   >>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR
   REVERSAL FOR THE POST 
   OFFICE AND AN ELECTION
  >>> TONIGHT THE MAJOR 
  REVERSAL FOR THE POST 
  OFFICE IN AN ELECTION 
  FIRE STORM
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  POSTAL CHIEF SAYING HE
  WILL SUSPEND CUTBACKS 
  CRITICS CLAIMED WOULD 
  UNDERMINE MAIL-IN 
  VOTING
  COULD THERE BE AN 
  ELECTION DO OVER
  WHAT THE PRESIDENT
  THREW OUT TODAY.
  >>> ALSO NIGHT TWO OF 
  THE DNC, JILL BIDEN 
  READY TO MAKE THE CASE
  FOR HER HUSBAND JOE 
  BIDEN.
  AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA'S
  SCATHING ATTACK ON
  PRESIDENT TRUMP.
  THE FINAL SENATE
  INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON
  RUSSIAN MEDDLING
  THE TIES TO THE TRUMP 
  CAMPAIGN IT CALLS A 
  GRAVE 
  COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
  THREAT
  >>> COVID STRIKING
  NOTRE DAME
  89 CASES IN ONE DAY,
  IN-PERSON CLASSES NOW 
  SUSPENDED FOR TWO 
  WEEKS AND THE RUSH TO 
  LEAVE UNC CHAPEL HILL.
  STUDENTS SENT HOME
  >>> THE WILDFIRES 
  RAGING IN CALIFORNIA
  THE NEW EVACUATION
  ORDERS
  THE DAUGHTER OF A 
  COVID VICTIM IN THE 
  SPOTLIGHT AFTER HER 
  DNC SPEECH BLASTING 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP.
  CAN HER MESSAGE SWAY A
  CRITICAL GROUP OF 
  VOTERS
  VOTE IN PERSON OR MAKE
  SURE YOUR MAIL-IN 
  BALLOT GETS THERE ON
  TIME
  >>> ALLEGATIONS OF A
  TOXIC ENVIRONMENT.
  >>> THIS IS "NBC
  NIGHTLY NEWS" THE 
  DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
  HERE IS LESTER HOLT.
  >> GOOD EVENING 
  EVERYONE IT LOOKS LIKE
  THE BLUE MAIL BOXES 
  WILL REMAIN ON THE
  CORNER FOR NOW THE
  UPROAR OVER POSTAL
  CUTBACKS HAS FORCED 
  THE POST MASTER 
  GENERAL INTO RETREAT
  TONIGHT ANNOUNCING
  THERE WILL BE NO
  FURTHER COST CUTTING
  CHANGES UNTIL AFTER 
  THE ELECTION BUT
  DEMOCRATS ARE STILL 
  PRESSING FOR ANSWERS
  AS PRESIDENT TRUMP
  FLOATS ANOTHER
  BASELESS PREDICTION 
  ABOUT HOW THE 2020
  ELECTION COULD END
  PETER ALEXANDER HAS 
  LATE DETAILS
  >> Reporter: FACING 
  FIERCE SCRUTINY OVER
  MAIL DELAYS THE POST
  MASTER GENERAL
  ANNOUNCING TONIGHT THE
  POSTAL SERVICE IS 
  SUSPENDING OPERATIONAL
  CHANGES UNTIL AFTER 
  THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
  TO QUOTE, EVEN THE
  APPEARANCE OF ANY 
  IMPACT ON ELECTION
  MAIL THE ABRUPT MOVE
  FOLLOWING ACCUSATIONS 
  THE TRUMP 
  ADMINISTRATION WAS
  INTENTIONALLY TRYING
  TO UNDERMINE AN 
  EXPECTED SURGE IN 
  MAIL-IN VOTING DURING 
  THE PANDEMIC
  >> THEY'RE AFRAID OF
  THE VOTER.
  THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE 
  AMERICAN PEOPLE.
  WHY?
  BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ON 
  TO THEM.
  >> Reporter: THE
  CONTROVERSIAL COST
  CUTTING INITIATIVES 
  INCLUDING THE REMOVAL 
  OF SORTING MACHINES 
  AND THE SLASHING OF 
  OVERTIME HAVE BEEN
  BLAMED FOR SIGNIFICANT
  LAGS IN MAIL SERVICE
  THIS PHOTO PROVIDED TO
  NBC NEWS BY A POSTAL
  EMPLOYEE SHOWS
  PACKAGES THE EMPLOYEE 
  SAYS HAVE BEEN SITTING
  IN A DISTRIBUTION 
  CENTER IN NEW YORK FOR
  NINE DAYS.
