>>> A MAJOR VICTORY FOR TEACHERS
IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING.
AFTER A JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF 
THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST FLORIDA'S 
GOVERNOR AND THE EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS AND THE FLORIDA
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FILED SUIT
OVER THE STATE'S ORDER THAT 
WOULD HAVE FORCED SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES, AT
THE END OF THIS MONTH AMID THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," A JUDGE TEMPORARILY 
STRUCK DOWN THE ORDER ON MONDAY.
SAYING IT VIOLATES THE FLORIDA
CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT 
ARBITRARILY DISREGARDS SAFETY.
ADDING THAT ANY DECISION TO 
REOPEN SHOULD BE MADE, LOCALLY. 
>> IN THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS, 
TWO DAYS AFTER FDA AUTHORIZED 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS POTENTIAL
TREATMENT FOR COVID-19
THERE ARE STILL MANY CRITICAL 
QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS 
EFFECTIVENESS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTED IT AS A
BREAKTHROUGH THERAPY
BUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAYS THE TREATMENT 
IS STILL CONSIDERED 
EXPERIMENTAL
HERE'S NBC'S CYNTHIA McFADDEN,
WHO SPOKE WITH TOP DOCTORS WHO
HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE
TREATMENT.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHAEL JOINER 
SAIDS HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT
THE MAYO CLINIC HAVE BEEN 
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, SINCE 
APRIL.
STUDYING WHETHER CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN 
FIGHTING COVID-19.
>> I THINK THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
SUPPORTING THE USE OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, EARLY IN 
COVID-19, IS STRONG.
I BELIEVE IT'S GETTING STRONGER.
>> Reporter: THE FDA, BASED IN
LARGE PART ON THE MAYO-LED
RESEARCH, DECIDED THE ANSWER WAS
YES.
YES, IT IS SAFE, AND, YES, IT IS
EFFECTIVE.
>> THIS IS A VERY BIG DAY.
IT'S A DAY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING 
FORWARD TO. 
>> THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST KIND
OF BIOLOGICAL SHOT ON GOAL, 
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE, YOU KNOW,
THE BIOTECH AND VACCINE TO SHOW 
UP WITH OTHER OPTION. 
>> HOW EFFECTIVE IS CONVALESCENT
PLASMA
DR. JOINER SAYS THAT, FOR SOME
PATIENTS, IT CAN BE VERY
EFFECTIVE.
>> SO, OUR DATA IN HOSPITALIZED 
PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK ENOUGH TO 
BE IN THE HOSPITAL BUT NOT
CRITICALLY ILL IN THE ICU.
AND IF THEY ARE TREATED EARLY IN
THE COURSE OF THEIR DISEASE,
WITHIN THREE DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS, 
THEIR SEVEN-DAY MORTALITY WILL
FALL FROM 12, 13, 14%, TO 7 OR
8%, FOR A RELATIVE RISK 
REDUCTION OF AROUND 30, 40%.
>> AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
>> WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS
SOMETHING THAT'S ENCOURAGING
>> Reporter: LAST MARCH, CLAUDIA
FOUND HERSELF IN THIS SWEET SPOT
OF PATIENTS DR. JOINER IS 
REFERRING TO
AFTER THREE ROUGH DAYS IN THE 
HOSPITAL, HER GROWN SON CALLED. 
>> MOM, GREAT NEWS
THEY THINK YOU CAN HAVE THE 
PLASMA
AND I WAS LIKE, DO YOU THINK I
SHOULD DO THAT
IT'S LIKE A TRANSFUSION.
I'M NOT SURE. 
>> TERRIFIED SHE WAS GOING TO BE
PUT ON A VENTILATOR, SHE AGREED.
30 HOURS AFTER HER TRANSFUSION. 
>> AND I REMEMBER TAKING THAT 
FIRST, DEEP BREATH
YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I HAD 
OXYGEN
I FELT LIKE I WON THE LOTTERY.
>> IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST 
A MIRACLE.
>> EXACTLY
IMMEDIATELY, I CALLED MY SON
AND I SAID TO HIM, I THINK THAT 
PLASMA DID IT.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT ABOUT 
PATIENTS ALREADY ON VENTILATORS?
>> A NUMBER OF INTENSIVE CARE 
DOCTORS HAVE TALKED ABOUT GIVING
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, IN THE ICU 
SETTING.
AND HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 
TRIED, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM 
EFFECTIVE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE REFLECTED
IN YOUR RESULTS, AT LEAST WHAT
WE ARE SEEING SO FAR, THAT EARLY
USE IS BETTER.
>> WE SUPPORT THE ONGOING 
RESEARCH. 
>> DR. WRIGHT JOINED US.
HE WAS STUDY LEADER FOR THE 
PLASMA RESEARCH.
A VETERAN OF TWO DECADES OF 
CLINICAL-TRIAL RESEARCH AT MAYO.
WHAT DOES HE THINK OF THE FDA 
DECISION
>> I THINK THE FDA HAS MADE AN
EXCELLENT DECISION
I THINK THEY'VE TRULY PUT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST OF THE 
NATION, FIRST.
AND I RESPECT THEM FOR THAT.
I TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT. 
>> SO SHOULD THOSE WHO THINK THE
PRESIDENT FORCED THE FDA TO DO
THIS, YOU SAY YOU DON'T BUY IT
>> NOT AT ALL.
I GENUINELY BELIEVE AND DO NOT
SEE ANY EVIDENCE, TO DATE, OF 
ANY POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
>> THANKS SO CYNTHIA McFADDEN 
FOR THAT REPORT.
REALLY GOOD INSIGHT THER
♪♪
>>> BEYONCE HAS RELEASED A NEW
VIDEO FOR HER SONG "BROWN SKIN
GIRL" FROM HER BLACK IS KING
VISUAL ALBUM, BASED ON MUSIC
FROM THE LION KING
THE STAR-STUDDED CELEBRATION OF 
BLACK BEAUTY FEATURES 
APPEARANCES FROM HER DAUGHTER,
BLUE IVY
SINGER KELLY ROWLAND, AND MORE. 
>> THE LIFE OF BREONNA TAYLOR'S 
BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN AN UPCOMING
ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE.
TAYLOR WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, TITLED THE 
GREAT FIRE
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS AND AN ENGAGEMENT RING
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY THE SAME
ARTIST WHO PAINTED MICHELLE 
OBAMA FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT 
GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MAY BE 
BACK IN ACTION
BLOSSOM, BUBBLES, AND BUTTERCUP 
ARE BACK FOR A LIVE-ACTION
SPINOFF 15 YEARS AFTER THE
ORIGINAL SERIES ENDED.
IN THE NEW VERSION, THE 
ONCE-LITTLE SUPERHEROES ARE IN
THEIR 20s AND RESENTFUL FO
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS
TROPICAL STORM LAURA
THE WATER VAPORS
IT HAS DUMPED A TON OF RAI
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" 
REPORTS JERRY FALWELL JR. HAS 
RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY
NBC NEWS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE AGREED 
TO RESIGN, BEFORE REVERSING 
COURSE
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFAC
FALWELL JR. HAS BEEN ON LEAVE OF
ABSENCE SINCE AUGUST 7th, AFTER 
POSTING A PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM
WITH HIS PANTS PARTIALLY
UNZIPPED AND HIS ARMS AROUND HIS
WIFE'S ASSISTANT
HIS RESIGNATION, ALSO, COMES IN 
THE WAKE OF A REUTERS REPORT OF 
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE, AND HIS
FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER.
FALWELL JR. AND HIS WIFE ARE
DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST
THESE RAALLEGATIONS.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO 
BE UNPREDICTABLE
SCIENTISTS IN HONG KONG ARE 
REPORTING THE FIRST CASE OF A 
CORONAVIRUS PATIENT WHO'S BECOME
INFECTED, A SECOND TIME.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE
33-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH, AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL
BUT OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS
INFECTED, AGAIN, IN AUGUST
AND IS ASYMPTOMATIC.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON, WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> AS LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZED
KOBE BRYANT DAY, THE CITY HE
PLAYED IN FOR 20 YEARS, THEY
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HONOR HIM BY 
RENAMING PART OF A STREET AFTER 
THE BASKETBALL LEGEND.
KOBE BRYANT BOULEVARD WILL SIT
ON 
ON THE STREET JUST OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER. 
>> GIANT PANDAS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
HERE IS NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE.
>> WRAPPED UP IN MAMA'S ARMS IS 
THE TINY CUB WHO CAME SQUEALING 
INTO THE WORLD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 
>> SUPERCOOL
WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IT. 
>> AT 22 YEARS OLD, CURATORS SAY
NEW MOTHER MEI XIANG HAD LESS 
THAN 1% CHANCE OF HAVING ANOTHER
CUB.
BUT DAYS AFTER, A BREEDING
WINDOW OPENED BY SURPRISED
ZOOKEEPERS USED SEMEN FROM DAD
TIAN TIAN AND WAITED
>> WE HAD TO COME STRAIGHT TO 
THE PANDAS
SHE WOULD NOT STOP ANYWHERE ELSE
FIRST.
>> THE CUB, THE SIZE OF A STICK 
OF BUTTER.
WON'T HAVE A NAME FOR 100 DAYS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHINESE
TRADITION.
ZOOKEEPERS DON'T EVEN KNOW, YET,
IF IT'S A BOY OR A GIRL.
BUT EITHER WAY, ITS ARRIVAL MA
>>> NEW DETAILS IN THE WAKE OF
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS THE CITY
OF KENOSHA, AS THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS MOBILIZED TO HELP LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
OUR REPORTER IS ON THE SCENE
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA, AND WE 
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR, NIKKI
HALEY, SPEAKING OUT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
WE'VE GOT THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AND 
WHAT'S AHEAD
>>> TODAY, THE FOCUS MOVES FROM 
MARCO TO LAURA, WHICH COULD 
DEVELOP INTO THE STRONGEST STORM
OF THE HURRICANE SEASON.
WE ARE TRACKING THE LATEST PATH.
>>> AND LATE DETAILS INVOLVING
JERRY FALWELL JR., REPORTEDLY,
RESIGNING FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY AFTER REVEALING HIS
WIFE'S AFFAIR.
THE BLACKMAIL SCHEME HE ALLEGES.
IT'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT, AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA
GAINS STRENGTH
WHICH STARTED OFF AS DANGEROUS
TWIN STORMS, HAS TAPEFORD AFTER 
TROPICAL STORM MARCO WEAKENED 
INTO A DEPRESSION.
NOW, ALL EYES ON LAURA AS 
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> THIS IS STILL A RARITY.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO, POTENTIAL 
TROPICAL SYSTEMS HITTING THE
REGION, WITHIN THE SPAN OF A
COUPLE OF DAYS OF EACH OTHER
NOW, IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY
HERE IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
MARCO MADE LANDFALL A LITTLE
AFTER 6:00, CENTRAL TIME, NEAR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BUT IT HAS GREATLY WEAKENED.
AND DON'T BE MISTAKEN.
ALL EYES, ACROSS THE GULF COAST,
ARE WATCHING LAURA COMING BEHIND
IT
POSSIBLY, WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY
GOVERNORS ACROSS THE AREA ARE 
URGING PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS
TO EVACUATE, IF THEY CAN, 
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
AS MUCH SPACE IN SHELTERS 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
PLACES THAT ARE OPENING SHELTERS
HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED.
AND SO, THAT MEANS THERE'S GOING
TO BE A LOT LESS ROOM FOR 
PEOPLE
FOR FOLKS GETTING PREPARED IN 
THE AREA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, 
TEXAS, THEY ARE BUYING FOOD.
THEY'RE BUYING WATER
THEY'RE LOADING UP THEIR CARS 
WITH GAS
THEY'RE LOADING UP SANDBAGS, IN 
ANTICIPATION OF LAURA, WHICH
COULD STRIKE THIS REGION AS A 
CATEGORY 2 OR A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE.
AGAIN, GOVERNORS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET OUT, IF THEY CAN, IN THE 
LOW-LYING AREAS.
THERE ARE A FEW MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS IN LOUISIANA
BUT NOT WIDESPREAD, JUST YET, AS
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TRACK
OF LAURA AS IT APPROACHES THE 
GULF COAST
IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, I'M
CHRIS POLLONE.
NOW, BACK TO YOU. 
>> SO MUCH TO WATCH.
FOR NOW, HERE IS NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING THE STORMS
HI, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
LAURA HAS BECOME, VERY MUCH,
ORGANIZED SYSTEM
IT IS HEADED INTO THE GULF
OUR FEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE 
IT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CUBA,
THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND SO, ORGANIZATION, REALLY
CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
IT WILL GO INTO A WARM BODY OF
WATER, AND IT WILL RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY, IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MILES PER 
HOUR
IT IS SPEEDY
OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 
MILES PER HOUR
IT WILL RACE ACROSS THE GULF, 
AND THEN ALL EYES ON TEXAS AND
PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA.
TODAY, WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO
CALL THIS A CAT 1 HURRICANE, BY 
AT LEAST 8:00 A.M.
I DO THINK THIS HAS POTENTIAL,
AS IT SITS AND SPINS IN THE 
GULF
IT'S NOT DEALING WITH A TON OF
WIND SHEER
IT COULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO A
CAT 3 MAJOR HURRICANE.
SO ALL EYES ARE ON THE TRACK OF 
THIS SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO, THE STORM SURGE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 7 TO 
11 FEET IN SOME PORTIONS OF 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
GUYS
>> DEADLIEST PART OF THE STORM
RIGHT THERE.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN REIGNITED.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED IN 
NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE AND MANY
OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IN SUPPORT OF 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB 
BLAKE, WHO WAS SHOT BY POLICE IN
WISCONSIN.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WHILE THE 
SHOOTING IS INVESTIGATED
BUT PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
IN THE CITY OF KENOSHA, WHERE 
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE, THE
FIRST NIGHT OF UNREST LEFT A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, INCLUDING
AT THAT CAR DEALERSHIP
LET'S GET AN UPDATE, NOW, ON THE
SECOND NIGHT OF PROTESTS FROM 
LAUREN, WHO IS WITH OUR 
MILWAUKEE AFFILIATE, TMJ 4
LAUREN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING 
THERE?
>> FRANCES AND PHILLIP, IT'S
BEEN ANOTHER LONG NIGHT HERE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER 
PROTESTS FOR JACOB BLAKE TURNED 
VIOLENT.
THERE ARE, CURRENTLY, MULTIPLE
FIRES HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY 
OF KENOSHA
INCLUDING, THIS ONE, BEHIND ME, 
WHERE SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE ON 
FIRE
THIS ALL COMES, AFTER PROTESTORS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE, EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
PROTESTORS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRECRACKERS, AS WELL AS
FIREWORKS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT STARTED TO USE
DIFFERENT TACTICS ON THE
PROTESTORS
THEY USED EVERYTHING, STARTING
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND BLARING SIRENS AT THEM
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL,
CURRENTLY, GOING ON, INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
FROM THE HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE
TO KENOSHA, WHILE ALL THIS WAS
OCCURRING.
SPECIFICALLY, TO SEND A MESSAGE 
TO PROTESTORS THAT THEY WANT
THEM TO REMAIN PEACEFUL.
HE, ALSO, TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS CURRENTLY IN STABLE
CONDITION.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DEVELOPING 
SITUATION, HERE, IN KENOSHA.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, REPORTING IN 
KENOSHA, I'M LAUREN LINDER. 
>> LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR THAT 
UPDATE
>>> NOW, TO MANY NBA PLAYERS WHO
ARE USING THEIR MEDIA 
APPEARANCES TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
BLAKE'S SHOOTING
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE 
EVEN CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO
BE HONEST.
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
THEIR FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE DECIDED TO COME DOWN 
HERE TO PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GONNA SPEAK ON 
THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE IS -- IS
NOT RIGHT.
>> THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS RELEASED 
A STATEMENT THAT SAYS, IN PART, 
WE STAND FIRMLY AGAINST 
REOCCURRING ISSUES OF EXCESSIVE 
USE OF FORCE, AND IMMEDIATE 
ESCALATION WHEN ENGAGING THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION KICKS OFF WITH A 
VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF THE 
RNC.
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS A THREAT
TO THE NATION, WHILE DRAWING A
STARK DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF WEAKNESS AND FAILURE
JOE BIDEN IS GOOD FOR IRAN AND
ISIS
GREAT FOR COMMUNIST CHINA.
>> JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
WANT A CULTURAL REVOLUTION
A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 
AMERICA.
IF WE LET THEM, THEY WILL TURN
OUR COUNTRY INTO A SOCIALIST
UTOPIA. 
>> OUR FOUNDERS BELIEVED THERE
WAS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
PROTECTING OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT
TO THINK FOR OURSELVES
NOW, THE LEFT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CANCEL ALL OF 
THOSE FOUNDERS
>> ALL RIGHT
FOR MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM 
NIGHT TWO, LET'S GET TO TRACIE
POTTS IN WASHINGTON FOR US
TRACIE, TONIGHT, THE FIRST LADY 
WILL BE TAKING CENTER STAGE.
>> EXACTLY
SO, THE SPOTLIGHT WILL BE ON
MELANIA TRUMP, ESPECIALLY AFTER 
HER 2016 SPEECH, WHICH WAS
CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO SIMILAR
TO MICHELLE OBAMA'S.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE 
LISTENING, TONIGHT, AS SHE
SPEAKS TO A LIVE AUDIENCE FROM
THE ROSE GARDEN.
ALSO, TONIGHT, TWO OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN WILL SPEAK.
ERIC TRUMP AND TIFFANY TRUMP
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM SECRETARY
OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, WHO'S
RAISED SOME EYEBROWS FOR GIVING 
THAT SPEECH, WHILE ON A 
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRIP
MEANTIME, LOOKING BACK TO 
MONDAY
YOU HEARD SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
BUT THE FIRST SPEAKER WHO REALLY
KICKED IT OFF, AFTER THAT 
ROLLCALL VOTE IN CHARLOTTE, WAS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIMSELF
IT WAS SORT OF A MINI ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH
WHERE THE PRESIDENT TALKED A LOT
ABOUT DEMOCRATS, JOE BIDEN, AND 
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
>> NOW, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY 
DRIVE THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12
MORE YEARS
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 
>> I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF
OUR KIDS DEPENDS ON WHETHER THIS
MAN IS RE-ELECTED.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE
PANDEMIC OF INTOLERANCE,
BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM. 
>> HE'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE
PRISONS, LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME, 
AND INVITE MS-13 TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS MONSTER OF THE SWAMP. 
>> WELL, DEMOCRATS HAD THEIR
FOLKS OUT THERE TO RESPOND
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER OF
MICHIGAN
CORY BOOKER.
SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY.
AND WE, ALSO, HEARD FROM KAMALA 
HARRIS LAST NIGHT IN A YOUTUBE
MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
BY THE WAY, TWO DOZEN 
REPUBLICANS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
>> LOT TO WATCH, TRACIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DEMONSTRATORS ARE EXPECTED
TO GATHER AGAIN TODAY IN
CHARLOTTE TO PROTEST PRESIDENT
TRUMP AT THE SECOND DAY OF THE
RNC.
MORGAN RADFORD SPOKE WITH 
PROTESTORS ON THE GROUND THERE
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN
>> FRANCES, WE'RE HERE IN 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE RNC IS
BEING HELD
AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN RESIST
RNC WHO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE
INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE HERE
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT 
THEY FEEL LIKE, IN THEIR WORDS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RHETORIC IS 
DIVISIVE
IT HAS NO PLACE, HERE, IN 
CHARLOTTE OR IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THEY CAME OUT HERE, TODAY,
TO MAKE THEIR FEELINGS AND THEIR
VOICES HEARD
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU, HERE, ON
THE OTHER SIDE
THIS IS THE RESIST RNC PROTEST
THEY HAVE PLANNED THIS PROTEST, 
FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
THEY HAVE LEADERS FROM ACROSS 
THE STATE, FROM VARIOUS 
ORGANIZATIONS.
LABOR RIGHTS GROUPS.
CRIMINAL RIGHTS.
DEFENSE ORGANIZATION GROUP, 
ALSO
BLACK LIVES MATTER
THE NAACP.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD, IN CHARLOTTE, AS
PART OF REACTION TO THE RNC.
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
MORGAN, THANK YOU.
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, IS BACK WITH US.
TRACKING THOSE TWO BIG STORMS.
JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE TROPICAL
FORCE WINDS THAT LAURA IS GOING 
TO BRING
A POTENTIAL LANDFALL, TOMORROW
EVENING, INTO YOUR THURSDAY.
BUT THIS IS CAMERON, LOUISIANA, 
TO LAKE CHARLES.
THESE STORM FORCE WINDS.
THEY ARE GOING TO EXPAND AT 
LEAST 30 MILES
SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT VERY
CLOSELY, ALONG WITH THE STORM 
SURGE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES TODAY, A
LOT OF SUNSHINE.
95 DEGREES
WATCHING A FEW STORMS.
THEY ARE GOING TO POP UP FOR THE
MIDATLANTIC.
ALSO, SEVERE WEATHER
IT IS HEADED ACROSS THE EAST
COAST TODAY AND TOMORROW
WE'LL LOOK AT MORE IMPACTS, 
COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU, JANESSA.
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS.
KFC IS SUSPENDING ITS ICONIC
FINGER-LICKING GOOD SLOGAN, 
AFTER 64 YEARS
SAYING IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE
CURRENT CLIMATE AND THE TIME OF 
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT FEAR NOT
THEY SAY THE SLOGAN WILL BE BACK
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. 
>> THE NETWORK PREMIERED LOVE IN
THE TIME OF CORONA
A DRAMA ABOUT FINDING CONNECTION
WITH IN-PERSON INTERACTION
THE SERIES ABOUT QUARANTINING 
TOGETHER AND WAS FILMED 
REMOTELY. 
>> AND LOS ANGELES IS RENAMING
PART OF THE STREET OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER, KOBE BRYANT 
BOULEVARD.
ANNOUNCING THEIR PLAN TO HONORS 
MORE THAN 600 FIRES CONTINUE TO 
RAGE UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA
TWO OF THE INFERNOS ARE THE 
SECOND AND THIRD LARGEST IN THE 
STATE'S HISTORY.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED AND THAT'S LARGER
THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN LIVES HAVE BEEN 
LOST
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING, TIRELESSLY, TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE, WHICH 
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES, IS JUST
OVER 20% CONTAINED. 
>> AND A FURRY FRIEND IS LENDING
A HELPING PAW TO THOSE HEROES IN
CALIFORNIA
A CERTIFIED FIRE STATION THERAPY
DOG IS GIVING THOSE HEROES SOME 
MUCH-NEEDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 
DURING THESE VERY TRYING TIMES
THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER SPECIALIZES
IN LIFTING PEOPLE'S SPIRITS, AND
ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE 
GRIN ON HIS FACE
HE ESPECIALLY LOVES WATCHING THE
FIRETRUCKS ROLL BY OOAS UNITS HA
OUT TO FIGHT THE WILDFIRES
CURRENTLY BURNING IN THE STATE. 
>> CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
AFTER A TUMULTUOUS DAY OF BACK
AND FORTH, "THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL" REPORTS JERRY FALWELL
JR. HAS RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
SAYING HE AGREED TO ESIGN,
BEFORE REVERSING COURSE.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
OUR STEPHANIE GOSK HAS MORE ON
THE CONTROVERSY LEADING UP TO 
HIS RESIGNATION.
>> Reporter: JERRY FALWELL JR.
MAY BE OUT AS PRESIDENT 
CHANCELLOR OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
AFTER REPORTS HE SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION LETTER
THE SON OF ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL TV EVANGELISTS OF 
ALL TIME IS PUBLICLY SHARING A
STORY OF HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY, 
WHICH LED TO, WHAT HE DESCRIBES,
AS AN EXTORTION SCHEME
TELLING THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 
THAT, OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO, HE
AND HIS WIFE BECKY MET AN 
AMBITIOUS, YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
WORKING AT A HOTEL
FALWELL WRITES BECKY HAD AN 
INAPPROPRIATE, PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON.
SOMETHING, IN WHICH I WAS NOT 
INVOLVED
IT DETERIORATED INTO WHAT HE
DESCRIBES AS A FATAL
ATTRACTION-TYPE SITUATION.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THE MAN IS
CARLO GRANDA WHO WORKED POOLSIDE
IN MIAMI HOTEL
GRANDA TOLD REUTERS FALWELL KNEW
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, AND EVEN
WATCHED GRANDA AND BECKY HAVING 
SEX, WHICH FALWELL DENIED TO
REUTERS.
BUT IN 2019, IT GREW
CONTENTIOUS.
ALLEGEDLY WRITING TO FALWELL, 
SINCE YOU ARE OKAY WITH RUINING 
MY LIFE, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE 
KAMIKAZE ROOT.
I WANT A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION BUT
IF CONFLICT IS WHAT YOU WANT, 
THEN, SO BE IT
NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGE SHARED WITH REUTERS.
GRANDA DENIES TRYING TO 
BLACKMAIL THE FALWELLS
LONGTIME TRUMP SUPPORTERS 
TELLING REUTERS HE WAS ONLY 
TRYING TO GET BOUGHT OUT OF THE 
BUSINESS THEY STARTED.
THE SCANDAL ONLY WORSENING
PROBLEMS FOR FALWELL, WHO TOOK A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY AFTER POSTING, AND 
THEN DELETING, THIS PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
TELLING A RADIO SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A COSTUME PARTY, IN
GOOD FUN
>> I'VE APOLOGIZED TO EVERYBODY.
AND I PROMISED MY KIDS I'M GOING
TO TRY TO BE -- I'M GOING TO TRY
TO BE A GOOD BOY, FROM HERE ON
OUT.
>> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE
FALWELLS AND GRANDA BUT THEY DID
NOT RESPOND.
THE INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY
FALWELL'S FATHER THAT PREACHES
FAMILY VALUES AND MORALS MAY, 
SOON
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BIT Y THE 
NUMBERS, MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
AVERAGE.
SALESFORCE, AMGEN, AND HONEYWELL
WILL BE JOINING, REPLACING EXXON
AND RAYTHEON
THE CHANGES ARE MEANT TO
DIVERSIFY THE INDEX.
>> TEEN VOLUNTEERS IN ISRAEL
HAVE UNEARTHED A TREASURE TROVE 
OF THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD COINS
THERE ARE 425 OF THEM WEIGHING
24 KARATS OF PURE GOLD
FOUND AT AN EXCAVATION SITE 
WHERE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IS 
PLANNED.
>> AND A RARE, SIGN THE MIKE
TROUT BASEBALL ROOKIE CARD HAS
SOLD FOR A
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WATCHING TROPICAL STORM LAURA.
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IN 
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS IS THIS 
RAPID INTENSIFICATION PHASE.
WE EXPECT IT TO REALLY GAIN 
STRENGTH AND TURN INTO A CAT 1, 
POTENTIALLY CAT 2 HURRICANE.
IT WILL TRAVEL 750 MILES AND WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT A WARM GULF 
THAT'S 86 DEGREES, ON AVERAGE.
SO, MAN, THIS STORM SYSTEM IS 
FAR FROM OVER.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
HONG KONG MAN BECOMES THE FIRST 
PATIENT TO BE REINFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A
33-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS FIRST
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL,
BECAME REINFECTED WITH THE VIRUS
IN AUGUST.
THE MAN REMAINS ASYMPTOMATIC
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON WITH OTHER CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> DESPITE NUMEROUS WARNINGS, 
SOME PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ARE
STILL DRINKING BLEACH.
AS A CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
AFTER 46 CASES, THIS MONTH
ALONE, THE NORTH TEXAS POISON 
CENTER WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO
DRINK IT
DRINKING BLEACH CAN LEAD TO 
RESPIRATORY FAILURE, LIVER
FAILURE, AND YES, IN SOME CASES,
DEATH.
>> NEARLY ONE MONTH AFTER 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL, AN ENTIRE
FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN 
MISSISSIPPI, ALONG WITH A DOZEN 
TEACHERS, ARE HEADING INTO
QUARANTINE
IT COMES, AFTER A STUDENT AND 
MORE THAN HALF OF THE SCHOOL'S
FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID
THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DISTRICT 
NOTIFIED THE FAMILIES OF MORE 
THAN 200 FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ON A SPLIT
SCHEDULE, WITH ONLY HALF OF THE 
STUDENT BODY IN THE CLASSROOM,
ON ANY GIVEN DAY. 
>> A NEW YORK CITY PARK HAS BEEN
RENAMED AFTER AN LGBTQ RIGHTS 
ICON AND ACTIVIST.
MARCIA P. JOHNSON.
ON MONDAY, BROOKLYN'S EAST RIVER
STATE PARK WAS RENAMED AFTER
JOHNSON, ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
HER 75th BIRTHDAY.
STATE PARK STAFF HAVE INSTALLED 
PUBLIC ART INTENDED TO REFLECT
JOHNSON'S STYLE.
ADDITIONAL ART INSTALLATIONS AND
A 1,200-SQUARE-FOOT EDUCATION 
FACILITY WILL BE ADDED BY NEXT
SUMMER
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO, IT'S NEW YORK'S FIRST
STATE PARK TO HONOR LGBTQ WOMEN 
AND WOMEN OF COLOR. 
>> UPCOMING ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR
MAGAZINE
TAYLOR, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
BY POLICE IN HER HOME BACK IN 
MARCH, WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE MAGAZINE'S SEPTEMBER ISSUE
TITLED "THE GREAT FIRE."
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS.
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY AMY 
SHERYL, THE SAME ARTIST WHO 
PAINTED MICHELLE OBAMA FOR THE
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S CELEBRATE SOME BIRTHDAYS
BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY.
GOSSIP GIRL ACTRESS, BLAKE
LIVELY TURNS 33.
CELEBRITY CHEF, RACHEL RAY, IS
52
ACTOR/DIRECTOR BLAIR UNDERWOOD
TURNS 56
GENE SIMMONS
>>> A EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH 
IN THE NATION IN THE WAKE OF THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN
THE SOUTH.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DODGED A 
BULLET WITH TROPICAL STORM MARCO
AND LAURA COULD BE A FULL BLOWN 
HURRICANE BY DAY BREAK
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE
THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12 MORE 
YEARS.
>> THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSING 
REPORTERS IN CHARLOTTE
ALL THE KEY MOMENTS AND WHAT TO 
EXPECT ON DAY TWO.
>> AND POSTMASTER DEJOY DEFENDS 
THE CHANGES AT THE POST OFFICE
>>> AND AN EXTRA LAYER OF SAFETY
WITH A LONG LASTING DISINFECTANT
TO PROTECT TRAVELERS
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> A CROWD GATHERED OVERNIGHT
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, ONE OF 
THE MANY CITIES WHERE THERE'S 
BEEN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR BLAKE
WHO WAS SHOT IN WISCONSIN.
PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
THE CITY WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE HAS SEEN A LOT OF 
DESTRUCTION.
AND THE OUTRAGE ESCALATED AGAIN.
LET'S GET AN UPDATE.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN ANOTHER
LONG NIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN
AFTER PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY MULTIPLE
FIRES INCLUDING THIS ONE BEHIND 
ME
THIS ALL COMES AFTER PROTESTERS 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE EARLIER THIS EVENING.
PROTESTERS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRE CRACKERS AND FIREWORKS AT
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY STARTED TO USE DIFFERENT 
TACTICS ON THE PROTESTERS.
THEY USED EVERYTHING STARTING 
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND A BLARING SIGH LENS AT THEM 
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL 
CURRENTLY GOING ON INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE 
ALL THIS WAS OCCURRING
SPECIFICALLY TO SEND A MESSAGE
THAT THEY WANT THEM TO REMAIN 
PEACEFUL
HE ALSO TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS IN STABLE CONDITION
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEVELOPING
SITUATION.
FOR NOW THOUGH, REPORTING IN
WISCONSIN.
>>> MANY NBA PLAYERS ARE NOW
USING THEIR MEDIA APPEARANCES TO
SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE.
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THIS
DAMN PLACE
I THINK COMING HERE TOOK ALL THE
FOCAL PARTS TO WHAT THINGS ARE
>> WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RIGHT
>> LEBRON JAMES SPOKE OUT SAYING
THIS IS SO WRONG AND SO SAD.
>>> U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA 
GAINS STRENGTH
NOW ALL EYES ARE ON LAURA AS
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
>> STATE FROM THE PANHANDLE TO
THE PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS BRACING FOR IMPACT THIS 
WEEK
NOERNS' POSITION PRECARIOUS.
>> TERESA FRANCE LOST EVERYTHING
DURING KATRINA
SHE'S NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN A 
SHELTER.
AS THE CITY PAUSES COVID TESTING
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY
>> 2020 IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE AND
ON TOP OF THAT IT'S COVID.
>> GULF CITIES ARE FORCED TO
NAVIGATE AS THE PROSPECT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE LOOMS.
THE CONCERN IS THOLT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE NOW BUT WHAT IT COULD
LOOK LIKE AFTER LAURA BARRELS 
TLUR THE GULF.
>> Reporter: BLOCKS BARREN WITH 
SANDBAGS AND BOARDED WINDOWS
BUSINESS OWNER MAY BE FORCED TO 
CLOSE SHER GIFT SHOPS AS THE
STORM APPROACHES
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT DAY BY
DAY.
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE
>> A CITY IN FLUX, FINDING
ITSELF IN A FAMILIAR PLACE
>> AND JANESSA WEBB IS TRACKING 
THOSE STORMS FOR US.
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THE UPDATES THEY DO CONTINUE TO 
CHANGE AND WE ARE SEEING
INTENSIFICATION OF TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA.
RIGHT NOW IT HAS MADE ITS WAY 
OVER THE CARIBBEAN MOUNTAINS AND
WE ARE HOPING IT WILL SHRED 
APART.
'S BECOMING A MORE ORGANIZED
SYSTEM
IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE WEST 
NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW IT'S A PRETTY STEADY
MOTION BUT IT'S GOING TO RACE 
INTO THE GULF.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 86 
DEGREES SO IT WILL START TO 
BECOME MORE BETTER ORGANIZED AND
GAIN SOME STEAM AND IT WILL RA
ACROSS THE GULF COAST 
COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT NOW FORECASTING A CATEGORY
1 BUT THIS MORNING AND THEN IT
WILL SIT INTO THE GULF BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT RACES INTO GULF
COAST COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE FOLLOWING CAMERON
LOUISIANA.
ALL THESE AREAS REALLY NEED TO
BE ON EBERTH LE-- ALERT
>>> NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF 
THE RNC PINNING DEMOCRATS AS A
STARK TO THE NATION.
>> THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE.
THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A 
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GROUND 
AND A PARTY THAT WANTS TO 
PROTECT OUR GREAT NATION
>> THEY IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING 
THEY CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
I WAS JUST FINE WITH THE OLD
APPROACH OF DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
IT WAS CALLED DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
>> YOU'VE SEEN US ON YOUR TV
SCREENS.
YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT THE KIND OF
PEOPLE THAT BACK DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NEITHER IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA AND WE
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FOR MORE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
LET'S GET TO TRACIE POTTS AND 
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE FIRST LAY 
DAY TONIGHT.
>> EXACTLY
THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON HER.
THE THEME FOR HER IS THE LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY.
SHE'LL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
SHE CAUGHT SOME HEAT FOR HER
CONVENTION SPEECH CRITICIZED FOR
BEING TOO FAMILIAR TO MICHELLE
OBAMAS
BUT IT WAS THE PRESIDENT MIMS 
WHO KICKED THINGS OFF YESTERDAY 
IN CHARLOTTE AND WHILE
REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THIS WILL 
BE AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE 
CONVENTION, THE PRESIDENT SPENT 
A LOT OF HIS TIME AND SO DID
SOME OF THESE SPEAKERS TALKING
ABOUT MALE VOTING, WHAT THEY
CALLED RADICAL DEMOCRATS AND JOE
BIDEN.
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE
THEM CRAZY YOU SAY 12 MORE
YEARS.
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVIL RATION
I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF 
OUR KIDS DEPEND ON WHETHER THIS 
MAN IS REEAEKTED
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE PAEPD, 
INTOLERANCE, BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU, LOCK YOU 
IN YOUR HOME AND INVAT MS 13 TO 
LIVE NEXT DOOR
>> DEMOCRATS RESPONDED WITH 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR.
WE HEARD FROM CORY BOOKER AND 
VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE KAMALA 
HARRIS WHO SAID WITH TRUMPS 
THINGS CAN GET WORSE
>> THANK YOU
>>> IN 2016 SUPPORT FROM FARMERS
HELPED DRIVE DONALD TRUMP TO
VICTORY BUT IT COULD BE A MUCH
DIFFERENT STORY.
MORE ON THAT
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: DURING THIS WEEK OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
NOT NAIVE TO THE FACT THAT HE 
HAS TO TURN OUT THOSE SUP PORERS
IN PLACES LIKE SOUTH WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
ALBIG PART OF THAT WAS
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS 
OVER THE LAST THREE YEAR
SINCE DONALD TRUMP STARTED
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HERD
ACROSS THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND 
WE'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR AMONG A 
BROAD CROSS SECTION THAT THEY 
HAVE WANTED TO TAKE THIS FIGHT
ON
THE QUESTION HERE IN THIS FALL
IS HOW LONG DOES THAT PATIENCE
RUN?
PRESIDENT TRUMP QUESTIONED THE
FUTURE OF THE CHINA TRADE DEAL
WHICH LEAVES A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> A DEPARTURE OF THE MOST 
PROMINENT CHRISIAN YUMPTS.
JERRY FALWELL HAS RESIGNED FROM 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
THE ANNOUNCE MAT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT THAT HE AGREED TO 
RESIGN BEFORE REVERSING COURSE
HE WITH DREW HIS RESIGNATION
AFTER MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
HE'S BEEN ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
AFTER POSTING A PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE AND A FELLOW
BUSINESS PARTNER
THEY'RE DEFENDING THEMSELVES
AGAINST THESE ALLEGATIONS.
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH MORE ON 
THOSE DANGEROUS STORMS IN THE 
GULF
>> YEAH, WE ARE ALSO WATCHING 
THE FLOODING THREAT ALONG WITH
THE STORM SERGE.
ACCUMULATION ACROSS GULF COAST
COMMUNITIES.
AT LEAST 5 TO 8 INCHES
THAT'S A BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
LOUISIANA TODAY ALL THE WAY INTO
MIAMI, IN THE 90s, VERY HUMID 
AIR.
ALSO WATCHING THESE STORMS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ALSO 
HEATING UP TO 90 DEGREES
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, THE 
CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO BE 
UNPREDICTABLE.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG THE 33
YOORLD MAN WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED
IN LATE MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN 
APRIL BUT OFFICIALS SAY IN
AUGUST HE WAS INTEKTFECTED AGAIN
ANIS ASYMPTOMATIC.
A PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
REINFECTION IS COMMON WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSS, ADDING THAT SOME
PATIENTS MAY ONLY HAVE SHORT
LIFFED IMMUNITY TO REINFECTION
>>> SOME NORTH TEXANS ARE STILL 
DRINK BLEACH AS A CURE
THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER IS
WARNING NOT TO DRINK IT.
>>> THE BATTLE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS
IS STILL BEING FOUGHT.
BUT TEACHERS ARE REJOICING AFTER
THE GOVERNOR SAYS TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS IS NOT SAFE.
>> Reporter: HE GRANTED 
AUTHORITY TO CLOSE BACK DOWN IF 
THEY CHOOSE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY 
HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO OPEN 
BECAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T, THE 
GOVERNOR WOULD CUT OFF DOLLARS
>> IT'S NOT SAFE FOR OUR
CHILDREN TO LEARN OR OUR
TEACHERS TO TEACH.
>> THERE WAS NOT ROOM IN
CLASSROOMS TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THERE IS NOT ROOM TO SET DESKS
4 FEET APART NOT LESS 6 FEET
APART.
>> WHERE THE POLITICS SEEMS TO
OVERRIDE THE SCIENCE, I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO SEE MORE ACTION
ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO 
ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE.
>> FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR SAYS H
>>> BE SURE TO WATCH OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE OF NIGHT TWO OF THE
PALESTINIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
>>> A NEW PLAYER OF PROTECTION
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS ADDING A 
SPRAYING SOLUTION CALLED SURFACE
WISE TWO
IT'S THE FIRST DISINFECTANT 
SPRAY.
IT CONTINUES TO KILL
CORONAVIRUSS FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME
IT WILL BE USED OF HIGH TOUCH 
AREAS.
SURFACE WISE TWO JOINS OTHER
PROTOCOLS USED IN THE COMING
MONTHS
>>> HOME SALES ARE EXPECTED TO
POST ANOTHER INCREASE.
THE DESIRE FOR MORE SPACE TO
WORK AND STUDY ADD HOME.
>>> IF YOU EAR IN THE WEST I
HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT YOU
THE FIRE CONTINUES ALONG WITH 
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT
TODAY WE DO HAVE 11 MILLION 
PEOPLE GOING TO BE IMPACTED WITH
TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND THE 
HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO BE VERY 
HIGH
ALSO RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN TO
STILL ABOUT 10% AND THIS IS 
REALLY NOT
>>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING TIRELESSLY TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE FIRE WHICH SPANS FIVE 
COUNTIES IS JUST OVER 20% 
CONTAINED.
>>> ON MONDAY THE POSTMASTER
GENERAL WAS GRILLED ON THE
RECENT CUTBACKS AT THE POST 
OFFICE INCLUDING DELAYED MAIL 
DELIVERY AND WHETHER IT COULD 
IMPACT VOTING.
>> ON DEFENSE FACING SCATHING 
CRITICISM OVER DELAYS, ARGUED 
THE POSTAL SERVICE IS UP TO THE 
TASK OF DELIVERING ELECTION 
MAIL
>> IT IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING
THE NATION'S BALLOTS ON TIME
>> HE HAS OVERSEEN A RECENT 
POLICY CHANGES
HE WILL NOT REPLACE MAIL SORTING
MACHINES REMOVED ON HIS WATCH.
>> HOW CAN ONE PERSON SCREW THIS
UP IN JUST A FEW WEEKS
WILL YOU PUT THE MACHINES BACK. 
>> >> NO, I WILL NOT
>> HE ACKNOWLEDGED A DIP IN MAIL
SERVICE BUT DISPUTED WIDESPREAD 
DELIVERY PROBLEMS.
SHOWING STEEP DECLINES AND
DELAYS IN A RANGE OF MAIL 
SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER DEJOY TOOK
OVER
>> WE SAW DELAYS MORE HEAVILY IN
THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
>> A DIGITAL SIGN PRINTING
COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES
YARD SIGNS BECAME BIG BUSINESS
BUT HER PICKUPS WERE DELAYED
SHE SAYS SHE'S LOST ROUGHLY 
$7,000 WHEN THE SIGNS DIDN'T
ARRIVE
>> SMALL BUSINESSES IS THE
BACKBONE OF AMERICA, WHY ARE YOU
HURTING US
>> WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW THE PRICE
TO MAIL A POSTCARD OR THE PRICE 
TO VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION
>>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME
BIRTHDAYS.
MITCHELL TURNS 42 YEARS OLD 
TODAY.
GERMAN SUPERMODEL IS 50.
BRITISH ROCK ICON IS
>>> THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE 
KIDS WAS IN THE CAR.
AND I AM TELLING, PLEASE, CAN 
YOU GET BACK BEFORE I SHOOT YOU.
LIKE, SHOOT ME
MY KIDS IS IN THE CAR.
>> THE FIANCEE OF JACOB BLAKE 
DESCRIBING. 
>> MILLIONS BRACING IN THE
SOUTH.
RESIDENTS ENDURE LANDFALL OF
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, AS OTHERS 
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA.
>> DAY ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION GETS OFF TO 
A BLISTERING START
WE'VE GOT THE MOMENTS.
>> TEACHERS FIGHTING ORDERS TO
REOPEN IN-PERSON CLASSES
WE WILL TELL YOU WHO SIDED WITH 
THE JUDGE.
>> AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, 
SOME GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING.
NEW DETAILS ON THE BIRTH OF THE 
B
BABY PANDA AT THE NATIONAL
COULD.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
LEAVE IT TO 2020 TO SPAWN TWIN
STORMS THAT COULD BATTER THE
GULF COAST WITH A ONE-TWO PUNCH.
ALL EYES ARE ON BOTH MARCO AND
LAURA.
JUST LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT
BEHIND IN HAITI.
MARCO HAS WEAKENED INTO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
WHILE LAURA IS FORECASTED TO
BECOME A HURRICANE
GAINING STRENGTH, AS IT CHURNS
TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS 
BORDER
OUR SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: BACK-TO-BACK STORMS
BEARING DOWN ON THE GULF COAST, 
AFTER KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MORE
THAN A MILLION HOMES IN THE 
CARIBBEAN.
AND CLAIMING AT LEAST NINE
LIVES.
STATES FROM THE PANHANDLE TO THE
PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS 
BRACING FOR IMPACT, THIS WEEK.
NEW ORLEANS' POSITION,
PRECARIOUS
THERESA FRAN LOST EVERYTHING
DURING KATRINA. 
>> IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO RIDE 
OUT A HURRICANE.
>> SHE IS NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN 
A SHELTER WITH MANDATORY
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AND A SPECIAL
SECTION FOR COVID-POSITIVE
EVACUEES
AS THE CITY PAUSES COVID TESTING
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. 
>> 2020 IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE
AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S COVID. 
>> CHOPPY WATERS, GULF CITIES 
ARE FORCED TO NAVIGATE AS THE 
PROSPECT OF A MAJOR HURRICANE 
LOOMS.
HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, THE WATERS 
ARE ALREADY GETTING ROCKY.
BUT THE CONCERN IS NOT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE NOW
BUT WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN
48 HOURS, AFTER LAURA BARRELS 
THROUGH THE GULF AND POTENTIALLY
GIVES THIS STORM SURGE ANOTHER
JOLT. 
>> NORMALLY BUSTLING BLOCKS IN
THE FRENCH QUARTER, NOW BARREN
BUSINESS OWNER LISA MAY BE
FORCED TO CLOSE HER GIFT SHOPS
AS THE STORM APPROACHES.
>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT, 
DAY BY DAY
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE, JUST
AS FAST AS THE -- CHANGED.
>> A CITY PERPETUALLY IN FLUX,
FINDING ITSELF IN A FAMILIAR
PLACE.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, NEW
ORLEANS.
>> LET'S BRING IN NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
SHE IS TRACKING BOTH OF THOSE 
STORMS FOR US.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY GOT LUCKY 
WITH MARCO
IT KIND OF SHIFTED AND TURNED 
INTO A DOWNGRADED STORM.
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IN LESS THAN 
48 HOURS, WE ARE TRACKING 
POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST
STORM SYSTEMS OF THE TROPIC.
LAURA HAS MADE IT OVER THE CUBAN
MOUNTAINS SO IT'S VERY ORGANIZED
AND VERY STRONG SYSTEM
CURRENTLY, 65 MILES PER HOUR, 
AND IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER
HOUR
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT'S
GOING TO GOING BACK INTO THE
GULF
I DO EXPECT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION TO HAPPEN IN THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
THAT MEANS WIND SPEEDS ARE GOING
TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 35 MILES 
PER HOUR, INCLUDING THE 65 THAT 
WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE, BY THIS 
AFTERNOO INTO THIS EVENING, IT
TURNS INTO A CAT 1 HURRICANE
IT WILL SIT IN THE GULF 
THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO REALLY GAIN 
STEAM.
AND THEN, ALL EYES ARE GOING TO 
BE ON THE STORM SURGE AND THE 
POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION
RIGHT NOW, THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER CALLING FOR A
CAT-2 HURRICANE.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A CAT 3
MAJOR HURRICANE WITH THIS 
SYSTEM. 
>> WOW
IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO BREAKING NEWS.
MORE CHAOS IN THE STREETS OF
WISCONSIN, HOURS AFTER A CURFEW 
WENT INTO EFFECT
FIRES WERE SET IN KENOSHA AND 
PROTESTORS DODGED TEAR GAS
CANISTERS.
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN 
DEPLOYED TO THE CITY
EARLIER, THE MAYOR WAS
CONFRONTED IN THE STREET
>> THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S 
GOING ON
THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. 
>> THE MAYOR ENTERED A BUILDING 
FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE AND
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUSHED THE 
DOOR, BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK
BY POLICE.
THE OUTRAGE IS OVER THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE, BY POLICE.
BLAKE IS IN SERIOUS, BUT STABLE,
CONDITION.
THE SHOOTING HAS FUELED MORE
MARCHES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN
OUR NATION'S CAPITAL
MANY NBA PLAYERS, LIKE LeBRON 
JAMES, ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT 
JACOB BLAKE.
AND THE SHOOTING HAS MILWAUKEE'S
GEORGE HILL QUESTIONING HIS TIME
IN THE BUBBLE.
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN 
CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO BE
HONEST
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
HIS FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS WE DECIDED 
TO COME DOWN HERE AND PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GOING TO SPEAK ON
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
AND THE THINGS CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
>> AS PROTESTS ESCALATE, THE
KENOSHA POLICE UNION IS ASKING
PEOPLE TO WITHHOLD PREJUDGMENT
AND LET AN INVESTIGATION TAKE 
PLACE.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
>>> FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP,
WILL HEADLINE NIGHT TWO OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
SHE FOLLOWS A FIERY WAVE OF 
SPEAKERS, WHO PAINTED A STARK 
DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN.
>> THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE
THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A 
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OURCOUNTRY,
TO THE GROUND.
AND A PARTY THAT WANTS TO 
REBUILD, AND PROTECT OUR GREAT
NATION. 
>> FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATS AND OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THIS 
SHOOTING POSSIBLE BECAUSE TH
IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING THEY
CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
IT WAS BILLED AS A PIONEERING 
APPROACH TO DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
I WAS JUST FINE WITH THE OLD
APPROACH OF DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
IT WAS CALLED DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
>> YOU'VE SEEN US ON YOUR TV
SCREENS AND TWITTER FEEDS.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE KIND
OF PEOPLE WHO BACK DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NEITHER IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA.
AND WE STOOD AGAINST OUR
ENEMIES.
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM NIGHT ONE OF THE
RNC.
>> Reporter: ON NIGHT ONE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
A PARADE OF SPEAKERS, BOTH
CELEBRATING AND DEFENDING THE 
RECORD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> ONE LEADER TOOK DECISIVE 
ACTION TO SAVE LIVES
>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC TAKING
SEPTE
CENTER STAGE, AS THE PRESIDENT
HONORED FRONTLINE WORKERS.
>> YOU REPRESENT AN INCREDIBLE
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE CONVENTION'S 
SPEAKERS DOWNPLAYING THE
COUNTRY'S STUNNING DEATH TOLL.
MORE THAN 177,000 LIVES LOST, 
AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,
STILL, UNEMPLOYED.
DONALD TRUMP JR., STANDING
BEHIND HIS FATHER AND ATTACKING 
DEMOCRATS.
>> BIDEN'S RADICAL, LEFT-WING 
POLICIES, WOULD STOP OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, COLD.
>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM DIVING 
INTO THE CULTURE WARS WITH
SPEECHES FROM MARK AND PATRICIA 
McCLOSKEY, THE ST. LOUIS COUPLE 
THAT PULLED GUNS ON BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTORS MARCHING
THROUGH THEIR GATED COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT YOU SAW HAPPEN TO US
COULD JUST AS EASILY HAPPEN TO
ANY OF YOU, WHO ARE WATCHING
FROM QUIET NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND 
OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL FRIEND, FOOTBALL GREAT,
HERSCHEL WALKER, COMING TO HIS
DEFENSE.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> Reporter: SENATOR TIM SCOTT
MAKING THE CASE THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>> SO, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT JOE
BIDEN SAYS HE'LL DO, LOOK AT HIS
ACTIONS.
LOOK AT HIS POLICIES
LOOK AT WHAT HE, ALREADY, DID 
AND WHAT HE DIDN'T DO.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS PARTY SETTING THE TONE FOR
THIS CONVENTION.
AND FOR WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE
FOUR MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> MOUNTING EVIDENCE THIS
MORNING THAT ONE OF VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S MOST VOCAL CRITICS WAS
POISONED
GERMAN DOCTORS SAID THE SIGNS OF
POISONING WERE FOUND IN ALEXEI
NAVALNY'S SYSTEM
THE MEDICAL TEAM SAID THE 
RUSSIAN DISSIDENT REMAINS IN A
MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA BUT THAT 
HIS LIFE IS NO LONGER IN DANGER.
AFTER NAVALNY FELL ILL, HIS 
SUPPORTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS
IN PROTEST
ACCUSING THE KREMLIN OF 
POISONING HIM.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED 
ANY INVOLVEMENT.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO THE 
WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IN 
CALIFORNIA
THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO 
SEVEN, AS MORE THAN 600 FIRES 
BURN UP AND DOWN THE STATE
INCLUDING THE SECOND AND
THIRD-LARGEST IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY.
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DECIMATED, COVERING MORE 
GROUND THAN THE STATE OF
DELAWARE
THE LARGEST INFERNO, WHICH IS 
CALLED THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE,
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES AND IS
JUST OVER 20% CONTAINED.
>> BETWEEN THE FIRE, EXTREME
HEAT, AND ALSO THE STORMS IN THE
GULF, JANESSA'S WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH HER, 
JANESSA, AGAIN
HI. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE HAVE LAURA, THAT CONTINUES TO
REALLY START TO GAIN STRENGTH.
IT'S BETTER ORGANIZED THIS
MORNING, AND THAT WILL BE 
ENHANCED THROUGHOUT THE 
AFTERNOON.
AS RAPID INTENSIFICATION STARTS 
TO HAPPEN.
IF WE DO NOT LOOK AT THE
INTENSITY OF THIS STORM SYSTEM, 
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A STORM 
SURGE THAT IS PRETTY DEADLY,
HERE
7 TO 11 FEET ACROSS THE GULF
COAST FROM MORGAN CITY ALL THE
WAY INTO NEW ORLEANS
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> A MAJOR VICTORY FOR TEACHERS
IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING.
AFTER A JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF 
THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST FLORIDA'S 
GOVERNOR AND THE EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS AND THE FLORIDA
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FILED SUIT
OVER THE STATE'S ORDER THAT 
WOULD HAVE FORCED SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES, AT
THE END OF THIS MONTH AMID THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," A JUDGE TEMPORARILY 
STRUCK DOWN THE ORDER ON MONDAY.
SAYING IT VIOLATES THE FLORIDA
CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT 
ARBITRARILY DISREGARDS SAFETY.
ADDING THAT ANY DECISION TO 
REOPEN SHOULD BE MADE, LOCALLY. 
>> IN THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS, 
TWO DAYS AFTER FDA AUTHORIZED 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS POTENTIAL
TREATMENT FOR COVID-19
THERE ARE STILL MANY CRITICAL 
QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS 
EFFECTIVENESS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTED IT AS A
BREAKTHROUGH THERAPY
BUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAYS THE TREATMENT 
IS STILL CONSIDERED 
EXPERIMENTAL
HERE'S NBC'S CYNTHIA McFADDEN,
WHO SPOKE WITH TOP DOCTORS WHO
HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE
TREATMENT.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHAEL JOINER 
SAIDS HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT
THE MAYO CLINIC HAVE BEEN 
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, SINCE 
APRIL.
STUDYING WHETHER CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN 
FIGHTING COVID-19.
>> I THINK THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
SUPPORTING THE USE OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, EARLY IN 
COVID-19, IS STRONG.
I BELIEVE IT'S GETTING STRONGER.
>> Reporter: THE FDA, BASED IN
LARGE PART ON THE MAYO-LED
RESEARCH, DECIDED THE ANSWER WAS
YES.
YES, IT IS SAFE, AND, YES, IT IS
EFFECTIVE.
>> THIS IS A VERY BIG DAY.
IT'S A DAY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING 
FORWARD TO. 
>> THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST KIND
OF BIOLOGICAL SHOT ON GOAL, 
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE, YOU KNOW,
THE BIOTECH AND VACCINE TO SHOW 
UP WITH OTHER OPTION. 
>> HOW EFFECTIVE IS CONVALESCENT
PLASMA
DR. JOINER SAYS THAT, FOR SOME
PATIENTS, IT CAN BE VERY
EFFECTIVE.
>> SO, OUR DATA IN HOSPITALIZED 
PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK ENOUGH TO 
BE IN THE HOSPITAL BUT NOT
CRITICALLY ILL IN THE ICU.
AND IF THEY ARE TREATED EARLY IN
THE COURSE OF THEIR DISEASE,
WITHIN THREE DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS, 
THEIR SEVEN-DAY MORTALITY WILL
FALL FROM 12, 13, 14%, TO 7 OR
8%, FOR A RELATIVE RISK 
REDUCTION OF AROUND 30, 40%.
>> AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
>> WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS
SOMETHING THAT'S ENCOURAGING
>> Reporter: LAST MARCH, CLAUDIA
FOUND HERSELF IN THIS SWEET SPOT
OF PATIENTS DR. JOINER IS 
REFERRING TO
AFTER THREE ROUGH DAYS IN THE 
HOSPITAL, HER GROWN SON CALLED. 
>> MOM, GREAT NEWS
THEY THINK YOU CAN HAVE THE 
PLASMA
AND I WAS LIKE, DO YOU THINK I
SHOULD DO THAT
IT'S LIKE A TRANSFUSION.
I'M NOT SURE. 
>> TERRIFIED SHE WAS GOING TO BE
PUT ON A VENTILATOR, SHE AGREED.
30 HOURS AFTER HER TRANSFUSION. 
>> AND I REMEMBER TAKING THAT 
FIRST, DEEP BREATH
YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I HAD 
OXYGEN
I FELT LIKE I WON THE LOTTERY.
>> IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST 
A MIRACLE.
>> EXACTLY
IMMEDIATELY, I CALLED MY SON
AND I SAID TO HIM, I THINK THAT 
PLASMA DID IT.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT ABOUT 
PATIENTS ALREADY ON VENTILATORS?
>> A NUMBER OF INTENSIVE CARE 
DOCTORS HAVE TALKED ABOUT GIVING
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, IN THE ICU 
SETTING.
AND HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 
TRIED, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM 
EFFECTIVE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE REFLECTED
IN YOUR RESULTS, AT LEAST WHAT
WE ARE SEEING SO FAR, THAT EARLY
USE IS BETTER.
>> WE SUPPORT THE ONGOING 
RESEARCH. 
>> DR. WRIGHT JOINED US.
HE WAS STUDY LEADER FOR THE 
PLASMA RESEARCH.
A VETERAN OF TWO DECADES OF 
CLINICAL-TRIAL RESEARCH AT MAYO.
WHAT DOES HE THINK OF THE FDA 
DECISION
>> I THINK THE FDA HAS MADE AN
EXCELLENT DECISION
I THINK THEY'VE TRULY PUT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST OF THE 
NATION, FIRST.
AND I RESPECT THEM FOR THAT.
I TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT. 
>> SO SHOULD THOSE WHO THINK THE
PRESIDENT FORCED THE FDA TO DO
THIS, YOU SAY YOU DON'T BUY IT
>> NOT AT ALL.
I GENUINELY BELIEVE AND DO NOT
SEE ANY EVIDENCE, TO DATE, OF 
ANY POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
>> THANKS SO CYNTHIA McFADDEN 
FOR THAT REPORT.
REALLY GOOD INSIGHT THER
♪♪
>>> BEYONCE HAS RELEASED A NEW
VIDEO FOR HER SONG "BROWN SKIN
GIRL" FROM HER BLACK IS KING
VISUAL ALBUM, BASED ON MUSIC
FROM THE LION KING
THE STAR-STUDDED CELEBRATION OF 
BLACK BEAUTY FEATURES 
APPEARANCES FROM HER DAUGHTER,
BLUE IVY
SINGER KELLY ROWLAND, AND MORE. 
>> THE LIFE OF BREONNA TAYLOR'S 
BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN AN UPCOMING
ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE.
TAYLOR WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, TITLED THE 
GREAT FIRE
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS AND AN ENGAGEMENT RING
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY THE SAME
ARTIST WHO PAINTED MICHELLE 
OBAMA FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT 
GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MAY BE 
BACK IN ACTION
BLOSSOM, BUBBLES, AND BUTTERCUP 
ARE BACK FOR A LIVE-ACTION
SPINOFF 15 YEARS AFTER THE
ORIGINAL SERIES ENDED.
IN THE NEW VERSION, THE 
ONCE-LITTLE SUPERHEROES ARE IN
THEIR 20s AND RESENTFUL FO
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS
TROPICAL STORM LAURA
THE WATER VAPORS
IT HAS DUMPED A TON OF RAI
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" 
REPORTS JERRY FALWELL JR. HAS 
RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY
NBC NEWS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE AGREED 
TO RESIGN, BEFORE REVERSING 
COURSE
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
FALWELL JR. HAS BEEN ON LEAVE OF
ABSENCE SINCE AUGUST 7th, AFTER 
POSTING A PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM
WITH HIS PANTS PARTIALLY
UNZIPPED AND HIS ARMS AROUND HIS
WIFE'S ASSISTANT
HIS RESIGNATION, ALSO, COMES IN 
THE WAKE OF A REUTERS REPORT OF 
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE, AND HIS
FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER.
FALWELL JR. AND HIS WIFE ARE
DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST
THESE RAALLEGATIONS.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO 
BE UNPREDICTABLE
SCIENTISTS IN HONG KONG ARE 
REPORTING THE FIRST CASE OF A 
CORONAVIRUS PATIENT WHO'S BECOME
INFECTED, A SECOND TIME.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE
33-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH, AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL
BUT OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS
INFECTED, AGAIN, IN AUGUST
AND IS ASYMPTOMATIC.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON, WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> AS LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZED
KOBE BRYANT DAY, THE CITY HE
PLAYED IN FOR 20 YEARS, THEY
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HONOR HIM BY 
RENAMING PART OF A STREET AFTER 
THE BASKETBALL LEGEND.
KOBE BRYANT BOULEVARD WILL SIT
ON 
ON THE STREET JUST OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER. 
>> GIANT PANDAS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
HERE IS NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE.
>> WRAPPED UP IN MAMA'S ARMS IS 
THE TINY CUB WHO CAME SQUEALING 
INTO THE WORLD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 
>> SUPERCOOL
WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IT. 
>> AT 22 YEARS OLD, CURATORS SAY
NEW MOTHER MEI XIANG HAD LESS 
THAN 1% CHANCE OF HAVING ANOTHER
CUB.
BUT DAYS AFTER, A BREEDING
WINDOW OPENED BY SURPRISED
ZOOKEEPERS USED SEMEN FROM DAD
TIAN TIAN AND WAITED
>> WE HAD TO COME STRAIGHT TO 
THE PANDAS
SHE WOULD NOT STOP ANYWHERE ELSE
FIRST.
>> THE CUB, THE SIZE OF A STICK 
OF BUTTER.
WON'T HAVE A NAME FOR 100 DAYS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHINESE
TRADITION.
ZOOKEEPERS DON'T EVEN KNOW, YET,
IF IT'S A BOY OR A GIRL.
BUT EITHER WAY, ITS ARRIVAL MA
>>> NEW DETAILS IN THE WAKE OF
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS THE CITY
OF KENOSHA, AS THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS MOBILIZED TO HELP LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
OUR REPORTER IS ON THE SCENE
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA, AND WE 
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR, NIKKI
HALEY, SPEAKING OUT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
WE'VE GOT THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AND 
WHAT'S AHEAD
>>> TODAY, THE FOCUS MOVES FROM 
MARCO TO LAURA, WHICH COULD 
DEVELOP INTO THE STRONGEST STORM
OF THE HURRICANE SEASON.
WE ARE TRACKING THE LATEST PATH.
>>> AND LATE DETAILS INVOLVING
JERRY FALWELL JR., REPORTEDLY,
RESIGNING FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY AFTER REVEALING HIS
WIFE'S AFFAIR.
THE BLACKMAIL SCHEME HE ALLEGES.
IT'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT, AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA
GAINS STRENGTH
WHICH STARTED OFF AS DANGEROUS
TWIN STORMS, HAS TAPEFORD AFTER 
TROPICAL STORM MARCO WEAKENED 
INTO A DEPRESSION.
NOW, ALL EYES ON LAURA AS 
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> THIS IS STILL A RARITY.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO, POTENTIAL 
TROPICAL SYSTEMS HITTING THE
REGION, WITHIN THE SPAN OF A
COUPLE OF DAYS OF EACH OTHER
NOW, IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY
HERE IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
MARCO MADE LANDFALL A LITTLE
AFTER 6:00, CENTRAL TIME, NEAR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BUT IT HAS GREATLY WEAKENED.
AND DON'T BE MISTAKEN.
ALL EYES, ACROSS THE GULF COAST,
ARE WATCHING LAURA COMING BEHIND
IT
POSSIBLY, WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY
GOVERNORS ACROSS THE AREA ARE 
URGING PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS
TO EVACUATE, IF THEY CAN, 
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
AS MUCH SPACE IN SHELTERS 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
PLACES THAT ARE OPENING SHELTERS
HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED.
AND SO, THAT MEANS THERE'S GOING
TO BE A LOT LESS ROOM FOR 
PEOPLE
FOR FOLKS GETTING PREPARED IN 
THE AREA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, 
TEXAS, THEY ARE BUYING FOOD.
THEY'RE BUYING WATER
THEY'RE LOADING UP THEIR CARS 
WITH GAS
THEY'RE LOADING UP SANDBAGS, IN 
ANTICIPATION OF LAURA, WHICH
COULD STRIKE THIS REGION AS A 
CATEGORY 2 OR A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE.
AGAIN, GOVERNORS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET OUT, IF THEY CAN, IN THE 
LOW-LYING AREAS.
THERE ARE A FEW MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS IN LOUISIANA
BUT NOT WIDESPREAD, JUST YET, AS
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TRACK
OF LAURA AS IT APPROACHES THE 
GULF COAST
IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, I'M
CHRIS POLLONE.
NOW, BACK TO YOU. 
>> SO MUCH TO WATCH.
FOR NOW, HERE IS NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING THE STORMS
HI, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
LAURA HAS BECOME, VERY MUCH,
ORGANIZED SYSTEM
IT IS HEADED INTO THE GULF
OUR FEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE 
IT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CUBA,
THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND SO, ORGANIZATION, REALLY
CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
IT WILL GO INTO A WARM BODY OF
WATER, AND IT WILL RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY, IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MILES PER 
HOUR
IT IS SPEEDY
OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 
MILES PER HOUR
IT WILL RACE ACROSS THE GULF, 
AND THEN ALL EYES ON TEXAS AND
PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA.
TODAY, WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO
CALL THIS A CAT 1 HURRICANE, BY 
AT LEAST 8:00 A.M.
I DO THINK THIS HAS POTENTIAL,
AS IT SITS AND SPINS IN THE 
GULF
IT'S NOT DEALING WITH A TON OF
WIND SHEER
IT COULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO A
CAT 3 MAJOR HURRICANE.
SO ALL EYES ARE ON THE TRACK OF 
THIS SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO, THE STORM SURGE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 7 TO 
11 FEET IN SOME PORTIONS OF 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
GUYS
>> DEADLIEST PART OF THE STORM
RIGHT THERE.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN REIGNITED.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED IN 
NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE AND MANY
OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IN SUPPORT OF 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB 
BLAKE, WHO WAS SHOT BY POLICE IN
WISCONSIN.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WHILE THE 
SHOOTING IS INVESTIGATED
BUT PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
IN THE CITY OF KENOSHA, WHERE 
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE, THE
FIRST NIGHT OF UNREST LEFT A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, INCLUDING
AT THAT CAR DEALERSHIP
LET'S GET AN UPDATE, NOW, ON THE
SECOND NIGHT OF PROTESTS FROM 
LAUREN, WHO IS WITH OUR 
MILWAUKEE AFFILIATE, TMJ 4
LAUREN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING 
THERE?
>> FRANCES AND PHILLIP, IT'S
BEEN ANOTHER LONG NIGHT HERE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER 
PROTESTS FOR JACOB BLAKE TURNED 
VIOLENT.
THERE ARE, CURRENTLY, MULTIPLE
FIRES HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY 
OF KENOSHA
INCLUDING, THIS ONE, BEHIND ME, 
WHERE SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE ON 
FIRE
THIS ALL COMES, AFTER PROTESTORS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE, EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
PROTESTORS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRECRACKERS, AS WELL AS
FIREWORKS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT STARTED TO USE
DIFFERENT TACTICS ON THE
PROTESTORS
THEY USED EVERYTHING, STARTING
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND BLARING SIRENS AT THEM
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL,
CURRENTLY, GOING ON, INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
FROM THE HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE
TO KENOSHA, WHILE ALL THIS WAS
OCCURRING.
SPECIFICALLY, TO SEND A MESSAGE 
TO PROTESTORS THAT THEY WANT
THEM TO REMAIN PEACEFUL.
HE, ALSO, TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS CURRENTLY IN STABLE
CONDITION.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DEVELOPING 
SITUATION, HERE, IN KENOSHA.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, REPORTING IN 
KENOSHA, I'M LAUREN LINDER. 
>> LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR THAT 
UPDATE
>>> NOW, TO MANY NBA PLAYERS WHO
ARE USING THEIR MEDIA 
APPEARANCES TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
BLAKE'S SHOOTING
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE 
EVEN CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO
BE HONEST.
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
THEIR FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE DECIDED TO COME DOWN 
HERE TO PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GONNA SPEAK ON 
THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE IS -- IS
NOT RIGHT.
>> THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS RELEASED 
A STATEMENT THAT SAYS, IN PART, 
WE STAND FIRMLY AGAINST 
REOCCURRING ISSUES OF EXCESSIVE 
USE OF FORCE, AND IMMEDIATE 
ESCALATION WHEN ENGAGING THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION KICKS OFF WITH A 
VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF THE 
RNC.
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS A THREAT
TO THE NATION, WHILE DRAWING A
STARK DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF WEAKNESS AND FAILURE
JOE BIDEN IS GOOD FOR IRAN AND
ISIS
GREAT FOR COMMUNIST CHINA.
>> JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
WANT A CULTURAL REVOLUTION
A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 
AMERICA.
IF WE LET THEM, THEY WILL TURN
OUR COUNTRY INTO A SOCIALIST
UTOPIA. 
>> OUR FOUNDERS BELIEVED THERE
WAS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
PROTECTING OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT
TO THINK FOR OURSELVES
NOW, THE LEFT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CANCEL ALL OF 
THOSE FOUNDERS
>> ALL RIGHT
FOR MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM 
NIGHT TWO, LET'S GET TO TRACIE
POTTS IN WASHINGTON FOR US
TRACIE, TONIGHT, THE FIRST LADY 
WILL BE TAKING CENTER STAGE.
>> EXACTLY
SO, THE SPOTLIGHT WILL BE ON
MELANIA TRUMP, ESPECIALLY AFTER 
HER 2016 SPEECH, WHICH WAS
CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO SIMILAR
TO MICHELLE OBAMA'S.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE 
LISTENING, TONIGHT, AS SHE
SPEAKS TO A LIVE AUDIENCE FROM
THE ROSE GARDEN.
ALSO, TONIGHT, TWO OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN WILL SPEAK.
ERIC TRUMP AND TIFFANY TRUMP
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM SECRETARY
OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, WHO'S
RAISED SOME EYEBROWS FOR GIVING 
THAT SPEECH, WHILE ON A 
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRIP
MEANTIME, LOOKING BACK TO 
MONDAY
YOU HEARD SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
BUT THE FIRST SPEAKER WHO REALLY
KICKED IT OFF, AFTER THAT 
ROLLCALL VOTE IN CHARLOTTE, WAS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIMSELF
IT WAS SORT OF A MINI ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH
WHERE THE PRESIDENT TALKED A LOT
ABOUT DEMOCRATS, JOE BIDEN, AND 
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
>> NOW, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY 
DRIVE THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12
MORE YEARS
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 
>> I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF
OUR KIDS DEPENDS ON WHETHER THIS
MAN IS RE-ELECTED.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE
PANDEMIC OF INTOLERANCE,
BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM. 
>> HE'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE
PRISON LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME, 
AND INVITE MS-13 TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS MONSTER OF THE SWAMP. 
>> WELL, DEMOCRATS HAD THEIR
FOLKS OUT THERE TO RESPOND
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER OF
MICHIGAN
CORY BOOKER.
SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY.
AND WE, ALSO, HEARD FROM KAMALA 
HARRIS LAST NIGHT IN A YOUTUBE
MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
BY THE WAY, TWO DOZEN 
REPUBLICANS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
>> LOT TO WATCH, TRACIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DEMONSTRATORS ARE EXPECTED
TO GATHER AGAIN TODAY IN
CHARLOTTE TO PROTEST PRESIDENT
TRUMP AT THE SECOND DAY OF THE
RNC.
MORGAN RADFORD SPOKE WITH 
PROTESTORS ON THE GROUND THERE
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN
>> FRANCES, WE'RE HERE IN 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE RNC IS
BEING HELD
AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN RESIST
RNC WHO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE
INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE HERE
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT 
THEY FEEL LIKE, IN THEIR WORDS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RHETORIC IS 
DIVISIVE
IT HAS NO PLACE, HERE, IN 
CHARLOTTE OR IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THEY CAME OUT HERE, TODAY,
TO MAKE THEIR FEELINGS AND THEIR
VOICES HEARD
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU, HERE, ON
THE OTHER SIDE
THIS IS THE RESIST RNC PROTEST
THEY HAVE PLANNED THIS PROTEST, 
FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
THEY HAVE LEADERS FROM ACROSS 
THE STATE, FROM VARIOUS 
ORGANIZATIONS.
LABOR RIGHTS GROUPS.
CRIMINAL RIGHTS.
DEFENSE ORGANIZATION GROUP, 
ALSO
BLACK LIVES MATTER
THE NAACP.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD, IN CHARLOTTE, AS
PART OF REACTION TO THE RNC.
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
MORGAN, THANK YOU.
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, IS BACK WITH US.
TRACKING THOSE TWO BIG STORMS.
JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE TROPICAL
FORCE WINDS THAT LAURA IS GOING 
TO BRING
A POTENTIAL LANDFALL, TOMORROW
EVENING, INTO YOUR THURSDAY.
BUT THIS IS CAMERON, LOUISIANA, 
TO LAKE CHARLES.
THESE STORM FORCE WINDS.
THEY ARE GOING TO EXPAND AT 
LEAST 30 MILES
SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT VERY
CLOSELY, ALONG WITH THE STORM 
SURGE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES TODAY, A
LOT OF SUNSHINE.
95 DEGREES
WATCHING A FEW STORMS.
THEY ARE GOING TO POP UP FOR THE
MIDATLANTIC.
ALSO, SEVERE WEATHER
IT IS HEADED ACROSS THE EAST
COAST TODAY AND TOMORROW
WE'LL LOOK AT MORE IMPACTS, 
COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU, JANESSA.
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS.
KFC IS SUSPENDING ITS ICONIC
FINGER-LICKING GOOD SLOGAN, 
AFTER 64 YEARS
SAYING IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE
CURRENT CLIMATE AND THE TIME OF 
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT FEAR NOT
THEY SAY THE SLOGAN WILL BE BACK
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. 
>> THE NETWORK PREMIERED LOVE IN
THE TIME OF CORONA
A DRAMA ABOUT FINDING CONNECTION
WITH IN-PERSON INTERACTION
THE SERIES ABOUT QUARANTINING 
TOGETHER AND WAS FILMED 
REMOTELY. 
>> AND LOS ANGELES IS RENAMING
PART OF THE STREET OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER, KOBE BRYANT 
BOULEVARD.
ANNOUNCING THEIR PLAN TO HONORS 
MORE THAN 600 FIRES CONTINUE TO 
RAGE UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA
TWO OF THE INFERNOS ARE THE 
SECOND AND THIRD LARGEST IN THE 
STATE'S HISTORY.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED AND THAT'S LARGER
THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN LIVES HAVE BEEN 
LOST
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING, TIRELESSLY, TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE, WHICH 
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES, IS JUST
OVER 20% CONTAINED. 
>> AND A FURRY FRIEND IS LENDING
A HELPING PAW TO THOSE HEROES IN
CALIFORNIA
A CERTIFIED FIRE STATION THERAPY
DOG IS GIVING THOSE HEROES SOME 
MUCH-NEEDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 
DURING THESE VERY TRYING TIMES
THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER SPECIALIZES
IN LIFTING PEOPLE'S SPIRITS, AND
ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE 
GRIN ON HIS FACE
HE ESPECIALLY LOVES WATCHING THE
FIRETRUCKS ROLL BY OOAS UNITS HA
OUT TO FIGHT THE WILDFIRES
CURRENTLY BURNING IN THE STATE. 
>> CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
AFTER A TUMULTUOUS DAY OF BACK
AND FORTH, "THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL" REPORTS JERRY FALWELL
JR. HAS RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
SAYING HE AGREED TO ESIGN,
BEFORE REVERSING COURSE.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
OUR STEPHANIE GOSK HAS MORE ON
THE CONTROVERSY LEADING UP TO 
HIS RESIGNATION.
>> Reporter: JERRY FALWELL JR.
MAY BE OUT AS PRESIDENT 
CHANCELLOR OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
AFTER REPORTS HE SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION LETTER
THE SON OF ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL TV EVANGELISTS OF 
ALL TIME IS PUBLICLY SHARING A
STORY OF HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY, 
WHICH LED TO, WHAT HE DESCRIBES,
AS AN EXTORTION SCHEME
TELLING THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 
THAT, OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO, HE
AND HIS WIFE BECKY MET AN 
AMBITIOUS, YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
WORKING AT A HOTEL
FALWELL WRITES BECKY HAD AN 
INAPPROPRIATE, PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON.
SOMETHING, IN WHICH I WAS NOT 
INVOLVED
IT DETERIORATED INTO WHAT HE
DESCRIBES AS A FATAL
ATTRACTION-TYPE SITUATION.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THE MAN IS
CARLO GRANDA WHO WORKED POOLSIDE
IN MIAMI HOTEL
GRANDA TOLD REUTERS FALWELL KNEW
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, AND EVEN
WATCHED GRANDA AND BECKY HAVING 
SEX, WHICH FALWELL DENIED TO
REUTERS.
BUT IN 2019, IT GREW
CONTENTIOUS.
ALLEGEDLY WRITING TO FALWELL, 
SINCE YOU ARE OKAY WITH RUINING 
MY LIFE, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE 
KAMIKAZE ROOT.
I WANT A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION BUT
IF CONFLICT IS WHAT YOU WANT, 
THEN, SO BE IT
NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGE SHARED WITH REUTERS.
GRANDA DENIES TRYING TO 
BLACKMAIL THE FALWELLS
LONGTIME TRUMP SUPPORTERS 
TELLING REUTERS HE WAS ONLY 
TRYING TO GET BOUGHT OUT OF THE 
BUSINESS THEY STARTED.
THE SCANDAL ONLY WORSENING
PROBLEMS FOR FALWELL, WHO TOOK A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY AFTER POSTING, AND 
THEN DELETING, THIS PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
TELLING A RADIO SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A COSTUME PARTY, IN
GOOD FUN
>> I'VE APOLOGIZED TO EVERYBODY.
AND I PROMISED MY KIDS I'M GOING
TO TRY TO BE -- I'M GOING TO TRY
TO BE A GOOD BOY, FROM HERE ON
OUT.
>> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE
FALWELLS AND GRANDA BUT THEY DID
NOT RESPOND.
THE INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY
FALWELL'S FATHER THAT PREACHES
FAMILY VALUES AND MORALS MAY, 
SOON
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BIT Y THE 
NUMBERS, MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
AVERAGE.
SALESFORCE, AMGEN, AND HONEYWELL
WILL BE JOINING, REPLACING EXXON
AND RAYTHEON
THE CHANGES ARE MEANT TO
DIVERSIFY THE INDEX.
>> TEEN VOLUNTEERS IN ISRAEL
HAVE UNEARTHED A TREASURE TROVE 
OF THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD COINS
THERE ARE 425 OF THEM WEIGHING
24 KARATS OF PURE GOLD
FOUND AT AN EXCAVATION SITE 
WHERE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IS 
PLANNED.
>> AND A RARE, SIGN THE MIKE
TROUT BASEBALL ROOKIE CARD HAS
SOLD FOR A
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WATCHING TROPICAL STORM LAURA.
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IN 
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS IS THIS 
RAPID INTENSIFICATION PHASE.
WE EXPECT IT TO REALLY GAIN 
STRENGTH AND TURN INTO A CAT 1, 
POTENTIALLY CAT 2 HURRICANE.
IT WILL TRAVEL 750 MILES AND WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT A WARM GULF 
THAT'S 86 DEGREES, ON AVERAGE.
SO, MAN, THIS STORM SYSTEM IS 
FAR FROM OVER.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
HONG KONG MAN BECOMES THE FIRST 
PATIENT TO BE REINFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A
33-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS FIRST
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL,
BECAME REINFECTED WITH THE VIRUS
IN AUGUST.
THE MAN REMAINS ASYMPTOMATIC
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON WITH OTHER CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> DESPITE NUMEROUS WARNINGS, 
SOME PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ARE
STILL DRINKING BLEACH.
AS A CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
AFTER 46 CASES, THIS MONTH
ALONE, THE NORTH TEXAS POISON 
CENTER WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO
DRINK IT
DRINKING BLEACH CAN LEAD TO 
RESPIRATORY FAILURE, LIVER
FAILURE, AND YES, IN SOME CASES,
DEATH.
>> NEARLY ONE MONTH AFTER 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL, AN ENTIRE
FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN 
MISSISSIPPI, ALONG WITH A DOZEN 
TEACHERS, ARE HEADING INTO
QUARANTINE
IT COMES, AFTER A STUDENT AND 
MORE THAN HALF OF THE SCHOOL'S
FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID
THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DISTRICT 
NOTIFIED THE FAMILIES OF MORE 
THAN 200 FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ON A SPLIT
SCHEDULE, WITH ONLY HALF OF THE 
STUDENT BODY IN THE CLASSROOM,
ON ANY GIVEN DAY. 
>> A NEW YORK CITY PARK HAS BEEN
RENAMED AFTER AN LGBTQ RIGHTS 
ICON AND ACTIVIST.
MARCIA P. JOHNSON.
ON MONDAY, BROOKLYN'S EAST RIVER
STATE PARK WAS RENAMED AFTER
JOHNSON, ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
HER 75th BIRTHDAY.
STATE PARK STAFF HAVE INSTALLED 
PUBLIC ART INTENDED TO REFLECT
JOHNSON'S STYLE.
ADDITIONAL ART INSTALLATIONS AND
A 1,200-SQUARE-FOOT EDUCATION 
FACILITY WILL BE ADDED BY NEXT
SUMMER
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO, IT'S NEW YORK'S FIRST
STATE PARK TO HONOR LGBTQ WOMEN 
AND WOMEN OF COLOR. 
>> UPCOMING ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR
MAGAZINE
TAYLOR, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
BY POLICE IN HER HOME BACK IN 
MARCH, WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE MAGAZINE'S SEPTEMBER ISSUE
TITLED "THE GREAT FIRE."
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS.
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY AMY 
SHERYL, THE SAME ARTIST WHO 
PAINTED MICHELLE OBAMA FOR THE
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S CELEBRATE SOME BIRTHDAYS
BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY.
GOSSIP GIRL ACTRESS, BLAKE
LIVELY TURNS 33.
CELEBRITY CHEF, RACHEL RAY, IS
52
ACTOR/DIRECTOR BLAIR UNDERWOOD
TURNS 56
GENE SIMMONS
>>> THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE 
KIDS WAS IN THE CAR.
AND I AM TELLING, PLEASE, CAN 
YOU GET BACK BEFORE I SHOOT YOU.
LIKE, SHOOT ME
MY KIDS IS IN THE CAR.
>> THE FIANCEE OF JACOB BLAKE 
DESCRIBING. 
>> MILLIONS BRACING IN THE
SOUTH.
RESIDENTS ENDURE LANDFALL OF
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, AS OTHERS 
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA.
>> DAY ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION GETS OFF TO 
A BLISTERING START
WE'VE GOT THE MOMENTS.
>> TEACHERS FIGHTING ORDERS TO
REOPEN IN-PERSON CLASSES
WE WILL TELL YOU WHO SIDED WITH 
THE JUDGE.
>> AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, 
SOME GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING.
NEW DETAILS ON THE BIRTH OF THE 
B
BABY PANDA AT THE NATIONAL
COULD.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
LEAVE IT TO 2020 TO SPAWN TWIN
STORMS THAT COULD BATTER THE
GULF COAST WITH A ONE-TWO PUNCH.
ALL EYES ARE ON BOTH MARCO AND
LAURA.
JUST LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT
BEHIND IN HAITI.
MARCO HAS WEAKENED INTO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
WHILE LAURA IS FORECASTED TO
BECOME A HURRICANE
GAINING STRENGTH, AS IT CHURNS
TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS 
BORDER
OUR SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: BACK-TO-BACK STORMS
BEARING DOWN ON THE GULF COAST, 
AFTER KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MORE
THAN A MILLION HOMES IN THE 
CARIBBEAN.
AND CLAIMING AT LEAST NINE
LIVES.
STATES FROM THE PANHANDLE TO THE
PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS 
BRACING FOR IMPACT, THIS WEEK.
NEW ORLEANS' POSITION,
PRECARIOUS
THERESA FRAN LOST EVERYTHING
DURING KATRINA. 
>> IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO RIDE 
OUT A HURRICANE.
>> SHE IS NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN 
A SHELTER WITH MANDATORY
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AND A SPECIAL
SECTION FOR COVID-POSITIVE
EVACUEES
AS THE CITY PAUSES COVID TESTING
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. 
>> 2020 IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE
AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S COVID. 
>> CHOPPY WATERS, GULF CITIES 
ARE FORCED TO NAVIGATE AS THE 
PROSPECT OF A MAJOR HURRICANE 
LOOMS.
HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, THE WATERS 
ARE ALREADY GETTING ROCKY.
BUT THE CONCERN IS NOT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE NOW
BUT WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN
48 HOURS, AFTER LAURA BARRELS 
THROUGH THE GULF AND POTENTIALLY
GIVES THIS STORM SURGE ANOTHER
JOLT. 
>> NORMALLY BUSTLING BLOCKS IN
THE FRENCH QUARTER, NOW BARREN
BUSINESS OWNER LISA MAY BE
FORCED TO CLOSE HER GIFT SHOPS
AS THE STORM APPROACHES.
>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT, 
DAY BY DAY
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE, JUST
AS FAST AS THE -- CHANGED.
>> A CITY PERPETUALLY IN FLUX,
FINDING ITSELF IN A FAMILIAR
PLACE.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, NEW
ORLEANS.
>> LET'S BRING IN NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
SHE IS TRACKING BOTH OF THOSE 
STORMS FOR US.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY GOT LUCKY 
WITH MARCO
IT KIND OF SHIFTED AND TURNED 
INTO A DOWNGRADED STORM.
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IN LESS THAN 
48 HOURS, WE ARE TRACKING 
POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST
STORM SYSTEMS OF THE TROPIC.
LAURA HAS MADE IT OVER THE CUBAN
MOUNTAINS SO IT'S VERY ORGANIZED
AND VERY STRONG SYSTEM
CURRENTLY, 65 MILES PER HOUR, 
AND IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER
HOUR
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT'S
GOING TO GOING BACK INTO THE
GULF
I DO EXPECT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION TO HAPPEN IN THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
THAT MEANS WIND SPEEDS ARE GOING
TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 35 MILES 
PER HOUR, INCLUDING THE 65 THAT 
WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE, BY THIS 
AFTERNOO INTO THIS EVENING, IT
TURNS INTO A CAT 1 HURRICANE
IT WILL SIT IN THE GULF 
THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO REALLY GAIN 
STEAM.
AND THEN, ALL EYES ARE GOING TO 
BE ON THE STORM SURGE AND THE 
POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION
RIGHT NOW, THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER CALLING FOR A
CAT-2 HURRICANE.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A CAT 3
MAJOR HURRICANE WITH THIS 
SYSTEM. 
>> WOW
IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO BREAKING NEWS.
MORE CHAOS IN THE STREETS OF
WISCONSIN, HOURS AFTER A CURFEW 
WENT INTO EFFECT
FIRES WERE SET IN KENOSHA AND 
PROTESTORS DODGED TEAR GAS
CANISTERS.
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN 
DEPLOYED TO THE CITY
EARLIER, THE MAYOR WAS
CONFRONTED IN THE STREET
>> THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S 
GOING ON
THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. 
>> THE MAYOR ENTERED A BUILDING 
FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE AND
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUSHED THE 
DOOR, BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK
BY POLICE.
THE OUTRAGE IS OVER THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE, BY POLICE.
BLAKE IS IN SERIOUS, BUT STABLE,
CONDITION.
THE SHOOTING HAS FUELED MORE
MARCHES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN
OUR NATION'S CAPITAL
MANY NBA PLAYERS, LIKE LeBRON 
JAMES, ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT 
JACOB BLAKE.
AND THE SHOOTING HAS MILWAUKEE'S
GEORGE HILL QUESTIONING HIS TIME
IN THE BUBBLE.
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN 
CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO BE
HONEST
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
HIS FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS WE DECIDED 
TO COME DOWN HERE AND PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GOING TO SPEAK ON
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
AND THE THINGS CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
>> AS PROTESTS ESCALATE, THE
KENOSHA POLICE UNION IS ASKING
PEOPLE TO WITHHOLD PREJUDGMENT
AND LET AN INVESTIGATION TAKE 
PLACE.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
>>> FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP,
WILL HEADLINE NIGHT TWO OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
SHE FOLLOWS A FIERY WAVE OF 
SPEAKERS, WHO PAINTED A STARK 
DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN.
>> THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE
THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A 
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OURCOUNTRY,
TO THE GROUND.
AND A PARTY THAT WANTS TO 
REBUILD, AND PROTECT OUR GREAT
NATION. 
>> FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATS AND OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THIS 
SHOOTING POSSIBLE BECAUSE TH
IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING THEY
CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
IT WAS BILLED AS A PIONEERING 
APPROACH TO DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
I WAS JUST FINE WITH THE OLD
APPROACH OF DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
IT WAS CALLED DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
>> YOU'VE SEEN US ON YOUR TV
SCREENS AND TWITTER FEEDS.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE KIND
OF PEOPLE WHO BACK DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NEITHER IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA.
AND WE STOOD AGAINST OUR
ENEMIES.
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM NIGHT ONE OF THE
RNC.
>> Reporter: ON NIGHT ONE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
A PARADE OF SPEAKERS, BOTH
CELEBRATING AND DEFENDING THE 
RECORD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> ONE LEADER TOOK DECISIVE 
ACTION TO SAVE LIVES
>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC TAKING
SEPTE
CENTER STAGE, AS THE PRESIDENT
HONORED FRONTLINE WORKERS.
>> YOU REPRESENT AN INCREDIBLE
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE CONVENTION'S 
SPEAKERS DOWNPLAYING THE
COUNTRY'S STUNNING DEATH TOLL.
MORE THAN 177,000 LIVES LOST, 
AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,
STILL, UNEMPLOYED.
DONALD TRUMP JR., STANDING
BEHIND HIS FATHER AND ATTACKING 
DEMOCRATS.
>> BIDEN'S RADICAL, LEFT-WING 
POLICIES, WOULD STOP OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, COLD.
>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM DIVING 
INTO THE CULTURE WARS WITH
SPEECHES FROM MARK AND PATRICIA 
McCLOSKEY, THE ST. LOUIS COUPLE 
THAT PULLED GUNS ON BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTORS MARCHING
THROUGH THEIR GATED COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT YOU SAW HAPPEN TO US
COULD JUST AS EASILY HAPPEN TO
ANY OF YOU, WHO ARE WATCHING
FROM QUIET NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND 
OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL FRIEND, FOOTBALL GREAT,
HERSCHEL WALKER, COMING TO HIS
DEFENSE.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> Reporter: SENATOR TIM SCOTT
MAKING THE CASE THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>> SO, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT JOE
BIDEN SAYS HE'LL DO, LOOK AT HIS
ACTIONS.
LOOK AT HIS POLICIES
LOOK AT WHAT HE, ALREADY, DID 
AND WHAT HE DIDN'T DO.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS PARTY SETTING THE TONE FOR
THIS CONVENTION.
AND FOR WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE
FOUR MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> MOUNTING EVIDENCE THIS
MORNING THAT ONE OF VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S MOST VOCAL CRITICS WAS
POISONED
GERMAN DOCTORS SAID THE SIGNS OF
POISONING WERE FOUND IN ALEXEI
NAVALNY'S SYSTEM
THE MEDICAL TEAM SAID THE 
RUSSIAN DISSIDENT REMAINS IN A
MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA BUT THAT 
HIS LIFE IS NO LONGER IN DANGER.
AFTER NAVALNY FELL ILL, HIS 
SUPPORTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS
IN PROTEST
ACCUSING THE KREMLIN OF 
POISONING HIM.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED 
ANY INVOLVEMENT.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO THE 
WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IN 
CALIFORNIA
THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO 
SEVEN, AS MORE THAN 600 FIRES 
BURN UP AND DOWN THE STATE
INCLUDING THE SECOND AND
THIRD-LARGEST IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY.
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DECIMATED, COVERING MORE 
GROUND THAN THE STATE OF
DELAWARE
THE LARGEST INFERNO, WHICH IS 
CALLED THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE,
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES AND IS
JUST OVER 20% CONTAINED.
>> BETWEEN THE FIRE, EXTREME
HEAT, AND ALSO THE STORMS IN THE
GULF, JANESSA'S WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH HER, 
JANESSA, AGAIN
HI. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE HAVE LAURA, THAT CONTINUES TO
REALLY START TO GAIN STRENGTH.
IT'S BETTER ORGANIZED THIS
MORNING, AND THAT WILL BE 
ENHANCED THROUGHOUT THE 
AFTERNOON.
AS RAPID INTENSIFICATION STARTS 
TO HAPPEN.
IF WE DO NOT LOOK AT THE
INTENSITY OF THIS STORM SYSTEM, 
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A STORM 
SURGE THAT IS PRETTY DEADLY,
HERE
7 TO 11 FEET ACROSS THE GULF
COAST FROM MORGAN CITY ALL THE
WAY INTO NEW ORLEANS
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> A MAJOR VICTORY FOR TEACHERS
IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING.
AFTER A JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF 
THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST FLORIDA'S 
GOVERNOR AND THE EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS AND THE FLORIDA
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FILED SUIT
OVER THE STATE'S ORDER THAT 
WOULD HAVE FORCED SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES, AT
THE END OF THIS MONTH AMID THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," A JUDGE TEMPORARILY 
STRUCK DOWN THE ORDER ON MONDAY.
SAYING IT VIOLATES THE FLORIDA
CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT 
ARBITRARILY DISREGARDS SAFETY.
ADDING THAT ANY DECISION TO 
REOPEN SHOULD BE MADE, LOCALLY. 
>> IN THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS, 
TWO DAYS AFTER FDA AUTHORIZED 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS POTENTIAL
TREATMENT FOR COVID-19
THERE ARE STILL MANY CRITICAL 
QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS 
EFFECTIVENESS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTED IT AS A
BREAKTHROUGH THERAPY
BUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAYS THE TREATMENT 
IS STILL CONSIDERED 
EXPERIMENTAL
HERE'S NBC'S CYNTHIA McFADDEN,
WHO SPOKE WITH TOP DOCTORS WHO
HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE
TREATMENT.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHAEL JOINER 
SAIDS HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT
THE MAYO CLINIC HAVE BEEN 
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, SINCE 
APRIL.
STUDYING WHETHER CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN 
FIGHTING COVID-19.
>> I THINK THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
SUPPORTING THE USE OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, EARLY IN 
COVID-19, IS STRONG.
I BELIEVE IT'S GETTING STRONGER.
>> Reporter: THE FDA, BASED IN
LARGE PART ON THE MAYO-LED
RESEARCH, DECIDED THE ANSWER WAS
YES.
YES, IT IS SAFE, AND, YES, IT IS
EFFECTIVE.
>> THIS IS A VERY BIG DAY.
IT'S A DAY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING 
FORWARD TO. 
>> THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST KIND
OF BIOLOGICAL SHOT ON GOAL, 
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE, YOU KNOW,
THE BIOTECH AND VACCINE TO SHOW 
UP WITH OTHER OPTION. 
>> HOW EFFECTIVE IS CONVALESCENT
PLASMA
DR. JOINER SAYS THAT, FOR SOME
PATIENTS, IT CAN BE VERY
EFFECTIVE.
>> SO, OUR DATA IN HOSPITALIZED 
PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK ENOUGH TO 
BE IN THE HOSPITAL BUT NOT
CRITICALLY ILL IN THE ICU.
AND IF THEY ARE TREATED EARLY IN
THE COURSE OF THEIR DISEASE,
WITHIN THREE DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS, 
THEIR SEVEN-DAY MORTALITY WILL
FALL FROM 12, 13, 14%, TO 7 OR
8%, FOR A RELATIVE RISK 
REDUCTION OF AROUND 30, 40%.
>> AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
>> WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS
SOMETHING THAT'S ENCOURAGING
>> Reporter: LAST MARCH, CLAUDIA
FOUND HERSELF IN THIS SWEET SPOT
OF PATIENTS DR. JOINER IS 
REFERRING TO
AFTER THREE ROUGH DAYS IN THE 
HOSPITAL, HER GROWN SON CALLED. 
>> MOM, GREAT NEWS
THEY THINK YOU CAN HAVE THE 
PLASMA
AND I WAS LIKE, DO YOU THINK I
SHOULD DO THAT
IT'S LIKE A TRANSFUSION.
I'M NOT SURE. 
>> TERRIFIED SHE WAS GOING TO BE
PUT ON A VENTILATOR, SHE AGREED.
30 HOURS AFTER HER TRANSFUSION. 
>> AND I REMEMBER TAKING THAT 
FIRST, DEEP BREATH
YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I HAD 
OXYGEN
I FELT LIKE I WON THE LOTTERY.
>> IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST 
A MIRACLE.
>> EXACTLY
IMMEDIATELY, I CALLED MY SON
AND I SAID TO HIM, I THINK THAT 
PLASMA DID IT.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT ABOUT 
PATIENTS ALREADY ON VENTILATORS?
>> A NUMBER OF INTENSIVE CARE 
DOCTORS HAVE TALKED ABOUT GIVING
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, IN THE ICU 
SETTING.
AND HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 
TRIED, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM 
EFFECTIVE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE REFLECTED
IN YOUR RESULTS, AT LEAST WHAT
WE ARE SEEING SO FAR, THAT EARLY
USE IS BETTER.
>> WE SUPPORT THE ONGOING 
RESEARCH. 
>> DR. WRIGHT JOINED US.
HE WAS STUDY LEADER FOR THE 
PLASMA RESEARCH.
A VETERAN OF TWO DECADES OF 
CLINICAL-TRIAL RESEARCH AT MAYO.
WHAT DOES HE THINK OF THE FDA 
DECISION
>> I THINK THE FDA HAS MADE AN
EXCELLENT DECISION
I THINK THEY'VE TRULY PUT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST OF THE 
NATION, FIRST.
AND I RESPECT THEM FOR THAT.
I TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT. 
>> SO SHOULD THOSE WHO THINK THE
PRESIDENT FORCED THE FDA TO DO
THIS, YOU SAY YOU DON'T BUY IT
>> NOT AT ALL.
I GENUINELY BELIEVE AND DO NOT
SEE ANY EVIDENCE, TO DATE, OF 
ANY POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
>> THANKS SO CYNTHIA McFADDEN 
FOR THAT REPORT.
REALLY GOOD INSIGHT THER
♪♪
>>> BEYONCE HAS RELEASED A NEW
VIDEO FOR HER SONG "BROWN SKIN
GIRL" FROM HER BLACK IS KING
VISUAL ALBUM, BASED ON MUSIC
FROM THE LION KING
THE STAR-STUDDED CELEBRATION OF 
BLACK BEAUTY FEATURES 
APPEARANCES FROM HER DAUGHTER,
BLUE IVY
SINGER KELLY ROWLAND, AND MORE. 
>> THE LIFE OF BREONNA TAYLOR'S 
BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN AN UPCOMING
ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE.
TAYLOR WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, TITLED THE 
GREAT FIRE
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS AND AN ENGAGEMENT RING
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY THE SAME
ARTIST WHO PAINTED MICHELLE 
OBAMA FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT 
GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MAY BE 
BACK IN ACTION
BLOSSOM, BUBBLES, AND BUTTERCUP 
ARE BACK FOR A LIVE-ACTION
SPINOFF 15 YEARS AFTER THE
ORIGINAL SERIES ENDED.
IN THE NEW VERSION, THE 
ONCE-LITTLE SUPERHEROES ARE IN
THEIR 20s AND RESENTFUL FO
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS
TROPICAL STORM LAURA
THE WATER VAPORS
IT HAS DUMPED A TON OF RAI
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" 
REPORTS JERRY FALWELL JR. HAS 
RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY
NBC NEWS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE AGREED 
TO RESIGN, BEFORE REVERSING 
COURSE
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
FALWELL JR. HAS BEEN ON LEAVE OF
ABSENCE SINCE AUGUST 7th, AFTER 
POSTING A PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM
WITH HIS PANTS PARTIALLY
UNZIPPED AND HIS ARMS AROUND HIS
WIFE'S ASSISTANT
HIS RESIGNATION, ALSO, COMES IN 
THE WAKE OF A REUTERS REPORT OF 
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE, AND HIS
FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER.
FALWELL JR. AND HIS WIFE ARE
DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST
THESE RAALLEGATIONS.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO 
BE UNPREDICTABLE
SCIENTISTS IN HONG KONG ARE 
REPORTING THE FIRST CASE OF A 
CORONAVIRUS PATIENT WHO'S BECOME
INFECTED, A SECOND TIME.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE
33-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH, AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL
BUT OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS
INFECTED, AGAIN, IN AUGUST
AND IS ASYMPTOMATIC.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON, WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> AS LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZED
KOBE BRYANT DAY, THE CITY HE
PLAYED IN FOR 20 YEARS, THEY
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HONOR HIM BY 
RENAMING PART OF A STREET AFTER 
THE BASKETBALL LEGEND.
KOBE BRYANT BOULEVARD WILL SIT
ON 
ON THE STREET JUST OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER. 
>> GIANT PANDAS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
HERE IS NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE.
>> WRAPPED UP IN MAMA'S ARMS IS 
THE TINY CUB WHO CAME SQUEALING 
INTO THE WORLD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 
>> SUPERCOOL
WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IT. 
>> AT 22 YEARS OLD, CURATORS SAY
NEW MOTHER MEI XIANG HAD LESS 
THAN 1% CHANCE OF HAVING ANOTHER
CUB.
BUT DAYS AFTER, A BREEDING
WINDOW OPENED BY SURPRISED
ZOOKEEPERS USED SEMEN FROM DAD
TIAN TIAN AND WAITED
>> WE HAD TO COME STRAIGHT TO 
THE PANDAS
SHE WOULD NOT STOP ANYWHERE ELSE
FIRST.
>> THE CUB, THE SIZE OF A STICK 
OF BUTTER.
WON'T HAVE A NAME FOR 100 DAYS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHINESE
TRADITION.
ZOOKEEPERS DON'T EVEN KNOW, YET,
IF IT'S A BOY OR A GIRL.
BUT EITHER WAY, ITS ARRIVAL MA
>>> NEW DETAILS IN THE WAKE OF
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS THE CITY
OF KENOSHA, AS THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS MOBILIZED TO HELP LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
OUR REPORTER IS ON THE SCENE
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA, AND WE 
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR, NIKKI
HALEY, SPEAKING OUT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
WE'VE GOT THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AND 
WHAT'S AHEAD
>>> TODAY, THE FOCUS MOVES FROM 
MARCO TO LAURA, WHICH COULD 
DEVELOP INTO THE STRONGEST STORM
OF THE HURRICANE SEASON.
WE ARE TRACKING THE LATEST PATH.
>>> AND LATE DETAILS INVOLVING
JERRY FALWELL JR., REPORTEDLY,
RESIGNING FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY AFTER REVEALING HIS
WIFE'S AFFAIR.
THE BLACKMAIL SCHEME HE ALLEGES.
IT'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT, AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA
GAINS STRENGTH
WHICH STARTED OFF AS DANGEROUS
TWIN STORMS, HAS TAPEFORD AFTER 
TROPICAL STORM MARCO WEAKENED 
INTO A DEPRESSION.
NOW, ALL EYES ON LAURA AS 
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> THIS IS STILL A RARITY.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO, POTENTIAL 
TROPICAL SYSTEMS HITTING THE
REGION, WITHIN THE SPAN OF A
COUPLE OF DAYS OF EACH OTHER
NOW, IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY
HERE IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
MARCO MADE LANDFALL A LITTLE
AFTER 6:00, CENTRAL TIME, NEAR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BUT IT HAS GREAT WEAKENED.
AND DON'T BE MISTAKEN.
ALL EYES, ACROSS THE GULF COAST,
ARE WATCHING LAURA COMING BEHIND
IT
POSSIBLY, WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY
GOVERNORS ACROSS THE AREA ARE 
URGING PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS
TO EVACUATE, IF THEY CAN, 
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
AS MUCH SPACE IN SHELTERS 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
PLACES THAT ARE OPENING SHELTERS
HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED.
AND SO, THAT MEANS THERE'S GOING
TO BE A LOT LESS ROOM FOR 
PEOPLE
FOR FOLKS GETTING PREPARED IN 
THE AREA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, 
TEXAS, THEY ARE BUYING FOOD.
THEY'RE BUYING WATER
THEY'RE LOADING UP THEIR CARS 
WITH GAS
THEY'RE LOADING UP SANDBAGS, IN 
ANTICIPATION OF LAURA, WHICH
COULD STRIKE THIS REGION AS A 
CATEGORY 2 OR A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE.
AGAIN, GOVERNORS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET OUT, IF THEY CAN, IN THE 
LOW-LYING AREAS.
THERE ARE A FEW MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS IN LOUISIANA
BUT NOT WIDESPREAD, JUST YET, AS
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TRACK
OF LAURA AS IT APPROACHES THE 
GULF COAST
IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, I'M
CHRIS POLLONE.
NOW, BACK TO YOU. 
>> SO MUCH TO WATCH.
FOR NOW, HERE IS NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING THE STORMS
HI, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
LAURA HAS BECOME, VERY MUCH,
ORGANIZED SYSTEM
IT IS HEADED INTO THE GULF
OUR FEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE 
IT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CUBA,
THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND SO, ORGANIZATION, REALLY
CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
IT WILL GO INTO A WARM BODY OF
WATER, AND IT WILL RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY, IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MILES PER 
HOUR
IT IS SPEEDY
OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 
MILES PER HOUR
IT WILL RACE ACROSS THE GULF, 
AND THEN ALL EYES ON TEXAS AND
PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA.
TODAY, WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO
CALL THIS A CAT 1 HURRICANE, BY 
AT LEAST 8:00 A.M.
I DO THINK THIS HAS POTENTIAL,
AS IT SITS AND SPINS IN THE 
GULF
IT'S NOT DEALING WITH A TON OF
WIND SHEER
IT COULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO A
CAT 3 MAJOR HURRICANE.
SO ALL EYES ARE ON THE TRACK OF 
THIS SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO, THE STORM SURGE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 7 TO 
11 FEET IN SOME PORTIONS OF 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
GUYS
>> DEADLIEST PART OF THE STORM
RIGHT THERE.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN REIGNITED.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED IN 
NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE AND MANY
OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IN SUPPORT OF 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB 
BLAKE, WHO WAS SHOT BY POLICE IN
WISCONSIN.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WHILE THE 
SHOOTING IS INVESTIGATED
BUT PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
IN THE CITY OF KENOSHA, WHERE 
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE, THE
FIRST NIGHT OF UNREST LEFT A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, INCLUDING
AT THAT CAR DEALERSHIP
LET'S GET AN UPDATE, NOW, ON THE
SECOND NIGHT OF PROTESTS FROM 
LAUREN, WHO IS WITH OUR 
MILWAUKEE AFFILIATE, TMJ 4
LAUREN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING 
THERE?
>> FRANCES AND PHILLIP, IT'S
BEEN ANOTHER LONG NIGHT HERE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER 
PROTESTS FOR JACOB BLAKE TURNED 
VIOLENT.
THERE ARE, CURRENTLY, MULTIPLE
FIRES HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY 
OF KENOSHA
INCLUDING, THIS ONE, BEHIND ME, 
WHERE SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE ON 
FIRE
THIS ALL COMES, AFTER PROTESTORS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE, EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
PROTESTORS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRECRACKERS, AS WELL AS
FIREWORKS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT STARTED TO USE
DIFFERENT TACTICS ON THE
PROTESTORS
THEY USED EVERYTHING, STARTING
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND BLARING SIRENS AT THEM
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL,
CURRENTLY, GOING ON, INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
FROM THE HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE
TO KENOSHA, WHILE ALL THIS WAS
OCCURRING.
SPECIFICALLY, TO SEND A MESSAGE 
TO PROTESTORS THAT THEY WANT
THEM TO REMAIN PEACEFUL.
HE, ALSO, TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS CURRENTLY IN STABLE
CONDITION.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DEVELOPING 
SITUATION, HERE, IN KENOSHA.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, REPORTING IN 
KENOSHA, I'M LAUREN LINDER. 
>> LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR THAT 
UPDATE
>>> NOW, TO MANY NBA PLAYERS WHO
ARE USING THEIR MEDIA 
APPEARANCES TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
BLAKE'S SHOOTING
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE 
EVEN CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO
BE HONEST.
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
THEIR FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE DECIDED TO COME DOWN 
HERE TO PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GONNA SPEAK ON 
THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE IS -- IS
NOT RIGHT.
>> THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS RELEASED 
A STATEMENT THAT SAYS, IN PART, 
WE STAND FIRMLY AGAINST 
REOCCURRING ISSUES OF EXCESSIVE 
USE OF FORCE, AND IMMEDIATE 
ESCALATION WHEN ENGAGING THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION KICKS OFF WITH A 
VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF THE 
RNC.
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS A THREAT
TO THE NATION, WHILE DRAWING A
STARK DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF WEAKNESS AND FAILURE
JOE BIDEN IS GOOD FOR IRAN AND
ISIS
GREAT FOR COMMUNIST CHINA.
>> JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
WANT A CULTURAL REVOLUTION
A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 
AMERICA.
IF WE LET THEM, THEY WILL TURN
OUR COUNTRY INTO A SOCIALIST
UTOPIA. 
>> OUR FOUNDERS BELIEVED THERE
WAS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
PROTECTING OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT
TO THINK FOR OURSELVES
NOW, THE LEFT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CANCEL ALL OF 
THOSE FOUNDERS
>> ALL RIGHT
FOR MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM 
NIGHT TWO, LET'S GET TO TRACIE
POTTS IN WASHINGTON FOR US
TRACIE, TONIGHT, THE FIRST LADY 
WILL BE TAKING CENTER STAGE.
>> EXACTLY
SO, THE SPOTLIGHT WILL BE ON
MELANIA TRUMP, ESPECIALLY AFTER 
HER 2016 SPEECH, WHICH WAS
CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO SIMILAR
TO MICHELLE OBAMA'S.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE 
LISTENING, TONIGHT, AS SHE
SPEAKS TO A LIVE AUDIENCE FROM
THE ROSE GARDEN.
ALSO, TONIGHT, TWO OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN WILL SPEAK.
ERIC TRUMP AND TIFFANY TRUMP
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM SECRETARY
OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, WHO'S
RAISED SOME EYEBROWS FOR GIVING 
THAT SPEECH, WHILE ON A 
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRIP
MEANTIME, LOOKING BACK TO 
MONDAY
YOU HEARD SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
BUT THE FIRST SPEAKER WHO REALLY
KICKED IT OFF, AFTER THAT 
ROLLCALL VOTE IN CHARLOTTE, WAS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIMSELF
IT WAS SORT OF A MINI ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH
WHERE THE PRESIDENT TALKED A LOT
ABOUT DEMOCRATS, JOE BIDEN, AND 
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
>> NOW, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY 
DRIVE THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12
MORE YEARS
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 
>> I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF
OUR KIDS DEPENDS ON WHETHER THIS
MAN IS RE-ELECTED.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE
PANDEMIC OF INTOLERANCE,
BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM. 
>> HE'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE
PRISONS, LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME, 
AND INVITE MS-13 TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS MONSTER OF THE SWAMP. 
>> WELL, DEMOCRATS HAD THEIR
FOLKS OUT THERE TO RESPOND
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER OF
MICHIGAN
CORY BOOKER.
SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY.
AND WE, ALSO, HEARD FROM KAMALA 
HARRIS LAST NIGHT IN A YOUTUBE
MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
BY THE WAY, TWO DOZEN 
REPUBLICANS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
>> LOT TO WATCH, TRACIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DEMONSTRATORS ARE EXPECTED
TO GATHER AGAIN TODAY IN
CHARLOTTE TO PROTEST PRESIDENT
TRUMP AT THE SECOND DAY OF THE
RNC.
MORGAN RADFORD SPOKE WITH 
PROTESTORS ON THE GROUND THERE
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN
>> FRANCES, WE'RE HERE IN 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE RNC IS
BEING HELD
AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN RESIST
RNC WHO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE
INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE HERE
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT 
THEY FEEL LIKE, IN THEIR WORDS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RHETORIC IS 
DIVISIVE
IT HAS NO PLACE, HERE, IN 
CHARLOTTE OR IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THEY CAME OUT HERE, TODAY,
TO MAKE THEIR FEELINGS AND THEIR
VOICES HEARD
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU, HERE, ON
THE OTHER SIDE
THIS IS THE RESIST RNC PROTEST
THEY HAVE PLANNED THIS PROTEST, 
FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
THEY HAVE LEADERS FROM ACROSS 
THE STATE, FROM VARIOUS 
ORGANIZATIONS.
LABOR RIGHTS GROUPS.
CRIMINAL RIGHTS.
DEFENSE ORGANIZATION GROUP, 
ALSO
BLACK LIVES MATTER
THE NAACP.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD, IN CHARLOTTE, AS
PART OF REACTION TO THE RNC.
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
MORGAN, THANK YOU.
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, IS BACK WITH US.
TRACKING THOSE TWO BIG STORMS.
JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE TROPICAL
FORCE WINDS THAT LAURA IS GOING 
TO BRING
A POTENTIAL LANDFALL, TOMORROW
EVENING, INTO YOUR THURSDAY.
BUT THIS IS CAMERON, LOUISIANA, 
TO LAKE CHARLES.
THESE STORM FORCE WINDS.
THEY ARE GOING TO EXPAND AT 
LEAST 30 MILES
SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT VERY
CLOSELY, ALONG WITH THE STORM 
SURGE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES TODAY, A
LOT OF SUNSHINE.
95 DEGREES
WATCHING A FEW STORMS.
THEY ARE GOING TO POP UP FOR THE
MIDATLANTIC.
ALSO, SEVERE WEATHER
IT IS HEADED ACROSS THE EAST
COAST TODAY AND TOMORROW
WE'LL LOOK AT MORE IMPACTS, 
COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU, JANESSA.
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS.
KFC IS SUSPENDING ITS ICONIC
FINGER-LICKING GOOD SLOGAN, 
AFTER 64 YEARS
SAYING IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE
CURRENT CLIMATE AND THE TIME OF 
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT FEAR NOT
THEY SAY THE SLOGAN WILL BE BACK
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. 
>> THE NETWORK PREMIERED LOVE IN
THE TIME OF CORONA
A DRAMA ABOUT FINDING CONNECTION
WITH IN-PERSON INTERACTION
THE SERIES ABOUT QUARANTINING 
TOGETHER AND WAS FILMED 
REMOTELY. 
>> AND LOS ANGELES IS RENAMING
PART OF THE STREET OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER, KOBE BRYANT 
BOULEVARD.
ANNOUNCING THEIR PLAN TO HONORS 
MORE THAN 600 FIRES CONTINUE TO 
RAGE UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA
TWO OF THE INFERNOS ARE THE 
SECOND AND THIRD LARGEST IN THE 
STATE'S HISTORY.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED AND THAT'S LARGER
THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN LIVES HAVE BEEN 
LOST
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING, TIRELESSLY, TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE, WHICH 
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES, IS JUST
OVER 20% CONTAINED. 
>> AND A FURRY FRIEND IS LENDING
A HELPING PAW TO THOSE HEROES IN
CALIFORNIA
A CERTIFIED FIRE STATION THERAPY
DOG IS GIVING THOSE HEROES SOME 
MUCH-NEEDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 
DURING THESE VERY TRYING TIMES
THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER SPECIALIZES
IN LIFTING PEOPLE'S SPIRITS, AND
ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE 
GRIN ON HIS FACE
HE ESPECIALLY LOVES WATCHING THE
FIRETRUCKS ROLL BY OOAS UNITS HA
OUT TO FIGHT THE WILDFIRES
CURRENTLY BURNING IN THE STATE. 
>> CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
AFTER A TUMULTUOUS DAY OF BACK
AND FORTH, "THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL" REPORTS JERRY FALWELL
JR. HAS RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
SAYING HE AGREED TO ESIGN,
BEFORE REVERSING COURSE.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
OUR STEPHANIE GOSK HAS MORE ON
THE CONTROVERSY LEADING UP TO 
HIS RESIGNATION.
>> Reporter: JERRY FALWELL JR.
MAY BE OUT AS PRESIDENT 
CHANCELLOR OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
AFTER REPORTS HE SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION LETTER
THE SON OF ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL TV EVANGELISTS OF 
ALL TIME IS PUBLICLY SHARING A
STORY OF HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY, 
WHICH LED TO, WHAT HE DESCRIBES,
AS AN EXTORTION SCHEME
TELLING THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 
THAT, OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO, HE
AND HIS WIFE BECKY MET AN 
AMBITIOUS, YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
WORKING AT A HOTEL
FALWELL WRITES BECKY HAD AN 
INAPPROPRIATE, PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON.
SOMETHING, IN WHICH I WAS NOT 
INVOLVED
IT DETERIORATED INTO WHAT HE
DESCRIBES AS A FATAL
ATTRACTION-TYPE SITUATION.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THE MAN IS
CARLO GRANDA WHO WORKED POOLSIDE
IN MIAMI HOTEL
GRANDA TOLD REUTERS FALWELL KNEW
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, AND EVEN
WATCHED GRANDA AND BECKY HAVING 
SEX, WHICH FALWELL DENIED TO
REUTERS.
BUT IN 2019, IT GREW
CONTENTIOUS.
ALLEGEDLY WRITING TO FALWELL, 
SINCE YOU ARE OKAY WITH RUINING 
MY LIFE, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE 
KAMIKAZE ROOT.
I WANT A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION BUT
IF CONFLICT IS WHAT YOU WANT, 
THEN, SO BE IT
NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGE SHARED WITH REUTERS.
GRANDA DENIES TRYING TO 
BLACKMAIL THE FALWELLS
LONGTIME TRUMP SUPPORTERS 
TELLING REUTERS HE WAS ONLY 
TRYING TO GET BOUGHT OUT OF THE 
BUSINESS THEY STARTED.
THE SCANDAL ONLY WORSENING
PROBLEMS FOR FALWELL, WHO TOOK A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY AFTER POSTING, AND 
THEN DELETING, THIS PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
TELLING A RADIO SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A COSTUME PARTY, IN
GOOD FUN
>> I'VE APOLOGIZED TO EVERYBODY.
AND I PROMISED MY KIDS I'M GOING
TO TRY TO BE -- I'M GOING TO TRY
TO BE A GOOD BOY, FROM HERE ON
OUT.
>> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE
FALWELLS AND GRANDA BUT THEY DID
NOT RESPOND.
THE INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY
FALWELL'S FATHER THAT PREACHES
FAMILY VALUES AND MORALS MAY, 
SOON
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BIT Y THE 
NUMBERS, MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
AVERAGE.
SALESFORCE, AMGEN, AND HONEYWELL
WILL BE JOINING, REPLACING EXXON
AND RAYTHEON
THE CHANGES ARE MEANT TO
DIVERSIFY THE INDEX.
>> TEEN VOLUNTEERS IN ISRAEL
HAVE UNEARTHED A TREASURE TROVE 
OF THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD COINS
THERE ARE 425 OF THEM WEIGHING
24 KARATS OF PURE GOLD
FOUND AT AN EXCAVATION SITE 
WHERE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IS 
PLANNED.
>> AND A RARE, SIGN THE MIKE
TROUT BASEBALL ROOKIE CARD HAS
SOLD FOR A
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WATCHING TROPICAL STORM LAURA.
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IN 
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS IS THIS 
RAPID INTENSIFICATION PHASE.
WE EXPECT IT TO REALLY GAIN 
STRENGTH AND TURN INTO A CAT 1, 
POTENTIALLY CAT 2 HURRICANE.
IT WILL TRAVEL 750 MILES AND WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT A WARM GULF 
THAT'S 86 DEGREES, ON AVERAGE.
SO, MAN, THIS STORM SYSTEM IS 
FAR FROM OVER.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
HONG KONG MAN BECOMES THE FIRST 
PATIENT TO BE REINFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A
33-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS FIRST
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL,
BECAME REINFECTED WITH THE VIRUS
IN AUGUST.
THE MAN REMAINS ASYMPTOMATIC
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON WITH OTHER CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> DESPITE NUMEROUS WARNINGS, 
SOME PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ARE
STILL DRINKING BLEACH.
AS A CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
AFTER 46 CASES, THIS MONTH
ALONE, THE NORTH TEXAS POISON 
CENTER WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO
DRINK IT
DRINKING BLEACH CAN LEAD TO 
RESPIRATORY FAILURE, LIVER
FAILURE, AND YES, IN SOME CASES,
DEATH.
>> NEARLY ONE MONTH AFTER 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL, AN ENTIRE
FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN 
MISSISSIPPI, ALONG WITH A DOZEN 
TEACHERS, ARE HEADING INTO
QUARANTINE
IT COMES, AFTER A STUDENT AND 
MORE THAN HALF OF THE SCHOOL'S
FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID
THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DISTRICT 
NOTIFIED THE FAMILIES OF MORE 
THAN 200 FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ON A SPLIT
SCHEDULE, WITH ONLY HALF OF THE 
STUDENT BODY IN THE CLASSROOM,
ON ANY GIVEN DAY. 
>> A NEW YORK CITY PARK HAS BEEN
RENAMED AFTER AN LGBTQ RIGHTS 
ICON AND ACTIVIST.
MARCIA P. JOHNSON.
ON MONDAY, BROOKLYN'S EAST RIVER
STATE PARK WAS RENAMED AFTER
JOHNSON, ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
HER 75th BIRTHDAY.
STATE PARK STAFF HAVE INSTALLED 
PUBLIC ART INTENDED TO REFLECT
JOHNSON'S STYLE.
ADDITIONAL ART INSTALLATIONS AND
A 1,200-SQUARE-FOOT EDUCATION 
FACILITY WILL BE ADDED BY NEXT
SUMMER
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO, IT'S NEW YORK'S FIRST
STATE PARK TO HONOR LGBTQ WOMEN 
AND WOMEN OF COLOR. 
>> UPCOMING ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR
MAGAZINE
TAYLOR, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
BY POLICE IN HER HOME BACK IN 
MARCH, WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE MAGAZINE'S SEPTEMBER ISSUE
TITLED "THE GREAT FIRE."
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS.
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY AMY 
SHERYL, THE SAME ARTIST WHO 
PAINTED MICHELLE OBAMA FOR THE
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S CELEBRATE SOME BIRTHDAYS
BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY.
GOSSIP GIRL ACTRESS, BLAKE
LIVELY TURNS 33.
CELEBRITY CHEF, RACHEL RAY, IS
52
ACTOR/DIRECTOR BLAIR UNDERWOOD
TURNS 56
GENE SIMMONS
>>> A EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH 
IN THE NATION IN THE WAKE OF THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN
THE SOUTH.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DODGED A 
BULLET WITH TROPICAL STORM MARCO
AND LAURA COULD BE A FULL BLOWN 
HURRICANE BY DAY BREAK
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE
THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12 MORE 
YEARS.
>> THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSING 
REPORTERS IN CHARLOTTE
ALL THE KEY MOMENTS AND WHAT TO 
EXPECT ON DAY TWO.
>> AND POSTMASTER DEJOY DEFENDS 
THE CHANGES AT THE POST OFFICE
>>> AND AN EXTRA LAYER OF SAFETY
WITH A LONG LASTING DISINFECTANT
TO PROTECT TRAVELERS
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> A CROWD GATHERED OVERNIGHT
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, ONE OF 
THE MANY CITIES WHERE THERE'S 
BEEN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR BLAKE
WHO WAS SHOT IN WISCONSIN.
PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
THE CITY WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE HAS SEEN A LOT OF 
DESTRUCTION.
AND THE OUTRAGE ESCALATED AGAIN.
LET'S GET AN UPDATE.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN ANOTHER
LONG NIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN
AFTER PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY MULTIPLE
FIRES INCLUDING THIS ONE BEHIND 
ME
THIS ALL COMES AFTER PROTESTERS 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE EARLIER THIS EVENING.
PROTESTERS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRE CRACKERS AND FIREWORKS AT
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY STARTED TO USE DIFFERENT 
TACTICS ON THE PROTESTERS.
THEY USED EVERYTHING STARTING 
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND A BLARING SIGH LENS AT THEM 
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL 
CURRENTLY GOING ON INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE 
ALL THIS WAS OCCURRING
SPECIFICALLY TO SEND A MESSAGE
THAT THEY WANT THEM TO REMAIN 
PEACEFUL
HE ALSO TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS IN STABLE CONDITION
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEVELOPING
SITUATION.
FOR NOW THOUGH, REPORTING IN
WISCONSIN.
>>> MANY NBA PLAYERS ARE NOW
USING THEIR MEDIA APPEARANCES TO
SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE.
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THIS
DAMN PLACE
I THINK COMING HERE TOOK ALL THE
FOCAL PARTS TO WHAT THINGS ARE
>> WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RIGHT
>> LEBRON JAMES SPOKE OUT SAYING
THIS IS SO WRONG AND SO SAD.
>>> U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA 
GAINS STRENGTH
NOW ALL EYES ARE ON LAURA AS
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
>> STATE FROM THE PANHANDLE TO
THE PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS BRACING FOR IMPACT THIS 
WEEK
NOERNS' POSITION PRECARIOUS.
>> TERESA FRANCE LOST EVERYTHING
DURING KATRINA
SHE'S NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN A 
SHELTER.
AS THE CITY PAUSES COVID TESTING
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY
>> 2020 IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE AND
ON TOP OF THAT IT'S COVID.
>> GULF CITIES ARE FORCED TO
NAVIGATE AS THE PROSPECT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE LOOMS.
THE CONCERN IS THOLT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE NOW BUT WHAT IT COULD
LOOK LIKE AFTER LAURA BARRELS 
TLUR THE GULF.
>> Reporter: BLOCKS BARREN WITH 
SANDBAGS AND BOARDED WINDOWS
BUSINESS OWNER MAY BE FORCED TO 
CLOSE SHER GIFT SHOPS AS THE
STORM APPROACHES
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT DAY BY
DAY.
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE
>> A CITY IN FLUX, FINDING
ITSELF IN A FAMILIAR PLACE
>> AND JANESSA WEBB IS TRACKING 
THOSE STORMS FOR US.
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THE UPDATES THEY DO CONTINUE TO 
CHANGE AND WE ARE SEEING
INTENSIFICATION OF TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA.
RIGHT NOW IT HAS MADE ITS WAY 
OVER THE CARIBBEAN MOUNTAINS AND
WE ARE HOPING IT WILL SHRED 
APART.
'S BECOMING A MORE ORGANIZED
SYSTEM
IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE WEST 
NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW IT'S A PRETTY STEADY
MOTION BUT IT'S GOING TO RACE 
INTO THE GULF.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 86 
DEGREES SO IT WILL START TO 
BECOME MORE BETTER ORGANIZED AND
GAIN SOME STEAM AND IT WILL RA
ACROSS THE GULF COAST 
COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT NOW FORECASTING A CATEGORY
1 BUT THIS MORNING AND THEN IT
WILL SIT INTO THE GULF BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT RACES INTO GULF
COAST COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE FOLLOWING CAMERON
LOUISIANA.
ALL THESE AREAS REALLY NEED TO
BE ON EBERTH LE-- ALERT
>>> NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF 
THE RNC PINNING DEMOCRATS AS A
STARK TO THE NATION.
>> THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE.
THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A 
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GROUND 
AND A PARTY THAT WANTS TO 
PROTECT OUR GREAT NATION
>> THEY IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING 
THEY CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
I WAS JUST FINE WITH THE OLD
APPROACH OF DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
IT WAS CALLED DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
>> YOU'VE SEEN US ON YOUR TV
SCREENS.
YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT THE KIND OF
PEOPLE THAT BACK DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NEITHER IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA AND WE
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FOR MORE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
LET'S GET TO TRACIE POTTS AND 
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE FIRST LAY 
DAY TONIGHT.
>> EXACTLY
THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON HER.
THE THEME FOR HER IS THE LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY.
SHE'LL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
SHE CAUGHT SOME HEAT FOR HER
CONVENTION SPEECH CRITICIZED FOR
BEING TOO FAMILIAR TO MICHELLE
OBAMAS
BUT IT WAS THE PRESIDENT MIMS 
WHO KICKED THINGS OFF YESTERDAY 
IN CHARLOTTE AND WHILE
REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THIS WILL 
BE AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE 
CONVENTION, THE PRESIDENT SPENT 
A LOT OF HIS TIME AND SO DID
SOME OF THESE SPEAKERS TALKING
ABOUT MALE VOTING, WHAT THEY
CALLED RADICAL DEMOCRATS AND JOE
BIDEN.
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE
THEM CRAZY YOU SAY 12 MORE
YEARS.
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVIL RATION
I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF 
OUR KIDS DEPEND ON WHETHER THIS 
MAN IS REEAEKTED
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE PAEPD, 
INTOLERANCE, BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU, LOCK YOU 
IN YOUR HOME AND INVAT MS 13 TO 
LIVE NEXT DOOR
>> DEMOCRATS RESPONDED WITH 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR.
WE HEARD FROM CORY BOOKER AND 
VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE KAMALA 
HARRIS WHO SAID WITH TRUMPS 
THINGS CAN GET WORSE
>> THANK YOU
>>> IN 2016 SUPPORT FROM FARMERS
HELPED DRIVE DONALD TRUMP TO
VICTORY BUT IT COULD BE A MUCH
DIFFERENT STORY.
MORE ON THAT
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: DURING THIS WEEK OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
NOT NAIVE TO THE FACT THAT HE 
HAS TO TURN OUT THOSE SUP PORERS
IN PLACES LIKE SOUTH WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
ALBIG PART OF THAT WAS
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS 
OVER THE LAST THREE YEAR
SINCE DONALD TRUMP STARTED
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HERD
ACROSS THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND 
WE'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR AMONG A 
BROAD CROSS SECTION THAT THEY 
HAVE WANTED TO TAKE THIS FIGHT
ON
THE QUESTION HERE IN THIS FALL
IS HOW LONG DOES THAT PATIENCE
RUN?
PRESIDENT TRUMP QUESTIONED THE
FUTURE OF THE CHINA TRADE DEAL
WHICH LEAVES A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> A DEPARTURE OF THE MOST 
PROMINENT CHRISIAN YUMPTS.
JERRY FALWELL HAS RESIGNED FROM 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
THE ANNOUNCE MAT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT THAT HE AGREED TO 
RESIGN BEFORE REVERSING COURSE
HE WITH DREW HIS RESIGNATION
AFTER MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
HE'S BEEN ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
AFTER POSTING A PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE AND A FELLOW
BUSINESS PARTNER
THEY'RE DEFENDING THEMSELVES
AGAINST THESE ALLEGATIONS.
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH MORE ON 
THOSE DANGEROUS STORMS IN THE 
GULF
>> YEAH, WE ARE ALSO WATCHING 
THE FLOODING THREAT ALONG WITH
THE STORM SERGE.
ACCUMULATION ACROSS GULF COAST
COMMUNITIES.
AT LEAST 5 TO 8 INCHES
THAT'S A BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
LOUISIANA TODAY ALL THE WAY INTO
MIAMI, IN THE 90s, VERY HUMID 
AIR.
ALSO WATCHING THESE STORMS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ALSO 
HEATING UP TO 90 DEGREES
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, THE 
CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO BE 
UNPREDICTABLE.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG THE 33
YOORLD MAN WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED
IN LATE MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN 
APRIL BUT OFFICIALS SAY IN
AUGUST HE WAS INTEKTFECTED AGAIN
AND IS ASYMPTOMATIC.
A PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
REINFECTION IS COMMON WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSS, ADDING THAT SOME
PATIENTS MAY ONLY HAVE SHORT
LIFFED IMMUNITY TO REINFECTION
>>> SOME NORTH TEXANS ARE STILL 
DRINK BLEACH AS A CURE
THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER IS
WARNING NOT TO DRINK IT.
>>> THE BATTLE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS
IS STILL BEING FOUGHT.
BUT TEACHERS ARE REJOICING AFTER
THE GOVERNOR SAYS TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS IS NOT SAFE.
>> Reporter: HE GRANTED 
AUTHORITY TO CLOSE BACK DOWN IF 
THEY CHOOSE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY 
HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO OPEN 
BECAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T, THE 
GOVERNOR WOULD CUT OFF DOLLARS
>> IT'S NOT SAFE FOR OUR
CHILDREN TO LEARN OR OUR
TEACHERS TO TEACH.
>> THERE WAS NOT ROOM IN
CLASSROOMS TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THERE IS NOT ROOM TO SET DESKS
4 FEET APART NOT LESS 6 FEET
APART.
>> WHERE THE POLITICS SEEMS TO
OVERRIDE THE SCIENCE, I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO SEE MORE ACTION
ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO 
ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE.
>> FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR SAYS H
>>> BE SURE TO WATCH OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE OF NIGHT TWO OF THE
PALESTINIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
>>> A NEW PLAYER OF PROTECTION
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS ADDING A 
SPRAYING SOLUTION CALLED SURFACE
WISE TWO
IT'S THE FIRST DISINFECTANT 
SPRAY.
IT CONTINUES TO KILL
CORONAVIRUSS FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME
IT WILL BE USED OF HIGH TOUCH 
AREAS.
SURFACE WISE TWO JOINS OTHER
PROTOCOLS USED IN THE COMING
MONTHS
>>> HOME SALES ARE EXPECTED TO
POST ANOTHER INCREASE.
THE DESIRE FOR MORE SPACE TO
WORK AND STUDY ADD HOME.
>>> IF YOU EAR IN THE WEST I
HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT YOU
THE FIRE CONTINUES ALONG WITH 
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT
TODAY WE DO HAVE 11 MILLION 
PEOPLE GOING TO BE IMPACTED WITH
TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND THE 
HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO BE VERY 
HIGH
ALSO RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN TO
STILL ABOUT 10% AND THIS IS 
REALLY NOT
>>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING TIRELESSLY TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE FIRE WHICH SPANS FIVE 
COUNTIES IS JUST OVER 20% 
CONTAINED.
>>> ON MONDAY THE POSTMASTER
GENERAL WAS GRILLED ON THE
RECENT CUTBACKS AT THE POST 
OFFICE INCLUDING DELAYED MAIL 
DELIVERY AND WHETHER IT COULD 
IMPACT VOTING.
>> ON DEFENSE FACING SCATHING 
CRITICISM OVER DELAYS, ARGUED 
THE POSTAL SERVICE IS UP TO THE 
TASK OF DELIVERING ELECTION 
MAIL
>> IT IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING
THE NATION'S BALLOTS ON TIME
>> HE HAS OVERSEEN A RECENT 
POLICY CHANGES
HE WILL NOT REPLACE MAIL SORTING
MACHINES REMOVED ON HIS WATCH.
>> HOW CAN ONE PERSON SCREW THIS
UP IN JUST A FEW WEEKS
WILL YOU PUT THE MACHINES BACK. 
>> >> NO, I WILL NOT
>> HE ACKNOWLEDGED A DIP IN MAIL
SERVICE BUT DISPUTED WIDESPREAD 
DELIVERY PROBLEMS.
SHOWING STEEP DECLINES AND
DELAYS IN A RANGE OF MAIL 
SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER DEJOY TOOK
OVER
>> WE SAW DELAYS MORE HEAVILY IN
THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
>> A DIGITAL SIGN PRINTING
COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES
YARD SIGNS BECAME BIG BUSINESS
BUT HER PICKUPS WERE DELAYED
SHE SAYS SHE'S LOST ROUGHLY 
$7,000 WHEN THE SIGNS DIDN'T
ARRIVE
>> SMALL BUSINESSES IS THE
BACKBONE OF AMERICA, WHY ARE YOU
HURTING US
>> WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW THE PRICE
TO MAIL A POSTCARD OR THE PRICE 
TO VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION
>>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME
BIRTHDAYS.
MITCHELL TURNS 42 YEARS OLD 
TODAY.
GERMAN SUPERMODEL IS 50.
BRITISH ROCK ICON IS
>>> THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE 
KIDS WAS IN THE CAR.
AND I AM TELLING, PLEASE, CAN 
YOU GET BACK BEFORE I SHOOT YOU.
LIKE, SHOOT ME
MY KIDS IS IN THE CAR.
>> THE FIANCEE OF JACOB BLAKE 
DESCRIBING. 
>> MILLIONS BRACING IN THE
SOUTH.
RESIDENTS ENDURE LANDFALL OF
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, AS OTHERS 
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA.
>> DAY ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION GETS OFF TO 
A BLISTERING START
WE'VE GOT THE MOMENTS.
>> TEACHERS FIGHTING ORDERS TO
REOPEN IN-PERSON CLASSES
WE WILL TELL YOU WHO SIDED WITH 
THE JUDGE.
>> AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, 
SOME GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING.
NEW DETAILS ON THE BIRTH OF THE 
B
BABY PANDA AT THE NATIONAL
COULD.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M FRANCES
RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
LEAVE IT TO 2020 TO SPAWN TWIN
STORMS THAT COULD BATTER THE
GULF COAST WITH A ONE-TWO PUNCH.
ALL EYES ARE ON BOTH MARCO AND
LAURA.
JUST LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT
BEHIND IN HAITI.
MARCO HAS WEAKENED INTO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
WHILE LAURA IS FORECASTED TO
BECOME A HURRICANE
GAINING STRENGTH, AS IT CHURNS
TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS 
BORDER
OUR SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
>> Reporter: BACK-TO-BACK STORMS
BEARING DOWN ON THE GULF COAST, 
AFTER KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MORE
THAN A MILLION HOMES IN THE 
CARIBBEAN.
AND CLAIMING AT LEAST NINE
LIVES.
STATES FROM THE PANHANDLE TO THE
PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS 
BRACING FOR IMPACT, THIS WEEK.
NEW ORLEANS' POSITION,
PRECARIOUS
THERESA FRAN LOST EVERYTHING
DURING KATRINA. 
>> IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO RIDE 
OUT A HURRICANE.
>> SHE IS NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN 
A SHELTER WITH MANDATORY
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AND A SPECIAL
SECTION FOR COVID-POSITIVE
EVACUEES
AS THE CITY PAUSES COVID TESTING
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. 
>> 2020 IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE
AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S COVID. 
>> CHOPPY WATERS, GULF CITIES 
ARE FORCED TO NAVIGATE AS THE 
PROSPECT OF A MAJOR HURRICANE 
LOOMS.
HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, THE WATERS 
ARE ALREADY GETTING ROCKY.
BUT THE CONCERN IS NOT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE NOW
BUT WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN
48 HOURS, AFTER LAURA BARRELS 
THROUGH THE GULF AND POTENTIALLY
GIVES THIS STORM SURGE ANOTHER
JOLT. 
>> NORMALLY BUSTLING BLOCKS IN
THE FRENCH QUARTER, NOW BARREN
BUSINESS OWNER LISA MAY BE
FORCED TO CLOSE HER GIFT SHOPS
AS THE STORM APPROACHES.
>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT, 
DAY BY DAY
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE, JUST
AS FAST AS THE -- CHANGED.
>> A CITY PERPETUALLY IN FLUX,
FINDING ITSELF IN A FAMILIAR
PLACE.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, NEW
ORLEANS.
>> LET'S BRING IN NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB.
SHE IS TRACKING BOTH OF THOSE 
STORMS FOR US.
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY GOT LUCKY 
WITH MARCO
IT KIND OF SHIFTED AND TURNED 
INTO A DOWNGRADED STORM.
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IN LESS THAN 
48 HOURS, WE ARE TRACKING 
POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST
STORM SYSTEMS OF THE TROPIC.
LAURA HAS MADE IT OVER THE CUBAN
MOUNTAINS SO IT'S VERY ORGANIZED
AND VERY STRONG SYSTEM
CURRENTLY, 65 MILES PER HOUR, 
AND IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER
HOUR
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT'S
GOING TO GOING BACK INTO THE
GULF
I DO EXPECT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION TO HAPPEN IN THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
THAT MEANS WIND SPEEDS ARE GOING
TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 35 MILES 
PER HOUR, INCLUDING THE 65 THAT 
WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE, BY THIS 
AFTERNOOS INTO A CAT 1 HURRICANE
IT WILL SIT IN THE GULF 
THROUGHOUT THIS AFTES AFTERNOON.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO REALLY GAIN 
STEAM.
AND THEN, ALL EYES ARE GOING TO 
BE ON THE STORM SURGE AND THE 
POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION
RIGHT NOW, THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER CALLING FOR A
CAT-2 HURRICANE.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A CAT 3
MAJOR HURRICANE WITH THIS 
SYSTEM. 
>> WOW
IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO BREAKING NEWS.
MORE CHAOS IN THE STREETS OF
WISCONSIN, HOURS AFTER A CURFEW 
WENT INTO EFFECT
FIRES WERE SET IN KENOSHA AND 
PROTESTORS DODGED TEAR GAS
CANISTERS.
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN 
DEPLOYED TO THE CITY
EARLIER, THE MAYOR WAS
CONFRONTED IN THE STREET
>> THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S 
GOING ON
THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. 
>> THE MAYOR ENTERED A BUILDING 
FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE AND
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUSHED THE 
DOOR, BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK
BY POLICE.
THE OUTRAGE IS OVER THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE, BY POLICE.
BLAKE IS IN SERIOUS, BUT STABLE,
CONDITION.
THE SHOOTING HAS FUELED MORE
MARCHES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN
OUR NATION'S CAPITAL
MANY NBA PLAYERS, LIKE LeBRON 
JAMES, ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT 
JACOB BLAKE.
AND THE SHOOTING HAS MILWAUKEE'S
GEORGE HILL QUESTIONING HIS TIME
IN THE BUBBLE.
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN 
CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO BE
HONEST
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
HIS FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS WE DECIDED 
TO COME DOWN HERE AND PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GOING TO SPEAK ON
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
AND THE THINGS CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
>> AS PROTESTS ESCALATE, THE
KENOSHA POLICE UNION IS ASKING
PEOPLE TO WITHHOLD PREJUDGMENT
AND LET AN INVESTIGATION TAKE 
PLACE.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
>>> FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP,
WILL HEADLINE NIGHT TWO OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
SHE FOLLOWS A FIERY WAVE OF 
SPEAKERS, WHO PAINTED A STARK 
DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN.
>> THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE
THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A 
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OURCOUNTRY,
TO THE GROUND.
AND A PARTY THAT WANTS TO 
REBUILD, AND PROTECT OUR GREAT
NATION. 
>> FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATS AND OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THIS 
SHOOTING POSSIBLE BECAUSE TH
IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING THEY
CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
IT WAS BILLED AS A PIONEERING 
APPROACH TO DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
I WAS JUST FINE WITH THE OLD
APPROACH OF DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
IT WAS CALLED DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
>> YOU'VE SEEN US ON YOUR TV
SCREENS AND TWITTER FEEDS.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE KIND
OF PEOPLE WHO BACK DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NEITHER IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA.
AND WE STOOD AGAINST OUR
ENEMIES.
>> NBC'S ALICE BARR HAS MORE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM NIGHT ONE OF THE
RNC.
>> Reporter: ON NIGHT ONE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
A PARADE OF SPEAKERS, BOTH
CELEBRATING AND DEFENDING THE 
RECORD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> ONE LEADER TOOK DECISIVE 
ACTION TO SAVE LIVES
>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC TAKING
SEPTE
CENTER STAGE, AS THE PRESIDENT
HONORED FRONTLINE WORKERS.
>> YOU REPRESENT AN INCREDIBLE
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE CONVENTION'S 
SPEAKERS DOWNPLAYING THE
COUNTRY'S STUNNING DEATH TOLL.
MORE THAN 177,000 LIVES LOST, 
AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,
STILL, UNEMPLOYED.
DONALD TRUMP JR., STANDING
BEHIND HIS FATHER AND ATTACKING 
DEMOCRATS.
>> BIDEN'S RADICAL, LEFT-WING 
POLICIES, WOULD STOP OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, COLD.
>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM DIVING 
INTO THE CULTURE WARS WITH
SPEECHES FROM MARK AND PATRICIA 
McCLOSKEY, THE ST. LOUIS COUPLE 
THAT PULLED GUNS ON BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTORS MARCHING
THROUGH THEIR GATED COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT YOU SAW HAPPEN TO US
COULD JUST AS EASILY HAPPEN TO
ANY OF YOU, WHO ARE WATCHING
FROM QUIET NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND 
OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL FRIEND, FOOTBALL GREAT,
HERSCHEL WALKER, COMING TO HIS
DEFENSE.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> Reporter: SENATOR TIM SCOTT
MAKING THE CASE THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>> SO, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT JOE
BIDEN SAYS HE'LL DO, LOOK AT HIS
ACTIONS.
LOOK AT HIS POLICIES
LOOK AT WHAT HE, ALREADY, DID 
AND WHAT HE DIDN'T DO.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS PARTY SETTING THE TONE FOR
THIS CONVENTION.
AND FOR WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE
FOUR MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS
>>> MOUNTING EVIDENCE THIS
MORNING THAT ONE OF VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S MOST VOCAL CRITICS WAS
POISONED
GERMAN DOCTORS SAID THE SIGNS OF
POISONING WERE FOUND IN ALEXEI
NAVALNY'S SYSTEM
THE MEDICAL TEAM SAID THE 
RUSSIAN DISSIDENT REMAINS IN A
MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA BUT THAT 
HIS LIFE IS NO LONGER IN DANGER.
AFTER NAVALNY FELL ILL, HIS 
SUPPORTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS
IN PROTEST
ACCUSING THE KREMLIN OF 
POISONING HIM.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED 
ANY INVOLVEMENT.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO THE 
WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IN 
CALIFORNIA
THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO 
SEVEN, AS MORE THAN 600 FIRES 
BURN UP AND DOWN THE STATE
INCLUDING THE SECOND AND
THIRD-LARGEST IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY.
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DECIMATED, COVERING MORE 
GROUND THAN THE STATE OF
DELAWARE
THE LARGEST INFERNO, WHICH IS 
CALLED THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE,
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES AND IS
JUST OVER 20% CONTAINED.
>> BETWEEN THE FIRE, EXTREME
HEAT, AND ALSO THE STORMS IN THE
GULF, JANESSA'S WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH HER, 
JANESSA, AGAIN
HI. 
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE HAVE LAURA, THAT CONTINUES TO
REALLY START TO GAIN STRENGTH.
IT'S BETTER ORGANIZED THIS
MORNING, AND THAT WILL BE 
ENHANCED THROUGHOUT THE 
AFTERNOON.
AS RAPID INTENSIFICATION STARTS 
TO HAPPEN.
IF WE DO NOT LOOK AT THE
INTENSITY OF THIS STORM SYSTEM, 
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A STORM 
SURGE THAT IS PRETTY DEADLY,
HERE
7 TO 11 FEET ACROSS THE GULF
COAST FROM MORGAN CITY ALL THE
WAY INTO NEW ORLEANS
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> A MAJOR VICTORY FOR TEACHERS
IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING.
AFTER A JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF 
THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST FLORIDA'S 
GOVERNOR AND THE EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS AND THE FLORIDA
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FILED SUIT
OVER THE STATE'S ORDER THAT 
WOULD HAVE FORCED SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES, AT
THE END OF THIS MONTH AMID THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," A JUDGE TEMPORARILY 
STRUCK DOWN THE ORDER ON MONDAY.
SAYING IT VIOLATES THE FLORIDA
CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT 
ARBITRARILY DISREGARDS SAFETY.
ADDING THAT ANY DECISION TO 
REOPEN SHOULD BE MADE, LOCALLY. 
>> IN THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS, 
TWO DAYS AFTER FDA AUTHORIZED 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS POTENTIAL
TREATMENT FOR COVID-19
THERE ARE STILL MANY CRITICAL 
QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS 
EFFECTIVENESS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTED IT AS A
BREAKTHROUGH THERAPY
BUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAYS THE TREATMENT 
IS STILL CONSIDERED 
EXPERIMENTAL
HERE'S NBC'S CYNTHIA McFADDEN,
WHO SPOKE WITH TOP DOCTORS WHO
HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE
TREATMENT.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHAEL JOINER 
SAIDS HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT
THE MAYO CLINIC HAVE BEEN 
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, SINCE 
APRIL.
STUDYING WHETHER CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN 
FIGHTING COVID-19.
>> I THINK THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
SUPPORTING THE USE OF 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, EARLY IN 
COVID-19, IS STRONG.
I BELIEVE IT'S GETTING STRONGER.
>> Reporter: THE FDA, BASED IN
LARGE PART ON THE MAYO-LED
RESEARCH, DECIDED THE ANSWER WAS
YES.
YES, IT IS SAFE, AND, YES, IT IS
EFFECTIVE.
>> THIS IS A VERY BIG DAY.
IT'S A DAY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING 
FORWARD TO. 
>> THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST KIND
OF BIOLOGICAL SHOT ON GOAL, 
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE, YOU KNOW,
THE BIOTECH AND VACCINE TO SHOW 
UP WITH OTHER OPTION. 
>> HOW EFFECTIVE IS CONVALESCENT
PLASMA
DR. JOINER SAYS THAT, FOR SOME
PATIENTS, IT CAN BE VERY
EFFECTIVE.
>> SO, OUR DATA IN HOSPITALIZED 
PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK ENOUGH TO 
BE IN THE HOSPITAL BUT NOT
CRITICALLY ILL IN THE ICU.
AND IF THEY ARE TREATED EARLY IN
THE COURSE OF THEIR DISEASE,
WITHIN THREE DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS, 
THEIR SEVEN-DAY MORTALITY WILL
FALL FROM 12, 13, 14%, TO 7 OR
8%, FOR A RELATIVE RISK 
REDUCTION OF AROUND 30, 40%.
>> AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
>> WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS
SOMETHING THAT'S ENCOURAGING
>> Reporter: LAST MARCH, CLAUDIA
FOUND HERSELF IN THIS SWEET SPOT
OF PATIENTS DR. JOINER IS 
REFERRING TO
AFTER THREE ROUGH DAYS IN THE 
HOSPITAL, HER GROWN SON CALLED. 
>> MOM, GREAT NEWS
THEY THINK YOU CAN HAVE THE 
PLASMA
AND I WAS LIKE, DO YOU THINK I
SHOULD DO THAT
IT'S LIKE A TRANSFUSION.
I'M NOT SURE. 
>> TERRIFIED SHE WAS GOING TO BE
PUT ON A VENTILATOR, SHE AGREED.
30 HOURS AFTER HER TRANSFUSION. 
>> AND I REMEMBER TAKING THAT 
FIRST, DEEP BREATH
YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I HAD 
OXYGEN
I FELT LIKE I WON THE LOTTERY.
>> IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST 
A MIRACLE.
>> EXACTLY
IMMEDIATELY, I CALLED MY SON
AND I SAID TO HIM, I THINK THAT 
PLASMA DID IT.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT ABOUT 
PATIENTS ALREADY ON VENTILATORS?
>> A NUMBER OF INTENSIVE CARE 
DOCTORS HAVE TALKED ABOUT GIVING
CONVALESCENT PLASMA, IN THE ICU 
SETTING.
AND HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 
TRIED, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM 
EFFECTIVE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE REFLECTED
IN YOUR RESULTS, AT LEAST WHAT
WE ARE SEEING SO FAR, THAT EARLY
USE IS BETTER.
>> WE SUPPORT THE ONGOING 
RESEARCH. 
>> DR. WRIGHT JOINED US.
HE WAS STUDY LEADER FOR THE 
PLASMA RESEARCH.
A VETERAN OF TWO DECADES OF 
CLINICAL-TRIAL RESEARCH AT MAYO.
WHAT DOES HE THINK OF THE FDA 
DECISION
>> I THINK THE FDA HAS MADE AN
EXCELLENT DECISION
I THINK THEY'VE TRULY PUT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST OF THE 
NATION, FIRST.
AND I RESPECT THEM FOR THAT.
I TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT. 
>> SO SHOULD THOSE WHO THINK THE
PRESIDENT FORCED THE FDA TO DO
THIS, YOU SAY YOU DON'T BUY IT
>> NOT AT ALL.
I GENUINELY BELIEVE AND DO NOT
SEE ANY EVIDENCE, TO DATE, OF 
ANY POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
>> THANKS SO CYNTHIA McFADDEN 
FOR THAT REPORT.
REALLY GOOD INSIGHT THER
♪♪
>>> BEYONCE HAS RELEASED A NEW
VIDEO FOR HER SONG "BROWN SKIN
GIRL" FROM HER BLACK IS KING
VISUAL ALBUM, BASED ON MUSIC
FROM THE LION KING
THE STAR-STUDDED CELEBRATION OF 
BLACK BEAUTY FEATURES 
APPEARANCES FROM HER DAUGHTER,
BLUE IVY
SINGER KELLY ROWLAND, AND MORE. 
>> THE LIFE OF BREONNA TAYLOR'S 
BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN AN UPCOMING
ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE.
TAYLOR WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, TITLED THE 
GREAT FIRE
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS AND AN ENGAGEMENT RING
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY THE SAME
ARTIST WHO PAINTED MICHELLE 
OBAMA FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT 
GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MAY BE 
BACK IN ACTION
BLOSSOM, BUBBLES, AND BUTTERCUP 
ARE BACK FOR A LIVE-ACTION
SPINOFF 15 YEARS AFTER THE
ORIGINAL SERIES ENDED.
IN THE NEW VERSION, THE 
ONCE-LITTLE SUPERHEROES ARE IN
THEIR 20s AND RESENTFUL FO
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS
TROPICAL STORM LAURA
THE WATER VAPORS
IT HAS DUMPED A TON OF RAI
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" 
REPORTS JERRY FALWELL JR. HAS 
RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY
NBC NEWS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE AGREED 
TO RESIGN, BEFORE REVERSING 
COURSE
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
FALWELL JR. HAS BEEN ON LEAVE OF
ABSENCE SINCE AUGUST 7th, AFTER 
POSTING A PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM
WITH HIS PANTS PARTIALLY
UNZIPPED AND HIS ARMS AROUND HIS
WIFE'S ASSISTANT
HIS RESIGNATION, ALSO, COMES IN 
THE WAKE OF A REUTERS REPORT OF 
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE, AND HIS
FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER.
FALWELL JR. AND HIS WIFE ARE
DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST
THESE RAALLEGATIONS.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO 
BE UNPREDICTABLE
SCIENTISTS IN HONG KONG ARE 
REPORTING THE FIRST CASE OF A 
CORONAVIRUS PATIENT WHO'S BECOME
INFECTED, A SECOND TIME.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE
33-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH, AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL
BUT OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS
INFECTED, AGAIN, IN AUGUST
AND IS ASYMPTOMATIC.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON, WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> AS LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZED
KOBE BRYANT DAY, THE CITY HE
PLAYED IN FOR 20 YEARS, THEY
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HONOR HIM BY 
RENAMING PART OF A STREET AFTER 
THE BASKETBALL LEGEND.
KOBE BRYANT BOULEVARD WILL SIT
ON 
ON THE STREET JUST OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER. 
>> GIANT PANDAS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
HERE IS NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE.
>> WRAPPED UP IN MAMA'S ARMS IS 
THE TINY CUB WHO CAME SQUEALING 
INTO THE WORLD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 
>> SUPERCOOL
WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IT. 
>> AT 22 YEARS OLD, CURATORS SAY
NEW MOTHER MEI XIANG HAD LESS 
THAN 1% CHANCE OF HAVING ANOTHER
CUB.
BUT DAYS AFTER, A BREEDING
WINDOW OPENED BY SURPRISED
ZOOKEEPERS USED SEMEN FROM DAD
TIAN TIAN AND WAITED
>> WE HAD TO COME STRAIGHT TO 
THE PANDAS
SHE WOULD NOT STOP ANYWHERE ELSE
FIRST.
>> THE CUB, THE SIZE OF A STICK 
OF BUTTER.
WON'T HAVE A NAME FOR 100 DAYS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHINESE
TRADITION.
ZOOKEEPERS DON'T EVEN KNOW, YET,
IF IT'S A BOY OR A GIRL.
BUT EITHER WAY, ITS ARRIVAL MA
>>> NEW DETAILS IN THE WAKE OF
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS THE CITY
OF KENOSHA, AS THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS MOBILIZED TO HELP LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
OUR REPORTER IS ON THE SCENE
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA, AND WE 
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR, NIKKI
HALEY, SPEAKING OUT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION
WE'VE GOT THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AND 
WHAT'S AHEAD
>>> TODAY, THE FOCUS MOVES FROM 
MARCO TO LAURA, WHICH COULD 
DEVELOP INTO THE STRONGEST STORM
OF THE HURRICANE SEASON.
WE ARE TRACKING THE LATEST PATH.
>>> AND LATE DETAILS INVOLVING
JERRY FALWELL JR., REPORTEDLY,
RESIGNING FROM LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY AFTER REVEALING HIS
WIFE'S AFFAIR.
THE BLACKMAIL SCHEME HE ALLEGES.
IT'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT, AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA
GAINS STRENGTH
WHICH STARTED OFF AS DANGEROUS
TWIN STORMS, HAS TAPEFORD AFTER 
TROPICAL STORM MARCO WEAKENED 
INTO A DEPRESSION.
NOW, ALL EYES ON LAURA AS 
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE.
OUR CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> THIS IS STILL A RARITY.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO, POTENTIAL 
TROPICAL SYSTEMS HITTING THE
REGION, WITHIN THE SPAN OF A
COUPLE OF DAYS OF EACH OTHER
NOW, IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY
HERE IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
MARCO MADE LANDFALL A LITTLE
AFTER 6:00, CENTRAL TIME, NEAR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BUT IT HAS GREATLY WEAKENED.
AND DON'T BE MISTAKEN.
ALL EYES, ACROSS THE GULF COAST,
ARE WATCHING LAURA COMING BEHIND
IT
POSSIBLY, WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY
GOVERNORS ACROSS THE AREA ARE 
URGING PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS
TO EVACUATE, IF THEY CAN, 
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
AS MUCH SPACE IN SHELTERS 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
PLACES THAT ARE OPENING SHELTERS
HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED.
AND SO, THAT MEANS THERE'S GOING
TO BE A LOT LESS ROOM FOR 
PEOPLE
FOR FOLKS GETTING PREPARED IN 
THE AREA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, 
TEXAS, THEY ARE BUYING FOOD.
THEY'RE BUYING WATER
THEY'RE LOADING UP THEIR CARS 
WITH GAS
THEY'RE LOADING UP SANDBAGS, IN 
ANTICIPATION OF LAURA, WHICH
COULD STRIKE THIS REGION AS A 
CATEGORY 2 OR A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE.
AGAIN, GOVERNORS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET OUT, IF THEY CAN, IN THE 
LOW-LYING AREAS.
THERE ARE A FEW MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS IN LOUISIANA
BUT NOT WIDESPREAD, JUST YET, AS
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TRACK
OF LAURA AS IT APPROACHES THE 
GULF COAST
IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, I'M
CHRIS POLLONE.
NOW, BACK TO YOU. 
>> SO MUCH TO WATCH.
FOR NOW, HERE IS NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING THE STORMS
HI, JANESSA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
LAURA HAS BECOME, VERY MUCH,
ORGANIZED SYSTEM
IT IS HEADED INTO THE GULF
OUR FEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE 
IT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CUBA,
THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND SO, ORGANIZATION, REALLY
CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
IT WILL GO INTO A WARM BODY OF
WATER, AND IT WILL RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY, IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MILES PER 
HOUR
IT IS SPEEDY
OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 
MILES PER HOUR
IT WILL RACE ACROSS THE GULF, 
AND THEN ALL EYES ON TEXAS AND
PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA.
TODAY, WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO
CALL THIS A CAT 1 HURRICANE, BY 
AT LEAST 8:00 A.M.
I DO THINK THIS HAS POTENTIAL,
AS IT SITS AND SPINS IN THE 
GULF
IT'S NOT DEALING WITH A TON OF
WIND SHEER
IT COULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO A
CAT 3 MAJOR HURRICANE.
SO ALL EYES ARE ON THE TRACK OF 
THIS SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO, THE STORM SURGE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 7 TO 
11 FEET IN SOME PORTIONS OF 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
GUYS
>> DEADLIEST PART OF THE STORM
RIGHT THERE.
JANESSA, THANK YOU
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN REIGNITED.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED IN 
NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE AND MANY
OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
IN SUPPORT OF 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB 
BLAKE, WHO WAS SHOT BY POLICE IN
WISCONSIN.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WHILE THE 
SHOOTING IS INVESTIGATED
BUT PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
IN THE CITY OF KENOSHA, WHERE 
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE, THE
FIRST NIGHT OF UNREST LEFT A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, INCLUDING
AT THAT CAR DEALERSHIP
LET'S GET AN UPDATE, NOW, ON THE
SECOND NIGHT OF PROTESTS FROM 
LAUREN, WHO IS WITH OUR 
MILWAUKEE AFFILIATE, TMJ 4
LAUREN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING 
THERE?
>> FRANCES AND PHILLIP, IT'S
BEEN ANOTHER LONG NIGHT HERE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER 
PROTESTS FOR JACOB BLAKE TURNED 
VIOLENT.
THERE ARE, CURRENTLY, MULTIPLE
FIRES HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY 
OF KENOSHA
INCLUDING, THIS ONE, BEHIND ME, 
WHERE SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE ON 
FIRE
THIS ALL COMES, AFTER PROTESTORS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE, EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
PROTESTORS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRECRACKERS, AS WELL AS
FIREWORKS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT STARTED TO USE
DIFFERENT TACTICS ON THE
PROTESTORS
THEY USED EVERYTHING, STARTING
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND BLARING SIRENS AT THEM
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL,
CURRENTLY, GOING ON, INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
FROM THE HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE
TO KENOSHA, WHILE ALL THIS WAS
OCCURRING.
SPECIFICALLY, TO SEND A MESSAGE 
TO PROTESTORS THAT THEY WANT
THEM TO REMAIN PEACEFUL.
HE, ALSO, TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS CURRENTLY IN STABLE
CONDITION.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A DEVELOPING 
SITUATION, HERE, IN KENOSHA.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, REPORTING IN 
KENOSHA, I'M LAUREN LINDER. 
>> LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR THAT 
UPDATE
>>> NOW, TO MANY NBA PLAYERS WHO
ARE USING THEIR MEDIA 
APPEARANCES TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
BLAKE'S SHOOTING
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE 
EVEN CAME TO THIS DAMN PLACE, TO
BE HONEST.
I THINK COMING HERE JUST TOOK 
ALL THE FOCAL POINTS OFF OF WHAT
THE ISSUES ARE. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SEND MY 
PRAYERS OUT TO JACOB BLAKE AND
THEIR FAMILY
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE DECIDED TO COME DOWN 
HERE TO PLAY FOR
AND WE SAID WE GONNA SPEAK ON 
THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
YOU KNOW, TO OUR PEOPLE IS -- IS
NOT RIGHT.
>> THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS RELEASED 
A STATEMENT THAT SAYS, IN PART, 
WE STAND FIRMLY AGAINST 
REOCCURRING ISSUES OF EXCESSIVE 
USE OF FORCE, AND IMMEDIATE 
ESCALATION WHEN ENGAGING THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION KICKS OFF WITH A 
VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF THE 
RNC.
PAINTING DEMOCRATS AS A THREAT
TO THE NATION, WHILE DRAWING A
STARK DIVIDE BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL TO HEAR THE
TERRIBLE NAMES THAT PEOPLE
CALLED DONALD.
THE WORST ONE IS RACIST.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF WEAKNESS AND FAILURE
JOE BIDEN IS GOOD FOR IRAN AND
ISIS
GREAT FOR COMMUNIST CHINA.
>> JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
WANT A CULTURAL REVOLUTION
A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 
AMERICA.
IF WE LET THEM, THEY WILL TURN
OUR COUNTRY INTO A SOCIALIST
UTOPIA. 
>> OUR FOUNDERS BELIEVED THERE
WAS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
PROTECTING OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT
TO THINK FOR OURSELVES
NOW, THE LEFT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CANCEL ALL OF 
THOSE FOUNDERS
>> ALL RIGHT
FOR MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM 
NIGHT TWO, LET'S GET TO TRACIE
POTTS IN WASHINGTON FOR US
TRACIE, TONIGHT, THE FIRST LADY 
WILL BE TAKING CENTER STAGE.
>> EXACTLY
SO, THE SPOTLIGHT WILL BE ON
MELANIA TRUMP, ESPECIALLY AFTER 
HER 2016 SPEECH, WHICH WAS
CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO SIMILAR
TO MICHELLE OBAMA'S.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE 
LISTENING, TONIGHT, AS SHE
SPEAKS TO A LIVE AUDIENCE FROM
THE ROSE GARDEN.
ALSO, TONIGHT, TWO OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN WILL SPEAK.
ERIC TRUMP AND TIFFANY TRUMP
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM SECRETARY
OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, WHO'S
RAISED SOME EYEBROWS FOR GIVING 
THAT SPEECH, WHILE ON A 
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRIP
MEANTIME, LOOKING BACK TO 
MONDAY
YOU HEARD SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
BUT THE FIRST SPEAKER WHO REALLY
KICKED IT OFF, AFTER THAT 
ROLLCALL VOTE IN CHARLOTTE, WAS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIMSELF
IT WAS SORT OF A MINI ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH
WHERE THE PRESIDENT TALKED A LOT
ABOUT DEMOCRATS, JOE BIDEN, AND 
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
>> NOW, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY 
DRIVE THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12
MORE YEARS
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION. 
>> I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF
OUR KIDS DEPENDS ON WHETHER THIS
MAN IS RE-ELECTED.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE
PANDEMIC OF INTOLERANCE,
BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM. 
>> HE'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE
PRISONS, LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME, 
AND INVITE MS-13 TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS MONSTER OF THE SWAMP. 
>> WELL, DEMOCRATS HAD THEIR
FOLKS OUT THERE TO RESPOND
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER OF
MICHIGAN
CORY BOOKER.
SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY.
AND WE, ALSO, HEARD FROM KAMALA 
HARRIS LAST NIGHT IN A YOUTUBE
MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
BY THE WAY, TWO DOZEN 
REPUBLICANS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
>> LOT TO WATCH, TRACIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DEMONSTRATORS ARE EXPECTED
TO GATHER AGAIN TODAY IN
CHARLOTTE TO PROTEST PRESIDENT
TRUMP AT THE SECOND DAY OF THE
RNC.
MORGAN RADFORD SPOKE WITH 
PROTESTORS ON THE GROUND THERE
GOOD MORNING, MORGAN
>> FRANCES, WE'RE HERE IN 
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE RNC IS
BEING HELD
AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN RESIST
RNC WHO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE
INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE HERE
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT 
THEY FEEL LIKE, IN THEIR WORDS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RHETORIC IS 
DIVISIVE
IT HAS NO PLACE, HERE, IN 
CHARLOTTE OR IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THEY CAME OUT HERE, TODAY,
TO MAKE THEIR FEELINGS AND THEIR
VOICES HEARD
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU, HERE, ON
THE OTHER SIDE
THIS IS THE RESIST RNC PROTEST
THEY HAVE PLANNED THIS PROTEST, 
FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
THEY HAVE LEADERS FROM ACROSS 
THE STATE, FROM VARIOUS 
ORGANIZATIONS.
LABOR RIGHTS GROUPS.
CRIMINAL RIGHTS.
DEFENSE ORGANIZATION GROUP, 
ALSO
BLACK LIVES MATTER
THE NAACP.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD, IN CHARLOTTE, AS
PART OF REACTION TO THE RNC.
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
MORGAN, THANK YOU.
>>> NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA
WEBB, IS BACK WITH US.
TRACKING THOSE TWO BIG STORMS.
JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE TROPICAL
FORCE WINDS THAT LAURA IS GOING 
TO BRING
A POTENTIAL LANDFALL, TOMORROW
EVENING, INTO YOUR THURSDAY.
BUT THIS IS CAMERON, LOUISIANA, 
TO LAKE CHARLES.
THESE STORM FORCE WINDS.
THEY ARE GOING TO EXPAND AT 
LEAST 30 MILES
SO WE ARE WATCHING THAT VERY
CLOSELY, ALONG WITH THE STORM 
SURGE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> SO OUR TEMPERATURES TODAY, A
LOT OF SUNSHINE.
95 DEGREES
WATCHING A FEW STORMS.
THEY ARE GOING TO POP UP FOR THE
MIDATLANTIC.
ALSO, SEVERE WEATHER
IT IS HEADED ACROSS THE EAST
COAST TODAY AND TOMORROW
WE'LL LOOK AT MORE IMPACTS, 
COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU, JANESSA.
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS.
KFC IS SUSPENDING ITS ICONIC
FINGER-LICKING GOOD SLOGAN, 
AFTER 64 YEARS
SAYING IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE
CURRENT CLIMATE AND THE TIME OF 
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT FEAR NOT
THEY SAY THE SLOGAN WILL BE BACK
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. 
>> THE NETWORK PREMIERED LOVE IN
THE TIME OF CORONA
A DRAMA ABOUT FINDING CONNECTION
WITH IN-PERSON INTERACTION
THE SERIES ABOUT QUARANTINING 
TOGETHER AND WAS FILMED 
REMOTELY. 
>> AND LOS ANGELES IS RENAMING
PART OF THE STREET OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER, KOBE BRYANT 
BOULEVARD.
ANNOUNCING THEIR PLAN TO HONORS 
MORE THAN 600 FIRES CONTINUE TO 
RAGE UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA
TWO OF THE INFERNOS ARE THE 
SECOND AND THIRD LARGEST IN THE 
STATE'S HISTORY.
MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ACRES HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED AND THAT'S LARGER
THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN LIVES HAVE BEEN 
LOST
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING, TIRELESSLY, TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE LNU COMPLEX FIRE, WHICH 
CROSSES FIVE COUNTIES, IS JUST
OVER 20% CONTAINED. 
>> AND A FURRY FRIEND IS LENDING
A HELPING PAW TO THOSE HEROES IN
CALIFORNIA
A CERTIFIED FIRE STATION THERAPY
DOG IS GIVING THOSE HEROES SOME 
MUCH-NEEDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 
DURING THESE VERY TRYING TIMES
THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER SPECIALIZES
IN LIFTING PEOPLE'S SPIRITS, AND
ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE 
GRIN ON HIS FACE
HE ESPECIALLY LOVES WATCHING THE
FIRETRUCKS ROLL BY OOAS UNITS HA
OUT TO FIGHT THE WILDFIRES
CURRENTLY BURNING IN THE STATE. 
>> CHAOTIC DEPARTURE FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN 
UNIVERSITIES
AFTER A TUMULTUOUS DAY OF BACK
AND FORTH, "THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL" REPORTS JERRY FALWELL
JR. HAS RESIGNED FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
SAYING HE AGREED TO ESIGN,
BEFORE REVERSING COURSE.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS FALWELL 
WITHDREW HIS RESIGNATION, AFTER 
MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
OUR STEPHANIE GOSK HAS MORE ON
THE CONTROVERSY LEADING UP TO 
HIS RESIGNATION.
>> Reporter: JERRY FALWELL JR.
MAY BE OUT AS PRESIDENT 
CHANCELLOR OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY
AFTER REPORTS HE SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION LETTER
THE SON OF ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL TV EVANGELISTS OF 
ALL TIME IS PUBLICLY SHARING A
STORY OF HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY, 
WHICH LED TO, WHAT HE DESCRIBES,
AS AN EXTORTION SCHEME
TELLING THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 
THAT, OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO, HE
AND HIS WIFE BECKY MET AN 
AMBITIOUS, YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
WORKING AT A HOTEL
FALWELL WRITES BECKY HAD AN 
INAPPROPRIATE, PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON.
SOMETHING, IN WHICH I WAS NOT 
INVOLVED
IT DETERIORATED INTO WHAT HE
DESCRIBES AS A FATAL
ATTRACTION-TYPE SITUATION.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THE MAN IS
CARLO GRANDA WHO WORKED POOLSIDE
IN MIAMI HOTEL
GRANDA TOLD REUTERS FALWELL KNEW
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, AND EVEN
WATCHED GRANDA AND BECKY HAVING 
SEX, WHICH FALWELL DENIED TO
REUTERS.
BUT IN 2019, IT GREW
CONTENTIOUS.
ALLEGEDLY WRITING TO FALWELL, 
SINCE YOU ARE OKAY WITH RUINING 
MY LIFE, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE 
KAMIKAZE ROOT.
I WANT A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION BUT
IF CONFLICT IS WHAT YOU WANT, 
THEN, SO BE IT
NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGE SHARED WITH REUTERS.
GRANDA DENIES TRYING TO 
BLACKMAIL THE FALWELLS
LONGTIME TRUMP SUPPORTERS 
TELLING REUTERS HE WAS ONLY 
TRYING TO GET BOUGHT OUT OF THE 
BUSINESS THEY STARTED.
THE SCANDAL ONLY WORSENING
PROBLEMS FOR FALWELL, WHO TOOK A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY AFTER POSTING, AND 
THEN DELETING, THIS PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
TELLING A RADIO SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A COSTUME PARTY, IN
GOOD FUN
>> I'VE APOLOGIZED TO EVERYBODY.
AND I PROMISED MY KIDS I'M GOING
TO TRY TO BE -- I'M GOING TO TRY
TO BE A GOOD BOY, FROM HERE ON
OUT.
>> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE
FALWELLS AND GRANDA BUT THEY DID
NOT RESPOND.
THE INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY
FALWELL'S FATHER THAT PREACHES
FAMILY VALUES AND MORALS MAY, 
SOON
>>> IN TODAY'S NEWS BIT Y THE 
NUMBERS, MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
AVERAGE.
SALESFORCE, AMGEN, AND HONEYWELL
WILL BE JOINING, REPLACING EXXON
AND RAYTHEON
THE CHANGES ARE MEANT TO
DIVERSIFY THE INDEX.
>> TEEN VOLUNTEERS IN ISRAEL
HAVE UNEARTHED A TREASURE TROVE 
OF THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD COINS
THERE ARE 425 OF THEM WEIGHING
24 KARATS OF PURE GOLD
FOUND AT AN EXCAVATION SITE 
WHERE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IS 
PLANNED.
>> AND A RARE, SIGN THE MIKE
TROUT BASEBALL ROOKIE CARD HAS
SOLD FOR A
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WATCHING TROPICAL STORM LAURA.
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IN 
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS IS THIS 
RAPID INTENSIFICATION PHASE.
WE EXPECT IT TO REALLY GAIN 
STRENGTH AND TURN INTO A CAT 1, 
POTENTIALLY CAT 2 HURRICANE.
IT WILL TRAVEL 750 MILES AND WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT A WARM GULF 
THAT'S 86 DEGREES, ON AVERAGE.
SO, MAN, THIS STORM SYSTEM IS 
FAR FROM OVER.
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A 
HONG KONG MAN BECOMES THE FIRST 
PATIENT TO BE REINFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A
33-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS FIRST
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN APRIL,
BECAME REINFECTED WITH THE VIRUS
IN AUGUST.
THE MAN REMAINS ASYMPTOMATIC
ALSO, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A 
PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
RESEARCHERS SAY REINFECTION IS
COMMON WITH OTHER CORONAVIRUSES.
ADDING THAT SOME PATIENTS WHO 
RECOVER FROM COVID-19 MAY HAVE
ONLY SHORT-LIVED IMMUNITY TO
REINFECTION.
>> DESPITE NUMEROUS WARNINGS, 
SOME PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ARE
STILL DRINKING BLEACH.
AS A CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
AFTER 46 CASES, THIS MONTH
ALONE, THE NORTH TEXAS POISON 
CENTER WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO
DRINK IT
DRINKING BLEACH CAN LEAD TO 
RESPIRATORY FAILURE, LIVER
FAILURE, AND YES, IN SOME CASES,
DEATH.
>> NEARLY ONE MONTH AFTER 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL, AN ENTIRE
FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN 
MISSISSIPPI, ALONG WITH A DOZEN 
TEACHERS, ARE HEADING INTO
QUARANTINE
IT COMES, AFTER A STUDENT AND 
MORE THAN HALF OF THE SCHOOL'S
FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID
THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DISTRICT 
NOTIFIED THE FAMILIES OF MORE 
THAN 200 FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ON A SPLIT
SCHEDULE, WITH ONLY HALF OF THE 
STUDENT BODY IN THE CLASSROOM,
ON ANY GIVEN DAY. 
>> A NEW YORK CITY PARK HAS BEEN
RENAMED AFTER AN LGBTQ RIGHTS 
ICON AND ACTIVIST.
MARCIA P. JOHNSON.
ON MONDAY, BROOKLYN'S EAST RIVER
STATE PARK WAS RENAMED AFTER
JOHNSON, ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
HER 75th BIRTHDAY.
STATE PARK STAFF HAVE INSTALLED 
PUBLIC ART INTENDED TO REFLECT
JOHNSON'S STYLE.
ADDITIONAL ART INSTALLATIONS AND
A 1,200-SQUARE-FOOT EDUCATION 
FACILITY WILL BE ADDED BY NEXT
SUMMER
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO, IT'S NEW YORK'S FIRST
STATE PARK TO HONOR LGBTQ WOMEN 
AND WOMEN OF COLOR. 
>> UPCOMING ISSUE OF VANITY FAIR
MAGAZINE
TAYLOR, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
BY POLICE IN HER HOME BACK IN 
MARCH, WILL GRACE THE COVER OF
THE MAGAZINE'S SEPTEMBER ISSUE
TITLED "THE GREAT FIRE."
THE COVER FEATURES A PAINTING OF
THE 26-YEAR-OLD WEARING A BLUE
DRESS.
IT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY AMY 
SHERYL, THE SAME ARTIST WHO 
PAINTED MICHELLE OBAMA FOR THE
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, 
THE ISSUE WILL TAKE A DEEPER
LOOK INTO ART, ACTIVISM, AND
POWER IN THE 21st CENTURY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> ALL RIGHT
LET'S CELEBRATE SOME BIRTHDAYS
BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY.
GOSSIP GIRL ACTRESS, BLAKE
LIVELY TURNS 33.
CELEBRITY CHEF, RACHEL RAY, IS
52
ACTOR/DIRECTOR BLAIR UNDERWOOD
TURNS 56
GENE SIMMONS
>>> A EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH 
IN THE NATION IN THE WAKE OF THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN
THE SOUTH.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DODGED A 
BULLET WITH TROPICAL STORM MARCO
AND LAURA COULD BE A FULL BLOWN 
HURRICANE BY DAY BREAK
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE
THEM CRAZY, YOU SAY 12 MORE 
YEARS.
>> THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSING 
REPORTERS IN CHARLOTTE
ALL THE KEY MOMENTS AND WHAT TO 
EXPECT ON DAY TWO.
>> AND POSTMASTER DEJOY DEFENDS 
THE CHANGES AT THE POST OFFICE
>>> AND AN EXTRA LAYER OF SAFETY
WITH A LONG LASTING DISINFECTANT
TO PROTECT TRAVELERS
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA
>> I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> A CROWD GATHERED OVERNIGHT
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, ONE OF 
THE MANY CITIES WHERE THERE'S 
BEEN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR BLAKE
WHO WAS SHOT IN WISCONSIN.
PROTESTS HAVE ESCALATED.
THE CITY WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE HAS SEEN A LOT OF 
DESTRUCTION.
AND THE OUTRAGE ESCALATED AGAIN.
LET'S GET AN UPDATE.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN ANOTHER
LONG NIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN
AFTER PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY MULTIPLE
FIRES INCLUDING THIS ONE BEHIND 
ME
THIS ALL COMES AFTER PROTESTERS 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INTO A
LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AT THE
COURTHOUSE EARLIER THIS EVENING.
PROTESTERS WERE THROWING BOTTLES
AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THROWING 
FIRE CRACKERS AND FIREWORKS AT
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY STARTED TO USE DIFFERENT 
TACTICS ON THE PROTESTERS.
THEY USED EVERYTHING STARTING 
FROM TEAR GAS TO RUBBER BULLETS 
AND A BLARING SIGH LENS AT THEM 
AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL 
CURRENTLY GOING ON INTO THE 
EVENING.
I DID TALK WITH JACOB BLAKE'S 
UNCLE.
HE CAME FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE 
ALL THIS WAS OCCURRING
SPECIFICALLY TO SEND A MESSAGE
THAT THEY WANT THEM TO REMAIN 
PEACEFUL
HE ALSO TELLS ME THAT JACOB 
BLAKE IS IN STABLE CONDITION
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEVELOPING
SITUATION.
FOR NOW THOUGH, REPORTING IN
WISCONSIN.
>>> MANY NBA PLAYERS ARE NOW
USING THEIR MEDIA APPEARANCES TO
SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE.
>> WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THIS
DAMN PLACE
I THINK COMING HERE TOOK ALL THE
FOCAL PARTS TO WHAT THINGS ARE
>> WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RIGHT
>> LEBRON JAMES SPOKE OUT SAYING
THIS IS SO WRONG AND SO SAD.
>>> U.S. COASTLINES ARE ON HIGH 
ALERT AS TROPICAL STORM LAURA 
GAINS STRENGTH
NOW ALL EYES ARE ON LAURA AS
OFFICIALS SUSPECT IT COULD MAKE 
LAND FALL AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
>> STATE FROM THE PANHANDLE TO
THE PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS BRACING FOR IMPACT THIS 
WEEK
NOERNS' POSITION PRECARIOUS.
>> TERESA FRANCE LOST EVERYTHING
DURING KATRINA
SHE'S NOW SEEKING REFUGE IN A 
SHELTER.
AS THE CITY PAUSES COVID TESTING
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY
>> 2020 IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE AND
ON TOP OF THAT IT'S COVID.
>> GULF CITIES ARE FORCED TO
NAVIGATE AS THE PROSPECT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE LOOMS.
THE CONCERN IS THOLT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE NOW BUT WHAT IT COULD
LOOK LIKE AFTER LAURA BARRELS 
TLUR THE GULF.
>> Reporter: BLOCKS BARREN WITH 
SANDBAGS AND BOARDED WINDOWS
BUSINESS OWNER MAY BE FORCED TO 
CLOSE SHER GIFT SHOPS AS THE
STORM APPROACHES
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT DAY BY
DAY.
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE
>> A CITY IN FLUX, FINDING
ITSELF IN A FAMILIAR PLACE
>> AND JANESSA WEBB IS TRACKING 
THOSE STORMS FOR US.
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THE UPDATES THEY DO CONTINUE TO 
CHANGE AND WE ARE SEEING
INTENSIFICATION OF TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA.
RIGHT NOW IT HAS MADE ITS WAY 
OVER THE CARIBBEAN MOUNTAINS AND
WE ARE HOPING IT WILL SHRED 
APART.
'S BECOMING A MORE ORGANIZED
SYSTEM
IT'S MOVING OUT OF THE WEST 
NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR
RIGHT NOW IT'S A PRETTY STEADY
MOTION BUT IT'S GOING TO RACE 
INTO THE GULF.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 86 
DEGREES SO IT WILL START TO 
BECOME MORE BETTER ORGANIZED AND
GAIN SOME STEAM AND IT WILL RA
ACROSS THE GULF COAST 
COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT NOW FORECASTING A CATEGORY
1 BUT THIS MORNING AND THEN IT
WILL SIT INTO THE GULF BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT RACES INTO GULF
COAST COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE FOLLOWING CAMERON
LOUISIANA.
ALL THESE AREAS REALLY NEED TO
BE ON EBERTH LE-- ALERT
>>> NIGHT ONE SET THE TONE OF 
THE RNC PINNING DEMOCRATS AS A
STARK TO THE NATION.
>> THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE.
THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A 
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GROUND 
AND A PARTY THAT WANTS TO 
PROTECT OUR GREAT NATION
>> THEY IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING 
THEY CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
I WAS JUST FINE WITH THE OLD
APPROACH OF DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
IT WAS CALLED DISCIPLINE AND
SAFETY
>> YOU'VE SEEN US ON YOUR TV
SCREENS.
YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT THE KIND OF
PEOPLE THAT BACK DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NEITHER IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WE DID
WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
REFUSED TO DO.
WE STOOD UP FOR AMERICA AND WE
STOOD AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
>> FOR MORE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
LET'S GET TO TRACIE POTTS AND 
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE FIRST LAY 
DAY TONIGHT.
>> EXACTLY
THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON HER.
THE THEME FOR HER IS THE LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY.
SHE'LL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
SHE CAUGHT SOME HEAT FOR HER
CONVENTION SPEECH CRITICIZED FOR
BEING TOO FAMILIAR TO MICHELLE
OBAMAS
BUT IT WAS THE PRESIDENT MIMS 
WHO KICKED THINGS OFF YESTERDAY 
IN CHARLOTTE AND WHILE
REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THIS WILL 
BE AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE 
CONVENTION, THE PRESIDENT SPENT 
A LOT OF HIS TIME AND SO DID
SOME OF THESE SPEAKERS TALKING
ABOUT MALE VOTING, WHAT THEY
CALLED RADICAL DEMOCRATS AND JOE
BIDEN.
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRIVE
THEM CRAZY YOU SAY 12 MORE
YEARS.
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF
WESTERN CIVIL RATION
I TRULY BELIEVE THE SAFETY OF 
OUR KIDS DEPEND ON WHETHER THIS 
MAN IS REEAEKTED
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
BECOME INFECTED WITH THE PAEPD, 
INTOLERANCE, BIGOTRY, SOCIALISM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU, LOCK YOU 
IN YOUR HOME AND INVAT MS 13 TO 
LIVE NEXT DOOR
>> DEMOCRATS RESPONDED WITH 
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR.
WE HEARD FROM CORY BOOKER AND 
VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE KAMALA 
HARRIS WHO SAID WITH TRUMPS 
THINGS CAN GET WORSE
>> THANK YOU
>>> IN 2016 SUPPORT FROM FARMERS
HELPED DRIVE DONALD TRUMP TO
VICTORY BUT IT COULD BE A MUCH
DIFFERENT STORY.
MORE ON THAT
GOOD MORNING
>> Reporter: DURING THIS WEEK OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
NOT NAIVE TO THE FACT THAT HE 
HAS TO TURN OUT THOSE SUP PORERS
IN PLACES LIKE SOUTH WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
ALBIG PART OF THAT WAS
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS 
OVER THE LAST THREE YEAR
SINCE DONALD TRUMP STARTED
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HERD
ACROSS THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND 
WE'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR AMONG A 
BROAD CROSS SECTION THAT THEY 
HAVE WANTED TO TAKE THIS FIGHT
ON
THE QUESTION HERE IN THIS FALL
IS HOW LONG DOES THAT PATIENCE
RUN?
PRESIDENT TRUMP QUESTIONED THE
FUTURE OF THE CHINA TRADE DEAL
WHICH LEAVES A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> A DEPARTURE OF THE MOST 
PROMINENT CHRISIAN YUMPTS.
JERRY FALWELL HAS RESIGNED FROM 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
THE ANNOUNCE MAT CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER THE SCHOOL ISSUED A 
STATEMENT THAT HE AGREED TO 
RESIGN BEFORE REVERSING COURSE
HE WITH DREW HIS RESIGNATION
AFTER MEDIA REPORTS SURFACED
HE'S BEEN ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
AFTER POSTING A PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM.
AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN
FALWELL, HIS WIFE AND A FELLOW
BUSINESS PARTNER
THEY'RE DEFENDING THEMSELVES
AGAINST THESE ALLEGATIONS.
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH MORE ON 
THOSE DANGEROUS STORMS IN THE 
GULF
>> YEAH, WE ARE ALSO WATCHING 
THE FLOODING THREAT ALONG WITH
THE STORM SERGE.
ACCUMULATION ACROSS GULF COAST
COMMUNITIES.
AT LEAST 5 TO 8 INCHES
THAT'S A BIG WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY.
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD.
>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS
LOUISIANA TODAY ALL THE WAY INTO
MIAMI, IN THE 90s, VERY HUMID 
AIR.
ALSO WATCHING THESE STORMS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ALSO 
HEATING UP TO 90 DEGREES
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, THE 
CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO BE 
UNPREDICTABLE.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG THE 33
YOORLD MAN WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED
IN LATE MARCH AND DISCHARGED IN 
APRIL BUT OFFICIALS SAY IN
AUGUST HE WAS INTEKTFECTED AGAIN
AND IS ASYMPTOMATIC.
A PATIENT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND
ANOTHER IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN
REINFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
REINFECTION IS COMMON WITH OTHER
CORONAVIRUSS, ADDING THAT SOME
PATIENTS MAY ONLY HAVE SHORT
LIFFED IMMUNITY TO REINFECTION
>>> SOME NORTH TEXANS ARE STILL 
DRINK BLEACH AS A CURE
THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER IS
WARNING NOT TO DRINK IT.
>>> THE BATTLE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS
IS STILL BEING FOUGHT.
BUT TEACHERS ARE REJOICING AFTER
THE GOVERNOR SAYS TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS IS NOT SAFE.
>> Reporter: HE GRANTED 
AUTHORITY TO CLOSE BACK DOWN IF 
THEY CHOOSE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY 
HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO OPEN 
BECAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T, THE 
GOVERNOR WOULD CUT OFF DOLLARS
>> IT'S NOT SAFE FOR OUR
CHILDREN TO LEARN OR OUR
TEACHERS TO TEACH.
>> THERE WAS NOT ROOM IN
CLASSROOMS TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THERE IS NOT ROOM TO SET DESKS
4 FEET APART NOT LESS 6 FEET
APART.
>> WHERE THE POLITICS SEEMS TO
OVERRIDE THE SCIENCE, I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO SEE MORE ACTION
ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO 
ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP 
PEOPLE SAFE.
>> FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR SAYS H
>>> BE SURE TO WATCH OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE OF NIGHT TWO OF THE
PALESTINIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
>>> A NEW PLAYER OF PROTECTION
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS ADDING A 
SPRAYING SOLUTION CALLED SURFACE
WISE TWO
IT'S THE FIRST DISINFECTANT 
SPRAY.
IT CONTINUES TO KILL
CORONAVIRUSS FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME
IT WILL BE USED OF HIGH TOUCH 
AREAS.
SURFACE WISE TWO JOINS OTHER
PROTOCOLS USED IN THE COMING
MONTHS
>>> HOME SALES ARE EXPECTED TO
POST ANOTHER INCREASE.
THE DESIRE FOR MORE SPACE TO
WORK AND STUDY ADD HOME.
>>> IF YOU EAR IN THE WEST I
HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT YOU
THE FIRE CONTINUES ALONG WITH 
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT
TODAY WE DO HAVE 11 MILLION 
PEOPLE GOING TO BE IMPACTED WITH
TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND THE 
HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO BE VERY 
HIGH
ALSO RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN TO
STILL ABOUT 10% AND THIS IS 
REALLY NOT
>>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE 
EVACUATING THEIR HOMES AND AT 
LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED
ABOUT 14,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
WORKING TIRELESSLY TO CONTAIN 
THE FLAMES
THE FIRE WHICH SPANS FIVE 
COUNTIES IS JUST OVER 20% 
CONTAINED.
>>> ON MONDAY THE POSTMASTER
GENERAL WAS GRILLED ON THE
RECENT CUTBACKS AT THE POST 
OFFICE INCLUDING DELAYED MAIL 
DELIVERY AND WHETHER IT COULD 
IMPACT VOTING.
>> ON DEFENSE FACING SCATHING 
CRITICISM OVER DELAYS, ARGUED 
THE POSTAL SERVICE IS UP TO THE 
TASK OF DELIVERING ELECTION 
MAIL
>> IT IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING
THE NATION'S BALLOTS ON TIME
>> HE HAS OVERSEEN A RECENT 
POLICY CHANGES
HE WILL NOT REPLACE MAIL SORTING
MACHINES REMOVED ON HIS WATCH.
>> HOW CAN ONE PERSON SCREW THIS
UP IN JUST A FEW WEEKS
WILL YOU PUT THE MACHINES BACK. 
>> >> NO, I WILL NOT
>> HE ACKNOWLEDGED A DIP IN MAIL
SERVICE BUT DISPUTED WIDESPREAD 
DELIVERY PROBLEMS.
SHOWING STEEP DECLINES AND
DELAYS IN A RANGE OF MAIL 
SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER DEJOY TOOK
OVER
>> WE SAW DELAYS MORE HEAVILY IN
THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
>> A DIGITAL SIGN PRINTING
COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES
YARD SIGNS BECAME BIG BUSINESS
BUT HER PICKUPS WERE DELAYED
SHE SAYS SHE'S LOST ROUGHLY 
$7,000 WHEN THE SIGNS DIDN'T
ARRIVE
>> SMALL BUSINESSES IS THE
BACKBONE OF AMERICA, WHY ARE YOU
HURTING US
>> WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW THE PRICE
TO MAIL A POSTCARD OR THE PRICE 
TO VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION
>>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME
BIRTHDAYS.
MITCHELL TURNS 42 YEARS OLD 
TODAY.
GERMAN SUPERMODEL IS 50.
BRITISH ROCK ICON IS PAINTING T 
PANDEMIC ON ROSY TERMS LARGELY 
MOTIVATED ON HIS BASE.
THE MESSAGE WAS PART PRAISE.
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF 
WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
DONALD TRUMP LIKE ALL BUILDERS 
IS A VISIONARY.
>> YOU HAVE USED YOUR STRENGTH 
TO MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN.
>> Reporter: AND PART END OF 
DAYS.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO 
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT LIBERAL 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY TO THE POINT 
THAT YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> Reporter: WITH A LINEUP OF 
SPEAKERS MANY DELIVERING AN 
APOCALYPTIC PORTRAIT OF AMERICA 
IF JOE BIDEN WINS THE ELECTION.
>> THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COUNTRY 
TO THE GROUND AND A PARTY THAT 
WANTS TO PROTECT AND REBUILD OUR
GREAT NATION.
>> Reporter: INCLUDING THE ST. 
LOUIS COUPLE THAT BRANDISHED 
GUNS AS BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTERS PASSED THEIR HOME IN 
A GATED COMMUNITY BLAMING 
DEMOCRATS.
>> THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH 
SPREADING THE CHAOS AND VIOLENCE
INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE SUBURBS
ALTOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THE GOP CONVENTION 
ALSO INCLUDING A PARADE OF 
SUPPORTERS LAVISHING PRAISE ON 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS 
DISAPPROVING OF THE HANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC, THE PARTY'S GOAL 
TO PORTRAY HIS RESPONSE TO THE 
PANDEMIC AS DECISIVE AND STRONG.
THIS VIDEO FEATURING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP THANKING FRONT LINE 
WORKERS.
>> WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THIS 
CHINA VIRUS GO AWAY AND IT'S 
HAPPENING.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S 
ELDEST SON DONALD TRUMP JR. 
ATTACKING HIS FATHER'S OPPONENT.
>> JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS MONSTER OF THE SWAMP.
HE STICKS HIS HEAD UP EVERY NOW 
AND THEN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
THEN HE DISAPPEARS AND DOESN'T 
DO MUCH IN BETWEEN.
>> Reporter: FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE NIKKI HALEY SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY.
>> I WAS A BROWN GIRL IN A BLACK
AND WHITE WORLD.
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: AND TIM SCOTT, THE 
ONLY BLACK REPUBLICAN IN THE 
SENATE, TAKING JABS AT BIDEN 
WHILE HIGHLIGHTING HIS UPLIFTING
BIOGRAPHY.
>> OUR FAMILY WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN ONE LIFETIME.
AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE 
NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY CAN BE 
BETTER THAN THE LAST.
>> Reporter: ON TAP TONIGHT, TWO
MORE OF THE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN
ERIC AND TIFFANY TRUMP, MELANIA 
TRUMP WILL SPEAK IN FRONT OF AN 
AUDIENCE OF ROUGHLY 50 PEOPLE IN
THE ROSE GARDEN.
AND MIKE POMPEO, HIS ADDRESS IS 
ALREADY IGNITING ETHICAL 
QUESTIONS.
DIPLOMATS HAVE LONG STEERED 
CLEAR OF CONVENTIONS IN FEAR OF 
MIXING WORK AND POLITICS.
HE'S USED A STOP IN JERUSALEM AS
THE BACK PERSONAL CAPACITY AND  
TAXPAYER MONEY WAS USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS.
>> PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT GAVE THE FINAL SPEECH OF 
THE EVENING AND JOINS US THIS 
MORNING FROM WASHINGTON.
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR WAKING UP EARLY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF
THE RACE THIS MORNING.
YOU COULD PICK YOUR POLL, BUT IF
YOU AVERAGE THEM OUT, MOST POLLS
SHOW VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT 
SEVEN POINTS AHEAD OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
IS THIS AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR 
RE-ELECTION IN YOUR MIND FOR THE
PRESIDENT?
OR DO YOU THINK THE POLLS ARE 
OFF THE MARK?
>> WELL, I MEAN, THE POLLS WERE 
OFF IN 2016.
WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE
OFF NOW.
BUT WE BETTER USE THE NEXT 70 
DAYS TO SELL OUR CASE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO SO.
I THINK OCTOBER IS A MONTH TO 
REMEMBER.
IN MY OPINION ELECTIONS DON'T 
REALLY START UNTIL AFTER LABOR 
DAY.
SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN 
THIS ELECTION CYCLE IS LESS 
IMPORTANT THAN WHERE WE'LL BE IN
OCTOBER.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 
ACTUALLY SEEING THIS RACE 
SHARPEN AND THEN THE DEBATES 
WILL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR 
IN MY OPINION OF HOW THIS 
ELECTION TURNS OUT.
>> THE REPUBLICANS LAST WEEK 
RIPPED THE DEMOCRATS' CONVENTION
FOR BEING DARK AND PROMISED THAT
THEIRS WOULD BE MORE OPTIMISTIC 
AND HOPEFUL.
LET ME PLAY A SAMPLING OF SOME 
OF THE SPEECHES WE HEARD LAST 
NIGHT.
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE THIS 
ELECTION IS SHAPING UP TO BE 
CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL VERSUS 
RIOTING, LOOTING, AND VANDALISM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE
PRISONS, LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME, 
AND INVITE MS-13 TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR.
>> YOUR FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE 
IN THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS' 
AMERICA. 
>> FAR LEFT DEMOCRATS IN OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THIS 
SHOOTING POSSIBLE.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE.
>> NOW, YOUR SPEECH WAS PRETTY 
UPBEAT ALTHOUGH YOU DID LAND 
P
SOME PUNCHES, I'LL GRANT YOU.
DO YOU WISH THAT RHETORIC WOULD 
BE RATCHETED DOWN A LITTLE BIT?
>> WELL, THIS IS A POLITICAL 
PROCESS AND DRAWING CONTRAST 
VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IS 
WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT.
IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 99th BIRTHDAY IS 
TODAY AND THE FACT THAT 
AMERICA'S CHANGED SO MUCH, WE'VE
EVOLVED INTO A BETTER NATION AND
WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARDS 
THAT MORE PERFECT UNION.
SO WHILE THERE WERE CERTAINLY 
SOME FIRE AND BRIMSTONE LAST 
WEEK AND WE CERTAINLY CREATED A 
STARK CONTRAST THIS WEEK, THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THE MESSAGES THAT 
I'M TRYING TO PROVIDE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THAT WE ARE 
BETTER TOGETHER AND THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO DECIDE THE FATE OF 
THIS NATION AND DIRECTION OF 
THIS NATION.
I'M ACTUALLY OPTIMISTIC AND 
EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.
>> LAST NIGHT FEATURED MANY 
BLACK SPEAKERS.
YOU WERE THE CLOSER, THE 
HEADLINER.
THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT, IT
SEEMED, TO REACH BLACK VOTERS IN
PARTICULAR.
AS YOU WELL KNOW IN THE POLLS, 
ABOUT 8% OF BLACK VOTERS SUPPORT
THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK IT'S 88% VERY VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
HOW MUCH OF AN UPHILL CLIMB IS 
THIS TO TRY TO WIN BACK SOME OF 
THOSE BLACK VOTERS?
>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A 
CHALLENGE FOR THE LAST TWO OR 
THREE DECADES FOR REPUBLICANS TO
DO WELL IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES.
I THINK OUR POLICY POSITIONS 
HAVE BEEN FAR BETTER THAN THAT 
OF THE DEMOCRATS.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO 
WHERE WE'RE NOT INVITED TO BE 
ABLE TO TALK TO VOTERS IN A WAY 
THAT SAYS WE CARE ABOUT THE 
ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 
THOSE VOTERS.
FROM HBCUs TO OPPORTUNITY ZONES 
TO UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUES TO 
WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION RATE.
WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE 
MAJOR ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN 
STICKING POINTS IN THE PAST.
I'M CERTAINLY HOPEFUL THE WAY 
WE'VE ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES 
WILL RESONATE WITH THE VOTERS 
AND DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS UP.
I'M ENCOURAGED I WILL SEE -- WE 
WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASING 
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA YESTERDAY TO OPEN UP 
THE CONVENTION AND SPENT SEVERAL
MINUTES RAILING AGAIN AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION, THAT THERE WILL BE
WIDESPREAD FRAUD HE'S 
PREDICTING.
AND, QUOTE, THE ONLY WAY WE LOSE
THE ELECTION IS IF IT IS A 
RIGGED ELECTION.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN
OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 
HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT 
THIS COUNTRY.
AND MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN ARE GOING TO BE LOCAL 
ISSUES, HAVING SERVED IN LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT I HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
>> YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS MAIL-IN VOTING.
THESE ARE JUST HIS REMARKS 
YESTERDAY.
IT'S TWO AND A HALF PAGES SINGLE
SPACED JUST YESTERDAY ON THIS 
ISSUE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE 
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE RIGGED 
OR FRAUDULENT.
SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING PROCESS.
DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO SEND THAT MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY?
>> WELL, SAVANNAH, YOU'LL HAVE 
AN OPPORTUNITY I HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU HOW I FEEL 
ABOUT IT AND WHAT I THINK MOST 
AMERICANS BELIEVE AND THAT IS 
THIS PROCESS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WILL WORK OUT JUST FINE.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
HOW WE DO SO IS IMPORTANT.
THAT WE DO SO IS MORE IMPORTANT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE ALL
THE MOVING PIECES WILL ACTUALLY 
FIT TOGETHER AND WILL HAVE A 
VERY STRONG INTEGRITY-DRIVEN, 
CHARACTER-DRIVEN  THE
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASING 
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA YESTERDAY TO OPEN UP 
THE CONVENTION AND SPENT SEVERAL
MINUTES RAILING AGAIN AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION, THAT THERE WILL BE
WIDESPREAD FRAUD HE'S 
PREDICTING.
AND, QUOTE, THE ONLY WAY WE LOSE
THE ELECTION IS IF IT IS A 
RIGGED ELECTION.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN
OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 
HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT 
THIS COUNTRY.
AND MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN ARE GOING TO BE LOCAL 
ISSUES, HAVING SERVED IN LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT I HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
>> YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS MAIL-IN VOTING.
THESE ARE JUST HIS REMARKS 
YESTERDAY.
IT'S TWO AND A HALF PAGES SINGLE
SPACED JUST YESTERDAY ON THIS 
ISSUE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE 
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE RIGGED 
OR FRAUDULENT.
SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING PROCESS.
DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO SEND THAT MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY?
>> WELL, SAVANNAH, YOU'LL HAVE 
AN OPPORTUNITY I HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU HOW I FEEL 
ABOUT IT AND WHAT I THINK MOST 
AMERICANS BELIEVE AND THAT IS 
THIS PROCESS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WILL WORK OUT JUST FINE.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
HOW WE DO SO IS IMPORTANT.
THAT WE DO SO IS MORE IMPORTANT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE ALL
THE MOVING LATEST FLASH POINT I 
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER RACE AND 
POLICING.
OVERNIGHT NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
>> WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST PEACEFULLY, NOT TO BE 
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> Reporter: AFTER OFFICERS SHOT
29-YEAR-OLD JACOB BLAKE IN THE 
BACK SUNDAY AS HIS CHILDREN 
WATCHED.
>> THIS WASN'T BAD POLICE WORK.
THIS FELT LIKE SOME SORT OF 
VENDETTA BEING TAKEN OUT ON A 
MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE THOUGH IT'S 
STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT WAS
SAID BETWEEN POLICE AND BLAKE.
AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS WITH THEIR
GUNS DRAWN FOLLOWED HIM AS HE 
WALKED AROUND THE FRONT OF HIS 
GRAY SUV.
WE'VE PAUSED THE VIDEO AFTER HE 
OPENED THE DOOR WITH HIS BACK TO
AN OFFICER.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
THEN AT LEAST SEVEN SHOTS.
RAYSHAWN WHITE RECORDED THAT 
ANGLE.
HE ASKED US TO PROTECT HIS 
PRIVACY, BUT HE SAID HE SAW 
BLAKE TRYING TO BREAK UP AN 
ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO WOMEN AT 
THE SCENE.
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
I HAD NO IDEA THEY WAS GOING TO 
SHOOT HIM.
>> Reporter: HE HEARD THE 
OFFICERS TELL BLAKE TO DROP THE 
KNIFE.
BUT HE NEVER SAW A WEAPON.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING AND SAYS THE 
OFFICERS ARE NOW ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
THE KENOSHA POLICE UNION ASKED 
YOU WITHHOLD PREJUDGMENT ABOUT 
THE INCIDENT AND PLEASE LET THE 
PROCESS TAKE PLACE.
BUT VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING 
RICOCHETTED ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA 
DRAWING OUTRAGE FROM LeBRON 
JAMES TO JOE BIDEN.
THERE IS PROFOUND OUTRAGE HERE.
BLAKE'S SHOOTING COMES EXACTLY 
THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
BERNADETTE PRINCE TOLD ME SHE 
HAS THREE SONS.
>> I'M ANGRY [ BLEEP ].
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ANGRY.
BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
OUR BLACK MEN ARE NOT SOMETHING 
THAT YOU CAN GO OUT AND HUNT AND
KILL JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE 
IT.
>> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS HAVE 
NOW BLOCKED OFF THIS AREA.
THAT BUILDING WAS BURNED TO THE 
GROUND OVERNIGHT.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND FROM BLAKE'S 
FAMILY THAT HE IS IN SERIOUS BU 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
DO NOT EXPECT THE SAME KIND OF 
FORTUNE WITH LAURA.
THIS MORNING TROPICAL STORM 
MARCO BRINGING HEAVY RAINS, 
FLOODING, AND A FEW FEET OF 
STORM SURGE ACROSS THE GULF 
COAST.
IT COULD JUST BE THE CALM BEFORE
THE STORM.
>> LAURA IS A VERY LARGE STORM.
VERY, VERY POWERFUL STORM.
AND SO THIS IS AN ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING NOW BASED ON THE 
CURRENT FORECAST.
>> Reporter: TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA SLAMMING THROUGH CUBA 
DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON THE 
CARIBBEAN ISLAND.
THE FINAL OBSTACLE BEFORE GULF 
WATERS ACT AS JET FUEL 
PROPELLING THE RAPIDLY 
STRENGTHENING SYSTEM ON A 
COLLISION COURSE WITH THE TEXAS 
AND LOUISIANA COASTLINES.
POSSIBLY AS A CATEGORY 2 OR 3 
HURRICANE.
>> I'VE BEEN THROUGH KATRINA AND
I DON'T WANT TO RIDE OUT ANOTHER
ONE IF IT COULD BE HELL.
>> Reporter: IN OTHER PARTS OF 
LOUISIANA, THE PREP WORK GRINDS 
ON. 
>> FROM THIS POINT OUT, I'D LIKE
TO BE SURPRISED IT'S NOT AS BAD 
AS I THOUGHT THAN BE SURPRISED 
IT'S WORSE THAN I GOT READY FOR.
>> Reporter: WHILE IN COASTAL 
AREAS OF TEXAS, HEALTH CARE 
FACILITIES PREPARING TO MOVE 
RESIDENTS.
>> THIS IS A MAJOR HAURK THAT 
COULD THREATEN OUR TEXAS COAST 
AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING TO 
PREPARE FOR IT.
>> Reporter: CITIES HAUNTED BY 
PREVIOUS NATURAL DISASTERS KNOW 
THE THREAT ALL TOO WELL.
NEW ORLEANS' FAMED FRENCH 
QUARTER STREETS VIRTUALLY EMPTY.
>> IT'S JUST ONE THING AFTER 
ANOTHER AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, 
WHAT MORE CAN THEY THROW AT US?
BUT WE'LL DO IT.
WE'LL ADJUST AND WE'LL MAKE IT 
WORK.
>> Reporter: TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
HAVE BOTH RECEIVED EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS.
IN THIS STATE NEARLY 2,000 
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN STANDING BY 
WITH WATER VEHICLES IN CASE 
THEY'RE NEEDED FOR EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE.
>> SAM BROCK FOR US IN THE GREAT
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
THANK YOU, SAM.
>>> THAT BRINGS US TO AL WHO'S 
BEEN TRACKING THE STORM ALL 
MORNING.
HI, AL.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
SO HERE'S THE LATEST.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT HURRICANE 
WATCHES FROM GALVESTON ONTO 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA, TROPICAL 
STORM WATCHES FURTHER EAST AND 
WEST.
LAURA'S 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
THE TIP OF CUBA.
MOVING WEST/NORTHWEST AT 17.
IT WILL STRENGTHEN TO A 
HURRICANE TODAY.
IT'S GOING TO GROW IN SIZE AND 
INTENSITY.
RAIN AND WIND WILL INCREASE FROM
CORPUS CHRISTI TO NEW ORLEANS 
AND THEN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
INTO THURSDAY MORNING, IT 
BECOMES A CATEGORY 3.
LANDFALL WITH 115 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS.
DANGEROUS RAIN, WIND GUSTS, 
STORM SURGE.
IT KEEPS MOVING UP NORTH INTO 
ARKANSAS.
THE RISK FOR FLOODING AND 
TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
WHY ARE WE LOOKING FOR RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION?
IT'S GOT A 750 MILE JOURNEY OVER
WARM GULF WATERS AVERAGING 86 
DEGREES.
AND THAT MEANS THE CONDITIONS 
ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE OF
35 MILES PER HOUR IN 24 HOURS.
THESE STORM SURGE VALUES WERE 
BASED ON A CATEGORY 2 LANDFALL.
SO WE EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO 
COME UP ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 11 
FOOT OF STORM SURGE.
AND RAINFALL UPWARDS OF 12 
INCHES OF RAIN FROM LAKE CHARLES
ALL THE WAY INTO LITTLE ROCK.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TRACKING 
THIS, BUT THAT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION IS THE THING 
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT PAINTING TH 
PANDEMIC ON ROSY TERMS LARGELY 
MOTIVATED ON HIS BASE.
THE MESSAGE WAS PART PRAISE.
>> TRUMP IS THE BODYGUARD OF 
WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
DONALD TRUMP LIKE ALL BUILDERS 
IS A VISIONARY.
>> YOU HAVE USED YOUR STRENGTH 
TO MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN.
>> Reporter: AND PART END OF 
DAYS.
>> THEY WANT TO ENSLAVE YOU TO 
THE WEAK, DEPENDENT LIBERAL 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY TO THE POINT 
THAT YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS
COUNTRY OR YOURSELF.
>> Reporter: WITH A LINEUP OF 
SPEAKERS MANY DELIVERING AN 
APOCALYPTIC PORTRAIT OF AMERICA 
IF JOE BIDEN WINS THE ELECTION.
>> THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN A
PARTY THAT WANTS TO BURN DOWN 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COUNTRY 
TO THE GROUND AND A PARTY THAT 
WANTS TO PROTECT AND REBUILD OUR
GREAT NATION.
>> Reporter: INCLUDING THE ST. 
LOUIS COUPLE THAT BRANDISHED 
GUNS AS BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTERS PASSED THEIR HOME IN 
A GATED COMMUNITY BLAMING 
DEMOCRATS.
>> THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH 
SPREADING THE CHAOS AND VIOLENCE
INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE SUBURBS
ALTOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THE GOP CONVENTION 
ALSO INCLUDING A PARADE OF 
SUPPORTERS LAVISHING PRAISE ON 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS 
DISAPPROVING OF THE HANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC, THE PARTY'S GOAL 
TO PORTRAY HIS RESPONSE TO THE 
PANDEMIC AS DECISIVE AND STRONG.
THIS VIDEO FEATURING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP THANKING FRONT LINE 
WORKERS.
>> WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THIS 
CHINA VIRUS GO AWAY AND IT'S 
HAPPENING.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S 
ELDEST SON DONALD TRUMP JR. 
ATTACKING HIS FATHER'S OPPONENT.
>> JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS MONSTER OF THE SWAMP.
HE STICKS HIS HEAD UP EVERY NOW 
AND THEN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
THEN HE DISAPPEARS AND DOESN'T 
DO MUCH IN BETWEEN.
>> Reporter: FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE NIKKI HALEY SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY.
>> I WAS A BROWN GIRL IN A BLACK
AND WHITE WORLD.
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: AND TIM SCOTT, THE 
ONLY BLACK REPUBLICAN IN THE 
SENATE, TAKING JABS AT BIDEN 
WHILE HIGHLIGHTING HIS UPLIFTING
BIOGRAPHY.
>> OUR FAMILY WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN ONE LIFETIME.
AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE 
NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY CAN BE 
BETTER THAN THE LAST.
>> Reporter: ON TAP TONIGHT, TWO
MORE OF THE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN
ERIC AND TIFFANY TRUMP, MELANIA 
TRUMP WILL SPEAK IN FRONT OF AN 
AUDIENCE OF ROUGHLY 50 PEOPLE IN
THE ROSE GARDEN.
AND MIKE POMPEO, HIS ADDRESS IS 
ALREADY IGNITING ETHICAL 
QUESTIONS.
DIPLOMATS HAVE LONG STEERED 
CLEAR OF CONVENTIONS IN FEAR OF 
MIXING WORK AND POLITICS.
HE'S USED A STOP IN JERUSALEM AS
THE BACK PERSONAL CAPACITY AND  
TAXPAYER MONEY WAS USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS.
>> PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT GAVE THE FINAL SPEECH OF 
THE EVENING AND JOINS US THIS 
MORNING FROM WASHINGTON.
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR WAKING UP EARLY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF
THE RACE THIS MORNING.
YOU COULD PICK YOUR POLL, BUT IF
YOU AVERAGE THEM OUT, MOST POLLS
SHOW VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT 
SEVEN POINTS AHEAD OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
IS THIS AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR 
RE-ELECTION IN YOUR MIND FOR THE
PRESIDENT?
OR DO YOU THINK THE POLLS ARE 
OFF THE MARK?
>> WELL, I MEAN, THE POLLS WERE 
OFF IN 2016.
WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE
OFF NOW.
BUT WE BETTER USE THE NEXT 70 
DAYS TO SELL OUR CASE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO SO.
I THINK OCTOBER IS A MONTH TO 
REMEMBER.
IN MY OPINION ELECTIONS DON'T 
REALLY START UNTIL AFTER LABOR 
DAY.
SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN 
THIS ELECTION CYCLE IS LESS 
IMPORTANT THAN WHERE WE'LL BE IN
OCTOBER.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 
ACTUALLY SEEING THIS RACE 
SHARPEN AND THEN THE DEBATES 
WILL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR 
IN MY OPINION OF HOW THIS 
ELECTION TURNS OUT.
>> THE REPUBLICANS LAST WEEK 
RIPPED THE DEMOCRATS' CONVENTION
FOR BEING DARK AND PROMISED THAT
THEIRS WOULD BE MORE OPTIMISTIC 
AND HOPEFUL.
LET ME PLAY A SAMPLING OF SOME 
OF THE SPEECHES WE HEARD LAST 
NIGHT.
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE THIS 
ELECTION IS SHAPING UP TO BE 
CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL VERSUS 
RIOTING, LOOTING, AND VANDALISM.
>> THEY'LL DISARM YOU, EMPTY THE
PRISONS, LOCK YOU IN YOUR HOME, 
AND INVITE MS-13 TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR.
>> YOUR FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE 
IN THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS' 
AMERICA. 
>> FAR LEFT DEMOCRATS IN OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THIS 
SHOOTING POSSIBLE.
>> THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU
SEE AND THINK AND BELIEVE SO 
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE.
>> NOW, YOUR SPEECH WAS PRETTY 
UPBEAT ALTHOUGH YOU DID LAND 
P
SOME PUNCHES, I'LL GRANT YOU.
DO YOU WISH THAT RHETORIC WOULD 
BE RATCHETED DOWN A LITTLE BIT?
>> WELL, THIS IS A POLITICAL 
PROCESS AND DRAWING CONTRAST 
VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IS 
WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT.
IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 99th BIRTHDAY IS 
TODAY AND THE FACT THAT 
AMERICA'S CHANGED SO MUCH, WE'VE
EVOLVED INTO A BETTER NATION AND
WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARDS 
THAT MORE PERFECT UNION.
SO WHILE THERE WERE CERTAINLY 
SOME FIRE AND BRIMSTONE LAST 
WEEK AND WE CERTAINLY CREATED A 
STARK CONTRAST THIS WEEK, THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THE MESSAGES THAT 
I'M TRYING TO PROVIDE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THAT WE ARE 
BETTER TOGETHER AND THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO DECIDE THE FATE OF 
THIS NATION AND DIRECTION OF 
THIS NATION.
I'M ACTUALLY OPTIMISTIC AND 
EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.
>> LAST NIGHT FEATURED MANY 
BLACK SPEAKERS.
YOU WERE THE CLOSER, THE 
HEADLINER.
THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT, IT
SEEMED, TO REACH BLACK VOTERS IN
PARTICULAR.
AS YOU WELL KNOW IN THE POLLS, 
ABOUT 8% OF BLACK VOTERS SUPPORT
THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK IT'S 88% VERY VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
HOW MUCH OF AN UPHILL CLIMB IS 
THIS TO TRY TO WIN BACK SOME OF 
THOSE BLACK VOTERS?
>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A 
CHALLENGE FOR THE LAST TWO OR 
THREE DECADES FOR REPUBLICANS TO
DO WELL IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES.
I THINK OUR POLICY POSITIONS 
HAVE BEEN FAR BETTER THAN THAT 
OF THE DEMOCRATS.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO 
WHERE WE'RE NOT INVITED TO BE 
ABLE TO TALK TO VOTERS IN A WAY 
THAT SAYS WE CARE ABOUT THE 
ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 
THOSE VOTERS.
FROM HBCUs TO OPPORTUNITY ZONES 
TO UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUES TO 
WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION RATE.
WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE 
MAJOR ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN 
STICKING POINTS IN THE PAST.
I'M CERTAINLY HOPEFUL THE WAY 
WE'VE ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES 
WILL RESONATE WITH THE VOTERS 
AND DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS UP.
I'M ENCOURAGED I WILL SEE -- WE 
WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASING 
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA YESTERDAY TO OPEN UP 
THE CONVENTION AND SPENT SEVERAL
MINUTES RAILING AGAIN AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION, THAT THERE WILL BE
WIDESPREAD FRAUD HE'S 
PREDICTING.
AND, QUOTE, THE ONLY WAY WE LOSE
THE ELECTION IS IF IT IS A 
RIGGED ELECTION.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN
OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 
HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT 
THIS COUNTRY.
AND MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN ARE GOING TO BE LOCAL 
ISSUES, HAVING SERVED IN LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT I HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
>> YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS MAIL-IN VOTING.
THESE ARE JUST HIS REMARKS 
YESTERDAY.
IT'S TWO AND A HALF PAGES SINGLE
SPACED JUST YESTERDAY ON THIS 
ISSUE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE 
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE RIGGED 
OR FRAUDULENT.
SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING PROCESS.
DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO SEND THAT MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY?
>> WELL, SAVANNAH, YOU'LL HAVE 
AN OPPORTUNITY I HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU HOW I FEEL 
ABOUT IT AND WHAT I THINK MOST 
AMERICANS BELIEVE AND THAT IS 
THIS PROCESS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WILL WORK OUT JUST FINE.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
HOW WE DO SO IS IMPORTANT.
THAT WE DO SO IS MORE IMPORTANT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE ALL
THE MOVING PIECES WILL ACTUALLY 
FIT TOGETHER AND WILL HAVE A 
VERY STRONG INTEGRITY-DRIVEN, 
CHARACTER-DRIVEN  THE
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASING 
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA YESTERDAY TO OPEN UP 
THE CONVENTION AND SPENT SEVERAL
MINUTES RAILING AGAIN AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION, THAT THERE WILL BE
WIDESPREAD FRAUD HE'S 
PREDICTING.
AND, QUOTE, THE ONLY WAY WE LOSE
THE ELECTION IS IF IT IS A 
RIGGED ELECTION.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN
OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 
HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT 
THIS COUNTRY.
AND MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN ARE GOING TO BE LOCAL 
ISSUES, HAVING SERVED IN LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT I HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
>> YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS MAIL-IN VOTING.
THESE ARE JUST HIS REMARKS 
YESTERDAY.
IT'S TWO AND A HALF PAGES SINGLE
SPACED JUST YESTERDAY ON THIS 
ISSUE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE 
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE RIGGED 
OR FRAUDULENT.
SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING PROCESS.
DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO SEND THAT MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY?
>> WELL, SAVANNAH, YOU'LL HAVE 
AN OPPORTUNITY I HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU HOW I FEEL 
ABOUT IT AND WHAT I THINK MOST 
AMERICANS BELIEVE AND THAT IS 
THIS PROCESS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WILL WORK OUT JUST FINE.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
HOW WE DO SO IS IMPORTANT.
THAT WE DO SO IS MORE IMPORTANT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE ALL
THE MOVING LATEST FLASH POINT I 
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER RACE AND 
POLICING.
OVERNIGHT NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
>> WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST PEACEFULLY, NOT TO BE 
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> Reporter: AFTER OFFICERS SHOT
29-YEAR-OLD JACOB BLAKE IN THE 
BACK SUNDAY AS HIS CHILDREN 
WATCHED.
>> THIS WASN'T BAD POLICE WORK.
THIS FELT LIKE SOME SORT OF 
VENDETTA BEING TAKEN OUT ON A 
MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE THOUGH IT'S 
STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT WAS
SAID BETWEEN POLICE AND BLAKE.
AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS WITH THEIR
GUNS DRAWN FOLLOWED HIM AS HE 
WALKED AROUND THE FRONT OF HIS 
GRAY SUV.
WE'VE PAUSED THE VIDEO AFTER HE 
OPENED THE DOOR WITH HIS BACK TO
AN OFFICER.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
THEN AT LEAST SEVEN SHOTS.
RAYSHAWN WHITE RECORDED THAT 
ANGLE.
HE ASKED US TO PROTECT HIS 
PRIVACY, BUT HE SAID HE SAW 
BLAKE TRYING TO BREAK UP AN 
ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO WOMEN AT 
THE SCENE.
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
I HAD NO IDEA THEY WAS GOING TO 
SHOOT HIM.
>> Reporter: HE HEARD THE 
OFFICERS TELL BLAKE TO DROP THE 
KNIFE.
BUT HE NEVER SAW A WEAPON.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING AND SAYS THE 
OFFICERS ARE NOW ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
THE KENOSHA POLICE UNION ASKED 
YOU WITHHOLD PREJUDGMENT ABOUT 
THE INCIDENT AND PLEASE LET THE 
PROCESS TAKE PLACE.
BUT VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING 
RICOCHETTED ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA 
DRAWING OUTRAGE FROM LeBRON 
JAMES TO JOE BIDEN.
THERE IS PROFOUND OUTRAGE HERE.
BLAKE'S SHOOTING COMES EXACTLY 
THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
BERNADETTE PRINCE TOLD ME SHE 
HAS THREE SONS.
>> I'M ANGRY [ BLEEP ].
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ANGRY.
BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
OUR BLACK MEN ARE NOT SOMETHING 
THAT YOU CAN GO OUT AND HUNT AND
KILL JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE 
IT.
>> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS HAVE 
NOW BLOCKED OFF THIS AREA.
THAT BUILDING WAS BURNED TO THE 
GROUND OVERNIGHT.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND FROM BLAKE'S 
FAMILY THAT HE IS IN SERIOUS BU 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
DO NOT EXPECT THE SAME KIND OF 
FORTUNE WITH LAURA.
THIS MORNING TROPICAL STORM 
MARCO BRINGING HEAVY RAINS, 
FLOODING, AND A FEW FEET OF 
STORM SURGE ACROSS THE GULF 
COAST.
IT COULD JUST BE THE CALM BEFORE
THE STORM.
>> LAURA IS A VERY LARGE STORM.
VERY, VERY POWERFUL STORM.
AND SO THIS IS AN ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING NOW BASED ON THE 
CURRENT FORECAST.
>> Reporter: TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA SLAMMING THROUGH CUBA 
DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON THE 
CARIBBEAN ISLAND.
THE FINAL OBSTACLE BEFORE GULF 
WATERS ACT AS JET FUEL 
PROPELLING THE RAPIDLY 
STRENGTHENING SYSTEM ON A 
COLLISION COURSE WITH THE TEXAS 
AND LOUISIANA COASTLINES.
POSSIBLY AS A CATEGORY 2 OR 3 
HURRICANE.
>> I'VE BEEN THROUGH KATRINA AND
I DON'T WANT TO RIDE OUT ANOTHER
ONE IF IT COULD BE HELL.
>> Reporter: IN OTHER PARTS OF 
LOUISIANA, THE PREP WORK GRINDS 
ON. 
>> FROM THIS POINT OUT, I'D LIKE
TO BE SURPRISED IT'S NOT AS BAD 
AS I THOUGHT THAN BE SURPRISED 
IT'S WORSE THAN I GOT READY FOR.
>> Reporter: WHILE IN COASTAL 
AREAS OF TEXAS, HEALTH CARE 
FACILITIES PREPARING TO MOVE 
RESIDENTS.
>> THIS IS A MAJOR HAURK THAT 
COULD THREATEN OUR TEXAS COAST 
AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING TO 
PREPARE FOR IT.
>> Reporter: CITIES HAUNTED BY 
PREVIOUS NATURAL DISASTERS KNOW 
THE THREAT ALL TOO WELL.
NEW ORLEANS' FAMED FRENCH 
QUARTER STREETS VIRTUALLY EMPTY.
>> IT'S JUST ONE THING AFTER 
ANOTHER AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, 
WHAT MORE CAN THEY THROW AT US?
BUT WE'LL DO IT.
WE'LL ADJUST AND WE'LL MAKE IT 
WORK.
>> Reporter: TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
HAVE BOTH RECEIVED EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS.
IN THIS STATE NEARLY 2,000 
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN STANDING BY 
WITH WATER VEHICLES IN CASE 
THEY'RE NEEDED FOR EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE.
>> SAM BROCK FOR US IN THE GREAT
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
THANK YOU, SAM.
>>> THAT BRINGS US TO AL WHO'S 
BEEN TRACKING THE STORM ALL 
MORNING.
HI, AL.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
SO HERE'S THE LATEST.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT HURRICANE 
WATCHES FROM GALVESTON ONTO 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA, TROPICAL 
STORM WATCHES FURTHER EAST AND 
WEST.
LAURA'S 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
THE TIP OF CUBA.
MOVING WEST/NORTHWEST AT 17.
IT WILL STRENGTHEN TO A 
HURRICANE TODAY.
IT'S GOING TO GROW IN SIZE AND 
INTENSITY.
RAIN AND WIND WILL INCREASE FROM
CORPUS CHRISTI TO NEW ORLEANS 
AND THEN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
INTO THURSDAY MORNING, IT 
BECOMES A CATEGORY 3.
LANDFALL WITH 115 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS.
DANGEROUS RAIN, WIND GUSTS, 
STORM SURGE.
IT KEEPS MOVING UP NORTH INTO 
ARKANSAS.
THE RISK FOR FLOODING AND 
TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
WHY ARE WE LOOKING FOR RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION?
IT'S GOT A 750 MILE JOURNEY OVER
WARM GULF WATERS AVERAGING 86 
DEGREES.
AND THAT MEANS THE CONDITIONS 
ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE OF
35 MILES PER HOUR IN 24 HOURS.
THESE STORM SURGE VALUES WERE 
BASED ON A CATEGORY 2 LANDFALL.
SO WE EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO 
COME UP ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 11 
FOOT OF STORM SURGE.
AND RAINFALL UPWARDS OF 12 
INCHES OF RAIN FROM LAKE CHARLES
ALL THE WAY INTO LITTLE ROCK.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TRACKING 
THIS, BUT THAT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION IS THE THING 
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT -- THIS 
MORNING JERRY FALWELL JR.'S TIME
AS PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY MAY BE COMING TO AN 
END.
FALWELL TELLING "THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL" OVERNIGHT HE SUBMITTED 
HIS RESIGNATION LETTER AFTER THE
UNIVERSITY SAID HE HAD WITHDRAWN
HIS EARLIER OFFER ON MONDAY TO 
STEP DOWN.
>> THANK YOU.
I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AFTER 
FALWELL GAVE A LENGTHY STATEMENT
TO THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 
SAYING HIS WIFE BECKY HAD AN 
EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR AND THEY 
WERE THE VICTIMS OF BLACKMAIL.
HIS WIFE HAD A FATAL ATTRACTION 
TYPE SITUATION WITH AN AMBITIOUS
YOUNG MAN WHO WAS WORKING AT A 
MIAMI HOTEL.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THAT MAN 
IS GRANDA.
FALWELL SAYS HE WAS AWARE OF THE
INAPPROPRIATE PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP BUT SAYS HE WAS NOT
INVOLVED.
GRANDA SAID HE HAD AN EIGHT-YEAR
RELATIONSHIP WITH BECKY FALWELL.
THAT JERRY FALWELL NOT ONLY KNEW
ABOUT IT BUT OFTEN WATCHED THEM.
HE GAVE SCREENSHOTS DURING A 
TIME BECKY WAS NAKED AS WELL AS 
THIS RECORDING OF AN AUDIO 
CONVERSATION WITH THE COUPLE.
>> EVERY TIME HE HOOKS UP WITH 
PEOPLE LIKE I DON'T HAVE 
FEELINGS OR SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: NBC NEWS HAS NOT 
SEEN THE MESSAGES OR PHOTOS 
SHARED WITH REUTERS.
GRANDA SAID THE RELATIONSHIP 
GREW CONTENTIOUS.
GRANDA WRITING TO JERRY, SINCE 
YOU'RE OKAY WITH RUINING MY LIFE
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE KAMIKAZE 
ROUTE.
IF CONFLICT IS WHAT YOU WANT, SO
BE IT.
FALWELL SAY
 
