S
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO
WE DO HAVE STORM SYSTEMS IN THE 
TROPICS.
THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST EACH
OTHER.
RIGHT NOW TWO TROPICAL
DEPRESSIONS, THEY ARE LIKELY TO 
FORM INTO TROPICAL STORMS LATER 
ON TODAY OR EVEN TOMORROW.
RIGHT NOW 13 IS RACING NORTHWEST
AT ABOUT 20 MISHT.
THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO GO INTO THE GULF A WARM
BODY OF WATER BUT LOOK AT THIS
TWO LANDFALLS POTENTIALLY AT THE
SAME TIME.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE 
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST UPPER 80s TO
LOWER 90s.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM 
FOR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
YOUR EVENING
GOING TO WATCH THAT MINOR 
FLOODING
THE ROCKIES STILL VERY HOT IN 
THE UPPER 90s.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT 
TO TUNE INTO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST
ALL WEEKEND LONG AND I'LL BE
AROUND
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THE PADRES SWONG THEIR WAY
INTO THE MLB RECORD BOOKS.
WITH THIS SHOT RIGHT HERE, THE
FIRST IN LEAGUE HISTORY TO HIT
GRAND SLAMS IN FOUR CONSECUTIVE 
GAMES.
ALL FOUR GRAND SLAMS WERE 
AGAINST THE RANGERS AND ALL 
RESULTED IN PADRES WINS.
>>> THERE'S SOME SORT OF LUCK 
HAPPENING 
>>> FACE MASKS ARE OUR NEW
REALITY AND A MAJORITY OF STATES
REQUIRE THEM
BUT WITH AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS ON 
THE MARKET WHICH ARE THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE FOR CURBING THE SPREAD
OF THE VIRUS
>> RESEARCHERS AT DUKE
UNIVERSITY WANTED TO KNOW WHICH 
ONES ACTUALLY WORKED TO PREVENT 
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO TALK INTO A
SPECIALLY DESIGNED BOX TO TEST
DIFFERENT FABRICS AND MASKS.
>> WE HAD PEOPLE SAY STAY 
HEALTHY PEOPLE FIVE TIMES AND 
YOU CAN START SEEING THE
PARTICLES GROWING AND GROWING IN
THE BOX.
>> WATCH WHAT HAPPEN TO THE 
DROPLETS FROM A SINGLE SENTENCE.
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> THE N 95 MASKS CAPTURED ALL
THE DROPLETS
CLOTH MASKS AND THE GATOR, 0% 
EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S RIGHT
ZERO
DROPLETS PASSED THROUGH THE THIN
MATERIAL OF THE GATOR AND THOSE 
DROPLETS WERE SPLIT INTO MANY 
MORE SMALLER ONES.
>> THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM IF 
THE PARTICLES CARRY DISEASE AND 
THEY STAY IN THE AIR LONGER THE 
SMALLER THEY ARE
>> THAT GIVES THEM MORE OF A
CHANCE TO BE INHALED BY SOMEONE 
ELSE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Reporter: THE STUDY USEDA
SINGLE LABOR GATOR
AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES NOT ALL 
GATORS ARE THE SAME.
>> THE SINGLE LAYER YOU CAN SEE 
THROUGH, THEY'RE NOT DOING MUCH 
BUT CLEARLY THE GATOR AND THE 
BAND DID NOT BLOCK THE PARTICLES
AS WELL AS THE COTTON, THE
SURGICAL, THE N-95
>> TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND
OTHERS, THE CDC RECOMMENDS A
FACE COVERING OVER YOUR NOSE AND
MOULT.
IF IT'S A CLOTH MASK YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT HAS TWO LAYERS.
>> A AND YOU CAN SEE HOW
EFFECTIVE YOUR MASK OR FACE 
COVERING IS WITH A SIMPLE TRICK.
LIGHT A CANDLE AND SEE IF YOU 
CAN BLOW IT OUT WHILE WEARING 
THE FACE COVERING.
I DEFINITELY CAN'T DO IT WITH 
THIS TWO-LAYER COTTON MASK
>> I CANNOT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT WITH THIS SINGLE 
LAY YOUR GATOR
HOLDING IT AT THE SAME DISTANCE,
WHOA, SUPER EASY
IT WENT RIGHT OUT.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I 
DOUBLE UP THE FABRIC OF THE 
GATOR SO NOW I'VE GOT TWO LAY 
YOUR -- LAY YOURS.
WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO FOLKS
THAT ARE WEARING THESE
>> JUST MAKE SURE IT'S DOUBLE 
LAYER AND WE THINK THAT'S BETTER
THAN THE SINGLE LAYER.
>>> AS WE SHOWED YOU IN THIS
DEMONSTRATION, MASKS ARE
EFFECTIVE IN CAPTURING DROPLETS 
THAT CONTAIN BACTERIA AND 
POSSIBLY CORONAVIRUS
WHEN I COUGHED WEARING THREE
DIFFERENT FACE COVERINGS NO 
BACTERIA GREW ON THESE DISHES 
BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I 
COUGHED WITHOUT A MASK
PLENTY OF BACTERIAL GROWTH
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU SO
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS SHARES OF TESLA ROSE 7% 
ON THURSDAY CLOSING ABOVE $2,000
A SHARE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
THAT PUSHED TESLA'S MARKET VALUE
TO NEARLY 372 BILLION.
THAT'S A BILLION DOLLARS MORE 
THAN WALMART
>> AND THE MINNESOTA
TIMBERWOLVES HAVE CLINCHED THE
NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT
>>> GOOD MORNING
WE DO HAVE STORMS ACROSS THEOUT 
SOUTHEAST THAT WILL CAUSE SOME
MINOR FLOODING
STILL THAT RECORD HEAT GOING TO 
BE BUILDING FOR THE PACIFIC 
NORTHWEST AND IT DOES MAKE ITS
WAY INTO THE MIDWEST AS WELL
>> UNHINGED WILL PUTT AMERICA'S 
APATATE FOR THEATERS TO TEST
IT'S THE FIRST MAJOR THRELEASE 
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED
>>> A BUNCH OF THE NOMINEES 
FORMER RIVALS OUT THERE HANGING 
OUT.
MANY OF BIDENS PRIMARY
CHALLENGERS CAME TOGETHER FOR A 
BIT OF CONVERSATION AND A BIT OF
FUN.
>> YOU CAN THINK OF THIS AS 
SURVIVOR AS ALL THE INTERVIEWERS
THAT GOT VOTED OFF THE ISLAND.
BERNNY, DON'T YOU LAST
I'VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR YOU LIKE 
WHY DOES MY GIRLFRIEND LIKE YOU 
MORE THAN ME
>> THAT'S THE OBVIOUS ANSWER, 
RIGHT?
>> CABINET COMPETITION GOING ON 
THERE.
THEY GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS AND 
THEY TALKED ABILITY WHY THEY
CHOSE TO ENDORSE JOE BIDEN
>>> OKAY
WORLDS ARE ABOUT TO COLLIDE LIKE
NEVER BEFORE IN THE UPCOMING
D.C. FILM "THE FLASH."
THEY WILL REPRIZE THEIR ROLES AS
BATMAN
AFFLECK BECAME BATMAN IN 2016.
SO HOW CAN THEY HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT BATMANS?
THE FLASH WILL TRAVEL TO VARIOUS
PARALLEL DIMENSIONS WHERE HE'LL 
ENCOUNTER THE TWO VERSIONS
>> NOW FOR SOME EXCITING NEWS 
FOR ALL YOU ROLLING STONES FANS 
OUT THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT
THE ROLLING STONES ARE OPENING
THEIR OWN FASHION AND 
MERCHANDISE STORE IN LONDON.
THE STORE IS CALLED RS NUMBER 9.
IT WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 9th.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE FANS CAN 
IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE 
STOEMPBS ICONIC MUSIC.
>>> AND SOME SURPRISE DELIVERIES
OF HER NEW ALBUM TO RECORD
STORES
A REPRESENT FOR THE CHAIN SAID
THEY RECEIVED COPIES AT NINE OF 
THEIR 12 LOCATIONS AND SOME 
INCLUDED STORES IN CINCINNATI,
BROOKLYN, ARIZONA.
FANS WERE TOLD THAT IS SUPPLY 
WOULD BE ON A FIRST COME FIRST
SERVED BASIS
>> THAT'S OLD SCHOOL TO SEE 
MUSIC ON A STAND LIKE THAT
>> WITH A VINYL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAKING 
UP WITH US ON THIS FRIDAY.
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> AND WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH
THIS
SQUIRRELS IN AN AWKWARD 
POSITION
FOR US IT'S RELAXING 
>>> I'M A PROUD DEMOCRAT
AND I'LL BE PROUD TO CARRY THE
BANNER OF OUR PARTY INTO THE
GENERAL ELECTION
SO, IT'S WITH GREAT HONOR AND 
HUMILITY, I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> JOE BIDEN TAKES THE LEAD AND 
CELEBRATES A NOMINATION THAT
HE'S WAITED A LIFETIME TO 
ACHIEVE AS WE ARE NOW JUST 74 
DAYS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION
>>> NEW DETAILS SURROUNDING THE 
INDICTMENT AND FEDERAL FRAUD
CHARGES FACING FORMER TRUMP 
CHIEF ADVISER, STEVE BANNON,
OVER ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING DONORS
TO BUILD THE WALL CAMPAIGN. 
>> THE CALIFORNIA FIRES TURN
DEADLIER AS ALMOST A HALF DOZEN 
LIVES ARE LOST WITH NO SIGN OF
GETTING THINGS UNDER CONTROL
>>> IMPORTANT RESEARCH FOR
MOTHERS WITH INFANTS ON 
CORONAVIRUS AND BREAST MILK.
>>> PLUS, WE EVER NEW DETAILS ON
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
ANNOUNCER CAUGHT ON MIC USING A 
HOMOPHOBIC SLUR.
HIS CAREER, NOW IN JEOPARDY.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING.
I'M PHILLIP MENA. 
>> AND I'M CORI COFFIN
JOE BIDEN IS OFFICIALLY THE 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.
IT COMES 33 YEARS AFTER HIS 
FIRST BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
BIDEN ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S
NOMINATION AND CALLED ON AMERICA
TO OVERCOME THIS SEASON OF
DARKNESS
WHILE BIPARTISAN APPEALS FOR
BIDEN PUNCTUATED. 
>> I AM A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR
II AND OF KOREA.
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE
THE 1960s.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE NRA
AND I VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I THINK TRUMP HAS -- HAS BEEN 
THE WORST PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER
HAD.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
>> THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADER OUR
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE.
ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS 
THEY FACE, AND WHO WOULD
ACTUALLY PROTECT THEM.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A COWARD IN
CHIEF, WHO WON'T STAND UP TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN. 
>> WHY THE HELL WOULD WE EVER 
REHIRE DONALD TRUMP FOR ANOTHER 
FOUR YEARS
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS THE 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM BIDEN'S POWERFUL
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> Reporter: AFTER NEARLY 50
YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE, AND 
THREE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, 
JOE BIDEN, FORMALLY, ACCEPTING
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS OUR MOMENT.
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE, 
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: FRAMING THE
ELECTION AS A BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE NATION. 
>> CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT.
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT.
DECENCY.
SCIENCE.
DEMOCRACY.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE BALLOT.
>> Reporter: BIDEN, STANDING
ALONE FOR HIS ADDRESS, WHILE
SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE TO
WATCH FROM THE SAFETY OF A
MAKESHIFT DRIVE-IN MOVIE
THEATER.
BIDEN PROMISING TO FIGHT THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND HE VOWED TO LEAD AN ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, LIKE THE ONE HE 
OVERSAW AS BARACK OBAMA'S VICE
PRESIDENT.
>> WE'LL, NOT ONLY BUILD BACK,
WE'LL BUILD BACK BETTER WITH
MODERN ROADS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS,
BROADBAND, PORTS, AND AIRPORTS
>> Reporter: THE NOMINEE USING
THIS NIGHT TO FOCUS ON HIS OWN
EXTENSIVE RECORD, AND DRAWING 
FROM HIS PERSONAL STORY OF
OVERCOMING HARDSHIPS
FORMER RIVALS FROM THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL, CALLING HIM A UNITER.
>> IT WAS AN HONOR TO RUN 
AGAINST YOU.
AND IT IS EVEN A GREATER HONOR
TO STAND WITH YOU, IN SUPPORT OF
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS CLOSING OUT A 
ONE-OF-A-KIND CONVENTION BUT
JUST BEGINNING THE BATTLE FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ALICE
BARR, NBC NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED BACK
AT BIDEN, IN REALTIME.
TWEETING, QUOTE, IN 47 YEARS, 
JOE DID NONE OF THE THINGS OF 
WHICH HE NOW SPEAKS.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE
JUST WORDS
THAT TWEET ECHOING YESTERDAY'S
SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA
>> HE LEFT
HE ABANDONED PENNSYLVANIA.
HE ABANDONED SCRANTON.
HE SPENT THE LAST HALF CENTURY
IN WASHINGTON, SELLING OUT OUR
COUNTRY.
>> AND LAST NIGHT, ON FOX NEWS, 
THE PRESIDENT HINTED AT A MAJOR 
POLL WATCHING EFFORT OVER 
CONCERNS OF IN-PERSON VOTING. 
>> MY QUESTION TO YOU, THEN, IS 
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE POLL
WATCHERS
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHERIFFS, 
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE,
HOPEFULLY, U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY.
AND ATTORNEY GENERALS.
BUT IT'S VERY HARD. 
>> WE COULD LEARN MORE NEXT WEEK
WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION KICKS OFF ON TUESDAY.
>>> ANOTHER FORMER ADVISER TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
ARRESTED
FORMER WHITE HOUSE STRATEGIST,
STEVE BANNON, WAS ACTUALLY
BUSTED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE
THERE ARE ABOUT 1,200 POSTAL
INSPECTORS WHO EXECUTE SEARCH 
WARRANTS ON A FEDERAL LEVEL AND 
MAKE ARRESTS
BANNON WAS ON BOARD THIS $28
MILLION MEGA YACHT WHEN HE WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
HE IS NOW FACING FRAUD CHARGES
NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN HAS THIS 
REPORT
>> Reporter: FORMER WHITE HOUSE 
AIDE, STEVE BANNON, LEAVING 
FEDERAL COURT AFTER HE WAS
CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING DONORS
IN AN ONLINE EFFORT TO BUILD A
WALL AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
IN COURT, BANNON'S ATTORNEY 
ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA, ON 
HIS BEHALF
THE CHARGES SAY BANNON AND
OTHERS BEHIND THE WEBSITE, WE 
BUILD THE WALL, PROMISED MONEY
RAISED THROUGH THE SITE WOULD BE
USED TO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP
CONSTRUCT A BARRIER AT THE U.S. 
BORDER WITH MEXICO
SOME $25 MILLION WAS RAISED 
THROUGH THE SITE
AND WHILE NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED
SOME OF THE MONEY WAS USED TO 
BUILD SMALL PORTIONS OF A 
SOUTHERN WALL, PROSECUTORS
ALLEGE MOST OF THE MONEY WENT 
INTO THE POCKETS OF BANNON AND
THREE OTHERS
AND IT WAS USED FOR PERSONAL
EXPENSES. 
>> IT'S A PAPER CASE
IT'S BASED ON DOCUMENTS, WHICH
IS THE KIND OF CASE PROSECUTORS 
LOVE BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR VERY
STRONG EVIDENCE.
>> Reporter: BANNON WAS REAARRED
ON BOARD THIS YACHT.
THE 152-FOOT LADY MAY IN LONG 
ISLAND SOUND
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY,
WITHOUT INCIDENT
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ARREST
OF HIS FORMER AIDE. 
>> I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE 
PROJECT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WAS
>> Reporter: IF CONVICTED,
BANNON COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS
IN PRISON FOR EACH CHARGE.
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>>> A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ACTRESS LORI 
LOUGHLIN TODAY
THE ACTRESS AND HER HUSBAND WILL
BE SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN 
THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL
PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY 
REQUESTED THAT LOUGHLIN SERVE 
TWO MONTHS IN PRISON AND HER
HUSBAND SERVE FIVE MONTHS.
THE JUDGE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE 
WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE
PLEA DEALS
>>> A CRITIC OF THE KREMLIN IS
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
RUSSIA'S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC
OF VLADIMIR PUTIN IS IN A COMA
HIS SPOKESPERSON SUSPECTS HE WAS
POISONED AT A CAFE
IN RUSSIA, OVER 200 PROTESTORS
ARRESTED
SUPPORTERS MOBILIZING ACROSS 80 
CITIES
OUR RICHARD ENGEL FOLLOWING THE 
STORY FOR US. 
>> GOOD MORNING.
HERE IN MINSK, INCLUDING
SO-CALLED WOMEN IN WHITE, ARE 
GEARING UP FOR MASS 
DEMONSTRATIONS THIS WEEKEND.
YOU CAN HEAR PASSING CARS 
HONKING IN SOLIDARITY.
MEANWHILE, NEXT DOOR, IN RUSSIA,
ONE OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITICS 
MAY HAVE BEEN POISONED AND IS ON
A VENTILATOR
THE KREMLIN'S MOST OUTSPOKEN
CRITIC AND ANTICORRUPTION NAME
AND SHAMER DRANK TEA BEFORE 
BOARDING A FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA
TO MOSCOW.
IN MIDAIR, HE WAS, SUDDENLY,
VERY ILL
MOANING IN AGONY
THE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY 
LANDING.
HE WAS WHEELED TO AN AMBULANCE
AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
HIS SPOKESWOMAN SAID SHE
SUSPECTED THE TEA WAS POISONED
BY AN UNKNOWN TOXIN.
IT'S UNCLEAR IF THIS IMAGE SHOWS
THE POISONING.
A DOCTOR CONFIRMED HE WAS 
STABLE, IN A COMA, ON A 
VENTILATOR
ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER, HE WAS 
ALREADY POISONED IN POLICE
CUSTODY, LAST YEAR
ANOTHER TIME, HE HAD A GREEN DYE
THROWN IN HIS FACE
HE SAID IT NEARLY BLINDED HIM.
HE'S BEEN ARRESTED, TIME AND
TIME AGAIN
AND MANY OF PUTIN'S CRITICS 
HAVE, MYSTERIOUSLY, BECOME ILL
OR DIED.
POLITICIAN BORIS WAS SHOT AND 
KILLED NEAR THE KREMLIN.
THIS ACTIVIST WAS POISONED TWICE
AND SURVIVED
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST WAS
SHOT, DEAD, IN HER APARTMENT
BUILDING
KGB WHISTLE-BLOWER ALEXANDER HAD
A RADIOACTIVE POISON SLIPPED IN 
HIS TEA IN LONDON.
HE DIED.
RUSSIA DENIED THE POISONING,
EVEN WISHED HIM WELL
AND PROMISED AN INVESTIGATION,
IF IT WAS POISONING.
A DOCTOR CONFIRMED HE IS IN 
SERIOUS CONDITION.
STABLE, IN A COMA, HE SAID
HE WOULDN'T CONFIRM POISONING 
BUT HE WOULDN'T RULE IT OUT,
EITHER
>> ALL RIGHT
RICHARD, THANK YOU. 
>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE ONGOING
CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA
FIRES IN THE BAY AREA HAVE
KILLED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE.
NEARLY 700,000 ACRES HAVE 
BURNED
THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE 
OF LOS ANGELES
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO EVACUATE
NBC'S JENNIFER BJORKLUND HAS
THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: PLAGUED BY FIRES,
CALIFORNIA GETS NO RELIEF AS
FLAMES SURGE. 
>> WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF
FIRES.
A LOT OF FIRES IN THIS AREA.
NOTHING LIKE THIS.
WORST, WORST ONE
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS ARE UNDER
EVACUATION ORDERS AND MORE ARE
IMMINENT
THE LARGEST FIRE IN THE STATE 
DOUBLING IN SIZE AND JUMPING A
MAJOR INTERSTATE
11,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER 
THREE DAYS, STARTED 367 KNOWN 
FIRES.
SO MANY THAT FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE
THEM GROUPED INTO WHAT THEY CALL
COMPLEX FIRES.
FOR THE SAKE OF KEEPING TRACK.
>> WE'RE SEEING FIRE AND -- 
AND -- THAT IS -- THAT WE'VE
NEVER SEEN IN THE COASTAL AREA
BEFORE, AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT, 
THE INTENSITY.
>> Reporter: RESIDENTS WHO HAVE 
BEEN TAKING REFUGE IN THEIR 
HOMES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, FORCED TO LEAVE THEM
BEHIND
MANY WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO 
RETURN TO.
>> AS SOON AS WE SAW FLAMES, WE 
LEFT
I WAS LIKE, AS SOON AS I SAW IT 
ON THE MOUNTAIN, WE WERE LIKE WE
GOT TO GO.
>> JUST BEEN FIRE AFTER FIRE
I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY
>> Reporter: LIVES LOST.
A UTILITY LINEMAN WORKING WITH
FIRE CREWS AND A FIREFIGHTER
PILOT, WHOSE HELICOPTER WENT
DOWN, ARE CASUALTIES
AND IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE, FIRE 
CREWS ARE, ALSO, MAKING HEROIC
RESCUES.
>> AT THIS TIME, I HAVE TWO 
CONFIRMED BURN PATIENTS.
WE'RE STILL SEARCHING THE AREA
FOR A POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL FIVE.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNACCOUNTEDFOR
THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO 
DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE
>> Reporter: NO RELIEF FROM THE 
BRUTAL HEAT AND WIND IN SIGHT 
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO DAYS
JENNIFER BJORKLUND, NBC NEWS, 
VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA.
>> DEALING WITH THAT IN 
CALIFORNIA
MEANWHILE, NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB, ALSO WATCHING SOME
DOUBLE TROUBLE GOING ON IN THE
TROPICS.
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
AS PHILLIP SAID, WE HAVE TWO
STORM SYSTEMS THAT ARE RACING 
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER'S 
LATEST UPDATE, WE COULD 
POTENTIALLY SEE TWO LANDFALLS,
AT THE SAME EXACT TIME
RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13
NOW, WE HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
14, AS WELL.
THEY ARE GOING TO REALLY CONTEND
TO SEE WHICH ONE BECOMES A
TROPICAL STORM, FIRST.
AND THAT WOULD BE NAMED LAURA.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW 
ORLEANS, INTO FLORIDA, TODAY, IN
THE UPPER 80s TO LOWER 90s AND A
LOT OF RAIN GOING TO BE 
INUNDATED IN THAT AREA
FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST, WE'RE
STILL WELL-ABOVE AVERAGE
HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE MORE 
RAIN AND HEAT BUILDING OUT FOR
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT COMING
UP. 
>> JANESSA, THANK YOU.
>> DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPS
ARE MAKING SOME SWEEPING
CHANGES.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WILL PROHIBIT
AUTHORITIES IN BALTIMORE ARE
INVESTIGATING A LIGHT RAIL CRASH
THAT LEFT ONE WOMAN DEAD AND A
7-YEAR-OLD CHILD AND A MAN
INJURED.
THEY WERE INSIDE A CAR THAT WAS 
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO LIGHT RAILS.
IT'S NOT, YET, CLEAR HOW THAT 
CAR GOT WEDGED
POLICE WILL BE REVIEWING
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TO FIND OUT
THE CAUSE.
>>> THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES 
TO BE ROCKED, EXCUSE ME, BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THE NUMBER OF U.S. CORONAVIRUS
CASES NOW STANDS AT OVER
5.5 MILLION.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
THE NATION HAS ALSO REPORTED THE
MOST VIRUS DEATHS AT OVER 
175,000.
THE ANNUAL STURGIS MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY IN SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN
TIED TO NEARLY A DOZEN NEW CASES
IN NEIGHBORING NEBRASKA.
THE TEN-DAY EVENT ATTRACTED MORE
THAN 460,000 VEHICLES.
>>> A NEW STUDY FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN
DIEGO AND UNIVERSITY OF 
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SUGGESTS 
THAT COVID-19 DOES NOT APPEAR TO
TRANSMIT THROUGH BREAST MILK
THIS, AS A GROWING NUMBER OF
PARENTS ARE EXPLORING 
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THEIR 
CHILD'S EDUCATION AMID THE
PANDEMIC
NBC'S LIZ McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, BACK TO 
SCHOOL MIGHT BE BACK TO HOME, 
FOR MANY FAMILIES.
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE FEELING
FRUSTRATED
SO LOOKING AT HOME SCHOOLING IS 
AN OPTION.
PUTS THEM IN MORE OF THE
DIRECTOR SEAT.
>> Reporter: AMID THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC, THE NATIONAL HO
HOMESCHOOL ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY
ARE RECEIVING AS MANY AS 3,400
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, EACH
DAY.
>> YOU CAN MAKE LEARNING FIT
YOUR LIFESTYLE AND YOUR FAMILY, 
AND HAVE IT BE TRULY AMAZING
>> Reporter: MEGAN TALBER, HER
THREE CHILDREN TRAVELING ABOUT
FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
>> SO THEY HAVEN'T READ ABOUT 
HISTORY FROM TEXTBOOKS, SO MUCH 
AS THEY HAVE WALKED A MILE IN 
HISTORICAL FOOTSTEPS. 
>> SHE USES NATIONAL PARKS AS A 
CLASSROOM TO TEACH ABOUT HISTORY
AND SCIENCE, NOT JUST TO HER OWN
CHILDREN BUT, TO STUDENTS AROUND
THE WORLD, THROUGH A VIRTUAL
PLATFORM CALLED OUT SCHOOL. 
>> OUT SCHOOL IS A MARKETPLACE
OF OVER 50,000 CLASSES THAT 
FAMILIES CAN CHOOSE FROM
>> Reporter: SIMILAR TO THE 
STRUCTURE OF AIRBNB, THE
TEACHERS SET THEIR OWN CLASSES, 
PRICES, AND SCHEDULE
PROVIDING LIVE SUPPORT AND
INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS.
>> WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN USER 
GROWTH ON THE -- ON THE SITE
GROW BY OVER 30 TIMES.
>> Reporter: AN INFLUX OF 
INTEREST FROM FAMILIES EXPLORING
WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT A CHILD'S
CURRENT EDUCATION, OR TO CREATE 
A FULL CURRICULUM.
>> THE WHOLE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
IS CHANGING.
>> Reporter: AS MORE PARENTS
ANYTHING LIKE YOU MEN, UNTIL
NOW.
>>> THE RIGHT STUFF IS A NEW
EIGHT-EPISODE SERIES COMING TO
DISNEY PLUS WHERE A TEAM OF 
ELITE MILITARY TEST PILOTS FIND 
THEMSELVES TAPPED TO BE 
ASTRONAUTS FOR PROJECT MERCURY
IT'S THE FIRST HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT PROGRAM IN THE U.S.
THOSE EPISODES WILL PREMIERE IN 
OCTOBER.
>> LGBTQ ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING
ON EXECUTIVES TO SEVER TIES WITH
BROADCASTER THOM BRENNAMAN
FOX SPORTS ALREADY PULLED HIM 
FROM THE FALL SEASON, AFTER HE
USED AN ANTI-GAY SLUR DURING A
BASEBALL GAME.
OUR GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A HOT MIC 
COMING BACK FROM A COMMERCIAL 
BREAK.
>> BHEE
AN ANTI-GAY SLUR UTTERED ON LIVE
TV BY CINCINNATI REDS 
PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER, THOM
BRENNAMAN.
APPARENTLY, DIDN'T REALIZE HE 
WAS ON AIR
SECONDS LATER, HE MOVED ON AS IF
NOTHING HAPPENED
BUT THE OFFENSIVE COMMENT, SOON,
WENT VIRAL. 
>> I MADE A COMMENT EARLIER 
TONIGHT THAT, I GUESS, WENT OUT 
OVER THE AIR, THAT I AM DEEPLY
ASHAMED OF
IF I HAVE HURT ANYONE OUT THERE,
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I SAY,
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I'M
SO, VERY, VERY SORRY
>> Reporter: THAT APOLOGY,
AWKWARDLY, INTERRUPTED. 
>> I PRIDE MYSELF AND THINK OF
MYSELF AS A -- A MAN OF FAITH.
AS THERE IS A DRIVE INTO DEEP 
LEFT FIELD BY CASTIANOS, IT WILL
BE A HOME RUN.
AND SO, THAT WILL MAKE IT A 
FOUR-NOTHING BALL GAME. 
>> THE TEAM SAYS IT'S DEVASTATED
BY THE HORRIFIC REMARK
WE SHARE OUR APOLOGIES TO THE 
LGBT
>>> HI, EVERYONE
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND
WE DO HAVE A FEW SCATTERED
STORMS FOR THE SOUTHEAST ON 
>>> NOW, TO A REMARKABLE STORY
OF SURVIVAL OUT OF MEXICO.
A MAN WAS RESCUED BY A FORMER 
MARINE, AFTER BEING STRANDED
HE WAS IN THE WOODS FOR MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS, WITH A NASTY
BACK INJURY.
NBC'S JOE FRYER HAS THE 
INCREDIBLE STORY
>> Reporter: THE SANTA FE 
NATIONAL FOREST COVERS
1.5 MILLION ACRES.
A SPRAWLING LANDSCAPE THAT FILLS
THE EYES AND EARS.
>> I HEARD SOMEBODY WAY, WAY OFF
TRAIL.
>> LIKE WHEN JOHN WAS HIKING
WITH HIS TWO KIDS AND HEARD A 
STRANGE VOICE.
>> I LISTENED AND THOUGHT MAYBE 
IT WAS ANOTHER HIKER YELLING OR 
PLAYING OR SOMETHING
AND THEY YELLED AGAIN.
SO I YELLED BACK, DO YOU NEED 
HELP
AND I HEAR, YES, JUST VERY
FAINTLY, SO FAR AWAY
>> Reporter: DOWN STEEP TERRAIN,
THEY FOUND A HIKER, STRANDED
ABOUT 14 DAYS.
OUT OF FOOD, HE ONLY HAD A
FILTERED WATER BOTTLE TO DRINK
FROM THE STREAM.
>> WHEN YOU SAW HIM, HOW BAD A
SHAPE WAS HE IN?
>> YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T STAND
HE WAS VERY DELIRIOUS.
>> THEY HIKED THREE MILES WHERE 
THERE WAS CELL SERVICE AND
CALLED 911
GAVE SANTA FE FIRE DEPARTMENT 
THE MAN'S GPS LOCATION BUT AFTER
EIGHT HOURS OF LOOKING, THE 
RESCUE TEAM COULD NOT FIND HIM. 
>> WE WERE KIND OF SEARCHING FOR
A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE 
WAS LOCATED.
>> I WORRIED ABOUT HIM ALL
NIGHT.
I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE
AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK 
THAT GUY WOULD'VE LEFT. 
>> SO HE WENT BACK THE NEXT 
MORNING, FOUND THE MAN, CALLED
911 AGAIN, AND GUIDED RESCUERS
TO THE SPOT, HIMSELF. 
>> HOW HAPPY WAS HE TO SEE YOU
GUYS
>> HE WAS PRETTY HAPPY
HE --  WARMED HIM UP
WE STARTED A FIRE.
WE GAVE HIM A BLANKET.
WE STARTED AN IV
WE MANUALLY HIKED HIM UP, OFF 
THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL.
AND THEN, HIKED HIM DOWN THE
REST OF THE TRAIL.
>> IF YOU AND YOUR KIDS HAD NOT 
HEARD HIM AND FOUND HIM, WHAT DO
YOU THINK WOULD'VE HAPPENED?
>> I DON'T THINK HE HAD MORE
THAN -- MORE THAN A COUPLE OF 
DAYS LEFT.
SO FAR OFF TRAIL, THE SLOPE IS
SO STEEP, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY 
WOULD'VE FOUND HIM. 
>> JOE FRYER REPORTING
JUST AN INCREDIBLE STORY. 
>> YEAH.
THE HUMAN SURVIVAL IT'S 
INCREDIBLE
AND THE BRAVERY.
YOU KNOW, TO GO OUT THERE AND 
GET HIM.
>> COMING BACK FOR HIM. 
>> YEAH, SURE IS
>>> ALL RIGHT.
SUNDAY IS THE INDY 500 AND SOME 
SPECIAL SINGERS WILL BE 
PERFORMING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
♪ LIVING FOR TODAY ♪
>> AFTER THEIR RENDITION OF JOHN
LENNON'S "IMAGINE" WENT VIRAL,
SEVERAL MAYO CLINIC DOCTORS WERE
CHOSEN TO SING BEFORE THE BIG 
RACE
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE INDY 500
AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN ON SUNDAY, 
RIGHT HERE, ON NBC
I SAW YOU.
DID YOU JUST GET CHILLS?
I SAW YOU.
>> YES
OH, GOSH
I REMEMBER
>>> THIS IS OUR MOMENT
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE, 
TONIGHT.
>> JOE BIDEN AND HIS WIFE,
SOAKING IN THE MOMENT, AS 
FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
OVER DELAWARE.
JUST MOMENTS AFTER HE ACCEPTED
THE NOMINATION TO TAKE ON DONALD
TRUMP AS THE DEMOCRATS' STANDARD
BEARER. 
>> STEVE BANNON ACCUSED OF
RIPPING OFF DONATIONS EARMARKED 
TO BUILD A BORDER WALL
ARRESTED ABOARD A 150-FOOT YACHT
OWNED BY A CHINESE BILLIONAIRE
>>> THE DEADLY CALIFORNIA FIRES 
ARE GAINING MOMENTUM AS 
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE 
FAST-MOVING BLAZES ARE UP 
AGAINST A FEROCIOUS PHENOMENON. 
>> THE BATTLE OVER SCHOOLS, 
TEACHERS IN MAJOR CITIES, 
THREATENING TO STRIKE.
WHAT THEY'RE DEMANDING. 
>> AND THE ROLLING STONES ARE 
BACK WITH A FIRST.
AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M CORI 
COFFIN. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
FOR JOE BIDEN, A MOMENT OVER
THREE DECADES IN THE MAKING.
33 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL BID, BIDEN ACCEPTED
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
ON A NIGHT FILLED WITH BOTH 
LEVITY AND GRAVITAS.
>> TONIGHT, I COULDN'T BE 
PROUDER TO BE A LOYAL UNION 
MEMBER, A PASSIONATE CLIMATE
ACTIVIST, AND A PATRIOTIC 
DEMOCRAT
OR AS DONALD TRUMP WILL CALL ME 
IN A TWEET TOMORROW, A WASHED 
UP, HORSE FACE, NO TALENT HAS 
BEEN WITH LOW RATINGS.
>> OUR FUTURE IS NOW AND IT IS
DAUNTING
BUT I ASK YOU, TONIGHT, TO JOIN 
ME TO HELP JOE AND KAMALA FIGHT 
FOR THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. 
>> WHY THE HELL WOULD WE EVER 
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
>> THE VERY RING ON MY FINGER 
REFLECTS HOW THIS COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE. 
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINING US FROM 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WITH THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SPEECH OF JOE BIDEN'S CAREER
TRACIE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
AT LEAST, SO FAR
GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS NIGHT, IN FACT, THIS ENTIRE
WEEK, WAS ABOUT BUILDING TO THIS
MOMENT FOR JOE BIDEN
THIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
HE TALKED ABOUT CHARACTER AND 
DECENCY, AND MADE SOME PROMISES.
AND ALTHOUGH, THE SPEECH ITSELF 
WAS LIGHTER ON POLICY AND MORE
ON INSPIRATION AND HOW HE FRAMED
THIS ELECTION.
HE TALKED ABOUT DISTINCTIONS
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
HE DID TALK ABOUT THE VIRUS,
THAT HAS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON
AMERICA.
AND HE PROMISED TO CONTROL IT.
>> WE'LL NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES 
BACK, UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THIS 
VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY OF WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY IS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE 
THIS BAD
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS 
FAILED, IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY
TO THE NATION.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA
THIS IS OUR MOMENT
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE, 
TONIGHT.
AS LOVE AND HOPE AND LIGHT JOIN 
IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF 
THE NATION
AND THIS IS A BATTLE WE WILL
WIN, AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER.
I PROMISE YOU.
>> SO, JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS, NOW, THE OFFICIAL TICKET
FOR THE DEMOCRATS HEADED INTO 
THE FALL ELECTION.
THREE MESSAGES WE HEARD, LOUD 
AND CLEAR, OVER THE COURSE OF 
THIS WEEK.
GO OUT AND VOTE, AND MAKE A PLAN
TO DO SO
AND FUNDRAISING WAS, ALSO, A BIG
ISSUE HERE
IN FACT, OVERNIGHT, WE HEARD THE
DNC CHAIR SAY THAT THEY SET AN
ONLINE RECORD FOR FUNDRAISING 
THIS WEEK.
PHILLIP.
>> IT WAS A BIG WEEK FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>>> MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
FIRED BACK AT BIDEN, IN 
REALTIME
TWEETING, QUOTE, IN 47 YEARS, 
JOE DID NONE OF THE THINGS WHICH
HE NOW SPEAKS.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE
JUST WORDS
THAT TWEET, ECHOING YESTERDAY'S 
SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA
>> HE LEFT
HE ABANDONED PENNSYLVANIA.
HE ABANDONED SCRANTON.
HE SPENT THE LAST HALF CENTURY
IN WASHINGTON SELLING OUT OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> AND LAST NIGHT ON FOX NEWS,
THE PRESIDENT HINTED AT A MAJOR 
POLL-WATCHING EFFORT OVER 
CONCERNS OF IN-PERSON VOTING
>> MY QUESTION TO YOU, THEN, IS 
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE POLL
WATCHERS
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHERIFFS, 
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE,
HOPEFULLY, U.S. ATTORNEYS, AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY.
AND ATTORNEY GENERALS.
BUT IT'S VERY HARD
>> WE COULD LEARN MORE NEXT WEEK
WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION KICKS OFF
>>> ANOTHER FORMER TRUMP
CAMPAIGN INSIDER, FACING
SERIOUS, LEGAL TROUBLE
STEVE BANNON, WHO WAS ONCE THE
PRESIDENT'S CHIEF STRATEGIST, IS
NOW FACING FEDERAL FRAUD
CHARGES.
NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT HAS THIS
REPORT
>> Reporter: ANOTHER FORMER 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN BOSS FACING
FEDERAL CHARGES.
STEVE BANNON, ONCE A TOP AIDE TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS FIRST CHIEF
STRATEGIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
ARRESTED OFF THE COAST OF 
CONNECTICUT ABOARD A 150-FOOT 
YACHT HE DOES NOT OWN.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE 66-YEAR-OLD,
ALONG WITH THREE OTHERS, RAISED 
MORE THAN $25 MILLION IN A
CAMPAIGN THEY SAID WOULD GO 
ENTIRELY TO BUILD SECTIONS OF 
THE SOUTHERN BORDER WALL. 
>> EVERYTHING THAT THIS COMPANY 
IS -- IS DOING, BUILD THE WALL, 
IT'S ALL TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TRYING TO DO TO GET A PHYSICAL
BARRIER ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER
IF YOU JOIN IT, AND WE GET IT 
OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS, IT'LL BE A 
MULTIPLIER
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY, NOT JUST GET
A WALL BUILT, WE'LL SAVE THIS 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: BUT THE GOVERNMENT 
SAYS THEY ACTUALLY TOOK HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR 
THEMSELVES
BANNON'S VIRTUAL ARRAIGNMENT
CAPTURED IN THIS COURT SKETCH.
STEVE BANNON WAS ONE OF THE 
ARCHITECTS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
MR. TRUMP DISTANCING HIMSELF
FROM BANNON WHEN PRESSED BY NBC 
NEWS. 
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT'S YOUR 
REACTION TO THE INDICTMENT OF 
YOUR FORMER CAMPAIGN AIDE, STEVE
BANNON
>> WELL, I FEEL VERY BADLY
I HAVEN'T BEEN DEALING WITH HIM,
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AS 
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM 
KNOW
HE WAS INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPAIGN.
HE WORKED FOR GOLDMAN SACHS.
HE WORKED FOR A LOT OF
COMPANIES.
BUT HE WAS INVOLVED, LIKEWISE,
IN OUR CAMPAIGN AND FOR A SMALL 
PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION, VERY
EARLY ON
I HAVEN'T BEEN DEALING WITH HIM,
AT ALL
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE
PROJECT.
OTHER THAN, I DIDN'T LIKE --
WHEN I READ ABOUT IT, I DIDN'T
LIKE IT.
I SAID THIS IS FOR GOVERNMENT,
THIS ISN'T FOR PRIVATE PEOPLE.
AND IT SOUNDED, TO ME, LIKE 
SHOWBOATING AND I THINK I LET MY
OPINION BE VERY STRONGLY STATED 
AT THE TIME.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT
IT WAS SHOWBOATING AND MAYBE
LOOKING FOR FUNDS.
BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS.
I THINK IT'S A VERY SAD THING 
FOR MR. BANNON. 
>> RESPECTFULLY, SIR, IT'S NOT
JUST STEVE BANNON.
IT'S ROGER STONE
IT'S MICHAEL FLYNN
IT'S RICK GATES.
PAUL MANAFORT.
MICHAEL COHEN.
WHAT'S IT SAY ABOUT YOUR
JUDGMENT
>> WELL, I HAVE NO IDEA.
>> Reporter: WHILE PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
THE FUNDRAISING EFFORT, LONGTIME
ALLY 
AL
ALLY KRIS KOBACH. 
>> I DIDN'T KNOW -- I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BANNON'S
INVOLVEMENT.
WAS SOMETHING THAT I, VERY MUCH,
FELT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO BE
DOING.
>> STEVE BANNON'S COURT HEARING 
ENDED YESTERDAY, WITH HIS 
ATTORNEY ENTERING A PLEA OF NOT 
GUILTY, ON HIS BEHALF.
HE WAS RELEASED ON A $5 MILLION 
BOND WITH RESTRICTIONS AGAINST
PRIVATE JET OR YACHT TRAVEL.
CORI
>> GEOFF, THANKS
>>> THE U.S. IS STILL STRUGGLING
TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 
5.5 MILLION CASES, WHICH IS THE 
HIGHEST IN THE WORLD
THE NATION, ALSO, REPORTED THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF VIRUS DEATHS, 
AT OVER 175,000.
IN NEBRASKA, THE ANNUAL STURGIS 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY HAS BEEN TIED
TO NEARLY A DOZEN NEW CASES.
THAT WAS HELD IN NEIGHBORING
SOUTH DAKOTA
IT WAS A TEN-DAY EVENT THAT 
ATTRACTED MORE THAN 460,000 
VEHICLES
>>> AND A NEW STUDY FROM
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN
DIEGO AND UNIVERSITY OF 
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SUGGESTS 
THAT COVID-19 DOES NOT APPEAR TO
TRANSMIT THROUGH BREAST MILK
THIS, AS TEACHERS IN DETROIT AND
NEW YORK ARE THREATENING TO 
STRIKE IF ADDITIONAL COVID
SAFEGUARDS AREN'T PUT IN PLACE, 
BEFORE SCHOOLS REOPEN.
HERE'S NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON
>> Reporter: ASK TEACHERS WHAT
THEY DID ON THEIR SUMMER V
VACATION, AND MANY WILL SAY 
WORRY.
>> I UNDERSTAND PARENTS NEED
CARE
BUT TURNING MY SCHOOL INTO A
COVID LABORATORY IS NOT THE 
ANSWER
>> YOU COULD BE THE PERSON THAT 
BRINGS IT HOME TO YOUR FAMILY 
AND INFECTS YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
>> IT'S JUST NOT -- IT'S NOT
SAFE
>> Reporter: THAT FEAR DRIVING
DETROIT TEACHERS TO,
OVERWHELMINGLY, APPROVE A P
POTENTIAL SAFETY STRIKE.
IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE SET TO OPEN THEIR 
DOORS IN THREE WEEKS, TEACHERS
ARE THREATENING TO STRIKE AS
WELL. 
>> WE HAVE PROMISED THE TEACHERS
AND THE PARENTS OF NEW YORK CITY
THAT WE WOULD STAND AND FIGHT,
IF WE FELT A SCHOOL WAS UNSAFE
AND THAT IS A PROMISE WE ARE
GOING TO KEEP.
>> Reporter: THE UNION
REPRESENTING ABOUT 120,000
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, ISSUING A 
THREE-PAGE CHECKLIST, INCLUDING 
NO-CONTACT THERMOMETERS,
SANITIZING SPRAYERS, EXIT AND 
ENTRY PROTOCOLS FOR STUDENTS AND
STAFF, AND UPGRADED VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS.
THAT'S WHAT'S KEY FOR ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEACHER, CHRISTINE 
JOSEPH. 
>> MOST OF THE WINDOWS DO NOT 
OPEN MORE THAN A FEW INCHES.
>> MOST OF YOUR WINDOWS DON'T 
OPEN MORE THAN A FEW INCHES?
>> IF THEY OPEN, AT ALL.
SOME DO NOT OPEN AT ALL.
SO THAT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN FOR
THE TEACHERS. 
>> MAYOR BILL de BLASIO PROMISED
TO OPEN WINDOWS AS PART OF HIS
SAFETY PLEDGE, INCLUDING BETTER 
VENTILATION, FREE COVID TESTING 
FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT 
CITY-RUN SITES, PLUS A 30-DAY 
SUPPLY OF PPE AT ALL SCHOOLS. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THESE SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND
READY.
>> Reporter: OF THE NATION'S
NINE LARGEST DISTRICTS, ONLY THE
BIGGEST, NEW YORK CITY, IS
STARTING WITH AN IN-PERSON
OPTION, AS TEACHERS INSIST
SAFETY IS NONNEGOTIABLE.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, NEW
YORK
>>> A CRITIC OF THE KREMLIN IS
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
RUSSIA'S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC
OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
ALEXEI NAVALNY, IS IN A COMA
HIS SPOKESPERSON SUSPECTS HE WAS
POISONED
JOINING US NOW FROM LONDON IS 
KELLY COBIELLA. 
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THE LATEST IS HIS SUPPORTERS
WANT HIM MOVED TO A HOSPITAL
OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA.
BOTH GERMANY AND FRANCE HAVE
AGREED TO TAKE ALEXEI NAVALNY.
BUT THIS MORNING, A SPOKESPERSON
FOR NAVALNY'S SAYING THAT 
DOCTORS IN RUSSIA SAY IT'S JUST 
NOT POSSIBLE
IT'S SIMPLY TOO DANGEROUS FOR 
ALEXEI NAVALNY TO BE MOVED, AT
THIS POINT, BECAUSE HE IS ON A
VENTILATOR
HIS SPOKESWOMAN, THIS MORNING,
TWEETING THAT KEEPING HIM IN
RUSSIA IS A DIRECT THREAT TO HIS
LIFE
ALEXEI NAVALNY FELL SERIOUSLY 
ILL YESTERDAY MORNING.
HE WAS IN SIBERIA WORKING, ON 
BEHALF OF OPPOSITION CANDIDATES 
THERE.
HIS SPOKESPERSON SAID HE WENT TO
THE AIRPORT, HAD A CUP OF TEA.
SHE BELIEVES THAT'S WHEN HE WAS 
POISONED
SHE SAYS, JUST A FEW MINUTES
AFTER TAKEOFF ON A FLIGHT FROM
SIBERIA BACK TO MOSCOW, HE
STARTED SWEATING
AND THEN, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, 
COLLAPSED ON THE FLIGHT.
THAT FLIGHT HAD TO BE -- HAD TO 
MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, JUST 
TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL IN
SIBERIA SAY HE'S ON A 
VENTILATOR
HE'S IN VERY SERIOUS CONDITION, 
BUT IS STABLE, AT THIS POINT
NOW, SUPPORTERS, AS YOU CAN 
IMAGINE, ARE FURIOUS
PROTESTS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN OUT
IN ST. PETERSBURG AND SOME OTHER
CITIES IN RUSSIA
PEOPLE DEMANDING ANSWERS
SOME ARRESTS HAVE ALREADY 
HAPPENED, AT THOSE PROTESTS.
AS FOR THE KREMLIN'S RESPONSE TO
THIS, PUTIN'S SPOKE PERSON SAID,
YESTERDAY, THAT THEY WISH HIM A 
SPEEDY RECOVERY.
TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT 
HE WAS POISONED AND THERE SHOULD
BE NO OBSTACLE TO HIM BEING SENT
ABROAD FOR TREATMENT
PHILLIP.
>> ALL RIGHT
WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS 
STORY.
KELLY, THANK YOU. 
>> AND WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING
SOME TROUBLE BREWING IN THE 
TROPICS RIGHT NOW.
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
TRACKING IT FOR US
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
WE HAVE TWO STORM SYSTEMS THAT
ARE RACING TO THE GULF
KIND OF IN COMPETITION RIGHT
NOW, OF WHICH ONE WILL TURN INTO
A TROPICAL STORM
I THINK IT WILL BE TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION THIRTEEN BECAUSE THE 
MOVEMENT, REALLY, IS FAST.
AND WE ARE ALSO SEEING IT MORE
ORGANIZED.
CURRENTLY, AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL
LANDFALL GOING INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK
AND, FOLKS, THIS COULD HAPPEN AT
THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CHOSER LOOLOSER LOOK AY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST, WE'RE 
IN THE UPPER 80s TO LOWER 90s.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS COMING 
BACK FOR THIS WEEKEND AND IT
STICKS AROUND FOR THE ROCKIES 
ALL THE WAY TO THE UPPER
MIDWEST.
I SEE YOU, CHICAGO
90
STILL, GOING TO BE WATCHING 
THESE TWO SYSTEMS VERY CLOSELY
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
GUYS. 
>> LOOK HOW THOSE CLOSE -- THE
TRACKS ARE, TOO.
WOW.
THANKS. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI JUST UNDER
WENT A PROCEDURE ON HIS VOCAL 
CORD
THE NATION'S TOP INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE SPECIALIST IS NOW,
REPORTEDLY, AT HOME AND RESTING.
>> THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF
SUSSEX APPEARING VIRTUALLY FROM 
THEIR CALIFORNIA HOME WITH YOUTH
LEADERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH 
TRUST.
THE COUPLE SPOKE ABOUT QUEEN
ELIZABETH'S GOALS FOR THE YOUTH 
WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.
>> JENNIFER ANISTON PLAYED A
FRIENDLY GAME OF POOL ON
INSTAGRAM.
AFTER HER DEFEAT, JENNIFER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, A JUDGE IS
EXPECTED TO DECIDE THE FATE OF
ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN TODAY.
THE ACTRESS AND HER HUSBAND WILL
BE SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN 
THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL
PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY 
REQUESTED THAT LOUGHLIN SERVE 
TWO MONTHS IN PRISON AND HER
HUSBAND SERVE FIVE MONTHS.
THE JUDGE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE 
WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE
PLEA DEALS. 
>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO THE
GROWING EMERGENCY ON THE WEST 
COAST.
AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN MASSIVE WILDFIRES THAT
CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE
THE AIR QUALITY THERE IS SO 
DANGEROUS THAT AT LEAST ONE 
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE RENO AREA
HAS CANCELLED ALL CLASSES TODAY,
INCLUDING REMOTE LEARNING.
HERE IS NBC'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
>> Reporter: AS WILDFIRES TEAR
THROUGH HOMES, CREWS ARE FACING 
100 ACTIVE FIRES ACROSS 
CALIFORNIA
MORE THAN 20 OF THEM, MONSTROUS 
INFERNOS
NEAR NAPA VALLEY, TEAMS ARE 
LOSING GROUND.
>> WITH ALL THE FIRES BURNLIING 
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, LIMITED 
RESOURCES, IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: MORE HARROWING 
EVACUATIONS IN A
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEEING FROM
FLAMES
SOME STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR
MOVING AT FEROCIOUS SPEEDS
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 
FLAMES JUMPED AN EIGHT-LANE 
INTERSTATE. 
>> THE FIRE WAS LOUD
IT WHISTLED.
YOU COULD HEAR TREES FALLING
IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING.
>> Reporter: DEVOURING THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE SANTA CRUZ, THE 
FIRE IGNITED COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE
SAN FRANCISCO.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, IT'S
BEEN A CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME WITH
FIREFIGHTERS TRYING TO CATCH UP 
WITH HOT EMBERS THAT ARE
TRAVELING THROUGH THE AIR FOR 
MILES.
THEY'RE LOSING HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> IN THE SMOKE-FILLED SKIES
NEAR FRESNO, THE FIREFIGHT
TURNING DEADLY WHEN A 
WATER-DROPPING HELICOPTER WENT
DOWN
VETERAN PILOT AND FAMILY MAN, 
MIKE FORNIER, GAVE HIS LIFE 
PROTECTING OTHERS.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME
WITHOUT HIM.
HE CHANGED SO MANY PEOPLE'S 
LIVES FOR THE BEST AND PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO MISS HIM SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: WITH SOME OF THE 
WORST AIR QUALITY ON THE PLANET 
CHOKING LARGE SWATHS
>> UNHINGED WILL PUT AMERICA'S
APPETITE FOR THEATERS TO THE
TEST
THE NEW RUSSELL CROWE MOVIE 
OPENS TODAY AND IT IS THE FIRST 
MAJOR THEATRICAL RELEASE SINCE
THE PANDEMIC STARTED
>>> WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS FOR 
ALL YOU ROLLING STONES FANS OUT 
THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT
THE ROLLING STONES ARE OPENING
THEIR OWN FASHION AND 
MERCHANDISE STORE ON CARNABY
STREET IN LONDON
CALLED RS CARNABY AND IT WILL 
OPENED SEPTEMBER 9th
>>> HI, EVERYONE
GULF COAST STATES.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A PLAN READY 
FOR THIS WEEKEND, GOING INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS WE WATCH THE
TROPICS.
THAT RECORD HEAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BUILD FOR THE 
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
AN
>>> AND WE'RE OFF.
>> A BRITISH INVENTOR HAS JUST
BEEN AWARDED THE GUINNESS WORLD 
RECORD FOR FASTEST ELECTRIC ICE 
CREAM VAN.
BACK IN MARCH, ED CHINA'S 
ECOFRIENDLY VEHICLE REACHED A 
SPEED OF JUST OVER 70 MILES AN
HOUR AT AN AIRSTRIP IN ENGLAND
HE IS NOW HOPING HIS ELECTRIC 
CONVERSION KIT WILL BE USED IN
ICE CREAM TRUCKS ALL AROUND THE 
WORLD.
>> FANTASTIC
NBA STAR STEPH CURRY MADE AN
APPEARANCE
HE AND HIS WIFE HAD A CANDID
CONVERSATION WITH THEIR 
DAUGHTERS.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S JOB IS
>> TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 
WORLD?
>> THAT'S GOOD
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE
>> THAT IS CORRECT
AS WE SAY, THAT IS CORRECT. 
>> DO YOU KNOW WHO IS RUNNING 
FOR PRESIDENT?
>> JOE BIDEN
>> YEP. 
>> AND -- 
>> EXACTLY
THAT'S IT.
THIS VIDEO'S OVER.
>> CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING LIKE 
THAT WITH FAMILIES, ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE GIRLS, ALSO, SAID SHE
WAS SURPRISED AND HAPPY THAT
BIDEN PICKED A WOMAN AS A VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. 
>> NICE TO SEE THE FIRST FAMILY 
OF THE NBA RIGHT THERE
>>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE STANDOUT SPEAKERS
FROM LAST NIGHT'S DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS BRADEN
HARRINGTON
HE IS A 13-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WHO EXPLAINED HOW
MEETING FELLOW STUTTERER, JOE 
BIDEN, HELPED HIM.
>> ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I MET
HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
HE TOLD ME THAT WE WERE MEMBERS 
OF THE SAME CLUB
WE STUTTER
I'M JUST A REGULAR KID
AND IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF 
TIME, JOE BIDEN MADE ME FEEL
MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT'S BOTHERED ME MY WHOLE 
LIFE. 
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
NEWS LEGEND DAN RATHER TWEETING 
BRADEN HARRINGTON, THE
13-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH A STUTTER,
PURE, UNVARNISHED COURAGE.
>> FANTASTIC
RETAIL PLATFORM FAR FETCH HAS 
LISTED THE MOST ICONIC FASHION
ITEMS IN THE U.S. FIRST PLACE,
LEVI JEANS
THE CUSTOM, ALL-AMERICAN STYLE
BLUE JEAN WAS INTRODUCED TO THE 
WORLD IN 1873.
NOT ONLY DOES IT SHRINK TO FIT
THE WEARER, IT'S THE FIRST OF 
ITS KIND
TRAILING IN SECOND IS THEIR 
DENIM JACKETS FROM THE 1960s
AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE 
ARE NIKE AIR MAX, POLO BY RALPH 
LAUREN SHIRTS.
AND LOUIS VUITTON BAGS. 
>> OH, CROCS
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
>>> THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING 
ELECTION
THIS WILL DETERMINE WHAT AMERICA
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR A 
LONG, LONG TIME.
CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT,
DECENCY, IT'S ALL ON THE BALLOT.
>> IT WAS JOE BIDEN'S NIGHT TO
CELEBRATE AS HE TAKES THE STAGE 
ALONGSIDE KAMALA HARRIS AS THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION COMES TO A
GRAND FINALE
>>> THE WILDFIRES CLAIMING
ALMOST A HALF DOZEN LIVES.
TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE NOW FLED 
THEIR HOMES AND A GROWING NUMBER
OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED
>>> WAS A PROMINENT RIVAL OF
VLADIMIR PUTIN IN FLAMES
WHAT THE KREMLIN IS NOW SAYING
>>> STEVE BANNON ACCUSED OF 
RIPPING OFF DONATIONS EARMARKED 
TO BUILD A BORDER WALL ARRESTED 
ABOARD A YACHT OWNED BY A 
CHINESE BILLIONAIRE.
>>> AND TESLA JUST SURPASSED
WALMART AS THE STOCK SOARS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING
I'M CORI COFFIN.
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> JOE BIDEN IS OFFICIALLY THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.
THE FINAL DAY OF THE DNC HAD ONE
TARGET IN SIGHT.
>> I AM EDWARD GOODE
I'M 95 YEARS OLD
I'M A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II 
AND OF KOREA
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE
THE 1960S, I'M A MEMBER OF THE
NRA AND I VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I THINK TRUMP HAS BEEN THE WORST
PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD SO I'LL
BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
>> THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADER OUR
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE.
ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS 
THEY FACE AND WHO WOULD ACTUALLY
PROTECT THEM
INSTEAD THEY HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF WHO WON'T STAND UP TO 
PUTIN.
>> WHY WOULD WE EVER REHIRE 
DONALD TRUMP FOR ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS?
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINS US NOW
FROM DELAWARE WITH THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SPEECH OF JOE BIDEN'S CAREER
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
IT WAS REALLY NOT ONLY THIS WEEK
BUT THIS NIGHT THAT BUILT TO
THIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR JOE
BIDEN.
HE MADE A LOT OF PROMISES.
THE SPEECH WAS NOT EXTREMELY
HEAVY ON DEEP POLICY
IT SEEMED TO BE INSPIRATIONAL 
AND WHILE HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A
LOT OF DETAILS OF SPECIFIC PLANS
HE DID TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS 
TO DO WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
>> WE'LL NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES 
BACK UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THIS
VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY WHERE WE ARE TODAY
IS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS
BAD.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT'S FAILED
IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY TO THE 
NATION
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA
THIS IS OUR MOMENT
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
HISTORY MAY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE
TONIGHT AS LOVE AND HOPE AND
LIGHT JOIN IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE NATION
AND THIS IS A BATTLE WE WILL WIN
AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER
I PROMISE YOU.
>> Reporter: NOW, THE DEMOCRATS 
SEEMED TO HAVE THREE CLEAR
MESSAGES HERE THIS WEEK,
LAUNCHING BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS INTO THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
A PLAN TO VOTE GIVEN ALL OF THE 
COMPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT THE POSTAL SERVICE
THAT WAS A CLEAR MESSAGE HERE 
AND ALSO OF COURSE, FUND
RAISING.
THE DNC CHR TWEETING THAT THEY
SE
SET AN ONLINE RECORD
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR FUND RAISING.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE
>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED
BACK AT JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE
JUST WORDS
THAT TWEET ECHOING YESTERDAY'S
SPEECH BY THE TRUMP A
ADMINISTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA
>> HE ABANDONED PENNSYLVANIA
HE SPENT THE LAST HALF CENTURY
IN WASHINGTON SELLING OUT OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> AND LAST NIGHT ON FOX NEWS 
THE PRESIDENT HINTED AT A MAJOR 
POLL LAUNCHING EFFORT OVER
CONCERNS OF IN-PERSON VOTING
>> ANY QUESTION TO YOU THEN IS, 
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE POLL
WATCHERS
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHERIFFS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOPEFULLY 
U.S. ATTORNEYS AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE EVERYBODY, AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL, BUT IT'S VERY HARD.
>> WE COULD LEARN MORE NEXT WEEK
WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION KICKS OFF
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE 
ONGOING CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA
FIRES IN THE BAY AREA HAVE
KILLED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE.
NEARLY 700,000 ACRES HAVE 
BURNED
THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE 
OF LOS ANGELES
THE SMOKE IS SO HEAVY IT CAN BE 
SEEN FROM SPACE.
>> Reporter: AS WILDFIRES TEAR
THROUGH HOMES CREWS ARE FACING
100 ACTIVE FIRES ACROSS 
CALIFORNIA
MORE THAN 20 OF THEM MONSTROUS
INFERNOS
NEAR NAPA VALLEY TEAMS ARE
LOSING GROUND.
>> ALL THE FIRES GROWING
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, LIMITED 
RESOURCES, IT'S MAKING IT 
DIFFICULT.
>> MORE HARROWING EVACUATIONS IN
A HAIL SCAPE
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEEING 
FLAMES, STILL SOME UNACCOUNTED
FOR.
>> WE HAVE STILL TWO BURN 
PATIENTS
WE'RE SEARCHING THE AREA FOR
MORE. 
>> Reporter: MOVING AT FEROCIOUS
SPEEDS FLAMES JUMPED AN 8-LAIN
INTERSTATE
>> THE FIRE WAS LOUD
YOU COULD HEAR TREES FALLING
IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING.
>> Reporter: DEVOURING THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE SANTA CRUZ, THE 
FIRE IGNITED ABOVE SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A CAT AND
MOUSE GAME WITH FIREFIGHTERS
TRYING TO CATCH UP
THEY'RE LOSING HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> Reporter: THE FIRE FIGHT 
TURNING DEADLY
VETERAN PILOT AND FAMILY MAN
GAVE HIS LIFE PROTECTING OTHERS.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME
WITHOUT HIM.
HE CHANGED SO MANY PEOPLE'S 
LIVES FOR THE BEST AND PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO MISS HIM.
>> Reporter: WITH SOME OF THE 
WORST AIR QUALITY CHOKING LARGE 
SWATHS OF THE STATE COMMUNITIES 
MUST WAIT AND WATCH, THE SUN
SETTING ON ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE
DAY.
>>> ANOTHER FORMER ADVISOR TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
ARRESTED
STEVE BANNON WAS BUSTED BY THE
POSTAL SERVICE
THERE WERE ABOUT 100 WORKERS WHO
MAKE ARRESTS
WE GO TO NBC'S DAN SHENMAN. 
>> Reporter: LEAVING FEDERAL
COURT AFTER HE IS CHARGED WITH
DEFRAUDING DONORS IN AN ONLINE
EFFORT TO BUILD A WALL AT THE 
SOUTHERN BORDER.
IN COURT BANNON'S ATTORNEY
ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA ON HIS
BEHALF
THE CHARGES SAY BANNON AND
OTHERS SAY IT WOULD BE USED TO
HELP TRUMP BUILD A BARRIER AT 
THE BORDER WITH MEXICO
SOME OF THE MONEY WAS USED TO 
BUILD SMALL PORTIONS OF A 
SOUTHERN WALL, MOST OF THE MONEY
WENT INTO THE POCKETS OF BANNON 
AND THREE OTHERS AND IT WAS USED
FOR OTHER EXPENSES
>> IT'S PAPER CASE
IT MAKES FOR VERY STRONG
EVIDENCE
>> BANNON WAS ARRESTED ON BOARD 
THIS YACHT IN LONG ISLAND SOUND.
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 
WITHOUT INCIDENT
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ARREST
OF HIS FORMER AIDE
>> I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE
PROJECT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WAS. 
>> Reporter: BANNON COULD FACE
UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
EACH CHARGE.
>>> A CRITIC OF THE CLEM LYNN IS
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
HE IS NOW IN A COMA.
HIS SPOKES PERSON SUSPECTS HE 
WAS POISONED
JOINING US NOW FROM LONDON, GOOD
MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YEAH, JUST THIS MORNING THE 
DEPUTY DOCTOR AT THE HOSPITAL 
WHERE HE IS BE TREATED HAS SAID 
THEY FOUND NO TRACE OF POISON IN
HIS SYSTEM IN THE TESTS THAT
THEY'VE CONDUCTED AND THEY HAVE 
A DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY'RE NOT 
READY TO REVEAL IT
SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
GET HIM TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL 
OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA.
BOTH FRANCE AND GERMANY HAVE
AGREED TO TAKE HIM BUT DOCTORS
HAVE DENIED THAT REQUEST
THEY SAY HE'S JUST STILL TOO ILL
TO BE TRANSPORTED.
HE WAS IN SIBERIA YESTERDAY.
HE WAS SUPPORTING SOME
OPPOSITION CANDIDATES THERE.
HIS SPOKES PERSON BELIEVES HE 
WAS POISONED WHILE DRINKING TEA 
AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE A FLIGHT
BACK TO MOSCOW
HE STARTED SWEATING SHORTLY 
AFTER TAKEOFF AND THEN
COLLAPSED.
THAT FLIGHT HAD TO MAKE AN
EMERGENCY LANDING IN ORDER TO 
GET HIM OFF THE PLANE AND INTO A
HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS ON A VAERNT
A
 -- VENTILATOR AND IS IN A COMA.
PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING, THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME I RESTS.
HE IS ONE OF PUTIN'S FEAREST
CRITICS, A LONG TIME THORN IN 
THE KREMLIN'S SIDE
THE PUTIN SPOKES PERSON SAYING
THAT HE WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY
AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO 
OBSTACLE TO HIM BEING SENT
ABROAD FOR TREATMENT
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S TURN TO WEATHER AND 
HEAD OVER TO JANESSA WEBB 
TRACKING IT ALL FOR US
GOOD MORNING
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO
WE DO HAVE STORM SYSTEMS IN THE 
TROPICS.
THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST EACH
OTHER.
RIGHT NOW TWO TROPICAL
DEPRESSIONS, THEY ARE LIKELY TO 
FORM INTO TROPICAL STORMS LATER 
ON TODAY OR EVEN TOMORROW.
RIGHT NOW 13 IS RACING NORTHWEST
AT ABOUT 20 MISHT.
THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO GO INTO THE GULF A WARM
BODY OF WATER BUT LOOK AT THIS
TWO LANDFALLS POTENTIALLY AT THE
SAME TIME.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE 
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST UPPER 80s TO
LOWER 90s.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM 
FOR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
YOUR EVENING
GOING TO WATCH THAT MINOR 
FLOODING
THE ROCKIES STILL VERY HOT IN 
THE UPPER 90s.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT 
TO TUNE INTO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST
ALL WEEKEND LONG AND I'LL BE
AROUND
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THE PADRES SWONG THEIR WAY
INTO THE MLB RECORD BOOKS.
WITH THIS SHOT RIGHT HERE, THE
FIRST IN LEAGUE HISTORY TO HIT
GRAND SLAMS IN FOUR CONSECUTIVE 
GAMES.
ALL FOUR GRAND SLAMS WERE 
AGAINST THE RANGERS AND ALL 
RESULTED IN PADRES WINS.
>>> THERE'S SOME SORT OF LUCK 
HAPPENING 
>>> FACE MASKS ARE OUR NEW
REALITY AND A MAJORITY OF STATES
REQUIRE THEM
BUT WITH AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS ON 
THE MARKET WHICH ARE THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE FOR CURBING THE SPREAD
OF THE VIRUS
>> RESEARCHERS AT DUKE
UNIVERSITY WANTED TO KNOW WHICH 
ONES ACTUALLY WORKED TO PREVENT 
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO TALK INTO A
SPECIALLY DESIGNED BOX TO TEST
DIFFERENT FABRICS AND MASKS.
>> WE HAD PEOPLE SAY STAY 
HEALTHY PEOPLE FIVE TIMES AND 
YOU CAN START SEEING THE
PARTICLES GROWING AND GROWING IN
THE BOX.
>> WATCH WHAT HAPPEN TO THE 
DROPLETS FROM A SINGLE SENTENCE.
>> STAY HEALTHY, PEOPLE.
>> THE N 95 MASKS CAPTURED ALL
THE DROPLETS
CLOTH MASKS AND THE GATOR, 0% 
EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S RIGHT
ZERO
DROPLETS PASSED THROUGH THE THIN
MATERIAL OF THE GATOR AND THOSE 
DROPLETS WERE SPLIT INTO MANY 
MORE SMALLER ONES.
>> THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM IF 
THE PARTICLES CARRY DISEASE AND 
THEY STAY IN THE AIR LONGER THE 
SMALLER THEY ARE
>> THAT GIVES THEM MORE OF A
CHANCE TO BE INHALED BY SOMEONE 
ELSE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Reporter: THE STUDY USEDA
SINGLE LABOR GATOR
AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES NOT ALL 
GATORS ARE THE SAME.
>> THE SINGLE LAYER YOU CAN SEE 
THROUGH, THEY'RE NOT DOING MUCH 
BUT CLEARLY THE GATOR AND THE 
BAND DID NOT BLOCK THE PARTICLES
AS WELL AS THE COTTON, THE
SURGICAL, THE N-95
>> TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND
OTHERS, THE CDC RECOMMENDS A
FACE COVERING OVER YOUR NOSE AND
MOULT.
IF IT'S A CLOTH MASK YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT HAS TWO LAYERS.
>> A AND YOU CAN SEE HOW
EFFECTIVE YOUR MASK OR FACE 
COVERING IS WITH A SIMPLE TRICK.
LIGHT A CANDLE AND SEE IF YOU 
CAN BLOW IT OUT WHILE WEARING 
THE FACE COVERING.
I DEFINITELY CAN'T DO IT WITH 
THIS TWO-LAYER COTTON MASK
>> I CANNOT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT WITH THIS SINGLE 
LAY YOUR GATOR
HOLDING IT AT THE SAME DISTANCE,
WHOA, SUPER EASY
IT WENT RIGHT OUT.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I 
DOUBLE UP THE FABRIC OF THE 
GATOR SO NOW I'VE GOT TWO LAY 
YOUR -- LAY YOURS.
WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO FOLKS
THAT ARE WEARING THESE
>> JUST MAKE SURE IT'S DOUBLE 
LAYER AND WE THINK THAT'S BETTER
THAN THE SINGLE LAYER.
>>> AS WE SHOWED YOU IN THIS
DEMONSTRATION, MASKS ARE
EFFECTIVE IN CAPTURING DROPLETS 
THAT CONTAIN BACTERIA AND 
POSSIBLY CORONAVIRUS
WHEN I COUGHED WEARING THREE
DIFFERENT FACE COVERINGS NO 
BACTERIA GREW ON THESE DISHES 
BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I 
COUGHED WITHOUT A MASK
PLENTY OF BACTERIAL GROWTH
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU SO
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BY THE
NUMBERS SHARES OF TESLA ROSE 7% 
ON THURSDAY CLOSING ABOVE $2,000
A SHARE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
THAT PUSHED TESLA'S MARKET VALUE
TO NEARLY 372 BILLION.
THAT'S A BILLION DOLLARS MORE 
THAN WALMART
>> AND THE MINNESOTA
TIMBERWOLVES HAVE CLINCHED THE
NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT
>>> GOOD MORNING
WE DO HAVE STORMS ACROSS THEOUT 
SOUTHEAST THAT WILL CAUSE SOME
MINOR FLOODING
STILL THAT RECORD HEAT GOING TO 
BE BUILDING FOR THE PACIFIC 
NORTHWEST AND IT DOES MAKE ITS
WAY INTO THE MIDWEST AS WELL
>> UNHINGED WILL PUTT AMERICA'S 
APATATE FOR THEATERS TO TEST
IT'S THE FIRST MAJOR THRELEASE 
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED
>>> A BUNCH OF THE NOMINEES 
FORMER RIVALS OUT THERE HANGING 
OUT.
MANY OF BIDENS PRIMARY
CHALLENGERS CAME TOGETHER FOR A 
BIT OF CONVERSATION AND A BIT OF
FUN.
>> YOU CAN THINK OF THIS AS 
SURVIVOR AS ALL THE INTERVIEWERS
THAT GOT VOTED OFF THE ISLAND.
BERNNY, DON'T YOU LAST
I'VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR YOU LIKE 
WHY DOES MY GIRLFRIEND LIKE YOU 
MORE THAN ME
>> THAT'S THE OBVIOUS ANSWER, 
RIGHT?
>> CABINET COMPETITION GOING ON 
THERE.
THEY GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS AND 
THEY TALKED ABILITY WHY THEY
CHOSE TO ENDORSE JOE BIDEN
>>> OKAY
WORLDS ARE ABOUT TO COLLIDE LIKE
NEVER BEFORE IN THE UPCOMING
D.C. FILM "THE FLASH."
THEY WILL REPRIZE THEIR ROLES AS
BATMAN
AFFLECK BECAME BATMAN IN 2016.
SO HOW CAN THEY HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT BATMANS?
THE FLASH WILL TRAVEL TO VARIOUS
PARALLEL DIMENSIONS WHERE HE'LL 
ENCOUNTER THE TWO VERSIONS
>> NOW FOR SOME EXCITING NEWS 
FOR ALL YOU ROLLING STONES FANS 
OUT THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT
THE ROLLING STONES ARE OPENING
THEIR OWN FASHION AND 
MERCHANDISE STORE IN LONDON.
THE STORE IS CALLED RS NUMBER 9.
IT WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 9th.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE FANS CAN 
IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE 
STOEMPBS ICONIC MUSIC.
>>> AND SOME SURPRISE DELIVERIES
OF HER NEW ALBUM TO RECORD
STORES
A REPRESENT FOR THE CHAIN SAID
THEY RECEIVED COPIES AT NINE OF 
THEIR 12 LOCATIONS AND SOME 
INCLUDED STORES IN CINCINNATI,
BROOKLYN, ARIZONA.
FANS WERE TOLD THAT IS SUPPLY 
WOULD BE ON A FIRST COME FIRST
SERVED BASIS
>> THAT'S OLD SCHOOL TO SEE 
MUSIC ON A STAND LIKE THAT
>> WITH A VINYL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAKING 
UP WITH US ON THIS FRIDAY.
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> AND WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH
THIS
SQUIRRELS IN AN AWKWARD 
POSITION
FOR US IT'S RELAXING 
>>> I'M A PROUD DEMOCRAT
AND I'LL BE PROUD TO CARRY THE
BANNER OF OUR PARTY INTO THE
GENERAL ELECTION
SO, IT'S WITH GREAT HONOR AND 
HUMILITY, I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> JOE BIDEN TAKES THE LEAD AND 
CELEBRATES A NOMINATION THAT
HE'S WAITED A LIFETIME TO 
ACHIEVE AS WE ARE NOW JUST 74 
DAYS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION
>>> NEW DETAILS SURROUNDING THE 
INDICTMENT AND FEDERAL FRAUD
CHARGES FACING FORMER TRUMP 
CHIEF ADVISER, STEVE BANNON,
OVER ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING DONORS
TO BUILD THE WALL CAMPAIGN. 
>> THE CALIFORNIA FIRES TURN
DEADLIER AS ALMOST A HALF DOZEN 
LIVES ARE LOST WITH NO SIGN OF
GETTING THINGS UNDER CONTROL
>>> IMPORTANT RESEARCH FOR
MOTHERS WITH INFANTS ON 
CORONAVIRUS AND BREAST MILK.
>>> PLUS, WE EVER NEW DETAILS ON
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
ANNOUNCER CAUGHT ON MIC USING A 
HOMOPHOBIC SLUR.
HIS CAREER, NOW IN JEOPARDY.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING.
I'M PHILLIP MENA. 
>> AND I'M CORI COFFIN
JOE BIDEN IS OFFICIALLY THE 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.
IT COMES 33 YEARS AFTER HIS 
FIRST BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
BIDEN ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S
NOMINATION AND CALLED ON AMERICA
TO OVERCOME THIS SEASON OF
DARKNESS
WHILE BIPARTISAN APPEALS FOR
BIDEN PUNCTUATED. 
>> I AM A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR
II AND OF KOREA.
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE
THE 1960s.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE NRA
AND I VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I THINK TRUMP HAS -- HAS BEEN 
THE WORST PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER
HAD.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
>> THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADER OUR
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE.
ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS 
THEY FACE, AND WHO WOULD
ACTUALLY PROTECT THEM.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A COWARD IN
CHIEF, WHO WON'T STAND UP TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN. 
>> WHY THE HELL WOULD WE EVER 
REHIRE DONALD TRUMP FOR ANOTHER 
FOUR YEARS
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS THE 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM BIDEN'S POWERFUL
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> Reporter: AFTER NEARLY 50
YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE, AND 
THREE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, 
JOE BIDEN, FORMALLY, ACCEPTING
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS OUR MOMENT.
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE, 
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: FRAMING THE
ELECTION AS A BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE NATION. 
>> CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT.
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT.
DECENCY.
SCIENCE.
DEMOCRACY.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE BALLOT.
>> Reporter: BIDEN, STANDING
ALONE FOR HIS ADDRESS, WHILE
SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE TO
WATCH FROM THE SAFETY OF A
MAKESHIFT DRIVE-IN MOVIE
THEATER.
BIDEN PROMISING TO FIGHT THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND HE VOWED TO LEAD AN ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, LIKE THE ONE HE 
OVERSAW AS BARACK OBAMA'S VICE
PRESIDENT.
>> WE'LL, NOT ONLY BUILD BACK,
WE'LL BUILD BACK BETTER WITH
MODERN ROADS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS,
BROADBAND, PORTS, AND AIRPORTS
>> Reporter: THE NOMINEE USING
THIS NIGHT TO FOCUS ON HIS OWN
EXTENSIVE RECORD, AND DRAWING 
FROM HIS PERSONAL STORY OF
OVERCOMING HARDSHIPS
FORMER RIVALS FROM THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL, CALLING HIM A UNITER.
>> IT WAS AN HONOR TO RUN 
AGAINST YOU.
AND IT IS EVEN A GREATER HONOR
TO STAND WITH YOU, IN SUPPORT OF
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS CLOSING OUT A 
ONE-OF-A-KIND CONVENTION BUT
JUST BEGINNING THE BATTLE FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ALICE
BARR, NBC NEWS
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED BACK
AT BIDEN, IN REALTIME.
TWEETING, QUOTE, IN 47 YEARS, 
JOE DID NONE OF THE THINGS OF 
WHICH HE NOW SPEAKS.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE
JUST WORDS
THAT TWEET ECHOING YESTERDAY'S
SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA
>> HE LEFT
HE ABANDONED PENNSYLVANIA.
HE ABANDONED SCRANTON.
HE SPENT THE LAST HALF CENTURY
IN WASHINGTON, SELLING OUT OUR
COUNTRY.
>> AND LAST NIGHT, ON FOX NEWS, 
THE PRESIDENT HINTED AT A MAJOR 
POLL WATCHING EFFORT OVER 
CONCERNS OF IN-PERSON VOTING. 
>> MY QUESTION TO YOU, THEN, IS 
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE POLL
WATCHERS
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHERIFFS, 
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE,
HOPEFULLY, U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY.
AND ATTORNEY GENERALS.
BUT IT'S VERY HARD. 
>> WE COULD LEARN MORE NEXT WEEK
WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION KICKS OFF ON TUESDAY.
>>> ANOTHER FORMER ADVISER TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
ARRESTED
FORMER WHITE HOUSE STRATEGIST,
STEVE BANNON, WAS ACTUALLY
BUSTED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE
THERE ARE ABOUT 1,200 POSTAL
INSPECTORS WHO EXECUTE SEARCH 
WARRANTS ON A FEDERAL LEVEL AND 
MAKE ARRESTS
BANNON WAS ON BOARD THIS $28
MILLION MEGA YACHT WHEN HE WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
HE IS NOW FACING FRAUD CHARGES
NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN HAS THIS 
REPORT
>> Reporter: FORMER WHITE HOUSE 
AIDE, STEVE BANNON, LEAVING 
FEDERAL COURT AFTER HE WAS
CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING DONORS
IN AN ONLINE EFFORT TO BUILD A
WALL AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
IN COURT, BANNON'S ATTORNEY 
ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA, ON 
HIS BEHALF
THE CHARGES SAY BANNON AND
OTHERS BEHIND THE WEBSITE, WE 
BUILD THE WALL, PROMISED MONEY
RAISED THROUGH THE SITE WOULD BE
USED TO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP
CONSTRUCT A BARRIER AT THE U.S. 
BORDER WITH MEXICO
SOME $25 MILLION WAS RAISED 
THROUGH THE SITE
AND WHILE NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED
SOME OF THE MONEY WAS USED TO 
BUILD SMALL PORTIONS OF A 
SOUTHERN WALL, PROSECUTORS
ALLEGE MOST OF THE MONEY WENT 
INTO THE POCKETS OF BANNON AND
THREE OTHERS
AND IT WAS USED FOR PERSONAL
EXPENSES. 
>> IT'S A PAPER CASE
IT'S BASED ON DOCUMENTS, WHICH
IS THE KIND OF CASE PROSECUTORS 
LOVE BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR VERY
STRONG EVIDENCE.
>> Reporter: BANNON WAS REAARRED
ON BOARD THIS YACHT.
THE 152-FOOT LADY MAY IN LONG 
ISLAND SOUND
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY,
WITHOUT INCIDENT
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ARREST
OF HIS FORMER AIDE. 
>> I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE 
PROJECT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WAS
>> Reporter: IF CONVICTED,
BANNON COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS
IN PRISON FOR EACH CHARGE.
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>>> A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO
DECIDE THE FATE OF ACTRESS LORI 
LOUGHLIN TODAY
THE ACTRESS AND HER HUSBAND WILL
BE SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN 
THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL
PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY 
REQUESTED THAT LOUGHLIN SERVE 
TWO MONTHS IN PRISON AND HER
HUSBAND SERVE FIVE MONTHS.
THE JUDGE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE 
WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE
PLEA DEALS
>>> A CRITIC OF THE KREMLIN IS
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
RUSSIA'S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC
OF VLADIMIR PUTIN IS IN A COMA
HIS SPOKESPERSON SUSPECTS HE WAS
POISONED AT A CAFE
IN RUSSIA, OVER 200 PROTESTORS
ARRESTED
SUPPORTERS MOBILIZING ACROSS 80 
CITIES
OUR RICHARD ENGEL FOLLOWING THE 
STORY FOR US. 
>> GOOD MORNING.
HERE IN MINSK, INCLUDING
SO-CALLED WOMEN IN WHITE, ARE 
GEARING UP FOR MASS 
DEMONSTRATIONS THIS WEEKEND.
YOU CAN HEAR PASSING CARS 
HONKING IN SOLIDARITY.
MEANWHILE, NEXT DOOR, IN RUSSIA,
ONE OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITICS 
MAY HAVE BEEN POISONED AND IS ON
A VENTILATOR
THE KREMLIN'S MOST OUTSPOKEN
CRITIC AND ANTICORRUPTION NAME
AND SHAMER DRANK TEA BEFORE 
BOARDING A FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA
TO MOSCOW.
IN MIDAIR, HE WAS, SUDDENLY,
VERY ILL
MOANING IN AGONY
THE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY 
LANDING.
HE WAS WHEELED TO AN AMBULANCE
AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
HIS SPOKESWOMAN SAID SHE
SUSPECTED THE TEA WAS POISONED
BY AN UNKNOWN TOXIN.
IT'S UNCLEAR IF THIS IMAGE SHOWS
THE POISONING.
A DOCTOR CONFIRMED HE WAS 
STABLE, IN A COMA, ON A 
VENTILATOR
ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER, HE WAS 
ALREADY POISONED IN POLICE
CUSTODY, LAST YEAR
ANOTHER TIME, HE HAD A GREEN DYE
THROWN IN HIS FACE
HE SAID IT NEARLY BLINDED HIM.
HE'S BEEN ARRESTED, TIME AND
TIME AGAIN
AND MANY OF PUTIN'S CRITICS 
HAVE, MYSTERIOUSLY, BECOME ILL
OR DIED.
POLITICIAN BORIS WAS SHOT AND 
KILLED NEAR THE KREMLIN.
THIS ACTIVIST WAS POISONED TWICE
AND SURVIVED
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST WAS
SHOT, DEAD, IN HER APARTMENT
BUILDING
KGB WHISTLE-BLOWER ALEXANDER HAD
A RADIOACTIVE POISON SLIPPED IN 
HIS TEA IN LONDON.
HE DIED.
RUSSIA DENIED THE POISONING,
EVEN WISHED HIM WELL
AND PROMISED AN INVESTIGATION,
IF IT WAS POISONING.
A DOCTOR CONFIRMED HE IS IN 
SERIOUS CONDITION.
STABLE, IN A COMA, HE SAID
HE WOULDN'T CONFIRM POISONING 
BUT HE WOULDN'T RULE IT OUT,
EITHER
>> ALL RIGHT
RICHARD, THANK YOU. 
>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE ONGOING
CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA
FIRES IN THE BAY AREA HAVE
KILLED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE.
NEARLY 700,000 ACRES HAVE 
BURNED
THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE 
OF LOS ANGELES
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO EVACUATE
NBC'S JENNIFER BJORKLUND HAS
THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: PLAGUED BY FIRES,
CALIFORNIA GETS NO RELIEF AS
FLAMES SURGE. 
>> WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF
FIRES.
A LOT OF FIRES IN THIS AREA.
NOTHING LIKE THIS.
WORST, WORST ONE
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS ARE UNDER
EVACUATION ORDERS AND MORE ARE
IMMINENT
THE LARGEST FIRE IN THE STATE 
DOUBLING IN SIZE AND JUMPING A
MAJOR INTERSTATE
11,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER 
THREE DAYS, STARTED 367 KNOWN 
FIRES.
SO MANY THAT FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE
THEM GROUPED INTO WHAT THEY CALL
COMPLEX FIRES.
FOR THE SAKE OF KEEPING TRACK.
>> WE'RE SEEING FIRE AND -- 
AND -- THAT IS -- THAT WE'VE
NEVER SEEN IN THE COASTAL AREA
BEFORE, AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT, 
THE INTENSITY.
>> Reporter: RESIDENTS WHO HAVE 
BEEN TAKING REFUGE IN THEIR 
HOMES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, FORCED TO LEAVE THEM
BEHIND
MANY WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO 
RETURN TO.
>> AS SOON AS WE SAW FLAMES, WE 
LEFT
I WAS LIKE, AS SOON AS I SAW IT 
ON THE MOUNTAIN, WE WERE LIKE WE
GOT TO GO.
>> JUST BEEN FIRE AFTER FIRE
I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY
>> Reporter: LIVES LOST.
A UTILITY LINEMAN WORKING WITH
FIRE CREWS AND A FIREFIGHTER
PILOT, WHOSE HELICOPTER WENT
DOWN, ARE CASUALTIES
AND IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE, FIRE 
CREWS ARE, ALSO, MAKING HEROIC
RESCUES.
>> AT THIS TIME, I HAVE TWO 
CONFIRMED BURN PATIENTS.
WE'RE STILL SEARCHING THE AREA
FOR A POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL FIVE.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNACCOUNTEDFOR
THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO 
DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE
>> Reporter: NO RELIEF FROM THE 
BRUTAL HEAT AND WIND IN SIGHT 
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO DAYS
JENNIFER BJORKLUND, NBC NEWS, 
VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA.
>> DEALING WITH THAT IN 
CALIFORNIA
MEANWHILE, NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA WEBB, ALSO WATCHING SOME
DOUBLE TROUBLE GOING ON IN THE
TROPICS.
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
AS PHILLIP SAID, WE HAVE TWO
STORM SYSTEMS THAT ARE RACING 
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER'S 
LATEST UPDATE, WE COULD 
POTENTIALLY SEE TWO LANDFALLS,
AT THE SAME EXACT TIME
RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13
NOW, WE HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
14, AS WELL.
THEY ARE GOING TO REALLY CONTEND
TO SEE WHICH ONE BECOMES A
TROPICAL STORM, FIRST.
AND THAT WOULD BE NAMED LAURA.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW 
ORLEANS, INTO FLORIDA, TODAY, IN
THE UPPER 80s TO LOWER 90s AND A
LOT OF RAIN GOING TO BE 
INUNDATED IN THAT AREA
FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST, WE'RE
STILL WELL-ABOVE AVERAGE
HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE MORE 
RAIN AND HEAT BUILDING OUT FOR
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT COMING
UP. 
>> JANESSA, THANK YOU.
>> DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPS
ARE MAKING SOME SWEEPING
CHANGES.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WILL PROHIBIT
AUTHORITIES IN BALTIMORE ARE
INVESTIGATING A LIGHT RAIL CRASH
THAT LEFT ONE WOMAN DEAD AND A
7-YEAR-OLD CHILD AND A MAN
INJURED.
THEY WERE INSIDE A CAR THAT WAS 
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO LIGHT RAILS.
IT'S NOT, YET, CLEAR HOW THAT 
CAR GOT WEDGED
POLICE WILL BE REVIEWING
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TO FIND OUT
THE CAUSE.
>>> THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES 
TO BE ROCKED, EXCUSE ME, BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THE NUMBER OF U.S. CORONAVIRUS
CASES NOW STANDS AT OVER
5.5 MILLION.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
THE NATION HAS ALSO REPORTED THE
MOST VIRUS DEATHS AT OVER 
175,000.
THE ANNUAL STURGIS MOTORCYCLE 
RALLY IN SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN
TIED TO NEARLY A DOZEN NEW CASES
IN NEIGHBORING NEBRASKA.
THE TEN-DAY EVENT ATTRACTED MORE
THAN 460,000 VEHICLES.
>>> A NEW STUDY FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN
DIEGO AND UNIVERSITY OF 
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SUGGESTS 
THAT COVID-19 DOES NOT APPEAR TO
TRANSMIT THROUGH BREAST MILK
THIS, AS A GROWING NUMBER OF
PARENTS ARE EXPLORING 
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THEIR 
CHILD'S EDUCATION AMID THE
PANDEMIC
NBC'S LIZ McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, BACK TO 
SCHOOL MIGHT BE BACK TO HOME, 
FOR MANY FAMILIES.
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE FEELING
FRUSTRATED
SO LOOKING AT HOME SCHOOLING IS 
AN OPTION.
PUTS THEM IN MORE OF THE
DIRECTOR SEAT.
>> Reporter: AMID THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC, THE NATIONAL HO
HOMESCHOOL ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY
ARE RECEIVING AS MANY AS 3,400
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, EACH
DAY.
>> YOU CAN MAKE LEARNING FIT
YOUR LIFESTYLE AND YOUR FAMILY, 
AND HAVE IT BE TRULY AMAZING
>> Reporter: MEGAN TALBER, HER
THREE CHILDREN TRAVELING ABOUT
FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
>> SO THEY HAVEN'T READ ABOUT 
HISTORY FROM TEXTBOOKS, SO MUCH 
AS THEY HAVE WALKED A MILE IN 
HISTORICAL FOOTSTEPS. 
>> SHE USES NATIONAL PARKS AS A 
CLASSROOM TO TEACH ABOUT HISTORY
AND SCIENCE, NOT JUST TO HER OWN
CHILDREN BUT, TO STUDENTS AROUND
THE WORLD, THROUGH A VIRTUAL
PLATFORM CALLED OUT SCHOOL. 
>> OUT SCHOOL IS A MARKETPLACE
OF OVER 50,000 CLASSES THAT 
FAMILIES CAN CHOOSE FROM
>> Reporter: SIMILAR TO THE 
STRUCTURE OF AIRBNB, THE
TEACHERS SET THEIR OWN CLASSES, 
PRICES, AND SCHEDULE
PROVIDING LIVE SUPPORT AND
INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS.
>> WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN USER 
GROWTH ON THE -- ON THE SITE
GROW BY OVER 30 TIMES.
>> Reporter: AN INFLUX OF 
INTEREST FROM FAMILIES EXPLORING
WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT A CHILD'S
CURRENT EDUCATION, OR TO CREATE 
A FULL CURRICULUM.
>> THE WHOLE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
IS CHANGING.
>> Reporter: AS MORE PARENTS
ANYTHING LIKE YOU MEN, UNTIL
NOW.
>>> THE RIGHT STUFF IS A NEW
EIGHT-EPISODE SERIES COMING TO
DISNEY PLUS WHERE A TEAM OF 
ELITE MILITARY TEST PILOTS FIND 
THEMSELVES TAPPED TO BE 
ASTRONAUTS FOR PROJECT MERCURY
IT'S THE FIRST HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT PROGRAM IN THE U.S.
THOSE EPISODES WILL PREMIERE IN 
OCTOBER.
>> LGBTQ ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING
ON EXECUTIVES TO SEVER TIES WITH
BROADCASTER THOM BRENNAMAN
FOX SPORTS ALREADY PULLED HIM 
FROM THE FALL SEASON, AFTER HE
USED AN ANTI-GAY SLUR DURING A
BASEBALL GAME.
OUR GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A HOT MIC 
COMING BACK FROM A COMMERCIAL 
BREAK.
>> BHEE
AN ANTI-GAY SLUR UTTERED ON LIVE
TV BY CINCINNATI REDS 
PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER, THOM
BRENNAMAN.
APPARENTLY, DIDN'T REALIZE HE 
WAS ON AIR
SECONDS LATER, HE MOVED ON AS IF
NOTHING HAPPENED
BUT THE OFFENSIVE COMMENT, SOON,
WENT VIRAL. 
>> I MADE A COMMENT EARLIER 
TONIGHT THAT, I GUESS, WENT OUT 
OVER THE AIR, THAT I AM DEEPLY
ASHAMED OF
IF I HAVE HURT ANYONE OUT THERE,
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I SAY,
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I'M
SO, VERY, VERY SORRY
>> Reporter: THAT APOLOGY,
AWKWARDLY, INTERRUPTED. 
>> I PRIDE MYSELF AND THINK OF
MYSELF AS A -- A MAN OF FAITH.
AS THERE IS A DRIVE INTO DEEP 
LEFT FIELD BY CASTIANOS, IT WILL
BE A HOME RUN.
AND SO, THAT WILL MAKE IT A 
FOUR-NOTHING BALL GAME. 
>> THE TEAM SAYS IT'S DEVASTATED
BY THE HORRIFIC REMARK
WE SHARE OUR APOLOGIES TO THE 
LGBT
>>> HI, EVERYONE
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND
WE DO HAVE A FEW SCATTERED
STORMS FOR THE SOUTHEAST ON 
>>> NOW, TO A REMARKABLE STORY
OF SURVIVAL OUT OF MEXICO.
A MAN WAS RESCUED BY A FORMER 
MARINE, AFTER BEING STRANDED
HE WAS IN THE WOODS FOR MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS, WITH A NASTY
BACK INJURY.
NBC'S JOE FRYER HAS THE 
INCREDIBLE STORY
>> Reporter: THE SANTA FE 
NATIONAL FOREST COVERS
1.5 MILLION ACRES.
A SPRAWLING LANDSCAPE THAT FILLS
THE EYES AND EARS.
>> I HEARD SOMEBODY WAY, WAY OFF
TRAIL.
>> LIKE WHEN JOHN WAS HIKING
WITH HIS TWO KIDS AND HEARD A 
STRANGE VOICE.
>> I LISTENED AND THOUGHT MAYBE 
IT WAS ANOTHER HIKER YELLING OR 
PLAYING OR SOMETHING
AND THEY YELLED AGAIN.
SO I YELLED BACK, DO YOU NEED 
HELP
AND I HEAR, YES, JUST VERY
FAINTLY, SO FAR AWAY
>> Reporter: DOWN STEEP TERRAIN,
THEY FOUND A HIKER, STRANDED
ABOUT 14 DAYS.
OUT OF FOOD, HE ONLY HAD A
FILTERED WATER BOTTLE TO DRINK
FROM THE STREAM.
>> WHEN YOU SAW HIM, HOW BAD A
SHAPE WAS HE IN?
>> YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T STAND
HE WAS VERY DELIRIOUS.
>> THEY HIKED THREE MILES WHERE 
THERE WAS CELL SERVICE AND
CALLED 911
GAVE SANTA FE FIRE DEPARTMENT 
THE MAN'S GPS LOCATION BUT AFTER
EIGHT HOURS OF LOOKING, THE 
RESCUE TEAM COULD NOT FIND HIM. 
>> WE WERE KIND OF SEARCHING FOR
A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE 
WAS LOCATED.
>> I WORRIED ABOUT HIM ALL
NIGHT.
I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE
AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK 
THAT GUY WOULD'VE LEFT. 
>> SO HE WENT BACK THE NEXT 
MORNING, FOUND THE MAN, CALLED
911 AGAIN, AND GUIDED RESCUERS
TO THE SPOT, HIMSELF. 
>> HOW HAPPY WAS HE TO SEE YOU
GUYS
>> HE WAS PRETTY HAPPY
HE --  WARMED HIM UP
WE STARTED A FIRE.
WE GAVE HIM A BLANKET.
WE STARTED AN IV
WE MANUALLY HIKED HIM UP, OFF 
THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL.
AND THEN, HIKED HIM DOWN THE
REST OF THE TRAIL.
>> IF YOU AND YOUR KIDS HAD NOT 
HEARD HIM AND FOUND HIM, WHAT DO
YOU THINK WOULD'VE HAPPENED?
>> I DON'T THINK HE HAD MORE
THAN -- MORE THAN A COUPLE OF 
DAYS LEFT.
SO FAR OFF TRAIL, THE SLOPE IS
SO STEEP, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY 
WOULD'VE FOUND HIM. 
>> JOE FRYER REPORTING
JUST AN INCREDIBLE STORY. 
>> YEAH.
THE HUMAN SURVIVAL IT'S 
INCREDIBLE
AND THE BRAVERY.
YOU KNOW, TO GO OUT THERE AND 
GET HIM.
>> COMING BACK FOR HIM. 
>> YEAH, SURE IS
>>> ALL RIGHT.
SUNDAY IS THE INDY 500 AND SOME 
SPECIAL SINGERS WILL BE 
PERFORMING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
♪ LIVING FOR TODAY ♪
>> AFTER THEIR RENDITION OF JOHN
LENNON'S "IMAGINE" WENT VIRAL,
SEVERAL MAYO CLINIC DOCTORS WERE
CHOSEN TO SING BEFORE THE BIG 
RACE
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE INDY 500
AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN ON SUNDAY, 
RIGHT HERE, ON NBC
I SAW YOU.
DID YOU JUST GET CHILLS?
I SAW YOU.
>> YES
OH, GOSH
I REMEMBER
>>> THIS IS OUR MOMENT
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE, 
TONIGHT.
>> JOE BIDEN AND HIS WIFE,
SOAKING IN THE MOMENT, AS 
FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
OVER DELAWARE.
JUST MOMENTS AFTER HE ACCEPTED
THE NOMINATION TO TAKE ON DONALD
TRUMP AS THE DEMOCRATS' STANDARD
BEARER. 
>> STEVE BANNON ACCUSED OF
RIPPING OFF DONATIONS EARMARKED 
TO BUILD A BORDER WALL
ARRESTED ABOARD A 150-FOOT YACHT
OWNED BY A CHINESE BILLIONAIRE
>>> THE DEADLY CALIFORNIA FIRES 
ARE GAINING MOMENTUM AS 
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE 
FAST-MOVING BLAZES ARE UP 
AGAINST A FEROCIOUS PHENOMENON. 
>> THE BATTLE OVER SCHOOLS, 
TEACHERS IN MAJOR CITIES, 
THREATENING TO STRIKE.
WHAT THEY'RE DEMANDING. 
>> AND THE ROLLING STONES ARE 
BACK WITH A FIRST.
AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M CORI 
COFFIN. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
FOR JOE BIDEN, A MOMENT OVER
THREE DECADES IN THE MAKING.
33 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL BID, BIDEN ACCEPTED
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
ON A NIGHT FILLED WITH BOTH 
LEVITY AND GRAVITAS.
>> TONIGHT, I COULDN'T BE 
PROUDER TO BE A LOYAL UNION 
MEMBER, A PASSIONATE CLIMATE
ACTIVIST, AND A PATRIOTIC 
DEMOCRAT
OR AS DONALD TRUMP WILL CALL ME 
IN A TWEET TOMORROW, A WASHED 
UP, HORSE FACE, NO TALENT HAS 
BEEN WITH LOW RATINGS.
>> OUR FUTURE IS NOW AND IT IS
DAUNTING
BUT I ASK YOU, TONIGHT, TO JOIN 
ME TO HELP JOE AND KAMALA FIGHT 
FOR THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. 
>> WHY THE HELL WOULD WE EVER 
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
>> THE VERY RING ON MY FINGER 
REFLECTS HOW THIS COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE. 
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINING US FROM 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WITH THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SPEECH OF JOE BIDEN'S CAREER
TRACIE, GOOD MORNING. 
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
AT LEAST, SO FAR
GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THIS NIGHT, IN FACT, THIS ENTIRE
WEEK, WAS ABOUT BUILDING TO THIS
MOMENT FOR JOE BIDEN
THIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
HE TALKED ABOUT CHARACTER AND 
DECENCY, AND MADE SOME PROMISES.
AND ALTHOUGH, THE SPEECH ITSELF 
WAS LIGHTER ON POLICY AND MORE
ON INSPIRATION AND HOW HE FRAMED
THIS ELECTION.
HE TALKED ABOUT DISTINCTIONS
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
HE DID TALK ABOUT THE VIRUS,
THAT HAS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON
AMERICA.
AND HE PROMISED TO CONTROL IT.
>> WE'LL NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES 
BACK, UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THIS 
VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY OF WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY IS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE 
THIS BAD
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS 
FAILED, IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY
TO THE NATION.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA
THIS IS OUR MOMENT
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE, 
TONIGHT.
AS LOVE AND HOPE AND LIGHT JOIN 
IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF 
THE NATION
AND THIS IS A BATTLE WE WILL
WIN, AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER.
I PROMISE YOU.
>> SO, JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS, NOW, THE OFFICIAL TICKET
FOR THE DEMOCRATS HEADED INTO 
THE FALL ELECTION.
THREE MESSAGES WE HEARD, LOUD 
AND CLEAR, OVER THE COURSE OF 
THIS WEEK.
GO OUT AND VOTE, AND MAKE A PLAN
TO DO SO
AND FUNDRAISING WAS, ALSO, A BIG
ISSUE HERE
IN FACT, OVERNIGHT, WE HEARD THE
DNC CHAIR SAY THAT THEY SET AN
ONLINE RECORD FOR FUNDRAISING 
THIS WEEK.
PHILLIP.
>> IT WAS A BIG WEEK FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>>> MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
FIRED BACK AT BIDEN, IN 
REALTIME
TWEETING, QUOTE, IN 47 YEARS, 
JOE DID NONE OF THE THINGS WHICH
HE NOW SPEAKS.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE
JUST WORDS
THAT TWEET, ECHOING YESTERDAY'S 
SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA
>> HE LEFT
HE ABANDONED PENNSYLVANIA.
HE ABANDONED SCRANTON.
HE SPENT THE LAST HALF CENTURY
IN WASHINGTON SELLING OUT OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> AND LAST NIGHT ON FOX NEWS,
THE PRESIDENT HINTED AT A MAJOR 
POLL-WATCHING EFFORT OVER 
CONCERNS OF IN-PERSON VOTING
>> MY QUESTION TO YOU, THEN, IS 
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE POLL
WATCHERS
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHERIFFS, 
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE,
HOPEFULLY, U.S. ATTORNEYS, AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY.
AND ATTORNEY GENERALS.
BUT IT'S VERY HARD
>> WE COULD LEARN MORE NEXT WEEK
WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION KICKS OFF
>>> ANOTHER FORMER TRUMP
CAMPAIGN INSIDER, FACING
SERIOUS, LEGAL TROUBLE
STEVE BANNON, WHO WAS ONCE THE
PRESIDENT'S CHIEF STRATEGIST, IS
NOW FACING FEDERAL FRAUD
CHARGES.
NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT HAS THIS
REPORT
>> Reporter: ANOTHER FORMER 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN BOSS FACING
FEDERAL CHARGES.
STEVE BANNON, ONCE A TOP AIDE TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS FIRST CHIEF
STRATEGIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
ARRESTED OFF THE COAST OF 
CONNECTICUT ABOARD A 150-FOOT 
YACHT HE DOES NOT OWN.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE 66-YEAR-OLD,
ALONG WITH THREE OTHERS, RAISED 
MORE THAN $25 MILLION IN A
CAMPAIGN THEY SAID WOULD GO 
ENTIRELY TO BUILD SECTIONS OF 
THE SOUTHERN BORDER WALL. 
>> EVERYTHING THAT THIS COMPANY 
IS -- IS DOING, BUILD THE WALL, 
IT'S ALL TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TRYING TO DO TO GET A PHYSICAL
BARRIER ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER
IF YOU JOIN IT, AND WE GET IT 
OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS, IT'LL BE A 
MULTIPLIER
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY, NOT JUST GET
A WALL BUILT, WE'LL SAVE THIS 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: BUT THE GOVERNMENT 
SAYS THEY ACTUALLY TOOK HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR 
THEMSELVES
BANNON'S VIRTUAL ARRAIGNMENT
CAPTURED IN THIS COURT SKETCH.
STEVE BANNON WAS ONE OF THE 
ARCHITECTS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
MR. TRUMP DISTANCING HIMSELF
FROM BANNON WHEN PRESSED BY NBC 
NEWS. 
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT'S YOUR 
REACTION TO THE INDICTMENT OF 
YOUR FORMER CAMPAIGN AIDE, STEVE
BANNON
>> WELL, I FEEL VERY BADLY
I HAVEN'T BEEN DEALING WITH HIM,
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AS 
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM 
KNOW
HE WAS INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPAIGN.
HE WORKED FOR GOLDMAN SACHS.
HE WORKED FOR A LOT OF
COMPANIES.
BUT HE WAS INVOLVED, LIKEWISE,
IN OUR CAMPAIGN AND FOR A SMALL 
PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION, VERY
EARLY ON
I HAVEN'T BEEN DEALING WITH HIM,
AT ALL
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE
PROJECT.
OTHER THAN, I DIDN'T LIKE --
WHEN I READ ABOUT IT, I DIDN'T
LIKE IT.
I SAID THIS IS FOR GOVERNMENT,
THIS ISN'T FOR PRIVATE PEOPLE.
AND IT SOUNDED, TO ME, LIKE 
SHOWBOATING AND I THINK I LET MY
OPINION BE VERY STRONGLY STATED 
AT THE TIME.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT
IT WAS SHOWBOATING AND MAYBE
LOOKING FOR FUNDS.
BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS.
I THINK IT'S A VERY SAD THING 
FOR MR. BANNON. 
>> RESPECTFULLY, SIR, IT'S NOT
JUST STEVE BANNON.
IT'S ROGER STONE
IT'S MICHAEL FLYNN
IT'S RICK GATES.
PAUL MANAFORT.
MICHAEL COHEN.
WHAT'S IT SAY ABOUT YOUR
JUDGMENT
>> WELL, I HAVE NO IDEA.
>> Reporter: WHILE PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
THE FUNDRAISING EFFORT, LONGTIME
ALLY 
AL
ALLY KRIS KOBACH. 
>> I DIDN'T KNOW -- I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BANNON'S
INVOLVEMENT.
WAS SOMETHING THAT I, VERY MUCH,
FELT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO BE
DOING.
>> STEVE BANNON'S COURT HEARING 
ENDED YESTERDAY, WITH HIS 
ATTORNEY ENTERING A PLEA OF NOT 
GUILTY, ON HIS BEHALF.
HE WAS RELEASED ON A $5 MILLION 
BOND WITH RESTRICTIONS AGAINST
PRIVATE JET OR YACHT TRAVEL.
CORI
>> GEOFF, THANKS
>>> THE U.S. IS STILL STRUGGLING
TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 
5.5 MILLION CASES, WHICH IS THE 
HIGHEST IN THE WORLD
THE NATION, ALSO, REPORTED THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF VIRUS DEATHS, 
AT OVER 175,000.
IN NEBRASKA, THE ANNUAL STURGIS 
MOTORCYCLE RALLY HAS BEEN TIED
TO NEARLY A DOZEN NEW CASES.
THAT WAS HELD IN NEIGHBORING
SOUTH DAKOTA
IT WAS A TEN-DAY EVENT THAT 
ATTRACTED MORE THAN 460,000 
VEHICLES
>>> AND A NEW STUDY FROM
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN
DIEGO AND UNIVERSITY OF 
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SUGGESTS 
THAT COVID-19 DOES NOT APPEAR TO
TRANSMIT THROUGH BREAST MILK
THIS, AS TEACHERS IN DETROIT AND
NEW YORK ARE THREATENING TO 
STRIKE IF ADDITIONAL COVID
SAFEGUARDS AREN'T PUT IN PLACE, 
BEFORE SCHOOLS REOPEN.
HERE'S NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON
>> Reporter: ASK TEACHERS WHAT
THEY DID ON THEIR SUMMER V
VACATION, AND MANY WILL SAY 
WORRY.
>> I UNDERSTAND PARENTS NEED
CARE
BUT TURNING MY SCHOOL INTO A
COVID LABORATORY IS NOT THE 
ANSWER
>> YOU COULD BE THE PERSON THAT 
BRINGS IT HOME TO YOUR FAMILY 
AND INFECTS YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
>> IT'S JUST NOT -- IT'S NOT
SAFE
>> Reporter: THAT FEAR DRIVING
DETROIT TEACHERS TO,
OVERWHELMINGLY, APPROVE A P
POTENTIAL SAFETY STRIKE.
IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE SET TO OPEN THEIR 
DOORS IN THREE WEEKS, TEACHERS
ARE THREATENING TO STRIKE AS
WELL. 
>> WE HAVE PROMISED THE TEACHERS
AND THE PARENTS OF NEW YORK CITY
THAT WE WOULD STAND AND FIGHT,
IF WE FELT A SCHOOL WAS UNSAFE
AND THAT IS A PROMISE WE ARE
GOING TO KEEP.
>> Reporter: THE UNION
REPRESENTING ABOUT 120,000
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, ISSUING A 
THREE-PAGE CHECKLIST, INCLUDING 
NO-CONTACT THERMOMETERS,
SANITIZING SPRAYERS, EXIT AND 
ENTRY PROTOCOLS FOR STUDENTS AND
STAFF, AND UPGRADED VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS.
THAT'S WHAT'S KEY FOR ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEACHER, CHRISTINE 
JOSEPH. 
>> MOST OF THE WINDOWS DO NOT 
OPEN MORE THAN A FEW INCHES.
>> MOST OF YOUR WINDOWS DON'T 
OPEN MORE THAN A FEW INCHES?
>> IF THEY OPEN, AT ALL.
SOME DO NOT OPEN AT ALL.
SO THAT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN FOR
THE TEACHERS. 
>> MAYOR BILL de BLASIO PROMISED
TO OPEN WINDOWS AS PART OF HIS
SAFETY PLEDGE, INCLUDING BETTER 
VENTILATION, FREE COVID TESTING 
FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT 
CITY-RUN SITES, PLUS A 30-DAY 
SUPPLY OF PPE AT ALL SCHOOLS. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THESE SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND
READY.