  A TRUMP ALLY AND
  FUNDRAISER HE SAYS NOW
  MAIL COLLECTION BOXES 
  WILL REMAIN WHERE THEY
  ARE.
  NO FACILITIES WILL BE 
  CLOSED
  OVERTIME HOURS WILL 
  CONTINUE TO BE
  APPROVED AS NEEDED
  STILL, IT IS UNCLEAR
  WHAT IT MEANS FOR 
  CHANGES ALREADY MADE
  AND WHETHER EQUIPMENT 
  REMOVED WILL BE 
  RESTORED
  THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES
  AS HE HAS AGREED TO 
  TESTIFY AT A PAIR OF
  EMERGENCY HEARINGS
  BEFORE A REPUBLICAN 
  LED SENATE COMMITTEE
  THIS FRIDAY AND A 
  DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED 
  HOUSE PANEL MONDAY
  >> WE NEED TO GET HIM 
  UNDER OATH ON A 
  COMMITTEE LETTING US
  KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING
  AND UNDO THE DAMAGE HE
  HAS ALREADY DONE ROUPT
  AHEAD OF VISITS TO
  IOWA AND ARIZONA TODAY
  PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN 
  ATTACKED UNIVERSAL
  MAIL-IN VOTING
  SOME STATES 
  PROACTIVELY SEND
  MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO ALL
  VOTERS
  FOR THE FIRST TIME HE 
  IS SUGGESTING THERE 
  MAY NEED TO BE A
  PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 
  DO OVER WHICH CANNOT
  HAPPEN
  >> UNIVERSAL IS GOING 
  TO BE A DISASTER THE
  LIKES OF WHICH OUR
  COUNTRY HAS NEVER 
  SEEN
  IT'LL END UP BEING A
  RIGGED ELECTION OR
  THEY WILL NEVER COME
  OUT WITH AN OUTCOME 
  AND WILL HAVE TO DO IT
  AGAIN.
  AND NOBODY WANTS THAT.
  I DON'T WANT THAT.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THE POST MASTER 
  GENERAL SAYS THE
  POSTAL SERVICE IS 
  READY TO HANDLE ALL 
  THE ELECTION MAIL IT
  GETS THIS FALL
  NANCY PELOSI IS NOT 
  SATISFIED WITH THE
  DAY'S MOVE CALLING IT,
  QUOTE, AN INSUFFICIENT
  FIRST STEP IN ENDING
  THE PRESIDENT'S 
  ELECTION SABOTAGE 
  CAMPAIGN
  >> PETER ALEXANDER AT 
  THE WHITE HOUSE THANK 
  YOU.
  >>> TONIGHT IS NIGHT
  TWO OF THE DNC AND
  WE'LL HEAR FROM THE 
  WOMAN WHO KNOWS JOE 
  BIDEN BEST DR. JILL 
  BIDEN THIS AS MICHELLE
  OBAMA'S KEYNOTE SPEECH
  FROM LAST NIGHT IS
  DRAWING FRESH 
  CRITICISM FROM
  PRESIDENT TRUMP.
  HERE IS KRISTEN 
  WELKER
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  JOE BIDEN'S CLOSEST 
  CONFIDANTE TAKES
  CENTER STAGE, DR. JILL
  BIDEN HIS WIFE OF OVER
  43 YEARS WILL SPEAK 
  FROM THE WILMINGTON 
  SCHOOL WHERE SHE ONCE 
  TAUGHT ENGLISH
  IN EXCERPTS JUST
  RELEASED DR. BIDEN
  WILL SPEAK IN DEEPLY
  PERSONAL TERMS SAYING 
  THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I
  COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW
  HE DID IT, HOW HE PUT 
  ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF
  THE OTHER AND KEPT
  GOING BUT I'VE ALWAYS 
  UNDERSTOOD WHY HE DID 
  IT
  HE DOES IT FOR YOU
  DR. BIDEN HAS LONG
  BEEN ONE OF HER 
  HUSBAND'S FIERCEST
  DEFENDERS.
  SHE MEMORABLY SHIELDED
  HIM FROM A PROTESTER
  WHO RUSHED THE STAGE
  ON SUPER TUESDAY
  AND TONIGHT A MESSAGE 
  OF SUPPORT FROM THE 
  OTHER SIDE OF THE 
  AISLE.
  CINDY McCAIN, WIDOW OF
  THE LATE REPUBLICAN 
  SENATOR AND FREQUENT
  TRUMP CRITIC JOHN 
  McCAIN DESCRIBING THE 
  UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP 
  BETWEEN THE TWO FORMER
  SENATORS
  >> IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP
  THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE 
  WORKED
  JOHN, A FORMER NAVY 
  PILOT JUST RELEASED 
  FROM A NORTH
  VIETNAMESE PRISON.