TEST TEST TEST 
TEST TEST TEST 
TEST TEST TEST 
TEST 
TEST TEST TEST 
TEST TEST TEST 
TEST TEST
WE TRY TO TEACH GOOD FAMILY 
VALUES AND MORALS.
>> Reporter: FALWELL IS 
CURRENTLY ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
FROM LIBERTY AFTER POSTING AND 
THEN DELETING THIS PHOTO WITH A 
WOMAN WHO IS NOT HIS WIFE ON 
INSTAGRAM.
SAYING IT WAS AT A COSTUME PARTY
IN GOOD FUN.
>> I APOLOGIZED TO EVERYBODY.
AND I PROMISED MY KIDS I'M GOING
TO TRY TO BE A GOOD BOY FROM 
HERE ON OUT.
>> STEPH, BESIDES THAT STATEMENT
TO THE NEWSPAPER IN WASHINGTON, 
WITH ALL THIS NEW INFORMATION 
COMING TO LIGHT, HAS ANYONE 
ACTUALLY TALKED DIRECTLY TO 
FALWELL?
>> Reporter: WELL, CRAIG, WE 
REACHED OUT TO GRANDA AND 
FALWELL.
NEITHER RESPONDED TO REQUEST FOR
COMMENT.
BUT IT APPEARS "THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL" HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH 
HIM.
AT FIRST HIS TONE WAS ANGRY.
THE HE WAS UPSET THE INSTITUTION
WOULD GET RID OF HIM OVER JUST 
THAT INSTAGRAM PAINTING THE 
PANDEMIC ON ROSY TERMS LARGELY 
MOTIVATED ON HIS BASE.
THE
>>>  THE OPENING 
NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION 
WITH A MESSAGE 
OF PRAISE.
>>  WITH A 
LINEUP OF 
SPEAKERS 
DELIVERING AN 
APOCALYPTIC 
PORTRAIT OF 
AMERICA IF JOE 
BIDEN WINS 
THE ELECTION. 
>>  IT IS A 
PARTY THAT WANTS 
TO REBUILD AND 
PROTECT 
OUR GREAT 
NATION. 
>>  INCLUDING 
THE ST. LOUIS 
COUPLE THAT 
BRANDISHED 
GUNS AS BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTERS 
PASSED THROUGH 
THEIR BLADE 
DATED COMMUNITY. 
>>  THEY WANT TO 
ABOLISH THE 
SUBURBS 
ALTOGETHER. 
>>  THE GOP 
CONVENTION 
INCLUDING 
SUPPORTERS FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
WITH HIS 
REELECTION IN 
JEOPARDY 
AND THE MAJORITY 
OF AMERICANS 
DISAPPROVING OF 
THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
HANDLING OF THE 
PANDEMIC, THE 
GOAL 
DECISIVE AND 
STRONG. 
>>  THIS VIDEO 
SHOWING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
JUNIOR 
ATTACKING HIS 
FATHER'S 
OPPONENT. 
>>  JOE BIDEN 
STICKS HIS HEAD 
UP EVERY NOW AND 
THEN 
HAD TO RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT AND 
THEN DISAPPEARS. 
>>  FORMER 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE NIKKI 
HALEY SHARING 
HER PERSONAL 
STORY. 
>>  I WAS A 
BROWN GIRL AND A 
BLACK-AND-WHITE 
WORLD.  
WORLD. 
AND MUCH OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, IT IS NOW 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY AMERICA IS 
RACIST.  
THAT IS A 
LIE.  
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>>  AND THE ONLY 
BLACK REPUBLICAN 
IN THE SENATE 
TAKING JOBS THAT 
JOE BIDEN WHILE 
HIGHLIGHTING HIS 
UPLIFTING BIOLOGY
BIOGRAPHY. 
>>  OUR FAMILY 
WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN 
ONE 
LIFETIME.  
SO ONE AMERICAN 
CENTURY CAN BE 
BETTER 
THAN THE LAST. 
>>  ERIC AND 
TIFFANY TRUMP 
AND FIRST LADY 
MELANIA 
TRUMP WILL SPEAK 
IN FRONT OF AN 
AUDIENCE IN THE 
ROSE 
GARDEN. 
>>  MIKE POMPEO 
IS SPEAKING 
ABOUT MIXING 
GOVERNMENT 
WORK AND 
POLITICS.  
HE IS NOT ONLY 
SPEAKING BUT IS 
STOPPING IN 
JERUSALEM DURING 
OFFICIAL 
OVERSEAS TRIP 
AND THE BACKDROP.
HE SAYS NO 
TAXPAYER MONEY 
WAS 
USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS AND HE 
IS SPEAKING IN 
HIS OWN 
CAPACITY.  
>>  FOUR MORE 
YEARS!
>>  2020 HAS 
TESTED OUR 
NATION AND WAYS 
WE HAVE NOT 
SEEN FOR DECADES
. 
>>  THERE IS ONE 
THING I HAVE 
LEARNED.  
IT'S THAT 
EVEN ON OUR 
WORST DAY, WE 
ARE BLESSED TO 
LIVE IN 
AMERICA. 
>>  AMERICA IS 
THE GREATEST 
COUNTRY ON EARTH 
BUT MY 
FATHER'S ENTIRE 
WORLDVIEW 
REVOLVES AROUND 
THE IDEA 
THAT WE CAN 
ALWAYS DO 
BETTER. 
>>  THE ELECTION 
IS ABOUT WHO CAN 
PRESERVE THE 
VALUES, 
PRINCIPLES AND 
INSTITUTIONS 
THAT MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT. 
>>  THIS 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF 
STRENGTH AND 
SUCCESS.  
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF 
WEAKNESS AND 
FAILURE. 
>>  JOE BIDEN IS 
BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS 
MONSTER OF 
THE SWAMP.  
FOR THE PAST 
HALF-CENTURY, HE 
HAS BEEN 
LURKING AROUND 
IN THERE.  
LOOK AT WHAT HE 
ALREADY 
DID AND WHAT HE 
DIDN'T DO WELL 
HE HAS BEEN IN 
WASHINGTON FOR 
47 YEARS. 
>>  AMERICA, IT 
IS ALL ON THE 
LINE.  
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP BELIEVES 
IN YOU.  
HE EMANCIPATE 
ITS AND LIFTS 
YOU UP TO LIVE 
YOUR AMERICAN 
DREAM. 
>>  HE KNOWS 
POLITICAL 
CORRECTNESS IS 
DANGEROUS. 
>>  YOU CANNOT 
CANCEL A CULTURE 
THAT LOVES ITS 
HEROES.  
IN ORDER TO 
IMPROVE IN THE 
FUTURE, WE MUST 
LEARN FROM OUR 
PAST AND NOT 
ERASE IT. 
>>  WE DON'T 
GIVE INTO THE 
RADICAL AND 
FECKLESS 
BELIEF THAT 
THINGS ARE WORSE 
TODAY THAN IN 
THE 
1860s OR THE 
1960s. 
>>  AND MUCH OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, IT IS NOW 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY AMERICA IS 
RACIST.  
THAT IS A 
LIE.  
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>>  YOU HAVE 
SEEN US ON YOUR 
TELEVISION 
SCREENS AND 
TWITTER FEEDS.  
YOU KNOW THAT WE 
ARE NOT THE KIND 
OF 
PEOPLE THAT BACK 
DOWN.    
THANKFULLY, 
NEITHER IS 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>>  PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS THE LAW 
& ORDER 
PRESIDENT. 
>>  DEMOCRATS 
WILL LET YOU GO 
TO CHURCH WHAT 
THEY 
WILL LET YOU 
PROTEST.  
DEMOCRATS WON'T 
LET YOU GO TO 
WORK BUT THEY 
WILL LET YOU 
RIGHT IT. 
>>   THEY WILL 
DISARM YOU, LIKE 
YOU AND YOUR 
HOME 
AND INVITE MS-13 
TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>>  THE LEFT 
WANTS TO DEFUND 
POLICE.  
THIS IS 
PERSONAL TO ME.  
I WOULD NOT BE 
HERE WITHOUT THE 
BRAVERY FROM LAW 
ENFORCEMENT THAT 
SAVED MY LIFE. 
>>  WHAT 
HAPPENED TO 
GEORGE FLOYD IS 
A DISGRACE.  
AND IF YOU KNOW 
POLICE OFFICER, 
YOU KNOW THEY 
KNOW 
THAT TOO.  
WE CANNOT LOSE 
SIGHT OF THE 
FACT THAT 
POLICE OFFICERS 
ARE OUR HEROES 
IT. 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WANT A 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
DIFFERENT 
AMERICA. 
>>  THIS IS AN 
ELECTION BETWEEN 
A PARTY THAT 
WANTS 
TO BURN THE 
FOUNDATION OF 
OUR COUNTRY TO 
THE GROUND 
AND A COUNTRY 
THAT WANTS TO 
REBUILD AND 
PROTECT OUR 
GREAT NATION. 
>>  THESE 
RADICALS ARE NOT 
CONTENT WITH 
MARCHING 
THE STREETS.  
THEY WANT TO 
WALK THE HALLS 
OF 
CONGRESS.  
THEY WANT TO 
TAKE OVER.  
THEY WANT POWER.
>>  WE SEEK A 
NATION THAT 
RISES TOGETHER 
AND NOT 
FALLS APART IN 
ANARCHY AND 
ANGER. 
>>  WHILE THE 
ELECTION IS 
BETWEEN DONALD 
TRUMP AND 
JOE BIDEN, IT IS 
NOT SOLELY ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
JOE BIDEN.  
IT IS ABOUT THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA. 
>>  LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, 
LEADERS AND 
FIGHTERS FOR 
LIBERTY AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM, 
THE BEST IS YET 
TO 
COME. 
>>  SOUTH 
CAROLINA SENATOR 
THAMES THAT GAVE 
THE 
FINAL SPEECH OF 
THE EVENING AND 
JOINS US THIS 
MORNING FROM 
WASHINGTON.  
GOOD MORNING, 
SENATOR AND 
THANK YOU FOR 
WAKING UP EARLY. 
>>  GOOD 
MORNING.  
HOPE YOU ARE 
DOING WELL. 
>>  LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE STATE 
OF THE RACE.  
YOU 
CAN PICK YOUR 
POLL.  
FOR THE AVERAGE 
AMOUNT, MOST 
POLLS SHOW BIDEN 
ABOUT SEVEN 
POINTS AHEAD OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
IS THIS AN 
UPHILL BATTLE IN 
YOUR 
MIND FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OR DO 
YOU THINK THE 
POLLS ARE 
OFF THE MARK? 
>>  IF THE POLLS 
WERE OFF NOW, I 
WOULD NOT BE 
SURPRISED 
BECAUSE THEY 
WERE OFF IN 
2016.  
WE HAVE TO 
USE THE NEXT 70 
DAYS TO SELL OUR 
CASE.  
I THINK WE 
WILL DO SO.  
IN MY ELECTION, 
ELECTIONS DON'T 
REALLY 
START UNTIL 
AFTER LABOR DAY. 
SO WHERE WE ARE 
NOW IS 
LESS IMPORTANT 
THAN WHERE WE 
WILL BE IN 
OCTOBER.  
I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD TO 
SEEING THE RACE 
SHARPEN.  THE 
DEBATES WILL BE 
THE DETERMINING 
FACTOR IN MY 
OPINION 
OF HOW THE 
ELECTION TURNS 
OUT. 
>>  REPUBLICANS 
LAST WEEK SAID 
THAT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
AND INFANT WAS 
DARK AND THAT 
THERE IS WOULD 
BE MORE 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
HOPEFUL.  
LET ME PLAY A 
SAMPLING OF 
SOME OF THE 
SPEECH AS WE 
HEARD LAST 
NIGHT. 
>>  IT IS ALMOST 
LIKE THIS 
ELECTION IS 
SHAPING UP 
TO BE CHURCH, 
WORK AND SCHOOL 
VERSUS RIOTING, 
LOOTING AND 
VANDALISM.  
THEY WILL DISARM 
YOU AND 
EMPTY THE 
PRISONS.  
LOCK YOU IN YOUR 
HOME AND INVITE 
MS-13 TO LIVE 
NEXT DOOR. 
>>  YOUR FAMILY 
WILL NOT BE SAFE 
IN THE RADICAL 
DEMOCRAT'S 
AMERICA. 
>>  FAR LEFT 
DEMOCRATS IN THE 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
MADE 
THIS SHOOTING 
POSSIBLE. 
>>  THEY WANT TO 
CONTROL WHAT YOU 
SEE AND THINK 
AND 
TRY TO CONTROL 
HOW YOU LIVE. 
>>  YOUR SPEECH 
WAS PRETTY 
UPBEAT ALTHOUGH 
YOU DID 
LAND SOME 
PUNCHES.  
DO YOU LIKE THE 
MESSAGE THE 
CONVENTION SENT 
LAST NIGHT?  
OR DO YOU WISH 
THE 
RHETORIC WOULD 
BE RATCHETED 
DOWN A LITTLE 
BIT? 
>>  THIS IS THE 
POLITICAL 
PROCESS AND 
DRAWING THE 
CONTRAST IS VERY 
IMPORTANT.  
WHAT I LIKE TO 
THINK 
ABOUT IS WHAT I 
SPOKE ABOUT.  
IMPORTANT TO ME 
IS 
THAT MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 
99TH BIRTHDAY IS 
TODAY AND THE 
FACT THAT 
AMERICA HAS 
CHANGED SO MUCH 
AND WE HAVE 
EVOLVED INTO A 
BETTER NATION 
AND WE CONTINUE 
TO MOVE 
INTO THAT MORE 
PERFECT UNION.  
SO WHILE THERE 
WAS 
SOME FIRE AND 
BRIMSTONE LAST 
WEEK AND WE 
CERTAINLY 
CREATED A STARK 
CONTRAST THIS 
WEEK, THE 
IMPORTANCE 
OF THE MESSAGES 
I'M TRYING TO 
PROVIDE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
IS THAT WE ARE 
BETTER TOGETHER 
AND 
THIS ELECTION 
CYCLE WILL HAVE 
A CHANCE TO 
DECIDE THE 
FATE OF THE 
NATION AND THE 
DIRECTION OF THE 
NATION 
AND I'M VERY 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
EXCITED ABOUT 
WHERE WE 
ARE GOING. 
>>  LAST NIGHT 
FEATURED MANY 
BLACK SPEAKERS.  
YOU 
ARE THE 
HEADLINER AND 
THE CLOSER.  
AND THERE WAS A 
CONCERTED EFFORT 
IT SEEMED TO 
REACH BLACK 
VOTERS IN 
PARTICULAR.  
AS YOU WELL KNOW 
IN THE POLLS, 
ABOUT 8% 
OF BLACK VOTERS 
SUPPORT THE 
PRESIDENT.  
I THINK IT 
IS 88% FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN.  
HOW MUCH OF AN 
UPHILL CLIMB IS 
THIS TO TRY TO 
WIN BACK SOME OF 
THOSE BLACK 
VOTERS? 
>>  IT HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN A 
CHALLENGE FOR 
THE LAST TWO 
OR THREE DECADES 
FOR REPUBLICANS 
TO DO WELL IN 
THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY.  
I THINK POLICY 
POSITIONS HAVE 
BEEN FAR BETTER 
OF THAT OF THE 
DEMOCRATS.  
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO GO WHERE WE 
ARE NOT 
INVITED TO BE 
ABLE TO TALK TO 
VOTERS IN A WAY 
THAT 
SAYS WE CARE 
ABOUT THE ISSUES 
THAT ARE 
IMPORTANT TO 
THE VOTERS.  
FROM AN 
APPOINTMENT 
ISSUES TO WORK 
FORCE 
PARTICIPATION 
RATE, WE HAVE 
ADDRESSED SOME 
OF 
THE MAJOR ISSUES 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
STICKING POINTS 
IN 
THE PAST AND I'M 
HOPEFUL THAT THE 
WAY WE ADDRESSED 
THOSE ISSUES 
WILL RESONATE 
WITH VOTERS AND 
DRIVE THE 
NUMBERS OUT.  
AM ENCOURAGED 
THAT I WILL SEE 
AN 
INCREASE IN WE 
WILL SEE AN 
INCREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS VOTING 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THE 
REPUBLICAN TICKET
.  WE WILL SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER BUT 
TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
INCREASING THOSE 
NUMBERS. 
>>  THE 
PRESIDENT WENT 
TO NORTH 
CAROLINA 
YESTERDAY 
TO OPEN THE 
CONVENTION AND 
SPEND SEVERAL 
MINUTES 
RAILING AGAINST 
TRANSFER VOTING 
AND SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
ELECTION AND 
THERE 
WILL BE 
WIDESPREAD 
FRAUD.  
AND SAID THE 
ONLY WAY WE 
WILL LOSE THE 
ELECTION IS IF 
THERE IS A 
RIGGED 
ELECTION.  
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>>  I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONFIDENCE 
AND OUR 
ELECTORAL 
PROCESS.  
I'M CONFIDENT WE 
WILL HAVE FAIR 
ELECTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THE 
COUNTRY.  
MOST OF THE 
ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN WILL BE 
LOCAL ISSUES.  
HAVING SERVED 
AND 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE AND 
HOW 
WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THE 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
>>  THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
TRANSFER VOTING. 
THESE ARE THE 
REMARKS 
YESTERDAY.  
IT IS TWO AND A 
HALF PAGES 
SINGLE SPACED 
YESTERDAY ON 
THIS ISSUE 
TRYING TO SAY 
THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT.  
YOU SAID YOU 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THE 
VOTING PROCESS. 
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO 
SEND THAT 
MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY? 
>>  SAVANNAH, I 
HOPE YOU WILL 
HAVE AN 
INTERVIEW TO 
INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT.  
I THINK WHAT 
MOST 
AMERICANS 
BELIEVE IS THAT 
THE PROCESS OF 
MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS WILL 
PROVE TO WORK 
OUT JUST FINE.  
I THINK 
EVERY SINGLE 
AMERICAN SHOULD 
HAVE THE RIGHT 
TO VOTE.  
HOW WE DO SO IS 
IMPORTANT.  
HOW WE DO SO IS 
VERY 
IMPORTANT AND I 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
THAT ALL THE 
MOVING 
PIECES WILL FIT 
TOGETHER AND 
WILL HAVE A VERY 
STRONG 
AND INTEGRITY 
DRIVEN AND 
CHARACTER DRIVEN 
ELECTION. 
>>  THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR TIME 
THIS MORNING 
SENATOR 
THAMES GOT.  
WE APPRECIATE IT.
. 
>>  THE 
PRESIDENT WENT 
TO NORTH 
CAROLINA 
YESTERDAY 
TO OPEN THE 
CONVENTION AND 
SPENT SEVERAL 
MINUTES 
RAILING AGAIN 
AGAINST TRANSFER 
VOTING SAYING 
THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION AND 
THERE 
WILL BE 
WIDESPREAD FRAUD 
AND SAID THE 
ONLY WAY WE 
LOSE THE 
ELECTION IS IF 
IT IS A RIGGED 
ELECTION.  
DO 
YOU AGREE WITH 
THAT? 
>>  I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONFIDENCE IN 
OUR ELECTORAL 
PROCESS.  
I'M VERY 
CONFIDENT WE 
WILL HAVE FAIR 
ELECTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THE 
COUNTRY.  
MOST OF THE 
ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN WILL BE 
LOCAL ISSUES.  
HAVING 
SERVED IN LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE AND 
HOW WE TAKE CARE 
OF THIS ELECTION 
CYCLE. 
>>  THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THE 
TRANSFER VOTING. 
THESE WERE JUST 
HAS 
REMARKS 
YESTERDAY.  
IT IS TWO AND 
HALF PAGES 
SINGLESPACED 
JUST YESTERDAY 
ON THIS ISSUE 
TRYING TO 
SAY THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT.  
SO YOU SAID YOU 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS 
VOTING PROCESS.  
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO 
SEND THAT 
MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY? 
>>  SAVANNAH, 
YOU WILL HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY I 
HOPE 
TO INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT.  
I WILL SAY AND I 
THINK 
AMERICANS 
BELIEVE THAT THE 
PROCESS OF MAIL-
IN 
BALLOTS WILL 
PROVE TO WORK 
OUT JUST FINE.  
I THINK 
EVERY SINGLE 
AMERICAN SHOULD 
HAVE THE RIGHT 
TO VOTE.  
HOW WE DO SO IS 
IMPORTANT AND 
THAT WE DO SO IS 
MORE 
IMPORTANT.  
I WILL HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
ALL THE 
MOVING PIECES 
WILL FIT 
TOGETHER AND WE 
WILL HAVE A 
VERY STRONG, 
INTEGRITY DRIVEN 
AND CHARACTER 
DRIVEN 
ELECTION.
 