>> Reporter: OF THE NATION'S
NINE LARGEST DISTRICTS, ONLY THE
BIGGEST, NEW YORK CITY, IS
STARTING WITH AN IN-PERSON
OPTION, AS TEACHERS INSIST
SAFETY IS NONNEGOTIABLE.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, NEW
YORK
>>> A CRITIC OF THE KREMLIN IS
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
RUSSIA'S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC
OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
ALEXEI NAVALNY, IS IN A COMA
HIS SPOKESPERSON SUSPECTS HE WAS
POISONED
JOINING US NOW FROM LONDON IS 
KELLY COBIELLA. 
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THE LATEST IS HIS SUPPORTERS
WANT HIM MOVED TO A HOSPITAL
OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA.
BOTH GERMANY AND FRANCE HAVE
AGREED TO TAKE ALEXEI NAVALNY.
BUT THIS MORNING, A SPOKESPERSON
FOR NAVALNY'S SAYING THAT 
DOCTORS IN RUSSIA SAY IT'S JUST 
NOT POSSIBLE
IT'S SIMPLY TOO DANGEROUS FOR 
ALEXEI NAVALNY TO BE MOVED, AT
THIS POINT, BECAUSE HE IS ON A
VENTILATOR
HIS SPOKESWOMAN, THIS MORNING,
TWEETING THAT KEEPING HIM IN
RUSSIA IS A DIRECT THREAT TO HIS
LIFE
ALEXEI NAVALNY FELL SERIOUSLY 
ILL YESTERDAY MORNING.
HE WAS IN SIBERIA WORKING, ON 
BEHALF OF OPPOSITION CANDIDATES 
THERE.
HIS SPOKESPERSON SAID HE WENT TO
THE AIRPORT, HAD A CUP OF TEA.
SHE BELIEVES THAT'S WHEN HE WAS 
POISONED
SHE SAYS, JUST A FEW MINUTES
AFTER TAKEOFF ON A FLIGHT FROM
SIBERIA BACK TO MOSCOW, HE
STARTED SWEATING
AND THEN, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, 
COLLAPSED ON THE FLIGHT.
THAT FLIGHT HAD TO BE -- HAD TO 
MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, JUST 
TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL IN
SIBERIA SAY HE'S ON A 
VENTILATOR
HE'S IN VERY SERIOUS CONDITION, 
BUT IS STABLE, AT THIS POINT
NOW, SUPPORTERS, AS YOU CAN 
IMAGINE, ARE FURIOUS
PROTESTS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN OUT
IN ST. PETERSBURG AND SOME OTHER
CITIES IN RUSSIA
PEOPLE DEMANDING ANSWERS
SOME ARRESTS HAVE ALREADY 
HAPPENED, AT THOSE PROTESTS.
AS FOR THE KREMLIN'S RESPONSE TO
THIS, PUTIN'S SPOKE PERSON SAID,
YESTERDAY, THAT THEY WISH HIM A 
SPEEDY RECOVERY.
TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT 
HE WAS POISONED AND THERE SHOULD
BE NO OBSTACLE TO HIM BEING SENT
ABROAD FOR TREATMENT
PHILLIP.
>> ALL RIGHT
WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS 
STORY.
KELLY, THANK YOU. 
>> AND WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING
SOME TROUBLE BREWING IN THE 
TROPICS RIGHT NOW.
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
TRACKING IT FOR US
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
WE HAVE TWO STORM SYSTEMS THAT
ARE RACING TO THE GULF
KIND OF IN COMPETITION RIGHT
NOW, OF WHICH ONE WILL TURN INTO
A TROPICAL STORM
I THINK IT WILL BE TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION THIRTEEN BECAUSE THE 
MOVEMENT, REALLY, IS FAST.
AND WE ARE ALSO SEEING IT MORE
ORGANIZED.
CURRENTLY, AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL
LANDFALL GOING INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK
AND, FOLKS, THIS COULD HAPPEN AT
THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CHOSER LOOLOSER LOOK AY
AHEAD.
OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST, WE'RE 
IN THE UPPER 80s TO LOWER 90s.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS COMING 
BACK FOR THIS WEEKEND AND IT
STICKS AROUND FOR THE ROCKIES 
ALL THE WAY TO THE UPPER
MIDWEST.
I SEE YOU, CHICAGO
90
STILL, GOING TO BE WATCHING 
THESE TWO SYSTEMS VERY CLOSELY
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
GUYS. 
>> LOOK HOW THOSE CLOSE -- THE
TRACKS ARE, TOO.
WOW.
THANKS. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI JUST UNDER
WENT A PROCEDURE ON HIS VOCAL 
CORD
THE NATION'S TOP INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE SPECIALIST IS NOW,
REPORTEDLY, AT HOME AND RESTING.
>> THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF
SUSSEX APPEARING VIRTUALLY FROM 
THEIR CALIFORNIA HOME WITH YOUTH
LEADERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH 
TRUST.
THE COUPLE SPOKE ABOUT QUEEN
ELIZABETH'S GOALS FOR THE YOUTH 
WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.
>> JENNIFER ANISTON PLAYED A
FRIENDLY GAME OF POOL ON
INSTAGRAM.
AFTER HER DEFEAT, JENNIFER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, A JUDGE IS
EXPECTED TO DECIDE THE FATE OF
ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN TODAY.
THE ACTRESS AND HER HUSBAND WILL
BE SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN 
THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL
PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY 
REQUESTED THAT LOUGHLIN SERVE 
TWO MONTHS IN PRISON AND HER
HUSBAND SERVE FIVE MONTHS.
THE JUDGE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE 
WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE
PLEA DEALS. 
>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO THE
GROWING EMERGENCY ON THE WEST 
COAST.
AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN MASSIVE WILDFIRES THAT
CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE
THE AIR QUALITY THERE IS SO 
DANGEROUS THAT AT LEAST ONE 
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE RENO AREA
HAS CANCELLED ALL CLASSES TODAY,
INCLUDING REMOTE LEARNING.
HERE IS NBC'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
>> Reporter: AS WILDFIRES TEAR
THROUGH HOMES, CREWS ARE FACING 
100 ACTIVE FIRES ACROSS 
CALIFORNIA
MORE THAN 20 OF THEM, MONSTROUS 
INFERNOS
NEAR NAPA VALLEY, TEAMS ARE 
LOSING GROUND.
>> WITH ALL THE FIRES BURNLIING 
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, LIMITED 
RESOURCES, IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: MORE HARROWING 
EVACUATIONS IN A
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEEING FROM
FLAMES
SOME STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR
MOVING AT FEROCIOUS SPEEDS
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 
FLAMES JUMPED AN EIGHT-LANE 
INTERSTATE. 
>> THE FIRE WAS LOUD
IT WHISTLED.
YOU COULD HEAR TREES FALLING
IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING.
>> Reporter: DEVOURING THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE SANTA CRUZ, THE 
FIRE IGNITED COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE
SAN FRANCISCO.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, IT'S
BEEN A CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME WITH
FIREFIGHTERS TRYING TO CATCH UP 
WITH HOT EMBERS THAT ARE
TRAVELING THROUGH THE AIR FOR 
MILES.
THEY'RE LOSING HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> IN THE SMOKE-FILLED SKIES
NEAR FRESNO, THE FIREFIGHT
TURNING DEADLY WHEN A 
WATER-DROPPING HELICOPTER WENT
DOWN
VETERAN PILOT AND FAMILY MAN, 
MIKE FORNIER, GAVE HIS LIFE 
PROTECTING OTHERS.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME
WITHOUT HIM.
HE CHANGED SO MANY PEOPLE'S 
LIVES FOR THE BEST AND PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO MISS HIM SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: WITH SOME OF THE 
WORST AIR QUALITY ON THE PLANET 
CHOKING LARGE SWATHS
>> UNHINGED WILL PUT AMERICA'S
APPETITE FOR THEATERS TO THE
TEST
THE NEW RUSSELL CROWE MOVIE 
OPENS TODAY AND IT IS THE FIRST 
MAJOR THEATRICAL RELEASE SINCE
THE PANDEMIC STARTED
>>> WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS FOR 
ALL YOU ROLLING STONES FANS OUT 
THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT
THE ROLLING STONES ARE OPENING
THEIR OWN FASHION AND 
MERCHANDISE STORE ON CARNABY
STREET IN LONDON
CALLED RS CARNABY AND IT WILL 
OPENED SEPTEMBER 9th
>>> HI, EVERYONE
GULF COAST STATES.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A PLAN READY 
FOR THIS WEEKEND, GOING INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS WE WATCH THE
TROPICS.
THAT RECORD HEAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BUILD FOR THE 
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
AN
>>> AND WE'RE OFF.
>> A BRITISH INVENTOR HAS JUST
BEEN AWARDED THE GUINNESS WORLD 
RECORD FOR FASTEST ELECTRIC ICE 
CREAM VAN.
BACK IN MARCH, ED CHINA'S 
ECOFRIENDLY VEHICLE REACHED A 
SPEED OF JUST OVER 70 MILES AN
HOUR AT AN AIRSTRIP IN ENGLAND
HE IS NOW HOPING HIS ELECTRIC 
CONVERSION KIT WILL BE USED IN
ICE CREAM TRUCKS ALL AROUND THE 
WORLD.
>> FANTASTIC
NBA STAR STEPH CURRY MADE AN
APPEARANCE
HE AND HIS WIFE HAD A CANDID
CONVERSATION WITH THEIR 
DAUGHTERS.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S JOB IS
>> TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 
WORLD?
>> THAT'S GOOD
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE
>> THAT IS CORRECT
AS WE SAY, THAT IS CORRECT. 
>> DO YOU KNOW WHO IS RUNNING 
FOR PRESIDENT?
>> JOE BIDEN
>> YEP. 
>> AND -- 
>> EXACTLY
THAT'S IT.
THIS VIDEO'S OVER.
>> CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING LIKE 
THAT WITH FAMILIES, ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE GIRLS, ALSO, SAID SHE
WAS SURPRISED AND HAPPY THAT
BIDEN PICKED A WOMAN AS A VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. 
>> NICE TO SEE THE FIRST FAMILY 
OF THE NBA RIGHT THERE
>>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE STANDOUT SPEAKERS
FROM LAST NIGHT'S DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS BRADEN
HARRINGTON
HE IS A 13-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WHO EXPLAINED HOW
MEETING FELLOW STUTTERER, JOE 
BIDEN, HELPED HIM.
>> ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I MET
HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
HE TOLD ME THAT WE WERE MEMBERS 
OF THE SAME CLUB
WE STUTTER
I'M JUST A REGULAR KID
AND IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF 
TIME, JOE BIDEN MADE ME FEEL
MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT'S BOTHERED ME MY WHOLE 
LIFE. 
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
NEWS LEGEND DAN RATHER TWEETING 
BRADEN HARRINGTON, THE
13-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH A STUTTER,
PURE, UNVARNISHED COURAGE.
>> FANTASTIC
RETAIL PLATFORM FAR FETCH HAS 
LISTED THE MOST ICONIC FASHION
ITEMS IN THE U.S. FIRST PLACE,
LEVI JEANS
THE CUSTOM, ALL-AMERICAN STYLE
BLUE JEAN WAS INTRODUCED TO THE 
WORLD IN 1873.
NOT ONLY DOES IT SHRINK TO FIT
THE WEARER, IT'S THE FIRST OF 
ITS KIND
TRAILING IN SECOND IS THEIR 
DENIM JACKETS FROM THE 1960s
AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE 
ARE NIKE AIR MAX, POLO BY RALPH 
LAUREN SHIRTS.
AND LOUIS VUITTON BAGS. 
>> OH, CROCS
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
>>> THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING 
ELECTION
THIS WILL DETERMINE WHAT AMERICA
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR A 
LONG, LONG TIME.
CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT,
DECENCY, IT'S ALL ON THE BALLOT.
>> IT WAS JOE BIDEN'S NIGHT TO
CELEBRATE AS HE TAKES THE STAGE 
ALONGSIDE KAMALA HARRIS AS THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION COMES TO A
GRAND FINALE
>>> THE WILDFIRES CLAIMING
ALMOST A HALF DOZEN LIVES.
TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE NOW FLED 
THEIR HOMES AND A GROWING NUMBER
OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED
>>> WAS A PROMINENT RIVAL OF
VLADIMIR PUTIN IN FLAMES
WHAT THE KREMLIN IS NOW SAYING
>>> STEVE BANNON ACCUSED OF 
RIPPING OFF DONATIONS EARMARKED 
TO BUILD A BORDER WALL ARRESTED 
ABOARD A YACHT OWNED BY A 
CHINESE BILLIONAIRE.
>>> AND TESLA JUST SURPASSED
WALMART AS THE STOCK SOARS
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD MORNING
I'M CORI COFFIN.
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>> JOE BIDEN IS OFFICIALLY THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.
THE FINAL DAY OF THE DNC HAD ONE
TARGET IN SIGHT.
>> I AM EDWARD GOODE
I'M 95 YEARS OLD
I'M A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II 
AND OF KOREA
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE
THE 1960S, I'M A MEMBER OF THE
NRA AND I VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I THINK TRUMP HAS BEEN THE WORST
PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD SO I'LL
BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
>> THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADER OUR
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE.
ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS 
THEY FACE AND WHO WOULD ACTUALLY
PROTECT THEM
INSTEAD THEY HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF WHO WON'T STAND UP TO 
PUTIN.
>> WHY WOULD WE EVER REHIRE 
DONALD TRUMP FOR ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS?
>> TRACIE POTTS JOINS US NOW
FROM DELAWARE WITH THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SPEECH OF JOE BIDEN'S CAREER
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
IT WAS REALLY NOT ONLY THIS WEEK
BUT THIS NIGHT THAT BUILT TO
THIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR JOE
BIDEN.
HE MADE A LOT OF PROMISES.
THE SPEECH WAS NOT EXTREMELY
HEAVY ON DEEP POLICY
IT SEEMED TO BE INSPIRATIONAL 
AND WHILE HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A
LOT OF DETAILS OF SPECIFIC PLANS
HE DID TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS 
TO DO WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
>> WE'LL NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES 
BACK UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THIS
VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY WHERE WE ARE TODAY
IS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS
BAD.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT'S FAILED
IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY TO THE 
NATION
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA
THIS IS OUR MOMENT
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
HISTORY MAY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE
TONIGHT AS LOVE AND HOPE AND
LIGHT JOIN IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE NATION
AND THIS IS A BATTLE WE WILL WIN
AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER
I PROMISE YOU.
>> Reporter: NOW, THE DEMOCRATS 
SEEMED TO HAVE THREE CLEAR
MESSAGES HERE THIS WEEK,
LAUNCHING BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS INTO THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
A PLAN TO VOTE GIVEN ALL OF THE 
COMPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT THE POSTAL SERVICE
THAT WAS A CLEAR MESSAGE HERE 
AND ALSO OF COURSE, FUND
RAISING.
THE DNC CHR TWEETING THAT THEY
SE
SET AN ONLINE RECORD
>> A BIG NIGHT FOR FUND RAISING.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE
>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED
BACK AT JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE
JUST WORDS
THAT TWEET ECHOING YESTERDAY'S
SPEECH BY THE TRUMP A
ADMINISTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA
>> HE ABANDONED PENNSYLVANIA
HE SPENT THE LAST HALF CENTURY
IN WASHINGTON SELLING OUT OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> AND LAST NIGHT ON FOX NEWS 
THE PRESIDENT HINTED AT A MAJOR 
POLL LAUNCHING EFFORT OVER
CONCERNS OF IN-PERSON VOTING
>> ANY QUESTION TO YOU THEN IS, 
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE POLL
WATCHERS
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHERIFFS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOPEFULLY 
U.S. ATTORNEYS AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE EVERYBODY, AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL, BUT IT'S VERY HARD.
>> WE COULD LEARN MORE NEXT WEEK
WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION KICKS OFF
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE 
ONGOING CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA
FIRES IN THE BAY AREA HAVE
KILLED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE.
NEARLY 700,000 ACRES HAVE 
BURNED
THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE 
OF LOS ANGELES
THE SMOKE IS SO HEAVY IT CAN BE 
SEEN FROM SPACE.
>> Reporter: AS WILDFIRES TEAR
THROUGH HOMES CREWS ARE FACING
100 ACTIVE FIRES ACROSS 
CALIFORNIA
MORE THAN 20 OF THEM MONSTROUS
INFERNOS
NEAR NAPA VALLEY TEAMS ARE
LOSING GROUND.
>> ALL THE FIRES GROWING
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, LIMITED 
RESOURCES, IT'S MAKING IT 
DIFFICULT.
>> MORE HARROWING EVACUATIONS IN
A HAIL SCAPE
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEEING 
FLAMES, STILL SOME UNACCOUNTED
FOR.
>> WE HAVE STILL TWO BURN 
PATIENTS
WE'RE SEARCHING THE AREA FOR
MORE. 
>> Reporter: MOVING AT FEROCIOUS
SPEEDS FLAMES JUMPED AN 8-LAIN
INTERSTATE
>> THE FIRE WAS LOUD
YOU COULD HEAR TREES FALLING
IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING.
>> Reporter: DEVOURING THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE SANTA CRUZ, THE 
FIRE IGNITED ABOVE SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A CAT AND
MOUSE GAME WITH FIREFIGHTERS
TRYING TO CATCH UP
THEY'RE LOSING HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> Reporter: THE FIRE FIGHT 
TURNING DEADLY
VETERAN PILOT AND FAMILY MAN
GAVE HIS LIFE PROTECTING OTHERS.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME
WITHOUT HIM.
HE CHANGED SO MANY PEOPLE'S 
LIVES FOR THE BEST AND PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO MISS HIM.
>> Reporter: WITH SOME OF THE 
WORST AIR QUALITY CHOKING LARGE 
SWATHS OF THE STATE COMMUNITIES 
MUST WAIT AND WATCH, THE SUN
SETTING ON ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE
DAY.
>>> ANOTHER FORMER ADVISOR TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
ARRESTED
STEVE BANNON WAS BUSTED BY THE
POSTAL SERVICE
THERE WERE ABOUT 100 WORKERS WHO
MAKE ARRESTS
WE GO TO NBC'S DAN SHENMAN. 
>> Reporter: LEAVING FEDERAL
COURT AFTER HE IS CHARGED WITH
DEFRAUDING DONORS IN AN ONLINE
EFFORT TO BUILD A WALL AT THE 
SOUTHERN BORDER.
IN COURT BANNON'S ATTORNEY
ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA ON HIS
BEHALF
THE CHARGES SAY BANNON AND
OTHERS SAY IT WOULD BE USED TO
HELP TRUMP BUILD A BARRIER AT 
THE BORDER WITH MEXICO
SOME OF THE MONEY WAS USED TO 
BUILD SMALL PORTIONS OF A 
SOUTHERN WALL, MOST OF THE MONEY
WENT INTO THE POCKETS OF BANNON 
AND THREE OTHERS AND IT WAS USED
FOR OTHER EXPENSES
>> IT'S PAPER CASE
IT MAKES FOR VERY STRONG
EVIDENCE
>> BANNON WAS ARRESTED ON BOARD 
THIS YACHT IN LONG ISLAND SOUND.
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 
WITHOUT INCIDENT
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ARREST
OF HIS FORMER AIDE
>> I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE
PROJECT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WAS. 
>> Reporter: BANNON COULD FACE
UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
EACH CHARGE.
>>> A CRITIC OF THE CLEM LYNN IS
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
HE IS NOW IN A COMA.
HIS SPOKES PERSON SUSPECTS HE 
WAS POISONED
JOINING US NOW FROM LONDON, GOOD
MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YEAH, JUST THIS MORNING THE 
DEPUTY DOCTOR AT T
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
THE DOCTOR SAID 
THEY FOUND NO 
TRACE OF POISON 
IN HIS SYSTEM 
AND THEY HAVE A 
DIAGNOSIS. 
NOW SOURS HAVE 
BEEN TRYING TO 
GET HIM TO 
ANOTHER HOSPITAL 
OUTSIDE OF 
PRUSSIA. 
FRANCE AND 
GERMANY HAVE 
AGREED TO TAKE 
HIM BUT DOCTORS 
SAID HE'S STILL 
TOO ILL TO BE 
TRANSPORTED. 
HE WAS 
SUPPORTING SOME 
OPPOSITION 
CANDIDATES 
THERE. 
HIS SPOKESPERSON 
BELIEVES HE WAS 
POISONED WHILE 
DRINKING TEA AT 
AIRPORT BEFORE A 
FLIGHT BACK TO 
MOSCOW, THAT HE 
STARTED SWEATING 
SHORTLY AFTER 
TAKEOFF AND 
COLLAPSED. 
THAT FLIGHT HAD 
TO MAKE AN 
EMERGENCY 
LANDING. 
HE WAS TAKEN OFF 
THE PLANE AND 
TAKEN TO A 
HOSPITAL WHERE 
HE IS IN THE 
HOSPITAL ON A 
VENTILATOR. 
PEOPLE ARE 
DEMONSTRATING. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SOME ARRESTS. 
HE IS A LONG-
TIME THORN IN 
THE KREMLIN'S 
SIDE. 
A PUTIN 
SPOKESPERSON 
PERSON SAID HE 
WISHES HIM A 
SPEEDY RECOVERY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> LET'S TURN TO 
WEATHER AND HEAD 
OVER TO OUR 
METEOROLOGIST. 
>>> WE HAVE TWO 
STORM SYSTEMS, 
RIGHT NOW TWO 
TROPICAL 
DEPRESSIONS. 
THEY'RE LIKELY 
TO NORM INTO 
TROPICAL STORMS 
LATER ON TODAY 
OR TOMORROW. 
IT'S RACING 
WEST, NORTHWEST 
ABOUT 20 MILES 
PER HOUR BUT I 
THINK THIS ONE 
TURNS INTO A 
TROPICAL SYSTEM 
FIRST. 
IT'S GOING INTO 
A WARM BODY OF 
WATER. 
HERE'S A LOOK AT 
YOUR DAY AHEAD. 
Y
OUR TEMP
>>> ALL RIGHT. 
TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE 
SOUTH, 
SOUTHEAST, UPPER 
80s, LOWER 90s 
WITH A LITTLE 
BIT OF A CHANCE 
OF STORMS. 
ROCKIES HOT IN 
THE UPPER 90s. 
>>> WE 
APPRECIATE THAT. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THE SAN 
DIEGO PADRES 
SWUNG THEIR WAY 
INTO THE MLB 
RECORD BOOKS. 
THIS SHOT BY 
ERIC HOSMORE. 
HE HIT GRD 
SLAMS IN FOUR 
EXECUTIVE GAMES. 
THE LAST TIME 
SOMEONE HIT 
THREE IN A ROW 
WAS 1985. 
ALL FOUR WERE 
AGAINST THE 
TEXAS RANGERS 
AND ALL ENDED IN 
PADRE'S WIN. 
>>> 
>>> A MAJORITY 
OF STATES 
REQUIRE SOME 
SORT OF MASK BUT 
WHICH ARE THE 
MOST EFFECTIVE 
FOR CURBING THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS. 
RESEARCHERS PUT 
MASK 
EFFECTIVENESS TO 
THE TEST. 
>> Reporter: 
WITH SO MANY 
FACE COVERS TO 
CHOOSE FROM, 
RESEARCHERS AT 
DUKE UNIVERSITY 
WANTED TO KNOW 
WHICH ONES 
ACTUALLY WORKED 
TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF COVID-
19. 
THEY ASKED 
PEOPLE TO TALK 
INTO A BOX TO 
TEST DIFFERENT 
FABRICS AND 
MASKS. 
>> YOU COULD 
START SEEING THE 
PARTICLES 
GROWING AND 
GROWING IN THE 
BOX. 
>> Reporter: 
WATCH WHAT 
HAPPENS TO THE 
DROP LETS FROM A 
SINGLE SENTENCE. 
RESEARCHERS SAID 
THE N-95 MASKS 
CAUGHT THEM. 
THE GATOR THEY 
TESTED, 0% 
EFFECTIVE. 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
ZERO. 
DROPLETSES. 
>>LYLETS EASILY 
PASSED THROUGH 
THE MATERIAL AND 
SPLIT. 
>> IT COULD GAIN 
POLITICAL 
ADVANTAGE. 
I HOPE YOU STICK 
TO THE FACTS. 
ONE FACT IS THAT 
THE POST MASTER 
GENERAL IS NOT 
APPOINTED BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
, THE NECESSARY 
BACKGROUND TO 
FACE THE 
CHALLENGES 
FACING THE 
POSTAL SYSTEM. 
THEY UNANIMOUSLY 
APPROVED HIS 
APPOINTMENT AS 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
ANOTHER FALSE 
NARRATIVE IS THE 
FAILURE TO 
PROVIDE FUNDING 
WILL UNDERMINE 
THE ELECTION. 
THERE'S $15.1 
BILLION CASH ON 
HAND. RATHER 
THAN BEING DOWN, 
IT'S 
$1.5 BILLION 
HIGHER. 
THAT SAID THE 
LONG-TERM 
FINANCIAL 
OUTLOOK IS 
BLEAK. 
THE REASON IT IS 
DOWN IS BECAUSE 
OF THE ADVENT OF 
THE INTERNET. 
IT DOES NOT HAVE 
THE FLEXIBILITY 
A PRIVATE ENTITY 
WOULD HAVE. 
THE POSTAL 
SYSTEM WOULD 
HAVE FUNDED ITS 
LONG-TERM 
PENSION LIE BIG 
LIABILITIES. 
THE POSTAL 
REFORM BILL DID 
NOT ENSURE LONG-
TERM VIABILITY. 
IN ORDER TO 
ADDRESS IT IT 
DEPLETED THE 
POSTAL SYSTEM OF 
CASH AND TURNED 
LONG-TERM 
LIABILITIES INTO 
SHORT-TERM 
LIABILITIES ON 
THE SHEET. 
IT MISLEADINGLY 
CHARACTERIZES A $
48.4 MILLION 
BAILOUT. 
FOR YEARS GAO 
AND THE 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL'S REPORT 
HAS BEEN 
PARTIALLY 
IMPLEMENTED. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS 
REPEATEDLY 
HIGHLIGHT IS THE 
USE AND PAYMENT 
OF OVERTIME TO 
ITS CREDIT, THIS 
IS WHAT POST 
MASTER DEJOY. 
THE POST OFFICE 
SPENT $4 BILLION 
IN 2019 AND IN 
PENALTY 
OVERSOMETIME 
COSTS. 
THOSE OVERTIME 
COSTS REPRESENT 
45% OF THE LOSS 
FOR LAST YEAR. 
SINCE DEJOY'S 
ATTEMPT TO 
REDUCE THAT IT'S 
BEING USED FOR 
THIS NARRATIVE. 
NOTICES THAT 
WERE SENT BEFORE 
HE WAS SWORN IN 
MEANT TO INFORM 
ELECTION 
OFFICIALS TO 
FACTOR IN NORMAL 
THINGS AND THE 
WILLING MEDIA IS 
APTLY PLAYING 
ALONG. 
THEY DELIVERED 
2.6 BILLION OF 
MAIL PER WEEK IN 
2019. 
BECAUSE OF COVID 
THE VOLUME IS 
DOWN 17% THIS 
YEAR TO DATE. 
EVEN IF EVERY 
VOTER USE MAIL-
IN VOTING, LESS 
THAN 6% OF 
WEEKLY VOLUME. 
AS LONG AS THEY 
FACTOR IN NORMAL 
CAPABILITIES AND 
A DECLINE IN 
WEEKLY VOLUME, 
THE POSTAL 
SYSTEM HAS MORE 
THAN ENOUGH TO 
HANDLE MAIL-IN 
BALLOTING. 
SO I LOOK 
FORWARD TO HIS 
TESTIMONY. 
SENATOR PETERS? 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. CHAIRMAN. 
WILL DEJOY, I 
CERTAINLY 
APPRECIATE YOU 
JOINING US 
TODAY. 
AS YOU CAN 
IMAGINE, WE HAVE 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS FOR 
YOU. 
WE'RE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC 
EXPERIENCING ONE 
OF THE NATION'S 
WORST HEALTH 
CRISIS AND NOW 
WE ARE EXPECTING 
A RECORD NUMBER 
OF AMERICANS TO 
VOTE BY MAIL. 
FOR MANY 
COMMUNITIES IN 
MICHIGAN AND 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE 
MOSTAL SERVICES 
HAD ALWAYS BEEN 
A LIFELINE, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
COMMUNITIES 
WHERE PRIVATE 
CARRIERS DON'T 
DELIVER. 
WHETHER FOLKS 
ARE RECEIVING 
IMPORTANT 
MEDICATIONS, 
FINANCIAL 
DOCUMENTS, 
CRITICAL HOME 
SUPPLIES OR 
SIMPLY TRYING TO 
STAY IN TOUCH 
WITH THEIR LOVED 
ONES, THE POSTAL 
SERVICE HAS 
ALWAYS 
DELIVERED. 
MR. DEJOY, I 
DON'T THINK YOU 
HAVE. 
FOR MORE THAN 
TWO CENTURIES, 
AMERICANS HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO 
COUNT ON THE 
POST OFFICE. 
YOU HAVE 
UNDERMINED ONE 
OF OUR MOST 
TRUSTED 
INSTITUTIONS AND 
WREAKED HAVOC ON 
PEOPLE ALL 
ACROSS OUR 
COUNTRY. 
THE OPERATIONAL 
CHANGES YOU 
IMPLEMENTED 
WITHOUT 
CONSULTING WITH 
YOUR CUSTOMERS 
OR THE PUBLIC 
HAVE CAUSED 
SIGNIFICANT 
DELAYS, DELAYS 
THAT HAVE HURT 
PEOPLE ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
DELAYS THAT COME 
AT A TIME WHEN 
PEOPLE RELY ON 
SERVICE NOW MORE 
THAN EVER. 
I READ HOW 
SEVERELY YOUR 
CHANGES WERE 
SLOWING DOWN THE 
MAIL. 
I ASKED YOU TO 
FOR ANSWERS BUT 
IT WASN'T UNTIL 
I LAUNCHED AN 
INVESTIGATION 
THAT YOU 
ADMITTED YOU 
DIRECTED THE 
CHANGE YOURSELF. 
AFTER MULTIPLE 
REQUESTS, IT 
TOOK MORE THAN 
ONE MONTH TO 
RESPOND AND I'M 
STILL NOT 
SATISFIED WITH 
IT. 
YOU HAVE CALLED 
THEM INEVITABLE. 
LET ME TELL YOU 
ABOUT THE PEOPLE 
WHO ARE FORCED 
TO BEAR THE 
BRUNT OF YOUR 
DECISIONS. 
ONE FROM ADA, 
MICHIGAN, WORKS 
FOR A COMPANY 
THAT PRODUCES 
EDUCATIONAL 
MATERIALS FOR 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS. 
BETH SWITCHED TO 
OVERNIGHT 
SHIPPING WHICH 
ALMOST DOUBLED 
THEIR SHIPPING 
COSTS. 
THEY'VE HAD TO 
LAY OFF MULTIPLE 
EMPLOYEES TO 
ABSORB THESE 
COSTS. 
MARY FROM 
REDFORD SAID HER 
DAUGHTER HAD 
BEEN GETTING HER 
DAUGHTER'S 
EPILEPSY THROUGH 
THE MAIL IN 
USUALLY THREE OR 
FOUR DAYS. 
SHE REQUESTED ON 
JULY 20th AND IT 
TOOK NINE DAYS. 
WHEN MARY SAW 
THE MEDICATION 
WOULDN'T ARRIVE 
ON TIME, SHE HAD 
TO RATION WHAT 
SHE AND AS A 
RESULT SUFFERED 
SEIZURES AND 
WERE TRANSPORTED 
TO THE HOSPITAL. 
THESE ARE SOME 
OF MY 
CONSTITUENTS. 
I HAVE RECEIVED 
MORE THAN 7,500 
REPORTS OF 
DELAYS FROM 
PEOPLE IN 
MICHIGAN AND 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IN JUST 
TWO WEEKS. 
THEY HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT MISSING 
MEDICATION OR 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
HAVING TO LAY 
OFF EMPLOYEES 
ALL BECAUSE OF 
CHANGES THAT YOU 
DIRECTED. 
MR. CHAIRMAN I 
MOVE TO ENTER AN 
UPDATE ON WHAT 
MY INVESTIGATION 
IS FINDING. 
>> WITHOUT 
OBJECTION. 
>> MR. DEJOY, 
YOUR DECISIONS 
HAVE COST 
AMERICANS THEIR 
HEALTH, TIME, 
LIVELY HOOD AND 
THEIR PEACE OF 
MIND. 
I BELIEVE YOU 
OWE THEM AN 
APOLOGY FOR THE 
HARM YOU HAVE 
CAUSED. 
THE COUNTRY IS 
ANXIOUS ABOUT 
WHETHER THE 
DAMAGE CAN BE 
QUICKLY REVERSED 
AND WHAT OTHER 
PLANS YOU HAVE 
IN STORE THAT 
COULD DISRUPT 
THE LIABILITY 
AND TIMELY 
DELIVERY FROM 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
AS YOU CONTINUE 
TO PURSUE THESE 
KINDS OF 
CHANGES, I THINK 
MY COLLEAGUES 
AND CONSTITUENTS 
WILL QUESTION 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
THE RIGHT PERSON 
TO LEAD THIS 
INDISPENSABLE 
INSTITUTION. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> MR. DEJOY, 
IF YOU WOULD 
RAISE YOUR RIGHT 
HAND? 
>> DO YOU SWEAR 
THE TESTIMONY 
WILL BE THE 
TRUTH, THE WELL 
TRUTH SO HELP 
YOU GOD. 
>> I DO. 
>> YOU HAVE 
SERVED AS 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL SINCE 
2020 AND SPEND 
MORE THAN 35 
YEARS DEVELOPING 
A MAJOR 
LOGISTICS 
COMPANY AS 
CHAIRMAN AND 
CEO. 
BEGINNING IN 
2014 SERVED AS 
THE CEO OF A 
SUPPLY CHAIN 
BUSINESS. 
AFTER HIS 
RETIREMENT IN 
THE 2015 JOINED 
THE BOARD OF 
DIRECTORS WHERE 
HE SERVED UNTIL 
2016. 
MR. DEJOY? 
>> THANK YOU, 
CHAIRMAN 
JOHNSON, FOR 
CALLING THIS 
MEETING. 
I'M HERE TO BE 
HERE ON BEHALF 
HAVE THE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF THE 
U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
I BECAME THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL BECAUSE 
I BELIEVE THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
PLAYS A POSITIVE 
ROLE IN THE LIFE 
OF THE NATION. 
I WELCOME THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
LEAD THIS 
ORGANIZATION 
BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE THERE'S 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
FOR THE POSTAL 
SERVICE TO 
BETTER SERVE THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC 
AND ALSO OPERATE 
IN FINANCIALLY 
SUSTAINABLE 
MATTER TO 
PROVIDE PROMPT, 
RELIABLE AND 
UNIVERSAL POSTAL 
SERVICES TO THE 
PUBLIC IN A 
SUSTAINABLE 
FASHION. 
OUR ABILITY TO 
FULFILL THAT 
MANDATE IS A 
FUNDAMENTAL 
RISK. 
CHANGES MUST BE 
MADE FOR THE 
YEARS AND 
DECADES AHEAD. 
OUR BUSINESS 
MODEL, 
ESTABLISHED BY 
THE CONGRESS, 
REQUIRES US TO 
PAY OUR BILLS 
THROUGH OUR OWN 
EFFORTS. 
I FEEL LIKE IT'S 
MY PERSONAL 
OBLIGATION TO 
PUT THE 
ORGANIZATION IN 
A POSITION TO 
FULFILL THAT 
MANDATE. 
WITH ACTION FROM 
THE CONGRESS AND 
OUR REGULATOR 
AND A SICK 
EFFORT BY THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
WE CAN ACHIEVE 
THIS GOAL. 
THIS YEAR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
WILL REPORT A 
LOSS OF MORE 
THAN $9 BILLION. 
WITHOUT CHANGE, 
LAWSUITS WILL 
ONLY INCREASE IN 
THE YEARS TO 
COME. 
IT IS VITAL. 
MOST IMPORTANTLY 
CONGRESS MUST 
ALLOW THE POSTAL 
SERVICE TO 
INTEGRATE A 
RETIREMENT 
PROGRAM WITH MED 
DI CAT. 
IT ALSO MUST 
NATIONALIZE OUR 
PENSION FUNDING 
PAYMENTS. 
LEGISLATIVE 
ACTIONS HAVE 
BEEN DISCUSSED 
FOR YEARS BUT NO 
ACTION HAS BEEN 
TAKEN. 
I URGE THE 
CONGRESS TO EXHE 
DI
EXPEDITIOUSLY 
ENACT THESE 
REFORMS AND 
PROVIDE 
FINANCIAL RELIEF 
TO ALLOW FOR THE 
COVID-19 ON OUR 
FINANCIAL 
CONDITION. 
THE POSTAL 
REGULATORY 
COMMISSION BEGAN 
A MANDATED 
REVIEW OF OUR 
PRICING SYSTEM 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
IT'S BEEN THREE 
YEARS SINCE THE 
COMMISSION 
CONCLUDED 
PRESIDENT 
CURRENT SYSTEM 
IS NOT WORKING. 
THEY URGED THE 
PRC TO DO ITS 
JOB FOR OUR MAIL 
PRODUCTS. 
HAD THE CONGRESS 
OF PRC FULFILLED 
IT, I AM CERTAIN 
THAT MUCH OF OUR 
$80 BILLION 
WOULDN'T BE IN 
JEOPARDY. 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE MUST DO 
ITS PART. 
MUST ADAPT TO 
THE REALITY OF 
THE MARKET PLACE 
AND CELL OUR 
COSTS. 
I BELIEVE WE CAN 
DO THINGS TO 
BETTER PLISHT 
GOALS. 
IN MY 67 DAYS AS 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL I HAD 
THE CHANCE TO 
OBSERVE THE MANY 
HIDDEN STRENGTHS 
OF OUR 
ORGANIZATION. 
DESPITE OUR DEEP 
LONG STANDING 
FINANCIAL 
PROBLEM, THERE 
IS AN INCREDIBLE 
STRONG BASE TO 
BUILD UPON AND A 
DESIRE FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
TO SUCCEED. 
AS WE HEAD INTO 
THE ELECTION 
SEASON, I WANT 
TO ASSURE THIS 
COMMITTEE AND 
THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC THAT THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IS CAPABLE OF 
DELIVERING THE 
NATION'S 
ELECTION MAIL 
SECURELY AND ON 
TIME. 
THIS SACRED DUTY 
IS MY NUMBER ONE 
PRIORITY BETWEEN 
NOW AND ELECTION 
DAY. 
MR. CHAIRMAN, 
WOMEN AND MEN OF 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE HAVE 
DEMONSTRATED 
EXORDINARY 
COMMITMENT 
THROUGHOUT THE 
COVID-19 
PANDEMIC. 
EVERY COMMUNITY 
IN AMERICA WE 
CONTINUE TO WORK 
TO KEEP OUR 
CUSTOMERS SAFE 
AS WE FULFILL 
OUR ESSENTIAL 
ROLL OF 
MEDICATION. 
SINCE THE 
BEGINNING OF THE 
PANDEMIC THERE'S 
BEEN A PUBLIC 
OUTPOURING OF 
SUPPORT FOR 
POSTAL EMPLOYEES 
AS THEY PERFORM 
THEIR ESSENTIAL 
SERVICE 
THROUGHOUT THE 
NATION. 
THIS IS A WELL-
DESERVED 
TESTIMONY TO 
THEIR 
DEDICATION. 
I LOOK FORWARD 
TO WORKING WITH 
UPAND OUR 
STAKEHOLDERS TO 
RESTORE THE 
FINANCIAL HEALTH 
OF OUR POSTAL 
SERVICE 
INCLUDING THE 
WAY WE SERVICE 
THE PUBLIC. 
THIS CONCLUDES 
MY STATEMENT AND 
I WELCOME ANY 
QUESTIONS. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
I WANT TO GO 
THROUGH AND GIVE 
YOU A CHANCE TO 
RESPOND TO SOME 
OF THESE FALSE 
NARRATIVES. 
FIRST, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT THE 
ELECTION NOTICE 
ISN'T OUT BY THE 
POSTAL SERVICES 
GENERAL COUNSEL. 
ONE NOTICE AFTER 
YOU ASSUMED YOUR 
DUTIES. 
TALK ABOUT WHAT 
THAT NOTICE WAS 
ABOUT AND FROM 
MY STANDPOINT 
HOW IMPORTANT 
THIS WAS THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
DOES INFORM 
ELECTION 
OFFICIALS OF 
WHAT YOUR 
CAPABILITIES 
ARE. 
>> YES. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO SPEAK ABOUT 
THAT. 
FIRST, I'D LIKE 
TO EMPHASIZE 
THAT THERE HAVE 
BEEN NO CHANGES 
IN ANY POLICIES 
WITH REGARD TO 
ELECTION MAIL 
FOR THE 2020 
ELECTION. 
AS YOU STATED, 
THIS LETTER WAS 
SENT OUT BEFORE 
MY ARRIVAL, 
SIMPLY TO HELP 
EDUCATE STATE 
ELECTION BOARDS 
AND EVENTUALLY 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
THERE WAS A PLAN 
TO MAKE THIS A 
BROADER 
STATEMENT SO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
HAD AWARENESS ON 
HOW TO 
SUCCESSFULLY 
VOTE. 
A SIMILAR LETTER 
WAS SENT OUT IN 
THE 2016 
ELECTION BY THE 
FORMER DEPUTY 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
WE RECOGNIZED 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC WHEN I 
ARRIVED THERE 
WAS GREAT 
CONCERN ABOUT 
THE INCREASE IN 
VOLUME, SO WE 
EMA SIZED THE 
INTERACTION. 
WE HAD OVER 
50,000 CONTACTS 
BEFORE MY 
ARRIVAL WITH 
STATE ELECTION 
BOARDS TO HELP 
THEM UNDERSTAND 
THE MAIL 
PROCESSING 
PROCEDURE OF THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
SINCE MY ARRIVAL 
WE HAVE 
ESTABLISHED A 
TASK FORCE AND 
ARE PUTTING UP A 
WEBSITE WITHIN A 
DAY AND WE ARE 
DILIGENTLY 
WORKING TO 
ENSURE THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC 
A SUCCESSFUL 
ELECTION. 
>> 150 MILLION 
BALLOTS WOULD 
REPRESENT ABOUT 
6% OF WEEKLY 
VOLUME. 
I THINK IN YOUR 
WRITTEN 
TESTIMONY YOU 
SAID WHAT'S 
EXPECTED IN 
TERMS OF MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS IS 2%. 
DOES THE POSTAL 
SYSTEM HAVE MORE 
THAN CAPACITY TO 
HANDLE IT. 
IT'S A MATTER OF 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS 
UNDERSTANDING 
WHAT THE 
CAPABILITIES 
ARE. 
>> WE DELIVER 
433 MILLION 
PIECES A DAY. 
SO 160 MILLION 
BALLOTS OVER THE 
COURSE OF A WEEK 
IS ADEQUATE 
CAPACITY. 
PLUS, MAIL 
VOLUME IS DOWN, 
AS YOU SAID, 
13%, 14% THIS 
YEAR. 
PLUS, AS I 
IDENTIFIED 
EARLIER IN THE 
WEEK WE WILL 
HAVE ADDITIONAL 
RESOURCES ON 
STAFF, STANDBY F 
EVERYBODY 
COMPLIES WITH 
THE MAIL
PROCESS, THERE'S 
ADDITIONAL 
PROCESSES IN AND 
AROUND THE 
ELECTION THAT 
WOULD CARRY A 
GOOD PART OF ANY 
DEVIATION TO GET 
THROUGH. 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE STANDS 
READY. 
OUR  BOARD OF 
DIRECTORS STAND 
READY. 
YESTERDAY WE 
MADE THE 
DECISION TO 
ESTABLISH A 
BIPARTISAN BOARD 
COMMITTEE TO 
INTERACT WITH US 
AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD AND ARE 
CONFIDENT WE CAN 
ACHIEVE THIS 
MISSION. 
>>> SOME 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THE RETIREMENT 
OF THE BLUE 
BOXES. 
CAN YOU SPEAK TO 
THAT BECAUSE 
FIRST CLASS MAIL 
IS DOWN 
OVERDECADES. 
VOLUME HAS 
ALMOST BEEN CUT 
IN HALF. 
ANYTIME YOUR 
BUSINESS IS 
DECLINING THAT 
DRAMATICALLY, 
YOU TAKE OUT 
DIFFERENT 
CAPACITIES. 
CAN YOU DISCUSS 
THAT, THE BLUE 
BOXES AND ALSO 
SOME OF YOUR 
SORTING 
MACHINES. 
>> YES. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO SPEAK ABOUT 
THAT. 
TODAY THERE'S 
ABOUT 140,000 
COLLECTION BOXES 
OUT IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
OVER THE LAST 
TEN YEARS, ABOUT 
-- IT HAPPENS TO 
BE ABOUT 35,000 
HAVE BEEN 
REMOVED. 
IT'S A DATA 
DRIVEN METHOD. 
I HAVEN'T 
REVIEWED IT, BUT 
EVERY YEAR THREE 
LOOK AT THE 
UTILIZATION OF 
POST BOXES, 
WHERE THEY PUT 
THEM, WHERE 
COMMUNITIES 
GROW. 
SO 35,000 OFF 
TEN YEARS. 
SINCE MY ARRIVAL 
WE REMOVED 700 
COLLECTION BOXES 
OF WHICH I HAD 
NO IDEA, THAT 
THAT WAS A 
PROCESS. 
WHEN I FOUND OUT 
ABOUT IT, WE 
LOOKED AT WHAT 
THE EXCITEMENT 
IT WAS CREATING, 
SO I DECIDED TO 
STOP IT AND 
WE'LL PECK IT UP 
AFTER THE 
ELECTION BUT 
THIS IS A NORMAL 
PROCESS THAT'S 
BEEN AROUND 50 
YEARS AND OVER 
THE LAST TEN 
YEARS WE PULLED 
BACK ABOUT 
35,000. 
ON THE MACHINES, 
THE MACHINES 
WE'RE SPEAKING 
ABOUT AGAIN, 
MAIL VOLUME IS 
DROPPING. 
THIS IS A 
PROCESS I WAS 
UNAWARE ABOUT. 
IT'S BEEN AROUND 
A COUPLE OF 
YEARS. 
WE EVALUATE THE 
MACHINE 
CAPACITY. 
THESE MACHINES 
RUN ABOUT 35% 
UTILIZATION. 
THE MAIL VOLUME 
IS DROPPING VERY 
RAPIDLY AND 
ESPECIALLY 
DURING THE COVID 
CRISIS AND 
PACKAGE VOLUME 
IS GROWING. 
WHEN I SPOKE 
WITH THE TEAM, 
THIS, TOO, GOT A 
LOT OF AIR PLAY, 
WE WERE MOVING 
THE MACHINE OUT 
TO MAKE ROOM FOR 
PACKAGES. 
WE HAVE HUNDREDS 
EVERY YEAR AND 
NOT AN KIND OF 
DRAIN ON 
CAPACITY. 
I REPEAT BOTH 
THE COLLECTION 
BOXES AND THE 
MACHINE 
SLOWDOWN, IT WAS 
NOT A CRITICAL 
ISSUE. 
IT'S BEEN GOING 
ON IN EVERY 
ELECTION YEAR 
AND EVERY YEAR 
FOR THAT MATTER. 
>> SO THIS ISN'T 
A DEVIOUS PLOT. 
THE OPERATIONAL 
CHANGES YOU WERE 
MAKING TO 
CURBING IN THESE 
EXCESS COSTS, $4 
BILLION IN 
OVERTIME AND 
OVERTIME 
PENALTIES AND 
MAKE SHOWER THE 
SYSTEM ENSURES 
TO ITS TIME 
DEADLINE AND 
WHAT EFFECT IT 
HAS ON MAIL 
DELIVERY. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SENATOR. 
WHEN I ARRIVED, 
WHEN I WAS 
AWARDED THE 
POSITION, I 
ISN'T THE FIRST 
TWO WEEKS EVEN 
BEFORE I JOINED 
HERE REALLY 
STUDYING THE 
ORGANIZATION, 
TRYING TO GET AN 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
WHAT WAS DRIVING 
HOW DECISIONS 
ARE MADE AND HOW 
THE MAIL MOVED 
THROUGH THE 
PROCESS. 
I SPEND HUNDREDS 
AND HUNDREDS OF 
HOURS BEFORE I 
ARRIVED AND WHEN 
I GOT HERE 
WORKING WITH THE 
MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
THE FIRST BIG 
CHANGE I 
EMBARKED UPON, 
HOW DO I GET THE 
ORGANIZATION, 
THE MANAGEMENT 
TEAM, THE 
STRUCTURE TO 
ALIGN. 
MY ANALYSIS, I 
FELT BEE HAD 
600,000 PEOPLE 
ACCORDING TO ONE 
PERSON AND OTHER 
EXECUTIVES, ARE 
BUT NOT 
INTEGRATED INTO 
THE OPERATION. 
I WORKED WITH 
THE MANAGEMENT 
TEAM BOTH 
COLLECTIVELY AND 
INDIVIDUALLY TO 
LOOK AT OUR 
FUNCTIONAL LINES 
AND TOGETHER WE 
ORGANIZED THE 
ORGANIZATION TO 
MOVE FORWARD ON 
PROCESS 
IMPROVEMENTS, 
IMPROVING 
SERVICE, BUT 
THAT WAS THE ONE 
BIG THING I 
WORKED ON WHEN I 
GOT HERE. 
THE OTHER 
CHANGE, THE DAY 
I WAS SWORN IN, 
I RECEIVED A 
REPORT FROM THE 
OIG, LATE 
DELIVERIES, LATE 
DISPATCH, EXTRA 
TIPS AND ALL THE 
TIME AND COSTS 
ASSOCIATED 
AROUND IT. 
IT APPROXIMATED 
$4 BILLION. 
THERE WAS $13 
BILLION IN CASH 
AND $12 1/2 
BILLION IN 
PAYMENTS AND NO 
HELP IN SIGHT. 
SO I NEEDED TO 
LOOK AT A 
POSITIVE IMPACT 
ON COST SAVES 
THAT IMPROVED 
THE BUSINESS. 
THE 
TRANSPORTATION 
SCHEDULE, WE RUN 
ABOUT 35,000, 
40,000 TRIPS A 
DAY. 
12% WERE LATE. 
WE WERE RUNNING 
ANOTHER 5,000 
TRIPS A DAY IN 
EXTRA
TRIPS. 
FEDEX, UPS RUN 
ON TIME. 
THAT WAS NOT MR. 
DEJOY'S 
SCHEDULE. 
THAT WAS THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
SCHEDULE, THE 
DELIVERY POINTS 
THAT WE 
DELIVERED TO 
EVERY DAY. 
THAT HAD TO BE ON
TIME AND I 
WORKED WITH THE 
TEAM. 
WE HAD MANY, 
MANY OPERATING 
PEOPLE INVOLVED 
WITH THE TEAM. 
AND THIS CHART 
HERE SHOWS HOW 
WE WENT FROM 
88%, 88% ON TIME 
TO 97% ON TIME. 
ALL THAT MAIL 
THAT WAS SITTING 
ON DOCKS GOT 
ADVANCED. 
THE LATE TRUCKS 
DROPPED FROM 
3,500 A DAY TO 
600 A DELAY. 
WITHIN A WEEK WE 
MADE THAT 
CHANGE. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
SOME MAIL DID -- 
OUR PRODUCTION 
PROCESSING 
WITHIN THE PLANT 
WAS NOT FULLY 
ALIGNED WITH 
THIS SCHEDULE. 
SO WE HAD SOME 
DELAYS IN THE 
MAIL AND OUR 
RECOVERY PROCESS 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
A FEW DAYS. 
SO THE CHANGE I 
MADE WAS TO OUR 
TRANSPORTATION 
SCHEDULE. 
I BELIEVE WE'LL 
GET AT LEAST A 
BILLION DOLLARS 
IN SAVINGS. 
THIS IS A KEY 
CONNECTIVITY TO 
IMPROVING OUR 
SERVICE. 
ONCE WE GET ALL 
THE MAIL ON 
THOSE TRUCKS, 
97%, 98% OF THE 
MAIL WE MOVE 
WILL GET TO THE 
DESTINATION 
POINTS ON TIME. 
THOSE ARE THE 
TWO CHANGE, 
COMMITTEE, THAT 
I'VE MADE SINCE 
I'VE BEEN HERE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
I THINK YOU 
SHOULD BE 
COMMENDED FOR 
THIS TYPE OF 
INITIATIVE, NOT 
CONDEMNED. 
SENATOR PETERS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I JUST WANT TO 
MAKE IT VERY 
CLEAR. 
THE MEN AND 
WOMEN WHO WORK 
AT THE POSTAL 
SERVICE, WHO 
CHECK IN EVERY 
DAY TO DO THEIR 
JOB DO IT WITH 
CREDIBILITY AND 
PASSION TO MOVE 
THE MAIL EVERY 
DAY. 
THE POSTAL 
WORKERS, MAIL 
HANDLERS, LETTER 
CARRIERS. 
THEY'RE DOING A 
GREAT JOB, 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS. 
I TALKED TO MANY 
OF THE FOLKS 
ACROSS MY STATE 
AND THEY HAVE 
GROWN 
INCREASINGLY 
FRUSTRATED, 
WHICH IS 
SOMETHING THEY 
HAVE NEVER SEEN 
IN THE PAST AND 
THE MAIL IS 
PILING UP AND IT 
SHOULDN'T. 
MY QUESTION, 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL DEJOY, I 
RECEIVED OVER 
7,500 COMPLAINTS 
FROM ACROSS 
MICHIGAN, ACROSS 
THE NATION. 
PEOPLE HAVE SENT 
IN THEIR 
CONCERNS TO ME. 
EARLIER IN MY 
OPENING 
STATEMENTS I 
SHARED STORIES 
OF HARDSHIPS, 
BOTH FROM BETH 
AND MARY, THEIR 
CHALLENGES IN 
MICHIGAN. 
I THINK I HEARD 
THIS FROM THE 
LAST ANSWER. 
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE 
SOME OF THE 
CHANGES YOU HAVE 
PUT IN PLACE 
HAVE DELAYED THE 
MAIL AND WITH 
THE DELAY PEOPLE 
CAN SOMETIMES BE 
HURT. 
IS THAT TRUE? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
I DO RECOGNIZE 
THE QUALITY 
CAPABILITY OF 
THE POSTAL 
WORKER. 
THAT'S ONE OF 
THE REASONS WHY 
I'M HERE TO HELP 
AS WELL AS THE 
KEY ROLE IN 
HELPING THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC. 
THE 
ORGANIZATIONAL 
CHANGE, I DON'T 
BELIEVE HAS ANY 
IMPACT ON WHAT 
WE'VE DONE. 
>> I DON'T MEAN 
IN CUT YOU OFF 
BUT I WILL GET 
INTO THOSE 
ISSUES. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
DELAYS. 
YOU'LL RECOGNIZE 
THAT. 
IT'S CLEAR WHAT 
WE'RE SEEING. 
MAIL HAS BEEN 
DELAYED. 
I SPENT OVER A 
MONTH ASKING YOU 
TO PROVIDE SOME 
DOCUMENTATION IN 
MY OVERSIGHT 
FUNCTION ON THIS 
COMMITTEE ON HOW 
YOU MADE THESE 
DECISIONS, WHAT 
SORT OF DATA WAS 
PUT IN PLACE AND 
HOW THAT 
IMPACTED SOME OF 
THE CHANGES YOU 
HAVE. 
YOUR STAFF HAS 
REPEATEDLY NOT 
ANSWERED THOSE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO THAT 
TRANSPARENCY IS 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
WHAT I HAVE 
UNCOVERED FROM 
WHAT DATA IS 
MADE PUBLIC IS 
ON TIME DELIVERY 
SERVICE. 
THIS IS FROM THE 
EASTERN 
DIVISION. 
THIS IS WHAT YOU 
GIVE TO YOUR 
BUSINESS 
CUSTOMERS. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THIS LINE, IT'S 
PROBABLY HARD TO 
SEE BUT THERE'S 
A RED LINE THAT 
DIPS 
DRAMATICALLY. 
THERE'S A FLAT 
LINE ALONG THE 
CHART AND IT 
DROPS. 
JULY 7th IT 
DROPS. 
JULY 18th IT 
DROPS 
DRAMATICALLY. 
THAT'S A PRETTY 
BIG DROP IN ON-
TIME MAIL 
DELIVERY AND I 
ASKED THREE 
TIMES SINCE JULY 
17th RELATED TO 
CHANGES AND WHAT 
I'M HEARING FROM 
ARE LETTER 
CARRIERS AND 
WORKERS AND YET, 
I DON'T GET AN 
ANSWER. 
WILL YOU COMMIT 
TO GIVING ME 
THESE DOCUMENTS 
WHICH HAPPEN TO 
BE READILY 
AVAILABLE TO THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
BY SUNDAY. 
CAN WE GET THE 
DOCUMENTSES A TO 
WHAT WENT INTO 
THESE CHANGES. 
>> I WILL GET 
THE DOCUMENTS 
WITH REGARD TO 
THE CHANGE, BUT 
THE CHANGE, 
SENATOR, WAS TO 
ADHERE TO THE 
TRANSPORTATION 
SCHEDULE. 
THAT WAS THE 
CHANGE. 
>> OBVIOUSLY, 
YOU HAVE ALL 
THAT DOCUMENTED. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE THE DATA 
SUPPORTING THAT. 
>> AND IF I CAN 
ADD, THERE WAS A 
SLOWDOWN IN THE 
MAIL WHEN OUR 
PRODUCTION DID 
NOT MEET THE 
SCHEDULE. 
ALSO, SENATOR, 
OUR EMPLOYEES 
ARE EXPERIENCING 
THE COVID 
PANDEMIC ALSO. 
WE HAVE A 
SIGNIFICANT 
ISSUE IN 
EMPLOYEE 
AVAILABILITY 
THAT'S LEADING 
TO IT. 
>> LET ME TURN 
TO THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT YOU 
MADE THIS WEEK. 
YOU ARE 
SUSPENDING SOME 
OF THE 
STATEMENTS YOU 
MADE OVER THE 
LAST MONTH. 
I BELIEVE THE 
STATEMENT IS 
FAIRLY VAGUE AND 
RAISES QUESTION 
THE. 
JUST TO BE 
CLEAR, THIS IS 
YES OR NO. 
ARE YOU 
SUSPENDED YOUR 
POLICY 
ELIMINATING 
EXTRA TRIPS? 
YES OR NO. 
>> NO. 
FIRST OF ALL, 
THE POLICY WAS 
NOT TO ELIMINATE 
EXTRA TRIPS NOW 
WITH LIMIT EXTRA 
TRIPS. 
>> WE'RE BEING 
TOLD YOU'RE 
LIMITING 
OVERTIME AND 
THIS COULD LEAD 
TO BACKLOGS. 
ARE YOU LIMITING 
IT OR ARE PEOPLE 
ALLOWED TO MOVE 
THE MAIL OUT. 
>> Reporter: 
SENATOR, WE 
NEVER ELIMINATED 
OVERTIME. 
>> CURTAILED 
SIGNIFICANTLY IS 
WHAT I 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> Reporter: NOT 
CURTAILED. 
>> GONE DOWN. 
>> SINCE I'VE 
BEEN HERE WE 
SPENT $700 
MILLION ON 
OVERTIME. 
IT WAS AT A 13% 
RATE AND IS AT A 
13% RATE NOW. 
>> NO POST 
OFFICE CLOSURES 
OR SUSPENSIONS 
BEFORE NOVEMBER 
3rd? 
>> I CONFIRMED 
POST OFFICE 
CLOSURES WAS NOT 
A DIRECTIVE I 
GAIN. 
THERE'S A 
PROCESS TO THAT. 
WHEN I FOUND OUT 
ABOUT IT, I 
SUSPENDED IT 
UNTIL AFTER THE 
ELECTION. 
>> WE'VE HEARD 
ABOUT THE 
SORTERS. 
YOU ADDRESSED 
THAT EARLIER. 
WILL YOU BE 
BRINGING BACK 
ANY MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES YOU 
REMOVED? 
>> THERE'S NO 
INTENTION TO DO 
THAT. 
THEY'RE NOT 
NEEDED, SIR. 
>> SO YOU WILL 
NOT BRING BACK 
ANY PROCESSORS. 
>> THEY'RE NOT 
NEED, SIR. 
>> I HAVE A 
QUESTION ON 
TRANSPARENCY. 
PRIOR TO 
IMPLEMENTING THE 
CHANGES, DID YOU 
DISCUSS THOSE 
CHANGES OR ARE 
THOSE POTENTIAL 
IMPACTS WITH THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
ANYONE AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
REMIND YOU 
YOU'RE UNDER 
OATH. 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
SPOKE ON IT THE 
PRESIDENT ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE OTHER 
THAN 
CONGRATULATING 
ME WHEN I 
ACCEPTED THE 
SERVICE INTO DID 
YOU DISCUSS ANY 
OF THESE CHANGES 
WITH SECRETARY 
MNUCHIN? 
>> DURING THE 
DISCUSSION AND 
NEGOTIATING THE 
NOTE, I TOLD HIM 
I'M WORKING ON A 
PLAN BUT I NEVER 
DISCUSSED THE 
CHANGES. 
I SAID I'M 
WORKING ON THE 
PLAN TO IMPROVE 
SERVICE AND COST 
EFFICIENCY BUT 
NO GRAVE DETAIL. 
THAT WAS ABOUT 
IT. 
>> PRIOR TO 
IMPLEMENTING THE 
CHANGES DID YOU 
DISCUSS THESE 
CHANGES OR THE 
IMPACT WITH ANY 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
OFFICIALS. 
>> REMEMBER, I'M 
ONE NEW PERSON 
IN THE 
ORGANIZATION 
WITH A WHOLE 
STRUCTURE AROUND 
ME OPERATING 
STRUCTURE, 
EXECUTIVE TEAM 
THAT ARE 
INVOLVED IN 
THESE DECISIONS, 
OKAY. 
MOVING FORWARD 
TRYING TO HAVE A 
NEGATIVE IMPACT 
ON THE ELECTION 
IS AN OUTRAY 
JUST CLAIM. 
>> ONE FINAL ONE 
DID YOU EVER 
DISCUSS THIS 
WITH MARK 
MEADOWS, ANY OF 
THESE CHANGES? 
NEVER HAVE. 
>> I HAVEN'T 
SPOKEN TO MARK 
MEADOWS UP UNTIL 
MAYBE LAST WEEK 
WAS THE FIRST 
TIME I SPOKE 
WITH HIM. 
>> FINALLY, YOU 
WILL GIVE US 
YOUR WORD TODAY 
UNDER OATH YOU 
HAVE NOT TAKEN 
ANY ACTION IN 
YOUR CAPACITY AS 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL FOR ANY 
POLITICAL REASON 
OR AT THE 
SUGGESTION OF 
ANY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICIAL. 
>> SIR, I WILL 
TELL YOU MY 
FIRST MEETING 
WHERE I 
INSTRUCTED THE 
WHOLE THEME 
WHATEVER EFFORTS 
WE HAVE TO 
DOUBLE THAT. 
I WAS GREATLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
ALL THE 
POLITICAL NOISE 
THAT WE WERE 
HEARING AND I'VE 
HAD WEEKLY 
REVIEWS ON THIS 
WHEN ALL THE 
EXCITEMENT CAME 
OUT. 
THE LEADERSHIP 
IS COMMITTEED TO 
HAVING A 
SUCCESSFUL 
ELECTION. 
>> AS WE GET 
INTO THE 
ELECTION NOW, 
THERE HAS BEEN 
CONCERN I'M 
HEARING FROM 
STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS 
ABOUT FIRST-
CLASS MAIL. 
YOU'RE NOT GOING 
TO MANDATE THAT 
STATES SEND OUT 
BALLOTS USING 
THE MORE 
EXPENSIVE FIRST-
CLASS MAIL AND 
ALLOW MAIL TO 
MOVE AS 
EXPEDITIOUSLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> YES, SIR. 
WE WILL DEPLOY 
PROCESSES AND 
PROCEDURES THAT 
ADVANCE ANY 
ELECTION MAIL, 
IN SOME CASES 
AHEAD OF FIRST-
CLAMS MAIL. 
>> YOU WON'T 
LARGE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS FOR 
THE FIRST-CLASS 
MAIL. 
THEY CAN 
CONTINUE THE 
PROCESS. 
>> I DON'T GET 
TO CHARGE 
ANYBODY. 
NO. 
WE'RE NOT GOING 
TO CHANGE ANY 
RATES. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THE INDULGENCE, 
MR. CHAIRMAN FOR 
THE EXTRA TIME. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PETERS. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE SEVEN 
MINUTES. 
SENATOR PORTMAN. 
>>> THANK YOU 
CHAIRMAN AND 
SENATOR FOR 
HOLDING THE 
MEETING. 
IT'S VERY 
IMPORTANT AND 
TIMELY. 
OBVIOUSLY, 
EVERYONE WANTS 
TO SEE THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
WORK WELL. 
LET'S GIVE A A 
SHOUTOUT TO 
DAVID JANIS AND 
ALL THE WORKERS 
BECAUSE THEY'RE 
MORE APPRECIATED 
THAN EVER. 
SO THE MEN AND 
WOMEN THAT YOU 
LEAD, MR. DEJOY, 
PLEASE PASS 
ALONG OUR 
THANKS. 
I LIKE HAVING 
THE HEARING NOW 
BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE THERE 
HAS BEEN A LOT 
OF 
MISINFORMATION. 
I LIKE GETTING 
TO THE FACTS. 
ONE OF THE FACTS 
IS YOU STARTED 
67 DAYS AGO. 
MUCH OF WHAT 
WE'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT IN 
THE MEDIA, THE 
BLUE BOXES AND 
SORTING 
MACHINES, THAT 
HAPPENED BEFORE 
YOU GOT THERE 
AND THAT WAS 
PART OF A PLAN. 
I KNEW THE 
FORMER 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
HE CAME UP 
THROUGH THE 
RANKS. 
ANYWAY, THAT'S 
HELPFUL TO KNOW. 
IT'S ALSO 
HELPFUL TO KNOW 
YOU WERE 
APPOINTED BY THE 
POSTAL BOARD 
ROUGH GOVERNORS, 
A BIPARTISAN 
GROUP. 
AND I GUESS IT'S 
BASED ON YOUR 
BEING A 
LOGISTICS 
EXPERT. 
HEARING YOU THIS 
MORNING, I CAN 
TELL YOU HAVE A 
PASSION FOR THE 
LOGISTIC SIDE OF 
THINGS AND THAT 
THE FINANCIAL 
PICTURE FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IS NOT PRETTY. 
BY THE WAY, 
THAT'S BEEN TRUE 
FOR A LONG, LONG 
TIME AND THAT'S 
NOT SOMETHING 
THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL CAN DO 
MUCH ABOUT. 
IT REQUIRES 
LEGISLATION. 
SENATOR ALCOHOL 
LYNNS, SENATOR 
FEINSTEIN HAS A 
BILL. 
EVERYBODY KNOWS 
IT'S IN TROUBLE. 
I WILL ASK YOU 
SOME TOUGH 
QUESTIONS. 
A LOT OF IT 
COMES BACK TO 
CONGRESS, BUT 
THE IMMEDIATE 
ISSUE IS TO BE 
SURE THAT THESE 
ELECTIONS WORK 
WOMEN AND I 
APPRECIATE THE 
FACT THAT YOU 
SAID THIS 
MORNING THAT 
WILL BE YOUR TOP 
PRIORITY BETWEEN 
NOW AND THE 
ELECTION. 
EVERY ONE OF US 
WANT AN ELECTION 
THAT'S WOMEN RUN 
WHERE THE VOTES 
WILL BE COUNTED. 
LET ME START BY 
ASKING QLIEWP 
GENERAL 
QUESTION. 
DO YOU SUPPORT 
ABSENTEE VOTING 
AND VOTING BY 
MAIL, GENERALLY? 
>> I VOTED BY 
MAIL FOR A 
NUMBER OF YEARS. 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WILL 
DELIVER EVERY 
BOPS EVERY BALLOT
AND PROCESS 
EVERY BALLOT. 
>> SO YOU 
SUPPORT VOTE BY 
MAIL. 
>> I GUESS 
THAT'S YES. 
>> WELL, LOOK, 
IN OHIO WE'VE 
HAD ABSENTEE 
VOTING TEND 
WORKS QUITE 
WELL. 
I VOTE EVERY 
YEAR BY ABSENTEE 
BECAUSE I DON'T 
KNOW WHERE THE 
HECK I'M GOING 
TO BE, 
WASHINGTON OR 
OHIO. 
IT'S WORKED WELL 
AND WE WILL MAKE 
SURE IT WORKS 
WELL AND IT'S 
HARD TO CLEAT IN
CHEAT IN OHIO. 
ALLIS THIS DUE 
TO LACK OF 
FUNDING OR THE 
TIME IT TAKES TO 
TURN AROUND 
RECEIVING AND 
DELIVERING THE 
BALLOTS? 
>> SENATOR, THIS 
WAS NOT A CHANGE 
FROM ANYTHING WE 
HAVE DONE IN 
SIMILAR YEARS 
MOSTLY BECAUSE 
-- PARTLY 
BECAUSE OF THE 
EXPECTED RISE IN 
VOTE BY MAIL AND 
THE PANDEMIC. 
WHAT THE TEAM 
SET OUT TO DO 
WHAT OUR 
PROCESSES WERE. 
THERE WAS NO 
EXTRA EFFORT ON 
OUR PART TO GET 
THE BALLOT IN. 
>> I THINK 
THAT'S IMPORTANT 
TO KNOW THAT 
THIS HAS BEEN A 
PROBLEM FOR 
YEARS. 
LOOK, I THINK 
THE POST OFFICE 
HAS GOT TO 
COORDINATE 
BETTER WITH 
STATE ELECTION 
SYSTEMS. 
I THINK STATE 
ELECTION SYSTEMS 
HAVE TO 
COORDINATE 
BETTER WITH THE 
POST OFFICE. 
IN OHIO, THE 
TIME FRAME 
BETWEEN WHEN YOU 
CAN CAST YOUR 
BALLOT AND WHEN 
IT IS POST 
MARKED AND YOU 
CAN GET A BALLOT 
AS LATE AS 
SATURDAY BEFORE 
THE ELECTION AND 
TO GET THAT TO 
THE POST OFFICE 
AND BACK TO YOU 
AND DATE STAMPED 
BEFORE MONDAY IS 
HARD TO DO. 
YOU NEED 
ADEQUATE TIME. 
IS THAT 
ACCURATE? 
>> FIRST, IT WAS 
NOT MY LETTER 
BUT LETTER FROM 
GENERAL COUNSEL 
BUT HOW FAST WE 
COULD PROCESS 
IT. 
BALLOTS WERE 
SENT OUT THE DAY 
BEFORE THE 
ELECTION. 
IT'S ALMOST 
IMPOSSIBLE FOR 
THE VOTER TO 
VOTE, FOR THE 
BALLOT TO GET TO 
THE VOTER AND 
THE VOTER TO 
VOTE AND GET 
BACK FOR THE 
ELECTION.
>> WHAT ADVICE 
WOULD YOU GIVE 
VOTERS? THIS IS 
YOUR OPPORTUNITY 
TO SPEAK TO THE 
VOTERS OF OHIO 
OR THE COUNTRY. 
WOULD YOU ADVISE 
THEM TO WAIT 
UNTIL THE LAST 
MINUTE? 
>> THE GENERAL 
WORLD AROUND 
HERE IS VOTE 
EARLY HOOP UNDER 
OHIO'S LAW AND A 
LOT OF OTHER 
LAWS, IF YOU 
REQUEST AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT, 
YOU HAVE TO MAKE 
SURE IT'S 
DELIVERED IN 
TIME. 
WE HAVE A NUMBER 
OF VETERANS WHO 
CONTACTED US WHO 
SAID THEY 
WEREN'T ABLE TO 
GET THEIR 
MEDICATIONS. 
ONE IS A 70-YEAR-
OLD, SERVED IN 
VIETNAM, HAS 
COPD. 
THE INHALER WAS 
MAILED THROUGH 
THE POST OFFICE. 
HE RAN OUT OF IT 
AND THE 
INSURANCE SAID 
WE WILL NOT PAY 
FOR ANOTHER ONE 
BECAUSE IT'S 
ALREADY BEEN 
SHIPPED AND HE 
CAN'T AFFORD TO 
PAY FOR ANOTHER 
EMERGENCY REFILM 
PERSONALLY. 
MEDICATIONS 
SHIPPED THROUGH 
THE MAIL, ARE 
YOU FOCUSED ON 
THAT ISSUE AND 
WHAT CAN WE DO 
TO CORRECT THAT 
PROBLEM? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
WE ARE WORKING 
FEVERISHLY 
TOGETHER THE 
SYSTEM RUNNING 
AND ALSO TOP GET 
MORE -- HIRE 
MORE WORKERS TO 
HANDLE IT.
WE SERVE 161 
MILLION PEOPLE 
AND DELIVER 
99.5% OF THE 
TIME. 
WE HAVE 
SIGNIFICANT 
EFFORTS TOP 
CONTINUE TO 
IMPROVE ON THAT 
PROCESS AND 
EVERYBODY HERE 
IS WORKING 
FEVERISHLY TO 
GET THAT RIGHT. 
>> I HOPE YOU'LL 
AND LET AMES 
ENSURE THE 
MEDICATIONS ARE 
DELIVERED ON 
TIME AND WHEN 
THE PRODUCTION 
DOESN'T MEET THE 
TRANSPORTATION 
SCHEDULE THAT 
THERE'S SOME 
EFFORT TO PAY 
LINE THOSE WOULD 
BECAUSE IT'S A 
LIFELINE FOR 
PEOPLE, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
RURAL AREAS. 
I THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SERVICE AND 
THE ANSWERS 
YOU'VE GIVE & 
THANK YOU, 
SENATOR PORTMAN. 
I WANT TO REMIND 
MEMBERS TO TRY 
TO KEEP YOUR 
QUESTIONS AND 
ANSWERS WITHIN 
SEVEN MINUTES. 
SENATOR? SENATOR 
LANKFORD?
>> SENATOR 
CARPER. 
CAN YOU UNMUTE? 
>> I'M UNMUTE. 
>> WE DON'T WANT 
TO BE ON TV 
AGAIN. 
THANK YOU FOR 
RETURNING MY 
CALL. 
I CALLED YOU FOR 
THREE WEEKS 
TRYING TO GET 
YOU TO RETURN MY 
CALL. 
YOU KNOW, YOU 
MIGHT BE 
WONDERING ABOUT 
THE QUESTIONS. 
WE'VE SEEN A 
STEADY UPGRADE, 
CONCERNS AND 
COMPLAINTS ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE AND IT'S 
NOT JUST MY 
OFFICE BUT ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY 
AND FRANKLY, 
THEY COINCIDE 
WITH THE TIME 
YOU TOOK OFFICE. 
I GOT A MESSAGE 
FROM JOE 
MANCHIN, SENATOR 
FROM WEST 
VIRGINIA. 
IT'S NOT JUST 
HERE BUT ALL 
OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
MAYBE IT'S JUST 
A COINCIDENCE. 
I'M NOT SO SURE. 
HERE'S WHY IT'S 
SO SCEPTICAL. 
WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
DOESN'T WANT 
VOTE BY MAIL. 
WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
WANTS TO 
SUPPRESS THE 
VOTE. 
I'VE SPENT 20 
YEARS ON THIS 
COMMITTEE TO 
MAKE SURE WE 
HAVE AN ACCURATE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
WE HAD VOTER 
SUPPRESSION IN 
THIS COUNTRY 
FROM THE GET-GO 
EVEN THOUGH 
BENJAMIN 
FRANKLIN SAID WE 
WILL NOT DO 
THAT. 
IT AT BEEN THAT 
WAY. 
WOMEN DIDN'T GET 
TO VOTE. 
BLACKS DIDN'T 
GET TO VOTE. 
DO YOU KNOW HOW 
MANY DEMOCRATS 
WERE SELECTED 
OUT OF 13 SEATS? 
THERE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
POLL TAXES, 
LITERACY TESTS, 
ALL HAVE THIS. 
WHEN I SEE 
WHAT'S GOING ON 
WITH THE POSTAL 
SERVICE, WE 
SHOULDN'T BE 
SURPRISED TO SEE 
THE DEGRADE 
SERVICE. 
IT WASN'T THAT 
LONG AGO WE HAD 
OVERNIGHT LONG 
SERVICE IN 
METROPOLITAN 
AREAS. 
COAST TO COAST 
MAIL DELIVERED 
WITHIN THREE 
DAYS. 
WE DON'T HAVE 
THAT NOW. 
PEOPLE HAVE A 
RIGHT TO BE 
SCEPTICAL. THE 
PUBLIC UPROAR 
WE'VE SEEN IN MY 
STATE AND OTHER 
STATES, WE'RE 
GOING TO NEED 
MORE 
INFORMATION, 
ESPECIALLY GIVEN 
THE REPORT THAT 
CAME OUT LAST 
NIGHT THAT SHOWS 
THAT YOU AND 
YOUR TEAM ARE 
CONSIDERING EVEN 
MORE CHANGES 
THAN THE ONES 
WE'VE SEEN 
TODAY. 
MORE SLOWDOWNS, 
MASSIVE SERVICE 
REDUCTIONS TO 
ALASKA, HAWAII, 
PUERTO RICO, 
MAKING IT MORE 
EXPENSIVE FOR 
U.S. CITIZENS 
LIVING THERE, 
NEARLY DOUBLE 
THE COST OF 
VOTING BY MAIL, 
HIKES ON 
PACKAGES WHICH 
WOULD 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFFECT SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
WE NEED TO BE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
THIS AND I AM. 
I'M GOING TO ASK 
YOU A COUPLE. 
GIVE ME A SIMPLE 
YES OR NO 
ANSWER. 
YES OR NO. 
ARE YOU 
CONSIDERING 
DRAMATIC SERVICE 
CHANGES THAT I 
JUST OUTLINED, 
WHICH WE JUST 
LEARNED ABOUT IN 
THE LAST 48 
HOURS. 
ARE YOU 
CONSIDERING 
DRAMATIC SERVICE 
CHANGES? 
YES OR NO. 
>> SENATOR -- 
>> I'M ASKING 
FOR A YES OR NO 
ANSWER. 
>> DRAMATIC 
CHANGES TO 
IMPROFIT SERVICE 
YES. 
>> YES OR NO, 
DID YOU -- 
>> SENATOR, AS I 
SAID, I DID NOT 
DIRECT THAT. 
I STOPPED IT. 
IT'S 
SIGNIFICANT, NOT 
MATERIAL TO 
ANYTHING WE DO 
AND I'M STICKING 
WITH WHAT WE 
HAVE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
CASS WAS CAUGHT 
RED HANDED. 
THAT MEANS THEY 
DON'T GET THE 
MONEY. 
DON'T GET 
UNIVERSAL MAIL-
IN VOTING. 
MY UNDERSTANDING 
IS YOU WERE
INVOLVED WITH 
THAT. 
NO WONDER WE'RE 
SCEPTICAL WHEN 
WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT 
TALKING DOWN THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
AND TALKING DOWN 
VOTE BY MAIL. 
YES OR NO. 
SERVICES THAT 
SUPPORT THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
REGARD TO MAIL-
IN. 
WILL YOU REMAIN 
INDEPENDENT FROM 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION? 
>> YES. 
I WILL REMAIN 
INDEPENDENT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
MR. DEJOY YOU 
SAID YOU 
SUPPORTED 
ADDITIONAL -- 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE HAS $15 
BILLION AND A 
$10 BILLION LINE 
OF CREDIT AND 
MASSIVE DECLINES 
IN FIRST CLASS 
MAIL. 
WE KNOW THAT 
AVERAGING 15%, 
20% BELOW FROM 
LAST YEAR. 
MY GUESS IS THAT 
HAS COME DOWN A 
BIT AFTER THE 
PANDEMIC. 
IT COULD QUICKLY 
DISAPPEAR. LAST 
YES OR NO 
QUESTION. 
DO OKAY. 
>>> MY GRANDMOTHER DEVELOPS, WE 
HAVE GENERATION AFTER 
GENERATION OF AMERICANS WHO 
HAVE BEEN WILLING TO RISK THEIR 
LIVES SO WE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT 
TO VOTE. 
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 
SICK AND AFRAID GOING OUT ON 
BILLING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO 
STAND IN LINES AND COME DOWN 
WITH A VIRUS THIS IS A SERIOUS 
MATTER, I URGE YOU TO WORK WITH 
US, NOT AGAINST US BUT WORK 
WITH US AS WE TRACKED DOWN TO 
MAKE SURE THAT THE POSTAL 
SERVICE CAN BE COUNTED. 
>>> SENATOR, THANK YOU MR. D 
JOY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 
FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD SO FAR 
TODAY. 
APPARENTLY THE POST OFFICE 
NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES THERE WAS 
NEVER ANY DELAYS THERE WAS 
NEVER MAIL THAT WAS LATE THERE 
WAS NEVER FINANCIAL PROBLEMS 
THERE WAS NEVER ANY CHALLENGE 
TO MAIL IN VOTING. 
UNTIL 65 DAYS AGO WHEN YOU 
ARRIVED AND THEN APPARENTLY ALL 
CHAOS HAS BROKEN OUT IN THE 
POST OFFICE IN THE LAST TWO 
MONTHS. 
BUT BEFORE THAT THERE SEEM TO 
BE NO COMPLAINT ABOUT THE POST 
OFFICE EVER. 
SO, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SERVICE I WANT TO THANK 
THE MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE 
COUNTRY THAT DO A REMARKABLE 
JOB EVERY DAY, THOSE FOLKS IN 
THE UNION, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE 
TAKING CARE OF US AND GETTING 
THINGS OUT, GETTING MEDICINE, 
TAKING CARE OF FIRST-CLASS 
MAIL, I WANT TO SAY I THINK YOU 
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I 
APPRECIATE YOU HAVE STEPPED UP 
TO HELP LEAD AN ORGANIZATION 
THAT DESPERATELY NEED SOME 
HELP, THAT CONGRESS HAS FOR TWO 
DECADES POUNDED ON POSTMASTERS 
ON WHY THEY ARE NOT DOING 
REFORMS, AND WHY WE HAVEN'T 
FOUND MORE EFFICIENCIES. 
YOU HAVE STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE 
AND HAVE TAKEN WHAT LOOKS LIKE 
THE WORK FROM THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL AND THE WORK FROM THE 
REGULATORY COMMISSION AND SAID 
LET'S START IMPLEMENTING SOME 
OF THESE THINGS AND NOW 
CONGRESS SEEMS TO BE SHIFTING 
FROM BEATING UP ON POSTMASTERS 
FOR NOT DOING WORK, TO NOW 
BEATING UP ON YOU ARE ACTUALLY 
DOING THE WORK. 
SO, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 
FOR STEPPING UP AND TAKING THE 
RISK TO ACTUALLY TAKE THIS ON, 
I WANT TO RUN THROUGH SEVERAL 
QUESTIONS, SOME OF THEM HAVE 
NOT BEEN ADDRESSED YET. 
THERE WAS A SERIES OF STORIES 
THE FIRST CAME OUT, AND 
TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT 
YOU WERE LOCKING UP THE POST 
BOXES IN BURBANK TO PREVENT 
PEOPLE FROM VOTING, WERE YOU 
LOCKING UP THE BOXES IN 
BURBANK, TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM 
VOTING? 
>> SENATOR, THE STORIES THAT I 
HAVE HEARD OF MY ABILITY AND 
THE PLACES I AM ABLE TO GET TO 
IN THE SAME DAY ARE JUST 
REMARKABLE. 
SO NO, I AM NOT LOCKING UP ANY, 
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 
COLLECTION BOXES. 
>> YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IT IS 
BEEN 35,000 BLUE BOXES THAT 
HAVE BEEN RETIRED OVER THE PAST 
10 YEARS. 
SO, APPARENTLY ANY BLUE BOXES 
THAT HAVE BEEN RETIRED OVER THE 
PAST 10 YEARS ARE YOUR 
RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE LAST 65 
DAYS. 
YOU HAD MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT 
SOME OF THE BOXES BEING 
RETIRED, ARE THEY STILL GOING 
TO BE RETIRED BETWEEN NOW AND 
THE ELECTION OR WILL THEY BE 
RETIRED IN THE FUTURE? 
>> MY COMMITMENT TO THE 
COMMITTEE, AND THE LEADERSHIP, 
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE 
STOPPED. 
WE HAVE PUT THE STATEMENT OUT, 
WE DIRECTED EVERYBODY TO STOP 
REDUCING POSTAL HOURS, STOP 
BRINGING BACK COLLECTION BOXES, 
STOP SHUTTING DOWN MACHINES, 
AND THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT WE 
DID, SO FROM NOW WE WILL STOP 
THE UNTIL THE ELECTION. 
WILL THAT PICK BACK UP AFTER 
THE ELECTION ONE OF THE ISSUES 
YOU BROUGHT UP WAS ABOUT THE 
SORTING MACHINE, SOME OF THE 
SHORTING MACHINES ARE OLDER, 
SOME OF THE SHORTING MACHINES 
ARE NOT NEEDED ANYMORE, WILL 
THAT STOP FOREVER, WHAT I'M 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS ARE WE 
STILL GOING TO WORK ON TRYING 
TO BUILD INEFFICIENCIES IN THE 
POST OFFICE THIS HAS BEEN AN 
ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME TO TRY TO 
GET US BACK INTO BALANCE. 
>> SENATOR, RIGHT NOW THANK 
YOU, RIGHT NOW THE LAW THE 
LEGISLATION, IS THAT WE WILL 
DELIVER TO 161 ADDRESSES SIX 
DAYS A WEEK, I AM COMMITTED TO 
THAT, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF 
THE POSTAL SERVICE. 
AND, THAT WE BE SELF SUSTAINED, 
THOSE ARE TWO PIECES OF 
LEGISLATION THAT I AM WORKING 
TOWARDS. 
ANTHONY, WE ARE NOT SELF 
SUSTAINED. 
WE HAVE A $10 BILLION SHORTFALL 
AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT 
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE WILL 
HAVE A HUGE SHORTFALL. 
SO, WE NEED TO AND OUR 
MANAGEMENT TEAM AND OUR BOARD, 
NEED THERE IS A PASS THAT WE 
ARE PLANNING OKAY, WITH THE 
HELP OF LEGISLATION, WITH THE 
COST IMPACTS, WITH THE NEW 
REVENUE STRATEGIES, AND THAT 
WILL HELP THE PRICING FREEDOM 
FROM THE P YC WE BELIEVE WE 
HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THAT BUT 
ONE THING THAT IS NOT THE PLAN 
IS NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THE 
ELECTION, IT IS AN AMBITIOUS 
PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE $10 
MILLION TO BRIDGE. 
NOW THE PLAN HAS NOT BEEN 
FINALIZED WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF 
INITIATIVES, WE LOOK LIKE, LIKE 
JAKE THE ALASKA BYPASS PLAN 
DISCUSSION IS AN ITEM ON THE 
TABLE THERE ARE ON FRONTED 
MANDATES THE COST IS $500 
MILLION A YEAR AND IF I'M NOT 
SAYING, WHAT I ASK FOR IS THE 
MANDATES. 
THAT IS A WAY FOR US TO GET 
HEALTHY, PAY SOMETHING FOR THE 
UNFUNDED MANDATES IF WE DROVE 
25 MILLION OUT OF THIS YEAR, 
AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WE 
WILL BE BACK IN TWO YEARS. 
THEN, MAYBE THEY SAID CHANGE 
THE LEGISLATION NOT MAKE IT BE 
SELF-SUSTAINING, THERE IS A 
LEADERSHIP TEAM AND A BOARD, 
THAT IS WHAT OUR MISSION IS, HE 
SELF-SUSTAINING AND DELIVER AT 
A HIGH LEVEL OF LEGISLATION, 
I'M COMMITTED TO BOTH AND I 
THINK BOTH CAN BE DONE WITH A 
LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM THE 
CONGRESS AND FROM THE POSTAL 
REGISTRATION. 
>> CONGRESS HAS BEEN UNWILLING 
TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON THIS, FOR 
A VERY LONG TIME IT HAS BEEN 
OVER A DECADE CONGRESS HAS 
DISCUSSED ANY KIND OF REFORMS 
IN THE POST OFFICE BUT IT 
ALWAYS SEEMS TO BOIL DOWN TO 
WILL THAT CHANGE, DISTRIBUTION 
IN THE AREAS THAT MAY OR MAY 
NOT BE NEEDED AT A STATE THAT I 
LIVE IN, OR WILL IT CHANGE ANY 
OTHER POST OFFICE STRUCTURE 
THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH, AND IF 
IT CHANGES MY AREA, I WANT TO 
BE ABLE TO BLOCK IT, SO IT HAS 
BEEN A GREAT CHALLENGE I ALSO 
HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE FOLKS 
THING THE POST OFFICE IS NOW SO 
SEVERELY CUT THAT THEY CAN'T 
MEET THE CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY 
GET BALLOTS OUT AND FOLKS IN 
RURAL AREAS, FOLKS IN URBAN 
AREAS WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET 
FOLKS OUT, THAT WAS THE LETTER 
IN 2016 THE POST OFFICE SENT 
OUT SAYING THEY WOULD BE 
ADVISED, TO SEND THINGS OUT 
HELPFUL, THINGS WOULD BE DOING 
THAT, YOU SHOULD NOT BE 
CRITICIZED, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE 
TO DO THAT. 
BUT MY QUESTION IS, FOLKS WHO 
CHALLENGED ME AND SAID THEY'RE 
NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH CAPACITY 
FOR ELECTIONS WILL YOU HAVE 
ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR CHRISTMAS 
AND FOR MOTHER'S DAY, BECAUSE 
MY UNDERSTANDING IS CHRISTMAS 
AND MOTHER'S DAY ARE THE 
BIGGEST CAPACITY FOR FIRST-
CLASS MAIL, DO YOU HAVE 
CAPACITY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS AND 
MOTHER'S DAY? 
>> WELL, WE HAVE YES, WE HAVE 
CAPACITY FOR CHRISTMAS AND 
MOTHER'S DAY. 
>> I WENT BACK AND LOOKED LAST 
YEAR, DECEMBER THE WEEK OF 
SEPTEMBER 16th THE POST OFFICE 
DELIVERED 2 1/2 MILLION PIECES 
OF FIRST-CLASS MAIL, JUST THAT 
ONE WEEK OF DECEMBER THE 16th 
OF LAST YEAR, THAT IS A PRETTY 
REMARKABLE FEE TO GET TO AND A 
HALF MILLION PIECES OF FIRST-
CLASS MAIL DELIVERED IN ONE 
SINGLE WEEK. 
SO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 
ENOUGH CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO 
HANDLE THE ELECTIONS WITHOUT 
SLOWING IT DOWN? 
>> THERE IS MORE THAN THAT, 
JUST BESIDES THE CAPACITY, THE 
INTENSITY, THE EXTRA 
ACTIVITIES, THE ORGANIZATION 
THAT WE ARE GOING BETWEEN THE 
POSTAL UNION LEADERS, WITH THE 
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM HERE, 
WE ARE FOCUSED ON BESIDES JUST 
HAVING THE CAPACITY, TO EXECUTE 
TO REACT TO WHATEVER, 
CONDITIONS AT THIS POINT IN 
TIME. 
WERE SEEING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH 
LIKELY WE WILL STILL BE HAVING 
SOME IMPACTS, SO I THINK THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN FEEL 
COMFORTABLE THAT THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WILL DELIVER ON THIS 
ELECTION. 
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU SENATOR WHITEFORD, 
SENATOR HANSON. 
>> THANK YOU, FOR HAVING THIS 
HEARING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
WILLINGNESS TO APPEAR BEFORE 
OUR COMMITTEE TODAY. 
MY TIME IS SHORT THIS MORNING, 
AND BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOLD 
YOU WON'T BE STAYING FOR A 
SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS I 
WOULD APPRECIATE BRIEF 
RESPONSES. 
NOW, I SENT YOU A LETTER LAST 
WEEK, DETAILING STORIES FROM 
THE STAGES OF DELAYS IN THE 
MAIL. 
AND I WILL NOTE A HUGE SPIKE IN 
CORONAVIRUS CASES SINCE MID 
JULY, ABOUT THE POSTAL SERVICE 
DELAYS. 
FOR SO MANY OF OUR SERVICE 
MEMBERS, VETERANS, PEOPLE WHO 
EXPERIENCED DISABILITIES AND 
RURAL AMERICANS, THE LOCAL POST 
OFFICE IS THEIR LIFELINE. 
AND ALTHOUGH, THE CHANGE IN 
VOLUME YOU ARE SEEING, DOESN'T 
CHANGE THE NEED FOR TIMELY 
DELIVERY, OF THE ESSENTIAL 
NECESSARY ITEMS, OF THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC RELYING ON THE 
POST OFFICE FOR. 
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE A MANCHESTER 
COUPLE FEELS THROUGH THE VA 
BENEFITS THEY WILL HAVE A 
NOTICEABLE SLOWDOWN IN MAIL 
DELAYS, IT IS CAUSED ME TO 
RATION MY MEDICATION I CUT BACK 
ON MY DOSAGE TO HAVE PILLS OR 
SKIPPING ALTERNATE DAYS, TO 
MAKE THEM LAST. 
SOME OF MY PILLS, ARE CRUCIAL, 
THE CARDIAC AND DIABETIC MEDS 
NEED TO BE ON A STRICT 
PROTOCOL. 
WILL YOU ENSURE THAT ANY 
FURTHER CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE 
TO POSTAL OPERATIONS, DO NOT 
DELAY ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS AND 
OTHER NECESSITIES, YES OR NO? 
? YES. 
SENATOR, I LOOK FORWARD TO 
WORKING WITH YOU ON LEGISLATION 
TO HELP THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, 
NOT REACH INTO THE FUTURE. 
THANK YOU. 
>> NOW, I WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS 
ELECTIONS AGAIN, I AM GLAD FOR 
SOME OF THE STATEMENTS AND 
ACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN, WE 
ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT, VOTING 
BY MAIL IS USUALLY AND THIS 
YEAR EVEN MORE SO, SOME STATES 
ARE STARTING TO MAIL OUT 
GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS ON 
SEPTEMBER 4th. 
JUST TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. 
YOU AND THE POSTAL SERVICE 
GENERAL COUNSEL HAVE WRITTEN 
LETTERS AND TALKED ABOUT THIS 
MORNING ABOUT YOUR PLANS, TO 
DEAL WITH ELECTION MAIL, YOU 
WROTE LAST WEEK THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WILL "UTILIZE 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND 
MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS DURING THE 
10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, 
TO ENSURE THE PROCESSING AND 
DELIVERY OF ALL ELECTION MAIL 
WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. 
THE LETTER AND THE YOU AND THE 
GENERAL COUNSEL HAVE SENT TO 
CONGRESS SO FAR, CONTAIN YOUR 
FULL PLAN FOR ENSURING THE 
PROCESSING AND DELIVERY OF ALL 
ELECTION MAIL, OR DO YOU HAVE A 
MORE DETAILED OPERATIONAL PLAN, 
FOR THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 
AND EFFORTS THAT YOU WILL LEAD 
TO? 
>> THE LETTER THAT HAS BEEN 
SENT TO THE STATES, FROM THE 
GENERAL COUNSEL SPEAKS ABOUT 
YOU KNOW, COMPRISED MAIL, 
CLASSIFICATIONS, I'M JUST 
WONDERING DO YOU HAVE A 
DETAILED PLAN ABOUT HOW YOU'RE 
GOING TO ENSURE THE KIND OF 
DELIVERY THAT AMERICANS COUNT 
ON FOR THEIR VOTING BY MAIL? 
? DO YOU HAVE A MORE DETAILED 
LAND PLAN THAN WHAT IS IN YOUR 
LETTER? 
>> WE JUST ARE GOING TO HAVE 
THE EXPANDED PLANS, WE HAVE 
ANNOUNCED THE EXPANDED 
PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE, THE 
ELECTION COMMITTEE WITHIN THE 
OPERATION AND THE BORDERS 
ESTABLISHED BUT THERE ARE 
DETAILED PLANS THAT WE GO 
THROUGH IN EVERY ELECTION. 
>> AGAIN, COULD YOU SHARE THOSE 
WITH CONGRESS? 
DID YOU SHARE THEM BY SUNDAY 
NIGHT, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT 
THEY ARE? 
? I DON'T THINK I WILL HAVE THE 
COMPLETE PLAN BY SUNDAY NIGHT, 
WE ARE JUST PUTTING THESE 
COMMITTEES TOGETHER. 
BUT, I CAN SHARE YOU WITH WHAT 
ARE WE TRYING TO DO, ON FRIDAY. 
I WILL HAVE TO CHECK AND WE 
WILL GET BACK TO YOU. 
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THEM BY 
SUNDAY NIGHT IF POSSIBLE BUT BY 
THE END OF NEXT WEEK AS I KNOW 
SEPTEMBER 4th THE BALLOTS ARE 
GOING TO START GOING OUT. 
NOW, LAST YEAR THE POSTAL 
SERVICE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
INTERVIEWED MANAGERS AND POSTAL 
FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
ABOUT HANDLING ELECTIONS. 
FACILITIES TYPICALLY PROCESS 
POLITICAL MAIL, AS FIRST-CLASS 
MAIL, DELIVERING MORE THAN 95% 
OF ELECTION MAIL WITH 1 TO 3 
DAYS FOR THE 2018 MIDTERMS, YES 
OR NO WILL YOU COMMIT TO THE 
GOAL OF DELIVERING AT LEAST 95 
PERCENT OF ELECTION MAIL WITHIN 
ONE TO 3 DAYS THIS YEAR, THE 
SAME AS THE POSTAL SERVICE DID 
IN 2018? 
>> YES MA'AM. 
>> THANK YOU. 
NOW, I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE 
ISSUE OF THE DECOMMISSIONING OF 
SORTING MACHINES. 
>> AT THE MANCHESTER PROCESSING 
AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY IN 
LIFE STATE, THE MOST SORTING 
MACHINES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF 
SERVICE THREE OF THEM ARE 
SITTING THERE. 
AND I'M TOLD THAT ONE OF THEM 
IS BEING DISMANTLED AND IS 
GOING TO BE SENT TO 
PENNSYLVANIA FOR SCRAP METAL. 
THE MANCHESTER FACILITY ONLY 
HAS ONE OTHER MACHINE THAT CAN 
DO THE WORK OF THE MACHINE THAT 
HAS BEEN SOLD FOR SCRAP. 
IS THAT MACHINE FAILS, LIKE IT 
DID YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS 
TALKING TO THE POSTAL WORKERS 
IN MY STATE, SORTING STOPS. 
AND MAIL IS DELAYED UNTIL THE 
MACHINE CAN BE FIXED. 
ALTHOUGH, YOU HAVE SUSPENDED 
THE REMOVAL OF THE SPORTING 
MACHINE, THE REMOVAL OF THE 
MACHINE IN MANCHESTER, HAS YET 
TO BE BROUGHT BACK INTO SERVICE 
REPLACED, AND YOU SAID TODAY IT 
ISN'T NECESSARY TO DO THAT, AND 
THERE IS AN PLANS TO DO THAT, I 
UNDERSTAND THAT MAINTENANCE 
OPERATIONS, SENT AN EMAIL ON 
TUESDAY, DIRECTING LOCAL 
MAINTENANCE MANAGERS, YES OR 
NO, IS THAT TRUE. 
>> I HAVE NO IDEA, ABOUT THE 
MAN, THAT POST OFFICE 
MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, WITHIN 
THE DISTRICTS, THIS WHOLE 
PROCESS WAS NEW TO ME LAST 
WEEK. 
SHORT IS OBJECT, I'M HAPPY TO 
TALK ABOUT THAT. 
>> YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID IT IS 
NOT NECESSARY. 
LOOK, WHEN WE HAVE ONLY ONE 
MACHINE THAT CAN DO A CERTAIN 
KIND OF SORTING AND THE LARGEST 
DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND IT 
BREAKS AND EVERYTHING HAS TO 
STOP UNTIL HE GETS FIXED AGAIN, 
THAT IS NOT EFFICIENT AND THE 
LATEST DELIVERY I WOULD LIKE TO 
GET FROM YOU, WAS THE PLAN, TO 
MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL COMMIT, 
TO MAKING SURE THE POSTAL 
WORKERS CAN DELIVER EVERY PIECE 
OF MAIL THAT COMES INTO THE 
DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT THE SAME 
DAY THAT IT COMES IN, WHICH IS 
THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST. 
I REFUSING TO RESTART OR 
REPLACE USER MACHINES YOU ARE 
REALLY SABOTAGING THE POSTAL 
SERVICE'S ABILITY TO SORT MAIL 
EFFICIENTLY AND ARE UNDERLINING 
DELIVERY, SO WILL YOU COMMIT TO 
HAVING YOUR TEAM LOOK INTO THIS 
AND GET BACK TO ME IN WRITING 
ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS TO GET 
SOME OF THESE DECOMMISSIONED 
MACHINES BACK UP AND RUNNING? 
>> I DON'T AGREE WITH THE 
PREMISE BUT IT WILL COMPLY WITH 
YOUR REQUEST. 
MAC THANK YOU, AND IT WILL BE 
HELPFUL TO GET A RESPONSE BY 
THE END OF THE WEEK. 
FINALLY, I WILL JUST, BECAUSE I 
AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I 
WILL ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR 
THE RECORD, BECAUSE THERE ARE 
GROWING CONCERNS THAT POSTAL 
WORKERS ARE BEING RETALIATED 
AGAINST WHEN THEY SPOKE TO THEIR
NUMBERS OF THE CONGRESS OR THE 
PRESS ABOUT SOME OF THE SORDID 
IS THAT THEY ARE SEEING, OR 
SOME OF THE DELAYS THEY ARE 
SEEING, SOME OF THE SABOTAGE 
AND UNDERLINING OF TIMELY 
DELIVERY THAT THEY ARE SEEN, I 
WANT  MAKE SURE, THE POSTAL 
WORKERS WHO WERE SPEAKING TO 
PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT THEY START 
WITH SUCH DILIGENCE ARE NOT 
RETALIATED AGAINST FOR DOING 
SO. 
CAN I HAVE YOUR COMMITMENT THAT 
THEY WILL NOT BE RETALIATED 
AGAINST FOR DOING SO? 
>> YES MA'AM. 
>> IN QUEUE, THANK YOU MR. 
GARRETT. 
>> SENATOR TIME,? 
? SURE, FOR HOLDING THIS 
HEARING TODAY, THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE. 
BEFORE, WE HAVE HAD VOTE BY 
MAIL FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT 
HAS WORKED REALLY WELL, AND I 
THINK THE POST OFFICE IN 
FLORIDA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB TO 
MAKE SURE IT IS WORKED IN THREE 
ELECTIONS, AND EVERYONE, THE 
PAPERWORK MAKES IT HARD FOR IT 
TO HAPPEN, BUT WE WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT WHY YOU ARE UNIQUELY 
QUALIFIED IN THE BACKGROUND YOU 
BRING DEBRIS THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL AND WHY YOU WERE PICKED 
BY THE BOARD OF THE POSTAL 
SERVICE? 
>> THANK YOU SENATOR, THERE ARE 
TWO THINGS YOU COULD LOOK AT, 
YOU KNOW TO ACTIONS THAT THE 
BOARD WILL HAVE TO SPEAK, FOR 
THE EVALUATION OF ME, BUT I DO 
HAVE, ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE 
IS THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE 
LARGE PROGRAMS, THE LARGE 
LOGISTICAL TRANSFORMATIONS I 
HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB BACK IN 
THE 90s OVER $3 MILLION 
TRANSFORMATION OF THE POSTAL 
NETWORK, AND WE'VE GOT IN THE 
TRANSPORTING OF EQUIPMENT I'VE 
DONE BIG PROJECTS, FOR BOEING, 
AND BIG PROJECTS FOR THE 
TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS, THAT 
PARTICULAR YOU KNOW TYPE OF 
EXPERIENCE, I THINK THE 
COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. 
I THINK, YOU KNOW GET 
IMPRESSED, MY ENGAGEMENT, AND 
COMMUNITY, AND THE NATION. 
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STEPS 
THAT I HAVE HAD, THE ROUTINE, I 
DIDN'T BRING THE CONSULTANTS, I 
WANT THE EXISTING MANAGEMENT 
TEAM, TO CREATE AN 
ORGANIZATION, THAT WOULD LOOK 
TO MOVE FORWARD AND A SELF-
HELP, AND DRIVE THE 
IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR SERVICE. 
THE DRIVE ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND 
GROW REVENUES. 
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I 
HAVE DONE ALL MY LIFE, BUILDING 
A BIG PLACE FOR NOTHING. 
AND, THESE PEOPLE, THERE ARE 
SOME ACCUSATIONS THAT THIS IS 
NOT, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO 
DELIVER SERVICE AND YOU HAVE TO 
BE SUSTAINABLE, THE OPERATING 
MODEL NEEDS TO COVER ITS COST, 
THERE WERE NO OTHER ANSWERS TO 
THAT, THEN THAT. 
WE NEED TO TAKE ACTIONS TO DO 
THAT. 
AND, I HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCES, 
AND I THINK PART OF WHY THEY 
LIKE ME IS BECAUSE I HAVE A 
PLAN, I HAVE A PLAN THAT IS 
SUCCESSFUL TO THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
I BELIEVE IT IS SIX DAYS THAT 
WE DELIVER THE IMPORTANT 
STRENGTH WITHIN US. 
NOW, THE PIECES FOR DELIVERY 
ARE DOWN UNDER THREE KNOW FROM 
YEARS AGO, I'M TOLD IT'S TO GET 
THAT BACK UP, WE COVER IF YOU 
LOOK ON THE CHARTS AND YOU LOOK 
AT WHERE OUR REACH IS ON A 
DAILY BASIS, IT IS IMPRESSIVE, 
AND WE NEED TO DRIVE OUR COSTS 
OUT OF THERE, THIS IS WELL 
KNOWN. 
WE NEED TO HAVE OUR COSTS OUT 
OF THE NETWORK OFFICIALLY 
WITHIN THE NETWORK AND GET MORE 
PIECES INTO THE CARRIERS AND 
THAT IS THE SUCCESS ALONG WITH 
WHAT YOU KNOW LEGISLATIVE HELP, 
AND THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE 
SUCCESS FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE 
AS WE FACE THE NEW ECONOMY. 
>> SO, WE ARE JUST ENJOYING THE 
BUSINESS RIGHTS, BECAUSE WE 
HAVE TO PERFORM FOR THE 
CUSTOMERS, WE HAVE TO BE ON 
TIME, AND WERE YOU ABLE TO DO 
THAT? 
>> SIR, ARE CONTRACT IS AT 
99.98% PERFORMANCE METRICS. 
ON EVERYTHING WE DO. 
YES, AND I THINK THAT THERE IS, 
I THINK THE ATTITUDE AND THE 
ENERGY, AND THE DESIRE AT THE 
POSTAL SERVICE IS TO DO THAT. 
I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T 
HAD THE ALIGNMENT AND THE 
EXPECTATION OF THAT AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY 
TODAY. 
>> SO, ARE YOU PERSONALLY 
COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING 
YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE THE MAIL 
IS DELIVERED ON TIME, AND MAKE 
SURE THE PEOPLE GET THEIR 
BALLOT, THAT THEY GET IT AS 
QUICKLY AS THEY CAN, WITH THE 
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS? 
>> YES SIR, I AM. 
WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT HERE, 
WHO MAKE THESE UNPRETENTIOUS 
CLAIMS, THAT YOU PERSONALLY 
HAVE A GOAL, TO SLOW DOWN THE 
MAIL SO THAT PALLETS DON'T GET 
TO ELECTION OFFICES ON TIME, 
THE U.S. DEPRESSION BOAT, THAT 
U.S., ARE PERSONALLY DAMAGING, 
THE ABILITY OF THE POST OFFICE 
TO DO THEIR JOB. 
THAT DOES NOT DETER ME AT ALL. 
AND YOU WOULD BE, I AM 
UNBELIEVABLY PROUD AND HUMBLE 
ABOUT THE POSITIVE COMMENTS 
THAT I GET FROM EMPLOYEES WHO 
IMAGINE, AND THE PEOPLE FROM 
AROUND AMERICA, THE 
INITIATIVES. 
IT IS REALLY A FALSE BELIEF, 
THAT WE CAN SIT HERE AND DO 
NOTHING. 
>> DO YOU BELIEVE, DO YOU FEEL 
LIKE YOU NEED ANY MASSIVE 
BAILOUTS TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER 
THE MAIL ON ELECTION DAY? 
>> NO, I DO NOT NEED A MASSIVE 
BAILOUTS, I DON'T NEED ANYTHING 
FOR THE MAIL ON ELECTION NIGHT. 
WE DO NEED LEGISLATIVE REFORM, 
WE DO NEED THEM FROM THE CHANGE 
IN THE PR REGULATIONS. 
WE DO NEED TO BE, WE DO NEED TO 
BE REIMBURSED FOR OUR COST WHEN 
YOU LOOK AT DURING THE COVID-
19, DURING THE PANDEMIC WE 
STILL DELIVER TO 99% OF THE 
AMERICAN HOMES, AND, WE HAVE NO 
REVENUE, WITH NO REVENUE WE HAVE
HAD THE POSTAL WORKERS OUT 
THERE THIS ORGANIZATION 
CONTINUES TO PERFORM, THAT'S 
WHY WE HAVE SUCH HIGH RATINGS, 
THE REVENUES WERE DOWN AND ALL 
THE ORGANIZATION STOPPED GOING 
IN THE RURAL AREAS AND SO 
FORTH. 
WE CONTINUED TO DO WHAT WE WERE 
SUPPOSED TO DO, AND, WE HAD A 
SIGNIFICANT COST IMPACT, AND 
I'M WILLING TO TRY TO GET TO, 
THE SUSTAINABLE MODEL, BUT IN 
THIS CASE, WE, I BELIEVE WE 
DESERVE SOME COMPENSATION FOR 
IT. 
>> WELL, A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE 
TO BE ABLE TO DO, IF ARE GOING 
TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING TO THE 
POST OFFICE, THAT I WOULD LIKE 
TO WORK WITH YOU AND OTHERS, TO 
FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO 
MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO 
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR 
JOB, IN THE FUTURE SO I 
APPRECIATE INNER INFORMATION 
YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT WOULD 
ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT I WANT TO 
THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE WORKING 
AT THE POST OFFICE, FOR WORKING 
HARD. 
SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR 
BACKGROUND AND YOUR COMMITMENT 
TO EXCELLENCE, I HOPE YOU CAN 
DO THE SAME THING OVER TIME AT 
THE POST OFFICE, THANK YOU 
CHAIRMAN JOHNSON. 
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN JOHNSON 
FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING TODAY. 
AND THANK YOU, FOR MAKING 
YOURSELF AVAILABLE. 
NOW, BEFORE I ASK SOME FURTHER 
QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK THE 
POSTMASTER GENERAL I WANT TO 
ASK YOU THIS. 
WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND THE 
CHANGES YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING 
AND IN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE 
DISCUSSED HERE TODAY. 
WILL YOU COMMIT, TO PROVIDING 
THIS COMMITTEE, WITH ANY AND 
ALL TRANSCRIPTS OF ANY CLOSE, 
NONPUBLIC, BOARD OF GOVERNOR 
MEETINGS FROM THIS YEAR BY THIS 
SUNDAY? 