  JOE, A YOUNG SENATOR
  FROM DELAWARE.
  >> Reporter: IT COMES 
  AFTER A FIERY FIRST 
  NIGHT AT THE
  DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
  CONVENTION WITH FORMER
  FIRST LADY MICHELLE 
  OBAMA UNLEASHING A
  SCATHING INDICTMENT OF
  PRESIDENT TRUMP.
  >> DONALD TRUMP IS THE
  WRONG PRESIDENT FOR 
  OUR COUNTRY.
  HE HAS HAD MORE THAN
  ENOUGH TIME TO PROVE
  THAT HE CAN DO THE
  JOB, BUT HE IS CLEARLY
  IN OVER HIS HEAD
  >> Reporter: MRS. 
  OBAMA SEEMED TO SEASON
  THE PRESIDENT'S RECENT
  DISMISSIVE COMMENTS 
  ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS 
  DEATH TOLL
  >> THEY ARE DYING.
  THAT'S TRUE.
  AND IT IS WHAT IT IS
  >> HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE
  WHO WE NEED HIM TO BE 
  FOR US
  IT IS WHAT IT IS
  >> Reporter: ACCUSING 
  THE PRESIDENT AND 
  REPUBLICANS OF TRYING 
  TO SUPPRESS VOTES.
  >> THEY'RE CLOSING
  DOWN POLLING PLACES IN
  MINORITY
  NEIGHBORHOODS.
  THEY'RE PURGING VOTER 
  ROLLS.
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP FIRING BACK 
  TODAY.
  >> A LIVE IS MUCH MOR
  EXCITING THAN THE TAPE
  ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE 
  MADE THE TAPE LONG
  BEFORE THE EVENT
  SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE 
  ACCURATE FACTS THEN 
  THEY SAY WHAT A 
  WONDERFUL JOB.
  WHAT WAS WONDERFUL
  ABOUT IT
  IT WAS A DIVISIVE 
  SPEECH
  DEVOID OF FACTS.
  IT WASN'T CURRENT.
  IT WAS OLD
  >> Reporter: STILL, 
  ONE OF THE STRONGEST
  MOMENTS OF THE NIGHT
  CAME FROM A WOMAN WHO 
  LOST HER FATHER TO
  COVID.
  >> MY DAD WAS A 
  HEALTHY, 65-YEAR-OLD
  HIS ONLY PREEXISTING
  CONDITION WAS TRUSTING
  DONALD TRUMP AND FOR
  THAT HE PAID WITH HIS 
  LIFE
  >> Reporter: AT AN
  EVENT TODAY JOE BIDEN 
  OFFERED HIS OWN SHARP 
  REBUKE OF THE 
  PRESIDENT AND A 
  POSSIBLE PREVIEW OF 
  THINGS TO COME WHEN HE
  SPEAKS ON THURSDAY
  >> FOUR MORE YEARS OF 
  THIS PRESIDENT, TOTAL 
  INCOMPETENCE
  HE'S JUST NOT CAPABLE.
  >> KRISTEN JOINS ME 
  NOW.
  WHAT IS EXPECTED FOR
  THIS EVENING
  >> Reporter: WELL,
  LESTER, THERE ARE 
  GOING TO BE TWO FORMER
  PRESIDENTS WHO SPEAK
  TONIGHT, FORMER 
  PRESIDENTS JIMMY
  CARTER AND BILL 
  CLINTON.
  IN EXCERPTS JUST
  RELEASED CLINTON WILL 
  SAY IN PART THAT THE
  WHITE HOUSE IS A STORM
  CENTER, A PLACE WHERE 
  THERE IS ONLY CHAOS 
  AND THE BUS NEVER 
  STOPS THERE.
  LESTER
  >> KRISTEN WELKER 
  TONIGHT, THANK YOU, 
  KRISTEN.
  >>> A NEW SENATE
  REPORT SAYS MEMBERS OF
  THE 2016 TRUMP
  CAMPAIGN WERE EAGER TO
  ACCEPT HELP FROM
  RUSSIA SOME OF IT 
  DIRECTED PERSONALLY BY
  VLADIMIR PUTIN
  PETE WILLIAMS JOINS US
  NOW.
  WHAT ELSE DOES THE
  REPORT TELL US
  >> Reporter: THERE IS 
  A BIPARTISAN REPORT 
  FROM THE SENATE 
  INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
  ENDORSED BY 
  REPUBLICANS, TOO, 
  GIVING IT EXTRA 
  WEIGHT
  LIKE THE MUELLER
  REPORT IT FINDS NO
  EVIDENCE OF A 
  COORDINATED CONSPIRACY
  WITH RUSSIA.
