMILY OR FRIENDS ABLE TO VISIT.
HOWEVER, HER FRIENDS IN CAROLIN
BEACH WERE WORKING THE WHOLE
TIME TO FILL HER CUP. 
>> DRIVERSING IS MY PREVIOUS
PROFESSION
I'M LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST COFFEE
IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE. 
>> WILLIAMS IS OFTEN THE FIRST
TO HELP OUT A NEIGHBOR IN A 
TOUGH TIME
SO IT WAS ONLY FITTING TO PEOPLE
SHE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS
STEPPED IN TO HELP HER
RAISING MORE THAN $26,000 WHILE 
SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE IN THE
HOSPITAL. 
>> THEY PULLED ME THROUGH THIS
I CAN PAY ALL MY MEDICAL BILLS
NONE OF MY LANDLORDS HAVE TO
WAIT FOR RENT.
THIS IS THANKS TO MY COMMUNITY
YES, I HAVE THE GREATEST TOWN ON
EARTH.
>> AS MUCH AS SHE HATES SHARING 
SMILES WITH OTHERS UNDER A MASK,
SHE IS ON A PERSONAL CRUSADE TO 
MAKE SURE THOSE VALUED CUSTOMERS
DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> I WANT THEM TO NOT GET IT
SO, I WANT EVERYBODY TO WEAR THE
MASK
IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
I HATE IT.
I CAN'T BREATHE UNDER THIS, 
HARDLY
IT'S HOT
YOU KNOW, ALL THAT
BUT IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>> LIFE IS SWEET FOR WILLIAMS 
NOW.
AND WHILE SHE THANKS EVERYONE 
WHO KEPT HER AFLOAT, SHE CREDITS
WINNING HER BATTLE TO A LITTLE
MAGIC FROM ABOVE. 
>> I'M A SURVIVOR.
I KNEW GOD WASN'T DONE WITH ME, 
YET.
>> OUR THANKS TO KENDALL McGEE
FROM OUR AFFILIATE, WECT, FOR 
THAT STORY
SHE'S SAYING YEAH IT'S A PAIN IN
THE BUTT
BUT IT SAVES LIVES. 
>> YEAH.
>>> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN MAKES HISTORY BY TAPPING
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS JOE,
QUOTE, NAILED THIS DECISION.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS QUICK TO 
REACT.
DROPPING A CAMPAIGN AD ON 
TWITTER OVERNIGHT.
AND HIS LATEST COMMENTS ON
SENATOR HARRIS, WHO HE NOT ONCE,
BUT TWICE, DONATED TO HER 
CAMPAIGNS.
>> FROM THE GRIDIRON OF THE 
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SPORT OF 
FOOTBALL, TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE
STUDENTS ARE GREETED WITH A 
COVID TEST
HEADING INTO FALL, LIKE NO
OTHER.
THE FAMILY OF ELIJAH McCLAIN, 
SUES THE AURORA, COLORADO,
OFFICERS AND PARAMEDICS INVOLVED
IN HIS DEATH. 
>> AND TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT
DAY.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT THESE
VANISHING GIANTS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
IN THE RACE FOR 2020, A 
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR AMERICAN 
POLITICS
AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, JOE
BIDEN MADE HISTORY
OFFICIALLY, NAMING SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING
MATE
SHE IS POISED TO BECOME THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, EVER, ON A
MAJOR PARTY TICKET
MEANWHILE, THEIR OPPONENT IS
ALREADY ON THE ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT UNLEASHING A NEW
AD OVERNIGHT, CLAIMING BOOIPD 
H
BIDEN HAS A RACE PROBLEM
>> UNLIKE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WITH NOTABLE 
EXCEPTIONS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
>> IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BOOIDEN
SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS HE CHOSE
HARRIS IS BECAUSE OF HER FOCUS
ON RACIAL DISPARITIES.
>> IN THE HOURS BEFORE BIDEN'S
DECISION, A NEW MONMOUTH POLL 
SHOWED THE PRESUMPTIVE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WITH A 
TEN-POINT LEAD OVER MR. TRUMP.
HOW HARRIS WILL IMPACT THOSE
NUMBERS REMAINS TO BE SEEN
FOR MORE, LET'S GET TO SCOTT
MACFARLANE IN D.C.
AND, SCOTT, BIDEN AND HARRIS
WILL MAKE THEIR OFFICIAL DEBUT
TODAY.
>> YEAH, FRANCES
A MIDDAY APPEARANCE IN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S HOMETOWN, 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WHERE HE'S
HAD MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN EVENTS, 
ALREADY, THIS SUMMER
THEY WILL APPEAR TOGETHER AT THE
EVENT.
THEN, HAVE A VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER 
TOGETHER, TONIGHT.
THIS ALL HAPPENS, A WEEK TO THE 
DAY, BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS IS 
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE 
DEMOC
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
HER FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY HER
RECORD AND EXPERIENCE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARIES WILL HELP HER BOOST 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS
ALREADY CONSISTENTLY LEADING IN 
THE POLLS.
HER OWN DEBATE AGAINST THE
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE, THAT HAPPENS LATER THIS
FALL
MULTIPLE SOURCES SAY THIS EVENT,
AGAIN, HAPPENS MIDDAY IN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SHE DID HIT JOE BIDEN PRETTY
HARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
THE PRIMARY DEBATES, LAST YEAR
A POINT UNDERSCORED BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP, SHORTLY AFTER THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK
AND WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WORKS OUT.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES, AS YOU KNOW
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT HE
PICKED HER
SHE WAS VERY, VERY NASTY TO --
ONE OF THE REASONS IT SURPRISED 
ME
SHE WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO 
JOE BIDEN, AND IT'S HARD TO PICK
SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE 
FACETIME ME, IN TEARS, BEING SO 
HAPPY ACT THIS
FOLKS WHO NEVER THOUGHT THEY
WOULD SEE, ON A TICKET, SOMEONE 
WHO LOOKED LIKE THEM
>> AND IN A STATEMENT ABOUT THE 
SELECTION, FORMER PRESIDENT,
BARACK OBAMA, SAYS JOE BIDEN
NAILED THIS DECISION, U
UNDERSCORING HIS JUDGMENT AND 
HIS CHARACTER.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M SCOTT
MACFARLANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW THIS PICK WILL 
CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE RACE
THANK YOU.
>>> BIDEN'S 2008 DEBATE STAGE 
RIVAL IS SENDING SOME WARM
WISHES TO HIS RUNNING MATE
FORMER VP NOMINEE SARA PALIN
CONGRATULATED KAMALA HARRIS ON
INSTAGRAM.
SHE POSTED A PICTURE OF HERSELF 
WITH THE ONLY OTHER WOMAN TO
SERVE ON A PARTY TICKET.
GERALDINE FERRARO.
SAID, OUT OF THE CHUTE, DON'T 
TRUST ANYONE NEW. 
>> AS INFECTIONS SURPASSED
5.1 MILLION, CORONAVIRUS DEATHS 
TOPPED 1,000, BRINGING THE
NATIONWIDE DEATH TOLL PAST
165,000.
AND THIS, AS MULTIPLE STATES
REPORT NEW HIGHS FOR FATALITIES.
GEORGIA SET A NEW RECORD, DAILY 
RECORD, WITH 137 DEATHS, WHILE
FLORIDA HAD 276.
LAST MONTH, MORE THAN 100 
FLORIDIANS, AGE 25 TO 44, DIED
A SIGN THAT THE VIRUS ISN'T 
LIMITED TO OLDER PEOPLE.
AND AS MILLIONS STRUGGLE TO PUT 
FOOD ON THE TABLE, THE NEW YORK 
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST HILLANDALE FARMS.
OFFICIALS AT HILLANDALE HAVE
DENIED THOSE CLAIMS.
>> NEW ZEALAND'S 102-DAY STREAK 
OF NO NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS 
COME TO AN END
A LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR 
THE CITY OF AUCKLAND, AFTER FOUR
CASES WERE CONFIRMED, ALL WITHIN
THE SAME FAMILY.
CONTACT TRACING IS NOW UNDERWAY.
>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED IT REMOVED
7 MI
7 MILLION POSTS IN THE SECOND 
QUARTER FOR SHARING FALSE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS INCLUDES FAKE PREVENTATIVE 
MEASURES AND EXAGGERATED CURES. 
>> THE BUBBLE CONCEPT HAS BEEN A
WINNING STRATEGY FOR SPORTS 
TEAMS.
NOW, VASSAR COLLEGE, USING A
SIMILAR PLAN
STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE PART-TIME JOBS, VISIT
FAMILY, OR GO TO RESTAURANTS
>> Reporter: EVERY FALL, COLLEGE
STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO
RETURNING TO CAMPUS.
BUT, THIS YEAR, STUDENTS AT 
VASSAR COLLEGE IN NEW YORK WON'T
BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE, UNLESS 
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
>> I REALLY WANT US TO BE TAKING
THE MOST PRECAUTIONS THAT WE
CAN.
AND AS LONG AS THEY DO THAT, I'M
REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE
AND I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE
AND I WANT TO TRUST THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> GOING BACK TO CAMPUS, AND I'M
SUPEREXCITED TO BE GOING BACK.
>> THE IDEA OF A BUBBLE IS NOT
UNIQUE TO VASSAR. 
>> THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR A RESTART OF THE NBA SEASON.
IN A SAFETY BUBBLE
>> Reporter: THE NBA CREATED AN 
ISOLATION ZONE IN ORLANDO,
FLORIDA.
NO SINGLE PLAYER OR MEMBER OF 
THE BUBBLE HAS TESTED POSITIVE
SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN
VASSAR'S EVOLVING REOPENING PLAN
WILL ALSO INCLUDE FACE MASKS, 
PHYSICAL DISTANCE, TESTING, AND 
PROTOCOLS FOR ISOLATION.
VASSAR'S PRESIDENT, DR. 
ELIZABETH BRADLEY, A GLOBAL 
HEALTH EXPERT, BELIEVES THERE IS
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL REOPENING
PLAN. 
>> A VIRAL THREAT IS
COMPLICATED.
AND THE RIGHT STRATEGY DEPENDS
ON WHERE -- WHAT'S THE LOCATION?
WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE COLLEGE
WHAT'S THE CULTURE
WHAT KIND OF CAPACITIES DO THEY 
HAVE
AND SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR 
US NOT TO GET FOCUSED ON A
SINGLE STRATEGY, LIKE TESTING.
>> Reporter: BUT THE LEAD AUTHOR
ON THIS STUDY, ON SAFELY
REOPENING CAMPUSES, BELIEVES
THAT TESTING, IN ADDITION TO
ISOLATION, IS MOST ESSENTIAL. 
>> YES, INDEED
THERE IS A SAFE WAY FOR STUDENTS
TO RETURN TO COLLEGE IN THE 
FALL
AND THE KEY ELEMENT OF THAT PLAN
IS SCREENING FOR THE SARS COVI 2
VIRUS, AT HIGH FREQUENCY, LIKE
EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS.
USING A RAPID, INEXPENSIVE TEST,
COUPLED WITH STRICT, VIGILANT 
ADHERENCE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND OTHER BASIC PREVENTION
PRACTICES.
>> CONCERNED A BUBBLE WITHOUT 
ENOUGH TESTING RUNS A RISK OF A 
CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS.
>> IT DOES DEPEND ON EVERYTHING 
THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG TO 
GO RIGHT
YOU KNOW, I HAVE -- ENGINEERS 
BUILD BRIDGES TO WITHSTAND
SEVERAL TIMES THE WEIGHT THAT 
THEY EXPECT TO TRAVEL OVER THOSE
BRIDGES.
A BRIDGE THAT CAN ONLY WITHSTAND
THE WEIGHT YOU EXPECT IS CALLED 
A HOUSE OF CARDS. 
>> OUR THANKS TO SAVANNAH FOR 
THAT REPORT.
>> SOME BIG TIME COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WON'T BE
TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON
TWO MAJOR CONFERENCE, THE BIG 
TEN AND PAC 12 ANNOUNCED THEY 
ARE POSTPONING ALL SPORTS FOR 
THE FALL SEASON OVER CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS
OUR MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: FOR THE BIG TEN AND
PAC 12, THE GAME IS OVER, AT
LEAST FOR NOW.
THE CONFERENCES, HOME TO SOME OF
THE BIGGEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL, OFFICIALLY, PASSING ON
PLAYING AMID THE PANDEMIC.
WITH NO WORD FROM THE S.E.C., 
WHICH INCLUDES DEFENDING CHAMP, 
LSU, THE BIG TEN SAYS FOOTBALL
COULD KICK OFF AGAIN IN 2021
>> THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY
UNCERTAINTIES TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, FROM A MEDICAL 
STANDPOINT, TO PROCEED FORWARD
>> WITH GAMES SIDELINED FOR THE 
FALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND ITS
FANS WON'T GENERATE UPWARDS OF
$7 BILLION THIS YEAR
BEYOND BROADCASTING RIGHTS, 
TICKET SALES, LOCAL VENDORS,
RETAILERS, HOTELS, AND
RESTAURANTS, ALL, DEPEND ON GAME
DAY.
ONE STUDY IN ANN ARBOR SHOWS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL 
BRINGS IN OVER $80 MILLION A
YEAR TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALL, 
COLLEGE TOWNS, THIS IS THE
EQUIVALENT OF THEIR MAJOR 
EMPLOYER SHUTTING ITS DOORS AND 
PULLING STAKES
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A LOSS AND SOMETHING 
PEOPLE IN MOST TOWNS ARE GOING
TO FEEL DEEPLY. 
>> WITH NO MANDATE FOR NCAA, THE
COACH AT NEBRASKA SAID THEY'LL
PLAY, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BIG 
TEN.
>> OUR UNIVERSITY'S COMMITTED TO
PLAYING, NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND HOW -- HOW THAT LOOKS.
I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO LOOK
FOR OTHER OPTION. 
>> EVEN WITH SOME TEAMS STILL 
PRACTICING, CALEB FARLY OPTED 
OUT FROM PLAYING AT VIRGINIA
TECH. 
>> I KNOW PLAYERS ARE WORRIED 
AND THEY'RE SCARED TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM
HOW COULD I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF 
I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND,
YOU KNOW, GAVE IT TO MY -- TO MY
FATHER
>> HERE, IN PASADENA, JUST THE
ROSE BOWL GENERATES ROUGHLY $200
MILLION.
FOR THOSE WHO PERFORM, IT CAN 
SOLIDIFY THEIR CHANCE TO PLAY IN
THE NFL.
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST A
GAME
SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
ECONOMICS ARE ALL AT STAKE. 
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU
>>> RUSSIA TAKES A GIANT LEAP IN
THE RACE FOR A CURE.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS 
CLAIMING IT'S THE FIRST COUNTRY 
IN THE WORLD TO APPROVE A 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN 
MET WITH INTERNATIONAL
SKEPTICISM
OUR RICHARD ENGEL HAS THE 
LATEST
>> Reporter: RUSSIA IS CALLING
IT SPUTNIK V FOR VACCINE AND
CLAIMS IT'S READY, SAFE,
PROVIDES LONG-TERM IMMUNITY.
AND AS OF TODAY, APPROVED FOR 
USE IN RUSSIA.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GONE 
THROUGH CRITICAL, STAGE THREE 
TRIALS
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID 
ONE OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS -- HE
DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH ONE -- TOOK
THE VACCINE.
TWO SHOTS.
HAD A SLIGHT FEVER, WHICH 
PASSED, AND NOW HAS ANTIBODIES
RUSSIA HASN'T PUBLISHED ANY DATA
BUT IS MOVING AHEAD WITH A FAST 
ROLLOUT PLAN TO VACCINATE 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL THIS MONTH
MASS PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER
MASS DISTRIBUTION, IN OCTOBER.
I SPOKE TO CEO OF THE RUSSIAN 
FUND BACKING THE VACCINE
HE SAYS HE'S, ALSO, TAKEN IT. 
>> SO, YOU WANT TO VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE THIS YEAR IN 
RUSSIA
>> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE
UP TO PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO BE
VACCINATED. 
>> U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF HACKING RESEARCH
RUSSIA DISMISSES THAT AS
JEALOUSY. 
>> I THINK THOSE ACCUSATIONS ARE
BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
AFRAID OF RUSSIANS HAVING A SORT
OF SPUTNIK MOMENT BECAUSE OF
VACCINE.
OR BEING THE FIRST OUT THERE
WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ELSE OUT 
THERE.
>> MORE THAN 25 VACCINES ARE IN 
HUMAN TRIALS AROUND THE WORLD.
LEADING CANDIDATES, FROM OXFORD 
AND MODERNA, ARE CURRENTLY IN 
PHASE THREE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE
U.S. HAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR 100 MILLION DOSES OF
ITS VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HEALTH EXPERTS WORRY, WITHOUT 
EXTENSIVE TRIALS, VACCINES CAN
CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY, OR CAUSING LONG-TERM
SIDE EFFECTS
NYU VACCINE CENTER DIRECTOR,
MARK MULLIGAN, WHO IS WORKING ON
PFIZER'S VACCINE, HAS CONCERNS
ABOUT RUSSIA'S. 
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE
GOOD, PUBLIC NAME OF VACCINES.
I WANT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC 
THAT, IN THE U.S., ALL OF OUR 
COVID VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
BEING EVALUATED, VERY CAREFULLY.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY
CORNERS ON SAFETY.
>> A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS 20 
COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED
INTEREST FOR A POTENTIAL BILLION
DOSES.
AND THAT COULD BE MOST TROUBLING
FOR A VACCINE RUSSIA HAS YET TO 
PROVE IS SAFE.
PHILLIP.
>> ALL RIGHT
RICHARD, THANK YOU
>>> LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO 
NBC'S METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, WITH A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT TODAY.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE STORMS 
SPARKING UP ACROSS THIS 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTO THE
MIDATLANTIC.
EVEN THE NORTHEAST COULD SEE A
FEW, SPOTTY SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE A
FLOODING CONCERN FOR AT LEAST 
THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BAND OF 
MOISTURE, REALLY, STARTS TO 
HEIGHTEN AS WE STEP INTO THIS 
AFTERNOON.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES FOR THE
OHIO VALLEY.
85
AND FINALLY, GOING TO SEE SOME
SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S STILL HOT AND HUMID ACROSS 
THE DEEP SOUTH INTO TEXAS, NEAR 
102 ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>> WATCHING THE TROPICS AS WELL.
THAT'S COMING UP
>> ALL RIGHT
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT DAY 
AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDIA IS
REMINDING US THAT THESE GENTLE
GIANTS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF 
OUR ECOSYSTEM.
INHABITING 50% OF INDIA'S 
JUNGLES.
TODAY'S MINUTE FOR THE WORLD TO 
HONOR THE SPEECIES, SPREAD
AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS THEY
FACE, 
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS, "FORBES" IS OUT WITH 
THE LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS 
FOR 2020
AND LOOK AT NUMBER ONE
DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON FOR A 
SECOND YEAR WITH 87.5 MILLION.
FOLLOWED BY RYAN REYNOLDS, MARK 
REYNOLDS, BEN AFFLECK.
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT SENT TESLA
SHARES UP 6% IN AFTER-HOURS 
TRADING.
TESLA IS CURRENTLY TRADING AT 
1,374.
>> GAME ONE BETWEEN THE COLUMBUS
BLUE JACKETS AND LIGHTNING WENT 
THROUGH FIVE OVERTIMES
THE FOURTH LONGEST IN NHL PLAY
OFF HISTORY.
THE LIGHTNING ENDED UP WINNING
THE GAME 3-2. 
>> AND DAMIA
GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BUSY. 
>> SHE WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER
YESTERDAY.
I'M LIKE, I WONDER
OH, THAT'S WHY. 
>> ZAC EFRON IS HEADED BACK TO
DISNEY
HE WILL STAR IN THE FILM THREE
MEN AND A BABY
REMEMBER THAT?
IT'S A REMAKE OF THE 1987 --
BACHELORS LIVING A CAREFREE 
LIFESTYLE AND SHARING AN
APARTM
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE WEATHER 
PATTERN SETTING UP FOR THE
TROPIC -- TROPICS.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE 
PARENTS OF ELIJAH McCLAIN HAVE
FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER BEING
PLACED IN A CHOKE HOLD BY 
POLICE, AND INJECTED WITH 
KETAMINE
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT
ELIJAH'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED, AND IT NAMED SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO 
PARAMEDICS
A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY SAYS
McCLAIN -- THE McCLAINS WANT
JUSTICE.
THE CITY OF AURORA SAID IT WAS
REVIEWING THE LAWSUIT AND COULD 
NOT COMMENT.
>> A CHICAGO MAN WHO WAS SHOT 
DURING A FOOT CHASE WITH POLICE 
IS NOW BEING HELD ON A MILLION
DOLLAR BOND.
THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING 
ANGERED THE COMMUNITY, AND
OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT'S WHAT 
PROMPTED LOOTING IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA
AUTHORITIES ALLEGED ALAN WAS
ARMED WITH A GUN AND FIRED AT 
POLICE, AS HE RAN AWAY FROM 
THEM
WITNESSES, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY,
CLAIM ALAN WAS NOT ARMED
THERE IS NO BODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE 
OF THIS INCIDENT
BUT CHICAGO POLICE DID RELEASE A
PHOTO OF THE WEAPON.
ALAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER 
AND UNLAWFUL WEAPONS CHARGES
>>> SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF CARMEN 
BEST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE 
RETIRING, FOLLOWING WEEKS OF
CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND
PROTESTORS
THE NEWS COMES THE SAME DAY THE 
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO 
TRIM THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT BY CLOSE TO $4 
MILLION.
BEST, WHO'S BEEN AN OFFICER FOR 
28 YEARS WAS THE CITY'S FIRST,
BLACK POLICE CHIEF
SHE SAYS RETIREMENT WAS A 
DIFFICULT DECISION BUT, 
ULTIMATELY, SHE KNEW IT WAS 
TIME. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE 
HALLMARK CHANNEL WILL FEATURE A 
SAME-SEX COUPLE TYING THE KNOT
WHILE MANY ARE APPLAUDING THE 
DECISION, NOT EVERYONE'S ON 
BOARD.
A SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE GROUP 
CALLED ONE MILLION MOMS STARTED 
A PETITION STATING OUR FAMILY 
WILL BOYCOTT HALLMARK AS LONG AS
THE NETWORK SURRENDERS TO THE 
LGBTQ AGENDA
OTHERS PRAISE THE NETWORK FOR 
BECOMING MORE DIVERSE AND 
INCLUSIVE.
THE UPCOMING MOVIE EVERY WEEKEND
WILL PREMIERE AUGUST 15th.
>> THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 
STORE IS RENTING OUT MORE THAN
JUST MOVIES.
THE STORE IS ACTUALLY 
TRANSFORMING INTO A '90s-THEMED 
AIRBNB
THE BEND, OREGON, LOCATION WILL 
BE LISTED FOR THREE ONE-NIGHT 
STAYS BUT ONLY TO COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
GUESTS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR 
MOVIE-MARATHON DREAM FOR JUST 
FOUR BUCKS A NIGHT
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A STEAL
CONSIDERING THE RENTALS ARE --
LATE CHECKOUT FEES
I HEAR THOSE CAN REALLY ADD UP
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
KIND OF BE KIND, REWIND,
POLICIES. 
>> YOU REMEMBER THOSE?
A RELIC, THAT IS
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FOR 
THE COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
>> MAYBE, THEY'LL OPEN IT UP
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE TEST RUN. 
>> WE'LL HOLDING ON TO THAT.
A UNIQUE MIRROR HOUSE IS LURING 
TOURISTS IN LATVIA
TINY HOUSE IS DESIGNED FOR A
MAXIMUM OF TWO TOURISTS.
IT COSTS ABOUT 188 BUCKS A
NIGHT.
BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE,
GUESTS CAN ALSO ORDER BREAKFAST 
AND DINNER
DESPITE NOT HAVING A SHOWEOR
TOILET, THIS HOUSE IS FULLY 
BOOKED INDEED 
HISTORIC.
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON A MAJOR
PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.
KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGNING FOR 
JOE BIDEN ONCE SHE DROPPED OUT 
OF THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT.
NOW HIS RUNNING MATE.
IN TRUE 2020 FASHION IN THE 
PANDEMIC, BIDEN INFORMING HARRIS
BY VIDEO CHAT THAT HE HAD CHOSEN
HER FOR THE TICKET.
A SELECTION MARKING THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR RUNNING FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR A MAJOR PARTY AS 
WELL AS LAUNCHING THE NEXT 
GENERATION'S DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
HARRIS AT 55 IS MORE THAN TWO 
DECADES YOUNGER THAN BIDEN WHO 
IS 77.
AS A BLACK WOMAN, HARRIS IS ALSO
PART OF A KEY VOTING BLOC FOR 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH BLACK 
LEADERS AND PARTY ACTIVISTS 
URGING THE CAMPAIGN TO CHOOSE A 
WOMAN OF COLOR.
A RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY ELECTED CALIFORNIA'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2011.
HARRIS FACING CRITICISM FOR SOME
OF THE DECISIONS IN THAT JOB 
SUCH AS OPPOSING TO INVESTIGATE 
POLICE SHOOTINGS.
>> WHEN YOU HAD THE POWER, WHY 
DIDN'T YOU TRY TO AFFECT CHANGE 
THEN?
>> WAS I ABLE TO GET ENOUGH 
DONE?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT MY PLAN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED 
BY ACTIVISTS AS BEING A BOLD AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS ABOUT
ENDING MASS INCARCERATION, ABOUT
TAKING THE PROFIT OUT OF THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE, SHE IMPRESSED THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN WITH HER TOUGH 
QUESTIONING OF BRETT KAVANAUGH.
>> MY QUESTION IS HAVE YOU HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE ABOUT 
THAT INVESTIGATION.
IT'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE 
PERSON YOU'RE THINKING OF.
>> I THINK YOU'RE THINKING OF 
SOMEONE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO 
TELL US.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SEIZING ON THAT TO ATTACK HER.
>> I THOUGHT SHE WAS THE 
T
MEANEST, THE MOST HORRIBLE, MOST
DISRESPECTFUL OF ANYBODY IN THE 
U.S. SENATE.
>> Reporter: HARRIS HAD HER OWN 
PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS LAUNCHING
HER CAMPAIGN WITH GREAT FANFARE 
LAST YEAR.
>> WE CAN RECLAIM THE AMERICAN 
DREAM FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: FAMOUSLY CLASHING 
WITH BIDEN DURING THE FIRST 
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE OVER HIS 
RECORD ON RACE.
>> YOU ALSO WORKED WITH THEM TO 
OPPOSE BUSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SHE WAS BUSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAY.
AND THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME.
>> Reporter: BUT HER CAMPAIGN 
RAN OUT OF STEAM WITH HARRIS 
DROPPING OUT BEFORE THE FIRST 
PRIMARIES AND LATER ENDORSING 
BIDEN.
>> I BELIEVE IN JOE.
>> Reporter: AND BIDEN HAS SAID 
HE DOESN'T HOLD GRUDGES.
EMAILING SUPPORTERS THAT HE IS 
SMART, TOUGH, AND READY TO LEAD.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA WEIGHING 
IN SAYING BIDEN NAILED THIS 
DECISION AND CALLING HARRIS MORE
THAN PREPARED FOR THE JOB.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY HAD
THEIR BEST FUND RAISING HOUR 
AFTER -- IN THE HOUR, RATHER, 
AFTER THEY MADE THAT 
ANNOUNCEMENT MAKING MORE MONEY 
THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING 
THE CAMPAIGN IN AN HOUR.
THEY OF COURSE WILL BE APPEARING
HERE LATER TODAY.
THE NEWLY MINTED VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOW HAS 
ONLY ONE WEEK TO PREPARE FOR HER
BIG DEBUT AT THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION WHICH OF COURSE WILL 
BE VIRTUAL BECAUSE OF THE 
NDEMIC.
SAVANNAH?
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANDREA MITCHELL, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
WE ARE JOINED NOW BY SUSAN RICE 
WHO WAS A FINALIST ON JOE 
BIDEN'S SHORT LIST FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER DURING THE 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
AMBASSADOR RICE, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE 
CHOICE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK KAMALA HARRIS 
BRINGS TO THE TABLE?
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, SAVANNAH.
SHE'S A GREAT CHOICE.
HE'S GOING TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS 
RUNNING MATE FOR JOE BIDEN.
I'M CONFIDENT THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET WILL BE A WINNING ONE.
WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO TO 
PUT OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK, 
TO RECOVER FROM THIS PANDEMIC, 
TO REVIVE OUR ECONOMY, TO 
RESTORE OUR STANDING IN THE 
WORLD AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
AND THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM TO DO 
IT.
I'M GLAD I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THEM AND DO MY UTMOST TO
HELP ELECT BIDEN/HARRIS AND HELP
THEM GOVERN WHEN THE TIME COMES.
>> WELL, LET'S RECOGNIZE THE 
HISTORY THAT WAS MADE YESTERDAY.
SHE'S THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO 
BE ON A U.S. MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
FOR PRESIDENT.
WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THAT 
WILL HAVE ON THE RACE?
>> I THINK THAT'S SO EXCITING, 
SAVANNAH.
I MEAN, IT'S PAST TIME.
BLACK WOMEN ARE THE BACKBONE OF 
THIS NATION, NOT JUST OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE DOING THE HARD
WORK FOR DECADES AND GENERATIONS
AND THIS IS A MOMENT TO 
CELEBRATE.
IT'S A MOMENT FOR YOUNG WOMEN 
AND YOUNG MEN, FRANKLY, ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO SAY 
THAT ANY DOOR IS OPEN TO THEM.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE 
SENATOR HARRIS AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THIS 
HISTORIC CHOICE WHICH I THINK IS
EXCITING AND HISTORIC.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS A FLIP 
SIDE, UNFORTUNATELY TO THAT.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS VERY BLUNT 
SAYING SHE FEELS THAT SEXISM WAS
ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO HER 
LOSS IN 2016.
DO YOU WORRY ABOUT RACISM AND 
SEXISM AFFECTING THE RACE WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS ON THE TICKET?
>> LOOK, THIS TICKET IS GOING TO
WIN.
AND YES, THERE WILL BE THOSE 
THAT EMPLOY RACISM AND SEXISM.
LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP YESTERDAY 
CALLING HER NASTY.
HE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TO ANY 
PERSON THAT JOE BIDEN SELECTED 
ON THE TICKET.
AND THAT'S THE UNDERTONE.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL NOT 
RETREAT FROM THAT KIND OF 
DIVISIVENESS AND HATRED.
DONALD TRUMP EXEMPLIIES IT.
I THINK THE COUNTRY IS READY TO 
ELECT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE SHE'LL 
BE TREMENDOUS ON THE TRAIL.
AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO BUST THROUGH THESE BARRIERS.
YOU AND I AND ALL THE WOMEN 
WATCHING THIS UNDERSTAND THAT IS
THE CHALLENGE WE FACE EVERY DAY.
I THINK WHEN WE DO IT, IT WILL 
BE AN EXTRAORDINARY 
BREAKTHROUGH.
>> WELL, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE 
SEEMED TO SETTLE ALREADY ON ONE 
LINE OF ATTACK THAT SHE IS FAR 
LEFT, RADICAL LEFT.
MUCH MORE LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN.
DO YOU THINK SHE IS MORE 
PROGRESSIVE OR LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JOE BIDEN
IS THE TOP OF THE TICKET.
IT'S HIS POLICIES AND HIS 
APPROACH THAT'S GOING TO SET THE
TONE.
BUT I THINK THEY'RE VERY 
COMPATIBLE.
AND I THINK THEIR POSITIONS ARE 
VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS AND 
DONALD TRUMP IN PARTICULAR HAVE 
NOTHING TO RUN ON EXCEPT 
ATTACKS.
THEY HAVE BEEN SET UP TO 
POSITION THEIR ASSAULT ON 
WHOEVER WAS TO BE THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL SELECT AS LEFT AND 
SOCIALIST.
IT'S NOT TRUE.
THAT IS NOT WHO KAMALA HARRIS 
IS.
IT'S NOT WHO JOE BIDEN IS.
LET THEM HURL THEIR BASELESS 
ATTACKS.
IT'S ALL THEY'VE GOT.
MEANWHILE, THIS COUNTRY IS 
STRUGGLING.
WE'VE LOST OVER 160,000 
AMERICANS TO DONALD TRUMP'S 
INCOMPETENCE AND HIS DISREGARD 
FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE PUTTING HIS OWN 
POLITICAL INTERESTS FIRST OVER 
THE ECONOMY, OVER OUR STUDENTS 
WHO NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST HORRIFIC.
SO THEY'LL GO IN THAT DIRECTION,
BUT KAMALA IS GOING TO BE GREAT 
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO 
WORK.
>> WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS.
OF COURSE SHE IS A U.S. SENATOR 
BUT SHE ALSO RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
HER CAMPAIGN HAD A LOT OF 
FANFARE AT THE START.
20,000 PEOPLE AT HER OPENING 
EVENT.
SHE RAISED MONEY, BUT IT 
FIZZLED.
THE CAMPAIGN WAS ACCUSED OF 
MISMANAGEMENT FROM THE INSIDE.
AND SHE DROPPED OUT BEFORE ONE 
VOTE WAS EVEN CAST.
IF THAT'S HOW SHE RAN HER 
CAMPAIGN, WHY SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE
CONFIDENCE ABOUT HER BEING AT 
THE TOP OF THE TICKET?
>> LOOK.
KAMALA HARRIS IS TESTED.
SHE'S WON IN THE LARGEST STATE 
IN THE UNION AT STATEWIDE LEVEL 
THREE TIMES.
SHE'S A SITTING U.S. SENATOR.
SHE SITS ON THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE, THE JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE.
SHE'S BEEN A LEADER IN THE 
SENATE ON ISSUES OF CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE AND MANY OTHER ISSUES 
THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND SHE'S GOING TO BE A 
TREMENDOUS VICE PRESIDENT.
AND I THINK JOE BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE 
DID EXTREMELY WELL ON A TALENTED
FIELD OF CANDIDATES.
AND NOT JUST KAMALA HARRIS.
MANY OTHERS WHO PERFORMED 
EXTRAORDINARILY WELL.
ELIZABETH WARREN, AMY KLOBUCHAR.
AND BIDEN EMERGED BECAUSE HE WAS
THE BEST CANDIDATE IN THE FIELD 
AND HE'S GOING TO MAKE A 
PHENOMENAL PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
AND KAMALA HARRIS IS GREAT.
>> SORRY TO JUMP IN, BUT ONE OF 
THE ISSUES FOR HER IN THE 
CAMPAIGN WAS THAT SHE WAS KIND 
OF ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THE 
MAJOR ISSUES OF THE DAY SUCH AS 
HEALTH CARE, MEDICARE FOR ALL, 
WHETHER PRIVATE INSURANCE SHOULD
BE ABOLISHED.
SHE GAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS ON THAT OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
THERE WAS A FEELING SHE WAS KIND
OF FLOATING WITH THE WIND.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT HER TO TAKE ON
THAT ISSUE, THAT CRITICISM?
>> SAVANNAH, I DON'T THINK 
THAT'S A WELL PLACED CRITICISM.
SHE HAS A TRACK RECORD, VOTING 
RECORD.
IT'S BEEN QUITE CLEAR.
AND SHE WILL BE ON THIS TICKET 
IN SUPPORT OF JOE BIDEN.
IT'S NOT HER WHO'S TOP OF THE 
TICKET.
THEY'RE A TEAM.
JOE BIDEN LEADS THAT TEAM AND 
JOE BIDEN'S POLICY POSITIONS ARE
THE ONES WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO 
SUPPORTING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO KEEP 
THE FOCUS.
I THINK THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE 
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE.
I THINK ANY EFFORTS TO SUGGEST 
OTHERWISE ARE FRANKLY MISPLACED.
>> MADAM AMBASSADOR, I HAVE TO 
ASK YOU AND IT IS A LITTLE 
AWKWARD, BUT IT WAS WIDELY 
REPORTED THAT YOU WERE ON THE 
SHORT LIST.
SOME SAID YOU WERE EVEN IN THE 
TOP TWO FINALISTS THAT HE 
CONSIDERED YOU TO BE HIS VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE.
SO I ASK YOU IF YOU'RE 
DISAPPOINTED.
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY HERE THIS 
MORNING, BUT ARE YOU 
DISAPPOINTED?
AND WHEN HE CALLED TO GIVE YOU 
THAT NEWS, DID YOU TALK ABOUT 
SERVING IN A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION?
>> LOOK, I AM HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN
PART OF THIS PROCESS.
I'M HUMBLED TO BE AMONG AN 
EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF WOMEN WHO
WERE CONSIDERED.
I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR MANY 
YEARS.
WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY 
TOGETHER.
HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN.
HE'S A FRIEND.
AND I HAVE SAID FROM THE 
OUTSET -- I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I'LL DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY 
CAN TO HELP JOE BIDEN BECOME THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND TO HELP HIM SUCCEED 
IN GOVERNING IN WHATEVER FORM OR
FASHION HE WANTS.
SO I'M READY TO SERVE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT 
WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TURN
OUR COUNTRY AROUND, PROVIDE HOPE
AND A FUTURE FOR THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND RESTORE THE INTEGRITY
TO OUR DEMOCRACY WHICH HAS BEEN 
SO BADLY DAMAGED.
>> REAL QUICK BECAUSE I WANT TO 
GET AN ANSWER, DID YOU TALK 
ABOUT SERVING IN A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HE BE 
VICTORIOUS?
>> I'LL LET JOE BIDEN ANSWER 
THAT QUESTION, BUT LET ME SAY 
I'M PROUD TO SERVE IN ANY WAY 
HE'D LIKE.
>> AMBASSADOR RICE, THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BY THE WAY, 
CONTENDERS ARE IN PHASE THREE 
HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS OR THEY 
SOON WILL BE.
IT MAY NOT BE A COLD WAR ARMS 
RACE, BUT RUSSIA AND THE WEST 
ARE CLEARLY IN A RACE TO GET AN 
EFFECTIVE COVID VACCINE INTO THE
ARMS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
RUSSIA CALLS ITS VACCINE 
SPUTNIK-V FOR VACCINE.
THE KREMLIN INSISTS ITS VACCINE 
IS SAFE AND MASS DISTRIBUTION 
WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER FOR THE 
RUSSIAN POPULATION.
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S OWN DAUGHTER 
HAS REPORTEDLY RECEIVED THE 
VACCINE DEVELOPING THE VIRUS 
ANTIBODIES.
BUT RUSSIA HAS NOT BEGUN 
CRITICAL PHASE THREE HUMAN 
TRIALS.
U.S. EXPERTS INCLUDING DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI ARE SKEPTICAL.
>> I HOPE THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE
ACTUALLY DEFINITIVELY PROVEN 
THAT THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT THEY'VE 
DONE THAT.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHELLE 
McMURRAY HEATH REPRESENTS 
BIOTECH DRUG MAKERS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SKEPTICISM
THAT MAYBE THE RUSSIANS DIDN'T 
DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS 
VACCINE.
>> THE SKEPTICISM IS WARRANTED 
AT THIS POINT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THEY'VE
SEEN.
AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY PURELY
BASED ON THEIR WORD.
AND THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY THE WAY
WE REACH SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE 
WHITE HOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED YET 
ANOTHER MAJOR DEAL WITH A DRUG 
MAKER.
THIS ONE A $1.5 BILLION DEAL 
WITH MODERNA FOR 100 MILLION 
DOSES OF ITS EXPERIMENTAL 
VACCINE.
>> WE'RE ON TRACK TO RAPIDLY 
PRODUCE 100 MILLION DOSES AS 
SOON AS THE VACCINE IS APPROVED 
AND UP TO 500 MILLION SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER.
>> Reporter: WORLDWIDE, 25 
VACCINES ARE NOW IN HUMAN 
TRIALS.
AMONG THE LEADING CONTENDERS, 
MODERNA, PFIZER, ASTRAZENECA, 
NOVAVAX.
AND MULTIPLE VACCINES WILL 
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
>> SOME MAY WORK BETTER IN THE 
ELDERLY.
SOME WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR 
PEOPLE OF HISPANIC ETHNICITY.
WHO KNOWS.
SOME BETTER IN CHILDREN.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TARGET THESE
VACCINES TO BE USED IN THOSE 
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.
>> SO, TOM, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT 
THE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING 
THIS VACCINE IN RUSSIA.
WHAT OTHER RISKS DOES IT CARRY?
>> Reporter: THERE'S GREAT 
CONCERN THAT SINCE RUSSIA SEEMS 
TO BE RUSHING THROUGH THIS 
PROCESS AND NOT GOING THROUGH 
PROTOCOLS, THAT WILL UNDERMINE 
CONFIDENCE IN ALL VACCINES 
WORLDWIDE.
BUT THE AMERICAN FDA, THE 
EUROPEANS ALL ARE INSISTING THEY
WILL NOT COMPROMISE THEIR 
VACCINE STANDARDS WHEN IT GOES 
THROUGH THE ENTIRE TESTING 
PROCESS.
AND THE DOCTOR THERE AT THE END 
WITH VANDERBILT ASSURES HE WAS 
GIVEN PERSONAL ASSURANCE THAT 
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE 
FDA COMPROMISE ITSAD OR TRY TO  
WAY TO KEEP PLAYING BALL?
THIS MORNING A GROWING NUMBER OF
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS NOW 
SIDELINED FOR THE SEASON.
BOTH THE BIG TEN AND PAC-12 
CANCELING THEIR FALL SEASONS 
AMIDST GROWING COVID CONCERNS.
POSTPONING ALL PLAY UNTIL NEXT 
YEAR.
>> WE JUST BELIEVE COLLECTIVELY 
THERE'S TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AT 
THIS POINT IN TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: PAC-12 SCHOOLS ALL 
AGREEING THIS IS THE SAFEST 
CHOICE.
>> WE DO BELIEVE THAT EXTENSIVE,
EXHAUSTED EXERCISE INCLUDING 
CONTACT SPORTS IS NOT A GOOD 
IDEA FOR THE SAFETY, FOR THE 
HEALTH, AND FOR THE WELLNESS OF 
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
>> Reporter: OTHERS IN 
DISAGREEMENT INCLUDING PRESIDENT
TRUMP. 
>> THESE ARE YOUNG, STRONG 
PEOPLE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FIGHT IT OFF 
AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BOTHER 
THEM ONE BIT.
>> Reporter: NEBRASKA, ONE OF 
THE BIG TEN'S TOP TEAMS ALSO 
EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN A 
STATEMENT SUGGESTING THEY MAY 
STILL PLAY THIS UPCOMING FALL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH
MEDICAL EXPERTS AND EVALUATE THE
SITUATION.
WE HOPE IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR 
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE.
NEBRASKA'S COACH SAYS HIS 
ATHLETES WOULD BE MORE PROTECTED
FROM COVID BY PLAYING BALL.
>> THE VIRUS IS HERE EITHER WAY 
AND I WOULD CONTEND THAT OUR 
PLAYERS ARE SAFER HERE DOING 
WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO AND BEING 
MONITORED AND SCREENED 
CONSTANTLY THAN THEY WOULD BE IF
WE SENT THEM HOME.
>> Reporter: WITH TWO OF THE 
POWER FIVE NOW CANCELING, WILL 
OTHER BIG CONFERENCES PLAY?
>> THE FEWEST CONFERENCES LEFT 
STANDING, THE HARDER IT IS TO 
JUSTIFY PUSHING FORWARD.
ULTIMATELY, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO
PLAY IN A PLAYOFF?
>> Reporter: S.E.C. COMMISSIONER
GREG SANKEY. 
>> WE COULD IF THAT WERE THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE, OPERATE ON OUR 
OWN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WISEST 
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: BOTH THE S.E.C. AND
ACC ARE WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS 
WHILE PRIORITIZING STUDENT 
HEALTH.
THEIR PLAYERS STILL HOPING THE 
GAMES GO ON.
>> TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THE 
SEASON TAKEN AWAY, IT WOULD BE 
HEART BREAKING.
>> Reporter: AND THIS MORNING 
STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE 
BIG 12.
SOURCES SAY AS OF THIS MOMENT, 
THEY DO INTEND TO HAVE A FALL 
SEASON.
IN THE MEANTIME FOR THOSE TEAMS 
TO GO ROGUE AND PLAY ON THEIR 
OWN, THEY MAY RUN INTO TRO
AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK.
SHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE DOES NOT 
FORGET HER ROOTS AND WHAT HAS 
SHAPED HER ROAD TO PUBLIC LIFE.
AS JOE BIDEN'S NEWLY MINTED 
RUNNING MATE, SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS HAS ALREADY MADE HISTORY.
BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN 
TO BE ON A MAJOR TICKET.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS.
A JAMAICAN FATHER AND AN INDIAN 
MOTHER.
BOTH ACADEMICS WHO MET AT 
BERKELEY DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. 
>> WITH THE FIGHTING SPIRIT I 
GOT FROM MY MOTHER -- 
>> Reporter: WHILE HER PARENTS 
DIVORCED WHEN SHE WAS 7, HARRIS 
DESCRIBED HER MOTHER WHO DIED IN
2009 AS THE MOST IMPORTANCE 
INFLUENCE IN HER LIFE.
OFTEN QUOTING HER ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> MY MOTHER USED TO SAY DON'T 
SIT AROUND AND COMPLAIN ABOUT 
THINGS.
DO SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: IN HER 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HARRIS WRITES 
THAT HER MOTHER ENCOURAGED HER 
AND HER YOUNGER SISTER MYA TO 
EMBRACE THEIR BIRACIAL HERITAGE.
ADDING, SHE WAS DETERMINED TO 
MAKE SURE WE WOULD GROW INTO 
CONFIDENT, PROUD BLACK WOMEN.
MYA HARRIS PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER
SISTER TWEETING, THAT DAY WHEN A
LITTLE GIRL FROM OAKTOWN BECAME 
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE A 
MAJOR PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE.
SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, SIS.
HARRIS HAD A RAPID ASCENT IN 
CALIFORNIA'S LEGAL CIRCLES 
RISING FROM COUNTY PROSECUTOR TO
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
CULTIVATING A MODERATE POLITICAL
REPUTATION AND INVITING 
CRITICISM FROM SOME THAT SHE WAS
NOT PROGRESSIVE ON CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE ISSUES.
HARRIS HAS BEEN ONE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S FIERCEST CRITICS IN THE 
SENATE INCLUDING WHEN SHE 
MEMORABLY GRILLED HIS JUSTICE 
BRETT KAVANAUGH. 
>> DID YOU WATCH DR. FORD'S 
TESTIMONY?
>> I DID NOT.
I PLAN TO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I PLAN TO, BUT I DID NOT.
I WAS PREPARING MINE.
>> IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE THING 
THE WAY SHE WAS -- THE WAY SHE 
TREATED NOW JUSTICE KAVANAUGH 
AND I WONT FORGET THAT.
>> Reporter: HARRIS NOW JUST THE
THIRD WOMAN IN U.S. HISTORY TO 
SERVE AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE ON A MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET IS GETTING ADVICE FROM 
ONE OF HER PREDECESSORS.
SARAH PALIN WHO URGED HER OUT OF
THE CHUTE TRUST NO ONE NEW.
FIGHT MIGHTILY TO KEEP YOUR OWN 
TEAM WITH YOU.
DON'T GET MUZZLED AND DON'T 
FORGET THE WOMEN THAT CAME 
BEFORE YOU.
HARRIS ADDRESSING A COLLEGE IN 
2018 SAYS SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S 
FIGHTING FOR.
>> BREAKING A BARRIER SOMETIMES 
MAY BE PAINFUL, BUT IT IS SO 
WORTH IT.
IT IS SO WORTH IT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE REASON IS
BECAUSE YOU WILL BE FIGHTING A 
FIGHT WORTH HAVING.
>> Reporter: NOW, SENATOR HARRIS
WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW SHE SEES 
HERSELF DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY AND SHE SAID DURING ONE 
INTERVIEW, I'M BLACK AND I'M 
PROUD OF BEING BLACK.
I WAS BORN BLACK.
I WILL DIE BLACK.
HARRIS ATTENDED THE HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGE HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
WROTE IN HER INDEED 
HISTORIC.
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON A MAJOR
PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.
KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGNING FOR 
JOE BIDEN ONCE SHE DROPPED OUT 
OF THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT.
NOW HIS RUNNING MATE.
IN TRUE 2020 FASHION IN THE 
PANDEMIC, BIDEN INFORMING HARRIS
BY VIDEO CHAT THAT HE HAD CHOSEN
HER FOR THE TICKET.
A SELECTION MARKING THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR RUNNING FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR A MAJOR PARTY AS 
WELL AS LAUNCHING THE NEXT 
GENERATION'S DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
HARRIS AT 55 IS MORE THAN TWO 
DECADES YOUNGER THAN BIDEN WHO 
IS 77.
AS A BLACK WOMAN, HARRIS IS ALSO
PART OF A KEY VOTING BLOC FOR 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH BLACK 
LEADERS AND PARTY ACTIVISTS 
URGING THE CAMPAIGN TO CHOOSE A 
WOMAN OF COLOR.
A RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY ELECTED CALIFORNIA'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2011.
HARRIS FACING CRITICISM FOR SOME
OF THE DECISIONS IN THAT JOB 
SUCH AS OPPOSING TO INVESTIGATE 
POLICE SHOOTINGS.
>> WHEN YOU HAD THE POWER, WHY 
DIDN'T YOU TRY TO AFFECT CHANGE 
THEN?
>> WAS I ABLE TO GET ENOUGH 
DONE?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT MY PLAN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED 
BY ACTIVISTS AS BEING A BOLD AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS ABOUT
ENDING MASS INCARCERATION, ABOUT
TAKING THE PROFIT OUT OF THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE, SHE IMPRESSED THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN WITH HER TOUGH 
QUESTIONING OF BRETT KAVANAUGH.
>> MY QUESTION IS HAVE YOU HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE ABOUT 
THAT INVESTIGATION.
IT'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE 
PERSON YOU'RE THINKING OF.
>> I THINK YOU'RE THINKING OF 
SOMEONE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO 
TELL US.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SEIZING ON THAT TO ATTACK HER.
>> I THOUGHT SHE WAS THE 
T
MEANEST, THE MOST HORRIBLE, MOST
DISRESPECTFUL OF ANYBODY IN THE 
U.S. SENATE.
>> Reporter: HARRIS HAD HER OWN 
PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS LAUNCHING
HER CAMPAIGN WITH GREAT FANFARE 
LAST YEAR.
>> WE CAN RECLAIM THE AMERICAN 
DREAM FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: FAMOUSLY CLASHING 
WITH BIDEN DURING THE FIRST 
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE OVER HIS 
RECORD ON RACE.
>> YOU ALSO WORKED WITH THEM TO 
OPPOSE BUSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SHE WAS BUSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAY.
AND THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME.
>> Reporter: BUT HER CAMPAIGN 
RAN OUT OF STEAM WITH HARRIS 
DROPPING OUT BEFORE THE FIRST 
PRIMARIES AND LATER ENDORSING 
BIDEN.
>> I BELIEVE IN JOE.
>> Reporter: AND BIDEN HAS SAID 
HE DOESN'T HOLD GRUDGES.
EMAILING SUPPORTERS THAT HE IS 
SMART, TOUGH, AND READY TO LEAD.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA WEIGHING 
IN SAYING BIDEN NAILED THIS 
DECISION AND CALLING HARRIS MORE
THAN PREPARED FOR THE JOB.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY HAD
THEIR BEST FUND RAISING HOUR 
AFTER -- IN THE HOUR, RATHER, 
AFTER THEY MADE THAT 
ANNOUNCEMENT MAKING MORE MONEY 
THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING 
THE CAMPAIGN IN AN HOUR.
THEY OF COURSE WILL BE APPEARING
HERE LATER TODAY.
THE NEWLY MINTED VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOW HAS 
ONLY ONE WEEK TO PREPARE FOR HER
BIG DEBUT AT THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION WHICH OF COURSE WILL 
BE VIRTUAL BECAUSE OF THE 
NDEMIC.
SAVANNAH?
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANDREA MITCHELL, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
WE ARE JOINED NOW BY SUSAN RICE 
WHO WAS A FINALIST ON JOE 
BIDEN'S SHORT LIST FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER DURING THE 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
AMBASSADOR RICE, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE 
CHOICE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK KAMALA HARRIS 
BRINGS TO THE TABLE?
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, SAVANNAH.
SHE'S A GREAT CHOICE.
HE'S GOING TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS 
RUNNING MATE FOR JOE BIDEN.
I'M CONFIDENT THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET WILL BE A WINNING ONE.
WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO TO 
PUT OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK, 
TO RECOVER FROM THIS PANDEMIC, 
TO REVIVE OUR ECONOMY, TO 
RESTORE OUR STANDING IN THE 
WORLD AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
AND THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM TO DO 
IT.
I'M GLAD I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THEM AND DO MY UTMOST TO
HELP ELECT BIDEN/HARRIS AND HELP
THEM GOVERN WHEN THE TIME COMES.
>> WELL, LET'S RECOGNIZE THE 
HISTORY THAT WAS MADE YESTERDAY.
SHE'S THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO 
BE ON A U.S. MAJOR PARTY TICKET 
FOR PRESIDENT.
WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THAT 
WILL HAVE ON THE RACE?
>> I THINK THAT'S SO EXCITING, 
SAVANNAH.
I MEAN, IT'S PAST TIME.
BLACK WOMEN ARE THE BACKBONE OF 
THIS NATION, NOT JUST OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE DOING THE HARD
WORK FOR DECADES AND GENERATIONS
AND THIS IS A MOMENT TO 
CELEBRATE.
IT'S A MOMENT FOR YOUNG WOMEN 
AND YOUNG MEN, FRANKLY, ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO SAY 
THAT ANY DOOR IS OPEN TO THEM.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE 
SENATOR HARRIS AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THIS 
HISTORIC CHOICE WHICH I THINK IS
EXCITING AND HISTORIC.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS A FLIP 
SIDE, UNFORTUNATELY TO THAT.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS VERY BLUNT 
SAYING SHE FEELS THAT SEXISM WAS
ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO HER 
LOSS IN 2016.
DO YOU WORRY ABOUT RACISM AND 
SEXISM AFFECTING THE RACE WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS ON THE TICKET?
>> LOOK, THIS TICKET IS GOING TO
WIN.
AND YES, THERE WILL BE THOSE 
THAT EMPLOY RACISM AND SEXISM.
LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP YESTERDAY 
CALLING HER NASTY.
HE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TO ANY 
PERSON THAT JOE BIDEN SELECTED 
ON THE TICKET.
AND THAT'S THE UNDERTONE.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL NOT 
RETREAT FROM THAT KIND OF 
DIVISIVENESS AND HATRED.
DONALD TRUMP EXEMPLIIES IT.
I THINK THE COUNTRY IS READY TO 
ELECT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE SHE'LL 
BE TREMENDOUS ON THE TRAIL.
AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO BUST THROUGH THESE BARRIERS.
YOU AND I AND ALL THE WOMEN 
WATCHING THIS UNDERSTAND THAT IS
THE CHALLENGE WE FACE EVERY DAY.
I THINK WHEN WE DO IT, IT WILL 
BE AN EXTRAORDINARY 
BREAKTHROUGH.
>> WELL, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE 
SEEMED TO SETTLE ALREADY ON ONE 
LINE OF ATTACK THAT SHE IS FAR 
LEFT, RADICAL LEFT.
MUCH MORE LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN.
DO YOU THINK SHE IS MORE 
PROGRESSIVE OR LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JOE BIDEN
IS THE TOP OF THE TICKET.
IT'S HIS POLICIES AND HIS 
APPROACH THAT'S GOING TO SET THE
TONE.
BUT I THINK THEY'RE VERY 
COMPATIBLE.
AND I THINK THEIR POSITIONS ARE 
VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS AND 
DONALD TRUMP IN PARTICULAR HAVE 
NOTHING TO RUN ON EXCEPT 
ATTACKS.
THEY HAVE BEEN SET UP TO 
POSITION THEIR ASSAULT ON 
WHOEVER WAS TO BE THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL SELECT AS LEFT AND 
SOCIALIST.
IT'S NOT TRUE.
THAT IS NOT WHO KAMALA HARRIS 
IS.
IT'S NOT WHO JOE BIDEN IS.
LET THEM HURL THEIR BASELESS 
ATTACKS.
IT'S ALL THEY'VE GOT.
MEANWHILE, THIS COUNTRY IS 
STRUGGLING.
WE'VE LOST OVER 160,000 
AMERICANS TO DONALD TRUMP'S 
INCOMPETENCE AND HIS DISREGARD 
FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE PUTTING HIS OWN 
POLITICAL INTERESTS FIRST OVER 
THE ECONOMY, OVER OUR STUDENTS 
WHO NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST HORRIFIC.
SO THEY'LL GO IN THAT DIRECTION,
BUT KAMALA IS GOING TO BE GREAT 
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO 
WORK.
>> WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS.
OF COURSE SHE IS A U.S. SENATOR 
BUT SHE ALSO RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
HER CAMPAIGN HAD A LOT OF 
FANFARE AT THE START.
20,000 PEOPLE AT HER OPENING 
EVENT.
SHE RAISED MONEY, BUT IT 
FIZZLED.
THE CAMPAIGN WAS ACCUSED OF 
MISMANAGEMENT FROM THE INSIDE.
AND SHE DROPPED OUT BEFORE ONE 
VOTE WAS EVEN CAST.
IF THAT'S HOW SHE RAN HER 
CAMPAIGN, WHY SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE
CONFIDENCE ABOUT HER BEING AT 
THE TOP OF THE TICKET?
>> LOOK.
KAMALA HARRIS IS TESTED.
SHE'S WON IN THE LARGEST STATE 
IN THE UNION AT STATEWIDE LEVEL 
THREE TIMES.
SHE'S A SITTING U.S. SENATOR.
SHE SITS ON THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE, THE JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE.
SHE'S BEEN A LEADER IN THE 
SENATE ON ISSUES OF CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE AND MANY OTHER ISSUES 
THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND SHE'S GOING TO BE A 
TREMENDOUS VICE PRESIDENT.
AND I THINK JOE BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE 
DID EXTREMELY WELL ON A TALENTED
FIELD OF CANDIDATES.
AND NOT JUST KAMALA HARRIS.
MANY OTHERS WHO PERFORMED 
EXTRAORDINARILY WELL.
ELIZABETH WARREN, AMY KLOBUCHAR.
AND BIDEN EMERGED BECAUSE HE WAS
THE BEST CANDIDATE IN THE FIELD 
AND HE'S GOING TO MAKE A 
PHENOMENAL PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
AND KAMALA HARRIS IS GREAT.
>> SORRY TO JUMP IN, BUT ONE OF 
THE ISSUES FOR HER IN THE 
CAMPAIGN WAS THAT SHE WAS KIND 
OF ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THE 
MAJOR ISSUES OF THE DAY SUCH AS 
HEALTH CARE, MEDICARE FOR ALL, 
WHETHER PRIVATE INSURANCE SHOULD
BE ABOLISHED.
SHE GAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS ON THAT OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
THERE WAS A FEELING SHE WAS KIND
OF FLOATING WITH THE WIND.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT HER TO TAKE ON
THAT ISSUE, THAT CRITICISM?
>> SAVANNAH, I DON'T THINK 
THAT'S A WELL PLACED CRITICISM.
SHE HAS A TRACK RECORD, VOTING 
RECORD.
IT'S BEEN QUITE CLEAR.
AND SHE WILL BE ON THIS TICKET 
IN SUPPORT OF JOE BIDEN.
IT'S NOT HER WHO'S TOP OF THE 
TICKET.
THEY'RE A TEAM.
JOE BIDEN LEADS THAT TEAM AND 
JOE BIDEN'S POLICY POSITIONS ARE
THE ONES WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO 
SUPPORTING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO KEEP 
THE FOCUS.
I THINK THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE 
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE.
I THINK ANY EFFORTS TO SUGGEST 
OTHERWISE ARE FRANKLY MISPLACED.
>> MADAM AMBASSADOR, I HAVE TO 
ASK YOU AND IT IS A LITTLE 
AWKWARD, BUT IT WAS WIDELY 
REPORTED THAT YOU WERE ON THE 
SHORT LIST.
SOME SAID YOU WERE EVEN IN THE 
TOP TWO FINALISTS THAT HE 
CONSIDERED YOU TO BE HIS VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE.
SO I ASK YOU IF YOU'RE 
DISAPPOINTED.
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY HERE THIS 
MORNING, BUT ARE YOU 
DISAPPOINTED?
AND WHEN HE CALLED TO GIVE YOU 
THAT NEWS, DID YOU TALK ABOUT 
SERVING IN A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION?
>> LOOK, I AM HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN
PART OF THIS PROCESS.
I'M HUMBLED TO BE AMONG AN 
EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF WOMEN WHO
WERE CONSIDERED.
I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR MANY 
YEARS.
WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY 
TOGETHER.
HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN.
HE'S A FRIEND.
AND I HAVE SAID FROM THE 
OUTSET -- I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I'LL DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY 
CAN TO HELP JOE BIDEN BECOME THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND TO HELP HIM SUCCEED 
IN GOVERNING IN WHATEVER FORM OR
FASHION HE WANTS.
SO I'M READY TO SERVE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT 
WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TURN
OUR COUNTRY AROUND, PROVIDE HOPE
AND A FUTURE FOR THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND RESTORE THE INTEGRITY
TO OUR DEMOCRACY WHICH HAS BEEN 
SO BADLY DAMAGED.
>> REAL QUICK BECAUSE I WANT TO 
GET AN ANSWER, DID YOU TALK 
ABOUT SERVING IN A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HE BE 
VICTORIOUS?
>> I'LL LET JOE BIDEN ANSWER 
THAT QUESTION, BUT LET ME SAY 
I'M PROUD TO SERVE IN ANY WAY 
HE'D LIKE.
>> AMBASSADOR RICE, THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BY THE WAY, 
CONTENDERS ARE IN PHASE THREE 
HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS OR THEY 
SOON WILL BE.
IT MAY NOT BE A COLD WAR ARMS 
RACE, BUT RUSSIA AND THE WEST 
ARE CLEARLY IN A RACE TO GET AN 
EFFECTIVE COVID VACCINE INTO THE
ARMS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
RUSSIA CALLS ITS VACCINE 
SPUTNIK-V FOR VACCINE.
THE KREMLIN INSISTS ITS VACCINE 
IS SAFE AND MASS DISTRIBUTION 
WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER FOR THE 
RUSSIAN POPULATION.
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S OWN DAUGHTER 
HAS REPORTEDLY RECEIVED THE 
VACCINE DEVELOPING THE VIRUS 
ANTIBODIES.
BUT RUSSIA HAS NOT BEGUN 
CRITICAL PHASE THREE HUMAN 
TRIALS.
U.S. EXPERTS INCLUDING DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI ARE SKEPTICAL.
>> I HOPE THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE
ACTUALLY DEFINITIVELY PROVEN 
THAT THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT THEY'VE 
DONE THAT.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHELLE 
McMURRAY HEATH REPRESENTS 
BIOTECH DRUG MAKERS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SKEPTICISM
THAT MAYBE THE RUSSIANS DIDN'T 
DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS 
VACCINE.
>> THE SKEPTICISM IS WARRANTED 
AT THIS POINT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THEY'VE
SEEN.
AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY PURELY
BASED ON THEIR WORD.
AND THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY THE WAY
WE REACH SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE 
WHITE HOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED YET 
ANOTHER MAJOR DEAL WITH A DRUG 
MAKER.
THIS ONE A $1.5 BILLION DEAL 
WITH MODERNA FOR 100 MILLION 
DOSES OF ITS EXPERIMENTAL 
VACCINE.
>> WE'RE ON TRACK TO RAPIDLY 
PRODUCE 100 MILLION DOSES AS 
SOON AS THE VACCINE IS APPROVED 
AND UP TO 500 MILLION SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER.
>> Reporter: WORLDWIDE, 25 
VACCINES ARE NOW IN HUMAN 
TRIALS.
AMONG THE LEADING CONTENDERS, 
MODERNA, PFIZER, ASTRAZENECA, 
NOVAVAX.
AND MULTIPLE VACCINES WILL 
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
>> SOME MAY WORK BETTER IN THE 
ELDERLY.
SOME WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR 
PEOPLE OF HISPANIC ETHNICITY.
WHO KNOWS.
SOME BETTER IN CHILDREN.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TARGET THESE
VACCINES TO BE USED IN THOSE 
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.
>> SO, TOM, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT 
THE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING 
THIS VACCINE IN RUSSIA.
WHAT OTHER RISKS DOES IT CARRY?
>> Reporter: THERE'S GREAT 
CONCERN THAT SINCE RUSSIA SEEMS 
TO BE RUSHING THROUGH THIS 
PROCESS AND NOT GOING THROUGH 
PROTOCOLS, THAT WILL UNDERMINE 
CONFIDENCE IN ALL VACCINES 
WORLDWIDE.
BUT THE AMERICAN FDA, THE 
EUROPEANS ALL ARE INSISTING THEY
WILL NOT COMPROMISE THEIR 
VACCINE STANDARDS WHEN IT GOES 
THROUGH THE ENTIRE TESTING 
PROCESS.
AND THE DOCTOR THERE AT THE END 
WITH VANDERBILT ASSURES HE WAS 
GIVEN PERSONAL ASSURANCE THAT 
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE 
FDA COMPROMISE ITSAD OR TRY TO  
WAY TO KEEP PLAYING BALL?
THIS MORNING A GROWING NUMBER OF
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS NOW 
SIDELINED FOR THE SEASON.
BOTH THE BIG TEN AND PAC-12 
CANCELING THEIR FALL SEASONS 
AMIDST GROWING COVID CONCERNS.
POSTPONING ALL PLAY UNTIL NEXT 
YEAR.
>> WE JUST BELIEVE COLLECTIVELY 
THERE'S TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AT 
THIS POINT IN TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: PAC-12 SCHOOLS ALL 
AGREEING THIS IS THE SAFEST 
CHOICE.
>> WE DO BELIEVE THAT EXTENSIVE,
EXHAUSTED EXERCISE INCLUDING 
CONTACT SPORTS IS NOT A GOOD 
IDEA FOR THE SAFETY, FOR THE 
HEALTH, AND FOR THE WELLNESS OF 
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND 
FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
>> Reporter: OTHERS IN 
DISAGREEMENT INCLUDING PRESIDENT
TRUMP. 
>> THESE ARE YOUNG, STRONG 
PEOPLE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FIGHT IT OFF 
AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BOTHER 
THEM ONE BIT.
>> Reporter: NEBRASKA, ONE OF 
THE BIG TEN'S TOP TEAMS ALSO 
EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN A 
STATEMENT SUGGESTING THEY MAY 
STILL PLAY THIS UPCOMING FALL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH
MEDICAL EXPERTS AND EVALUATE THE
SITUATION.
WE HOPE IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR 
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE.
NEBRASKA'S COACH SAYS HIS 
ATHLETES WOULD BE MORE PROTECTED
FROM COVID BY PLAYING BALL.
>> THE VIRUS IS HERE EITHER WAY 
AND I WOULD CONTEND THAT OUR 
PLAYERS ARE SAFER HERE DOING 
WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO AND BEING 
MONITORED AND SCREENED 
CONSTANTLY THAN THEY WOULD BE IF
WE SENT THEM HOME.
>> Reporter: WITH TWO OF THE 
POWER FIVE NOW CANCELING, WILL 
OTHER BIG CONFERENCES PLAY?
>> THE FEWEST CONFERENCES LEFT 
STANDING, THE HARDER IT IS TO 
JUSTIFY PUSHING FORWARD.
ULTIMATELY, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO
PLAY IN A PLAYOFF?
>> Reporter: S.E.C. COMMISSIONER
GREG SANKEY. 
>> WE COULD IF THAT WERE THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE, OPERATE ON OUR 
OWN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WISEST 
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: BOTH THE S.E.C. AND
ACC ARE WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS 
WHILE PRIORITIZING STUDENT 
HEALTH.
THEIR PLAYERS STILL HOPING THE 
GAMES GO ON.
>> TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THE 
SEASON TAKEN AWAY, IT WOULD BE 
HEART BREAKING.
>> Reporter: AND THIS MORNING 
STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE 
BIG 12.
SOURCES SAY AS OF THIS MOMENT, 
THEY DO INTEND TO HAVE A FALL 
SEASON.
IN THE MEANTIME FOR THOSE TEAMS 
TO GO ROGUE AND PLAY ON THEIR 
OWN, THEY MAY RUN INTO TRO
AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK.
SHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE DOES NOT 
FORGET HER ROOTS AND WHAT HAS 
SHAPED HER ROAD TO PUBLIC LIFE.
AS JOE BIDEN'S NEWLY MINTED 
RUNNING MATE, SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS HAS ALREADY MADE HISTORY.
BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN 
TO BE ON A MAJOR TICKET.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS.
A JAMAICAN FATHER AND AN INDIAN 
MOTHER.
BOTH ACADEMICS WHO MET AT 
BERKELEY DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. 
>> WITH THE FIGHTING SPIRIT I 
GOT FROM MY MOTHER -- 
>> Reporter: WHILE HER PARENTS 
DIVORCED WHEN SHE WAS 7, HARRIS 
DESCRIBED HER MOTHER WHO DIED IN
2009 AS THE MOST IMPORTANCE 
INFLUENCE IN HER LIFE.
OFTEN QUOTING HER ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> MY MOTHER USED TO SAY DON'T 
SIT AROUND AND COMPLAIN ABOUT 
THINGS.
DO SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: IN HER 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HARRIS WRITES 
THAT HER MOTHER ENCOURAGED HER 
AND HER YOUNGER SISTER MYA TO 
EMBRACE THEIR BIRACIAL HERITAGE.
ADDING, SHE WAS DETERMINED TO 
MAKE SURE WE WOULD GROW INTO 
CONFIDENT, PROUD BLACK WOMEN.
MYA HARRIS PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER
SISTER TWEETING, THAT DAY WHEN A
LITTLE GIRL FROM OAKTOWN BECAME 
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE A 
MAJOR PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE.
SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, SIS.
HARRIS HAD A RAPID ASCENT IN 
CALIFORNIA'S LEGAL CIRCLES 
RISING FROM COUNTY PROSECUTOR TO
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
CULTIVATING A MODERATE POLITICAL
REPUTATION AND INVITING 
CRITICISM FROM SOME THAT SHE WAS
NOT PROGRESSIVE ON CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE ISSUES.
HARRIS HAS BEEN ONE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S FIERCEST CRITICS IN THE 
SENATE INCLUDING WHEN SHE 
MEMORABLY GRILLED HIS JUSTICE 
BRETT KAVANAUGH. 
>> DID YOU WATCH DR. FORD'S 
TESTIMONY?
>> I DID NOT.
I PLAN TO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I PLAN TO, BUT I DID NOT.
I WAS PREPARING MINE.
>> IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE THING 
THE WAY SHE WAS -- THE WAY SHE 
TREATED NOW JUSTICE KAVANAUGH 
AND I WONT FORGET THAT.
>> Reporter: HARRIS NOW JUST THE
THIRD WOMAN IN U.S. HISTORY TO 
SERVE AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE ON A MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET IS GETTING ADVICE FROM 
ONE OF HER PREDECESSORS.
SARAH PALIN WHO URGED HER OUT OF
THE CHUTE TRUST NO ONE NEW.
FIGHT MIGHTILY TO KEEP YOUR OWN 
TEAM WITH YOU.
DON'T GET MUZZLED AND DON'T 
FORGET THE WOMEN THAT CAME 
BEFORE YOU.
HARRIS ADDRESSING A COLLEGE IN 
2018 SAYS SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S 
FIGHTING FOR.
>> BREAKING A BARRIER SOMETIMES 
MAY BE PAINFUL, BUT IT IS SO 
WORTH IT.
IT IS SO WORTH IT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE REASON IS
BECAUSE YOU WILL BE FIGHTING A 
FIGHT WORTH HAVING.
>> Reporter: NOW, SENATOR HARRIS
WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW SHE SEES 
HERSELF DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY AND SHE SAID DURING ONE 
INTERVIEW, I'M BLACK AND I'M 
PROUD OF BEING BLACK.
I WAS BORN BLACK.
I WILL DIE BLACK.
HARRIS ATTENDED THE HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGE HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
WROTE IN HER
[ MUSIC ]
 
PRESIDENT.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER DURING THE 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
AMBASSADOR RICE, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
WERE YOU
>>> GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
WE WERE SURPRISED
BY THE CHOICE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
KAMALA HARRIS
BRINGS TO THE
TABLE?
>> SHE IS A GREAT
CHOICE.
SHE WILL MAKE A
TREMENDOUS
RUNNING MATE FOR
JOE BIDEN.
I'M CONFIDENT
THAT THE BIDEN
TICKET WILL BE A
WINNING ONE
WHICH IS WHAT OUR
COUNTRY NEEDS
RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE SO MUCH
WORK TO DO TO
PUT OUR COUNTRY
BACK ON TRACK,
TO RECOVER FROM
THE PANDEMIC,
REVIVE THE
ECONOMY AND
RESTORE
OUR STANDING IN
THE WORLD AND
NATIONAL SECURITY
AND THEY ARE A
GREAT TEAM TO DO
IT.