CAN YOU COMMIT TO THAT SIR? 
? NO. 
>> YOU WILL NOT PROVE IT TO 
PROVIDE MINUTES? 
? I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO 
DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
AND THAT IS SOMETHING, THAT I 
WOULD NEED TO DISCUSS WITH 
COUNSEL AND THE BOARD'S COUNSEL 
SO I CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT. 
>> WELL, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING 
THAT WITH YOU, LET'S MOVE ON WE 
HAVE LIMITED TIME. 
BEFORE GO WITH THE REST OF MY 
QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO THANK 
THE DEDICATED POSTAL WORKERS 
ACROSS THIS NATION, 
PARTICULARLY HERE IN MY STATE 
OF NEVADA, I SPOKE WITH MANY OF 
THEM YESTERDAY. 
MAJORITY OF THEM, VETERANS, AND 
THEIR FAMILIES, THEY HAVE SPENT 
YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO 
THIS COUNTRY, TO THIS NATION 
AND THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED. 
MR. DETROIT, EARLIER THIS YEAR 
YOU HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED YOU HAVE 
MADE OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
REMOVED MAIL SORTING MACHINES, 
YOU HAVE HAD REDUCTION, 
ELIMINATION OF OVERTIME AND 
LATE TRIPS. 
IN LAS VEGAS WE ARE EXPECTING 
MAIL VOLUME TO WRAP UP SOON, OR 
POSTAL WORKERS THE ONES THAT GO 
WITH US YESTERDAY REPORTING THE 
REMOVAL, THE SORTING MACHINE 
FROM THE GENERAL MAIL FACILITY 
WHICH IS ACTUALLY RIGHT DOWN 
THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. 
AS A FORMER PROGRAMMER AND 
SYSTEMS, IF I HAVE A STRONG 
APPRECIATION FOR THE DATA, I 
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA, 
THAT YOU USED TO CREATE THESE 
POLICIES. 
AND WHAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT 
HAVE ANALYZED BEFORE YOU HAVE 
MADE THESE CHANGES. 
DURING THE PANDEMIC, HEALTH 
OFFICIALS, DIRECTED OVER 
AMERICANS TO STAY AT HOME FOR 
THEIR OWN SAFETY. 
THAT MEANS FOR OUR SENIORS IN 
NEVADA ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
POSTAL SERVICE IS THE ONLY WAY 
THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR 
CRITICAL ITEMS. 
BY SAVING PRESCRIPTIONS, OF OLD 
SUPPLIES, SECURITY CHECKS. 
FOR VETERANS, MY COLLEAGUES 
HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, 
LIFELINES, 80%, VETERANS, 
PRESCRIPTIONS, REFILLS, BY THE 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE I 
HAVE 225,000 VETERANS IN 
NEVADA, MANY OF THEM ARE 
RELYING ON THIS FOR THEIR 
TIMELY DELIVERY OF LIFE SAVING 
MEDICATIONS. 
AND, IN A SMALL TOWNS ACROSS 
NEVADA FROM POPULATIONS OF 269 
TO THE TROUBLE COMMUNITIES WITH 
658 PEOPLE, TO MY LARGER RURAL 
COMMUNITIES, THAT IS ALL THEY 
GET IS THE POSTAL SERVICE. 
SO PLEASE, COULD YOU ANSWER YES 
OR NO, EFFORT OF TIME, BEFORE 
DEVELOPING AND INTO LAMENTING 
POLICY CHANGES, ASSUMING YOUR 
ROLE THIS YEAR, DID YOU CONDUCT 
ANY SPECIFIC ANALYSIS ON HOW 
YOUR CHANGES WOULD IMPACT 
SENIORS? 
YES OR NO SIR? 
? MA'AM, THE POLICY CHANGES -- 
>> YES OR NO SIR? 
>> THE POLICY CHANGES I 
EMBARKED UPON WERE NOT THE ONES 
THAT YOU IDENTIFIED. 
>> YOU DIDN'T DO ANY ANALYSIS 
TO SEE HOW SENIORS WOULD BE 
IMPACTED, LET'S MOVE ON, DID 
YOU DO AN ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW 
VETERANS MIGHT BE IMPACTED 
KNOWING, KNOWING THAT SO MANY 
OF OUR POSTAL WORKERS OR 
VETERANS EMPLOY SO MANY 
VETERANS, THAT THEY ARE GETTING 
THEIR MEDICATION, AND THEY RELY 
ON 80%, DID YOU DO A SPECIFIC 
ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW VETERANS 
WOULD BE IMPACTED? 
>> THE ONLY CHANGE THAT I HAVE 
MADE, WAS THAT THE TRUCKS TO 
MOVE ON TIME, THEORETICALLY 
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE GOT THE 
MAIL FASTER. 
>> SO, CAN YOU LOOK ME IN THE 
EYE AND ALL OF THE NEVADA 
VETERANS IN THE EYE ALL OF THE 
NEVADA SENIORS IN THE EYE, AND 
TELL US THAT YOU WILL NOT 
CONTINUE IN THE POLICIES IN THE 
FUTURE THAT YOU KNOW WILL HARM 
MY SENIORS, MY VETERANS HERE IN 
NEVADA, AND ALL OF OUR SENIORS 
AND VETERANS ACROSS THIS 
NATION? 
CAN YOU LOOK US IN THE EYE AND 
COMMIT TO BEING SURE THAT THEY 
HAVE ON-TIME DELIVERY? 
MAC WELL, I AM WORKING TOWARDS 
ON-TIME DELIVERY, YES I CAN 
COMMIT TO THAT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> SO, DID YOU DO ANY ANALYSIS, 
ABOUT THE FEES, THE MAIL IS 
LAID, THE LATE FEES THAT PEOPLE 
WOULD GET WHEN THEY PAY THEIR 
RENT OR THEIR CAR PAYMENT OR 
THEIR UTILITY BILL, IF THE MAIL 
SLOWS DOWN, AND THE IMPACT THAT 
THE CHARGES AND THOSE FEES 
WOULD HAVE ON WORKING FAMILIES, 
IS THERE ANY ANALYSIS ABOUT THE 
IMPACT, OF LATE DELIVERY BY 
YOU, ON THAT'S SIR? 
YES OR NO PLEASE. 
>> THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, 
WAS THAT IF WE MOVED TO MAIL ON 
SCHEDULE, THAT ALL LATE 
DELIVERIES WOULD HAVE BEEN 
APPROVED. 
THAT IS -- PROBABLY THAT ISN'T 
THE CASE. 
WE NEED TO DO THAT TO CONTINUE. 
>> SO, DID YOU, SERVICEMEMBERS, 
CAST THEIR BALLOTS BY MAIL, DID 
YOU SPECIFICALLY AND A SIZE HOW 
THE POLICY CHANGES WOULD IMPACT 
OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE 
GLOBE, HOW YOUR CHANGES WOULD 
IMPACT THEM SIR? 
>> SENATOR, THE POLICY 
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, WOULD SHOW 
THAT WE IMPROVED SERVICE TO 
EVERY CONSTITUENT. 
>> THAT IS GREAT, CAN YOU 
PROVIDE MAY, BY THIS SUNDAY IF 
I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECT, YOU 
HAVE ANALYSIS THAT WILL SHOW 
THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE IMPROVED, 
ALTHOUGH WE ARE FINDING OUT 
THROUGH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS 
OF CONTACTS WHO OUR OFFICE, TO 
OUR CONNECTIONS, THAT IT IS NOT 
BEEN THE CASE. 
SO, THIS IS FRANKLY 
UNACCEPTABLE AND I WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE THE ANALYSIS, BASED ON 
TO OUR OFFICES, BY THIS SUNDAY, 
CAN YOU OMIT, COMMIT TO THAT 
SIR? 
? CAN YOU COMMIT TO PROVIDING 
THAT TO US AT ALL? 
>> I CAN, I WILL GET BACK TO 
YOU ON THAT. 
>> YOU CANNOT COMMIT TO 
PROVIDING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
THE ANALYSIS TO BASE YOUR 
DECISIONS ON ABOUT THEIR VERY 
IMPORTANT MEDICATIONS, THEIR 
SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS, AND ALL 
OF THE OTHER THINGS, YOU WON'T 
COMMIT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
TO BE TRANSPARENT? 
>> SENATOR I WILL GO BACK AND 
GET THE TRUCK SCHEDULE, THE 
ANALYSIS THAT DESIGNED THE 
SCHEDULE THAT I DIRECTED. 
>> CAN YOU COMMIT TO 
TRANSPARENCY, THAT IS ALL I AM 
ASKING? 
? I AM VERY TRANSPARENT, YES. 
>> IF YOU'RE TRANSPARENT, ERGO 
THAT MEANS YOU WILL PROVIDE US 
THE DATA, THAT YOU USED TO BASE 
THESE IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT 
IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES, I WANT 
YOU TO LOOK IN THE CAMERA, 
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
WATCHING WHO ARE IMPACTED EVERY 
DAY BY WHAT YOU DO YOU AND 
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT. 
AND SO, I WANT YOU COAT TO 
COMMIT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
TO TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE US 
WITH THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN 
USED TO CREATE THESE DECISIONS. 
>> MA'AM, I DO NOT ACCEPT THE 
PREMISE AND I WON'T PROVIDE YOU 
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION 
SCHEDULE BUT I DIRECTED THE 
ORGANIZATION TO. 
I WILL DO THAT. 
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT, WE LOOK 
FORWARD TO HAVING FUTURE 
DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU, THANK 
YOU, MY TIME IS NOW. 
>> SENATOR, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? 
>> YES, DO YOU HAVE BEEN? 
? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, FOR YOUR 
TESTIMONY, AND THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE AN 
OFTEN THANKLESS JOB, AND THANKS 
FOR BRINGING YOUR ACCESS, IT 
REALLY CHANGE MY OPINION, IT'S 
AN IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE 
LEGISLATURE OF REFORM. 
YOU KNOW, I SEE IT AS ALMOST AN 
IMPOSSIBILITY, I WOULD BALANCED 
THE ACTUAL YOU KNOW, LOSSES OF 
YOUR 8 TO 9 BILLION-DOLLAR, 
LOSS. 
AND, I HAVE AN OPINION THAT WE 
SHOULDN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE 
MONEY UNLESS IT IS ATTACHED TO 
REFORM, THAT'S THE ONLY 
LEVERAGE WE HAVE WHEN THE POST 
OFFICE BECOMES DESPERATE FOR 
MONEY WE SHOULD ATTACH THINGS 
THEY DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY 
DO. 
LESS EMPLOYEES, WE STARTED THAT 
A FEW YEARS AGO, WE'VE GOT TO 
DO MORE OF IT, THE MAIL KEEPS 
DROPPING WE HAVE TO HAVE LESS 
EMPLOYEES, THAT'S WHERE THE 
LEGACY COSTS, AS WELL. 
BUT, WE'VE GOT TO GET THERE 
LESS EMPLOYEES OVER TIME. 
SO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE 
EASIEST WAY TO CONTINUE 
PERSONALIZED SERVICE, EACH 
PERSON INDIVIDUALLY AT THEIR 
HOUSE, WE CAN DO IT LESS 
FREQUENTLY, AND FRANKLY PEOPLE 
WHO LIVE IT DOWN ON MICHELLE 
ROAD, I WILL NEVER GET TWICE A 
WEEK VERSUS SIX TIMES A WEEK I 
THINK WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIVE 
WITH THIS I GREW UP IN A TOWN 
OF 13,000 PEOPLE, I STILL LIVE 
IN IT SMALL TOWN AND I THINK 
PEOPLE COULD LIVE WITH THAT. 
BUT PEOPLE SHOULD BE TOLD, THE 
PROBLEM OF CONTINUING TO RUN 
MASSIVE DEFICITS, OF THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
AND REALLY, WE SHOULDN'T PASS 
IT OUT LIKE IT IS CANDY WE 
SHOULD ATTACH IT TO SPECIFIC 
REFORMS. 
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL 
IMPEDIMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, IF 
YOU CAME IN AS THE VENTURE 
CAPITALISTS, AND TOOK OVER THE 
POST OFFICE AND THEN THE CEO, 
WHAT WOULD YOU DO THAT YOU ARE 
UNABLE TO DO BECAUSE THE 
GOVERNMENT ENTITY NOW, WHAT ARE 
THE GOVERNMENTAL OR LEGAL 
RESTRAINTS THAT PREVENT YOU 
FROM FIXING THE 8 TO 9 BILLION-
DOLLAR ANNUAL LOSS FROM THE 
POST OFFICE. 
>> THANK YOU, SENATOR FOR THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT. 
I AM A LITTLE BIT MORE 
OPTIMISTIC, THEN YOU IN TERMS 
OF OUR ABILITY, TO AT LEAST GET 
TO THE CLOSE POINT OF BREAK 
EVENS. 
THE NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE 
REFORM, THAT WOULD ASK TO SIT 
IN MY WRITTEN TESTIMONY, WITH 
OPENING REMARKS, ON 
INTEGRATION, OF MEDICAID, AND 
THE PENSION REFORM. 
I WOULD LIKE TO BE KIND OF 
LIBERATED ON PRICING FROM THAT, 
IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET 
OUT THERE NOW, I WOULD LIKE 
MORE PRICING FREEDOM AND 
CHOICE, THAT WOULD HELP US, I 
WOULD LIKE SOME OF OUR OWN 
UNFUNDED MANDATES TO BE 
ADDRESSED AND THEN WITHIN THE 
ORGANIZATION I WOULD BE ABLE 
WITHOUT AS MUCH FANFARE TO DO A 
SIMPLE THING, LIKE SAY ADHERE 
TO THE SCHEDULES, RIGHT, AND 
THEN ADHERE TO THE SCHEDULES 
THAT WILL IMPROVE THE REFORM 
AND TRANSITION, THERE SHOULD BE 
AN ABILITY AND ISSUE, BUT YOU 
KNOW, IN SEEING THAT RECOVER 
RIGHT NOW RIGHT HERE ONCE WE 
GET THE MAIL AND PACKAGES 
MOVING AT 97% WITH TRUCKS 
MOVING AT 97% ON TIME AND 
DRIVING COSTS OUT OF THE SYSTEM 
BY DOING THAT THAT IS WHAT I 
WILL DO IN MY OWN BUSINESS AND 
IN MY OWN BUSINESS I WILL TRACK 
NEW BUSINESS REVENUE GENERATING 
IDEAS, WHICH WE HAVE HERE THAT 
WILL DIVIDE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
OF CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROCESS 
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SO WE 
HAVE IN THE BEGINNING WE HAD A 
PLAN, I AM AN OPTIMIST ABOUT 
TRYING TO PULL THIS OFF. 
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU YOUR 
OPINION ABOUT GOING FROM SIX 
DAYS TO 5 DAYS, THAT IS THE JOB 
OF CONGRESS THAT THAT MAY STAY 
1,000,000,000 1/2, AT THE VERY 
LEAST, THERE COULD BE A ONE 
SENTENCE BILL, THAT SAVE THE 
BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS OVER 
HERE AND PUTS US ON A BETTER 
PLAN, I THINK YOU NEED TO GO 
FURTHER AND IN STEAD OF 
ASSESSING PEOPLE MORE, FOR 
OFFICIAL CHARGES 20 MILES DOWN 
A DIRT ROAD SIMPLY JUST HAVE 
LESS FREQUENT DELIVERY, I THINK 
THAT LOAD WOULD BE TOLERABLE, 
STILL HAVE PERSONAL SERVICE BUT 
LESS FREQUENT. 
I THINK YOU COULD MAKE UP FOR A 
LARGE AMOUNT OF SHORTFALL IF 
YOU WENT BELOW FIVE DAYS FOR 
SOME VERY RURAL AREAS. 
IT COULD BE CONTESTED OR SAID, 
THAT YOUR COMPETITORS, USE THE 
POST OFFICE FOR THE LAST MILE 
OF DELIVERY AND WE DON'T CHARGE 
THEM AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT THEY 
ARE SORT OF USING THE POST 
OFFICE, THE SUBSIDIZED LAST 
MODEL OF DELIVERY, IS NOT A 
PROBLEM TO RECHARGE YOUR 
COMPETITORS ENOUGH WHEN THEY 
GET A PACKAGE SHIPPED TO AN 
AREA, AND THE USE THE POST 
OFFICE FOR THE LAST MILE IS THE 
COMPETITIVELY BEING YOU KNOW, 
DO YOU THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM 
SHOULD WE DO ANYTHING TO FIX 
THAT, SENATOR, IF I MAY WHEN I 
FIRST CAME HERE, WHEN I FIRST 
GOT THIS ASSIGNMENT, THAT WAS 
AN OBVIOUS THING, TO ME YOU 
KNOW CUT BACK FIVE DAYS, OR 
FOUR DAYS OR WHATEVER AND AS I 
HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS 
AND RESEARCHED, AND THEN 
STUDIED THE ORGANIZATION, I 
THINK THE SIX DAY DELIVERY THE 
CONNECTION THAT THE POSTAL 
LITTLE CARRIER, HAS BEEN WITH 
PEOPLE, GIVES US THIS HIGHLY 
TRUSTED BRAND, AND WHERE THE 
ECONOMY IS GOING IN THE FUTURE, 
I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY THE 
BIGGEST STRENGTH TO CAPITALIZE 
ON, WE TALK ABOUT ONE AND A 
HALF BILLION DOLLARS TO TAKE A 
DAY AWAY, I'M SITTING IN THE 
TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE CHANGE 
THAT CAN GET US TWO OR $3 
BILLION AND IMPROVE SERVICE AND 
IMPROVE THE CONNECTION TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
SO, THERE IS A LOT, 
>> NO DOUBT, YOU DO THAT, BUT I 
DO DOUBT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE 
POST OFFICE HISTORY, SO WHAT 
ABOUT THE LAST MILE DELIVERY BY 
YOUR COMPETITOR GETTING A 
MARKET RATE FROM THEM? 
>> WE ARE STUDYING, I DON'T 
BELIEVE THE GENERAL VIEW, IS 60 
DAYS AND I HAVE LOOKED AT THAT. 
THERE ARE WE MADE BROAD-BASED 
DEALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE 
PACKAGE THAT IT WOULD AVERAGE 
AT THE RATES. 
>> THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE 
COULD PUSH, AND WE ARE STUDYING 
THAT. 
IT IS A DON'T BELIEVE ON THE 
SURFACE IT IS REASONABLE 
BUSINESS GAPS, THAT MADE THIS, 
AND DECIDED THIS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR 
TRYING TO FIX SORT OF PERHAPS 
AN UNFIXABLE PROBLEM, AND HANG 
IN THERE, AND JUST THE PARTISAN 
BAR, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE 
PORTRAYED FOR WHAT THEY ARE, 
THE PARKS AND BARS THAT ARE 
TRYING TO FIX ANYTHING THEY ARE 
JUST DOING THE POLITICS BY THE 
WAY OF ATTACKING YOU I 
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT FOR THE 
COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, SENATOR PAUL, 
SENATOR ROMNEY ARE YOU THERE? 
>> YES I AM, CAN YOU HEAR ME 
MR. PAULSON? 
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO BEGIN 
BY EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION, 
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF 
LETTER CARRIERS I WANT TO NOTE 
AS WELL THE POSTAL WORKERS HAVE 
MADE OUR VOTE BY MAIL SYSTEM IN 
UTAH, A RELIABLE, AND A VERY 
SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM I THINK TO 
THE ENTIRE NATION. 
MR. JOY, YOU HAVE BEEN TRUTHFUL 
IN YOUR TESTIMONY I CAN IMAGINE 
HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO BE 
ACCUSED OF POLITICAL MOTIVES IN 
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
AT THE SAME TIME, OF COURSE YOU 
CAN THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THERE 
ARE PRETTY GOOD REASONS FOR 
PEOPLE TO THINK THAT YOU OR 
YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE PURPOSELY 
SUPPRESSING THE VOTING, YOU'RE 
GOING TO PREP UP YOUR BALLOTS 
FROM BEING VOTED, AT ANY 
SURPRISE, SUCH CONCERNS HAVE TO 
BE TEMPERED BY THE FACT THAT 
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE REPEATED 
CLAIMS THAT IT WILL BE 
FRAUDULENT, AND HE DOESN'T WANT 
TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE POST 
OFFICE BECAUSE WITHOUT MORE 
MONEY, YOU CAN'T HAVE UNIVERSAL 
MAIL IN VOTING. 
BUT, THE SAME, PUTTING THAT 
ASIDE, LET ME NOTE THAT A GREAT 
DEAL OF IT MADE UP THE FACT 
THAT YOU CONTRIBUTED THE 
PRESIDENT TRUMPS CAMPAIGN, I 
WOULD NOTE THAT YOU ALSO 
GENERALLY CONTRIBUTED TO MY 
CAMPAIGN, SOME WOULD SAY YOU 
CONTRIBUTED TO BOTH SIDES. 
>> LET ME TURN THAT, LET ME 
NOTE, THAT LIKE OTHERS, I STATE 
THE OBVIOUS WHEN I SAY THAT 
RELIABLE VALID VOTING, IS 
ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY HERE. 
AND OF COURSE OTHER PLACES 
AROUND THE WORLD. 
AND, PARTICULARLY WITH COVID-19 
STILL RAGING THE MAIL IS 
ESSENTIAL TO OUR VOTING SYSTEM 
AND THEREFORE TO DEMOCRACY. 
CAN YOU, DO YOU HAVE A HIGH 
DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE, THAT 
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE BALLOTS 
THAT WILL BE MAILED, SEVEN DAYS 
BEFORE AN ELECTION WOULD 
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE RECEIVED 
AND COUNTED, IF PEOPLE VOTE 
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF ELECTION 
ARE THEY, ARE THEY HIGHLY 
COUNTED ARE YOU HIGHLY 
CONFIDENT THAT THOSE BALLOTS 
WOULD THEN IT BE RECEIVED? 
>> EXTREMELY, HIGHLY CONFIDENT. 
WE WILL SCOUR EVERY PLAN, YOU 
KNOW EACH NIGHT LEADING UP TO 
ELECTION DAY, WE ARE VERY 
CONFIDENT. 
>> I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT, 
THAT IS THE COMMITMENT I HOPE 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY YOU 
KNOW, THEY SEE THE NEWS REPORTS 
AND HEAR ABOUT THIS AND ARE 
ABLE TO COME IN THE HOUSE, 
UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT IF 
THEY GET THEIR BALLOTS IN, AT 
LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE 
ELECTIONS, AND PROBABLY EVEN 
CLOSER TO THE ELECTION ON THAT, 
BUT THE PERSON WHO IS RUNNING 
THE POST OFFICE, IS SAYING HE 
IS HIGHLY CONFIDENT, THOSE 
BALLOTS WILL BE RECEIVED, BY 
THE VARIOUS CLERKS IN A TIMELY 
WAY, THAT IS KEY TO US. 
NOW, ON A SEPARATE TOPIC, YOU 
MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE 
DELAYS, AND THAT IS TO BE 
EXPECTED. 
ARE THERE, GREATER DELAYS IN 
CERTAIN AREAS THAN OTHERS FOR 
INSTANCE THE DELAYS, ARE THEY 
GREATER IN RURAL AREAS, THEN 
THEY ARE IN THE REST OF THE 
COUNTRY? 
>> SENATOR, I THINK MORE URBAN 
AREAS WITH THE CORONAVIRUS YOU 
KNOW, INTIMIDATION OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS SCARES, EMPLOYEES, 
AND AVAILABILITY AVERAGE HAS 
DROPPED, ACROSS THE NATION 
ABOUT 4%, WHEN YOU CAN GO INTO 
SOME OF THESE I WOULD SAY 
HOTSPOTS, PHILADELPHIA, 
DETROIT, THERE AS MUCH AS 25%, 
AND WE HAVE ROUTES, WE HAVE 
PHILADELPHIA HAS 750 ROUTES AND 
WE HAVE DAYS WHERE WE ARE SHORT 
200 CARRIERS. 
AND THIS CAN GO ON, FOR A 
WHILE. 
SO THAT IS WHERE, IT'S NOT THE 
ONLY CONTRIBUTION BUT, WHEN THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE TWO OR 
THREE DAYS THAT THEY HAVEN'T 
SEEN THE CARRIERS, THAT IS AN 
ISSUE. 
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS 
AT LEAST 20 OF THOSE AROUND, I 
THINK TO SENDING YOU KNOW THE 
LEVEL OF CONSEQUENCE AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> SO, YEAH, THANK YOU I WILL 
STAND BY SAYING I LIKE AND OVER 
MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE 
EXPRESSED AT THIS POINT I WOULD 
VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO 
SEEING AND I'M JUST TALKING 
ABOUT AT SOME POINT SEEING A 
PLAN DEVELOPED BY SOMEONE OF 
YOUR EXPERTISE AND LOGISTICS, 
FOR HOW WE CAN GET THE POST 
OFFICE TO BE MORE ECONOMICALLY 
ADVANTAGED BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME, MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF 
SERVICE WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR 
A FUNCTIONING ECONOMY. 
AND, THAT IS A REAL CHALLENGE, 
BUT IT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE 
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THROUGH THE 
CAREER I EXPECT YOU TO BE UP TO 
THE TASK. 
AND, LIKE SENATOR PAUL, I AM 
ANXIOUS TO BE A RECOGNITION ON 
THE PART OF CONGRESS THAT FOR 
ME, TO DEMAND A CERTAIN SERVICE 
LEVELS MAY REQUIRE US TO MAKE 
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. 
SO, PLEASE FEEL WELCOME, IN OUR 
COMMITTEE, OR IN THE HOUSE, FOR 
LETTING US KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO 
DO, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN 
DO THE JOB THAT WE HAVE ASKED 
YOU TO DO, THANK YOU MR. 
DETROIT, I APPRECIATE YOUR 
SERVICE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANKS SENATOR ROMNEY, 
SENATOR MC? 
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU CHAIRMAN 
JOHNSON FOR HOLDING THIS 
HEARING, AND I ESPECIALLY 
APPRECIATE THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, COMING TO THIS 
HEARING, KNOWING WHAT KIND OF 
TARGET HE WILL BE, IT'S GOT TO 
BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE IN 
THE OFFICE 60 DAYS AND BEING 
EXPECTED TO SOLVE ALL OF THE 
PROBLEMS OF THE POSTAL SERVICE. 
IT HAS BEEN A CRISIS FOR MANY 
YEARS. 
SENATOR COLLINS USED TO HAVE 
THIS COMMITTEE WHEN IT WASN'T 
CALLED HOMELAND SECURITY, IT 
WAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND SHE 
HAS WORKED ON THE POST OFFICE 
ALL THE TIME. 
AND AS A PRETTY GOOD BILL, SHE 
HAS WORKED ON THAT I HOPE 
PEOPLE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT, I'M 
NOT SURE THAT ANYTHING COULD BE 
DONE BY SARDIS AND PARTICULARLY 
IF ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN 
COLLINS IS OUT FOR ELECTION, 
BECAUSE THAT MIGHT HELP HER IN 
HER CAMPAIGN. 
BUT, SHE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 
NEW IDEAS THAT SHE HAD AND IT 
IS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS BEEN 
WORKING ON, AND THERE ARE A LOT 
OF GOOD IDEAS. 
NOW, I FEEL I REALLY APPRECIATE 
POSTAL WORKERS, IN WYOMING 
PARTICULARLY, THEY ARE DOING AN 
OUTSTANDING JOB, IN SPITE OF 
ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
NOW, MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS A 
POSTAL WORKER, AND BEFORE THE 
MAIL SORTING MACHINES, HE WAS 
PLEASED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO 
MEMORIZE ALL OF THE ZIP CODES 
IN THE SHERIDAN AREA, AND 
HANDLED THE SORTING, OF COURSE 
NOW LOCAL MAIL ISN'T POSTMARKED 
LOCALLY, THESE ARE PROBLEMS, I 
DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU 
PERSONALLY DELIVER EVERYTHING, 
THAT YOU PERSONALLY TAKE THE 
SORTING MACHINES, IT WAS ALL 
NEW TO ME, AND DETAILED 
ANALYSIS HOW MUCH DETAILED 
ANALYSIS CAN YOU DO IN 60 DAYS, 
PARTICULARLY AS I SUSPECT THAT 
MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T WANTING TO 
SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU. 
I HOPE THAT THOSE POSTAL 
WORKERS, ARE DEDICATED AND WILL 
ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING TO HELP 
OUT ON IT. 
AND, OF COURSE YOU HAVE BEEN 
ACCUSED OF PICKING ON VETERANS 
AND PICKING ON SENIORS, AND I 
HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE FELT 
PICKED ON NOT BY YOU, BUT BY 
THE POSTAL SERVICE RECENTLY. 
AND I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YOUR 
EXPLANATION, THAT YOU'RE HAVING 
SOME DIFFICULTY WITH PEOPLE TO 
DELIVER THE MAIL IN LIGHT OF 
THE PANDEMIC, I DON'T THINK A 
LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, 
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD A 
PACKAGE THAT WE WERE EXPECTING 
THAT WAS BEING TRACED, AND WE 
PAID EXTRA TO HAVE IT TRACED 
AND IT SAT IN THE DC POST 
OFFICE FOR 11 DAYS BEFORE IT 
WAS DELIVERED TO US. 
>> THERE HAVE BEEN DALE'S THAT 
THE MAIL HASN'T BEEN PICKED UP 
SO I'M GLAD TO KNOW THE REASON 
BEHIND THAT, AND TO FIND OUT 
THAT THIS IS A BIG SURPRISE, IT 
WASN'T YOU. 
>> I THOUGHT YOU CAUSED ALL OF 
THAT. 
>> NOW, MAIL SORTING MACHINES 
IN WYOMING, I DON'T THINK WE 
SORTED ANY MAIL IN WYOMING 
ANYMORE I THINK IT GOT USED IN 
OTHER CENTERS I THINK IT WAS 
DONE PRETTY EFFICIENTLY IN 
WYOMING, AND I ALSO LEARNED 
WHEN YOU MOVE, SORTING CENTERS 
OUT OF THE UNION REQUIREMENTS, 
IF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO 
MOVE THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE 
AND THEY STILL GET PAID. 
THAT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE ANY 
MONEY I GOT FOR THE ANALYSIS OF 
SOME OF THESE CHANGES, THE 
DRASTICALLY AFFECTED WYOMING, 
AND WHICH OF COURSE THEY WERE 
NOT UNDER YOU, IT WAS DONE 
UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS, 
AND I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO 
SAVE MONEY, THEY'VE GOT TO DO 
SOME ANALYSIS THAT WILL 
ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY, YOU USED 
TO BE ABLE TO PUT MONEY IN A 
COLLECTION BOX AND PUT AN 
ENVELOPE AND A COLLECTION BOX 
WHERE LOCAL DELIVERY, AND THEY 
GOT IT THE NEXT DAY, NOW, YOU 
PUT IT IN MY COMMUNITY FROM 
LOCAL DELIVERY IT GOES TO 
DENVER FIRST, GET SORTED IN 
SOME PLACE BACK TO GILLETTE. 
SOMETIMES POSTMARKED IN DENVER, 
THAT IS NOT GOOD MANAGEMENT. 
AND, AS AN ACCOUNTANT I KNOW 
THAT POSTMARKS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
SO, I'M CONCERNED, I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONCERNS. 
AND THERE WILL BE POINTING 
THESE OUT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT 
YOU HAVE ONLY HAD 60 DAYS TO 
WORK ON THEM AND YOUR PLACE IS 
ALREADY FULL, BUT I'M TRYING TO 
FILL IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND 
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE 
WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS I GUESS 
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL IT AN 
ADVENTURE NOT A JOB BECAUSE IT 
WOULD BE TOO TOUGH AS A JOB. 
BUT, I KNOW YOU HAVE MADE SOME 
SACRIFICES TO GET TO THIS. 
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A 
LOOK AT THE URBAN AREAS, WE 
HAVE BEEN PICKED ON IN THE 
RURAL AREAS FOR A LONG TIME WE 
HAVE REALLY EFFICIENT PEOPLE 
OUT HERE THAT ARE DEALING WITH 
LONG DISTANCES AND DOING IT 
VERY WELL. 
BUT, WHEN I GO TO THE POST 
OFFICE IN DC, I FIND THERE IS 
ONLY ONE PERSON WORKING AT THE 
COUNTER AND AT THE PERSON AT 
THE COUNTER NEEDS A BOX TO MAIL 
IT IN, THE BOXES ARE NOT OUT 
WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET 
THEM, SO THE PERSON BEHIND THE 
COUNTER HAS TO LEAVE AND GO GET 
A BOX AND WHEN THEY BRING THE 
BOX BACK IT STILL HAS TO BE 
SEALED AND ADDRESSED, AND THEY 
DON'T MOVE THEM OVER TO THE 
SIDE TO SEE IF THEY CAN WAIT ON 
THE NEXT CUSTOMER, EVERYONE 
WAITS AT SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
>> I HAVE BEEN TO THE POST 
OFFICE BEFORE DURING MY LUNCH 
HOUR, AND FOUND THAT THE POSTAL 
WORKERS DECIDED THAT WAS THEIR 
LUNCH HOUR AS WELL, NO BUSINESS 
LESSER EMPLOYEES SIT DOWN AND 
EAT IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS, 
DURING THEIR LUNCH HOURS. 
WELL, ENOUGH OF MY TRYING TO 
DEFEND YOU HERE, BUT THANK YOU. 
>> SENATOR, IF I MAY, YOU KNOW 
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT BUT 
IF I MAY, TAKE THE SEAT AS WITH 
ANY ORGANIZATION, TODAY YOU ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT 
GOES ON, AROUND YOU AND I HAVE 
BIG ENOUGH SHOULDERS TO DEAL 
WITH THAT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY 
WHAT YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING 
WITH THE LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, 
NOT MOVING THE ORGANIZATION 
NEEDS TO AND WE WILL MOVE 
FORWARD, WE HAVE TO WITHOUT 
LEGISLATION AND THE ASSISTANCE 
WE WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY. 
AND NINE MONTHS, WE TALKED 
ABOUT A 633,000 ORGANIZATION, 
AND NINE MONTHS WORTH OF CASH 
AND EVERYTHING THINKING WE ARE 
OKAY, THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS 
THINKING. 
SO, WE NEED TO, WE WILL OTHER 
THAN THAT THAT IS THE 
DIFFERENCE. 
WE WILL MOVE AS I SAID MY 
OPENING REMARKS, WE WILL DO 
WHAT WE NEED TO DO, TO STAY YOU 
KNOW, TO ME THE OPERATING 
OBJECTIVES, AND TO GET SELF-
SUSTAINING MANNERS, YOU KNOW SO 
THANK YOU. 
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR 
WILLINGNESS TO BE HERE, AND I 
HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A LOOK 
AT THE SIGNS, AND THAT WE WILL 
GET SOME ANALYSIS ON THAT AND 
THEY RECOGNIZE YOU DO HAVE TO 
RELY ON THE POST MASTER OF THE 
UNITED STATES TO DO THEIR JOB, 
IN THEIR OWN BUSINESS, SO THANK 
YOU. 
>> IN QUEUE FOR DOING THIS JOB. 
>>> THANK YOU SENATOR ENSLEY, 
SENATOR HOLLAND? 
? THANK YOU, FOR BEING HERE. 
I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET 
STARTED, AND HELP CLEAR OUT 
SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION THAT 
WE HAVE HEARD REPEATED OVER AND 
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE 
MEDIA. 
SOME OF IT TODAY, JUST TO BE 
CLEAR WILL USGS HAVE ENOUGH 
CASH ON HAND TO SUPPORT 
OPERATING EXPENSES THROUGH THE 
NOVEMBER ELECTION? 
>> YES, YES SIR. 
>> HAS THE POSTAL SERVICE SEEN 
AN INCREASE IN TOTAL OPERATING 
REVENUE, IN THE MOST RECENTLY 
REPORTED RELATIVE TO LAST YEAR. 
>> YES SIR. 
>> SMALL, BUT YES. 
>> AS THE POSTAL SERVICE CASH 
ON HAND, IT IS AN INCREASE 
THEIR TESTIMONY TO US, IS THAT 
THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS THE 
WHEREWITHAL, AND HAS THE 
RESOURCES AND HAS WHAT IT NEEDS 
IN ORDER TO DELIVER THE MAIL 
SAFELY AND ON TIME, THROUGH THE 
NOVEMBER ELECTION, LET ME BE 
CLEAR ABOUT THAT, IS THAT 
RIGHT? 
>> YES, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE 
THINGS, TO DELIVER ON THE 
ELECTIONS AND CASH TO OPERATE 
THE BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE ARE 
TWO SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE 
HAVE PLENTY OF CASH TO OPERATE 
FOR THE ELECTIONS. 
>> SINCE YOU BRING IT UP, WHAT 
IS YOUR ESTIMATE OF AMOUNT OF 
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE YOU 
REQUIRE, FOR PAST NOVEMBER INTO 
THE MONTH AND YEARS TO COME? 
? I THINK WE HAVE HAD, THE 
BIGGEST THING WE NEED IS 
LEGISLATIVE REFORM, AND CREATE 
YOU KNOW, THE PRC IS TO DECIDE, 
THAT I ESTIMATED $10 BILLION WE 
ESTIMATE ABOUT $10 BILLION, 
COST ON THE COVID-19 EXPENSE 
SIDE, AND, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE IS THE NOTE THAT WE HAVE, 
TO NEGOTIATE THE TREASURY, THAT 
WE USED TO HAVE AND GET LONG-
TERM FINANCING IN GETTING NEW 
VEHICLES. 
>> YOU BRING UP A NOTE FROM THE 
TREASURY, SO HERE WE ARE TO 
AUTHORIZE THE 10 BILLION, AND 
THE AUTHORITY, I UNDERSTAND YOU 
REACHED USPS TRAY DEPARTMENT 
CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, LATE LAST 
MONTH AND THE PRINCIPAL OVER 
WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT THAT WOULD 
LOOK LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE US A 
SENSE OF THE 10 BILLION THAT 
WAS AUTHORIZED BELOW, WHEN THIS 
WOULD LIKELY TO BE MADE 
AVAILABLE TO YOU, WHAT YOU SEE 
AS THE UTILITY, GIVE US AN 
UPDATE ON WHERE THAT STANDS. 
>> WE HAVE, TERMS OF AGREEMENT, 
WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS 
WHEN WE REQUESTED, WE HAD A 
FINAL DOCUMENT, BUT THE TERMS 
HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON, THE 
ISSUE HERE WITH BORROWING 
MONEY, IS YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW 
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY IT BACK. 
AND YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR 
COIN, WE ARE EVALUATING THAT, 
BUT IT IS AVAILABLE TO US TO 
QUICKLY. 
>> AND WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE 
USING IN THE NEW TERMS, 
ASSUMING THAT YOU DO GET THAT? 
>> IT IS PRETTY SPECIFIC, 
LIMITATIONS I CANNOT USE IT FOR 
CAPITAL AND I CAN USE IT TO 
COVER OPERATING COSTS, CLOSELY 
ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 AND WE 
CAN IDENTIFY THAT PRETTY 
EASILY. 
>> NOW, YOU SAID JUST A SECOND 
AGO, WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCE 
THE TOPIC, YOU SAID THAT YOU 
WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL 
AUTHORITY, TO SHOW THAT YOU USE 
THE LOAN, TOWARDS VEHICLES OR 
COLLATERAL FOR VEHICLES CAN YOU 
SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? 
? SO, WE HAVE AS YOU PROBABLY 
KNOW WE HAVE MANY 30-YEAR-OLD 
VEHICLES THAT WE DESPERATELY 
NEED NEW VEHICLES, THE LOAN IS 
NOT FOR CAPITAL I WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE THE TERM EXTENDED, AND USE 
THE CAPITAL TYPE EQUIPMENT 
LOAN, TO BUY VEHICLES. 
AND, THE MODERNIZATION, THE 
EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE. 
>> SO, THE LONGER-TERM THAN 
FIVE YEARS. 
>> VERY GOOD, SO, AS PART OF 
THE TERMS OF THE LEGISLATIVE 
REFORM FOR AUTHORIZATION, 
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT? 
>> YES SEPARATE 
>> THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
PASSED IN A COMMITTEE, A COUPLE 
OF YEARS AGO, BUT THAT IS WHAT 
WE ARE LOOKING FOR. 
>> UNDERSTOOD, LET'S COME BACK 
TO SOME OF THE REFORMS THAT YOU 
HAVE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED, TO 
WHAT DEGREE WERE ANY OF THE 
CHANGES THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED, 
FOR THE RESPONSE FOR THE RECENT 
FINDINGS? 
>> I CONSIDERED THE FINDINGS, 
OF WHAT WE WERE DOING ON OUR 
OWN, AS ARE ANALYTICS I THOUGHT 
THEY WERE FOR SOMEBODY NEW 
COMING IN I THOUGHT THEY WERE A 
REMARKABLE GIFT, IN TERMS OF 
JUST LAYING OUT, TO THINGS LIKE 
THAT, THE CONSISTENCY, THE 
BALANCE, THE TRANSPORTATION 
SYSTEM 40,000 TRUCKS A DAY, 
THEY WERE RUNNING ONCE AGAIN 
BELOW, YOU KNOW BELOW 90% IF 
YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON ANYTHING, 
AND SO, BOTH THINGS WHEN I CAME 
IN HERE, LOOKING AT WHERE THE 
ORGANIZATION WAS HEADED 
FINANCIALLY, WHAT WAS THE THING 
THAT I COULD BALANCE OR BALANCE 
AROUND, THAT WAS GETTING THE 
TRANSPORTATION ONLINE, WHICH WE 
WILL DO, AND SAVING YOU KNOW, 
1,000,000,000 1/2 TO $2 BILLION 
WHICH WE CAN REACH FOR, IT WAS 
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, THAT WAS 
DELAYED. 
>> VERY GOOD, MY TIME IS ALMOST 
EXPIRED, BUT, AS YOU PROBABLY 
KNOW THAT LARGE PERCENTAGE OF 
OUR POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS, 
PART OF THE STATE THAT I AM 
FROM, WHERE I HAVE GROWN UP, IS 
ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO ME THAT ANY 
POSTAL SERVICE REFORM GOING 
FORWARD CONTINUES TO PRESERVE 
THE NETWORK OF RURAL DELIVERY. 
THAT IT PRESERVES THE 
DISTANCING, AND DELIVERY OF THE 
POST OFFICE BOXES AVAILABLE 
THROUGHOUT RURAL MISSOURI, I 
CAN ONLY ASK ARE YOU COMMITTED 
TO PROTECTING RURAL POST 
OFFICES FOR PEOPLE IN MISSOURI 
AND AROUND THE COUNTRY? 
? WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE ASSET 
IN OUR LETTER CARRIERS REACHING 
EVERY AMERICAN EACH DAY, AND I 
COMMIT TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN 
THAT RELATIONSHIP, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
HANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
>> THANK YOU, BEFORE WE GO TO 
SENATOR CINEMA, BASED ON ONE OF 
THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR RESPONSE 
FROM SENATOR HOLLY, YOU TALKED 
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 
BEING OUT OF SYNC, IN YOUR 
WRITTEN TESTIMONY I WANT TO 
MAKE SURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
THE SAME THING HERE, YOU SAID 
YOUR ON TIME TRIPS, WENT FROM 
35,000 PER DAY, TWO 39,000 PER 
DAY, WHICH MEANS, THAT ON 
SCHEDULED TIME OF 89% IMPROVED 
TO 97%, SO IS THAT THE TIME 
WHEN YOUR TRUCK IS ACTUALLY 
LEAVING ON TIME, TO GET INTO 
THE ROUTE, AND HAS THAT BEEN 
PART OF THE DESTRUCTION AS 
WELL, IF THE LETTERS AREN'T 
GETTING TO THOSE TRUCKS IN 
TIME, THEY MAY BE LEFT BEHIND, 
FOR THE NEXT DAY DELIVERY, CAN 
YOU EXPAND IF THERE INSIDE THE 
PLANT, THE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE 
FOR THE MAIL, THAT WILL MEET, 
THE SET UP TO MEET THE DISPATCH 
SCHEDULE FOR THE TRUCKS. 
THAT GETS TIED TO A DESTINATION 
CENTER, KEEP IT SIMPLE, RIGHT 
TO THE DELIVERY UNITS WHERE THE 
CARRIERS GO OUT IN THE MORNING, 
AND CARRY AND COME BACK AT 
NIGHT. 
BUT, THE WHOLE THING IS IN A 
LINED UP SCHEDULE IN THEORY, ON 
PAPER. 
AND, THERE IS A LOT OF 
IMBALANCES, THAT WE ARE FINDING 
AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS 
PROCESS. 
BUT, THE BIG THING WE ARE 
TRYING TO DO TO GET THE 
TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE. 
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ADVANCED THE 
MAIL, SOME OF THE MAIL COMING 
OFF THE PROCESSING LINES, WE 
DID FIND THE IMBALANCES.
ONCE THAT COMES 
TOGETHER, MAIL 
WILL BE MOVING 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY A 97% ON 
TIME AND I AM 
EXCITED AND 
COMMITTED TO 
TRYING TO DO 
THAT. 
NEXT WEEKEND, 
BALANCING THE 
FRONT END AND 
DELIVERY END OF 
THIS SYSTEM AND 
SAVES US ALL OF 
THAT MONEY THAT 
YOU SAW IN THE 
REPORT. 
IT IS IN 
BILLIONS, NOT IN 
MILLIONS. 
>> MANUFACTURER, 
I REALIZED IF 
YOU DON'T HAVE A 
GOOD PROCESS, 
YOU DON'T HAVE A 
GOOD PRODUCT. 
YOU CAME IN AND 
REFLECTED SOME 
BREAKDOWNS. 
IN A SHORT TIME, 
YOU MADE 
IMPROVEMENTS IN 
TERMS OF ON TERMS
SYSTEM, YOU HAVE 
COVID-19 WHICH 
IS INFECTING OUR 
ECONOMY AND IT 
AFFECTS THE 
POSTAL SYSTEM AS 
WELL. 
WHAT I AM 
GETTING OUT OF 
THE TESTIMONY IS 
THE IS BEING 
CAUSED BY THE 
ISSUES RELATED TO
COVID-19 BUT THE 
CHANGES YOU MADE 
IN TERMS OF 
PROCESS ARE IN 
THEORY , IF YOU 
HAVE NOT 
IMPROVED 
ALREADY, THEY 
WILL SET YOU UP 
FOR IMPROVEMENT 
AND COST 
REDUCTIONS AND 
COST THINGS IN 
THE FUTURE. 
>> SO, I HAD A 
SUBSTANTIAL DELAY
AND I WILL NOT 
GO AS FAR AS TO 
NOT SAY THAT WE 
HAVE HAD A FIVE 
OR 4% ON OUR 
ASSERTIVE LEVEL 
FOR DELAYS AND 
MARKETING MAIL 
AND EVERYTHING. 
THEY GOT STUCK 
ON THE DOCK. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
GOING DOWN. 
ONCE THAT IS 
ALIGNED, WE 
SHOULD HAVE A 
SMOOTH RUNNING 
SYSTEM WITH A 
MUCH MORE HIGH-
PERFORMANCE 
RATE. 
>> AGAIN, THERE 
WILL BE CHANGES 
WITH COSTS AND 
IMPROVEMENTS IN 
THE FUTURE. 
>> THIS IS VERY 
DOABLE. 
>> GREAT, HOW 
ARE THEY DOING? 
>> THANK YOU, 
CHAIRMAN FOR 
HOLDING THIS. 
I WANT TO THANK 
GENERAL JOINT 
FOR JOINING US. 
A CRITICAL 
LIFELINE FOR 
COMMUNITIES 
ACROSS ARIZONA 
AND THE ENTIRE 
NATION. 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC, IT'S 
MORE TRUE. 
LAYOFF HAS GONE 
FROM 18,000 
ARIZONANS WITH 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
THIS IS TO ENSURE
THEY HAVE 
PRESCRIPTION 
DRUGS, SMALL 
BUSINESSES-HAVE 
AN ARIZONA 
SUPPORTS THE WAY 
ON SAVING SECURE 
MAIL IN VOTING. 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE MUST ASK 
WITH THE 
ELECTION 
ESPECIALLY 
INCREASES BY MAIL
DUE TO THE 
PANDEMIC. 
OUR HEARING 
TODAY SHOULD NOT 
JUST BE ABOUT 
ELECTION, MY 
CONSTITUENTS 
HAVE SHARED 
STORIES ABOUT 
PRESCRIPTIONS 
THAT TOOK SO 
LONG TO ARRIVE, 
THEY WORRY ABOUT 
THE MEDICATION. 
OTHERS ARE 
CONCERNED THEIR 
SMALL BUSINESS 
WILL GO UNDER 
WITHOUT RELIABLE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
OR BILL PAYMENTS 
TAKE A WEEK 
LONGER TO REACH 
THOSE 
DESTINATIONS. 
I AM PLEASED YOU 
REQUESTED FROM 
ME AND MY 
COLLEAGUES ABOUT 
THE OPERATIONAL 
SERVICES THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
HAS MADE. 
IT'S CRITICAL 
THAT YOU 
DEMONSTRATE THIS 
TO GET THE 
SERVICE THEY 
RELY ON EVERY 
DAY. 
I'M SUCCESSFULLY 
COMMUNICATING 
WITH CONGRESS 
TELLING OFFICIALS
THAT IS A BIG 
PART. 
MY FIRST 
QUESTION, IN 
ARIZONA, WE HAD 
85-90% TO VOTE 
BY MAIL THIS 
GENERAL ELECTION.
THAT'S 
APPROXIMATELY 
$2.4 MILLION 
MOVING TO THE 
POSTAL NETWORKS 
IN ARIZONA IN 
THE WEEKS BEFORE 
THE ELECTION. 
GIVEN THAT 
CONNECTICUT 
VOLUME, 
UNEXPECTED 
CHALLENGES HAVE 
ARRIVED AND 
ADJUSTMENTS WILL 
BE MADE. 
I HAVE BEEN 
WORKING CLOSELY 
WITH THE STATE 
OFFICE TO ENSURE 
THAT THEY AND 
OTHER ELECTION 
OFFICIALS GET 
THEIR QUESTIONS 
ANSWERED, I WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
SHARE THIS 
QUESTIONS THAT 
MY OFFICE 
RECEIVED FROM 
YOU AND YOUR 
TEAM. 
THEIR TOP 
CONCERN IS THE 
PRIMARY BALLOT. 
WILL LOCAL 
POSTAL MANAGERS 
BE AUTHORIZED TO 
MAKE DECISIONS 
AND HOW WILL 
POST EMPLOYEES 
MAKE TRIPS OR 
LATE TRIPS, WORK 
OVERTIME IN 
ORDER TO DELIVER 
BALLOTS TO 
ENSURE PLANS AND 
POST OFFICES DO 
NOT FALL BEHIND 
IN PROCESSING 
MAIL? 
>> YES MA'AM, 
EFFECTIVE 
OCTOBER 1st, WE 
WILL HAVE 
ABUNDANT 
RESOURCES AND 
LIBERALIZATION'S 
AND AGGRESSIVE 
EFFORTS TO MAKE 
SURE EVERYTHING 
IS MOVING TIMELY
. 
>> I APPRECIATE 
THAT. 
CAN YOU TELL ME 
WHAT STATES YOUR 
STEPS ARE TAKING 
WITH ELECTION 
OFFICIALS, 
STAKEHOLDERS AND 
TO THE PUBLIC IN 
ARIZONA SO 
EVERYONE FEELS 
CONFIDENT BY 
VOTING BY MAIL. 
>> YES MA'AM, IN 
GENERAL, I THINK 
WE STARTED THAT 
IN FEBRUARY, WE 
HAVE HAD OVER 
50,000 CONTACTS 
WITH THE ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AS YOU 
KNOW, WE HAVE 
SENT A NUMBER OF 
LEVERS, WE ARE 
MAKING VIDEOS 
THAT WILL GO 
ONLINE WITH THE 
UNION LEADERSHIP 
AND MYSELF TO 
COMMUNICATE OUT 
COMMITMENTS SO 
WE CONTINUE TO 
WORK WITH THE 
STATE BOARDS. 
OUR BOARD, WE 
DECIDED TO PUT 
TOGETHER A 
BIPARTISAN 
COMMITTEE ON THE 
FLOOR TO KIND OF 
OVERSEE 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE WILL BE DOING.
SO, WE ARE 
EMPHASIZING AND 
IN FACT, I THINK 
IN SEPTEMBER, WE 
WILL SEND A 
LETTER TO EVERY 
AMERICAN WITH 
WHAT OUR PROCESS 
IS GOING OUT TO 
EVERY AMERICAN 
CITIZEN. 
I THINK I FEEL 
GOOD, I 
APPRECIATE THE 
QUESTION--THE 
ORGANIZATION 
FROM THE BOARD 
OF DIRECTORS TO 
LETTER CARRIERS 
AND PERSONNEL, 
WE ARE PROUD OF 
WHAT WE ARE 
DOING. 
WE WILL DELIVER 
FOR THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THAT. 
I APPRECIATE IT. 
THIS IS A 
CRITICAL PIECE 
TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYTHING MAIL 
ARRIVES AND ALL 
VOTES ARE 
COUNTED. 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THOSE 
REMAIN 
EFFICIENT. 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK, IN YOUR 
ANNOUNCEMENT, 
YOU SAID YOU 
WOULD NOT CLOSE 
ANYTHING BEFORE 
THE ELECTION BUT 
I DO NOT THINK 
THAT WAS RULED 
OUT, MY QUESTION 
IS, IN THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
PLANNING TO 
MODIFY OR REDUCE 
THE COST OF ANY 
PROCESSING 
BEFORE THE 
ELECTION? 
IF SO, WHAT 
SPECIFIC STEPS 
ARE YOU TAKING 
TO ENSURE THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
CAN MEET 
STANDARDS FOR 
MOBILE ELECTION 
AND MAIL AND THE 
COMMUNITIES 
SERVED? 
>> I PROMISE 
YOU, WE ARE NOT 
MAKING ANY 
CHANGES WITH THE 
ELECTION. 
>> I APPRECIATE 
THAT. 
THAT WAS A 
CONCISE AND 
DIRECT ANSWER. 
I LOVE IT. 
AS YOU KNOW, I 
RECENTLY WROTE 
TO YOU ABOUT THE 
CHERRY BELL IN 
TUCSON, IT'S 
IMPORTANT 
THROUGHOUT 
ARIZONA. 
IF THE POSTAL 
SERVICE 
CONSIDERS 
CONSOLIDATIONS 
WITH THINGS IN 
THE FUTURE, 
WOULD YOU REQUIRE
NEW AREA MAIL 
PROCESSING 
SETTINGS FOR ANY 
IMPACT WITH 
DISABILITY OR 
OTHER SIMILAR 
ANALYSIS BEFORE 
MOVING FORWARD 
WITH 
CONSOLIDATION OR 
A CLOSURE? 
>> THANK YOU. I 
AM NOT TOTALLY 
FAMILIAR BUT 
THERE IS A WHOLE 
PROCESS, A 
DETAILED PROCESS 
THAT WE NEED TO 
GO THROUGH 
BEFORE WE CLOSE 
A FACILITY. 
IF THAT FACILITY 
EVER GETS ON 
THAT, I WILL 
MAKE SURE WE 
WILL REACH OUT 
TO YOU IN 
ADVANCE AND A 
WHOLE PUBLIC 
AWARENESS 
PROCESS, A 
DETAILED 
ANALYSIS AS TO 
HOW THE MAIL 
WILL BE 
PROCESSED, THIS 
IS NOT AN EASY 
THING TO DO. 
BUT, WE HAVE 
THIS DOWN AND WE 
WILL KEEP YOU 
POSTED AS THIS 
GETS ON OUR LIST 
IN INTERESTED 
LOCATIONS. 
>> I APPRECIATE 
THAT. 
THIS WAS DONE IN 
2011 AND AS YOU 
ARE AWARE, WE 
HAVE HAD 
SIGNIFICANT--WE 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE DECISIONS 
ARE MADE WITH UP 
TO DATE DATA. 
I WILL FOLLOW UP 
WITH YOU SOON 
ABOUT THIS TOPIC 
BECAUSE THIS IS 
IMPORTANT FOR 
ARIZONA AND 
ARIZONA TO TAKE 
CARE OF. 
>> I SAID LOOK 
FORWARD TO 
SPEAKING TO YOU 
ABOUT IT. 
>> THANK YOU. I 
KNOW MY TIME IS 
ALMOST DONE BUT 
WHEN YOU 
CONSIDER 
OPERATIONAL 
CHANGES, I WOULD 
ASK YOU TO TAKE 
INTO ACCOUNT 
THAT NEGATIVE 
CUSTOMER 
EXPERIENCES THAT 
FOLKS HAVE 
SHARED WITH US 
LIKE MADISON OR 
MISSING RENT 
CHECKS, WE HAVE 
BEEN GETTING MY 
COMPLAINTS ABOUT 
THIS GETTING 
WORSE AND IT HAS 
BEEN RECENT 
CHANGES, WE ASK 
YOU WOULD TAKE 
INTO ACCOUNT 
THESE NEGATIVE 
CUSTOMER 
EXPERIENCES AND 
MY TEAM IS HAPPY 
TO SHARE THOSE 
DIRECT 
EXPERIENCES WITH 
YOU. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR GUIDANCE, 
MA'AM. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE AND 
MR. CHAIRMAN, I 
THANK YOU FOR 
THIS OPPORTUNITY 
AND NOW, I GO 
BACK. 
>> LET ME THANK 
THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
ALSO SUBJECTING 
YOURSELF TO THIS 
HEARING PROCESS. 
TO QUICK 
SUMMARIZE A FEW 
THINGS WE HEARD, 
THE POSTAL SYSTEM
,  EVERY BIT IS 
AFFECTED BY 
COVID-19  AS THE 
REST OF THIS 
NATION HAS BEEN 
DEVASTATING. 
FOR ANYBODY TO 
ASSUME YOUR 
SERVICE WOULD 
MAINTAIN ITS 
HIGH-LEVEL 
STANDARDS, WHEN 
WE ARE IN THE 
MIDST OF A 
PANDEMIC, IS 
QUITE 
UNREALISTIC. 
AS YOU STATED, 
THE OPERATIONAL 
CHANGES YOU 
IMPLEMENTED ARE 
DESIGNED FOR 
LONG-TERM 
IMPROVEMENT TO 
CREATE 
INSTRUCTIONS AS 
WELL. 
SO, AGAIN, I 
HEARD FROM A 
MANUFACTURING 
BACK ON, YOU 
HAVE TO HAVE A 
GOOD PROCESS AND 
THINGS HAVE TO 
RUN ON TIME. 
YOU RECOGNIZE 
THAT AS WELL. 
I AM HIGHLY 
SUPPORTIVE, I 
THINK IT WOULD 
BE COMMENDED, 
NOT CONDEMNED. 
THERE IS NO DOUBT
THERE HAS BEEN 
COVID-19 AND  
CHANGES BUT IF I 
CHECK WITH OUR 
FOLKS, WHAT THEY 
ARE FINDING IS 
THE HIGH VOLUME 
OF CALLS CONCERT 
CONCERNING, A 
VAST MAJORITY 
SEEMS HIGHLY 
SCRIPTED. 
THIS COULD BE A 
VERY WELL 
ORGANIZED EFFORT 
WHICH DOES NOT 
SURPRISE ME IN 
THE SLIGHTEST. 
THERE ARE 
FUNDRAISING 
EMAILS FROM THE 
SENATE 
DEMOCRATIC 
EDITORIAL DATING 
BACK AS FAR AS 
APRIL. 
THEY WERE 
COMPLAINING 
ABOUT THIS 
POSTAL ISSUE. 
I HAVE NO DOUBT 
THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE GETTING 
THESE ISSUES AND 
INTO SOMETHING 
IT IS NOT. 
THIS IS A FALSE 
NARRATIVE 
DESIGNED TO 
EXTRACT A 
POLITICAL 
ADVANTAGE AND 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, I AM 
SORRY YOU ARE ON 
THE TARGETING 
END OF THIS 
POLITICAL HIT 
PIECE. 
I THINK THIS IS 
UNFORTUNATE AND 
TRAGIC. 
AS SOMEONE ELSE 
POINTED OUT, 
THIS IS THE 
PROBLEM WHY WE 
HAVE NOT HAD 
POSTAL REFORMS IS
ARE HOW PEOPLE 
TAKE ADVANTAGE 
OF IT. 
I APPRECIATE 
SENATOR, THIS IS 
A STATEMENT OF A 
NUMBER OF 
DIFFERENT FACTS, 
YOU HAVE ONLY 
BEEN ON THE JOB 
IN 60 DAYS, YOU 
HAVE A GREAT 
BACKGROUND. 
I APPRECIATE 
YOUR WILLINGNESS 
TO SERVE THIS 
ROLE. 
AS YOU HEARD 
FROM THE 
COMMITTEE, WE 
APPRECIATE THE 
HARD WORK OF THE 
MEN AND WOMEN OF 
THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE DOING A 
GOOD JOB 
DELIVERING OUR 
MAIL BUT WE NEED 
THESE MOVING 
FORWARD. 
WE MAY HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY, 
THERE MAY BE 
ANOTHER COVID-19 
RELIEF PACKAGE, 
WHAT I AM ASKING 
YOU FOR IS THE 
INFORMATION THE 
DATA AND THE 
SUGGESTIONS FOR 
TRUE REFORMS. 
I THINK THIS HAS 
BEEN LACKING--
ABSENT OF THE 
TYPES OF REFORMS 
THAT WE NEED TO 
MAKE. 
I AM LOOKING FOR 
YOUR GUIDANCE 
AND DATA. 
THESE ARE 
DEALINGS FROM 
THE U.S. POST 
THE SERVICE, WE 
DO NOT GET THE 
DATA THAT I 
THINK WE REALLY 
NEED TO ENACT 
LEGISLATION. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
ENACT 
LEGISLATION TO 
REQUIRE 
COOPERATION WITH 
YOU AND THE 
POSTAL WORKERS. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SERVICE, 
THANK YOU FOR 
STEPPING IN, I 
APOLOGIZE FOR 
THE FACT YOU 
HAVE BECOME A 
TARGET AND A HIT 
JOB. 
IT'S UNFORTUNATE 
BUT WITH THAT--
>>? 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> AS YOU MAY 
RECALL,--ON 
MAJOR CHANGES ON 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE REFORMS. 
WE HAVE DONE THAT
--AND WE CAN DO 
THAT AGAIN. 
AMONG THE THINGS 
WE ARE HERE 
TODAY, I THINK 
WE HAVE TO LOOK 
AT THAT. 
I THINK THERE IS 
AN ANNOUNCEMENT 
FOR THESE TO BE 
MAJOR 
INVESTMENTS AND 
A POSTAL BRIEF, 
THE AVERAGE AGE 
IS 27 YEARS OLD. 
THERE ARE 
INVESTORS THAT 
NEED TO BE MADE 
WITH PROCESSING 
EQUIPMENT AND 
OUR DISTRIBUTION 
CENTERS ACROSS 
THE COMPANY. 
I THINK THERE IS 
THE ABILITY TO 
COME UP WITH A 
BIPARTISAN 
CONSENSUS ON HOW 
TO HELP THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
NOT JUST GET TO 
A PANDEMIC TO BE 
EFFICIENT AND 
VIBRANT IN THE 
DAYS TO COME. 
COMMUNICATE AND 
COMPROMISE AND 
WITH ALL DUE 
RESPECT TO OUR 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, I AM 
PUTTING IN A 
BIPARTISAN 
COMPLEX. 
THE POSTAL BOARD 
OF GOVERNMENTS 
AND LATER ON, I 
TRIED TO REACH 
YOU AGAIN AND 
AGAIN, I GET A 
CALL BACK, YOU 
HAVE TO BE 
WILLING TO 
COMMUNICATE. 
YOU HAVE TO BE 
WILLING. 
THERE ARE PEOPLE 
IN THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
THAT DID A GREAT 
JOB--SECRETARY 
MNUCHIN AND I 
WOULD URGE YOU TO
WORK WITH THEM. 
>> IT IS YOUR 
RESPONSIBILITY, 
IT IS NOT ONLY 
THE POST OFFICE 
OR ON THE BOARD 
OF GOVERNORS OR 
ON YOU, IT'S ON 
US AS WELL TO 
ENSURE 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
WE ARE COUNTING 
ON A DEMOCRACY. 
FIRST POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, 
REMEMBER WHAT HE 
SAID WITH THE 
CONSTITUTIONAL--
WHAT HAS HE 
CREATED--AND THE 
ABILITY OF 
PEOPLE WHO VOTE.
--TO UNDERMINE 
TO VOTE BY MAIL. 
THAT IS 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
HOPEFULLY, WE 
CAN DO BETTER. 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, 
IF I COULD SAY 
SOMETHING BRIEFLY
. 
>> HEY, MR. 
CHAIRMAN. 
POSTMASTER, 
THANK YOU AS WELL
BEFORE US. 
WILLINGLY AND 
CERTAINLY ON A 
SHORT NOTICE BUT 
I WANT TO BE 
VERY CLEAR ABOUT 
WHAT I HAVE BEEN 
HEARING AND JUST 
TO COUNTER WITH 
THE CHAIRMAN 
SAID, THESE ARE 
REAL CONCERNS 
THAT I AM 
HEARING. 
THESE ARE NOT 
MANUFACTURED, 
THESE ARE PEOPLE 
COMING FORWARD 
TALKING ABOUT 
DELAYS, TALKING 
ABOUT MEDICINE 
NOT AVAILABLE 
FOR THEM AND I 
SHARED A STORY 
WITH AN 
INDIVIDUAL WHO, 
BECAUSE OF A 
LACK OF 
MEDICINE, 
SKIPPED DOSES AND
WAS HOSPITALIZED.
THOSE ARE VERY 
REAL. 
WHEN I HEAR THOSE
KINDS OF STORIES,
WE STAND UP. 
THAT IS THE JOB 
OF EVERY SENATOR 
TO STAND UP FOR 
OUR CONSTITUENTS 
AND THE PEOPLE 
BACK HOME BEING 
HURT AND MAKE 
SURE THEIR 
VOICES ARE HEARD.
THIS IS ABOUT 
MAKING SURE 
PEOPLE'S VOICES 
ARE HEARD. THAT 
IS WHAT THIS 
HEARING IS ABOUT.
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE STANDING UP 
TO MAKE SURE 
THIS IS DONE 
WITH INTEGRITY 
AND 
PROFESSIONALISM. 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT 
STANDARD 
CONTINUES GOING 
FORWARD. 
I APPRECIATE 
COVID-19 HAS 
CREATED 
SIGNIFICANT 
PROBLEMS  FOR 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE BUT I 
WILL NOT SHOW MY 
TURN AGAIN. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE CHART, 
THROUGH THE 
PANDEMIC, IT HAS 
BEEN IN THE 
MIDDLE OF JULY 
WHERE YOU SEE 
THIS DROPPING 
OFF 
AUTOMATICALLY. 
COVID-19 HAS 
BEEN WITH US  
SINCE MARCH BUT 
WE HAVE SEEN A 
DRAMATIC DROP 
SINCE MID-JULY 
WHICH IS WHEN I 
GOT ALL OF THE 
COMMUNICATIONS 
AND MY COLLEAGUES
WERE GETTING 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
THEY ARE NOT 
MANUFACTURED, 
THEY ARE REAL 
PEOPLE. 
>> I JUST WANT 
TO BE CLEAR 
ABOUT THAT. 
POSTMASTER TROY, 
YOU ANSWERED 
SOME QUESTIONS. 
I THANK YOU FOR 
THAT BUT THERE 
ARE MANY LEFT 
UNANSWERED AND I 
THINK WE LOOK 
FORWARD TO 
SEEING THE 
DOCUMENTARY HAVE 
WE CRESTED SO WE 
CAN DO OUR 
OVERSIGHT 
FUNCTION AND 
DELIVER IN A 
TIMELY MANNER. 
I APPRECIATE 
YOUR 
WILLINGNESS. 
I WILL CONTINUE 
WITH MY 
INVESTIGATION OF 
RECENT DELAYS 
AND POSTAL 
SERVICE PRACTICES
PUT IN PLACE AND 
I URGE YOU AND 
YOUR STAFF TO BE 
FULLY 
FORTHCOMING WITH 
ANY ADDITIONAL 
REQUESTS. 
THAT 
TRANSPARENCY IS 
URGENT IN THIS 
JOB. 
I KNOW YOU HAVE 
A VERY HARD JOB. 
I THINK YOU HAVE 
MADE IT HARDER 
ON YOURSELF 
BECAUSE THE LACK 
OF TRANSPARENCY 
WE HAVE SEEN. 
IN THE COMING 
WEEKS, CONGRESS 
CERTAINLY MUST 
PROVIDE POSTAL 
SERVICE WITH 
RESOURCES AND 
OVERSIGHT YOU 
NEED TO RELIABLY 
DELIVER, MAILED 
TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE BUT NOT 
JUST A 
SELECTION, WE 
NEED TO MAKE 
SURE WE GET 
THROUGH THE 
ELECTION AND 
PANDEMIC AND WE 
WANT TO PUT 
THESE ON SOUND 
FINANCIAL 
FITTINGS FOR 
ANOTHER 245 
YEARS AND 
BEYOND. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SENATOR PETERS. 
I AM IN NO WAY 
SHAPE OR FORM IN 
THE NINTH TO SAY 
THAT THESE ARE 
NOT GENUINE BUT 
THERE IS ALSO NO 
DOUBT THAT A LOT 
OF THIS IS BEING 
JAMMED UP AND 
COMPLAINTS 
HIGHLY SCRIPTED 
AND IT IS BEING 
DONE FOR 
POLITICAL 
PURPOSE. 
THERE IS NO 
DOUBT ABOUT THAT 
BUT WE HAVE A 
NEW POSTMASTER 
GENERAL THAT HAS 
BEEN IN THE 
OFFICE LESS THAN 
70 DAYS. 
FROM MY 
STANDPOINT, I 
THINK HE NEEDS 
TO START THE JOB 
AND GET TO WORK 
AND TRY TO 
FIGURE OUT WHAT 
HE NEEDS TO DO 
FOR THIS 
PROCESS. 
I AM LOOKING 
FORWARD TO 
PUBLIC 
TRANSPARENT 
PROCESS. 
I AM LOOKING TO 
SEPARATE FACT 
FROM FICTION AND 
MY PROBLEM IS 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF FALSE 
NARRATIVES BEING 
GEARED UP BY 
DEMOCRATS LEFT 
AND RIGHT. 
I WANT THE 
DOCTOR AS WELL 
MR. POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, I'M 
SURE YOU WILL 
WORK WITH US IN 
THE FUTURE AND I 
AM GIVING YOU 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO DO THIS. 
THERE IS A 
POSSIBILITY EVEN 
WITH THIS NEXT 
COVID-19 RELIEF 
PACKAGE IF THERE 
IS ONE.  
THOSE WORK IN 
GOOD FAITH. 
THANK YOU AGAIN 
FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU MEN 
AND WOMEN OF THE 
USPS FOR THE 
HEARING AS WELL. 
THE RECORD WILL 
REMAIN OPEN 
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 
35:00 P.M. 
THIS IS 
ADJOURNED. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> WE HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING AND 
LISTENING TO THE 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY 
COMMITTEE 
HEARING WITH THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL. 
LEWIS JOY, CRAIG 
MELVIN ON A 
FRIDAY, GOOD 
FRIDAY TO YOU. 
IT WAS MR. 
VANESSA 
GUILLIN'S  MR. 
DEJOY'S THE TIME 
-->> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW--THEY 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THEY'RE 
PROTECTED. 
>>NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD, LIVE 
WEEKDAYS  C
STARTING 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
THE DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET IS NOW 
OFFICIAL, JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS TAPPING 
IN A HISTORIC 
CONVENTION WITH 
BIDEN GRASPING 
THE PRICE THAT 
HAS ELUDED HIM 
FOR MORE THAN 
THREE DECADES. 
>> I ACCEPT ESHIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> BIDEN 
DELIVERING THE 
MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL 
SPEECH OF HIS 
CAREER, A BLUNT 
BUT OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE THAT 
INCLUDED A 
WITHERING TALK 
ON PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
WITHOUT 
MENTIONING HIM 
BY NAME. 
>> THE  NTHOON BCUR 
PRESIDENT CLOAKS 
AMERICA'S 
DARKNESS FOR TOO 
LONG. 
I WILL BE AN 
ALLY FOR THE 
LIGHT AND NOT 
THE DARKNESS. 
IT IS TIME FOR 
US, FOR WE, THE 
PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
>> BIDEN SAYS 
AMERICA IS 
FACING FOUR 
MAJOR CRISIS, 
THE PANDEMIC, 
ECONOMIC 
DOWNTURN, RACIAL 
STRIFE AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
CALLING THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION LIFE-
CHANGING. 
>> THIS WILL 
DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA WILL 
LOOK LIKE FOR A 
LONG TIME. 
CHARACTERS ON 
THE BALLOT, 
COMPASSION IS ON 
THE BALLOT, 
DECENCY, 
SCIENCE, 
DEMOCRACY, THEY 
ARE ALL ON THE 
BALLOT. 
>> MAKING THIS 
CLEAR THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID-19 
WOULD BE HIS TA
MOST URGENT TASK 
LAYING OUT A 
PLAN TO COMBAT 
IT FROM RAPID 
TESTING TO A 
NATIONAL MASK 
MANDATE. 
>> WE WILL TAKE 
THE MOST  OFF OF 
OUR EXPERTS SO 
THE PUBLIC GETS 
THE INFORMATION 
THEY NEED 
AND 
DESERVE ON THE 
TRUTH. 
THEY CANNOT 
HANDLE IT.  
>> BIDEN ALSO 
SPEAKING 
DIRECTLY TO 
FAMILIES 
IMPACTED BY ED
COVID-19  
DRAWING ON HIS 
OWN GRIEF, THE 
DEATHS OF HIS 
FIRST WIFE AND 
DAUGHTER IN 1972 
AND THE LOSS OF 
HIS ELDEST SON, 
BEAU, IN 2018. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
IT FEELS  HLIKE TO 
LOSE SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE. 
I KNOW THE DEEP 
BLACK HOLE OPENS 
UP INTO THE 
MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU 
ARE BEING SUCKED 
INTO IT. 
YOUR LOVED 
ONE 
MAY HAVE LEFT 
THIS ART, BUT 
WILL HENEVER LEFT 
YOUR HEART. 
>> THE DAYS OF 
COVID-19 
DICTATORS ARE 
OVER.  
UNDER PRESIDENT 
BIDEN, AMERICA 
WILL NOT TURN A OU
BLIND EYE TO 
RUSSIAN BOUNDY 
ON THE HEADS ICOF 
AMERICAN 
SOLDIERS. 
NOR WILL I PUT 
UP WITH FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE ON 
THE MOST SACRED 
DEMOCRATIC 
EXERCISE VOTING. 
>> BIDEN SAYS 
THE NATION HAS 
TO CHANGE IN THE 
WAKE OF THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE 
FLOYD AND OTHER  T
BLACK AMERICANS. 
>> WILL BE 
WE BE 
THE GENERATION 
THAT WAKES UP 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
FROM OUR 
CHARACTER? 
>> CLOSING OUT 
THE NIGHT WITH 
THIS ACTION. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MISSION, WILL HE 
BE ABLE TO SAY 
THAT THE END OF 
THIS CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN BEGAN 
HERE TONIGHT WITH
LOVE, HOPE AND 
LIGHT IN THE 
SOUL OF THE 
NATION AND THIS 
IS A BATTLE WE 
WILL WIN AND WE 
WILL DO GETHIS 
TOGETHER. 
>> TYPICALLY, 
NOMINEES HIT THE 
ROAD AND START 
TRAVELING TO 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES ONIN THE 
WAKE OF THEIR 
CONVENTIONS, DO 
NOT EXPECT THAT, 
THE CAMPING 
BELIEVES THIS 
VIRTUAL 
CAMPAIGNING IS 
WORKING. 
EXPECT THAT TO THR
CONTINUE. 
MEANWHILE, 
WATCHING THIS 
CLOSELY FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP TWEETED 
LAST NIGHT 
DURING THE 
CONVENTION "IN 
47 YEARS, BY AND 
DID NONE OF THE 
THINGS WHICH HE 
NOW SPEAKS. CH
HE WILL NEVER 
CHANGE. 
JUST WORDS." 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP WILL HAVE 
ATTEMPT TO MAKE 
HIS ARGUMENT 
WHEN THE 
NATIONAL 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION GETS 
UNDERWAY. 
>> THE QUESTION 
FOR US IS 
SIMPLE, ARE WE 
READY? 
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
WE MUST BE. 
YOU KNOW, ALL 
ELECTIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT, AND 
WE KNOW IN OUR 
BONES, THIS IS 
MORE 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
I ACCEPT HIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> I AM ANDREW 
YANG, YOU MIGHT 
KNOW ME FOR THE 
GUY WHO RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT 
MATH IN THE 
FUTURE, WE MUST 
GIVE OUR COUNTRY 
A CHANCE TO 
RECOVER AND 
RECOVERY IS ONLY 
POSSIBLE WITH A 
CHANGE IN 
LEADERSHIP AND 
NEW IDEAS. 
>> PEOPLE OFTEN 
THINK THEY 
CANNOT MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE LIKE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS 
ICON BUT EVERY 
PERSON IN THE 
MOVEMENT 
MATTRESS. 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH 
FLOORS, STUFFED 
THE ENVELOPES. 
>> A RING ON MY 
FINGER, A 
WEDDING WE 
CELEBRATED HERE 
WHERE I AM 
STANDING 
REFLECTS HOW 
THIS COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE. 
LOVE MAKES MY 
MARRIAGE REAL BUT
POLITICAL 
COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE. 
INCLUDING THAT 
OF JOE BIDEN, 
WHO STEPS AHEAD 
EVEN AT THIS 
PARTY WHEN HE 
SAID THAT 
MARRIAGE 
EQUALITY OUT TO 
BE THE LAW OF 
THE LAND. 
>> MY NAME IS 
BRADEN 
HARRINGTON AND I 
AM 13. 
WITHOUT JOE 
BIDEN, I WOULD 
NOT BE TALKING 
TO YOU TODAY. A 
FEW MONTHS AGO, 
I MET HIM IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE, HE 
TOLD ME WE WERE 
A MEMBER OF THE 
SAME CLUB. 
SORRY, IT WAS 
AMAZING TO HEAR 
SOMEONE LIKE ME 
BECAME VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> JOE BIDEN, 
YOU HAVE A HUMAN 
BEING WHO IS 
EMPATHETIC, WHO 
IS HONEST, WHO 
IS DECENT, LET 
ME TAKE A MOMENT 
TO SPEAK TO 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
LOST THE MOST, I 
HAVE SOME IDEA 
HOW IT FEELS TO 
LOSE SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE, I KNOW 
THAT DEEP BLACK 
COAL THAT OPENS 
UP IN THE MIDDLE 
OF YOUR CHEST 
AND YOU ARE FEEL 
LIKE YOU ARE 
SUCKED INTO IT. 
I FOUND THE BEST 
WAY THROUGH 
PAIN, LOSS AND 
GRIEF IS TO FIND 
PURPOSE. 
>> WE MUST BE 
THE HEROES OF 
OUR GENERATIONS, 
OUR VOTES CAN BE 
OUR VOICE. 
>> WILL THEY BE 
STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES AS 
THEY GET PUT IN 
BY THE MAILMAN? 
WILL THEY BE 
TAKEN FROM THE 
MAILMAN AND MAIL 
WOMEN? 
>> PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
DOES NOT WANT US 
TO GO BECAUSE HE 
KNOWS HE CANNOT 
WIN. 
WHETHER YOU PLAN 
TO VOTE BY MAIL 
OR IN PERSON 
WEARING YOUR MASK
, IT IS YOUR VOTE
AND IT IS YOUR 
RIGHT. 
>> WE KNOW ABOUT 
THIS PRESIDENT 
IS THAT HE HAS 
GIVEN FOUR MORE 
YEARS TO BE WHAT 
HE HAS BEEN FOR 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
TAKES NO 
RESPONSIBILITY, 
REFUSES TO 
LEAVE, BLAMES 
OTHERS, COZIES 
UP TO DICTATORS 
AND PUTS HATE 
AND DIVISION. 
>> THAT IS THE 
KIND OF LEADER,
--WHO 
UNDERSTANDS AND 
PROTECTS THEM BY 
DOING HIS JOB AS 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF. 
INSTEAD, THEY 
HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF. 
>> WHAT DID YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS'S 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> IT WAS 
TREMENDOUS, I 
WAS SO HAPPY FOR 
HER. 
>> ME, TOO. 
SHE IS FABULOUS, 
I CANNOT WAIT TO 
SEE HER DEBATE 
OR IS IT PANTS? 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN 
POLITICS. 
I HAVE SUPPORTED 
DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS AND 
INDEPENDENTS. 
I HAVE "HELL", I 
HAVE BEEN --I'M 
URGING YOU TO 
VOTE AGAINST HIM
BECAUSE HE HAS 
DONE A BAD JOB. 
>> YOU 
UNDERSTAND 
SOMETHING THIS 
PRESIDENT HAS 
FROM THE 
BEGINNING, WE 
WILL NEVER GET 
OUR ECONOMY BACK 
ON TRACK. 
WE WILL NEVER 
GET OUR KIDS 
SAFELY BACK IN 
SCHOOL, WE WILL 
NEVER HAVE OUR 
LIVES BACK UNTIL 
WE DEAL WITH 
THIS VIRUS AND 
THE PRESIDENT 
KEEPS TELLING 
THEM THE VIRUS 
WILL DISAPPEAR, 
HE KEEPS WAITING 
FOR A MIRACLE. 
I HAVE NEWS FOR 
HIM, NO MIRACLE 
IS COMING. 
LET'S NOW WORK 
TOGETHER AND 
STAND TOGETHER 
AND AMERICA 
TOGETHER, WE 
WILL RISE 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
MODERATES OR 
CONSERVATIVES, 
HAVE TO COME 
TOGETHER TO 
DEFEAT THIS 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MOMENT TO MAKE 
HOPE AND HISTORY 
RHYME WITH 
PASSION AND 
PURPOSE, HE 
SHOULD BE ABLE 
TO SAY THAT THE 
END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS BEGAN 
HERE, TONIGHT, 
THANK YOU AND 
MAY GOD BLESS 
YOU AND MAY GOD 
PROTECT OUR 
TROOPS. 
GOOD NIGHT. 
>> WE ARE JOINED 
BY ONE OF THE 
SPEAKERS 
FEATURED AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, NEW 
YORK GOVENOR 
ANDREW CUOMO. 
ALWAYS GOOD TO 
OV
HAVE YOU, THANK 
YOU FOR YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD TO BE 
WITH YOU, THANK 
YOU. 
>> CAPPING OFF A 
WEEK OF THEIR 
CASE, A WEEK 
FILLED WITH 
STARK WARNINGS, 
LAST NIGHT 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE BATTLE FOR 
THE DONATION. 
WE KNOW HE LOVES 
THE CROWD, HAD 
TO DO THAT IS 
VIRTUALLY. 
HOW DO YOU THINK 
HE DID? 
>> OH, I THINK 
YOU DID A GREAT 
JOB BUT FIRST, 
AS SOMEONE WHO 
HAS BEEN BEFORE 
AN AUDIENCE IN A 
SITUATION LIKE 
THAT, IT'S HARD 
WITHOUT AN 
AUDIENCE. 
THERE IS NO GIVE 
AND TAKE. 
I THINK HE DID 
AN EXTRA 
ORDINARY JOB. 
I HAVE KNOWN JOE 
BIDEN MANY 
YEARS, THAT WAS 
NOT A 
SPEECHWRITER, 
THAT WAS NO ONE 
PUTTING WORDS IN 
HIS MOUTH, THOSE 
WORDS CAME FROM 
HIS HEART AND 
SOUL. 
I THOUGHT HE 
CAPTURED THIS VEA 
VERY WELL. 
THIS IS NOT A 
COMPLEX 
ELECTION, LET'S 
BE HONEST, THESE 
ARE TWO STARK 
CHOICES AND THEY 
ARE ABOUT 
CHARACTER AND 
THE SOUL OF THE 
NATION AND THEY 
ARE LIGHT AND 
DARK AND 
UNIFICATION AND 
DIVISION WITH 
LIFTING US UP ND
AND TAKING THE  W
BUS DOWN. 
THIS IS WHAT 
THIS IS ABOUT 
FACING COVID-19  
AND HANDLING 
THIS BEEF AFTER T
SIX MONTHS.  
>> VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
RESPONDING TO 
THE PANDEMIC ON 
THURSDAY NIGHT. 
LET'S TURN TO 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
NEW YORK . 13 
STRAIGHT DAYS, 
IF I'M NOT 
MISTAKEN, WITH A 
POSITIVITY RATE 
LESS THAN 1%. 
SCHOOLS SET TO 
OPEN IN NEW YORK 
CITY ESPECIALLY 
THE LARGEST, IT 
IS SET TO OPEN 
IN A FEW WEEKS, 
THIS IS L.THE 
LARGEST IN THIS 
COUNTRY AFFECT 
CHICAGO, L.A. 
AND HOUSTON, IF 
THIS DOES NOT GO 
VIRTUAL, HOW 
CONFIDENT ARE 
YOU THAT NEW 
YORK SCHOOLS ARE 
READY TO REOPEN? 
>> FIRST, 
FINGERS CROSSED 
ON ALL OF THIS 
BUT WE HAVE GONE 
FROM THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATE 
IN THE U.S. TO 
THE LOWEST 
INFECTION RATE 
AS YOU KNOW. 
IF THERE IS ANY 
STATE THAT CAN 
REOPEN, IT IS 
US. 
WE DID ABOUT 
100,000 TESTS 
YESTERDAY. 
WE TESTED MORE 
THAN ANY OTHER 
STATE. 
WE ARE DOWN TO A 
.7 INFECTION 
RATE. 
THAT IS LOW, WE 
HAVE BEEN 
REOPENING FOR 14 WE
WEEKS AND OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
WENT DOWN. 
YOU CAN HANDLE 
THIS BEEF, RIGHT?
YOU NEED TO BE 
SERIOUS ABOUT 
IT. 
ON SCHOOL, WE 
HAVE THE 
INFECTION RATES 
SAYING YOU CAN 
OPEN, IT BECOMES 
THE SCHOOL 
DISTRICT BY 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
AND THIS IS HOW 
YOU DO IT. 
SURE, YOU CAN, 
IT'S HOW. 
WHEN WE OPEN THE 
ECONOMY, YOU 
HAVE TO BE ENSMART 
AND HAVE 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
WE ARE WORKING 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
BY SCHOOL 
DISTRICT. 
WHAT I HAVE SAID 
BY DAY TONE IF 
THE PARENTS OUARE 
NOT HAPPY AND 
CONFIDENT AND 
THE TEACHERS ARE 
NOT, THEN YOU 
DON'T HAVE A 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
BECAUSE YOU 
CANNOT OPEN A 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
WITHOUT PARENTS 
AND TEACHERS AND 
WE ARE WORKING 
THROUGH THAT 
NOW, WE WILL 
MAKE DIFFERENT 
DECISIONS IN 
DIFFERENT 
DISTRICTS BUT  A
FROM WHAT MY 
POINT OF VIEW, 
AS LONG AS THEY 
ARE SAFE AND 
SMART, WHATEVER 
THEY WANT TO DO, 
OUR INFECTION 
RATE IS LOW NOW. 
>> IF YOU HAD TO 
GO TO NYC--? 
>> THEY ARE 
STILL WORKING 
OUT WHAT THE 
PLAN WOULD BE. I 
WOULD HAVE A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS, 
PARENTS HAVE A 
LOT OF 
QUESTIONS, THIS 
IS A N,RISKY 
PROPOSITION NO 
MATTER HOW YOU 
DO IT, LET'S BE 
HONEST. 
YOU ARE BRINGING 
PEOPLE INTO A 
CONGREGANT 
SETTING, DO YOU 
HAVE THE 
TESTING, TRACING 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
REQUIREMENTS AND 
HOW WILL YOU N 
HANDLE IT? 
WE HAVE SEEN 
SCHOOLS AND 
COLLEGES OPEN, 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS TO 
ANSWERS
 BEFORE 
BUT THAT IS THE 
DIALOGUE WE ARE 
HAVING NOW. 
AGAIN, IF IT IS 
NOT A SMART 
PLAN, IT SHOULD 
NOT HAPPEN. 
WE HAVE 700 
SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS, I'M 
SURE WE ARE ED
GOING TO HAVE 
700 DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS IN NEW 
YORK. 
>> YOU SIGNED 
THIS IN  Y
PROTECTING MAIL-
IN VOTING 
THROUGHOUT NEW 
YORK CITY. 
AS YOU KNOW, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
USED MAIL-IN 
VOTING, SAYS 
THIS IS FRAUD, 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO FOLKS WHO ARE 
WATCHING AND 
LISTENING, WHO 
ARE BOCONCERNED 
ABOUT THE IDEA 
OF MAIL-IN 
VOTING? 
>> I DO NOT GET 
THIS WITH FRAUD, 
I THINK THIS IS 
A SET UP. 
I THINK THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
FRANKLY 
ANTICIPATING 
LOSING ON 
ELECTION DAY AND 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR O HIM SAY 
THERE WAS FRAUD 
IN THE ELECTION. 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
GOOD AT 
ESTABLISHING A 
CONSPIRACY. I 
THINK THAT IS 
THE CONSPIRACY 
HE IS SETTING. 
WE DO THREE 
THINGS THROUGH 
THE MAIL, WE PAY HI
BILLS AND 
OPERATE THROUGH 
MAIL. 
I THINK MAIL-IN 
VOTING IS A 
TREMENDOUS AND 
ESPECIALLY NOW, 
I DO NOT WANT 
PEOPLE ONLINE ON 
ELECTION DAY 
WHEN WE FOUGHT 
SO HARD TO GET 
THIS VIRUS UNDER 
CONTROL. 
SO, WE ARE 
MAKING THIS EASY 
TO DO MAIL-IN 
VOTING, WE HAVE 
NOW 10 DAYS OF 
VOTING, YOU CAN 
VOTE, MAIL-IN A 
BALLOT WITHIN 10 
DAYS AND WE ALSO 
HAVE FEAR OF 
COVID-19  AS A 
LEGAL REASON FOR 
AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT. 
I THINK THAT 
MAKES THE MOST 
SENSE. 
>> NEW YORK 
GOVENOR ANDREW 
CUOMO, THANK 
YOU, ENJOY YOUR 
WEEKEND. 
>> THANKS. 
YOU, TOO. 
>>> THE FOCUS 
TURNS TO THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION WHICH 
BEGINS MONDAY 
NIGHT. WITH A 
LOOK AHEAD IS 
NBC TO GARRETT.  
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU. 
>> HEY, GOOD 
MORNING. 
I THINK WE CAN 
EXPECT THIS TO 
BE A LITTLE BIT 
MORE--GO AHEAD. 
>> YOU ARE 
JUMPING INTO 
WHAT I WOULD ASK.
MANY PEOPLE WANT 
TO KNOW  TWHAT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WILL 
LOOK LIKE AND 
WILL IT ILBE 
DIFFERENT FROM 
WHAT WE 
WITNESSED FROM 
THE DEMOCRATS? 
>> I THINK THIS 
WILL BE CLOSER 
TO WHAT WE SEE 
IN A TYPICAL 
POLITICAL 
INVENTION. 
THESE DELEGATES 
WILL GATHER IN 
CHARLOTTE, THE DE
PRESIDENT IS 
EXPECTED TO 
VISIT THEM IN 
PERSON AT SOME 
POINT DURING  TTHE 
WEEK. 
WE WILL SEE MORE 
INTERESTING 
EVENTS WITH ENLIVE 
AUDIENCES. 
WHEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
ACCEPTS HIS 
NOMINATION ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 
THE PRESIDENT 
MAY HAVE AS MANY 
AS 1500 PEOPLE 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE WHEN HE 
ACCEPTS 
RENOMINATION 
THURSDAY. 
THE FACT HE IS 
DOING THAT AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AS A SIGNIFICANT 
BREAK FROM 
TRADITION, WE 
HAVE NOT SEEN A 
MODERN PRESIDENT 
DO THAT BUT  THE 
WHITE HOUSE WANTS
IT TO FEEL BIG 
AND THEY WANT TO 
HAVE LIVE HUMAN 
BEINGS TO REACT 
TO THE SPEECH. 
>> FINALLY, 
GARRETT, WHAT 
ABOUT THE 
MESSAGE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
DELIVER TO 
VOTERS, ANY WORD 
ON THAT? 
>> IT'S 
INTERESTING, I 
HAVE SPENT MOST 
OF THIS WEEK IN 
WISCONSIN 
TALKING TO TRUMP 
VOTERS, THEY 
WANT TO HEAR A 
MORE HOPEFUL 
MESSAGE AND MORE 
ABOUT WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT PLANS 
TO DO AND LESS 
ABOUT HIS 
ENEMIES AND LESS 
ABOUT THE THINGS 
THAT HAVE 
ANIMATED HIS 
SPEECHES FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE T
MORE RECENTLY 
BUT THE  CREALITY 
IS THE COURT 
TRUMP VOTERS ARE 
NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE AND 
THIS CONVENTION 
WILL BE CATERED 
TO FIRING THEM 
UP FOR NOVEMBER. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THANK YOU. BUSY 
WEEK AHEAD FOR 
YOU FOR SURE. 
YOU CAN WATCH 
LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE REPUBLIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
LLHERE 
ON NBC BEGINNING 
MONDAY NIGHT  AT 
7:00 PACIFIC. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
STEVE BANNON WAS 
A TOP AIDE TO 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP WHAT IS 
OUT ON $5 
MILLION BAIL 
AFTER BEING 
INDICTED ON 
FEDERAL FRAUD 
CHARGES. 
PROSECUTORS SAY 
THE 66-YEAR-OLD 
ALONG WITH THREE 
OTHERS WEIGHS 
MORE THAN $25 
MILLION IN A 
CROWDFUNDING 
CAMPAIGN THEY 
SAID WOULD GO 
ENTIRELY TO 
SECTIONS OF THE 
SOUTHERN BORDER 
WHILE. 
>> THIS IS TO 
SUPPORT 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP, TO GET A 
PHYSICAL BARRIER 
ON THE. SOUTHERN 
BORDER. 
>> BANNING IS 
ACCUSED OF 
TAKING NEARLY $1 
MILLION OF THE 
CAMPAIGN TO FUND 
HIS OWN LAVISH 
LIFESTYLE. 
HE WAS ARRESTED 
OFF THE COAST OF 
CONNECTICUT 
ABOUT A 150 FOOT 
YACHT HE DOES 
NOT OWN WHEN HE 
WAS DRINKING 
COFFEE AND 
READING A BOOK. 
ALSO CHARGED, 
BRIAN, A 34-YEAR-
OLD AIRPORT 
VETERAN--HE'S 
ACCUSED OF 
TAKING MORE THAN 
$350,000 ININ 
DONATIONS 
SPENDING IT ON 
HOME 
RENOVATIONS, 
BOTH PAYMENTS 
USED TICOSMETIC 
SURGERY. 
THEN IT WAS A 
FORMER CHIEF 
STRATEGIST AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
THAT ONE SEOF THE 
ARCHITECTS OF 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP 2016 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> I FEEL BADLY, 
I HAVE NOT BEEN 
DEALING WITH HIM 
FOR A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
I DID NOT KNOW
--I DID NOT LIKE 
IT. 
>> LONGTIME ALLY 
CHRIS TOLD THE 
NEW YORK TIMES 
IN AN INTERVIEW 
LAST YEAR THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS HIS BLESSING 
AND YOU CAN TELL 
THE MEDIA THAT. 
>> I DID NOT 
KNOW THAT, I DID 
NOT KNOW ABOUT 
AND HIS 
INVOLVEMENT. 
>> BANNING IS 
THE LATEST TRUMP 
ASSOCIATE  FTO FACE
CRIMINAL 
CHARGES. 
AMONG THEM, 
PAUL, LONG TIME 
ROGER STONE, 
FORMER NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISOR 
MICHAEL FLYNN, 
FORMER DEPUTY 
CHAIR RAY GATES, 
THE ADVISOR OF 
GEORGE 
PAPADOPOULOS AND 
FORMER FIXER 
MICHAEL:. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN POUNCED
. 
>> HE HAS RUN 
THE MOST CORRUPT 
ADMINISTRATION 
IN HISTORY. 
>> ALSO 
SEPARATELY ON 
THURSDAY, A 
FEDERAL JUDGE 
BLOCKED 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP'S LATEST 
ATTEMPT TO 
PREVENT A 
MANHATTAN 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY FROM 
GETTING HIS TAX 
RETURN. 
THE PRESIDENT 
CAUSING THIS A 
FISHING 
EXPEDITION BUT 
HE SAYS THIS 
WILL LIKELY BE 
RESOLVED BEFORE 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. ALL 
THESE ARE THE 
WALLS OF FLAMES 
FUELED BY BONE 
DRY CONDITIONS 
LEAVING ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
RUINS. 
>> I'VE NEVER 
SEEN ANYTHING 
LIKE THIS AND IT 
ONLY TOOK A FEW 
MINUTES TO GET 
HERE. 
>> NOT FAR FROM 
NAPA VALLEY, 
EXHAUSTED TEAMS AC
HAVE BEEN IN AND 
POSSIBLE 
CONDITIONS. 
>> WE DO NOT 
HAVE TIME TO GET 
IN FRONT AND DO 
CONTROL. 
THIS IS LIFE, 
SAFETY AND 
EVACUATION. 
>> EXPLODING 
OVERNIGHT, 
FLAMES LEAPT 
OVER AN EIGHT 
LANE FREEWAY 
FORCING TENS OF 
THOUSANDS TO 
FLEE AS NEW SPOT 
FIRES AT NIGHT 
WITH THEORY. 
OVERNIGHT, 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF OF THE 
SPRAWLING CAMPUS 
OF UC SANTA CRUZ 
FORCED TO 
EVACUATE. 
SOME HOMEOWNERS 
RACING TO SAVE 
THEIR 
PROPERTIES, 
AUTHORITIES NOW 
CONFIRMING TA
MULTIPLE 
FATALITIES.
 
>> FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS, 
IT HAS BEEN A 
CAT AND MOUSE 
GAME WITH 
FIREFIGHTERS 
TRYING TO CATCH 
UP WITH HOT TR
EMBERS. 
THEY ARE LOSING 
HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> A HEROIC 
STANDBY CREW 
HELPED SAVE THE 
132-YEAR-OLD 
LICK 
OBSERVATORY, A 
TOP MT. HAMILTON 
WITH A HISTORIC 
STRUCTURE AND 
ITS TELESCOPES 
MAY STILL BE IN 
DANGERTS WHILE 
EVEN THOUGH THIS 
IS FAR FROM THE 
FRONT LINE, MAY 
BE AT RISK FOR 
THE SMOKE AS 
NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA 
INDOORS ANOTHER 
DAY OF HAZARDOUS 
AIR W. 
>> WE WILL SEE 
INCREASE IN 
RATES OF HEART 
ATTACKS AND 
STROKES ON DAYS 
LIKE TODAY. 
THIS IS A SEVERE 
HEALTH PROBLEM. 
>> NASA 
SATELLITE 
CAPTURED THIS 
ENORMOUS SMOKE 
PLUME STRETCHING 
NEARLY 300 MILES.
IN THE SMOKE-
FILLED SKIES 
NEAR FRESNO, THE 
FIREFIGHT 
CLAIMED THE LIFE 
OF MIKE, A 
VETERAN 
HELICOPTER PILOT 
AND BELOVED 
FATHER. 
>> I LOVE YOU-- C
CONTINUE TO MAKE 
YOU PROUD. 
>> THIS FAMILY 
COPING WITH 
SUDDEN LOSS AS 
AN ENTIRE REGION 
BRACES FOR THE 
UNCERTAINTY THIS 
NEW DAY MAY BRING
. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CONCERNED THEY 
MAY FIND MORE 
BODIES AS THEY TH
CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT BACK THESE 
FIRES BUT THERE 
IS GOOD NEWS, 
THE WEATHER 
CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TO 
IMPROVE THIS 
WEEKEND AS 
FIREFIGHTERS 
NEED ALL THE 
HELP THEY  PCAN GET
. 
>>> OFFICIALS 
DENIED POISONING 
ELECTION OF 
AWNING AND 
WISHED HIM WELL 
BUT HIS FAMILY 
DO NOT BELIEVE 
IT. 
HE HAS TOO MANY 
ENEMIES AND 
RUSSIA TO COUNT. 
>> FOR YEARS, 
THEY HAVE MADE 
HIGHLY PRODUCED 
NAME AND SHAME 
ANTICORRUPTION 
VIDEOS AFTER 
FLYING DRONES 
OVER THE 
MANSIONS OF 
RUSSIA TO EXPOSE 
WHAT HE SAID IS 
THERE VAST ILL-
GOTTEN WEALTH. 
NO ONE IN 
POTENTIAL 
INTEREST CIRCLE 
HAS BEEN IMMUNE 
INCLUDING PUTIN 
HIMSELF. 
HE AND HIS LAWYER
SAID HE WAS 
POISONED IN 
POLICE CUSTODY 
LAST YEAR. 
ANOTHER TIME, HE 
HAD A GREEN DYE 
THROWN IN HIS 
FACE. 
AND 
LEFT HIM 
TEMPORARILY 
STAND AND HE 
SAID IT NEARLY 
BLINDED HIM. 
THIS TIME, 
HIS 
SPOKES WOMAN 
SAYS HE MAY HAVE 
HAD A POISON 
SLIPPED INTO ISHIS 
TEETH, THAT IS 
UNCLEAR THAT IS 
WHAT HIS IS
DRINKING AND HIS 
PHOTOGRAPH 
BEFORE BOARDING 
A FLIGHT FROM 
SIBERIA TO 
MOSCOW. 
NAVALI BECAME 
ILL MEDFLIGHT 
MOANING IN AGONY 
FORCING THE 
PLANE TO MAKE AN 
EMERGENCY 
LANDING, NAVALI 
RUSHED TO A 
HOSPITAL.  
WHEN ASKED, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP HAD LITTLE 
TO SAY 
ABOUT 
POTENTIAL MOST 
RELENTLESS CRITIC
. 
>> WE HAVE NOT 
SEEN IT YET, WE 
WILL LOOK EPAT IT. 
>> PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
CRITICS POUNCED. 
>> WE HAVE HEARD 
NOTHING FROM 
POMPEO OR THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
IT IS A 
DEMONSTRATION OF 
THE MORAL 
BANKRUPTCY BUT 
ALSO THE CLEAR 
AND PRESENT 
DANGER THAT THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
POSES TO OUR 
FREEDOM, TO OUR 
VALUES.  
>> NAVALI 
SUPPORT IS 
ACCUSED RUSSIA 
OF STALLING EE
TACTICS,  TO 
KEEP HIM IN THE 
COUNTRY AS LONG 
AS POSSIBLE 
UNTIL THERE IS 
NO EVIDENCE THAT 
ANY MORE OF WHAT 
THEY SAY 
POISONED HIS BODY
. IT IS A 
LANDMARK DAY IN 
THE ADMISSION 
SCANDAL, LORI 
LOUGHLIN AND HER 
HUSBAND, MOSSIO-
-FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS 
URGED  THEM TO 
ACCEPT PLEA 
DEALS TO CALL 
FOR TWO MONTHS 
BEFORE LOCKLIN 
AND FIVE MONTHS 
FOR MOSSIO AS 
WELL AS A  FINE 
AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE FOR 
MOSSIO AND 100 
HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE FOR 
LOCKLIN . 
>> AFTER 
FIGHTING THE 
CHARGES FOR MORE 
THAN A YEAR, THE 
COUPLE PLEADED 
GUILTY IN MAY , TO 
ONE COUNT  GOF 
CONSPIRACY TO 
COMMIT WIRE 
EMAIL FRAUD AND 
MAKING THE 
FALSELY 
PORTRAYING THEIR 
TWO DAUGHTERS AS 
CREW ATHLETES TO 
HELP GET THEM  
INTO THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
THE PROSECUTIONS 
MEMBER CALLS 
MOSSIMO 
GIANNULLI THE 
MORE ACTIVE 
PARTICIPANT , 
THE FASHION 
DESIGNER 
CONFRONTED THE 
COUNSELOR WHO 
MOSSIMO 
GIANNULLI CALLED 
NOSY AND 
LOUGHLIN CALLED 
A WEASEL.  
TO PREVENT FROM 
BEING 
DISCOVERED, THE 
ATHLETIC ABILITY
.  PROSECUTORS 
ARGUE LOUGHLIN 
TOOK A LESS OL
ACTIVE ROLE  BUT 
WAS NONETHELESS 
FULLY COMPLICIT 
THING EVIDENCE 
POINTS TO THE 
FORMER FULL 
HOUSE STAR 
COACHING HER 
DAUGHTER NOT TO 
SAY TOO MUCH TO 
HER HIGH SCHOOLS 
LEGITIMATE 
COLLEGE COUNSELOR
. THE COUPLE'S 
DAUGHTERS HAVE 
NOT BEEN CHARGED NY
WITH ANY CRIME 
STEMMING FROM 
THE PRO. 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, 
LOUGHLIN AND 
GIANNULLI  WILL 
APPEAR 
SEPARATELY VIA 
VIDEOCONFERENCE. 
ONE MAJOR 
UNKNOWN INTO THE 
SENTENCING 
HEARING,  COULD 
ONGOING 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS  
SHORTEN OR EVEN 
ELIMINATE 
POTENTIAL 
PRESENT TIME? 
>> IF I AM 
REPRESENTING 
THEM, I WILL 
LOOK OVER THEIR 
MEDICAL HISTORY HE
CLOSELY TO SEE 
IF I ADVISED THE 
COURT OF ANY PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITION THAT 
COULD THREATEN 
THEIR HEALTH AND 
SAFETY WHILE 
THEY'RE 
INCARCERATED. 
>> SEVERAL OTHER 
PARENTS TIED TO 
THE SCANDAL HAVE 
GONE TO PRISON 
INCLUDING 
ACTRESS HOFFMAN 
WHO PLEADED 
GUILTY LAST YEAR 
SERVING 11 DAYS. 
NOW, A PIVOTAL 
DAY FOR LOUGHLIN 
AND GIANNULLI 
FAR FROM THE 
GLITZ AND 
GLAMOUR OF 
HOLLYWOOD . 
>> IF THEY GET 
PRESENT TIME, 
WHERE WILL THEY 
SERVE THAT? 
>> FIRST AND 
FOREMOST, THE 
JUDGE MUST 
DECIDE IF HE'S 
ACCEPTING THESE 
PLEA DEALS. 
IF HE DOES, 
EXPERTS TELL US 
LOUGHLIN AND 
GIANNULLI WOULD 
SPEND TIME IN A 
MINIMUM  
SECURITY 
FACILITY IN 
THEIR HOME STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA 
JUST LIKE HUFFMAN
. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
CHANGING COURSE 
NATIONWIDE
 
HOPING IN-PERSON 
CLASSES AFTER 
COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS AND 
SEEING  PARTIES 
LIKE THIS AT 
VILLANOVA. 
UNIVERSITY NORTH 
GEORGIA AND THIS 
SCENE NEAR 
OKLAHOMA STATE 
UNIVERSITY 
BEFORE SCHOOL 
STARTED. 
OVER THE 
WEEKEND, A OFF-
CAMPUS HOUSE WAS 
QUARANTINED WITH 
23 MEMBERS 
TESTING POSITIVE.
THEY HOPE TO 
KEEP MORE  THAN 
23,000 STUDENTS 
SAFE WITH A HIGH 
CONTACT SOLUTION 
WITH CONTACT 
TRACING. 
THIS IS A 
 T
TENDENCY TO CARD 
SWAPS TO CAMPUS 
PURCHASES TO WI-
FI ON THE 
STUDENTS FOUND ST
WHEN THEY SET 
FOOT ON CAMPUS. 
TO SEE HOW THIS 
WORKS, WE 
FOLLOWED JARED 
MORE FOR A DAY 
IN THE LIFE OF A 
COLLEGE FRESHMAN
. LIVING IN A 
FRATERNITY, 
JARED HAS A 
CAMPUS. FIRST 
THOUGHT, THE 
STUDENT UNION TO 
BUY SNACKS. 
THEN, IT'S OFF 
TO CLASS. 
AFTERWARDS, A 
QUICK STOP AT 
THE LIBRARY, A 
SHORT BREAK AT A 
THERAPY EVENT. 
FINALLY, LUNCH 
TIME, WHERE 
JARED GOES OFF-
CAMPUS. 
THEN, AN 
AFTERNOON JIM 
SESSION BEFORE 
HEADING BACK TO 
HIS FRATERNITY 
HOUSE. THE NEXT 
DAY, A LOOK 
BEHIND A HIGH-
TECH CURTAIN. 
>> HE HAD CLASS 
BUILDINGS, THERE 
WAS A FOOD 
PURCHASE, THAT 
IS A CARD SWIPE. 
>> DR. KRISTI 
HAWKINS OVERSEES 
THE CONTACT 
TRACING 
TECHNOLOGY. 
>> "WE CAN SEE 
THE BUILDINGS HE 
WAS IN, THOSE 
ARE HIGHLIGHTED 
IN ORANGE. 
YOU CAN SEE 
POSSIBLE CONTACT 
LOCATION." 
>> WITH POMORE 
THAN 5000 
HOTSPOTS AROUND 
CAMPUS, HE SAYS 
HE KNOW WHERE 
SIX STUDENTS MAY 
HAVE BEEN. 
>>
 THESE ARE 
BUILDINGS HE WAS 
IN FOR AT LEAST 
15 MINUTES 
THROUGHOUT THE PE
DAY. 
>> SPECIFICALLY 
WERE IN THOSE 
BUILDINGS? 
>> IF I GO INTO 
THE LIBRARY, YOU 
WILL NOT ONLY BE 
ABLE TO SAY I 
WAS ON THE FIRST 
FLOOR BUT I WAS 
ON THE SIDE OF 
THE BUILDING IN 
THE FIRST FLOOR, 
HERE IS WHAT I 
HAVE COME INTO 
CONTACT WITH?  I
>> YES. 
>> WE WOULD NOT 
BE ABLE TO TRACK 
OFF-CAMPUS. 
THIS IS LIMITED 
ON CAMPUS. 
>> HAVING THE 
ACTIVITY 
TRACKED, 
STUDENTS ARE 
SKIPPED SKEPTICAL
. 
>> IF IT HELPS 
US WITH COVID-19 
AND KEEPS 
EVERYBODY SAFE 
FROM HARMFUL 
EFFECTS, THEN 
I'M ALL VEFOR IT. 
>> THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PRESIDENT 
STRIKING THE 
INFORMATION 
GATHERED IS 
PRIVATE. 
>> WE LOOK AT 
LOTS OF  H
INFORMATION BUT 
WE DO NOT 
DISTRIBUTE IT OR 
SHARE WITH 
ANYBODY. 
>> W TO HAVE MORE 
THAN 20 MEMBERS 
OF A SORORITY 
TESTING 
POSITIVE, A 
HOUSE UNDER 
QUARANTINE, DO 
YOU FEEL 
PREPARED? 
>> IT WORKED THE 
WAY IT SI
 WWAS 
SUPPOSED TO. 
EVERYBODY WAS 
TESTED AND 
NEGATIVE. 
SOMEBODY CAME 
THAT WAS POSITIVE
. 