  BUT ON PAUL MANAFORT
  THE FORMER TRUMP
  CAMPAIGN COCHAIRMAN IT
  GOES FURTHER THAN THE 
  MUELLER REPORT SAYING 
  HE WAS IN CLOSE TOUCH 
  WITH A RUSSIAN
  INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
  WHO BECAME A BUSINESS 
  PARTNER.
  IT SAYS MANAFORT POSED
  A GRAVE 
  COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
  THREAT
  THE REPORT SAYS HE MAY
  EVEN HAVE BEEN
  CONNECTED TO RUSSIA'S 
  HACKING AND LEAKING OF
  HILLARY CLINTON 
  CAMPAIGN E-MAILS, AN
  OPERATION IT SAYS WAS 
  ACTUALLY DIRECTED BY
  RUSSIAN PRESIDENT 
  PUTIN.
  AS FOR THE NOTION 
  PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP THAT IT WAS THE 
  GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE 
  THAT TRIED TO MEDDLE
  IN THE ELECTION NOT 
  RUSSIA THE REPORT SAYS
  THAT IDEA ORIGINATED
  IN RUSSIA AS
  PROPAGANDA AND THE
  REPORT SAYS TRUMP'S 
  FOREIGN POLICY TEAM 
  WAS SO INEXPERIENCED
  THAT IT LEFT ITSELF 
  OPEN DURING THE 
  TRANSITION TO RUSSIAN 
  MANIPULATION
  LESTER
  >> PETE WILLIAMS, 
  THANKS
  >>> TONIGHT ANOTHER 
  MAJOR UNIVERSITY IS 
  GOING ONLINE FOR TWO
  WEEKS AS THE COVID
  CRISIS SHAKES UP
  LEARNING
  THE UNIVERSITY OF 
  NOTRE DAME BECOMING 
  THE SECOND IN TWO DAYS
  TO REVERSE COURSE ON
  IN-PERSON CLASSES.
  OUR MORGAN RADFORD IS 
  AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL
  HILL
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  NOTRE DAME GOING
  VIRTUAL FOR AT LEAST
  TWO WEEKS AFTER 19% OF
  STUDENTS TESTED WERE
  POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
  THE SURGE ATTRIBUTED
  TO AT LEAST TWO OFF 
  CAMPUS PARTIES
  ACCORDING TO
  UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
  WHO SAY THEY MIGHT BE 
  FORCED TO SEND
  STUDENTS HOME.
  THAT IS WHAT IS 
  ALREADY HAPPENING AT
  UNC CHAPEL HILL AFTER 
  JUST A WEEK OF
  CLASSES.
  >> I KNEW IT WAS GOING
  TO HAPPEN.
  IT WAS JUST A MATTER
  OF TIME.
  >> Reporter: UNC
  BECOMING THE FIRST
  UNIVERSITY TO REVERSE 
  COURSE AFTER
  REOPENING.
  NOW OFFERING CLASSES
  ONLINE ONLY.
  IS THIS WHAT YOU
  THOUGHT COLLEGE WOULD 
  BE
  >> NOT AT ALL.
  >> NO.
  >> Reporter: THE
  DECISION COMES AFTER
  135 NEW COVID CASES 
  WERE REPORTED.
  INCLUDING A CLUSTER AT
  THIS FRATERNITY HOUSE.
  NOW 500 STUDENTS ARE
  IN QUARANTINE OR
  ISOLATION.
  >> I PLAN ON GOING
  BACK HOME TO
  PENNSYLVANIA
  >> Reporter: JUNIOR 
  ERIC GROVES SAYS THE
  UNIVERSITY SHOULD 
  NEVER HAVE ALLOWED
  STUDENTS TO COME BACK.
  HOW DO YOU FEEL?
  YOU JUST UNPACKED YOUR
  BAGS AND NOW YOU'RE 
  TOLD TO GO HOME AGAIN.
  >> RIGHT
  IT IS VERY
  FRUSTRATING.
  I'VE BEEN TALKING TO
  MY MOM
  WE ARE PLANNING ON
  FINDING DIFFERENT 
  MOVING COMPANIES TO 
  HELP ME MOVE OUT AND
  PUT MY STUFF INTO A 
  STORAGE UNIT. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  UNIVERSITY IS 
  REFUNDING ROOM AND
  BOARD BUT THE DEADLINE
  TO GET A 95% TUITION
  REFUND WAS YESTERDAY
  THE SAME DAY THE
  REVERSAL WAS
  ANNOUNCED.
