 THE SUSPECT WAS ALLEGEDLY HURT 
ON THE PHONE SAYING I JUST 
KILLED SOMEBODY. 
>>> NEW IMAGES OF THE 
CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION CAUSED 
BY HURRICANE LAURA.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS STILL 
WITHOUT POWER.
PLUS, THE NEW TORNADO AND FLASH 
FLOOD THREATS AS THE STORM MOVES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>>> WASTING NO TIME, LESS THAN 
24 HOURS AFTER SPEAKING AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TONIGHT HOLDING A RALLY IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
JOE BIDEN'S RESPONSE. 
>>> THE FALLOUT FOR FALWELL, THE
MAN ALLEGEDLY AT THE CENTER OF A
SEX SCANDAL WITH JERRY FALWELL 
AND HIS WIFE SPEAKS OUT TO ABC 
NEWS. 
>> WE WERE BOTH NERVOUS AT THE 
TIME AND SHE OFFERED ME WHISKEY 
TO RELAX. 
>> HOW THE COUPLE IS RESPONDING.
>>> AND A FRESH TAKE ON STAYING 
FIT DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOW 
AMERICANS ARE CHANGING UP THEIR 
ROUTINES AND WHY GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL MAY BE A HEAVY LIFT FOR 
GYMS. 
>>> GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR
STREAMING WITH US, I'M ERIELLE 
RESHEF IN FOR LINSEY DAVIS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE GENERATION
THAT DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM, 
FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S 
GRANDDAUGHTER.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN 
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO 
MARCHED BEFORE THEM.
SAYING THE NAMES OF BLACK MEN 
AND WOMEN KILLED BY POLICE 
OFFICERS.
THIS YEAR'S MARCH FUELED BY THE 
NATIONAL RECKONING ON RACE.
AB
ABC'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT 
RACHEL SCOTT HAS MORE FROM 
WASHINGTON. 
>> Reporter: THEY LINED UP 
BEFORE DAWN FOR A MARCH UNLIKE 
ANY THE NATION'S CAPITAL HAS 
EVER SEEN, TEMPERATURE CHECKS 
AND MASKS A NEW GENERATION 
GATHERING AT THE STEPS OF THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL WHERE MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. TOLD THE COUNTRY
HE HAD A DREAM 57 YEARS AGO.
THEIR GOAL IS TO TURN THEIR 
OUTRAGE INTO LONG LASTING REFORM
AND TO KEEP MARCHING STRAIGHT TO
THE BALLOT BOX ON ELECTION DAY.
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FROM ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY MARCHING TO 
KING'S OWN MEMORIAL, SHARING THE
PAIN OF THOSE WHO MARCHED BEFORE
THEM. 
>> I CAME HERE FROM SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
>> I CAME FROM OHIO FOR THIS 
MARCH. 
>> IT'S AMAZING FEELING THAT 
WE'RE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM 
MILWAUKEE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 
>> Reporter: THEY WALKED FOR 24 
DAYS, NEARLY 800 MILES.
THE SAME CLOTHES STILL ON THEIR 
BACKS. 
>> IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING 
WALK.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN CALLED EVERY 
NAME YOU CAN POSSIBLY THINK.
>> Reporter: LOWE SET OUT FROM 
WISCONSIN BEFORE A POLICE 
OFFICER SHOT JACOB BLAKE TELLING
ME AMERICA IS IN A WORSE PLACE 
THAN IT WAS 57 YEARS AGO. 
>> WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT IN 
AMERICA WHERE WE ADDRESS THE 
SICKNESS OF AMERICA, WHICH IS 
RACISM. 
>> JACOB BLAKE. 
>> JACOB BLAKE. 
>> JACOB BLAKE. 
>> Reporter: BLAKE'S FATHER HERE
TOO SPEAKING AS HIS SON STILL 
LIES PARALYZED IN THE HOSPITAL. 
>> EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS GOING TO STAND 
UP.
WE'RE TIRED.
I'M TIRED. 
>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S MARCH 
FUELED BY THIS MOMENT OF 
NATIONAL RECKONING ON RACE.
SPARKED BY THE KILLING OF GEORGE
FLOYD. 
>> I WISH GEORGE WERE HERE TO 
SEE THIS RIGHT NOW. 
>> Reporter: HIS BROTHER 
BREAKING DOWN, HIS SISTER TAKING
THE MIC. 
>> WE HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE.
AND WE HAVE TO BE HIS LEGACY.
>> Reporter: FOR ALLISON 
WILLIAMS THAT CALL IS A PERSONAL
ONE. 
>> I'M WATCHING THE TEARS SWELL 
IN YOUR EYES. 
>> YES. 
>> THIS IS VERY PERSONAL. 
>> YES.
I HAVE A SON.
I HAVE TO GIVE HIM THAT TALK.
I HAD TO SIT HIM DOWN TO TELL 
HIM WHAT TO DO IN CASE HE GETS 
STOPPED.
HE'S BEEN STOPPED MULTIPLE TIMES
AND EVERY DAY I PRAY THAT GOD 
WOULD PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION 
AROUND HIM.
IT'S TIME, YOU GUYS, WE'VE GOT 
TO VOTE AND WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE 
THIS COUNTRY NOW.
WE CAN DO IT NOW BUT EVERYBODY 
HAS TO TAKE A PART NOW.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS THE MOST 
STIRRING WORDS FROM THE 
GRANDDAUGHTER OF MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT DISMANTLES 
SYSTEMIC RACISM, ONCE AND FOR 
ALL, NOW AND FOREVER, WE ARE 
GOING TO BE THE GENERATION THAT 
CALLS A HALT TO POLICE BRUTALITY
AND GUN VIOLENCE. 
>> YOLANDA RENEE KING WITH A 
RALLYING CRY TO THE YOUTH OF THE
NATION TO TAKE UP THE FIGHT. 
>> WE STAND AND MARCH FOR LOVE 
AND WE WILL FULFILL MY 
GRANDFATHER'S DREAM. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN RE WHICH 
HE WILL SCOTT, YOU WERE OUTSIDE 
THE PROTEST AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPEECH 
AND YOU'VE SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY
AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, GIVE
US A SENSE OF THE MOOD LAST 
NIGHT VERSUS. 
>> THOSE DEMONSTRATORS CLEARED 
OUT IN TIME TO GET AWAY FROM 
THAT MASSIVE DOWNPOUR.
THERE WERE CHANTS OUTSIDE THE 
WHITE HOUSE TO VOTE HIM OUT.
THEY CALLED IT A REFERENDUM ON 
THE PRESIDENT AND THEN -- 
SENDING A MESSAGE TO HIM IN 
TRYING TO DROWN OUT THE SOUND OF
HIS SPEECH.
TODAY WE SAW A MUCH PEACEFUL 
ORGANIZATION OUT HERE AS 
THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS TO
MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
STANDING RIGHT HERE ON THE VERY 
STEPS THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING 
JR. STOOD 57 YEARS AGO, THE 
THREAD CONNECTING THEM BOTH IS 
RACIAL INJUSTICE AND THE CALLS 
FOR EQUALITY.
ERIELLE. 
>> LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NOTICEABLY DID NOT SAY ANY OF 
THE NAMES OF RECENT VICTIMS 
KILLED BY POLICE.
HAS HE COMMENTED ON TODAY'S 
MARCH?
>> Reporter: NO WORD YET FROM 
THE PRESIDENT.
WE KNOW HE HAS A CAMPAIGN RALLY 
TODAY.
WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT HE 
DOES COMMENT.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING IRONIC 
HERE ABOUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
SHOWING UP TO THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL, WANTING TO SEND THIS 
MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE 
PRESIDENT AND THE LAWMAKERS AND 
THE FACT THAT HE'S NOT IN TOWN 
AND I HEARD SO MUCH OUTRAGE, SO 
MUCH PASSION FROM SO MANY 
DEMONSTRATORS OUT HERE TODAY 
THAT SAY THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT
TO SAY THE WORDS BLACK LIVES 
MATTER.
THOSE WORDS ARE PRINTED OUTSIDE 
OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN LARGE BOLD
YELLOW LETTERS.
THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT TO SAY 
THE WORDS OF JACOB BLAKE, OF 
SANDRA BLAND, OF BREONNA TAYLOR,
OF OTHER LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE.
AND THEY ALSO WANT THE PRESIDENT
TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN HE TALKS
ABOUT THE UNREST HERE IN THE 
NATION, TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE 
OF IT AND THEY SAY THAT IS 
RACIAL INEQUALITY.
IN AMERICA. 
>> RACHEL SCOTT IN WASHINGTON, 
IN THE RAIN FOR US, WE 
APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. 
>>> AND NOW TO THE NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, WE ARE LEARNING THAT 
AFTER JACOB BLAKE WAS SHOT SEVEN
TIMES IN THE BACK BY POLICE HE 
WAS APPARENTLY SHACKD TO HIS 
HOSPITAL BED AS HE LAY 
PARALYZED.
HIS FATHER SPEAKING OUT, SITTING
BY HIS BEDSIDE.
AND MORE DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT 
THE ALLEGED TEENAGE SUSPECT KYLE
RITTENHOUSE, ACCUSED OF KILLING 
TWO PROTESTERS AND INJURING 
ANOTHER.
