   >>> TONIGHT, THE RACE 
   TO GET OUT AS 
   HURRICANE LAURA 
   TARGETS THE U.S.
   HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
   ORDERED TO EVACUATE.
   HURRICANE WARNINGS UP 
   IN TEXAS AND 
   LOUISIANA.
   CONCERNS THAT IT COULD
   STRENGTHEN INTO A 
   MAJOR CATEGORY 3 
   HURRICANE.
   WHEN AND WHERE IT WILL
   HIT.
   AL ROKER WITH THE NEW 
   TRACK.
   >>> ALSO, THE NEW 
   PLEAS FROM THE FAMILY 
   OF JACOB BLAKE, THE 
   BLACK MAN SHOT IN THE 
   BACK BY POLICE.
   NOW SAID TO BE 
   PARALYZED BELOW THE 
   WAIST.
   RAGE BOILING OVER.
   WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR 
   DECLARING A STATE OF 
   EMERGENCY AFTER 
   PROTESTERS CLASHED 
   WITH POLICE.
   HOMES AND BUSINESSES 
   IN FLAMES AND TONIGHT 
   THE NEW VIDEO OF THE 
   SHOOTING.
   >>> FIRST LADY MELANIA
   TRUMP ADDRESSING THE 
   RNC TONIGHT FROM THE 
   NEWLY RENOVATED
   WHITE HOUSE ROSE 
   GARDEN.
   A FIRST LOOK AT HER 
   MESSAGE.
   >>> THE ALARMING SURGE
   OF COVID CASES IN 
   CHILDREN, SOARING OVER
   20% IN THE LAST TWO 
   WEEKS.
   BUT NATIONALLY, 
   OVERALL CASES 
   DECREASING.
   WHAT'S DRIVING THE 
   DROP?
   >>> THE NEW RESEARCH.
   WHY SIX FEET OF SOCIAL
   DISTANCING MAY NOT BE 
   NEARLY ENOUGH.
   >>> JERRY FALWELL, 
   JR.'S DRAMATIC EXIT 
   FROM LIBERTY 
   UNIVERSITY AMID 
   SCANDAL.
   THE RECORDED CALL 
   BETWEEN THE 
   EVANGELICAL LEADER AND
   HIS WIFE'S ALLEGED 
   LOVER.
   >>> AND THE HOLOCAUST 
   SURVIVOR WHO, AT 88, 
   JUST FULFILLED A LIFE 
   LONG DREAM.
   >> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
   LESTER HOLT."
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   OFFICIALS IN HOUSTON 
   TONIGHT ARE WARNING OF
   THE POSSIBILITY OF 
   UNPRECEDENTED 
   DEVASTATION, AS THE 
   GULF COAST REGION 
   BRACES FOR A MAJOR 
   HURRICANE.
   HURRICANE LAURA 
   FORECASTED TO BE A CAT
   3 OR BIGGER STORM, 
   WHEN IT MAKES LANDFALL
   ROUGHLY 36 HOURS FROM 
   NOW.
   ALREADY, HUNDREDS OF 
   THOUSANDS IN TEXAS ARE
   UNDER MANDATORY 
   EVACUATION ORDERS.
   OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, 
   WARNING MILLIONS OF 
   LIVES ARE AT RISK.
   THE NATIONAL GUARD 
   TONIGHT PREPOSITIONING
   RESCUE ASSETS AND THE 
   POTENTIAL IMPACT ZONE.
   MORGAN CHESKY IS THERE
   WITH THE LATEST.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   AFTER LAURA LASHED THE
   CARIBBEAN, MILLIONS ON
   THE GULF COAST DIGGING
   IN.
   OR GETTING OUT.
   >> IT'S BETTER TO 
   PREPARE NOW INSTEAD OF
   THE LAST DAY GO OH, 
   I'M OUT OF TIME.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   DAMAGE FROM TROPICAL 
   STORM MARCO A MERE 
   WARMUP FOR WHAT'S TO 
   COME.
   LAURA, NOW EXPECTED TO
   HIT TEXAS AND 
   LOUISIANA AS A 
   CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE, 
   PROMPTING MANDATORY 
   EVACUATIONS.
   >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO 
   STAY, YOU KNOW 
   BEGINNING TOMORROW BY 
   NOON, DON'T DIAL 911.
   NO ONE'S GOING TO 
   ANSWER, OKAY?
   YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
   >> Reporter: HERE IN 
   PORT ARTHUR, PEOPLE 
   AREN'T TAKING ANY 
   CHANCES.