>> FOR STUDENTS, 
EDUCATORS AND 
UNIVERSITY 
LEADERS, DOING 
THIS PANDEMIC 
MIGHT BE THE 
TOUGHEST ERCLASS 
YET. 
>> ANOTHER BIG 
PART OF CAMPUS 
IS SPORTS, 
OKLAHOMA'S PART 
OF THE BIG 12. 
AS OF NOW, THEIR 
FOOTBALL SEASON 
IS INTACT. 
UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENT 
TELLING ME THERE 
WILL BE NO 
TAILGATING, FANS 
NEED MASKS AND 
AS FAR AS FANS 
IN THE STANDS, 
THEY ARE STILL 
WORKING THAT OUT
. 
>>> IN 
WORCESTER, 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
TEACHERS ARE 
TAKING TO THE  
STREETS HAVING 
MORE OF A SAY IN 
THE SCHOOL RE-
OPENINGS AND 
ANGRY, THEY MUST 
REMOTE LESSONS 
FROM CLASSROOMS, 
THEY WERE READ 
THESE ARE NOT 
SAFE. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
ISSUE WE HAVE IS 
EDUCATOR VOICE 
IS NOT BEING 
HEARD IN 
DECISION-MAKING. 
>> THERE IS 
MISTRUST--THE 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
HAVE THE SAFETY 
STRIKE WORKING 
REMOTELY IF THEIR
COVID-19 
CONCERNS --AND 
THE LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 
NEW YORK CITY 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO OFFERED A 
NEW SAFETY PLAN. 
>> HE WAS 
PROMISING PP 
SUPPLIES FOR 30 
DAYS AND EVERY 
SCHOOL,  BETTER 
VENTILATION AND 
FREE COVID-19 
TESTS  FOR 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT CITY 
RUN SITES. 
>> IF IT IS NOT 
SAFE, WE WILL NOT
OPEN. 
>> THEY ARE 
REMINDING PUBLIC 
SERVICE. 
>> SHOW PUP AND 
SHOW PEOPLE, 
THAT IS WHAT OUR 
CONSTITUENTS 
DEPEND ON. 
>> 
ISELEMENTARY 
TEACHER WANTS TO 
TEACH IN PERSON 
BUT  SSHE'S WORRIED
. 
>> HOW WILL I 
SOCIALLY DISTANCE
WITH FIVE CEAND 
SIX YEAR OLDS? 
HOW WILL YOU GET 
THEM TO WEAR A 
MASK? 
THAT'S A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL LOOK LIKE 
AT WESTERN 
VALLEY NEAR LOS 
ANGELES. 
SAFEGUARDS AT 
DESKS, 
SANITIZING 
STATIONS IN 
EVERY CLASSROOM 
AND PLENTY OF 
VISUAL REMINDERS 
TO EASE  VANXIOUS 
PARENTS. 
>> I WILL SEE 
HOW IT GOES, IF 
I SEE SOMETHING 
I'M NOT OKAY 
WITH, MY KID IS 
NOT COMING .BACK. 
>> IN VERMONT, 
THE CONCERN IS A 
SHORTAGE OF 
SUBSTITUTE 
TEACHERS. 
SOUTH BURLINGTON 
HIGH SCHOOL 
PRINCIPAL 
PATRICK IS 
TRAINING COLLEGE 
STUDENT INSPIRED 
BY HIS DAUGHTER 
WILL. 
>> I THINK THEY 
HAVE HITHE SKILLS, 
I THINK THEY 
HAVE THE 
KNOWLEDGE AND  T
EMPATHY AND I 
THINK THEY CAN 
DO IT. 
I HAVE 
A LOT OF 
FAITH IN YOUNG 
PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK IN NEW YORK 
HERE, THIS CITY 
IS THE ONLY ONE 
OF THE NATIONS 
NINE LARGEST 
DISTRICTS TO 
OPEN AT LEAST 
PLANS TO OPEN 
WITH AND PRESENT 
OPTIONS. 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL HERE IS 
SEPTEMBER 10th. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, THE 
FOUNDING FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON WITH 
PEACE. 
>> WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE, THAT 
IS WHY WE ARE 
DOWN HERE. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE IT 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
ANOTHER ELECTION 
DAY COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP AS TO 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE. 
>>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE, THAT IS 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING WITH 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED TOGETHER
. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES, 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES ARE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND, A 
LOT OF KIDS THAT 
QUESTION SO WE 
STARTED A NEW 
TASK FOR THEM. 
WE WANT TO KNOW 
IF YOUR FAMILY 
WILL WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS . 
>> WE HAVE SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>>
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD, LIVE 
WEEKDAYS 
STARTING 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>> THIS NEW 
NORMAL FOR WHAT 
THE SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> TEACHERS LIKE 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOBS THEY 
LOVE. 
>> I HAVE A JOB. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE SCHOOL, 
THIS IS THE 
MOMENT WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> LEFT TURN 
INTO STUDENTS, 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
ARE MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
BRILLIANT.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS . 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
FOR KIDS WILL 
NOT--
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> IN PORTLAND, 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS NOT 
BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT WITH 
ALL WE ARE 
FACING, I'M SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK WOMAN
, A DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, WIFE 
AND MOTHER OF A 
HUSBAND AND KIDS 
WITH FAMILY ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
REPRESENTATIVE ON
EMERGING AMERICA 
TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM CAROL 
AMEENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND FEEL 
PROUD. 
>> AS WILDFIRES 
TEAR THROUGH 
HOMES TODAY, 
CREWS ARE FACING 
100 ACTIVE FIRES 
ACROSS 
CALIFORNIA, MORE 
THAN 20 OF THEM 
ARE MONSTER'S 
INFERNO. NEAR 
NAPA VALLEY, 
TEAMS ARE LOSING 
GROUND. 
>> THIS IS 
MAKING THIS 
DIFFICULT. 
>> EXPLODING 
OVERNIGHT, MORE 
HARROWING 
EVACUATIONS IN A 
HEALTH STATE, 
TENS OF THOUSANDS
CLEAN, SOME ARE 
ACCOUNTED FOR. 
>> I HAVE TWO 
CONFIRMED 
PATIENTS, WE ARE 
SEARCHING THE 
AREA FOR 
ADDITIONAL LIVES
. 
>> MOVING AT 
FEROCIOUS SPEEDS 
ACROSS NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA, 
PLAINS JUMPED 
INTO THE EIGHT 
LANE INTERSTATE. 
>> THE FIRE WAS TE
LOUD, YOU 
COULD 
HEAR TREES 
FALLING, IT WAS 
THE SCARIEST 
THING. 
>>or DEVOURING THE 
MOUNTAINS OF 
CREWS, THE FIRE 
IGNITED 
COMMUNITIES 
OUTSIDE OF SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
>> FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS, 
IT HAS BEEN A 
CAT AND MOUSE 
GAME WITH 
FIREFIGHTERS 
CATCHING UP WITH 
HOT EMBERS, THEY 
ARE LOSING HOME 
AFTER HOME. 
>> IN THE SMOKE-
FILLED SKIES 
NEAR FRESNO, THE 
FIREFIGHTS ARE 
TURNING DEADLY 
WHEN A WATER 
DROPPING 
HELICOPTER WENT 
DOWN PICK 
VETERAN, FIGHT 
PILOT AND FAMILY 
MAN MIKE GAVE 
HIS LIFE TO 
PROTECTING 
OTHERS. 
>> IT WILL NOT 
BE THE SAME 
WITHOUT HIM--I 
AM GOING TO MISS 
HIM. 
>> WITH SOME OF 
THE WORST AIR 
QUALITY ON THE 
PLANET CHOKING 
LARGE PARTS OF 
THE STATE, TUNA, 
COMMUNITIES MUST 
WAIT AND WATCH, 
THE SUN SETTING 
ON ANOTHER 
DESTRUCTIVE DAY. 
>> FOR NOW, 
THERE REMAINS NO 
NUMBER ON THE 
SCOPE OF THE 
DAMAGE, ONLY 
ESTIMATES AND 
WHILE THERE 
IS NO
QUESTION HOME 
AFTER HOME IS 
LOST, ENTIRE 
COMMUNITIES WERE 
WIPED OFF THE MAP
. 
>>> ASK TEACHERS 
WHAT THEY DID ON 
THEIR SUMMER ON
VACATION AND 
MANY WOULD SAY 
WORRIED. 
>> TURNING MY 
SCHOOL INTO A 
COVID-19 
LABORATORY  IS 
NOT THE ANSWER. 
>> IF YOU COULD 
BE PERSON THAT 
BRINGS IT HOME 
TO YOUR FAMILY  F
AND AFFECTS YOUR 
FAMILY, IT IS 
JUST NOT SAFE. 
>> THAT FEAR 
DREW THAT TO 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
APPROVEEL A SAFETY 
STRIKE. 
AND NYC WERE 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
ARE SET TO OPEN 
THEIR DOORS IN 
THREE WEEKS, 
TEACHERS ARE 
THREATENING TO 
STRIKE 
AS WELL. 
>> THE TEACHERS 
AND PARENTS OF 
NEW YORK CITY 
THAT WE WOULD 
STAND AND FIGHT 
IF WE THOUGHT A 
SCHOOL WAS 
UNSAFE. 
THAT IS A CH
PROMISE WE WILL 
KEEP. 
>> THE UNION 
REPRESENTING 
120,000 SQUARE 12
EMPLOYEES 
ISSUING A THREE 
PAGE CHECKLIST 
INCLUDING NO 
CONTACT 
THERMOMETER AND 
PROTOCOLS FOR 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AND 
UPGRADED 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS. 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
SY
T4 ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL TEACHER 
CHRISTINE. 
>> MOST OF THE 
WINDOWS DO NOT 
OPEN MORE THAN A 
FEW INCHES. 
>> NO MORE THAN 
A 
FEW INCHES? 
>> IF THEY OPEN, 
SOME DON'T OPEN 
AT ALL, THAT IS 
A BIG CONCERN. 
>> TODAY, MAYOR 
BILL DE BLASIO 
PROMISED TO OPEN 
WINDOWS AS PART 
OF HIS SAFETY 
PLEDGE INCLUDING 
BETTER 
VENTILATION, 
BETTER COVID-19 
TESTING FOR G
STUDENTS  AND 
STAFF AT SITE 
AND A 30 DAY 
SUPPLY OF PPE AT 
SCHOOL. 
>> WE WILL MAKE 
SURE THESE EARE 
SAFE. 
>> OF THE 
NATIONS NINE 
LARGEST 
DISTRICTS, ONLY 
THE BIGGEST NYC 
STARTING WITH AN 
AND PRESENT 
OPTIONS AS 
TEACHERS INSIST 
SAFETY IS 
NONNEGOTIABLE. 
NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, THE 
FOUNDING FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER, WE 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE, THAT IS 
WHY WE ARE DOWN 
HERE. 
THERE IS ALL 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
PROTESTERS FEEL 
THEY NEED TO 
COME OUT IN FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
ANOTHER ELECTION 
DAY COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP ON HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
AT OUR FEET. 
>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT A 
FOUR YEAR DEGREE 
IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE A 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING WHICH 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? WITH 
CHRIS HAYES, 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND, A 
LOT OF KIDS 
QUESTION. 
WE STARTED 
SOMETHING NEW 
FOR THEM. 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION.  
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS . 
>> WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> NEW WAS MADE 
FOR YOUR 
STREAMING ROAD 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LOVED 
MAKING GREAT 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
>> MARK CUBAN 
DOES A LITTLE 
BIT OF 
EVERYTHING. 
>> BY THE WAY, 
HE JOINS US THIS 
MORNING TO TALK 
ABOUT ALL OF IT. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU, 
MR. CUBAN. 
THANKS FOR YOUR 
TIME. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING ME ON, 
CRAIG. 
THE NAME IS 
MARK. 
MISTER DOESN'T 
WORK. 
>> OKAY, MARK. 
THE BUBBLE HAS 
BEEN PROVEN 
WILDLY 
SUCCESSFUL, 
GOING FIVE WEEKS 
WITH NO POSITIVE 
COVID CASES. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BURST THE BUBBLE 
WHEN THEY LET IN 
GUESTS AND 
FAMILY MEMBERS. 
ARE ACORNED 
ABOUT THAT? 
ARE YOU GOING TO 
BE HEADING TO 
ORLANDO. 
>> YES, I'LL BE 
HEADING TO 
ORLANDO. 
I'M A LITTLE 
CONCERNED LIKE 
EVERYONE IS 
GENERALLY BUT 
THE BUBBLE HAS 
WORKED OUT TO 
WELL. 
GUYS, STAFF, 
EVERYBODY IS 
USED TO THE 
PROTOCOL. 
THAT IS THE 
CRITICAL ISSUE. 
EVERYTHING IS SO 
SPECIFICALLY 
MARKED AND 
DEFINED. 
THERE IS NOT A 
LOT OF ROOM FOR 
ERROR. 
I'M CONFIDENT IT 
WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK. 
>> MARK, TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
BUSINESSES, I'M 
SURE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE 
APPRECIATED 
THIS. 
AT THE BEGINNING 
OF THE PANDEMIC, 
YOU PUT THIS 
CALL OUT ON 
TWITTER. 
IT WAS 
CONNECTING 
STRUGGLING SMALL 
BUSINESS WITH 
LOCAL BANKS, 
SPECIFICALLY 
ASKING FOR 
MINORITY-OWNED 
AND WOMEN-OWNED 
BUSINESSES TO 
REACH OUT TO 
YOU. 
WHAT WAS THE 
OUTCOME? 
DID YOU FIND ANY 
BUSINESSES THAT 
YOU MIGHT WANT 
TO INVEST IN. 
>> I WASN'T 
LOOKING TO 
INVEST BUT 
LOOKING TO OPEN 
THEM UP TO 
COMMUNITY BANKS. 
A LOT OF 
MINORITY OWNED 
BUSINESSES TRIED 
TO WORK WITH 
LARGER BANKS AND 
FOUND THEY WERE 
LOW ON THE TOTEM 
POLE WITH 
RESPECT TO PPP. 
SO I WENT AND 
CONNECTED THEM 
TO COMMUNITY 
BANKS IN THEIR 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
THE COMMUNITY 
BANKS WERE ABLE 
TO WALK THEM 
THROUGH THE PPP 
PROCESS AND GET 
THEM LOANS THE 
SAME OR THE NEXT 
DAY. 
SOMETIMES IT IS 
JUST A LITTLE 
BIT OF MATCH 
MAKING TO HELP 
THE SMALL 
MINORITY-OWNED 
BUSINESSES. 
>> WHICH IS SO 
HELPFUL. 
WHAT ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REOPENING 
AMERICA 
COMMITTEE. 
ARE YOU STILL 
WORKING ON THAT. 
>> OFFICIALLY I 
GUESS I AM. 
WE HAD ONE CALL. 
THAT'S IT. 
I DON'T KNOW 
WHERE THAT IS 
RIGHT NOW. 
I DON'T THINK HE 
IS HAPPY WITH ME 
RIGHT NOW. 
WHO KNOWS. 
>> WHY WOULD HE 
NOT BE HAPPY 
WITH MARK CUBAN? 
COULD IT BE THAT 
YOU SAID YOU'RE 
LIKELY VOTING 
FOR JOE BIDEN 
BECAUSE TRUMP 
SCARES YOU IN 
MORE AREAS. 
WHAT DID YOU 
THINK OF THE DNC 
THIS PAST WEEK. 
>> I DIDN'T 
WATCH IT THIS 
WEEK. 
I'VE BEEN 
WATCHING NBA 
BASKETBALL. 
I KEEP UP 
HONESTLY WITH 
WHAT HAPPENED 
WITH HIGHLIGHTS 
AND FOLLOW-UP 
BUT I DIDN'T GET 
TO WATCH THE 
WHOLE THING AS 
IT AIR. 
>> YOU MENTIONED 
THE NAVS. 
>> GO NAVS. 
>> FOR FOLKS 
THAT DIDN'T SEE 
IT, HE WAS 
EJECTED FROM THE 
GAME AFTER TWO 
TECHNICAL FOULS. 
A LOT OF FOLKS 
TOOK TO TWITTER, 
INCLUDING LEBRON 
WHO BASICALLY 
SAID THAT WAS A 
NONSENSE 
EJECTION. 
WHAT SAY MARK 
CUBAN.
>> YOU'RE TRYING 
TO GET ME FINED, 
AREN'T YOU? 
IT IS IN THE 
PAST. 
WE WON LAST 
GAME. 
HOPEFULLY WE 
WILL GET A W 
TONIGHT. 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
LOOK BACKWARD. 
I'M GOING TO 
LOOK FORWARDS. 
>> YOU'RE NOT 
GOING TO GET 
FINED FOR THAT. 
>> I'M GOING TO 
TALK EMMYS. 
AND YOUR FELLOW 
SHARKS ARE 
NOMINATED FOR AN 
EMMY. 
CONGRATS ON 
THAT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> WHAT IS IT 
LIKE FILMING THE 
UPCOMING SEASON 
IN VEGAS? 
THEY'RE TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS. 
HOW ARE YOU 
CELEBRATING YOUR 
NOMINATION. 
>> WELL, WE JUST 
FINISHED 
FILMING. 
IT WAS 
INCREDIBLE. 
WE WERE 
LITERALLY IN A 
BUBBLE IN LAS 
VEGAS. 
IT WAS MORE 
STRINGENT THAN 
THE NBA BUBBLE 
BECAUSE WE 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
BIG CAMPUS. 
THERE WERE 
MARKINGS TELLING 
US HOW AND WHERE 
TO GO. 
THE 
ENTREPRENEURS 
HAD TO 
QUARANTINE IN 
ORDER TO PITCH. 
THE 
ENTREPRENEURS 
ARE TRULY 
COMMITTED. 
IT IS A 
DIFFERENT TYPE 
OF SHARK TANK IN 
TERMS OF THE 
INTENSITY 
BECAUSE 
EVERYBODY IS 
CONFINED AND 
READY TO DO 
DEALS. 
IT WAS EXCITING. 
AND I'M PROUD OF 
MY FELLOW SHARKS 
AND REALLY 
EXCITED ABOUT 
THE CREW. 
YOU KNOW HOW 
MUCH PRODUCTION 
HAS FALLEN OFF 
IN HOLLYWOOD. 
EVERYONE AT 
HERED TO EVERY 
SINGLE PROTOCOL. 
THIS SEASON THE 
ENERGY WAS OFF 
THE CHARTS. 
THAT'S MORE OF 
THE REASON TO BE 
EXCITED ABOUT 
THE POTENTIAL 
EMMY WIN. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
THE SHARKS 
OURSELVES HAVE 
BEEN NOMINATED. 
>> IT IS WELL 
DESERVED. 
IT IS A 
FANTASTIC SHOW. 
MARK CUBAN, THE 
ONLY PERSON IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA UP FOR 
AN EMPTY AND AN 
NBA 
CHAMPIONSHIP. 
>> LET'S GO 
MAVS. 
>> GOOD LUCK 
WITH BOTH OF 
THEM. 
THANK YOU, SIR. 
>>> FOR THE PAST 
DECADE, YOUR 
ENTIRE EDUCATION 
HAS BEEN HEADED 
TOWARDS A 
FINANCIAL 
CRISIS. 
COSTS AND DEBTS 
ARE RISING. 
FUNDING WAS CUT 
FOR STATE 
COLLEGES. 
AND ENROLLMENTS 
ARE DECLINING. 
THEN THE 
PANDEMIC 
HAPPENED. 
AND UNIVERSITIES 
WERE FORCED TO 
ADAPT TO A 
COMPLETELY NEW 
MODEL OF 
EDUCATION. 
ONLINE LEARNING. 
>> WE DIDN'T -- 
WE WERE FORCED 
TO DO IT. 
THE QUESTION FOR 
US TO THINK 
ABOUT IS IS THIS 
GOING TO RESULT 
IN -- IN THE 
EDUCATION 
INDUSTRY GOING 
FORWARD? 
>> THE U.S. 
SPENDS MORE ON 
COLLEGE THAN 
ALMOST ANY OTHER 
COUNTRY. 
AT ABOUT $32,000 
PER STUDENT A 
YEAR. 
TWICE AS MUCH AS 
THE AVERAGE 
DEVELOPED 
COUNTRY. 
>> IF YOU LOOK 
AT PLACES WHERE 
HIGHLY 
FUNCTIONAL BUT 
LESS EXPENSIVE 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
SYSTEM, THE U.K. 
AND EUROPE ARE 
ALL PLACES TO 
LOOK AT, WHAT 
YOU SEE IS A 
MUCH MORE 
BEARABLE STUDENT 
EXPERIENCE. 
IF THEY HAVE AT 
ALL, THEY ARE 
JUST WHAT YOU 
NEED. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
DINING HALLS AND 
WHATEVER THE 
OTHER FEATURES 
OF RESIDENCE 
HALLS THAT 
PEOPLE TAKE ON. 
>> ADMITTEDLY IS 
A SKELETAL VIEW 
OF COLLEGES. 
THEY HOPE TO 
BRING THE COSTS 
DOWN 
PERMANENTLY. 
HE DIDN'T 
ADVOCATE FOR 
FREE COLLEGE 
WHICH JUST 
REDISTRIBUTING 
THE COSTS FROM 
STUDENTS TO 
TAXPAYERS. 
THERE ARE THREE 
MODELS FOR 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
THAT RANGE FROM 
THE FOUR-YEAR 
EDUCATIONAL 
MODEL TO HYBRID 
EDUCATION MODEL 
TO ONLINE MODEL. 
TO BE WILLING 
AND ABLE TO PAY 
FOR THE PREMIUM 
RESIDENTIAL 
EXPERIENCE AT A 
UNIVERSITY. 
THE OTHER 
SCHOOLS CAN SAVE 
ON COSTS BY 
MOVING PART OF 
THE OPERATIONS 
ONLINE. 
>> WHAT THIS 
EXPERIMENT HAS 
TAUGHT YOU IS 
THAT THERE ARE 
THINGS THAT WE 
DO IN THE 
FINANCIAL MODEL 
THAT ACTUALLY 
CAN BE DONE MORE 
EFFECTIVELY 
ONLINE. 
>> THINGS LIKE 
LECTURES WOULD 
MIGRATE ONLINE 
BUT LABS AND 
DISCUSSIONS MAY 
REMAIN FACE-TO-
FACE. 
THEN THERE'S THE 
FULLY ONLINE 
MODEL. 
FULL ON LINE 
DEGREES ALREADY 
EXIST BUT 
THEY'RE OFTEN 
CONSIDERED LESS 
IMPRESSIVE. 
>> ONLY 35% OF 
AMERICANS WHO 
GET THE FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE, 
WHICH MEANS THAT 
65% OF THE 
AMERICANS NEVER 
GET THE FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE. 
NOW, WE NEED TO 
MAKE IT 
AFFORDABLE. 
I DON'T EVEN 
NEED TO CREATE 
THE CONTENT. 
THERE ARE 
ENDLESS CONTENT 
AVAILABLE 
ALREADY. 
>> OF COURSE IN 
2011 THEY SAID 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
CHANGE 
EDUCATION. 
>> SPOILER 
ALERT, THEY 
DIDN'T. 
>> 9% SELF 
IDENTIFIED AS 
SOMEONE WHO 
COULDN'T AFFORD 
A TRADITIONAL 
EDUCATION. 
>> INSTEAD WHAT 
SHE FOUND THAT 
MOST STUDENTS 
HAD HIGHER 
EDUCATION. 
THEY WERE MOSTLY 
MEN AND YOUNGER 
THAN 45. 
>> THEY SERVED 
THE GROUP WELL. 
THEY'RE EMPLOYED 
ALREADY AND WANT 
TO TRANSITION TO 
NEW SKILLS OR 
MAYBE THEY WANT 
TO LEARN A NEW 
TOPIC. 
>> THAT'S NOT 
EXACTLY THE 
AUDIENCE WE'RE 
GOING FOR IF WE 
WANT TO HIGHER 
EDUCATION. 
>> MOST ARE NOT 
COMPLETED. 
WE DISCOVERED 
THIS IN SPRING. 
THE MAJORITY AND 
THE LARGE 
MAJORITY OF OUR 
STUDENTS SIMPLY 
DRIFTED AWAY IN 
THE ONLINE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
THEY CEASED 
COMING TO 
LUCKTURES. 
THEY CEASED 
COMPLETING 
ASSESSMENTS. 
SOME OF THEM 
DIDN'T EVEN 
COMPLETE EXAMS. 
>> THERE ARE 
ONLINE DEGREE 
PROGRAMS IN 
OTHER COUNTRIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL. 
>> YOU KNOW, THE 
OPEN UNIVERSITY 
IN THE U.K. 
IS I THINK 
FREQUENTLY CITED 
AS A VERY 
SUCCESSFUL 
EXAMPLE OF WHAT 
ONE CAN DO WITH 
ONLINE 
EDUCATION. 
BUT THOSE 
COURSES TAKE 
MONTHS TO PUT 
TOGETHER. 
AND A LOT OF 
MONEY. 
IT LOOKS 
APPEALING 
BECAUSE IT SEEMS 
THAT YOU CAN 
SCALE IT 
INCREMENTALLY. 
AND NO, YOU 
CANNOT. 
BECAUSE THE -- 
>> MAYBE THE 
FINANCIAL 
TRADEOFFS COULD 
BE WORTH IT FOR 
SOME STUDENTS AT 
LEAST. 
>> TEACHING 
THINGS ONLINE. 
I'M BEGINNING TO 
REALIZE THAT 
THERE ARE THINGS 
THAT I CAN DO 
ONLINE THAT I 
WAS NOT ABLE TO 
DO FACE-TO-FACE. 
TECHNOLOGY CAN 
HELP YOU TO 
GUIDE THE 
STUDENTS' 
LEARNING NEEDS 
MORE 
EFFECTIVELY. 
YOU CAN USE 
DISCUSSION 
BOARDS. 
YOU CAN BRING IN 
VARIOUS PARTS OF 
THE WORLD INTO 
THE CLASSROOM. 
THE ONLINE 
MODEL, THOSE 
STUDENTS WOULD 
OTHERWISE NEVER 
GET A COLLEGE 
DEGREE. 
NOW YOU'RE GOING 
THEM A COLLEGE 
DEGREE OF GOOD 
QUALITY. 
AND THEREFORE IN 
SOME WAYS, IT IS 
A VERY GOOD 
OPTION FOR THEM 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
THEY HAVE. 
>> THEY'RE COVID 
PATIENTS. 
>> IN THE VERY 
FIRST DAYS OF 
THE PANDEMIC, 
THE MEDICAL 
CENTER IN NEW 
JERSEY WAS HIT 
HARD. 
>> WHEN IT CAME, 
WHEN IT FINALLY 
WAS HERE AND ALL 
OF US WERE IT'S 
HERE. 
AND IT CAME VERY 
FEROCIOUSLY. 
>> BY APRIL THEY 
WERE SEEING A 
NEW PATIENT 
EVERY TEN 
MINUTES. 
AS MANY AS 250 
HOSPITALIZED ON 
A GIVEN DAY. 
>> AND WHAT KIND 
OF PEOPLE WERE 
WALKING THROUGH 
YOUR DOOR. 
>> DIFFERENT 
THAN WHAT WE HAD 
HEARD, OLDER 
PEOPLE WITH 
PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
THESE WERE YOUNG 
PEOPLE. 
>> ED PIERCE, A 
HEALTHY 49-YEAR-
OLD FATHER OF 
THREE, A 
WORKAHOLIC 
HUSBAND WHO MADE 
A NAME FOR 
HIMSELF AS THE 
SET DESIGNER FOR 
BROADWAY SHOWS, 
INCLUDING 
WICKED. 
BUT ALL OF 
BROADWAY WOULD 
GO DARK ON MARCH 
12th. 
AND A WEEK 
LATER, ED WAS 
FIGHTING FOR HIS 
LIFE. 
WHEN HE 
CONTRACTED THE 
VIRUS, HE HAD 
BEEN TAKING A 
MEDICINE FOR A 
SKIN CONDITION 
THAT SUPPRESSED 
HIS IMMUNE 
SYSTEM. 
THAT MIGHT 
EXPLAIN WHY HE 
DETERIORATED SO 
QUICKLY. 
FOUR DAYS AFTER 
BEING 
HOSPITALIZED, 
DOCTORS HAD TO 
HOOK HIM UP TO A 
VENTILATOR AND 
INDUCE A COMA. 
>> WHAT ARE THE 
CHANCES WERE YOU 
PUT SOMEONE ON A 
VENTOER WITH 
COVID THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
COME OFF THE 
VENTILATOR? 
>> EVERY TIME 
THAT I LOOK AT 
STATISTICS, IT 
IS A GRIM 
PROGNOSIS. 
>> MOST PEOPLE 
DON'T COME OFF. 
>> MOST PEOPLE 
DON'T MAKE IT. 
>> DO YOU EVEN 
LET YOURSELF 
THINK ABOUT THAT 
POSSIBILITY. 
>> I WENT THERE 
ONCE OR TWICE 
AND I COULDN'T 
DO IT. 
I HAD TO STAY 
POSITIVE FOR THE 
KIDS. 
>> ED'S WIFE AND 
THEIR CHILDREN 
WERE NOT ALLOWED 
NEAR HIM. 
>> IT IS ONE 
THING WHEN YOU 
HAVE SOMEBODY 
WHO YOU LOVE AND 
IS SICK AND YOU 
CAN SIT BY THEIR 
BED. 
I COULDN'T EVEN 
HOLD HIS HAND. 
>> I KIND OF 
MADE A SCHEDULE 
FOR MYSELF AND 
THE KID. 
AND I KNOW 
SOMEWHERE IN 
THERE MY DOCTOR 
PHONE CALL WILL 
COME. 
>> AND THEN ON 
ONE SPECIAL DAY, 
IT DID. 
>> LOOK. 
WHO IS THAT? 
>> ED HAD 
SURVIVED BEING 
ON A VENTILATOR 
FOR AN 
UNBELIEVABLE 36 
DAYS. 
>> FIRST TIME 
YOU FACETIMED 
WITH HER, DO YOU 
REMEMBER THAT. 
>> I REMEMBER IT 
BECAUSE THERE'S 
PHOTOS OF IT. 
>> HE IS 
GRADUATING 
TODAY. 
HE IS MOVING 
DOWN TO THE 
OTHER FLOOR. 
YEAH. 
>> WHEN I WOKE 
UP, I FELT LIKE 
I WAS IN A SET. 
IT IS LITERALLY 
HOW WE BUILD 
SETS. 
THERE WAS 
PLASTIC SHEETING 
AND WITH 
ELECTRIC WIRING 
RUN. 
EVERYTHING 
STRUNG TOGETHER. 
>> YOU MUST HAVE 
BEEN CONFUSED. 
>> I HAD NO IDEA 
WHAT WAS GOING 
ON. 
>> I THINK 
BECAUSE I AM A 
FIGHTER. 
IN MY BUSINESS, 
NO MATTER WHAT, 
YOU GET TO 
OPENING NIGHT. 
AND I HAVE MORE 
SHOWS TO DO. 
>> ON THE DAY OF 
ED'S DISCHARGE, 
THE HOSPITAL 
PLAYED THE 
SIGNATURE SONG 
FROM WICKED THAT 
IS ABOUT BEATING 
THE ODDS. 
>> I HEARD THAT 
SONG HUNDREDS OF 
TIMES. 
IT HAS NEVER HAD 
THE IMPACT THAT 
IT HAD THAT DAY. 
>> I WAS SO 
GRATEFUL. 
I FOUGHT REALLY, 
REALLY HARD FOR 
HIM. 
REALLY HARD. 
>> NO ONE KNOWS 
FOR CERTAIN IF 
ANY OF THE 
TREATMENTS TRIED 
ON ED HAD WORKED 
OR IF HIS BODY 
SOMEHOW 
OUTLASTED THE 
VIRUS' ATTACK. 
BUT AS THE 
GROWING NUMBER 
OF COVID 
SURVIVORS CAN 
NOW TELL US, 
THEIR STRUGGLES 
DIDN'T END AT 
THE HOSPITAL. 
THE IMPACT OF 
COVID IS 
SOMETHING 
RESEARCHERS ARE 
JUST BEGINNING 
TO LEARN MORE 
ABOUT. 
>> I FELT VERY 
TIRED, VERY 
WEAK. 
IT WAS 
CHALLENGING NOT 
TO BE ABLE TO 
MOVE MY LEFT 
SIDE. 
I REALIZED 
RATHER QUICKLY 
THAT I WAS JUST 
AT THE BEGINNING 
OF A WHOLE NEW 
JOURNEY. 
>> IT WAS -- IT 
WAS STARTLING AT 
FIRST. 
TOTAL MUSCLE 
LOSS. 
WALKING ACROSS 
THE ROOM COULD 
WIND HIM. 
>> WHAT LONG-
TERM EFFECTS 
COULD ED HAVE 
BECAUSE OF 
COVID? 
>> WE DON'T KNOW 
BECAUSE IT IS 
SUCH A NEW 
ILLNESS. 
WHAT WE ARE 
LEARNING THOUGH 
IS COVID CAN 
AFFECT ANY PART 
OF THE BODY. 
>> WHILE 
SCIENTISTS 
DESPERATELY TRY 
TO UNDERSTAND 
HOW THE SYMPTOMS 
OF COVID PERSIST 
FOR OR REEMERGE 
IN RECOVERED 
PATIENTS, THERE 
WAS NO TIME TO 
WAIT FOR ANSWERS 
SO THEY CREATED 
EXERCISE 
REHABILITATATION, 
AN OUTPATIENT 
PROGRAM TAILORED 
FOR THOSE 
PHYSICAL POST-
COVID AILMENTS 
LIKE PAIN AND 
IMMOBILITY, 
FATIGUE AND 
WEAKNESS. 
>> HE WAS ALMOST 
COMPLETELY 
FLACCID ON HIS 
LEFT ARM AND 
LEG. 
HE COULDN'T MOVE 
HIS ARM AT ALL. 
THEY HAD TO 
THEORIZE THAT HE 
HAD A STROKE. 
HE DIDN'T HAVE A 
STROKE. 
>> IS HE STILL 
WEAKER ON THE 
LEFT SIDE. 
>> HE HAS. 
>> SOME PATIENTS 
HAVE BEEN 
TREATED THROUGH 
VIRTUAL SESSIONS 
BUT ED HAS BEEN 
GOING TO THE 
CENTER FOR THREE 
TIMES A WEEK FOR 
ALMOST TWO 
MONTHS NOW. 
>> HE IS LIKE A 
GUINEA PIG. 
>> HE HAS 
LEARNED TO 
EXPECT LESS FROM 
HIS BODY. 
HIS SHORTNESS OF 
BREATH STEADILY 
IMPROVED. 
ED HAS PUT IN 
THE HARD WORK 
BUT HE IS ALSO 
ONE OF THE LUCKY 
ONES WHEN IT 
COMES TO COVID. 
>> OTHER PEOPLE 
THAT HAVE HAD 
COVID HAVE A LOT 
OF DISABLING 
SYSTEMS. 
WEEKS TO MONTHS 
AFTER THEY 
RECOVER. 
THERE ARE 
PEOPLE, FOR 
EXAMPLE THAT I'M 
TALKING CARE OF, 
THEY STILL HAVE 
PALPITATIONS. 
THEY FEEL DIZZY. 
THEY FEEL SHORT 
OF BREATH. 
OTHERS HAVE 
FEVER. 
>> LUNG 
SCARRING, 
CARDIOVASCULAR 
AND NEUROLOGICAL 
DAMAGE HAVE BEEN 
DIAGNOSED POST-
INFECTION. 
A THIRD OF COVID 
PATIENTS SUFFER 
PERSISTENT 
SYMPTOMS AT 
LEAST TWO TO 
THREE WEEKS 
AFTER RECOVERY. 
A NEW STUDY BY 
INDIANA 
UNIVERSITY BASED 
ON 1500 COVID 
SURVIVORS WHO 
ARE PART OF A 
FACEBOOK GROUP 
IDENTIFIED 98 
LONG-TERM 
EFFECTS, 
INCLUDING 
BLURRED VISION, 
NIGHT SWEATS AND 
HAIR LOSS. 
>> WE'RE LOOKING 
TO LEARN WHO IS 
MORE PREDISPOSED 
TO HAVING LONG 
LASTING SYMPTOMS 
AND WHO IS 
PREDISPOSED TO 
GETTING WELL 
QUICKLY. 
>> FIGURING OUT 
WHAT DETERMINES 
THAT. 
>> EXACTLY. 
>> THOUGH 
INSURANCE PAID 
FOR ALL OF HIS 
MEDICAL BILLS, 
HE IS OUT OF 
WORK AT THE 
MOMENT. 
HE AND HIS 
FAMILY ARE 
LIVING OFF 
SAVINGS. 
WHEN THEATER 
DOORS REOPEN, HE 
WILL BE READY 
FOR HIS NEXT 
CHALLENGE, THE 
NATIONAL TOUR OF 
"TO KILL A 
MOCKINGBIRD." 
>> I'VE NEVER 
SEEN IT WITH THE 
LIGHTS OFF. 
>> IS IT SAD. 
>> DEVASTATING. 
>> MOST 
OBSERVERS DON'T 
THINK THEATERS 
WILL REOPEN 
UNTIL AT LEAST 
THE BEGINNING OF 
2021. 
WHAT IT MIGHT 
LOOK AND FEEL 
LIKE IS ANYONE'S 
GUESS AT THIS 
POINT. 
BUT IF BROADWAY 
SHARES ANY OF 
ED'S 
DETERMINATION, 
WE CAN COUNT ON 
AN AMAZING COME 
BACK. 
>> WOULD SHOWS 
REOPENING BE 
PART OF YOUR 
RECOVERY. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
THAT WILL BE THE 
END OF ANOTHER 
CHAPTER IN THE 
STORY AND WE CAN 
GET BACK TO IT, 
GET OUR LIVES 
BACK ON STAGE. 
.
A NIGHT CAPPED OFF BY FIREWORKS 
AND
.
>> THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET NOW 
OFFICIAL. 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
CAPPING A 
HISTORIC 
CONVENTION WITH 
BIDEN GRASPING 
THE PRIZE THAT 
HAS ALLUDED HIM 
FOR MORE THAN 
THREE DECADES. 
>> I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> BIDEN 
DELIVERING THE 
MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL 
SPEECH OF HIS 
CAREER, A BLUNT 
BUT OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE THAT 
INCLUDED AN 
ATTACK ON 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WITHOUT EVER 
MENTIONING HIM 
BY NAME. 
>> I'LL BE AN 
ALLY OF THE 
LIGHT, NOT THE 
DARKNESS. 
IT IS TIME FOR 
US, FOR WE THE 
PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
>> BIDEN SAYING 
AMERICA IS 
FACING FOUR 
MAJOR CRISIS, 
THE PANDEMIC, 
THE ECONOMIC 
DOWNTURN, RACIAL 
STRIFE AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
CALLING THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION LIFE-
CHANGING. 
>> IT WILL 
DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA LOOKS 
LIKE FOR A LONG, 
LONG TIME. 
CHARACTER IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
COMPASSION IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
DECENCY, 
SCIENCE, 
DEMOCRACY. 
THEY'RE ALL ON 
THE BALLOT. 
>> MAKING IT 
CLEAR THAT THE 
FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID WOULD BE 
THE MOST URGENT 
TASK, LAYING OUT 
A PLAN TO COMBAT 
IT FROM RAPID 
TESTING TO A 
NATIONAL MASK 
MANDATE. 
>> WE WILL TAKE 
THE MUZZLE OFF 
OUR EXPERTS SO 
THE PUBLIC GETS 
THE INFORMATION 
THEY NEED AND 
DESERVE. 
HONEST, 
UNVARNISHED 
TRUTHS. 
THEY CAN HANDLE 
IT. 
>> BIDEN ALSO 
SPEAKING 
DIRECTLY TO 
FAMILIES 
IMPACTED BY 
COVID. 
DRAWING ON HIS 
OWN GRIEF, THE 
DEATHS OF HIS 
FIRST WIFE AND 
DAUGHTER IN 1972 
AND THE LOSS OF 
HIS ELDEST SON 
BEAU IN 2015. 
>> I HAVE SOME 
IDEA HOW IT 
FEELS TO LOSE 
SOMEONE THAT YOU 
KNOW. 
I KNOW THAT DEEP 
BLACK HOLE THAT 
OPENS UP IN THE 
MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 
BEING SUCKED 
INTO IT. 
YOUR LOVED ONE 
MAY HAVE LEFT 
THE EARTH BUT 
THEY WILL NEVER 
LEAVE YOUR 
HEART. 
>> THE DAYS OF 
COZYING UP TO 
DICTATORS IS 
OVER. 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
BIDEN, AMERICA 
WILL NOT TURN A 
BLIND EYE TO 
RUSSIAN BOUNTIES 
ON THE HEADS OF 
AMERICAN 
SOLDIERS. 
NOR WOULD I PUT 
UP WITH FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE ON 
THE MOST 
DEMOCRATIC 
EXERCISE, 
VOTING. 
>> BIDEN ALSO 
SAYING THAT THE 
NATION NEEDS TO 
CHANGE IN THE 
WAKE OF THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE 
FLOYD AND OTHER 
BLACK AMERICANS. 
>> WILL WE BE 
THE GENERATION 
THAT FINALLY 
RACISM FROM OUR 
CHARACTER. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MISSION. 
WE SHOULD BE 
ABLE TO SAY THE 
END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICA BEGAN 
HERE TONIGHT AS 
LOVE AND HOPE 
AND LIGHT JOIN 
IN THE BATTLE 
FOR THE SOUL OF 
THE NATION. 
AND THIS IS A 
BATTLE WE WILL 
WIN AND WE WILL 
DO IT TOGETHER. 
>> NOW, 
TYPICALLY 
NOMINEES HIT THE 
ROAD AND START 
TRAVELING TO 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES IN THE 
WAKE OF THEIR 
CONVENTION. 
DON'T EXPECT 
THAT THIS YEAR. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN 
BELIEVES THIS 
VIRTUAL 
CAMPAIGNING IS 
WORKING. 
SO EXPECT THAT 
TO CONTINUE IN 
THE NEAR TERM. 
MEANWHILE 
WATCHING IT ALL 
CLOSELY FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
HE TWEETED LAST 
NIGHT DURING THE 
CONVENTION, 
QUOTE, IN 47 
YEARS JOE BIDEN 
DID NONE OF THE 
THINGS OF WHICH 
HE NOW SPEAKS. 
HE WILL NEVER 
CHANGE. 
JUST WORDS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO MAKE 
HIS ARGUMENT FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS 
WHEN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION GETS 
UNDERWAY ON 
MONDAY. 
>>> THE QUESTION 
FOR US IS 
SIMPLE. 
ARE WE READY? 
I BELIEVE WE 
ARE. 
WE MUST BE. 
YOU KNOW, ALL 
ELECTIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT. 
WE KNOW IN OUR 
BONES THIS ONE 
IS MORE 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
IT IS WITH GREAT 
HONOR AND 
HUMILITY, I 
ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> I'M ANDREW 
YANG. 
YOU MIGHT KNOW 
ME AS THE GUY 
WHO RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT 
MATH IN THE 
FUTURE. 
>> WE MUST GIVE 
THIS COUNTRY OUR 
COUNTRY A CHANCE 
TO RECOVER. 
AND RECOVERY IS 
ONLY POSSIBLE 
WITH A CHANGE IN 
LEADERSHIP AND 
NEW IDEAS. 
>> PEOPLE OFTEN 
THINK THAT THEY 
CAN'T MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE LIKE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS 
ICONS. 
BUT EVERY PERSON 
IN THE MOVEMENT 
MATTERS. 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH 
FLOORS, STUFFED 
THE ENVELOPES. 
>> A WEDDING WE 
CELEBRATED. 
HERE WHERE I'M 
STANDING 
REFLECTS HOW 
THIS COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE. 
LOVE MAKES MY 
MARRIAGE REAL. 
BUT POLITICAL 
COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE. 
INCLUDING THAT 
OF JOE BIDEN WHO 
STEPPED OUT 
AHEAD EVEN OF 
THIS PARTY WHEN 
HE SAID THAT 
MARRIAGE 
EQUALITY OUGHT 
TO BE THE LAW OF 
THE LAND. 
>> HI. 
MY NAME IS BRIT 
FLEE AND I'M 13 
YEARS OLD. 
AND WITHOUT JOE 
BIDEN, I 
WOULDN'T BE 
TALKING TO YOU 
TODAY. 
ABOUT A FEW 
MONTHS AGO I MET 
HIM IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
HE TOLD ME THAT 
WE WERE MEMBERS 
OF THE SAME 
CLUB. 
IT WAS REALLY 
AMAZING TO HEAR 
THAT SOMEONE 
LIKE ME BECAME 
VICE PRESIDENT. 
>> JOE BIDEN YOU 
HAVE A HUMAN 
BEING WHO IS 
EMPATHETIC, WHO 
IS HONEST, WHO 
IS DECENT. 
LET ME TAKE A 
MOMENT TO SPEAK 
TO THOSE WHO 
HAVE LOST THE 
MOST. 
I HAVE SOME IDEA 
HOW IT FEELS TO 
LOSE SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE. 
I KNOW THAT DEEP 
BLACK HOLE THAT 
OPENS UP IN THE 
MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 
BEING SUCKED 
INTO IT. 
I FOUND THE BEST 
WAY THROUGH PAIN 
AND LOSS AND 
GRIEF IS TO FIND 
PURPOSE. 
>> WE MUST BE 
THE HEROES OF 
OUR GENERATION. 
OUR VOTE CAN BE 
OUR VOICE. 
>> WILL THEY BE 
STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES AS 
THEY GET PUT IN 
BY THE MAILMAN? 
WILL THEY BE 
TAKEN BY THE 
MALEMEN AND THE 
MAIL WOMEN. 
>> HE KNOWS HE 
CAN'T WIN FAIR 
AND SCARE. 
SO WHETHER YOU 
PLAN TO VOTE BY 
MAIL OR IN 
PERSON WEARING 
YOUR MASK, IT IS 
YOUR VOTE AND IT 
IS YOUR RIGHT. 
>> WE KNOW ABOUT 
THIS PRESIDENT 
IS THAT IF HE IS 
GIVEN FOUR MORE 
YEARS, IT WILL 
BE WHAT IT HAS 
BEEN FOR THE 
LAST FOUR YEARS. 
A PRESIDENT WHO 
TAKES NO 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
BLAMES OTHERS. 
COZIES UP TO 
DICTATORS AND 
FANS THE FLAMES 
OF HATE AND 
DIVISION. 
>> THAT'S THE 
KIND OF LEADER 
OUR SERVICE 
MEMBERS DESERVE. 
ONE THAT 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
RISKS THEY FACE 
AND PROTECT THEM 
BY DOING HIS JOB 
AS COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF. 
INSTEAD THEY 
HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF. 
>> SO WHAT DID 
YOU THINK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS' 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> IT WAS 
TREMENDOUS. 
I WAS SO HAPPY 
FOR HER. 
>> I KNOW. 
SHE IS FABULOUS. 
I CANNOT WAIT TO 
SEE HER DEBATE 
OUR CURRENT VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> I'VE NEVER 
BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN 
POLITICS. 
I HAVE SUPPORTED 
DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS AND 
INDEPENDENTS. 
HELL, I'VE 
ACTUALLY BEEN A 
DEMOCRAT, 
REPUBLICAN AND 
INDEPENDENT. 
I'M NOT ASKING 
YOU TO VOTE 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP BECAUSE HE 
IS A BAD GUY. 
I'M URGING YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST 
HIM BECAUSE HE 
HAS DONE A BAD 
JOB. 
>> WE WILL NEVER 
GET OUR ECONOMY 
BACK ON TRACK 
AND OUR KIDS 
SAFELY BACK IN 
SCHOOLS AND OUR 
LIVES BACK UNTIL 
WE DEAL WITH 
THIS VIRUS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
KEEPS TELLING US 
THE VIRUS IS 
GOING TO 
DISAPPEAR. 
HE KEEPS WAITING 
FOR A MIRACLE. 
WELL, I HAVE 
NEWS FOR HIM. 
NO MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
LET'S NOW WORK 
TOGETHER AND 
STAND TOGETHER 
AND AMERICA 
TOGETHER WE WILL 
RISE. 
>> WHETHER 
YOU'RE 
PROGRESSIVES OR 
MODERATES OR 
CONSERVATIVES, 
YOU'VE GOT TO 
COME TOGETHER TO 
DEFEAT THIS 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MOMENT TO MAKE 
HISTORY. 
WITH PASSION AND 
PURPOSE. 
WE SHOULD BE 
ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS BEGAN 
HERE TONIGHT. 
THANK YOU AND 
MAY GOD BLESS 
YOU AND MAY GOD 
PROTECT OUR 
TROOPS. 
GOOD NIGHT. 
 
STARTING US
>> WE'RE JOINED 
NOW BY ONE OF 
THE SPEAKERS 
FEATURED AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION THIS 
WEEK, NEW YORK 
GOVERNOR ANDREW 
CUOMO. 
GOVERNOR, ALWAYS 
GOOD TO HAVE 
YOU. 
THANKS FOR YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD TO BE 
WITH YOU, CRAIG. 
THANK YOU. 
>> MR. BIDEN 
LAST NIGHT 
CAPPING OFF A 
WEEK OF 
DEMOCRATS MAKING 
THEIR CASE. 
A WEEK FILLED 
WITH STARK 
WARNINGS. 
LAST NIGHT 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE BATTLE FOR 
THE SOUL OF THE 
NATION. 
WE KNOW HE LOVES 
THE CROWD. 
HAD TO DO IT 
VIRTUALLY. 
HOW DID HE DO? 
DID HE STICK THE 
LANDING. 
>> OH, YEAH. 
I THINK HE DID A 
GREAT JOB. 
FIRST, AS 
SOMEONE WHO HAS 
BEEN BEFORE AN 
AUDIENCE IN A 
SITUATION LIKE 
THAT, IT IS HARD 
WITHOUT AN 
AUDIENCE. 
YOU KNOW, 
THERE'S NO 
ENERGY, THERE'S 
NO GIVE AND 
TAKE. 
SO I THINK HE 
DID AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
JOB. 
WHAT I LIKE 
ABOUT T I HAVE 
KNOWN JOE BIDEN 
MANY YEARS. 
THAT WAS JOE 
BIDEN. 
THAT WAS NOT A 
SPEECH WRITER OR 
SOMEONE PUTTING 
WORDS IN HIS 
MOUTH. 
THOSE WORDS CAME 
FROM HIS HEART 
AND SOUL. 
AND I THOUGHT HE 
CAPTURED IT 
WELL. 
THIS IS NOT A 
COMPLEX 
ELECTION, LET'S 
BE HONEST. 
THESE ARE TWO 
VERY STARK 
CHOICES. 
AND THEY ARE 
ABOUT CHARACTER 
AND THEY ARE 
ABOUT THE SOUL 
OF THE NATION. 
AND THEY ARE 
LIGHT AND DARK 
AND UNIFICATION 
AND DIVISION AND 
LIFTING UP AND 
TAKING US DOWN. 
THAT'S WHAT THIS 
IS ABOUT, THIS 
ELECTION. 
FACING COVID AND 
HANDLING THIS 
BEAST AFTER SIX 
MONTHS. 
>> VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
LAYING OUT HIS 
PLAN TO RESPOND 
TO THE PANDEMIC 
ON THURSDAY 
NIGHT. 
LET'S TURN TO 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
NEW YORK. 
13 STRAIGHT DAYS 
IF I'M NOT 
MISTAKEN WITH 
THE POSITIVITY 
RATE OF LESS 
THAN 1%. 
SCHOOLS SET TO 
OPEN IN NEW YORK 
CITY. 
ESPECIALLY THE 
LARGEST SCHOOL 
DISTRICT IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
SCHOOL SET TO 
START IN A FEW 
WEEKS. 
THE LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
CHICAGO AND L.A. 
DECIDED TO GO 
VIRTUAL. 
HOW CONFIDENT 
ARE YOU THAT NEW 
YORK SCHOOLS ARE 
READY TO REOPEN? 
>> WELL, IT IS 
FIRST FINGERS 
CROSSED ON ALL 
OF THIS, RIGHT. 
BUT WE HAVE GONE 
FROM THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATE 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES TO THE 
LOWEST INFECTION 
RATE, AS YOU 
KNOW. 
IF THERE IS ANY 
STATE THAT CAN 
REOPEN IT IS. 
WE DID A RECORD 
NUMBER OF TESTS 
YESTERDAY, 
100,000 TESTS. 
WE TEST WAY MORE 
THAN ANY OTHER 
STATE. 
WE ARE DOWN TO A 
.7 INFECTION 
RATE. 
SO THAT IS VERY 
LOW. 
WE'VE BEEN 
REOPENING FOR 14 
WEEKS, CRAIG. 
AND OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
ACTUALLY WENT 
DOWN. 
SO YOU CAN 
HANDLE THIS 
BEAST. 
RIGHT. 
IF YOU'RE 
SERIOUS ABOUT 
IT. 
ON SCHOOLS, WE 
HAVE SAID YOU 
CAN OPEN 
SCHOOLS. 
THEN IT IS A 
QUESTION SCHOOL 
DISTRICT BY 
SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
IT IS HOW YOU DO 
IT. 
SURE YOU CAN. 
BUT IT IS HOW. 
YOU HAVE TO BE 
SMART AND HAVE 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
WE'RE WORKING 
THAT THROUGH 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
BY SCHOOL 
DISTRICT. 
IF THE PARENTS 
ARE NOT HAPPY 
AND CONFIDENT 
AND IF THE 
TEACHERS ARE NOT 
CONFIDENT, YOU 
DON'T HAVE A 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
REOPENING 
BECAUSE YOU 
CAN'T REOPEN 
WITHOUT PARENTS 
AND TEACHERS. 
WE'RE WORKING 
THROUGH THAT 
NOW. 
AND WE WILL MAKE 
DIFFERENT 
DECISIONS IN 
DIFFERENT 
DISTRICTS. 
BUT FROM MY 
POINT OF VIEW, 
AS LONG AS 
THEY'RE SAFE AND 
SMART, WHATEVER 
A LOCAL DISTRICT 
WANTS TO DO, OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
IS LOW RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> IF YOU HAD 
SCHOOL-AGED 
CHILDREN IN NEW 
YORK CITY, WOULD 
YOU SEND THEM TO 
SCHOOL. 
>> THEY'RE STILL 
ORANGING OUT 
WHAT THE PLAN 
WOULD BE. 
I WOULD HAVE A 
LOT OF 
QUESTIONS. 
PARENTS DO HAVE 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS. 
THIS IS A RISKY 
PROPOSITION, NO 
MATTER HOW YOU 
DO IT. 
LET'S BE HONEST. 
YOU'RE BRINGING 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
INTO A 
CONGREGATE 
SETTING. 
DO YOU HAVE THE 
TESTING AND THE 
TRACING AND THE 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
REQUIREMENTS? 
HOW ARE YOU 
GOING TO HANDLE 
IT? 
WE HAVE SEEN 
SCHOOLS OPEN. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
COLLEGES OPEN 
AND GET INTO 
TROUBLE IN ONE 
WEEK. 
SO THERE'S A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS TO 
ANSWER BEFORE. 
BUT THAT'S THE 
DIALOGUE WE'RE 
HAVING NOW. 
AND, AGAIN, IF 
IT'S NOT A SMART 
PLAN, THEN IT 
SHOULDN'T 
HAPPEN. 
AND WE HAVE 700 
SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS. 
I'M SURE WE WILL 
HAVE 700 
DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS IN NEW 
YORK. 
>> GOVERNOR, YOU 
SIGNED THIS BILL 
EXPANDING AND 
PROTECTING MAIL-
IN VOTING 
THROUGHOUT NEW 
YORK STATE. 
AS YOU KNOW, 
GOVERNOR, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
CONTINUED TO SAY 
THAT MAIL-IN 
VOTING IS FRAUD. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY 
TO FOLKS THAT 
ARE LISTENING 
AND CONCERNED 
ABOUT THE IDEA 
OF MAIL-IN 
VOTING? 
>> YEAH. 
I DON'T GET THIS 
RIFE WITH FRAUD. 
I THINK THIS IS 
A SET UP. 
I THINK THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
ANTICIPATING 
LOSING ON 
ELECTION DAY. 
AND THEN WE'RE 
GOING TO HEAR 
HIM SAY, OH, 
THERE WAS FRAUD 
IN THE ELECTION. 
RIGHT. 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
VERY GOOD AT 
ALWAYS 
ESTABLISHING A 
CONSPIRACY. 
I THINK THAT'S 
THE CONSPIRACY 
HE IS SETTING. 
WE DO. 
WE DO THINGS 
THROUGH THE MAIL 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE PAY BILLS 
THROUGH THE 
MAIL. 
WE OPERATE 
THROUGH THE 
MAIL. 
I THINK MAIL-IN 
VOTING MAKES 
TREMENDOUS 
SENSE. 
ESPECIALLY NOW. 
I DON'T WANT 
PEOPLE ONLINES 
ON ELECTION DAY 
WHEN WE FOUGHT 
SO HARD TO GET 
THIS VIRUS UNDER 
CONTROL. 
SO WE'RE MAKING 
IT EASY TO DO 
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
WE HAVE NOW TEN 
DAYS OF VOTING. 
SO YOU CAN VOTE, 
MAIL IN A BALLOT 
WITHIN TEN DAYS. 
AND WE ALSO HAVE 
COVID -- FEAR OF 
COVID AS A LEGAL 
REASON FOR AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT. 
I THINK THAT 
MAKES THE MOST 
AMOUNT OF SENSE. 
>> NEW YORK 
GOVERNOR CUOMO. 
GREAT HAVING 
YOU. 
ENJOY YOUR 
WEEKEND. 
>> THANKS. 
YOU TOO, BUDDY. 
>>> OUR FOCUS 
NOW TURNS TO THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION THAT 
BEGINS MONDAY 
NIGHT. 
HERE WITH A LOOK 
AHEAD OF WHAT 
EXPECT IS 
GARRETT. 
GOOD MORNING TO 
YOU, GARRETT. 
>> HEY. 
GOOD MORNING. 
WE CAN EXPECT 
THIS TO BE A 
LITTLE MORE -- 
GO AHEAD. 
>> GO AHEAD. 
THAT'S -- YOU'RE 
JUMPING INTO 
WHAT I WAS GOING 
TO ASK YOU. 
PEOPLE WANT TO 
KNOW WHAT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
AND WILL IT BE 
DIFFERENT THAN 
WHAT WE 
WITNESSED FROM 
THE DEMOCRATS. 
>> I THINK THIS 
WILL BE CLOSER 
TO WHAT WE WOULD 
SEE AT A TYPICAL 
POLITICAL 
CONVENTION. 
THE DELEGATES 
WILL GATHER IN 
CHARLOTTE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
WILL VISIT THEM 
IN PERSON AT 
SOME POINT 
DURING THE WEEK. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE MORE IN-
PERSON EVENTS 
WITH ACTUAL LIVE 
AUDIENCE. 
WHEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
ACCEPTS HIS 
RENOMINATION ON 
MONDAY NIGHT, 
THE PRESIDENT 
MAY HAVE AS MANY 
AS 1500 PEOPLE 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE WHEN HE 
ACCEPTS 
RENOMINATION ON 
THURSDAY. 
AND JUST THE 
FACT THAT HE IS 
DOING THAT AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS A SIGNIFICANT 
BREAK FROM 
TRADITION. 
WE HAVE NOT SEEN 
A MODERN 
PRESIDENT DO 
THAT. 
BUT THE WHITE 
HOUSE WANTS THIS 
TO FEEL BIG AND 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE LIVE 
AUDIENCE THERE 
TO REACT TO THE 
SPEECH. 
>> FINALLY, 
GARRETT, WHAT 
ABOUT THE 
MESSAGE THAT 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
DELIVER TO 
VOTERS? 
ANY WORD ON 
THAT. 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING, I 
SPENT MOST OF 
THIS WEEK IN 
WISCONSIN 
TALKING TO TRUMP 
VOTERS. 
THEY WANT TO 
HEAR A MORE 
HOPEFUL MESSAGE. 
THEY WANT TO 
HEAR WITH WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
PLANS TO DO AND 
LESS ABOUT HIS 
ENEMIES AND LESS 
ABOUT THE THINGS 
THAT HAVE 
ANIMATED SOME OF 
HIS SPEECHES 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE MORE 
RECENTLY. 
BUT THE REALITY 
IS THE CORE 
TRUMP VOTERS ARE 
NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE AND THE 
CONVENTION WILL 
BE FIRING THEM 
UP FOR NOVEMBER. 
>> BUSY WEEK 
AHEAD FOR YOU 
FOR SURE. 
WATCH LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL 
NEXT WEEK HERE 
ON NBC BEGINNING 
MONDAY NIGHT AT 
10:00 EASTERN, 
7:00 PACIFIC. 
.
THIS MORN
>> THIS MORNING 
STEVE BANNON 
ONCE A TOP AIDE 
TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS OUT ON 
$5 MILLION BAIL 
AFTER BEING 
INDICTED ON 
FEDERAL FRAUD 
CHARGES. 
>> PROSECUTORS 
SAY THE 66-YEAR-
OLD, ALONG WITH 
THREE OTHERS, 
RAISED MORE THAN 
$25 MILLION IN A 
CROWD FUNDING 
CAMPAIGN THEY 
SAID WOULD GO 
ENTIRELY TO 
BUILD SECTIONS 
OF THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER WALL. 
>> IT IS ALL TO 
SUPPORT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND WHAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS TRYING TO DO 
TO GET A 
PHYSICAL BARRIER 
ON THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER. 
>> BANNON IS 
AUSED OF TAKING 
$1 MILLION FOR 
HIS LAVISH 
LIFESTYLE. 
HE WAS ARRESTED 
ON BOARD A YACHT 
THAT HE DOES NOT 
OWN WHERE HE WAS 
DRINKING COFFEE 
AND READING A 
BOOK. 
A 38-YEAR-OLD 
AIR FORCE 
VETERAN AND 
TRIPLE AMPUTEE 
FROM FLORIDA. 
HE IS ACCUSED OF 
TAKING MORE THAN 
$350,000 IN 
DONATIONS, 
SPENDING IT ON 
HOME 
RENOVATIONS, 
BOAT PAYMENTS 
AND EVEN 
COSMETIC 
SURGERY. 
BANNON WAS A 
FORMER CHIEF 
STRATEGIST AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND ONE OF THE 
ARCHITECTS OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 2016 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> I FEEL BADLY. 
I HAVEN'T BEEN 
DEALING WITH HIM 
FOR A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
I KNOW NOTHING 
ABOUT THE OTHER 
THAN I DIDN'T 
LIKE WHEN I READ 
ABOUT IT I 
DIDN'T LIKE IT. 
>> LONG TIME 
ALLY TOLD THE 
"NEW YORK TIMES" 
IN AN INTERVIEW 
LAST YEAR THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THE PROJECT HAS 
MY BLESSING AND 
YOU CAN TELL THE 
MEDIA THAT. 
>> I DIDN'T KNOW 
-- I DIDN'T KNOW 
THAT. 
I DIDN'T KNOW 
ABOUT BANNON'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
>> BANNON IS 
JUST THE LATEST 
CLOSE TRUMP 
ASSOCIATE TO 
FACE CRIMINAL 
CHARGES. 
AMONG THEM PAUL 
MANAFORT, LONG 
TIME ADVISER 
ROGER STONE, 
MICHAEL FLYNN, 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 
RICK GATES, 
FORMER POLICY 
ADVISER GEORGE 
PAPADOPOULOS AND 
FORMER FIXER 
MICHAEL COHEN. 
BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN 
POUNCED. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
HAS RUN THE MOST 
CORRUPT 
ADMINISTRATION 
IN HISTORY. 
>> ALSO 
SEPARATELY ON 
THURSDAY A 
FEDERAL JUDGE 
BLOCKED 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S LATEST 
ATTEMPT TO 
PREVENT A 
MANHATTAN 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY FROM 
GETTING HIS TAX 
RETURNS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
CALLING IT A 
FISHING 
EXPEDITION. 
BUT ALL OF THAT 
LEGAL MANEUVERS 
MEANS THAT THE 
CASE WON'T BE 
RESOLVED BEFORE 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
>>> THESE ARE 
THE WALLS OF 
FLAMES FUELED BY 
BONE-DRY 
CONDITIONS, 
LEAVING ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
RUINS. 
>> IT ONLY TOOK 
A FEW MINUTES TO 
GET HERE. 
>> NOT FAR FROM 
NAPA VALLEY, 
IMPOSSIBLE 
CONDITIONS 
FACED. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TIME TO GET IN 
FRONT OF IT. 
IT IS JUST LIFE 
SAFETY AND 
EVACUATIONS. 
>> EXPLODING 
AGAIN OVERNIGHT, 
FLAMES LEAPED 
OVER AN 8-LANE 
FREEWAY. 
FORCING TENS OF 
THOUSANDS TO 
FLEE AS NEW SPOT 
FIRES IGNITE 
WITH FURY. 
OVERNIGHT 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT THE 
SPRAWLING CAMPUS 
OF U.S. SANTA 
CRUZ FORCED TO 
EVACUATE. 
SOME HOMEOWNERS 
RACING TO SAVE 
THEIR PROPERTY. 
AUTHORITIES NOW 
CONFIRMING 
MULTIPLE 
FATALITIES. 
FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS, 
IT HAS BEEN A 
CAT AND MOUSE 
GAME WITH 
FIREFIGHTERS 
TRYING TO CATCH 
UP WITH HOT 
EMBERS TRAVELING 
THROUGH THE AIR 
FOR MILES. 
THEY'RE LOSING 
HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> CREWS SAVED 
THIS OBSERVATORY 
ATOP MOUNT 
HAMILTON. 
BUT THE HISTORIC 
STRUCTURE AND 
ITS TELESCOPES 
MAY STILL BE IN 
DANGER. 
THOSE FAR FROM 
THE FRONT LINES 
MAY BE AT RISK 
FROM THE SMOKE 
AS NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA 
ENDURES ANOTHER 
DAY OF HAZARDOUS 
AIR. 
>> WE WILL SEE 
INCREASING RATES 
OF HEART ATTACKS 
AND STROKES ON 
DAYS LIKE TODAY. 
THIS IS A SEVERE 
HEALTH PROBLEM. 
>>> NASA 
SATELLITES 
CAPTURES THIS 
ENORMOUS SMOKE 
PLUME, 
STRETCHING 
NEARLY 600 
MILES. 
AND IN THE SMOKE-
FILLED SKIES 
NEAR FRESNO, THE 
FIRE FIGHT 
CLAIMED THE LIFE 
OF MIKE, A 
VETERAN 
HELICOPTER PILOT 
AND BELOVED 
FATHER. 
>> I LOVE YOU. 
I WILL CONTINUE 
TO MAKE YOU 
PROUD. 
>> THIS MORNIN 
FAMILIES COPING 
WITH SUDDEN LOSS 
AS AN ENTIRE 
REGION BRACES 
FOR THE 
UNCERTAINTY THIS 
NEW DAY MAY 
BRING. 
>> THIS MORNING 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CONCERNED THAT 
THEY MAY FIND 
MORE BODIES AS 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT BACK THESE 
FIRES. 
BUT THERE IS 
SOME GOOD NEWS. 
THE WEATHER 
CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TO 
IMPROVE THIS 
WEEKEND. 
AND FIREFIGHTERS 
NEED ALL THE 
HELP THEY CAN 
GET. 
 
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>>> RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS DENY 
POISONING AND 
WISHED HIM WELL. 
BUTSA AIDES AND 
FAMILY DON'T 
BELIEVE IT. 
HE HAS TOO MANY 
ENEMIES IN 
RUSSIA TO COUNT. 
FOR YEARS HE HAS 
MADE HIGHLY 
PRODUCED NAME 
AND SHAME 
ANTICORRUPTION 
VIDEOS, OFTEN 
FLYING DRONES 
OVER THE 
MANSIONS OF 
RUSSIAN 
OLIGARCHS. 
NO ONE IN 
PUTIN'S INNER 
CIRCLE HAS BEEN 
IMMUNE, 
INCLUDING PUTIN 
HIMSELF. 
HE WAS ALREADY 
POISONED IN 
POLICE CUSTODY 
LAST YEAR. 
ANOTHER TIME HE 
HAD A GREEN DYE 
THROWN IN HIS 
FACE. 
IT LEFT HIM 
TEMPORARILY 
STAINED AND HE 
SAID IT NEARLY 
BLINDED HIM. 
THIS TIME HIS 
SPOKEWOMAN SAYS 
THAT HE MAY HAVE 
HAD A POISON 
SLIPPED INTO HIS 
TEA. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
THAT'S WHAT HE 
IS DRINKING IN 
THIS PHOTOGRAPH 
BEFORE BOARDING 
A FLIGHT FROM 
SIBERIA TO 
MOSCOW. 
HE QUICKLY 
BECAME ILL MID-
FLIGHT, MOANING 
IN AGONY, 
FORCING THE 
PLANE TO MAKE AN 
EMERGENCY 
LANDING. 
HE WAS RUSHED TO 
THE HOSPITAL. 
WHEN ASKED, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAD LITTLE TO 
SAY ABOUT 
PUTIN'S MOST 
EFFECTIVE AND 
RELENTLESS 
CRITICS. 
>> WE ARE 
LOOKING AT IT. 
MIKE WILL BE 
REPORTING TO ME 
SOON. 
OKAY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ACE 
CRITICS POUNCE. 
>> WE HAVE HEARD 
NOTHING FROM 
POMPEO, WE HAVE 
HEARD NOTHING 
FROM, YOU KNOW, 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
AND IT IS A 
DEMONSTRATION OF 
THE MORAL 
BANKRUPTCY. 
BUT ALSO THE 
CLEAR AND 
PRESENT DANGER 
THAT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
POSES TO OUR 
FREEDOMS, TO OUR 
VALUES. 
>> HIS 
SUPPORTERS 
ACCUSE RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS OF 
STALLING 
TACTICS. 
OF TRYING TO 
KEEP HIM IN THE 
COUNTRY AS LONG 
AS POSSIBLE 
UNTIL THERE IS 
NO EVIDENCE 
ANYMORE OF WHAT 
THEY SAY IS 
POISON IN HIS 
BODY. 
>>> IT IS A 
LANDMARK DAY IN 
THE HIGH PROFILE 
COLLEGE 
ADMISSIONS 
SCANDAL. 
LORI LOUGHLIN 
AND HIS HUSBAND 
AWAIT THEIR 
FATES. 
IN A SENTENCING 
MEMO FILED 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK WITH THE 
U.S. DISTRICT 
COURT IN 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS 
URGED THE JUDGE 
TO ACCEPT PLEA 
DEALS TO CALL 
FOR TWO MONTHS 
BEHIND BARS FOR 
LORI LOUGHLIN 
AND FIVE MONTHS 
FOR HER HUSBAND 
AS WELL AS A 
$250,000 FINE 
AND 250 HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE PLUS A 
$150,000 FINE 
AND 100 HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE FOR LORI 
LOUGHLIN. 
AFTER FIGHTING 
THE CHARGES FOR 
MORE THAN A YEAR 
THEY PLEADED 
GUILTY IN MAY TO 
ONE COUNT TO 
COMMIT WIRE AND 
MAIL FRAUD. 
ADMITTING 
FALSELY 
PORTRAYING THEIR 
DAUGHTERS AS 
CREW MEMBERS TO 
GET THEM INTO 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
THE MEMO CALLS 
HIM THE MORE 
ACTIVE 
PARTICIPANT 
SINCE THE 
FASHION DESIGNER 
CONFRONTED THE 
HIGH SCHOOL 
COUNCILOR THAT 
HE CALLED NOSY 
AND LORI 
LOUGHLIN CALLED 
A WEASEL, 
BRAISINGLY LYING 
ABOUT HIS 
DAUGHTER'S 
ATHLETIC AND 
THES. 
LORI LOUGHLIN 
TOOK A LESS 
ACTIVE RULE BUT 
NONETHELESS 
FULLY 
COMAPPROXIMATE 
POLICITY. 
COACHING HER 
DAUGHTER NOT TO 
SAY TOO MUCH TO 
HER HIGH SCHOOL 
COUNSELOR. 
THE COUPLE'S 
DAUGHTER HAVE 
NOT BEEN CHARGED 
OF ANY CRIMES. 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, THEY 
WILL APPEAR 
SEPARATELY VIA 
VIDEO 
CONFERENCE. 
ONE MAJOR 
UNKNOWN HEADING 
INTO THE 
SENTENCING 
HEARING, COULD 
ONGOING 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS SHORTEN 
OR EVEN 
ELIMINATE 
POTENTIAL PRISON 
TIME. 
>> IF I'M 
REPRESENTING THE 
DEFENDANTS I'M 
GOING TO LOOK 
OVER THEIR 
MEDICAL HISTORY 
CLOSELY TO SEE 
IF I SHOULD 
ADVISE THE COURT 
OF ANY 
PREEXISTING 
CONDITION THAT 
COULD THREATEN 
THEIR HEALTH OR 
SAFETY WHILE 
BEING 
INCARCERATED. 
>> SEVERAL OTHER 
PARENTS TIED TO 
THE SCANDAL HAVE 
ALREADY GONE TO 
PRISON, 
INCLUDING 
FELICITY HUFFMAN 
WHO PLEADED 
GUILTY LAST 
YEAR, SERVING 11 
DAYS. 
NOW A PIVOTAL 
DAY FOR THIS 
COUPLE FAR FROM 
THE GLITZ AND 
GLAMOUR OF 
HOLLYWOOD. 
>> IF THEY GET 
PRISON TIME, 
WHERE WILL THEY 
SERVE THAT. 
>> FIRST AND 
FOREMOST TODAY, 
THE JUDGE MUST 
DECIDE IF HE IS 
ACCEPTING THE 
PLEA DEALS. 
IF HE DOES, 
EXPERTS TELL US 
THAT THEY WOULD 
LIKELY SERVE 
TIME IN A 
MINIMUM SECURITY 
FACILITY HERE IN 
THEIR HOME STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA 
JUST LIKE 
FELICITY 
HUFFMAN. 
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>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
CHANGING COURSE 
NATIONWIDE, 
HALTING IN-
PERSON CLASSES 
AFTER COVID 
OUTBREAKS. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF NORTH GEORGIA 
AND THIS SCENE 
NEAR OKLAHOMA 
STATE UNIVERSITY 
JUST BEFORE 
SCHOOL STARTED. 
OVER THE WEEKEND 
AN OFF CAMPUS 
SORORITY HOUSE 
QUARANTINED WITH 
23 MEMBERS 
TESTING 
POSITIVE. 
THE SCHOOL IS 
HOPING TO KEEP 
23,000 STUDENTS 
SAFE WITH A HIGH 
TECH SOLUTION TO 
CONTACT TRACING. 
SOMETHING THAT 
USES COURSE 
ATTENDANCE TO 
CAMPUS PURCHASES 
AND WI-FI ON 
THEIR PHONES 
WHEN THEY STEP 
FOOT ON CAMPUS. 
WE FOLLOWED 
JARED MOORE FOR 
A DAY IN THE 
LIFE OF A 
COLLEGE 
FRESHMAN. 
LEAVING HIS 
FRATERNITY 
HOUSE, HE HEADS 
TOWARDS CAMPUS. 
FIRST STOP, THE 
STUDENT UNION TO 
BUY A SNACK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THEN IT IS 
OFF TO CLASS. 
>> AFTERWARDS A 
QUICK STOP AT 
THE LIBRARY. 
A SHORT BREAK AT 
A PET THERAPY 
EVENT. 
FINALLY, 
LUNCHTIME WHERE 
JARED GOES OFF 
CAMPUS. 
THEN AN GYM 
SESSION BEFORE 
HEADING BACK TO 
HIS FRATERNITY 
HOUSE. 
THE NEXT DAY A 
LOOK BEHIND A 
HIGH TECH 
CURTAIN. 
>> THERE WAS A 
FOOD PURCHASE. 
THAT'S A CARD 
SWIPE. 
>> DR. HAWKINS 
OVERSEAS THE 
CONTACT TRACING 
TECHNOLOGY. 
>> THOSE ARE THE 
ONES HIGHLIGHTED 
IN ORANGE. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
POSSIBLE CONTACT 
LOCATIONS. 
>> WITH MORE 
THAN 5,000 WI-FI 
HOT SPOTS AROUND 
CAMPUS, THEY CAN 
KNOW EXACTLY 
WHERE A SICK 
STUDENT MAY HAVE 
BEEN. 
>> WHAT THIS 
BASICALLY TELLS 
US IS THE 
BUILDINGS HE WAS 
IN FOR AT LEAST 
15 MINUTES 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY. 
>> AND 
SPECIFICALLY 
WHERE IN THOSE 
BUILDINGS. 
>> AND WHERE IN 
THOSE BUILDINGS. 
>> SO IF I GO 
INTO THE LIBRARY 
YOU'RE NOT ONLY 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SAY I WAS ON 
THE FIRST FLOOR, 
BUT I WAS ON 
THIS SIDE OF THE 
BUILDING IN THE 
FIRST FLOOR. 
HERE IS WHO I 
COULD HAVE COME 
INTO CONTACT 
WITH. 
>> YES. 
>> WHEN IT COMES 
TO OFF CAMPUS. 
>> WE WOULD NOT 
BE ABLE TO TRACK 
THAT. 
THIS IS LIMITED 
TO ON CAMPUS 
ACTIVITY. 
>> AS FAR AS 
HAVING THE 
ACTIVITY 
TRACKED, 
STUDENTS HAVE 
MIXED FEELINGS. 
>> IT FEELS LIKE 
WE'RE BEING 
SPIED ON BUT NOT 
REALLY. 
IF IT HELPS US 
WITH COVID AND 
KEEPS US SAFE 
FROM THE HARMFUL 
EFFECTS OF IT, 
I'M ALL FOR IT. 
>> THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PRESIDENT 
EXPRESSING THE 
INFORMATION 
GATHERED IS 
PRIVATE. 
>> WE HAVE A LOT 
OF INFORMATION 
ON EVERYONE ON 
THE CAMPUS. 
WE DON'T 
DISTRIBUTE IT OR 
SHARE IT WITH 
ANYBODY. 
>> TO HAVE 20 
MEMBERS OF A 
SORORITY TEST 
POSITIVE, DO YOU 
FEEL PREPARED. 
>> IT WORKED THE 
WAY IT WAS 
SUPPOSE TODAY 
WORK. 
SOMEBODY CAME IN 
THAT WAS A 
POSITIVE. 
>> FOR STUDENTS, 
EDUCATORS AND 
UNIVERSITY 
LEADERS, 
NAVIGATING THIS 
PANDEMIC MAY BE 
THE TOUGHEST 
CLASS YET. 
>> NOW, ANOTHER 
BIG PART OF 
CAMPUS LIFE IS 
OF COURSE 
SPORTS. 
OKLAHOMA STATE 
PART OF THE BIG 
12 CONFERENCE. 
AS OF RIGHT NOW 
THEIR FOOTBALL 
SEASON IS 
INTACT. 
THERE WILL BE NO 
TAILGATING. 
FANS HAVE TO 
WEAR MASKS AND 
AS FAR AS FANS 
IN THE STANDS, 
THEY'RE WORKING 
THAT OUT STILL. 
>>> IN 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
TEACHERS TAKING 
TO THE STREETS. 
DEMANDING MORE 
OF A SAY IN THE 
REOPENING PLAN. 
AND ANGRY THEY 
MUST DELIVERY 
MOTE LESSONS 
FROM CLASSROOMS 
THEY WORRY 
AREN'T SAFE. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
ISSUE THAT WE 
HAVE IS EDUCATOR 
VOICE IS NOT 
BEING USED IN 
DECISION MAKING. 
>> THERE'S 
MISTRUST AMONG 
DETROIT PUBLIC 
SCHOOL TEACHERS 
TOO. 
THEY 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
AUTHORIZED A 
POTENTIAL SAFETY 
STRIKE, WORKING 
REMOTELY IF THE 
COVID CONCERNS 
ARE NOT MET. 
THREAT OF A 
STRIKE IN NEW 
YORK CITY, THE 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO OFFERED A 
NEW SAFETY PLAN. 
PROMISING PPE 
SUPPLIES FOR 30 
DAYS IN EVERY 
SCHOOL. 
BETTER 
VENTILATION. 
AND FREE COVID 
TESTS FOR 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT CITY-
RUN SITES. 
>> IF IT IS NOT 
SAFE, WE WON'T 
REOPEN. 
>> THE MAYOR 
REMINDING 
TEACHERS THEY 
ARE PUBLIC 
SERVANTS. 
>> SHOW UP AND 
SERVE PEOPLE. 
THAT'S WHAT OUR 
CONSTITUENTS 
DEPEND ON. 
>> ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL TEACHER 
CHRISTIE JOSEPH 
WANTS TO TEACH 
IN PERSON BUT 
SHE IS WORRIED. 
>> HOW AM I 
GOING TO GET 
THEM TO WEAR A 
MASK. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL WILL LOOK 
AT NEAR LOS 
ANGELES. 
SANITIZED 
STATIONS IN 
EVERY CLASSROOM 
AND PLENTY OF 
VISUAL REMINDERS 
TO EASE ANXIOUS 
PARENTS. 
>> I WILL SEE 
HOW IT GOES. 
IF I SEE 
ANYTHING THAT 
I'M NOT OKAY 
WITH, MY KID 
AIN'T COMING 
BACK. 
>> IN VERMONT 
THE CONCERN IS 
THE POTENTIAL 
SHORTAGE OF 
SUBSTITUTE 
TEACHERS. 
THE PRINCIPAL IS 
TURNING TO 
COLLEGE 
STUDENTS, 
INSPIRED BY HIS 
DAUGHTER. 
>> I THINK THEY 
HAVE THE SKILLS. 
I THINK THEY 
HAVE THE 
KNOWLEDGE AND 
THE EMPATHY. 
AND I THINK THEY 
CAN DO IT. 
YOU KNOW, I HAVE 
A LOT OF FAITH 
IN YOUNG PEOPLE. 
>> NOW, BACK 
HERE IN NEW 
YORK, THE CITY 
IS THE ONLY ONE 
OF THE NATION'S 
NINE LARGEST 
DISTRICTS TO 
OPEN AT LEAST IT 
PLANS TO OPEN 
WITH AN IN-
PERSON OPTION. 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL HERE IS 
SEPTEMBER 10th. 
>> TO UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> IT IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
EDITION. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
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. 
>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOBS 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> AM I GOING TO 
DECIDE TAKING 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT THAT WE 
CAN DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY WILL 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON. 
>> AND DEATH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE ARE 
UNDER ATTACK IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY NEVER 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THEY WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> FOUR WEEKS. 
THAT'S HOW LONG 
IT TOOK FOR THE 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE OF 
PENNSYLVANIA TO 
REPORT ITS 
PRIMARY RESULTS 
THIS SPRING. 
WHY? 
ONE ELECTION 
OFFICIAL TELLS 
NBC NEWS THEIR 
BIGGEST HOLD-UP 
WAS DUE TO THE 
TIME THAT IT 
TOOK TO REMOVE 
BALLOTS FROM 
ENVELOPES BEFORE 
THEY COULD BE 
COUNTED. 
VOTING EXPERTS 
SAY THERE IS AN 
EASY WAY TO FIX 
THIS. 
ALLOT BALLOT 
PROCESSING TO 
BEGIN EARLIER. 
THIS CAN BE DONE 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> IT MEANS THAT 
WE GET ALL OF 
THOSE BALLOTS 
THROUGH AND WE 
CAN REPORT 
TOTALS MUCH 
SOONER. 
>> MORE THAN A 
DOZEN STATES 
DON'T ALLOW 
OFFICIALS TO 
TOUCH BALLOTS 
UNTIL ELECTION 
DAY. 
IN SWING STATES 
LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
MICHIGAN AND 
WISCONSIN 
ESPECIALLY 
ALLOWING 
PROCESSING EARLY 
COULD MAKE A 
HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
>> THIS IS 
SIMILAR TO IF, 
FOR INSTANCE, 
APRIL 15th WHEN 
THE TAX 
DEADLINE, IF WE 
TOLD PEOPLE 
SUBMIT YOUR 
TAXES, TAXES, 
TAXES, BUT 
DIDN'T ALLOW THE 
IRS TO START 
PROCESSING 
RETURNS UNTIL 
APRIL 15th AND 
EXPECTED THEM TO 
HAVE EVERYTHING 
OUT THAT NIGHT, 
THAT IS KIND OF 
THE SAME THING. 
>> PROCESSING IS 
NOT THE SAME 
THING AS 
COUNTING OR 
TABULATING. 
PROCESSING IS 
WHEN WE ARE 
RECEIVING A 
SIGNATURE 
VERIFICATION AND 
EXTRACTING THE 
BALLOT FROM THE 
ENVELOPE, 
FLATTENING THAT 
OUT. 
AND THEN EVEN 
SCANNING. 
BUT IT IS NOT 
TALLYING. 
SO IT IS NOT 
SUMMARIZING THE 
RESULTS. 
IT IS JUST 
STANDING AND 
CAPTURING THE 
INFORMATION. 
ALMOST KIND OF 
LIKE YOU'RE DATA 
ENTERING INTO A 
SPREADSHEET. 
BUT YOU'RE NOT 
ACTUALLY HITTING 
SUMMON THE 
COLUMN. 
>> IN PREVIOUS 
ELECTION CYCLES 
MANY OF THESE 
STATES ONLY SAW 
THREE TO FIVE 
PERCENT OF VOTES 
COME IN BY MAIL. 
SO THE WORKLOAD 
WAS MANAGEABLE 
AND STATES 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
REASON TO CHANGE 
THE TIMELINE. 
THIS YEAR DUE TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, 
OFFICIALS SAY 
MAIL-IN TURNOUT 
COULD BE TEN 
TIMES HIGHER. 
>> WHY WOULDN'T 
A STATE WANT TO 
START PROCESSING 
BALLOTS EARLY. 
>> I HAVE NO 
IDEA. 
>> THERE IS A 
MYTH AROUND THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
PEOPLE TO BE 
SOMETHING -- 
THAT MIGHT HAVE 
ACCESS TO THAT 
INFORMATION. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN EARLY 
VOTING AND EARLY 
PROCESSING? 
>> EARLY VOTING 
IS THAT YOU'RE 
CASTING A BALLOT 
EITHER ON A 
MACHINE OR 
FILLING OUT YOUR 
BALLOT. 
IT DEPENDS ON 
THE STATE IN 
TERMS OF HOW 
THEY HANDLE ALL 
OF THAT. 
BUT YOU'RE NOT 
-- YOU'RE NOT 
CAPTURING 
RESULTS. 
YOU'RE NOT 
TALLYING WHAT 
COMES OFF OF 
THOSE BALLOTS. 
EVEN IF YOU 
PROCESS EARLY 
VOTING BALLOTS. 
 
STATES ARE %
CALLING FOR %
ADDITIONAL %
ELECTION %
FUNDING. %
THIS EARLIER %
PROCESS COULD %
ACTUALLY HELP IN %
THAT DEPARTMENT. 
>> IT'S GOING TO %
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MONEY THAT DON'T %
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>> THEY ALSO ARE 
GOING TO NEED A 
LOT MORE 
EQUIPMENT. 
SO IF YOU HAVE A 
PIECE OF 
EQUIPMENT THAT 
YOU CAN USE OVER 
A FOUR-WEEK 
PERIOD OR TWO-
WEEK PERIOD, 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
NEED A LOT LESS 
OF IT THAN IF 
YOU PUT ALL OF 
YOUR CAPACITY ON 
ONE DAY. 
YOU WILL NEED A 
LOT MORE VOLUME 
AND EQUIPMENT, 
SCANNERS, BALLOT 
COUNTING 
MACHINES THAN 
YOU WOULD IF YOU 
CAN USE THAT 
DEVICE OVER A 
LONGER PERIOD OF 
TIME. 
>> BACK IN THE 
KEY SWING 
STATES, 
WISCONSIN STATE 
LEGISLATURE IS 
OUT OF SESSION. 
SO ANY CHANGE TO 
THE LAW IS 
UNLIKELY. 
BOTH 
PENNSYLVANIA AND 
MICHIGAN HAVE 
INTRODUCED 
LEGISLATION THAT 
WOULD ALLOW 
EARLY PROCESSING 
BUT THEY HAVE 
MADE NO HEADWAY. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
MAJORITY LEADER 
IN MICHIGAN TOLD 
REPORTERS IN 
FEBRUARY, QUOTE, 
IF I HAD TO 
CHOOSE BETWEEN 
EARLY VOTING, 
EARLY COUNTING 
OR LATE 
REPORTING, I'LL 
TAKE LATE 
REPORTING ALL 
DAY LONG. 
HE DID NOT 
RESPOND TO OUR 
REQUEST FOR AN 
UPDATED COMMENT. 
>> ELECTION 
OFFICIALS OFTEN 
HAVE ONE HAND 
TIED BEHIND 
THEIR BACKS 
BECAUSE OF LACK 
OF FUNDING, 
OUTDATED LAWS OR 
PROCEDURES, 
WHATEVER IT 
MIGHT BE. 
AND IF WE COULD 
JUST SUPPORT 
THEM AND LISTEN 
TO THEM WHEN 
THEY'RE MAKING 
THESE REQUESTS, 
THEY'RE NOT 
MAKING THEM FOR 
PARTISAN 
PURPOSES. 
THEY'RE MAKING 
THEM BECAUSE 
THEY HAVE 
IDENTIFIED AN 
OPERATIONAL GAP 
THAT WE NEED TO 
SOLVE. 
>>> AS YOU %
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YOU'LL VOTE THIS %
YEAR, NBC NEWS %
IS HERE TO HELP. %
WE HAVE A NEW %
STATE-BY-STATE %
GUIDE CALLED 
PLAN YOUR VOTE. %
WITH VOTING %
RULES, DEADLINES %
AND RESTRICTIONS 
BY 
>> Reporter: 
ACCORDING TO THE 
OFFICE OF 
GOVERNMENT 
ETHICS. 
WHILE FORMAL 
RECORDS SHOW 
DEJOY DID HAVE 
STOCK IN U.P.S. 
BEFORE BECOMING 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, HE IS 
STILL OWNS 
SOMETHING WITH 
HIS OLD 
EMPLOYER, ALSO 
OH POSTAL 
SERVICE 
CONTRACTOR. 
DEJOY ALSO 
DONATED MORE 
THAN $1.2 
MILLION TO THE 
TRUMP VICTORY 
FUND. 
HIS DULLES FOUND 
THEIR WAY INTO 
THE HALLS OF 
CONGRESS, 
CONTRIBUTING 
GENEROUSLY TO 
THE CAMPAIGN TO 
REPUBLICANS IN 
BOTH CHAMBERS, 
INCLUDING 
MISSOURI SENATOR 
JOSH HAWLEY, WHO 
SITS ON THE 
SENATE COMMITTEE 
THAT HAS 
JURISDICTION 
OVER USPS. 
PRIOR TO 
BECOMING 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, DEJOY 
WAS OVERSEEING 
FUNDRAISING FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THE LAWYERS OF 
DEJOY SAYS HIS 
BS EXPERIENCES 
WHAT THE U.P.S. 
NEEDS TO BECOME 
FINANCIALLY 
STABLE. 
THE INSTITUTION 
IS LOSING 
BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS OVER 
YOUR. 
SINCE TAKING 
OVER, DETROIT 
PRAME HAS 
ELIMINATED OVER 
TIME AND 
INSTRUCTED THEM 
TO LEAVE BEHIND 
LATE MAIL AND 
AVOID TAKING 
EXTRA TRIPS. 
THE CHANGES 
CAUSED 
UNPRECEDENTED 
DELAYS, AND USPS 
WARMS THE 
MAJORITY OF 
STATES THAT 
STATES WILL NOT 
BE ABLE TO 
FULFILL MAIL-IN 
BALLOT REQUESTS 
BEFORE NOVEMBER 
3, THE DAY OF 
THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
BUT ON TUESDAY, 
HE ANNOUNCED HE 
WOULD SUSPEND 
THE NEW 
INITIATIVE UNTIL 
AFTER THE 
ELECTION, 
INCLUDING 
REINSTATING 
OVERTIME ON AN 
AS-NEEDED BASIS. 
EVEN SO, ON 
WEDNESDAY 
EXCLUSIVE 
INTERVIEWS 
OBTAINED BY NBC 
NEWS APPEARED TO 
SHOW HIGH-VOLUME 
MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES TOSSED 
ASIDE IN IOWA. 
THEY SEEMS TO BE 
OUT OF SERVICE 
AND DISMANTLED 
DESPITE USPS 
SAYING THAT 
MACHINES WILL BE 
ALLOCATED. 
>>> BACK IN 
2018, TRUMP 
KENNEDY MEMBERS 
VOTED TO 
SEPARATE MIGRANT 
CHILDREN FROM 
THEIR PARENTS. 
THAT'S ACCORDING 
TO TWO OFFICIALS 
THAT WERE THERE. 
NBC NEWS  
CORRESPONDENT, 
ONE OF THE 
REPORTERS WHO 
BROKE THIS STORY.
THANK YOU FOR 
COMING BACK TO 
BE WITH US. 
AND DO I HEAR, 
WHAT IS THAT? 
>> SORRY, WE'RE 
HAVING A LOT 
GOING AROUND AND 
THE HOUSE TODAY. 
THE LONGER I 
WAITED, THE LESS 
MY BABY WANTED 
TO WAIT. 
SHE'S MAKING HER 
DEBUT. 
>> WE ARE HONORED
. THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE. 
IT IS A BLESSING 
THAT WE GET TO 
SEE HER. 
THANK YOU. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE STORY YOU 
BROKE AND WHAT 
IT LED TO. 
>> I CAN SAY, 
YOU KNOW, IT'S 
QUITE SOMETHING, 
AND IT PUTS 
THINGS INTO 
PERSPECTIVE NOW 
THAT I'VE HAD A 
BABY. 
IN 2018, STEPHEN 
MILLER HAS BEEN 
THE ARCHITECT OF 
MANY OF TRUMP'S 
MOST ZIRCONIA 
AND IMMIGRATION 
PLANS WAS IN A 
SITUATION ROOM 
MEETING WHERE HE 
SAID KIRSTJEN 
NIELSEN DID NOT 
DO ENOUGH. HE 
SAID FORGET THE 
LOGISTICS, 
FORGET THE 
WARNINGS 
CHILDREN MIGHT 
BE SEPARATED AND 
MIGHT NOT BE 
REUNITED WITH 
THEIR PARENTS. 
LET'S SEE WHO 
WANTS TO MOVE 
FORWARD. 
A SEA OF HANDS 
WENT UP 
ACCORDING TO 
SUPER OFFICIALS 
WHO WERE IN THE 
ROOM. 
AND ASKED HER 
KIRSTJEN NIELSEN 
-- I'M SORRY, 
EVEN AFTER SHE 
DID FIRST POST, 
SHE SIGNED THE 
MEMO AND THEY 
WENT FORWARD, SO 
IT SHOWS THAT 
THE IDEA THAT 
FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS WERE 
AN UNFORTUNATE 
BYPRODUCT IS NOT 
TRUE. 
THIS WAS 
STRATEGIC NUMBER 
OF HIGH-LEVEL 
CABINET 
OFFICIALS, 
INCLUDING 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE POMPEO
, THEN NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER 
JOHN BOLTON, 
KIRSTJEN 
NIELSEN, ALEX 
AZAR. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
FROM THAT VOTE. 
>> JULIA, AS YOU 
SIT HERE WITH 
YOUR BABY, AND 
WE TALK ABOUT 
FAMILIES BEING 
SEPARATED, I 
CAN'T HELP BUT 
THINK ABOUT THE 
CONCERN OF 
MORALITY HERE, 
THE CONCERN 
ABOUT HUMANITY. 
DID THAT COME UP 
AT ALL, AND DID 
YOU GET 
REPORTING FROM 
PEOPLE IN THE 
MEETING? 
TOUGH GUY ASKED 
DID THAT COME 
UP. 
ANY ARGUMENT 
ABOUT MORALITY, 
IT FELL ON DEAF 
EARS. 
YOU COULD TALK 
ABOUT LOGISTICS, 
YOU CAN TALK 
ABOUT MONEY AND 
RESOURCES IN THE 
LAW, BUT YOU 
COULD NOT TALK 
ABOUT MORALITY 
BECAUSE THE 
IMPACT IT HAS ON 
CHILDREN, ON 
THEIR FAMILIES? 
WE HAVE HEARD 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE THAT THEY 
SAY DID NOT THIS 
HAPPENED. 
WE STAND BY OUR 
REPORTING AND WE 
ARE VERY 
CONFIDENT, BASED 
ON THE PEOPLE WE 
HAVE INTERVIEWED 
FOR THIS STORY. 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR HAVING US. 
>> THANK YOU, 
THANK YOU. 
I KNOW WE ARE 
TAKING YOU FROM 
YOUR FAMILY THIS 
AFTERNOON, SO 
THANK YOU FOR 
FIND AT THE TIME 
TO BE WITH US. 
I CAN'T BELIEVE 
YOU JUST DID 
THAT WITH A 
LITTLE ONE ON 
YOUR LAP. 
I AM VERY 
IMPRESSED. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TEACHING 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
YOU RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR FEET.
>>> YOU GOTTA 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE. 
FOR YOUR DEGREE 
SUPER EXPENSIVE. 
YOU CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
KITTED TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS, 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
ADDITION." 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS.  
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COMING THROUGH 
HERE.  
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN.  
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, A NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> UP GOTTA TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN. 
I HAVE A JOB. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TUNE IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I'M 
NERVOUS IS FOR 
MY TEACHERS. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENT ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID-19 CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
HAVE BEEN TOLD 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, DO YOU 
THINK POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT." 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY NEVER 
BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT WITH 
ALL WE ARE IS 
FACING. 
I'M SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PURPOSE TO OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER, 
HUSBAND, AND 
KIDS WHO ARE 
SADLY MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE-
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
QUINN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> TODAY, THE 
STATE OF 
MICHIGAN AGREED 
TO PAY $600 
MILLION TO FLOOD 
RESIDENTS AND 
BUSINESSES 
AFFECTED BY THE 
WATER CRISIS 
THERE.  
THAT'S MORE THAN 
SIX YEARS AFTER 
THEIR DRINKING 
WATER WAS 
TAINTED WITH 
LEAD. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS US NOW. 
HEIDI, WHAT ELSE 
CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THE 
SETTLEMENT, WHO 
QUALIFIES FOR 
THE MONEY, HOW 
DO THEY GET IT? 
>> Reporter: A 
SIGNIFICANT STEP 
YOU'RE IN TRYING 
TO HEAL ONE OF 
THE MOST TYPICAL 
CHAPTERS IN THE 
HISTORY OF 
MICHIGAN. 
FAMILIES WILL BE 
FOREVER AFFECTED 
WITH MEMORY LOSS
, HAIR LOSS, 
DISEASE, 
COGNITIVE 
DEFICIENCIES. 
THIS IS A 
NEGOTIATED 
AGREEMENT. 
THERE'S ALSO A 
CRIMINAL 
POTENTIAL ASPECT 
OF THIS IS ONLY 
THE MONEY THAT 
PERTAINS TO THE 
$600 MILLION 
COST THAT 
RESIDENTS WHO 
WERE AFFECTED 
ABIDE BY. 
WE DO NOT KNOW 
WHAT THE 
CONDITIONS ARE. 
A JUDGE WILL 
HAVE TO SIGN OFF 
ON THIS, BUT IT 
DOES LOOK LIKE 
THIS WILL BE THE 
ULTIMATE 
SETTLEMENT FOR 
THE STATE OF 
MICHIGAN WITH 
ABOUT $600 
MILLION. 
ONE OF THE 
OFFICIALS WORKED 
ON THIS SAID THE 
GOAL, GIVEN ALL 
THOSE IMPACTS ON 
THESE FAMILIES, 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH YOUNG 
CHILDREN, THAT 
80% OF THESE 
FIRMS, THEY 
INTEND TO HAVE A 
SIGNIFICANT 
PORTION GOING TO 
CHILDREN AGED 
SIX AND OTHER. 
THE FAMILY'S 
MOST AFFECTED, 
IT'S HARD TO SAY 
HOW YOU PUT A 
PRICE TAG ON 
THIS, GIVEN ONE 
OF THEM 
UNDOCUMENTED 
SIDE EFFECTS OR 
CAUSES OF THE 
TAINTED DRINKING 
WATER WAS THE 
SPIKE IN FETAL 
DEATH AND 
MISCARRIAGES. 
>> HEIDI, IS 
THIS A DONE DEAL?
WHAT ELSE NEEDS 
TO HAPPEN BEFORE 
PEOPLE THERE 
COULD ACTUALLY 
SEE SOME OF THIS 
MONEY? 
>> Reporter: 
WITHIN THE NEXT 
45 DAYS, WE'RE 
EXPECTING A 
JUDGE TO SIGN 
OFF ON THIS AND 
MAKE IT FINAL, 
MAYBE PROVIDE A 
DETAILED 
CORRELATION ON 
HOW THE MONEY 
CAN BE ACCESSED, 
SO THAT'S GOING 
TO BE QUITE A 
FEAT, GIVEN AS 
FAR AS THIS 
INTEL, THERE ARE 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
FAMILIES THROUGH 
FILED LAWSUITS, 
SO THEY ARE 
GOING TO CREATE 
AN ENTIRE 
PROGRAM AROUND 
DISPERSING THIS 
MONEY. 
FOR INSTANCE, 
FOR FAMILIES WHO 
CAN PROVE 
DAMAGES OR 
FAMILIES WHO 
CAN'T PROVE 
DAMAGES, AND 
AGAIN, I WANT TO 
EMPHASIZE THIS 
IS JUST ONE OF 
THE OUTSTANDING 
LAWSUITS. 
THERE IS ALSO, 
YOU KNOW, OTHER 
PARTIES THAT ARE 
GOING TO BE 
FACING POTENTIAL 
DAMAGES HERE 
INCLUDING THE 
ENGINEER WHO 
WORKED ON THIS 
ON THE FLINT 
RIVER AND THE GO 
AHEAD AND ALLOW 
THAT TO IMPACT A 
COMMUNITY WE 
KNOW IS 
IMPOVERISHED, 
AND A MAJORITY 
ARE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN. 
>> HEIDI, JUST A 
REMINDER FOR 
FOLKS WHO MAY 
NOT REMEMBER THE 
FULL STORY HERE, 
COULD YOU 
REFRESH YOUR 
MEMORY AS HOW 
THEY ENDED UP 
WITH TAINTED 
WATER? 
I KNOW THEY ARE 
NO LONGER 
RECEIVING IT, 
BUT WHAT HAPPENS 
THERE? 
>> Reporter: 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
LOT THAT HAS 
BEEN DONE SINCE 
THEN. 
THEY REPLACE THE 
PIPES FOR 
EXAMPLE, LOTS OF 
CHANGES AT THE 
STATE LEVEL, BUT 
BASICALLY IT WAS 
A MONEYMAKING, 
MONEY-SAVING 
DECISION THAT IT 
WOULD BE CHEAPER 
FOR THE CITY TO 
GET ITS WATER 
FROM THE FLINT 
RIVER INSTEAD OF 
THE ESTUARIES 
THAT COME FROM 
THE DETROIT 
RIVER, WHICH IS 
CONNECTED TO THE 
GREAT LAKES. IT 
WAS ONLY DONE IN 
THIS COMMUNITY. 
WITH THIS BEING 
A PRIME EXAMPLE, 
IT WAS SIX YEARS 
AGO NOW THAT 
THIS HAS BEEN 
GOING ON, WITH 
THIS BEING USED 
AS A PRIME 
EXAMPLE OF HOW 
INEQUALITY IN 
AMERICA IS 
REALLY A HEALTH 
CARE ISSUE AS 
WELL, GIVEN THAT 
THE DOCUMENTED 
OUTCOME HERE OF 
THESE CHILDREN 
THAT HAVE 
COGNITIVE 
DEFICIENCIES, 
LEARNING 
DEFICIENCIES, 
MEMORY PROBLEMS. 
THE IMPACT ON 
THIS COMMUNITY 
IS GOING TO LAST 
A GENERATION. 
>> IT IS JUST 
UNBELIEVABLE,  
AND NO AMOUNT OF 
MONEY CAN FIX 
THAT FOR SURE. 
HEIDI, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING. 
>>>  MASSIVE 
WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING ACROSS 
NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA RIGHT 
NOW. 
DESTROYING 
HOMES, PROMPTING 
MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS. 
THE LIGHTNING 
COMPLEX FIRE 
SCORCHED 141,000 
ACRES IN 4 
COUNTIES. 
FIREFIGHTERS 
THERE WORKING 
AROUND THE CLOCK 
IN TRIPLE DIGIT 
TEMPERATURES 
JUST TRYING TO 
GET THOSE FLAMES 
UNDER CONTROL. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
REPORTS. 
>> Reporter: SO 
MANY FIRES, THEY 
CANNOT KEEP AN 
ACCURATE COUNT, 
AS DOZENS OF 
SMALLER FIRES 
HAVE BUNCHED 
INTO LARGER 
FIRES, WHICH 
THEY ARE CALLING 
COMPLEX FIRES. 
NOW, THOSE FIRES 
THERE, THEY ARE 
WORKING A VERY 
HARD ON GETTING 
A HANDLE ON. 
THEY LOST THE 
BATTLE OVER MANY 
PROPERTIES 
OVERNIGHT. 
TESTING FIRE 
CREWS TO THE 
LIMITS, 
THREATENING 
THOUSANDS OF 
HOMES, THESE 
FIRES ARE. 
THE FIRE BETWEEN 
THE SAN 
FRANCISCO AND 
THE CAPITAL OF 
SACRAMENTO. WE 
KNOW MORE 
EVACUATIONS ARE 
IMMINENT. 
THERE WERE 
11,000 LIGHTNING 
STRIKES OVER 
THREE DAYS THAT 
STARTED EXACTLY 
367 FIRES THAT 
THEY KNOW ABOUT, 
AND AGAIN, THEY 
BUNCHED THOSE 
FIRES TOGETHER 
IN WHAT THEY CALL
COMPLEX OF FIRES 
JUST FOR THE 
SAKE OF KEEPING 
TRACK OF THEM 
ALL, AND 
RESIDENTS WHO 
BEEN TAKING 
REFUGE IN THEIR 
HOME DURING THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC FORCED 
TO LEAVE THOSE 
HOMES BEHIND. 
MANY WANT HAVE 
ANYTHING TO 
RETURN TO. 
LIVES LOST IN 
THESE FIRES. 
WE KNOW THE 
USUAL UTILITY 
LINEMEN WORKING 
WITH THE FIRE 
CREWS, ALSO 
FIREFIGHTER 
PILOT WHOSE 
HELICOPTER WENT 
DOWN. 
THEY ARE ALSO 
WORKING TO MAKE 
SOME HEROIC 
RESCUES. 
WE'VE HEARD OF 
SUNBIRD 
INJURIES, 
TRANSPORTED TO 
HOSPITALS, BUT 
THESE FIRES, ALL 
BAD NEWS OVER 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF DAYS. 
WE DO KNOW THERE 
IS ONE 
CONTAINMENT 
LINE, 5% AROUND 
ONE OF THESE 
FIRES,  BUT 
OTHERWISE, 
THERE'S NO 
RELIEF IN SIGHT 
UNTIL THE 
WEATHER STARTS 
TO COOPERATE. 
>>> HEY, HERE IN 
NEW YORK CITY, 
HOME TO SOME 1.1 
MILLION 
STUDENTS'S 
CLASSROOMS ARE 
SET TO REOPEN IN 
A FEW WEEKS. 
WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
RAGING IN PARTS 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES, SOME 
STUDENTS, 
TEACHERS, AND 
PARENTS HERE AND 
ELSEWHERE DON'T 
THINK GOING BACK 
INTO BUILDINGS 
IS SUCH A GOOD 
IDEA. 
THIS MORNING, A 
VERY REAL CIVICS 
LESSON. 
AS TEACHERS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY PROTEST 
FOR A SAFE RETURN
TO CLASSROOMS. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
ABOUT NOT 
WANTING TO 
TEACH. 
I'M A TEACHER. 
THAT'S WHAT I DO.
IT'S ABOUT 
WANTING 
EVERYBODY TO BE 
SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY TEACHERS 
AND STUDENTS ARE 
UNEASY ABOUT 
GOING BACK TO 
SCHOOL WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
STILL UNCHECKED. 
IN OKLAHOMA, 
OKLAHOMA TEACHER 
NANCY DECIDED 
THE HEALTH RISKS 
ARE NOT WORTH 
IT. 
SHE'S RESIGNING 
AFTER MORE THAN 
40 YEARS. 
>> I LOVE 
TEACHING, I LOVE 
THE KIDS, AND 
I'M WORRIED 
ABOUT THEM. 
TO EVEN IN 
CONNECTICUT 
WHERE THE 
POSITIVITY RATE 
IS UNDER 1%, 
THERE IS FEAR. 
>> Reporter: IN 
NEW YORK CITY, 
TEACHERS IN THE 
NATION' LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
NOW THREATENING 
TO STRIKE. 
>> WE HAVE FOUND 
THE TEACHERS AND 
PARENTS OF NEW 
YORK CITY WOULD 
STAND AND FIGHT 
IF WE FELT THE 
SCHOOL WAS 
UNSAFE, AND THAT 
IS A PROMISE WE 
ARE GOING TO 
KEEP. 
>> Reporter: THE 
UNION'S SAFETY 
DEMAND INCLUDE 
TESTING FOR THE 
THREE QUARTERS 
OF 1 MILLION 
STUDENTS AND 
ADULTS EXPECTED 
TO GO BACK TO 
SCHOOL BUILDING 
SEPTEMBER 10. 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO 
DOWNPLAYING THE 
THREAT. 
>> THEY CAN PLAY 
ANY GAMES THEY 
WANT. 
IT IS NOT LEGAL. 
>> WHAT DO WE 
DO? 
>> Reporter: ON 
THE STEPS OF THE 
STATE HEALTH, 
TEACHERS 
DEMANDED AN 
ONLINE START TO 
THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
>> WHAT I GIVE 
ANYTHING TO GO 
BACK INTO THE 
BUILDING? 
YES, BUT NOT AT 
THE EXPENSE OF 
SOMEBODY GETTING 
HURT. 
>> Reporter: A 
RECENT POLL 
COMMISSIONED BY 
THE 
MASSACHUSETTS 
TEACHERS 
ASSOCIATION FOUND
90% OF PARENTS 
WERE CONCERNED 
THEIR CHILDREN 
COULD CATCH THE 
VIRUS IF SCHOOLS 
OPENED AS 
SCHEDULED. 
WHAT CAN QUELL 
THOSE FEARS? 
OH YOU KNOW, 
WHEN THE STATE 
CAN ACTUALLY 
PROVE THE 
BUILDINGS ARE 
SAFE TO RETURN TO
. WE HAVE RAPID 
AND REGULAR 
TESTING, AND 
WHEN THE VIRUS 
IS FULLY UNDER 
CONTROL IN THE 
STATE. 
>> Reporter: NOW 
ADDING TO THOSE 
CONCERNS, A NEW 
STUDY FROM 
MASSACHUSETTS 
SHOWING KIDS CAN 
BE SILENT 
SPREADERS OF THE 
VIRUS. 
OF 192 CHILDREN, 
49 TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID, AND IN 
THOSE CHILDREN, 
INVESTIGATORS 
FOUND HIGHER 
LEVELS OF THE 
VIRUS IN THEIR 
AIRWAYS THAN IN 
THE AIRWAYS  OF 
ADULTS IN 
INTENSIVE CARE. 