ALEX PEREZ IS REPORTING AGAIN 
TONIGHT FROM KENOSHA. 
>> JACOB BLAKE SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
TURNING TO HIS FATHER FOR 
ANSWERS. 
>> NEXT QUESTION.
WAS WHY DID THEY SHOOT ME SO 
MANY TIMES?
I SAID MAYBE THEY WEREN'T 
SUPPOSED TO SHOOT YOU AT ALL. 
>> Reporter: UNTIL THIS 
AFTERNOON THE 29-YEAR-OLD LEFT 
PARALYZED BY THE SHOOTING WAS 
HANDCUFFED TO HIS BED BY HIS 
RIGHT ANKLE BECAUSE OF AN 
OUTSTANDING WARRANT, TODAY ALL 
THREE OFFICER INVOLVED AND ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE NOW 
IDENTIFIED BY INVESTIGATORS, 
RUSTEN SHESKEY.
BEFORE THE SHOOTING SHESKEY 
AND -- EACH DEPLOYED TASERS BUT 
THE WEAPONS WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
KENOSHA OFFICERS DO NOT WEAR 
BODY CAMERAS.
KYLE RITTENHOUSE KILLING TWO, 
INJURING ONE.
HE WAS SEEN OF MULTIPLE SOCIAL 
MEDIA VIDEOS ARMED OUTSIDE A CAR
SHOP, TRAVELING FROM NEARBY 
ILLINOIS EXPLAINING WHY IN ONE 
CLIP. 
>> TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE 
CITIZENS AND I JUST GOT PEPPER 
SPRAYED. 
>> YOU FIES ARE FULL ON READY TO
DEFEND THE PROPERTY. 
>> YES, WE ARE. 
>> Reporter: AN OUR LATER JOSEPH
ROSEN BALM FOLLOWS RITTENHOUSE.
MOMENTS LATER THERE'S GUNFIRE.
RICHARD Mc -- 
>> HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
I SLUNG ONE OF HIS ARMS AROUND 
MY SHOULDER, TWO OTHER 
INDIVIDUALS HELPED ME LIFT HIM 
UP AND WE CARRIED HIM TOWARDS 
THE HOSPITAL. 
>> VIDEOS SHOW HIM RUNNING AWAY 
FROM THE CROWD BEFORE AND THEN 
FIRING ON THEM.
ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT 
ANTHONY HUBER IS SHOT DEAD.
A THIRD VICTIM GAUGE GROSSKROITZ
IS SHOT IN THE ARM.
THE SHERIFF HERE DEFENDING THOSE
OFFICERS. 
>> A PERSON WALKING OR RUNNING 
DOWN THE STREET WITH THEIR HANDS
UP THAT'S NOT A RISK TO ME. 
>> RITTENHOUSE LATER ARRESTED IN
ANT JOSH ILLINOIS. 
>>> FACEBOOK HAS REMOVED A PAGE 
THAT CALLED FOR PEOPLE TO DEFEND
THEIR PROPERTY THERE IN KENOSHA 
DURING THE JACOB BLAKE PROTESTS?
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE 
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL THIS 
PAGE, A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE 
UP ARMS, A CALL FOR PATRIOTS TO 
PROTECT THIS CITY, FACEBOOK 
REMOVING THAT GROUP AND THE 
EVENT PAGE THAT THEY HAD 
CREATED.
ALSO, WE SHOULD NOTE, ERIELLE A 
SHORT TIME AGO WE GOT A 
STATEMENT FROM THE ATTORNEY 
REPRESENTING KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 
HE SAYS KYLE WAS ACTING IN 
SELF-DEFENSE. 
>> AUTHORITIES SAY THERE ARE NOW
MORE THAN A THOUSAND GUARDS, 
TROOPS IN KENOSHA, WHAT ARE THEY
DOING AND WHAT'S THE SCENE ON 
THE GROUND RIGHT NOW?
>> SEVERAL OF THEM ROLLED INTO 
TOWN THIS AFTERNOON, ACTUALLY, 
MORE THAN A THOUSAND, SEVERAL 
FROM WISCONSIN, AND OTHERS FROM 
THREE OTHER STATES, AUTHORITIES 
SAY THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT 
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HELP 
MAINTAIN THE PEACE.
THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS HAVE 
BEEN PEACEFUL HERE AND 
AUTHORITIES HOPE THAT CONTINUES 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ERIELLE. 
>> ALEX, THANKS TO YOU THERE IN 
KENOSHA. 
>>> TO THE SCENE IN WASHINGTON 
LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ACCEPTING THE GOP NOMINATION ON 
THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
ALL FROM THE GROUNDS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT MAKING HIS CASE 
FOR A SECOND TERM, PAINTING A 
GRIM PICTURE OF WHAT LIFE COULD 
LOOK LIKE UNDER A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION.
JOE BIDEN SWINGING BACK.
HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE 
CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL. 
>> THE IMAGES PRESENTED THE 
WORLD AS THE PRESIDENT WANTS IT 
TO BE.
A CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS 
TRUMP.
HIS NAME EMBLAZENED IN FIREWORKS
OVER THE WASHINGTON SKYLINE.
TRUMP SUPPORTERS SHOULDER TO 
SHOULDER AS IF THE PANDEMIC THAT
HAS RAGED FOR SIX MONTHS IS A 
DISTANT MEMORY.
THE WHITE HOUSE, HIS HOUSE. 
>> THE FACT IS, I'M HERE.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT 
BUILDING?
THE FACT IS, WE'RE HERE AND 
THEY'RE NOT. 
>> ON MANY LEVELS AN ALTERNATIVE
REALITY.
THE GATHERING IN DEFIANCE OF CDC
GUIDANCE AND LOCAL HEALTH 
REGULATIONS.
TODAY JOE BIDEN CALLED IT A 
SUPERSPREADER EVENT.
BUT THE PRESIDENT WHO HAS 
MARGINALIZED THE MEDICAL EXPERTS
AND MISREPRESENTED THE THREAT 
PRO CLAIMED HIS HANDLING OF 
COVID-19 A SMASHING SUCCESS. 
>> TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS 
POSSIBLE WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE 
SCIENCE, THE FACTS AND THE DATA.
>> Reporter: EVEN AS THE 
FIREWORKS BURST OVERHEAD 
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE OFFERED A 
STARK REMINDER OF THE NUMBER THE
PRESIDENT DID NOT MENTION, MORE 
THAN 180,000 AMERICANS DEAD.
HIS CAMPAIGN FOCUS IS NOT THE 
VIRUS, BUT THE VIOLENCE ON 
AMERICAN STREETS. 
>> WE MUST NEVER ALLOW MOB RULE.
WE CAN NEVER ALLOW MOB RULE.
>> Reporter: THE CENTRAL 
ARGUMENT, IT WILL GET WORSE 
UNDER A PRESIDENT BIDEN. 
>> AND THIS ELECTION WILL DECIDE
WHETHER WE WILL DEFEND THE 
AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE OR WHETHER 
WE WILL ALLOW A RADICAL MOVEMENT
TO COMPLETELY DISMANTLE AND 
DESTROY IT. 
>> Reporter: AFTER IT ENDED SOME
OF THE PROTESTS OUTSIDE TURNED 
UGLY, TRUMP SUPPORTERS, 
INCLUDING SENATOR RAND PAUL WERE
TAUNTED AND THREATENED AS THEY 
HEADED HOME.
FOR HIS PART BIDEN POINTS OUT 
THE VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING IN 
DONALD TRUMP'S AMERICA.
AND TODAY A DIFFERENT PROTEST IN
WASHINGTON, A PEACEFUL 
PROCESSION OF TENS OF THOUSANDS,
MOSTLY WEARING MASKS, CALLING 
FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT HAD NO WORDS FOR 
THEM.
MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ON THE MALL -- THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER?
>> LET'S GO. 
>> JOHN KARL JOINS US NOW.
MANY CRITICS ARE CALLING THE 
PRESIDENT'S 70 MINUTE CONVENTION
ADDRESS AN UNPRECEDENTED USE OF 
THE PROPERTY FOR PARTISAN 
PURPOSES, WAS THIS LEGAL AND 
COULD THERE BE PENALTIES?
>> WE'VE CERTAINLY NEVER SEEN 
ANYTHING LIKE IT AND IT 
CERTAINLY APPEARS MANY LEGAL 
EXPERTS ARE SAYING TO BE A 
VIOLATION OF THE HATCH ACT 
THAT'S IN 1939 LAW THAT SAYS 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CAN'T ENGAGE 
IN ELECTIONEERING, CAMPAIGNING, 
OUTRIGHT POLITICAL EVENTS WHILE 
ON THE JOB OR ON GOVERNMENT 
PROPERTY.
THE HATCH ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO 
EITHER THE PRESIDENT OR THE VICE
PRESIDENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT
THOSE IMAGES, THERE ARE MANY 
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE INVOLVED IN PUTTING 
THAT ON.
OTHERS WHO WORK IN GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL 
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 
THIS WAS CLEARLY A VIOLATION.
SEEMS TO MANY TO BE SO.
THE OTHER THING IS, WHO ENFORCES
IT?
