 
WE SPEAK? 
>>> YOU KNOW, 
FRANK, THIS IS A 
DEVASTATING 
SITUATION. 
RIGHT NOW ON OUR 
CURRENT RADAR, 
LAKE CHARLES IS 
GOING THROUGH 
THE EYE OF THE 
STORM. 
WE SAW SUSTAINED 
WINDS GUST UP TO 
A HUNDRED MILES 
PER HOUR IN THE 
LAST 30 MINUTES 
IN THE AREA. 
THE CALMING 
EFFECTS ARE 
STARTING TO 
HAPPEN. 
WE HAD THE 
LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA AND 
THEY'RE ABOUT TO 
GO THROUGH THE 
BACK SIDE,  THE 
SECOND EYE WALL 
OF THE STORM 
SYSTEM SO 
ANOTHER ROUND 
WILL BE HITTING 
THAT AREA. 
THE TORNADO 
THREAT THAT IS 
GOING TO BE HUGE 
FOR THE NEXT TWO 
HOURS. 
YOU REQUEST 
START TO SEE A 
BAND THAT'S 
GOING TO FORM 
ACROSS LAKE 
CHARLES ALONG 
WITH THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THAT IS THE NEXT 
FACTOR AND THE 
DEADLIEST PART 
OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
WE'RE SEEING 
RIVER LEVELS UP 
TO NINE FEET IN 
SOME AREAS W.THE 
BACK SIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM STARTING 
TO ROAR IN WE'LL 
SEE HISTORIC 
STORM SURGE AND 
FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA AND 
PORTIONS OF 
LOUISIANA. 
THE FORECAST IS 
CALLING FOR 15 
TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A 
STORM SURGE 
WHERE WE'RE JUST 
GOING TO SEE 
BUILDINGS 
FLOODED. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
RIP OFF 
FOUNDATIONS IN 
THIS AREA. 
THIS WILL BE 
CATASTROPHIC AND 
STORM SURGE IS 
GOING TO MAKE IT 
WAY INLAND UP TO 
30 MILES. 
WE'RE WATCHING 
THIS VERY 
CLOSELY AS THE 
WARNINGS AND 
ADVISORIES 
CONTINUE TO BE 
IN PLACE. 
LAURA IS STALE 
CAT 4 HURRICANE 
RIGHT NOW. 
YOU'D EXPECT IT 
TO SHRED APART, 
BUT IT JUST HAS 
NOT. 
IT HAS BEEN 
STABLE IN THE 
LAST HOUR OR SO. 
AS WE GO UP THE 
COAST, THIS IS 
ACTUALLY JUST 
THE BEGINNING OF 
THE STORM. 
AS IT MAKES IT 
WAY NORTH IT'S 
STILL A CAT 2 
HURRICANE. 
>> VANESSA, 
YEAH,  THE EYE 
HAS MADE 
LANDFALL AND 
LIKE WE'VE BEEN 
SEEING FLOODING  
. WE'LL BE 
CHECKING BACK 
IN. 
IN TEXAS 
GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT ISSUED A 
STRONG WARNING 
THAT RESCUES 
WILL NOT BEGIN 
UNTIL LATER THIS 
MORNING. 
WE HAVE CHUCK, A 
RETIRED 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT. 
THE GOVERNOR OF 
TEXAS PUT THE 
RESCUES ON HOLD 
UNTIL 9:00 A.M.. 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK OF THAT 
DECISION ST. 
PETERSBERG. 
>> IT REMINDS ME 
OF HURRICANE 
ANDREW WHEN WE 
HAD ABOUT 500 
CALLS AND 
HOLDING AFTER 
THE STORM 
PASSED. 
THEY'LL BE 
SELECTIVE ON 
WHAT THEY SEND 
OUT. 
POWER LINES DOWN 
WILL BE MAJOR 
CALLS. 
>> THE HURRICANE 
MADE LANDFALL IN 
THE DEAD OF 
NIGHT THERE. 
ARE LIKELY 
PEOPLE IN NEED 
OF RESCUES 
BEFORE THEY 
START SENDING 
PEOPLE OUT AT 
9:00 A.M.. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PEOPLE DO IF 
THEY ARE IN NEED 
OF HELP RIGHT 
NOW? 
>> HOPEFULLY 
THEY PREPARED 
AND RIGHT NOW 
THERE IS NOT 
MUCH THEY CAN DO 
OTHER THAN BASIC 
FIRST AID. 
ANYBODY WHO IS 
IN A MAJOR 
MEDICAL CRISIS 
RIGHT NOW WITH 
WINDS 
POTENTIALLY 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES PER 
HOUR, THERE WILL 
BE NO HELP THERE 
FOR QUITE A 
WHILE UNTIL THE 
FIRST RESPONDER 
KSDK.COM GET OUT 
THERE. 
>> CAN YOU TALK 
TO ME ABOUT 
THIS, IT'S ONE 
THING TO HAVE 
HURRICANE SEASON 
AND PREPARE FOR 
THIS, BUT 
ANOTHER THING 
FOR PEOPLE TO 
EVACUATE AND BE 
IN SHELTERS 
DURING PANDEMIC. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
THOUGHTS AS FAR 
AS PEOPLE RIDING 
THIS OUT AND 
PEOPLE IN THE 
SHELTERS AND 
JUST OVERALL THE 
FEELING OF 
HAVING TO DEAL 
WITH A HURRICANE 
OF THIS 
MAGNITUDE DURING 
THIS TIME? 
>> WELL,  THE 
VIRUS CERTAINLY 
MAKES IT MORE 
DIFFICULT TO 
HANDLE THE 
SHELTERING AND 
THE SPACING THAT 
IS REQUIRED. 
I'M HOPING 
PEOPLE DIDN'T 
USE THAT AS AN 
EXCUSE TO NOT GO 
TO
CONGREGATE  
SHELTERS. 
THIS IS A 
POTENTIAL 
CATASTROPHIC 
HURRICANE TO THE 
BUILDINGS AND 
PEOPLE WHO WERE 
NEAR WALLS OR 
TREES FALLING, I 
HOPE THEY GOT 
OUT. 
>> LIKE SHE 
SAID, WITH THE 
PANDEMIC AND THE 
SPACING, WHEN 
YOU'RE FACING 
IMMEDIATE THREAT 
AND TRYING TO 
SAVE LIVES, THAT 
TAKES PRECEDENT. 
CHUCK LANZA, 
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US THIS 
MORNING. 
>> NOW TO THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
DEPARTMENT WHO 
OPENED AN 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JOSHUA MAKE. 
THEY SAY A KNIFE 
WAS FOUND ON THE 
SCENE BUT WOULD 
NOT SAY IF MAKE 
WAS CARRYING IT. 
THE OFFICER WHO 
FIRED ALL SEVEN 
SHOTS WAS 
IDENTIFIED. 
A TEENAGER HAS 
BEEN ARRESTED 
AFTER TWO WERE 
KILLED AND 
ANOTHER INJURED 
DURING THE 
ESCALATED 
PROTEST IN 
KENOSHA. 
>> LOOKS LIKE 
WE'RE HAVING 
TROUBLE RUNNING 
THAT STORY FOR 
YOU. 
MEANWHILE, OTHER 
BREAKING NEWS, 
THIS POLICE 
SHOOTING HAS LED 
TO PROTESTS OF 
SEVERAL 
PROFESSIONAL 
SPORTS TEAM, 
WNBA, NBA, MLB, 
AND THE NFL. 
THEY HAVE 
BOYCOTTED GAMES 
AND PRACTICES IN 
RESPONSE TO THE 
SHOOTINGS. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCS, THE FIRST 
TEAM TO ORGANIZE 
AND POSTPONE 
THEIR GAME ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
APLAYOFF GAME 
AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC 
AND THE LEAGUE 
HAD TO THEN 
POSTPONE THREE 
OTHER GAMES ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
THE 
DEMONSTRATION 
GARNERED PRAISE 
FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA WHO, ON 
TWITTER SAYS HE 
COMMEND IT WAS 
PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP FOR 
WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
THE LOS ANGELES 
LAKERS AND 
CLIPPERS VOTED 
TO BOYCOTT THE 
REST OF THE NBA 
SEASON. 
THE WNBA JOINED 
IN ON THE 
PROTEST AND THEY 
POSTPONED THEIR 
THREE GAMES 
SCHEDULED TO BE 
PLAYED ON 
WEDNESDAY. 
KEY PLAYERS TOOK 
A KNEE AND 
LOCKED ARMS 
WHILE THEY WORE 
SHIRTS THAT 
SPELLED OUT 
JACOB MAKE. 
THEY SAY WE HAVE 
TO SUPPORT OUR 
PLAYERS. 
MLB TEAMS SAT 
OUT GAMES AS 
WELL. 
THREE GAME WERE 
POSTPONED 
ENCONCLUDEING 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS WHO WERE 
HOSTING THE 
CINCINNATI REDS. 
ON THE NFL 
FRONT,  THE 
WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM, 
THEY CANCELED 
SCHEDULED 
PRACTICE TODAY 
COMING AS THE 
DETROIT LIONS 
CANCELED 
PRACTICE THIS 
WEEK. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
STORY RIGHT NOW 
IS HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
LET'S CHECK BACK 
IN WITH VANESSA 
WEBB. 
YEAH, YOU SEE WE 
DO HAVE AN 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING  IN 
PLACE FOR 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA AND 
THAT'S GOING TO 
LAST FOR ANOTHER 
HOUR. 
WHAT THAT MEANS 
IN THESE 
LOCATIONS, LAKE 
CHARLES, 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, YOU 
SHOULD BE IN 
YOUR SAFE PLACE. 
WE'RE SEEING 
ALMOST TORNADO 
ACTIVITY, WIND 
GUSTING IN LAKE 
CHARLES FOR 
ALMOST AN HOUR 
NOW, OVER A 
HUNDRED MILES A 
HUNDRED MILES 
MUZIO. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE TROPICAL 
STORM WIND GUSTS 
UP TO 60 MILES 
PER HOUR IN 
ARKANSAS AND 
THEN INTO THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY. 
WE'RE ALSO 
WATCHING THE 
FLOOD THREAT.  
THAT HAS NOTHING 
TO DO WITH STORM 
SURGE. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE THAT IN THE 
NEXT HOUR. 
ON TOP OF THAT 
YOU HAVE THE 
BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT 
ARE GOING TO 
PRODUCE AT LEAST 
THREE INCHES OF 
RAIN PER HOUR. 
SOME PORTIONS OF 
WESTERN TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COULD 
SEE OVER IS A 
INCHES OF RAIN 
IN THE NEXT 24 
TO 36 HOURS. 
LAKE CHARLES HAS 
LOST POWER AND 
THERE ARE OVER 
200,000 PEOPLE 
IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA 
WITHOUT POWER. 
LAKE CHARLES IS 
GOING TO GET A 
BREAK FINALLY. 
WHERE WE SAW THE 
LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, 
THEY'RE GETTING 
BACK SIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM. 
HERE IS A CLOSER 
LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD. 
>> WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO 
WATCH THE 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING THAT'S 
GOING TO BE IN 
PLACE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR. 
OUR TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH ARE 
HOVERING  IN THE 
90s AND THAT'S 
GOING TO FUEL 
THE STORM SYSTEM 
AND PRODUCE 
MOISTURE FOR 
SHREVEPORT AND 
NEW ORLEANS. 
>> I'LL SHOW YOU 
MORE IMPACTS 
COMING UP. 
>> NOW TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WHO WILL 
FORMALLY ACCEPT 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINATION 
TONIGHT. 
ONE WROTE ABOUT 
THE SERIOUSNESS 
OF HURRICANE 
LAURA IN HIS 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT. 
HERE IS ALICE 
BARR. 
>> Reporter: IN 
A SETTING RICH 
WITH ATROT TICK 
SYMBOLISM, VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
NIGHT THREE OF 
IT WAS 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF 
THE VERY BAT 
THAT INSPIREED 
THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE 
INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROS IN 
EVERY GENERATION 
SENT. 
>> [ SINGING ] 
>> Reporter: A 
SALUTE TO THE 
BRAVE HONORING 
FRONTLINE 
WORKERS AND 
MILITARY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
JOINING THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
FRAMING THIS 
ELECTION AS A 
FIGHT FOR OUR 
COUNTRY'S 
FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE 
ADDRESSES 
FOCUSING ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY ZEROING IN 
ON SECURITY AT 
HOME WITH A 
MESSAGE AS 
PROTESTS RAMP UP 
AGAIN AFTER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OH OF A BLACKMAN 
IN WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT-RUN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOB. 
>> Reporter: 
SPEAKERS WARNING 
OF AMERICA'S 
FUTURE UNDER A 
JOE BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> AN AMERICA 
WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, 
JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED AND 
TAXES CRUSH THE 
MIDDLE CLASS. 
>> Reporter: 
APPEALING 
DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I'VE SEEN IT 
FIRST HAND 
N.AMERICA IT HAS 
NO RESEMBLANCE 
TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS 
MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AS THE MAN TO 
LEAD THE LAND OF 
THE FREE. 
ALICE BARR, NBC 
NEWS. 
>> DR. FAUCI 
SAYS HE HAS 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE TRUMP'S 
ADMINISTRATION 
TO THE CHANGES 
OF THE GUIDE 
LANCE OF COVID-
19 TESTING. 
IT STATES 
HEALTHY PEOPLE 
EXPOSED DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST AS LONG 
AS THEY DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE WAS 
MADE LAST WEEK 
WHEN DR. FAUCI 
WAS UNDERGOING 
SURGERY. 
HE RECALLED 
QUICKLY 
REVIEWING THE 
GUIDELINE, BUT 
AFTER REVIEWING 
THEM HE HAS 
CONCERNED THEY 
COULD BE 
INTERPRETED AS 
THE LESSENING OF 
THE IMPORTANCE 
OF THE SPREAD OF 
IT WAS VIRUS IN 
THE COMMUNITY. 
>> BRENDAN 
TARRANT WAS 
SENTENCED  TO 
LIFE IN PRISON. 
SURVIVORS OF 
RELATIVES 
PROVIDED 
STATEMENTS IN 
COURT. 
>> AN AMAZON 
DRIVER IS NO 
LONGER WITH THE 
COMPANY AFTER HE 
WAS SEEN 
STRIKING A MAN 
IN THE FACE WITH 
A PHONE IN 
MIAMI. 
HE ARGUED WITH 
THE GUY ABOUT 
COMING BY 
WITHOUT A MASK 
ON. 
>> THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN 
LIVING AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
NASA ANNOUNCED 
THIS FOR NEXT 
YEAR. 
>> ABOUT 700 
WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING 
THROUGHOUT 
CALIFORNIA 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST UPDATE 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR. 
MORE THAN 1.3 
MILLION ACRES 
HAVE BURNED. 
ALMOST FOUR 
THOUSAND PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED AND AT 
LEAST 700 PEOPLE 
HAVE DIED. 
THEY'VE BEEN 
SPARKED BY AT 
LEAST 1300 
LIGHTNING 
STRIKES. 
>> A SAILOR WAS 
IDENTIFIED AS A 
POSSIBLE SUSPECT 
FOR ARENA FIRE 
THAT ERUPTED ON 
A SHIP. 
THE MASSIVE 
PLACE IS 
BELIEVED TO BE 
INTENTIONALLY 
SET. 
IT IS CONFIRMED 
THAT 
INVESTIGATORS 
SUSPECT ARSON 
BUT THEY SAID 
THE 
INVESTIGATION IS 
ONGOING AND NOT 
DETERMINED IF 
THE SAILOR IS A 
SUSPECT.  
THE FIRE BROKE 
OUT ON JULY 12th 
WITH ABOUT 160 
CRUZE MEMBERS 
ONBOARD. 
11 OF THE 14 
DECKS WERE 
DESTROYED IN THE 
FIRE. 
>> OVER ONE 
CENTURY AFTER 
THE RATIFICATION 
OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT AND ON 
WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY ASTATUE 
HONORING THEM IS 
UNVEILED IN 
CENTRAL PARK.  
THE PARK'S FIRST 
STATUE FEATURING 
THREE WOMEN WHO 
WERE KEY MEMBERS 
OF THE MOVEMENT 
AND ARE NATIVE 
NEW YORKERS. 
>> HOPEFULLY 
THEY'LL STOP, 
ASK AND LEARN. 
>> FOR NOW WE 
CAN STOP BY AND 
ENJOY IT. 
>> BREAKING THIS 
MORNING, WE'RE 
FOLLOWING 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS IT SWEEPS 
ACROSS THE GULF 
PACKING 150-MILE 
PER HOUR WIND, 
BATTERING 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS IN THE 
DEAD OF THE 
NIGHT. 
JAY GRAY IS IN 
LOUISIANA IN THE 
THICK OF IT. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S REALLY 
INTENSIFYING 
HERE. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
WORST OF WHAT 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE HERE THIS 
MORNING AS LAURA 
MAKES HER WAY 
TOWARD LAKE 
CHARLES. 
THE LEADING EDGE 
OF LAURA 
BATTERING THE 
GULF COAST WITH 
THE WORST STILL 
ON THE WAY. 
>> WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGES. 
>> Reporter: 
FROM A CATEGORY 
4 MAJOR 
HURRICANE WITH 
WINDS OVER ONE 
HUNDRED MILES 
PER HOUR AND 
MORE THAN A FOOT 
OF RAIN AND WHAT 
THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLS AN 
UNSURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
AT THREE FEET IT 
CAN BE LIFE 
THREATENING. 
AT SIX FEET THE 
WAVES CAN SMASH 
THROUGH WINDOWS 
AND DOORS AND 
NINE FEET CAN 
SWALLOW ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
HURRICANE 
LAURA'S STORM 
SURGE COULD BE 
UP TO 20 FEET. 
IT'S DIFFICULT 
FOR MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
ARE LAURA WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
WREAK HAVOC 
PUSHING INLAND. 
WE COULD HAVE 
THE WIND GUSTS 
UP TO SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS. 
WE EXPECT MANY 
TO BE WITHOUT 
POWER AND WE 
EXPECT RAINFALL 
AND FLOODING IN 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
>> Reporter: 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE SEVERE 
CONDITIONS 
THROUGH THE 
EARLY MORNING AS 
THIS THING 
PUSHES THROUGH 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA AND 
BEGINS TO MOVE. 
THAT'S THE 
LATEST HERE IN 
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA. 
FRANCES, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> JAY, THANK 
YOU. 
>> LET'S BRING 
JANESSA  BACK 
WITH US. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST? 
>>> YOU KNOW, 
YOU JUST SAW THE 
LIVE SHOT FROM 
JAY. 
HE'S RIGHT NOW 
GOING THROUGH 
THE EYE SO WE'RE 
GETTING SLIGHT 
BREAK.  
THE BACK SIDE OF 
THIS SYSTEM IS 
NOT TOO BAD. 
IT'S JUST 
ISOLATED 
SHOWERS. 
LOOK AT THIS 
TORNADO THREAT. 
IT IS SPARKING 
UP IN BATON 
ROUGE, 
LAFAYETTE, 
MORGAN CITY. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
START TO SEE 
ROTATION IN THAT 
AREA. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO SEE 
THE NORTHERN 
MOVEMENT OF THE 
STORM SYSTEM. 
NOW THE SECOND 
HALF,  THE STORM 
SURGE. 
WE'VE SEEN RIVER 
LEVELS UP TO 
NINE FEET.  
THE STORM HAS 
JUST BEGIN. 
WE COULD REACH 
UP TO 20 FEET 
SO, YOU KNOW, 
THESE AREAS, BY 
DAYBREAK, ARE 
GOING TO LOOK 
COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT. 
>> THERE ARE 
REASONS WHY THE 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CALLING IT 
UNSURVIVEABLE. 
>> CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE LAURA 
MAKING LANDFALL 
ALONG THE TEXAS 
AND LOUISIANA 
BORDER WITH 
MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
THIS AFTER THE 
NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED THE 
POTENTIAL STORM 
SURGE 
UNSURVIVABLE. 
>> GOOD THURSDAY 
MORNING. 
GOOD MORNING. 
BREAKING THIS 
MORNING, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA.  
THE CATEGORY 4 
STORM MAKING 
LANDFALL JUST A 
SHORT WHILE AGO. 
IT IS BRINGING 
WITH IT 
UNSURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE AND 
150 MILAN HOUR 
WINDS. 
THIS COULD BE 
DEVASTATING FOR 
CITIES ALONG THE 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
FROM BOSSIER 
CITY WE HAVE 
PRISCILLA 
THOMPSON. 
PRISCILLA, WHAT 
ARE THE 
CONDITIONS LIKE 
NOW. 
>> Reporter: 
FRANCES, 
PHILLIP, GOOD 
MORNING. 
WE'RE SEEING THE 
LIGHT RAINS AND 
WE'RE ABOUT 160 
MILES NORTH OF 
LAKE CHARLES SO 
WE'RE NOT SEEING 
THE SERIOUS 
IMPACTS JUST 
YET. 
WE EXPECT THAT 
TO BEGIN TO PICK 
UP IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS.  
THE BIGGEST 
CONCERNS ARE 
GOING TO BE THE 
VERY HIGH WINDS 
WITH PROJECTIONS 
FROM 40 TO 60 
MILES PER HOUR 
AND ALSO THE 
HEAVY, HEAVY 
RAIN. 
FOR CONTEXT THIS 
RIVER THAT YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME 
ACTUALLY 
SEPARATES 
BOSSIER CITY 
FROM SHREVEPORT 
AND BACK IN 2015 
IT FLOODED 
PRETTY BADLY 
HERE CAUSING AN 
INTERSTATE 
HIGHWAY TO SHUT 
DOWN AN A NUMBER 
OF HOMES TO BE 
IMPACTED. 
THOSE ARE SOME 
OF THE CONCERNS 
HERE AS WE WAIT 
FOR THE STORM TO 
MOVE IN. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS 
WE DON'T EXPECT 
THE STORM TO 
STAY HERE VERY 
LONG AND SORT OF 
LINGER SO ONCE 
IT BEGINS TO 
MOVE IN THE HOPE 
IS THAT IT WILL 
PASS THROUGH 
RATHER QUICKLY 
SO THE IMPACTS 
WON'T BE 
SUSTAINED IN 
THAT WAY. 
WE'LL BE WAITING 
TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS IN THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. 
PHILLIP, 
FRANCES. 
>> Reporter: 
RESIDENTS THERE 
EVACUATING AND 
TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS? 
TALK TO US ABOUT 
HOW THE 
COMMUNITY IS 
TAKING THE 
PRECAUTIONS AND 
HEEDING THE 
WARNINGS. 
>> Reporter: SO 
SHREVEPORT HAS 
ACTUALLY BEEN 
ONE OF THE AREAS 
THAT FOLKS HAVE 
BEEN EVACUATED 
TO AND A LOT OF 
FOLKS ARE 
STAYING INSIDE 
AND NOT TAKING 
CHANCES. 
YOU'RE SEEING 
BUSINESSES THAT 
ARE CLOSING. 
OBVIOUSLY, 
THINGS ARE NOT 
GOING TO BE OPEN 
HERE AS THE 
STORM MOVES 
THROUGH. 
BY AROUND MIDDAY 
THEY EXPECT THIS 
TO WRAP-UP HERE 
AND IT'LL BE 
SORT OF COMING 
OUT AND 
SURVEYING WHAT 
HAS HAPPENED, 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH THE HIGH 
WINDS. 
WE COULD BE 
LOOKING AT TREES 
THAT ARE 
POSSIBLY DOWN, 
POWER LINES AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT 
AND POWER 
OUTAGES ARE A 
BIG CONCERN. 
THE OTHER THING 
HERE IS THERE IS 
ALWAYS A 
POSSIBILITY OF A 
TORNADO OR SOME 
SORT OF SMALL 
ISOLATED 
TORNADO, SO THAT 
IS SOMETHING TO 
KEEP AN EYE OUT 
FOR AS WE WAIT 
FOR THE STORM, 
AS WE WATCH THE 
STORM MOVE 
THROUGH. 
>> AND THE 
CONCERN THAT 
THIS IS DURING 
PANDEMIC. 
SO MUCH TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT. 
PRISCILLA, THANK 
YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
LET'S BRING IN 
OUR 
METEOROLOGIST 
WHO IS TRACKING 
HURRICANE LAURA 
FOR US. 
WHERE IS THE 
STORM EXACTLY AS 
WE SPEAK? 
>>> YOU KNOW, 
FRANCES AND 
PHILLIP, THIS IS 
A DEVASTATING 
SITUATION. 
RIGHT NOW LAKE 
CHARLES IS GOING 
THROUGH THE EYE 
OF THE STORM. 
WE SAW SUSTAINED 
WINDS GUST UP TO 
A HUNDRED MILES 
PER HOUR FOR THE 
LAST 30 MINUTES 
IN THE AREA. 
THERE ARE 
CALMING EFFECTS 
STARTING TO 
HAPPEN. 
WE HAD THE 
LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA AND 
THEY'RE ABOUT TO 
GO THROUGH BACK 
SIDE,  THE 
SECOND WALL OF 
THE STORM SYSTEM 
SO ANOTHER ROUND 
HITTING THAT 
AREA. 
NOW THE TORNADO 
THREAT IS GOING 
TO BE HUGE FOR 
THE NEXT TWO 
HOURS. 
WE CAN START TO 
SEE A BAND THAT 
IS GOING TO FORM 
ACROSS LAKE 
CHARLES ALONG 
WITH THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THAT IS THE NEXT 
FACTOR AND THAT 
IS THE DEADLIEST 
PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
WE'RE ALREADY 
SEEING RIVER 
LEVELS UP TO 
NINE FEET IN 
SOME AREAS AND 
WITH THE BACK 
SIDE OF THAT 
SYSTEM ABOUT TO 
ROAR IN, WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE AND 
FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA AND 
PORTIONS OF 
LOUISIANA. 
THE FORECAST IS 
CALLING FOR 15 
TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A 
STORM SURGE 
WHERE WE JUST 
SEE BUILDINGS 
FLOODED. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
RIP OFF 
FOUNDATIONS IN 
THIS AREA. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE CATASTROPHIC 
AND THE STORM 
SURGE WILL MAKE 
ITS WAY INLAND 
UP TO 30 MILES. 
WE'LL WATCH THIS 
AS THE WARNINGS 
AND ADVISORIES 
ARE IN PLACE. 
LAURA IS STILL A 
CAT 4 HURRICANE. 
YOU'D EXPECT THE 
STORM TO KIND OF 
SHRED APART, BUT 
IT JUST HAS NOT. 
IT HAS STAYED 
STABLE IN THE 
LAST HOUR OR SO 
AND AS WE GO UP 
THE COAST THIS 
IS ACTUALLY JUST 
THE BEGINNING OF 
THIS STORM. 
AS IT MAKES IT 
WAY NORTH IT'S 
STILL A CAT 2 
HURRICANE. 
>> I MEAN THE 
EYE HAS JUST 
MADE LANDFALL. 
WE'VE BEEN 
SEEING THE 
FLOODING. 
THANK YOU. 
WE'LL CHECK BACK 
IN PERIODICALLY. 
>> IN TEXAS, 
GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT ISSUED A 
STRONG WARNING 
THAT RESCUES 
WILL NOT BEGIN 
UNTIL 9:00 THIS 
MORNING. 
CHUCK LANZA, 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT FROM 
MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY. 
THE GOVERNOR PUT 
RESCUES ON HOLD 
UNTIL 9:00. 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK OF THAT? 
WELL, IT REMINDS 
ME OF HURRICANE 
ANDREW. 
THEY'LL BE 
SELECTIVE ON 
WHAT THEY SEND 
OUT AND WHEN. 
POWER LINES DOWN 
WILL BE A MAJOR 
CALL. 
IT TIES UP A LOT 
OF RESOURCES FOR 
VERY LITTLE 
BENEFIT. 
THE HURRICANE 
MADE LANDFALL IN 
THE DEAD OF 
NIGHT THERE. 
ARE LIKELY 
PEOPLE IN NEED 
OF RESCUES 
BEFORE THEY 
START SENDING 
PEOPLE OUT AT 
9:00 A.M.. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PEOPLE DO IF 
THEY ARE, IN 
FACT, IN NEED OF 
HELP RIGHT NOW? 
>> WELL, 
HOPEFULLY THEY 
PREPARED AND 
HAVE A FIRST 
CASE KIT IN CASE 
THERE ARE 
INJURIES OR 
DAMAGES. 
RIGHT NOW IT'S 
BASIC FIRST AID 
AND LIFESAVING. 
ANYBODY IN A 
MAJOR MEDICAL 
CRISIS WITH 
WINDS 
POTENTIALLY 
SUSTAINED AT 150 
MILES PER HOUR, 
THERE WILL BE NO 
HELP FOR A WHILE 
UNTIL THE EMS  
UNITS AND FIRST 
RESPONDERS CAN 
GET OUT THERE. 
>> MR. LANZA, 
TALK TO ME ABOUT 
THAT. 
IT'S ONE THING 
TO HAVE 
HURRICANE SEASON 
AND PREPARE FOR 
THIS, BUT 
ANOTHER THING 
FOR PEOPLE TO 
EVACUATE AND BE 
IN SHELTERS 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
THOUGHTS AS FAR 
AS PEOPLE RIDING 
THIS OUT AND 
PEOPLE IN THE 
SHELTERS AND 
JUST OVERALL THE 
FEELING OF 
HAVING TO DOLE 
WITH A HURRICANE 
OF THIS 
MAGNITUDE DURING 
THIS TIME? 
>> WELL,  THE 
VIRUS CERTAINLY 
MAKES IT MUCH 
MORE DIFFICULT 
TO HANDLE THE 
SHELTERING 
BECAUSE OF IT 
WAS SPACING 
REQUIRED. 
I'M HOPING THAT 
PEOPLE DIDN'T 
USE THAT AS 
ANNEX CUTE NOT 
TO GO TO 
CONGREGATE  TYPE 
OF SHELTERS. 
I DON'T THINK 
THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN IS THE 
VIRUS SPREAD, 
BUT IT CERTAINLY 
IS THE POTENTIAL 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGE TO THE 
BUILDINGS AND 
STRUCTURES AND 
THE PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE NEAR A 
POTENTIAL HAZARD 
LIKE A WALL OR 
TREE FALLING. 
>> A LOT TO BE 
CONSIDERED AND A 
LOT TO DEAL 
GEORGE W. BUSH 
THE PANDEMIC AND 
THE SPACING AND 
WHEN YOU'RE 
FACING IMMEDIATE 
THREAT AND 
TRYING TO SAVE 
LIVES, THAT 
TAKES 
PRECEDENCE. 
RETIRED 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT, 
CHUCK LANZA. 
>> NOW TO THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
DEPARTMENT WHO 
OPENED AN 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB MAKE. 
A KNIFE WAS 
FOUND ON THE 
SCENE, BUT WOULD 
NOT SAY IF MAKE 
WAS CARRYING IT. 
THE OFFICER 
IDENTIFIED WHO 
FIRED ALL SEVEN 
SHOTS AND ALL OF 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED ARE ON 
LEAVE. 
>> A TEENAGER 
WAS ARRESTED 
AFTER TWO WERE 
KILLED AND 
ANOTHER INJURED 
DURING 
ESCALATING 
PROTEST IN 
KENOSHA. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE 
HAVING TROUBLE 
RUNNING THAT 
STORY. 
OTHER BREAKING 
NEWS THIS, 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB MAKE 
LED TO PROTESTS 
OF SEVERAL 
PROFESSIONAL 
TEAMS LIKE THE 
WNBA, NFL, MLB, 
ALL BOYCOTTING 
GAMES AND 
PRACTICES THE. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE NBA TEAM THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCS. 
THEY ORGANIZED 
AND POSTPONED 
THEIR TEAMS, A 
GAME AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED TO A 
DOMINO EFFECT 
AND THE LEAGUE 
HAD TO POSTPONE 
THREE OTHER 
GAMES. 
THE 
DEMONSTRATION 
GARNERED PRAISE 
FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA WHO SAID 
HE COMMENDS THE 
PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP FOR 
WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
THE LOS ANGELES 
LAKERS AND 
CLIPPERS HAVE 
VOTED TO BOYCOTT 
THE REST OF THE 
NBA SEASON. 
THE WNBA JOINED 
IN ON THE 
PROTESTS AND 
THEY POSTPONED 
THEIR THREE 
GAMES ORIGINALLY 
SCHEDULED TO BE 
PLAYED ON 
WEDNESDAY. 
KEY PLAYERS TOOK 
A KNEE AND 
LOCKED ARMS 
WEARING SHIRTS 
THAT SPELLED OUT 
JACOB MAKE. 
IT WILL 
COMMISSIONER 
SAID WE HAVE TO 
SUPPORT OUR 
PLAYERS. 
MULTIPLE MLB 
TEAMS SAT OUT 
GAMES AS WELL. 
THREE TEAMS WERE 
POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS WHO WERE 
HOSTING THE 
CINCINNATI REDS. 
THAT TEAM WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
PLAYED IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
ON THE NFL 
FRONT,  THE 
WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM 
CANCELED 
SCHEDULED 
PRACTICE TODAY. 
IT COMES AS THE 
DETROIT LIONS 
CANCELED 
PRACTICE THIS 
WEEK. 
>> THE BIGGEST 
HEADLINES  IS 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
LET'S CHECK BACK 
IN WITH OUR 
METEOROLOGIST. 
JANESSA. 
WE DO HAVE AN 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING  IN 
PLACE FOR 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA AND 
THAT'S GOING TO 
LAST FOR ANOTHER 
HOUR. 
WHAT THAT MEANS 
IN THESE 
LOCATIONS, LAKE 
CHARLES, 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, YOU 
SHOULD BE IN 
YOUR SAFE PLACE. 
WE'RE SEEING 
ALMOST TORNADO 
ACTIVITY, BUT 
WIND GUSTING IN 
LAKE CHARLES FOR 
ALMOST AN HOUR 
NOW OVER A 
HUNDRED MILES 
PER HOUR.  
THE STRONGEST 
WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE TO MAKE 
ITS WAY NORTH. 
THIS IS JUST THE 
BEGINNING OF 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS IT MAKES IT 
WAY INTO 
ARKANSAS AS WELL 
WE'LL SEE 
TROPICAL FORCE 
WIND GUSTS AND 
THEN IT HEADS 
INTO THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY. 
WE'RE WATCHING 
THE FLOOD 
THREAT. 
THAT HAS NOTHING 
TO DO WITH STORM 
SURGE. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
START TO SEE THE 
STORM SURGE IN 
THE NEXT HOUR. 
ON TOP OF THAT 
YOU HAVE THE 
BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT 
WILL PRODUCE AT 
LEAST THREE 
INCHES OF RAIN 
PER HOUR. 
SOME PORTIONS OF 
WESTERN TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COULD 
SEE OVER 15 
MINUTE MUCHS OF 
RAIN HERE IN THE 
NEXT 24 TO 36 
HOURS. 
RIGHT NOW LAKE 
CHARLES HAS LOST 
POWER. 
WE HAVE OVER TWO 
HUNDRED THOUSAND 
PEOPLE IN 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA 
WITHOUT POWER 
AND THAT'S GOING 
TO CONTINUE. 
FINALLY, LAKE 
CHARLES GOING TO 
GET A BREAK. 
WHERE WE SAW THE 
LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, THEY 
ARE GETTING BACK 
SIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM. 
THAT IS A LOOK 
AT THE BIG 
WEATHER STORY OF 
THE DAY. 
HERE IS A CLOSER 
LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD. 
>> WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO 
WATCH THIS 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING  IN 
PLACE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR, 
BUT OUR 
TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH ARE 
HOVERING  IN THE 
90s AND THAT'S 
GOING TO FUEL 
THE STORM SYSTEM 
AND CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE MOISTURE 
FOR SHREVEPORT 
AND NEW ORLEANS. 
WE'RE JUST 
SEEING THE START 
OF THE STORM SO 
WE'LL SHOW YOU 
MORE IM ACTS 
COMING IMPACTS. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL 
FORMALLY ACCEPT 
THE NOMINATION 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT. 
>> HERE IS ALICE 
BARR. 
>> Reporter: IN 
A SETTING RICH 
WITH PATRIOTIC 
SYMBOLISM, VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY HOSTING 
NIGHT THREE OF 
THE CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF 
THE VERY BAT 
THAT INSPIRED 
THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE 
INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROS IN 
EVERY GENERATION 
SINCE. 
>> [ SINGING ] 
>> Reporter: A 
SALUTE TO THE 
BRAVE HONORING 
FRONTLINE 
WORKERS AND 
MILITARY 
VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
JOINING THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
FRAMING THIS 
ELECTION AS A 
PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR 
COUNTRY'S 
FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE 
ADDRESSES 
FOCUSING ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY ZEROING IN 
ON SECURITY AT 
HOME WITH A PRO-
POLICE MESSAGE 
AS THE PROTEST 
RAMP UP AFTER 
THE SHOOTING OF 
A BLACKMAN. 
>> DEMOCRAT RUN 
CITIES ARE BEING 
OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> Reporter: 
SPEAKERS STARKLY 
WARNING OF 
AMERICA'S FUTURE 
UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> AN AMERICA 
WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, 
JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED AND 
TAXES CRUSH THE 
MIDDLE CLASS. 
>> Reporter: AND 
APPEALING TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I'VE SEEN IT 
FIRST HAND. 
IN AMERICA IT 
HAS NO RESEM 
PLANS TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS 
MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AS THE MAN TO 
LEAD THE LAND OF 
IT WAS FREE. 
IN WASHINGTON, 
ALICE BARR, NBC  
NEWS. 
>> DR. FAUCI HAS 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE CHANGES TO 
THE GUIDANCE FOR 
COVID-19 
TESTING. 
IT STATES THAT 
HEALTHY PEOPLE 
EXPOSED  TO 
COVID-19 DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST AS LONG 
AS THEY DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS.  
THE UPDATE WAS 
MADE LAST WEEK 
WHEN DR. FAUCI 
WAS UNDERGOING 
SURGERY. 
AFTER READING 
THEM CAREFULLY 
HE HAS CONCERNS 
THAT THEY COULD 
BE INTERPRETED 
AS THE LESSENING 
OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
THE SPREAD OF 
THE VIRUS IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> IN TODAY'S 
QUICK NEWS, 
BRANDON TARE 
RENT WAS 
SENTENCED 
TO LIFE IN 
PRISON WITHOUT 
PAROLE. 
SURVIVORS OF 
RELATIVES 
PROVIDED 
STATEMENTS. 
>> AN AMAZON 
DRIVER IS NO 
LONGER WITH A 
COMPANY AFTER HE 
STRUCK A MAN IN 
THE FACE WITH A 
PHONE. 
HE ARGUED WITH 
THE MAN AND 
COMING BY OUT A 
MASK ON. 
>> ONE IS SLATED 
TO BE THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
LIVE AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
>> ABOUT 700 
WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING 
THROUGHOUT 
CALIFORNIA. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST UPDATES 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR, MORE 
THAN 1.3 MILLION 
ACRES HAVE 
BURNED AND 
NEARLY 1700 
STRUCTURES 
DESTROYED. 
AT LEAST 7 
PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED. 
THEY'VE BEEN 
SPARKED BY 13000 
LIGHTNING 
STRIKES. 
>> A SAILOR WAS 
IDENTIFY AS A 
SUSPECT INTO THE 
FIRE THAT 
ERUPTED ON A 
SHIP BACK IN 
JULY. 
THE MASSIVE 
PLACE IS 
BELIEVED TO BE 
INTENTIONALLY 
SET. 
TWO OFFICIALS 
CONFIRMED THAT 
INVESTIGATORS 
SUSPECT ARSON 
AND SAID THE 
INVESTIGATION IS 
ONGOING AND HAS 
NOT BEEN 
DETERMINED IF 
THE SAILOR IS A 
SUSPECT.  
THE FIRE BROKE 
OUT ON JULY 12th 
WITH ABOUT 160 
CREW MEMBERS 
ONBOARD. 
11 OF THE SHIP'S 
14 DECKS WERE 
DESTROYED IN THE 
FIRE. 
>> AFTER ONE 
CENTURY AFTER 
THE RATIFICATION 
ON WOMEN'S 
EQUALITY DAY, A 
STATUE IS 
UNVEILED IN 
CENTRAL PARK.  
THE PARK'S FIRST 
STATUE HONORING 
WOMEN FEATURES 
THREE WOMEN. 
THEY'RE KEY 
MEMBERS OF THE 
MOVEMENT AND 
NATIVE NEW 
YORKERS. 
CENTRAL PARK IS 
VISITED BY 
MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE. 
HOPEFUL THEY 
THEY'LL STOP, 
ASK AND LEARN. 
>> AND ALL IT 
WILL LOCALS CAN 
ENJOY IT. 
>> BREAKING THIS 
MORNING, WE'RE 
FOLLOWING 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS IT SWEEPS 
ACROSS THE GULF 
PACKING 150 MILL 
PER HOUR WINDS 
BATTERING 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS IN THE 
DEAD OF THE 
NIGHT. 
JAY GRAY IS IN 
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA IN THE 
DEAD OF IT. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S REALLY 
INTENSIFIES 
HERE. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
WORST OF WHAT 
WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE HERE THIS 
MORNING AS LAURA 
MAKES ITS WAY 
TOWARD LAKE 
CHARLES. 
THE LEADING EDGE 
OF LAURA 
BATTERING THE 
GULF COAST WITH 
THE WORST STILL 
ON THE WAY. 
WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGES. 
ARE FROM A 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE MORE. 
AT THREE FEET 
THE SURGING WITH 
LIFE 
THREATENING. 
SIX FEET IT CAN 
SMASH THROUGH 
WINDOWS AND 
DOORS AND AT 
NINE FEET ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE 
SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CREST AT 20 
FEET. 
>> TO THINK OF A 
WALL OF WATER 
OVER TWO STORIES 
HIGH COMING ON 
SHORE IS 
DIFFICULT FOR 
MOST TO CONCEIVE 
BUT THAW IS WHAT 
IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
>> Reporter: 
LAURA WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
WREAK HAVOC 
INLAND. 
>> # 30-MILE PER 
HOUR WIND GUSTS 
UP TO SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS. 
WE EXPECT 
MILLIONS TO BE 
WITHOUT POWER 
THURSDAY EVENING 
AND THEN 
RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING  IN 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MASSIVE 
STORM JUST 
BEGINNING ITS 
ASSAULT. 
THE STORM HAS TO 
GET THROUGH HERE 
FIRST AND WE'RE 
GOING TO SEE 
CONDITIONS 
THROUGH THE 
MORNING AS IT 
MOVES THROUGH 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA AND 
BEGINS TO MOVE. 
THAT'S THE 
LATEST HERE IN 
LAKE CHARLES. 
FRANCES, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> WHAT A ROUGH 
GO. 
JAY, THANK YOU. 
>> LET'S BRING 
JANESSA  BACK 
WITH US. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST? 
>>> YOU KNOW, 
YOU SAW THE LIVE 
SHOT FROM JAY. 
HE IS RIGHT NOW 
GOING THROUGH 
THE EYE. 
WE'RE GETTING 
SLIGHT BREAK.  
THE BACK SIDE OF 
THIS SYSTEM IS 
NOT TOO BAD. 
IT'S JUST 
ISOLATED 
SHOWERS. 
WHAT I HAVE NOT 
DISCUSSED IS 
LOOK AT THE 
TORNADO THREAT 
WITH BATON 
ROUGE, 
LAFAYETTE, 
MORGAN CITY. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
START TO SEE 
ROTATION IN THAT 
AREA AND WE'RE 
GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO SEE 
THE NORTHERN 
MOVEMENT OF THE 
STORM SYSTEM.  
THE SECOND HALF, 
THE STORM SURGE. 
WE'VE SEEN RIVER 
LEVELS UP TO 
NINE FEET AND 
THIS STORM AS 
JUST BEGUN. 
AS JAY SAID, WE 
COULD REACH UP 
TO 20 FEET. 
THESE AREAS, BY 
DAYBREAK, ARE 
GOING TO LOOK 
COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT. 
>> THERE IS A 
REASON THE 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CALLING IT 
UNSURVIVABLE 
WITH THIS STORM. 
>> GOOD MORE 
THANKING. 
WELCOME TO THIS 
SPECIAL EDITION 
OF EARLY TODAY. 
>> BREAKING THIS 
MORNING, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA. 
THE CATEGORY 4 
STORM MAKING 
LANDFALL JUST A 
SHORT WHILE AGO. 
IT IS PACKING  
POWERFUL PUNCH 
WITH AN 
UNSURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE AND 
DANGEROUS WIND. 
YOU CAN SEE SOME 
OF THE E FECES 
AS PEOPLE RUSH 
TO SANDBAG A 
BAYOU IN 
LAFAYETTE. 
JOINING US FROM 
BOSSIER CITY IS 
PRISCILLA 
THOMPSON. 
PRISCILLA, WHAT 
ARE YOU SEEING? 
>> Reporter: THE 
RAIN HAS 
CERTAINLY PICKED 
UP IN THE LAST 
20 MINUTES. 
WE'RE BEGINNING 
TO SEE THE DOWN 
POUR AGAIN. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE'RE 
KEEPING AN EYE 
ON IS THE RED 
RIVER THAT YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME. 
IN 2015 THIS 
RIVER FLOODED 
CAUSING AN 
INTERSTATE 
HIGHWAY TO SHUT 
DOWN AND FLOOD 
DAMAGE TO A 
NUMBER OF HOMES. 
SO AS WE WAIT 
FOR THE STORM TO 
COME IN AND THE 
CONTINUED RAIN, 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE LOOKING TO 
SEE IF THE 
FLOODING BECOMES 
AN ISSUE. 
THE OTHER THING 
HERE IS 
OBVIOUSLY THE 
WIND. 
THE WIND IS 
FAIRLY CALM AS 
THE RAIN BEGINS 
TO COME DOWN 
MORE SO. 
IT COULD PICK UP 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS. 
FORECASTERS ARE 
PROJECTING UP TO 
60 MILL PER HOUR 
WINDS AND THAT 
IS A PROBLEM FOR 
POWER LINES AND 
PEOPLE LOSING 
POWER, SOMETHING 
WE'RE ALREADY 
SEEING  IN THE 
SOUTHERN PART OF 
IT WAS STATE. 
I WILL SAY THAT 
FOLKS, FOR THE 
MOST PART, ARE 
TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS. 
BUSINESSES HERE 
ALONG THE RIVER 
ARE SHUT DOWN. 
YOU'VE GOT THE 
CITIES AND 
BUSINESSES AND A 
NUMBER OF THE 
SURROUNDING 
BUSINESSES ARE 
SHUT DOWN AS THE 
FOLKS ARE 
BRACING TO WAIT 
OUT THE STORM AS 
IT PREPARES TO 
MOVE THROUGH AND 
THEY BEGIN TO 
GET THE BULK OF 
IT HERE IN THE 
SHREVEPORT, 
BOSSIER CITY 
AREA. 
>> LOTS TO 
HAPPEN NONE THE 
CRUCIAL HOURS TO 
COME. 
>> LET'S BRING 
IN YOUR 
METEOROLOGIST, 
JANESSA, WEBB. 
GOOD MORNING. 
WHERE IS 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS WE SPEAK? 
>>> IT'S JUST 
MAKING ITS WAY 
OUTSIDE OF LAKE 
CHARLES.  
THE EYE OF THE 
STORM SYSTEM IS 
SITTING  IN LAKE 
CHARLES RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE'LL CONTINUE 
TO WATCH THE 
BACK SIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM MAKE ITS 
WAY UP INTO THIS 
AREA. 
THIS IS A 
DESTRUCTIVE 
STORM SYSTEM,  
THE STRONGEST 
STORM ON RECORD 
TO EVER HIT 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
I DO WANT TO DO 
SOME LIVE 
TRACKING RIGHT 
NOW, LAFAYETTE 
INTO MORGAN 
CITY. 
THERE IS A 
POTENTIAL OF 
TORNADOES 
SPARKING UP 
THROUGHOUT YOUR 
AFTERNOON. 
THIS IS FAR FROM 
OVER. 
THIS STORM 
SYSTEM STILL 
MAINTAINS 
INTEGRITY FROM 
LANDFALL. 
WHAT THAT MEANS 
IS IT WENT IN AS 
A CAT 4 AND IT 
IS STILL A CAT 4 
HURRICANE. 
IT WILL CONTINUE 
ITS WAY TO THE 
NORTH AND WE 
CURRENTLY HAVE 
TWO HUNDRED 
THOUSAND PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
SO THE WINDS ARE 
GOING TO BE AN 
ISSUE THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON. 
I THINK THE NEXT 
BIG THREAT WE'RE 
SEEING FOR 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA TO 
LAKE CHARLES IS 
THE STORM SURGE. 
THIS IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART 
AND THAT RIGHT 
FRONT QUADRANT 
WENT INTO THIS 
AREA. 
WE'VE SEEN RIVER 
LEVELS SPARK UP 
TO ABOUT NINE 
FEET IN SOME 
AREAS AND THE 
STORM SURGE 
FORECAST IS UP 
TO 20 TO 30 
FEET. 
EVEN IF YOU'RE 
ON TOP OF YOUR 
FIRST STORY HOME 
THERE IS GOING 
TO BE 
DEVASTATION 
ACROSS THE AREA. 
THIS IS NOT JUST 
GOING TO BE 
FLOODING, BUT 
THE FOUNDATION 
WILL COME UP IN 
THESE AREAS. 
WATCHING CAMERON 
TO JENNINGS, 
LOUISIANA. 
THIS IS STILL A 
CAT 4 HURRICANE 
GOING INTO THE 
5:00 A.M. 
HOUR. 
IT STARTS TO 
LOSE FORCE AS IT 
MAKES ITS WAY 
INLAND LATER IN 
THE AFTERNOON. 
WE'LL CONTINUE 
TO WATCH THE 
TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS. 
YOU'LL BE 
HEARING THIS IS 
FAR FROM OVER 
BECAUSE IT 
CONTINUES INTO 
ARKANSAS, THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY AND THEN 
WE HAVE THE MID-
ATLANTIC GOING 
INTO THE WEEKEND 
AND AREAS OF THE 
NORTHEAST ARE 
GOING TO BE 
SEEING PARTS OF 
THIS TROPICAL 
SYSTEM. 
IT HAS POTENTIAL 
TO GO BACK INTO 
THE ATLANTIC AND 
RECHARGE. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE WATCHING 
THAT. 
THE STORM SURGE, 
THE FLOODING 
THREAT IS THE 
ISSUE. 
ON TOP OF THE 
STORM SURGE IS 
THE RAIN THAT 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT. 
FROM LAKE ARTHUR 
TO LAFAYETTE,  
THE TORNADO 
THREAT, 
TORRENTIAL RAIN, 
THE STORM SURGE, 
I MEAN THIS IS 
JUST A COPIOUS 
AMOUNT OF 
MOISTURE THAT IS 
GOING TO BE 
IMPACTING THIS 
AREA. 
THE STORM SURGE 
WILL STRETCH 30 
TO 40 MILES 
ACROSS THE AREA. 
WE'LL START TO 
SEE FLOODING 
THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO THIS 
EVENING FOR 
LITTLE ROCK. 
YOU KNOW, YOU 
GUYS, WHAT'S 
DEVASTATING 
ABOUT THIS STORM 
SYSTEM, EVEN 
THOUGH IT IS THE 
STRONGEST WE'VE 
EVER SEEN, I 
MEAN WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO 
SEE THE BACK 
SIDE OF THIS 
STORM IMPACTING 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
SO FIRST WE HAVE 
THE CENTER OF 
THE FIRST EYE 
WALL. 
THEN IT GOT A 
BREAK AND NOW 
THE BACK SIDE IS 
IMPACTING THAT 
AREA AND THE 
SECOND WAVE WILL 
IMPACT LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT IS JUST A 
DOUBLE DOSE OF 
HORRIFIC 
CONDITIONS THAT 
WE'RE SEEING  IN 
THAT AREA. 
>> WE CAN FOCUS 
ON THE STORM 
SURGE YOU WERE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
YOU THREW OUT 
THE NUMBER, 15 
TO 20. 