   WITH A POPULATION OF 
   MORE THAN 50,000 
   PEOPLE, THE SUPER BOWL
   IS TO GET EVERYONE ON 
   BOARD THESE BUSES 
   BEFORE LAURA HITS.
   THE MISSION, 
   COMPLICATED BY 
   COVID-19.
   THOSE LEAVING TOWN 
   CHECKED FOR FEVER AND 
   GIVEN A WRIST BAND.
   EACH PERSON SCANNED 
   BEFORE BOARDING BUSES 
   TO SHELTERS.
   >> YOU'VE SEEN RITA, 
   IKE, HARVEY.
   >> ALL OF IT.
   >> Reporter: YOU'RE 
   NOT WAITING FOR THIS 
   ONE?
   >> HUH-UH.
   NO, IT'S TIME TO GO.
   >> Reporter: OTHERS 
   DOING WHATEVER THEY 
   CAN.
   CHRIS AND CAROLYN 
   HIGGINS HOPING SAND 
   BAGS ARE ENOUGH TO 
   SAVE THEIR FIRST HOME.
   >> COVER UP THE DOORS,
   ALL OUR OPENINGS.
   PUT THESE AROUND 
   THERE.
   AND HOPEFULLY JUST 
   PREPARE FOR THE 
   FLOODING.
   >> Reporter: WITH THE 
   STORM SURGE ESTIMATED 
   UP TO 13 FEET HIGH, 
   LAURA IS DRAWING 
   COMPARISONS TO 2005'S 
   HURRICANE RITA, WHICH 
   CAUSED $12 BILLION IN 
   DAMAGE.
   THE NEXT 24 HOURS 
   TELLING.
   >> YOU NEED TO BE 
   PREPARED FOR THE 
   POSSIBILITY, NOT THE 
   PROBABILITY, YOU WILL 
   BE LOSING POWER FOR 
   SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
   >> Reporter: AND 
   TONIGHT, WE'RE ON THE 
   LOUISIANA COAST, WHERE
   LAURA IS EXPECTED TO 
   MAKE LANDFALL AS A 
   CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE, 
   THE EXACT SAME AS RITA
   NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO, 
   THAT STORM SO 
   POWERFUL, THE STORM 
   SURGE PUSHED WATER 
   NEARLY 50 MILES 
   INLAND.
   >>> WE ARE TRACKING 
   HURRICANE LAURA'S 
   PATH.
   AL ROKER JOINS US NOW.
   AL, WHAT ARE WE 
   LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?
   >> LAURA IS MAKING ITS
   MOVE NOW, 480 MILES 
   SOUTHEAST OF LAKE 
   CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
   80-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS
   MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST 
   AT 17.
   IT WILL BE 
   INTENSIFYING OVERNIGHT
   AS IT CONTINUES TO 
   TRACK TOWARD THE GULF 
   TOMORROW.
   DANGEROUS RAIN, WIND 
   GUST, LANDFALL AFTER 
   MIDNIGHT, AND THEN 
   WEAKENS, BUT STILL 
   BRINGS A RISK OF 
   FLOODING AND RAIN AS 
   WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO 
   ARKANSAS.
   THE STORM SURGE 
   ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 13 
   FEET FROM GALVESTON TO
   MORGAN CITY.
   HEAVY RAIN FROM 5 TO 
   12 INCHES OF RAIN FROM
   LOUISIANA, TEXAS, ALL 
   THE WAY INTO ARKANSAS.
   WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE 
   FOR YOU TOMORROW 
   MORNING ON "TODAY."
   >> AL, THANKS.
   >>> ANOTHER MAJOR 
   STORY WE'RE WATCHING 
   TONIGHT.
   WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR 
   DECLARING A STATE OF 
   EMERGENCY AFTER 
   VIOLENT PROTESTS 
   ERUPTED OVER THE 
   POLICE SHOOTING OF 
   JACOB BLAKE.
   TODAY, BLAKE'S FAMILY 
   DEMANDING THE OFFICERS
   BE FIRED AND SHARING 
   DEVASTATING NEWS ABOUT
   HIS CONDITION.
   GABE GUTIERREZ IS 
   THERE.
   >> Reporter: THE SMOKE
   OBSCURED THE SUN RISE.
   IT WAS THE SECOND 
   VIOLENT NIGHT IN 
   KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, 
   AFTER THE SHOOTING OF 
   JACOB BLAKE.
   HIS FAMILY SAYS THE
   29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL 
   CHORD IS SEVERED AND 
   HE'S PARALYZED FROM 
   THE WAIST DOWN, THOUGH
   DOCTORS AREN'T SURE 
   IT'S PERMANENT.