IT WOULD BE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
THAT ENFORCES THAT.
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH REFUSES TO 
ENFORCE IT.
REALLY, THE ONLY RECOURSE WOULD 
BE FOR CONGRESS TO ONCE AGAIN 
PURSUE THIS THROUGH SOMETHING 
LIKE IMPEACHMENT AND THERE'S NO 
SIGN OF THAT ON THE HORIZON. 
>> IN HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMED TO PUT 
THE PANDEMIC IN THE REARVIEW 
MIRROR, DID IT WORK?
>> YOU KNOW, HE PRESENTED A VERY
DIFFERENT REALITY AS WE TALKED 
ABOUT, I MEAN JUST LOOKING, IF 
YOU WERE WATCHING, IF YOU HAD 
TUNED IN, IF YOU HAD BEEN, YOU 
KNOW, ASLEEP FOR THE LAST SIX 
MONTHS YOU WOULD HAVE NO IDEA 
THERE HAD EVER BEEN A PANDEMIC, 
ALL THOSE PEOPLE CLOSE TOGETHER,
FIREWORKS, SOMETHING MANY 
LOCALITIES DIDN'T HAVE FOR THE 
4th OF JULY, A BIG CELEBRATION 
OUTSIDE AT A TIME WHEN BIG MASS 
EVENTS SIMPLY ARE NOT HAPPENING 
IN THIS COUNTRY.
DID IT WORK?
IT'S CLEAR THAT HIS HANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC IS GOING TO BE A 
CENTRAL ISSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT POLLS SAY 
MOST VOTERS DISAPPROVE QUITE 
STRONGLY OF.
BUT HE TRIED TO PUT THE BEST 
SPIN ON IT.
AND HE WILL TRY TO TAKE THAT 
ARGUMENT INTO THE GENERAL 
ELECTION.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. 
>> SPEAKING OF, JOHN, THE 
PRESIDENT IS WRITING THE 
MOMENTUM FROM LAST NIGHT'S 
SPEECH, HE'S ALREADY BACK ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
>> HE IS, HE'S IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,
JUST LANDED A SHORT WHILE AGO, 
AND REPORTS BACK FROM NEW 
HAMPSHIRE, AN EVENT AT AN 
AIRPORT, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE 
OUT THERE, SKPAILAND A LITTLE BA
REPLAY OF WHAT WE SAW LAST 
NIGHT.
NO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND VERY 
FEW MASKS. 
>> JONATHAN KARL, THANKS SO 
MUCH, WE APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU, ERIELLE. 
>>> LET'S BRING IN POLITICAL 
DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN, TWO BACK TO
BACK CONVENTIONS, UNLIKE ANY 
WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR GRADE FOR 
HOW EACH PARTY NAVIGATED PUTTING
ON THE EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>> IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY, 
EVERYONE GETS AN "A."
NO ONE WENT TO BLACK.
IT WAS PULLED OFF RATHER 
SEAMLESSLY.
THEY MOSTLY KEPT THE TIME.
THEY WERE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY 
DELIVER THE MESSAGE THEY WANTED 
TO.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE CRISIS OF 
COVID-19, TWO DIAMETRICALLY 
OPPOSED APPROACHES, YOU SAW 
SHOWCASED THE DEMOCRATS WANTING 
TO SIGNAL ONE THING AND THE 
REPUBLICANS QUITE SOMETHING ELSE
AND IN TERMS OF OUTREACH TO THE 
PARTIES THE DEMOCRATS DID A LOT 
MORE OF THAT THAN THE 
REPUBLICANS.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE DEMOCRATS 
TALK REPUBLICANS WERE PEOPLE 
THAT YOU CAN REASON WITH AND 
TALK TO, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE 
REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS WERE 
PEOPLE TO BE PRETTY AFRAID OF. 
>> LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOUTED HIS OWN RECORD IN HIS 
SPEECH AND PAINTED A PRETTY GRIM
PICTURE OF A BIDEN/HARRIS 
PRESIDENCY, DID HE ACCOMPLISH 
WHAT REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE 
HOPED FOR AND WHAT WAS 
EFFECTIVE, WHAT MAY HAVE FALLEN 
FLAT IN YOUR MIND. 
>> THE KEY THING FOR AN 
INCUMBENT IS YOU WANT TO MAKE 
THIS A CHOICE, NOT A REFERENDUM 
AND YOU TOUT YOUR OWN RECORD, 
AND MOSTLY YOU START TO TARNISH 
THE OTHER PERSON'S.
THERE WAS A LOT IN THAT SPEECH 
LAST NIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
ONE PROBLEM THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
IS THEY HAVEN'T SETTLED ON ONE 
LINE OF ATTACK.
JOE BIDEN IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN 
INDIVIDUAL AND OF COURSE ALL OF 
THE THINGS HE'S TALKING ABOUT, 
THESE AWFUL THINGS THAT JOE 
BIDEN MIGHT BRING HE WAS USING 
EXAMPLES FROM HIS OWN PRESIDENCY
AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN LOOK 
BACK AT EPISODES THAT HAVE 
HAPPENED OVER THESE LAST FOUR 
YEARS ON DONALD TRUMP'S WATCH.
IT DEFINITELY WATERS DOWN THE 
MESSAGE SOMEWHAT.
BUT LOOK, THERE WERE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP BASE VERY 
EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW AND 
BY THAT MEASURE YOU HAVE TO LOOK
AT BOTH CONVENTIONS AND THINK 
THERE'S A SUCCESS. 
>> IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A STATE OF
THE UNION WE WERE WATCHING, 
RICK, PRESIDENT TRUMP TRYING TO 
CAST HIMSELF AS THE LEADER WHO 
CAN RESTORE SO-CALLED LAW AND 
ORDER.
WILL THAT MESSAGE RESONATE NOT 
ONLY WITH HIS BASE BUT BEYOND, 
HOW IS BIDEN RESPONDING NOW?
>> WELL, BIDEN'S RESPONSE IS AN 
OBVIOUS ONE, BUT I THINK AN 
EFFECTIVE ONE.
THIS IS DONALD TRUMP'S AMERICA 
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS 
HE'S MAKING A CASE AGAINST 
HIMSELF.
IN A LOT OF WAYS HE'S GOT TO 
MAKE A CASE AGAINST HIS OWN 
COUNTRY FWICHB THE BACKDROP OF 
ALL OF THE UNREST, THE VIOLENCE,
THE VIOLENCE AGAINST VIINDIVIDUS
OF COLOR, PERPETRATED BY POLICE,
THE PROTESTS, COVID-19, THE 
ECONOMIC CRISIS WE'RE IN, ALL OF
THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT 
TO MAKE A LAW AND ORDER 
ARGUMENT, THAT SAID, THE 
PICTURES THAT HAVE BEEN 
EMANATING FROM WISCONSIN ARE 
PROBABLY NOT HELPFUL TO JOE 
BIDEN BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE HAS
DENOUNCED VIOLENCE PERPETRATED 
BY PROTESTERS, IT IS ASSOCIATED 
MORE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF
THINGS.
IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
THAT'S DAMAGING.
AND IT'S A MESSAGE THAT 
REPUBLICANS GOING BACK 
GENERATIONS HAVE USED TO GREAT 
SUCCESS.
DONALD TRUMP IN SOME WAYS IS 
HOPING THOSE SCENES, THE 
REMARKABLE SPLIT SCREEN WE SAW 
LOST NIGHT DOES PLAY TO HIS 
ADVANTAGE. 
>> LOOKING FORWARD, THOUGH, DID 
EITHER OF THESE CAMPAIGNS HELP 
INDEPENDENCE AND STRESS THE 
URGENCY TO GET OUT AND VOTE. 
>> IF YOU'RE UNDECIDED, YOU'RE 
NOT DEFINING IT IN THE WAY THE 
CAMPAIGNS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT.
THERE'S A MYTH OF THESE PEOPLE 
IN THE MIDDLE AND MIGHT GO ONE 
WAY OR THE OTHER.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A 
SIGNIFICANT SEGMENT OF THE 
POPULATION IN THE BATTLEGROUND 
STATES.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THINKING I 
MIGHT GO WITH BIDEN OR STAY 
HOME, OR -- THOSE ARE PEOPLE YOU
HAVE TO HAMMER HOME THE STAKES 
FOR.
A LOT OF MESSAGING WAS DRIVEN 
THAT WAY.
THE REPUBLICANS WERE LASER 
FOCUSED MORE THAN THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY WERE TALKING DIRECTLY TO 
THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVED IN 
DONALD TRUMP THE FIRST TIME AND 
THEY'RE TRYING TO RECAPTURE 
THAT.
IF THEY CAN RECREATE 2016 HE 
WINS ANOTHER TERM. 
>> RICK KLEIN, ALSO APPRECIATE 
YOUR ANALYSIS, THANKS FOR 
JOINING US ON A FRIDAY. 
>>> TO THE TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION 
LEFT BY HURRICANE LAURA, ONE OF 
THE STRONGEST STORMS EVER TO HIT
THE GULF COAST.
THE CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE PACKING
150-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS, 
SHREDDING BUILDINGS IN LAKE 
CHARLES, LOUISIANA AND REMNANTS 
ARE NOW SWEEPING EAST.