I'M GLAD THAT I'M
GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT
THEM AND DO MY
UTMOST TO HELP
BIDEN AND HARRIS
AND HELP THEM
GOVERN WHEN THE
TIME COMES.
>> LET'S
RECOGNIZE THE
HISTORY
MADE YESTERDAY.
SHE IS THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN TO
BE ON A MAJOR
PARTY TICKET IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE.
WHAT IMPACT DO
YOU THINK THAT
WILL HAVE?
>> I THINK IT IS
PAST TIME.
BLACK WOMEN ARE
THE BACK BONE OF
THIS NATION, NOT
JUST THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE
DOING HARD
WORK FOR
GENERATIONS.
IT'S A MOMENT TO
CELEBRATE.
IT IS A MOMENT
FOR YOUNG WOMEN
AND YOUNG MEN ALL
OVER THE
COUNTRY TO SEE
THAT ANY DOOR IS
OPEN TO THEM.
I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE
SENATOR
HARRIS AND JOE
BIDEN FOR THIS
HISTORIC CHOICE
WHICH IS
ENERGIZING,
HISTORIC.
>> THERE IS A
FLIP SIDE TO THAT
HISTORY,
UNFORTUNATELY,
HILLARY
CLINTON WAS VERY
BLUNT SAYING
SHE FEELS THAT
SIXISM WAS ONE OF
THE CONTRIBUTORS
TO HER LOSS IN
2016.
DO YOU WORRY
ABOUT RACISM AND
SEXISM AFFECTING
THE RACE?
>> LISTEN, THIS
TICKET IS GOING
TO WIN.
YES, THERE WILL
BE THOSE WHAT
EMPLOY RACISM AND
SEXISM.
LOOK AT DONALD
TRUMP YESTERDAY
CALLING HER
NASTY.
HE WOULD HAVE
DONE THAT TO ANY
PERSON JOE BIDEN
SELECTED ON O
THE TICKET.
THAT IS THE
UNDERTONE.
THERE ARE THOSE
WHO WILL NOT
RETREAT FROM THAT
KIND OF
DEVISIVENESS.
BUT I THINK THIS
NATION IS READY
TO ELECT JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS.
I HAVE EVERY
CONFIDENCE THAT
SHE
WILL BE
TREMENDOUS ON THE
TRAIL.
AND FRANKLY, WE
WILL HAVE TO GET
THROUGH THE
BARRIERS.
YOU AND I AND ALL
OF THE WOMEN
WATCHING THIS
UNDERSTAND THAT
THAT IS A
CHALLENGE WE FACE
EVERY DAY.
BUT IT IS TIME
AND I THINK WE
WILL DO IT.
I THINK WHEN WE
DO, IT WILL BE
AN EXTRAORDINARY
BREAK THROUGH.
>> THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE
SEEMED
TO SETTLE ON ONE
LINE OF ATTACK
THAT SHE IS FAR
LEFT, RADICAL
LEFT, MUCH MORE
LIBERAL THAN JOE
BIDEN.
DO YOU THINK SHE
IS MORE
PROGRESSIVE OR
LIBERAL THAN JOE
BIDEN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF
ALL, JOE BIDEN
IS AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET.
IT'S HIS POLICIES
AND HIS
APPROACHES THAT
WILL SET THE
TONE.
I THINK THEY ARE
VERY
COMPATIBLE.
I THINK THEIR
POSITIONS ARE
CLOSE TO ONE
ANOTHER.
DONALD TRUMP AND
THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE NOTHING TO
RUN ON EXCEPT
ATTACKS.
THEY HAVE SET UP,
THE POSITION,
THEY WERE SET ON
WHOEVER WAS THE
VICE PRESIDENT
SELECT IS
SOCIALIST.
THAT IS NOT WHO
HARRIS IS BIDEN
ARE.
LET THEM HURL THE
ATTACKS.
THAT'S ALL THEY
HAVE GOT.
MEANWHILE THE
COUNTRY IS
STRUGGLING.
WE HAVE LOST
AMERICANS TO
DONALD
TRUMP'S
INCOMPETENCE AND
DISREGARD FOR THE
AMERICAN
PEOPLE, PUTTING
HIS INTEREST
OVER THE ECONOMY,
STUDENTS WHO
NEED TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL, IT'S
HORRIFIC.
SO THEY WILL GO
IN THAT
DIRECTION BUT
KAMALA IS GOING
TO
BE GREAT AND I
DON'T THINK IT'S
GOING TO WORK.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS.
SHE IS A U.S.
SENATOR BUT SHE
ALSO RAN FOR
PRESIDENT.
HER CAMPAIGN HAD
A LOT OF
FANFARE AT THE
START, 20,000
PEOPLE AT THEOPE
O OPENING
EVENT.
BUT THE CAMPAIGN
FIZZLED.
IT WAS ACCUSED OF
MISMANAGEMENT.
SHE DROPPED OUT
BEFORE ONE VOTE
WAS CAST.
IF THAT'S HOW SHE
RAN HER
CAMPAIGN, WHY
SHOULD PEOPLE BE
CONFIDENT IN HER
ON THE TICKET?
>> SHE HAS WON
STATE WIDE LEVEL
THREE TIMES.
SHE IS A SITTING
U.S. SENATOR.
SHE IS ON THE
INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE,
JUDISHARY
COMMITTEE.
SHE HAS BEEN A
LEADER IN THE
SENATE ON ISSUES
OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AND OTHER
ISSUES THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO
THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND SHE
WILL BE A
TREMENDOUS VICE
PRESIDENT.
JOE BIDEN
UNDERSTANDS THAT
HE
DID VERY WELL IN
A COMPETENT
FIELD OF
CANDIDATES.
ELIZABETH WARREN,
AIMO CLOEB
CHAR AND BIDEN
EMERGED.
>> SORRY TO JUMP
IN, ONE OF THE
ISSUES FOR HER IN
THE CAMPAIGN
WAS THAT SHE WAS
KIND OF ALL
OVER THE PLACE ON
THE MAJOR
ISSUES OF THE DAY
SUCH AS
HEALTHCARE,
MEDICARE FOR ALL,
WHETHER PRIVATE
INSURANCE SHOULD
BE ABOLISHED.
SHE GAVE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT
ANSWERS ON THAT
OVER THE COURSE
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
SO THERE WAS A
FEELING THAT SHE
WAS FLOATING WITH
THE WIND.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT
HER TO TAKE ON
THAT ISSUE?
THAT CRITICISM?
>> WELL, I DON'T
THINK THAT IS A
WELL PLACED
CRITICISM.
I THINK SHE HAS A
TRACK RECORD,
A VOTING RECORD,
SHE HAS BEEN
QUITE CLEAR.
SHE WILL BE ON
THIS TICKET, IN
SUPPORT OF JOE
BIDEN.
IT'S NOT HER WHO
IS AT THE TOP
OF THE TICKET.
THEY ARE A TEAM.
JOE BIDEN LEADS
THE TEAM AND JOE
BIDEN'S POLICIES
ARE THE ONES WE
ARE COMMITTED TO
SUPPORTING.
THAT'S WHERE WE
NEED TO KEEP THE
FOCUS.
AND I THINK THEIR
PERSPECTIVES
ARE HIGHLY
COMPATIBLE.
AND I THINK
ANYTHING THAT
SUGGESTS
OTHERWISE IS
MISPLACED.
>> MADAM
AMBASSADOR, I
HAVE TO
ASK YOU, SOME SAY
YOU WERE ON
THE SHORT LIST
FOR BEING
CONSIDERED AS
VICE PRESIDENTIAL
RUNNING MATE.
SO I ASKED YOU IF
YOU ARE
DISAPPOINTED?
AND WHEN HE
CALLED YOU TO
GIVE
YOU THAT NEWS,
DID YOU TALK
ABOUT SERVING IN
A BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION?
>> I'M HAPPY TO
BE A PART OF THE
PROCESS.
I'M HONORED AND
HUMBLED TO BE
AMONG AN
EXTRAORDINARY
GROUP OF
WOMEN WHO WERE
CONSIDERED.
I HAVE KNOWN JOE
BIDEN FOR MANY
YEARS.
WE HAVE WORKED
CLOSELY TOGETHER.
HE IS A WONDERFUL
MAN, A FRIEND.
I HAVE SAID FROM
THE OUTSET AND
I WILL SAY IT
AGAIN, I WILL DO
EVERYTHING I
POSSIBLY CAN TO
HELP JOE BIDEN
BECOME THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
AND TO HELP HIM
SUCCEED IN
GOVERNING IN
WHATEVER FORM OR
FASHION HE WANTS.
I'M READY TO
SERVE AND I'M
EXCITED AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO
TURN
OUR COUNTRY
AROUND, PROVIDE
HOPE
AND A FUTURE FOR
THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, AND
RESTORE THE
INTEGRITY TO THE
DEMOCRACY THAT
HAS BEEN DAMAGE.
>> DID YOU TALK
ABOUT SERVING IN
A BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION
SHOULD HE
BE VICTORIOUS?
>> I WILL LET JOE
BIDEN ANSWER
THAT QUESTION BUT
I WILL SAY I'M
PROUD TO SERVE
HIM IN ANY WAY I
CAN.
>> AMBASSADOR
RICE, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WANT TO
MENTION YOUR BOOK
CALLED TOP LOVE,
NOW OUT ON
PAPERBACK.
>>> AFTER A LOT
OF SPECULATION,
IT'S FINALLY
OFFICIAL, KAMALA
HARRIS IS JOE
BIDEN'S RUNNING
MATE.
HOW DID THE
SENATOR GO FROM
PROSECUTOR TO
VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE?
LET'S REWIND TO
1964.
HARRIS WAS BORN
IN OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA TO
IMMIGRANT
PARENTS.
HER FATHER WAS
FROM JAMAICA AND
TAUGHT AT
STANFORD.
HER MOTHER MOVED
FROM INDIA,
LATER BECOMING A
SCIENTIST AND
ACTIVIST.
>> MY MOTHER WAS
THE TOUGHEST,
SMARTEST AND THE
MOST LOVING
PERSON I'VE EVER
KNOWN.
FAST FORWARD TO
THE 80s, SHE
STUDIED POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
SHE GOT HER
DEGREE AT
HASTINGS.
HER CAREER KICKED
OFF IN ALAMEDA
COUNTY.
>> I DECIDED TO
BECOME A
PROSECUTOR
BECAUSE I FELT A
VERY
STRONG SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROTECT THOSE
WHO ARE
VULNERABLE.
>> BY 2004,
HARRIS HAD WON
THE
ELECTION TO D.A.
SHE LAUNCHED A
CONTROVERSIAL
PROGRAM THAT
PROSECUTED
PARENTS WHO LET
THEIR
KIDS REGULARLY
SKIP SCHOOL.
SHE RAISED THE
CONVICTION RATE
LEADING TO
BLOWBACK THAT SHE
WAS
TOO TOUGH ON
CRIME,
PARTICULARLY
IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
>> IT IS A MYTH
TO SAY THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
DON'T WANT LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WE DO.
WHAT WE DON'T
WANT IS RACIAL
PROFILING,
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
WHAT WE DON'T
WANT IS TO HAVE
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS
STRIPPED.
>> IT IS A BELIEF
SHE STILL
HOLDS TODAY.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT A MYTH THAT
BLACK PEOPLE
DON'T WANT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
WHAT WE DON'T
WANT IS RACIAL
PROFILING OR
CHOKEHOLDS, OR
MASS
INCARCERATION.
>> HARRIS RAN FOR
CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL
IN 2010,
BEATING HER
OPPONENT BY LESS
THAN A PERCENTAGE
POINT.
SHE WAS THE FIRST
WOMAN AND
FIRST BLACK
AMERICAN TO GET
THE
JOB.
>> AND I NOW
STAND BEFORE YOU
FOR THE BIGGEST
STATE IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> CRITICS SAY
SHE SHOULD HAVE
PUSHED FOR MORE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM, MORE
SUPPORT OF
POLICIES
LIKE LEGALIZING
MARIJUANA,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN
THIS INTERVIEW
ON THE BREAKFAST
CLUB YEARS
LATER.
>> DID YOU EVER
SMOKE?
>> YES.
AND I DID INHALE.
IN 2014, HARRIS
MARRIED LAWYER
DOUG EMHANDCUFF
AND BECAME A
STEP MOM.
THIS IS AROUND
SHE ANNOUNCED HER
CAMPAIGN.
SHE MADE HISTORY.
NOT ONLY IS SHE
THE FIRST INDIAN
AMERICAN SENATOR
BUT SHE IS ONE
OF THE TWO BLACK
WOMEN AFTER
ELECTED TO THE
SENATE.
>> I COULD NOT BE
MORE PROUD TO
REPRESENT MY
BEAUTIFUL STATE.
>> HARRIS WROTE
BILLS WITH
SENATORS ACROSS
THE AISLE
FOCUSING ON BAIL
REFORM AND
IMMIGRATION.
SHE BECAME KNOWN
FOR HER ABILITY
TO GRILL
WITNESSES.
>> IS THAT POLICY
IN WRITING
SMOIR?
>> I THINK SO.
>> DID YOU NOT
CONSULT THAT
BEFORE COMING TO
THIS COMMITTEE?
>> WELL, WE
TALKED ABOUT IT.
THE POLICY IS
BASED ON THE
PRINCIPLE THAT
THE PRESIDENT --.
>> SIR, I'M NOT
ASKING ABOUT THE
PRINCIPLE.
WHT YOU RELY ON
THAT POLICY, DID
YOU NOT ASK YOUR
STAFF TO SHOW
YOU THE POLICY
THAT WOULD BE THE
BASIS?
YOU ARE REFUSING
TO ANSWER.
>> THE WITNESS
SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
>> IN JANUARY OF
2019, THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> I'M RUNNING TO
BE PRESIDENT
OF THE PEOPLE, BY
THE PEOPLE AND
FOR ALL PEOPLE.
>> HARRIS
PROMOTED MEDICARE
FOR
ALL AND TUITION
FREE COLLEGE
DURING THE
CAMPAIGN.
HER POLL NUMBERS
SURGED DURING
THE FIRST
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE
IN
WHICH SHE CALLED
OUT BIDEN FOR
OPPOSING BUSSING.
>> THERE WAS A
LITTLE GIRL IN
CALIFORNIA,
INTEGRATING INTO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND SHE WAS
BUSSED TO SCHOOL
EVERY DAY.
THAT LITTLE GIRL
WAS ME.
>> DONATIONS
POURED IN AFTER
THAT.
BUT THEN THE
CAMPAIGN RAN OUT
OF
MONEY.
DESPITE THE
DEBATES, HARRIS
ENDED UP
ENDORSING BIDEN
EARLY
IN THE YEAR.
>> ONE OF THE
THINGS WE NEED
RIGHT NOW IS WE
NEED A LEADER
WHO REALLY DOES
CARE ABOUT THE
PEOPLE AND WHO
CAN THEREFORE
UNIFY THE PEOPLE.
AND I BELIEVE JOE
CAN DO THAT.
>> AND BIDEN
CLEARY THINKS
HARRIS CAN HELP
PAVE THE PATH TO
THE WHITE HOUSE.
.
>>> AS JOE
BIDEN'S NEWLY
MINTED
RUNNING MATE,
SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS HAS
ALREADY MADE
HISTORY,
BECOMING THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN
TO APPEAR ON A
MAJOR PARTY
PRESIDENTIAL
TICKET.
THE 55-YEAR-OLD
CALIFORNIA
NATIVE IS THE
DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, A
JAMAICAN FATHER
AND INDIAN
MOTHER, BOTH
ACADEMIC
WHO MET AT
BERKELEY DURING
THE
CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
>> WITH THE
FIGHTING SPIRIT I
GOT FROM MY
MOTHER.
WHILE WER PARENTS
DIVORCED WHEN
SHE WAS 7, HARRIS
DESCRIBED HER
MOTHER WHO DIED
IN 2009 AS THE
MOST IMPORTANT
INFLUENCE IN HER
LIFE, OFTEN
QUOTING ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> MY MOTHER USED
TO SAY, DON'T
SIT AROUND AND
COMPLAIN ABOUT
THINGS.
DO SOMETHING.
>> IN HER
AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
HARRIS
WRITES THAT HER
MOTHER
ENCOURAGED HER
AND HER SISTER TO
EMBRACE HER
BIRACIAL
HERITAGE,
MAKING SURE THEY
WOULD GROW UP
AS PROUD BLACK
WOMEN.
HER SISTER
SUPPORTED HER.
HARRIS HAD A
RAPID DESCENT IN
CALIFORNIA RISING
FROM COUNTY
PROSECUTOR TO SAN
FRANCISCO
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
TO CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
CULTIVATING A
MODERATE
POLITICAL
REPUTATION
AND CRITICISM
FROM LIBERALS
THAT
SHE WAS
PROGRESSIVE ON
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE.
SHE HAS BEEN A
CRITIC OF TRUMP
IN THE SENATE
ESPECIALLY WHEN
SHE GRILLED HIS
JUSTICE BRETT
KAVANAUGH.
>> DID YOU WATCH
DR. FORD'S
TESTIMONY?
>> I DID NOT.
I PLAN TO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I PLAN TO BUT
I DID NOT.
I WAS PREPARING
MINE.
>> IT WAS JUST A
HORRIBLE THING
THE WAY SHE WAS,
THE WAY SHE
TREATED NOW
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH
AND I WON'T
FORGET THAT SOON.
>> HARRIS NOW
JUST THE SECOND
WOMEN TO SERVE AS
A VICE
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE IS
GETTING ADVICE
FROM SARAH PALIN
WHO URGED HER TO
TRUST NO ONE
NEW, FIGHT
MIGHTILY TO KEEP
THE
TEAM WITH YOU.
DON'T GET MUZZLED
AND DON'T
FORGET THE WOMEN
WHO WENT BEFORE
YOU.
HARRIS ADDRESSED
STUDENTS AT
SELMA IN 2017 AND
SAID SHE KNOWS
WHAT SHE IS
FIGHTING FOR.
>> BREAKING A
BARRIER SOMETIMES
IS PAINFUL BUT IT
IS SO WORTH
IT.
IT IS SO WORTH
IT.
AND I'LL TELL
YOU, THE REASON
IS
BECAUSE YOU WILL
BE FIGHTING A
FIGHT WORTH
FIGHTING.
>> HARRIS WAS
ASKED HOW SHE
SEES
HERSELF DURING
THE PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY AND SHE
SAID I'M BLACK,
I'M PROUD OF
BEING BLACK.
I WAS BORN BLACK.
I WILL DIE BLACK.
SHE ATTENDED
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
HERE IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
AND
WROTE IN HER
MEMOIR THAT IF
EVERY SINGLE
STUDENT WAS
TAUGHT,
WE COULD BE
ANYTHING.
>>> IT MAY NOT BE
A COLD WAR
ARMS RACE BUT
RUSSIA AND THE
U.S. ARE IN A
RACE TO GET AN
EFFECTIVE
COVID-19 INTO THE
ARMS
OF PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD.
RUSSIA CALLS THIS
VACCINE
SPUTNIK V FOR
VACCINE.
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S
OWN DAUGHTER
HAS REPORTEDLY
RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
BUT RUSSIA HAS
NOT YET PUBLISHED
ANY SCIENTIFIC
DATA AND HAS NOT
BEGUN CRITICAL
PHASE THREE HUMAN
TRIALS.
U.S. EXPERTS
INCLUDING DR.
ANTHONY FAUCI ARE
SKEPTICAL.
>> I HOPE THE
RUSSIANS HAVE
DEFINITIVELY
PROVEN THAT THE
VACCINE IS SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
THAT THEY HAVE
DONE THAT.
>> Reporter: DR.
MICHELLE HEATH
REPRESENTS
AMERICA'S BIODRUG
MAKERS.
>> THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT OF
SKEPTICISM THAT
MAYBE THE
RUSSIANS DIDN'T
DO THEIR DUE
DILIGENCE ON THIS
VACCINE.
>> THE SKEPTICISM
IS WARRANTED.
WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY HAVE
TESTED, WHAT THEY
HAVE SEEN.
AT THIS POINT, IT
IS BASED ON
THEIR WORD AND
THAT'S NOT REALLY
THE WAY WE REACH
SCIENTIFICCLUSIONS.
>> Reporter: THE
WHITE WHITE HAS
ANNOUNCED A DEAL
WITH MODERNA
FOR MILLIONS OF
DOSES OF THEIR
VACCINE.
>> WE ARE ON
TRACK TO PRODUCE
100 MILLION DOSES
OF THE VACCINE
AS SOON AS IT IS
PRODUCED.
>> Reporter:
WORLD WIDE 25
VACCINES ARE NOW
IN HUMAN
TRIALS, AMONG THE
LEADING
CONTENDERS,
MODERNA, J AND J,
PFIZER,
ASTROZENECA AND
NOV O
VAC.
AND MULTIPLE
VACCINES WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
>>
AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
HISPANIC,
CHILDREN, WHO
KNOWS?
WE MAY BE ABLE TO
TARGET THE
VACCINES TO BE
USED IN THOSE
POPULATIONS.
>> WE HAVE HEARD
ABOUT THE
SAFETY CONCERNS
ABOUT THE
VACCINE IN
RUSSIA.
WHAT OTHER RISKS
DOES IT CARRY?
>> THERE IS GREAT
CONCERN THAT
BECAUSE RUSSIA
SEEMS TO BE
RUSHING THROUGH
THE PROCESS AND
NOT GOING THROUGH
THE
APPROPRIATE
PROTOCOLS THAT
THAT
WILL UNDERMINE
CONFIDENCE IN ALL
VACCINES WORLD
WIDE.
THE EUROPEANS ARE
INSISTING THEY
WILL NOT
COMPROMISE THEIR
VACCINE PROCESS.
AND DR. SHAFNER
THERE WITH
VANDERBILT SAID
HE WAS GIVEN A
PERSONAL
AINSURANCE THAT
UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCE
WILL THE FDA
COMPROMISE
PROTOCOLS IN
ENSURING
THE VACCINE IS
SAFE.
>> THANK YOU,
SIR.
>>> THIS STUDY
FROM STANFORD
MEDICAL SCHOOL
POINTS TO A
DANGEROUS
CONVERGENCE.
YOUNG ADULTS WHO
HAVE VAPED ARE
MORE LIKELY TO BE
ILL WITH
COVID-19.
>> THIS MORNING,
ANOTHER REASON
TO QUIT VAPING.
THIS STUDY BASED
ON 4300
ADOLESCENTS AND
YOUNG ADULTS
HAVE RESULTS
SHOCKING THE
RESEARCHERS.
>> MUCH HIGHER
THAN WE EVEN
EXPECTED.
>> THIS DOCTOR IS
THE SENIOR
AUTHOR OF THE
STUDY.
>> IF YOU HAVE
EVER USED AN
ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTE, YOU
ARE
FIVE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE
DIAGNOSED WITH
COVID-19.
>> FOR THOSE WHO
VAPE NICOTINE
AND SMOKE
CIGARETTES IN THE
PAST
30 DAYS, THE
NUMBERS JUMP TO 7
TIMES.
MANY PARENTS HAVE
BEEN SLOW TO
CATCH ON TO THE
VAPING EPIDEMIC.
>> WERE YOU AWARE
OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON?
>> OF COURSE NOT.
>> IT NEVER
ACCORD TO THIS
FATHER THAT HIS
14-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER HAD A
SECRET HABIT.
>> IT WAS VERY
SCARY, TO BE
HONEST.
>> NOW 16, SOFIA
SAYS VAPING IS
WILDLY POPULAR AT
HER SCHOOL.
>> I THINK PEOPLE
WHO TRIED IS
LIKE, A SOLID 80%
OF MY GRADE.
I WAS JUST GOING
INTO HIGH
SCHOOL AND
EVERYONE KIND OF
WAS
DOING IT AND I
WAS LIKE, I WANT
TO BE COOL.
I WANT TO HAVE
FRIENDS.
>> HOW DID IT
MAKE YOU FEEL?
>> KIND OF
REBELLIOUS.
IT WAS A LITTLE
HEAD RUSH.
>> LIKE MOST KIDS
WE HAVE TALKED
TO, SOFIA THOUGHT
IT WAS NO BIG
DEAL.
>> I WAS LIKE,
IT'S NOT
CIGARETTES SO
IT'S FINE.
>> DID YOU
REALIZE YOU WERE
BECOMING ADDICTED
TO IT?
>> NOT UNTIL I
TRIED TO QUIT FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
I TRIED SHAKING.
I GOT REALLY
JITTERY AND
NERVOUS.
I FELT SICK AND
THAT'S WHEN I
WAS LIKE, I'M
REALLY ADDICTED
TO
THIS SUBSTANCE.
>> SHE SAYS SHE
IS NO LONGER
VAPING, MOSTLY.
>> I'M ACTIVE, I
SWIM,
SKATEBOARD.
>> 21-YEAR-OLD
COLLIN SINDINE
DOESN'T KNOW IF
VAPING CAUSED
THE COVID-19 BUT
HE THINKS IT
MADE IT WORSE.
>> I THINK IT
AFFECTED THE RATE
AT WHICH THE
SICKNESS
DEVELOPED
AND THE PNEUMONIA
COULD BE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE
VAPING.
>> COLLIN WAS ONE
OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE IN IDAHO
TO GET COVID-19.
HE WAS IN THE ICU
WITH DOUBLE
PNEUMONIA FOR 6
DAYS.
>> WAS THERE IS
POINT THAT YOU
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
DIE?
>> MOST
DEFINITELY.
IT WAS LIKE, THIS
IS VERY REAL.
>> COLLIN WORKS
AT A SKI RESORT
IN GLEN VALLEY
AND SAYS HE WAS
SERIOUSLY
ADDICTED.
>> I WAS VAPING
THE SECOND I
WOULD WAKE UP TO
THE SECOND I
WOULD GO TO BED.
>> THE NEW STUDY
DOES NOT ANSWER
WHY YOUNG VAPORS
ARE MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO GET
COVID.
IT CAN CAUSE
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO
THE LUNGS AND
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
BUT RESEARCHERS
HAVE A THEORY.
THE HIGH
INFECTION RATE
MAY HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO
WITH HOW KIDS
USE E-CIGARETTES.
>> WE KNOW THAT
ADOLESCENTS AND
YOUNG ADULTS
SHARE VAPING
PRODUCTS WITH
EACH OTHER.
THAT INCREASES
YOUR EXPOSURE TO
COVID-19.
WE KNOW THAT HAND
TO MOUTH
ACCESS COULD
INCREASE YOUR
RISK
OF BRINGING COVID
INTO YOUR
MOUTH.
>> THEY ALSO
THINK THE AEROSOL
FROM THESE
CIGARETTES COULD
RELEASE DROPLETS
CONTAINING
CORONAVIRUS.
WE SHARED THE
RESULTS WITH
SOFIA
AND HER FATHER.
>> WOW, I NEVER
THOUGHT THAT
WOULD BE THE
CASE.
>> SHOCKING
NUMBERS.
IT MAKES ME GLAD
I HAVEN'T
GOTTEN IT YET.
>> COLLIN SAYS HE
HOPES HIS
PEERS CAN KIND
THE STRENGTH TO
QUIT.
>> JUST TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY
BECAUSE IT'S NO
JOKE.
>> THOSE NUMBERS
ARE SO
ALARMING.
WHAT IS THE
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
DOING TO ADDRESS
IT?
>> WELL,
OVERNIGHT THERE
HAS
BEEN
CONGRESSIONAL
MEASURES
FORCING THE BAN
OF ALL
E-CIGARETTE
PRODUCTS UNTIL
THE
PANDEMIC IS OVER.
THEY ARE KEEPING
A CLOSE WATCH
ON THE MARKET
PLACE AND WILL
HOLD COMPANIES
ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY SAID THEY
DID GET THAT
CONGRESSIONAL
REQUEST.
WE WILL STAY IN
TOUCH WITH THEM
FOR MORE.
MEANWHILE, WE
REACHED OUT TO
THE
LARGEST
MANUFACTURER, THE
POPULAR BRAND
JOULE.
THEY DECLINED TO
COMMENT.
>>> THIS MORNING,
A GROWING
NUMBER OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL TEAMS
NOW SIDELINED FOR
THE SEASON.
BOTH THE BIG TEN
AND BACK 12
CANCELING SEASONS
BECAUSE OF
COVID CONCERNS,
CANCELING UNTIL
NEXT YEAR.
>> WE BELIEVE
COLLECTIVELY,
THERE IS TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY AT
THIS POINT IN
TIME IN OUR
COUNTRY.
>> PAC-12 SCHOOLS
ALL GREEING
THIS IS THE
SAFEST CHOICE.
>> WE DO BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS AN
EXHAUSTIVE
EXERCISE
INCLUDING
CONTACT SPORTS IS
NOT A GOOD
IDEA FOR THE
SAFETY AND HEALTH
OF OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES.
>> OTHERS ARE IN
DISAGREEMENT,
INCLUDING
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> THESE ARE
YOUNG, STRONG
PEOPLE.
THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO FIGHT IT
OFF AND HOPEFULLY
IT WON'T
BOTHER THEM ONE
BIT.
>> NEBRASKA, ONE
OF THE BIG 10
TOP TEAMS
EXPRESSED
DISAPPOINTMENT IN
A STATEMENT,
SUGGESTING THEY
MAY STILL PLAY
IN THE FALL.
>> WE WILL
CONTINUE TO
CONSULT
WITH MEDICAL
EXPERTS.
WE HOPE IT MAY BE
POSSIBLE FOR
OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES TO HAVE
THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
COMPETE.
>> NEBRASKA'S
COACH SAYS THEIR
PLAYERS WOULD BE
MORE PROTECTED
BY PLAYING BALL.
>> THE VIRUS IS
HERE EITHER WAY.
I WOULD CONTEND
THE PLAYERS ARE
SAFER HERE, BEING
MONITORED AND
SCREENED
CONSTANTLY, THEN
THEY
WOULD BE IF WE
SENT THEM HOME.
>> WITH TWO OF
THE POWER FIVE
CONSLING, WILL
THE OTHERS PLAY?
>> IT IS HARDER
FOR THE OTHER T
CONFERENCES TO
JUSTIFY PUSHING
FORWARD BECAUSE
WHO ARE YOU
GOING TO PLAY IN
A PLAYOFF?
>> NCC
COMMISSIONER GREG
SHANKY.
>> WE COULD IF
THAT WAS THE
CIRCUMSTANCE
OPERATE ON OUR
OWN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT
IS THE WISEST
DIRECTION.
>> THE FCC AND
ACC SAY THEY ARE
WEIGHING THE
OPTION ON
PRIORITIZING
STUDENT HEALTH.
THEIR PLAYERS ARE
STILL HOPING
THE GAMES GO ON.
>> IF WE HAD THE
SEASON TAKEN
AWAY, IT WOULD BE
HEART
BREAKING.
>> SOURCES SAY AS
OF THIS
MOMENT, THEY
INTEND TO HAVE A
FALL SEASON.
FOR THE TEAMS
THAT TRY TO GO
ROGUE, THEY MAY
RUN INTO TROUBLE
WITH CONFERENCE
CONTRACTS OR
USHER IN HEAVY
DUTY FINES.
>> NOTRE DAME IS
ONE OF THE MOST
STORIED PROGRAMS
IN THE HISTORY
OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
FOR THIS YEAR,
AFTER CENTURIES
OF BEING
INDEPENDENT, THEY
ARE
MEMBERS OF THE
ATLANTIC COAST
CONFERENCE, WHICH
STILL PLANS ON
HOLDING THEIR
SEASON.
DAELYN HAYES IS A
LEADER ON THE
TEAM'S DEFENSE,
GOOD MORNING TO
BOTH OF YOU.
COACH, LET ME
START WITH YOU,
IF
IT IS NOT SAFE
FOR THE BIG 10 OR
PAC-12, THE
MOUNTAIN WEST, OR
THE OTHER
PROGRAMS IN THIS
COUNTRY, HOW CAN
IT BE SAFE FOR
NOTRE DAME TO
PLAY FOOTBALL
THIS
YEAR?
WELL , CERTAINLY
IT IS A
CHALLENGING
ENVIRONMENT.
I DON'T THINK
ANYONE IS
DISGREEING WITH
THE CHALLENGES
OUT THERE.
BUT WE BELIEVE
BASED ON THE
MEDICAL
INFORMATION, WE
HAVE
SOME OF THE BEST
ADVISING US,
TAKING ENHANCED
MEDICAL
PROCEDURES, AS
LONG AS WE HAVE A
COMMITTED GROUP
AND OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES HAVE
BEEN COMMITTED
SINCE DAY ONE,
SINCE WE STARTED
THE PROCEDURES
AND PROTOCOLS FOR
THE LAST COUPLE
OF MONTHS.
WE HAVE TESTED,
OUR GUYS HAVE
DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB
SINCE
THEY CAME BACK TO
CAMPUS WITH
THE SUCCESS RATE,
OVER 99%.
THEY HAVE DONE A
GREAT JOB WHEN
THE STUDENTS CAME
BACK.
WE HAVE BEEN IN
THE 99% SUCCESS
RATE.
WE BELIEVE THAT
WILL BE THE CASE
WHEN WE START
PLAYING FOOTBALL
AS WELL.
THERE ARE
CHALLENGES.
THERE ARE MEDICAL
EXPERTS THAT
CERTAINLY WE ARE
RELYING ON IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE INTENSE
MEDICAL CARE.
WE ARE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT
WHAT WE
ARE DOING AND WE
BELIEVE WE CAN
PLAY SAFELY AND
CARE FOR
EVERYONE,
INCLUDING OUR
STAFF
NOW.
THIS IS NOT JUST
A BUNCH OF
PLAYERS.
I HAVE OVER 50
STAFF MEMBERS
THAT ARE PUT IN
THIS SITUATION
AS WELL.
>> DYLAN, LET ME
TURN TO YOU FOR
A MOMENT.
YOU WERE ONE OF
THE PLAYERS THAT
SIGNED AN OPEN
LETTER.
IN THE LETTER,
YOU WROTE, AS
LEADERS OF THE
TEAM, WE CAN SAY
THAT THE MENTAL
AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH OF THIS
TEAM IS IN A
BETTER PLACE WITH
FOOTBALL
TAKING PLACE THIS
FALL.
WHAT DID YOU MEAN
BY THAT?
>> THE FIRST
THING LIKE COACH
KELLY SAID IS WE
ARE UNDER
CONSTANT
SUPERVISION.
WE HAVE DAILY
WELLNESS CHECKS.
WE GET TESTED
WEEKLY.
WE ARE ALWAYS IN
A POSITION
WHERE IF WE FEEL
DISCOMFORT OR
IF WE ARE NOT
COMFORTABLE IN
OUR
SITUATION, WE CAN
SEEK HELP AND
INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE BEEN
TRANSPARENT WITH
US.
WE FEEL CONFIDENT
WE CAN PLAY
WITH OUR COACHES,
MEDICAL STAFF.
BUT ULTIMATELY,
IT COMES DOWN TO
THE PLAYERS AND
THEIR DECISIONS
EVERY DAY.
HAVING THE
INCENTIVE TO PLAY
AND
THE DISCIPLINE
THAT IT REQUIRES
TO BE ON A TEAM
AND MAKE THE
RIGHT DECISIONS
OUTSIDE OF OUR
BUBBLE, IT WILL
FARE WELL FOR
US.
>> AS YOU KNOW,
THERE HAVE BEEN
A NUMBER OF
STUDIES THAT HAVE
SHOWN THERE ARE
LONGTERM HEALTH
EFFECTS FOR THOSE
WHO CONTRACT
THIS VIRUS
INCLUDING AN
ENLARGED
HEART.
WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO SOMEONE WHO
SAID I RESPECT
THIS KID AND HIS
ABILITIES, BUT HE
IS NOT LOOKING
AT THE LONGTERM
HERE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THAT
CRITICISM?
>> UNFORTUNATELY,
I FEEL LIKE
YOU ARE JUST AS
AT RISK ANYWHERE
RIGHT NOW.
WHETHER IT IS
GOING TO THE
GROCERY STORE OR
GOING OUT TO
EAT.
THAT IS THE
REALITY OF THE
SITUATION.
I WOULD RATHER
TAKE THAT RISK
FOR THE GAME I
LOVE AND FIGHTING
FOR MY CAREER
ONCE I LEAVE
NOTRE
DAME.
I THINK A LOT OF
GUYS FEEL THAT
WAY ESPECIALLY
PLAYERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY IN
THEIR LAST YEAR.
THAT'S ALL I
REALLY HAVE TO
SAY
ABOUT IT.
>> COACH, A POINT
A LOT OF FOLKS
HAVE MADE, THE
REALITY IS
FOOTBALL IS A
CONTACT SPORT.
THE CLOSEST OF
CONTACT SPORTS,
YOU COULD ARGUE.
A LOT OF
UNINTENTIONAL
CONTACT
AS WELL.
SPIT EVERYWHERE.
HOW DO YOU EVEN
CONTACT TRACE
WHEN THAT ONE
PLAYER GETS
INFECTED?
HOW DO YOU DO
THAT?
>> WE ARE TESTING
WEEKLY.
SO WE KNOW WHO IS
IN THE BUBBLE.
CERTAINLY, YOU'RE
RIGHT.
WHEN YOU ARE IN
CONTACT, THERE
IS NO OTHER WAY
TO LOOK AT IT
BUT EVERYBODY IS
IN CONTACT.
SO WE UNDERSTAND
THAT WE MUST
TRUST EACH OTHER.
THIS IS A UNIQUE
SITUATION WHERE
YOU ARE PUTTING
YOURSELF IN A
SITUATION WHERE
YOU TRUST THE
GUY NEXT TO YOU.
THAT'S WHY
TESTING IS SO
IMPORTANT IN THE
PROCESS.
THERE HAS TO BE
TRANSPARENCY
WITH THE OTHER
TEAMS YOU ARE
PLAYING SO WHEN
YOU LINE UP
AGAINST THEM, YOU
KNOW THEY ARE
FOLLOWING THROUGH
WITH THE SAME
TESTING
PROCEDURES.
SO YEAH, I THINK
WE STATED AT
THE OUTSET, THIS
IS A DIFFICULT
PROCESS BUT THIS
IS ONE WE ARE
COMMITTED TO AND
ONE OUR PLAYERS
ARE COMMITTED TO
AND ENHANCED
TESTING HAS GOT
TO BE A PART OF
THE PROCEDURE.
>> TRAINING CAMP
STARTS TODAY.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
>> 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 CAN REALIATE
WITH LOVE.
THERE'S ALWAYS A
ANOTHER WAY.
THAT'S ALL I WANT
HIM TO SEE.
>>> WHEN YOU NEED
HONESTY, WHEN
YOU NEED ANSWERS
FIRST THING IN
THE MORNING, WHEN
YOU NEED TO GO
DEEP INSIDE THE
STORY, AND HEAR
FROM SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN THERE,
YOU NEED YOUR
MORNING JOE, ONLY
ON MSNBC.
>>> WE LIKE TO
THINK WE LIVE IN
A POST RACIAL
AMERICA.
WE ARE REMINDED
TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THAT WE DO
NOT.
>> AFTER WATCHING
THE MAYOR OF
ATLANTA ACT AS A
MOM AND TRYING
TO RAISE HER SON.
>> I REMEMBER HER
SAYING WHY
DON'T I HAVE A
PONYTAIL LIKE THE
WHITE GIRLS?
IT'S OKAY TO
NOTICE YOU'RE
DIFFERENT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO
NOT FEEL LESS
THAN.
>> I CHERISH THE
FACT THAT WE
CAN HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
I FEEL SAFE
TALKING TO YOU.
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
>> WE 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.
>>> A VIRUS THAT
KNOWS NO
BORDERS, OUR
GLOBAL FIGHT
AGAINST IT UNITES
US.
OUR NBC NEWS AND
SKY TEAMS ARE
ON THE GROUND,
LEARNING FROM
WHERE IT HAS
BEEN, SO YOU THAT
YOU CAN BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW IT
WILL IMPACT US
HERE.
>> LIFE IN ITALY
IS PACK TO
NORMAL.
IT JUST DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THE
SAME NORMAL AS
BEFORE.
>>> THE ONLY
THING WE HAVE TO
FEAR IS FEAR
ITSELF.
>> THESE ARE THE
UNITED STATES,
A UNITED PEOPLE,
WITH A UNITED
PURPOSE.
>> THE FUTURE
DOESN'T BELONG TO
THE FAINT
HEARTED.
IT BELONGS TO THE
BRAVE.
>> A GREAT PEOPLE
HAS BEEN MOVED
TO DEFEND A GREAT
NATION.
>> ALL OF US CAN
EXTEND A HAND
TO THOSE IN NEED.
>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO BE
FIXED AND WHAT
WOULD COUNT AS
JUSTICE IN THIS
CASE?
DO YOU HAVE
CLARITY ON WHAT
THE
PRESIDENT HAS
ACTUALLY ORDERED?
I HAVE TO ASK
WHETHER THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CAN TURN THIS
AROUND SO THIS IS
AN ENGINE FOR
PROGRESSIVE
POLITICAL CHANGE?
>> ARE YOU
WORRIED THAT
THESE
CRISES MAY DOVE
TAIL IN TERMS OF
THE RISK OF
TRANSMISSION AT
THESE ONGOING
PROTESTS?
>>> THE DECISION
ANNOUNCED
UNLINE, KAMALA
HARRIS ANNOUNCED
AS THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN ON A
MAJOR TICKET.
55 YEARS OLD,
MORE THAN TWO
DECADES YOUNGER
THAN BIDEN,
REPRESENTING THE
NEXT GENERATION
OF DEMOCRATS.
AND UNLIKETHER
BLACK WOMEN ON
THE LIST, HAS
HELD STATE WIDE
OFFICE.
THE POLITICAL
WORLD TOOK NOTICE
WITH A SPLASHY
CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
FOR PRESIDENT IN
OAKLAND LAST
YEAR.
>> WE CAN RECLAIM
THE AMERICAN
DREAM FOR EVERY
SINGLE PERSON IN
OUR COUNTRY.
HARRIS IS A
FORMER CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND A FRIEND OF
BEAU BIDEN WHEN
HE WAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF
DELAWARE WHICH IS
WHY
HER CHALLENGE TO
JOE BIDEN LAST
YEAR SHOCKED HIM.
BIDEN SAID HE
WOULD NOT HOLD
GRUDGES.
HARRIS HAS
CAMPAIGNED HARD
FOR
HIM SINCE
DROPPING OUT
HIMSELF.
THE CAMPAIGN
RELEASED A PHOTO
OF
BIDEN AND HARRIS
TALKING TODAY.
IN A STATEMENT,
BIDEN PRAISED
HARRIS AS SMART,
TOUGH, AND
READY TO LEAD,
WRITING, I NEED
SOMEONE WHO
UNDERSTANDS WE
ARE
IN A FIGHT FOR
THE SOUL OF THIS
NATION.
THERE WAS STRONG
SUPPORT FOR A
BLACK CANDIDATE.
BOYDEN CONSIDERED
SUSAN RICE AS
WELL AS MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER.
HIS PRIMARY CAME
WAS REVIVED BY
A BIG VICTORY IN
SOUTH CAROLINA,
THANKS TO THE
ENDORSEMENT OF
JIM
CLIBURN WHO
RECEIVED THE WORD
FROM BIDEN
EARLIER TODAY.
>> HOW IMPORTANT
TOOUNG IT IS TO
HAVE A BLACK
WOMAN IN THIS
CAMPAIGN THIS
YEAR?
>> I THINK IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THIS SAYS
ONCE AND FOR
ALL THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WILL NOT TAKE
BLACK PEOPLE FOR
GRANTED.
IT NEVER WAS TRUE
BUT I THINK IT
IS MORE OF A FACT
TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANDREA JOINS ME
NOW.
AT THE TOP OF THE
BROADCAST,
THIS WAS A PRETTY
LOW KEY
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHAT SHOULD WE
EXPECT IN THE
COMING DAYS?
>> TOMORROW YOU
WILL SEE THEM
TOGETHER, BIDEN
AND HARRIS, THE
TICKET FOR THE
FIRST TIME
TOGETHER IN
DELAWARE IN A
JOINT
APPEARANCE.
THEY WILL BE
SOCIALLY DISTANT
BUT BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC, YOU
WILL NOT SEE
RALLIES AND JOINT
APPEARANCES.
THEY WILL BE ON
THEIR OWN AND
LIKELY ONLINE.
>>> AS STUDENTS
HEAD BACK TO
CLASS, SOME
SCHOOLS HAVE
ALREADY
FLUNKED THEIR
FIRST TEST ON
SAFETY.
IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY, GEORGIA,
THERE WERE 59
CONFIRMED CASES
OF
COVID-19 IN THE
FIRST WEEKS OF
SCHOOL.
THEY ARE CLOSING
FOR TWO MONTHS
NOW.
THE SCHOOL THAT
OPENED WITH A
MANDATORY POLICY
FOR ADULTS BUT
NOT STUDENTS SAYS
IT ANTICIPATED
POSITIVE TESTS
WHICH IS WHY THEY
PUT IN A SYSTEM
TO CONTACT
TRACE.
ANOTHER HIGH
SCHOOL STOPPED IN
PERSON LEARNING
AFTER 9
CONFIRMED CASES.
>> I THINK OUR
KIDS ARE BEING
USED AS GUINEA
PIGS AND IT IS
ENRAGING WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT
THAT WAY.
NEW NUMBERS FOR
THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH.
COVID-19 CASES
FOR KIDS 17 AND
UNDER JUMPING
MORE THAN 130% IN
THE LAST MONTH.
>> FOR SOME
REASON THEY THINK
SCHOOL IS A
MAGICAL PLACE AND
WE
DON'T NEED TO BE
SIX FEET APART.
>> THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO
REQUIRE MASK.
THEY DIDN'T WANT
US BE MASK
POLICE BUT THEY
WILL HAVE US
POLICE OTHER
DRESS CODES.
>> THE
SUPERINTENDENT
SAYS MASKS
ARE AVAILABLE BUT
NOT MANDATORY.
HE ADDED AT THE
DISTRICT HAD A
GREAT FIRST DAY.
BUT GETTING
ENOUGH SPACE IS
AN
OBSTACLE
ESPECIALLY IN
PLACES
LIKE NEW YORK
CITY WHERE
SAMANTHA DAY
TEACHES PUBLIC
HIGH
SCHOOL WITH MORE
THAN 3,000
STUDENTS.
SHE SAYS THE
CITY'S REOPENING
PLAN DOESN'T GO
FAR ENOUGH.
>> THERE ARE
ISSUES THAT ARE
ABOVE THE SCHOOL
LEVEL THAT NEED
TO BE SOLVED.
SUCH AS TESTING
AND A QUICK TURN
AROUND ON
TESTING.
THE SCHOOL AS ITS
OWN UNIT CAN'T
FIX.
>> TIME TO
ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS IS
RUNNING OUT.
>>> TONIGHT, AN
ALARMING NEW
PEER REVIEWED
STUDY SUGGESTS
MILLIONS OF YOUNG
AMERICANS ARE
IN DANGER OF
GETTING COVID-19
BECAUSE THEY USE
E-CIGARETTES.
>> MUCH HIGHER
THAN WE EXPECTED.
WHAT IS THE HEAD
LINE HERE?
>> IF YOU HAVE
EVER USED AN
ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTE, YOU
ARE
FIVE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE
DIAGNOSED WITH
COVID-19.
>> THOSE WHO
SMOKED OR VAPED
IN
THE LAST 30 DAYS,
THE RISK JUMPS
MORE.
>> THERE WAS A
STUDY OF 4300.
BACK IN MID
MARCH,
21-YEAR-OLD
COLLIN WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST
PEOPLE IN IDAHO
TO GET COVID-19.
ENDING UP IN THE
ICU FOR SIX
DAYS.
>> WAS THERE A
POINT THAT YOU
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
DIE?
MOST DEFINITELY.
I WAS LIKE, THIS
IS VERY REAL.
>> COLLIN ADMITS,
HE WAS
SERIOUSLY
ADDICTED TO
VAPING.
>> I WAS VAPING
THE SECOND I
WOULD WAKE UP TO
THE SECOND I
WOULD GO TO BED.
LAST YEAR, OVER 5
MILLION KIDS
REPORTED USING
E-CIGARETTES.
>> WERE YOU AWARE
OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON?
>> OF COURSE NOT.
>> IT NEVER
OCCURRED TO THIS
FATHER THAT HIS
DAUGHTER HAD HAD
A SECRET HABIT.
>> YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO VAPE ARE TEN
TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO GET
COVID-19.
>> I WOULD NEVER
HAVE GUESSED
THAT TO BE THE
CASE.
>> THAT'S
SHOCKING.
>> THE STUDY DID
NOT ANSWER WHY
YOUNG VAPORS ARE
SO MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO GET
COVID-19 ALTHOUGH
IT CAN CAUSE
DAMAGE TO THE
LUNGS
AND IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
RESEARCHERS HAVE
A THEORY.
YOU KNOW THAT
ADOLESCENTS AND
YOUNG ADULTS
SHARE THEIR
VAPING
PRODUCTS WITH
EACH OTHER.
THE HAND TO MOUTH
ACTION COULD
INCREASE REACH BY
TOUCHING AND
BRINGING COVID
INTO YOUR MOUTH.
>> TODAY'S STUDY
PROMPTING A
MOVE IN CONGRESS
TO FORCE THE
FDA TO BAN
E-CIGARETTES
UNTIL
THE PANDEMIC IS
OVER.
AS FOR A MESSAGE
TO THEIR PEERS?
>> I WOULD HAVE
WANTED TO HEAR
SOME OF THIS WHEN
I WAS 14 YEARS
OLD.
>> TAKE THE WHOLE
THING
SERIOUSLY BECAUSE
IT IS NO JOKE.
>>> RUSSIA IS
CALLING IT
SPUKNIC
V FOR VACCINE AND
CLAIMS IT IS
READY, SAFE TO
PROVIDE LONGTERM
IMMUNITY AND
APPROVED FOR USE
IN
RUSSIA, EVEN
THOUGH IT HAS NOT
GONE THROUGH
TRIALS.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
SAID ONE OF HIS
TWO DAUGHTERS
TOOK THE VACCINE.
SHE HAD A SLIGHT
FEVER AND NOW
HAS ANTIBODIES.
RUSSIA IS MOVING
AHEAD WITH A
FAST ROLL OUT
PLAN TO VACCINATE
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
THIS MONTH,
MASS PRODUCTION
IN SEPTEMBER,
MASS DISTRIBUTION
IN OCTOBER.
BEFORE TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT, I
SPOKE TO THE CEO
OF THE RUSSIAN
FUND BACKING THE
VACCINE.
HE SAYS HE HAS
ALSO TAKEN IT.
>> YOU WANT TO
VACCINATE 30
MILLION PEOPLE
THIS YEAR IN
RUSSIA?
>> WE WILL
PRODUCE UP TO 30
MILLION DOSES OF
VACCINE AND
THEN YOU KNOW, IT
WILL BE UP TO
PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO BE
VACCINATED.
>> U.S. OFFICIALS
HAVE ACCUSED
RGSA OF HACKING
RESEARCH.
RUSSIA DISMISSES
THAT AS
JEALOUSY.
>> ALL OF THE
ACCUSATIONS BY
SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE
AFRAID OF RUSSIA
BEING AHEAD IN
THE VACCINE OR
BEING THE FIRST
OUT THERE WHEN
THERE IS NOBODY
ELSE OUT THERE.
>> MORE THAN 25
VACCINES ARE IN
HUMAN TRIALS
AROUND THE WORLD.
LEADING
CANDIDATES FROM
OXFORD
AND MODERNA ARE
IN PHASE THREE.
TONIGHT PRESIDENT
TRUMP
ANNOUNCING THE
U.S. HAS STRUCK A
DEAL WITH MODERNA
FOR 100
MILLION DOSES OF
THE VACCINE.
HEALTH EXPERTS
WORRY THAT
WITHOUT EXTENSIVE
TRIAL,
VACCINES CAN
CAUSE MORE HARM
THAN GOOD,
GIVERING A FALSE
SENSE OF SECURITY
OR CAUSING
LONGTERM SIDE
EFFECTS.
THIS DOCTOR
WORKING ON
PFIZER'S
VACCINE HAS A
CONCERN ABOUT
RUSSIA'S VACCINE.
>> MY CONCERN IS
THE GOOD NAME
OF VACCINE.
I WANT TO ASSURE
THAT IN THE
U.S. ALL OF THE
VACCINES ARE
BEING EVALUATED
AND WE ARE NOT
CUTTING CORNERS
ON SAFETY.
>> ALREADY 20
COUNTRIES HAVE
EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN THE
RUSSIAN VACCINE.
THAT COULD BE
TROUBLING FOR A
VACCINE THAT
RUSSIA HAS YET TO
PROVE IS SAFE.
>>> TONIGHT,
HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER.
>> COMPLETELY
DEAD.
>> AFTER A
MASSIVE STORM
SYSTEM
TORE THROUGH THE
MIDWEST ON
SUNDAY, KILLING
ONE PERSON.
THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMED THAT A
TORNADO DID
TOUCH DOWN ON
CHICAGO'S NORTH
SIDE, CRUSHING
CAR AFTER CAR.
IT WAS A RARE
WEATHER SYSTEM
KNOWN AS A DEL
RATIO, A HUGE
GUST OF WIND THAT
TRAVELS 20
MILES.
THIS ONE COULD
HAVE RACED 770
MILES ACROSS
IOWA.
>> WE LOOK AND
SAW THE BRANCH ON
THE POWER LINE.
>> IT COULD BE A
BILLION DOLLAR
DISASTER RAVAGING
THE CORN BELT
LATE IN THE
GROWING SEASON.
IN CHICAGO,
WARNING SIRENS
BEFORE IT HIT.
THIS IS FRANCIS
RIVERA'S CAR.
LUCKILY, SHE WAS
IN HER HOME.
>> I THOUGHT MY
WINDOWS WOULD
GET BLOWN IN.
I LANFOR COVER.
>> IN THE
NORTHEAST, A WEEK
AFTER TROPICAL
STORM ISAIAS,
THENS OF
THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE
WITHOUT POWER.
TOTAL 
SEGREGATION, 
LACK OF RESPECT, 
LACK OF DIGNITY. 
>> THIS POM, 
PART OF WEEKS OF 
PROTESTS LED BY 
DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR., 
LEADING TO THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
OF 1964. 
FOR JONES, EQUAL 
ACCESS TO 
SWIMMING AND 
WATER SAFETY 
BECAME ONE OF 
HER LIFE'S 
PASSIONS. 
STUDIES SHOW 64% 
OF AFRICAN-
AMERICANS HAVE 
LITTLE OR NO 
ABILITY TO SWIM 
AND BLACK 
CHILDREN ARE 
FIVE AND A HALF 
TIMES MORE 
LIKELY TO DROWN. 
IN TEXAS THAT 
HUGE DISPARITY 
MOTIVATED THE 
THOMAS TWINS 
OFFERING FREE 
SWIMMING 
LESSONS. 
>>> BECOMING THE 
FIRST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN 
TO WIN AN 
INDIVIDUAL 
OLYMPIC GOLD 
MEDAL IN 
SWIMMING. 
>> I HAVE DEALT 
WITH EXPERIENCES 
OF RACISM IN THE 
SPORT, SINCE THE 
AGE OF 12. 
>> SHE IS 
GRATEFUL TO 
ACTIVISTS LIKE 
MIMI JONES WHO 
PAVED THE WAY. 
>> IT IS HEART 
WRENCHING TO 
KNOW THAT 
SOMETHING AS 
SIMPLE AS 
WANTING TO SWIM 
WOULD CAUSE 
SOMEONE TO THROW 
ACID ON SOMEBODY 
BECAUSE OF THE 
COLOR OF THEIR 
SKIN. 
>> A MOMENT THAT 
FOREVER CHANGED 
JONES'S LIFE. 
>> IT ONLY 
STRENGTHENED MY 
RESOLVE AND MY 
LIFE LONG 
COMMITMENT TO 
CHALLENGE 
INEQUALITY AND 
LACK OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS TURNED OUT 
TO BE ONE OF HER 
LAST INTERVIEWS. 
JONES DIED OF 
NATURAL CAUSES A 
FEW DAYS LATER. 
AT AGE 73, AND 
STILL HOPEFUL. 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
SEEN SOCIAL 
CHANGE HAPPEN IN 
THIS COUNTRY 
WITHOUT A 
BATTLE. 
BUT I THINK 
THERE IS A 
RENEWED 
AWAKENING. 
>> RON ALLEN, 
NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK. 
>>> TONIGHT FOR 
THE BIG 10 AND 
PAC 12, THE GAME 
IS OVER, AT 
LEAST FOR NOW. 
THE CONFERENCES, 
HOME TO SOME OF 
THE BIGGEST 
TEAMS IN COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL, 
OFFICIALLY 
PASSING APLAYING 
AMID THE 
PANDEMIC. 
WITH NO WORD 
FROM THE SEC, 
WHICH INCLUDES 
DEFENDING CHAMP 
LSU, THE BIG 10 
SAYS FOOTBALL 
COULD KICKOFF 
AGAIN IN 2021. 
>> THERE ARE 
JUST TOO MANY 
UNCERTAINTIES TO 
FEEL COMFORTABLE 
FROM A MEDICAL 
STANDPOINT TO 
PROCEED FORWARD. 
>> WITH GAMES 
SIDELINED FOR 
THE FALL, 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
AND ITS FANS 
WON'T GENERATE 
UPWARDS OF $7 
BILLION THIS 
YEAR. 
BEYOND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS, TICKET 
SALES, LOCAL 
VENDORS, 
RETAILERS, 
HOTELS AND 
RESTAURANTS ALL 
DEPEND ON GAME 
DAY. 
ONE STUDY IN ANN 
ARBOR SHOWS 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN 
FOOTBALL BRINGS 
IN OVER $80 
MILLION A YEAR 
TO LOCAL 
BUSINESSES. 
>> YOU KNOW FOR 
THE SMALL 
COLLEGE TOWNS, 
THIS IS THE 
EQUIVALENT OF 
THEIR MAJOR 
EMPLOYER 
SHUTTING ITS 
DOORS AND 
PULLING UP 
STAKES. 
YOU ARE NOT 
GOING TO HAVE 
THAT FOR THE 
NEXT YEAR. 
THAT IS A LOT 
AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING PEOPLE 
IN THOSE TOWNS 
ARE GOING TO 
FEEL DEEPLY. 
>> THE COACH AT 
NEBRASKA SAID 
MONDAY THEY'LL 
PLAY WITH OR 
WITHOUT THE BIG 
10. 
>> OUR 
UNIVERSITY IS 
COMMITTED TO 
PLAYING NO 
MATTER WHAT. 
NO MATTER WHAT 
THAT LOOKS LIKE 
AND HOW THAT 
LOOKS. 
I THINK WE ARE 
PREPARED TO LOOK 
FOR OTHER 
OPTIONS. 
>> EVEN WITH 
SOME TEAMS STILL 
PRACTICING, 
CALEB FARLEY 
OPTED OUT FROM 
PLAYING AT 
VIRGINIA TECH. 
>> I KNOW 
PLAYERS ARE 
WORRIED AND THEY 
ARE SCARED TO 
MAKE DECISIONS 
THAT IS BEST FOR 
THEM. 
HOW COULD I LIVE 
WITH MYSELF IF I 
CONTRACTED THIS 
DISEASE AND YOU 
KNOW, GAVE IT TO 
MY FATHER? 
>> HERE IN 
PASADENA, JUST 
THE ROSE BOWL 
GENERATES 
ROUGHLY $200 
MILLION. 
FOR PLAYERS WHO 
PERFORM, IT CAN 
SOLIDIFY THEIR 
CHANCE TO PLAY 
IN THE NFL. 
BUT THIS IS 
BIGGER THAN JUST 
A GAME. 
SPORTS, PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND 
ECONOMICS ARE 
ALL AT STAKE. 
LESTER?
OUR TEAMS ARE ON 
THE GROUND, 
LEARNING FROM 
WHERE IT HAS 
BEEN. 
>>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>>> THESE ARE 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE. 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>>> ALL OF US 
CAN EXTEND A 
HAND TO THOSE IN 
NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED? 
AND WHAT WOULD 
COUNT AS JUSTICE 
IN THIS CASE? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT, FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THESE TWO MAY 
TAIL IN TERMS OF 
THE RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION 
AFTER THE 
ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> I WANT MY 
STUDENTS AND THE 
VIEWERS OF MY 
ART TO BECOME 
MORE CAREFUL, 
DISCERNING 
OBSERVERS OF 
EVERYTHING. 
TO NOT BELIEVE 
THE NARRATIVE AS 
IT IS 
NECESSARILY 
PRESENTED, BUT 
REALLY LOOK FOR 
SOME OF THE 
DEEPER MEANINGS 
AND THINGS THAT 
WERE IN THAT. 
>>> KEITH MORRIS 
IS SPEAKING 
POWER. 
IN HIS RECENT 
SERIES BLACK 
LIVES, KEITH IS 
DOCUMENTING 
COMMUNITIES 
WHERE BLACK 
PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED BY THE 
POLICE. 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> I STARTED IN 
OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA.
AT THE STATION. 
I'M AN ARTIST, 
I'M DOING A 
PROJECT 
MOTIVATED BY THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
AND I WANT TO DO 
THESE DRAWINGS 
OF PEOPLE. 
CAN I TAKE OUR 
PICTURE? 
MOST PEOPLE, 
VERY MUCH, WERE 
WILLING TO AVAIL 
THEMSELVES TO 
THE PROJECT. 
>> OVER 5000 
MILES OF DRIVING 
LATER KEITH 
RETURNED TO HIS 
STUDIO IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
>>> WHAT 
FOLLOWED WERE 
THESE LARGER 
THAN LIFE 
CHARCOAL 
PORTRAITS. 
RESIDENTS OF 
CITY LIKE LOS 
ANGELES, 
FERGUSON, 
CLEVELAND, ALL 
OF WHICH ARE 
UNNAMED AND THAT 
IS THE POINT. 
>> I DID NOT 
WANT TO CONTINUE 
TO PORTRAY BLACK 
FOLKS AS 
VICTIMS. 
WHILE THEY ARE 
VERY SPECIFIC 
INDIVIDUALS, 
THEY ARE ALSO 
STAND INS FOR 
THE COMMUNITY. 
THEIR INDIVIDUAL 
IDENTITY IS NOT 
AS IMPORTANT AS 
COLLECTIVE. 
I'M SURE THAT 
THE COP COULD 
NOT KNOW RICE'S 
NAME OR 
BACKGROUND WHEN 
HE ROLLED UP AND 
SHOT THIS 12-
YEAR-OLD CHILD. 
THEY ARE 
ANONYMOUS PEOPLE 
IN THE WAY 
ANONYMOUS PEOPLE 
GET KILLED. 
>>> CURRENTLY ON 
THE DISPLAY IN 
CONCORD, 
MASSACHUSETTS 
BUT VIEWERS CAN 
SEE THE EXHIBIT 
ONLINE. 
THIS IS NOT 
KEITH'S FIRST 
SERIES INSPIRED 
BY SOCIAL 
JUSTICE. 
HIS SERIES 
WITHIN OUR 
GATES, SIGHT AND 
MEMORY IN THE 
AMERICAN 
LANDSCAPE 
OUTWARDRY LOOKS 
JUST LIKE THAT. 
LANDSCAPES. 
BUT DISSECTING 
EACH PIECE 
FURTHER, THEY 
ARE ACTUALLY 
FORMER LYNCHING 
SITES. 
>>> I SEE THEM 
AS HISTORICAL 
MARKERS. 
AND THE WAY TO 
HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS 
ABOUT THE 
HISTORY IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND IT IS OUR 
COLLECTIVE 
HISTORY. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
TAKE AWAY A 
SENSE OF 
TENSION, WITHOUT 
NECESSARILY 
BEING ABLE TO 
NAME WHAT THAT 
TENSION IS 
ABOUT. 
IN THE WAYS THAT 
THE MARK IS 
ABOUT THE ENERGY 
THAT STILL LIVES 
IN THESE PLACES 
BUT LIVES IN 
THIS COUNTRY AND 
WHEN THEY COME 
TOND THE MEANING 
ABOUT THE 
LOCATION, THEY 
ARE VERY 
APPRECIATIVE OF 
HISTORY LESSON 
THAT THEY ALSO 
CARRY. 
>> LIKE THE 
NARRATIVES 
BEHIND THE WORK 
ITSELF, BOTH 
SERIES ARE 
ONGOING. 
FOR KEITH THESE 
NARRATIVE ARE 
PROFOUNDLY 
PERSONAL. 
>> MY JOURNEY, 
MENTALLY, 
PHYSICALLY AS AN 
ARTIST HAS BEEN 
FILLED WITH BOTH 
JOY AND TRAUMA, 
ALL JUST A 
REFLECTION OF MY 
EXPERIENCE AS AN 
AFRICAN-
AMERICAN. 
BUT IT IS ALWAYS 
ABOUT THE SORT 
OF CREATIVE 
PROCESS. 
IN THE WAY I 
THINK THE 
CREATIVE PROCESS 
IS A WAY TO 
PROCESS 
INFORMATION. 
BOTH JOYFUL 
STUFF, ECSTATIC 
STUFF, AS WELL 
AS THE 
TRAUMATIC, 
DEVASTATING 
STUFF.
>>> KAMALA 
HARRIS 
CAMPAIGNING FOR 
JOE BIDEN WHEN 
SHE DROPPED OUT 
OF THE RACE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
NOW HIS RUNNING 
MATE. 
IN TRUE 220 
FASHION, IN THE 
PANDEMIC, BIDEN 
INFORMING HARRIS 
BY VIDEO CHAT 
THAT HE HAD 
CHOSEN HER FOR 
THE TICKET. 
A SELECT MARKING 
THE FIRST WOMAN 
OF COLOR RUNNING 
FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR A 
MAJOR PARTY. 
AS WELL AS 
LAUNCHING THE 
NEXT GENERATIONS 
DEMOCRATIC 
LEADER, HARRIS, 
AT 55, IS MORE 
THAN TWO DECADES 
YOUNGER THAN 
BIDEN, WHO IS 
77. 
AS A BLACK 
WOMAN, HARRIS IS 
ALSO PART OF A 
KEY VOTING BLOCK 
FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
WITH BLACK 
LEADERS AND 
PARTY ACTIVISTS 
URGING THE 
CAMPAIGN TO 
CHOOSE A WOMAN 
OF COLOR, A 
RISING STAR IN 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, 
ELECTRICALICAL'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN 2011, HARRIS 
FACING CRITICISM 
IN THIS YEAR FOR 
SOME OF HER 
DECISIONS IN 
THAT JOB. 
SUCH AS 
STATEWIDE 
REQUIREMENTS TO 
INVESTIGATE 
POLICE 
SHOOTINGS. 
>> TO 
INVESTIGATE, 
WHEN YOU HAD THE 
POWER, WHY 
DIDN'T YOU TRY 
TO EFFECT 
CHANGE? 
WAS I ABLE TO 
GET ENOUGH DONE? 
ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
BUT MY PLAN HAS 
BEEN DESCRIBED 
BY ACTIVISTS AS 
BEING A BOLD AND 
COMPREHENSIVE 
PLAN. 
THAT IS ABOUT 
ENDING MASS 
INCARCERATION, 
ABOUT TAKING THE 
PROFIT OUT OF 
THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
>> ELECTED TO 
THE SENATE, SHE 
IMPRESSED THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
WITH HER TOUGH 
QUESTIONING OF 
SUPREME COURT 
NOMINEE BRETT 
KAVANAUGH. 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO KNOW THE 
PERSON YOU ARE 
THINKING OF. 
>> I THINK YOU 
ARE THINKING OF 
SOMEONE AND YOU 
DON'T WANT TO 
TELL US. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SEIZING ON 
THAT TO ATTACK 
HER. 
>> I THOUGHT SHE 
WAS MEAN THE 
MOST HORRIBLE, 
MOST 
DISRESPECTFUL OF 
ANYBODY IN THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
>> Reporter: 
HARRIS HAD HER 
OWN PRESIDENTIAL 
AMBITIONS, 
LAUNCHING HER 
CAMPAIGN WITH 
GREAT FANFARE 
LAST YEAR. 
>> WE CAN 
RECLAIM THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
FOR EVERY SINGLE 
PERSON IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> CLASHING WITH 
BIDEN DURING THE 
FIRST DEMOCRATIC 
DEBATE OVER HIS 
RECORD ON RACE. 
>> YOU WORKED 
WITH THEM TO 
OPPOSE BUSING. 
AND YOU KNOW, 
THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 
AND SHE WAS 
BUSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAY. 
AND THAT LITTLE 
GIRL WAS ME. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
HER CAMPAIGN RAN 
OUT OF STEAM, 
WITH HARRIS 
DROPPING OUT 
BEFORE THE FIRST 
PRIMARY, AND 
LATER ENDORSING 
BIDEN. 
>> I BELIEVE IN 
JOE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
BIDEN HAD SAID 
HE DOESN'T HOLD 
GRUDGES. 
E-MAILING 
SUPPORTERS THAT 
SHE IS SMART, 
TOUGH AND READY 
TO LEAD. 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA WEIGHING 
IN, SAYING BIDEN 
NAILED THIS 
DECISION, AND 
CALLING HARRIS 
MORE THAN 
PREPARED FOR THE 
JOB. 
THE BADEN 
CAMPAIGN SAYS 
THEY HAD THEIR 
BEST FUNDRAISING 
HOUR AFTER THEY 
MADE THAT 
ANNOUNCEMENT, 
MAKING MORE 
MONEY THAN AT 
ANY ON TIME 
DURING THE 
CAMPAIGN, IN AN 
HOUR. 
THEY WILL 
ABSOLUTE PEERING 
HERE LATER 
TODAY. 
THE NEWLY MINTED 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE NOW 
HAS ONLY ONE 
WEEK TO PREPARE 
FOR HER BIG 
DEBUT AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> ANDREA 
MITCHELL, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
WE ARE JOINED 
NOW BY SUSAN 
RICE, WHO IS A 
FINALIST ON JOE 
BIDEN'S SHORT 
LIST FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
SHE SERVED AS UN 
AMBASSADOR AND 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER 
DURING THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION. 
AMBASSADOR RICE, 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
WERE YOU 
SURPRISED BY THE 
CHOICE? 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK KAMALA 
HARRIS BRINGS TO 
THE TABLE? 
>> WELL GOOD 
MORNING, 
SAVANNAH. 
SHE IS A GREAT 
CHOICE. 
SHE IS GOING TO 
MAKE A 
TREMENDOUS 
RUNNING MATE FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
I'M VERY 
CONFIDENT THAT 
THE BIDEN HARRIS 
TICKET WILL BE A 
WINNING ONE, 
WHICH IS WHAT 
OUR COUNTRY SO 
NEEDS RIGHT NOW. 
WE HAVE SO MUCH 
WORK TO DO TO 
GET OUR COUNTRY 
BACK ON TRACK TO 
RECOVER FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
TO REVIVE OUR 
ECONOMY, TO 
RESTORE OUR 
STANDING IN THE 
WORLD AND OUR 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
AND THEY ARE A 
GREAT TEAM TO DO 
IT AND I'M GLAD 
THAT I'M GOING 
TO BE ABLE TO 
SUPPORT THEM AND 
DO MY UTMOST TO 
HELP ELECT BIDEN 
HARRIS AND HELP 
THEM GOVERN WHEN 
THE TIME COMES. 
>>> WELL LET'S 
RECOGNIZE THE 
HISTORY THAT WAS 
MADE YESTERDAY. 
SHE IS THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
BE ON A U.S. 
MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
WHAT IMPACT DO 
YOU THINK THAT 
WILL HAVE ON THE 
RACE? 
>> I THINK THAT 
IS SO EXCITING, 
SAVANNAH, I 
MEAN, IT IS 
PASTIME. 
BLACK WOMEN ARE 
THE BACKBONE OF 
THIS NATION. 
NOT JUST OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
HEAR, DOING THE 
HARD WORK FOR 
DECADES AND 
GENERATIONS AND 
IT IS A MOMENT 
FOR YOUNG WOMEN 
AND YOUNG MEN, 
FRANKLY, ALL 
OVER THIS 
COUNTRY, TO BE 
ABLE TO SEE THAT 
ANY DOOR IS OPEN 
TO THEM. 
AND I WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE 
SENATOR HARRIS 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
FOR THIS 
HISTORIC CHOICE, 
WHICH I THINK IS 
ENERGIZING, IT 
IS EXCITING, AND 
IT IS HISTORIC. 
>>> YOU KNOW 
THERE IS A FLIP 
SIDE. 
HILLARY CLINTON 
WAS VERY BLUNT, 
SAYING SHE FEELS 
SEXISM WAS ONE 
OF THE 
CONTRIBUTORS TO 
HER LOSS IN 
2016. 
DO YOU WORRY 
ABOUT RACISM AND 
SEXISM AFFECTING 
THIS RACE? 
>> LOOK, THIS 
TICKET IS GOING 
TO WIN. 
YES, THERE WILL 
BE THOSE THAT 
EMPLOY RACISM. 
LOOK AT DONALD 
TRUMP CALLING 
HER NASTY. 
HE WOULD HAVE 
DONE THAT TO ANY 
PERSON JOE BIDEN 
SELECTED. 
THERE ARE THOSE 
WHO WILL NOT 
RETREAT FROM 
THAT AND DONALD 
TRUMP EXCEPT 
IDENTIFIES IT. 