  >> I DON'T THINK WE 
  SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE 
  IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  SCHOOL HAS TAKEN
  PRECAUTIONS.
  RESIDENCE HALLS WERE
  ONLY 60% FULL AND LESS
  THAN 30% OF TOTAL 
  CLASSES WERE HELD IN
  PERSON
  >> WHEN ACTIVITIES
  BEGIN TO HAPPEN OFF 
  CAMPUS AND THEN BRING 
  SOME OF THAT BACK INTO
  THE RESIDENCE HALLS 
  THAT IS WHERE WE BEGAN
  TO SEE THE POSITIVE 
  CASES.
  >> Reporter: THE
  STRUGGLE TO CONTROL 
  THE VIRUS AND STUDENT 
  BEHAVIOR HAPPENING
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY
  AT IOWA STATE THIS WAS
  THE SCENE OVER THE
  WEEKEND.
  AND AT VILLANOVA
  STUDENTS CRAMMED
  TOGETHER IN A TENT
  CONVERTED INTO AN 
  OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.
  BACK AT CHAPEL HILL A 
  PAINFUL LESSON
  LEARNED.
  >> I THINK IT IS GOING
  TO BE VERY SOON YOU'LL
  SEE THAT A LOT MORE 
  COLLEGE CAMPUSES HAVE 
  TO SEND STUDENTS HOME.
  >> Reporter: STUDENTS 
  HERE AT UNC CHAPEL
  HILL PACK THEIR BAGS
  AND ANOTHER BIG 
  UNIVERSITY NOW ASKING 
  STUDENTS TO STAY HOME.
  MICHIGAN STATE
  UNIVERSITY TONIGHT
  ASKING ITS STUDENTS 
  NOT TO COME TO CAMPUS 
  AND INSTEAD BEGIN 
  THEIR FALL CLASSES
  ONLINE
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  MORGAN RADFORD
  TONIGHT, THANK YOU. 
  >>> IN CALIFORNIA THE 
  BATTLE AGAINST
  WILDFIRES RAGES ON
  TONIGHT.
  NEAR LOS ANGELES THE
  LAKE FIRE HAS BURNED
  NOW MORE THAN 20,000
  ACRES.
  DOZENS OF STRUCTURES
  HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
  AND IN NORTHERN 
  CALIFORNIA NEW
  EVACUATION ORDERS OR
  WARNINGS WERE ISSUED
  FOR PARTS OF NAPA AND 
  SONOMA COUNTIES AS
  WILDFIRES BURNED
  THERE.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS 
  VOTING ANXIETY
  HOW TO STAY SAFE IF 
  YOU VOTE IN PERSON AND
  MAKING SURE IT COUNTS 
  IF YOU
   >>> ONE OF THE MOST 
   DRAMATIC MOMENTS FROM 
   LAST NIGHT'S DNC WAS 
   AN ATTACK ON PRESIDENT
   TRUMP BY THE DAUGHTER 
   OF A COVID VICTIM.
   TODAY, SHE SPOKE WITH 
   GABE GUTIERREZ.
   >> Reporter: MARK 
   ANTHONY ORTIZ'S 
   OBITUARY FIRST WENT 
   VIRAL THIS SUMMER.
   NOW HIS DAUGHTER, 
   KRISTEN, IS ON THE 
   NATIONAL STAGE.
   >> THE CORONAVIRUS HAS
   MADE IT CLEAR THAT 
   THERE ARE TWO 
   AMERICAS.
   THE AMERICA THAT 
   DONALD TRUMP LIVES IN,
   AND THE AMERICA THAT 
   MY FATHER DIED IN.
   >> Reporter: HER 
   FATHER, WHO SUPPORTED 
   THE PRESIDENT, DIED 
   AFTER GOING TO A 
   KARAOKE BAR SHORTLY 
   AFTER ARIZONA'S STAY 
   AT HOME ORDER WAS 
   LIFTED.
   SHE BLAMES THE 
   PRESIDENT FOR A 
   PREMATURE REOPENING.
   ARE YOU WORRIED THAT 
   YOUR FATHER'S DEATH 
   MIGHT BECOME 
   TOO POLITICIZED?
   >> I WAS NOT THE 
   PERSON WHO MADE THIS A
   POLITICAL ISSUE.
   IT WAS DONALD TRUMP 
   AND THE REPUBLICAN 
   PARTY AND DRAGGING 
   THEIR FEET.