>>> THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET NOW 
OFFICIAL. 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KIM HARRIS HAD A 
HISTORIC 
CONVENTION WITH 
BIDEN GRASPING 
THE PRIZE THAT 
HAS ELUDED HIM 
MORE THAN THREE 
DECADES. 
>> I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN DELIVERING 
THE MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL 
SPEECH OF HIS 
CAREER, A BLUNT 
BUT OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE THAT 
INCLUDED A 
WITHERING ATTACK 
ON PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WITHOUT 
EVER MENTIONING 
HIM BY NAME. 
>> THE CURRENT 
PRESIDENT HAS 
CAUSED AMERICAN 
DARKNESS FOR 
MUCH TOO LONG. 
I WILL BE AN 
ALLY OF THE 
LIGHT, NOT THE 
DARKNESS. 
IT IS TIME FOR US
, FOR WE, THE 
PEOPLE, TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN SAYING 
AMERICA IS 
FACING FOUR 
MAJOR CRISES, 
THE PANDEMIC, 
THE ECONOMIC 
DOWNTURN, RACIAL 
STRIKES, AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
CALLING THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION LIFE-
CHANGING. 
>> THIS WILL 
DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA IS GOING 
TO LOOK LIKE A 
LONG, LONG TIME. 
CHARACTER IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
COMPASSION IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
DECENCY, 
SCIENCE, 
DEMOCRACY. 
THEY ARE ALL ON 
THE BALLOT. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
MAKING IT CLEAR, 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID 
WOULD BE HIS 
MOST URGENT 
TASK, LAYING OUT 
A PLAN TO COMBAT 
IT FROM WRAPPING 
TESTING TO A 
NATIONAL MASK 
MANDATE. 
>> TAKE THE 
MUZZLE OF OUR 
EXPERTS SO THE 
PUBLIC GETS THE 
INFORMATION THEY 
NEED AND 
DESERVE, HONEST, 
UNVARNISHED 
TRUTH. 
THEY CAN HANDLE 
IT. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN ALSO 
SPEAKING 
DIRECTLY TO 
FAMILIES 
IMPACTED BY 
COVID, DRAWING 
ON HIS OWN GRIEF
,  THE DEATH OF 
HIS FIRST WIFE 
AND DAUGHTER IN 
1972, AND THE 
LOSS OF HIS 
ELDEST SON BEAU 
IN 2015. 
>> I HAVE SOME 
IDEA HOW IT 
FEELS TO LOSE 
SOMEONE YOU LOVE 
. I KNOW THAT 
DEEP, BLACK HOLE 
THAT OPENS UP IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
YOUR CHEST, AND 
YOU FEEL LIKE 
YOU ARE BEING 
SUCKED INTO IT. 
YOUR LOVED ONE 
MAY HAVE LEFT 
THIS EARTH, BUT 
THEY WILL NEVER 
LEAVE YOUR 
HEART. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN ACCUSED 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
MAKING THE 
COUNTRY LESS 
SECURE. 
>> THE DAYS OF 
COZYING UP TO 
DICTATORS IS 
OVER. 
UNDER PRESS 
BIDEN, AMERICA 
WILL NOT TURN A 
BLIND EYE TO 
RUSSIAN BOUNTIES 
ON THE HEADS OF 
AMERICANS 
SHOULDERS. 
WILL I PUT UP 
WITH FOR 
PRESIDENTIAL 
INDIFFERENCE ON 
THE MOST SACRED 
DEMOCRATIC 
EXERCISE, 
VOTING. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN ALSO 
SAYING THE 
NATION HAS TO 
CHANGE. 
IN THE WAKE OF 
THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD AND 
OTHER BLACK 
AMERICANS? 
>> WILL WE BE 
THE GENERATION 
THAT FINALLY 
WIPES OUT THE 
STATE OF RACISM 
FROM OUR 
NATIONAL 
CHARACTER? 
>> Reporter: 
CLOSING OUT THIS 
NIGHT IS AN 
URGENT CALL TO 
ACTION. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MISSION. WILL 
HISTORY BE ABLE 
TO SAY THAT THE 
END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS BEGAN 
HERE TONIGHT, AS 
LOVE AND HOPE 
AND LIGHT JOIN 
IN THE BATTLE 
FOR THE SOUL OF 
THE NATION, AND 
THIS IS A BATTLE 
WE WILL WIN, AND 
WE'LL DO IT 
TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter: NOW 
TYPICALLY, 
NOMINEES HIT THE 
ROAD AND START 
TRAVELING TO 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES IN THE 
WAKE OF THEIR 
CONVENTIONS. 
DON'T EXPECT 
THAT THIS YEAR. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN 
BELIEVES THIS 
VIRTUAL 
CAMPAIGNING IS 
WORKING, SO 
EXPECT THAT TO 
CONTINUE IN THE 
NEAR TERM. 
MEANWHILE, FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
HE TWEETED LAST 
NIGHT DURING THE 
CONVENTION, 
QUOTE, IN 47 
YEARS, JOE BIDEN 
DID NONE OF THE 
THINGS OF WHICH 
HE NOW SPEAKS HE 
WILL NEVER 
CHANGE, JUST 
WORDS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
YOU WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO MAKE 
HIS ARGUMENT FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS 
AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
MONDAY. 
>>> THE 
QUESTIONS FOR US 
IS SIMPLE. 
ARE WE READY? 
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
WE MUST BE. 
YOU KNOW, ALL 
ELECTIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT. 
WE KNOW IN OUR 
BONES, THIS ONE 
IS MORE 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
WITH GREAT HONOR 
AND HUMILITY, I 
ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> I'M ANDREW 
YANG. 
YOU MIGHT KNOW 
ME AS THE GUY 
WHO RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT 
MATH IN THE 
FUTURE. 
WE NEED TO GIVE 
THIS COUNTRY, 
OUR CHANCE TO 
RECOVER, AND 
RECOVERY IS ONLY 
POSSIBLE WITH A 
CHANGE OF 
LEADERSHIP AND 
NEW IDEAS. 
>> PEOPLE OFTEN 
THINK THEY CAN'T 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE, LIKE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS 
ICONS. 
BUT EVERY PERSON 
IN THE MOVEMENT 
MATTERS. 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH 
FLOORS, STUFFED 
THE ENVELOPES. 
>> THE VERY RING 
ON MY FINGER 
CELEBRATED HERE 
WHERE I AM 
STANDING AND 
SHOWS HOW THE 
COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE BIG LOVE 
MAKES MY 
MARRIAGE REAL. 
BUT POLITICAL 
COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE, 
INCLUDING THAT 
OF JOE BIDEN, 
WHO STEPPED OUT 
AHEAD EVEN OF 
HIS PARTY WHEN 
HE SAID THAT 
MARRIAGE 
EQUALITY ARE TO 
BE THE LAW OF 
THE LAND. 
>> HI, I'M 13 
YEARS OLD, AND 
WITHOUT JOE 
BIDEN, I WOULD 
NOT BE TALKING 
TO YOU TODAY. 
A FEW MONTHS 
AGO, I MET HIM. 
HE TOLD ME THAT 
WE WERE MEMBERS 
OF THE SAME CLUB.
WE STUTTER. 
IT WAS REALLY 
AMAZING TO HEAR 
THAT SOMEONE 
LIKE ME BECAME 
SOMEONE WHO 
COULD BE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> WITH JOE 
BIDEN, YOU HAVE 
A HUMAN BEING 
WHO IS EMPATHETIC
, WHO IS HONEST, 
WHO IS DECENT. 
LET ME TAKE A 
MOMENT TO SPEAK 
TO THOSE OF YOU 
WHO HAVE LOST 
THE MOST. 
I HAVE SOME IDEA 
HOW IT FEELS TO 
LOSE SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE. 
I KNOW THAT 
DEEP, BLACK HOLE 
THAT OPENS UP IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
YOUR CHEST, AND 
YOU FEEL LIKE 
YOU ARE BEING 
SUCKED INTO IT. 
I FOUND THE BEST 
WAY THROUGH PAIN 
AND LOSS AND 
GRIEF WAS TO 
FIND PURPOSE. 
>> WE MUST BE 
THE HEROES OF 
OUR GENERATION. 
OUR VOTES CAN BE 
OUR VOICE. 
>> WILL THEY BE 
STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES AS 
THEY GET PUT IN 
BY THE MAILMAN? 
WILL THEY BE 
TAKEN BY THE 
MAILMEN AND THE 
MAIL WOMEN? 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
DOES NOT WANT 
ANY OF US TO GO 
BECAUSE HE KNOWS 
HE CANNOT WIN, 
SO WHETHER HE 
PLANS TO VOTE BY 
MAIL  OR IN 
PERSON, WHETHER 
IT IS YOUR VOTE 
AND IT IS YOUR 
RIGHT. 
>> WHAT WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS 
PRESIDENT IS 
THAT IF HE'S 
GIVEN FOUR MORE 
YEARS, THE 
PRESIDENT TAKES 
NO 
RESPONSIBILITY, 
REFUSES TO 
LEAVE, BLAMES 
OTHERS, COZIED 
UP TO DICTATORS, 
AND FANS THE 
FLAMES OF HATE 
AND DIVISION. 
>> THAT'S THE 
KIND OF LEADER 
WE DESERVE, ONE 
THAT UNDERSTANDS 
THE RISKS WE 
FACE AND 
ACTUALLY 
PROTECTS THEM BY 
DOING HIS JOB AS 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF. 
INSTEAD, THEY 
HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF. 
>> WHAT DID YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS'S 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> IT WAS 
TREMENDOUS! 
I WAS SO HAPPY 
FOR HER. 
>> ME TOO. 
I CANNOT WAIT TO 
SEE HER DEBATE 
OUR CURRENT VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> HAVE NEVER 
BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN 
POLITICS. 
I'VE SUPPORTED 
DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS, AND 
INDEPENDENTS. 
I'VE ACTUALLY 
BEEN A DEMOCRAT, 
REPUBLICAN, AND 
INDEPENDENT. 
I AM NOT ASK YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP 
BECAUSE HE'S A 
BAD GUY? 
I AM ORDERING 
YOU TO VOTE 
AGAINST HIM 
BECAUSE HE'S 
DONE A BAD JOB. 
>> UNDERSTAND 
THIS. 
WE WILL NEVER 
GET OUR ECONOMY 
BACK ON TRACK. 
WE WILL NEVER 
GET OUR KIDS 
SAFELY BACK IN 
SCHOOL WE WILL 
NEVER HAVE OUR 
LIVES BACK UNTIL 
WE DEAL WITH 
THIS VIRUS. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT KEEP 
TELLING US THE 
VIRUS IS GOING 
TO DISAPPEAR. 
HE KEEPS WAITING 
FOR A MIRACLE. 
WELL, I HAVE 
NEWS FOR HIM. 
NO MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
LET'S NOW WORK 
TOGETHER AND 
STAND TOGETHER, 
AN AMERICA 
TOGETHER. 
WE WILL RISE. 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
PROGRESSIVE, 
MODERATE, 
CONSERVATIVE, 
WE'VE GOT TO 
COME TOGETHER TO 
DEFEAT THIS 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MOMENT TO MAKE 
HOPE IN HISTORY 
RHYME WITH 
PASSION AND 
PURPOSE. 
HISTORY SHOULD 
BE ABLE TO SAY 
THAT THE END OF 
THIS CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS BEGAN 
HERE, TONIGHT. 
THANK YOU, AND 
MAY GOD BLESS 
YOU, AND MAY GOD 
PROTECT OUR 
TROOPS. 
GOOD NIGHT. 
>> WE ARE JOINED 
NOW BY ONE OF 
THE SPEAKERS 
FEATURED AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, NEW 
YORK GOVERNOR 
ANDREW CUOMO. 
GOVERNOR, ALWAYS 
GOOD TO HAVE 
YOU. 
THANKS FOR YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD TO BE 
WITH YOU, THANK 
YOU. 
>> MR. BIDEN 
LAST NIGHT 
CAPPING OFF A 
WEEK OF 
DEMOCRATS MAKING 
THEIR CASE. 
LAST NIGHT, 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE BATTLE FOR 
THE SOUL OF THE 
NATION. 
WE KNOW HE LOVES 
THE CROWD. 
HAD TO DO IT 
VIRTUALLY. 
HOW DO YOU THINK 
HE DID? 
DID HE STICK THE 
LANDING? 
>> OH YEAH, I 
THINK YOU DID A 
GOOD JOB. 
BUT FIRST, AS 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN BEFORE AN 
AUDIENCE IN A 
SITUATION LIKE 
THAT, IT IS HARD 
WITHOUT AN 
AUDIENCE. 
YOU KNOW, THERE 
IS NO ENERGY, 
THERE'S NO GIVE-
AND-TAKE, SO I 
THINK HE DID AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
JOB. 
WHAT I LIKED 
ABOUT IT IS I 
HAVE KNOWN JOE 
BIDEN MANY 
YEARS. 
THAT WAS JOE 
BIDEN. 
THAT WAS NOT A 
SPEECHWRITER. 
THAT WAS NO ONE 
PUTTING WORDS IN 
HIS MOUTH IF 
THAT WAS HIS 
HEART AND SOUL, 
AND HE CAPTURED 
IT VERY WELL. 
THIS IS NOT A 
COMPLEX 
ELECTION. 
THEY ARE TWO 
STARK CHOICES, 
THEY ARE ABOUT 
CHARACTER, THE 
SOUL OF THE 
NATION, AND THEY 
ARE DARK AND 
LIGHT AND 
UNIFICATION AND 
DIVISION AND 
LIFTING US UP 
AND TAKING US 
DOWN. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THIS IS ABOUT, 
THIS ELECTION. 
FACING COVID AND 
HANDLING THIS 
BEAST AFTER SIX 
MONTHS. 
>> LET'S TURN TO 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
NEW YORK. 
13 STRAIGHT DAYS 
IF I'M NOT 
MISTAKEN WITH 
THE POSITIVITY 
RATE OF LESS 
THAN 1%. 
SCHOOLS SET TO 
OPEN IN NEW YORK 
CITY, ESPECIALLY 
THE LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IN THE COUNTRY. 
HOW CONFIDENT 
ARE YOU THAT NEW 
YORK CITY 
SCHOOLS ARE 
READY TO REOPEN? 
>> WE'VE GONE 
FROM THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATE 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES TO THE 
LOWEST INFECTION 
RATE, AS YOU 
KNOW. 
IF THERE'S ANY 
STATE THAT COULD 
REOPEN SCHOOLS, 
IT'S US. 
WE DID A RECORD 
NUMBER OF TESTS, 
JUST ABOUT 
100,000 TESTS. 
WE TEST MORE 
THAN ANY OTHER 
STATE. 
WE ARE DOWN AT A 
.7 IN INFECTION 
RATE. 
SO THAT IS VERY 
LOW. 
WE'VE BEEN 
REOPENING FOR 14 
WEEKS, CRAIG, 
AND OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
ACTUALLY WENT 
DOWN, SO YOU CAN 
HANDLE THIS 
BEAST, RIGHT 
MATT? 
IF YOU ARE 
SERIOUS ABOUT 
IT. 
ON SCHOOLS, WE 
HAVE THE 
INFECTION RATE 
THAT SAYS YOU 
CAN OPEN 
SCHOOLS. 
IT THEN BECOMES 
A QUESTION OF 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
BY SCHOOL 
DISTRICT, AND 
IT'S HOW YOU DO 
IT. 
SURE, YOU CAN. 
IT IS HOW. 
WHEN WE REOPEN 
THE ECONOMY, YOU 
HAVE TO BE 
SMART. 
YOU HAVE TO 
PROTOCOLS IN 
PLACE. 
AND WE ARE 
WORKING THAT 
THROUGH SCHOOL 
DISTRICT BY 
SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
WHAT I SAID 
SINCE DAY ONE IS 
IF THE PARENTS 
AREN'T HAPPY AND 
CONFIDENT, AND 
IF THE TEACHERS 
AREN'T 
CONFIDENT, THEN 
YOU DON'T HAVE A 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
REOPEN A BECAUSE 
YOU CANNOT OPEN 
HIS SCHOOL 
DISTRICT WITHOUT 
OUR PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS, AND WE 
ARE WORKING 
THROUGH THAT 
NOW. 
WE'LL MAKE 
DIFFERENT 
DECISIONS IN 
DIFFERENT  
DISTRICTS. 
FROM MY POINT OF 
VIEW, AS LONG AS 
IT IS SAFE AND 
SMART, WHATEVER 
LOCAL DISTRICT 
WANTS TO DO, OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
IS LOW RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> IF YOU HAD 
CHILDREN IN NEW 
YORK CITY, WOULD 
YOU SEND THEM TO 
A NEW YORK CITY 
PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
>> THEY ARE 
STILL WORKING 
OUT WHAT THE 
PLAN WOULD BE. 
I WOULD HAVE A 
LOT OF 
QUESTIONS. 
PARENTS DO HAVE 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS. 
THIS IS A RISKY 
POPULATION, NO 
MATTER HOW YOU 
DO IT. 
YOU ARE BRINGING 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
INTO ACCOUNT THE 
SETTING, YOU 
HAVE THE 
TESTING, THE 
TRUSTING, THE 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
REQUIREMENTS, 
HOW ARE YOU 
GOING TO HANDLE 
IT? 
WE'VE SEEN 
SCHOOLS OPEN. 
WHEATON COLLEGE 
IS OPEN AND GET 
INTO TROUBLE IN 
ONE WEEK. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS TO 
ANSWER BEFORE, 
BUT THAT'S THE 
DIALOGUE WE'RE 
HAVING NOW. 
AGAIN, IF IT'S 
NOT A SMART 
PLAN, THEN IT 
SHOULDN'T 
HAPPEN. 
WE HAVE 700 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
, SO I'M SURE WE 
WILL HAVE 700 
DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS IN NEW 
YORK. 
>> GOVERNOR, AS 
YOU KNOW, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
CONTINUED TO 
RALLY AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SAYING IT IS 
FRAUD. 
WHAT YOU SAY TO 
FOLKS LISTENING 
WHO ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE IDEA OF MAIL-
IN VOTING? 
>> I DON'T GET 
THIS RIFE WITH 
FRAUD. 
I THINK THIS IS 
A SET UP. 
I THINK THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
FRANKLY 
ANTICIPATING 
LOSING ON 
ELECTION DAY, 
AND THEN WE'RE 
GOING TO HEAR 
HIM SAY OH, 
THERE WAS FRAUD 
IN THE ELECTION, 
RIGHT MATT? 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
VERY GOOD AT 
ALWAYS 
ESTABLISHING A 
CONSPIRACY. 
I THINK THAT IS 
A CONSPIRACY HE 
IS SETTING. 
WE DO THINGS 
THROUGH THE MAIL 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE PAY BILLS 
THROUGH THE 
MAIL, WE OPERATE 
THROUGH THE 
MAIL. 
I THINK MAIL-IN 
VOTING MAKES 
TREMENDOUS 
SENSE, 
ESPECIALLY NOW. 
I DON'T WANT 
PEOPLE ONLINE ON 
ELECTION DAY 
WHEN WE FOUGHT 
SO HARD TO GET 
THIS VIRUS UNDER 
CONTROL, SO 
WE'RE MAKING IT 
EASY TO DO MAIL-
IN VOTING. WE 
HAVE NOW 10 DAYS 
OF VOTING, SO 
YOU CAN VOTE, 
MAIL IN A BALLOT 
WITHIN 10 DAYS, 
AND WE ALSO HAVE 
COVID, FEAR OF 
COVID AS A LEGAL 
REAGAN FOR AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT. 
I THINK THAT 
LOOKS THE MOST 
AMOUNT OF SENT. 
>> ANDREW CUOMO, 
ENJOY YOUR 
WEEKEND. 
>> THANKS, YOU 
TOO. 
>>> THE FOCUS 
NOW TURNS TO THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, 
WHICH BEGINS 
MONDAY NIGHT. 
HERE IS A LOOK 
AHEAD AT WHAT WE 
CAN EXPECT AS 
NBC'S GARRICK 
HATE JOINS US. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
>> CAN WE EXPECT 
THIS TO BE A 
LITTLE BIT MORE? 
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> YOU ARE 
JUMPING INTO 
WHAT I WAS GOING 
TO ASK. 
I THINK PEOPLE 
FRANKLY WANT TO 
KNOW WHAT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WILL 
LOOK LIKE, AND 
WILL IT BE 
DIFFERENT FROM 
WHAT WE 
WITNESSED FROM 
THE DEMOCRATS? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
GOING TO BE 
CLOSER TO WHAT 
WE WOULD SEE AT 
A TYPICAL 
POLITICAL 
CONVENTION OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
DELEGATES ARE 
STILL GOING 
TOGETHER IN 
CHARLOTTE THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
EXPECTED TO GO 
DOWN AND VISIT 
THEM IN PERSON 
AT SOME POINT 
DURING THE WEEK. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE MORE IN 
PERSON EVENTS 
WITH ACTUAL LIVE 
AUDIENCES. 
WHEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
ACCESSES 
RENOMINATION 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 
MARYLAND, YOU 
WILL HAVE A LIVE 
AUDIENCE THERE. 
WE HAVE AS MANY 
AS 1500 PEOPLE 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE WHEN HE 
ACCEPTS 
RENOMINATION ON 
THURSDAY. 
AND THE FACT 
HE'S DOING THAT 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE, IT'S A 
PRETTY 
SIGNIFICANT 
BREAK FROM 
TRADITION. 
WE HAVE NOT SEEN 
A MODERN 
PRESIDENT DO 
THAT, BUT THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
WANTS THIS TO 
FEEL BIG, AND 
THEY WANT US TO 
HAVE LIVE 
AUDIENCE TO 
REACT TO THIS 
SPEECH. 
>> AND FINALLY, 
GARRETT, WHAT 
ABOUT THE 
MESSAGE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
DELIVER TO 
VOTERS? 
ANY WORD ON THAT?
>> I SPENT MOST 
OF THIS WEEK 
TALKING TO TRUMP 
VOTERS. 
THEY WANT TO 
HEAR MORE 
OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE AND MORE 
HOPEFUL MESSAGE. 
THEY WANT TO 
HEAR MORE ABOUT 
WHAT THE 
PLEASANT INTENDS 
TO DO AND LESS 
ABOUT HIS 
ENEMIES AND 
THINGS THAT OF 
ANIMATED HIS 
SPEECHES FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
MORE RECENTLY, 
BUT THE REALITY 
IS THE CORE 
TRUMP VOTERS ARE 
NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE, AND 
THIS CONVENTION 
WILL BE CATERED 
TO TURNING THEM 
OUT, FIRING THEM 
UP FOR NOVEMBER. 
>> GARRETT, 
THANK YOU. 
BUSY WEEK FOR 
YOU AHEAD. 
YOU CAN WATCH 
LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL 
NEXT WEEK HERE 
ON NBC BEGINNING 
MONDAY NIGHT AT 
10:00 EASTERN, 
7:00 PACIFIC. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, STEVE 
BANNON, ONE OF 
THE TOP IT'S A 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
IS OUT ON $5 
MILLION BAIL 
AFTER BEING 
INDICTED ON 
FEDERAL FRAUD 
CHARGES. 
PROSECUTORS SAY 
THE 66-YEAR-OLD 
ALONG WITH THREE 
OTHERS RAISED 
MORE THAN $25 
MILLION IN A 
CROWDFUNDING 
CAMPAIGN THEY 
SAID WOULD GO 
ENTIRELY TO 
BUILD SECTIONS 
OF THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER WALL. 
>> IT'S ALL TO 
SUPPORT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND WHAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS TRYING TO DO 
TO GET A 
PHYSICAL BARRIER 
ON THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER. 
>> Reporter: AND 
ANN IS ACCUSED 
OF TAKING NEARLY 
$1 MILLION OF 
THAT CAMPAIGN TO 
FUND HIS OWN 
LAVISH 
LIFESTYLE. 
HE WAS ARRESTED 
OFF THE COAST OF 
CONNECTICUT 
ABOARD 150 FOOT 
YACHT HE DOES 
NOT OWN, WHERE 
HE WAS DRINKING 
COFFEE AND 
READING A BOOK. 
ALSO CHARGED 
BRIAN KOLFAGE, 
38-YEAR-OLD AIR 
FORCE VETERAN 
AND TRIPLE 
AMPUTEE FROM 
FLORIDA. 
IS ACCUSED OF 
TAKING MORE THAN 
$350,000 IN 
DONATIONS, 
SPENDING IT ON 
HOME RENOVATION, 
BILL PAYMENTS, 
EVEN COSMETIC 
SURGERY. 
BANNON WAS A 
FORMER CHIEF 
STRATEGIST AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
ONE OF THE 
ARCHITECTS OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 2016 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> I FEEL VERY 
BADLY. 
I HAVE NOT BEEN 
DEALING WITH HIM 
FOR A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
I KNOW NOTHING 
ABOUT THE 
PROJECT OTHER 
THAN WHEN I READ 
ABOUT IT, I 
DIDN'T LIKE IT. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
LONGTIME ALLY 
KRIS KOBACH, THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THE PROJECT HAS 
MY BLESSING AND 
YOU CAN TELL THE 
MEDIA THAT. 
>> I DIDN'T, I 
DIDN'T KNOW 
ABOUT BENIN'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
>> Reporter: 
PAUL MANAFORT, 
LONGTIME ADVISER 
ROGER STONE, 
FORMER NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER 
MICHAEL FLYNN A 
FORMER CAMPING 
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 
RICK GATES, 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
FOREIGN-POLICY 
ADVISER, AND 
FORMER FIXER 
MICHAEL COHEN 
PICK THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN COUNTS. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
HAS RUN THE MOST 
CORRUPT 
ADMINISTRATION 
IN THE HISTORY. 
>> Reporter: 
SEPARATELY ON 
THURSDAY, 
FEDERAL JUDGE 
BLOCKED 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S LATEST 
ATTEMPTS TO 
PREVENT THE 
MANHATTAN 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY FROM 
GETTING A TAX 
RETURN, THE 
PRESIDENT 
CALLING IT A 
FISHING 
EXPEDITION, BUT 
ALL THAT LEGAL 
MANEUVERING 
MEANS THE CASE 
WILL LIKELY BE 
RESOLVED BEFORE 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
>>> THESE ARE 
THE WALLS OF 
FLAMES FUELED BY 
BONE DRY 
CONDITIONS, 
LEAVING ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
RUINS. 
>> IT ONLY TOOK 
A FEW MINUTES TO 
GET HERE. 
>> Reporter: NOT 
FAR FROM NAPA 
VALLEY, THEY 
HAVE BEEN FACING 
IMPOSSIBLE 
CONDITIONS. 
>> IT'S JUST 
SAFETY AND 
EVACUATION. 
>> Reporter: 
EXPLODING AGAIN 
OVERNIGHT, 
FLAMES LEAPT 
OVER AN EIGHT 
LANE FREEWAY. 
FORCING TENS OF 
THOUSANDS TO 
FLEE, AS NEW 
SPOT FIRES 
IGNITED WITH 
FURY. 
OVERNIGHT, 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT THE 
SPRAWLING CAMPUS 
OF YOU SEE SANTA 
CRUZ FORCED TO 
EVACUATE. SOME 
HOMEOWNERS 
RACING TO SAVE 
THEIR PROPERTY. 
AUTHORITIES NOW 
CONFIRMING 
MULTIPLE 
FATALITIES. 
FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS, 
IT'S BEEN A CAT 
AND MOUSE GAME 
WITH 
FIREFIGHTERS 
TRYING TO CATCH 
UP WITH HOT 
EMBERS TRAVELING 
THROUGH THE AIR 
FOR MILES. 
THEY ARE LOSING 
HOME AFTER HOME. 
>> Reporter: 
AURORA COUNTY BY 
CREW HELP SAVE 
THE 132-YEAR-OLD 
OBSERVATORY ATOP 
MOUNT HAMILTON, 
BUT THE HISTORIC 
STRUCTURE AND 
ITS PALA SCOPE 
MAY STILL BE IN 
DANGER. 
EVEN THOUGH 
THOSE FROM THE 
FRONT LINE MAY 
BE AT RISK OF 
THE SMOKE AS 
NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA 
ENDURES ANOTHER 
DAY OF HAZARDOUS 
AIR. 
>> WE WILL SEE 
INCREASED RATES 
OF HEART ATTACKS 
AND STROKES ON 
DAYS LIKE TODAY. 
THIS IS A SEVERE 
HEALTH PROBLEM. 
>> Reporter: 
NASA SATELLITES 
CAPTURE THIS 
ENORMOUS SMOKE 
PLUME STRETCHING 
NEARLY 600 
MILES. 
AND IN THE SMOKE-
FILLED SKY NEAR 
FRESNO, THE 
FIREFIGHT 
CLAIMED THE LIFE 
OF MIKE 
FOURNIER, 
VETERAN 
HELICOPTER PILOT 
AND BELOVED 
FATHER. 
>> I LOVE YOU! 
AND WE'LL 
CONTINUE TO MAKE 
YOU PROUD. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MORNING, 
FAMILIES COPING 
WITH SUDDEN 
LOSS, AS AN 
ENTIRE REGION 
BRACES FOR THE 
UNCERTAINTY THIS 
NEW DAY MAY 
BRING. 
>> THIS MORNING, 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CONCERNED THEY 
MAY FIND MORE 
BODIES AS THEY 
CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT BACK THESE 
FIRES, BUT THERE 
IS SOME GOOD 
NEWS THAT THE 
WEATHER 
CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TO 
IMPROVE THIS 
WEEKEND, AND 
FIREFIGHTERS 
NEED ALL THE 
HELP THEY CAN 
GET. 
>> Reporter: 
AIDES AND FAMILY 
DON'T BELIEVE 
IT. 
ALEXEI NAVALNY 
HAS MANY ENEMIES 
IN RUSSIA TO 
COUNT. 
>> Translator: 
FOR YEARS, HE'S 
MADE NAME AND 
SHAME 
ANTICORRUPTION 
VIDEOS, OFTEN 
FLYING DRONES 
OVER THE 
MANSIONS OF 
RUSSIAN 
OLIGARCHS TO 
EXPOSE WHAT HE 
SAYS IS THEIR 
VAST ILL-GOTTEN 
WEALTH. 
NO ONE IN 
PUTIN'S INNER 
CIRCLE HAS BEEN 
IMMUNE, 
INCLUDING 
PUTTING HIMSELF. 
NAVALNY'S LAWYER 
SAID  HE WAS 
ALREADY POISONED 
IN POLICE 
CUSTODY LAST 
YEAR. 
ANOTHER TIME, HE 
HAD A GREEN DYE 
THROWN IN HIS 
FACE THAT LEFT 
HIM TEMPORARILY 
STAINED AND SAID 
NEARLY BLINDED 
HIM. 
THIS TIME, HIS 
SPOKESWOMAN SAID 
NAVALNY MAY HAVE 
HAD A POISON 
SLIPPED INTO HIS 
TEA. 
IT'S UNCLEAR 
THAT IS WHAT HE 
IS DRINKING IN 
THIS PHOTOGRAPH  
BEFORE BOARDING 
A FLIGHT FROM 
SIBERIA TO 
MOSCOW. 
NAVALNY QUICKLY 
BECAME ILL 
MIDFLIGHT, 
MOANING IN 
AGONY.  
FORCING THE 
PLANE TO MAKE AN 
EMERGENCY 
LANDING, NAVALNY 
RUSHED TO A 
HOSPITAL. 
WHEN ASKED, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAD LITTLE TO 
SAY ABOUT 
PUTIN'S MOST  
EFFECTIVE AND 
RELENTLESS 
CRITIC. 
>> WE'RE LOOKING 
AT IT, AND MIKE 
IS GOING TO BE 
REPORTING TO ME 
SOON. 
>> Reporter: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CRITICS POUNDS. 
>> WE HAVE NOT 
HEARD ANYTHING 
FROM POMPEO, 
FROM YOU KNOW, 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
AND IT IS A 
DEMONSTRATION OF 
THE MORAL 
BANKRUPTCY, BUT 
ALSO THE CLEAR 
AND PRESENT 
DANGER THAT THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
POSES TO OUR 
FREEDOMS, TO OUR 
VALUES. 
>> Reporter: 
NAVALNY 
SUPPORTERS ACUTE 
RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS  OF 
STALLING 
TACTICS, OF TRY 
TO KEEP NAVALNY 
IN THE COUNTRY 
AS LONG AS 
POSSIBLE UNTIL 
THERE IS NO 
EVIDENCE  
ANYMORE OF WHAT 
THEY SAY IS 
POISON IN HIS 
BODY. 
>>> IT'S A 
LANDMARK DAY IN 
THE HIGH-PROFILE 
COLLEGE 
ADMISSION 
SCANDAL. 
ACTRESS LORI 
LOUGHLIN AND HER 
HUSBAND AWAIT 
THEIR FATES. 
IN A SENTENCING 
MEMO FILED 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK WITH U.S. 
DISTRICT COURT 
IN 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS 
URGED THE JUDGE 
TO ACCEPT PLEA 
DEALS THAT CALL 
FOR TWO MONTHS 
BEHIND BARS FOR 
LOUGHLIN AND 
FIVE MONTHS FOR 
GIANNULLI, AS 
WELL AS A 
$250,000 FINE 
AND 250 HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE FOR 
GIANNULLI, BUT 
THE $150 FINE 
AND $100 IN 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE FOR 
LOUGHLIN.  
AFTER FIGHTING 
THE CHARGES FOR 
MORE THAN A 
YEAR, THE COUPLE 
EACH PLEADED 
GUILTY IN MAY TO 
ONE COUNT OF 
CONSPIRACY TO 
COMMIT FIRE AND 
MAIL FRAUD. 
ADMITTING THE 
FALSELY TRAINING 
THEIR DAUGHTERS 
AS CREW AT LEAST 
TO HELP GET THEM 
INTO THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
THE 
PROSECUTION'S 
MEMO CALLED YOU 
JIA LOONEY THE 
MORE ACTIVE 
PARTICIPANT. 
THE FASHION 
DESIGNER 
CONFRONTED HIS 
DAUGHTER'S HIGH 
SCHOOL 
COUNSELOR, WHICH 
GIANNULLI CALLED 
NOSY AND 
LOUGHLIN CALLED 
A WEASEL.  
THEY BRAZENLY 
LIED ABOUT HIS 
DAUGHTER'S 
ATHLETIC 
ACTIVITIES. 
THEY SAID 
LOUGHLIN TOOK A 
LESS ACTIVE ROLE 
BUT REMAINED 
FULLY 
COMPLETIVE. 
SHE COACHED HER 
DAUGHTER NOT TO 
SAY TOO MUCH TO 
HER HIGH SCHOOL' 
LEGITIMATE 
COLLEGE 
COUNSELOR.  
THE COUPLE'S 
DAUGHTERS HAVE 
NOT BEEN CHARGED 
WITH ANY FINES. 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, 
LOUGHLIN AND JIA 
LOONEY WILL  
APPEAR 
SEPARATELY VIA 
VIDEOCONFERENCE. 
ONE MAJOR HEAD-
ON GOING INTO 
TODAY SENTENCING 
HEARING, COULD 
ONGOING 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERN SHORTEN 
OR ELIMINATE 
POTENTIAL PRISON 
TIME? 
>> IF I 
REPRESENTING 
THESE 
DEFENDANTS, I'M 
GOING TO LOOK 
OVER THEIR 
MEDICAL HISTORY 
CLOSELY TO SEE 
IF I SHOULD 
ADVISE THE COURT 
OF ANY PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITION THAT 
COULD THREATEN 
THE HEALTH OR 
SAFETY WHILE 
THEY ARE 
INCARCERATED. 
>> Reporter: 
SEVERAL OTHER 
PARENTS TIED TO 
THE SCANDAL HAVE 
ALREADY GONE TO 
PRISON, 
INCLUDING 
ACTRESS FELICITY 
HUFFMAN WHO 
PLEADED GUILTY 
LAST YEAR 
SERVING 11 DAYS. 
NOW, PIVOTAL DAY 
FOR LOUGHLIN AND 
GIANNULLI , FAR 
FROM THE GLITZ 
AND GLAMOUR OF 
HOLLYWOOD. 
>> JOE, IF THEY 
DO GET SOME 
PRISON TIME, 
WHERE WILL THEY 
SERVE THAT? 
>> FIRST AND 
FOREMOST TODAY, 
THE JUDGE MUST 
DECIDE IF HE IS 
ACCEPTING THESE 
PLEA DEALS. 
IF HE DOES, 
EXPERTS TELL US 
THAT LOUGHLIN 
AND GIANNULLI 
WOULD LIKELY 
SERVE TIME IN A 
MINIMUM-SECURITY 
FACILITY HERE IN 
THEIR HOME STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA . 
JUST LIKE 
FELICITY HUFFMAN.
>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
CHANGING COURSE 
NATIONWIDE, 
HOLDING IN-
PERSON CLASSES 
AFTER COVID 
OUTBREAKS, AND 
SEEING THE 
PARTIES LIKE 
THIS AT 
VILLANOVA. 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NORTH GEORGIA, 
AND THIS SENIOR 
OKLAHOMA STATE 
UNIVERSITY JUST 
BEFORE SCHOOL 
STARTED.  
OVER THE 
WEEKEND, AND OFF 
CAMPUS GORDY 
HOUSE 
QUARANTINED WITH 
23 MEMBERS 
TESTING POSITIVE 
OF THE SCHOOL IS 
HOLDING TO KEEP 
MORE THAN 23,000 
STUDENTS SAFE 
WITH A HIGH TECH 
SOLUTION TO 
CONTACT TRACING. 
SOMETHING THAT 
USES  CAMPUS 
PURCHASES TO 
MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, WI-
FI ON THE 
STUDENTS'S 
PHONES WHEN THEY 
SET FOOT ON 
CAMPUS. 
TO SEE HOW THE 
TECHNOLOGY 
WORKS, WE FOLLOW 
JARED MOORE FOR 
A DAY IN THE 
LIFE OF A 
COLLEGE 
FRESHMAN. 
LIVING IN A 
FRATERNITY 
HOUSE, JARED HAS 
HIT CAMPUS TOOK 
FIRST OFF, THE 
STUDENT UNION TO 
BUY SNACKS. 
>> NO BETTER WAY 
TO START THE DAY.
>> Reporter: 
THEN, IT'S OFF 
TO CLASS. 
AFTERWARDS, A 
QUICK STOP AT 
THE LIBRARY. 
A SHORT BREAK AT 
A PET THERAPY 
EVENT. 
FINALLY, 
LUNCHTIME, WHERE 
JARED GOES OFF 
CAMPUS. 
THEN AN 
AFTERNOON GYM 
SESSION BEFORE 
HEADING BACK TO 
HIS FRATERNITY 
HOUSE. 
>> GOT SOME GUYS 
HANGING OUT 
HERE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
NEXT DAY, A WALK 
BEHIND A HIGH 
TECH CURTAIN. 
>> YOU CAN SEE 
THAT WAS A 
PURCHASER THERE 
WAS A CARD SO I. 
>> Reporter: DR. 
KRISTI HAWKINS 
OVERSEES THE 
CONTACT TRACING 
TECHNOLOGY. 
>> WE CAN SEE 
BUILDINGS, THE 
ONES HIGHLIGHTED 
IN ORANGE. 
YOU CAN ALSO SEE 
THE POSSIBLE 
CONTACT 
LOCATIONS. 
READ I WOULD 
MORE THAN 5000 
WI-FI HOT SPOTS 
AROUND CAMPUS, 
HAWKINS SAYS 
THEY CAN KNOW 
WHERE SICK 
STUDENTS MAY 
HAVE BEEN. 
>> WHAT THIS 
BASICALLY TELLS 
US IS THE 
BUILDINGS HE'S 
BEEN SINCE 15 
MINUTES 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY. 
>> Reporter: 
SPECIFICALLY 
WHERE IN THOSE 
BUILDINGS? 
SO IF I GO INTO 
THE LIBRARY, 
YOU'RE NOT ONLY 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SAY I WAS ON 
THE FIRST FLOOR, 
BUT I WAS ON 
THIS SIDE OF THE 
BUILDING IN THE 
FIRST FLOOR, 
HERE'S WHO I 
COULD'VE COME IN 
CONTACT WITH? 
>> YES. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
OFF-CAMPUS? 
>> WE WOULD NOT 
BE ABLE TO TRACE 
THAT, SO THIS IS 
LIMITED TO ON-
CAMPUS ACTIVITY. 
>> Reporter: IS 
FOR TRACKING, 
STUDENTS HAVE 
MIXED FEELINGS. 
>> IT SEEMS LIKE 
WE ARE KIND OF 
BEING SPIED ON, 
BUT NOT REALLY. 
>> IT SUPPOSED 
TO HELP US WITH 
COVID AND KEEPS 
EVERYONE SAFE 
FROM THE HARMFUL 
EFFECTS OF IT 
WHEN I'M ALL 
FOR. 
>> Reporter: THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PRESIDENT SAYING 
THE INFORMATION 
GATHERED IS 
PRIVATE. 
>> Reporter: WE 
DON'T DISTRIBUTE 
IT, WE DON'T 
SHARE IT WITH 
ANYBODY. 
YOU ALREADY HAVE 
MEMBERS OF A 
SORORITY TESTING 
POSITIVE, HOUSE 
UNDER 
QUARANTINE. 
DO YOU FEEL 
PREPARED? 
>> IT WORKS THE 
WAY IT WAS 
SUPPOSED TO 
WORK. 
EVERYBODY 
INVOLVED WITH 
RECRUITMENT WAS 
TESTED AND THEY 
WERE NEGATIVE. 
SUMMIT HE CAME 
IN AND WAS 
POSITIVE. 
>> Reporter: FOR 
STUDENTS, 
PARENTS, AND 
EDUCATION 
LEADERS, 
NAVIGATING THIS 
PANDEMIC MIGHT 
BE THE BIGGEST 
PART YET. 
THE FOOTBALL 
SEASON IS 
INTACT. 
UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENT 
TELLING ME THERE 
WILL BE NO 
TAILGATING THIS 
YEAR. 
FANS WILL HAVE 
TO WEAR A MASK, 
AND AS FAR AS 
STAN'S WITH 
FANS, THEY ARE 
STILL WORKING 
THAT OUT. 
>>> IN 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
TEACHERS TAKING 
TO THE STREETS. 
MORE AND THAT 
CITY'S SCHOOL 
REOPENING PLAN, 
AND ANGRY THEY 
MUST DELIVER 
REMOTE LESSONS 
FROM CLASSROOMS 
THEY WORRY 
AREN'T SAFE. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
ISSUE WE HAVE IS 
THAT EDUCATED 
VOICES ARE NOT 
BEING USED AND 
DECISION-MAKING. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE'S MISTRUST 
AMONG DETROIT 
PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS TOO. 
THEY 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
AUTHORIZE THE 
POTENTIAL SAFETY 
STRIKE, WORKING 
ONLY REMOTELY IF 
THERE COVID 
CONCERNS ARE NOT 
MET. 
FACED WITH THE 
THREAT OF A 
STRIKE IN THE 
NATION'S LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 
NEW YORK CITY 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO OFFERED A 
NEW SAFETY PLAN. 
>> AND HERE IS A 
PLEDGE. 
RENT A PROMISING 
PPE SUPPLY FOR 
30 DAYS IN EVERY 
SCHOOL, BETTER 
VENTILATION, AND 
FREE COVID TESTS 
FOR STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT CITY 
RUN SITES. 
>> IF IT IS NOT 
SAFE, WE WON'T 
REOPEN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
MAYOR REMINDING 
TEACHERS THEY 
ARE PUBLIC 
SERVANTS. 
>> IS SHOW UP 
AND SERVE. 
THAT IS WHAT OUR 
CONSTITUENTS 
DEPEND ON.  
RETIC ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL TEACHER 
CHRISTINE JOSEPH 
WANTS TO TEACH 
IN PERSON, BUT 
SHE'S WORRIED. 
>> HOW AM I 
GOING TO 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE WITH 
FIVE OR 6-YEAR-
OLDS? 
AND HOW WE WE 
GET THEM TO WEAR 
A MASK? 
THAT IS A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS IS WHAT THE 
FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL LOOKS 
LIKE AT LUCERNE 
VALLEY 
ELEMENTARY NEAR 
LOS ANGELES. 
FACE GUARDS AT 
DESKS, 
SANITIZING 
STATIONS IN 
EVERY CLASSROOM, 
AND PLENTY OF 
VISUAL REMINDERS 
TO EASE ANXIOUS 
PARENTS. 
>> IF THEY SEE 
ANYTHING THAT 
I'M NOT OKAY 
WITH, I'M NOT 
COMING BACK. 
>> Reporter: IN 
VERMONT, THE 
POTENTIAL 
SHORTAGE OF 
SUBSTITUTE 
TEACHERS. 
IT'S TURNING TO 
COLLEGE STUDENTS 
INSPIRED BY HIS 
DAUGHTER. 
>> I THINK THEY 
HAVE THE SKILL. 
I THINK THEY 
HAVE THE 
KNOWLEDGE AND 
EMPATHY, AND I 
THINK THEY CAN 
DO IT, YOU KNOW? 
I HAVE A LOT OF 
FAITH IN YOUNG 
PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK HERE IN NEW 
YORK, THE CITY 
IS THE ONLY ONE 
OF THE NATION'S 
NINE LARGEST 
DISTRICTS TO OPEN
OR AT LEAST PLAN 
TO OPEN WITH IN 
PERSON OPTIONS. 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
SCHOOL HERE IS 
SEPTEMBER 10. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TEACHING 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
YOU RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME BACK IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR FEET.
>>> YOU GOT A 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, BUT A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
SUPER EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
THIS IS THE 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE-
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR IN PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS, 
SO WE STARTED 
THE NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COMING THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN.  
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
ARE MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>>  AND MY 
GORGEOUS I TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MODEL 
WE DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO OUR 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MASK 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS 
FROM SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MORE 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
MODEL OF KERN 
CONCERN? 
DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU 
BELIEVE THE 
COUNTRY IS UNDER 
ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NEWS 
WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE PRIDE TO 
BRING 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GROIN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, FILOMENA 
CAROL RUBINO 
WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
BE PROUD. 
>>> AS WILDFIRES 
TEAR THROUGH 
HOMES TODAY, 
CREWS ARE FACING 
100 ACTIVE FIRES 
ACROSS 
CALIFORNIA. 
MORE THAN 20 OF 
THEM MONSTROUS 
INFERNOS. 
NEAR NAPA VALLEY,
TEAMS ARE LOSING 
GRASS. 
EXPLOITING AGAIN 
OVERNIGHT, MORE 
HARROWING 
EVACUATIONS IN 
HELLSCAPE . TENS 
OF THOUSANDS 
INFLAMES. 
SOME, STILL 
ACCOUNTED SCHOOL 
FOR. 
>> I HAVE TWO 
CONFIRMED BURN 
BASES. 
WE ARE STILL 
LOOKING IN THE 
AREA FOR 
ADDITIONAL LIES. 
>> Reporter: 
MOVING OUT OF 
FEROCIOUS SPEEDS 
ACROSS NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA, 
FLAMES JUMPED AN 
EIGHT LANE 
INTERSTATE. 
>> THE FIRE WAS 
WILD.  
YOU COULD HEAR 
TREES FALLING. 
IT WAS THE 
SCARIEST THING. 
>> Reporter: 
DEVOURING THE 
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 
SANTA CRUZ, THE 
FIRE IGNITED 
COMMUNITIES 
OUTSIDE SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS, 
IT'S BEEN A T 
AND MOUSE GAME 
WITH 
FIREFIGHTERS 
TRYING TO CATCH 
UP WITH HOT 
EMBERS TRAVELING 
THROUGH THE AIR 
FOR MILES. 
THEY ARE LOSING 
HOME AFTER HOME. 
IN THE SMOKE 
FILLED SKIES 
NEAR FRESNO, THE 
FIRE FIGHT 
TURNING DELI 
WINDOW WATER 
DROPPING 
HELICOPTER WENT 
DOWN. 
VETERAN PILOT 
AND FAMILY MAN, 
MIKE FOURNIER, 
GAVE HIS LIFE 
PROTECTING 
OTHERS. 
>> IT WON'T BE 
THE SAME WITHOUT 
HIM! 
PEOPLE ARE GOING 
TO MISS HIM. 
RETIC WITH SOME 
OF THE WORST AIR 
QUALITY ON THE 
PLANET CHOKING 
LARGE SWATHS OF 
THE STATE, 
TONIGHT'S 
COMMUNITIES MUST 
WAIT AND WATCH, 
THE SUN SETTING 
ON ANOTHER 
DESTRUCTIVE DAY. 
FOR NOW, THERE 
REMAINS NO 
OFFICIAL NUMBER. 
ON THE TRUE SCOPE
, AND WHETHER 
THERE IS QUESTION
HOME OF HOME 
LOSS, ENTIRE 
COMMUNITIES WERE 
ALSO WIPED OFF 
THE MAP. 
>>> ASK TEACHERS 
WHAT THEY DID ON 
THEIR SUMMER 
VACATION, AND 
MANY WILL SAY 
WORRY. 
>> I UNDERSTAND 
PARENTS NEED 
CARE, BUT 
TURNING MY 
SCHOOL INTO A 
COVID LABORATORY 
IS NOT THE 
ANSWER. 
>> IF YOU COULD 
BE THE PERSON 
THAT BRINGS THAT 
TO YOUR FAMILY. 
IT'S JUST NOT, 
IT'S NOT SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
THAT FEAR 
DRIVING TO TRY 
TEACHERS TO 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
APPROVE A 
POTENTIAL SAFETY 
STRIKE. 
IN NEW YORK CITY 
WERE PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS ARE SET 
TO OPEN THEIR 
DOORS IN 3 
WEEKS, TEACHERS 
ARE THREATENING 
TO STRIKE AS 
WELL. 
>> WE HAVE FOUND 
THE TEACHERS AND 
PARENTS OF NEW 
YORK CITY THAT 
WE WOULD STAND 
AND FIGHT IF WE 
FEEL A SCHOOL 
WAS UNSAFE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
UNION 
REPRESENTING 
ABOUT 120,000 
STUDENT 
EMPLOYEES 
ISSUING A 
PREPAID 
CHECKLIST, 
INCLUDING NO 
CONTACT 
THERMOMETERS, 
PROTOCOLS FOR 
HISTORY AND 
STAFF, AND 
UPGRADED 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEM. 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
KEY FOR 
ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL TEACHER 
CHRISTINE 
JOSEPH. 
>> MOST OF THE 
WINDOWS WILL NOT 
OPEN MORE THAN A 
FEW INCHES. 
>> Reporter: 
MOST OF YOUR 
OPENS DON'T OPEN 
A FEW INCHES? 
>> SOME DON'T 
OPEN AT ALL, SO 
THAT'S A VERY 
BIG CONCERN FOR 
THE TEACHERS. 
>> Reporter: 
TODAY, MAYOR 
BILL DE BLASIO 
PROMISED TO OPEN 
WINDOWS AND 
PARTS OF HIS 
SAFETY PLEDGE, 
INCLUDING BETTER 
VENTILATION, 
FREE COVID 
TESTING FOR 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT CITY 
RUN SITES, PLUS 
A 30 DAY SUPPLY 
OF PPE THAT ALL 
SCHOOLS. 
>> WE'RE GOING 
TO MAKE SURE THE 
SCHOOLS ARE 
SAFE, READY. 
>> Reporter: OF 
THE NATION'S 
LARGEST 
DISTRICTS, ONLY 
THE BIGGEST, NEW 
YORK, IS 
STARTING WITH A 
BIG  IN PRISON 
OPTION. 
SAFETY IS 
NONNEGOTIABLE. 
ANNE THOMPSON, 
NBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TEACHING 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
YOU RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT FROM
THE PORTLAND 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP AS HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE, WHO WE 
SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT A 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
SUPER EXPENSIVE. 
WE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AN 
BORROW FOR AN 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter: 
"WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES." 
>>> WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS.  
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COMING THROUGH 
HERE.  
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN.  
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOBS 
THEY LOVE OR 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> Reporter: YOU 
ARE CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL WHERE WE 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DELETE TAKE CARE 
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT I MISS IS
MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENT FROM 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
TONIGHT, THE U.S.
SHATTERING 
RECORDS FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
CONCERN IF THE 
KIDS WERE TOLD 
THEY WOULD NOT 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY. 
>> DID YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WOULD 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> I DID. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE UNDER THIS
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NEWS 
WITH LESTER HOLT
." 
>>> WITH ALL WE 
ARE FACING, I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, AND 
WIFE OF A MOTHER 
AND KIDS WHO ARE 
SELLING MORE 
VULNERABLE OF 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
PROUD NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
CAROL AND MY 
MOTHER WILL LOOK 
DOWN AND BE 
PROUD. 
POLITICS.
>> AND OH, BY THE WAY, HE WAS 
ALSO NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AS 
WELL AS HOST OF "SHARK TANK."
HE JOINS US THIS MORNING TO TALK
ABOUT ALL OF IT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, 
MR. CUBAN.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON, 
CRAIG, AND THE NAME IS MARK.
THE MISTER STUFF DOESN'T WORK.
WITH MARK, WHAT 
A TIME TO BE IN 
BASKETBALL, 
LET'S START WITH 
THAT. 
THE BUBBLE HAS 
BEEN PROVEN 
WILDLY 
SUCCESSFUL GOING 
FIVE WEEKS WITH 
NO POSITIVE 
COVID CASES, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
BURST THE BUBBLE 
NEXT WEEK WHEN 
THEY DECIDE TO 
LEAD IN SOME 
GUEST AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS,
 
ORLAND
ARE YOU 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THAT? 
I KNOW YOU ARE 
HEADED TO O.
ORLANDO. 
>> YES I'LL BE 
HEADING TO 
ORLANDO AND NO 
I'M NOT. 
HONESTLY I'M A 
LITTLE CONCERNED 
JUST LIKE I AM 
FOR EVERYBODY 
GENERALLY BUT 
THE BUBBLE HAS 
WORKED OUT SO 
WELL, STAFF AND 
EVERYBODY HAS 
ADHERED TO THE 
PROTOCOL AND 
THAT IS THE 
CRITICAL ISSUE. 
EVERYTHING IS SO 
SPECIFICALLY 
MARKED AND 
DEFINED, THERE'S 
A LOT OF ROOM 
FOR ERROR SO I'M 
CONFIDENT IT 
WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK. 
>> MARK TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
BUSINESS, I'M 
SURE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE 
APPRECIATED 
THIS. 
AT THE BEGINNING 
OF THE PANDEMIC 
YOU PUT A 
CALLOUT ON 
TWITTER 
CONNECTING 
STRUGGLING SMALL 
BUSINESSES WITH 
LOCAL BANKS. 
SPECIFICALLY 
ASKING FOR 
MINORITY OWNED 
AND WOMEN OWNED 
BUSINESSES TO 
REACH OUT TO YOU.
WHAT WAS THE 
OUTCOME, DID YOU 
FIND BUSINESSES 
YOU MIGHT WANT 
TO INVEST IN 
PERSONALLY? 
HOW DID YOU HELP 
THEM? 
>> I WASN'T 
REALLY LOOKING 
TO INVEST BUT 
TRYING TO HOOK 
THEM UP WITH 
COMMUNITY BANKS 
AND WHAT 
HAPPENED IS A 
LOT OF SMALL 
MINORITY OWNED 
BUSINESSES TRIED 
TO GO TO THESE 
BANKS AND FOUND 
OUT THEY WERE 
LOW ON THE TOTEM 
POLE WHEN IT 
CAME TO PPP, 
THEY WERE 
GETTING MUCH IN 
THE WAY OF 
RESPONSES SO 
WHAT I DID WAS I 
WENT THROUGH THE 
TWITTER 
RESPONSES AND 
CONNECTED THEM 
TO INDIVIDUAL 
IMMUNITY BANKS 
IN THEIR 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
THE COMMUNITY 
BANKS, IT WAS 
AMAZING, THEY 
WERE ABLE TO 
WALK THEM 
THROUGH THE PPP 
PROCESS AND GET 
THEM LOANS THE 
SAME OR NEXT 
DAY. 
SOMETIMES JUST A 
LITTLE 
MATCHMAKING FOR 
THOSE SMALL 
MINORITY 
OWNED 
BUSINESSES. 
>> WHAT ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENTS 
REOPENING 
AMERICA 
COMMITTEE? 
ARE YOU STILL 
WORKING ON THAT? 
WHAT'S GOING ON 
THERE? 
>> OFFICIALLY I 
GUESS I AM, WE 
HAD ONE CALL AND 
THAT WAS IT SO I 
DON'T KNOW WHERE 
THAT'S OUT RIGHT 
NOW. 
I DON'T THINK 
HE'S HAPPY WITH 
ME RIGHT NOW SO 
WHO KNOWS. 
>> WHY WOULD HE 
NOT BE HAPPY 
WITH MARK CUBAN? 
YOU'VE ALREADY 
SAID YOU ARE 
LIKELY VOTING 
FOR JOE BIDEN 
BECAUSE TRUMP 
SCARES YOU IN 
MORE AREAS, WHAT 
DID YOU THINK OF 
THE DNC THIS 
PAST WEEK? 
>> I DIDN'T GET 
TO WATCH THE DNC,
I'VE BEEN 
WATCHING NBA 
BASKETBALL. 
-- I THINK I 
DIDN'T GET TO 
WATCH THE WHOLE 
THING. 
>> YOU JUST 
MENTIONED A 
MASK, GAMES 
THROUGH THE 
NIGHT. 
I'VE GOT TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE 
EJECTION AND YOU 
CANNOT ANSWER IF 
YOU WANT TO BET 
FOR FOLKS WHO 
DIDN'T SEE IT HE 
WAS EJECTED FROM 
A GAME AFTER TWO 
TECHNICAL FOULS 
AND A LOT OF 
FOLKS TOOK TO 
TWITTER 
INCLUDING LeBRON 
AND BASICALLY 
SAID THAT WAS 
NONSENSE. 
WHAT SAY CUBAN? 
>> YOU ARE 
TRYING TO GET ME 
FIND AREN'T YOU? 
YOU KNOW, IT'S 
IN THE PAST AND 
WE WON THE LAST 
GAME AND 
HOPEFULLY WE 
WILL GET IT DONE 
TONIGHT SO I'M 
NOT GOING TO 
LOOK BACKWARDS 
I'M GOING TO 
LOOK FORWARD. 
>> OKAY NOW 
LET'S TALK EMMYS 
BECAUSE YOU AND 
YOUR FELLOW 
SHARKS ARE 
NOMINATED AS 
HOSTS OF A 
REALITY PROGRAM, 
WHAT IS IT LIKE 
WITH THE 
UPCOMING SEASON 
IN VEGAS? 
I KNOW THEY ARE 
TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS BUT 
HOW ARE YOU 
CELEBRATING YOUR 
NOMINATION? 
>> WE JUST 
FINISHED FILMING 
AND IT WAS 
INCREDIBLE, WE 
LITERALLY WERE 
IN LAS VEGAS AND 
IT WAS EVEN MORE 
STRINGENT THAN 
THE NBA BUBBLE 
BECAUSE WE 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
BIG CAMPUS, WE 
ALL LITERALLY, 
TO GO TO THE SET 
THERE WERE 
MARKINGS ON THE 
WALL THAT TOLD 
US WHERE TO WALK 
AND HOW TO GO, 
ENTREPRENEURS 
HAD TO 
QUARANTINE FOR 
EIGHT DAYS SO 
THE DEALS WERE 
INCREDIBLE, THE 
ENTREPRENEURS 
ARE TRULY 
COMMITTED AND IT 
REALLY IS A 
DIFFERENT TYPE 
OF SHARK TANK IN 
TERMS OF 
INTENSITY 
BECAUSE 
EVERYBODY WAS 
KIND OF CONFINED 
AND READY TO DO 
DEALS. 
IT WAS EXCITING 
AND I'M REALLY 
PROUD OF 
ENTREPRENEURS AND
REALLY EXCITED 
ABOUT THE CREW 
BECAUSE YOU KNOW 
HOW MUCH 
PRODUCTION HAS 
FALLEN OFF IN 
HOLLYWOOD SO 
EVERYBODY REALLY 
ADHERED TO EVERY 
SINGLE PROTOCOL 
AND THIS SEASON 
THE ENERGY WAS 
OFF THE CHARTS. 
THAT'S ALL THE 
MORE REASON FOR 
US TO BE EXCITED 
ABOUT OUR 
POTENTIAL EMMY 
WIN BECAUSE THIS 
IS THE FIRST 
TIME THE SHARKS 
THEMSELVES HAVE 
BEEN NOMINATED, 
IT'S EXCITING 
FOR ALL OF US. 
>> AND ITS WELL-
DESERVED, A 
FANTASTIC SHOW 
MARK CUBAN, THE 
ONLY PERSON IN 
THE USA UP FOR 
AN EMMY AND AN 
NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 
PERHAPS. 
GOOD LUCK WITH 
BOTH OF THEM 
MARK AND THANK 
YOU. 
>>> FOR THE PAST 
DECADE US HIGHER 
EDUCATION HAS 
BEEN HEADED 
TOWARD A 
FINANCIAL 
CRISIS. 
COST AND DEBT 
ARE RISING. 
STATES HAVE CUT 
FUNDING FOR 
PUBLIC COLLEGES 
AND ENROLLMENTS 
ARE DECLINING. 
THEN THE 
PANDEMIC 
HAPPENED. 
AND UNIVERSITIES 
WERE FORCED TO 
ADAPT TO A 
COMPLETELY NEW 
MODEL OF 
EDUCATION. 
ONLINE LEARNING. 
>> SO THERE IS A 
GLOBAL EXPERIMENT
BUT WE DIDN'T DO 
IT VOLUNTARILY, 
WE WERE FORCED 
TO DO IT. 
IT PUSHED AN 
IMPORTANT 
QUESTION FOR US 
TO THINK ABOUT. 
IN THE MORE 
PERMIT CASE -- 
GOING FORWARD. 
>>> THE US 
SPENDS MORE ON 
COLLEGE THAN 
ALMOST ANY OTHER 
COUNTRY, THAT'S 
ABOUT $32,000 
PER STUDENT PER 
YEAR. 
NEARLY TWICE 
AS MUCH AS THE 
AVERAGE 
DEVELOPED 
COUNTRY. 
>> IF YOU LOOK 
AT PLACES WHERE 
THERE IS A 
HIGHLY 
FUNCTIONAL BUT 
LESS 
PROHIBITIVELY 
EXPENSIVE HIGHER 
EDUCATION SYSTEM
, CANADA, THE UK,
WHAT YOU SEE IS 
A MUCH MORE BARE-
BONES STUDENT 
EXPERIENCE. 
IF THEY HAVE 
RESIDENCE HALLS 
AT ALL THEY ARE 
JUST WHAT YOU 
NEED. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
CLIMBING WALLS 
AND WHATEVER THE 
OTHER FEATURES 
OF RESIDENCE 
HALLS THAT 
PEOPLE PICK ON. 
>> ADMITTEDLY 
THAT'S A PRETTY 
SKELETAL VIEW OF 
COLLEGES, -- 
NOTABLY HE 
DIDN'T ADVOCATE 
FOR FREE COLLEGE 
WHICH HE SAYS 
JUST 
REDISTRIBUTES 
THE COLLEGE OF 
AN INEFFICIENT 
SYSTEM FROM 
STUDENTS TO 
TAXPAYERS. 
THERE ARE THREE 
MODELS THAT 
RANGE FROM THE 
TYPICAL FOUR-
YEAR RESIDENTIAL 
MODEL TO HYBRID 
MODEL TO A FULLY 
ONLINE MODEL. 
THE IDEA IS THAT 
SOME STUDENTS 
WILL BE WILLING 
AND ABLE TO PAY 
FOR PREMIUM 
RESIDENTIAL 
EXPERIENCES AT A 
BRAND-NAME 
UNIVERSITY. 
>> THIS MODEL IS 
WILL I CALL -- 
>> OTHER SCHOOLS 
CAN SAVE ON COST 
BY MOVING PART 
OF THEIR 
OPERATION 
ONLINE. 
>> WHAT THIS 
WHOLE EXPERIMENT 
HAS TOLD YOU IS 
THERE ARE THINGS 
THAT WE DO IN 
THE FOUR-YEAR 
RESIDENTIAL MODEL
WHICH ACTUALLY 
CAN BE DELIVERED 
ONLINE. 
>> SO THINGS 
LIKE LECTURES 
WOULD MIGRATE 
ONLINE BUT LABS 
AND DISCUSSION 
SECTIONS MIGHT 
REMAIN FACE-TO-
FACE. 
THEN THERE IS 
THE FULLY ONLINE 
MODEL. 
FULLY ONLINE 
DEGREES ALREADY 
EXIST BUT THOSE 
SCHOOLS ARE ALSO 
IN OFTEN 
CONSIDERED LESS 
-- 
>> FOR THOSE WHO 
GET THE FOUR-
YEAR THING, -- 
KEEP THE FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE. 
OF COURSE THEY 
WILL MISS THE 
RESIDENTIAL 
PART. 
NOW WE NEED -- I 
DON'T EVEN NEED 
TO CREATE THE 
CONTENT, THERE 
IS FABULOUS 
CONTENT ALREADY 
AVAILABLE. 
-- NEW CONTENT, 
AND YOU CAN 
OFFER THE CLASS, 
ONCE YOU CREATE 
A 101 COURSE, -- 
THERE IS NO 
EXTRA COST. 
FEWER EXTRA 
COSTS. 
THEREFORE THE 
MARGINAL COST IS 
SO LIMITED WHEN 
YOU SCALE 
ONLINE. 
>> OF COURSE IT 
IS A FUN THOUGHT 
EXPERIMENT BUT 
WE'VE HAD THIS 
CONVERSATION 
BEFORE, -- 
>> EVERYONE SAID 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO DEMOCRATIZE 
NEO EDUCATION. 
>> SPOILER ALERT 
THEY DIDN'T. 
>> 9% SELF 
IDENTIFIED AS 
SOMEONE WHO 
COULDN'T AFFORD 
A TRADITIONAL 
EDUCATION. 
>> INSTEAD WE 
FOUND OUT MOST 
STUDENTS ALREADY 
HAD HIGHER 
EDUCATION, THEY 
WERE MOSTLY MEN 
AND YOUNGER THAN 
45. 
>> THEY SERVED A 
NICHE GROUP 
WELL, THEY ARE 
EMPLOYED ALREADY 
AND WANT TO 
TRANSITION TO A 
NEW FIELD AND 
MAYBE THEY WANT 
TO LEARN A NEW 
TOPIC. 
>> THAT'S NOT 
EXACTLY THE 
AUDIENCE WE ARE 
GOING FOR IF WE 
WANT TO 
DEMOCRATIZE 
HIGHER 
EDUCATION. 
>> MOST STUDENTS 
DON'T PERFORM 
VERY WELL IN --, 
MOST ARE NEVER 
COMPLETED AND 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
DISCOVERED IN 
THE SPRING WHERE 
A MAJORITY AND 
IN SOME CASES A 
VERY LARGE 
MAJORITY OF 
STUDENTS SIMPLY 
DRIFTED AWAY 
FROM THE ONLINE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
THEY CEASED 
COMING TO 
LECTURES, THEY 
CEASED 
COMPLETING 
ASSESSMENTS, 
SOME OF THEM 
DIDN'T EVEN 
COMPLETE EXAMS. 
>> THEY NOTE 
THERE ARE ONLINE 
PROGRAMS AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL. 
>> THE OPEN 
UNIVERSITY IN 
THE UK I THINK 
IS FREQUENTLY 
CITED AS A VERY 
SUCCESSFUL 
EXAMPLE OF WHAT 
ONE CAN DO WITH 
ONLINE EDUCATION 
BUT THOSE 
COURSES TAKE 
MONTHS TO PUT 
TOGETHER. 
AND THEY TAKE A 
LOT OF MONEY. 
TO AN 
ADMINISTRATOR AN 
ONLINE CLASS 
LOOKS VERY 
APPEALING 
BECAUSE IT SEEMS 
LIKE YOU COULD 
SCALE IT 
INFINITELY. 
BUT NO YOU 
CANNOT. 
BECAUSE THERE 
ARE REAL 
LIMITING FACTORS.
>> IS THE 
PANDEMIC GOING 
TO DEMOCRATIZE 
HIGHER ED? 
PROBABLY NOT BUT 
THERE ARE THOSE 
IN HIGHER ED WHO 
ARE OPTIMISTIC 
ABOUT THE FUTURE 
OF ONLINE 
LEARNING. 
SO MAYBE THE 
FINANCIAL TRADE-
OFF COULD BE 
WORTH IT FOR 
SOME STUDENTS AT 
LEAST. 
>> ONE OF THESE 
SOCIALLY 
CONSTRUCTED 
IDEAS, -- I AM 
BEGINNING TO 
REALIZE THERE 
ARE THINGS I CAN 
DO ONLINE I WAS 
NOT EVEN ABLE TO 
DO PHYSICALLY. 
TECHNOLOGY CAN 
HELP YOU TO 
DIAGNOSE STUDENT 
LEARNING NEEDS 
MORE EFFECTIVELY.
YOU CAN USE 
DISCUSSION 
BOARDS, -- INTO 
THE CLASSROOM 
THEREFORE THEY 
ARE NOT ASKING 
FOR A COMPROMISE 
ON QUALITY BUT 
THE FULLY ONLINE 
MODEL IS FOR 
STUDENTS THAT 
WOULD OTHERWISE 
NEVER GET A 
COLLEGE DEGREE 
AND YOU ARE 
GIVING THEM A 
DEGREE OF 
PREMIUM QUALITY 
AND THEREFORE IN 
SOME WAYS YOU 
GIVE THEM A VERY 
GOOD OPTION --
.
A NIGHT CAPPED
[ MUSIC ]
>>> THE 
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
NOW OFFICIAL, 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
CAPPING AN 
HISTORIC 
CONVENTION WITH 
BIDEN GRABBING 
THE PRICE THAT 
HAS ELUDED HIM 
FOR MORE THAN 
THREE DECADES. 
>> I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN DELIVERING 
THE MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL 
SPEECH OF HIS 
YEAR, CAREER, 
WHICH INCLUDED A 
WEATHERING 
ATTACK ON PRES. 
TRUMP WITHOUT 
EVER MENTIONING 
HIM BY NAME. 
>> THE CURRENT 
PRESIDENT HAS 
CLOAKED AMERICAN 
DARKNESS FOR TOO 
LONG. 
I WILL BE AN 
ALLY OF THE 
LIGHT NOT THE 
DARKNESS. 
IT'S TIME FOR 
US, FOR WE THE 
PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter:
>> THIS WILL DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA IS GOING TO
BIDEN SAYING 
AMERICA IS 
FACING FOUR 
MAJOR CRISES, 
THE PANDEMIC, 
THE ECONOMIC 
DOWNTURN, RACIAL 
STRIFE AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
CALLING THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION LIFE-
CHANGING. 
>> THIS WILL 
DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA IS GOING 
TO LOOK LIKE FOR 
A LONG LONG 
TIME. 
CHARACTER IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
COMPASSION IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
DECENCY, 
SCIENCE, 
DEMOCRACY, THEY 
ARE ALL ON THE 
BALLOT. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
MAKING IT CLEAR 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID 
WOULD BE HIS 
MOST URGENT 
TASK. 
LAYING OUT A 
PLAN TO COMBAT 
IT FROM RAPID 
TESTING TO A 
NATIONAL MASK 
MANDATE. 
>> WE WILL TAKE 
THE MUZZLE OFF 
OUR EXPERTS. 
SO THE PUBLIC 
IT'S THE 
INFORMATION THAT 
THEY NEED AND 
DESERVE. 
HONEST, 
UNVARNISHED 
TRUTH. 
THEY CAN HANDLE 
IT. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN ALSO 
SPEAKING 
DIRECTLY TO 
FAMILIES 
IMPACTED BY COVID
S
TO L
DRAWING ON HIS 
OWN GRIEF, THE 
DEATH OF HIS 
FIRST WIFE AND 
DAUGHTER IN 1972 
AND THE LOSS OF 
HIS ELDEST SON 
BO IN 2015. 
>> I HAVE SOME 
IDEA HOW IT 
FEELS TO LOSE 
SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE. 
I KNOW THAT DEEP 
BLACK HOLE THAT 
OPENS UP IN THE 
MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU 
ARE BEING SUCKED 
INTO IT. 
YOUR LOVED ONE 
MAY HAVE BUT 
THIS EARTH BUT 
THEY NEVER LEAVE 
YOUR HEART. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN ACCUSED 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
MAKING THE 
COUNTRY LESS 
SECURE. 
>> THE DAYS OF 
COZYING UP TO 
DICTATORS IS 
OVER. 
UNDER PRES. 
BIDEN AMERICA 
WILL NOT TURN A 
BLIND EYE TO 
RUSSIAN BOUNTIES 
ON THE HEADS OF 
AMERICAN 
SOLDIERS. 
NOR WILL I PUT 
UP WITH FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE IN 
OUR MOST SACRED 
AQUATIC 
EXERCISE, 
VOTING. 
>> Reporter: 
BIDEN ALSO 
SAYING THE 
NATION HAS TO 
CHANGE, IN THE 
WAKE OF THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE 
FLOYD AND OTHER 
BLACK AMERICANS. 
>> WILL WE BE 
THE GENERATION 
THAT FINALLY 
WIPES OUT THE 
STAIN OF RACISM? 
>> Reporter: 
CLOSING OUT THE 
NIGHT WITH HIS 
URGENT CALL TO 
ACTION. 
>> THIS IS OUR 
MISSION, MAY 
HISTORY BE ABLE 
TO SAY THAT THE 
END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS BEGAN 
HERE TONIGHT, AS 
LOVE AND HOPE 
AND LIGHT JOINED 
IN THE BATTLE 
FOR THE SOUL OF 
THE NATION. 
AND THIS IS A 
BATTLE WE WILL 
WIN AND WE WILL 
DO IT TOGETHER. 
.
>> 
>> Reporter: 
TYPICALLY 
NOMINEES HIT THE 
ROAD AND START 
TRAVELING TO 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES IN THE 
WAKE OF THEIR 
CONVENTION, 
DON'T EXPECT 
THAT THIS YEAR. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN 
BELIEVES THIS 
VIRTUAL 
CAMPAIGNING IS 
WORKING. 
SO EXPECT THAT 
TO CONTINUE IN 
THE NEAR TERM. 
MEANWHILE 
WATCHING IT 
CLOSELY FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE, 
RESIDENT TRUMP 
TWEETED LAST 
NIGHT DURING THE 
CONVENTION QUOTE 
IN 47 YEARS JOE 
BIDEN DID NONE 
OF THE THINGS OF 
WHICH HE NOW 
SPEAKS. 
HE WILL NEVER 
CHANGE, JUST 
WORDS. 
RESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO MAKE 
HIS 
ARGUMENT FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS 
WHEN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION GETS 
UNDERWAY ON 
MONDAY. 
>>> WE ARE 
JOINED NOW BY 
ONE OF THE 
SPEAKERS 
FEATURED AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION THIS 
WEEK, NEW YORK 
GOV. 
ANDREW CUOMO AND 
GOV. 
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD 
TO HAVE YOU, 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD TO BE 
WITH YOU CRAIG, 
THANK YOU. 
>> MR. BIDEN 
LAST NIGHT 
CAPPING OFF THE 
DEMOCRATS MAKING 
THEIR CASE, LAST 
NIGHT TALKING 
ABOUT THIS 
BATTLE FOR THE 
SOUL OF THE 
NATION AND WE 
KNOW THAT HE 
LOVES THE CROWD, 
HAD TO DO IT 
VIRTUALLY. 
HOW DO YOU THINK 
HE DID? 
DID HE STICK THE 
LANDING? 
>> OH YES, I 
THINK HE DID A 
GREAT JOB. 
FIRST AS SOMEONE 
WHO HAS BEEN 
BEFORE AN 
AUDIENCE IN A 
SITUATION LIKE 
THAT IT IS HARD 
WITHOUT AN 
AUDIENCE. 
THERE IS NO 
ENERGY, NO GIVE-
AND-TAKE SO I 
THINK HE DID AND 
ASKED ORDINARY 
JOB AND WHAT I 
LIKED ABOUT IT 
IS I KNOW JOE 
BIDEN MANY YEARS 
AND THAT WAS JOE 
BIDEN, IT WASN'T 
A SPEECHWRITER 
OR ANYONE 
PUTTING WORDS IN 
HIS MOUTH, THOSE 
WORDS CAME FROM 
HIS HEART AND 
HIS SOUL AND I 
THOUGHT HE 
CAPTURED IT VERY 
WELL. 
THIS IS NOT A 
COMPLEX 
ELECTION, LET'S 
BE HONEST. 
THESE ARE TWO 
VERY STARK 
CHOICES AND THEY 
ARE ABOUT 
CHARACTER AND 
THEY ARE ABOUT 
THE SOUL OF THE 
NATION AND THEY 
ARE LIGHT AND 
DARK AND 
UNIFICATION AND 
DIVISION. 
LIFTING US UP 
AND TAKING US 
DOWN. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THIS IS ABOUT, 
THIS ELECTION. 
FACING COVID AND 
HANDLING THIS 
BEAST AFTER SIX 
MONTHS, VICE 
PRESIDENT -- 
VICE PRESIDENT 
LAYING OUT HIS 
PLAN 
TO RESPOND TO 
THE PANDEMIC, 
LET'S TURN TO 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
NEW YORK. 
13 STRAIGHT DAYS 
IF I'M NOT 
MISTAKEN WITH 
THE POSITIVITY 
RATE OF LESS 
THAN 1%. 
SCHOOLS SET TO 
OPEN IN NEW YORK 
CITY ESPECIALLY 
THE LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IN THE COUNTRY, 
IT'S THE LARGEST 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IN THE COUNTRY 
OUTSIDE CHICAGO, 
LA, HOUSTON WHO 
WENT ALL 
VIRTUAL, HOW 
CONFIDENT ARE 
YOU THAT NEW 
YORK CITY 
SCHOOLS ARE 
READY TO REOPEN? 
>> WELL, IT IS 
FIRST FINGERS 
CROSSED ON ALL 
OF THIS. 
BUT WE'VE GONE 
FROM THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATE 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES TO THE 
LOWEST INFECTION 
RATE AS YOU KNOW.
IF THERE IS ANY 
STATE THAT CAN 
REOPEN SCHOOLS 
IT IS US. 
WE DID A RECORD 
NUMBER OF TESTS 
YESTERDAY, JUST 
ABOUT 100,000 
TEST. 
WE TEST WAY MORE 
THAN ANY OTHER 
STATE AND WE ARE 
DOWN AT A .7 
INFECTION RATE. 
THAT IS VERY 
LOW. 
WE'VE BEEN 
REOPENING FOR 14 
WEEKS AND OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
ACTUALLY WENT 
DOWN. 
SO YOU CAN 
HANDLE THIS 
BEAST. 
IF YOU ARE 
SERIOUS ABOUT 
IT. 
ON SCHOOLS WE 
HAVE THE RATE 
THAT SAYS YOU 
CAN REOPEN 
SCHOOLS BUT IT 
BECOMES BY 
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 
ECONOMY.
YOU HAVE TO BE SMART.
YOU HAVE TO
YOU CAN DO IT 
BUT IT'S ABOUT 
HOW. 
LIKE WHEN WERE 
REOPENED THE 
ECONOMY YOU HAVE 
TO BE SMART AND 
HAVE PROTOCOLS 
IN PLACE AND WE 
ARE WORKING THAT 
THROUGH SCHOOL 
DISTRICT SCHOOL 
DISTRICT AND 
WHAT I'VE SAID 
FROM DAY ONE IS 
IF PARENTS 
AREN'T HAPPY AND 
CONFIDENT AND IF 
TEACHERS AREN'T 
CONFIDENT THEN 
YOU DON'T HAVE A 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
REOPENING 
BECAUSE YOU 
CAN'T OPEN THE 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
WITHOUT PARENTS 
AND TEACHERS AND 
WE ARE WORKING 
THROUGH THAT NOW.
WE WILL MAKE 
DIFFERENT 
DECISIONS IN 
DIFFERENT 
DISTRICTS. 
BUT FROM MY 
POINT OF VIEW AS 
LONG AS THEY ARE 
SAFE AND SMART 
WHATEVER LOCAL 
DISTRICT WANTS 
TO DO OUR 
INFECTION RATE 
IS LOW RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> IF YOU HAD 
CHILDREN IN NEW 
YORK CITY WOULD 
YOU SEND THEM TO 
A NEW YORK CITY 
PUBLIC SCHOOL? 
>> THEY ARE 
STILL WORKING 
OUT WHAT THE 
PLAN WOULD BE, I 
WOULD HAVE A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS AND 
PARENTS DO HAVE 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS. 
THIS IS A RISKY 
PROPOSITION NO 
MATTER HOW YOU 
DO IT, LET'S BE 
HONEST. 
YOU ARE BRINGING 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
INTO A 
CONGREGANT 
SETTING, DO YOU 
HAVE THE TESTING 
AND TRACING? 
DO YOU HAVE THE 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
REQUIREMENTS? 
HOW WILL YOU 
HANDLE IT? 
WE'VE SEEN 
SCHOOLS OPEN AND 
WE'VE SEEN 
COLLEGES OPEN 
AND GET INTO 
TROUBLE IN ONE 
WEEK. 
SO THERE IS A 
LOT OF QUESTIONS 
TO ANSWER. 
BUT THAT IS THE 
DIALOGUE WE ARE 
HAVING NOW. 
AND AGAIN IF 
IT'S NOT A SMART 
PLAN THEN IT 
SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
AND WE HAVE 700 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
I'M SURE WE WILL 
HAVE 700 
DIFFERENT 
ANSWERS IN NEW 
YORK. 
>> GOVERNOR 
YESTERDAY YOU 
SIGNED A BILL 
EXPANDING AND 
PROTECTING MAIL-
IN VOTING 
THROUGHOUT NEW 
YORK CITY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS CONTINUED TO 
RAIL AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING 
SAYS IT IS RIFE 
WITH FRAUD, WHAT 
DO YOU SAY TO 
FOLKS WATCHING 
AND LISTENING 
WHO ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE IDEA OF MAIL-
IN VOTING? 
>> I DON'T GET 
THIS RIFE WITH 
FRAUD, I THINK 
IT'S A SET UP. I 
THINK THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
FRANKLY 
ANTICIPATING 
LOSING ON 
ELECTION DAY AND 
THEN WE ARE 
GOING TO HEAR 
HIM SAY OH, 
THERE WAS FRAUD 
IN THE ELECTION. 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
VERY GOOD AT 
ALWAYS 
ESTABLISHING A 
CONSPIRACY. 
I THINK THAT IS 
THE CONSPIRACY 
HE IS SETTING. 
WE DO THINGS 
THROUGH THE MAIL 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE PAY BILLS 
THROUGH THE MAIL 
AND WE OPERATE 
TO THE MAIL. 
I THINK MAIL-IN 
VOTING MAKES 
TREMENDOUS SENSE 
ESPECIALLY NOW. 
I DON'T WANT 
PEOPLE ON LINES 
IN ELECTION DAY 
WHEN WE FOUGHT 
SO HARD TO GET 
THIS VIRUS UNDER 
CONTROL. 
SO WE ARE MAKING 
IT EASY TO DO 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
WE HAVE NOW 10 
DAYS OF VOTING 
SO YOU CAN VOTE 
MAIL-IN A BALLOT 
WITHIN 10 DAYS 
AND WE ALSO HAVE 
FEAR OF COVID AS 
A LEGAL REASON 
FOR AN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT. 
I THINK THAT 
MAKES THE MOST 
AMOUNT OF SENSE. 
>> CUOMO GOOD TO 
HAVE YOU, THANK 
YOU AND ENJOY 
YOUR WEEKEND. 
>> THANKS, YOU 
TOO BETTY. 
>>> THE FOCUS 
NOW TURNS TO THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION WHICH 
BEGINS MONDAY 
NIGHT. 
HERE WITH A LOOK 
AHEAD AT WHAT WE 
CAN EXPECT IS 
NBC'S ERIN HAIG, 
GARRETT GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
WE CAN EXPECT 
THIS TO BE A 
LITTLE BIT MORE, 
GO AHEAD. 
>> AHEAD, YOU'RE 
JUMPING INTO 
WHAT I WAS GOING 
TO ASK. 
HE WILL JUST 
FRANKLY WANT TO 
KNOW WHAT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WILL 
LOOK LIKE AND 
WILL IT BE 
DIFFERENT FROM 
WHAT WE 
WITNESSED FROM 
THE DEMOCRATS. 
>> I THINK THIS 
IS GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE CLOSER TO 
WHAT WE WOULD 
SEE AT A TYPICAL 
CONVENTION, 
REPUBLICAN 
DELEGATES ARE 
GOING TO GATHER 
IN CHARLOTTE AND 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
EXPECTED TO GO 
DOWN AND VISIT 
THEM IN PERSON 
AT SOME POINT 
DURING THE WEEK. 
WE ARE ALSO 
GOING TO SEE 
MORE IN PERSON 
EVENTS WITH 
ACTUAL LIVE 
AUDIENCES. 
WHEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
EXCEPTS HIS 
RENOMINATION ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
IN MARYLAND HE 
WILL HAVE A LIVE 
AUDIENCE THERE 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT MAY 
HAVE AS MANY AS 
1500 PEOPLE AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
WHEN HE ACCEPTS 
RENOMINATION ON 
THURSDAY. 
AND CHANEL JUST 
THE FACT HE IS 
DOING THAT AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS A PRETTY 
SIGNIFICANT 
BREAK FROM 
TRADITION. 
WE'VE NOT SEEN A 
MODERN PRESIDENT 
DO THAT. 
BUT THE WHITE 
HOUSE WANTED TO 
FEEL BIG AND 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE LIVE HUMAN 
BEINGS IN THE 
AUDIENCE TO 
REACT TO THE 
SPEECH. 
>> FINALLY 
GARRETT WHAT 
ABOUT THE 
MESSAGE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
DELIVER TO 
VOTERS? 
ANY WORD ON 
THAT? 
>> IT'S 
INTERESTING, I 
SPENT MOST OF 
THIS WEEK 
TALKING TO TRUMP 
VOTERS AND THEY 
WANT TO HEAR 
A MORE 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
HOPEFUL MESSAGE, 
THEY WANT TO 
HEAR MORE ABOUT 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT PLANS 
TO DO AND LESS 
ABOUT HIS 
ENEMIES AND LESS 
ABOUT THE THINGS 
THAT HAVE 
ANIMATED SOME OF 
HIS SPEECHES 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE MORE 
RECENTLY. 
BUT THE REALITY 
IS THE CORE 
TRUMP VOTERS ARE 
NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE AND 
THIS CONVENTION 
WILL BE CATERED 
TO TURNING THEM 
OUT, FIRING THEM 
UP FOR NOVEMBER. 
>> ALL RIGHT 
GARRETT THANK 
YOU, A BUSY WEEK 
UP AHEAD FOR YOU 
FOR SURE AND YOU 
CAN WATCH LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL 
NEXT WEEK HERE 
ON IN BC 
BEGINNING MONDAY 
NIGHT AT 10 
EASTERN TIME AND 
SEVEN PACIFIC. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
STEVE BANNON 
ONCE A TOP AIDE 
TO PRES. 
TRUMP IS OUT ON 
$5 MILLION BAIL 
AFTER BEING 
INDICTED ON 
FEDERAL FRAUD 
CHARGES. 
PROSECUTORS SAY 
THE 66-YEAR-OLD 
ALONG WITH THREE 
OTHERS RAISED 
MORE THAN $25 
MILLION IN A 
CROWDFUNDING 
CAMPAIGN THEY 
SAID WOULD GO 
ENTIRELY TO BUILD
SECTIONS OF THE 
SOUTHERN BORDER 
WALL. 
>> IT IS ALL TO 
SUPPORT PRES. 
TRUMP AND WHAT 
PRES. 
TRUMP IS TRYING 
TO DO IS GET A 
PHYSICAL BARRIER 
ON THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER. 
>> Reporter: 
BANNON IS 
ACCUSED OF 
TAKING NEARLY $1 
MILLION OF THAT 
CAMPAIGN TO FUND 
HIS OWN LAVISH 
LIFESTYLE. 
HE WAS ARRESTED 
OFF THE COAST OF 
CONNECTICUT 
ABOARD A 150 
FOOT YACHT HE 
DOES NOT OWN 
WHERE HE WAS 
DRINKING COFFEE 
AND READING A 
BOOK. 
ALSO CHARGED, 
BRIAN COLE PAGE 
38-YEAR-OLD AIR 
FORCE VETERAN, 
HE IS ACCUSED OF 
TAKING MORE THAN 
$350,000 IN 
DONATIONS AND 
SPENDING IT ON 
HOME RENOVATION, 
BOAT PAYMENTS 
AND COSMETIC 
SURGERY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 2016 CAMPAIGN.
>> WHILE I FEEL VERY BADLY, I 
HAVEN'T BEEN DEALING WITH HIM 
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROJECT
OTHER THAN WHEN I READ ABOUT IT,
I
BANNON WAS A 
FORMER CHIEF 
STRATEGIST AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND ONE OF THE 
ARCHITECTS OF 
PRES. 
TRUMP'S 2016 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> I FEEL VERY 
BADLY, I HAVEN'T 
BEEN DEALING 
WITH HIM FOR A 
LONG PERIOD OF 
TIME AND I KNOW 
NOTHING ABOUT 
THE PROJECT 
OTHER THEN I 
DIDN'T LIKE WHAT 
I READ ABOUT IT, 
I DIDN'T LIKE 
IT. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
LONGTIME ALLY 
CHRIS COLE BLOCK 
TOLD -- 
>>> I DIDN'T 
KNOW THAT. 
I DIDN'T KNOW 
ABOUT BANNON'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
>> Reporter: 
BANNON IS THE 
LATEST TRUMP 
ASSOCIATE TO 
FACE CRIMINAL 
CHARGES, AMONG 
THEM PAUL 
MANAFORT, ROGER 
STONE AND 
MICHAEL FLYNN. 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 
RICK GATES, 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
FOREIGN-POLICY 
ADVISOR -- AND 
FORMER FIXER 
MICHAEL COHEN. 
>>
.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN POUNCED.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS RUN
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
RUN THE MOST 
CORRUPT 
ADMINISTRATION 
IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY. 
>> Reporter:
 
A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKED 
ALSO SEPARATELY 
ON THURSDAY A 
FEDERAL JUDGE 
BLOCKED PRES. 
TRUMP'S LATEST 
ATTEMPT TO 
PREVENT A 
MANHATTAN 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY FROM 
GETTING HIS TAX 
RETURNS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
CALLING IT A 
FISHING 
EXPEDITION BUT 
ALL THAT LEGAL 
MANEUVERING 
MEANS THE CASE 
LIKELY 
WON'T BE 
RESOLVED BEFORE 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
>>> THESE ARE 
THE WALLS OF 
FLAMES FUELED BY 
BONE DRY 
CONDITIONS 
LEAVING ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
RUINS. 
>> I'VE NEVER 
SEEN ANYTHING 
LIKE IT AND IT 
ONLY TOOK A FEW 
MINUTES TO GET 
HERE. 
>> Reporter: NOT 
FAR FROM NAPA 
VALLEY EXHAUSTED 
TEAMS HAVE BEEN 
FACING 
IMPOSSIBLE 
CONDITIONS. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TIME TO GET IN 
FRONT OF IT AND 
DO ACTUAL 
CONTROL, IT'S 
JUST SAFETY AND 
EVACUATIONS. 
>> Reporter: 
EXPLODING AGAIN 
OVERNIGHT FLAMES 
LEAPT OVER AN 8 
LANE FREEWAY. 
>> IS GETTING 
PRETTY ROUGH. 
>> Reporter: 
FORCING TENS OF 
THOUSANDS TO 
FLEE AS NEW 
FIRES IGNITE 
WITH FURY. 
OVERNIGHT 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AT THE 
SPRAWLING CAMPUS 
OF UC SANTA CRUZ 
FORCED TO 
EVACUATE, SOME 
HOMEOWNERS 
RACING TO SAVE 
THEIR PROPERTY. 
AUTHORITIES NOW 
CONFIRMING 
MULTIPLE 
FATALITIES. 
FOR THE LAST 
SEVERAL HOURS 
IT'S BEEN A CAT 
AND MOUSE GAME 
WITH 
FIREFIGHTERS 
TRYING TO CATCH 
UP WITH HOT 
EMBERS TRAVELING 
FOR MILES AND 
THEY ARE LOSING 
HOME AFTER HOME. 
A HEROIC STANDBY 
CREWS HELPED 
SAVE THE 132-
YEAR-OLD 
OBSERVATORY ATOP 
MOUNT HAMILTON 
BUT THE HISTORIC 
STRUCTURE AND 
ITS TELESCOPES 
MAY STILL BE IN 
DANGER. 
EVEN THOSE FAR 
FROM THE FRONT 
LINES MAY BE AT 
RISK OF THE 
SMOKE AS 
NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA 
INDOORS ANOTHER 
DAY OF HAZARDOUS 
AIR. 
>> WE WILL SEE 
INCREASING RATES 
OF HEART ATTACKS 
AND STROKES ON 
DAYS LIKE TODAY. 
THIS IS A SEVERE 
HEALTH PROBLEM. 
>> Reporter: 
NASA SATELLITES 
CAPTURED THIS 
ENORMOUS SMOKE 
PLUME STRETCHING 
NEARLY 600 MILES.
AND IN THE SMOKE 
FILLED SKIES 
NEAR FRESNO THE 
FIREFIGHT 
CLAIMED THE LIFE 
OF MIKE FORTIER 
A VETERAN 
HELICOPTER PILOT 
AND BELOVED 
FATHER. 
>> I LOVE YOU AND
I WILL CONTINUE 
TO MAKE YOU 
PROUD. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MORNING 
FAMILIES COPING 
WITH SUDDEN LOSS 
AS AN ENTIRE 
REGION RACES FOR 
THE UNCERTAINTY 
THIS NEW DAY MAY 
BRING. 
>> THIS MORNING 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CONCERNED THEY 
MAY FIND MORE 
BODIES AS THEY 
CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT BACK FIRES 
BUT THERE IS 
SOME GOOD NEWS. 
THE WEATHER 
CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TO 
IMPROVE THIS 
WEEKEND, 
AND FIREFIGHTERS 
NEED ALL THE 
HELP THEY CAN 
GET. 
>>> RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS DENY 
-- AND WHICH TIM 
WELL BUT HIS 
AIDES AND FAMILY 
DON'T BELIEVE 
IT. 
HE HAS TOO MANY 
ENEMIES IN 
RUSSIA TO COUNT. 
FOR YEARS -- 
OFTEN FLYING 
DRONES OVER THE 
MANSIONS OF 
RUSSIAN 
OLIGARCHS TO 
EXPOSE WHAT HE 
SAYS IS THERE 
VAST ILL-GOTTEN 
WEALTH. 
NO ONE IN 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
INNER CIRCLE HAS 
BEEN IMMUNE 
INCLUDING 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
HIMSELF. 
--'S LAWYER SAYS 
HE WAS ALWAYS -- 
ALREADY POISONED 
IN POLICE 
CUSTODY LAST 
YEAR. 
ANOTHER TIME HE 
HAD GREEN DYE 
THROWN IN HIS 
FACE THAT LEFT 
HIM TEMPORARILY 
STAINED AND IT 
NEARLY BLINDED 
HIM. 
THIS TIME HIS 
SPOKESWOMAN SAYS 
HE MAY HAVE HAD 
A POISON SLIPPED 
INTO HIS TEA. 
IT'S UNCLEAR IF 
THAT IS WHAT HE 
IS DRINKING IN 
THIS PHOTOGRAPH 
BEFORE BOARDING 
A FLIGHT FROM 
SIBERIA TO 
MOSCOW. 
HE QUICKLY 
BECAME ILL 
MIDFLIGHT. 
MOANING IN AGONY.
FORCING THE 
PLANE TO MAKE AN 
EMERGENCY 
LANDING, HE WAS 
RUSHED TO A 
HOSPITAL. 
WHEN ASKED PRES. 
TRUMP HAD LITTLE 
TO SAY ABOUT 
NEWTON'S MOST 
EFFECTIVE AND 
RELIGIOUS CRITIC.
>> WE HAVEN'T 
SEEN IT YET BUT 
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT IT AND MIKE 
IS GOING TO BE 
REPORTING TO ME 
SOON. 
>> Reporter: 
PRES. 
TRUMP'S CRITICS 
POUNCED. 
>> WE'VE HEARD 
NOTHING FROM 
POMPEO AND 
NOTHING FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE, AND 
IT IS A 
DEMONSTRATION OF 
THE MORAL 
BANKRUPTCY BUT 
ALSO THE CLEAR 
AND PRESENT 
DANGER THAT THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
POSES TO OUR 
FREEDOMS, TO OUR 
VALUES, 
>> Reporter: 
SUPPORTERS 
ACCUSE RUSSIAN 
OFFICIALS OF 
STALLING TACTIC 
AND TRYING TO 
KEEP HIM IN THE 
COUNTRY AS LONG 
AS POSSIBLE 
UNTIL THERE IS 
NO EVIDENCE 
ANYMORE OF WHAT 
THEY SAY IS 
POISON IN HIS 
BODY. 
 
>>> IT'S A 
LANDMARK DAY IN 
THE HIGH PROFILE 
COLLEGE 
ADMISSION 
SCANDAL, ACTRESS 
LORI LOCKLIN AND 
HER HUSBAND 
AWAIT THEIR FATE.
IN A SENTENCING 
MEMO
 
FOR
FILED EARLIER 
THIS WEEK WITH 
THE US DISTRICT 
COURT OF 
MASSACHUSETTS 
FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS 
URGED THE JUDGE 
TO ACCEPT PLEA 
DEALS THAT CALL 
FOR TWO MONTHS 
BEHIND BARS FOR 
LOCKLIN AND FIVE 
MONTHS FOR HER 
HUSBAND AS WELL 
AS 
A $250,000 FINE 
AND 250 HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE, AFTER 
FIGHTING THE 
CHARGES FOR MORE 
THAN A YEAR THE 
COUPLE EACH 
PLEADED GUILTY 
IN MAY TO ONE 
COUNT OF 
CONSPIRACY TO 
COMMIT WIRE AND 
MAIL FRAUD. 
LEADING TO 
FALSELY 
PORTRAYING THEIR 
DAUGHTERS AS 
CREW ATHLETES TO 
GET THEM INTO 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
THE 
PROSECUTION'S 
MEMO CALLS THE 
HUSBAND THE MORE 
ACTIVE -- SAYING 
HE CONFRONTED 
THE HIGH SCHOOL 
COUNSELOR, TO 
PREVENT THE 
SCHEME FROM 
BEING DISCOVERED
, BRAZENLY LYING 
ABOUT HIS 
DAUGHTER'S 
ATHLETIC 
ABILITIES. 
PROSECUTORS 
ARGUE LOCKLIN 
TOOK A LESS 
ACTIVE ROLE BUT 
WAS NONETHELESS 
FULLY COMPLICIT 
SAYING THAT 
EVIDENCE POINTS 
TO THE FORMER 
FULL 
HELLáCOACHING 
HER DAUGHTER NOT 
TO SAY TOO MUCH 
TO HER HIGH 
SCHOOLS 
LEGITIMATE 
COLLEGE 
COUNSELOR. 
THE COUPLE'S 
DAUGHTERS HAVE 
NOT BEEN CHARGED 
WITH ANY CRIMES 
STEMMING FROM 
THE PROBE. 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC THEY 
WILL APPEAR 
SEPARATELY BY 
VIDEOCONFERENCE. 
ONE MAJOR 
UNKNOWN HEADED 
INTO THE 
SENTENCING 
HEARING, GOOD 
ONGOING 
CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS SHORTEN 
OR ELIMINATE 
POTENTIAL PRISON 
TIME? 
>> IF I'M 
REPRESENTING 
THESE DEFENDANTS 
I'M GOING TO 
LOOK OVER THEIR 
MEDICAL HISTORY 
VERY CLOSELY TO 
SEE IF I SHOULD 
ADVISE THE COURT 
OF ANY PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITION THAT 
COULD THREATEN 
THEIR HEALTH OR 
SAFETY WHILE 
THEY ARE 
INCARCERATED. 
>> Reporter: 
SEVERAL OTHER 
PARENTS TIED TO 
THE SCANDAL HAVE 
ALREADY GONE TO 
PRISON INCLUDING 
ACTRESS FELICITY 
HUFFMAN WHO PLED 
GUILTY LAST YEAR 
SERVING 11 DAYS. 
NOW A PIVOTAL 
DAY FOR 
LOCKLIN AND HER 
HUSBAND FAR FROM 
THE GLITZ AND 
GLAMOUR OF 
HOLLYWOOD. 
>> JOE IF THEY 
DO GET SOME 
PRISON TIME 
WHERE WILL THEY 
SERVE THAT? 
>> FIRST AND 
FOREMOST TODAY 
THE JUDGE MUST 
DECIDE IF HE IS 
EXCEPTING THESE 
PLEA DEALS. 
IF HE DOES 
EXPERTS TELL US 
THAT LOCKLIN AND 
HER HUSBAND WILL 
LIKELY SERVE 
TIME IN A 
MINIMUM SECURITY 
FACILITY HERE IN 
THEIR HOME STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA 
JUST LIKE 
FELICITY 
HUFFMAN. 
>>> TODAY THE 
STATE OF 
MICHIGAN AGREED 
TO 
PAY $600 MILLION 
TO BUSINESSES 
AFFECTED BY THE 
WATER CRISIS 
MORE THAN SIX 
YEARS AFTER THE 
DRINKING WATER 
WAS TAINTED WITH 
LEAD. 
CORRESPONDENT -- 
HEIDI PRZYBYLA  
>> Reporter: 
THIS IS ONE OF 
THE MOST 
DIFFICULT 
CHAPTERS IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE 
STATE OF MICHIGAN
AND THE 
THOUSANDS OF 
FAMILIES THAT 
WILL FOREVER BE 
AFFECTED BY 
THIS, WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT 
MEMORY LOSS, 
HAIR LOSS, THE 
RISK OF 
LEGIONNAIRES' 
DISEASE, 
COGNITIVE 
DEFICIENCY, THIS 
IS A NEGOTIATED 
AGREEMENT -- 
LIKE OTHER 
PENDING CASES 
OUT THERE 
AGAINST OTHER 
PARTIES AND 
THERE IS ALSO A 
POTENTIAL 
CRIMINAL ASPECT, 
THE $600 MILLION 
POT THAT 
RESIDENTS WHO 
WERE AFFECTED 
CAN APPLY TO. 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO HAVE TO SET 
CONDITIONS FOR 
THIS AND WE 
DON'T KNOW WHAT 
THE CONDITIONS 
ARE, A JUDGE 
WILL HAVE TO 
SIGN OFF ON THIS 
BUT IT DOES LOOK 
LIKE THIS WILL 
BE THE ULTIMATE 
SETTLEMENT FOR 
THE STATE OF 
MICHIGAN FOR 
ABOUT $600 
MILLION, NBC WAS 
BRIEFED BY 
OFFICIALS WHO 
WORKED ON THIS 
AND THEY SAID 
THE GOAL HERE IS 
GIVEN ALL THOSE 
IMPACTS ON THE 
FAMILIES, 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH YOUNG 
CHILDREN, THAT 
80% OF THESE 
FUNDS WILL FLOW 
TO CHILDREN 18 
AND UNDER WITH A 
SIGNIFICANT 
PORTION GOING TO 
CHILDREN WHO ARE 
AGE 6 AND UNDER 
BUT AGAIN THE 
FAMILIES THAT 
WERE AFFECTED, 
IT'S REALLY HARD 
TO SAY HOW TO 
PUT A PRICE TAG 
ON THIS GIVEN 
THAT ONE OF THE 
KNOWN DOCUMENTED 
SIDE EFFECTS OR 
CAUSES OF THE 
TAINTED DRINKING 
WATER WAS JUST A 
SPIKE IN FETAL 
DEATHS AND 
MISCARRIAGES. 
>> HEIDI IS THIS 
A DONE DEAL, ARE 
THERE MORE STEPS 
BEFORE IT'S 
FINALIZED AND 
WHAT 
ELSE NEEDS TO 
HAPPEN BEFORE 
PEOPLE IN FLINT 
COULD ACTUALLY 
SEE SOME OF THIS 
MONEY? 
>> Reporter: 
WITHIN THE NEXT 
45 DAYS WE ARE 
EXPECTING A 
JUDGE TO SIGN 
OFF ON THIS AND 
MAKE IT FINAL. 
THEY WILL 
PROVIDE THE 
DETAIL 
INFORMATION ON 
HOW THE MONEY 
CAN BE ACCESSED 
AND THAT'S GOING 
TO BE QUITE A 
FEAT GIVEN THAT 
AS FAR AS WE CAN 
TELL THERE ARE 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
FAMILIES WHO 
HAVE EITHER 
FILED LAWSUITS 
OR INTEND TO 
FILE LAWSUITS. 
THEY MAY HAVE TO 
SET FORMULAS FOR 
INSTANCE FOR 
FAMILIES WHO CAN 
PROVE DAMAGES 
VERSUS THOSE 
FAMILIES WHO 
CAN'T PROVE 
DAMAGES AND AGAIN
I WANT TO 
EMPHASIZE THIS 
ISN'T JUST ONE 
OF THE 
OUTSTANDING 
LAWSUITS, THERE 
ARE OTHER PARTIES
THAT ARE FACING 
POTENTIAL 
DAMAGES 
INCLUDING THE 
ENGINEERS WHO 
WORKED ON THIS 
AND MADE THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
TO DIVERT THE 
MONEY TO THE 
FLINT RIVER AND 
GO AHEAD AND 
ALLOW THAT 
TAINTED DRINKING 
WATER TO IMPACT 
THE COMMUNITY 
THAT WE KNOW IS 
IMPOVERISHED AND 
THE MAJORITY ARE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
>>
%
FOLKS  WHO MAY %
NOT REMEMBER THE 
FULL STORY HERE. %
COULD YOU JUST %
REFRESH OUR %
MEMORIES AS TO %
HOW THEY ENDED %
UP WITH THIS %
TAINTED WATER? %
I KNOW THAT THEY %
ARE 
HEIDI JUST A 
REMINDER FOR 
FOLKS WHO MIGHT 
NOT REMEMBER THE 
WHOLE STORY, 
COULD YOU JUST 
REFRESH OUR 
MEMORIES AS TO 
HOW THEY ENDED 
UP WITH TAINTED 
WATER? 
I KNOW THEY ARE 
NO LONGER 
RECEIVING IT BUT 
WHAT HAPPENED 
THERE? 
>> THEY AREN'T 
RECEIVING IT ANY 
LONGER AND 
THERE'S BEEN A 
LOT THAT HAS 
BEEN DONE TO TRY 
TO REPLACE PIPES 
FOR EXAMPLE, 
LOTS OF CHANGES 
AT THE STATE 
LEVEL BUT 
BASICALLY IT WAS 
A MONEYMAKING 
DECISION OR A 
MONEY-SAVING 
DECISION THAT IT 
WOULD BE 
CHEAPER, TO GET 
WATER FROM THE 
FLINT RIVER 
INSTEAD OF 
THROUGH THE 
ESTUARY THAT 
COMES FROM THE 
DETROIT RIVER 
WHICH IS 
CONNECTED TO THE 
GREAT LAKES. 
IT WAS ONLY DONE 
IN THIS 
COMMUNITY AND OF 
COURSE THERE 
WERE LOTS OF 
REALLY RAW HARD 
FEELINGS WITH 
THIS BEING A 
PRIME EXAMPLE 
THAT HAS BEEN 
USED IN THE 
YEARS SINCE, IT 
WAS SIX YEARS 
AGO THAT THIS 
HAS BEEN GOING 
ON AND IT FIRST 
HAPPENED WITH 
THIS BEING USED 
AS A PRIME 
EXAMPLE OF HOW 
INEQUALITY IN 
AMERICA IS 
REALLY A 
HEALTHCARE ISSUE 
AS WELL. 
GIVEN THAT THE 
DOCUMENTED 
OUTCOMES HERE OF 
THE CHILDREN 
THAT HAVE 
COGNITIVE 
DEFICIENCIES AND 
LEARNING 
DEFICIENCIES, 
MEMORY PROBLEMS, 
THE IMPACT ON 
THIS COMMUNITY 
IS GOING TO LAST 
FOR GENERATIONS. 
>> YES, IT'S 
UNBELIEVABLE AND 
NO AMOUNT OF 
MONEY CAN 
FIX THAT FOR 
SURE. 
HEIDI THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR 
REPORTING. 
>>> MASSIVE 
WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING ACROSS 
NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA RIGHT 
NOW.
NOW. 
DESTROYING 
HOMES, PROMPTING 
MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS, THE 
LIGHTNING 
COMPLEX FIRE HAS 
SCORCHED MORE 
THAN 130,000 
ACRES AND FOUR 
COUNTIES, 
FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING AROUND 
THE CLOCK IN 
TRIPLE DIGITS TO 
TRY TO GET THOSE 
FLAMES UNDER 
CONTROL. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT -- 
REPORTS FROM 
VACAVILLE. 
>> Reporter: 
ALLISON SO MANY 
FIRES THAT THEY 
CAN'T KEEP AN 
ACCURATE COUNT 
AND DOZENS OF 
SMALLER FIRES ARE
BUNCHED INTO 
LARGER FIRES 
WHICH THEY ARE 
CALLING COMPLEX 
FIRES. 
THOSE FIRES, 
THEY ARE WORKING 
VERY HARD TO GET 
A HANDLE ON IT 
AND THEY LOST 
THE BATTLE WITH 
MANY PROPERTIES 
OVERNIGHT. 
TESTING FIRE 
CREWS TO THE 
LIMITS AND 
THREATENING 
THOUSANDS OF 
HOMES, THE FIRE 
BETWEEN SAN 
FRANCISCO AND 
THE CALIFORNIA 
CAPITAL OF 
SACRAMENTO 
DOUBLED IN SIZE 
SINCE YESTERDAY 
AND THOUSANDS 
ARE UNDER 
EVACUATION 
ORDERS. 
WE KNOW THAT 
MORE EVACUATIONS 
ARE IMMINENT. 
THERE WERE 
11,000 LIGHTNING 
STRIKES OVER 
THREE DAYS THAT 
STARTED EXACTLY 
367 FIRES. 
THAT THEY KNOW 
OF. 
AND AGAIN THEY 
BUNCHED THE 
FIRES TOGETHER 
INTO WHAT THEY 
CALL COMPLEX 
FIRES JUST FOR 
THE SAKE OF 
KEEPING TRACK OF 
THEM ALL. 
RESIDENTS WHO'VE 
BEEN STAYING IN 
THEIR HOMES 
DURING THE 
PANDEMIC WERE 
FORCED TO LEAVE 
THOSE HOMES 
BEHIND AND MANY 
WON'T HAVE 
ANYTHING TO 
RETURN TO. 
LIVES LOST IN 
THESE FIRES, WE 
KNOW OF SOME 
UTILITY LINEMEN 
WORKING WITH 
FIRE CREWS AND A 
FIRE FIGHTER 
PILOT WHOSE 
HELICOPTER WENT 
DOWN, THOSE ARE 
THE CASUALTIES 
WE KNOW OF AND 
IN THE HEAT OF 
BATTLE 
FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING TO MAKE 
HISTORIC RESCUES,
BUT IT'S ALL BAD 
NEWS OVER THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF 
DAYS. 