THERE'S STILL A THREAT TONIGHT.
SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB 
MARCIANO HAS MORE FROM 
LOUISIANA. 
>> TONIGHT HURRICANE LAURA'S 
DEATH TOLL RISING, IN PORT 
ARTHUR, TEXAS, AT LEAST THREE 
PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AUTHORITIES 
SUSPECTING THEY WERE POISONED BY
A GENERATOR'S CARBON MA KNOCK 
SI
 -- AND HERE IN LAKE CHARLES, 
ANOTHER FAMILY ALSO DYING OF 
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. 
>> ONE DAY AFTER LAURA STRUCK 
KILLING AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE. 
>> UTILITY POLES AND POWER LINES
ARE DOWN ACROSS SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA.
THE DAMAGE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THE ELECTRICAL GRID IS SO 
EXTENSIVE THERE'S NO TIMELINE TO
GET THE LAKE CHARLES AREA BACK 
ONLINE. 
>> NEARLY 500,000 CUSTOMERS IN 
LOUISIANA STILL WITHOUT 
ELECTRICITY.
AND ADD A CHALLENGE DURING THE 
COVID PANDEMIC. 
>> THE HOTTEST REGION OF OUR 
STATE IN TERMS OF POSITIVITY IS 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
AND WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FROM SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA 
WHO ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE 
STATE. 
>> LAURA RIPPED APART VICKY 
HUBERT'S BRIDAL SHOP, DESTROYING
THE BUILDING AND NOW 7,000 GOWNS
ARE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. 
>> WE'VE WORKED OUR WHOLE LIFE 
TO GET TO THIS POINT.
THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.
>> Reporter: OUTSIDE WE 
DISCOVERED JOSEPH DARJAN WALKING
GINGERLY HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
>> HOW LONG IS THE WALKSOME. 
>> THAT'S A WALK.
>> Reporter: OVER TWO MILES AWAY
SO WE DRIVE HIM HOME.
HE'D RIDDEN OUT THE STORM TO 
CARE FOR HIS AILING WIFE BUT HAD
A MEDICAL EMERGENCY HIMSELF.
AS LAURA MOVED INLAND, MULTIPLE 
TORNADOS REPORTED, INCLUDING ONE
EAST OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT
TORE APART THIS CHURCH. 
>>> AND ROB JOINS US NOW.
THIS STORM COULD CONVERGE WITH 
ANOTHER SYSTEM?
>> WELL, YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF 
WHAT IS PICKING UP, WE'LL BRING 
IT TO THE NORTHEAST SO 
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET A PIECE
OF THIS AND IT'S GOING TO 
CONVERGE WITH A SYSTEM IN IOWA 
RIGHT NOW THAT'S DOING SEVERE 
WEATHER TO AN AREA THAT GOT BAD 
WEATHER TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEY'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM 
THAT DERECHO IN EASTERN IOWA.
HERE'S THE RADAR, THUNDERSTORM 
WATCH FOR EASTERN PARTS OF IOWA,
AND A TORNADO WATCH POSTED IN 
REGARDS TO LAURA ACROSS NORTHERN
ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE, 
AND ALL THAT TROPICAL MOISTURE 
AND BY THE WAY IT RAINED HERE 
TODAY, ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, 
TRYING TO RECOVER ON THE FIRST 
FULL DAY.
THE RAINFALL GETS PICKED UP BY 
THE FRONT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW 
AND DURING THE DAY TOMORROW 
LOOKS TO BE RATHER WET AND MAYBE
ACTIVE AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORMS 
GO ACROSS I-95 FROM RICHMOND TO 
D.C. RNGS THROUGH PHILLY AND NEW
YORK AND IT ALL CLEARS OUT 
TOMORROW NIGHT.
THEN WE'LL FINALLY BE DONE WITH 
LAURA.
UNTIL THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL 
WITH THE REMNANTS OF THIS 
HISTORIC HURRICANE. 
>> ROB, YOU'VE BEEN IN LOUISIANA
SINCE EARLY THIS WEEK AND YOU 
HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO 
LAKE CHARLES.
YOU'VE WEATHERED A LOT OF STORMS
AS WE KNOW.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT 
WILL BE NEEDED TO RECOVER?
>> WELL, I'VE KNOWN THIS AREA 
FOR 25 YEARS.
I WORKED AND LIVED HERE FOR 
THREE YEARS.
WAY BACK WHEN.
SO I HAVE LIFELONG FRIENDS HERE 
AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE 
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS 
BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF LAND AND 
THESE GOOD PEOPLE BUT SINCE THEN
I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF HURRICANES 
AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT 
I'VE NEVER SEEN WIND DAMAGE LIKE
THIS ACROSS SUCH A WIDE AREA OF 
A CITY.
I MEAN, IT GOT THE FULL FORCE OF
A CATEGORY 4 STORM, AND IT HAS 
RIPPED APART THIS CITY, HOMES, 
BUSINESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT NO
TIME LINES FOR RECOVERY OF 
MUNICIPAL WATER AND ELECTRICITY.
THE HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE TWO 
HOSPITALS HERE NOW EVACUATING 
ALL PATIENTS THAT ARE IN ESSENCE
CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE 
NO -- ANY WATER TO STERILIZE 
THINGS, REPORTS ARE THAT THE 
SECOND HOSPITAL MAY VERY WELL DO
THAT, THAT LEAVES ONE SMALL 
HOSPITAL NEARBY TO DEAL WITH 
THIS ENTIRE REGION.
I DON'T SEE RESIDENTS COMING 
BACK HERE ANYTIME SOON.
MATTER OF FACT OFFICIALS ARE 
TELLING THEM RIGHT NOW JUST LOOK
AND LEAVE.
LOOK AND LEAVE.
COME SEE YOUR STUFF.
GATHER WHAT YOU CAN IF YOU WANT 
AND THEN GET OUT.
YOU HAVE TO BE IN SURVIVOR MODE 
HERE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 
WITHOUT ANY MUNICIPAL WATER OR 
MUNICIPAL POWER.
HONESTLY, IF I WERE IN CHARGE I 
WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
IT'S SUCH A MESS AND THERE'S SO 
MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.
IT WILL TAKE MONTHS AND IF NOT 
YEARS.
IT WILL BE A PERMANENT SCAR ON 
THIS COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE THE FACTS, ERIELLE, A 
TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR SURE. 
>> ROB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
REPORTING FROM THE STORM ZONE. 
>> YOU BET, ERIELLE. 
>>> NEXT, THE ALARMING NEWS OUT 
OF NEVADA TONIGHT, THE FIRST 
CONFIRMED COVID REINFECTION IN 
THE U.S., A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN, A 
DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAVE AN 
IMPACT IN THE SEARCH FOR A 
VACCINE.
KAYLEE HARTUNG REPORTS. 
>> Reporter: TONIGHT KR DOCTORS 
IN NEVADA CONFIRMING THE FIRST 
KNOWN AMERICAN TO BE REINFECTED 
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE 25-YEAR-OLD MAN FIRST GOT 
SICK IN MARCH, BUT RECOVERED, 
EVEN TESTED NEGATIVE TWICE BUT 
48 DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL 
INFECTION HIS SYMPTOMS RETURNED.
HE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.
THIS TIME WITH A DIFFERENT 
STRAIN OF THE VIRUS. 
>> THERE'S A DANGER THAT EVEN IF
YOU'VE HAD IT, THAT YOUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM MAY NOT PROTECT YOU FROM 
A SIGNIFICANT ILLNESS THE SECOND
TIME. 
>> Reporter: IT COMES AS CROWDED
SCENES LIKE THESE ARE SHARED ON 
SOCIAL MEA, RAISING ALARMS.
FROM THIS COLLEGE PARTY IN 
GEORGIA TO A RAVE IN NEW YORK.
TONIGHT A NEW CRACKDOWN IN LOS 
ANGELES.
THE CITY FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES
AGAINST TWO TIKTOK STARS FOR 
HOSTING THESE PACKED HOUSE 
PARTIES IN DEFIANCE OF LOCAL 
HEALTH ORDERS. 
>> IF YOU HAVE A COMBINED 19 
MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH 
CRISIS YOU SHOULD BE MODELING 
GREAT BEHAVIOR, BEST PRACTICES 
FOR ALL OF US.
RATHER THAN BRAZENLY VIOLATING 
THE LAW. 
>> Reporter: BRYCE HALL AND 
BLAKE GREG COULD FACE UP TO A 
YEAR IN JAIL.
BEFORE BEING CHARGED PAUL TOLD 
TMZ HE IMMEDIATELY REGRETTED IT.
>> I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT MANY
PEOPLE TO COME.
IT HAPPENED.
OUR POWER GOT SHUT OFF, I 
DESERVED IT. 
>> Reporter: THERE'S MORE 
PUSHBACK DOWNRIGHT OUTRAGE FROM 
THOUSANDS OF LOCAL GLOBAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS FROM THAT NEW CDC 
GUIDANCE THAT SAYS IF YOU'VE 
BEEN EXPOSED AND DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO
BE TESTED.
UP TO 40% OF COVID CASES ARE DUE
TO ASYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. 