   >> THEY SHOT MY SON.
   SEVEN TIMES.
   SEVEN TIMES.
   LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
   BUT MY SON MATTERS.
   >> Reporter: 
   OVERNIGHT, SOME 
   PROTESTERS HERE 
   IGNORED A CURFEW AND 
   CLASHED WITH POLICE IN
   RIOT GEAR.
   THE STATE HAD DEPLOYED
   THE NATIONAL GUARD, 
   BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THE
   DESTRUCTION.
   IT'S RIGHT BEFORE 
   DAWN, AND FIREFIGHTERS
   ARE HERE AT THE SCENE 
   TRYING TO PUT OUT HOT 
   SPOTS.
   MUCH OF THE CITY BLOCK
   WAS LOOTED AND BURNED 
   OVERNIGHT.
   BLAKE'S FAMILY IS 
   ENCOURAGING PEACEFUL 
   PROTESTS.
   >> DO JACOB JUSTICE ON
   THIS LEVEL AND EXAMINE
   YOUR HEART.
   >> Reporter: THIS NEW 
   VIDEO SHOWS THE 
   SHOOTING FROM A 
   DIFFERENT ANGLE BUT 
   IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR 
   EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID 
   BETWEEN POLICE AND 
   BLAKE OR WHY HE WAS 
   WALKING AROUND THE 
   FRONT OF HIS SUV.
   AN OFFICER FIRED LEAST
   SEVEN SHOTS HITTING 
   BLAKE IN THE BACK WITH
   HIS CHILDREN INSIDE 
   THE CAR WATCHING, 
   INCLUDING HIS SON ON 
   HIS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY.
   >> HE LOVED HIS 
   FAMILY.
   YOU ALL TOOK HIM FROM 
   HIS FAMILY.
   YOU ALL STOOD BY AND 
   LET IT HAPPEN.
   I JUST WANT MY 
   BROTHER.
   >> Reporter: EXACTLY 
   THREE MONTHS AFTER THE
   DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD,
   BLAKE'S SHOOTING IS 
   THE LATEST FLASHPOINT 
   OVER RACE AND 
   POLICING.
   CHRISTINA DELGADA SAYS
   SHE RAN OUT OF HER 
   APARTMENT WITH HER 
   YOUNG CHILD FEARING 
   FOR HER LIFE.
   >> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
   IT'S REALLY 
   HEARTBREAKING.
   HOW CAN YOU DESTROY 
   YOUR CITY?
   YOUR HOME?
   HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
   >> Reporter: BUT FOR 
   BERNADETTE PRINCE, A 
   PROTESTER WITH THREE 
   SONS, THE FRUSTRATION 
   HAS REACHED A BOILING 
   POINT.
   >> YOU GET MAD WHEN WE
   START DESTROYING 
   THINGS?
   THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS 
   WHEN YOU DO THIS, WHEN
   YOU KEEP KILLING BLACK
   PEOPLE FOR NO REASON.
   >> Reporter: NO 
   COMMENT TODAY FROM 
   KENOSHA POLICE.
   THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
   IS NOW ASSISTING STATE
   AUTHORITIES WITH THE 
   INVESTIGATION.
   TONIGHT, THE GOVERNOR 
   SAYS THERE WILL BE AN 
   INCREASED NATIONAL 
   GUARD PRESENCE HERE.
   LESTER?
   >> GABE GUTIERREZ, 
   THANK YOU.
   >>> IT'S NOW BEEN 165 
   DAYS SINCE POLICE SHOT
   AND KILLED BREONNA 
   TAYLOR IN HER OWN 
   HOME.
   TODAY, HUNDREDS OF 
   PROTESTERS TAKING TO 
   THE STREETS OF 
   LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 
   DEMANDING JUSTICE.
   NONE OF THE OFFICERS 
   WHO EXECUTED A 
   NO-KNOCK WARRANT ON 
   TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN 
   MARCH HAS BEEN 
   CHARGED.
   TWO REMAIN ON THE 
   FORCE, A THIRD HAS 
   BEEN FIRED.
   >>> TONIGHT, AT THE
   REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
   CONVENTION AND FIRST 
   LADY MELANIA TRUMP IS 
   SET TO SPEAK FROM THE 
   WHITE HOUSE ROSE 
   GARDEN.
   AFTER THE CONVENTION'S
   SPIRITED OPENING 
   NIGHT.
   HERE'S HALLIE JACKSON.