GIVE US 
PERSPECTIVE 
HERE. 
I KNOW 
KATRINA,ING THAT 
WAS A 28, IKE, 
RITA, THOSE WERE 
IN THE 20s. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT A STORM OF 
SIMILAR SIZE AND 
POSSIBLY SIMILAR 
IMPACT. 
WE KNOW THOSE 
NAMES FOR A 
REASON. 
>>> EXACTLY. 
AND THE 
INTENSITY OF 
KATRINA AND IKE 
WERE FAR LESS, 
BUT THE SURGE ON 
THIS, THIS IS 
UNSURVIVABLE. 
THOSE ARE THE 
WORDS THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE PUT OUT 
YESTERDAY. 
NOW THE SURGE UP 
TO 20 FEET FOR 
LAKE CHARLES AND 
RIGHT NOW UP TO 
NINE FEET, 
THAT'S JUST THE 
BEGINNING. 
YOU KNOW, THE 
SYSTEM CONTINUES 
TO MAKE ITS WAY 
THROUGH.  
THE BULK OF THE 
MOISTURE IS 
GOING TO BE 
COMING ON THE 
BACK SIDE OF 
THAT. 
WE'RE JUST ON 
THE BEGINNING 
PHASE AND, YOU 
KNOW, WE TALK 
ABOUT STORM 
SURGE. 
IT'S THE 
DEADLIEST PART 
OF A HURRICANE 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
JUST NOT GOING 
TO ESCAPE WATER 
IT'S GOING TO 
COME IN AND IT'S 
GOING TO COME IN 
QUICKLY. 
>> IT'S SO 
ALARMING WHEN 
YOU THINK OF THE 
WINDS, STORM 
SURGE AND THEN 
THE RAIN ON TOP 
OF THAT. 
REALLY ALARMING 
WHEN YOU HEAR 
UNSURVIVABLE. 
>> THIS IS A 
CATASTROPHIC 
STORM THAT MADE 
LANDFALL IN THE 
DEAD OF NIGHT. 
OFFICIALS IN 
TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA ARE 
WARNING THAT THE 
DAMAGE FROM THE 
STORM COULD BE 
SOME OF THE 
WORST TO HIT THE 
GULF REGION IN 
DECADES. 
WE HAVE THE RED 
CROSS IN THE 
HOUSTON AREA. 
MARY, THANK YOU 
FOR JOINING US. 
WHAT IS THE RED 
CROSS DOING TO 
HELP RESIDENTS? 
ARE YOU SEEING 
RESIDENTS FROM 
LAKE CHARLES IN 
THE HOUSTON 
AREA? 
>> OKAY, SO THE 
AMERICAN RED 
CROSS HAS BEEN 
PLANNING FOR 
THIS FOR SOME  
TIME AND WE HAVE 
DEPLOYED OVER 
600 VOLUNTEER UP 
AND DOWN THE 
GULF COAST,  THE 
EAST SIDE OF 
TEXAS AND, OF 
COURSE, 
LOUISIANA. 
WE'RE WORKING 
WITH LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES AND 
HELPING THEM 
WITH SHELTERS. 
WE HAVE MORE 
VOLUNTEERS ON 
STAND BY TO HELP 
PEOPLE OUT AND 
MAKE THEM 
COMFORTABLE 
DURING THIS 
CHALLENGING 
TIME. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
TALK ABOUT THAT 
MORE IF YOU CAN, 
MARY. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
SHELTER AND 
OTHER RESOURCES. 
IF YOU NEED TO 
GRAB A DALLAS OF 
WATER, PLEASE DO 
SO. 
>> EXCUSE ME, 
I'M OKAY. 
>> WHAT OTHER 
FORMS ARE HELP 
ARE BEING 
PROVIDED? 
>> WE'RE WORKING 
WITH LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES AND 
THOSE SHELTERS 
WE'RE PROVIDING 
COTS AND 
BLANKETS AND 
HELPING WITH PPE 
AND JUST DOING 
WHAT WE CAN 
INCLUDING CASE 
WORK, MENTAL 
HEALTH SERVICES. 
WE'VE BEEN 
HEARING ABOUT 
THE CONCERNS 
AROUND COVID AND 
THE AMERICAN RED 
CROSS IS BEING 
CREATIVE ABOUT 
WHAT WE SEE AS 
SUPPORT.
WE'RE VERY, VERY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
EVACUATIONS AND 
WE CANTWELL TO 
BE ABLE TO 
COMMUNICATE WITH 
EVERYBODY IF 
THEY HAVE NOT 
EVACUATED AND IF 
IT'S SAFE TO DO 
SO PLEASE DO IT. 
IF NOT GET TO A 
HIGHER PART OF 
YOUR HOME. 
WE'RE GETTING 
INFORMATION OUT, 
SUPPORTING LOCAL 
OFFICIALS. 
>> MARY, THANK 
YOU, DIRECTOR OF 
COMMUNICATIONS 
FROM THE 
AMERICAN RED 
CROSS. 
MARY JANE, THANK 
YOU. 
>> MOVING ON TO 
OTHER HEADLINES. 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT OPEN 
ADD CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB MAKE. 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL RELEASED 
NEW DETAILS 
SAYING  KNIFE 
WAS FOUND ON THE 
SCENE BUT WOULD 
NOT SAY IF MAKE 
WAS CARRYING IT. 
THE OFFICER 
FIRED ALL SEVEN 
SHOTS WERE 
IDENTIFIED AND 
ALL OFFICERS ARE 
ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
A TEENAGER WAS 
ARRESTED AFTER 
TWO WERE KILLED 
AND ANOTHER 
INJURED DURING 
ESCALATING 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA. 
>> Reporter: 
DEADLY VIOLENCE 
BRECK OUT LAST 
NIGHT IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN OVER 
THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB MAKE. 
THIS VIDEO 
CAPTURES PART OF 
THE CHAOS AMAN 
FIRING  
LONG GUN. 
BYSTANDERS 
RUNNING  IN 
HORROR. 
IT'S UNCLEAR 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE OR AFTER 
THE VIDEO. 
AUTHORITIES ARE 
ON THE SCENE AND 
POLICE SAY TWO 
ARE DEAD, ONE 
INJURED. 
AUTHORITIES 
ARRESTED A 17-
YEAR-OLD FACING 
A 1st  DEGREE 
HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
WHAT IT SEEMS TO 
ME IS A MEMBER 
OH OF A MILITIA 
GROUP WHO 
DECIDED TO BE A 
VIGILANTE 
>> Reporter: 
THEY FIRED TEAR 
GAS TO DISPERSES 
THE CROWDS. 
TENSIONS ARE 
HIGH AND VIDEO 
POSTED SHOWS MEN 
WITH LONG GUNS 
STANDING GUARD. 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
NOT SAID IF ANY 
OF THEM WERE 
INVOLVED IN A 
CONFRONTATION. 
>> WE FEEL THE 
PRESENCE OF 
MILITIA 
CONTRIBUTED  TO 
THE INCREASED 
SENTIMENTS, DO 
YOU FEEL THAT? 
>> DO YOU WANT 
MY PERSONAL 
OPINION? 
TO SOME PEOPLE 
IT MAY HAVE BEEN 
CALMING. 
TO ME IT'S NOT. 
>> Reporter: 
SINCE SUNDAY, 
WHEN AN OFFICER 
SHOT MAKE, THE 
KENOSHA POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
STAYED MOSTLY 
SILENT.  
THE CHIEF WOULD 
NOT ANSWER 
QUESTIONS 
BECAUSE IT WAS 
UNDER 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> I'M NOT GOING 
TO ADDRESS THAT 
BECAUSE IT IS A 
LARGE SITUATION. 
>> THE EYE 
WITNESSES SAID 
THAT OFFICERS 
ASKED MR. BLAKE 
TO DROP A KNIFE. 
WAS ANY WEAPONS 
RECOVERED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
ANSWERS CAN'T 
COME SOON ENOUGH 
FOR MAKE'S 
UNCLE. 
>> WE  DON'T 
WANT VIOLENCE OR 
DESTRUCTION. 
E
>> Reporter: THE EXTRADITION FOR
THE ACCUSED GUNMAN IS SET FOR 
FRIDAY
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR HAS
AUTHORIZED ANOTHER 500 MEMBERS
OF THE STATE'S NATIONAL GUARD.
>> THANK YOU
>>> JANESSA WEBB IS BACK WITH US
ONCE AGAIN TRACKING THE PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA.
JANESSA.
>> Reporter: YEAH, THIS IS GOING
TO BE A LONG DAY IF YOU ARE IN
NORTH LOUISIANA.
JANESSA. 
>>> YOU SAID THIS IS GOING TO 
BE A LONG DAY IN NORTH 
LOUISIANA. 
THIS IS NOT IN THE CLEAR YET. 
I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW 12 STATES 
ARE GOING TO SEE SOME KIND OF 
FORM OF THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM. 
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG 
WEATHER STORM TODAY, HERE'S A 
LOOK AT THE DEER. 
>>> 89 A LOT OF RING MAKING ITS 
WAY INTO LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS. 
THEN, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE 
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NEW YORK 
CITY. 
HIS STOMACH MORE IMPACTS COMING 
UP. 
>> WE WILL OF COURSE CONTINUE 
TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA, THANK YOU. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED 
TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 
NOMINATION TONIGHT FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IT WAS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE WHO WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT 
LAST NIGHT HE AND MANY OF THE 
OTHER SPEAKERS ON MY THREE 
CALLED FOR LAW AND ORDER IN 
AMERICA. 
NBC'S ALEX BAR HAS ALL THE BIG 
MOMENTS FOR US. 
>> IN A SETTING RICH WITH 
PATRIOTIC SYMBOLISM VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE ONOFFICIAL 
ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORK McHENRY 
HOSTING NIGHT THREE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> THE WORDS OF THE NATIONAL 
ANTHEM HAVE INSPIRED THIS LAND 
OF HEROES AND EVERY GENERATION 
CENTS. 
>> WE ARE SO GALLANTLY 
STREAMING. 
>> A SALUTE TO THE BRAVE 
HONORING FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND 
MILITARY VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING THE 
VICE PRESIDENT AS A PEERLESS 
FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE. 
>> SOME FOCUSING ON NATIONAL 
SECURITY, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL 
KEEP NATIONAL SECURITY SAFE. 
>> DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING OVERRUN 
BY VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> SPEAKERS STARKLY WARNING 
AMERICA'S FUTURE UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 
AND AMERICA WHERE FARMERS ARE 
PUNISHED, JOBS ARE DESTROYED, 
AND TO TAXES CRUSHED THE MIDDLE-
CLASS. 
>> AND APPEALING DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOK 
LIKE, I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, 
IN AMERICA IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> REPUBLICANS MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THE 
MAN TO LEAD THE LAND OF THE 
FREE. 
>> IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, 
NBC NEWS. 
>>> THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE HAS LED TO PROTESTS 
IN THE SPORTS WORLD, TEAMS FROM 
THE NBA, WNBA, AND THE NFL 
BOYCOTTED GAMES AND PRACTICES 
IN RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING. 
IT STARTED WITH THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, WHO SET OFF IN THE 
PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC, THAT LED THE 
LEAGUE TO POSTPONE OTHER GAMES 
LAST NIGHT. 
IT'S UNCLEAR IF THOSE GAMES 
WILL BE PLAYED. 
THAT MOVE GARDNER PRAISED FROM 
BARACK OBAMA HE SAID HE 
COMMENDS THE PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP WITH THEY BELIEVE 
IN. 
>>> WHEN WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
HORAK KIM MORA, THE STORM 
PACKING THE STRONGEST WINDS 
THAT THE REGION HAS EVER SEEN. 
JOINING US IS SAM BROCK, TALK 
ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THERE AND 
THE WINDS ARE PICKING UP. 
FRANCIS, YES INWE ARE SEEING 
SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 60 TO 
70 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST, IF 
YOU LOOK E OVER MY SHOULDER YOU 
WILL SEE THE STREETS ARE 
STRAYING IN THE WIND. 
THEY'RE NOT TO THE POINT OF 
BREAKING YES BUT THE WIND IS 
STRONG ENOUGH THAT WE JUST LOST 
POWER ACTUALLY ABOUT TWO OR 
THREE MINUTES BEFORE WE CAME ON 
AIR TO TALK TO YOU, WE ALMOST 
DIDN'T HAVE A LONG SHOT, YOU 
CAN SEE THE DARKNESS OVER MY 
SHOULDER IN THIS AREA ALONE, 
SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 50 TO 
60,000 POWER OUTAGES WHICH PUTS 
YOU AT 200,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
LOST POWER. 
THEY GIVE FOR BEAUMONT, THERE 
WAS ROUGHLY, 60 MILES OR SO 
FROM LAKE CHARLES, AND WE ARE 
ABOUT 70 MILES FROM WHERE THE 
HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL TO THE 
WEST OF THE EYEWALL THEY'RE NOT 
SEEING THE LEVEL OF WIND SPEEDS 
AND CERTAINLY NOT THE STORM 
SURGE THAT IS GOING ON IN 
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. 
THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN THEIR 
LOSS, BUT STILL TRYING 
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, LET ME 
SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
>>> SAM, THANK YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> BREAKING NEWS HURRICANE 
LAURA IS BATTERING THE GULF 
COAST THIS MORNING EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS STORM MADE LANDFALL 
NEAR THE TEXAS LOUISIANA 
BORDER, IT BROUGHT WITH IT A 
STORM SURGE BEING CALLED 
CATASTROPHIC. 
NBC'S JAY GRAY IS IN LAKE 
CHARLES LOUISIANA RIGHT IN THE 
THICK OF IT ALL, J, GOOD 
MORNING DESCRIBED THE 
CONDITIONS THERE IF YOU CAN. 
>> WELL, WE JUST GOT THROUGH 
THE I AND NOW WERE GETTING THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM, IT IS 
POUNDING THE AREA. 
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL LEVELS 
HERE. 
>> LAURA, CRASHING INTO THE 
GULF COAST EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING THE MOST POWERFUL 
HURRICANE TO EVER CROSS THE 
SHORELINE NEAR THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA BORDER, WE ARE 
PARTICIPATING CARE OF A TOUGH 
STRICT COST EVEN STRONGER. 
MORE THAN A FOOT OF RAIN IN 
SOME AREAS, AND WHAT THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS 
ON SURVIVABLE, STORM SURGE. 
AT JUST THREE FEET THE SEARCH 
CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING AT SIX 
FEET THE WAVES CAN CRUSH THEIR 
WINDOWS AND DOORS, AT NINE FEET 
ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE 
SWALLOWED. 
LAURA STORM SURGE COULD CREST 
TO 20 FEET. 
>> TO THINK THERE IS A WALL OF 
WATER OVER TWO STORIES HIGH IS 
VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST TO 
CONCEIVE BUT THAT IS WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
>> LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO WREAK 
HAVOC AS IT PUSHES INLAND. 
WE COULD HAVE 90 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND GUSTS UP TO SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS, WE EXPECT MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE TO BE WITHOUT POWER BY 
THURSDAY EVENING, THIS MASSIVE 
STORM JUST BEGINNING. 
>> LAURA IS GOING TO FINISH 
HERE WE STILL HAVE HOURS TO GO. 
BACK TO YOU PHILIP. 
>> J, WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING 
THE UPDATE UNDER THOSE DIRE 
CONDITIONS WE HOPE YOU GET SOME 
SHELTER VERY SOON. 
>> GOT TO CHECK IN WITH THE 
METEOROLOGIST FOR THE TRAP JAOF 
THE STORM, MONTH LAKE CHARLES, 
WE NEED TO GET INSIDE THIS IS 
THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM AND 
IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ANOTHER 
ROUND OF THE FLOODING RAIN ALSO 
FROM THE LIVE SHOT YOU CAN TELL 
THE WINDS ARE PICKING UP, WE 
SAW WIND GUSTS OVER ABOUT 100 
MILES PER HOUR OVER 30 MINUTES. 
IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS THE NEXT 
SPOT WILL BE SHREVEPORT UP TO 
65 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. 
THE WRENS, STORM SURGE TO 
FOLLOW FLOODING. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> 
>>> CATEGORY FOR LAURA MAKING 
LANDFALL WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS WITH 150 MILES PER HOUR, 
THIS IS THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER CALLED THE STORM SURGE 
ON SURVIVABLE. 
>>> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING I'M 
PHILIP MEADOW. 
BREAKING THIS MORNING HURRICANE 
LAURA IS BATTERING LOUISIANA A 
CATEGORY FOUR STORM MAKING 
LANDFALL JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO.
THE CATEGORY FOUR STORM 
BRINGING WITH IT ON SURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE AND EXPLOSIVE 150 
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS, THIS COULD 
BE DEVASTATING AMONG THE 
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS COAST BUT 
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
PRISCILLA THOMPSON, WERE THE 
CONDITIONS LIKE NOW? 
>> FRANCIS, GOOD MORNING FAIRLY 
CALM HERE IN BOWSHER AT THE 
MOMENT WE ARE SEEING SOME LIGHT 
RAIN AS THE OUTER RING BANDS 
CONTINUE TO MOVE IN BUT WERE 
ABOUT 160 MILES NORTH OF LAKE 
CHARLES SO ARE NOT SEEING THE 
SERIOUS IMPACTS JUST YET BUT WE 
DO EXPECT THAT TO BEGIN TO PICK 
UP HERE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
AND THE BIGGEST CONCERN, IT 
REALLY IS GOING TO BE THE VERY 
HIGH WINDS WITH PROJECTIONS 
HERE ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 
MILES PER HOUR, AND ALSO THE 
HEAVY RAIN, FOR CONTEXT THIS 
RIVER THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME 
ACTUALLY SEPARATES CITIES FROM 
SHREVEPORT, BACK IN 2015 IF 
FLOODED REALLY BADLY HERE 
CAUSING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 
TO SHUT DOWN AND ALSO A NUMBER 
OF HOMES TO BE IMPACTED SO 
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS 
HERE, AS WE WAIT FOR THE STORM 
TO MOVE IN. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE DON'T 
EXPECT THE STORM TO STAY HERE 
FOR ONVERY LONG. 
SORT OF LINGERING, SO ONCE IT 
BEGINS TO MOVE IN THE HOPE IS 
IT WILL PASTOR VERY QUICKLY, SO 
THAT THE IMPACTS WON'T BE 
SUSTAINED IN THAT WAY. 
WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THE 
COMMUNITY IS TAKING THE 
PRECAUTIONS IN THE HEAT OF THAT 
WARNING. 
>> SHREVEPORT HAS BEEN ONE OF 
THE AREAS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO 
BE EVACUATED AND A LOT OF FOLKS 
ARE STAYING INSIDE NOT TAKING 
ANY CHANCES IN TERMS OF COMING 
OUT, WE'VE SEEN BUSINESSES THAT 
ARE CLOSING OBVIOUSLY THINGS 
AREN'T GOING TO BE OPEN HERE AS 
THE STORM BEGINS TO MOVE 
THROUGH, BUT BY AROUND MIDDAY, 
WE EXPECT THIS TO WRAP UP HERE, 
AND SO THEN IT WILL BE COMING 
OUT AND SURVEYING WHAT HAS BEEN 
HAPPENING PARTICULARLY WITH THE 
HIGH WINDS WE Y COULD BE LOOKIN 
AT TREES THAT ARE POSSIBLY 
DOWN, LIPOWER LINES THINGS LIKE 
THAT, OBVIOUSLY POWER OUTAGES 
BEING A BIG CONCERN. 
THE OTHER THING IS THERE IS 
ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY OF A 
TORNADO OR SOME SORT OF A SMALL 
ISOLATED TORNADO, THAT IS 
KEEP AN EYE SO TO 
OUT FOR AS WE WAIT FOR THE 
STORM, AS WE WATCH THE STORM 
MOVE THROUGH. 
>> THE STORM, THIS IS DURING A 
PANDEMIC SO SO MUCH TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT, PRISCILLA, 
THINK IT'S FOR THE UPDATE. 
>> JANESSA WITH TRACKING LAURA 
FOR US, ALL NIGHT LONG INTO THE 
MORNING. 
WHERE IS THE STORM EXACTLY AS 
WE SPEAK? 
>> YOU KNOW FRANCIS, THIS IS 
JUST A DEVASTATING SITUATION, 
RAIN ON THE RADAR LAKE CHARLES 
IS GOING THROUGH THE EYE OF THE 
STORM WE SAW SUSTAINED WIND 
GUSTS UP TO 100 MILES PER HOUR 
FOR THE LAST 30 MINUTES IN THAT 
AREA. 
SOME CALMING EFFECTS THAT ARE 
STARTING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE 
THE LANDFALL UGIN CAMERON, 
THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE 
BACKSIDE, THE SECOND EYE OF THE 
EYEWALL OF THE STORM SYSTEM, 
ANOTHER ROUND GOING TO BE 
HITTING THAT AREA. 
NOW THE TORNADO THREAT THAT IS 
GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THE NEXT 
TWO HOURS TOYOU CAN ALREADY SEE 
BAND THAT IS GOING TO FORM 
ACROSS LAKE CHARLES ALONG WITH 
THE STORM SURGE, THAT IS THE 
NEXT FACTOR AND THAT IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING RIVER 
LEVELS UP TO 9 FEET IN SOME 
AREAS, WITH THE BACKSIDE OF 
THAT SYSTEM ABOUT TWO LORE IN, 
WERE GOING TO SEE HISTORIC 
STORM SURGE AND FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS 
OF LOUISIANA. 
NOW, THE FORECAST IS CALLING 
FOR 15 TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE STORM 
SURGE WHERE WERE JUST GOING TO 
SEE BUILDINGS, FLOODED THIS IS 
GOING TO RIP OFF FOUNDATIONS IN 
THIS AREA. 
THIS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC AND 
THE STORM SURGE IS GOING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY INLAND UP TO 30 
MILES, SO ADVISORIES CONTINUE 
TO BE IN PLACE, RIGHT NOW LAURA 
IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE 
HURRICANE. 
YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO SHRED 
APART BUT IT HASN'T. 
IT HAS STAYED STABLE IN THE 
LAST HOUR OR SO AND AS WE GO UP 
THE COAST THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST 
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM. 
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY NORTH, IT 
IS STILL A CATEGORY TWO 
HURRICANE. 
>> THE THI HAS E JUST MADE LAND 
THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM THAT 
WE HAVE FOR THIS, BUT LIKE WE 
HAVE BEEN SEEING FLOODING, WERE 
IN THE EYEWALL, WE WILL BE 
CHECKING IN WITH YOU 
PERIODICALLY. 
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAS ISSUED 
A STRONG WARNING THAT RESCUES 
WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL LATER THIS 
MORNING ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW 
WE HAVE TRUCK LANDS A RETIRED 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICER 
FROM DANZA COUNTY. 
WE JUST HEARD THAT THE RESCUES 
ARE ON HOLD UNTIL 9:00 A.M. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT 
DECISION? 
>> WELL IT ECREMINDS ME OF 
HURRICANE ANDREW WHEN WE HAD 
500 CALLS HOLDING AFTER THE 
STORM PASSED, YOU HAVE A LOT OF 
CALLS HOLDING, BUT YOU HAVE TO 
BE SELECTIVE ON WHAT YOU SEND 
OUT AND WHEN YOU SEND IT OUT, 
POWER LINES DOWN BEING A MAJOR 
CALL, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT 
TIE UP A LOT OF RESOURCES WITH 
VERY LITTLE BENEFIT. 
>> THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL 
IN THE NDDEAD OF NIGHT THERE AR 
LIKELY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED 
OF EORESCUE BEFORE THEY START 
SENDING PEOPLE OUT AT 9:00 
A.M., WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO IF 
THEY ARE IN FACT IN NEED OF 
SOME HELP RIGHT NOW? 
>> WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY 
PREPARED AND HAVE FIRST AID, 
FOR DAMAGE OR INJURIES. 
BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH 
THEY CAN DO OTHER THAN BASIC 
FIRST AID, AND LIFE-SAVING 
THINGS. 
ANYONE WHO IS IN A MAJOR 
MEDICAL CRISIS RIGHT NOW, WITH 
WINS POTENTIALLY SUSTAINED 
WINDS OF 250 MILES PER HOUR 
THERE WILL BE NO HELP, FOR A 
WHILE. 
SO, THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, 
IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE 
HURRICANE SEASON AND TO PREPARE 
FOR THIS AS WE'RE WATCHING 
VIDEO PEOPLE PREPARE BUT 
ANOTHER THING FOR PEOPLE TO 
EVACUATE AND BE IN SHELTERS 
DURING A PANDEMIC. 
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS FAR 
AS PEOPLE WRITING THIS OUT, AND 
PEOPLE IN THOSE SHELTERS, JUST 
OVERALL THE FEEL OF HAVING TO 
DEAL WITH IFTHIS HURRICANE OF 
THIS MAGNITUDE DURING THIS 
TIME. 
>> WHILE, THE VIRUS CERTAINLY 
MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO 
HANDLE SHELTERING BECAUSE OF 
THE SPACING THAT IS REQUIRED. 
BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE 
DIDN'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE 
NOT TO GO TO CONGREGATE TYPE 
SHELTERS. 
BUT, I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW 
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE 
VIRUS SPREAD IT BUT IT 
CERTAINLY IS THE POTENTIAL 
CATASTROPHIC GAMBITS OF THE 
BUILDING, AND THE OTHER 
STRUCTURES. 
SO, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE 
NEAR THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF 
RAINFALL, OR TREES FALLING. 
>> A LOT , TO BE CONSIDERED, AS 
THEY APPROACHED ENWITH A PANDEM 
IN THE SPACING. 
AND WHEN YOU ARE FACING AN 
IMMEDIATE THREAT, AND YOU'RE 
TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF 
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY THAT 
TAKES PRESIDENT OF THE MOMENT. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US THIS MORNING. 
>>> ALL RIGHT NOW TO THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHOSE 
OPENING A CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
INTO THE SHOOTING OF BLAKE. 
NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE MOMENT A 
KNIFE WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE 
BUT WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER OR 
NOT BLAKE WAS CURING IT, RUSTIN 
CHESKY WAS THE OFFICER WHO 
FIRED ALL SEVEN SHOTS. 
ALL THE OFFICERS ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. 
>> A ARTEENAGER WHO HAS BEEN 
ARRESTED AFTER AN ESCALATING 
PROTEST IN KENOSHA. 
NBC'S THERE WERE THOROUGH POOR. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WERE HAVING 
TROUBLE RUNNING THE STORY, 
BREAKING NEWS TODAY THIS STORY, 
HAS LED THE TEAMS FROM WNBA, 
AND THE NFL, THEY HAVE 
BOYCOTTED GAMES AND PRACTICES 
IN RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING OF 
THE 29-YEAR-OLD. 
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS, THEY WERE THE 
FIRST TEAM TO ORGANIZE AND 
POSTPONE THEIR GAME ON NE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A PLAYOFF 
GAME 
AGAINST THE ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED TO A DOMINO EFFECT THE 
LEAK HAD TO POSTPONE THREE 
OTHER GAMES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
THE DEMONSTRATION DID GARNER 
PRAISE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT 
BARACK OBAMA WHO ON TWITTER 
SAID HE COMMENDS THE PLAYERS 
FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
WELL ACCORDING TO REPORTS THE 
LOS ANGELES LAKERS AND THE 
CLIPPERS HAVE VOTED TO BOYCOTT 
THE REST OF THE NBA SEASON. 
AND THE WNBA JOINED IN ON THE 
PROTEST AND THEY POSTPONE THEIR 
THREE GAMES THAT WERE 
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE 
PLAYED ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. 
TEAM PLAYERS TOOK A KNEE AND 
LOCKED ARMS WHILE WEARING 
SHORTS THAT SPELLED OUT JACOB 
LAKE. 
THE LEAGUE COMMISSIONER REACTED 
TO THE PROTEST SING WE HAVE 
SUPPORT WE  GHAVE TO SUPPORT OU 
PLAYERS. 
MULTIPLE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
TEAMS SET OUT AS WELL, 
ACCORDING TO ESPN'S THREE 
BASEBALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS 
WHO WERE HOSTING THE CINCINNATI 
REDS, THAT GAME WAS SUPPOSED TO 
BE PLAYED IN MILWAUKEE, 40 
MILES FROM WHERE BLAKE WAS SHOT 
IN KENOSHA. 
ON THE NFL FRONT, THE 
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM 
CANCELED SCHEDULED PRACTICE FOR 
TODAY. 
COMES AS DATHE DETROIT LIONS 
CANCELED PRACTICE EARLIER THIS 
WEEK 
>>> THE BIGGEST HEADLINE WE'RE 
FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW IS 
HURRICANE LAURA LET'S CHECK IN. 
>> Reporter: YOU, WE DO HAVE AN 
EXTREME WIND WARNING IN PLACE 
FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, THAT'S 
GOING TO LAST FOR ANOTHER HOUR 
WHAT THAT MEANS IN THESE 
LOCATIONS YOU SHOULD BE IN YOUR 
SAFE PLACE WHERE WE ARE SAYING 
TORNADO ACTIVITY, IT'S OVER 100 
MILE-PER-HOUR, THE STRONGEST 
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 
THEIR WAY NORTH THIS IS JUST 
THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE 
LAURA, AS IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO 
ARKANSAS AS WELL. 
WERE GOING TO SEE TROPICAL 
FORCE WINDS UP TO 60 MILES PER 
HOUR, AND RETHEN IT HEADS INTO 
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
WERE ALSO WATCHING THE FLOOD 
THREAT, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO 
WITH STORM SURGE, ALREADY GOING 
TO SEE THE STORM SURGE IN THE 
NEXT HOUR BUT IN THE TOP OF 
THAT YOU HAVE THESE BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT ARE GOING TO 
PRODUCE AT LEAST THREE INCHES 
OF RAIN PER HOUR, SOME PORTIONS 
OF WESTERN SIOUX CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COULD SEE OVER 15 
INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN THE NEXT 
24 TO 36 HOURS. 
RIGHT NOW, LAKE CHARLES HAS 
LOST POWER, WE HAVE OVER 
200,000 PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA WITHOUT POWER. 
FINALLY THEY'RE GOING TO GET A 
BREAK FROM WHERE WE SAW THE 
LANDFALL IN CAMERON LOUISIANA, 
WE ARE GETTING THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE SYSTEM, THAT'S A BIG 
WEATHER STORY FOR TODAY. 
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK UP AHEAD. 
>>> WERE CONTINUING TO WATCH 
THIS EXTREME WIND WARNING 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR, TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH ARE 
HOVERING INTO THE 90s THAT'S 
GOING TO BUILD THE STORM SYSTEM 
AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHREVE 
PORT MOISTURE. 
>>> WERE JUST IN THE START OF 
THE STORM I WILL SHOW YOU MORE 
INCOME COMING UP. 
>>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO 
WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 
NOMINATION TONIGHT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE WARNING THEM 
ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF 
HURRICANE LAURA AND THE 
CONVENTION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. 
HERE IS NBC'S ALICE BARNES. 
>> Reporter: IN A SETTING RICH 
WITH PATRIOTIC SYMBOLISM VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORT McHENRY 
HOSTING NIGHT RDTHREE OTHER 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF THE VERY BATTLE 
THAT INSPIRED THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED 
IN LAND HEROES AND EVERY 
GENERATION CENTS. 
A SALUTE TO THE BRAVE, HONORING 
FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND MILITARY 
VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING THE 
VICE PRESIDENT FRAMING THE 
SELECTION AS A PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE  WADDRESSES FOCUSIN 
ON ICNATIONAL SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICANS SAFE. 
>> MANY ZEROING IN ON SECURITY 
WITH THEE  LAW AND ORDER PRO-
POLICE MESSAGE, AS PROTESTS 
RAMP UP AGAIN AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN IN 
WISCONSIN. 
DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES ACROSS THISI
COUNTRY ARE BEING OVERRUN, 
SPEAKERS START EARLY WARNING OF 
AMERICA'S FUTURE UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 
>> IN AMERICA WHERE FARMERS ARE 
PUNISHED, JOBS ARE DESTROYED, 
AND TAXES CRUSHED THE MIDDLE-
CLASS. 
>> AND APPEALING DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE, I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> REPUBLICANS MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR THPRESIDENT TRUMP IS T 
MAN TO LEAD THE LAND OF THE 
FREE. 
IN WASHINGTON, ALEX BARR, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID HE 
HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S CHANGES TO THE 
OFFICIAL GUIDANCE FOR COVID-19 
TESTING. 
THE NEW GUIDANCE SAYS THAT 
HEALTHY PEOPLE EXPOSED TO COVID-
19 DO NOT NECESSARILY NEED A 
TEST AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE WAS MADE LAST WEEK 
WHEN DR. FELT SHE WAS 
UNDERGOING SURGERY, ACCORDING 
TO A SPOKESPERSON HE WAS QUICKLY
REVIEWING THE VERSION OF THE 
GUIDELINES BUT NOW AFTER 
READING THEM CAREFULLY HE HAS 
SOME CONCERNS THEY COULD BE 
INTERPRETED AS THE LESSENING OF 
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
IN TODAY'S QUICK HEAD 
STATEMENTS IN COURT BEFORE AN 
AMAZON DRIVER IS NO LONGER WITH 
THE COMPANY AFTER STRIKING THE 
FACE OF A MAN WHILE DRIVING FOR 
THE COMPANY. 
>>> JEANETTE IS ON TRACK TO 
MAKE HISTORY AS SHE IS SLATED 
TO BE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO 
LIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
NOW, IT'S PART OF THE MISSION 
THAT HAS PLANS TO GO INTO SPACE 
NEXT YEAR. 
>>> ABOUT 700 WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, 
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST E UPDAT 
FROM THE STGOVERNOR MORE THAN 1 
MILLION ACRES HAVE BURNED AND 
NEARLY 1700 STRUCTURES 
DESTROYED. 
400,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED AND SEVEN PEOPLE HAVEY
DIED. 
THE FIRES HAVE BEEN SPARKED BY 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LIGHTNING 
STRIKES OF LAST WEEK. 
>>> FIRES ERUPTED ON THE NAVY 
STRIP U.S.S. 
BONHOMME RICHARD, THE MASSIVE 
BLAZE THAT BURNED FOR DAYS WAS 
INTENTIONALLY SET  TO DEFENSE 
OFFICIALS CONFIRMED TO NBC NEWS 
INVESTIGATORS NOW SUSPECT ARSON 
BUT THEY ALSO SAID THE 
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND 
HAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER 
THAT'S THERE IS ACTUALLY A 
SUSPECT. 
THE FIRE BROKE  OOUT ON JULY 12h
, WITH 160 CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD 
THE NAVY OFFICIALS THAT 11 OF 
THE SHIPS 14 DECKS WERE 
DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. 
>> OVER ONE CENTURY AFTER THE 
RATIFICATION OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT AND ON WOMEN'S 
EQUALITY DAY, A STATUE HONORING 
SOME OF THE PIONEERS OF THE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IS 
UNVEILED, THE PARKS FIRST 
STATUE HONORING WOMEN FEATURED 
KAYLEE STANTON. 
SUSAN B ANTHONY, AND NOT ONLY 
ARE THESE WOMEN KEY MEMBERS OF 
THE MOVEMENT BUT THEY ARE 
NATIVE NEW YORKERS. 
>>> CENTRAL PARK IS VISITED BY 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN NORMAL 
TIMES IT IS, HOPEFULLY THAT 
WILL STOP, ASK AND LEARN. 
GNOMIC IT IS ALL LOCAL, TO STOP 
BY AND ENJOY IT. 
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING WERE 
FOLLOWING HURRICANE LAURA IS 
THIS WEEK'S ACROSS THE GULF, 
HUNDRED AND 50 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS BATTLING TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA. 
WE ARE IN LAKE CHARLES 
LOUISIANA, IN THE THICK OF IT. 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, THIS 
REALLY IS INTENSIFYING, THIS 
ISN'T THE WORST OF WHAT WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE HERE THIS MORNING. 
AS LAURA MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS 
LAKE CHARLES. 
THE LEADING AKEDGE OF LAURA, 
BATTLING THE COAST WITH THE 
WORST ON THE WAY. 
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES. 
>> FROM A CATEGORY FOUR MAJOR 
HURRICANE WITH WINS OVER 100 
MILES PER HOUR, MORE THAN A 
FOOT OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS AND 
WITH THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER CALLS AND ON SURVIVABLE 
AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
AT JUST THREE FEET, THE STORM 
CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. 
AT SIX FEET THE WAYS CAN 
SMASHED THROUGH WINDOWS AND 
DOORS, AT NINE FEET ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE SWALLOWED. 
LAURA STORM SURGE, COULD CREST 
AT 20 FEET. 
>> TO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE 
A WALL OF WATER OVER TOUR 
STORIES HIGH COMING ONSHORE IS 
VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
BUT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
>> LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO WREAK 
HAVOC AS IT PUSHES INLAND. 
90 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUSTS UP 
TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. 
WE EXPECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO 
BE WITHOUT POWER THURSDAY 
EVENING AND THEN DEALING WITH 
RAINFALL AND FLOODING,  TWITH 
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. 
THIS MASSIVE STORM CONTINUING 
ITS ASSAULT. 
>>> THE STORM HAS GOT TO GET 
THROUGH HERE FIRST. 
WE HAVE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE 
EARLY MORNING, OR PUSHING 
THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND 
BEGINNING TO MOVE. 
THAT IS THE LATEST RIGHT NOW IN 
LAKE CHARLES, BACK TO YOU. 
>>> WHAT A ROUGH GO, THANK YOU. 
>> LET'S E BRING JANESSA BACK T 
US, TO SEE IF SHE'S BEEN 
TRACKING THE PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA, WHAT IS THE LATEST 
JANESSA? 
>> YOU JUST SAW THE LIGHT SHOT 
FROM JAY, RIGHT NOW HE'S GOING 
THROUGH THE EYE, WERE GETTING A 
SLIGHT BREAK, THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE SYSTEM
 IS NOT TOO BAD, JUST 
SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS WHAT I 
HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IS LOOKING AT 
THE TORNADO THREAT IT IS 
SPARKING UP BATON ROUGE, 
LAFAYETTE, MORGAN CITY WERE 
GOING TO START TO SEE A LITTLE 
BIT OF ROTATION IN THAT AREA 
AND WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
SEE THE NORTHERN MOVEMENT OF 
THE STORM SYSTEM. 
NOW THE SECOND HALF, THE STORM 
SURGE WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 
RIVER LEVELS UP TO 9 FEET AND 
THE STORM HAS JUST BEGUN, AS WE 
SAID YOU DACAN REACH UP TO 20 
FEET, SO THESE AREAS BY 
DAYBREAK ARE GOING TO LOOK 
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
REASONS WHY OFFICIALS ARE 
CALLING IT ON SURVIVABLE IN THE 
STORM. 
>>> CATEGORY FOR MAKING LANDFALL
ALONG THE TEXAS LOUISIANA 
BORDER WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS OF 150 MILE-PER-HOUR, 
THIS AFTER THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER CALLED THE 
STORM SURGE ON SURVIVABLE. 
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING AND 
PHILIP MENA. 
BREAKING THIS MORNING HURRICANE 
LAURA IS A BATTERING LOUISIANA 
THE CATEGORY FOUR STORM MAKING 
LANDFALL JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO,
A CATEGORY FOUR STORM BRINGING 
A SURVIVABLE STORM SURGE AND 
EXPLOSIVE 150 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS. 
THIS COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR 
CITIES ALONG LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST BUT ESPECIALLY IN 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
JOINING US, WE HAVE PRISCILLA 
THOMPSON WHAT ARE THE 
CONDITIONS LIKE THERE NOW? 
>> Reporter: FRANCIS PHILIP, 
GOOD MORNING FAIRLY CALM HERE 
IN MOSHER AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE 
SEEING SOME LIGHT RAIN OF THE 
OUTER RAINED BANDS CONTINUE TO 
MOVE IN BUT WERE NOT SEEING THE 
SERIOUS IMPACTS JUST YET. 
WE DO EXPECT THAT TO BEGIN TO 
PICK UP WHHERE, IN THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS, THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS 
REALLY GOING TO BE THE VERY 
HIGH WINDS WITH PROJECTIONS 
HERE ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 
MILES PER HOUR. 
AND ALSO, THE HEAVY RAIN, FOR 
CONTEXT THIS RIVER THAT YOU SEE 
BEHIND ME ACTUALLY SEPARATES 
MOSHER CITY FROM FREEZE 
SHREVEPORT. 
CAUSING THE HIGHWAY TO SHUT 
DOWN AND A NUMBER OF HOMES TO 
BE IMPACTED. 
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS 
HERE, AS WE WAIT FOR THE STORM 
TO MOVE IN. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T 
EXPECT THE STORM TO STAY HERE 
VERY LONG, ONCE IT BEGINS TO 
MOVE IN THE HOPE IS THAT IT 
WILL PASS THROUGH VERY QUICKLY. 
SO, THOSE IMPACTS WON'T BE 
SUSTAINED IN THAT WAY. 
WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
PHILIP, FRANCIS. RE
>> PRESIDENTS ITARE EVACUATING. 
HOW ARE THEY TAKING HEED THIS 
MORNING? 
>> SHREVEPORT HAS BEEN ONE OF AR
THOSE AREAS THAT HAS BEEN 
EVACUATED, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE 
STAYING INSIDE NOT TAKING ANY 
CHANCES IN TERMS OF COMING OUT. 
BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING  TTHINGS 
ARE GOING TO BE OPEN AS THE 
STORM BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH BY 
AROUND MIDDAY WE EXPECT THIS TO 
WRAP UP AND IT WILL BE COMING 
OUT AND SURVEYING WHAT IS 
ACTUALLY HAPPENING PARTICULARLY 
WITH THOSE HIGH NDWINDS WE COUL 
BE LOOKING AT TREES THAT ARE 
POSSIBLY DOWN. 
POWERLINES, THINGS LIKE THAT 
POWER OUTAGES BEING A  IBIG 
CONCERN. 
ANDTO THE OTHER THING IS THERE  
ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY OF A 
 SOME SORT OF SMALL 
ISOLATED TORNADO SO THAT IS 
SOMETHING ALSO TO KEEP AN EYE 
OUT FOR. 
AS WE WAIT FOR THE STORM, AND 
WATCH THE STORM MOVED THROUGH. 
>> THE CONCERN THIS IS DURING A 
PANDEMIC SO SO MUCH TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT, PRISCILLA, 
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 
>> LET'S BRING IN NBC 
METEOROLOGIST VANESSA WEBB, 
SHE'S BEEN TRACKING LAURA ALL 
NIGHT LONG INTO THE MORNING. 
WHERE IS THE STORM EXACTLY AS 
WE SPEAK? 
>> YOU KNOW FRANCIS, THIS IS 
JUST A DEVASTATING SITUATION 
RIGHT NOW ON THE CURRENT RADAR 
LAKE CHARLES IS GOING THROUGH 
THE EYE OF INTHE STORM. 
WE SAW SUSTAINED WIND GUSTS UP 
TO 100 MILES PER HOUR FOR THE 
LAST 30 MINUTES IN THAT AREA, 
SO SOME CALMING EFFECTS 
STARTING TO HAPPEN, WE HAD THE 
LANDFALL IN CAMERA LOUISIANA. 
THERE ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH 
THE BACKSIDE, THE SECOND I OF 
THE STORM SYSTEM SO ANOTHER 
ROUND GOING TO BE HITTING THE 
AREA. 
NOW, THE TORNADO THREAT THAT IS 
GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THE NEXT 
TWO HOURS YOU CAN ALREADY SEE A 
BAND THAT IS GOING TO FORM 
ACROSS LAKE CHARLES, ALONG WITH 
THE STORM SURGE THAT IS THE 
NEXT FACTOR, AND THAT IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING RIVER 
LEVELS UP TO 9/5 FEET. 
WE ARE SEEING FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS 
OF LOUISIANA. 
NOW THE FORECAST IS CALLING FOR 
15 TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A STORM 
SURGE WHERE WE ARE JUST GOING 
TO SEE BUILDINGS FLOODED, THIS 
IS GOING TO RIP OFF FOUNDATIONS 
IN THIS AREA. 
NOW, THIS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC 
AND THE STORM SURGE IS GOING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY INLAND. 
UP TO 30 MILES, WERE GOING TO 
BE WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY 
AS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES 
CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE. 
RIGHT NOW, LAURA IS STILL A 
CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE, YOU 
WOULD EXPECT IT TO SHRED APART 
WHAT IT JUST HASN'T, IT HAS 
REALLY STAYED STABLE IN THE 
LAST HOUR OR SO, AS WE GO UP 
THE COAST THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST 
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM. 
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY NORTH IT IS 
STILL A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THE I HAS JUST MADE 
LANDFALL THAT'S THE TECHNICAL 
TERM WE HAVE FOR THIS, LIKE WE 
HAVE BEEN SEEING FOOTINGS THAT 
PRECEDED THE  IEYEWALL, THANK Y 
JANESSA WILL WE WOULD LIKE TO 
CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER. 
>>> RESCUES WILL NOT BEGIN 
UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING ON THE 
PHONE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CHUCK 
LANZA A RETIRED EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICER FOR REDADE 
COUNTY. 
THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS WE JUST 
HEARD HAS PUT THE RESCUES ON 
HOLD UNTIL 9:00 A.M. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 
DECISION? 
>> REMIND ME OF HURRICANE 
ANDREW WE HAD ABOUT 500 CALLS 
AND HOLDING AFTER THE STORM 
PASSED. 
IN WEST TEXAS, WE HAVE A LOT OF 
CALLS HOLDING BUT THEY WILL BE 
SELECTIVE ON WHO THEY SEND OUT 
AND WHEN THEY SEND THE 
POWERLINES DOWN, IT WILL BE A 
MAJOR CALL BUT THE THINGS TO BE 
TIED TO TIA LOT OF RESOURCES WI 
VERY LITTLE BENEFIT. 
>> THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL 
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT THERE 
LIKELY PEOPLE IN NEED OF RESCUE 
BEFORE THEY START SENDING 
PEOPLE OUT AT 9:00 A.M., WHAT 
SHOULD PEOPLE DO, IF WE ARE IN 
NEED OF HELP RIGHT NOW? 
WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY PREPARED 
THE FIRST AID INJURIES, RIGHT 
NOW THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY CAN 
DO OTHER THAN BASIC FIRST AID, 
AND LIFE-SAVING THINGS. 
BUT IF THERE IS A MAJOR MEDICAL 
CRISIS, WITH THE WINS OF 
POTENTIALLY SUSTAINED WINDS, 
100 MILES PER HOUR THERE WILL 
BE NO HOPE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS 
TO GET OUT THERE FOR A WHILE. 
>>> TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS IT IS 
ONE THING TO HAVE HURRICANE 
SEASON AND TO PREPARE FOR THIS 
AS WE'RE WATCHING, AND ANOTHER 
THING FOR PEOPLE TO EVACUATE 
AND BE IN SHELTERS, DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, AS FAR 
AS PEOPLE WRITING THIS OUT, 
PEOPLE IN SHELTERS JUST OVERALL 
HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE 
HURRICANE OF THIS MAGNITUDE 
DURING THIS TIME. 
>> THE VIRUS MAKES IT MUCH MORE 
DIFFICULT TO HANDLE SHELTERING, 
BECAUSE OF THE SPACING THAT IS 
REQUIRED. 
BUT I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE 
DIDN'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE 
NOT TO GO TO CONGREGANT TYPE OF 
SHELTERS. 
BUT, I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW 
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE 
VIRUS SPREAD BUT IT CERTAINLY 
IS THE POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC 
GAMUT TO THIS BUILDING AND THE 
STRUCTURES. 
SO, THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, HAVE 
POTENTIAL HAZARDS FROM WALLS OR 
TREES FALLING. 
>> A LOT TO THINK ABOUT AS IT 
APPROACHES WITH THE PANDEMIC 
AND THE SPACING. 
AND WHEN YOU ARE FACING 
IMMEDIATE THREAT, AND YOU'RE 
TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF 
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY THAT 
TAKES PRECEDENT IN THE MOMENT. 
RETIRED EMERGENCY MANAGER, THAT 
TAKES US INTO A BETTER IDEA OF 
WHAT IS HAPPENING, THANK YOU. 
>>> THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE, A KNIFE WAS SEEN , BUT 
THEY WILL NOT SAY IF JACOB 
BLAKE WAS CURING IT. 
RUSTEN SHESKEY WAS IDENTIFIED 
AS THE OFFICER AVWHO SHOT  JACO 
BLAKE. 
>>>  A  ATEENAGER WAS KILLED AN 
ANOTHER INJURED IN KENOSHA. 
WENDY HAS THE REPORT. 
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT, IT 
LOOKS LIKE WERE HAVING A LITTLE 
PROBLEMS RUNNING THAT STORY BUT 
OTHER BREAKING NEWS THIS 
BREAKING NEWS HAS LED TO 
PROTEST AND SEVERAL SPORTS 
TEAMS WERE TALKING TO HIM FROM 
WNBA THE NBA, MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL AND THE NFL THEY HAVE 
BOYCOTTED GAMES AND PRACTICES 
IN RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING OF 
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IT STARTED WITH 
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. R 
THEY WERE THE FIRST TEAM TO 
ORGANIZE AND POSTPONE THEIR 
GAME ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A 
PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC THAT LED TO A 
DOMINO EFFECT IN THE LEAGUE 
THEY POSTPONED THREE OTHER 
GAMES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
THE DEMONSTRATION DID GARNER 
PRAISE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT 
BARACK OBAMA WHO ON TWITTER 
SAID HE COMMENCED THE PLAYERS 
FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
MEANWHILE ACCORDING TO REPORTS 
THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS AND THE 
CLIPPERS HAVE VOTED TO BOYCOTT 
THE REST OF THE NBA SEASON. 
THE WNBA JOINED IN ON THE 
PROTEST, AND THEY POSTPONED 
THEIR THREE GAMES THAT WERE 
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE LATE 
ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. 
TEAM PLAYERS TOOK ANY UNLOCKED 
TERMS WEARING SHIRTS THAT 
SPELLED OUT JACOB T BLAKE. 
THE LEAGUE COMMISSIONER REACTED 
TO THE PROTESTING WE HAVE 
SUPPORT  FOR OUR PLAYERS. 
BASEBALL TIM SETTLE GAMES AS 
WELL. 
ACCORDING TO ESPN 3 BASEBALL 
GAMES WERE ALSO POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS 
WHO WERE HOSTING THE CINCINNATI 
REDS, THE GAME WAS SUPPOSED TO 
BE PLAYED IN MILWAUKEE ROUGHLY 
40 MILES FROM WHERE BLAKE WAS 
SHOT IN KENOSHA. 
AND ON THE NFL FRONT OF THE 
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM 
CANCELED SCHEDULED PRACTICE 
TODAY, IT COMES AS THE DETROIT 
LIONS CANCELED PRACTICE EARLIER 
THIS WEEK. 
>> THE BIGGEST HEADLINE WHERE 
FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW IS 
HURRICANE LAURA LET'S CHECK 
BACK IN WITH METEOROLOGISTS 
JANESSA WEBB WITH THE HURRICANE 
MAKING LANDFALL, ALL RIGHT 
JANESSA. 
>> Reporter: WE DO HAVE AN 
EXTREME WIND T'WARNING IN PLACE 
FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR WHAT THAT MEANS IN 
THESE LOCATIONS, A CHARLES, 
CAMERA LOUISIANA YOU SHOULD BE 
IN YOUR SAFE PLACE WHERE WE ARE 
SEEING ALMOST TORNADO ACTIVITY, 
BUT WIND GUSTING IN LAKE 
CHARLES FOR ALMOST AN HOUR NOW. 
OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR. 
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE TO MAKE THE WAVE NORTH 
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING 
OF HURRICANE LAURA AS IT MAKES 
ITS WAY INTO ARKANSAS, AS WELL. 