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER RACE AND 
POLICING.
OVERNIGHT NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
>>>  OVERNIGHT, 
CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
>>  WE ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST 
PEACEFULLY 
AND NOT TO BE 
DESTRUCTIVE. 
>>  OFFICER SHOT 
29-YEAR-OLD 
JACOB BLAKE IN 
THE 
BACK SUNDAY AS 
HIS CHILDREN 
WATCHED. 
>>  THIS WAS 
LIKE SOME 
VENDETTA OF 
BEING TAKEN OUT 
ON A MEMBER OF 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>>  THIS NEW 
VIDEO SHOWS THE 
SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE 
BUT IT IS STILL 
NOT CLEAR WHAT 
EXACTLY WAS SAID 
BETWEEN POLICE 
AND BLAKE.  
AT LEAST 
TWO OFFICERS 
WITH GUNS DRAWN 
FOLLOWED HIM AS 
THEY 
WALKED AROUND 
THE FRONT OF 
THIS GRAY SUV.  
WE PAUSE 
THE VIDEO AS HE 
WALKED AROUND 
WITH HIS BACK TO 
THE 
OFFICER.  
AND THEN, AT 
LEAST SEVEN 
SHOTS.  
WHITE WAS 
THE EYEWITNESS 
THAT RECORDED 
THE ANGLE.  
HE ASKED US 
NOT TO SHOW HIS 
FACE TO PROTECT 
HIS PRIVACY BUT 
SAID 
HE SAW BLAKE 
TRYING TO BREAK 
UP AN ARGUMENT 
BETWEEN 
TWO WOMEN AT THE 
SCENE. 
>>  HE SAID HE 
HEARD THE 
OFFICERS TELL 
BLAKE TO 
DROP THE KNIFE 
BUT HE NEVER SAW 
BLAKE WITH A 
WEAPON 
PICK THE 
WISCONSIN 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING 
AND SAID THE 
OFFICERS ARE 
FULLY 
COOPERATING AND 
ARE NOW ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE.  
THE KENOSHA 
POLICE UNIT 
ASKED THAT YOU 
WITHHOLD 
PREJUDGMENTS 
ABOUT THE 
INCIDENT AND 
PLEASE LET THE 
PROCESS TAKE 
PLACE.  
BUT VIDEO OF THE 
SHOOTING 
RICOCHETED 
ACROSS SOCIAL 
MEDIA DRAWING 
OUTRAGE FROM 
LEBRON JAMES TO 
JOE BRYDEN. 
>>  THERE IS 
PROFOUND OUTRAGE 
HERE.  
THE SHOOTING 
COMES EXACTLY 
THREE MONTHS 
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE 
FLOYD.  
BERNADETTE 
PRINCE TOLD ME 
SHE HAS THREE 
SONS. 
>>  I AM ANGRY.  
THIS NEEDS TO 
STOP.  
OUR BLACK MEN 
ARE NOT SOMEBODY 
YOU CAN GO OUT 
AND HUNT AND 
KILL 
JUST BECAUSE YOU 
FEEL LIKE IT.
>>  FIREFIGHTERS 
HAVE BLOCKED OFF 
THE AREA.  
THE 
BUILDING WAS 
BURNED TO THE 
GROUND 
OVERNIGHT.  
WE 
KNOW FROM BLAKE 
THAT BECAUSE 
FAMILY THAT HE 
IS IN 
SERIOUS BUT 
STABLE CONDITION 
BUT IS EXPECTED 
TO 
RECOVER BUT THE 
COMMUNITY IS 
WONDERING, 
WHAT'S NEXT? 
>>  THIS 
MORNING, 
TROPICAL STORM 
MARCO BRINGING 
HEAVY RAIN, 
FLOODING AND A 
FEW FEET OF 
STORM SURGE 
ACROSS THE GULF 
COAST.  
COMPARED TO WHAT 
IS COMING, 
IT COULD JUST BE 
THE CALM BEFORE 
THE STORM. 
>>  UNLIKE 
MARCO, LAURA IS 
A LARGE STORM 
AND A 
POWERFUL STORM 
AND THIS IS AN 
ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE THAT 
WE ARE 
ANTICIPATING 
BASED ON THE 
CURRENT 
FORECAST. 
>>  TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA 
DUMPING HEAVY 
RAIN ON THE 
CARIBBEAN 
ISLANDS.  
THE FINAL 
OBSTACLE BEFORE 
GULF 
WATERS ACT AS 
JET FUEL 
PROPELLING THE 
SYSTEM ON A 
COLLISION COURSE 
WITH THE TEXAS 
AND LOUISIANA 
COASTLINES 
POSSIBLY AS A 
CATEGORY TWO OR 
THREE 
HURRICANE. 
>>  I HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH KATRINA 
AND I DON'T WANT 
TO 
RIDE OUT ANOTHER 
ONE IF IT COULD 
BE HELD. 
>>  AND OTHER 
PARTS OF 
LOUISIANA, THE 
PREP WORK 
GOES ON. 
>>  I WOULD 
RATHER BE 
SURPRISED THAT 
IT IS NOT AS 
BAD AS I THOUGHT 
RATHER THAN WORSE
THAN WHAT I GOT 
READY FOR. 
>>  COASTAL 
AREAS OF TEXAS, 
HEALTHCARE 
FACILITIES 
PREPARING TO 
MOVE RESIDENTS. 
>>  IT IS A 
MAJOR HURRICANE 
THAT COULD 
THREATEN THE 
TEXAS COAST AND 
WE ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING WE 
CAN TO 
PREPARE. 
>>  CITIES 
HAUNTED BY 
PREVIOUS NATURAL 
DISASTERS 
KNOW THE THREAT 
ALL TOO WELL.  
THE FAMED FRENCH 
QUARTER STREETS 
VIRTUALLY EMPTY. 
>>  IT IS JUST 
ONE THING AFTER 
ANOTHER.  
IT'S LIKE, 
WHAT MORE CAN 
THEY THROW AT US 
NEXT?  
BUT WE WILL DO 
IT AND WE WILL 
ADJUST AND WE 
WILL MAKE IT 
WORK. 
>>  TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA HAVE 
BOTH RECEIVED 
EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS 
FROM FEMA.  
AND THEY HAVE 
NEARLY 2000 
NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN ON 
STANDBY WITH 
ABOUT 
100 HIGH WATER 
VEHICLES READY 
IN CASE THEY ARE 
NEEDED FOR 
EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE.  
BACK TO YOU. 
>>  SAM BROCK 
FROM THE GREAT 
CITY OF NEW 
ORLEANS. 
>>  AL HAS BEEN 
TRACKING THE 
STORM ALL 
MORNING.  
GOOD MORNING. 
>>  GOOD 
MORNING.  
HERE IS THE 
LATEST.  
WE HAVE 
HURRICANE 
WATCHES FROM 
GALVESTON ON TO 
THE CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA AREA 
AND TROPICAL 
STORM WATCHES 
FURTHER 
EAST AND WEST.  
LAURA IS 85 
MILES NORTHWEST 
OF THE 
WESTERN TIP OF 
CUBA.  
65-MILE AN HOUR 
WIND MOVING 
WEST, NORTHWEST 
AT 17.  
IT WILL 
STRENGTHEN TO A 
HURRICANE TODAY. 
IT WILL GROW IN 
SIZE AND 
INTENSITY
INTENSITY.  
A CATEGORY TWO 
BY WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON.  
RAIN AND WIND 
WILL INCREASE IN 
CORPUS CHRISTI 
TO NEW 
ORLEANS AND THEN 
THURSDAY, LATE 
THURSDAY, 
WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT INTO 
THURSDAY 
MORNING, IT 
BECOMES A 
CATEGORY 
THREE.  
LANDFALL WITH 
115-MILE AN HOUR 
WIND.  
DANGEROUS WIND, 
WIND GUSTS AND 
STORM SURGE.  
IT 
KEEPS MOVING 
NORTH INTO 
ARKANSAS.  
THE RISK FOR 
FLOODING AND 
TORNADOES CANNOT 
BE RULED OUT.  
WHY ARE 
WE LOOKING FOR 
RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION? 
IT HAS A 
750-MILE JOURNEY 
OVER WARM, GULF 
WATERS AVERAGING 
86 DEGREES AND 
THAT MEANS 
CONDITIONS ARE 
FAVORABLE 
FOR AN INCREASE 
OF 35 MILES AN 
HOUR IN 24 
HOURS.  
THE STORM SURGE 
VALUES WERE 
BASED ON A 
CATEGORY TWO 
LANDFALL.  
SO WE EXPECT THE 
NUMBERS TO COME 
UP 
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 
4-11-FOOT OF 
STORM SURGE AND 
RAINFALL COME 
UPWARDS OF 12 
INCHES FROM LAKE 
CHARLES 
ALL THE WAY INTO 
LITTLE ROCK.  
WE WILL BE 
TRACKING 
THIS.  
BUT THE RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION 
IS WHAT WE ARE 
REALLY WORRIED 
ABOUT BRINGING 
IT UP TO A 
THREE.  
MAKE NO MISTAKE, 
WHETHER IT IS A 
TWO OR THREE, IT 
WILL POTENTIALLY 
DO A LOT OF 
DAMAGE.  
 
MORNING JERRY FALWELL JR.'S TIME
AS PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY MAY
>>>  THIS 
MORNING, JERRY 
FALWELL JUNIOR'S 
TIME A 
PRESIDENT OF 
LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY MAY 
BE COMING TO AN 
END.  
HE TOLD THE WALL 
STREET JOURNAL 
OVERNIGHT HE 
SUBMITTED HIS 
RESIGNATION 
LETTER AFTER THE 
UNIVERSITY SAID 
THE EMBATTLED 
MAN HAD 
WITHDRAWN HIS 
EARLIER OFFER 
MONDAY TO STEP 
DOWN. 
>>  IT COMES 
AFTER HE GAVE A 
LENGTHY 
STATEMENT TO 
THE WASHINGTON 
EXAMINER SAYING 
THAT THEY WERE 
THE 
VICTIMS OF BLACK 
WHILE.  
HE SAID HIS WIFE 
HAD A 
FATAL ATTRACTION 
SITUATION WITH 
AN AMBITIOUS 
YOUNG 
MAN WORKING AT A 
MIAMI HOTEL.  
ACCORDING TO 
REUTERS, 
THAT MAN WAS 
AWARE OF BECKY'S 
AN APPROPRIATE 
PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP BUT 
THAT HE WAS NOT 
INVOLVED.  
HE TOLD LAWYERS 
THAT HE HAD AN 
EIGHT YEAR 
SEXUAL 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH BECKY 
FALWELL AND SAID 
HER HUSBAND 
JERRY NOT ONLY 
KNEW ABOUT IT 
BUT OFTEN 
WATCHED THEM 
TOGETHER.  
HE GAVE LAWYERS 
TEXT MESSAGES 
AND 
SCREENSHOTS THAT 
HE SAYS WERE 
FROM A FACE TIME 
IN 
WHICH BECKY WAS 
NAKED AS WELL AS 
THIS 2018 AUDIO 
RECORDING WITH A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE COUPLE. 
>>  NBC NEWS HAS 
NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGES OR 
PHOTOS 
SHARED WITH 
REUTERS.  
AND 2019, THE 
MAN SAID THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
GREW CONTENTIOUS 
AND SAID, IF YOU 
ARE 
OKAY WITH 
RUNNING MY LIFE, 
I'M GOING TO 
TAKE THE 
KAMIKAZE ROUTE.  
I WANTED TO 
REACH A 
RESOLUTION BUT 
IF CONFLICT IS 
WHAT YOU WANT, 
SO BE IT.  
JERRY 
FALWELL SAID THE 
MAN TRIED TO USE 
THE AFFAIR TO 
EXTORT HIM WHICH 
HE DENIES. 
>>  THE FALWELLS 
ARE SOME OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S MOST 
PROMINENT 
RELIGIOUS 
SUPPORTERS.  
LAST YEAR, BECKY 
SPOKE WITH ERIC 
TRUMP'S WIFE 
LAURA. 
>>  WE ARE SO 
PROUD OF OUR 
STUDENTS HERE AT 
LIBERTY
LIBERTY.  
WE TRIED TO 
TEACH GOOD 
FAMILY VALUES. 
>>  FALWELL IS 
CURRENTLY ON A 
LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
FOR 
LIBERTY AFTER 
POSTING AND THEN 
DELETING THIS 
PHOTO 
WITH A WOMAN WHO 
IS NOT HIS WIFE 
ON INSTAGRAM.  
HE 
TOLD THE RADIO 
SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A 
COSTUME PARTY 
IN GOOD FUN. 
>>  I HAVE 
APOLOGIZED TO 
EVERYBODY AND I 
PROMISE MY 
KIDS I WILL TRY 
TO BE A GOOD BOY 
FROM HERE ON OUT
. 
>>  BESIDES THAT 
STATEMENT TO THE 
NEWSPAPER IN 
WASHINGTON, WITH 
ALL THIS NEW 
INFORMATION, 
HAVE YOU 
ACTUALLY TALKED 
DIRECTLY TO 
FALWELL? 
>>  WE REACHED 
OUT TO BOTH OF 
THEM AND NEITHER 
APPEARS TO WANT 
TO TALK TO US.  
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL SAID HE 
TOLD THEM HE WAS 
ANGRY AND UPSET 
THAT THE 
INSTITUTION 
WOULD GET RID OF 
HIM OVER 
JUSTIN INSTAGRAM 
PHOTO.  
HE LATER 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
THAT 
HE HAD 
EMBARRASSED THE 
UNIVERSITY AND 
HE DID NOT 
WANT TO DO ANY 
FURTHER DAMAGE 
TO IT.  . 
>>>  FROM HONG 
KONG THIS 
MORNING, THE 
FIRST 
CONFIRMED CASE 
OF A PATIENT 
CONTRACTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS A 
SECOND TIME 
THEIR DOCTORS 
REPORT THE 
PATIENT, A 33-
YEAR-OLD MAN, 
WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
COVID-19 IN LATE 
MARCH.  
HIS CONDITION 
REQUIRED 
HOSPITALIZATION 
ALTHOUGH THE 
CASE WAS MY OLD. 
FOUR 
MONTHS LATER, 
REPORTEDLY AFTER 
RETURNING TO 
HONG 
KONG FROM SPAIN 
VIA THE UNITED 
KINGDOM, HE 
TESTED 
POSITIVE AGAIN 
ON AUGUST 15th 
AND WAS 
HOSPITALIZED 
BUT IS 
ASYMPTOMATIC.  
THE FINDINGS 
SUGGEST THAT 
SOME 
PATIENTS THAT 
RECOVER FROM 
COVID-19 MAY 
HAVE ONLY A 
SHORT-LIVED 
IMMUNITY FROM 
REINFECTION. 
EXPERTS SAY 
THERE IS NO 
CAUSE FOR PANIC 
AND THAT 
REINFECTION IS 
COMMON WITH 
OTHER PIRANHA 
VIRUSES. 
>>  I'M NOT 
SURPRISED.  
I THINK SOME 
PEOPLE WILL 
GET REINFECTED.  
I DON'T THINK 
EVERYBODY WILL 
GET 
REINFECTED.  
WE KNOW THAT 
PEOPLE DEVELOP A 
CERTAIN 
LEVEL OF 
IMMUNITY AGAINST 
THE VIRUS.  
HOW LONG THAT 
LEVEL OF 
IMMUNITY LAST, 
WE DON'T KNOW. 
>>  WITH MORE 
THAN 23 MILLION 
CASES WORLDWIDE, 
DOCTORS INSIST 
THAT THIS CASE 
OF REINFECTION 
SHOULD 
NOT BE DERAILING 
IN SURVIVAL.
T
>>  DOCTORS SAY 
PLASMA IS NOT A 
CURE-ALL FOR 
EVERYONE. 
>>  I HAVE BEEN 
USING IT SINCE 
MARCH.  
WE THINK IT 
MAY HAVE SOME 
BENEFIT.  
IT IS NOT LARGE. 
IT IS NOT 
A BREAKTHROUGH 
OR A MIRACLE 
CURE.
>>  THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER IS 
CLARIFYING HIS 
REMARKS 
SAYING THERE ARE 
A LOT OF CAVEATS 
TO THE 35% 
IMOVEMENT.  
BACK TO THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM 
HONG KONG.  
IT APPEARS THAT 
HE HAD A SECOND 
STRAIN OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS.  
AND NOT THE 
INITIAL STRAIN.  
THAT IS 
HOW THEY 
DETERMINED THAT 
HE WAS 
REINFECTED 
BECAUSE 
IF HE HAD THE 
SAME STRAIN, 
THEY WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT 
THAT MAYBE THE 
VIRUS JUST KIND 
OF LAY LOW FOR A 
WHILE.  
AND THIS MORNING 
WE ARE HEARING 
THERE ARE 
TWO CASES.  
ONE IN THE 
NETHERLANDS AND 
ON
THIS IS NOT 
MAJORLY 
CONCERNING.  
MOST PEOPLE 
THAT GET 
INFECTED SEEM TO 
HAVE PRETTY 
DURABLE 
IMMUNITY BUT WE 
DON'T KNOW ABOUT 
LONG TERM 
BECAUSE 
THE VIRUS HAS 
ONLY BEEN AROUND 
AS FAR AS WE 
KNOW FOR 
ABOUT SIX OR 
SEVEN MONTHS. 
>>  WE SHOULD BE 
CAUTIOUS IF WE 
HAVE HAD IT AND 
YOU 
MAY THINK YOU 
ARE IMMUNE.  
BUT YOU SHOULD 
BE A 
LITTLE BIT 
CAUTIOUS. 
>>  ABSOLUTELY.  
ONE OF THE KEY 
THINGS COMING 
OUT 
OF THIS IS 
SOMETHING MANY 
OF US HAVE BEEN 
SAYING FOR 
A WHILE.  
THAT JUST 
BECAUSE YOU 
THINK OR YOU 
KNOW 
YOU HAVE HAD THE 
INFECTION AND 
RECOVERED, IT 
DOES 
NOT MEAN YOU ARE 
IMMUNE FOREVER 
FROM GETTING IT 
AGAIN OR THAT 
YOU COULDN'T 
REINFECTION 
YOURSELF OR 
OTHER PEOPLE.  
WE HAVE TO 
REMAIN CAREFUL 
DURING THIS 
TIME UNTIL WE 
LEARN MORE ABOUT 
THE DURABILITY 
OF THE 
IMMUNITY FROM 
THIS VIRUS.  
>>> AND WELCOME BACK.
YESTERDAY RESEARCHERS AT HONG 
KONG UNIVERSITY SAID THEY HAVE 
DIAGNOSED THE WORLD'S FIRST CASE
OF COVID-19 REINFECTION.
SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY HAD COVID, 
CAN YOU GET IT AGAIN AND DOES IT
MAKE WEARING A MASK MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN EVER?
>> IMPORTANT 
>>>  WE HAVE 
IMPORTANT 
QUESTIONS HERE 
TO BREAK 
DOWN.  
WE HAVE DR. JOHN 
TORRES.  
LET'S START WITH 
YOU. 
I THINK A LOT OF 
PEOPLE JUST 
ASSUME THAT ONCE 
YOU HAVE HAD IT 
THAT YOU ARE 
LESS LIKELY TO 
GET IT.  
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS CASE? 
AND WHAT DOES IT 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE COMPLEXITY 
OF THE VIRUS. 
>>  IT IS NOT 
JUST ONE CASE.  
THERE ARE TWO 
MORE 
CASES VERIFIED 
AS REINFECTION.  
ONE IN THE 
NETHERLANDS AND 
ONE IN BELGIUM 
WHICH BRINGS IT 
TO 
THREE CASES.  
TO PUT IT INTO 
CONTEXT, ABOUT 
23 MILLION CASES 
AROUND THE 
WORLD.  
THREE VERIFIED 
AS BEING 
REINFECTED.  
WHAT RESEARCHERS 
ARE TELLING 
ME IS THAT THEY 
WOULD BE MORE 
SURPRISED IF 
THEY DID 
NOT FIND 
REINFECTION'S.  
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING AS THE 
VIRUS IS 
CHANGING A 
LITTLE BIT.  
IT IS NOT A 
COMPLETE 
MUTATION BUT A 
LITTLE BIT OF A 
CHANGE.  
AND 
THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM WORKS 
ESSENTIALLY LIKE 
A VACCINE.  
IT MAY NOT 
PROTECT YOU 100% 
FROM GETTING 
REINFECTED 
BUT WHEN YOU GET 
REINFECTED, IT 
COULD FIGHT OFF 
THE 
VIRUS AND THAT 
IS WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING.  
IN HONG KONG, 
THE MAN HAD NO 
SYMPTOMS.  
HE WAS CAUGHT ON 
A 
SCREENING EXAM 
AND DID NOT 
PASS.  
BELGIUM, MILD 
SYMPTOMS.  
THE ONLY ONE 
THAT HAD MORE 
SYMPTOMS WAS 
ANOTHER ONES.  
HE HAD A MORE 
WEAK IMMUNE 
SYSTEM.  
IT 
PUTS THEM IN A 
DIFFERENT 
CATEGORY.  
WHAT THIS IS 
SHOWING IS AT 
THE REINFECTION 
IS POSSIBLE AT 
LEAST 
IN RARE CASES.  
WHEN THEY GOT 
REINFECTED, THE 
RESEARCH SHOWS 
THE BODY DID 
WHAT IT WAS 
SUPPOSED TO 
DO.  
TO FIGHT IT OFF. 
BUT IT SHOWS WHY 
WE NEED TO 
WEAR THE MASKS 
BECAUSE THE 
REINFECTION 
LOOKS LIKE IT 
IS POSSIBLE IN 
RARE SITUATIONS. 
>>  WHAT DOES 
THIS MEAN FOR 
VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT?  
WILL RESEARCHERS 
HAVE TO TWEAK 
ANYTHING? 
>>  THAT IS A 
QUESTION.  
WHAT IT WILL 
MEAN FOR 
VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT IS 
LOOKING AT THIS 
VERY 
CAREFULLY TO 
FIND OUT WHAT 
EXACTLY HAPPENS 
THERE AND 
HOW THEIR BODY 
RESPONDS.  
AND WHAT DOES 
THAT MEAN AS 
FAR AS NOT 
NECESSARILY THE 
INITIAL VACCINE 
BUT 
BOOSTER SHOTS.  
WILL WE NEED 
VACCINES LIKE 
THE FLU 
OR WE GET THEM 
EVERY YEAR OR 
ONLY ONCE OR 
TWICE IN A 
LIFETIME.  
WE DON'T KNOW AT 
THIS POINT.  
SO 
FOLLOWING THAT 
AND LOOKING FOR 
OTHER 
REINFECTION'S 
WILL BE THE KEY 
BEHIND ALL OF 
THIS. 
>>  WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW THAT.  
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.  
. 
>>>  THE 
NATION'S BIGGEST 
CITY THINKING 
OUTSIDE THE 
BOX WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
REOPENING 
SCHOOLS.  
NEW YORK 
MAYOR BILL DE 
BLASIO 
ANNOUNCING PLANS 
TO BRING SOME 
CLASSROOMS 
OUTSIDE INTO 
SCHOOLYARDS, 
EMPTY STREETS 
AND PUBLIC PARKS 
WHEN SCHOOLS 
REOPEN NEXT 
MONTH. 
>>  WE EMPOWER 
PRINCIPALS TO 
DETERMINE THE 
MAXIMUM 
AMOUNT THEY CAN 
DO OUTDOORS. 
>>  THE CITY IS 
PRIORITIZING 
SCHOOLS AND 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
HARDEST HIT BY 
COVID-19.  
PRINCIPLES 
ARE BEING ASKED 
TO SUBMIT PLANS 
BY THIS FRIDAY. 
>>  THEY ARE 
VERY 
RESOURCEFUL.  
I THINK THEY 
WILL 
BE ABLE TO DO A 
LOT. 
>>  AND 
BROOKLYN, THIS 
ASSISTANT 
PRINCIPAL SAID 
THEY HOPE TO PUT 
TENTS OUTSIDE. 
>>  WE ARE 
HOPING TO CLOSE 
DOWN THE 
ADJOINING 
STREET AROUND 
THE SCHOOL AND 
USE PARTS OF THE 
PARK 
AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>>  THIS MAN AND 
HIS CHILDREN ARE 
RELIEVED THAT 
THE 
CITY LISTENED TO 
THEIR CALLS FOR 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>>  IT IS ABOUT 
OUR KIDS AND 
THEIR EDUCATION 
AND IT 
IS REALLY ABOUT 
THE SAFETY AND 
THE HEALTH OF 
THE 
ENTIRE CITY.  
SO THE ABILITY 
FOR SCHOOLS TO 
HAVE THE 
SPACE TO LEARN IS
REALLY THE 
DIFFERENCE 
PERHAPS 
BETWEEN LIFE AND 
DEATH. 
>>  TRANSMISSION 
RATES FOR 
CORONAVIRUS ARE 
THOUGHT 
TO BE MUCH LOWER 
OUTSIDE AND MORE 
SPACE CAN MEAN 
MORE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE.  
SO SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY HAVE 
BEEN EMBRACING 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS.  
AT THIS PRIVATE 
SCHOOL NEAR 
NASHVILLE, 
TENNESSEE, 
THEY ARE 
BUILDING EIGHT 
NEW SHELTERS TO 
HOLD FALL 
CLASSES. 
>>  IT MEANS 
WITHOUT WINDOWS 
OR WALLS.  
IT IS JUST 
WITH A ROOF AND 
SOME SHADE 
PROTECTION ON 
THE SIDE. 
>>  AND VERMONT, 
TEACHERS AT LAKE 
CHAMPAGNE 
WALDORF 
WILL USE AN 
EXISTING 
AMPHITHEATER TO 
KEEP KIDS 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
>>  HEREBY THIS 
AREA, BENCHES 
CONVERT TO DESKS 
AND 
THE PLAN IS TO 
USE PORTABLE 
HEATERS AND 
WARMING PADS 
WHEN 
TEMPERATURES DROP
. 
>>  IT IS NOT 
WHAT ANY OF US 
EXPECTED.  
WE ARE 
TRYING TO USE 
ALL OF OUR 
INGENUITY AND 
CREATIVITY. 
>>  SOME SCHOOLS 
HAVE ADDED TENTS 
TO USE FOR THE 
HYBRID MODEL OF 
AN PERSON AND 
REMOTE LEARNING. 
THEY 
HAVE HAD TO 
BOOST WI-FI 
STRENGTH TO 
REACH THE 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>>  IT IS A 
CHALLENGE.  
BUT PRYING 
AROUND TO MAKE 
EVERY CHALLENGE 
AND OPPORTUNITY. 
>>  ONE OF THE 
BIG CRITICISMS 
IS THAT THIS MAY 
FURTHER DIVIDE 
SCHOOLS THAT CAN 
AFFORD IT FROM 
THOSE 
WHO CAN'T.  
NEW YORK CITY 
STILL HAS NOT 
LAID OUT 
EXACTLY HOW THEY 
WILL FUND THE 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>>  THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.  
. 
>>  OUR 
INVESTIGATIVE 
AND CONSUMER 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS US ON THE 
WHOLE OUTSIDE 
SCHOOLING THING. 
THERE HAVE TO BE 
A LOT OF 
BENEFITS TO HAVE 
KIDS 
LEARN OUTSIDE. 
>>  I THINK ONE 
OF THE BIGGEST 
BENEFITS IS 
CLEAR.  
IT IS AIR 
VENTILATION.  
AND WHAT A 
PROBLEM THAT CAN 
BE WITH OLDER, 
INDOOR 
CLASSROOMS.  
SO THE MORE 
VENTILATION YOU 
HAVE, THE LESS 
LIKELY THE VIRUS 
WILL 
LINGER IN THE 
AIR AND GET 
SOMEONE SICK.  
WHAT 
PARENTS NEED TO 
THINK ABOUT IS 
THE THINK CAMP.  
SUNSCREEN, 
WATER, HATS AND 
DRESS IN LAYERS 
SO KIDS 
CAN REGULATE 
THEIR 
TEMPERATURE.  
WE HAVE TO 
REMEMBER 
THAT MORE THAN 
440,000 KIDS IN 
THIS COUNTRY 
HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19 SO 
IT IS POSSIBLE 
FOR 
KIDS TO GET THE 
VIRUS.  
BEING OUTSIDE 
REDUCES THE 
RISK 
DRAMATICALLY. 
>>  
UNFORTUNATELY, 
UNLESS YOU LIVE 
IN SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA AND 
YOU THINK THE 
WEATHER WILL BE 
AN 
ISSUE, WHAT IS 
THE PLAN FOR 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT? 
>>  TRYING TO 
TAKE ADVANTAGE 
OF THE GOOD 
WEATHER AS 
LONG AS YOU CAN. 
SOME ARE TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF 
TENTS 
OR PORTABLE 
HEATERS.  
I THINK THIS IS 
THE YEAR THAT 
ALL PARENTS NEED 
TO INVEST AND 
GET INVOLVED.  
IT IS 
NOT JUST ABOUT 
MONEY BUT IT IS 
ABOUT BRAINPOWER 
AND 
WILLPOWER.  
THINK ABOUT IT.  
THEY HAVE 
TABLES, 
CHAIRS AND 
TENTS.  
THEY ARE 
COORDINATING 
WITH 
SCHOOLS.  
THESE ARE 
PARTNERSHIPS WE 
SHOULD HAVE.  
ARCHITECTS, 
BUILDERS AND 
CONTRACTORS ALL 
HAVE THINGS 
WE CAN BRING.  
EVERYONE IS 
LOOKING FOR WAYS 
TO GET 
EVERYONE BACK IN 
SCHOOL.  
NOBODY DISAGREES 
THAT IS 
THE BEST 
ENVIRONMENT FOR 
KIDS BUT HOW DO 
YOU DO IT 
SAFELY AND MAKE 
EVERYONE FEEL 
GOOD ABOUT IT. 
>>  THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.  
 