   >> Reporter: ALL IN 
   THE FAMILY TONIGHT, 
   WITH THE FIRST LADY 
   STEPPING INTO THE 
   SPOTLIGHT FOR ONE OF 
   HER HIGHEST PROFILE 
   AND LONGEST SPEECHES 
   YET.
   >> HER SPEECH WILL BE 
   DEFINITELY VERY 
   UPLIFTING AND 
   POSITIVE.
   I WOULD SAY IT'S VERY 
   FORWARD LOOKING.
   >> Reporter: MELANIA 
   TRUMP WILL DEBUT THE 
   RENOVATED ROSE GARDEN.
   SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A
   SOCIALLY DISTANCED 
   CROWD OF ABOUT 50 
   PEOPLE.
   DESPITE CONCERNS FROM 
   SOME ETHICS WATCH DOGS
   ABOUT USING WHITE 
   HOUSE PROPERTY FOR 
   CONVENTION EVENTS.
   >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 
   EVERYONE.
   >> Reporter: AND 
   TONIGHT'S PLANNED 
   SPEECH FROM SECRETARY 
   OF STATE MIKE POMPEO 
   CONTROVERSIAL BEFORE 
   HE'S EVEN SAID A WORD.
   THAT'S BECAUSE POMPEO 
   TAPED HIS REMARKS FROM
   JERUSALEM ON AN 
   OFFICIAL TRIP, 
   ALTHOUGH THE STATE 
   DEPARTMENT SAYS HE'S 
   APPEARING IN HIS 
   PERSONAL CAPACITY, NOT
   AT TAXPAYER 
   EXPENSE.
   NBC NEWS LEARNED HOUSE
   DEMOCRATS PLAN TO 
   INVESTIGATE WHETHER 
   THAT BROKE THE LAW.
   IT IS A BREAK FROM 
   LONGSTANDING 
   TRADITION, IN A 
   CONVENTION THAT, AT 
   TIMES, HAS PAINTED A 
   PICTURE THAT'S LESS 
   OPTIMISTIC AND MORE 
   APOCALYPTIC.
   >> YOUR FAMILY WILL 
   NOT BE SAFE IN THE 
   RADICAL DEMOCRAT'S 
   AMERICA.
   >> THEY WANT TO 
   ENSLAVE YOU TO THE 
   WEAK, LIBERAL, VICTIM 
   IDEOLOGY.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT'S SON ALSO 
   ON ATTACK.
   >> JOE BIDEN AND THE 
   RADICAL LEFT ARE NOW 
   COMING FOR OUR FREEDOM
   OF SPEECH.
   THEY WANT TO BULLY US 
   INTO SUBMISSION.
   IF THEY GET THEIR WAY,
   IT WILL NO LONGER BE 
   THE SILENT MAJORITY.
   IT WILL BE THE 
   SILENCED MAJORITY.
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP APPEARED TWICE 
   IN PRETAPED VIDEOS.
   >> AS A NURSING 
   SUPERVISOR, IMI'M SO 
   IN SAW OF YOUR 
   LEADERSHIP.
   >> Reporter: AND FOR 
   HIM, PLENTY OF PRAISE.
   >> TRUMP IS THE 
   BODYGUARD OF WESTERN 
   CIVILIZATION.
   >> I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE
   TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR
   YOU.
   >> GROWING UP IN THE 
   DEEP SOUTH, I'VE SEEN 
   RACISM UP CLOSE.
   I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
   AND IT ISN'T DONALD 
   TRUMP.
   >> Reporter: AND ON 
   NIGHT ONE, DIVERSE 
   VOICES MAKING THE 
   CASE, LIKE FORMER U.N.
   AMBASSADOR AND 
   INDIAN-AMERICAN NIKKI 
   HALEY.
   >> IN MUCH OF THE 
   DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IT'S
   NOW FASHIONABLE TO SAY
   THAT AMERICA IS 
   RACIST.
   THAT IS A LIE.
   AMERICA IS NOT A 
   RACIST COUNTRY.
   >> Reporter: SOUTH 
   CAROLINA SENATOR TIM 
   SCOTT ARGUING 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
   MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR
   PEOPLE OF COLOR NOW.
   FOUR YEARS AGO, ONLY 
   ABOUT 8% OF BLACK 
   VOTERS SUPPORTED 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP.
   >> I THINK OUR POLICY 
   POSITIONS HAVE BEEN 
   FAR BETTER THAN THAT 
   OF THE DEMOCRATS.
   WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
   IN NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY
   I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
   INCREASING THOSE 
   NUMBERS.