WERE GOING TO SEE TROPICAL 
FORCED WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 
MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN IT 
HEADS INTO MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE FLOOD 
THREAT, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO 
WITH STORM SURGE, ALREADY GOING 
TO CIRCUMSTANCE THE STORM SURGE 
IN THE NEXT HOUR BUT ON TOP OF 
THAT YOU HAVE THE BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT ARE GOING TO 
PRODUCE AT LEAST THREE INCHES 
OF RAIN PER HOUR. 
SOME PORTIONS OF WESTERN TO 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA COULD SEE 
OVER 15 INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN 
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. 
RIGHT NOW, LAKE CHARLES HAS 
LOST POWER, WE HAVE OVER 
200,000 PEOPLE, IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA WITHOUT POWER. 
AT THAT POINT IT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE AND LAKE CHARLES IS 
GOING TO GET A BREAK BUT WHERE 
WE SAW THAT LANDFALL, AND 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA THEY'RE 
GETTING THE BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM. 
THAT IS A BIG LOOK AT THE STORY 
OF THE DAY AHEAD. 
>> WERE CONTINUING TO WATCH 
THIS EXTREME WIND WARNING, IT'S 
GOING TO S BE IN PLACE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR, TEMPERATURES TO 
THE DEEP SOUTH HOVERING IN THE 
90s THAT'S GOING TO FILL THE 
STORM SYSTEM AND CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE A TON OF MOISTURE FOR 
SHREVEPORT AND NEW ORLEANS. 
>>> WERE JUST GOING TO START 
TRACKING THAT STORM, WE WILL 
HAVE MORE COMING UP. 
>>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO 
WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 
NOMINATION TONIGHT VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE, WARNED 
LISTENERS ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS 
OF HURRICANE LAUREN IN HIS 
CONVENTION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. 
>> HERE IS ALEX MOORE. 
>> Reporter: IN A SETTING RICH 
WITH PATRIOTIC SYMBOLISM, MIKE 
PENCE ACCEPTING THE PARTY'S 
NOMINATION BALTIMORE'S FORT N.
McHENRY POSTING NIGHT THREE OF 
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF THE VERY BATTLE, 
THAT INSPIRE THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES IN EVERY 
GENERATION SINCE. 
>> WE HAVE A SALUTE TO THE 
BRAVE HONORING FRONT-LINE 
WORKERS AND MILITARY VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING THE 
VICE PRESIDENT, FRAMING THE 
SELECTION AS A PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE ADDRESSES FOCUSING 
ON NATIONAL SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> MANY ZEROING IN OLON SECURIT 
AT HOME WITH THE LAW AND ORDER 
PRO-POLICE MESSAGE AS PROTESTS 
RAMP UP AGAIN AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN JACOB 
BLAKE IN BLACK  LIVES MATTER 
MOBS. 
>> AND AMERICA WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED, AND TAXES CRUSHED 
THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
>> AND APPEALING DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE, I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> REPUBLICANS MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE 
MAN TO LEAD THE LAND OF THE 
FREE. 
>>> IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, 
NBC NEWS. 
>>> THE NEW GUIDANCE STATES 
THAT HEALTHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19 DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST AS LONG 
AS THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE WAS MADE LAST WEEK, 
WHEN DR. FAUCHER WAS UNDERGOING 
SURGERY, DR. RECALLED QUICKLY 
REVIEWING A VERSION OF THE 
GUIDELINE BUT NOW AFTER READING 
THEM CAREFULLY HE HAS SOME 
CONCERNS THAT THEY COULD BE 
INTERPRETED AS THE LESSENING OF 
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>>> IN TODAY'S TERRENCE WAS 
SENTENCED, WITHOUT LIFE OF 
PAROLE. 
AN AMAZON DRIVER IS NO LONGER 
WITH THE COMPANY AFTER SECURITY 
FOOTAGE SHOWED HIM STRIKING A 
MAN, THE GUYS THAT HE ARGUED 
WITH THE DRIVER ABOUT COMING 
WITH HIS MASK ON. 
ONTRACK TO MAKE HISTORY FOR 
NASA SLATED TO BE THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO LIVE AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
NASA ANNOUNCED SHE'S PART OF 
THE MISSION THAT HAS PLANS TO 
HEAD TO SPACE NEXT YEAR. 
>>> ABOUT 700 WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA 
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST UPDATE 
FROM THE GOVERNOR OR THAN 1.3 
MILLION ACRES HAVE BURNED AND 
NEARLY 1700 STRUCTURES 
DESTROYED. TH
ALMOST 4000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED AND SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED, SOME OF THE FIRES HAVE 
BEEN SPARKED BY MORE THAN 
13,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES. 
SINCE AUGUST 15th. 
A SAILOR HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 
A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN 
CONNECTION TO THE FIRE THAT 
ERUPTED ON THE NAVY SHIP THE 
USS,  U.S.S. 
BONHOMME RICHARD. 
THE MASSIVE  BLAZE WAS 
INTENTIONALLY SET TO ATTEND THE 
INVESTIGATION THAT IS ONGOING 
AND HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED 
WHETHER THE SABER IS ACTUALLY A 
SUSPECT. 
THE FIRE L BROKE OUT ON JULY 12 
WITH 160 CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD, 
NAVY OFFICIALS SAID 11 DEOF THE 
SHIPS 14 DECKS WERE DESTROYED 
IN THE FIRE. 
>>> THE RATIFICATION OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT ON WOMEN 
EQUALITY DAY, A STATUE HONORING 
SOME OF THE PIONEERS OF THE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IS 
UNVEILED IN CENTRAL PARK, THE 
PARKS FOR STATUE HONORING 
MILLMAN, FEATURES CADY STANTON, 
NOT ONLY ARE NY 
THESE KEY WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT 
BUT THEIR NATIVE NEW YORKERS. 
>> IN D NORMAL TIMES IT IS 
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL STOP, ASK 
AND LEARN. 
>> FOR NOW, IT IS ALL UP TO 
LOCALS TO STOP BY AND ENJOY IT. 
>>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING 
WE ARE FOLLOWING HURRICANE 
LAURA AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS THE 
GULF TRACKING 150 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS, BATTLING LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS IN THE DEAD OF THAT EYE. 
WE ARE IN LAKE CHARLES 
LOUISIANA IN THE THICK OF IT. 
>> THIS IS INTENSIFYING, WE 
JUST GOT HERE, AND THIS IS NOT 
THE WORST OF WHAT WERE GOING TO 
SEE HER E,AS LAURA MAKES ITS WA 
FOR LAKE CHARLES. 
>> THE LEADING EDGE OF LAURA 
DRINK THE COAST WITH THE WERE 
STILL ON THE WAY. 
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES. 
>> FROM A CATEGORY FOUR MAJOR 
HURRICANEAN WITH WINDS WELL OVE 
400 MILES PER HOUR, A FOOT OF 
RAIN IN SOME AREAS AND WHAT THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CALLS 
AND ON SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
AT JUST THREE FEET HETHE SEARCH 
CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. 
AT NINE FEET ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S COSTORM SURGE COULD 
CRESTA 20 FEET. 
>> TO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE 
A WALL OF WATER OVER TWO 
STORIES HIGH COMING ONSHORE IS 
VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
>> THEN LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO 
WREAK HAVOC AS IT PUSHES INLAND.
WE EXPECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO 
BE WITHOUT POWER BY THURSDAY 
EVENING AND THEN WE COULD DEAL 
WITH RAINFALL AND FLOODING, 
THIS MASSIVE STORM JUST 
BEGINNING ITS VESSELS. 
>> THE STORM IS GOT TO GET 
THROUGH HERE FIRST. 
WERE GOING TO SEE THE 
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY 
MORNING, WERE MOVING THROUGH 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, IT'S 
GETTING SERIOUS THAT IS THE 
LATEST BREAKDOWN IN LAKE 
CHARLES, BACK TO YOU. 
>>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
>>> LET'S BRING JANESSA BACK 
WITH US SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THE 
PATH OF HURRICANE LAURA WHAT IS 
THE LATEST HERE JANESSA? 
>> YOU KNOW YOU JUST SAW THE 
LIVE SHOT FROM JAY, RIGHT NOW 
HE IS GOING THROUGH THE EYE, SO 
WERE GETTING A FIGHT BREAK, THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE  ISYSTEM IS NOT 
TOO BAD. 
WERE HAPPY  HTO DISCUSS YOUR 
GETTING SOME CALM IN THE EYE OF 
THAT. 
NOW, THE SECOND HALF OF THE 
STORM SURGE AS WE HAVE SEEN 
RIVER LEVELS UP TO 9 FEET, AND 
THIS STORM HAS JUST BEGUN AS 
THEY SAY WE COULD REACH UP TO 
20 FEET, SO YOU KNOW THESE 
AREAS BY DAYBREAK ARE GOING TO 
LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, 
THERE IS A REASON WHY OFFICIALS 
ARE CALLING IT ON SURVIVABLE 
WHEN IT COMES TO THE STORM. 
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING 
HURRICANE LAURA IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA THEY CATEGORY FOUR 
STORM MAKING LANDFALL JUST A 
SHORT WHILE AGO. 
THE STORM IS PACKING A POWERFUL 
PUNCH WITH AND ON SURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE AS IT IS CALLED. 
AND DANGEROUS WINS. 
YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS NOW AS 
PEOPLE RUSHED TO SANDBAG IN 
LAFAYETTE AS FLOODWATERS 
WASHING. 
JOINING US FROM LOUISIANA IS 
PRISCILLA THOMPSON, WHAT ARE 
YOU SEEING SO FAR? 
>> Reporter: PHILIP, FRANCIS, 
THE RAIN HAS CERTAINLY PICKED 
UP IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR SO 
WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE 
DOWNPOUR BEGIN, AND ONE OF THE 
THINGS WERE GOING TO BE KEEPING 
AN EYE ON HERE IS GOING TO BE 
THE RED RIVER THAT YOU SEE 
BEHIND ME. 
IN THE PAST, IN 2015 THE RIVER 
FLOODED CAUSING AN INTERSTATE 
HIGHWAY TO SHUT DOWN AND SOME 
FLOOD DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF 
HOMES SO, AS WE WAIT FOR THE 
STORM TO COME IN AND THE 
CONTINUED RAIN WERE GOING TO BE 
LOOKING TO SEE IF THE FLOODING 
BECOMES AN ISSUE AND THE OTHER 
THING HERE, IS OBVIOUSLY THE 
WINS. 
RIGHT NOW THE WIND IS FAIRLY 
CALM EVEN AS THE RAIN COMES 
DOWN MORE SO, BUT THAT COULD 
PICK UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
FORECASTERS ARE PROJECTING UP 
TO 60 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND 
THAT WOULD I BE A MAJOR PROBLEM 
FOR POWER LINES AND THE 
POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED POWER 
LINES AND FOR PEOPLE TO LOSE 
POWER SOMETHING WE PRARE ALREAD 
SEEING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 
THE STATE AS THE HURRICANE 
MOVES THROUGH THERE. 
I WILL SAY THAT FOLKS FOR THE 
MOST PART ARE TAKING THOSE 
PRECAUTIONS THE CASINOS HERE 
ALONG THE RIVER ARE SHUT DOWN, 
YOU'VE GOT THE CITIES AND THE 
BUSINESSES AND A NUMBER OF 
THESE SURROUNDING CITIES 
SHUTTING DOWN AS RAFOLKS ARE 
RACING, TO MOVE THROUGH AND 
THEY GET THE BULK OF IT HERE IN 
THE SHREVEPORT CITY AREA. 
>>> A LOT COULD HAPPEN IN THE 
HOUR, THE CRUCIAL HOURS TO, IN 
TEXAS. 
THANK YOU E FOR THE UPDATE. 
>>> A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH 
THINGS MUCH WORSE AS WE SPEAK, 
LET'S BRING IN JANESSA WEBB 
TRACKING HURRICANE LAURA WEARS 
HURRICANE LAURA AS WE SPEAK? 
>> IT IS JUST MAKING ITS WAY 
OUTSIDE OF LAKE CHARLES, THE 
EYE OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS 
SITTING IN LAKE CHARLES RIGHT 
NOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH 
THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM 
EVENTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY UP INTO 
THIS AREA. 
BUT THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM 
SYSTEM IT IS THE STRONGEST 
STORM ON RECORD. 
TO EVER HIT SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
I DO WANT TO DO SOME LIVE 
TRACKING RIGHT NOW, LAFAYETTE 
INTO MORGAN CITY THERE IS THE 
POTENTIAL OF TORNADOES THAT ARE 
GOING TO BE SPARKING UP 
THROUGHOUT YOUR AFTERNOON. 
THIS IS CAFAR FROM OVER, THE 
STORM SYSTEM HAS STILL 
MAINTAINED ITS INTEGRITY, FROM 
LANDFALL. 
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WENT IN 
AS A CAT FOR, IT WILL CONTINUE 
ITS WAY TO THE NORTH, AND WE 
WILL HAVE 200,000 PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
SO, THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE 
AN ISSUE, THROUGHOUT THE 
AFTERNOON. 
BUT I THINK THE NEXT BIG THREAT 
WE ARE SEEING FOR CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA TO LAKE CHARLES IS 
THE STORM SURGE THIS IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART IN THAT RIGHT 
FRONT QUADRANT IT'S LEAKING 
INTO THAT AREA, WE HAVE SEEN 
RIVER LEVELS SPARK UP TO 9 FEET 
IN THE AREA AND THE STORM SURGE 
FORECAST IS GOING TO BE UP TO 
20 TO 30 FEET. 
SO EVEN IF YOU ARE ON TOP OF 
THIS FIRST G STORY HOME, THERE  
GOING TO BE DEVASTATION ACROSS 
THIS AREA. 
NOW THIS IS NOT JUST GOING TO 
BE FLOODING AREAS THE 
FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE 
COMING UP IN THESE AREAS. 
SO WATCHING CAMERON TO JENNINGS 
ALL THE COASTAL AREAS OF 
LOUISIANA, I STILL THINK THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
MAINTAINS THIS AS A CATEGORY 
FOUR HURRICANE GOING INTO THE 
5:00 A.M. 
OUR IT STARTS TO LOSE ITS FORCE 
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY INLAND 
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, WERE 
GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE 
TROPICAL FORCE WINDS, WHAT YOU 
ARE GOING TO BE HEARING 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IS THAT 
THIS IS FAR FROM OVER BECAUSE 
IT IS STILL CONTINUING INTO 
ARKANSAS, THE MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY, THEN WE HAVE PORTIONS 
OF THE MID-ATLANTIC GOING INTO 
THE WEEKEND EVEN AREAS OF THE 
NORTHEAST ARE GOING TO BE 
SEEING PARTS OF THIS TROPICAL 
SYSTEM, IT EVEN HAS POTENTIAL 
TO GO BACK INTO THE ATLANTIC 
AND THEN RECHARGE, THAT IS FAR 
OUT BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE 
WATCHING THAT. 
SO THE STORM SURGE, THE 
FLOODING THREAT IS GOING TO BE 
THE ISSUE. 
NOW ON  LTOP OF THE STORM SURGE 
IS THE RAIN WE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT SOME AREAS LOCALLY COULD 
GET UP TO 15 INCHES, THAT IS ON 
TOP OF THE SURGE, SO FOR ALL OF 
THESE AREAS FROM BLAKE ARTHUR 
TO LAFAYETTE THE TORNADO 
THREATS AND THE TORRENTIAL 
RAIN, THE STORM SURGE THIS IS 
JUST A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF 
MOISTURE THAT REIS GOING TO BE 
IMPACTING THIS AREA, THE STORM 
SURGE WILL STRETCH UP 30 TO 40 
MILES PER HOUR ACROSS THIS AREA 
AND I ALSO THINK WERE GOING TO 
START TO SEE FLOODING THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR 
LITTLE ROCK. 
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, WHAT IS 
REALLY DEVASTATING AGAINST THE 
STORM SYSTEM, IT IS THE 
STRONGEST WE HAVE EVER SEEN. 
WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE STORM, 
IMPACTING CAMERON, LOUISIANA. 
SO, FIRST WE HAVE THE CENTER OF 
THE EYEWALL THAN HE GOT A 
LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, NOW THE 
BACKSIDE IS IMPACTING THAT AREA 
AND THEN THE SECOND WAVE IS 
GOING TO BE IMPACTING LAKE 
CHARLES SO IT IS JUST A DOUBLE 
DOSE OF HORRIFIC CONDITIONS IN 
THAT AREA. 
>> YOU THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS 
OUT WITH 15, MAYBE 20, GIVE US 
SOME PERSPECTIVE, KATRINA HAS 
THE DEVASTATING IMPACT, THAT 
WAS 28, IKE, RITA WAS IN THE 
20th, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
STORM OF SIMILAR SIZE AND 
POSSIBLE SIMILAR IMPACT WE ALL 
KNOW THOSE NAMES FOR A REASON. 
>> EXACTLY, IT SEEMS THAT 
KATRINA AND IKE WERE FAR LESS 
BUT THE SURGE, IS ON SURVIVABLE 
THOSE ARE THE WORDS THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUT 
OUT YESTERDAY. 
NOW, THE SURGE UP TO 20 FEET 
FOR LAKE CHARLES, AND RIGHT 
NOW, ALREADY UP TO 9 FEET THAT 
IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 
YOU KNOW THE SYSTEM CONTINUES 
TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH AND SO 
THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE IS 
GOING TO BE COMING ON THE 
BACKSIDE OF THAT. 
SO WE'RE JUST ON THE BEGINNING 
PHASE, AND WE TALK ABOUT STORM 
SURGE AS THE DEADLIEST PART OF 
A HURRICANE, YOU'RE JUST G NOT 
GOING TO ESCAPE WATER. 
IT'S GOING TO COME IN, AND COME 
IN QUICKLY. 
IT'S SO ALARMING ON SO MANY 
FRONTS TO THINK ABOUT THE WINS 
ABOUT, STORM G 
SURGE AND THEN THE RAIN ON TOP 
OF THAT. 
REALLY ALARMING, THE WORDS ON 
SURVIVABLE. 
WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU 
IN A LITTLE BIT. 
>>> THIS IS A TROPICAL STORM, 
THAT MADE LANDFALL, THE DAMAGE 
FROM THE STORM COULD BE SOME OF 
THE WORST TO HIT THE GULF 
REGION IN DECADES. 
JOINING US NOW ON THE PHONE IS 
MARY JANE MUD THE DIRECTOR OF 
COMMUNICATIONS AT THE RED CROSS 
IN THE HOUSTON AREA A LITTLE 
BIT WEST OF S THAT, MARY, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US WHAT 
IS THE RED CROSS DOING TO HELP 
THESE RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED 
AREAS, ARE USING RESIDENCE IN 
THE LAKE CHARLES AREA, IN THE 
HOUSTON AREA? 
E
HOUSTON AREA
>> THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS 
BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS FOR SOME 
TIME AND WE HAVE DEPLOYED OVER
600 VOLUNTEERS UP AND DOWN THE
GULF COAST PRIMARILY
>>> WE ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES, AND YOU KNOW 
HELPING THEM WITH SHELTERS, WE 
HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS ON STANDBY 
WITH SURPRISE TO HELP PEOPLE 
OUT TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE 
DURING THE CHALLENGING TIME. 
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU 
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SHELTER AND 
OTHER RESOURCES, YOU NEED TO 
GRAB A GLASS OF WATER, PLEASE 
DO SO. 
OKAY, WHAT OTHER FORMS OF HELP 
ARE BEING PROVIDED THERE IF YOU 
CAN SPECIFY? 
>> WELL, WE ARE WORKING WITH 
LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND THOSE 
SHELTERS WE ARE PROVIDING COTS 
AND BLANKETS, AND HELPING WITH 
PPE. 
DOING WHAT WE CAN INCLUDING 
MENTAL HEALTH SURFACES. 
CASEWORK, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING 
ABOUT THE CONCERNS AROUND COVID-
19. 
AND YOU KNOW THE AMERICAN RED 
CROSS IS BEING CREATIVE ABOUT 
WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT 
INCLUDING PROVIDING SOME OF THE 
SERVICES VIRTUALLY INSTEAD OF 
ON THE GROUND. 
THE SERVICES ARE STILL THERE 
AND STILL VITAL. 
WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT 
EVACUATION AND REALLY WANT TO 
BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO 
EVERYONE IF WE HAVEN'T 
EVACUATED AND IF IT IS STILL 
SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE DO IT AND 
IF NOT GET TO A HIGHER PART OF 
YOUR HOME, IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT 
TOO LATE, WE'VE GOT THE TORNADO 
COMING, GO FURTHER INTO YOUR 
HOME. 
SO, THAT'S WHAT WERE DOING 
GETTING INFORMATION OUT WORKING 
WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND 
SUPPORTING THE SHELTERS THAT 
ARE OPEN. 
>>> WISH YOU ALL THE BEST THANK 
YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, MARY 
JANE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF 
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE 
AMERICAN RED CROSS. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME 
THIS MORNING. 
>> LIVING ON TO OTHER 
HEADLINES, THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED AN 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB BLAKE, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL RELEASING NEW DETAILS 
ABOUT THE INCIDENT. 
HE SAID A KNIFE WAS FOUND AT 
THE SCENE BUT WOULD NOT SAY 
WHETHER OR NOT  JACOB BLAKE WAS 
CURING IT, RUSTEN SHESKEY WAS 
IDENTIFIED AS THE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT  ALL SEVEN SHOTS. 
ALL OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AS 
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. 
MEANWHILE A TEENAGER HAS BEEN 
ARRESTED AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED 
DURING THE PROTESTS IN KENOSHA. 
WE HAVE THE REPORTS. 
>> Reporter: ARRESTS IN THE 
VIOLENCE THAT BROKE OUT LAST 
NIGHT IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
OVER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
LAKE. 
>> THIS VIDEO CAPTURE PART OF 
THE CHAOS, SHOTS RINGING OUT A 
MAN ON THE GROUND FIRING A LONG 
GUN. 
>> BYSTANDERS RUNNING IN 
HORROR, SUN UNCLEAR WHAT 
HAPPENED BEFORE OR AFTER THE 
VIDEO. 
RIGHT BEFORE DAWN AUTHORITIES 
ARE STILL ON THE SCENE, TWO 
PEOPLE ARE DEAD AT LEAST ONE 
PERSON IS INJURED. 
>> AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 17-YEAR-
OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE, IN 
ILLINOIS. 
FACING THE FIRST-DEGREE 
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
>> IT SEEMS TO BE A MEMBER OF A 
MILITIA GROUP WHO DECIDES TO BE 
A VIGILANTE. 
>> THE SHOOTINGS CAME AFTER 
AUTHORITIES IN ARMORED VEHICLES 
FIRED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE 
CROWDS. 
TENSIONERS ARE HIGH HERE, 
VIDEOS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
SHOWS BOARDED-UP BUILDINGS. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT THE PRESENCE 
OF THE MILITIA LAST NIGHT 
CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE? 
>> YOU WANT MY PERSONAL 
OPINION? 
>> I DON'T, TO SOME PEOPLE IT 
MAY HAVE BEEN CALMING, TO ME IT 
IS NOT. 
>> SINCE SUNDAY WHEN AN OFFICER 
SHOT BLAKE MULTIPLE TIMES IN 
THE BACK THE KENOSHA POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAVE STAYED SILENT 
THE CHIEF WOULD NOT ANSWER 
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOOTING 
SAYING IT WAS UNDER 
INVESTIGATION BY STATE 
AUTHORITIES. 
>> I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS 
THAT BECAUSE THERE IS ONE 
SNIPPET OF A VERY LARGE 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR 
OFFICERS ASKED JACOB BLAKE TO 
DROP A KNIFE, WERE ANY WEAPONS 
DISCOVERED AT THE SAME? 
>> FOR BLAKE'S UNCLE  ANSWERS 
CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. 
>> WE DON'T WANT DESTRUCTION OR 
VIOLENCE. 
>> THE DEADLY SHOOTING IS NOW 
SET FOR FRIDAY, NO COMMENT FROM 
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. 
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR HAS JUST 
AUTHORIZED ANOTHER 500 MEMBERS 
OF THE STATE'S NATIONAL GUARD. 
>> FRANCIS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> NBC'S METEOROLOGIST JANESSA 
WEBB IS BACK WITH US ONCE AGAIN 
TRACKING THE PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA, JANESSA. 
>> YOU KNOW, YOU TOO THIS IS 
GOING TO BE A LONG DAY IF YOU 
ARE IN NORTH LOUISIANA YOU'RE 
NOT IN THE CLEAR JUST YET. 
I AM LOOKING RIGHT NOW, 12 
STATES ARE GOING TO SEE SOME 
KIND OF FORM OF THIS TROPICAL 
SYSTEM. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIGWIG 
OF THEIR STORY TODAY. 
TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW ORLEANS 
THIS AFTERNOON 89, A LOT OF 
BRENDA'S WAY INTO LITTLE ROCK 
ARKANSAS, AND THEN IT WE NEED 
TO FOCUS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER, 
ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. 
>>> MORE IMPACTS COMING UP. 
>>> WE WILL OF COURSE CONTINUE 
TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF HURRICANE 
LAURA, JANESSA, THANK YOU. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED 
TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
BUT IT IS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE WHO IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT 
LAST NIGHT, HE AND MANY OF THE 
OTHER SPEAKERS ON NIGHT THREE 
CALLED FOR LAW AND ORDER IN 
AMERICA. 
NBC'S ALEX MOORE HAS ALL OF THE 
BIG MOMENTS FOR US. 
>> IN A SETTING RICH WITH 
PATRIOTIC SYMBOLISM VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE OFFICIALLY 
CAPTURING THE NOMINATION. 
THE SIGHT OF THE VERY BATTLE, 
THAT IN SPITE OF THE WORDS OF 
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES IN EVERY 
GENERATION SINCE FREDDIE MAC A 
SALUTE TO THE BRAVE HONORING 
FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND MILITARY 
VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING THE 
VICE PRESIDENT FRAMING THE 
SELECTION AS A PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE ADDRESSES FOCUSING 
ON NATIONAL SECURITY. 
MY PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> MANY ZEROING IN ON SECURITY 
AT HOME WITH THE LAW AND ORDER 
PRO-POLICE MESSAGE AS PROTESTS 
RAMP UP AGAIN AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN IN 
WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING OVERRUN 
BY VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> SPEAKERS UNDER A JOE BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> AND AMERICA WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED, AND TAXES CRUSHED 
THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
>> AND APPEALING DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> REPUBLICANS MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THE 
MAN TO LEAD THE LAND OF THE 
FREE. 
>> IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, 
NBC NEWS. 
HIS 
>>> THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE HAS LED TO PROTESTS 
IN THE SPORTS WORLD TEAMS FROM 
THE NBA, WNBA, MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL AND THE NFL BOYCOTTED 
GAMES AND PRACTICE OF THE 
SHOOTING. 
STARTED WITH THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, STARTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 
ON ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED THE LEAGUE TO POSTPONE 
OTHER GAMES LAST NIGHT. 
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THOSE 
GAMES WILL BE PLAYED. 
>> THAT MOVED THE PRAISE FROM 
BARACK OBAMA ON TWITTER SAID HE 
COMMENCED THE PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP WHAT THEY BELIEVE 
IN. 
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HURRICANE 
LAURA, IT'S BACKING THE 
STRONGEST WINDS THE GULF REGION 
HAS EVER SEEN. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS 
AND CLEARLY THE WINDS ARE 
PICKING UP. 
>> FRANCIS, THIS MORNING WE ARE 
SEEING THE RANGE OF 60 TO 70 
MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUSTS IT'S 
GOING TO BE COMING IN WITH 
WAYNE WERE SWAYING IN THE WIND 
IT'S NOT TO THE POINT OF 
BREAKING IT, BUT THE WIND IS 
STRONG ENOUGH FOR US THAT WE 
JUST LOST POWER ACTUALLY JUST 
TWO OR THREE MINUTES BEFORE WE 
CAME ON AIR TO TALK TO YOU WE 
ALMOST DIDN'T HAVE A LIVE SHOT. 
YOU CAN SEE THE DARKNESS OVER 
MY SHOULDER IN THIS AREA ALONE 
THERE HAVE BEEN SOMEWHERE IN 
THE RANGE OF 60 TO 70,000 POWER 
OUTAGES WHICH PUTS YOU AT 
200,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST 
POWER. 
THANKFULLY IN BEAUMONT FOR A 
SECOND WE ARE ROUGHLY 60 MILES 
OR SO FROM LAKE CHARLES AND WE 
ARE ABOUT 70 MILES FROM WHERE 
THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL TO 
THE WEST OF THE EYEWALL WE ARE 
NOT SEEING THE LEVEL OF WIND 
SPEEDS AND CERTAINLY NOT THE 
STORM SURGE GOING ON IN SOUTH 
EAST LOUISIANA. 
THAT HAS BEEN THE LOSS BUT DRY 
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, LET ME 
SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
HIS 
>>> SAM, THANK YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> BREAKING NEWS, HURRICANE 
LAURA IS BATTERING THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA BORDER. 
IT BROUGHT STORM SURGE THAT IS 
CATASTROPHIC. 
JAY GRAY IS IN LAKE CHARLES 
LOUISIANA RIGHT IN THE THICK OF 
IT ALL, J, GOOD MORNING 
DESCRIBED THE CONDITIONS THERE 
FOR ME. 
IF YOU CAN. 
>>> HEY, PHILIP, WE JUST GOT 
THROUGH THE I AND NOW WERE 
GETTING INTO THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE SYSTEM, LAURA CRASHING INTO 
THE GULF COAST EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING THE MOST POWERFUL 
HURRICANE TO EVER CRUSH THE 
SHORELINE NEAR THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA BORDER. 
WE ARE ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES FROM A 
MAJOR CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE 
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 150 
MILES AN HOUR, GUSTS EVEN 
STRONGER. 
OR THAN ONE FOOT OF RAIN IN 
SOME AREAS AND WITH THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED IN ON SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
AND JUST THREE FEET, THE STORM 
CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. 
AT SIX FEET THE WASTE CAN CRASH 
THROUGH WINDOWS AND DOORS. 
AT NINE FEET, ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM SURGE, COULD 
PRESS AT 20 FEET. 
>> TO THINK THERE WOULD BE A 
WALL OF WATER OVER TWO STORIES 
HIGH COMING ONSHORE, IS VERY 
DIFFICULT FOR MOST TO CONCEIVE. 
BUT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
>> LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO WREAK 
HAVOC AS IT PUSHES INLAND. 
WE HAVE WIND GUSTS UP TO 
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS, WE EXPECT 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO BE 
WITHOUT POWER BY THURSDAY 
EVENING AND THEN WE CAN DEAL 
WITH POSSIBLY RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING IN TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
THE MASSIVE STORM JUST 
BEGINNING THE ASSAULT. 
>> BEFORE IT FOLLOWS THAT PATH, 
ESSENTIALLY TO THE EAST COAST 
LAURA IS FINISHING HERE, WE'VE 
STILL GOT HOURS TO GO. 
BACK TO YOU PHILIP. 
>>> ALL RIGHT, WE APPRECIATE 
YOU GIVING THE UPDATE UNDER THE 
VERY DIRE CONDITIONS, WE HOPE 
THIS GETS RESOLVED VERY SOON. 
>>> JANESSA WITH THE LATEST 
TRACK OF THE STORM, JANESSA 
HELLO AGAIN. 
>> IF YOU ARE AWARE JAY IS IN 
LAKE CHARLES HE NEEDS TO GET 
INSIDE THIS IS THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE SYSTEM AND IT IS GOING TO 
CAUSE ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING 
RAIN, ALSO YOU SAW FROM THE 
LIVE SHOT THE WINDS ARE PICKING 
UP, IN LAKE CHARLES WE SAW WIND 
GUSTS OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR 
FOR OVER 30 MINUTES. 
IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS OUR NEXT 
SPOT WILL BE SHREVEPORT UP TO 
65 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. 
>> FORGET THE WINDS, THE STORM 
SURGE AND THE RAIN TO FOLLOW. 
INCA JANESSA. 
>>> CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE 
LAURA MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA BORDER WITH 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF THE 
HUNDRED 50 MILES PER HOUR, THIS 
IS THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER CALLED THE POTENTIAL 
STORM SURGE ON SURVIVABLE. 
>>> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING I'M 
PHILIP MENA. 
>> WAKING THIS MORNING 
HURRICANE LAURA IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA THE CATEGORY FOUR 
STORM MAKING LANDFALL JUST A 
SHORT WHILE AGO, THE CATEGORY 
FOUR STORM BRINGING WITH IT ON 
SURVIVABLE STORM SURGE AND 
EXPLOSIVE 150 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS. 
THIS COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR 
CITIES ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST BUT ESPECIALLY IN 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
JOINING US FROM THEIR, WHAT ARE 
THE CONDITIONS LIKE? 
>> Reporter: FRANCIS, GOOD 
MORNING. 
FAIRLY CALM HERE IN BOWSHER AT 
THE MOMENT WE ARE SEEING LIGHT 
RAIN AS THE RAIN BANDS, 
COMMENCE BUT WE ARE 160 MILES 
NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES. 
ANNOUNCING THE SERIOUS IMPACTS 
JUST YET. 
WE DO EXPECT THAT TO BEGIN TO 
PICK UP HERE, IN THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS. 
THE BIGGEST CONCERNS, ARE GOING 
TO BE THOSE VERY HIGH WINDS 
WITH PROJECTIONS HERE FROM 40 
TO 60 MILES PER HOUR, AND ALSO 
THE HEAVY RAIN. 
FOR CONTEXT THIS RIVER THAT YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME ACTUALLY 
SEPARATES BOWSHER CITY FROM 
SHREVEPORT AND BACK IN 2015 IT 
FLOODED READY BADLY HERE 
CAUSING A HIGHWAY TO STRUT DOWN 
AND ALSO A NUMBER OF HOMES TO 
BE IMPACTED. 
SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE 
CONCERNS HERE AS WE WAIT FOR 
THE STORM TO MOVE IN. 
THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE DON'T 
EXPECT THE STORM TO STAY HERE 
FOR VERY LONG. 
WE EXPECTED TO MOVE AND PASS 
THROUGH RATHER QUICKLY. 
SO, THAT THOSE IMPACTS WON'T BE 
SUSTAINED IN THAT WAY. 
WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS HERE IN THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS, PHILIP. 
>> IS THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNITY 
TAKING PRECAUTIONS AND HEATERS 
TO THE WARNINGS. 
>> SHREVEPORT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN 
ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAS 
BEEN EVACUATED AND OBVIOUSLY A 
LOT OF FOLKS ARE STAYING INSIDE 
NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES IN TERMS 
OF COMING OUT, WE HAVE SEEN 
BUSINESSES CLOSING AND THINGS 
AREN'T GOING TO BE OPEN HERE AS 
THE STORM BEGINS TO MOVE 
THROUGH, BUT MY AROUND MIDDAY 
WE EXPECT THIS TO SORT OF WRAP 
UP HERE, AND SO THEN IT WILL BE 
COMING OUT AND SURVEYING WHAT 
IS ACTUALLY HAPPENED 
PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE HIGH 
WINDS. 
LOOKING AT TREES POSSIBLY DOWN, 
POWER LINES AND THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
OBVIOUSLY POWER OUTAGES BEING A 
BIG CONCERN. 
THE OTHER THING IS THERE IS 
ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY OF 
TORNADOES OR SMALL ISOLATED 
TORNADO. 
THAT IS SOMETHING ALSO TO KEEP 
AN EYE OUT FOR AS WE WAIT FOR 
THE STORM, AND WATCH THE STORM 
MOVE THROUGH. 
THE CONCERN IS THIS IS DURING A 
PANDEMIC IS SO MUCH TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT, PRISCILLA, 
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 
>> LET'S BRING IN JANESSA WEBB 
TRACKING LAURA FOR US ALL NIGHT 
LONG INTO THE MORNING. 
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING, WHERE IS 
THE STORM EXACTLY AS WE SPEAK? 
>> YOU KNOW, FRANCIS THIS IS 
JUST A DEVASTATING SITUATION 
RIGHT NOW, ON THE CURRENT RADAR 
LAKE CHARLES IS GOING THROUGH 
THE EYE OF THE STORM WE SAW 
SUSTAINED WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 
MILES PER HOUR FOR THE LAST 30 
MINUTES IN THAT AREA. 
SOME CALMING EFFECTS THAT ARE 
STARTING TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE HAD 
THE LANDFALL IN CAMERON 
LOUISIANA THERE ABOUT TO GO 
THROUGH THE BACKSIDE, THE 
SECOND EYE OF THE EYEWALL OF 
THE STORM SYSTEM. 
ANOTHER ROUND GOING TO BE 
HITTING THAT AREA, THE TORNADO 
THREAT IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR 
THE NEXT TWO HOURS YOU CAN 
ALREADY START TO SEE A BAND 
THAT IS GOING TO FORM ACROSS 
LAKE CHARLES, ALONG WITH THE 
STORM SURGE AND THAT IS THE 
NEXT FACTOR AND THAT IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING RIVER 
LEVELS UP TO 9 FEET IN SOME 
AREAS WITH THE BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM ABOUT TO LAURA IN, WERE 
GOING TO SEE HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE AND FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA. 
AND PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA. 
NOW THE FORECAST IS CALLING FOR 
15 TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A STORM 
SURGE WHERE WE ARE JUST GOING 
TO SEE BUILDINGS FLOODED, THIS 
IS GOING TO RIP OFF FOUNDATIONS 
IN THIS AREA. 
THIS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC AND 
THE STORM SURGE IS GOING TO 
MAKE ITS WAY INLAND, UP TO 30 
MILES, SO WE ARE WATCHING THIS 
VERY CLOSELY AS WARNINGS AND 
ADVISORIES CONTINUE TO BE IN 
PLACE. 
RIGHT NOW, LAURA IS STILL AT 
TAG FOUR HURRICANE. 
YOU WOULD EXPECT THE STORM 
SYSTEM TO SHRED APART, BUT IT 
HASN'T. 
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF 
THE STORM, AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 
NORTH IT IS STILL A CATEGORY 
TWO HURRICANE. 
>>> JANESSA, THE EYE HAS JUST 
MADE LANDFALL, THE TECHNICAL 
TERM, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN SEEING 
FLOODING, THROUGH THE EYE OF 
THE STORM. 
WE WILL BE CHECKING IN, TEXAS 
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WILL BE 
NOTIFYING INDIVIDUALS THAT 
RESCUES WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL 
9:00 IN THE MORNING. 
CHUCK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 
TODAY THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS WE 
JUST HEARD HAS PUT THE RESCUES 
ON HOLD, WHAT DO YOU THINK 
ABOUT THAT DECISION? 
>> IT MIGHT BE HURRICANE ANDREW 
WE HAD 500 CALLS AND HOLDING 
RIGHT AFTER THE STORM PASSED, 
FLOOD EXPECTED IN WEST TEXAS, A 
LOT OF CALLS AND HOLDING THEY 
WILL BE SELECTIVE ON WHAT THEY 
SEND OUT, AND WHEN THEY SEND 
IT. 
POWERLINES WILL BE A MAJOR 
CALL, THE THINGS THAT I HAVE A 
LOT OF RESOURCES. 
VERY LITTLE ASSET. 
THERE ARE NEED OF RESCUES 
BEFORE THEY START SENDING 
PEOPLE OUT AT 9:00 A.M., WHAT 
SHOULD PEOPLE DO IF THEY ARE IN 
FACT IN NEED OF HELP RIGHT NOW? 
>> HOPEFULLY THEY PREPARED AND 
THEY HAVE FIRST AID, IF THEY 
HAVE ANY DAMAGE OR INJURIES. 
BUT, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT MUCH 
THEY CAN DO OTHER THAN BASIC 
FIRST AID, AND LIFE-SAVING 
THINGS. 
BUT, ANYONE WHO IS IN A MAJOR 
MEDICAL CRISIS WITH THE WINDS 
OF POTENTIALLY SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES PER HOUR THERE 
WILL BE NO HELP THERE FOR A 
WHILE. 
WITH THE EMS UNITS IN THE FIRST 
RESPONDERS TO GET OUT THERE. 
>> MITCHELL, TALK TO ME A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, IT IS 
ONE THING TO HAVE HURRICANE 
SEASON AND TO PREPARE FOR THIS, 
ANOTHER THING, TO EVACUATE AND 
BE IN SHELTERS DURING THE 
PANDEMIC WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS 
AS FAR AS PEOPLE WRITING THIS 
OUT AND PEOPLE IN THOSE 
SHELTERS, JUST OVERALL, HAVING 
TO DEAL WITH THIS HURRICANE AND 
MAGNITUDE DURING THIS TIME. 
>> WELL, THE VIRUS CERTAINLY 
MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO 
HANDLE SHELTERING BECAUSE OF 
THE SPACING THAT IS REQUIRED. 
IT CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL 
CATASTROPHIC GAMUT TO THIS 
BUILDING AND THE STRUCTURE, AND 
TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE, WE ARE NEAR 
A POTENTIAL WALL FALLING OR 
TREE FALLING. 
>> WANTS TO BE CONSIDERED AND A 
LOT TO DO AS THEY APPROACH WITH 
THE PANDEMIC AND THE SPACING. 
AND IF YOU'RE SPACING IMMEDIATE 
THREAT AND YOU WANT TO SAVE THE 
LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY, THAT 
TAKES PRESENCE IN THE MOMENT. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US THIS MORNING. 
HIS STOMACH ALL RIGHT, NOW TO 
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY 
OPENED THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB BLAKE. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASED NEW 
DETAILS ABOUT THE MOMENT HE SET 
A KNIFE WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE 
BUT WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER OR 
NOT BLAKE WAS CARRYING IT.  
RUSTEN SHESKEY WAS IDENTIFIED 
AS  THE ONE WHO FIRED ALL SEVEN 
SHOTS. 
MEANWHILE A TEENAGER HAS BEEN 
ARRESTED AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED DURING THE ESCALATING 
PROTEST IN KENOSHA. 
WE HAVE THE REPORT. 
>>> IT LOOKS LIKE WERE HAVING A 
LITTLE TROUBLE RUNNING THAT 
STORY WHILE OTHER BREAKING 
STORIES, THIS HAS LED TO 
PROTESTS OF SEVERAL SPORTS 
TEAMS IN THE U.S. ARE TALKING 
TEAMS FROM WNBA, MAJOR-LEAGUE 
BASEBALL AND THE NFL. 
THEY HAVE BOYCOTTED GAMES AND 
PRACTICES IN THE RESPONSE TO 
THE SHOOTING OF THE 29-YEAR-
OLD. 
IT STARTED WITH THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, THEY WERE THE FIRST TEAM 
TO ORGANIZE AND POSTPONE THE 
GAME ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A 
PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED TO A DOMINO EFFECT THE 
LEAGUE HAD TO POSTPONE THREE 
OTHER GAMES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
THE DEMONSTRATION DATA GARNER 
PRAISE FROM BARACK OBAMA WHO ON 
TWITTER SAID HE COMMENDS THE 
PLAYERS FOR STANDING UP FOR 
WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. 
>> MEANWHILE ACCORDING TO 
REPORTS THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS 
AND THE CLIPPERS HAVE VOTED TO 
BOYCOTT THE REST OF THE NBA 
SEASON. 
THE WNBA JOINED IN ON THE 
PROTEST, AND THEY POSTPONED 
THEIR THREE GAMES THAT WERE 
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE PLAY 
ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. 
TEAM PLAYERS TOOK A NAME AND 
LOCKED ARMS WAR THERE WERE 
SPELLING SHIRTS, THAT SPELLED 
OUT JACOB BLAKE.  
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR PLAYERS 
MULTIPLE MAJOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL 
TEAM SET OUT GAMES AS WELL. 
ACCORDING TO ESPN'S THREE 
BASEBALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS 
WHO ARE HOSTING THE CINCINNATI 
REDS AGAIN THE GAME WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED IN THE 
WALKIE 40 MILES FROM WHERE 
BLAKE WAS SHOT. 
AND, ON THE NFL FRONT THE 
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM THEY 
CANCELED SCHEDULED PRACTICE FOR 
TODAY IT COMES AS THE DETROIT 
LIONS CANCELED PRACTICE EARLIER 
THIS WEEK. 
>> THE HEADLINES WERE FALLING 
RIGHT NOW IS HURRICANE LAURA, 
LET'S CHECK OFF JANESSA WEBB 
WITH THE HURRICANE MAKING 
LANDFALL RECENTLY. 
HIS STOMACH YOU TO WE DO HAVE 
AN EXTREME WIND WARNING THAT IS 
IN PLACE FOR SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR, WHAT THAT MEANS, 
IS CAMERON LOUISIANA SHOULD BE 
IN YOUR SAFE PLACE, WE ARE 
SEEING ALMOST TORNADO ACTIVITY, 
BUT WHEN GUSTING IN LAKE CHARLES
FOR ALMOST AN HOUR NOW OVER 100 
MILES PER HOUR. 
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY NORTH 
AND YOU KNOW THIS IS JUST THE 
BEGINNING OF HURRICANE LAURA AS 
IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO ARKANSAS, 
AS WELL ARE GOING TO SEE 
TROPICAL FORCE WIND GUSTS AT 
LEAST UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR 
WERE ALSO WATCHING THE FLOOD 
THREAT, YOU SEE THE STORM SURGE 
IN THE NEXT HOUR, ON TOP OF 
THAT WE HAVE THE BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT ARE GOING TO 
PRODUCE AT LEAST THREE INCHES 
OF RAIN PER HOUR, SOME PORTIONS 
OF WESTERN TO CENTRAL LOUISIANA 
COULD SEE OVER 15 INCHES OF 
RAIN, IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 
HOURS, RIGHT NOW, LAKE CHARLES 
HAS LOCKED OUT WE HAVE 200,000 
PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA 
WITHOUT POWER THAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE FINALLY LAKE CHARLES 
IS GOING TO GET A BREAK, BUT 
WHERE WE SAW THE LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON LOUISIANA, THEY'RE 
GETTING THE BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM. 
THAT IS A BIG LOOK AT WHETHER 
STORIES OF THE DAY, HERE IS A 
CLOSER LOOK TO WHAT IS AHEAD. 
>> WERE CONTINUING TO WATCH 
THIS EXTREME WIND WARNING 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH, HOVERING 
IN THE 90s. 
THAT'S GOING TO FILL THE STORM 
SYSTEM AND PRODUCE A TON OF 
MOISTURE FOR SHREVEPORT EVEN 
FOR AN NEW ORLEANS. 
>>> JUSTIN THE START OF THE 
STORM, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU 
THE IMPACTS. 
>>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO 
WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 
NOMINATION TONIGHT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE, ONE LISTENER 
ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF 
HURRICANE LAURA IN THE 
CONVENTION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. 
HERE IS NBC'S ALICE BAR. 
>> IN A SETTING RICH WITH 
PATRIOTIC SYMBOLISM VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
NOMINATION, BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY HOSTING NIGHT THREE OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THE SITE OF THE VERY BATTLE, 
THAT INSPIRED THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES IN EVERY 
GENERATION SINCE. 
>> A SALUTE TO THE BRAVE, 
HONORING FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND 
MILITARY VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING THE 
VICE PRESIDENT FRAMING THE 
SELECTION AS A PEERLESS FIGHT 
FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE ADDRESSES FOCUSING 
ON NATIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL KEEP AMERICA SAFE. 
MANY ZEROING IN ON SECURITY AT 
HOME WITH THE LAW AND ORDER PRO-
POLICE MESSAGE AS PROTEST RAMP 
UP AGAIN AFTER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN IN 
WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING OVERRUN 
BY VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> SPEAKERS STARKLY WARNING OF 
AMERICA'S FUTURE UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 
IN AMERICA, WHERE FARMERS ARE 
PUNISHED, JOBS ARE DESTROYED, 
AND TAXES CRUSHED THE MIDDLE-
CLASS. 
>> AND APPEALING DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE, I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID HE 
HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHANGES 
TO THE GUIDANCE FOR COVID-19 
TESTING, THE NEW GUIDANCE 
STATES HEALTHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19 DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST AS LONG 
AS THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE OR MADE IN LAST 
WEEK, WHEN THEY WERE UNDERGOING 
SURGERY ACCORDING TO THE 
SPOKESPERSON FAUCI REGARDED 
VERSION OF THE GUELINES, 
AFTER READING THEM CAREFULLY, 
HE HAS SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY 
COULD BE INTERPRETED AS THE 
LESSENING OF THE A SYMPTOMATIC 
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS, 
BRANDON TERRENCE WAS LICENSED 
TO PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. 
THE RESTATEMENTS IN COURT 
BEFORE THE SENATE. 
AN AMAZON DRIVER IS NO LONGER 
WITH THE COMPANY AFTER SECURITY 
FOOTAGE SHOWED HIM STRIKING A 
MAN WITH THE DRIVER ABOUT 
COMING EARLIER WITH THE MASCOT. 
JEANETTE EPSTEIN, ON TRACK TO 
MAKE HISTORY AS SHE IS SLATED 
TO MAKE THE SPACE STATION. 
NASA ANNOUNCED AS SHE IS PART 
OF A MISSION TO HIT THE SPACE 
NEXT YEAR. 
>> ABOUT 700 WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. 
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST UPDATE 
MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION ACRES 
HAVE BURNED AND A 1700 
STRUCTURES DESTROYED. 
ALMOST 4000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED AND SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED, SOME OF THE FIRES HAVE 
BEEN SPARKED BY MORE THAN 
13,000 LIGHTNING STRIKE SINCE 
AUGUST 15th. 
A SAILOR HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 
A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN 
CONNECTION TO THE FIRE THAT 
ERUPTED ON A NAVY SHIP U.S.S. 
BONHOMME RICHARD. 
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 
MASSIVE BLAZE THAT BURNED FOR 
DAYS WAS INTENTIONALLY SET  TO 
DEFENSE OFFICIALS CONFIRMED TO 
NBC NEWS THAT INVESTIGATORS NOW 
SUSPECT ARSON BUT THEY ALSO 
SAID THE INVESTIGATION IS 
ONGOING AND HAVE NOT BEEN 
DETERMINED TO WHETHER THAT 
SAILOR IS IN FACT A SUSPECT. 
THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 
12th, WITH 160 CREWMEMBERS ON 
BOARD, THE NAVY OFFICIALS THAT 
11 OF THE SHIPS 14 DECKS WERE 
DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. 
>> OVER THE RATIFICATION OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT A STATUE 
HONORING SOME OF THE PIONEERS 
OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENTS IS UNVEILED IN 
CENTRAL PARK. 
THE STATUE HONORING WOMEN 
FEATURED SUSAN B ANTHONY, NOT 
ONLY ARE THESE WOMEN KEY 
MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT THEY 
ARE ALSO NATIVE NEW YORKERS. 
MAC CENTRAL PARK IS VISITED BY 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, HOPEFULLY 
THEY WILL STOP, ASK AND LEARN 
ABOUT THAT. 
>> FOR NOW, IT IS ALL FOR 
LOCALS TO STOP BY AND ENJOY IT. 
STOMACH BREAKING THIS MORNING 
WE'RE FOLLOWING HURRICANE LAURA 
AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS THE GOALS 
PASSING 150 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS, IN THE DEAD OF THE 
NIGHT. 
JAY GRAY IS IN LAKE CHARLES 
LOUISIANA IN THE THICK OF IT. 
J. 
>> THIS ISN'T THE WORST OF WHAT 
WERE GOING TO SEE HER THIS 
MORNING AS LAURA MAKES ITS WAY 
TOWARDS LAKE CHARLES. 
>> THE LEADING EDGE OF LAURA, 
BATTLING THE GULF COAST WITH 
THE WERE STILL ON THE WAY. 
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES. 
>> FROM A CATEGORY FOUR MAJOR 
HURRICANE WITH WINDS WELL OVER 
100 MILES PER HOUR WITHIN ONE 
FOOT OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS IN 
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLING IN ON SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE, AT JUST THREE FEET THE 
SEARCH CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. 