WE DO KNOW THERE 
IS ONE 
CONTAINMENT LINE 
OF ABOUT 5% 
AROUND ONE OF 
THESE FIRES BUT 
OTHERWISE THERE 
IS NO RELIEF IN 
SIGHT UNTIL THE 
WEATHER STARTS 
TO COOPERATE. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER, WE 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY 
WE ARE DOWN 
HERE, THERE'S 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT FROM
THE PORTLAND 
POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF KEY 
STATES AMID THE 
PANDEMIC.
>>> THE MOMENT 
THAT TRULY 
UNDERSTANDS WHO 
WE ARE, IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR FEET.
>>>
YOU'VE GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT A 
FOUR YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE'VE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED TOGETHER.
>>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES, 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES COULD 
BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND A 
LOT OF KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS SO WE 
STARTED A NEW -- 
FOR THEM AND WE 
HOPE YOUR FAMILY 
WILL WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS 
KIDS EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> WE'VE GOT 
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 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>> ANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN ARE 
HAVE A JOB? 
THAT'S 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
>>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL, THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>>> LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS, HOW DO 
THEY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO 
SCHOOL. 
>>> WHAT I MISS 
IS GREAT 
TEACHERS. 
>>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS, NEW 
DEVELOPMENT ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
TONIGHT THE US 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY ARE 
GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, A 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
WHEN EIFFEL AND 
MY MOM -- WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> BACK IN 2018 
TRUMP CABINET 
MEMBERS VOTED TO 
SEPARATE MIGRANT 
CHILDREN FROM 
THEIR PARENTS 
ACCORDING TO TWO 
OFFICIALS WHO 
WERE THERE, NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
JULIA AINSLEY 
ONE OF THE 
REPORTERS WHO 
BROKE THE STORY 
AND JULIAN WE 
HAD SOME ON-AIR 
ISSUES BEFORE, 
THANK YOU FOR 
COMING BACK TO 
BE WITH US AND 
DO I HEAR, WHAT 
IS THAT?  
>> Reporter: I'M 
SORRY, WE'RE 
HAVING LOTS OF 
DIFFICULTIES 
AROUND THE HOUSE 
TODAY AND I WAS 
TRYING TO WORK 
IT OUT AND THE 
LONGER I WAITED 
THE LESS MY BABY 
WANTED TO WAIT, 
THIS IS MARY 
WELLS MAKING HER 
DEBUT IF YOU 
DON'T MIND. 
SHE'S GOING TO 
JOIN US. 
>>> WE ARE 
HONORED JULIA, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE.
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IT'S A BLESSING 
THAT WE HAD 
AUDIO ISSUES 
BEFORE SO WE GET 
TO SEE HER, 
THANK YOU. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THIS STORY THAT 
YOU BROKE ABOUT 
THIS VOTE AND 
WHAT IT LED TO. 
>> Reporter: I 
CAN SAY THAT IT 
HAS REALLY BEEN 
PUT INTO 
PERSPECTIVE TO 
HAVE A BABY 
AFTER TALKING 
ABOUT THE WAY 
THESE OFFICIALS 
WENT ABOUT 
SEPARATING 
CHILDREN. 
IN 2018 WHITE 
HOUSE ADVISOR 
STEPHEN MILLER 
WHO HAS BEEN THE 
ARCHITECT OF 
MANY OF TRUMPS 
MOST DIRECT CONE 
AND -- DECODING 
IN IMMIGRATION 
PLANS, ATTACKED
PUT IT TO 
THE SECRETARY 
NIELSEN FOR NOT 
DOING ENOUGH TO 
SEPARATE 
CHILDREN IN 
ORDER TO 
PROSECUTE 
EVERYONE WHO 
CROSSES THE 
BORDER INCLUDING 
PARENTS OF YOUNG 
CHILDREN AND HE 
SAID LET'S PUT 
IT TO A VOTE, 
FORGET THE 
LOGISTICS OR ANY 
WARNINGS THAT 
CHILDREN MIGHT 
BE SEPARATED AND 
NOT BE REUNITED 
WITH PARENTS, 
LET'S PUT THIS 
TO A VOTE AND 
SEE WHO WANTS TO 
MOVE FORWARD AND 
A SEA OF HANDS 
WENT UP 
ACCORDING TO 
OFFICIALS WHO 
WERE IN THE 
ROOM. 
AND -- SHE HAD 
FIRST OPPOSED, 
SHE DID SIGN THE 
MEMO AND THEY 
WENT FORWARD. 
IT IS A MOMENT 
IN TIME BUT IT 
SHOWS THAT THE 
IDEA THAT FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS WERE 
AN UNFORTUNATE 
BYPRODUCT IS NOT 
TRUE. 
THIS WAS 
STRATEGIC AND A 
NUMBER OF HIGH-
LEVEL CABINET 
OFFICIALS WERE 
INVITED TO THE 
MEETING 
INCLUDING 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE 
POMPEO, JOHN 
BOLTON, KIERSTEN 
NIELSEN, ALEX 
AZAR ALL INVITED 
AND THEY ALL 
VOTED TO MOVE 
FORWARD. 
>> JULIA AS YOU 
SIT HERE WITH 
YOUR BABY AND WE 
TALK ABOUT 
FAMILIES BEING 
SEPARATED I 
CAN'T HELP BUT 
THINK ABOUT THE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
MORALITY AND THE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
HUMANITY. 
DID THAT COME UP 
AT ALL AND ARE 
YOU GETTING ANY 
RESPONSE TO 
REPORTING FROM 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND FROM PEOPLE 
WHO WERE IN THAT 
MEETING? WHAT 
CAN YOU TELL US 
THERE? 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING, I 
ASKED DID THAT 
COME UP AND AT 
FIRST THEY SAID 
WERE THERE ANY 
ARGUMENTS ABOUT 
MORALITY WHEN IT 
-- SIMPLY FELL 
ON DEAF EARS. 
YOU CAN TALK 
ABOUT MONEY AND 
RESOURCES AND 
THE LAW BUT YOU 
COULD NOT TALK 
ABOUT MORALITY 
AND SO THE 
IMPACT THAT THIS 
HAS ON CHILDREN 
AND THEIR 
FAMILIES WAS NOT 
EVEN DISCUSSED. 
WE HAVE HEARD 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE THAT THEY 
SAID THIS DIDN'T 
HAPPEN AND THEY 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
SHOW OF HANDS 
VOTE BUT WE 
STAND BY OUR 
REPORTING AND WE 
ARE VERY 
CONFIDENT BASED 
ON THE PEOPLE WE 
INTERVIEWED. 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR BRINGING 
THAT UP. 
>> THANK YOU, I 
KNOW THAT WE ARE 
TAKING YOU FROM 
YOUR FAMILY THIS 
AFTERNOON SO 
THANK YOU FOR 
STILL FINDING 
THE TIME TO BE 
WITH US, WORKING 
MOMS ARE AMAZING 
AND JULIA I 
CAN'T BELIEVE 
YOU JUST DID 
THAT WITH A 
LITTLE ONE ON 
YOUR LAP. 
I'M IMPRESSED. 
>> THANK YOU.
MAIL THI
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THE PROS 
>>> FOUR WEEKS, 
THAT'S HOW LONG 
IT TOOK FOR THE 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE OF 
PENNSYLVANIA TO 
REPORT ITS 
PRIMARY RESULTS 
THIS SPRING. 
WHY? 
ONE ELECTION 
OFFICIAL TELLS 
NBC NEWS THERE 
BIGGEST HOLDUP 
WAS DUE TO THE 
TIME IT TOOK TO 
REMOVE BALLOTS 
FROM THEIR 
ENVELOPES BEFORE 
THEY COULD BE 
OFFICIALLY 
COUNTED. 
VOTING EXPERTS 
SAY THERE IS AN 
EASY WAY TO FIX 
THIS. 
ALLOW THE BALLOT 
PROCESSING TO 
BEGIN EARLIER, 
THIS CAN BE DONE 
VIA THE 
LEGISLATURE 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> IT MEANS WE 
GET ALL THOSE 
BALLOTS THROUGH 
AND THEY CAN 
REPORT TOTALS 
MUCH SOONER. 
>> Reporter: 
MORE THAN A 
DOZEN STATES 
DON'T ALLOW 
OFFICIALS TO 
TOUCH MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS UNTIL 
ELECTION DAY.
IN SWING STATES 
LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
MICHIGAN AND 
WISCONSIN 
ESPECIALLY 
ALLOWING 
PROCESSING EARLY 
COULD MAKE A 
HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
>> THIS IS 
SIMILAR TO IF, 
FOR INSTANCE, 
APRIL 15 IS THE 
TAX DEADLINE, IF 
WE TOLD PEOPLE 
GET YOUR TAXES 
BUT DIDN'T ALLOW 
THE IRS TO START 
PROCESSING 
RETURNS UNTIL 
APRIL 15 AND 
EXPECTED THEM TO 
HAVE EVERYTHING 
OUT THAT NIGHT. 
THAT'S KIND OF 
THE SAME THING. 
PROCESSING IS 
NOT THE SAME 
THING AS 
COUNTING OR 
TABULATING. 
PROCESSING IS 
WHEN WE ARE 
RECEIVING A 
SIGNATURE 
VERIFICATION AND 
EXTRACTING THE 
BALLOT FROM THE 
ENVELOPE, 
FLATTENING THAT 
OUT, BUT IT 
ISN'T TALLYING 
OR SUMMARIZING 
THE RESULTS, IT 
IS JUST SCANNING 
AND CAPTURING 
THE INFORMATION. 
ALMOST LIKE YOUR 
DATA ENTERING 
INTO A 
SPREADSHEET BUT 
YOU ARE NOT 
GETTING, HITTING 
SOME ON THE 
COLUMN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
WORKLOAD IS 
MANAGEABLE, 
AND STATES 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
REASON TO CHANGE 
THE TIMELINE BUT 
THIS YEAR DUE TO 
CORONAVIRUS 
OFFICIALS SAY 
MAIL IN TURNOUT 
COULD BE 10 
TIMES HIGHER. 
>> WHY WOULDN'T 
A STATE WANT 
THEIR PROCESSING 
DONE EARLIER? 
>> I HAVE NO 
IDEA. 
I THINK IT'S 
JUST THIS MYTH 
AROUND THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
PEOPLE TO DO 
SOMETHING 
NEFARIOUS THAT 
MAY HAVE ACCESS 
TO THAT 
INFORMATION. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN EARLY 
VOTING IN EARLY 
PROCESSING? 
>> EARLY VOTING 
IS THAT YOU ARE 
CASTING A BALLOT 
EITHER ON A 
MACHINE OR 
FILLING OUT YOUR 
BALLOT, IT 
DEPENDS ON THE 
STATE IN TERMS 
OF HOW THEY 
HANDLE ALL OF 
THAT. 
BUT YOU ARE NOT 
CAPTURING 
RESULTS, YOU 
AREN'T TALLYING 
WHAT COMES OFF 
OF THOSE BALLOTS 
EVEN IF YOU 
PROCESS EARLY 
VOTING BALLOTS. 
>> Reporter: 
WHILE SOME 
STATES ARE 
CALLING FOR 
ADDITIONAL 
ELECTION FUNDING 
THIS EARLIER 
PROCESS COULD 
ACTUALLY HELP IN 
THAT DEPARTMENT. 
>> IT'S GOING TO 
COST STATES MORE 
MONEY THAT DON'T 
ALLOW THIS 
UPFRONT AND THEY 
ALSO ARE GOING 
TO NEED A LOT 
MORE EQUIPMENT. 
SO IF YOU HAVE A 
PIECE OF 
EQUIPMENT THAT 
YOU CAN USE OVER 
A FOUR WEEK. 
OR EVEN A TWO 
JIK WEEK. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
NEED A LOT LESS 
OF IT THAN IF 
YOU PUT ALL OF 
YOUR CAPACITY ON 
ONE DAY. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
NEED A LOT MORE 
VOLUME AND 
EQUIPMENT, 
SCANNERS AND 
BALLOT COUNTING 
MACHINES THAN 
YOU WOULD IF YOU 
COULD USE THAT 
DEVICE OVER A 
LONGER PERIOD OF 
TIME. 
>> Reporter: 
BACK IN THE KEY 
SWING STATES 
WISCONSIN STATE 
LEGISLATURE IS 
OUT OF SESSION 
SO ANY CHANGE TO 
THE LAW IS 
UNLIKELY. 
BOTH 
PENNSYLVANIA AND 
MICHIGAN HAVE 
INTRODUCED 
LEGISLATION THAT 
WOULD ALLOW 
EARLY PROCESSING 
BUT THEY MADE NO 
HEADWAY. 
-- THE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY LEADER 
IN MICHIGAN TOLD 
REPORTERS IN 
FEBRUARY QUOTE 
IF I HAD TO 
CHOOSE BETWEEN 
EARLY VOTING, 
EARLY COUNTING 
VERSUS LATE 
REPORTING I'LL 
TAKE LATE 
REPORTING ALL 
DAY LONG. 
HE ALSO SAID THE 
PROPOSED CHANGES 
ARE QUOTE A 
DANGEROUS 
PRECEDENT, HE 
DID NOT RESPOND 
TO OUR REQUEST 
FOR AN UPDATED 
COMMENT. 
>> ELECTION 
OFFICIALS OFTEN 
HAVE ONE HAND 
TIED BEHIND 
THEIR BACK 
BECAUSE OF LACK 
OF FUNDING OR 
POLICIES OR 
OUTDATED LAWS. 
PROCEDURES, 
WHATEVER IT 
MIGHT BE AND IF 
WE COULD JUST 
SUPPORT THEM AND 
LISTEN TO THEM 
WHEN THEY ARE 
MAKING THESE 
REQUESTS, THEY 
ARE NOT MAKING 
THEM FOR 
PARTISAN 
PURPOSES, THEY 
ARE MAKING THEM 
BECAUSE THEY'VE 
IDENTIFIED AN 
OPERATIONAL GAP 
THAT WE NEED TO 
SOLVE.
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>>> AS YOU 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
YOU WILL VOTE 
THIS YEAR NBC 
NEWS IS HERE TO 
HELP. 
WE HAVE A NEW 
STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE CALLED 
PLAN YOUR VOTE 
WITH INFORMATION 
ON VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
INDIVIDUAL 
STATES. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBC NEWS.COM.
>>> THE NEWLY 
APPOINTED 
POSTMASTER GEN. 
LOUIS DEJOY HAS 
FOUND HIMSELF AT 
THE CENTER OF A 
POLITICAL 
FIRESTORM.  
ONE WITH FAR-
REACHING 
ELECTION 
IMPLICATIONS. 
STEPPING INTO 
THE ROLE BACK IN 
JUNE HE 
IMPLEMENTED A 
SERIES OF 
CONTROVERSIAL 
CHANGES THAT HAS 
MANY WONDERING 
WHETHER HE'S 
PART OF A 
DELIBERATE 
ATTEMPT TO 
DISRUPT MAIL-IN 
VOTING DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
A CHARGE HE 
DENIES. 
SO WHO IS LOUIS 
DEJOY? 
HE WAS BORN AND 
RAISED IN 
BROOKLYN AND 
AFTER GRADUATING 
FROM STETSON 
UNIVERSITY WITH 
A BUSINESS 
DEGREE  HE 
PLANNED TO WORK 
AS A CPA BUT 
INSTEAD HE TOOK 
OVER HIS FATHER'S
SMALL AND 
FAILING TRUCK 
BUSINESS AND 
TURNED IT INTO A 
MULTIBILLION-
DOLLAR LOGISTICS 
COMPANY.
AS CEO AND 
CHAIRMAN OF NEW 
BREED LOGISTICS 
LOUIS DEJOY 
SPENT DECADES 
WORKING WITH THE 
U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE AND 
COMPANIES LIKE 
VERIZON AND 
BOEING. 
IN 2014 HE SOLD 
THE COMPANY TO 
XT A LOGISTICS 
FOR $615 
MILLION.  
HE SERVED AS CEO 
FOR ANOTHER YEAR 
AND CHANGE AND 
ON THE BOARD OF 
DIRECTORS UNTIL 
2018. 
HE AND HIS WIFE 
HAVE SIGNIFICANT 
FINANCIAL TIES 
TO COMPANIES 
THAT CONTRACT 
WITH OR COMPETE 
WITH THE U.S. 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
SUCH AS THE 
SHIPPING COMPANY 
UPS AND THE 
TRUCKING COMPANY 
JB HUNT. 
ACCORDING TO 
FILINGS WITH THE 
OFFICE OF 
GOVERNMENT 
ETHICS. 
AND WHILE 
FEDERAL RECORDS 
SHOW LOUIS DEJOY 
DIVESTED HIS 
STOCK IN UPS 
BEFORE BECOMING 
POSTMASTER GEN. 
HE STILL OWNS A 
LARGE EQUITY 
STAKE IN HIS OLD 
EMPLOYER  XT A 
LOGISTICS. 
ALSO A POSTAL 
SERVICE 
CONTRACTOR. 
LOUIS DEJOY ALSO 
DONATED MORE 
THAN 1.2 AND 
DOLLARS TO THE 
TRUMP VICTORY 
FUND AND ROUGHLY 
360,000 OF THOSE 
DOLLARS  WERE 
DONATED IN 
JANUARY AND 
FEBRUARY OF THIS 
YEAR ALONE. 
JUST MONTHS 
BEFORE HIS 
APPOINTMENT. 
HIS DOLLARS HAVE 
ALSO FOUND HIS 
WAY INTO THE 
HALLS OF 
CONGRESS 
CONTRIBUTING 
GENEROUSLY TO 
THE CAMPAIGN OF 
REPUBLICANS IN 
BOTH CHAMBERS 
INCLUDING SEN. 
JOSH HOLLY. 
PRIOR TO 
BECOMING 
POSTMASTER GEN. 
HE WAS 
OVERSEEING 
FUNDRAISING FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
SUPPORTERS OF 
LOUIS DEJOY SAYS 
HIS BUSINESS 
EXPERIENCE IS 
WHAT THE USPS 
NEEDS TO BECOME 
FINANCIALLY 
STABLE. 
THE INSTITUTION 
LOSES BILLIONS 
OF DOLLARS EVERY 
YEAR. 
SINCE TAKING 
OVER LOUIS DEJOY 
HAS ELIMINATED 
OVER TIME AND 
INSTRUCTED MAIL 
CARRIERS TO 
LEAVE BEHIND 
LATE MAIL AND 
AVOID MAKING 
EXTRA TRIPS.  
THE CHANGES 
CAUSED 
UNPRECEDENTED 
DELAYS AND THE 
USPS WARNED THE 
MAJORITY OF 
STATES THAT THE 
AGENCY WILL NOT 
BE ABLE TO 
COMPLETE BALLOT 
REQUESTS BY 
NOVEMBER 3. BUT 
ON TUESDAY HE 
ANNOUNCED HE 
SUSPENDS THE NEW 
INITIATIVE UNTIL 
AFTER THE 
ELECTION 
INCLUDING 
REINSTATING OVER 
TIME ON AN AS-
NEEDED BASIS. 
EVEN SO ON 
WEDNESDAY 
EXCLUSIVE NEW 
IMAGES OBTAINED 
BY NBC NEWS 
APPEAR TO SHOW 
HIGH-VOLUME MAIL 
SORTING MACHINES 
CAST ASIDE IN 
IOWA. 
THEY APPEAR TO 
BE OUT OF 
SERVICE AND 
DISMANTLED 
DESPITE 
ASSURANCES FROM 
USPS THAT THE 
MACHINES ARE 
BEING 
REALLOCATED. 
LOUIS DEJOY WILL 
LIKELY HAVE TO 
ANSWER FOR SUCH 
REVELATIONS WHEN 
HE FACES 
CONGRESS.  
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER, WE 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY AND 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF 
THESE KEY VOTER 
STATES AGAINST 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
THAT TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>>
YOU'VE GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT A 
FOUR YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE'VE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED TOGETHER.
>>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES, 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND A 
LOT OF KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS SO WE 
STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM, WE HOPE 
YOUR FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.  
>>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS.  
>>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
IN MOVEMENT. 
>>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIFE WEEK DAYS 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>> MANY 
TEACHERS LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE HER OF MY 
CHILDREN ARE 
HAVE A JOB 
>>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL AND THIS 
IS THE MOMENT WE 
NEED TO DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>>> LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS, HOW DO 
THEY REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION 
>>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>> TONIGHT THE 
US SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
HAVE BEEN TOLD 
WILL HAVE TO BE 
HOME AND 
DEFINITELY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND MORE 
PROTESTS 
INSPECTED 
TONIGHT? 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA. 
TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
WHEN EIFFEL AND 
MY MOM -- WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> THE QUESTION 
FOR US IS 
SIMPLE. 
ARE WE READY? 
I BELIEVE WE 
ARE. 
WE MUST BE. 
YOU KNOW, ALL 
ELECTIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT, WE 
KNOW IN OUR 
BONES BUT THIS 
ONE IS MORE 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
WITH GREAT HONOR 
AND HUMILITY I 
ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>>> I'M ANDREW 
YANG AND YOU 
MIGHT KNOW ME AS 
THE GUY WHO RAN 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TALKING ABOUT 
MATH IN THE 
FUTURE. 
WE MUST GIVE OUR 
COUNTRY A CHANCE 
TO RECOVER AND 
RECOVERY IS ONLY 
POSSIBLE WITH A 
CHANGE IN 
LEADERSHIP AND 
NEW IDEAS. 
>>> PEOPLE OFTEN 
THINK THAT THEY 
CAN'T MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE LIKE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS 
ICONS. 
BUT EVERY PERSON 
IN THE MOVEMENT 
MATTERS. 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH 
FLOORS, STUFFED 
TO THE 
ENVELOPES. 
>>> THE VERY 
RING ON MY 
FINGER, A 
WEDDING WE 
CELEBRATED, HERE 
WHERE I AM 
STANDING, 
REFLECTS HOW 
THIS COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE. 
LOVE MAKES MY 
MARRIAGE REAL. 
BUT POLITICAL 
COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE. 
INCLUDING THAT 
OF JOE BIDEN WHO 
STEPPED OUT 
AHEAD EVEN OF 
THIS PARTY WHEN 
HE SAID THAT 
MARRIAGE 
EQUALITY OUGHT 
TO BE THE LAW OF 
THE LAND. 
>>> HI, MY NAME 
IS -- AND I'M 13 
YEARS OLD AND 
WITHOUT JOE 
BIDEN I WOULDN'T 
BE TALKING TO 
YOU TODAY. 
ABOUT A FEW 
MONTHS AGO I MET 
HIM IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE AND HE 
TOLD ME THAT WE 
WERE MEMBERS OF 
THE SAME CLUB. 
WE STUTTER. 
IT'S REALLY 
AMAZING TO HEAR 
THAT SOMEONE 
LIKE ME BECAME 
VICE PRESIDENT. 
>>> IN JOE BIDEN 
YOU HAVE A HUMAN 
BEING WHO IS 
EMPATHETIC, WHO 
IS HONEST, WHO 
IS DECENT. 
LET ME TAKE A 
MOMENT TO SPEAK 
TO THOSE OF YOU 
WHO HAVE LOST 
THE MOST. 
>>> I HAVE SOME 
IDEA HOW IT 
FEELS TO LOSE 
SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE. 
I NOTE THAT -- I 
KNOW THAT DEEP 
BLACK HOLE THAT 
OPENS UP IN YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 
BEING SUCKED 
INTO IT. 
I FOUND THE BEST 
WAY THROUGH PAIN 
AND LOSS AND 
GRIEF IS TO FIND 
PURPOSE. 
>>> WE MUST BE 
THE HEROES OF 
OUR GENERATION, 
OUR VOTE CAN BE 
OUR VOICE. 
>>> WILL THEY BE 
STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES? 
AS THEY GET PUT 
IN BY THE 
MAILMAN? 
WILL THEY BE 
TAKEN FROM THE 
MAILMAN AND THE 
MALE WOMEN? 
>>> PRES. 
TRUMP DOESN'T 
WANT ANY OF US 
TO VOTE BECAUSE 
HE KNOWS HE 
CAN'T WIN. 
SO WHETHER YOU 
PLACE A VOTE BY 
MAIL OR IN 
PERSON WEARING 
YOUR MASK, IT IS 
YOUR VOTE AND IT 
IS YOUR RIGHT. 
>>> WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS 
PRESIDENT, HE, 
IF HE'S GIVEN 
FOUR MORE YEARS 
HE WILL BE WHAT 
HE HAS BEEN FOR 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS. 
HE TAKES NO 
RESPONSIBILITY, 
REFUSES TO LEAD, 
BLAMES OTHERS, 
COZIES UP TO 
DICTATORS AND 
FANS THE FLAMES 
OF HATE AND 
DIVISION. 
>>> THAT'S THE 
KIND OF LEADER 
OUR 
SERVICEMEMBERS 
DESERVE, ONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
RISKS THEY FACE 
AND WHO WOULD 
ACTUALLY PROTECT 
THEM BY DOING 
HIS JOB AS 
COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF. 
INSTEAD THEY 
HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF . 
>> WHAT DID YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS'S 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT? 
>>> IT WAS 
TREMENDOUS AND I 
WAS SO HAPPY FOR 
HER. 
>>> I KNOW, ME 
TOO. 
I CANNOT WAIT TO 
SEE HER DEBATE 
OUR CURRENT VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>>> I'VE NEVER 
BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN 
POLITICS. 
I'VE SUPPORTED 
DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS AND 
INDEPENDENTS. 
I'VE ACTUALLY 
BEEN A DEMOCRAT, 
REPUBLICAN AND 
INDEPENDENT. 
I'M NOT ASKING 
YOU TO VOTE 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP COZIES A 
BAD GUY. 
I'M URGING YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST 
HIM BECAUSE HE'S 
DONE A BAD JOB. 
>>> WE 
UNDERSTAND THIS 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HASN'T 
FROM THE 
BEGINNING, WE 
WILL NEVER GET 
OUR ECONOMY BACK 
ON TRACK, WE 
WILL NEVER GET 
OUR KIDS BACK IN 
SCHOOL, WE WILL 
NEVER HAVE OUR 
LIVES BACK INTO 
WE DEAL WITH 
THIS VIOLENCE, 
VIRUS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
KEEPS SAYING THE 
VIRUS IS GOING 
TO DISAPPEAR AND 
HE KEEPS WAITING 
FOR A MIRACLE 
BUT I HAVE NEWS 
FOR HIM. 
NO MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
>>> LET'S NOW 
WORK TOGETHER 
AND STAND 
TOGETHER IN 
AMERICA 
TOGETHER. 
WE WILL RISE. 
>>> WHETHER YOU 
ARE PROGRESSIVE, 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
MODERATE OR 
CONSERVATIVE, 
WE'VE GOT TO 
COME TOGETHER TO 
DEFEAT THIS 
PRESIDENT. 
>>> THIS IS OUR 
MOMENT TO MAKE
OPEN HISTORY 
RHYME WITH 
PASSION AND 
PURPOSE, A 
HISTORY TO BE 
ABLE TO SAY THAT 
THE END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS BEGAN 
HERE TONIGHT, 
THANK YOU AND 
MAY GOD BLESS 
YOU AND MAY GOD 
PROTECT 
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M ALISON 
MORRIS, YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE HAVE FINALLY 
MADE IT TO 
FRIDAY. 
LET'S HEAD OVER 
TO NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE IS -- YOU 
SAID YOU DIDN'T 
GET INTO TIGER 
KING. 
BUT YOU'VE GOT 
YOUR ANIMAL 
PRINT ON THERE. 
[ LAUGHTER ] 
>> I LOVE HOW WE 
GET THE LITTLE 
THINGS GOING DAY 
TO DAY, LIKE HOW 
I GOT YOU ON 
TIKTOK DANCES. 
>> SOUNDS LIKE A 
GOOD FRIDAY 
MOVE. 
>>> LET'S GET 
STARTED WITH 
MAJOR NEWS OUT 
OF SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
TODAY, JOSEPH 
DIANGELO, 
KILLER, WAS 
SENTENCED TO 
LIFE IN PRISON 
WITHOUT PAROLE. 
HE PLED GUILTY 
TO A SERIES OF 
RAPES AND 
MURDERS. 
THE CRIMES 
REMAINED 
UNSOLVED FOR 
DECADES, UNTIL 
DNA HELPED 
IDENTIFY 
DeANGELO. 
THIS WEEK, 
VICTIMS AND 
FAMILIES FACED 
HIM. 
>> YOU NO LONGER 
LIVE IN THE 
SHADOWS. 
WE ALL KNOW WHO 
YOU ARE. 
YOU LURKED IN 
THE DARK SO YOU 
COULD PREY ON 
INNOCENT 
VICTIMS, WHERE 
NOW YOU ARE THE 
PREY, DeANGELO, 
AND YOU CAN LOOK 
OVER YOUR 
SHOULDER THE 
REST OF YOUR 
LIFE. 
>>> MOVING ONTO 
THE CORONAVIRUS, 
THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION 
WARNED THAT 
WHILE A VACCINE 
WILL HELP 
COUNTRIES COMBAT 
COVID-19, IT 
WON'T 
NECESSARILY STOP 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>> THE VACCINE 
WILL BE A VITAL 
TOOL. 
AND WE HOPE THAT 
WE WILL HAVE ONE 
AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE. 
BUT THERE IS NO 
GUARANTEE THAT 
WE WILL. 
AND EVEN IF WE 
DO HAVE THE 
VACCINE, IT 
WON'T END THE 
PANDEMIC ON ITS 
OWN. 
>> THE 
ORGANIZATION 
ALSO 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
THAT WHILE 
LOCKDOWNS AREN'T 
A LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION, PEOPLE 
MIGHT NEED TO 
MAKE PERMANENT 
CHANGES TO THEIR 
DAILY LIVES TO 
MANAGE THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS. 
NOW, SOME SUPER 
UNSETTLING NEWS 
OUT OF 
CALIFORNIA, 
WHERE HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
ACRES ARE ON 
FIRE. 
THE LARGEST 
WILDFIRE 
CURRENTLY 
BLAZING, DOUBLED 
IN SIZE, IN JUST 
ONE DAY. 
AND IT IS STILL 
BARELY 
CONTAINED. 
AT LEAST FIVE 
PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED. 
AN APPEARANCE 
DURING THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION LAST 
NIGHT, 
CALIFORNIA 
GOVERNOR GAVIN 
NEWSOM HAD A 
STARK WARNING. 
>> IT'S GETTING 
HOTTER. 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
IS REAL, IF YOU 
ARE IN DENIAL 
ABOUT CLIMATE 
CHANGE, COME TO 
CALIFORNIA. 
>>> NOW, A 
DISTURBING STORY 
FROM FORT HOOD, 
TEXAS. 
ANOTHER SHOULDER 
HAS GONE MISSING 
FROM THE ARMY 
POST. 
THE FAMILY OF 
SERGEANT ELDER 
FERNANDEZ TOLD 
POLICE, HE WAS 
LAST SEEN MONDAY 
WHEN HIS STAFF 
SERGEANT DROPPED 
HIM OFF AT HOME, 
AFTER HAVING 
BEEN IN THE 
HOSPITAL FOR A 
FEW DAYS FOR 
UNKNOWN REASONS. 
VANESSA 
GUILLEN'S 
REMAINS WERE 
FOUND LAST 
MONTH. 
THE ARMY IS 
ASKING FOR THE 
PUBLIC'S HEALTH 
IN ITS SEARCH 
FOR SERGEANT 
FERNANDEZ. 
AND LASTLY, A 
NEW TROPICAL 
STORM IS MOVING 
ACROSS THE 
CARIBBEAN. 
AND IT LOOKS 
LIKE SOUTH 
FLORIDA IS RIGHT 
IN ITS PATH. 
TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA 
STRENGTHENED 
FROM A 
DEPRESSION TODAY 
AND IS EXPECTED 
TO CONTINUE 
GROWING AS IT 
TRAVELS 
NORTHWEST. 
A LOCAL STATE OF 
EMERGENCY HAS 
ALREADY BEEN 
DECLARED IN THE 
FLORIDA KEYS 
AHEAD OF THE 
STORM. 
LOTS TO KEEP OUR 
EYES ON, ALISON, 
AND I WILL BE 
BACK WITH YOU 
SOON. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
SAVANNAH. 
WE'LL SEE YOU IN 
ABOUT AN HOUR. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> POST MASTER 
GENERAL LOUIS 
DEJOY, 
TESTIFYING 
BEFORE A SENATE 
COMMITTEE TODAY, 
SAYING HE 
SUPPORTS MAIL-IN 
VOTING. 
>> I VOTED BY 
MAIL FOR A 
NUMBER OF YEARS. 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WILL 
DELIVER EVERY 
BALLOT AND 
PROCESS EVERY 
BALLOT IN TIME. 
>> NBC NEWS, 
CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT, 
LEANNE CALDWELL 
JOINING ME NOW. 
LEANNE, THERE 
WAS A LOT GOING 
ON. 
PRETTY LONG 
TESTIMONY. 
WHAT ELSE DID 
DEJOY HAVE TO 
SAY? 
>> IT WAS QUITE 
INTERESTING. 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT LAWMAKERS, 
ESPECIALLY 
DEMOCRATS, 
REALLY WANTED TO 
GET ANSWERS TO 
WAS THE 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE IN 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE, 
INCLUDING IN THE 
GOVERNING BOARD 
THAT WORKS WITH 
DEJOY TO 
IMPLEMENT 
POLICIES, CALLED 
THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS. 
A FORMAL MEMBER 
OF THAT BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, DAVID 
WILLIAMS, 
TESTIFIED FOR A 
HOUSE COMMITTEE 
OR A GROUP OF 
HOUSE MEMBERS 
YESTERDAY. 
IT WASN'T A 
FORMAL 
COMMITTEE. 
BUT HE SAID THAT 
THERE WAS 
POLITTIZATION ON 
THE BOARD. 
SAID THAT 
TREASURY 
SECRETARY STEVEN 
MNUCHIN WAS PART 
OF THAT. 
SENATORS ASKED 
DEJOY ABOUT THAT 
AND HERE'S WHAT 
HE HAD TO SAY. 
>>> DID YOU 
DISCUSS THOSE 
CHANGES OR THEIR 
POTENTIAL IMPACT 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
ANYONE AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
AND REMIND YOU, 
YOU'RE 
UNDEROATH. 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
SPOKEN TO THE 
PRESIDENT ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE, OTHER 
THAN TO GRADUATE 
AND ACCEPT THIS 
POSITION. 
>> PRIOR TO 
IMPLEMENTING 
THESE CHANGES, 
DID YOU DISCUSS 
THESE CHANGES 
WITH WITH ANY 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
OFFICIALS. 
>> NO, SIR. 
SIR, THESE 
CHANGES IN OUR 
TOTAL ANALYSIS 
AND GOING 
FORWARD. 
AND REMEMBER, 
I'M ONE NEW 
PERSON IN THE 
ORGANIZATION 
WITH THE WHOLE 
STRUCTURE AROUND 
ME, AN OPERATING 
STRUCTURE AND 
EXECUTIVE TEAM 
AROUND ME THAT 
ARE INVOLVED IN 
THESE DECISIONS. 
>> NOW, THE 
PRESIDENT DOES 
NOT APPOINT THE 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS AND 
THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS IS -- 
AND I'M SORRY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
DOES NOT APPOINT 
DEJOY. 
BUT THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS DOES. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT DOES 
APPOINT WHO HIS 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS ARE. 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT WAS BROUGHT 
UP IN THIS 
HEARING HERE, 
DEJOY REALLY 
MADE THE POINT 
THAT THE CHANGES 
HE WAS TRYING TO 
MAKE WAS AN 
ATTEMPT TO GET 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE ON 
FISCAL GROUNDS. 
NOW, I WANT TO 
BACK UP JUST A 
MINUTE, ALISON. 
BECAUSE THE 
REASON THIS IS 
SUCH A POLITICAL 
ISSUE RIGHT NOW. 
MONTHS AGO, THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THAT HE WAS NOT 
SUPPORTIVE OF 
ADDITIONAL 
FUNDING FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
I WAS BEING TOLD 
THREE MONTHS AGO 
BY HOUSE 
LAWMAKERS, HE 
WOULD SAY POSTAL 
SERVICE FUNDING 
WAS GOING TO BE 
A MAJOR FIGHT 
DURING THE 
SUMMER, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
THE PANDEMIC, 
AND ESPECIALLY 
AS ELECTIONS 
WERE COMING UP. 
THEN THIS ALL 
GOT BLOWN OUT OF 
PROPORTION AS 
WELL. 
BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
JUST A COUPLE OF 
WEEKS AGO, THAT 
THE REASON HE 
DOES NOT WANT 
FUNDING FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IS THAT WOULD 
OFFICIALLY 
GUARANTEE THAT 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WOULD BE 
DELIVERED AND 
COUNTED. 
SO PART OF THE 
REASON THIS 
ENTIRE POSTAL 
SERVICE STORY IS 
SO POLITICAL AT 
THIS POINT IS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
PUBLIC 
STATEMENT, AND 
IT HAS CREATED A 
LOT OF 
SKEPTICISM, 
ESPECIALLY OF 
DEMOCRATS OUT 
HERE, ALISON. 
>> WE HAVE HEARD 
FROM DEJOY. 
HOW ARE 
LAWMAKERS 
REACTING? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING ABOUT 
THIS TESTIMONY? 
>> POLITICAL AND 
PART I GUESS AN 
AS WELL. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
WERE LIKE I 
SAID, VERY 
SKEPTICAL OF 
WHAT DEJOY SAID. 
AND REPUBLICANS, 
YOU KNOW, THE 
CHAIR OF THE 
COMMITTEE, RON 
JOHNSON, OF 
WISCONSIN. 
HIS OPENING 
STATEMENT 
DEFENDED DEJOY, 
SAYING THAT HE 
WAS GOING, HE 
WAS A VICTIM OF 
CHARACTER 
ASSASSINATION. 
AND THAT ALL HE 
WAS TRYING TO DO 
WAS TO SAVE THE 
POST OFFICE 
MONEY. 
BUT THIS IS JUST 
PART ONE. 
ON MONDAY, THE 
HOUSE, THE HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
IS GOING TO -- 
COMMITTEE IS 
GOING TO HEAR 
FROM DEJOY AS 
WELL, OF COURSE, 
THAT BODY 
CHAMBER IS 
CONTROLLED BY 
DEMOCRATS. 
SO IT'S EXPECTED 
TO BE A LOT MORE 
FIERY. 
AND WE KNOW THAT 
THEY WERE 
WATCHING TODAY'S 
HEARING. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
FOLLOW UP ON A 
LOT OF 
UNANSWERED 
QUESTIONS THAT 
THEY HAD FOR 
TODAY, ALISON. 
>> LEANNE, I 
KNOW ONE OF THE 
BIG ISSUES WITH 
THE DEMOCRATS IS 
THEY WANT DEJOY 
TO PERMANENTLY 
REVERSE ANY OF 
THE OPERATIONAL 
CHANGES THAT 
HE'S ALREADY 
MADE. 
ANY CHANCE THAT 
WILL HAPPEN? 
WHAT'S HE SAYING 
THERE? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
THAT'S A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
IT DEPENDS ON 
WHAT THE 
SPECIFIC ISSUE 
IS. 
DEJOY SAID HE 
NEVER CUT 
OVERTIME FROM 
EMPLOYEES, WHICH 
IS A MAJOR 
ALLEGATION FROM 
THE POSTAL UNION 
ON THE REMOVAL 
OF SOME OF THESE 
POST OFFICE 
BOXES. 
HE SAID THAT HE 
DIDN'T KNOW 
ABOUT IT UNTIL 
EVERYONE ELSE 
DID, UNTIL IT 
WAS IN THE 
MEDIA. 
THAT IT WAS 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE DIDN'T KNOW 
WAS HAPPENING. 
AND HERE'S 
ANOTHER THING OF 
WHAT DEJOY SAID 
WHEN HE WAS 
ASKED BY THE TOP 
DEMOCRAT ON THE 
COMMITTEE, GARY 
PETERS. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LISTEN. 
>> WE'VE HEARD 
ABOUT DISORDERS. 
YOU ADDRESSED 
THAT EARLIER. 
WILL YOU BE 
BRINGING BACK 
ANY MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES THAT 
HAVE BEEN 
REMOVED SINCE 
YOU BECAME POST 
MASTER GENERAL? 
>> THERE'S NO 
INTENTION 
INTENTION TO DO. 
THAT THEY ARE 
NOT NEEDED SIR. 
>> YOU WILL NOT 
BE BRINGING BACK 
ANY PROCESSORS? 
>> THEY'RE NOT 
NEEDED, SIR. 
THERE'S THAT 
ANSWER. 
HE SAID HE WILL 
NOT BE BRINGING 
THE MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES, WHICH 
IS NOT THE 
ANSWER THAT 
DEMOCRATS 
WANTED. 
SO THIS IS GOING 
TO BE AN ONGOING 
DISCUSSION. 
AND LIKE I SAID, 
WE'RE GOING TO 
HEAR A LOT MORE 
ABOUT IT ON 
MONDAY, ALISON. 
>> WHO KNEW WE'D 
BE TALKING THIS 
MUCH ABOUT THE 
POST OFFICE. 
LEANNE CALDWELL 
ON CAPITOL HILL, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, SIX 
STATES, PLUS 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
FILED A LAWSUIT 
AGAINST THE U.S. 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
SAYING POSSIBLE 
CUTBACKS AND 
SERVICE VIOLATES 
FEDERAL LAW AND 
THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
NBC NEWS JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT 
PETE WILLIAMS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
PETE, WHAT 
SHOULD WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS 
SUIT?" 
THESE BRINGS TO 
20, D.C., THE 
NUMBER OF STATES 
SUING THE POST 
OFFICE. 
AND TWO OF THESE 
MAJOR LAWSUITS, 
PROBABLY MORE TO 
YET TO COME. 
THIS LATEST ONE, 
FILED BY SIX 
STATES, LED BY 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
MAKES AS THESE 
OTHER LAWSUITS 
HAVE, A 
STATUTORY CLAIM. 
THEY SAY THAT 
THIS PLAN 
VIOLATES THE 
STATE, A FEDERAL 
LAW THAT SAYS 
THAT THE POST 
OFFICE CAN'T DO 
ANYTHING TO 
DETER THE 
COLLECTION AND 
DISTRIBUTION OF 
MAIL NATIONWIDE. 
AND SECONDLY, 
THEY SAY, IT 
WOULD VIOLATE 
THE 
CONSTITUTION'S 
PROVISION THAT 
SAYS YOU CAN'T 
INTERFERE WITH 
THE VOTE, BASED 
ON AGE. 
AND THEY SAY 
THAT BECAUSE 
MOSTLY OLDER 
AMERICANS OR 
MANY OLDER 
AMERICANS WILL 
BE VOTING BY 
MAIL THIS TIME, 
INSTEAD OF GOING 
TO THE POLLS. 
THAT WOULD 
CONSTITUTE THAT 
KIND OF 
DISCRIMINATION. 
NOW, THE OTHER 
LAWSUITS HAVE 
MADE SIMILAR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
CLAIMS. 
THEY SAY THE 
BRIDGE IS A 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
THEY SAY THERE 
IS A PROVISION 
IN THE POSTAL 
SERVICE CODE. 
THE LAW 
GOVERNING ABOUT 
ANY KIND OF 
CHANGES ABOUT 
MAIL DELIVERY 
NATIONWIDE. 
HAVE TO BE 
APPROVED BY THE 
RATE COMMISSION. 
AND WE'LL HAVE 
TO SEE NOW, WHAT 
HAPPENS TO THESE 
LAWSUITS, GIVEN 
THAT THE POST 
MASTER GENERAL 
SAYS I'M NOT 
GOING TO CHANGE 
ANYTHING. 
AND I'LL 
GUARANTEE, WE'LL 
DELIVER ALL THE 
BALLOTS. 
I'M SURE THE 
GOVERNMENT WILL 
ARGUE AND THEY 
HAVEN'T FORMALLY 
RESPONDED TO 
THESE YET, THAT 
THESE LAWSUITS 
ARE NOW MOOT, 
THAT NONE OF 
THESE CHANGES 
THAT THE STATE 
FEARED ARE GOING 
TO COME TO PASS. 
AND THE LAWSUITS 
ARE NOT 
NECESSARY. 
THE STATES 
HAVING ALREADY 
ANTICIPATED 
THIS, ARE 
SAYING, WELL, 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
GO AHEAD AND 
PRESS THEIR 
CLAIMS JUST TO 
MAKE SURE. 
>> PETE, YOU 
SAID NO OFFICIAL 
RESPONSE FROM 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
ANYTHING FROM 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE? 
OR ARE THEY JUST 
LETTING THE 
TESTIMONY SO FAR 
DO THE TALKING? 
>> ABSOLUTELY 
THE TESTIMONY. 
THEY SET UP 
THEIR OWN 
WEBSITE BY THE 
WAY, A NEW 
WEBSITE THAT 
TELL VOTERS HOW 
THIS SYSTEM 
SHOULD WORK. 
I THINK YOU 
COULD ARGUE 
WHETHER THESE 
LAWSUITS WERE 
BASICALLY 
LARGELY 
POLITICAL OR 
LEGAL, TRYING TO 
KEEP THE 
PRESSURE ON THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
THEY CERTAINLY 
HAVE THE EFFECT 
OF DOING THAT. 
BUT THEY'VE 
ALSO, I THINK, 
ALL OF THIS 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT THE HUGE 
NUMBER OF MAIL-
IN BALLOTS, THE 
FACT THAT THE 
POST OFFICE MAY 
OR MAY NOT BE UP 
TO THE TASK, NO 
MATTER HOW MUCH 
IT SAYS IT WANTS 
TO DO IT RIGHT, 
HAVE CAUSED SOME 
STATES TO 
REEXAMINE HOW IT 
IS THAT MAIL 
BALLOTS ARE 
DELIVERED. 
YOU KNOW, IN 
SOME STATES, YOU 
HAVE TO PUT THEM 
IN THE MAIL. 
IN SOME STATES, 
YOU CAN TAKE 
THEM TO A DROP 
BOX, 
SPECIFICALLY FOR 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 
AND MANY STATES 
THAT HAVE THAT 
PROVISION ARE 
NOW SAYING, 
WELL, MAYBE WE 
SHOULD DO A LOT 
MORE OF THAT. 
>> PETE 
WILLIAMS. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND. 
>> SAME TO YOU. 
>>> NEW 
QUESTIONS TODAY 
ABOUT TREASURY 
SECRETARY STEVEN 
MNUCHIN'S ROLE 
IN LOUIS DEJOY'S 
APPOINTMENT. 
IN THE WEEKS 
BEFORE DEJOY GOT 
THE JOB, MNUCHIN 
MET WITH THE 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS. 
SEVERAL PEOPLE 
FAMILIAR WITH 
THE MEETINGS 
TOLD NBC NEWS. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
HEIDI JOINS ME 
NOW. 
AND HEIDI, BIG 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
CONFLICT OF 
INTEREST HERE. 
WHAT ELSE DO YOU 
KNOW ABOUT THE 
ROLE MNUCHIN 
PLAYED IN THE 
HIRING? 
>> RIGHT. 
WE CONFIRMED 
THESE MEETINGS 
BETWEEN MNUCHIN 
AND ONLY THE 
REPUBLICANS ON 
THAT BOARD TOOK 
PLACE IN THE RUN 
JOHN TO DEJOY'S 
APPOINTMENT. 
NOW, WE DON'T 
KNOW 
SPECIFICALLY 
WHAT HAPPENED TO 
THEM, OTHER THAN 
THAT ACCORDING 
TO THE SOURCES I 
TALKED TO, THAT 
MNUCHIN WAS 
ADAMANT THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT WAS 
FIXED ON 
APPOINTING A NEW 
POST MASTER 
GENERAL. 
AND HE WANTED TO 
BE KEPT APPRISE 
BEFORE ANY 
DECISION. 
SINCE THESE 
MEETS WERE 
PRIVATE, THEY 
WERE NOT SUBJECT 
TO THE SUNSHINE 
ACT, WHICH WAS 
CREATED SO THAT 
JUST SUCH 
INTERACTION 
BETWEEN THE 
FEDERAL BRANCH 
AND FEDERAL 
AGENCIES WOULD 
BE TRANSPARENT 
AND OPEN TO THE 
PUBLIC. 
SO THE QUESTION 
HERE IS, WAS 
THIS PART OF 
THIS BROADER 
AGENDA THAT WE 
KNOW WAS BEING 
CARRIED OUT, 
FRANKLY, SINCE 
TRUMP CAME INTO 
OFFICE, 
TARGETING THE 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
ALISON, THAT 
BEGAN WITH THE 
CREATION OF THIS 
TASK FORCE IN 
2018, TO STUDY 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE THAT WAS 
PUT UNDER 
MNUCHIN'S 
CONTROL. 
AFTER THAT, THEY 
CAME UP WITH 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
MNUCHIN DID 
CONTROL OVER THE 
MONEY UNDER THE 
CARES ACT THAT 
WAS SUPPOSED TO 
GO TO THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
HE OBJECTED TO 
ANY OF THAT 
MONEY GOING 
WITHOUT 
STRENGTH. 
SO THEY CONVERT 
TODAY FROM A 
GRANT TO A LOAN. 
AND STEVE 
MNUCHIN WROTE A 
LOT OF 
CONDITIONS IN 
THERE FOR THAT 
LOAN, WHICH TOOK 
MONTHS FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
TO FINALLY AGREE 
TO. 
THAT HAPPENED 
AFTER DEJOY CAME 
IN. 
AND THE TERM 
BASICALLY 
ALLOWED TREASURY 
TO LOOK UNDER 
THE HOOD OF THE 
PROPRIETARY 
CONTRACT THAT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE HAD. 
REALLY GREAT 
QUESTION AMONG 
ETHICS WATCHDOGS 
ABOUT THE 
INDEPENDENCE OF 
THIS AGENCY, WAS 
UNLIKE MANY 
FEDERAL AGENCIES 
ARE ALREADY 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
INDEPENDENT. 
IS REALLY VIEWED 
AS 
ULTRAINDEPENDENT. 
BECAUSE IT HAS 
ITS OWN REVENUE 
STREAM, SEPARATE 
FROM THE REVENUE 
PROCESS. 
IT HAS ITS OWN 
BOARD THAT IS 
SUPPOSED TO 
OPERATE LIKE A 
BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES, 
ALISON. 
AND HERE YOU 
HAVE THE 
TREASURY 
SECRETARY, 
TAKING OUT THE 
INFLUENCE 
CAMPAIGN, WHICH 
IS ONE OF THE 
WORDS THAT WAS 
USED BY 
INDIVIDUALS LIKE 
DAVID WILLIAMS, 
WHO IS A FORMER 
I.G., WHO 
TESTIFIED 
YESTERDAY. 
THAT EVEN BEFORE 
THESE GOVERNORS 
CAME IN, THEY 
HAD TO GO OVER 
TO MNUCHIN AND 
IN HIS WORDS, 
"KISS THE RING." 
>> HEIDI, HOW 
ABOUT SOME OF 
THESE MORE 
RECENT CHANGES 
THAT WE'VE SEEN 
IN THE POST 
OFFICE, ISSUES 
IN QUESTIONS 
ABOUT BOXES AND 
SORTING 
MACHINES. 
I KNOW THAT THE 
POST MASTER 
GENERAL WAS 
ASKED ABOUT THAT 
TODAY. 
AND ABOUT 
MNUCHIN'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
WHAT DID HE HAVE 
TO SAY THERE? 
>> RIGHT. 
SO AS LEON SAID 
PREVIOUSLY, THE 
BOXES, DEJOY IS 
SAYING THAT HE 
HAD NO KNOWLEDGE 
OF THAT. 
HOWEVER, DAVE 
WILLIAMS TOLD US 
YESTERDAY, THE 
FORMER I.G., 
THAT THE REMOVAL 
OF THESE BOXES 
WAS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS EVER A PLAN 
FOR THE POSTAL 
SERVICE BOARD, 
AS FAR AS HE WAS 
AWARE. 
BUT THAT THIS 
WAS SOMETHING 
THAT STEVE 
MNUCHIN WANTED 
DONE. 
SECONDLY, DAVE 
WILLIAMS TOLD US 
THAT WITH THE 
DECOMMISSIONING 
OF THE MAIL 
SORTING 
MACHINES, WHICH 
CAN BE DRAWN, A 
DIRECT LINK 
BETWEEN THAT AND 
A LOT OF THE 
DELAYS WE'VE 
SEEN, THAT THE 
DECOMMISSIONING 
IS REALLY NOT A 
COST-SAVING 
MEASURE. 
WHICH A LOT OF 
THE FOLKS WHO 
WERE LISTENING 
TO THE TESTIMONY 
YESTERDAY FOUND 
SHOCKING. 
BECAUSE THE 
ENTIRE PREMISE 
FOR THESE 
CHANGES, ALISON, 
IS THAT IT IS 
GOING TO SAVE 
TAXPAYERS MONEY. 
WELL, DAVE 
WILLIAMS SAID, 
AND HE KNOWS 
POSTAL BETTER 
THAN ALMOST 
ANYONE, IS THE 
DECOMMISSIONING 
OF THIS 
EQUIPMENT 
ACTUALLY COST 
THE TAXPAYERS 
MONEY. 
>> WOW. 
>> BECAUSE 
THEY'RE ALREADY 
THERE. 
TAKING THINGS 
OUT OF SERVICE 
JUST MAKES 
THINGS LESS 
EFFICIENT WHEN 
WE NEED TO 
REDIRECT MAIL, 
BASED ON NATURAL 
DISASTERS, 
HURRICANES, ET 
CETERA. 
>> HEIDI, ANY 
OFFICIAL 
RESPONSE FROM 
THE POST OFFICE, 
ITS BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, THE 
TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING ABOUT 
THESE MEETINGS, 
ABOUT WHAT NBC 
NEWS IS 
REPORTING? 
>> RIGHT. 
THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT DID 
NOT DIRECTLY 
DENY THAT THESE 
MEETINGS WERE 
TAKING PLACE, 
ALISON. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS FOR A DAY 
OR SO. 
AND THEN STEVE 
MNUCHIN ISSUED A 
STATEMENT, 
SAYING I DID ASK 
THE BOARD TO 
KEEP ME APPRISED 
OF THESE 
MEETINGS, BUT 
THAT HE HAD NO 
DIRECT ROLE IN 
RECRUITING 
DEJOY. 
AND DIDN'T 
ADVOCATE FOR 
HIM. 
BUT THERE ARE 
STILL A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS, 
ALISON, ABOUT 
HOW HE GOT THE 
JOB, GIVEN THAT 
THIS SEARCH FIRM 
WAS OBTAINED TO 
CONDUCT A 
NATIONWIDE 
SEARCH. 
AND AT THE END 
OF THE DAY, THE 
CHOICE WAS A 
TRUMP DONOR. 
A MAJOR MEGA 
DONOR, TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WITH NO 
EXPERIENCE IN 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
SO THE REMAINING 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HOW DEJOY WOUND 
UP IN THAT 
POSITION. 
WE WERE TOLD 
YESTERDAY BY 
DAVE WILLIAMS, 
THAT THERE WAS 
SOME ADVOCACY 
THERE BY THE 
REPUBLICAN BOARD 
MEMBERS, WHO 
THEMSELVES, 
THERE'S 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
CONFLICTS OF 
INTEREST, THAT 
THEY WERE THE 
ONES WHO WERE 
PUSHING DEJOY 
POST MASTER 
GENERAL AND NOT 
THIS RECRUITING 
FIRM THAT WAS 
OBTAINED. 
>> WOW. 
REALLY 
UNBELIEVABLE 
STUFF THERE. 
HEIDI, THANK YOU 
FOR COMING ON TO 
SHARE YOUR 
REPORTING. 
I APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> JOE BIDEN 
GETTING PRAISED 
TODAY FOR HIS 
PASSIONATE 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION LAST 
NIGHT. 
BUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS NOT 
IMPRESSED. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
GRIMLY DECLARED 
A SEASON OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS. 
AND YET LOOK AT 
WHAT WE'VE 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
UNTIL THE PLAGUE 
CAME IN, LOOK AT 
WHAT WE'VE 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
[ APPLAUSE ] AND 
NOW WE'RE DOING 
IT AGAIN. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SEES AMERICAN 
DARK BUSINESS 
NESS -- 
DARKNESS. 
I SEE AMERICAN 
GREATNESS. 
>>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
MIKE MEMOLI 
JOINS ME NOW. 
SO MIKE, ASIDE 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT, WHAT 
ARE YOU HEARING 
ABOUT BIDEN'S 
SPEECH? 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S SO 
INTERESTING, 
ALISON, TO SEE 
THE REACTION TO 
THIS LAST NIGHT. 
THINK ABOUT ALL 
THE EXPECTATIONS 
HEADING INTO IT. 
WHAT WERE WE 
TALKING ABOUT 
TODAY? 
THE SORT OF 
CONCERN EVEN 
AMONG THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN ABOUT 
WHETHER HE'LL BE 
ABLE TO DELIVER. 
HE'S SO USED TO 
SPEAKING IN 
FRONT OF BIG 
CROWDS. 
I'VE SEEN HIM AT 
BIG CONVENTIONS 
BEFORE THIS ONE. 
HUGE AUDIENCES. 
HE REALLY FEEDS 
OFF THAT 
REACTION. 
AND HE DELIVERED 
AND BY ALL 
ACCOUNTS, EVEN 
BY OUTLETS LIKE 
FOX NEWS. 
SOME CRITICS 
TYPICALLY OF 
HIM, PRAISING 
THE SPEECH, 
SAYING HE 
KNOCKED IT OUT 
OF THE PARK. 
THE STAKES WERE 
SO HIGH. 
AND WHAT THE 
BIDEN 
CAMPAIGNOFTEN 
SAYS ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN, THEY'LL 
ACKNOWLEDGE, HE 
ISN'T ALWAYS AT 
THE TOPOF HIS 
GAME, BUT THEY 
KNOW WHEN 
SOMETHING IS ON 
THE LINE LIKE 
THIS, HE HAS THE 
ABILITY TO 
DELIVER. 
AND ONE THING 
WORTH NOTING 
THAT, THIS 
SPEECH WAS 
OBVIOUSLY 
WRITTEN WELL IN 
ADVANCE. 
OBVIOUSLY I 
SUSPECT THERE 
WERE SOME LATE 
CHANGES. 
BUT FOR THE MOST 
PART, BIDEN HAD 
THE CHANCE TO 
GET FAMILIAR 
WITH THIS. 
AND IT'S 
SURPRISING TO ME 
TO HEAR THE 
RELATIVE SILENCE 
FROM 
REPUBLICANS. 
OBVIOUSLY WE 
EXPECTED THE 
REPUBLICANS TO 
WEIGH IN. 
BUT REPUBLICANS 
WHO ARE USUALLY 
TO CHIME IN ON A 
MOMENT LIKE THIS 
ARE SILENT. 
I THINK THAT 
SHOWS WHAT THEY 
SET UP, IN TERMS 
OF LOWERING THE 
BAR FOR BIDEN'S 
SPEECH. 
AND WHAT THEY 
ACTUALLY ENDED 
UP BEING. 
>>> MIKE, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN. 
HOW ARE THEY 
FEELING TODAY? 
AND WHAT DOES A 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE DO, THE 
DAY AFTER HE 
ACCEPTS THE 
NOMINATION? 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, I MEAN, I 
REMEMBER 12 
YEARS AGO, AT 
THE 2008 
CONVENTION, WHEN 
JOE BIDEN 
ACCEPTED THE 
NOMINATION FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
FIRST, THE 
INCREASE DAY, WE 
WERE FLYING FROM 
COLORADO TO 
BATTLEGROUND 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
HE AND SENATOR 
OBAMA THEN, 
WANTED TO 
CAPITALIZE ON 
THE MOMENTUM. 
JOE BIDEN IS 
DOING AN 
INTERVIEW. 
HIS JOINT SIT 
DOWN INTERVIEW 
WITH KAMALA 
HARRIS AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
BUT THINK ABOUT 
WHAT IS 
TYPICALLY THE 
CASE, AT LEAST 
WHAT USED TO BE 
THE CASE WITH 
THE CONVENTION. 
WHEN ONE PARTY 
IS HOLDING THE 
CONVENTION. 
THE OTHER PARTY 
WILL LAY LOW A 
LITTLE BIT. 
SORT OF THE 
NORMS. 
YOU'RE PREPARED 
TO RESPOND, OF 
COURSE, AS 
NECESSARY. 
BUT OTHERWISE, 
YOU LAY LOW. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS 
SAYING THAT WE 
SHOULD NOT 
NECESSARILY 
EXPECT THAT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CERTAINLY MADE 
HIMSELF KNOWN, 
ALL THE WAY 
THROUGH THE WEEK 
YESTERDAY. 
BEING IN JOE 
BIDEN'S HOMETOWN 
OF SCRANTON TO 
TRY TO TROLL, AS 
THE KIDS SAY, 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT AHEAD 
OF HIS SPEECH. 
BUT WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE LESS OF 
BIDEN THAN THAT 
NEXT WEEK. 
IT MIGHT BE A 
MOMENT, THOUGH, 
FOR SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
TO REALLY 
INTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO 
VOTERS, TO DO A 
LOT OF EVENTS. 
BUT THE 
CAMPAIGN, IT 
SAYS THEY'RE 
SEEING A LOT OF 
MOMENTUM FROM 
THE CHOICE OF 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
THAT ONLY GREW 
WITH THE 
SUCCESSFUL 
CONVENTION. 
MORE SUCCESSFUL 
THAN THEY 
PROBABLY EVEN 
IMAGINED. 
AND THEY WANT TO 
CONTINUE THAT 
MOMENTUM INTO 
THE COMING 
WEEKS. 
AND SO WE'LL 
PROBABLY SEE AN 
ABILITY TO SORT 
OF TAKE SOME OF 
THE SUCCESSFUL 
PIECES OF THIS 
CONVENTION. 
SOME OF THE NEW 
VOICES THAT WERE 
ELEVATED BY IT. 
AND USING, OF 
COURSE, NOT 
NECESSARILY IN 
PERSON, BUT 
VIRTUALLY AN 
ATTEMPT TO 
CAPITALIZE ON 
IT. 
>> MIKE. 
I WANT TO PLAY A 
STANDOUT MOMENT 
FROM THE NIGHT. 
AND I THINK YOU 
CAN PROBABLY 
GUESS WHAT I'M 
ABOUT TO SHOW. 
THIS IS JUST 
AMAZING. 
AN INCREDIBLY 
BRAVE 13-YEAR-
OLD BOY. 
BRADEN 
HARRINGTON. 
HE WAS JUST 
UNREAL. 
SHARING HIS 
STORY ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN, HELPING 
HIM OVERCOME HIS 
STUTTER. 
LET'S WATCH 
THAT. 
>> WITHOUT JOE 
BIDEN, I 
WOULDN'T BE 
TALKING TO YOU 
TODAY. 
ABOUT A FEW 
MONTHS AGO, I 
MET HIM IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
HE TOLD ME WE 
WERE MEMBERS OF 
THE SAME CLUB. 
WE, WE, S... 
S... 
STUTTER. 
HE TOLD ME ABOUT 
A BOOK ABOUT 
POEMS BY YATES 
TO READ OUT LOUD 
TO PRACTICE. 
HE SHOWED ME HOW 
HE MARKS THE 
ADDRESSES TO 
READ THEM OUT 
LOUD. 
SO I DID THE 
SAME THING 
TODAY. 
>> MIKE, YOU 
KNOW EVEN MORE 
ABOUT BRADEN AND 
BIDEN'S 
CONNECTION. 
I JUST LOVE THIS 
STORY. 
THAT SMILE. 
HE JUST MELTED 
MY HEART. 
WHAT ELSE CAN 
YOU TELL US? 
>> I MEAN, 
ALISON, THIS 
STORY ON ITS OWN 
IS JUST 
REMARKABLE, 
WHETHER IT 
HAPPENED AT ANY 
POINT IN THE 
CAMPAIGN, 
WHETHER IT 
HAPPENED NOT 
EVEN IN THE 
CONTEXT OF THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
BUT I REMEMBER 
THE MOMENT WHEN 
THIS HAPPENED, 
AND PUTTING IT 
INTO CONTEXT 
MAKES IT ALL THE 
MORE REMARKABLE. 
THAT INTERACTION 
ON THE ROPE LINE 
THAT THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT 
HAD WITH BRADEN 
AND HIS FATHER, 
HAPPENED AT 
PROBABLY WHAT 
WAS ONE OF THE 
REAL LOW POINTS 
OF THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN 2020. 
IT HAPPENED THE 
DAY AFTER THE 
IOWA CAUCUSES. 
REMEMBER, WHAT 
WAS THE STORY 
THEN? 
BIDEN HAD 
FINISHED FOURTH, 
A VERY 
DISAPPOINTING 
FOURTH PLACED 
FINISH. 
HE, HIS PRESS 
CORPS, A LOT OF 
HAS STAFF, WE 
ALL FLEW 
OVERNIGHT, 
DIDN'T GET ANY 
SLEEP THE NEXT 
DAY. 
ARRIVED. 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
BIG DAY. 
WASN'T A 
PARTICULARLY BIG 
CROWD. 
ALL OF US, 
INCLUDING THE 
STAFF, JUST 
WANTED TO 
FINALLY END THE 
DAY AND GET SOME 
SLEEP. 
BUT BIDEN DID 
THAT ROPE LINE. 
HE ALWAYS 
RELISHES THOSE 
ROPE LINE 
INTERACTIONS. 
AND WHILE WE 
WERE IN THE 
COLD, TRYING TO 
ASK BIDEN SAY B 
A FEW QUESTIONS 
IN IOWA. 
WE WERE 
WONDERING WHAT 
WAS TAKING SO 
LONG. 
THERE WASN'T A 
HUGE CROWD. 
THEN WE FIND 
OUT, HE WAS 
HAVING THIS 
MOMENT ON THE 
ROPE LINE WITH 
BRADEN, WITH HIS 
FATHER. 
HE ASKED THE 
STAFF TO SEND 
HIM BACKSTAGE SO 
HE COULD HAVE 
EVEN MORE OF A 
CONVERSATION. 
THEY SPENT ABOUT 
A HALF HOUR 
TOGETHER. 
AND YOU'LL SEE 
IN THE VIDEO 
THAT IS NOW 
BEING CIRCULATED 
AGAIN BY THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
HE ASKED FOR 
BRADEN'S PHONE 
NUMBER. 
THEY CONNECTED 
AND ASKED IF HE 
COULD HAVE A 
CHANCE TO MAYBE 
SEE BRADEN AGAIN 
DURING THE WEEK. 
A WEEK LATER, 
JUST THE DAY 
BEFORETHE NEW 
HAMPSHIRE 
PRIMARY, BRADEN 
AND HIS FATHER 
AND MOTHER 
ATTENDED ANOTHER 
ONE OF BIDEN'S 
EVENTS. 
HE POINTED HIM 
OUT IN THE CROWD 
AND SAID, THIS 
LITTLE BOY HAS 
MORE COURAGE IN 
HIS PINKY FINGER 
THAN DONALD 
TRUMP HAS IN HIS 
WHOLE BODY. 
AND THAT'S THE 
CONNECTION 
THEY'VE HAD 
SINCE THEN. 
JUST THE IDEA 
THAT WHEN BIDEN 
WAS AT HIS 
LOWEST, HE'S 
HAVING THESE 
KIND OF MOMENTS. 
LIKE I'VE SEEN 
HIM HAVE FOR 10 
YEARS. 
THAT'S NOT A 
UNIQUE MOMENT, 
BUT I THOUGHT 
THE CONTEXT WAS 
ALL THE MORE 
REMARKABLE, 
ALISON. 
>> IT REALLY IS 
REMARKABLE, 
MIKE. 
AND I GOT SUCH A 
KICK, HEARING 
BIDEN GIVING HIS 
PHONE NUMBER TO 
PEOPLE. 
CALLING HIS 
GRANDDAUGHTERS 
ALL THE TIME. 
YOU GET THE 
SENSE THAT HE IS 
A GUY WHO REALLY 
CONNECTS WITH 
PEOPLE IN THE 
CROWD WITH HIS 
FAMILY. 
I GOT SUCH A 
KICK LAST NIGHT. 
AND WAS SO 
IMPRESSED WITH 
NAYOUNG MAN. 
WHAT A GREAT 
THING TO DO. 
>> YEAH. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
AND THAT BOY, I 
THINK WE'RE 
GOING TO BE 
SEEING A LOT 
MORE OF HIM IN 
THE COMING DAYS 
AND WEEKS FOR 
SURE. 
>> YEAH. 
MIKE MEMOLI IN 
DELAWARE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>>> MIAMI'S 
CUBAN 
POPULATION, 
TYPICALLY 
SUPPORTS THE 
GOP. 
BUT THAT COULD 
CHANGE IN 2020. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
ELLISON BARBER 
SPOKE TO THREE 
CUBAN AMERICANS 
WHY THEY'RE 
CONSIDERING 
GOING BLUE IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> CENTRAL 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THE THREE OF 
TUARE ANOMALIES? 
OR COULD CUBAN 
AMERICANS LIKE 
YOU MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE? 
IN BATTLEGROUND 
STATES? 
>> AT LEAST IN 
MY GENERATION, I 
DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT WE'RE 
ANOMALIES. 
I THINK WITH THE 
YOUNGER CUBAN 
GENERATION, IT'S 
DEFINITELY, I DO 
THINK THERE IS A 
GENERATIONAL 
SHIFT. 
YOU KNOW, TRUMP 
DOESN'T 
REPRESENT THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
THAT MANY OF OUR 
PARENTS AND 
GRANDPARENTS 
GREW UP WITH. 
>> I DON'T VOTE 
BASED ON PARTY 
LINES. 
I VOTE FOR 
WHOEVER IS MOST 
QUALIFIED. 
>> DO YOU WORRY 
THAT SOME OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
POLICIES COULD 
TURN OFF OLDER 
GENERATION CUBAN 
AMERICANS? 
>> I THINK THE 
WORD PROGRESSIVE 
AND A LOT OF THE 
IDEALS MIGHT 
SCARE CUBAN 
AMERICANS. 
HOWEVER, I DON'T 
THINK THAT WILL 
ABE PROBLEM WITH 
BIDEN. 
>> HE'S GOT A 
HISTORY OF BEING 
A MODERATE AND 
CENTRIST, FROM 
TIME TO TIME, ON 
CERTAIN ISSUES, 
HE'S A LITTLE 
LEFT OF CENTER. 
FROM TIME TO 
TIME, HE'S RIGHT 
OF CENTER. 
WHICH IS WHY 
SOME OF THE FAR 
LEFT MEMBERS OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY GEREJECTED 
BIDEN. 
AND LUCKILY, 
LUCKILY, THEY 
LOST. 
AND BIDEN WON. 
>> HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING ABOUT 
THIS DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
AN INTERESTING 
TICKET. 
YOU'VE GOT A MIX 
OF OLD AND NEW. 
THAT'S ALWAYS 
GREAT TO SEE. 
BUT IT FELT LIKE 
HE WAS RELYING A 
LITTLE BIT MORE 
ON EMOTION THAN, 
THIS IS WHAT I, 
QUOTE/UNQUOTE, 
PLAN TO DO. 
>> BIDEN 
PROBABLY WASN'T 
MY FIRST PICK. 
I FEEL LIKE I'M 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE 
PROGRESSIVE, 
ALSO BEING ON 
THE YOUNGER 
SIDE. 
BUT I DO FEEL 
LIKE BIDEN AND 
HARRIS ARE THE 
PEOPLE I'M GOING 
TO VOTE FOR. 
>> LISTEN. 
HE'S NOT A GUY 
THAT GETS ME ALL 
PUMPED UP AND 
EXCITED. 
YOU KNOW, BIDEN, 
HIM AND TRUMP 
ARE IN THEIR 
70s. 
I WISH WE HAD 
YOUNGER 
CANDIDATES. 
BUT WE GOT WHAT 
WE GOT. 
IN BETWEEN BIDEN 
AND TRUMP FOR 
ME, IT'S NOT A 
DIFFICULT 
DECISION. 
>> ELLISON 
BARBER JOINS US 
LIVE NOW FROM 
LITTLETON, 
MIAMI. 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT WHAT 
YOU'REHEARING 
FROM CUBAN 
AMERICANS IN 
MIAMI. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, WE PUT 
TOGETHER THAT 
LITTLE GROUP TO 
HAVE SORT OF OUR 
OWN MINI WATCH 
PARTY IN THE 
VERY WEIRD TIMES 
THAT WE ARE IN 
NOW. 
IT WAS AT A 
PRIVATE VENUE. 
EVERYBODY WAS 
SPACED OUT, 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANT. 
THE THREE, ALL 
THREE OF THEM 
LIVE IN MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY. 
ALL OF THEM HAVE 
CUBAN HERITAGE. 
JANET, THE WOMAN 
YOU HEARD FROM 
THERE. 
SHE JUST 
GRADUATES HIGH 
SCHOOL. 
SHE ACTUALLY 
STARTS HER FIRST 
YEAR AT HARVARD, 
JUST NEXT WEEK. 
SHE IDENTIFIES 
AS DEMOCRAT. 
SHE SAID SHE IS 
PROGRESSIVE. 
YOU HEARD HER 
SAY THERE, SHE 
WISHED THAT 
MAYBE THE 
DEMOCRAT HIS PUT 
UP MORE OF A 
DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE. 
BUT THE OTHER 
TWO HAVE VOTED 
REPUBLICAN FOR 
THE MAJORITY OF 
THEIR LIVES. 
PETER CONSIDERS 
HIMSELF A 
REPUBLICAN. 
HE NEVER VOTED 
DEMOCRAT UNTIL 
2016. 
I MEAN, THE 
THINGS THAT KIND 
OF UNITED THE 
THREE OF THEM, 
IN TERMS OF WHY 
THEY ARE GIVING 
BIDEN AND 
HARRIS, AND MORE 
PARTICULARLY AS 
IT RELATED TO 
PETER AND ISMALE 
IS THEIR 
FRUSTRATIONS AND 
DISDAIN FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
ONE THING THAT 
STOOD OUT TO OUR 
CONVERSATION 
YESTERDAY AFTER 
BIDEN'S SPEECH, 
IS AYELL SAID 
ONE THING THAT 
SPOKE TO HIM WAS 
BIDEN TALKING 
ABOUT AMERICA 
BEING A PLACE OF 
POSSIBILITY. 
HE SAID, I AM 
HERE, OR 
EVERYONE ON THIS 
PANEL, BECAUSE 
AT SOME POINT, 
OUR FAMILY 
DECIDED WHERE 
THEY LIVED WAS 
NO LONGER A 
POSSIBILITY. 
BUT HE SAID, YOU 
HAVE TO HAVE A 
LEADER THAT IS 
SUBSTANCE NOT 
JUST SHOW. 
HE SAID DONALD 
TRUMP IS JUST 
SHOW AND NOT 
PERFORMANCE. 
BUT HE WAS NOT 
COMMITTED ON 
BIDEN. 
HE SAID TIME 
WILL TELL 
WHETHER OR NOT 
HE IS THAT 
SUBSTANCE. 
BUT WHAT WE SAW 
IN THAT GROUP 
THERE WAS SORT 
OF VARYING 
SHADES OF BLUE, 
IF YOU WILL 
RIGHT NOW. 
THIS IS A VOTING 
BLOCK. 
CUBAN AMERICANS 
THAT TYPICALLY 
VOTE REPUBLICAN. 
AND THERE IS 
STRONG PUBLIC 
SUPPORT AND 
STRONG SUPPORT 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN THAT 
COMMUNITY. 
IN 2016, 54% OF 
CUBANS LIVING IN 
FLORIDA VOTED 
FOR PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THAT'S TWO TIMES 
HIGHER, WHEN YOU 
COMPARE IT TO 
NONCUBAN 
LATINOS. 
ONLY ABOUT 24% 
OF THEM VOTED 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
ALISON? 
>> ELLISON, 
PETER WHO YOU 
SPOKE WITH 
THERE, WAS 
SAYING, BIDEN 
ISN'T A GUY THAT 
GETS HIM PUMPED 
UP AND EXCITED. 
WHAT DO BIDEN 
AND HARRIS NEED 
TO DO TO EXCITE 
THE COMMUNITY 
MORE AHEAD OF 
NOVEMBER? 
>> I COULD 
ANSWER NAWITH 
ANY SENSE OF 
AUTHORITY, I 
WOULD GO RIGHT 
NOW, BECAUSE I 
AM SMARTER AND 
BETTER AT 
PREDICTING 
THINGS. 
BUT I'M NOT. 
SO I WON'T. 
BUT I WILL TELL 
YOU ONE OF THE 
THINGS I HEARD 
WAS THAT THEY 
FELT THAT THEY 
DID WANT TO HEAR 
A LITTLE MORE 
DETAIL FROM 
BIDEN. 
BUT THAT'S 
HONESTLY, 
SOMETHING WE 
HEAR A LOT OF 
TIMES. 
POLITICIANS ARE 
POLITICIANS. 
THAT'S SOMETHING 
THEY WOULD LIKE 
TO HEAR MORE. 
BUT IN TERMS OF 
EXCITEMENT WITH 
PETER AND 
ISMAEL. 
THEY ARE 
BEGRUDGINGLY 
VOTING FOR A 
DEMOCRAT BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T LIKE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
SO I DON'T KNOW 
HOW MUCH 
EXCITEMENT THEY 
COULD GET TO. 
>> I HATE TO 
FLIP IT. 
I WON'T ASK YOU 
FOR A 
PREDICTION. 
BUT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION DOES 
START MONDAY. 
ARE THERE 
CERTAIN THINGS 
THEY CAN ADDRESS 
TO TRY TO HANG 
ON TO THIS GROUP 
OF VOTERS. 
>> YOU KNOW, IN 
TERMS OF THE 
THREE VOTERS 
THAT WE WERE 
TALKING TO. 
FOR THEM, THEY 
SAID, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, NO. 
THERE'S NOTHING 
HE SAID NEXT 
WEEK AT THE 
CONVENTION THAT 
COULD BRING HIM 
ONTO HIS SIDE, 
WHERE THEY WOULD 
COST HIS VOTE 
FOR TRUMP-PENCE 
COME NOVEMBER. 
BUT HE SAID 
THERE ARE THINGS 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY CAN DO TO 
BRING THEM BACK. 
THEY DON'T FEEL 
THAT THEY HAVE 
COMPLETELY LEFT 
THAT PARTY OR 
LEFT-LEANING IN 
THE CASE OF 
ISMAEL. 
BUT FOR THEM, 
THEY SAID THEY 
NEED SOMEBODY AT 
THE HEAD OF THE 
PARTY, OTHER 
THAN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
I ASKED THEM, IS 
THERE ANYTHING 
BIDEN AND HARRIS 
COULD SAY THAT 
WOULD MAKE YOU 
NOT SUPPORT 
THEM. 
ALL THREE OF 
THEM SAID THEY 
COULDN'T REALLY 
SEE ANYTHING 
RIGHT NOW. 
OF COURSE, 
THERE'S ALWAYS A 
POSSIBILITY. 
BUT NO, NOT 
RIGHT. 
AND I SAID, IS 
THERE ANYTHING 
TRUMP AND PENCE 
COULD DO TO GET 
YOU TO GIVE THEM 
A SECOND LOOK? 
AND THEY WERE 
PRETTY ADAMANT 
SAYING THOUGH. 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THEY DON'T FEEL 
LIKE THERE ARE 
ANY SURPRISES 
LEFT FOR THEM TO 
MOVE THE NEEDLE 
ONE WAY OR THE 
OTHER. 
>> ELLISON 
BARBER IN MIAMI. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR HELPING 
US UNDERSTAND 
HOW VOTERS THERE 
ARE THINKING. 
>>> AND OUR 
SPECIAL COVERAGE 
OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS MONDAY 
NIGHT. 
FOLLOWED BY 
NETWORK 
PRIMETIME 
SPECIAL AT 10:00 
P.M. 
EASTERN. 
YOU CAN WATCH IT 
HERE ON NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>>> FLORIDA HAS 
HAD PRETTY 
FAMOUS ELECTION 
HANGUPS. 
WHO COULD FORGET 
THE HANGING 
CHAD. 
>> BUT COULD 
FLORIDA LEAD THE 
WAY WITH MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS FOR 
VOTING IN 2020? 
IN THE SUNSHINE 
STATE WITH MORE. 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON, REMEMBER 
20 YEARS AGO? 
IT WAS FLORIDA, 
FLORIDA, 
FLORIDA. 
WE WAITED 36 
DAYS TO FIND OUT 
WHO WOULD BE 
PRESIDENT. 
NOW, IT MAY TURN 
OUT THAT 
FLORIDA, WHICH 
JUST HELD A 
PRIMARY, IS A 
BELLWETHER OF 
HOW PEOPLE WILL 
VOTE IN THIS 
UPCOMING 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
THIS WEEK'S 
PRIMARY ELECTION 
IN FLORIDA, 
GIVINGS A WINDOW 
INTO HOW 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
FEARS OF 
CATCHING IT IN 
PUBLIC SPACES, 
LIKE VOTING 
PRECINCTS, IS 
DRAMATICALLY 
SHIFTING THE WAY 
OUR NATION 
VOTES. 
WHAT WE DID NOT 
SEE IN FLORIDA 
THIS WEEK WAS 
THIS. 
LONG LINES. 
NOT ONLY BECAUSE 
OF CORONAVIRUS 
BUT ALSO EARLY 
VOTING BY MAIL 
IS CONVENIENT. 
ON LOCATION 
ELECTION NIGHT. 
SPECIAL 
ELECTIONS TEAMS 
PICKED UP THE 
LATE-ARRIVING 
BALLOTS, 
DIRECTLY FROM 
THE POST OFFICE. 
WITH ALMOST 3.9 
MILLION VOTES 
CAST IN 
TUESDAY'S FLASH 
PRIMARY. 
A RECORD 60% 
EVER FLORIDIANS, 
VOTED BY U.S. 
MAIL. 
14% VOTED IN 
PERSON. 
BUT EARLY. 
AND ON ELECTION 
DAY, ONLY A 
QUARTER OF 
FLORIDIANS VOTED 
IN PERSON. 
>> THERE'S SO 
MUCH ATTENTION 
ON THIS QUESTION 
OF THE POST 
OFFICE. 
AT LEAST IN YOUR 
EXPERIENCE. 
WITH THIS MOST 
RECENT ELECTION. 
MORE OF A RED 
HERRING THAN AN 
ACTUAL PROBLEM? 
>> I CERTAINLY 
DID NOT SEE ANY 
PROBLEMS WITH 
ANY DELIVERY. 
OUR BALLOTS ARE 
BEING DELIVERED 
IN JUST A COUPLE 
OF DAYS. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
KEY TO FLORIDA'S 
VOTE COUNT, THEY 
BEGAN PROCESSING 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 
22 DAYS BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY. 
SO THERE'S NO 
BACKLOG, 
COUNTING 
ELECTION NIGHT. 
IN THE UPCOMING 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION, NINE 
STATES OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
WILL 
AUTOMATICALLY 
MAIL BALLOTS TO 
VOTERS. 
IN MOST OF THE 
NATION, 
VOTERLESS 
REQUEST A MAIL-
IN BALLOT, 
CITING THE 
PANDEMIC, OR 
GIVING NO REASON 
AT ALL TO VOTE 
ABSENTEE. 
SIX STATES STILL 
REQUIRE VOTERS 
CITE A REASON 
FOR PERMISSION 
TO VOTE BY MAIL. 
BUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS IS 
NOT AVALID 
EXCUSE. 
TO FIND OUT THE 
RULES IN YOUR 
STATE, CHECK OUT 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOU 
HILLSBORO 
SUPERVISOR OF 
ELECTIONS, CRAIG 
LATTIMER, IS 
ALSO PRESIDENT 
OF THE FLORIDA 
SUPERVISOR OF 
ELECTION. 
>> I THINK 
FLORIDA IS 
POSITIONED WELL. 
WE'VE HAD VOTE-
BY-MAIL FOR 
YEARS. 
NO EXCUSE OF 
VOTE BY MAIL. 
AND OF COURSE, 
WE'RE ALWAYS 
GOING TO HAVE 
ELECTION DAY. 
SO PEOPLE HAVE 
SPREAD OVER 
THIS. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
HERE, WE DON'T 
EXPERIENCE LINES 
FOR EARLY VOTING 
OR ELECTION DAY. 
BECAUSE THE 
PEOPLE DO SPREAD 
OUT. 
AND I THINK NOW, 
WITH MORE VOTE 
BY MAIL, YOU'RE 
CERTAINLY GOING 
TO SEE LESS IN 
PERSON VOTING. 
>> FLORIDA, A 
BELLWETHER? 
THAT'S A LONG 
WAY FROM THE 
2000 ELECTION 
MELTDOWN, WITH 
HANGING CHADS, 
BUTTERFLY 
BALLOTS, A 
RECOUNT, AND 
ALEGAL BATTLE 
THAT LASTED MORE 
THAN A MONTH. 
IN 2018, SOME 
COUNTIES IN THE 
STATE STILL WITH 
ISSUES. 
AS OFFICIALS 
STRUGGLED TO 
RECOUNT IN A 
CLOSED SENATE 
RACE. 
>> AND IT'S 
LIKE, HEY, YOU 
KNOW, FOR THE 
FIRST TIME, 
FLORIDA HAS A 
CHANCE TO BE ON 
TOP HERE AND NOT 
BE MADE FUN OF. 
WE'VE GOT 
EVERYTHING IN 
PLACE TO REALLY 
BE SUCCESSFUL 
HERE. 
AND BE THE 
SHINING STAR. 
>> WE NOW HAVE 
AN EARLY 
INDICATION OF 
THE BALLOTS SENT 
BY MAIL THAT WAS 
WERE NOT 
COUNTED. 
IN A SPOT CHECK 
ACROSS FLORIDA, 
AMONG THE WORST, 
IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY. 
WHERE 2.7% OF 
THE BALLOTS ARE 
DELAYED. 
IT'S UNCLEAR IF 
THAT'S BECAUSE 
THEY WERE 
DELAYED BY THE 
U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE, OR IF 
THEY WERE 
DROPPED IN THE 
MAIL A DAY OR 
TWO BEFORE THE 
ELECTION. 
AND VOTERS 
UNEXPECTEDLY 
EXAMINED THEM TO 
ARRIVE ON TIME. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
VOTING IN THE 
2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTIONS. 
IF YOU'RE 
CONFUSED ABOUT 
YOUR OPTIONS, 
NBC NEWS IS HERE 
TO HELP. 
WITH A STATE-BY-
STATE GUIDE TO 
VOTE. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOU 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
THEIR JOBS, THEY 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING 
TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE DO 
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. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE, IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES WILL 
BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT IS THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS LOOKING 
LIKE? 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
FAMILY OR MY 
JOB? 
>> WE DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO ARE TOLD 
THEY WOULD BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH THEM. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN TENTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, 
PROTESTS 
TONIGHT. 
>> NBC NEWS, 
WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY NEVER 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD AND A 
REPRESENT OF 
EMERGING AMERICA 
TO TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
PHILOMENIA WILL 
LOOK DOWN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> OKLAHOMA 
STATE USING 
CAMPUS WIFI TO 
TRACK 
CORONAVIRUS 
CLUSTERS. 
MORGAN CHETNE 
GOT AN CLUSSIVE 
LOOK. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MORNING, 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
CHANGING COURSE 
NATIONWIDE. 
HALTING IN-
PERSON CLASSES 
AFTER COVID 
OUTBREAKS. 
AND SCENES 
ATTACKED PARTIES 
LIKE THIS. 
AT VILLANOVA. 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NORTH GEORGIA. 
AND THIS SCENE 
NEAR OKLAHOMA 
STATE 
UNIVERSITY, JUST 
BEFORE STARTED. 
OVER THE 
WEEKEND, AN OFF-
CAMPUS SORORITY 
HOUSE 
QUARANTINED WITH 
23 MEMBERS 
TESTING 
POSITIVE. 
>> THE SCHOOL IS 
HOPING TO KEEP 
MORE THAN 23,000 
SAFE, WITH A 
HIGH CONTACT 
SOLUTION. 
TO USE THIS TO 
MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, 
WIFION THE 
STUDENTS' PHONES 
WHEN THEY SET 
FOOT ON THE 
CAMPUS. 
>> TO SEE HOW 
THIS TECHNOLOGY 
WORKS, WE 
FOLLOWED JARED 
MORE, FOR THE 
DAY IN THE LIFE 
OF A COLLEGE 
FRESHMAN. 
JARED HEADS 
TOWARD CAMPUS. 
FIRST STOP, THE 
STUDENT UNION. 
TO BUY A SNACK. 
>> NO BETTER WAY 
TO START THE 
DAY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THEN, IT'S 
OFF TO CLASS. 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
>> Reporter: 
AFTERWARDS, A 
QUICK STOP AT 
THE LIBRARY. 
A SHORT BREAK AT 
A PET THERAPY 
EVENT. 
>> GOOD BOY. 
>> Reporter: 
FINALLY, 
LUNCHTIME, WHERE 
JARED GOES OFF 
CAMPUS. 
THEN AN 
AFTERNOON JIM 
SESH BEFORE 
HEADING BACK. 
NEXT DAY, A LOOK 
BEHIND A HIGH-
TECH CURTAIN. 
>> HE HAD CLASS 
IN THAT. 
THERE WAS A FOOD 
PURCHASE. 
THAT'S A CARD 
SWIPE. 
>> DR. HAWKINS 
OVERSEES THE 
TECHNOLOGY. 
>> THE ONES ARE 
HIGHLIGHTED IN 
ORANGE. 
BUT YOU CAN ALSO 
SEE THE POSSIBLE 
CONTACT 
LOCATIONS,. 
>> Reporter: 
WITH MORE THAN 
5,000 WIFI HOT 
SPOTTING AROUND 
CAMPUS. 
HAWKINS SAYS 
THEY CAN KNOW 
EXACTLY WHERE 
HIS SIX STUDENTS 
HAVE BEEN. 
>> THIS TELLS US 
THE BUILDINGS HE 
WAS IN FOR AT 
LEAST 15 MINUTES 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY. 
>> AND 
SPECIFICALLY 
WHERE IN THOSE 
BUILDINGS YOU 
ARE. 
>> AND WHERE IN 
THOSE BUILDINGS. 
>> IF I GO INTO 
THE LIBRARY, 
YOU'RE NO LONGER 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SAY, I WAS ON 
THE FIRST FLOOR. 
>> WHEN IT COMES 
TO OFF CAMPUS. 
>> WE WOULD NOT 
BE ABLE TO TRACK 
THAT. 
THIS IS LIMITED 
TO ON CAMPUS 
ACTIVITY. 
>> AS FOR HAVING 
THEIR ACTIVITIES 
TRACK, STUDENTS 
ARE MIXED 
FEELINGS. 
>> WE FEEL LIKE 
WE'RE BEING 
SPIED ON BUT NOT 
REALLY. 
>> IF IT HELPS 
US WITH COVID 
AND HELPS KEEP 
EVERYBODY SAFE 
FROM THE HARMFUL 
EFFECTS OF IT, 
THEN I'M ALL FOR 
IT. 
>> THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PRESIDENT, 
STRESSING THE 
INFORMATION 
GATHERED IS 
PRIVATE. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
LOTS OF 
INFORMATION ON 
EVERYBODY ON OUR 
CAMPUS. 
BUT WE DON'T 
DISTRIBUTE IT. 
WE DON'T SHARE 
IT WITH ANYBODY. 
>> TO ALREADY 
HAVE OVER 20 
MEMBERS OF AN 
OSU SORORITY 
TESTING POSITIVE 
UNDER 
HOUSEQUARANTINE. 
DO YOU FEEL IT'S 
GOING TO WORK? 
>> IT ALL WAS 
PREPARED. 
BUT SOMEBODY 
CAME IN 
POSITIVE. 
>> FOR LEADERS, 
NAVIGATING THIS 
PANDEMIC MIGHT 
BE JUST THE 
TOUGHEST CLASS 
YET. 
>>> THE CDC IS 
WARNING ABOUT A 
DOUBLE WHAMMY 
WHEN THE FLU 
SEASON HITS 
DURING THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
SO HOW SHOULD 
YOU GET READY, 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
KIDS GETTING 
BACK TO SCHOOL? 
NBC NEWS MEDICAL 
CORRESPONDENT, 
DR. TORRES. 
THEY BECAME THE 
FIRST STATE TO 
MANDATE FLU 
SHOTS FOR KIDS. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PARENTS KNOW 
ABOUT GETTING 
THE FLU VACCINE 
THIS YEAR?" 
>> THE BIG 
CONCERN IS THE 
TWIN DEMIC. 
HAVING THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
HERE. 
AND POSSIBLY 
WORSE IN FALL 
AND WINTER. 
ON TOP OF THE 
FLU, WHICH 
NORMALLY COMES 
THAT TIME OF 
YEAR AS WELL. 
COUPLE OF 
REASONS WE'RE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
IT. 
IT COULD ALSO 
OVERWHELM THE 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEMS. 
GETTING THAT 
VACCINE IS 
EXTREMELY 
IMPORTANT. 
WHAT YOU WANT TO 
DO IS VISIT YOUR 
HEALTHCARE OR 
PHARMACY. 
FLU VACCINES ARE 
DEFINITELY 
UBIQUITOUS. 
YOU WANT TO GET 
IT BEFORE 
HALLOWEEN. 
IT TAKES A 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
TO KICK IN. 
YOU WANT TO MAKE 
SURE YOU HAVE 
IT, YOUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM IS READY 
FOR THE FLU, 
BEFORE IT GETS 
HERE. 
NOT ONCE IT GETS 
HERE. 
AND AGAIN, 
EVERYBODY SIX 
MONTHS AND OLDER 
SHOULD BE 
GETTING IT. 
SOMETIMES PEOPLE 
SAY I HAVE AN 
EGG ALLERGY. 
WELL, THERE'S 
SHOTS THAT CAN 
HELP WITH THAT, 
BECAUSE THEY'RE 
NOT MADE WITH 
EGG-BASED 
TECHNOLOGY. 
OTHER PEOPLE 
SAY, IN THE 
PAST, IT HASN'T 
BEEN MORE 
EFFECTIVE. 
IT'S MORE 
EFFECTIVE THAN 
MOST PEOPLE 
THINK. 
IT MIGHT NOT 
STOP THE FLU. 
BUT WILL STOP 
YOU FROM GETTING 
SICK, 
HOSPITALIZED AND 
HELP YOU TO KEEP 
FROM DYING FROM 
THE FLU. 
>> DR. JOHN. 
I GOT A FLU SHOT 
ONE YEAR AND 
STILL GOT THE 
FLU. 
AND I REMEMBER 
THE FIRST THING 
THE DOCTOR SAID 
TO YOU, IS YOU 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
SO MUCH SICKER 
IF YOU DIDN'T 
GET A FLU SHOT. 
JUST BE THANKFUL 
THAT YOU DID. 
OKAY. 
OKAY. 
I TRUST YOU 
THERE. 
BECAUSE IT ISN'T 
THAT BAD. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
THIS. 
ONE OF THE 
WARNINGS WE HAVE 
HEARD 
REPEATEDLY. 
GET READY FOR 
ANOTHER COVID 
WAVE THIS FALL. 
HERE'S WHAT 
SCOTT GOT LEAP 
-- GOTTLIEB SAID 
THIS MORNING. 
>> I THINK MOST 
PEOPLE'S 
PERCEPTION IS WE 
HAD ONE IN THE 
NEW YORK REGION. 
WE CAME DOWN AND 
HAD ANOTHER 
EPIDEMIC IN THE 
SUN BELT. 
REALLY LOOKS 
LIKE AND FEELS 
LIKE A SECOND 
WAVE. 
I DO THINK THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE A THIRD ACT 
OF THIS IN THE 
FALL AND WINTER. 
AND IT'S LIKELY 
TO BE MORE 
PERVASIVE SPREAD 
IN A BROADER 
PART OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> DR. JOHN, DO 
YOU THINK WE'LL 
SEE A PERVASIVE 
SPREAD THIS 
FALL. 
AND IF SO, WHAT 
WILL THAT LOOK 
LIKE? 
WHAT IS A 
PERVASIVE 
SPREAD, COMPARED 
TO WHAT WE HAVE 
BEEN SEEING 
ALREADY?  
ALISON, 
UNFORTUNATELY, I 
DO THINK WE'LL 
SEE IT STARTING 
TO SPREAD AGAIN 
IN THE COLD 
WEATHER. 
AND THE REASON 
IS, BECAUSE BACK 
IN FEBRUARY, 
YOU'LL REMEMBER, 
WE WERE TALKING 
ABOUT THIS BEING 
A COLD WEATHER 
VIRUS. 
CORONAVIRUS 
TYPICALLY ARE. 
WE THOUGHT IT 
WAS GOING TO 
DISAPPEAR IN THE 
SUMMER. 
BUT THAT DIDN'T 
HAPPEN. 
SO IT'S EVEN 
MORE CONCERNING 
ONCE THE COLD 
WEATHER HITS. 
ONCE THE COLD 
WEATHER HITS, WE 
TEND TO MOVE 
INDOORS MORE. 
WE HAVE COUGHS, 
SNEEZE, RUNNY 
NOSES. 
THAT MEANS WE'RE 
GETTING MORE OF 
THAT VIRUS OUT 
OF OUR BODY. 
ON TOP OF THAT, 
IT'S ALSO 
POSSIBLE THE 
VIRUS COULD BE 
MORE ACTIVE. 
THE CONCERN IS 
NAPEOPLE COULD 
START LETTING 
THEIR GUARDS 
DOWN, ONCE THE 
VIRUS IS GETTING 
MORE CONTROL. 
BUT ONCE IT 
COMES BACK, 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO DROLE CONTROL 
IT WITH THE 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
I THINK 3Ws. 
AND IF PEOPLE DO 
WHAT WEE KNOW TO 
KEEP THEM SAFE, 
THEN YOU'RE NOT 
GOING TO SEE 
QUITE THE 
OUTBREAKS. 
BUT AS YOU'VE 
SEEN, MORE 
PEOPLE TEND TO 
DO THAT. 
THE MORE PEOPLE 
GET TOGETHER, 
THE MORE THEY 
MASK UP AND WASH 
THEIR HANDS OR 
DISTANCE 
THEMSELVES FROM 
EACH OTHER. 
THE MORE LIKELY 
THEY ARE TO SEE 
THIS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
AND LIKE HE 
SAID, A THIRD 
WAVE COMING. 
>> DR. JOHN, 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE ELECTION. 
DR. FAUCI TOLD 
THE WASHINGTON 
POST THAT HE 
WILL GO VOTE IN 
PERSON. 
WHAT ADVICE DO 
YOU HAVE FOR 
PEOPLE ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, WHO 
ARE STILL TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW THEY'LL VOTE 
IN NOVEMBER? 
>> AND ONE, 
OBVIOUSLY, GOING 
TO DEPEND ON 
WHERE YOU ARE. 
LOOKING AT HOT 
SPOTS. 
IF YOU'RE IN A 
HOT SPOT AREA. 
YOU WANT TO 
THINK TWICE 
ABOUT GOING OUT 
THERE AND 
POSSIBLY DOING 
IT BY MAIL. 
ABSENTEE-TYPE 
BALLOT 
SITUATIONS. 
IF IT'S UNDER 
CONTROL IN YOUR 
AREA. 
VOTE THE WAY YOU 
VOTE. 
IF YOU'RE AT 
HIGH RISK, YOU 
HAVE PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS, YOU 
TEND TO BE ABOVE 
THE AGE OF 65. 
THEN YOU WANT TO 
LOOK AT WHERE 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
VOTE. 
AND SEE WHAT 
THEY'RE DOING TO 
KEEP CORONAVIRUS 
UNDER CONTROL. 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, THEY 
TEND TO KEEP 
PEOPLE 6 FEET 
APART. 
AND JUST THOSE 
LITTLE TINGS 
THAT CAN REALLY 
HELP US KEEP 
UNDER CONTROL. 
BUT EITHER WAY 
YOU VOTE. 
WHETHER YOU VOTE 
THROUGH THEIR 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
OR WHETHER YOU 
VOTE IN PERSON. 
AGAIN, THE 
IMPORTANT PART 
IS BOATING, BUT 
DOING IT SAFELY, 
ALISON. 
>> DR. JOHN, ONE 
LAST QUESTION 
FOR YOU. 
IT'S ABOUT A NEW 
STUDY OUT TODAY 
FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
WASHINGTON. 
GIVE US MORE 
DETAILS ABOUT 
ANTIBODIES AND 
HOW THEY MIGHT 
BLOCK THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE CITY HAS NOT 
BEEN PEER-
REVIEWED YET. 
BUT WHAT DOES IT 
TELL US ABOUT 
HOW CORONAVIRUS 
IMMUNITY MIGHT 
WORK? 
>> IT ACTUALLY 
GIVES MORE HOPE, 
ALISON, ABOUT 
OUR IMMUNITY AS 
WELL. 
IT'S 
INTERESTING, 
THERE WAS A 
FISHING TRAWLER. 
THREE PEOPLE 
THAT DIDN'T 
CONTACT IT, 
ENDED UP HAVING 
ANTIBODIES. 
THEY THINK THOSE 
ANTI-BODIES MAY 
HAVE BEEN IN 
PLACE BEFORE, 
BECAUSE OF 
EXPOSURE TO 
OTHER 
CORONAVIRUSES 
THEY HAD IN THE 
PAST. 
LIKE MOST OF US, 
HAVE PROBABLY 
BEEN EXPOSED. 
AND WE'RE 
FINDING OUT, IS 
THAT OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM, EVEN 
THOUGH THOSE 
ANTIBODIES SEEM 
TO GO AWAY AFTER 
A WHILE, 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
MILD SYMPTOMS. 
OTHER PARTS OF 
THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM SEEMS TO 
BE KICKING IN. 
AND OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM SEEMS TO 
BE MULTIFACETED. 
AND DIFFERENT 
PARTS OF OUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
REACT IN 
DIFFERENT WAYS. 
THOSE T-CELLS 
ARE IMPORTANT TO 
KEEP THE MEMORY 
OF THE VIRUS IN 
THERE. 
AND WE THINK 
THAT MEMORY OF 
THAT VIRUS AND 
THE REACTION WE 
CAN DO IN OUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
GOING TO HELP US 
LONG TERM. 
THE HOPE IS HERE 
IF THAT DOES 
HAPPEN, AND THE 
VIRUS DOESN'T 
CHANGE TOO MUCH, 
THAT WE'LL NEED 
A VACCINE, MAYBE 
A BOOSTER YEARS 
LATER. 
BUT NOT 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THE FLU SHOT, 
WHERE EVERY 
YEAR, WE NEED TO 
GET ANOTHER 
SHOT. 
AND AGAIN, WE'RE 
FINDING OUT MORE 
ABOUT THE VIRUS. 
BUT LOOKS NOW, 
AT LEAST BY 
THIS, LIKE YOU 
SAID, NONPEER-
REVIEWED. 
LOOKS LIKE OUR 
SYSTEM AND ANTI-
BODIES ARE 
HELPING A LOT 
MORE THAN WE 
THOUGHT THEY 
WERE. 
ALISON. 
>> DR. JOHN, ON 
A FRIDAY, WE'LL 
TAKE A STUDY 
THAT BRINGS US A 
LITTLE GOOD 
NEWS, RIGHT? 
>> YOU BET. 
>> THANKS SO 
MUCH, HAVE A 
GOOD WEEKEND. 
>> PLANEMANY 
VETERANS WERE 
HOMELESS. 
THE VIA HAS A U-
- VA HAS A 
UNIQUE SOLUTION 
FOR THESE 
UNPRECEDENTED 
TIMES. 
>> Reporter: IN 
WEST LOS 
ANGELES, 
VETERANS WITHOUT 
HOMES ARE 
PRACTICING 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENTLY. 
>> I COME HERE 
EVERY NIGHT. 
I WAKE UP. 
I HAVE A PACK. 
YOU COME IN. 
I HAVE A PACK 
WITH AN AIR 
MATTRESS, 
SLEEPING BAG. 
PILLOWS. 
A LITTLE PLACE 
WHERE I KEEP MY 
FOOD. 
IT'S LIKE BEING 
IN THE FIELD, IN 
THE MARINE 
CORPS. 
IT COMES 
NATURALLY TO US 
VETERANS HERE. 
>> IN EARLY 
APRIL, THE VHM 
STARTED THEIR CT 
RS PROGRAM. 
WHICH STANDS FOR 
CARE, TREATMENT, 
AND 
REHABILITATION 
SERVICES. 
THE PROGRAM IS 
THE FIRST OF ITS 
KIND. 
GIVING UNHOUSED 
VETS CHANCE FOR 
PROPERTY. 
>> THE CONCERN 
WAS BACK IN 
MARCH. 
FEBRUARY AND 
MARCH, WAS THAT 
THERE MIGHT BE 
MORE OF AN 
OUTBREAK IN 
HOMELESS 
ENCAMPMENTS OUT 
IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
SO WE WERE 
CONCERNED THAT 
OUR VETERANS 
WOULD BE 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
THAT. 
>> EACH TENT IS 
SET UP 6'APART. 
SECURITY GUARDS 
CHICAGO IN ALL 
WHO ENTER. 
RESIDENTS ARE 
TESTED THREE 
TIMES A WEEK FOR 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND LOCAL 
NONPROFITS 
PROVIDE THREE 
MEALS A DAY. 
>> IT'S A LOW 
BARRIER. 
LOW DEMAND 
SHELTER 
ARRANGEMENT. 
THE ONLY THING 
WE HAVE FOR OUR 
VETERANS WHEN 
THEY COME IN IS 
THEY FOLLOW A 
BEHAVIOR 
CONTRACT. 
AND THEY SAY, 
DON'T CAUSE HARM 
TO OTHERS OR TO 
OTHERS ON CAMPUS 
HERE. 
AND THEN WE WRAP 
SERVICE TO THEM 
WHILE HERE. 
>> DENNIS BROWN 
IS A VIETNAM 
VET. 
HE HAD BEEN 
LIVING HERE FOR 
SIX WEEKS. 
>> I WOULD BE 
STILL 
FLOUNDERING ON 
THE STREETS. 
I MEAN, FOR A 
MINUTE THERE. 
I HAD MY 
BACKPACKED. 
MY SLEEPING BAG. 
AND I WAS 
SLEEPING OUTSIDE 
MY WORK. 
MY MINIMUM PAGE 
JOB. 
>> WITHOUT THIS 
RIGHT HERE. 
THERE WAS NO 
CUSHION OF THAT 
ROCK BOTTOM. 
THAT ONE 
PAYCHECK AWAY. 
FROM FAILURE. 
TO ROCK BOTTOM. 
>> IN IS THE 
ONLY PLACE. 
THIS IS THE ONLY 
STEPPING STONE 
TO GET OUT OF 
THAT. 
>> THE PROGRAM 
NOW HOUSES 
50VETERANS AND 
IS LOOKING TO 
EXPAND A HUNDRED 
BY MID-AUGUST. 
THE CROWDED 
SHELTER LOOKS TO 
EXPAND HOTELS. 
>> ONE OF THE 
TEAMS THAT YOU 
DO SEE, DRIVING 
IN, IS THAT LINE 
OF HOMELESS 
OUTSIDE. 
THAT ENCAMPMENT 
WITH THE 
AMERICAN FLAG. 
>> IN LIMBO, THE 
VETERANS CAMPING 
OUTSIDE THE WEST 
VA MEDICAL 
CENTER CAMPUS. 
AS THEY WAIT ON 
ONE LIST OR 
OTHER, TO ENTER 
ALL OBSTACLES OF 
ALL KIND. 
>> IT SEEMED 
ALMOST LIKE A 
CONTRADIRECTION 
WHEN YOU DRIVE 
IN HERE. 
AND IT'S SO NICE 
HERE. 
WHERE THEY'RE 
DEALING WITH THE 
ELEMENTS OUT 
THERE. 
>> SURE. 
SO PRIOR TO THIS 
INITIATIVE. 
THERE WOULD 
OCCASIONALLY BE 
OUTSIDE THE 
GATE. 
AND WE HAVE AN 
OUTREACH TEAM 
THAT GOES OUT 
THERE ON A 
REGULAR BASIS. 
WE'RE ON FIRST-
NAME BASIS WITH 
MOST OF THE 
VETERANS OUT 
THERE. 
ALSO WITH THE 
GENTLEMAN THAT 
DONATED THE 
TENTS, WE'RE ON 
FIRST NAME BASIS 
WITH THEM ALSO. 
WE SAY WHEN 
VETERANS WANT TO 
COME IN, THEY 
ARE WELCOME TO 
COME IN. 
THEY ARE ADDING 
PROBLEMS OUT 
THERE. 
THEN COMING 
HERE. 
AND WE WILL DO 
WHAT WE CAN TO 
HELP THEM. 
WE APPRECIATE 
THAT THEY'RE 
THERE. 
BECAUSE WE CAN 
KEEP AN EYE ON 
THE VETERANS. 
BUT WE PREFER 
THAT THEY WERE 
HERE. 
>> WHAT ARE WE 
LOOKING AT HERE? 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE THE NEW PLOT? 
>> YEAH. 
SO THIS RIGHT 
HERE IS GOING TO 
BE THE NEW AREA 
FOR THE CARE 
TREATMENT, 
REHABILITATION 
SERVICES SITE. 
SO THIS IS WHERE 
WE'LL ACTUALLY 
PUT OUR TENT FOR 
OUR HOMELESS 
VETERANS TO 
LIVE. 
THIS IS WHERE 
THEY'LL BE FED. 
THIS IS WHERE 
THEY'LL USE THE 
TOILETRY 
SERVICES. 
AND IT WILL BE A 
NICE, COMMUNAL 
LIVING AREA, 
WITH SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IN 
MIND. 
AND IT WILL BE 
100% SECURE SITE 
FOR THEM. 
>> THIS IS MEANT 
TO BE ONLY A 
TEMPORARY 
SOLUTION. 
>> BEING IN 
COMBAT IS AN 
EXPERIENCE THAT 
NO ONE CAN SAY 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH UNTIL 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH IT. 
AND DEALING WITH 
THAT TRAUMA, 
COMING HOME, 
IT'S A LONG 
ADJUSTMENT. 
AND SO -- BUT 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
GIVE UP. 
ASK I'M NOT 
GOING TO GIVE UP 
ON MY VETERAN 
BROTHERS HERE. 
I'M GOING TO 
STICK UP FOR 
THEM. 
AND WE'RE GOING 
TO FIGHT UNTIL 
WE WIN. 
AND THAT'S HOW 
WE DO IT. 
>> WHY IS IT 
SUCH A HIGH 
PERCENTAGE OF 
VETERANS WHO ARE 
HOMELESS AND WHO 
NEEDS THE VA'S 
HELP? 
>> I MEAN, 
THERE'S LOTS OF 
DIFFERENT KINDS 
OF TRAUMA. 
SOME OF OUR 
VETERANS HAVE 
BEEN IN COMBAT. 
AND THEY HAVE 
COMBAT TRAUMA. 
SOME OF OUR 
VETERAN HIS 
JOINED THE 
MILITARY BECAUSE 
THEY HAD TRAUMA 
PREVIOUSLY IN 
THEIR LIVES. 
SOME OF THE 
VETERANS HAVE 
BEEN INVOLVED IN 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 
SOME OF THEM, 
MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES. 
IT'S A WHOLE 
MYRIAD OF ISSUES 
THAT WE ADDRESS. 
>> THE ULTIMATE 
GOAL IS TO 
DEHOUSE. 
AND HAVE MY OWN 
PLACE THAT I CAN 
CALL MY OWN. 
AND EVERY 
AMERICAN 
DESERVES TO HAVE 
SOME TYPE OF 
DWELLING. 