>> OUR THANKS TO KAYLEE HARTUNG 
TONIGHT. 
>>> WHY SOME IN CONGRESS WANT 
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO 
TO BE HELD IN CONTEMPT. 
>>> THE ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE WITH 
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>>> THE AMERICANS HERE ON THE 
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>> YOU CAN SEE JUST HOME AFTER 
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>>> TRUE TERROR. 
>> THERE WAS THIS HUGE SHARK AND
I JUST STARTED TO HIT IT.
I REMEMBER THINKING, YOU CAN'T 
HAVE ME. 
>> MY NAME IS PAGE WINTER, AND 
I'M 17. 
>> THE ROBIN ROBERTS EVENT 
SPECIAL. 
>>> WELCOME BACK, IT'S THE 
SCANDAL THAT ROCKED LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY AND ITS EVANGELICAL 
LEADER JERRY FALWELL JR., A 
FORMER POOL ATTENDANT CALLED 
FALWELL A PREDATOR, SAYING HE 
ENGAGED IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS WIFE WHILE FALWELL 
WATCHED.
YOU'LL HEAR THE INTERVIEW WITH 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
NEWS OF ANOTHER ALLEGATION 
INVOLVING A FORMER LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY STUDENT. 
>> NEW ALLEGATION ABOUT THE 
FALWELLS COMING FROM A FORMER 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENT 
PROVIDING AN ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT 
IN POLITICO, ALLEGING HE HAD A 
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH BECKY 
FALWELL, THE WIFE OF THE 
SCHOOL'S FORMER PRESIDENT, JERRY
FALWELL JR., WHILE HE WAS A 
22-YEAR-OLD.
THEY CALLED IT FALSE AND MEAN 
SPIRITED.
IT'S THE LATEST IN A SHOCKING 
STRING OF SCANDALS TO HIT A 
FAMILY IN THE CONSERVATIVE 
MOVEMENT. 
>> AS OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS GROWN 
SO HAS MY ADMIRATION FOR MR. 
TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: A STAUNCH ADVOCATE 
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, FALWELL 
RESIGNED FROM THE COLLEGE 
FOLLOWING A SERIES OF STUNNING 
DEVELOPMENTS, FIRST A RACY PHOTO
HE POSTED AND THEN TOOK DOWN 
FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WITH HIS ARM 
AROUND HIS WIFE'S ASSISTANT.
HE APOLOGIZED FOR POSTING IT, 
SAYING IT WAS JUST IN GOOD FUN 
FROM A COSTUME PARTY.
THEN THAT FIRST JAW DROPPING 
ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY
THAT DIRECTLY GOES AGAINST THE 
SCHOOL'S STRICT MORAL CODE. 
>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR 
STUDENTS HERE AT LIBERTY.
IT'S JUST SUCH AN HONOR TO BE 
ABLE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM AND
WE TRY TO TEACH GOOD FAMILY 
VALUES AND GOOD MORALS. 
>> Reporter: FALWELL ACCUSED BY 
HIS 29-YEAR-OLD FORMER BUSINESS 
PARTNER OF BEING AWARE OF AND 
OBSERVING GRANDA'S AFFAIR WITH 
HIS WIFE BECKY.
GRANDA IS A SAYS HE MANY MET THE
FALWELLS WHEN HE WAS A 
20-YEAR-OLD POOL ATTENDANT.
THE RELATIONSHIP TOOK OFF FROM 
THERE, LASTING YEARS.
HE PROVIDED THIS AUDIO 
RECORDING. 
>> EVERY TIME HE HOOKS UP WITH 
PEOPLE. 
>> NOT TRYING TO DO THAT. 
>> GRANDA SAYS HE VACATIONED 
WITH THE FALWELLS, EVEN WENT 
INTO BUSINESS WITH THEM, OWNING 
A MIAMI YOOUS HOSTEL.
IN THIS EMAIL SHARED EXCLUSIVELY
WITH ABC NEWS GRANDA SAYS 
FALWELL OFFERED A GLOWING 
RECOMMENDATION FOR HIM TO ATTEND
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, CALLING 
HIM A QUICK STUDY ON ALL 
BUSINESS RELATED MATTERS, 
CONSISTENT, DEPENDABLE AND 
SOMEONE WHO HAS OPERATED WITH 
THE HIGHEST BUSINESS ETHICS AND 
INTEGRITY BUT THE RELATIONSHIP 
LATER SOURED.
NOW THE FALWELLS ARE ACCUSING 
GRANDA OF EXTORTION, CLAIMING HE
THREATENED TO GO PUBLIC WITH THE
AFFAIR UNLESS HE'S PAID 
MILLIONS.
GRANDA DENIES THE ALLEGATION.
OVERNIGHT THE FALWELLS DECLINING
TO COMMENT ON GRANDA 
ALLEGATIONS. 
>> OUR THANKS TO DEB ROBERTS.
FALWELL-HAS REACHED OUT TO 
NUMEROUS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, 
TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY, WITH 
VIGOROUS DENIALS OF GRANDA'S 
ACCOUNT, SO HAS HIS WIFE BECKY, 
CLAIMING TO BE VICTIMS.
GRANDA IS SITTING DOWN FOR AN 
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> THEY SAY YOU HAD AN AFFAIR 
WITH MRS. FALLWELL, BUT JERRY 
WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY WAY.
YOU SAY FROM THE START THEY WERE
BOTH INVOLVED?
>> FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING ME ON AND JERRY'S LYING.
THAT WAS HIS GAME PLAN FROM THE 
BEGINNING TO JUST THROW HER 
UNDER THE BUS.
WHICH I THINK SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT
WHO HE IS, ABOUT HIS CHARACTER.
AND HE WAS AWARE FROM DAY ONE OF
OUR RELATIONSHIP AND HE DID, IN 
FACT, WATCH. 
>> SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK?
DESCRIBE THE ENCOUNTERS. 
>> LET'S GO BACK TO WHEN I FIRST
MET THEM.
I WAS 20 YEARS OLD.
WORKING AT THE FOUNTAIN BLUE 
HOTEL, WORKING MY WAY THROUGH 
COLLEGE AND, YOU KNOW, I'M 
TALKING TO SOME GUESTS AND I 
NOTICED THIS WOMAN BEHIND ME 
STARING AT ME AND SHE WAS 
NOTICEABLY DRUNK.
AND SHE WAS JUST FLIRTING WITH 
ME.
THEN WE START FLIRTING BACK AND 
FORTH.
AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF MY 
WORK SHIFT SHE'S LIKE, HEY, 
WOULD YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO MY 
HOTEL ROOM AND AS A SINGLE 
20-YEAR-OLD I'M LIKE, YEAH, OF 
COURSE.
AND THEN SHE'S LIKE, BUT MY 
HUSBAND WANTS TO WATCH.
AND IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT IT WAS
A BIT STRANGE AND I BACKED OFF.
AND SHE SAID, OH, NO, BUT HE -- 
HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
HE'S JUST GOING TO SIT IN THE 
CORNER AND HE JUST WANTS TO 
WATCH.
IT'S HIS THING.
AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE
ACTUALLY AT A SWINGERS CLUB THE 
NIGHT BEFORE, MIAMI VELVET.
AND THEY SAID IT WAS KIND OF 
GROSS BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MANY
PEOPLE AND THEY WANTED A MORE 
INTIMATE SESSION.
SO I HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE 
AT THE TIME.
AFTER MY WORK SHIFT THEY CALLED 
ME THROUGH A BLOCKED NUMBER.
TO SCHEDULE WHERE TO MEET AND WE
MET AT ANOTHER HOTEL.
AND I WALK INTO THE LOBBY, AND, 
YOU KNOW, BECKY'S SITTING THERE 
WAITING FOR ME AND WE WERE BOTH 
NERVOUS AT THE TIME AND THEN SHE
OFFERED ME WHISKY TO RELAX, TO 
CALM MY NERVES.
WE TALKED FOR A BIT.
I RELAXED AND THEN WE WENT 
UPSTAIRS, AND JERRY WAS LAYING 
ON THE BED, DRUNK AND HE WAS 
GIGGLING.
AND I'M KIND OF WEIRDED OUT AT 
THIS MOMENT.
I SAID, HEY, IF AT ANY POINT YOU
GET JEALOUS OR YOU WANT ME TO 
BACK OFF, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL 
WALK OUT OF HERE.
HE'S LIKE, NO, NO, JUST GO FOR 
IT. 
>> THAT HAPPENED ON OTHER 
OCCASIONS AS WELL, AND WHAT 
WOULD HE BE DOING?
>> RIGHT, I MEAN, HE -- I DON'T 
WANT TO GO TOO MUCH INTO THE 
TAILS.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH INTO
THE DETAILS BUT HE ENJOYED 
WATCHING. 
>> THEY SAY NOW THAT YOU'RE 
TRYING TO EXTORT THEM.
WHY COME FORWARD NOW?
THIS STARTED SEVEN YEARS AGO. 