AT SIX FEET THE WAVE CAN SMASH 
THROUGH WINDOWS AND DOORS. 
AT NINE FEET, ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM SURGE, COULD 
CREST AT 20 FEET. 
>> THE THING THAT THERE WOULD 
BE A WALL OF WATER OVER TWO 
STORIES HIGH COMING ONSHORE, IS 
VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO WREAK 
HAVOC AS IT PUSHES INLAND. 
WE COULD HAVE 90 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND GUST INTO SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS. 
WE EXPECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO 
BE DEALING WITH RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING IN TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
>> THIS MASSIVE STORM CONTINUED 
ITS ASSAULT. 
WERE GOING TO SEE CLEAR 
CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EARLY 
MORNING. 
AND BEGIN AGAIN. 
THAT IS THE LATEST IN LAKE 
CHARLES, BACK TO YOU. 
SO MIKE WHAT A ROUGH GO, THANK 
YOU. 
LET'S BRING JANESSA BACK WITH 
US, AS SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THE 
PAST OF THE HURRICANE, WHAT IS 
THE LATEST? 
>> WE JUST SAW THE LIVE SHOT, 
WERE GOING THROUGH THE EYE, OR 
GETTING A SLIGHT BREAK THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM, NOT TOO 
BAD, JUST SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS 
THAT I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IS 
LOOK AT THE TORNADO THREAT IT 
IS SPARKING UP BATON ROUGE, 
MORGAN CITY, YOU'RE GOING TO 
START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF 
ROTATION IN THAT AREA, AND WERE 
GOING TO SEE THE NORTHERN 
MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM. 
NOW THE SECOND HALF, THE STORM 
SURGE AND WERE GOING TO SEE 
RIVER LEVELS UP TO 9 FEET, THE 
STORM HAS JUST BEGUN, AS WE 
SAID WE'VE REACHED UP TO 20 
FEET SO THESE AREAS BY DAYBREAK 
ARE GOING TO LOOK COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT. 
>> THERE ARE REASONS WHY IT'S 
BEING CALLED ON SURVIVABLE, 
WHEN IT COMES TO THE STORM. 
>>> 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 
THEY ARE PROTECTED. 
>> IT IS NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIFE 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 IS WHY WE ARE DOWN 
HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY, 
THAT IS ALL I WANT HIM TO SEE.  
>>> 
>>> YOU'VE GOT TO GET A FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS EXPENSIVE, WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM WHERE THE 
TICKETS TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS IS 
A THING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT 
AND BORROW FOR, AND PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING, WITH 
CHRIS HAYES, SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S HEADLINES COULD BE 
HARD TO UNDERSTAND, A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE QUESTIONS, WE STARTED 
A NEWSCAST FOR THEM, WE KNOW 
YOUR FAMILY WILL WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS EDITION. 
>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW, WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
HE SAW A LARGE CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
>> LIFE 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 
LIVE IN THEIR FAMILY. 
>> YOU ARE CREATING A LITTLE 
COMMUNITY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE 
CAN DEVELOP OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR COMMUNITY. 
LET'S TURN IT OVER TO STUDENTS, 
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISSES MY TEACHERS 
>> THEY ARE RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
A VIRUS THAT KNOWS NO BORDERS. 
>> A NEW CATASTROPHE HAPPENING 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. 
>> THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> PEOPLE SAID IF THEY DON'T 
WORK THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE 
ABLE TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> NBC NEWS AND SKY TEAMS ARE 
ON THE GROUND LEARNING FROM 
WHERE IT HAS BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT 
IS BRINGING STUDENTS BACK IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW IT WILL IMPACT 
IS HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 
THE SAME NORMAL AS BEFORE.  
>>> THE NEWS BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND PROBABLY HAS NEVER 
BEEN MORE IMPORTANT WITH ALL 
THAT WE ARE FACING I AM SO 
PROUD TO BRING THE PERSPECTIVE, 
A BLACK WOMAN, A DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND KIDS WHOSE 
FAMILIES ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF 
THEIR COLOR, A PROUD NERD AND 
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
EMERGING AMERICAN TO CABLE 
NEWS. 
I HOPE MY MOM, WILL LOOK DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND BE PROUD. 
>> 
>>> CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE 
MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA BORDER WITH MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 150 MILE-PER-
HOUR, THIS AFTER THE STORM 
SURGE WAS CALLED ON SURVIVABLE. 
>> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING I'M 
FRANCIS RIVERA BREAKING THIS 
MORNING HURRICANE LAURA IS 
BATTERING LOUISIANA THEY 
CATEGORY FOUR STORM MAKING 
LANDFALL JUST A SHORT WHILE 
AGO. 
THEY CATEGORY FOUR STORM 
BRINGING WITH IT ON SURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGES. 
THIS COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR 
CITIES ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST BUT ESPECIALLY IN 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
JOINING US IT'S PRISCILLA 
THOMPSON, WHAT ARE THE 
CONDITIONS LIKE NOW? 
>> FRANCIS, GOOD MORNING, 
FAIRLY CALM HERE IN BOWSHER AT 
THE MOMENT. 
WE ARE SEEING LIGHT RAIN AS THE 
OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO 
MOVE IN BUT WERE ABOUT 160 
MILES NORTH PRONOUNCING THE 
SERIOUS IMPACT YET, BUT WE 
EXPECT THAT TO MOVE IN, IN THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. 
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS REALLY 
GOING TO BE THE VERY HIGH 
WINDS, WITH PROJECTIONS HERE 
ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 MILES 
PER HOUR. 
AND ALSO, THE HEAVY RAIN. 
FOR CONTEXT THIS RIVER THAT YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME ACTUALLY 
SEPARATES MOSHER CITY FROM 
SHREVEPORT BACK IN 2015 IT 
FLOODED PRETTY BADLY HERE. 
CAUSING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 
TO SHUT DOWN AND ALSO A NUMBER 
OF HOMES TO BE IMPACTED. 
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE 
CONCERNS HERE, AS WE WAIT FOR 
THE STORM TO MOVE IN, THE GOOD 
NEWS IS WE DON'T EXPECT THE 
STORM TO STAY HERE VERY LONG. 
AND SORT OF LINGER, SO ACTUALLY 
ONCE IT BEGINS TO MOVE WHEN 
IT'S GOING TO PASS THROUGH 
RATHER QUICKLY SO THE IMPACTS 
WON'T BE SUSTAINED IN THAT WAY. 
SO WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS. 
>>> RESIDENTS THEY ARE 
EVACUATING AND TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS TALK TO US ABOUT 
HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN 
TAKING PRECAUTIONS AND TAKING 
HEED TO THE WARNINGS. 
>>> SHREVEPORT HAS BEEN ONE OF 
THOSE AREAS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO 
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED, A LOT OF 
FOLKS ARE STAYING INSIDE, NOT 
TAKING CHANCES COMING OUT WE'VE 
SEEN BUSINESSES CLOSING 
OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE GOING TO 
BE OPEN HERE AS THE STORM 
BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH, BUT BY 
AROUND MIDDAY WE EXPECT THIS TO 
SORT OF WRAP UP HERE, AND SO 
THEN IT WILL BE COMING OUT AND 
SURVEYING WHAT HAS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENED PARTICULARLY WITH 
THOSE HIGH WINDS WE COULD BE 
LOOKING AT TREES THAT ARE 
POSSIBLY DOWN, POWERLINES AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT AND OBVIOUSLY 
POWER OUTAGES BEING A BIG 
CONCERN, AND THE OTHER THING IS 
THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY 
OF A TORNADO OR SOME SORT OF 
SMALL ISOLATED TORNADO, THAT IS 
SOMETHING ALSO, TO KEEP AN EYE 
OUT FOR, BUT THE CONCERN IS 
THIS IS DURING A PANDEMIC SO 
MUCH TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, 
PRISCILLA, THINK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR THE UPDATE. 
LET'S BRING IN JANESSA WEBB 
TRACKING LAURA FOR US ALL NIGHT 
LONG. 
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING, WHERE IS 
THE STORM EXACTLY AS WE SPEAK? 
>> YOU KNOW, FRANCIS THIS IS 
JUST A DEVASTATING SITUATION 
RIGHT NOW ON OUR CURRENT RADAR, 
LAKE CHARLES IS GOING TO BE IN 
THE EYE OF THE STORM WE SAW 
SUSTAINED WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 
MILES PER HOUR, THE CALMING 
AFFECT THAT IS HAPPENING, WE 
HAVE THE LANDFALL IN CAMERA 
LOUISIANA. 
THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE 
BACKSIDE, TO GO THROUGH THE 
EYEWALL OF THE STORM SYSTEM, 
THE TORNADO THREAT, IS GOING TO 
BE HUGE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS 
YOU CAN ALREADY START TO SEE 
THE BAND THAT IS GOING TO FORM 
ACROSS LAKE CHARLES ALONG WITH 
THE STORM SURGE, THAT IS THE 
NEXT FACTOR, AND THAT IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE, WE ARE ALREADY SEEING
RIVER LEVELS UP TO 9 FEET IN 
SOME AREAS, WITH THE BACKSIDE 
OF THE SYSTEM ABOUT HER WAR IN, 
WERE GOING TO SEE HISTORIC 
STORM SURGE AND FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA. 
AND PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA, NOW 
THE FORECAST IS CALLING FOR 15 
TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A STORM 
SURGE WHERE WE ARE JUST GOING 
TO SEE BUILDINGS FLOODED, THIS 
IS GOING TO RIP OFF FOUNDATIONS 
IN THIS AREA. 
THIS IS GOING TO BE 
CATASTROPHIC AND THE STORM 
SURGE IS GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY 
INLAND UP TO 30 MILES, SO WE 
ARE WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY 
AS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES, AS 
THEY CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE 
RIGHT NOW, LAURA IS STILL A TAG 
FOR FOUR HURRICANE, YOU WOULD 
EXPECT THE STORM SYSTEM TO 
SHRED APART BUT IT JUST HASN'T. 
IT IS REALLY STAYING SABLE IN 
THE PAST HOUR OR SO, AS WE GO 
UP THE COAST, THIS IS ACTUALLY 
JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE 
STORM. 
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY NORTH, IT 
STILL A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. 
>>> VI HAS JUST MADE LANDFALL 
THAT'S TO THE TECHNICAL TERM, 
LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING THE 
FLOODING, WE WILL BE CHECKING 
BACK IN WITH YOU PERIODICALLY 
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. 
MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS GREG ABBOTT 
HAS ISSUED A WARNING THAT 
RESCUES WILL NOT BE ISSUED 
UNTIL THIS MORNING. 
WE HAVE RETIRED EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT FOR RESCUES, THERE 
ON HOLD UNTIL 9:00 A.M. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT 
DECISION? 
>> IT MIGHT BE HURRICANE ANDREW 
WE HAD 500 CALLS AND HOLDING 
RIGHT AFTER THE STORM PASSED, 
FLOODING WEST TEXAS, AND WE HAD 
A LOT OF CALLS AND HOLDING, 
THEY WILL BE SELECTIVE ON WHAT 
THEY SEND OUT AND WHEN THEY 
SEND IT, POWERLINES DOWN DURING 
THE MAJOR CALLS, BUT IT WAS 
TYING UP A LOT OF RESOURCES 
WITH VERY LITTLE BENEFITS. 
>> THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL 
THERE ARE LIKELY PEOPLE WHO 
WERE IN NEED OF RESCUE BEFORE 
THEY START SENDING PEOPLE OUT 
AT 9:00 A.M., WHAT SHOULD 
PEOPLE DO IF THEY ARE IN FACT 
IN NEED OF SOME HELP RIGHT NOW? 
>> HOPEFULLY THEY PREPARED AND 
THEY HAD FIRST AID FOR DAMAGES 
OR INJURY, RIGHT NOW THERE'S 
NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO OTHER THAN 
BASIC FIRST AID, AND LIFE-
SAVING THINGS. 
BUT IF SOMEONE IS IN A MAJOR 
MEDICAL CRISIS, THE WINDS HAVE 
NO HELP FOR MR. LANZA TALK TO 
ME ABOUT THIS, IT'S ONE THING 
TO HAVE HURRICANE SEASON AND TO 
PREPARE FOR THIS AS YOU'RE 
WATCHING VIDEO PREPARE, BUT 
ANOTHER THING FOR PEOPLE TO 
EVACUATE AND BE IN SHELTERS 
DURING A PANDEMIC, WHAT ARE 
YOUR THOUGHTS AS FAR AS PEOPLE 
WRITING THIS OUT, AND PEOPLE IN 
THOSE SHELTERS, JUST OVERALL 
THE FEEL OF PEOPLE HAVING TO 
DEAL WITH THE HURRICANE OF THIS 
MAGNITUDE DURING THIS TIME. 
>> WELL, THE VIRUS CERTAINLY 
MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO 
HANDLE SHELTERING BECAUSE THE 
SPACING THAT IS REQUIRED, BUT 
I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T 
USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO GO 
TO CONGREGANT TYPE OF SHELTERS, 
BUT I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW THE 
BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE VIRUS 
SPREAD BUT IT CERTAINLY IS THE 
POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES 
THAT ARE BUILDING AND OTHER 
STRUCTURES, AND WE ARE NEAR A 
POTENTIAL HAZARD LIKE A WALL 
FALLING OR TREE FALLING. 
>> A LOT TO BE CONSIDERED AND A 
LOT TO DO WITH AS THEY APPROACH 
AS SHE SAID WITH A PANDEMIC IN 
THE SPACING AND WHEN YOU'RE 
FACING A MEDIA THREATS, AND 
YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES 
OF YOUR FAMILY THAT TAKES 
PRECEDENT IN THE MOMENT, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS 
MORNING. 
>> ALL RIGHT, NOW TO THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS INTO INVESTIGATION 
THE SHOOTING OF JACOB LAKE, NEW 
DETAILS ABOUT THE MOMENT, A 
KNIFE WAS FOUND ON THE SCENE 
BUT WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER OR 
NOT BLAKE WAS CARRYING IT. 
RUSTIN WAS THE ONE WHO FIRED 
ALL SEVEN SHOTS, THEIR OWN 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AS THE 
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, 
>>> NBC'S WENDY WILL FLINT 
REPORTS. 
>>> RED, IT LOOKS LIKE WERE 
HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE RUNNING 
THAT STORY FOR YOU MEANWHILE 
OTHER BREAKING NEWS IS POLICE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE LED 
PROTEST  DURING SEVERAL SPORTS 
TEAMS, TEAMS FROM WNBA, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL AND THE NFL, 
THEY HAVE BOYCOTTED GAMES AND 
PRACTICES IN RESPONSE TO THE 
SHOOTING OF THE 29-YEAR-OLD. 
IT STARTED WITH THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS THEY WERE THE FIRST TEAM 
TO ORGANIZE AND POSTPONE THEIR 
GAME ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
A PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED TO A DOMINO EFFECT OF 
THE LEAGUE HAD TO POSTPONE 
THREE OTHER GAMES ON WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT. 
HE COMMENDS THE PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP WHAT THEY BELIEVE 
IN. 
>> MEANWHILE ACCORDING TO 
REPORTS THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS 
AND THE CLIPPERS HAVE VOTED TO 
BOYCOTT THE REST OF THE NBA 
SEASON. 
THE WNBA, JOINED IN ON THE 
PROTEST AND THEY POSTPONE THEIR 
THREE GAMES THAT WERE 
ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE PLAYED 
ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL, TEAM 
PLAYERS TOOK ANY UNLOCKED ROOMS 
WILL WEARING SHORTS THAT 
SPELLED OUT JACOB BLAKE. 
THE COMMISSIONER  REACTED TO 
THAT SAYING WE HAVE SUPPORT, 
FOR OUR PLAYERS. 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS 
THAT ARE GAMES AS WELL. 
ACCORDING TO ESPN'S BASEBALL 
GAMES WERE ALSO POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS, WHO ARE HOSTING THE 
CINCINNATI REDS, THE GAME WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED IN 
MILWAUKEE BUT 40 MILES FROM 
WHERE BLAKE WAS SHOT IN 
KENOSHA. 
ON THE NFL FRONT, THE 
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM 
CANCELED SCHEDULED PRACTICE FOR 
TODAY, IT COMES AS THE DETROIT 
LIONS CANCEL PRACTICE EARLIER 
THAT WEEK. 
HURRICANE LAURA, LET'S CHECK 
BACK IN WITH NBC METEOROLOGIST, 
WITHOUT MAKING LANDFALL, 
EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
JANESSA. 
>>> WE DO HAVE AN EXTREME WIND 
WARNING THAT IS IN PLACE FOR 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR WHAT THAT MEANS IS 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA YOU SHOULD 
BE IN YOUR SAFE PLACE, WHERE 
YOU'RE SAYING ALMOST TORNADO 
ACTIVITY BUT WHEN GUSTING IN 
LAKE CHARLES FOR ALMOST AN HOUR 
NOW, OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR. 
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY NORTH 
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING 
OF HURRICANE LAURA AS IT MAKES 
ITS WAY INTO ARKANSAS, AS WELL 
WERE GOING TO SEE TROPICAL 
FORCE WIND GUSTS, UP TO 60 
MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN IT HAS 
POTENTIAL TO HEAD INTO THE 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, WERE 
WATCHING THE FLOOD THREAT THAT 
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STORM 
SURGE ALREADY GOING TO SEE THE 
STORM SURGE IN THE NEXT HOUR 
BUT ON TOP OF THAT YOU HAVE 
THESE BANDS OF MOISTURE THAT 
ARE GOING TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 
THREE INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR, 
SOME FORCES OF WESTERN TO 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA COULD SEE 
OVER 15 INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN 
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. 
RIGHT NOW LAKE CHARLES HAS LOST 
POWER, WE HAVE OVER 200,000 
PEOPLE, THAT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE FINALLY LAKE CHARLES 
IS GOING TO GET A BREAK FROM 
WHERE WE SAW THE LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON LOUISIANA, ARE GETTING 
THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. 
>> THAT IS A LOOK AT THE BIG 
WEATHER STORY OF THE DAY, HERE 
IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD. 
>> WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
WATCH THIS EXTREME WIND WARNING 
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH IS 
HOVERING INTO THE 90s THAT'S 
GOING TO FILL THE STORM SYSTEM 
AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A TON 
OF MOISTURE FOR SHREVEPORT AND 
INTO NEW ORLEANS. 
WERE JUST IN THE START OF THIS 
FORM, I WILL SHOW YOU MORE 
IMPACTS COMING UP. 
>>> THANK YOU, NOTED PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WHO WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT 
THE PUBLIC NOMINATION TONIGHT 
AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, ONE 
LISTENER ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS 
OF HURRICANE LAURA IN THE 
CONVENTION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. 
HERE IS NBC'S ALEX BAR. 
IN A SETTING RICH WITH 
PATRIOTIC SYMBOLISM VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORT McHENRY 
POSTING NIGHT THREE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF THE VERY BATTLE, 
THAT INSPIRED THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES IN EVERY 
GENERATION CENTS. 
>> A SALUTE TO THE BRAVE, 
HONORING FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND 
MILITARY VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING THE 
VICE PRESIDENT FRAMING THE 
SELECTION AS A PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE ADDRESSES FOCUSING 
ON NATIONAL SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE, MANY ZEROING IN 
ON SECURITY AT HOME WITH THE 
LAW AND ORDER PRO-POLICE 
MESSAGE AS PROTEST RAMP UP 
AGAIN AFTER THE POLICE SHOOTING 
OF A BLACK MAN IN WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING OVERRUN 
BY VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> SPEAKERS STARKLY WARNING OF 
AMERICA'S FUTURE UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 
>> AND AMERICA WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED, AND TAXES CRUSHED 
THE MIDDLE-CLASS. 
>> AND APPEALING DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE, I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
>> IN AMERICA, IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> REPUBLICANS MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE 
MAN TO LEAD THE LAND OF THE 
FREE. 
>> IN WASHINGTON ALICE BARR, 
NBC NEWS. 
>>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI IS THAT 
HE HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CHANGES 
TO THE OFFICIAL GUIDANCE OR 
COVID-19 TESTING. 
THE NEW GUIDANCE STATES THAT 
HEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED TO COVID-19 DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED A TEST AS LONG 
AS THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE WAS MADE LAST WEEK, 
WHEN FAUCI WAS UNDERGOING 
SURGERY, ACCORDING TO A 
SPOKESPERSON HE RECALLED 
QUICKLY REVIEWING A VERSION OF 
THE GUIDELINE, BUT NOW AFTER 
READING THEM CAREFULLY HE HAS 
SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY COULD 
BE INTERPRETED AS THE LESSENING 
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
>>> IN TODAY'S NEW ZEALAND 
MOSQUE SHOOTER BRANDON TERRANCE 
WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON 
WITHOUT PAROLE. 
AN AMAZON DRIVER NO LONGER WITH 
THE COMPANY AFTER SECURITY 
FOOTAGE SHOWED HIM STRIKING A 
MAN IN THE FACE IN MIAMI. 
THE ARGUMENT WAS WITH THE 
DRIVER COMING BY WITHOUT HIS 
MASK ON. 
>>> SLATED TO BE THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO LIVE AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
ABOUT 700 WILDFIRES ARE BURNING 
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA ACCORDING 
TO THE LATEST UPDATE FROM THE 
GOVERNOR MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION 
ACRES HAVE BURNED AND NEARLY 
1700 STRUCTURES DESTROYED. 
ALMOST 4000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED AND OTHERS HAVE DIED, 
SOME OF THE FIRES HAVE A 13,000 
LIGHTNING STRIKE SINCE AUGUST 
15th. 
>>> A SAILOR HAS BEEN 
IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE 
SUSPECT IN CONNECTION TO THE 
FIRES ERUPTING ON THE NAVY SHIP 
THE USS PALMER SHARD, THE BLAZE 
BURNED FOR DAYS, WAS 
POTENTIALLY SET. 
IT CONFIRMED TO NBC NEWS, THAT 
THEY PREDICT ARSON, BUT IT HAS 
NOT BEEN DETERMINED WHETHER THE 
SAILOR IS IN FACT THE SUSPECT, 
THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 12th 
WITH 160 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD 
THE NAVY OFFICIALS SAID 11 OF 
THE SHIPS 14 DECKS WERE 
DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. 
OVER ONE CENTURY OF THE 
RATIFICATION OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT ON WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY, THE STATUE HONORING THEM 
IS UNVEILED IN CENTRAL PARK. 
THE PARK'S FIRST STATUE 
HONORING WOMEN FEATURES CADY 
STANTON, SUSAN B ANTHONY AND 
NOT ONLY ARE THESE WOMEN KEY 
MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT BUT 
THEIR NATIVE NEW YORKERS. 
>> CENTRAL PARK IS VISITED BY 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN NORMAL 
TIMES IT IS, HOPEFULLY STOP, 
ASK, AND LEARN ABOUT IT. 
>> IT IS ALL LOCAL TO STOP AND 
ENJOY IT. 
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING WHERE 
FOLLOWING HURRICANE LAURA AS IT 
SWEEPS ACROSS THE GULF PACKING 
150 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS 
NATTERING LOUISIANA AND TEXAS 
IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT. 
JAY GRAY IS IN LAKE CHARLES 
LOUISIANA IN THE THICK OF IT, 
JAY. 
>> THIS IS REALLY INTENSIFYING, 
WE JUST GOT HERE, AND THIS IS 
THE WORST OF WHAT WERE GOING TO 
SEE HER THIS MORNING AS LAURA 
MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS LAKE 
CHARLES. 
>> THE LEADING EDGE OF LAURA 
BATTERING THE GULF COAST THE 
WORST STILL ON THE WAY. 
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES. 
FROM A CATEGORY FOUR MAJOR 
HURRICANE WITH WINDS WELL OVER 
100 MILES AN HOUR OR THAN ONE 
FOOT OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS AND 
WITH THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER CALLS AND ON SURVIVABLE 
AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
AT JUST THREE FEET THE SURGE 
CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. 
AT SIX FEET THE WAYS CAN SMASH 
THEIR WINDOWS AND DOORS. 
AT NINE FEET, ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM SURGE, COULD 
CREST AT 20 FEET. 
THE THING THAT IS GOING TO BE 
SCARY IS THE WALL OF WATER OVER 
TWO STORIES HIGH, IT'S VERY 
DIFFICULT FOR MOST TO CONCEIVE. 
LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO WREAK 
HAVOC AS IT GOES INLAND. 
WE HAVE SOUTHERN ARKANSAS, WE 
EXPECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO BE 
WITHOUT POWER BY THURSDAY 
EVENING. 
IN DEALING WITH RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING IN TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
MASSIVE STORMS JUST BEGINNING, 
IT'S A SOLD. 
>>> THE STORM IS GOING TO GET 
THROUGH FIRST, OR GOING TO SEE 
THIS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING, 
AS THIS MOVES CLOSER THROUGH 
THE WEST, AND PRETENDS TO MOVE, 
THAT IS THE LATEST RIGHT NOW IN 
LAKE TAHOE, BACK TO YOU. 
>>> WATER WITH THE PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA, WHAT IS THE 
LATEST JANESSA? 
>> Reporter: YOU JUST SAW THE 
LIVE SHOT FROM JAY, RIGHT NOW 
HE'S GOING THROUGH THE EYE, SO 
WERE GETTING A SLIGHT BREAK THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM IS NOT 
TOO BAD IT IS JUST ISOLATED 
SHOWERS WHAT I HAVEN'T 
DISCUSSED IS LOOKING AT THE 
TORNADOES SPARKING UP AND 
ROUGE, LAFAYETTE, MORGAN CITY 
YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE A 
LITTLE BIT OF ROTATION IN THAT 
AREA AND WERE GOING TO CONTINUE 
TO SEE IN THE NORTHERN MOVEMENT 
OF THE STORM SYSTEM, NOW THE 
SECOND HALF, THE STORM SURGE IS 
ALREADY RIVER LEVELS UP TO 9 
FEET, AND THE STORM IS JUST 
BEGUN AS THEY SAID THEY COULD 
REACH UP TO 20 FEET, SO THESE 
AREAS, BY DAYBREAK ARE GOING TO 
LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
>> THERE ARE REASONS THAT 
PEOPLE ARE SO SCARED ABOUT THE 
STORM. 
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 IS WHY WE ARE DOWN 
HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY, 
THAT IS ALL I WANT HIM TO SEE.  
>>> YOU'RE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
>> 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 IS WHY WE ARE DOWN 
HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY, 
THAT IS ALL I WANT HIM TO SEE.  
>>> IF IT IS ASKING THE TOUGH 
QUESTIONS. 
>>WOULD YOU PREFER A 14 DAY 
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN? 
>>IF IT IS ASKING FOR 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
>>RESPIRATORS AND VENTILATORS. 
>>HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
DONE ENOUGH? 
>>IF IT IS NAVIGATING THE NEW 
NORMAL IN AMERICA, IF IT IS 
SUNDAY, IT IS MEET THE PRESS.   
>>> GOOD MORNING
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION 
OF "EARLY TODAY.
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
>> HURRICANE LAURA IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA.
TH
GOOD MORNING WELCOME TO THE 
SPECIAL EDITION OF EARLY TODAY, 
I'M FRANCIS RIVERA BREAKING 
THIS MORNING HURRICANE LAURA IS 
BATTERING LOUISIANA THE 
CATEGORY FOUR STORM MAKING 
LANDFALL A SHORT WHILE AGO. 
THE STORM IS PACKING A POWERFUL 
PUNCH WITH AND ON SURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE AND DANGEROUS WINS, 
AND YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS NOW 
AS PEOPLE RUSHED TO SANDBAG IN 
LAFAYETTE AS FLOODWATERS RUSH 
IN. 
JOINING US FROM LOUISIANA IS 
PRISCILLA THOMPSON, WHAT ARE 
YOU SEEING SO FAR? 
>> PHILIP FRANCIS, THE RAIN 
HERE HAS CERTAINLY PICKED UP IN 
THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR SO, 
CONTINUING TO SEE THE DOWNPOUR, 
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WERE 
GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON, 
IS THE RIVER THAT YOU SEE 
BEHIND ME, IN THE PAST IN 2015 
THIS RIVER FLOODED, CAUSING AN 
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TO SHUT DOWN 
AND ALSO SOME FLOOD DAMAGE TO A 
NUMBER OF HOMES AND SO AS WE 
WAIT FOR THE STORM TO COME IN, 
IT'S CONTINUED RAIN WERE GOING 
TO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THE 
FLOODING COMES AN ISSUE AND THE 
OTHER THING IS, THE WIND RIGHT 
NOW THE WIND IS FAIRLY CALM 
EVEN AS THE RAIN BEGINS TO COME 
DOWN MORE SO, I COULD PICK UP 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS, FORECASTERS ARE 
PROJECTING UP TO 60 MILE-PER-
HOUR WINDS, AND THAT WOULD BE A 
MAJOR PROBLEM FOR POWER LINES 
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PEOPLE TO 
LOSE POWER SOMETHING WE ARE 
ALREADY SEEING IN THE SOUTHERN 
PART OF THAT STATE AS THE 
HURRICANE MOVES THROUGH THERE, 
I WILL SAY THAT FOLKS ARE 
TAKING THOSE PRECAUTIONS, THE 
CASINOS HERE ALONG THE RIVER 
ARE SHUT DOWN, YOU'VE GOT THE 
CITIES, AND THE BUSINESSES AND 
A NUMBER OF THE SURROUNDING 
CITIES ARE ALREADY SHUT DOWN AS 
FOLKS ARE RACING TO WAIT OUT 
THE STORM, AS THEY CONTINUE TO 
GET THE BULK OF IT HERE IN THE 
SHREVEPORT AREA. 
>>> ALL RIGHT, A LOT CAN HAPPEN 
IN THE CRUCIAL HOURS TO COME. 
SPECIFIC WHERE THE RESCUES ARE 
GOING TO HAPPEN, PRISCILLA, 
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 
LET'S BRING IN JANESSA WEBB 
TRACKING HURRICANE LAURA FOR US 
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING WHERE IS 
HURRICANE LAURA AS WE SPEAK? 
>> Reporter: IT IS JUST MAKING 
ITS WAY OUTSIDE OF LAKE 
CHARLES, THE EYE OF THE STORM 
SYSTEM IS SITTING IN LAKE 
CHARLES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
WATCH THE BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM INTENTIONALLY MAKING ITS 
WAY UP INTO THE AREA, THAT THIS 
IS A DISTRAUGHT LIVE STORM 
SYSTEM, THE STRONGEST STORM ON 
RECORD TO HIT SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA, I DO WANT TO DO SOME 
LIVE TRACKING RIGHT NOW, 
LAFAYETTE INTO MORGAN CITY 
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF 
TORNADOES THAT ARE GOING TO BE 
SPARKING UP THROUGHOUT YOUR 
AFTERNOON. 
THIS IS FAR FROM OVER, THE 
STORM SYSTEM HAS STILL 
MAINTAINED ITS INTEGRITY FROM 
LANDFALL, BUT THAT MEANS IT 
WHEN AND AS A CATEGORY FORM AND 
IT IS STILL A CATEGORY FOUR 
HURRICANE IT WILL CONTINUE ITS 
WAY TO THE NORTH AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO HAVE 200,000 PEOPLE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
SO THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE AN 
ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, 
BUT I THINK THE NEXT BIG DREAD 
THAT WORSENING FROM LAKE 
CHARLES IS THE STORM SURGE IT'S 
THE DEADLIEST PART AND THAT 
RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT, WENT INTO 
THIS AREA. 
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE RIVER 
AREAS SPARK UP TO 9 FEET IN 
SOME AREAS AND THE STORM SURGE 
FORECAST, IS GOING TO BE UP TO 
20 TO 30 FEET. 
SO EVEN IF YOU ARE ON TOP OF 
THE FIRST STORY HOME, THERE'S 
GOING TO BE DEVASTATION ACROSS 
THIS AREA, NOW IT'S NOT JUST 
THE FLOODING AREA IT'S GOING TO 
BE THE FOUNDATION COMING UP IN 
THESE AREAS, SO WATCHING ALL 
THE COASTAL AREAS OF LOUISIANA, 
I STILL THINK THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER MAINTAINS THIS 
AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE 
GOING INTO THE 5:00 A.M. 
HOUR, IT STARTS TO LOSE ITS 
FORCE AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 
INLAND LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. 
WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH 
THE TROPICAL FORCE WINDS, WHAT 
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IS THAT 
THIS IS FAR FROM OVER, BECAUSE 
IT STILL CONTINUES INTO 
ARKANSAS, THE MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY, THEN WE HAVE PORTIONS 
OF THE MID-ATLANTIC GOING INTO 
THE WEEKEND EVEN AREAS OF THE 
NORTHEAST ARE GOING TO SEE 
PARTS OF THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM. 
FLOODING THREAT IS GOING TO BE
THE ISSUE.
NOW, ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE
IS THE RAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SOME AREAS LOCALLY COULD GET UP 
TO 15 INCHES
THAT'S ON TOP OF THE SURGE
SO FOR ALL OF THESE AREAS FROM
LAKE ARTHUR TO LAFAYETTE, THIS
IS JUST A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF 
MOISTURE THAT IS GOI
>> NO, THE STORM 
SURGE WILL 
SPREAD 30 TO 40 
MILES ACROSS THE 
AREA AND I ALSO 
THINK WE ARE 
GOING TO START 
TO SEE A BIT OF 
FLOODING THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO 
THIS EVENING. 
YOU KNOW, WHAT 
IS DEVASTATING 
ABOUT THIS STORM 
SYSTEM, EVEN 
THOUGH IT IS THE 
STRONGEST WE 
HAVE EVER SEEN, 
I MEAN WE ARE 
CONTINUING TO 
SEE THE BACKSIDE 
OF THIS STORM 
IMPACTING 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
THE FIRST 
IMPACT, THE 
FIRST CENTER OF 
THE EYE WALL AND 
THEN A LITTLE 
BIT OF A BREAK 
PERIOD NOW THE 
BACKSIDE IS 
IMPACTING THAT 
AREA AND THE 
SECOND WAVE IS 
GOING TO BE 
IMPACTING LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT IS JUST A 
DOUBLE DOSE OF 
HORRIFIC 
CONDITIONS THAT 
WE ARE SEEING IN 
THAT AREA. 
>> WE CAN FOCUS 
ON THE STORM 
SURGE, YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
HOW YOU THROUGH 
THOSE NUMBERS 
OUT WITH 15-20 
WITH THE STORM 
SURGE NUMBERS. 
GIVE US SOME 
PERSPECTIVE 
KNOW. 
WE KNOW THE 
DEVASTATING 
IMPACT OF 
KATRINA WHICH 
WAS 28 AND IKE, 
IN THE 20s. 
WE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT A STORM OF 
A SIMILAR SIZE 
AND POSSIBLY 
SIMILAR IMPACT 
WE ALL KNOW 
THOSE NAMES FOR 
A REASON. 
>> EXACTLY AND 
THE ANTICIPATION 
OF IKE AND 
KATRINA WERE 
DIFFICULT BUT AN 
SURVIVABLE IS 
THIS ONE. 
THOSE WERE THE 
WORDS YESTERDAY. 
THE SURGE 20 
FEET FROM LAKE 
CHARLES IS 
ALREADY UP TO 9 
FEET JUST THE 
BEGINNING. 
THIS MAKES HIS 
WAY THROUGH AND 
THE BULK OF THE 
MOISTURE WILL BE 
COMING ON THE 
BACKSIDE OF 
THAT. 
WE ARE JUST ON 
THE BEGINNING 
PHASE AND, YOU 
KNOW, WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THE DEADLIEST 
PART OF THE 
HURRICANE 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
JUST NOT GOING 
TO ESCAPE WATER. 
IT IS GOING TO 
COME IN AND IT 
IS GOING TO COME 
IN QUICKLY. 
>> WOW, SO 
ALARMING WHEN 
YOU THINK OF THE 
WIND WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT, 
JANESSA. 
STORM SURGE AND 
THEN RAIN ON TOP 
OF THAT. 
REALLY ALARMING 
WHEN YOU HEAR 
THE WORD ON 
SURVIVABLE. 
JEANETTE, 
CHECKING BACK IN 
WITH YOU IN THE. 
>> THIS IS A 
CATASTROPHIC 
STORM WE HAVE 
BEEN DISCUSSING 
THE MADE 
LANDFALL IN THE 
DEAD OF NIGHT. 
OFFICIALS IN 
TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA 
WARNING THAT THE 
DAMAGE FROM THE 
STORM COULD BE 
SOME OF THE 
WORST TO HIT THE 
GULF REGION IN 
DECADES. 
JOINING US NOW 
ON THE PHONE IS 
MARY JANE 
MéNCHEN, 
DIRECTOR OF 
COMMUNICATIONS 
AT THE RED CROSS 
WEST OF THE 
HOUSTON AREA. 
MARY, THANKS FOR 
JOINING US. 
WHAT IS THE RED 
CROSS DOING TELL 
PRESIDENTS IN 
THE AFFECTED 
AREA? 
ARE YOU SEEING 
RESIDENTS FROM 
THE LAKE CHARLES 
AREA THERE IN 
THE HOUSTON 
AREA? 
>> OKAY, THE 
AMERICAN RED 
CROSS HAS BEEN 
PLANNING FOR 
THIS SOMETIME. 
WE HAVE DEPLOYED 
OVER 600 
VOLUNTEERS OPEN 
ON THE GULF 
COAST, PRIMARILY 
ON THE SIDE OF 
TEXAS AND OF 
COURSE, 
LOUISIANA. 
WE ARE WORKING 
WITH LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES AND 
HELPING THEM 
WITH SHELTERS. 
WE HAVE MORE 
VOLUNTEERS ON 
STANDBY WITH 
SUPPLIES TO HELP 
PEOPLE OUT AND 
MAKE THEM 
COMFORTABLE 
DURING THESE 
CHALLENGING 
TIMES. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
TALK ABOUT THAT 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE IF YOU CAN, 
MARY. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
SHELTER AND 
OTHER RESOURCES 
BUT IF YOU NEED 
TO GO GRAB A 
GLASS OF WATER, 
PLEASE DO SO. 
>> EXCUSE ME, 
I'M OKAY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
WHAT OTHER FORMS 
OF HELP ARE 
BEING PROVIDED 
THERE IF YOU CAN 
SPECIFY? 
>> WE ARE 
WORKING WITH 
LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES AND 
THOSE SHELTERS 
WE ARE PROVIDING 
OUR COTS AND 
BLANKETS AND 
HELPING WITH TPB 
AND DOING WHAT 
WE CAN, 
INCLUDING MENTAL 
HEALTH SERVICES, 
CASEWORK. 
YOU KNOW, WE 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING ABOUT 
THE CONCERNS 
LIKE THIS IN THE 
AMERICAN RED 
CROSS IS BEING 
CREATED BY WHAT 
WE CAN DO TO 
SUPPORT, 
INCLUDING 
PROVIDING SOME 
OF THESE 
SERVICES 
VIRTUALLY 
INSTEAD OF ON 
THE GROUND AND 
YET THOSE 
SERVICES ARE 
STILL THERE AND 
STILL VITAL. 
WE ARE VERY, 
VERY UNCERTAIN 
ABOUT 
EVACUATIONS AND 
REALLY WANT TO 
BE ABLE TO 
COMMUNICATE 
EVERYBODY IF 
THEY HAVE NOT 
EVACUATED AND IF 
IT IS STILL SAFE 
TO DO SO, PLEASE 
DO IT. 
IF NOT, GET TO A 
HIGHER PART OF 
YOUR HOME. 
IF IT'S TOO 
LATE, IF YOU SEE 
A TORNADO 
COMING, GO 
FURTHER INTO 
YOUR HOME. 
SO THAT IS WHAT 
WE ARE DOING, 
GETTING 
INFORMATION OUT, 
WORKING WITH 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
AND SUPPORTING 
THE SHELTERS 
THAT ARE OPEN. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
WISHING YOU ALL 
THE BEST. 
THANK YOU FOR 
EVERYTHING YOU 
DO. 
MARY JANE 
MéNCHEN, 
DIRECTOR OF 
MEDICATION FROM 
THE AMERICAN RED 
CROSS. 
MARY JANE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR 
JOINING US 
TODAY. 
>>> OTHER 
HEADLINES, THE 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
OPENED A CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO CIVIL 
RIGHTS SHOOTING 
OF JASON BLAKE. 
DETAILS ABOUT 
THE INCIDENT, 
AND I FOUND ON 
THE SCENE BUT 
WOULD NOT SAY 
WHETHER OR NOT 
BLAKE WAS 
CARRYING IT .THE 
OFFICER WHO 
FIRED ALL SEVEN 
SHOTS WAS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY. 
ALL OFFICERS  
INVOLVED ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE AS THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
>>> MEANWHILE, A 
TEENAGER, 
ARRESTED FOR TWO 
PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED AND 
ANOTHER WAS 
INJURED DURING 
THE ESCALATING 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA. 
NBC'S JASON 
GARRETT HAS THIS 
REPORT. 
>> Reporter: AN 
ARREST IN THE 
DEADLY VIOLENCE 
THAT BROKE OUT 
LAST NIGHT IN 
KENOSHA 
WISCONSIN, 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THIS VIDEO 
CAPTURE PART OF 
THE CHAOS. 
SHOTS, RINGING 
OUT AND A LONG 
GUN WAS FIRED 
WITH BYSTANDERS 
RUNNING IN 
HORROR. 
NOT SURE WHAT 
HAPPENS BEFORE 
OR AFTER THIS HE 
APPEARED BEFORE 
DAWN, 
AUTHORITIES ARE 
STILL ON THE 
SCENE. 
POLICE SAY, TWO 
PEOPLE ARE DEAD 
AND AT LEAST ONE 
PERSON IS 
INJURED. 
AUTHORITIES 
ARRESTED 17-YEAR-
OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IN 
ILLINOIS.  
HE FACES FIRST-
DEGREE 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
>> WHAT IT MEANS 
TO BE THE MEMBER 
OF A MILITIA 
GROUP WHO 
DECIDED TO BE A 
VIGILANTE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
SHOOTINGS CAME 
AFTER 
AUTHORITIES IN 
ARMORED VEHICLES 
FIRED TEAR GAS 
TO THIS CROWD TO 
MAKE THEM 
DISPERSE. 
TENSIONS ARE 
HIGH HERE. 
STANDING OUTSIDE 
OF PUERTO 
BUILDINGS AND 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
NOT SAID IF ANY 
OF THEM ARE 
INVOLVED IN ANY 
CONFRONTATIONS. 
>> YOU FEEL THAT 
THE PRESENCE OF 
THE MILITIA LAST 
NIGHT 
CONTRIBUTED TO 
THE INCREASED 
TENSION? 
>> YOU WANT MY 
PERSONAL 
OPINION? 
TO SOME PEOPLE, 
IT MAY HAVE BEEN 
CALLING. 
TO ME, IT'S NOT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
SUNDAY WHEN AN 
OFFICER SHOT 
BLAKE MULTIPLE 
TIMES IN THE 
BACK, THE 
KENOSHA POLICE 
DEPARTMENT 
ESTATE MOSTLY 
SILENT. 
THE CHIEF WOULD 
NOT ANSWER 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THE BLAKE 
SHOOTING ON THE 
VIDEO AND WENT 
UNDER 
INVESTIGATION BY 
STATE 
AUTHORITIES. 
>> I'M NOT GOING 
TO ADDRESS IT 
BECAUSE IT IS A 
VERY LARGE 
SITUATION. 
>> YOUR OFFICERS 
ASKED BLAKE TO 
DROP A KNIFE? 
WAS ANY WEAPON 
RECOVERED? 
>> I CAN'T 
ANSWER QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> Reporter: FOR 
BLAKE'S UNCLE, 
ANSWERS CAN'T 
COME SOON 
ENOUGH. 
>> WE DON'T WANT 
VIOLENCE, WE 
WANT ANSWERS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
EXHIBITION IS 
FOR THE ACCUSED 
DEADLY SHOOTER. 
NO COMMENT FROM 
THE PUBLIC 
DEFENDER. 
WISCONSIN'S 
GOVERNOR JUST 
AUTHORIZED 
ANOTHER FIVE 
MEMBERS OF THE 
STATE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
FRANCIS? 
>> DAVE, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> ALL RIGHT, 
JANESSA WEBB IS 
BACK WITH US 
ONCE AGAIN, 
TRACKING THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
JANESSA? 
>> YEAH, YOU 
SEE, THIS WILL 
BE A LONG DAY IF 
YOU ARE IN NORTH 
LOUISIANA. 
NOT IN THE CLEAR 
JUST YET. 
I AM LOOKING 
RIGHT NOW, 12 
STATES ARE GOING 
TO SEE SOME 
TIMES WITH THIS 
TROPICAL SYSTEM. 
HERE IS A LOOK 
AT YOUR WEATHER 
FOR TODAY. 
TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS NEW 
ORLEANS THIS 
AFTERNOON, 89. 
A LOT OF RAIN 
TOWARDS LITTLE 
ROCK ON, 
ARKANSAS AND 
THEN A LITTLE 
BIT OF WEATHER 
ACROSS NEW YORK 
CITY. MORE 
IMPACTS, COME 
UP. 
>> WE WILL OF 
COURSE CONTINUE 
TO FOLLOW THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
JANESSA, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS 
EXPECTED TO 
FORMERLY EXPECT 
THE NOMINATION 
TONIGHT IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IT WAS VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE WHO WAS IN 
THE SPOTLIGHT 
LAST NIGHT. 
HE IS MANY OF 
THE OTHER 
SPEAKERS CALLING 
FOR LAW AND 
ORDER IN 
AMERICA. 
NBC'S REPORTER 
HAS ALL THE BIG 
MOMENTS FOR US. 
>> Reporter: IN 
A SETTING RICH 
WITH PEACH 
ARCTIC 
SYMBOLISM, VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE, 
OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S 
HENRY, NIGHT 
THREE OF THE 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF 
THE VERY BATTLE 
THAT INSPIRED 
THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM, 
THOSE WORDS HAVE 
INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES 
IN EVERY 
GENERATION 
SINCE. 
NOT MAKE WERE SO 
GALLANTLY 
STREAMING. 
♪>> Reporter: 
A SALUTE TO THE 
BRAVE, HONORING 
FRONT-LINE 
WORKERS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
FRAMING THIS 
ELECTION IS A 
PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR 
COUNTRY'S 
FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE 
ADDRESSES, 
FOCUSING ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY ZEROING IN 
ON SECURITY AT 
HOME WITH THE 
LAW AND ORDER 
THE MESSAGE IS 
PROTESTS WRAP UP 
AGAIN AFTER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF A BLACK MAN 
IN WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT-RUN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> Reporter: 
SPEAKERS, 
STARKLY WARNING 
OF AMERICA MIGHT 
BE FUTURE UNDER 
A JOE BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> AND AMERICA 
WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, 
JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED IN 
TAXES CRUSHED 
THE MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
>> Reporter: AND 
APPEALING 
DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE AND I HAVE 
SEEN IT 
FIRSTHAND. 
AMERICA HAS NO 
AFFINITY FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS, 
MAKING THE CASE 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AS THE MAN 
TO LEAD THE LAND 
OF THE FREE. 
IN WASHINGTON, 
AL ANBAR, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE HAS 
LED TO PROTESTS 
THE SPORTS WORLD 
FOR TEAMS IN THE 
NBA, WBA, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
AND THE NFL 
BOYCOTTED THE 
GAMES AND 
PRACTICES IN 
RESPONSE TO THE 
SHOOTING. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, SETTING 
OUT TO SET UP 
THEIR PLAYOFF 
GAME WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT AGAINST 
THE ORLANDO 
MAGIC OR THE 
LEAGUE POSTPONED 
THREE OTHER 
PLAYOFF GAMES 
LAST NIGHT. 
UNCLEAR WHEN OR 
IF THOSE GAMES 
WILL BE PLAYED 
NOW. 
THE MOVE 
GARNERED PRAISE 
FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA WHO ON 
TWITTER SAID, HE 
COMMANDS PLAYERS 
FOR STANDING UP 
FOR WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
>>> WE CONTINUE 
TO FOLLOW 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS A CATEGORY 
FOUR STORM, 
PACKING SOME OF 
THE STRONGEST 
WINDS THAT THE 
REGION HAS EVER 
SEEN. 
JOINING US FROM 
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 
SAM. 
TALK TO US ABOUT 
THE CONDITIONS 
THERE. 
CLEARLY, WINDS 
ARE PICKING UP. 
>> Reporter: 
FRANCIS, GOOD 
MORNING. 
ABSOLUTELY, WE 
ARE SEEING 
SOMEWHERE IN THE 
RANGE OF 60-70 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND GUST. 
COMING IN WITH 
WINDS .LOOK OVER 
MY SHOULDER, YOU 
WILL SEE SOME 
TREES HERE 
SWAYING IN THE 
WIND. 
NOT TO THE POINT 
OF BREAKING UP 
OF THE WIND IS 
STRONG ENOUGH, 
FRANCIS, WE JUST 
LOST POWER 
ACTUALLY ABOUT 
TWO OR THREE 
MINUTES BEFORE 
WE CAME TO TALK 
WITH YOU. 
ALMOST DIDN'T 
HAVE A LIVE 
SHOT. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
DARKNESS OVER MY 
SHOULDER RIGHT 
NOW, THIS AREA 
ALONE HAS SEEN 
SOME OF THE 
RANGE OF 50 TO 
60,000 POWER 
OUTAGES WHICH 
PUTS YOU IN 
ABOUT 200,000 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
LOST POWER. 
THANKFULLY FOR 
BEAUMONT RIGHT 
NOW, WHERE I AM, 
BEAR WITH ME FOR 
A SECOND, WHERE 
ROUGHLY 60 MILES 
OR SO FROM LAKE 
CHARLES AND WE 
ARE ABOUT 70 
MILES FROM WHERE 
THIS HURRICANE 
MADE LANDFALL TO 
THE WEST OF THE 
EYE WALL. 
THEY ARE NOT 
SEEN THE LEVEL 
OF WIND SPEEDS 
AND CERTAINLY 
NOT THE STORM 
SURGE THAT IS 
GOING ON IN 
SOUTHEAST 
LOUISIANA. 
OUR GAINER HAS 
BEEN THEIR LOSS. 
DRY CONDITIONS 
NOW. 
I WILL SEND IT 
BACK TO YOU 
GUYS. 
>> SAM, THANK 
YOU FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> BREAKING 
NEWS, HURRICANE 
LAURA IS 
BATTERING THE 
GULF COAST THIS 
MORNING. 
EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS STORM 
MADE LANDFALL 
NEAR THE TEXAS-
LOUISIANA BORDER 
AND BROUGHT WITH 
IT A STORM SURGE 
THAT IS BEING 
CALLED 
CATASTROPHIC. 
NBC'S JAKE GRAY 
IS IN LAKE 
CHARLESTON, 
LOUISIANA, RIGHT 
IN THE THICK OF 
IT ALL FOR US. 
JAY, GOOD 
MORNING. 
DESCRIBE THE 
CONDITIONS THERE 
AGAIN. 
>> Reporter: 
HEY, PHILIP. 
WE HAVE JUST 
GONE TO THE EYE 
AND NOW GETTING 
TO THE BACKSIDE 
OF THIS. 
IT IS POUNDING 
AS IT HAS BEEN 
FOR SEVERAL 
HOURS HERE. 
LAURA, CRASHING 
INTO THE GULF 
COAST EARLY 
THURSDAY 
MORNING. 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE TO 
EVER CROSS THE 
SHORELINE NEAR 
THE TEXAS-
LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
>> WE ARE 
ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGES. 
>> Reporter: 
FROM A MAJOR 
CATEGORY FOR 
HURRICANE WITH 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES AN 
HOUR, GUSTS EVEN 
STRONGER, MORE 
THAN A FOOT OF 
RAIN IN SOME 
AREAS AND WHAT 
THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED AN AN 
SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
AT JUST THREE 
FEET, THE SURGE 
CAN BE LIFE-
THREATENING. 