>> MATTER OF PEOPLE VERSUS SCOTT
LEE PETERSON.
>> Reporter: HIS CON
>>>  HIS 
CONVICTION AND 
SENTENCING, 
BROUGHT TO AN 
END, ONE OF THE 
MOST HIGH-
PROFILE CASES IN 
U.S. 
HISTORY BUT NOW 
IN A NEW RULING, 
THE CALIFORNIA 
SUPREME COURT 
SAYS SCOTT 
PETERSON MUST 
COME OFF 
DEATH ROW, 
OVERTURNING HIS 
PENALTY BUT NOT 
THE 
GUILTY VERDICT.  
THEY ARE CITING 
ERRORS MADE BY 
THE 
TRIAL JUDGE FOR 
EXCUSING JURORS 
THAT EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
CAPITAL 
PUNISHMENT, AS 
THE STATE'S 
HIGHEST COURT 
SAYS A JUROR MAY 
NOT BE DISMISSED 
MERELY BECAUSE 
HE OR SHE 
EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
THE 
DEATH PENALTY AS 
A GENERAL 
MATTER. 
>>  CRAIG 
BARTELS WAS ON 
THE JURY IN 2004 
THAT 
RECOMMENDED THE 
DEATH PENALTY TO 
THE JUDGE. 
>>  IT WAS NOT 
JUST SPUR OF THE 
MOMENT OR AN ACT 
OF 
RAGE.  
THIS WAS THOUGHT 
OUT AND PLANNED. 
>>  CONVICTED OF 
KILLING HIS WIFE 
LACI, PREGNANT 
WITH THEIR 
UNBORN SON 
CONNOR, JURORS 
FOUND THAT 
PRESENT GATORS 
ESTABLISHED 
PETERSON JUMPED 
DUMPED 
HER BODY AND THE 
SYMPHYSIS GO BAY 
CHRISTMAS EVE.  
NUMBER MONTHS 
BEFORE BOTH 
BODIES WASHED 
ASHORE.  
THIS TRIAL 
CAPTIVATED THE 
NATION. 
>>  I'M AGAINST 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY BUT I 
THINK HE IS 
WHERE HE SHOULD 
BE.  
I LOST MY SISTER-
IN-LAW LACI 
AND MY UNBORN 
NEPHEW CONNOR.  
I BELIEVE HE 
SHOULD 
REMAIN IN PRISON 
FOR THE REST OF 
HIS LIFE WITHOUT 
PAROLE. 
>>  PETERSON'S 
TRIAL LASTED SIX 
MONTHS.  
HE WAS 
CONVICTED IN 
NINE DAYS. 
>>  I THOUGHT IT 
WAS A 
MISCARRIAGE OF 
JUSTICE.  
I 
STILL THINK THAT 
THE FACT HE IS 
IN THERE WITH A 
GUILTY VERDICT 
IS STILL A 
MISCARRIAGE. 
>>  FOR SOME 15 
YEARS, PETERSON 
HAS BEEN ON SAN 
QUENTIN'S DEATH 
ROW BUT THE 
STATE HAS PUT A 
MORATORIUM ON 
EXECUTIONS AND 
THIS MORNING, IT 
IS 
UNCLEAR IF THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY, WHO 
HAS NOT 
COMMENTED, WILL 
PURSUE THE DEATH 
PENALTY AGAIN.  
FOR 
TODAY, NBC NEWS, 
LOS ANGELES. 
>>  A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE SAID THEY 
ARE REVIEWING 
THE DECISION AND 
WILL 
TALK ABOUT IT 
WITH LACI 
PETERSON'S 
FAMILY BEFORE 
DECIDING HOW TO 
PROCEED.  
. 
>>>  A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE.
>>  THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES 
TO STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>>  PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL 
THEY ARE NOT 
GETTING THE 
SUPPORT. 
>>  AND OTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING AGAINST 
THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>>  THE MOMENT 
OF TRULY 
UNDERSTANDING 
WHO WE ARE 
AND WHO WE SAY 
WE ARE IS RIGHT 
AT OUR FEET.
>>  YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE AND IT IS 
EXPENSIVE. 
>>  WE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE 
TO STRESS ABOUT 
AND BORROW FOR 
AN PATCH TOGETHER
. 
>>  WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES.  
PRESCRIBED NOW. 
>>  TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND.  
A 
LOT OF KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS.  
WE STARTED 
SOMETHING 
NEW FOR THEM.  
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITIO ." 
>>  IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE 
WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>  WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>  TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB 
THEY LOVE OR 
THEIR FAMILY? 
>>  YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY.
>>  LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS.  
HOW TO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>>  THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.
>>  NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>  TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>>  WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN
? 
>>  YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE 
SOON. 
>>  DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER 
ATTACK? 
>>  NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>>  WITH ALL WE 
ARE FACING, I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE. 
A BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THEIR COLOR.  
A PROUD NERD TO 
CABLE-TV NEWS.  
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GLENN IFILL AND 
MY 
MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>  POSTMASTER 
GENERAL LOUIS 
DEJOY ON DEFENSE 
TODAY 
FACING SCATHING 
CRITICISM OVER 
DELAYS AND 
ARGUED THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IS UP TO THE 
TASK OF HANDLING 
ELECTION MAIL. 
>>  THE POSTAL 
SERVICE IS FULLY 
CAPABLE AND 
COMMITTED TO 
DELIVERING THE 
NATION'S BALLOTS 
SECURELY AND ON 
TIME. 
>>  IN HIS TWO 
MONTHS ON THE 
JOB, LOUIS DEJOY 
HAS 
OVERSEEN A 
SERIES OF POLICY 
CHANGES BLAMED 
FOR 
SEVERE SERVICE 
SLOW DOWN.  
HE SAYS HE WILL 
NOT 
REPLACE MAIL 
SORTING MACHINES 
REMOVED ON HIS 
WATCH. 
>>  HOW CAN ONE 
PERSON SCREW 
THIS UP IN JUST 
A FEW 
WEEKS? 
>>  WILL YOU PUT 
THE MACHINES 
BACK? 
>>  I WILL NOT. 
>>  LOUIS DEJOY 
DISPUTED REPORTS 
OF WIDESPREAD 
DELIVERY 
PROBLEMS.  
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
RELEASED 
INTERNAL POSTAL 
SERVICE 
DOCUMENTS 
SHOWING STEEP 
DECLINE AND 
DELAYS IN A 
RANGE OF MAIL 
SERVICES 
STARTING IN 
EARLY JULY 
SHORTLY AFTER 
LOUIS DEJOY 
TOOK OVER. 
>>  CARMEN ROUTE 
IT RUNS A 
DIGITAL SIGN 
PRINTING 
COMPANY IN LOS 
ANGELES.  
WHEN THE 
PANDEMIC HIT, 
YARD 
SIGNS BECAME BIG 
BUSINESS BUT HER 
DAILY PICKUPS 
WERE 
DELAYED. 
>>  SHE SAYS SHE 
LOST ROUGHLY 
$7000 WHEN THE 
SIGNS 
DIDN'T ARRIVE. 
>>  WHEN ASKED 
TODAY, THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL DIDN'T 
KNOW THE PRICE 
TO MELT A 
POSTCARD OR HOW 
MANY PEOPLE 
VOTED BY MAIL IN 
THE LAST 
ELECTION. 
>>  THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON 
THE EVE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
>>  TONIGHT, WE 
HAVE INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE EXPERTS 
DIVIDED ABOUT 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
>>  I'M NOT 
CONVINCED IT IS 
A BREAKTHROUGH 
THERAPY 
OR SOLUTION. 
>>  LAST WEEK, 
THE NIH DIRECTOR 
COLLINS,  
DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI AND FDA 
EXERCISED 
CAUTION.  
THE 
PRESIDENT 
TWEETED THAT A 
CONSPIRACY WAS 
AT WORK.  
IT 
WAS AN 
ALLEGATION 
REITERATED TODAY 
BY A TOP TRADE 
ADVISOR. 
>>  SOME OF THE 
MEDICAL FOLKS 
WOULD RATHER 
HAVE 
100,000 PEOPLE 
DIE OF THE VIRUS 
THEN HAVE ONE 
PERSON 
DIE FROM THE 
THERAPEUTIC. 
>>  THE MAYO 
CLINIC HEADED 
TRIALS WITH 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA AND THE 
ANTIBODIES FROM 
PEOPLE WHO 
RECOVERED 
FROM COVID.  
REACHERS FOUND 
PLASMA IS MOST 
EFFECTIVE 
WHEN GIVEN EARLY 
AND A HIGH 
DOSAGE OF 
ANTIBODIES.  
BUT IT IS NOT 
CONCLUSIVE.  
STILL, THE FDA 
SAYS THE 
DATA SUGGESTS IT 
MAY BE EFFECTIVE 
IN LESSENING THE 
SEVERITY OR 
SHORTENING THE 
LENGTH OF COVID-
19 
ILLNESS AND SOME 
HOSPITALIZED 
PATIENTS.  
THIS WOMAN 
IS CONVINCED THE 
PLASMA KEPT HER 
OFF OF A 
VENTILATOR 
WHEN SHE WAS 
HOSPITALIZED 
WITH COVID. 
>>  I REMEMBER 
TAKING THE FIRST 
DEEP BREATH.  
I 
FELT LIKE I HAD 
WON THE LOTTERY. 
IMMEDIATELY, I 
CALLED MY SON 
AND SAID, I 
THINK THE PLASMA 
DID IT. 
>>  A TOP 
RESEARCH 
DIRECTOR SAID 
THE FDA'S 
DECISION 
MAKES SENSE. 
>>  I THINK THE 
FDA HAS MADE AN 
EXCELLENT 
DECISION.  
I THINK THEY 
TRULY PUT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
INTEREST OF 
THE NATION 
FIRST.  
I RESPECT THEM 
FOR THAT AND 
TRUST 
THEIR JUDGMENT. 
>>  THIS ICU 
DOCTOR SAYS 
PLASMA IS NOT A 
CURE ALL. 
>>  I HAVE BEEN 
USING IT FOR 
PATIENTS SINCE 
MARCH.  
WE THINK IT MAY 
HAVE SOME 
BENEFIT.  
IT IS NOT LARGE 
OR A 
BREAKTHROUGH OR 
A MIRACLE CURE.  
IT HAS BEEN 
AROUND FOR 
MILLENNIA. 
>>  TOM, TELL ME 
ABOUT THIS CASE 
OUT OF HONG KONG 
ABOUT SOMEONE 
WHO HAS A 
CONFIRMED SECOND 
CASE OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>>  A 33-YEAR-
OLD MAN, HEALTHY 
AND HAD A MILD 
CASE 
IN MARCH 
RECOVERED BUT 
THEN CONTRACTED 
A SECOND TIME 
THIS SUMMER.  
RESEARCHERS SAY 
IT IS FURTHER 
EVIDENCE 
THAT HOW MUCH 
IMMUNITY YOU 
HAVE DEPENDS ON 
HOW SICK 
YOU ARE AND 
IMMUNITY 
PROBABLY DOESN'T 
LAST FOREVER.  
. 
>>  AMONG THE 
CHAOS, A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS 
SON ABOUT PEACE. 
>>  THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUE 
TO STRUGGLE 
THROUGH EXPANDED 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>>  PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY.  
THEY FEEL THEY 
ARE 
NOT GETTING THE 
SUPPORT. 
>>  ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC.
>>  THE MOMENT 
TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR FEET.
>>>  YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE AND IT IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE.  
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE A 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
THE THING MIDDLE 
CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AN 
PATCH TOGETHER.  
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING?  
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES, SUBSCRIBE 
NOW. 
>>>  A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS.  
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM.  
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS 
KIDS EDITION. 
>>  YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>  WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>>  WE HAVE A 
LARGE CONVOY 
COMING THROUGH 
HERE. 
>>  IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE 
WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>>  ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>  TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOBS THEY 
LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>>  YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY. 
>>  IT IS A 
MOMENT WE 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES. 
>>  LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS.  
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>>  WHAT I MISS 
ARE MY TEACHERS. 
>>  THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>  A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>>  NEW 
DEVELOPMENT ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>  THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST 
COVID-19 CASES 
IN THE SAME DAY. 
>>  WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF 
CONCERN? 
>>  DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>>  IN PORTLAND, 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED TONIGHT
. 
>>  DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER 
ATTACK? 
>>  NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>>  THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT.  
WITH ALL WE ARE 
FACING, 
I'M SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK 
WOMAN, DAUGHTER 
OF IMMIGRANTS, 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A 
HUSBAND AND KIDS 
THAT SADLY ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR.  
A PROUD 
NERD AND 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA, TO 
CABLE-TV NEWS.  
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY 
MOM, PHILOMENA 
CAROL, WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND 
BE PROUD. 
>>>  WE ARE 
SUPER EXCITED 
ABOUT THIS.  
A NEW SERIES
SERIES, WOMEN'S 
VOTE.  
TOMORROW IS 
WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY, HONORING 
THE MOMENT 100 
YEARS AGO WHEN 
THE 
19th AMENDMENT 
BECAME A LAW AND 
GUARANTEED WOMEN 
THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE.  
TO MARK THE 
OCCASION, WE SAT 
DOWN WITH THE 
SUFFRAGISTS THAT 
PAVED THE WAY. 
>>  THE BOOKS 
ARE FILLED WITH 
STORIES OF OUR 
FOREFATHERS.  
BUT THE WOMEN 
WERE OFTEN A 
FOOTNOTE.  
THANKFULLY, OUR 
VIEW OF HOW THE 
NATION CAME TO 
BE 
AND WHO HELPED 
US GET HERE IS 
NOW CHANGING. 
>>  TODAY, THERE 
IS CAUSE TO 
CELEBRATE.  
FROM 
PARTIES IN THE 
SKY, TO 
IMPASSIONED 
REENACTMENTS.  
SIGNS AND 
COUNTLESS OTHER 
ATTRIBUTES.  
AMERICANS ARE 
HONORING THE 
PASSING OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT 
THAT 
GAVE WOMEN THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, A 
TURNING POINT IN 
OUR 
NATION'S 
HISTORY.  
HERE IN NEW YORK 
CITY, A CHANGE 
IN THE LANDSCAPE 
BRINGS WOMEN 
INTO VIEW.
>>  WE ARE IN 
THIS ICONIC PARK 
AND I FEEL LIKE 
IT 
HAS EVERYTHING.  
BUT SOMETHING IS 
MISSING. 
>>  AFTER 160 
YEARS, REAL 
WOMEN STATUES 
ARE 
MISSING. 
>>  THE ONLY 
FIGURES ARE 
ALICE AND 
WONDERLAND, 
MOTHER GOOSE.  
AND WE WANTED 
REAL WOMEN. 
>>  COLLEEN 
JENKINS IS A 
BOARD MEMBER FOR 
MONUMENTAL 
WOMEN, THE GROUP 
DETERMINED TO 
CHANGE THE 
FACE OF CENTRAL 
PARK. 
>>  WE ARE 
DEDICATING IN 
HONOR OF THE 
19th 
AMENDMENT OF THE 
U.S. 
CONSTITUTION AND 
CELEBRATING 
WOMEN'S RIGHTS 
PIONEERS. 
>>  SUSAN B. 
ANTHONY, A 
LEADER.  
MAKING A RIPPLE 
EFFECT TO A MASS 
MOVEMENT. 
>>  SOME CALL IT 
THE GREAT 
BLOODLESS 
REVOLUTION, 
THE BATTLE FOR 
SUFFRAGE LASTED 
A STAGGERING 72 
YEARS.  
WOMEN WON THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
BUT THE 
STRUGGLE 
CONTINUES. 
>>  IT TOOK 
YEARS FOR 
MONUMENTAL WOMEN 
TO OVERCOME 
THE NAYSAYERS 
HERE AT CENTRAL 
PARK.  
FOR THESE 
WOMEN, THE FIGHT 
IS PERSONAL. 
>>  WHAT DOES 
THIS MEAN TO YOU
? 
>>  WITH THIS, 
THERE IS A 
PASSAGE OF 
VALUES AND 
IDEAS OF HOW TO 
ACT IN LIFE. 
>>  AND HOW TO 
CHAMPION A 
CAUSE.  
ELIZABETH CADY 
STANTON LED THE 
SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT, 
ORGANIZING THE 
FIRST WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS 
CONVENTION IN 
1848. 
>>  WHEN YOU 
WERE LITTLE, 
WHAT WERE THE 
KIND OF 
STORIES YOU HEARD
? 
>>  THE ONE I 
REMEMBER THE 
MOST IS THE 
STORY OF 
ELIZABETH AROUND 
THE AGE OF EIGHT 
YEARS OLD 
OVERHEARING SOME 
OF WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING IN HER 
FATHER'S LAW 
OFFICE.  
PEOPLE WERE 
COMING IN AND 
SEEKING LEGAL 
COUNSEL AND 
LEAVING IN TEARS 
BECAUSE 
OF THE 
REALIZATION THAT 
THEY REALLY WERE 
NOT 
PROTECTED UNDER 
THE LAW. 
>>  AS THE STORY 
GOES, THEY 
PLANNED TO TEAR 
OUT ANY 
PAGES FROM THE 
FATHER'S LUBBOCK 
THAT OPPRESSED 
WOMEN.  
SO IT BEGAN.  
A JOURNEY TO 
MAKE SURE ALL 
MEN 
AND WOMEN ARE 
CREATED AND 
TREATED EQUAL.
>>  SHE STANDS 
AND SHE BEGINS 
TO SEE AND HER 
WORDS 
PENETRATE. 
>>  SHE KNOWS 
ALL THE STORIES 
OF HER ANCESTORS 
WHO 
ESCAPED THE 
BONDS OF SLAVERY 
AND FOLLOWED A 
DIVINE 
CULT TO SPREAD 
THE GOSPEL OF 
FREEDOM AND 
JUSTICE. 
>>  SO THEY 
BECOME 
CAPTIVATED BY 
HER.  
THEY ARE 
RECEIVING WHAT 
SHE IS SAYING. 
>>  THE TRUE 
MESSAGE FLOWS 
THROUGH HER WHICH
ALSO 
CONVINCED HER TO 
PRACTICE AS A 
MINISTER. 
>>  WHAT DO YOU 
THINK SHE WOULD 
THINK AT THIS 
MOMENT? 
>>  SHE WOULD 
SAY YOU HAVE 
ACCOMPLISHED 
THINGS BUT 
IT IS NOT 
FINISHED. 
>>  PAM ELAM IS 
THE WOMAN WHO 
WORKED 
TIRELESSLY FOR 
SEVEN YEARS TO 
MAKE THIS MOMENT 
HAPPEN.  
WHAT DOES 
IT FEEL LIKE FOR 
YOU THIS 
MORNING? 
>>  IT IS 
THRILLING.  
I'M SO EXCITED 
THAT YOU ARE 
HERE AND YOU CAN 
SEE WHERE 
MONUMENTAL WOMEN 
BROKE 
THE BRONZE 
SEALING. 
>>  LADIES, 
COLLEEN, 
ELIZABETH AND I 
ARE LUCKY 
ENOUGH TO GET A 
SNEAK PEAK 
BEFORE THE 
OFFICIAL 
UNVEILING. 
>>  1-2-3.  PEAK 
UNDER.  
MY GOODNESS!  
THIS IS 
LARGER-THAN-
LIFE. 
>>  I RECOGNIZE 
THAT TABLE.  
IT IS IN MY 
LIVING 
ROOM. 
>>  I WOULD LOVE 
TO HEAR WHAT THE 
CONVERSATION IS 
ABOUT BUT I 
GUESS THAT IS 
FOR US TO 
IMAGINE. 
>>  HOW COOL IS 
THAT!  ON A 
PERSONAL NOTE 
FOR YOU, 
WHAT IS IT LIKE 
TO LOOK AT YOUR 
FLESH AND BLOOD? 
>>  I LIKE THE 
FACT THAT MY 
GREAT GREAT 
GRANDMOTHER 
AND THE OTHER 
WOMEN ARE 
STANDING 
SHOULDER TO 
SHOULDER AND IT 
IS AN IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE.  
I LOVE THE 
FACT THAT SHE 
DIDN'T DIE IN 
1902.  
SHE LIVED.
>>  THAT IS A 
TEASE.  
ARE YOU GOING TO 
SHOW US 
THIS? 
>>  IT IS 
SPECTACULAR.  
I WOULD DO A BIG 
REVEAL 
TOMORROW WHERE 
WE SHOW THE 
STATUE.  
THE FACT THAT 
THERE ARE NO 
WOMEN STATUES 
AND ALL OF 
CENTRAL PARK 
AND IF YOU 
GOOGLE STATUES 
OF WOMEN AROUND 
THE 
COUNTRY, THERE 
ARE SO FEW.  
IT WILL BE FUN 
TOMORROW 
AND WHAT 
REMARKABLE WOMEN 
THEY ARE.  
. 
>>>  LET ME 
INTRODUCE TO YOU 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, 
YOUR NEXT VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
>>  ALMOST 
IMMEDIATELY 
AFTER JOE BIDEN 
ANNOUNCED 
KAMALA HARRIS AS 
HIS RUNNING 
MATE, BASELESS 
ACCUSATIONS 
ABOUT HER 
ELIGIBILITY 
BEGAN 
PERCOLATING.  
THE ARGUMENTS 
ARE EXEMPLIFIED 
BY THIS NEWSWEEK 
OP-ED 
WRITTEN BY A 
CONSERVATIVE 
LAWYER JOHN 
EASTMAN.  
IN 
IT, HE ARGUES 
THAT BECAUSE 
HARRIS' PARENTS 
WERE 
IMMIGRANTS, SHE 
MAY NOT BE A 
NATURAL BORN 
CITIZEN.  
THE CONSPIRACY 
THEORY HAS BEEN 
ECHOED IN 
VARIOUS 
FORMS BY 
PROMINENT 
CONSERVATIVES 
INCLUDING 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>>  I HEARD IT 
TODAY THAT SHE 
DOESN'T MEET THE 
REQUIREMENTS.  
I HAVE NO IDEA 
IF THAT IS 
RIGHT.  
I 
WOULD HAVE 
ASSUMED THE 
DEMOCRATS WOULD 
HAVE CHECKED 
THAT OUT BEFORE 
SHE GETS CHOSEN 
TO RUN FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>>  REACTION TO 
THE OP-ED 
PROMPTED 
NEWSWEEK TO 
APOLOGIZE SAYING 
THAT THE OP-ED 
WAS NEVER 
INTENDED 
TO SPARK OR TAKE 
PART IN BIRTH 
THE RISEN.  
ADDING 
THAT THEY SHOULD 
HAVE RECOGNIZED 
THE POTENTIAL OR 
THE PROBABILITY 
THAT IT COULD 
HAPPEN.  
BUT WHERE ARE 
THESE THEORIES 
COMING FROM? 
>>  LET'S REWIND 
A BIT.  
ARTICLE TWO 
SECTION ONE OF 
THE CONSTITUTION 
STATES THAT NO 
PERSON, EXCEPT A 
NATURAL BORN 
CITIZEN CAN 
BECOME 
PRESIDENT.  
THE 
FOUNDERS 
INCLUDED THIS 
LANGUAGE TO 
PREVENT FOREIGN 
MEDDLING IN THE 
NEWLY 
ESTABLISHED 
DEMOCRACY.  
BUT 
THE 
INTERPRETATION 
HAS BEEN LARGELY 
SUBJECTIVE.
>>  THERE ARE 
PEOPLE THAT 
ARGUE THAT THEY 
SHOULD 
ONLY BE A PERSON 
BORN IN THE U.S. 
AND PERHAPS A 
PERSON ONLY THAT 
HAVE PARENTS AS 
U.S. CITIZENS, 
WHICH IS THE 
ARGUMENT BEING 
MADE AGAINST 
KAMALA 
HARRIS' 
ELIGIBILITY. 
>>  IN 2003, 
REPUBLICAN 
SENATOR WARREN 
HATCH 
PROPOSED THE 
MOMENT TO REPEAL 
THE CLOSET 
SUGGESTING 
INSTEAD THAT 
ANYONE WHO HAD 
BEEN A CITIZEN 
OF THE 
U.S. FOR AT 
LEAST 20 YEARS 
COULD RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT.  
IT WAS NICKNAMED 
THE ARNOLD 
AMENDMENT AND 
LARGELY 
SEEN AS AN 
ATTEMPT TO MAKE 
CALIFORNIA 
GOVERNOR 
ARNOLD 
SCHWARZENEGGER, 
A NATIVE 
AUSTRIAN, 
ELIGIBLE 
FOR THE WHITE 
HOUSE.  
BUT PUBLIC 
SUPPORT FOR THE 
AMENDMENT WAS 
BLEAK.  
AT THIS TIME, 
70% OF AMERICANS 
OPPOSED ALLOWING 
U.S. CITIZENS 
NATIVE TO A 
FOREIGN 
COUNTRY TO BE 
ELECTED 
PRESIDENT.  
HEARINGS WERE 
HELD 
BUT ULTIMATELY 
WENT NOWHERE. 
>>  I THINK THE 
ARGUMENT IS 
SIMPLE.  
AND WE 
SHOULDN'T 
DISCRIMINATE 
AGAINST PEOPLE 
BASED ON WHERE 
THEY WERE BORN 
OR WHO THEIR 
PARENTS ARE AND 
THEY ARE 
ACCEPTED IN 
ALMOST EVERY 
OTHER AREA OF 
GOVERNMENT 
POLICY.  
LIKE JUSTICE OF 
THE SUPREME 
COURT, SPEAKER 
OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
AND GOVERNORS. 
>>  THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE HENRY 
KISSINGER, 
ARGUABLY ONE OF 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL FIGURES 
IN THE 
U.S. DURING THE 
VIETNAM WAR 
COULD NEVER BE 
PRESIDENT.  
HE IS A NATIVE 
GERMAN.  
SIMILARLY, 
MADELEINE 
ALBRIGHT, THE 
FIRST FEMALE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE COULD 
NEVER EITHER.  
SHE IS A NATIVE 
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN. 
AND THREE JUDGES 
WERE FOREIGN-BORN
FOREIGN-BORN.
>>  QUESTIONS 
AROUND WHAT IT 
MEANS TO BE 
NATURALLY 
BORN EFFECT 
CANDIDATES OF 
BOTH PARTIES.  
IN 2008, 
JOHN MCCAIN, 
BORN IN THE 
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
TO 
AMERICAN PARENTS 
DISMISSED CLAIMS 
ABOUT HIS 
ELIGIBILITY.  
TED CRUZ BORN IN 
CANADA TO AN 
AMERICAN 
MOTHER AND CUBAN 
FATHER FACED 
SIMILAR ISSUES 
IN 
2016. 
>>  AND MARCO 
RUBIO, BORN IN 
FLORIDA TO CUBAN 
IMMIGRANTS DID 
AS WELL. 
>>  WHY DOESN'T 
HE SHOW HIS 
BIRTH 
CERTIFICATE? 
>>  A LOT OF 
PEOPLE QUESTION 
THE CERTIFICATE. 
I 
CERTAINLY 
QUESTION IT. 
>>  PERHAPS THE 
MOST NOTABLE WAS 
A YEARS LONG 
CRUSADE LED BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ABOUT PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S 
BIRTHPLACE.
ARE NOT REALLY 
US. 
AND SO THEY 
CAN'T BE 
CITIZENS. 
THAT IS REALLY 
WHAT THIS IS. 
IT IS NOT EVEN A 
DOG WHISTLE. 
IT IS A RACIST 
WHISTLE, YOU 
KNOW, BEING 
BLOWN VERY 
LOUDLY. 
>> MORE THAN 40 
MILLION PEOPLE 
LIVING IN THE 
U.S. WERE BORN 
IN ANOTHER 
COUNTRY. 
UPWARDS OF 20 
MILLION HAVE 
BEEN GRANTED 
CITIZENSHIP. 
DESPITE THE 
STRONG ANTI-
IMMIGRATION FROM 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION, 
MOST OTHER 
WESTERN 
DEMOCRACIES 
DON'T REQUIRE 
CANDIDATES TO BE 
NATURALLY BORN 
TO BE ELIGIBLE 
FOR HIGHER 
OFFICE. 
WHY ISN'T THERE 
A PUSH TO AMEND 
THE REQUIREMENT 
HERE. 
>> IT IS 
DIFFERENT TO 
ENACT BECAUSE IT 
REQUIRES TWO-
THIRDS VOTE OF 
CONGRESS AND 
THREE QUARTERS 
OF STATE 
LEGISLATORS. 
IT IS UNLIKELY 
THIS WILL BE 
ABOLISHED IN THE 
NEAR FUTURE. 
HOWEVER, I THINK 
IT IS ENTIRELY 
POSSIBLE 
EVENTUALLY IT 
WILL BE, 
ESPECIALLY IF IT 
CAN BE DONE AT A 
TIME WHEN -- 
WHEN THERE'S NO 
ONE PARTY THAT 
WILL CLEARLY BE 
ADVANTAGED BY 
IT. 
>> I THINK THAT, 
YOU KNOW, YOU 
SEE THIS SORT OF 
ORGANIZED EFFORT 
TO GET THE CARD 
INTO THE 2020 
ELECTION. 
AND IT HAS BACK 
FIRED. 
>> HE WROTE AN 
ARTICLE SAYING 
THERE COULD BE A 
PROBLEM. 
IT IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
I'M GOING TO BE 
PURSUING. 
>> AS THE 
COUNTRY 
DIVERSIFIES AS 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
BECOME VOTER 
WHO'S HAVE GROWN-
UP KNOWING HOW 
DIVERSE THE 
POPULATION IS, 
IF WE'RE LUCKY, 
WE WILL GET TO A 
SITUATION WHERE 
MOST SERIOUS 
LEADER OF EITHER 
PARTY WILL PLAY 
THIS GAME. 
BECAUSE WHEN -- 
WHEN A DONALD 
TRUMP ENCOURAGES 
IT, IT DOES 
TREMENDOUS 
DAMAGE TO 
NATIONAL UNITY 
AND THE 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
AMERICAN 
CITIZENSHIP AND 
OUR ABILITY TO 
LIVE TOGETHER. 
 
PANDEMIC ON ROSY TERMS LARGELY
>> THE OPENING 
OF NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WHERE 
THE IDEA WAS 
PRAISE. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
LIKE ALL 
BUILDERS IS A 
VISIONARY. 
>> YOU HAVE USED 
YOUR STRENGTH TO 
MAKE AMERICA 
STRONG AGAIN. 
>> AND PART END 
OF DAYS. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
ENSLAVE YOU TO 
THE WEAK, 
INDEPENDENT 
VICTIM IDEOLOGY 
TO THE POINT 
THAT YOU WILL 
NOT RECOGNIZE 
THIS COUNTRY OR 
YOURSELF. 
>> WITH A LINEUP 
OF SPEAKERS MANY 
DELIVERING AN 
APOCALYPTIC 
PORTRAIT O
AMERICA IF JOE 
BIDEN WINS THE 
ELECTION. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
BURN DOWN THE 
FOUNDATION OF 
THE COUNTRY TO 
THE GROUND. 
A PARTY WHO 
WANTS TO REBUILD 
AND PROTECT OUR 
GREAT NATION. 
>> THE COUPLE 
THAT BRANDISHED 
GUNS AS BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTERS 
PASSED THEIR 
HOME. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
APOLISH THE 
SUBURBS 
ALTOGETHER. 
>> THE GOP 
CONVENTION ALSO 
INCLUDED A 
PARADE OF 
SUPPORTERS 
LAVISHING PRAISE 
ON PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
WITH HIS RE-
ELECTION IN 
JEOPARDY AND THE 
MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS 
DISAPPROVING HIS 
HANDLING OF THE 
PANDEMIC, THE 
PARTY'S GOAL TO 
PORTRAY HIS 
RESPONSE TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS AS 
DECISIVE AND 
STRONG. 
THIS VIDEO 
FEATURING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
THANKING FRONT 
LINE WORKERS. 
>> WE JUST HAVE 
TO MAKE THIS 
CHINA VIRUS GO 
AWAY AND IT IS 
HAPPENING. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ELDEST SON 
DONALD TRUMP JR. 
ATTACKING HIS 
OPPONENT. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
THE LOCK NEST 
MONSTER OF THE 
SWAMP. 
HE STICKS HIS 
HEAD UP AND RUNS 
FOR PRESIDENT 
AND DOESN'T DO 
MUCH IN BETWEEN. 
>> APPEALING TO 
CRITICAL 
MINORITY VOTERS. 
NIKKI HALEY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> I WAS A BROWN 
GIRL IN A BLACK 
AND WHITE WORLD. 
IN MUCH OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
IT IS 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA 
IS RACIST. 
THAT IS A LIE. 
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>> AND TIM 
SCOTT, THE ONLY 
BLACK REPUBLICAN 
IN THE SENATE, 
TAKING JABS AT 
BIDEN, WHILE 
HIGHLIGHTING HIS 
UPLIFTING 
BIOGRAPHY. 
>> OUR FAMILY 
WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN 
ONE LIFETIME. 
AND THAT'S WHY I 
BELIEVE THE NEXT 
AMERICAN CENTURY 
CAN BE BETTER 
THAN THE LAST. 
>> ON TAP 
TONIGHT, TWO 
MORE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN, ERIC 
AND TIFFANY 
TRUMP. 
FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
WILL SPEAK IN 
FRONT OF AN 
AUDIENCE OF 50 
PEOPLE IN FRONT 
OF THE NEWLY 
RENOVATED ROSE 
GARDEN. 
MIKE POMPEO'S 
ADDRESS IS 
IGNITING ETHICAL 
QUESTIONS. 
AVOIDING MIXING 
GOVERNMENT WORK 
AND POLITICS. 
POMPEO IS NOT 
ONLY SPEAKING 
BUT USING A STOP 
IN JERUSALEM 
DURING AN 
OFFICIAL 
OVERSEAS TRIP AS 
THE BACK DROP. 
AIDES SAY HE IS 
SPEAKING INSA 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY AND NO 
TAXPAYER MONEY 
WAS USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS. 
>> FROM THE 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC 
TO THE DEATHS OF 
GEORGE FLOYD AND 
BREONNA TAYLOR, 
2020 HAS TESTED 
OUR NATION IN 
WAYS WE HAVEN'T 
SEEN FOR 
DECADES. 
>> THERE'S ONE 
THING I HAVE 
LEARNED, IT IS 
THAT EVEN ON OUR 
WORST DAY, WE 
ARE BLESSED TO 
LIVE IN AMERICA. 
>> AMERICA IS 
THE GREATEST 
COUNTRY ON 
EARTH. 
BUT MY FATHERS 
ENTIRE WORLD 
VIEW REVOLVES 
AROUND THE IDEA 
THAT WE CAN 
ALWAYS DO EVEN 
BETTER. 
>> THIS ELECTION 
IS ABOUT WHO CAN 
PRESERVE THE 
VALUES, 
PRINCIPLES AND 
INSTITUTIONS 
THAT MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT. 
>> THIS 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF 
STRENGTH AND 
SUCCESS. 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF 
WEAKNESS AND 
FAILURE. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
BASICALLY THE 
LOCK NEST 
MONSTER OF THE 
SWAMP. 
FOR THE PAST 
HALF CENTURY HE 
HAS BEEN LURKING 
AROUND IN THERE. 
>> LOOK AT WHAT 
HE ALREADY DID 
AND WHAT HE 
DIDN'T DO WHILE 
HE'S BEEN IN 
WASHINGTON FOR 
47 YEARS. 
>> AMERICA, IT'S 
ALL ON THE LINE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BELIEVES IN YOU. 
HE EMANCIPATES 
AND LIFTS YOU UP 
FOR YOUR 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
>> HE KNOWS THAT 
POLITICAL 
CORRECTNESS AND 
CANCEL CULTURE 
IS DANGEROUS AND 
JUST PLAIN 
WRONG. 
>> YOU CANNOT 
CANCEL A CULTURE 
THAT LOVES ITS 
HEROES. 
>> IN ORDER TO I 
AM PRO OF IN THE 
FUTURE, WE MUST 
LEARN FROM OUR 
PAST, 
NOTERRATION IT. 
>> WE DON'T GIVE 
INTO CANCEL 
CULTURE OR THE 
BASELESS BELIEFS 
THAT THINGS ARE 
WORSE TODAY THAN 
IN THE 1860s OR 
THE 1960s. 
>> IN MUCH OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, IT IS NOW 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA 
IS RACIST. 
THAT IS A LIE. 
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>> YOU HAVE SEEN 
US ON YOUR TV 
SCREENS AND 
TWITTER FEEDS. 
WE'RE NOT THE 
KIND OF PEOPLE 
THAT BACK DOWN. 
THANKFULLY 
NEITHER IS 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS THE LAW 
AND ORDER 
PRESIDENT. 
>> DEMOCRATS 
WON'T LET YOU GO 
TO CHURCH BUT 
THEY WILL LET 
YOU PROTEST. 
THEY WON'T LET 
YOU GO TO WORK 
BUT THEY WILL 
LET YOU RIOT. 
>> THEY WILL 
DISARM YOU, 
EMPTY THE 
PRISON, LOCK YOU 
IN YOUR ARM AND 
INVITE MS-13 TO 
LIVE NEXT DOOR. 
>> THE LEFT 
WANTS TO DEFUND 
THE POLICE. 
THIS IS PERSONAL 
TO ME. 
I WOULDN'T BE 
HERE WITHOUT THE 
BRAVERY AND 
HEROISM OF THE 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
THAT SAVED MY 
LIFE. 
>> WHAT HAPPENED 
TO GEORGE IS A 
DISGRACE. 
IF YOU KNOW A 
POLICE OFFICER, 
YOU KNOW THEY 
AGREE WITH THAT 
TOO. 
BUT WE CANNOT 
LOSE SIGHT OF 
THE FACT THAT 
POLICE AMERICAN 
HEROES. 
>> JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WANT A CULTURAL 
REVOLUTION, A 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
DIFFERENT 
AMERICA. 
>> THIS IS AN 
ELECTION BETWEEN 
A PARTY THAT 
WANTS TO BURN 
DOWN THE 
FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY TO 
THE GROUND AND A 
PARTY THAT WANTS 
TO REBUILD AND 
PROTECT OUR 
GREAT NATION. 
>> THESE 
RADICALS ARE NOT 
CONTENT WITH 
MARCHING IN THE 
STREETS. 
THEY WANT TO 
WALK THE HALLS 
OF CONGRESS. 
THEY WANT TO 
TAKE OVER. 
THEY WANT POWER. 
THIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S PARTY. 
>> WE SEEK A 
NATION THAT 
RISES TOGETHER. 
NOT FALLS APART 
IN ANARCHY AND 
ANGER. 
>> WHILE THIS 
ELECTION IS 
BETWEEN DONALD 
TRUMP AND JOE 
BIDEN, IT IS NOT 
SOLELY ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
JOE BIDEN. 
IT IS ABOUT THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA. 
>> LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, 
FREEDOM AND 
LIBERTY AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM, 
THE BEST IS YET 
TO COME. 
 
ADDRESS.
>> PETER, THANK YOU VERY
>> SOUTH CAROLINA
SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT GAVE THE 
FINAL SPEECH OF 
THE EVENING AND 
JOINS US THIS 
MORNING FROM 
WASHINGTON. 
SENATOR, THANK 
YOU FOR WAKING 
UP EARLY. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
HOPE YOU'RE 
DOING WELL. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE STATE 
OF THE RACE THIS 
MORNING. 
YOU CAN PICK 
YOUR POLL. 
IF YOU AVERAGE 
THEM OUT, MOST 
SHOW VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
ABOUT 7 POINTS 
AHEAD OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
IS THIS AN 
UPHILL BATTLE 
FOR RE-ELECTION 
IN YOUR MIND FOR 
THE PRESIDENT OR 
DO YOU THINK THE 
POLLS ARE OFF 
THE MARK? 
>> WELL, THE 
POLLS WERE OFF 
IN 2016. 
I WOULD NOT BE 
SURPRISED IF THE 
POLLS ARE OFF 
NOW. 
MORE IMPORTANTLY 
WE NEED TO USE 
THE NEXT 70 DAYS 
TO SELL OUR 
CASE. 
OCTOBER IS A 
MONTH TO 
REMEMBER. 
IN MY OPINION, 
ELECTIONS DON'T 
START UNTIL 
AFTER LABOR DAY. 
WHERE WE ARE 
RIGHT NOW IS 
LESS IMPORTANT 
THAN WHERE WE 
WILL BE IN 
OCTOBER. 
I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD TO SEE 
THIS RACE 
SHARPEN. 
AND THE DEBATES 
WILL BE THE 
DETERMINING 
FACTOR IN MY 
OPINION OF HOW 
THIS ELECTION 
TURNS OUT. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICANS LAST 
WEEK RIPPED THE 
DEMOCRATS' 
CONVENTION FOR 
BEING DARK AND 
PROMISED THAT 
THEIRS WOULD BE 
MORE OPTIMISTIC 
AND HOPEFUL. 
LET ME PLAY A 
SAMPLING OF SOME 
OF THE SPEECHES 
WE HEARD LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> IT IS ALMOST 
LIKE THIS 
ELECTION IS 
SHAPING UP TO BE 
CHURCH, WORK AND 
SCHOOL VERSUS 
RIOTING, LOOTING 
AND VANDALISM. 
>> THEY WILL 
DISARM YOU, 
EMPTY THE 
PRISONS, LOCK 
YOU IN YOUR HOME 
AND INVITE MS-13 
TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>> YOUR FAMILY 
WILL NOT BE SAFE 
IN THE RADICAL 
DEMOCRATS' 
AMERICA. 
>> FAR LEFT 
DRANKS IN OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
MADE THIS 
SHOOTING 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
CONTROL WHAT YOU 
SEE AND THINK 
AND BELIEVE THAT 
THEY CAN CONTROL 
HOW YOU LIVE. 
>> YOUR SPEECH 
WAS PRETTY 
UPBEAT BUT YOU 
LANDED SOME 
PUNCHES I'LL 
GRANT YOU. 
DO YOU LIKE THE 
MESSAGE THAT THE 
CONVENTION SENT 
LAST NIGHT OR 
WOULD YOU LIKE 
IT TO BE 
RATCHETED DOWN A 
LITTLE BIT. 
>> THIS IS A 
POLITICAL 
PROTEST. 
AND DRAWING 
CONTRAST IS VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
WHAT I LIKE TO 
THINK ABOUT IS 
WHAT I SPOKE 
ABOUT. 
IMPORTANT TO ME 
IS MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 
99th BIRTHDAY IS 
TODAY. 
AMERICA HAS 
EVOLVED INTO A 
BETTER NATION 
AND WE CONTINUE 
TO MOVE TOWARDS 
THE MORE PERFECT 
UNION. 
WHILE THERE WAS 
FIRE AND BRIM 
STONE LAST WEEK 
AND WE STARTED A 
STARK CONTRAST 
THIS WEEK, THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
THE MESSAGES I'M 
TRYING TO 
PROVIDE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
WE'RE BETTER 
TOGETHER AND 
THIS ELECTION 
CYCLE WILL HAVE 
A CHANCE TO 
DECIDE THE FATE 
AND DIRECTION OF 
THIS NATION. 
I'M VERY 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
EXCITED ABOUT 
WHERE WE'RE 
GOING. 
>> LAST NIGHT 
FEATURED MANY 
BLACK SPEAKERS. 
YOU WERE THE 
CLOSER, THE 
HEADLINER. 
AND THERE WAS A 
CONCERTED EFFORT 
IT SEEMED TO 
REACH BLACK 
VOTERS IN 
PARTICULAR. 
AS YOU WELL KNOW 
IN THE POLLS 
ABOUT 8% OF 
BLACK VOTERS 
SUPPORT THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I THINK IT IS 
88% FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN. 
HOW MUCH OF AN 
UPHILL CLIMB IS 
THIS TO WIN BACK 
SOME OF THE 
BLACK VOTERS? 
>> WELL, IT'S 
ALWAYS BEEN A 
CHALLENGE FOR 
THE LAST TWO OR 
THREE DECADES 
FOR REPUBLICANS 
TO DO WELL IN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES. 
I THINK OUR 
POLICY POSITIONS 
HAVE BEEN FAR 
BETTER THAN THAT 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO GO 
WHERE WE'RE NOT 
INVITED TO BE 
ABLE TO TALK TO 
VOTERS IN A WAY 
THAT SAYS WE 
CARE ABOUT THE 
ISSUES THAT ARE 
IMPORTANT TO 
THOSE VOTERS. 
FROM HPCUs TO 
OPPORTUNITY 
ZONES TO 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
ISSUES, TO 
WORKFORCE 
PARTICIPATION. 
WE HAVE 
ADDRESSED SOME 
OF THE MAJOR 
ISSUES THAT HAVE 
BEEN STICKING 
POINTS IN THE 
PAST. 
I'M CERTAINLY 
HOPEFUL THAT THE 
WAY WE HAVE 
ADDRESSED THOSE 
ISSUES WILL 
RESINATE WITH 
THE VOTERS AND 
DRIVE THOSE 
NUMBERS UP. 
I'M ENCOURAGED 
THAT I WILL SEE 
AN INCREASE. 
WE WILL SEE AN 
INCREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS VOTING 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THE REPUBLICAN 
TICKET. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER BUT 
TODAY I'M 
OPTIMISTIC. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA TO OPEN 
UP THE 
CONVENTION AND 
RAILED AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING 
SAYING THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION. 
THERE WILL BE 
WIDESPREAD FRAUD 
HE IS PREDICTING 
AND, QUOTE, THE 
ONLY WAY WE LOSE 
THE ELECTION IS 
IF IT IS A 
RIGGED ELECTION. 
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>> I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONFIDENCE IN 
OUR ELECTORAL 
PROCESS. 
I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT WE WILL 
HAVE FAIR 
ELECTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY. 
MOST OF THE 
ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN ARE GOING 
TO BE LOCAL 
ISSUES. 
HAVING SERVED IN 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN 
HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NOT MISSED 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO TALK ABOUT 
THIS MAIL-IN 
VOTING. 
THIS IS JUST HIS 
REMARKS 
YESTERDAY. 
IT IS TWO AND A 
HALF PAGES 
SINGLE SPACED 
JUST YESTERDAY 
ON THIS ISSUE, 
TRYING TO SAY 
THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT. 
SO YOU SAID YOU 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING 
PROCESS. 
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO SEND THAT 
MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY? 
>> WELL, 
SAVANNAH, YOU 
WILL HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY I 
HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
HOW I FEEL ABOUT 
IT AND WHAT MOST 
AMERICANS 
BELIEVE. 
THIS PROCESS OF 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WILL PROVE TO 
WORK OUT JUST 
FINE. 
I THINK EVERY 
SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
HOW WE DO SO IS 
IMPORTANT, THAT 
WE DO SO IS MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
AND I HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
ALL OF THE 
MOVING PIECES 
WILL ACTUALLY 
FIT TOGETHER AND 
WE WILL HAVE A 
VERY STRONG 
INTEGRITY 
DRIVEN, 
CHARACTER DRIVEN 
ELECTION. 
>> SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT, THE 
HEADLINER FROM 
LAST NIGHT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
WE APPRECIATE 
IT. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
E
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY I'M PRETTY 
>>> THE 
PRESIDENT WENT 
TO NORTH 
CAROLINA TO OPEN 
UP THE 
CONVENTION AND 
SPENT SEVERAL 
MINUTES RAILING 
AGAIN AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION. 
THAT THERE WILL 
BE WIDESPREAD 
FRAUD HE IS 
PREDICTING AND, 
QUOTE, THE ONLY 
WAY WE LOSE THE 
ELECTION IS IF 
IT IS A RIGGED 
ELECTION. 
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>> I HAVE -- I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN 
OUR ELECTORAL 
PROCESS. 
I'M CONFIDENT WE 
WILL HAVE FAIR 
ELECTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY. 
MOST OF THE 
ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN WILL BE 
LOCAL ISSUES. 
HAVING SERVED IN 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN 
HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
>> YOU KNOW, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
I'M LOOKING -- 
THESE ARE JUST 
HIS REMARKS 
YESTERDAY. 
TWO AND A HALF 
PAGES SINGLE 
SPACED JUST 
YESTERDAY ON 
THIS ISSUE 
TRYING TO SAY 
THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT. 
SO YOU SAID YOU 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING 
PROCESS. 
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO SEND THAT 
MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY? 
>> WELL, 
SAVANNAH, YOU 
WILL HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY I 
HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
WHAT I FEEL 
ABOUT IT AND 
MOST AMERICANS 
BELIEVE. 
THIS PROCESS OF 
MAIL-IN BALLOT 
WILLS PROVE TO 
WORK OUT JUST 
FINE. 
I THINK EVERY 
SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
HOW WE DO SO IS 
IMPORTANT. 
HOW WE DO SO IS 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
I HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
ALL OF THE 
MOVING PIECES 
WILL ACTUALLY 
FIT TOGETHER AND 
WE WILL HAVE A 
VERY STRONG 
INTEGRITY DRIVEN 
CHARACTER DRIVEN 
ELECTION. 
 
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER RACE AND 
POLICING.
>> OVERNIGHT 
INCLUDE CLASHES 
BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
>> WE'RE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST 
PEACEFULLY. 
NOT TO BE 
DESTRUCT I HAVE. 
>> AN OFFICER 
SHOT 29-YEAR-OLD 
JACOB BLAKE IN 
THE BACK SUNDAY 
AS HIS CHILDREN 
WATCHED. 
>> THIS WASN'T 
BAD POLICE WORK. 
THIS FELT LIKE A 
VENDETTA BEING 
TAKEN OUT ON A 
MEMBER OF OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> THIS NEW 
VIDEO SHOWS THE 
SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE 
BUT IT IS STILL 
NOT CLEAR 
EXACTLY WHAT WAS 
SAID BETWEEN 
POLICE AND 
BLAKE. 
AT LEAST TWO 
OFFICERS WITH 
THEIR GUNS DRAWN 
FOLLOWED HIM AS 
HE WALKED AROUND 
HIS GRAY VIEW. 
WE PAUSED VIDEO 
AFTER HE OPENED 
THE DOOR WITH 
HIS BACK TO AN 
OFFICER. 
THEN AT LEAST 
SEVEN SHOTS. 
THE EYEWITNESS 
WHO RECORDED 
THAT ANGLE, HE 
ASKED US NOT TO 
SHOW HIS FACE TO 
PROTECT HIS 
PRIVACY BUT SAYS 
HE SAW BLAKE 
TRYING TO BREAK 
UP AN ARGUMENT 
BETWEEN TWO 
WOMEN AT THE 
SCENE. 
>> I HAD NO IDEA 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO SHOOT HIM. 
>> HE HEARD THE 
OFFICERS TELL 
BLAKE TO DROP 
THE KNIFE BUT 
NEVER SAW BLAKE 
WITH A WEAPON. 
THE OFFICERS ARE 
FULLY 
COOPERATING AND 
ARE NOW ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
THE KENOSHA 
POLICE UNIT ASKS 
THAT YOU 
WITHHOLD FREE 
JUDGMENT ABOUT 
THE INCIDENT AND 
TAKE THE PROCESS 
TAKE PLACE. 
THE VIDEO DREW 
OUTRAGE FROM 
LEBRON JAMES TO 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> THERE IS 
PROFOUND OUTRAGE 
HERE. 
THE SHOOTING 
COMES EXACTLY 
THREE MONTHS 
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
BERNADETTE TOLD 
ME SHE HAS THREE 
SONS. 
>> I AM ANGRY 
[CENSOR] 
I'M SUPPOSED TO 
BE ANGRY. 
BECAUSE THIS 
NEEDS TO STOP. 
OUR BLACK MEN 
ARE NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
YOU CAN GO OUT 
AND HUNT AND 
KILL JUST 
BECAUSE YOU FEEL 
LIKE IT. 
>> FIREFIGHTERS 
HAVE NOW BLOCKED 
OFF THIS AREA. 
THAT BUILDING 
WAS BURNED TO 
THE GROUND 
OVERNIGHT. 
NOW, WE 
UNDERSTAND FROM 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
THAT HE IS IN 
SERIOUS BUT 
STABLE CONDITION 
BUT EXPECTED TO 
RECOVER. 
BUT THIS 
COMMUNITY IS 
WONDERING WHAT'S 
NEXT? 
.
>>> THIS 
MORNING, 
TROPICAL STORM 
MARCO BRINGING 
HEAVY RAINS, 
FLOODING AND A 
FEW FEET OF 
STORM SURGE 
ACROSS THE GULF 
COAST. 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
IS COMING, IT 
COULD JUST BE 
THE CALM BEFORE 
THE STORM. 
>> UNLIKE MARCO, 
LAURA IS A VERY 
LARGE STORM, 
VERY, VERY 
POWERFUL STORM. 
SO THIS IS AN 
ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE THAT 
WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING NOW 
BASED ON THE 
CURRENT INCOME. 
>> Reporter: 
TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA SLAMMING 
THROUGH CUBA. 
DUMPING HEAVY 
RAIN ON THE 
CARIBBEAN 
ISLAND. 
THE FINAL 
OBSTACLE BEFORE 
GULF WATERS ACT 
AS JET FUEL, 
PROPELLING THE 
RAPIDLY 
STRENGTHENING 
SYSTEM ON A 
COLLISION COURSE 
BETWEEN THE 
LOUISIANA 
COASTLINES 
POSSIBLY AS A 
CATEGORY 2 OR 3 
HURRICANE. 
>> I DON'T WANT 
TO RIDE OUT 
ANOTHER ONE. 
I'VE BEEN 
THROUGH KATRINA. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PREP WORK GRINDS 
ON. 
>> FROM THIS 
POINT ON, I 
WOULD RATHER BE 
SURPRISED THAT 
IT IS BETTER 
THAN I THOUGHT 
THAN WORSE THAN 
WHAT I GOT READY 
FOR. 
>> IN COASTAL 
AREAS OF TEXAS, 
HEALTH CARE 
FACILITIES 
PREPARING TO 
MOVE RESIDENTS. 
>> THIS IS A 
HURRICANE THAT 
COULD THREATEN 
THE COAST AND 
WE'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THAT 
WE CAN TO 
PREPARE FOR IT. 
>> CITIES 
HAUNTED BY 
PREVIOUS NATURAL 
DISASTERS KNOW 
THE DANGER TOO 
WELL. 
>> IT IS JUST 
ONE THING AFTER 
ANOTHER. 
IT IS KIND OF 
LIKE WELL WHAT 
MORE CAN THEY 
THROW AT US? 
BUT WE WILL DO 
IT. 
WE WILL ADJUST 
AND WE WILL MAKE 
IT WORK. 
>> TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA HAVE 
NOW BOTH 
RECEIVED 
EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS 
FROM FEMA. 
IN THIS STATE, 
NEARLY 2,000 
NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN ON 
STAND BY WITH 
ABOUT 100 HIGH 
WATER VEHICLES 
READY JUST IN 
CASE THEY'RE 
NEEDED FOR 
EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE. 
HODA BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SAM. 
>>> THAT BRINGS 
US TO AL WHO HAS 
BEEN TRACKING 
THE STORM ALL 
MORNING. 
GOOD MORNING, 
AL. 
>> HEY, GUYS. 
GOOD MORNING. 
SO HERE IS THE 
LATEST. 
RIGHT NOW WE 
HAVE HURRICANE 
WATCHES FROM 
GALVESTON ON TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA. 
TROPICAL STORM 
WATCHES FURTHER 
EAST AND WEST. 
LAURA IS 85 
MILES NORTHWEST 
OF THE COAST OF 
CUBA. 
MOVING WEST 
NORTHWEST AT 17. 
IT WILL 
STRENGTHEN TO A 
HURRICANE TODAY. 
IT WILL GROW IN 
SIZE AND 
INTENSITY. 
A CATEGORY 2 BY 
WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON. 
RAIN AND WIND 
WILL INCREASE 
FROM CORPUS 
CHRISTI TO NEW 
ORLEANS. 
THURSDAY, LATE 
THURSDAY, 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
INTO THURSDAY 
MORNING, IT MANY 
ABOUTS A 
CATEGORY 3. 
LANDFALL WITH 
115 WINDS. 
DANGEROUS RAINS, 
WIND GUSTS AND 
STORM SURGE. 
MOVING NORTH 
INTO ARKANSAS. 
RISK FOR 
FLOODING AND 
TORNADOES CANNOT 
BE RULED OUT. 
WHY ARE WE 
LOOKING FOR 
RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION? 
IT HAS 150-MILE 
JOURNEY OVER 
WARM GULF 
WATERS. 
THAT MEANS THAT 
CONDITIONS ARE 
FAVORABLE FOR AN 
INCREASE OF 35 
MILES PER HOUR 
IN 24 HOURS. 
THESE STORM 
SURGE VALUES 
WERE BASED ON A 
CATEGORY 2 
LANDFALL. 
SO WE EXPECT 
THOSE NUMBERS TO 
COME UP ANYWHERE 
FROM FOUR TO 11-
FOOT OF STORM 
SURGE. 
AND RAINFALL 
UPWARDS OF 12 
INCHES OF RAIN 
FROM LAKE 
CHARLES ALL THE 
WAY INTO 
LITTLEROCK. 
GUYS, WE WILL BE 
TRACKING THIS. 
BUT THAT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION 
IS WHAT WE'RE 
WORRIED ABOUT, 
BRINGING IT UP 
TO A 3. MAKE NO 
MISTAKE, WHETHER 
IT IS A 2 OR 3, 
IT WILL DO 
POTENTIALLY A 
LOT OF DAMAGE. 
>> THIS MORNING 
JERRY FALL WELL 
JUNIOR'S TIME AS 
THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNIVERSITY 
MAY BE COMING TO 
AN END. 
FALWELL TELLING 
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL 
OVERNIGHT HE 
SUBMITTED HIS 
RESIGNATION 
LETTER AFTER THE 
EMBATTLED 
EVANGELIST HAD 
WITHDRAWN HIS 
OFFER TO STEP 
DOWN. 
>> THANK YOU, 
BECKY. 
I COULDN'T DO IT 
WITHOUT YOU. 
>> IT CAME AFTER 
GAVE A LENGTHY 
STATEMENT TO THE 
WASHINGTON 
EXAMINER SAYING 
THAT HIS WIFE 
HAD AN 
EXTRAMARITAL 
AFFAIR AND WERE 
THE VICTIMS OF 
BLACKMAIL. 
SHE HAD A FATAL 
ATTRACTION TYPE 
OF RELATIONSHIP 
WITH A MAN 
WORKING AT A 
MIAMI HOTEL. 
THAT MAN IS JAY 
GIANCARLO G 
GRANDA. 
HE TOLD LAWYERS 
THAT HE HAD AN 8-
YEAR SEXUAL 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH BECKY 
FALWELL. 
JERRY NOT ONLY 
KNEW ABOUT IT 
BUT OFTEN 
WATCHED THEM 
TOGETHER. 
HE HAS SCREEN 
SHOTS FROM A 
FACE TIME IN 
WHICH BECKY WAS 
NAKED AS WELL AS 
THIS 2018 AUDIO 
RECORDING OF A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE COUPLE. 
>> HE IS TELLING 
ME WHEN WE HAVE 
SEX WITH PEOPLE 
LIKE I HAVE 
FEELINGS OR 
SOMETHING. 
>> MAKE HIM 
JEALOUS. 
>> YES. 
NBC NEWS HAS NOT 
SEEN THE 
MESSAGES. 
GLANDA SAYS THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
GREW CONTENTIOUS 
WRITING TO 
JERRY. 
SINCE YOU'RE 
OKAY WITH 
RUINING MY LIFE, 
I'M GOING TO 
TAKE THE CAM AS 
EROUTE. 
IF CONFLICT IS 
WHAT YOU WANT, 
SO BE IT. 
GRANDA TRIED 
USING THE AFFAIR 
TO EXTORT HIM, 
SOMETHING THAT 
GRANDA DENIES, 
SAYING THAT HE 
WAS TRYING TO 
END A BUSINESS 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH THE COUPLE. 
>> PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> THE FALL 
WELLS ARE SOME 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S MOST 
PROMINENT 
RELIGIOUS 
SUPPORTERS. 
LAST YEAR BECKY 
SPOKE WITH ERIC 
TRUMP'S WIFE 
LAURA. 
>> WE ARE SO 
PROUD OF OUR 
STUDENTS HERE AT 
LIBERTY. 
IT IS AN HONOR 
TO SERVE 
ALONGSIDE THEM. 
WE TRY TO TEACH 
GOOD FAMILY 
VALUES AND 
MORALS. 
>> FALWELL IS 
CURRENTLY ON A 
LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
FROM LIBERTY 
AFTER POSTING 
AND DELETING 
THIS PHOTO WITH 
A WOMAN NOT HIS 
WIFE ON 
INSTAGRAM. 
TELLING A RADIO 
SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A 
COSTUME PARTY IN 
GOOD FUN. 
>> I HAVE 
APOLOGIZED TO 
EVERYBODY. 
I PROMISE MY 
KIDS I'M GOING 
TO BE -- I'M 
GOING TO BE A 
GOOD BOY FROM 
HERE ON OUT. 
>> SO, STEPH, I 
MEAN BESIDES 
THAT STATEMENT 
TO THE NEWSPAPER 
IN WASHINGTON, 
WITH ALL OF THIS 
NEW INFORMATION 
COMING TO LIGHT, 
HAS ANYONE 
ACTUALLY TALKED 
DIRECTLY TO 
FALWELL? 
>> WELL, GREG, 
WE REACHED OUT 
TO GRANDA AND 
FALWELL. 
NEITHER 
RESPONDED TO OUR 
REQUEST FOR 
COMMENT. 
IT APPEARS AS IF 
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL HAD AN 
INTERVIEW WITH 
HIM. 
AT FIRST THE 
TONE WAS ANGRY, 
UNSET THAT THE 
INSTITUTION 
WOULD GET RID OF 
HIM JUST OVER 
THE INSTAGRAM 
PHOTO. 
HE ACKNOWLEDGED 
THAT HE HAD 
EMBARRASSED THE 
UNIVERSITY AND 
HE DIDN'T WANT 
TO DO FURTHER 
DAMAGE TO IT. 
,
IF WE CONTRACT COVID?
>> FROM HONG 
KONG THIS 
MORNING, THE 
FIRST CONFIRMED 
CASE OF A 
PATIENT 
CONTRACTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS A 
SECOND TIME. 
DOCTORS REPORT 
THE PATIENT, A 
33-YEAR-OLD MAN, 
WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
COVID IN LATE 
MARCH. 
HIS CONDITION 
THEN REQUIRED 
HOSPITALIZATION. 
THOUGH THE CASE 
WAS MILD. 
THEN FOUR MONTHS 
LATER, 
REPORTEDLY AFTER 
RETURNING TO 
HONG KONG FROM 
SPAIN VIA THE 
UNITED KINGDOM, 
HE TESTED 
POSITIVE AGAIN 
ON AUGUST 15th. 
AND WAS 
HOSPITALIZED BUT 
IS ASYMPTOMATIC. 
THE FINDINGS 
SUGGEST THAT 
SOME PATIENTS 
THAT RECOVER 
FROM COVID MAY 
ONLY HAVE SHORT-
LIVED IMMUNITY 
FROM 
REINFECTION. 
EXPERTS SAY 
THERE IS NO 
CAUSE FOR PANIC 
AND THE 
REINFECTION IS 
COMMON WITH 
OTHER 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> I'M NOT 
SURPRISED. 
I THINK SOME 
PEOPLE WILL GET 
REINFECTED. 
I DON'T THINK 
EVERYONE IS 
GOING TO GET 
REINFECTED. 
WE KNOW THAT 
PEOPLE DEVELOP A 
CERTAIN LEVEL OF 
IMMUNITY AGAINST 
THE VIRUS. 
HOW LONG IT 
LASTS WE DON'T 
KNOW. 
>> WITH MORE 
THAN 23 MILLION 
CASES CONFIRMED 
WORLDWIDE, 
DOCTORS SAY THIS 
DISCOVERED CASE 
OF REINFECTION 
SHOULD NOT 
DETAIL THE PUSH 
FOR A VACCINE. 
>> I WOULD STILT 
OPT FOR THE 
VACCINE BECAUSE 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
THEY HAD A NEW 
ENOUGH IMMUNE 
RESPONSE AND 
DON'T WANT TO 
PUT THEM AT RISK 
FOR REINFECTION. 
>> IT COMES 
AFTER THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON 
THE EVE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION THAT 
IT HAD APPROVED 
EMERGENCY OF 
PLASMA TO TREAT 
COVID-19. 
MEDICAL EXPERTS 
SAY PLEASE THAT 
HAS BEEN USED TO 
TREAT OTHER 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES HAS 
SHOWN PROMISE IN 
TREATING COVID. 
A 35% 
IMPROVEMENT IN 
SURVIVAL. 
MAYO CLINIC 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
IT WAS MOST 
EFFECTIVE WHEN 
ADMINISTERED 
EARLY AND HIGH 
DOSES OF 
ANTIBODIES. 
THE DOCTOR 
CAPTIONS THAT 
PLASMA IS NOT A 
CURE-ALL FOR 
EVERYONE. 
>> I HAVE BEEN 
USING IT FOR 
PATIENTS SINCE 
MARCH. 
WE THINK IT 
MIGHT CONNOTE 
SOME BENEFIT. 
IT IS NOT LARGE. 
IT IS NOT A 
BREAK THROUGH OR 
A MIRACLE CURE. 
BUT IT HAS BEEN 
AROUND FOR OTHER 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES. 
>> Reporter: BY 
THE WAY THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER IS 
CLARIFYING HIS 
REMARKS, THERE 
ARE LOTS OF 
CAVEATS TO THE 
35% IMPROVEMENT. 
THE GENTLEMAN 
FROM HONG KONG, 
IT APPEARS THAT 
HE HAS A SECOND 
STRAIN OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS NOT 
THE INITIAL 
STRAIN. 
THAT'S HOW THEY 
DETERMINED THAT 
HE WAS 
REINFECTED. 
IF HE HAD THE 
SAME STRAIN, IT 
MAY HAVE JUST 
LAID LOW FOR A 
WHILE. 
BUT IT IS A 
SECOND STRAIN. 
WE ARE HEARING 
THERE ARE TWO 
CASES OF PEOPLE 
BEING REINFECTED 
WITH 
CORONAVIRUS. 
 
BELGIUM OF PEOPLE BEING 
REINFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, TOM.
THANK YOU.
>> THE 
TROPICALLOR OF 
THE HARVARD 
GLOBAL 
INSTITUTION IS 
JOINING US NOW. 
HE SAID THAT 
THAT PATIENT GOT 
A SLIGHTLY 
DIFFERENT 
STRAIN. 
SO DOES THAT 
MEAN YOU CAN GET 
INFECTED WITH 
THE CORONAVIRUS, 
GET OVER IT, 
SURVIVE IT, AND 
THEN THERE IS A 
SECOND STRAIN 
THAT COMES. 
OR IS THE WORRY 
THAT THE 
ANTIBODIES, YOUR 
ANTIBODIES WILL 
WEAR OFF. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR HAVING ME 
ON. 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
IS A SECOND 
STRAIN, IT IS 
REALLY 
FUNCTIONALLY THE 
SAME VIRUS. 
AND THE WAY I 
LOOK AT THIS, 
THIS IS NOT 
SURPRISING. 
WE EXPECTED SOME 
PEOPLE TO GET 
REINFECTED. 
AND THE GOOD 
NEWS HERE IS 
THAT IT LOOKS 
LIKE IT HAPPENS 
PRETTY 
INFREQUENTLY. 
AND THE PERSON 
WHO WAS INFECTED 
IN HONG KONG AT 
LEAST HAD A MILD 
CASE. 
I PUT THAT ALL 
TOGETHER AND SAY 
THIS IS PRETTY 
MUCH IN LINE 
WITH OUR 
EXPECTATION. 
CERTAINLY IT IS 
NOT A CAUSE FOR 
ALARM OR 
CONCERN. 
>> OKAY. 
SO IF YOU DO 
HAVE THE 
ANTIBODIES, AND 
LET'S PRETEND 
THAT THEY WEAR 
OFF OVER A FOUR-
MONTH PERIOD, 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN WHEN IT 
COMES TO A 
VACCINE? 
>> YEAH. 
SO I THINK -- MY 
HOPE IS WITH THE 
VACCINE, WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO GET 
EVEN MORE 
DURABLE 
IMMUNITY. 
WE DON'T KNOW. 
WHAT I HAVE 
ALWAYS ASSUMED 
IS THAT A  
VACCINE, IT MAY 
NOT BRING THE 
PANDEMIC TO AN 
END. 
WE MAY HAVE TO 
GET A BOOSTER 
EACH YEAR TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM IS READY 
FOR ANY 
ENCOUNTER WITH 
THE VIRUS. 
THIS IS NOT -- 
AS I SAID, THIS 
IS NOT MAJORLY 
CONCERNING. 
MOST PEOPLE WHO 
GET INFECTED 
SEEM TO HAVE 
PRETTY DURABLE 
IMMUNITY. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT LONG-TERM 
BECAUSE THE 
VIRUS HAS ONLY 
BEEN AROUND FOR 
SIX, SEVEN 
MONTHS. 
>> YOU SHOULD BE 
A LITTLE 
CAUTIOUS EVEN IF 
YOU'VE HAD THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
ONE OF THE KEY 
THINGS COMING 
OUT OF THIS AND 
SOMETHING THAT 
MANY OF US HAVE 
BEEN SAYING FOR 
A WHILE IS JUST 
BECAUSE YOU 
THINK THAT 
YOU'VE HAD THE 
INFECTION OR YOU 
KNOW YOU'VE HAD 
THE INFECTION 
AND RECOVERED 
DOESN'T MEAN 
THAT YOU'RE 
IMMUNE FOREVER 
FROM GETTING IT 
AGAIN. 
DOESN'T MEAN YOU 
THAT COULDN'T 
REINFECT 
YOURSELF AND 
OTHER PEOPLE. 
SO WE HAVE TO 
REMAIN CAREFUL 
DURING THIS TIME 
UNTIL WE LEARN 
MORE ABOUT THE 
DURABILITY OF 
THE IMMUNITY 
FROM THIS VIRUS. 
>> AND WELCOME 
BACK. 
YESTERDAY RESO 
MUCHERS AT HONG 
KONG UNIVERSITY 
SAY THEY HAVE 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
THE WORLD'S 
FIRST CASE OF 
COVID-19 
REINFECTION. 
IF YOU'VE 
ALREADY HAD 
COVID, CAN YOU 
GET IT AGAIN? 
AND DOES IT MAKE 
WEARING A MASK 
MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN EVER. 
>> TO BREAK IT 
DOWN FOR US IS 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
AND CONSUMER 
COVER DENT VICKI 
NGUYEN. 
LET'S START WITH 
YOU, DR. TORRES. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ASSUMED THAT 
ONCE YOU'VE HAD, 
YOU'RE LESS 
LIKELY TO GET 
IT. 
WE HAVE THIS NEW 
CASE OF REFIN 
EX. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS CASE 
IN PARTICULAR 
AND WHAT DOES IT 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE COMPLEXITY 
OF THE VIRUS. 
>> NOT JUST ONE 
NEW CASE. 
THERE ARE 
ACTUALLY TWO 
MORE CASES THAT 
HAVE BEEN 
VERIFIED AS 
REFIN EX. 
IT BRINGS IT TO 
A TOTAL OF THREE 
CASES. 
THAT IS OUT OF 
23 MILLION CASES 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
JUST THREE 
VERIFIED AT THIS 
POINT AS BEING 
REINFECTED. 
WHAT RESO 
MUCHERS ARE 
TELLING ME, THEY 
WOULD BE MORE 
SURPRISED IF 
THEY DIDN'T FIND 
REINFECTIONS. 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING HERE? 
THE VIRUS IS 
CHANGING A 
LITTLE BIT. 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
A CHANGE AND OUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
WORKS LIKE A 
VACCINE. 
IT MIGHT NOT 
PROTECT YOU 100% 
FROM GETTING 
REINFECTED BUT 
IT CAN FIGHT OFF 
THAT VIRUS WHEN 
YOU'RE 
REINFECTED. 
THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE SEEING. 
IN HONG KONG THE 
MAN WAS CAUGHT 
ON A SCREENING 
EXAM ON AN 
AIRPLANE. 
THE ONE OUT OF 
NETHERLANDS HAD 
A WEAKENED 
IMMUNE SYSTEM. 
SO THAT PUTS HIM 
IN A DIFFERENT 
CATEGORY. 
WHAT THIS IS 
SHOWING IS THAT 
THE REINFECTION 
IS POSSIBLE, AT 
LEAST IN VERY 
RARE CASES. 
ONCE THEY GOT 
REINFECTED AS 
THE RESEARCHERS 
ARE SAYING THE 
BODY DID WHAT IT 
IS SUPPOSED TO 
TO DO, THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
FOUGHT IT OFF. 
THIS SHOWS WHY 
WE NEED TO WEAR 
THE MASKS 
BECAUSE THE 
REINFECTION IS 
POSSIBLE AT 
LEAST IN VERY 
RARE SITUATIONS. 
>> WHAT DOES 
THIS MEAN FOR 
VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT? 
DO RESEARCHERS 
HAVE TO TWEAK 
ANYTHING. 
>> THAT IS THE 
BIG QUESTION. 
IT MEANS LOOKING 
AT THIS VERY, 
VERY CAREFULLY 
TO FIND OUT 
EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED THERE. 
HOW THEIR POD 
ERESPONDED AND 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN AS FAR AS 
NOT NECESSARILY 
THE INITIAL 
VACCINE BUT 
BOOST SHOTS. 
WILL WE NEED 
VACCINES LIKE 
THE FLU WHERE WE 
GET THEM EVERY 
YEAR BECAUSE THE 
VIRUS CHANGES OR 
WILL WE NEED 
THEM ONCE OR 
TWICE IN THE 
LIFETIME TO GET 
THE BOOSTER 
SHOT. 
WE DON'T KNOW. 
SO LOOKING FOR 
OTHER INFECTIONS 
WILL BE THE KEY 
TO ALL OF THIS. 
>> WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW THIS. 
DR. JOHN TORRES, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> THE NATION'S 
BIGGEST CITY 
THINKING OUTSIDE 
THE BOX WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
REOPENING THE 
SCHOOLS. 
NEW YORK MAYOR 
BILL DE BLASIO 
PLANNING TO 
BRING SOME 
CLASSROOMS 
OUTSIDE INTO 
SCHOOL YARDS, 
EMPTY STREETS 
AND PUBLIC PARKS 
WHEN SCHOOLS 
REOPEN NEXT 
MONTH. 
>> WE EMPOWER 
OUR PRINCIPALS 
TO DETERMINE THE 
MAXIMUM AMOUNT 
THAT THEY CAN DO 
OUTDOORS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
CITY IS PLYER 
ADVERTISING 
SCHOOLS IN THE 
HARDEST HIT 
AREAS OF COVID-
19. 
ASKING TO SUBMIT 
PLANS BY THIS 
FRIDAY. 
>> THEY'RE VERY 
RESOURCEFUL. 
I THINK THEY 
WILL DO A LOT. 
>> Reporter: IN 
BROOKLYN, THE 
ASSISTANT 
PRINCIPAL SAYS 
THAT THEY HOPE 
TO PUT TENTS 
OUTSIDE. 
>> WE ARE HOPING 
TO CLOSE DOWN 
THE ADJOINING 
STREETS AROUND 
OUR SCHOOL AS 
WELL AS HOPING 
TO USE PARTS OF 
THE PARK AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: 
MIKE MEAD AND 
HIS CHILDREN ARE 
RELIEVED THAT 
THE CITY LISTEN 
TODAY THEIR 
CALLS FOR 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
OUR KIDS AND 
THEIR EDUCATION. 
BUT IT IS REALLY 
ABOUT THE SAFETY 
AND THE HEALTH 
OF OUR ENTIRE 
CITY. 
SO THE ABILITY 
FOR SCHOOLS TO 
HAVE THE SPACE 
TO LEARN IS 
REALLY THE 
DIFFERENCE 
PERHAPS BETWEEN 
LIFE AND DEATH. 
>> Reporter: 
TRANSMISSION 
RATES FOR 
CORONAVIRUS ARE 
THOUGHT TO BE 
MUCH LOWER 
OUTSIDE. 
AND MORE SPACE 
CAN MEAN MORE 
PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE. 
SO SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY HAVE 
BEENEM PREY 
BRACING OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
IN NASHVILLE, 
TENNESSEE THEY 
ARE BUILDING 
EIGHT NEW 
SHELTERS TO HOLD 
FALL CLASSROOMS. 
>> IT MEANS 
WINDOWLESS, 
WALLLESS, IT 
MEANS JUST WITH 
A ROOF AND SOME 
SHADE PROTECTION 
ON THE SIDE. 
>> Reporter: IN 
VERMONT, 
TEACHERS AT LAKE 
CHAMPLAIN 
WALDORF SCHOOL 
WILL USE AN 
AMPHITHEATER TO 
KEEP KIDS 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
IN NEARBY WOODS, 
BENCHES CONVERT 
TO DESKS. 
>> IT IS NOT 
WHAT ANY OF US 
EXPECTED. 
BUT WE'RE TRYING 
TO USE ALL OF 
OUR CREATIVITY 
AND INGENUITY. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY HAVE HAD TO 
BOOST WI-FI 
STRENGTH TO 
REACH THE NEW 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>> IT IS A 
CHALLENGE BUT 
TRYING TO THINK 
ABOUT THIS AS 
EVERY CHALLENGE 
IS AN 
OPPORTUNITY. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIG CRITICISMS 
THOUGH IS THAT 
THIS MIGHT 
FURTHER DIVIDE 
SCHOOLS FROM 
THOSE WHO CAN 
AFFORD IT FROM 
THOSE THAT 
CAN'T. 
NEW YORK CITY 
HAS NOT LAID OUT 
HOW THEY WILL 
FUND THE OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>> THANK YOU, 
KRISTEN. 
>>> VICKI WYNN 
JOINS US WITH 
MORE ON THIS 
OUTDOOR 
SCHOOLING THING 
THERE. 
HAS TO BE A LOT 
OF BENEFITS TO 
KITS LEARNING 
OUTSIDE. 
>> NUMBER ONE IS 
AIR VENTILATION. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
WHAT A BIG 
PROBLEM THAT IS 
WITH THE OLDER 
CLASSROOMS. 
THE LESS LIKELY 
THE VIRUS WILL 
LINGER IN THE 
AIR AND GET 
SOMEONE SICK. 
WHAT PARENTS 
NEED TO THINK 
ABOUT WHEN 
THINKING OF AN 
OUTDOOR LEARNING 
EXPERIENCE, 
THINK CAMP. 
WE HAVE TO 
REMEMBER MORE 
THAN 440,000 
KIDS IN IN 
COUNTRY HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19. 
IT IS POSSIBLE 
FOR KIDS TO GET 
THE VIRUS. 
BEING OUTSIDE 
REDUCES THE RISK 
DRAMATICALLY, 
FOR STUDENTS AND 
TEACHERS. 
>> UNLESS YOU 
LIVE IN SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA OR 
SOMETHING, THE 
WEATHER WILL BE 
ISSUE WHETHER IT 
IS TOO HOT IN 
THE SOUTHWEST OR 
TOO COLD IN THE 
NORTHEAST. 
I MEAN, WHAT IS 
THE PLAN FOR 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT? 
>> SO I THINK 
TRYING TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF THE 
GOOD WEATHER AS 
LONG AS U. 
>> YEAH. 
>> YOU SAW THE 
SCHOOLS IN 
KRISTEN'S 
PACKAGE. 
THEY ARE TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF 
TENTS AND 
PORTABLE 
HEATERS. 
THIS IS THE YEAR 
THAT PARENTS 
HAVE TO INVEST 
AND GET 
INVOLVED. 
IT IS NOT JUST 
ABOUT MONEY BUT 
BRAIN POWER AND 
WILL POWER. 
EVENT PLANNING 
COMPANIES HAVE 
TABLES AND 
CHAIRS AND 
TENTS. 
THEY ARE WORKING 
WITH SCHOOLS. 
>> OH, YEAH. 
>> BUILDERS, 
CONTRACTORS, WE 
ALL HAVE 
RESOURCES THAT 
WE CAN BRING. 
WE'RE SEEING THE 
MOST SUCCESSFUL 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
ARE THE ONES 
WITH THE MOST 
BUY-IN FROM THE 
TEACHERS AND 
COMMUNITIES AND 
LOOKING FOR WAYS 
TO GET EVERYONE 
BACK IN SCHOOL. 
NO ONE DISAGREES 
THAT IS THE BEST 
ENVIRONMENT FOR 
KIDS. 
HOW DO YOU DO 
THAT SAFELY AND 
MAKE EVERYONE 
FEEL GOOD ABOUT 
IT. 
>> SMART. 
>> THANK YOU, 
VICKI. 
N
WHAT LED TO THAT REVERSAL. 
>> MATTER OF
>> HIS 
CONVICTION AND 
SENTENCING 
BROUGHT TO AN 
END ONE OF THE 
MOST HIGH 
PROFILE CASES IN 
U.S. HISTORY. 
NOW IN A NEW 
RULING THE 
CALIFORNIA 
SUPREME COURT 
SAYS SCOTT 
PETERSON MUST 
COME OFF DEATH 
ROW. 
CITING ERRORS 
MADE BY THE 
TRIAL JUDGE FOR 
EXCUSING JURORS 
WHO EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
CAPITAL 
PUNISHMENT, THE 
STATE'S HIGHEST 
COURT WRITES, A 
JURY MAY NOT BE 
DISMISSED MERELY 
BECAUSE HE OR 
SHE HAS 
EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
THE DEATH AS A 
GENERAL MANNER. 
>> I THOUGHT WE 
MADE A GOOD 
DECISION. 
>> GREG WAS ON 
THE JURY IN 2004 
THAT RECOMMENDED 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY TO THE 
JUDGE. 
>> THIS WASN'T 
JUST SOME SPUR 
OF THE MOMENT. 
IT WAS NOT AN 
ACT OF RAGE OR 
EMOTION. 
THIS WAS THOUGHT 
OUT AND PLANNED. 
>> CONVICTED OF 
KILLING HIS WIFE 
LACI PREGNANT 
WITH THEIR SON 
CONNOR, PETERSON 
DUMPED HER BODY 
IN THE SAN 
FRANCISCO BAY ON 
CHRISTMAS EVE, 
FOUR MONTHS 
BEFORE BOTH 
BODIES WASHED 
ASHORE. 
THE TRIAL WHICH 
INCLUDED AN 
AFFAIR WITH 
AMBER FREY 
CAPTIVATED THE 
NATION. 
>> I'M AGAINST 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY. 
BUT I THINK IT'S 
EXACTLY WHERE HE 
SHOULD BE. 
AND, Y KNOW, I 
LOST MY SISTER-
IN-LAW LACI AND 
MY UNBORN NEPHEW 
CONNOR. 
AND I BELIEVE 
THAT HE SHOULD 
REMAIN IN PRISON 
FOR THE REST HIS 
LIFE? 
PETERSON'S TRIAL 
LASTED SIX 
MONTHS AND 
CONVICTED? 
JUST NINE DAYS. 
>> I THINK THE 
FACT THAT HE 
ENDED UP WITH A 
GUILTY VERDICT 
IS A 
MISCARRIAGE. 
>> HE HAS BEEN 
ON DEATH ROW AT 
SAN AGAIN TIN 
BUT IT IS 
UNCLEAR IF THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY WHO HAS 
NOT COMMENTED 
WILL PURSUE THE 
DEATH PENALTY 
FORKED. 
NBC NEWS, LOS 
ANGELES. 
>> MEANWHILE A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE SAYS THEY 
ARE REVIEWING 
THE DECISION AND 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
IT WITH LACI 
PETERSON'S 
FAMILY BEFORE 
DECIDING HOW TO 
PROCEED. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY WILL 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON. 
>> IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
OVERNIGHT. 
>> 
%
RON HILLIARD %
SPOKE TO FARMERS %
IN BOTH %
WISCONSIN AND %
IOWA. %
>> I 
>> I WOULD SAY 
HE'S HAD SOME 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
IN TRADE. 
HAD SOME WINS. 
BUT THE TRADE 
WAR WITH CHINA 
HAS BEEN 
DEVASTATING. 
IT HAS BEEN VERY 
HARD ON 
AGRICULTURE. 
FROM A RENEWABLE 
FUEL STANDPOINT, 
IT'S BEEN -- THE 
SUPPORT HAS NOT 
BEEN THERE THAT 
WE HOPED FOR. 
>> A LOT OF THE 
POLICY THINGS, 
THIS PREDATES 
TRUMP. 
WHEN TRUMP CAME 
IN, IT DIDN'T 
NECESSARILY 
IMPROVE BUT IT 
-- I THINK HE AT 
LEAST WAS TRYING 
TO DO SOMETHING. 
THAT'S THE ONE 
THING THAT I 
THINK SOME 
PEOPLE IN 
AGRICULTURE WERE 
EXCITED ABOUT 
TRUMP. 
HE FINALLY 
TALKED 
AGRICULTURE. 
WE HAVE 
NEGLECTED FOR SO 
MANY YEARS BY 
POLITICIANS. 
IT IS A FLY-OVER 
COUNTRY IS THE 
TERM THAT PEOPLE 
USE. 
TRUMP IS THE 
FIRST COUNTRY IN 
OUR LIFETIME 
THAT TALKED 
AGRICULTURE. 
>> THE TRADE 
WARS HAVE HURT 
RURAL AMERICA. 
HE CAN CLAIM 
OTHERWISE IN 
EVERY SOUND BYTE 
OPPORTUNITY THAT 
HE GETS. 
BUT THE BOTTOM 
LINE IS THE ONLY 
THING THAT HE 
DID WAS GIVE US 
SUBSIDIES TO 
SUPPORT HIS POOR 
POLICY CHANGES. 
I THINK IT WILL 
BE CLOSELY 
CONTESTED IN 
SOME OF THE MORE 
RURAL AREAS. 
PEOPLE ARE 
DETACHED FROM 
WHAT THEY'RE 
VOTING FOR. 
I MYSELF DON'T 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
ANYBODY IN THE 
MIDWEST THINKS 
TRUMP RELATES 
WITH THEM AND IS 
FOR THEM. 
HE WOULD HAVE 
NEVER SET FOOT 
IN OUR STATE OR 
IOWA OR ILLINOIS 
IF IT WASN'T FOR 
A PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
%
FOR A 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELEC
>>> JOINING ME 
NOW FROM 
WISCONSIN, WHAT 
IS THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
MESSAGE TO 
FARMERS IN RURAL 
COMMUNITIES LIKE 
THE ONE WHERE 
YOU ARE. 
>> ALLISON, THE 
PRESIDENT IS NOT 
NAIVE TO HOW 
CRUCIAL FARMERS 
SUPPORT IS TO 
HIM IN 2020. 
WE'RE HERE IN 
SOUTHWESTERN 
WISCONSIN. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE 2016 
PRESIDENTIAL 
MAP, MOST OF 
THESE COUNTIES 
THESE RURAL 
COUNTIES, FARM 
LAND COUNTRIES 
WENT BLUE. 
TRUMP TURNED THE 
NUMBERS AROUND 
IN 2016. 
THAT IS WHY YOU 
SAW HIM AGAIN 
TODAY IN NORTH 
CAROLINA MAKING 
A DIRECT APPEAL 
TO FARMERS 
CONTENDING THAT 
HE HAS BENEFITED 
THE AG ECONOMY. 
OF COURSE HIS 
STATEMENTS WERE 
LITTERED WITH 
FALSE HOODS, 
INCLUDING THAT 
CHINA SHOULD PAY 
$28 BILLION TO 
FARMERS. 
IN REALITY THAT 
WAS PAID BY U.S. 
COMPANIES 
IMPORTING 
CHINESE GOODS 
AND PAID OUT IN 
THE FORM OF 
SUBSIDIES FROM 
THE U.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE TO 
MAKE UP FOR THE 
LOSSES THAT THE 
U.S. AG ECONOMY 
SAW BECAUSE OF 
THOSE VERY 
TARIFFS THAT THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
IMPOSED AS WELL 
AS THOSE 
RETALIATORY 
TARIFFS FROM THE 
LIKES OF CHINA 
AND EVEN OUR 
ALLIES MEXICO 
AND CANADA. 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE THESE 
FARMERS ARE SO 
CRUCIAL. 
BECAUSE YOU HEAR 
THE PRESIDENT 
TRYING TO MAKE 
THAT SALES PITCH 
THAT HE HAS 
HELPED THE AG 
ECONOMY. 
IN TALKING WITH 
FARMERS, THERE 
WERE SOME SLIGHT 
CONCESSIONS, FOR 
INSTANCE, FOR 
THE DAIRY 
ECONOMY COMING 
OUT OF CANADA. 
BUT WHAT THESE 
FARMERS HAVE 
LARGELY SEEN IS 
A VERY VOLATILE 
AG ECONOMY. 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
THEIR 
COMMODITIES 
FLUCTUATE UP AND 
DOWN. 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS. 
WE HAVE 
CONSISTENTLY 
HEARD FARMERS 
SAY THEY WANT 
EXPANDED MARKETS 
AND THEY WANT -- 
THEY WANT THOSE 
MARKETS TO BE 
SUCH THAT 
AMERICAN AG 
PRODUCTS CAN BE 
COUNTED ON. 
YOU SEE CONCERN 
AMONG A GREAT 
SHARE OF FARMERS 
WHETHER THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS ABLE TO OFFER 
THAT. 
>> RON, WHAT ARE 
VOTERS THERE, 
FARMERS THERE 
SAYING ABOUT HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HANDLED THE 
PANDEMIC . 
>> THERE WAS A 
LOT OF 
ENCOURAGEMENT 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR THAT 
PERHAPS THIS 
HARVEST WOULD 
RESULT IN A 
BETTER YIELD FOR 
THEM. 
BUT WHAT YOU SAW 
WAS THE PANDEMIC 
THAT HAS, YOU 
KNOW, LARGELY 
HAD A 
SIGNIFICANT 
HURT. 
TAKE THE DAIRY 
INDUSTRY FOR 
INSTANCE. 
YOU'RE SEEING IN 
THE DAIRY 
INDUSTRY $15 FOR 
A POUND OF MILK. 
YOU NEED THAT TO 
BE AT $17, $18 
TO BREAK EVEN. 
WHEN WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT, 
MEATS NOT JUST 
DAIRY BUT CORN, 
BEANS, YOU KNOW, 
LET'S TAKE CHINA 
AS THE BUYER, 
FOR EXAMPLE. 
CHINA HAS MORE 
OPTIONS THAN 
JUST U.S. 
COMMODITIES TO 
BUY FROM. 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE YOU HAVE 
SEEN SINCE THIS 
TRADE WAR BEGAN 
LARGELY BACK IN 
2018 YOU HAVE 
SEEN CHINA 
INCREASINGLY 
TURN TO OTHER 
COUNTRIES LIKE 
BRAZIL TO BUY 
THEIR BEANS. 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE -- WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE RELIABILITY 
OF AMERICAN AG. 
THERE IS CONCERN 
AMONG THE 
FARMERS. 
BACK IN 2018 
WHEN I TALKED TO 
BOB, HE WAS 
SUPPORTIVE OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
EFFORTS, KNOWING 
THERE WAS 
INITIAL HURT 
FROM THE 
TARIFFS. 
WHAT YOU HAVE 
SEEN OVER THE 
COURSE OF NOW 
YEAR THREE OF 
THE NEGOTIATIONS 
IS CONTINUED 
UNCERTAINTY. 
CHINA JUST LAST 
WEEK PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SUGGESTED 
THAT HE DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT THE 
FUTURE OF THAT 
PHASE 1 TRADE 
DEAL WITH CHINA 
WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
IN TALKING WITH 
FARMERS HERE IN 
RURAL WISCONSIN, 
THAT MEANS A LOT 
OF QUESTION 
MARKS. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
HOPE INVESTED. 
WHEN YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THESE OPERATIONS 
YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
DOLLARS, 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
INVESTMENTS 
MADE. 
WHEN THEY DON'T 
HAVE A GUARANTEE 
OF WHAT THEIR 
MARKETS LOOK 
LIKE, THAT 
LEAVES A LOT OF 
QUESTION MARKS. 
BECAUSE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN TAKING 
THIS ON FOR 
THREE YEARS, 
THERE IS 
UNCERTAINTY 
AMONG THE VOTER 
THAT'S WE TALKED 
TO HERE ABOUT 
WHETHER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHOULD BE THE 
ONE TO BE 
TRUSTED TO HAVE 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS OF 
HANDLING THE AG 
ECONOMY HERE. 
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ECONOMY HERE. %
>> Reporter: 
>> I LOVE FEW 
THINGS THAN 
SENDING YOU TO A 
FARM. 
YOU HAVE THE 
BEST STORIES AND 
THE BEST LIVE 
SHOTS. 
SO GREAT TO SEE 
YOU OUT THERE IN 
WISCONSIN, RON. 
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MONTH. %
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SHE IS
>>> WAS 
ORIGINALLY 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
IN JACKSONVILLE 
FLORIDA. 
AS PART OF OUR 
COUNTY TO COUNTY 
SERIES. 
WE ASKED VOTERS 
IN JACKSONVILLE 
HOW THEY'RE 
HEADING INTO 
THIS ELECTION. 
>> I THINK THE 
STATE IS 
INVESTING IN THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
FOR BIDEN TO WIN 
BECAUSE THERE IS 
SOMETHING TO 
RALLY AROUND. 
IF YOU GET TRUMP 
FOR ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS, IT COULD 
ULTIMATELY BE 
THE DOWN FALL. 
IT DOESN'T 
MATTER IF IT IS 
TRUMP OR PENCE 
OR ANY 
REPUBLICAN TO 
FILL THAT SEAT. 
WE'RE VOTING ON 
SUCH DIFFERENT 
MENTALITIES IN 
AMERICA THESE 
DAYS THAT 
ANYBODY COULD 
NORTHBOUND THAT 
SEAT. 
I'M JUST GOING 
TO VOTE FOR A 
SMALLER 
GOVERNMENT, 
SAFER STREETS, 
BACKING THE 
POLICE, KEEPING 
OUR BORDERS 
SECURE, LESS 
GOVERNMENT, AND 
MORE INDIVIDUAL 
FREEDOM AND MORE 
INDIVIDUAL 
LIBERTY. 
>> IT DOESN'T 
RESEMBLE THE 
PARTY I JOINED. 
AND I'M HOPING 
THAT THIS IS A 
RESET KIND OF 
ELECTION. 
>> I'M GOING TO 
SUPPORT BIDEN. 
YOU PROBABLY SAW 
WHEN YOU CAME IN 
A REPUBLICAN FOR 
BIDEN SIGN. 
>> I FIRMLY 
BELIEVE IN 2020, 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF REPUBLICAN 
VOTERS THAT MAY 
NOT NECESSARILY 
BE AS OPEN AS 
WHAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO VOTE 
FOR BUT WILL BE 
CASTING THEIR 
BALLOTS FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
I THINK THAT THE 
LAST FOUR YEARS 
OF WHAT THEY 
EXPECTED THEY 
WERE GOING TO 
GET FROM THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS NOT BEEN 
WHAT THEY WANT. 
AND THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS 
OFFERING THEM AN 
ALTERNATIVE TO 
BRING THIS 
COUNTRY BACK. 
>> JOINS US LIVE 
FROM 
JACKSONVILLE, 
FLORIDA. 
HOW DO FOLKS 
FEEL THERE ABOUT 
LOSING THE RNC? 
>> HEY, ALYSON. 
THIS AREA HAS 
BEEN HIT HARD BY 
THE ECONOMIC 
FALLOUT FROM THE 
VIRUS AND THE 
VIRUS ITSELF. 
THE BUSINESS 
OWNERS THAT I 
TALKED TO SAYS 
IT'S BEEN A BIG 
LOSS. 
ONE OF THE VOTER 
THAT'S YOU HEARD 
FROM THERE, SAID 
THAT THE RNC 
WOULD HAVE BEEN 
LIKE THE SUPER 
BOWL IN TERMS OF 
THE BOOST THAT 
IT WOULD HAVE 
GIVEN THE 
ECONOMY. 
INTERESTINGLY HE 
SAID IN A WAY HE 
WAS RELIEVED IT 
WASN'T COMING 
HERE BECAUSE OF 
THE POLITICAL 
DIVIDE IT MIGHT 
EXACERBATE. 
THERE'S A REASON 
THAT PRESIDENT 
HAS OPINION 
FOCUSING ON 
DUVALL COUNTY. 
HE WON IT BY A 
SMALL MARGIN IN 
2016. 
THE FURTHER 
NORTH YOU GO THE 
MORE SOUTH YOU 
GET. 
IN AREA HAS BEEN 
TRADITIONAL. 
THAT NARROW 
VICTORY OF 16 
WAS A BIT OF A 
RED FLAG. 
EVEN BIGGER RED 
FLAG WAS IN 2018 
WHEN DEMOCRATIC 
GUBINATORIAL 
CANDIDATE TOOK 
THIS COUNTY 
WHICH SENT SHOCK 
WAVES THROUGH 
THE GOP. 
THE FIRST SINCE 
1980. 
SO THIS AREA HAS 
SEEN SOME SHIFTS 
THAT COULD POSE 
SOME HEADWINDS 
FOR DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THE SUBURBS HERE 
ARE GROWING. 
THEY'RE BECOMING 
MORE DIVERSE, 
MORE COLLEGE 
EDUCATED. 
AND THAT COULD 
SPELL SOME 
PROBLEMS BECAUSE 
THIS IS THE SORT 
OF DIAGRAM I CAN 
THAT HE HAS BEEN 
HAVING SOME 
TROUBLE WITH. 
SO OF COURSE HE 
STILL HAVE A 
PRETTY STRONG 
BASE OF 
IMPORTANT HERE. 
AND THERE ARE 
PLENTY OF 
REPUBLICANS THAT 
I TALKED TO HERE 
AS WELL THAT 
SAID I MIGHT NOT 
LIKE WHAT HE 
SAYS OR TWEETS 
BUT IT IS BETTER 
THAN THE 
ALTERNATIVE. 
ALYSON. 
>> YOU HAVE BEEN 
TRAVELING THE 
COUNTRY AHEAD OF 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
HOW IS WHAT 
YOU'RE HEARING 
THERE IN 
JACKSONVILLE 
STACK UP AGAINST 
THE OTHER TOWNS 
YOU'VE BEEN 
VISITING. 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING YOU 
ASKED THAT. 
I WAS STRUCK 
WHEN I SPOKE TO 
SOME OF THE 
VOTERS HERE. 
I HEARD A COUPLE 
OF THINGS THAT 
MADE ME THINK I 
WAS HAVING DEJA 
VU. 
KENT COUNTY, 
MICHIGAN, IT MAY 
SURPRISE SOME 
VIEWERS BECAUSE 
OF THE 
GEOGRAPHIC 
DISTANCES BUT 
YOU'RE SEEING 
TRENDS IN THE 
AREAS THAT ARE 
DIVERSIFYING. 
AND BOTH AREAS 
HAVE THIS MORE 
MODERATE SORT OF 
CHAMBER OF 
COMMERCE 
REPUBLICANS THAT 
DON'T REALLY 
RECOGNIZE THEIR 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
AS IT IS TODAY 
AS THE PARTY 
THAT THEY JOINED 
AND THEY GREW UP 
WITH. 
AND IT WAS 
STRIKING, 
ALLISON, TO HEAR 
ALMOST THE SAME 
WORDS COME OUT 
OF PEOPLE'S 
MOUTHS HERE AS I 
HEARD IN 
MICHIGAN. 
AS I MENTIONED 
BEFORE, THERE IS 
STILL A LOT OF 
SUPPORT FOR 
DONALD TRUMP 
HERE. 
AND I SPOKE WITH 
THE GOP COUNTY 
CHAIR WHO SAYS 
THAT EVEN THOUGH 
THE RNC DIDN'T 
ACTUALLY HAPPEN 
HERE, THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
THAT THEY WERE 
BUILDING OUT IN 
PREPARATION FOR 
IT IS ACTUALLY 
GOING TO BE 
HELPFUL TO THEM 
BECAUSE THEY 
HAVE REALLY 
BUILT UP THEIR 
GROUND GAME. 
THEY HAVE ADDED 
THOUSANDS MORE 
VOLUNTEERS AS A 
RESULT OF THE 
PREPARATION FOR 
THE RNC. 
HE THINKS THAT 
COULD BE PRETTY 
INFLUENTIAL IN 
GETTING MORE 
VOTERS AND 
BEEFENNING UP 
THE GROUND GAME 
BEFORE NOVEMBER. 
>> IT HAS BEEN 
INTERESTING TO 
HEAR FROM THE 
VOTERS. 
THIS TIME IN 
DUVALL, 
JACKSONVILLE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHARING THEIR 
POINT OF VIEW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
MORE COMING FOR 
YOU. 
DON'T WORRY. 
>> LOOKING 
FORWARD TO IT. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE LOOK TO 
US TO DIRECT OUR 
NATION'S MIGHT. 
>> MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS, THE 
LONG DARK NIGHT 
FOR AMERICA IS 
ABOUT TO END. 
>> BY PROMOTING 
LIBERTY ABROAD, 
WE WILL BUILD A 
SAFER WORLD. 
>> I AM YOUR 
VOICE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WELL IT IS 
CONVENTION WEEK 
PART TWO. 
WE WILL SEE IF 
ANY OF THE 
SPEECHES GIVEN 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THIS WEEK 
STAND THE TEST 
OF TIME. 
WE KNOW FROM THE 
CONVENTION 
THAT'S HAVE COME 
BEFORE THIS, 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SEVERAL SPEECHES 
THAT HAVE 
REVERBERATED 
THROUGH HISTORY. 
WE THOUGHT WE 
WOULD LOOK BACK 
AT A FEW OF 
THEM. 
FIRST UP, 1964, 
THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
THIS WAS AT THE 
COW POUT, THAT'S 
WHAT THEY CALLED 
THE ARENA IN SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
THE GOVERNOR OF 
ARIZONA BECAME 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINEE. 
THIS WAS A 
GRADUATE ROOTS 
REVOLUTION. 
A MODERATE 
ALMOST LIB RAT 
REPUBLICAN HAD 
BEEN THE 
FAVORITE. 
GOLDWATER GOT 
THE NOMINATION. 
IT WAS A DIVIDED 
REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
FACING AN UPHILL 
FIGHT IN THE 
GENERAL 
ELECTION. 
HE WAS THE MOST 
CONSERVATIVE 
CANDIDATE THAT 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY HAD PUT 
TOGETHER AND HE 
EMBRACED THAT 
IMAGE. 
HERE IS HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH. 
>> SO FOCUSED 
AND SO DEDICATED 
NOT BE MADE 
FUZZY AND FUGLE 
BUT UNTHINKING 
AND STUPID 
LABELS. 
I WOULD REMIND 
YOU THAT 
EXTREMISM IS A 
DEFENSE OF 
LIBERTY IS NO 
VICE. 
>> LET'S GO TO 
1976, INCUMBENT 
GERALD FORD HAD 
BECOME THE 
PRESIDENT TWO 
YEARS EARLIER 
WHEN NIXON 
RESIGNED. 
HE DECIDE HE 
WOULD RUN FOR A 
FULL TERM AND HE 
GOT CHALLENGED 
BY RONALD 
REAGAN. 
CONSERVATIVE 
REAGAN AGAINST 
FORD. 
FORD GOT THE 
NOMINATION. 
HE CALLED REAGAN 
TO THE STAGE AND 
ASKED HIM TO 
DELIVER A FEW 
WORDS AND REAGAN 
STOLE THE SHOW. 
>> I BELIEVE THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
HAS A PLATFORM 
THAT IS A BANNER 
OF BOLD 
UNMISTAKABLE 
COLORS WITH NO 
PALE PASTEL 
SHADES. 
WE HAVE JUST 
HEARD A CALL TO 
ARMS BASED ON 
THAT PLATFORM. 
AND A CALL TO US 
TO REALLY BE 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
COMMUNICATING 
AND REVEAL TO 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN THIS 
PLATFORM AND THE 
PLATFORM OF THE 
OPPOSING PARTY 
WHICH IS NOTHING 
BUT A REVAMPED 
AND A REISSUE 
AND A RUNNING OF 
A LATE, LATE 
SHOW OF THE 
THING WE HAVE 
BEEN HEARING 
FROM THEM FOR 
THE LAST 40 
YEARS. 
>> 1988 IN NEW 
ORLEANS. 
GEORGE HERBERT 
WALKER B HE HAD 
BEEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR 
EIGHT YEARS 
UNDER RONALD 
REAGAN. 
NOW RUNNING FOR 
THE PRESIDENCY 
ON HIS OWN. 
BUSH WANTED TO 
PROVE TO 
CONSERVE TOUCHES 
THAT I'M NOT 
THAT MODERATE 
THAT YOU 
REMEMBER FROM 
THE OLD DAYS. 
I'M ONE OF YOU 
NOW. 
>> MY OPPONENT 
WILL RAISE TAXES 
BUT I WILL AND 
THE CONGRESS 
WILL PUSH ME TO 
RAISE TAXES AND 
I WILL SAY NO. 
AND THEY WILL 
PUSH AND I'LL 
SAY NO. 
AND THEY WILL 
PUSH AGAIN AND 
I'LL SAY TO 
THEM, READ MY 
LIPS. 
NO NEW TAXES. 
>> WE ALL KNOW 
THE HISTORY OF 
THAT PROMISE OF 
COURSE A FEW 
YEARS LATER BUSH 
WENT BANG ON HIS 
WORST AND WAS 
DEFEATED IN 
1992. 
JOHN MCCAIN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NOMINEE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
HE GOT TO RUN 
AGAINST BARACK 
OBAMA. 
GEORGE W. BUSH 
WAS PRESIDENT 
FOR TWO TERMS. 
VERY UNPOPULAR. 
MCCAIN PICKS THE 
SECOND YEAR 
GOVERNOR OF 
ALASKA, SARAH 
PALIN. 
>> I HAVE THE 
PRIVILEGE OF 
LIVING MOST OF 
MY LIFE IN A 
SMALL TOWN. 
JUST YOUR 
AVERAGE HOCKEY 
MOM AND SIGNED 
UP FOR THE PTA. 
I LOVE THOSE 
HOCKEY MOMS. 
YOU KNOW THEY 
SAY THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN A HOCKEY 
MOM AND A PIT 
BULL? 
LIPSTICK. 
>> NOW OF COURSE 
SARAH PALIN HAD 
TROUBLES ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TROUBLE 
FROM THERE. 
BY THE END OF 
THE CAMPAIGN 
THERE WAS A LOT 
OF TALK THAT SHE 
MIGHT BE A 
LIABILITY FOR 
JOHN MCCAIN. 
IT WAS FORGOTTEN 
AT THAT MOMENT 
IN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVECTION. 
A STRONG 
POLITICAL FORCE. 
WE SAW THE 
CONVENTION FOR 
THE DEMOCRATS 
LAST WEEK. 
WE WILL GET SOME 
VERSION OF THAT. 
THIS WEEK WE 
WILL SEE HOW IT 
GOES BUT IT WILL 
BE DIFFERENT. 
HOW DIFFERENT? 
WE WILL SEE. 
CHAOS, A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE TELL ABOUT 
LOVE AND THAT'S 
WHY WE ARE DOWN 
HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY AND 
THAT'S WHAT I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
STRUGGLES TO 
EXPAND THE 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE TO 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE GETTING THAT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO WE
ARE AND WHO WE 
SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU'VE GOT 
TO GET A 4-YEAR 
DEGREE, SUPER 
EXPENSIVE AND WE 
HAVE A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A 
THING. 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS AND 
BORROW AND PATCH 
IT TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND WITH 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVING QUESTIONS 
AND WE STARTED 
SOMETHING FOR 
THEM AND WE HOPE 
YOUR FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COMING 
THROUGH HERE. 
>>> LIVE WEEKDAYS
AT 6:00 a.m. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>> TEACHERS 
MAKE TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>>> THIS IS THE 
MOMENT WE 
DEVELOP, 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITIES. 
>>> HOW DO 
STUDENTS FEEL? 
>> I MISS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES ON A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
FOR KIDS BEING 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>>> MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED IN 
PORTLAND 
TONIGHT. 
>> OUR POLICE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL WE 
FACE, I'M PROUD 
TO BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR AND A 
PROUD NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE OF
EMERGING AMERICA 
TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM,
%WO  WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> THE FDA 
ISSUED AN 
EMERGENCY ORDER 
THAT EXPANDS THE 
USE OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA AS A 
TREATMENT FOR 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WE HAVE
R. LUN ADVISER 
PETER NAVARRO 
FROM EARLIER 
TODAY. 
>> THERE SHOULD 
BE NO 
CONTROVERSY 
ABOUT 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
IT'S A THERAPY 
USED ACROSS MANY 
DISEASES FOR 
MANY DECADES AND 
THE ODDS OF IT 
HURTING YOU ARE 
CLOSE TO ZERO 
AND THE ODDS OF 
IT HELPING YOU 
ARE CLOSE TO 
100%. 
THE ONLY ISSUE IS
HOW MUCH IT CAN 
HELP. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
FDA, A 35% 
REDUCTION IN 
MORTALITY. 
%
>> WE HAVE 
CORRESPONDENT 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
JOINING ME NOW. 
WE WILL GET YOUR 
MEDICAL 
APPOINTMENT 
BECAUSE THAT WAS 
A TRADE ADVISER 
COMMENTING. 
LET'S HEAR IT 
FROM A QUALIFIED 
HEALTH 
PROFESSIONAL. 
HOW DOES THE 
NVEATMENT WORK? 
>>> THEY START 
WITH 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA AND OSTHAT 
IS A BLOOD 
PRODUCT WHERE 
YOU DONATE 
BLOOD. 
THERE IS PLASMA 
AND THEN WHAT 
THEY DO IS TAKE 
THAT LIQUID PART 
OUT AND FROM 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
COVID-19, THEY 
ARE DONATING 
BLOOD THAT IS 
RICH IN 
ANTIBODIES. 
THAN THEY USE 
THAT TO TREAT 
OTHERS THAT HAVE 
COVID-19 NOW AND 
THAT ARE HAVING 
A HARD TIME 
RECOVERING. 
IT GIVES THEM A 
BOOST OF 
ANTIBODIES AND 
BRIDGES THE GAP 
UNTIL THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM TAKES 
OVER AND THEY CAN
RECOVER. 
PART OF THE 
ISSUE IS THE 
EFFECTIVENESS AND
THIS WAS DONE HE
BEFORE 
ANTIBODIES CAME 
ABOUT AND WHEN 
WE GOT 
ANTIBIOTICS, IT 
LOST FAVOR AND 
HASN'T BEEN USED 
MUCH, SINCE. 
HE MENTIONED THE 
FACT THAT THE 
ODDS OF HELPING 
ARE CLOSE TO 
100% BUT THAT IS 
NOT A FACT, NOT 
AT ALL FACTUAL. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW MUCH IT WILL 
HELP PEOPLE AND 
WHAT THE DOSING 
IS. 
CLINICAL TRIALS 
NEED TO BE DONE 
AND THAT IS WHAT 
WE ARE NOT DOING 
BECAUSE OF THE 
AUTHORIZATION. 
>> DR. JOHN, IF 
YOU HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
WANT TO DONATE 
PLASMA, CAN YOU 
TELL US HOW THAT 
WORKS? 
AND ARE THERE 
RESTRICTIONS ON 
GAY SKI MEN? 
I KNOW THAT ANDY 
COHEN RAN INTO 
THAT ISSUE WHEN 
HE TRIED TO 
DONATE PLASMA 
AFTER HE HAD 
COVID THIS 
SUMMER. 
>> YOU GO TO A 
BLOOD DONATION 
CENTER AND THEY 
ARE PUSHING 
PEOPLE WHO HAD 
COVID-19 TO 
DONATE BLOOD TO 
GET THOSE 
ANTIBODIES. 
YOU DONATE THE BA
PLASMA AND IT 
TAKES TIME TO 
GET THE PLASMA 
AND THEY GIVE 
YOUR RED CELLS 
BACK AND TREAT 
OTHERS. LEME
FOR THE ISSUE OF 
MEN THAT HAVE 
NOT HAD SEXUAL 
RELATIONS WITH 
OTHER MEN IN THE 
LAST THREE 
MONTHS, IT'S A 
THREE MONTH TIME 
PERIOD VERSUS 12 
MONTHS I WITH 
THOSE 
DESIGNATIONS 
BEING ACCEPTED 
AND THIS IS A 
RULE CHANGE THAT 
RECENTLY CAME 
ABOUT. 
THERE'S A BIG 
PUSH TO GET 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
HAD CUTE.O  COVID-
19 TO DONATE 
BLOOD TO TRY TO 
GET THOSE 
ANTIBODIES AND 
THAT 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
>> GREAT TO HAVE 
YOU WITH US. 
>>> THE OPENING 
NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION, THE E
MESSAGE WAS PART 
PRAISE. 
>> TRUMP IS THE 
BODYGUARD OF 
WESTERN 
CIVILIZATION. 
DONALD TRUMP, 
LIKE ALL 
BUILDERS, IS A 
VISIONARY. 
>> YOU HAVE USED 
YOUR STRENGTH TO 
MAKE AMERICA  AR
GREAT AGAIN. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
ENSLAVE YOU TO 
THE POINT THAT 
YOU WILL NOT 
RECOGNIZE THIS 
COUNTRY. OT R
>> WITH MANY 
DELIVERING AN 
APOCALYPTIC 
PORTRAIT OF 
AMERICA IF JOE 
BIDEN DELIVERS. 
>> RTHE WANTS TO 
BURN DOWN THE 
FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY AND  T
WE HAVE A COUNTRY
 ATHAT WE NEED TO 
PROTECT. 
>> THE ST. LOUIS MU
COUPLE THAT 
BRANDISHED GUNS 
AS BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTER 
PASS THEIR HOME 
IN A GATED 
COMMUNITY, DEEP 
BLAMING 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> THEY ARE NOT 
SATISFIED WITH 
SPREADING THE 
VIOLENCE, THEY 
WANT TO ABOLISH 
THE SUBURBS ALL 
TOGETHER. 
>> THE GOP 
CONVENTIONS HAVE 
SUPPORTERS 
LAVISHING PRAISE 
ON PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP. 
WITH HIS  
REELECTION IN  O
JEOPARDY AND A 
MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS 
DISAPPROVING OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
HANDLING OF THE 
PANDEMIC, THE 
PARTY'S SCHOOL 
TO PORTRAY HIS 
RESPONSE TO THE 
PANDEMIC VIRUS 
AS EDECISIVE AND 
STRONG. 
THIS VIDEO 
FEATURES HIM 
THANKING 
FRONTLINE 
WORKERS. 
>> WE HAVE TO 
MAKE THIS CHINA 
VIRUS GO AWAY 
AND IS 
HAPPENING. 
>> HIS ELDEST 
SON ATTACKED JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> IS BASICALLY 
THE LOCH NESS 
MONSTER. 
HE STICKS HIS 
HEAD UP EVERY 
NOW AND THEN TO 
RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT AND 
THEN DISAPPEARS 
AND DOESN'T DO 
MUCH IN BETWEEN. 
>> THEY ARE 
HIGHLIGHTING 
DIVERSITY ORWITH 
CRITICAL 
MINORITY VOTERS 
AND NIKKI HALEY 
SHARED LHER 
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> I WAS A BROWN 
GIRL IN A BLACK 
AND WHITE WORLD 
AND IN MUCH OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, IT'S NOT 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA 
IS RACIST. SCI
THAT IS A LIE. 
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>> TIM SCOTT, 
THE ONLY BLACK 
REPUBLICAN IN 
THE SENATE TOOK 
CABS AT BIDEN 
WHILE 
HIGHLIGHTING HIS 
UPLIFTING 
BIOGRAPHY. 
>>OUR FAMILY 
WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN 
ONE LIFETIME. OTON
THAT'S WHY I 
BELIEVE THE NEXT 
AMERICAN CENTURY 
CAN BE BETTER 
THAN THE LAST. HE
>> TWO MORE 
CHILDREN, ERIC 
TRUMP AND 
TIFFANY TRUMP 
AND THE FIRST 
LADY, MELANIA 
TRUMP, WILL 
SPEAK IN OUR 
AUDIENCE OF 
ROUGHLY 50 
PEOPLE IN THE 
ROOM NEWLY 
RENOVATED ROSE 
GARDEN. 
THERE ARE 
ETHICAL 
QUESTIONS THAT 
DIPLOMATS HAVE 
STEERED CLEAR OF 
TO AVOID MIXING 
GOVERNMENT WORK 
IN POLITICS. 
POMPEO'S 
SPEAKING AND 
USING A STOP IN 
JERUSALEM FOR 
THE OFFICIAL 
OVERSEAS TRIP AS 
A BACKDROP WITH A 
AIDES SAYING HE 
IS USING HIS 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY WITH NO 
TAXPAYER MONEY 
USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS. 
>>> 2020 HAS 
TESTED OUR NATION
IN WAYS WE 
HAVEN'T SEEN FOR 
DECADES. 
>>> THERE'S ONE 
THING I LEARNED. 
EVEN ON OUR 
WORST DAY, WE 
ARE BLESSED TO 
LIVE IN AMERICA. 
>> AMERICA IS 
THE GREATEST 
COUNTRY ON EARTH 
BUT MY FATHER'S 
ENTIRE WORLDVIEW 
REVOLVES AROUND 
THE IDEA THAT WE 
CAN ALWAYS DO IT 
EVEN BETTER. 
THE ELECTION IS 
ABOUT WHO CAN 
PRESERVE THE 
VALUES, 
PRINCIPLES AND 
THINGS THAT MAKE 
AMERICA FOLK ARE 
GREAT. 
>>> THIS 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF SUCCESS
AND THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT 
HAS A RECORD OF 
WEAKNESS AND 
FAILURE. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
BASICALLY THE 
LOCH NESS 
MONSTER OF THE 
SWAMP. 
FOR HALF A 
CENTURY, HE'S 
BEEN WORKING IN 
THERE. 
LOOK WHAT HE 
ALREADY DID AND 
WHAT HE DIDN'T DO
WELL HE HAS BEEN 
IN WASHINGTON 
FOR 47 YEARS. 
>> AMERICA IS ON 
THE LINE. 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP BELIEVES 
IN YOU AND HE 
EMANCIPATED'S 
AND LIFTS YOU UP 
TO LIVE YOUR 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
>> HE KNOWS THAT 
POLITICAL 
CORRECTNESS AND 
CANCEL CULTURE 
ARE DANGEROUS 
AND JUST PLAIN 
WRONG. 
>> YOU CANNOT 
CANCEL A CULTURE 
THAT LOVES ITS 
HEROES. 
TO IMPROVE IN THE
FUTURE, WE MUST 
LEARN FROM OUR 
PAST, NOT ERASE 
IT. 
>> WE DON'T GIVE 
INTO CANCEL 
CULTURE OR THE 
RADICAL BASE. IT 
SEEMS WORSE TODAY
THAN IN THE 
1860s SO THE 
1960s. 
>> IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
IT IS NOW 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA 
IS RACIST. 
THAT IS A LIE. 
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>> YOU'VE SEEN 
US ON YOUR TV 
SCREENS AND 
TWITTER FEEDS 
AND WE ARE NOT 
THE KIND OF 
PEOPLE THAT BACK 
DOWN AND 
THANKFULLY, 
NEITHER IS 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS THE LAW 
AND ORDER 
PRESIDENT. 
>> DEMOCRATS 
WON'T LET YOU GO 
TO WORK, BUT 
THEY LET YOU 
PROTEST AND 
RIOT. 
>> THEY WILL 
EMPTY PRISONS, 
LOCK YOU IN YOUR 
HOME AND INVITE 
MS-13 TO LIVE 
NEXT DOOR. 
THE LEFT WANTS 
TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
THIS IS PERSONAL 
TO ME AND I 
WOULDN'T BE HERE 
WITHOUT THE 
BRAVERY AND 
HEROISM FOR THE 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
WHO SAVED MY 
LIFE. 
WHAT HAPPENED TO 
GEORGE FLOYD IS A
DISGRACE AND IF 
YOU KNOW A POLICE
OFFICER, THEY 
AGREE WITH THAT, 
TOO. 
WE CANNOT LOSE 
SIGHT THAT ALL 
AMERICAN POLICE 
OFFICERS ARE 
HEROES. 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WANT A 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
DIFFERENT 
AMERICA. 
>> THIS IS AN 
ELECTION WHERE 
THEY WANT TO 
BURN OUR 
FOUNDATIONS TO 
THE GROUND AND 
WE HAVE A PARTY 
THAT WANTS TO 
REBUILD AND 
PROTECT OUR 
GREAT AN ACTION. 
>> THESE 
RADICALS ARE NOT 
CONTENT WITH 
RIDING IN THE 
STREETS. 
THEY WANT TO 
WALK THE HALLS 
OF CONGRESS AND 
TAKE OVER. 
THEY WANT TO 
TAKE OVER WITH 
POWER. 
THIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S PARTY. 
>> WE SEEK A 
NATION THAT 
RISES TOGETHER, 
NOT FALLS APART 
IN ANARCHY AND 
ANGER. 
>> THE SELECTION 
IS BETWEEN 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
JOE BIDEN BUT NOT
SOLELY ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
JOE BIDEN. 
IT'S ABOUT THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA. 
>> LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, 
LEADERS AND 
FIGHTERS FOR 
FREEDOM AND 
LIBERTY AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM, 
THAT IS YET TO 
COME! 
 