BUT I BELIEVE 
THIS NATION IS 
READY TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
I HAVE EVERY 
CONFIDENCE SHE 
WILL BE 
TREMENDOUS ON 
THE TRAIL, AND 
FRANKLY, WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
BUST THROUGH 
THESE BARRIERS, 
SAVANNAH. 
YOU AND I AND 
ALL THE WOMEN 
WATCHING THIS 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
IS A CHALLENGE 
WE FACE EVERY 
DAY. 
BUT IT IS TIME 
AND I THINK WE 
WILL DO IT. 
AND I THINK WHEN 
WE DO, THERE IS 
GOING TO BE AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
>>> THE 
REPUBLICAN TAB 
SEEMED TO SETTLE 
ON ONE LINE OF 
ATTACK. 
SHE IS FAR LEFT, 
RADICAL LEFT, 
MORE LIBERAL 
MUCH MORE 
LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN? 
DO YOU THINK SHE 
IS MORE 
PROGRESSIVE OR 
LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
JOE BIDEN IS AT 
THE TOP OF THE 
TICKET AND IT IS 
HIS POLICIES AND 
HIS APPROACH 
THAT IS GOING TO 
SET THE TONE. 
BUT I THINK THEY 
ARE VERY 
COMPATIBLE. 
THEIR POSITIONS 
ARE VERY CLOSE 
TO ONE ANOTHER. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
AND DONALD TRUMP 
IN PARTICULAR 
HAVE NOTHING TO 
RUN ON EXCEPT 
ATTACKS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
SET UP TO 
POSITION THEIR 
ASSAULT ON 
WHOEVER WAS TO 
BE THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
SELECT AS LEFT 
AND SOCIALIST. 
IT IS NOT TRUE. 
THAT IS NOT WHO 
KAMALA HARRIS 
IS. 
IT IS NOT WHO 
JOE BIDEN IS. 
LET THEM HURL 
THEIR BASELESS 
ATTACKS. 
IT IS ALL THEY 
HAVE GOT. 
MEANWHILE THIS 
COUNTRY IS 
STRUGGLING. 
WE HAVE LOST 
OVER 160,000 
AMERICANS TO 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
INCOMPETENCE AND 
DISREGARD FOR 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, PUTTING 
HIS OWN 
POLITICAL 
INTEREST FIRST 
OVER THE ECONOMY 
AND OVER OUR 
STUDENTS WHO 
NEED TO GO BACK 
TO SCHOOL. 
IT IS JUST 
HORRIFIC. 
CAMERA IS GOING 
TO BE GREAT AND 
I DON'T THINK IT 
IS GOING TO 
WORK. 
>>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
BECAUSE OF 
COURSE SHE IS A 
U.S. SENATOR, 
BUT SHE ALSO RAN 
FOR PRESIDENT. 
HER CAMPAIGN HAD 
A LOT OF FANFARE 
AT THE START. 
20,000 PEOPLE AT 
HER OPENING 
EVENT. 
SHE RAISED 
MONEY. 
BUT IT FIZZLED. 
THE CAMPAIGN WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
MISMANAGEMENT 
FROM THE INSIDE 
AND SHE DROPPED 
OUT BEFORE ONE 
VOTE WAS EVEN 
CAST. 
IF THAT IS HOW 
SHE RAN HER 
CAMPAIGN, WHY 
SHOULD PEOPLE 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
ABOUT HER BEING 
AT THE TOP OF 
THE TICKET? 
>> KAMALA HARRIS 
IS TESTED. 
SHE HAS WON IN 
THE LARGEST 
STATE IN THE 
UNION AT 
STATEWIDE LEVELS 
THREE TIMES. 
SHE IS A SITTING 
U.S. SENATOR. 
SHE SITS ON THE 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE, SHE 
HAS BEEN A HERE 
IN THE SENATE ON 
ISSUES OF 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
AND MANY ISSUES 
IMPORTANT TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
AND SHE IS GOING 
TO BE A 
TREMENDOUS VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
AND I THINK JOE 
BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS THAT 
YOU KNOW, HE DID 
EXTREMELY WELL 
IN A VERY 
TALENTED FIELD 
OF CANDIDATES. 
NOT JUST KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
MANY OTHERS WHO 
PERFORMED 
EXTRAORDINARILY 
WELL, ELIZABETH 
WARREN, BIDEN 
WAS THE BEST 
CANDIDATE IN THE 
FIELD. 
>> YOU KNOW ONE, 
SORRY TO JUMP 
IN. 
ONE OF THE 
ISSUES FOR HER 
IN THE CAMPAIGN 
WAS SHE WAS KIND 
OF ALL OVER THE 
PLACE ON THE 
MAJOR ISSUES OF 
THE DAY, SUCH AS 
HEALTHCARE, 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL, WHETHER 
PRIVATE 
INSURANCE SHOULD 
BE ABOLISHED. 
SHE GAVE SEVERAL 
DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS ON THAT 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE CAMPAIGN. 
THERE WAS A 
FEELING SHE WAS 
KIND OF FLOATING 
WITH THE WIND. 
HOW DO YOU 
EXPECT HER TO 
TAKE ON THAT 
ISSUE? 
THAT CRITICISM? 
>> SAVANNAH, I 
DON'T THINK THAT 
IS A WELL PLACED 
CRITICISM. 
I THINK SHE HAS 
A TRACK RECORD, 
SHE HAS A VOTING 
RECORD. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
QUITE CLEAR AND 
SHE WILL BE ON 
THIS TICKET THIS 
SUPPORT OF JOE 
BIDEN. 
IT IS NOT HER AT 
THE TOP OF THE 
TICKET, THEY ARE 
A TEAM. 
JOE BIDEN LEADS 
THAT TEAM AND 
JOE BIDEN'S 
POLICY POSITIONS 
ARE THE ONES WE 
ARE ALL 
COMMITTED TO 
SUPPORTING. 
SO THAT IS WHERE 
WE NEED TO KEEP 
THE FOCUS. 
AS I SAID, I 
THINK THEIR 
PERSPECTIVES ARE 
HIGHLY 
COMPATIBLE. 
>>> MADAM 
AMBASSADOR, I 
HAVE TO ASK YOU, 
IT IS A LITTLE 
AWKWARD, BUT IT 
WAS WIDELY 
REPORTED YOU 
WERE ON THE 
SHORT LIST. 
SOME SAID YOU 
WERE IN THE TOP 
TWO FINALISTS HE 
CONSIDERED YOU 
TO BE HIS VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RUNNING MATE. 
I ASK YOU IF YOU 
ARE 
DISAPPOINTED. 
ARE YOU 
DISAPPOINTED? 
AND WHEN HE 
CALLED YOU TO 
GIVE YOU THAT 
NEWS, DID YOU 
TALK ABOUT 
SERVING IN THE 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION? 
>> LOOK, I AM 
HAPPY TO HAVE 
BEEN PART OF 
THIS PROCESS. 
I'M HONORED AND 
HUMBLED TO BE 
AMONG AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
GROUP OF WOMEN 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
CONSIDERED. 
I HAVE KNOWN JOE 
BIDEN FOR MANY 
YEARS. 
WE WORKED VERY 
CLOSELY 
TOGETHER. 
HE IS A 
WONDERFUL MAN 
AND A FRIEND. 
I'LL DO 
EVERYTHING I 
POSSIBLY CAN TO 
HELP JOE BIDEN 
BECOME THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
AND TO HELP HIM 
SUCCEED IN 
GOVERNING IN 
WHATEVER FORM OR 
FASHION HE 
WANTS. 
SO I'M READY TO 
SERVE, I'M 
EXCITED ABOUT 
THIS AND I WANT 
TO BE SURE THAT 
WE TAKE THIS 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TURN OUR COUNTRY 
AROUND, PROVIDE 
HOPE AND A 
FOUGHT FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
AND RESTORE THE 
INTEGRITY TO OUR 
DEMOCRACY, WHICH 
HAS BEEN SO 
BADLY DAMAGED. 
>>> REAL QUICK, 
I WANT TO GET AN 
ANSWER. 
DID YOU TALK 
ABOUT SERVING IN 
A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION, 
SHOULD HE BE 
VICTORIOUS? 
>> I'LL LET JOE 
BIDEN ANSWER 
THAT QUESTION. 
BUT I'M PROUD TO 
SERVE HIM IN ANY 
WAY HE WOULD 
LIKE. 
>> AMBASSADOR 
RICE, THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR TIME 
THIS MORNING. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
BY THE WAY, WE 
WENT TO MENTION 
AMBASSADOR 
RICE'S BOOK 
CALLED TOUGH 
LOVE IS NOW OUT 
IN PAPERBACK. 
>>> AFTER A LOT 
OF SPECULATION, 
IT IS FINALLY 
OFFICIAL. 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
JOE BIDEN'S 
RUNNING MATE. 
HOW DID THE 
SENATOR GO FROM 
PROSECUTOR TO 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE? 
LET'S REWIND TO 
1964. 
HARRIS WAS BORN 
IN OKAY LAN, 
CALIFORNIA TO 
IMMIGRANT 
PARENTS. 
HER FATHER WAS 
FROM JAMAICA AND 
TAUGHT AT 
STANFORD. 
HER MOTHER MOVED 
FROM INDIA, 
LITTER BECOMING 
SCIENTISTS AND 
ACTIVISTS. 
>> MY MOTHER WAS 
THE TOUGHEST, 
SMARTEST, AND 
THE MOST LOVING 
PERSON I HAVE 
EVER KNOWN. 
>> FAST FORWARD 
TO THE 80S, 
HARRIS STUDIED 
AT HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY. 
SHE LATER GOT 
HER LAW DEGREE 
AT UC HASTINGS. 
HER CAREER 
KICKED OFF IN 
1990 AS A DID HE 
WANT IF I 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY IN 
ALAMEDA COUNTY. 
>> I DECIDED TO 
BECOME A 
PROSECUTOR, 
BECAUSE I FELT A 
VERY AND I STILL 
FEEL A VERY 
STRONG SENSE OF 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO PROTECT THOSE 
WHO ARE 
VULNERABLE. 
>> Reporter: BY 
2004, HARRIS HAD 
WON HER FIRST 
ELECTION. 
DA OF SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
THERE SHE 
CRAFTED A 
PRISONER REENTRY 
INITIATIVE WHILE 
LAUNCHING A 
CONTROVERSIAL 
PROGRAM. 
THAT PROSECUTED 
PARENTS WHO LET 
THEIR KIDS 
REGULARLY SKIP 
SCHOOL. 
HARRIS ALSO 
RAISED HER 
CITY'S 
CONVICTION RATE 
ARE, LEADING TO 
BLOW BACKS THAT 
SHE WAS TOO 
TOUGH ON CRIME. 
PARTICULARLY IN 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR. 
>> IT IS A MYTH 
TO SAY AFRICAN-
AMERICANS DON'T 
WANT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WE DO. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS RACIAL 
PROFILING. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS 
EXCESSIVE FORCE. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS TO HAVE 
OUR CIVIL 
LIBERTIES AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS BE 
STRIPPED. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS A BELIEF SHE 
STILL DEFENDS 
TODAY. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT A MYTH. 
A MYTH THAT 
BLACK PEOPLE 
DON'T WANT 
PUBLIC SAFETY. 
THAT IS SIMPLY 
NOT TRUE. 
AND WHAT WE 
DON'T WANT IS 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS RACIAL 
PROFILING. 
OR CHOKE HOLDS. 
OR MASS 
INCARCERATIONS. 
>> Reporter: 
HARRIS RAN FOR 
CALIFORNIA 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN 2010, BEATING 
HER OPPONENT BY 
LESS THAN A 
PERCENTAGE 
POINT. 
SHE WAS THE 
FIRST WOMAN AND 
FIRST BLACK 
AMERICAN TO GET 
THE JOB. 
>> AND I'M NOW 
STANDING BEFORE 
YOU AS THE TOP 
COP OF THE 
BIGGEST STATE IN 
THE COUNTRY, SHE 
FOUGHT AGAINST 
MORTGAGE FRAUD 
AND PROP 8, 
WHICH BANNED 
SAME SEX 
MARRIAGE. 
BUT CRITICS SAY 
SHE SHOULD HAVE 
PUSH FOR MORE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM OR 
SUPPORTED 
POLICIES LIKE 
LEGALIZING 
MARIJUANA, 
ESPECIALLY GIVEN 
THIS INTERVIEW. 
>> HAVE YOU EVER 
SMOKED? 
>> I HAVES. 
AND I INHALED. 
I DID INHALE. 
>> A PIPE OR A 
JOINT? 
>> IT WAS A 
JOINT. 
>>> HARRIS 
BECAME A STEPMOM 
TO TWO KIDS. 
THIS WAS AROUND 
THE TIME SHE 
ANNOUNCED HER 
SENATE CAMPAIGN. 
SHE WON THE RACE 
THE SAME NIGHT 
TRUMP BECAME 
PRESIDENT-ELECT. 
AND NOT ONLY IS 
SHE THE FIRST 
INDIAN AMERICAN 
SENATOR BUT IS 
ONE OF THE FIRST 
TWO BLACK WOMEN 
EVER ELECTED TO 
THE SENATE. 
>> I COULD NOT 
BE MORE PROUD. 
>> Reporter: 
HARRIS WROTE 
BILLS WITH 
SENATORS ACROSS 
THE AISLE, 
FOCUSING ON 
THINGS LIKE BAIL 
REFORM AND 
IMMIGRATION. 
SHE ALSO BECAME 
KNOWN FOR HER 
ABILITY TO GRILL 
WITNESSES. 
>> IS THAT 
POLICY IN 
WRITING 
SOMEWHERE? 
>> I THINK SO. 
>> SO DID YOU 
NOT CONSULT IT 
BEFORE YOU CAME 
BEFORE THIS 
COMMITTEE, 
KNOWING WE WOULD 
ASK YOU 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> WE TALKED 
ABOUT IT. 
>> THE POLICY IS 
BASED ON THE 
PRINCIPLE THAT 
THE PRESIDENT. 
>> SIR, I'M NOT 
ASKING ABOUT THE 
PRINCIPLE. 
>> THEN I'M 
UNABLE TO ANSWER 
THE QUESTION. 
>> YOU WOULD 
RELY ON THAT 
POLICY. 
DID YOU NOT ASK 
YOUR STAFF TO 
SHOW YOU THE 
POLICY THAT 
WOULD BE THE 
BASIS FOR YOUR 
REFUSING TO 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTIONS. 
>>> THE WITNESS 
SHOULD BE 
ALLOWED TO 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>>> THEN IN 
JANUARY OF 2009, 
THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
>> I'M RUNNING 
TO BE PRESIDENT 
OF THE PEOPLE, 
BY THE PEOPLE 
AND FOR ALL 
PEOPLE. 
>> HARRIS 
PROMOTED 
MEDICARE FOR ALL 
AND TUITION FREE 
COLLEGE DURING 
THE CAMPAIGN. 
HER POLL NUMBERS 
SURGED DURING 
THE FIRST DEBATE 
WHEN SHE CALLED 
OUT BIDEN FOR 
OPPOSING BUSING 
DURING THE 
1970S. 
>> THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOL 
AND SHE WAS 
BUSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAY. 
AND THAT LITTLE 
GIRL WAS ME. 
>> Reporter: 
DONATIONS POURED 
IN AFTER THAT 
NIGHT, BUT THE 
ENTHUSIASM 
DIDN'T LAST 
FOREVER. 
SHE DROPPED FROM 
THE RACE IN 
DECEMBER AFTER 
RUNNING OUT OF 
MONEY. 
AND DESPITE 
THOSE SERIOUSLY 
CONTENTIOUS 
DEBATES, HARRIS 
ENDED UP 
ENDORSING BIDEN 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR. 
>> ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE NEED 
IS WE NEED A 
LEADER WHO 
REALLY DOES CARE 
ABOUT THE 
PEOPLE. 
AND I BELIEVE 
JOE CAN DO THAT. 
>> Reporter: 
CLEARLY BAYEN 
BELIEVES HARRIS 
CAN HELP PAVE 
THE WAY TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
>> Reporter: AS 
JOE BIDEN'S 
RUNNING MATE, 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS HAS 
ALREADY MADE 
HISTORY BECOMING 
THE FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO APPEAR 
ON A MAJOR PARTY 
PRESIDENTIAL 
TICKET. 
THE 55-YEAR-OLD 
CALIFORNIA 
NATIVE IS THE 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, A 
JAMAICAN FATHER 
AND INDIAN 
MOTHER, BOTH 
ACADEMICS WHO 
MET AT BERKELEY 
DURING THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 
>> WITH THE 
FIGHTING SPIRIT 
I GOT FROM MY 
MOTHER. 
>> WHILE HER 
PARENTS DIVORCED 
WHEN SHE WAS 
SEVEN, HARRIS 
HAS DESCRIBED 
HER MOTHER WHO 
DIED IN 2009 AS 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
INFLUENCE IN HER 
LIFE. 
OFTEN QUOTING 
HER ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
>> MY MOTHER 
USED TO SAY 
DON'T SIT AROUND 
AND COMPLAIN 
ABOUT THINGS. 
DO SOMETHING. 
>> Reporter: IN 
HER 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 
HARRIS WRITES 
HER MOTHER 
ENCOURAGED HER 
AND HER YOUNGER 
SISTER, MAYA, TO 
EMBRACE THEIR 
BIRACIAL 
HERITAGE, ADDING 
SHE WAS 
DETERMINED TO 
MAKE SURE WE 
WOULD GROW INTO 
CONFIDENT PROUD, 
BLACK WOMEN. 
MAYA HARRIS 
TWEETED TUESDAY 
THAT DAY WHEN A 
LITTLE GIRL FROM 
OAK TOWN BECAME 
THE FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO BE A 
MAJOR PARTY VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE. 
SO INCREDIBLY 
PROUD OF YOU, 
SIS. 
HARRIS HAD A 
RAPID ASCENT, 
RISING FROM 
COUNTY 
PROSECUTOR TO 
SAN FRANCISCO 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY TO 
CALIFORNIA 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
CULTIVATING A 
MODERATE 
POLITICAL 
REPUTATION AND 
INVITING 
CRITICISM FROM 
SOME LIBERALS 
THAT SHE WAS 
INSUFFICIENTLY 
PROGRESSIVE ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
ISSUES. 
HARRIS HAD BEEN 
ONE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S FIERCEST 
CRITICS IN THE 
SENATE, 
INCLUDING WHEN 
SHE MEMORABLY 
GRILLED HIS THEN 
SUPREME COURT 
NOMINEE AND 
EVENTUAL JUSTICE 
BRETT KAVANAUGH. 
>> DID YOU WATCH 
DR. FORD'S 
TESTIMONY? 
>> I DID NOT. 
I PLANNED TO, 
BUT I DID NOT. 
I WAS PREPARING 
MINE. 
>> IT WAS JUST A 
HORRIBLE THING 
THE WAY SHE 
TREATED NOW 
JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH, AND I 
WON'T FORGET 
THAT SOON. 
>>> HARRIS NOW 
JUST THE THIRD 
WOMAN IN U.S. 
HISTORY TO SERVE 
AS THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE ON A 
MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET IS 
GETTING SOME 
ADVICE FROM ONE 
OF HER 
PREDECESSORS, 
THE LATE JOHN 
MCCAIN'S FORMER 
RUNNING MATE, 
SARAH PALIN, WHO 
URGED HER TO 
TRUST NO ONE 
NEW, FIGHT 
MIGHTILY TO KEEP 
YOUR OWN TEAM 
WITH YOU, AND 
DON'T FORGET THE 
WOMEN WHO CAME 
BEFORE YOU. 
HARRIS 
ADDRESSING 
STUDENTS IN 2018 
SAYS SHE KNOWS 
WHAT SHE IS 
FIGHTING FOR. 
>> BREAKING A 
BARRIER MAY 
SOMETIMES BE 
PAINFUL. 
BUT IT IS SO 
WORTH IT. 
IT IS SO WORTH 
IT. 
AND I'LL TELL 
YOU, THE REASON 
IS BECAUSE YOU 
WILL BE FIGHTING 
A FIGHT WORTH 
HAVING. 
>> SENATOR 
HARRIS HAS ASKED 
ABOUT HOW SHE 
SEES HERSELF 
DURING THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY. 
SHE SAID DURING 
ONE INTERVIEW, 
I'M BLACK, I'M 
PROUD OF BEING 
BLACK, I WAS 
BORN BLACK AND I 
WILL DIE BLACK. 
SHE SAID EVERY 
SINGLE STUDENT 
WAS TAUGHT QUOTE 
WE COULD BE 
ANYTHING. 
>> IT MAY THE BE 
A COLD WAR ARMS 
RACE, BUT RUSSIA 
AND THE WEST ARE 
CLEARLY IN A 
RACE TO GET AN 
EFFECTIVE COVID-
19 VACCINE INTO 
THE ARMS OF 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
RUSSIA CALLS HIS 
VACCINE SPUTNIK 
V, FOR VACCINE, 
A NOT SO SUBTLE 
REFERENCE TO ITS 
FIRST VICTORY IN 
THE EARLY SPACE 
RACE. 
THE KREMLIN 
INSISTS ITS 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND MASS 
DISTRIBUTION 
WILL BEGIN IN 
OCTOBER FOR THE 
RUSSIAN 
POPULATION. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
OWN DAUGHTER HAS 
RECEIVED THE 
VACCINE, BUT 
RUSSIA HAS NOT 
YET PUBLISHED 
ANY OF ITS 
SCIENTIFIC DATA. 
U.S. EXPERTS, 
INCLUDING DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI, 
ARE SKEPTICAL. 
>> I HOPE THE 
RUSSIANS HAVE 
DEFINITIVELY 
PROVEN THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE. 
I SERIOUSLY 
DOUBT THAT THEY 
HAVE DONE THAT. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
MICHELLE 
McMURRAY HEAT 
REPRESENTS 
AMERICA'S 
BIOTECH DRUG 
MAKERS. 
>> THERE HAS 
BEEN A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM. 
>> IT IS 
WARRANTED, AT 
THIS POINT. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHAT IT IS THEY 
ARE TESTING, 
WHAT IT IS THEY 
HAVE SEEN. 
AND AT THIS 
POINT, IT IS 
PURELY BASED 
UPON THEIR AND 
ORDER THAT IS 
NOT TYPICALLY 
THE WAY WE REACH 
SCIENTIFIC 
CONCLUSIONS. 
>>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAS 
ANNOUNCED YET 
ANOTHER MAJOR 
DEAL WITH A DRUG 
MAKER. 
THIS ONE A $1.5 
BILLION DEAL FOR 
100 MILLION 
DOSES OF A 
VACCINE. 
>> AS SOON AS 
THE VACCINE IS 
APPROVED, UP TO 
500 MILLION 
SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER. 
>>> WORLDWIDE 25 
VACCINES ARE NOW 
IN HUMAN TRIALS. 
AMONG THE 
LEADING CONTEND 
CONSIDERS, ASTRA 
ZENECA, AND 
MULTIPLE 
VACCINES WILL 
LIKELY BE 
NEEDED. 
>> SOME WORK 
BETTER WITH 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS OR 
PEOPLE OF 
HISPANIC 
ETHNICITY. 
WHO KNOWS? 
SOME ARE BETTER 
IN CHILDREN. 
WE MIGHT BE ABLE 
TO TARGET THESE 
VACCINES TO BE 
USED IN THOSE 
DIFFERENT 
POPULATIONS. 
>>> SO WE HAVE 
HEARD ABOUT THE 
SAFETY CONCERNS 
REGARDING THIS 
VACCINE IN 
RUSSIA. 
WHAT OTHER RISKS 
DOES IT CARRY? 
>> THERE IS GET 
CONCERN BECAUSE 
RUSSIA SEEMS TO 
BE RUSHING 
THROUGH THIS 
PROCESS AND NOT 
GOING THROUGH 
THE APPROPRIATE 
PROTOCOLS THAT 
THAT WILL 
UNDERMINE 
CONFIDENCE IN 
ALL VACCINES 
WORLDWIDE. 
BUT THE AMERICAN 
FDA, THE 
EUROPEANS ARE 
ALL INSISTING 
THAT THEY WILL 
NOT COMPROMISE 
THEIR VACCINE 
STANDARDS WHEN 
IT GOES THROUGH 
THE ENTIRE 
TESTING PROCESS. 
AND YOU SAW THE 
DOCTOR WITH 
VANDERBILT SAY 
HE WAS GIVEN A 
PERSONAL 
ASSURANCE BY THE 
FDA COMMISSIONER 
THAT UNDER NO 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
WILL THE FDA 
COMPROMISE ITS 
PROTOCOLS IN 
ENSURING A 
VACCINE IS SAFE. 
>>> THANK YOU, 
SIR. 
>>> THIS NEW 
STUDY FROM 
STANFORD MEDICAL 
SCHOOL POINTS TO 
A DANGEROUS 
CONVERGENCE. 
YOUNG ADULTS AND 
ADOLESCENTS WHO 
VAPE ARE AT A 
MUCH HIGHER 
LEVEL OF GETTING 
COVID-19. 
IF THEY HAVE 
VAPED AND USED 
CIGARETTES IN 
THE LAST 30 
DAYS, THAT 
NUMBER SPIKES 
EVEN HIGHER. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
YET ANOTHER 
REASON TO QUIT 
VAPING. 
THIS PEER 
REVIEWED STUDY, 
BASED UPON AN 
ANONYMOUS SURVEY 
OF MORE THAN 
4300 ADOLESCENTS 
AND YOUNG ADULTS 
WITH RESULTS 
SHOCKING EVEN 
RESEARCHERS. 
DR. BARNEY IS 
THE SENIOR 
AUTHOR OF THE 
STUDY. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
EVER USED AN 
ELECTRONIC 
CIGARETTE YOU 
ARE FIVE TIMES 
MORE LIKELY TO 
BE DIAGNOSED 
WITH COVID-19. 
>> Reporter: AND 
FOR THOSE WHO 
VAPE NICOTINE 
AND SMOKED 
CIGARETTES IN 
THE PAST30 DAYS 
THE NUMBER JUMPS 
TO SEVEN TIMES. 
MANY PARENTS 
HAVE BEEN SLOW 
TO CATCH ONTO 
THE VAPING 
EPIDEMIC. 
IT NEVER 
OCCURRED TO 
GUSTAV HE SAYS 
THAT HIS 14-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER, 
SOPHIA, HAD A 
SECRET HABIT. 
>> IT WAS VERY 
SCARY, TO BE 
HONEST. 
>> Reporter: NOW 
16, SOPHIA SAYS 
VAPING IS WILDLY 
POPULAR AT HER 
SCHOOL. 
>> I THINK 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
TRIED IT IS LIKE 
A SOLID 80% OF 
MY GRADE. 
I WAS JUST GOING 
INTO HIGH 
SCHOOL, AND 
EVERYONE KIND OF 
WAS DOING IT AND 
I WAS LIKE I 
WANT TO BE COOL, 
I WANT TO HAVE 
FRIENDS. 
>> Reporter: HOW 
DID IT MAKE YOU 
FEEL? 
>> KIND OF 
REBELLIOUS. 
A LITTLE HEAD 
RUSH. 
>> Reporter: AND 
LIKE MOST KIDS 
WE HAVE TALKED 
TO, SOPHIA 
THOUGHT IT WAS 
NO BIG DEAL. 
>> I WAS LIKE IT 
IS NOT 
CIGARETTES, SO 
IT IS FINE. 
>> DID YOU 
REALIZE YOU WERE 
BECOMING SLOWLY 
ADDICTED TO IT? 
>> NOT UNTIL I 
TRIED TO QUIT 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME. 
I STARTED 
SHAKING. 
I GOT REALLY 
VIVOFIT FRIDAY, 
REALLY NERVOUS, 
I FELT SICK. 
THAT IS WHEN I 
WAS LIKE I'M 
REALLY ADDICTED 
TO THIS 
SUBSTANCE. 
>> SHE SAYS SHE 
IS NO LONGER 
VAPING, MOSTLY. 
>> I'M ACTIVE. 
I SNOWBOARD, I 
SWIM I 
SKATEBOARD. 
>> Reporter: 21-
YEAR-OLD COLIN 
DOESN'T KNOW IF 
HIS VAGUE CAUSED 
HIM TO GET COVID-
19 BUT HE FEELS 
IT CERTAINLY 
MADE IT WORSE. 
>> I THINK YOU 
COULD ATTRIBUTE 
THE RATE AT 
WHICH MY 
SICKNESS 
DEVELOPED AND 
ESPECIALLY THE 
PNEUMONIA, 
DEFINITELY TO 
THE VAPING AND 
SMOKING. 
>> BACK IN MID 
MARCH, COLIN WAS 
ONE OF THE FIRST 
PEOPLE IN IDAHO 
TO GET COVID-19. 
RUSHED TO A 
HOSPITAL TWO 
HOURS FRO HOME, 
HE WAS IN THE 
ICU WITH DOUBLE 
PNEUMONIA FOR 
SIX DAYS. 
>> Reporter: WAS 
THERE A POINT 
YOU THOUGHT YOU 
MIGHT DIE? 
>> MOST 
DEFINITELY. 
>> Reporter: 
COLIN WORKS AT A 
SKI RESORT IN 
SUN VALLEY AND 
SAYS HE WAS 
SERIOUSLY 
ADDICTED. 
>> I WAS VAPING 
THE SECOND I 
WOULD WAKE UP 
UNTIL THE SECOND 
I WOULD GO TO 
BED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
NEW STUDY DOES 
NOT ANSWER WHY 
YOUNG VAPORS ARE 
MUCH MORE LIKELY 
TO GET COVID-19. 
VAPING CAN CAUSE 
SERIOUS DAMAGE 
TO THE LUNGS AND 
IMMUNE SYSTEM. 
BUT RESEARCHERS 
DO HAVE A 
THEORY. 
THE HIGH 
INFECTION RATE 
MAY HAVE 
SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH HOW KIDS 
USE E 
CIGARETTES. 
>> WE KNOW 
ADOLESCENTS AND 
YOUNG ADULTS 
SHARE VAPING 
PRODUCTS, SHA 
CERTAINLY 
INCREASES YOUR 
EXPOSURE TO 
COVID-19. 
WE ALSO KNOW THE 
HAND TO MOUTH 
ACTION COULD 
INCREASE YOUR 
RISK BY TOUCHING 
AND BRINGING 
COVID-19 INTO 
YOUR MOUTH. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY ALSO THINK 
THE AEROSOL 
EMITTED FROM E 
CIGARETTES MAY 
PRODUCE DROPLETS 
CONTAINING 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WE SHARED THE 
RESULTS OF THE 
STUDY WITH 
SOPHIA AND HER 
FATHER. 
>> WOW. 
I WOULD NEVER 
HAVE GUESSED 
THAT TO BE THE 
GUESS. 
>> IT IS A 
SHOCKING NUMBER. 
IT MAKES ME 
REALLY THANKFUL 
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN 
IT YET AND A 
LITTLE BIT 
CONCERNED. 
>> Reporter: 
COLIN SAYS HE 
HOPES HIS PEERS 
CAN FIND THE 
STRENGTH TO 
QUIT. 
>> JUST TAKE THE 
WHOLE THING 
SERIOUSLY. 
BECAUSE IT IS NO 
JOKE. 
>> THOSE NUMBERS 
ARE SO ALARMING. 
WHAT IS THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DOING 
TO ADDRESS IT? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL OVERNIGHT, 
THERE HAS BEEN 
CONGRESSIONAL 
INTEREST IN 
FORCING THE FDA 
TO BAN ALL E-
CIGARETTE 
PRODUCTS UNTIL 
THE PANDEMIC IS 
OVER. 
NOW WE REACHED 
OUT TO THE FDA, 
AND THEY TOLD US 
THAT NOW I'M 
QUOTING, THEY 
ARE KEEPING A 
CLOSE WATCH ON 
THE MARKETPLACE, 
AND WILL HOLD 
COMPANIES 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
THEY SAID THEY 
DID GET THAT 
CONGRESSIONAL 
REQUEST. 
WE'LL STAY IN 
TOUCH WITH THEM 
FOR MORE. 
MEANWHILE, WE 
DID REACH OUT TO 
THE LARGEST 
MANUFACTURER, 
THE MOST POPULAR 
BRAND AMONG 
KIDS, JUUL, THEY 
DECLINED TO 
COMMENT. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
A GROWING NUMBER 
OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL TEAMS 
NOW SIDELINED 
FOR THE SEASON. 
BOTH THE BIG 10 
AND PAC 12 
CANCELING THEIR 
FALL SEASONS, 
AMIDST GROWING 
COVID-19 
CONCERNS. 
POSTPONING ALL 
PLAY UNTIL NEXT 
YEAR. 
>> WE BELIEVE 
COLLECTIVELY 
THERE IS TOO 
MUCH UNCERTAINTY 
AT THIS POINT IN 
TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: PAC 
12 SCHOOLS ALL 
AGREEING THIS IS 
THE SAFEST 
CHOICE. 
>> WE DO BELIEVE 
THAT CONTACT 
SPORTS IS NOT A 
GOOD IDEA. 
>> Reporter: 
OTHERS IN 
DISAGREEMENT, 
INCLUDING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> THESE ARE 
YOUNG, STRONG 
PEOPLE. 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO FIGHT IT 
OFF. 
AND HOPEFULLY, 
IT WON'T BOTHER 
THEM ONE BIT. 
>> Reporter: 
NEBRASKA, ONE OF 
THE BIG 10S TOP 
TEAMS, ALSO 
EXPRESSING 
DISAPPOINTMENT 
IN A STATEMENT, 
SUGGESTING THEY 
MAY STILL PLAY 
THIS UPCOMING 
FALL. 
>> WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
CONSULT WITH 
MEDICAL EXPERTS 
AND EVALUATE THE 
SITUATION. 
WE HOPE IT MAY 
BE POSSIBLE FOR 
OUR STUDENT 
ATHLETES TO HAVE 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO COMPETE. 
>> NEBRASKA'S 
COACH SAYS HIS 
ATHLETES WOULD 
BE MORE 
PROTECTED BY 
COVID-19 BY 
PLAYING BALL. 
>> THE VIRUS IS 
HERE EITHER WAY. 
I WOULD CONTEND 
OUR PLAYERS ARE 
SAFER HERE DOING 
WHAT THEY LOVE 
TO DO AND BEING 
MONITORED AND 
SCREENED 
CONSTANTLY THAN 
THEY WOULD BE IF 
WE SENT THEM 
HOME. 
>> WILL OTHER 
BIG CONFERENCES 
STILL PLAY? 
>> THE HARDER IT 
IS FOR THOSE 
CONFERENCES TO 
JUSTIFY PUSHING 
FORWARD. 
ULTIMATELY, WHO 
ARE YOU GOING TO 
PLAY IN A 
PLAYOFF? 
>> COMMISSIONER. 
>> WE COULD IF 
THAT WAS THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE, 
OPERATE ON OUR 
OWN. 
I'M NOT SURE 
THAT IS THE 
WISEST 
DIRECTION. 
>> BOTH THE SEC 
AND THE ACC SAY 
THEY ARE 
WEIGHING THEIR 
OPTIONS WHILE 
PRIORITIZING 
STUDENT ATHLETE 
HEALTH. 
THEIR PLAYERS 
STILL HOPING THE 
GAMES GO ON. 
>> IT WOULD 
JUSTIFY BE 
HEARTBREAKING. 
>> AND THIS 
MORNING, STILL 
NO OFFICIAL WORD 
FROM THE BIG 12. 
BUT SOURCES SAY 
AS OF THIS 
MOMENT, THEY DO 
INTEND TO HAVE A 
FALL SEASON. 
IN THE MEANTIME 
FOR THOSE TEAMS 
THAT COULD GO 
ROGUE AND PLAY 
ON THEIR OWN, 
THEY MAY RUN 
INTO TROUBLE 
WITH CONFERENCE 
CONTRACTS THAT 
COULD TRY AND 
FORBID THEM TO 
DO THAT OR USHER 
IN SOME HEAVY 
DUTY FINES. 
>>> NOTRE DAME 
IS ONE OF THE 
MOST STORIED 
PROGRAMS IN THE 
HISTORY OF 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
THEY ARE MEMBERS 
OF THE ACC, 
WHICH STILL 
PLANS ON HOLDING 
ITS SEASON. 
BRIAN KELLY THE 
HEAD COACH OF 
THE FIGHTING 
IRISH, DYLAN 
HAYES ONE OF THE 
BEST 
LINEBACKERS. 
COACH, IF IT IS 
NOT SAFE FOR THE 
BIG 10, FOR THE 
PAC 12, FOR THE 
MOUNTAIN WEST OR 
40% OF THE OTHER 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
PROGRAMS IN THIS 
COUNTRY, HOW CAN 
IT BE SAFE FOR 
NOTRE DAME TO 
PLAY FOOTBALL 
THIS YEAR? 
>> WELL 
CERTAINLY IT IS 
A CHALLENGING 
ENVIRONMENT. 
I DON'T THINK 
ANYBODY IS 
DISAGREEING WITH 
THE CHALLENGES 
THAT ARE OUT 
THERE. 
BUT WE BELIEVE 
BASED UPON THE 
MEDICAL 
INFORMATION THAT 
WE HAVE, WE 
BELIEVE WE HAVE 
SOME OF THE BEST 
THAT ARE 
ADVISING US. 
AND TAKING 
ENHANCED MEDICAL 
PROCEDURES, AS 
LONG AS WE HAVE 
A COMMITTED 
GROUP. 
AND OUR STUDENT 
ATHLETES HAVE 
BEEN COMMITTED 
SINCE DAY ONE, 
SINCE WE STARTED 
THIS PROCEDURE 
AND PROTOCOL FOR 
THE LAST COUPLE 
OF MONTHS, WE 
HAVE TESTED, OUR 
GUYS HAVE DONE 
AN INCREDIBLE 
JOB SINCE THEY 
HAVE COME BACK 
TO CAMPUS WITH 
OUR SUCCESS RATE 
OVER 99%. 
THEY HAVE DONE A 
GREAT JOB WHEN 
THE STUDENTS 
HAVE COME BACK. 
WE HAVE BEEN IN 
THE 99% SUCCESS 
RATE AND WE 
BELIEVE THAT IS 
GOING TO BE THE 
CASE WHEN WE 
START PLAYING 
FOOTBALL AS 
WELL. 
SO YES, THERE 
ARE CHALLENGES, 
THERE ARE 
MEDICAL EXPERTS 
THAT CERTAINLY 
WE ARE RELAYING 
ON, IN THIS VERY 
CHALLENGING 
ENVIRONMENT. 
WE HAVE ENHANCED 
MEDICAL CARE, WE 
ARE VERY 
INTENTIONAL 
ABOUT WHAT WE 
ARE DOING AND WE 
BELIEVE THAT WE 
CAN PLAY SAFELY 
AND CARE FOR 
EVERYBODY, 
INCLUDING OUR 
STAFF NOW. 
THIS IS NOT JUST 
ABOUT THE 
PLAYERS. 
I HAVE OVER 50 
STAFF MEMBERS 
THAT ARE PUT IN 
THIS SITUATION 
AS WELL. 
>>> LET ME TURN 
TO YOU FOR A 
MOMENT HERE. 
YOU ARE ONE OF 
THE PLAYERS THAT 
SIGNED THIS OPEN 
LETTER. 
IN THAT LETTER 
YOU WROTE AS 
LEADERS OF THIS 
TEAM WE CAN SEE 
THE PHYSICAL AND 
MENTAL HEALTH OF 
THE TEAM IS IN A 
BETTER PLACE 
WITH FOOTBALL 
SEASON TAKING 
PLACE THIS FALL. 
WHAT DID YOU 
MEAN BY THAT? 
>> WELL I MEAN 
THE FIRST THING 
LIKE COACH KELLY 
SAYS WE ARE 
UNDER CONSTANT 
SUPERVISION. 
WE HAVE 
CONTINUOUS DAILY 
WELLNESS CHECKS. 
WE GET TESTED 
WEEKLY. 
WE ARE ALWAYS IN 
A POSITION WHERE 
WE FEEL 
DISCOMFORT OR 
YOU KNOW, LIKE 
WE ARE NOT 
COMFORTABLE IN 
OUR SITUATION WE 
CAN ALWAYS SEEK 
INFORMATION AND 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
VERY TRANSPARENT 
WITH US MOVING 
FORWARD. 
WE FEEL 
CONFIDENT WE CAN 
PLAY WORKING 
WITH OUR COACHES 
AND MEDICAL 
STAFF. 
ULTIMATELY IT 
COMES DOWN TO 
THE PLAYERS AND 
THE COACHES. 
HAVING THE 
INCENTIVE TO 
PLAY AND THE 
DISCIPLINE TO 
MAKE THE RIGHT 
DECISIONS 
OUTSIDE OF OUR 
BUBBLE. 
IT IS GOING TO 
FARE WELL FOR 
US. 
>> THERE HAVE 
BEEN A NUMBER OF 
STUDIES THAT 
HAVE SHOWN THERE 
ARE LONG-TERM 
HEALTH EFFECTS 
FOR THOSE WHO 
CONTRACT THIS 
VIRUS, INCLUDING 
PERHAPS AN 
ENLARGED HEART, 
OTHER ENLARGED 
ORGANS. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO SOMEONE WHO 
SAYS YOU KNOW 
WHAT? 
I RESPECT THIS 
KID AND HIS 
ABILITY, BUT HE 
HAS NFL DREAMS 
AND HE IS NOT 
LOOKING AT THE 
LONG-TERM 
PICTURE HERE. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO THAT 
CRITICISM? 
>>> 
UNFORTUNATELY, I 
FEEL LIKE YOU 
ARE JUST AS AT 
RISK ANYWHERE, 
GOING TO THE 
GROCERY STORE, 
GOING OUT TO 
EAT. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THAT IS THE 
REALITY OF OUR 
SITUATION. 
I WOULD RATHER 
TAKE THAT RISK 
PLAYING THE GAME 
I LOVE. 
I THINK A LOT OF 
PEOPLE EXPRESSED 
THE SENTIMENT, 
ESPECIALLY 
PLAYERS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY 
ACROSS THE LAST 
AND/OR JUNIOR 
YEAR. 
>>> IT IS A 
POINT A LOT OF 
FOLKS HAVE MADE. 
BUT THE REALITY 
IS, FOOTBALL IS 
A CONTACT SPORT. 
THE CLOSEST OF 
CONTACT SPORTS, 
YOU COULD ARGUE. 
A LOT OF 
INTENTIONAL 
CONTACT SWEAT 
AND SPIT 
EVERYWHERE. 
HOW DO YOU EVEN 
CONTACT TRACE 
WHEN THAT ONE 
PLAYER GETS 
INFECTED? 
HOW DO YOU EVEN 
DO THAT? 
>> WELL, WE ARE 
TESTING YOU 
KNOW, WEEKLY. 
SO WE KNOW WHO 
IS IN OUR 
BUBBLE. 
WE KNOW WHO TO 
TRUST. 
BUT CERTAINLY, 
YOU ARE 
ABSOLUTELY 
RIGHT. 
WHEN YOU ARE IN 
CONTACT, THERE 
IS NO OTHER WAY 
TO LOOK AT IT. 
WE UNDERSTAND WE 
MUST TRUST EACH 
OTHER. 
THAT IS WHY THIS 
IS A UNIQUE 
SITUATION WHERE 
YOU ARE PUTTING 
YOURSELF IN A 
POSITION WHERE 
YOU TRUST THE 
GUY NEXT TO YOU. 
THAT IS WHY 
TESTING IS SO 
IMPORTANT IN 
THIS PROCESS AND 
THERE HAS TO BE 
TRANSPARENCY 
WITH THE OTHER 
TEAMS YOU ARE 
PLAYING ACROSS-
THE-BOARD, THAT 
WHEN YOU LINEUP 
AGAINST THEM YOU 
KNOW THEY ARE 
FOLLOWING 
THROUGH WITH THE 
SAME TESTING 
PROCEDURES. 
SO YEAH, I MEAN, 
I THINK WE SAID 
AT THE OUTSET, 
THIS IS A 
DIFFICULT 
PROCESS. 
BUT IT IS ONE WE 
ARE COMMITTED TO 
AND ONE OUR 
PLAYERS ARE 
COMMITTED TO. 
AND ENHANCED 
TESTING HAS GOT 
TO BE PART OF 
THIS PROCEDURE 
AS WELL. 
>>> ALL RIGHT. 
COACH KELLY, 
GOOD LUCK TO 
YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
GOOD LUCK TO YOU 
AS WELL, SIR. 
>>> THANK YOU. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DON'T 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER. 
RETALIATE WITH. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> WHEN YOU 
NEED BRUTAL 
HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>>> YOU NEED TO 
GO DEEP INSIDE 
THE STORY. 
>> WHAT THE 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING WOULD 
YOU LIKE TO SEE 
ENACTED? 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH? 
AND WHO IS LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT IS THE NEWS 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> WE'D LIKE TO 
SAY THAT WE LIVE 
IN SOME SORT OF 
POST RACIAL 
AMERICA. 
BUT WE ARE 
REMINDED TIME 
AND TIME AGAIN 
THAT WE DO NOT. 
>>> I WATCH THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON. 
>>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT IS OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT YOU 
ARE DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST SHOULD 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
>>> I CHERISH 
THE FACT THAT WE 
CAN HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>>> IT IS NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING IN 
BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST 
IT. 
>> IN MEXICO 
CITY IF THEY 
DON'T WORK THEY 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO FEED 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> OUR TEAMS ARE 
ON THE GROUND. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>>> THESE ARE 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE, 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED? 
AND WHAT WOULD 
COUNT AS JUSTICE 
IN THIS CASE? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM ONE 
ANOTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
ABOUT THE RISK 
OF TRANSMISSION 
AT THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> WE FINALLY 
HAVE AN ANSWER, 
JOE BIDEN 
PICKING SENATOR 
HARRIS AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
POLITICAL EDITOR 
CARRIE DAN IS 
JOINING ME NOW. 
CARRIE, I'M 
GOING TO START 
WITH YOU. 
FOR FOLKS WHO 
ARE NOT UP TO 
SPEED, TALK TO 
US ABOUT THE 
HISTORIC 
DECISION TODAY 
AND KIND OF HOW 
IT UNFOLDS THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAS 
ANNOUNCED 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS IN 
CALIFORNIA, HIS 
PREVIOUS PRIMARY 
OPPONENT. 
TO BE HIS VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK. 
OF COURSE SHE IS 
ONLY THE THIRD 
WOMAN TO BE THE 
NOMINEE OF A 
MAJOR POLITICAL 
PARTY, THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR. 
THERE IS A VERY 
HISTORIC MOMENT 
HERE I THINK 
COULD 
CONCEIVABLY BE 
OVERLOOKED A 
LITTLE BIT. 
HARRIS HAS BEEN 
CONSIDERED A 
FRONT RUNNER 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
PROCESS. 
SHE IS A WOMAN 
WHO HAS BEEN ON 
THE NATIONAL 
STAGE BECAUSE OF 
HER RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT IN 
2019. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
ELECTED 
STATEWIDE IN 
CALIFORNIA. 
SHE SERVED AS A 
U.S. SENATOR. 
SHE HAD THE 
PORTFOLIO THAT 
MADE HER SEEM 
CERTAINLY LIKE 
ONE OF THE TOP 
CANDIDATES 
THROUGHOUT IT 
WAS ALWAYS SORT 
OF SEEN AS 
HARRIS' SPOT TO 
LOSE. 
OF COURSE THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN VETTED 
MANY OTHER WOMEN 
WHEN HE WAS 
GOING THROUGH 
THIS PROCESS. 
I THINK WHAT THE 
HARRIS PICK 
SIGNALED TO ME 
THAT HE HAS MADE 
THE JUDGMENT SHE 
WOULD BE A GOOD 
GOVERNING 
PARTNER. 
SHE REPRESENTS 
THE FUTURE OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
A WOMAN 55 AND A 
WOMAN OF COLOR. 
AND ALSO THAT 
SHE IS SOMEONE 
HE CAN TRUST. 
AS I MENTIONED 
EARLIER IN THE 
CAMPAIGN, THE 
FIRST DEMOCRATIC 
DEBATE KAMALA 
HARRIS AND JOE 
BIDEN HAD A 
TESTY EXCHANGE 
OVER HIS 
TREATMENT OF 
ISSUES OF RACE. 
THAT WAS 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS SEEN AS 
CAUSING SOME BAD 
BLOOD BETWEEN 
THE TWO 
CAMPAIGNS AND 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
ENTIRE VP 
SELECTION 
PROCESS HAD BEEN 
DISCUSSED AS A 
POSSIBLE REASON 
THAT SHE WOULD 
NOT BE THE PICK. 
THE WAY JOE 
BIDEN IS TALKING 
ABOUT THIS PICK 
HE HAS PUT THAT 
BEHIND HIM AND 
HE BELIEVES 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
THE RIGHT 
GOVERNING 
PARTNER AND THE 
RIGHT PERSON TO 
BE THE NEW FACE 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
AS HE IS 
SOMEWHAT OF A 
CANDIDATE THAT 
WANTS TO BRIDGE 
FROM THE PAST OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY BEFORE 
TRUMP AND MAKE A 
BRIDGE INTO THE 
FUTURE. 
>>> WE HAVE A 
DEMOCRATIC 
STRATEGIST HERE. 
LET'S TEAR THIS 
APART FROM A 
STRATEGY ANGLE. 
MICHAEL WHAT ARE 
THE STRENGTHS 
KAMALA HARRIS 
BRINGS TO THE 
TICKET AND SOME 
OF THE 
WEAKNESSES 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
GOING TO GO 
AFTER HERE? 
>> REPUBLICANS 
ARE GOING TO GO 
AFTER HER RECORD 
AS A 
PROSECUTOR.
%
THIS.
 
ONE OF
HER  HSTRENGTH IS 
GOING TO BE THE 
FACT THAT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS ARE 
LOOKING FOR 
REPRESENTATION. 
ONE OF THE BIG 
WORRIES WAS JOE 
BIDEN WAS GOING 
TO PICK A 
NONBLACK. 
AND THE CRITIQUE 
IS WE GOT JOE 
BIDEN TO THE 
PARTY. 
HE NEEDS TO 
SELECT SOMEONE 
WHO IS A BLACK 
FEMALE. 
WITH KAMALA 
HARRIS HE HAS 
DONE THAT. 
ALL OF THE 
WORRYING, ALL 
THE DRAMA ENDED 
UP BEING THE 
PERSON FROM THE 
VERY START WHO 
WE ALL 
SUSPECTED. 
>> MICHAEL, LET 
ME FOLLOW THAT. 
WE TALK SO MUCH 
ABOUT HOW JOE 
BIDEN NEEDED TO, 
IF ANYTHING, DO 
NO HARM HERE. 
WE HAVE GONE 
BACK AND FORTH 
TALKING TO 
PEOPLE ABOUT HOW 
ESSENTIAL THIS 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK IS. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT 
JOE BIDEN 
ABSOLUTELY HAD 
TO PICK AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMAN HERE? 
WHAT IS YOUR 
TAKE ON THE FACT 
THAT HE DID? 
>> I DON'T THINK 
HE HAD TO PICK 
AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN. 
BUT I THINK IT 
WAS SMART OF HIM 
TO DO SO. 
THERE WERE 
CERTAINLY 
NUMEROUS WOMEN 
WHO WERE 
QUALIFIED. 
BUT THERE WERE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMEN WHO WERE 
QUALIFIED AS 
WELL THAT I 
THINK MADE THE 
SMART CHOICE AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WAS ONE OF 
THOSE. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER. 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> WHEN YOU 
NEED BROUGHT TAL 
HONESTY. 
>> THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING I DON'T. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> WHAT THE 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING IS, 
WHAT WOULD YOU 
LIKE TO SEE 
ENACT? 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH? 
AND WHO IS LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
>> THAT IS WHAT 
AMERICANS WANT 
TO HEAR. 
>>> WE ARE 
REMINDED, TIME 
AND TIME AGAIN 
WE DO NOT LIVE 
IN POST RACIAL 
AMERICA. 
>> I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON. 
AND I THINK 
ABOUT YOU AND 
YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS. 
>> IT IS OKAY TO 
KNOW YOU ARE 
DIFFERENT. 
JUST NOT LESS 
THAN. 
THAT IS MY 
THING. 
>>> I CHERISH 
THE FACT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST US 
UNITES US. 
>>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY THE 
PEOPLE SAID IF 
THEY DON'T WORK, 
THEY ARE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE, 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED? 
AND WHAT WOULD 
COUNT AS JUSTICE 
IN THIS CASE? 
>>> DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
>> I HAVE TO 
ASKED WHETHER 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY CAN TURN 
THIS AROUND SO 
THAT THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM ONE 
ANOTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
>> ARE YOU 
WORRIED THESE 
MAY DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION? 
>>> UNIVERSITY 
OF ARIZONA 
STUDENTS ARE 
HEADING BACK TO 
CAMPUS, BUT THEY 
WILL NEED TO GET 
TESTED FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
FIRST. 
NBC NEWS 
REPORTER VON 
HILLIARD, WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT A 
WHOLE LOT OF 
STUDENTS HERE. 
WHAT IS THIS 
TESTING PROCESS 
LIKE? 
>> Reporter: THE 
TESTING PROCESS 
IS A WEIRD WAY 
TO BE INTRODUCED 
TO COLLEGE 
ORIENTATION. 
THIS IS WHAT IS 
TAKING PLACE. 
THIS IS WEEK 
NUMBER ONE. 
THIS WEEK IS 
WHEN FOLKS ARE 
MOVING BACK ON 
TO CAMPUS AND 
COMING BACK INTO 
TUCSON TO BEGIN 
CLASSES AGAIN 
AND WHAT YOU SEE 
HERE IS THE 
UNIVERSITY 
SETTING UP AN 
ANTIGEN TESTING 
PROCESS, WHERE 
ALL STUDENTS 
LIVING ON 
CAMPUS, AND THEY 
ARE EXPECTING 
ABOUT 6300 OF 
THEM, HAVE TO 
COME THROUGH 
THESE DOORS AND 
GET TESTED. 
THAT PROCESS 
TAKES ABOUT AN 
HOUR TO GET 
THOSE LAB 
RESULTS. 
AT THAT POINT 
THEY WILL THEN 
BE ABLE TO MOVE 
INTO THE DORMS 
HERE ON CAMPUS. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN A 
RESTAURANT. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN A 
WATER PARK. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT THAN A 
GYM. 
YOU KNOW, 
ESSENTIALLY, YOU 
ARE WELCOMING 
FOLKS INTO A 
PROFESSIONAL 
ENVIRONMENT, A 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT, AND 
EDUCATIONAL 
ENVIRONMENT 
HERE, IN WHICH 
YOU ARE DEALING 
WITH A STUDENT 
POPULATION THAT 
IS EXPECTED TO 
BE AROUND 
20,000, WHICH IS 
ABOUT HALF OF 
WHAT THEIR 
NORMAL 
ENROLLMENT IS 
HERE AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA. 
BUT STILL, 
20,000 FOLKS 
COMING INTO THE 
HEART OF TUCSON 
HERE. 
I HAD A 
CONVERSATION 
THAT I WANTED TO 
LET YOU LISTEN 
TO PART OF. 
THE FORMER U.S. 
SURGEON GENERAL 
UNDER THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION, 
IS A TUCSON 
RESIDENT NOW. 
HE HAS ACTUALLY 
BEEN TAPPED BY 
THE UNIVERSITY 
TO LEAD THE 
REENTRY EFFORT 
HERE. 
IN TERMS OF WHAT 
IS AT STAKE HERE 
ON THE CAMPUS. 
>>> IT IS GOING 
TO BE VERY 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU WON'T SEE 
THE OPENING 
FOOTBALL GAME, 
YOU WON'T SEE 
PROBABLY ALL THE 
OTHER SOCIAL 
ACTIVITIES, 
FRATERNITIES, 
SORORITIES WILL 
BE DIFFERENT. 
ALL OF THOSE 
GROUPS HAVE BEEN 
CONTACTED TO 
MAKE SURE THEY 
UNDERSTAND THEY 
HAVE TO ADJUST 
THEIR BEHAVIOR. 
>> HE WAS 
EMPHASIZING IT 
IS GOING TO TAKE 
THE STUDENTS, 
THE FACULTY, 
EVERYBODY AROUND 
THIS CAMPUS THE 
DILIGENCE IN 
ORDER TO KEEP 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OPEN. 
THERE ARE SOME 
UNIVERSITIES 
LIKE HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY AND 
JOHNS HOPKINS 
THAT HAVE OPTED 
TO GO ONLY 
DIGITALLY THE 
SEMESTER HERE. 
BUT IN PLACES 
LIKE THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA ARE 
INTENDING TO 
WORK TOWARD THE 
HYBRID MODEL 
WHERE SOME 
STUDENTS ARE 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO START GOING 
BACK INTO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
AND IF ALL GOES 
WELL AT AN 
INCREASING RATE. 
YESTERDAY WAS 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
TESTING HERE ON 
CAMPUS, AND 
UNIVERSITY 
OFFICIALS TELL 
US JUST ONE OF 
600 INDIVIDUALS 
THAT CAME IN 
ACTUALLY TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
WHICH IS THE 
SUGGESTION THEY 
ARE STARTING OFF 
ON A GOOD NOTE. 
IT IS HOW DOES 
THE CAMPUS GO 
FORWARD FROM 
HERE? 
>>> SO VON, IT 
IS GOING TO BE A 
DIFFERENT START 
TO THE YEAR. 
SCHOOL ISN'T 
GOING TO BE 
QUITE LIKE IT 
WAS. 
FOR THOSE 
GEARING UP GOING 
BACK FOR THE 
FIRST TIME IT IS 
PROBABLY NOT 
WHAT THEY WERE 
EXPECTING. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT IT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
TELLING YOU 
ABOUT GOING BACK 
TO A SEMESTER 
THAT LOOKS LIKE 
THIS 1234. 
>> WE TALKED TO 
SEVERAL OF THE 
STUDENTS, AND 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF BIG QUESTION 
MARKS THEY HAVE 
THEIR MINDS. 
%
THAT THEY 
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MINDS. %
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%
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>> IT IS GOING %
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%
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OBVIOUSLY. %
THERE'S NOT %
GOING TO BE MUCH %
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GOING TO BE VERY %
MANY PEOPLE ON 
CAMPUS, %
OBVIOUSLY. 
>> ARE YOU %
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BEST THEY CAN? %
I JUST DON'T %
KNOW HOW %
STUDENTS WILL %
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>> Reporter: THE %
LAST WOMAN YOU 
HEARD FROM, SHE %
IS A JUNIOR THIS 
YEAR. %
AND YOU HEARD %
HER SAY THAT SHE %
BELIEVES THE %
UNIVERSITY WAS %
DOING EVERYTHING %
SHE SAID. %
SHE IS ACTIVELY 
LIVING WITH HER %
FAMILY. %
SHE IS ALSO A %
THEATER MAJOR %
AND SHE SAID %
THAT SHE WANTS %
TO GO TO CLASS %
BECAUSE THERE IS %
AN INTEGRAL PART %
OF THEATER IN %
TERMS OF BEING IN%
PHYSICAL CONTACT %
WITH ONE %
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AND SHE SAID %
THAT THAT IS SHE %
>> SHE HAS BEEN 
LAID OFF THREE 
DIFFERENT JOBS 
THIS YEAR, FROM 
A RESTAURANT AND 
TWO OTHER JOBS. 
SHE UNDERSTANDS 
THE IMPACT THAT 
COVID SPREAD CAN 
HAVE ON A 
COMMUNITY. 
SHE SAID THAT'S 
WHERE SHE WANTS 
OTHER STUDENTS 
TO UNDERSTAND 
HOW IMPERATIVE 
IT IS, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN 
YOUNGER PEOPLE 
ARE LARGELY 
SHOWING 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
SIGNS. 
HOW IMPERATIVE 
IT IS IN ORDER 
TO NOT ONLY KEEP 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OPEN BUT ALSO TO 
KEEP VIMS LIKE 
HER OWN FAMILY 
WHO SHE LIVES 
WITH SAFE. 
>> SO MANY 
THINGS THAT THE 
STUDENTS ARE 
GOING THROUGH. 
A TOUGH YEAR ON 
SO MANY LEVELS. 
LET'S TALK WITH 
THE INEVITABLE 
HERE. 
YOU BRING 
STUDENTS BACK. 
SOMEBODY IS 
PROBABLY GOING 
TO GET THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN THERE IS A 
CASE ON CAMPUS. 
AND WHAT IS THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PLAN, DEPENDING 
WHEN IT HAPPENS 
AND WHERE THEY 
ARE INTO THE 
YEAR. 
>> THE 
UNIVERSITY HAS 
TURNED THREE 
DORMITORIES INTO 
ISOLATION DORMS. 
SO IF AN 
INDIVIDUAL TESTS 
POSITIVE, THEY 
WILL GO TO THAT 
ISOLATION DORM 
WHERE THE 
UNIVERSITY WILL 
DELIVER THREE 
MEALS A DAY. 
THE INTENDED 
IMPACT IS THAT 
THEY WILL ABLE 
TO STOP THE 
SPREAD AND 
ESSENTIALLY TRY 
THEIR BEST TO 
OPERATE IN A 
SAFE ENVIRONMENT 
AS POSSIBLE. 
AT THAT POINT 
THEY WILL GO 
BACK TO CONTACT 
TRACING. 
EVERYTHING THAT 
THE STUDENT CAME 
IN CONTACT WITH. 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THE DIFFERENCE 
HERE TOO. 
BECAUSE THIS IS 
ALSO THE LARGEST 
EMPLOYER IN 
SOUTHERN 
ARIZONA. 
ABOUT 15,000 
FACULTY HERE. 
THAT'S WHY I WAS 
HAVING A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA 
PRESIDENT BOBBY 
ROBINS. 
AND I WANT TO 
LET YOU LISTEN 
TO PART OF THE 
CONVERSATION 
BECAUSE HE ALSO 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
IMPACT HERE. 
>> I AM 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE HAVE THE BEST 
POSSIBLE SYSTEMS 
IN PLACE WITH 
EXTENSIVE 
TESTING, GREAT 
CONTACT TRACING 
AND THE CAPACITY 
TO ISOLATE. 
I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT WE CAN 
CONTINUE TO SAY 
WASH YOUR HANDS, 
COVER YOUR FACE, 
STAY AWAY FROM 
AS MANY PEOPLE 
AS POSSIBLE. 
IF WE MAINTAIN 
THOSE SIX 
GUIDING 
PRINCIPLES, WE 
WILL DO A LOT TO 
BE ABLE TO KEEP 
AN OUTBREAK FROM 
HAPPENING. 
>> PRESIDENT 
ROBINS TOLD ME 
THEY WOULD BE 
PREPARED TO 
DEESCALATE AND 
MAKE IT ONLINE 
IF THESE NUMBERS 
WERE TO GET OUT 
OF HAND. 
BELOW ZERO AWE 
HEARD HIM SAY, 
THEY ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
FOLKS TO TAKE 
THIS SERIOUSLY 
AND DO THEIR 
BEST TO KEEP THE 
UNIVERSITY OPEN 
HERE BECAUSE 
THEY WANT TO 
GIVE STUDENTS 
THE PORTUNITY 
TO CONTINUE AND 
EXPAND THEIR 
EDUCATION. 
THE WHOLE POINT 
OF THE 
UNIVERSITY AT 
THE SAME TIME 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT A VERY 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT. 
AND YOU HAVE 
SEEN EVERY AGE 
GROUP. 
>> YEAH. 
>> STRUGGLE TO A 
LARGE EXTENT 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY BEING 
ABLE TO SOCIALLY 
DISTANT AND BE 
COGNITIVE OF 
WHAT IS AROUND 
THEM. 
I THINK THIS IS 
THE COUNTRY'S 
BIGGEST TEST 
PERHAPS YET. 
>> YEAH. 
IT IS QUITE A 
TEST FOR SURE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHOWING US WHAT 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
THERE AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA AS THEY 
TRY TO GET KID 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
>> THANKS, MY 
FRIEND. 
>>> COACHES 
FIGHTING TO SAVE 
THEIR SEASONS. 
ATHLETES WORRIED 
ABOUT LOSING 
THEIR 
SCHOLARSHIPS. 
COLLEGE 
CONFERENCES ARE 
TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT WHETHER TO 
PUT THE PLAYERS 
BACK ON THE 
FIELD. 
MORGAN IS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
TEXAS NORTH 
CAMPUS TEXAS. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST FROM THE 
CONFERENCE 
HEADS? 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
>> WE HAVE 
CONFIRMED THE 
RUMORS THAT WE 
WERE HEARING 
YESTERDAY. 
WITHIN THE PAST 
SEVERAL MINUTES, 
THE BIG 10 
CONFERENCE, ONE 
OF THE POWER 
FIVE IN THE 
COUNTRY HAS 
ANNOUNCED IT HAS 
POSTPONED FALL 
SPORTS AND THAT 
INCLUDES 
FOOTBALL. 
KEEP IN MIND, 
THESE ARE SCHOOL 
THAT'S BRING 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE TO GAMES 
EACH AND EVERY 
SATURDAY. 
I JUST PULLED UP 
THE STATEMENT 
THAT THE 
CONFERENCE PUT 
OUT MINUTES AGO. 
I WANT TO READ 
TO NEW PART WHAT 
IT SAYS. 
SAYING WE KNOW 
HOW SIGNIFICANT 
THE STUDENT 
ATHLETE 
EXPERIENCE CAN 
BE IN SHAPING 
THE FUTURE OF 
THE MEN AND 
WOMEN INVOLVED 
IN THE BIG 10. 
EVERYONE IS 
COMMITTED TO GET 
EVERYONE BACK TO 
COMPETITION AS 
SOON AS IT IS 
SAFE TO DO SO. 
THEY SAY WINTER 
AND SPRING 
SPORTS ARE STILL 
BEING EVALUATED 
AT THIS TIME. 
THIS IS AN 
INCREDIBLE 
DECISION BECAUSE 
OTHER MAJOR 
CONFERENCES. 
>> YEAH. 
>> HAVE KIND OF 
BEEN WAITING ON 
THE SIDE LINES, 
IF YOU WILL, 
WATCHING TO SEE 
WHAT THE BIG TEN 
SOROPTIMISTS 
WILL DO. 
NOW THAT THEY 
HAVE COME O 
EXPAT MADE THIS 
DECISION, IT 
ESSENTIALLY 
DRAWS A LINE IN 
THE SAND FOR 
MANY SCHOOLS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHETHER 
OR NOT THEY WILL 
HAVE A SEASON. 
THERE WAS TALK 
OF POSTPONING A 
FEW GAMES SO 
THEY COULD PUT A 
PROTOCOL INTO 
PLACE. 
AS OF RIGHT NOW, 
ONE OF THE 
LARGEST 
CONFERENCES IN 
THE COUNTRY 
THINK IT IS 
BETTER TO WAIT 
IT OUT AND 
PROCEED IN 
SPRING. 
>> MORGAN, THE 
BIG 10 MAKING 
THIS DECISION 
WHILE THEY WERE 
UNDER IMPRESS 
PRESSURE. 
THERE WERE 
IMPORTANT PEOPLE 
CALLING FOR 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TO COME BACK. 
IF YOU COULD 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT THAT AND 
WHAT THE 
ARGUMENT HAS 
BEEN ON THAT 
SIDE OF THINGS. 
>> YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
SOME OF THE MOST 
HISTORIC 
PROGRAMS IN THE 
COUNTRY THAT ARE 
PART OF WHAT IS 
A $4 BILLION 
BUSINESS. 
THAT'S THE 
ESTIMATED AMOUNT 
THAT COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL BRINGS 
IN FROM AN 
ECONOMIC 
STANDPOINT ALL 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO THESE 
COMMUNITIES. 
WE KNOW THAT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN COACH 
JIM HARBAUGH, AN 
OUTSPOKEN 
ADVOCATE ON 
LETTING HIS TEAM 
PLAY SAYING THEY 
CAN CREATE AN 
ENVIRONMENT THAT 
WAS SAFER FOR 
THE STUDENT 
ATHLETES ON 
CAMPUS THAT WAS 
MORE CONTROLLED 
THAN LETTING 
THEM GO HOME 
WHERE THERE IS 
ESSENTIALLY NO 
RULES IN PLACE 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
BEING SAFE. 
MEANWHILE TOP 
PLAYERS IN THE 
COUNTRY, TREVOR 
LAWRENCE, THE 
QUARTERBACK 
EXPECTED TO BE 
NUMBER ONE IN 
THE NFL DRAFT 
SAYS THERE A 
SAFE WAY TO PLAY 
THIS GAME IF WE 
GET TOGETHER AND 
HAVE A 
CONVERSATION. 
HE WAS TRYING TO 
LOBBY FOR A 
COLLEGE PLAYERS 
ASSOCIATION TO 
BE CREATED THAT 
WOULD LOBBY ON 
THE PLAYERS' 
BEHALF AND TRY 
TO PUT RULES AND 
REGULATIONS IN 
PLACE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
PLAYERS COULD 
ACTUALLY SEE THE 
FIELD COME 
SATURDAY. 
BUT AS IT STAND 
RIGHT NOW, 
EVERYTHING IS UP 
IN THE AIR. 
THE ONLY 
CERTAINTY THAT 
WE KNOW FROM A 
MAJOR CONFERENCE 
STANDPOINT IS 
THAT THE BIG 10 
WILL BE QUIET 
COME SATURDAYS 
THIS FALL. 
>> YEAH. 
AND MORGAN, YOU 
MENTIONED THIS. 
THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT. 
OBVIOUSLY 
DEVASTATING FOR 
STUDENTS 
ATHLETES WHOSE 
FUTURES AND 
LIVES AROUND 
PLAYING 
FOOTBALL. 
YOU THINK ABOUT 
ANN ARBOR, 
MICHIGAN, FOR 
EXAMPLE, AND 
WHAT FOOTBALL 
MEANS TO THE 
COMMUNITY COME 
SEPTEMBER AND 
OCTOBER. 
>> YEAH. 
THERE WAS A 
STUDY LOOK THAT 
LOOKED AT ANN 
ARBOR, MICHIGAN 
WHERE THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN IS AND 
THEY SAID THAT 
FOOTBALL ALONE 
BRINGS IN AN 
ESTIMATED $80 
MILLION. 
THAT'S JUST TO 
ONE SMALL CITY. 
>> WOW. 
>> IN MICHIGAN. 
LOOK AT THAT 
TIME THAT FROM 
AN ENTIRE 
COUNTRY 
STANDPOINT AND 
REALIZE IT IS 
NOT JUST THE 
PLAYERS OR THE 
PARENTS OF THE 
PLAYERS, IT IS A 
SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNER THAT HAS A 
RESTAURANT A FEW 
BLOCKS AWAY FROM 
THE STADIUM THAT 
REALLY MAKES UP 
A LARGE PORTION 
OF THEIR ANNUAL 
INCOME. 
>> YES. 
>> FROM THE FAN 
THAT'S COME INTO 
TOWN FOR THOSE 
HOME GAMES. 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
WILL SEE PLAY 
OUT. 
I'M REMINDED OF 
TRAVELING TO 
STILL WATER, 
OKLAHOMA WHERE 
OKLAHOMA STATE 
IS. 
A MEMBER OF THE 
BIG 12 
CONFERENCE 
THERE. 
>> UH-HUH. 
>> THAT 
COMMUNITY IS 
MORE OR LESS 
BUILT AROUND THE 
UNIVERSITY THERE 
WITH A MASSIVE 
TURNOUT. 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE FOR HOME 
GAMES. 
SO THE TRICKLE 
DOWN IS GOING TO 
BE TOUGH. 
AND WE REALLY 
HAVE YET TO SEE 
HOW FAR IT WILL 
GO DOWN AS WE 
LOOK AROUND THE 
COUNTRY NOW TO 
SEE WHAT OTHER 
CONFERENCES WILL 
DO FOLLOWING THE 
BIG 10'S 
DECISION. 
ALYSON. 
>> FOR BEGAN, 
THESE ARE 
CITIES, SMALL 
BUSINESSES, 
TOWNS STRUGGLING 
ALREADY BECAUSE 
OF THE PANDEMIC. 
A BIG DECISION 
FROM THE BIG 10 
TODAY. 
MORGAN, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>>> ON JULY 
23rd, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
LAUNCHED THE 
SEASON IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
WE TRIED 
EMBRACING THE 
NEW NORMAL WITH 
FAKE FANS, 
REGULAR TESTING 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
BUT NOW TWO AND 
A HALF WEEKS 
LATER, THE MLB 
IS NOT EXACTLY 
HITTING IT OUT 
OF THE PARK. 
>> TONIGHT'S 
GAME BETWEEN THE 
NEW YORK YANKEES 
AND THE PHILLIES 
HAS AGAIN BEEN 
DELAYED. 
>> THE MLB IS 
PUTTING THE 
MARLINS' SEASON 
ON HOLD. 
>> THERE ARE 
QUESTIONS 
WHETHER MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
CAN GO ON. 
>> WHAT EXACTLY 
WENT WRONG? 
FIRST THE 
MARLINS 
TEMPORARILY 
SUSPENDED THEIR 
SEASON AFTER 
SEVERAL PLAYERS 
CAME DOWN WITH 
THE VIRUS. 