WAYS CAN SMASH 
THROUGH WINDOWS 
AND DOORS AND 
THAT 9 FEET, 
ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE 
SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CREST AT 20 
FEET. 
>> TO THINK THAT 
THERE WOULD BE A 
WALL OF WATER 
OVER TWO STORIES 
HIGH COMING 
ONSHORE IS VERY 
DIFFICULT FOR 
MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
>> Reporter: 
THEN LAURA WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
WREAK HAVOC AS 
IT PUSHES IN 
AND. 
90 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 
SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS BUT WE 
EXPECT MILLIONS 
OF PEOPLE TO BE 
WITHOUT POWER BY 
THURSDAY 
EVENING. 
>> THAN WE CAN 
POSSIBLY DEAL 
WITH EVEN SOME 
RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING IN 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY FOR 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MASSIVE 
STORE, JUST 
BEGINNING THE 
ASSAULT. 
BEFORE FOLLOWS 
THAT PATH, 
EVENTUALLY, 
LAURA WILL 
FINISH HERE AND 
WE HAVE STILL 
GOT HOURS OF 
THIS TO GO. 
BACK TO YOU, 
PHILIP, FRANCIS. 
>> AND JAY, WE 
APPRECIATE YOU 
GIVING US THE 
UPDATE UNDER 
THOSE VERY DIRE 
CONDITIONS 
THERE. 
HOPE YOU GET 
SOME SHELTER 
VERY, VERY SOON. 
>>> CHECKING 
WITH 
METEOROLOGIST 
MAXWELL WITH THE 
LATEST TRAFFIC 
AND STORMS. 
VANESSA, HI 
AGAIN. 
>> HI YOU TWO. 
WHERE JAY IS 
CURRENTLY IN 
LAKE CHARLES, HE 
DEFINITELY NEEDS 
GET INSIDE. 
THIS IS THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM AND IT IS 
GOING TO CAUSE 
ANOTHER ROUND OF 
THE FLOODING, 
RAIN AND ALSO, 
TALK ABOUT HIS 
LIVE SHOTS. 
THE WIND THERE, 
PICKING UP IN 
LAKE CHARLES. 
WE SAW WIND 
GUSTS OF ABOUT 
100 MILES PER 
HOUR FOR OVER 30 
MINUTES. 
IT WILL BE 
CONTINUOUS. 
OUR NEXT PART 
WILL BE 
SHREVEPORT UP TO 
60 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
MORE RAIN 
TOMORROW THE 
STORM SURGE. 
THANK YOU, 
JANESSA. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, A FATHER, 
TEACHING HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> DONATELLI 
WITH ANGER, 
LOVE. 
AS WE HAVE DONE 
HERE, ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
>> THAT'S ALL I 
WANTED TO SAY. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUED TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT TO 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
POLICE. 
>> AND OTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE. 
THIS IS AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> TRYING TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE RIGHT HERE. 
>> GOT TO GET A 
FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, FORD HER 
DEGREE IS MORE 
EXTENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WITH A 
TICKET TO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS IS 
A THING THAT THE 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCHED 
TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES, DESCRIBED 
THE SUBSCRIPTION 
NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> THIS ONE 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> TEACHERS LOVE 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES FOR THE 
JOB THEY LOVE IN 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> DECIDE TO 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY FOR 
ALL, THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> WAS TURNED 
OVER TO OUR 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> I MISS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> DEVELOPMENTS 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
THE MOST COVE 
CITY CASES IN A 
DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL CONCERN? 
>> WE ARE TOLD 
WILL BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DEEPLY PEOPLE 
ARE UNDER ATTACK 
IN THIS COUNTRY? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> NEWS BUSINESS 
IS DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL WE ARE 
FACING, I AM SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF BLACK WOMAN, 
A DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KID WHOSE FAMILY 
IS MORE 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF CABLE TV 
NEWS, GWEN 
IFILL, I HOPE MY 
MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> CATEGORY 
FOUR HURRICANE 
LAURA, MAKING 
LANDFALL ALONG 
THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA BORDER 
WITH MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
THIS AFTER THE 
NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED THE STORM 
SURGE ON 
SURVIVABLE. 
>> GOOD THURSDAY 
MORNING. 
>> I'M FRANCIS 
RIVERA. 
BREAKING, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA. 
THE CATEGORY FOR 
HURRICANE, 
MAKING LANDS 
FALL. 
A SURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE 
CLOSE TO 150 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS. 
THIS CAN BE 
DEVASTATING FOR 
CITIES ALONG THE 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST BUT 
ESPECIALLY IN 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
MOTOR CITY, 
LOUISIANA, WHAT 
ARE THE 
CONDITIONS THERE 
LIKE NOW? 
>> FOR US, IT IS 
A GOOD MORNING. 
FAIRLY CALM HERE 
AT THE MOMENT. 
WE ARE SEEING 
SOME LIGHT RAIN 
AS THE OUTER 
RAIN BANDS BEGAN 
TO MOVE IN. 
WE ARE 160 MILES 
NORTH OF LAKE 
CHARLES FOR NOT 
SEEING THOSE 
AREAS IMPACTED 
YET. 
WE EXPECT THAT 
TO BEGIN TO PICK 
UP HERE IN THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. 
THE BIGGEST 
CONCERNS OVER 
THE GOING TO BE 
THOSE VERY HIGH 
WINDS WITH 
PROJECTIONS HERE 
ANYWHERE FROM 40 
TO 60 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
ALSO, THE HEAVY, 
HEAVY RAIN. 
FOR CONTEXT, 
THIS RIVER YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME 
ACTUALLY 
SEPARATES 
BOULDER CITY 
FROM SHREVEPORT. 
BACK IN 2015, IT 
FLOODED PRETTY 
BADLY HERE. 
THIS CAUSES THE 
INTERSTATE AND 
HOW IT TO SHUT 
DOWN. 
ALSO, A NUMBER 
OF HOMES WERE 
IMPACTED. 
THOSE ARE SOME 
OF THE CONCERNS 
HERE AS WE WAIT 
FOR THE STORM TO 
MOVE IN. 
GOOD NEWS THOUGH 
IS THAT WE DON'T 
EXPECT THIS 
STORM TO STAY 
HERE VERY LONG. 
IT WILL SORT OF 
LINGER. 
ONCE IT MOVES 
IN, THE HOPE IS 
IT WILL PASS 
THROUGH RATHER 
QUICKLY AND SOME 
OF THOSE IMPACT 
WILL BE 
SUSTAINED IN 
THAT WAY. 
WE WILL BE 
WAITING TO SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS 
HERE IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS. 
PHILIP, FRANCIS? 
>> RESIDENTS 
THERE 
EVACUATING, 
TAKING 
PRECAUTION. 
TALK TO US ABOUT 
HOW THE 
COMMUNITY HAS 
BEEN TAKING 
THESE 
PRECAUTIONS FOR 
THESE WARNINGS? 
>> SHREVEPORT 
HAS BEEN AN AREA 
THAT FOCUSES ON 
EVACUATING TO 
AND OBVIOUSLY A 
LOT OF FOLKS ARE 
STAYING INSIDE, 
NOT TAKING ANY 
CHANCES COMING 
OUT. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
BUSINESSES 
CLOSING. 
SOME WON'T BE UP 
IN HERE AS THE 
STORM BEGINS TO 
MOVE THROUGH. 
WHY AROUND 
MIDDAY, WE 
EXPECT THIS TO 
HAVE WRAPPED UP 
HERE. 
THEN IT WILL BE 
SORT OF COMING 
OUT AND 
SURVEYING WHAT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENED, 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH THOSE HIGH 
WINDS. 
COULD BE LOOKING 
AT TREES 
POSSIBLY DOWN, 
POWER LINES AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT 
AND OBVIOUSLY, 
POWER OUTAGES 
ARE A BIG 
CONCERN. 
THE OTHER THING 
HERE IS THERE IS 
ALWAYS A 
POSSIBILITY OF A 
TORNADO OR SOME 
SORT OF ISOLATED 
TORNADO. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING ALSO 
TO KEEP AN EYE 
OUT FOR AS WE 
WATCH THE STORM 
MOVE THROUGH. 
>> OF COURSE, 
THIS IS DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
SO MUCH TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE UPDATE. 
>>> 
METEOROLOGIST 
JANESSA WEBB, 
TRACKING LAURA 
FOR US ALL NIGHT 
LONG AND INTO 
THE MORNING. 
JANESSA, GOOD 
MORNING. 
WHERE'S THE 
STORM EXACTLY AS 
WE SPEAK? 
>> Reporter: 
FRANCIS AND 
PHILIP MUCH 
JACINTO CITY 
SITUATION. 
RIGHT NOW ON OUR 
CURRENT RADAR, 
LAKE CHARLES IS 
GOING THROUGH 
THE EYE OF THE 
STORM. 
WE SAW SUSTAINED 
WINDS, GUSTS UP 
TO 100 MILES PER 
HOUR FOR THE 
LAST 30 MINUTES 
IN THAT AREA. 
SOME CALMING 
EFFECTS THAT 
STARTED TO 
HAPPEN WHERE WE 
HAD THAT 
LANDFALL AND 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
THEY ARE ABOUT 
TO GO THROUGH 
THE BACKSIDE, 
THE SECOND EYE 
WALL OF THE 
STORM SYSTEM. 
ANOTHER ROUND, 
HITTING THE 
AREA. 
THE TORNADO 
THREAT, THAT IS 
GOING TO BE HUGE 
FOR THE NEXT TWO 
HOURS. 
YOU CAN ALREADY 
START TO SEE A 
BAND THAT WILL 
FORM ACROSS LAKE 
CHARLES ALONG 
WITH THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THAT IS THE NEXT 
FACTOR AND THAT 
IS THE DEADLIEST 
PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
WE ARE ALREADY 
SEEING RIVER 
LEVELS UP 10 9 
FEET IN SOME 
AREAS. 
WITH THE 
BACKSIDE OF THAT 
SYSTEM ABOUT 
AURORA AND, WE 
ARE GOING TO SEE 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE AND 
FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA AND 
PORTIONS OF 
LOUISIANA. 
NOW THE 
FORECAST, 
CALLING FOR FIT 
THING TO 20 
FEET. 
THIS IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A 
STORM SURGE 
WHERE WE ARE 
JUST GOING TO 
SEE BUILDINGS 
FLOODED. 
THIS GOING TO 
RIP OFF 
FOUNDATIONS IN 
THIS AREA. 
THIS WILL BE 
CATASTROPHIC AND 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS GOING TO MAKE 
ITS WAY INLAND, 
UP TO THREE 
MILES. 
WE ARE WATCHING 
VERY CLOSELY AS 
WARNINGS AND 
ADVISORIES 
CONTINUE TO BE 
IN PLACE. 
RIGHT NOW, LAURA 
IS STILL A 
CATEGORY FOUR 
HURRICANE. 
YOU WOULD EXPECT 
THE STORM SYSTEM 
TO KIND OF 
SPREAD APART BUT 
IT HASN'T. 
IT HAS REALLY 
STAYED STABLE IN 
THE LAST HOUR OR 
SO AND AS WE GO 
UP THE COAST, 
THIS IS ACTUALLY 
JUST THE 
BEGINNING OF THE 
STORM. 
AS HE MAKES HIS 
WAY NORTH, IT IS 
STILL A CATEGORY 
TWO HURRICANE. 
GUYS? 
>> YEAH, 
JANESSA. 
THE EYE HAS JUST 
MADE LANDFALL. 
THAT IS THE 
TECHNICAL TERM 
WE HAVE FOR 
THIS. 
LIKE EVEN 
SEEING, FLOODING 
WOULD BE EYE 
WALL THERE, 
THANK YOU. 
WE WILL BE 
CHECKING IN WITH 
YOU PERIODICALLY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
SHOW. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
IN TEXAS, 
GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT HAS 
ISSUED A WARNING 
THE RESCUES WILL 
NOT BEGIN UNTIL 
LATER THIS 
MORNING. 
ON THE PHONE 
RIGHT NOW, CHUCK 
LANDOR. 
A RETIRED 
LIMITED COUNTY 
CONTRACTOR. 
>> REPORTER:, 
THANKS FOR 
JOINING US 
TODAY. 
THE GOVERNOR OF 
TEXAS WE JUST. 
HAS PUT THOSE 
RESCUES ON HOLD 
UNTIL 9:00 A.M. 
WHAT YOU THINK 
OF THAT 
DECISION? 
>> IT REMINDS ME 
OF HURRICANE 
ANDREW. 
WE HAD 500 CALLS 
AND HOLDING ONTO 
THE STORM 
HAPPEN. 
WHENEVER THIS 
HAPPENS, HAVE A 
LOT OF CALLS. 
BE SELECTIVE ON 
WHAT THEY SEND 
OUT AND WIN WITH 
POWER LINES 
DOWN, THAT IS A 
MAJOR PROBLEM. 
A LOT OF 
RESOURCES BUT OF 
COURSE, 
BENEFITS. 
>> THE HURRICANE 
MAKING LANDFALL 
IN THE DEAD OF 
NIGHT. 
LIKE THE PEOPLE 
IN NEED OF 
RESCUE BEFORE 
THE START OF 
PEOPLE BEING 
SENT OUT AND 
9:00 A.M. 
WHAT DO PEOPLE 
DO IF THEY ARE 
INTACT IN NEED 
OF HELP RIGHT 
NOW? 
>> HOPEFULLY, 
THEY ARE 
PREPARED FOR 
DAMAGE OR INJURY 
BUT RIGHT NOW, 
NOT MUCH THEY 
CAN DO, MAYBE 
LIFE-SAVING 
THINGS. 
ANYONE 
EXPERIENCING A 
MEDICAL CRISIS 
RIGHT NOW WITH 
POTENTIALLY 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES PER 
HOUR, NO ONE OUT 
THERE FOR QUITE 
A WHILE. 
EMS UNITS AND 
OTHERS CAN GET 
OUT THERE. 
>> MITCHELL, 
TALK TO ME ABOUT 
THIS A LITTLE. 
IT IS ONE THING 
TO HAVE 
HURRICANE SEASON 
AND PREPARE FOR 
THIS, START 
WATCHING VIDEO 
IS PEOPLE 
PREPARE. 
IT IS ANOTHER 
THING FOR PEOPLE 
TO EVACUATE AND 
SHELTER DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
THOUGHTS AS 
PEOPLE ARE 
WRITING THIS OUT 
AND PEOPLE IN 
THOSE SHELTERS 
-- JUST OVERALL, 
THE FEELING OF 
HAVING TO DEAL 
WITH WITH A 
HURRICANE OF 
THIS MAGNITUDE 
DURING THIS 
TIME? 
>> THE VIRUS 
CERTAINLY MAKES 
A MUCH MORE 
DIFFICULT 
BECAUSE OF THE 
SPACING THAT IS 
REQUIRED. 
WHERE HELPING 
PEOPLE DIDN'T 
USE THAT AS AN 
EXCUSE TO NOT GO 
TO CONGREGATE 
TYPE OF 
SHELTERS. 
I DON'T THINK 
THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN RIGHT 
NOW IS THE VIRUS 
SPREAD. 
IT IS CERTAINLY 
THE POTENTIAL 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGE FOR THESE 
STRUCTURES AND 
THE INJURY FOR 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE 
HERE, 
POTENTIALLY 
HAZARD OF A TREE 
OR WALL FALLING. 
>> A LOT TO DO 
WITH, LIKE SHE 
SAID, THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
SPACING AND 
FACING THE 
IMMEDIATE 
THREAT, YOU'RE 
TRYING TO SAVE 
THE LIVES OF 
YOUR SELF AND 
YOUR FAMILY. 
THAT TAKES 
PRECEDENT IN THE 
MOMENT. 
RETIRED 
EMERGENCY 
RESPONDERS TRUCK 
LANCET, THANK 
YOU FOR JOINING 
US TODAY. 
>>> CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE. 
WISCONSIN'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
RELEASED DETAILS 
ABOUT THE 
INCIDENT. 
SAYING, A KNIFE 
WAS FOUND AT THE 
SCENE BUT NOT 
WHETHER OR NOT 
BLAKE WAS 
CARRYING IT. 
RUSTEN SHESKEY, 
THE OFFICER WHO  
FIRED SEVEN 
SHOTS. 
ALL OFFICERS ARE 
ON ADMINISTERED 
OF LEAVE WALL IT 
IS INVESTIGATED. 
>>> MEANWHILE, A 
TEENAGER 
ARRESTED AFTER 
TWO WERE KILLED 
AND ONE WAS 
INJURED DURING 
THE PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA. 
WE HAVE THE 
REPORTS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
LOOKS LIKE WE 
ARE HAVING 
TROUBLE FINDING 
THE STORY FOR 
YOU. 
MEANWHILE, THE 
BREAKING NEWS 
TODAY. 
>>> POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE HAS 
LED TO PROTESTS 
FROM SEVERAL 
PROFESSIONAL 
SPORTS TEAM IN 
THE US, TALKING 
FROM THE WNBA, 
NBA, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
AND THE NFL. 
ON BOYCOTTING 
GAMES AND 
PRACTICES IN 
RESPONSE TO THE 
SHOOTING OF THE 
29-YEAR-OLD. 
IT ALL STARTED 
WITH THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS. 
THEY WERE THE 
FIRST AND TO 
ORGANIZE AND 
POSTPONE THEIR 
GAME ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 
A PLAYOFF GAME 
AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED TO A 
DOMINO EFFECT OF 
OTHER TEAMS 
POSTPONING THREE 
GAMES ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
THE 
DEMONSTRATION 
GARNERED PLAYS 
FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA WHO SAID 
ON TWITTER, HE 
COMMENDS THE 
PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP FOR 
WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
POLICE REPORT, 
THE LOS ANGELES 
LAKERS AND THE 
OTHER CLIPPERS 
HAVE VOTED TO 
BOYCOTT THE REST 
OF THE NBA 
SEASON. 
THE WNBA JOINED 
IN ON THE 
PROTEST AND THEY 
BOTH POSTPONE 
THREE GAMES 
ORIGINALLY 
SCHEDULED TO BE 
PLAYED ON 
WEDNESDAY AS 
WELL. 
TEAMS LOCKED 
ARMS WHILE 
WEARING SHIRTS 
ABOUT JACOB 
LAKE. 
POLICE 
COMMISSIONERS 
REACT TO THE 
COMMENTS BEFORE 
FULL SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PLAYERS. 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL TEAMS 
ALSO DOES AS 
WELL. 
THREE GAMES WERE 
POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS WHO WERE 
HOSTING THE 
CINCINNATI REDS. 
AGAIN, GAME WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
PLAYED IN 
MILWAUKEE, 40 
MILES FROM WHERE 
BLAKE WAS SHOT 
IN KENOSHA. 
ON THE NFL 
FURRED, 
WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM 
CANCEL PRACTICE 
AS WELL AS THE 
LIONS EARLIER 
THIS WEEK. 
>> BIGGEST 
SELLER AND I WAS 
WORKING LOWER. 
>>> CHECKING 
BACK IN WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST 
JANESSA WEBB 
WITH THE 
HURRICANE MAKING 
LANDFALL, 
JANESSA? 
>> YEAH, YOU 
TOO. 
WE HAVE AN 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING THAT IS 
IN PLACE FOR 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
THAT IS GOING TO 
LAST FOR ANOTHER 
HOUR. 
WHAT THAT MEANS 
IN THESE 
LOCATIONS LIKE 
LAKE CHARLES, 
CAMA, LOUISIANA, 
YOU SHOULD BE IN 
YOUR SAFE PLACE 
WHERE WE ARE 
SEEING ALMOST 
TORNADO 
ACTIVITY. 
STILL, WINNINGS 
GUSTING IN LAKE 
CHARLES FOR 
ALMOST AN HOUR 
NOW. 
OVER 100 MILES 
PER HOUR. 
SHARP WINDS, 
CONTINUING TO GO 
NORTH. 
JUST BEGINNING 
OF HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
AS HE MAKES HIS 
WAY TO ARKANSAS 
AS WELL, WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE 
TROPICAL FORCE 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 
60 MILES PER 
HOUR AS IT HEADS 
INTO THE VALLEY. 
ALSO WATCHING 
THE FLOOD THREAT
, THAT HAS 
NOTHING TO DO 
WITH THE STORM 
SURGE. 
ALREADY GOING TO 
SEE THE STORM 
SURGE IN THE 
NEXT HOUR BUT ON 
TOP OF THAT, 
THESE BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT 
ARE GOING TO 
PRODUCE AT LEAST 
3 INCHES OF RAIN 
PER HOUR. 
PORTIONS OF 
WESTERN TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COULD 
SEE OVER 15 
INCHES OF RAIN 
HERE IN THE NEXT 
24 TO 36 HOURS. 
RIGHT NOW, LAKE 
CHARLES HAS LOTS 
OF POWER, OVER 
200,000 PEOPLE 
IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA 
WITHOUT POWER. 
THAT IS GOING TO 
CONTINUE. 
FINALLY, 
CHARLES, GETTING 
LANDFALL LIKE IT 
DID IN CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
THEY GET THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM. 
WITH THE STORY 
OF THE DAY, A 
CLOSER LOOK, 
JUST AHEAD. 
WE CONTINUE TO 
WATCH THIS 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING IN PLACE 
FOR ANOTHER HOUR 
BUT ARE 
TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS THE DEEP 
SOUTH THERE, 
HOVERING IN THE 
90s AS IT BUILDS 
THE STORM SYSTEM 
AND CONTINUES TO 
PRODUCE A TON OF 
MOISTURE FOR 
SHREVE FOR, EVEN 
NORTHLAND. 
JUST IN THE 
START OF THE 
STORM. 
I WILL SEE MORE 
IMPACTS, COMING 
UP. 
>> JANESSA, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL 
FORMALLY ACCEPT 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINATION 
TONIGHT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE, 
ONE WILL OBSERVE 
THE SERIOUSNESS 
OF HURRICANE 
LAURA AT THE 
CONVENTION 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT. 
NBC'S ALEX BAR. 
>> Reporter: IN 
A SETTING RICH 
WITH PATRIOTIC 
SYMBOLISM, VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE, 
OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY, POSTING 
NIGHT THREE OF 
THEM REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF 
THE VERY BATTLE 
THAT INSPIRED 
THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE 
INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES 
AND EVERY 
GENERATION 
SINCE. 
♪ WERE SO 
GALLANTLY 
STREAMING ♪ ♪ 
>> Reporter: A 
SALUTE TO THE 
BRAVE, HONORING 
FRONT-LINE 
WORKERS AND 
MILITARY 
VETERANS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
JOINING THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
FRAMING THIS 
ELECTION IS A 
PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR 
COUNTRY'S 
FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE 
ADDRESSES, 
FOCUSING ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY, ZEROING IN 
ON SECURITY AT 
HOME WITH THE 
LAW AND ORDER, 
PRO-POLICE 
MESSAGES 
PROTESTS RAMP UP 
AGAIN AFTER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF A BLACK MAN 
IN WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT-RUN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOMS. 
>> Reporter: 
SPEAKERS, 
STARKLY WARNING 
OF A FUTURE 
UNDER A JOE 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> IN AMERICA 
WERE FARMERS ARE 
PUNISHED, JOBS 
ARE DESTROYED 
AND TAXES 
CRUSHED THE 
MIDDLE CLASS. 
>> Reporter: 
APPEALING 
DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE .I HAVE 
SEEN IT 
FIRSTHAND. 
AMERICA, AND HAS 
NO RESILIENCE TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS 
MAKING THEIR 
CASE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AS THE MAN TO 
LEAD THE LAND OF 
THE FREE. 
IN WASHINGTON, 
ALICE BARR, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAYS, HE 
HAS CONCERNS 
ABOUT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
CHANGES TO THE 
OFFICIAL 
GUIDANCE FOR 
COVID-19 
TESTING. 
THE NEW GUIDANCE 
STATES, HEALTHY 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO 
COVID-19 DO NOT  
ASSUME WE NEED A 
TEST AS LONG AS 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE WAS 
MADE LAST WEEK 
WHEN TALKING 
WITH DR. FAUCI, 
UNDERGOING SAID 
SURGERY. 
DR. FAUCI SAID, 
THEY'RE QUICKLY 
REVIEWING 
GUIDELINES BUT 
NOW, AFTER 
READING THEM 
CAREFULLY, HE 
HAS CONCERNS 
THAT THEY COULD 
BE INTERPRETED 
AS THE LESSENING 
OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
THE ASTIGMATIC 
SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS IN THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>>> TODAY'S 
CRICKETS, LOSING 
AND MOSQUE 
SHOOTER BRANDON 
TARAN WAS 
SENTENCED TO 
LIFE IN PRISON 
WITHOUT PAROLE. 
SURVIVORS AND 
RELATIVES OF 
VICTIMS PROVIDED 
STATEMENTS IN 
COURT BEFORE 
HIM. 
>>> AND AMAZON 
DRIVING ALONG 
WITH THE COMPANY 
AFTER SECURITY 
FOOTAGE SUED HIM 
STRIKING MAN IN 
THE FACE. 
HE ARGUED WITH 
THE DRIVER FOR 
COMING OUT SO 
THAT IT HAS 
MASCOT. 
>>> MAKING 
HISTORY FOR 
NASA, THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
LIVE AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
STATUS SYSTEM. 
NASA WILL 
ANNOUNCE HOW 
THIS HAS AN 
IMPACT FOR NEXT 
YEAR. 
>>> 700 
WILDFIRES ARE 
BURNING 
THROUGHOUT 
CALIFORNIA 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST UPDATES 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR. 
14 3 MILLION 
ACRES HAVE 
BURNED ANY OF 
THE 1700 
STRUCTURES, 
DESTROYED. 
4000 PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN EVACUATED 
AND AT LEAST IN 
7 HAVE DIED. 
SOME FIRES, 
SPARKED BY MORE 
THAN 13,000 
LIGHTNING 
STRIKES SINCE 
AUGUST 15th. 
>>> A SEALER, 
IDENTIFIED AS A 
POSSIBLE SUSPECT 
IN CONNECTION TO 
THE FIRE THAT 
ERUPTED ON THE 
U.S. NAVY SHIP, 
"USS RYSZARD," 
BACK IN JULY. 
IT WAS 
INTENTIONALLY 
SET AND TWO 
DEFENSE 
OFFICIALS 
CONFRONT TO NBC 
NEWS, THEY ARE 
MISSING ARSON. 
THEY ALSO SAID, 
THE 
INVESTIGATION IS 
ONGOING AND HAS 
NOT BEEN 
DETERMINED 
WHETHER THAT 
SAILOR IS IN 
FACT ACTUALLY A 
SUSPECT. 
THE FIRE BROKE 
OUT ON JULY 12th 
WITH 160 
CREWMEMBERS ON 
BOARD. 
NAVY OFFICIALS 
HAD 11 SHIPS' 14 
DECKS DESTROYED 
IN THE FIRE. 
>>> A CENTURY 
AFTER THE 
RATIFICATION OF 
THE 19th 
AMENDMENT, A 
QUALITY DAY FOR 
WOMEN IS 
HONORING 
PIONEERS OF THE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT IS ON 
DISPLAY AT THIS 
PARK. 
IT FEATURES 
ELIZABETH CADY, 
SUSAN B ANTHONY 
AND SOJOURNER 
TRUTH. 
THESE ARE NOT 
THE KEY MEMBERS 
OF THE MOVEMENT 
BUT NATIVE NEW 
YORKERS. 
>>> CENTRAL PARK 
IS HOME TO 
MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE OR AT 
LEAST MOST TIMES 
IT IS AND 
HOPEFULLY THEY 
WILL STOP AND 
ASK ABOUT IT. 
>> THEY ASK 
LOCALS TO STOP 
BY AND ENJOY IT. 
>>> BREAK IN 
THIS MORNING, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS IT SWEEPS 
ACROSS THE GULF. 
TRACKING 150 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS, BATTERING 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS IN THE 
DEAD OF THE 
NIGHT. 
JAY GRAY IN 
CHARLESTON, 
LOUISIANA IN THE 
THICK OF IT ALL. 
JAY? 
>> Reporter: 
INTENSIFYING 
HERE IS LAURA. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
WORST OF WHAT WE 
WILL SEE HERE 
THIS MORNING. 
THIS IS AS LAURA 
MAKES ITS WAY 
TOWARDS LAKE 
CHARLES. 
THE SWEEPING 
EDGE OF LAURA, 
BATTERING THE 
WEST COAST WITH 
THE WORST STILL 
ON THE WAY. 
>> WE ARE 
ANTICIPATING 
EXCESSIVE 
DAMAGES. 
>> Reporter: A 
CATEGORY FOR 
MAJOR HURRICANE 
WITH WINDS WELL 
OVER 100 MILES 
AN HOUR, MORE 
THAN A FOOT OF 
RAIN IN SOME 
AREAS AND WHAT 
THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED IN AN 
SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
I JUST 30 FEET, 
THE SEARCH CAN 
BE LIFE-
THREATENING. 
6B, WAVES CAN 
SMASHED WINDOWS 
AND DOORS. 
9 FIT, ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE 
SWALLOWED. 
NOR'S STORM 
SURGE COULD REST 
AT 20 FEET. 
>> TO THINK THAT 
THERE BE A WALL 
OF WATER OVER 
TWO STORIES HIGH 
COMING ONSHORE 
IS VERY 
DIFFICULT FOR 
MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
THAT'S WHAT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
>> Reporter: 
LAURA WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
RECOVER AS A 
PUSHES IN AND. 
>> SPEAKING OF 
MINE 90 MILE-PER-
HOUR WIND GUSTS, 
MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE EXPECTED 
WITHOUT POWER 
THURSDAY 
EVENING. 
ALSO POSSIBLY 
RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING IN 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MASSIVE 
STORM, JUST 
BEGINNING ITS 
ASSAULT. 
FIRST GUSTS 
GETTING HERE 
THROUGH FIRST WE 
WILL BE HERE AS 
WE HAVE BEEN 
SINCE THE EARLY, 
EARLY MORNING. 
THIS THING COULD 
SHIP TO 
SOUTHWEST AS IT 
TENDS TO MOVE 
THROUGH HERE. 
THAT IS THE 
LATEST HERE IN 
LAKE CHARLES. 
FRANCIS, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> WHAT A ROUGH 
GO. 
JAY, THANK YOU. 
>> RINGING 
JANESSA BACK 
WITH US AND SHE 
HAS BEEN 
TRACKING THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST YOU, 
JANESSA? 
>> USE OF A LIVE 
SHOT FROM JAY. 
RIGHT NOW, GOING 
THROUGH THE EYE. 
WE ARE GETTING A 
SLIGHT BREAK. 
THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE SYSTEM IS 
NOT TOO BAD, 
JUST SOME 
ISOLATED 
SHOWERS. 
I HAVE NOT 
DISCUSSED IS THE 
TORNADO THREAT. 
IT IS SPIKING UP 
PERIOD THAT IS 
STORED 
LAFAYETTE, 
OREGON CITY, YOU 
WILL START TO 
SEE A LITTLE BIT 
OF ROTATION IN 
THAT AREA. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO SEE 
THE NORTHERN 
MOVEMENT OF THIS 
STORM SYSTEM. 
THE SECOND HALF 
OF THE STORM 
SURGE WE HAVE 
ALREADY SEEN 
RIVER LEVELS UP 
TO 9 EIGHT AND 
THE STORM HAS 
JUST BEGUN. 
AS JAY SAID, WE 
COULD REACH THE 
20 FEET. 
THESE AREAS BY 
DAYBREAK ARE 
GOING TO LOOK 
INTO THE 
DIFFERENT. 
>> WOW, AN 
SURVIVABLE WHEN 
IT COMES TO THIS 
STORM. 
>> OUR THOUGHTS 
ARE WITH THEM. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, FATHER, 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> DONATELLI 
WITH ANGER, 
LOVE. 
THAT'S WHAT WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANTED TO SAY. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
STRUGGLE EXPAND 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THE 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION COMING 
UP AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF 
KEEPING VOTER 
SAFE AMID THE 
PANDEMIC .>> THE 
MOMENT TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> DID A FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE 
BEFORE YOUR 
DEGREES ARE 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PASS TOGETHER. 
WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND WITH 
KIDS ASKING 
QUESTIONS. 
WE HAVE STARTED 
A NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS, KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
>> MAKING USE. 
>> A LARGE 
COMMENT. 
>> NATIONAL 
GUARD CAME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
WITH STERN. 
>>> WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL WILL LOOK 
LIKE FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
>> TEACHERS, 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOHN 
THE LOVE AND THE 
FAMILY. 
>> TO DECIDE 
ABOUT HAVING 
CHILDREN OR JOE? 
>> A COMMUNITY 
FOR ALL, THIS IS 
WHEN WE SHOULD 
CELEBRATE OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> MUST TURN 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> I MISS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> SEARCH FOR 
LESS CORONAVIRUS 
NUMBERS. 
RECORDS 
SHATTERED FOR 
THE MOST COVID-
19 CASES IN A 
SIGNAL DAY . 
>> WHAT ARE YOUR 
LEVELS OF 
CONCERN FOR KIDS 
WHO CAN CATCH UP 
AS THEY STAYED 
HOME? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> WILL THIS 
BRING CHANGE? 
>> AND DEPTH. 
>> IN PORTLAND, 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> COUNTRIES 
BEING ATTACKED. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS. 
>> NEWS BUSINESS 
IS DYNAMIC AND 
HAS PUT NEVER 
BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL WE ARE 
FACING, I'M 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, DAUGHTER 
OF IMMIGRANTS, 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THE 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> CATEGORY 
FOUR HURRICANE 
LAURA, MAKING 
LANDFALL ALONG 
THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA BORDER 
WITH MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 115 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
THIS AFTER THE 
NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED A 
POTENTIAL STORM 
SURGE ON 
SURVIVABLE. 
>>> BREAKING 
THIS MORNING, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA. 
THE CATEGORY 
FOUR STORM, 
MAKING LANDFALL 
A SHORT WHILE 
AGO. 
THE CATEGORY 
FOUR STORM, 
BRINGING WITH 
IT, ON 
SURVIVABLE STORM 
SURGE AND 
EXPLOSIVE 150 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS. 
THIS COULD BE 
DEVASTATING FOR 
CITIES ALONG THE 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST. 
ESPECIALLY 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
JOINING US FROM 
OCEAN CITY, 
LOUISIANA, 
PRISCILLA 
JOHNSON. 
URSULA, WHAT ARE 
THE CONDITIONS 
LIKE THERE NOW? 
>> Reporter: 
FRANCIS, PHILIP, 
GOOD MORNING. 
FAIRLY CALM HERE 
AT THE MOMENT. 
WE ARE SEEING 
SOME LIGHT RAIN 
IS THE OUTER 
RAIN BANDS MOVE 
IN. 
WE ARE 160 MILES 
FROM LAKE 
CHARLES. 
NOT SEEING 
SERIOUS IMPACTS 
YET. 
WE EXPECT THAT 
TO BEGIN TO PICK 
UP HERE IN THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. 
THE BIGGEST 
CONCERNS ARE 
REALLY GOING TO 
BE THOSE VERY 
HIGH WINDS WITH 
PROJECTIONS HERE 
ANYWHERE FROM 40 
TO 60 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
ALSO, THE HEAVY, 
HEAVY RAIN. 
FOR CONTEXT, THE 
RIVER YOU SEE 
BEHIND ME 
ACTUALLY 
SEPARATES THOSE 
ARE CITY FROM 
SHREVEPORT AND 
BACK IN 2015, IT 
FLOODED PRETTY 
BADLY HERE, 
CAUSING THE 
INTERSTATE 
HIGHWAY TO SHUT 
DOWN AND ALSO A 
NUMBER OF HOME 
TO BE IMPACTED. 
THOSE ARE SOME 
OF THE CONCERNS 
HERE AS WE WAIT 
FOR THE STORM TO 
MOVE IN. 
THE GOOD NEWS 
THOUGH IS WE 
DON'T EXPECT THE 
STORM TO STAY 
HERE FOR VERY 
LONG AND SORT OF 
LINGER. 
ONCE IT BEGINS 
TO MOVE IN, THE 
HOPE IS IT WILL 
PASS THROUGH 
RATHER QUICKLY 
SO THAT THOSE 
IMPACTS WILL BE 
SUSTAINED IN 
THAT WAY. 
WE WILL BE 
WAITING TO SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS 
HERE IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS. 
PHILIP, FRANCIS? 
>> RESIDENTS 
THERE 
EVACUATING, 
TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS. 
TALK TO US A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
HOW THE 
COMMUNITY HAS 
BEEN TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS THIS 
MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
SHREVEPORT HAS 
BEEN AN AREA 
THAT FOLKS HAVE 
BEEN EVACUATED 
TO. 
OBVIOUSLY, A LOT 
OF FOLKS ARE 
STAYING INSIDE 
WHEN NOT TAKING 
CHANCES IN TERMS 
OF COMING OUT. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
BUSINESSES THAT 
ARE CLOSING. 
OBVIOUSLY, 
THINGS AREN'T 
GOING TO BE OPEN 
HERE AS THE 
STORM BEGINS TO 
MOVE THROUGH. 
BY AROUND 
MIDDAY, WE 
EXPECT THIS TO 
HAVE WRAPPED UP 
HERE. 
THEN IT WILL BE 
SORT OF COMING 
OUT AND 
SURVEYING WHAT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENED, 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH THE HIGH 
WINDS. 
TO BE LOOKING AT 
TREES THAT ARE 
POSSIBLY DOWN, 
POWER LINES AND 
THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
OBVIOUSLY, POWER 
OUTAGES CAN BE A 
BIG CONCERN. 
THE OTHER THING 
HERE IS THERE IS 
ALWAYS A 
POSSIBILITY OF A 
TORNADO, SOME 
SORT OF SMALL, 
ISOLATED 
TORNADO. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING ALSO 
TO KEEP AN EYE 
OUT FOR AS WE 
WAIT FOR THE 
STORM TO MOVE 
THROUGH. 
>> OF COURSE, 
THIS IS A 
PANDEMIC. 
SO MUCH TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
.PRISCILLA, 
THANKS FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
>>> JANESSA HAS 
BEEN TRACKING 
LAURA FOR US ALL 
NIGHT LONG AND 
INTO THE 
MORNING. 
JANESSA, GOOD 
MORNING. 
WHERE IS THE 
STORM EXACTLY AS 
WE SPEAK? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
FRANCIS, THIS IS 
A DEVASTATING 
SITUATION AND ON 
OUR CURRENT 
RADAR NOW, LAKE 
CHARLES IS GOING 
THROUGH THE EYE 
OF THE STORM. 
WE SAW SUSTAINED 
WINDS, GUSTS UP 
TO 100 MILES PER 
HOUR FOR THE 
LAST 30 MINUTES 
IN THAT AREA. 
SOME CALMING 
EFFECTS THAT ARE 
STARTING TO 
HAPPEN. 
WE HAVE HAD 
LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
THEY ARE GOING 
THROUGH THE 
BACKSIDE, THE 
SECOND EYE WALL 
OF THE STORM 
SYSTEM. 
ANOTHER ROUND, 
GOING TO BE 
HITTING THAT 
AREA. 
THE TORNADO 
THREAT IS BACK 
AND THAT WILL BE 
HUGE FOR THE 
NEXT TWO AREAS. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
BAND FORMING 
ACROSS LAKE 
CHARLES ALONG 
WITH THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THAT IS THE NEXT 
FACTOR AND THAT 
IS THE DEADLIEST 
PART OF THIS 
HURRICANE. 
ALREADY SEEING 
LITTLE RIVERS UP 
TO 9 FEET IN 
SOME AREAS. 
THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE SYSTEM 
LOWERING AND, WE 
WILL SEE 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE AND 
FLOODING ACROSS 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA AND 
PORTIONS OF 
LOUISIANA. 
THE FORECAST IS 
CALLING FOR 15 
TO 20 FEET. 
THIS IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A 
STORM SURGE BUT 
WE ARE JUST 
GOING TO SEE 
BUILDINGS 
FLOODED, THIS IS 
GOING TO REBUFF 
FOUNDATIONS IN 
THIS AREA. 
THIS WILL BE 
CATASTROPHIC AND 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS GOING TO MAKE 
ITS WAY INLAND, 
UP TO 30 MILES. 
WATCHING THIS 
VERY CLOSELY AS 
WARNINGS AND 
ADVISORIES 
CONTINUED TO BE 
IN PLACE. 
RIGHT NOW, LAURA 
IS STILL A 
CATEGORY FOUR 
STORM SYSTEM. 
YOU ARE EXPECTED 
TO  FALL APART 
BUT IT HAS 
STAYED STABLE IN 
THE LAST HOUR OR 
SO UP THE COAST, 
THIS IS ACTUALLY 
JUST THE 
BEGINNING OF THE 
STORM. 
AS A MIX IS 
WAITING NORTH, 
STILL A CATEGORY 
TWO HURRICANE, 
GUYS? 
>> JANESSA, THE 
EYE MADE 
LANDFALL. 
THAT IS THE 
TECHNICAL TERM 
THAT WE'VE BEEN 
SEEING FLOODING 
WITH THE EYE 
WALL. 
THANK YOU, 
JANESSA. 
CHECKING BACK IN 
WITH YOU 
PERIODICALLY 
THROW THE SHOW. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT, A STRONG 
ISSUE THE 
RESCUES WILL NOT 
BEGIN UNTIL 
LATER THIS 
MORNING. 
ON THE PHONE 
NOW, CHUCK 
LANZA, A RETIRED 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT 
DIRECTOR FOR 
MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY. 
CHUCK, THANKS 
FOR JOINING US 
TODAY. 
THE GOVERNOR OF 
TEXAS HAS PUT 
THOSE RESCUES ON 
HOLD UNTIL 9:00 
A.M. 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK OF THAT 
DECISION? 
>> Reporter: 
REMINDS ME OF 
HURRICANE ANDREW 
WITH 500 CALLS 
UNTIL THE STORM 
PASSED. 
IN TEXAS AND 
OTHER PLACES, A 
LOT OF CALLS BUT 
WHEN THEY SEND 
IT OUT WITH 
POWER LINES 
DOWN, IT IS ONE 
THING THAT COULD 
IMPACT A LOT OF 
RESOURCES FOR 
THOSE BENEFITS. 
>> THE HURRICANE 
MADE LANDFALL IN 
THE DEAD OF 
NIGHT. 
LIKELY PEOPLE IN 
NEED OF RESCUE 
BEFORE THEY 
START SENDING 
PEOPLE OUT AT 
9:00 A.M. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PEOPLE DO IF 
THEY ARE IN FACT 
IN NEED OF SOME 
HELP RIGHT NOW? 
>> Reporter: 
HOPEFULLY THEY 
ARE PREPARED AND 
HAVE FIRST AID 
FOR INJURIES. 
RIGHT NOW, 
NOTHING TO DO 
OTHER THAN BASIC 
FIRST AID AND 
LIFE-SAVING 
THINGS. 
ANYONE FACING A 
MEDICAL CRISIS 
RIGHT NOW WITH 
POTENTIALLY 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 100 MILES PER 
HOUR, NO HELP 
FOR QUITE A 
WHILE. 
OTHER FIRST 
RESPONDERS MUST 
GET OUT THERE. 
>> MR. LANSER, 
TALK TO ABOUT 
THIS. 
ONE THING FOR 
HURRICANE SEASON 
AND FOR PEOPLE 
PREPARING, IT'S 
ANOTHER THING 
FOR THEM TO 
EVACUATE THE 
SHELTERS DURING 
A PANDEMIC. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
THOUGHTS AS FAR 
AS PEOPLE 
WRITING THIS OUT 
PEOPLE IN THE 
SHELTERS? 
OVERALL, HAVING 
TO DEAL WITH 
THIS HURRICANE 
OF THIS 
MAGNITUDE DURING 
THIS TIME? 
>> THE VIRUS 
CERTAINLY MAKES 
IT MORE 
DIFFICULT TO 
HANDLE 
SHELTERING 
BECAUSE OF THE 
SPACING THAT IS 
REQUIRED. 
BUT HOPING THAT 
PEOPLE CAN USE 
THAT AS AN 
EXCUSE NOT TO GO 
TO CONGREGATE 
TYPE OF 
SHELTERS. 
I DON'T THINK 
RIGHT NOW THE 
BIGGEST CONCERN 
IS THE VIRUS 
SPREAD BUT IT 
CERTAINLY IS THE 
POTENTIAL 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGES FILLING 
IN ON THE 
STRUCTURES AND 
POTENTIAL FOR 
INJURY FOR 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE 
OR NEAR A 
POTENTIAL HAZARD 
LIKE A WALL 
FALLING OR A 
TREE FALLING. 
>> YOU LIKE TO 
BE CONSIDERED 
AND TO DEAL WITH 
AND LIKE SHE 
SAID, WITH A 
PANDEMIC IN THE 
FACE OF THIS 
IMMEDIATE 
THREAT. 
>> Reporter: 
YES, WHEN YOU'RE 
PROTECTING THE 
LIFE OF YOUR 
FAMILY, THAT 
TAKES PRECEDENT 
IN THE MOMENT. 
>> RETIRED 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGER, CHUCK, 
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
>>> NOW, THE 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
OPENED AN 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LIKE 
WISCONSIN'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
RELEASED NEW 
DETAILS ABOUT 
THE INCIDENT. 
HE SAID, A KNIFE 
WAS FOUND AT THE 
SCENE BUT WOULD 
NOT SAY WHETHER 
OR NOT BLAKE WAS 
CARRYING IT. 
RUSTEN SHESKEY 
WAS IDENTIFIED 
AS THE OFFICER 
WHO FIRED THE 
SHOT. 
OTHER OFFICERS 
ARE ADMINISTERED 
OF LEAVE AS THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
MEANWHILE, A 
TEENAGE, RESTED 
AFTER TWO PEOPLE 
WERE KILLED AND 
ANOTHER INJURED 
DURING THE 
ESCALATING 
PROTEST  IN 
KENOSHA. 
NBC'S WENDY WILL 
FUND HAS THIS 
REPORT. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
WE'RE HAVING A 
LITTLE TROUBLE 
RUNNING THE 
STORY FOR YOU. 
MEANWHILE, OTHER 
BREAKING NEWS 
TODAY, POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE HAS 
LED TO PROTESTS 
FROM SEVERAL 
PROFESSIONAL 
SPORTS TEAMS IN 
THE U.S. HERE. 
TEAMS FROM WBA, 
NBA, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
AND NFL HAVE ALL 
BOYCOTTED GAMES 
AND PRACTICES IN 
RESPONSE TO THE 
SHOOTING OF THE 
29-YEAR-OLD. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS HURT THEY 
WERE THE FIRST 
TEAM TO ORGANIZE 
AND POSTPONE 
THEIR GAME ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 
A PLAYOFF GAME 
AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED TO A 
DOMINO EFFECT. 
POSTPONED THREE 
GAMES ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
FOR THE MBA. 
THE 
DEMONSTRATION 
GARNERED PRAISE 
FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA WHO ON 
TWITTER SAID, WE 
COMMEND PLAYERS 
FOR STANDING UP 
FOR WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
MEANWHILE, 
ACCORDING TO 
REPORTS, THE LOS 
ANGELES LAKERS 
AND CLIPPERS 
HAVE VOICED 
WANTED TO 
BOYCOTT THE REST 
OF THE NBA 
SEASON. 
THE WNBA JOINED 
IN ON THE 
PROTEST AND THEY 
POSTPONED THEIR 
THREE GAMES THAT 
WERE ORIGINALLY 
SCHEDULED TO BE 
PLAYED ON 
WEDNESDAY AS 
WELL. 
PLAYERS TOOK ANY 
UNLOCKED ARMS 
WERE WEARING 
SHIRTS THAT 
SPELLED OUT 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THE LEAGUE 
COMMISSIONER 
REACTED TO THE 
PROTEST, SAY, WE 
HAVE TO SUPPORT 
OUR PLAYERS. 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL TEAMS 
SENT OUT AS 
WELL. 
ACCORDING TO 
ESPN, THREE 
BASEBALL GAMES 
WERE ALSO 
POSTPONED 
INCLUDING THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS WHO WERE 
HOSTING THE 
CINCINNATI REDS. 
THE GAME WAS 
SUPPOSED BE 
PLAYED IN 
MILWAUKEE, 40 
MILES FROM WHERE 
BLAKE WAS 
SHOCKED IN 
KENOSHA. 
AND ON THE NFL 
FRONT, THE 
WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM 
CANCELED 
PRACTICE FOR 
TODAY IS THE 
DETROIT WHITES 
CANCELED 
PRACTICE EARLIER 
THIS WEEK. 
>>> THE BIGGEST 
ALLY RIGHT NOW 
IS HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
CHECKING BACK IN 
WITH NBC 
METEOROLOGIST 
VANESSA WEBB. 
MADE LANDFALL, 
RECENTLY? 
>> YEAH, YOU 
TWO. 
WE HAVE AN 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING IN THE 
PLACE FOR 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
THAT WILL LAST 
FOR ANOTHER 
HOUR. 
THAT MEANS 
LOCATIONS LIKE 
LAKE CHARLES, 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, 
SHOULD BE IN 
YOUR SAFE PLACE 
WHERE WE SEE 
ALMOST TORNADO 
ACTIVITY. 
STILL, WHEN 
GUESSING A LAKE 
CHARLES FOR 
ALMOST AN HOUR 
NOW. 
OVER 100 MILES 
PER HOUR. 
STRONGEST WINDS 
WILL CONTINUE TO 
MAKE THEIR WAY 
NORTH AND, YOU 
KNOW, THIS IS 
JUST THE 
BEGINNING OF 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS HE MAKES HIS 
WAY INTO 
ARKANSAS AS 
WELL. 
WE WILL SEE 
TROPICAL FORCE 
WINDS GUSTS UP 
TO 50 MILES PER 
HOUR AT LEAST. 
THEN, HEADING 
INTO THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. 
WE ARE ALSO 
WATCHING THE 
FLOOD THREAT. 
THAT HAS NOTHING 
TO DO WITH STORM 
SURGE. 
ALREADY GOING TO 
START TO SEE THE 
STORM SURGE IN 
THE NEXT HOUR. 
ON TOP OF THAT, 
THESE BANDS OF 
MOISTURE THAT 
ARE GOING TO 
PRODUCED AT 
LEAST THREE 
INCHES OF RAIN 
PER HOUR. 
SOME PORTIONS OF 
WESTERN TO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COULD 
SEE OVER 15 
INCHES OF RAIN 
HERE IN THE NEXT 
24 TO 36 HOURS. 
RIGHT NOW, LAKE 
CHARLES HAS LOST 
POWER. 
WE HAVE OVER 
200,000 PEOPLE 
IN SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA 
WITHOUT POWER. 
THAT WILL 
CONTINUE. 
FINALLY, LAKE 
CHARLES, GOING 
TO GET A BREAK. 
WE SAW THE 
LANDFALL IN 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, THEY 
ARE GETTING THE 
BACKSIDE OF THIS 
SYSTEM. 
A LOOK AT THE 
BIG WEATHER 
STORY OF THE 
DAY. 
A CLOSE LOOK AT 
YOUR DAY AHEAD 
HERE. 
>>> CONTINUING 
TO WATCH THIS 
EXTREME WIND 
WARNING IN 
EFFECT FOR THE 
NEXT HOUR BUT 
THESE AREAS 
HOVERING IN THE 
90s AND AND THAT 
IS GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE A TON OF 
MOISTURE FOR 
SHREVEPORT AND 
EVEN NEW 
ORLEANS. 
>> RADISON THE 
START OF THIS 
STORM, I'LL SHOW 
YOU MORE IMPACT, 
COMING UP RIGHT 
VANESSA, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL 
FORMERLY ACCEPT 
THE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINATION AND 
HE MENTIONED IT 
IN HIS 
CONVENTION 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT. 
HERE IS ALICE 
BARR. 
>> Reporter: IN 
A SETTING RICH 
WITH PATRIARCH 
SYMBOLISM, VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE, 
OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY, HUSSEY 
NIGHT THREE OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF 
THE VERY BATTLE 
THAT INSPIRED 
THE WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE 
INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES 
AND EVERY 
GENERATION 
SINCE. 