ADDRESS.
>> PETER, THANK YOU VERY 
>>> SOUTH 
CAROLINA TIM 
SCOTT, SENATOR, 
JOINS US. 
THANKS FOR 
WAKING UP EARLY. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
I HOPE YOU ARE 
DOING WELL. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE STATE 
OF THE RACE. 
PICK YOUR POLL 
BUT IF YOU 
AVERAGE THEM, 
MOST SHOW VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN SEVEN 
POINTS AHEAD OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
IS THIS AN 
UPHILL BATTLE 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OR ARE 
THE POLLS OFF THE
MARK? 
>> WELL, THE 
POLLS WERE OFF 
IN 2016 AND I 
WOULDN'T BE 
SURPRISED IF THEY
ARE OFF NOW. 
MORE 
IMPORTANTLY, WE 
BETTER USE THE 
NEXT 70 DAYS TO 
SELL OUR CASE 
AND I THINK WE 
WILL DO SO. 
OCTOBER IS THE 
MONTH TO 
REMEMBER AND IN 
MY OPINION, 
ELECTIONS DON'T 
START UNTIL 
AFTER LABOR DAY. 
WHERE WE ARE IN 
THE CYCLE NOW IS 
LESS IMPORTANT 
THAN OCTOBER. 
I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD TO 
SEEING THIS RACE 
SHARPEN. 
THE RACE WILL BE 
THE FACTOR IN 
HOW THE ELECTION 
TURNS OUT. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
RIPPED THE 
DEMOCRAT 
CONVENTION FOR 
BEING DARK AND 
PROMISED THEIRS 
WOULD BE MORE 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
HOPEFUL. 
LET ME PLAY A 
SAMPLE OF SOME 
OF THE SPEECHES 
WE HEARD LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> IT'S ALMOST 
LIKE THE 
SELECTION IS 
SHAPING UP TO BE 
CHURCH, WORK AND 
SCHOOL VERSUS 
RIOTING, LOOTING 
AND VANDALISM. 
>> THEY WILL 
DISARM IT, EMPTY 
THE PRISONS, 
LOCK YOU IN YOUR 
HOME AND INVITE 
MS-13 TO LIVE 
NEXT DOOR. 
>> YOUR FAMILY 
WILL NOT BE SAFE 
AND THAT IS IN 
THE RADICAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
AMERICA. 
>> FAR LEFT 
DEMOCRATS MAY 
THE SHOOTING 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
CONTROL WHAT YOU 
SEE AND THINK SO 
THEY CAN CONTROL 
HOW YOU LIVE. 
>> YOUR SPEECH 
WAS UPBEAT BUT 
YOU LANDED SOME 
PUNCHES, I GRANT 
YOU. 
DO YOU LIKE THAT 
MESSAGE THAT THE 
CONVENTION SCENT 
LAST NIGHT OR DO 
YOU WISH THE 
RHETORIC WOULD 
BE RATCHETED 
DOWN A BIT? 
>> THIS IS A 
POLITICAL 
PROCESS AND WHAT 
I LIKE TO THINK 
ABOUT IS WHAT I 
SPOKE ABOUT. 
IMPORTANT TO ME 
IS THAT MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 
99th BIRTHDAY IS 
TODAY AND THE 
FACT THAT 
AMERICA HAS 
CHANGED SO MUCH, 
WE'VE EVOLVED TO 
A BETTER NATION 
AND WE ARE 
MOVING TOWARD 
THAT MORE 
PERFECT UNION. 
THERE WERE 
CERTAINLY SOME 
FIRE AND 
BRIMSTONE ITEMS 
LAST WEEK AND WE 
CREATED A STARK 
CONTRAST THIS 
WEEK BUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
THE MESSAGES 
THAT I'M 
PROVIDING TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
IS THAT WE ARE 
BETTER TOGETHER. 
THIS ELECTION 
CYCLE, WE HAVE A 
CHANCE TO DECIDE 
THE FATE OF THIS 
NATION AND THE 
DIRECTION OF 
THIS NATION. 
I'M OPTIMISTIC 
ABOUT WHERE WE 
ARE GOING. 
>> LAST NIGHT 
FEATURED MANY 
BLACK SPEAKERS 
AND YOU WERE THE 
CLOSER, THE 
HEADLINER. 
THERE WAS A 
CONCERTED 
EFFORT, IT 
SEEMED, TO REACH 
BLACK VOTERS, IN 
PARTICULAR. 
AS YOU WILL KNOW 
IN THE POLLS, 
ABOUT 8% OF 
BLACK VOTERS 
SUPPORT THE 
PRESIDENT, 88% 
FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN. 
HOW MUCH OF AN 
UPHILL CLIMB IS 
THIS TO TRY TO 
WIN BACK SOME OF 
THOSE BLACK 
VOTERS? 
>> IT'S ALWAYS 
BEEN A CHALLENGE 
FOR REPUBLICANS 
TO DO WELL IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY AND 
THE POLICY 
POSITIONS ARE 
FAR BETTER THAN 
THAT OF THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
WE GO WHERE WE 
AREN'T INVITED 
TO TALK TO 
VOTERS IN A WAY 
THAT SAYS WE CARE
ABOUT THE ISSUES 
THAT ARE 
IMPORTANT TO 
THOSE VOTERS, 
FROM HBCUs TO 
OPPORTUNITY 
ZONES AND 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
ISSUES AND 
WORKFORCE 
PARTICIPATION 
RATES. 
WE'VE ADDRESSED 
MAJOR ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN 
STICKING POINTS 
IN THE PAST AND 
I'M HOPEFUL THAT 
THE WAY WE'VE 
ADDRESSED THOSE 
ISSUES WILL 
RESONATE WITH 
THE VOTERS AND 
DRIVE UP THOSE 
NUMBERS. 
I'M ENCOURAGED 
TO SEE AN 
INCREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTING FOR THE 
PRESIDENT AND THE
REPUBLICAN TICKET
AND WE WILL SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER BUT 
TODAY, I'M 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
INCREASING THOSE 
NUMBERS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA TO OPEN 
THE CONVENTION 
AND SPENT 
SEVERAL MINUTES 
RAILING AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION AND 
THERE WILL BE 
WIDESPREAD 
FRAUD, HE 
PREDICTS PIT HE 
SAID THE ONLY WAY
WE USE THE 
ELECTION IS IF 
IT IS A RIGGED 
ELECTION. 
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>> I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONFIDENCE IN 
OUR ELECTORAL 
PROCESS AND I'M 
CONFIDENT WE 
WILL HAVE FAIR 
ELECTIONS IN 
THIS COUNTRY AND 
MOST ISSUES WILL 
BE LOCAL ISSUES. 
HAVING SERVED IN 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN HOW WE TAKE 
CARE OF THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NOT MISSED 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO TALK ABOUT THE
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
FROM YESTERDAY, 
HIS REMARKS ARE 
2.5 PAGES, 
SINGLESPACED, 
JUST YESTERDAY 
ON THIS ISSUE, 
TRYING TO SAY 
THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT. 
YOU HAVE 
CONFIDENCE IN 
THE PROCESS. 
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO SEND THAT 
MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY? 
>> SAVANNAH, I 
HOPE YOU HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I'M SAYING WHAT 
I BELIEVE IN 
MOST AMERICANS 
BELIEVE, THIS 
PROCESS OF MAIL-
IN BALLOTS WILL 
WORK OUT JUST 
FINE. 
I THINK EVERY 
SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE 
AND HOW WE DO SO 
IS IMPORTANT AND 
THAT WE DO SO IS 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
I WILL HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
ALL OF THE 
MOVING PIECES 
WILL FIT TOGETHER
AND WE WILL HAVE 
A VERY STRONG 
AND INTEGRITY 
DRIVEN AND 
CHARACTER DRIVEN 
ELECTION. 
>> SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT, THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR TIME. 
WE APPRECIATE 
IT. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
E
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASING 
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA YESTERDAY TO OPEN UP 
THE CONVENTION AND
>>> THE 
PRESIDENT WENT 
TO NORTH 
CAROLINA 
YESTERDAY TO 
OPEN THE 
CONVENTION AND 
SPENT SEVERAL 
MINUTES RAILING, 
AGAIN, AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION AND 
THERE WILL BE 
WIDESPREAD 
FRAUD, HE IS 
PREDICTING. 
HE SAID THE ONLY 
WAY WE LOSE THE 
ELECTION IS IF 
IT IS RIGGED. 
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>> I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONFIDENCE IN 
OUR ELECTORAL 
PROCESS AND I'M 
CONFIDENT WE 
WILL HAVE FAIR 
ELECTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY. 
MOST OF THE 
ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN WILL BE 
LOCAL ISSUES. 
HAVING SERVED IN 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN 
HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NOT MISSED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
YESTERDAY, HE 
HAD 2.5 PAGES 
SINGLESPACED ON 
THIS ISSUE, 
TRYING TO SAY 
THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT. 
YOU SAY YOU HAVE 
CONFIDENCE IN 
THIS VOTING 
PROCESS BUT DOES 
THE PRESIDENT 
NEED TO SEND 
THAT MESSAGE 
MORE CLEARLY? 
>> SAVANNAH, YOU 
WILL HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY, I 
HOPE, TO 
INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT. I 
WILL SAY HOW I 
FEEL ABOUT IT 
AND MOST 
AMERICANS, I 
THINK, BELIEVE 
THAT THE PROCESS 
OF MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS WILL 
WORK OUT JUST 
FINE. I 
THINK EVERY 
SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
HOW WE DO SO IS 
IMPORTANT AND 
THAT WE DO SO IS 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
I HAVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
THE MOVING 
PIECES WILL 
ACTUALLY FIT 
TOGETHER AND WE 
WILL HAVE A 
STRONG AND 
INTEGRITY DRIVEN 
AND CHARACTER 
DRIVEN ELECTION. 
 
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER RACE AND 
POLICING.
OVERNIGHT NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
>>> OVERNIGHT, 
NEW CLASHES 
BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
>> WE ENCOURAGE 
PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST 
PEACEFULLY AND 
NOT TO BE 
DESTRUCTIVE. 
>> THEIR OFFICERS
SHOT JACOB BLAKE 
IN THE BACK 
YESTERDAY WHILE 
HIS CHILDREN 
WATCH. 
>> IT FELT LIKE 
A VENDETTA BEING 
TAKEN OUT ON A 
MEMBER OF OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> THIS NEW 
VIDEO SHOWED THE 
SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE 
BUT IT'S NOT 
CLEAR EXACTLY 
WHAT WAS SAID 
BETWEEN POLICE 
AND BLAKE. 
AT LEAST TWO 
OFFICERS WITH 
GUNS DRAWN 
FOLLOWED HIM AS 
HE WALKED TO THE 
FRONT OF HIS 
SUV. 
WE PAUSED THE 
VIDEO AFTER HE 
OPENED THE DOOR 
WITH HIS BACK TO 
AN OFFICER. 
THEN, AT LEAST 
SEVEN SHOTS. 
AN EYEWITNESS 
RECORD OF THE 
ANGLE AND HE 
DIDN'T SHOW HIS 
FACE BUT SAID HE 
SAW BLAKE TRYING 
TO BREAK UP AN 
ARGUMENT BETWEEN 
TWO WOMEN AT THE 
SCENE. 
>> I HAD NO IDEA 
THEY WOULD SHOOT 
HIM. 
>> HE SAID THEY 
TOLD BLAKE TO 
DROP A KNIFE BUT 
HE NEVER SAW 
BLAKE WITH A 
WEAPON. 
THE WISCONSIN 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING AND
THE OFFICERS ARE 
NOW ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
THE KENOSHA 
POLICE ASK THAT 
YOU WITHHOLD 
PREJUDGMENT AND 
LET THE PROCESS 
TAKE PLACE. 
VIDEO OF THE 
SHOOTING 
RICOCHETED 
ACROSS SOCIAL 
MEDIA, DRAWING 
OUTRAGE FROM 
LeBRON JAMES TO 
JOE BIDEN. 
THERE IS 
PROFOUND OUTRAGE 
WITH THE 
SHOOTING COMING 
THREE MONTHS 
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD 
WITH BERNADETTE 
PRINCE SAYING 
SHE HAS THREE 
SONS. 
>> I AM ANGRY [ 
BLEEP ] AND 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
ANGRY BECAUSE 
THIS NEEDS TO 
STOP. 
OUR BLACK MAN 
ARE NOT 
SOMETHING YOU 
CAN HUNT AND 
KILL BECAUSE YOU 
FEEL LIKE IT. 
>> FIREFIGHTERS 
HAVE BLOCKED OFF 
THIS AREA AND IT 
WAS BURNED TO 
THE GROUND 
OVERNIGHT. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
FROM THE FAMILY 
THAT BLAKE IS 
EXPECTED TO 
RECOVER BUT THE 
COMMUNITY 
WONDERS WHAT IS 
NEXT. 
>>> TROPICAL 
STORM MARCO 
BRINGS HEAVY 
RAIN, FLOODING 
AND A FEW FEET 
OF STORM SURGE 
ACROSS THE GULF 
COAST. 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
IS COMING, IT 
COULD BE THE 
CALM BEFORE THE 
STORM. 
>> UNLIKE MARCO, 
LAURA IS A VERY 
LARGE STORM AND 
VERY, VERY 
POWERFUL. 
THIS IS AN 
ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE WE 
ARE ANTICIPATING 
BASED ON THE 
CURRENT 
FORECAST. 
>> TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA 
DUMPING HEAVY 
RAIN ON THE 
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
WITH A FINAL 
OBSTACLE AS THE 
JET WATERS ACT 
AS FUEL TO 
PROPEL THE 
SYSTEM ON A 
COLLISION COURSE
. IT IS A 
POSSIBLE 
CATEGORY 2 OR 
CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE. 
>> I DON'T WANT 
TO RIDE OUT 
ANOTHER ONE. 
>> I'D RATHER BE 
SURPRISED WHEN 
IT IS NOT WHAT I 
THOUGHT. 
>> IN COASTAL 
AREAS OF TEXAS, 
THEY PREPARE TO 
MOVE THE 
RESIDENTS. 
>> IS A MAJOR 
HURRICANE THAT 
COULD THREATEN 
THE TEXAS COAST. 
WE ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING TO 
PREPARE. 
>> CITIES 
HAUNTED BY 
PREVIOUS 
DISASTERS KNOW 
THE THREAT ALL 
TOO WELL. 
NEW ORLEANS 
NAMED FRENCH 
QUARTER STREETS 
THAT WERE 
VIRTUALLY EMPTY. 
>> ONE THING 
AFTER THE OTHER. 
WHAT MORE CAN 
THEY THROW AT 
US? 
WE WILL DO IT 
AND ADJUST AND 
WE WILL MAKE IT 
WORK. 
>> THE TEXAS 
AREAS AND 
LOUISIANA HAVE 
RECEIVED 
EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS 
FROM FEMA AND IN 
THIS STATE, 
NEARLY 2000 
NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN ARE 
HAVING HIGH 
WATER VEHICLES 
READY IN CASE 
THEY ARE NEEDED 
FOR EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE. 
>>> AL IS 
TRACKING THIS 
STORM ALL 
MORNING. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE 
GOT HURRICANE 
WATCHES FROM 
GALVESTON TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA WAS 
STORM WATCHES 
FURTHER EAST AND 
WEST. 
LAURA IS 85 
MILES NORTHWEST 
OF CUBA AND 65-
MILE PER HOUR 
WINDS ARE MOVING 
THROUGH AND IT 
WILL STRENGTHEN 
TO A HURRICANE 
TODAY AND WILL 
GROW IN SIZE AND 
INTENSITY. A 
CATEGORY 2 BY 
WEDNESDAY WITH 
RAIN AND WIND 
INCREASING FROM 
CORPUS CHRISTI 
TO NEW ORLEANS. 
THURSDAY, LATE 
THURSDAY, IT 
BECOMES A 
CATEGORY 3 WITH 
LANDFALL AT 150 
MILES PER HOUR 
WITH WINDS 
DUSTING AND 
STORM SURGES 
MOVING NORTH 
WITH THE RISK 
FOR FLOODING AND 
TORNADOES NOT 
BEING RULED OUT. 
WHY ARE WE 
LOOKING FOR RAPID
INTENSIFICATION? 
IT HAS A 750-MILE
JOURNEY OVER WARM
GULF WATERS 
AVERAGING 86 
DEGREES. 
THAT MEANS 
CONDITIONS ARE 
FAVORABLE FOR 
THE INCREASE OF 
35 MILES PER HOUR
IN 24 HOURS WITH 
THE STORM SURGE 
VALUES BASED ON 
A CATEGORY 2 
LANDFALL AND WE 
EXPECT THOSE 
NUMBERS TO GO UP 
ANYWHERE FROM 4 
FEET TO 11 FEET 
OF STORM SURGE 
AND RAINFALL 
UPWARDS OF 12 
INCHES FROM LAKE 
CHARLES TO 
LITTLE ROCK AND 
WE WILL TRACK 
THIS. 
THE RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION 
IS WHAT WE ARE 
WORRIED ABOUT, 
BRINGING IT UP TO
83. 
WHETHER TWO OR 
THREE, IT WILL 
POTENTIALLY DO A 
LOT OF DAMAGE. 
 
MORNING JERRY FALWELL JR.'S TIME
AS PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY MAY BE COMING TO AN 
END.
FALWELL TELLING "THE WALL STREET
>>> JERRY 
FALWELL'S TIME 
AS PRESIDENT OF 
LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY MAY 
BE OVER. 
HE TOLD THE WALL 
STREET JOURNAL 
HE SUBMITTED HIS 
RESIGNATION 
LETTER. 
THEY SAID THE 
EMBATTLED 
EVANGELIST HAD 
WITHDRAWN HIS 
EARLIER OFFER ON 
MONDAY TO STEP 
DOWN. 
>> I COULDN'T DO 
IT WITHOUT YOU. 
>> FALWELL GAVE 
A LENGTHY 
STATEMENT TO THE 
WASHINGTON 
EXAMINER, SAYING 
HIS WIFE, BECKI 
FALWELL, HAD AN 
EXTRAMARITAL 
AFFAIR AND AND 
THEY WERE THE 
VICTIMS OF BLACK 
MALE. 
HE SAID HE HAD A 
FATAL ATTRACTION 
WITH THE MEN 
WORKING AT A 
MIAMI HOTEL AND 
ACCORDING TO 
REUTERS, THAT 
MAN IS GIANCARLO 
GRANDA. 
FOLWELL SAID HE 
WAS AWARE OF HER 
INAPPROPRIATE 
RELATIONSHIP BUT 
SAID HE WAS NOT 
INVOLVED. 
GIANCARLO GRANDA 
TOLD REUTERS HE 
HAD AN EIGHT 
YOUR SEXUAL 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH BECKI 
FALWELL AND HE 
SAID HER HUSBAND 
JERRY KNEW ABOUT 
IT AND OFTEN 
WATCHED THEM 
TOGETHER. 
GRANDA GAVE 
REUTERS MESSAGES 
AND SCREEN SHOTS 
FROM A FACE TIME 
IN WHICH BECKI 
WAS NAKED AND AN 
AUDIO RECORDING 
OF A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE COUPLE. 
AND NBC NEWS HAS 
NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGES OR 
PHOTOS. 
AND 2019, GRANDA 
SAID THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
GREW CONTENTIOUS 
AND GRANDA WROTE 
TO JERRY 
FALWELL, SINCE 
YOU ARE OKAY 
WITH RUINING MY 
LIFE, I WILL TAKE
THAT, BECAUSE HE 
RUDE. 
IF CONFLICT IS 
WHAT YOU WANT, 
SO BE IT. 
FOLWELL SAID HE 
WAS EXTORTED AND 
GRANDA SAID HE 
DENIES THIS. 
>> PRESIDENT 
DONALD J. TRUMP. 
>> THE FALWELLS 
ARE SOME OF 
TRUMP'S MOST 
PROMINENT 
RELIGIOUS 
SUPPORTERS. 
>> WE ARE SO 
PROUD OF OUR 
STUDENTS AT 
LIBERTY. 
IT'S AN HONOR TO 
SERVE BESIDE 
THEM AND WE TRY 
TO TEACH GOOD 
FAMILY VALUES 
AND GOOD MORALS. 
>> FOLWELL IS ON 
A LEAVE OF 
ABSENCE AT 
LIBERTY AFTER 
POSTING AND THEN 
DELETING A PHOTO 
WITH A WOMAN NOT 
HIS WIFE ON 
INSTAGRAM, 
TELLING THE 
RADIO SHOW IT 
WAS TAKEN AT A 
COSTUME PARTY IN 
GOOD FUN. 
>> I'VE 
APOLOGIZED TO 
EVERYBODY AND I 
PROMISED MY KIDS 
THAT I WILL TRY 
TO BE A GOOD BOY 
FROM HERE ON 
OUT. 
>> DESPITE THAT 
STATEMENT AND 
WITH THE NEW 
INFORMATION, HAS 
ANYONE TALKED 
DIRECTLY TO 
FOLWELL? 
>> WELL, WE 
REACHED OUT AND 
NEITHER 
RESPONDED. 
IT APPEARS AS IF 
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL HAD AN 
INTERVIEW WITH 
HIM. 
AT FIRST, HE WAS 
ANGRY BUT THEN 
HE MADE AN 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
THAT HE HAD 
EMBARRASSED THE 
UNIVERSITY AND 
DIDN'T WANT TO 
DO FURTHER 
DAMAGE. 
,
IF WE CONTRACT COVID?
FROM HONG KONG THIS MORNING, THE
FIRST CONFIRMED CASE
>>> FROM HONG 
KONG THIS 
MORNING, THE 
FIRST CONFIRMED 
CASE OF A PATIENT
CONTRACTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS A 
SECOND TIME. 
A 33-YEAR-OLD 
MAN WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
COVID IN LATE 
MARCH AND HIS 
CONDITIONS AND 
REQUIRED 
HOSPITALIZATION. 
THE CASE WAS 
MILD AND FOUR 
MONTHS LATER, 
REPORTEDLY AFTER 
RETURNING TO 
HONG KONG FROM 
SPAIN VIA THE 
UNITED KINGDOM, 
HE TESTED 
POSITIVE AGAIN 
ON AUGUST 15 AND 
WAS 
HOSPITALIZED, 
BUT IS 
ASYMPTOMATIC. 
THE FINDINGS 
SUGGEST THAT 
SOME THAT 
RECOVERED MAY 
HAVE ONLY SHORT-
LIVED IMMUNITY. 
EXPERTS SAY THE 
REINFECTION IS 
COMMON WITH 
OTHER 
CORONAVIRUSES. 
>> I'M NOT 
SURPRISED AND WE 
KNOW THAT PEOPLE 
DEVELOP IMMUNITY 
BUT HOW LONG 
THAT WILL LAST, 
WE DON'T KNOW. 
>> DOCTORS 
INSISTS THAT 
THIS DISCOVERED 
CASE OF 
REINFECTION 
SHOULD NOT 
DERAIL THE PUSH 
FOR A VACCINE. 
BACK EVEN FOR 
PATIENTS THAT 
HAVE RECOVERED, 
I OFFER THEM 
THIS VACCINE. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF 
IT HAS A HIGH 
IMMUNE RESPONSE. 
>> THE NEWS 
COMES AFTER THE 
FDA HAS AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON 
THE EVE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION THAT 
IT APPROVED 
EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA TO TREAT 
COVID-19. 
EXPERTS SAY 
PLASMA, LONG USED
TO TREAT 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES, HAS 
SHOWN PROMISE IN 
TREATING COVID. 
THE FDA REPORTS 
35% IMPROVEMENT 
IN SURVIVAL AND 
RESEARCHERS SAID 
IT WAS MOST 
EFFECTIVE WHEN 
ADMINISTERED 
EARLY WITH HIGH 
DOSES OF 
ANTIBODIES. 
DR. GUPTA 
CAUTIONS IT IS 
NOT A CURE-ALL 
FOR EVERYONE. 
>> I'VE BEEN 
USING IT SINCE 
MARCH AND IT 
MIGHT HAVE SOME 
BENEFIT, NOT 
LARGE OR A 
BREAKTHROUGH OR 
A MIRACLE CURE 
BUT IT'S BEEN 
AROUND FOR OTHER 
DISEASES FOR 
MILLENNIA. 
>> THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER NOW 
CLARIFIES HIS 
REMARKS, SAYING 
THERE ARE 
CAVEATS TO THE 
35% IMPROVEMENT. 
FOR THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM 
HONG KONG, AND 
NOW APPEARS HE 
HAD A SECOND 
STRING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS, NOT 
THE INITIAL 
STRAIN AND 
THAT'S HOW THEY 
DETERMINE THAT 
HE WAS 
REINFECTED. 
IF HE HAD THE 
SAME STRAIN, 
THEY WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT THE 
VIRUS MAY HAVE 
JUST BEEN LAYING 
LOW FOR A WHILE 
BUT NOW, WE HEAR 
THERE WERE TWO 
CASES, ONE IN 
THE NETHERLANDS 
AND ONE IN 
BELGIUM OF 
PEOPLE BEING 
REINFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS. 
 
BELGIUM OF PEOPLE BEING 
REINFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, TOM.
THANK YOU.
JOINING US NOW IS DR. ASHISH JHA
>>> JOINING US 
IS THE DIRECTOR 
OF THE HARVARD 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
INSTITUTE. 
THE PATIENT HAD 
GOTTEN A 
SLIGHTLY 
DIFFERENT 
STRAIN. 
DOES THAT MEAN 
YOU CAN GET 
INFECTED WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS, GET 
OVER IT AND 
SURVIVE AND THEN 
A SECOND STRAIN 
COMES? 
OR, IS THE WORRY 
THAT YOUR 
ANTIBODIES WILL 
WEAR OFF? 
>> GOOD MORNING 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR HAVING ME. 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
IS A SECOND 
STRAIN, IT IS 
FUNCTIONALLY THE 
SAME VIRUS. 
THE WAY I LOOK AT
THIS, IT'S NOT 
SURPRISING AND 
WE'VE EXPECTED 
SOME PEOPLE TO 
GET REINFECTED. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS 
THAT IT LOOKS 
LIKE IT HAPPENS 
INFREQUENTLY AND 
THE PERSON WHO 
WAS REINFECTED, 
AT LEAST IN HONG 
KONG, SEEMS TO 
HAVE A MILD 
CASE. 
I'VE PUT THAT 
TOGETHER AND SAY 
IT IS IN LINE 
WITH OUR 
EXPECTATIONS AND 
NOT A CAUSE FOR 
ALARM OR 
CONCERN. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
THE ANTIBODIES, 
AND LET'S 
PRETEND THEY 
WEAR OFF OVER A 
FOUR-MONTH 
PERIOD, WHAT 
HAPPENS WITH A 
VACCINE? 
>> MY HOPE IS 
THAT WITH A 
VACCINE, WE CAN 
GET MORE DURABLE 
IMMUNITY. 
VACCINE IS NOT 
GOING TO BRING 
THE PANDEMIC 
COMPLETELY TO AN 
END BUT IT WILL 
MAKE A BIG 
DIFFERENCE. 
WE MIGHT NEED A 
VACCINE EVERY 
YEAR AS A 
BOOSTER TO MAKE 
SURE THAT OUR 
SYSTEM IS 
ADEQUATELY READY 
FOR THE VIRUS. 
THIS IS NOT 
MAJORLY 
CONCERNING AND 
MOST TO GET 
INFECTED SEEM TO 
HAVE DURABLE 
IMMUNITY. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT LONG TERM 
BECAUSE THE 
VIRUS HAS ONLY 
BEEN AROUND FOR 
SIX OR SEVEN 
MONTHS. 
>> IF YOU HAVE 
HAD IT AND THINK 
YOU ARE IMMUNE 
-- AND A LOT 
PEOPLE MAY FEEL 
THAT WAY, YOU 
SHOULD BE A 
LITTLE BIT 
CAUTIOUS? 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
ONE OF THE KEY 
THINGS COMING OUT
OF THIS AND 
SOMETHING WE'VE 
BEEN SAYING FOR 
A WILD, IS JUST 
BECAUSE YOU 
THINK YOU'VE HAD 
THE INFECTION OR 
KNOW YOU HAVE 
HAD IT AND 
RECOVERED, IT 
DOESN'T MEAN YOU 
ARE IMMUNE FROM 
EVER FORGETTING 
IT AGAIN. 
IT DOESN'T MEAN 
YOU COULDN'T 
REINFECTED 
OURSELVES AND 
OTHERS. 
WE HAVE TO 
REMAIN CAREFUL 
DURING THIS TIME 
UNTIL WE LEARN 
MORE ABOUT THE 
DURABILITY OF 
THIS VIRUS. 
>>> THE NATION'S 
BIGGEST CITY IS 
THINKING OUTSIDE 
THE BOX WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
REOPENING 
SCHOOLS. 
NEW YORK MAYOR 
BILL de BLASIO 
ANNOUNCES PLANS 
TO BRING 
CLASSROOMS 
OUTSIDE INTO 
SCHOOLYARDS, 
EMPTY STREETS AND
PUBLIC PARKS 
WHEN SCHOOLS 
REOPEN NEXT 
MONTH. 
>> STARTING 
TODAY, WE 
EMPOWER OUR 
PRINCIPALS TO 
DETERMINE THE 
MAXIMUM AMOUNT 
THEY CAN DO 
OUTDOORS. 
>> THE CITY 
PRIORITIZES 
NATIONS THAT 
HAVE PLANS TO 
SUBMIT BY THIS 
FRIDAY. 
>> THEY ARE VERY 
RESOURCEFUL AND 
CAN DO A LOT. 
>> Reporter: IN 
BROOKLYN, THE 
ASSISTANT 
PRINCIPAL HOPES 
TO PUT TENTS 
OUTSIDE. 
>> WE HOPE TO 
CLOSE DOWN THE 
ADJOINING STREET 
AROUND OUR 
SCHOOL, AS WELL 
AS HOPING TO USE 
PARTS OF THE PARK
AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY ARE 
RELIEVED THE 
CITY HAS 
LISTENED TO THE 
CALL FOR OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>> IT'S ABOUT 
OUR KIDS AND 
THEIR EDUCATION, 
BUT ALSO ABOUT 
THE SAFETY AND 
HEALTH OF OUR 
ENTIRE CITY. 
THE ABILITY FOR 
SCHOOLS TO HAVE 
THIS SPACE TO 
LEARN IS THE 
DIFFERENCE, 
PERHAPS, BETWEEN 
LIFE AND DEATH. 
>> TRANSMISSION 
RATES FOR 
CORONAVIRUS MAY 
BE MUCH LOWER 
OUTSIDE AND MORE 
SPACE CAN MEAN 
PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE. 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE 
EMBRACING 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
NEAR TENNESSEE, 
THEIR BUILDING 
EIGHT NEW 
SHELTERS TO HOLD 
FALL CLASSES. 
>> IT MEANS 
WINDOWLESS AND 
WALL LISTS AND 
JUST WITH A ROOF 
AND SHADE 
PROTECTION ON THE
SIDE. 
>> TEACHERS AT 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN 
WALDORF SCHOOL 
WILL USE AN 
EXISTING 
AMPHITHEATER TO 
KEEP KIDS 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANT. 
AND BENCHES 
CONVERT TO DESKS 
WITH THE PLAN TO 
USE PORTABLE 
HEATERS AND 
WARMING PADS 
WHEN 
TEMPERATURES 
DROP. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
WHAT WE 
EXPECTED, BUT WE 
ARE TRYING TO 
USE OUR 
CREATIVITY AND 
INGENUITY. 
>> PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HAVE ADDED TENTS 
THROUGH EARLY 
NOVEMBER FOR IN-
PERSON AND REMOTE
LEARNING AND 
THEY BOOSTED WI-
FI STRENGTH TO 
REACH OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>> IT'S A 
CHALLENGE BUT WE 
ARE LOOKING AT 
IT AS AN 
OPPORTUNITY. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIG CRITICISMS 
IS THAT THIS MAY 
FURTHER DIVIDE 
SCHOOLS THAT CAN 
AFFORD IT FROM 
THOSE WHO CAN'T 
IN NEW YORK CITY 
HAS NOT LAID OUT 
HOW THEY WILL 
FUND THEIR 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS. 
>> IT'S A MATTER 
OF PEOPLE VERSUS 
SCOTT PETERSON 
SCOTT PETERSON. 
>> HIS 
CONVICTION AND 
SENTENCING 
BROUGHT TO AN 
END ONE OF THE 
MOST HIGH PROFILE
CASES IN U.S. 
HISTORY. 
IN A NEW RULING, 
THE CALIFORNIA 
SUPREME COURT 
SAYS SCOTT 
PETERSON MUST 
COME OFF DEATH 
ROW, OVERTURNING 
HIS PENALTY, BUT 
NOT THE GUILTY 
VERDICT. 
THEY CITED 
ERRORS BY THE 
TRIAL JUDGE FOR 
EXCUSING JURORS 
WHO EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
CAPITOL 
PUNISHMENT AND 
THEY WROTE THAT 
A JUROR MAY NOT 
BE DISMISSED 
MERELY BECAUSE 
HE OR SHE 
EXPRESSES 
OPPOSITION TO 
THE DEATH PENALTY
, AS A GENERAL 
MATTER. 
A JUROR HAD 
RECOMMENDED THE 
DEATH PENALTY TO 
THE JUDGE. 
>> IT WASN'T A 
SPUR OF THE 
MOMENT ACT OF 
RAGE. 
IT WAS PLANNED. 
>> Reporter: 
CONVICTED OF 
KILLING HIS WIFE,
PREGNANT WITH 
THEIR UNBORN 
SON, THEY FOUND 
HE DUMPED HER 
BODY IN THE SAN 
FRANCISCO BAY ON 
CHRISTMAS EVE, 
FOUR MONTHS 
BEFORE BOTH 
BODIES WASHED 
ASHORE. 
THE SALACIOUS 
TRIAL, INCLUDING 
AN AFFAIR WITH 
AMBER FREY, 
CAPTIVATED THE 
NATION. 
>> I'M AGAINST 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY, BUT I 
DO THINK THAT IS 
WHAT SHOULD BE. 
I LOST MY SISTER-
IN-LAW AND MY 
UNBORN NEPHEW 
AND I BELIEVE HE 
SHOULD REMAIN IN 
PRISON FOR THE 
REST OF HIS 
LIFE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
TRIAL LASTED SIX 
MONTHS AND HE 
WAS CONVICTED IN 
NINE DAYS. 
>> I THOUGHT IT 
WAS A 
MISCARRIAGE OF 
JUSTICE. 
I THINK THE FACT 
THAT HE IS IN 
THERE WITH A 
GUILTY VERDICT 
IS A 
MISCARRIAGE. 
>> FOR 15 YEARS, 
PETERSON HAS 
BEEN ON THE 
DEATH ROW IN SAN 
QUENTIN BUT 
THERE IS A 
MORATORIUM ON 
EXECUTIONS. 
THIS MORNING, 
IT'S NOT CLEAR 
IF THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY, NOT 
COMMENTING, 
WOULD PURSUE THE 
DEATH PENALTY 
AGAIN. 
FOR TODAY, NBC 
NEWS IN LOS 
ANGELES. 
>>> A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE D.A. 
SAID THEY ARE 
REVIEWING THE 
DECISION AND 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
IT WITH THE 
FAMILY OF LACI 
PETERSON BEFORE 
DECIDING HOW TO 
PROCEED. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THIS STATE IS 
STRUGGLING TO 
EXPAND TASTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION AGAINST 
THE BACKDROP OF 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
TO UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE IS AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU'VE GOT 
TO GET A FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE, BUT 
THAT IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES, SUBSCRIBE 
NOW. 
>> HEADLINES CAN 
BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED THIS 
AND WE HOPE YOU 
WILL WATCH 
NIGHTLY NEWS 
KIDS EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE ARE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
a.m. 
EASTERN. 
>>> ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, A NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
>> TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> TAKING CARE 
OF MY CHILDREN 
AND HAVING A 
JOB, IT'S BECOME 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
>> WE NEED TO 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERS THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE, WHAT IS 
THE LEVEL OF 
CONCERN THAT 
CHILDREN WOULD 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT IT 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE, SOON? 
>> IT'S EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> OUR BELIEFS 
UNDER ATTACK IN 
THIS COUNTRY? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
IMPORTANT AND 
WITH ALL WE 
FACE, I'M SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS THAT SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. A 
PROUD NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> POSTMASTER 
GENERAL, LOUIS 
DEJOY, FACING 
SCATHING 
CRITICISM. 
HE ARGUES THAT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE IS UP TO 
THE TASK OF 
HANDLING 
ELECTION MAIL. 
>> WE ARE FULLY 
COMMITTED TO 
DELIVER THE 
BALLOTS SECURELY 
AND ON TIME. 
>> AND HIS TWO 
MONTHS ON THE 
JOB, HE HAS 
OVERSEEN POLICY 
CHANGES BLAMED 
FOR SEVERE 
SERVICE SLOW 
DOWNS. 
HE SAID HE WILL 
NOT REPLACE 
SORTING MACHINES 
REMOVED ON HIS 
WATCH. 
>> HOW CAN ONE 
PERSON SCREW 
THIS UP IN JUST 
A FEW WEEKS? 
>> I WILL NOT. 
>> HE 
ACKNOWLEDGED A 
DIP IN MAIL 
SERVICE BUT 
DISPUTED 
WIDESPREAD 
REPORTS OF 
DELIVERY WERE 
PROBLEMS. 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
SHOWED STEEP 
DECLINES AND 
DELAYS IN A 
RANGE OF 
SERVICES 
STARTING IN 
EARLY JULY AND 
THAT WAS SHORTLY 
AFTER LOUIS 
DEJOY TOOK OVER. 
>> WE HAVE SEEN 
DELAYS IN THE 
PAST FOUR WEEKS. 
>> WHEN THE 
PANDEMIC HIT, 
YARD SIGNS 
BECAME BIG 
BUSINESS BUT THE 
DAILY PICK UPS 
WERE DELAYED. 
SHE HAS LOST 
ROUGHLY $7000 
WHEN THE SIGNS 
DIDN'T ARRIVE. 
WHY ARE YOU 
HURTING US? 
>> THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL DIDN'T 
KNOW THE PRICE 
TO MAIL A 
POSTCARD OR HOW 
MANY VOTED BY 
MAIL IN THE LAST 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
>>> THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON 
THE EVE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION? 
>> THIS IS A 
POWERFUL 
THERAPY. 
>> IT HAS 
INFECTIOUS 
EXPERTS CAUTIOUS 
AND DIVIDED 
ABOUT 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
>> I'M NOT 
CONVINCED IT'S A 
BREAKTHROUGH 
THERAPY. 
>> LAST WEEK, 
THE DIRECTOR, 
DR. FAUCI AND 
THE FDA URGE 
CAUTION TO FAST-
TRACK THE PLAZA 
AS A TREATMENT. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID IT WAS A 
DEEP STATE. SEE, 
REITERATED BY A 
TRADE ADVISER. 
>> THE MEDICAL 
FOLKS WOULD 
RATHER HAVE 
100,000 PEOPLE 
DIE FROM THE 
VIRUS AND ONE 
PERSON DIE FROM 
THIS. 
>> 70,000 
PATIENTS RECEIVED
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA WITH THE 
ANTIBODIES FROM 
PEOPLE WHO'VE 
RECOVERED FROM 
COVID. 
RESEARCHERS 
FOUND PLASMA IS 
MOST EFFECTIVE 
WHEN GIVEN EARLY 
AND WITH A HIGH 
DOSE OF 
ANTIBODIES. 
WITHOUT TRAILS 
INVOLVING THE 
PLACEBO, IT'S NOT
CONCLUSIVE. 
THE FDA SAID THE 
DATA SUGGESTED 
IT MIGHT BE 
EFFECTIVE IN 
LESSENING 
SEVERITY OR 
SHORTENING THE 
LENGTH OF COVID-
19 ILLNESS AND 
SOME 
HOSPITALIZED 
PATIENTS. 
THE PLASMA MAY 
HAVE KEPT A WOMAN
OFF A VENTILATOR 
WHEN SHE WAS 
HOSPITALIZED 
WITH COVID. 
>> I REMEMBER 
TAKING THAT FIRST
DEEP BREATH. 
I FELT LIKE I 
WON THE LOTTERY. 
I CALLED MY SON 
AND I SAID, I 
THINK THE PLASMA 
DID IT. 
>> A TOP 
DIRECTOR TOLD 
NBC THAT THE 
FDA'S DECISION 
MAKES SENSE. 
>> THE FDA HAS 
MADE AN 
EXCELLENT 
DECISION AND PUT 
THE HEALTH 
INTEREST OF THE 
NATION FIRST. I 
RESPECT THEM FOR 
THAT AND TRUST 
THEIR JUDGMENT. 
>> THIS I SEE A 
IT'S NOT A CURE-
ALL. 
>> I'VE BEEN 
USING IT SINCE 
MARCH AND WE 
THINK IT MIGHT 
CONNOTE SOME 
BENEFIT BUT IS 
NOT LARGE OR A 
BREAKTHROUGH OR 
A MIRACLE CURE. 
IT'S BEEN AROUND 
FOR OTHER 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES FOR 
MILLENNIA. 
>> TELL ME ABOUT 
THE CASE FROM 
HONG KONG WAS 
SOMEONE WHO HAS 
A CONFIRMED 
SECOND CASE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
PRINT 
>> A 33-YEAR-OLD 
MAN WAS HEALTHY 
AND HE RECOVERED 
AND THEN 
RESEARCHERS SAID 
IS FURTHER 
EVIDENCE FOR THE 
IMMUNITY 
DEPENDING ON HOW 
SICK YOU ARE AND 
IMMUNITY 
PROBABLY DOESN'T 
LAST FOREVER. 
>>> THE FDA 
ISSUED AN 
EMERGENCY ORDER 
EXPANDING THE 
USE OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA AS A 
TREATMENT FOR 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
HOW EFFECTIVE IS 
IT? 
HERE'S WHAT 
PETER NAVARRO 
SAID EARLIER 
TODAY. 
>> NO 
CONTROVERSY. 
ITS THERAPY USED 
ACROSS MANY 
DISEASES FOR 
MANY DECADES. 
THE ODDS OF IT 
HURTING YOU ARE 
CLOSE TO ZERO 
AND THE ODDS OF 
IT HELPING YOU 
ARE CLOSE TO 
100%. 
THE ONLY ISSUE 
IS HOW MUCH IT 
CAN HELP AND 
ACCORDING TO THE 
FDA, A 35% 
REDUCTION IN 
MORTALITY. 
>>> WEB 
CORRESPONDENT 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
JOINING US. 
THAT WAS A TRADE 
ADVISER 
COMMENTING. 
LET'S GET THIS 
FROM A QUALIFIED 
HEALTH 
PROFESSIONAL. 
HOW DOES THE 
TREATMENT WORK 
AND HOW 
EFFECTIVE AND 
WHAT ARE 
CONCERNS? 
>> GOOD 
AFTERNOON. 
WITH 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA, IT IS A 
BLOOD PRODUCT. 
A LIQUID PART, 
THEY TAKE THAT 
FROM PEOPLE WHO 
HAD COVID-19 AND 
THEY RECOVERED. 
THE PLASMA HAS 
THE ANTIBODIES 
AND THEN THEY 
USE IT TO TREAT 
OTHERS THAT HAVE 
COVID-19 AND ARE 
HAVING A HARD 
TIME RECOVERING. 
IT GIVES A BOOST 
OF THE 
ANTIBODIES AND 
BRIDGES THE GAP 
UNTIL THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM CAN TAKE 
OVER AND THEY 
CAN RECOVER FROM 
IT. 
THE ISSUE IS THE 
EFFECTIVENESS 
BECAUSE IT WAS 
DONE BEFORE 
ANTIBODIES CAME 
ABOUT. 
WHEN WE GOT 
ANTIBIOTICS, IT 
LOST FAVOR AND 
HASN'T BEEN DONE 
SINCE. 
THE ODDS OF 
HELPING ARE CLOSE
TO 100% BUT THAT 
IS NOT A FACT, 
NOT AT ALL 
FACTUAL. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW MUCH IT WILL 
HELP PEOPLE AND 
IN WHAT DOES 
SING. 
CLINICAL TRIALS 
NEED TO BE DONE 
AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING WE ARE 
NOT DOING 
BECAUSE OF THIS 
AUTHORIZATION. 
>>> TWO 
QUESTIONS. 
IF YOU'VE HAD 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
WANT TO DONATE 
PLASMA, HOW DOES 
THAT WORK? 
ARE THERE 
RESTRICTIONS ON 
GAY MEN? 
I KNOW BRAVO'S 
ANDY COHEN RAN 
INTO THAT ISSUE 
AFTER HAVING 
COVID THIS 
SUMMER. 
>> YOU DONATE 
BLOOD AT A BLOOD 
DONATION CENTER 
AND WHEN YOU'VE 
HAD COVID-19, 
THEY PUSH PEOPLE 
TO DONATE BLOOD 
SO THEY CAN GET 
THOSE 
ANTIBODIES. 
THEY RUN THROUGH 
THE CHECKLIST 
AND YOU DONATE 
THE PLASMA. 
IT TAKES A 
LITTLE TIME AND 
THEY GIVE YOUR 
RED BLOOD CELLS 
BACK AND THEN 
TREAT THE 
PEOPLE. 
FOR THE GAY MEN 
ISSUE, THE RED 
CROSS SAID THEY 
ARE ACCEPTING 
BLOOD DONATIONS 
FROM GAY MEN AND 
BISEXUAL MEN WHO 
HAVEN'T HAD 
SEXUAL 
RELATIONSHIPS 
WITH OTHER MEN 
IN THE LAST THREE
MONTHS. 
THEY ARE 
ACCEPTING THE 
DONATIONS AT 
THIS POINT AND 
THAT IS A RULE 
CHANGE THAT 
RECENTLY CAME 
ABOUT. 
THERE IS A BIG 
PUSH TO GET 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
HAD COVID-19 TO 
DONATE BLOOD AT 
THIS POINT TO 
GET THOSE 
ANTIBODIES AND 
TO GET THAT 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> THEY SAID 
THAT IS WHY THEY 
WERE HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
STRUGGLES TO 
EXPAND TASTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> THEY NEED TO 
COME IN FULL 
FORCE TO SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY AND 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
TO UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU'VE GOT 
TO GET A FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE BUT 
IT'S SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE'VE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
IT'S WITH CHRIS 
HAYES AND 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> WE STARTED A 
NEW NIGHTLY NEWS 
FOR KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW WITH 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD MOVE 
THROUGH. 
>> NEWS FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD, 
LIVE WEEKDAYS AT 
6:00 a.m. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
>> TEACHERS HAVE 
TO MAKE TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> DO I TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. 
>> WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP THIS 
OURSELVES AND WE 
SHOULD DEVELOP 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> HOW DO 
STUDENTS FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> YES, THAT 
STORY. 
THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT KIDS WON'T 
CATCH UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE, SOON? 
>> IN PORTLAND, 
MORE PROTESTING 
TONIGHT. 
>>> OUR POLICE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
I'M SO PROUD TO 
BRING THAT 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS AND 
THE WIFE AND 
MOTHER OF A 
HUSBAND AND KIDS 
WHO SADLY, ARE 
MORE BARGAINABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THEIR COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS AND I 
HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
 
TODAY.
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ANCESTRY.
MAKE THEM COUNT.
>>> WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT 
THIS.
IT'S A NEW SERIES 
>>> WE HAVE A 
NEW SERIES, 
WOMEN'S VOTE AND 
TOMORROW IS 
WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY, HONORING THE
MOMENT 100 YEARS 
AGO WHEN THE 
19th AMENDMENT 
BECAME LAW AND 
GUARANTEED WOMEN 
THE VOTE. 
WE SAT DOWN TO 
PAVE THE WAY. 
>> HISTORY BOOKS 
ARE FILLED OUT 
WITH TAELS OF 
SILVER 
FOREFATHERS BUT 
THERE MAY BE 
JUST A FOOTNOTE 
AND HOW DID WE 
GET HERE? 
IT IS NOW 
CHANGING. 
>>> THERE IS 
CAUSE TO 
CELEBRATE FROM 
THE PARTIES THAT 
ARE DOING 
IMPASSIONED 
REENACTMENTS 
WITH SIGNS, 
STAMPS AND 
COUNTLESS 
TRIBUTES. 
AMERICANS ARE 
HONORING THE 
PASSING OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT, A
TURNING POINT IN 
OUR NATION'S 
HISTORY. 
IN NEW YORK 
CITY, A CHANGE IN
THE LANDSCAPE 
BRINGS WOMEN INTO
VIEW. 
>> HERE WE SIT, 
IN THIS ICONIC 
CENTRAL PARK 
THAT I FEEL HAS 
EVERYTHING. 
SOMETIMES THERE 
IS SOMETHING 
MISSING. 
>> REAL WOMEN ARE
MISSING. 
>> ALICE IN 
WONDERLAND, 
MOTHER GOOSE AND 
A WITCH, ALL 
FICTION AND WE 
WANTED REAL 
WOMEN. 
>> COLLEEN 
JENKINS IS A 
BOARD MEMBER FOR 
MONUMENTAL 
WOMEN, A GROUP 
DETERMINED TO 
CHANGE THE FACE 
OF CENTRAL PARK. 
>> WE ARE 
DEDICATING, IN 
HONOR OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT 
OF THE U.S. 
CONSTITUTION, A 
STATUE OF THE 
WOMEN'S RIGHTS 
PIONEERS. 
WE HAVE SUSAN B 
ANTHONY AND 
OTHERS THAT WERE 
LEADERS. 
THEY ACTUALLY 
MADE A RIPPLE 
EFFECT. 
>> SOME CALL IT 
THAT GREAT 
BLOODLESS 
REVOLUTION, THE 
BATTLE FOR 
SUFFRAGE THAT 
LASTED A 
STAGGERING 72 
YEARS. 
WOMEN WON THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, 
BUT THE STRUGGLE 
CONTINUES. 
IT TOOK SEVEN 
YEARS FOR 
MONUMENTAL WOMEN 
TO OVERCOME THE 
NAYSAYERS AND 
RED TAPE IN 
CENTRAL PARK. 
FOR COLLEEN AND 
HER DAUGHTER, 
IT'S PERSONAL. 
TELL ME ABOUT 
WHAT ELIZABETH 
CADY STANTON 
MEANS TO YOU. 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
SHE IS MY GREAT, 
GREAT 
GRANDMOTHER. 
WITH THAT, THERE 
IS A PASSAGE OF 
VALUES AND IDEAS 
OF HOW TO ACT IN 
LIFE. 
>> HOW TO 
CHAMPION A 
CAUSE? 
ELIZABETH CADY 
STANTON LED THE 
SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT AND 
ORGANIZE THE 
FIRST WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS 
CONVENTION. 
WHAT WERE THE 
STORIES YOU HEARD
ABOUT ELIZABETH 
CADY STANTON? 
>> WHAT I 
REMEMBER IS A 
STORY OF 
ELIZABETH AROUND 
THE AGE OF 8 
YEARS OLD 
OVERHEARING WHAT 
WAS HAPPENING IN 
HER FATHER'S LAW 
OFFICE. 
WOMEN WERE 
SEEKING LEGAL 
COUNSEL. 
APPARENTLY, THEY 
WERE LEAVING IN 
TEARS BECAUSE OF 
THE REALIZATION 
THAT THEY WEREN'T
PROTECTED UNDER 
THE LAW. 
>> YOUNG 
ELIZABETH HAD 
PLANNED TO TEAR 
OUT PAGES FROM 
HER FATHER'S LAW 
BUT THAT 
OPPRESSED WOMEN 
AND IT BEGAN AND 
JOURNEY TO 
ENSURE THAT ALL 
MEN AND WOMEN 
ARE CREATED AND 
TREATED EQUAL. 
>> IN THE PICTURE
, SHE IS 
STANDING AND 
BEGINS TO SPEAK. 
HER WORDS 
PENETRATE. 
>> SHE KNOWS ALL 
THE STORIES OF 
HER ANCESTORS. 
ESCAPING THE 
BONDS OF 
SLAVERY, A 
DIVINE CALL WAS 
FOLLOWED TO 
SPREAD THE 
GOSPEL OF 
FREEDOM AND 
JUSTICE. 
>> IT SOON 
BECOMES 
CAPTIVATING WHERE
THEY RECEIVE 
WHAT SHE IS 
SAYING. 
>> THE MESSAGE 
NOW FLOWS 
THROUGH AN SHE 
IS NOW A 
MINISTER. 
>> WHAT WOULD 
SHE THINK IN 
THIS MOMENT? 
>> SHE WOULD BE 
SAYING THAT 
AFTER THIS WORK, 
YOU'VE 
ACCOMPLISHED 
SOMETHING, BUT 
IT'S NOT 
FINISHED. 
>> PAM HAS 
WORKED 
TIRELESSLY FOR 
SEVEN YEARS TO 
MAKE THIS MOMENT 
HAPPENED AND 
WHAT DOES IT 
FEEL LIKE FOR 
YOU, THIS 
MORNING? 
>> IT'S 
THRILLING AND 
I'M SO EXCITED 
THAT YOU ARE 
HERE AND YOU CAN 
SEE WHERE 
MONUMENTAL WOMEN 
BROKE THE BRONZE 
CEILING. 
>> LADIES, WE 
WERE LUCKY TO 
GET A SNEAK PEEK 
BEFORE THE 
OFFICIAL 
UNVEILING. 
>> OH MY 
GOODNESS. 
>> WOW, TALK 
ABOUT MONUMENTAL 
WOMEN. 
THIS IS LARGER 
THAN LIFE. 
>> I'VE 
RECOGNIZE THAT 
TABLE. 
IT'S FROM MY 
LIVING ROOM. 
THEY WROTE THOSE 
IMPORTANT 
DOCUMENTS. 
HOW COOL IS 
THAT? 
WHAT IS IT LIKE 
TO LOOK AT YOUR 
FLESH AND BLOOD 
UP THERE IN THAT 
BIG STATUE? 
>> THE FLESH AND 
BLOOD HAS 
TRANSFORMED TO 
BRONZE AND I 
LIKE THE FACT 
THAT MY GREAT 
GREAT GRANDMOTHER
AND THE OTHER 
WOMEN IN THIS 
STATUE ARE 
STANDING 
SHOULDER-TO-
SHOULDER WITH 
MAN. 
THAT'S AN 
IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE. 
I LOVE THE FACT 
THAT SHE DIDN'T 
DIE IN 1902. 
SHE LIVED. 
 
UNDER THAT TARP?
>> BY THE WAY, IT IS 
SPECTACULAR.
I WOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU, BUT 
I THINK WE'LL DO IT TOMORROW.
WE'LL DO A BIG REVEAL TOMORROW 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE 
STATUE.
AND THE FACT THERE ARE NO WOMEN 
STATUES IN ALL OF CENTRAL PARK.
AND IF YOU GOOGLE STATUES OF 
WOMEN AROUND THE COUNTRY, THERE 
ARE SO FEW.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GOING
NATURAL BORN 
CITIZEN. 
IT HAS BEEN 
ECHOED BY 
PROMINENT 
CONSERVATIVES 
INCLUDING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> I HEARD IT 
TODAY THAT SHE 
DOESN'T MEET THE 
REQUIREMENTS. 
I HAVE NO IDEA 
IF THAT IS 
RIGHT. 
I WOULD HAVE 
ASSUMED THE 
DEMOCRATSWOULD 
HAVE CHECKED 
THAT OUT BEFORE 
SHE WAS CHOSEN 
TO RUN FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> PROMPTED NEWS 
WEEK TO 
APOLOGIZE SAYING 
THE OP-ED WAS 
NEVER INTENDED 
TO SPARK OR TAKE 
PART IN THE 
RACIST LIE OF 
BIRTHERRISM. 
ADDING WE SHOULD 
HAVE RECOGNIZED 
THE POTENTIAL, 
EVEN PROBABILITY 
IT COULD HAPPEN. 
WHERE ARE THE 
THEORIES COMING 
FROM? 
LET'S REWIND A 
BIT. 
ARTICLE 2, 
SECTION 1 OF THE 
CONSTITUTION 
STATES NO PERSON 
EXCEPT A NATURAL 
BORN CITIZEN CAN 
BECOME 
PRESIDENT. 
THE FOUNDERS 
INCLUDED THIS 
LANGUAGE TO 
PREVENT MEDDLING 
IN THE 
DEMOCRACY. 
BUT IT HAS BEEN 
LARGELY 
OBJECTIVE. 
>> I THINK THE 
MOST CORRECT 
APPROACH IS 
SIMPLY TO SAY 
ANYBODY WHO 
BECOMES A 
CITIZEN AT BIRTH 
WHETHER BECAUSE 
YOU'RE BORN ON 
THE TERRITORY OF 
THE U.S. OR 
BECAUSE THEY'RE 
BORN ABROAD BUT 
A U.S. CITIZEN 
PARENTS OR 
SIMPLY BECAUSE 
WHATEVER REASON 
CONGRESS 
DECLARES A 
PERSON BORN IN A 
CERTAIN 
CIRCUMSTANCE ARE 
A CITIZEN AT 
BIRTH. 
PEOPLE ARGUE 
THAT THEY CAN 
ONLY BE A PERSON 
BORN ON THE 
TERRITORY OF THE 
U.S. AND PERHAPS 
ONLY A PERSON 
BORN ON THE 
TERRITORY OF THE 
U.S. AND ALSO IF 
THEIR PARENTS 
ARE U.S. 
CITIZENS WHICH 
IS THE ARGUMENT 
BEING MADE 
AGAINST KAMALA 
HARRIS' 
ELIGIBILITY I 
THINK QUITE 
WRONGLY. 
>> IN 2003, 
REPUBLICAN 
CENTER HATCH 
PROPOSED APP 
AMENDMENT TO 
REPEAL THE 
CLAUSE 
SUGGESTING 
INSTEAD THAT 
ANYONE WHO HAD 
BEEN A CITIZEN 
OF THE U.S. FOR 
AT LEAST 20 
YEARS COULD RUN 
FOR PRESIDENT. 
IT WAS NICKNAMED 
THE ARNOLD 
AMENDMENT. 
LARGELY SEEN AS 
AN ATTEMPT TO 
MAKE ARNOLD 
SCHWARZENEGGER 
ELIGIBLE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
BUT SUPPORT WAS 
BLEAK. 
AT THE TIME, 70% 
OF AMERICANS 
OPPOSED ALLOWING 
U.S. CITIZENS 
NATIVE TO A 
COUNTRY. 
HATCH'S 
AMENDMENT WENT 
NOWHERE. 
>> I THINK THE 
ARGUMENT IS 
SIMPLE FOR 
REMOVING THE 
NATURAL BORN 
CITIZEN 
REQUIREMENT, WE 
SHOULDN'T 
DISCRIMINATE 
AGAINST PEOPLE 
BASED ON WHERE 
THEY WERE BORN 
OR THEIR 
PATIENTS ARE. 
ELIGIBILITY TO 
EVERY OTHER HIGH 
OFFICE LIKE 
JUSTICE OF THE 
SUPREME COURT, 
HOUSE OF THE 
REPRESENTATIVES, 
GOVERNOR OF A 
STATE AND SO 
FORTH. 
>> HENRY 
KISSINGER, ONE 
OF THE MOST 
POWERFUL FIGURES 
DURING THE WAR 
COULD NEVER BE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE WAS A NATIVE 
GERMAN. 
MADELYN ALBRIGHT 
CAN'T EITHER. 
SHE IS A NATIVE 
CZECH. 
>> NATURALIZED 
CITIZENS CAN 
HOLD OTHER 
POSITIONS, WE 
THINK IT IS 
WRONG TO 
DISCRIMINATE 
BASED ON WHERE 
THEY WERE BORN. 
>> QUESTIONS 
AROUND WHAT IT 
MEANS TO BE 
NATURALLY BORN 
AFFECT 
CANDIDATES OF 
BOTH PARTIES. 
JOHN MCCAIN BORN 
IN THE PANAMA 
CANAL ZONE TO 
AMERICAN PARENTS 
DISMISSED CLAIMS 
ABOUT HIS 
ELIGIBILITY. 
FACED SIMILAR 
ISSUES IN 2016. 
>> WE NEED TO 
ELECT SOMEONE 
WHO CAN WIN. 
>> AND MARCO 
RUBIO BORN TO 
CUBAN IMMIGRANTS 
DO AS WELL. 
>> I'M STARTING 
TO WONDER MYSELF 
WHETHER OR NOT 
HE WAS BORN IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> WHETHER OR 
NOT THAT WAS A 
REAL CERTIFICATE 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE QUESTION 
IT. 
I CERTAINLY 
QUESTION IT. 
>> PERHAPS MOST 
NOTABLE WAS THE 
BIRTHERRISM 
CRUSADE LED BY 
TRUMP ABOUT 
PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S BIRTH 
PLACE. 
>> DO YOU ACCEPT 
THAT PRESIDENT 
OBAMA WAS BORN 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> I REALLY 
DON'T KNOW. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH EAGERNESS 
AMONG CERTAIN 
PEOPLE TO 
PRESERVE THIS 
IDEA THAT 
CITIZENSHIP 
MEANS RIGHTNESS, 
CITIZENSHIP 
MEANS REAL 
AMERICAN-NESS 
AND AFRICAN-
AMERICANS OR 
INDIAN AMERICANS 
OR CUBAN 
AMERICANS OR -- 
ARE NOT REALLY 
US AND SO THEY 
CAN'T BE 
CITIZENS. 
AND THAT IS 
REALLY WHAT THIS 
IS. 
IT IS NOT EVEN A 
DOG WHISTLE. 
IT IS A RACIST 
WHISTLE, YOU 
KNOW, BEING 
BLOWN VERY 
LOUDLY. 
>> MORE THAN 40 
MILLION PEOPLE 
LIVING IN THE 
U.S. WERE BORN 
IN ANOTHER 
COUNTRY. 
AND UPWARDS OF 
20 MILLION HAVE 
BEEN GRANTED 
CITIZENSHIP. 
DESPITE THE 
STRONG 
ANTIIMMIGRANT 
RHETORIC FROM 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION, 
ATTITUDES ABOUT 
IMMIGRATION HAVE 
CONTINUED TO 
TICK UPWARD OVER 
THE LAST TWO 
DECADE. 
MOST OTHER 
DEMOCRACIES 
DON'T REQUIRE 
CANDIDATES TO BE 
NAY IT WASLY 
BORN TO HOLD 
HIGHER OFFICE. 
>> ANY 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
AMENDMENT IS 
DIFFICULT TO 
ENACT BECAUSE IT 
REQUIRES A LARGE 
MAJORITY TWO 
THIRDS OF VOTES 
OF CONGRESS AND 
THREE QUARTERS 
OF STATE 
LEGISLATORS. 
THEREFORE I 
THINK IT IS 
UNLIKELY THIS 
WILL BE 
ABOLISHED IN THE 
NEAR FUTURE. 
HOWEVER I THINK 
ENTIRELY 
POSSIBLE THAT 
EVENTUALLY IT 
WILL BE, 
ESPECIALLY IF IT 
CAN BE DONE AT A 
TIME WHEN THE 
SCENE PHOBIC AND 
ALSO AT A TIME 
THAT THERE IS NO 
PARTY THAT WOULD 
BE CLEARLY 
ADVANTAGED BY 
IT. 
>> I THINK THAT 
YOU SEE THIS 
SORT OF 
ORGANIZED EFFORT 
TO GET THE CARD 
INTO THE 2020 
ELECTION. 
AND IT HAS BACK 
FIRED. 
>> HE WROTE AN 
ARTICLE SAYING 
THERE COULD BE A 
PROBLEM. 
IT IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
I'M GOING TO BE 
PURSUING. 
>> AS OUR 
COUNTRY 
DIVERSIFIES AND 
AS YOUNG PEOPLE 
BECOME VOTER 
WHO'S HAVE GROWN-
UP KNOWING HOW 
DIVERSE THE 
POPULATION IS, 
IF WE'RE LUCKY, 
WE WILL GET TO A 
SITUATION WHERE 
MOST SERIOUS 
LEADER OF EITHER 
PARTY WILL PLAY 
THIS GAME. 
BECAUSE WHEN -- 
WHEN A DONALD 
TRUMP ENCOURAGES 
IT, IT DOES 
TREMENDOUS 
DAMAGE TO 
NATIONAL UNITY 
AND TO THE 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
AMERICAN 
CITIZENSHIP AND 
OUR ABILITY TO 
LIVE TOGETHER. 
 
PANDEMIC ON ROSY
>> THE OPENING 
NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WHERE 
THE MESSAGE WAS 
PART PRAISE. 
>> TRUMP IS THE 
BODY GUARD OF 
WESTERN 
CIVILIZATION. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
LIKE ALL 
BUILDERS IS A 
VISIONARY. 
>> YOU HAVE USED 
YOUR STRENGTH TO 
MAKE AMERICA 
STRONG AGAIN. 
>> AND PART END 
OF DAYS. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
ENSLAVE YOU TO 
THE WEAK 
DEPENDENT 
LIBERAL VICTIM 
IDEOLOGY TO THE 
POINT THAT YOU 
WILL NOT 
RECOGNIZE THIS 
COUNTRY OR 
YOURSELF. 
>> WITH A LINEUP 
OF SPEAKERS MANY 
DELIVERING AN 
APOCALYPTIC 
PORTRAIT OF 
AMERICA IN JOE 
BIDEN WINS THE 
ELECTION. 
>> THIS IS AN 
ELECTION BETWEEN 
THE PARTY THAT 
WANTS TO BURN 
DOWN THE 
FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY TO 
THE GROUND AND A 
PARTY THAT WANTS 
TO REBUILD AND 
PROTECT OUR 
GREAT NATION. 
>> INCLUDING THE 
COUPLE THAT 
BRANDISHED GUNS 
AS BLACK LIVES 
MATTER 
PROTESTERS 
PASSED THEIR 
HOME IN A GATED 
COMMUNITY, 
BLAMING 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> THEY'RE NOT 
SATISFIED WITH 
SPREADING THE 
CHAOS INTO 
YOU'RE 
COMMUNITIES THEY 
WANT TO ABOLISH 
THE SUBURBS ALL 
TOGETHER. 
>> INCLUDING A 
PARADE OF 
SUPPORTERS 
LAVISHING PRAISE 
ON DONALD TRUMP. 
WITH HIS RE-
ELECTION IN 
JEOPARDY AND THE 
MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS 
DISAPPROVING OF 
HIS HANDLING OF 
THE PANDEMIC, 
THE PARTY TO 
PORTRAY HIS OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
DIVISIVE AND 
STRONG. 
THANKING FRONT 
LINE WORKERS. 
>> WE JUST HAVE 
TO MAKE THIS 
CHINA VIRUS GO 
AWAY AND IT IS 
HAPPENING. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ELDEST SON 
ATTACKING HIS 
FATHER'S 
OPPONENT. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
THE LOCK NEST 
MONSTER OF THE 
SWAMP. 
HE STICKS HIS 
HEAD UP EVERY 
NOW AND THEN TO 
RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT AND 
DISAPPEARS AND 
DOESN'T DO MUCH 
IN BETWEEN. 
>> HIGHLIGHTING 
DIVERSITY IN AN 
ATTEMPT TO 
APPEAL TO 
CRITICAL MY 
HJORTH VOTERS. 
FORMER SECRETARY 
OF STATE NIKKI 
HALEY SHARING 
HER PERSONAL 
STORY. 
>> I WAS A BROWN 
GIRL IN A BLACK 
AND WHITE WORLD. 
IN MUCH OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
IT IS 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA 
IS RACIST. 
THAT IS A LIE. 
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>> AND TIM 
SCOTT, THE ONLY 
BLACK REPUBLICAN 
IN THE SENATE, 
TAKING JABS AT 
BIDEN WHILE 
HIGHLIGHTING HIS 
UPLIFTING 
BIOGRAPHY. 
>> OUR FAMILY 
WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN 
ONE LIFETIME. 
AND THAT'S WHY I 
BELIEVE THE NEXT 
AMERICAN CENTURY 
CAN BE BETTER 
THAN THE LAST. 
>> ON TAP 
TONIGHT, TWO 
MORE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN, ERIC 
AND TIFFANY 
TRUMP. 
FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
WILL SPEAK IN 
FRONT OF 50 
PEOPLE IN THE 
NEWLY RENOVATED 
ROSE GARDEN. 
AND MIKE POMPEO 
HIS ADDRESS IS 
IGNITING ETHICAL 
QUESTIONS. 
STAYED CLEAR OF 
CONVENTIONS TO 
AVOID MIXING 
GOVERNMENT WORK 
AND POLITICS. 
MIKE POMPEO OWE 
IS USING A STOP 
IN JERUSALEM AS 
THE BACK DROP. 
AIDES SAY HE IS 
SPEAKING IN HIS 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY AS NO 
TAXPAYER MONEY 
WAS USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS. 
 