THEN TWO 
PHILLIES 
STAFFERS TESTED 
POSITIVE 
FOLLOWING A GAME 
WITH THE 
MARLINS. 
AND NOW THE 
CARDINALS ARE 
REPORTING AT 
LEAST TEN OF 
THEIR PLAYERS 
HAVE COVID-19. 
THERE WERE 
RUMORS THE TEAM 
HIT UP A CASINO. 
BUT THE 
CARDINALS DENIED 
THOSE CLAIMS. 
>> WE CAN SAY 
THAT EVERYBODY 
WAS 
ULTRARESPONSIBLE 
AT EVERY WAKE 
AND TURN BUT 
THIS IS A 
RESPONSIBLE 
GROUP. 
>> THE MARLINS 
CEO DEREK JETER 
ADMITTED THEY 
WERE NOT ALWAYS 
WEARING MASKS 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING DUE 
TO A FALSE SENSE 
OF SECURITY. 
>> YOU'RE IN 
PLANES AND BUSES 
AND DIFFERENT 
HOTELS. 
IT IS A RISK 
THAT WE TAKE. 
>> REGARDLESS OF 
THE CAUSE, THE 
OUTBREAK HAS 
CALLED THE REST 
OF THE SEASON 
INTO QUESTION. 
>> THERE IS 
ANXIETY FOR ME 
AND MY 
TEAMMATES. 
IT IS HARD TO 
FOCUS ON 
BASEBALL AT ALL 
THE LAST COUPLE 
OF DAYS. 
FOR ME 
PERSONALLY I 
DON'T FEEL 
COMFORTABLE 
WHERE WE'RE AT. 
>> THE MLB HAS 
POSTPONED 20 
GAMES AND IF 
CASES CLIMB, 
SOME PLAYERS ARE 
DECIDING TO SIT 
OUT THE REST OF 
THE YEAR. 
THERE ARE 
RECORDS THAT THE 
COMMISSIONER IS 
CONSIDERING 
SHUTTING DOWN 
THE SEASON IF 
THINGS DON'T GET 
BETTER. 
>> THEY DID 
THEIR BEST TO 
PUT THE BEST 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE TO PROTECT 
THE SAFETY AND 
THE WELFARE OF 
THE PLAYERS AND 
THE PERSONNEL. 
>> SO WHAT IS 
THE MLB DOING TO 
PREVENT STRIKING 
OUT? 
WHETHER 
TIGHTENING 
GUIDELINES LIKE 
LIMITING TRAVEL 
PARTIES AND 
MANDATING MASKS 
IN DUGOUTS AND 
BULLPENS. 
CRITICS SAY THIS 
ALL COMES DOWN 
TO ONE THING, 
BASEBALL DOES 
NOT HAVE A 
BUBBLE. 
OTHER SPORTS 
LEAGUES LIKE THE 
NHL AND MAJOR 
LEAGUE SOCCER 
ARE ISOLATING 
PLAYERS WITHIN A 
STRICT AREA TO 
PREVENT ANY 
EXPOSURE TO THE 
VIRUS AND IT 
SEEMS TO BE 
WORKING. 
PERHAPS THE BEST 
EXAMPLE OF THIS 
IS THE NBA BASED 
AT DISNEY WORLD. 
ZERO PLAYERS 
HAVE TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
CORONAVIRUS 
SINCE TEAMS 
ENTERED THE 
BUBBLE LAST 
MONTH. 
>> EVERYTHING IS 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU HAVE TO BE 
ABLE TO ADJUST 
TO IT. 
THE MLB 
ENTERTAINED THIS 
KIND OF SYSTEM 
BUT ULTIMATELY 
DECIDED AGAINST 
IT ARGUING THERE 
WERE TOO MANY 
LOCATIONS AND 
PLAYERS TO DEAL 
WITH. 
HOWEVER WITH 
MONTHS LEFT IN 
THE SEASON, 
BASEBALL MIGHT 
NEED TO 
REEVALUATE ITS 
GAME PLAN. 
>> IT IS 
IMPORTANT THAT 
WE ARE ABLE TO 
PROVIDE A SOURCE 
OF ENTERTAINMENT 
AND AN OUTLET 
FOR PEOPLE 
DEALING WITH 
SUCH A 
CHALLENGING TIME 
IN THEIR LIVES. 
AT THE SAME TIME 
THE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY SHOULD BE 
THE TOP PRIORITY 
FOR ALL OF US AT 
ALL TIMES. 
 
>> AS STUDENTS 
HEAD BACK TO 
CLASS, SOME 
SCHOOLS HAVE 
ALREADY FLUNKED 
THEIR FIRST TEST 
ON SAFETY. 
IN CHEROKEE 
COUNTY, GEORGIA, 
ONE HIGH SCHOOL 
IS CLOSING 
THROUGH AT LEAST 
THE END OF THE 
MONTH AFTER SIX 
DAYS OF STILL 
AND 59 CONFIRMED 
CASES OF COVID-
19. 
NOW MORE THAN 
900 STUDENTS AND 
STAFF ARE IN 
QUARANTINE. 
THE DISTRICT 
WHICH OPENED 
LAST WEEK WITH A 
MANDATORY MASK 
POLICY FOR 
ADULTS BUT NONE 
FOR STUDENTS 
SAYS IT 
ANTICIPATED 
POSITIVE TESTS 
WHICH IS WHY WE 
PUT A SYSTEM 
INTO PLACE TO 
QUICKLY CONTACT 
TRACE AND 
MANDATE 
QUARANTINES. 
ANOTHER GEORGIA 
HIGH SCHOOL WITH 
AN OPTIONAL MASK 
POLICY ALSO 
STOPPED IN-
PERSON LEARNING 
AFTER NINE 
POSITIVE CASES. 
>> I FEEL THAT 
OUR KIDS ARE 
BEING USED AS 
GUINEA PIGS. 
>> Reporter: 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
REOPENING ARE 
WIDESPREAD. 
WITH MORE 
SCHOOLS IN 
FLORIDA 
REOPENING THEIR 
DOORS, NEW 
NUMBERS FROM THE 
STATE'S 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH, COVID-19 
CASES FOR KIDS 
17 AND UNDER 
JUMPING MORE 
THAN 130% IN THE 
LAST MONTH. 
>> FOR SOME 
REASON THEY 
THINK SCHOOL IS 
A MAGICAL PLACE 
AND WE DON'T 
NEED TO BE SIX 
FEET APART. 
>> THIS HIGH 
SCHOOL TEACHER 
IN FLORIDA IS 
WORRIED ABOUT 
SAFETY. 
>> THEY WERE NOT 
GOING TO REQUIRE 
MASKS. 
THEY DIDN'T WANT 
US TO BE THE 
MASK POLICE. 
BUT THEY WILL 
HAVE US POLICE 
OTHER ITEMS LIKE 
THE DRESS CODE. 
>> THE 
SUPERINTENDENT 
SAYS MASKS ARE 
AVAILABLE AND 
ENCOURAGED BUT 
NOT MANDATED 
LIKE IT SHOULD 
BE IN THE USA. 
THE DISTRICT HAD 
A FIRST GREAT 
DAY AND THEY 
MUST SPACE WHEN 
SPACE ALLOWS. 
SPACE IS AN 
OBSTACLE IN NEW 
YORK CITY WHERE 
SAMANTHA DAYS 
TEACHES 3,000 
STUDENTS. 
SHE SAYS THE 
REOPENING PLAN 
DOESN'T GO FAR 
ENOUGH. 
>> THERE ARE 
ISSUES THAT ARE 
ABOVE THE SCHOOL 
LEVEL THAT NEED 
TO BE SOLVED 
SUCH AS TESTING 
AND A QUICK TURN 
AROUND TIME ON 
TESTING THAT THE 
SCHOOL AS ITS 
OWN UNIT CAN'T 
FIX. 
>> AND TIME TO 
ADDRESS THOSE 
CONCERNS IS 
RUNNING OUT. 
NBC NEWS, 
JACKSONVILLE. 
>>> TONIGHT AN 
ALARMING NEW 
PEER REVIEWED 
STUDY SUGGESTS 
MILLIONS OF 
YOUNG AMERICANS 
ARE IN DANGER OF 
GETTING COVID-19 
BECAUSE THEY USE 
E-CIGARETTES. 
>> MUCH HIGHER 
THAN WE EVEN 
EXPECTED. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
HEADLINE HERE? 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
EVER USED AN 
ELECTRONIC 
CIGARETTE, YOU 
ARE FIVE TIMES 
MORE LIKELY TO 
BE DIAGNOSED 
WITH COVID-19. 
>> FOR THOSE WHO 
HAVE VAPED AND 
SMOKED 
CIGARETTES IN 
THE PAST 30 
DAYS, THAT 
NUMBER JUMPS TO 
7 TIMES. 
THE STUDY BASED 
ON AN ANONYMOUS 
ONLINE SURVEY OF 
4300. 
>> I'M ACTIVE, I 
SWIM AND 
SKATEBOARD. 
>> BACK IN MID-
MARCH. 
21-YEAR-OLD 
COLIN WAS ONE OF 
THE FIRST PEOPLE 
IN IDAHO TO GET 
COVID-19. 
ENDING UP IN THE 
ICU FOR SIX 
DAYS. 
>> WAS THERE A 
POINT THAT YOU 
THOUGHT YOU 
MIGHT DIE? 
>> MOST 
DEFINITELY. 
YEAH. 
I WAS LIKE OKAY 
THIS IS -- THIS 
IS VERY REAL. 
>> COLIN ADMITS 
HE WAS SERIOUSLY 
ADDICTED TO 
VAPING. 
>> I WAS VAPING 
THE SECOND I 
WOULD WAKE UP 
UNTIL THE SECOND 
I WOULD GO TO 
BED. 
>> LAST YEAR 
OVER 5 MILLION 
KIDS REPORTED 
USING E-
CIGARETTES. 
>> WERE YOU 
AWARE OF WHAT 
WAS GOING ON. 
>> OF COURSE  NOT
HE NEVER THOUGHT 
THAT HIS 
DAUGHTER HAD A 
SECRET HABIT. 
WE SHARED THE 
STUDY WITH THEM. 
>> YOUNG PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE VAPED 
ARE FIVE TIMES 
MORE LIKELY TO 
GET COVID-19. 
>> I WOULD NEVER 
HAVE GUESSED 
THAT TO BE THE 
CASE. 
>> YEAH. 
THAT IS 
SHOCKING. 
>> TODAY'S STUDY 
DID NOT ANSWER 
WHY YOUNG VAPORS 
ARE SO MUCH MORE 
LIKELY TO GET 
COVID. 
THOUGH VAPING 
CAN CAUSE DAMAGE 
TO THE LUNGS AND 
IMMUNE SYSTEM. 
RESEARCHERS HAVE 
A THEORY. 
>> WE KNOW THAT 
ADOLESCENTS AND 
YOUNG ADULTS 
SHARE THEIR 
VAPING PRODUCTS 
TOGETHER. 
AND WE KNOW THAT 
HAND TO MOUTH 
ACTION CAN BRING 
COVID INTO YOUR 
MOUTH. 
>> TODAY'S STUDY 
PROMPTING A MOVE 
IN CONGRESS TO 
FORCE THE FDA TO 
BAN E-CIGARETTES 
UNTIL THE 
PANDEMIC IS 
OVER. 
AS TO A MESSAGE 
TO THEIR PEERS. 
>> I WOULD HAVE 
WANTED TO HEAR 
THIS STUFF WHEN 
I WAS A 14-YEAR-
OLD. 
>> TAKE THE 
WHOLE THING 
SERIOUSLY 
BECAUSE IT IS NO 
JOKE. 
>> CYNTHIA 
MCFADDEN, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> RUSSIA IS 
CALLING IT 
SPUTNIK-V FOR 
VACCINE AND SAYS 
IT IS READY, 
SAFE, PROVIDES 
LONG TIME IMMUNE 
AND APPROVED FOR 
USE IN RUSSIA 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
HAS NOT GONE 
THROUGH CRITICAL 
STAGE 3 TRIALS. 
PRESIDENT PUTIN 
SAID ONE OF HIS 
TWO DAUGHTERS, 
HE DIDN'T 
SPECIFY WHICH 
ONE, TOOK THE 
VACCINE. 
HAD A SLIGHT 
FEVER WHICH HAS 
PASSED AND NOW 
HAS ANTIBODIES. 
RUSSIA HASN'T 
PUBLISHED ANY 
DATA BUT MOVING 
AHEAD WITH A 
FAST ROLLOUT 
PLAN TO 
VACCINATE 
MEDICAL 
PERSONNEL THIS 
MONTH. 
MASS PRODUCTION 
IN SEPTEMBER. 
MASS 
DISTRIBUTION IN 
OCTOBER. 
BEFORE TODAY'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT, I 
SPOKE TO THE CEO 
OF THE RUSSIAN 
FUND BACKING THE 
VACCINE. 
HE SAYS HE HAS 
ALSO TAKEN IT. 
>> YOU WANT TO 
VACCINATE 30 
MILLION PEOPLE 
IN RUSSIA THIS 
YEAR. 
>> WE WILL 
PRODUCE UP TO 30 
MILLION DOSE OF 
THE VACCINE AND 
IT WILL BE UP TO 
PEOPLE WHO WANT 
TO BE 
VACCINATED. 
>> U.S. 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
ACCUSED RUSSIA 
OF HACKING 
RESEARCH. 
RUSSIA DISMISSES 
THAT AS 
JEALOUSY. 
>> I THINK IT IS 
ACCUSATION BY 
PEOPLE WHO -- 
FOR BEING THE 
FIRST OUT THERE 
WHEN THERE IS 
NOBODY ELSE OUT 
THERE. 
>> MORE THAN 25 
VACCINES ARE IN 
HUMAN TRIALS 
AROUND THE 
WORLD, LEADING 
CANDIDATES FROM 
OXFORD AND 
MODERNA ARE 
CURRENT FLEE 
PHASE 3. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ANNOUNCED TODAY 
THAT THE U.S. 
HAS STRUCK A 
DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR 100 
MILLION DOSES OF 
THE VACCINE 
CANDIDATE. 
WITHOUT 
EXTENSIVE TRIALS 
VACCINES CAN 
CAUSE MORE HARM 
THAN GOOD, 
GIVING A FALSE 
SENT OF SECURITY 
OR CAUSING SIDE 
EFFECTS. 
MARK MUM BEGAN 
WHO IS WORKING 
ON PFIZER'S 
VACCINE HAS 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
RUSSIA'S. 
>> MY BIGGEST 
CONCERN IS THE 
GOOD PUBLIC NAME 
OF VACCINES, I 
WANT TO REASSURE 
THE PUBLIC THAT 
IN THE U.S., ALL 
OF OUR COVID 
VACCINE 
CANDIDATES ARE 
BEING EVALUATED 
VERY CAREFULLY 
AND WE'RE NOT 
CUTTING ANY 
CORNERS ON 
SAFETY. 
>> A RUSSIA 
OFFICIAL SAYS 
ALREADY 20 
COUNTRIES HAVE 
EXPRESSED 
INTEREST IN A 
POTENTIAL BILL 
DOSES. 
THAT MIGHT BE 
MOST TROUBLING 
FIRE VACCINE 
THAT RUSSIA HAS 
YET TO PROVE IS 
SAFE. 
>>> TONIGHT 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE STILL 
WITHOUT POWER. 
>> THERE GOES MY 
ROOM. 
>> AFTER A 
MASSIVE STORM 
SYSTEM TORE 
THROUGH THE 
MIDWEST SUNDAY 
KILLING ALEAST 
ONE PERSON. 
MOST OF THE 
DAMAGE WAS DUE 
TO STRAIGHT LINE 
WIND THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE 
CONFIRMED THAT A 
TORNADO TOUCHED 
DOWN ON 
CHICAGO'S NORTH 
SIDE CRUSHING 
CAR AFTER CAR 
AFTER CAR. 
IT WAS A RARE 
WEATHER SYSTEM 
KNOWN AS A HUGE 
WALL OF WIND 
DRIVEN RAIN THAT 
TRAVELS MORE 
THAN 250 MILES. 
SATELLITE IMAGES 
SHOWED THIS ONE 
COULD HAVE RACED 
AN ASTOUNDING 
770 MILES ACROSS 
NINE STATES FROM 
SOUTH DAKOTA TO 
OHIO. 
PRODUCING WINDS 
OF MORE THAN 100 
MILES PER HOUR 
IN IOWA. 
>> WE SAW THE 
BRANCH OVER 
THERE THAT FELL 
ON THE POWER 
LINES. 
>> WE SHOULD GET 
INSIDE. 
>> IT COULD BE A 
BILLION DOLLAR 
DISASTER 
RAVAGING THE 
CORN BELT LATE 
IN THE GROWING 
SEASON. 
IN CHICAGO, 
WARNING SIRE 
SIRENS BEFORE IT 
HIT. 
THIS IS FRANCIS' 
CAR. 
LUCKILY SHE WAS 
IN HER 40EM. 
>> THE WIND WAS 
HOWLING. 
I THOUGHT THEY 
WERE GOING TO 
COME IN. 
AND I RAN FOR 
COVER. 
>> Reporter: 
AFTER ISAIAS, 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE STILL 
WITHOUT POWER. 
>>> ICONIC 
IMAGE, A YOUNG 
BLACK WOMAN 
HORRIFIED WHEN A 
MOTEL OWNER 
POURS ACID IN A 
SWIMMING POOL. 
>> IT WAS 
HORRIFYING. 
>> MIMI JONES 
WAS 17 BACK 
THEN. 
1964. 
ST. AUGUSTINE 
FLORIDA. 
>> THIS WAS MUCH 
MORE ABOUT 
SWIMMING IN A 
POOL, WASN'T IT. 
>> OH, 
ABSOLUTELY. 
IT WAS ABOUT 
TOTAL 
SEGREGATION, 
LACK OF RESPECT, 
LACK OF DIGNITY. 
>> THE SWIM-IN 
BUILDING THE 
PASSAGE OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
OF 1964 THAT 
SUMMER. 
>> DO YOU WANT 
TO BE FREE 
TONIGHT. 
>> YEAH. 
>> FOR JONES, 
EQUAL ACCESS TO 
SWIMMING AND 
WATER SAFETY 
BECAME ONE OF 
HER LIFE'S 
PASSIONS. 
STUDIES SHOW 64% 
OF AFRICAN-
AMERICANS HAVE 
LITTLE OR NO 
ABILITY TO SWIM. 
AND BLACK 
CHILDREN ARE 
FIVE AND A HALF 
MORE LIKELY TO 
DROWN THAN THEIR 
WHITE PEERS. 
>> KICK, KICK. 
>> IN TEXAS THAT 
HUGE DISPARITY 
MOTIVATED THE 
THOMAS TWINS TO 
OFFER FREE 
LESSONS TO 
CHILDREN IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> WE WANT TO 
GIVE ACCESS TO 
ANYONE. 
>> THEY HOPE TO 
HELP TRANSFORM 
THE SPORT. 
IN 2016 BECOMING 
THE FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMAN TO WIN AN 
INDIVIDUAL GOLD 
MEDAL IN 
SWIMMING. 
>> I HAVE DEALT 
WITH EXPERIENCES 
OF RACISM IN THE 
SPORT. 
SINCE THE AGE OF 
12, I WANTED TO 
QUIT. 
>> IT IS HEART 
WRENCHING TO 
KNOW THAT 
SOMETHING AS 
SIMPLE AS 
WANTING TO SWIM 
WOULD CAUSE 
SOMEONE TO THROW 
ACID ON SOMEBODY 
BECAUSE OF THE 
COLOR OF THEIR 
SKIN. 
>> A MOMENT THAT 
FOREVER CHANGED 
JONES' LIFE. 
>> IT ONLY 
STRENGTHENED MY 
RESOLVE AND MY 
LIFE-LONG 
COMMITMENT TO 
CHALLENGE 
RACISM, 
INEQUALITY AND 
LACK OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> THIS TURNED 
OUT TO BE ONE OF 
HER LAST 
INTERVIEWS. 
SHE DIED AT AGE 
73. 
STILL HOPEFUL. 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
SEEN SOCIAL 
CHANGE HAPPEN IN 
THIS COUNTRY 
WITHOUT A 
BATTLE. 
BUT I THINK 
THERE IS A 
RENEWED AWAKENS. 
>> RON ALLEN, 
NBC NEWS, NEW  
YORK. 
>>> TONIGHT FOR 
THE BIG 10 AND 
PAC-12, THE GAME 
IS OVER AT LEAST 
FOR NOW. 
THE CONFERENCES 
HOME TO SOME OF 
THE BIGGEST 
TEAMS IN COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL 
OFFICIALLY 
PASSING ON 
PLAYING AMID THE 
PANDEMIC, WITH 
NO WORD FROM THE 
SEC WHICH 
INCLUDES 
DEFENDING CHAMP 
LSU, THE BIG 10 
SAYS FOOTBALL 
COULD KICK OFF 
AGAIN IN 2021. 
>> THERE ARE 
JUST TOO MANY 
UNCERTAINTIES TO 
FEEL COMFORTABLE 
FROM A MEDICAL 
STANDPOINT TO 
PROCEED FORWARD. 
>> WITH GAMES 
SIDE LINED FOR 
THE FALL, 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
AND ITS FANS 
WON'T GENERATE 
UPWARDS OF $7 
BILLION THIS 
YEAR. 
BEYOND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS, TICKET 
SALES, LOCAL 
VENDORS, 
RETAILERS, 
HOTELS AND 
RESTAURANTS ALL 
DEPEND ON GAME 
DAY. 
ONE STUDY IN AN 
ASH BOW SHOWS 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MICHIGAN 
FOOTBALL BRINGS 
IN MORE THAN $80 
MILLION A YEAR 
TO LOCAL 
BUSINESSES. 
>> YOU KNOW, FOR 
THE SMALL 
COLLEGE TOWNS, 
THIS IS THE 
EQUIVALENT OF 
THEIR MAJOR 
EMPLOYER 
SHUTTING ITS 
DOORS AND 
PULLING UP 
SPACE. 
YOU WON'T HAVE 
THAT FOR THE 
NEXT YEAR. 
THAT'S A LOT. 
AND THE PEOPLE 
IN THE UP TO 
WILL FEEL THAT 
DEEPLY. 
>> WITH NO 
MANDATE FROM THE 
ACC, THE COACH 
FROM NEBRASKA 
SAYS THEY WILL 
PLAY WITH OR 
WITHOUT THE BIG 
10. 
>> OUR 
UNIVERSITY IS 
COMMITTED TO 
PLAYING NO 
MATTER WHAT, NO 
MATTER WHAT THAT 
LOOKS LIKE AND 
HOW THAT LOOKS. 
I THINK WE'RE 
PREPARED TO LOOK 
FOR OTHER 
OPTIONS. 
>> EVEN WITH 
SOME TEAMS STILL 
PRACTICING, 
FARLEY OPTED OUT 
FROM PLAYING AT 
VIRGINIA TECH. 
>> I KNOW 
PLAYERS WHO ARE 
WORRIED AND 
THEY'RE SCARED 
TO MAKE DECISION 
THAT'S ARE BEST 
FOR THEM. 
HOW COULD I LIVE 
WITH MYSELF IF I 
CONTRACTED THIS 
DISEASE X YOU 
KNOW, GAVE IT TO 
MY FATHER? 
>> HERE IN 
PASADENA, JUST 
THE ROSE BOWL 
GENERATES $200 
MILLION FOR 
PLAYERS WHO 
PERFORM IT CAN 
SOLIDIFY THEIR 
CHANCE TO PLAY 
IN THE NFL. 
BUT THIS IS 
BIGGER THAN JUST 
A GAME. 
SPORTS, PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND 
ECONOMICS ARE 
ALL AT STAKE. 
LESTER. 
>>> 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. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT IS A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
WOULD YOU LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED. 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO HAS 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND WHO IS 
LYING EVERY DAY? 
THAT IS THE NEWS 
STORY THAT 
AMERICANS WANT 
TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
AMERICAN JOE 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>> WE LIKE TO 
LIVE THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
KIND OF POST-
RACIAL AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
AND SAYING WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS. 
IT IS OKAY TO 
KNOW THAT YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT BUT 
DON'T FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S THE 
THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> I WANT MY 
STUDENTS AND 
VIEWERS OF MY 
ART TO BECOME 
MORE CAREFUL 
DISCERNING 
OBSERVERS OF 
EVERYTHING. 
TO NOT BELIEVE 
THE FAR TESTIFY 
AS IT IS 
NECESSARILY 
PRESENTED BUT 
REALLY LOOK FOR 
SOME OF THE 
DEEPER MEANINGS 
AND THINGS THAT 
ARE IN THAT. 
>> IN HIS RECENT 
SERIES BLACK 
LIVES, KEITH IS 
DOCUMENTING 
COMMUNITIES 
WHERE BLACK 
PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED BY THE 
POLICE. 
COMMUNITIES 
WHERE LIFE HAS 
CONTINUED ON. 
>> I STARTED IN 
OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA AT 
THE FRUITVALE 
STATION WHERE 
OSCAR GRANT WAS 
EXECUTED. 
I SAID I'M AN 
ARTIST DOING A 
PROJECT 
MOTIVATED BY THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
AND I WANT TO DO 
THESE DRAWINGS 
OF PEOPLE. 
CAN I TAKE YOUR 
PICTURE? 
SO MOST PEOPLE 
VERY MUCH WERE 
WILLING TO AVAIL 
THEMSELVES TO 
THE PROJECT. 
>> OVER 5,000 
MILES OF DRIVING 
LATER, KEITH 
RETURNS TO HIS 
STUDIO IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
WHAT FOLLOWED 
WERE THE LARGER 
THAN LIFE 
CHARCOAL 
PORTRAITS. 
LOS ANGELES, 
FERGUSON, 
CLEVELAND, ALL 
OF WHICH ARE 
UNNAMED. 
AND THAT'S THE 
POINT. 
>> I DID NOT 
WANT TO CONTINUE 
TO PORTRAY BLACK 
FOLKS AS 
VICTIMS. 
WHILE THEY ARE 
VERY SPECIFIC 
INDIVIDUALS 
THEY'RE ALSO 
STAND-INS FOR 
THE COMMUNITY. 
THEIR INDIVIDUAL 
IDENTITY IS NOT 
AS IMPORTANT AS 
THE COLLECTIVE 
IDENTITY. 
I'M SURE THAT 
THE COP DID NOT 
KNOW TAMIR 
RICE'S NAME OR 
BACKGROUND WHEN 
HE ROLLED UP ON 
HIM AND PULLED 
OUT HIS GONE AND 
SHOT THIS 12-
YEAR-OLD CHILD. 
SO IT IS JUST 
ANONYMOUS PEOPLE 
IN THE WAY THAT 
ANONYMOUS PEOPLE 
GET KILLED. 
>> BLACK LIVES 
IS CURRENTLY ON 
DISPLAYED AT THE 
CONCORD CENTER 
IN CONCORD, 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
BUT VIEWERS CAN 
ALSO SEE THE 
EXHIBIT ONLINE. 
THIS ISN'T 
KEITH'S FIRST 
SERIES INSPIRED 
BY SOCIAL 
JUSTICE. 
HIS SERIES 
WITHIN OUR GATES 
SIGHT AND MEMORY 
IN THE AMERICAN 
LAND INDICATE 
OUTWARDLY LOOKS 
JUST LIKE THAT, 
LANDSCAPES. 
DIE SENTING EACH 
PIECE THEY'RE 
FORMER LYNCHING 
SITES. 
>> I SEE THEM AS 
HISTORICAL 
MARKERS AND WAYS 
TO IDEALLY START 
CONVERSATIONS 
ABOUT THE 
HISTORY OF 
LYNCHING IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND IT IS OUR 
COLLECTIVE 
HISTORY. 
I PAINT WITH 
THESE SORT OF 
WIGGLY MARKS. 
RIGHT. 
SO A LOT OF 
PEOPLE TAKE AWAY 
A SENSE OF 
TENSION WITHOUT 
NECESSARILY 
BEING ABLE TO 
NAME WHAT THAT 
TENSION IS ABOUT 
IN THE WAYS THAT 
THE MARK IS 
ABOUT THE ENERGY 
THAT STILL LIVES 
IN THESE PLACES 
THAT LIVES IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
AND THEN WHEN 
THEY COME TO 
UNDERSTAND THE 
MEANING ABOUT 
THE LOCATION, 
THEY ARE VERY 
APPRECIATIVE OF 
HISTORY LESSON 
THAT THEY ALSO 
CARRY. 
>> LIKE THE 
NARRATIVES 
BEHIND THE WORK 
ITSELF, BOTH 
SERIES ARE 
ONGOING. 
AND FOR KEITH, 
THESE NARRATIVES 
ARE PROFOUNDLY 
PERSONAL. 
>> MY JOURNEY 
MENTALLY, 
PHYSICALLY AS AN 
ARTIST HAS BEEN 
FILLED WITH BOTH 
JOY AND TRAUMA. 
ALL REALLY JUST 
A REFLECTION OF 
MY EXPERIENCES 
AS AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN. 
BUT IT IS ALWAYS 
ABOUT THIS SORT 
OF CREATIVE 
PROCESS. 
AND IN WAYS I 
THINK THE 
CREATIVE PROCESS 
IS A WAY TO 
PROCESS 
INFORMATION. 
BOTH JOYFUL 
STUFF, ECSTATIC 
STUFF AS WITH 
THE THE 
TRAUMATIC, 
DEVASTATING 
STUFF. 
 
HISTORIC.
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON A MAJOR
PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.
>> KAMALA HARRIS 
CAMPAIGNING FOR 
JOE BIDEN ONCE 
SHE DROPPED OUT 
OF THE RACE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
NOW HIS RUNNING 
MATE. 
IN TRUE 2020 
FASHION IN THE 
PANDEMIC, BIDEN 
INFORMING HARRIS 
BY VIDEO CHAT 
THAT HE HAD 
CHOSEN HER FOR 
THE TICKET. 
A SELECTION 
MARKING THE 
FIRST WOMAN OF 
COLOR RUNNING 
FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR A 
MAJOR PARTY. 
AS WELL AS 
LAUNCHING THE 
NEXT 
GENERATION'S 
DEMOCRATIC 
LEADER. 
HARRIS AT 55 IS 
MORE THAN TWO 
DECADES YOUNGER 
THAN BIDEN WHO 
IS 77. 
AS A BLACK WOMAN 
HARRIS IS PART 
OF A KEY VOTING 
DEMOGRAPHIC OF 
THE PARTY. 
A RISING STAR IN 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY ELECTED 
CALIFORNIA'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN 2011, HARRIS 
FACING CRITICISM 
THIS YEAR FOR 
SOME OF HER 
DECISIONS IN 
THAT JOB. 
SUCH AS OPPOSING 
STATEWIDE 
REQUIREMENTS TO 
INVESTIGATE 
POLICE 
SHOOTINGS. 
>> YOU USE TODAY 
OPPOSE OUTSIDE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
OF POLICE 
SHOOTINGS NOW 
YOU DON'T. 
BUT WHEN YOU HAD 
THE POWER, WHY 
DIDN'T YOU TRY 
TO EFFECT CHANGE 
THEN. 
>> WAS I ABLE TO 
GET ENOUGH DONE? 
ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
BUT MY PLAN HAS 
BEEN DESCRIBED 
AS ACTIVISTS AS 
BEING A BOLD AND 
COMPREHENSIVE 
PLAN THAT IS 
ABOUT ENDING 
MASS 
INCARCERATION, 
TAKING THE 
PROFIT OUT OF 
THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
>> SHE IMPRESSED 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN OF HER 
TOUGH 
QUESTIONING OF 
BRETT KAVANAUGH. 
>> HAVE YOU HAD 
A CONVERSATION 
WITH ANYONE AT 
THAT FIRM ABOUT 
THAT 
INVESTIGATION? 
IT'S A REALLY 
SPECIFIC 
QUESTION. 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO KNOW THE 
PERSON YOU'RE 
THINKING OF 
BECAUSE WHAT IF 
-- 
>> I THINK 
YOU'RE THINKING 
OF SOMEONE AND 
YOU DON'T WANT 
TO TELL US. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SEEING ON 
THAT TO ATTACK 
HER. 
>> I THOUGHT SHE 
WAS THE MEANEST, 
THE MOST 
HORRIBLE, MOST 
DISRESPECTFUL OF 
ANYONE IN THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
>> HARRIS HAD 
HER OWN 
PRESIDENTIAL 
AMBITIONS, 
LAUNCHING HER 
CAMPAIGN WITH 
GREAT FAN FARE 
LAST YEAR. 
>> WE CAN 
RECLAIM THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
FOR EVERY SINGLE 
PERSON IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> CLASHING WITH 
BIDEN OVER HIS 
RECORD ON RACE. 
>> YOU ALSO 
WORKED WITH THEM 
TO OPPOSE 
BUSING. 
AND, YOU KNOW, 
THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND SHE WAS 
BUSSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAY. 
AND THAT LITTLE 
GIRL WAS ME. 
>> BUT HER 
CAMPAIGN RAN OUT 
OF STEAM WITH 
HARRIS DROPPING 
OUT BEFORE THE 
FIRST PRIMARY 
AND LATER 
ENDORSING BIDEN. 
>> I BELIEVE IN 
JOE. 
>> AND BIDEN HAS 
SAID HE DOESN'T 
HOLD GRUDGES. 
E-MAILING 
SUPPORTERS SHE 
IS SMART, TOUGH 
AND READY TO 
LEAD. 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA WEIGHING 
IN SAYING BIDEN 
NAILED THIS 
DECISION. 
AND CALLING 
HARRIS MORE THAN 
PREPARED FOR THE 
JOB. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN SAYS 
THAT THEY HAD 
THEIR BEST 
FUNDRAISING HOUR 
AFTER THEY MADE 
THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT, 
MAKING MORE 
MONEY THAN ANY 
OTHER TIME 
DURING THE 
CAMPAIGN IN AN 
HOUR. 
THEY OF COURSE 
WILL BE 
APPEARING LATER 
TODAY. 
THE NEWLY MINTED 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE HAS 
ONE WEEK TO 
PREPARE FOR HER 
BIG DEBUT AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION WHICH 
OF COURSE WILL 
BE VIRTUAL 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
SAVANNAH. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
ANDREA MITCHELL, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
.
>>> WE ARE 
JOINED NOW BY 
SUZANNE RICE WHO 
WAS A FINALIST 
OR JOE BIDEN'S 
SHORT LIST FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
AND SHE SERVED 
AS U.N. 
AMBASSADOR 
DURING THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION. 
AMBASSADOR RICE, 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
ARE YOU 
SURPRISED BY THE 
CHOICE? 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK THAT 
KAMALA HARRIS 
BRINGS TO THE 
TABLE. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
SAVANNAH. 
SHE IS A GREAT 
CHOICE. 
SHE WILL MAKE A 
TREMENDOUS 
RUNNING MATE FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT THE BIDEN-
HARRIS TICKET 
WILL BE A 
WINNING ONE 
WHICH IS WHAT 
OUR COUNTRY 
NEEDS RIGHT NOW. 
WE HAVE SO MUCH 
WORK TO DO TO 
PUT OUR COUNTRY 
BACK ON TRACK, 
TO RECOVER FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
TO REVIVE OUR 
ECONOMY AND 
RESTORE OUR 
STANDING IN THE 
WORLD WITH OUR 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
THEY'RE A GREAT 
TEAM TO DO IT. 
I'M GLAD I WILL 
BE ABLE TO 
SUPPORT THEM AND 
DO MY UTMOST TO 
HELP ELECT BIDEN-
HARRIS AND HELP 
THEY FEEL GOVERN 
WHEN THE TIME 
COMES. 
>> LET'S 
RECOGNIZE THE 
HISTORY THAT WAS 
MADE YESTERDAY. 
SHE IS THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
BE ON A U.S. 
MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
WHAT IMPACT DO 
YOU THINK THAT 
WILL HAVE ON THE 
RACE? 
>> I THINK 
THAT'S SO 
EXCITING, IS A 
VAN A I MEAN, IT 
IS PAST TIME. 
BLACK WOMEN ARE 
THE BACK BONE OF 
THIS NATION. 
NOT JUST OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
HERE DOING THE 
HARD WORK FOR 
DECADES AND 
GENERATIONS. 
AND THIS IS A 
MOMENT TO 
CELEBRATE. 
IT IS A MOMENT 
FOR YOUNG WOMEN 
AND YOUNG MEN 
FRANKLY ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY TO 
SEE THAT ANY 
DOOR IS OPEN TO 
THEM. 
AND I WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE 
SENATOR HARRIS 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT WIDEN 
FOR THIS 
HISTORIC CHOICE 
WHICH I THINK IS 
ENERGIZING, IT 
IS EXCITING AND 
IT IS HISTORIC. 
>> YOU KNOW, 
THERE IS A FLIP 
SIDE 
UNFORTUNATELY TO 
THAT HISTORY. 
HILLARY CLINTON 
WAS VERY BLUNT 
SAYING SHE FEEL 
THAT'S SEXISM 
WAS ONE OF THE 
CONTRIBUTORS TO 
HER LOSS IN 
2016. 
DO YOU WORRY 
ABOUT RACISM AND 
SEXISM AFFECTING 
THIS RACE WITH 
KAMALA HARRISON 
THE TICKET. 
>> LOOK, THIS 
TICKET IS GOING 
TO WIN. 
YES, THERE WILL 
BE THOSE THAT 
EMPLOY RACISM 
AND SEXISM. 
DONALD TRUMP 
CALLED HER 
NASTY. 
HE WOULD HAVE 
DUB THAT TO 
ANYBODY WHO JOE 
BIDEN SELECTED 
ON THE TICKET. 
THAT IS THE 
UNDERTONE. 
THERE ARE THOSE 
THAT WON'T 
RETREAT FROM 
THAT 
DIVISIVENESS AND 
HATRED AND 
DONALD TRUMP 
EXEMPLIFIES IT. 
I THINK THE 
COUNTRY IS READY 
TO ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
I HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
SHE WILL BE 
TREMENDOUS ON 
THE TRAIL. 
AND FRANKLY, YOU 
KNOW, WE WILL 
HAVE TO BUST 
THROUGH THESE 
BARRIERS. 
SAVANNAH, YOU 
AND I ASK ALL OF 
THE WOMEN 
WATCHING THIS 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
IS A CHALLENGE 
WE FACE EVERY 
DAY. 
IT IS TIME AND I 
THINK WE WILL DO 
IT AND I THINK 
WHEN WE DO, IT 
WILL BE AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
BREAK-THROUGH. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
SEEMED TO SETTLE 
ALREADY ON ONE 
LINE OF ATTACK. 
THAT IS THAT SHE 
IS FAR LEFT, 
RADICAL LEFT. 
MUCH MORE 
LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN. 
DO YOU THINK SHE 
IS MORE 
PROGRESSIVE OR 
LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> FIRST OF ALL 
JOE BIDEN IS AT 
THE TOP OF THE 
TICKET. 
IT IS HIS 
POLICIES AND 
APPROACH THAT 
WILL SET THE 
TONE. 
I THINK THEY'RE 
VERY COMPATIBLE. 
I THINK THEIR 
POSITIONS ARE 
VERY CLOSE TO 
ONE ANOTHER. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
AND DONALD TRUMP 
IN PARTICULAR 
HAVE NOTHING TO 
RUN ON EXCEPT 
ATTACKS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
SET UP TO 
POSITION THEIR 
SELFS ON WHOEVER 
WAS TO BE THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
SELECT. 
THAT IS NOT WHO 
KAMALA HARRIS 
IS. 
IT IS NOT WHO 
JOE BIDEN IS. 
LET THEM HURL 
THEIR BASELESS 
ATTACKS. 
IT'S ALL THEY'VE 
GOT. 
MEANWHILE THIS 
COUNTRY IS 
STRUGGLING. 
WE HAVE LOST 
OVER 160,000 
AMERICANS TO 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
INCOMPETENCE AND 
HIS DISREGARD 
FOR THE WELL 
BEING OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
PUTTING HIS OWN 
POLITICAL 
INTERESTS FIRST 
OVER THE 
ECONOMY, OVER 
OUR STUDENTS WHO 
NEED TO GO BACK 
TO SCHOOL, AND 
IT IS JUST 
HORRIFIC. 
SO THEY WILL -- 
THEY WILL GO IN 
THAT DIRECTION. 
BUT KAMALA IS 
GOING TO BE 
GREAT. 
AND I DON'T 
THINK IT'S GOING 
TO WORK. 
>> WELL, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS 
BECAUSE OF 
COURSE SHE IS A 
U.S. SENATOR BUT 
SHE ALSO RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
HER CAMPAIGN HAD 
A LOT OF FAN 
FARE AT THE 
START, 20,000 
PEOPLE AT HER 
OPENING EVENT. 
SHE RAISED 
MONEY. 
BUT IT FIZZLED. 
THE CAMPAIGN WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
MISMANAGEMENT 
FROM THE INSIDE. 
AND SHE DROPPED 
OUT BEFORE ONE 
VOTE WAS EVEN 
CAST. 
IF THAT'S HOW 
SHE RAN HER 
CAMPAIGN, WHY 
SHOULD PEOPLE 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
ABOUT HER BEING 
AT THE TOP OF 
THE TICKET? 
>> LOOK, KAMALA 
HARRIS IS 
TESTED. 
SHE HAS WON IN 
THE LARGEST 
STATE. 
SHE SITS ON THE 
INTEIGENCE 
COMMITTEE, THE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE. 
SHE HAS BEEN ON 
ISSUES OF 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
AND SO MANY 
ISSUES THAT ARE 
IMPORTANT TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
SHE WILL BE A 
TERRIFIC VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
JOE BIDEN DID 
EXTREMELY WELL 
IN A TALENTED 
FIELD OF 
CANDIDATES. 
NOT JUST KAMALA 
HARRIS, OTHERS 
PERFORMED WELL. 
ELIZABETH WARREN 
AND AMY 
KLOBUCHAR. 
RIDE ESPECIALLY 
WILL MAKE A 
PHENOMENAL 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> ONE OF THE 
ISSUES FOR 
HARRIS IN THE 
CAMPAIGN WAS SHE 
WAS KIND OF ALL 
OVER THE PLACE 
ON THE MAJOR 
ISSUES OF THE 
DAY SUCH AS 
HEALTH CARE, 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL. 
WHETHER PRIVATE 
INSURANCE SHOULD 
BE ABOLISHED. 
SHE GAVE SEVERAL 
DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS ON THAT 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE CAMPAIGN. 
THERE WAS A 
FEELING THAT SHE 
WAS FLOATING 
WITH THE WIND. 
HOW DO YOU 
EXPECT HER TO 
TAKE ON THAT 
ISSUE, THAT 
CRITICISM? 
>> WELL, IS A 
VAN A I DON'T 
THINK THAT IS A 
WELL PLACED 
CRITICISM. 
I THINK, YOU 
KNOW, SHE HAS 
BEEN -- SHE HAS 
A TRACK RECORD. 
SHE HAS A VOTING 
RECORD. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
QUITE CLEAR. 
AND SHE WILL BE 
ON THIS TICKET 
IN SUPPORT OF 
JOE BIDEN. 
IT IS NOT HER 
WHO IS TOP OF 
THE TICKET. 
THEY ARE A TEAM. 
JOE BIDEN LEAD 
THAT'S TEAM. 
AND JOE BIDEN'S 
POLICY POSITIONS 
ARE THE ONES 
THAT WE'RE ALL 
COMMITTED TO 
SUPPORTING. 
SO THAT'S WHERE 
WE NEED TO KEEP 
THE FOCUS. 
AND AS I SAID, I 
THINK THEIR 
PERSPECTIVES ARE 
HIGHLY 
COMPATIBLE. 
AND I THINK ANY 
EFFORTS TO 
SUGGEST 
OTHERWISE ARE 
FRANKLY 
MISPLACED. 
>> MADAM 
AMBASSADOR, I 
HAVE TO ASK YOU 
AND IT IS A 
LITTLE AWKWARD 
BUT IT WAS 
WIDELY REPORTED 
THAT YOU WERE ON 
THE SHORT LIST, 
MAYBE EVEN THE 
TOP TWO 
FINALISTS THAT 
HE CONSIDERED 
YOU TO BE HIS 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RUNNING MATE. 
I ASK YOU IF 
YOU'RE 
DISAPPOINTED. 
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY 
HERE THIS 
MORNING. 
ARE YOU 
DISAPPOINTED? 
AND WHEN HE 
CALLED YOU TO 
GIVE YOU THAT 
NEWS, DID YOU 
TALK ABOUT 
SERVING IN A 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION? 
>> LOOK, I AM 
HAPPY TO HAVE 
BEEN PART OF 
THIS PROCESS. 
I'M HONORED AND 
HUMBLED TO AMONG 
AN EXTRAORDINARY 
GROUP OF WOMEN 
THAT WERE 
CONSIDERED. 
I HAVE KNOWN JOE 
BIDEN FOR MANY 
YEARS. 
WE HAVE WORKED 
VERY, VERY 
CLOSELY 
TOGETHER. 
HE IS A 
WONDERFUL MAN. 
HE IS A FRIEND. 
I SAID FROM THE 
OUTSET, I WILL 
SAY IT AGAIN, I 
WILL DO 
EVERYTHING THAT 
I CAN TO HELP 
JOE BIDEN BECOME 
THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
AND TO HELP HIM 
SUCCEED IN 
GOVERNING IN 
WHATEVER FORM OR 
FASHION HE 
WANTS. 
SO I'M READY TO 
SERVE. 
I'M EXCITED 
ABOUT THIS. 
AND I JUST WANT 
TO BE SURE THAT 
WE TAKE THIS 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TURN OUR COUNTRY 
AROUND, PROVIDE 
HOPE AND A 
FUTURE FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
AND RESTORE THE 
INTEGRITY TO OUR 
DEMOCRACY WHICH 
HAS BEEN SUCH 
BADLY DAMAGED. 
>> DID YOU TALK 
ABOUT SERVING IN 
THE BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION 
IF HE WAS 
VICTORIOUS. 
>> I WILL LET 
JOE BIDEN ANSWER 
THAT QUESTION. 
I'M PROUD TO 
SERVE HIM IN ANY 
WAY THAT HE 
WOULD LIKE. 
>> AMBASSADOR 
RICE, THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR TIME 
THIS MORNING. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
BY THE WAY WE 
WANT TO MENTION 
YOUR BOOK CALLED 
TOUGH LOVE IS 
NOW OUT IN PAPER 
BACK. 
>>> AFTER A LOT 
OF SPECULATION, 
IT IS FINALLY 
OFFICIAL, KAMALA 
HARRIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S RUNNING 
MATE. 
HOW DID THE 
SENATOR GO FROM 
PROSECUTOR TO 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE? 
LET'S REWIND TO 
1964. 
HARRIS WAS BORN 
IN OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA TO I 
AM GRANT 
PARENTS. 
HER FATHER WAS 
FROM JAMAICA AND 
TAUGHT AT 
STANFORD. 
HER MOTHER MOVED 
FROM INDIA, 
BECOMING A 
SCIENTIST AND 
ACTIVIST. 
>> MY MOTHER WAS 
THE TOUGHEST, 
SMARTEST AND THE 
MOST LOVING 
PERSON I HAVE 
EVER KNOWN. 
>> FAST FORWARD 
TO THE '80s. 
SHE STUDIED 
ALTERNATE HOWARD 
OF THE SHE LATER 
GOT HER LAW 
DEGREE AT UC 
HASTINGS. 
HER CAREER 
KICKED OFF IN 
1990. 
>> OF COURSE I 
DECIDED TO 
BECOME A 
PROSECUTOR 
BECAUSE I FELT A 
VERY NICE AND I 
STILL FEEL A 
VERY STRONG 
SENSE OF 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO PROTECT THOSE 
WHO ARE 
VULNERABLE. 
>> BY 2004, 
HARRIS HAD WON 
HER FIRST 
ELECTION. 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY OF SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
THERE SHE 
CRAFTED A 
PRISONER REENTRY 
INITIATIVE AND 
LAUNCHING A 
CONTROVERSIAL 
PROGRAM THAT 
PROSECUTED 
PARENTS WHO LET 
THEIR KIDS 
REGULARLY SKIP 
SCHOOL. 
HARRIS RAISED 
THE CONVICTION 
RATE, LEADING TO 
BLOW BACK THAT 
SHE WAS TOO 
TOUGH ON CRIME, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR. 
>> IT IS A MYTH 
TO SAY THAT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS DON'T 
WANT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WE DO. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS RACIAL 
PROFILING. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS 
EXCESSIVE FORCE 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS TO O OUR 
CIVIL RIGHTS BE 
STRIPPED. 
>> IT IS A 
POSITION SHE 
STILL DEFENDS 
TODAY. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT A MYTH. 
A MYTH THAT 
BLACK PEOPLE 
DON'T WANT 
PUBLIC SAFETY. 
THAT IS SIMPLY 
NOT TRUE. 
AND WHAT WE 
DON'T WANT IS 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS RACIAL 
PROFILING OR 
CHOKEHOLDS OR 
MASS 
INCARCERATIONS. 
>> HARRIS RAN 
FOR CALIFORNIA 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN 2010, BEATING 
HER OPPONENT BY 
LESS THAN A 
PERCENTAGE 
POINT. 
SHE WAS THE 
FIRST WOMAN AND 
FIRST BLACK 
AMERICAN TO GET 
THE JOB. 
>> AND I NOW 
STAND BEFORE YOU 
AS THE TOP COP 
OF THE BIGGEST 
STATE IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> SHE FOUGHT 
AGAINST MORTGAGE 
FRAUD AND PROP 8 
THAT BANNED SAME-
SEX MARRIAGE. 
CRITICS SAY SHE 
SHOULD HAVE 
PUSHED MORE FOR 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM OR 
LEGALIZED 
MARIJUANA, 
ESPECIALLY GIVEN 
THIS INTERVIEW 
ON A BREAKFAST 
CLUB YEARS 
LATER. 
>> HAVE YOU EVER 
SMOKED. 
>> I HAVE. 
>> OKAY. 
>> AND I 
INHALED. 
I DID INHALE. 
>> A BLUNT OR A 
JOINT. 
>> IT WAS A 
JOINT. 
>> IN 2014, 
HARRIS MARRIED 
LAWYER DOUG AND 
BECAME STEP MOM 
OR MOMALA TO HIS 
TWO KIDS. 
THIS WAS AROUND 
THE TIME THAT 
SHE ANNOUNCED 
HER SENATE 
CAMPAIGN. 
SHE WON HER RACE 
THE SAME FIGHT 
THAT TRUMP 
BECAME PRESIDENT-
ELECT. 
SHE IS ONE OF 
THE TWO BLACK 
WOMEN EVER 
ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE. 
>> I COULD NOT 
BE MORE PROUD TO 
REPRESENT MY 
BEAUTIFUL STATE. 
>> HARRIS WROTE 
BILLS WITH 
SENATORS ACROSS 
THE AISLE, 
FOCUSING ON BAIL 
REFORM AND 
IMMIGRATION. 
SHE BECAME KNOWN 
FOR HER ABILITY 
TO GRILL 
WITNESSES. 
>> IS THAT 
POLICY IN 
WRITING 
SOMEWHERE. 
>> I THINK SO. 
>> SO DID YOU 
NOT CONSULT IT 
BEFORE YOU CAME 
BEFORE THIS 
COMMITTEE 
KNOWING THAT WE 
WOULD ASK YOU 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
IT. 
>> WELL, WE YOU 
CAN AT THATTED 
ABOUT IT. 
THE POLICY IS -- 
>> DID YOU KNOW 
IT WOULD BE 
SHOWN TO YOU. 
>> THE POLICY IS 
BASED ON THE 
PRINCIPLE THAT 
THE PRESIDENT -- 
>> SIR, I'M NOT 
ASKING ABOUT THE 
PRINCIPLE. 
>> WELL, I'M 
UNABLE TO ANSWER 
THE QUESTIONS. 
>> THAT YOU 
WOULD RELY ON 
THAT POLICY. 
DID YOU NOT ASK 
YOUR STAFF TO 
SHOW YOU THE 
POLICY THAT 
WOULD BE THE 
BASIS FOR YOU TO 
REFUSE TO ANSWER 
THE QUESTIONS. 
>> THE WITNESS 
SHOULD BE 
ALLOWED TO 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>> THEN IN 
JANUARY OF 2019, 
THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
>> I'M RUNNING 
TO BE PRESIDENT 
OF THE PEOPLE BY 
THE PEOPLE AND 
FOR ALL PEOPLE. 
>> HARRIS 
PROMOTED MED 
CARRY FOR ALL 
AND TUITION FREE 
COLLEGE BE 
DURING THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
HER POLL NUMBERS 
SURGED DURING 
THE FIRST 
DEMOCRATIC 
DEBATE WHEN SHE 
CALLED OUT BIDEN 
FOR OPPOSING 
BUSING IN THE 
1970s. 
>> THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
SHE WAS BUSSED 
TO SCHOOL EVERY 
DAY. 
AND THAT LITTLE 
GIRL WAS ME. 
>> DONATIONS 
POURED IN AFTER 
THAT NIGHT. 
BUT THE 
ENTHUSIASM 
DIDN'T LAST 
FOREVER. 
SHE DROPPED FROM 
THE RACE IN 
DECEMBER AFTER 
RUNNING OUT OF 
MONEY. 
AND DESPITE 
THOSE SERIOUSLY 
CONTENTIOUS 
DEBATES, HARRIS 
ENDED UP 
ENDORSING BIDEN 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR. 
>> ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT WE 
NEED RIGHT NOW 
IS WE NEED A 
LEADER WHO 
REALLY DOES CARE 
ABOUT THE PEOPLE 
AND WHO CAN 
THEREFOR UNIFY 
THE PEOPLE. 
AND I BELIEVE 
JOBE CAN DO 
THAT. 
>> CLEARLY BIDEN 
BELIEVES HARRIS 
CAN HELP PAVE 
THE PATH TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
 
FORGET HER ROOTS AND WHAT HAS 
SHAPED HER ROAD TO PUBLIC
>> AS JOE 
BIDEN'S NEWLY 
MINTED RUNNING 
MATE, SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS 
HAS ALREADY MADE 
HISTORY, 
BECOMING THE 
FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO APPEAR 
ON A MAJOR PARTY 
PRESIDENTIAL 
TICKET. 
THE 55-YEAR-OLD 
CALIFORNIA 
NATIVE IS THE 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, A 
GENTLEMAN MAKIAN 
FATHER AND 
INDIAN MOTHER, 
BOTH ACADEMICS 
THAT MET AT 
BERKELEY DURING 
THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT. 
>> WITH THE 
FIGHTING SPIRIT 
THAT I GOT FROM 
MY MOTHER. 
>> HER PARENTS 
DIVORCED WHEN 
THEY WERE 7. 
HARRIS HAS 
DESCRIBED HER 
MOTHER WHO DIED 
IN 2009 AS THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
INFLUENCE IN HER 
LIFE. 
OFTEN QUOTING 
HER ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
>> MY MOTHER 
USED TO SAY 
DON'T SIT AROUND 
AND COMPLAIN 
ABOUT THINGS, DO 
SOMETHING. 
>> INNER OUGHT 
BIOGRAPHY, SHE 
WRITES THAT HER 
MOTHER 
ENCOURAGED HER 
AND HER YOUNGER 
SISTER TO THEIR 
BIRACIAL 
HERITAGE. 
MAYA HARRIS 
PAYING TRIBUTE 
TO HER SISTER 
TWEETING 
TUESDAY, THAT 
DAY WHEN A 
LITTLE GIRL FROM 
OAK TOWN BECAME 
THE FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO BE A 
MAJOR PARTY VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE. 
SO INCREDIBLY 
PROUD OF YOU, 
SUSPECT. 
HARRIS HAD A 
RAPID ASSENT IN 
CALIFORNIA'S 
LEGAL CIRCLES, 
RISING FROM 
COUNTY 
PROSECUTOR TO 
SAN FRANCISCO 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY TO 
CALIFORNIA 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
CULTIVATING A 
MODERATE 
POLITICAL 
REPUTATION AND 
INVITING 
CRITICISM FROM 
SOME LIBERAL 
THAT'S SHE WAS 
INSUFFICIENTLY 
PROGRESSIVE ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
ISSUES. 
HARRIS HAS BEEN 
ONE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S FIERCEST 
CRITICS IN 
SENATE, 
INCLUDING WHEN 
SHE GRILLED HIS 
THEN SUPREME 
COURT NOMINEE 
AND ESSENTIAL 
JUSTICE BRETT 
KAVANAUGH. 
>> DID YOU WATCH 
DR. FORD'S 
TESTIMONY? 
>> I DID NOT. 
I PLAN TO. 
I PLAN TO BUT I 
DID NOT. 
I WAS PREPARING 
MINE. 
>> IT WAS JUST 
THE HORRIBLE 
THING THE WAY 
SHE WAS, THE WAY 
SHE TREATED NOW 
JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH. 
AND I WON'T 
FORGET THAT 
SOON. 
>> HARRIS NOW 
JUST THE THIRD 
WOMAN IN U.S. 
HISTORY TO SERVE 
AS A VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE ON A 
MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET IS 
GETTING ADVICE 
FROM ONE OF HER 
PREDECESSORS, 
THE LATE JOHN 
MCCAIN RUNNING 
MATE SARAH PALIN 
WHO URGED HER 
OUT OF THE CHUTE 
TO TRUST NO ONE 
NEW. 
FIGHT TO HAVE 
YOUR OWN TEAM 
WITH YOU. 
DON'T GET 
MUZZLED AND 
DON'T FORGET THE 
WOMEN WHO CAME 
BEFORE YOU. 
HARRIS 
ADDRESSING 
STUDENTS AT THE 
HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGE IN 
2018 SAYS SHE 
KNOWS WHAT SHE 
IS FIGHTING FOR. 
>> BREAKING A 
BARRIER IS 
SOMETIMES 
PAINFUL BUT IT 
IS SO WORTH IT. 
IT IS SO WORTH 
IT. 
AND I'LL TELL 
YOU, THE REASON 
IS BECAUSE YOU 
WILL BE FIGHTING 
A FIGHT WORTH 
HAVING. 
>> NOW, SENATOR 
HARRIS HAS ASKED 
ABOUT HOW SHE 
SEES HERSELF 
DURING THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY. 
SHE SAID DURING 
ONE INTERVIEW, 
I'M BLACK AND 
I'M PROUD OF 
BEING BLACK. 
I WAS BORN 
BLACK, I WILL 
DIE BLACK. 
HARRIS ATTENDED 
THE HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGE 
HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
AND WROTE IN HER 
MEMOIR THAT 
EVERY STUDENT 
WAS TAUGHT, 
QUOTE, WE COULD 
BE ANYTHING. 
>>> IT MAY NOT 
BE A COLD WAR 
ARMS RACE BUT 
RUSSIA AND THE 
WEST ARE CLEARLY 
IN A RACE TO GET 
AN EFFECTIVE 
COVID VACCINE 
INTO THE ARMS OF 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
RUSSIA CALLS THE 
VACCINE FOR 
VACCINE. 
THE KREMLIN 
INSISTS THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND MASS 
DISTRIBUTION 
WILL BEGIN IN 
OCTOBER FOR THE 
RUSSIAN 
POPULATION. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
OWN DAUGHTER HAS 
REPORTEDLY 
RECEIVED THE 
VACCINE. 
RUSSIA HAS NOT 
PUBLISHED ANY OF 
THE SCIENTIFIC 
DATA AND 
COMPLETED PHASE 
3 HUMAN TRIALS. 
EXPERTS LIKE DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI 
ARE SKEPTICAL. 
>> I HOPE THAT 
THE RUSSIANS 
HAVE ACTUALLY 
DEFINITIVELY 
PROVEN THAT THE 
VACCINE IS 
EFFECTIVE. 
I SERIOUSLY 
DOUBT THEY HAVE 
DONE THAT. 
>> DR. MICHELLE 
MURPHY 
REPRESENTS 
AMERICA'S 
BIOTECH DRUG 
MAKERS. 
>> THERE'S BEEN 
A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM THAT 
THE RUSSIANS DID 
NOT DO THEIR DUE 
DILIGENCE ON 
THIS VACCINE 
ATTEMPT. 
>> IT IS 
WARRANTED AT 
THIS POINT. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHAT IT IS THEY 
ARE TESTING, 
WHAT THEY HAVE 
SEEN. 
AND AT THIS 
POINT IT IS 
REALLY TRULY 
BASED UPON THEIR 
WORD. 
AND THAT IS NOT 
TYPICALLY THE 
WAY THAT WE 
REACH SCIENTIFIC 
CONCLUSIONS. 
>> MEANWHILE THE 
WHITE HOUSE HAS 
ANNOUNCED 
ANOTHER MAJOR 
DEAL WITH A DRUG 
MAKER. 
THIS ONE A ONE 
AND A HALF 
BILLION DOLLARS 
DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR ITS 
VACCINE. 
>> WE ARE ON 
TRACK TO PRODUCE 
100 MILLION 
DOSES ONCE THE 
VACCINE IS 
APPROVED AND UP 
TO 500 MILLION 
SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER. 
>> WORLDWIDE, 25 
VACCINES ARE NOW 
IN HUMAN TRIALS. 
AMONG THE 
LEADING 
CONTENDERS, 
MULTIPLE 
VACCINES WILL 
LIKELY BE 
NEEDED. 
>> SOME WORK 
BETTER IN THE 
ELDERLY, SOME IN 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS OR 
HISPANIC 
ETHNICITY. 
SOME BETTER IN 
CHILDREN. 
WE MIGHT BE ABLE 
TO TARGET THESE 
VACCINES TO BE 
USED IN THOSE 
DIFFERENT 
POPULATIONS. 
>> SO, TOM, WE 
HAVE HEARD ABOUT 
THE SAFETY 
CONCERNS 
REGARDING THIS 
VACCINE IN 
RUSSIA. 
WHAT OTHER RISKS 
DOES IT CARRY? 
>> WELL, LISTEN, 
THERE'S GREAT 
CONCERN THAT 
BECAUSE RUSSIA 
SEEMS TO BE 
RUSHING THROUGH 
THIS PROCESS AND 
NOT GOING 
THROUGH THE 
APPROPRIATE 
PROTOCOLS THAT 
WILL UNDERMINE 
CONFIDENCE IN 
ALL VACCINES 
WORLDWIDE. 
BUT THE AMERICAN 
FDA, THE 
EUROPEANS ARE 
ALL INCOMPETENT 
SIFTING THAT 
THEY WILL NOT 
COMPROMISE THEIR 
VACCINE 
STANDARDS WHEN 
IT GOES THROUGH 
THE ENTIRE 
TESTING PROCESS. 
AND THE DOCTOR 
YOU SAW THERE AT 
THE END WITH 
VANDERBILT SAID 
HE WAS GIVEN A 
PERSONAL 
ASSURANCE BY THE 
FDA COMMISSION 
THEY ARE UNDER 
NO CIRCUMSTANCES 
WILL THE FDA 
COMPROMISE ITS 
PROTOCOLS IN 
ASSURING THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE. 
 
AN ALARMING NEW STUDY THAT'S 
ONLY GOING TO MAKE THOSE 
CONCERNS WORSE.
CYNTHIA, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THIS NEW STUDY FROM THE STANFORD
MEDICAL SCHOOL POINTS TO A
>> YOUNG ADULTS 
AND ADD LESS 
REPRESENTS WHO 
VAPE ARE AT A 
MUCH HIGHER 
LEVEL OF GETTING 
COVID-19. 
NOW, IF THEY 
HAVE VAPED AND 
USED CIGARETTES 
IN THE LAST 30 
DAYS, THAT 
NUMBER SPIKES 
EVEN HIGHER. 
THIS MORNING, 
YET ANOTHER 
REASON TO QUIT 
VAPING. 
THIS PEER-
REVIEWED STUDY 
BASED UPON AN 
ANONYMOUS SURVEY 
OF MORE THAN 
4300 ADOLESCENTS 
AND YOUNG ADULTS 
SHOCKED EVEN 
RESEARCHERS. 
>> MUCH HIGHER 
THAN WE 
EXPECTED. 
>> THE DOCTOR IS 
THE SENIOR 
AUTHOR OF THE 
STUDY. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
HEADLINE HERE. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
EVER USED 
ELECTRONIC 
CIGARETTE, YOU 
ARE FIVE TIMES 
MORE LIKELY TO 
BE DIAGNOSED 
WITH COVID-19. 
AND FOR THOSE 
WHO VAPED 
NICOTINE AND 
SMOKED 
CIGARETTES IN 
THE PAST 30 
DAYS, THE NUMBER 
JUMPS TO SEVEN 
TIMES. 
MANY PARENTS 
HAVE BEEN SLOW 
TO CATCH ON TO 
THE VAPING 
EPIDEMIC. 
>> WERE YOU 
AWARE OF WHAT 
WAS GOING ON. 
>> OF COURSE 
NOT. 
>> IT NEVER 
OCCURRED TO HIM 
HE SAYS THAT HIS 
14-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER SOPHIA 
HAD A SECRET 
HABIT. 
>> IT WAS VERY 
SCARY TO BE 
HONEST. 
>> NOW 16, 
SOPHIA SAYS 
VAPING IS WILDLY 
POPULAR AT HER 
SCHOOL. 
>> I THINK 
PEOPLE TRIED IT 
IS LIKE A SOLID 
80% OF MY GRADE. 
I WAS JUST GOING 
INTO HIGH SCHOOL 
AND EVERYONE 
KIND OF WAS 
DOING IT AND I 
WAS LIKE, I WANT 
TO BE COOL. 
I WANT TO HAVE 
FRIENDS. 
>> HOW DID IT 
MAKE YOU FEEL? 
>> KIND OF OF 
REBELLIOUS. 
IT WAS LIKE LIE 
A HEAD RUSH. 
>> LIKE KIDS 
THAT WE TALKED 
TO, SOPHIA 
THOUGHT IT WAS 
NO BIG DEAL. 
>> IT IS NOT 
CIGARETTES SO IT 
IS FINE. 
>> DID YOU 
REALIZE THAT YOU 
WERE BECOMING 
SLOWLY ADDICTED 
TO IT. 
>> NOT UNTIL I 
TRIED TO QUIT 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME. 
I STARTED 
SHAKING. 
I GOT REALLY 
JITTERY AND 
NERVOUS. 
I FELT SICK. 
THAT'S WHEN I 
WAS LIKE I'M 
REALLY ADDICTED 
TO THIS 
SUBSTANCE. 
>> SHE SAYS SHE 
IS NO LONGER 
VAPING, MOSTLY. 
>> I'M ACTIVE. 
I SNOWBOARD. 
I SWIM A LOT. 
I SKATEBOARD. 
>> 21-YEAR-OLD 
COLIN DOESN'T 
KNOW IF HIS 
VAPING CAUSED 
HIM TO GET COVID-
19 BUT HE FEELS 
IT CERTAINLY 
MADE IT WORSE. 
>> I THINK IT 
CONTRIBUTED THE 
RATE AT WHICH MY 
SICKNESS 
DEVELOPED AND 
ESPECIALLY THE 
AMMONIA YOU CAN 
ATTRIBUTE THAT 
TO THE VAPING 
AND SMOKING. 
>> BACK IN MARCH 
HE WAS ONE OF 
THE FIRST PEOPLE 
IN IDAHO TO GET 
COVID-19. 
RUSH TODAY A 
HOSPITAL TWO 
HOURS FROM HOME 
HE WAS IN THE 
ICU WITH DOUBLE 
PNEUMONIA FOR 
SIX DAYS. 
>> WAS THERE 
EYEPOINT THAT 
YOU THOUGHT YOU 
MIGHT DIE? 
>> MOST 
DEFINITELY. 
YEAH. 
IT WAS LIKE OKAY 
THIS IS -- THIS 
IS VERY RA HE 
WILL. 
>> COLIN WORKS 
AT A SKI RESORT 
IN SUN VALLEY 
AND SAYS HE WAS 
SERIOUSLY 
ADDICTED. 
>> I WAS VAPING 
THE SECOND I 
WOULD WAKE UP 
UNTIL THE SECOND 
I WOULD GO TO 
BED. 
>> THE NEW STUDY 
DOES NOT ANSWER 
WHY YOUNG VAPORS 
ARE MORE LIKELY 
TO GET COVID. 
VAPING CAN CAUSE 
SERIOUS DAMAGE 
TO THE LUNGS AND 
IMMUNE SYSTEM. 
BUT RESEARCHERS 
DO HAVE A 
THEORY. 
THE HIGH 
INFECTION RATE 
MAY HAVE 
SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH HOW KIDS 
USE E-
CIGARETTES. 
>> WE KNOW THAT 
ADOLESCENTS AND 
YOUNG ADULTS 
SHARE THEIR 
VAPING PRODUCTS 
WITH EACH OTHER. 
THAT CERTAINLY 
INCREASES YOUR 
EXPOSURE TO 
COVID. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT HAND TO 
MOUTH ACTION 
COULD INCREASE 
YOUR RISK JUST 
BY TOUCHING AND 
BRINGING COVID 
INTO YOUR MOUTH. 
>> THEY ALSO 
THINK THE 
AEROSOL EMITTED 
FROM THE E-
CIGARETTE COULD 
CONTAIN DROPLETS 
CONTAINING 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WE SHARED THE 
RESULTS OF THE 
STUDY WITH 
SOPHIA AND HER 
FATHER. 
>> WOW. 
I WOULD NEVER 
HAVE GUESSED 
THAT TO BE THE 
CASE. 
>> IT IS A 
SHOCKING NUMBER. 
MAKES ME AT 
LEAST REALLY 
THANKFUL THAT I 
HAVEN'T GOTTEN 
IT YET. 
AND A LITTLE BIT 
CONCERNED. 
>> COLIN SAYS HE 
HOPES HIS PEERS 
CAN FIND THE 
STRENGTH TO 
QUIT. 
>> AND JUST TAKE 
THE WHOLE THING 
SERIOUSLY 
BECAUSE IT IS NO 
JOKE. 
>> CYNTHIA, 
THOSE NUMBERS 
ARE SO ALARMING. 
WHAT IS THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DOING 
TO ADDRESS IT? 
>> WELL, 
OVERNIGHT 
THERE'S BEEN 
CONGRESSIONAL 
INTEREST IN 
FORCING THE FDA 
TO BAN ALL E-
CIGARETTE 
PRODUCTS UNTIL 
THE PANDEMIC IS 
OVER. 
NOW, WE REACHED 
OUT TO THE FDA 
AND THEY TOLD US 
THAT THEY ARE 
KEEPING A CLOSE 
WATCH ON THE 
MARKETPLACE WILL 
HOLD COMPANIES 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
THEY SAID THEY 
DID GET THAT 
CONGRESSIONAL 
REQUEST. 
WE WILL STAY IN 
TOUCH WITH THEM 
FOR MORE. 
MEANWHILE WE 
REACHED OUT TO 
THE LARGEST 
MANUFACTURER, 
THE MOST POPULAR 
BRAND AMONG 
KIDS, JUUL. 
THEY DECLINED TO 
COMMENT. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
A GROWING NUMBER 
OF COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL TEAMS 
NOW SIDE LINED 
FOR THE SEASON. 
BOTH THE BIG 10 
AND PAC-12 
CANCELING THEIR 
FALL SEASONS 
AMIDST GROWING 
COVID CONCERNS. 
POSTPONING ALL 
PLAY UNTIL NEXT 
YEAR. 
>> WE JUST 
BELIEVE 
COLLECTIVELY 
THERE IS TOO 
MUCH UNCERTAINTY 
AT THIS POINT IN 
TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> PAC-12 
SCHOOLS ALL 
AGREEING THIS IS 
THE SAFEST 
CHOICE. 
>> WE DO BELIEVE 
THAT EXERCISE 
INCLUDING 
CONTACT SPORTS 
IS NOT A GOOD 
IDEA FOR THE 
SAFETY, HEALTH 
AND WELLNESS OF 
OUR STUDENT 
ATHLETES. 
>> OTHERS IN 
DISAGREEMENT, 
INCLUDING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> THESE ARE 
YOUNG, STRONG 
PEOPLE. 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO FIGHT IT 
OFF. 
AND HOPEFULLY IT 
WON'T BOTHER 
THEM ONE BIT. 
>> NEBRASKA ONE 
OF THE BIG 10'S 
TOP TEAMS ALSO 
EXPRESSING 
DISAPPOINTMENT 
IN A STATEMENT. 
SUGGESTING THEY 
MAY STILL PLAY 
THIS UPCOMING 
FALL. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO CONSULT WITH 
MEDICAL EXPERTS 
AND EVALUATE THE 
SITUATION. 
WE HOPE IT MAY 
BE POSSIBLE FOR 
OUR STUDENT 
ATHLETES TO HAVE 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO COMPETE. 
NEBRASKA'S COACH 
SAYS HIS 
ATHLETES WOULD 
BE MORE 
PROTECTED FROM 
COVID BY PLAYING 
BALL. 
>> THE VIRUS IS 
HERE EITHER WAY. 
AND I WOULD 
CONTEND THAT OUR 
PLAYERS ARE 
SAFER HERE DOING 
WHAT THEY LOVE 
TO DO AND BEING 
MONITORED AND 
SCREENED 
CONSTANTLY THAN 
IF WE SENT THEM 
HOME. 
>> WITH TWO OF 
THE POWER FIVE 
CANCELING, WILL 
OTHER BIG 
CONFERENCES 
STILL PLAY. 