   DONALD TRUMP IS UNFIT 
   FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
   >> Reporter: HER 
   MESSAGE NOW IN A 
   CAMPAIGN AD, RELEASED 
   TODAY BY A SUPER PAC 
   FOCUSED ON TURNING OUT
   LATINO VOTERS.
   32 MILLION HISPANICS 
   WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO 
   VOTE THIS YEAR FOR THE
   FIRST TIME, MAKING 
   THEM THE LARGEST 
   RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP
   IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
   ELECTION.
   >> THEY HAVE THE 
   BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY TO
   CHANGE THE COURSE OF 
   THIS COUNTRY.
   WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 32 
   MILLION AMERICANS THAT
   ARE OF LATINO DESCENT 
   ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, ONLY
   HALF OF US ARE 
   REGISTERED TO VOTE.
   >> Reporter: THE TRUMP
   CAMPAIGN INSISTS THAT 
   THE PRESIDENT'S 
   POLICIES DROVE 
   UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG 
   LATINOS TO RECORD LOWS
   BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
   >> HISPANIC AMERICANS 
   ARE THE PEOPLE MOST IN
   FAVOR OF WHAT WE'RE 
   DOING ON THE BORDER.
   >> Reporter: STILL, A 
   NEW POLL SHOWS 70% OF 
   LATINOS GIVE PRESIDENT
   TRUMP POOR MARKS FOR 
   HIS HANDLING OF THE 
   CORONAVIRUS, WHILE 66%
   WHO ARE REGISTERED TO 
   VOTE SUPPORT JOE 
   BIDEN.
   AMONG THEM, ALDO 
   MARTINEZ, WHO SPOKE 
   WITH TELEMUNDO'S 
   CHRISTINA LODONO.
   >> WHATEVER STEPS THIS
   ADMINISTRATION HAS 
   TAKEN HAS NOT BEEN 
   ENOUGH.
   >> Reporter: KRISTEN 
   WANTS THE WORLD TO 
   REMEMBER HER FATHER AS
   THE DALLAS COWBOYS' 
   NUMBER ONE FAN, WHO 
   LOVED HIS FAMILY 
   DEARLY AND WOULD SEND 
   HER PICTURES OF FOOD, 
   HIS WAY OF SHARING A 
   MEAL DESPITE THE 
   DISTANCE.
   >> PICTURES OF EVEN 
   HIS HOSPITAL FOOD 
   BEFORE HE WENT INTO 
   THE ICU, AND I MISS 
   GETTING THOSE LITTLE 
   NUDGES THAT MY DAD IS 
   THINKING ABOUT ME.
   >> Reporter: A MEMORY 
   THAT'S NOW TURNED INTO
   A MISSION.
   GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> AND THERE ARE SO 
   MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 
   HOW VOTING WILL WORK 
   AMID THE COVID 
   PANDEMIC.
   IF YOU'RE VOTING IN 
   PERSON, HOW CAN YOU DO
   SO SAFELY?
   HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
   >> Reporter: 77 DAYS 
   UNTIL ELECTION DAY 
   2020.
   AS THE COUNTRY DECIDES
   BETWEEN VOTING BY MAIL
   OR STANDING IN LONG 
   LINES AT POLLING 
   PLACES, HEALTH EXPERTS
   SAY VOTERS WILL NEED 
   TO WEIGH THE RISK.
   >> OBVIOUSLY, IF 
   YOU'RE A PERSON WHO IS
   COMPROMISED OR YOU 
   DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE
   CHANCE.
   >> Reporter: THE CDC 
   HAS ISSUED GUIDELINES 
   FOR POLLING PLACES 
   THIS FALL.
   IN ADDITION TO 
   MANDATING MASKS AND 
   SOCIAL DISTANCING, 
   MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF
   PEOPLE INSIDE AT ONCE.
   MOVE LINES OUTSIDE, IF
   WEATHER PERMITS.
   CONSTANTLY DISINFECT 
   SHARED OBJECTS LIKE 
   PENS AND BALLOT 
   ACTIVATION CARDS.
   AND INCREASE INDOOR 
   AIR CIRCULATION.
   BUT THE CDC DIRECTOR 
   HAS ALREADY WARNED OF 
   A DIRE PUBLIC HEALTH 
   EMERGENCY THIS FALL, 
   WITH THE WORSENING 
   PANDEMIC COUPLED WITH 
   THE FLEW SEASON.
   DR. THOMAS SY IS A 
   SURGE SEASON AND 
   HEALTH POLICY EXPERT 
   AT HARVARD HOSPITAL IN
   BOSTON.
   WILL IT BE SAFE TO 
   VOTE IN PERSON COME 
   NOVEMBER?
   >> YES.
   VOTING IN PERSON CAN 
   BE SAFE.
   BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE 
   AND MAKE IT SAFE.
   IT WON'T HAPPEN 
   NATURALLY.
   IT WILL TAKE A 
   CONCERTED EFFORT TO 
   USE THE BEST PUBLIC 
   HEALTH GUIDELINES.
   >> Reporter: IN 2016, 
   60% OF VOTERS VOTED IN
   PERSON.
   THE M.I.T. VOTING UNIT
   SAYS THAT NUMBER COULD
   DROP TO 40% THIS YEAR,
   BUT EXPECT FEWER 
   POLLING PLACES AND 
   LONGER LINES.
   DESPITE PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S WARNING THAT 
   MAIL-IN VOTING IS RIPE
   FOR FRAUD, ELECTION 
   RESEARCHERS INSIST 
   THAT'S SIMPLY NOT 
   TRUE.
   >> VOTER FRAUD IN THE 
   UNITED STATES, FOR 
   MANY, MANY YEARS, HAS 
   NOT BEEN A WIDESPREAD 
   ISSUE, EITHER BY MAIL 
   OR IN PERSON.
   IT REALLY IS NOT AN 
   ISSUE.
   >> Reporter: TO 
   MINIMIZE POTENTIAL 
   COVID EXPOSURE, HEALTH
   EXPERTS ARE URGING 
   STATES TO SET UP 
   DRIVE THROUGHS OR 
   SECURE DROP BOXES FOR
   PEOPLE WHO WANT TO 
   DELIVER THEIR BALLOTS 
   IN PERSON.
   LESTER?
   >> TOM, THANK YOU.
   >>> UP NEXT, THE MAJOR
   >>> WE'RE BACK NOW 
   WITH ELLEN DeGENERES 
   APOLOGIZING TO HER 
   STAFF AFTER 
   ALLEGATIONS OF A TOXIC
   WORK ENVIRONMENT.
   OUR MIGUEL ALMAGUER ON
   THE SHAKEUP FOR HER 
   SHOW.
   >> ELLEN DeGENERES.
   >> Reporter: OFF 
   CAMERA, BUT AT THE 
   CENTER OF THE "ELLEN" 
   SHOW.
   TONIGHT, THREE TOP 
   PRODUCERS ARE OUT OF A
   JOB, DOGGED BY 
   ALLEGATIONS OF 
   MISCONDUCT.
   THE THREE HAVE NOW ALL
   PARTED WAYS FROM THE 
   DAYTIME EMMY WINNING 
   SERIES.
   >> I LOVE EVERYBODY I 
   WORK WITH.
   >> Reporter: THE NEWS 
   BROKE AT A STAFF 
   MEETING.
   DeGENERES TELLING 
   EMPLOYEES VIA ZOOM SHE
   WAS SORRY FOR ANYONE 
   WHOSE FEELINGS I'VE 
   HURT.
   I'M NOT PERFECT.
   I CARE ABOUT EACH AND 
   EVERY ONE OF YOU.
   >> TESTIMONY THROUGH 
   FORMER GUESTS SAID 
   THAT YOU COULDN'T LOOK
   HER IN THE EYE, 
   STAFFERS HAD TO CHEW A
   CERTAIN TYPE OF GUM TO
   BE IN HER PRESENCE.
   AND SHE WAS CONCERNED 
   ABOUT THOSE CHARGES.
   AND EX-FRES -- 
   EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO 
   FIND OUT WHERE THOSE 
   WERE COMING FROM.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   OUSTER AT "ELLEN" 
   COMES AFTER THIS 
   BLISTERING BUZZFEED 
   NEWS ARTICLE.
   STAFFERS ALLEGING A 
   CULTURE OF RACISM, 
   FEAR AND INTIMIDATION.
   BUZZFEED SAYS 36 
   FORMER EMPLOYEES ALSO 
   ALLEGE HARASSMENT AND 
   SEXUAL MISCONDUCT FROM
   TOP PRODUCERS, WITH NO
   NEW COMMENT FROM 
   GLAVINE.
   LEHMAN AND NORMAN 
   DENIED THE 
   ALLEGATIONS.
   LEHMAN'S ATTORNEY 
   ADDING, KEVIN IS 
   DEVASTATED BY BEING 
   SCAPEGOATED.
   THERE IS NO COMMENT 
   FROM THE SHOW PRODUCED
   HERE OR FROM DeGENERES
   HERSELF.
   BUT SOURCES TELL NBC 
   NEWS THE TALK SHOW WAS
   A FEAR-DRIVEN 
   ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT 
   ELLEN SURROUNDED 
   HERSELF WITH BULLIES.