TAXPAYER MONEY WAS USED FOR THE 
ADDRESS.
>> PETER, THANK YOU
>> SOUTH 
CAROLINA SENATOR 
TIM SCOTT GAVE 
THE FINAL SPEECH 
OF THE EVENING 
AND JOINS US 
THIS MORNING 
FROM WASHINGTON. 
SENATOR, THANK 
YOU FOR WAKING 
UP EARLY. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
HOPE YOU'RE 
DOING WELL. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE STATE 
OF THE RACE THIS 
MORNING. 
YOU COULD PICK 
YOUR POLL. 
IF YOU AVERAGE 
THEM OUT, MOST 
POLLS SHOW VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
ABOUT 7 POINTS 
AHEAD OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
IS THIS AN 
UPHILL BATTLE 
FOR RE-ELECTION 
IN YOUR MIND FOR 
THE PRESIDENT OR 
DO YOU THINK THE 
POLLS ARE OFF 
THE MARK? 
>> WELL, I MEAN 
THE POLLS WERE 
OFF IN 2016. 
I WOULDN'T BE 
SURPRISED IF 
THEY ARE OFF 
NOW. 
MORE IMPORTANTLY 
WE BETTER USE 
THE NEXT 70 DAYS 
TO SELL OUR 
CASE. 
I THINK OCTOBER 
IS THE MONTH TO 
REMEMBER. 
IN MY OPINION, 
ELECTIONS DON'T 
REALLY START 
UNTIL AFTER 
LABOR DAY. 
WHERE WE ARE 
RIGHT NEW IN 
SELECTION CYCLE 
IS LESS 
IMPORTANT THAN 
WHERE WE WILL BE 
IN OCTOBER. 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO ACTUALLY 
SEEING THIS RACE 
SHARPEN AND THEN 
THE DEBATES WILL 
BE THE 
DETERMINING 
FACTOR IN MY 
OPINION OF HOW 
THIS ELECTION 
TURNS OUT. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICANS LAST 
WEEK RIPPED THE 
DEMOCRATS' 
CONVENTION FOR 
BEING DARK AND 
PROMISED THEIRS 
WOULD BE MORE 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
HOPEFUL. 
LET ME PLAY A 
SAMPLING OF SOME 
OF THE SPEECHES 
FROM LAST NIGHT. 
>> IT IS ALMOST 
LIKE THIS 
ELECTION IS 
SHAPING UP TO BE 
CHURCH, WORK AND 
SCHOOL VERSUS 
RIOTS LOOTING 
AND VANDALISM. 
>> THEY WILL 
DISARM YOU, 
EMPTY THE 
PRISONS, LOCK 
YOU IN YOUR HOME 
AND INVITE MS-13 
TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
>> YOUR FAMILY 
WILL NOT BE SAFE 
IN THE RADICAL 
DEMOCRATS 
AMERICA. 
>> FAR LEFT 
DEMOCRATS IN OUR 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
MADE THIS 
SHOOTING 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
CONTROL WHAT YOU 
SEE AND THINK 
AND BELIEVE SO 
THAT THEY CAN 
CONTROL HOW YOU 
LIVE. 
>> YOUR SPEECH 
WAS PRETTY 
UPBEAT BUT YOU 
DID LAND PUNCHES 
I'LL GRANT YOU. 
DO YOU LIKE THAT 
MESSAGE THAT THE 
CONVENTION SENT 
LAST NIGHT OR DO 
YOU WISH THAT 
RHETORIC WOULD 
BE RATCHETED 
TOWN A LITTLE 
BIT? 
>> WELL, THIS IS 
A POLITICAL 
PROCESS AND 
DRAWING CONTRAST 
VERY IMPORTANT. 
WHAT I LIKE TO 
THINK ABOUT IS 
WHAT I SPOKE 
ABOUT. 
BECAUSE 
IMPORTANT TO ME 
IS THAT MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 
99th BIRTHDAY IS 
TODAY. 
AND THE FACT 
THAT AMERICA HAS 
CHANGED SO MUCH. 
WE HAVE EVOLVED 
INTO A BETTER 
NATION AND WE 
CONTINUE TO MOVE 
TOWARDS THAT 
MORE PERFECT 
UNION. 
SO WHILE THERE 
WERE CERTAINLY 
SOME FIRE AND 
BRIM STONE LAST 
WEEK AND WE 
CREATED A STARK 
CONTRAST THIS 
WEEK, THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
THE MESSAGES 
THAT I'M TRYING 
TO PROVIDE TO 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE IS WE ARE 
BETTER TOGETHER 
AND THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE 
WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO DECIDE 
THE FATE OF THIS 
NATION AND THE 
DIRECTION OF 
THIS NATION. 
AND I'M ACTUALLY 
VERY OPTIMISTIC 
AND EXCITED 
ABOUT WHERE 
WE'RE GOING. 
>> LAST NIGHT 
FEATURED MANY 
BLACK SPEAKERS. 
YOU WERE THE 
CLOSER, THE 
HEADLINER. 
THERE WAS A 
CONCERTED EFFORT 
IT SEEMED TO 
REACH BLACK 
VOTERS IN 
PARTICULAR. 
AS YOU WELL KNOW 
IN THE POLLS 
ABOUT 8% OF 
BLACK VOTERS 
SUPPORT THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I THINK IT IS 
88% FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT RIDE 
WENT. 
HOW MUCH OF AN 
UPHILL CLIMB IS 
THIS TO TRY TO 
WIN BACK SOME OF 
THE BLACK 
VOTERS? 
>> WELL, IT HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN A 
CHALLENGE FOR 
THE LAST TWO OR 
THREE DECADES 
FOR REPUBLICANS 
TO DO WELL IN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES. 
I THINK OUR 
POLICY POSITIONS 
HAVE BEEN FAR 
BETTER THAN THAT 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO GO 
WHERE WE'RE NOT 
INVITED TO BE 
ABLE TO TALK TO 
VOTERS IN A WAY 
THAT SAYS THAT 
WE CARE ABOUT 
THE ISSUES THAT 
ARE IMPORTANT TO 
THOSE VOTERS. 
FROM HBCUs TO 
OPPORTUNITY 
ZONES TO 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
ISSUES TO 
WORKFORCE 
PARTICIPATION 
RATE. 
WE HAVE 
ADDRESSED SOME 
OF THE MAJOR 
ISSUES THAT HAVE 
BEEN STICKING 
POINTS IN THE 
PAST. 
AND I'M 
CERTAINLY 
HOPEFUL THAT THE 
WAY THAT WE HAVE 
ADDRESSED THOSE 
ISSUES WILL 
RESINATE WITH 
THE VOTERS AND 
DRIVE THOSE 
NUMBERS UP. 
I'M ENCOURAGED 
THAT I WILL SEE 
AN INCREASE. 
WE WILL SEE AN 
INCREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTING FOR THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THE REPUBLICAN 
TICKET. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER. 
TODAY I'M PRETTY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
INCREASING THE 
NUMBERS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
WENT TO NORTH 
CAROLINA TO OPEN 
UP THE 
CONVENTION AND 
SPENT SEVERAL 
MINUTES RAILING 
AGAIN AGAINST 
MAIL-IN VOTINGS. 
SAYING THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO STEAL 
THE ELECTION. 
THERE WILL BE 
WIDESPREAD 
FRAUD, HE IS 
PREDICTING. 
QUOTE, THE ONLY 
WAY WE LOSE THE 
ELECTION IS IF 
IT IS A RIGGED 
ELECTION. 
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>> I HAVE A LOT 
OF CONFIDENCE IN 
OUR ELECTORAL 
PROCESS. 
I'M VERY 
CONFIDENT THAT 
WE WILL HAVE 
FAIR ELECTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND MOST OF THE 
ISSUES THAT 
REMAIN ARE GOING 
TO BE LOCAL 
ISSUES. 
HAVING SERVED IN 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, I 
HAVE A LOT OF 
CONFIDENCE IN 
HOW WE WILL TAKE 
CARE OF THIS 
ELECTION CYCLE. 
>> YOU KNOW, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT MISSED AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
THIS IS JUST HIS 
REMARKS 
YESTERDAY. 
IT IS TWO AND A 
HALF PAGES 
SINGLE SPACED 
JUST JED ON THIS 
ISSUE TRYING TO 
SAY THAT THE 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
RIGGED OR 
FRAUDULENT. 
SO YOU SAID YOU 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
IN THIS VOTING 
PROCESS. 
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO SEND THAT 
MESSAGE MORE 
CLEARLY? 
>> WELL, IS A 
VAN A YOU WILL 
HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY I 
HOPE TO 
INTERVIEW THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
HOW I FEEL ABOUT 
IT AND MOST 
AMERICANS 
BELIEVE. 
THAT IS THAT 
THIS PROCESS OF 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
WILL PROVE TO 
WORK OUT JUST 
FINE. 
I THINK EVERY 
SINGLE AMERICAN 
SHOULD HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
HOW WE DO SO IS 
IMPORTANT. 
THAT WE DO SO IS 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
I'M GOING TO 
HAVE CONFIDENCE 
THAT ALL OF THE 
MOVING PIECES 
WILL ACTUALLY 
FIT TOGETHER AND 
WE WILL HAVE A 
VERY STRONG 
INTEGRITY DRIVEN 
CHARACTER DRIVEN 
ELECTION. 
>> SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT THE 
HEADLINER FROM 
LAST NIGHT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME THIS 
MORNING, SIR. 
WE REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
 