>> THE HARDER IT 
IS FOR THE 
CONFERENCES TO 
JUSTIFY PUSHING 
FORWARD BECAUSE 
ULTIMATELY WHO 
ARE YOU GOING TO 
PLAY IN A 
PLAYOFF. 
>> SEC 
COMMISSIONER. 
>> WE COULD IF 
THAT WAS THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE 
OPERATE ON OUR 
OWN. 
I'M NOT SURE 
THAT IS THE 
WISEST 
DIRECTION. 
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WISEST 
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: BOTH THE S.E.C. AND
ACC ARE WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS 
WHILE PRIORITIZING STUDENT 
HEALTH.
THEIR PLAYERS STILL HOPING THE
WHILE 
PRIORITIZING 
STUDENT HEALTH. 
THEIR PLAYERS 
STILL HOPING IT 
GOES ON. 
THIS STILL NO 
WORD FROM THE 
BIG BIG.  
12. 
THEY MAY USHER 
IN SOME HEAVY 
DUTY FINES. 
>> NOTRE DAME IS 
ONE OF THE MOST 
STORIED PROGRAMS 
IN COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
THE MEMBERS OF 
THE INATLANTIC 
COAST 
CONFERENCE, THE 
COACH IS A 
LEADER. 
GOOD MORNING TO 
BOTH OF YOU. 
COACH, LET ME 
START WITH YOU. 
IF IT AS NOT 
SAFE FOR THE 
OTHER COLLEGE 
PROGRAMS, HOW 
CAN IT BE SAFE 
FOR NOTRE DAME 
TO PLAY FOOTBALL 
THIS YEAR? 
>> CERTAINLY, 
IT'S A 
CHALLENGING 
ENVIRONMENT. 
WE BELIEVE, 
BASED UP ON THE 
MEDICAL 
INFORMATION THAT 
WE HAVE AND WE 
BELIEVE WE LIHAVE 
SOME OF THE BEST 
THAT ARE 
ADVISING US AND 
TAKINGEN HANSED 
MEDICALS
TAKING AN 
ENHANCED MEDICAL 
GROUP. 
SINCE OUOFWE STARTE 
THE PROCEDURES 
AND PROTOCOLS, 
WE HAVE TESTED. 
OUR GUYS HAVE 
DONE AN 
INCREDIBLE JOB, 
OVER 99%. 
THEY'VE DONE A 
GREAT JOB WHEN 
THE STUDENTS 
WOULD COME BACK. 
WE'VE BEEN IN 
THE 99% SUCCESS 
RATE. 
WE BELIEVE THAT 
WILL BE THE CASE 
WHEN WE START 
PLAYING FOOTBALL 
AS WELL. 
THERE ARE 
CHALLENGES 
CERTAINLY THAT 
WE'RE RELYING 
ON. 
WE HAVE ENHANCED 
MEDICAL CARE. 
WE'RE VERY 
INTENTIONAL 
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 
DOING AND  IWE 
BELIEVE WE CAN 
PLAY SAFELY. 
I'VE GOT OVER  M50 
STAFF MEMBERS 
THAT ARE PUT IN 
THIS SITUATION 
AS WELL. 
>> ORLET ME TURN 
TO YOU. 
YOU WERE ONE OF 
THE PLAYERS THAT 
SIGNED THIS HOPE 
LETTER. 
YOU WROTES A 
LEADERS OF THE 
TEAM WE CAN CON 
IF I DIDN'TLY 
STATE THAT THE 
MENTAL AND 
PHYSICAL HEALTH 
OF THIS TEAM IS 
IN A BETTER 
PLACE THIS FALL. 
WHAT DID YOU 
MEAN BY THAT. 
>> WELL LIKE 
COACH KELLY 
SAID, WE'RE 
UNDER CONSTANT 
SUPERVISION. 
WE HAVE DAILY 
WELLNESS CHECKS, 
GET TESTED 
WEEKLY. 
IF WE FEEL 
DISCOMFORT, WE 
CAN ALWAYS SEEK 
HELP, SEEK 
INFORMATION AND 
THEY'VE BEEN 
VERY TRANSPARENT 
WITH US MOVING 
FORWARD. 
WE FEEL 
COMFORTABLE, CA
FEEL CONFIDENT 
WE CAN WORK. 
BUT HAVING THE 
INCENTIVE TO 
PLAY AND THE 
DISCIPLINE 
THAT'S REQUIRED 
TO PLAY ON A 
TEAM, IT WILL 
HONESTLY FAIR 
WELL FOR US. 
>> THERE HAVE 
BEEN A NUMBER OF 
STUDIES THAT 
SHOW THERE ARE 
LONG LONG-TERM 
HEALTH EFFECT. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO SOMEONE WHO 
SAY, YOU KNOW 
WHAT, I RESPECT 
HIS ABILITY AND 
GOT NFL DREAMS 
BUT HE'S NOT 
LOOKING AT THE 
BIG PICTURE. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY? 
>> YOU'RE AS 
RISK ANYWHERE 
WHETHER AT THE 
GROCERY STORE OR 
GOING OUT TO EAT 
BUT I WOULD 
RATHER TAKE THAT 
RISK PLAYING FOR 
THE GAME I LOVE 
AND FIGHTING FOR 
MY CAREER ONCE I 
LEAVE NOTRE 
DAME. 
I THINK A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WOULD, 
PRESS THAT. 
THAT'S REALLY 
ALL I'VE GOT TO 
SAY ABOUT IT. 
>> COACH TELL ME 
PRETTY QUICKLY. 
IT'S A OIPOINT A 
LOT OF FOLKS 
HAVE MADE. 
THE  AREALITY IS 
FOOTBALL IS A 
CONTACT SPOARKTS 
THE CLOSEST, YOU 
COULD ARGUE, 
SWEAT AND SPIT 
YES WHERE. 
HOW DO YOU 
CONTACT TRACE 
WHEN THAT ONE 
MAYOR GET 
INFECTED. 
HOW DO YOU DO 
THAT? 
>> WE'RE TESTING 
WEEKLY. 
WE KNOW WHO'S IN 
OUR BUBBLE. 
WE KNOW WHO TO 
TEST. 
WHEN ARE' IN 
CONTACT THERE'S 
NO OTHER WAY TO 
LOOK AT IT. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
THAT WE MUST 
TRUST EACH 
OTHER. 
THAT'S WHY THIS 
IS A UNIQUE 
SITUATION WHERE 
YOU'RE PUTTING 
YOURSELF IN 
A 
POSITION WHERE 
YOU TRUST THE T
GUY NEXT TO YOU. 
THAT'S WHY 
TESTING IS SO 
IMPORTANT IN 
THIS PROCESS. 
THERES HAD TO BE 
TRANSPARENCY 
THAT WHEN YOU 
LINE UP WITH 
THEM, THAT 
THEY'RE 
FOLLOWING 
THROUGH WITH THE  D
SAME TESTING 
PROCEDURE. 
WE SAID AT STHE 
OUTSET THIS IS A 
DIFFICULT 
PROCESS BUT ONE 
WE'RE COMMITTED 
TO. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
TRAINING CAMP 
STARTS AT NOTRE 
DAME. 
THANK YOU. 
GOOD LUCK TO YOU 
AS WELL, SIR. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> WHAT DOES A 
SHAVE SCHOOL 
LOOK LIKE? 
WHAT DID WE 
LEARN FROM 
SCHOOLS ABROAD, 
A TIME PRIME 
SPECIAL REPORT, 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE CLASSROOM 
THURSDAY ON NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> THERE'S ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO. 
>> YOU NEED TO 
GO DEEP INSIDE 
THE STORY. 
HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH AND 
WHO'S LYING. 
YOU NEED YOUR 
MORNING SHOW 
ONLY ON "MORNING 
JOE. 
>>> WE'RE 
REMINDED TIME 
AND TIME AGAIN. 
>> I THINK ABOUT 
YOU AND YOUR 
KID. 
I REMEMBER HER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRL. 
IT'S OKAY TO 
FEEL DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST DO WANT 
TO FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING "NBC 
NEWS NOW." 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD, 
LIVE WEEK DAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
WEEK DAYS. 
>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO BORDER. 
>> HERE IN MEX 
COCITY, THE 
PEOPLE SAID IF 
THEY DON'T WORK, 
THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO FEED 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> LEARNING FROM 
WHERE IT'S BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO YOU CAN 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS COMING 
BACK TO NORMAL. 
IT DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, 
UNITED PEOPLE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
BELONGS TO THE 
BRAVE. 
A GREAT PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN MOVED 
TO DEFEND A 
GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
ORDERED? 
>> I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
SIX FEET APART 
FOR THE MOST 
PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL? 
>>> WE FINALLY 
HAVE AN ANSWER 
TO THE VICE 
PRESIDENT STAKES 
QUESTION. 
JOE BIDEN PICK 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
CARRIE, I WILL 
START WITH YOU. 
TALK TO US ABOUT 
THE HISTORIC 
DECISION TODAY 
AND KIND OF HOW 
IT'S UNFOLDED 
THIS AFTERNOON 
BIDEN HAS 
ANNOUNCEED 
SENATOR HARRIS 
FROM CALIFORNIA, 
HIS PREVIOUS 
PRIMARY OPPONENT 
IN SOMETIMES AN 
ACRIMONIOUS 
CAMPAIGN TO BE 
HIS VICE-
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK, THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR. 
SO IT'S A VERY 
HISTORIC MOMENT. 
HERE IT HAS BEEN 
CONSIDERED A 
FRONT-RUNNER. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
VETTED ON THE 
NATIONAL STAGE 
BECAUSE OF HER 
RUN. 
SHE'S BEEN 
ELECTED 
STATEWIDE. 
SEE SERVED AS 
THE UNITED 
STATES SENATOR. 
ONE OF THE TOP 
CANDIDATES 
THROUGHOUT. 
IT WAS ALWAYS 
SEEN AS HARRIS' 
SPOT TO LOSE. 
OF COURSE THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT VETTED 
MANY OTHER WOMEN 
WHILE HE WAS 
GOING THROUGH 
THE PROCESS. 
I THINK WHAT THE 
HARRIS PICK 
MEANS TO ME IS 
THAT SHE WOULD 
BE A GOOD 
GOVERNING 
PARTNER. 
SHE'S ONLY 55 
YEARS OLD AND, 
OF COURSE, A 
WOMAN OF COLOR 
AND SHE IS 
SOMEONE HE CAN 
TRUST. 
AS MENTIONED 
EARLIER, THE 
FIRST DEBATE, 
KAMALA HARRIS 
AND JOE BIDEN 
HAD A TESTY 
ISSUE OVER RACE. 
THAT CREATED BAD 
BLOOD AND HAS 
BEEN DISCUSSED 
AS A POSSIBLE 
REASON WHY SHE 
WHO NOT BE 
PICKED. 
HE HAS PUT THAT 
BEHIND HIM AND 
HE HAS BELIEVED 
THAT KAMALA 
HARRIS IS THE 
RIGHT GOVERNING 
PARTNER AS HE IS 
SOMEWHAT OF A 
CANDIDATE THAT 
WANTS TO BOTH 
BRIDGE FROM THE 
PAST OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
BEFORE TRUMP AND 
MAKE A BRIDGE 
INTO THE FUTURE 
ALL RIGHT. 
SO WE'VE GOT A 
DEMOCRATIC 
STRATEGIST HERE. 
MICHAEL, WHAT 
ARE THE 
STRENGTHS KAMALA 
HARRIS BRINGS 
AND WHAT WILL 
THE REPUBLICANS 
GO AFTER? 
>> REPUBLICANS 
WILL GO AFTER 
HER RECORD AS A 
PROSECUTOR. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS CLAIMED TO 
BE A LAW AND 
ORDER PRESIDENT. 
KAMALA HARRIS 
HAS DONE THE JOB 
AND CAN TALK 
ABOUT. 
IT I ALSO THINK 
ONE OF HER 
STRENGTHS WILL 
BE THE FACT THAT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS ARE 
LOOKING FOR 
REPRESENTATION. 
ONE OF THE BIG 
WORRIES WAS THAT 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
PICK A NON-BLACK 
CANDIDATE. 
THE CRITIQUE 
AMONG THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
RACE IS WE GOT 
HIM TO THE 
PARTY. 
>> MICHAEL, LET 
ME ASK A FOLLOW-
UP TO THAT. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
HOW JOE BIDEN 
NEEDED TO, IF 
ANYTHING, DO NO 
HARM HERE. 
WE'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
HOW ESSENTIAL 
THIS VICE-
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK IS. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT 
JOE BIDEN 
ABSOLUTELY HAD 
TO PICK AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMAN? 
WHAT IS YOUR 
FACT THAT HE 
DID. 
>> I DON'T THINK 
HE HAD TO PICK 
AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN 
BUT IT WAS 
CERTAINLY SMART 
OF HIM TO DO SO. 
THERE WERE 
NUMEROUS WOMEN 
WHO WERE 
QUALIFIED AND 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMEN QUALIFIED 
AS WELL AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WAS ONE OF THEM. 
>>> UNIVERSITY 
OF ARIZONA 
STUDENTS ARE 
HEADED BACK TO 
CAMPUS BUT THEY 
WILL HAVE TO GET 
TESTING FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
FIRST. 
VAUGHN, WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT A 
LOT OF STUDENTS 
WHAT IS THIS 
TESTING PROCESS 
LIKE? 
>> Reporter: THE 
TESTING PROCESS 
IS A WEIRD WAY 
TO BE INTRODUCED 
TO ORIENTATION. 
THIS IS WEEK 
NUMBER ONE WHEN 
PEOPLE ARE 
MOVING BACK ON 
TO CAMPUS TO 
BEGIN CLASSES 
AGAIN. 
YOU SEE THE 
UNIVERSITY 
SOCIETILE UP AN 
ANTIJEN PROCESS. 
IT TAKES ABOUT 
AN HOUR TO GET 
THE LAB RESULTS. 
AT THAT POINT 
THEY CAN MOVE 
INTO THE DORMS 
ON CAMPUS. 
SOMETHING ELSE 
DIFFERENT FROM A 
RESTAURANT. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT FROM A 
WATER PARK. 
THIS IS 
DIFFERENT FROM A 
GYM. 
ESSENTIALLY 
YOU'RE WELCOMING 
PEOPLE INTO A 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT. 
THE POPULATION 
IS EXPECTED TO 
BE AROUND 
20,000, WHICH IS 
HALF OF THEIR 
NORMAL 
ENROLLMENT AT 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF ARIZONA BUT 
20,000 PEOPLE 
COMING INTO THE 
HEART OF TUCSON. 
THERE'S A 
CONVERSATION I 
WANT YOU TO 
LISTEN TO, A 
FORMER SURGEON 
GENERAL UNDER 
THE 
BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
HE'S BEEN TAPPED 
TO LEAD THE 
REENTRY EFFORT. 
>> IT'S GOING TO 
BE VERY 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU WOULDN'T SEE 
THE OPENING 
FOOTBALL GAME. 
YOU WON'T SEE 
THE OTHER SOCIAL 
ACTIVITIES. 
FRATERNITIES AND 
SORORITIES HAVE 
BEEN ADVISED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
DOCTOR SAID IF 
WILL TAKE THE 
STUDENTS, 
FACULTY TO KEEP 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OPEN. 
THERE ARE SOME 
UNIVERSITIES 
LIKE HOWARD 
UNIVERSITY AND 
JOHN HOPKINS 
THAT OPTED TO GO 
ONLY DIGITALLY. 
PLACES LIKE THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ARIZONA ARE 
INTENDING TO 
WORK TOWARD THAT 
HYBRID MODEL 
WHERE SOME 
STUDENTS WILL BE 
ABLE TO GO BACK 
INTO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
WE SHOULD KNOW 
YESTERDAY WAS 
THE FIRST DAY ON 
CAMPUS AND 
UNIVERSITY 
OFFICIALS TELL 
US JUST 1 OUT OF 
600 INDIVIDUALS 
THAT CAME IN 
TESTED POSITIVE. 
IT SUGGESTS, 
THEY'RE STARTING 
OFF ON A GOOD 
NOTE.
>> SO  IT'S 
GOING TO BE A 
DIFFERENT START 
TO THE YEAR. 
IT'S NOT WHAT 
THEY WERE 
EXPECTING TO BE 
SHOWING UP FOR. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT IT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
TELLING YOU 
ABOUT GOING BACK 
TO SEMESTER LIKE 
THIS? 
>> I TALKED TO 
THE STUDENTS. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
SOME OF OUR 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> IT'S GOING TO 
BE ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT, 
HONESTLY. 
THERE'S NOT 
GOING TO BE MUCH 
TO DO I FEEL 
LIKE. 
THERE'S NOT 
GOING TO BE VERY 
MANY PEOPLE ON 
CAMPUS, 
OBVIOUSLY. 
>> DOING THE  
BEST I CAN. 
>> THE LAST 
WOMAN, SHE SAID 
SHE BELIEVES THE 
UNIVERSITY IS 
DOING EVERYTHING 
IN ITS POWER. 
SHE'S LIVING 
WITH ANOTHER 
PERSON IN HER 
FAMILY. 
SHE'S A THEATER 
MAJOR AND WANTS 
TO GO TO CLASS. 
CEASE BEEN LAID 
OFF THREE 
DIFFERENT JOBS 
FROM HER 
RESTAURANT AS 
WELL AS TWO 
OTHER JOBS. 
HE IS 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
IMPACT COVID 
SPREAD CAN HAVE 
AND FOR OTHER TO 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IMPER RIVER IT 
IS IN ORDER TO 
NOT ONLY KEEP 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OPEN BUT TO KEEP 
MEMBERS LIKE HER 
OWN FAMILY SAFE. 
>> SO MANY 
THINGS TO GO 
THROUGH ON SO 
MANY LEVELS. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE INEVITABLE. 
YOU BRING 
STUDENTS BACK. 
SOMEONE WILL GET 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
WHAT'S THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PLAN DEPENDING 
ON WHERE IT 
HAPPENED AND 
WHERE THEY ARE 
IN THE YEAR. 
>> Reporter: THE 
UNIVERSITY HAS 
TURNED THREE 
DORMS INTO 
ISOLATION DORMS. 
SO IF AN 
INDIVIDUAL TESTS 
POSITIVE THEY 
WILL GO TO THE 
DORM WHERE THEY 
WILL DELIVER 
MEALS. 
THEY HOPE TO 
STOP THE SPREAD 
AND TRY THEIR 
BEST TO OPERATE 
IN A SAFE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
AFTER THAT THEY 
WILL GO BACK TO 
CONTACT TRACING, 
EVERYBODY WHO 
THAT STUDENT 
CAME IN CONTACT 
WITH. 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THE 
SIGNIFICANCE. 
THIS IS ALSO THE 
LARGEST EMPLOYER 
IN ARIZONA, 
ABOUT 15,000 
FACULTY. 
I WAS HAVING A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE 
UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENT AND I 
WANT YOU TO 
LISTEN TO PART 
OF THE 
CONVERSATION BUT 
HE ALSO 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
IMPACT HERE. 
>> I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT WE'VE GOT 
THE BEST 
POSSIBLE SYSTEMS 
IN PLACE WITH 
GREAT CONTACT 
TRACING AND THE 
CAPACITY TO 
ISOLATE. 
I'M ALSO 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE CAN CONTINUE 
TO SAY WASH YOUR 
HANDS, COVER 
YOUR FACE AND 
STAY AS FAR AWAY 
FROM AS MANY 
PEOPLE AS 
POSSIBLE. 
IF WE MAINTAIN 
THOSE GUIDING 
PRINCIPLES, 
WE'LL DO A LOT 
TO KEEP AN 
OUTBREAK FROM 
HAPPENING. 
>> Reporter: HE 
SAID THEY WOULD 
BE PREPARED TO 
DE-ESCALATE AND 
ESSENTIALLY MAKE 
THIS AN ONLINE 
SEMESTER IF 
THESE NUMBERS 
GET OUT OF HAND. 
THEY ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TAKE IT 
SERIOUSLY 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANT TO GIVE 
STUDENTS THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
CONTINUE AND 
EXPAND THEIR 
EDUCATION. 
AT THE SAME TIME 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT A VERY 
SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT. 
YOU'VE SEEN A 
LARGE GROUP 
BEING UNABLE TO 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE. 
I THINK THIS IS 
PERHAPS THE 
BIGGEST TEST. 
>> IT IS THE 
BIGGEST TEST. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHOWING US WHAT 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
THERE AS THEY 
TRY TO GET KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
>> THANKS. 
%
IS LIKE THERE AS %
THEY TRIED TO
>> COACHES 
FIGHTING TO SAVE 
THEIR SEASONS, 
ATHLETES WORRIED 
ABOUT LOSING 
THEIR 
SCHOLARSHIPS. 
FANS 
DISAPPOINTED AS 
THEY IMAGINE A 
FALL WITHOUT 
FOOTBALL. 
CONFERENCES ARE 
DECIDING WHETHER 
TO PUT THE 
PLAYERS BACK ON 
THE FIELD. 
WE GO TO THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NORTH TEXAS' 
CAMPUS IN 
DENTON. 
WHAT'S GOING ON? 
>> WE FINALLY 
CONFIRMED A LOT 
OF THE RUMORS 
WE'VE BEEN 
HEARING. 
THE BIG 10 
CONFERENCE, ONE 
OF THE POWER 
FIVE IN THE 
COUNTRY HAS 
OFFICIALLY 
ANNOUNCEED IT 
WILL POSTPONE 
SPORTS. 
THAT INCLUDES 
FOOTBALL. 
IT BRINGS 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS TO 
GAMES EACH 
SATURDAY. 
I WANT TO READ 
TO YOU IN PART 
WHAT IT SAYS. 
WE KNOW HOW SICK 
THE STUDENT 
ATHLETE CAN BE. 
EVERYONE 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE BIG 10 
CONFERENCE IS 
COMMITTED TO 
GETTING EVERYONE 
BACK AS SOON AS 
IT'S SAFE IT DO 
SO. 
WINTER AND 
SPRING SPORTS 
ARE STILL BEING 
EVALUATED AT 
THIS TIME. 
THIS IS A MAJOR 
DECISION BECAUSE 
OTHER 
CONFERENCES HAVE 
BEEN WAITING ON 
THE SIDELINE 
WATCHING. 
AS THEY'VE 
OFFICIALLY 
PLAYED THIS 
DECISION, IT 
ESSENTIALLY DRAW 
AS LINE IN THE 
SAND FOR OTHER 
SCHOOLS AS TO 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY WILL HAVE 
ANOTHER SEASON. 
THERE'S BEEN 
TALK WHETHER 
THERE WOULD BE 
POSTPONING OF A 
FEW GAMES TO PUT 
SOME PROTOCOLS 
INTO PLACE. 
AS OF RIGHT NOW, 
ONE OF THE 
LARGEST 
CONFERENCES 
DECIDED TO WAIT 
IT OUT UNTIL AT 
LEAST SPRING AND 
PROCEED THAT 
WAY. 
>> AND BIG 10 
MAKING THIS 
DECISION, 
THEY'RE UNDER 
INTENSE 
PRESSURE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
BIG VOICES 
CALLING FOR 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
TO COME BACK. 
IF YOU CAN TELL 
US WHAT THE 
ARGUMENT HAS 
BEEN ON THAT 
SIDE. 
>> YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
PROGRAMS THAT 
ARE PART OF A $4 
BILLION PROGRAM. 
THAT'S WHAT IT 
BRINGS IN FROM 
AN ECONOMIC 
STANDPOINT TO 
THE COMMUNITIES. 
WE KNOW THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
MISH GAP COACH 
JOHN HARBAUGH 
SAID THEY CAN 
CREATE AN 
ATMOSPHERE ON 
CAMPUS. 
MEAN WHEEL, TO 
PLAYERS, TREVOR 
LAWRENCE, THE 
CLEMSON 
QUARTERBACK WHO 
WAS EXPECTED TO 
GO AS NUMBER ONE 
IN THE DRAFT 
SAID THERE'S A 
WAY TO PLAY IF 
WE GET TOGETHER 
AND HAVE A 
CONVERSATION. 
HE ALSO LOBBIED 
FOR AN 
ASSOCIATION THAT 
WHO LOBBY ON 
THEIR BEHALF TO 
TRY TO PUT SOME 
RULES IN PLACE 
SO THE PLAYERS 
COULD SEE THE 
FIELD COME 
SATURDAY. 
AS IT STANDS 
RIGHT NOW 
EVERYTHING IS UP 
IN THE AIR. 
THE ONLY 
CERTAINTY WE 
KNOW FROM A 
MAJOR CONFERENCE 
STANDPOINT IS 
THE BIG 10 WILL 
BE QUIET THIS 
FALL. 
>> YOU MENTIONED 
THE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT, 
OBVIOUSLY, 
DEVASTATING FOR 
PLAYERS WHOSE 
WHOLE LIVES 
REVOLVE AROUND 
PLAYING. 
YOU MENTIONED 
THE MONEY AND 
THE COMMUNITY. 
ANN ARBOR FOR 
EXAMPLE AND WHAT 
IT MEANS IN AUG 
AND SEPTEMBER. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE'S A STUDY 
THAT LOOKED AT 
ANN ARBOR WHERE 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MICHIGAN IS. 
THEY SAID 
FOOTBALL ALONE 
BRINGS IN AN 
ESTIMATED $80 
MILLION AND 
THAT'S ONE CITY 
IN MICHIGAN. 
LOOK AT THAT 
FROM AN ENTIRE 
COUNTRY 
STANDPOINT, IT'S 
IN THE JUST THE 
PLAYERS, PARENTS 
OF THE PLAYERS 
LOOKING AT THIS 
BUT THE SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNER 
THAT HAS A SMALL 
RESTAURANT OR 
SHOP FROM THE 
STAYED WHO MAKES 
UP A LARGE 
PORTION OF THEIR 
INCOME FROM THE 
FANS COMING TO 
THE GAMES. 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
WILL SEE PLAY 
OUT. 
I'M REMINDED OF 
TRAVELING TO 
STILLWATER, 
OKLAHOMA. 
THAT COMMUNITY 
IS MORE OR LESS 
BUILT AROUND THE 
UNIVERSITY THERE 
WITH A MASSIVE 
TURNOUT,EN ITS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE FOR HOME 
GAMES, SO THE 
TRICKLE DOWN IS 
GOING TO BE 
TOUGH. 
WE HAVE YET TO 
SEE HOW FAR IT 
WILL GO DOWN TOP 
SEE WHAT OTHER 
CONFERENCES WILL 
DO. 
>> THESE ARE 
SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
THESE ARE TOWNS 
THAT ARE 
STRUGGLING. 
MORGAN, THANKS 
SO MUCH. 
 
>>> ON JULY 
23rd, IMAGE 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
LAUNCHED ITS 
SEASON IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC. 
WE TRIED 
EMBRACING THE 
NEW NORMAL WITH 
FAKE FANS, 
TESTING AND 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING BUT 
THEY ARE NOT 
EXACTLY HITTING 
IT OUT OF THE 
PARK. 
>> THE GAME 
BETWEEN THE NEW 
YORK YANKEES AND 
THE PHILADELPHIA 
PHILLIES HAS 
BEEN POSTPONED 
AGAIN. 
>> THERE'S A 
QUESTION WHETHER 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL CAN GO 
ON. 
>> WHAT WENT 
WRONG? 
THE MARLINS 
SUSPEND AFTER 
SEVERAL PLAYERS 
CAM DOWN WITH 
THE VIRUS. 
THEN TWO PHILLY 
PLAYERS. 
NOW THE 
CARDINALS ARE 
REPORTING AT 
LEAST TEN OF 
THEIR PLAYERS 
HAVE COVID-19. 
THERE WERE 
RUMORS SOME HIT 
UP A CASINO BUT 
THE CARDINALS 
ARE DENYING IT. 
>> I THINK THIS 
IS A RESPONSIBLE 
GROUP. 
>> HE SAID HIS 
PLAYERS WERE NOT 
ALWAYS WEARING 
MASKS AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING DUE 
TO A FALSE SENSE 
OF SECURITY. 
>> IT'S A RISK 
THAT WE TAKE. 
>> REGARDLESS OF 
THE CAUSE IT HAS 
CALLED THE REST 
OF THE SEASON 
INTO QUESTION. 
>> WE FOUND IT 
DIFFICULT TO 
FOCUS ON 
BASEBALL. 
I KNOW FOR ME 
PERSONALLY, I 
DON'T FEEL 
COMFORTABLE. 
>> SO FARTHER 
MLB HAS 
POSTPONED 20 
GAMES. 
SOME PLAYERS ARE 
DECIDING TO SIT 
OUT THE REST OF 
THE YEAR. 
THERE ARE 
RECORDS THE MLB 
COMMISSIONER IS 
CONSIDERING 
SHUTTING DOWN 
THE SEASON. 
>> THEY DID 
THEIR VERY BEST 
TO PUT THE 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE TO PROTECT 
THE SAFETY AND 
WELFARE. 
>> Reporter: SO 
WHAT'S THE MLB 
DOING? 
THEY'RE 
TIGHTENING 
SAFETY 
GUIDELINES LIKE 
LIMITING THE 
SIZE OF TRAVEL 
PARTS. 
THREATENING TO 
BAND PLAYERS 
FROM THE SEASON. 
CRITICS SAY THIS 
ALL COMES DOWN 
TO ONE THING. 
BASEBALL DOES 
NOT HAVE A 
BUBBLE. 
OTHER LIKE THE 
NHL AND SOCCER 
ARE ISOLATING 
PLAYERS IN A 
STRICT HEAR TO 
PREVENT EXPOSURE 
FROM THE VIRUS. 
IT SEEMS TO BE 
WORKING. 
THE BEST EXAMPLE 
IS DISNEY WORLD. 
>> I WAS IN THE 
BUBBLE AND 
EVERYTHING IS 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU HAVE TO 
ADJUST. 
>> THE MLB 
ENTERTAINED IT 
BUT SAID THERE 
WERE TOO MANY 
PLAYERS AND 
DECISIONS TO 
DEAL WITH. 
>>> IT'S 
IMPORTANT THAT 
WE ARE ABLE TO 
PROVIDE A SOURCE 
OF
ENTERTAINMENT. 
IT SHOULD BE A 
TOP PRIORITY AT 
ALL TIMES. 
>>> KAMALA 
HARRIS STARTED 
CAMPAIGNING FOR 
JOE BIDEN WHEN 
HE DROPPED OUT, 
NOW HIS RUNNING 
MATE. 
IN TRUE 2020 
FASHION, BIDEN 
CONTACTED HER BY 
VIDEO CHAT, 
HARRIS, AT 55, 
IS MORE THAN TWO 
DECADES YOUNGER 
THAN BIDEN, WHO 
IS 77 AND SHE IS 
PART OF A KEY 
VOTING BLOCK FOR 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY WITH BLACK 
PARTY LEADERS 
URGING BIDEN TO 
SELECT A WOMAN 
OF COLOR. 
HARRIS FACED 
CRIT SIM 
CRITICISM FOR 
HER JOB. 
>> WHEN YOU HAD 
THE POWER WHY 
DIDN'T YOU TRY 
TO AFFECT 
CHANGE. 
>> DID I GET 
EVERYTHING DONE, 
ABSOLUTELY NOT 
BUT IT'S A BOLD 
PLAN, ABOUT 
TAKING THE 
PROFIT OUT OF 
THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
>> ELECTED TO 
THE SENATE SHE 
IMPRESSED THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
WITH HER 
QUESTIONING OF 
-- 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO KNOW THE 
EASTERN I THINK 
YOU'RE THINKING 
OF SOMEONE YOU 
DO WANT TO TELL 
US. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SEIZING ON 
IT TO ATTACK 
HER. 
>> I THOUGHT SHE 
WAS THE MEANEST, 
MOST HORRIBLE, 
MOST 
DISRESPECTABLE 
PERSON IN THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
>> Reporter: 
HARRIS LAUNCHED 
HER CAMPAIGN 
WITH GREAT 
FANFARE THIS 
YEAR. 
>> WE CAN 
RECLAIM THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
FOR EVERY SINGLE 
PERSON IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: 
FAMOUSLY 
CLASHING WITH 
BIDEN ON RACE. 
>> YOU ALWAYS 
WORKED WITH THEM 
TO OPPOSE 
BUSSING AND, YOU 
KNOW, THERE WAS 
A LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 
AND SHE WAS 
BUSSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAYD THAT 
LITTLE GIRL WAS 
ME. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
HER CAMPAIGN RAN 
OUT OF STEAM 
WITH HARRIS 
DROPPING OUT 
BEFORE THE FIRST 
PRIMARY AND 
LATER ENDORSING 
BIDEN. 
>> I BELIEVE IN 
JOE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
BIDEN SAID HE 
DOESN'T HOLD 
GRUDGES. 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA SAYING 
BIDEN NAILED 
THIS DECISION 
CALLING HARRIS 
MORE THAN 
CAPABLE OF THE 
JOB. 
THEY RAISED MORE 
TIME THAN ANY 
ORE TIME IN AN 
HOUR. 
THE VICE-
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES HAD 
ONE WEEK TO 
PREPARE FOR THE 
CONVENTION. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> WE ARE 
JOINED BY SUSAN 
RICE WHO WAS A 
FINALIST ON JOE 
BIDEN'S SHORT 
LIMBS AND ALSO 
SERVED AS U.N. 
ADVISER AND 
AMBASSADOR. 
WERE YOU 
SURPRISED BY THE 
CHOICE? 
>> SHE'S A GREAT 
CHOICE. 
SHE WILL MAKE A 
TREMENDOUS 
RUNNING MATE FOR 
BIDEN. 
I'M CONFIDENT 
THE BIDEN-HARRIS 
TICKET WILL BE A 
WINNING ONE. 
WE HAVE SO MUCH 
WORK TO DO TO 
PUT OUR COUNTRY 
BACK ON TRACK, 
TO RECOVER FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
RESTORE OUR 
PLACE IN THE 
WORLD IN 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
I WILL DO MY 
UTMOST TO HELP 
ELECT BIDEN-
HARRIS AND HELP 
THEM GOVERN WHEN 
THE TIME COMES. 
>> WELL, LET'S 
RECOGNIZE THE 
HISTORY THAT WAS 
MADE YESTERDAY. 
SHE WAS THE 
FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO BE ON A 
MAJOR TICKET. 
WHAT IMPACT DO 
YOU THINK THAT 
WILL HAVE ON THE 
RACE? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
EXCITING, 
SAVANNAH. 
IT'S PAST TIME. 
BLACK WOMEN OR 
THE BLACK BONE 
OF THIS NATION, 
NOT JUST THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
WE'VE BEEN HERE 
DOING THE HARD 
WORK FOR DECADES 
AND GENERATIONS. 
IT'S A MOMENT TO 
CELEBRATE AND A 
MOMENT FOR YOUNG 
WOMEN AND YOUNG 
MEN ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY TO SEE A 
THAT ANY DOOR IS 
OPEN TO THEM. 
I WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE 
SENATOR HARRIS 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
FOR THIS 
HISTORIC CHOICE. 
IT'S ENERGIZING 
AND HISTORY AIR 
STRIKE HILLARY 
CLINTON WAS VERY 
BLUNT SAYING SHE 
FEELS SEXISM WAS 
ONE OF THE 
REASONS FOR HER 
LOSS IN 2016. 
DO YOU WORRY 
ABOUT RACE WITH 
HARRIS . 
>> THIS TICKET 
IS GOING TO WIN. 
LOOK AT TRUMP 
YESTERDAY 
CALLING HER 
NASTY. 
HE WOULD HAVE 
DONE THAT TO 
ANYONE ON THE 
TICKET. 
LOOK, I BELIEVE 
THIS NATION IS 
READY TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
I HAVE EVERY 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
SHE WILL BE 
TREMENDOUS ON 
THE TRAIL. 
YOU AND EYE I AND
ALL THOSE 
WATCHING KNOW IT 
WILL BE TIME AND 
IT WILL BE AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
SEEMED TO SETTLE 
ON ONE LINE OF 
ATTACK. 
THAT SHE IS FAR 
LEFT, RADICAL 
LEFT, MUCH MORE 
LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN. 
DO YOU THINK 
SHE'S MORE 
LIBERAL THAN JOE 
BIDEN? 
>> FIRST OF ALL 
JOE BIDEN'S 
POSITIONS WILL 
SET THE TONE. 
I THINK THEY'RE 
COMPATIBLE. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
AND DONALD TRUMP 
IN PARTICULAR 
HAVE NOTHING TO 
RUN ON EXCEPT 
ATTACKS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
SET UP TO SAY 
WHOEVER IT IS 
LEFT OF 
SOCIALIST. 
THAT IS NOT WHO 
HARRIS IS OR JOE 
BIDEN. 
THAT'S ALL 
THEY'VE GOT. 
MEANWHILE, THIS 
COUNTRY IS 
STRUGGLING. 
WE'VE LOST OVER 
160,000 PEOPLE 
BECAUSE OF 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
INCOMPETENCE. 
HE
IT'S HORRIFIC. 
THEY WILL GO IN 
THAT DIRECTION 
BUT KAMALA WILL 
BE GREAT AND I 
DON'T THINK IT'S 
GOING TO WORK. 
>> WELL, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
OF COURSE SHE IS 
A U.S. SENATOR 
BUT HER CAMPAIGN 
RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
SHE HAD A 
FANFARE AT THE 
OPENING START 
BUT IT FIZZLED. 
THE CAMPAIGN WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
MISMANAGING FROM 
THE INSIDE AND 
SHE DROPPED OUT 
BEFORE ONE VOTE 
WAS CAST. 
IF THAT'S HOW 
SHE RAN HER 
CAMPAIGN, WHY 
SHOULD PEOPLE 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN HER BEING ON 
THE TICKET. 
>> Reporter: 
LOOK, KAMALA 
HARRIS IS 
TESTED. 
SHE SITS ON THE 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE, 
JUDICIAL 
COMMITTEE, A 
LEADER ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
AND MANY OTHER 
ISSUES THAT ARE 
CRITICAL TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
AND WILL BE A 
TREM MACHINE 
DUST VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
JOE BIDEN DID 
EXTREMELY WELL 
IN A VERY 
CHALLENGING 
FIELD OF 
CANDIDATES, NOT 
JUST HARRIS, BUT 
ELIZABETH 
WARREN, SENATOR 
AMY KLOBUCHAR. 
BUT BIDEN 
EMERGED AND HE 
WILL MAKE A 
PHENOMENAL 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> SORRY TO JUMP 
IN. 
ONE OF THE 
ISSUES FOR HER 
IN THE CAMPAIGN 
WAS THAT SHE WAS 
KIND OF ALL OVER 
THE PLACE ON THE 
MAJOR ISSUES OF 
THE DAY SUCH AS 
HEALTHCARE, 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL, WHETHER 
PRIVATE 
INSURANCE SHOULD 
BE ABOLISHED. 
SHE GAVE SEVERAL 
DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS ON THAT 
OVER THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
THERE WAS A 
FEELING SHE WAS 
FLOATING WITH 
THE WIN. 
HOW DO YOU 
EXPECT HER TO 
TAKE ON THAT 
ISSUE THAT 
CRITICISM. 
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, I 
DON'T THINK 
THAT'S A WELL 
PLACED 
CRITICISM. 
SHE HAS A TRACK 
RECORD. 
SHE HAS A VOTING 
RECORD. 
SHE'S BEEN QUITE 
CLEAR. 
SHE WILL BE ON 
THE TICKET IN 
SUPPORT OF JOE 
BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN LEADS 
THE TEAM AND JOE 
BIDEN'S POLICY 
POSITIONS ARE 
THE ONES WE'RE 
ALL COMMITTED 
TO. 
THAT'S WHERE WE 
NEED TO KEEP THE 
FOCUS. 
I THINK THEIR 
PERSPECTIVES ARE 
HIGHLY 
COMPATIBLE AND 
ANY EFFORT TO 
SUGGEST 
OTHERWISE IS 
MISPLACED. 
>> MADAM 
BOUNDARY IT IS A 
LITTLE AWKWARD 
BUT IT WAS 
WIDELY REPORTED 
THAT YOU WERE ON 
THE SHORT LIST 
AND THE TOP TWO 
THAT HE 
CONSIDERED YOU 
TO BE THE 
RUNNING MATE. 
ARE YOU 
DISAPPOINTED? 
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY 
HERE. 
YOU'RE 
DISAPPOINTED. 
WHEN HE CALLED 
TO GIVE YOU THE 
NEWS DID YOU 
TALK ABOUT 
SERVING IN A 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> LOOK, I'M 
HONORED TO BE IN 
THIS PROCESS. 
I'VE KNOWN JOE 
BIDEN FOR MANY 
YEARS. 
WE'VE WORKED 
VERY CLOSE 
TOGETHER. 
HE'S A WONDERFUL 
MAN. 
I SAID IT FROM 
THE OUTSET. 
I WILL DO 
EVERYTHING I CAN 
TO HELP JOE 
BIDEN BECOME THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND 
SUCCEED IN ANY 
FASHION THAT HE 
WANTS. 
I WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE 
TAKE THIS 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TURN OUR COUNTRY 
AROUND AND 
PROVIDE HOPE FOR 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND 
RESTORE 
INTEGRITY TO 
OSCARS COUNTRY 
WHICH HAS BEEN 
BADLY DAMAGED. 
>> REAL QUICKLY. 
DID YOU TALK 
ABOUT SERVING IN 
A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION? 
>> I WILL LET 
JOE BIDEN ANSWER 
THAT BUT I AM 
PROUD WHATEVER 
WAY HE WANTS. 
>> SUSAN RICE'S 
BOOK "TOUGH 
LOVE" IS OUT ON 
PAPER BACK. 
>>> WHAT DOES 
THE SCIENCE TELL 
US. 
AN NBC SUSPICION 
REPORT. 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE CLASSROOM. 
HURST ON "NBC 
NEWS NOW." 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON. 
>> THERE'S 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
SO THAT'S WHAT I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE. 
>> YOU NEED TO 
GO DEEP INSIDE 
THE STORY. 
>> HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH AND 
WHO'S LYING 
EVERY DAY. 
THAT'S THE STORY 
PEOPLE WANT TO 
KNOW. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
"MORNING JOE" 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>> I'D LIKE TO 
THINK WE LIVE IN 
A POST RACIAL 
AMERICA. 
>> I REACHED OUT 
TO YOU AFTER 
WATCHING THE 
MAYOR OF 
ATLANTA, TRYING 
TO RAISE HER SON 
AND THINK ABOUT 
YOU AND YOUR 
KIDS. 
I REMEMBER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRL. 
IT'S OKAY TO 
FEEL DIFFERENT, 
BUT NOT FEELING 
LESS THAN. 
>> I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING "NBC 
NEWS NOW." 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD, 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN 
WEEKDAYS. 
>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO BORDER. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE. 
OUR GLOBAL FIGHT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE 
PEOPLE SAID IF 
THEY DON'T WORK, 
THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO FEED 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> LEARNING FROM 
WHERE IT'S BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO YOU CAN 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS COMING 
BACK TO NORMAL. 
IT DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
BELONGS TO THE 
BRAVE. 
A GREAT PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN MOVED 
TO DEFEND A 
GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
ORDERED? 
>> I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
SIX FEET APART 
FOR THE MOST 
PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL? 
>>> THIS NEW 
STUDY FROM 
STANFORD POTS TO 
A DANGEROUS 
CONVERGENCE, 
YOUNG ADULTS AND 
ADOLESCENTS WHO 
VAPE ARE AT A 
MUCH HIGHER 
CHANCE OF 
GETTING COVID-19 
F THEY VAPE AND 
USED CIGARETTES 
IN THE LAST 30 
DAYS, THAT 
NUMBER SPIKES 
HIGHER. 
THIS PEER REVIEW 
STUDY BASED ON 
AN ANONYMOUS 
STUDY OF MORE 
THAN 4,300 
ADOLESCENTS AND 
YOUNG ADULTS 
EVEN SHOCKED THE 
RESEARCHERS. 
>> MUCH HIGHER 
THAN WE THOUGHT. 
>> THE SENIOR 
AUTHOR OF THE 
STUDY. 
>> IF YOU USE A 
CIGARETTE YOU'RE 
TWICE AS LIKELY 
TO GET 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> AND IF YOU 
VAPE AND SMOKE, 
YOU'RE SEVEN 
TIMES MORE 
LIKELY. 
>> WERE YOU 
AWARE WHAT WAS 
GOING ON? 
>> NO. 
>> IT NEVER 
OCCURRED TO HIM 
THAT HIS 14-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER 
SOPHIA HAD A 
HABIT. 
SOPHIA SAID 
VAPING IS VERY 
POPULAR AT HER 
SCHOOL. 
>> PEOPLE TRIED 
IT. 
I WOULD SAY 80% 
OF MY GRADE. 
I WAS JUST GOING 
TO HIGH SCHOOL 
AND EVERYONE 
KIND OF WAS 
DOING IT. 
I WANT TO BE 
COOL. 
>> HOW DID THIS 
MAKE YOU FEEL? 
KIND OF 
REBELLIOUS. 
IT WAS A HEAD 
RUSH. 
>> SOPHIA 
THOUGHT IT WAS 
NO BIG DEAL. 
>> DID YOU KNOW 
THAT YOU WERE 
SLOWLY BECOMING 
ADDICTED TO IT? 
>> NOT UNTIL I 
TRIED TO QUIT 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME. 
I STARTED 
SHAKING, GOT 
JITTERY, GOT 
SICK. 
THAT'S WHEN I 
SAID I'M REALLY 
ADDICTED TO THIS 
SUBSTANCE. 
>> SHE SAID 
SHE'S IN LONGER 
VAPING. 
>> I SNOWBOARD, 
I SWIM A LOT, 
SKATEBOARD. 
>> 20-YEAR-OLD 
COLLIN SAID HE 
DOESN'T KNOW IF 
VAPING CAUSED 
HIM TO GET COVID-
19 BUT HE SAID 
IT HAS CERTAINLY 
MADE THIS WORSE. 
>> YOU CAN 
ATTRIBUTE THE 
RATE IN WHICH MY 
SICKNESS GOT 
WORSE AND THE 
PNEUMONIA, YOU 
CAN ATTRIBUTE 
THAT TO THE 
SMOKING AND 
VAPING. 
>> ONE OF THE 
FIRST PEOPLE IN 
IDAHO TO GET 
COVID-19. 
RUSHED TO THE 
HOSPITAL TO THE 
ICU, HE WAS 
THERE FOR 17 
DAYS. 
>> THIS WAS VERY 
REAL. 
>> COLLIN WORKS 
AT A SKI RESHORT 
IN SUN VALLEY 
AND SAID HE WAS 
SERIOUSLY 
ADICTD. 
>> I WAS VAPING 
THE SECOND I 
WOULD WAKE UP TO 
THE SECOND I 
WOULD GO TO BED. 
>> THE NEW STUDY 
DOES NOT LANES 
WHY YOUNG PEOPLE 
ARE MORE LIKELY 
TO GET 
CORONAVIRUS BUT 
RESEARCHERS HAVE 
A THEORY. 
THE HIGH 
INFECTION RATE 
MAY HAVE 
SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH HOW KIDS 
USE E-
CIGARETTES. 
>> WE KNOW 
ADOLESCENTS IN 
YOUNG ADULTS 
SHARE IT AND 
HAND TO MOUTH 
ACTION CAN 
INCREASE THE 
RISK. 
>> THEY ALSO 
THINK THE 
AEROSOL EMITTED 
FROM THE 
CIGARETTES MAY 
CONTAIN DROPLETS 
CONTAINING 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WE SPOKE TO 
SOPHIE YAP AND 
HER FATHER. 
>> WOW, I WOULD 
HAVE NEVER 
GUESSED THAT TO 
BE THE CASE. 
>> A SHOCKING 
NUMBER. 
>> THIS MAKES ME 
CONCERNED. 
>> COLLIN SAID 
HE HOPES HIS 
PEERS CAN FIND 
THE STRENGTH TO 
QUIT. 
>> TAKE IT 
SERIOUSLY 
BECAUSE IT'S NO 
JOKE. 
>> CYNTHIA, 
THOSE NUMBERS 
ARE SO ALARMING. 
WHAT IS THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DOING 
TO ADDRESS IT. 
>> THERE'S BEEN 
AN EFFORT TO 
FORCE THEM TO 
BAN ALL E-
CIGARETTE 
PRODUCTS UNTIL 
THE PANDEMIC IS 
OVER. 
THEY'RE KEEPING 
A CLOSE WATCH ON 
THE MARKET PLACE 
AND WILL HOLD 
COMPANIES 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
THEY SAID THEY 
DID GET THAT 
CONGRESSIONAL 
REQUEST. 
WE'LL STAY IN 
TOUCH FOR THEM 
FOR MORE. 
MEANWHILE, WE 
DID REACH OUT TO 
THE MOST POPULAR 
BRAND, JUUL, BUT 
THEY DECLINED TO 
COMMENT. 
>>> THIS MAY NOT 
BE A COLD ARMS 
RACE BUT RUSSIA 
AND THE U.S. ARE 
CLEARLY IN A 
RACE TO GET A 
VACCINE FOR 
COVID-19. 
RUSSIA CALLS IT 
SPUT NICK V FOR 
VACCINE, A NOT 
SO SUBTLE 
VICTORY TO THE 
SPACE RACE. 
THEY SAID THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND MASS 
DISTRIBUTION 
WILL GAIN IN 
NOVEMBER FOR THE 
RUSSIA 
POPULATION. 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
OWN DAUGHTER HAS 
REPORTEDLY 
RECEIVED THE 
VACCINE BUT 
RUSSIA HAS NOT 
PUBLISHED ANY OF 
ITS SCIENTIFIC 
DATA. 
U.S. EXPERTS 
INCLUDING DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI 
ARE SCEPTICAL. 
>> I HOPE THAT 
THE RUSSIANS 
HAVE 
DEFINITIVELY 
PROVE THAN THE 
VACCINE IS SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE. 
I SERIOUSLY 
DOUBT THEY HAVE 
DONE THAT. 
>> AMERICA'S 
BIOTECH DRUG 
MAKERS. 
>> THERE'S BEEN 
A LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM THAT 
RUSSIA DIDN'T DO 
THEIR DUE 
DILIGENCE. 
>> WE DON'T KNOW 
WHAT IT IS 
THEY'RE TESTING. 
IT'S BASED UP ON 
THEIR WORD AND 
THAT'S NOT THE 
WAY WE REACH 
SCIENTIFIC 
CONCLUSIONS. 
>> MEANWHILE, 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
FOUND ANOTHER 
MAJOR DEAL WITH 
THE DRUG MAKER. 
THIS TIME A 
BILLION DOLLAR 
DEAL WITH 
MODERNA FOR 100 
MILLION DOSES OF 
ITS VACCINE. 
>> WE'RE ON 
TRACK TO RAPIDLY 
PRODUCE 100 
MILLION DOSES AS 
SOON AS THE 
VACCINE IS 
APPROVED AND UP 
TO 500 MILLION 
SHORTLY 
THEREAFTERRER. 
AMONG THE 
LEADING 
CONTENDERS, 
MODERNA, J&J, 
PFIZER AND 
NOVAVAX AND 
MULTIPLE 
VACCINES WILL 
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
>> WE LIKE TO 
TARGET THEM. 
>> WHAT OTHER 
RISKS DOES IT 
CARRY. 
>> THERE'S GREAT 
KERN THAT RUSSIA 
SEEMS TO BE 
RUSHING THROUGH 
THE PROCESS THAT 
THAT WILL 
UNDERMINE 
CONFIDENCE IN 
ALL VACCINES 
WORLDWIDE. 
THE EUROPEANS 
ARE ALL 
INSISTING THAT 
THEY WILL NOT 
COMPROMISE THEIR 
STANDARDS WHEN 
THIS GOES 
THROUGH THE 
ENTIRE PROCESS. 
THE DOCTOR SAID 
HE WAS GIVEN 
PERSONAL 
AINSURANCE THAT 
ASSURANCE THAT 
THE FDA WILL NOT 
COMPROMISE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SIR. 
>> AFTER A LOT 
OF SPECULATION 
IT'S FINALLY 
OFFICIAL. 
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
JOE BIDEN'S 
RUNNING MAY. 
HOW DID SHE GO 
FROM PROSECUTOR 
TO VICE-
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
SHE WAS BORN IN 
OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA TO 
AGO PARENTS. 
HER MOTHER MOVED 
FROM INDIA. 
>> MY MOTHER WAS 
THE TOUGHEST, 
SMARTEST AND 
MOST LOVING 
PERSON I'VE EVER 
KNOWN. 
>> HARRIS 
STUDIED POLISCI. 
HER CAREER 
KICKED OFF IN 
1990 AS A DEPUTY 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY MIKE 
SCHMIDT DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY IN 
ALAMEDA, 
CALIFORNIA EYE 
FELT A STRONG 
OPPORTUNITY. 
>> BY 2004 
HARRIS WON HER 
ELECTION, D.A. 
OF SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
THERE SHE 
CRAFTED A 
PRISONER REENTRY 
SYSTEM. 
>> HARRIS ALSO 
RAISED THE 
CONVICTION RATE. 
>> IT IS A MESS 
TO SAY THAT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS DON'T 
WANT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WE DO WHAT WE 
DON'T WANT IS 
RACIAL 
PROFILING. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS 
EXCESSIVE FORCE. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
WANT IS TO HAVE 
OUR CIVIL 
LIBERTIES, CIVIL 
RIGHTS STRIPPED. 
>> IT'S A 
BELIEVE SHE 
STILL HAS TODAY. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT A MYTH 
THAT BLACK 
PEOPLE DON'T 
WANT PUBLIC 
SAFETY. 
THAT IS NOT TRUE 
AND WHAT WE 
DON'T WANT, WHAT 
WE DON'T WANT IS 
RACIAL PROFILING 
OR CHOKEHOLDS OR 
MASS 
INCARCERATIONS. 
>> HARRIS RAN 
FOR CALIFORNIA'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BEATING HER 
OPPONENT BY LESS 
THAN A 
PERCENTAGE 
POINT. 
SHE WAS THE 
FIRST WOMAN AND 
FIRST BLACK 
AMERICAN TO GET 
THE JOB. 
SHE FOUGHT 
AGAINST MORTGAGE 
FRAUD AND PROP 
8. CRITICS SAID 
SHE COULD HAVE 
SUPPORTED FOR 
LEGALIZED 
MARIJUANA. 
>> HAVE YOU EVER 
SMOKED? 
>> AND I DID 
INHALE. 
>> A BLUNT OR 
JOINT? 
>> IT WAS A 
JOINT. 
>> IN 2014 
HARRIS MARRIED 
AND HAS TWO STEP 
KIDS. 
SHE WON THE RACE 
THE NIGHT TRUMP 
BECAME PRESIDENT-
ELECT. 
SHE IS ONE OF 
THE TWO BLACK 
WOMEN EVER 
ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE. 
>> I COULD NOT 
BE MORE PROUD 
THAN TO 
REPRESENT MY 
BEAUTIFUL STATE. 
>> HARRIS 
FOCUSED ON 
THINGS LIKE BAIL 
REFORM AND 
IMMIGRATION. 
SHE ALSO BECAME 
KNOWN FOR HER 
ABILITY TO GRILL 
WITNESSES. 
>> IS THAT 
POLICY IN 
WRITING 
SOMEWHERE. 
>> I THINK SO. 
>> SO DID YOU 
NOT CONSULT IT. 
>> WE TALKED 
ABOUT IT. 
>> DID YOU ASK 
THAT IT BE SHOWN 
TO YOU. 
>> THE POLICY IS 
BASED ON THE 
PRINCIPLE. 
>> CIRCUMSTANCE 
I'M NOT ASKING 
ABOUT THE 
PRINCIPLE. 
>> I'M UNABLE TO 
ANSWER. 
>> YOU WOULD 
RELY ON THAT 
POLICY. 
DID YOU NOT ASK 
YOUR STAFF TO 
SHOW YOU THE 
POLICY THAT 
WOULD BE THE 
BASIS FOR YOUR 
-- 
>> THE WITNESS 
SHOULD BE 
ALLOWED TO 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>> THEN IN 
JANUARY OF 2019, 
THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
>> I'M RUNNING 
FOR THE PEOPLE, 
BY THE PEOPLE. 
>> HER POLL 
NUMBERS SURGED 
DURING THE FIRST 
DEMOCRATIC 
DEBATE WHEN SHE 
CALLED OUT BIDEN 
FOR OPPOSING 
BUSSING. 
>> THERE WAS A 
LITTLE GIRL IN 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
WAS PART OF THE 
SECOND CLASS TO 
INTEGRATE HER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND SHE WAS 
BUSSED TO SCHOOL 
EVERY DAY AND 
THAT LITTLE GIRL 
WAS ME. 
>> DONATIONS 
POURED IN AFTER 
THAT NIGHT BUT 
THE ENTHUSIASM 
DIDN'T LAST 
FOREVER. 
SHE DROPPED 
AFTER RUNNING 
OUT OF MONEY AND 
DESPITE THOSE 
CONTENTIOUS 
DEBATES HARRIS 
ANDED UP 
ENDORSING BIDEN. 
>> WE NEED A 
LEADER WHO 
REALLY DOES CARE 
ABOUT THE PEOPLE 
AND WHO CAN 
THEREFORE UNIFY 
THE PEOPLE AND I 
BELIEVE JOE CAN 
DO THAT. 
>> BIDEN 
BELIEVES HARRIS 
CAN PAVE THE WAY 
NOT WHITE HOUSE. 
>> I THINK 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WILL DO THIS 
PERFECTLY. 
>> THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE DIFFERENT 
FROM THE EAST 
COAST. 
I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT THAT 
HE PICK SOMEONE 
FROM THE WEST 
COAST. 
>> A BLACK 
WOMAN, AN ASIAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN, 
IMPACTED BY 
ISSUES, BY 
SOMEONE WHO GREW 
UP IN THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS. 
I THINK SOMEONE 
WHO CLAN SPEAK 
TO THOSE ISSUES, 
HEARD OUR VOICE, 
SOMEONE YOU CAN 
ENGAGE WITH. 
>> WHEN I LOOK 
AT KAMALA 
HARRIS, I THINK 
IT'S A PERFECT 
CONVENTIONAL 
LOGICAL CHOICE. 
IT WILL SOLIDIFY 
THE BASE.
>> I THINK 
PEOPLE ARE TIRED 
OF WHAT'S 
HAPPENING. 
I THINK PEOPLE 
WILL SHOW UP TO 
THE POLLS THIS 
TIME. 
I HOPE THERE'S 
NOTHING THAT 
STOPS THEM WITH 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
THE LAST VOTING 
DAY IT WAS A 
MESS. 
WE WERE SCARED 
FOR OUR ELDERLY. 
IT WAS A LOT. 
I'M HOPING THIS 
TIME IT WILL BE 
DIFFERENT. 
I HAVE A GOOD 
FEELING ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
HARRIS CAN HELP 
THAT? 
>> YES. 
>> NOW WE HAVE A 
MOMENT FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
YOUNG GIRLS TO 
BE ABLE TO LOOK 
TO HER AND BE 
ABLE TO PUT THAT 
ON THEIR CHECK 
LIST THAT IT'S A 
REALITY NOW. 
I CAN NOW BECOME 
VICE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> I'LL BE 
HONEST WITH YOU. 
KAMALA WASN'T MY 
FIRST OPTION BUT 
THIS MAKES SENSE 
FOR THE COUNTRY. 
FOR ME THIS 
MAKES SENSE TO 
BRING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER. 
WE SHOULD HAVE A 
MORE DIVERSE 
LINEUP OF 
POLITICIANS. 
WE'RE NOT ALL 
WHITE MEN AND 
THE REALITY IS 
THE CURRENT 
PRESIDENT HAS 
DONE A TERRIBLE 
JOB OF RUNNING 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> IT'S 
IMPORTANT THAT 
WE KNOW HOW 
SUPPORTIVE BLACK 
WOMEN HAVE, THE 
ROLE THIS BLACK 
WOMEN PLAY. 
,
>>> LET'S GET TO 
JOE FRYER, THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM NBC 
NEWS.COM. 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE STARTING 
WITH THE NEWS 
EVERYONE IS 
TALKING ABOUT, 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S RUNNING 
MATE. 
THE TWO ARE 
MAKING THEIR 
FIRST APPEARANCE 
TOGETHER IN 
DELAWARE THIS 
HOUR, WE WILL 
CHECK IN WITH 
OUR REPORTERS ON 
THE GROUND SOON. 
TO GEORGIA, A 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IS STRUGGLING 
WITH A RISE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES, 8 DAYS 
AFTER RE-
OPENING. 
MORE THAN 1100 
STUDENTS FROM 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
SCHOOLS HAVE 
BEEN TOLD TO 
QUARANTINE AS 
THE DISTRICT 
GRAPPLES WITH 
DOZENS OF NEW 
CASES AND THEY 
CLOSED A HIGH 
SCHOOL AND 
ENCOURAGED 
EVERYONE TO WEAR 
A MASK. 
MASKS ARE NOT 
REQUIRED IN THIS 
PARTICULAR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
IN NEW JERSEY 
PHIL MURPHY 
ANNOUNCED 
SCHOOLS DON'T 
NEED TO OF IN 
PERSON LEARNING 
AS LONG AS THEY 
CAN EXPLAIN WHY 
THEY ARE UNABLE 
TO DO SO. 
SOME DISTRICTS 
SHOULD OFFER 
INPERSON CLASSES 
BUT THEY GAVE 
THEM THE OPTION 
TO START 
VIRTUALLY. 
HE WARNED 
FAMILIES TO KEEP 
EXPECTATIONS IN 
CHECK. 
>> LET'S BEGIN 
BY REITERATING A 
SIMPLE TRUTH, 
THIS WILL NOT BE 
A SIMPLE SCHOOL 
YEARING THERE IS 
NO ONE SIZE FITS 
ALL PLAN 
REPUBLICAN NEW 
ZEALAND RECEIVED 
WORLDWIDE 
PRAISE. 
NOW THE LARGEST 
CITY IS SHUTTING 
DOWN AGAIN AFTER 
FOUR MEMBERS OF 
A FAMILY TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
OFFICIALS ARE 
SEARCHING FOR 
THE SOURCE OF 
THE OUTBREAK, 
THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS 
ASKING EVERYONE 
TO TAKE 
PRECAUTIONS. 
>> THINK OF IT 
AS A DUTY TO ONE 
ANOTHER. 
IT'S A PROVEN 
LINE OF DEFENSE 
TO PROTECTING 
YOUR OWN HEALTH. 
A SIGN YOU CARE 
ABOUT YOUR 
COMMUNITY AND 
OUR TEAM OF 5 
MILLION. 
>> Reporter: IT 
LACKS LIKE 
UBER'S DAYS 
MIGHT BE 
NUMBERED 
TEMPORARILY IN 
CALIFORNIA. 
THE COMPANY'S 
CEO SAID THE 
SERVICE COULD 
SHUTDOWN IN ITS 
HOME STATE FOR 
SEVERAL MONTHS. 
THIS IS BECAUSE 
A CALIFORNIA 
JUDGE RULED UBER 
MUST RECLASSIFY 
DRIVERS AS FULL-
TIME EMPLOYEES. 
THE COMPANY  
THE COMPANY  ,
S TO APPEAL THAT 
DECISION BUT IF 
THE COURTS SHUT 
THAT DOWN, 
UBER'S CEO SAYS 
THEY WILL HAVE 
TO TRANSITION TO 
A FULL-TIME 
BUSINESS MODEL 
WITH QUOTE MUCH 
HIGHER PRICES. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
GOT FOR YOU NOW 
ALLISON, WE WILL 
BE BACK SOON. 
>>> JOE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
SEE YOU IN ABOUT 
AN HOUR. 
>>> JOE BIDEN 
AND KAMALA 
HARRIS MAKING 
CAMPAIGN DEBUT 
IN UNDER AN 
HOUR. 
APPEARING FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
AS THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET IN 
WILMINGTON 
DELAWARE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
BIGGEST QUESTION 
I HAVE GOING 
INTO THIS EVENT 
IS WHAT IT IS 
GOING TO LOOK 
LIKE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
HALL MACKS OF 
THE PANDEMIC ALL 
OVER THIS 
PROCESS AND THE 
QUOTE UNQUOTE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
I'M WONDERING 
WHAT THIS EVENT 
IS GOING TO LOOK 
LIKE IN TERMS OF 
WILL THERE BE 
MASKS, WILL THEY 
STAND CLOSE TO 
EACH OTHER AND 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THE CONTENT HERE 
IS THIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
INTRODUCE THE 
COUNTRY TO 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
FOR THOSE OF US 
TUNED IN DURING 
THE PRIMARY, WE 
KNOW WHO SHE IS. 
FOR VOTERS, SHE 
A HOUSEHOLD 
NAME. 
FOR THE REST OF 
AMERICANS WHO 
MAYBE TUNING 
INTO THE 
ELECTIONS NOW IS 
THE TIME FOR JOE 
BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN 
TO ROLL OUT WHO 
KAMALA HARRIS 
IS, ESPECIALLY 
AS HIS RUNNING 
MATE. 
>> WE ARE 
HEADING TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
ATTENDING AN 
EVENT FOCUSED ON 
SAFELY RE-
OPENING SCHOOLS. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
I WANT TO THANK 
ALL OF THE 
EDUCATORS AND 
LEADERS WHO ARE 
HERE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP MADE IT 
CLEAR FROM THE 
TIME WE MADE OUR 
WAY THROUGH THE 
DIFFICULT DAYS 
OF 45 DAYS TO 
SLOW THE SPREAD, 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID WE WANT TO 
WORK WITH STATES 
TO OPEN UP 
AMERICA AGAIN. 
OPEN UP AMERICA, 
WE HAVE TO OPEN 
UP AMERICA'S 
SCHOOLS AND 
PRESIDENT'S 
DIRECTIONS WE 
PROVIDED 
BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS ALREADY 
TO STATES TO 
BEGIN TO OPEN 
SCHOOLS AND 
SECRETARY DEVOS 
AND I, AS YOU 
KNOW MR. 
PRESIDENT, 
TRAVELED AND THE 
COUNTRY TO NORTH 
CAROLINA AND 
INDIANA AND 
LOUISIANA AND WE 
ARE WORKING 
LITERALLY DAY IN 
AND DAY OUT, 
WITH GOVERNORS 
AND STATE 
EDUCATION 
LEADERS TO FIND 
A WAY WE CAN 
SAFELY RE-OPEN 
OUR SCHOOLS. 
OUR COMMITMENT 
IS TO MAKE 
SHOWER THAT OUR 
STATES AND OUR 
SCHOOLS HAVE THE 
BEST GUIDANCE, 
WE WILL TALK A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
THAT TODAY, CDC 
ISSUED NEW GUIDE 
POSTS, MR. 
PRESIDENT, NOT 
LONG AGO. 
THE FIRST 
DOCUMENT THEY 
ISSUED WAS THE 
CDC'S POSITION 
SIT IS BEST FOR 
OUR KIDS TO BE 
BACK IN SCHOOL. 
THE CDC 
RECOGNIZED IT'S 
A PUBLIC HEALTH 
PRIORITY TO HAVE 
OUR KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL AND IN 
PERSON LEARNING. 
MR. PRESIDENT AS 
YOU MADE CLEAR 
WE ARE GOING TO 
MAKE SURE OUR 
SCHOOLS AND 
STATES HAVE THE 
RESOURCES TO BE 
ABLE TO SAFELY 
RE-OPEN AND WE 
ARE CALLING ON 
CONGRESS TO WORK 
WITH US, TO 
PRONEUATE $105 
BILLION, WE 
BELIEVE THAT WE 
CAN SAFELY RE-
OPEN OUR 
SCHOOLS. 
WE KNOW IT'S 
BEST FOR OUR 
KIDS. 
WE DON'T WANT 
THEM TO FALL 
BEHIND 
ACADEMICALLY, 
ALSO WE DON'T 
WANT OUR KIDS TO 
MISS OUT ON THE 
COUNSELING AND 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
AND THE 
NUTRITION 
PROGRAM 
AVAILABLE AT ALL 
OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
MR. PRESIDENT 
YOU RECOGNIZED 
FROM EARLY ON, 
GETTING OUR KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
IS FIRST A 
PRIORITY FOR 
THEM AND 
IMPORTANT FOR 
WORKING 
FAMILIES, ONLY 
ABOUT 20% OF 
SINGLE PARENTS 
ARE ABLE TO 
TELEWORKING TO 
OPEN UP AMERICA 
AGAIN WE GOT TO 
OPEN UP 
AMERICA'S 
SCHOOLS TO PUT 
AMERICA BACK TO 
WORK. 
WE GET OUR KID 
BACK IN THE 
CLASSROOM. 
MR. PRESIDENT, 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
IT'S GREAT TOO 
BE HERE WITH 
SECRETARY OF 
EDUCATION, KELLY 
ANN AND ALL 
THESE REMARKABLE 
TEACHERS IN 
PARTICULAR. 
I HAVE BEEN 
MARRIED TO A 
SCHOOLTEACHER 
FOR 35 YEARS, 
SHE IS PREPARING 
TO GO BACK TO 
THE CLASSROOM 
THIS FALL. 
YOU ARE WANT TO 
THANK THE 
EDUCATOR WHOSE 
ARE HERE FOR THE 
HARD WORK YOU 
HAVE DONE 
THROUGH THE 
DIFFICULT DAYS 
AND ALL THAT YOU 
ARE DOING. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, THANK 
YOU FOR YOUR 
CONTINUED BOLD 
LEADERSHIP 
THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS AND 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH RESPECT TO 
GETTING KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
IT'S BAN 
PRIVILEGE TO 
TRAVEL WITH THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
TO MEET WITH 
EDUCATORS, 
EDUCATION 
LEADERS, AND 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
PARENTS AND 
STUDENTS TO HEAR 
ABOUT WHAT THEIR 
NEEDS ARE AS 
FALL QUICKLY 
APPROACHES. 
I'M JUST 
THANKFUL TO BE 
HERE WITH THIS 
GROUP TODAY TO 
LISTEN AND LEARN 
FROM YOU ABOUT 
WHAT YOUR NEEDS 
ARE AS WE 
ANTICIPATE 
GETTING BACK TO 
SCHOOL AND 
COMMISSIONER 
CORCORAN, THANK 
YOU FOR YOUR 
BOLD LEADERSHIP 
IN FLORIDA, 
REALLY SETTING 
HIGH 
EXPECTATIONS FOR 
ALL OF THE 
STUDENTS AND 
EDUCATORS THERE. 
WE KNOW THAT FOR 
STUDENTS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES, 
THEY CAN'T BE 
HELD CAPTIVE TO 
OTHER PEOPLE'S 
FEARS OR 
AGENDAS. 
WE HAVE GOT OH 
TO ENSURE THAT 
FAMILIES AND 
PARENTS HAVE 
OPTIONS THAT ARE 
GOING TO WORK 
FOR THEIR CHILD 
AND CHILDREN'S 
EDUCATION AND 
SO, I LOOK 
FORWARD TO THIS 
CONVERSATION AS 
TO HOW WE CAN 
ENSURE WE DO NOT 
HAVE A ONE SIZE 
FITS ALL 
APPROACH BUT WE 
DO ENSURE EVERY 
CHILD HAS A 
CHANCE TO GO ON 
LEARNING FULL-
TIME THIS FALL. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
MR. PRESIDENT, 
MR. VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
SECRETARY DEVOS, 
WE ARE HERE TO 
HEAR EACH OF YOU 
TODAY. 
I WANTED TO 
POINT OUT THERE 
IS A FAIRLY 
RECENT KEIZER 
FAMILY HEALTH 
TRACKER POLL 
THAT SHOWS OVER 
65% OF AMERICANS 
PARENTS ARE 
CONCERNED THEIR 
CHILDREN WILL 
FALL BEHIND 
ACADEMICALLY AND 
SOCIALLY IF THEY 
DON'T GET BACK 
TO SCHOOL. 
WE RECOGNIZE 
THAT MR. SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS HAVE 
MADE A DECISION 
TO GO HYBRID OR 
FULL TIME 
VIRTUAL 
LEARNING. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
GOAL IS HOW DO 
WE RE-OPEN 
SAFELY, SOON BUT 
HOW DO WE RE-
OPEN SAFELY. 
WE RECOGNIZE A 
NUMBER OF 
TEACHERS, 10% OR 
SO OVER THE AGE 
OF 60 IN MOST 
SCHOOLS ARE 
CONCERNED. 
WE HAVE GIVEN 
RESOURCES AND 
GUIDANCE THAT 
ALLOWS EACH OF 
THE DISTRICTS TO 
MAKE DECISIONS 
TO MODIFY THE 
WORK SCHEDULES 
OF THE TEACHERS 
AND OTHER 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
STAFF THAT MAYBE 
AFFECTED. 
OVERALL, WE KNOW 
THE RISK IS LOW 
FOR KIDS IN 
CONTRACTING AND 
BEING 
HOSPITALIZED AND 
THE WORST 
POSSIBLE 
OUTCOME, DYING 
FROM COVID-19. 
THE RISK IS VERY 
HIGH IF THEY ARE 
LOCKED DOWN 
INDEFINITELY. 
100% OF OUR 75 
MILLION STUDENTS 
K-COLLEGE, LEFT 
THEIR PLACES OF 
LEARNING, LEFT 
THE STRUCTURES 
BETWEEN FIRST 
AND THIRD WEEKS 
OF MARCH OF THIS 
YEAR. 