   TONIGHT, THE SHOW, 
   WHOSE SIGNATURE 
   MESSAGE IS, BE KIND.
   >> WHEN I SAY BE KIND 
   TO ONE ANOTHER, I 
   REALLY MEAN IT.
   >> Reporter: NOW 
   ACCUSED OF BEING FAR 
   FROM THAT.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> AND NEXT FOR US 
   TONIGHT, A VOTING 
   MILESTONE, AND THOSE 
   WHO FOUGHT FOR THE 
   RIGHT OF ALL WOMEN TO 
  
   >>> FINALLY, IT WAS 
   100 YEARS AGO TODAY 
   WOMEN WINNING THE 
   RIGHT TO VOTE.
   ANDREA MITCHELL NOW ON
   THE INSPIRING WOMEN 
   WHO LED THE STRUGGLE 
   WITHIN THE STRUGGLE.
   >> Reporter: AN 
   HISTORIC VICTORY FOR 
   WOMEN IN 1919.
   CONGRESS PASSES THE 
   19th AMENDMENT, A STEP
   TOWARD GIVING THEM THE
   RIGHT TO VOTE.
   >> SPEAKER GILLETTE OF
   THE HOUSE SIGNED THE 
   BILL ACCOMPANIED BY 
   MANY FEMININE HAND 
   SHAKES.
   >> Reporter: IT'S 
   FINALLY RATIFIED BY 
   THE STATES ON AUGUST 
   18th, 1920, 100 YEARS 
   AGO TODAY.
   BUT IT WAS NOT A 
   VICTORY FOR EVERYONE 
   IN THE FIGHT.
   FOR DECADES, BLACK 
   WOMEN HAD BEEN 
   SIDELINED BY WHITE 
   SUFFRAGE LEADERS.
   IN MARCHES IN NEW YORK
   AND WASHINGTON, BLACK 
   WOMEN WERE SEGREGATED.
   WHEN IDA B. WELLS WAS 
   ASKED TO MARCH AT THE 
   BACK OF A PARADE TO 
   THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE 
   REFUSED.
   MICHELLE DUSTER IS HER
   GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
   SO THEY WERE REALLY 
   NOT EQUAL?
   >> THERE WERE WOMEN 
   THEN AND NOW WHO ARE 
   DESCENDANTS OF SLAVE 
   OWNERS, AND SO IT'S 
   HARD TO IMAGINE THAT 
   SOMEBODY WHO 
   CONSIDERED BLACK WOMEN
   TO BE PROPERTY WOULD 
   ALSO CONSIDER THOSE 
   WOMEN TO BE EQUAL.
   >> Reporter: AND IT 
   WASN'T JUST THE 
   SOUTHERNERS.
   >> SOME HAD ACTUALLY 
   FOUGHT AGAINST THE 
   INSTITUTION OF 
   SLAVERY, BUT THE IDEA 
   OF SOCIAL EQUALITY 
   WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   MEN AND WOMEN WAS 
   SOMETHING THAT THEY 
   COULDN'T GRASP.
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   RATIFICATION, MOST 
   BLACK WOMEN WERE IN 
   THE SOUTH AND STILL 
   COULDN'T VOTE.
   >> WHAT IS HAPPENING 
   IN THE SOUTH IS AN 
   INTENT SYSTEMATIC 
   DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO
   VOTE.
   USING THESE MECHANISMS
   OF, LIKE THE POLL TAX.
   >> Reporter: BLACK 
   SUFFRAGE LEADERS 
   BECAME A KEY PART OF 
   THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
   MOVEMENT.
   >> WE HAVE THE BIRTH 
   OF INCREDIBLE VOTING 
   RIGHTS ADVOCATES THAT 
   THE WORLD CAME TO KNOW
   IN THE 1960s WITH THE 
   CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
   INCLUDING FANNIE AND 
   AMELIA.
   >> Reporter: FROM THE 
   FREEDOM RIDERS TO THE 
   EDMON PETUS BRIDGE.
   >> THEY CONTINUED TO 
   FIGHT THROUGH THE 19th
   AMENDMENT ALL THE WAY 
   THROUGH TO THE VOTING 
   RIGHTS ACT OF '65.
   >> Reporter: TODAY, 
   BLACK WOMEN ARE STILL 
   FIGHTING VOTER 
   SUPPRESSION BUT ARE 
   ABLE TO VOTE FOR A 
   BLACK WOMAN AS VICE 
   PRESIDENT.
   >> ANDREA, THANK YOU 
   FOR THAT STORY.
   THAT IS NBC "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
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   COVERAGE OF THE DNC 
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   "TODAY."
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, EVERYONE.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
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