>> SO, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT
TIME I -- YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT 
FOUNTAIN BLUE, OR THE HOTEL, 
THAT FIRST NIGHT, SHORTLY AFTER 
WE HAD A WEEKEND GETAWAY, AT CHI
CA RESORT IN FLORIDA KEYS AND 
THIS TRIP, YOU KNOW, WE WERE 
DOING OUR -- THE NATURE OF THE 
RELATIONSHIP CONTINUED THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED TO 
THEM THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, 
RIGHT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL 
I SUFFERED WITH VIDEO GAME 
ADDICTION.
YOU KNOW AT THE TIME I WAS 
TIMID, A BIT NERVOUS.
AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, NOW IN 
HINDSIGHT, THAT THEY SPOTTED 
THESE WEAKNESSES.
AND MADE ME AN IDEAL TARGET.
I SHARED, YOU KNOW, THIS PASSION
PROJECT OF MINE, IT'S A COMPANY 
THAT WOULD CONNECT VIDEO GAMERS 
SUFFERING WITH VIDEO GAME 
ADDICTION IN FAMILIES WITH 
HEALTH COACHES.
OH, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT 
IDEA, AND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY 
YOU COULD PROBABLY PARTNER UP 
WITH LIBERTY.
YOU SHOULD COME TO NEW YORK WITH
US, WE'RE HAVING A BUSINESS TRIP
AND WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT IT 
AND THEN IN THIS TRIP IN NEW 
YORK CITY WE STAYED AT A HOTEL 
ON PARK AVENUE.
AND HE SAID, LOOK, I REALLY LIKE
YOUR IDEA.
BUT BEFORE YOU CAN EVER HELP 
ANYONE YOU NEED TO MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY YOURSELF.
SO I HAVE -- AND THIS IS JERRY 
SAYING IT, HE'S LIKE, I HAVE A 
BACKGROUND IN REAL ESTATE.
PICK A PROPERTY IN MIAMI, A 
HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES, WE'LL GET
THE BEST ONE AND YOU'LL GET 25% 
OWNERSHIP STAKE IN IT AND THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT I DID. 
>> THEY SUGGEST YOU TARGETED 
THEM AND THAT YOU MAY HAVE 
TARGETED OTHER SUCCESSFUL WOMEN.
>> THAT'S FALSE.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
THAT'S JUST THEM TRYING TO SMEAR
ME.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS 
TO THINK THAT THIS 20-YEAR-OLD 
WITH NOT MANY RESOURCES.
I DON'T COME FROM A FAMILY WITH 
A LOT OF MONEY, WAS TARGETING 
AND PREYING UPON THIS POWER 
COUPLE THAT HAVE ALL THE 
POLITICAL CONNECTIONS AND ALL 
THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, AGAIN I 
FEEL LIKE I WAS AN IDEAL TARGET 
FOR THEM. 
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN 
NOW?
>> I'VE BEEN WANTING TO CUT 
TIES.
AGAIN, I HAVE AN EQUITY STAKE IN
THE COMPANY, WHICH THEY OFFERED.
I HAVE AN EQUITY STAKE IN THE 
COMPANY.
IT HAS VALUE AND I WANT TO CUT 
TIES.
AND WITHIN THE OPERATING 
AGREEMENT THERE'S A SELLING 
MECHANISM.
I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO WANT TO 
SELL MY EQUITY STAKE.
I JUST WANT TO CUT TIES.
THAT'S ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO.
I NEVER ASKED FOR MORE THAN WHAT
WAS PROMISED TO ME.
AND JERRY HIMSELF MEMORIALIZED 
THIS OFFER THROUGH TEXT 
MESSAGES. 
>> ONE FINAL QUESTION, YOU ALSO 
ALLEGED THAT JERRY FALWELL JR. 
SENT YOU A COMPROMISING PHOTO OF
A LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENT, HE
SAID THE PHOTO WAS A FRIEND OF 
HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, NOT SEXUAL 
IN ANY WAY, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO 
THAT AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THE PHOTO?
>> I DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT OF 
THE PHOTO.
ALL I KNOW I WAS WITH HIM AND 
BECKY AT A HOTEL IN MIAMI BEACH 
AT THE -- HE SENT ME THE 
PICTURE, AND I TRIED TO ACT COOL
ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERREACT.
BUT I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT IT WAS
BIZARRE, CONSIDERING THE NATURE 
OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
AND AT THAT MOMENT, I'M LIKE 
SOMETHING MORE IS GOING ON HERE.
I DON'T LIKE THIS.
BUT I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE 
CONTEXT BEHIND IT.
AND WHATEVER EXPLANATION YOU GET
IS -- IT'S FINE.
THE POINT IS, WHY DID HE HAVE 
THAT PICTURE?
WHY DID HE SHARE IT?
AND WHY WAS HE JOKING ABOUT IT?
HE PUBLICLY SAID HE WAS JOKING 
ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT SHOULD RAISE SOME 
QUESTIONS. 
>> OUR THANKS TO GEORGE FOR THAT
INTERVIEW, STILL AHEAD HERE ON 
PRIME, THE CHARGES FILED AGAINST
SOME MAJOR TIKTOK STARS FOR 
ALLEGEDLY HOLDING PARTIES IN 
THEIR HOLLYWOOD MANSIONS DURING 
A PANDEMIC.
>>> AND AN UPDATE ON THE HEALTH 
OF ONE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 
FIERCEST CRITICS. 
>>> HOW COVID IS RESHAPING THE 
FITNESS INDUSTRY HAS AMERICANS 
FIND NEW OFTEN MORE AFFORDABLE 
WAYS TO WORK OUT.
>>> BUT FIRST, OUR TWEET OF THE 
DAY.
REMEMBERING A CRIME THAT SHOULD 
HAVE NEVER HAPPENED 65 YEARS 
AGO, AND A LIFE TAKEN TOO SOON.
>>> IN TIMES LIKE THESE THE 
NEWSMAKING EVENTS HAPPEN HERE, 
ABC NEWS. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING FACE 
TO FACE WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S 
MOST BRUTAL DICTATORS KIM 
JONG-UN. 
>> THE PRESIDENT. 
>> YOU TRUST HIM?
>> I DO TRUST HIM, YEAH, I THINK
HE TRUSTS ME AND I TRUST HIM. 
>> IVANKA TRUMP. 
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR 
EMAILS.
YOUR FATHER HAD TAKEN HILLARY 
CLINTON TO TASK FOR THIS. 
>> THERE JUST IS NO -- 
>> THE IDEA OF LOCK HER UP 
DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU?
>> NO. 
>> COMEY. 
>> HOW STRANGE IS IT FOR YOU TO 
SIT HERE AND COMPARE THE 
PRESIDENT TO A MOB BOSS?
>> VERY STRANGE. 
>> MICHELLE OBAMA. 
>> WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU COULD 
TELL YOUR PRE-WHITE HOUSE SELF?
>> WHOO. 
>> MELANIA TRUMP. 
>> THERE'S STILL PEOPLE THERE HE
CAN TRUST?
>> YES. 
>> STILL WORKING OUT?
>> YES. 
>> MICHAEL COHEN. 
>> HE'S STILL LYING?
>> YES. 
>> THAT'S A BIG STATEMENT. 
>> NOW IN A YEAR WITH SO MUCH ON
THE LINE WE'RE RIGHT THERE. 
>> GOOD EVENING FROM WASHINGTON,
A VERY BUSY NEWS NIGHT. 
>> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS 
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>>> WE ALL NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL
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US STRAIGHT.
NO BULL.
NO SPIN.
NOW IMAGINE GETTING YOUR NEWS 
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JUST GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT.
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>>> ANOTHER WEEK IN AMERICA, A 
COUNTRY FACING A NEW TEST NOW.
>> THE WUHAN AIRPORT, ALMOST NO 
ONE HERE. 
>> THE LAST FLIGHT OUT OF ROME. 
>> THIS IS THE NURSING HOME JUST
OUTSIDE SEATTLE. 
>> DOZENS OF PEOPLE RUSHED OFF 
THIS CRUISE SHIP. 
>> GROUND ZERO. 
>> IT IS SHUT DOWN. 
>> ANOTHER AMBULANCE JUST PULLED
OUT. 
>> NOW THEY'RE HEADED TO THE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. 
>> THE FIRST TESTS HAVE BEEN 
DONE HERE. 
>> MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, 
LATE NIGHT.
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ABC NEWS.
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>>> WHAT'S THE MOST INNOVATIVE, 
DAILY NEWS PODCAST OUT THERE TO 
LISTEN TO EVERY DAY?
WELL, THE EDWARD R. MURROW 
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NEWS.
EVEN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CALLS 
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>>> WE TURN NOW TO HOW AMERICANS
ARE KEEPING FIT IN THE AGE OF 
COVID-19.
MANY OF US ARE GETTING OUTDOORS 
AND WORKING OUT AT HOME, LEAVING
GYMS AND HEALTH CLUBS, FEELING 
THE BURN.
WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK BY THE 
NUMBERS.
BIKE SALES ARE UP 72% FROM LAST 
YEAR ACCORDING TO GLOBAL DATA, 
SALES OF FREE WEIGHTS AND 
INCREASED BY 309% AND THERE'S 
NOW A NATIONAL SHORTAGE.
RUNNING SHOE SALES ARE UP 6.2% 
FROM LAST YEAR, AND PELOTON BIKE
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR ALREADY UP 94%
BY THE END OF MARCH.