BUT WE'RE HUMAN, 
TOO. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING 
TO KEACH -- 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE COLD FRONT 
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 HOME TO 
SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY. 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY. 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE, 
AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT 
THAT TRULY 
UNDERSTANDS WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM, WHERE A 
TICKET TO MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY 
TEACHERS, LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE'RE GOING TO 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
CONCERN THAT THE 
KIDS WHO ARE 
TOLD THEY WILL 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH THEM? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
EVER THE 
EMERGING AMERICA 
TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENIA CAROL 
LAMINA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> THE 
PRESIDENT OF 
BELARUS NOW 
BLAMING THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
IN HIS COUNTRY 
ON THE UNITED 
STATES. 
BUT PROTESTS 
TELL A DIFFERENT 
STORY. 
RICHARD ENGLE 
HAS THE LATEST. 
>> Reporter: 
HERE IN BELARUS, 
PRESIDENT 
ALEXANDER FACING 
TWO WEEKS OF 
PROTESTS TO 
TOPPLE HIM, SAYS 
ALL OF THESE 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
ARE THE RESULT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
HE IS BLAMING IT 
ON THE WEST. 
BLAMING IT ON 
PROVOCATEURS. 
NOT ENTIRELY 
UNEXPECTED, BUT 
IT IS A NEW 
TRACK. 
AND I CAN TELL 
YOU, ACCORDING 
TO THE 
PROTESTORS WE 
HAVE BEEN 
SPEAKING TO, 
THEY ARE NOT 
REACHING OUT TO 
NATO. 
THEY ARE NOT 
REACHING OUT TO 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
THIS IS THE 
REASON THEY'RE 
ON THE STREETS 
IS BECAUSE AFTER 
26 YEARS OF 
HAVING ALEXANDER 
LUBASHENKO IN 
POWER, THEY HAVE 
HAD ENOUGH. 
THEY HAD ENOUGH 
OF THE WAIT HE 
WAS DEALING WITH 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
HE WAS IN 
COMPLETE DENIAL. 
THEY HAD ENOUGH 
OF HIS 
CORRUPTION AND 
NEPOTISM. 
AND THEN THE 
FINAL STRAW THAT 
BEAK THIS 
CAMEL'S BACK IS 
WHEN THEY SAY HE 
STOLE ELECTIONS. 
AND ACCORDING TO 
THE OFFICIAL 
GOVERNMENT 
NUMBERS, WON 80% 
OF THE VOTE. 
AND THEY SAY HE 
WON NOTHING EVEN 
CLOSE TO THAT. 
BUT NOW, THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS 
AN ARGUMENT, 
THIS 
HAS BEEN 
ARGUMENT. 
THIS IS NOT 
SPONTANEOUS OR 
ORGANIC. 
IT IS ALL 
AMERICA'S FAULT. 
YOU ARE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW, 
BREAKING NEWS, 
IF THEY GO BACK 
TO THEIR JOBS 
THEY WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE PROTECTED. 
NEWS MADE FOR 
OUR STREAMING 
WORLD, WEEKDAY, 
AT 6:00 A.M. 
EASTERN. 
. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE, WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
THE TICKET TO THE
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAZE, 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND A 
LOT OF QUESTIONS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWS CAST, WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS, 
KIDS EDITION. 
THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
TOLD THEY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO 
RETURN TO SCHOOL 
INDEFINITELY 
WILL CATCH UP. 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK. 
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 
WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT WITH 
ALL WE ARE 
FACING, I'M 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO ARE 
SADLY MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR ARGUMENTS 
PROUD NED IS A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA, TO 
CAPABLE TV
NEWS. 
>>> I'M ALISON 
MORRIS. 
YOU ARE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
WE ARE MADE IT 
TO FRIDAY, LET'S 
HEAD OVER TO 
SAVANNA SELLERS. 
YOU SAID YOU 
DIDN'T GET INTO 
TIGER KING BUT 
YOU GOT YOUR 
ANIMAL PRINT ON 
THERE, I DON'T 
KNOW. 
>> Reporter: I 
LOVE THAT WE 
KEEP THE LITTLE 
THINGS GOING 
FROM DAY-TO-DAY 
LIKE WHEN I GET 
YOU ON TIKTOK 
DANCES. 
I DIDN'T LIKE 
TIGER KING BUT I 
LIKE LEOPARD 
PRINT. 
LET'S GET 
STARTED WITH 
MAJOR NEWS OUT 
OF SACRAMENTO. 
JOSEPH DEANGELO 
B KNOWN AS THE 
GOLDEN STATE 
KILLER, WAS 
SENTENCED TO 
LIFE IN PRISON 
WITHOUT THE 
POSSIBILITY OF 
PAROLE. 
DEANGELO PLEADED 
GUILTY TO RAPES 
AND MURDERS 
STEMMING BACK TO 
THE 70s AND 80s, 
REMAINING 
UNSOLVED FOR 
DECADES UNTIL 
2018 WHEN NEW 
DNA EVIDENCE 
HELPED POLICE 
IDENTIFY 
DEANGELO. 
VICTIMS AND 
FAMILIES 
ADDRESSED THEIR 
ATTACKER FACE TO 
FACE. 
>> YOU NO LONGER 
LIVE IN THE 
SHADOWS. 
WE ALL KNOW WHO 
YOU ARE. 
YOU LURKED IN 
THE DARK TO PREY 
ON INNOCENT 
VICTIMS. 
NOW YOU ARE THE 
PREY, YOU CAN 
LOOK OVER YOUR 
SHOULDER THE 
REST OF YOUR 
LIFE. 
>>> TODAY THE 
WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION 
WARNED THAT 
WHILE A VACCINE 
WILL HELP 
COUNTRIES COMBAT 
COVID-19, IT 
WON'T STOP THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> A VACCINE 
WILL BE A VITAL 
TOOL AND WE HOPE 
THAT WE WILL 
HAVE ONE AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE. 
THERE IS NO 
GUARANTEE THAT 
WE WILL. 
EVEN IF WE DO 
HAVE A VACCINE, 
IT WOULDN'T END 
THE PANDEMIC ON 
ITS OWN. 
>> THE 
ORGANIZATION 
ALSO 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
THAT WHILE 
LOCKDOWNS ARE 
NOT A LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION, PEOPLE 
MIGHT NEED TO 
MAKE PERMANENT 
CHANGES TO THEIR 
DAILY LIVES TO 
MANAGE THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS. 
>>> UNSETTLING 
NEWS OUT OF 
CALIFORNIA, 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
ACRES ARE ON 
FIRE , THE 
LARGEST WILD 
FIRE DOUBLED IN 
SIZE THIS ONE 
DAY AND BARELY 
CONTAINED. 
FIVE PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED, AND AT AN 
APPEARANCE 
DURING THE 
CONVENTION LAST 
NIGHT, GAVIN 
NEWSOM HAD A 
STARK WARNING. 
>> THE DRIES ARE 
GETTING DRIER, 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
IS REAL. 
IF YOU ARE IN 
DENIAL OF 
CLIMATE CHANGE, 
COME TO 
CALIFORNIA. 
>> NOW A 
DISTURBING STORY 
FROM FORT HOOD, 
TEXAS. 
ANOTHER SOLDIER 
HAS GONE MISSING 
FROM THE ARMY 
POST. 
THE FAMILY OF 
FERNANDEZ SAYS 
HE WAS SEEN 
MONDAY WHEN HIS 
STAFF SERGEANT 
DROPPED HIM AT 
HOME AFTER 
HAVING BEEN IN 
THE HOSPITAL. 
OTHER SOLDIERS 
HAVE GONE 
MISSING. 
THE AMMY IS 
ASKING FOR THE 
PUBLIC'S HELP IN 
THE SEARCH FOR 
SERGEANT 
FERNANDEZ. 
>>> A NEW 
TROPICAL STORM 
IS MOVING ACROSS 
THE CARIBBEAN 
AND LOOKS LIKE 
SOUTH FLORIDA IS 
RIGHT IN ITS 
PATH. 
TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA 
STRENGTHENED 
FROM A 
DEPRESSION TODAY 
AND EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE GROWING 
AS IT TRAVELS 
NORTHWEST. 
A LOCAL STATE OF 
EMERGENCY HAS 
BEEN DECLARED IN 
THE FLORIDA 
KEYS, AHEAD OF 
THE STORM. 
WE WILL KEEP OUR 
EYES ON ALISON 
AND I WILL BE 
BACK WITH YOU 
SOON. 
>>> I VOTED BY 
MAIL FOR A 
NUMBER OF YEARS. 
DELIVER 
%
BALLOT AND %
PROCESS EVERY %
BALLOT IN TIME. 
>> NBC NEWS, 
CAPI
>> LEE ANN 
JOINING ME NOW. 
LONG TESTIMONY, 
WHAT ELSE DID 
DEJOY HAVE TO 
SAY? 
>> Reporter: IT 
WAS QUITE 
INTERESTING. 
ANOTHER THING 
LAWMAKERS, 
ESPECIALLY 
DEMOCRATS WANTED 
TO GET ANSWERS 
TO, WAS THE 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE IN 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE 
INCLUDING IN THE 
GOVERNING BOARD 
THAT WORKS WITH 
DEJOY TO 
IMPLEMENT 
POLICIES CALLED 
THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS. 
A FORMER MEMBER, 
DAVID WILLIAMS 
TESTIFIED FOR 
THE HOUSE 
COMMITTEE OR A 
HOUSE GROUP OF 
HOUSE MEMBERS 
YESTERDAY. 
IT WASN'T A 
FORMAL 
COMMITTEE. 
HE SAID THAT 
THERE WAS 
POLITICALIZATION 
ON THE BOARD. 
HE SAID SHEAVE 
MNUCHIN WAS 
INVOLVED IN THE 
DECISION MAKING 
PROCESS. 
THEY ASKED HIM 
ABOUT THAT 
TODAY. 
HERE IS WHAT HE 
HAD TO SAY. 
>> DID YOU 
DISCUSS THOSE 
CHANGES OR 
POTENTIAL IMPACT 
ON THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION WITH 
THE PRESIDENT OR 
ANYONE AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE? 
REMIND YOU, YOU 
ARE UNDER OATH. 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
SPOKE TON THE 
PRESIDENT ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE OTHER 
THAN WHEN HE 
CONGRATULATED 
ME. 
>> DID YOU 
DISCUSS THE 
CHANGES OR 
IMPACT ON THE 
ELECTION WITH 
ANY TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
OFFICIALS? 
>> NO, SIR. 
THESE CHANGES IN 
OUR TOTAL 
ANALYSIS HERE 
AND GOING 
FORWARD, 
REMEMBER, I'M 
ONE NEW PERSON 
IN THE 
ORGANIZATION 
WITH THE WHOLE 
STRUCTURE AROUND 
ME, OPERATING 
STRUCTURE, 
EXECUTIVE TEAM 
AROUND ME, 
INVOLVED IN 
THESE DECISIONS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
DOES NOT APPOINT 
THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS AND 
THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS IS -- 
THE PRESIDENT 
DOES NOT APPOINT 
DEJOY, BUT THE 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS DOES. 
THE PRESIDENT 
DOES APPOINT WHO 
THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS ARE. 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT WAS BROUGHT 
UP IN THE 
HEARING, DEJOY 
MADE THE POINT 
THAT THE CHANGES 
HE WAS TRYING TO 
MAKE WAS AN 
ATTEMPT TO GET 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE ON 
FISCAL GROUNDS. 
I WANT TO BAG UP 
JUST A MINUTE, 
ALISON, BECAUSE 
THE REASON THIS 
IS SUCH A 
POLITICAL ISSUE 
RIGHT NOW, 
MONTHS AGO THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THAT HE WAS NOT 
SUPPORTIVE OF 
ADDITIONAL 
FUNDING FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
I WAS BEING TOLD 
3 MONTHS AGO BY 
HOUSE LAWMAKERS, 
PREDICTED POSTAL 
SERVICE FUNDING 
WAS GOING TO BE 
A MAJOR FIGHT OF 
THE SUMMER, 
ESPECIALLY IN A 
PANDEMIC AND 
ESPECIALLY AS 
THE ELECTIONS 
WERE COMING UP. 
THIS GOT BLOWN 
OUT OF 
PROPORTION, THE 
PRESIDENT SAID A 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
AGO , THE REASON 
HE DOES NOT WANT 
FUNDING FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IS BECAUSE THAT 
WOULD GUARANTEE 
MAIL IN BALLOTS 
WOULD BE 
DELIVERED AND 
COUNTED. 
PART OF THE 
REASON THIS 
POSTAL SERVICE 
STORY IS 
POLITICAL AT 
THIS POINT IS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
PUBLIC 
STATEMENT, IT 
HAS CREATED 
SCEPTICISM 
ESPECIALLY OF 
DEMOCRATS UP 
HERE. 
>> NOW THAT WE 
HAVE HEARD FROM 
DEJOY, HOW ARE 
LAWMAKERS 
REACTING? 
>> Reporter: 
POLITICAL AND 
PARTISAN AS 
WELL, THE 
DEMOCRATS WERE, 
VERY SKEPTICAL 
OF WHAT DEJOY 
SAID. 
REPUBLICANS, YOU 
KNOW, THE CHAIR 
OF THE 
COMMITTEE, RON 
JOHNSON, OF 
WISCONSIN, HIS 
OPENING 
STATEMENT 
DEFENDED DEJOY 
SAYING HE WAS A 
VICTIM OF 
CHARACTER 
ASSASSINATION 
AND ALL HE WAS 
GOING TO DO WAS 
TO SAVE THE POST 
OFFICE MONEY. 
THIS IS JUST 
PART ONE. 
ON MONDAY, THE 
HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
IS GOING TO HEAR 
FROM DEJOY AS 
WELL. 
THAT BODY 
CHAMBER IS 
CONTROLLED BY 
DEMOCRATS AND 
EXPECTED TO BE A 
LOT MORE FIERY. 
THE HEARING FROM 
TODAY, THEY WILL 
HAVE UNANSWERED 
QUESTIONS. 
>> THEY WANT 
DEJOY TO REVERSE 
ANY OF THE 
OPERATIONAL 
CHANGES THAT HE 
HAS MADE. 
ANY CHANCE THAT 
WILL HAPPEN? 
WHAT IS HE 
SAYING THERE? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
IT DEPENDS ON 
THE SPECIFIC 
ISSUE. 
DEJOY SAID HE 
NEVER CUT 
OVERTIME FROM 
EMPLOYEES WHICH 
IS A MAJOR 
ALLEGATION FROM 
THE POSTAL UNION 
ON REMOVAL OF 
THE POST OFFICE 
BOXES. 
HE SAID HE 
DIDN'T KNOW 
ABOUT IT UNTIL 
EVERYONE ELSE 
DID, UNTIL IT 
WAS IN THE 
MEDIA. 
IT WAS SOMETHING 
HE DIDN'T KNOW 
WAS HAPPENING. 
HERE IS ANOTHER 
THING OF WHAT 
DEJOY SAID WHEN 
HE WAS ASKED BY 
THE TOP DEMOCRAT 
ON THE 
COMMITTEE, GARY 
PETERS. 
>> WE HEARD 
ABOUT THE 
SORTER, WILL YOU 
BRING BACK MAIL 
SORTING MACHINES 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
REMOVED SINCE 
YOU HAVE BECOME 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL? 
>> THERE IS NO 
INTENTION TO DO 
THAT. 
THEY ARE NOT 
NEEDED, SIR. 
>> YOU WILL NOT 
BRING BACK 
PROCESSERS? 
>> THEY ARE NOT 
NEEDED, SIR. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE IS THAT 
ANSWER. 
HE IS NOT GOING 
TO BRING BACK 
THE MAIL SORTING 
MACHINE WHICH IS 
IS NOT THE 
ANSWER THAT 
DEMOCRATS 
WANTED. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BEEN AN GOING 
GOING 
DISCUSSION. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR MORE ON 
MONDAY, ALISON. 
>> WHO KNEW WE 
WOULD BE TALKING 
THIS MUCH ABOUT 
THE POST OFFICE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> 6 STATES 
PLUS WASHINGTON 
DC FILED A 
LAWSUIT AGAINST 
THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE, SAYING 
POSSIBLE CUT 
BACKS IN SERVICE 
VIOLATES FEDERAL 
LAW AND THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT 
PETE WILLIAMS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS BRINGS THE 
20 PLUS DC THE 
NUMBER OF STATES 
SUING THE POST 
OFFICE AND TWO 
OF THESE MAJOR 
LAWSUITS 
PROBABLY MORE 
YET TO COME. 
THE LATEST ONE 
FILED BY 6 
STATES LED BY 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
MAKES, AS THE 
OTHER LAWSUITS 
HAVE, A 
STATUTORY CLAIM, 
SAYING THE POST 
OFFICE CAN'T DO 
ANYTHING TO 
DETER THE 
COLLECTION AND 
DISTRIBUTION OF 
MAIL NATIONWIDE. 
AND SECONDLY, 
THEY SAY IT 
WOULD VIOLATE 
THE 
CONSTITUTION'S 
PROVISION SAYING 
YOU CAN'T 
INTERFERE WITH A 
VOTE BASED ON 
AGE. 
MOSTLY OLDER 
AMERICANS OR 
MANY OLDER 
AMERICANS WILL 
VOTE BY MAIL 
INSTEAD OF GOING 
TO THE POLLS, 
THAT WOULD 
CONSTITUTE THAT 
KIND OF 
DISCRIMINATION. 
THE OTHER 
LAWSUITS MADE 
SIMILAR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
CLAIMS, THIS SUB 
BRIDGES THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE , 
THE LAW 
GOVERNING THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
THAT SAYS 
CHANGES ABOUT 
MAIL DELIVERY 
HAVE TO BE 
APPROVED BY THE 
POSTAL 
REGULATORY RATE 
COMMISSION. 
THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL SAYS I'M 
NOT GOING TO 
CHANGE ANYTHING 
AND GUARANTEE TO 
DELIVER ALL THE 
BALLOTS. 
I'M SURE THE 
GOVERNORS WILL 
ARGUE THE 
STATEMENTS ARE 
MUTE AND THE 
LAWSUITS ARE NOT 
NECESSARY, THE 
STATES HAVING 
ANTICIPATED THIS 
ARE SAYING, 
WELL, THEY ARE 
GOING TO PRESS 
THEIR CLAIMS 
JUST TO MAKE 
SURE. 
>> PETE, YOU 
SAID NO OFFICIAL 
RESPONSE FROM 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, 
ANYTHING FROM 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE OR ARE 
THEY LETTING THE 
TESTIMONY DO THE 
TALKING? 
ABSOLUTELY THE 
TESTIMONY. 
THEY SET UP A 
WEBSITE TO TELL 
VOTER HOUSE THE 
SYSTEM SHOULD 
WORK. 
YOU CAN ARGUE 
WHETHER THESE 
LAWSUITS WERE 
BASICALLY 
LARGELY 
POLITICAL OR 
LEGAL TRYING TO 
KEEP THE 
PRESSURE ON THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
THEY CERTAINLY 
HAVE THE AFFECT 
OF DOING THAT. 
THEY HAVE ALSO, 
I THINK, ALL OF 
THIS 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT THE HUGE 
NUMBER OF MAIL 
IN BALLOTS, THE 
FACT THE POST 
OFFICE MAY OR 
MAY NOT BE UP TO 
THE TASK, NO 
MATTER HOW IT 
SAYS IT WANTS TO 
DO IT RIGHT 
CAUSED STATES TO 
REEXAMINE HOW IT 
IS MAIL BALLOTS 
ARE DELIVERED. 
IN SOME STATES 
TOUGH PUT THEM 
IN THE MAIL. 
SOME STATES YOU 
CAN TAKE THEM TO 
A DROP BOX, 
SPECIFICALLY FOR 
MAIL IN BALLOTS. 
MANY STATES THAT 
HAVE THAT 
PROVISION ARE 
SAYING, MAYBE WE 
SHOULD DO A LOT 
MORE OF THAT.   
>> PETE WILLIAM, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND. 
>>> NEW 
QUESTIONS TODAY 
ABOUT
TREASURY 
SECRETARY STEVEN 
MNUCHIN'S ROLE 
ABOUT DEJOY'S 
APPOINTMENT. 
MNUCHIN MET WITH 
REPUBLICAN 
MEMBERS OF THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, 
SEVERAL PEOPLE 
FAMILIAR WITH 
THE MEETINGS 
TOLD NBC NEWS, 
HEIDI JOINS ME 
NOW. 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
CONFLICT OF 
INTEREST. 
WHAT ELSE DO YOU 
KNOW ABOUT THE 
ROLE OF MNUCHIN 
AND DEJOY'S 
HIRING. 
>> Reporter: 
TOOK PLACE IN 
THE RUN TOWN 
DEJOY'S 
APPOINTMENT. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
SPECIFICALLY 
WHAT HAPPENED IN 
THEM OTHER THAN 
ACCORDING TO 
SOURCES THAT I 
TALKED TO, THAT 
MNUCHIN WAS 
ADAMANT THAT THE 
GOVERNOR'S MOVE 
EFFICIENTLY ON 
APPOINTING A NEW 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL AND HE 
WANTED TO BE 
KEPT APPRIZED OF 
THEIR 
DELIBERATIONS 
INCLUDING ANY 
DECISION BEFORE 
IT WAS 
ANNOUNCED. 
SINCE THESE 
MEETINGS WERE 
PRIVATE AND NOT 
SUBJECT TO THE 
SUNSHINE ACT 
WHICH WAS 
CREATED SO 
NAJUST SUCH 
INTERACTIONS 
BETWEEN THE 
EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
AND FEDERAL 
AGENCIES WOULD 
BE TRANSPARENT 
AND OPEN TO THE 
PUBLIC. 
THE QUESTION 
HERE IS WAS THIS 
PART OF THIS 
BROADER AGENDA 
THAT WE KNOW WAS 
BEING CARRIED 
OUT SINCE TRUMP 
CAME INTO OFFICE 
TARGETING THE 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
THAT BEGAN WITH 
THE CREATION OF 
THIS TASK FORCE 
FROM 2018 TO 
CITY STUDY THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
PUT UNDER 
MNUCHIN'S 
CONTROL. 
THEY CAME UP 
WITH 
RECOMMENDATIONS, 
HE WRANGLED 
CONTROL OF THE 
MONEY UNDER THE 
CARES ACT THAT 
WAS SUPPOSED TO 
GO TO THE POSTAL 
SERVICE AND HE 
OBJECTED FOR THE 
MONEY GOING 
WITHOUT STRINGS. 
MNUCHIN WROTE 
CONDITIONS FOR 
THE LOAN WHICH 
TOOK MONTHS FOR 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE TO AGREE 
TO AFTER DEJOY 
CAME IN, AND THE 
TERMS BASICALLY 
ALLOWED TREASURY 
TO LOOK UNDER 
THE HOOD OF 
THOSE PRO PRIOR 
TEAR CONTACT THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
HAD THAT REALLY 
RAISED QUESTIONS 
AMONG ETHICS 
WATCHDOGS ABOUT 
THE INDEPENDENCE 
OF THIS AGENCY 
WHICH UNLIKE 
MANY FEDERAL 
AGENCIES ARE 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
INDEPENDENT, IS 
REALLY VIEWED AS 
ULTRA 
INDEPENDENT, IT 
HAS REVENUE 
STREAM SEPARATE 
FROM THE 
APPROPRIATIONS 
PROCESS AND ITS 
OWN BOARD AND 
SUPPOSED TO 
OPERATE LIKE A 
BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES. 
HERE YOU HAVE 
THE TREASURY 
SECRETARY 
CARRYING OUT THE 
INFLUENCE 
CAMPAIGN WHICH 
IS ONE OF THE 
WORDS THAT WAS 
USED BY 
INDIVIDUALS LIKE 
DAVID WILLIAMS, 
THE FORMER IG 
WHO TESTIFIED 
YESTERDAY THAT 
BEFORE THESE 
GOVERNORS CAME 
IN, THEY HAD TO 
GO OVER TO 
MNUCHIN AND IN 
HIS WORDS, KISS 
THE RING. 
>> HOW ABOUT THE 
MORE RECENT 
CHANGES WE HAVE 
SEEN AT THE POST 
OFFICE, ISSUES 
AND QUESTIONS 
ABOUT BOXES AND 
SORTING 
MACHINES, I KNOW 
THAT THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL WAS 
SECOND ABOUT 
THAT TODAY AND 
MNUCHIN'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
WHAT DID HE HAVE 
TO SAY? 
>> PREVIOUSLY, 
THE BOXES DEJOY 
IS SAYING HE HAD 
NO KNOWLEDGE OF 
THAT, HOWEVER, 
DAVE WILLIAMS 
TOLD US 
YESTERDAY THE 
FORMER IG, THAT 
THESE BOXES, IT 
WAS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS A PLAN FOR 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE BOARD, 
BUT THIS IS 
SOMETHING STEVE 
MNUCHIN WANTED 
DONE. 
SECONDLY, DAVE 
WILLIAMS TOLD US 
WITH THE 
DECOMMISSIONING 
OF THE MAIL 
SORTING MACHINE 
WHICH IS CAN BE 
DRAWN A DIRECT 
LINK BETWEEN 
THAT AND THE 
DELAYS WE HAVE 
SEEN, THE 
DECOMMISSIONING 
IS REALLY NOT A 
COST SAVING 
MEASURE, WHICH A 
LOT OF THE FOLKS 
WHO WERE 
LISTENING ON THE 
TESTIMONY FOUND 
SHOCKING BECAUSE 
THE ENTIRE 
PREMISE FOR THE 
CHANGES ALISON 
IS THAT IT IS 
ING TO SAVE 
TAXPAYERS MONEY. 
WHAT DAVE 
WILLIAMS SAID, 
IS THAT THE 
DEEXHIBITIONING
DECOMMISSIONING 
OF THE EQUIPMENT 
COSTS THE 
TAXPAYERS MONEY. 
IT MAKES THINGS 
LESS EFFICIENT. 
WE NEED TO 
REDIRECT MAIL 
BASED ON NATURAL 
DISASTERS AND 
HURRICANES, ET 
CETERA.   
>> ANY OFFICIAL 
RESPONSE FROM 
THE POST OFFICE, 
IT'S BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, THE 
TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT, WHAT 
ARE THEY SAYING 
ABOUT THE 
MEETINGS ABOUT 
WHAT NBC NEWS IS 
REPORTING. 
>> Reporter: THE 
TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT DID 
NOT DIRECTLY 
DENY THAT THE 
MEETINGS WERE 
TAKING PLACE. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS FOR A DAY 
OR SO. 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING 
I ASKED THE 
BOARD TO KEEP ME 
APPRIZED OF 
THESE MEETINGS, 
HE HAD NO DIRECT 
ROLE IN 
RECRUITING DEJOY 
AND DIDN'T 
ADVOCATE FOR 
HIM. 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS 
ABOUT HOW HE GOT 
THE JOB, GIVEN 
THAT THIS SEARCH 
FIRM WAS 
OBTAINED TO 
CONDUCT A 
NATIONWIDE 
SEARCH. 
AT THE END OF 
THE DAY THE 
CHOICE WAS A 
TRUMP DONOR, 
MAJOR MEGA DONOR 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WITH NO 
EXPERIENCE THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
REMAINING 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HOW DEJOY WOUND 
UP IN THAT 
POSITION. 
WE WERE TOLD 
YESTERDAY BY 
DAVE WILLIAMS, 
THERE WAS 
ADVOCACY BY THE 
BOARD MEMBER 
WHOSE, THERE ARE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
CONFLICTS OF 
INTEREST, THEY 
WERE THE ONES 
PUSHING DEJOY AS 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL AND NOT 
THIS RECRUITING 
FIRM THAT WAS 
OBTAINED.   
>> WOW. 
REALLY 
UNBELIEVABLE 
STUFF THERE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR COMING 
ON WITH US TO 
SHARE YOUR 
REPORTING. 
I APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> JOE BIDEN 
GETTING PRAISE 
FOR HIS 
PASSIONATE 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WAS NOT 
IMPRESSED. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
GRIMLY DECLARED 
A SEASON OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS. 
YET, LOOK AT 
WHAT WE HAVE 
ACCOMPLISHED 
UNTIL THE PLAGUE 
CAME IN, LOOK AT 
WHAT WE 
ACCOMPLISHED AND 
NOW WE ARE DOING 
IT AGAIN. 
WHEN JOE BIDEN 
SEES AMERICAN 
DARKNESS, I SEE 
AMERICAN 
GREATNESS.  
. 
>> MIKE JOINS ME 
NOW. 
ASIDE FROM THE 
PRESIDENT, WHAT 
ARE YOU HEARING 
ABOUT BIDEN'S 
SPEECH? 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S INTERESTING 
TO SEE THE 
REACTION TO THIS 
LAST NIGHT. 
THINK ABOUT ALL 
THE EXPECTATIONS 
HEADING INTO, 
YESTERDAY WE 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
CONCERN AMONG 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN ABOUT 
WHETHER HE WOULD 
BE ABLE TO 
DELIVER, HE IS 
USED TO SPEAKING 
IN FRONT OF BIG 
CROWDS, I SEEN 
HIM AT THREE 
CONVENTIONS 
BEFORE THIS ONE, 
HUGE AUDIENCES. 
HE DELIVERED AND 
BY OUTLETS LIKE 
FOX NEWS, 
PRAISING THE 
SPEECH SAYING HE 
KNOCKED IT OUT 
OF THE PARK. 
THE STAKES WERE 
SO HIGH. 
THEY WILL 
ACKNOWLEDGE HE 
ISN'T ALWAYS AT 
THE TOP HIS 
GAME, WHEN 
SOMETHING IS ON 
THE LINE, HE HAS 
THE ABILITY TO 
DELIVER. 
PART OF WHAT WE 
TALKED ABOUT 
HEADING INTO THE 
SPEECH, THIS 
SPEECH WAS 
WRITTEN WELL IN 
ADVANCE, I 
SUSPECT THERE 
WERE LATE 
CHANGES. 
FOR THE MOST 
PART, BIDEN HAD 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO GET FAMILIAR 
WITH THIS AND 
DELIVER THIS. 
IT'S SURPRISING 
THE RELATIVE 
SILENCE WE ARE 
HEARING FROM 
REPUBLICANS. 
WE EXPECTED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
WEIGH IN. 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
USUALLY WOULD BE 
QUICK TO SEIZE 
ON A MOMENT LIKE 
THIS, MOSTLY 
SILENT. 
THAT TELLS YOU 
EVERYTHING ABOUT 
WHAT THEY SET UP 
IN TERMS OF 
LOWERING 
POTENTIALLY THE 
BAR FOR BIDEN'S 
SPEECH AND WHAT 
THEY ENDED UP 
SEEING. 
>> MIKE, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN. 
HOW ARE THEY 
FEELING TODAY? 
WHAT DOES A 
DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE DO THE 
DAY AFTER HE 
ACCEPTS THE 
NOMINATION? 
>> Reporter: I 
MEAN, I REMEMBER 
12 YEARS AGO, AT 
THE 2008 
CONVENTION WHEN 
JOE BIDEN 
ACCEPTED THE 
NOMINATION FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
FIRST, THE NEXT 
DAY WE WERE 
FLYING FROM 
COLORADO TO 
BATTLEGROUND, 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
HIM AND SENATOR 
OBAMA THEN, HAD 
A WEEKEND FULL 
OF EVENTS IN THE 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES. 
HE WANTED TO 
CAPITALIZE ON 
THAT MOMENTUM. 
JOE BIDEN IS 
HERE IN HIS 
HOMETOWN, AN 
INTERVIEW AIRING 
OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
HIS JOINT 
INTERVIEW WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
HIS NEW RUNNING 
MATE. 
WE WON'T SEE A 
LOT OF HIM. 
THINK ABOUT WHAT 
IS TYPICALLY THE 
CASE WITH 
CONVENTIONS WHEN 
ONE PARTY 
SHOULDERING 
THEIR 
CONVENTION, THE 
OTHER PARTY WILL 
LAY LOW A LITTLE 
BIT. 
SORT OF THE 
NORMS AND 
TRADITIONS OF 
POLITICS AS YOU 
LET THE OTHER 
TEAM HAVE THEIR 
WEEK. 
YOU ARE PREPARED 
TO RESPOND AS 
NECESSARY BUT 
OTHERWISE LAYING 
LOW. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS 
SAYING WE SHOULD 
NOT EXPECT THAT, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MADE HIMSELF 
KNOWN THROUGH 
THE WEEK 
YESTERDAY BEING 
IN JOE BIDEN'S 
HOME TOWN OF 
SCRANTON TO TRY 
TO TROLL THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
AHEAD OF HIS 
SPEECH. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
SEE LESS OF 
BIDEN THAN THAT 
NEXT WEEK. 
IT MIGHT BE A 
MOMENT FOR 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS TO 
INTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO 
VOTERS TO DO 
EVENTS BUT THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
SAYS THEY ARE 
SEEING MOMENTUM 
FROM THE CHOICE 
OF CAM KAMALA 
HARRIS THAT GREW 
WITH THE 
SUCCESSFUL 
CONVENTION, MORE 
SUCCESSFUL THAN 
THEY IMAGINED 
AND WANT TO 
CONTINUE THAT 
MOMENTUM INTO 
THE COMING 
WEEKS, WE WILL 
SEE AN ABOUT IT 
TO TAKE THE 
SUCCESSFUL 
PIECES AND USE 
THE SURROGATES 
AND NEW VOICES 
THAT WERE 
ELEVATED BY IT 
AND USING OF 
COURSE NOT 
NECESSARILY IN 
PERSON BUT 
VIRTUALLY AN 
ATTEMPT TO 
CAPITALIZE ON 
IT. 
>> MIKE, I WANT 
TO PLAY A 
STANDOUT MOMENT 
FROM THE NIGHT. 
YOU CAN GUESS 
WHAT I AM ABOUT 
TO SHOW. 
THE 13 YEAR-OLD 
BOYS BRAIDEN 
HERRINGTON, 
SHARING HIS 
STORY ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN HELPING 
HIM OVERCOME HIS 
STUTTER. 
LET'S WATCH 
THAT. 
>> WITHOUT JOE 
BIDEN, I 
WOULDN'T BE 
TALKING TO YOU 
TODAY. 
A FEW MONTHS AGO 
I HET MET HIM IN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
HE TOLD ME WE 
WERE MEMBERS OF 
THE SAME CLUB. 
WE STUTTER. 
HOE SHOWED ME 
BOOKS TO 
PRACTICE. 
I DID THE SAME 
THING TODAY. 
>> MIKE, YOU %
>> YOU KNOW MORE 
ABOUT BRAIDEN 
AND BIDEN'S 
CONNECTION. 
I LOVE THIS 
STORY, THAT 
SMILE, HE MELTED 
MY HEART. 
WHAT ELSE CAN 
YOU TELL US? 
>> Reporter: 
ALLISON, THIS 
STORY ON ITS OWN 
IS JUST 
REMARKABLE 
WHETHER IT HAND 
HAPPENED AT ANY 
POINT IN THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
PUTTING IN 
CONTEXT MAKES IT 
REMARKABLE. 
THAT INTERACTION 
ON THE ROPE LINE 
THAT THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT 
HAD WITH BRAIDEN 
AND HIS FATHER, 
HAPPENED AT 
PROBABLY WHAT 
WAS ONE OF THE 
LOW POINTS OF 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN FOR 
2020, THE DAY 
AFTER THE IOWA 
CAUCUSES. 
BIDEN FINISHED 
FOURTH PLACE, 
HE, HIS PRESS 
CORP., A LOT OF 
THE STAFF, WE 
FLEW OVERNIGHT 
AND ARRIVED IN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
AND A FEW 
EVENTS, THE LAST 
EVENT OF THE 
DAY. 
WASN'T A BIG 
CROWD ALL OF US 
INCLUDING THE 
STAFF WANTED TO 
THE END DAY AND 
GET SLEEP. 
BIDEN DID THAT 
ROPE LINE, HE 
RELISHES THE 
ROPE LINE 
INTERACTIONS, 
WHILE WE WERE 
WAITING OUTSIDE 
IN THE COLD, WE 
WERE WONDERING 
WHAT WAS TAKING 
SO LONG. 
THEN WE FOUND 
OUT WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
HE WAS HAVING 
THIS MOMENT ON 
THE ROPE LINE 
WITH BRAIDEN, 
HIS FATHER, HE 
ASKED HIS STAFF 
TO SEND THEM 
BACKSTAGE SO HE 
COULD HAVE MORE 
OF A 
CONVERSATION. 
THEY SPENT A 
HALF AN HOUR 
TOGETHER. 
AS YOU WILL SEE 
IN THE VIDEO, 
CIRCULATED BY 
THE CAMPAIGN, HE 
ASKED FOR 
BRAIDEN'S PHONE 
NUMBER AND ASKED 
IF HE COULD SEE 
HIM LATER IN THE 
WEEK. 
A DAY BEFORE THE 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
PRIMARY, BRAID 
AND HIS FATHER 
AND MOTHER 
ATTENDED ANOTHER 
ONE OF BIDEN'S 
EVENTS AND 
POINTED HIM OUT 
IN THE CROWD AND 
SAID THIS LITTLE 
BOY HAS MORE 
COURAGE IN HIS 
PINKY FINGER 
THAN TRUMP HAS 
IN HIS OWN BODY. 
WHEN EVERYONE 
THOUGHT BIDEN 
WAS AT HIS 
LOWEST, HE IS 
HAVING THESE 
MOMENTS. 
THE CONTEXT IN 
WHICH IT 
HAPPENED MADE IT 
WORTHWHILE. 
>> IT IS 
REMARKABLE. 
I GOT A KICK 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK HEARING  
THIS STORY ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN, 
GIVING HIS PHONE 
NUMBER TO PEOPLE 
AND CALLING HIS 
GRAND DAUGHTERS 
ALL THE TIME. 
YOU GET A SENSE, 
HE IS A GUY THAT 
REALLY CONNECTS 
WITH PEOPLE IN 
THE CROWD, WITH 
HIS FAMILY. 
I GOT A KICK OUT 
OF THAT AND 
IMPRESSED BY 
THAT YOUNG MAN 
WHAT A BRAVE 
THING TO DO. 
>> Reporter: 
ABSOLUTELY. 
THAT BOY, WE 
WILL SEE MORE OF 
HIM IN THE 
COMING DAYS AND 
WEEKS FOR SURE. 
>> MIKE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>>> MIAMI'S 
CUBAN POPULATION
TYPICALLY 
SUPPORTS THE 
GOP, THAT COULD 
CHANGE IN 2020. 
ALISON BARBER 
SPOKE TO THREE 
CUBAN AMERICANS 
ABOUT WHY THEY 
ARE GOING BLUE. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THE THREE OF YOU 
ARE ANOMALIES OR 
COULD CUBAN 
AMERICANS LIKE 
YOU MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE? 
>> AT LEAST WITH 
MY GENERATION, I 
DON'T BELIEVE WE 
ARE NOT 
ANOMALIES. 
I THINK WITH THE 
YOUNGER CUBAN 
GENERATION, IT 
IS DEFINITELY, 
IF THERE IS A 
GENERATIONAL 
SHIFT. 
TRUMP DOESN'T 
REPRESENT THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
THAT OUR PARENTS 
AND GRANDPARENTS 
GREW UP WITH. 
>> I DON'T BASED 
ON PARTY LINES, 
I VOTE FOR WHO 
IS MOST 
QUALIFIED. 
>> DO YOU WORRY 
SOME OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
POLICIES COULD 
TURN OFF OLDER 
GENERATIONS. 
>> THE WORD 
PROGRESSIVE AND 
A LOT OF THE 
PROGRESSIVE 
IDEALS MIGHT 
SCARE CUBAN 
AMERICANS, 
HOWEVER I DON'T 
THINK THAT WILL 
BE A PROBLEM 
WITH BIDEN. 
>> HE HAS A 
HISTORY OF BEING 
A MODERATE AND 
CENTRIST ON 
CERTAIN ISSUES 
AND LEFT OF 
CENTER SOMETIMES 
AND SOMETIMES 
RIGHT OF CENTER. 
THE FAR MEMBERS 
OF THE FAR LEFT 
REJECTED BIDEN. 
LUCKILY THEY 
LOST. 
BIDEN WON. 
>> HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING ABOUT 
THIS DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
DEBATE? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
AN INTERESTING 
TICKET. 
YOU GOT A MIX OF 
OLD AND NEW. 
THAT'S GREAT TO 
SEE. 
IT FELT LIKE HE 
WAS RELYING ON 
EMOTION THAN 
THIS IS WHAT I 
QUOTE UNQUOTE 
PLAN TO DO. 
>> BIDEN 
PROBABLY WASN'T 
MY FIRST PICK, I 
FEEL LIKE I'M A 
LITTLE BIT MORE 
PROGRESSIVE ON 
THE YOUNGER 
SIDE. 
I DO FEEL LIKE 
BIDEN AND HARRIS 
ARE THE PEOPLE 
I'M GOING VOTE 
FOR. 
>> HE IS NOT A 
GUY THAT GETS ME 
ALL PUMPED UP 
AND EXCITED, 
BIDEN, HE AND 
TRUMP ARE IN 
THEIR 70s, I 
WISH WE HAD 
YOUNGER 
CANDIDATES. 
IT'S NOT A 
DIFFICULT 
DECISION. 
>> ALLISON 
BARBER JOINS US 
LIVE FROM LITTLE 
HAVANA IN MIAMI 
AS PART OF THE 
COUNTY TO COUNTY 
SERIES WHERE WE 
FOLLOW KEY 
VOTING BLOCKS 
LEADING UP TO 
THE ELECTION. 
TELL US WHAT YOU 
ARE HEARING FROM 
CUBAN AMERICANS. 
ANYTHING 
SURPRISING ABOUT 
WHY THEY MIGHT 
GO FOR BIDEN AND 
HARRIS? 
>> Reporter: WE 
PUT TOGETHER THE 
GROUP TO HAVE 
OUR OWN MINI 
WATCH PARTY IN 
THE WEIRD TIMES 
WE ARE IN NOW, 
AT A PRIVATE 
VENUE. 
THE THREE OF THE 
VOTERS HAD NEVER 
MET EACH OTHER 
UNTIL LAST 
NIGHT, ALL THREE 
LIVE IN MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY, ALL 
OF THEM HAVE 
CUBAN HERITAGE, 
JANET OF THE 
WOMAN YOU HEARD 
FROM, JUST 
GRADUATED HIGH 
SCHOOL AND 
STARTS HER FIRST 
YEAR AT HARVARD 
JUST NEXT WEEK. 
SHE IDENTIFIES 
AS DEMOCRATIC, 
SHE IS 
PROGRESSIVE. 
SHE WISHED THAT 
MAYBE THE 
DEMOCRATS PUT UP 
A BIT MORE OF A 
PROGRESSIVE 
CANDIDATE BUT 
THE OTHER TWO, 
THEY HAVE VOTED 
REPUBLICAN FOR 
THE MAJORITY OF 
THEIR LIVES. 
PETER CONSIDERS 
HIMSELF A 
REPUBLICAN, HE 
HAS NEVER VOTED 
DEMOCRAT UNTIL 
2016. 
THE THING THAT 
UNITED THE THREE 
OF THEM IN TERMS 
OF WHY THEY ARE 
GIVING BIDEN AND 
HARRIS A LOOK, 
PARTICULARLY 
RELATING TO 
PETER THEIR 
FRUSTRATIONS AND 
DISDAIN FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
ONE THING THAT 
STOOD OUT -- 
WHEN BIDEN 
TALKED ABOUT 
AMERICA BEING A 
PLACE OF 
POSSIBILITIES. 
HE SAID I AM 
HERE, EVERYONE 
ON THIS PANEL IS 
HERE BECAUSE AT 
SOME POINT A 
MEMBER OF OUR 
FAMILY DECIDED 
WHERE WE ARE 
FROM IS NO 
LONGER A PLACE 
FOR POSSIBILITY. 
YOU HAVE TO HAVE 
A LEADER THAT'S 
SUBSTANCE AND 
NOT SHOW. 
HE WAS NOT 
ENTIRELY 
COMMITTED ON 
BIDEN. 
TIME WILL TELL 
WHETHER HE IS 
THAT SUBSTANCE. 
WHAT WE SAW IN 
THAT GROUP THERE 
WAS VARYING 
SHADES OF BLUE. 
THIS IS A VOTING 
BLOCK TO 
AMERICANS THAT 
TYPICALLY VOTE 
REPUBLICAN. 
THERE ARE STRONG 
REPUBLICAN 
SUPPORT AND 
STRONG SUPPORT 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AMONG THAT 
COMMUNITY IN 
2016. 
54% OF CUBANS 
LIVING IN 
FLORIDA VOTED 
FOR PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THAT'S TWO TIMES 
HIGHER WHEN YOU 
CAM PAIR TO IT 
NON CUBAN 
LATINOS, 24% OF 
THEM VOTED FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> PETER WHO YOU 
SPOKE WITH WAS 
SAYING BIDEN 
ISN'T A GUY THAT 
GETS HIM PUMPED 
UP AND EXCITED. 
WHAT DO BIDEN 
AND HARRIS NEED 
TO DO TO EXCITE 
THE CUBAN 
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY MORE 
AHEAD OF 
NOVEMBER? 
>> Reporter: I 
COULD ANSWER 
THAT WITH ANY 
SENSE OF 
AUTHORITY, I 
WOULD GAMBLE 
RIGHT NOW, I'M 
SMARTER AND 
BETTER AT 
PREDICTING 
THINGS BETTER 
THAN 
ANTICIPATED. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS I HEARD 
FROM THREE 
VOTERS WE WERE 
TALKING TO 
YESTERDAY, THEY 
DID FEEL LIKE 
THEY WANTED TO 
HEAR A LITTLE 
BIT MORE DETAIL 
FROM BIDEN BUT 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
HEAR AT LOVE OH 
TIMES, 
POLITICIANS ARE 
POLITICIANS. 
THAT WAS A KEY 
THING. 
THEY WOULD LAKE 
TO HEAR MORE. 
IN TERMS OF 
EXCITEMENT 
LEVEL, THEY ARE 
BEGRUDGINGLY 
VOTING FOR A 
DEMOCRAT BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T LIKE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
MUCH EXCITEMENT 
WE COULD GET OUT 
OF THESE TWO. 
>> I HATE TO 
FLIP IT AND 
WON'T ASK YOU 
FOR A 
PREDICTION. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS MONDAY. 
ARE THERE 
CERTAIN THINGS 
THE GOP CAN DO 
TO ADDRESS AND 
HANG ONTO THE 
GROUP OF VOTERS. 
>> Reporter: IN 
TERMS OF THE 
THREE VOTERS 
THAT WE WERE 
TALKING TO, FOR 
THEM THEY SAID, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
NO, NOTHING HE 
COULD SAY NEXT 
WEEK AT THE 
CONVENTION THAT 
COULD BRING THEM 
ONTO HIS SIDE 
WHERE THEY WOULD 
KATZ THEIR VOTE 
FOR TRUMP-PENCE. 
THERE -- CHANGE 
THEIR VOTE FOR 
TRUMP-PENCE. 
THEY SAID FOR 
THEM, THEY NEED 
SOMETHING ELSE 
AT THE HEAD OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY OTHER THAN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TO GO BACK TO 
THEM THIS TERMS 
OF WHAT THEY ARE 
OPEN TO HEARING 
NEXT WEEK, I 
ASKED THEM, IS 
THERE ANYTHING 
BIDEN AND HARRIS 
COULD SAY THAT 
WOULD MAKE YOU 
NOT SUPPORT 
THEM. 
ALL THREE SAID 
THEY COULDN'T 
SEE ANYTHING 
RIGHT NOW. 
THEY SAID THERE 
IS ALWAYS A 
POSSIBILITY BUT 
NOT NOW. 
I SAID IS THERE 
ANYTHING TRUMP 
AND PENCE COULD 
DO TO CONVINCE 
YOU TO GIVE THEM 
A SECOND LOOK, 
THEY WERE 
ABSOLUTE IN 
SAYING NO. 
THEY SEEN HIM 
ENOUGH YEARS, 
THEY DON'T FEEL 
LIKE THERE ARE 
SURPRISES LEFT 
TO MOVE THEM ONE 
WAY OR THE 
OTHER. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR HELPING 
US TO BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
VOTERS ARE 
THINKING. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS MONDAY 
NIGHT AT 8:00 
P.M. 
EASTERN, WITH 
CHUCK TODD 
FOLLOWED BY 
NETWORK PRIME 
TIME SPECIAL AT 
10:00 P.M. 
EASTERN, WATCH 
IT HERE ON NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> FLORIDA HAS 
HAD FAMOUS 
ELECTION HANG 
UPS. 
COULD FLORIDA 
LEAD THE WAY 
WITH MAIL IN 
BALLOT AND EARLY 
VOTING IN 2020. 
KERRY SANDERS IS 
IN THE SUNSHINE 
STATE WITH MORE. 
>> Reporter: 
REMEMBER 20 
YEARS AGO, IT 
WAS FLORIDA, 
FLORIDA, 
FLORIDA, WE 
WAITED 36 DAYS 
TO FIND OUT WHO 
WOULD BE 
PRESIDENT. 
NOW, IT MAY 
TURNOUT THAT 
FLORIDA, WHICH 
HELD A PRIMARY 
IS A BELL 
WEATHER OF HOW 
PEOPLE WILL VOTE 
IN THIS UPCOMING 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
THIS WEEK'S 
PRIMARY ELECTION 
IN FLORIDA 
GIVING US A 
WINDOW INTO HOW 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
FEARS OF 
CATCHING IT IN 
PUBLIC SPACES 
LIKE VOTING 
PRECINCTS IS 
DRAMATICALLY 
SHIFTING THE WAY 
OUR NATION 
VOTES. 
WHAT WE DID NOT 
SEE WAS THIS? 
LONG LINES, NOT 
ONLY BECAUSE OF 
CORONAVIRUS BUT 
ALSO EARLY 
VOTING BY MAIL 
IS CONVENIENT. 
ON ELECTION 
NIGHT, SPECIAL 
ELECTIONS TEAMS 
PICKED UP THE 
LATE ARRIVING 
BALLOTS FROM THE 
POST OFFICE. 
WITH ALMOST 3.9 
MILLION VOTES 
CAST, A RECORD 
60% OF 
FLORIDIANS VOTED 
BY U.S. MAIL. 
14% VOTED IN 
PERSON BUT 
EARLY. 
ON ELECTION DAY, 
A QUARTER OF 
FLORIDIANS VOTED 
IN PERSON. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH ATTENTION 
ON THIS QUESTION 
OF THE POST 
OFFICE, AT LEAST 
IN YOUR 
EXPERIENCE WITH 
THE MOST RECENT 
ELECTION, MORE 
OF A RED HERRING 
THAN AN ACTUAL 
PROBLEM? 
>> I DID NOT SEE 
PROBLEMS WITH 
DELIVERY. 
OUR BALLOTS ARE 
BEING DELIVERED 
IN A COUPLE OF 
DAYS. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY BEGAN 
PROCESSING 22 
DAYS BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY. 
THERE IS NO 
BACKLOG COUNTING 
ELECTION NIGHT. 
IN THE UPCOMING 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION, 9 
STATES AND 
WASHINGTON DC 
WILL 
AUTOMATICALLY 
MAIL BALLOTS TO 
VOTERS, MOST OF 
THE NATION, 
VOTERS REQUEST A 
MAIL IN BALLOT 
SITING THE 
PANDEMIC OR 
GIVING NO REASON 
TO VOTE 
ABSENTEE. 
SIX STATES 
REQUIRE VOTERS 
TO SITE A 
REPUBLICAN FOR 
PERMISSION TO 
VOTE BY MAIL, 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
IS NOT A VALID 
EXCUSE. 
TO FIND OUT THE 
RULES IN YOUR 
STATE, CHECK OUT 
NBC 
NEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
HILLSBOROUGH 
SUPERVISOR OF 
ELECTIONS, CRAIG 
LATMER IS ALSO 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
FLORIDA 
SUPERVISOR OF 
ELECTIONS. 
>> I THINK 
FLORIDA IS 
POSITIONED WELL. 
WE HAD VOTE BY 
MAIL FOR YEARS. 
WE HAD EARLY 
VOTE THROUGH THE 
YEARS AND ALWAYS 
GOING TO HAVE 
ELECTION DAY. 
PEOPLE HAVE 
SPREAD OVER 
THIS, THREE 
METHODS OF 
VOTING, I CAN 
TELL YOU, WE 
DON'T EXPERIENCE 
LINES FOR EARLY 
VOTING OR 
ELECTION DAY, 
BECAUSE THE 
PEOPLE SPREAD 
OUT. 
NOW WE WITH MORE 
VOTE BY MAIL, 
YOU ARE 
BEGINNING TO SEE 
LESS IN PERSON 
VOTING. 
>> FLORIDA, A 
BELL WEATHER, A 
LONG WAY FROM 
THE ELECTION 
MELTDOWN. 
IN 2018, SOME 
COUNTIES IN THE 
STATE STILL WITH 
ISSUES, AS 
OFFICIALS 
STRUGGLED TO 
RECOUNT IN A 
CLOSE SENATE 
RACE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, FLORIDA 
HAS A CHANCE TO 
BE ON TOP AND 
NOT BE MADE FUN 
OF. 
WE HAVE 
EVERYTHING IN 
PLACE. 
>> WE HAVE AN 
EARLY INDICATION 
OF THE BALLOTS 
SENT BY MAIL 
THAT WERE NOT 
COUNTED. 
IN A SPOT CHECK 
AMONG THE WORST 
IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY, 2.7% OF 
THE BALLOTS 
ARRIVED LATE. 
IT'S UNCLEAR IF 
THAT'S BECAUSE 
THEY WERE 
DELAYED BY THE 
U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE OR 
DROPPED A DAY OR 
TWO BEFORE THE 
ELECTION AND 
VOTERS EXPECTED 
THEM TO ARRIVE 
ON TIME. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
VOTING IN THE 
2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION? 
IF YOU ARE 
CONFUSED ABOUT 
YOUR OPTIONS, 
NBC NEWS NOW IS 
HERE TO HELP, 
WITH A STATE BY 
STATE GUIDE 
CALLED PLAN YOUR 
VOTE. 
EVERYTHING ABOUT 
VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMO SPECK 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT WITH 
ALL WE ARE 
FACING, I'M SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE. 
 
CAME IN 
%
>> FOR LEADERS, %
NAVIGATING THIS 
PANDEMIC MIGHT 
BE JUST THE 
TOUGHEST CLASS 
>>> CDC WARNING 
ABOUT A DOUBLE 
WHAMMY WHEN THE 
FLU SEASON HITS 
DURING THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
HOW SHOULD YOU 
GET READY, 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
KIDS HEADING 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
DR. JOHN TOREZ 
JOINS ME NOW, 
DR. JOHN, 
MASSACHUSETTS 
BECAME THE FIRST 
STATE TO MANDATE 
FLU SHOTS FOR 
SCHOOL KIDS. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PARENTS KNOW 
ABOUT GETTING 
THEIR KIDS THE 
FLU VACCINE. 
>> THE CONCERN 
IS THE TWIN 
DEMIC, THE 
CORONAVIRUS HERE 
AND COULD WORSEN 
COME FALL AND 
WINTER ON TOP OF 
THE FLU, WHICH 
FORMALLY COMES 
THAT TIME OF THE 
YEAR AS WELL. 
CALM OF REASONS 
WE ARE 
CONCERNED, IT 
COULD DEFINITELY 
AFFECT YOU AND 
YOUR HEALTH AND 
OVERWHELM THE 
HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEMS. 
GETTING THE 
VACCINE IS 
EXTREMELY 
IMPORTANCE. 
VISIT YOUR 
HEALTH CARE 
PROVIDER OR A 
PHARMACY, FLU 
VACCINES ARE 
UBIQUITOUS AND 
THERE ARE MORE 
VACCINES THAN 
MOST YEARS. 
GET IT BEFORE 
HALLOWEEN. 
MAKE SURE YOU 
HAVE IT AND YOUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
READY FOR THE 
FLU BEFORE IT 
GETS HERE. 
EVERYBODY SIX 
MONTHS AND OLDER 
SHOULD BE 
GETTING IT. 
SOME HAVE AN EGG 
ALLERGY, THERE 
ARE SHOTS THAT 
CAN HELP WITH 
THAT. 
OTHERS SAY IT 
HASN'T BEEN 
AFFECTIVE. 
IT'S MORE 
AFFECTIVE THAN 
MOST PEOPLE 
THINK. 
IT COULD HELP 
YOU FROM GETTING 
HOSPITALIZED AND 
FROM DYING FROM 
THE FLU. 
>> DR. JOHN, I 
GOT A FLU SHOT 
ONE YEAR AND 
STILL GOT THE 
FLU, I REMEMBER 
THE FIRST THING 
THE DOCTOR SAID, 
YOU WOULD HAVE 
BEEN SO MUCH 
SICKER IF YOU 
GENETIC A FLU 
SHOT. 
BE THANKFUL THAT 
YOU DID. 
IT WASN'T THAT 
BAD. 
ONE OF THE 
WARNINGS WE 
HEARD 
REPEATEDLY, GET 
READY FOR 
ANOTHER COVID 
WAVE THIS FALL. 
>> I THINK MOST 
PEOPLE'S 
PERCEPTION, WE 
HAVE ONE 
EPIDEMIC IN NEW 
YORK IN THE NEW 
YORK REGION AND 
CAME DOWN AND 
HAD ANOTHER 
EPIDEMIC IN THE 
SUN BELT. 
IT FEELS LIKE A 
SECOND WAVE. 
I THINK WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE A 
THIRD ACT OF THE 
VIRUS IN THE 
FALL OR WINTER 
AND LIKELY MORE 
PERVASIVE IN A 
BROADER PART OF 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> DR. JOHN, DO 
YOU THINK WE 
WILL SEE A 
PERVASIVE SPREAD 
THIS FALL, IF 
SO, WHAT WILL 
THAT LOOK LIKE. 
WHAT IS A 
PERVASIVE SPREAD 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
WE ARE SEEING 
ALREADY? 
>> I THINK WE 
WILL SEE IT 
STARTING TO 
SPREAD. 
THE REASON 
BEHIND THAT IS, 
IF YOU REMEMBER 
IN FEBRUARY, WE 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT THIS BEING 
A COLD WEATHER 
VIRUS. 
CORONAVIRUSES 
TYPICALLY ARE. 
WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD DISAPPEAR 
IN THE SUMMER. 
THAT DIDN'T 
HAPPEN. 
IT IS CONCERNING 
WHAT COULD BE 
HAPPENING ONCE 
THE COLD WEATHER 
HITS. 
THERE ARE 
REASONS WE ARE 
CONCERNED. 
ONCE THE COLD 
WEATHER HITS WE 
TEND TO MOVE 
INDOORS MORE. 
THAT MEANS WE 
ARE NOT ABLE TO 
SOCIALLY ISOLATE 
QUITE AS MUCH, 
COUGHS AND 
SNEEZES AND 
RUNNY KNOWSES 
AND GETTING THE 
VIRUS OUT OF OUR 
BODY AND IT'S 
POSSIBLE THAT 
THE VIRUS COULD 
BE MORE ACTIVE 
COME THE WINTER 
TIME FRAME. 
THE CONCERN IS 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO LET 
THEIR GUARD DOWN 
ONCES THE CASES 
GET UNDER 
CONTROL. 
THEY WON'T WITH 
AS QUICK TO 
REACT AND GET 
THE THREE W'S 
UNDER CONTROL, 
THE MASKS, 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND 
WASHING HANDS. 
IT DEPENDS ON 
HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 
IF PEOPLE DO THE 
THREE W'S, 
KEEPING THEM 
SAFE, YOU ARE 
NOT GOING TO SEE 
QUITE THE 
OUTBREAKS. 
PEOPLE ARE 
TENDING NOT TO 
DO THAT, THE 
MORE PEOPLE GET 
TOGETHER AND 
DON'T MASK UP OR 
WASH HANDS OR 
DISTANCE, THE 
MORE LIKELY WE 
ARE SEE TO SEE 
THIS PERVASIVE 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND THE 
THIRD WAVE 
COMING. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE 
ELECTION. 
DR. FAUCI TOLD 
THE WASHINGTON 
POST HE WILL GO 
VOTE IN PERSON. 
WHAT ADVICE DO 
YOU HAVE FOR 
PEOPLE ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY WHO 
ARE TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
THEY WILL VOTE 
IN NOVEMBER. 
>> IT'S GOING TO 
DEPEND ON WHERE 
YOU ARE, HOT 
SPOTS, HOT SPOT 
AREA, THINK 
TWICE ABOUT 
GOING OUT THERE 
AND POSSIBLY 
DOING IT BY 
MAIL, IF YOU 
CAN, ABSENTEE 
BALLOT-TYPE 
SITUATIONS. 
IF IT'S UNDER 
CONTROL IN YOUR 
AREA, VOTE ANY 
WAY YOU CAN 
VOTE. 
MAKE SURE YOU DO 
IT BUT IN A 
HEALTHY FASHION. 
IF YOU ARE HIGH 
RISK, 
PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS AND 
ABOVE THE AGE OF 
65, YOU WANT TO 
LOOK AT WHERE 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
VOTE AND SEE 
WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING TO KEEP 
CORONAVIRUS 
UNDER CONTROL. 
MAKE SURE YOU 
ARE WEARING A 
MASK. 
THEY WILL WEAR 
MASKS INSIDE THE 
VOTING CENTER 
AND THE LITTLE 
THINGS THAT CAN 
HELP US KEEP 
THIS UNDER 
CONTROL. 
WHETHER YOU VOTE 
THROUGH THE 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
OR IN PERSON, 
THE IMPORTANT 
PART IS VOTING 
BUT DOING IT 
SAFELY. 
>> DR. JOHN, ONE 
LAST QUESTION 
FOR YOU, ABOUT A 
NEW STUDY OUT 
FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
WASHINGTON, GIVE 
US DETAILS ABOUT 
ANTIBODIES AND 
HOW THEY MIGHT 
BLOCK THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE STUDY HAS 
NOT BEEN PEER 
REVIEWED. 
WHAT DOES IT 
TELL US ABOUT 
HOW CORONAVIRUS 
IMMUNITY MIGHT 
WORK? 
>> THERE WAS A 
FISHING TROLLER, 
100 PEOPLE ON 
THE TROLLER 
CONTACTED 
CORONAVIRUS, 
THREE PEOPLE 
THAT DIDN'T 
CONTACT IT, 
ENDED UP HAVING 
ANTIBODIES, 
THEYING THEY 
WERE IN PLACE 
BEFORE BECAUSE 
OF EXPOSURE TO 
OTHER 
CORONAVIRUSES 
THEY HAD IN THE 
PAST. 
LIKE MOST OF US 
HAVE PROBABLY 
BEEN EXPOSED. 
OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM THOUGH 
THE ANTIBODIES 
GO AWAY AFTER A 
WHILE, 
ESPECIALLY 
PEOPLE WITH MILD 
SYMPTOM, OTHER 
PART OF THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
KICKING IN. 
THERE ARE 
ANTIBODIES AND T 
CELLS AND B 
CELLS AND 
DIFFERENT PARTS 
OF OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM REACT IN 
DIFFERENT WAY, 
THE T CELLS ARE 
IMPORTANT TO 
KEEP THAT MEMORY 
OF THE VIRUS IN 
THERE, SO OUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
CAN REACT 
QUICKLY. 
THE REACTION WE 
CAN DO IN THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
GOING TO HELP US 
LONG-TERM. 
IF THAT HAPPENS, 
WE WILL NEED A 
VACCINE OR A 
BOOSTER YEARS 
LATER BUT NOT 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THE FLU SHOT 
WHERE EVERY YEAR 
WE NEED TO GET 
ANOTHER SHOT AND 
FINDING OUT 
MORE, IT LOOKS, 
BY THIS STUDY, 
OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM AND 
ANTIBODIES ARE 
HELPING US MORE 
THAN WE THOUGHT 
THEY WERE, 
ALISON. 
>> DR. JOHN, ON 
A FRIDAY, WE 
WILL TAKE IS 
STUDY THAT 
BRINGS US A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
GOOD NEWS, 
RIGHT? 
>> YOU BET. 
>>> MORE THAN 
37,000 AMERICAN 
VETERANS WERE 
HOMELESS AT SOME 
POINT LAST YEAR, 
WITH COVID-19 
LIVING ON THE 
STREETS IS 
RISKIER THAN 
EVER. 
THE VA IN LOS 
ANGELES HAS A 
UNIQUE HOUSING 
SOLUTION FOR 
THESE 
UNPRECEDENTED 
TIMES. 
STEVE PATTERSON 
HAS THE STORY. 
>> Reporter: IN 
WEST LOS 
ANGELES, 
VETERANS WITHOUT 
HOMES ARE 
PRACTICING 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENTLY. 
COME HERE EVERY 
NIGHT. 
I WAKE UP, I 
HAVE A COT. 
I HAVE A COT 
WITH AN AIR 
MATTRESS, A 
SLEEPING BAG, 
SOME PILLOWS, A 
LITTLE PLACE 
WHERE I KEEP MY 
FOOD. 
IT'S LIKE BEING 
IN THE FIELD IN 
THE MARINE CORPS 
AND COMES 
NATURALLY TO US 
VETERANS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VA JUMP STARTED 
THE CARE 
TREATMENT AND 
REHABILITATION 
SERVICES 
PROGRAM. 
THE FIRST OF ITS 
KIND, GIVING 
UNHOUSED VETS A 
PLACE TO LIVE ON 
VA PROPERTY 
WHILE COVID 
RAGES ON THE 
STREETS OUTSIDE. 
>> THE CONCERN 
WAS BACK IN 
MARCH, FEBRUARY 
AND MARCH, WAS 
THAT THERE MIGHT 
BE MORE OF AN 
OUTBREAK IN 
HOMELESS 
ENCAMPMENTS. 
>> Reporter: 
EACH TENT IS SIX 
FEET APART, A 
SECURITY GUARD 
CHECKS THEM IN, 
THEY ARE TESTED 
THREE TIMES A 
WEEK FOR 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
THREE MEAL AS 
DAY. 
>> A LOW DEMAND 
SHELTER 
ARRANGEMENT. 
THEY HAVE TO 
FOLLOW A 
BEHAVIOR 
CONTRACT, NOT 
CAUSING HARM TO 
OTHERS OR 
THEMSELVES WHILE 
ON CAMPUS. 
>> Reporter: 
DENNIS BROWN IS 
A VIETNAM VET, 
LIVING HERE FOR 
SIX WEEKS. 
>> I WOULD BE 
STILL 
FLOUNDERING ON 
THE STREETS. 
FOR A MINUTE 
THERE, I HAD MY 
BACKPACK AND 
SLEEPING BAG AND 
SLEEPING OUTSIDE 
OF MY WORK, MY 
MINIMUM WAGE 
JOB. 
WITHOUT THIS, 
THERE IS NO 
CUSHION FROM THE 
ROCK BOTTOM, THE 
ONE PAYCHECK 
AWAY FROM 
FAILURE, THIS IS 
THE ONLY PLACE, 
THE ONLY 
STEPPINGSTONE TO 
GET OUT OF THAT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PROGRAM HOUSES 
50 VETERANS AND 
LOOKING TO 
EXPAND TO MORE 
THAN 100 BY MID 
AUGUST. 
THE CROWDED 
SHELTERS 
EXPANDED 
INTO AREA HOTELS 
TO LOWER COVID 
RISK. 
>> ONE OF THE 
STRIKING THINGS 
YOU SEE, DRIVING 
IN, IS THAT LINE 
OF HOMELESSNESS 
OUTSIDE, THE 
ENCAMPMENT WITH 
THE AMERICAN 
FLAG. 
>> THE VETERANS 
CAMPING OUTSIDE 
OF THE MEDICAL 
CENTER CAMPUS AS 
THEY WAIT ON ONE 
LIFT OR ANOTHER 
TO ENTER 
OBSTACLES OF ALL 
KINDS. 
>> I ENDED UP ON 
THE SIDEWALKS 
WITH THE 
VETERANS YOU SEE 
OUT HERE. 
IT SEEMS LIKE A 
CONTRADICTION 
WHEN YOU DRIVE 
IN AND IT'S SO 
NICE HERE WHERE 
THEY ARE DEALING 
WITH THE 
ELEMENTS OUT 
THERE. 
>> SURE. 
PRIOR TO THIS 
INITIATIVE, 
THERE WOULD 
OCCASIONALLY BE 
ENCAMPMENTS 
OUTSIDE OF THE 
GATE. 
WE HAVE A TEAM 
THAT GOES OUT ON 
A REGULAR BASIS 
WE ARE ON A 
FIRST NAME BASIS 
WITH MOST OF THE 
VETERANS OUT 
THERE.   
WHEN VETERANS 
WANT TO COME, IN 
THEY ARE WELCOME 
TO COME IN. 
IF THEY ARE 
HAVING PROBLEMS 
OUT THERE AND 
COMING HERE, WE 
WILL DO WHAT WE 
CAN TO HELP 
THEM. 
WE APPRECIATE 
THEY ARE THERE 
BECAUSE WE CAN 
KEEP AN EYE ON 
THE VETERANS AND 
DO WHAT WE CAN. 
WE PREFER THEY 
WERE IN HERE. 
>> WHAT ARE WE 
LOOKING AT HERE? 
THIS IS THE NEW 
PLOT. 
>> THIS IS THE 
NEW AREA FOR THE 
REHABILITATION 
SERVICES SITE. 
THIS IS WHERE WE 
WILL PUT OUR 
CATCHES FOR THE 
VETERANS TO LIVE 
AND WORK OUT OF 
. THEY WILL BE 
FED AND USING 
THE SERVICES AND 
COMMUNAL LIVING 
AREA, SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND 
100% SECURE SITE 
FOR THEM. 
>> THIS IS A 
TEMPORARY 
SOLUTION TO A 
LONG-TERM 
PROBLEM, IT'S 
TOO COMMON AMONG 
AMERICAN 
VETERANS. 
>> BEING IN 
COMBAT IS AN  AN 
EXPERIENCE CAN 
SAY THEY HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH 
UNTIL THEY HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH IT. 
COMING HOME TAKE 
AS LONG 
ADJUSTMENT. 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
GIVE UP AND I'M 
NOT GOING TO 
GIVE UP ON MY 
VETERAN 
BROTHERS, I'M 
GOING TO STICK 
UP FOR THEM AND 
FIGHT UNTIL WE 
WIN. 
THAT'S HOW WE DO 
IT. 
>> WHY IS THERE 
A HIGH 
PERCENTAGE OF 
VETERAN WHOSE 
ARE HOMELESS AND 
WHO NEED THE 
HELP? 
>> THERE IS LOTS 
OF DIFFERENT 
KINDS OF TRAUMA, 
SOME OF OUR 
VETERANS HAVE 
BEEN IN COMBAT, 
SOME JOINED 
BECAUSE THEY HAD 
TRAUMA 
PREVIOUSLY IN 
THEIR LIVES. 
SOME HAVE BEEN 
INVOLVED WITH 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
AND SOME WITH 
MENTAL HEALTH 
ISSUES. 
THERE IS A 
MYRIAD OF ISSUES 
THAT WE ADDRESS. 
>> THE ULTIMATE 
GOAL IS TO BE 
HOUSED AND HAVE 
MY OWN PLACE CAN 
I CALL MY OWN. 
EVERY AMERICAN 
DESERVES TO HAVE 
A HOUSE OR SOME 
TYPE OF 
DWELLING. 
WE ARE HUMAN, 
TOO. 
YOU ARE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
WE HAVE BREAKING 
NEWS 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. 
>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRIES WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> TAKE CARE OF 
MY CHILDREN OR 
HAVE A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
LET'S UP THE IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS, HOW DO 
THEY REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
WHAT I MISS IS 
MY TEACHES. 
THEY ARER 
RESILIENT. 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, %
PHILOMENIA CAROL %
LAMINA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM %
HEAVEN AND BE 
. 
>>> THE 
PRESIDENT OF 
BELARUS BLAMING 
THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
IN HIS COUNTRY 
ON THE UNITED 
STATES BUT 
PROTESTORS TELL 
A DIFFERENT 
STORY. 
RICHARD ENGLE 
HAS THE LATEST. 
>> Reporter: 
HEAR THIS 
BELARUS, THE 
PRESIDENT, THE 
EMBATTLED 
PRESIDENT WHO IS 
FACING TWO WEEKS 
WORTH OF 
PROTESTS TO 
TOPPLE HIM, SAYS 
ALL OF THESE 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
ARE THE RESULT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
HE IS BLAMING IT 
ON NATO, ON THE 
WEST, BLAMING IT 
ON FOREIGN 
PROVOCATEURS, 
NOT ENTIRELY 
UNEXPECTED BUT A 
NEW TRACK AND I 
CAN TELL YOU 
ACCORDING TO THE 
PROTESTORS WE 
HAVE BEEN 
SPEAKING TO, 
THEY ARE NOT 
REACH OUT TO 
NATO. 
REACHING OUT TO %
THE UNITED %
STATES. %
THIS IS THE %
REASON THEY'RE 
ON THE 
ON THE STREETS 
IS AFTER 26 
YEARS OF HAVING 
ALEXANDER 
LUCASHENKO IN 
POWER, THEY HAVE 
HAD ENOUGH. 
THEY HAVE HAD 
ENOUGH OF OFTHE 
WAY HE WAS IN 
COMPLETE DENIAL 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THEY HAD ENOUGH 
OF HIS 
CORRUPTION AND 
THE FINAL SHAW 
STRAWIS THAT 
BROKE THE 
CAMEL'S BACKS IS 
WHEN HE STOLE 
ELECTIONS, AND 
ACCORDING TO 
OFFICIAL 
NUMBERS, WON 87% 
OF THE Y VOTE. 
AND THEY SAY HE 
NEVER WON CLOSE 
TO THAT. . 
NOW, THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS 
AN ARGUMENT. 
THIS IS NOT 
SPONTANEIOUS. 
NOT ORGANIC. 
IT IS ALL 
AMERICA'S FAULT. 
>>> I'M ALISON 
MORRIS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. C 
IT IS OFFICIALLY 
FRIDAY. 
YOU HAVE MADE 
IT. 
LET'S GO TO NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
AND I'M GOING TO 
LET YOU TAKE IT 
AWAY BECAUSE I  ENAH
HAVE A DOG HERE 
THINK IS 
ABOUT 5 SECONDS 
AWAY FROM 
BARKING. 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> LET'S GET 
STARTED WITH THE 
LATEST IN THE 
COLLEGE 
ADMISSION 
SCANDAL. 
ACTRESS LORI 
LOUGHLIN 
SCHEDULED MI RITO T 
MONTHS IN 
PRISON. 
AND HER HUSBAND 
SENTENCED TO 
FIVE. 
THE COUPLE 
FALSELY 
PORTRAYED THEIR 
DAUGHTERS AS, 
LET'S ATHLETES. 
ANOTHER RECORD 
HIGH, AFTER 
APPLE SHARES 
CLIMBED 5%, 
REACHING AN ALL-
TIME HIGH. 
THE ECONOMY 
STILL HASN'T 
MADE A FULL 
RECOVERY. 
WEEKLY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
CLAIMS CROSSING 
THE 1 EKMILLION 
MARK YET AGAIN. 
A SIGN THAT 
SMALLER 
BUSINESSES ARE 
DEALING LEWITH THE 
BLOW OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> NOW, TURNING 
TEXAS. 
FOUR PEOPLE ARE 
MISSING AFTER AN 
EXPLOSION IN % THE 
PORT OF 
MISSISSIPPI. 
A DREDGE MACHINE 
HIT THE 
PIPELINE. 
IT SENT AT LEAST 
FOUR PEOPLE TO 
THE HOSPITAL, 
INCLUDING TWO 
SENT TO BURN 
UNITS. 
THE NATIONAL 
TRANSPORTATION 
SAFETY BOARD IS 
INVESTIGATING 
THE INCIDENT. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
SEEMS TO BE %
MAKING A 
COMEBACK IN SOME 
PLACES OVERSEAS. 
SOUTH KOREA, 
GERMANY AND 
SPAIN ARE ALL 
EXPERIENCING AN 
UPTICK IN CASES. 
AND NOW, MADRID 
IS ADVISING 
PEOPLE TO STAY 
HOME IF NGTHEY 
HAVE BEEN TO A 
HOT SPOT. HOEY
YESTERDAY, THEY 
REPORTED 3700 
NEW CASES AND 
THAT IS THE 
HIGHEST SINCE 
APRIL. 
>>> IF ESYOU HAD 
PLANNED TO WATCH 
THE SUBWAY 
SERIES, LOOKS 
LIKE YOU'RE OUT 
OF LUCK. 
THE MLB 
POSTPONED THE 
GAME AFTER TWO 
WITHIN THE 
ORGANIZATION 
TESTED POSITIVE 
WITH COVID-19. 
BASEBALL HAS 
STRUGGLED TO 
CONTAIN THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
SORRY TO SEND 
YOU OFF THAT WAY 
ON A FRIDAY, 
ALISON. 
I KNOW YOU'RE A 
BASEBALL FAN. 
BUT THIS HAS 
JUST NOT BEEN 
WORKING OUT FOR 
THEM. 
>> SAVANNAH. 
YEAH. 
WE ARE A SPLIT 
FAMILY. EM
ON THE MORSE 
SIDE, WE ARE 
HALF METS FANS 
AND THE OTHER 
HALF YANKEES 
FANS. 
SO WE'RE GIVING 
OUR FAMILY A 
HARD TIME ABOUT 
THIS TODAY. 
>> I BET. 
>> THANKS SO 
MUCH. 
HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND. 
>>> POST MASTER 
GENERAL LOUIS 
DEJOY SAYING THE 
POST OFFICE WILL 
BE ABLE TO 
DELIVER MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS IN TIME. 
JOINING US, 
LEANNE CALDWELL 
AND POLITICAL 
REPORTER, MONICA 
ALBA. %
LEANNE, LET'S 
START WITH YOU. 
HOW DID DEJOY 
SAY HE WAS GOING 
TO PULL THAT 
OFF? 
>>  WELL, ALISON. 
HE SAID HE WAS 
GOING TO TREAT 
IT AS FIRST 
CLASS MAIL, 
RATHER THAN 
THIRD-RATE MAIL. 
WHICH MEANS IT 
IS BULK RATE 
MAIL, DELIVERED 
MUCH MORE 
SLOWLY. 
HE SAID HE WILL IS
MAKE IT MUCH 
MORE MAOF A 
PRIORITY THAN 
FIRST-CLASS 
MAIL. 
HE ALSO SAYS THE 
POSTAL SERVICE, 
DESPITE ITS 
FUNDING PROBLEMS 
AND CHALLENGES, 
HAS ENOUGH MONEY 
TO DEAL WITH AN 
UPTICK IN 
ELECTION-RELATED 
MAIL. 
SO THOSE ARE THE %
ANSWERS THAT HE 
GAVE TO SENATORS 
TODAY. %
BUT I WILL SAY 
THAT THAT WAS 
THE MOST POPULAR 
QUESTION FROM 
SENATORS, 
ACTUALLY ON BOTH 
SIDES OF %THE 
AISLE, TO LOUIS 
DEJOY IN HIS 
TESTIMONY TODAY. 
>> LEIGH ANN, 
BIG QUESTIONS 
ABOUT CUTS TO 
OVERTIME. 
HERE'S WHAT MR. 
DEJOY SAID ABOUT 
O.T. 
>> ARE YOU 
LIMITING 
OVERTIME? T O. Y
PEOPLE WORK IF 
NECESSARY TO 
MOVE THE MAIL 
OUT EFFICIENTLY 
EVERY SINGLE 
DAY. 
>> WE NEVER 
ELIMINATED 
OVERTIME. NE
THAT'S -- 
>> CURTAILED 
SIGNIFICANTLY IS 
WHAT I 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> IT HAS NOT 
BEEN CURTAILED 
BY ME OR 
LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
>> CURTAILED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. 
>> SINCE I M.%HAVE 
BEEN HERE, WE 
SPENT $700 
MILLION IN 
OVERTIME. $7
>> SO LEIGH ANN, 
DEJOY SAYS HE 
DIDN'T CUTOVER 
TIME. 
BUT NBC NEWS 
SAYS DOCUMENTS 
CALL THAT INTO 
QUESTION. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT DOCUMENT. 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, OUR 
COLLEAGUE, JEFF 
BENNETT, OVER AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
HAS BEEN 
COVERING THIS 
ISSUE, DAY IN 
AND DAY OUT. 
OBTAINED AN 
INTERNAL 
DOCUMENT FROM 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE THAT 
COMPLETELY 
CONTRADICTS WHAT 
DEJOY SAID IN E %
HIS TESTIMONY 
TODAY. 
I'M GOING TO TE 
READ A LITTLE 
BIT FROM THIS 
MEMO, FROM JULY 
10th. 
SO THIS IS VERY 
RECENT. MO
AND THIS IS NEW 
STANDARDS FOR 
EMPLOYEES. 
LATE TRIPS ARE 
NO LONGER 
AUTHORIZED OR 
ACCEPTED. 
EXTRA TRIPS ARE 
NO LONGER 
AUTHORIZED OR 
ACCEPTED. 
DRIVERS MUST BE 
NOTIFIED THAT 
THEY MUST DEPART 
ON TIME, AND 
THEY MUST RETURN 
ON TIME AS WELL. D 
THOSE ARE JUST 
TWO OF THE NEW 
STANDARDS THAT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WAS 
IMPLEMENTING. 
NO, THEY DO NOT 
USE THE WORD 
OVERTIME AT ANY 
POINT IN THIS 
DOCUMENT. 
SO MAYBE HE WAS 
TAKING THAT 
LITERALLY, THAT 
HE, IN FACT, DID 
NOT EVER SAY 
THAT THERE WAS 
NO LONGER GOING 
TO BE ANY 
OVERTIME. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
YET. 
WE HAVEN'T HEARD ON 
FROM THE POSTAL 
SERVICE YET. 
BUT THIS OSSEEMS 
TO BE A 
DIRECTCONTRADICTION 
FROM WHAT DEJOY 
SAID AND IS 
HEARING TODAY. 
AND THERE WERE A 
LOT OF SENATORS 
WHO WERE 
SKEPTICAL ABOUT 
WHAT HE ORSAID ON 
A NUMBER OF 
THINGS. 
BUT THIS 
DEFINITELY CALLS 
INTO QUESTION 
HIS TESTIMONY, 
ALISON. N 
>> SO MONICA, 
LET ME ASK YOU. 
ANY REACTION 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION, 
TO DEJOY'S 
TESTIMONY TITODAY? 
>> Reporter: NO 
FORMAL 
STATEMENT, FO
ALISON. 
BUT WE DID HEAR 
FROM KELLYANNE 
CONWAY, WHO 
APPEARED ON FOX 
NEWS, DEFENDING 
DEJOY AND 
POINTING TO HIS 
ASSERTION, THAT 
HE HAD NOT 
DISCUSSED ANY OF 
THESE POTENTIAL 
CHANGES WITH THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
WITH THE CHIEF 
OF STAFF, MARK 
MEADOWS. 
THAT'S SOMETHING 
THAT THE  WHITE 
HOUSE HAD 
POINTED TO, SAID 
EVEN D THOUGH 
DEJOY AND THE 
PRESIDENT HAVE 
SAT DOWN AFTER 
HE WAS 
APPOINTED, THIS 
IS NOT SOMETHING 
THAT HAD BEEN 
DISCUSSED, 
WE 
WANTED TO KNOW 
WHAT MOTIVATED 
BOTH THE 
CHANGES. 
AND THEN THE BO
DECISION TO 
PAUSE THE 
CHANGES, UNTIL 
AFTER THE 
ELECTION. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF HAD 
REMARKS EARLIER 
IN THE DAY. 
AND HE REALLY 
CONTINUES TO 
TAKE AIM AT THE 
TIMING OF THIS 
TESTIMONY. 
HE IS NOT 
PLEASED. 
THE OVERSIGHT 
MONDAY, WHICH 
COINCIDES WITH 
THE FIRST DAY OF 
THE OFFICIAL 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
SO HE'S 
CONTINUED TO 
RAIL AGAINST 
THAT. 
BUT WE HAVEN'T 
HEARD FROM THE 
PRESIDENT 
SPECIFICALLY ON 
WHAT HE THOUGHT BL
OF HIS POST 
MASTER GENERAL'S 
FIRST DAY OF 
CONGRESSIONAL 
TESTIMONY, 
ALISON? ALNA
>> MONICA, ONE 
THING THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
DOING, CLAIMING 
YET AGAIN THAT 
MAIL-IN VOTING 
WILL LEAD TO 
FRAUD. 
WHAT IS HE 
SAYING NOW? AUYI
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, THIS IS 
SOMETHING HE 
TOUCHED TO 
EXTENSIVELY AT A 
SPEECH EARLY 
THIS MORNING, IN NG
ARLINGTON, 
VIRGINIA, 
ECHOING COMMENT 
HE MADE, WHICH 
HE WANTS %TO SAY 
THERE COULD BE 
WIDESPREAD 
FRAUD, IF 
THERE'S 
UNIVERSAL MAIL-
IN VOTING. 
THERE'S SIMPLY S IL
NO 
EVIDENCE TO 
SUPPORT THAT. 
BUT TAKE A 
LISTEN TO THIS 
CLAIM HE 
CONTINUES TO 
PERPETUATE. HE
>> I DON'T LIKE 
THIS MAIL-IN 
BALLOT DEAL. 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
SEND OUT 51 
MILLION MAIL-IN 
BAILOTS N TO 
PEOPLE WHO 
HAVEN'T 
REQUESTED THEM. 
51 MILLION. 
NO SIGNIFICANT 
VOTES. 
BUT WE'RE IGNOT 
PREPARED FOR 
THIS 51 MILLION 
BALLOTS. 
IT WILL BE A 
TREMENDOUS 
EMBARRASSMENT TO 
OUR COUNTRY. 
IT WILL GO ON  TO
FOREVER. 
AND YOU'LL NEVER 
KNOW WHO WON. %
>> ALISON, THE 
PRESIDENT ALSO 
SAID HE DOESN'T 
THINK WE MIGHT 
HAVE THE OUTCOME 
ON NOVEMBER 3rd, 
ECHOING WHAT SO 
MANY PEOPLE HAVE 
EXPRESSED, THAT 
IT'S NOT REALLY 
ELECTION DAY OR 
ELECTION NIGHT 
AS ELECTION 
SEASON. 
THIS COULD TAKE 
WEEKS OR MONTHS 
BECAUSE OF THOSE 
MAIL-IN VOTES.  
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THE ONLY 
WAY HE THINKS HE 
LOSES IS A 
RIGGED ELECTION. 
TO ME, THAT'S 
STRIKING AND 
DANGEROUS 
LANGUAGE THAT 
SIGNALS TO HA
SUPPORTERS THAT 
HE IS PREPARING 
FOR THAT 
POSSIBILITY. 
HE SAID THTHAT 
YESTERDAY IN 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
I FOLLOWED UP, 
TRAVELING WITH 
THE PRESIDENT. 
AND INDEED, THE TH
TIRES ON THE 
BEAST IN THE 
MOTOR CAVE ARE 
STILL GOOD YEAR. 
AND NOT JUST 
THOSE. 
ALSO THE TIRES 
ON AIR FORCE 
ONE, ARE GOOD 
YEAR AND 
CONTINUE TO BE. 
WE'VE ASKED THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID MAYBE HE 
WOULD PUSH THOSE 
OUT. 
HE DOESN'T SESEE 
THOSE HAPPENING 
ANY TIME SOON. 
CONTINUES TO BE IN
THE OFFICIAL 
TIRE OF THE U.S. 
SECRET SERVICE, 
ALISON. 
SO WE CHECK THAT 
OUT JUST FOR 
YOU. 
>> MONICA, I AM 
SO IMPRESSED. 
YOU PROMISED ED
YOU'D FOLLOW UP 
AND YOU NEVER 
DISAPPOINT. 
LEIGH ANN, LET . 
ME ASK ASK YOU A 
QUESTION. 
AS DEJOY 
TESTIFIES ON 
MONDAY, WE KNOW 
THIS TIME IT 
WILL BE IN FRONT ES 
OF A HOUSE 
COMMITTEE. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
GOING TO BE 
WATCHING FOR 
THERE? 
>> I'M 
DEFINITELY TOHITHGO 
TO BE WATCHING 
FOR THE FOLLOW-
UP FROM HIS 
ANSWERS, TODAY, 
ESPECIALLY ON 
THIS ISSUE, ON 
THE LACK OF 
OVERTIME FOR 
POSTAL WORKERS 
THAT WE HAVE NOW 
REPORTED THAT 
THERE SEEMS TO 
BE A REDUCTION 
IN OVERTIME. 
THERE'S ALSO A 
WHOLE HOST OF 
OTHER ISSUES 
THAT %THEY'RE 
GOING TO FOLLOW 
UP ON, INCLUDING 
HIS 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH TREASURY 
SECRETARY 
MANUSHIN, IF -- 
MNUCHIN. 
IF HE EVER DID. 
I WANT TO POINT 
OUT THAT WHILE 
DEJOY SAID HE 
ONLY TALKED TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
FOR A CONGRAT 
TORY STATEMENT, 
AS %HIS 
APPOINTMENT TO 
POST MASTER 
GENERALITY. 
A FEW WEEKS AGO, 
HE HELD A 
MEETING WITH THE 
PRESIDENT IN THE 
OVAL OFFICE, 
JUST BEFORE 
DEJOY MET WITH 
HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI, 
AND DEMOCRATIC 
WORKER CHUCK %
SCHUMER. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS THAT 
I'M SURE THE 
DEMOCRATIC-LED 
HOUSE IS GOING 
TO HAVE, TH %WHILE 
THE REPUBLICANS 
ARE MOST LIKELY 
GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO 
DEFEND HIM. 
ALISON? 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
SO THE WEEK MAY 
CHANGE. 
IT MAY  WBE A 
DIFFERENT 
PARTY'S 
CONVENTION. 
BUT THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WILL 
STILL BE IN 
FOCUS, ON 
MONDAY. 
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL, MONICA 
ALBA, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND, AND 
WE'LL CATCH UP 
U 
WITH YOU NEXT 
WEEK. 
>> YOU TOO. 
>>> ARE YOU 
HEADING TO THE 
POLLS? 
OR TO THE POST 
OFFICE? 
HOW YOU  TVOTE IN 
THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION MIGHT 
BE A LITTLE 20 
CONFUSING THIS 
YEAR. 
BUT DON'T WORRY. 
NBC %NEWS HAS 
YOUR BACK. 
GO TO 
NBCNEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
WE HAVE THE NEW 
STATE-BY-STATE 
GUIDE. 
IT HAS THE E-
NEWEST VOTING 
RULES, DEADLINES 
AND RESTRICTIONS 
ALL BY STATE. G %
>>> JOE BIDEN, 
ENTERING A NEW 
STRETCH OF THE 
2020 CAMPAIGN 
TODAY. 
THE OFFICIAL Y.
DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE FOR 
PRESIDENT, AFTER 
GIVING HIS 
OFFICIAL 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT. CI
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
MIKE MEMOLI, 
JOINING ME FROM 
DELAWARE. 
WHAT'S NEXT? 
KICK BACK? 
RELAX? 
I'M KIDDING, OF 
COURSE WE RET?ACHAV 
THE RNC NEXT 
WEEK. 
SO WHAT DOES THE 
BIDENCAMPAIGN 
PLAN TO DO WHILE 
THE REPUBLICANS 
HAVE THEIR TURN? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, ALISON, 
EVERY FOUR 
YEARS, WHENEVER 
WE HAVE THESE 
CONVENTIONS, THE 
SORT OF BASIC, 
WHAT? 
TRADITION AT AT
LEAST, HAS BEEN 
WHEN THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
HOLDING THEIR 
CONVENTION, THE 
REPUBLICANS LIE 
LOW. 
AND VICE VERSA. BL
NOW, WHAT DID WE 
SEE THIS WEEK? 
DONALD TRUMP DID 
ANYTHING BUT LIE 
LOW, WHILE 
DEMOCRATS HAD 
THEIR 
CONVENTION. 
HE WAS DOING 
TRAVEL, 
INCLUDING TO KEY 
STATES AND TO 
BIDEN'S HOME 
TOWN EVEN 
YESTERDAY. 
SO WE WNASKED 
DEMOCRATS 
TUESDAY, WHAT IS S 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
WHEN THE 
REPUBLICANS HOLD 
THEIR 
CONVENTION. 
THEY'RE GETTING 
READY  FOR WHAT 
THEY CALL A 
ROBUST, RAPID 
RESPONSE TO 
COUNT EVERYTHING 
WE SEE FROM THE 
REPUBLICANS. 
SIMONE SANDERS 
SAYING WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE A 
LOT QUOTING FROM 
THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
DOESN'T MEAN 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
IT. 
WE'LL ALSO SEE 
SOME OF %THE 2020 
CANDIDATES WHO 20
DIDN'T MAKE IT 
-- 
>> BURN. 
PEOPLE LIKE 
PETE BUTTIGIEG 
DOING REGULAR 
VIDEO CALLS, 
BRIEFINGS TO TRY 
TO GET THEIR LA
MESSAGE OUT AS 
WELL. 
WHAT IS NOT 
CLEAR YET IS 
WHETHER WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE JOE 
BIDEN OR KAMALA 
HARRIS DO THAT 
SAME KIND OF 
CAMPAIGNING. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN SAID 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
BASE THEIR 
ENTIRE TRAVEL 
SCHEDULE. 
THEIR PLANS FOR 
THE FALL ON BEST 
ADVICE THEY'RE 
GETTING FROM 
SCIENTISTS FROM 
THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY ABOUT 
WHAT IS SAFE TO 
DO. 
SO WE KNOW THAT 
THE BIDEN-HARRIS 
TICKET TODAY SAT 
DOWN  FOR THEIR 
FIRST JOINT 
INTERVIEW. 
WE'LL SEE THAT JO
OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
AND THAT WILL 
CERTAINLY 
GENERATE A 
LITTLE BIT OF OVY 
WHAT THEY HOPE 
IS CONTINUED 
MOMENTUM FROM 
THE CONVICTION. 
BUT OTHERWISE 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE JUST IN A 
RAPID RESPONSE 
SITUATION, 
RATHER THAN AN 
AGGRESSIVE POST-
CONVENTION ROAD 
SHOW, LIKE YOU 
MIGHT SEE IN 
OTHER YEARS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, SO 
MIKE. 
I KNOW THEY HAVE 
A LOT OF WORK 
AHEAD. 
BUT I IMAGINE T 
THEY ARE TAKING 
A MOMENT JUST TO 
PAUSE AND 
EVALUATE AND 
BASK, I GUESS, 
IN THE GLOW AN%OF 
BEING DONE WITH 
THE CONVENTION. 
HOW IS THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN FEELING 
TODAY? N 
NBCNEWS.COM 
SENIOR NEWS 
POLITICAL 
ANALYST JOHN 
ALLEN SAID ABOUT 
BIDEN'S SPEECH, 
HE REALLY STUCK 
THE LANDING TO 
CLOSE THE 
CONVENTION. 
HOW IS THE 
CAMPAIGN VIEWING 
THAT SPEECH 
TODAY? 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH. 
WELL, FIRST OF 
ALL NTERMS OF 
THE CONVENTION 
ITSELF, ALISON, 
THE CAMPAIGN 
WANTED ONTO HAVE 
THAT CONVENTION 
IN WISCONSIN. 
THEY THOUGHT IT 
WAS IMPORTANT TO 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT TO SEE 
HIS TICKET, THE 
FULL PARTY DO 
EVERYTHING THEY  
CAN TO TRY TO 
HAVE SOME SORT 
OF FOOT, 
PRESENCE, 
FOOTHOLD IN THAT 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE OF 
WISCONSIN. 
BUT OTTHGROFI DON'T 
THINK THEY 
EXPECTED TO 
COMPLOO SHIFT 
-- COMPLETELY 
SHIFT THIS TO A 
VIRTUAL 
SITUATION. 
THAT IT RTWOULD 
PROBABLY PLAY TO 
THE MOMENT IN A 
WAY THAT MUCH 
BETTER THAN THEY 
EXPECTED.  
BIDEN TALKED 
ABOUT LAST 
NIGHT, AS THE 
FOUR CRISES IN 
THE COUNTRY NOW. 
HAVING A MORE 
SOLEMN, A MORE 
DIRECT-TO-CAMERA 
KIND OF 
CONVENTION, HAS 
PROVEN TO BE 
WHAT THEY  %
THOUGHT WAS THE 
RIGHT FORMULA. 
AND IT WILL BE 
INTERESTING TO 
SEE WHETHER 
CONVENTIONS GO 
BACK TO THAT 
FORMAT. 
FOUR DAYS OF 
MARATHON FOHOURS 
AFTER SPEECHES 
AFTER SPEECHES 
AFTER SPEECHES. 
IN TERMS OF 
BIDEN'S SPEECH 
ITSELF. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
HOW MUCH 
PRESSURE WAS ON LFOU
HIM, WHETHER HE 
COULD DELIVER 
THE KIND OF 
MESSAGE IS THAT 
COULD BOTH UNIFY 
THE PETER BUT 
ALSO ATTRACT 
SWING VOTERS, 
INDEPENDENT 
VOTERS. 
AS JOHN ALLEN 
PUT IT, THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
DOES THINK HE 
STUCK THE 
LANDING. 
HE REALLY SPENT UC
A LOT OF TIME ON 
THIS SPEECH. 
IT WAS WRITTEN, 
LARGELY LOCKED 
IN. 
I HAVE BEEN 
COVERING BIDEN 
LONG ENOUGH TO 
KNOW THAT HIS 
SPEECHES ARE 
WORKED ON EVEN 
UP TO THE LAST 
SECOND. 
BUT TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE WITH 
THE SPEECH. 
AND REALLY THE %
MESSAGE HE GAVE 
IN HIS REMARKS 
LAST NIGHT, IS 
CONSISTENT WITH 
WHAT HE'S BEEN 
SAYING FOR THE 
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. 
HE REALLY DID 
HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
WHAT THEY FEEL 
IS MUCH MORE OF 
A PRESIDENTIAL 
LEVEL ADDRESS. 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
AT THIS %AL POINT I 
THE CAMPAIGN, 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL THING 
THEY HAVE 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP IS JUST 
THE IMPLICIT 
CONTRAST OF JOE 
BIDEN LOOKING 
LIKE A 
PRESIDENT. 
AND PRESIDENT 
TRUMP NOT N  AREALL 
LOOKING LIKE THE 
PRESIDENT THAT 
AMERICANS NEED 
RIGHT NOW. 
AND IN THAT 
RESPECT, THEY 
THINK IT WAS A 
HOME RUN FOR 
THEM. S 
>>> AND MIKE, I 
WILL JUST SAY 
THIS ABOUT THE 
CONVENTION. 
IF ALI VITALE IS 
TO BALLOON 
DROPS, ALISON 
MORRIS IS TO 
THIS FIREWORKS. 
>> THE 
FIREWORKS. 
I WAS THE 
REPORTERS TO BE 
IN THE ROOM FOR 
THE SPEECH. 
BEN THEN WE RUSH 
OUT. 
AND THE 
FIREWORKS, IT 
WAS A REALLY 
COOL MOMENT. 
MUCH BETTER THAN 
THOSE BALLOON 
DROPS. 
EVEN THOUGH THE E 
ONE I THOUGHT WE 
DID FOR YOU AND 
ALI WAS 
EXCELLENT. 
>> IT WAS 
EXCELLENT. 
I TEXTED ALLIE 
AND SHE WROTE 
BACK IN ALL 
CAPS, "SAME 
JOY." 
SO I THINK WE 
ALL KIND OF 
SHARED THAT ONE. 
[ LAUGHTER ] 
>> MIKE, ONE 
MORE QUESTION 
FOR YOU. 
THE COMMISSION, 
THEY REQUIRED A 
FOURTH ONE FOR 
THE DEBATE. 
TODAY, HILLARY 
CLINTON HAD 
ADVICE FOR JOE 
BIDEN ABOUT HOW 
TO HANDLE THE 
PRESIDENT WHEN 
THEY SHARE THE 
STAGE. 
HERE'S WHAT SHE 
SAID. 
>> BE PREPARED 
ON THAT DEBATE 
STAGE, TO BE 
STANDING THERE 
WITH SOMEBODY 
UNLIKE ANYONE 
YOU'VE EVER BEEN 
INVOLVED WITH 
BEFORE IN 
POLITICS, 
SOMEONE WHO LIES 
WITH IMPUGNITYUX 
WHO LITERALLY 
WILL SAY 
ANYTHING, TRY TO 
THROW YOU OFF 
YOUR GAME. 
YOU HAVE TO BE LI%YO
AS FOCUSED AS 
YOU CAN BE. 
YOU KNOW, 
RESPOND WHEN YOU 
HAVE TO. 
BUT TRY TO GET 
YOUR MESSAGE, 
BEYOND THE SORT 
OF REALITY SHOW 
ENVIRONMENT THAT 
HE IS TRYING TO 
CREATE, SO THAT 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE HAVE AN 
IDEA ABOUT WHY 
THEY WOULD VOTE 
FOR YOU, NOT 
JUST AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP. VOOT
>> SO MIKE. 
GIVEN WHAT 
HILLARY CLINTON 
SAID THERE. 
HOW IS BIDEN 
PREPARING FOR 
THESE DEBATES? 
DEALING WITH 
PERHAPS A 
SPARRING PARTNER 
LIKE NO OTHER. 
>> THAT'S FOR 
SURE. 
ONE OF THE FEW 
OPPORTUNITIES 
WE'VE HAD TO 
HAVE A FORMAL 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
WITH JOE BIDEN. 
I ASKED HIM HOW 
HE WAS PREPARING 
FOR THOSE 
DEBATES. 
ALL HE R WOULD SAY 
IS THAT HE CAN'T 
WAIT FOR THE 
DEBATES. 
AND ALISON, YOU 
THOUGHT  FTHAT THE 
IDENTITY OF JOE 
BIDEN'S RUNNING 
MATE WAS SUCH A 
CLOSELY HELD 
SECRET. 
WE SPOANTD SPENT 
WEEKS AND 
MONTHS, TRYING 
TO FIGURE IT 
OUT. 
SIMILARLY 
CLOSELY IS WHO 
IS PLAYING 
DONALD TRUMP IN 
THOSE DEBATE 
PREP SESSIONS. 
AND WE BELIEVE 
THOSE DEBATE 
PREP SESSIONS 
ARE ALREADY 
UNDER WAY. 
SO HERE'S AL
SOMETHING THAT 
YOU AND Y.I CAN 
PROBABLY KEEP 
TALKING ABOUT 
AND MUSING ABOUT 
FOR THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF % WEEKS. 
BECAUSE LETHAT IS 
REALLY THE 
INCREASE BIG 
BENCHMARK OF THE 
CAMPAIGN WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE 
DEBATE.  IT
REJECTING THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S 
REQUEST FOR E A 
FOURTH DEBATE. 
THE BIDEN PEOPLE 
ARE REALLY 
INTERESTED TO 
SEE REWHAT HAPPENS 
NEXT. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
ACCUSED BY 
TRUMP, BY HIS 
ALLIES, OF NOT 
WANTING DEBATES. 
AND EVERY TIME 
THAT HAPPENS, 
THEY SAY, WE'VE 
AGREED. 
WE ACCEPTED ALL 
THREE DATES AND 
LOCATIONS. 
WE ARE READY 
WHERE WE ARE. 
AND THIS IS A 
BIT OF A SMOKE 
SCREEN. 
PERHAPS THEY 
DON'T WANT HIM 
TO DEBATE BIDEN 
AS MUCH AS THEY 
MAKE IT SOUND. 
HE'LL SEE HOW UCEY
THAT PLAYS OUT. 
I THINK THE 
PRESIDENT 
PROBABLY DOES 
WANT ONE 
OPPORTUNITY AT 
THE VERY LEAST 
TO BE  D%
ON STAGE. 
BUT THAT ADVICE 
FROM HILLARY 
CLINTON IS SO 
IMPORTANT. 
AND I THINK WE 
GOT A O  LITTLE BIT 
OF A CLUE, 
MAYBE, OF THE 
STRATEGY FROM 
JOE BIDEN LAST 
NIGHT. 
THINK ABOUT IT. 
HE DID REFER TO 
THE PRESIDENT OR 
THE PERSON IN BI
THE WHITE HOUSE 
MANY TIMES. 
BUT HE NEVER 
ONCE SAID THE 
NAME DONALD 
TRUMP. 
IN HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT. 
CHD I THINK 
THAT'S SORT OF A 
TEMPALATE FOR 
HOW HE WOULD 
HANDLE THE 
DEBATE. 
RESPOND IF YOU 
NEED TO. 
BUT MOSTLY 
DISMISS WHAT 
YOU'RE HEARING 
AND DIKEEP YOUR 
FOCUS ON WHAT 
BIDEN HIMSELF 
USUALLY CALLS 
HOME BASE. 
THOSE VOTERS 
THAT HE NEEDS CATO 
WIN THIN ORDER TO 
BECOME PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF.  
>> MIKE, ANY 
GUESSES ON 
WHO COULD BE 
PLAYING TRUMP? 
THE ONLY PERSON 
I CAN THINK OF, 
AND I'M KIDDING, 
OF COURSE. 
BUT IS ALEC 
BALDWIN, BECAUSE 
I CAN'T THINK OF 
ANYBODIY ELSE 
WHO PLAYS THAT 
TRUMP ROLE QUITE 
SO WELL. 
>> DON'T FORGET, 
WE HAD THAT 
IMPERSONATOR 
LAST NIGHT, 
DOING THE 
VOICEOVER OF 
DONALD TRUMP. 
WE KNOW FELIZ 
RYAN, WAS THE 
ONE WHO PLAYED 
DONALD TRUMP IN 
HER PRESS 
SESSIONS. 
I TRIED TO FIND 
OUT IF HE MIGHT 
REPRISE THAT 
ROLE. 
HE HASN'T 
ANSWERED YES. 
CLINTON AND THE 
MEMBERS OF THE 
CAMPAIGN SAID HE 
DID AN EXCELLENT 
JOB. 
MAYBE THEY WANT 
TO RENEW HIM FOR 
THAT. 
WE'LL JUST HAVE 
TO KEEP AN EYE 
OUT. 
>> I LOVE IT. 
THIS IS THE NEW 
REPLACEMENT FOR 
THE VOTE 6. YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
WORKING SO HARD. 
AND WE HAVE BEEN 
SO GRATEFUL FOR 
YOUR COVERAGE. 
>> OF COURSE, 
ALISON. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> THERE'S . A 
LOT OF TALK 
ABOUT TURNOUT IN 
WISCONSIN THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
WE HAVE OUINBEEN 
FOLLOWING VOTERS 
IN MILWAUKEE,   AS 
PART OF OUR 
COUNT TO COUNTER 
SERIES. 
HERE'S VAUGHN 
HILLYARD. %
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,
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
,
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
,
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DID 
DO GO BACK TO 
THEIR JOBS, THEY 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THEY 
ARE PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER, TRYING 
TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT THIS 
COMMUNITY. 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT 
THAT TRULY 
UNDERSTANDS WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU GOTTA 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY 
TEACHERS, LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULD JUST 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
INGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT KIDS WHO 
ARE TOLD THEY 
WILL BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
OF THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA 
CAROLINA WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> IS THE FACE 
MASK YOU'RE 
WEARING, 
EFFECTIVELY 
PREVENTING THE 
SPREAD OF COVID-
19? 
CORRESPONDENT 
VICKI NGUYEN 
SAYS, YOU CAN 
TEST IT OUT. 
ALL YOU NEED IS 
A BIRTHDAY 
CANDLE. 
>> WITH SO MANY 
FACE COVERINGS 
TO CHOOSE FROM. 
RESEARCHERS AT 
DUKE UNIVERSITY 
WANTED TO KNOW, 
WHICH ONE 
ACTUALLY WORKED 
TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF COVID-
19. 
>> START. 
>> THEY ASKED 
PEOPLE TO TALK 
INTO A SPECIALLY 
DESIGNED BOX TO 
TEST DIFFERENT 
FABRICS AND 
MASKS. 
>> WE HAD PEOPLE 
SAY, STAY 
HEALTHY, PEOPLE. 
FIVE TIMES. 
AND YOU COULD 
JUST START 
SEEING THE 
ARTICLES GROWING 
AND GROWING IN 
THE BOX. 
>> WATCH WHAT 
HAPPENS TO THE 
DROPLETS FROM A 
SINGLE SENTENCE. 
>> STAY HEALTHY, 
PEOPLE. 
>> RESEARCHERS 
SAY THE N95 
MASK, WHICH 
SHOULD BE 
RESERVED FOR 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS, 
CAPTURED ALL THE 
DROPLETS, CLOTH 
MASKS AND 
DISPOSABLE MASKS 
WERE 80 TO 90% 
EFFECTIVE. 
BANDANAS CAUGHT 
ONLY 50%. 
BUT THE GATOR 
THEY TESTED, 0% 
EFFECTIVE. 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
ZERO. 
DROPLETS EASILY 
PASS THROUGH THE 
THIN MATERIAL OF 
THEIGATER. 
AND THEY SAY 
THOSE DROPLETS 
WERE SPLIT INTO 
SMALLER ONES. 
>> THIS MAY BE A 
PROBLEM 
APPROXIMATE F 
THE ARTICLES 
STAY IN AND STAY 
IN THE AIR 
LONGER AM. 
>> THAT GIVES 
THEM THE CHANCE 
TO PERHAPS STAY 
IN THE AIR AND 
INFECT SOMEONE 
ELSE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> THE STUDY 
USED A SINGLE 
LAYER GAITER 
USED OF 92% 
POLYESTER AND 8% 
SPANDEX. 
AND HE 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
GAITERS ARE NOT 
ALL THE SAME. 
>> WE DON'T 
THINK THEY DO 
MUCH. 
BUT CLEARLY, THE 
GAITER AND THE 
BANDANA, DID NOT 
BLOCK THE 
PARTICLES, AS 
WELL AS THE 
COTTON, THE 
SURGICAL, THE 
N95. 
>> TO PROTECT 
YOURSELF AND 
OTHERS FROM 
CONTRACTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS, THE 
C DOES C 
RECOMMENDS A 
BASIC FACE 
COVERING OVER 
YOUR NOSE OR 
MOUTH. 
IT CAN BE 
SOMETHING AS 
DISPOSABLE AS A 
PAPER MASK OR 
CLOTH MASK. 
>> SCIENTISTS 
SAY YOU CAN 
CHECK HOW 
EFFECTIVE YOUR 
MASK IS. 
WITH A SIMPLE 
TRICK. 
LIGHT A CANDLE. 
AND SEE IF YOU 
CAN BLOW IT OUT 
WHILE WEARING 
THE FACE 
COVERING. 
[ BLOWING ] 
>> I DEFINITELY 
CAN'T DO IT WITH 
THIS TWO-LAYER 
COTTON MASK. 
I CANNOT. 
>> BUT ABOUT 
WITH THIS SINGLE 
LAYER GAITER. 
HOLDING THE CAM 
CANDLE OUT THE 
SAME DISTANCE. 
WHOA. 
SUPER EASY. 
IT WENT RIGHT 
OUT. 
LET'S SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS WHEN I 
DOUBLE UP THE 
FABRIC OF THE 
GAITER. 
SO NOW I'VE GOT 
TWO LAYERS. 
[ BLOWING ] 
WITH TWO LAYERS, 
I CAN STILL BLOW 
IT OUT IF I TRY. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
MESSAGE TO FOLKS 
WHO ARE WEARING 
THESE AND 
THINKING THEY'RE 
DOING THE JOB? 