♪ WERE SO 
GALLANTLY 
STREAMING. 
♪ ♪ 
>> Reporter: A 
SALUTE TO THE 
BRAVE, HONORING 
FRONT-LINE 
WORKERS AND 
MILITARY 
VETERANS. 
TRENTON, VOIDING 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
FRAMING THIS 
ELECTION FOR THE 
PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR OUR 
COUNTRY'S 
FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE 
ADDRESSES, 
FOCUSING ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> TRUMP TRUMP 
WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY, ZEROING IN 
ON SECURITY AT 
HOME WITH THE 
LAW AND ORDER 
PRO-POLICE 
MESSAGE AS 
PROTESTS WRAP UP 
AGAIN AFTER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF A BLACK MAN 
IN WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT-RUN 
CITIES IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> Reporter: 
SPEEDERS STARKLY 
ONE OF AMERICA'S 
FUTURE ANDRE JOE 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> AN AMERICA 
WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, 
JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED AND 
TAXES CROSSED 
THE MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
>> Reporter: AND 
APPEALING 
DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I HAVE SEEN IT 
FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, NO 
RESENTMENTS TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS, 
MAKING A CASE 
FOR TRUMP TRUMP 
AS THE MAN TO 
LEAD THE LAND OF 
THE FREE. 
IN WASHINGTON, 
ALICE BARR, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAYS, HE 
HAS CONCERNS 
ABOUT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
CHANGES TO THE 
OFFICIAL 
GUIDANCE FOR 
COVID-19.  
THE NEW GUIDANCE 
STATES, HEALTHY 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO 
COVID-19 DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST AS LONG 
AS THEY DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THE UPDATE WAS 
MADE LAST WEEK 
WHEN DR. FAUCI 
WAS UNDERGOING 
SURGERY. 
ACCORDING TO A 
SPOKESPERSON, 
DR. FAUCI 
RECALLED QUICKLY 
REVIEWING 
EMERGENCY 
GUIDELINES. 
NOW AFTER 
READING THEM 
CAREFULLY, HE 
HAS CONCERNS 
THAT THEY COULD 
BE INTERPRETED 
AS THE LESSENING 
OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF A 
CINEMATIC SPREAD 
OF THE VIRUS IN 
THE COMMUNITY. 
>>> TODAY'S 
CRICKETS, 
SHOOTER BRANDON 
TARRANT WAS 
SENTENCED TO 
LIFE IN PRISON 
WITH NO PAROLE. 
SURVIVORS OF THE 
VICTIMS PROVIDE 
A STATEMENT IN 
COURT. 
>>> AMAZON, 
SECURITY FOOTAGE 
SHOWED AN 
EMPLOYEE 
STRIKING A MAN 
IN THE FACE OF 
MIAMI. 
THE GUY SAYS, IT 
HE ARGUED WITH 
THE DRIVER 
ABOUT, MY EARLY 
WITH NO MASK ON. 
>>> NASA, SLATED 
TO BE THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO 
LIVE AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
IN AN SIR WHERE 
NASA ANNOUNCED 
SHE'LL BE PART 
OF THE SPACE 
STATION NEXT 
YEAR. 
>>> 700 
WILDFIRES BURN 
THROUGHOUT 
CALIFORNIA 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST UPDATE 
FROM THE 
GOVERNOR. 
MORE THAN 1.3 
MILLION ACRES 
HAVE BURNED AND 
NEARLY 1700 
STRUCTURES 
DESTROYED. 
ALMOST 4000 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED AND 
7000 HAVE BEEN 
SPARKED BY 
LIGHTNING 
STRIKES. 
>>> A SEALER HAS 
BEEN IDENTIFIED 
AS A POSSIBLE 
SUSPECT IN 
CONNECTION TO 
THE FIRE THAT 
ERUPTED ON THE 
NAVY SHIP, "USS 
BONO KLOBUCHAR" 
IN JULY. 
INVESTIGATORS 
BELIEVE THE 
MASSIVE BLAZE 
THAT BURNED FOR 
DAYS WAS 
INTENTIONALLY 
SET. 
ABC NEWS COME 
FROM, AND THE 
SKATERS SUSPECT 
ARSON BUT ALSO 
SAID, THE 
INVESTIGATION IS 
ONGOING AND HAS 
NOT BEEN 
DETERMINED 
WHETHER THE 
SAILOR IS IN 
FACT ACTUALLY 
THE SUSPECT. 
THE FIRE BROKE 
OUT ON JULY 12th 
WITH ABOUT 160 
CRIMINALS ON 
BOARD. 
THE NAVY 
OFFICIALS SAID, 
11 OF THE SHIP 
OF 14 DECKS WERE 
DESTROYED IN THE 
FIRE. 
>>> ONE CENTURY 
AFTER THE 
RATIFICATION OF 
THE 19th 
AMENDMENT, AND 
ON WOMEN'S 
EQUALITY DAY 
FROM A STATUE 
HONORING SOME 
SIGNERS OF THE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT IS 
UNVEILED IN 
CENTRAL PARK. 
THE PARK'S FIRST 
STATUE WITH 
WOMEN LIKE SUSAN 
B ANTHONY AND 
SOJOURNER TRUTH. 
NOT ONLY ARE 
THESE WOMEN KEY 
LEVERS OF THE 
MOVEMENT, THERE 
ALSO NATIVE NEW 
YORKERS. 
>> CENTRAL PARK, 
VISITED BY 
MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE IN NORMAL 
TIMES. 
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE 
WILL STOP AND 
ASK AND LEARN 
ABOUT THEM. 
>> THEY WILL BE 
GREAT FOR LOCALS 
TO STOP BY AND 
ENJOY IT TOO. 
>>> BREAKING 
THIS MORNING, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS IT SWEEPS 
ACROSS THE GULF, 
PACKING 150 MILE-
PER-HOUR WINDS, 
BATTERY 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS IN THE 
DEAD OF THE 
NIGHT. 
OUR JAY GRAY IS 
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA IN THE 
THICK OF IT OR 
JAY? 
>> Reporter: 
THIS REALLY IS 
INTENSIFYING 
HERE AND THIS IS 
NOT THE WORK OF 
WHAT WE'LL SEE 
AS LAURA MAKES 
HIS WAY TOWARD 
LAKE CHARLES. 
THE LEADING EDGE 
OF LAW, BATTLING 
THE GOLF COURSE 
WITH THE WORST 
ON THE WAY. 
>> WE ARE 
ASSESSING 
DAMAGES. 
>> Reporter: 
FROM A CATEGORY 
FOUR MAJOR 
HURRICANE WITH 
WINDS OVER 1200 
MILES AN HOUR, 
OR THAN A FOOT 
OF RAIN IN SOME 
AREAS IN THE 
NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLING IT, AN 
SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
JUST THREE FEET, 
THE SURGE CAN BE 
LIFE-
THREATENING. 
THE WAYS CAN 
SMASH THROUGH 
WINDOWS AND 
DOORS. 
AND NINE FEET, 
ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE 
SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CREST AT 20 
FEET. 
>>> THE THING IS 
A WALL OF WATER 
OVER TO STORIES 
HIGH COMING 
ONSHORE AND 
WOULD BE 
DIFFICULT FOR 
MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
90-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUSTS UP
TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
SO WE EXPECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
TO BE WITHOUT POWER, BY THURSDAY
EVENING.
AND THEN, WE HAVE TO DEAL 
POSSIBLE 
RAINFALL IN 
>>> THIS MASSIVE 
STORM JUST 
BEGINNING ITS 
ASSAULT. 
>> WE ARE GOING 
TO SEE SOME-
THROUGH THE 
EARLY MORNING 
>> RIGHT NOW 
HERE IN LAKE 
CHARLES, BACK TO 
YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> LET'S BRING 
JANESSA BACK 
WITH US AS SHE'S 
BEEN TRACKING 
THE PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST, JANESSA? 
>> YOU JUST SAW 
THAT LIVE SHOT 
FROM J. HIS 
RIGHT NOW GOING 
THROUGH THE EYE, 
SO WE ARE 
GETTING A SLIGHT 
BREAK AT THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM IS NOT 
TOO BAD. 
IT IS JUST SOME 
ISOLATED 
SHOWERS. 
WHAT I HAVEN'T 
DISCUSSED IS 
LOOK AT THE TT
TORNADO THREAT. 
IT IS SPARKING 
UP. 
BATON ROUGE, 
LAFAYETTE, 
MORGAN CITY. 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
START TO SEE E E SE
A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
ROTATION AND 
THAT AREA. 
HE WILL CONTINUE 
TO SEE THE 
NORTHERN 
MOVEMENT OF THE 
STORM SYSTEM. 
NOW, THE SECOND 
HALF, THE STORM 
SURGE. 
WE HAVE ALREADY 
SEEN RIVER P 
LEVELS UP TO 9 
FEET AND THE 
STORM HAS JUST 
BEGUN. 
AS J 0 SAID, WE 
COULD REACH UP 
TO 20 FEET. 
SO, YOU KNOW, 
THESE AREAS, BY 
DAYBREAK ARE 
GOING TO LOOK 
COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT. 
>> THERE'S A 
REASON WHY OUR 
OFFICIALS ARE 
CALLING IT ON 
SURVIVABLE. 
>>>: THE CHAOS A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> THAT'S WHY 
WERE DOWN HERE. 
>> THERE'S 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
THAT'S ALL ABOUT 
LISTENING. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUE 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 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP AGAIN. 
HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
YOU TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU GO TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
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 
PATCHED TOGETHER.
>> WHY IS IS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF-THAT 
QUESTION. 
WE STARTED TO 
NEWSCAST WITH 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WITH THE-A 
COLONY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS TO LOOK 
LIKE. 
>> TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THE LOVE 
OF THE FAMILY. 
>> HAVE TO TAKE 
CARE MY 
CHILDREN, I HAVE 
A JOB. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE 
COMMUNITY. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE HAVE JUST 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP A 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> BUT I MESSES 
MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
AFFECTIONS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
THE MOST OF THE 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WITH YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THE KIDS WHO 
WERE TOLD HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WANT TO CATCH 
UP. 
>>> YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING, I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THE 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE-
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
QUINN IPA LET MY 
MOM, WILL LOOK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
WELCOME TO THE 
SPECIAL EDITION 
OF EARLY TODAY. 
PHILIP MILLER. 
>> I'M FRANCIS 
RIVERA. 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS BATTERING 
LOUISIANA. 
THE CATEGORY 4 
STORE MAKING 
LEVEL JUST A 
SHORT WHILE AGO. 
THE STORM ERIS 
PACKING A 
POWERFUL PUNCH 
WITH THEM ON 
SURVIVABLE STORM 
SURGE AS IT IS 
CALLED. 
ALSO, DANGEROUS 
WINDS. 
YOU CAN SEE SOME 
OF THE  REFFECTS 
NOW AS PEOPLE 
RUSH TO SANDBAG 
A BAYOU IN 
LAFAYETTE. 
AS FLOODWATERS 
RUSSIAN. 
JOINING US IN 
LOUISIANA IS 
PRISCILLA 
THOMPSON. 
PRISCILLA, WHAT 
ARE YOU SEEING 
SO EEFAR? 
>> FRANCIS, THE 
RAIN HERE HAS 
CERTAINLY PICKED 
UP IN THE LAST 
20 MINUTES OR 
SO. 
WE ARE BEGINNING 
TO SEE THAT 
DOWNPOUR AGAIN. 
AND ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT WE 
ARE GOING TO BE 
KEEPING AN EYE 
ON HERE IS GOING 
TO BE THE RED 
RIVER THAT YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME. 
IN THE PAST, AND 
2015, THIS RIVER 
ACTUALLY 
FLOODED, CAUSING 
AN INTERSTATE 
HIGHWAY TO SHUT 
DOWN AND ALSO, 
SOME NUFLOOD 
DAMAGE TO A 
NUMBER OF HOMES. 
SO, AS WE WAIT 
FOR THE STORM TO 
COME IN AND THIS 
CONTINUED RAIN, 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE LOOKING TO 
SEE IF THAT 
LEADING BECOMES 
AN ISSUE, AND 
THE OTHER THING 
HERE OBVIOUSLY, 
THE WIND. 
RIGHT NOW, THE 
WIND IS FAIRLY 
CALM, EVEN AS 
THE RAIN BEGINS 
TO COME DOWN 
MORE SO. 
BUT THAT COULD 
PICK UP 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY IN THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS. EC
FORECASTERS ARE 
PROJECTING UP TO 
60 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WINDS AND THAT D 
WOULD BE A MAJOR 
PROBLEM FOR 
POWERLINES AND 
THE POTENTIAL 
FOR DOWNED POWER 
LINES AND FOR 
PEOPLE TO LOSE 
POWER. 
SOMETHING WE ARE AR
ALREADY SEEING 
IN THE SOUTHERN 
PART OF THE I 
STATE AS THE 
HURRICANE MOVES 
THROUGH THERE. 
I WILL SAY THAT 
FOLKS, FOR THE 
MOST PART, ARE 
TAKING THOSE 
PRECAUTIONS 
BECAUSE CASINOS 
ALONG THE RIVER 
ARE SHUT DOWN. 
YOU'VE GOT THE 
CITIES AND THE 
BUSINESSES AND A 
NUMBER OF THE 
SURROUNDING 
CITIES ARE 
ALREADY SHUT 
DOWN AS FOLKS 
ARE BRACING TO 
WAIT OUT THE 
STORM AS IT 
PREPARES TO SORT 
OF MOVE THROUGH 
AND THEY BEGIN 
TO GET THE BULK 
OF IT HERE IN 
THE SHREVEPORT 
HOUSE OR CITY 
AREA. 
>> ALL RIGHT, A 
LOT TO HAPPEN IN 
THE HOURS, 
CRUCIAL HOURS TO 
COME. 
IN TEXAS IS IN 
HAPPEN. 
PRISCILLA, 
THANKS FOR THE 
UPDATE. FU
>> LET'S BRING 
IN METEOROLOGIST 
JANESSA WEBB. 
SHE HAS BEEN 
TRACKING 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
JANESSA, GOOD 
MORNING. 
WHERE IS 
HURRICANE LAURA 
AS WE SPEAK? 
>>> IT IS JUST 
MAKING ITS WAY 
OUTSIDE OF LAKE 
CHARLES. 
THE EYE OF THE CK
STORM SYSTEM TEIS 
SITTING IN LAKE 
CHARLES RIGHT 
NOW. 
IT WILL CONTINUE 
TO WATCH THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM, 
POTENTIALLY MAKE 
ITS WAY UP INTO 
THIS AREA. 
BUT THIS IS A 
DESTRUCTIVE 
STORM SYSTEM. 
IT IS THE 
STRONGEST STORM 
ON RECORD TO 
EVER HIT 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
WANT TO DO SOME 
LIVE TRACKING GO
RIGHT NOW. 
LAFAYETTE INTO 
MORGAN CITY. 
THERE IS THE 
POTENTIAL OF 
TORNADOES THAT 
ARE GOING TO BE 
SPARKING UP 
THROUGHOUT YOUR 
AFTERNOON. 
THIS IS FAR FROM 
OVER. 
THIS STORM 
SYSTEM HAS STILL 
MAINTAINED ITS 
INTEGRITY FROM 
LANDFALL. 
WHAT THAT MEANS 
IS IT WHEN AND 
AS A CAT FOR AND 
IT IS STILL A 
CAT 4 HURRICANE. 
WILL CONTINUE 
ITS WAY TO THE 
NORTH AND WE 
CURRENTLY HAVE 
200-200,000 
PEOPLE WITHOUT 
POWER. 
THE WINDS ARE 
GOING TO BE SUAN 
ISSUE THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON. 
BUT I THINK THE 
NEXT BIG THREAD 
WE ARE SEEING 
FOR CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA TO AK
LAKE CHARLES, IS 
THE STORM SURGE. 
THIS IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART 
AND THAT RIGHT 
QUADRANT WENT 
INTO THIS AREA. 
WE HAVE ALREADY 
SEEN RIVER LEVEL 
SPARK UP TO 
ABOUT 9 FEET IN 
SOME AREAS. 
ON THE STORM 
SURGE FORECAST 
IS GOING TO BE 
UP TO 20-30 
FEET. 
EVEN IF YOU'RE 
ON TOP OF YOUR 
FIRST STORIES 
HOME, THERE IS 
GOING TO BE 
DEVASTATION 
ACROSS THIS 
AREA. 
NOW, THIS IS NOT 
JUST GOING TO BE 
FLOODING AREAS. 
THE FOUNDATION 
IS GOING TO BE 
COMING UP IN 
THESE AREAS. 
SO, WATCHING-ALL 
THE COASTAL 
AREAS  JOF 
LOUISIANA, I 
STILL THINK THE 
NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
MAINTAINS THIS 
AS A CAT 4 
HURRICANE GOING 
INTO THE 5 AM 
HOUR. 
IT STARTS TO 
LOSE ITS FORCE 
AS IT MAKES ITS 
WAY IN LAND 
LATER IN THE 
AFTERNOON. 
SO, WE WILL O 
CONTINUE TO 
WATCH THE 
TROPICAL FORCE 
WINDS. 
WHAT YOU ARE 
GOING TO BE HE
HEARING 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY IS THAT THIS 
IS FAR FROM 
OVER. 
BECAUSE IT IS 
STILL CONTINUES 
INTO ARKANSAS 
AND THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. 
THEN WE HAVE 
PORTIONS OF THE 
MID ATLANTIC 
GOING INTO THE 
WEEKEND. 
EVEN AREAS OF 
THE NORTHEAST 
ARE GOING TO BE 
SAYING PARTS OF 
THIS TROPICAL 
SYSTEM. 
IT EVEN HAS 
POTENTIAL TO GO 
BACK INTO THE 
ATLANTIC AND 
THEN RECHARGE. 
THAT FAR OUT. E 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE WATCHING 
THAT. 
SO, AGAIN, THE 
STORM SURGE, THE 
FLOODING THREAT 
IS GOING TO TOBE 
THE ISSUE. TH
NOW, ON TOP OF 
THE STORM SURGES 
THE RAIN WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
SOME AREAS 
LOCALLY COULD 
GET UP TO TH15 
INCHES. 
THAT IS ON TOP 
OF THE SEARCH. 
SO, FOR ALL OF 
THESE AREAS FROM 
LAKE ARTHUR TO 
LAFAYETTE, THE 
TORNADO THREAT, 
THE TORRENTIAL 
RAIN, THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THIS IS USJUST A 
COPIOUS AMOUNT 
OF MOISTURE THAT 
IS GOING TO BE 
IMPACTING THIS 
AREA. 
THE STORM SURGE 
WILL STRETCH UP 
30-40 MILES 
ACROSS THIS AREA 
AND I ALSO THINK 
WE ARE GOING TO 
START TO EVEN 
SEE FLOODING 
THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO R THIS EVENING
FOR LITTLE ROCK. 
>> YOU KNOW YOU 
GUYS, WHAT IS 
REALLY 
DEVASTATING 
ABOUT THE STORM 
SYSTEM, EVEN 
THOUGH IT IS THE  I
STRONGEST WE 
HAVE EVER SEEN, 
I MEAN, WE ARE 
CONTINUING TO 
SEE THE BACKSIDE 
OF THE STORM 
IMPACTING 
CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
FIRST YOU HAVE 
THE CENTER OF 
THE FIRST I 
WELL. 
THEN IT  HR,GOT A 
LITTLE BIT OF A 
BREAK CAN NOW, 
THE BACKSIDE IS 
IMPACTING THAT 
AREA, AND THE 
SECOND WAVE IS 
GOING TO BE 
IMPACTING LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT IS JUST A OU
DOUBLE DOSE OF 
HORRIFIC 
CONDITIONS THAT 
WE ARE SEEING IN 
THAT AREA. 
>> JANESSA, IF 
WE CAN FOCUS ON 
THE STORM SURGE 
YOU WERE TALKING 
ABOUT. 
YOU THROUGH THAT 
NUMBERS OUT, 50-
20, MAYBE THE 
STORM SURGE 
NUMBERS. 
GIVE US SOME'S 
PERSPECTIVE 
YOUR. 
KATRINA, WE ALL 
KNOW THE 
DEVASTATING 
IMPACT KATRINA 
HAD. 
THAT WAS A 28. 
RITA WAS IN THE NG
20s. 
SO, WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT A 
STORM OF SIMILAR 
SIZE AND 
POSSIBLY SIMILAR 
IMPACT. 
AND WE ALL KNOW 
THOSE NAMES FOR 
REASON. 
>> EXACTLY. 
AND THE 
INTENSITY OF 
KATRINA AND IKE 
WERE FAR LESS. 
BUT THE SURGE ON 
THIS, THIS IS ON 
SURVIVABLE. 
THOSE ARE THE 
WORST THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE BUT TIOUT 
YESTERDAY. 
NOW, THE SEARCH 
UP TO 20 FEET 
PER LAKE 
CHARLES, AND 
RIGHT NOW, 
ALREADY UP TO 9 
FEET, THAT IS 
JUST BEGINNING. 
THE SYSTEM 
CONTINUES TO 
MAKE ITS WAY 
THROUGH. 
SO, THE BULK OF 
THAT MOISTURE IS 
GOING TO BE 
COMING ON THE 
BACKSIDE OF 
THAT. 
SO, WE ARE JUST 
ON THE BEGINNING 
PHASE. 
YOU KNOW, WE 
TALK ABOUT STORM 
SURGE. 
IT HAS IT IS THE 
DEADLIEST PART 
OF THE 
HURRICANE. 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
JUST NOT GOING 
TO ESCAPE WATER. 
IT IS GOING TO 
COME IN AND IT 
IS GOING TO COME 
IN QUICKLY. 
>> THAT IS SO 
ALARMING IN SO 
MANY FRONTS WHEN 
YOU THINK OF THE 
WINDS THAT WE 
ARE TALKING 
ABOUT, JANESSA. 
STORM SURGE, AND 
THEN THE RAIN ON 
TOP OF THAT. 
REALLY ALARMING 
WHEN YOU HEAR 
THAT WORD ON IS
SURVIVABLE. 
ALL RIGHT, 
JANESSA. 
WE WILL TO CHECK 
BACK WITH YOU IN 
A LITTLE BIT 
ERICA 
>>> THIS IS THE 
CATASTROPHIC 
STORM WE HAVE  T
BEEN DISCUSSING. 
IT MAY LANDFALL 
IN THE DEAD OF 
NIGHT. 
OFFICIALS IN 
TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA ARE 
WARNING FROM THE 
DAMAGE FROM THE 
STORM COULD BE 
THE WORST TO HIT 
THE GULF REGION 
IN DECADES. 
JOINING US NOW 
ON THE PHONE IS 
MARY JANE MUD. 
SHE IS THE 
DIRECTOR OF 
COMMUNICATION AT 
THE RED CROSS IN 
THE HOUSTON 
AREA. 
TO THE WEST OF 
THAT. 
ERIC, THANK YOU 
FOR JOINING US. 
WHAT IS THE RED 
CROSS DOING TO 
HELP THESE 
RESIDENTS IN THE ID
AFFECTED AREAS? 
ARE YOU SEEING 
RESIDENTS FROM 
THE LAKE CHARLES 
AREA THERE IN 
THE HOUSTON 
AREA? 
>> Reporter: 
OKAY, SO, THE 
AMERICAN RED 
CROSS HAS BEEN 
PLANNING FOR 
THIS FOR 
SOMETIME AND WE 
HAVE DEPLOYED 
OVER OM600 
VOLUNTEERS UP 
AND DOWN THE 
GULF COAST. 
PRIMARILY INSIDE 
OF TEXAS AND OF 
COURSE 
LOUISIANA. 
WE ARE WORKING 
WITH LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES, AND 
YOU KNOW, 
HELPING THEM 
WITH SHELTERS. 
WE HAVE MORE 
VOLUNTEERS ON 
STANDBY WITH 
SUPPLIES TO HELP 
PEOPLE OUT, TO 
MAKE THEM 
COMFORTABLE 
DURING THIS  R
CHALLENGING TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT, 
TALK ABOUT THAT 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE IF YOU CAN, 
MARY. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
SHELTER AND 
OTHER RESOURCES. 
NEED TO GO GRAB 
A GLASS OF 
WATER, PLEASE DO 
SO. 
>> I'M OKAY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> WHAT OTHER 
FORMS OF HELP 
ARE BEING N 
PROVIDED THERE, 
IF YOU CAN 
SPECIFY? 
>> WELL, WE ARE 
WORKING WITH 
LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES, AND 
THOSE, L THE HELP 
WE ARE PROVIDING 
COTS AND 
BLANKETS AND  AYOU 
KNOW, HELPING 
WITH PPE, AND 
DOING WHAT WE 
CAN. 
INCLUDING MENTAL 
HEALTH SERVICES, 
CASEWORK. 
YOU KNOW, WE 
HAVE BEEN NC
HEARING ABOUT 
THE CONCERNS 
AROUND VIYOCOVID. 
AND, THE 
AMERICAN RED 
CROSS IS BEING 
CREATIVE ABOUT 
WHAT WE CAN DO 
TO SUPPORT, 
INCLUDING 
PROVIDING SOME 
OF THE SERVICES 
VIRTUALLY 
INSTEAD OF ON IC
THE GROUND. 
BUT YET, THOSE 
SERVICES ARE 
STILL THERE AND 
STILL VITAL. 
WE ARE VERY, 
VERY CONCERNED 
ABOUT EVACUATION 
AND WE REALLY LE
WANT TO BE ABLE 
TO COMMUNICATE 
TO EVERYBODY, IF 
THEY HAVEN'T 
EVACUATED AND IF 
IT STILL SAFE TO 
DO SO, PLEASE DO 
IT. 
IF NOT, GET TO A 
HIGHER PART OF 
YOUR HOME, IF IT 
IS, IF YOU SEE A 
TORNADO OR IF 
THERE IS A 
TORNADO COMING. 
GO FURTHER INTO 
YOUR HOME. 
SO, THAT IS WHAT 
WE ARE DOING. 
GETTING 
INFORMATION OUT. 
WORKING WITH 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
AND SUPPORTING 
THE SHELTERS 
 AARE OPEN. THAT 
>> WE WISH YOU 
ALL THE BEST. 
THANK YOU FOR 
EVERYTHING YOU 
DO. 
MARY JANE MUD, 
THE DIRECTOR OF 
COMMUNICATIONS 
FROM THE RED 
CROSS. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>>> MOVING AT 
OTHER HEADLINES SC
TO THE. 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
OPENED A CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE 
SHOOTING OF 
DAVID BLAKE. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AS NEW DETAILS 
ABOUT THE 
INCIDENT. 
HE SAYS A KNIFE 
WAS FOUND ON ENTHE 
SCENE BUT WOULD 
NOT SAY WHETHER 
OR NOT BLAKE WAS 
CARRYING IT. 
RUSTEN SHESKEY 
WAS IDENTIFIED 
AS THE ICOFFICER 
WHO FIRED ALL 
SEVEN SHOTS. 
ALL OF THE 
OFFICERS  
INVOLVED ARE AND 
IT MINISTERED OF 
LEAVE AS THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
TEENAGER HAS 
BEEN ARRESTED 
AFTER TWO PEOPLE 
WERE KILLED AND 
ANOTHER WAS 
INJURED DURING 
THE ESCALATING 
PROTESTS INTH
KENOSHA. 
NBC'S GABE 
GUTIERREZ HAS 
THIS REPORT. 
>> Reporter: IN 
THE WAKE OF THIS 
DEADLY VIOLENCE 
BROKE OUT LAST 
NIGHT IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN OVER 
THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE. 
THIS VIDEO 
CAPTURED PART OF 
THE CHAOS. 
SHOTS RINGING 
OUT. 
MAN ON THE 
GROUND FIRING G 
ALONG GUN. 
BYSTANDERS 
RUNNING IN 
HORROR. 
UNCLEAR WHAT 
HAPPENED BEFORE 
OR AFTER THIS 
VIDEO. 
RIGHT BEFORE 
DAWN, 
AUTHORITIES ARE 
STILL ON THE 
SCENE. 
POLICE SAY TWO 
PEOPLE ARE DEAD, 
AT LEAST ONE 
PERSON INJURED. 
AUTHORITIES 
ARRESTED 17-YEAR-
OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IN 
ILLINOIS. 
HE FACES FIRST-
DEGREE 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
>> WHAT IT SEEMS 
TO BE IS A 
MEMBER OF A 
MILITIA GROUP 
WHO DECIDED TO 
SEA VIGILANTE.  FHO
>> THE SHOOTINGS 
CAME AFTER 
AUTHORITIES AND 
ARMORED VEHICLES 
FIRED TEAR GAS 
TO DISPERSE 
CROWDS. 
TENSIONS ARE 
HIGH HERE. 
PERSON ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA SHOWED MEN 
WITH LONG GUNS 
STANDING GUARD 
OUTSIDE ABOARD 
THE BUILDINGS. 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
NOT SAID WHETHER 
ANY OF THEM G.WERE 
INVOLVED IN ANY YOHA
CONFRONTATION. 
>> SHERIFF, DO 
YOU FEEL THAT 
THE PRESENCE OF 
THE MILITIAS 
LAST NIGHT 
CONTRIBUTED TO 
THE BUINCREASED 
TENSION? 
>> SO, YOU ARE 
MY PERSONAL 
OPINION? 
I DON'T, TO SOME 
PEOPLE, IT MAY 
HAVE BEEN-. TO 
ME IT'S NOT. 
>> SINCE SUNDAY, 
WHEN AN OFFICER 
SHOT MULTIPLE 
TIMES IN THE 
BACK, THE 
KENOSHA POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
STAYED MOSTLY 
SILENT. 
THE POLICE WOULD 
NOT ANSWER 
QUESTION ABOUT 
THE BLAKE 
SHOOTING OR THE 
VIDEO. 
HE WAS UNDER 
INVESTIGATION BY AK 
STATE 
AUTHORITIES. 
>> IS ONE 
SNIPPET OF A 
VERY LARGE 
SITUATION. 
>> CHIEF,-YOUR 
OFFICERS [ 
INAUDIBLE ] WAS 
ANY WEAPON 
RECOVERED AT THE 
SCENE? 
>> I >>CAN'T 
ANSWER QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
>>> FOR BLAKE'S 
UNCLES, ANSWERS 
CAN'T COME SOON 
ENOUGH. 
>> WE DON'T WANT 
ANY VIOLENCE. 
WE DON'T WANT HETO 
STRUCTURE. 
WE WANT JUSTICE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
EXTRADITION 
HEARING FOR THE 
ACCUSED JUDGMENT 
IN A DEADLY 
SHOOTING IS NOW 
SET FOR FRIDAY. 
NO COMMENT FROM 
HIS PUBLIC 
DEFENDER. 
WISCONSIN 
GOVERNOR HAS 
JUST AUTHORIZED 
ANOTHER 500 
MEMBERS OF THE 
STATE'S NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
FRANCIS? 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
DAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> NBC 
METEOROLOGIST 
JANESSA > WEBB IS 
BACK WITH US 
ONCE AGAIN, 
TRACKING THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
JANESSA. 
>>> THIS IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LONG DAY IF YOU 
ARE IN NORTH 
LOUISIANA. 
WE ARE NOT IN 
THE CLEAR JUST 
YET. 
AND I AM LOOKING 
RIGHT NOW, 12 
STATES ARE GOING 
TO SEE SOME KIND 
OF FORM OF THIS 
TROPICAL SYSTEM. 
LOOK AT THE 
START OF THE 
DAY. 
HERE'S A LOOK AT 
YOUR DAY AHEAD. 
>>> TEMPERATURES 
ACROSS NEW 
ORLEANS THIS 
AFTERNOON, 89. 
A LOT OF RAIN 
MAKING ITS WAY 
INTO LITTLE 
ROCK, ARKANSAS. 
AND THEN WE NEED 
TO FOCUS ON THE 
SEVERE WEATHER 
ACROSS NEW YORK 
CITY. 
>>> MORE IMPACTS 
COMING UP. 
>> AND WE WILL 
OF COURSE 
CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW THE PATH 
OF HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
JANESSA, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS 
EXPECTED TO 
FORMALLY ACCEPT 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINATION 
TONIGHT FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
BUT, IT WAS VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE WHO WAS CEIN N
THE SPOTLIGHT 
LAST NIGHT. 
HE AND MANY OF 
THE OTHER 
SPEAKERS ON 
NIGHT 3 CALLED 
FOR LAW AND 
ORDER IN 
AMERICA. 
NBC'S ALEX 
BAR 
HAS ALL THE BIG 
MOMENTS FOR US. 
>> Reporter: IN 
A SETTING RICH 
WITH PATRIOTIC 
SYMBOLISM, VICE LI
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTING CEHIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY HOSTING 
NIGHT THREE OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> THE SITE OF 
VERY BATTLE THE VE
THAT INSPIRE THE 
WORDS OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
THOSE WORDS HAVE 
INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES 
IN EVERY 
GENERATION 
SINCE. 
>> ♪ WERE SO 
GALLANTLY 
STREAMING. 
♪ 
>> A SALUTE TO 
THE BRAVE, 
HONORING FRONT-
LINE WORKERS AND 
MILITARY 
VETERANS.  ATO TESIN
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
JOINING THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
FRAMING THE 
SELECTION AS A 
PERILOUS FIGHT 
FOR THGHOUR 
COUNTRY'S 
FUTURE. 
SOME OF THE 
ADDRESSES, 
FOCUSING ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE. 
>> MANY, ZEROING 
IN ON SECURITY HO
AT HOME WITH 
THE 
LAW AND ORDER 
PRO-POLICE 
MESSAGE PRAS 
PROTESTS RAMP UP 
AGAIN AFTER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF A BLACK MAN 
IN WISCONSIN. 
>> DEMOCRAT RUN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> Reporter: >>
SPEAKERS, 
STARKLY WARNING 
OF AMERICA'S 
FUTURE UNDERAGE 
ABIDED 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> IN AMERICA 
WERE FARMERS ARE 
PUNISHED. 
JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED, AND AM
TAXES CRUSH THE 
MIDDLE-CLASS. 
>> Reporter: AND 
APPEALING 
DIRECTLY TO 
BLACK VOTERS. 
>> I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I HAVE SEEN IT 
FIRSTHAND. 
AND AMERICA, IT 
HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> Reporter: 
REPUBLICANS, 
MAKING THE CASE 
FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AS THE MAN 
TO LEAD THE LAND 
OF THE FREE. 
IN WASHINGTON, 
ALEX BAR, NBC 
NEWS. 
>>> THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE HAS 
LED TO PROTEST 
IN THE SPORTS 
WERE. 
TEAMS FROM THE 
NBA, WNBA, 
MAJORLY BASEBALL 
IN THE NFL 
BOYCOTTED GAMES 
AND PRACTICES IN 
RESPONSE TO THE 
SHOOTING. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, WHO SAT 
OUT THERE 
PLAYOFF GAME ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
THAT LED THE 
LEAGUE TO 
POSTPONE 3 OTHER 
PLAYOFF GAMES 
LAST NIGHT. 
IT IS UNCLEAR 
WHEN OR IF THOSE 
GAMES WILL BE 
PLAYED. 
>>> THAT MOVE 
GARNERED PRAISE 
FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA, JUAN 
TWITTER SAID HE 
COMMENDS THE 
PLAYERS FOR 
STANDING UP FOR 
WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN. 
>>> WE CONTINUE 
TO FOLLOW 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
THE CATEGORY 4 IN
STORM PACKING 
SOME OF THE 
STRONGEST WINDS 
THAT GULF REGION 
HAS EVER SEEN. 
JOINING US FROM 
BEAUMONT, TEXAS 
IS-. SAM, TALK 
ABOUT THE 
CONDITIONS ARE. 
CLEARLY THOSE 
WINDS ARE 
PICKING UP. 
>> FRANCIS GOOD 
MORNING. 
ABSOLUTELY, WE MO
ARE SEEING 
SOMEWHERE IN A 
RANGE OF 60-70 
MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND GUSTS. 
IT SEEMS TO BE 
COMING IN WITH 
WAVES. 
IF YOU LOOK OVER 
MY SHOULDER, YOU 
WILL SEE SOME OF 
THESE STREETS. WI
YOU ARE SWAYING 
IN THE WIND. 
THEY ARE NOT TO 
THE POINT OF 
BREAKING IT. 
BUT THE WIND IS 
STRONG ENOUGH, 
FRANCIS, WE JUST  A
LOST POWER 
ACTUALLY ABOUT 2-
3 MINUTES BEFORE 
WE CAME I TO 
TALK WITH RKYOU. 
WE ALMOST DIDN'T 
HAVE A LIVE 
SHOT. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
DARKNESS OVER MY 
SHOULDER RIGHT 
NOW. 
IN THIS AREA 
ALONE, THERE HAS RE
BEEN SOMEWHERE 
IN THE RANGE OF 
50-60,000 POWER 
OUTAGES WHICH 
PUTS YOU AT 
ABOUT 200,000 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
LOST POWER. 
THANKFULLY FROM 
BEAUMONT RIGHT 
NOW, WHICH IS 
WHERE I AM, THAT 
WITH ME FOR A 
SECOND. 
WE ARE ROUGHLY 
60 MILES OR SO 
FROM LAKE 
CHARLES. 
WE ARE ABOUT 70 
MILES FROM WHERE 
THIS HURRICANE 
MADE LANDFALL TO 
THE WEST OF THE 
I WILL. 
THEY ARE NOT 
SEEING THE LEVEL 
OF WIND SPEEDS 
AND CERTAINLY 
NOT THE STORM 
SURGE THAT IS 
GOING ON IN 
SOUTHEAST 
LOUISIANA. 
OUR GAINS HAVE 
BEEN THEIR LOSS 
BUT STILL SOME 
STRONG 
CONDITIONS RIGHT 
NOW. 
LET ME SEND IT 
BACK TO YOU 
GUYS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
SAM. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE UPDATE. 
E
>>> BREAKING 
NEWS. 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS BATTERING THE 
GULF COAST THIS 
MORNING. 
EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS STORM 
MADE LANDFALL 
NEAR THE TEXAS-
LOUISIANA BORDER 
AND BROUGHT WITH 
IT A STORM SURGE 
THAT IS BEING 
CALLED 
CATASTROPHIC. 
NBC'S JAY GRAY 
IS IN LAKE 
CHARLES 
LOUISIANA RIGHT 
IN THE THICK OF 
IT ALL FOR US. 
JAY, GOOD 
MORNING. 
DESCRIBE THE 
CONDITIONS  
THERE. 
>> Reporter: A, 
PHILIP. 
WE HAVE JUST 
GONE THROUGH THE 
I AND NOW WE ARE 
GETTING THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM. 
IT IS POUNDING 
THIS AREA AS IT 
HAS BEEN FOR 
SEVERAL HOURS 
HERE. 
>>> LAURA, 
CRASHING INTO 
THE GULF COAST 
EARLY TUESDAY 
MORNING. 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE TO 
EVER CROSS THE 
SHORELINE NEAR 
THE TEXAS-
LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
>> WE ARE 
ANTICIPATING 
CATASTROPHIC 
DAMAGES 
>> Reporter: 
FROM A MAJOR 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WITH 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 150 MILES PER 
HOUR, GUSTS EVEN 
STRONGER. 
MORE THAN A FOOT 
OF RAIN IN SOME 
AREAS, AND WITH 
THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
CALLED AND ON 
SURVIVABLE AND 
POTENTIALLY 
HISTORIC STORM 
SURGE. 
JUST 3 FEET, THE 
SEARCH CAN BE 
THREAT LIFE-
THREATENING. 
AT 6 FEET, THE 
WAVES CAN 
SMASHED THE 
WINDOWS AND 
DOORS. 
AT 9 FEET, 
ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE 
SWALLOWED. 
LAURA'S STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CREST AT 20 
FEET. 
>> TO THINK THAT 
THERE WOULD BE A 
WALL OF WATER 
OVER TWO STORIES 
HIGH COMING 
ONSHORE IS VERY 
DIFFICULT FOR 
MOST TO 
CONCEIVE. 
BUT THAT IS WHAT 
IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
>> Reporter: 
THEN LAURA WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
WREAK HAVOC AS 
IT PUSHES IN 
THE. 
>> WE CAN HAVE 
90 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 
SOUTHERN 
ARKANSAS. 
SO, WE EXPECT 
MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE TO BE 
WITHOUT POWER BY 
THURSDAY 
EVENING. 
AND THEN, WE 
COULD DEAL WITH 
POSSIBLY SOME 
RAINFALL AND 
FLOODING IN 
TENNESSEE AND 
KENTUCKY. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS MASSIVE 
STORM, JUST 
BEGINNING ITS 
ASSAULT. 
>> Reporter: 
BEFORE IT 
FOLLOWS THAT 
PATH ESSENTIALLY 
TO THE EAST 
COAST, LAURA HAS 
GOT TO FINISH 
HERE. 
WE HAS STILL GOT 
HOURS OF THIS TO 
GO. 
BACK TO YOU, 
PHILIP.  
FRANCIS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
JAY. 
WE APPRECIATE  
YOU GIVING US 
THE UPDATE UNDER 
THOSE VERY DIRE 
CONDITIONS. 
I HOPE YOU GET 
TO SOME SHELTER 
PERSON. 
>>> WE GOT IT 
CHECK IN WITH S 
WEBB AND THE 
LATEST CHECK OF 
THE STORM. 
JANESSA, HI 
AGAIN. 
>>> YOU SEE 
WHERE JAY IS 
CURRENTLY IN 
LAKE CHARLES, HE 
NEEDS TO 
DEFINITELY GET 
INSIDE. 
THIS IS THE 
BACKSIDE OF THE 
SYSTEM AND IT IS 
GOING TO CAUSE 
ANOTHER ROUND OF 
THAT FLOODING 
RAIN. 
ALSO, YOU COULD 
SOFTEN HIS LIFE 
SHOT THE WINDS 
THEY ARE PICKING 
UP. 
AND LAKE 
CHARLES, WE SAW 
WIND GUSTS OVER 
ABOUT 100 MILES 
PER HOUR FOR 
OVER 30 MINUTES. 
IT WILL BE 
CONTINUOUS. 
NEXT STOP WILL 
BE SHREVEPORT, 
UP TO 65 MILE-
PER-HOUR WINDS. 
>> THE WIND, THE 
STORM SURGE THE 
RAIN TO FOLLOW. 
THANK YOU, 
JANESSA. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS I FOUND 
THE FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I ONE-
. 
>>> 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 I FEEL 
LIKE THEY ARE 
NOT GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
BOSTON POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP AGAIN, 
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 ERICA 
>>> YOU'VE GOT 
TO GET A FOUR-
YEAR DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
WITH A TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CAT, 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR, 
ATTACH TOGETHER. 
>>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE THAT 
QUESTION. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW LARGE CONWAY 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
>> LIVE, WEEKDAY 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WITH 
THE NEW NORMALS 
FOR SCHOOL WILL 
LOOK LIKE.-MAKE 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THE FAMILIES. 
>> AND YOU 
DECIDE TO TAKE 
CARE MY CHILDREN 
I HAVE A JOB. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING-THIS IS 
A MOMENT WE 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> I MISS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> 
>>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>>-ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
THE MOST OF THE 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>>> WHAT YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WERE TOLD THEY 
WOULD BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY. 
THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO CATCH 
IT. 
>>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>> IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING, I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, WIFE 
AND MOTHER OF A 
HUSBAND AND KIDS 
WHO SADLY ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
OF THE COLOR. 
PROUD A NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF EMERGING 
AMERICA. 
TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
QUINN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, FILOMENA 
CAROL LINA WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> AT 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY, THE 
BIRTHPLACE OF 
THE NATIONAL 
ANTHEM, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND AND VICE 
PRESIDENT TRENT 
PENTZ FORMALLY 
LAUNCHING THE 
REELECTION BID. 
>>> WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
AGAIN. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICAN 
TICKET GREETING 
THE CLOSELY 
PACKED CROWD 
WITH FEW MASKS 
VISIBLE. 
ON THE 
CONVENTION'S 
THIRD NIGHT, 
PENTZ, SPEAKING 
TO THOSE IN THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
>> THIS IS A 
SERIOUS STORM. 
AND WE URGE ALL 
THOSE IN THE 
AFFECTED AREAS 
TO HEED STATE 
AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
STAY SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
REACTING TO THE 
LATEST ROUND OF 
RACIAL UNREST, 
WITHOUT ANY 
MENTION OF JACOB 
-LIKE, THE BLACK 
MAN WOUNDED BY 
POLICE AND 
WISCONSIN. 
>>> WE WILL HAVE 
LAW AND ORDER ON 
THE STREETS OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VIOLENT PROTESTS 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
ELSEWHERE 
HAPPENING UNDER 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
PENTZ ARGUING, 
THINGS WOULD 
ONLY GET WORSE 
IF JOE BIDEN 
WINDS. 
>>> THE HARD 
TRUTH IS, YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: 
PENTZ, WHO HAS A 
CORONAVIRUS 
STRIKING AN 
OPTIMISTIC 
NOTICE BITING 
NEARLY 100,000 
DEAD. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SAID, THAT NO 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
WHAT JOE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND, IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
>> Reporter: 
AMONG THE 
KNIGHTS FEATURED 
SPEECHES, KELLY 
ON CONWAY, ONE 
OF THE 
PRESIDENTS 
FIERCEST 
OFFENDERS WHO IS 
LEAVING THE 
WHITE HOUSE IN 
DAYS. 
>> OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY 
IS TO FOCUS ON 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
FAR LESS THAN 
US. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENTS 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, 
LAURA CHUNG, 
CAMPAIGN 
ADVISOR, AND 
PRESS SECRETARY 
KAYLEE MacKIN 80 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY 
OF GETTING A 
PREVENTATIVE 
VASECTOMY TO 
REDUCE THE 
CHANCES OF 
BREAST CANCER. 
>> I CAN TELL 
YOU THAT THIS 
PRESIDENT STANDS 
BY AMERICANS 
WITH PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
REPEATEDLY PUSH 
PROPOSALS THAT 
WOULD UNDERCUT 
OBAMA CARE'S 
PROTECTIONS FOR 
PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> AND IS MOVING 
DISPLAY FROM 25-
YEAR-OLD MADISON 
COPLAN, 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CANDIDATE WHO 
WAS LEFT 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN 
IN A CAR 
ACCIDENT. 
>> THE A RADICAL 
FOR LIBERTY. 
AND BE A RADICAL 
FOR OUR REPUBLIC 
FOR WHICH I 
STAND. 
ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD, WITH 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> DEFTLY ONE OF 
THE MOST 
DRAMATIC MOMENT 
THERE. 
THAT-DID 
CERTAINLY RAISE 
SOME QUESTIONS 
AMID THIS 
ONGOING 
PANDEMIC. 
TONIGHT, THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
HOST ROUGHLY 
1000 REPORTERS 
HERE ON THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
AGAIN, IT IS 
UNCLEAR WHETHER 
THEY WILL BE 
WEARING MASKS, 
WHO WILL HAVE 
BEEN TESTED, AND 
WHETHER SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL 
BE ENFORCED. 
AND IF ALL GOES 
AS PLANNED, 
TONIGHT WILL BE 
KEPT OFF BY A 
FIREWORKS 
DISPLAY JUST A 
SHORT DISTANCE 
AWAY NEAR THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT. 
SAVANNA? 
>> THANK YOU, 
PETER. 
EMBASSIES LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS NIGHT. 
10:00 EASTERN 
TIME. 
CRAIG JOINS US. 
SOMETHING COMING 
UP TOMORROW. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
IN AN EXCLUSIVE 
I WILL SIT DOWN 
DEMOCRATIC VICE 
PRESIDENT 
CANDIDATE KAMALA 
HARRIS TO TALK 
ABOUT HER 
RESPONSE TO THE 
RNC AS WELL AS 
WHAT IS NEXT IN 
THE RACE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IT WILL BE HER 
FIRST ONE-ON-ONE 
NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE 
HER NOMINATION. 
WE WILL HAVE 
THAT FOR YOU 
TOMORROW MORNING 
HERE ON TODAY. 
 
A POTENTIALLY DEADLY STORM 
SURGE.
OVERNIGHT, HURRICANE LAURA 
SLAMMING ASHORE AS A MONSTER
>>> OVERNIGHT, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
SLAMMING A SHORT 
IS A MONSTER 
CATEGORY 4. 
PUNISHING THE 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST WITH 
WINDS UP TO 150 
MILES PER HOUR. 
BUT EVEN MORE 
DANGEROUS, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
LOW-LYING AREAS, 
A MASSIVE STORM 
SURGE THAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING COULD BE 
ON SURVIVABLE. 
>> THAT STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CONTINUE INLAND 
FOR ABOUT 30 
MILES. 
>> Reporter: THE 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE 
IMPACTING HIGH 
WINDS AND 
DRIVING RAIN, 
WRECKING 
BUILDINGS AND 
TOPPLING TREES. 
>> AS QUICKLY AS 
IS WINDS PICKED 
UP, THEY DIED 
DOWN JUST AS 
FAST. 
WE ARE IN AT 
LEAST PART OF 
LAURA'S EYE 
RIGHT NOW. 
A FEW MINUTES OF 
PEACE BEFORE WE 
CATCH THE 
BACKSIDE OF THAT 
STORM. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY? 
IN HARM'S WAY? 
>> ON WEDNESDAY 
WITH LAURA 
GAINING STRENGTH 
IN THE GULF, 
MOST COASTAL 
RESIDENTS HE DID 
WARNINGS TAKE AT 
LEAST HALF 1 
MILLION PEOPLE, 
ORDER TO 
EVACUATE. 
>>> 
>> Reporter: 
BOARDING UP, 
PACKING UP, AND 
HEADING TO 
SAFETY. 
>> WILL-YOU 
CAN'T REPLACE 
YOUR LIFE. 
>> EVEN SOME WHO 
PLAN TO STAY, 
MAKING 11th HOUR 
DECISIONS TO GET 
OUT. 
>> WE WERE GONNA 
STAY, BUT WHEN I 
SET A CATEGORY 
4, THAT WAS IT. 
>> OTHERS, 
DETERMINED TO TO 
WRITE IT OUT. 
TEXAS. 
>> EUCLID ON THE 
OTHER MOST YOUR 
LIFE AND ALL YOU 
LEFT, YOU'RE 
GOING TO WEATHER 
STORMS. 
WERE GOING TO 
WEATHER IT OUT, 
SEE HOW IT GOES. 
>> Reporter: IN 
LOUISIANA. 
>> WE ARE JUST 
SAYING, WE GOT A 
GENERATOR. 
WE LOCKED UP AT 
STOCKED UP ON 
PLENTY OF FOOD. 
SOCAL YOU KNOW, 
WE DON'T PLAN ON 
LEAVING. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY STILL 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
GOING TO 
SHELTERS AND THE 
LOOMING DANGERS 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS MORNING, 
LOUISIANA'S 
NATIONAL GUARD 
HAD IS AGED AND 
READY TO ROLL. 
ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE LEFT 
BEHIND AND 
STARTING SEARCH 
AND RESCUE 
OPERATIONS FOR 
THOSE THAT 
COULDN'T OR 
WOULDN'T LEAVE. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF THE QUESTIONS 
RIGHT NOW, HOW 
MANY PEOPLE WERE 
AFFECTED BY THE 
STORM WHEN IT 
ROARED ASHORE. 
WE KNOW THAT IN 
THE CAMERON 
PARISH, 150 
PEOPLE CHOSE TO 
STAY BEHIND, AND 
THEY DID NOT 
EVACUATE AS 
OFFICIALS URGED 
THEM TO DO SO. 
THAT AREA, WE 
ARE TOLD, COULD 
HAVE FACED THE 
STORM SURGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA 
UP TO 20 FEET 
HIGH. 
RESCUERS HAVE TO 
WAIT UNTIL THE 
STORM DIES DOWN 
BEFORE THEY CAN 
EVEN GET IN AND 
START LOOKING 
FOR PEOPLE TO 
SAVE. 
>> RESTO READY 
FOR HIGH TIDE 
THERE AS WELL. 