WE SEE THAT ALL 
SITUATIONS WERE 
NOT CREATED 
EQUALLY. 
LACK OF DIGITAL 
ASSETS WAS 
OBVIOUS FOR MANY 
STUDENTS, LACK 
OF NUTRITION, 
THE LACK OF 
SOCIAL AND 
EMOTIONAL MENTAL 
WELL BEING AND 
DEVELOPMENT, 
ALSO WE HEARD 
FROM MANY SCHOOL 
ADMINISTRATORS 
AND TEACHERS 
THEY ARE 
CONCERNED 
BECAUSE ONE OUT 
OF FIVE CHILD 
ABUSE CASES ARE 
DETECTED IN 
SCHOOLS. 
WE HAVE TO ALSO 
THINK ABOUT ALL 
THAT WE DON'T 
KNOW AND ALL 
THAT IS BEING 
LOST FOR THESE 
CHILDREN BY 
KEEPING THEM 
LOCKED DOWN 
INDEFINITELY. 
IN THE INTEREST 
OF OPENING SOON 
AND SAFELY, FOR 
THIS ENTIRE 
COUNTRY MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
WE WOULD LAKE TO 
START WITH ELISA 
FROM WISCONSIN, 
A MOTHER AND 
SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNER AND HER 
SON IS ENTERING 
A PUBLIC 
DISTRICT SCHOOL 
IN THE 9th 
GRADE, FRESHMAN 
YEAR. 
IF YOU CAN TELL 
US A COUPLE OF 
THINGS, WHAT 
WERE THE 
ADVANTAGES OR 
DISADVANTAGESES 
OF BEING A 
BILINGUAL 
STUDENT. 
YOU DISTRICT HAS 
NOT ANNOUNCED A 
RE-OPENING PLAN 
AND WE ARE IN 
MID AUGUST. 
>> CORRECT. 
WE AS PARENTS WE 
HAD TO TAKE A 
SURVEY GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
OR GOING 
VIRTUAL. 
AT THE MOMENT, 
LIKE YOU 
MENTIONED, WE DO 
NOT HAVE AN 
ANSWER YET. 
HOPEFULLY WE DO 
AND HOPING WE DO 
GO BACK BECAUSE 
ALL THE DETAILS 
THAT YOU JUST 
MENTIONED ARE 
VERY CRITICAL 
AND IMPORTANT 
AND I AM 100% 
WHAT YOU GUYS 
ARE SAYING AT 
THE MOMENT. 
IT WAS KIND OF 
DIFFICULT FOR 
HIM BECAUSE IT 
IS HARD BEING 
BILINGUAL AND 
HAVING TO LEARN 
TWO DIFFERENT 
LANGUAGES. 
WITH THE HELP OF 
TEACHERS AND THE 
COMMUNITY, HE 
STOOD UP AND DID 
A GREAT JOB. 
THAT WAS THE 
ADVANTAGE THAT 
WHEN HE NEEDED 
HELP, TEACHERS 
WERE THERE TO 
HELP HIM AND 
FULFILLED 
WHATEVER GAP WAS 
NOT BEING 
COVERED AND SO 
HE DID PRETTY 
WELL AFTER THAT. 
. 
>> WOULD YOU 
LIKE GOING BACK 
IMMEDIATELY? 
RIGHT? 
>> OH, YES, 
100%. 
>> A LOT OF 
PEOPLE AGREE. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
AGREE. 
THANK YOU. 
>> YOU ARE 
WELCOME. 
>> DR. PAUL 
PETERSON IS THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE 
PROGRAM ON 
EDUCATION POLICY 
AND GOVERNANCE 
AT HARVARD 
UNIVERSITY. 
WE HEARD ABOUT 
RELATIVE 
PROBLEMS 
CHILDREN COULD 
FACE IF THEY ARE 
IN INDEFINITE 
LOCKDOWN. 
>> FOR EVERY 
YEAR YOU SPEND 
IN SCHOOL IN THE 
FUTURE, YOU WILL 
EARN 10% MORE IN 
LIFETIME 
EARNINGS. 
IF WE LOCKDOWN 
SCHOOLS FOR A 
YEAR, WE ASSIGN 
THIS GENERATION 
OF STUDENTS TO A 
10% EARNING LOSS 
IN THE REST OF 
THEIR LIFE. 
THIS IS 
PROFOUND. 
THE COSTS ARE 
VASTLY GREATER 
THAN PEOPLE HAVE 
APPRECIATED. 
TO SAY NOTHING 
ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
BEING TOGETHER 
WITH ONE 
ANOTHER, THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
ELEMENT IN 
SOCIAL GROWTH IS 
BEING WITH YOUR 
PEERS, WITH YOUR 
OWN FRIENDS AND 
NEIGHBORS AND 
NOT BEING 
ISOLATED IN A 
SETTING WHERE 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
SOCIAL 
RELATIONSHIPS. 
TO SAY NOTHING 
OF THE MEDICAL 
COSTS OF BEING 
ISOLATED AND NOT 
-- I REMEMBER 
WHEN I WAS A 
CHILD I HAD, THE 
TEACHER SAID HE 
CAN'T SEE HE 
NEEDS GLASSES. 
I GOT SOME NEW 
EYES NOW SO I 
CAN SEE. 
YOU ARE TOLD IN 
SCHOOL WHAT THE 
PROBLEMS ARE, 
THEN YOU CAN GET 
THOSE PROBLEMS 
SOLVED. 
ALL THOSE THINGS 
ARE OUT THE DOOR 
IF YOU ARE NOT 
IN SCHOOL. 
>> SITTING IN 
ISOLATION WITH A 
COMPUTER, 
LOOKING AT A 
LAPTOP IS NOT 
THE SAME AS 
BEING OUT THERE 
IN THE REAL 
WORLD? 
>> AT ONE TIME, 
MR. PRESIDENT, I 
THOUGHT DIGITAL 
LEARNING WAS THE 
FUTURE BUT WE 
HAVE LEARNED 
THROUGH THIS 
COVID CRISIS 
THAT WE HAVEN'T 
GOT DIGITAL 
LEARNING TO THE 
POINT WHERE YOU 
CAN REALLY 
ENGAGE YOUNG 
PEOPLE. 
THEY HAVE TO BE 
IN THE CLASSROOM 
WITH THEIR 
PEERS. 
>> IF YOU ARE A 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES 
SITTING IN A 
BASE mm AND 
LOOKING AT A 
COMPUTER, THAT'S 
NOT A GOOD 
THING? 
SOUND LIKE IT 
WOULD BE -- I 
WON'T PUT YOU ON 
THE SPOT.   
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
A LOT OF TRUTH 
TO THAT. 
>> 
HYPOTHETICALLY 
SPEAKING. 
I DON'T KNOW A 
SINGLE PAPER WHO 
THINK THEIR KID 
NEEDS MORE 
SCREEN TIME TO 
YOUR POINT DR. 
PETERSON. 
LYNN FROM 
ARKANSAS. 
YOU HAVE BEEN A 
SPECIAL 
EDUCATION 
TEACHER, YOU ARE 
ENTERING YOUR 
19th YEAR AND 
CONSIDERED HIGHER
RISK BECAUSE YOU 
HAVE ASTHMA -- 
>> HE KNOWS HOW 
MUCH I LOVE MY 
SPECIAL 
EDUCATION 
STUDENTS, HOW 
MUCH THEY NEED 
THOSE SPECIAL 
RESOURCES LIKE 
YOUR SPEECH, MY 
OTHER COLLEAGUES 
PROVIDE. 
THE INSTRUCTION 
WAS EXTREMELY 
DIFFICULT FOR MY 
STUDENTS A LOT 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
VISITING 
MEETINGS, IT'S 
JUST DIFFERENT. 
WHAT I WAS GOING 
TO SAY, I TYPEED 
THE PROTOCOLS 
FROM THE PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS AND 
COMFORTABLE WITH 
THEM. 
THEY HAVE GONE 
BEYOND THE CALL 
OF DUTY. 
I GAVE THAT TO 
MY ALLERGIST AND 
EMAILED IT TO MY 
SON, BOTH GAVE 
ME WITH 
PRECAUTION THE 
ABILITY TO GO 
BACK. 
I WANT TO BE 
THERE AND HELP 
THEM NAVIGATE 
THROUGH THIS AND 
MAKE THEM 
COMFORTABLE TO 
COME BACK 
SAFELY.  
. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
>> DR. MELONIE 
Mc GRAW FROM 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
SHE IS A MOTHER 
OF THREE HOME 
WITH THE KIDS 
HELPING THEM 
NAVIGATE THE 
ONLINE LEARNING. 
THROUGH YOUR 
MEDICAL 
EXPERIENCE, HOW 
CAN WE LEARN TO 
SAFELY AND 
QUICKLY RETURN 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> SURE. 
MY CHILDREN I 
WOULD SAY DID 
NOT HAVE A GREAT 
EXPERIENCE IN 
THE SPRING, 
PARTICULARLY MY 
YOUNGEST IN 
FIRST GRADE AT 
THE TIME. 
THE ONLINE 
LEARNING FOR THE 
YOUNG ONES 
DOESN'T WORK. 
MY SCHOOL IS A 
PRIVATE 
INDEPENDENT 
SCHOOL 
RECOGNIZED THAT. 
WHEN THEY GO 
BACK THEY ARE 
SENDING THE 
LITTLE ONES BACK 
EVERYDAY WHICH I 
THINK IS GREAT. 
THE MIDDLE AND 
UPPER SCHOOL 
WILL BE BACK IN 
A HYBRID WAY 
EVERY OTHER DAY 
AND INCORPORATED 
CHOICE. 
IF PARENTS ARE 
NOT COMFORTABLE, 
THEY ARE AIL TO 
DO A FULL ONLINE 
EXPERIENCE. 
WE ARE GOING 
BACK AS MUCH AS 
THEY WILL LET 
US. 
IN TERMS OF A 
BEING A 
PEDIATRICIAN. 
THE SCIENCE IS 
SO CLEAR, THE 
RISK OF DEATH OR 
HOSPITALIZATION 
FOR CHILDREN 
WITH THIS VIRUS 
IS SO, SO LOW WE 
KNOW THE RISK OF 
MISSING SCHOOL 
ARE 
CATASTROPHIC. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW THEY ARE 
YET. 
MR. PRESIDENT, 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR LEADERSHIP 
ON TRYING TO GET 
STUDENTS BACK IN 
SCHOOL SAFELY. 
IT'S SO 
APPRECIATED. 
>> THE CONCEPT 
OFTEN EVERY 
OTHER DAY SEEM 
AS LITTLE 
RIDICULOUS, IF 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
DO IT, YOU DO 
IT. 
THE CONCEPT OF 
GOING BACK FROM 
A MANAGEMENT 
STAND POINT FROM 
THE SCHOOLING 
EVERY OTHER DAY 
SEEMS VERY 
STRANGE. 
>> I THINK THE 
IDEA IS THEY ARE 
GOING TO TAKE 
THE HALF THE 
STUDENT BODY ON 
A DAYS AND HALF 
ON B DAYS SO 
THEY CAN 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE TO THE 
FACILITY DOING 
IT THAT WAY. 
IF YOU ARE AT 
HOME YOU WILL BE 
WATCHING IT ON 
TECHNOLOGY. 
>> OKAY, YOU 
WOULD RATHER SEE 
THEM GO BACK, 
PERIOD. 
>> I WOULD. 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> GREAT JOB. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>> IT'S SOUND 
LIKE YOUR 
CHILDREN ARE 
BACK IN SCHOOL. 
FOLLOWING A 
DECISION THAT 
YOU AND OTHER 
PARENTS HAD TO 
MAKE WITH 
RESPECT TO 
WHETHER TO KEEP 
THEM AT HOME AND 
LEN VIRTUALLY, 
YOU CHOSE TO 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
WHY, HOW IS IT 
GOING SO FAR? 
>> THE WHY IS 
EASY. 
I'M A HIS TANNIC 
BUSINESS OWNER. 
I NEED MY KIDS 
IN SCHOOL TO RUN 
THE BUSINESS. 
I KNOW A LOT OF 
FAMILIES, IT'S A 
STRUGGLE IF YOU 
ARE WORKING YOUR 
BUSINESS AND 
BEING TEACHER AT 
THE SAME TIME IS 
NOT EASY. 
WE MADE THAT 
DECISION AND I 
WANT TO THANK 
THE LEADERSHIP 
OF GOVERNOR BILL 
LEE WHO 
EMPHASIZED TO 
THE SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS TO 
OFFER THE 
OPTIONS OF IN 
PERSON LEARNING 
AND VIRTUAL SO 
PARENTS WOULD 
HAVE THE FREEDOM 
TO CHOOSE WHICH 
EDUCATION ROUTE 
WOULD BE BEST 
FOR THEIR CHILD. 
THE PARENTS IN 
MY AREA AND AT 
OUR SCHOOL 
DECIDED TO SEND 
OUR KIDS BACK, 
OUR KIDS ARE 
EXCITED, THERE 
IS SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND A 
LOT OF PROTOCOLS 
IN PLACINGS 
THEIR 
TEMPERATURES ARE 
TAKEN EVERY 
MORNING. 
MY SON AND 
DAUGHTER, THEY 
UNDERSTAND THE 
SERIOUSNESS OF 
THE VIRUS FOR 
THOSE AT RISK. 
THEY ARE KEEP AN 
EYE OUT FOR 
THOSE WHO ARE AT 
RISK SO WE CAN 
LOOK AFTER THEM. 
WE HAVE A GROUP 
CHAT WITH THE 
PARENTS AND 
COMMUNICATING 
ALL THE TIME IF 
THERE ARE ANY 
SYMPTOMS SO WE 
KNOW, IF 
SOMETHING IS 
HAPPENING OR 
NOT, WHETHER WE 
SUBPOENAED OUR 
KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL THAT THEY 
ARE NOT -- 
BECAUSE THE 
VIRTUAL CLASS IS 
HAPPENING A THE 
SAME TIME, OUR 
KIDS WILL NEVER 
FALL BEHIND. 
>> THAT'S GREAT. 
THANK YOU. 
WELL SAID. 
>> YOU ARE A 
KINDERGARTEN 
TEACHER AT A 
PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
YOU HAD A 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
PERSON SUMMER 
SCHOOL 
EXPERIENCE WHICH 
MAYBE SURPRISING 
TO SOME PEOPLE 
THAT WAS 
HAPPENING  THIS 
SUMMER. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
FROM LUBBOCK, 
TEXAS AND HOW 
DOES THAT 
PORTEND FOR A 
SUCCESSFUL IN-
PERSON FALL. 
>> I TEACH AT 
RAMIEREZ 
ELEMENTARY. 
WE HAD A 
SUCCESSFUL 
SUMMER SCHOOL, 
THERE WERE NO 
OUTBREAKS, IT 
WAS IN PERSON. 
THERE WERE 
PRECAUTIONS WITH 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, SIX 
FEET APART AND 
CHILDREN HAD TO 
WEAR MASKS, 10 
AND OLDER, 
TEMPERATURES 
TAKEN FOR THE 
STAFF AND THE 
STUDENTS. 
THIS YEAR OUR 
PARENTS HAD THE 
CHOICE WHETHER 
TO DO VIRTUAL OR 
IN PERSON. 
SO FAR WE HAVE 
70% WANTING TO 
BE IN CLASS. 
WE ARE READY TO 
GO AND WE START 
MONDAY. 
>> VERY 
EXCITING. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
ALL OF YOUR 
LEADERSHIP WITH 
THIS. 
>> YOU HEARD 
FROM OUR LAST 
SPEAKERS, 
SOMETHING YOU 
MADE HAPPEN IN 
SIGNING THE 
CARES ACT, $13 
BILLION WORTH OF 
FUNDING, I WAS 
BRIEFED BY HHS 
THIS MORNING, 
THEY CAN USE 
THAT WITH THE 
TESTING, OR 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECK. 
WE IMPLORER THE 
STATES AND 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF THE 
MONEY THAT YOU 
AND OTHERS 
SECURED IN A 
BIPARTISAN 
FASHION. 
>> WHAT I WOULD 
LIKE TO DO IS 
SEE THE MONEY 
FOLLOW THE 
STUDENT. 
IF THE SCHOOL IS 
GOING TO BE 
CLOSED AND 
GIVING THE MONEY 
ON A FEDERAL 
BASIS TO A 
SCHOOL AND IF A 
STUDENT IS GOING 
TO GO TO A 
DIFFERENT SCHOOL 
AT THE CHOICE OF 
THE PARENT, 
WHERE YOU WANT 
TO GO, WHAT 
SCHOOL YOU WANT 
TO BRING THE 
STUDENT TO, I 
THINK THE MONEY 
SHOULD FOLLOW 
THE STUDENT AND 
THAT'S SOMETHING 
WE WANT TO DO. 
WE ARE HAVING A 
HARD TIME WITH 
THE DEMOCRATS. 
THEY WANT THE 
MONEY TO FOLLOW 
THE UNION. 
GIVE TO IT THE 
UNION. 
THE FACT IS, 
GIVE IT TO DUES 
, THE UNION 
PEOPLE ARE 
FANTASTIC PEOPLE 
IN THERE BUT THE 
PEOPLE THAT RUN 
THE UNION, IT'S 
DISGRACEFUL AND 
THE DUES, THEY 
CHARGE THE 
TEACHERS. 
I WOULD LIKE 
ANYWAY, I WOULD 
LAKE THE MONEY 
TO FOLLOW THE 
STUDENT. 
THIS WAY YOU CAN 
MAKE YOUR OWN 
CHOICE. 
IF THE SCHOOL IS 
CLOSED. 
WHY ARE WE 
PAYING IF A 
SCHOOL IS 
CLOSED, WHY ARE 
WE PAYING THE 
SCHOOL? 
I WOULD RATHER 
GIVE IT TO THE 
STUDENTS AND THE 
PARENTS AND DO 
YOUR OWN THING. 
TO ME IT MAKE AS 
LOT OF SENSE. 
>> SECRETARY 
DEVOS. 
WOULD ADD TO 
THAT, SENATOR 
TIM SCOTT HAS A 
BILL INTRODUCED 
IN CONGRESS THAT 
WOULD DO JUST 
THAT, EMPOWERING 
PARENTS TO MAKE 
THE CHOICE FOR 
CHILDREN TO FIND 
THE RIGHT 
SETTING AND FIT 
FOR THEM 
DEPENDING ON 
THEIR 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT'S BOLD 
LEADERSHIP, WE 
CAN GET IT DONE, 
CONGRESS CAN DO 
THE RIGHT THING 
ON BEHALF OF THE 
PARENTS AND 
KIDS. 
>> WE WILL LET 
THEM KNOW WE ARE 
IN FAVOR OF 
THAT. 
THE BILL IS 
REALLY GOOD. 
WHY DON'T WE DO 
THAT. 
>> WE WILL, MR. 
PRESIDENT, I 
ASSURE YOU. 
>> YOU HAVE 
ALWAYS BEEN THE 
SCHOOL CHOICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
CANDIDATE. 
AS GOVERNOR OF 
INDIANA, VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE 
EXPANDED 
EDUCATIONAL 
FREEDOM 
OPPORTUNITIES. 
WE AS THE NATION 
CAN 
PHILOSOPHICALLY 
POLITICALLY DO 
FOR MANY ISSUES 
BUT NEVER HEARD 
A COMPELLING 
REASON WHY 
PEOPLE OPPOSE 
THE KIND OF 
SCHOOL CHOICE 
THE TWO OF YOU 
ARE FIGHTING 
FOR. 
SCHOOL CHOICE 
MEANS PARENT 
CHOICE. 
THE IMPORTANCE 
OF PARENT'S 
ABILITY TO 
CHOOSE THE RIGHT 
EDUCATION FOR 
THEIR CHILDREN, 
PARTICULARLY 
WITHIN THE 
SCHOOL AND 
MEDICAL AND 
FINANCIAL 
PANDEMIC. 
WE HAVE, I WANT 
TO READ IT, 
JAMIE, OF 
COLUMBIA, SOUTH 
CAROLINA, A 
READING 
SPECIALIST. 
HER SCHOOL 
DISTRICT PLANNED 
TO PROVIDE FULL 
TIME VIRTUAL 
INSTRUCTION, HE 
BELIEVES HER 
HIGH SCHOOLER 
WILL BE FINE BUT 
HER 
KINDERGARTENER 
HAS DOWN 
SYNDROME AND 
MUST RECEIVE IN 
PERSON 
INSTRUCTION. 
HER HUSBAND, 
CHRIS IS HERE, 
THE CHAIRMAN OF 
THE PRESIDENTS 
COMMITTEE FOR 
PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
WOULD YOU LIKE 
TO TELL US ABOUT 
HOW YOU ARE 
APPROACHING THE 
SCHOOL YEAR? 
>> WHEN SCHOOLS 
CLOSED IN THE 
SPRING OF, 
ROUGHLY, 
ESPECIALLY 
DIFFICULT FOR 
FAMILYS WITH 
SPECIAL NEEDS. 
FOR US IT WAS 
LIKE FALLING OFF 
OF ANKER EARLY 
INTERVENTION 
CLIFF. 
SCHOOLS PROVIDED 
MUCH NEEDED THEY 
WERES AND 
SERVICES TO 
ADDRESS 
DEVELOPMENTAL 
DELAYS. 
THE STRUCTURE 
AND ROUTINE OF 
SCHOOL DAY IS SO 
CRITICAL FOR 
THIS POPULATION 
OF STUDENTS. 
IT CANNOT BE 
REPLICATED IN A 
VIRTUAL PLATFORM 
AND ESPECIALLY 
FOR A 
KINDERGARTENNER 
WITH DOWN 
SYNDROME. 
OUR SCHOOL 
DISTRICT HAS 
ADOPTED VIRTUAL 
ONLY RE-OPENING 
PLAN. 
IT'S BEEN 
DISAPPOINTING 
BECAUSE AS A 
PARENT I WISH, I 
NEED, AND I WISH 
I HAD BEEN GIVEN 
A CHOICE BECAUSE 
I KNOW FOR A 
FACT THIS STYLE 
OF LEARNING WILL 
CAUSE MY SON TO 
REGRESS AND FALL 
BEHIND. 
WE ARE WORKING 
HARD FOR HIM TO 
BE FULLY 
INCLUDED WITH 
HIS PEERS. 
BY HOPE IS THAT 
WE CAN WORK 
TOGETHER TO GET 
THIS PERSON 
LEARNING 
ESPECIALLY OPEN 
FOR THE STUDENTS 
THAT ARE MOST 
VULNERABLE AND 
TO HAVE THAT 
CHOICE FOR 
PARENTS. 
I KNOW MY SON 
BEST AND I KNOW 
WHAT HE NEEDS. 
>> REALLY WELL 
SAID. 
IT'S BEEN A 
BURDEN, A 
TREMENDOUS 
BURDEN, WHAT YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH HAS BEEN 
AN GREAT BURDEN, 
OBVIOUSLY. 
HOW DO THEY 
CHANGE THAT? 
WHAT WOULD YOU 
RECOMMEND? 
>> I THINK 
FAMILIES WITH 
CHILDREN WITH 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
ARE ALREADY 
CARRYING A 
TREMENDOUS 
BURDEN. 
WE ARE 
CONSTANTLY 
INCORPORATING 
DIFFERENT 
THERAPY AND 
THINGS OF THAT 
NATURE. 
IN MY SITUATION 
WE HAVE BEEN 
FORCED TO CHANGE 
AND TO FIND 
ANOTHER SCHOOL 
OPTION FOR OUR 
SON. 
WE ARE FORTUNATE 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
FAMILIES DON'T 
HAVE THAT 
OPTION, SMALLER 
SCHOOLS, PRIVATE 
SCHOOLS, 
PAROCHIAL 
SCHOOLS MAY NOT 
HAVE THE STAFF 
AND STRUCTURE TO 
ACCEPT STUDENTS 
WITH SPECIAL 
NEEDS. 
WE ARE FORTUNATE 
IN THAT 
SITUATION. 
NOW MY FAMILY 
HAS TAKE ON THE 
BURDEN OF NOT 
BUDGETING AND 
PLANNING FOR 
TUITION. 
HAVING THE 
DOLLARS FOLLOW 
THE STUDENT IS 
CRITICAL FOR A 
FAMILY LIKE 
OURS. 
I'M HAVING TO 
PLAN ALL OF HIS 
THERAPIES ON THE 
OUTSIDE. 
WE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT A 
KINDERGARTENER 
GOING TO SCHOOL 
FROM 8:30 TO 
2:00 AND 
OCCUPATIONAL 
THERAPY, 
PHYSICAL AND 
SPEECH THERAPY 
AFTER SCHOOL. 
THAT'S A LONG 
DAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>> FANTASTIC, 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I THINK THE 
CONVERSATION IN 
AMERICA RIGHT 
NOW THE CHILDREN 
WITH SPECIAL 
NEEDS HAVE BEEN 
LEFT OUT. 
MR. PRESIDENT, I 
WANT TO THANK 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
MR. VICE 
PRESIDENT, WHEN 
YOU AND THE 
SECRETARY CAME 
TO COLUMBIA, YOU 
ADDRESSED THAT 
ISSUE, PEOPLE 
WITH 
DISABILITIES ARE 
BEING LEFTOUT. 
WHAT WE HAVE ARE 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
ON THE FRONT 
LINES AND 
EDUCATION, THAT 
ARE SAYING WE 
CAN OPEN THE 
SCHOOLS FOR 
EVERYONE. 
I VISITED TWO 
SCHOOLS THIS 
WEEK IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA THAT 
HAVE CHARTER 
SCHOOLS, 
STUDENTS ARE IN 
CLASS, TEACHERS 
ARE THERE, THEY 
ARE LEARNING AND 
PLAYING WITH 
EACH OTHER. 
IT'S BEEN AN 
GREAT 
EXPERIENCE. 
WE CAN DO THIS 
IN AMERICA AND 
GET AMERICA BACK 
TO SCHOOL AND 
MAKE OUR 
EDUCATION SYSTEM 
GREAT. 
>> THAT'S GREAT. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH, APPRECIATE 
IT. 
>> MR. CORCORAN. 
YOU SPEARHEADED 
AN EMERGENCY 
DECLARATION WITH 
GOVERNOR 
DESANTIS TO MEET 
THE DEMANDS OF 
PARENTS FOR 
INPERSON 
INSTRUCTION, I'M 
STRUCK WHEN THE 
READ THE PARENTS 
SURVEY, PARENTS 
ARE SAYING YES 
WHEN THEY ARE 
ASKED DO YOU 
FEEL SIT IS SAFE 
FOR YOUR SON OR 
DAUGHTER TO 
RETURN TO SCHOOL 
AND OFTEN BIG 
FOOTED BY A 
COUNTY HEALTH 
COMMISSIONER OR 
SCHOOL BOARD. 
HOW ARE YOU 
MEETING THAT 
DEMAND AND KNOW 
THAT PARENTS ARE 
SO IN DEMAND -- 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING? 
>> WE DID AN 
EMERGENCY ORDER 
THAT BASICALLY 
GAVE INCREASED 
FLEXIBILITY AND 
INCREASED CHOICE 
TO PARENTS, 
TEACHERS AND THE 
DISTRICTS. 
THERE IS 
CERTAINTY IN 
FUNDING. 
THE SAME DAY YOU 
SAID OPEN 
SCHOOL, THEY 
SAID WE 
COLLUDED. 
I WISH I 
COLLUDED WITH 
YOU. 
WE OPENED UP, WE 
SAID YOU HAVE TO 
OPEN UP AS AN 
OPTION FIVE DAY 
AS WEEK FOR 
SCHOOL CHILDREN. 
NOW, IN FLORIDA, 
OUR SCHOOLS ARE 
OPENING UP THIS 
WEEK, THROUGHOUT 
AUGUST, WE WILL 
HAVE ALL 67 
DISTRICTS WILL 
OPEN UP. 
WE HAVE NOT 
APPROVED A 
SINGLE PLAN TO 
YOUR POINT AND 
YOUR POINT, EVEN 
IN PHASE ONE 
COUNTIES AND 
SOUTHEAST 
FLORIDA, WE TOLD 
THEM, YOU BETTER 
OPEN UP FOR 
CHILDREN WITH 
UNIQUE ABILITIES 
ON DAY ONE, YOU 
CANNOT DO 
VIRTUAL 
THERAPIES, YOU 
CAN'T DO 
VIRTUAL. 
WE HAD A FORUM 
WITH ANOTHER 
PARENT WITH A 
DOWNS CHILD, HE 
THRIVES WHEN HE 
IS AROUND OTHER 
KIDS. 
WE WILL OPEN UP, 
THE GREAT NEWS, 
WE HAVE 13 
DISTRICTS THAT 
OPEN UP THIS 
WEEK, OF THE 13 
DISTRICTS, THIS 
IS THE AMAZING 
THING WE ARE 
SUED  BY UNION 
BOSS, THEY ARE 
DISGRACEFUL. 
WE HAVE MULTIPLE 
SUITS GOING. 
THE REALITY IS 
OF THE DISTRICTS 
THAT OPENED UP 
THIS WEEK, SIX 
OF THEM HAVE 
ALMOST 100% 
TEACHER 
PARTICIPATION. 
TEACHERS WANT TO 
BE BACK IN THE 
CLASSROOM WITH 
THEIR KIDS, EVEN 
IF THEY HAVE AN 
UNDER LYING 
CONDITION THEY 
WANT TO BE BACK. 
WHEN WE GET TO 
AUGUST 31st, ALL 
THE DISTRICTS 
OPEN UP, WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE 
PROBABLY 70 TO 
80% OF STUDENTS 
IN FACE TO FACE 
OPTIONS AND MORE 
THAN THAT 
PERCENTAGE IN 
TEACHERS IN THE 
CLASSROOM WITH 
THEY STUDENT. 
THERE IS NO 
SUBSTITUTE FOR 
IT. 
WE HAVE THE 
LARGEST VIRTUAL 
SCHOOL IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
SIT A SECOND 
TIER EDUCATION. 
THE BEST 
EDUCATION IS 
WHEN OFF GREAT 
TEACHER, A GREAT 
MENTOR, SOMEONE 
WITH GREAT 
WISDOM, THE 
CHILDREN AND 
PEERS TOGETHER 
GETTING A GREAT 
EDUCATION. 
AN EDUCATION WE 
SAY IS 
EVERYTHING. 
EVERYTHING IS 
FREEDOM AND 
UPLIFTING OF OF 
THE HUMAN SOUL 
TO THE GLORIOUS 
LIGHT OF TRUE. 
TO DENY A CHILD 
THAT KIND OF 
EDUCATION, YOU 
ARE ROBBING THEM 
OF A LIFETIME, 
NOT JUST A 
EARNING BUT WHO 
THEY ARE AS 
HUMAN BEINGS AND 
I STOLE THAT 
FROM FREDERICK 
DOUGLAS. 
I LOVED WHAT THE 
ACADEMY SAID, 
YOU ARE SCARRING 
A GENERATION OF 
CHILDREN FOR 
THEIR FUTURES. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
ARE DOING WHEN 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
THAT OPTION. 
IF YOU ARE A 
PARENTS I HAVE 
SIX CHILDREN, 
TWO IN 
ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL, ONE IN 
MIDDLE, TWO IN 
HIGH SCHOOL, ONE 
IN COLLEGE, ALL 
PUBLIC SCHOOLING 
ALL GOING BACK 
TO SCHOOL. 
I RESPECT AND 
WANTED TO HONOR 
THE DECISION OF 
MAY WANT WHO 
SAYS YOU ARE 
DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
THE EVIDENCE IS 
OVERWHELMING. 
WE HAVE SEEN IT. 
YOU HAVE THAT 
RIGHT. 
IF YOU WANT TO 
DO DISTANCED 
LEARNING WE ARE 
GOING TO DO IT 
THE BEST 
POSSIBLE WAY. 
TO THE OTHER 70, 
80% WE HAVE THE 
RIGHT, TOOS TO 
GO BACK AND HAVE 
OUR KIDS GET THE 
WORLD CLASS 
EDUCATION. 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING, ONE 
THING WE LEARNED 
DURING THIS 
EPISODE OF CHINA 
PLAGUE, VIRTUAL 
NOT AS GOOD AS 
BEING THERE. 
VIRTUAL NOT THE 
SAME THING. 
FOR A LONG TIME 
WE HAVE BEEN 
HEARING HOW 
GREAT IT WOULD 
BE. 
WE HAD THE 
ULTIMATE SAMPLE. 
IT'S NOT AS 
GOOD. 
WE LEARNED 
TELEHEALTH IS 
VERY GOOD. 
TELEHEALTH IS UP 
3500%. 
PEOPLE CAN THEY 
IN THEIR HOMES, 
APARTMENTS, 
WHETHER THEY ARE 
AND CANNOT HAVE 
TO GO TO 
HOSPITALS AND 
DOCTORS AND 
EVERYTHING ELSE. 
THAT'S BEEN AN 
INCREDIBLE 
SUCCESS. 
WHO WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT THAT'S 
BECOME 
TREMENDOUS AND 
HAS BEEN GOOD 
BUT THE VIRTUAL 
LEARNING IS NOT 
LIKE BEING IN A 
CLASSROOM. 
WE LEARNED THAT 
VERY STRONGLY. 
IN ALMOST ALL 
CASE, PEOPLE 
THOUGHT THAT 
WOULD BE THE 
ANSWER BUT 
THAT'S NOT THE 
ANSWER. 
THE ANSWER IS AN 
OLD FASHIONED 
ONE, ISN'T IT? 
THANK YOU, A 
GREAT JOB YOU DO 
IN FLORIDA, 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>> A MOM IN 
FAIRFAX, 
LINDSAY, SHE IS 
ONE OF THE 
PARENTS WHO SAID 
YES TO THE 
QUESTION DO YOU 
FEEL SAFE 
RETURNING YOUR 
CHILDREN TO 
SCHOOL AND HER 
OLDER DAUGHTER 
WILL HAVE, IN 
FAIRFAX COUNTY, 
FOUR HALF DAYS 
AT VIRTUAL AND 
ONE DAY OFF. 
LINDSAY DECIDED 
TO EXERCISE HER 
PARENT CHOICE 
AND DO POD HOME 
SCHOOLING. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THAT, 
PLEASE? 
>> YES, 
ABSOLUTELY. 
THAT'S ALL 
CORRECT. 
EVERYTHING THAT 
EVERYONE 
MENTIONED, WE 
ALSO HAD A VERY 
POOR EXPERIENCE 
WITH VIRTUAL 
LEARNING, THE 
KINDERGARTEN AGE 
IS VERY 
DIFFICULT AS 
EVERYONE HAS 
SPOKEN ABOUT. 
SHE ALSO, IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO 
NOTE, WAS A 
LOVER OF 
LEARNING IN 
GENERAL. 
SHE IS VERY 
BRAVE, EAGER TO 
LEARN. 
WE REALLY 
WATCHED THAT ALL 
FADE, WE WATCHED 
HER EDUCATION 
DETERIORATE, WE 
ALSO REALLY SAW 
HER MENTAL 
HEALTH SUFFER 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE SPRING. 
WE WERE VERY 
EAGER TO GET HER 
BACK INTO IN 
PERSON LEARNING 
AND FELT VERY 
CONFIDENT AND 
COMFORTABLE WITH 
THE PRECAUTIONS 
THAT WERE PUT IN 
PLACE BY OUR 
DISTRICT. 
ORIGINALLY WE 
WERE OFFERED TWO 
DAYS IN PERSON, 
THREE DAYS 
VIRTUAL AND THEN 
THAT'S SINCE 
CHANGED OVER THE 
LAST FEW WEEKS 
AND WE ARE NOW 
100% VIRTUAL. 
FORGNAT FOR US 
WE GONE A 
DIFFERENT ROUTE 
AND SET UP A 
HOME SCHOOL 
SITUATION FOR 
HER WITH A SMALL 
GROUP OF PARENTS 
IN OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
WE ARE VERY 
GRATEFUL FOR 
THAT. 
THAT WAS 
CERTAINLY NOT AN 
EASY CHOICE TO 
MAKE. 
IT WAS AN 
UNEXPECTED COST. 
SOMETHING WE 
HASN'T PLANNED 
FOR BUT WE FELT 
LIKE IT WAS 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
FOR HER TO BE IN 
A CLASSROOM 
SETTING. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
>> VERY UNIFORM 
AND INTERESTING. 
I THINK MOST 
PEOPLE DO FEEL 
THIS WAY. 
WOULDN'T YOU SAY 
SO? 
I THINK MOST 
PEOPLE FEEL THIS 
WAY. 
WE HAVE A MAN 
WHO IS A GREAT 
EXPERT FROM 
STANFORD, HE 
WILL BE AT THE 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
AT 5:30. 
MAYBE DR. SCOTT 
ATLAS COULD SAY 
A COUPLE OF 
WORDS. 
WE WILL COVER IT 
IN MORE DETAIL 
IN A LITTLE 
WHILE. 
IF YOU ARE JUST 
WATCHING, WE 
WOULD LOVE TO 
HAVE YOU. 
SCOTT, PLEASE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT, 
IT'S A GREAT 
HONOR TO HELP 
OUT IN ANY WAY I 
CAN. 
THE EVENT WAS 
TERRIFIC. 
YOU ARE WANT TO 
THANK EVERYONE 
FOR 
PARTICIPATING. 
AS THE PRESIDENT 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
SECRETARY DEVOS 
SAID, WHICH IS 
WE KNOW THAT THE 
RISK OF THE 
DISEASE IS 
EXTREMELY LOW 
FOR CHILDREN 
EVEN LESS THAN 
THAT OF SEASONAL 
FLU. 
WE KNOW THAT THE 
HARMS OF LOCKING 
OUT THE CHILDREN 
FROM SCHOOL ARE 
ENORMOUS. 
WE KNOW AS WE 
ALL WOULD AGREE 
THAT EDUCATING 
AMERICA'S 
CHILDREN IS AT 
THE TOP OF THE 
LIST FOR OUR 
NATION'S 
PRIORITIES. 
I THANK THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
EVERYONE HERE 
FOR 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
THESE TRUTHS AND 
TO GET KIDS BACK 
TO SCHOOL 
SAFELY. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SCOTT. 
WE WILL HAVE 
MORE FROM SCOTT 
IN A LITTLE 
WHILE, WE ARE 
GOING TO MEET 
TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WORKING WITH HIM 
CLOSELY, ALL OF 
THE TASK FORCE 
AND THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND WE 
MADE A LOT OF 
PROGRESS, WE 
MADE TREMENDOUS 
PROGRESS. 
YOU SEE 
COUNTRIES, OTHER 
COUNTRYS ARE 
BLOWING UP IN 
TERMS OF THE 
DISEASE, YOU 
CALL IT WHAT YOU 
WANT. 
SO MANY 
DIFFERENT WAYS 
FOR THE DISEASE, 
WHETHER IT'S 
CHINA VIRUS, 
SOME I WON'T GET 
INTO BECAUSE I 
WILL GET MYSELF 
IN TROUBLE EVERY 
TIME I DO. 
I'M ANGRY ABOUT 
IT, SO IS 
EVERYBODY ELSE 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
ANGRY ABOUT IT. 
WE WILL HAVE A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
IN A LITTLE 
WHILE. 
YOU WILL BE 
SEEING THE 
DOCTOR, YOU WILL 
BE SEEING A FEW 
OTHER PEOPLE AND 
I WILL BE MAKING 
A STATEMENT AND 
THAT WILL START 
ABOUT 5:30, I 
WANT TO THANK 
EVERYBODY VERY 
MUCH FOR COMING 
IN AND BEING 
WITH YOU, WE ARE 
ON YOUR SIDE 
100%. 
WE WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE FOOTBALL GET 
GOING. 
WE WANT TO SEE 
COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING WITH HIGH 
SCHOOL FOOTBALL 
BUT I GUESS IT'S 
THE SAME, A 
THOUGHT PROCESS. 
WITH WANT TO SEE 
THAT HAPPEN, I 
THINK SOME OF IT 
WILL HAPPEN TO 
LARGE EXTENT 
IT'S GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
WHO WANTS TO DO 
IT ARE THE 
PLAYERS AND THE 
COACHES. 
I SPOKE WITH 
TREVOR LAWRENCE, 
THE GREAT 
QUARTERBACK, HE 
IS VERY SMART. 
HE UNDERSTOOD IT 
VERY WELL, HE 
SAID I'M SAFER 
ON THE FIELD 
THAN BEING OUT 
THERE. 
HE GOT IT. 
HE GOT IT VERY 
QUICKLY. 
COACH O, I SPOKE 
WITH HIM, HE IS 
SOME COACH, THAT 
ONE, HE IS A 
GREAT COACH. 
HE FEELS HIS 
PLAYERS WANT TO 
BE OUT THERE. 
WE SPOKE TON A 
LOT OF DIFFERENT 
PEOPLE. 
THEY WANT TO GET 
OUT AND OUR 
COUNTRY IS 
OPENING UP. 
WE ARE OPENING 
UP VERY 
STRONGLY. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
RETAIL SALES 
NUMBERS, CAR 
SALE NUMBERS, 
USED CAR 
NUMBERS, AND 
EMPLOYMENT 
NUMBERS. 
WE HAVE HIRING 
OVER THE LAST 
THREE MONTHS THE 
MOST PEOPLE EVER 
HIRED IN THE 
HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
YOU HAD A LOWER 
BASE BUT NEVER 
THE LESS WE 
HIRED A 
TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT, THE 
BIGGEST NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE EVER 
HIRED DURING A 
THREE-MONTH 
PERIOD, FOR THE 
QUARTER. 
YOU ARE WANT TO 
THANK EVERYBODY. 
SEE YOU FOLKS IN 
A LITTLE WHILE 
AND THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH.   
APPRECIATE IT. 
MR. PRESIDENT -- 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO THE FAMILIES 
THAT ARE NOT, 
THAT DON'T FEEL 
SAFE WITH THEIR 
KIDS GOING BACK 
TO SCHOOL? 
 
LIKE GOING BACK %
IMMEDIATELY? %
RIGHT? %
>> OH, YES, %
100%. %
>> A LOT OF %
PEOPLE AGREE.
. 
>>> NASTY AND 
HORRIBLE, THAT'S 
WHAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS CALLING 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, SAYING 
HE DIDN'T LIKE 
HOW SHE HANDLED 
BRETT 
KAVANAUGH'S 
CONFIRMATION 
HEARING. 
>> SHE WAS MY 
NUMBER ONE PICK, 
THE HORRIBLE WAY 
SHE, AGAIN, 
TREATED JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH, THAT 
WAS A HORRIBLE 
EVENT. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS 
TERRIBLE FOR HER 
AND TERRIBLE FOR 
OUR NATION. 
I THOUGHT SHE 
WAS THE MEANEST, 
THE MOST 
HORRIBLE, MOST 
DISRESPECTFUL OF 
ANYBODY IN THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
SHE IS KNOWN 
FROM WHAT I 
UNDERSTAND, AS 
BEING JUST ABOUT 
THE MOST LIBERAL 
PERSON IN THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
>> POLITICAL 
REPORTER MONICA 
ALBAH JOINS ME. 
HOW ELSE IS THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
GOING AFTER 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
WHAT PARTS OF 
HER RECORD ARE 
THEY PLANNING TO 
ATTACK? 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT WAS 
SURPRISING TO 
PRESIDENT'S OWN 
ALLIES AND 
ADVISORS THAT 
THOUGH THEY HAD 
SO MUCH TIME TO 
PREPARE THIS 
KIND OF ATTACK 
SINCE IT WAS 
WIDELY BELIEVED 
THAT KAMALA 
HARRIS WAS IF 
NOT THE FRONT 
RUNNER, THE SURE 
THING FOR THIS 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINATION, THAT 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN CAME 
OUT WITH A 
COUNTER AND KIND 
OF CONFUSING 
MESSAGING 
STRATEGY IN 
TERMS OF HOW 
THEY WANTED TO 
PAINT HER. 
THEY SAID SHE 
WAS ANTI POLICE, 
WHILE ALSO BEING 
TOO TOUGH ON 
CRIME AND PRO 
POLICE. 
THEY SAID SHE 
WAS A RADICAL 
TOOL OF THE LEFT 
AND RNC SAID 
LIBERALS WERE 
REVOLTING AT 
THIS PICK. 
SEEMS THEY 
HAVEN'T CHOSEN 
WHAT THEIR 
STRATEGY IS 
GOING TO BE AND 
ALARMED ADVISOR 
WHOSE WOULD LIKE 
THE PRESIDENT 
WITH THIS TIME 
THEY HAD TO 
PREPARE TO 
APPEAR MORE 
COMPREHENSIVE 
AND COHESIVE IN 
THAT STRATEGY. 
WHAT YOU HAD HIM 
DO, HE WAS 
READING FROM A 
BULLET LIST OF 
POINTS THEY FEEL 
THEY CAN HIT 
KAMALA HARRIS ON 
BUT HE KIND OF 
REVERTED TO THE 
MORE SEXIST 
ATTACKS CALLING 
HER NASTY FOUR 
TIMES IN THE 
SPAN OF AS MANY 
MINUTES, THAT'S 
SOMETHING EACH 
REPUBLICANS SAY 
MAKES THEM A 
LITTLE BIT 
NERVOUS AND NOT 
SOMETHING THAT'S 
GOING TO BE THAT 
AFFECTIVE BUT 
SOMEWHERE THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
COMFORTABLE. 
YOU HAD THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
HOLD A COUPLE OF 
PRESS CALLS 
TRYING TO HIT 
HER, 
DEMONSTRATING 
THE DEBACLE THEY 
ARE HAVING IN 
TESTIMONY OF 
RECONCILE THE 
COMPETING 
ARGUMENTS ON 
WHETHER KAMALA 
HARRIS WAS TOO 
TOUGH AS A 
PROSECUTOR 
DURING HE TIME 
AS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OR 
TRYING TO ARGUE 
THE OPPOSITE. 
IT'S NOTABLE YOU 
HAVE THE 
DIFFERENT LINES 
OF ATTACK, 
NOTHING HAS 
STUCK. 
THAT'S A 
CRITICISM OF 
WHAT THEY THEIR 
STRATEGY HAS 
BEEN AGAINST JOE 
BIDEN. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
NICKNAMES AND 
THINGS HAVEN'T 
MOVED THE NEED 
UNTIL POLLING 
AND THAT'S 
SOMETHING THEY 
ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT WITH 80 OR 
SO DAYS TO GO 
UNTIL THE 
ELECTION, 
ALLISON. 
>> NBC NEWS 
LEARNED AS A 
PRIVATE CITIZEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DONATED TWICE TO 
HARRIS WHEN SHE 
WAS RUNNING FOR 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN CALIFORNIA. 
HOW IS THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
EXPLAINING THAT 
ONE ESPECIALLY 
IN LIGHT OF THE 
THINGS HE HAS 
BEEN SAYING 
ABOUT HER? 
>> Reporter: 
DONALD TRUMP 
ASES A PRIVATE 
CITIZEN AND 
BUSINESS MAN 
GAVE $6000 TO 
KAMALA HARRIS' 
CAMPAIGN FOR 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, SO DID 
HIS DAUGHTERS 
IVANKA DONATED 
$2000. 
HE WAS A PRIVATE 
CITIZEN AND 
DONATED ACROSS 
THE AISLE FROM 
DIFFERENT 
BACKGROUND. 
BECAUSE HE 
DONATEDS IT 
SHOULD SQUASH 
THE RACISM 
ARGUMENT AND 
SHOW HE IS NOT 
RACIST BY SAYING 
HE GAVE MONEY TO 
A BLACK FEMALE 
CANDIDATE ALL 
THOSE YEARS AGO. 
THAT DOESN'T 
SEEM TO BE A 
WELL DEVELOPED 
ANSWER OR CASE 
YET EXCEPT TO 
SAY IT'S 
SOMETHING HE DID 
BEFORE HIS TIME 
AS CANDIDATE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF IGNORED 
QUESTIONS ON 
THAT VERY TOPIC 
DURING THE 
CONFERENCE LAST 
NIGHT. 
IT'S UNCLEAR 
WHETHER HE WILL 
HAVE ANOTHER ONE 
TODAY OH ANSWER 
THAT HIMSELF. 
HE HAS BEEN 
CRITICAL OF HER. 
HE PRAISED HER 
WHEN SHE FIRST 
RAN OF ALL THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE, HE 
WAS ASKED WHO 
IMPRESSED HIM 
THE MOST HE WAS 
QUICK TO SAY 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WITH THE LARGE 
CROWD THIS OAK 
LAND, 
CALIFORNIA, A 
YEAR AND A HALF 
AGO NOW, 
ALLISON.  
>> A NEW 
POLITICO POLE 
SHOWS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S APPROVAL 
RATING WITH 
BLACK VOTERS IS 
8% IS 19% 
BELIEVE THE 
COUNTRY IS 
HEADED IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION. 
HOW CONCERNING 
IS THAT FOR THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN. 
LY NOW THAT 
THERE WILL BE A 
BLACK WOMEN ON 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET? 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S WORRY SOME 
IS SOMETHING 
BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC THE 
CAMPAIGN HAS PUT 
SO MANY REFORCES 
INTO TRYING TO 
BUILDUP THE 
COALITION OF 
BLACK VOICES FOR 
TRUMP. 
THE YOU REMEMBER 
SO MANY MONTHS 
AGO THEY WERE 
GOING TO OPEN UP 
STORE FRONTS IN 
DIFFERENT 
COMMERCIAL REAL 
ESTATE AREAS AND 
STRIP MALLS AND 
OTHER PLACES TO 
HAVE PEOPLE COME 
THIS  ANDLEARN 
ABOUT THE 
EFFORTS AND HAVE 
A AT THED 
APPROACH TO THE 
VOTING BLOCK. 
THE PRESIDENT 
GOT SO FEW 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
SUPPORTERS IN 
2016 HIS 
CAMPAIGN FELT IF 
THEY CAN PICK 
THAT UP BY A 
COUPLE OH POINTS 
IT COULD MAKE 
THE DIFFERENCE. 
THAT WAS BEFORE 
THE HEALTH 
CRISIS AND THE 
PANDEMIC, BEFORE 
IT SHUTDOWN 
THOSE PLANS AND 
HAS HALTED THE 
CAMPAIGNING. 
THE PRESIDENT 
CONTINUES TOKING 
A HE IS SOMEBODY 
WHO HAS DONE A 
LOT FOR THE 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY. 
YOU HEAR HIM 
TOUTING CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM. 
ALSO HE HAS MADE 
DUBIOUS CLAIMS 
SUCH AS BEING 
THE PRESIDENT HE 
ARGUES THAT HAS 
DONE THE MOST 
FOR AFRICAN 
AMERICANS SINCE 
PERHAPS ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN, THAT'S 
SOMETHING ALL 
HISTORIANS OF 
BOTH PARTIES 
WOULDN'T 
NECESSARILY 
AGREE WITH.  
>> MONICA ALBAH 
WITH THE LATEST 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.  
. 
>>> THE ONLY 
BLACK WOMAN IN 
THE SENATE COULD 
BE AMERICA'S 
NEXT VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
HOW ARE HER 
COLLEAGUE ON 
CAPITOL HILL 
REACTING? 
LEA ANN CALDWELL 
JOINS ME NOW. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM THE 
DEMOCRATS IN 
CONGRESS ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS 
FOR VP? 
>> Reporter: 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
ABSOLUTELY 
THRILLED WITH 
THE CHOICE NOT 
ONLY HER 
COLLEAGUES IN 
THE SENATE BUT 
ALSO THE MEMBERS 
OF THE HOUSE AS 
WELL. 
THEY ARE HAPPY 
THAT SHE IS AN 
AFRICAN 
AMERICAN, SOUTH 
ASIAN, IMMIGRANT 
AND HARD WORKER 
AND A FANTASTIC 
CHOICE. 
HERE IS NANCY 
PELOSI. 
>> KAMALA HARRIS 
IS NOT ONLY THE 
CHOICE AS A 
WOMAN OF COLOR, 
SHE IS THE BEST 
PERSON THAT JOE 
BIDEN COULD 
NAME. 
THERE ARE MANY 
PEOPLE WHO WOULD 
DO NO HARM, 
THERE ARE MANY 
PEOPLE WHO COULD 
BE PRESIDENT, TO 
HAVE THOSE TWO 
COMBINED WITH 
THE PERSON HE 
HAD THE COMFORT 
LEVEL WITH TO 
SEVER. 
IT'S ABOUT 
GOVERNANCE. 
>> I HAVE BEEN 
TALKING TO 
SOURCES ABOUT 
THIS, SOMETIMES 
PRIVATELY PEOPLE 
WILL TALK A 
LITTLE SMACK 
BEHIND SOMEONE'S 
BACK, THEY SAY 
SOMETHING BAD 
BUT I HAVE NOT 
HEARD THAT AT 
ALL. 
UNIVERSALLY, 
DEMOCRATS THINK 
IT'S THE BEST 
CHOICE AND ARE 
EXCITED FOR THE 
TICKET HEADING 
INTO NOVEMBER, 
ALLISON. 
>> HOW ARE 
REPUBLICANS 
FEELING ABOUT 
IT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING? 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
USING IT TO 
FRAME THE 
POLITICAL 
REALITY AND THE 
POLITICAL FIGHT 
THAT IS BEFORE 
THEM. 
THEY ARE SAYING 
KAMALA HARRIS 
HAS OFFICIALLY 
MOVED JOE BIDEN 
TO THE LEFT. 
HERE IS WHAT 
LIZ, A MEMBER OF 
THE HOUSE 
REPUBLICAN 
LEADERSHIP, WHAT 
SHE SAID ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS ON 
FOX NEWS. 
>> I THINK THE 
PICK WAS 
SOMEWHAT 
SURPRISING, JOE 
BIDEN HAS BEEN 
TRYING TO 
PORTRAY HIMSELF 
AS A MODERATE IN 
THIS RACE AS 
SOMEBODY WHO IS 
A CENTRIST, HE 
PUT SOMEBODY ON 
THE TICKET WHOSE 
VOTE RECORD IN 
THE SENATE IS TO 
THE LEFT OF 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND ELIZABETH 
WARREN. 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE WILL LOOK 
AT WHAT SHE 
STOOD FOR IN THE 
PAST AND SAID 
DURING THE 
PRIMARY 
ELECTION. 
IT'S CLEAR SHE 
IS A RADICAL 
LIBERAL.  
>> Reporter: AND 
SHE IS TALKING 
IN POLITICAL 
TERMS AND THAT 
IS THE TACTIC 
THAT REPUBLICANS 
ARE GOING TO 
TAKE HEADING 
INTO NOVEMBER. 
NOT ONLY AT THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
LEVEL BUT ALSO 
IN THE DOWN 
BALLOT RACES, 
TOO, REMEMBER, 
THE SENATE IS AT 
STAKE, CONTROL 
OF THE SENATE IS 
AT STAKE, ALSO 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF REPUBLICANS 
IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVE 
WHOSE ARE TRYING 
TO HOLD ON TO 
THOSE SEATS AND 
CUT INTO THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
MAJORITY. 
>> Reporter: TIM 
KAINE HAS 
EXPERIENCE AS 
BEING THE VP 
CHOICE. 
HE WAS, HILLARY 
CLINTON'S 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK FOUR YEARS 
AGO. 
HE SPOKE ABOUT 
HARRIS ON THE 
SENATE FLOOR 
THIS MORNING. 
THIS IS WHAT HE 
SAID.  
. 
>> REGARDLESS OF 
HOW OUT WORKS 
OUT BETWEEN 
THOUSAND AND 
NOVEMBER AND 
REGARDLESS OF 
OUR OWN 
POLITICAL 
AFFILIATIONS, 
THIS IS A GOOD 
DAY FOR OUR 
COUNTRY AND THE 
SENATE WHEN ONE 
OF THE 100 IS 
RECOGNIZED IN 
SUCH A WAY AND 
INTRODUCE DODD 
THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC WITH AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SERVE AT A 
SIGNIFICANT 
LEVEL. 
>> Reporter: 
SENATOR KAINE, 
PEOPLE ALWAYS 
LOVED HIM FOR 
HIS FATHERLY-
LIKE MOTIVE HE 
GIVES OFF, VERY 
KIND. 
HE TORNADOS TO 
HAVE ADVICE FOR 
SENATOR HARRIS 
AND SEEM -- 
TENDS TO HAVE 
ADVICE FOR 
SENATOR HARRIS 
AND TO DEAL WITH 
THE NEXT 80 TO 
90 DAYS OF THIS 
ELECTION TELLING 
REPORTERS 
EARLIER TODAY 
OFF CAMERA THAT 
SENATOR HARRIS 
NEEDS TO BE 
HERSELF AND TO 
DO AS MANY 
EVENTS WITH JOE 
BIDEN AS 
POSSIBLE, IT'S 
MORE FUN TO 
CAMPAIGN WITH 
YOUR RUNNING 
MATE THAN IT IS 
ALONE. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT WHAT IS 
GOING TO COME IN 
THE NEXT 80 OR 
SO DAYS, WHAT 
THINGS IN HER 
RECORD IN THE 
SENATE, WHAT 
ISSUES, WHAT 
DECISIONS, WHAT 
OF THOSE WILL 
COME BACK 
WHETHER GOOD OR 
BAD? 
>> Reporter: 
SURE, SO SENATOR 
HARRIS WAS 
ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE IN 2016. 
SHE HAS ONLY 
BEEN THERE FOUR 
YEARS OR A 
LITTLE LESS, SHE 
BUILT A 
REPUTATION ON 
BEING A
FANTASTIC IN 
COMMITTEE 
HEARINGS, SHE 
KNOWS HOW TO 
INTIMIDATE 
WITNESSES, SHE 
WAS VERY GOOD IN 
THE COMMITTEES. 
HER QUESTIONING 
OF SUPREME COURT 
NOMINEE BRETT 
KAVANAUGH IS 
GETTING A H OF 
ATTENTION EVEN 
BY THE 
PRESIDENT. 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
HAS BEEN A BIG 
ISSUE SHE HAS 
FOCUSED ON AS 
WELL AFTER THE 
DEATH AND MURDER 
OF GEORGE FLOYD 
AS SHE WAS ONE 
OF THE LEAD 
AUTHORS OF THE 
LEGISLATION, THE 
POLICE REFORM 
LEGISLATION 
BETWEEN THE 
HOUSE AND THE 
SENATE, THAT 
LEGISLATION DID 
NOT GO ANYWHERE 
BUT SHE PLAYED A 
MAJOR ROLE IN 
THAT 
LEGISLATION. 
THOSE THINGS ARE 
GOING TO BE 
PLUSES. 
ONE THING THAT 
COULD BE A BIG 
HANG UP FOR HER 
IS HER ISSUE ON 
HEALTH CARE. 
SHE WAS ONE OF 
THE EARLY 
ADOPTERS AND 
SUPPORTERS OF 
BERNIE SANDER'S 
MEDICARE FOR ALL 
BILL. 
WHEN SHE RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT IT 
BECAME SOMETHING 
SHE WAS TRIPPED 
UP AND LOCKED 
THAT BACK A 
LITTLE BIT. 
THAT'S BEEN AN 
ISSUE FOR HER 
WHICH MIGHT 
ANGER SOME 
PROGRESSIVES BUT 
ALSO THE FACT 
SHE SUPPORTED 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AT THE BEGINNING 
OF HIS MEDICARE 
FOR ALL IS A BIG 
FLASH POINT FOR 
REPUBLICANS 
LAYING INTO THAT 
WHOLE THEME SHE 
IS PART OF THE 
FAR LEFT RADICAL 
LEFT. 
THOSE ARE THE 
THINGS THAT 
COULD COME UP 
OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN IN THIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> CURIOUS TO 
SEE HOW THAT 
PLAYS OUT 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
HEALTH CARE, 
MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN EVER DURING 
A PANDEMIC. 
I KNOW IT'S ON A 
LOT OF 
AMERICAN'S 
MINDS. 
>>> THE BIG 12 
WILL PLAY 
FOOTBALL THIS 
FALL THROW OTHER 
CONFERENCES LAKE 
THE BIG 10 AND 
PACK 12 ARE 
PUSHING THE 
SEASONS BACK. 
MORGANNER SHOWS 
US WHAT IS DOING 
ON WITH COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL. 
>> Reporter: 
ALLISON, GOOD 
AFTERNOON, AFTER 
SEVERAL DAYS OF 
RUMORS, WE ARE 
STARTING TO GET 
A BETTER PICTURE 
OF WHAT COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL COULD 
LOOK LIKE. 
THE PACK 12 AND 
BIG 10 DENIEDED 
NOT TO HAVE 
POLICIES FOR ANY 
FALL SPORTS. 
TODAY WE ARE 
HEARING FROM THE 
BIG 12. 
THAT IS THE 
CONFERENCE THAT 
HAS UNIVERSITY 
OF TEXAS, TCU, 
UNIVERSITY OF 
OKLAHOMA, BIG 
NAMES IN COLLEGE 
FOOTBALL, THEY 
HAVE COME OUT 
TODAY AND SAID 
THEY HAVE A 
TENTATIVE 
SCHEDULE 
RELEASED. 
IT WILL BE A 
TRUNCATED 
VERSION TO WHAT 
FANS ARE USED 
TO, GOING TO 
PLAN ON HAVING A 
FALL SEASON. 
WITH THAT PLAN, 
COMES AN 
INCREASED LEVEL 
OF EXPECTATION 
FROM A HEALTH 
STAND POINT FOR 
THE PLAYERS AND 
THE STAFF. 
OFFICIALS SAYING 
TODAY, THAT 
SHOULD THERE BE 
COVID-19 
PRESENCE ON A 
TEAM, OR A 
CONFIRMATION, 
CASE WITH A 
PLAYER, THEY 
WILL HAVE TO 
UNDERGO RIGOROUS 
HEALTH TESTING 
BEFORE BEING 
ALLOWED ON THE 
FIELD. 
THAT'S THE 
SYSTEM THAT WE 
ARE WAITING TO 
SEE FROM NOT 
JUST THE BIG 12 
BUT SEC AND ACC 
ON HOW THEY PLAN 
TO MITIGATE THE 
COVID-19 CRISIS 
AS THEY PUT 
FORTH THE 
FOOTBALL 
SEASONS. 
THE COMMISSIONER 
WANTS TO SPEAK 
TO OFFICIALS 
WITH THE PACK 12 
AND BIG 10, TO 
SEE WHAT 
CONVINCED THEM 
TO CANCEL THE 
SEASON ALL 
TOGETHER. 
ACC WANTS TO 
KEEP THE SEASON 
FLEXIBLE TO 
ADAPT IF NEEDED. 
AS OF NOW 
FOOTBALL SEASON 
IS STILL IN 
TACT. 
ALLISON. 
>> THE NBA AND 
NHL AREN'T THE 
ONLY BUBBLES IN 
TOWN. 
WHAT WILL THE 
FALL BE LIKE. 
SAVANNA SELLERS 
TAKES A LOOK. 
>> Reporter: 
EVERY FALL 
COLLEGE STUDENTS 
LOOK FORWARD TO 
RETURNING TO 
CAMPUS BUBBLE 
AND REUNITING 
WITH CLASSMATES. 
THIS YEAR, THAT 
BUB RECALL BE 
MORE THAN JUST A 
CULTURAL CLICK. 
ONE COLLEGE, 
VASSER IS NOT 
ALLOWING 
STUDENTS TO 
LEAVE CAMPUS, NO 
PART TIME JOBS, 
OR VISITING 
FAMILIES, THEY 
HAVE TO STAY IN 
THE BUBBLE.
>> I'M EXCITED 
TO BE GOING 
BACK. 
MOST STUDENTS 
WANTED TO COME 
BACK. 
>> Reporter: 
ROUGHLY 2400 
STUDENTS ARE 
FORMALLY 
REQUIRED TO LIVE 
THIS CAMPUS 
HOUSING. 
THE DIFFERENCE 
THIS YEAR THEY 
CAN'T LEAVE 
CAMPUS UNLESS 
THERE IS AN 
EMERGENCY. 
>> I THINK 
PEOPLE ARE 
MAKING A MUCH 
BIGGER FUSS -- 
VASSER IS 
ALREADY A 
BUBBLE. 
THAT'S WHAT THEY 
DON'T REALIZE. 
WE ALREADY LIVE 
IN THE BUBBLE. 
IT'S NOT GOING 
TO BE MUCH 
DIFFERENT, I 
DON'T THINK. 
>> Reporter: THE 
%
IT, SO IS %
EVERYBODY ELSE 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
WILL INCLUDE 
FACE MASKS, 
PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE AND 
PROTOCOLS FOR 
ISOLATION AND 
CYCLE THROUGH 
FOUR PHASES OF 
THE FALL CAMPUS 
EXPERIENCE. 
THE IDEA IS NOT 
UNIQUE TO 
VASSER. 
>> THE NEW 
SPORTS FANS HAVE 
BEEN WAIT FOR A 
RESTART OF THE 
NBA SEASON IN A 
SAFETY BUBBLE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
NBA BUBBLE IS AN 
ISOLATION ZONE 
THIS ORLANDO, 
FLORIDA WHERE 22 
TEAMS ARE 
LIVING, EATING 
AND PLAYING 
BASKETBALL, 
PLAYERS ARE NOT 
PERMITTED TO 
LEAVE THE CAMPUS 
AND TESTED DAILY 
FOR COVID-19. 
IT SEEMS TO BE 
WORKING. 
NO SINGLE PLAYER 
HAS TESTED 
POSITIVE SINCE 
THE SEASON 
BEGAN. 
I SPOKE WITH THE 
AUTHOR OF THE 
STUDY, HE IS A 
PROFESSOR AT THE 
YALE SCHOOL OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH. 
ACCORDING TO 
YOUR STUDIES 
THERE IS 
ESSENTIALLY A 
BEST PRACTICE 
FOR RE-OPENING 
COLLEGES. 
>> THERE IS A 
SAFE WAY FOR 
STUDENTS TO 
RETURN TO 
COLLEGE IN THE 
FALL. 
THE KEY ELEMENT 
OF THAT PLAN IS 
SCREENING FOR 
THE SARS COV2 
VIRUS AT HIGH 
FREQUENCY, EVERY 
TWO OR THREE 
DAYS WITH A 
INEXPENSIVE TEST 
WITH SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND 
PREVENTION 
PRACTICES. 
>> DR. BRADLEY 
WEIGHED IN ON 
WHETHER OR NOT 
SHE BELIEVES 
THERE IS A ONE 
SIZE FITS ALL RE-
OPENING LAND. 
THE VIRUS IS 
COMPLICATED. 
THE RIGHT 
STRATEGY DEPEND 
ON THE LOCATION, 
THE SIZE OF THE 
COLLEGE, THE 
CULTURE WHAT 
KIND OF 
CAPACITIES DO 
THEY HAVE? 
FIVE-DAY 
FORECAST   IT'S 
IMPORTANT FOR US 
NOT TO GET 
FOCUSED ON A 
SINGLE JOY. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
STRATEGY LIKE 
TESTING. 
TESTING.
>> FROM WHAT YOU
FOUND IN YOUR
STUDY, WOULD
ISOLATING
STUDENTS
LIKE THE PLAN AT
VASSAR HELP?
>> OUR PLAN IS
SCREENING COUPLED
WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND
ISOLATING
CAPABILITIES.
I'M CONCERNED
THAT THE PLAN
CURRENTLY DOES
DEPEND ON
EVERYTHING THAT
COULD POSSIBLY
GO WRONG TO GO
RIGHT.
ENGINEERS DESIGN
BRIDGES TO ONLY
HOLD A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF WEIGHT.
>> STUDENTS ARE
HOPING THINGS GO
SMOOTHLY.
>> I'M AN
OPTIMIST SO I'M
HOPING
FOR THE BEST.
>>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
LET'S GO TO
CORRESPONDENT JOE
FRIAR WHO HAS THE
LATEST
HEADLINES FROM
NBC NEWS.COM.
IT IS SUCH A
STREET TO HAVE
YOU
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR
DOING HEADLINES.
GREAT TO BEDL HERE
TODAY.
WE ARE STARTING
WITH THE NEWS
EVERYONET, IS
TALKING ABOUT.
SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS IS
OFFICIALLY
BIDEN'S RUNNINGTE
MATE
AND THEY AREAN
MAKING AN
APPEARANCE IN
DELAWARE THISWE
HOUR.
WE WILLWI BE
CHECKING IN WITH
REPORTERS ON THE
GROUND SOON.
IN GEORGIA, ONE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS STRUGGLING
WITH THE RISE IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES
JUST DAYS
AFTER REOPENING.
MORE THAN 1100
STUDENTS HAVE
BEEN TOLD TO
QUARANTINE.
THE
SUPERINTENDENT
TEMPORARILY
CLOSED A HIGH
SCHOOL AND
ENCOURAGED
EVERYONE THERE TO
WEAR MASKS TO GET
EVERYTHING
UNDER CONTROL BUT
MASKS ARE NOT
REQUIRED IN THIS
SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
IN NEW JERSEY,
GOVERNOR MURPHY
ANNOUNCED THAT%
SCHOOLS DON'T
NEED TO OFFER IN
PERSON LEARNING
AS LONG AS THEY
CAN EXPLAIN WHY
THEY ARE UNABLE
TO DO SO.
MURPHY ORIGINALLY
SAID ALL
DISTRICTS SHOULD
OFFER IN PERSON
CLASSES BUT THE
LATEST DECISION
GIVES SCHOOLS A
CHANCE TO START
VIRTUALLY.
THE GOVERNOR
WARNED FAMILIES
TO
KEEP EXPECTATIONS
IN CHECK.
>> LET'S BEGIN BY
REITERATING A
SIMPLE TRUTH.
THIS WILL NOT BE
A NORMING
SCHOOL YEAR AND
THERE IS NO ONE
SIZE FITS ALL
PLAN FOR THIS
SITUATION.
>> TURNING TO NEW
ZEALAND WHO
HAD WORLD WIDE
PRAISE FOR
GETTING A CASE
COUNT TO ZERO,
NOW THE LARGEST
CITY IS SHUTTING
DOWN AGAIN AFTER
FOUR MEMBERS OFPO
A FAMILY TESTS
POSITIVE.
HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE SEARCHING
FOR THE SOURCE OF
THE OUTBREAK
AND NEW ZEALAND'S
PRIME MINISTER
IS ASKING
EVERYONE TO TAKE
PRECAUTION.
>> THINK OF IT AS
A DUTY TO ONE
ANOTHER.
IT IS A PROVEN
LINE OF DEFENSE
IN PROTECTING
YOUR OWN HEALTH.
SO SHOW YOU CARE
ABOUT YOUR
COMMUNITY.
>> FINALLY, IT
LOOKS LIKE UBER'S
DAYS MAY BE
NUMBERED IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE COMPANY 'S
CEO SAID THAT
THEY COULD SHUT
DOWN IN THE HOME
STATE AS A JUDGE
RULED THAT UBER
MUST RECLASSIFY
DRIVERS AS,
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES.
UBER PLANS TO
APPEAL THE
DECISION.
BUT AN UBER CEO
SAYS THEY WOULD
HAVE TO
TRANSITION TO A
FULL-TIME
BUSINESS MODEL
WITH
MUCH HIGHER
PRICES.
THAT'S WHAT WE
HAVE FOR YOUT  NOW.
WE B WILL CHECK IN
WITH YOU AGAIN
SOON.
>> THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WE WILL SEE YOU
IN ABOUT AN
HOUR.
>>> JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS
MAKING A CAMPAIGN
DEBUT,
APPEARING
TOGETHER FOR THE
FIRST
TIME AS THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
IN
WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE.
ALI BATALLY JOINS
ME NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU
EXPECTING FROM
BIDEN AND HARRIS
TODAY?
>> Reporter: I
THINK THE BIGGEST
QUESTION I HAVE
FOR THIS EVENT
IS WHAT IS IT
GOING TO LOOK
LIKE?
WE HAVE SEEN
HALLMARKS OF THE
PANDEMIC ALL OVER
THE PROCESS
AND CAMPAIGN
TRAIL AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN CALL IT
THAT NOW BECAUSE
IT IS DIGITAL.
I WONDER WHAT THE
EVENT WILL
LOOK LIKE IN
TERMS OF, WILL
THERE BE MASKS,
WILL THERE BE
SOCIAL
DISTANCING?
BUT BEYOND THE
PHYSICAL OPTICS
OF IT, THE
CONTENT HERE IS,
THIS
IS JOE BIDEN'S
OPPORTUNITY TO
INTRODUCE THE
COUNTRY TO KAMALA
HARRIS.
FOR THOSE OF US
TUNED IN FOR HER
PRESIDENTIAL RUN,
WE KNOW WHO
SHE IS.
FOR THE VOTERS
WHO WERE ACTIVE,
SHE IS A
HOUSEHOLD NAME.
BUT IF VOTERS ARE
JUST TUNING
INNOW, THIS IS A
TIME TO TELL
WHO HARRIS IS.
>> EARLIER TODAY,
THE CAMPAIGN
RELEASED THE
FIRST VIDEO OF
BIDEN AND HARRIS
TOGETHER.
TELL US ABOUT
THAT.
>> Reporter: IT
GOES BACK TO
WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE
ROLLOUT PERIOD
FOR
WHAT THE TICKET
WILL LOOK LIKE.
WATCH HOW THEY
ARE DOING THAT.
>> I KNOW JOE
BIDEN WILL LEAD
US
OUT OF THIS.
HE'S A MAN OF
FAITH, DECENCY,
AND CHARACTER.
HE RAISED HIS
FAMILY THAT WAY.