BUT TAKING A HEAVY HIT THE 
COUNTRY'S APPROXIMATELY 41,000 
GYMS AND HEALTH CLUBS THAT HAVE 
MOSTLY SHUTTERED DURING THE 
PANDEMIC, TOGETHER THEY'VE LOST 
$7 BILLION IN REVENUE THROUGH 
JULY 1st.
AND 25% OF GYMS COULD CLOSE BY 
THE END OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO
AN INDUSTRY GROUP.
SPENDING ON GYMS HAS DROPPED 82%
ACCORDING TO GLOBAL DATA, WHICH 
COULD BE LONG LASTING, 59% OF --
THEY DON'T PLAN TO RENEW THEIR 
MEMBERSHIP WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS 
OVER.
THE REASON MOST SAY WAS THAT 
COVID-19 HELPED THEM FIND A MORE
AFFORDABLE WAY TO STAY HEALTHY.
>>> AND WE STILL HAVE MUCH MORE 
TO GET TO HERE ON PRIME.
OUR CONVERSATION WITH NFL 
RUNNING BACK MELVIN GORDON.
HE'S -- HOW HE'S COPING AND 
COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE UNREST 
IN HIS HOMETOWN OF KENOSHA.
>>> PLUS, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY
FOR A LOCK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S 
HAIR?
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE MINIMUM 
STARTING BID FOR THIS BIZARRE 
PIECE OF HISTORY.
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>>> THE AMERICANS HERE ON THE 
GROUND, AND THE IRAQI -- 
>> 18,000 TONS. 
>> DAVID. 
>> DAVID. 
>> GROUND ZERO FROM HURRICANE 
MICHAEL. 
>> YOU CAN SEE JUST HOME AFTER 
HOME. 
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU. 
>> THIS WAS YOUR VIEW?
>> MY FAVORITE VIEW. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU.
>>> UNDETERRED BY A GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC -- 
>> WE LAY OURSELVES ON THE LINE 
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
>> THE UNFORGIVING SUMMER HEAT. 
>> WE DIDN'T COME OUT AND STAND 
IN THIS HEAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T 
HAVE NOTHING TO DO. 
>> AN ANTICIPATED CROWD OF 
70,000 MARCHED ON WASHINGTON ON 
FRIDAY.
ACTIVISTS YOUNG AND OLD, FAMILY 
MEMBERS OF GEORGE FLOYD, BREONNA
TAYLOR, JACOB BLAKE, AHMAUD 
ARBERY, AND MANY OTHERS GRIEVING
LOVED ONES LOST AT THE HANDS OF 
POLICE.
PASSIONATE SPEECHES ECHOING FROM
THE FOOT OF THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL, SAYING ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH. 
>> MY BROTHER CANNOT BE A VOICE 
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO BE THAT VOICE. 
>> OFFICIALS AT A BERLIN 
HOSPITAL SAY ALEXEI NOVALNY IN 
STABLE CONDITION, IN A COMA 
AFTER FALLING ILL IN SIBERIA.
GERMAN DOCTORS SAY THERE'S 
INDICATIONS HE MAY HAVE BEEN 
POISONED.
>>> A SHOWDOWN BREWING BETWEEN 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND SECRETARY OF
STATE MIKE POMPEO.
PREPARING TO HOLD POMPEO IN 
CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, POMPEO 
REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH 
CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS FOR 
DOCUMENTS HE PROVIDED TO A 
CONTROVERSIAL SENATE PROBE OF 
THE BIDEN FAMILY AS WELL AS FOR 
THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY LAST 
YEAR.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT CALLING THE
HOUSE MOVE, QUOTE, A WASTE OF 
TAXPAYER RESOURCES. 
>>> MATE HAVE BEEN THE MOST 
TALKED ABOUT PARTY OF THE 
SUMMER, THE TIKTOK STARS BEHIND 
THAT BIRTHDAY PARTY FACING 
CHARGES.
BRICE HALL AND BLAKE GRAY 
ACCUSED OF VIOLATING L.A.'S 
PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS MEANT
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19. 
>> IF YOU HAVE A COMBINED 19 
MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH 
CRISIS YOU SHOULD BE MODELING 
GREAT BEHAVIOR, BEST PRACTICES 
FOR ALL OF US.
RATHER THAN BRAZENLY VIOLATING 
THE LAW AND THEN POSTING VIDEOS 
ABOUT IT. 
>> THE OWNERS OF THAT HOLLYWOOD 
HILLS MANSION ALSO CHARGED, 
FACING UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL, 
LEGAL TROUBLE COMES AFTER MAYOR 
ERIC GARCETTI CUT POWER TO THEIR
PARTY HOUSE AS PUNISHMENT.
>>> THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE BACK 
ON.
SET TO RESUME SATURDAY.
THE AGREEMENT CAME AFTER THREE 
DAYS OF NO GAMES, IN RESPONSE TO
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JACOB 
BLAKE.
A JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE 
LEAGUE AND ITS PLAYERS ANNOUNCED
SEVERAL NEW INITIATIVES, 
INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
SOCIAL JUSTICE COALITION, 
DESIGNED TO INCREASE VOTING 
ACCESS, AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICE 
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, 
ALSO ANNOUNCED EVERY ARENA OWNED
BY A TEAM WILL BE TURNED INTO A 
POLLING PLACE FOR THE 2020 
GENERAL ELECTION.
>>> OWN A PIECE OF AMERICAN 
HISTORY BELONGING TO PRESIDENT 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
NOT HIS HAT.
RATHER, WHAT'S UNDERNEATH.
HIS HAIR.
A ROUGHLY TWO INCH LONG LOCK OF 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S HAIR IS UP 
FOR AUCTION, IF THAT WASN'T 
ENTICING ENOUGH IT'S WRAPPED IN 
A BLOODSTAINED TELEGRAM 
CONCERNING HIS ASSASSINATION.
IT WAS CUT FROM HIS HEAD DURING 
HIS POST MORTEM EXAM.
THE STARTING BID IS $10,000.
THE AUCTION HOUSE INSISTS THE 
ITEM IS FASCINATING, NOT M
MACABRE. 
>>> JOINING US THE NFL PLAYER 
MELVIN GORDON, RUNNING BACK FOR 
THE DENVER BRONCOS WHO GREW UP 
IN KENOSHA.
THANKS FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR
TIME WITH US. 
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
>> YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL IN 
WISCONSIN FOR THE BETTER PART OF
YOUR LIFE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND 
THEN THE UNIVERSITY OF 
WISCONSIN.
WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU
FIRST SAW THAT VIDEO OF THE 
SHOOTING OF JAY COBB BLAKE IN 
YOUR HOMETOWN?
>> IT JUST INSTANTLY MADE ME 
SAD.
YOU KNOW, MY BOY TRAY WANES, I 
WAS GETTING OUT OF MEETINGS AND 
HE SENT IT TO ME, AND HE'S LIKE,
BRO, LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 
KENOSHA.
I CAN'T THINK IT WAS ANYTHING 
LIKE THAT.
WHEN I SEEN IT IT WAS JUST -- I 
MEAN, IT WAS JUST HEARTBREAKING,
YOU KNOW, AND I INSTANTLY GOT 
SAD, IT MESSED UP MY ENTIRE 
MOOD.
NOT THAT IT'S EVEN HAPPENING IN 
MY CITY, BUT JUST STILL GOING ON
AFTER, YOU KNOW, AFTER 
EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, 
EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO 
ACCOMPLISH, YOU KNOW AS A WHOLE.
AND TO STILL SEE ACTIONS LIKE 
THIS, ESPECIALLY BACK IN MY HOME
JUST IS HEARTBREAKING. 
>> WAS IT THE RIGHT DECISION FOR
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS TO TAKE A 
STAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEY 
THEY JUST WEREN'T GOING TO PLAY 
AND WHAT IS YOUR REACTION NOW 
THAT MANY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES 
HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT?
>> YOU KNOW, I WAS PROUD OF 
THOSE GUYS, YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY,
YOU KNOW, FROM THEM BEING FROM 
THE AREA, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAS
TO MAKE A STAND.
WE HAVE A VOICE AS PLAYERS.
AS ATHLETES.
WE HAVE A PLATFORM.
AND IT'S ON US TO USE THAT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, 
PEOPLE FOLLOWING ALONG BEHIND 
THAT AND WE NEED GUYS TO STEP 
OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND 
HELP TO MAKE CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, SO I'M GLAD THAT THOSE
GUYS DID THAT, MAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MADE ME FEEL
GOOD ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER 
PEOPLE. 
>> I'M CURIOUS, ARE YOU 
CONSIDERING NOT PLAYING THIS 
SEASON OR SITTING OUT A GAME 
EVEN AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR 
TEAMMATES SHOULD DO THE SAME?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A 
CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE 
HAD AMONGST THE NFL AND OUR OWN 
LOCKER ROOMS AND US TO COME UP, 
YOU KNOW, TOGETHER WITH A 
SOLUTION AND A PLAN FOR ME TO 
JUST SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU 
KNOW, WOULDN'T BE THE BRIGHTEST 
THING TO DO.