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER RACE AND 
POLICING.
>> OVERNIGHT NEW 
CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
>> WE'RE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST 
PEACEFULLY, NOT 
TO BE DESTRUCT I 
HAVE. 
>> OFFICERS SHOT 
29-YEAR-OLD 
JACOB BLAKE IN 
THE BACK SUNDAY 
AS HIS CHILDREN 
WATCHED. 
>> THIS WASN'T 
BAD POLICE WORK. 
THIS FELT LIKE 
SOME SORT OF 
VENDETTA BEING 
TAKEN OUT ON A 
MEMBER OF OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> THIS NEW 
VIDEO SHOWS THE 
SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE 
BUT IT IS STILL 
NOT CLEAR 
EXACTLY WHAT WAS 
SAID BETWEEN 
POLICE AND 
BLAKE. 
>> AT LEAST TWO 
OFFICERS WITH 
WITH THEIR GUNS 
DRAWN FOLLOWED 
HIM AS HE WALKED 
AROUND THE FRONT 
OF HIS GRAY SUV. 
WE PAUSED THE 
VIDEO AFTER HE 
OPENED THE DOOR 
WITH HIS BACK TO 
AN OFFICER. 
THEN AT LEAST 7 
SHOTS. 
WHITE WAS THE 
WITNESS WHO 
RECORDED THAT 
ANGLE. 
HE ASKED US NOT 
TO SHOW HIS FACE 
TO PROTECT HIS 
PRIVACY BUT TOLD 
US THAT HE SAW 
BLAKE TRYING TO 
BREAK UP AN 
ARGUMENT BETWEEN 
TWO WOMEN AT THE 
SCENE. 
>> I HAD NO IDEA 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO SHOOT HIM. 
>> HE SAYS HE 
HEARD THE 
OFFICERS TELL 
BLAKE TO DROP 
THE KNIFE BUT HE 
NEVER SAW BLAKE 
WITH A WEAPON. 
>> WISCONSIN'S 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING 
AND SAYS THE 
OFFICERS ARE 
FULLY 
COOPERATING AND 
ARE NOW ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
THE KENOSHA 
POLICE UNIT ASKS 
THAT YOU 
WITHHOLD 
PREJUDGMENT 
ABOUT THE 
INCIDENT AND 
PLEASE LET THE 
PROCESS TAKE 
PLACE. 
BUT VIDEO OF THE 
SHOOTING 
RICOCHETED 
ACROSS SOCIAL 
MEDIA, DRAWING 
OUTRAGE FROM 
LEBRON JAMES TO 
JOE BIDEN. 
PROFOUND OUTRAGE 
HERE. 
BLAKE'S SHOOTING 
COMES EXACTLY 
THREE MONTHS 
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
BERNADETTE 
PRINCE TOLD ME 
SHE HAS THREE 
SONS. 
>> I AM ANGRY 
[CENSOR] 
I'M SUPPOSED TO 
BE ANGRY BECAUSE 
THIS NEEDS TO 
STOP. 
OUR BLACK MEN 
ARE NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
YOU CAN GO OUT 
AND HUNT AND 
KILL JUST 
BECAUSE YOU FEEL 
LIKE IT. 
>> FIREFIGHTERS 
ARE NOW BLOCKED 
OFF THIS AREA. 
THAT BUILDING 
WAS BURNED TO 
THE GROUND 
OVERNIGHT. 
NOW, WE 
UNDERSTAND FROM 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
THAT HE IS IN 
SERIOUS BUT 
STABLE CONDITION 
BUT EXPECTED TO 
RECOVER. 
BUT THIS 
COMMUNITY IS 
WONDERING WHAT'S 
NEXT? 
FORTUNE WITH LAURA.
>>> THIS 
MORNING, TROPICAL
STORM MARCO 
BRINGING HEAVY 
RAINS, FLOODING 
AND A AFEW FEET 
OF STORM SURGE 
ACROSS THE GULF 
COAST. 
COMPARED TO WHAT 
IS COMING, IT 
COULD JUST BE 
THE CALM BEFORE 
THE STORM. 
>> UNLIKE MARCO, 
LAURA IS A VERY 
LARGE STORM. 
VERY, VERY 
POWERFUL STORM. 
AND SO THIS IS 
-- THIS IS AN 
ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE THAT 
WE'RE 
PARTICIPATING 
NOW BASED ON THE 
CURRENT 
FORECAST. 
>> TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA 
SLAMMING THROUGH 
CUBA. 
DUMPING HEAVY 
RAIN ON THE 
CARIBBEAN 
ISLAND, THE 
FINAL OBSTACLE 
BEFORE GULF 
WATERS ACT AS 
JET FUEL 
PROPELLING THE 
RAPIDLY 
STRENGTHENING 
SYSTEM ON A 
COLLISION COURSE 
WITH THE TEXAS 
AND LOUISIANA 
COASTLINES, 
POSSIBLY AS A 
CATEGORY TWO OR 
THREE HURRICANE. 
>> I'VE BEEN 
THROUGH KATRINA 
AND I DON'T WANT 
TO RUN OUT 
ANOTHER ONE IF 
IT CAN BE 
HELPED. 
>> IN OTHER 
PARTS OF 
LOUISIANA THE 
PREP WORK GRINDS 
ON. 
>> FROM THIS 
POINT OUT I 
WOULD RATHER BE 
SURPRISED THAT 
IT WAS NOT AS 
BAD AS I THOUGHT 
THAN WORSE THAN 
WHAT I GOT READY 
FOR. 
>> IN COASTAL 
AREAS OF TEXAS, 
HEALTH CARE 
FACILITIES 
PREPARING TO 
MOVE RESIDENTS. 
>> THIS IS A 
MAJOR HURRICANE 
THAT COULD 
THREATEN THE 
COAST AND WE'RE 
DOING EVERYTHING 
THAT WE CAN TO 
PREPARE FOR IT. 
>> CITIES 
HAUNTED BY 
PREVIOUS NATURAL 
DISASTERS KNOW 
THE THREAT TOO 
WELL. 
LOUISIANA 
VIRTUALLY EMPTY. 
>> IT IS ONE 
THING AFTER 
ANOTHER. 
IT IS LIKE WHAT 
MORE CAN THEY 
THROW AT US? 
BUT WE WILL DO 
IT. 
WE WILL ADJUST 
AND WE WILL MAKE 
IT WORK. 
>> THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA HAVE 
BOTH RECEIVED 
EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS 
FROM FEMA. 
GUYS, IN THIS 
STATE NEARLY 
2,000 NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN ARE ON 
STAND BY WITH 
100 HIGH WATER 
VEHICLES READY 
IN CASE THEY'RE 
NEEDED FOR 
EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE. 
HODA, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> SAM BROCK FOR 
US IN THE GREAT 
CITY OF NEW 
ORLEANS. 
>> THAT BRINGS 
US TO AL WHO HAS 
BEEN TRACKING 
THE STORM ALL 
MORNING. 
GOOD MORNING, 
AL. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
HERE IS THE 
LATEST RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE HAVE 
HURRICANE 
WATCHES FROM 
GALVESTON ON TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA. 
TROPICAL STORM 
WATCHES FURTHER 
EAST AND WEST. 
LAURA IS 85 
MILES NORTHWEST 
OF THE WESTERN 
TIP OF CUBA. 
65 MILES PER 
HOUR WINDS. 
IT IS MOVING 
WEST NORTHWEST 
AT 17. 
IT WILL 
STRENGTHEN TO A 
HURRICANE TODAY. 
IT WILL GROW IN 
SIZE AND 
INTENSITY. 
A CATEGORY 2 BY 
WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON. 
RAIN AND WIND 
WILL INCREASE 
FROM CORPUS 
CHRISTI TO NEW 
ORLEANS. 
AND THEN 
THURSDAY, LATE 
THURSDAY, 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
INTO THURSDAY 
MORNING IT 
BECOMES A 
CATEGORY 3. 
LANDFALL WITH 
115 MILES PER 
HOUR WINDS. 
DANGEROUS WIND, 
RAIN GUSTS, 
STORM SURGE. 
AND IT KEEPS 
MOVING NORTH 
INTO ARKANSAS. 
THE RISK FOR 
FLOODING AND 
TORNADOES CANNOT 
BE RULED OUT. 
WHY ARE WE 
LOOKING FOR 
RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION? 
IT'S GOT A 750-
MILE JOURNEY 
OVER WARM GULF 
WATERS AVERAGING 
86 DEGREES. 
THAT MEANS THE 
CONDITIONS ARE 
FAVORABLE FOR AN 
INCREASE OF 35 
MILES PER HOUR 
IN 24 HOURS. 
THESE STORM 
SURGE VALUES 
WERE BASED ON A 
CATEGORY 2 
LANDFALL. 
SO WE EXPECT 
THOSE NUMBERS TO 
COME UP ANYWHERE 
FROM 4 TO 11-
FOOT OF STORM 
SURGE. 
AND RAINFALL 
UPWARDS OF 12 
INCHES OF RAIN 
FROM LAKE 
CHARLES ALL THE 
WAY INTO 
LITTLEROCK. 
GUYS, WE WILL BE 
TRACKING THIS. 
BUT THAT RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION 
IS WHAT WE'RE 
WORRIED ABOUT, 
BRINGING IT UP 
TO A 3. MAKE NO 
MISTAKE, WHETHER 
IT IS A TWO OR 
THREE, IT WILL 
DO POTENTIALLY A 
LOT OF DAMAGE. 
>> THIS MORNING 
JERRY FALL WELL 
JUNIOR'S TIME AS 
PRESIDENT OF 
LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY MAY 
BE COMING TO AN 
END. 
FALWELL TELLING 
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL HE 
SUBMITTED HIS 
RESIGNATION 
LETTER AFTER THE 
UNIVERSITY SAID 
THE EMBATTLED 
EVANGELIST HAD 
WITHDRAWN HIS 
OFFER TO STEP 
DOWN ON MONDAY. 
>> I COULDN'T DO 
IT WITHOUT YOU. 
>> IT CAME AFTER 
FALWELL GAVE A 
LENGTHY 
STATEMENT TO THE 
EXAMINER SAYING 
THAT HIS WIFE 
HAD AN 
EXTRAMARITAL 
AFFAIR AND THEY 
WERE THE VICTIMS 
OF BLACKMAIL. 
HIS WIFE HAD A 
FATAL ATTRACTION 
TYPE OF 
SITUATION WITH A 
YOUNG MAP 
WORKING AT A 
HOTEL. 
THAT MAN IS 
GIANCARLO 
GRANDA. 
HE WAS AOF BECKY 
INAPPROPRIATE 
RELATIONSHIP BUT 
WAS NOT 
INVOLVED. 
GRANDA SAYS THAT 
HE HAD A 8-YEAR 
SEXUAL RIP WITH 
BECKY FALWELL. 
JERRY KNEW ABOUT 
IT AND WATCHED 
THEM TOGETHER. 
HE GAVE TEXT 
MESSAGES AND 
SCREEN SHOTS 
FROM A FACE TIME 
THAT BECKY WAS 
NAKED AS WELL AS 
THIS RECORDING 
OF A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE COUPLE. 
>> HE IS TELLING 
ME EVERY TIME 
THAT HE HOOKS UP 
WITH PEOPLE LIKE 
I HAVE FEELINGS 
OR SOMETHING. 
>> TRYING TO 
MAKE YOU 
JEALOUS. 
>> NBC NEWS HAS 
NOT SEEN THE 
MESSAGES OR 
PHOTOS. 
IN 2019 GRANDA 
SAYS THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
GREW 
CONTENTIOUS. 
AS SOON AS 
YOU'RE OKAY WITH 
RUINING MY LIFE 
I'M GOING TO 
TAKE THE ROUTE. 
I WANTED TO 
REACH A PEACEFUL 
RESOLUTION. 
BUT IF CONFLICT 
IS WHAT YOU 
WANT, SO BE IT. 
FALWELL SAID 
THAT GRANDA 
TRIED TO EXTORT 
HIM. 
HE DENIES THAT 
SAYING HE WAS 
TRYING TO END A 
BUSINESS 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH THE COUPLE. 
THE FALWELLS ARE 
SOME OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S MOST 
PROMINENT 
RELIGIOUS 
SUPPORTERS. 
LAST WEEK BECKY 
SPOKE WITH ERIC 
TRUMP'S WIFE 
LAURA. 
>> WE ARE SO 
PROUD OF OUR 
STUDENTS HERE AT 
LIBERTY. 
IT IS SUCH AN 
HONOR TO SERVE 
ALONGSIDE THEM. 
WE TRY TO TEACH 
GOOD FAMILY 
VALUES AND 
MORALS. 
>> FALWELL IS ON 
A LEAVE OF 
ABSENCE AFTER 
POSTING THIS 
PHOTO ON 
INSTAGRAM 
TELLING A RADIO 
SHOW IT WAS 
TAKEN AT A 
COSTUME PARTY IN 
GOOD FUN. 
>> I HAVE 
APOLOGIZED TO 
EVERYONE. 
AND I PROMISE MY 
KIDS I'M GOING 
TO TRY TO BE -- 
I'M GOING TO BE 
A GOOD BOY FROM 
HERE ON OUT. 
>> SO, STEPH, I 
MEAN BESIDES 
THAT STATEMENT 
TO THE NEWSPAPER 
IN WASHINGTON, 
WITH ALL OF THIS 
NEW INFORMATION 
COMING TO LIGHT, 
HAS ANYONE 
ACTUALLY TALKED 
DIRECTLY TO 
FALWELL? 
>> WELL, GREG, 
WE REACHED OUT 
TO GRANDA AND 
FALWELL. 
NEITHER 
RESPONDED TO OUR 
REQUEST FOR 
COMMENT. 
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL HAD AN 
INTERVIEW WITH 
HIM. 
FIRST HIS TONE 
WAS ANGRY. 
HE WAS UPSET 
THAT THE 
INSTITUTE WOULD 
GET RID OF HIM 
OVER THE 
INSTAGRAM PHOTO. 
HE LATER 
ACKNOWLEDGED 
THAT HE HAD 
EMBARRASSED THE 
UNIVERSITY AND 
DIDN'T WANT TO 
DO FURTHER 
DAMAGE TO IT. 
,
IF WE CONTRACT COVID?
>> FROM HONG 
KONG THIS 
MORNING, THE 
FIRST CONFIRMED 
CASE OF A 
PATIENT 
CONTRACTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS A 
SECOND TIME. 
DOCTORS REPORT 
THE PATIENT, A 
33-YEAR-OLD MAN, 
WAS FIRST 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
COVID IN LATE 
MARCH. 
HIS CONDITION 
THEN REQUIRED 
HOSPITALIZATION 
THOUGH THE CASE 
WAS MILD. 
THEN FOUR MONTHS 
LATER REPORTEDLY 
AFTER RETURNING 
TO HONG KONG 
FROM SPAIN VIA 
THE UNITED 
KINGDOM HE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
AGAIN ON AUGUST 
15th. 
AND WAS 
HOSPITALIZED BUT 
IS ASYMPTOMATIC. 
THE FINDING 
SUGGEST THAT'S 
SOME PATIENTS 
WHO RECOVER FROM 
COVID MAY HAVE 
ONLY SHORT LIVED 
IMMUNITY FROM 
REINFECTION. 
BUT EXPERTS SAY 
THERE IS NO 
CAUSE FOR PANIC 
AND THE 
REINFECTION IS 
COMMON WITH 
OTHER 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> I'M NOT 
SURPRISED. 
I THINK SOME 
PEOPLE WILL GET 
REINFECTED. 
I DON'T THINK 
EVERYBODY IS 
GOING TO GET 
REINFECTED. 
WE KNOW THAT 
PEOPLE DEVELOP A 
CERTAIN LEVEL OF 
IMMUNITY AGAINST 
THE VIRUS. 
>> WITH MORE 
THAN 23 MILLION 
CASES WORLDWIDE, 
DOCTORS INSIST 
THIS DISCOVERED 
CASE OF 
REINFECTION 
SHOULD NOT 
DERAIL THE PUSH 
FOR A VACCINE. 
>> THIS TELLS ME 
THAT EVEN FOR MY 
PATIENTS WHO 
HAVE RECOVERED 
FROM A NATURAL 
INFECTION, I 
WOULD STILL 
OFFER THEM THE 
VACCINE BECAUSE 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
THEY HAD A HIGH 
ENOUGH IMMUNE 
RESPONSE AND 
DON'T WANT TO 
PUT THEM AT RISK 
FOR REINFECTION. 
>> IT COMES 
AFTER THE FDA'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON 
SUNDAY ON THE 
EVE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION IT 
HAD APPROVED 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA TO TREAT 
COVID-19. 
MEDICAL EXPERTS 
SAY PLASMA WHICH 
HAS LONG BEEN 
USED TO TREAT 
OTHER INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES HAS 
SHOWN PROMISE IN 
TREATING COVID. 
THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER 
REPORTS A 35% 
IMPROVEMENT IN 
SURVIVAL. 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
IT WAS MOST 
EFFECTIVE WHEN 
ADMINISTERED 
EARLY AND WITH 
HIGH DOSES OF 
ANTIBODIES. 
PLASMA IS A CURE-
ALL FOR 
EVERYONE. 
.
IT'S NOT A BREAKTHROUGH.
IT'S NOT A MIR
>> IT'S BEEN 
AROUND FOR OTHER 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES. 
>> BY THE WAY 
THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER IS 
CLARIFYING HIS 
REMARKS SAYING 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF CAVEATS TO 
THE 35% 
IMPROVEMENT. 
BACK TO THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM 
HONG KONG. 
IT APPEARS THAT 
HE HAD A SECOND 
STRAIN OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS, NOT 
THE INITIAL 
STRAIN. 
AND THAT'S HOW 
THEY DETERMINE 
IN FACT HE WAS 
REINFECTED. 
BECAUSE IF HE 
HAD THE SAME 
STRAIN, THEY 
WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT MAYBE 
THE VIRUS JUST 
KIND OF LAID LOW 
FOR A WHILE. 
IN FACT IT IS A 
SECOND STRAIN. 
THIS MORNING 
WE'RE NOW 
HEARING THERE 
ARE TWO CASES 
ONE IN THE 
NETHERLANDS AND 
ONE IN BELGIUM 
OF PEOPLE BEING 
REINFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>>> AND WELCOME BACK.
>> WELCOME BACK. 
YESTERDAY 
RESEARCHERS AT 
HONG KONG 
UNIVERSITY SAID 
THEY HAD 
DIAGNOSED THE 
WORLD ACE FIRST 
CASE OF COVID-19 
REINFECTION. 
IF YOU'VE 
ALREADY HAD 
COVID, CAN YOU 
GET IT AGAIN? 
AND DOES IT MAKE 
WEARING A MASK 
EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN 
EVER. 
>> HERE IS DR. 
JOHN TORRES AND 
CONSUMER 
CORRESPONDENT 
VICKI WYNN. 
LET'S START WITH 
YOU, DR. TORRES. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ASSUMED THAT 
ONCE YOU HAVE IT 
PERHAPS YOU'RE 
LESS LIKELY TO 
GET IT FRANKLY. 
WE HAVE THIS NEW 
CASE OF 
REINFECTION. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
ABOUT THIS CASE 
IN PARTICULAR 
AND WHAT DOES IT 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE COMPLEXITY 
OF THE VIRUS. 
>> IT IS NOT 
JUST ONE NEW 
CASE. 
THERE ARE 
ACTUALLY TWO 
MORE CASE THAT'S 
HAVE BEEN 
VERIFIED AS 
REINFECTION. 
ONE IN THE 
NETHERLANDS AND 
ONE IN BELGIUM. 
THAT BRINGS IT 
TO A TOTAL OF 
THREE CASES. 
TO PUT IT IN 
CONTEXT THAT, IS 
OUT OF 23 
MILLION CASES 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
JUST THREE 
VERIFIED BEING 
REINFECTED. 
WHAT RESEARCHERS 
ARE TELLING ME 
SHE WOULD BE 
MORE SURPRISED 
IF THEY DIDN'T 
FIND 
REINFECTIONS. 
WHAT IS 
ESSENTIALLY 
HAPPENING IS THE 
VIRUS IS 
CHANGING A 
LITTLE BIT. 
NOT A COMPLETE 
MUTATION BUT A 
LITTLE BIT OF A 
CHANGE OUR AND 
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS 
LIKE A VACCINE. 
ONCE YOU GET 
REINFECTED IT 
CAN FIGHT OFF 
THAT VIRUS. 
THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE SEEING 
HERE. 
IN HONG KONG THE 
MAN HAD NO 
SYMPTOMS. 
HE WAS CAUGHT ON 
A SCREENING EXAM 
ON AN AIRPLANE. 
IN BELGIUM, MILD 
SYMPTOMS. 
IN NETHERLANDS, 
HE HAD A 
WEAKENED IMMUNE 
SYSTEM SO THAT 
PUTS HIM IN A 
DIFFERENT 
CATEGORY. 
THIS SHOWS THAT 
THE REINFECTION 
IS POSSIBLE AT 
LEAST IN RARE 
CASES. 
ONCE THEY WERE 
REINFECTED THE 
BODY DID WHAT IT 
IS SUPPOSED TO 
DO. 
THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM FOUGHT IT 
OFF. 
BUT YOU'RE 
RIGHT. 
THIS SHOWS WHY 
WE NEED TO WEAR 
THE MASKS 
BECAUSE THE 
REINFECTION 
LOOKS LIKE IT IS 
POSSIBLE AT 
LEAST IN THE 
RARE SITUATIONS. 
>> WITH THAT 
SAID, WHAT DOES 
THIS MEAN FOR 
VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT? 
WILL RESEARCHERS 
HAVE TO TWEAK 
ANYTHING. 
>> THAT'S THE 
BIG QUESTION. 
WHAT IT MEANS 
FOR VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT IS 
LOOKING AT THIS 
VERY, VERY 
CAREFULLY TO 
FIND OUT WHAT 
HAPPENED THERE, 
HOW THEIR BODY 
RESPOND. 
WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN ABOUT THE 
INITIAL VACCINE 
AND THE BOOSTER 
SHOTS. 
WILL WE NEED A 
SHOT EVERY YEAR 
BECAUSE THE 
VIRUS CHANGES OR 
WILL WE NEED 
THEM ONCE OR 
TWICE IN OUR 
LIFETIME. 
WE DON'T KNOW AT 
THIS POINT. 
FOLLOWING THEM 
AND LOOKING FOR 
OTHER 
REINFECTIONS 
WILL BE THE KEY 
BEHIND ALL OF 
THIS. 
>> WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW THAT ONE. 
DR. JOHN TORRES, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> CONSUMER 
CORRESPONDENT 
VICKI WYNN JOINS 
US WITH THIS 
OUTSIDE 
SCHOOLING THING. 
THERE HAS TO BE 
A LOT OF 
BENEFITS TO HAVE 
KIDS LEARN 
OUTSIDE. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST BENEFITS 
IS AIR 
VENTILATION. 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT WHAT A 
PROBLEM THAT IS 
WITH THE OLDER 
CLASSROOMS. 
THE MORE 
CIRCULATION, THE 
LESS LIKELY IT 
WILL LINGER IN 
THE AIR AND GET 
SOMEONE SICK. 
WHAT PARENTS 
NEED TO THINK 
ABOUT WHEN GOING 
TO AN OUTDOOR 
LEARNING 
ENVIRONMENT IS 
LEARNING CAMP. 
YOU WANT 
SUNSCREEN, HATS 
AND DRESS YOUR 
KIDS IN LAYER TO 
THEY CAN 
REGULATE THEIR 
TEMPERATURE. 
WE HAVE TO 
REMEMBER MORE 
THAN 440,000 
KIDS IN THIS 
COUNTRY HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19. 
IT IS POSSIBLE 
FOR KIDS TO GET 
THE VIRUS. 
BEING OUTSIDE 
REDUCES THE RISK 
DRAMATICALLY FOR 
STUDENTS AS WELL 
AS TEACHERS. 
>> UNFORTUNATELY 
UNLESS YOU LIVE 
LIKE, I DON'T 
KNOW, SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA OR 
SOMETHING, THE 
WEATHER WILL BE 
AN ISSUE. 
WHETHER IT IS 
TOO WEST IN THE 
SOUTHWEST WHERE 
I GREW UP OR TOO 
COLD IN THE 
WINTER TIME. 
WHAT IS THE PLAN 
FOR SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT. 
>> TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF THE 
GOOD WEATHER AS 
LONG AS YOU CAN. 
YOU SAW THE 
SCHOOLS TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF 
TENTS, PORTABLE 
HEATERS. 
I THINK THIS IS 
THE YEAR THAT 
ALL PARENTS HAVE 
TO REALLY INVEST 
AND GET 
INVOLVED. 
IT IS NOT JUST 
ABOUT MONEY. 
IT IS ABOUT 
BRAIN POWER AND 
WILL POWER. 
EVENT PLANNING 
COMPANIES HAVE 
TABLES, TENTS, 
CHAIRS, THEY'RE 
NOT PLANNING 
EVENTS RIGHT 
NOW. 
THEY'RE 
COORDINATING 
WITH SCHOOLS. 
>> SMART. 
>> THESE ARE 
PARTNERSHIPS 
THAT WE SHOULD 
HAVE. 
AND PARENTS ARE 
ARCHITECTS, 
BUILDERS, 
CONTRACTORS. 
WE ALL HAVE 
RESOURCES THAT 
WE CAN BRING AND 
THE MOST 
SUCCESSFUL 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
ARE THE ONES 
WITH THE MOST 
BUY IN FROM THE 
TEACHERS AND 
COMMUNITIES AND 
LOOKING TO GET 
EVERYONE BACK IN 
SCHOOL. 
NO ONE DISAGREES 
THAT IS THE BEST 
ENVIRONMENT FOR 
KIDS. 
BUT HOW DO YOU 
DO IT SAFELY AND 
MAKE EVERYONE 
FEEL GOOD ABOUT 
IT. 
>> SMART. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
>> HIS 
CONVICTION AND 
SENTENCING 
BROUGHT TO AN 
END ONE OF THE 
MOST HIGH 
PROFILE CASES IN 
U.S. HISTORY. 
BUT NOW IN A NEW 
RULING THE 
CALIFORNIA 
SUPREME COURT 
SAYS SCOTT 
PETERSON MUST 
COME OFF DEATH 
ROW OVERTURNING 
HIS PENALTY BUT 
NOT THE GUILTY 
VERDICT. 
>> CITING ERRORS 
MADE BY THE 
TRIAL JUDGE FOR 
EXCUSING JURORS 
WHO EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
CAPITAL 
PUNISHMENT, THE 
STATE'S HIGHEST 
COURT WRITES, A 
JUROR MAY NOT BE 
DISMISSED MERELY 
BECAUSE HE OR 
SHE HAS 
EXPRESSED 
OPPOSITION TO 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY AS A 
GENERAL MATTER. 
>> I THOUGHT WE 
MADE A GOOD 
DECISION. 
>> GREG WAS ON 
THE JURY IN 2004 
THAT RECOMMENDED 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY TO THE 
JUDGE. 
>> THIS WASN'T 
JUST A SPUR OF 
THE MOMENT. 
IT WASN'T AN ACT 
OF RAGE OR 
EMOTION. 
THIS WAS 
ACTUALLY THOUGHT 
OUT AND PLANNED. 
>> CONVICTED OF 
KILLING HIS WIFE 
LACI, PREGNANT 
WITH THEIR 
UNBORN SON, 
PETERSON DUMPED 
HER BODY IN THE 
SAN FRANCISCO 
BAY ON CHRISTMAS 
EVE, FOUR MONTHS 
BEFORE BOTH 
BODIES WASHED 
ASHORE. 
THE TRIAL WHICH 
INCLUDED AN 
AFFAIR WITH 
AMBER FREY 
CAPTIVATED THE 
NATION. 
>> I'M AGAINST 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY. 
BUT I DO THINK 
IT IS EXACTLY 
WHERE HE SHOULD 
BE. 
AND I LOST MY 
SISTER-IN-LAW 
LACI AND MY 
UNBORN NEPHEW 
CONNOR. 
AND I BELIEVE 
THAT HE SHOULD 
REMAIN IN PRISON 
FOR THE REST OF 
HIS LIFE WITHOUT 
PAROLE. 
>> PETERSON'S 
TRIAL LASTED SIX 
MONTHS. 
HE WAS CONVICTED 
IN NINE DAYS. 
>> I THOUGHT IT 
WAS A 
MISCARRIAGE OF 
JUSTICE. 
I STILL THINK 
THE FACT THAT HE 
IS IN THERE WITH 
A GUILTY VERDICT 
IS STILL A 
MISCARRIAGE. 
>> FOR SOME 15 
YEARS, PETERSON 
HAS BEEN ON SAN 
AGAIN TIN'S 
DEATH ROW BUT 
THE STATE PUT A 
MORATORIUM ON 
EXECUTIONS AND 
THIS MORNING IT 
IS UNCLEAR IF 
THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY WHO HAS 
NOT COMMENTED 
WILL PURSUE THE 
DEATH PENALTY 
AGAIN. 
FOR TODAY, NBC 
NEWS, LOS 
ANGELES. 
>> MEANWHILE A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE SAID THEY 
ARE REVIEWING 
THE DECISION AND 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
IT WITH LACI 
PETERSON'S 
FAMILY BEFORE 
DECIDING HOW TO 
PROCEED. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE BACK 
DROP OF HOW TO 
KEEP VOTERS SAFE 
AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR NOT 
HAVE A JOB. 
THAT IS AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> THIS IS THE 
MOMENT THAT WE 
CAN DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD WILL BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON. 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY NEVER 
MORE IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THEY WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
R
>> I WOULD SAY 
HE'S HAD SOME 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
IN TRADE. 
HAD SOME WINS. 
BUT THE TRADE 
WAR WITH CHINA 
HAS BEEN 
DEVASTATING. 
IT HAS BEEN VERY 
HARD ON 
AGRICULTURE. 
FROM RENEWABLE 
FUEL STANDPOINT, 
IT'S BEEN -- THE 
SUPPORT HAS NOT 
BEEN THERE THAT 
WE HAD HOPED 
FOR. 
>> A LOT OF THE 
POLICY THINGS, 
PEOPLE SAY IT IS 
ALL TRUMP'S 
FAULT. 
THIS PREDATES 
TRUMP. 
AND WHEN TRUMP 
CAME IN, IT DID 
NOT NECESSARILY 
IMPROVE BUT I 
THINK HE AT 
LEAST WAS TRYING 
TO DO SOMETHING. 
THAT'S THE ONE 
THING THAT I 
THINK SOME 
PEOPLE IN THE 
AGRICULTURE WERE 
EXCITED ABOUT 
TRUMP. 
HE FINALLY 
TALKED 
AGRICULTURE. 
WE'VE BEEN SO 
NEGLECTED FOR SO 
MANY YEARS BY 
POLITICIANS. 
IT IS FLY OVER 
COUNTRY IS THE 
TERM THAT PEOPLE 
USE. 
TRUMP COMES 
ALONG AND HE IS 
THE FIRST 
PRESIDENT IN OUR 
LIFETIME TO 
BASICALLY TALK 
SPECIFICALLY 
AGRICULTURE. 
>> WHY WE'RE 
PICKING BETWEEN 
TWO FOR 
PRESIDENT, YOU 
KNOW, THERE'S 
GOT TO BE BETTER 
CHOICES OUT 
THERE. 
I WON'T VOTE FOR 
TRUMP AGAIN. 
THE POLICIES 
THAT HE'S PUT IN 
PLACE AND THE 
TRADE WARS THAT 
HE STARTED HAVE 
DONE NOTHING BUT 
HURT, YOU KNOW, 
RURAL AMERICA. 
YOU KNOW, HE CAN 
CLAIM OTHERWISE 
IN EVERY SOUND 
BYTE OPPORTUNITY 
THAT HE GETS. 
BUT THE BOTTOM 
LINE IS HE HAS 
JUST GIVEN US 
SUBSIDIES TO 
SUPPORT HIS POOR 
POLICY 
DECISIONS. 
I THINK IT WILL 
BE CLOSELY 
CONTESTED IN 
MORE OF THE 
RURAL AREAS. 
PEOPLE ARE 
DETACHED FROM 
WHAT THEY'RE 
VOTING FOR. 
I MYSELF DON'T 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
ANYBODY IN THE 
MIDWEST THINKS 
THAT TRUMP 
RELATES WITH 
THEM AND FOR 
THEM. 
HE NEVER WOULD 
HAVE STEPPED 
FOOT IN OUR 
STATE OR 
ILLINOIS OR IOWA 
IF IT WASN'T FOR 
THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
>> I CAN SEE 
CORRECTLY FROM 
THE HAT THERE. 
WHAT IS THE 
MESSAGE TO 
FARMERS IN RURAL 
COMMUNITIES IN 
COMMUNITIES LIKE 
WHERE YOU ARE BY 
THE PRESIDENT. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
IS NOT NAIVE HOW 
CRUCIAL FARMER 
SUPPORT IS TO 
HIM IN 2020. 
LOOK AT 2016. 
I WANT TO GIVE 
YOU AN IDEA. 
WE'RE HERE IN 
SOUTHWESTERN 
WISCONSIN. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE 2012 
PRESIDENTIAL 
MAP, MOST OF THE 
COUNTIES HERE, 
FARM LAND 
COUNTRIES WENT 
BLUE. 
TRUMP TURNED 
THOSE NUMBERS 
AROUND IN 2016. 
AND THAT IS WHY 
YOU SAW HIM 
AGAIN TODAY IN 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
MAKING A DIRECT 
APPEAL TO 
FARMERS 
CONTENDING THAT 
HE HAS BENEFITED 
THE AG ECONOMY. 
OF COURSE HIS 
STATEMENTS WERE 
LITTERED WITH 
FALSE HOODS 
SUGGESTING THAT 
CHINA, FOR 
INSTANCE, HAD 
PAID $28 BILLION 
TO FARMERS. 
IN REALITY THAT 
WAS PAID BY U.S 
-- U.S. 
COMPANIES 
IMPORTING 
CHINESE GOODS 
AND PAID OUT IN 
THE FORM OF 
SUBSIDIES FROM 
THE U.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE TO 
MAKE UP FOR THE 
VERY LOSSES THAT 
THE U.S. AG 
ECONOMY SAW 
BECAUSE OF THE 
VERY TARIFFS 
THAT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
IMPOSED AS WELL 
AS THOSE 
RETALIATORY 
TARIFFS FROM THE 
LIKES OF CHINA 
AND OUR ALLIES 
LIKE MEXICO AND 
CANADA. 
THAT'S WHERE THE 
FARMERS ARE 
CRUCIAL. 
YOU HEAR THE 
PRESIDENT TRYING 
TO MAKE THAT 
SALES PITCH THAT 
HE HAS HELPED 
THE AG ECONOMY. 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, YOU KNOW, 
IN TALKING WITH 
FARMERS, AS YOU 
JUST HEARD, SOME 
OF THEM THERE. 
THERE WERE SOME 
SLIGHT 
CONCESSIONS, FOR 
INSTANCE, FOR 
THE DAIRY 
ECONOMY COMING 
OUT OF CANADA. 
BUT WHAT THESE 
FARMERS HAVE 
LARGELY SEEN IS 
THE VOLATILE AG 
ECONOMY. 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
THE PRICE OF 
THEIR 
COMMODITIES 
FLUCTUATE UP AND 
DOWN. 
AND OVER THE 
COURSE OF THESE 
LAST FOUR YEARS, 
WE HAVE 
CONSISTENTLY 
HEARD FARMERS 
SAY THEY WANT 
EXPANDED MARKETS 
AND THEY WANT -- 
THEY WANT THOSE 
MARKETS TO BE 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
AMERICAN AG 
PRODUCTS CAN BE 
ACCOUNTED ON. 
WHAT YOU HAVE 
SEEN THREE 
MONTHS OUT FROM 
THE ELECTION IS 
A CONCERN FROM 
THE FARMERS IF 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS ABLE TO OFFER 
THAT. 
>> RON, WHAT ARE 
VOTERS AND 
FARMERS THERE 
SAYING HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HANDLED THE 
PANDEMIC? 
>> WELL, YOU 
KNOW, THERE IS A 
LOT OF 
ENCOURAGEMENT 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR THAT, YOU 
KNOW, PERHAPS 
THIS YEAR, THIS 
HARVEST WOULD 
RESULT IN A 
BETTER YIELD FOR 
THEM. 
BUT WHAT YOU SAW 
WAS A PANDEMIC 
THAT HAS, YOU 
KNOW, LARGELY 
HAD A 
SIGNIFICANT 
HURT. 
LET'S TAKE THE 
DAIRY INDUSTRY 
FOR INSTANCE. 
YOU'RE SEEING IN 
THE DAIRY 
INDUSTRY ABOUT 
$15 FOR A POUND 
OF MILK HERE. 
IN ORDER TO 
BREAK EVEN IF 
YOU'RE RUNNING 
ONE OF THESE 
DAIRY OPERATIONS 
YOU NEED THAT TO 
BE AT ABOUT $17, 
$18. 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE WHEN THEY 
ARE COMPARING -- 
WHEN WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
MARKETS IN AG, 
NOT JUST DAIRY 
BUT CORN, BEANS, 
YOU KNOW, LET'S 
TAKE CHINA AS 
THE BUYER FOR 
EXAMPLE. 
CHINA HAS MORE 
OPTIONS THAN 
JUST U.S. 
COMMODITIES TO 
BUY FROM. 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE YOU HAVE 
SEEN SINCE THE 
TRADE WAR BEGAN 
LARGELY BACK IN 
2018, YOU HAVE 
SEEN CHINA 
INCREASINGLY 
TURN TO OTHER 
COUNTRIES LIKE 
BRAZIL TO BUY 
THEIR BEANS. 
AND THAT IS 
WHERE -- WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE RELIABILITY 
OF AMERICAN AG. 
THERE'S CONCERN 
AMONG A LOT OF 
THE FARMERS. 
BACK IN 2018 
WHEN I TALKED TO 
SUPPORTERS OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
EFFORTS, KNOWING 
THAT THERE WOULD 
BE INITIAL HURT 
FROM THE 
TARIFFS. 
BUT WHAT YOU 
HAVE SEEN OVER 
THE COURSE OF 
NOW YEAR THREE 
OF THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS IS 
CONTINUED 
UNCERTAINTY. 
CHINA JUST LAST 
WEEK PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SUGGESTED 
THAT HE DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT THE 
FUTURE OF THAT 
PHASE 1 TRADE 
DEAL WITH CHINA 
WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
IN TALKING WITH 
FARMERS HERE 
INCLUDING DAN 
WHO IS A FIFTH 
GENERATION DAIRY 
FARMER HERE IN 
RURAL WISCONSIN 
THAT MEANS A LOT 
OF QUESTION 
MARKS. 
THERE WAS A LOT 
OF HOPE 
INVESTED. 
WHEN YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THESE OPERATIONS 
YOU'RE TALKS 
ABOUT HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
DOLLARS, 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
INVESTMENTS 
MADE. 
WHEN THEY DON'T 
HAVE A GUARANTEE 
OF WHAT THEIR 
MARKETS LOOK 
LIKE, THAT 
LEAVES A LOT OF 
QUESTION MARKS. 
BECAUSE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN TAKING 
THIS ON FOR NOW 
THREE YEARS, 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
UNCERTAINTY 
AMONG THE VOTERS 
THAT WE TALKED 
TO HERE ABOUT 
WHETHER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHOULD BE THE 
ONE TO BE 
TRUSTED TO HAVE 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS OF 
HANDLING THE AG 
ECONOMY HERE. 
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ONE TO BE 
>> I JUST HAVE 
TO SAY I LOVE 
FEW THINGS MORE 
THAN WHEN WE 
SEND YOU TO A 
FARM, WHETHER IT 
IS CORN FIELDS 
OR COWS, YOU 
HAVE THE BEST 
STORIES AND THE 
BEST LIVE SHOTS. 
SO GREAT TO SIGH 
OUT THERE IN 
WISCONSIN, RON. 
BUT SHE IS STILL %
EXPECTED TO %
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REPUBLICAN %
NATIONAL %
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>>> THE RNC WAS 
ORIGINALLY 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
IN JACKSONVILLE, 
FLORIDA WHICH IS 
DUVALL COUNTY 
WHICH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WON BACK 
IN 2016. 
AS PART OF OUR 
COUNTY BY COUNTY 
SERIES WE ASKED 
VOTERS IN 
JACKSONVILLE HOW 
THEY'RE FEELING 
HEADING INTO THE 
ELECTION. 
>> I THINK -- 
THEN THERE IS 
SOMETHING TO 
RALLY AROUND. 
IF YOU GET TRUMP 
FOR ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS I THINK IT 
COULD BE THE 
DOWNFALL. 
>> IT DOESN'T 
MATTER WHETHER 
IT IS TRUMP OR 
PENCE OR PICK 
ANY REPUBLICAN 
THAT COULD FILL 
THAT SEAT. 
WE'RE VOTING ON 
SUCH DIFFERENT 
MENTALITIES IN 
AMERICA THESE 
DAYS THAT 
ANYBODY COULD 
NORTHBOUND THAT 
SEAT. 
I'M JUST GOING 
TO VOTE FOR A 
SMALLER 
GOVERNMENT, 
SAFER STREETS, 
BACKING THE 
POLICE, KEEPING 
OUR BORDERS 
SECURE, LESS 
GOVERNMENT AND 
MORE INDIVIDUAL 
FREEDOM AND MORE 
INDIVIDUAL 
LIBERTY. 
>> IT DOESN'T 
RESEMBLE THE 
PARTY I JOINED. 
AND I'M HOPING 
THAT THIS IS A 
RESET KIND OF 
ELECTION. 
>> I'M GOING TO 
SUPPORT BIDEN. 
YOU PROBABLY SAW 
WHEN YOU CAME IN 
A REPUBLICAN FOR 
BIDEN SIGN. 
>> I FIRMLY 
BELIEVE IN 2020 
THAT THERE ARE A 
LOT OF 
REPUBLICAN 
VOTERS THAT MAY 
NOT NECESSARILY 
BE AS OPEN ABOUT 
WHAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO VOTE 
FOR BUT ARE 
GOING TO BE 
CASTING THEIR 
BALLOTS FOR JOE 
BIDEN BECAUSE I 
THINK THAT THE 
LAST FOUR YEARS 
OF WHAT THEY 
EXPECTED THAT 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO GET FROM THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS NOT BEEN 
WHAT THEY WANT 
AND THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS 
OFFERING THEM AN 
ALTERNATIVE TO 
BRING THIS 
COUNTRY BACK. 
>> JOINS US LIVE 
FROM 
JACKSONVILLE, 
FLORIDA. 
WE HEARD FROM 
SOME VOTERS 
THERE. 
HOW DO FOLKS 
THERE FEEL ABOUT 
LOSING THE RNC? 
>> HEY, ALYSON. 
THIS AREA HAS 
BEEN HIT HARD BY 
THE ECONOMIC 
FALLOUT FROM THE 
VIRUS AND THE 
VIRUS ITSELF. 
AND THE BUSINESS 
OWNERS THAT I 
TALKED TO SAID 
IT'S BEEN A BIG 
LOSS. 
ONE OF THE -- 
ONE OF THE SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNERS 
THAT YOU HEARD 
FROM THERE, ED, 
HE SAID THAT THE 
RNC WOULD HAVE 
BEEN LIKE THE 
SUPER BOWL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
BOOST THAT IT 
WOULD HAVE GIVEN 
THIS ECONOMY. 
BUT 
INTERESTINGLY HE 
ALSO SAID THAT 
IN A WAY HE WAS 
A LITTLE BIT 
RELIEVED THAT IT 
WASN'T COMING 
HERE BECAUSE OF 
THE POLITICAL 
DIVISIONS IN 
THIS COUNTY THAT 
HE FELT IT MIGHT 
EXACERBATE. 
THERE WAS A 
REASON THAT THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
FOCUSED ON 
DUVALL COUNTY. 
HE WON IT 
NARROWLY IN 
2016. 
THE FAR NORTH 
YOU GO THE MORE 
SOUTH YOU GET. 
THIS AREA HAS 
BEEN 
CONSERVATIVEMENT 
NORTH FLORIDA IS 
HOW REPUBLICANS 
WIN ELECTIONS. 
THAT NARROW 
VICTORY IN '16 
WAS A BIT OF A 
RED FLAG. 
EVEN BIGGER RED 
FLAG WAS IN 2018 
WHEN ANDREW 
GILLAND TOOK THE 
COUNTY. 
IT WAS THE FIRST 
SINCE 1980. 
SO THIS AREA HAS 
SEEN SHIFTS THAT 
COULD POST 
HEADWINDS FOR 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THE SUBURBS ARE 
GROWING, 
BECOMING MORE 
DIVERSE AND MORE 
COLLEGE 
EDUCATED. 
AND THAT COULD 
SPELL SOME 
PROBLEMS. 
THIS IS THE SORT 
OF DEMOGRAPHIC 
THAT HE'S BEEN 
HAVING TROUBLE 
WITH. 
OF COURSE HE 
STILL HAS A 
PRETTY STRONG 
BASE OF SUPPORT 
HERE. 
AND THERE ARE 
PLENTY OF 
REPUBLICANS THAT 
I TALKED TO HERE 
AS WELL THAT 
SAID, LOOK, I 
MAY NOT LIKE 
WHAT HE SAYS OR 
TWEETS BUT IT IS 
BETTER THAN THE 
ALTERNATIVE. 
ALYSON. 
>> YOU HAVE BEEN 
TRAVELING THE 
COUNTRY AHEAD OF 
THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
HOW IS WHAT 
YOU'RE HEARING 
THERE IN 
JACKSONVILLE 
STACK UP AGAINST 
THE OTHER TOWNS 
THAT YOU'VE BEEN 
VISITING? 
>> YEAH. 
IT IS SO 
INTERESTING THAT 
YOU ASK THAT 
BECAUSE I WAS 
PRETTY STRUCK 
WHEN I SPOKE TO 
SOME OF THE 
VOTERS HERE. 
I HEARD A COUPLE 
OF THINGS THAT 
MADE ME THINK I 
WAS HAVING DEJA 
VU FROM WHAT I 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING IN A 
COUNTY FAR AWAY 
FROM HERE, KENT 
COUNTY MICHIGAN. 
YOU'RE SEEING A 
TREND 
PARTICULARLY IN 
THE SUBURB 
THAT'S ARE 
DIVERSIFYING AND 
BOTH AREAS HAVE 
THIS DIVISIVE 
REPUBLICAN 
ELECTOR AT. 
THE MORE 
MODERATE CHAMBER 
OF COMMERCE 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
SAY THEY DON'T 
REALLY RECOGNIZE 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY AS IT IS 
TODAY AS THE 
PARTY THAT THEY 
JOINED AND THEY 
GREW UP WITH. 
AND IT WAS 
STRIKING TO HEAR 
ALMOST THE SAME 
WORDS COME OUT 
OF PEOPLE'S 
MOUTHS HERE AS I 
HEARD IN 
MICHIGAN. 
BUT AS I 
MENTIONED 
BEFORE, THERE IS 
STILL A LOT OF 
SUPPORT FOR 
DONALD TRUMP 
HERE. 
AND I SPOKE WITH 
THE GOP COUNTY 
CHAIR WHO SAYS 
THAT EVEN THOUGH 
THE RNC DIDN'T 
ACTUALLY HAPPEN 
HERE, THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
THAT THEY WERE 
BUILDING OUT IN 
PREPARATION FOR 
IT IS ACTUALLY 
GOING TO BE 
INCREDIBLY 
HELPFUL TO THEM. 
THEY HAVE REALLY 
BUILT UP THEIR 
GROUND GAME. 
THEY HAVE ADDED 
THOUSANDS MORE 
VOLUNTEERS AS A 
RESULT OF THAT 
PREPARATION FOR 
THE RNC. 
AND HE THINKS 
THAT COULD BE 
PRETTY 
INFLUENTIAL IN 
GETTING MORE 
VOTERS AND 
REALLY 
BEEFENNING UP 
THE GROUND GAME 
AHEAD OF 
NOVEMBER. 
>> IT HAS BEEN 
FASCINATING 
HEARING FROM 
VOTERS IN EVERY 
COUNTY THAT YOU 
HAVE VISITED SO 
FAR. 
THIS TIME IN 
DUVALL, IN 
JACKSONVILLE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR SHARING 
THEIR POINT OF 
VIEW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
MORE COMING FOR 
YOU. 
DON'T WORRY. 
>> LOOKING 
FORWARD TO IT. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE LOOK TO 
US TO DIRECT OUR 
NATION'S MIGHT. 
>> MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS, THE 
LONG DARK NIGHT 
FOR AMERICA IS 
ABOUT TO END. 
>> BY PROMOTING 
LIBERTY ABROAD, 
WE WILL BUILD A 
SAFER WORLD. 
>> I AM YOUR 
VOICE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WELL IT IS 
CONVENTION WEEK 
PART TWO. 
WE WILL SEE IF 
ANY OF THE 
SPEECHES GIVEN 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF THIS WEEK 
STAND THE TEST 
OF TIME. 
BUT WE ALREADY 
KNOW THAT FROM 
THE CONVENTIONS 
THAT HAVE COME 
BEFORE THIS, 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SEVERAL SPEECHES 
THAT HAVE REALLY 
REVERBERATED 
THROUGH HISTORY. 
WE THOUGHT WE 
WOULD TAKE A 
LOOK BACK AT A 
FEW OF THEM. 
FIRST UP, 1964. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
THIS WAS AT THE 
COW PALACE. 
THAT'S WHAT THEY 
CALLED THE ARENA 
IN SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
THIS WAS A GRASS 
ROOTS 
REVOLUTION. 
ROCKEFELLER, THE 
GOVERNOR OF NEW 
YORK, MODERATE 
ALMOST LIBERAL 
REPUBLICAN HAD 
BEEN THE 
FAVORITE. 
GOLDWATER GOT 
THE NOMINATION 
BECAUSE HE 
OUTORGANIZED 
ROCKEFELLER. 
HE WAS FACING AN 
UPHILL FIGHT IN 
THE GENERAL 
ELECTION. 
THE MOST 
CONSERVATIVE 
NOMINEE THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
HAD EVER PUT 
FORWARD. 
AND HE EMBRACED 
THAT IMAGE IN 
HIS ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH. 
>> LET OUR 
REPUBLICANISM SO 
FOCUSED AND SO 
DEDICATED NOT BE 
MADE BY 
UNTHINKING AND 
STUPID LABELS. 
I WOULD REMIND 
YOU THAT 
EXTREMISM IS A 
DEFENSE OF 
LIBERTY IS NO 
VICE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
NEXT UP LET'S GO 
TO 1976. 
INCUMBENT GERALD 
FORD HAD BECOME 
THE PRESIDENT 
TWO YEARS 
EARLIER WHEN 
NIXON RESIGNED. 
GERALD FORD 
DECIDED HE WOULD 
RUN FOR A FULL 
TERM AND GOT 
CHALLENGED BY 
RONALD REAGAN. 
IT WAS A 
CONSERVATIVE 
REAGAN FORCE US 
MODERATE GERALD 
FORD. 
REAGAN GOT HOT 
TOWARDS THE END. 
FORD GOT THE 
NOMINATION AND 
HE CALLED REAGAN 
TO THE STAGE AND 
ASKED HIM TO 
DELIVER A FEW 
WORDS AND REAGAN 
STOLE THE SHOW. 
>> I BELIEVE THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
HAS A PLATFORM 
THAT IS BANNER 
OF COLORS WITH 
NO PASTEL 
SHADES. 
WE HAVE JUST 
HEARD A CALL TO 
ARMS. 
BASED ON THAT 
PLATFORM. 
AND A CALL TO US 
TO REALLY BE 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
COMMUNICATING 
AND REVEAL TO 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN THIS 
PLATFORM AND THE 
PLATFORM OF THE 
OPPOSING PARTY 
WHICH IS NOTHING 
BUT A REVAMP AND 
A REISSUE AND A 
RUNNING OF A 
LATE, LATE SHOW 
OF THE THING WE 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING FROM 
THEM FOR THE 
LAST 40 YEARS. 
>> 1988 IN NEW 
ORLEANS. 
GEORGE HERBERT 
WALKER B HE HAD 
BEEN THE VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR 
EIGHT YEARS 
UNDER REAGAN. 
HE HAD BEEN THE 
MODERATE AND 
REAGAN WAS THE 
CONSERVATIVE AND 
NOW RUNNING FOR 
THE PRESIDENCY 
ON HIS OWN. 
IN 1988 THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
WAS MORE 
CONSERVATIVE AND 
BUSH WANTED TO 
PROVE THAT I'M 
NOT THE MODERATE 
FROM THE OLD 
DAYS. 
I'M ONE OF YOU 
NOW. 
>> MY OPPONENT 
RAISING TAXES 
BUT I WILL AND 
THE CONGRESS 
WILL PUSH ME TO 
RAISE TAXES AND 
I WILL SAY NO. 
AND THEY WILL 
PUSH AND I'LL 
SAY NO. 
AND THEN PUSH 
AGAIN AND I'LL 
SAY TO THEM, 
READ MY LIPS. 
NO NEW TAXES. 
>> WE KNOW THE 
HISTORY OF THAT 
PROMISE. 
HE GOT DEFEATED 
IN THE ELECTION 
IN 1992. 
LET'S GO TO 2008 
JOHN MCCAIN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NOMINEE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
HE GOT TO RUN 
AGAINST BARACK 
OBAMA, THE FIRST 
BLACK PRESIDENT. 
GEORGE BUSH WAS 
VERY UNPOPULAR. 
MCCAIN FEELS HE 
NEEDS SOMETHING 
DRAMATIC. 
WHAT DOES HE DO? 
HE PICKS THE 
SECOND YEAR 
GOVERNOR OF 
ALASKA. 
SARAH PALIN. 
>> I HAVE THE 
PRIVILEGE OF 
LIVING MOST OF 
MY LIFE IN A 
SMALL TOWN. 
JUST YOUR 
AVERAGE HOCKEY 
MOM AND SIGNED 
UP FOR THE PTA. 
I LOVE THOSE 
HOCKEY MOMS. 
THEY SAY THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN A HOCKEY 
MOM AND A PIT 
BULL, LIPSTICK. 
>> NOW OF COURSE 
SARAH PALIN HAD 
TROUBLES ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL 
FROM THERE BY 
THE END OF THE 
CAMPAIGN THERE 
WAS A LOT OF 
TALK THAT SHE 
MIGHT BE A 
LIABILITY FOR 
JOHN MCCAIN. 
IT WAS FORGOTTEN 
AT THAT MOMENT 
AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
A STRONG 
POLITICAL FORCE. 
WE SAW THE 
VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION FOR 
THE DEMOCRATS 
LAST WEEK. 
WE WILL GET SOME 
VERSION OF THAT 
THIS WEEK. 
WE WILL SEE HOW 
IT GOES. 
BUT, AGAIN, IT 
WILL BE A LITTLE 
DIFFERENT THAN 
THE CLASSIC 
CONVENTIONS FROM 
THE PAST. 
HOW DIFFERENT? 
WE WILL SEE. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE BACK 
DROP OF HOW TO 
KEEP VOTERS SAFE 
AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
EDITION. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB. 
>> THAT AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A SMALL 
COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT TO 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY WILL 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE UNDER. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON. 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THEY WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>> FROM A GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC TO THE 
DEATHS OF GEORGE 
FLOYD AND 
BREONNA TAYLOR, 
2020 HAS TESTED 
OUR NATION IN 
WAYS WE HAVEN'T 
SEEN FOR 
DECADES. 
>> THERE'S ONE 
THING I HAVE 
LEARNED, IT IS 
THAT EVEN ON OUR 
WORST DAY, WE 
ARE BLESSED TO 
LIVE IN AMERICA. 
>> AMERICA IS 
THE GREATEST 
COUNTRY ON 
EARTH. 
BUT MY FATHER'S 
ENTIRE WORLD 
VIEW REVOLVES 
AROUND THE IDEA 
THAT WE CAN 
ALWAYS DO EVEN 
BETTER. 
>> THIS ELECTION 
IS ABOUT WHO CAN 
PRESERVE THE 
VALUES, 
PRINCIPLES AND 
INSTITUTIONS 
THAT MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT. 
>> THIS 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF 
STRENGTH AND 
SUCCESS. 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT HAS A 
RECORD OF 
WEAKNESS AND 
FAILURE. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
BASICALLY THE 
LOCK NEST 
MONSTER OF THE 
SWAMP. 
FOR THE PAST 
HALF CENTURY HE 
HAS BEEN LURKING 
AROUND IN THERE. 
>> LOOK AT WHAT 
HE ALREADY DID 
AND WHAT HE 
DIDN'T DO WHILE 
HE HAS BEEN IN 
WASHINGTON FOR 
47 YEARS. 
>> AMERICA, IT'S 
ALL ON THE LINE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BELIEVES IN YOU. 
HE EMANCIPATES 
AND LIFTS YOU UP 
TO YOUR AMERICAN 
DREAM. 
>> HE KNOWS THAT 
POLITICAL 
CORRECTNESS AND 
CANCEL CULTURE 
ARE DANGER US 
AND JUST PLAIN 
WRONG. 
>> YOU CANNOT 
CANCEL A COME 
THAT YOU 
REMEMBER LOVES 
ITS HEROES. 
>> IN ORDER TO I 
AM PRO OF IN THE 
FUTURE WE MUST 
LEARN FROM OUR 
PAST NOT ERASE 
IT. 
>> WE DON'T GIVE 
INTO CANCEL 
CULTURE AND THE 
BASELESS BELIEFS 
THAT THINGS ARE 
WORSE TODAY THAN 
IN THE 1860s OR 
1960s. 
>> IN MUCH OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY IT IS NOW 
FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA 
IS RACIST. 
THAT IS A LIE. 
AMERICA IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
>> YOU HAVE SEEN 
US ON YOUR TV 
SCREENS AND 
TWITTER FEEDS. 
YOU KNOW WE'RE 
NOT THE KIND OF 
PEOPLE THAT BACK 
DOWN. 
THANKFULLY 
NEITHER IS 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS THE LAW 
AND ORDER 
PRESIDENT. 
>> DEMOCRATS 
WON'T LET YOU GO 
TO CHURCH BUT 
THEY WILL LET 
YOU PROTEST. 
DEMOCRATS WON'T 
LET YOU GO TO 
WORK BUT THEY 
WILL LET YOU 
RIOT. 
>> THEY WILL 
DISARM YOU, 
EMPTY THE 
PRISONS. 
AND INVITE MS-13 
TO LIVE NEXT 
DOOR. 
THE LEFT WANTS 
TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
THIS IS PERSONAL 
TO ME. 
I WOULDN'T BE 
HERE WITHOUT THE 
BRAVERY AND 
HEROISM OF THE 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
WHO SAVED MY 
LIFE. 
>> WHAT HAPPENED 
TO GEORGE FLOYD 
IS A DISGRACE. 
IF YOU KNOW A 
POLICE OFFICER 
YOU KNOW THEY 
AGREE WITH THAT 
TOO. 
BUT WE CANNOT 
LOSE SIGHT OF 
THE FACT THAT 
OUR POLICE ARE 
AMERICAN HEROES. 
>> JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WANT A CULTURAL 
REVOLUTION, A 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
DIFFERENT 
AMERICA. 
>> THIS IS AN 
ELECTION BETWEEN 
A PARTY THAT 
WANTS TO BURN 
DOWN THE 
FOUNDATIONS OF 
OUR COUNTRY TO 
THE GROUND AND A 
PARTY THAT WANTS 
TO REBUILD AND 
PROTECT OUR 
GREAT NATION. 
>> THESE 
RADICALS ARE NOT 
CONTENT WITH 
MARCHING IN THE 
STREETS. 
THEY WANT TO 
WALK THE HALLS 
OF CONGRESS. 
THEY WANT TO 
TAKE OVER. 
THEY WANT POWER. 
THIS IS JOE 
BIDEN'S PARTY. 
>> WE SEEK A 
NATION THAT 
RISES TOGETHER 
NOT FALLS APART 
IN ANARCHY AND 
ANGER. 
>> WHILE THIS 
ELECTION IS 
BETWEEN DONALD 
TRUMP AND JOE 
BIDEN, IT IS NOT 
SOLELY ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
JOE BIDEN. 
IT IS ABOUT THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA. 
>> LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, 
LEADERS AND 
FIGHTERS FOR 
FREEDOM AND 
LIBERTY AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM, 
THE BEST IS YET 
TO COME. 
,
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. WS
LET'S GO TO THE  
NBC NEWS E 
CORRESPONDENT 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS.  
SAVANNAH, YOU 
ARE THE  PICTURE 
OF HAPPY. 
HOW ABOUT AN 
UPDATE TO GO 
ALONG  TWITH THAT. 
>> I KNOW. 
THIS HEAT WITH 
IN CALIFORNIA. 
THANKS SO MUCH. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU, 
TRAGEDY. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
CONTINUES WITH  IC 
HEADLINERS LIKE 
FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP, 
MIKE POMPEO, AND DY
THE PRESIDENT'S 
KIDS, ERIC AND 
TIFFANY TRUMP. 
DERAS QUESTION %
FORMER U.N. 
AMBASSADOR NIKKI 
HALEY'S SPEECH 
LAST NIGHT. 
SHE CLAIMS KITHE 
U.S. IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY, 
BUT LEADERS SAY 
HER FAMILY 
EXPERIENCED 
DISCRIMINATION. 
SHE DEFENDED 
THOSE REMARKS 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> WE WERE . ABLE 
TO FIGHT THE 
CIVIL WAR AND 
SLAVERY. 
WE HAD AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
PRESIDENT. 
WE HAVE AN 
AFRICAN AMERICAN 
FEMALE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
CANDIDATE.HA ICT.
SO NO, NOT MRS. 
COUNTRY. 
DO WE HAVE 
RACISTS IN OUR 
COUNTRY? 
YES. 
ARE WE 
WORKING 
PROGRESS. 
>> AND EASE 
NAVIGATE UPDATE 
OF KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
THE FATHER ENOF 
JACOB BLAKE SAYS 
HIS SON IS NOW 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN 
AND DOCTORS ARE 
NOT SURE IF HIS 
CONDITION IS 
IMMINENT. 
POLICE SHOT HIM 
IN THE BACK 
SUNDAY, 
PROMPTING 
WIDESPREAD 
OUTRAGE. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
SAYS THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
WISCONSIN'S 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS NOW 
INVESTIGATING 
THE CASE AND THE 
OFFICERS 
INVOLVED WERE 
PLACED ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
NBA STAR LeBRON 
JAMES CONDEMNED %
THE SHOOTING TIIS 
MORE PROTESTS 
BROKE OUT LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> NOBODY T WILL 
HEAR. 
WE ARE SCARED 
AMERICA. 
BLACK MEN, BLACK 
WOMEN, BLACK 
KIDS, WE ARE 
TERRIFIED. 
>> MOVING ON TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER IS 
NOW APOLOGIZING 
FOR EXAGGERATING 
THE BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
RECENTLY ISSUED 
AN EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION TO 
TREAT COVID-19 
PATIENTS WITH %
PLASMA IN HOPES 
OF GIVING THEM 
ANTIBODIES. 
BUT HAHN CLAIMS 
PLASMA, AND 
INTEREST CHANCES 
OF SURVIVAL BY 
39%, WHICH IS A 
MAJOR 
OVERSTATEMENT OF 
THE SCIENCE 
AVAILABLE SO 
FAR. 
AND EIGHT TWEET, 
THE FDA CHIEF 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE 
BACKLASH FROM 
THE COMMUNITY AND
SAID, QUOTE, THE 
CRITICISM IS 
ENTIRELY 
JUSTIFIED. 
>>> NOW, HERE'S  RE
A REMINDER THAT 
NO ONE MIIS IMMUNE 
TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS, 
EVEN IF YOU ARE 
THE WORLD'S BEST 
A STUNNER. 
USAIN BOLT SAYS 
HE. 
SHORTLY TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19. 
AND HE IS NOW 
SELF-ISOLATING 
IN HIS HOME IN 
JAMAICA. 
IT IS WITH 
NOTING THAT HE 
CELEBRATED HIS 
34th BIRTHDAY 
LAST WEEK 
AT A 
PARTY WITHOUT 
MASKS. 
>> I'M TRYING TO 
BE RESPONSIBLE, 
SO I'M %GOING TO 
STAY IN. 
ALSO, I HAVE BEEN
-- AND LESLIE, 
MORE BAD NEWS 
FOR EMRE CAN AIR 
LINES. 
THEY SAY THEY 
ARE/AND 19,000 
JOBS IN OCTOBER 
WHEN THEIR INCOVID 
19 RELIEF MONEY 
ONCE UP. 
HAVE PUSHED 
LAWMAKERS FOR 
ANOTHER AID 
PACKAGE. 
BUT CONGRESS HAS HE
YET TO AGREE ON 
A PLAN. 
JUST THE LATEST 
EXAMPLE, ALISON, 
OF HOW 
THE 
PANDEMIC HAS HO
CRUSHED  TRAVEL 
DEMAND AS A LOT 
OF US A CANCEL 
MANY OF THOSE 
SUMMER VACATION 
PLANS. 
>> I'M TRYING TO 
THINK OF THE 
LAST TIME I WAS 
ON A PLANE, AND 
I CAN'T. 
AND SAVANNAH, 
DID NOT KNOW 
ABOUT BOLD. 
IT WAS FUNNY 
WOULD BE 
REWATCHING  THE 
SOUNDBITE AND 
PRETTY. 
UNDER THAT GUY. 
UNDER THE GUY. 
OH YES, MY 
FAVORITE ONE OF 
THE HAD NO IDEA. 
IT PAYS TO PAY 
ATTENTION. 
>> HEY, THERE 
YOU GO. 
RIGHT, ALISON? 
>> 100%. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN ABOUT AN 
HOUR. 
THANKS, 
SAVANNAH. 
>> SOUNDS GOOD.  
>>> HURRICANE 
LAURA GAINING 
STRENGTH AS IT 
HEADED  AFOR TEXAS 
AND LOUISIANA. 
THE MAJOR THREAT 
TO XATORRENTIAL 
RAIN, FURIOUS 
STORM SURGE, AND 
HIGH WINDS. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
MORGAN CHESKY IS 
IN PORT ARTHUR 
FOR. WHAT IS IT 
LIKE RIGHT NOW? 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
THINGS I HATE TO 
USE THIS 
EXPRESSION, BUT 
IT MIGHT BE THE 
CALM BEFORE BETHE 
STORM. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
EXPECTING? 
>> Reporter: 
RIGHT NOW, 
MASSIVE 
EVACUATION IS -- 
MANDATORY ORDER 
WENT INTO 
EFFECT. 
WE JUST LEFT THE 
PORT ARTHUR RT
CIVIC CENTER, 
WHERE HUNDREDS 
OF PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN GATHERED 
ONTO SCHOOL 
BUSES. 
MEANWHILE, AT 
THE COUNTY 
AIRPORT, WE HAVE 
A  TEXAS 
INTERNATIONAL 
GUARD RIGHT 
BEHIND ME AND IT 
HAS BEEN 
DEPLOYED HERE 
REALLY ON A -- 
IT BROUGHT MUCH-
SUPPLIES 
AND THIS WILL BE 
USED SHOULD THEY 
HAVE TO AIRLIFT 
PEOPLE OUT OF 
THIS AREA. 
THE BUSES ARE 
NOT ENOUGH, THEY 
NEED TO BRING 
MUCH-NEEDED 
SUPPLIES BACK 
HERE FOLLOWING 
THIS STORM WHEN 
IT IS EXPECTED 
TO MAKE LANDFALL 
LATE WEDNESDAY. 
THEY ARE FIRING 
UP THOSE 
PROPELLERS RIGHT 
THEM. 
WE MIGHT HAVE TO 
MOVE HERE IN A 
SECOND BECAUSE 
IF THE TURNED 
THIS WAY, IT 
WOULD LITERALLY 
LOW ALL OF OUR 
GEAR AGAINST THE 
BALL. 
THIS IS AGTHE 
SCALE OF THE 
TYPE OF EFFORT 
WE ARE SEEING 
HERE IN PORT 
ARTHUR. 
ALISON?  
>> OH, . MY GOSH, 
MORGAN, IT IS 
UNBOOTABLE. 
ARE YOU OKAY 
THERE? 
DO WE U NEED TO 
LET YOU GO? 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE OKAY RIGHT 
NOW. 
I WILL GHSAY THAT 
MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS  HAVE 
BEEN ISSUED ALL 
THE WAY DOWN TO 
GALVESTON, 
TEXAS, ALISON. 
AND THIS  IS 
GOING TO BE  
WHAT IS REALLY 
GOING TO BE 
STAYING IN PLACE 
UNTIL THE STORM 
HITS. 
PEOPLE HERE ARE 
VERY FAMILIAR ON 
HOW POWERFUL 
THESE HURRICANES 
CAN BE. 
THEY HAVE %A LOT 
OF RESOURCES TO 
BLOW IT. 
ALISON? 
>> MORGAN, I'M 
GOING TO LET YOU 
GO BECAUSE IT 
SEEMS LIKE WE 
NEED TO 
GET YOU 
OUT OF THAT WAY 
THERE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE UPDATE. 
STAY SAFE.  
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, WE WILL 
TALK SOON. 
 HANKS, ALISON. 
>>> HURRICANE 
LAURA COULD BE A 
CATEGORY 3 STORM 
WHEN IT MAKES 
LANDFALL. 
NBC NEWS 
METEOROLOGIST  ND
BILL KARINS 
JOINS ME NOW. 
TELL  US WHERE 
LAURA IS RIGHT 
NOW. 
WHERE AND ISWHEN 
DO YOU EXPECT 
THE STORM TO 
HIT? 
>> I WAS WAITING 
FOR ENGINE 
NUMBER TWO NEXT 
TO MORGAN. 
THEN HE WOULD 
REALLY BE HEIN 
TROUBLE. 
>> YEAH, WE NEED 
TO GET HIM OUT 
OF THE WAY. 
>> OBVIOUSLY, 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
STORM. 
THIS THE CENTER 
OF THE STORM. 
THIS IS ZOOMED 
IN. 
WE CAN SEE IS
SATELLITE IMAGES 
EVERY MINUTE. 
REALLY. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
THE STORM IS 
TRYING TO ORFORM 
AN EYE RIGHT IN 
HERE. 
WE CAN GHSEE IF 
THAT DOES BECOME 
THE EYE OF THE 
STORM AS WE GO 
THROUGHOUT THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF 
DAYS. 
HE LOOKS LIKE A 
PRETTY BIG EYE. 
THERE ARE SOME 
RAMIFICATIONS OF 
THAT ONCE IT 
DOES BEGIN TO 
FORM. 
MIDDLE OF THE 
HURT IN. 
IT HAS INCREASED 
IN INTENSITY. 
IT IS FANTASTIC 
NEWS. 
IT IS STILL 
EXPECTED TO GET 
MUCH STRONGER IN 
THE DAYS AHEAD, 
ESPECIALLY LATE 
TOMORROW. 
THAT IS WHAT 
MOSTLY ALL 
DURING THE DAY 
ON WEDNESDAY. T 
WE WATCH WHAT WE 
CALL RAPID 
TESTING. 
THE HURRICANE 
CENTER HAS 
SHIFTED THE 
FORECAST 115 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS JUST SOUTH 
OF THE 
COAST 
TOMORROW 
EVENING. 
AND THEN 
LANDFALL 
SOMETIME CLOSE 
TO MIDNIGHT RIDE MON
ALONG 
TEXAS/LOUISIANA 
PORTER. 
THAT IS WHEN WE 
COULD SEE THE 
WORST STORM 
SURGE. 
THAT IS WHEN WOWE 
COULD BE 
WATCHING THE 
DEVASTATION, 
DESTRUCTION. 
AS THE STORM 
COMES UP N,HERE, A 
LOT OF POWER 
OUTAGES ALL THE 
WAY INTO AREAS 
OF ARKANSAS AND 
THEN EIGHT RING 
EVENT TO 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
EVENTUALLY ALL 
THE WAY . TO THE 
EAST COAST BUT 
BUT IF THAT 
STORM SURGE THAT 
WE ARE MOST 
CONCERNED WITH. 
WE'RE WATCHING A 
COMPUTER MODEL. 
WE STILL DON'T 
HAVE IT CLEAR. 
YOU ARE STILL IN 
THE WESTERN EDGE 
OF ALL OF OUR 
COMPUTER MODELS. 
MOST OF THEM ARE 
PINPOINTING A 
LANDFALL BETWEEN 
GALVESTON AND 
BEAUMONT, PORT 
ARTHUR. 
AND THAT MEETS 
THE RIGHT SIDE 
OF THE STORM, 
BUT OVER CAMERON 
PARISH THERE, 
LATE CHARLES 
ERICA RIGHT 
ALONG THE THAT. 
THAT IS THE AREA 
OF GREATEST 
CONCERN. 
LOOK AT STTHIS. 
SO ALISON, THE 
STORM SURGE  IS 
LIKE THIS. 
IF YOU 
ARE 
STANDING IN THE 
SAND AND THE 
WATER'S AT AND 
THEN YOU TAKE 
THE STORM SURGE, 
THE AMOUNT OF 
WATER THAT WOULD 
BE ABOVE YOUR 
FEET SO THAT 
WOULD BE  WE ARE 
EXPECTING NINE 
TO 13 FEET. 
SO THAT IS, YOU 
KNOW, -- 
>> WOW. 
>> ABOUT 5 FEET, 
6 FEET TALLER 
THAN MOST 
PEOPLE. 
AND THEN THERE'S 
WITH ACTION ON 
THAT.  
>> YEAH. 
>> SO GET THIS 
NINE TO 13 FOOT 
STORM SURGE. 
SOMETIMES THEY 
ARE 13, 14 FEET 
HIGH. 
EVEN THOSE HOMES 
COULD BE TH
DESTROYED IN A 
STORM THIS 
POWERFUL WITH A 
STORM SURGE LIKE 
THIS BUT THE BIG 
THING IS FIRST 
THE STORM SURGE 
KILLS THE STMOST 
PEOPLE IN A 
HURRICANE ALL 
THE TIME. 
AND THEN WE DID 
WITH THE WIND 
AND THE POWER 
OUTAGES. 
AS MORGAN WAS AN 
UNIT, WE HAVE 
100,000 PEOPLE 
EVACUATING IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC AND 
WHERE TO GO AND 
HOW LONG ARE 
THEY GOING TO BE 
THERE? 
IT IS VERY 
DIFFICULT TIME 
FOR OUR FRIENDS 
ONR  THE UPPER 
COAST AND 
SOUTHERN 
LOUISIANA. 
>> BILL, ALL I ASRN
KEEP THINKING 
ABOUT IS THAT 
PRIOR TO 
YESTERDAY, YOU 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT THIS 
POSSIBLY LAURA 
COMING ON TOP OF 
MARCO. 
I CAN'T  EVEN 
IMAGINE WHAT 
FOLKS HAVE BEEN 
DEALING WITH AS 
THEY WERE 
DEALING WITH TWO 
STORMS. 
I MEAN, LAURA 
SOUNDS LIKE 
ENOUGH TROUBLE 
IN AND OF 
ITSELF. 
>> YEAH AND 
MARCO TURNED 
INTO NOTHING. 
IT REALLY DID 
NOT DO ANY 
DAMAGE. 
>> THAT 
GOODNESS. 
>> IT DID NOT 
CAUSE ANY 
PROBLEMS. 
THIS STORM WILL 
BE BAD ENOUGH. 
>> YEAH I CAN'T 
IMAGINE. 
>> YEAH THIS 
WILL BE A 
BILLION-DOLLAR 
WEATHER DISASTER 
WITHOUT A DOUBT. 
THERE WILL BE  %
SOME COMMUNITIES 
THAT, YOU KNOW, 
WILL TAKE YO
MONTHS, MAYBE 
EVEN YEARS TO 
REBUILD WHEN 
THIS STORM GOES. 
>> AND THEY ARE 
DEALING WITH 
THIS IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC. 
BILL KARINS, 
GREAT TO SEE 
YOU, EVEN THOUGH 
THE HAIR 
OF BAD NEWS 
TODAY. 
I'M SURE  WE WILL 
BE TALKING TO 
YOU THROUGHOUT 
THE WEEK. 
THANK YOU %SO 
MUCH. 
>> YES. 
>> A FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
HAD LIGHTING THE 
AREN'T THE. 
A LOCATION THAT 
IS DRAWING SOME 
CRITICISM. 
NBC NEWS 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER MONICA 
ALBA IS  JOINING 
ME NOW. 
THAT IS WHERE 
THE RNC STAGE 
IS. 
MONICA, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT THE 
ISSUES 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
SEEING IN THE 
EVENT AND HOW 
THE TRUMP TEAM 
IS RESPONDING TO 
THE CRITIQUE 
YEAR. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, ALISON, 
NICK WILL BE THE 
FIRST EXTENDED 
PREVIEW OF WHAT 
HAPPENS WHEN YOU 
BLUR THE LINES 
BETWEEN  E A RE-
ELECTION CAMPAIGN
AND OFFICIAL 
WHITE HOUSE 
BUSINESS. 
THE FIRST LADY 
ELECTING TO 
DELIVER THAT 
ADDRESS FROM THE 
ROSE GARDEN AND 
OF COURSE, SHE 
COULDN'T HAVE 
CHOSEN ANOTHER 
IN WASHINGTON. 
TOMORROW NIGHT, 
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ER
VICE PRESIDENT 
IS GOING TO BE 
SPEAKING FROM 
FT. 
McHENRY. 
AND THAT THAT 
SHE AND HER TEAM 
DECIDED TO SPEAK 
IN THE ROSE 
GARDEN. 
AND THIS WILL BE 
ONE OF HER 
LONGEST SPEECHES 
THAT SHE HAS 
EVER GIVEN IN 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS. 
THERE ARE URONLY 
ABOUT A HANDFUL 
OF TIMES SHE HAS 
MADE EXTENDED 
REMARKS. 
AND THAT IS 
GOING TO EDBE 
SIGNIFICANT IN 
AND OF ITSELF 
BECAUSE WE ALL 
REMEMBER FOUR 
YEARS AGO WHEN 
SHE GET THAT 
SPEECH IN 
CLEVELAND. 
SECTIONS OF HER CH
REMARKS WERE 
APPARENTLY 
PLAGIARIZED FROM 
A SPEECH %THAT 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY MICHELLE 
OBAMA HAD 
DELIVERED YEARS 
EARLIER. 
BUT HALLIE AR
JACKSON HAS THE 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
ON HER SHOW 
EARLIER TODAY. 
AND POST A LOT 
OF THESE 
QUESTIONS TO HER 
AND WHAT MESSAGE 
AND WHAT TONE 
LADY IRST 
WOULD BE 
STRIKING. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
WHAT SHE HAD TO 
SAY. 
>> WHY  DO THIS? 
>> NUMBER ONE, 
IT IS THEIR 
HOME. 
THIS IS THEIR 
HOME. 
IT IS ISALSO THEIR 
HOME. 
SO SHE THOUGHT 
IT WOULD BE NICE 
TO DELIVER D TO 
MIKE'S SPEECH 
FROM THEIR HOME. 
SHE IS ALSO NOT 
SUBJECT TO THE 
HATCH ACT. 
IT IS DIFFICULT 
TO SAFELY GET 
OUT OF THERE AND 
TRAVEL. 
IT WAS VERY COST-
EFFICIENT. 
THIS IS YOUR 
HOME. 
>> YOU HEARD 
REFERENCE THERE 
TO THE HATCH 
ACT. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF ETHICAL 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
MY DEAR USING 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AS A ITPOLITICAL 
BACKDROP, NOT 
JUST TONIGHT BUT 
ALSO AND 
THURSDAY WHEN 
THE PRESIDENT 
SPEAKS FROM THE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
THAT ROSE GARDEN 
RENOVATION 
PROJECT, WE 
UNDERSTAND, WAS 
DONE WITH 
PRIVATE FUNDS. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
HAS NOT GIVEN US 
A LIST OF HOW 
THE FUNDS WERE 
SOLICITED, 
DISTRIBUTED, OR 
YOU DO,  HOW MUCH 
MONEY. 
AND WE CHSHOULD 
POINT OUT THE 
TIME LINE OF OF 
THIS. 
THE FIRST LADY 
ANNOUNCED SHE 
WAS RENOVATING 
THE ROSE GARDEN 
AFTER THE 
TECHNICAL 
CONVENTION HAD 
ALREADY BEEN L 
SCRAPPED AND 
THEY WERE 
LOOKING FOR A 
NEW LOCATION. 
SO THEY WERE 
ALSO ASKED WHY 
SPECIFICALLY AND 
YOU HEARD THERE, 
SHE WANTS TO 
HIGHLIGHT WHAT 
SHE HAS DONE FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
INCLUDING THIS 
PROJECT BUT 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
HEAR A LOT ON 
THAT TONIGHT BUT 
THE OTHER THING 
IS THAT THE 
FIRST LADY WILL 
BE SPEAKING TO 
AN AUDIENCE. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
MORE THAN 50 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
IN THE ROSE 
GARDEN THAT HAVE 
BEEN TESTED 
PREVIOUSLY FOR 
CORONAVIRUS. 
YOU HAVE TO  IF 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
BE AROUND THE 
PRESIDENT, THE 
FIRST LADY GO 
MARTHA PRICE 
PRESENT THESE 
DAYS BUT IF YOU 
ENTER WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS, 
THAT IS JUST THE 
NORMAL 
PROCEEDINGS AT 
THIS TIME. 
BUT YOU'RE GOING 
TO BE HAVING 
FAMILY AND 
FRIENDS WHO WERE 
NOT SURE EXACTLY 
WHO IS ON THE 
GUEST LIST, WE 
ARE LOOKING FOR 
THAT INFORMATION 
AS WELL IT WOULD 
BE VERY TELLING 
TO SEE HOW MANY 
PEOPLE ARE 
GATHERED AND WHY 
THE ALSO FELT IT 
WAS NECESSARY TO 
HAVE AN AUDIENCE 
OF EVENTS LIKE 
THIS. 
THAT IS WITH 
CONTRAST WITH 
WHAT THE 
DEMOCRATS DID %
LAST WEEK. 
NOT TO HAVE 
PEOPLE GATHERING NO 
IN THE AGE OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS  A
PANDEMIC. 
THAT IS MUCH 
SMALLER THAN 
WHAT WE HAD 
LATER IN THE 
WEEK, WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT MAY 
HAVE MORE THAN 
1000 PEOPLE 
GATHER ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN FOR 
HIS REMARKS LATO 
THE CLOSE OF THE 
CONVENTION, 
ALISON.  
>> MONICA, 
ANOTHER BIG 
SPEECH TONIGHT. 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE POMPEO, HE HT
WILL BE ATTALKING 
TONIGHT FROM 
JERUSALEM. 
TALK ABOUT THE 
CONTROVERSY 
THERE WITH 
MAKING THAT 
SPEECH FROM 
OVERSEAS. 
>> NOT ONLY IS 
IT COMPLETELY  N
UNUSUAL TO HAVE 
A SECRETARY OF 
STATE APPEAR AT 
A POLITICAL 
CONVENTION YOU 
EVEN HAVE FORMER 
SECRETARIES OF 
STATE WHO WERE 
NOT SURE WHETHER 
THEY WANTED TO 
PARTICIPATE. 
BUT CERTAINLY, 
FOR A SITTING 
ONE, IT  IS A 
HIGHLY 
UNPRECEDENTED 
MOVE. 
BUT THEN YOU 
HAVE THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE 
POMPEO ON A TRIP 
TO THE MIDDLE 
EAST TAPING WHAT 
WE EXPECT TO BE 
HIS REMARKS FROM 
YOU! 
AND THAT MAIS WHAT 
WE WILL SEE 
TONIGHT. 
WE HAVE EEHEARD 
FROM YOUR MEDS 
WHO ARE SIMPLY 
OUTRAGED BY THIS 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
NEVER SUPPOSED 
TO MIX THESE TWO 
THINGS. 
BUT AGAIN, WE 
HAVE SEEN IS 
WHAT ELSE AND 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
REPEATEDLY BLUR 
THOSE ETHICAL 
LINES BUT  THERE 
ARE A LOT OF 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE RESOURCES 
THAT WENT INTO 
THIS, THE MONEY 
THAT OBVIOUSLY, 
BIRTHPLACE AND 
FOR THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE TO FLY 
ACROSS THE 
WORLD. 
THE STATE HE
DEPARTMENT DID 
ISSUE A 
STATEMENT SAYING 
NONE OF THAT 
BE EY WILL 
USED FOR THIS 
SPECIFIC 
APPEARANCE. 
WHEN YOU TALK 
ABOUT THE TRIP 
AND GETTING 
THERE AND 
EVERYTHING THAT 
GOES INTO 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS, IT IS 
RAISING A LOT OF 
ETHICAL 
QUESTIONS. 
SO THOSE AREHI THE 
TWO MAIN 
SPEAKERS 
TOMORROW. 
THE CONTENT WILL 
BE CRITICAL. 
BUT ALSO, 
BACKDROP AND A 
LOCATION. 
THE STORY LINES 
THEMSELVES FOR 
TONIGHT, ALISON. 
>> MONICA, 
ANYTHING ELSE 
YOU WILL BE 
WATCHING FOR LL
TONIGHT THAT OUR 
VIEWERS SHOULD 
KEEP AN EYE OUT 
FOR? 
I KNOW THOSE ARE 
THE TWO BIG 
SPEECHES. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
I THINK . YOU SAW 
LAST NIGHT THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
WOULD ARGUE WITH 
AN EFFECTIVE GU
STRATEGY FOR 
THEM. 
YOU SAW FOR 
EXAMPLE, LAST 
NIGHT, THE %WILL 
McCLOSKEY'S WHO 
HAD GUNS WHEN 
THEY CAN PUT IT 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER 
PROTESTERS. 
TONIGHT, YOU'RE 
GOING TOVE HEAR 
FROMTO NICHOLAS 
SANDMANN, THAT 
STUDENT WHO 
GRADUATED FROM 
COVINGTON AND WH
WAS THE CENTER 
OF THAT 
COMMERCIAL 
CONFRONTATION 
REALLY, AT THAT 
LICKING 
MEMORIAL. 
SO YOU'RE GOING 
TO REPEATEDLY 
HEAR FROM 
PEOPLE 
LIKE THAT AND 
THAT LOOKING 
AHEAD TO G 
TOMORROW, WE 
HAVE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH, WHICH 
WILL BE 
KEYED UP 
AGAIN AT PORT 
HENRY PRACTICING 
OVERARCHING 
THEME PARK YOU 
CAN EXPECT MORE 
ON CANCEL 
CULTURE, WE ARE 
TOLD. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
REALLY STANDS 
OUT TO ALISON, 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN AND 
REPUBLICAN 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
SAID THIS  WAS 
GOING TO BE AN 
OPTIMISTIC, 
UPBEAT  CAMPAIGN 
CONVENTION. 
IF LAST NIGHT 
WAS ANY 
INDICATION, THAT 
WAS NOT A 
CONSISTENT 
THEME. 
CERTAINLY THERE 
WERE VERY DARK 
AND DIVISIVE 
WORDS AND NS
SOUNDS 
FROM SOME OF THE 
SPEAKERS. 
SO AGAIN, I 
THINK TONIGHT, 
WE MAY %SEE THAT 
ON TWO DIFFERENT 
LEVELS. 
YOU MAY HAVE THE 
MORE HIGH-
RANKING 
OFFICIALS NOT 
DOING THERE. 
BUT OTHER PEOPLE 
CERTAINLY WILL. 
WE ARE TOLD TO 
EXPECT EPIC 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK, ALISON.  
>> YEAH MONICA, 
YOU WOULD BE 
HARD-PRESSED TO 
SAY THAT LAST 
NIGHT WAS A FEEL 
GOOD CONVENTION. 
IT DID NOT 
EXACTLY HAVE D 
THAT FIBER. 
WE WILL 
SEE WHAT 
KIND OF 
SENTIMENT THERE 
IS TONIGHT AND I 
KNOW YOU ALSO 
WILL BE THERE 
AND WILL BE 
WATCHING. 
MONICA ALBA, OF 
COURSE, WE WILL 
BE TALKING WITH 
YOU THROUGHOUT 
THE WEEK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
TWO OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT 
AT A CLOCK BLALPM 
EASTERN WITH 
CHUCK TODD. 
THAT. 
PRIME-TIME 
SPECIAL AT 10:00 AT
PM EASTERN. 
YOU CAN WATCH 
ALL RIGHT HERE 
ON NBC NEWS NOW. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PARDONING 
SUBURBAN WOMEN, 
A PEAK WINDS 
WILL VOTE FOR 
HIM COME 
NOVEMBER. 
BUT WILL THEY? 
MSNBC SANYO 
NATIONAL 
CORRESPONDENT IS 
IN UNION COUNTY, T  
NORTH CAROLINA, 
WHERE HE HAS 
BEEN TALKING 
WITH SUBURBAN 
WOMEN. 
TRUMP WANT, RB
UNION COUNTY BY 
21 POINT 
>> IN 2016. 
BUT THAT COUNTY 
VOTED MORE 
DEMOCRATIC IN 
THE 2019 
CONGRESSIONAL 
ACTION. 
HERE WE ARE IN 
2020. 
HOW DO SUBURBAN 
WOMEN THERE FREE 
FEEL ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MIGHT AND UP. 
>> THAT IS WHAT 
WE WANTED TO 
FIND OUT BUT WE 
CAME TO FROM 
COUNTRY BECAUSE 
WE WANTED 
TO SEE 
HOW MUCH OF HIS 
BASE WILL DONALD 
TRUMP HOLD? 
WE KNOW HE HAS 
NO HOPE OF 
WINNING A STATE 
LIKE NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
WITHOUT HOLDING 
THAT BASE. 
WE SAT DOWN INWITH 
THREE REPUBLICAN 
SUBURBAN WOMEN, 
ONE DEMOCRAT TO 
GET THEIR TAKE. 
HERE IS PART OF 
WHAT THEY TOLD 
ME. 
HOW DO YOU ALL 
FEEL ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
CHANCES OF 
GETTING RE-
ELECTED? 
THE POLLS 
SUGGEST HE IS 
WAY DOWN, BUT 
YOU ARE 
LAUGHING. 
>> THOSE POLLS 
WERE -- THINGS 
HAVE CHANGED A 
LOT SINCE THEN. 
>> Reporter: DO 
YOU THINK THERE 
IS MORE 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
JOE BIDEN THEN 
THERE WAS FOR 
HILLARY? 
>> YES. 
>> Reporter: SO 
ENTHUSIASM IS 
SOMETHING WE 
HEAR FROM 
REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS. 
DEMOCRATS 
BELIEVE THERE 
WAS A D LACK OF 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON, 
THAT 
THEY EXPECT 
MORE PEOPLE WILL 
COME UP FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
BUT THEY R ALSO 
KNOW ON THE 
REPUBLIC AND 
SAID, THAT TRUMP 
IS UNLIKELY TO 
WIN WITH JUST 
HIS BASE. 
HE HAS TO ALSO 
GET SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO MAY 
BE FELT LIKE HE 
COULD NOT WIN 
LAST TIME, HAVE 
NOT BEEN 
ENTHUSIASTIC 
VOTERS, WHAT 
THEY CALL 
ICLOW 
PROPENSITY 
VOTERS AND GET 
THEM OUT AS 
WELL. 
ALISON, SOOU IT IS 
GOING TO BE A  
FIGHT IN PLACES 
LIKE THIS. 
>> Reporter: I 
KNOW YOU ALSO 
TALKED ABOUT 
TRUMP AND RACE 
IN AMERICA. 
WHAT DID THEY 
SAY ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
THEY COULD NOT 
BE ON MORE 
DIFFERENT SIDES 
WITH THIS ISSUE. 
HIGHLY  
CONTENTIOUS ONE. 
YESTERDAY, WHEN 
TRUMP CAME INTO 
TOWN FOR THE 
FIRST DAY OF THE 
CONVENTION, IN 
CHARLOTTE, HE 
TALKED A 
LOT 
ABOUT THIS. 
IT LOOKS, THE 
REPUBLICANS 
TRULY BELIEVE 
THAT DONALD 
TRUMP SEES THIS 
THE WAY THEY SEE 
THIS. 
WHICH IS THAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
PUT UPON, THE 
DEMOCRATS SEE 
THEM AS SOMEHOW 
BAD BECAUSE  OF 
THESE 
CONTENTIOUS 
CONVERSATIONS. 
LET ME PLAY JUST 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
WHAT WAS SAID. 
>> WE ARE SADLY 
-- AND SO I THINK
WHERE WHITE 
AMERICA FEELS 
FRUSTRATED MAKES 
THE VOTES FOR 
TRUMP'S IT IS 
BACK FROM. 
>> HE WANTS TO 
IN-STATE THE 
UNITED STATES 
BACK TO WHERE IT 
SHOULD BE. 
I DON'T KNOW 
WHICH AMERICA  
YOU WERE 
SPEAKING. 
IS IT 20 YEARS 
AGO? 
IS IT AR10 YEARS 
AGO? 
IS IT AR1940s? 
1960s? 
1950s? s?
DISCRIMINATED 
AGAINST. WE WERE 
VILIFIED BUT WE 
DO NOT WANT TO 
GO BACK TO THAT. 
HOWEVER, GOING 
BACK TO A 
COUNTRY THAT 
BELIEVES IN A 
DEMOCRACY, THAT 
IS THE COUNTRY 
THAT WE WANT TO 
SEE. 
>> JUST ONE WAY, 
ALISON, WHICH IS 
VERY, VERY REAL 
HERE. 
LOOK BEHIND ME. 
THIS TALL 
OBELISK IS A 
MONUMENT TO 
CONFEDERATE 
SOLDIERS. %
THERE'S AN 
ONLINE PETITION. 
THE NAACP HAS 
GOTTEN INVOLVED. 
THEY WANT IT 
TAKEN DOWN FOR A 
LOT OF 
REPUBLICANS. 
THIS IS ALL 
ABOUT HISTORY. 
THEY THINK THESE 
CONVERSATIONS 
ARE ABOUT BEING 
BUSY BUT I WILL 
SAY THAT AT 
LEAST AMONG 
THESE FOUR 
WOMEN, THEY WANT 
TO GET 
TOGETHER 
AGAIN AND THEY 
WANT TO CONTINUE 
TO HAVE THESE 
KINDS OF 
CONVERSATIONS, 
ALISON.  
>> I HAVE TO SQ 
BEFORE YOU GO 
ABOUT MAIL-IN 
VOTING. 
HAS BEEN SUCH A 
HOT TOPIC. 
HOW DO THE WOMEN 
FEEL ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
AGAIN, 
COMPLETELY 
SPLIT, YOU erAIKNOW 
TRUMP HAS TRIED 
TO SAY TIME AND 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT IT IS 
GOING TO BE 
FRAUD WITHOUT ANY
POSSIBLE BACKUPS 
TO THAT. 
SO WE HAD DID 
ASK SOME 
QUESTIONS BECAUSE
SOMETHING, A 
QUESTION THAT 
HAS BEEN RAISED 
HERE BUT IT HAS 
SOME QUESTIONS 
IN PREVIOUS 
ELECTIONS. 
HERE'S WHAT THEY 
SAID ABOUT  THAT. %
BUT I DO BELIEVE 
EVERYONE SHOULD 
BE ABLE TO VOTE 
IN PERSON. 
I %HAVE ALWAYS 
PUT IT ON 
ELECTION DAY. 
I'M NOT REAL 
CRAZY ABOUT 
EARLY VOTING. 
>> THERE'S NEVER 
BEEN A STUDY 
THAT SUGGESTED A 
OR IN ANY WAY 
PROVEN THAT 
THERE IS A LACK 
OF INTEGRITY 
WITH MAIL-IN 
VOTING 
>> I DEFINITELY 
BELIEVE THAT YOU 
NEED TO E SHOW 
YOUR I.D. 
YOU HAVE TO SHOW 
YOUR I.D. 
AND EVERYTHING 
ELSE THAT YOU DO.
>> Reporter: 
SOPHIA POINTED 
AT WE ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC AND IT 
IS COMING IN A 
BIG WAY TO NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
WE JUST GOT SOME 
NEW FIGURES T 
ISSUED A FROM 
ONE OF THE LOCAL 
STATIONS. 
THEY SAY THAT 
313 THOUSAND 
NORTH 
CAROLINIANS HAVE 
MADE A
 REQUEST 
FOR MILLION 
DOLLARS 
>> THAT IS 10 
TIMES WHAT WE 
SAW IN 2016. 
BUT YOU CAN SEE 
THAT THE 
MESSAGING ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE,,
THE MESSAGING ON 
THE REPUBLIC 
INSIDE SEEMS TO 
BE WORKING. 
BECAUSE WHEN YOU 
BREAK THAT DOWN, 
53% OF THE 
REQUESTS ARE 
FROM DEMOCRATS. 
31% FROM 
UNAFFILIATED. 
JUST 15% OF 
THOSE REQUESTS 
ARE COMING FROM 
REGISTERED 
REPUBLICANS, M ED
ALISON.  
>> CHRIS JENSEN 
IN UNION COUNTY, 
NORTH CAROLINA, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR SHARING 
WITH US HOW 
VOTERS THERE ARE 
FEELING. 
AND THANK  YOU 
FOR BEING WITH 
US. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> SO HOW 
EXACTLY DO THE 
POLL NUMBERS Y 
BREAK DOWN AND 
WHY DOES UNION 
COUNTY MATTER SO 
MUCH? 
NBC NEWS 
NATIONAL 
POLITICAL 
CORRESPONDENT  NB%
STEVE IS AT THE 
BIG BOARD. 
>> WELL EVERY. 
THIS MAP, 2016. 
THIS WAS MADONALD 
TRUMP. 
REMEMBER, YOU 
GOT EXCELLENT 
FEWER POPULAR 
VOTES THAN 
HILLARY CLINTON. 
THAT HE WON THE 
THING THAT 
MATTERS. 
HE WON THE 
ELECTORAL COURT. 
ONE OF THE 
STATES IN 2016, 
THE DEMOCRATS 
THOUGHT THEY HAD 
A REAL SHOT AT. 
WAS NORTH OT
CAROLINA. 
NORTH CAROLINA 
IS ONE . OF THE 
STATES. 
TWO ELECTIONS. 
OBAMA WAS ABLE . 
TO GET IT ONCE. 
LATELY, STATES  
HAVE BEEN 
CHANGING IN SOME 
WITH. 
DEMOCRATS THAT 
THEY HAD A SHOT 
IN 2016. 
THIS IS ONE OF 
THOSE STATES 
WHERE TRUMP 
WAS 
STRONGER THAN 
EXPECTED. 
HE WAS ABLE TO 
WIN STATE BY 
ABOUT THREE 
POINT 
>> IT WAS A VERY 
IMPORTANT WIN 
FOR DONALD 
TRUMP. 
BUT AGAIN, NA2020, 
YOU SEE DELTA IS 
IN TROUBLE 
NATIONALLY. 
IT YOU SEE 
DEMOCRATS AGAIN 
THINK THEY %GOT A 
SHOT AT NORTH 
CAROLINA THIS 
YEAR? 
LET'S CHECK. 
THERE ARE ? A LOT 
OF REASONS WHY. 
LET'S FOCUS ON 
ONE OF FOTHEM. 
LET'S FOCUS 
CHARLOTTE YEAR. 
THE QUEEN CITY, 
BIG POPULATION 
CENTER IN THIS 
PART OF THE 
STATE. 
AND IT IS NOT SO 
MUCH CHARLOTTE 
ITSELF. 
WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT ALL  WTHE 
TIME, CHANGES IN 
POLITICS, THE 
SUBURBS. 
THE METRO THAREAS. 
THE BEDROOM 
COMMUNITIES 
OUTSIDE OF THE 
CITY 
>> THAT E IS WHERE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
BEEN GETTING 
SOME BIG 
GAINS 
IN THE TRUMP 
YEARS. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THEY 
THINK THEY %CAN 
GET AROUND 
CHARLOTTE, 
PARTICULARLY 
TAKE A LOOK E,
HERE, UNION 
COUNTY. 
TRUMP WON THIS 
THING IN HIS 
LANDSLIDE 
BASICALLY 2-1 
OVER HILLARY 
CLINTON AND 26 2-
IN. 
THEY ARE NOT 
THINKING JOE 
BIDEN COULD 
BUT THEY ARE 
WONDERING, COULD 
HE GET CLOSER 
TO? 
IF CLINTON GOT 
33, COULD I CAN 
GET 40? 
IF BIDEN IS 
GETTING 40, AND 
A PLACE LIKE 
THIS, AND A LOT 
OF THE OTHER 
TRADITIONALLY 
REPUBLICAN 
SUBURBS ACROSS 
THE STATE, THAT NA
CAN AT %A VERY 
QUICKLY. 
AND THAT CAN 
ERASE THE 
DEFICIT THAT 
LINTON HAD ON 
ELECTION DAY 26 
AND. 
THAT IS  ONE OF 
THEM, UNION 
COUNTY. 
THE PAY %
ATTENTION ON 
ELECTION NIGHT. 
>>> THIS WEEK'S 
ARNTZ HE SPEAKER 
FLEMING JOE 
BIDEN, ATTACKING 
HIS POLICIES TO 
RALLY PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S BE. 
NBC NEWS 
REPORTER ALI 
VITALI IS 
JOINING ME NOW. % 
JOE BIDEN W.WILL 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE? 
HOW 
IS HIS 
CAMPAIGN 
RESPONDING TO 
THAT? 
>> ALISON, THIS 
IS GOING TO BE A 
BIT OF REAL JOB 
SECURITY FOR 
FACT-CHECKER 
BECAUSE THAT  
CLAIM IS ONE OF 
THOSE THAT -- 
NOT TRUE. 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN, THEIR 
PLAN WOULD NOT 
DEFUND THE WO
POLICE BUT 
INSTEAD, IT %
WOULD ADD MORE 
POLICE TO THE 
ROLES AND PUT 
MORE MONEY INTO 
COMMUNITY 
POLICING 
PROGRAMS. MM
BUT THIS IS 
INDICATIVE OF 
THE LARGER 
STRATEGY HERE 
FROM 
REPUBLICANS,  H
WHICH IS AT A 
TIME JOE BIDEN 
TO THE MOST 
RADICAL AND MOST 
LEFT PART OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
WAS FRANKLY IT 
WOULD OF THE 
NIGHT LAST NIGHT 
AS I WAS 
LISTENING TO THE 
RNC. 
BECAUSE THAT INIS 
THE SURGERY, THE 
-- WHO CAME OUT 
OF THE  CPRIMARY. 
JOE BIDEN CAME 
OUT OF THIS 
PRIMARY WITH  
PROGRESSIVE 
THINK THAT THEY 
WANTED HIM TO
 %BE 
MORE 
PROGRESSIVE. 
HE WAS TOO  RE
MODERATE FOR 
DEMOCRATS FOR 
THE PRIMERS. 
ADMITS HE DOES 
NOT HAVE TO SAY 
THAT  DECEMBER. 
THAT PUTS A 
PROBLEM FOR THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN FO
AS THEY TRY TO 
PAINT HIM AS 
WHAT THEY LOOK 
CALLED RADICAL 
AND LEFT-WING. 
THAT IS ALNOT 
EXACTLY THE 
STORY HERE. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
ALSO GOING AFTER 
JOE BIDEN FOR 
FOREIGN-POLICY 
RECORD. 
WHAT ARE THEY . 
SAYING THERE? 
EFFECTIVE THE 
THEY ARE SAYING 
THAT HE IS WEAK 
ON CHINA. 
JUST THE LATEST 
REPUBLICAN TO 
PUT THIS 
OUT OP-
ED ON  FOX NEWS. 
BUT IS, AN IRONY 
HERE. 
THERE IS A 
STRATEGY AGO. 
ON THE AIR 
NESLITE, A 
COMPLAINT FROM 
PEOPLE THAT 
JOE 
BIDEN HAS SAID 
THINGS LIKE THE 
CHINESE ARE NOT 
BAD FOLKS. 
IT IS FUNNY 
BECAUSE THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT TH
IS UNTIL TRUMP 
HAS SAID, 
TWITCHY. 
HE IS %SOMEONE 
WHO READILY 
TOUTS HIS 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH HIPEOPLE LIKE 
AND XI JINPING. 
OF COURSE, TRUMP 
HAS ALSO BEEN 
THE FRONT CHINA 
WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT IS NOT TO 
SAY THAT HE HAD 
NEVER RAISED 
THEM. 
THERE IS AN 
IRONY IN THAT 
ATTACKED. 
ON THE STRATEGY 
FUND, POLICY IS 
INTERESTING AS 
IT RELATES TO 
THE GENERAL LA
ELECTION CAN 
PAIN. 
WHAT I'M REALLY 
INTERESTED IN IS 
IF THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN AND 
REPUBLICANS CAN 
MAKE THIS 
INITIATIVE FEEL 
VERY -- IN THEIR 
BACKYARDS, 
ESPECIALLY AS 
THEY ARE DEALING 
WITH AT THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC AND 
THAT RECESSION 
RIGHT NOW BUT I 
THINK VOTERS 
HAVE A %LOT ON 
THEIR MINDS. 
THEY TEND %TO 
VOTE WITH WHAT 
IS IMMEDIATELY 
IMPACTING THEM. 
ON THE STRATEGY 
FUND, CHINA HAS 
HAD WHAT I'M 
REALLY LOOKING 
TO SEE IF 
REPUBLICANS CAN 
MAKE IT SEEM A 
LITTLE MORE 
IMMEDIATE FOR 
VOTERS. 
MORE MOVING 
FORWARD. 
>> ALI, HILLARY 
CLINTON HAS BEEN 
HERE BEFORE. 
SHE HAS 
SOME 
ADVICE FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THAT. TE
>> YEAH. 
HER ADVICE,  
ALISON, IS DON'T 
CONCEDE ON 
ELECTION DAY  
WHEN IT TAKES 
MUCH DARKER THAN 
IT USUALLY DOES 
TO FIND A 
RESULT. 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
SHE SAID. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SHOULD NOT 
CONCEDE UNDER 
ANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
BECAUSE I THINK 
THIS IS GOING TO 
DRAG OUT AND 
EVENTUALLY I DO 
BELIEVE HE WILL 
WIN. 
IF WE DON'T GIVE 
AN INCH AND IF 
WE ARE AS 
FOCUSED AND 
RELENTLESS AS 
THE OTHER SIDE 
IS. 
>> Reporter: 
HILLARY CLINTON 
IS PLAYING THIS 
VERY INTERESTING 
ROLE WORK SHE IS 
SOMEONE WHO E IS 
THE EMBODIMENT E 
FOR THEM, OF 
WHAT COULD 
HAPPEN IF THEY 
REST ON HER 
LAURELS, IF THE 
WAS ONS, -- RIGHT 
NOW. 
YOU HEARD HER AT 
THE DNC EARLIER 
THIS WEEK. C 
SHE WAS SAYING, 
ALL OF THOSE 
SHOULD OCCUR TO 
WHAT A VOTERS, 
SHE WAS A CALLING 
OUT THAT SHE WAS 
ALSO CALLED 
PEOPLE THINK 
YOU 
CAN WIN THE 
POPULAR VOTE. 
AND STILL NOT 
BECOME PRESENT. 
WHEN YOU HEAR 
HER GIVING THAT 
KIND OF ADVICE 
TO JOE BIDEN, 
THEY ARE ON THE 
LEGAL FRONT, 
EVERY CANDIDATE, 
ALL THE T,PARTIES 
ARE REALLY 
PREPARING FOR 
THE GOOD FIGHTS 
DOWN THE BALLOTS 
IN SO MANY OF 
THE STATES. NY
WHAT IS ABNORMAL 
THE SITUATION WE 
FIND OURSELVES 
IN NOW WITH ALL 
OF THESE MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS, 
UNPRECEDENTED 
AND LONG THE 
PROCESS COULD %
BE. 
IT REALLY 
CLINTON IS 
TRYING TO 
EMBODY 
THE WORST-CASE 
SCENARIO FOR 
IMMIGRANTS AS 
THEY STAY 
ACTIVE. 
>> ALI VITALI 
WITH THE LATEST 
ON THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
WE ARE IN THE 
MIDST OF THE RNC 
THIS WEEK. 
GREAT TO SEE 
YOU. 
THANK YOU.  
>> THANKS. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
VOTING IN 
NOVEMBER? 
NBC NEWS HAS A 
NEW TOOL NETO HELP 
YOU  FIGURE IT 
OUT. 
IT HAS 
INFORMATION ON 
VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES, AND 
RESTRICTIONS. 
I STATE. 
CHECK OUT OUR 
NBCNEWS.COM 
/PLANYOURVOTE.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> "WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING?" 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS, 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> LEAVING 
TEACHERS LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WHERE WE CAN 
JUST DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT." 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
>>> JACOB 
BLAKE'S FATHER 
SAYS HIS SON IS 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN. 
DOCTORS DON'T 
KNOW IF HIS 
CONDITION IS 
PERMANENT. 
THEY SHOUT BLAKE 
IN THE BACK 
SEVERAL TIMES 
SUNDAY. 
THE SHOOTING 
SETTING OFF TWO 
NIGHTS OF 
PROTEST FIRES 
AND BROKEN 
BUSINESS WINDOWS 
IN KENOSHA. 
A CURFEW IN THE 
CITY. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
SHAQUILLE JOINS 
ME NOW FROM 
KENOSHA. 
SHAQ, WHAT CAN 
YOU TELL US 
ABOUT BLAKE'S 
CONDITION TODAY? 
WHAT DO YOU 
KNOW? 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT WE HEARD 
WAS THE FAMILY 
GOT TO SEE JACOB 
BLAKE IN THE 
HOSPITAL 
YESTERDAY AND WE Y 
KNOW THAT THE 
FATHER CAME OUT 
TODAY AND TOLD 
NBC NEWS D THAT HE 
IS PERILOUS, AS 
YOU MENTIONED, 
AND THAT WAS 
DONE  AND IT IS 
NOT CLEAR IF 
THAT IS 
TEMPORARY OR 
PERMANENT. 
IN JUST A COUPLE 
MINUTES, THOUGH, 
WE WILL HEAR 
FROM THE FAMILY 
ATTORNEY, A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
GETTING UNDERWAYMI 
OR THEY ARE NOT 
THERE YET. 
YOU CAN 
SEE THE 
CAMERAS THERE. 
THEY ARE WAITING 
FOR THE ARFAMILY 
ATTORNEY TO GIVE 
US THE LATEST ON 
HIS CONDITION. 
THEY WILL GIVE 
US AN UPDATE ON 
WHAT THE FAMILY 
DOES. 
THE INFORMATION 
FROM THE FATHER 
EARLY TODAY WHAT 
THEY TOLD ABC 
THIS MORNING. 
ASIDE FROM THAT, 
IT DEPENDS ON 
WHAT HAPPENS PE
THERE AND WHAT 
THE FAMILY HAS 
TO ANNOUNCE JUST 
ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
>> Reporter: SO 
CHECKMARKED, 
TELL US ABOUT 
KENOSHA TODAY. 
WHAT IS IT LIKE 
THERE? 
HOW BAD   IS THE 
DAMAGE FROM LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, ALISON, 
THE  T?PROTEST 
CONTINUE. 
LAST NIGHT WITH  
WORST IN THE 
FIRST. 
YOU SEE BEHIND 
ME, ACTUALLY, E 
THIS IS THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
KENOSHA COUNTY 
COURTHOUSE. 
YOU SEE THEY . ARE 
POWER WASHING, 
TRYING TO GET 
OFF SOME OF THE 
GRAFFITI. 
I KNOW THAT 
GRAFFITI WAS 
THERE SINCE THE 
FIRST NIGHT OF 
VIOLENCE. 
AND THEN NITHAT 
BLACK FENCE IN 
FRONT OF THE 
COURTHOUSE, THAT 
IS NEW. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY PUT ISUP THE 
FOURTH THEY HAD 
POLICE INVITE 
GEAR OVER THERE. 
YOU CAN DIDN'T 
YOU TO SEE SOME 
OF THE THEM 
TRUCKS THAT ARE 
HERE. 
THESE HAVE BEEN 
PUT IN VEPLACE ALL 
AROUND THE CITY. 
IN AN EFFORT TO 
HELP BLOCK 
TRAFFIC, TO HELP 
PREVENT CARS 
FROM GOING UP 
AND DOWN THE 
STREETS. 
YOU SEE THAT 
FIRED. 
YOU SEE THAT 
REMNANTS OF YOU 
HAVE SCENES LIKE 
THIS ALL ACROSS 
THE CITY. 
I WAS IN ANOTHER 
PATIENT THIS 
MONEY. 
UPTOWN KENOSHA. 
A COUPLE ISOF 
MILES OF WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND YOU SAW SOME 
OF THE 
BUILDINGS. 
THE BUILDINGS 
JUST COMPLETELY 
DESTROYED, 
ENTIRE BLOCKS 
JUST COMPLETELY 
DESTROYED. 
ONE THING THAT LYLY
PEOPLE WERE 
SAYING WHO WERE 
IN THAT 
COMMUNITY, THEY 
WERE THINK THAT 
SOME OF THOSE 
BUSINESSES, 
ALTHOUGH THEY 
WERE STOREFRONTS 
ON 
THE OTHER 
BOTTOM, PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY LIVED 
ON THE LEHIGHER 
LEVELS AND THERE 
WAS A LOT OF 
CONCERN FOR THE 
SAFETY OF THE 
PEOPLE FROM THE 
SECOND LEVEL. 
IN ADDITION TO 
THAT, YOU HEAR 
FROM THE FAMILY. 
YOU HEAR FROM 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
FATHER, WHO 
SAYS, YES, HE 
WANTS TO BE PUT 
IN. 
BUT HE T WANTS 
THIS TO BE DONE 
PEACEFULLY. 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
HIS FATHER SAID 
IN AN INTERVIEW. 
>> WE ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST 
PEACEFULLY, NOT 
TO BE 
DESTRUCTIVE. 
WE WANT JUSTICE. 
THIS IS NOT JUST 
JACOB BLAKE 
PRACTICE ALL THE 
CHILDREN WHO 
WALKED OUT THE 
DOOR IN THE 
MORNING AND 
THEIR MOTHERS 
AND FATHERS HAVE 
TO WORRY ABOUT 
THEM BECAUSE OF 
THE COLOR OF 
THEIR SKIN. 
>> Reporter:  AND 
ALISON,  ONE 
THING YOU ARE 
ALSO HEARING 
NOTCHES FROM THE 
FAMILY. 
YOU ARE HEARING 
FROM THE LEADERS 
HERE IN 
WISCONSIN, FROM 
THE GOVERNOR TO 
THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR TO THE 
SENATORS THEY 
ARE ALL CALLING 
FOR THAT 
INVESTIGATION TO 
CONTINUE. 
THEY ARE CALLING 
FOR PROTESTS TO 
REMAIN PEACEFUL. 
THEY SAY  THEY 
ARE ASKING FOR 
PEOPLE TO GET 
THEIR VOICES 
HEARD. 
THEY ARE ESOKAY TO 
AT THIS. 
THE DESTRUCTION 
THAT WE ARE 
SEEING, THAT IS 
BECAUSE IN SOME 
WAS FRUSTRATION 
FOR SO MANY 
PEOPLE, MANY OF 
THE LEADERS WHO , 
NIGHT AFTER 
NIGHT ARE SEEING 
THIS CONTINUE TO 
GET WORSE. 
SINCE WE SAW 
TODAY. 
ONE OTHER NOTE 
WE JUST SAW A 
COUPLE OF 
MINUTES AGO THAT 
THE GOVERNOR WE 
ALREADY KNEW 
THAT NATIONAL %
GUARD WAS SIMPLY 
>> THEY WERE 
POLICE LAST 
NIGHT AROUND 125 
GOTTSMAN. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAYS HE IS NOW 
GOING TO EXPAND 
THAT NUMBER. 
THE A H 
LARGER PRESENCE 
OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD TONIGHT TO 
HELP PROTECT 
PROPERTY AND TO 
HELP THE 
CITIZENS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR. UN
ALISON?  
>> SHAQ, HOW 
ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO WHAT 
HAPPENED? 
ANY MORE ATDETAILS 
ABOUT THE 
SHOOTING ITSELF? 
>> Reporter: NO, 
WE DON'T HAVE 
MANY DETAILS ON 
THE ACTUAL 
SHOOTING AND 
THAT IS REALLY 
THE SURPRISING 
THING RIGHT NOW. 
ESPECIALLY OUT 
HERE. 
W.AWAY FROM 
SUNDAY NIGHT. 
WHEN THE INITIAL 
INCIDENTS 
HAPPEN. 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
THAT VIDEO. 
THAT ORIGINAL 
CELL PHONE 
VIDEO, THAT'S 
PART OF INTHE 
OUTRAGE. 
WE SEE MR. 
BLAKE, SHOT IN 
THE BACK HE WAS 
RETURNING TO HIS 
CARPET THERE'S 
ANOTHER IMAGE. 
THERE'S ANOTHER 
CELL PHONE VIDEO 
THAT WAS 
RELEASED BUT DID 
NOT GIVE US MORE 
DETAILS. 
OFFICIAL 
SOURCES, ALL WE TA
HAVE IS THAT 
INITIAL 
STATEMENT THINK 
THAT POLICE 
RESPONDED TO A  
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
THEY SEE THAT 
MR. BLAKE WAS 
HELPING TO THE 
BREAK UP A 
DISPUTE BETWEEN 
TWO WOMEN. 
AND THAT IS WHEN 
POLICE ARRIVED 
AND THEY SAY  
THAT TARGETING 
MR. BLAKE 
INSTEAD OF THE 
PEOPLE INVOLVED 
IN THE DISPUTE. 
BUT WE ARE NOT 
HEARING THAT 
FROM POLICE. 
WHERE NOT 
HEARING ANY -- 
IF THERE IS ANY 
OTHER VIDEO THAT 
THEY HAVE THAT 
HAS NOT BEEN 
MADE TO THE 
PUBLIC. 
WE KNOW O THAT 
HERE IN KENOSHA, 
THERE ARE BODY 
NO BODY CAMERAS. 
THE OFFICERS DID 
NOT WEAR BODY 
CAMERAS. 
THAT IS NOT 
SLATED IN THE 
BUT IT UNTIL 
2022. 
THERE'S SO MANY 
DETAILS THAT WE 
JUST DON'T KNOW. 
SO MANY 
SPECIFICS. 
ONE OF THEM, 
ESPECIALLY, THE 
POLICE STILL 
HAVE NOT SAID IF 
MR. BLAKE WAS 
UNARMED. 
THAT IS E COMING 
FROM WITNESSES, 
WHO SAY HE WAS 
UNARMED. 
THERE WAS A 
WITNESS WHO SAID 
THEY HEARD AN 
OFFICER SAY, 
DROP THE KNIFE. 
SO SO MUCH 
CONFUSION AND I 
THINK A N LOT OF 
THAT CONFUSION LO
IS CONTRIBUTING 
TO THE 
FRUSTRATION THAT 
YOU ARE HEARING 
FROM MANY OF THE 
RESIDENTS WHO 
WANT 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND WANT ANSWERS 
THAT AS SIOF %THIS 
POINT, IT  IS, WE 
KNOW THERE WILL 
NOT BE ANY SOLID 
ANSWERS UNTIL AT 
LEAST 30 SWDAYS 
>> THAT IS WHEN 
THE STATE HAS 
OVER THEIR 
REPORT, THERE 
INVESTIGATION. 
UNTIL THEN, 
THERE'S NO 
GUARANTEE THAT 
WILL HAVE EN
ANY 
SPECIFICITY ON 
WHAT HAPPENED ON 
SUNDAY NIGHT. 
ALISON?  
>> STILL SOME 
ANY QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE 
SHOOTING AT OUR 
HOPE IS THAT 
TONIGHT, THOSE 
PROTESTS REMAIN 
PEACEFUL AND 
EVERYONE THERE 
IS OKAY. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> U THANK YOU.
! NEW YORK CITY 
HAS A YONEW PLAN 
FOR ITS SCHOOLS. 
PUBLIC, PRIVATE, S 
AND CHARTER. 
SOME CLASSES 
WILL BE OUTSIDE 
THIS FALL. 
BUT HOW %WILL 
THAT WORK? 
CORRESPONDED 
KRISTIN JOINS ME 
NOW. 
KRISTIN, TELL KRUS 
BUT THAT NEW 
LEARNING PROGRAM 
AND WHERE THOSE 
OUTDOOR CLASSES 
WILL BE. 
>> Reporter: 
HEY, ALISON. 
WELL, IT IS 
STILL ON THE THE 
WORKS. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT PUTTING 
KIDS OUTDOORS 
ANYWHERE THEY 
REALLY CAN'T 
WHEN WE 
HEARD 
THE PRINCIPAL 
ENGINE PARKS. 
DIMENSION 
CLOSING OFF THE 
STREETS. 
EVEN MAYBE SOME F 
OUTDOOR DINING 
PLACES THAT ARE 
NOT USED DURING 
THE DAY. 
IT IS REALLY UP 
TO THE AL
PRINCIPLES BUT 
THEY HAVE UNTIL 
FRIDAY TO COME 
UP WITH SOME 
TYPE OF PLANT. 
THE MAYOR 
ANNOUNCE 
YESTERDAY THAT 
HE WOULD  BE 
ALLOWING SCHOOLS 
TO DO THIS. 
THEY HAD ALREADY 
SEEN 243 
APPLICATIONS 
FROM SCHOOLS. 
WE SPOKE WITH 
ONE ASSISTANT 
PRINCIPAL FROM 
BROOKLYN. 
HEAR HOW SHE 
DESCRIBES THEIR 
PLAN. 
>> WE'RE HOPING 
TO CLOSE DOWN 
THE STREETS 
AROUND OUR 
SCHOOLS AS WELL 
AS HOPING TO USE 
PARTS OF 
BROOKLYN BRIDGE 
PART IS NOT JUST 
POSSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: 
SODA CITY ALSO 
REALLY PUSHING 
US TO GET THIS 
OUTDOOR LEARNING 
INTO ABOUT IT 
SEVEN 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
THAT WERE 
HARDEST HIT BY 
COVID 19. 
THEY ARE ALSO 
GOING TO BE 
TESTING INDOOR 
CLASSROOMS AS 
WELL FOR %
VENTILATION AND 
THEY SAY 
THEY 
ARE GOING TO 
KEEP TESTING 
EVERY SINGLE 
CLASSROOM IN NEW 
YORK CITY AND 
THEY WILL HAVE 
THAT DONE BUT 
NEXT WEEK. 
SO ALL 
PART OF 
AN INVOLVING 
PLAN TO GET KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL T 
SAFELY, ALISON.  
>> KRISTIN, WHAT 
ARE YOU HEARING 
FROM PARENTS 
ABOUT THIS ONE? 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT THIS 
OUTDOOR LEARNING?
>> Reporter: 
WELL, AT FIRST, 
TALK TO -- THEY 
ARE THROAT. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
PUSHING FOR THIS 
FOR QUITE SOME 
TIME BUT THEY  
HAD SOME 
PETITIONS WITH 
THE THOUSANDS OF 
SIGNATURES ON 
IN. %
THEY REALLY DID 
NOT WANT THEIR 
KIDS IN SOME OF 
OUTDOOR 
ENVIRONMENT, OF 
COURSE, 
TRANSMISSION IS 
BELIEVED TO BE 
MUCH LAX WHEN 
YOU'RE OUTDOORS 
BUT HERE IS WHAT 
ONE PARENT  HAD 
TO SAY ABOUT HE 
WAS FEELING 
ABOUT THIS. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
OUR KIDS AND IT 
IS ABOUT THEIR 
EDUCATION. 
IT IS REALLY 
ABOUT THE IOSAFETY 
AND HEALTH OF 
OUR ENTIRE CITY. 
SO THE ABILITY 
FOR SCHOOLS TO 
HAVE THE SPACE 
TO LEARN IS 
REALLY THE 
DIFFERENCE 
PERHAPS BETWEEN 
LIFE AND DEATH. 
>> Reporter: I 
DON'T THINK 
ANYONE IS 
ARGUING WITH 
THIS MEDICALLY 
BEING A THGOOD 
OPTION. 
HERE IS WHAT IT 
COMES DOWN TO 
GET THE 
COMPLAINT WE ARE 
HEARING IS THE 
THE CITY HAS NOT 
LAID OUT HOW 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE PAID FOR AND 
SOME PLACES, YOU 
KNOW, OUTSIDE OF 
NEW YORK CITY, 
WE ARE SEEING 
THEM ERECT 
SHELTERS TO PUT 
KIDS IN. 
SO IT IS 
UNCLEAR, YOU 
KNOW, HOW MUCH 
IT IS GOING TO 
CAUSE. 
HOW ARE THE 
SCHOOLS GOING TO 
PAY FOR THAT? 
THE COMPLAINT 
THAT COMES WITH 
ECONOMICS OF IT 
IS THAT THE 
SCHOOLS THAT 
AFFORDED, THE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
CAN AFFORD IT, 
THE PRIVATE 
SCHOOLS, IT IS 
GOING TO 
INCREASE THE 
SORT OF ANY 
QUALITY AND 
DIVIDE WE HAVE 
BETWEEN THE 
HAVES 
AND HAVE-
NOTS, THE KIDS 
THAT CAN AFFORD 
TO GO TO SCHOOL 
SECOND HALF 
THESE SORT OF 
WATER, OPEN 
SPACES AND %THE 
SCHOOLS WHERE 
MAYBE THAT IS 
MUCH MORE 
DIFFICULT TO DO. 
AND SO ULTHAT HAS 
BEEN THE MAJOR 
COMPLAINT, IS 
THAT THIS MAY 
INCREASE THAT 
DIVIDE BETWEEN 
KIDS THAT CAN 
AFFORD IT AND 
WHO CAN'T. 
>> Reporter: I 
KNOW IT IS NOT 
JUST NEAR SCHOOL 
DISTRICT. 
WE ARE SEEING 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY 
POTENTIALLY 
MOVING THEIR 
CLASSES OUTSIDE. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM Y 
OTHER SCHOOLS 
ACROSS AMERICA? 
>> Reporter: 
RIGHT, AND WE 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING FROM %
PRINCIPLES. 
THIS IS A UNIQUE 
TIME WHEN THEY 
HAD TO DIG DEEP 
AND COME UP WITH 
SOME TYPE OF 
REALLY INGENIOUS 
THING TO GET 
KIDS BACK IN-
PERSON LEARNING 
BUT ALSO TO TRY 
AND HAVE THEM 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE, TRY 
AND HAVE THEM 
OUTSIDE AS 
POSSIBLE. 
AND WE HAVE 
SEEN.GOING DOWN. 
WE THESE 
SHELTERS BEING 
ERECTED IN 
PLACES. 
THERE'S A SCHOOL  
HERE IN VERMONT 
WHERE I AM WHERE 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE ARUSING AN 
OUTDOOR 
AMPHITHEATER. 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO HAVE KIDS 
OUTSIDE 
LEARNING. 
SO THAT THEY CAN 
SPACE THEM OUT 
MORE. 
THEY HAVE HAD 
THINGS LIKE 
BADGES THAT THEY 
CAN TURN INTO 
DESKS AND SORT 
OF A WILDERNESS 
SETTING. 
HERE IN NEVERMONT 
IT IS GOING TO 
GET PRETTY COLD 
PRETTY SOON. ET
AND SO THEY HAVE 
ALSO HAD TO DEAL 
WITH LANCE FOR 
THAT, PORTABLE 
HEATERS, MAINLY 
THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
AND THEY REALLY 
ARE TRYING TO 
COME UP WITH 
SOLUTIONS THAT 
CAN KEEP THEM IN 
WELL VENTILATED 
AREAS BECAUSE 
THE THINGS 
THAT 
IS SO IMPORTANT 
TO KEEPING  THE 
SCHOOLS OPEN. 
>> Reporter: 
WHOA, KRISTIN, 
ONE THING IS FOR 
SURE, AS LONG AS 
THE WEATHER IS 
GOOD, THE KIDS 
ARE PROBABLY NOT 
GOING TO PR
COMPLAIN ABOUT A 
MUST BE A 
STREET. 
I KNOW WHEN I 
WAS A KID, IT 
ALWAYS FELT LIKE 
ONE. 
KRISTIN, IT IS 
GREAT TO 
SEE 
YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
>> THANKS. 
TAKE CARE. 
>>> SCHOOL 
NURSES ARE BEING 
INCREDIBLE 
PRESSURE TO KEEP 
STUDENTS SAFE 
THIS YEAR. 
CNBC SPECIAL 
CORRESPONDED 
JAMES SHOWS US 
HOW DIFFICULT 
THEIR JOBS ARE 
DURING COVID-19. 
>> MOST SCHOOLS 
IN CALIFORNIA 
LIKE THIS ONE 
ARE NOT OPENING 
THIS FALL. 
BUT MANY OTHERS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE. 
AND YOU KNOW WHO 
HAS THE HARDEST 
JOB IN %AMERICA 
RIGHT NOW? 
THE SCHOOL 
NURSE. 
THERE ARE OLNEARLY 
100,000 OF THEM 
IN THE U.S. BUT 
ONE IN FOUR 
SCHOOLS IN 
AMERICA. 
DISTRICT HAVE A 
HUGE TASK OF 
FIGURING OUT HOW 
TO KEEP THE 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF SAFE AND 
THE NURSES 
NATIONAL 
ASSOCIATION IS 
ASKING FOR OVER   
$200 MILLION TO 
DO THAT. 
LIKE 
IMAGINE 
BEING AT THE 
PARK SHE IS A 
VETERAN SCHOOL 
NURSE IN NEW 
JERSEY TRAINING 
OTHERS ON 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS. 
SHE IS HAVING TO 
DECIDE ALL KINDS 
OF ISSUES LIKE 
HOW MANY 
STUDENTS CAN %FIT 
ON ONE BUS? 
HOW E TO ISOLATE 
STUDENTS WITH 
THE SYMPTOMS AND 
CONTACT TRACING. 
BUT MUCH OF HER 
JOB IS EDUCATING 
PARENTS. 
>> EDUCATE IN
PARENTS OF ONE 
THEY CAN, WHEN 
THEY SHOULD 
WATCH THEM. 
EDUCATING THEM 
ON THE HYGIENE 
PRACTICES. 
EDUCATING THEM ON
HOW CONTACT 
TRACING WORKS. 
IT IS WHO. 
>> TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS WORK AT A 
SMALLER 
ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL.  AL
BUT HORUJKO AT 
THE NATIONAL 
ASSOCIATION OF 
SCHOOL NURSES, 
SAYS THAT IS NOT 
PRACTICAL IN 
LARGE SCHOOLS. 
>> YOU SAYING 
ABOUT HIGH 
SCHOOL, WITH WI
3600 STUDENTS AND
SCREENING THE 
TEMPERATURE 
EVERY MORNING. 
ON 3600 STUDENTS
. ONE IS THE 
TIME FOR 
INSTRUCTION, 
RIGHT? 
>> Reporter: ALL RU
OF THE TIME IT 
IS GOING TO BE 
UP FOR PARENTS 
TO DECIDE 
WHETHER OR NOT 
KIDS ARE HEALTHY 
TO GO TO SCHOOL 
BUT THERE IS A 
HUGE PUSH TO AT 
LEAST LET  SOME 
SPECIAL ED 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO THE 
CLASSROOM 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
THEM ARE NOT 
ABLE TO LEARN 
VIA COMPUTER AND 
IF THEY MPARE NOT 
LEARNING, 
DISTRICTS ARE IN 
RISK OF 
VIOLATING A 
FEDERAL LAW 
MANDATING A FREE 
AND APPROPRIATE 
PUBLIC EDUCATION 
FOR EVERY CHILD 
IN AMERICA. 
FOR CNBC 
BUSINESSES, I'M 
JANE WELLS, 
THOUSAND OAKS, 
CALIFORNIA. 
>>> ANOTHER 
COLLEGE DEALING 
WITH CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAK. 
WEEK THAN A 
AFTER THE START 
OF CLASSES. 
UNIVERSITY OF 
ALABAMA ALREADY 
REPORTING MORE 
THAN 500 COVID-
19 CASES. 
MOST OF THEM ON 
THE UNIVERSITY'S 
MAIN CAMPUS IN 
TUSCALOOSA. 
THE CHIEF 
MEDICAL ADVISER 
FOR THE 
BIPARTISAN 
POLICY CENTER. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
MORE AND MORE 
OUTBREAKS LIKE 
THIS ON COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES. 
WHAT CONCERNS DO 
YOU HAVE ABOUT 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
REOPENING AND 
BRING THE G 
STUDENTS BACK? 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON KOSIK, 
YOU TO, I'M NOT 
SURPRISED HERE, 
PARTICULARLY 
WHEN WE ARE 
TRYING TO OPEN EN
UP COACHES AND 
DIVERSITY, WHERE 
THERE IS A HIGH 
TRANSMISSION 
RATE, HEIGHT 
POSITIVE THE 
LAKE IN ONTHE 
STATE OF 
ALABAMA. 
BUT I THINK 
AGAIN, THE MOST 
IMPORTANT KEY 
TO 
SUCCESS IN TERMS 
OF REOPENING 
UNIVERSITIES AND 
COLLEGES ARE TO 
ENSURE THERE'S A 
LOWELL COMMUNITY 
MISSION TESTING 
IS ALSO 
CRITICAL. 
TESTING THE 
STUDENTS WHEN 
THEY COME ONTO 
CAMPUS, REGULAR 
TESTING IS 
IMPORTANT AS 
WELL. 
BUT BEYOND THAT, 
I THINK THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
CONCERN THAT I 
HAVE IS THE 
ADHERENCE TO 
EVIDENCE-BASED 
AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
GUIDELINES AND 
THE ENFORCEMENT 
OF THOSE ASPU
WE TALK 
ABOUT MASKS AND 
JUST THE MASKS 
IN PUBLIC 
SETTINGS. 
WE TALK ABOUT 
REALLY BENDING 
LARGE INDOOR 
GATHERINGS ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
RESTRICTING 
ACCESS TO %THE 
BARS AND INDOOR 
RESTAURANTS, 
PERHAPS, IN THE 
COMMUNITY 
SETTING. 
ALL MMOF THESE 
ELEMENTS COULD 
POTENTIALLY 
REDUCE THE 
TRANSMISSION 
RATE. 
AS WELL AS IA 
REDUCE THE 
CHANCE OF AN 
OUTBREAK. 
AND SO I THINK 
AT THE END OF 
THE DAY, ALISON, 
IT IS ABOUT 
SHARED 
RESPONSIBILITY 
YOU NEED 
INDIVIDUAL 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
WE NEED 
UNIVERSITY 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
AND THEN YOU 
NEED COMMUNITY T  LN
OFFICIAL 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
OR YOU ARE GOING 
TO SEE MORE AND 
MORE OUTBREAKS. 
>> IT IS REALLY 
CHALLENGING TO 
GET LETHOUSANDS OF 
TWENTYSOMETHINGS 
TOGETHER WHO MAY 
HAVE BEEN COOPED  
UP ALL SUMMER OR 
YOU CAN'T BE 
AROUND YOUR 
FRIENDS BUT YOU 
CAN'T HANG BUOUT 
WITH EACH OTHER. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE AND 
ADVICE FOR 
COLLEGE STUDENTS 
WANT TO 
SOCIALIZE AND GET
OUT WHILE THEY 
ARE AT SCHOOL? 
IS THERE A WAY 
THEY CAN STILL 
SPEND SOME TIME 
WITH THEIR 
FRIENDS, THEY 
CAN STILL 
SOCIALIZE BUT BE 
SAFE? 
>> YOU KNOW, I 
THINK THAT 
MESSAGE IS THAT 
YES, SOCIAL, 
THAT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT BUT IT 
HAS TO BE DONE 
RESPONSIBLY. 
IT HAS TO BE 
DONE WITH MASKS, 
PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING. 
IT IS  CRITICAL. 
GATHERINGS, 
PREFERABLY OUGHT 
TO BE DONE 
OUTDOORS IN 
SMALL GROUPS. 
BUT IT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT AND I 
THINK THIS 
MESSAGING, 
ALISON,  NEEDS 
-- BEFORE 
STUDENTS 
ACTUALLY CAME 
ONTO THE CAMPUS.  
AND 
CONVERSATIONS 
NEED TO OCCUR 
BETWEEN PARENTS, 
LOVED ONES, 
BEFORE COLLEGE-
BOUND STUDENTS 
GO TO THE 
UNIVERSITY. 
AND THEN THEY 
NEED TO BE 
REPEATED OVER 
TIME. SO YOU CAN 
START EARLY 
ENOUGH. 
THESE ARE 
REALLY, REALLY 
IMPORTANT 
MESSAGES. 
AND THEN IT 
REALLY NEEDS TO 
BE ENFORCE. 
THAT MESSAGE 
NEEDS TO BE THAT 
APPEAR NOT 
ADHERING HERE, 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
UNIVERSITIES AND 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES 
CLAMPING DOWN, %
SUSPENDING 
STUDENTS, 
EVICTING 
STUDENTS WERE 
NOT ABIDING BY 
THESE 
GUIDELINES. 
SO THIS IS 
REALLY SERIOUS. 
IT IS 
UNPRECEDENTED. 
AND I KNOW IT IS 
NOT WHAT A LOT 
OF COLLEGE 
STUDENTS THOUGHT 
THAT THEY WOULD 
BE ENTERING OR 
EXPERIENCING. 
BUT I THINK IT 
IS REALLY 
REPORTED TO 
RESPONSIBLE 
THING TO DO. 
>> A NEW REPORT 
FROM THE 
AMERICAN ACADEMY 
OF PEDIATRICS 
SAYS THAT 9% OF 
THE COVID CASES 
IN THE U.S. OUR 
CHILDREN. 
BUT IT ALSO SAYS 
ONLY A SMALL 
NUMBER OF THEM 
ARE 
HOSPITALIZED. 
OR DIED. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW 
SO FAR DOABOUT HOW 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
AFFECTS CHILDREN 
AND WHAT DOES 
THIS STUDY ADD 
TO THAT 
KNOWLEDGE? 
>> I 
THINK THIS 
STUDY 
UNDERSCORES THAT 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE TOTALITY OF 
CASES, 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AND DEATHS, IN 
COVID-19, AROUND 
THE COUNTRY, 
TROJAN MAKE UP A 
SMALL PERCENTAGE 
OF THAT. 
HOWEVER, IT ALSO 
SHOWS THAT THE 
NUMBER OF CASES 
OF COVID-19 IN VI
CHILDREN AND KIDS
ARE INCREASING. 
AND IN E 
PARTICULAR, THE 
LAST FEW WEEKS 
WITH SCHOOL 
REOPENING AS 
WELL, OR TESTING 
AND THERE NEEDS 
TO BE MORE AND 
MORE TESTING IN 
KITS. 
THEY ARE SO 
DISPROPORTIONATELY
TESTED AT A 
LESSER AMOUNT 
COMPARED TO THE 
POPULATION. 
WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE TESTING 
IN THAT 
POPULATION. 
BUT KIDS CAN 
OBTAIN COVID-19. 
THEY CAN GET 
QUITE SICK. 
THAT CAN 
TRANSMIT COVID-
19. 
SO EVEN THOUGH 
THE NUMBERS OF 
APPEAR THAT 
CHILDREN ARE 
LEAST AFFECTED, 
THEY ARE STILL 
IMPACTED AND I 
THINK THAT IS A 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE FOR ALL 
OF US. 
>> DR. PARK, 
ALWAYS WONDERFUL 
TO SEE YOU. 
THANKS FOR 
JOINING US. 
>> THANK, 
ALISON. 
TAKE CARE. 
>> YOU, TOO.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> "WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING?" 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS, 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> LEAVING 
TEACHERS LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WHERE WE CAN 
JUST DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT." 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
! IMMIGRATION 
HELPED PROPEL 
THE 2015 TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TO 
VICTORY. 
PROMISING TO 
DO 
THINGS. 
BUILD A WALL AT 
THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER. 
NBC NEWS'  GADI 
SCHWARTZ 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP OFFICE 
FIRST EXECUTIVE 
ORDERS DAYS 
AFTER HE WAS 
SWORN IN. OR
IT CAME TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE 
MUSLIM BAN. 
FROM SEVEN 
MUSLIM MAJORITY 
COUNTRIES. 
SUSPENDING THE 
ENTRY OF SYRIAN 
REFUGEES 
INDEFINITELY. 
EVEN FOR THE 
16,000 REFUGEES. 
IT ALSO KEPT THE 
NUMBER OF 
REFUGEES IN 2000 
SOMETHING TO 
50,000 TOTAL. 
MORE THAN 48 
HOURS, THAT 
ORDER WAS %
BLOCKED BY A 
JUDGE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SIGNED A NEW 
ORDER EVICTING 
SOME EFFIGIES 
LIKE PEOPLE FROM 
IRAQ. 
>> A JUDGE HAS 
JUST BLOCKED OUR 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
ON TRAVEL AND 
REFUGEES COMING 
INTO OUR COUNTRY 
FROM CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES. 
REGARDLESS, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
KEEP OUR S.
CITIZENS SAFE, 
LEAVE ME. 
>> HE TRIED 
AGAIN AND 
DELIVERED TRAVEL 
BAN 3.0. 
LIFTING 
RESTRICTIONS ON 
ONE OF THEM AND 
ADDED NEW LIMITS 
ON VENEZUELA AND 
NORTH KOREA. 
THIS TIME, HE 
SUCCEEDED. 
>> THE DECISION 
SAYS THAT 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP WINS THE 
SUPREME COURT WI
HAS UPHELD THE 
PROGRAM'S TRAVEL 
BAN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
MYSTERIES ADDED 
SIX NEW S 
COUNTRIES TO THE 
LIST. 
EVEN BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC HIT, 
THE U.S. WAS 
WELL ON ITS WAY 
TO SEEING FEWER 
REFUGEES THAN 
EVER IN 2020. 
AND THAT, QUOTE, 
TRAVEL BAN IS 
STILL IN PLACE, 
BARRING THESE 
PEOPLE. 
IN A SIMILAR, THE
REPORTED THAT 
WHILE ARRESTING 
BORDER CROSSING, 
THEY SEPARATED 
2000 CHILDREN 
FROM THEIR 
APPEARANCE. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
ACLU, MORE THAN 
200 OF THOSE 
CHILDREN WERE 
UNDER THE AGE OF 
FIVE NEXT. 
>> AMERICAN 
CITIZENS DO NOT 
TAKE THEIR 
CHILDREN TO DEAL 
WITH ENTHEM. 
BETWEEN OUR 
PORTS OF ENTRY, 
WITH CHILDREN, 
ON NO EXCEPTION. 
>> THEY SHOWED 
CRAMPED CROWDED 
CONDITIONS. 
PROPUBLICA 
OBTAINED AN 
AUDIO RECORDING 
IN WHICH 
CHILDREN ARE 
BEGGING FOR 
THEIR PARENTS. 
>> IMMIGRANTS 
ARE WELCOME 
HERE! 
>> Reporter: 
TRUMP SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
EATING FAMILY 
SEPARATION. 
>> A LOT OF 
HAPPY PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
THE DAMAGE WAS 
DONE. 
OTHER PARENTS 
WERE DEPORTED 
WITHOUT THEIR 
CHILDREN. 
WITHIN 2800 
CHILDREN WERE 
TAKEN FROM THEIR 
PARENTS BY U.S. 
IMMIGRATION 
OFFICIALS. 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
SAYS THE TRUCK 
NUMBER OF 
CHILDREN REMOVED 
FROM THEIR 
FAMILIES MAY 
NEVER BE KNOWN. 
THE HEAD OF DHS 
SAYS THE -- 
>> IN AN EMAIL, 
WAS AN EARLY 
ARCHITECH OF THE 
TRUMP 
DEMONSTRATION'S 
FAMILY 
SEPARATION 
POLICY. 
>> Reporter: SHE 
NOW HAS HER JOB 
LEADING THE 
AGENCY. 
>> BUILD THAT 
WALL. 
BUILD THAT BALL. 
BUILDING THAT 
WALL. 
BUILDING %THAT 
WALL. 
>> Reporter: IN 
THE ELECTION OF 
2016, THE 
PROMISE, PART %OF 
THE FOUNDATION. 
>> WHO IS GOING 
TO PAY FOR THE 
WALL? 
100%. 0%
100%. 
>> Reporter: 
FOUR YEARS 
LATER, 10THE 
PORTION OF THE 
WALLS THAT HAVE 
BEEN BUILT HAS 
BEEN PAID FOR BY 
AMERICAN 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP DEMANDED 
$5.7 BILLION 
FROM CONGRESS. 
>> 35 DAY 
GOVERNMENT 
SHUTDOWN AND 
FURLOUGHED 
GOVERNMENT 
WORKERS. 
IN THE END, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
PACKED DOWN, 
SIGNING A 
SPENDING BILL. 
VERY NEXT DAY, 
HE DECLARED A 
NATIONAL 
EMERGENCY ON THE 
BORDER. 
>> WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT AN 
INVASION OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> PAYING FOR 
THE BORDER WALL 
PROJECT. 
IN JULY, THE 
SUPREME COURT 
SIDED WITH 
TRUMP 
ALLOWING THE A 
DEMONSTRATION TO 
-- MORE THAN 
SIX. 
YOU KNOW ANDOLLARS 
ON OWTHE PROJECT. 
CONSTRUCTION HAS 
BEEN SLOW AND 
ABOUT TWO THIRDS 
OF THE LAND 
NEEDED FOR THE 
WALL IS STILL 
PRIVATELY OWNED. 
AS OF AUGUST 
10th, 275 MILES 
WITH CUSTOMS AND 
BORDER 
PROTECTION 
CALLED A 
PORTABLE SYSTEM. 
ROUGHLY 12 RDTIAND 
HAVE PERCENT OF 
THE U.S. WATER 
PARK PORTIONS OF 
THE CONSTRUCTION 
HAVE GONE TO 
REPLACE SOME OF 
THE BORDER 
FENCING BUILT 
DURING THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> WHEN THEY 
COME IN ONCE, 
WHEN THEY CAME 
IN TWICE, GO TO 
JAIL FOR FIVE 
YEARS. 
WHEN THEY  COME 
IN ANOTHER ONE, 
IT WILL BE 10 
YEARS. 
YOU KNOW WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
PRETTY SIMPLE. 
THEY GET CAUGHT 
AGAIN. 
THEY GO  CTO JAIL 
FOR FIVE YEARS. 
WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN? 
THEY ARE NOT 
COMING BACK 
FOLKS? 
>> Reporter: 
TRUMP TALKED A K S?
LOT ABOUT THE 
PARTITION. 
HIS RHETORIC HAS 
BEEN HURT HIIN 
COMMITTEES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> THEY ARE NOT 
SURE WHAT THEY 
ARE GOING TO DO. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
IMPORTANT 
METRICS, EFFECTS 
ARE STILL %MATCH TC
THE TALK. 
THEY HAVE RISEN 
SINCE LAST YEAR 
MORE THAN 
400,000 
DEPORTATIONS. 
CLINIC -- 
,
BEEN CAPPED. 
>>> HEY, %
EVERYONE. 
HELLO. 
YOU ARE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
FOLLOWING 
HEADLINES FOR US 
FROM NBC 
NEWS.COM. 
YOU ARE THE 
PICTURE OF 
MAKING ME HAPPY. 
I KNOW. 
I HAVE MET IN 
THIS HEATWAVE. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
CONTINUES 
TONIGHT 
FEATURING 
HEADLINERS LIKE 
MILANI A TRUMP, 
MIKE POMPEO AND 
THE PRESIDENTS 
KIDS, ERIC AND 
TIFFANY TRUMP. 
NIKKI HALEY'S 
SPEECH WAS 
QUESTION. 
SHE CLAIMED THE 
U.S. IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY 
BUT IT'S AT HER 
FAMILY 
EXPERIENCED 
DISCRIMINATION 
AND DEFENDED 
THOSE REMARKS 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> WE FOUGHT A 
CIVIL WAR AND WE 
HAD AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
PRESIDENT AND A 
FEMALE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
WE ARE 
CONTINUING TO 
GET BETTER. 
THERE IS NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY. 
DO WE HAVE 
RACIST IN OUR 
COUNTRY, YES. 
WE ARE WORK IN 
PROGRESS. 
>> AND AN UPDATE 
OUT OF KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, THE 
FATHER OF JACOB 
BLAKE SAYS HIS 
SON IS PARALYZED 
AND DOCTORS ARE 
NOT SURE OF HIS 
CONDITION IS 
PERMANENT. 
POLICE SHOT HIM 
IN THE BACK ON 
SUNDAY. LAW 
ENFORCEMENT SAID 
THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT BUT 
HAVE NOT 
PROVIDED OTHER 
DETAILS. 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING 
AND THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED OUR OWN 
ADMINISTRATIVELY. 
LeBRON JAMES 
CONDEMNED THE 
SHOOTING. 
MORE PROTEST 
BROKE OUT LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> WE ARE AFRAID 
OF WHITE PEOPLE 
IN AMERICA. 
WHITE MEN. 
WE ARE TERRIFIED
. 
>> MOVING ONTO 
THE CORONAVIRUS, 
THE FDA 
COMMISSIONER IS 
APOLOGIZING FOR 
EXAGGERATING THE 
BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAD BEEN 
TREATING PATIENTS
WITH PLASMA IN 
HOPES OF GIVING 
THEM ANTIBODIES. 
IT CAN INCREASE 
CHANCES OF 
SURVIVAL. 
IN A TWEET HE 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE 
BACK LASH FROM 
THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY 
ADMITTING THE 
CRITICISM IS 
JUSTIFIED. 
>> HERE IS A 
REMINDER THAT NO 
ONE IS IMMUNE TO 
COVID-19 EVEN IF 
THEY ARE THE 
WORLD'S FASTEST 
RUNNER. 
THE OLYMPIC 
CHAMPION TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
HE IS SELF 
ISOLATING NOW. 
IT IS WORTH 
NOTICING THAT HE 
CELEBRATED HIS 
34th BIRTHDAY 
LAST WEEK AT A 
PARTY WITH NO 
MASKS. 
>> I HAVE HAD NO 
SYMPTOMS. 
>> LASTLY, MORE 
BAD NEWS FOR 
AMERICAN 
AIRLINES. 
THEY ARE 
SLASHING 19,000 
JOBS IN OCTOBER 
WHEN THE RELIEF 
MONEY RUNS OUT. 
AIRLINES HAVE 
PUSHED LAWMAKERS 
FOR ANOTHER $25 
BILLION AID 
PACKAGE BUT 
CONGRESS HAS NOT 
AGREED ON A 
PLAN. 
JUST THE LATEST 
OF EXAMPLE OF 
HOW THE PANDEMIC 
HAS CRASHED 
TRAVEL DEMAND. 
I'M TRYING TO 
THINK BACK TO 
THE LAST TIME I 
WAS ON A PLANE. 
I DID NOT KNOW 
ABOUT [ 
INAUDIBLE ]. 
WHEN WE WERE 
WATCHING THE 
SOUNDBITE I KEPT 
SAYING I KNOW 
THAT BY. 
>> I HAD NO 
IDEA. 
SO IT PAYS TO 
PAY ATTENTION TO 
YOU ON THE 
HEADLINES. 
>> THERE YOU GO. 
>> NEWS YOU CAN 
USE. 
I'M HAPPY I CAN 
BRING IT TO YOU. 
>> OKAY. 
WE WILL SEE IN 
ABOUT AN HOUR. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THAT SOUNDS 
GOOD. 
>> 
>> HURRICANE 
LAURA IS GAINING 
STRENGTH. 
THE MAJOR 
THREATS ARE 
TORRENTIAL RAINS 
AND HIGH WINDS. 
MORGAN IS IN 
PORT ARTHUR 
TEXAS. 
MORGAN, WHAT IS 
IT LIKE RIGHT 
NOW WHERE YOU ARE
? I HATE TO SAY 
THIS BUT IT 
MIGHT BE THE 
CALM BEFORE THE 
STORM. 
WHAT YOU'RE 
EXPECTING THERE 
TONIGHT? 
>> A MASS 
EVACUATION IS 
UNDERWAY. 
THIS ORDER WENT 
INTO EFFECT AT 
6:30 :00. 
WE JUST LEFT THE 
CIVIC CENTER 
WHERE HUNDREDS 
HAVE GATHERED TO 
BE LOADED ONTO 
SCHOOL BUSES AND 
GO 100 MILES 
NORTH. 
AT THE COUNTY 
AIRPORT WE HAVE 
THE AIR NATIONAL 
GUARD RIGHT 
BEHIND ME. 
IT HAS BEEN 
DEPLOYED HERE ON 
A RELIEF 
MISSION. 
IT BROUGHT 
SUPPLIES AND 
THIS IS WHAT 
WILL BE USED 
SHOULD THEY HAVE 
TO AIR LIFT 
PEOPLE OUT OF 
THIS AREA IF THE 
BUSES ARE NOT 
ENOUGH OR IF 
THEY NEED TO 
BRING SUPPLIES 
BACK HERE 
FOLLOWING THE 
STORM THAT IS 
EXPECTED TO MAKE 
LANDFALL 
WEDNESDAY. 
THEY ARE 
FOLLOWING UP 
REPAIRS 
PROPELLERS RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE MAY HAVE TO 
MOVE. 
IF THEY TURN 
THIS WAY IT 
WOULD BLOW ALL 
OF OUR GEAR 
AGAINST THE 
WALL. 
THIS IS THE 
SCALE OF WHAT WE 
ARE SEEING IN 
PORT ARTHUR. 
>> OKAY. 
ARE YOU OKAY 
THEY ARE DO YOU 
NEED TO GO? 
>> WE ARE OKAY 
RIGHT NOW. 
I WILL SAY THAT 
MANDATORY 
EVACUATION ORDERS
ARE ALL THE WAY 
DOWN TO 
GALVESTON, 
TEXAS. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE STAYING IN 
PLACE UNTIL THE 
STORM HITS. 
PEOPLE HERE ARE 
VERY FAMILIAR AT 
HOW POWERFUL 
THESE HURRICANES 
CAN BE. 
UNFORTUNATELY 
THEY HAVE A LOT 
OF RESOURCES 
ALREADY 
DEPLOYED. 
>> OKAY. 
I'M GOING TO LET 
YOU GO BECAUSE 
YOU NEED TO GET 
OUT OF THE WAY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE UPDATE ON 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
STAY SAFE. 
KEEP YOUR CREW 
SAFE AND THAT 
EQUIPMENT SAFE 
AS WELL. 
>> OKAY. 
WE WILL TALK TO 
YOU AGAIN. 
>> HURRICANE 
LAURA COULD BE A 
CATEGORY 3 STORM 
WHEN IT MAKES 
LANDFALL. 
BILL JOINS ME 
NOW. 
TELL US WHERE 
LAURA IS RIGHT 
NOW AND WHEN AND 
WHERE YOU EXPECT 
IT WILL HIT. 
>> AS WAITING 
THEM TO FIRE UP 
ENGINE NUMBER 
TWO DID. 
WE HAD TO GET 
HIM OUT OF THE 
WAY. 
>> OBVIOUSLY, 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
STORM. 
THIS IS THE 
CENTER. 
WE GET SATELLITE 
IMAGES EVERY 
MINUTE. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
THE STORM IS 
TRYING TO FORM 
AND EYE. 
HERE'S WHAT WE 
ARE LOOKING AT. 
IT'S THE MIDDLE 
OF A HURRICANE.  
AND HAS INCREASED
. THIS IS 
FANTASTIC NEWS. 
IT IS SUPPOSED 
TO GET STRONGER 
IN THE DAYS 
AHEAD ESPECIALLY 
LATE TOMORROW. 
THAT WILL BE 
DURING THE DAY 
WEDNESDAY AS 
WELL. 
THERE COULD BE 
RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION. 
115 MILES PER 
HOUR WINDS SOUTH 
OF THE COAST 
TOMORROW EVENING 
AT SUNSET AND 
THEN LANDFALL 
CLOSE TO 
MIDNIGHT ON THE 
TEXAS, LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
THAT IS WHEN WE 
GET THE HEAVIEST 
RAIN AND THERE 
COULD BE 
DEVASTATION AND 
DESTRUCTION. 
A LOT OF POWER 
ALL THE WAY INTO 
ARKANSAS AND 
THEN A RAIN 
EVENT THROUGH 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY AND ALL 
THE WAY TO THE 
EAST COAST. 
IT IS THE STORM 
SURGE WE ARE 
CONCERNED WITH. 
WE ARE WATCHING 
THE COMMUTER 
MODEL. 
IT STILL HAS NOT 
CLEARED HOUSTON. 
MOST OF US HAVE 
LANDFALL BETWEEN 
GALVESTON AND 
LAKE CHARLES. 
LOOK AT THIS, 
THE STORM SURGE, 
THINK OF IT LIKE 
THIS IF YOU ARE 
STANDING IN THE 
SAND AT THE 
WATER'S EDGE AND 
THEN YOU TAKE 
THE STORM AND 
THE AMOUNT OF 
WATER ABOVE YOUR 
FEET, THAT WOULD 
BE NINE TO 13 
FEET. 
THAT IS FIVE TO 
SIX FEET TALLER 
THAN MOST PEOPLE 
AND THEN THERE 
IS WAVE ACTION 
ON TOP OF THAT. 
IF WE GET THE 
STORM SURGES 
HOUSES ON STILTS
, THOSE HOMES 
COULD BE 
DESTROYED IN A 
STORM THIS 
POWERFUL WITH 
THE STORM SURGE 
LIKE THIS. 
THAT IS HER 
BIGGEST THING, 
THE STORM SURGE 
KILLS THE MOST 
IN HURRICANES 
ALL THE TIME AND 
THEN THE WIND 
AND POWER OUTAGES
MORGAN WAS 
SAYING, WE HAVE 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE 
EVACUATING IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC. 
WHERE THEY GO 
AND HOW LONG 
WILL THEY BE 
THERE? 
IT IS A 
DIFFICULT TIME 
FOR OUR FRIENDS 
IN LOUISIANA. 
>> BILL, ALL I 
KEEP THINKING 
ABOUT IS THAT 
PRIOR TO 
YESTERDAY YOU 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT THIS 
POSSIBLY, LAURA 
COMING ON TOP OF 
MARCO. 
I CAN'T IMAGINE 
WHAT THEY WOULD 
HAVE HAD TO DEAL 
WITH IF IT HAD 
BEEN TWO STORMS. 
LAURA SOUNDS 
LIKE ENOUGH 
TROUBLE BY 
HERSELF. 
>> YES. 
MARCO TURNED 
INTO NOTHING. 
IT DID NO 
DAMAGE. 
SOME MINOR 
FLOODING. 
NOT CAUSING ANY 
PROBLEM. 
WE ARE LUCKY WE 
DID NOT GET THEM 
TOGETHER. 
THE STORM WILL 
BE BAD ENOUGH. 
I AM CONFIDENT. 
THIS WILL BE A 
BILLION-DOLLAR 
DISASTER WITHOUT 
A DOUBT AND 
THERE WILL BE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
WILL TAKE 
MONTHS, YEARS TO 
REBUILD WHEN THE 
STORM IS DONE. 
>> AND YOU SAID 
IT. 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PANDEMIC. 
IT COMPLICATES 
THINGS FURTHER. 
IT'S GREAT TO 
SEE YOU EVEN 
THOUGH YOU ARE 
THE BEARER OF 
BAD NEWS. 
WE WILL TALK TO 
YOU THROUGH THE 
WEEK. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> OKAY. 
>> MILANI AT 
TRUMP HEADLINES 
THE SECOND NIGHT 
OF THE RNC FROM 
A NEWLY 
RENOVATED ROSE 
GARDEN. 
OUR POLITICAL 
REPORTER JOINS 
ME NOW FROM THE 
AUDITORIUM IN 
WASHINGTON. THAT 
IS WHERE THE RNC 
STAGES. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE ISSUE OF 
HOLDING THIS 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND HOW 
THE TEAM IS 
RESPONDING TO 
THE CRITIQUE. 
>> TONIGHT WILL 
BE THE FIRST 
EXTENDED PREVIEW 
OF WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN YOU BLUE 
THE LINES 
BETWEEN A 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN AND 
OFFICIAL WHITE 
HOUSE BUSINESS. 
THE FIRST LADY 
WILL DELIVER THE 
ADDRESS FROM THE 
ROSE GARDEN. 
SHE COULD'VE 
CHOSEN ANOTHER 
SITE. 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
SPEAK FROM FORT 
McHENRY. 
SHE DECIDED TO 
SPEAK IN THE 
ROSE GARDEN. 
THIS WILL BE ONE 
OF HER LONGEST 
SPEECHES SHE HAS 
EVER GIVEN IN 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS. 
THERE ARE A 
HANDFUL OF TIMES 
SHE HAS MADE 
EXTENDED REMARKS 
AND THAT WILL BE 
SIGNIFICANT IN 
AND OF ITSELF 
BECAUSE WE A 
MEMBER FOR YEARS 
AGO WHEN SHE 
GAVE A SPEECH IN 
CLEVELAND. 
SECTIONS OF HER 
REMARKS WERE 
PLAGIARIZED FROM 
A SPEECH THAT 
MICHELLE OBAMA 
DELIVERED YEARS 
EARLIER. 
HOWIE JACKSON 
HAD THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF ON HER 
SHOW AND POSED 
QUESTIONS TO HER 
AND WHAT MESSAGE 
AND WHAT TONE 
THE FIRST LADY 
WOULD STRIKE. 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
SHE HAD TO SAY. 
>> WHY DO IT 
THERE? 
>> BECAUSE IT IS 
THEIR HOME. 
THIS IS THEIR 
HOME. 
IT IS THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE 
BUT THEIR HOME. 
SHE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD BE NICE TO 
DELIVER THE 
SPEECH FROM 
THEIR HOME. 
SHE IS NOT 
SUBJECT TO A 
CHECK. 
WITH COVID IT IS 
DIFFICULT TO GET 
OUT THERE AND 
TRAVEL. 
IT WAS COST-
EFFICIENT AND 
THIS IS THEIR 
HOME. 
>> YOU HEARD 
REFERENCE TO THE 
HASHTAGS. 
THERE ARE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
WHY THEY ARE 
USING THE WHITE 
HOUSE AS A 
POLITICAL 
BACKDROP NOT 
JUST TONIGHT BUT 
ALSO THURSDAY 
FROM THE SOUTH 
LAWN. 
THE ROSE GARDEN 
RENOVATION WAS 
DONE WITH PRIVATE
FUNDS. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW MUCH MONEY 
IT TOOK AND WE 
SHOULD POINT OUT 
THE TIMELINE. 
THE FIRST LADY 
ANNOUNCED HE WAS 
RENOVATING AFTER 
THE CONVENTION 
HAD BEEN 
SCRAPPED AND 
THEY WERE 
LOOKING FOR NEW 
LOCATION. 
THEY WERE ASKED 
WHY SPECIFICALLY 
AND YOU HEARD 
SHE WAS TO 
HIGHLIGHT THE 
WORK SHE HAS 
DONE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
INCLUDING THIS 
PROJECT. 
YOU WILL HEAR A 
LOT ON THAT 
TONIGHT. 
THE OTHER THING 
IS THE FIRST 
LADY WILL SPEAK 
TO AN AUDIENCE 
OF MORE THAN 50 
PEOPLE IN THE 
ROSE GARDEN. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
TESTED FOR 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IF YOU'RE GOING 
TO BE AROUND THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
ENTER WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS 
THAT IS HER 
NORMAL 
PROCEDURE. 
YOU WILL HAVE 
FAMILY AND 
FRIENDS. 
WERE NOT SURE 
WHO IS ON THE 
GUEST LIST. 
WERE LOOKING FOR 
THAT 
INFORMATION. 
IT WILL BE 
TELLING TO SEE 
HOW MANY PEOPLE 
ARE GATHERED AND 
WHY THEY FELT IT 
WAS NECESSARY TO 
HAVE AN AUDIENCE 
EVENT WHEN THAT 
IS IN CONTRAST 
TO WHAT THE 
DEMOCRATS DID 
LAST WEEK WHICH 
WAS TO NOT HAVE 
PEOPLE GATHER IN 
THE AGE OF THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
BACKGROUND IS 
MUCH LATER THAN 
WHAT WE EXPECT 
LATER THIS WEEK 
WHEN 1000 PEOPLE 
COULD GATHER TO 
HEAR THE 
PRESIDENT SPEAK. 
>> ANOTHER BIG 
SPEECH TONIGHT. 
MIKE POMPEO WILL 
BE TALKING FROM 
JERUSALEM. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE CONTROVERSY 
THERE WITH 
MAKING THAT 
SPEECH FROM 
OVERSEAS. 
>>REPORTER: IT 
IS UNUSUAL TO 
HAVE THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE APPEAR AND 
FORMER 
SECRETARIES OF 
STATE WERE NOT 
SURE IF THEY 
WANTED TO 
PARTICIPATE. 
THIS IS HIGHLY 
UNPRECEDENTED 
AND THEN YOU 
HAVE THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE ON THE 
TRIP TO THE 
MIDDLE EAST 
TAPING WHAT WE 
EXPECT TO BE HIS 
REMARKS FROM 
JERUSALEM AND 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
WILL SEE 
TONIGHT. 
WE HAVE HEARD 
FROM DIPLOMATS 
WHO ARE OUTRAGE 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
NEVER SUPPOSED 
TO MIX THESE TWO 
THINGS. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
THIS WHITE HOUSE 
AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
BLUR THOSE 
ETHICAL LINES. 
THERE ARE 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE RESOURCES 
THAT WENT INTO 
THIS IN THE 
MONEY THAT 
TAXPAYERS PAID 
FOR THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE TO FLY 
ACROSS THE 
WORLD. 
HOW DID THAT 
WORK? 
THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT SAID 
NONE OF THAT 
MONEY WILL BE 
USED FOR THIS 
SPECIFIC 
APPEARANCE. 
WHEN YOU TALK 
ABOUT THE TRIP 
AND GETTING 
THERE AND 
EVERYTHING THAT 
GOES INTO 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS, IT RAISES 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS. 
THOSE OF THE TWO 
MAIN SPEAKERS. 
THE LOCATION AND 
BACKDROP ARE 
STORYLINES 
THEMSELVES. 
>> ANYTHING ELSE 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
WATCH OUT FOR? 
THOSE ARE TWO OF 
THE BIG 
SPEECHES. 
>> YES. 
LAST NIGHT THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
ARGUED IT WAS AN 
EFFECTIVE 
STRATEGY FOR 
THEM WHICH IS 
FEATURING REAL 
AMERICANS. 
THEY WILL DO 
THAT EVERY 
NIGHT. 
LAST NIGHT YOU 
SAW THE 
McCLOSKEY'S THE 
COUPLE FROM ST. 
LOUIS. 
TONIGHT YOU WILL 
HEAR FROM A 
STUDENT WHO 
GRADUATED FROM 
COVINGTON AND 
WAS THE CENTER 
OF A 
CONFRONTATION. 
YOU WILL HEAR 
FROM PEOPLE LIKE 
THAT AND LOOKING 
AHEAD TO 
TOMORROW, WE 
HAVE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH WHICH 
WILL BE AT FORT 
McHENRY. 
THE SAME 
OVERARCHING 
THEME. 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE ON THE 
CULTURE. 
ONE THING THAT 
STANDS OUT IS 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
SAID THIS WAS 
GOING TO BE AN 
UPBEAT 
CONVENTION AND 
OPTIMISTIC. 
IF LAST NIGHT 
WAS ANY 
INDICATION IT WAS
DARK AND 
DIVISIVE. 
AGAIN, I THINK 
TONIGHT WE MAY 
SEE THAT ON TWO 
DIFFERENT LEVELS 
YOU COULD HAVE 
HIGH RANKING 
OFFICIALS NOT 
GOING THERE BUT 
OTHER PEOPLE 
CERTAINLY WILL. 
WE ARE TOLD TO 
EXPECT THAT 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK. 
YES. 
LAST NIGHT DID 
NOT HAVE THAT 
FEEL-GOOD VIBE 
IT. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
KIND OF 
SENTIMENT THERE 
IS TONIGHT. 
I KNOW YOU WILL 
BE THERE. 
WE LOOK FORWARD 
TO TALKING TO 
YOU THROUGHOUT 
THE WEEK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> OKAY. 
SPECIAL COVERAGE 
OF DAY TWO OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT. 
THAN A PRIMETIME 
SPECIAL. 
YOU CAN WATCH IT 
ALL RIGHT HERE 
ON NBC NEWS NOW. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS 
TARGETING WOMEN. 
THEY SAY THEY 
WILL VOTE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
CHRIS IS IN 
UNION COUNTY, 
NORTH CAROLINA 
WHERE SHE HAS 
BEEN TALKING 
WITH SUBURBAN 
WOMEN. 
HE WON THE 
COUNTY IN 2016. 
HERE WE ARE IN 
2020, HOW DO 
SUBURBAN WOMEN 
FEEL ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
RIGHT NOW? 
>> THAT IS WHAT 
WE WANTED TO 
FIND OUT. 
WE CAME TO TRUMP 
COUNTRY BECAUSE 
WE WANTED TO SEE 
HOW MUCH OF HIS 
BASE HE WILL 
HOLD. 
WE KNOW HE HAS 
NO HOPE OF 
WINNING NORTH 
CAROLINA WITHOUT 
HOLDING THAT 
BASE. 
WE SAT DOWN WITH 
THREE REPUBLICAN 
SUBURBAN WOMEN, 
ONE DEMOCRAT TO 
GET THEIR TAKE. 
HERE IS WHAT 
THEY TOLD ME. 
>> HOW DO YOU 
FEEL ABOUT 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CHANCES 
OF GETTING 
REELECTED. 
THEY SAY HE IS 
WAY DOWN. 
>> THOSE POLLS 
WERE WAY DOWN 
FOR HIM FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
THINGS HAVE 
CHANGED A LOT 
SINCE THEN. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THERE IS MORE 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
JOE BIDEN THEN 
THERE WAS FOR 
HILLARY? 
>> YES. 
>> ENTHUSIASM IS 
HERE IN. THERE 
WAS A LACK OF 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON 
AND THEY EXPECT 
MORE PEOPLE WILL 
COME OUT FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
THEY KNOW ONE 
THE REPUBLICAN 
SIDE THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS TRYING TO GET 
SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO FELT 
LIKE THEY COULD 
NOT WIN LAST 
TIME OR HAD NOT 
BEEN 
ENTHUSIASTIC AND 
GET THOSE VOTERS 
OUT. 
IT IS GOING TO 
BE A FIGHT IN 
PLACES LIKE 
THIS. 
>> AND THEN YOU 
TALK TO THESE 
WOMEN ABOUT 
MESSAGING ON 
RACE. 
WHAT DO THEY SAY 
ABOUT THAT? 
WE GO THEY COULD 
NOT BE ON MORE 
DIFFERENT SIDES 
OF THIS ISSUE. 
THIS IS A 
CONTENTIOUS ONE. 
YESTERDAY WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CAME INTO TOWN 
FOR THE FIRST 
DAY OF THE 
CONVENTION DOWN 
THE ROAD IN 
CHARLIE, HE 
TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT THIS. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
TRULY BELIEVE 
THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SEES THIS 
THE WAY THEY SEE 
THIS WHICH IS 
THAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN PUT UPON, 
THE DEMOCRATS 
SEE THEM AS 
SOMEHOW BAD 
BECAUSE OF THE 
CONTENTIOUS 
CONVERSATION. 
LET ME PLAY A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
WHAT WAS SAID. 
>> WE ARE 
FRUSTRATED IN 
WHITE AMERICA. 
THAT MAKES US 
WANT TO VOTE FOR 
TRUMP. 
IT IS 
BACKFIRING. 
>> HE WANTS TO 
REINSTATE THE 
UNITED STATES 
BACK TO WHERE IT 
SHOULD BE. 
IS THIS 20 YEARS 
AGO, 10 YEARS 
AGO? 
>> THE 1940S OR 
1950s? 
WE WERE 
DISCRIMINATED 
AGAINST. 
WE DO NOT WANT 
TO GO BACK TO 
THAT BUT GOING 
BACK TO A 
COUNTRY THAT 
BELIEVES IN 
DEMOCRACY, THAT 
AS A COUNTRY WE 
WANT TO SEE. 
>> ONE LAYOUT 
WHICH IS VERY 
REAL. 
LOOK BEHIND ME 
AND YOU CAN SEE 
THIS OBELISK. 
IT IS A MONUMENT 
TO CONFEDERATE 
SOLDIERS. 
THEIR IS A 
PETITION. 
THE NAACP HAS 
GOTTEN INVOLVED. 
THEY WANTED 
TAKEN DOWN BUT 
REPUBLICANS SAY 
IT IS ABOUT 
HISTORY AND 
THESE 
CONVERSATIONS ARE
BEING 
POLITICALLY 
CORRECT. 
THESE WOMEN WANT 
TO HAVE THESE 
KINDS OF 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> I HAVE TO ASK 
YOU BEFORE YOU 
GO ABOUT MAIL 
AND VOTING. 
IT HAS BEEN A 
HOT TOPIC HOW DO 
WOMEN FEEL ABOUT 
THAT? 
AGAIN, 
COMPLETELY 
SPLIT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS TRIED TO SAY 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE RIPE 
WITH FRAUD 
WITHOUT POSSIBLE 
BACKUP. 
WE HAD ASKED THE 
QUESTION. 
IT IS A QUESTION 
THAT HAS BEEN 
RAISED AND THEY 
HAVE HAD 
QUESTIONS IN 
PREVIOUS 
ELECTIONS. 
HERE'S WHAT THEY 
HAD TO SAY. 
>> I BELIEVE 
EVERYONE SHOULD 
BE ABLE TO VOTE 
IN PERSON. 
I BELIEVE THAT 
IS ON ELECTION 
DAY. 
I'M NOT CRAZY 
ABOUT EARLY 
VOTING. 
>> THERE HAS 
NEVER BEEN A 
STUDY SUGGESTING 
OR PROVING THAT 
THERE IS A LACK 
OF INTEGRITY 
WITH MAIL-IN 
VOTES. 
>> I NEED TO SHOW
YOUR ID. 
YOU HAVE TO DO 
THAT FOR 
EVERYTHING ELSE 
YOU DO. 
>> WE ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC AND IT 
IS COMING IN A 
BIG WAY TO NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
WE JUST GOT NEW 
FIGURES 
YESTERDAY FROM A 
LOCAL STATION. 
THEY SAY THAT 
313,000 NORTH 
CAROLINIANS HAVE 
MADE A REQUEST 
FOR MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS. 
THAT IS 10 TIMES 
WHAT WE SAW IN 
2016. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
MESSAGING ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE 
SEEMS TO BE 
WORKING. 
WHEN YOU BREAK 
THAT DOWN, 53% 
OF THE DEMOCRATS 
AND 31% ARE 
UNAFFILIATED AND 
15 ARE COMING 
FROM 
REPUBLICANS. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR SHARING 
THAT WITH US. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> HOW EXACTLY 
DO POLL NUMBERS 
BREAK DOWN IN 
NORTH CAROLINA 
AND WHY DOES 
UNION COUNTY 
MATTER SO MUCH? 
ARE CORRESPONDED 
IS AT THE BIG 
BOARD. 
>> EVERYBODY 
REMEMBERS THIS 
MAN 2016, THIS 
WOULD PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S PASS FOR 
THE PRESIDENCY. 
HE GOT FEWER 
POPULAR VOTES 
BUT HE WON THE 
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
. ONE STATE IN 
2016 THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS THEY 
THOUGHT THEY HAD 
A SHOT AT WAS 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
THAT IT WAS ONE 
OF THE STATES 
THAT OBAMA WAS 
ABLE TO GET 
ONES. 
DEMOCRATS DIDN'T 
HAVE A PRAYER 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
THINGS HAVE BEEN 
CHANGING. 
DEMOCRATS 
THOUGHT THEY HAD 
A SHOT IN 2016 
AND THEN 
ELECTION NIGHT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WAS STRONGER 
THAN EXPECTED. 
HE WON THE STATE 
BY ABOUT THREE 
POINTS. 
THAT WAS VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
2020, YOU CAN SEE
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS IN TROUBLE. 
DEMOCRATS THINK 
THEY HAVE A SHOT 
AT NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF REASONS WHY. 
LET'S FOCUS ON 
ONE. 
CHARLOTTE. 
THE QUEEN CITY. 
A BIG POPULATION 
CENTER AND NOT 
SO MUCH OF 
ITSELF, WE TALK 
ABOUT CHANGES IN 
POLITICS IN THE 
SUBURBS AND 
METRO AREAS AT 
BEDROOM 
COMMUNITIES 
OUTSIDE OF BIG 
CITIES. 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
GETTING BIG 
GAINS IN THE 
TRUMP YEARS AND 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING YOU 
GET AROUND 
CHARLOTTE. 
UNION COUNTY. 
TRUMP POINTED TO 
THIS THING TO 21 
IN 2016. 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
NOT THINKING 
THAT JOE COULD 
WIN BUT THEY ARE 
WONDERING, COULD 
HE GET CLOSER? 
IF CLINTON GOT 
33 COULD BIDEN 
GET 40? 
IF HE GETS 40 IN 
A PLACE LIKE 
THIS AND 
TRADITIONALLY 
REPUBLICAN 
SUBURBS, THAT 
CAN ADD UP 
QUICKLY AND THAT 
CAN ERASE THE 
DEFICIT THAT 
PUTS HIM AHEAD 
IN ON ELECTION 
DAY. 
THIS PAY 
ATTENTION TO 
THIS ON ELECTION 
NIGHT. 
>> THIS WEEK'S 
RNC SPEAKER 
SLAMS JOE BIDEN. 
WHERE JOIN NOW 
BY ALLIE. 
ONE CLAIM WE 
HEAR IS THAT JOE 
BIDEN WILL 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
HOW DOES THE 
CAMPAIGN RESPOND 
TO THAT? 
>> THIS WILL BE 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN 
REMINDING US 
THAT THEIR FUND 
WOULD NOT DEFUND 
THE POLICE IT 
WOULD ACTUALLY 
GET MORE 
POLICEMAN OUT 
AND PUT MORE 
MONEY INTO 
COMMUNITY 
POLICING 
PROGRAMS. 
THIS IS 
INDICATIVE OF 
THE LARGER 
STRATEGY WHICH IS
THE MOST RADICAL 
PART OF THE 
PARTY AND 
FRANKLY IT WAS 
THE WORD OF THE 
NIGHT LAST 
NIGHT. 
IT [ INAUDIBLE ] 
PROGRESSIVE SAY 
THEY WANTED HIM 
TO BE MORE 
PROGRESSIVE. 
THAT PUT THEM IN 
A GOOD POSITION 
FOR THE GENERAL 
ELECTION BECAUSE 
HE DOESN'T HAVE 
TO PIVOT. 
THAT POSES 
PROBLEMS FOR THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
AS THEY TRY TO 
GET HIM OUT OF 
THE RADICAL AND 
LEFT-WING. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
GOING AFTER JOE 
BIDEN'S FOREIGN 
POLICY RECORD. 
WHAT DO THEY SAY 
THERE? 
>> EFFECTIVELY 
THEY SAY THAT HE 
IS SOFT ON CHINA.
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
PUT THIS OUT THEY
HAVE AN IRONY 
AND A CERTAINTY. 
ON THE IRONY 
FRONT JOE BIDEN 
SAID THE CHINESE 
ARE NOT BAD 
PEOPLE. 
IT IS FUNNY 
BECAUSE THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS SAID AS 
WELL. 
HE REGULARLY HAS 
GOOD 
RELATIONSHIPS 
WITH THEM.:AND 
HELP THE 
NEGOTIATIONS. 
HE IS ALSO BEEN 
TOUGHER ON CHINA 
IN RELATION TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
THERE IS IRONY 
IN THAT ATTACK. 
FOREIGN POLICY 
IS INTERESTING. 
VOTERS ARE 
CHOOSING. 
WHAT I'M 
INTERESTED IN IS 
IF THE CAMPAIGN 
CAN MAKE THIS AN 
ISSUE THAT FEELS 
VERY GOOD FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE 
BACKYARD 
ESPECIALLY AS 
THEY DEAL WITH 
COVID-19 AND THE 
RECESSION RIGHT 
NOW. 
VOTERS HAVE A 
LOT ON THEIR 
MIND. 
THEY VOTE WITH 
WHAT IMMEDIATELY 
IMPACTS THEM IN 
THEIR DAY-TO-DAY.
WE NEED TO SEE 
IF REPUBLICANS 
CAN MAKE IT SEEM 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE RELATED TO 
THEIR DAILY LIFE 
AS IT MOVES 
FORWARD. 
>> HILLARY 
CLINTON HAS BEEN 
HERE BEFORE. 
SHE HAD ADVICE 
FOR JOE BIDEN IN 
AN INTERVIEW. 
CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> YES. 
HER ADVICE IS 
DON'T CONCEDE ON 
ELECTION DAY. 
IT WILL BE MUCH 
SMALLER THAN 
USUAL. 
LOOK AT WHAT SHE 
SAID. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SHOULD NOT 
CONCEDE UNDER 
ANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
BECAUSE I THINK 
THIS IS GOING TO 
DRAG OUT AND 
EVENTUALLY I DO 
BELIEVE HE WILL 
WIN IF WE DON'T 
GIVE AN INCH AND 
IF WE ARE AS 
FOCUSED AND 
RELENTLESS AS 
THE OTHER SIDE. 
>> HILLARY 
CLINTON IS 
PLAYING A ROLE 
WHERE SHE IS 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
THE EMBODIMENT 
OF WHAT COULD 
HAPPEN IF THEY 
REST ON THEIR 
MORALS. 
YOU HEARD HER 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK WHEN SHE 
SAID SHOULD OR 
COULD OR WOULD A 
VOTERS SHE WAS 
CALLING THEM OUT 
TODAY. 
SHE WAS CALLING 
OUT PEOPLE 
SAYING YOU CAN 
WIN THE POPULAR 
VOTE AND STILL 
NOT BECOME 
PRESIDENT. 
SHE IS THE 
EMBODIMENT FOR 
THE WORST CASE 
SCENARIO. 
WHEN YOU HEAR 
THAT INTERVIEW. 
THEY ARE 
STAFFING UP. ALL 
THE CANDIDATES 
ARE GOING DOWN 
TO THE LAST 
BATTLE. 
HILLARY CLINTON 
IS TRYING TO 
EMBODY THE WORST-
CASE SCENARIO. 
OKAY. 
THE TALLY WITH 
THE LATEST FROM 
THE DEMOCRATS. 
WE ARE AT THE 
RNC. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE. 
PROTESTERS FEEL 
THEY NEED TO 
COME OUT IN FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THE SUPPORT FROM 
THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP. 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>> THIS MOMENT 
IS 
UNDERSTANDABLE 
AND IT IS RIGHT 
AT OUR FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
IT IS EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> IT'S HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND A LOT 
OF KIDS. 
WE STARTED A NEW 
THING FOR THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH THE KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE SAW THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH. WE 
HAVE NEWS FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAY 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>> ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IT WAS A 
NEW NORMAL, WAS 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
TEACHERS DON'T 
LIKE IT MAKING A 
CHOICE BETWEEN 
THE CHILDREN 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR WORK. 
WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP THIS 
OURSELVES. 
THIS TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> 
>>> NEW DEVELOPS 
ON SEVERAL 
FUNDS. 
>> THE MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WILL NOT BE ABLE 
TO CATCH UP IF 
THEY STAY HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> WILL THIS 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON X 
>> DO THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>> I HOPE 
EVERYONE LOOKS 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND IS PROUD. 
>> JACOB BLIX 
FATHER SAYS HIS 
SON IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST 
DOWN BUT DR. 
DON'T KNOW THAT 
IS PERMANENT. 
THEY SHOT HIM IN 
THE BACK SEVERAL 
TIMES SUNDAY. 
THAT SET OFF TWO 
NIGHTS OF PROTEST
IN SPITE OF A 
CURFEW. 
OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS US NOW 
FROM KENOSHA. 
WHAT ELSE CAN 
YOU TELL US 
ABOUT HIS 
CONDITION? 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
THE LAST WE 
HEARD WAS THE 
FAMILY GOT TO 
SEE JACOB BLAKE 
IN THE HOSPITAL 
YESTERDAY MAN WE 
KNOW HIS FATHER 
CAME OUT TODAY 
AND SAID HE IS 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR 
IF THAT IS 
TEMPORARY OR 
PERMANENT. 
IN JUST A COUPLE 
OF MINUTES WE 
WILL HEAR FROM 
THE FAMILY 
ATTORNEY. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
GETTING 
UNDERWAY. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
CAMERAS THERE. 
THEY ARE READY 
FOR THE FAMILY 
ATTORNEY TO COME 
AND GIVE US THE 
LATEST ON HIS 
CONDITION. 
THEY WILL GIVE 
US THE LATEST AS 
A KNOW IT RIGHT 
NOW WHAT THE 
FAMILY KNOWS. 
ALL WE HAVE IS 
INFORMATION FROM 
HIS FATHER 
EARLIER TODAY 
AND WHAT ABC WAS 
TOLD IN AN 
INTERVIEW THIS 
MORNING. 
IT DEPENDS ON 
WHAT HAPPENS 
THERE AND WHAT 
THE FAMILY HAS 
TO ANNOUNCE TO 
US IN JUST ABOUT 
30 MINUTES. 
>> SO TELL US 
ABOUT HIM. 
HOW BAD IS THE 
DAMAGE FROM LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> THE PROTEST 
CONTINUED. 
IT WAS A WORSE 
LAST NIGHT. 
THIS IS THE 
COURTHOUSE. YOU 
CAN SEE THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE 
POWER WASHING. 
THAN THAT BLACK 
FENCE IN FRONT 
OF THE 
COURTHOUSE, THAT 
IS NEW. 
THEY PUT THAT UP 
BEFORE THEY HAD 
POLICE IN RIOT 
GEAR OVER THERE 
THEN YOU SEE 
SOME DUMP TRUCKS 
THAT ARE HERE. 
THIS IS ALL 
AROUND THE CITY 
TO HELP STOP 
BLOCK TRAFFIC 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
REMNANTS OF 
THIS. 
I WAS IT IN 
ANOTHER LOCATION 
AND YOU SAW SOME 
OF THE BUILDINGS 
COMPLETELY 
DESTROYED, 
ENTIRE BLOCKS 
COMPLETELY 
DESTROYED. 
ONE THING THAT 
PEOPLE WERE 
SAYING IN THAT 
COMMUNITY, SOME 
OF THOSE 
BUSINESSES WERE 
STOREFRONTS ON 
THE BOTTOMS BUT 
PEOPLE LIVED ON 
THE HIGHER 
LEVELS AND THERE 
WAS CONCERN FOR 
THE SAFETY OF 
THOSE PEOPLE ON 
THE SECOND 
LEVEL. 
IN ADDITION TO 
THAT YOU HEAR 
FROM THE FAMILY 
AND MR. BLAKE'S 
FATHER WHO SAID 
YES, HE WANTS 
RESULTS IN 
PRESSURE TO BE 
PUT ON BUT HE 
WANTS US TO BE 
DONE PEACEFULLY. 
THIS INTO WHAT 
HIS FATHER SAID 
IN AN INTERVIEW. 
>> WE ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO 
PROTEST 
PEACEFULLY AND 
DON'T BE 
DESTRUCTIVE. 
WE WANT JUSTICE. 
THIS IS ALL THE 
CHILDREN WHO 
WALK OUT THE 
DOOR IN THE 
MORNING AND 
THEIR MOTHERS 
AND FATHERS HAVE 
TO WORRY ABOUT 
IT BECAUSE OF 
THE COLOR OF 
THEIR SKIN. 
>> ALLISON, ONE 
THING YOU ARE 
ALSO HEARING 
FROM THE FAMILY 
AND LEADERS IN 
WISCONSIN FROM 
THE GOVERNOR TO 
THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR TWO 
SENATORS, 
THEY'RE CALLING 
FOR AN 
INVESTIGATION TO 
CONTINUE AND 
THEY WANT THE 
PROTEST TO BE 
PEACEFUL. 
THEY ASKED 
PEOPLE WHO WANT 
TO COME AND GET 
THEIR VOICES 
HEARD, THEY CAN 
PROTEST BUT IT 
IS THE 
DESTRUCTION THAT 
IS CAUSING SO 
MUCH FRUSTRATION 
FOR MANY. 
MANY OF THE 
LEADERS WHO 
NIGHT AFTER 
NIGHT ARE SEEING 
THIS CONTINUE TO 
GET WORSE. 
ONE EXTRA NOTE. 
WE SAW THIS A 
COUPLE OF 
MINUTES AGO. 
THE GOVERNOR 
KNEW THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
WAS IN PLACE. 
WE KNEW THAT. 
125 GUARDSMEN. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAID HE IS GOING 
TO EXPAND THAT 
NUMBER. 
WE WILL SEE A 
LARGER PRESENCE 
FROM THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TO HELP PROTECT 
PROPERTY AND 
CITIZENS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR. 
>> HOW ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO WHAT 
HAPPENED? 
ANY DETAILS ON 
THE SHOOTING 
ITSELF? 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
MANY DETAILS ON 
THE ACTUAL 
SHOOTING. 
THAT IS 
SURPRISING. 
ESPECIALLY 
BECAUSE WE ARE 
SO FAR AWAY FROM 
SUNDAY NIGHT 
WHEN THE INITIAL 
SHOOTING 
HAPPENED. 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
THAT CELL PHONE 
VIDEO THAT 
SPARKED THE 
OUTRAGE. 
YOU CAN SEE MR. 
BLAKE BEING SHOT 
IN THE BACK AS 
HE WAS RUNNING 
TO HIS CAR. 
THERE'S ANOTHER 
CELL PHONE VIDEO 
THAT WAS 
RELEASED THAT 
DID NOT GIVE US 
ANY MORE DETAILS 
BUT ALL WE HAVE 
IS THE INITIAL 
STATEMENT SAYING 
POLICE RESPONDED 
TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT 
WITNESSES ON THE 
GROUND SAY MR. 
BLAKE WAS HELPING
PICK A WOMAN UP. 
POLICE ARRIVED 
AND THEY SAY 
THEY TARGETED 
MR. BLAKE 
INSTEAD OF THE 
PEOPLE INVOLVED 
IN THE DISPUTE. 
WE ARE NOT 
HEARING THAT 
FROM POLICE. 
WE ARE NOT 
HEARING ANY 
OTHER VIDEO THAT 
THEY HAVE THAT 
HAS NOT BEEN 
MADE PUBLIC. 
THERE ARE NO 
BODY CAMERAS. 
OFFICERS DO NOT 
WEAR THEM. 
THAT IS NOT 
SLATED FOR THE 
BUDGET UNTIL 
2022. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF 
THERE IS -- 
CAMERA VIDEO. 
THERE DETAILS 
THAT WE JUST 
DON'T KNOW AND 
SPECIFICS THAT 
WE HAVE NOT 
HEARD. 
ONE IS IF THE 
POLICE HAVE NOT 
SAID THAT MR. 
BLAKE WAS 
UNARMED. 
THAT COMES FROM 
WITNESSES. 
AWARENESS ALSO 
SAID HE HEARD A 
MAN SAY DROP THE 
KNIFE. 
SO MUCH 
CONFUSION AND A 
LOT OF THAT IS 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE FRUSTRATION 
YOU ARE HEARING 
FROM MANY 
RESIDENTS WHO 
WANT 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND ANSWERS AND 
AS OF NOW, WE 
KNOW THERE WILL 
NOT BE A SOLID 
END UNTIL 30 
DAYS WHEN THE 
STATE HANDS OVER 
THEIR REPORT TO 
THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY. 
UNTIL THEN THERE 
IS NO GUARANTEE 
TO FIND OUT WHAT 
HAPPENED SUNDAY 
NIGHT. 
>> SO MANY 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THE SHOOTING AND 
WE HOPE THAT THE 
PROTESTS REMAIN 
PEACEFUL. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> NEW YORK CITY 
HAS A NEW PLAN 
FOR ITS SCHOOLS. 
PUBLIC, PRIVATE 
AND CHARTER. 
CLASSES WILL BE 
OUTSIDE. 
HOW WILL THAT 
WORK? 
KRISTIN JOINS ME 
NOW. 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE LEARNING 
PROGRAM AND 
WHERE THOSE 
OUTDOOR CLASSES 
WILL BE. 
>>REPORTER: 
HELLO. 
IT IS STILL IN 
THE WORKS. 
WE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT PUTTING 
KIDS OUTDOORS, 
ANY PLACE I CAN. 
MAYBE EVEN SOME 
OUTDOOR DINING 
PLACES. 
THE PRINCIPAL 
HAS UNTIL FRIDAY 
TO COME UP WITH 
A PLAN. 
THE MAYOR SAID 
HE WOULD ALLOW 
SCHOOLS TO DO 
THIS. 
WE HAVE ALREADY 
SEEN 243 
APPLICATIONS 
FROM SCHOOLS. 
WE SPOKE WITH 
ONE ASSISTANT 
PRINCIPAL FROM 
BROOKLYN. 
SHE DESCRIBES 
THEIR PLAN. 
>> WE ARE HOPING 
TO CLOSE DOWN 
THE ADJOINING 
STREET AROUND 
OUR SCHOOL AND 
HOPING TO USE 
PART OF THE PARK 
AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> SO THE CITY 
ALSO IS PUSHING 
TO GET THIS 
OUTDOOR LEARNING 
INTO 27 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
HARDEST HIT BY 
COVID-19. 
THEY'RE ALSO 
GOING TO BEAT 
TESTING INDOOR 
CLASSROOMS FOR 
VENTILATION. 
THEY ARE TESTING 
EVERY SINGLE 
CLASSROOM IN NEW 
YORK CITY AND 
THEY WANT TO 
HAVE THAT DONE 
BY NEXT WEEK. 
IT IS PART OF A 
PLAN TO GET KIDS 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
SAFELY. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM 
PARENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT OUTDOOR 
LEARNING? 
>> SUMMER 
THRILLED. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
PUSHING FOR THIS 
FOR QUITE SOME 
TIME. 
THEY HAD 
PETITIONS. THEY 
HAD SIGNATURES 
ON IT. 
THEY DID WANT 
THEIR KIDS IN 
SOME TYPE OF 
OUTDOOR 
ENVIRONMENT. 
TRANSMISSION IS 
EXPECTED TO BE 
LESS. THIS IS 
HOW ONE PARENT 
FEELS ABOUT IT. 
>> IT IS ABOUT 
OUR KIDS AND 
THEIR EDUCATION 
AND REALLY THE 
SAFETY AND 
HEALTH OF OUR 
ENTIRE CITY. 
THE ABILITY FOR 
SCHOOLS TO HAVE 
THE SPACE TO 
LEARN IS REALLY 
THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN LIFE AND 
DEATH PERHAPS. 
>> NO ONE IS 
ARGUING WITH 
THIS BEING A 
GOOD OPTION. 
HERE IS WHAT IT 
COMES DOWN, THE 
COMPLAINT WE ARE 
HEARING IS THE 
CAUSE. 
THE CITY HASN'T 
DECIDED HOW THIS 
WILL BE PAID FOR.
OUTSIDE OF NEW 
YORK CITY THEY 
ARE ERECTING 
SHELTERS TO PUT 
KIDS IN. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
HOW MUCH ARE THE 
TENTS GOING TO 
COST AND HOW 
WILL THE SCHOOL 
PAY FOR THAT? 
THE COMPLAINTS 
THAT COME WITH 
ECONOMICS IS 
THAT THE SCHOOLS 
THAT CAN AFFORD 
IT, THE 
COMMUNITIES AND 
THE PRIVATE 
SCHOOLS WILL 
INCREASE THE 
INEQUALITY AND 
DIVIDE WE HAVE 
BETWEEN THE HAVE 
AND HAVE-NOTS. 
THE KIDS THAT 
CAN AFFORD TO GO 
TO THESE SCHOOLS 
AND SOME SCHOOLS 
WHERE THAT IS 
MORE DIFFICULT 
TO DO. 
THAT IS THE 
MAJOR COMPLAINT, 
THE DIVIDE WILL 
INCREASE. 
>> IT IS NOT 
JUST NEW YORK 
SCHOOLS. 
WE'RE SEEING 
SCHOOLS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY 
MOVING CLASSES 
OUTSIDE. 
WHAT TO HEAR 
FROM OTHER 
SCHOOLS ACROSS 
AMERICA? 
>> WE HAVE BEEN 
HEARING THAT 
THIS IS A UNIQUE 
TIME AND THEY 
HAD TO DIG DEEP 
AND COME UP WITH 
SOME TYPE OF 
INGENIOUS THING 
TO GET KIDS BACK 
IN PERSON 
LEARNING AND TO 
TRY TO HAVE THEM 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE AND 
HAVE THEM 
OUTSIDE IF 
POSSIBLE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
WOODEN SHELTERS 
BEING ERECTED. 
THERE IS A 
SCHOOL WHERE I 
AM WHERE THEY'RE 
USING AN 
AMPHITHEATER 
THAT WAS IN 
EXISTENCE FOR 
CONCERTS. 
THEY WILL HAVE 
KIDS OUTSIDE 
LEARNING SO THEY 
CAN SPACE THEM 
OUT MORE. 
THEY HAVE HAD 
BENCHES THEY CAN 
TURN INTO DESKS 
IN A SORT OF 
WILDERNESS 
SETTING. 
IN VERMONT IT'S 
GOING TO GET 
COLD SOON. 
THEY HAVE HAD TO 
DEAL WITH PLANS 
FOR THAT, PORTER 
HEATERS AND 
THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
THEY REALLY ARE 
TRYING TO COME 
UP WITH 
SOLUTIONS TO 
KEEP THEM IN 
WELL VENTILATED 
AREAS BECAUSE 
THEY THINK THAT 
IS SO IMPORTANT 
TO KEEPING 
SCHOOLS OPEN. 
ONE THING FOR 
SURE, AS LONG AS 
THE WEATHER, THE 
KIDS ARE NOT 
GOING TO 
COMPLAIN. 
IT MUST FEEL 
LIKE A TREAT TO 
BE ABLE TO HAVE 
SCHOOL OUTSIDE. 
I ALWAYS THOUGHT 
IT WOULD FELT 
LIKE ONE. 
THEY WILL 
PROBABLY GIVE IT 
RAVE REVIEWS. 
IT IS GREAT TO 
SEE YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
>> YOU BET. 
>> THANK YOU. 
TAKE CARE. 
>> SCHOOL NURSES 
ARE FEELING 
PRESSURE TO KEEP 
STUDENTS SAFE 
THIS YEAR. 
ARE SPECIAL 
CORRESPONDENT 
SHOWS US HOW 
DIFFICULT THEIR 
JOBS ARE DURING 
COVID-19. 
>> MOST SCHOOLS 
IN CALIFORNIA 
ARE NOT OPENING 
THIS FALL. 
MANY OTHERS ARE 
AND YOU KNOW WHO 
HAS THE HARDEST 
JOB IN AMERICA 
RIGHT NOW? 
THE SCHOOL 
NURSE. 
THERE ARE NEARLY 
100,000 OF THEM 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
ONE IN FOUR 
SCHOOLS IN 
AMERICA DOES NOT 
HAVE ONE. 
DISTRICTS HAVE A 
HUGE TASK TO 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
TO KEEP STUDENTS 
AND STAFF SAFE 
AND THE NURSES 
NATIONAL 
ASSOCIATION IS 
ASKING FOR $200 
BILLION TO DO 
THAT. 
>> IMAGINE BEING 
THIS WOMAN A 
VETERAN SCHOOL 
NURSE TRAINING 
OTHERS ON 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS. 
SHE HAS TO 
DECIDE HOW MANY 
STUDENTS CAN FIT 
ON BUSES. 
HOW TO ISOLATE 
SYMPTOMS AND 
MUCH OF HER JOB 
IS EDUCATING 
PARENTS. 
WHEN THEY CAN 
AND NOT SEND 
THEIR CHILDREN 
TO SCHOOL. 
THE HYGIENE 
PRACTICES AND 
EDUCATING THEM 
ON HOW CONTACT 
TRACING WORKS. 
IT'S NOT WHO 
THEY WERE WITH 
TODAY BUT TWO 
DAYS AGO. 
LORI, THE HEAD 
OF THE 
NATIONALIZATION 
OF SCHOOL NURSES 
SAYS IT IS 
IMPRACTICAL IN 
LARGE SCHOOLS. 
THERE ARE 3600 
STUDENTS IN THE 
HIGH SCHOOL I 
WORK WITH AND 
SCREENING THEM 
EVERY MORNING. 
WHEN IS THE TIME 
FOR INSTRUCTION? 
A LOT OF THE 
TIME IT WILL BE 
UP TO PARENTS TO 
DECIDE WHETHER 
KIDS ARE HEALTHY 
ENOUGH TO GO TO 
SCHOOL. 
>> THERE IS A 
PUSH TO LET 
SPECIAL-
EDUCATION 
STUDENTS BACK 
INTO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
A LOT OF THEM 
CAN'T LEARN VIA 
COMPUTER. 
DISTRICTS ARE AT 
RISK OF 
VIOLATING A 
PUBLIC LAW. BACK 
TO YOU. 
>>> ANOTHER 
COLLEGE DEALING 
WITH COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS LESS 
THAN ONE WEEK 
AFTER THE START 
OF CLASSES. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF ALABAMA HAS 
500 COVID-19 
CASES, MOST OF 
THEM ARE ON THE 
MAIN CAMPUS. 
WE'RE JOINED NOW 
BY THE CHIEF 
MEDICAL ADVISOR. 
DR. PARK, ARE 
YOU SEEING MORE 
AND MORE 
OUTBREAKS ON 
COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES, WHAT 
CONCERNS DO YOU 
HAVE ABOUT 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
REOPENING AND 
BRING STUDENTS 
BACK? 
>> ALLISON, I AM 
NOT SURPRISED 
WHEN WE ARE 
TRYING TO OPEN 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
WHERE THERE IS A 
HIGH 
TRANSMISSION RATE
AND A HIGH 
POSITIVITY RATE. 
THE STATES OF 
ALABAMA, THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
KEY TO SUCCESS 
IN TERMS OF 
REOPENING ARE TO 
ENSURE THERE IS 
A LOW COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION 
RATE. 
TESTING IS 
CRITICAL. 
TESTING STUDENTS 
WHEN THEY COME 
ONTO CAMPUS. 
REGULAR TESTING 
IS IMPORTANT. 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
CONCERN THAT I 
HAVE IS THE 
ADHERENCE TO 
EVIDENCE BASED 
ON PUBLIC HEALTH 
GUIDELINES AND 
REINFORCEMENT 
FOR THAT. 
WE TALK ABOUT 
MASKS AND PUBLIC 
SETTINGS AND WE 
TALK ABOUT 
BANNING LARGE 
GATHERINGS. 
RESTRICTING 
ACCESS TO BARS 
AND INDOOR 
RESTAURANTS 
PERHAPS IN 
COMMUNAL 
SETTINGS. 
ALL OF THE 
ELEMENTS COULD 
POTENTIALLY 
REDUCE THE 
TRANSMISSION 
RATE AND REDUCE 
THE CHANCE OF AN 
OUTBREAK. 
I THINK AT THE 
END OF THE DAY 
IT IS ABOUT 
SHARING 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
ITS INDIVIDUAL 
STUDENT 
RESPONSIBILITY 
AND COMMUNITY 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
IF THERE ARE ANY 
WEAK LINKS YOU 
WILL SEE MORE 
AND MORE 
OUTBREAKS. 
>> DR. IT IS 
CHALLENGING TO 
GET THOUSANDS OF 
TWENTYSOMETHINGS 
TOGETHER WHEN 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
COOPED UP ALL 
SUMMER OR AT 
HOME WITH THEIR 
PARENTS AND NOW 
YOU HAVE TO SAY 
YOU CAN'T HANG 
OUT WITH EACH 
OTHER. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
MESSAGE ADVICE 
FOR STUDENTS WHO 
WANT TO 
SOCIALIZE AND 
GET OUT THIS 
FALL. 
IS THERE A WAY 
THEY CAN SPEND 
TIME WITH THEIR 
FRIENDS AND 
STILL SOCIALIZE 
AND BE SAFE? 
>> THE MESSAGES 
YES. 
SOCIAL GROWTH IS 
IMPORTANT BUT IT 
HAS TO BE DONE 
RESPONSIBLY AND 
WITH MASKS AND 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THAT IS CRITICAL.
GATHERING SHOULD 
BE DONE IN SMALL 
GROUPS. 
IT IS IMPORTANT. 
AND NEEDS TO 
START BEFORE 
STUDENTS COME ON 
CAMPUS. 
STUDENTS HAVE TO 
LISTEN TO THEIR 
PARENTS. 
THEN THEY NEED 
TO BE REPEATED 
OVER TIME. YOU 
CAN'T START 
EARLY ENOUGH. IT 
IS AN IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE. 
AND NEEDS TO BE 
ENFORCED. 
IF YOU ARE NOT 
ADHERING. 
STUDENTS NEED TO 
BE SUSPENDED OR 
EVICTED. 
THIS IS SERIES. 
IT IS 
UNPRECEDENTED 
THEN IT IS NOT 
WHAT COLLEGE 
STUDENTS THOUGHT 
THEY WOULD BE 
ENTERING OR 
EXPERIENCING BUT 
I THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT AND 
THE RESPONSIBLE 
THING TO DO. 
>> A NEW REPORT 
FROM THE 
AMERICAN ACADEMY 
OF PEDIATRICS 
SAYS THAT 90% OF 
COVERT CASES OUR 
CHILDREN. 
IT ALSO SAYS A 
SMALL NUMBER OF 
THEM ARE 
HOSPITALIZED AND 
DIED. 
WHAT WE KNOW 
ABOUT HOW THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
AFFECTS 
CHILDREN? 
WHAT DOES THIS 
STUDY ADD TO 
THAT KNOWLEDGE? 
>> THE STUDY 
UNDERSCORES THAT 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE TOTALITY OF 
CASES AND 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AND DEATHS 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY, 
CHILDREN MAKE UP 
A SMALL 
PERCENTAGE OF 
THAT. 
IT ALSO SHOWS 
THE NUMBER OF 
CASES OF COVID-
19 IN CHILDREN 
AND KIDS IS 
INCREASING. 
WITH SCHOOLS 
REOPENING, KIDS 
ARE TESTED AT A 
LESSER AMOUNT. 
WE NEED TO TEST 
THAT POPULATION. 
KIDS CAN GET 
QUITE SICK AND 
GET COVID-19 AND 
TRANSMITTED. 
CHILDREN MAY BE 
LEAST AFFECTED. 
I THINK THAT IS 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
FOR ALL OF US. 
>> ALWAYS 
WONDERFUL TO SEE 
YOU. THANK YOU 
FOR JOINING US. 
>> THANK YOU, 
TAKE CARE. 
>> WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> LIVE WEEKDAY 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS OF FATHER 
WAS TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON. 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
YOU CAN 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY IS 
COMING UP. 
THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE IS 
HERE. 
>> YET TO GET A 
FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
IT IS EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE-
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRAP TO 
THE BALLOT AND 
BORROW FORM 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> HEADLINES 
CAN BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
KIDS OF 
QUESTIONS. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>> 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
THE STORY 
TONIGHT. 
THE MOST COVID 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH IT? 
>> THIS IS GOING 
TO BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE. 
DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
THE DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD. I 
HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN ISO AND MY 
MOTHER WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>> IMMIGRATION 
HELPED PROPEL 
THE CAMPAIGN TO 
VICTORY. 
THEN CANDIDATE 
TRUMP PROMISED 
TO DO THINGS. 
NBC NEWS COMPARES
CAMPAIGN 
PROMISES MADE 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PROMISES KEPT. 
>>REPORTER: ONE 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S FIRST 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
DROPPED LATE ON 
A FRIDAY NOTE HE 
SUSPENDED THE 
ENTRY OF SYRIAN 
REFUGEES. 
FOR THE 60,000 
REFUGEES THAT 
HAD VISAS IN 
HAND. 
IT WAS 60,000 
TOTAL. 
IN 48 HOURS THAT 
ORDER WAS 
BLOCKED BY A 
JUDGE. 
PEOPLE FROM A 
ROCK DID IT AS 
WELL. 
>> A JUDGE HAS 
BLOCKED OUR 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
ON TRAVEL AND 
REFUGEES COMING 
IN TO OUR COUNTRY
FROM CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES. 
REGARDLESS, WE 
WILL KEEP OUR 
CITIZENS SAFE, 
BELIEVE ME. 
>> THEN IT WAS 
TRAVEL BAN 3.0. 
THEY ADDED NEW 
LIMITS ON NORTH 
KOREA AND 
VENEZUELA. 
>> THE DECISION 
SAYS THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WINS. 
THE SUPREME 
COURT UPHELD THE 
TRAVEL BAN. 
>> THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADDED SIX MORE 
COUNTRIES TO THE 
LIST. 
THE TRAVEL BAN 
IS STILL IN 
PLACE BARRING 
ALL PEOPLE FROM 
THESE COUNTRIES 
FROM OBTAINING 
VISAS. 
IN A THE SUMMER 
OF 2018 THEY 
ARRESTED 
UNDOCUMENTED 
BORDER CROSSERS. 
2000 CHILDREN 
WERE TAKEN FROM 
THEIR PARENTS. 
200 WERE UNDER 
THE AGE OF FIVE. 
THEY COULD TAKE 
THEIR CHILDREN 
TO JAIL WITH 
THEM? 
IT'S BETWEEN OUR 
PORTS OF ENTRY. 
>> INSIDE THE 
DETENTION CENTER 
THERE WERE 
CROWDED 
CONDITIONS. 
THERE WAS AN 
AUDIO RECORDING 
OUT OF ONE 
DETENTION CENTER 
IN WHICH 
CHILDREN ARE 
BEGGING FOR 
THEIR PARENTS. 
>> I WANT MOMMY. 
>> IN RESPONSE 
TO OUTCRY THERE 
WAS AN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER ENDING 
FAMILY 
SEPARATION. 
THERE WILL BE A 
LOT OF HAPPY 
PEOPLE. 
>> THE DAMAGE 
WAS DONE. 
SOME PARENTS 
WERE DEPORTED 
WITHOUT THE 
CHILDREN. 
2800 CHILDREN 
WERE TAKEN BY 
IMMIGRATION 
OFFICIALS. 
THEY DID NOT 
TRACK THOSE 
CHILDREN. 
THE TRUE NUMBER 
MAY NEVER BE 
KNOWN. 
THE HEAD OF DHS 
WAS FORCED OUT 
OF HER JOB IN 
2019. 
>> SHE WAS AN 
EARLY ARCHITECT 
OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
FAMILY 
SEPARATION 
POLICY. 
>> NOW SHE HAS 
HER JOB LEADING 
THE AGENCY IN AN 
ACTING CAPACITY. 
>> BUILD THAT 
WALL. 
BUILD THAT WALL. 
>> IN 2016 THE 
PROMISE WAS PART 
OF THE 
FOUNDATION OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> WHO IS GOING 
TO PAY FOR THE 
WALL? 
>> MEXICO. 
100%. 
>> NOW AMERICANS 
HAVE PAID FOR 
PORTIONS THAT 
HAVE BEEN BUILT. 
$5.7 BILLION WAS 
SPENT. THERE WAS 
A 35 DAY 
GOVERNMENT 
SHUTDOWN AND 
FURLOWED 
GOVERNMENT 
WORKERS. 
IN THE END 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BACKED DOWN. THE 
NEXT DAY HE 
DECLARED A 
NATIONAL 
EMERGENCY ON THE 
BORDER. 
>> WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT AN 
INVASION OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> THERE WERE 
BILLIONS TO PAY 
FOR BORDER WALL 
PROJECTS. 
THEY WANTED TO 
TRANSFER FUNDS 
TO PAY FOR 
CONSTRUCTION. 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
SPENT $6 BILLION 
ON THE PROJECT. 
CONSTRUCTION HAS 
BEEN SLOW AND 
TWO THIRDS OF 
THE LAND IS 
PRIVATELY OWNED. 
275 MILES OF 
CUSTOM AND 
BORDER PROTECTION
HAS BEEN BUILT. 
THAT IS 12.5% OF 
THE BORDER. 
THE NEW 
CONSTRUCTION HAS 
GONE TO REPLACE 
BORDER FENCING 
BUILT DURING THE 
BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> WHEN THEY 
COME IN ONCE WE 
DEPORT THEM. 
WHEN THEY COME 
IN TWICE THEY GO 
TO JAIL FOR FIVE 
YEARS. 
WHEN THEY COME 
IN AGAIN IT WILL 
BE 10 YEARS. 
YOU KNOW WHAT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN? 
IT'S SIMPLE. 
IF THEY GET 
CAUGHT AGAIN 
THEY GO TO JAIL 
AND GUESS WHAT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN, 
THEY ARE NOT 
COMING BACK. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP TALKED 
ABOUT 
DEPORTATION. 
>> THEY DON'T 
KNOW IF THEY ARE 
GOING TO DEPORT 
ME. THEY ARE NOT 
SURE WHAT TO DO 
WITH ME. 
>> THERE IS ONE 
IMPORTANT 
METRICS. 
THEY HAVE COME 
NOWHERE CLOSE TO 
400,000 
DEPORTATION 
DURING THE PEAK 
YEARS OF THE 
PRESIDENCY. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
MOST RECENT ICE 
NUMBERS 
DEPORTATIONS 
THAT HAPPENED 
AWAY FROM THE 
BORDER ARE DOWN 
FROM OBAMA 
YEARS. 
I STOPPED 
REPORTING THIS 
DATA IN 2020. 
HE WILL DEPORT 
MORE PEOPLE AS A 
PROMISE, THAT 
PROMISE HAS NOT 
BEEN KEPT.
,
A 6.5 DEFICIT 
AND THE BEST IS 
TO TRAIL BY 6.5. 
THAT IS THE 
BIGGEST 
DIFFERENCE. 
YOU CAN SEE 3 
SIGNIFICANT 
DIFFERENCES. 
AND FOR THE IC
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
THAT IS WHY THIS 
WEEK IS SO 
IMPORTANT. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION AND 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO GET THE AN
MESSAGE OUT. 
CAN THEY DO 
THIS? 
CAN THEY SHOW TH
THIS WEEK THAT 
TRUMP CAN GET 
CLOSER THAN 6.5 
POINTS BEHIND 
JOE BIDEN? JO
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
THEY DO. 
>>> AS WE INCH 
CLOSER TO THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION NEEDS 
OF AMERICANS ARE 
DEPENDING ER%ON THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
NOW MORE THAN AN
EVER. 
OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS US NOW AND 
HE IS A HOST OF 
A PODCAST. 
IN THE PODCAST 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE' S 
IMPACT ON BLACK 
FAMILIES.
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
FOR DECADES THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
HAS BEEN A 
LADDER TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS FOR 
MANY AFRICAN-
AMERICANS AND 
TODAY 20% OF THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IS AFRICAN-
AMERICAN. 
AS WE RVINCH 
CLOSER TO THE 
2020 ELECTION 
AND WITH COVID-
19 HOVERING THE 
MAIL SERVICE 
WILL BE MORE 
IMPORTANT FOR 
THOSE LIKE THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTED BY 
COVID-19 AND 19
LIVE IN AN 
APARTMENT THAT 
IS 
DENSELY 
POPULATED. 
IT MAY NOT BE AS 
SAFE TO  GO TO 
THE POLLING 
PLACE AND AT THE 
SAME TIME THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL HAS 
ENACTED A NUMBER 
OF CHANGES THAT 
MANY FEAR WILL 
NOT ONLY SLOW 
THE MAIL SERVICE 
BUT ALSO IN BACK 
LIKE VOTERS 
TRYING TO VOTE 
BY MAIL. 
ON ONE SIDE YOU 
HAVE A LONG 
HISTORY OF BLACK 
FOLKS BEING 
EMPLOYED BY THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
AND ON THE  BOTHER 
HAND IN 2020 YOU 
HAVE A SITUATION 
WHERE THEY 
COULD 
BE ADVERSELY 
AFFECTED WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE 
MAIL IN VOTE. 
>> YOU ALSO 
SPOKE WITH A 
BLACK POSTAL 
WORKER FROM 
CHICAGO. 
WHAT DID HE TELL 
YOU? 
>> THAT'S  RIGHT, 
I SPOKE TO THIS 
MAN THAT HAS 
WORKED AT THE 
POST OFFICE FOR 
MORE THAN 20 
YEARS. 
HE SAID 
HISTORICALLY 
SPEAKING WHEN 
YOU GOT THE 
POLITICAL MAIL D 
AND THE ABSENTEE 
VOTES AND ANY 
POLITICAL MAIL 
IT IS A HIGH 
PRIORITY. 
NOW WITH ALL THE 
CHANGES AND WITH 
EVERYTHING AT 
STAKE IN 2020 HE 
SAID THE 
PRESSURE IS ON. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> IT'S ALWAYS 
SCARY WHEN THEY 
ARE GOING TO 
MAKE A CHANGE 
AND YOU DON'T 
KNOW WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
THEY SAID WE ARE 
NOT DOING ANY 
OVERTIME. 
THEY SAID WE 
HAVE TO GET THE 
MAIL OUT. 
THAT IS MORE 
PRESSURE. 
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN
CUT IT WITH A 
KNIFE. KN
IT IS GO, GO, 
GO. 
LET'S GO.
>> Reporter: 
THAT IS PART OF 
THE PROBLEM 
HERE. 
WHEN YOU TALK TO 
THE POSTAL 
WORKERS THEY SAY 
THERE ARE YSO 
MANY CHANGES 
THAT PUT THE 
PRESSURE ON AND 
OTHERS SAY THERE 
IS A CLEAR 
POLITICAL 
CONNECTION 
BETWEEN WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAYING THERE 
WILL BE FRAUD IF 
PEOPLE VOTE BY 
MAIL AND THE 
POSTMASTER 
GENERAL SAID 
THEY WILL 
DELIVER THE MAIL 
ON TIME. 
THEY MAKE SURE 
THAT WE GET OUR 
MAIL ON TIME, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
FIRST CLASS 
MAIL. 
SO, A LOT OF 
FOLKS ARE FEELING
THE PRESSURE, 
NOT THE LEAST OF 
WHICH WORK FOR 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR COMING 
ON TO TALK ABOUT 
THIS. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
SOON.
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
VOTING IN E THE 
2020 ELECTION? 
WE ARE HERE TO 
HELP. 
WE HAVE A STATE-
BY-STATE GUIDE 
WITH INFORMATION 
ON VOTING ROLLS 
AND DEADLINES 
AND RESTRICTIONS 
BY STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBC NEWS NOW.COM 
/PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>>  IF THEY GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS WE WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STRAINING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS THERE 
KNELT A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
WE DON'T 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER WE 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE HERE. 
>> THERE IS 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANTED TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THIS STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO TEST 
ITS CAPABILITIES
. PROTESTERS 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
AND SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP AGAIN. 
THE BACKDROP IS 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
WE TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> WE CREATED A 
SYSTEM WHERE 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
DO THIS. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES ARE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
WE HAVE STARTED 
A NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM AND WE HOPE 
YOUR FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> BREAKING 
NEWS.  
A LARGE CONVOY 
OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STRAINING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WITH THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE IN 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> TAKE CARE OF 
MY CHILDREN OR 
HAVE A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY SCHOOL 
WE DEVELOPED 
THIS OURSELVES 
FOR OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO THE 
STUDENT. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS IS
MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT U.S. 
SHUTTERS THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN
? 
>> THAT THEY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE GROUND 
R 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND MORE 
PROTESTS ARE 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THE POLICE ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC VALLEY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THIS HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
I AM PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
FAMILY THAT IS 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THE COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV. 
>>> A STATE OF 
EMERGENCY IN 
WISCONSIN, 
RAMPING UP THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
THERE. 
AHEAD OF WHAT 
COULD %BE A THIRD 
NIGHT OF 
PROTEST. 
THIS IS DAMAGE 
FROM LAST 
NIGHT'S 
DEMONSTRATIONS. 
FOLKS TOOK TO 
THE STREET AFTER 
JACOB LAKE WAS 
SHOT IN THE BACK 
BY POLICE ON 
SUNDAY. 
HIS FATHER SAID 
HIS SON IS 
PARALYZED FROM 
WAIST DOWN. 
DOCTORS DON'T 
KNOW IF HIS 
CONDITION IS 
PERMANENT. 
OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS US FROM 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
WHAT DOES THE 
FAMILY SAY? 
>> 4
>> Reporter: WE 
GOT THE MOST 
EXTENSIVE UPDATE 
ON HIS CONDITION 
THAT WE'VE HEARD 
SO FAR. 
AS YOU MENTIONED 
HIS FATHER SAID 
HE IS PARALYZED 
AND THE FAMILY 
SAYS THIS 
SITUATION IS 
DIRE AND THAT HE 
MAY NEVER WALK 
AGAIN BECAUSE 
ONE OF THE 
BULLETS WENT 
THROUGH HIS 
SPINE. 
WE HEARD FROM  UG
THE LAWYER WHO 
GAVE US A 
MEDICAL UPDATE 
AND SAID THAT HE 
IS IN THE  T
HOSPITAL AND 
SURGERY AS WE 
ARE SPEAKING. 
HE WAS RUSHED TO 
SURGERY. 
THE THING IS, 
YOU HEARD G FROM 
THE MOTHER 
CALLING ON THE 
COMMUNITY TO 
SEND PRAYERS HIS 
WAY. 
THEY SAY HE 
NEEDS THEM AND 
IF THEY DID HAVE 
A CONVERSATION, 
HE DID HAVE A 
CONVERSATION 
WHEN SHE VISITED 
HIM IN THE 
HOSPITAL. 
THEY STILL SAY 
THAT HIS 
SITUATION IS 
DIRE AND THEY 
ARE CALLING FOR 
THE COMMUNITY TO 
SEND PRAYERS HIS 
WAY. 
LET'S LISTEN TO 
WHAT HIS MOTHER 
AND FATHER SAID. 
>> LIKE HE 
DIDN'T MATTER. 
MY SON MATTERS. 
>> HE NEEDS 
PRAYERS. 
AS I WENT 
THROUGH THE CITY 
I NOTICED A LOT 
OF DAMAGE THAT 
DOESN'T REFLECT 
MY SON. 
OR MY FAMILY.
>> Reporter: WE 
ALSO LEARNED 
THAT THE POLICE 
DID ASK THE 
FAMILY FOR A 
STATEMENT THAT 
THE FAMILY HAS 
NOT HURT MANY 
DETAILS IN TERMS 
OF WHAT 
HAPPENED 
ON THAT SUNDAY 
EVENING. 
WHAT CAUSED  THE 
SHOOTING. 
REMEMBER, WE 
KEEP COMING BACK 
TO THE POINT 
THAT HIS THREE 
KIDS WERE IN THE 
CAR WHEN HE WAS 
SHOT. 
WE LEARNED FROM 
HIS FATHER TODAY 
THAT ONE THING 
HIS EIGHT-YEAR-
OLD KEEPS ASKING 
HIS GRANDFATHER
'S, WHY DID THE 
POLICE SHOOT MY 
DAD IN THE BACK? 
IT'S A HEART 
BREAKING 
SITUATION. 
THE FAMILY SAIDEA 
THE KIDS NEED 
SOME ATTENTION 
AFTER WHAT THEY 
WITNESS. TN
ALISON ? 
>> AN 
UNBELIEVABLE 
THING FOR YOUNG 
KIDS TO 
EXPERIENCE. 
YOU ARE RIGHT. 
YOU MENTIONED 
THIS EARLIER. 
POLICE IN 
KENOSHA DON'T 
HAVE BODY CAMERAS
AND THIS ISSUE 
HAS BEEN 
DRAGGING ON FOR 
SOME TIME IN THE 
STATE. 
WHAT IS THE 
CONVERSATION 
RIGHT NOW ABOUT 
THOSE CAMERAS 
SINCE JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT? 
Reporter: I'VE 
HAD A COUPLE OF 
DIFFERENT 
CONVERSATIONS 
ABOUT THIS. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE 
LOOK FOR 
AFTER 
ONE OF THE 
POLICE 
SHOOTINGS. 
WE LOOK TO SEE 
IF LI%THERE WERE 
BODY CAMERAS AND 
IF THE CAMERAS 
WERE ACTIVATED. 
HERE IN KENOSHA 
THERE ARE NO 
BODY CAMERAS FOR 
POLICE OFFICERS. 
A SOURCE 
CONNECTED TO THE 
POLITICS HERE 
TALKING TO THE 
CITY COUNCIL 
SAYS THAT THIS 
IS A BEEN A 
TOPIC OF 
DISCUSSION GOING 
BACK TO ABOUT 
2012, AN ACTIVE 
DEBATE FOR A 
CALL FOR THE 
OFFICERS TO WEAR 
THE CAMERAS. 
THE MAYOR 
YESTERDAY WHILE 
TALKING AT A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
TO THE MEMBERS 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
SAID THAT THE HA
CAMERAS ARE 
BUDGETED FOR THE 
2022 BUDGET 
YEAR. 
WE STILL HAVE 
SOME TIME BEFORE 
WE GET THE BODY 
CAMERAS. 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
CALL FOR BODY 
CAMERAS AND 
THERE WILL BE 
MOVEMENT HERE ON 
THE BODY 
CAMERAS. 
OF COURSE, THAT 
DOESN'T HELP 
UNDERSTAND WHAT 
HAPPENED IN THIS 
SITUATION. 
THE OTHER 
ELEMENT TO THIS 
IS, WE DON'T 
KNOW IF THERE WAS
DASH CAMERA 
VIDEO AVAILABLE. 
THE POLICE WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT AND 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
HEARD IN THE 
STATEMENT THEY 
RELEASED ON 
SUNDAY EVENING 
AFTER THE 
SHOOTING. 
BUT WE DON'T 
KNOW %IF THERE IS 
ANY OTHER DASH 
CAMERA VIDEO IN 
THEIR PROFESSION 
OR IF ANOTHER 
COMMITY MEMBER 
GAVE THEM VIDEO 
OF OTHER ANGLES 
OF WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
WE ONLY KNOW THAT
RIGHT NOW TWO 
CAMERA ANGLES IN 
TWO CELL PHONE 
VIDEO ANGLES 
HAVE BEEN MADE 
PUBLIC AND WHAT 
THE POLICE KNOW 
THEY HAT 
HAVE FOUND IN 
THEIR 
INVESTIGATION, 
WE SIMPLY DON'T 
KNOW AT THIS EI
POINT. 
ALISON ?  
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT TONIGHT. 
WATER THE 
CONCERNS ON THE 
STREET TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YOU 
MENTIONED THIS 
AT THE TOP. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SIGNED AN 
EMERGENCY ORDER 
THEN WE ARE IN A 
STATE OF 
EMERGENCY IN 
WISCONSIN. 
YESTERDAY HE 
DEPLOYED 125 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS TO HELP 
PROTECT THE 
PROPERTY AND 
ASSIST LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THAT NUMBER IS 
GOING UP TO 
ABOUT 250 MEMBERS
WHO WILL BE 
DEPLOYED 
TONIGHT. 
HE SAID HE WILL 
CONTINUE TO SEND 
RESOURCES AS 
REQUESTED BY 
LOCAL OFFICIALS. 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
CONTINUE TO TAKE 
A TOUGH TONE AND 
MANY HOPE THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
LISTENING WHAT 
YOU HEARD FROM 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
MOTHER. 
AS SHE WAS 
DRIVING AROUND 
TOWN SHE SAW THE 
BUILDINGS 
BOARDED UP. 
IF YOU GO 
DOWNTOWN EACH 
BUILDING HAS 
BOARDS OVER THE 
GLASS. 
IF YOU DRIVE 
DOWNTOWN TO SEE 
THE DESTRUCTION 
FROM LAST NIGHT. 
WE WERE IN 
UPTOWN KENOSHA 
EARLIER TODAY 
AND YOU SAW 
BLOCK AFTER 
BLOCK OF 
BUILDINGS BURNED 
HIM A COMPLETELY 
RUINED. 
WE HEARD FROM 
HIS MOTHER A 
PLEA. 
THIS IS NOT 
REFLECTIVE OF 
JACOB AND NOT 
REFLECTIVE OF AN
THEIR FAMILY. 
A CALL TO AND 
THE DESTRUCTION 
AND VIOLENCE 
WE'VE SEEN. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS TONIGHT. 
USUALLY BY DAY 
WE HAVE THE 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS AND 
THERE ARE SOME 
PEOPLE WITH 
SIGNS UP NOW AS 
WE SPEAK. 
WHAT WE'VE SEEN 
IS THE PATTERN. 
IT IS THE 
PROTEST BY DAY 
TO THE 
DESTRUCTION BY 
NIGHT. 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
WANT TO STOP THE 
DESTRUCTION AND 
STOP THE CYCLE 
TO MAKE SURE IT 
DOESN'T EXTEND  
TO A THIRD 
NIGHT. 
GARRETT HAAKE  
-- ALISON? 
>>  WE HOPE 
EVERYONE STAYS 
SAFE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> LAURA IS 
PREDICTED BECOME 
A MAJOR 
HURRICANE BEFORE 
HITTING LANCE 
BRINGING A STORE 
SEARCH AND 
DAMAGING WIND. 
AL ROCHER 
JOINING ME NOW. 
I KNOW YOU JUST 
GOT AN UPDATE. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST? 
>> THE LATEST IS,
IT STILL LOOKS 
LIKE THIS WILL 
BE A MAJOR 
HURRICANE JUST 
AS IT MAKES 
LANDFALL BECAUSE 
OF THIS 
PHENOMENA AND 
CALLED RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION. 
HERE IS THE 
LATEST RIGHT NOW 
IT IS SOUTHEAST 
OF LAKE CHARLES 
AS A CATEGORY ONE
WITH 80 MILE AN 
HOUR WIND MOVING 
WEST NORTHWEST 
AT 17 MILES AN 
HOUR. 
TALKING ABOUT 
RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION, 
WHAT IS THAT D 
RIGHT NOW IT'S 
GOT 500 MILES OF 
WARM GULF WATER 
AND THE WARM 
WATER IS THE 
FUEL FOR THE 
ENGINE. 
THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE NOW 
IS 86 DEGREES. 
WE NEED TO HAVE 
MAXIMUM WIND 
INCREASED BY 35 
MILES AN HOUR 
AND 24 HOURS AND 
WE EXPECT THAT 
TO HAPPEN. 
HERE IS WHAT WE 
ARE RELOOKING FOR. 
BY WEDNESDAY THE 
RAIN AND WIND 
WILL INCREASE 
FROM GALVESTON TO
NEW ORLEANS AND 
FURTHER EAST. 
IT WILL 
INTENSIFY AS IT 
APPROACHES LAND. 
JUST AS IT MAKES 
LANDFALL 
THURSDAY MORNING 
AT A CATEGORY 3, 
DANGEROUS RAIN 
AND WIND GUSTS 
AND STORM SURGE. 
IT WILL CONTINUE 
TO MOVE UP AS A 
CATEGORY ONE 
BACK INTO 
ARKANSAS. 
FLOODING, 
RAINFALL AND WE 
CAN'T RULE OUT 
TORNADOES AND 
LATER DURING THE HE
DAY THURSDAY. Y 
HERE IS THE 
IMPACT. 
DESTRUCTIVE 
WIND. 
AN ARROW 
CORRIDOR OF 
THESE WINS. 
IT WILL CAUSE 
WIND DAMAGE AND 
POWER OUTAGES, A  A
REAL MESS. 
WE ARE ALSO 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE STORM 
SURGES. 
THIS IS WHERE WE 
LOSE THE LOSS OF 
LIFE. 
THE STORM SURGE 
FORECAST, 
ANYWHERE FROM 
GALVESTON EAST 
INTO THE EASTERN 
GULF COAST OF 
LOUISIANA. 
9 TO 13 FEET OF 
STORM SURGE. 
ON TOP OF THE 
NORMAL TIED THE 
WIND PILES UP 
THE WATER LEAND 
THAT IS THE 
DEADLY 
HURRICANE. 
IT KEEPS PUSHING 
AS THE WIND 
PUSHES IN THE 
RAIN. 
SOMETIMES FOR 
MILES INLAND WE 
WILL WATCH FOR 
THAT STORM 
SURGE. 
ALSO RAINFALL 
AND THAT IS THE 
PROBLEM. 
SOME AREAS 12 
INCHES OF RAIN 
NOTCHES ALONG 
THE COAST OFBUT 
INLAND INTO 
LITTLE ROCK AND 
POINTS FARTHER 
NORTH WITH MINOR 
TO MODERATE 
RIVER FLOODING. 
RIGHT NOW WE'VE 
GOT HURRICANE 
WARNINGS IN 
GALVESTON AND 
LAKE CHARLES AND 
LOUISIANA. 
CURRENTLY A.
TROPICAL STORM 
RUNNING ALONG 
THE LOUISIANA 
COASTLINE AND 
ALSO THE TEXAS 
COASTLINE AS 
WELL. 
FURTHER NORTH WE 
HAVE TROPICAL 
STORM WATCHES 
WITH THIS SYSTEM.
A DANGEROUS 
STORM. 
WHETHER IT IS A 
CATEGORY 1 FOR 2 
OR A WEAK A 
CATEGORY 3 IT IS 
A DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. 
THE COLD 
UNCERTAINTY IS 
ABOUT 100 MILES 
ON EITHER SIDE 
OF THE LINE. 
IT IS FORECAST 
TO MAKE LANDFALL 
SOMEWHERE ALONG 
THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA COAST. 
AGAIN, THAT 
COULD BE FOR THE 
TO THE WEST AND 
THAT WOULD GET 
HOUSTON ULINVOLVED 
AND FURTHER TO 
THE EAST USEDWE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT 
NEW ORLEANS 
FEELING THE 
THREAT. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO BRING YOU THE 
LATEST, ALLISON. N.
>> THAT SOUNDS 
SERIOUS. 
WE KNOW THAT YOU 
WILL STAY WITH 
IT. 
THEY GIVE YOU 
THE UPDATE. 
>>> HURRICANE 
LAURA IS ON ITS 
WAY TO TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA AND 
MANY COMMUNITIES 
ON THE GULF 
COAST ARE UNDER 
MANDATORY 
EVACUATION 
ORDERS. 
MORGAN, TELL US 
ABOUT THE 
EVACUATION 
PLANS. 
WHAT ARE THEY 
BRACING EVFOR? 
>>
>>REPORTER: GOOD 
AFTERNOON. 
THE PARISH IN 
LAKE CHARLES 
ISSUED EDITORIAL 
EVACUATION 
ORDERS TODAY. 
COMING ONE DAY 
AFTER THE TOWN 
OF PORT ARTHUR 
ISSUED THOSE 
ORDERS IN TEXAS 
AND WE ARE 
STARTING TO  SEE 
CITIES STARTING 
TO DO THE SAME 
THING BECAUSE 
THEY REALIZE HOW 
DANGEROUS THIS 
STORM IS. 
I'M STANDING ON 
HOLLY BEACH 
WHICH IS 25 
MILES EAST OF 
THE TEXAS
/LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
THIS IS GROUND 
ZERO WHEN THE 
STORM MAKES 
LANDFALL 
WEDNESDAY INTO 
THURSDAY. 
AN ESTIMATED 
STORM SURGE UP 
TO 13 FEET HIGH. 
THERE ARE HOMES 
ACROSS THE BEACH 
HERE, ALLISON. 
A LOT OF THESE 
PEOPLE ARE 
PACKING UP 
BECAUSE THEY 
KNOW THAT EVEN 
ON STILTS THERE 
IS A CHANCE THAT 
IT MAY NOT BE 
ENOUGH. 
THE BIG CONCERNS 
NOW IS GETTING 
THOSE CITIES 
ALONG THE COAST 
CLEARED AS MUCH 
IS POSSIBLE. 
I HAD A CHANCE 
TO SPEAK TO THE 
FIRE CHIEF IN 
PORT ARTHUR 
AND 
HE SAID IN PAST 
HURRICANES, RITA 
AND IKE, THEY 
HAD RESCUES BUT 
IT WAS NOTHING 
LIKE WHAT THEY 
HAD HURRICANE 
HARVEY BECAUSE 
PEOPLE TOOK 
THE 
INITIATIVE TO 
GET OUT OF THEIR 
HOME AND PACK 
EVERYTHING UP 
AND GO INLAND TO 
SAFETY. 
THAT IS WHY THEY 
ARE PUTTING 
HUNDREDS ON 
BUSES TODAY IN 
MANY COMMUNITIES 
AND TAKING THEM 
TO SOCIALLY 
DISTANT SHELTERS 
WHERE THEY WILL 
REMAIN THE NEXT 
SEVERAL DAYS. 
NO TELLING HOW 
MUCH DAMAGE THIS 
HURRICANE WILL 
BRING IN LESS IT 
MAKES LANDFALL 
AND WE SEE IT 
FACE TO FACE. 
ALISON ? 
>> LET'S TALK 
MORE ABOUT THOSE 
SHELTERS. 
YOU MENTIONED 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
HOW DO YOU MAKE 
AN EVACUATION 
SHELTER SAFE Y IN 
A PANDEMIC? 4 
OFFICIALS SAY 
THEY ARE DOING 
THE BEST THEY 
WHAT ITH 
THEY HAVE. 
WE DO KNOW THAT 
COTS AND CHAIRS 
ARE SPACED AS 
MUCH IS POSSIBLE 
AND PEOPLE 
GETTING ON THE 
SCHOOL BUSES 
WERE NOT AT 
CAPACITY AND IT 
IS AN IMPERFECT 
SCIENCE. 
HEALTH PERSONNEL 
WILL BE THE 
FIRST ONES TO 
SAY THAT. 
WE SPOKE WITH 
THE HELP 
DIRECTOR WHO SAID
ESSENTIALLY THE 
CONCERN RIGHT NOW
IS, OF COURSE, 
THE VIRUS. 
AT THIS POINT 
WITH A HURRICANE 
BARRELING TOWARD 
YOU GOT TO GET 
EVERYBODY OUT. 
AS FAST AS 
POSSIBLE AS 
SAFELY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY ARE  ATRYING 
TO DO. 
THE SHELTER IS 
ABOUT 100 MILES 
NORTH OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
THIS TOWN IS 
HUNTSVILLE. 
IT HAS BEEN USED 
BEFORE IN 
HURRICANES PAST 
BECAUSE IT'S FAR 
ENOUGH INLAND TO 
WHERE THE STORM 
SHOULD DISSIPATE 
AND WEAKEN AND 
NOT PROVE TO BE 
A SERIOUS BUT BY 
THE TIME IT 
REACHES THAT 
LOCATION. 
ALISON ? 
>> MORGAN, I 
KNOW THAT THEY 
ARE BRACING FOR 
QUITE A STORM. 
I HOPE THAT TH
EVERYONE STAYS 
SAFE AND THAT 
YOU DO AS WELL 
AND WE WILL 
CHECK WITH YOU 
QUITE A BIT MORE 
TOMORROW. 
THANK YOU>> 
Reporter: NO 
DOUBT. 
WE WILL BE IN rt
TOUCH. 
THANKS. 
>>> FIREFIGHTERS 
IN CALIFORNIA 
BATTLING THE 
SECOND LARGEST 
FIRE IN STATE 
HISTORY. 
THIS FIRE HAS 
SCORCHED MORE 
THAN 341,000 
ACRES, ONE 
HUNDREDS OF 
WILDFIRES 
BURNING AROUND 
THE STATE. 
STEPHEN 
PATTERSON IS IN 
VACAVILLE, 
CALIFORNIA. 
POUR ALISON, WE  
ARE 10 DAYS INTO 
THIS AND THE 
FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
STILL BATTLING 
SOME OF THESE AR
FIRES IN NAPA 
COUNTY. 
YOU CAN SEE SOME 
OF THE DAMAGE. 
THE LANDSCAPE 
HERE DOTTED WITH 
SCENES LIKE 
THIS. 
THE GOOD 
NEWS 
IS, WHILE THE 
FIRES CONTINUE 
TO RAGE AND IN 
SOME CASES 
INCREASE IN 
SIZE, SO IS THE 
CONTAINMENT. 
A LOT OF THE BIG 
FIRES HAVE 
DOUBLE-DIGIT IG
CONTAINMENT 
BECAUSE THE 
WEATHER HAS BEEN 
FAVORABLE. 
THIS HAS MADE IT 
EASIER FOR THEM 
TO GET A HANDLE 
ON THE PLANES 
AND PUSHING THEM 
AWAY FROM HOMES. 
STILL WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT 
FIRES SPREAD 
ACROSS THE  T
ENTIRE STATE, 
625 FIRES THEY 
ARE BATTLING. 
AS WE MENTIONED 
FOR MORE THAN A 
WEEK. 
THEY ARE TIRED 
AND EXHAUSTED. 
THERE IS FEDERAL 
AID ON THE WAY 
AND THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS SET TO 
DEPLOY AND SOME 
TROOPS SHOULD BE 
ON THE GROUND BY 
TOMORROW. 
THEY ARE HELPING 
WITH THE FIRE 
EFFORT. 
WHEN ALL IS SAID 
AND DONE, THIS  
IS ABOUT THE 
SIZE OF THE 
STATE OF 
DELAWARE WITH 
ALL THE FIRES 
BURNING. 
THEY ARE TURNING
, DOING THEIR 
BEST BUT 
EXHAUSTION IS 
SETTING IN AND 
WE ARE TALKING 
TO THE 
FIREFIGHTERS ON 
THE GROUND AND %
THEY SEE THE 
BIGGEST WORRY IS 
THE FACT THAT 
THEM OF 
HAVE BEEN 
BATTLING THE 
FIRES 48 AND 72 
HOUR SHIFTS. 
NOW THAT THERE 
IS MORE HELP 
BE RE CAN 
MORE DONE TO GET 
THEM SOME RELIEF.
IT IS TOUGH 
GOING, 
ESPECIALLY AS 
THE WIND PICKS 
UP AND  H YOU %HAVEA
POCKET OF EMBERS 
AND YOU HAVE A 
BIG EXPLOSION OF 
FLAMES HAPPENING 
10 DAYS INTO 
THIS AS THE 
CREWS ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING THEY 
CAN TO SAVE 
HOMES AND TO 
KEEP IT AWAY 
FROM PEOPLE. 
THE DEATH TOLL 
HAS RISEN AS 
WELL 27 DEAD. 
SEVEN MISSING 
NEAR SANTA CRUZ 
AND THAT G IS 
ANOTHER 
SITUATION. 
ALL SAID AND 
DONE THE 
CONDITIONS ARE 
IMPROVING AND 
THE FIREFIGHTERS 
ARE MAKING 
PROGRESS. 
ALISON ? 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>  IF THEY GO 
BACK TO THE JOB 
THEY WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> USE MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS THERE WAS 
A FATHER TRYING 
TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER WE 
RETALIATE WITH 
LOVE THAT IS WHY 
WE ARE HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S EYE WALL 
I WANT HIM TO 
SEE. 
>> 
>>> THIS STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE WITH 
ITS TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THE NEED TO 
SUPPORT THEIR CO-
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
LIKE THEY ARE NOT
GETTING SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
ANOTHER ELECTION 
DAY COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
WE NEED TO 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE. 
THIS IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> 
>>>?
WE STARTED THE 
NEWSCAST THAT 
YOUR FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>  BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>>> USE MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WILL I TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN TO HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
WE DEVELOP THIS 
OURSELVES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO THE 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> 
>>> 
>>> THE STORY 
FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> ON THE GROUND 
-- 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THE POLICE ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL WE ARE 
FACING I'M PROUD 
TO BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN AND 
DAUGHTER 
IMMIGRANTS AND 
THE WIFE AND 
MOTHER OF A 
HUSBAND AND KIDS 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
I'M PROUD NERD 
AND 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV. I 
HOPE THEY WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> GOING 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
COVID-19 
IMMUNITY AFTER 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN AFFECTED 
TWICE. 
TO PATIENTS IN 
BELGIUM AND THE 
NETHERLANDS HAVE 
BEEN REINFECTED 
WITH THE VIRUS. 
OUR MEDICAL 
CONTRIBUTOR 
JOINS US NOW. 
DOCTOR, WHAT ARE 
YOUR CONCERNS 
ABOUT THE RE-
INFECTIONS WE 
ARE SEEING? 
Reporter: 
ACTUALLY, 
ALISON, I WILL 
SHARE MY EXPERT  
OPINION THAT WE 
GOT TODAY. 
THEY SAID THIS 
ISN'T SOMETHING 
TO BE TERRIBLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT. 
LET'S START WITH 
ONE THING WE 
KNOW. 
PEOPLE HAVE A 
TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF 
DIVERSITY IN 
THEIR AND IN 
SPONSORS. 
IT WOULD BE 
INAPPROPRIATE TO 
GENERALIZE FOR 
THE WORLD 
POPULATION BASED 
ON THIS SMALL 
NUMBER OF CASES. 
IN FACT, IT IS 
WORKING THE WAY 
IT SHOULD. 
THIS IS HOW 
IMMUNITY WORKS. 
JUST LIKE 
MEMORY, WHETHER 
IT IS BRAIN 
MEMORY OR 
RUSSELL, MUSCLE 
MEMORY, 
REPETITION IS 
KEY. 
EXPOSURE TO A 
VIRUS OR BACTERIA
STRENGTHENS WHAT 
WE CALL OUR 
IMMUNOLOGICAL 
MEMORY. 
TAKE COVID FOR 
EXAMPLE. 
IF YOU GET SICK 
MOUNT AN IMMUNE 
RESPONSE. 
EVERYBODY DOES. 
LET'S SAY YOU 
ARE EXPOSED 
AGAIN. 
WHAT HAPPENS? 
YOU'VE GOT 
SOMETHING NEW 
CELLS THAT WILL 
MOUNT AN IMMUNE 
REACTION AND GET 
RID OF THE 
VIRUS. 
MAYBE EVEN 
QUICKER. 
MORE THAN THAT, 
BUILDING UPON 
THE IMMUNOLOGICAL
MEMORY AND 
MAKING IT 
STRONGER FOR 
EACH SUBSEQUENT 
EXPOSURE. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
SAY TO PEOPLE 
WHO ARE CONFUSED 
ABOUT THIS? 
WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN? 
DO WE END UP 
WITH POTENTIAL 
COVID IMMUNITY? 
WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN? 
IS IT COMPLEX? 
IT IS. 
I'VE HAD THIS 
CONVERSATION 
WITH MY PATIENTS.
WHEN THEY REQUEST
COVID ANTIBODY 
TESTS, I SAY IT 
IS COMPLICATED. 
WE CAN'T GET ALL 
THE INFORMATION 
WE WOULD LIKE TO 
GET BASED ON A 
BLOOD TEST ALONE 
FOR JUST ONE 
RANDOM ANTIBODY 
LEVEL IN TIME. 
THERE IS SO MUCH 
MORE TO OUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
AND WE ARE ABLE 
TO MEASURE WITH 
THESE COMMERCIAL 
ANTIBODY TESTS. 
THERE IS THE T 
CELL MEMORY WE DO
BLOOD TEST. 
BASICALLY, WHAT 
I SAY IS, ASIDE 
FROM WHETHER OR 
NOT PEOPLE 
SHOULD OR 
SHOULDN'T BE 
TESTED, TO CHECK 
FOR THEIR IMMUNE 
STATUS, IS THAT 
WE REALLY ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
WAIT AND SEE. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
YET WHETHER THIS 
WILL BEHAVE MORE 
LIKE A SEASONAL 
CORONAVIRUS 
WHICH CAUSES THE 
COMMON COLD 
WOULD YOU GET 
EVERY YEAR OR IF 
IT WILL BEHAVE 
MORE LIKE SARS 
OR MERS WHERE 
THE IMMUNITY 
LASTED LONGER. 
OR MAYBE IT WILL 
BE LIKE THE FLU. 
WE NEED TO THINK 
ABOUT THIS EVERY 
YEAR. 
>> WE DON'T KNOW 
EXACTLY. 
>> IT SEEMS LIKE 
FOREVER BUT IT 
HAS ONLY BEEN A 
MATTER OF MONTHS.
YOU MENTIONED 
THE FLU SEASON 
AROUND THE 
CORNER AND MORE 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
GETTING SICK. 
HOW CAN WE TELL 
THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN THE FLU 
AND THE 
CORONAVIRUS? 
HOW ARE THE 
SYMPTOMS 
DIFFERENT? 
Reporter: 
>> THEY SHARE 
MORE IN COMMON. 
THEY ARE BOTH 
RESPIRATORY 
INFECTIONS. 
FEVER, COUGH, 
SHORTNESS OF 
BREATH. 
THEY ARE BOTH A 
VIRUS. 
ACHES, PAINS, 
HEADACHES. 
THAT IS SIMILAR 
BETWEEN BLUE AND 
COVID. 
SINCE WE'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
COVID FOR SO 
MANY MONTHS, THE 
LOSS OF TASTE 
AND SMELL IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT 
WE SEE WITH 
INFLUENZA AND 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE BIGGEST 
THINGS THAT 
WOULD BE A RED 
FLAG FOR A 
CLINICIAN. 
MORE THAN THE 
DIFFERENCE IN 
SYMPTOMS ARE THE 
INCUBATION 
PERIODS. 
THE TIME FROM 
EXPOSURE AND THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF 
SYMPTOMS. 
IT IS LONGER FOR 
COVID, ANYWHERE 
FROM 2 TO 14 
DAYS WHICH IS 
WHY WE HAVE THE 
QUARANTINE IN 
PLACE. 
FOR FLUIDS ABOUT 
1 TO 4 DAYS. 
THERE ARE SOME 
SIMILARITIES AND 
DIFFERENCES IN 
TERMS OF HOW 
LONG YOU ARE 
INFECTIOUS AFTER 
SYMPTOMS BEGIN. 
FOR THE FLUIDS 
ABOUT SEVEN DAYS 
AND FOR COVID 
ABOUT 10. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
DECIDE WHAT TO 
DO IF WE HAVE A 
PATIENT WHO 
COMES IN WHO 
DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY HAVE 
A FEVER BUT THEY 
SAY THEY HAVE 
ACHES AND PAINS 
AND THEY ARE 
STARTING TO GET 
A SORE THROAT. 
MAYBE I HAVE A 
LOW-GRADE 
TEMPERATURE. 
WHAT ARE WE 
TESTING THEM FOR?
I'M HAVING THIS 
CONVERSATION 
WITH MY STAFF ON 
A REGULAR BASIS 
NOW. 
TO SEE HOW WE 
WILL MOVE 
FORWARD. 
>> IS THAT PART 
OF THE 
PREPARATION, DR. 
DAYS ARE? 
IS THAT ONE OF 
THE FACTORS THEY 
ARE THINKING 
ABOUT AS THEY 
GET READY FOR 
THE FLU AND 
CORONAVIRUS 
COMBINED? 
Reporter: THINK 
ABOUT ALL THE 
THINGS WE HAVE 
TO THINK ABOUT. 
WE ARE DOING THE 
SWAP FOR COVID 
AND THAT 
REQUIRES FULL 
PPE. 
YOU DON'T NEED 
THAT FOR THE FLU 
TEST. 
YOU JUST DO A 
QUICK NASAL SWAB 
AND YOU'RE DONE. 
MAYBE WE WILL BE 
ABLE TO GET THE 
RAPID TEST THAT 
USES SALIVA WERE 
YOU DON'T NEED 
ALL THE PPE AND 
THE PATIENT CAN 
GIVE YOU THE 
SAMPLE. 
AND OTHER PLACES 
PEOPLE MIGHT BE 
OPENING UP A 
CLINIC. 
A DESIGNATED TIME
WHEN PEOPLE COME 
TO GET TESTED 
FOR THE FLU SO 
YOU DON'T NEED 
TO HAVE ALL THE 
PPE. 
I'VE SEEN THAT 
NURSES AND STAFF 
ARE GOING 
OUTSIDE AND 
INOCULATING 
PATIENTS WITH 
THE FLU VACCINE 
IN THEIR CARDS 
OR LIMITING TIME 
IN THE WAITING 
ROOM TO LIMIT 
EXPOSURE. 
IT WILL BE A 
WORK IN 
PROGRESS, I 
THINK, AS THE 
SEASON 
PROGRESSES TO 
SEE HOW THIS 
WILL GO. 
HOW TO HANDLE 
THE VOLUME AND 
DIRECT PATIENTS 
IF THEY BECOME 
SYMPTOMATIC. 
WHEN COVID 
STARTED LAST YEAR
WE WERE AT THE 
END OF FLU 
SEASON SO 
EVERYBODY WAS 
PRESENTING WITH 
SYMPTOMS. 
WE COULD FEEL 
CERTAIN AND NOW 
WE WILL RUSSELL 
WITH THE FACT 
THAT WE WILL BE 
SEEN BOTH 
INFECTIONS 
POTENTIALLY OF 
THE SAME PERSON 
BUT HOPEFULLY 
NOT BUT AROUND 
THE SAME TIME. 
>>> YOUR BEST 
ADVICE FOR 
PEOPLE WITH THIS 
PANDEMIC? 
>> GET YOUR FLU 
SHOT. 
GET YOUR FLU 
SHOT. 
FOR SO MANY 
REASONS. 
THINK ABOUT IT. 
WE ARE 
STRUGGLING WITH 
THE CONCEPT OF 
GETTING A 
VACCINE FOR 
COVID. 
WE HAVE A 
VACCINE FOR FLU. 
IT'S NOT PERFECT 
BUT IT 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
REDUCES THE 
SEVERITY OF FLU 
AND DECREASES 
THE POSSIBILITIES
OF OTHER THINGS 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
TO BE CAREFUL TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WE HAVE ENOUGH 
RESOURCES TO 
TAKE CARE OF 
COVID-19 
PATIENTS WHO 
NEED TO BE 
HOSPITALIZED. 
SO, DO IT FOR 
YOURSELF AND FOR 
YOUR COMMUNITY 
JUST LIKE 
WEARING A MASK. 
IT IS A PART OF 
OUR CIVIC DUTY. 
THAT WOULD BE 
THE BEST ADVICE. 
>> YOU HIT SOME 
BIG TOPICS TODAY.
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR BEING 
WITH US. 
ALWAYS A 
PLEASURE. 
>>> DOCTORS AND 
NURSES CAME FROM 
ALL AROUND TO 
HELP NEW YORK 
THAT OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE SPRING. 
WANTS THE PEAK 
PAST AND HE 
DIDN'T GO HOME. 
SOME MOVED TO 
THE NEXT HOTSPOT.
WE HAVE MORE ON 
THESE HEROES WHO 
TRAVEL FROM 
FRONTLINE TO 
OUTLINE. 
>> ALISON, IN 
SOME CASES THERE 
HAVE BEEN MORE  
PATIENTS THAN 
NURSES TO CARE 
FOR THEM. 
THE SOLUTION IS 
TO BRING IN 
REINFORCEMENTS 
FROM OTHER 
STATES. 
SO-CALLED 
TRAVELING NURSES.
>> Reporter: 
SOME OF THOSE ON 
THE FRONT LINE 
IN THE EPICENTER 
ARE COVID 
VETERANS NOW IN 
HOSPITALS AND IN 
FLORIDA AND 
TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA BUT 
FIRST IN NEW 
YORK. 
SO-CALLED 
TRAVELING NURSES 
LIKE CHRISTINA 
FROM TEXAS. 
>> IT WAS RISKY 
YESTERDAY. 
Reporter: AND 
THIS RESPIRATORY 
THERAPIST FROM 
NEW ENGLAND. 
>> THEY WERE ON 
THE FRONT LINES 
IN NEW YORK. 
>> WE TRIED TO 
BUILD A WALL. 
NOTHING LIKE 
THIS. 
Reporter: THEY 
CAN THESE VIDEO 
DIARIES. 
>> I'M SAD AND 
ANGRY. 
>> IT'S NOT THE 
DEATH THAT 
SCARES ME AS A 
NURSE. 
IS WATCHING THESE
PATIENTS 
DETERIORATE SO 
QUICKLY.>> 
Reporter: THEY 
SAID THEY WORKED 
IT WAS LIKE A 
MASH TENT IN THE 
WAR AND THAT 
INCLUDED A 
PERSONAL TOLL. 
>> IT IS 
TRAUMATIZING. 
IT IS. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
SEVERED 
POSTTRAUMATIC 
STRESS DISORDER 
AS A RESULT.>> 
Reporter: WITH 
THAT, IT MAY 
COME A THEY 
SURPRISED THAT 
AFTER LEAVING 
NEW YORK 
REUNITING WITH 
CHILDREN AND 
LOVED ONES, 
THOSE TRAVELING 
HEROES EMBRACED 
BY STRANGERS. 
>> I FEEL LIKE 
SOMEONE JUST 
CAME BACK FROM 
IRAQ.>> 
Reporter: NOW 
THEY ARE HEADING 
BACK TO THE 
EPICENTER IN 
FLORIDA. 
>> WE ARE THE 
SOLDIERS.>> 
Reporter: YOU 
READY TO GO BACK 
INTO THE WAR 
AFTER EVERYTHING 
YOU'VE BEEN 
THROUGH? 
>> YES. 
I NEED TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
I NEED TO.>> 
Reporter: SHE IS 
ALSO BACK IN THE 
ICU BUT SHE 
DIDN'T HAVE TO 
TRAVEL FAR. 
THE PANDEMIC 
FOLLOWED HER TO 
HER HOME TOWN. 
HOUSTON. 
>> THIS 
EXPERIENCE HAS 
TAUGHT ME THAT 
NURSES ARE 
NEEDED MORE THAN 
EVER. 
I HOPE THAT IN 
TIME AS MY SON 
GETS OLDER HE 
WILL UNDERSTAND 
WHY MOTHER 
WANTED TO HELP 
OTHER PEOPLE.>> 
Reporter: 
TRAVELING NURSES 
WORKING 12 HOUR 
DAYS, SIX DAYS A 
WEEK LIKE 
EVERYONE HOPING 
FOR A VACCINE 
SOON. 
>> IT'S THAT 
THIS HAS TWO 
HIGHLIGHT HOW 
SELFLESS AND 
AMAZING HUMANITY 
IS.
>> Reporter: THE 
STAFF PROBLEM IS 
SO WIDESPREAD 
THAT SOME 
TRAVELING NURSES 
FIND OUT THAT 
THEY ARE NEEDED 
ELSEWHERE AS 
QUICKLY AS THEY 
ARRIVED. 
THIS RESPIRATORY 
THERAPIST FOUND 
OUT THAT HE IS 
NOW WANTED IN 
GEORGIA. 
ALISON ? 
>> 
>>> A NEW WAY TO 
GET CRIME UNDER 
CONTROL. 
VIOLENCE 
INTERRUPTERS. 
WHAT DID THEY 
DO? 
WE SPOKE TO THEM 
IN NEW YORK TO 
FIND OUT. 
>> IF ONE OF US 
IS NOT OKAY, THE 
REST OF US IS 
NOT OKAY. 
>> RACIAL 
INJUSTICES ON 
THE FOREFRONT OF 
MEDIA AND 
EVERYWHERE YOU 
LOOK. 
IT'S ON THE LIPS 
AND TONGUES OF 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
POLICE FATALITY 
HAS BEEN HERE. 
WE SEE PEOPLE 
DEMANDING CHANGE 
AND THE MANY MEN 
AND WOMEN OF 
COLOR. 
THIS COMES TO A 
POINT. 
THERE NEEDS TO 
BE 
TRANSFORMATIONAL 
CHANGE. 
THERE HAS TO BE 
A REDIRECTION AND
THE PEOPLE WILL 
NOT ACCEPT 
ANYTHING LESS. 
WHEN VIOLENCE A 
ROUGH IN THE 
COMMUNITY, THOSE 
CONNECTED TO AND 
DEDICATED TO 
OTHERS IN THE 
COMMUNITY, WE 
WILL RECEIVE A 
WARNING. 
COMMUNITY GROUPS 
ARE THE FUTURE 
OF PUBLIC 
SAFETY. 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
THESE 
ALTERNATIVE WAYS 
TO ADDRESS THESE 
ISSUES ON A 
PREVENTATIVE 
SIDE, YOU CAN 
SEE A WHOLE NEW 
REALITY. 
WE ARE ABLE TO 
BE IN THE 
POSITION TO 
NEGOTIATE 
CONVERSATIONS 
AND TRUCES AND 
PUT OUT FIRES IN 
WAYS THAT THEY 
CAN. 
>> I NEVER 
REALLY HAD A 
FATHER. 
I GREW UP IN A 
COMMUNITY THAT 
WAS HIGH-RISK. 
AS A RESULT I 
WOUND UP DOING 
16 YEARS IN 
PRISON. 
I ALWAYS HAD A 
SELFISH ATTITUDE.
THEN THEY SHOWED 
ME I CAN MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE AND 
THIS PROGRAM 
WORKS. 
NOT DEALING WITH 
AUTHORITIES IS 
THE KEY THING. 
I FIGURED I 
COULD MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE THAT 
THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT CAN'T 
MAKE. 
THE NURSES AND 
THE TEACHERS IN 
THE SCHOOLS 
CAN'T MAKE. 
THEY KNOW THAT. 
THEY CAN 
IDENTIFY WITH US.
>> WE SAW PEOPLE 
WITH LEADERSHIP 
SKILLS. 
WE PULL THEM 
INTO THE 
CONVERSATION AND 
CHANNEL SOME OF 
THIS AND IN 2017 
WE SURPASSED 
WITHOUT A 
SHOOTING OR 
HOMICIDE AND 
THAT GOT A LOT 
OF RECOGNITION. 
ALL THAT 
RECOGNITION 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON THE 
CULTURE SHIFT. 
IT'S EASY TO 
MEASURE AND 
QUANTIFY HOW 
MANY DAYS 
WITHOUT A 
SHOOTING. 
IT IS MORE 
DIFFICULT TO 
LOOK AT HOW MANY 
MINDS HAVE BEEN 
INSPIRED TO OPEN 
UP. 
>> I'VE GOT NO 
PROBLEM WITH 
THIS. 
>> TODAY WE HAVE 
THIS RESPONSE 
AND THE 
IMPORTANT THING 
IS TO MOBILIZE 
IN THE COMMUNITY 
AROUND THIS. 
FOR TOO LONG IT 
HAS BEEN THE NORM
AND WE JUST 
CONTINUE WITH 
BUSINESS AS 
USUAL. 
THE RESPONSE IS 
BREAKING THE 
NORM SAYING THAT 
ANY TIME AN ACT 
OF VIOLENCE 
HAPPENS WE HAVE 
AN OBLIGATION TO 
DENOUNCE IT AND 
IT'S A BIG DEAL 
AND WE WILL NOT 
ACCEPT IT AND WE 
WILL NOT STAND 
FOR IT.
,
WHY IS NOBODY 
TIRED? 
WHY ISDY EVERYBODY 
NOT TIRED? 
NOT TIRED? ,
>> TRYING TO GET 
THE COMMUNITY TO 
RECOGNIZE ONE IS 
NOT OKAY AND WE 
DEFINITELY NEED 
TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE WORKING ON.
>> THERE IS A 
SHIFT RIGHT NOW 
FOR GOOD REASON. 
SOCIETIES IN 
KNOWLEDGE AND 
THE FACT THAT WE 
HAVE TO DO 
THINGS IN WAYS 
THAT ARE NOT 
EFFECTIVE SO ALL 
THE OBLIGATION 
RIGHT NOW IS TO 
FOCUS ON PUTTING 
PEOPLE FIRST, 
PEOPLE DO FOR 
POSSESSION AND 
THINGS. 
 