MORGAN, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> JAY GRAY IS 
IN HARD-HIT LAKE 
CHARLES. 
>> WE ARE STILL 
GETTING QUITE A-
FROM THE STORM. 
THE BACKSIDE OF 
THE STORE MOVING 
TO THE AREA 
RIGHT NOW. 
BUT STILL, 
PRETTY AND 1010 
STUFF. 
THE WATER IS 
POOLING, 
FLOODING IS 
GOING TO BE AN 
ISSUE ACROSS THE 
CITY. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE TO 
BUILDINGS ACROSS 
LAKE CHARLES. 
WE WON'T KNOW 
THE EXTENT OF 
THAT UNTIL WE 
CAN GET OUT AND 
GET A CLOSER 
LOOK. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
WE CAN'T DO THAT 
UNTIL THE STORM 
PASSES. 
I CAN TELL YOU, 
WE HAVE STILL 
GOT A COUPLE OF 
HOURS TO GO BE 
FOR THINGS START 
TO CLEAN UP YOU. 
IT HAS BEEN A 
ROUGH RIDE OVER 
SEVERAL HOURS 
HERE. 
THANKFULLY, BIG 
GETTING TO EASE 
UP A BIT BUT WE 
ARE STILL GOT A 
WAYS TO GO. 
>>> JAY, THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH.  
>>> SCOTT-IS IN 
LAKE CHARLES AS 
WELL. 
GOOD MORNING, 
GOOD TO SEE OF 
THIS MORNING. 
I KNOW THE SUN 
IS NOT UP YET, 
AND I KNOW A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHAT 
IS GOING ON 
OUTSIDE. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM 
PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> WELL, IT IS 
STILL DARK SO 
TO. 
I HAVE GOT MY 
GENERATOR, I AM 
LOOKING OUTSIDE 
OF THIS, 
>> ALL OVER MY 
YARD HERE. 
STILL BLOWING, 
STILL RAINING. 
UNTIL THE SUN 
COMES UP AND WE 
CAN TRY TO GET 
ON THE ROAD AND 
ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE, IT'S 
GOING TO BE HARD 
TO RIGHT NOW, 
BECAUSE IT IS 
STILL BLOWING A 
PRETTY GOOD BIT 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> I KNOW YOU'RE 
JUST A BIT 
NOISY. 
I'M SORRY TO 
INTERRUPT TO SAY 
I KNOW YOU'RE 
JUST A BIT NORTH 
OF LAKE CHARLES. 
LOOKS LIKE 
CAMERON PARISH 
JUST GOT THE 
DIRECT HIT. 
HOW MANY FOLKS 
DO YOU THINK 
DECIDED TO RIDE 
IT OUT? 
>> YES, MA'AM.-
WE GOT OUT RIGHT 
HIT FROM 
HURRICANE RITA. 
AFRAID WERE 
GOING TO HAVE 
THE SAME DAMAGE 
AS WE DID LAST 
TIME. 
MIGHT HAVE A FEW 
HOUSES MIGHT 
MAKE IT. 
MOST OF THEM 
WILL PROBABLY BE 
GONE. 
WHAT WE HAD LEFT 
FROM RITA, WHAT 
WE HAD LEFT FROM 
MIKE. 
WHEN THE SUN 
COMES UP WE WILL 
TRY TO GET DOWN 
TO PICK I 
HAVEN'T TALKED 
TO DANNY AT THIS 
MORNING. 
WILL GET WITH 
HIM IN A LITTLE 
WHILE. 
BUT IT WAS BAD. 
I AM OVER HERE 
SOUTH OF LAKE 
CHARLES. 
I HAVE GOT-SOUTH 
OF THE AIRPORT., 
SO FAR, THERE IS 
NO WATER. 
I HOPE THE WATER 
STAYS AWAY. 
THE STORM SURGE, 
THOSE-. RIGHT 
NOW, IT IS STILL 
BLOWING AND 
RAINING AND 
PRETTY GOOD. 
>> JUST REAL 
QUICK, MORGAN 
CHESKY, ONE OF 
OUR REPORTERS 
WAS REPORTING 
THAT 150 PEOPLE 
STAYED BEHIND. 
JUST STAYED 
BEHIND TO TRY TO 
WRITE UP A 
STORM. 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
ANYTHING FROM 
ANY OF THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> NO, MA'AM. 
I HAVEN'T. 
WE HEARD THEY 
MIGHT HAVE 
STAYED IN THE 
SUITE LIKE AREA. 
I HAVEN'T HEARD 
OF ANYONE THAT 
STATED LOWER 
CAMERON. 
FERGUSON PEOPLE 
MAY HAVE STAYED 
IN THE SUITE 
LIKE, THE GRAND 
LAKE AREA, THE 
BIG LAKE ON THE 
ISLAND. 
SOME MAY HAVE 
STAYED, BUT I 
HAVEN'T HEARD 
FROM ANYBODY TO 
SEE HOW THINGS 
WENT. 
YOU KNOW, SEE 
WHAT'S GOING ON. 
>> SCOTT TREY 
HAND, WE WISH 
YOU THE BEST OF 
LUCK. 
KNOW WHEN THE 
SUN COMES UP, 
YOU'LL BE UP TO 
ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE. 
WE WISH YOU ALL 
THE BEST THERE, 
OKAY? 
>>-THEY PUT A 
PLUG-IN FOR-
COMMENT 2:00 
THIS MORNING. 
>> HE REMEMBERS 
YOU FOLKS VERY 
WELL. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> AFTER DAYS 
OF UNREST IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN 
FOLLOWING THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF 29-YEAR-OLD 
JACOB LAKE. 
OVERNIGHT, 
PROTESTS HERE 
REMAIN 
RELATIVELY 
PEACEFUL. 
>> ON WISCONSIN 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
JOSH CARL. 
>> FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, 
WISCONSIN'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
HAS IDENTIFIED 
THE POLICE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT 
LAKE SEVEN TIMES 
IN THE BACK 
OFFICER RUSTEN 
SHESKEY HAS BEEN 
WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT FOR 
SEVEN YEARS. 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, 
INVESTIGATORS 
SAY  SHESKEY AND 
OTHER OFFICERS 
WERE RESPONDING 
TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT  
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER 
AND ARREST. 
>>-DCI AGENTS AT 
THE CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATION. 
RECOVERED A 
NICE, A KNIFE 
FROM THE DRIVER 
SIDE FLOORBOARD 
MR. BOYCE 
VEHICLE. 
>>> ATTORNEYS A 
PLACE FAMILY SAY 
THAT SHOULDN'T 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> THING FOR A 
SECOND WHAT 
OTHER THINGS 
THESE POLICE 
OFFICERS COULD 
HAVE DONE, 
INSTEAD OF 
FIRING AT LEAST 
SEVEN BULLETS 
>> Reporter: 
MEANWHILE, 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
ARRESTED AN 
ILLINOIS 
TEENAGER AFTER 
TWO PEOPLE WERE 
SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS 
A DAY EARLIER. 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE 
FACES A FIRST-
DEGREE 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
HIS ONLINE 
FOOTPRINT 
APPEARS TO SHOW 
A STRONG SUPPORT 
FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR 
WHETHER HE WAS 
PART OF ANY 
ORGANIZED GROUP. 
BUT BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, HE 
EXPLAINED WHY HE 
WAS ON. 
>> I'M RUNNING 
INTO HARMS WAY. 
THAT'S WHY I 
HAVE MY WEAPON. 
>>> RIGHT NOW, 
WIT AND HOUSE, 
THE PUBLIC 
DEFENDER 
DECLINED TO 
COMMENT NOW. 
STATE 
AUTHORITIES NOW 
SAY THAT THERE 
ARE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN 
BLAKE'S ARREST, 
THEY REMAIN ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE WHILE THE 
ADMINISTRATION, 
WHILE THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
>>> THANK YOU. 
>>> 
SAVANNAH?
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S MOVE TO THE WEST OF YOU, 
BECAUSE THE STORM IS ALSO 
IMPACTING TEXAS.
JOINING US IS TEXAS' GOVERNOR, 
GREG ABBOTT.
GOVERNOR, GOOD MORNING.
I'M SURE IT HAS BEEN A LONG 
NIGHT FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, WE LOOK AT
THE MAP AND SEE BEAUMON
>>> JOINING US 
NOW, TEXAS'S 
GOVERNOR, GREG 
ABBOTT. 
GOVERNOR, GOOD 
MORNING. 
I'M SURE IT HAS 
BEEN A LONG 
NIGHT FOR YOU. 
FIRST OF ALL, WE 
LOOK AT THE MAP, 
WE SEE BEAUMONT 
REALLY AS 
GETTING HIT 
PRETTY HARD. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
REPORTS YOU ARE 
GETTING FROM THE 
GROUND? 
>>> SAVANNA, THE 
REPORTS RIGHT 
NOW ARE FAIRLY 
GOOD. 
BECAUSE, THE 
MAIN THING IS, 
WE HAVE NO 
REPORTS OF LOSS 
OF LIFE RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE DO HAVE 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAMS OUT 
IN THE FIELD 
THAT ARE MAKING 
BOTH ASSESSMENTS 
AND THEY WILL BE 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY WHO MAY 
NEED TO BE 
RESCUED. 
WE HAVE MAYBE UP 
TO ABOUT 100,000 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
BUT SAVANNA GOT 
TO TELL YOU 
THIS. 
IF YOU LOOK 
GOING NORTH IN 
EAST TEXAS, YOU 
SEE COMMUNITIES 
LIKE JASPER AND 
SENTER AND 
MARSHALL, TEXAS 
UP ON INTERSTATE 
20 THAT ARE 
STILL GOING TO 
THE RAVAGES OF 
THE STORM. 
PART OF IT IS 
HEAVY WIND, 
HEAVY RAIN, 
POSSIBLE 
TORNADOES. 
SO, WE ARE NOT 
YET OUT OF THE 
WAS. 
>> I KNOW YOU 
HAD WORKED HARD 
TO GET FOLKS TO 
EVACUATE. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT 
MOST HEEDED THE 
CALL? 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
ABOUT PEOPLE 
THAT HAVE 
DECIDED TO RIDE 
IT OUT? 
>> SAVANNA, WE 
HAD WELL OVER 
5000, MAYBE UP 
TO 10,000 PEOPLE 
WHO DID 
EVACUATE. 
ESPECIALLY 
AROUND THOSE 
REGIONS WHERE 
THE HURRICANE 
CAME ACROSS 
SURE, SUCH AS 
BEAUMONT, PORT 
ARTHUR AND THE 
ORANGE AREA. 
AND I HAVE NO 
DOUBT THAT 
BECAUSE OF THE 
EVACUATIONS THAT 
DID TAKE PLACE, 
THAT REDUCED THE 
LOSS OF LIFE. 
>> YOU SAID 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE, THEY 
WERE OUT AND 
ABOUT, WHICH 
ACTUALLY IS GOOD
, AND I HAVE TO 
SAY, I AM A 
LITTLE SURPRISED 
BY IT. 
THE THOUGHT WAS, 
BOY, IN THE 
HEART OF THE 
STORM, WE ARE 
NOT GOING TO BE 
ABLE TO COME GET 
YOU AND COME 
HELP YOU. 
IF YOU DECIDE 
NOT TO EVACUATE. 
>> IN TEXAS, WE 
HAVE THESE 
EXPORT TEENS 
CALLED TEXAS 
TASK FORCE ONE 
IN TEXAS TASK 
FORCE TO AS WELL 
IS OF THE TEAMS 
THAT WERE PRE-
STAGED. 
THIS IS 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
NOT OUR FIRST 
RODEO AND 
DEALINGS WITH 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS. 
SO, THEY GIVE 
PRE-STAGED AND 
THEY ARE READY 
TO GO OUT AS 
SOON AS THE 
STORM HITS TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
WE CAN QUICKLY 
RESCUE PEOPLE. 
SO, THEY ARE OUT 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY WHO MAY 
NEED HELP RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> NEEDLESS TO 
SAY, YOU ARE 
ALSO STRUGGLING 
WITH THE 
PANDEMIC. 
HOW HAS THAT 
COMPLICATED WHAT 
YOU ARE TRYING 
TO DO THERE? 
>> WELL, IF YOU 
BACK TO LAST 
MONTH, WE 
ACTUALLY HAD 
HURRICANE LAST 
MONTH THAT CAME 
ACROSS OUR 
SOUTHERN SHORE 
AROUND CORPUS 
CHRISTI AND THE 
RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY. 
BOTH WERE HARD-
HIT AT THE TIME 
BECAUSE OF COVID-
19. 
AND I WILL TELL 
YOU THIS, IN THE 
WEEKS AFTER THAT 
HURRICANE HANNAH 
CAME ACROSS THE 
TEXAS SHORT, WE 
SAW A DECLINE IN 
COVID-19 BECAUSE 
WE WORKED SO 
DILIGENTLY TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE 
UNDERSTOOD AS 
THEY EVACUATED 
DURING THE 
COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE, THEY 
ALSO HAVE 
MAINTAINED THOSE 
SAFE PRACTICES A 
WEARING A MASK 
MAINTAINING YOUR 
DISTANCE, HAND 
SANITIZING. 
SO, WE HOPE FOR 
THE SAME RESULT 
HERE, WHERE 
PEOPLE WILL NOT 
BE SPREADING 
COVID-19 DURING 
THE COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE. 
>> I SO 
APPRECIATE YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
I KNOW IT IS 
JUST THE 
DIFFICULT HOURS 
FOR OUR FRIENDS 
DOWN IN EAST 
TEXAS. 
SO, WANT TO 
THANK YOU AND 
SEND 11 PRAYERS. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
 
UNCLEAR IF AND WHEN BASKETBALL 
WILL RESUME.
>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE A
>>> I DON'T 
THINK WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE A 
GAME 5 HERE. 
OVERNIGHT, THE 
NBA PAUSED THE 
PLAYOFFS. 
THIS EMPTY 
COURT, SPEAKING 
VOLUMES AS THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
PLAYERS REFUSED 
TO TAKE THE 
COURT AGAINST 
THE ORLANDO 
MAGIC LAST 
NIGHT, JUST 
BEFORE TIPOFF. 
>> THE LARGEST, 
MOST WIDESPREAD 
DAY OF SPORTS 
ACTIVISM THAT 
OUR COUNTRY HAS 
EVER SEEN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
LEAGUE'S 
STRONGEST 
STATEMENT ON 
SOCIAL INJUSTICE 
ON ONE OF ITS 
BIGGEST KNIGHTS. 
>> ONE OF THE [ 
INAUDIBLE ] 
>> Reporter: 
MILWAUKEE 
PLAYERS CALLED 
ON WISCONSIN 
LEGISLATORS TO 
TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION ON POLICE 
REFORM. 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, THE WNBA 
HALTED ITS 
GAMES. 
>> IS A BLACK 
MAN, AS A FORMER 
PLAYER, I THINK 
IT'S BEST FOR ME 
TO SUPPORT THE 
PLAYERS AND IS 
NOT BE HERE 
TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: ON 
TNT, ANALYSTS 
AND FORMER NBA 
STAR KENNY 
SMITH, WALKING 
OUT IN 
SOLIDARITY. 
WHEN MILLIONS 
EXPECTED TO 
WATCH THE 
PLAYOFFS AND 
HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN 
ADVERTISING AND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS AT STAKE, 
PLAYERS ARE 
LEVERAGING THEIR 
POWER, AND THE 
PLATFORM. 
>>-WE ARE SCARED-
IN AMERICA. 
BLACK MEN, BLACK 
WOMEN, BLACK 
KIDS. 
WE ARE TERRIFIED 
>> Reporter: 
TIPPERS COACH, 
DOC RIVERS IS 
THE SON OF A 
POLICE OFFICER. 
>> THIS-IT'S 
AMAZING. 
WHY WE KEEP 
LOVING THIS 
COUNTRY AND THIS 
COUNTRY DOES NOT 
LOVE US BACK. 
>> LATE 
WEDNESDAY, THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS AND 
SEVERAL OTHER 
BASEBALL TEAMS 
ALONG WITH MAJOR 
LEAGUE SOCCER 
AND TENNIS DON 
THEY KNOW, NAOMI 
OSAKA, ALSO 
REFUSED TO PLAY. 
WE CAN LEARN 
MORE ABOUT THE 
FATE OF THE NBA 
SEASON LATER 
TODAY. 
 
TODAY.
GUYS, BACK TO YOU.
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, WE TURN TO MIKE TIRICO 
FROM NBC SPORTS.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, BUDDY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> SAME, CRAIG.
MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE, MIKE, LAST 
NIGHT, A LOT OF PLAYERS DECIDED 
BLACK LIVES MATTERED MORE THAN 
PUTTING A BALL
>>> RETURN TO 
MIKE-FROM NBC 
SPORTS. 
GOOD MORNING, 
BUT IT. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>> GOOD MORNING 
EVERYBODY. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE 
MIKE, LAST 
NIGHT, A LOT OF 
PLAYERS DECIDED 
BLACK LIES 
MATTERED MORE 
THAN PUTTING A 
BALL AND HOPE OR 
HITTING A 
BASEBALL. 
THESE TEAM 
MEETINGS, WHERE 
DOES IT GO FROM 
HERE, MIKE? 
ARE THE PLAYOFFS 
DONE? 
IS THE NBA 
SEASON OVER. 
>> THE REPORTS I 
CANNOT TRIGGER 
THAT THE LAKERS 
AND THE CLIPPERS 
OF LOS ANGELES 
WITH A TWO TEAMS 
THAT WORK 
RETICENT TO GO 
FORWARD WITH THE 
REST OF THE 
PLAYOFFS. 
THE OTHER TEAMS 
IN THE BUBBLE IN 
ORLANDO SEEMED 
LIKE THEY WERE 
WILLING TO GO. 
SO, THERE IS 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
ANOTHER MEETING 
TODAY. 
LOOK, LeBRON 
JAMES IS THE 
BIGGEST VOICE IN 
THE SPORT. 
ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST VOICES 
IN ALL SPORTS. 
AND CERTAINLY 
HIS VOICE, PLUS 
THOSE OF THE 
CLIPPERS WILL BE 
HEARD VERY 
LOUDLY. 
IF THEY DON'T GO 
FORWARD, I DON'T 
KNOW HOW THE 
LEAGUE 
PROGRESSES. 
THAT IS AN 
UNPRECEDENTED 
SITUATION. 
WE HAVE WARNED 
THAT WERE NOT 
THIS YEAR BUT 
THAT WOULD BE 
THE CASE HERE. 
>> LOOK, THEY 
ARE USING THE 
FOLLOWING. 
THEY ARE USING 
THE POWER OF 
THEIR VOICE IN 
THIS PLATFORM TO 
TRY TO BE HEARD. 
AND YOU HAVE TO 
GIVE THEM PLEASE 
CREDIT FOR THAT, 
NO MATTER IF YOU 
AGREE OR 
DISAGREE WITH 
THE FEELINGS. 
>> AND 
PRESIDENT, YOU 
TOOK THE OVERUSE 
WORD RIGHT OUT 
OF MY MOUTH, 
MIKE. 
NOT ONLY IS IT 
UNPRECEDENTED 
WHAT WE SAW IN 
THE NBA, BUT 
ALSO WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING ANOTHER 
LEGS THAT 
QUICKLY FOLLOWED 
SUIT. 
AND ACTUALLY, IT 
STARTED WITH THE 
LIONS SAYING 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO PRACTICE WAS 
THE FIRST SHOE 
TO FALL. 
LEO, WHAT DOES 
THAT MEAN IN 
TERMS OF GOING 
FORWARD. 
WHAT IS THE 
POWER OF SPORTS 
TO AFFECT 
CHANGE? 
>> SO, SAVANNA, 
I AM VERY FOND 
OF SAYING IN 
SOME STUMP 
SPEECH IF YOU 
WILL. 
THAT SPORTS IS 
THE ONE THING 
THAT CROSSES SO 
MANY DIFFERENT 
DEMOGRAPHICS. 
WHERE YOU CAN 
HAVE OLD AND 
YOUNG, MALE AND 
FEMALE, BLACK 
AND WHITE, ALL 
UNDER THE SAME 
ABELLA. 
SO, SO MANY 
PEOPLE PAY 
ATTENTION TO 
SPORTS. 
AS PART OF THEIR 
ENTERTAINMENT 
LIKE. 
THIS GIVES THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
THE ATHLETES TO 
BE SEEN MORE 
THAN THROWING A 
FOOTBALL OR 
HITTING A 
BASEBALL. 
GIVES THEM THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
USE THEIR 
POWERFUL VOICE. 
AND WHAT THEY 
ARE SHARING ARE 
THE EXPERIENCES 
THEY HAVE HAD OF 
BEING STOPPED BY 
POLICE, OR 
TREATMENT THEY 
FELT WHITES DID 
NOT RECEIVE IN 
THE SAME COURSE 
AT THEY DID WHEN 
THEY WERE IN THE 
SITUATIONS. 
SO, THEY ARE 
USING THAT VOICE 
TO BE HEARD AND 
NOW THEY ARE 
USING THEIR LACK 
OF PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER. 
AND THIS IS A 
CHANGE IN 
SPORTS. 
SPORTS STARS 
HAVE BEEN 
RETICENT TO GO 
DOWN THIS ROAD. 
NOW IT SEEMS 
LIKE THEY ARE 
VERY WILLING TO 
DO IT. 
>> NOT ONLY ARE 
THE VOICES ARE, 
THEIR EMOTIONS 
ARE ON FULL 
DISPLAY. 
SAW THIS VIDEO, 
MIKE, AND THAT'S 
PLAYER DOMINIC 
SMITH, HE WAS 
SPEAKING AND 
LITERALLY JUST 
KIND OF CRUMBLED 
ON CAMERA. 
YOU SAW HOW MUCH 
IT HURT HIM. 
LET'S ROLL A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
THAT TAPE. 
>> I THINK THE 
MOST DIFFICULT 
PART IS TO SEE, 
LIKE, PEOPLE WHO 
STILL DON'T 
CARE. 
FOR THIS 
CONTINUOUSLY-I 
MEAN, JUST THE 
HATE AND PEOPLE 
START. 
>> I MEAN, IT IS 
LIKE THE DAM IS 
BREAKING. 
FEEL LIKE WE ARE 
WITNESSING THE 
DAM BREAKING. 
>> WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
KENOSHA 
CERTAINLY WAS 
NEWS. 
BUT, WITH THE 
NBA ON THE 
ATHLETES 
PROTESTING, BY 
NOT PLAYING, AND 
THAT IS 
SPREADING ACROSS 
SPORTS, TOOK IT 
TO AN EVEN, 
ANOTHER LEVEL OF 
THAT. 
THESE ATHLETES 
SEE THESE THINGS 
HAPPENING, AND 
THEY CONTINUED 
TO EXPRESS THEIR 
CONCERNS THAT 
SOCIETY IS NOT 
CHANGING. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THEIR 
KIDS. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THE YOUNG 
ATHLETES WHO 
LOOK UP TO THEM 
AND ASPIRE TO BE 
LIKE HIM. 
THEY ARE FINDING 
ALL THE WAY 
ACROSS COME YOU 
ARE SHOWING WNBA 
PLAYERS NOW AS 
THEY HAD THEIR 
PROTEST LAST 
NIGHT AND I 
DIDN'T AND 
WHETHER BUBBLE 
IS. 
SO, ALL ACROSS, 
THEIR 
EXPERIENCES ARE 
BEING MAGNIFIED 
NOW, AND YOU 
HAVE TO APPLAUD 
THEM FOR DOING 
MORE THAN JUST 
PLAYING. 
THEY ARE USING 
THE PLATFORM TO 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THE WORLD. 
>> NBC SPORTS. 
GOOD TO SEE A 
BROTHER. 
THANK YOU. 
>> 
>> THAT NFL 
SEASON KICKOFF A 
FEW WEEKS AWAY. 
>> WHAT DOES ALL 
THIS MEAN FOR 
THE NFL START OF 
THE SEASON? 
>> WE SHALL SEE. 
>>> IT IS NOW 
7:47. 
COMING ON THAT, 
LET'S GO OVER TO 
AL. 
BUSY DAY ON THE 
WEATHER. 
>> ANTHONY 
MENTIONED 
YESTERDAY, 40 
YEARS AGO THE 
DAY: CABINET 
FIRST TOOK A 
KNEE. 
NOW, HERE WE 
ARE. 
WE WILL SEE 
WHERE WE END UP. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE WERE 
TELLING HIM TO 
LET. 
THAT'S I'VE DONE 
IT. 
>> IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER THING. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND HIS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THIS 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION THEY 
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 
AND RIGHT HERE. 
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE BUT A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE-
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE DISTRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AN PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> LACE IS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
REEVES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS AS 
A QUESTION. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
ADDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WITH A LARGE 
COLUMN OF 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME TO HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEK DAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT IS 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE ERICA-
TEACHERS MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
11 THE FAMILY. 
>> I DECIDED 
TAKE CARE MY 
CHILDREN HAVE A 
JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL 
>> WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOPER 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
THEY REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT HE 
MISSES MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST OF THE 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO TOLD THEY 
WILL BE HOME AND 
DEFINITELY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP. 
>>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>> AND IN-DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE-
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> 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. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING, I AM 
SO PROUD TO BRING
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY, 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA. 
TO CABLE TV 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL, AND 
MY MOM, FILOMENA 
CAROL AMEENA 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND THE 
PROUD. 
>>> AT 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY, THE 
BIRTHPLACE OF 
THE NATIONAL 
ANTHEM, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT 
DEFENSE FORMALLY 
LAUNCHING THE 
REELECTION BID. 
>>> WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
AGAIN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
REPUBLICAN 
TICKET GREETING 
THAT CLOSELY 
PACKED CROWD 
WITH FEW MASK IS 
VISIBLE. 
ON THE 
CONVENTION'S 
THIRD EYE, 
DEPENDS, 
SPEAKING TO 
THOSE IN THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SERIOUS STORM. 
AND WE URGE ALL 
THOSE IN THE 
AFFECTED AREAS 
TO HEED STATE 
AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
STAY SAFE. 
>>> 
>> Reporter: 
REACTING TO THE 
LATEST ROUND OF 
RACIAL UNREST 
WITHOUT ANY 
MENTION OF JACOB 
LAKE, THE BLACK 
MAN WOUNDED BY 
POLICE IN 
WISCONSIN. 
>> WE WILL HAVE 
LAW AND ORDER ON 
THE STREETS OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VIOLENT PROTESTS 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
ELSEWHERE, 
HAPPENING UNDER 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
BUT PENS 
ARGUMENT, THINGS 
WOULD ONLY GET 
WORSE IF JOE 
BIDEN WINS. 
>> Reporter: 
>> THE HARD 
TRUTH IS, YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: 
PENCIL HAS A 
CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE, STRIKING 
AN OPTIMISTIC 
NOTE, DESPITE 
NEARLY 180,000 
AT. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SAID, THAT NO 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
WHAT JOE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
>> Reporter: 
AMONG THE 
KNIGHTS FEATURED 
SPEAKERS, KELLY 
ON,, WHEN THE 
PRESENCE, 
PRESIDENTS 
FIERCEST 
OFFENDERS WHO IS 
LEAVING THE 
WHITE HOUSE A 
DAYS. 
>> OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY 
IS TO FOCUS ON 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
FAR LESS OF US. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENTS 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, 
LAURA CHUNG, THE 
PRESIDENTS 
ADVISOR AND 
PRESS SECRETARY 
KAYLEE McINERNEY 
SHARED HER 
PERSONAL STORY 
OF GETTING A 
PREVENTATIVE 
VASECTOMY TO 
REDUCE THE 
CHANCES OF 
BREAST CANCER. 
>> I CAN TELL 
YOU THAT THIS 
PRESIDENT STANDS 
BY AMERICANS 
WITH PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
REPEATEDLY PUSH 
PROPOSALS THAT 
WOULD UNDERCUT 
OBAMA CARES 
PROTECTIONS FOR 
PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
AND IS MOVING 
DISPLAY FROM 25-
YEAR-OLD MADISON 
COTHRAN, 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CANDIDATE WHO 
WAS LET YOU 
REALIZE FROM THE 
WAIST DOWN IN A 
CAR ACCIDENT. 
>> THE A 
RADICAL, BE A 
RADICAL FOR 
LIBERTY, AND BE 
A RADICAL FOR 
OUR REPUBLIC. 
FOR WHICH I 
STAND. 
ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD WITH LIBERTY 
AND JUSTICE FOR 
ALL. 
>> Reporter: 
DEFINITELY 
TONIGHT'S MOST 
DRAMATIC MOMENT 
THERE. 
THAT IMPROMPTU 
NOT SOCIALLY 
DISTANT-DID 
CERTAINLY RAISE 
SOME QUESTIONS 
AMID THIS 
ONGOING 
PANDEMIC. 
TONIGHT, THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
HOST ROUGHLY 
1000 SUPPORTERS 
HERE ON THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
SOUTH LAWN 
AGAIN, IT IS 
UNCLEAR WHETHER 
THEY WILL BE 
WEARING MASKS, 
WHO WILL HAVE 
BEEN TESTED, AND 
WHETHER SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL 
BE ENFORCED. 
AND IF ALL GOES 
AS PLANNED, 
TONIGHT WILL BE 
CAPPED OFF 
FIREWORKS 
DISPLAY JUST A 
SHORT DISTANCE 
AWAY. 
NEAR THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT. 
SAVANNA? 
>> THANK YOU 
PETER. 
EMBASSIES LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT. 
10:00 EASTERN 
TIME. 
CRAIG JOINS US. 
SOMETHING COMING 
UP TOMORROW. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
TODAY 
EXCLUSIVELY I 
WILL SIT DOWN 
THE PRESIDENT, 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE'S 
RESPONSE.-THE 
FIRST ONE-ON-ONE 
NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE 
NOMINATION. 
WILL HAVE THAT 
TOMORROW MORNING 
IS, ON TODAY. 
 
A POTENTIALLY DEADLY STORM 
SURGE.
>>> OVERNIGHT, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
SLAMMING ASHORE 
AS A MONSTER 
CATEGORY 4. 
PUNISHING THE 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST WITH 
WINDS UP TO 150 
MILES PER HOUR. 
EVEN MORE 
DANGEROUS. 
ESPECIALLY LOW-
LYING AREAS, A 
MASSIVE STORM 
SURGE THAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING COULD BE 
UNSURMOUNTABLE. 
>> THAT STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CONTINUE IN LINE 
FOR ABOUT 30 
MILES. 
>> Reporter: THE 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE 
IMPACTING HIGH 
WINDS AND IRAN. 
WRECKING 
BUILDINGS AND 
TOPPLING TREES. 
>> AS QUICKLY AS 
IS WINDS PICKED 
UP, THEY DIED 
DOWN JUST AS 
FAST. 
WE ARE IN PART 
OF LAURA'S EYE 
RIGHT NOW A FEW 
MINUTES OF PEACE 
BEFORE WE CATCH 
THE BACKSIDE OF 
THAT STORM. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY? 
IN HARM'S WAY? 
>> Reporter: ON 
WEDNESDAY, WITH 
LAURA GAINING 
STRENGTH IN THE 
GULF, MOST 
COASTAL 
RESIDENTS HEEDED 
WARNINGS. 
AT LEAST HALF 1 
MILLION PEOPLE 
ORDER TO 
EVACUATE. 
BOARDING UP, 
PACKING UP AND 
HEADING TO 
SAFETY. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
REPLACE YOUR 
LIFE. 
>> Reporter: 
EVEN SOME PLENTY 
JUST A, MAKING 
11th HOUR 
DECISIONS TO GET 
OUT. 
>> WE WAS GOING 
TO STAY, BUT 
WHEN THEY SAID 
CATEGORY 4, THAT 
WAS IT. 
OTHERS 
DETERMINED 
DERIDED EPIC IN 
TEXAS. 
AND ALL YOU 
LEFT, YOU'RE 
GOING TO WEATHER 
STORMS. 
MORGAN WEATHER 
OUT AND SEE HOW 
IT GOES. 
>> IN 
LOUISIANA,. 
>> WERE TO SAY, 
WE GOT A 
GENERATOR. 
STOCK UP ON 
PLENTY OF FOOD. 
WE DON'T 
LEAVING. 
>> MANY STILL 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
GOING TO 
SHELTERS AND THE 
LOOMING DANGERS 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS MORNING, 
LOUISIANA'S 
NATIONAL GUARD 
IS STAGED AND 
READY TO ROLL. 
ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE LEFT 
BEHIND, AND 
STARTING SEARCH 
AND RESCUE 
OPERATIONS FOR 
THOSE WHO 
COULDN'T. 
OR WILLINGLY. 
 
PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED BY THIS 
STORM WHEN IT ROARED ASHORE?
WE KNOW THAT IN THE CAMERON 
PARISH, 150 PEOPLE CHOSE TO STAY
PEOPLE CHOSE TO 
STAY BEHIND AND 
DID NOT 
EVACUATE. 
THAT AREA, WE 
ARE TOLD, COULD 
HAVE FACED A 
STORM SURGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA 
UP TO 20 FEET 
HIGH. 
RESCUERS HAVE TO 
WAIT UNTIL THE 
STORM DIES DOWN 
BEFORE THEY CAN 
GET IN AND START 
LOOKING FOR 
PEOPLE TO SAVE.
>>> JAY GRAY IS 
IN HARD HIT LAKE 
CHARLES. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US? 
>> WE SAARE 
GETTING QUITE A 
PUNCH FROM THE TH
STORM. 
THE BACK VISIDE IS 
MOVING THROUGH 
THE AREA. 
STILL INTENSE 
STUFF. 
THE WATER IS 
POOLING, 
FLOODING WILL BE 
AN ISSUE ACROSS 
THE CITY. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE TO 
BUILDINGS ACROSS 
LAKE CHARLES. 
WE WON'T KNOW 
THE EXTENT OF 
THAT UNTIL WE 
GET OUT AND GET 
A CLOSER LOOK. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
WE CAN'T DO THAT 
UNTIL THE STORM 
PASSES. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
WE STILL HAVE A 
COUPLE OF HOURS 
TO GO BEFORE 
THINGS START  TO 
CLEAR UP HERE. 
IT HAS BEEN A 
ROUGH RIDE OVER 
SEVERAL HOURS. 
THANKFULLY 
IT'SING UP A 
BIT 
BUT WE HAVE 
AWAYS TO GO, 
LADIES. 
>> JAY, THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH. 
>>> AN OFFICIAL 
WITH TAMERON 
PARISH. 
WHAT ARE YOU  W
HEARING FROM 
PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> WELL, IT'S 
STILL DARK OVER 
HERE AND I GOT 
MY GENERATOR 
RUNNING. 
I'M LOOKING 
OUTSIDE. 
THERE IS 
PEOPLE'S 
BUILDINGS -- I 
DON'T KNOW, 
HOUSES, 
WHATEVER, ALL 
OVER MY YARD 
HERE. 
STILL BLOWING. 
STILL RAINING. 
UNTIL THE SUN 
COMES UP AND WE 
CAN TRY TO GET 
ON THE ROAD AND 
ASSESS THE  T
DAMAGE, IT WILL 
BE HARD TO. 
IT'S BLOWING A 
GOOD BIT RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> I YKNOW YOU 
ARE A BIT NORTH 
-- SORRY TO 
INTERRUPT. 
I KNOW YOU OARE 
NORTH OF LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
CAMERON PARISH 
GOT THE DIRECT 
HIT. 
HOW MANY FOLKS 
DO YOU  DHOTHINK 
DECIDED TO RIDE 
IT OUT. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
THIS BRINGS BACK 
MEMORIES OF 15 
YEARS AGO ARWHEN 
WE GOT A DIRECT 
HIT FROM 
HURRICANE RITA. 
I'M AFRAID WE 
WILL HAVE THE 
SAME DAMAGE AS 
WE DID LAST 
TIME. 
WE MIGHT HAVE A 
FEW HOUSES THAT 
MAKE IT. 
MOST WILL 
PROBABLY BE GONE 
WHATEVER WAS 
LEFT FROM RITA 
OR ICK. 
WHEN THE SUN 
COMES UP, WE 
WILL TRY TO GET 
DOWN THERE. 
IS IT WAS BAD. 
IT WAS I'BAD. 
I  RAM SOUTH OF 
LAKE CHARLES. 
SOUTH OF THE 
AIRPORT.
SO FAR NO WATER, 
HOPE IT STAYS 
AWAY. 
NO STORM SURGE 
THAT WOULD BACK 
UP. 
BUT IT'S BLOWING 
AND RAINING 
GOOD. 
>> JUST REAL 
QUICK, MORGAN, 
ONE OF OUR 
REPORTERS 
REPORTED THAT 
150 PEOPLE 
STAYED BEHIND TO  T
RIDE OUT THE 
STORM. 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
FROM ANYTHING 
FROM ANY OF 
THOSE PEOPLE? 
>> NO, MA'AM, I 
HAVEN'T. 
I HEARD THEY MAY 
BE IN THE SWEET 
LAKE AREA. 
I DIDN'T HAVE  
HEAR OF ANYONE 
IN LOWER 
CAMERON. 
I HEARD OF 
PEOPLE ON THE 
BIG LAKE ON THE 
ISLAND, SOME MAY 
HAVE STAYED BUT 
I HAVEN'T HEARD 
FROM ANYBODY TO 
SEE HOW THINGS 
WENT, YOU  KNOW, 
WHAT WAS GOING 
ON. 
>> WE WISH YOU 
THE BEST OF 
LUCK. 
I KNOW WHEN THE 
SUN COMES UP YOU 
CAN ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE. 
WE WISH YOU  ALL 
THE BEST. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I WANT TO PUT A 
PLUG IN FOR 
GENERAL MONTEREY 
WHO CALLED TO 
CHECK ON US. 
>> HE REMEMBERS 
YOU FOLKS VERY 
WELL. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
>> HE YEWAS THERE 
ON THE GROUND. 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> OVERNIGHT 
HURRICANE LAURA 
SLAMMING AS 
SHORE AS A 
MONSTER CATEGORY 
4 PUNISHING THE  L
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST WITH 
WINDS UP TO 150 
MILES PER HOUR. 
MORE DANGEROUS, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
LOW-LYING AREAS, 
A MASSIVE STORM 
SURGE  THAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING COULD BE 
UNSURVIVEABLE. 
>> 
NDTHE STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CONTINUE INLAND 
30 MILES. 
>> Reporter: THE 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE ND
PACKING HIGH IN
WINDS AND 
DRIVING RAIN 
WRECKING 
BUILDINGS AND 
TOPPLING TREES. 
>> AS QUICKLY AS 
THE WINDS PICKED 
UP, THEY DIED 
DOWN JUST AS 
FAST. 
WE ARE IN PART 
OF LAURA'S EYE 
RIGHT NOW. 
A FEW MINUTES 
APIECE BEFORE WE 
CATCH THE BACK 
SIDE OF THAT 
STORM. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY IN HARM'S 
WAY. 
>> Reporter: 
WITH  LAURA 
GAINING STRENGTH 
IN THE GULF, 
MOST COASTAL 
RESIDENTS HEAD
RESIDENTS HEEDED 
WARNINGS. 
EVEN SOME WHO 
PLANNED TO STAY 
MAKING 11th HOUR 
DECISIONS TO GET 
OUT. 
>> WE GWERE GOING 
TO STAY BUT WHEN 
THEY SAID A 
CATEGORY 4, THAT 
WAS IT. 
>> Reporter: 
OTHERS 
DETERMINED TO 
RIDE IT OUT IN 
TEXAS. 
>> IN YOUR FELIFE 
YOU WILL WEATHER 
STORMS. 
WE WILL WEATHER 
IT OUT. 
>> WE GOT A 
GENERATOR. 
STOND UP ON 
FOOD. 
WE DON'T PLAN ON r:
LEAVING. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY CONCERNED 
ABOUT GOING TO 
SHELTERS AND THE 
LOOMING DANGERS 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS MORNING 
LOUISIANA'S 
NATIONAL ONGUARD 
IS STAGED AND 
READY TO ROLL 
ASSESSING DAMAGE 
AND FOR THOSE 
WHO COULDN'T OR 
WOULDN'T LEAVE. 
>> THE BIG 
QUESTION IS HOW 
MANY WERE 
AFFECTED BY THE 
STORM WHEN IT 
ROARED ASHORE. 
IN CAMERON 
PARISH, 150 
PEOPLE CHOSE TO 
STAY BEHIND AND 
THEY DID NOT 
EVACUATE AS 
OFFICIALS URGED 
THEM TO DO SO. 
THAT AREA COULD 
HAVE FACED A 
STORM SURGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA 
UP TO 20 FEET 
HIGH. 
RESCUERS HAVE TO 
WAIT UNTIL THE 
STORM DIES DOWN 
BEFORE THEY CAN 
GET IN AND START 
LOOKING FOR 
PEOPLE TO SAVE. 
>> WE ARE STILL 
WAITING FOR HIGH 
TIDE AS WELL. 
MORGAN, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> JAY GRAY IS 
ALSO IN HART HIT 
LAKE CHARLES. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US. 
>> Reporter:  WE 
ARE GETTING 
QUITE A BUNCH. 
THE BACK GHSIDE IS 
MOVING THROUGH 
THE AREA.O
THERE IS 
SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE TO 
BUILDINGS ACROSS 
LAKE CHARLES.L
IT IS BEGINNING 
TO EASE UP BUT 
WE HAVE AWAYS TO 
GO, LADIES. 
>> ALL RIGHT.,
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> JOINING US 
IS TEXAS 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT. 
WHEN WE LOOKK AT 
THE MAP WE SEE 
BEAUMONT GETTING 
HIT HARD. 
WHAT ARE THE 
REPORTS THAT YOU 
ARE GETTING FROM 
THE GROUND. 
>> SAVANNAH, THE 
REPORTS ARE 
FAIRLY GOOD. 
THE MAIN THING 
IS THAT WE HAVE 
NO REPORTS OF 
LOSS OF LIFE 
RIGHT NOW WE AV
HAVE SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAMS IN 
THE FIELD MAKING 
ASSESSMENTS AND 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY THAT 
NEEDS TO BE 
RESCUED. 
WE HAVE UP TO A 
HUNDRED THOUSAND 
PEOPLE WITHOUT 
POWER. 
IF YOU LOOK 
GOING NORTH IN 
EAST TEXAS, YOU 
SEE JASPER AND 
MARSHALL UP ON 
INTERSTATE 20 
THAT ARE GOING 
THROUGH THE 
RAVAGES OF THE 
STORM. 
PART OF IT IS 
HEAVY WIND, 
RAIN, POSSIBLE 
TORNADOES. 
SO, WE ARE NOT 
OUT OF THE 
WOODS. 
>> I KNOW YOU S. N
HAD WORKED HARD 
TO GET FOLKS TO 
EVACUATE. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT EE
MOST HEEDED THE 
CALL? 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
ABOUT PEOPLE 
THAT DECIDED TO 
RIDE IT OUT? 
>> WE HAD WELL 
OVER 5,000, UP 
TO 10,000 THAT 
DID EVACUATE, 
ESPECIALLY 
AROUND THE 
REGIONS WHERE 
THE HURRICANE 
CAME ACROSS 
SHORE SUCH AS 
BEAUMONT, PORT 
ARTHUR AND THE 
ORANGE AREA. 
I HAVE NO DOUBT 
BECAUSE OF THE 
EVACUATIONS VETHAT 
DID TAKE PLACE 
THAT THAT 
REDUCED THE LOSS RC
OF LIFE. 
>> YOU SAID 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE WAS OUT 
AND ABOUT. 
THAT IS GOOD AND 
I'M SURPRISED 
BECAUSE BOY IN 
THE HEART OF THE 
STORM, WE CAN'T 
COME GET YOU AND 
HELP YOU IF YOU 
DECIDE NOT TO 
EVACUATE? 
>> WE HAVE 
EXPERT TASK 
FORCE TEAMS THAT 
WERE PRESTAGED. 
THIS IS 
UNFORTUNATELY 
NOT OUR FIRST 
RODEO IN DEALING 
WITH SOMETHING 
LIKE THIS. 
THEY GET 
PRESTAGED AND 
ARE READY TO GO 
OUT AS SOON AS 
THE STORM HITS 
TO MAKE  SSURE 
THAT WE CAN 
QUICKLY RESCUE 
PEOPLE. 
SO, THEY ARE OUT 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY THAT MAY 
NEED HELP NOW. 
>> NEED LESS TO 
SAY YOU ARE 
STRUGGLING WITH 
THE PANDEMIC. 
HOW HAS THAT 
COMPLICATED WHAT 
YOU ARE TRYING 
TO DO THERE? 
>> WELL, IF YOU 
GO BACK TO LAST 
MONTH WE HAD A 
HURRICANE LAST 
MONTH ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN SHORE 
AROUND CORPUS UN
CHRISTI AND THE 
RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY THAT BOTH 
WERE HARD HIT AT 
THE TIME BECAUSE 
OF COVID-19. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
THIS, IN THE 
WEEKS AFTER 
HURRICANE 
HANNAH, WE SAW A 
DECLINE IN COVID-
19 BECAUSE WE 
WORKED 
DILIGENTLY TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE S
UNDERSTOOD AS 
THEY EVACUATED D
DURING THE 
COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE THEY 
MAINTAIN SAFE 
PRACTICES OF 
WEARING A MASK, 
MAINTAINING 
DISTANCES, HAND 
SANITIZING. 
WE HOPE FOR THE 
SAME RESULT HERE 
WHERE PEOPLE 
WILL NOT BE 
SPREADING COVID-
19 DURING THE 
COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE. 
>> I SO  O
APPRECIATE YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
I KNOW IT'S 
DIFFICULT HOURS 
FOR OUR FRIENDS 
IN EAST TEXAS. 
SO,  OI WANT TO 
THANK YOU AND 
SEND LOVE AND 
PRAYERS. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> JAY, THANK YOU VERY
>>> WE HAVE AN 
OFFICIAL FROM 
CAMERON PARISH. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU 
THIS MORNING. 
I KNOW THE SUN 
IS NOT UP YET 
AND A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHAT 
IS GOING ON 
OUTSIDE. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM 
PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> WELL, IT'S 
STILL DARK OVER 
HERE. 
I GOT THE 
GENERATOR 
RUNNING. 
I'M LOOKING 
OUTSIDE. 
PEOPLE'S 
BUILDINGS, 
HOUSES, WHATEVER 
IT IS, ALL OVER 
MY YARD HERE. 
IT'S STILL 
BLOWING, 
RAINING. 
UNTIL THE SUN 
COMES UP AND WE 
TRY TO GET ON 
THE ROAD AND 
ASSESS DAMAGE. 
IT WILL BE HARD.
YOU ARE A BIT 
NORTH OF LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
CAMERON PARISH 
GOT THE DIRECT 
HIT. 
HOW MANY FOLKS 
-- 
>> YES, MA'AM, 
YES, MA'AM. 
THIS BRINGS BACK 
MEMORIES OF 15 
YEARS AGO WHEN 
WE GOT A DIRECT 
HIT FROM 
HURRICANE RITA. 
I'M AFRAID WE 
ARE GOING TO 
HAVE THE SAME 
DAMAGE AS LAST 
TIME. 
WE MIGHT HAVE A 
FEW HOUSES THAT 
MIGHT MAKE IT. 
MOST WILL BE 
GONE, WHAT WAS 
LEFT FROM RITA 
AND LEFT FROM 
IKE. 
WHEN THE SUN 
COMES UP, WE 
WILL TRY TO GET 
DOWN THERE. 
I HAVEN'T TALKED 
TO DANNY YET. 
I WILL GET WITH 
HIM IN A LITTLE 
WHILE. 
IT WAS BAD. 
IT WAS BAD. 
I AM SOUTH OF 
LAKE CHARLES. 
I AM SOUTH OF 
THE AIRPORT. 
SO FAR NO WATER. 
I HOPE THE WATER 
STAYS AWAY. 
THE STORM SURGE 
OR ANYTHING THAT 
WOULD BE BACKED 
UP. 
BUT RIGHT NOW 
IT'S STILL 
BLOWING AND 
RAINING AND IT'S 
GOOD. 
>> JUST REAL 
QUICK, MORGAN 
WAS REPORTING 
THAT 150 PEOPLE 
STAYED BEHIND -- 
STAYED BEHIND TO 
RIDE OUT THE 
STORM. 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
ANYTHING FROM 
ANY OF THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> NO, MA'AM, I 
HAVEN'T. 
I HEARD THEY MAY 
HAVE STAYED IN 
THE SWEET LAKE 
AREA. 
NOT LOWER 
CAMERON. 
I HAVEN'T HEARD 
OF ANYONE IN 
LOWER CAMERON. 
SOME PEOPLE MAY 
HAVE STAYED IN 
SWEET LAKE, 
GRAND LAKE, THE 
BIG LAKE ON THE 
ISLAND THAT SOME 
MAY HAVE STAYED. 
BUT I HAVEN'T 
HEARD TO SEE HOW 
THINGS WENT, TO 
SEE WHAT IS 
GOING ON. 
>> WE WISH YOU 
THE BEST OF 
LUCK. 
I KNOW WHEN THE 
SUN COMES UP, 
YOU CAN ASSESS 
THE DAMAGE. 
WE WISH YOU THE 
BEST THERE. 
>> CAN I PUT A 
PLUG IN FOR 
GENERAL 
MONTEREY. 
HE CALLED ME 
ABOUT 2:00 THIS 
MORNING. 
>> HE REMEMBERS 
YOU FOLKS VERY 
WELL. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
HE WAS THERE. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
AS MORGAN WAS 
SAYING THERE WAS 
A PERIOD WHERE 
YOU THOUGHT THIS 
THING WAS PAST 
US THEN THE BACK 
SIDE ARRIVED 
THAT WAS WORSE 
THAN THE FRONT. 
YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, THIS 
WAS DEBRIS THAT 
WAS FLYING 
THROUGH THE AIR. 
THIS IS PART OF 
THE ROOF, SHARDS 
OF METAL. 
THINGS FLYING 
OFF THE ROOF OF 
THE BUILDING. 
I AM AT AN ANGLE 
TO THE DOORWAY 
FOR SAFETY 
PURPOSES BECAUSE 
THINGS ARE STILL 
FLYING. 
THE WIND GUSTS 
ARE CLOSE TO 100 
MILES PER HOUR. 
THIS IS AFTER 
THE STORM HAS 
BEEN DOWNGRADED 
TO A CAT THREE 
AND IS 50 MILES 
INLAND. 
THAT GIVES YOU 
AN IDEA OF HOW 
FEROCIOUS THE 
WINDS WERE AT 
132 MILES PER 
HOUR EARLIER 
TONIGHT. 
YOU COULD SEE 
THINGS LIKE 
MISSILES FLYING 
ACROSS THE AIR. 
THE RAIN HAS LET 
UP FROM TIME TO 
TIME BUT THE 
WIND HAS NOT. 
YOU MAY BE ABLE 
TO HEAR WHAT 
SOUNDS LIKE A 
TEA KETTLE OR A 
TRAIN GOING 
THROUGH. 
THAT SOUND HAS 
BEEN GOING FOR 
HOURS AND WILL 
LIKELY CONTINUE 
FOR ANOTHER HOUR 
AS THE STORM 
MAKES ITS WAY 
NORTH. 
AS YOU SAID, 
THERE ARE 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS 
WITHOUT POWER 
THIS MORNING. 
THAT NUMBER WILL 
CLIMB WITH THE 
WIND SPEEDS. 
>>> AFTER DAYS 
OF UNREST IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, 
PROTESTS ARE 
RELATIVELY 
PEACEFUL. 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, 
WISCONSIN'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IDENTIFIED THE 
POLICE OFFICER 
THAT SHOT BLAKE 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
OFFICER RUSTEN 
SHESKEY HAS BEEN 
WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT FOR 
SEVEN YEARS. 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, HE AND 
OTHER OFFICERS 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER 
AND ARREST 
BLAKE. 
>> DIVISION OF 
CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATION 
RECOVERED A 
KNIFE FROM THE 
DRIVER'S SIDE 
FLOORBOARD OF 
MR. BLAKE'S 
VEHICLE. 