ESPECIALLY NOT TALKING TO MY 
PEERS AND MY GUYS.
BUT LIKE I SAID THAT'S A 
CONVERSATION THAT'S NEED TO BE 
HAD.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS OUT 
THE QUESTION.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A 
CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE 
BROUGHT UP AND TALKED ABOUT. 
>> YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU HAVE 
NEVER REALLY HAD A PERSONALLY 
BAD EXPERIENCE WITH POLICE AND, 
IN FACT, YOU'VE INTERACTED WITH 
SOME GREAT GUYS BUT THAT YOU 
STILL WOULD FEEL A SENSE OF FEAR
IF YOU WERE EVER PULLED OVER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS IS A 
SYSTEMIC PROBABLE WITH POLICING 
NOT ONLY IN YOUR HOMETOWN, BUT 
BEYOND?
>> I THINK SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK
SO.
JUST WITH THE ACTIONS THAT YOU 
SEE EVERYWHERE, I MEAN, 
EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE 
OF COLOR, I KNOW YOU'RE AFRAID 
IN SOME TYPE OF FASHION, YOU 
KNOW, THE WRONG MOVE, THE 
SLIGHTEST MOVE, YOU KNOW, COULD 
BE THE LAST TIME, BE THE LAST 
MOVE YOU MAKE, BE THE LAST TIME 
YOU SEE A FAMILY, ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THE FEAR
I KNOW IS THERE, AND I KNOW IF 
YOU'RE OF COLOR, NO MATTER WHAT,
IF YOU HAVE ANY ENCOUNTER WITH A
COP IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO 
COME TO YOUR HEAD LIKE, OKAY, I 
HAVE TO BE VERY AWARE, CAUTIOUS 
OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING I DO 
AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT 
BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE MY LAST. 
>> YOU'VE SET UP THE BEYOND THE 
FLASH FOUNDATION WHICH I'VE 
HEARD HAS ALSO SET UP SOME MONEY
TO HELP PAY FOR JACOB BLAKE'S 
MEDICAL EXPENSES.
WHAT'S THE GOAL OF YOUR 
INITIATIVE?
>> JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BRING
SOME SMILES, YOU KNOW, 
TOWARDS -- BACK TOWARDS THE 
COMMUNITY AND TOWARDS HIM AND 
HIS FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, ME AND TRAY, SOON AS 
WE SEEN THAT, WE WAS JUST LIKE, 
MAN, WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER WE 
CAN TO HELP, GIVING BACK IN THAT
WAY OR SOME OTHER FASHION.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEEDED TO 
BE DONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 
GOING TO DO. 
>> TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICIALS HAVE CALLED THE NBA 
PLAYER STRIKE ABSURD, JARED 
KUSHNER SAYING I THINK WHAT WE 
NEED TO DO IS TURN THAT FROM 
SLOGANS AND SIGNALS TO ACTUAL 
ACTION.
WHAT ACTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE 
AND DO YOU BELIEVE A DIALOGUE 
WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
NEEDED ON THESE ISSUES?
>> I THINK SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK
IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN 
EVERY FASHION.
IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, YOU 
KNOW, RIGHT NOW I JUST THINK 
EVERYONE -- WE'RE TRYING TO DO 
WHAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AT THIS 
POINT.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT SOME 
TIMES IT JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE 
ENOUGH.
BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE 
ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY IN THAT 
ORDER. 
>> AND FINALLY, I THINK IT'S 
PRETTY CLEAR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE 
YOURSELF ARE DRIVING THE CHANGE 
IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY DURING THE
MARCH ON WASHINGTON MARTIN 
LUTHER KING'S GRANDDAUGHTER SAID
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION WHO DISMANTLES RACISM
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS 
POSSIBLE?
>> I PRAY IT IS.
I PRAY IT IS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I MYANMAR TIN LUTHER 
KING WAS FIGHTING THIS BATTLE, 
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO AND HERE WE 
ARE STILL TODAY STILL FIGHTING 
THE SAME BATTLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T 
BRING CHANGE IN THIS GENERATION,
OR MY GENERATION, HOPEFULLY THE 
NEXT.
YOU KNOW, PRAY THIS ENDS 
EVENTUALLY.
IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
IT'S JUST SICKENING AND RIGHT 
NOW BEING OF COLOR IS A HARD 
PLACE TO LIVE. 
>> YOU GAVE A PRETTY EMOTIONAL 
LOCKER ROOM TALK TO SOME OF YOUR
MANAGERS AND TEAMMATES.
HOW WAS THAT RESPONDED TO?
>> YOU KNOW, JUST GUYS JUST 
HAVING MY BACK, YOU KNOW, 
FROM -- IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEY
WERE BLACK, WHITE, THEY ALL HAVE
MAY BACK AND THEY SHOWED THAT.
THEY WENT UP THERE AND THEY 
SPOKE ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR 
THOUGHTS AND THEIR FEELINGS 
ABOUT EVERYTHING AND THEN AFTER,
EVEN TODAY, THEY JUST GETTING 
TEXT MESSAGES FROM COACHES, FROM
PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, EVEN ROGER 
GOODELL REACHED OUT TO ME AND 
THAT MEANT A LOT.
JUST BEING LIKE, HEY, LOOK, 
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, WE'RE BEHIND
YOU, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU 
NEED, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT 
HAPPEN FOR YOU.
AND THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR, YOU 
KNOW ESPECIALLY BEING IN A NEW 
COMMUNITY, IN A NEW PLACE IT'S 
GOOD TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS THAT'S, 
YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEHIND YOU. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MELVIN GORDON, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US 
TONIGHT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, IT'S 
BEEN A WEEK, WHERE SO MANY 
DEMANDED THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, 
PARTICULARLY IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AS YOU JUST HEARD THERE, PUTTING
A PAUSE ON THEIR JOBS TO MAKE 
OTHERS TAKE NOTICE.
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>>> BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT THE 
IMAGE OF THE DAY, ONE MAN AND 
ONE FIST IN A SEA OF PEOPLE 
DEMANDING THE SAME THING AND ONE
OF AMERICA'S GREATEST PRESIDENTS
WATCHING THE FIGHT HE LOST HIS 
LIFE TRYING TO WIN CONTINUE.
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WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH THE 
PLAYERS WHO REFUSED TO PLAY, 
SPOKE OUT ABOUT THEIR 
EXPERIENCES ABOUT BEING BLACK IN
AMERICA.
WE ALL YOU ALL TAKE CARE AND 
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 
>>> THE FIRST STEPS ARE TO 
GARNER ATTENTION AND THEY HAVE 
EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AROUND THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW.
IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
>> THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 
BASKETBALL.
WE AREN'T JUST BASKETBALL 
PLAYERS.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN 
MOST OF US GO HOME WE STILL ARE 
BLACK. 
>> DESPITE THE OVERWHELMING PLEA
FOR CHANGE THERE HAS BEEN NO 
ACTION.
SO OUR FOCUS TODAY CANNOT BE ON 
BASKETBALL. 
>> WE'RE THE ONES GETTING 
KILLED.
WE'RE THE ONES GETTING SHOT.
ALL YOU DO IS KEEP HEARING ABOUT
FEAR.
IT'S -- IT'S AMAZING WHY WE KEEP
LOVING THIS COUNTRY AND THIS 
COUNTRY DOES NOT LOVE US BACK. 
>> THIS IS NOT A STRIKE.
THIS IS NOT A BOYCOTT.
THIS IS AFFIRMATIVELY A DAY OF 
INFORMED ACTION AND 
MOBILIZATION. 
>> I THINK THE MOST DIFFICULT 
PART IS TO SEE LIKE PEOPLE STILL
DON'T CARE.
BEING A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA IS 
NOT EASY. 
>> IT IS HARD TO TELL YOUR 
14-YEAR-OLD SON THAT I WORRY 
ABOUT HIM WHEN HE WALKS OUT THAT
DOOR. 
>> WE SEE EVERY DAY, HIS LIFE 
MATTERS.
HE NEEDS TO KNOW. 
>> WE ALL HURT, WE'RE ALL TIRED 
OF JUST SEEING THE SAME THING 
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND EVERYBODY JUST EXPECT US TO 
BE OKAY. 
>> WE ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY AT A 
HIGH LEVEL, GIVE MAXIMUM EFFORT 
AND HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HOLD OURSELF TO THAT STANDARD
AND IN THIS MOMENT WE ARE 
DEMANDING THE SAME FROM 
LAWMAKERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
>> I KNOW PEOPLE GET TIRED OF 
HEARING ME SAY IT BUT WE ARE 
SCARED AS BLACK PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA, BLACK MEN, BLACK WOMEN,
BLACK KIDS, WE ARE -- WE ARE 
TERRIFIED. 
>> THE PEOPLE ARGUING THAT HE 
DESERVED IT, THE PEOPLE ARGUING 
THAT, OH, WELL, HE SHOULD HAVE 
THIS, HE SHOULD HAVE THAT, HE 
SHOULDN'T HAVE DIED.
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DIED. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT DISMANTLES 
SYSTEMIC RACISM, ONCE AND FOR 
ALL, NOW AND FOREVER, AND WE 
WILL FULFILL MY GRANDFATHER'S 
DREAM.