   >> HALLIE JACKSON
   JOINING US FROM THE 
   WHITE HOUSE.
   WE EXPECT TO SEE THE 
   PRESIDENT AGAIN 
   TONIGHT.
   DO WE KNOW WHAT THE 
   PRESIDENT IS DOING 
   TONIGHT?
   >> Reporter: WE DO.
   WE HAVE A BETTER 
   UNDERSTANDING OF THESE
   SURPRISE APPEARANCES.
   IT INVOLVES A 
   PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
   HE WILL PARDON A MAN, 
   A CONVICTED FELON WHO 
   NOW LEADS A NONPROFIT 
   CALLED HOPE FOR 
   PRISONERS.
   THE MOVE SEEMS 
   INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT 
   THE PRESIDENT'S PRISON
   REFORM MEASURES.
   SOMETHING THAT HAS 
   COME UP DURING 
   CONVENTION WEEK.
   >> HALLIE JACKSON, 
   THANK YOU.
   >>> I'LL BE ANCHORING 
   PRIMETIME COVERAGE OF 
   THE CONVENTION TONIGHT
   ON NBC.
   WE START AT 10:00 
   EASTERN, 7:00 PACIFIC.
   >>> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN
   CALLED THE 
   CONVENTION'S FIRST 
   NIGHT AN INCOHERENT 
   CHARADE AND CRITICIZED
   REPUBLICAN'S PRAISE OF
   THE PRESIDENT'S 
   PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
   TOM COSTELLO LOOKS AT 
   WHERE WE ARE IN THE 
   PANDEMIC AND WHAT 
   EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE 
   PRESIDENT'S WORDS AND 
   ACTIONS.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   MESSAGE FROM THE 
   REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
   CONVENTION -- 
   >> ONE LEADER TOOK 
   DECISIVE ACTION TO 
   SAVE LIVES.
   PRESIDENT DONALD 
   TRUMP.
   >> Reporter: AMERICA'S
   PANDEMIC RESPONSE HAS 
   BEEN SEAMLESS AND 
   EFFECTIVE.
   >> FORTUNATELY, AS THE
   VIRUS BEGAN TO SPREAD,
   THE PRESIDENT ACTED 
   QUICKLY.
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE
   PRESIDENT'S OWN 
   RHETORIC HAS BEEN 
   CONFUSING AND 
   DISMISSIVE.
   >> WHEN IT GETS A 
   LITTLE WARMER, IT WILL
   GO AWAY.
   IT WILL GO AWAY.
   JUST STAY CALM.
   SO I SAID TO MY 
   PEOPLE, SLOW THE 
   TESTING DOWN, PLEASE.
   A MASK CAUSES 
   PROBLEMS, TOO.
   >> Reporter: ANY 
   ADMINISTRATION WOULD 
   BE CHALLENGED TO 
   RESPOND TO THE WORST 
   PANDEMIC IN 100 YEARS,
   BUT INFECTIOUS DISEASE
   EXPERTS SAY THE 
   PRESIDENT'S WORDS HAVE
   ONLY UNDERMINED PUBLIC
   SUPPORT FOR THEIR WORK
   IN STOPPING THE 
   THREAD.
   >> IN 45 YEARS BEING 
   ON THE FRONTLINES OF 
   PUBLIC HEALTH, I HAVE 
   NEVER ONCE BEFORE HAD 
   DEATH THREATS OR THE 
   KINDS OF VILE, ANGRY 
   COMMUNICATIONS IN SOME
   VOLUME.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   THERE ARE SIGNS OF 
   PROGRESS.
   ONLY FIVE STATES SHOW 
   AN INCREASE IN COVID
   CASES OF 32% OR MORE 
   OVER THE LAST TWO 
   WEEKS.
   CASES HAVE PLATEAUED 
   IN MANY STATES.
   AND 13 STATES HAVE 
   SHOWN A DECREASE OF 
   25% OR MORE.
   INCLUDING JULY HOT 
   ZONES OF ARIZONA, 
   LOUISIANA, SOUTH 
   CAROLINA, ALABAMA, AND
   FLORIDA.
   EXPERTS SAY IT'S 
   BECAUSE CITIES AND 
   STATES FOLLOWED PUBLIC
   HEALTH ADVICE TO CLOSE
   RESTAURANTS AND BARS 
   AND MANDATE MASKS, 
   IGNORING PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S DIRECTIONS.