I SAW IT FIRST
HAND WITH MY GOOD
FRIEND, BEAU.
AS JOE SAYS, WE
ARE IN A BATTLE
FOR THE SOUL OF
THIS NATION.
BUT TOGETHER,
IT'S A BATTLE WE
CAN WIN.
WE JUST HAVE TO
TAKE ACTION.
>> FIRST OF ALL,
IS THE ANSWER
YES?
>> THE ANSWE IS
ABSOLUTELY YES.
I'M READY TO
WORK.
>> Reporter:
ALISON, I THINK
IT
IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE WHAT
THAT VIDEO DOES.
AS MUCH AS IT IS
JOE BIDEN
INTRODUCING
CAMALA HARRIS TO
THE
NATION, THIS IS
KAMALA HARRIS
TELLING THE
NATION SHE HAS
CONFIDENCE IN JOE
BIDEN.
THE REASON THAT
IS IMPORTANT IS
BOTH OF THESE
POLITICIANS COME
WITH THEIR
INDIVIDUAL BRAND.
THERE IS A REASON
PEOPLE COMPARE
THIS TO A
MARRIAGE.
YOU ARE MELDING
TWO DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE
POINT.
KAMALA IS
REPEATING THE
LINE OF
BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE
NATION, A LINE
JOE BIDEN HAS
BEEN REPEATING
FOR YEARS.
HER BUILT IN
BRAND ONLINE WILL
ASSOCIATE HER
WITH THE OVERALL
MESSAGE OF JOE
BIDEN.
WE WILL SEE HER
REINFORCE THAT
OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AND AT
THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
>> I KNOW THE
CAMPAIGN BELIEVES
THAT HARRIS IS
SOMEONE WHO CAN
EXCITE VOTERS.
THIS IS A REALLY
UNIQUE TIME.
HOW DO THEY PLAN
TO USE HER,
ESPECIALLY DURING
A PANDEMIC
WHEN ALMOST
EVERYTHING
INCLUDING
THE CONVENTION
WHICH WE KNOW HAS
GONE VIRTUAL?
>> Reporter:
SELFISHLY, I'M
VERY
INVESTED INTO
WHAT THAT IS TO
BECAUSE IT IS A
QUESTION OF IF
THERE IS TRAVEL
OR WILL THIS BE
PREDOMINANTLY
ONLINE?
WE ARE LESS THAN
24 HOURS IN
KNOWING WHAT THE
TICKET IS SO
THEY ARE STILL
TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
BUT CLEARLY, YOU
CAN TELL BY HOW
DIGITAL HEAVY
ROLL OUT THIS
WAS,
THE DIGITAL IS
PLAYING A HUGE
COMPONENT HERE.
THAT PLAYS TO ONE
OF HARRIS'S
STRENGTH.
THINK BACK TO THE
BRETT
KAVANAUGH HEARING
OR MORE
RECENTLY DURING
HER OWN
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN, SHE WAS
VERY SKILLED AT
CREATING MOMENTS
ON THE DEBATE
STAGE THAT
TRANSLATED INTO
VITAL MOMENTS
ONLINE.
WE KNOW THAT
SOCIAL MEDIA IS
KEY.
AS PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING AT THEIR
TELEVISION,
SCREEN TIME IS SO
CRUCIAL.
WE HAVE SEEN
ORGANIZING MODELS
GO FROM MEETING
PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE AT THEIR
DOORS AND
HOMES TO MEETING
PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE ONLINE
AND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
SO THAT'S CLEARLY
GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT.
THERE IS ANOTHER
KEY TO THIS AS
WELL.
AS I HAVE BEEN
TRAVELLING THE
COUNTRY, OVER THE
LAST SIX
MONTHS, WE HAVE
SEEN THE HIGHEST
OF HIGHS AND THE
LOWEST OF LOWS.
THE LOWEST OF
LOWS FOR WOMEN
CAME IN MARCH
WHEN ELIZABETH
WARREN DROPPED
OUT OF THE RACE.
I HEARD FROM A
LOT OF WOMEN AND
GIRLS WHO WERE
DROPPING FLOWERS
AT ELIZABETH
WARREN'S DOOR TO
SAY THANK YOU
RUNNING TO PEOPLE
ONLINE REACHING
OUT OVER EMAIL
AND VOTERS I HAD
SPOKEN TO WHO
SAID I REALLY
THOUGHT THIS
WOULD
BE A YOUR TO GET
A WOMAN IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
FLASH FORWARD AND
NOW KAMALA
HARRIS IS
RENEWING THE
OPTIMISM
AND FAITH FOR
WOMEN.
THERE WAS A
CLAMORERING OF
WOMEN
OF COLOR IN THE
PARTY TO PUT A
WOMAN OF COLOR ON
THE TICKET.
THAT WAS THE
MOMENT YESTERDAY
AND ALSO RENEWING
THE MOMENT OF
HISTORY FOR WOMEN
WHO WERE
HOPING THAT 2020
WAS GOING TO BE
A MOMENT FOR THEM
TO SEE A WOMAN
ELEVATED INTO
POWER.
AS I WAS STANDING
HERE AT
HARRIS'S BACK
DOOR, WAITING FOR
HER TO LEAVE,
THERE WAS A MOM
WHO BROUGHT HER
DAUGHTER AND SHE
TOLD US SHE DID
THAT BECAUSE SHE
WANTED HER
DAUGHTER TO SEE
WOMEN
IN POWER AND NEW
MODELS OF WOMEN
IN POWER.
I REALLY
CONNECTED THAT
MOMENT
WITH A MOM WHO
BROUGHT HER
DAUGHTER TO
ELIZABETH
WARREN'S
HOUSE FOR THE
SAME REASON.
SO IT FEELS LIKE
A RENEWING OF A
MOMENT JUST SIX
MONTHS AFTER A
LOW LOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AN ANECDOTALLY, I
CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE SAID I
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
HER DEBATE.
AND I CAN'T
REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME THAT SOMEONE
SAID THEY WERE
EXCITED ABOUT A
VICE
PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE.
IT'S A SMALL
GROUP.
>> YOU ARE
HEARING FROM
PEOPLE
WHO ARE EXCITED
THERE IS A WOMAN
AND EXCITED TO
SEE WHAT SHE CAN
DO.
IT IS A RESTORING
OF HOPE FROM
SOME MONTHS BACK.
>> I THINK THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
LOOK NO FURTHER
TO SEE THIS IS A
BIPARTISAN THING.
I KNOW WE TALK
ABOUT DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN COMING OUT
AND SAYING THEY
WILL DEFEND THIS
FEMALE
PRESIDENTIAL
PICK, OF COURSE
IF
IT BEHOOVES THEM
TO DO SO IF SHE
IS ON THEIR
PARTY.
BUT THEY WANT TO
MAKE SURE WOMEN
UP AND DOWN THE
BALLOT ARE
TREATED EQUALLY.
LOOK NO FURTHER
THAN SARAH
PALIN'S OWN
INSTAGRAM POST
WHERE
SHE GAVE A NOD OF
SUPPORT TO
KAMALA HARRIS
KNOWING THIS IS A
PLACE WHERE NOT
MANY WOMEN HAVE
ENTERED BEFORE.
YOU HAVE TO ADD
THE CONTEXT
THERE THAT SHE
HAD THE MOVEMENT
AND NOT TO ERASE
THE RACIAL
UNDERTONES THERE
BUT TO SHOW
THAT THIS IS WHAT
LEADERSHIP CAN
LOOK LIKE.
>> I THINK WOMEN
AGREE THAT
WHATEVER PARTY,
WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE MORE WOMEN IN
POWERYO IN
PLACES OF
GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU SO A
MUCH.
>>> NASTY AND
HORRIBLE IS WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS CALLING
KAMALA HARRIS
SAYING HE DIDN'T
LIKE HOW SHE
HANDLED BRETT
KAVANAUGH'S
CONFIRMATION
HEARINGS.
>> SHE WAS MY
NUMBER ONE PICK
AND THE HORRIBLE
WAY AGAIN SHE
TREATED JUSTICE
KAVANAUGH.
THAT WAS A
HORRIBLE EVENT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
TERRIBLE FOR
HER, TERRIBLE FOR
OUR NATION.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS
THE MEANEST,
THE MOST
DISRESPECTFUL OF
ANYONE
IN THE U.S.
SENATE.
SHE IS ALSO
KNOWN, FROM WHAT
I
UNDERSTAND, FROM
BEING ABOUT THE
MOST LIBERAL
PERSON IN THE
U.S.
SENATE.
>> NBC POLITICAL
REPORTER MONICA
ALBA JOINS ME
NOW.
HOW ELSE IS THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN
GOING AFTER
KAMALA HARRIS?
WHAT PART OF HER
RECORD ARE THEY
PLANNING TO
ATTACK?
WHAT WAS
SURPRISING EVEN
TO SOME
OF THE
PRESIDENT'S
ADVISORS,
EVEN THOUGH THEY
HAD TIME TO
PREPARE FOR THIS
ATTACK BECAUSE
IT WAS THOUGHT
THAT KAMALA WAS A
FRONTRUNNER FOR
THE CAMPAIGN,
THE TRUM P
CAMPAIGN CAME OUT
WITH
A CONFUSING
MESSAGING
STRATEGY
FOR HOW THEY WANT
TODAY PAINT
HER.
THEY SAID SHE WAS
ANTIPOLICE AND
THEN TOO TOUGH ON
CRIME AND PRO
POLICE.
THEY SAID SHE WAS 
A RADICAL TOOL
OF
 THE LEFT AND
THEN THE RNC
SAID THAT
LIBERALS WEREE 
REVOLTING AT THE
PICK.
SO I THINK THEY
HAVEN'T CHOSEN
WHAT THE STRATEGY
IS GOING TO
BE.
THAT HAS ALARMED
SOME ADVISORS
WHO SAY% THEY
WOULD LIKE TO
PRESIDENT TO
APPEAR MORE
COMPREHENSIVE IN
THAT STRATEGY.
WHAT YOU HAD HIM
DO IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, HE
WAS READING FROM
A BULLET LIST OF
POINTS THEY CAN
HIT KAMALA HARRIS
ON BUT HE
REVERTED TO
SEXIST ATTACK,
CALLING HER NASTY
FOUR TIMES IN
THE SPAN OF A
MINUTE AND THAT
IS
SOMEONE THAT
MAKES REPUBLICANS
NERVOUS.
 THINKON'T
THAT WILL BE
EFFECTIVE.
YOU HAVE HAD THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN
HOLD A COUPLE OF
PRESS CALLS
TRYING TO HIT HER
BUT
DEMONSTRATING
DIFFICULTYMU IN
TRYING TO
RECONCILE THE TWO
COMPETING
ARGUMENTS OF
WHETHER
HARRIS WAS TOO
TOUGH AS A
PROSECUTOR DURING
HER TIME AS A
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OR WHETHER THEY
ARE TRYING TOS 
ARGUE THE
OPPOSITE.
IT IS NOTABLE YOU
HAVE DIFFERENT
LINES OF ATTACK
THEY ARE TRYING
OUT.
NOTHING HAS STUCK
OUT.
AND THAT HAS BEEN
THE STRATEGY
AGAINST JOE
BIDEN.
ALL OF THE
PRESIDENT'S
NICKNAMES
HAVE NOT REALLY
MOVED TH
E NEEDLE
IN POLLING WITH
ONLY 80 DAYS TO
GO UNTIL THE
ELECTION.
>> MONICA, NBC
NEWS HAS LEARNED
THAT AS A PRIVATE
CITIZEN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP
DONATED TWICE TO
HARRIS WHEN SHE
WAS RUNNING FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
IN CALIFORNIA.
HOW IS THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN
EXPLAINING THAT
ONE?
>> EXACTLY.
DONALD TRUMP,
THEN BUSINESSMAN
GAVE $6,000 TO
KAMALA HARRIS'SNG
CAMPAIGN AND SO
DID HIS
DAUGHTER, IVANKA
TRUMP.
I ASKED TRUMP
OFFICIALS LAST
NIGHT AND THEY
SAID HE DONATED
TO PARTIES ACROSS
THE AISLE AND
CANDIDATES FROM
ALL DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS.
AND THEN THEY
SEEMED TO MAKE
THE
CASE THAT BECAUSE
PRESIDENT
TRUMP DONATED TO
KAMALA HARRIS,
IT% SHOULD SQUASH
THE RACISM
ARGUMENT AND
SOMEHOW SHOW THAT
HE IS NOT RACIST
BY SAYING HE
GAVE MONEY TO A
BLACK FEMALE
CANDIDATE
ALTHOUGH YEARS
AGO.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM
TO BE A VERY
WELL DEVELOPED
ANSWER OR CASE
OTHER THAN TO SAY
THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT HE
DID BEFORE HE
WAS A CANDIDATE.
BUT THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF
IGNORED QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT
TOPIC ON% A NEWS
CONFERENCE LAST
NIGHT.
IT IS UNCLEAR
WHETHER WE WILL
HAVE ONE AGAIN.
HE HAS BEEN VERY
CRITICALE. OF HER
IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
HE WASPE SOMEBODY
WHO PRAISED HER
WHEN SHE FIRST
RAN.
HE WAS ASKED WHO
IMPRESSED HIM
THE MOST WITH THE
ROLLOUT AND HE
WAS QUICK TO SAY
KAMALA HARRIS
WITH THE ROLLOUTSC
IN OAKLAND.
>> A NEW POLITICO
POLL SHOWS
THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S APPROVAL
RATING WITH BLACK
VOTERS IS JUST
8%.
AND ONLY 19%
BELIEVE THE
NATION
ISEN HEADED IN THE
RIGHT
DIRECTION.
HOW CONCERNING IS
THAT FOR THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN
ESPECIALLY NOW
THAT THERE WILL
BE A BLACK WOMAN
ON THE TICKET?
>> IT IS
WORRISOME.
IT IS SOMETHING
THAT BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, THE
CAMPAIGN HAD
TRIED
TO BUILD UP THE
COALITION OF
BLACK VOICES FOR
TRUMP.
MANY MONTHS AGO,
THEY WERE GOING
TO OPEN STORE
FRONTS IN
DIFFERENT
COMMERCIAL REAL
ESTATE
AREAS, STRIP
MALLS AND OTHERHI
PLACES TO HAVE
PEOPLE COME IN,
LEARN ABOUT THEIR
EFFORTS TO
REACH THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, AND
HAVE THIS
SPECIFIC TARGETED
APPROACH FOR
THIS VOTING BLOCK
BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT GOT SO
FEW
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
SUPPORTERS IN
2016 THAT HIS
CAMPAIGN FELT
THAT
IF THEY COULD
PICK THAT UP BY
JUST A COUPLE OF
POINTS, IT
COULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
BUT THAT WAS
AGAIN BEFORE THE
HEALTH CRISIS,
BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC SHUT
DOWN THE PLANS
AND
HALTED
CAMPAIGNING.
THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO
ARGUE
THAT HE IS
SOMEONE WHO HASTC
DONE
A LOT FOR THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
YOU OFTEN HEAR
HIM TOUTING
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.
AND HE HAS MADE
DUBIOUS CLAIMS
SUCH AS BEING THE
PRESIDENT WHO
HAS DONE THE MOST
FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
AND ALMOST ALL
HISTORIANS OF
BOTH PARTIESNT
WOULD NOT
NECESSARILY AGREE
WITH THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE
 LATEST FROM
THE PRESIDENT
ANDN  THE WHITE
HOUSE, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>>> THE ONLY
BLACK WOMAN IN
THE
SENATE COULD BE
AMERICA'S NEXT
VICE PRESIDENT.
HOW ARE HER
COLLEAGUES ON
COPTLE
HILL RESPONDING?
CORRESPONDENT
LEEANN CALDWELL
IS
JOINING ME NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING?
>> DEMOCRATS ARE
ABSOLUTELY
THRILLED WITH THE
CHOICE, NOT
ONLY HER
COLLEAGUES IN THE
SENATE BUT ALSO
THE MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSE AS
WELL.
THEY ARE HAPPY
THAT SHE IS AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
SOUTH ASIAN,
SHE IS AN
IMMIGRANT.
THEY ALSO THINK
SHE IS A HARD
WORKER AND A
FANTASTIC CHOICE.
HERE IS HOW  NANCYCA
PELOSI PUT IT
EARLIER TODAY.
>> KAMALA HARRIS
IS NOT ONLY A
WOMAN OF COLOR,
SHE IS THE BEST
PERSON THAT JOE
BIDEN COULD
NAME.
THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE WHO WOULD
DO NO HARM.
THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE WHO COULD
BE CONFIDENT.
BUT TO HAVE THOSE
COMBINED WITH
THE PERSON HE HADAN
THE COMFORT
LEVEL WITH TO
SERVE, IT IS
ABOUT
GOVERNING.
>> YOU KNOW, I'VEVI
BEEN TALKING
TO SOURCES ABOUT
THIS, SOMETIMES
PRIVATELY PEOPLE
WILL TALK A
LITTLE SMACK
BEHIND SOMEONE'S
BACK, SAY
SOMETHING BAD
ABOUT
SOMEONE WHO IS
ELEVATED TO THIS
POSITION BUT IER
HAVE NOT HEARD
THAT AT ALL.
SO I WOULD SAY
UNIVERSALLY,
DEMOCRATS THINK
IT IS THE BEST
CHOICE FOR THE
TICKET HEADED
INTO NOVEMBER.
SO LET'S HEAD TOCO
THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE AISLE.
WHAT ARE
REPUBLICANS
SAYING?
>> REPUBLICANS
AREVE USING IT TO
FRAME THE
POLITICAL REALITY
AND
THE POLITICAL
FIGHT THAT
 IS
BEFORE THEM NOW.
THEY ARE SAYING
KAMALA HARRIS
HAS OFFICIALLYPE
MOVED JOE BIDEN
TO THE LEFT, AN
OFFICIAL
TAKEOVER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
HERE'S WHAT LIZ
CHENEY, A MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP SAID
ABOUT HARRIS ON
FOX NEWS.
>> I THINK THAT
THE PICK WAS
SOMEWHAT
SURPRISING.
JOE BIDEN HAS
REALLY BEEN
TRYING
TO PORTRAY
HIMSELF AS A
MODERATEEM
IN THIS RACE.
IN ONE FELL
SWOOP, HE HAS PUT
SOMEONE ON THE
TICKET WHOSE
VOTING RECORD IS
TO THE LEFT OF
BERNIE SANDERS
AND ELIZABETH
WARREN.
SO PEOPLE WILL
LOOK AT THE
SUBSTANCE OF
THIS.
THEY WILL LOOK AT
WHAT SHE STOOD
FOR IN THE PAST.
THEY WILL LOOK AT
WHAT SHE SAID
DURING THE
PRIMARY LECTION.
IT IS VERY CLEAR.
SHE IS A RADICAL
LIBERAL.
>> SHE IS TALKING
IN POLITICAL
TERMS THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WILL
TAKE INTO
NOVEMBER AND ALSO
IN
THE DOWN BALLOT
RACES TOO.
REMEMBER, THE
SENATE IS AS
STAKE, CONTROL OF
THE SENATE IS
AT STAKE AND
THERE ARE A LOT
OF
REPUBLICANS IN
THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
WHO ARE TRYING
TO HOLD ONTO
THOSE SEATS AND
CUT
INTO THE
DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY.
>> WE ALSO  HEARD
FROM SENATOR
TIM CANE, JUST TO
REMIND PEOPLE
HE WAS HILLARY
CLINTON'S VICE
PRESIDENT PICK IN
2016.
WHAT IS HE
SAYING?
>> HE HAS A LOT
OF EXPERIENCE AS
BEING THE VP
CHOICE.
AS YOU
 MENTIONED,
HE WAS HILLARY
CLINTON'S VICE
PRESIDENTIAL PICK
4 YEARS AGO.
HE SPOKEA  ABOUT
HARRIS ON THE
SENATE FLOOR THIS
MORNING.
THIS IS WHAT HE
SAID.
>> SOLD REGARDLESS
OF HOW IT ALL
WORKS OUT BETWEEN
NOW AND
NOVEMBER AND
REGARDLESS OF OUR
OWN POLITICAL
AFFILIATION, THIS
IS A GOOD DAY I
BELIEVE FOR THE
COUNTRY AND A
GOOD DAY FOR THE
SENATE WHEN ONE
OF THE 100 IS
RECOGNIZED IN
SUCH A WAY AND
INTRODUCED TO THE
AMERICAN
PUBLIC WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE AT A
SIGNIFICANT
LEVEL.
>> CENTERSENATOR
CANE HAS ALSO
BEEN
LOVED FOR THE
FATHERERLY LIKE
MOTIVE HEG  GIVES
OFF.
HE HAD A LITTLE
ADVICE FOR
SENATOR HARRIS
AND HE SEEMED
GENUINELY HAPPY
AND IS ALSO
GIVING HER ADVICE
ON HOW TO DEAL
WITH THE NEXT 80
TO 90 DAYS OF
THIS ELECTION,
TELLING REPORTERS
EARLIER TODAY OFF
CAMERA THAT
SENATOR HARRIS
NEEDS TO BE
HERSELF AND TO DO
AS MANY EVENTS
WITH JOE BIDEN AS
POSSIBLE
BECAUSE IT IS
MUCH MORE FUN TO
CAMPAIGN WITH
YOUR RUNNING MATE
THAN IT IS TO
CAMPAIGN ALONE.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE NEXT 80
OR SO DAYS.
WHAT THINGS IN
HER RECORD, IN
THE SENATE, WHAT
ISSUES,
DECISIONS, WHAT
OF THOSE WILL
COME BACK,
WHETHER GOOD OR
BACK?
>> SURE.
SO SENATOR HARRIS
WAS ELECTED TO
THE SENATE IN
2016.
SO SHE HAS BEEN
THERE ABOUT 4
YEARS.
SHE HAS REALLY
BUILT HERSELF A
REPUTATION ON
BEING FANTASTIC
IN
COMMITTEE
HEARINGS.
REMEMBER, SHE WAS
A PROSECUTOR.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO
INTERROGATE
WITNESSES.
SHE DID THAT FROM
HIGH RANKING
ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO THE
LESSER KNOWN
NAMES.
SHE WAS VERY GOOD
IN THE
COMMITTEES.
THE QUESTIONS OF
BRETT KAVANAUGH
IS GETTING A LOT
OF ATTENTION,
EVEN BY THE
PRESIDENT.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HAS ALSO BEEN A
BIG ISSUE THAT
SHE HAS FOCUSED
ON AFTER THE
DEATH AND MURDER
OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
SHE WAS ONE OF
THE LEAD AUTHORS
OF THE
LEGISLATION, THE
POLICE
REFORM
LEGISLATION
BETWEEN THEHA
HOUSE AND THE
SENATE.
THE LEGISLATION
DID NOT GO
ANYWHERE.
SHEVE PLAYED A
MAJOR ROLE.
THE ONE THING
COULD BE HER
ISSUE
WITH HEALTHCARE.
SHE SUPPORTED
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
BUT WHEN SHOW RAN
FOR PRESIDENT,
IT WAS SOMETHING
SHE WAS TRIPPED
ON WHERE SHE HAD
TO WALK THAT
BACK A LITTLE
BIT.
SO THAT HAS BEEN
AN ISSUE FOR
HER WHICH MIGHT
ANGER SOME
PROGRESSIVES.
BUT THE FACT THAT
SHE SUPPORTED
BERNIE SANDERS IN
THE BEGINNING
WILL BE A BIG
FLASHPOINT FOR
REPUBLICANS
LAYING INTO THAT
WHOLE THING THAT
SHE IS PART OF
THE FAR LEFT,
RADICAL LEFT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS
THAT COULD COME
UP OVER AND OVER
AGAIN IN THIS
CAMPAIGN.
 SEEURIOUS TO
HOW THAT ONE
PLAYS OUT,
ESPECIALLY WITH
HEALTHCARE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN
EVER DURING A
PANDEMIC.
I KNOW IT IS ON A
LOT OF
AMERICANS MINDS.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> SENATOR
KAMALA HARRISG  IS
THE
FIRST WOMAN OF
COLOR ON A MAJOR
PARTY'S TICKET.
HOW DO VOTERS
FEEL ABOUT THEOF
PICK?
IN OUR COUNTY BYES
COUNTY SERIES,
WE HAVE BEEN
WATCHINGRK FIVE
COUNTIES IN
BATTLEGROUND
STATES
TO SEE HOW VOTERS
FEEL AHEAD OF
THE ELECTION.
OUR REPORTER
JOINS US FROM
MILWAUKEE AND
JOSHUA BURNS IS
IN
BEAVER COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA.
LET ME START WITH
MILWAUKEE.
WHAT DO VOTERS
THINK KAMALA
HARRIS ADDS TO
THE TICKET?
>> LET'S START
WHY WE KEEP
COMING BACK TO
MILWAUKEE.
IN 2016, HERE IN
MILWAUKEE THERE
WERE 40,000 FEWER
VOTERS, PEOPLE
WHO VOTED IN 2012
BUT THEN
DROPPED OFF AND
STAYED HOME IN
2016 IN A STATE
THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP WON BY
23,000 VOTES.
SO IT WAS THE
LACK OF
DEMOCRATIC
ENTHUSIASM THAT
CAUSED PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S WIN.
SO WHEN DEMOCRATS
LOOK TOEE
MILWAUKEE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION AND
DEMOCRATS LOOK AT
THE VP PICK, THEY
ARE HOPING TO
GATHER ENTHUSIASM
AND HOPING
THAT TURNS INTO
TURNOUT.
LISTEN TO SOME OF
MY
CONVERSATIONS
FROM EARLIER
TODAY
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
ARE REACTING TO
THE PICK.
>> I WAS VERY
EXCITED.
LIKE I SAID,
BEING A BLACK
WOMAN,
ENTREPRENEUR,
SINGLE MOM
WITH DAUGHTERS,
IT'S A REAL GAME
CHANGER.
WE ARE MAKING
HISTORY NOW.
>> I WAS HOPING
THAT IS WHO
WOULD BE AND I'M
GLAD THAT IT
IS.
>> A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE HUNG
UP
ON HOW STRONG SHE
WAS IN HER
CONVICTIONS,
ABOUT HOW SHE
FELT
ABOUT BIDEN IN
THE DEBATES EARLY
ON.
HOWEVER, FOR THEMUL
TO BE ABLE TO
PUT THEIR
PERSONAL
DIFFERENCES
ASIDE AND BE ABLE
TO WORK
TOGETHER, I THINK
SPEAKS VOLUMES
TO BOTH OF THEIR
CHARACTERS.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE
MOTIVATING
THEIR VOTERS F IN
THESE AREAS AND
THEY THINK THEY
WILL DO BETTER
HERE IN WISCONSIN
THAN THEY DID
IN 2016.
>> HOW ARE VOTERS
IN BEAVER
COUNTY REACTING?
>> BEAVER COUNTY
IS A DIFFERENT
STORY THAN
MILWAUKEE.
THIS IS A
CONSERVATIVE
COUNTY.
TRUMP WON BEAVER%
BY 19 POINTS IN
2016.
THE REASON WE ARE
HERE IS TO SEE
IF THAT
ENTHUSIASM HOLDS
THROUGH
2020.
THIS IS THE
O  DO THIS
BECAUSE FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS I HAVE
SEEN A
SIGNIFICANT
SHIFT HERE AFTER
THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
I HAVE SEEN THE
MAJORITY WHITE
COMMUNITY COME
OUT TO MARCHES,
RALLIES, TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT RACE WHERE
SOME OF THESE
WERE THE FIRST
TIME THEY HAD
ENGAGED WITH THIS
ISSUE IN THIS
WAY BEFORE.
IT HAS TRANSLATED
TO SOME FOLKS
ASKING SOME
SERIOUS POLITICAL
QUESTIONS AND
MAYBE BACKING
AWAY
A LITTLE BITLL FROM
THEIR SUPPORT
OF THE PRESIDENT.
 THEHIS TIME,
VOTERS SAY IT
WAS A SMART PICK
FOR JOE BIDEN
BECAUSE SHE IS A
MORE MODERATE
CANDIDATE AND A
WOMAN OF COLOR.
SO SHE APPEALS TO
SOME MODERATE
REPUBLICAN
VOTERS.
SEAN OWENS IS AN
ACTIVIST HERE
TRYING TO ENGAGE
THE COMMUNITY
AROUND RACIAL
INJUSTICE.
LISTEN TO HOW HE
FEELS ABOUT THE
DECISION FROM JOE
BIDEN.
>> THIS SAYS SO
MUCH TO OUR
COUNTRY.
WE ARE CHANGING.
WE ARE CHANGING
THOUGHTS.
WOMEN ARE
SIGNIFICANT.
HOW MUCH HAVE
THEY CONTRIBUTED
TO OUR COUNTRY?
>> HE SAYS THIS
GIVES HIM HOPE
FOR HIS GRANDSON
IN THE FUTURE
AND FOR BEAVERE 
COUNTY AS WELL.
>> PRESIDENT
TRUMP TWEETED
TODAY, THE
SUBURBAN HOUSEDU
WIFE
WILL BE VOTING
FOR ME.
THEY WANT SAFETY
AND ARE
THRILLED THAT I
ENDED THE LONG
RUNNING PROGRAM
WHERE LOW INCOME
HOUSING WOULD
INVADE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BIDEN WOULD
INSTALL ITHO IN A
BIGGER FORM WITH
CORY BOOKER IN
CHARGE.
GIVEN THE
CONVERSATION
AROUND
RACE RIGHT NOW,
WHAT ARE
 FOLKS
IN BEAVER THINK
ABOUT MESSAGESWO
LIKE THAT FROM
THE PRESIDENT?
>> ALISON, TO
ANSWER THAT, I'M
JUST GOING TO SAY
STRAIGHT TO
KRISTEN STAN
JACK, A MOM OF
THREE AND
BUSINESS OWNER
HERE, I
SHOWED HER THAT
TWEET EARLIER
TODAY AND HERE'S
HER REACTION.
>> NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.
WE WELCOME
EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE SEEN SO
MUCH DIVERSITY
WITH A SHELL
PLANT COMING IN,
IT
HAS BEEN GREAT.
IT'S BEEN GREAT
FOR OUR KIDS TO
HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET
PEOPLE DIFFERENT
THAN US.
WE EMBRACE THAT
AND WE WANT
THAT.
>> SHE DID VOTE
FOR TRUMP IN
2016.
AT THIS POINT,
SHE IS UNDECIDED.
SHE MOVED AWAY
FROM HIM BECAUSE
OF THE ISSUE OF
RACE.
SHE WANTS TO HEAR
MORE FROM
BIDEN AND HARRIS
AND WHAT THEY
ARE GOING TO DO
TO HELP BUSINESS
OWNERS LIKE HER.
>>> THE NBA AND
NHL ARE NOT THE
ONLY BUBBLES IN
TOWN.
VASSAR COLLEGE IS
TRYING
SOMETHING
SIMILAR, TELLING
STUDENTS ONCE
THEY ARE ON
CAMPUS, THEY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO
LEAVE.
WHAT WILL IT BE
LIKE FOR THEM?
HERE'S A LOOK.
>> EVERY FALL,
COLLEGE STUDENTS
LOOK FORWARD TO
RETURNING TO
THEIR CAMPUS
BUBBLE AND
REUNITING WITH
CLASSMATES.
THIS YEAR, THAT
BUBBLE WILL BE
MORE THAN A
CULTURAL CLICK.
AT LEAST ONE
COLLEGE, VASSAR
IN
POUGHKEEPSIE IS
NOT ALLOWING
STUDENTS TO LEAVE
CAMPUS.
NO JOBS, VISITING
FAMILY, OR
EATING IN TOWN.
STUDENTS HAVE TO
STAY IN THE
BUBBLE AND THEY
ARE CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC.
>> I THINK THEY
WANT US TO TAKE
AS MANY
PRECAUTIONS AS WE
CAN.
AS LONG ASK  WE CAN
DO THAT, I'M
HAPPY TO DO THAT
AND I'M
COMFORTABLE.
>> I'M SUPER
EXCITED TO GO
BACK.
VASSAR HAS MADE
THE W RIGHT
DECISION TO GET
US BACK.
MOST STUDENTS
WANTED TO COME
BACK.
>> THE 2, 400D 
STOUNTS ARE
USUALLY REQUIRED
TO STAY ON
CAMPUS BUT THE
DIFFERENCE S THIS
YEAR ISCO THEY
CAN'T LEAVE
UNLESS
IT IS AN
EMERGENCY.
>> I THINK PEOPLE
ARE MAKING IT
A MUCH BIGGER
DEAL TO LIVE IN A
BUBBLE BUT VASSAR
IS AALREADY A
BUBBLE.
WE ALREADY LIVE
IN THE BUBBLE.
IT WILL NOT BE
MUCH DIFFERENT, I
DON'T THINK.
VASSAR'S PLAN
WILL ALSO INCLUDE
FACEMASKS,LI
PHYSICAL
SDUPSING,
TESTING AND
PROTOCOLS FOR
ISOLATION.
IT WILL HAVE FOUR
PHASES OF THE
CAMPUS
EXPERIENCE.
THE IDEA IS NOT
UNIQUE TO
VASSAR.
>> THE NEWSAR5:
SPORTS FANS HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR
A RESTART OF
THE NBA SEASON.
>> THE NBA BUBBLE
IS AN
ISOLATION ZONE IN
ORLANDO, G
FLORIDA WHERE
22NBA TEAMS ARE
LIVING, EATING,
AND PLAYING
BASKETBALL.
PLAYERS ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO
LEAVE THE CAMPUS
AND THEY ARE
TESTED DAILY FOR
COVID-19.
IT SEEMS TO BE
WORKING.
NO SINGLE PLAYER
OR MEMBER OF
THE BUBBLE HAS
TESTED POSITIVE
SINCE THE SEASON
BEGAN.
I SPOKE WITH THE
LEAD AUTHOR OF
THIS STUDY, A
PROFESSOR AT
YALE.
>> ACCORDING TO
YOUR STUDY,
THERE IS A BEST
PRACTICE TO
REOPEN COLLEGES
IN THE FALL?
>> WE FOUND THERE
IS A SAFE WAY
TO RETURN TO
CAMPUS IN THE
FALL.
A KEY ELEMENT OF
THE PLAN IS
SCREENING FOR THE
VIRUS AT HIGH
FREQUENCY, LIKE
EVERY TWO OR
THREE DAYS, USING
A RAPID IN
EXPENSIVE TEST
COUPLED WITH
STRICT ADHERENCE
TO SOCIAL
DISTANCING, AND
OTHER BASICS.
>> THE PRESIDENT
OF VASSAR, ALSO T
A GLOBAL HEALTH
EXPERT WEIGHED
IN.
>> THE VIRAL
THREAT IS
COMPLICATED.
THE RIGHT
STRATEGY DEPENDSTH
ON
WHAT IS THE
LOCATION.
WHAT'S THE SIZE
OF THE COLLEGE.
WHAT'S THE
CULTURE?
WHAT KIND OF
CAPACITY D O THEY
HAVE?
IT ISNT IMPORTANT
FOR US NOT TO
GET FOCUSED ON A
SINGLE STRATEGY
LIKE TESTING.
>> FROM WHAT YOU
FOUND IN YOUR
STUDY, WOULD
ISOLATING
STUDENTS
LIKE THE CURRENT
PLAN AT VASSAR
HELP?
>> OUR
RECOMMENDATION IS
A PLAN
OF VERY HIGH
FREQUENCY
STREENINGL?
SCREENING,
COUPLED WITH
SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
I'M CONCERNED
THAT THE PLAN
CURRENTLY DEPENDS
ON EVERYTHING
THAT POSSIBLY
COULD GO WRONG.
ENGINEERS BUILD
BRIDGES TO
WITHSTAND SEVERAL
TIMES THE
WEIGHT THEY
EXPECT TO TRAVEL
OVER THE BRIDGE.
BRIDGES THAT ONLY
WITH STAND THE
AMOUNT OF WEIGHT
YOU EXPECT IS
CALLED A HOUSE OF
CARDS.
>> THE HOUSE OF
CARDS COULD COME
DOWN BUT STUDENTS
ARE
OPTIMISTIC.
>> I'M HOPING FOR
THE BEST.
>>> THE CHEROKEE
COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN
GEORGIA BROUGHT
THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS BACK TO
THE CLASSROOM
THIS MONTH.
NOW 59 PEOPLE
THERE HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS.
NEARLY 1200 ARE
IN QUARANTINE.
NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT SAM
BROCK
JOINS ME NOW.
WHAT DO WE KNOW,
WHAT HAPPENED
HERE?
>> Reporter: GOOD
AFTERNOON.
A TURBULENT START
TO THE SCHOOL
YEAR FOR THE
CHEROKEE COUNTY
SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
LET'S GO BACK A
SECOND.
THEY STARTED LAST
MONDAY.
WITHIN 24 HOURS
OF THAT, PARENTS
RECEIVING A
LETTER FROM ONE
SCHOOL THAT A
SECOND GRADER HAD
CONTRACTED
COVID-19.
IT BALLOONED OUT
TO 59 PEOPLE
WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY WHICH
LED
TO ALMOST 1, 200
IN QUARANTINE.
NOW WE HAVE SOME
BREAKING NEWS
TO GET TO.
A SECOND HIGH
SCHOOL, WOODSTOCK
HIGH SCHOOL THERE
WITHIN THAT
SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS CLOSING ITS
DOORS AND DOING
JUST VIRTUAL
LEARNING THROUGH
AUGUST 31st.
THAT IS AS OF
TODAY, AFTER
CLASS.
THAT IS THE
SECOND HIGH
SCHOOL
AFTER ETOWA HIGH
SCHOOL DID THE
SAME THING.
HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS BEING
TOLD
THEY CAN ONLY
LEARN AT HOME
BECAUSE OF
OUTBREAKS AT THE
SCHOOL.
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS
HAVE BEEN SAYING
FROM THE
BEGINNING, WEAR
MASKS
AND SOCIAL
DISTANCE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO
KEYS TO
PREVENTING THE
TRANSMISSION OF
COVID-19.
IN A STATE LIKE
GEORGIA WHERE
TRANSMISSION IS
SO HIGH, IT HAS
TO BE DONE.
IF IT IS NOT
DONE, THERE WILL
BE
OUTBREAKS.
YOU HAVE SEEN
EVIDENCE OF KIDS
CRAMMED INTO
HALLWAYS, NOT
WEARING MASKS.
IT IS FAIR TO
ASSUME THAT IT
HAS
SOME ROLL IN IT.
I WILL ADD THIS.
THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF
CHEROKEE
COUNTY DID TELL
PARENTS THIS.
AS YOUR
SUPERINTENDENT, I
WEAR A
MASK WHEN I
CANNOT SOCIAL
DISTANCE.
WE KNOW NOT ALL
PARENTS BELIEVE
THE MASKS ARE
BENEFICIAL BUT I
BELIEVE THAT IT
THEY ARE
BENEFICIAL FOR
THE REOPENING OF
SCHOOLS.
SO HE IS ALMOST
PUTTING IT AT
THE FEET OF
PARENTS TO MAKE
SURE
STUDENTS WEAR
MASKS IN THE
HALLWAYS.
>> SO IS THE
SCHOOL MAKING ANY
MAJOR CHANGES
BECAUSE OF THE
OUTBREAK?
IT SOUNDS LIKE
THEY ARE NOT ON
THE MASK FRONT.
>> HERE'S WHERE
IT GETS
INTERESTING.
THE GOVERNOR
BRIAN KEMP SAYS
THERE WILL BE NO
MASK
REQUIREMENT.
YOU HAVE
INDIVIDUAL
SUPERINTENDENTS
LIKE THIS ONE IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY
SAYING THE SAME
THING.
IT WILL BE AN
ONUS ON THE
FAMILY
AND NOT DICTATED
THAT WAY.
WHAT IS
INTERESTING AS
WELL, IN
TERMS OF THE
GUIDELINES THAT
WOULD TRIGGER
QUARANTINE, IT
VARIES BASED ON
COUNTY.
SO THERE IS NO
STATE WIDE EDICT.
THERE IS TONS OF
ATONOMY AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL.
SO THEY HAVE
CLOSED THE
SCHOOLS
THAT ARE DEEPLYHE
IMPACTED.
THERE ARE 14
STUDENTS TESTED
POSITIVE, 15
PENDING.
AT THE TIME,
THERE ARE 289 IN
THE SCHOOL
QUARANTINING.
THAT COULD BE
MUCH LARGER IF
SOME OF THE
PENDING RESULTS
COME
BACK POSITIVE.
>> SAM, I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE HOW
CONCERNED SOME
PARENTS ARE RIGHT
NOW.
ARE SOME OF THEM
RECONSIDERING
SENDING THEIR
KIDS BACK TO
SCHOOL?
WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING?
>> THAT IS A
GREAT QUESTION.
WE TALKED TO ONE
MOM FROM
WOODSTOCK BEFORE
TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT WHAT SHE
WAS
DOING WITH HERON
DAUGHTER.
HER DAUGHTER WAS
PULLED OUT OF
SCHOOL THIS PAST
MONDAY.
SHE SAID I REGRET
THE FACT THAT
WE TOOK THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM AT
FACE VALUE WHEN
THEY SAID THEY
HAD IT UNDER
CONTROL.
HERE'S WHAT THE
WOMAN HAD TO
SAY.
>> I DECIDED EVEN
IF SHE WAS H
GOING TO HAVE TO
DROP SOME
COURSES, HER
SAFETY WAS MORE B
IMPORTANT.
THE DISTRICT WAS
NOT MAKING THE
DECISIONS THAT
NEEDED TO BE
MADEOI NEEDED TO
STEP IN AND DO
WHAT WAS BEST FOR
MY DAUGHTER.
>>> TO EXPAND ON
THAT A LITTLE,
HER DAUGHTER HAS
SAID SHE WAS
REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO TAKING
AP COURSES AND A
LAW COURSE
WHICH IS NOT ON
OPTION ONLINE.
WE WILL FIND OUT
WHAT COLLEGES
ARE DOING WITH
VERY DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS IN
DIFFERENT STATES.
THAT IS WEIGHING
INTO THEK.
CALCULUS FOR A
LOT OF FAMILIES.
 HARDRY
DECISIONS WHEN
KIDS
ARE TRYING TO GET
INTO COLLEGE.
THANK YOUID FOR THE
UPDATE ON THEHE
LATEST IN
GEORGIA.
>>> AUCKLAND, NEW
ZEALAND'S
LARGEST CITY BACK
ON LOCKDOWN
AFTER RECORDING
THE FIRST
CORONAVIRUS CASES
IN MORE THAN
THREE MONTHS.
NBC NEWS MEDICAL
CORRESPONDENT
DR. JOHN TORRES
JOINS ME NOW.
A LOT OF NEW
ZEALANDERS
THOUGHT
THEY WERE IN THE
CLEAR.
NO NEW CASES IN
102 DAYS.
IN THE U.S., WE
ARE SEEING TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF
NEW CASES EACH
DAY.
HOW CAN WE
 EVER
GET A HOLD OF
THIS?
>> THEY HAVE GONE
102 DAYS
WITHOUT CASES.
THEY SHUT THEIR
COUNTRY DOWN FOR
A WHILE.
THEY FINALLY
OPENED THE
COUNTRY
AND THEN THEY GOT
TO LEVEL ONE,
STAGE ONE.
EVERYTHING IS
BACK TO NORMAL.
AND AFTER THAT
102 DAYS, THEY
ENDED UP HAVING
FOUR CASES.
THEY AREVE TRYING
TO FIND OUT
WHERE THEY CAME
FROM.
THEY THINK THEY
MAHAY HAVE COME
FROM THE PRAK
DOWN OF THE
BORDERS OF
GETTING PEOPLE IN
THERE AND HAVING
THEM QUARANTINE
FOR 14 DAYS WHICH
IS A
REQUIREMENT.
YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER TOO,
IT'S
AN ISLAND, 5
MILLION PEOPLE,
EASY TO ISOLATE
AND EASY TO
QUARANTINE.
THAT IS A LOT 8 
HARDER TO DO THAN
IN A COUNTRY OF
350 # MILLION
PEOPLE THAT IS
SPREAD ACROSS A
HUGE GEOGRAPHICAL
AREA.
LIKE SAM WAS
TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER, ONE OF
THE BIG THINGS
IS MAKING SURE
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT THE
MASKS AND
SOCIAL DISTANCING
IS.
THOSE WILL BE THE
KEY TO MAKING
SURE WE GET
THINGS OPENED
AGAIN
AND THAT WE CAN
KEEP THEM OPEN.
>> WE ARE
FOCUSING ON
SCHOOLS
THIS WEEK.
WE KNOW THAT
SEVERAL SCHOOLS
IN
THE SOUTH HAVE
STUDENTS BACK IN
QUARANTINE AFTER
THE SCHOOLS
BRIEFLY REOPENED.
WE SAW WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN
SCHOOLS BROUGHT
BACK IN DOOR
DINING.
HOW IS SCHOOL
SAFE TO REOPEN?
>> I THINK YOU
ARE TALKING
APPLES AND
ORANGES TO A
CERTAIN
EXTENT.
INDOOR DINING YOU
DON'T HAVE THE
CONTROL THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE IN
SCHOOL.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS
THE ARGUMENT
THAT STUDENTS AS
THEY GET OLDER
THEY NOT LISTEN
TO GUIDE LINES
AS THEY SHOULD.
SO THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO GET
BACK WITH THEIR
FRIENDS.
BUT RIGHT NOW,
THIS IS THE THING
I TELL A LOT OF
PARENTS AND
SCHOOL OFFICIALS.
WE NEED
 TO BE
FLEXIBLE,
CREATIVE
AND PATIENT.
WE ARE OPENING
SCHOOLS FOR THREE
WEEKS AND THEN
SHUTTING THEM
DOWN FOR A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AND
THEN REOPENING
AGAIN.
THIS WILL BE HARD
ON EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE NEVER
BEEN THROUGH THIS
BEFORE SO WE ARE
TRYING NEW
THINGS THAT WILL
KEEP US SAFE.
WE ARE DOING THE
BEST WE CAN TO
MAKE SURE SAFETY
MEASURES ARE
MET BUT ONCE WE
START SEEING
CASES, WE WILL
HAVE TO BE
CREATIVE IN
HANDLING THE
CASES.
YOU'RE RIGHT,
INDOOR DINING IS
CAUSING A LOT OF
ISSUES.
INDOOR SCHOOLS
COULD CAUSE
ISSUES AS WELL.
THEY ARE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT BUT
IONC TO KEEP
AN EYE ON IT,
ALISON.
>>> DR. TORRES,
WE ARE  ALSO
GETTING NEW
INFORMATION ON
MASKS.
THERE IS A STUDY
THAT SAYS NOT
ALL FACE
COVERINGS ARE
CREATED
EQUAL AND NECK
GATORS MAY NOT BE
EFFECTIVE.
WHY ARE THOSE NOT
AS POTENTIALLY
EFFECTIVE?
>> WE ALL HAVE
NECK GATORS AND I
USE THIS WHEN I'M
MOUNTAIN BIKE
RIDING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE STUDY, IT
WAS NOT A STUDY
TO LOOK AT MASKS
BUT OUTLINING
DIFFERENT
SCIENTIFICN 
PRINCIPLES THEY
COULD
USE.
THEY FOUND OUT
THAT N95 ARE THE
BEST AND THEY
WORK WELL.
THE COTTON MASKS
THAT HAVE TWO
OR MORE LAYERS
WORK REALLY WELL.
THEY TESTED ONE
NECK GATOR AND
THEY ARE CALLING
IT A FLEECE
NECK DATER BUT IT
WAS POLYESTER
AND SPANDEX.
THE BREATHABILITY
OF IT LET'S
PARTICLES OUT AND
IT MAY BREAK
DOWN A LITTLE.
BUT MIGHT IS THE
WORD HERE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DOUBLE
UP THE GATOR
LIKE I DO WHEN I
RIDE MY
MOUNTAIN BIKE.
SO THE JURY IS
STILL OUT.
SOME ARE SAYING
HOLD ON, THE
NECK GATORS MAY
HAVE SOME USE
HERE.
BUT YOU WANT TO
WEAR A MASK THAT
PROTECT YOU AND
OTHER PEOPLEUT BUT
YOU ALSO WANT TO
SOCIAL
DISTANCE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU
ARE RUNNING,
JOGGING, WALKING
OR
CYCLING LIKE I
DO.
YOU WANT TO KEEP
FROM OTHER
PEOPLE EVEN IF
YOU HAVE THE
MASKS IN PLACE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO DR. JOHN, I
WILL HAVE THE
MASK ON TOPNT OF MY
GATOR BUT I
WILL BE READY.
>> YOUFA JUST NEED
A FACE SHLD AND
GOGGLES AND I YOU
GO BE GOOD TO
GO.
TOTALLY.
I WILL LOOK LIKE
SOMETHING OUT
OF E.T.
WE KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT IT
IS TO PROTECT
OTHER PEOPLE.
WEAR THE MASK,
WASH YOUR HANDS,
SOCIAL DISTANCE.
>> THOSE ARE THE
THREE THINGS.
>> THANKS, DR.
JOHN.
>>> THE UBER
EVERYWHERE LIFE
STYLE MAY COME TO
AN END IN
CALIFORNIA.
UBER COULD SHUT
DOWN FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS IN THE
STATE ACCORDING
TO
A CEO.
THE RIDE HAILING
COMPANY NOW
REQUIRED TO
CLASSIFY DRIVERS
AS
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES INSTEAD
OF
CONTRACTORS
BECAUSE OF A
COURT
RULING.
UBER HAS A WEEK
TO APPEAL.
IF THE APPEAL
DOESN'T WORK, IT
COMES DOWN TO A
VOTE IN NOVEMBER
OVER PROPOSITION
2.
WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS THIS
MORNING.
>> SO WE THINK WE
COMPLY BY THE
LAW BUT IF A
JUDGE IN A COURT
FINDS WE ARE NOT,
WE WILL HAVE
TO SHUT DOWN
UBERER UNTIL
NOVEMBER WHEN THE
VOTERS DECIDE.
ITPU WOULD BE
REALLY
UNFORTUNATE,
A HISTORICAL TIME
OF
UNEMPLOYMENT IN
CALIFORNIA, IT
WOULD PUT DRIVERS
OUT OF WORK
WITHOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN.
IT WOULD TAKE
AWAY
TRANSPORTATION
FROM HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIANS.
SO IT WOULDVO BE
REALLY
UNFORTUNATE.
>> THAT ALMOST
SOUNDS LIKE YOU
ARE PLAYING A
GAME OF CHICKEN.
8 DAYS FROM NOW,
YOU WOULD HAVE
TO SHUT DOWN UBER
 THEN
STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND
WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO REOPEN
UNTIL
NOVEMBER?
IT WOULD TAKEE  YOU
THAT LONG?
>> HOPEFULLY THE
COURTS WILL
RECONSIDER.
BY NO MEANS DO WE
WANT THIS
PASSED.
>> BUT LET'S SAY
THEY DON'T.
>> IF THEY DON'T,
WE WILL D  HAVE
TO WORK TO MOVE
TO A FULL-TIME
MODEL.
IT'S ESSENTIAL
HOW UBER STARTED
WHICH WAS KIND OF
A BLACK CAR
SERVICE WITH FEW
CARS ON THE
ROAD AND MUCH
HIGHER PRICES.
SO WE WILL LOOK
TO FLIP TO A
FULL-TIME MODEL
BUT WEIS CAN'T --
THIS IS A MODEL
WE BUILT OVER 10
YEARS.
WE CAN'T GO OUTTO
AND HIRE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE% DIRECTLY
OVERNIGHT.
IT WOULD TAKE A
SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF TIME TO
SWITCH OVER.
WE HAVE TEAMS
THAT ARE WORKING
ON IT.
WE DON'T THINK IT
IS THE LIKELY
OUTCOME, BY THE
WAY.
WE WOULD LOOK TO
GET BACK ON THE
ROAD AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
YOU WOULD JUST
GET A SMALLER
SERVICE, HIGHER
PRICES AND
PROBABLY A
SERVICE THAT IS
FOCUSED IN THE
CENTER OF THE
CITY VERSUS A
BUNCH OF THE
SMALLER CITIESAS
AND THE SUBURBS
THAT WE OPERATE
IN.
>> STEPHANIE
RHULE JOINS ME
NOW.
THERE IS SO MUCH
CONTROVERSY
ABOUTUN INDEPENDENT
COMPANIES
TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE
CONTRACTORS.
>> SO MUCH
CONTROVERSY.
THE CEO OF UBER
HAS HIS OWN
PROPOSAL, A THIRD
WAY, A PLAN
CALLED WORKING
TOGETHER WHERE
ALL GIG COMPANIES
WOULD SORT OF
BUY INTO THIS.
IT WOULD AFFORD
SOME PROTECTION
BUT NOT ALL.
HE REMINDED MEAY
THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF DRIVES OUT
THERE THAT
THIS IS THEIR
SIDE HUSTLE.
THEY DON'T WANT
FULL INSURANCE
AND BENEFITS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A
BENEFIT FUND
WHERE MONEY IS
PUT INTO A POOL
AND THEN IF
WORKERS NEED TO
TAKE
IT OUT FOR HEALTH
INSURANCE OR
TIME OFF, THEY
CAN TAKE IT THEN.
HE ALSO THINKS
THEY SHOULD BE
OFFERING
OCCUPATIONAL
ACCIDENTAL
INSURANCE WHERE
IF YOU GET HURT
ON THE JOB, THAT
COVERED YOUR
DISABILITY AND
MEDICAL EXPENSE.
AND HE REMINDED
HE THIS IS NOT
LIKE A FULL-TIME
JOB FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
IF THIS RULING
HOLDS UP AND THEY
ARE FORCED TO BE
TREATING ALL OF
THEIR DRIVERS AS
REGULAR
EMPLOYEES, AS YOU
HEARD THEM
SAY, THEY WILL
HAVE TO CLOSE THE
BUSINESS DOWN IN
THE STATE OF
 ALIFORNIA FOR
LONG PERIOD OF
TIME.
HE SAID YOU WILL
MOST LIKELY GET
A LOT HIGHER
PRICES AND YOU
WOULD LOSE UBER
OUTSIDE OF BIG
CITIES.
IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS, IT HAS
BEEN GREAT.
PLACES WHERE YOU
COULDN'T GET
TAXI CABS BEFORE,
YOU COULD GET
UBER.
UBER WILL GET
MORE EXPENSIVE IF
THAT HAPPENS.
A JUDGE HAS SAID
WHEN BUSINESS
IS DOWN, YOU NEED
TIME TO MAKE
THE CONVERSION.
BUT UBER LIKE
LYFT HAS NOT YET
BEEN PROFITABLE.
EASIER SAID THAN
DONE TO MAKE
THE CONVERSION.
IT IS MASSIVELY
EXPENSIVE AND
NOT SOMETHING
THAT ALL
EMPLOYEES
WANT.
HIS PROPOSAL
COULD BE
SOMETHING
THAT A LOT OF
OTHER COMPANIES
BUY IN.
>> IT SOUNDS SO
EXPENSIVE.
YOU MENTIONED,
THEY ARE NOT
PROFITABLE.
THEY ARE A HUGE
COMPANY.
IS THE BIG
QUESTION CAN THEY
AFFORD TO DO IT?
THEY WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
UBER HAS BEEN ALL
ACROSS THE
WORLD.
RIGHT NOW, THEY
HAVE SEEN A
SPIKE IN THEIR
BUSINESS AS UBER
EATS FOOD
DELIVERY SERVICE.
BUT ONE OFN. THE
REASONS IT WAS SO
MASSIVELY
POPULAR, IF  YOU
THINK
BACK BEFORE IT
EXISTED, WHEN YOU
HAD TO GET PICKED
UP AT THE
AIRPORT, YOU
WOULD BE BEGGING
A
FAMILY MEMBER TO
GET YOU AT THE
AIRPORT, YOUR
ONLY OTHER OPTION
WAS A LIMO FOR
$600.
UBER HAS BEEN A
LOT MORE
AFFORDABLE.
IF THEY HAVE TO
CHANGE AND MAKE
ALL OF THEIR
DRIVERS
EMPLOYEES,
THAT COULD CHANGE 
THEIR COST
STRUCTURE IN A
BIG WAY.
BUT DARO IS
SAYING THEY NEED
TO
PROVIDE MORE
PROTECTION, JUST
NOT ALL THE WAY.
 SAID IT.
I REMEMBER THOSE
DAYS.
A GROWN ADULT
BEGGING MY MOM TO
COME TO LA
GUARDIA.
SHE WANTED TO
KILL ME.
SHE DOESN'T WANT
TO GO BACK
THERE.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>>> BILLIONAIRE
MILL SONNY
REDFIELD
HAS DIED.
WE LOOK BACK ON
98-YEAR-OLD'S
LIFE.
>> I THINK% MOST
SUCCESSFUL
PEOPLE ARE
MOTIVATED BY
SOMETHING OTHER
THAN THE DESIRE
FOR MONEY.
IF THEY ARE GOING
TO SUCCEED,
THEY CAN'T BE
MOTIVATED ONLY BY
THE DESIRE FOR
MONEY.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE
THAT PASSION
TOCO BE THE BEST
AND TO WIN.
>> SUMMONER RED
STONE LOVED TO
WIN.
IN A CAREER THAT
HAD PLENTY OF
CONFRONTATIONS IN
RIVALRIES
ALONG WITH BLOCK
BUSTER DEALS,
HE USUALLY DID.
AS THE CHAIRMAN
AND CONTROLLING
SHARE HOLDER OF
VAA COM AND CBS,
HE FOLLOWED HIS
BELIEF THAT
OWNING CONTENT
AND NOT
DISTRIBUTION WAS
THE KEY TO
PROSPERITY.
>>UN YOU HAVE SAID
THAT CONTENT IS
KING.
ONE OF URFAVORITE
QUOTES
THAT IS MY QUOTE.
I COINED THE
PHRASE.
PEOPLE ARE
BEGINNING TO
REALIZE
IT.
>> HE GRADUATED
FROM HARVARD IN
TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
RED STONE DIDN'T
START BUILDING
HIS MEDIA EMPIRE
UNTIL HIS
MID-60s.
HE RETURNED FROM
WORLD WAR II
USING FLUENT
JAPANESE TO BREAK
CODES.
HE GOT A LAW
AGREE AND JOINED
HIS FATHER'S
MOVIE THEATER,
NATIONAL
AMUSEMENT.
STARTING WITH TWO
DRIVE INS, IT
THRIVED WITH RED
STONE'S
LEADERSHIP.
BY THE 1980s, HE
HAD A CHAIN OF
MORE THAN 400
MOVIE THEATERS,
EVEN CREATING A
MODERN DAY
MULTIPLEX.
THEN HE SETRT HIS
SIGHTS ON A
PIGGER PRIZE, VIA
COM, A COMPANY
THAT HAD TWO
NETWORKS, MTV AND
NICKELODEON.
>> THE MOST
IMPORTANT MOVE I
EVER MADE, THE
ACQUISITION OF
THAT WHICH WAS
VERY TOUGH.
>> HE RISKED HIS
ENTIRE FORTUNE
WITH A $3.4
BILLION BID,
BEATING
BACK THE
MANAGEMENT WHICH
WAS
ALSO TRYING TO
 THE COMPANY.
HIS NEXT WIN CAME
AT GREATER
COST.
HE WENT HEAD TO
HEAD WITH BARRY
DILLERED TO BY
PARAMOUNT.
WALKING AWAY WITH
THE PRIZE FOR
A COOL $10
BILLION.
IN 2000, THE
77-YEAR-OLD RED
STONE CAPPED HIS
CONTENT WITH
THE PURCHASE OF
CBS.
THE DEAL WOULD
BRING TOGETHER
THE CBS
TELEVISION
NETWORK, MORE
THAN A DOZEN
CABLE CHANNELS,
INFINITY
BROADCASTING,
PARAMOUNT
PICTURES, SIMON
AND SCHUSTER AND
OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING.
RED STONE HAD WON
AGAIN.
>> WAIT, WAIT.
>> I GET THAT.
>> YOU WAIT.
>> IT WASN'T
ALWAYS EASY.
IN 1979, RED
STONE FACED THE
FIGHT FOR HIS
LIFE, HANGING
WITH
ONE ARM FROM A
WINDOWSILL AT
COPLEY HOTEL
WHILE A FIRE
RAGED
INSIDE.
>> I REMEMBER
TRYING TO GET TO
A
WINDOW AND I WAS
BURNING.
I TRIED TO OPEN
ONE WINDOW AND I
COULDN'T.
I FOINALLY GOT TO
THIS WINDOW
AND HUNG ON WITH
THIS ARM.
>> W WITH HIS RIGHT
ARM
PERMANENTLY
DISFIGURED AND%
BURNS
ALL OVER HIS
BODY, HE SPENT
MONTHS AT R
MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL
HOSPITAL.
>> A DESIRE TO
WIN AND NOT GIVE
UP PLAYS A BIG
ROLE IN XAE
PERSON.
>> LIKE YOU CAN
CHEAT DEATH?
>> I KNOW I CAN'T
BUT I'M GOING
TO TRY.
I DON'TFE WANT TO
DIE N.I LOVE
WHAT I'M DOING.
>> IN 2005, HE
REVERSED COURSE
DECIDING TO SPLIT
UP HIS EMPIRE.
HE SAID SO ONE
COMPANY WOULDN'T
BE DISTRACTED BY
THE OTHER.
>> YOU HAVE
GOTTEN A LOT OF
CRITICISM FOR
YOUR SHORT-TERM
VISION FOR
BREAKING UP VIA
COMAND CBS.
>>
 RED STONE WAS
LEGENDARY FOR
HIS WILLINGNESS
TO FIGHT, EVEN
IF IT MEANT
WARRING WITH HIS
OWN
CHILDREN.
HIS SON SUED HIM
IN 2006,
ACCUSING HIM OF
CUTTING HIM OUT
OF THE FAMILY
BUSINESS.
YEARS LATER, HE
BATTLED WITH AN
ESTRANGED
DAUGHTER FOR HER
SHARE
OF NATIONAL
AMUSEMENT.
BUT THEY LATER
RECONCILED.
SOON AFTER, SHE
BEGAN EFFORTS TO
BRING CBS AND VIA
COM BACK
TOGETHER 11 YEARS
AFTER THEIR
SPLIT.
>> I LOVE VIA
COM.
I LOVE CBS.
SO I DON'T WANT
TO DIE.
I HAVE A WILL TO
LIVE.
THE SAME WILL TO
WIN THAT I HAVE
ALWAYS HAD AND
I'M GOING TO
FIGHT DEATH AS
FAR AS I CAN.
I LIKE IT HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO
GO ANYWHERE
ELSE.
>>> NEW JERSEY
GOVERNOR PHIL
MURPHY NOW SAYS
THAT SOME
SCHOOLS IN THE
STATE CAN START
THE YEAR
REMOTELY,
SOFTENING HIS
PLAN TO HAVE
SCHOOLS BRING IN
CLASSES THIS
FALL.
>> BOTHGO PUBLIC
AND NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS MUST
CERTIFY TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO
MEET THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY
STANDARDS
NECESSARY
TO RESUME IN
PERSON
INSTRUCTION.
DISTRICTS THAT
CANNOT MEET ALL
OF THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY
STANDARDS FOR
SAFE IN PERSON
INSTRUCTION WILL
BEGIN THEIR
SCHOOL YEAR IN AN
ALL REMOTE
FASHION.
>> THE STATE
STILL HOPES TO
REOPEN ALL OF THE
SCHOOLS AT
SOME POINT BUT A
LOT OF TEACHERS
ARE WORRIED.
THIS IS HOW ONE
IS GETTING READY
FOR THE UNUSUAL
SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I HAVE
COLLEAGUES IN
THEIR
20s MAKING THEIR
WILLS.
I HAVE ONE WHO
HAS HER HUSBAND
AND CHILDREN
MOVING OUT OF THE
HOUSE BECAUSE SHE
DOESN'T WANT
TO EXPOSE HIM.
.
>>> THIS IS AN
NBC NEWS SPECIAL
REPORT.
HERE'S LESTER
HOLT.
>> GOOD
AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE.
WE ARE COMING ON
THE AIR TO
BRING YOUPORE THEN,
FIRST JOINT
APPEARANCE OF THE
NEWLY MINTED
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
JOE BIDEN AND
CALIFORNIA
SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS.
SHE IS THE FIRST
WOMAN OF COLOR
TO BE CHOSEN FOR
A MAJOR PARTY
TICKET.
HERE IS FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
>> SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND
PLAYING
BY THE RULES.
GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE.
TO ME AND TOON
KAMALA, THIS IS
AN
EXCITING DAY.
 GREATS A
DAY FOR OUR
CAMPAIGN AND IT
IS A GREAT DAY
FOR AMERICA IN MY
VIEW.
OVER THE PAST
SEVERALEW WEEKS, I
HAVE HAD THE
INCREDIBLE
PRIVILEGE OF
MEETING AND
SPENDING A GOOD
DEALE 
 OF TIME
WITH A GROUP OF
TALENTED WOMEN
LEADERS, ALL OF
WHOM ARE
QUALIFIED TO BE
PRESIDENT.
WITH EACH ONE,
THE MORE I LEARN
ABOUT THEM, THE
MOREAB I TALKED TO
THEM, THE MORE
IMPRESSED I WAS
EVEN THOUGH I
KNEW THEM BEFORE.
I WANT TO THANK
EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM FOR
BEING A PART OF
THE PROCESS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITHG
THEM AS WE
REBUILD THIS
COUNTRY
TO GET ELECTED
AND ONCE WE ARE
ELECTED GOD
WILLING.
I APPROACH THIS
WITH A
SERIOUSNESS, A
PURPOSE, AND MIND
BECAUSE THIS IS A
SERIOUS MOMENT
FOR OUR NATION.
WE ARE AT ONE OF
THOSE
INFLECTION
POINTS.
AFL LIFE CHANGING
ELECTION FOR
THIS NATION.
THE CHOICE WE
MAKE THIS
NOVEMBER
IS GOING TO
DECIDE THE FUTURE
OF
AMERICA FOR A
VERY, VERY LONG
TIME.
, AND I HAD A GREAT
CHOICE, A
GREAT
OPPORTUNITY.
I HAD A GREAT
CHOICE BUTIT I HAVE
NO DOUBT THAT I
PICKED THE RIGHT
PERSON TO JOIN ME
AS THE NEXT
VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA.
AND THAT IS
SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS.
IT SEEMS
AMERICANS ALL
ACROSS
THE NATION ATEE
LEAST AT THE
OUTSET AGREE WITH
ME.
YESTERDAY WE HAD
OUR BEST GRASS
ROOTS FUNDING DAY
OF THE
CAMPAIGN, MORE
THAN DOUBLE OUR
PREVIOUS RECORD
AND IN DOING SO,
WE SET A SINGLE
DAY RECORD FOR
ONLINE POLITICAL
FUNDRAISING.
AND I THINK I
KNOW WHY.
SO I HOPE YOU
WILL JOIN US ASS
WELL, THOSE OF
YOU LISTENING
TODAY.
GO TO JOE
BIDEN.COM TODAY.
$5, $10,
WHATEVER.
KAMALA, AS YOU
ALL KNOW IS
SMART, SHE'S
TOUGH, SHE'S
EXPERIENCED.
SHE IS A PROVEN
FIGHTER FOR THE
BACK BONE OF THE
COUNTRY, THE
MIDDLE CLASS.
FOR ALL OF THOSE
STRUGGLING TO
GET INTO THE
MIDDLE CLASS,
KAMALA KNOWS HOW
TO GOVERN.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO
MAKE THE HARD
CALLS.
SHE'S READY TO DO
THIS JOB ON
DAY ONE.
WE ARE BOTH READY
TO GET TO
WORK, REBUILDING
THIS NATION AND
BUILDING IT
BETTER.
AS ATTORNEY
GENERAL OFTT THE
LARGEST STATE IN
THE COUNTRY,
SHE TOOK ON THE
BIG BANKS FOR
MORTGAGE FRAUD
AND WON.
SHE TOOK ON BIG
OIL.
SHE IS A PIONEER
IN MARRIAGE
EQUALITY AND
TACKLED THE GUN
LOBBY.
WE HAVE ALL
WATCHED THE
UNITED
STATES SENATE GO
TOE TO TOE WITH
TRUMP OFFICIALS
TRYING TO HIDE
THE TRUTH, ASKING
THE TOUGH
QUESTIONS AND NOT
STOPPING UNTIL
SHE GOT THE
ANSWER.
AS A MEMBER OF
THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE AND
JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, THE
CENTER OF THE
MOST CRITICAL
NATIONAL SECURITY
CHALLENGES OUR
COUNTRY FACES,
WELL AWARE, WELL
AWARE OF ALL OF
THE THREATS TO
THIS NATION AND
READY TO RESPOND
TO THEM.
AS A CHILD OF
IMMIGRANTS, SHE
KNOWS PERSONALLY
HOW IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES ENRICH
OUR COUNTRY AS
WELL AS THE
CHALLENGES AND
WHAT
IT MEANS TO GROW
UP BLACK AND
INDIAN AMERICAN
IN THE UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA.
HER STORY IS
AMERICA'S STORY.
DIFFERENT FROM
MINE AND MANY
PARTICULARS BUT
ALSO NOT SO
DIFFERENT IN THE
ESSENTIALS.
SHE'S WORKED
HARD.
SHE'S NEVERSH
BACKED DOWN FROM
A
CHALLENGE.
SHE HAS EARNED
EACH AND EVERY OF
THE ACCOLADES AND
ATHIEVEMENTS
THAT SHE HAS
GAINED.
MANY OF THEM
OFTEN IN THE FACE
OF OBSTACLES THAT
OTHERS PUT IN
HER WAY BUT NEVER
QUIT.
THIS MORNING, ALL
ACROSS THE
NATION, LITTLE
GIRLS WOKE UP,
ESPECIALLY LITTLE
BLACK AND
BROWN GIRLS WHO
OFTEN FEEL OVER
LOOKED AND
UNDERVALUED IN
THEIRUN
COMMUNITIES, BUT
TODAY, JUST
MAYBE, THEY ARE
SEEING
THEMSELVES FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN
A NEW WAY, AS THE
STUFF OF
PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENTS.
IN HER CAMPAIGN
IN THE PRIMARY,
KAMALA OFTEN
TALKED TO WHAT
SHE
REFERREDHA TO AS
THE 3 A.M.
AGENDA, ABOUT
MOMS AND DADS
AWAKE LATE AT
NIGHT IN THEIR
KITCHEN, WORRIED,
SCARED,
UNCERTAIN HOW
THEY WERE W, GOING
TO
TAKE CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES,
ABOUT HOW THEY
WERE GOING TO PAY
THE BILLS, ABOUT
HOW THEY WERE
GOING TO MAKE IT.
GROWING UP IN
SCRANTON IN
DELAWARE, I SAW
THAT STRUGGLE
WITH MY FAMILY AS
WELL.
KAMALA SAW IT
WITH HERS AS
WELL.
MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE
LIVING
THAT STRUGGLE AS
WE SPEAK,
ESPECIALLY IN
THIS MOMENT OF
CRISIS,
ESPECIALLY WITH
SO MANY
JOBS LOST.
%
,
SHOT, A FAIR
SHOT, A SHOT AT
MAKING IT.
AND IT WILL BE
THE WORK OF OUR
ADMINISTRATION TO
MAKE SURE THEY
GET A SHOT.
THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE IN A
BIDEN HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S GOING TO BE
GRATIFYING TO
SEE THE STRONG
ENTHUSIASTIC
REACTION TO
SENATOR HARRISUS AS
OUR NEXT VICE
PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, IT
COMES FROM PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
IT'S ALREADY
OCCURRING.
ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
ALL I'D LOGICAL
VIEWS.
ALL BACKGROUNDS.
EVENTUALLY, OF
COURSE, WE ARE
PREDICTABLE, SOME
OF THEM.
IT COMES FROM ALL
OVER, EXCEPT,
OF COURSE, FROM
DONALD TRUMP'S
WHITE HOUSE AND
HIS ALLIES.
YOU ALL KNEW IT
WAS COMING.
YOU COULD OF SET
YOUR WATCHES TO
IT.
DONALD TRUMP HAS
ALREADY STARTED
HIS ATTACKS
CALLING KAMALA,
QUOTE, "NASTY".
WHINING ABOUTLA HOW
SHE'S QUOTE
MEAN TO HIS
APPOINTEES.
IT'S NO SURPRISE
BECAUSE WHINING
IS WHAT DONALD
TRUMP DOES BEST
BETTER THAN ANY
PRESIDENT DOES
IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
T WE KNOW THAT
MORE'S TO COME.
LET'S BE CLEAR,
IF YOU'RE A
WORKING PERSON
WORRIED ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOTRS
YOU'LL HAVE A JOB
TO GO TO, WORRIED
ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THE AIR
YOU BREATHE,
WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR CIVIL
RIGHTS,
EVEN YOUR BASICR 
RIGHT TO DIGNITY
WHICH IS UNDER
ATTACK WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION,
KAMALA HARRIS
HAS HAD YOURTI BACK
AND NOW WE
HAVE TO HAVE HER
BACK.
SHE'S GOING TO
STAND WITH ME IN
THIS CAMPAIGN AND
ALL OF US ARE
GOING TO STAND UP
FOR HER.