>> JUST MAKE 
SURE THAT IT'S A 
DOUBLE LAYER. 
AND WE THINK 
THAT'S BETTER 
THAN THE SINGLE 
LAYER. 
MY BEST ADVICE 
WOULD BE TO JUST 
GET A MASK THAT 
WORKS. 
>> Reporter: AND 
AS WE SHOWED YOU 
IN THIS 
DEMONSTRATION IN 
JUNE, MASKS ARE 
EFFECTIVE IN 
CAPTURING 
DROPLETS THAT 
CONTAIN BACTERIA 
AND POSSIBLY 
CORONAVIRUS. 
[ COUGHING ] 
>> WHEN I 
COUGHED WEARING 
THREE DIFFERENT 
FACE COVERINGS, 
NO BACTERIA GREW 
IN THURSDAY 
PETRI DISHES. 
BUT LOOK WHAT 
HAPPENED WHEN I 
COUGHED OUTSIDE 
OF THE MASK. 
PLENTY OF 
BACTERIAL 
GROWTH. 
>> IT WAS COOL. 
SAME RESULTS. 
ALL THE MASKS IN 
OUR HOUSE PASS 
THE, EXCEPT ONE 
THAT WAS A 
SINGLE LAYER OF 
FABRIC AND A 
GAITER. 
ANYTHING ELSE 
YOU CAN DO TO 
SEE IF YOUR MASK 
IS EFFECTIVE? 
OR GUIDANCE FOR 
PEOPLE? 
>> YEAH. 
IF YOU DON'T 
HAVE A CANDLE ON 
HAND OR MATCHES. 
JUST TAKE YOUR 
MATCH OR FACE 
COVERING. 
IN THIS CASE, I 
HAVE A GAITER. 
SINGLE LAYER. 
JUST HOLD IT UP 
TO A LIGHT. 
OR DAYLIGHT 
OUTSIDE. 
THE MORE LIGHT 
THAT YOU SEE 
COMING THROUGH, 
THE LESS 
PROTECTION THAT 
THAT FACE 
COVERING IS 
GOING TO AFFORD 
YOU. 
AND LET'S NOT 
GET HUNG UP ON 
THIS IDEA IS IT 
A GAITER OR IS 
IT A MASK? 
IT'S REALLY ALL 
ABOUT THE 
MATERIAL. 
SO YOU WANT A 
MATERIAL THAT IS 
GOING TO BE 
THICK ENOUGH TO 
PROTECT YOU AND 
TO PROTECT 
OTHERS BUT STILL 
ALLOW YOU TO 
BREATHE. 
>> VICKI, YOU 
SHOULD HAVE SEEN 
WHAT WAS GOING 
ON IN MY HOUSE 
TODAY, WHEN I 
WAS WALKING 
AROUND WITH 
MASKS AND A LIT 
BIRTHDAY CANDLE. 
>> I LOVE IT. 
>> I THINK 
EVERYONE THOUGHT 
I WAS NUTS BUT 
IT WAS A GREAT 
TEST. 
AND I WAS 
PLEASED TO KNOW 
MOST OF THE 
MASKS WE HAD 
PASSED THE TEST. 
SO THANK YOU FOR 
THAT. 
>>> ANOTHER 
QUESTION FOR 
YOU. 
THE FDA JUST 
APPROVED A NEW 
KIND OF MASK. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US ABOUT 
IT? 
>> THIS IS SO 
COOL. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
COMPANY, IT'S 
LITERALLYUL 
CALLED THE CLEAR 
MASK. 
AND CLEAR MASK 
COMPANY SAYS 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST WORLD FDA 
CLEARED MASK. 
ONE IS SURGICAL. 
THIS ONE THAT I 
HAVE IS THE ONE 
THEY SELL TO 
CONSUMERS. 
IT GOES, A PACK 
OF 24 FOR $67. 
A LITTLE UNDER 
$3 PER MASK. 
IT MAY BE STEEP 
IF YOU DON'T 
NEED 24 MASKS. 
BUT SOME 
FAMILIES TOLD 
US, THEY ARE 
TEAMING UP WITH 
OTHER FAMILIES 
AND SPLITTING 
COSTS. 
SOMETHING ELSE I 
LIKE ABOUT IT. 
REALLY EASY. 
YOU FLIP IT ON 
LIKE THIS. 
AND CHECK IT 
OUT. 
THIS WAS 
DESIGNED BY A 
DEAF WOMAN, WHO 
HAD TROUBLE 
COMMUNICATING 
WITH PEOPLE. 
SHE WORKED WITH 
PEOPLE AT JOHNS 
HOPKINS 
UNIVERSITY. 
AND YOU CAN SEE, 
IT DOESN'T FOG 
UP. 
IT'S QUITE 
COMFORTABLE TO 
WEAR. 
AND YOU CAN 
TIGHTEN IT IN 
THE BOX SO IT'S 
GOT A SNUGGER 
FIT ON THE SIDE. 
PEOPLE WERE 
ASKING ME. 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
AIR CAN STILL 
GET IN, IN THE 
SIDE. 
THAT IS NOT 
REALLY A MAJOR 
CONCERN FOR 
PEOPLE STUDYING 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE. 
UNLESS SOMEONE 
SOMEONE IS 
COMING UP AND 
COUGHING OR 
SNEEZING RIGHT 
HERE. 
WHAT YOU'RE 
WORRIED ABOUT IS 
THE DROPLETS 
WHEN PEOPLE ARE 
TALK, OR 
SPEAKING OR 
SNEEZING AT OR 
NEAR YOU. 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
FALL TO THE 
GROUND. 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO COME TO 
THE SIDE AND GET 
INHALED BY YOU. 
THIS IS GREAT 
PROTECTION. 
ESPECIALLY FOR 
FOLKS  WHO ARE 
WORKING WITH 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
DEAF OR HARD OF 
HEARING. 
AND MAYBE YOU 
ARE A TEACHER 
AND KIDS NEED TO 
SEE YOUR MOUTH 
OR LIPS AND HOW 
TO MAKE THE 
LETTER SOUNDS. 
THIS COULD BE A 
FANTASTIC 
DONATION FOR A 
LOT OF SCHOOLS 
OUT THERE. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
AND VICKI, LET'S 
NOT FORGET ABOUT 
NEWS REPORTERS. 
GREAT FOR ALL OF 
OUR NBC NEWS 
STAFF OUT THERE 
REPORTING. 
AND YOU KNOW, 
IT'S EASIER TO 
UNDERSTAND TO 
SEE TO SPEAK. 
THAT'S REALLY, 
REALLY COOL. 
VICKI, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
GREAT TEST 
TODAY. 
GREAT INFO. 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> I LOVE IT. 
I'M SO GLAD YOU 
TRIED IT OUT AT 
HOME TO SEE HOW 
IT WORKED. 
AND WERE YOU 
SURPRISED WHEN 
YOU BLEW THROUGH 
THE SINGLE LAYER 
MASK OR GATEDDER 
THAT THE CANDLE 
WENT RIGHT OUT? 
>> IT WENT OUT 
IMMEDIATELY. 
AND I WAS ALSO 
FRUSTRATED WHEN 
I HAD A BETTER 
MASK ON, THAT I 
WASN'T ABLE TO 
BLOW THE CANDLE 
OUT. 
BUT REALLY 
REASSURING. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> SUPER EASY 
TEST. 
GREATEC TEST. 
THAT CLEAR MASK 
IS SO COOL. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> A NEW 
WARNING FROM THE 
CDC. 
GET A FLU SHOT 
THIS YEAR, SO 
WE'RE NOT HIT 
WITH TWO MAJOR 
OUTBREAKS AT THE 
SAME TIME. 
DR. CAVITA PATEL 
JOINING US NOW. 
WHAT CONCERNS 
DOES THE CDC 
HAVE ABOUT WHAT 
SOME HEALTH 
EXPERTS ARE 
CALLING A 
POSSIBLE 
2009EMIC HERE? 
>> YEAH, GOOD TO 
SEE YOU. 
THE TWINDEMMIC 
FEAR IS KIND OF 
THAT WE COULD 
HAVE A SECOND 
WAVE OR 
WORSENING OF 
THIS CORONAVIRUS 
AT THE SAME TIME 
THAT THE FLU 
SEASON COULD BE 
AT ITS PEAK. 
SO THAT'S REALLY 
WHAT THE 
TWINDEMIC REFERS 
TO. 
THEY ARE URGING 
PEOPLE TO GET 
THEIR FLU SHOT 
AS EARLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
NORMALLY, WE 
RECOMMEND 
WAITING UNTIL 
SEPTEMBER OR 
OCTOBER, SO YOU 
CAN HAVE SIX 
MONTHS OF 
IMMUNEITY. 
BUT WE'RE REALLY 
TRYING TO GET 
PEOPLE IN AS 
FAST AS 
POSSIBLE. 
AND THE UNITED 
STATES HAS ASKED 
FLU 
MANUFACTURERS TO 
INCREASE THEIR 
MANUFACTING BY 
10 TO 15% TO 
ACCOMMODATE THE 
NEED. 
TICES R. 
>> DR. PATEL, 
THE CDC SAYS 
BLACK 
COMMUNITIES ARE 
OFTEN HARDEST 
HIT BY 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WHAT CAN PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
DO? 
HOW CAN THEY 
MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYONE WHO 
NEEDS A FLU SHOT 
CAN GET ONE? 
ESPECIALLY 
PEOPLE WHO MAY 
ALSO BE DEALING 
WITH HIGHER 
INSTANCES OF 
COVID? 
>> THAT'S A 
GREAT QUESTION, 
ALISON. 
ONE THING THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
DID ABOUT 24 
HOURS AGO, THEY 
EXPANDED THE 
ABLE OF 
PHARMACISTS TO 
BE AGE TO GIVE 
VACCINES TO 
CHILDREN, 3 TO 
18 WITH 
TRAINING. 
THEY CAN GIVE 
VACCINES TO 
ADULTS. 
WHAT THIS MEANS 
IS THERE IS MORE 
CONVENIENT 
POINTS OF ACCESS 
TO GET A FLU 
SHOT. 
FOR POPULATION 
THAT IS AFFECTED 
AS YOU POINTED 
OUT, WE NEED TO 
BE INCREDIBLY 
PROACTIVE. 
ALISON, I'M A 
BIG FAN OF 
GETTING THE CAR 
SHARE, RAID 
SHARE VENDORS, 
UBER AND LYFT, 
TO HAVE SOMEBODY 
COME AND GO TO 
APARTMENT 
BUILDINGS AND 
VACCINATE A HUGE 
NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE TO GET 
CREATIVE. 
DRIVE-THROUGH 
TESTING. 
WE SHOULD BE 
DOING DRIVE-
THROUGH FLU 
SHOTS SO IT'S AS 
CONVENIENT AS 
POSSIBLE. 
THAT'S THE KEY. 
>> I LOVE THIS. 
GOING DOOR TO 
DOOR, MAKING 
SURE PEOPLE GET 
THEIR SHOTS. 
DR. PATEL, 
MASSACHUSETTS IS 
FIRST TO MANDATE 
FLU SHOTS FOR 
ALL KIDS GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
WHAT ADVICE TO 
YOU HAVE FOR 
PARENTS. 
PARTICULARLY FOR 
A PARENT WHO 
SAYS, I HAVEN'T 
HAD TO GET MY 
CHILD A FLU SHOT 
BEFORE. 
>> HERE'S WHERE 
REALLY SCIENCE 
IS WHAT YOU NEED 
TO LOOK FOR AS A 
PARENT. 
THE FLU, EVERY 
YEAR, AT ITS 
PEAK, CAN HAVE A 
MILLION PEOPLE 
HOSPITALIZED. 
AND IN REALLY 
BAD YEARS, WE'VE 
HAD 66,000 
DEATHS A YEAR 
FROM THE FLU. 
AND BY THE WAY, 
THAT'S IN REALLY 
YOUNG PEOPLE. 
AND IN REALLY 
OLDER PEOPLE. 
SO WHAT I WOULD 
TELL ANY PARENT, 
UNDER THE AGE OF 
2, AT ANY AGE, 
THEY REALLY 
SHOULD TALK TO 
THEIR HEALTHCARE 
PROVIDER. 
OR GET ON LIKE 
ONE OF THOSE 
PHONE LINES, SO 
YOU CAN DO IT 
WHEN IT'S 
CONVENIENT. 
AFTER WORK ON 
THE WEEKENDS. 
AND ASK ABOUT 
HOW YOU CAN GET 
THE FLU SHOT. 
IF YOU'RE UNDER 
THE AGE OF 2 IN 
GENERAL. 
YOU MIGHT NEED 
TWO SHOTS. 
AND SO YOU 
SHOULD TALK 
ABOUT WHAT THAT 
MEANS FOR YOUR 
CHILD. 
AND THEN IF 
YOU'RE AN OLDER 
ADULT, THERE'S 
ACTUALLY KIND OF 
WHAT WE CALL A 
HIGH-DOSE FLU 
VACCINE, WHICH 
WE ADMINISTER. 
AND I THINK 
THAT'S 
APPROPRIATE. 
HERE'S THE GOOD 
NEWS, ALISON, 
WE'RE ALL 
BRACING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
CLINICS, 
PHARMACIES, FOR 
THESE QUESTIONS. 
WE'RE GETTING 
OUR FLU SHOT IN 
AND WE'RE READY 
TO GET THEM OUT. 
>> DR. PATEL. 
KIDS HAVE BEEN 
CALLED SILENT 
SPREADERS OF 
COVID-19. 
WE KNOW THEIR 
SYMPTOMS MAY BE 
DIFFERENT THAN 
ADULTS, MAYBE 
LESS NOTICEABLE. 
THEY MAY BE 
ASYMPTOMATIC. 
WHAT ARE SOME OF 
THE THINGS 
PARENTS SHOULD 
BE WATCHING FOR, 
ONCE THEY SEND 
THEIR KIDS BACK 
TO SCHOOL? 
SIGNS THAT THEY 
MIGHT BE SICK 
WITH 
CORONAVIRUS? 
WHAT THINGS 
MIGHT PRESENT 
THEMSELVES 
FIRST? 
>> YEAH. 
WELL, THE THING 
THAT REALLY IS 
MOST COMMON IN 
CHILDREN HAS 
BEEN SOMEWHAT 
SIMILAR TO 
ADULTS. 
SO IT'S 
EVERYTHING YOU 
MENTIONED WITH 
FEVER OR COUGH. 
AND AGAIN, THE 
REASON WE WANT 
PEOPLE TO GET 
THEIR FLU SHOTS 
IS THOSE ARE 
ALSO LIKE COLD 
SYMPTOMS AND FLU 
SYMPTOMS AS 
WELL, BY THE 
WAY. 
BUT WE'VE HEARD 
NOW. 
YOU'VE HEARD 
ABOUT TO VID 
TOES, AND YOU'VE 
SEEN THAT THERE 
ARE SOMETIMES 
THE SKIN 
MANIFESTATIONS 
OF CORONAVIRUS. 
IF YOUR CHILD 
HAS A RASH THAT 
YOU DON'T 
RECOGNIZE. 
OR YOU TAKE A 
PICTURE AND CAN 
SEND IT TO YOUR 
PEDIATRICIAN, 
AND THEY SAY, 
BRING THAT CHILD 
IN AND GET 
TESTED. 
THOSE CAN BE 
CLUES. 
ABOUT YOU HERE'S 
THE ULTMET MATE 
TEST. 
IF YOU'RE A 
PARENT AND YOUR 
CHILD IS NOT 
ACTING LIKE THEY 
NORMALLY DO. 
NOT AS HUNGRY. 
NOT AS SLEEPY. 
OR SLEEPING TOO 
LITTLE OR TOO 
MUCH. 
I THINK THAT'S 
RAUL ALL REASONS 
TO BE ON THE 
PHONE. 
BUT IT TENDS TO 
BE THE MORE 
COMMON ONE, 
FEVER, COUGH, 
KIND OF CHILLS. 
AND THEN SOME OF 
THESE RASHES AND 
UNUSUAL KIND OF 
COVID 
MANIFESTATIONS 
ON THE SKIN. 
>> UH-HUH. 
>> DR. PATEL. 
SOME OF THOSE 
SYMPTOMS SOUND 
VERY FLU LIKE. 
IS THERE A 
CHANCE THAT 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
COVID-19 COULD 
BE MISDIAGNOSED 
WITH THE FLU OR 
VICE VERSA? 
OR THAT IS THAT 
NOT LIKELY TO 
HAPPEN? 
>> NOT JUST 
THAT, ALISON. 
EVERYTHING I 
TOLD YOU. 
IF YOU HAVE A 
REALLY BAD COLD, 
WHICH KIND OF 
CAN COME FROM A 
NUMBER OF 
VIRUSES, 
INCLUDING THE 
COUSIN TO THE 
SARS-COV2 TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
YOU CAN ALSO 
HAVE THOSE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THAT'S ONE OF 
THE REASONS THAT 
I THINK 
EDUCATORS AND 
EMPLOYERS ARE 
NERVOUS. 
BECAUSE WE COULD 
BE GOING INTO A 
KIND OF BAD COLD 
AND FLU SEASON. 
WITH THOSE EXACT 
SYMPTOMS, 
MIMICKING THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
BUT WHAT WE HAVE 
ARE TESTS. 
AGAIN, THOSE 
DIAGNOSTIC 
TESTS, WHERE WE 
PUT THE Q TIP IN 
THE NOSE OR GET 
YOUR SALIVA. 
THAT WILL 
ULTIMATELY BE 
WHAT WE NEED TO 
USE TO MAKE THE 
DIAGNOSIS. 
WE HAVE TESTS 
FOR THE FLU, 
TESTS FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND THAT WILL 
MAKE THE 
DISTINCTION. 
AND I ALSO WILL 
WANT TO SAY, 
WHAT YOU JUST 
SHOWED WITH 
VICKI ABOUT THE 
MASK. 
I THINK IF MORE 
PEOPLE ARE 
WEARING MASKS, 
WE MIGHT 
ACTUALLY SEE A 
DECREASE IN KIND 
OF THE SEVERITY 
OF COLD AND FLU 
SEASON LIKE 
WE'VE SEEN IN 
THE SOUTHERN 
HEMISPHERE OF 
THE GLOBE. 
AND THAT WOULD 
BE GREAT NEWS, 
ALISON. 
WE COULD JUST 
SEE A DECREASE 
ALL AROUND. 
>> IT CERTAINLY 
WOULD. 
AND HOW COOL ARE 
THOSE NEW CLEAR 
MASKS? 
I THOUGHT THOSE 
WERE AWESOME. 
>> I WANT ONE. 
I WAS LITERALLY 
THINKING, WAIT A 
MINUTE. 
I WANT TO GET 
ONE OF THOSE. 
WE GOTTA DO 
THINGS LIKE THAT 
TO GET PEOPLE TO 
WEAR THEM. 
I AGREE. 
>> WE'VE ALL 
BEEN SAYING IN 
HERE, WE'VE GOT 
TO GET OUR HANDS 
ON SOME OF THOSE 
AND SHARE THE 
LOVE WITH 
EVERYBODY AT 
NBC. 
DR. PATEL, IT 
ALWAYS A JOY TO 
HAVE YOU ON. 
THANKS FOR BEING 
WITH US AND HAVE 
A SAFE AND 
HEALTHY WEEKEND. 
THANK YOU. 
YOU TOO. 
>>> IN THE UK, 
LIKE MANY 
COUNTRIES, WOMEN 
OF COLOR ARE 
ESPECIALLY 
FEELING THE 
EFFECTS OF COVID-
19. 
THEY ARE 
FIGHTING TO FEED 
THEIR JOBS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES 
AS THE NATION 
FACES RECESSION. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
HELENA HUMPHREY 
HAS THEIR STORY. 
>> Reporter: AT 
THE BEGINNING OF 
THE OUTBREAK, 
CORONAVIRUS WAS 
CALLED THE GREAT 
EQUALIZER. 
WARNING THAT NO 
ONE WAS IMMUNE. 
YOUNG, OLD, RICH 
OR POOR. 
BRITISH PRIME 
MINISTER BORIS 
JOHNSON TELLING 
HIS COUNTRY. 
>> WE'RE IN THIS 
TOGETHER. 
AND TOGETHER, WE 
WILL PREVAIL. 
>> BUT SIX 
MONTHS ON, THE 
UK IS OFFICIALLY 
IN A RECESSION. 
FORECAST TO BE 
THE DEEPEST IN 
300 YEARS. 
COVID-19, 
LEAVING A LEGACY 
THAT IS DIVIDING 
PEOPLE, WHERE 
DIVISIONS 
ALREADY RUN 
DEEP. 
>> WOMEN OF 
COLOR HAVE LONG 
FACED ECONOMIC 
AND SOCIAL 
INEQUALITY HERE 
IN BRITAIN. 
BUT NOW, COVID-
19 HAS LAID BARE 
THE TRUE EXTENT 
OF THAT 
INEQUALITY, WITH 
WOMEN OF 
MINORITY 
BACKGROUNDS, NOW 
FINDING 
THEMSELVES 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
HIT BY THE 
FINANCIAL AND 
PSYCHOLOGICAL 
IMPACTS. 
PANDEMIC. 
>> AT THIS 
MARKET IN ONE 
OFLONDON'S MOST 
DIVERSE 
NEIGHBORHOODS, 
WOMEN HAVE BEEN 
ESPECIALLY HARD 
HIT. 
>> WE AS A GROUP 
HAVE BEEN 
FORGOTTEN. 
>> DURING 
LOCKDOWN, WE 
WERE TOLD TO 
SHUT UP SHOP 
OVERNIGHT, WITH 
NO FURLOUGH, NO 
MONEY FROM THE 
GOVERNMENT, NO 
WAY OF MAKING 
ENDS MEET. 
>> WE CAN'T PUT 
FOOD ON THE 
TABLE. 
WE HAD A BAG OF 
LENTILS AND 
RICE. 
AND THEN WE 
PORTION FOOD 
OUT. 
YOU HAD MADE 
ENOUGH POT. 
LIKE A STEW. 
LASTS FOUR DAYS 
AND YOU LIVE ON 
THAT. 
>> Reporter: SO 
ANOTHER STORE 
HOLDER IS 
WROUGHT WITH 
WORRY. 
>> THE WILL I BE 
ABLE TO PAY MY 
RENT? 
AND IF NOT WILL 
I BE EVICTED? 
>> ACCORDING TO 
A NEW RESEARCH. 
THEY FOUND OVER 
TWICE AS MANY 
MINORITY WOMEN 
RECENTLY LOST 
SUPPORT WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT, 
COMPARE WITH 
WHITE WOMEN, 
SAYING THEY WERE 
UNSURE WHERE TO 
TURN TO FOR 
HELP. 
AND ALMOST A 
QUARTER OF 
MOTHERS FROM 
MINORITY 
BACKGROUNDS 
STRUGGLED TO 
FEED THEIR KIDS, 
AS A RESULT OF 
INCOME LOST 
DURING THE 
PANDEMIC. 
LEFT WITH NO 
CHOICE, SOME 
COME HERE. 
THE FOOD BANK 
HAS SEEN DEMAND 
EXPLODE, 200% 
FROM ONE DAY TO 
THE NEXT. 
>> WE HAD ONE 
LADY CRYING. 
SHE HAD JUST 
BEEN LET OFF 
FROM WORK. 
NOT EVEN 
FURLOUGHED. 
AND I THINK HE 
HAD ONLY 20 
POUNDS LEFT IN 
HER BANK 
ACCOUNT. 
IT'S VERY 
DEGRADING. 
>> DIRE 
SITUATIONS 
REPLICATED 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
IN COUNTRIES 
STRUGGLING WITH 
VIRUS AND 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
>> THE SITUATION 
IN THE UK IS 
NARRATIVE IN 
OTHER COUNTRIES, 
INCLUDING THE 
U.S., WHERE YOU 
HAVE THOSE WHO 
ARE MORE LIKELY 
TO BE POOR, MORE 
LIKELY TO RELY 
ON SOCIAL 
SECURITY 
BENEFITS. 
MORE LIKELY TO 
FACE 
DISCRIMINATION 
IN THE 
WORKPLACE. 
>> IN THE U.S. 
AND UK, 
MINORITIES HAVE 
BORN THE BRUNT 
OF CORONAVIRUS. 
MEN FACING A FAR 
HIGHER FATALITY 
RATE. 
AND NOW, WOMEN 
FROM THOSE 
COMMUNITIES ON 
THE FRONT LINES 
OF THE ECONOMIC 
FALLOUT AS WELL. 
>>> OKLAHOMA 
STATE 
UNIVERSITY, 
USING ITS CAMPUS 
WIFI TO TRACK 
STUDENTS AND 
TRACE 
CORONAVIRUS 
CLUSTERS. 
BUT WILL THAT 
PREVENT AN 
OUTBREAK? 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
MORGAN CHESKY 
CHECKS OUT THE 
SCHOOL'S CONTACT 
TRACING PROGRAM. 
>> FROM THE 
CAMPUS OF 
OKLAHOMA STATE, 
WHERE THEY'RE 
JUST WRAPPING UP 
THEIR FIRST 
WEEKEND OF 
CLASSES. 
AND REALLY 
CAUTIOUS 
OPTIMISM ON THIS 
CAMPUS. 
BECAUSE RIGHT 
NOW, THEY HAVE A 
SORORITY HOUSE 
UNDER 
QUARANTINE. 
AFTER NEARLY TWO 
DOZEN STUDENTS 
TESTED PHYSICAL 
FOR COVID-19. 
AND I SPOKE TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK. 
AND I ASKED HIM, 
DO YOU THINK 
YOU'LL BE ABLE 
TO STAND HERE ON 
CAMPUS AT THE 
END OF THIS 
SEMESTER, AND 
CONTINUE CLASSES 
AS NORMAL A 
FASHION AS 
POSSIBLE? 
AND HE SAID THAT 
IS GOING TO BE 
UP TO THE 
STUDENTS. 
THAT'S WHY 
THEY'RE 
ENCOURAGING 
EVERYONE TO WEAR 
MASKS, NOT JUST 
WHEN THEY WALK 
INTO BUILDINGS 
BUT WHEN THEY 
WALK AROUND 
CAMPUS. 
THEY HAVE HAND 
SANITIZER 
STATIONS SET UP. 
JUST ABOUT 
EVERYWHERE YOU 
LOOK. 
BUT MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, THE 
THING THEY'RE 
GET BETTING ON 
IS THIS NEW 
CONTRACT TRACING 
PROGRAM THAT WAS 
LAUNCHED RIGHT 
HERE ON CAMPUS, 
THAT USES REALLY 
A VARIETY OF 
FACTORS, TO KIND 
OF CREATE A 
MASTER VIEW 
HERE. 
AND WHAT IT DOES 
IS 
HYPOTHETICALLY, 
A STUDENT WALKS 
ONTO CAMPUS. 
AS SOON AS THEIR 
PHONE CONNECTS 
TO CAMPUS WIFI. 
IF IT DOES, 
THEY'RE ABLE TO 
THEN MORE OR 
LESS TRACK THAT 
STUDENT'S PATH 
INTO WHAT PART 
OF THE BUILDING 
THEY WALK INTO. 
WHEN THEY MOVE 
FROM BUILDING TO 
BUILDING. 
AND THEY COUPLE 
THAT WITH THAT 
STUDENT'S 
SCHEDULE. 
PERHAPS CARD 
SWIPES, WHETHER 
IT BE ENTERING A 
BUILDING OR 
BUYING SOMETHING 
AT ONE OF THE 
CAMPUS LOCATIONS 
HERE. 
PERHAPS STUDENT 
UNION. 
AND THAT CAN 
GIVE 
ADMINISTRATORS A 
PRETTY GOOD LOOK 
AT WHERE SOMEONE 
WHO TESTS 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19 CAN END 
UP ON CAMPUS. 
AND THEN IN 
TURN, THEY CAN 
THEN CONTACT 
THOSE STUDENTS 
OR STAFF WHO MAY 
HAVE COME INTO 
CONTACT WITH 
THEM OVER THE 
COURSE OF A DAY. 
NOW, THERE ARE A 
COUPLE OF 
CAVEATS HERE. 
THEY CAN ONLY 
TELL IF A 
STUDENT HAS BEEN 
IN A BUILDING, 
IF IT'S AT LEAST 
15 MINUTES OR 
LONGER. 
AND A STUDENT, 
AS THE STUDENT 
LEECHES THE 
CAMPUS, THE 
UNIVERSITY 
ESSENTIALLY 
LOSES ALL WAYS 
OF TRACKING 
THEIR 
WHEREABOUTS. 
AS FAR AS 
PRIVACY 
QUESTIONS, 
SEVERAL OF THOSE 
WERE RAISED. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
SAYS 
THISINFORMATION 
ABOUT STUDENT'S 
LOCATION, IS 
ONLY HELD FOR 30 
DAYS. 
ALSO, HE IS 
SAYING THAT THAT 
INFORMATION IS 
KEPT PRIVATE. 
OF COURSE, WE 
HAVE ALL SEEN 
EXAMPLES IN THE 
PAST OF 
POTENTIAL 
BREACHES. 
HOWEVER, HE DOES 
ASSURE ME THAT 
THIS BASICALLY 
BENEFITS FOR THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH, 
OUTWEIGHS THE 
PRIVACY CONCERN, 
AT LEAST AT THIS 
POINT THIS TIME. 
IT IS IN EFFECT 
RIGHT NOW. 
THEY HAVE YET TO 
DEPLOY IT IN A 
MASSIVE WAY, 
SIMPLY BECAUSE 
WHEN THAT 
SORORITY HOUSE 
CAME BACK WITH 
THOSE POSITIVE 
CASES, THEY KNEW 
EXACTLY WHERE 
THEY WERE I WERE 
LOOKING AND IN 
RETURN, SHUT 
THAT HOUSE DOWN, 
AT LEAST FOR THE 
TIME BEING. 
AS IT STANDS 
RIGHT NOW, 
CLASSES 
REMAINING ON 
SCHEDULE, IN 
PERSON, AND 
THEY'LL CONTINUE 
TO DO SO, AS 
LONG AS 
ADMINISTRATORS 
HERE FEEL LIKE 
IT'S RELATIVELY 
SAFE. 
ALISON? 
>>> 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. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
CONTINUE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE. 
THEY FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOTTA 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, BUT A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM, WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
HAVE TO BORROW 
FOR AND STRETCH. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
>>> TODAY CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COMING 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
SENIOR. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE? 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
THAT'S A TOUGH 
DECISION. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT THAT WE 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTION. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE SNMS WHAT 
IS YOUR CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
LEFT HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
AREN'T GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP. 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS, WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC. 
AND PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO, SADLY, 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL, AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENIA CAROL 
WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HENCH AND 
BE PROUD. 
>>> FORMER WHITE 
HOUSE STRATEGIST 
STEVE BANNON 
ARRESTED 
YESTERDAY ON A 
$128 MILLION 
YACHT THAT 
BELONGS TO A 
CHINESE 
BILLIONAIRE. 
THAT GOING AWAY 
IS A 
CONTROVERSIAL 
CARRIER WITH 
LEGAL ISSUES OF 
HIS OWN. 
KEN DELANNIAN 
JOINS ME NOW. 
WITH SOME OF THE 
FINER DETAILS 
HERE. 
KEN, MULTIPLE 
PEOPLE TELL NBC 
NEWS, FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS ARE 
LOOKING INTO A 
COMPANY LINKED 
TO BOTH BANNON 
AND THIS CHINESE 
BILLIONAIRE. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, THAT'S 
RIGHT. 
ALISON. 
IT'S A COMPANY 
CALLED GTV MEDIA 
GROUP. 
AND MY COLLEAGUE 
SAW INTREPID 
REPORTING. 
FOUND A POLICE 
REPORT IN 
WASHINGTON 
STATE, WHERE A 
VICTIM OF AN 
ALLEGED 
FINANCIAL FRAUD 
SCHEME 
ESSENTIALLY 
REPORTED THIS 
BILLIONAIRE TO 
THE LOCAL 
POLICE. 
AND THEY FOUND 
OUT THAT THE FBI 
APPARENTLY HAS A 
VERY LARGE 
INVESTIGATION 
THAT HAS BEEN 
GOING ON, AT 
LEAST A MONTH. 
THIS PERSON 
CLAIMS HE WAS 
DEFRAUDED OUT OF 
HALF A MILLION 
DOLLARS. 
AND IT INVOLVED 
A PRIVATE 
OFFERING, A $300 
MILLION OFFERING 
TATHIS COMPANY 
MADE THAT 
APPARENTLY THE 
SECURITIES AND 
EXCHANGE 
COMMISSION, FBI 
AND OTHERS ARE 
LOOKING INTO. 
IT'S A RATHER 
STRANGE BEHAVIOR 
FOR A 
BILLIONAIRE. 
YOU WOULDN'T 
THINK HE WOULD 
NEED TO DEFRAUD 
ANYBODY. 
HE HAS A 152-
FOOT SUPER 
YACHT. 
AS WE KNOW, HE 
WANTS TO 
REORIENT 
AMERICAN FOREIGN 
POLICY WITH A 
TOUGH LINE ON 
CHINA. 
AND GUO IS A 
CRUSADER AGAINST 
CORRUPTION. 
BUT HE'S GOT HIS 
OWN ISSUES BUT 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF CONTROVERSY 
AND MYSTERY 
SURROUNDING THIS 
MAN. 
>> WHAT ELSE DO 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
THEIR 
RELATIONSHIP 
ABOUT WHY BANNON 
WAS ON HIS 
YACHT? 
OR ARE THESE ALL 
STILL QUESTIONS 
THAT WE NEED 
ANSWERS TO? 
>> WELL, BANNON 
HAS SAID THEY 
DEVELOPED THE 
ISSUE WITH CHINA 
A FEW YEARS AGO. 
AND AS WE 
REPORTED THE 
STORY, WE FOUND 
A YOUTUBE VIDEO 
A COUPLE OF 
WEEKS AGO, WITH 
BANNON ON THE 
YACHT, WITH GUO, 
SMOKING CIGARS. 
IT WAS SOMETHING 
OUT OF A BOND 
MOVIE, 
LITERALLY, WITH 
THE LAVISH 
INTERIOR, 
DEANNOUNCING THE 
GOVERNMENT OF 
CHINA AND 
EXPLORING THE 
BENEFITS OF 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
FOR COVID-19. 
BUT GUO CLAIMS 
HE TURNED 
AGAINST THE 
GOVERNMENT IN 
1989, WHEN HE 
SAID HIS BROTHER 
WAS KILLED BY 
POLICE. 
BUT IT DOESN'T 
EXPLAIN HOW HE 
BECAME A 
BILLIONAIRE IN 
CHINESE 
INDUSTRY. 
YOU HAVE TO 
COOPERATE WITH 
THE GOVERNMENT. 
YOU'RE BUILDING 
BUILDINGS. 
HE'S HERE IN 
EXILE NOW. 
WANTED TO 
VARIOUS CHARGES 
BY THE CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT. 
YOU CAN'T LEND 
CREDENCE TO 
THAT, BECAUSE HE 
IS A DISSIDENT. 
WE FOUND A 
LAWSUIT WHERE A 
FORMER EMPLOYEE 
CLAIMS HE 
KIDNAPPED AND 
RAPED HER. 
KEPT HER 
HOSTAGE. 
HE ADAMANTLY 
DENIES THOSE 
ALLEGATIONS. 
>> WOW. 
THERE'S A WHOLE 
LOT THERE. 
KEN, LET'S TALK 
ABOUT BANNON FOR 
A MINUTE. 
HE PLEADED NOT 
GUILTY TO 
FEDERAL FRAUD 
CHARGES. 
HE'S OUT OF JAIL 
RIGHT NOW. 
WHAT IS NEXT IN 
THAT 
INVESTIGATION? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, FROM WHAT 
I CAN TELL, THIS 
IS A VERY 
STRONG, WHAT 
THEY CALL A 
PAPER CASE. 
THE DOCUMENTS 
SHOW WHERE THE 
MONEY WENT. 
AND THE 
GOVERNMENT IS 
ALLEGING THAT HE 
TOOK A MILLION 
DOLLARS OUT OF 
THIS CHARITY, 
AFTER THEY TOLD 
DONORS, THEY 
WEREN'T GOING TO 
TAKE ANYTHING. 
IT'S AS SIMPLE 
AS THAT. 
YOU ARE ALLOWED 
TO TAKE A 
SALARY. 
BUT YOU'RE JUST 
NOT ALLOWED TO 
LIE ABOUT IT. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
HE'S ACCUSED OF 
DOING. 
AND A LOT OF 
EXPERTS SAY, 
THIS IS A TOUGH 
CASE FOR BANNON. 
HE IS, OF 
COURSE, GOING TO 
FIGHT IT 
AGGRESSIVELY. 
ALISON? 
>> OKAY. 
KEN DILANNIAN. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
I DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT YOU. 
BUT THAT'S HOW I 
SPEND MY 
WEEKEND. 
SMOKING CIGARS, 
152-YARD YACHT. 
>> WITH A 
CHINESE 
BILLIONAIRE. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
WITH A SUNBURN, 
POLO SHIRT AND 
COLLAR UP. 
>> KEN DILANIAN, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
HAVE A TERRIFIC 
WEEKEND. 
>>> "FULL HOUSE" 
ACTRESS LORI 
LOUGHLIN WILL 
SPEND TWO MONTHS 
IN PRISON. 
THEY ARE CHARGED 
WITH PAYING HALF 
A BILLION 
DOLLARS TO 
GETTING THEIR 
DAUGHTERS INTO 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
JOE FRYER 
JOINING US NOW. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE SENTENCING 
TODAY. 
>> Reporter: 
BOTTOM LINE, 
ALISON. 
THIS IS WHAT WAS 
EXPECTED. 
THERE WAS A PLEA 
DEAL IN MAY. 
AND AS LONG AS 
THE JUDGE 
ACCEPTED THAT 
PLEA DEAL TODAY, 
WHICH HE DID, WE 
KNEW LORI 
LOUGHLIN WAS 
GOING TO GET TWO 
MONTHS IN 
PRISON. 
AFTER THAT, SHE 
IS SUPERVISED. 
SHE HAS TO PAY A 
FINE PLUS, 100 
HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE. 
WE KNOW HER AND 
HER HUSBAND ARE 
EXPECTED TO 
REPORT, 
SURRENDER TO 
PRISON SEPTEMBER 
19th. 
SO THEY'RE NOT 
GOING RIGHT 
AWAY. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHERE THEY'RE 
GOING TO GO YET. 
LIKELY AT 
DIFFERENT 
PRISONS. 
THEY'RE BOTH 
ASKING, 
REQUESTING FOR 
PRISONS THAT ARE 
IN CALIFORNIA, A 
COUPLE OF HOURS 
FROM LOS 
ANGELES. 
BUT WE'LL FIND 
OUT DOWN THE 
LINE IF THAT IS 
WHAT HAPPENS. 
BOTH HAD 
SEPARATE 
HEARINGS TODAY, 
APPEARING 
VIRTUALLY, 
BECAUSE OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
GIANNULLI'S 
HAPPENED THIRST 
FIRST. 
THEN LOUGHLIN. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
AGGRESSIVELY 
FIGHTING THIS 
UNTIL THAT PLEA 
AGREEMENT IN MAY 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR. 
IN ALL, MORE 
THAN 50 PEOPLE. 
IN FACT, AS OF 
TODAY, IT'S NOW 
56 PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN CHARGED IN 
THIS COLLEGE 
ADMISSION 
SCANDAL. 
MOST OF THEM ARE 
PARENTS. 
AND SO FAR, MOST 
OF THOSE PARENTS 
HAVE DECIDED TO 
PLEAD GUILTY, 
INCLUDING NOW, 
LOUGHLIN AND 
GIANNULLI, TWO 
OF THE HIGHEST-
PROFILE PEOPLE 
IN THIS ENTIRE 
CASE. 
ALISON? 
>> YOU SAID IT 
THERE, JOE. 
FOR A WHILE 
THERE, THEY HAD 
BEEN DENYING THE 
CHARGES. 
WHAT DID 
LOUGHLIN SAY IN 
FEDERAL COURT 
TODAY? 
WAS SHE 
REMORSEFUL? 
WHAT WAS SORT OF 
HER, HER, WHAT 
DID SHE HAVE DO 
SAY? 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH. 
SHE WAS 
REMORSEFUL. 
AND IT WAS 
INTERESTING. 
BECAUSE YOU 
MIGHT RECALL, 
FELICITY HUFFMAN 
LAST YEAR, SHE 
PLEADED GUILTY 
IN THIS CASE, 
SHE ENDED UP 
SERVING 11 DAYS 
AFTER SHE WAS 
SENTENCED TO 14 
DAYS IN PRISON. 
AND REALLY IN 
THE DAYS LEADING 
UP TO HER 
SENTENCING, WE 
HAD SEEN 
REMORSEFUL 
LETTERS; IT WAS 
A VERY DIFFERENT 
STORY WITH LORI 
LOUGHLIN AND HER 
HUSBAND. 
WE HADN'T SEEN 
ANY STATEMENTS 
LIKE THAT. 
NO LETTERS TO 
THE COURT. 
BUT FINALLY 
TODAY, WHEN THEY 
HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SPEAK TO THE 
JUDGE, THEY WERE 
DEFINITELY 
REMORSEFUL. 
WE CAN TELL YOU 
LORI LOUGHLIN 
FOUGHT BACK 
TEARS, SAID SHE 
HELPED 
EXACERBATE 
INEQUALITIES IN 
SOCIETY. 
SHE SAID SHE 
MADE AN AWFUL 
DECISION. 
SHE IGNORED HER 
INTUITION AND 
ALLOWED TO BE 
SWAYED BY HER 
MORAL COMPASS. 
HER ATTORNEYS 
VOLUNTEERING. 
AS HER HER 
HUSBAND, 
GIANNULLI, HE 
MADE A SHORTER 
STATEMENT, BUT 
DID SAY HE TOOK 
RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR HIS CONDUCT. 
HE WAS READY TO 
ACCEPT THE 
CONSEQUENCES, 
MOVE FORWARD. 
AND THAT HE HAD 
LEARNED LESSONS 
FROM THIS 
EXPERIENCE. 
NOW, HE GOT THE 
TOUGHER SENTENCE 
IN THIS CASE. 
HE GOT FIVE 
YEARS IN PRISON, 
A $250,000 FINE 
AND 200 HOURS OF 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE. 
WHY IS THAT? 
WELL, 
PROSECUTORS 
BASICALLY SAY 
THAT HE WAS A 
MORE ACTIVE 
PARTICIPANT IN 
THIS SCHEME. 
THEY OUTLINED 
HOW AT ONE 
POINT, HE 
AGGRESSIVELY 
CONFRONTED A 
HIGH SCHOOL 
COUNSELOR WHO 
WAS SORT OF 
QUESTIONING 
THESE GIRLS 
CREDENTIALS. 
THEY SAY LORI 
LOUGHLIN WAS A 
PARTICIPANT, BUT 
SHE HAD A LESS 
ACTIVE ROLE. 
HER ATTORNEY 
SORT OF SAID 
TODAY, SHE HAD A 
MORE PASSIVE 
ROLE IN THIS 
CASE. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
JOE FRYER. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE NOT 
BACKING DOWN 
FROM ITS DATA 
CONCERNS WITH 
TIKTOK. 
A SENIOR WHITE 
HOUSE OFFICIAL 
TELLING NBC 
NEWS, THESE APPS 
COLLECT 
SIGNIFICANT 
AMOUNTS OF 
PRIVATE DATA ON 
USERS AND SUCH 
INFORMATION CAN 
BE ACCESSED AND 
USED BY THE PRC, 
PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA, AND THAT 
THE CCP, THE 
CHINA COMMUNIST 
PARTY AT ITS OWN 
DISCRETION. 
THIS PRESENTS AN 
UNACCEPTABLE 
THREAT TO THE 
SECURITY OF OUR 
NATION AND ITS 
CITIZENS. 
EARLY THIS WEEK, 
NBC BUSINESS AND 
TECH 
CORRESPONDENT, 
JO LING KENT SAT 
DOWN WITH 
TIKTOK'S 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THERE IS 
INCREDIBLE 
EVIDENCE THAT 
SAYS YOUR PARENT 
COMPANY, CHINESE 
COMPANY, IS A 
THREAT TO 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY IN THE 
U.S. WHAT IS 
YOUR RESPONSE TO 
THAT? 
>> SO NO. 
WE'RE NOT A 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY THREAT. 
AND WE'VE SAID 
THAT TIME AND 
AGAIN. 
WE HAVE VERY 
STRICT DATA 
ACCESS AND 
CONTROLS. 
WE HAVE OUR 
SECURITY TEAM IN 
THE U.S., WHICH 
IS WORLD CLASS. 
>> TIKTOK HAS 
ALSO SAID THAT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
INVOLVEMENT IN 
THIS CURRENT 
DEAL, THAT YOU 
GUYS ARE 
NEGOTIATING, 
WITH MICROSOFT 
AND POSSIBLY 
OTHER U.S. 
COMPANIES, SETS 
A, QUOTE, 
DANGEROUS 
PRECEDENT FOR 
THE CONCEPT OF 
FREE EXCEPTION 
AND OPEN MARKET. 
I WANTED TO ASK 
YOU, WHY DID YOU 
GUYS SAY THAT? 
>> THAT'S A 
GREAT QUESTION. 
WHAT WE SEE AND 
WHAT WE BELIEVE 
IN IS AN OPEN 
MARKET. 
AND WHAT WE SEE 
IS POSITIVE FOR 
THE THE AMERICAN 
CONSUMERS TO 
HAVE COMPETITION 
OUT THERE. 
I THINK IT'S 
BEEN 10 YEARS 
SINCE WE'VE SEEN 
A CREDIBLE 
COMPETITOR OUT 
THERE. 
THIS IS A GOOD 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SEE A NEWCOMER 
IN THIS SPACE. 
>> WHERE EXACTLY 
IS TIKTOK DATA 
STORED FOR A 
U.S. USER, A 
TEENAGER. 
>> YES. 
GREAT QUESTION. 
WE STORE U.S. 
DATA IN OUR DATA 
WARE HOUSES IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
WE HAVE BACKUP 
DATA STORAGE IN 
SINGAPORE. 
AND REALLY 
STRICT DATA 
ACCESS AND 
CONTROLS AROUND 
THAT. 
SO WE HAVE A 
SECURITY TEAM 
BASED HERE IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> IF TIKTOK 
SELLS TO 
MICROSOFT OR 
ANOTHER U.S. 
COMPANY, DOES 
THE ALGORITHM GO 
WITH TIKTOK? 
SO THAT ALL THE 
USERS CAN REMAIN 
HAPPY AND 
CONFIDENT THAT 
TIKTOK WILL BE 
THE SAME? 
>> WE DEFINITELY 
ARE COMMITTED TO 
PROVIDING THE 
EXACT SAME 
EXPERIENCE TO 
OUR USERS TODAY 
IN WHATEVER 
SCENARIO UNFOLDS 
IN THE FUTURE. 
>> WHAT IF 
MICROSOFT WANTS 
THAT TO CHANGE? 
IS THAT A DEAL 
BREAKER FOR YOU 
GUYS? 
>> WELL, YES. 
BECAUSE WE ARE 
REALLY LOOKING 
AT PROVIDING OUR 
USERS WITH THE 
SAME EXPERIENCE. 
AND SO OBVIOUSLY 
I CAN'T TALK 
ABOUT ANY OF THE 
DEALS OR ANY OF 
THE KIND OF 
SPECULATION THAT 
IS OUT THERE. 
BUT CERTAINLY WE 
ARE COMMITTED TO 
PROVIDING THE 
SAME EXPERIENCE 
FOR OUR USERS 
NOW AND INTO THE 
FUTURE. 
>> I MEAN, 
PEOPLE ARE 
CRITICIZING FOR 
NOT DOING WHAT 
THEY WANTED TO 
DO OR MAYBE 
BEING NEFARIOUS. 
HOW DO YOU 
RESPOND TO THE 
CRITICISM? 
>> A COUPLE OF 
THINGS. 
ONE, OUR 
ALGORITHM IS A 
SYSTEM THAT IS 
THE MORE YOU 
ENGAGE WITH 
CONTENT THAT 
YOU'RE SEEING, 
THE MORE YOU'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
CONTENT YOU 
LIKE. 
>> IS IT A 
LITTLE 
UNFOUNDED? 
>> YES. 
>> WHY IS THAT? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
I WILL ALSO SAY 
THAT WE ARE THE 
MOST TRANSPARENT 
SOCIAL MEDIA 
COMPANY OUT 
THERE. 
I DON'T THINK 
THERE'S ANY 
OTHER SOCIAL 
MEDIA COMPANY 
THAT HAS TAKEN 
THESE STEPS IN 
PROVIDING ACCESS 
TO THE ACTUAL 
SOURCE CODE. 
>> THE FACT IS, 
YOU'RE PART OF A 
CHINESE COMPANY. 
SO WOULD THE 
CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT BE 
ABLE TO COME IN 
AND TAKE THE 
USER DATA OF 
TIKTOK USERS 
HERE IN THE 
U.S.? 
>> WE HAVE VERY 
STRICT DATA 
ACCESS AND 
CONTROLS IN 
PLACE. 
WE ARE OPERATING 
LIKE MANY OTHER 
BIG-TECH 
COMPANIES WHO 
ALSO HAVE 
ENGINEERS BASED 
IN CHINA. 
AND WE HAVE A 
COMMITMENT TO 
OUR USERS, IN 
TERMS OF SAFE-
GUIDING THAT 
EXPERIENCE AND 
SAFEGUARDING 
THAT DATA. 
IT'S SOMETHING 
WE INVEST 
HEAVILY IN. 
THE CIA, AS LATE 
AS LAST WEEK 
SAID IN THEIR 
INTELLIGENCE 
REPORTS THAT 
THEY DO NOT SEE 
A NATIONAL 
SECURITY THREAT. 
THEY HAVEN'T 
SEEN ACCESS FROM 
THE CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT. 
WE ALSO SAW THE 
SAME FROM THE 
AUSTRALIAN 
GOVERNMENT, IN 
THEIR MOST 
RECENT RESEARCH, 
WHICH ALSO SAID 
WE WEREN'T A 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY HAVE A 
TON OF POWER AND 
SO ARE YOU 
SAYING THAT IT 
IS NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN? 
>> WE HAVE SAID 
ON THE RECORD 
AND I'LL 
RESTATES IT 
HERE, WE WOULD 
NOT AND DO NOT 
PROVIDE DATA TO 
THE CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT. 
>> HEY. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
"NBC NEWS NOW." 
WE HAVE FINALLY 
MADE IT TO 
FRIDAY. 
LET'S HEAD TO 
SUZANNE ZA. 
SHE HAS THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM NBC 
NEWS.COM. 
YOU SAID YOU 
DIDN'T GET IN TO 
"TIGER KING" BUT 
YOU GOT YOUR 
ANIMAL PRINT ON 
THERE. 
I DON'T KNOW. 
>> I LOVE HOW WE 
KEEP THINGS 
GOING FROM DAY-
TO-DAY. 
WHEN I GET YOU 
ON TIKTOK DANCES 
AND YOU KNOW, 
RIGHT? 
I LIKE LEOPARD 
PRINT. 
SOUNDS LIKE A 
GOOD FRIDAY 
MOVE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
LET'S GET 
STARTED WITH 
SOME MAJOR NEWS 
OUT OF 
SACRAMENTO. 
TODAY JOSEPH 
DEANGELO, BETTER 
KNOWN AS THE 
GOLDEN STATE 
KILLER WAS 
SENTENCED TO 
LIFE IN PRISON 
WITHOUT THE 
POSSIBILITY OF 
PAROLE. 
HE PLEADED 
GUILTY TO A 
SERIES OF RAPES 
AND MURDERS 
STEMMING BACK TO 
THE '70S AND 
'80s. 
THEY REMAINED 
UNSOLVED UNTIL 
2018 WHEN NEW 
DNA EVIDENCE 
HELPED POLICE 
FINALLY IDENTIFY 
HIM. 
THIS WEEK 
VICTIMS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES 
ADDRESSED THEIR 
ATTACKER FACE-TO-
FACE. 
>> YOU NO LONGER 
LIVE IN THE 
SHADOWS. 
WE KNOW WHO YOU 
ARE. 
YOU LURKED IN 
THE DARK SO YOU 
COULD PREY ON 
INNOCENT 
VICTIMS. 
NOW, YOU CAN 
LOOK OVER YOUR 
SHOULDER THE 
REST OF YOUR 
LIFE. 
>> MOVING ONTO 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
TODAY THE WORLD 
HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION 
WARNED THAT 
WHILE A VACCINE 
WILL HELP 
COUNTRIES COMBAT 
COVID-19, IT 
WON'T 
NECESSARILY STOP 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>> THE VACCINE 
WILL BE A VITAL 
TOOL AND WE HOPE 
WE'LL HAVE ONE 
AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE, BUT 
THERE IS NO 
GUARANTEE THAT 
WE WILL AND 
EVENIVE WE DO 
HAVE A VACCINE, 
IT WOULDN'T END 
THE PANDEMIC ON 
ITS OWN. 
>> THE 
ORGANIZATION 
ALSO 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
THAT WHILE 
LOCKDOWNS ARE 
NOT A LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION, PEOPLE 
MIGHT HAVE TO 
MAKE PERMANENT 
SOLUTIONS DURING 
THEIR DAILY 
LIVES TO HELP 
STOP THE SPREAD 
OF THE VIRUS. 
>> HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
ACRES ON FIRE 
CURRENTLY 
DOUBLED IN SIZE 
IN ONE DAY AND 
IT IS STILL 
BARELY 
CONTAINED. 
AT LEAST FIVE 
PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED. 
DURING THE 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION LAST 
NIGHT, 
CALIFORNIA 
GOVERNOR HAS 
STARK WARNING. 
>> CLI MOOT 
CHANGE IS REAL. 
IF YOU'RE IN 
DENIAL ABOUT CHI 
MAT CHANGE, COME 
TO CALIFORNIA. 
>>> NOW, A 
DISTURBING STORY 
FROM FORT HOOD 
TEXAS, ANOTHER 
SOLDIER HAS GONE 
MISSING. 
THE FAMILY TOLD 
POLICE HE WAS 
LAST SEEN MONDAY 
WHEN HIS STAFF 
SERGEANT DROPPED 
HIM OFF AT HOME 
AFTER HAVING 
BEEN IN THE 
HOSPITAL FOR A 
FEW DAYS FOR 
UNKNOWN REASONS. 
FORT HOOD. 
THEY ARE ASKING 
FOR THE PUBLIC'S 
HELP FOR THE 
SEARCH FOR HIM. 
>> A NEW 
TROPICAL STORM 
IS MOVING ACROSS 
THE CARIBBEAN 
AND IT LOOKS 
LIKE SOUTH 
FLORIDA IS RIGHT 
IN ITS PATH. 
TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA 
STRENGTHENED 
FROM A 
DEPRESSION TODAY 
AND HAS 
CONTINUED 
GROWING. 
A LOCAL STATE OF 
EMERGENCY HAS 
BEEN DECLARED IN 
THE FLORIDA KEYS 
AHEAD OF THE 
STORM. 
I'LL BE BACK 
WITH YOU SOON. 
>>> SEE YOU IN 
ABOUT AN HOUR. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> I VOTED BY 
MAIL FOR A 
NUMBER OF YEARS. 
[ INAUDIBLE. 
] 
>> NBC NEWS 
CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINING ME NOW. 
LEANN, THERE WAS 
A LOT GOING ON 
THIS MORNING. 
PRETTY LONG 
TESTIMONY. 
WHAT ELSE DID 
DeJoy SAY? 
>> IT SURE WAS. 
IT WAS QUITE 
INTERESTING. 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT LAWMAKER 
ESPECIALLY 
DEMOCRATS WANTED 
TO GET ANSWERS 
TO WAS THE 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE IN 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE 
INCLUDING IN THE 
GOVERNING BOARD 
THAT WORKS WITH 
DeJoy. 
A FORMER MEMBER 
OF THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNOR 
TESTIFIED ON THE 
GROUP OF HOUSE 
MEMBERS 
YESTERDAY, IT 
WASN'T A FORMAL 
COMMITTEE BUT HE 
SAID THERE WAS 
BLITZIZATION ON 
THE BOARD AND 
THAT STEVE 
MNUCHIN WAS 
EXTREMELY 
INVOLVED IN THE 
DECISION-MAKING 
PROCESS OF THE 
PORT OF 
GOVERNORS. 
THEY ASKED DeJoy 
AND HERE IS WHAT 
HE HAD TO SAY. 
>> DID YOU 
DISCUSS THOSE 
CHANGES OR 
POTENTIAL IMPACT 
ON THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION WITH 
THE PRESIDENT OR 
ANYONE AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE? 
YOU'RE UNDER 
OATH. 
>> I HAVE NEVER 
SPOKEN TO THE 
PRESIDENT ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WHEN 
CONGRATULATING 
ME IN THE 
POSITION. 
>> DID YOU 
DISCUSS THESE 
CHANGES OR THEIR 
IMPACT ON THE 
ELECTION WITH 
ANY TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
OFFICIALS? 
>> NO, SIR. 
THESE CHANGES IN 
OUR TOTAL 
ANALYSIS HERE, 
I'M ONE NEW 
PERSON IN THE 
ORGANIZATION 
WITH THE WHOLE 
STRUCTURE AROUND 
ME, OPERATING 
STRUCTURE, 
EXECUTIVE TEAM 
AROUND ME 
INVOLVED IN 
THESE DECISIONS. 
>> NOW, THE 
PRESIDENT DOES 
NOT A POINT THE 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS AND 
THE BOARD OF -- 
THE PRESIDENT 
DOES NOT A POINT 
DeJoy BUT THE 
BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS DOES 
AND ANOTHER 
THING THAT WAS 
BROUGHT UP, 
DeJoy MADE THE 
POINT THAT THE 
CHANGES HE WAS 
TRYING TO MAKE 
WAS AN ATTEMPT 
TO GET THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
ON FISCAL 
GROUND. 
NOW, I WANT TO 
BACK UP JUST A 
MINUTE BECAUSE 
THE REASON THIS 
IS SUCH A 
POLITICAL ISSUE 
RIGHT NOW. 
MONTHS AGO, THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
HE WAS NOT 
SUPPORTIVE OF 
ADDITIONAL 
FUNDING FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
I WAS BEING TOLD 
THREE MONTHS AGO 
BY HOUSE 
LAWMAKERS WHO 
PREDICTED THAT 
POSTAL SERVICE 
FUNDING WAS 
GOING TO BE A 
MAJOR FIGHT OF 
THE SUMMER 
ESPECIALLY IN A 
PANDEMIC AND 
ESPECIALLY AS 
THE ELECTIONS 
WERE COMING UP 
AND THEN THIS 
ALL BECAME BLOWN 
OUT OF 
PROPORTION AS 
WELL BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT SAID A 
COUPLE WEEKS AGO 
THE REASON HE 
DOES NOT WANT IT 
FOR THE POSTAL 
SERVICE BECAUSE 
THAT WOULD 
GUARANTEE MAIL-
IN BALLOTS WOULD 
BE DELIVERND AND 
COUNTED, SO PART 
OF THE REASON 
THIS ENTIRE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
STORY IS SO 
POLITICAL AT 
THIS POINT IS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
PUBLIC 
STATEMENTS THAT 
CREATED A LOT OF 
SKEP SIVE 
ESPECIALLY OF 
DEMOCRATS HERE 
ALLISON. 
>> YES, LEANN, 
NOW THAT WE HAVE 
HEARD FROM 
DeJoy, HOW ARE 
LAWMAKERS 
REACTING? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING ABOUT THE 
FIRST ROUND OF 
TESTIMONY? 
>> IT IS 
POLITICAL AND 
PARTISAN AS 
WELL. 
LIKE I SAID, 
VERY SKEPTICAL 
OF WHAT DeJoy 
SAID AND 
REPUBLICANS, YOU 
KNOW, THE CHAIR 
OF THE COMMITTEE 
RON JOHNSON, OF 
WISCONSIN, HIS 
OPENING 
STATEMENT 
DEFENDED DeJoy 
SAYING THAT HE 
WAS A VICTIM OF 
CHARACTER 
ASSASSINATION 
AND THAT'S ALL 
HE WAS TRYING TO 
DO WAS SAVE THE 
POST OFFICE 
MONEY, BUT THIS 
IS JUST PART 
ONE. 
ON MONDAY, THE 
HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
COMMITTEE IS 
GOING TO HEAR 
FROM DeJoy AS 
WELL. 
THAT BODY 
CHAMBER IS 
CONTROLLED BY 
DEMOCRATS SO IT 
IS EXPECTED TO 
BE MORE A LOT 
MORE FIERY AND 
WE KNOW THEY 
WERE WATCHING 
TODAY'S HEARING 
AND WILL FOLLOW-
UP ON UNANSWERED 
QUESTIONS THEY 
HAD FOR HIM 
TODAY, ALLISON. 
>>> ONE OF THE 
BIG ISSUES THAT 
THE DEMOCRATS 
WANT HIM TO 
REVERSE THOSE 
CHANGES HE MADE. 
ANYTHING THAT 
WILL HAPPEN? 
>> THAT WILL 
DEPEND ON WHAT 
THE SPECIFIC 
ISSUE IS. 
HE SAID HE NEVER 
TOOK OVER TIME 
FROM EMPLOYEES 
ON THE REMOVAL 
OF SOME OF THESE 
POST OFFICE 
BOXES. 
HE SAID THAT HE 
DIDN'T KNOW 
ABOUT IT UNTIL 
EVERY ONE ELSE 
DID, UNTIL IT 
WAS IN THE 
MEDIA. 
IT WAS SOMETHING 
THAT HE DIDN'T 
KNOW WAS 
HAPPENING AND 
HERE IS ANOTHER 
THING OF WHAT 
DeJoy SAID WHEN 
ASKED BY THE TOP 
DEMOCRAT ON THE 
COMMITTEE GARY 
PETERS. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LISTEN. 
>>> WE HEARD 
ABOUT THIS 
ORDER, WILL YOU 
BE BRINGING BACK 
ANY MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES? 
>> THERE IS NO 
INTENTION TO DO 
THAT. 
THEY ARE NOT 
NEEDED, SIR. 
>> YOU'LL NOT 
BRING BACK ANY 
PROCESSORS. 
>> THEY ARE NOT 
NEEDED, SIR. 
>> SO THERE IS 
THAT ANSWER. 
HE SAYS HE IS 
NOT GOING TO 
BRING BACK THOSE 
MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES WHICH 
IS NOT THE 
ANSWER THAT 
DEMOCRATS 
WANTED, SO THIS 
IS GOING TO BE 
AN ON GOING 
DISCUSSION AND 
WE'LL HEAR A LOT 
MORE ON MONDAY, 
ALLISON. 
>> WHO KNEW WE 
WOULD BE TALKING 
THIS MUCH ABOUT 
THE POST OFFICE? 
LEANN, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
SIX STATES PLUS 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
FILED A LAWSUIT 
AGAINST THE U.S. 
POSTAL SERVICE 
SAYING POSSIBLE 
CUTBACKS IN 
SERVICE VIOLATES 
FEDERAL LAW AND 
THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
NBC NEWS CORE 
FOR DENT PETE 
WILLIAM JOINTS 
ME NOW. 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
KNOW ABOUT THE 
SUIT? 
>> THIS BRINGS 
TO 20 AND PLUS 
THE NUMBER OF 
STATES SUING THE 
POST OFFICE AND 
TWO OF THESE 
MAJOR LAWSUITS 
PROBABLY MORE 
YET TO COME. 
THIS LATEST ONE 
FILED BY SIX 
STATES LED BY 
PENNSYLVANIA AS 
THESE OTHER 
LAWSUITS HAVE A 
STATUTORY CLAIM, 
THEY SAY THIS 
PLAN VIOLATES 
THE FEDERAL LAW 
THAT SAYS THAT 
THE POST OFFICE 
CAN'T DO 
ANYTHING TO 
DETER THE 
COLLECTION AND 
DISTRIBUTION OF 
MAIL NATIONWIDE. 
AND SECONDLY, 
THEY SAY IT 
WOULD VIOLATE 
THE 
CONSTITUTION'S 
PROVISION THAT 
SAYS YOU CAN'T 
INTERFERE WITH 
THE VOTE BASED 
ON AGE AND THEY 
SAY THAT BECAUSE 
MOSTLY OLDER 
AMERICANS OR 
MANY OLDER 
AMERICANS WILL 
BE VOTING BY 
MAIL INSTEAD OF 
GOING TO THE 
POLLS THAT WOULD 
CONSTITUTE THAT 
KIND OF 
DISCRIMINATION. 
NOW THE OTHER 
LAWSUITS MADE 
SIMILAR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
CLAIMS. 
THEY SAY THERE 
IS A PROVISION 
IN THE CODE THE 
LAW GOVERNING 
THE SERVICE THAT 
ANY CHANGES 
ABOUT MAIL 
DELIVERY HAVE TO 
BE APPROVE ID BY 
THE REGULATORY 
RATE COMMISSION. 
AND WE'LL HAVE 
TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS NOW TO 
THESE LAWSUITS 
SINCE HE SAYS HE 
WILL NOT CHANGE 
ANYTHING AND 
THAT THEY WILL 
DELIVER ALL THE 
BALLOTS. 
I'M SURE THEY 
WILL ARGUE THAT 
THESE LAWSUITS 
ARE NOW MOOT, 
THAT NONE OF 
THESE CHANGES 
THAT THE STATE 
FEARED ARE GOING 
TO COME TO PASS 
AND THE LAWSUITS 
ARE NOT 
NECESSARY. 
THE STATES 
HAVING 
ANTICIPATED THIS 
ARE SAYING THEY 
WILL PRESS THEIR 
CLAIMS JUST TO 
MAKE SURE. 
>> PETE, YOU 
SAID NO OFFICIAL 
RESPONSES FROM 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENTMENT 
ANYTHING FROM 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE? 
>> THEY SET UP 
THEIR OWN 
WEBSITE, A NEW 
ONE TO TELL 
VOTERS HOW THE 
SYSTEM SHOULD 
WORK. 
YOU KNOW, I 
THINK YOU CAN 
ARGUE WHETHER 
THESE LAWSUITS 
WERE BASICALLY 
LARGELY 
POLITICAL OR 
LEGAL TRYING TO 
KEEP THE 
PRESSURE ON THE 
POSTAL SERVICE. 
THEY CERTAINLY 
HAVE THE AFFECT 
OF DOING THAT. 
BUT THEY ALSO I 
THINK ALL THIS 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT THE HUGE 
NUMBER OF MAIL-
IN BALLOTS, THE 
FACT THE POST 
OFFICE MAY OR 
MAY NOT BOW UP 
TO THE TASK AS 
TO HOW MUCH IT 
SAYS IT WANTS TO 
DO IT RIGHT HAS 
CAUSED SOME 
STATES 
REEXAMINED HOW 
IT IS THAT MAIL-
IN BALLOTS ARE 
DELIVERED. 
YOU HAVE TO PUT 
THEM IN THE MAIL 
IN SOME STATES 
AND SOME YOU CAN 
TAKE THEM TO A 
DROP BOX FOR 
MAIL-IN BALLOT, 
AND MANY STATES 
THAT HAVE THAT 
ARE SAYING MAYBE 
WE SHOULD DO A 
LOT MORE OF 
THAT. 
>> RIGHT. 
PETE WILLIAMS, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND. 
>> YOU, TOO. 
>> NEW QUESTIONS 
ABOUT STEVE 
MNUCHIN'S ROLE 
IN DeJoy'S 
APPOINTMENT. 
IN WEEKS BEFORE 
HE GOT THE JOB, 
HE MET WITH THE 
PEOPLE THERE AND 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS ME NOW. 
BIG QUESTIONS 
ABOUT CONFLICT 
OF INTEREST 
HERE. 
WHAT ELSE DO YOU 
KNOW ABOUT THE 
ROLE THAT STEVE 
MNUCHIN PLAYED 
IN THE HIRING? 
>> WE CONFIRMED 
THESE MEETINGS 
BETWEEN STEVE 
MNUCHIN AND 
OVERWHELM THE 
MEMBERS ON THE 
BOARD TOOK THAT 
PLACE UP TO THE 
APPOINTMENT. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
SPECIFICALLY 
WHAT HAPPENED IN 
THEM OTHER THAN 
THE SOURCES I 
TALKED TO THAT 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
WAS ADAMANT THE 
GOVERNOR'S MOVE 
ON APPOINTING A 
NEW POSTMASTER 
GENERAL AND 
WANTED TO BE 
KEPT APPRISED OF 
ANY DECISION. 
SINCE THESE 
MEETINGS WERE 
PRIVATE, THERE 
WAS NOT THE SUN 
SHINE ACT SO 
THAT SUCH 
INTERACTIONS 
BETWEEN THE 
EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
AND FEDERAL 
AGENCIES WOULD 
BE TRANSPARENT 
AND OPEN TO THE 
PUBLIC. 
WAS THIS PART OF 
THE BROADER 
AGENDA BEING 
CARED OUT SINCE 
TRUMP CAME INTO 
OFFICE TARGETING 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE WITH THE 
TAX FORCE IN 
2018 TO STUDY 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE PUT 
UNDER STEVE 
MNUCHIN'S 
CONTROL. 
AFTER THATHE 
OBJECTED TO 
MONEY GOING 
WITHOUT STRINGS. 
SO THEY 
CONVERTED IT 
FROM A GRANT TO 
A LOAN AND STEVE 
MNUCHIN HAD THAT 
MADE AND THEN IT 
CAME IN AFTER 
AND THE TERM 
BASICALLY 
ALLOWED TREASURY 
TO LOOK UNDER 
THE HOOD OF THE 
PROPRIETARY 
CONTRACTS. 
THAT REALLY 
RAISED QUESTIONS 
AMONG ETHICS 
WATCH DOGS ABOUT 
THE INDEPENDENCE 
OF THIS AGENCY 
WHICH UNLIKE 
MANY WHICH ARE 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
INDEPENDENT IS 
VIEWED AS 
ULTRAINDEPENDENT 
BECAUSE IT HAS 
ITS OWN REVENUE 
STREAM SEPARATE 
AND ITS OWN 
BOARD, IT IS 
SUPPOSED TO 
OPERATE AS A 
BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES. 
HESTFIDE 
YESTERDAY THAT 
EVEN BEFORE 
THESE GOVERNORS 
CAME IN THEY HAD 
TO GO OVER TO 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
AND IN HIS WORDS 
KISS THE RING. 
>>> HEIDI, HOW 
ABOUT THESE MORE 
RECENT CHANGES 
AT THE POST 
OFFICE, ISSUES 
AND QUESTIONS 
ABOUT BOXES AND 
SORTING 
MACHINES? 
I KNOW THAT THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL WAS 
ASKED ABOUT THAT 
TODAY AND ABOUT 
STEVE MNUCHIN'S 
INVOLVEMENT. 
WHAT DID THEY 
SAY THERE? 
>> SO AS 
PREVIOUSLY SAID, 
THE BOXES DeJoy 
IS SAYING HE HAD 
NO KNOWLEDGE OF 
THAT, HOWEVER, 
DAVE WILLIAMS 
SAID IT WAS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
WAS EVER A PLAN 
FOR THE POSTAL 
SERVICE BOARD 
BUT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
WANTED DONE. 
SECONDLY, DAVE 
WILLIAMS TOLD US 
WITH THE DE 
COMMISSIONING OF 
THE MAIL SORTING 
MACHINES WHICH 
CAN BE DRAWN A 
DIRECT LINK 
BETWEEN THAT AND 
DELAYS WE HAVE 
SEEN, THAT THE 
DE COMMISSIONING 
IS REALLY NOT A 
COST SAVING 
MEASURE WHICH A 
LOT OF THE FOLKS 
WHO WERE 
LISTENING TO THE 
TESTIMONY FOUND 
SHOCKING BECAUSE 
THE ENTIRE 
PREMISE FOR 
THESE CHANGES IS 
THAT IT IS GOING 
TO SAVE 
TAXPAYERS MONEY. 
WHAT DAVE 
WILLIAMS SAID 
AND HE KNOWS 
POSTAL BETTER 
THAN ALMOST 
ANYONE, THE DE 
COMMISSIONING 
COSTS THE 
TAXPAYERS MONEY 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
ALREADY THERE. 
TAKING IT OUT OF 
SERVICE MAKES 
THINGS LESS 
EFFICIENT. 
>>> ANY OFFICIAL 
RESPONSE FROM 
THE POST OFFICE, 
ITS BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, THE 
TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SAYING ABOUT THE 
MEETINGS ABOUT 
WHAT NBC IS 
REPORTING? 
>> THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT DID 
NOT DIRECTLY DE 
NIGH THAT THESE 
MEETINGS WERE 
TAKING PLACE. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS FOR A DAY 
OR SO AND THEN 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING 
I DID ASK THE 
BOARD TO KEEP ME 
APPRISED OF 
THESE MEETINGS 
BUT THAT HE HAD 
NO DIRECT ROLE 
IN RECRUITING 
DeJoy AND DIDN'T 
ADVOCATE FOR 
HIM, BUT THERE 
ARE STILL A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS 
ABOUT HOW HE GOT 
THE JOB GIVEN 
THAT THIS SEARCH 
FIRM WAS 
OBTAINED TO 
CONDUCT A 
NATIONWIDE 
SEARCH AND THAT 
END OF THE DAY 
IT WAS A TRUMP 
MAJOR MEGADONOR 
TO TRUMP WITH NO 
EXPERIENCE IN 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE SO THERE 
ARE QUESTIONS 
ABOUT HOW DeJoy 
ENDED UP IN THAT 
POSITION. 
WE WERE TOLD 
YESTERDAY THERE 
WAS SOME 
ADVOCACY THERE 
BY THE BOARD 
MEMBERS AND 
THERE ARE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
CONFLICT OF 
INTEREST AND 
THEY WERE 
PUSHING DeJoy AS 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL AND 
THOUGHTS THIS 
RECRUITING FIRM 
THAT WAS 
OBTAINED 
>> WOW! 
REALLY 
UNBELIEVABLE 
STUFF THERE. 
HEIDI, THANK YOU 
FOR COMING ONTO 
SHARE YOUR 
REPORTING. 
I APPRECIATE IT. 
>> 
>> JOE BIDEN 
GETTING PRAISE 
FOR HIS 
PASSIONATE 
ACCEPTANCE SPACE 
AT THE 
CONVENTION LAST 
NIGHT, BUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WAS NOT 
IMPRESSED. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
GRIMLY DECLARED 
A SEASON OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS AND YET 
LOOK AT WHAT WE 
HAVE 
ACCOMPLISHND 
UNTIL THE PLAGUE 
CAME AND LOOK AT 
WHAT WE HAVE 
ACCOMPLISHND AND 
NOW WE'RE DOING 
IT AGAIN. 
WHERE JOE BIDEN 
SEES AMERICAN 
DARKNESS, I SEE 
AMERICAN 
GREATNESS. 
>>> AND NBC 
CORRESPONDENT 
MIKE JOINS ME 
NOW. 
>> IT IS SO 
INTERESTING TO 
SEE THE REACTION 
TO THIS LAST 
NIGHT. 
THINK ABOUT ALL 
THE 
EXPECTATIONS. 
WHAT WERE WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
YESTERDAY. 
HE IS SO USED TO 
SPEAKING IN 
FRONT OF BIG 
CROWDS. 
HUGE AUDIENCES. 
HE FEEDS OFF 
THAT REACTION 
AND HE 
DELIVERED. 
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, 
EVEN BY CRITICS 
PRAISING THE 
SPEECH SAYING HE 
KNOCKED IT OUT 
OF THE PARK. 
WHAT THEY SAY IS 
THAT THEY WILL 
ACKNOWLEDGE HE 
IS NOT ALWAYS AT 
THE TOP OF HIS 
GAME, BUT HE 
KNOWS SOMETHING 
IS ON THE LINE, 
HE HAS AT BUILT 
TO DELIVER. 
PART OF WHAT WE 
TALKED ABOUT 
HEADING IN 
TONIGHT SPEECHES 
WORTH NOTING. 
IT WAS WRITTEN 
WELL IN ADVANCE, 
OBVIOUSLY, I 
SUSPECT THERE 
WERE SOME LATE 
CHANGES AS THERE 
ALWAYS ARE BUT 
HE HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
DELIVER THIS AND 
THE RELATIVE 
SILENCE WE'RE 
HEARING FROM 
REPUBLICANS. 
WE EXPECTED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
WEIGH IN MUCH AS 
HE DID, BUT 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
ARE QUICK TO 
SEIZE MOSTLY 
SILENT AND I 
THINK THAT TELLS 
YOU EVERYTHING 
ABOUT WHAT THEY 
SORT OF SET UP 
IN TERMS OF 
LOWERING THE BAR 
FOR BIDEN'S 
SPEECH AND WHAT 
THEY ENDED UP 
SEEING. 
>> MIKE, LET'S 
HAVE MORE ABOUT 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN. 
WHAT ARE THEY 
FEELING TODAY 
AND WHAT DOES A 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE DO AFTER 
ACCEPTING THE 
NOM THIS? 
>> YES, I 
REMEMBER 12 
YEARS AGO AT THE 
2008 CONVENTION 
WHEN JOE BIDEN 
ACCEPTED VICE 
PRESIDENT, THE 
NEXT DAY WE WERE 
FLYING FROM 
COLORADO TO 
BATTLE GROUND 
PENNSYLVANIA AND 
THEY HAD A 
WEEKEND FULL OF 
EVENTS AND 
WANTED TO 
CAPITALIZE ON 
THAT MOMENTUM. 
HE IS HERE IN 
HIS OWN TOWN 
DOING AN 
INTERVIEW THAT 
WILL AIR OVER 
THE WEEKEND, HIS 
FIRST SIT DOWN 
INTERVIEW WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS 
BUT WE'RE NOT 
GOING TO SEE A 
LOT OF HIM. 
WHAT IS 
TYPICALLY THE 
CASE OR USED TO 
BE THE CASE WHEN 
ONE PARTY IS 
HOLDING THEIR 
CONVECTION, THE 
OTHER PARTY WILL 
LAY LOW AND 
NORMS AND YOU 
LET THE OTHER 
HAVE THEIR WEEK, 
BUT YOU LAY LOW. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS 
SAYING WE SHOULD 
NOT NECESSARILY 
EXPECT THAT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MADE HIMSELF 
KNOWN THROUGH 
THE WEEK 
YESTERDAY BEING 
IN JOE BIDEN'S 
HOMETOWN OF 
SCRANTON TO TRY 
TO TROL AS THE 
KIDS SAY THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
AHEAD OF HIS 
SPEECH BUT WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
LESS OF BIDEN 
THAN THAT NEXT 
WEEK. 
IT MIGHT BE A 
MOMENT FOR 
SENATOR HARRIS 
TO INTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO 
VOTERS TO DO A 
LOT OF EVENTS 
BUT THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS 
SEEING A LOT OF 
MOMENTUM FROM 
HARRIS THAT ONLY 
GREW WITH THE 
SUCCESSFUL 
CONVENTION MORE 
THAN THEY 
IMAGINED AND 
THEY WANT TO 
CONTINUE THAT 
INTO THE COMING 
WEEKS SO WE'LL 
PROBABLY SEE AN 
ABILITY TO TAKE 
SOME OF THE 
SUCCESS STILL 
PIECES AND USE 
SOME OF THE NEW 
VOICES THAT 
ELEVATED BY IT 
AND USING OF 
COURSE NOT 
NECESSARILY IN 
PERSON BUT 
VIRTUALLY AN 
ATTEMPT TO 
CAPITALIZE ON 
IT. 
>> MIKE, I WANT 
TO PLAY A 
STANDOUT MOMENT 
FROM THE NIGHT. 
I THINK YOU CAN 
GUESS WHAT I'M 
ABOUT TO SHOW. 
THIS IS JUST 
AMAZING. 
A BRAVE 13-YEAR-
OLD BOY BRAYDEN 
HARRINGTON. 
HE WAS UNREAL 
SHARING HIS 
STORY ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN HELPING 
HIM OVERCOME HIS 
STUTTER. 
LET'S WATCH 
THAT. 
>>> ABOUT A FEW 
MONTHS AGO I MET 
HIM IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
HE SAID WE WERE 
MEMBERS OF THE 
SAME CLUB. 
WE -- HE TOLD ME 
ABOUT A BOOK OF 
POEMS TO 
PRACTICE. 
HE TOLD ME HOW 
HE MARKS HIS 
ADDRESSES TO 
MAKE THEM EASIER 
TO SAY OUT LOUD 
SO I DID THE 
SAME THING 
TODAY. 
>> MIKE, WE KNOW 
EVEN MORE ABOUT 
BRAYDEN AND 
BIDEN'S 
CONNECTION. 
THAT SMILE. 
HE MELTED MY 
HEART. 
WHAT ELSE CAN 
YOU TELL US? 
>> I MEAN, THIS 
SORRY ON ITS OWN 
IS ROW MARK 
CABLE WHETHER IT 
HAPPENED ANY 
TIME IN THE 
CAMPAIGN OR EVEN 
IN THE CONTEXT 
OF THE CAMPAIGN, 
BUT I REMEMBER 
WHEN THIS 
HAPPENED AND PUT 
IT INTO CONTEXT 
MAKES IT ALL THE 
MORE REMARKABLE. 
THAT INTERACTION 
ON THE ROPE 
LINE, THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT 
HAD WITH BRAYDEN 
AND HIS FATHER 
HAPPENED AT 
PROBABLY WHAT 
WAS ONE OF THE 
REAL LOW POINTS 
OF THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN FOR 
2020 0. IT 
HAPPENED AFTER 
THE IOWA 
CAUCUSES THE 
BIDEN TURNED 
4th, A 
DISAPPOINTING 
4th PLACE 
FINISH. 
HE, HIS PRESS 
CORPS AND STAFF 
BLUE OVERNIGHT, 
DIDN'T GET ANY 
SLEEP AND THAT 
WAS THE LAST 
EVENT OF THE 
DAY. 
WASN'T A 
PARTICULAR BIG 
CROWD. 
ALL OF US 
INCLUDING THE 
STAFF JUST 
WANTED TO END 
THE DAY AND GET 
SOME SLEEP BUT 
BIDEN DID THAT 
ROPE LINE. 
HE RELISHES 
THOSE 
INTERACTIONS AND 
WHILE WE WAITED 
OUTSIDE IN THE 
COLD TO ASK HIM 
ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED IN IOWA 
WE WERE 
WONDERING WHAT 
WAS HAPPENING 
AND WE FOUND OUT 
THAT HE WAS 
HAVING THIS 
MOMENT ON THE 
ROPE LINE WITH 
BRAYDEN AND HIS 
FATHER. 
HE ASKED HIS 
STAFF TO SEND 
THEM BACKSTAGE 
SO HE COULD HAVE 
MORE OF A 
CONVERSATION. 
THEY SPENT ABOUT 
A HALF-HOUR 
TOGETHER. 
THEN HE ACTUALLY 
Y'ALL SEE IN THE 
VIDEO THAT IS 
NOW BEING 
CIRCULATED. 
HE ASKED FOR 
BRAYDEN'S PHONE 
NUMBER AND HAVE 
A CHANCE TO SEE 
HIM AGAIN DURING 
THE WEEK. 
A WEEK LATER ON 
THE DAY BEFORE 
THE PRIMARY, 
BRAYDEN AND HIS 
FATHER AND HIS 
MOTHER ATTENDED 
ANOTHER ONE OF 
BIDEN'S EVENTS. 
HE POINTED HIM 
OUT AND SAID 
THIS LITTLE BOY 
HAS MORE. 
THE IDEA OF WHEN 
EVERY ONE 
THOUGHT BIDEN 
WAS AT HIS 
LOWEST HE IS 
HAVING THESE 
MOMENTS LIKE I 
HAVE SEEN HIM 
HAVE FOR TEN 
YEARS. 
I THOUGHT THE 
CONTEXT IN WHICH 
IT HAPPENED MADE 
ET AL THE MORE 
REMARK AC. 
>> IT REALLY IS 
REMARKABLE. 
I JUST GOT SUCH 
A KICK 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK HEARING THE 
STORIES ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN, 
GIVING HIS PHONE 
NUMBER TO 
PEOPLE, AND YOU 
GET A SENSE OF 
HE IS A GUY THAT 
REALLY CONNECTS 
WITH PEOPLE IN 
THE CROWD, WITH 
HIS FAMILY. 
I GOT SUCH A 
KICK OUT OF THAT 
LAST NIGHT AND 
SO IMPRESSED BY 
THAT YOUNG MAN. 
WHAT A BRAVE 
THING TO DO. 
>> YES. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
THAT BOY I THINK 
WE WILL BE 
SEEING MORE OF 
HIM IN THE 
COMING DAYS AND 
WEEKS FOR SURE. 
>> YES. 
MIKE, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>>> MIAMI'S 
CUBAN POPULATION 
TYPICALLY 
SUPPORTS THE 
G.O.P. 
BUT HAT COULD 
CHANGE IN 2020. 
ALLISON BARBER 
SPOKE TO THREE 
CUBAN AMERICANS 
WHY THEY ARE 
CONSIDERING 
GOING BLUE IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THE THREE OF YOU 
ARE ANOMALIES OR 
COULD YOU BE 
AMERICANS LIKE 
YOU COULD MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN A 
BATTLE GROUND 
STATE LIKE 
FLORIDA? 
>> AT LEAST IN 
MY GENERATION, I 
DON'T BELIEVE 
WE'RE NOT 
ANOMALIES. 
I BELIEVE THE 
YOUNGER CUBAN 
GENERATION IS 
DEFINITELY I DO 
THINK THERE IS A 
GENERATIONNAL 
SHIFT. 
TRUMP DOESN'T 
REPRESENT THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
THAT MANY OF OUR 
PARENTS AND 
GRANDPARENTS 
GREW UP WITH. 
>> I DON'T VOTE 
BASED ON PARTY 
LINES. 
I VOTE FOR 
WHOEVER IS THE 
MOST QUALIFIED. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THEY COULD TURN 
OFF OLDER 
GENERATION CUBAN 
AMERICANS? 
>> I THINK THE 
WORD PROGRESSION 
SIV AND 
PROGRESSIVE 
IDEALS MIGHT 
SCARE CUBAN 
AMERICANS BUT I 
DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT WILL BE A 
PROBLEM WITH 
BIDEN. 
>> HE HAS A 
HISTORY OF BEING 
THERE AND FROM 
TIME TO TIME HE 
IS RIGHT OF 
CENTER WHICH IS 
WHY SOME OF THE 
FAR LEFT MEMBERS 
OF THE DEMOCRAT 
PARTY REJECT 
BIDEN AND 
LUCKILY THEY 
LOST. 
BIDEN WON. 
>> HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING ABOUT 
TIS DEMOCRATIC 
PICK? 
>> I THINK IT IS 
AN INTERESTING 
TICKET. 
YOU HAVE A MIX 
OF OLD AND NEW. 
THAT IS ALWAYS 
GREAT TO SEE. 
IT FELT LIKE SHE 
WAS RELYING A 
LITTLE MORE ON 
EMOTION THAN 
THIS IS WHAT I 
PLAN TO DO. 
>> IT PROBABLY 
WASN'T MY FIRST 
PICK. 
I FEEL LIKE I'M 
A LITTLE MORE 
PROGRESSIVE 
BEING ON THE 
YOUNGER SIDE, 
BUT I DO FEEL 
LIKE BIDEN AND 
HARRIS ARE THE 
PEOPLE I'M GOING 
TO VOTE FER. 
VOTE FOR. 
>> HE IS NOT A 
GUY THAT GETS ME 
PUMPED UP AND 
EXCITED. 
I WISH WE HAD A 
YOUNGER 
CANDIDATES BUT 
WE HAVE GOT WHAT 
WE GOT AND 
BETWEEN BIDEN 
AND TRUMP FOR ME 
IT IS NOT A 
DIFFICULT 
DECISION. 
>> HERE IS MORE 
FROM MIAMI AS 
PART OF OUR 
COUNTY TO COUNTY 
SERIES WHERE WE 
FOLLOW KEY 
VOTING BLOCKS 
LEADING UP TO 
THE ELECTIONMENT 
TELL US WHAT 
YOU'RE HEARING 
FROM CUBAN 
AMERICANS IN 
MIAMI. 
ANYTHING 
SURPRISING WHY 
THEY MIGHT GO 
FOR BIDEN AND 
HARRIS? 
>> Reporter: 
YES. 
WE PUT TOGETHER 
THAT LITTLE 
GROUP TO HAVE 
SORT OF OUR OWN 
MINI WATCH PARTY 
IN THE WEIRD 
TIMES WE'RE IN 
NOW AT A PRIVATE 
VENUE. 
EVERYONE WAS 
SPACED OUT AND 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
THEY HADN'T MEET 
EACH OTHER UNTIL 
LAST NIGHT. 
ALL THREE LIVE 
IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY AND JANET 
THE WOMAN JUST 
GRADUATED HIGH 
SCHOOL AND 
STARTS HER FIRST 
YEAR AT HARVARD 
JUST NEXT WEEK. 
SHE IDENTIFIES 
AS A DEMOCRAT 
AND SHE SAYS SHE 
IS PROGRESSIVE. 
YOU HEARD HER 
SAY SHE WISHED 
MAYBE THE 
DEMOCRATS PUT UP 
MORE OF A 
PROGRESSIVE 
CANDIDATE BUT 
THE OTHER TWO 
THEY HAVE VOTED 
REPUBLICAN FOR 
THE MAJORITY OF 
THEIR LIVES. 
PETER CONSIDERS 
HIMSELF A 
REPUBLICAN AND 
NEVER VOTED A 
DEMOCRAT UNTIL 
2016, THE THINGS 
THAT UNITED THE 
THREE OF THEM IN 
TERMS OF WHY 
THEY ARE GIVING 
BIDEN AND HARRIS 
A LOOK AS IT 
RELATED AND 
THEIR DIS STAIN 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
ONE THING THAT 
STOOD OUT IN OUR 
CONVERSATION 
YESTERDAY AFTER 
BIDEN'S SPEECH 
IS SHE TALKED 
ABOUT HOW ONE 
THING THAT STOOD 
OUT TO HIM WAS 
WHEN BIDEN 
TALKED ABOUT 
AMERICA BEING A 
PLACE OF 
POSSIBILITIES. 
HE SAID I'M HERE 
AND EVERY ONE IS 
HERE BECAUSE AT 
SOME POINT A 
MEMBER OF OUR 
FAMILY DECIDED 
WHERE WE WERE 
FROM WAS NO 
LONGER A PLACE 
OF POSSIBILITIES 
BUT YOUR LEADER 
NEEDS TO HAVE 
SUBSTANCE AND 
NOT JUST SHOW 
AND HE WAS NOT 
ENTIRELY 
COMMITTED ON 
BIDEN. 
HE SAID TIME 
WILL TELL TO SEE 
IF HE IS THAT 
SUBSTANCE BUT 
WHAT WE SAW IN 
THAT GROUP THERE 
WAS SORT OF 
VERIING SHADES 
OF BLUE IF YOU 
WILL RIGHT NOW. 
THIS IS A VOTING 
BLOCK, CUE 
CANBAN A IRK MA 
CANS THAT 
TYPICALLY VOTE 
RESULT CAN AND 
THERE IS STRONG 
SUPPORT FOR 
TRUMP AMONG THAT 
COMMUNITY. 
54% OF CUBANS 
LIVING IN 
FLORIDA VOTED 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
THAT IS TWO 
TIMES HIGHER 
WHEN YOU COMPARE 
IT TO CUBAN LA 
TEE NOSE. 
>>> PETER WHO 
YOU FOLK TO 
THERE STED BIDEN 
ISN'T A GUY THAT 
GETS HIM PUMPED 
AND EXCITED. 
WHAT DO THEY 
HAVE TO DO TO 
EXCITE THEM 
AHEAD OF 
NOVEMBER? 
>> Reporter: I 
COULD ANSWER 
THAT WITH ANY 
SENSE OF 
AUTHORITY, I 
WOULD GAMBLE 
RIGHT NOW, BUT I 
WON'T. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
KIND OF ONE OF 
THE THINGS I 
HEARD FROM THE 
THREE VOTERS WE 
TALKED TO 
YESTERDAY WAS 
THAT THEY FELT 
LIKE THEY WANTED 
TO HEAR A LITTLE 
MORE DETAILS 
FROM BIDEN, BUT 
POLITICIANS ARE 
POLITICIANS SO 
THAT WAS A KEY 
THING FOR THEM. 
THEY WITH US 
LIKE TO HEAR 
MORE, BUT IN 
TERMS OF 
EXCITEMENT LEVEL 
THEY ARE 
BEGRUDGINGLY 
VOTING FOR A 
DEMOCRAT BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T LIKE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
MUCH EXCITEMENT 
WE COULD GET OUT 
OF THOSE TWO. 
>> I WON'T ASK 
FOR A PREDICTS 
BUT THE NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS MONDAY. 
ARE THERE THINGS 
THEY CAN ADDRESS 
TO HANG ONTO 
THESE VOTERS? 
>> Reporter: IN 
TERMS OF THE 
THREE VOTERS 
THAT WE WERE 
TALKING TO, FOR 
THEM THEY SAID 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
NO, THERE IS 
NOTHING HE COULD 
SAY NEXT WEEK 
THAT COULD BRING 
THEM ONTO HIS 
SIDE WHERE THEY 
WOULD CAST THEIR 
VOTE FOR HIM 
COME NOVEMBER 
BUT THERE ARE 
THINGS OF THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
THAT COULD BRING 
THEM BACK. 
THEY HAVEN'T 
LEFT ORLEANING 
RIGHT IN THE 
CASE OF HIM. 
BUT THEY NEED 
SOMEBODY ELSE AT 
THE HEAD OF THE 
RU CAN PARTY 
OTHER THAN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TO GO BACK TO 
THEM IN TERMS OF 
WHAT THEY ARE 
OPEN TO HEARING 
NEXT WEEK. 
E SAID IS THERE 
ANYTHING BIDEN 
AND HARRIS COULD 
SAY TO NOT 
SUPPORT THEM. 
THEY DIDN'T SEE 
ANYTHING RIGHT 
NOW. 
I SAID IS THERE 
ANYTHING TRUMP 
AND PENCE COULD 
DO TO CONVINCE 
YOU TO MAYBE 
GIVE THEM A 
SECOND LOOK? 
THEY WERE PRETTY 
AB ABSOLUTE ON 
SAYING KNOW. 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
HIM FOR ENOUGH 
YEARS THAT THERE 
ARE NO SURPRISES 
LEFT TO MOVE THE 
NEEDLE ONE WAY 
OR THE OTHER. 
>>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR HELPING 
US TO BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
VOTERS ARE 
THINKING. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
CONVENTION 
STARTS MONDAY 
NIGHT AT 88 P.M. 
EASTERN WITH 
CHUCK TODD 
FOLLOWED BY 
PRIME TIME 
SPECIAL AT 10:00 
P.M. 
EASTERN. 
YOU CAN WATCH IT 
ALL RIGHT HERE 
ON NBC NEWS NOW. 
>>> FLORIDA HAS 
HAD SOME PRETTY 
FAMOUS HANG UPS. 
BUT COULD 
FLORIDA LEAD THE 
WAY WITH MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS AND 
EARLY VOTING  IN 
2020? 
HERE IS MORE. 
>> Reporter: 
REMEMBER 20 
YEARS AGO, IT 
WAS FLORIDA, 
FLORIDA, 
FLORIDA? 
WE WAITED 36 
DAYS TO FIND OUT 
WHO WOULD BE 
PRESIDENT. 
NOW, IT MAY TURN 
OUT THAT FLORIDA 
IS A BELLWETHER 
OF HOW PEOPLE 
WILL VOTE IN 
THIS UPCOMING 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
>> THIS WEEK'S 
PRIMARY ELECTION 
IN FLORIDA 
GIVING US A 
WINDOW INTO HOW 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
FEARS OF 
CATCHING IT IN 
PUBLIC SPACES 
LIKE VOTING 
PRECINCTS IS 
SHIFTING THE WAY 
OUR NATION 
VOTES. 
WHAT WE DID NOT 
SEE IN FLORIDA 
THIS WEEK WAS 
THIS, LONG 
LINES, NOT ONLY 
BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC BUT 
EARLY VOTING BY 
MAIL IS 
CONVENIENT. 
ON ELECTION 
NIGHT, SPECIAL 
ELECTIONS TEAMS 
PICKED UP THE 
LATE ARRIVING 
BALLOTS DIRECTLY 
FROM THE POST 
OFFICE. 
WITH ALMOST 3.9 
MILLION VOTES 
CAST IN 
TUESDAY'S 
PRIMARY, A WRECK 
60% OF 
FLORIDIANS VOTED 
BY U.S. MAIL. 
14% VOTED IN 
PERSON BUT 
EARLY. 
ON ELECTION DAY, 
ONLY A QUARTER 
OF FLORIDIANS 
VOTED IN PERSON. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH ATTENTION 
ON THIS QUESTION 
OF THE POST 
OFFICE AT LEAST 
IN YOUR 
EXPERIENCE WOULD 
THIS BE MORE OF 
A RED HERRING 
THAN A PROBLEM? 
>> I CERTAINLY 
DID NOT SEE ANY 
PROBLEMS WITH 
ANY DELIVERY. 
>> OUR BALLOTS 
ARE BEING 
DELIVERED IN 
JUST A COUPLE 
DAYS. 
>> ONE KEY TO 
FLORIDA'S SMOOTH 
VOTE COUNT, THEY 
BEGAN PROCESSING 
MAIL BALLOTS 22 
DAYS BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY SO 
THERE IS NO 
BACKLOG COUNTING 
ELECTION NIGHT. 
IN THE UPCOMING 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION NINE 
STATES AND 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
WILL 
AUTOMATICALLY 
MAIL BALLOTS TO 
VOTERS. 
IN MOST OF THE 
NATION, VOTERS 
REQUEST THE MAIL-
IN BALLOT CITING 
THE PANDEMIC OR 
GIVING NO REASON 
AT ALL TO VOTE 
ABSENTEE. 
SIX STATES STILL 
REQUIRE VOTERS 
TO SITE A REASON 
TO VOTE BY MAIL, 
BUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS IS 
NOT A VALID 
EXCUSE. 
TO FIND OUT THE 
RULES IN YOUR 
STATE CHECK OUT 
NBC 
NEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
HILLSBOROUGH 
SUPERTRY SORE OF 
ELECTIONS IS 
ALSO PRESIDENT 
OF THE FLORIDA 
SUPERVISOR OF 
ELECTIONS. 
>> I THINK 
FLORIDA IS 
POSITIONED WELL. 
WE HAVE HAD VOTE 
BY MAIL FOR 
YEARS. 
WE HAVE HAD 
EARLY VOTE FOR 
YEARS AND, OF 
COURSE WE'RE 
ALWAYS GOING TO 
HAVE ELECTION 
DAY. 
PEOPLE HAVE 
SPREAD OVER 
THOSE THREE 
METHODS OF 
VOTING, I CAN 
TELL YOU HERE WE 
DON'T EXPERIENCE 
LINES FOR EARLY 
VOTING OR 
ELECTION DAY 
BECAUSE THE 
PEOPLE DO SPREAD 
OUT AND I THANK 
NOW MORE VOTE BY 
MAIL, YOU'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
LESS IN-PERSON 
VOTING. 
>> FLORIDA, A 
BELLWETHER? 
THAT IS A LONG 
WAY FROM THE 
2000 ELECTION 
MELTDOWN WITH 
HANGING CHADS, 
BUTTERFLY 
BALLOTS, A 
RECOUNT AND 
LEGAL BATTLE 
THAT LASTED MORE 
THAN A MONTH. 
>> ININ 2018 
SOME COUNTIES 
STILL WITH 
ISSUES. 
RECOUNT IN A 
CLOSE SENATE 
RACE. 
>> FLORIDA GOT A 
CHANCE TO BE ON 
TOP HERE AND NOT 
MADE FUN OF. 
WE HAVE GOT 
EVERYTHING IN 
PLACE TO BE 
SUCCESSFUL HERE 
AND BE THE 
SHINING STAR. 
>>> WE NOW HAVE 
AN EARLY 
INDICATION OF 
THE BALLOTS SENT 
BY MAIL THAT 
WERE NOT COUNTED 
IN A SPOT CHECK 
ACROSS FLORIDA 
AMONG THE WORST 
IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY WHERE 
2.7% OF THE 
BALLOTS ARRIVED 
LATE. 
IT IS UNCLEAR IF 
THAT IS BECAUSE 
THEY WERE 
DELAYED BY THE 
U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE OR 
DROPPED IN THE 
MAILBOX A DAY OR 
TWO BEFORE THE 
ELECTION AND 
VOTERS EXPECTED 
THEM TO ARRIVE 
ON TIME. 
ALLISON. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
VOTING IN THE 
2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION? 
IF YOU'RE 
CONFUSED ABOUT 
YOUR OPTIONS, 
NBC NEWS IS HERE 
TO HELP. 
PLAN YOUR VOTE 
HAS EVERYTHING 
YOU NEED TO KNOW 
ABOUT VOTING 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBC 
NEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE HAVE SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO BE PROTECTED. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH AG GER, YOU 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOXLOVE. 
THAT IS WHY 
WE'RE DOWN HERE. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
PROTESTORS FEEL 
THAT THEY NEED 
TO COME ON FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP. 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT IT IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE A 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
>>> IT IS HARD 
TO UNDERSTAND 
AND A LOT OF ID 
KS HAVE 
QUESTIONS SO WE 
STARTED A 
NEWSCAST TOR 
THEM. 
"NIGHTLY NEWS" 
KIDS' EDITION. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE HAVE BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> 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. 
>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
MANY TEACHERS 
HAVE TO MAKE 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> IT IS AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE 
SHOULD DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET E TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW D THIGH FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
ARE MY TEACH 
EARNS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> THE STORY. 
THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WOULD BE TOLD 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE HOME IN 
DEFINITELY. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU 
BELIEVE POLICE 
ARE UNDER 
ATTACK? 
>> NBY "NIGHTLY 
NEWS" WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>> IT IS 
PROBABLY NEVER 
BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN EIFFEL AND 
MY MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> OKLAHOMA 
STATE UNIVERSITY 
TRACKING 
STUDENTS USING 
CAMPUS WiFi TO 
FIND CORONAVIRUS 
CLUSTERS. 
MORGAN GOT AN 
EXCLUSIVE LOOK 
AT THE NEW 
CONTACT TRACING 
TECHNOLOGY. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MORNING, 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
CHANGING COURSE 
NATIONWIDE 
HALTING IN-
PERSON CLASSES 
AFTER COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS AND 
SEEING PARTIES 
LIKE THIS. 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NORTH GEORGIA, 
AND IN OKLAHOMA 
STATE UNIVERSITY 
JUST BEFORE 
SCHOOL STARTED. 
OVER THE 
WEEKEND, AN OFF 
CAMPUS SORORITY 
HOUSE 
QUARANTINED WITH 
23 STUDENTS 
TESTING 
POSITIVE. 
THEY USE 
EVERYTHING FROM 
ATTENDANCE TO 
MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, 
WiFi ON THE 
STUDENT'S PHONES 
WHEN THEY SET 
FOOT ON CAMPUS. 
>> TO SEE HOW 
THIS WORKS, WE 
FOLLOWED JARED 
MOORE FOR A DAY 
IN THE LIFE OF A 
COLLEGE 
FRESHMAN. 
HE LEFT HIS 
FRATERNITY 
HOUSE, FIRST 
STOP, THE 
STUDENT UNION TO 
BUY A SNACK. 
>> MOBILITY DER 
WAY TO START THE 
DAY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THEN IT IS 
OFF TO CLASS. 
>> STARTING 
CLASS. 
>> SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
>> AFTER WARDS, 
A QUICK STOP AT 
THE LIBRARY, A 
SHORT BREAK AT A 
PET THERAPY 
EVENT. 
THEN LUNCHTIME 
WHERE JARED GOES 
OFF CAMPUS. 
THEN AN 
AFTERNOON GYM 
SET BEFORE 
HEADING BACK TO 
HIS FRATERNITY 
HOUSE. 
>> THE NEXT DAY, 
A LOOK BEHIND A 
HIGH-TECH 
CURTAIN. 
>> HE HAD CLASS 
IN THAT 
BUILDING.
THERE IS A CARD 
SWIPE FOR A 
SNACK. 
>> SHE SAYS THE 
CONTACT TRACING 
TECHNOLOGY. 
WHAT WE SEE IS 
THE BUILDINGS HE 
WAS IN, THOSE 
HIGHLIGHTED IN 
ORG. 
BUT YOU CAN SEE 
THE POSSIBLE 
CONTACT 
LOCATION. 
>> WITH MORE 
THAN 5,000 WiFi 
HOT SPOTS AROUND 
CAMPUS, THEY CAN 
KNOW EXACTLY 
WHERE SIX 
STUDENTS MAY 
HAVE BEEN. 
>> WHAT THIS 
TELLS US IS THE 
BUILDINGS HE WAS 
IN 15 MINUTES 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY AND WHEREIN 
THOSE BUILDING 
HE WAS. 
>> YES. 
>> IF I GO INTO 
THE LIBRARY, 
YOU'RE NOT ONLY 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SAY I WAS ON 
THE FIRST FLOOR, 
BUT THIS SIDE OF 
THE BUILDING IN 
THE FIRST FLOOR, 
HERE IS WHERE I 
COULD HAVE COME 
INTO CONTACT 
WITH. 
>> YES. 
>> WHEN IT COMES 
TO OFF CAMPUS. 
>> WE WOULD NOT 
BE ABLE TO LOOK 
AT THAT. 
>> STUDENTS HAD 
MIXED FEELINGS. 
>> IT FEELS LIKE 
WE'RE KIND OF 
LIKE BEING SPIED 
ON, BUT NOT 
REALLY. 
>> IF IT HELPS 
US WITH COVID 
AND KEEPS 
EVERYBODY SAFE, 
THEN I'M ALL FOR 
IT. 
>> THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 
PRESIDENT 
SPREADING THE 
INFORMATION 
GATHERED IS 
PRIVATE. 
>> WE HAVE LOTS 
OF INFORMATION 
ON EVERYBODY ON 
OUR CAMPUS BUT 
WE DON'T SHARE 
IT WITH ANYBODY. 
>> TO HAVE 20 
MEMBERS OF A 
SORORITY TESTING 
POSITIVE, DO Q 
FEEL PREPARED? 
>> IT WORKED THE 
WAY IT WAS 
SUPPOSED TO 
WORK. 
EVERYBODY 
INVOLVED IN 
RECRUITMENT WERE 
TESTED AND 
NEGATIVE BUT 
SOMEONE WHO CAME 
IN WAS POSITIVE. 
>> NAVIGATING 
THIS PANDEMIC 
MIGHT JUST BE 
THE TOUGHEST 
CLASS YET. 
>> THE CENTERS 
FOR DISEASE 
CONTROL AND 
PREVENTION IS 
WARNING ABOUT A 
DOUBLE WHAMMY 
WHEN THE FLU 
HITS DURING THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PHAN. 
HOW SHOULD YOU 
GET READY WITH 
KIDS HEADING 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
JOINS ME NOW. 
MASSACHUSETTS 
JUST BECAME THE 
FIRST STATE TO 
MANDATE FLU 
SHOTS FOR SCHOOL 
KIDS. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PARENTS KNOW 
ABOUT GETTING 
THEM THE FLU 
VACCINE THIS 
YEAR? 
>> THE BIG 
CONCERN THIS 
YEAR IS A TWIN 
DEM MICK, HAVING 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC HERE 
AND COULD WORSEN 
FALL AND WINTER 
ON TOUCH OF THE 
FLU WHICH COMES 
THAT TIME OF 
YEAR AS WELL. 
ONE, IT COULD 
DEFINITELY 
AFFECT YOU AND 
YOUR HEALTH, BUT 
IT COULD 
OVERWHELM THE 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM. 
VISIT YOUR 
HEALTH CARE 
PROVIDE DER OR 
PHARMACY BECAUSE 
FLU VACCINE WILL 
BE MORE THAN 
MOST YEARS. 
YOU WANT TO GET 
IT BEFORE 
HALLOWEEN. 
IT TAKES A 
COUPLE WEEKS TO 
KICK IN. 
MAKE SHOE YOU 
HAVE IT, YOUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
READY FOR THE 
FLU BEFORE IT 
GETS HERE, NOT 
WHEN IT GETS 
HERE. 
EVERYONE SIX 
MONTHS AND OLDER 
SHOULD GET IT. 
IF YOU HAVE AN 
EGG ALLERGY, 
THERE ARE SHOTS 
TO HELP WITH 
THAT. 
OTHERS SAY IT 
HASN'T BEEN 
EFFECTIVE. 
IT IS MORE 
FECTIVE THAN 
YOU THINK. 
IT WILL STOP YOU 
FROM GETTING 
SICK. 
IT COULD HELP 
YOU FROM GETTING 
HOSPITALIZEND 
AND IT COULD 
HELP YOU FROM 
DYING FROM THE 
FLU. 
>> YES. 
DR. JOHN, I GOT 
ONE WHEN AARON 
STILL GOT THE 
FLU. 
THE DOCTOR SAID 
YOU WOULD HAVE 
BEEN SO MUCH 
SICKER IF YOU 
DIDN'T GET A FLU 
SHOT. 
BE THANKFUL THAT 
YUE DID. 
I SAID I FRUST 
YOU THERE, 
BECAUSE IT 
WASN'T THAT BAD. 
ONE OF THE 
WARNINGS WE HAVE 
HEARD REPEATDLY, 
GET READY FOR 
ANOTHER COVID 
WAVE THIS FALL. 
HERE IS WHAT HE 
SAID ON CNBC 
THIS MORNING. 
>>> I THINK MOST 
PEOPLE'S 
PERCEPTION IS WE 
HAD ONE EPIDEMIC 
IN NEW YORK AND 
CAME DOWN THE 
CURVE AND HAD 
ANOTHER IN THE 
SUN BELT. 
THAT LOOKS LIKE 
AND FEELS LIKE A 
SECOND WAVE. 
I THINK WE'RE 
GOING TO HAVE A 
THIRD ACT OF 
THIS IN THE FALL 
AND WINTER AND 
IT IS LIKELY TO 
BE A MORE 
PERVASIVE SPREAD 
IN A BROAD DER 
PART OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> DR. JOHN DO 
YOU THINK WE'LL 
SEE A PERVASIVE 
SPREAD THIS FALL 
AND IF SO, WHAT 
DOES THAT LOOK 
LIKE? 
WHAT IS THAT 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
WE'RE SEEING 
ALREADY? 
>> UNFORTUNATELY 
I DO THINK WE'LL 
SEE IT STARTING 
TO SPREAD AGAIN 
COME THE COLD 
WEATHER. 
THE REASON 
BEHIND THAT BACK 
IN FEBRUARY TIME 
FRAME WE TALKED 
ABOUT THIS BOG A 
COLD WEATHER 
VIRUS. 
CORONAVIRUS 
TYPICALLY ARE. 
WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD DISAPPEAR 
IN THE SUMMER 
AND THAT DIDN'T 
HAPPEN, SO IT IS 
MORE CONCERNING 
ONCE THE COLD 
WEATHER HITS. 
ONCE THE COLD 
WEATHER HITS WE 
KIND OF MOVE 
INDOORS MORE. 
THAT MEANS WE'RE 
NOT ABLE TO 
SOCIALIZE QUITE 
AS MUCH. 
WE HAVE COUGHS, 
SNEEZES, RUNNY 
NOSES AND WE'RE 
GETTING THE 
VIRUS OUT OF OUR 
BODY AND IT 
COULD BE MORE