   >> WE HAVE TO HAVE A 
   CONSISTENT MESSAGE AND
   EVERYBODY HAS TO 
   COOPERATE, BECAUSE 
   THIS IS NOT SOMETHING 
   THAT WE CAN TACKLE AS
   INDIVIDUALS.
   WE HAVE TO REALLY 
   TACKLE IT AS A 
   COMMUNITY.
   >> Reporter: IT WASN'T
   UNTIL JULY 20th THAT 
   THE PRESIDENT 
   SUGGESTED WEARING 
   MASKS IS PATRIOTIC.
   TONIGHT, THE AMERICAN 
   DEATH TOLL IS 178,000.
   PROJECTED TO CLIMB 
   PAST 200,000 IN 
   SEPTEMBER.
   >> WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE
   THE ADMINISTRATION 
   CREDIT FOR IN THIS 
   FIGHT?
   >> THERE REALLY HAS 
   BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED 
   EFFORT IN TERMS OF THE
   RESEARCH AND 
   DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE
   VACCINE.
   WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT 
   HAPPEN BEFORE IN 
   PUBLIC HEALTH HISTORY.
   >> Reporter: DRUG 
   COMPANIES CONTINUE TO 
   SUGGEST THAT THEY 
   SHOULD HAVE ONE OR 
   MORE VACCINES READY 
   FOR FDA APPROVAL BY 
   THE END OF THE YEAR, 
   WITH WIDESPREAD 
   VACCINATION SOMETIME 
   NEXT YEAR.
   LESTER?
   >> TOM COSTELLO WITH 
   THAT UPDATE TONIGHT, 
   THANK YOU.
   >>> BACK IN 60 SECONDS
   WITH THE ALARMING NEW 
   RESEARCH ON THE 
   CORONAVIRUS AND HOW IT
   TRAVELS IN THE AIR, 
   WHY YOU MAY NEED MUCH 
   MORE THAN SIX FEET OF 
   SOCIAL DISTANCING.
   >>> TONIGHT, A NEW 
   WARNING ABOUT SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING RULES.
   RESEARCHERS SAY THE 
   CURRENT GUIDELINES ARE
   NO LONGER EFFECTIVE 
   AGAINST AIRBORNE 
   DR
   DROPLETS, WHICH THEY 
   SAY TRAVEL FURTHER
   AND LINGER LONGER THAN
   PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS 
   THAT STORY.
   >> Reporter: THE NEW 
   ANALYSIS FROM 
   RESEARCHERS AT M.I.T. 
   AND THE UNIVERSITY OF 
   OXFORD CALL THE 
   SIX-FOOT SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING RULE 
   OUTDATED SCIENCE.
   IN THE JUST PUBLISHED 
   REPORT, EVIDENCE 
   SUGGESTS THE 
   CORONAVIRUS COULD 
   TRAVEL UP TO 26 FEET 
   IN THE AIR, WITH VIRAL
   SPREAD AMPLIFIED BY 
   SOMEONE COUGHING OR 
   SHOUTING.
   SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS 
   LIKE VENTILATION, ROOM
   OCCUPANCY AND EXPOSURE
   TIME ALL PLAY A ROLE.
   >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
   RISK FACTORS WE HAVE 
   FOR THIS VIRUS IS TIME
   SPENT INDOORS.
   IN FACT, NEARLY ALL OF
   THE OUTBREAKS OF THREE
   OR MORE PEOPLE 
   OCCURRED INDOORS.
   >> Reporter: STUDIES 
   SHOW WHEN WE TALK, 
   COUGH, OR BREATHE, A 
   STREAM OF TWO TYPES OF
   DROPLETS ARE SENT 
   THROUGH THE AIR.
   RESPIRATORY AND 
   AEROSOL PARTICLES.
   RESEARCHERS SAY THE 
   SMALLER, LIGHTER 
   AEROSOL PARTICLES CAN 
   LINGER IN THE AIR 
   HOURS, TRAVELING MUCH 
   FARTHER.
   THE WARNING COMES JUST
   AS SOME STUDENTS 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
   RETURN TO THE 
   CLASSROOM, AND WEAR 
   MASK MANDATES AND 
   VENTILATION SYSTEMS 
   ARE BEING SCRUTINIZED,
   WITH NO ONE SIZE FITS 
   ALL RULE, THE NEW 
   REPORT SUGGESTS SIX 
   FEET APART SHOULD BE A
   STARTING POINT.
   BUT INCREASING YOUR 
   SOCIAL DISTANCE ISN'T 
   ALWAYS AN OPTION.
   THE GENERAL PUBLIC 
   SHOULD NOT BE SCARED 
   ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY 
   SHOULD BE AWARE.