ON JANUARY 20TH,
2021, WE'RE ALL
GOING TO WATCH
SENATOR HARRIS
RAISE HER RIGHT
HAND AND SWEAR
THE OATH OF
OFFICE AS THE
FIRST
WOMAN EVER TO
SERVE IN THE
SECOND HIGHEST
OFFICE IN
AMERICA, IN THIS
LAND AND, THEN,
WE'RE GOING TO
GET TO THE WORK
FIXING THE WORK
THAT VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE
AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAVE
CREATED BOTH AT A
HOME
AND ABROAD
THROUGH FOUR
YEARSTH OF
MISS MANAGEMENT
AND CODDLING OF
TERRORISTS AND
THUGS AROUND THE
WORLD.
NOT ONLY WILL
AMERICA DIG
ITSELF
OUT OF THIS HOLE
THEY'VE PUTS US
IN, WE'RE GOING
TO BUILD.
WE'RE GOING TOIN
BUILD BACK AND
WE'RE GOING TO
BUILD BACK
BETTER.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS.
WHILE HE'S IN
COURT TRYING TO
DO
AWAY WITH HEALTH
CARE, BUT MORE
THAN 5 MILLION
REPORTED
INFECTIONS,
165,000 PEOPLEPO
DEAD
AND CLIMBING IS A
CONSEQUENCE OF
COVID-19.
AND STILL, MONTHS
LATER, NO REAL
LEADERSHIP OR
PLAN FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
HOW TO GET THIS
PANDEMIC UNDER
CONTROL.
NO REAL HELP FOR
THE STATES AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
TRYING TO FILL
THE VACUUM OF
LEADERSHIP FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
NO REAL HELP FOR
CHILDREN AND
EDUCATORS, FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES
AND FRONTLINE
WORKERS, FOR THE
ONES HOLDING OUR
COUNTRY
TOGETHER.
INSTEAD, HE'S
ISSUING EXECUTIVETH
ORDERS AND MAKING
PROMISES THAT
IN THE END WILL
DEFUND THE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SYSTEM.
WHILEUR INSISTING
THAT THIS VIRUS
WILL DISAPPEAR.
THE JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION
WILL HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN TO MEET THE
CHALLENGE OF
COVID-19 AND TURN
THE CORNER ON
THIS PANDEMIC,
MASKING, CLEAR
SCIENCE-BASED
GUIDANCE,
DRAMATICALLY
SCALING
UP TESTING.
GETTING STATES
AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ANDAMINS
RESOURCES THEY
NEED TO OPEN THE
SCHOOLS AND
BUSINESSES
SAFELY.
WE CAN DO THIS,
WE JUST NEED A
PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT
WILLING TO LEAD
AND TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
NOT IF THIS
PRESIDENT SAYS
IT'S
NOT MY FAULT.
THE GOVERNOR
SHOULD THANK ME
MORE.
AS AN OLDE SAYING
GOES, GIVE ME A
BREAK.
WE HAVE AN
ECONOMIC CRISIS
AND
MORE THAN 16
MILLIONIO
AMERICANS,
16 MILLION STILL
OUT OF WORK.
DONALD TRUMP IS
ON TRACK TO
BREAK ANOTHER
RECORD.
ON TRACKTH TO LEAVE
OFFICE DURING
THE WORST JOBS
RECORD OF ANY
AMERICAN
PRESIDENT IN
MODERN
HISTORY.
BUT INSTEAD OF
DOING THE HARD
WORK OF MEETING
FACE TO FACE
WITH
CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS,
DEMOCRATS ANDTHS,
REPUBLICANS IN
THE
WHITE HOUSE LIKE
EVERY OTHER
PRESIDENT'S DONE
IN A CRISIS TO
GET AMERICANS THE
RELIEF THEY
NEED, DONALD
TRUMP IS ON THE
GOLF COURSE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT
ME THREE YEARS
AGO, YOU'D LOOK
AT ME LIKE I WAS
BEING CRAZY.
HE HASN'T EVEN
MET WITH THE
LEADERSHIP.
HE DOESN'T HAVE
TIME IT APPEARS.
IPDONALD TRUMP
REFUSES TO EVEN
ACKNOWLEDGE.
WHEN HE THINKS
ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGEIN
>>> HIS POLITICS
AND RACIST
RHETORIC THAT
APPEALS THE
DIVISION.
TODAY'S NOT ONLY
THE DAY I'M
PROUD TO
INTRODUCE SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS.
IT'S ALSO THE
THIRD ANNIVERSARY
OF THAT TERRIBLE
DAY IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
REMEMBER WHAT IT
FELT LIKE TO
SEE THOSE NEO
NAZIS.
CHOSE YOUR EYES,
COMING OUT OF
FIELDS, CARRYING
LIGHTED
TORCHES.
FACES CONTORTED
BULGING, VAINS
POURING THROUGH
THE STREETS OF
AN AMERICAN CITY.
REMEMBER HOW IT
FELT TO SEE A
VIOLENT CLASH
ENSUE BETWEEN
THOSE CELEBRATING
HATE AND THOSE
STANDING AGAINST
IT.
IT WAS AST WAKE-UPAK
CALL FOR ALL OF
US AS A COUNTRY.
FOR ME, IT WAS A
CALL TO ACTION.
MY FATHER USED TO
SAY SILENCE IS
COMPLICITY.
NOT ORIGINAL TO
HIM, BUT HE
BELIEVED IT.
AT THAT MOMENT, I
KNEW I
COULDN'T STAND BY
AND LET DONALD
TRUMP, A MAN WHO
WENT ON TO SAY
WHEN ASKED ABOUT
WHAT HE THOUGHT
HE SAID AND ASKED
ABOUT THERE
WERE VERY FINE
PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES.
NO PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
HAS EVER SAID
ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
SEEMEDAN TO
CONTINUE TO
ATTACK
EVERYTHING THAT
MAKES AMERICA
AMERICA.
I KNEW WE WERE IN
THE BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF THE
NATION.
THAT'S WHEN I
DECIDED TO RUN
AND
I'M PROUD NOW TO
HAVE SENATOR
HARRIS AT MY SIDE
IN THAT BATTLE
BECAUSE SHE
SHARES WITH THE
SAME
INTENSITY AS I
DO.
FOR SHE'S SOMEONE
THAT KNOWS
WHAT'S AT STAKE.
THE QUESTION IS
FOR ALL
AMERICANS TO
ANSWER, WHO ARE
WE
AS A NATION?
WHAT DO WE STAND
FOR?
AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, WHAT
DO WE
WANT TO BE?
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS THAT
THE FUTURE OF
THIS COUNTRY IS
LIMITED ONLY BY
THE BARRIERS WE
PLACE ON OUR OWN
IMAGINATIONS
BECAUSE THERE'S
NOTHING
AMERICANS CANNOT
ACHIEVE WHEN WE
PUT OUROT MINDS TO
IT AND WE DO IT
TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE
REASONS I CHOSE
KAMALA IS BECAUSE
WE BOTH
BELIEVE THAT WE
CAN DEFINE
AMERICA SIMPLY IN
ONE WORD
"POSSIBILITIES."
POSSIBILITIES.
LET ME SAY IT
AGAIN,
"POSSIBILITIES,"
THAT'S AMERICA.
THAT'S WHAT SETS
THIS NATION
APART TO
EVERYONE.
THE ABILITY FOR
EVERYONE AND WE
MEAN EVERYONE TO
GO AS FAR AND
DREAM AS BIG AS
HARD WORK AND
THEIR GOD GIVEN
ABILITY WILL
TAKE THEM.
WHEN I AGREED TO
SERVE ASRV
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
RUNNING MATE,
HE ASKED ME
QUESTIONS.
HE ASKED ME WHAT
I WANTED MOST
IMPORTANTLY?
I TOLD HIM I
WANTED TO BE THE
LAST PERSON IN
THE ROOM BEFORE
HE MADE THE
IMPORTANT
DECISIONS
.
THAT'S WHAT I ASK
KAMALA.
I ASK KAMALAK TO
BE THE LAST
VOICE IN THE
ROOM.
TO ALWAYS TELL ME
THE TRUTH,
WHICH SHE WILL.
CHALLENGE MY
ASSUMPTION IF SHE
DISAGREES.
ASK THE HARD
QUESTIONS BECAUSE
THAT'S THE WAY WE
MAKE THE BEST
DECISIONS FOR THE
AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
 A CHANCE TO
SPEND SOME
TIME IN MY HOME
TODAY WITH
KAMALA AND DOUG
AND I WANT TO
THANK THEM AND
THANK THE PUBLIC
FOR AGREEING TO
JOIN AND TAKE
THIS JOURNEY WITH
JILL AND ME.
DOUG, YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO
LEARNE WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A
BARRIER BREAKER
YOURSELF IN THIS
JOB YOU'RE ABOUT
TO TAKE ON.
AMERICA'S FIRST,
SECOND
GENTLEMAN AND
ALTHOUGH THEY'REND
NOT WITH US HERE
TODAY, I WANT
TO THANK ELLEN
COLE AS WELL.
I HAD A CHANCE TO
SPEAK TO
DOUG'S MOM AND
DAD AND ELLEN E
COLE AND WE'RE
GOING TO GET OUR
KIDS TOGETHER TO
LET THEM KNOW
WHAT'S COMING.
MY GRANDCHILDREN
ARE ABOUT THE
AGE OF THEIR
CHILDREN.
I GOT TO SPEAK TO
THEM.
MY CAMPAIGN HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A
FAMILY AFFAIR.
EVERY CAMPAIGN
I'VE RUN, SO I'VE
GOT SOME NEWS FOR
YOU, YOU'RE
ALL HONORAARRY
BIDENS.
KAMALA, YOU'VE
BEEN AN HONORARY
BIDEN WAS THROUGH
OUR SON BEAU
BIDEN.
THROUGH OUR
FRIENDS.
THEY SERVED AS
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
AT THE SAME TIME.
 ON THEOKBI
TWO BIG FIGHTS
TOGETHER.
KAMALA INTO
CALIFORNIA, BEAU
HERE
IN DELAWARE.
BIG FIGHTS THAT
HELPED CHANGE
THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
I KNOW HOW MUCH
BEAU RESPECTED
KAMALA AND HER
WORK AND THAT
MEANT A LOT TO ME
AS I MADE THIS
DECISION.
SO, NOW, WE NEED
TO GET TO WORK
PULLING THIS
NATION OUT OFF
THIS
CRISIS WE FIND
OURSELVES IN.
GETTING OUR
ECONOMY ONVE TRACK
UNITING THIS
NATION AND, YES,
WINNING THE
BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL
OF AMERICA.
MY FELLOW
AMERICANS, LET ME
INTRODUCE TO YOU
FOR THE FIRST
TIME, YOUR NEXT
VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED
STATES KAMALA
HARRIS.
KAMALA, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
A%FL.
>>> THANK YOU,
JOE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
JOE.
AS I SAID, JOE,
WHEN YOU CALLED
ME, I AM
INCREDIBLY
HONORED BY
THIS
RESPONSIBILITY,
AND I'M%IS
READY TO GET TO
WORK.
I AM READY TO GET
TO WORK.
AFTER THE MOST
COMPETITIVE
PRIMARY IN
HISTORY, THE
COUNTRY
RECEIVED A
RESOUNDING
MESSAGE
THAT JOE WAS THE
PERSON TO LEAD
US FORWARD AND,
JOE, I'M SO
PROUD TO STAND
WITH YOU.
AND I DO SO
MINDFUL OF ALL
THE
HEROIC AND
AMBITIOUS WOMEN
BEFORE ME WHO
SACRIFICE
DETERMINATION AND
RESILIENCE.
MAKES MY PRESENCE
HERE TODAY
EVEN POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A MOMENT
OF REAL
CONSEQUENCE FOR
AMERICA.
EVERYTHING WE
CARE ABOUT.
OUR ECONOMY,IC W OUR
HEALTH, OUR
CHILDREN, THE
KIND OF COUNTRY
WE
LIVE IN.
IT'S ALL ON THE
LINE.
WE'RE REELINGHE
FROM THE WORST
PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS IN A
CENTURY.
THE PRESIDENT'S
MISMANAGEMENT OF
THE PANDEMIC HAS
PLUNGED US INTO
THE WORST
ECONOMIC CRISIS
SINCE
THE GREAT
DEPRESSION.
AND WE'RE
EXPERIENCING A
MORAL
RECKONING WITH
RACISM AND
SYSTEMIC
INJUSTICE THAT
HAS
BROUGHT A NEW
COALITION OF
CONSCIENCE TO THE
STREETS OF OUR
COUNTRY DEMANDING
CHANGE.
AMERICA IS CRYING
OUT FOR
LEADERSHIP.
YET, WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO
CARES MORE ABOUT
HIMSELF THAN
THE PEOPLE WHO
ELECTED HIM.
A PRESIDENT WHO
IS MAKING EVERY
CHALLENGE WE FACE
EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT TO
SOLVE.
BUT
 HERE'S THE
GOOD NEWS, WE
DON'T HAVE TO
ACCEPT THE FAILED
GOVERNMENT OF
DONALD TRUMP AND
MIKE PENCE.
IN JUST 83 DAYS,
WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO CHOOSE
A BETTER FUTURE
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
SO, JOE, DR.
BIDEN, THANK YOU
FOR THE TRUST T
YOU'VE PLACED IN
ME.
JILL, YOI KNOW YOU
WILL BE AN
INCREDIBLE FIRST
LADY AND MY
HUSBAND DOUG ANDG
I ARE SO
GRATEFUL TO
BECOME APART OF
YOUR
EXTENDED FAMILY.
AND EVER SINCE I
RECEIVED JOE'S
CALL, I'VE BEEN
THINKING, YES,
ABOUT THE FIRST
BIDEN THAT I
REALLY CAME TO
KNOW AND THAT, OF
COURSE, IS JOE'S
BELOVED SON
BEAU.
IN THE MIDST OF
THE GREATAU
RECESSION BEAU
AND I SPOKE ON
THE PHONE
PRACTICALLY EVERY
DAY,
SOMETIMES
 TIMES A
DAY
WORKING TOGETHER
TO WIN BACK
BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR
HOMEOWNERS FROM
THE BIG BANKS OF
THE NATION THAT
WEREIO FORECLOSING
ON PEOPLES' HOMES
AND LET ME
JUST TELL YOU
ABOUT BEAU BIDEN,
I LEARNED QUICKLY
THAT BEAU WAS
THE KIND OF GUY
WHO INSPIRED
PEOPLE TO BE A
BETTER VERSION OF
THEMSELVES.
HE REALLY WAS THE
BEST OF US.
AND WHEN I WOULD
ASK HIM WHERE'D
YOU GET THAT?
WHERE'D THIS COME
FROM?
HE'D ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT HIS DAD
AND I WILL TELL
YOU THE LOVE
THAT THEY SHARED
WAS INCREDIBLE
TO WATCH.
IT WAS THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL
DISPLAY OF THE
LOVE BETWEEN A
FATHER AND A SON.
AND BEAU TALKED
ABOUT HOW JOE
WOULD SPEND FOUR
HOURS EVERY DAY
RIDING THE RAILS
BACK AND FORTH
FROM WILMINGTON
TO WASHINGTON SO
HE COULDN MAKE
BREAKFAST FOR HIS
KIDS IN THE
MORNING AND MAKEKE
IT
HOME IN TIME TO
TUCK THEM IN BED
EACH NIGHT.
ALL OF THIS SO
TWO LITTLE BOYS
WHO HAD JUST LOST
THEIR MOM AND
THEIR SISTER IN A
TRAGIC
ACCIDENT WOULD
KNOW THAT THE
WORLD WAS STILL
TURNING AND
THAT'S HOW I CAME
TO KNOW JOE.
HE'S SOMEONE
WHOSE FIRST
RESPONSE WHEN
THINGS GET TOUGH
IS NEVER TO THINK
ABOUT HIMSELF,
BUT TO CARE FOR
EVERYONE ELSE.
HE'S SOMEONE WHO
NEVERS AND WHY
IS THIS HAPPENING
TO ME AND
INSTEADS AND WHAT
CAN I DO TO
MAKE LIFE BETTER
FOR YOU.
HIS EMPATHY, HIS
COMPASSION, HIS
SENSE OF DUTY TO
CARE FOR OTHERS
IS WHY I AM SO
PROUD TO BE ON
THIS TICKET.
AND JOE AND I ARE
CUT FROM THE
SAME CLOTH.
FAMILY IS
EVERYTHING TO ME
TOO
AND  MI CANNOT WAIT
FOR AMERICA TO
GET TO KNOW MY
HUSBAND DOUG AND
OUR AMAZING KIDS
COLE AND ELLA.
BECAUSE WHETHER
I'M CHEERING AT
A BLEACHER OR
HELPING MY GOD
DAUGHTER PREPARE
FOR HER SCHOOL
DEBATE OR
BUILDING LEGOS
WITH MY
GOD SON OR
HUGGING MY TWO
BABY
NIECES OR COOKING
DINNER, SUNDAY
DINNER, MY FAMILY
MEANS
EVERYTHING TO ME.
AND I'VE HAD A
LOT OF TITLES
OVER MY CAREER
AND CERTAINLY
VICE PRESIDENT
WILL BE GREAT,
BUT "MOMALA" WILL
ALWAYS BE THE
ONE THAT MEANS
THE MOST.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY
MOTHER AND
FATHER, THEY CAME
FROM OPPOSITE
SIDES OF THE
WORLD TO ARRIVE
IN
AMERICA.
ONE FROM INDIA
AND THE OTHER
FROM JAMAICA IN
SEARCH OF A
WORLD CLASS
EDUCATION.
BUT WHAT BROUGHT
THEM TOGETHER
WAS THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT
OF
THE 1960s AND
THAT'S HOW THEY
MET AS STUDENTS
IN THE STREETS
OF OAKLAND
MARCHING AND
SHOUTING
FOR THIS THING
CALLED JUSTICE IN
A STRUGGLE THAT
CONTINUES TODAY.
AND I WAS PART OF
IT.
MY PARENTS WOULD
BRING ME TO
PROTESTS STRAPPED
TIGHTLY IN MY
STROLLER AND MY
MOTHER RAISED MY
SISTER MAYA AND
ME TO BELIEVE
THAT IT WAS UP TO
US AND EVERY
GENERATION OF
AMERICANS TO KEEP
ON MARCHING.
SHE'D TELL US,
"DON'T SIT AROUND A
AND COMPLAIN
ABOUT THINGS, DO
SOMETHING."
SO I DID
SOMETHING.
I DEVOTED MY LIFE
TO MAKING REAL
THE WORDS CARVED
IN THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME
COURT "EQUAL
JUSTICE UNDER
LAW."
AND 30 YEARS
AGO, I STOOD
BEFORE A JUDGE
FOR
THE FIRST TIME,
BREATHED DEEP
AND UTTERED THE
PHRASE THAT
WOULD TRULY T GUIDE
MY CAREER AND
THE REST OF MY
CAREER.
KAMALA HARRIS FOR
THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE,
THAT'S WHOPE I
REPRESENTED AS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FIGHTING ON
BEHALF OF VICTIMS
WHO NEEDED HELP.
THE PEOPLE,
THAT'S WHO I
FOUGHT
FOR AS
CALIFORNIA'S
ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHEN I
TOOK ON
TRANSNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS WHO
TRAFFIC IN
GUNS AND DRUGS
AND HUMAN BEINGS.
AND IT'S THE
PEOPLE WHO I HAVE
FOUGHT FOR AS THE
UNITED STATES
SENATOR WHERE
I'VE WORKED EVERY
DAY TO HOLD TRUMP
OFFICIALS
ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
AND THE PEOPLE
ARE WHTHO JOE AND I
WILL FIGHT FOR
EVERY DAY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
AND LET ME TELL
YOUUS THE CASE
AGAINST MIKE
PENCE AND
 DONALD
TRUMP IS OPEN AND
SHUT.
JUST LOOK WHERE
THEY'VE GOTTEN
US.
MORE THANUTEY (1)
600-0000 OUT OF
WORK.
MILLIONS OF KIDS
WHO CANNOT GO
BACK TO SCHOOL.
A CRISIS OF
POVERTY OF
HOMELESSNESS,
AFFLICTING BLACK,
BROWN, AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
THE
MOST.
A CRISIS OF
HUNGER AFFLICTING
ONE IN FIVE
MOTHERS WHO HAVE
CHILDREN THAT ARE
HUNGRY AND
TRAGICALLY, MORE
THAN 165,000
LIVES THAT HAVE
BEEN CUT SHORT.
MANY WITH LOVED
ONES WHO NEVER
GOT THE CHANCE TO
SAY GOOD-BYE.
>> IT DIDN'T HAVE
TO BE THIS
WAY.
SIX YEARS AGO, IN
FACT, WE HAD A
DIFFERENT HEALTH
CRISIS.
IT WASH CALLED
IBOLA.
WE ALL REMEMBEROL
THAT PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED THEN,
BARACKDE OBAMA AND
JOE BIDEN DID
THEIR JOB.
ONLY TWO PEOPLE
IN THE UNITED
STATES DIED.
TWO.
THAT IS WHAT'S
CALLED
LEADERSHIP.
COMPARE THAT TCAO
THE MOMENT WE
FIND OURSELVES IN
NOW WHEN OTHER
COUNTRIES ARE
FOLLOWING THE
SCIENCE, TRUMP
PUSHED MIRACLE
CURES HE SAW ON
FOX NEWS.
HE SAID THE VIRUS
WOULD JUST GO
AWAY QUOTE, LIKE
A MIRACLE.
SO WHEN OTHER
COUNTRIES OPENED
BACK UP FOR
BUSINESS, WHATSI
DID
WE DO?
WE HAD TO SHUT
DOWN AGAIN.
THIS VIRUS HAS
IMPACTED ALMOST
EVERY COUNTRY,
BUT THERE'S A
REASON IT HAS HIT
AMERICA WORSE
THAN ANY OTHER
ADVANCED NATION.
IT'S BECAUSE OF
TRUMP'S FAILURE
TO TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY FROM
THE
START.
HIS REFUSAL TO
GET TESTING UP
AND RUNNING.
HIS FLIP-FLOPPING
ON SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND
WEARING MASKS.
HIS DELUSIONAL
BELIEF THAT HE
KNOWS BETTER THAN
THE EXPERTS.
ALLE OF THAT IS
REASON.
AND THE REASON
THAT AN AMERICAN
DIES OF COVID-19
EVERY
80 SECONDS.
IT'S WHYER
COUNTLESS
BUSINESSES
HAVE HAD TO SHUT
THEIR DOORS FOR
GOOD.
IT'S WHY THERE IS
COMPLETE CHAOS
OVER WHEN AND HOW
TO RE-OPEN OUR
SCHOOLS.
MOTHERS AND
FATHERS ARE
CONFUSED
AND UNCERTAIN AND
ANGRY ABOUT
CHILD CARE AND
THE SAFETY OF
THEIR KIDS AT
SCHOOL WHETHER
THEY'LL BE IN
DANGER, IF THEY
GO
OR FALL BEHIND.
IF THEY DON'T.
TRUMP
 IS ALSO THE
REASON
MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE NOW
UNEMPLOYED.
HE INHERITED THE
LONGEST
ECONOMIC
EXPANSION IN
HISTORY.
FROM BARACK OBAMA
AND JOE BIDEN,
AND, THEN, LIKE
EVERYTHING ELSE
HE INHERITED, HE
RAN IT STRAIGHT
INTO THE GROUND.
BECAUSE OF
TRUMP'S FAILURES
OF
LEADERSHIP, OUR
ECONOMY HAS
TAKEN ONE OF THE
BIGGEST HITS
OUT OF ALL THE
MAJOR
INDUSTRIALIZED
NATIONS WITH AN
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
THAT HAS
TRIPLED AS OF
TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN WE
ELECT A GUY WHO
JUST ISN'T UP
FOR THE JOB.
OUR COUNTRY ENDS
UP IN TATTERS
AND SO DOES OUR
REPUTATION
AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT LET'S BE
CLEAR, THIS
ELECTION ISN'T
JUST ABOUTEC
DEFEATING DONALD
TRUMP OR MIKE
PENCE.
IT'S ABOUT
BUILDING THIS
COUNTRY
BACK BETTER.
AND THAT'SIL
EXACTLY WHAT JOE
AND
I WILL DO.
WE'LL CREATE
MILLIONS OF JOBS
AND FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE THROUGH
A CLEAN ENERGY
REVOLUTION.
BRING BACK
CRITICAL SUPPLY
CHAINS SO THE
FUTURE IS MADE IN
AMERICA.
BUILD ON THE
AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT
SO EVERYONE HAS A
PEACE OF MIND
THAT COMES WITH
HEALTH
INSURANCE.
AND, FINALLY,
OFFER CARENC GIVERS
THE DIGNITY, THE
RESPECT, AND
THE PAY THEY
DESERVE.
WE'LL PROTECT ARV
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
MAKE HERRI OWN
DECISIONS ABOUT
HER
OWN BODY.
ROOT OUT SYSTEMIC
RACISM
 IN OUR
JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND PASS A NEW
VOTING RIGHTS
ACT, A JOHN LEWIS
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
THAT WILL
ENSURE EVERY
VOICE IS HEARD
AND
EVERY VOICE IS
COUNTED.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS
STRUGGLE IS
NOTHING NEW TO
JOE.
IT'S WHY HE GOT
INTO PUBLIC
SERVICE.
IT'S WHY HE
HELPED
REAUTHORIZE
THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT AND
RESTORE
UNEMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION
AND EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION
LAWS AND, TODAY,
HE TAKES HIS
PLACE IN THE
ONGOING STORY OF
AMERICA'S MARCH
TOWARD EQUALITY
AND JUSTICE AS
ONLY -- AS THE
ONLY WHO AS
SERVED ALONGSIDE
THE FIRST BLACK
PRESIDENT AND HAS
CHOSEN THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN
AS HIS RUNNING
MATE.
BUTNI AS JOE ALWAYS
POINTS OUT,
THIS ELECTION IS
ABOUT MORE THAN
POLITICS, IT'S
ABOUT WHO WE ARE
AS A COUNTRY.
AND I'LL ADMIT
OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS, THERE
HAVE BEEN
MOMENTS WHEN I
HAVE TRULY
WORRIED ABOUT OUR
FUTURE.
BUT WHENEVER I
THINK THAT THERE
IS A REASON FOR
DOUBT, WHENEVER
I'VE HAD MY OWN
DOUBTS, I THINK
OF YOU, THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THE
DOCTORS AND
NURSES AND
FRONTLINE
WORKERS WHO ARE
RISKING YOUR
LIVES TO SAVE
OTHERS.
THE TRUCK DRIVERS
AND THE
WORKERS IN
GROCERY STORES IN
FACTORIES AND
FARMS, WORKING
THERE, PUTTING
YOUR OWN SAFETY
ON THE LINE TO
HELP US GET
THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC.
THE WOMEN AND
STUDENTS TAKING
TO
THE STREETS IN
UNPRECEDENTED
NUMBERS.
THE DREAMERS AND
IMMIGRANTS WHO
KNOW THAT
FAMILIES BELONG
TOGETHER.
THE LGBTQ
AMERICANSTO WHO
KNOW
THAT LOVE IS
LOVE.
PEOPLE OF EVERY
AGE AND COLOR
AND CREED WHO ARE
FINALLY
DECLARING IN ONE
VOICE THAT,
YES, BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
ALL ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY, A WHOLE
NEW GENERATION OF
CHILDREN IS
GROWING UP
HEARING THE CRIES
FOR
JUSTICE AND THE
CHANCE OF HOPE
ON WHICH I WAS
RAISED.
SOME STRAPPED
INTO STROLLERS OF
THEIR OWN.
AND, TRUST ME,
IT'S A SONG
YOU'LL NEVER
FORGET.
SOYO TO EVERYONE
KEEPING UP THE
FIGHT, YOU ARE
DOING SOMETHING.
YOU ARE DOING
SOMETHING GREAT.
YOUME ARE THE
HEROES OF OUR
TIME
AND YOU ARE THE
REASON I KNOW WE
ARE GOING TO
BRING OUR COUNTRY
CLOSER TO
REALIZING IT'S
GREAT
PROMISE.
BUT% TO DO IT,
WE'LL NEED TO
WORK, ORGANIZE,
AND VOTE LIKE
NEVER BEFORE
BECAUSE WE NEED
MORE THAN A
VICTORY ON
NOVEMBER 3RD.
WE NEED A MANDATE
THAT THE PAST
FEW YEARS DON'T
REPRESENT WHO WE
ARE OR WHO WE
ASPIRE TO BE.
JOE LIKES TO SAY
THAT CHARACTER
IS ON THE BALLOT
AND IT'S TRUE.
WHEN HE SAW WHAT
HAPPENED IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE
THREE YEARS AGO, I
HE KNEW WE WERE
IN THE BATTLE
FOR THE SOUL OF
OUR NATION.
AND TOGETHER,TI
THAT'S A BATTLE
WE
WILL WIN.
EARLIER THIS
YEAR, I SAID I'D
DO
WHATEVER JOE
ASKED ME TO DO.
SO NOW I'MKE ASKING
YOU TO DO THE
SAME.
SO VISIT
JOEBIDEN.COM TOHE
GET
INVOLVED IN THIS
CAMPAIGN AND
VOTE BECAUSE JOE
BIDEN IS JUST
THE START OF% THE
WORK AHEAD OF
US AND I COULDN'T
BE PROUDER TO
BE BY HIS SIDE
RUNNING TO
REPRESENT YOU,
THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU,EN AND
MAY GOD BLESS THE
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
THANK YOU.
%
,
>>> TAKING NO
QUESTIONS AND THE
MUSIC MAKING THAT
POINT THERE
WOULD BE NO
QUESTIONS.
BUT THE NEW BIDEN
HARRIS TEAM
APPEARING FOR THE
FIRST TIME
WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE, A HIGH
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.
HARRIS
IMMEDIATELY
TAKING ON
THAT ROLE THAT WE
OFTEN SEE IN
RUNNING MATES AS
BEING THE
PERSON THAT
CARRIES THE
ATTACK.
IN THIS CASE, THE
ATTACK AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP
AS DR. JILL
BIDEN COMING OUT
TO THE STAGE.
THERE WAS NO
AUDIENCE HERE.
THIS WAS JUST A
GROUP OF
REPORTERS
SOCIALLY
DISTANCED AS
WERE THE
CANDIDATES.
LET'S BRING IN
WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT
KRISTIN WELKER
RIGHT NOW.
GAME ON.
>> LESTER, VICE
PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN AND SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS
GIVING US A
PREVIEW OF THINGS
TO
COME BETWEEN NOW
AND NOVEMBER
REALLY
HIGHLIGHTING THE
SCENE OF
WHERE BIDEN
STARTED THIS
CAMPAIGN.
THIS IS THE THIRD
ANNIVERSARY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE
CASTING THIS AS
A BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE
NATION AND SAYING
THAT HE HAS
NOW FOUND THE
PERSON WHO WILL
STAND WITH HIM IN
BATTLE.
BIDEN MAKING THE
POINT THAT HE
BELIEVES HARRIS
IS READY ON DAY
ONE.
THAT WAS OF
COURSE A KEY PART
OF
WHY HE DECIDED TO
CHOOSE SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS
STRESSING HER
BONNA FIDA.
STRIKING BACK
SAYING PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS FAILED
ON LEADERSHIP
WHEN IT RELATES
TO THE PANDEMIC.
CIVIL RIGHTS AND
ALSO THE
ECONOMY.
YOU HEARD BOTH OF
THEM TALK
ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THIS IS A
CIVIL RIGHTS
MOMENT.
BIDEN TALKING
ABOUT THE FACT
THAT YOUNG WOMEN
AND GIRLS OF
COLOR WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY SEE
THEMSELVES
DIFFERENT TODAY.
SENATOR HARRIS
TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT HER
PARENTS WERE
IMMIGRANTS COMING
TO THIS
COUNTRY LOOKING
FOR A BETTER
FUTURE WHO FOUGHT
IN THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT
AND REALLY
TRYING TO STRESS
THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE
COUNTER POINT TO
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
ALSO STRESSING
BIDEN, SENATOR
HARRIS'S
PROGRESSIVE BO
NVPDA
FIDE SAYING SHE
IS TAKING ON THE
BIG BANK.
THE PERSONAL BOND
BETWEEN THEIR
FAMILIES.
SENATOR HARRIS
TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT SHE HAD A
PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH
BIDEN'S LATE
SON, BEAU.
SAYING KAMALA,
YOU'VE BEEN AN
HONORARY.
>> CRYSTAL WALKER
AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
LET'S GO TO
CAPITOL HILL.
CASEY HUNT HAS
BEEN COVERING
KAMALA HARRIS FOR
THE SENATE.
CASEY, YOUR
THOUGHTS AND
IMPRESSIONS.
>> JUST TO PICK
UP ON WHAT
KRISTIN WAS
TALKING ABOUT,
KAMALA HARRIS HAS
FOCUSED ON
BUILDING PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
AND A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE I'VE
SPOKEN TO ABOUT
HER ON THE HILL.
SHE MAKES A POINT
OF BUILDING
THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS
PUBLICLY AND
PRIVATELY AND
THAT HAS REALLY
MADE A DIFFERENCE
IN HER
POLITICAL CAREER
BOTH BEHIND THE
SCENES AND ALSO
IN THE WAY SHE
COMES ACROSS IN
PUBLIC AS I WAS
TALKING TO
SOURCES AS THIS
EVENT
WAS UNFOLDING,
MANY OF THEM
POINTED TO THE
COMFORT LEVEL SHE
SEEMED TO BRING
TO WHAT IS THE
BIGGEST STAGE OF
HER CAREER SO
FAR AND THAT HAS
COME AFTER
YEARS OF VERY
CAREFUL
PREPARATION.
SHE'S ONLY BEEN
IN WASHINGTON AS
LONG AS PRESIDENT
TRUMP COMING
IN 2017 AND
ESSENTIALLY
SHOWING
UP WITH
INTENTIONS TO RUN
FOR
PRESIDENT.
OBVIOUSLY, HER
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN DIDN'T
WORK OUT THE WAY
SHE INITIALLY
WANTED IT TO, BUT
THE CUSCIBLE SHE
WENT THROUGH
DOWN THAT
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS
SOMETHING THAT
BIDEN BELIEVES
HAS PREPARED HER
FOR THIS ROLE
TODAY.
AND, LESTER, YOU
SAW HER NOD TO
AMERICANS THAT
THE BIDEN TEAM IS
TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO.
SHE GAVE A SHOUT
OUT TO
AMBITIOUS WOMEN
WHO HAVE COME
BEFORE HER AND
THAT IS, OF
COURSE, A
CRITICAL
CONSTITUENCY
FOR THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN
CONSIDERING THE
GENDER GAP IN
POLLS RIGHT NOW
BETWEEN JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS.
AND SHE ALSO
SPOKE ABOUT HER
OWN
IMMIGRANT STORY
AS THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN WORKS TO
REACH OUT TO
IMMIGRANTS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHE CALLED IT THE
COALITION OF
CONSCIENCE.
CLEARLY SOMETHING
SHE WANTS TO
MAKE A TOUCHSTONE
AS WELL.
AND AS YOU
POINTED OUT, SHE
ALSO
ATTACKED
PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND
THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT SHE HAS
BECOME KNOWN FOR
IN THE SENATE
AS WELL AND
CERTAINLY
SOMETHING
I EXPECT HER TO
SHARPEN ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN
THE COMING
MONTHS, LESTER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CASEY HUNT, THANK
YOU.
TODAY IN
DELAWARE, THE
FIRST
JOINT APPEARANCE
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
TICKET, JOE
BIDEN,
KAMALA HARRIS
EACH OF THEM
FRAMING THE RACE
AND WAS NOTED
TAKING ON DONALD
TRUMP, 2020
BATTLE FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE IS
NOW JOINED.
I'LL BE BACK WITH
COMPLETE
DETAILS ON
NIGHTLY NEWS.
IN THE MEANTIME,
I'M LESTER HOLT
IN NEW YORK.
GOOD DAY
EVERYONE.
,
>>> THE 2020
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS
TEAMING UP FOR
THEIR FIRST
CAMPAIGN IN
DELAWARE TODAY.
DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGIST AND
FORMER
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE
NEW
YORK STATE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BATTLED.
GREAT TO SEE YOU
BOTH.
ALLEY, I'LL START
WITH YOU.
THIS IS THEIR
FIRST OFFICIAL
EVENT TOGETHER,
HIT US WITH THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
>> YOU AND I HAD
BEEN WONDERING
WHAT THIS EVENT
IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE IN THE AGE
OF CORONAVIRUS.
NOW WE SEE THEM
WEARING MASKS,
SOCIALLY
DISTANCED WHERE
THEY
NEED TO BE.
THIS EVENT
POLITICALLY WAS
AS
MUCH A FORCEFUL
PRESENTATION OF
THE NEW
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
AS IT
WAS A FORCEFUL
REBUKE OF
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP BOTH
KAMALA HARRIS AND
JOE BIDEN
OFFERING A CLEAR
CONTRAST OF
WHAT A HARRIS
BIDEN OR BIDEN
HARRIS TICKET
WOULD OFFER
AGAINST THE TRUMP
PENCE
ADMINISTRATION.
IT WAS REALLY
EMOTIONAL.
KAMALA HARRIS
TALKING ABOUT HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH
ONE OF JOE
BIDEN'S SONS, HIS
LATE SON BEAU
AND THE
RELATIONSHIP THEY
FORMED
WHEN THEY WERE
BOTH ATTORNEYS
GENERAL.
BIDEN HIMSELF
ALSO SPOKE TO
THAT
SAYING IT DID
PLAY A ROLE IN
HIS
CHOOSING KAMALA
HARRIS AS A
RUNNING MATE.
HE EVEN MADE A
REFERENCE SHE'S
BEEN AN HONORARY
BIDEN.
THE WAY THAT JOE
BIDEN SPOKE
ABOUT
REPRESENTATION
AND THE
NEED TO CALL OUT
SEXISM AS IT
ARISES.
HE REFERENCED
SOME OF THE
COMMENTS THAT
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP MADE IN THE
IMMEDIATE
MOMENTS AFTER
KAMALA HARRIS WAS
NAMED BIDEN'S
RUNNING MATE AND
HE SAID IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CALL THAT
BACK.
SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT
STOOD OUT TO ME,
KAMALA HARRIS
REPRESENTING SOME
OF THE SEXISM
SHE'S EXPERIENCED
DURING THE
STEAK.
WHO ALLOWED HER
TO BE IN THIS
POSITION.
AND THERE ARE A
FEW OTHER
HALLMARKS HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD
LOOK LIKE IN THE
AGE OF THE
PANDEMIC WHERE WE
DIDN'T
NECESSARILY BANK
ON WHAT IF IT
SOUNDS LIKE.
THERE WERE
SEVERAL MOMENTS
OVER
THE COURSE OF THE
SPEECH WHERE
YOU EXPECTED TO
HEAR AN APPLAUSE
AND BECAUSE THE
ROOM IS FILLED
WITH ONLY MEDIA
AND STAFF, THE
APPLAUSE NEVER
CAME.
I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO
GET MORE UTE.
THE LAST THING I
WOULD POINT OUT
IS AS I WAS
STANDING OUTSIDE
KAMALA HARRIS'S
APARTMENT
YESTERDAY AND
TODAY, THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO
JUST ORGANICALLY
SHOWED UP BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO
FEEL APART OF
THIS MOMENT, YOU
CANNOT IMAGINE A
BETTER ROLL-OUT
FOR A MOMENT LIKE
THIS THAN TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF
ORGANIC ENERGY
BOTH FROM YOUNG
WOMEN AND GIRLS
WHO WANT TO SEE
FEMALE
LEADERSHIP FROM
THEIR MOMS WHO
WANT TO SHOW IT
TO THEM BUT ALSO
FROM THEIR MALE
ALLIES AND WHO
JUST WANT TO SHOW
UP AND BE
APART OF THIS
MOMENT.
>> YEAH, ALLIE,
YOU MENTIONED A
LACK OF CROWDS
CHEERING.
I WONDER IF THEY
HAVE TO USE THE
SOUNDS THEY'RE
USING IN BASEBALL
RIGHT NOW.
THIS TICKET
REALLY SEEMED TO
ENERGIZE
DEMOCRATS.
HOW DOES THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN
TURN
THAT EXCITEMENT
AND MOMENTUM
INTO VOTES?
>> WELL, I THINK
EARLIER TO
ALLIE'S POINTS
WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING IS THE
INCREDIBLE
CONTRAST.
YOU HEARD THEM
TALKING ABOUT THE
ANNIVERSARY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE
AND LATER, KAMALA
HARRIS'S
COMMENT ABOUT THE
MORAL
RECKONING AROUND
RACE AND HOW
CONSEQUENTIAL
THIS PARTICULAR
ELECTION IS.
THEY SAID
ESSENTIALLY WHERE
DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEEN DEVICIVE
AND DISRUPTIVE,
THEY WILL BE
EXCLUSIVE.
THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IT DOVE TAILS NOT
ONLY KAMALA
HARRIS'S PERSONAL
STORY I'M A
SON OF JAMAICAN
HERITAGE, BUT
IT'S ALSO THIS
POINT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, YOU KNOW,
70%
OF THE COUNTRY
FEELS IT'S GOING
IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
THIS IS THE BIDEN
HARRIS TICKET
SAYING, YOU KNOW
WHAT, ALL
VOICES ARE GOING
TO BE HEARD AND
COUNTED IN THIS
ELECTION NO
MATTER WHO YOU
ARE, NO MATTER
WHERE YOU LIVE,
NO MATTER WHO
YOU LOVE.
AND THAT, I THINK
IS THE TONE IS
SO RADICALLY
DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT
WE HEAR IN THIS
WHITE HOUSE.
I CAN'T DO
ANYTHING BUT
ENERGIZE
THE DEBATES AND I
THINK FOR
KAMALA HARRIS
SPECIFICALLY
BECAUSE OF THE
KIND OF LEADER
THAT SHE'S BEEN.
I THINK IT DOES
INJECT NOT JUST
ENTHUSIASM, BUT
EMOTION IN THIS
CAMPAIGN THAT WE
HAVE NOT SEEN
THUS FAR.
>> WHAT DO YOU
SEE AS SENATOR
HARRIS'S GREATEST
STRENGTHS ON
THIS TICKET?
>> WELL, I DO
THINK -- SO LET
ME
-- IF I WERE TO
ZOOM OUT A
LITTLE BIT, I
WOULD SAY
HISTORICALLY,
VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES DON'T
MEAN A LOT IN
TERMS OF THE
ULTIMATE OUTCOME.
THEY GENERALLY
JUST DON'T.
BUT I THINK FOR
THIS PARTICULAR
TICKET, WHAT IT
DOES DO IS GIVE
AS I MENTIONED
BEFORE AN
INJECTION OF
ENTHUSIASM INTO
THE
RACE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT
SOME OF THE
POLLING, YOU
KNOW, DONALD
TRUMP
SUPPORTERS WERE A
LOT MORE
ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT HIM THAN
DEMOCRATS WERE
ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
I THINK WITH
KAMALA HARRIS ON
THIS TICKET, I
THINK SOME OF
THAT GOES AWAY.
YOU'LL HAVE YOUNG
VOTERS AND I
THINK PROGRESSIVE
VOTERS KEYING
IN WAYS THAT THEY
MAY HAVE NOT
PRIOR TO THIS.
IT INJECTS A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
MOTION.
THOSE STORIES ARE
STORIES ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE AN AMERICAN
IN THIS MOMENT IN
TIME.
JOE BIDEN SAID
IT.
HE SAID WE MAY BE
DIFFERENT ON
THE PARTICULARS,
BUT NOT THE
ESSENTIALS.
THAT TO ME IS A
REALLY
INTERESTING AND
IMPORTANT POINT
BECAUSE IT'S A
POINT ABOUT
EXCLUSION AND
THAT'S WHERE I
THINK THE
STRENGTHS ARE.
THE WEAKNESSES, I
THINK DONALD
TRUMP IS GOING TO
COME AT HER
WITH EVERYTHING
HE'S GOT AND
WE'VE SEEN IT
ALREADY.
THEY TALKED ABOUT
IT TODAY
ALREADY IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE.
IT'S NOT A
WEAKNESS, BUT IT
IS A
LINE OF ATTACK
THAT WE SHOULD
EXPECT AND THAT'S
WHY IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR
BOTH OF THEM TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
IN DEMOCRATS WE
NEED TO STAY
VIGILANT AND NOT
GOING FOR THE
OKIE DOKE AS WE
SAY.
>> YEAH, ALLIE,
AS BASIL
MENTIONED, HOW IS
THE CAMPAIGN
PREPARING TO
DEFEND HER RECORD
OVER THE NEXT 80
OR SO DAYS?
>> WELL, I WOULD
SAY, SHE'S
BEING ATTACKED
BUT IT'S REALLY
UNCLEAR HOW
EFFECTIVELY SHE'S
BEING ATTACKED
BECAUSE YOU'RE
PROBABLY SEEING
THE SAME STORIES
I'VE BEEN SEEING
IN THE LAST FEW
HOURS WHICH IS
TRUMP CAMPAIGN
ALLIES AND
OFFICIALS TRYING
TO
COMMUNICATE WITH
THEM AS THEY
TEND TO DO
THROUGH THE PRESS
WHICH IS THAT
THEY'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT FINDING
SOME DEFINITIVE
LINE OF ATTACK.
BECAUSE EVEN IF
YOU JUST THINK
OF SOME OF THE
WAYS THAT THEY'VE
FRAMED HER
ALREADY, THEY'RE
TRYING TO FRAME
HER AS SOMEONE
WHO IS A RADICAL
LIBERAL AND A
RADICAL
PROGRESSIVE.
I KNOW
PROGRESSIVES WHO
AREN'T
EXACTLY THRILLED
ABOUT HER BEING
THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL PICK
BECAUSE AS MUCH
AS THEY'VE
DECIDED TO
SUPPORT VICE
PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN AND NOW HIS
RUNNING MATE
KAMALA HARRIS IN
THEIR BATTLE
AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP, THEY'RE
ALSO VERY MUCH
AWARE OF THE FACT
THAT KAMALA
HARRIS BOTH WHEN
SHE RAN FOR
PRESIDENT AND HER
TIME IN THE
SENATE, SHE'S NOT
THE BERNIE
SANDERS, AND LIZ
WARREN'S OF THE
PARTY.
THAT ATTACKS THE
RADICAL LIBERAL
FRONT THAT THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS
TRYING TO SAY.
SECONDLY, THEY'VE
ALSO TRIED TO
PAINT HER AS
SOMEONE WHO IS
NOT
TOUGH ENOUGH ON
CRIME WHEN
DURING THE
PRIMARY, ONE OF
THE
MAIN CRITICISMS
OF KAMALA HARRIS
WAS THAT SHE WAS
IN SOME WAYS AS
A PROSECUTOR TOO
TOUGH ON CRIME
AND THE LAST
THING I THINK AS
WE
TALK ABOUT
MASSAGANIST, THIS
NICKNAME THEY'RE
TRYING OUT
ABOUT HER BEING
PHONY IS ONE OF
THE OLDEST TROPES
IN THE BOOK
BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING TO
INTIMATE THAT
SHE'S NOT
TRUSTED.
I SORT OF FEEL
LIKE I'M WRITING
MY BOOK IN
REAL-TIME WITH
YOU
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
ALL OF THE
EXPERTS THAT I
TALKED TO BEFORE
THAT PROJECT AND
IN THE COURSE
OF COVERING THE
VEEP STAKES HAVE
ALL SAID THIS IS
THE TROPE THEY
EXPECTED TO BE
WALKED OUT AND
LESS THAN 24
HOURS, IT'S ONE
OF
THE FIRST THINGS
WE'RE SEEING.
>> YEAH, NOT
NECESSARILY A NEW
TRICK THERE.
>> ALWAYS A
PLEASURE TO HAVE
YOU TWO.
THRILLED TO SEE
YOU BOTH.
THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US ON SUCH
AN IMPORTANT DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, MY
FRIEND.
>>> WHAT IMPACT
WILL KAMALA
HARRIS HAVE ON
VOTERS IN
MARICOPA COUNTY,
ARIZONA.
OUR COUNTY AND
SERIES FOLLOWS
VOTERS IN
BATTLEGROUND
STATES TO
SEE HOW THEY
WOULD VOTE BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
JOINING US NOW
FROM PHOENIX,
WHAT DO VOTERS
THINK KAMALA
HARRIS BRINGS TO
THE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET?
>> YOU GUYS WERE
JUST HAVING THE
CONVERSATION.
WHAT IMPACT DOES
THE NUMBER TWO
ULTIMATELY HAVE
COME ELECTION
DAY AND I THINK
THAT'S WHERE
KAMALA HARRIS'S
SELECTION IS SO
KEY HERE BECAUSE
WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A CANDIDATE
WHO IS
REPRESENTING A
COMMUNITY THAT'S
NOT BEEN
REPRESENTED ON AN
INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT A DAUGHTER
FROM IMMIGRANTS.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT A DAUGHTER
OF IMMIGRANTS.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOMEBODY
WHO HAS A
BACKGROUND WHO IS
NOT
THAT OF THE EAST
COAST AND I WAS
HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH
FOLKS
PARTICULARLY OF
THE LATINO
COMMUNITY HERE
AND I WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO
RANDY PEREZ.
HE'S A
24-YEAR-OLD HERE
IN
PHOENIX, HE
ABSOLUTELY BACKED
BERNIE SANDERS
BACK IN THE
SPRING HERE AND
HE'S PART OF AN
ORGANIZATION
CALLED LUCHA
WHICH
IS A GRASS ROOTS
ORGANIZATION
HIGHLIGHTING THE
VOICES BETWEEN
THE BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITY
HERE IN THE
GREATER PHOENIX
AREA
AND WE CAUGHT UP
HERE TO TALK
ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS'S
SELECTION
AND I THINK
YOU'LL GET A
LITTLE
BIT OF AN
UNDERSTANDING ON
WHY
HE THINKS KAMALA
HARRIS IS KEY
TO THIS TICKET.
>> WHEN YOU SPEAK
TO HER
EXPERIENCE, THE
DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, AS A
BLACK WOMAN, AS
AN ASIAN AMERICAN
WOMAN, AS
SOMEONE WHO WAS
IMPACTED BY
THESE ISSUES
HERSELF AGREEING
UP.
I THINK THAT
SOMEONE WHO CAN
SPEAK TO THOSE
ISSUES.
HEAR OUR
COMMUNITY, HEARD
OUR
VOICES BEFORE.
SOMEONE WHO
SUPPORTS MEDICARE
FOR ALL.
I THINK THAT IS
SOMEONE WHO WE
CAN ENGAGE WITH.
>> ALLISON, RANDY
LAID IT OUT
THERE.
YOU'RE DEALING
HERE IN THE
GREATER PHOENIX
AREA WITH A
GENERATION THAT
SEES THEMSELVES
TO HAVE AN
ABILITY TO HAVE
AN
ELECTORAL IMPACT.
ONE OF THE U.S.
SENATES HERE IN
ARIZONA JUST TWO
YEARS AGO AND
IN 2016, DONALD
TRUMP WON THE
STATE BY JUST A
LITTLE OVER 3
PERCENTAGE
POINTS.
THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY ON
THE
GROUND THEY'RE
GOING TO MAKE A
SUBSTANTIATIVE
CHANGE IN THE
STATE.
>> DOES THAT
MATTER AT ALL TO
VOTERS THERE.
>> THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT
THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE HAS
SOMEBODY FROM THE
TRUE WEST ON IT.
THIS IS NOT A
CANDIDATE FROM
NEW
YORK.
THIS IS NOT A
CANDIDATE FROM
VERMONT.
THIS IS NOT A
CANDIDATE FROM
ADVISOR.
THIS IS A
CANDIDATE FROM
THE
AMERICAN WEST AND
I WANT TO LET
YOU HEAR DIRECTLY
FROM PETRA
FALCON HERE.
SHE'S A LONG TIME
ORGANIZER IN
THIS GREATER
PHOENIX AREA HERE
AND I WANT TO LET
YOU HEAR FROM
HER BECAUSE
SHE'LL EXPLAIN TO
YOU IT'S MORE
THAN JUST
GEOGRAPHIC CAL
DIVERSION, IT'S
WHAT THAT
GEOGRAPHY
REPRESENTS
TO COMMUNITIES
LIKE HERS AROUND.
>> HAVING
SOMEBODY WHO IS
FROM
THE WEST, WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE
DAY-TO-DAY ISSUES
OF LATINOS,
PEOPLE OF COLOR,
AND THE FACT WE
ARE A BORDER
COMMUNITY,
THEY'RE
OUR NEIGHBORS AND
THIS IS THE
WEST COAST.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS
OF THE
SOUTHWEST ARE SO
DIFFERENT FROM
THE EAST COAST
AND I THINK IT'S
SO VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE PICK
SOMEBODY FROM THE
WEST COAST.
>> IT'S MORE THAN
IMMIGRATION.
IT'S MORE THAN
HAVING AN
UNDERSTANDING OF
THE BORDER.
WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT
LATINO
ISSUES, WE'RE
ALSO TALKING
ABOUT
FAIR HOUSING
POLICIES, ABOUT
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
JUST DOWN THE
ROAD HERE IN
SOUTH
PHOENIX, THERE'S
STUDENT THAT IS
DO NOT HAVE
LAPTOPS TO TAKE
PART
IN VIRTUAL
LEARNING.
THERE'S HOMES
WITHOUT WIFI IN
THEM.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT DISPARITIES
IN COVID TESTING.
A LACK OF TESTING
IN THE SOUTH
PHOENIX COMPARED
TO OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS IN
PHOENIX.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT A LACK OF
BASIC RESOURCES
TO HEALTH CARE.
DISPARITIES WHEN
IT COMES TO
INSTITUTIONAL
SEPARATION HERE.
AND THAT IS
WHERE, BY HAVING
SOMEBODY WHO
ACTUALLY
REPRESENTS
AND HAS LIVED IN
LOS ANGELES,
LIVED IN THE
OAKLAND AREA, THE
BERKLEY AREA,
LIVED IN
SACRAMENTO JUST
NORTH OF THE
AGRICULTURAL
CENTER OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY OF
CALIFORNIA,
IT'S KEY.
BECAUSE FRANKLY,
WESTERN ISSUES
ESPECIALLY AMONG
COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR IS
DIFFERENT THAN
YOU HAVE
IN OTHER PARTS OF
THIS COUNTRY.
ALISON.
>> YOU'RE SHARING
HOW VOTERS
FEEL IN MARICOPA
COUNTY.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>>> THERE ARE
DOZENS OF VACCINE
TRIALS HAPPENING
AS WE SPEAK AND
NOW RESEARCHERS
AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA SAN
FRANCISCO SAY
THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED A NASAL
SPRAY THAT CAN
FIGHT THE
CORONAVIRUS.
EMERGENCY
PHYSICIAN DR.
MARIO
RAMIREZ JOINS ME.
TELL US MORE
ABOUT THIS NASAL
SPRAY AND WHAT
YOU THINK OF
SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
IS IT PROMISING?
>> IT'S
INTERESTING.
THE SCIENTIFIC
DATA THEY JUST
PUBLISHED ON A
PREPUBLICATION
SERVER LOOKS
PROMISING.
THE IDEA BEHIND
THE SPRAY IS
SOMETHING THAT
USERS CAN
ADMINISTER TO
THEIR NOSE ONCE A
DAY AND IT'S
FORMULATED ON
SOMETHING CALLED
NANO BODIES.
AND SO VIEWERS
ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE TERM
ANTIBODIES.
NANO BODIES ARE A
SYNTHETIC
DERIVATIVE.
THE IDEA IS THEY
ARE EASIER TO
PRODUCE AND
THEY'RE MORE
STABLE,
SO THEREFORE IT
WOULD BE EASIER
TO USE IN A NASAL
SPRAY THAT YOU
COULD ADMINISTER.
SO THE SCIENCE IT
IS IS
CERTAINLY SOUND.
TO PUT THAT IN
CONTEXT, THE DATA
THAT THEY
PRESENTED IS WHAT
WE
CALL INVITRO DATA
THAT COMES
FROM THE
LABORATORY BENCH
AND
LOOKING AT IT
FROM A MICROSCOPE
AND SO WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT WHAT
THE CLINICAL
TRIAL LOOKS LIKE
AND SO THE
CONTINUUM IS
SOMEBODY
STARTS WITH
INVITRO DATA AND
THEN YOU GO TO
MICE.
AND THEN, IF THAT
DATA LOOKS
GOOD, THEN YOU GO
TO A PHASE ONE
TRIAL AND THEN
SUBSEQUENTLY A
PHASE TWO AND A
PHASE THREE.
SO THESE
RESEARCHERS VERY
EARLY
IN THE PROCESS
AND THERE'S A LOT
OF INFORMATION TO
LEARN AND WHAT
I THINK ANY GOOD
SCIENTIST WOULD
SAY IS THAT HOW
SOMEBODY BEHAVES
IN THE LAB CAN BE
DIFFERENT.
BUT I'M REALLY
INTERESTED TO SEE
HOW THIS
PROGRESSES.
>> THERE ARE
PLENTY OF
VACCINES
AND TRIALS RIGHT
NOW.
WHERE DO WE STAND
ON POTENTIAL
TREATMENTS FOR
THE CORONAVIRUS?
>> WELL, THERE'S
SOME
INTERESTING
THINGS THAT ARE
COMING DOWN THE
PIPELINE.
SO WE TALKED
ABOUT SOME OF
THESE
ARROW NABS.
BUT I THINK MORE
IMMEDIATELY
WHAT WE WILL
START TO SEE ARE
SOME OF THE
MONOCRISTINA
RENDONAL ANTIBODY
TREATMENTS.
I THINK THOSE ARE
GOING TO BE
REALLY PROMISING
AND WHAT I
THINK ARE GOING
TO BE THE BEST
STOP GAP MEASURE
UNTIL THERE IS
AN ANTI-VIRAL OR
A VACCINE THAT
WORKS REALLY
WELL.
I THINK THERE ARE
A COUPLE OF
ANTI--BODY TRIALS
THAT ARE GOING
ON RIGHT NOW.
PARTICULARLY
LOOKING BOTH AT
PRO
FILAXIS AND SO I
THINK ON THE
OUTBREAK ITSELF,
WE'RE STILL
STRUGGLING TO
MAKE PROGRESS,
BUT
THINGS ARE REALLY
PROGRESSING
QUICKLY.
IT'S TYPICALLY
MEASURED IN YEARS
AND THE FACT
WE'RE MAKING THIS
KIND OF PROGRESS
IN WEEKS TO
MONTHS REALLY
SPEAKS TO THE
SCIENTISTS THAT
ARE DOING THIS
WORK.
BUT IT'S NOT
QUITE TOMORROW,
BUT
WE'RE MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS.
>> WE'RE STILL
GETTING A WHOLE
LOT OF VIEWER
QUESTIONS IF YOU
DON'T MIND TAKING
A COUPLE OF
THEM.
ONE OF THEM IS
ASKING HOW SAFE
IS IT TO TRAVEL
IN A CAR WITH
SOMEONE WHO YOU
DON'T LIVE WITH?
>> SURE.
SO IF WE TAKE A
STEP BACK FROM
THE CAR FOR JUST
A SECOND AND WE
THINK ABOUT WHAT
WE'VE BEEN
TRYING TO DO,
IT'S ALL ABOUT
MINIMIZING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
YOU'RE
INTERACTING WITH
ON A
DAILY BASIS.
SO AS THE COUNTRY
OPENS UP, THE
QUESTION IS HOW
MANY PEOPLE DID
THOSE FOLKS
INTERACT WITH ON
A
DAILY BASIS AND
SO ANY TIME
YOU'RE
INTERACTING WITH
SOMEBODY
YOU DON'T LIVE
WITH, YOU'RE
EXPANDING THAT
CIRCLE OF PEOPLE
THAT YOU'RE
EXPOSED TO.
SO AS WE START TO
GET INTO CARS
WITH PEOPLE,
THERE ARE THINGS
WE
CAN DO TO
MINIMIZE THE RISK
THAT
THAT PRESENTS.
YOU CAN RIDE IN A
CAR WITH
PEOPLE THAT HAVE
MASKS ON.
ALL OF THOSE
THINGS WILL GO
AWAY
TO MINIMIZE THE
RISKS.
AND THAT PERSON
THAT YOU'RE
RIDING IN THE CAR
WITH DOESN'T
INTERACT WITH
VERY MANY PEOPLE,
THERE'S SOME
SAFETY THERE.
BUT IT'S A STEP
UP IN THE RISK
THAN JUST DRIVING
ALONE FOR
INSTANCE.
>> QUESTION FOR
YOU ABOUT
COLLEGE SPORTS.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BIG NEWS THIS
WEEK.
THE BIG 10, THE
PAC-12 DELAYING
THEIR SEASONS.
THE BIG 12 THEY
STILL PLAN TO
PLAY THIS FALL.
WHAT IS YOUR
MEDICAL OPINION
HERE.
SHOULD SCHOOL
SPORTS BE PUT ON
HOLD THIS FALL.
>> I WILL SAY I'M
A BIG COLLEGE
FOOTBALL FAN.
I'M TAKING THE
NEWS HARD MYSELF.
BUT AS A
PHYSICIAN, YOU
KNOW, I
AIR ON THE SIDE
OF CAUTION AND
WHEN WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE
RISK
IS I BELIEVE
PARTICULARLY
THOSE
OF US WHO WORK IN
HEALTH.
PARTICULARLY WHEN
THEY'RE OLDER
THAN 10 TO 12
YEARS OLD AND SO
THAT CERTAINLY
INCLUDES A GROUP
OF COLLEGE
ATHLETES.
THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF
SIGNIFICANT
LOGISTICAL
CONSTRAINTS
AROUND THIS AS
WECHLT THE IDEA
YOU CAN HAVE
CLOSE CONTACT AND
KEEP PEOPLE
FROM BEING
INFECTED IS ONE
THING
BUT THERE'S
ANOTHER QUESTION
OF
HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO HAVE THESE
TEAMS TRAVEL IN
THE CONFERENCE.
HOW WOULD YOU PUT
TOGETHER SOME
SORT OF
CHAMPIONSHIP AND
HOW
WOULD YOU TEST
ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE
SAFE.
WE'RE HAVING A
PHYSICAL AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE.
SO THE IDEA THAT
WE WOULD USE UP
ALL OF THESE
RESOURCES TO KEEP
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
GOING IN MY
PERSONAL OPINION
IS A BRIDGE TOO
FAR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SOME CONFERENCES
CERTAINLY
AGREEING WITH
YOU.
ONE POSTPONING
THEIR SEASON.
TAU FOR ALL OF
THAT AND ALL OF
THE GOOD ADVICE.
>> THANKS,
ALISON.
>>> IT COULD BE
ANOTHER MONTH
BEFORE LAWMAKERS
IN WASHINGTON
FINALLY REACH A
CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF DEAL.
NBC NEWS NATIONAL
NEWS REPORTER
TAHIL CAPORE
JOINS ME NOW.
TELL US ABOUT
THIS NEW TIMELINE
AND WHY IT CAN
TAKE SO LONG TO
GET SOMETHING
WORKED OUT HERE.
>> IT'S CERTAINLY
A LONG TIME,
ALISON.
THE REASON
CONGRESS IS AT A
DEAD
STOP, NOTHING IS
HAPPENING NOW.
THE TWO SIDES ARE
NOT EVEN
TALKING.
THEY'RE BARELY
EVEN TALKING
ABOUT TALKING.
ENDED TODAY IN A
DISAGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE TWO
SOMETHING TO THE
TUNE OF 3.4
TRILLION AND
REPUBLICANS CAN'T
QUITE BRING
THEMSELVES TO
STOMACH THE PRICE
TAG EVEN ABOUT A
TRILLION
DOLLARS.
SO THE TWO SIDES
ARE VERY FAR
APART.
THEY BELIEVE IT'S
NOT WORTH IT
TO THEM.
IT'S NOT WORTH IT
TO THEM.
IT DOESN'T
MITIGATE BECAUSE
THEN
VOTERS WILL LOOK
AT THIS AND SAY
IT'S A FAILURE OF
WASHINGTON.
BOTH PARTIES FAIL
TO HELP US.
EITHER PASS IT,
OR WE'LL BEAT
YOU IN THE
ELECTION AND
WE'LL
PASS IT
OURSELVES.
>> SO LET'S LOOK
FOR A MINUTE
AND SEE HOW
THINGS BEGIN TO
FALL
HERE.
PARTICULARLY SOME
OF THE ISSUES
OF THE WHITE
HOUSE NEGOTIATORS
AND A MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY.
WHAT HAPPENED
LAST WEDNESDAY?
>> LAST
WEDNESDAY, MARK
MEADOWS
WHO IS THE WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF AS WELL AS
ACT MNUCHIN WAS
SCHEDULED TO MEET
WITH NANCY
PELOSI AND SENATE
DEMOCRAT CHUCK
SCHUMER.
PELOSI
IMPLEMENTING A
RULE
SAYING NO PHONES
ALLOWED IN THIS
ROOM.
WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A PRIVATE
CONVERSATION.
MEADOWS SAID, NO,
I'M BRINGING
MY PHONE IN.
THIS LED TO A
BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN PELOSI
AND MEADOWS THAT
ULTIMATELY WAS A
PEACE BROKER BY
MNUCHIN.
ONCE YOU GET THIS
CALL THAT
YOU'RE EXPECTING,
HE'LL BRING IT
IN AND TAKE THAT
CALL.
THAT CALL BY THE
WAY WAS FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MEADOWS WENT OUT
HALF AN HOUR
LATER AND TOOK
THAT CALL.
IT'S JUST AN
INDICATION OF HOW
TENSE AND HOW
NASTY IN SOME
WAYS
THAT THINGS HAVE
GOTTEN BETWEEN
THE TWO SIDES AND
THEY CAN'T
EVEN AGREE ON
WHETHER OR NOT TO
BRING THE DEVICES
IN THE ROOM.
>> YEAH, AND HERE
WE ARE AND
THEY'RE NOT EVEN
TALKING.
>> THANK YOU SO
MUCH, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
>>> LET'S GO TO
THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CORONAVIRUS
BRIEFING.
%
,
>>> -- AS YOU
KNOW ON THE
VACCINES AND THE
THERAPEUTICS.
WE HAVE THE
STRONGEST
ECONOMY,
PERFORMING
ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD.
WE'RE UP I THINK
IT'S 9 TRILLION
DOLLARS SINCE
MARCH.
9 TRILLION
DOLLARS IN VALUE.
THAT'S A NUMBER
THAT NOBODY'S
EVER HEARD OF
BEFORE.
WE'RE ALSO
GETTING CLOSE TO
ABOUT A 50%
NUMBER SINCE
MARCH
WHICH IS
INCREDIBLE.
SO IT'S 9
TRILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S ALMOST 50%.
I THINK IT WENT
ABOVE 50% TODAY
WITH THE 300
POINT INCREASE.
SO WE'RE DOING
MUCH BETTER THAN
EUROPE
SIGNIFICANTLY
AND, AT THE
SAME TIME, EUROPE
HAS
EXPERIENCED A 40%
HIGHER EXCESS
MORTALITY THAN
THE UNITED
STATES.
I JUST WANT TO
MENTION BECAUSE
ANOTHER NUMBER OF
JUDGES WERE
APPROVED RECENTLY
WILL BE
PROBABLY BE OVER
300 JUDGES ,
FEDERAL JUDGES
INCLUDING COURT
OF APPEALS JUDGES
APPROVED BY
THE END OF MY
FIRST TERM AND
OTHER THAN WHEN
THEY ADDED NEW
JUDGES INTO
SOMEBODY'S TERM
WHICH HAPPENS
SELDOM.
BUT WE HAVE MORE
THAN ANY --
THIS IS A RECORD.
NOBODY'S EVER
SEEN IT LIKE THIS
IN ONE TERM.
WE HAVE OVER 300
FEDERAL JUDGES
AND THAT'S COURT
OF APPEALS
JUDGES AND THAT'S
JUST IN THE
FIRST TERM WHICH
IT PROBABLY
WILL FINISH OUT
OVER 300 WHICH
IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
THE STOCK MARKET
REBOUNDS
SIGNALS A
V-SHAPED RECOVERY
STRONGER THAN OUR
COMPETITORS
ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD.
IF YOU LOOK
YOU'LL SEE
EXACTLY
WHAT WE HAVE.
THAT WE'VE DONE 
MORE TESTING 
THAN ANY OTHER 
NATION IN THE 
WORLD, THAT 
WE'VE DONE MORE 
BY FAR 
VENTILATORS AND 
WE ARE BUILDING 
THOUSANDS OF 
VENTILATORS A 
MONTH AND WE ARE 
DISTRIBUTING 
THEM ALL OVER 
THE WORLD AND 
HELPING OTHER 
COUNTRIES. 
BUT DESPITE ALL 
OF THESE FACTORS,
THE SHALLOWEST 
CONTRACTION 
WHICH IS A BIG 
DEAL, I'M SURE 
YOU'LL LOVE TO 
PUT THEM IN YOUR 
VARIOUS MEDIA 
OUTLETS, I KNOW 
YOU WANT TO GET 
THEM OUT, IF YOU 
WANT TO LEAVE 
THE ROOM EARLY 
AND DO THAT THAT 
WOULD BE FINE. 
BUT IT WOULD BE 
NICE TO REPORT 
IT. 
THE RAPID 
RECOVERY OF 
HOMEBUILDERS 
SENTIMENT POINTS 
TO MASSIVE 
CONSTRUCTION AND 
WE ARE DOING 
MASSIVE AMOUNTS 
OF CONSTRUCTION 
OF NEW HOMES 
BECAUSE PEOPLE 
HAVE TREMENDOUS 
CONFIDENCE, THIS 
IS WHERE WE WENT 
AND THE HOUSING 
MARKET HAS 
QUICKLY 
REBOUNDED, WE 
WERE AT A RECORD 
BUT NOW WE ARE 
GOING TO BE AT A 
RECORD AGAIN 
VERY SHORTLY. 
THOSE NUMBERS 
ARE INCREDIBLE 
AND THAT'S WHERE 
WE ARE. 
WE HAD TO TURN 
OFF THE ECONOMY 
AND NOW WE ARE 
TURNING IT BACK 
ON AND THAT IS 
BEYOND, AS IS 
GOING TO BE VERY 
STRONG. 
A STRONG FEE. 
AUTOMOBILE 
DEMAND HAS 
INCREASED 65% 
OVER THE LAST 
THREE MONTHS, 
65% AUTOMOBILE 
DEMAND. 
AND WE ARE 
ANTICIPATING 
THAT IS GOING TO 
GO UP EVEN 
FURTHER BUT THAT 
IS MORE THAN 
ANYBODY ELSE. 
MANUFACTURING 
SECTOR, REMEMBER 
MANUFACTURING, 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PAST 
ADMINISTRATION 
OF OBAMA AND 
BIDEN, 
MANUFACTURING IS 
SAID TO BE THE 
MAGIC WAND, BUT 
YOU DON'T NEED A 
MAGIC WAND YOU 
NEED COMPETENCE 
AND CAPABILITY 
IN THE 
MANUFACTURING 
SECTOR'S BULLY 
AND THE 
PRODUCTION 
INDEXES AT THE 
HIGHEST READING 
SINCE OCTOBER 
2018 WHICH WAS 
AN EXTRAORDINARY 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
AND HERE WE ARE, 
THAT'S PRETTY 
GOOD. 
THESE ARE 
NUMBERS THAT 
NOBODY HAS SEEN 
UNTIL JUST 
RECENTLY AND NOW 
THEY ARE JUST 
COMING OUT, THEY 
ARE NUMBERS THAT 
ARE LEADING IN 
THE STOCK MARKET,
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
VERY SMART 
PEOPLE, I KNOW 
MANY OF THEM AND 
THEY ARE SEEING 
THINGS THAT THEY 
DON'T EVEN 
BELIEVE SO THE 
MANUFACTURING 
SECTOR IS 
BOOMING AND THE 
PRODUCTION INDEX 
IS AT ITS 
HIGHEST RATING 
IN A LONG LONG 
TIME. 
THE ECONOMY, 
GENERATED OVER 9 
MILLION JOBS IN 
THE LAST THREE 
YEARS, A RECORD 
BY FAR. 
12 MILLION MORE 
JOBS EXPERTS ARE 
PREDICTING SO 
THERE YOU ARE. 
LOOK AT THAT, 
THAT IS A RECORD 
AND IT'S A 
RECORD FOR THE 
QUARTER. 
WE HAD OVER 9 
MILLION, 
SUBSTANTIALLY 
MORE THAN 9 
MILLION JOBS. 
THOSE ARE 
INCREDIBLE 
NUMBERS ABOUT 
OUR ECONOMY AND 
HOW IT'S COMING 
BACK. 
IT'S COMING BACK 
VERY STRONGLY, 
IT'S COMING BACK 
AT A LEVEL THAT 
IS FAR GREATER 
THAN ANYBODY 
ANTICIPATED. 
AND WE ARE VERY 
PROUD OF THAT 
AND I GIVE A LOT 
OF CREDIT TO ALL 
OF OUR PEOPLE, 
STEVE AND LARRY, 
WE WILL BE 
TALKING ABOUT IT 
AND IF YOU HAVE 
ANY QUESTIONS, 
YOU SHOULDN'T 
HAVE ANY 
QUESTIONS, I 
DIDN'T PRINT 
THOSE CHARTS. 
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