>>> HEY, %
EVERYONE.
>>> LET'S GO TO 
SAVANNAH SELLER 
SHE IS GOING THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FOR US. 
YOUR THE PICTURE 
OF SUMMER TODAY.
>> I'M IN THIS 
HEAT WAVE IN 
CALIFORNIA, THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
CONTINUES 
TONIGHT, 
FEATURING 
HEADLINERS LIKE 
THE SECRETARY OF 
STATE AND THE 
PRESIDENTS KIDS 
ERIC AND TIFFANY 
TRUMP. 
SOME VIEWERS 
QUESTION NIKKI 
HALEY IS 
SPEECHLESS MY 
CLAIMS THE U.S. 
IS NOT A RACIST 
COUNTRY WOULD 
LATER HER FAMILY 
EXPERIENCED 
DISCRIMINATION. 
SHE DESCENDED 
THOSE REMARKS 
EARLIER TODAY. 
DEFENDANT. 
>> WE GOT 
THROUGH THE 
SEGREGATION. 
WE HAD AN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
PRESIDENT, WE 
CAN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN FEMALE 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
WE ARE 
CONTINUING TO 
GET BETTER. 
WE ARE NOT A 
RACIST COUNTRY, 
DO WE HAVE 
RACISTS IN OUR 
COUNTRY THIS 
SUMMER GUESS BUT 
WE ARE A WORK IN 
PROGRESS.
>> AND A 
SIGNIFICANT 
UPDATE OUT OF 
WISCONSIN THE 
FATHER SON NOT 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN 
AND DOCTORS ARE 
NOT SURE IF HIS 
CONDITION IS 
PERMANENT. 
POLICE SHOT 
JACOB LIKE ON 
SUNDAY CAUSING 
WIDESPREAD 
AVERAGE. 
THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT BUT 
HAVE NOT 
PROVIDED OTHER 
DETAILS. 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE IS 
INVESTIGATING 
THE CASE AND THE 
OFFICERS 
INVOLVED WERE 
PLACED ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
LeBRON JAMES 
CONDEMNS THE 
SHOOTING AS MOST 
MORE PROTESTS 
BROKE OUT LAST 
NIGHT. 
%
HEAR. 
WE ARE SCARED 
AMERICA. %
BLACK MEN, BLACK %
WOMEN, BLACK %
KIDS, WE ARE %
TERRIFIED. %
>> MOVING ON TO 
THE CORONAVIRU
>>> STEPHEN ON 
IS NOW 
APOLOGIZING FOR 
EXAGGERATING THE 
BENEFITS OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA, THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
ISSUED AN 
EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION TO 
TREAT PATIENTS 
WITH PLASMA IN 
HOPES OF GIVING 
THEM ANTIBODIES. 
BUT HE CLAIMS 
PLASMA CAN 
INCREASE CHANCES 
OF SURVIVAL BY 
35% WHICH IS A 
MAJOR 
OVERSTATEMENT 
WITH THE SIGNS 
AVAILABLE SO 
FAR. 
THEY 
ACKNOWLEDGED A 
BACKLASH FROM 
THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY 
ADMITTING QUOTE 
THE CRITICISM IS 
ENTIRELY 
JUSTIFIED. 
HERE'S A 
REMINDER THAT 
NOBODY IS IMMUNE 
TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS EVEN 
IF THEY ARE THE 
WORLDS FASTEST 
RUNNER. 
USING BOLD SAYS 
HE RECENTLY 
TESTED POSITIVE 
AND IS NOW SELF 
ISOLATING AT HIS 
HOME. 
IT'S WORTH 
NOTING THAT HE 
CELEBRATED HIS 
34th LAST WEEK 
AT A PARTY. 
%
CELEBRATED HIS %
34th BIRTHDAY %
LAST WEEK AT A %
PARTY WITHOUT 
MASKS. %
>> I'M TRYING TO %
BE RESPONSIBLE, %
SO I'M GOING TO %
STAY IN. %
ALSO, I HAVE BEEN%
-- 
>>> AMERICAN 
AIRLINES SAYS 
THERE IS LESS 
THAN 19,000 JOBS 
IN OCTOBER WHEN 
RELIEF MONEY 
RUNS OUT. 
MULTIPLE 
LAWMAKERS HAVE 
FORCED THEM FOR 
ANOTHER AID 
PACKAGE BUT 
CONGRESS HAS YET 
TO AGREE ON A 
PLAN. 
JUST THE LATEST 
EXAMPLE OF HOW 
THE PANDEMIC HAS 
CRUSHED TRAVEL 
DEMAND AS A LOT 
OF US CANCEL 
MANY OF THOSE 
VACATION PLANS.>>
I DID NOT KNOW 
ABOUT IT, IT WAS 
FUNNY WHEN WE 
WERE WATCHING IT 
I SAID I KNOW 
THAT GUY IS MY 
FAVORITE RUNNER. 
IT PAYS TO PAY 
ATTENTION. 
YOU GO. 
RIGHT, ALISON? 
>> 100%. %
WE WILL SEE YOU %
IN ABOUT AN %
HOUR. %
THANKS, %
SAVANNAH. %
>> SOUNDS 
>>> CURRENT 
CAMARA GAINING 
STRENGTH, THE 
MAJOR THREAT IS 
TORRENTIAL RAIN, 
FURIOUS STORM 
SURGE AND HIGH 
WIND, WE ARE IN 
PORT ARTHUR 
TEXAS. 
WHAT'S IT LIKE 
RIGHT NOW WHERE 
YOU ARE, SEEMS 
LIKE IT MIGHT BE 
THE CALM BEFORE 
THE STORM. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
EXPECTING 
TONIGHT?
>> RIGHT NOW A 
MASS EVACUATION 
IS UNDERWAY, 
THIS ORDER WENT 
INTO A TEXT 
TODAY, WE JUST 
LEFT THE CIVIC 
CENTER WHERE 
HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE GATHERED 
TO BE LOADED 
ONTO SCHOOL 
BUSES AND BE 
TAKEN ABOUT 100 
MILES NORTH OF 
WHERE I'M 
STANDING. 
MEANWHILE WE 
HAVE A TEXAS 
INTERNATIONAL 
GUARD C-130 
RIGHT BEHIND ME 
AND IT HAS BEEN 
DEPLOYED HERE ON 
A RELIEF 
MISSION, IT 
BROUGHT MUCH-
NEEDED SUPPLIES.
>> THEIR FIRING 
UP PROPELLERS 
RIGHT NOW, WE 
MIGHT HAVE TO 
MOVE IN A SECOND 
BECAUSE IF THEY 
TURN THIS WAY IT 
WOULD LITERALLY 
BLOW ALL OF OUR 
GEAR AGAINST THE 
WALL THIS IS THE 
SCALE OF WHAT 
WERE SEEING HERE 
IN PORT ARTHUR. 
%
ARTHUR. %
ALISON?  %
>> OH, MY GOSH, %
MORGAN, IT IS %
UNBOOTABLE. %
ARE YOU OKAY %
THERE? %
DO WE NEED TO %
LET YOU 
>> I WILL SAY 
THAT MANDATORY 
EVACUATION 
ORDERS ARE BEING 
ISSUED ALTHOUGH 
IT OUT IS AND 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE WHAT IS 
REALLY SAYING IN 
PLACE UNTIL THE 
STORM HITS. 
PEOPLE HERE ARE 
VERY FAMILIAR 
WITH HOW 
POWERFUL THESE 
STORMS CAN BE, 
UNFORTUNATELY A 
LOT OF RESOURCES 
ARE ALREADY 
DEPLOYED. 
 
BLOW IT. %
ALISON? %
>> MORGAN, I'M %
GOING TO LET  STAYS%
SAFE. %
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. %
>>> LAURA IS %
PREDICTED BECOME 
A MAJOR 
HURRICANE BEFORE %
HITTING LANCE %
BRINGING A STORE %
SEARCH AND 
DAMAGING WIND. 
AL ROCHER %
JOINING ME NOW. %
I KNOW YOU JUST %
GOT AN UPDATE. %
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST? %
>> THE LATEST IS,%
>> IT STILL 
LOOKS LIKE THIS 
IS GOING TO BE A 
MAJOR JUST AS IT 
MAKES LANDFALL 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PHENOMENON WE 
CALL RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION. 
RIGHT NOW IT'S 
480 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF 
LOUISIANA AS A 
CATEGORY ONE 
STORM WITH 80 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 70 
MILES PER HOUR. 
WE TALK ABOUT 
RAPID 
INTENSIFICATION. 
RIGHT NOW 500 
MILES OF WATER 
TO TRAVERSE, THE 
WARM WATER IS 
THE FUEL FOR THE 
ENGINE. 
AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE 86 
DEGREES, YOU 
NEED TO HAVE THE 
MAXIMUM WIND 
INCREASED BY 35 
MILES PER HOUR 
AND 24 HOURS WE 
EXPECT THAT TO 
HAPPEN. 
BY WEDNESDAY THE 
WIND AND RAIN 
WILL INCREASE 
FROM DALLAS AND 
ALL THE WAY TO 
NEW ORLEANS AND 
FURTHER EAST, IT 
WILL INTENSIFY 
AS IT APPROACHES 
LAND. 
JUST AS IT MAKES 
LANDFALL EARLY 
THURSDAY MORNING 
AT AROUND A 
CATEGORY THREE 
STORM. 
DANGEROUS WIND 
GUSTS AND STORM 
SURGE, WE TALK 
ABOUT THAT. 
ARE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO MOVE 
UPWARD AS A 
CATEGORY ONE 
STORM INTO 
ARKANSAS CAN'T 
RULE OUT 
RAINFALLS DURING 
THE DAY ON 
THURSDAY. 
DISRUPTIVE WIND 
IT IS A CORRIDOR 
THAT WILL CAUSE 
WIND DAMAGE 
POWER OUTAGES 
AND A REAL MESS. 
ALSO TALKING 
ABOUT THE STORM 
SURGE HERE'S WHY 
WE USE LOSS OF 
LIFE, THAT 
FORECAST 
ANYWHERE FROM 
GALVESTON EAST 
69 FEET TO GET 
INTO THE WESTERN 
GULF COAST OF 
LOUISIANA. 
19 TO 13 FEET OF 
STORM SURGE, 
WHAT HAPPENS IS 
ON TOP OF NORMAL 
TIDES THE WIND 
PILES OF THAT 
WATER AND THAT'S 
THE DEADLIEST 
HURRICANE 
THREAT. 
%
AS THE WIND 
PUSHES IN THE %
RAIN. 
SOMETIMES FOR 
MILES INLAND WE %
WILL WATCH FOR %
THAT STORM %
SURGE. 
ALSO RAINFALL %
AND THAT IS THE %
PROBLEM. 
SOME AREAS 12 %
INCHES OF RAIN %
NOTCHES ALONG %
THE COAST BUT %
INLAND INTO %
LITTLE ROCK AND %
POINTS FARTHER %
NORTH WITH MINOR 
TO MODERATE 
RIVER FLOODING. 
RIGHT NOW WE'VE %
GOT HURRICANE %
WARNINGS IN %
GALVESTON AND 
LAKE CHARLES AND 
LOUISIANA. %
CURRENTLY 
TROPICAL STORM 
RUNNING ALONG %
THE LOUISIANA %
COASTLINE AND %
ALSO THE TEXAS %
COASTLINE AS %
WELL. %
FURTHER NORTH WE %
HAVE TROPICAL 
STORM WATCHES %
WITH THIS SYSTEM.%
A DANGEROUS %
STORM. 
WHETHER IT IS A %
CATEGORY 1 FOR 2 
>> WHETHER IT'S 
A CATEGORY 2 OR 
WEEK CATEGORY 
THREE THIS IS A 
VERY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION RIGHT 
NOW THE CONE OF 
UNCERTAINTY IS 
ABOUT 100 MILES 
ON EITHER SIDE 
OF THE LINE 
FORECAST TO MAKE 
LANDFALL BY 
THURSDAY MORNING 
SOMEWHERE ALONG 
THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA COAST 
BUT AGAIN THAT 
COULD BE A 
LITTLE FURTHER 
TO THE WEST. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT NEW 
ORLEANS FOR THE 
FIELD SO WE ARE 
GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO 
TRACK IT AND 
BRING YOU THE 
LATEST.>> SOUNDS 
LIKE A SERIOUS 
STORM AND WE 
KNOW YOU WILL 
STAY WITH AND WE 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
%
BE TALKING TO %
YOU TH
>>> THE FIRST 
LADY FROM A 
NEWLY RENOVATED 
ROSE GARDEN 
LOCATION DRAWING 
CRITICISM MONICA 
JOINING ME NOW 
FROM THE 
AUDITORIUM IN 
WASHINGTON 
THAT'S WHERE THE 
STAGES. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE ISSUES WITH 
HOSTING THE 
EVENT FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
HOW THE TEAM IS 
RESPONDING TO 
THE CRITIQUE 
HERE.>> TONIGHT 
WILL BE THE 
FIRST EXTENDED 
PREVIEW OF WHAT 
HAPPENED WHEN 
YOU BLUR THE 
LINES BETWEEN A 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN AND 
OFFICIAL WHITE 
HOUSE BUSINESS 
WITH THE FIRST 
LADY DELIVERING 
THAT ADDRESS 
FROM THE ROSE 
GARDEN AND OF 
COURSE SHE COULD 
HAVE CHOSEN 
TOMORROW NIGHT 
FOR EXAMPLE THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
WILL BE SPEAKING 
FROM FORT 
McHENRY BUT SHE 
AND HER TEAM 
DECIDED TO SPEAK 
IN THE ROSE 
GARDEN, THIS 
WILL BE ONE OF 
HER LONGER 
SPEECHES SHE HAS 
EVER GIVEN IN 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS THERE ARE 
ONLY ABOUT A 
HANDFUL OF TIMES 
SHE HAS MADE 
EXTENDED REMARKS 
AND THAT'S GOING 
TO BE 
SIGNIFICANT 
BECAUSE WE ALL 
REMEMBER WHEN 
SHE GAVE THE 
SPEECH IN 
CLEVELAND, 
SECTIONS OF HER 
REMARKS WERE 
APPARENTLY 
PLAGIARIZED FROM 
A SPEECH THE 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY DELIVERED 
YEARS EARLIER 
BUT THE FIRST 
LADY CHIEF OF 
STAFF WAS ON HER 
SHOW EARLIER 
TODAY AND POSE 
ALL THESE 
QUESTIONS TO HER 
AND SPECIFICALLY 
WHAT AND TONE 
THE FIRST LADY 
WAS STRIKING. 
%
HOME. %
THIS IS THEIR %
>> WITH COVID-19 
RIGHT NOW IT'S 
DIFFICULT TO 
SAVE WE GET OUT 
THERE AND TRAVEL 
IT WAS VERY COST-
EFFICIENT BUT 
AGAIN THIS IS 
THEIR HOME.>> 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF ETHICAL 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
WHY THEY ARE 
USING THE WHITE 
HOUSE AS A 
BACKDROP NOT 
JUST TONIGHT BUT 
ALSO ON THURSDAY 
ON THE PRESIDENT 
SPEAKS FROM THE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
THE RENOVATION 
WAS DONE WITH 
PRIVATE FUNDS 
BUT THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAS GIVEN 
US A LIST OF HOW 
THE FUNDS WERE 
SOLICITED, 
DISTRIBUTED OR 
USED AND WE CAN 
POINT OUT THE 
TIMELINE OF ALL 
THIS. 
THE FIRST LADY 
ANNOUNCED SHE 
WAS RENOVATING 
THE ROSE GARDEN 
AFTER THE 
CONVENTION HAD 
BEEN SCRAPPED 
AND THEY WERE 
LOOKING FOR A 
NEW LOCATION SO 
THEY WERE ALSO 
ASKED WHY 
SPECIFICALLY AND 
YOU HEARD THERE 
SHE WANTS TO 
HIGHLIGHT THE 
WORK SHE HAS 
DONE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
INCLUDING THIS 
PROJECT AND 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
HEAR A LOT ON 
THAT TONIGHT. 
THE FIRST LADY 
WILL BE SPEAKING 
TO AN AUDIENCE 
MORE THAN 50 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
IN THE ROSE 
GARDEN THAT HAVE 
BEEN TESTED 
PREVIOUSLY, YOU 
HAVE TO IF 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
BE AROUND THE 
PRESIDENT, THE 
FIRST LADY OR 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, IF 
YOU ENTER WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS 
THAT IS JUST THE 
NORMAL 
PROCEEDINGS BUT 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE HAVING FAMILY 
AND FRIENDS 
SOMEWHERE NOT 
SURE WHO'S ON 
THE GUEST LIST, 
WE ARE LOOKING 
FOR THAT 
INFORMATION AS 
WELL IT WILL BE 
VERY TELLING TO 
SEE HOW MANY 
PEOPLE ARE 
GATHERED AND WHY 
THEY FELT IT WAS 
NECESSARY TO 
HAVE AN AUDIENCE 
FOR EVENTS LIKE 
THIS IN SUCH 
CONTRAST TO WHAT 
THE DEMOCRATS 
DID LAST YEAR 
WAS WAS 
PURPOSELY NOT 
HAVE PEOPLE 
GATHERING IN THE 
AGE OF THE 
PANDEMIC BUT THE 
CROWD IS MUCH 
SMALLER THAN 
LATER IN THE 
WEEK WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT MIGHT 
HAVE MORE THAN 
1000 PEOPLE 
GATHERED ON THE 
CELL PHONE OR 
HIS REMARKS THE 
CLOSE OF THE 
CONVENTION. 
DEMOCRATS DID %
LAST WEEK. %
NOT TO HAVE %
PEOPLE GATHERING 
IN THE AGE OF %
>>> THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE WILL BE 
TALKING FROM 
JERUSALEM. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE CONTROVERSY 
THERE MAKING A 
SPEECH FROM 
OVERSEAS.>> NOT 
ONLY IS IT 
COMPLETELY 
UNUSUAL TO HAVE 
A SECRETARY OF 
STATE APPEAR AT 
A POLITICAL 
CONVENTION YOU 
EVEN HAVE FORMER 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE YOU ARE 
NOT SURE WHETHER 
THEY WANTED TO 
PARTICIPATE BUT 
FOR A SITTING 
ONE IT'S A 
HIGHLY 
UNPRECEDENTED 
MOVE, THEN YOU 
HAVE TO 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE ON A TRIP 
TO THE MIDDLE 
EAST TAKING WHAT 
WE EXPECT TO BE 
HIS REMARKS, WE 
HAVE HEARD FROM 
DIPLOMATS SIMPLY 
OUTRAGED BY THIS 
BECAUSE YOU'RE 
NEVER SUPPOSED 
TO MIX THESE TWO 
THINGS BUT WE 
HAVE SEEN THIS 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
REPEATEDLY BLUR 
THOSE ETHICAL 
LINES THERE ARE 
A LOT OF 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE RESEARCH 
THAT WENT INTO 
THIS, THE MONEY 
THAT OBVIOUSLY 
TAXPAYERS PAY IN 
ORDER FOR THE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE TO FLY 
ACROSS THE 
WORLD. 
STATE DEPARTMENT 
ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING 
NONE OF THAT 
MONEY WILL BE 
USED FOR THIS 
SPECIFIC APPEAL 
BUT WHEN YOU 
TALK ABOUT 
GETTING THERE 
AND EVERYTHING 
THAT GOES INTO 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS IT IS 
RAISING A LOT OF 
ETHICAL LESSONS. 
THOSE ARE THE 
MAIN SPEAKERS 
TONIGHT BUT OF 
COURSE THE 
CONTENT WILL BE 
LEGAL. 
%
TWO MAIN %
SPEAKERS %
TOMORROW. %
THE CONTENT WILL %
BE CRITICAL. %
BUT ALSO, %
BACKDROP AND A %
LOCATION. %
THE STORY LINES %
THEMSELVES FOR %
TONIGHT, ALISON. 
>> MONICA, %
ANYTHING ELSE %
YOU WILL BE %
WATCHING FOR %
TONIGHT THAT OUR %
VIEWERS SHOULD %
KEEP AN EYE OUT %
FOR? %
I KNOW THOSE ARE %
THE TWO BIG %
SPEECHES. %
>> ABSOLUTELY. %
I THINK YOU SAW %
LAST NIGHT THE %
TRUMP CAMPAIGN %
WOULD ARGUE WITH %
AN EFFECTIVE 
STRATEGY FOR
>> YOU SAW LAST 
NIGHT THE 
McCLOSKEY A 
COUPLE IN ST. 
LOUIS THAT HAD 
GUNS WHEN THEY 
CONFRONTED 
LIKEWISE MINOR 
PROTESTERS 
TONIGHT YOU'RE 
GOING TO HEAR 
FROM NICHOLAS 
SENTIMENT WAS 
THAT STUDENT WHO 
GRADUATED FROM 
COVINGTON IT WAS 
THE CENTER OF 
THAT 
CONTROVERSIAL 
CONFRONTATION 
REALLY AS THE 
LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
GOING TO HEAR 
FROM PEOPLE LIKE 
THAT AND LOOKING 
AHEAD TO 
TOMORROW WE HAVE 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENTS 
SPEECH AT FORT 
McHENRY SO THE 
OVERARCHING 
THEME YOU CAN 
EXPECT A LITTLE 
BIT MORE ON 
CANCEL CULTURE 
WE ARE TOLD THAT 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
STANDS OUT IS 
THE CAMPAIGN AND 
REPUBLICAN 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
SAID THIS WILL 
BE OPTIMISTIC, 
THESE. 
CERTAINLY THERE 
WERE VERY DARK 
AND DIVISIVE 
WORDS COMING 
FROM SOME OF THE 
SPEAKERS, I 
THINK TONIGHT WE 
MIGHT SEE THAT 
ON TWO DIFFERENT 
LEVELS, YOU 
MIGHT HAVE THE 
MORE HIGH-
RANKING 
OFFICIALS NOT 
GOING THERE BUT 
OTHER PEOPLE 
CERTAINLY WILL 
SO EXPECT THAT 
FOR THE REST OF 
THE WEEK.>> IT 
WOULD BE HARD-
PRESSED TO SAY 
THAT LAST NIGHT 
WAS A FEEL-GOOD 
CONVENTION. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
SENTIMENT THERE 
IS TONIGHT AND I 
KNOW YOU WILL 
ALL BE THERE. 
%
WE WILL SEE WHAT %
KIND OF %
SENTIMENT THERE %
IS TONIGHT AND I %
KNOW YOU ALSO %
WILL BE THERE %
AND WILL BE %
WATCHING. %
MONICA ALBA, OF %
COURSE, WE WILL %
BE TALKING WITH %
YOU THROUGHOUT %
THE WEEK. %
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL %
COVERAGE OF THE %
TWO OF THE %
REPUBLICAN %
NATIONAL %
CONVENTION %
STARTS TONIGHT %
AT A CLOCK PM %
EASTERN WITH %
CHUCK TODD. %
THAT. %
PRIME-TIME %
SPECIAL AT 
>>>  PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
TARGETING 
SUBURBAN WOMEN 
THROUGH THE LENS 
WILL VOTE FOR 
HIM  BUT WILL 
THEY? 
WE ARE IN UNION 
COUNTY NORTH 
CAROLINA WHERE 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING WITH 
SUBURBAN WOMEN. 
COUNTY VOTED 
10.7 CRADDICK IN 
THE 2019 
CONGRESSIONAL 
ELECTION SO HERE 
WE ARE IN 2020 
HOW DO SUBURBAN 
WOMEN THERE FEEL 
LIKE ABOUT 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP RIGHT NOW  
IS SOMEONE>> 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
WANTED TO FIND 
OUT. 
WE CAME BECAUSE 
WE WANTED TO SEE 
HOW MUCH OF HIS 
BASE WILL HE 
HOLD WE KNOW HE 
HAS NO HOPE OF 
WINNING A STATE 
LIKE NORTH 
CAROLINA WITHOUT 
HOLDING THAT 
BASE SO WE SET 
UP WITH THREE 
REPUBLICAN WOMEN 
AND ONE DEMOCRAT 
TO GET THEIR 
TAKE.
>> HOW DO YOU 
FEEL ABOUT HIS 
CHANCES OF 
GETTING 
REELECTED? 
POSTED IS THAT 
HE'S WAY DOWN 
BUT YOU'RE 
LAUGHING>> I 
DON'T BELIEVE 
THE POLLS, THEY 
WERE WAY DOWN 
FOR HIM FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
THINGS HAVE 
CHANGED A LOT 
SINCE THEN. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THERE'S MORE 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
BIDEN THAN THERE 
WAS FOR HILLARY? 
>> YES.>> 
ENTHUSIASM IS 
SOMETHING WE 
HEAR FROM 
REPUBLICANS AND 
THEN ADDRESS. 
THEN ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE 
THAT IS UNLIKELY 
ALSO HAS A GET 
SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE MAYBE 
FELT LIKE HE 
COULDN'T WIN 
LAST TIME AND 
GET THEM OUT. 
IT IS GOING TO 
BE A FIGHT IN 
PLACES LIKE 
THIS.>> ALSO 
ABOUT HIS 
MESSAGING ON 
RACE IN AMERICA 
WEST IT IS ABOUT 
THE DUE THERE 
CAN BE MORE 
DIFFERENT IN 
SIDES OF THIS 
ISSUE THIS IS 
THE HIGHLY 
CONTENTIOUS ONE, 
YESTERDAY WHEN 
HE CAME INTO 
TOWN FOR THE 
FIRST DAY OF THE 
CONVENTION HE 
TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT THIS. 
THERE ARE 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
TRULY BELIEVE 
THAT SHE SEES 
THE STORY THEY 
SEE THIS WHICH 
IS THAT THEY 
HAVE BEEN PUT 
UPON THE 
DEMOCRATS SEE 
THEM OUT SOMEHOW 
BAD BECAUSE OF 
THE CONTENTIOUS 
CONVERSATIONS, 
LET ME PLAY JUST 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
WHAT WAS SAID. 
>> WE ARE SADLY 
-- AND SO I THINK%
WHERE WHITE %
AMERICA FEELS 
FRUSTRATED MAKES 
THE VOTES FOR %
TRUMP'S IT IS 
BACK FROM. %
>> HE WANTS TO %
IN-STATE THE 
UNITED STATES 
BACK TO WHERE IT %
SHOULD BE. %
I DON'T KNOW 
WHICH AMERICA 
YOU WERE %
SPEAKING. %
IS IT 20 YEARS %
AGO? %
IS IT 10 YEARS %
AGO? %
IS IT 1940s? %
1960s? %
1950s? 
>> WE DO NOT 
WANT TO GO BACK 
TO THAT HOWEVER 
GOING BACK TO MY 
COUNTRY THAT 
BELIEVES IN THE 
DEMOCRACY THAT 
IS THE COUNTRY 
THAT WE WANT TO 
SEE.
>> THE NAACP HAS 
GOTTEN INVOLVED, 
THEY WANT IT 
TAKEN DOWN THIS 
IS ALL ABOUT 
HISTORY THEY 
THINK THESE 
CONVERSATIONS 
ARE ABOUT THAT 
BUT AT LEAST 
SOME OF THESE 
WOMEN'S THEY 
WANTS TO GET 
TOGETHER AGAIN 
AND HAVE THESE 
KINDS OF 
CONVERSATIONS. 
%
AGAIN AND THEY %
WANT TO CONTINUE %
TO HAVE THESE %
KINDS OF %
CONVERSATIONS, %
ALISON.  %
>> I HAVE TO SQ
>> I HAVE TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT MAIL-
IN VOTING IT HAS 
BEEN A HOT TOPIC 
HOW DO THE WOMEN 
FEEL ABOUT 
THAT?>>  AGAIN 
COMPLETELY 
SPLIT, PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
TRIED TO  SAY 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE 
FRAUD WITHOUT 
ANY PAUSE WILL 
BACKUPS FOR 
THAT. 
SO WE HAD TO ASK 
THE QUESTION, IS 
AND THAT HAS 
BEEN RAISED HERE 
IN PREVIOUS 
ELECTIONS, 
HERE'S WHAT THEY 
SAID ABOUT THAT.
>> I BELIEVE 
EVERYBODY SHOULD 
VOTE IN PERSON 
ON ELECTION DAY, 
I'M NOT REAL 
CRAZY ABOUT 
EARLY VOTING. 
>> THERE'S NEVER 
BEEN A STUDY 
THAT SUGGESTED 
OR HAS PROVEN 
THAT THERE IS A 
LACK OF 
INTEGRITY WITH 
MAIL-IN VOTING. 
>> I BELIEVE 
THAT YOU