   THE MORE YOU CAN 
   SEPARATE FROM OTHER 
   PEOPLE, THE LESS 
   LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   >> Reporter: FOR THOSE
   RETURNING TO THE 
   OFFICE, NO MATTER HOW 
   FAR SPREAD APART YOU 
   ARE, EXPERTS AGREE, 
   WEARING A MASK GIVES 
   YOU AN EXTRA LAYER OF 
   PROTECTION.
   MINIMIZING YOUR RISK 
   EVEN WHEN FEW OTHERS 
   ARE AROUND.
   TONIGHT, AMERICANS 
   ENCOURAGED TO TAKE A 
   STEP BACK, AS OUR 
   NATION MOVES FORWARD.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> AND OUR SENIOR 
   MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT 
   DR. JOHN TORRES JOINS 
   ME TONIGHT.
   THERE'S NEWS ABOUT 
   MORE CHILDREN BEING 
   INFECTED WITH COVID AS
   SCHOOLS REOPEN.
   WHAT DO WE KNOW?
   >> LESTER, A NEW 
   REPORT FROM THE 
   AMERICAN ACADEMY OF 
   PEDIATRICS FINDS THE 
   NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS 
   INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN
   IS UP 21% IN THE LAST 
   TWO WEEKS.
   THAT'S ALMOST 75,000 
   NEW CASES OF COVID IN 
   KIDS IN JUST 14 DAYS.
   BUT WHY ARE CASES 
   RISING?
   WELL, SCHOOL 
   REOPENINGS ARE ONLY 
   ONE PIECE OF THE 
   PUZZLE.
   WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH
   CHILDREN IS A DIRECT 
   MIRROR WHERE THEY 
   LIVE.
   IN STATES WHERE THERE 
   ARE HIGH RATES OF 
   TRANSMISSIONS AND 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS WITH 
   ADULTS, THE NUMBER OF 
   KIDS WITH COVID IS 
   ALSO RISING.
   BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, 
   CHILDREN STILL AREN'T 
   GETTING AS SEVERELY 
   SICK AS ADULTS, BUT 
   NOW THEY DO MAKE UP 
   10% OF CASES IN THE 
   U.S.
   AND THE PEDIATRICIAN I
   SPOKE WITH TODAY 
   STRESSED KIDS AGE 2 
   AND UP SHOULD WEAR 
   CLOTH FACEMASKS TO 
   PROTECT THEMSELVES AND
   OTHERS.
   >>> UP NEXT, THE FATE 
   OF JERRY FALWELL, JR.,
   THE EVANGELICAL LEADER
   ROCKED BY SCANDAL.
   >>> JERRY FALWELL, 
   JR., IS OFFICIALLY OUT
   AS PRESIDENT OF 
   LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
   THE EVANGELICAL LEADER
   RESIGNING FROM THE
   COLLEGE HIS FATHER 
   FOUNDED UNDER A CLOUD 
   OF SCANDAL.
   STEPHANIE GOSK WITH 
   LATE DETAILS.
   >> Reporter: JERRY 
   FALWELL, JR., TOOK 
   OVER LIBERTY 
   UNIVERSITY, ONE OF THE
   LARGEST EVANGELICAL 
   SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD, 
   OVER A DECADE AGO, 
   AFTER HIS FATHER'S 
   DEATH.
   NOW HE TELLS "THE WALL
   STREET JOURNAL" THAT A
   GROUP OF 
   SELF-RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE 
   ARE BEHIND THE PUSH TO
   REMOVE HIM.
   TODAY, THE UNIVERSITY 
   SAYING IT HAS ACCEPTED
   HIS RESIGNATION.
   IN THE WAKE OF 
   MULTIPLE SCANDALS.
   REUTERS REPORTED THAT 
   THE FALWELLS BECAME 
   ENTANGLED WITH 
   GIANCARLO GRANDE OVER 
   EIGHT YEARS AGO AFTER 
   MEETING THE 
   20-YEAR-OLD IN A MIAMI
   HOTEL.
   FALWELL SAYS HIS WIFE 
   BECKI HAD AN AFFAIR, 
   AND GRANDE TRIED TO 
   EXPORT THEM.
   GRANDE TOLD REUTERS 
   THAT JERRY KNEW ABOUT 
   THE AFFAIR AND WOULD 
   SOMETIMES WATCH HIM 
   AND BECKI TOGETHER.
   GRANDE SHARING PHONE 
   CONVERSATIONS WITH 
   CONVERSATIONS WITH 
   REUTERS, INCLUDE THING
   EXCHANGE FROM 2018.
EX-CHANGE FROM 2018.CHANGE FROM.
   THIS LESS THAN A MONTH
   AFTER FALWELL POSTED 
   AND DELETED THIS PHOTO
   ON INSTAGRAM.
   DESPITE HIS DEFENSE 
   THAT IT WAS ALL IN 
   GOOD FUN, LIBERTY 
   UNIVERSITY PUT THE 
   58-YEAR-OLD ON 
   INDEFINITE LEAVE.
   IN A STATE MONDAY 
   NIGHT, THE SCHOOL 
   SAID, ADDITIONAL 
   MATTERS CAME TO LIGHT 
   THAT MADE IT CLEAR 
   THAT IT WOULD NOT BE 
   IN THE BEST INTEREST 
   OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR 
   HIM TO RETURN FROM 
   LEAVE.
   ACCORDING TO THE 
   UNIVERSITY,
   FALWELL RESPONDED BY 
   AGREEING TO RESIGN 
   IMMEDIATELY.
   BUT THEN INSTRUCTED 
   HIS ATTORNEYS NOT TO 
   SEND HIS RESIGNATION.
   IN AN INTERVIEW WITH 
   "THE WALL STREET 
   JOURNAL" MONDAY, 
   FALWELL SAID HE WOULD 
   INDEED STEP DOWN, 
   ACKNOWLEDGING SOME OF 
   HIS POSTS ON SOCIAL 
   MEDIA HAD EMBARRASSED 
   THE SCHOOL.
   TONIGHT, LIBERTY 
   UNIVERSITY SAYS ITS 
   NEW LEADERS ARE 
   COMMITTED TO BEING 
   GOOD STEWARDS, WHILE 
   ALSO OFFERING 
   HEARTFELT PRAYERS TO 
   THE FALWELL FAMILY.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> WHEN WE COME BACK,
   SHE SURVIVED THE 
   HOLOCAUST.
   NOW AT 88, HER DREAMS 
   HOLOCAUST.
   NOW AT 88, HER DREAMS 
   COMING TRUE.
   HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO
   CREATED A NEW LIFE IN 
   CONNECTICUT.
   BUT ONE THING WAS 
   MISSING, UNTIL A 
   SCHOOL HEARD HER 
   STORY.
   HERE'S KATIE BECK.
   >> Reporter: AT 88 
   YEARS OLD, IN A CAP 
   AND DOWN, MERIAN 
   SHRIVER SAVERS A 
   MOMENT SHE'S DREAMED 
   OF FOR DECADES.
   >> DUE TO EVENTS 
   BEYOND MY CONTROL, I 
   WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET 
   MY HIGH SCHOOL 
   DIPLOMA.
   THIS HAS BEEN A 
   PROFOUND REGRET OF 
   MINE ALL MY LIFE.
   >> Reporter: SHRIVER'S
   EDUCATION DISRUPTED BY
   A DESPERATE JOURNEY TO
   SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST.
   HER FAMILY LIVING FOR 
   YEARS ON THE RUN, 
   HIDING FROM THE NAZIS.
   EVENTUALLY SENT TO A 
   SLAVE LABOR CAMP IN 
   SIBERIA.
   >> NOBODY WOULD HAVE 
   FAULTED HER FOR JUST 
   GIVING UP.
   BUT SHE DIDN'T.
   SHE, OF COURSE, 
   LEARNED ALL THE 
   LANGUAGES EVERYWHERE 
   SHE WENT.
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   SHE'S FLUENT IN SIX.
   LEARNING ENGLISH WHEN 
   SHE EMIGRATED TO THE 
   UNITED STATES TO RAISE
   A FAMILY.
   THE GENERATIONS AFTER 
   LIVE AWED AND INSPIRED
   BY HER.
   >> CONGRATULATIONS.
   >> THIS HONORARY 
   DIPLOMA IS WELL 
   DESERVED AND SHE 
   CERTAINLY IN THE 
   SCHOOL OF LIFE HAS 
   EARNED IT.
   >> Reporter: WITH A 
   LESSON OF PERSEVERANCE
   AND A GRATEFUL HEART.
   >> IT REALLY MEANS THE
   WORLD TO ME.
   THANK YOU SO MUCH.
   >> Reporter: OUR 
   GREATEST MOMENTS ARE 
   YET TO COME.
   KATIE BECK, NBC NEWS.
   >> AN AMAZING LIFE'S 
   JOURNEY.
   CONGRATULATIONS TO 
   HER.
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