>> Reporter: 
ATTORNEYS FOR 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
SAY THAT 
SHOULDN'T MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> THINK FOR A 
SECOND WHAT 
OTHER THINGS 
THESE POLICE 
OFFICERS COULD 
HAVE DONE 
INSTEAD OF 
FIRING SEVEN 
BULLETS. 
>> Reporter: 
AUTHORITIES 
ARRESTED AN 
ILLINOIS 
TEENAGER AFTER 
TWO PEOPLE WERE 
SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS 
A DAY EARLIER. 
HE FACES AN 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
HIS ONLINE 
FOOTPRINT SHOWS 
A STRONG SUPPORT 
FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
IT'S NOT CLEAR 
IF HE WAS PART 
OF AN ORGANIZED 
GROUP. 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING HE 
EXPLAINED WHY HE 
WAS ARMED. 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
HIS PUBLIC 
DEFENDER 
DECLINED TO 
COMMENT. 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN THE 
ARREST ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE WHILE THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK 
WE WILL HAVE A 
GAME 5 HERE. 
>> Reporter: NBA 
BUCKS PLAYERS 
DID NOT TAKE THE 
COURT AGAINST 
ORLANDO. 
THE LEAGUE'S 
STRONGEST 
STATEMENT ON 
SOCIAL INJUSTICE 
ON ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST NIGHTS. 
>> DESPITE OF A 
CALL FOR CHANGE, 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NONE. 
>> Reporter: 
MILWAUKEE 
PLAYERS CALLED 
ON WISCONSIN 
LEGISLATORS TO 
TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION ON POLICE 
REFORM. 
AT THE SAME TIME 
THE WNBA HALTED 
ITS GAMES. 
>> AS BLACK MAN, 
A FORMER PLAYER, 
I THINK IT'S 
BEST FOR ME TO 
SUPPORT THE 
PLAYERS AND JUST 
NOT BE HERE 
TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: ON 
TNT, ANALYST 
KENNY SMITH 
WALKING OUT IN 
SOLIDARITY. 
WITH MILL YAMS 
EXPECTED TO 
WATCH THE PLAY-
OFFS AND 
MILLIONS IN 
ADVERTISING AND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS AT STAKE, 
PLAYERS ARE 
LEVERAGING THEIR 
PLATFORM. 
>> PEOPLE GET 
TIRED OF ME 
SAYING IT BUT WE 
ARE SCARED. 
BLACK MEN, BLACK 
WOMEN, BLACK 
KIDS. 
WE ARE 
TERRIFIED. 
>> Reporter: 
CLIPPERS COACH 
DOC RIVERS IS 
THE SON OF A 
POLICE OFFICER. 
>> IT'S AMAZING 
WHY WE KEEP 
LOVING THIS 
COUNTRY AND THIS 
COUNTRY DOES NOT 
LOVE US BACK. 
>> LATE 
WEDNESDAY, THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS AND 
SEVERAL OTHER 
BASEBALL TEAMS 
ALONG WITH MAJOR 
LEAGUE SOCCER 
AND A TENNIS 
STAR REFUSED TO 
PLAY. 
WE COULD LEARN 
MORE ABOUT THE 
FATE OF THE NBA 
SEASON LATER 
TODAY. 
 
TODAY.
GUYS, BACK TO YOU.
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, WE TURN TO MIKE TIRICO 
FROM NBC SPOR
>>> MIKE, GOOD 
MORNING, BUDDY, 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
EVERYBODY. 
>> IT LOOKS 
LIKE, MIKE, LAST 
NIGHT A LOT OF 
PLAYERS DECIDED 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTERED RATHER 
THAN PUTTING A 
BALL IN A HOOP 
OR BASEBALL. 
WHERE DOES IT GO 
FROM HERE? 
ARE THE PLAY-
OFFS DONE? 
NBA SEASON OVER? 
>> THE REPORTS 
THAT CAME OUT 
WERE THAT THE 
LAKERS AND 
CLIPPERS FROM 
LOS ANGELES WERE 
THE TWO TEAMS 
RHETT AT THE 
SENT TO GO 
FORWARD. 
THE OTHER TEAMS 
SEEMED LIKE THEY 
WERE WILLING TO 
GO. 
HALL BONE JAMES 
IS ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST SPORTS. 
HIS AND THE 
VOICE OF THE 
CLIPPERS WILL BE 
HEARD LOUDLY. 
IF THEY DON'T GO 
FORWARD, I DON'T 
KNOW HOW THE 
LEAGUE 
PROGRESSES. 
THAT IS 
UNPRECEDENTED. 
WE HAVE WARN 
THAT WORD OUT 
BUT THAT WOULD 
BE THE CASE. 
THEY ARE USING 
THEIR FOLLOWING. 
THEY ARE USING 
THE POWER OF 
THEIR VOICE AND 
THIS PLATFORM TO 
TRY TO BE HEARD. 
YOU HAVE TO GIVE 
THEM CREDIT FOR 
THAT NO MATTER 
IF YOU AGREE OR 
DISAGREE. 
>> 
UNPRECEDENTED, 
YOU TOOK THE 
OVERUSED WORD 
OUT OF MY MOUTH 
BUT IN THE NBA 
AND OTHER 
LEAGUES THAT 
QUICKLY FOLLOWED 
SUIT. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE LIONS SAYING 
THEY WOULDN'T 
PRACTICE WAS THE 
FIRST SHOE TO 
FALL. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN IN TERMS OF 
GOING FORWARD? 
WHAT IS THE 
POWER OF SPORTS 
TO AFFECT 
CHANGE? 
>> I AM FOND OF 
SAYING A STUMP 
SPEECH THAT 
SPORTS IS THE 
ONE THING THAT 
CROSSES SO MANY 
DIFFERENT 
DEMOGRAPHICS, 
OLD, YOUNG, 
BLACK, WHITE 
UNDER THE SAME 
UMBRELLA. 
THIS GIVES THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
THE ATHLETES TO 
BE SEEN MORE 
THAN DRIBBLING 
OR THROWING A 
FOOTBALL OR 
BASEBALL. 
IT GIVES THEM 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO USE THEIR 
POWERFUL VOICE. 
WHAT THEY ARE 
SHARING IS THE 
EXPERIENCES THEY 
HAD OF BEING 
STOPPED BY 
POLICE OR 
TREATMENT THAT 
THEY FELT THAT 
WHITES DID NOT 
RECEIVE IN THE 
SAME COURSE THAT 
THEY DID WHEN 
THEY WERE IN THE 
SAME SITUATIONS. 
THEY ARE USING 
THAT VOICE TO BE 
HEARD AND NOW 
THEY ARE USING 
THEIR LACK OF 
PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER. 
THIS IS A CHANGE 
IN SPORTS. 
SPORTS STARS 
WERE RETICENT TO 
GO DOWN THE 
ROAD. 
>> THEIR 
EMOTIONS ARE ON 
FULL DISPLAY. 
I SAW A VIDEO OF 
METS PLAYER 
DOMINIC SMITH. 
HE WAS SPEAKING 
THEN CRUMBLED ON 
CAMERA. 
IT HURT HIM. 
LET'S ROLL A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
THAT TAPE. 
>> I THINK THE 
MOST DIFFICULT 
PART IS TO SEE 
PEOPLE STILL 
DON'T CARE. 
FOR THIS TO 
CONTINUALLY 
HAPPEN, THE HATE 
IN PEOPLE'S 
HEART. 
>> I MEAN, IT'S 
LIKE THE DAM IS 
BREAKING. 
I FEEL LIKE WE 
ARE WITNESSING 
THE DAM 
BREAKING. 
>> WHAT HAPPENED 
IN KENOSHA WAS 
NEWS. 
BUT THE NBA AND 
THE ATHLETES 
PROTESTING AND 
SPREADING ACROSS 
SPORTS TOOK IT 
TO ANOTHER LEVEL 
OF THAT. 
THESE ATHLETES 
SEE THESE THINGS 
HAPPENING AND 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
EXPRESS THEIR 
CONCERNS THAT 
SOCIETY IS NOT 
CHANGING. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THEIR 
KIDS, THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
THE YOUNG 
ATHLETES THAT 
LOOK UP TO THEM 
AND ASPIRE TO BE 
LIKE THEM. 
YOU SHOW WNBA 
PLAYERS AS THEY 
HAD THEIR 
PROTEST WHERE 
THEIR BUBBLE IS. 
ALL ACROSS THEIR 
EXPERIENCES ARE 
MAGNIFIED. 
YOU HAVE TO 
APPLAUD THEM FOR 
DOING MORE THAN 
PLAYING AND 
MAKING A 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THE WORLD. 
>> GOOD TO SEE 
YOU, BROTHER, 
THANK YOU. 
>> GOOD TO SEE 
YOU, MIKE. 
>> NFL SEASON 
KICK OFF A FEW 
WEEKS AWAY. 
WHAT DOES THIS 
MEAN FOR THE 
NFL. 
>> WE SHALL SEE. 
>>> IT'S 7:47. 
LET'S GO TO AL. 
A BUSY DAY IN 
THE WEATHER. 
>> YESTERDAY 
FOUR YEARS AGO 
TO THE DAY COLIN 
KAEPERNICK FIRST 
TOOK A KNEE. 
HERE WE ARE AND 
WE WILL SEE 
WHERE WE END UP. 
>>> AT FORT 
McHENRY, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE 
FORMALLY 
ANNOUNCING THE 
REELECTION BID. 
>> WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN, AGAIN. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICAN 
TICKET GREETING 
THE CROWD WITH 
FEW MASKS 
VISIBLE. 
PENCE SPEAKING 
TO THOSE IN THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
>> THIS IS A 
SERIOUS STORM. 
WE URGE ALL OF 
THOSE IN THE 
AFFECTED AREAS 
TO HEED STATE 
AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
>> Reporter: 
REACTING TO THE 
LATEST ROUND OF 
RACIAL UNREST 
WITHOUT MENTION 
OF JAY WOULD BE 
BLAKE. 
>> WE WILL HAVE 
LAW AND ORDER ON 
THE STREETS OF 
OF THIS COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VIOLENT PROTEST 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
ELSEWHERE 
HAPPENING UNDER 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
PENCE ARGUING 
THAT THINGS 
WOULD GET WORSE 
IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS. 
>> THE HARD 
TRUTH IS YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: 
PENCE WHO HEADS 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
TASK FORCE 
STRIKING AN 
OPTIMISTIC NOTE 
DESPITE 180,000 
DEAD. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SAID THAT NO 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
BUT WHAT JOE 
DOESN'T SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
AMONG THE 
FEATURED 
SPEAKERS, 
KELLYANNE 
CONWAY, WHO IS 
LEAVING THE 
WHITE HOUSE IN 
DAYS. 
>> OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY 
IS TO FOCUS ON 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
FAR LESS THAN 
US. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 
LAURA TRUMP AND 
PRESS SECRETARY 
KAYLEIGH McENANY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY 
OF GETTING A 
PREVENTATIVE 
MASTECTOMY TO 
REDUCE THE 
CHANCES OF 
BREAST CANCER. 
>> THIS 
PRESIDENT STANDS 
BY AMERICANS 
WITH PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT PUSHED 
PROPOSALS THAT 
WOULD UNDER CUT 
OBAMA CARE'S 
PROTECTIONS FOR 
PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
THIS MOVING 
DISPLAY FROM A 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CANDIDATE LEFT 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN 
IN A CAR 
ACCIDENT. 
>> BE A RADICAL 
FOR LIBERTY. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
ALL REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH I STAND, 
ONE NATION 
UNDERGOD, GOES 
WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF THE NIGHT'S 
MOST DRAMATIC 
MOMENT. 
THAT SOCIAL 
DISTANCED ROPE 
LINE RAISED 
QUESTIONS. 
TONIGHT THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
HOST ROUGHLY A 
THOUSAND 
SUPPORTERS ON 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
AGAIN, IT'S 
UNCLEAR IF THEY 
WILL BE WEARING 
MASKS, WHO WILL 
HAVE BEEN TESTED 
AND WHETHER 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL 
BE ENFORCED. 
IT WILL BE 
CAPPED OFF BY A 
FIREWORKS 
DISPLAY A SHORT 
DISTANCE AWAY 
NEAR THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
NBC'S LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT 
AT 10:00 EASTERN 
TIME. 
>>> A TODAY 
EXCLUSIVE. 
I SIT DOWN WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS TO 
TALK ABOUT HER 
RESPONSE TO THE 
RNC AS WELL AS 
WHAT IS NEXT IN 
THE RACE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IT WILL BE HER 
FIRST ONE ON ONE 
NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE 
HER NOMINATION. 
THAT WILL BE 
TOMORROW ON 
TODAY. 
>>> THERE IS NO 
DOUBT MOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SEES AMERICA. 
HE SEES AMERICA 
FOR WHAT IT IS. 
A NATION THAT 
HAS DONE MORE 
GOOD IN THIS 
WORLD THAN ANY 
OTHER. 
A NATION THAT 
DESERVES FAR 
MORE GRATITUDE 
THAN GRIEVANCE. 
IF YOU WANT A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT 
WHEN OUR 
HERITAGE US 
DEMEANED OR 
INSULTED, HE IS 
NOT YOUR MAN. 
>> FROM SEATTLE, 
PORTLAND, 
WASHINGTON AND 
NEW YORK. 
DEMOCRAT RUN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
I'M TALKING 
ABOUT THE HEROS 
OF OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
ARMED SERVICES. 
LEFTISTS TRY TO 
TURN THEM INTO 
VILLAINS AND 
CANCEL THEM. 
>> HEROISM IS 
REBUILDING OUR 
COMMUNITIES, NOT 
DESTROYING THEM. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND I WILL 
ALWAYS SUPPORT 
THE RIGHT OF 
AMERICANS TO 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS BUT 
RIOTING AND 
LOOTING IS NOT 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
TEARING DOWN 
STATUES IS NOT 
FREE SPEECH. 
>> DEFUND THE 
POLICE IS THE 
CRY OF THE NEW 
RADICAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
WOULD DOUBLE 
DOWN ON THE VERY 
POLICIES THAT 
ARE LEADING TO 
VIOLENCE IN 
AMERICA'S 
CITIES. 
THE HARD TRUTH 
IS, IS YOU WON'T 
BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND 
WITH THOSE WHO 
STAND ON THE 
THIN BLUE LINE 
AND WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO DEFUND 
THE POLICE NOT 
NOW, NOT EVER. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
JUST A CHOICE 
BETWEEN 
REPUBLICAN AND 
DEMOCRAT, LEFT 
AND RIGHT. 
THIS IS AN 
ELECTION THAT 
WILL DECIDE IF 
WE KEEP AMERICA 
AMERICA OR IF WE 
HEAD DOWN AN 
UNCHARTERED 
FRIGHTENING PATH 
TOWARD 
SOCIALISM. 
>> THE PARTY 
THAT FREED THE 
SLAVES AND THE 
PARTY THAT PUT 
THE FIRST BLACK 
MAN AND WOMEN IN 
CONGRESS. 
THE PARTY OF 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
AND NOW TIM 
SCOTT AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>> DURING ONE OF 
MY MOST 
DIFFICULT TIMES 
I EXPECTED TO 
HAVE THE SUPPORT 
OF MY FAMILY. 
BUT I HAD MORE 
SUPPORT THAN I 
KNEW. 
AS I CAME OUT OF 
ANESTHESIA, ONE 
OF THE FIRST 
CALLS I RECEIVED 
WAS FROM IVANKA 
TRUMP. 
AS I RECOVERED, 
MY PHONE RANG 
AGAIN. 
IT WAS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CALLING TO 
CHECK ON ME. 
A WOMAN IN A 
LEADERSHIP ROLE 
CAN STILL SEEM 
NOVEL. 
NOT SO FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
FOR DECADES HE 
HAS ELEVATED 
WOMEN TO SENIOR 
POSITIONS IN 
BUSINESS AND 
GOVERNMENT. 
HE CONFIDES IN 
AND CONSULTS US, 
RESPECTS OUR 
OPINIONS AND 
INSISTS THAT WE 
ARE ON EQUAL 
FOOTING WITH THE 
MEN. 
>> I WANT MY 
DAUGHTER TO GROW 
UP IN PRESIDENT 
DONALD J TRUMP'S 
AMERICA. 
>> I SAY TO 
AMERICANS YOUNG 
AND OLD, BE A 
RADICAL FOR 
FREEDOM. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
LIBERTY. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
OUR REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH I STAND, 
ONE NATION 
UNDERGOD WITH 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
IS THE MOST PRO-
LIFE PRESIDENT 
THAT THIS NATION 
HAS EVER HAD 
DEFENDING LIFE 
AT ALL STAGES. 
HIS BELIEF IN 
THE SANCTITY OF 
LIFE TRANSCENDS 
POLITICS. 
>> THE BIDEN-
HARRIS IS THE 
MOST RADICAL 
VOICE IN 
HISTORY. 
THEY AND OTHERS 
ARE CATHOLICS IN 
NAME ONLY. 
>> WE BUILT THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY 
IN THE WORLD. 
WE MADE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
AND THEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
STRUCK FROM 
CHINA. 
NOW, LAST WEEK, 
JOE BIDEN SAID 
THAT NO MIRACLE 
IS COMING. 
WHAT JOE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
WE STAND AT A 
CROSSROADS, 
AMERICA. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS SET OUR 
NATION ON A PATH 
OF FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITY. 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
SEND AMERICA ON 
A PATH OF 
SOCIALISM AND 
DECLINE. 
BUT WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO LET IT 
HAPPEN. 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS 
AND WITH GOD'S 
HELP. 
WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN, AGAIN. 
>>> WE ARE BACK, 
8:14 WITH OUR 
SERIES ON THE 
SEARCH FOR 
SOLUTIONS. 
THIS IS GUIDANCE 
ISSUED BY THE 
CDC. 
PEOPLE THAT 
DON'T HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS 
SYMPTOMS DON'T 
NEED TO BE 
TESTED. 
>> EVEN IF THEY 
WERE EXPOSED. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CALLING 
FOR LESS 
TESTING. 
THAT RAISED THE 
QUESTION IF THIS 
WAS A 
POLITICALLY 
MOTIVATED 
CHANGE. 
ANNE THOMPSON 
LOOKED INTO 
THAT. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING. 
THE CRY THIS 
MORNING FROM 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS, SHOW US 
THE SCIENCE TO 
EXPLAIN WHY SIX 
MONTHS INTO THIS 
PANDEMIC AND 
FROM 180,000 
AMERICANS DEAD 
THE GOVERNMENT 
IS RECOMMENDING 
FEWER TESTS 
INSTEAD OF MORE. 
NEW CDC 
GUIDELINES THAT 
SAY PEOPLE 
EXPOSED TO COVID-
19 WITH NO 
SYMPTOMS NO 
LONGER NEED TO 
GET TESTED 
BROUGHT A SWIFT 
BACKLASH FROM 
THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY. 
>> MOST PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
BELIEVE THIS IS 
A BAD CHANGE. 
WE NEED TO BE 
TESTING PEOPLE 
THAT ARE 
SYMPTOMATIC, NOT 
SHYING AWAY FROM 
THOSE TESTS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
AMERICAN MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION 
CALLING THE 
CHANGE RECIPE 
FOR COMMUNITY 
SPREAD AND MORE 
SPIKES IN 
CORONAVIRUS. 
A NEW CAUTION 
FROM THE 
NATION'S LEADING 
DISEASE EXPERT. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID HE 
WAS UNDER 
GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA AND 
IN SURGERY THE 
DAY THE TASK 
FORCE ADOPTED 
THE GUIDELINES. 
HE QUICKLY 
REVIEWED THEM 
BUT AFTER 
READING THEM 
CAREFULLY HE HAS 
SOME CONCERN 
THAT THE REVISED 
GUIDELINES COULD 
BE INTERPRETED 
AS LESSONING THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
SPREAD IN THE 
COMMUNITY ADDING 
WITHOUT TESTING 
THOSE WHO COME 
IN CLOSE CONTACT 
WITH COVID BUT 
SHOW NO 
SYMPTOMS, 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
SPREAD TO OTHERS 
COULD OCCUR. 
THE CHANGES 
SPARKED 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
URGED LESS 
TESTING EARLIER 
THIS SUMMER. 
>> HERE IS THE 
BAD PART. 
WHEN YOU TEST -- 
WHEN YOU DO 
TESTING TO THAT 
EXTENT, YOU WILL 
FIND MORE 
PEOPLE, YOU WILL 
FIND MORE CASES. 
I SAID TO MY 
PEOPLE, SLOW THE 
TESTING DOWN 
PLEASE. 
>> BUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
SAID THERE WAS 
NO DIRECTION 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
ON THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
AS FOR THE 
CHANGES 
THEMSELVES, 
ADMIRAL DEFENDED 
THE MOVE SAYING 
TESTS SHOULD BE 
FOCUSED AND 
STRATEGICALLY 
DONE NOT FOR THE 
SAKE OF BEING 
TESTED. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
DO APPROPRIATE 
TESTING, NOT 
LESS TESTING, A 
STRATEGY DR. 
SHAW QUESTIONED. 
>> TOO OFTEN OUT 
OF THE CDC AND 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
WE HAVE SEEN 
GUIDELINES THAT 
ARE NOT REALLY 
DESIGNED TO 
OPTIMIZE HEALTH 
AND SAFETY OF 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE BUT 
REALLY ARE AN 
ADMISSION THAT 
WE DON'T HAVE 
ENOUGH TESTS IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
ADMIRAL SAID THE 
NATION IS 
FLUSHED WITH 
TESTING AND 
THERE WILL BE 
MAJOR 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ABOUT 
DEVELOPMENTS IN 
POINT OF CARE 
TESTING. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
ANN, THANK YOU. 
>>> DR. TORRES, 
THE NEW GUIDANCE 
FROM THE CDC 
SCALES BACK THE 
GUIDANCE ON 
GETTING TESTED 
IF YOU HAVE NO 
SYMPTOMS? 
IS THAT IF YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED, DON'T 
GET A TEST? 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY ARE SAYING. 
THEY AREN'T 
SAYING IF YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
IF YOU HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED BUT 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, DON'T 
GET TESTED. 
GET TESTED IF 
YOU ARE PART OF 
THE VOL NEAR -- 
>> DOES THAT 
MAKE SENSE? 
>> IT'S A BIG 
CONCERN. 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF CONSTERNATION 
BECAUSE WE KNOW 
THAT THE THREE 
IMPORTANT POINTS 
OF GETTING THE 
PANDEMIC UNDER 
CONTROL ARE 
TESTING, 
ISOLATION AND 
CONTACT TRACING. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
WE KNOW THAT 
40%, AROUND 40% 
OF PEOPLE WITH 
COVID-19 DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THEY COULD BE 
SILENT 
SPREADERS. 
WE ARE NOT 
LOOKING AT THOSE 
PEOPLE SPREADING 
IT AROUND. 
IT WILL BE 
TOUGHER TO KEEP 
IT UNDER 
CONTROL. 
WHAT PUBLIC 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
ARE SAYING, AS 
WE GET IT SORTED 
OUT, IF YOU HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED, 
QUARANTINE 
YOURSELF FOR 14 
DAYS AND IF YOU 
HAVE SYMPTOMS 
GET TESTIFIED. 
THIS IS CAUSING 
CONSTERNATION, A 
LOT OF HEAD 
STRETCHING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHY 
IT'S HAPPENING, 
WHY WE ARE DOING 
IT. 
TESTING SHOULD 
BE ONE OF THE 
TOOLS WE USE AND 
RAMPED UP AS 
TIME GOES ON. 
WE HAVE GOTTEN 
MORE TESTS. 
WE NEED MORE 
TESTS. 
>> THE FDA 
AUTHORIZED A NEW 
ANTIGEN TEST. 
HOW DOES THIS 
WORK. 
WHAT IS 
DIFFERENT THAN 
WHAT IS OUT 
THERE. 
>> THIS IS GOOD 
NEWS. 
HOPEFULLY IT 
HELPS A LOT. 
IF YOU HAVE GONE 
TO THE DOCTOR 
AND GOT A RAPID 
FLU TEST OR 
STREP IT WILL BE 
THE SAME THING. 
INSTEAD OF 
SENDING IT TO 
THE LAB THE 
DOCTOR DOES IT 
IN THE OFFICE. 
A NASAL SWAB, 
PROCESS THE 
CARD, 15 MINUTES 
THEN COME BACK 
IN AND SAY YOU 
HAVE IT OR YOU 
DON'T. 
IT'S NOT AS 
ACCURATE AS THE 
ONES YOU SEND 
AWAY BUT IT CAN 
BE A SCREENING 
TOOL AND USUALLY 
AS DOCTORS, WE 
LOOK AT IT AND 
SAY IF IT'S 
POSITIVE THEN 
YOU DEFINITE 
WILL HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IF IT'S NEGATIVE 
BUT YOU HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, LET'S 
GET ONE MORE OF 
THOSE TESTS TO 
FIND OUT. 
ABBOTT SAYS THEY 
WILL HAVE TENS 
OF MILLIONS IN 
SEPTEMBER. 
50 MILLION BY 
OCTOBER. 
THEY ARE PUTTING 
AN APP OUT THAT 
YOU CAN PUT ON 
YOUR CELL PHONE 
SO IF YOU GET A 
POSITIVE OR 
NEGATIVE YOU CAN 
TAKE IT TO THE 
WORK OR SCHOOL 
AND HERE ARE MY 
TEST RESULTS. 
THAT WAY THEY 
KNOW WHAT IS 
HAPPENING. 
>> IF YOU ARE 
POSITIVE, STAY 
HOME. 
SEND A SCREEN 
GRAB.>>> 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 
ARE HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S WHAT 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 ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE 
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. 
>>> 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. 
>>> TONIGHT 
ACROSS TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA -- 
>> BRAZEN ENOUGH 
TO LEAVE. 
>> YOU ARE GOING 
TO LEAVE, NOW IS 
THE TIME TO DO 
IT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
STORM SWELLING 
INTO A CATEGORY 
4 MONSTER. 
IN ITS PATH, 
MORE THAN HALF A 
MILLION PEOPLE 
FACING MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
LISTEN TO MOTHER 
NATURE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
GOVERNOR CALLED 
THIS ONE 
DIFFERENT. 
>> THE STORM 
WILL BE MORE 
POWERFUL THAN 
RITA. 
>> Reporter: 
LAURA IS PACKING 
WINDS TOPPING 
140 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
A 20-FOOT STORM 
SURGE. 
THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE 
DESCRIBING IT AS 
UNSURVIVEABLE. 
IN CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, WE 
ARE SEEING 
LAURA'S IMPACT. 
LOW LYING 
STREETS 
UNDERWATER AS 
THE GULF WATERS 
RISE. 
THE COMMUNITY 
CRUSHED BY 
HURRICANE RITA 
IN 2005, AN 
OVERNIGHT GHOST 
TOWN EXCEPT FOR 
HENRY McCALL. 
>> THEY SAY THE 
STORM SURGE WILL 
BE UNSURVIVEABLE 
AND HERE YOU 
ARE. 
>> AT THE LAST 
MINUTE I MAY 
LEAVE. 
RIGHT NOW I'M 
STILL DEBATING 
WHAT TO DO. 
>> Reporter: 
THOSE WHO DID 
FLEE FINDING A 
NEW PROBLEM, 
SHELTERS RUNNING 
OUT OF ROOM 
BECAUSE OF 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
BECAUSE OF COVID-
19. 
IN LAKE CHARLES, 
WITH A PRECIOUS 
FEW HOURS UNTIL 
LANDFALL, STORES 
BOARDED UP, GAS 
STATIONS EMPTY 
AS THE REALITY 
OF WHAT IS TO 
COME SINKS IN. 
>> WE HAVE 
MATTRESSES IF WE 
HAVE TO CLIMB 
UNDER THEM OR -- 
WE ARE PREPARED 
FOR ANYTHING. 
>> Reporter: 
TONIGHT THE GULF 
COAST BRACING 
FOR IMPACT. 
NBC NEWS, LAKE 
CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA. 
I AM IN PORT 
ARTHUR. 
ON THE GULF 
COAST IT'S NOT 
JUST THE WINDS 
BUT WATER THEY 
ARE FEARING FROM 
THE CATASTROPHIC 
STORM SURGE. 
THE IMPACT CAN 
BE DEVASTATING 
FROM SMALL 
SURGES. 
AT 3 FEET THE 
FLOODWATERS ARE 
LIFE 
THREATENING. 
AT 6 FEET THEY 
CAN SMASH 
THROUGH WINDOWS 
AND DOORS. 
AT 9 FEET ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
COULD BE 
DESTROYED. 
LAURA COULD TOP 
OUT AS 20 FEET. 
>> THIS IS 
CATEGORIZED AS 
UNSURVIVEABLE 
STORM SURGE 
WHERE IT'S 
HITTING. 
>> Reporter: THE 
WATERS CAN PUSH 
30 MILES INLAND. 
IN PORT ARTHUR, 
I AM ON TOP OF A 
LEVEE REINFORCED 
TO HANDLE STORM 
SURGE BUT NOT 15 
TO 20 FEET OF 
IT. 
THE MAYOR IS 
DEEPLY CONCERNED 
ABOUT WHAT IS TO 
COME. 
>> AT 5:00 IT 
WILL BE YOU AND 
GOD. 
>> Reporter: WE 
FOUND PEOPLE 
SCRAMBLING TO 
GET OUT 
REMEMBERING THE 
RISING WATERS OF 
HURRICANE PAST. 
>> I HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH HARVEY. 
I'M OUT OF HERE. 
NO CHANCES THIS 
TIME. 
I WAS IN WATER. 
>> Reporter: 
WITH THE WATERS 
FROM THE GULF 
EXPECTED TO 
BARREL ASHORE, 
CONCERN FROM 
MAJOR OIL 
REFINERIES THAT 
COULD BE KNOCKED 
OFF LINE FOR 
WEEKS. 
>>> ANOTHER 
MAJOR STORY WE 
ARE FOLLOWING, 
THE DEADLY 
SHOOTING THAT 
ERUPTED DURING 
THE JACOB BLAKE 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
A 17-YEAR-OLD IS 
UNDER ARREST. 
SOME OF THE 
VIDEO IS 
DISTURBING. 
>> Reporter: 
TONIGHT AN 
ARREST IN THE 
DEADLY VIOLENCE 
THAT BROKE OUT 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN OVER 
THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THIS VIDEO 
CAPTURED PART OF 
THE CHAOS, SHOTS 
RINGING OUT, A 
MAN ON THE 
GROUND FIRING A 
LONG GUN. 
BYSTANDERS 
RUNNING IN 
HORROR. 
IT'S UNCLEAR 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE OR AFTER 
THIS VIDEO. 
RIGHT BEFORE 
DAWN AUTHORITIES 
ARE ON THE 
SCENE. 
POLICE SAY TWO 
PEOPLE ARE DEAD, 
ONE PERSON 
INJURED. 
TODAY 
AUTHORITIES 
ARRESTED 17-YEAR-
OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IN 
ILLINOIS. 
>> IT SEEMS TO 
BE A MEMBER OF A 
MILITIA GROUP 
THAT DECIDED TO 
BE A VIGILANTE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
SHOOTINGS CAME 
AFTER 
AUTHORITIES 
FIRED TEAR GAS 
TO DISPERSE THE 
CROWDS. 
TENSIONS ARE 
HIGH HERE. 
VIDEO SHOWED MEN 
WITH LONG GUNS 
STANDING GUARD 
OUTSIDE OF A 
BOARDED UP 
BUILDING. 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
NOT SAID IN IF 
ANY OF THEM WERE 
INVOLVED IN A 
CONFRONTATION. 
AFTER AN OFFICER 
SHOT BLAKE IN 
THE BACK, 
WISCONSIN 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER AS 
RUSTEN SHESKEY. 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
OFFICERS 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO ARREST 
AND TASER BLAKE 
AFTER A WOMAN 
CALLED ABOUT HER 
BOYFRIEND BEING 
ON THE PREMISE 
WHEN HE WASN'T 
SUPPOSED TO BE. 
>> DURING THE 
INVESTIGATION 
FOLLOWING THE 
INITIAL 
INCIDENT, MR. 
BLAKE ADMITTED 
THAT HE HAD A 
KNIFE IN HIS 
POSITION. 
DCI AGENTS 
RECOVERED A 
KNIFE FROM THE 
DRIVER'S SIDE 
FLOORBOARD OF 
MR. BLAKE'S 
VEHICLE. 
>> Reporter: NO 
CHARGES HAVE 
BEEN FILED AND 
NO COMMENT SINCE 
THE NEWS 
CONFERENCE BY 
BLAKE'S ATTORNEY 
BUT THE 
INVESTIGATION IS 
ONGOING. 
FOR BLAKE'S 
UNCLE, ANSWERS 
CAN'T COME SOON 
ENOUGH. 
>> WE DON'T WANT 
VIOLENCE, 
DESTRUCTION. 
WE WANT JUSTICE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
HEARING FOR THE 
ACCUSED GUNMAN 
IS SET FOR 
FRIDAY. 
NO COMMENT FROM 
THE PUBLIC 
DEFENDER. 
WISCONSIN 
GOVERNOR 
AUTHORIZED 
ANOTHER 500 
MEMBERS OF THE 
STATE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
LESTER. 
>>> DESPITE A 
37% DROP IN 
CASES NATIONWIDE 
SINCE LATE JULY, 
FURIOUS PUSH 
BACK ON THE NEW 
RECOMMENDATION 
THAT PEOPLE 
EXPOSED TO COVID 
AND HAVE NO 
SYMPTOMS NO 
LONGER NEED TO 
GET TESTIFIED. 
THE CHANGE 
IGNITING 
CONFUSION AMONG 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS. 
>> THAT IS DOING 
EFFECTIVE 
TRACKING AND 
TRACING. 
>> Reporter: NEW 
YORK'S GOVERNOR 
CALLS THE MOVE 
INDEFENSIBLE. 
>> YOU CANNOT 
JUSTIFY THAT ON 
ANY PUBLIC 
HEALTH BASIS. 
THAT IS 
POLITICS. 
>> Reporter: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN JUNE 
SUGGESTED LESS 
TESTING. 
>> I SAID TO MY 
PEOPLE, SLOW THE 
TESTING DOWN, 
PLEASE. 
>> THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES WHICH 
OVERSEAS THE CDC 
SAID THERE WAS 
NO DIRECTION 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
ON THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
DEFENDING THE 
CHANGE SAYING 
TESTS SHOULD BE 
FOCUSED AND 
STRATEGICALLY 
DONE NOT FOR THE 
SAKE OF BEING 
TESTED. 
>> IF WE ARE NOT 
TESTING THESE 
PEOPLE, THEY 
WILL INFECT 
OTHERS AND THE 
VIRAL 
TRANSMISSION 
WILL ONLY GET 
WORSE OVERTIME. 
>> Reporter: A 
CONCERN SHARED 
BY ANTHONY 
FAUCI. 
HE REFEUD A 
DRAFT OF THE 
GUIDELINES BUT 
WAS NOT AT THE 
TASK FORCE 
MEETING WHERE 
THEY WERE 
ADOPTED BECAUSE 
HE WAS 
UNDERGOING 
SURGERY. 
BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY 
BELIEVES MORE 
TESTS ARE 
BETTER. 
IT BUILT A COVID 
LAB ON CAMPUS 
WHERE EIGHT 
ROBOTS HELPED 
MORE THAN A 
DOZEN PEOPLE 
PROCESS UP TO 
6,000 TESTS A 
DAY, PART OF THE 
MASSIVE EFFORT 
TO TEST 
UNDERGRADUATE 
STUDENTS TWICE A 
WEEK AND GET 
RESULTS IN 24 
HOURS. 
>> IF IT'S 
POSITIVE YOU CAN 
CALL THEM AND DO 
CONTACT TRACING 
AND GET THEM 
ISOLATED AS 
QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: 
PUTTING STUDENTS 
LIKE KATHERINE 
AT EASE. 
>> I WANT TO 
KEEP EVERYBODY 
AROUND ME AS I 
WANT TO KEEP 
MYSELF SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, 
OUTBREAKS FROM 
STUDENTS GATHER 
IN LARGE PARTIES 
WITH FEW FACE 
COVERINGS. 
658 AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
>> IF SOMEONE 
DOESN'T ADD VEER 
TO THE PRACTICES 
AND NOT KEEPING 
DECISIONED, WE 
WILL CATCH THEM 
ON THE TESTING. 
>> Reporter: TO 
KEEP STUDENTS 
HEALTHY AND 
LEARNING. 
ANNE THOMPSON, 
NBC NEWS, 
BOSTON. 
>>> IN THE MIDST 
OF COULD HAVE 
INDIVIDUAL, 
MELANIA TRUMP 
PUT A SPOTLIGHT 
ON SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE AND MENTAL 
HEALTH. 
>> SUICIDES ARE 
ON THE RISE AS 
PEOPLE 
STRUGGLING WITH 
LONELINESS AND 
ADDICTION FEEL 
THEY HAVE 
NOWHERE TO TURN. 
PARENTS, PLEASE 
TALK TO YOUR 
CHILDREN. 
>> Reporter: A 
SURVEY CONDUCTED 
IN JUNE FOUND 
40% OF ADULTS IN 
THE U.S. DEALT 
WITH MENTAL OR 
BEHAVIORAL 
HEALTH ISSUES 
RELATED TO THE 
PANDEMIC 
INCLUDING 
ANXIETY AND 
DEPRESSION. 
ONE QUARTER OF 
YOUNG PEOPLE 18 
TO 25 CONSIDERED 
SUICIDE. 
25%. 
YOUNGER TEENS 
ARE STRUGGLING, 
TOO. 
>> SHE THRIVES 
ON BEING ACTIVE, 
SHE DID. 
>> Reporter: A 
SOPHOMORE 
EXCELLED AT 
SOFTBALL, 
BASKETBALL AND 
TRACK. 
SHE PLAYED THREE 
INSTRUMENTS. 
COVID SHUT THAT 
DOWN AND SHE WAS 
STUCK IN THE 
HOUSE. 
>> SHE WAS BY 
HERSELF. 
IT PUT HER IN A 
PLACE TO BE 
LONELY. 
>> Reporter: SHE 
TOOK HER LIFE IN 
APRIL. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
YOUR DAUGHTER 
WOULD BE GONE IF 
WE DIDN'T HAVE A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> ABSOLUTELY 
NOT. 
THIS DYNAMIC OF 
LIFE CHANGED. 
>> WE ARE IN A 
MOMENT WHERE WE 
ARE BEING 
AFFECTED BY THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> Reporter: 13% 
OF ADULTS 
REPORTED 
STARTING OR 
INCREASED 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
RELATED TO COULD 
HAVE INDIVIDUAL. 
EXPERTS SAY 
FOCUS ON WHAT 
YOU CAN CONTROL, 
ROUTINE, SLEEP, 
SCHEDULES. 
>> WE ARE ALL 
EXPERIENCING 
SOME LEVEL OF 
STRESS AND 
STRAIN. 
BUT DIALOGUING 
ABOUT IT 
TOGETHER CAN 
CREATE A SENSE 
OF NOT BEING 
ALONE, IN THIS 
TOGETHER. 
>> DANIELLE 
URGES PARENTS TO 
TALK TO YOUR 
KIDS. 
>> IF YOU ARE 
WORKING AT HOME, 
TAKE THAT TIME. 
>> I'M SURE YOU 
WISH YOU HAD 
THAT TIME NOW? 
>> YEAH, OF 
COURSE I DO. 
I MEAN, THAT'S 
-- THAT'S MY 
FIRST BORN. 
>> Reporter: 
KATE SNOW, NBC 
NEWS. 
>> IF YOU OR 
SOMEONE YOU KNOW 
NEEDS HELP CALL 
THE NATIONAL 
SUICIDE 
PREVENTION 
LIFELINE AT 
1(800)272-8255. 
>>> TONIGHT 
ANOTHER 
BOMBSHELL 
ALLEGATION 
CLAIMING SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT 
WITHIN THE 
WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM. 
"THE WASHINGTON 
POST" REPORTING 
TODAY THAT LARRY 
MICHAEL, A 
FORMER TEAM 
EXECUTIVE AND 
PLAY BY PLAY 
BROADCASTEDDERS 
INSTRUCTED 
EMPLOYEES TO 
CREATE A BEHIND-
THE-SCENES VIDEO 
FOR OWNER DANIEL 
SCHNEIDER 
FEATURING 
OUTTAKES OF 
PARTIALLY NUDE 
CHEERLEADERS 
FROM A 2008 
SWIMSUIT 
CALENDAR SHOOT. 
MICHAEL DENIED 
THE ALLEGATION 
TO THE POST. 
ATTORNEY LISA 
BANKS REPRESENTS 
SOME OF THE 
WOMEN. 
>> IT'S HIGH 
TIME THAT THIS 
WAS EXPOSED AND 
THAT THE NFL 
TAKES ACTION. 
>> THE POST 
REPORTS THE 
STORY OF FORMER 
CHEERLEADER 
TIFFANY BACON. 
SHE SAID DURING 
A 2004 CHARITY 
EVENT, SCHNEIDER 
SAID HE AND A 
TEAM DOCTOR HAD 
A HOTEL SUITE 
AND SUGGESTED 
THAT SHE AND THE 
DOCTOR GO TO THE 
ROOM AND GET TO 
KNOW EACH OTHER 
BETTER. 
SCHNEIDER DENIES 
THE ALLEGATION. 
SAYS THE 
REPORTING READS 
LIKE A HIT JOB 
AND ADDS WHILE I 
WAS UNAWARE OF 
THESE 
ALLEGATIONS 
UNTIL THEY 
SURFACED IN THE 
MEDIA, I TAKE 
FULL 
RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR THE CULTURE 
OF OUR 
ORGANIZATION. 
EVEN BEFORE THE 
ARTICLE, I HAVE 
BEGUN TAKING ANY 
AND ALL STEPS TO 
ENSURE THAT THE 
WASHINGTON 
FOOTBALL TEAM IS 
AN ORGANIZATION 
THAT IS DIVERSE, 
INCLUSIVE AND 
RESPECTFUL OF 
ALL. 
IN JULY THE POST 
PUBLISHED A 
STORY THAT 
DETAILED SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT 
ORGANIZATIONS 
FROM MORE THAN A 
DOZEN FEMALE 
EMPLOYEES. 
EMILY WORKED AS 
A TEAM MARKETING 
COORDINATOR IN 
2014. 
>> ON A DAILY 
BASIS I WAS 
VERBALLY 
HARASSED, 
SEXUALLY 
HARASSED. 
>>  Reporter: 
SHE CALLS ON 
SCHNEIDER TO 
CLEAN UP THE 
TEAM'S CULTURE. 
JEFF BENNETT, 
NBC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON.>>> 
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 
ARE HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S WHAT 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 ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE 
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. 
>>> 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. 
>>> DR. JOHN, WE 
KNOW THERE IS NO 
CURE FOR COVID-
19 AT THIS POINT 
BUT WE HAVE 
SEEMED TO MAKE 
PROGRESS IN 
TERMS OF 
TREATMENTS. 
THE BEST 
TREATMENTS RIGHT 
NOW FOR FOLKS 
DEALING WITH 
COVID-19 AT HOME 
AND THE BEST 
TREATMENTS IN 
THE HOSPITAL? 
>> YOU ARE 
RIGHT, WE HAVE 
GOTTEN SOME 
TREATMENTS AND 
WE LEARNED A LOT 
MORE ABOUT COVID-
19 SINCE WE 
FIRST HEARD 
ABOUT IT IN 
JANUARY OR 
FEBRUARY. 
AT HOME, A 
REGULAR COLD AND 
FLU TYPE 
TREATMENTS YOU 
USE AT HOME, 
OVER THE 
COUNTER, 
SOMETHING FOR 
YOUR COUGH, 
FEVER, ACHES AND 
PAINS. 
BUT IF YOU GET 
TO THE HOSPITAL, 
THAT'S WHERE 
THINGS HAVE 
PROGRESSED THE 
LAST FEW MONTHS. 
WE HAVE TWO 
TREATMENTS THAT 
WE USE. 
ONE HAS BEEN 
PROVEN TO BE 
LIFE SAVING AND 
THE OTHER CAN 
HELP. 
DEXAMETHASONE 
HAS BEEN SHOWN 
TO REDUCE THE 
RATE OF DEATH IN 
PEOPLE THAT GET 
THAT. 
REMDESIVIR IS A 
MEDICINE OUT FOR 
A WHILE AND CUT 
DOWN ON THE 
NUMBER OF DAYS 
THEY ARE 
HOSPITALIZED OR 
SICK. 
THOSE ARE THE 
ONLY TWO 
MEDICINES THAT 
SEEM TO WORK 
AGAINST COVID-
19. 
IF YOU ARE AT 
HOME, GETTING 
THE ACHES AND 
PAINS AND 
TYPICAL SYMPTOMS 
THAT YOU GET 
EARLY ON BUT NOT 
HOSPITALIZED, 
THINK OF IT LIKE 
THE FLU AND 
TREAT YOURSELF 
IN THE SAME 
MANNER, 
QUARANTINE, 
ISOLATE AND 
PROTECT OTHERS 
FROM YOU. 
SINCE FEBRUARY, 
JANUARY 
TIMEFRAME WE 
LEARNED MORE 
WITH 5 MILLION 
CASES OF 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE CASES, 
180,000 DEATHS 
HAPPENING, WE 
ARE STILL IN 
THIS FIRST WAVE. 
THE SECOND WAVE 
IS PROBABLY 
COMING. 
WITH THE SECOND 
WAVE IS THE FLU, 
THE TWIN 
ACADEMIC THAT 
COULD HAPPEN GET 
YOUR FLU SHOT. 
HOW IS THE TIME 
TO GET THAT. 
WHEN IT HITS YOU 
WANT TO BE 
PROTECTED FROM 
THAT. 
THAT CAN HELP 
YOU AND AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IT CAN HELP THE 
HOSPITAL SYSTEM 
SO THEY DON'T 
GET OVERWHELMED. 
>> THANK YOU, 
THANK YOU. 
>>> OVER THE 
PAST FEW MONTHS 
WE LEARNED THERE 
ARE DIFFERENT 
WAYS IT'S 
TRANSMITTED. 
WHAT ARE WE 
SUPPOSED TO DO 
ABOUT THAT? 
VICKY NGUYEN 
JOINS US. 
WE WERE WIPING 
DOWN EVERYTHING, 
EVERY SURFACE, 
GROCERIES. 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
BE DOING TODAY. 
>> YOU CAN SAVE 
THOSE WIPES. 
EARLY ON WE 
DIDN'T KNOW A 
LOT ABOUT HOW 
THE VIRUS 
SPREAD. 
NOW THE RISK OF 
SURFACE 
TRANSMISSION IS 
LOW. 
YOU ARE MORE 
LIKELY TO GET IT 
FROM SOMEONE'S 
DROPLETS. 
THAT IS THE GOOD 
NEWS. 
REMEMBER, LAST 
MONTH WE SHOWED 
YOU THE FIRST 
EVER SURFACE 
TEST FOR SARS 
AND TOOK IT TO 
PUBLIC SPACES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, ATMs, 
RESTAURANTS, GAS 
PUMP HANDLES AND 
THE GROCERY 
CART. 
WE GOT SOME 
POSITIVES BUT A 
LOT OF NEGATIVE 
FOR THE VIRUS 
THAT CAUSES 
COVID-19. 
THAT IS 
REASSURING. 
WASH YOUR HANDS 
AFTER ANY 
GROCERIES OR 
PACKAGES. 
AND IN PUBLIC 
WEAR THE MASK. 
STUDY AFTER 
STUDY SHOWS IT'S 
EFFECTIVE. 
>> A LOT OF 
SCHOOLS ARE BACK 
IN SESSION. 
SOME ARE ABOUT 
TO BE BACK IN 
SESSION. 
THERE ARE 
NUMBERS THAT 
SHOWED 21% JUMP 
IN CHILDREN 
GETTING THE 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE LAST TWO 
WEEKS. 
THAT IS 75,000 
NEW CASES. 
IT MAKES PARENTS 
RING THEIR 
HANDS. 
WHAT SHOULD 
PARENTS THINK 
ABOUT? 
>> WHAT PARENTS 
NEED TO FOCUS ON 
IS WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
THEIR COMMUNITY. 
IS THE RATE OF 
INFECTION GOING 
UP? 
ARE THEY SEEING 
PEOPLE WEARING 
MASKS AND 
PRACTICING 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING? 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
THE SCHOOL, ASK 
THE SCHOOL. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
PLAN IF THERE IS 
AN INFECTION OR 
COVID-19 
OUTBREAK IN THE 
CLASSROOM. 
440,000 CHILDREN 
HAVE TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19 IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
BUT THE GOOD 
NEWS IS THEY ARE 
AT LOWER RISK 
FOR 
COMPLICATIONS. 
WHO ARE THEY 
EXPOSED TO WHEN 
THEY COME HOME, 
GRANDMA, 
GRANDPA, MOM, 
DAD, ANYONE WITH 
A COMPROMISED 
IMMUNIZED 
SYSTEM. 
WE HAVE VISITED 
SCHOOLS THAT THE 
ONES THAT ARE 
HAVING THE MOST 
SUCCESS HAVE THE 
MOST 
COLLABORATION 
FROM 
ADMINISTRATORS, 
TEACHERS AND 
PARENTS. 
IN NEW JERSEY, 
THEY ARE TAKING 
EVERYTHING 
OUTSIDE. 
THE IT'S NOT 
JUST EXERCISE 
AND PLAYGROUND 
BUT ART, 
READING, WRITING 
ALL OUTSIDE. 
IN ANOTHER 
DISTRICT IN NEW 
YORK, THEY ARE 
DOING AIR 
HANDLING 
SYSTEMS, SCREENS 
ON THE WINDOWS 
AND ENCOURAGING 
HAND WASHING. 
SCHOOLS 
COLLABORATING 
AND COMING UP 
WITH SOLUTIONS 
THINKING OUTSIDE 
THE CLASSROOM 
HAVE THE MOST 
SUCCESS. 
>> VICKY, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>>> SINCE EARLY 
JUNE A GHOSTLY 
SOUND DRIFTED 
ACROSS SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
SOCIAL MEDIA LIT 
UP WITH A RANGE 
OF REACTIONS 
CALLING IT 
SOOTHING, 
UNSETTLING AND 
ALIEN. 
BUT IT'S NOT 
SUPERNATURAL. 
IT'S THE CITY'S 
MOST ICONIC 
LANDMARK, THE 
GOLDEN GATE 
BRIDGE. 
THE BIG FACTOR 
IS WIND. 
THIS, THE GOLDEN 
GATE IS A BIG 
CUT IN THE 
LANDSCAPE THAT 
ACTS AS A WIND 
TUNNEL. 
THAT MEANS THAT 
THE WHOLE DESIGN 
OF THE BRIDGE 
TURNS INTO A BIG 
SAIL WHEN THE 
WIND IS STRONG 
ENOUGH. 
THE ORIGINAL 
RAILINGS CATCH 
THE WIND. WHEN 
YOU ASK 
ENGINEERS WHY 
WIND MATTERS ON 
A BRIDGE, THEY 
NAME THE SAME 
ONE, THE TACOMA 
NARROWS BRIDGE. 
I HAD HAD A 
TENDENCY TO MOVE 
IN THE WIND. 
IN THE 1940s 
AGAINST GUSTS OF 
40 AMERICAN IT 
TWIST, THEN 
COLLAPSED. 
>> THE CONSENSUS 
WAS THAT THE 
SIDE RAILINGS 
WERE 
RESPONSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: 
SENATORS ARE 
HAUNTED BY IT. 
>> THE WIND 
RETROFIT PROJECT 
IS TO ENSURE 
THAT THAT 
DOESN'T HAPPEN 
AT THE GOLDEN 
GATE BRIDGE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
IMPORTANT THING 
IS THAT HIGH 
WINDS SHOWED THE 
BRIDGE WILL BE 
STRONGER THAN 
EVER. 
THEY DIDN'T 
REVEAL THE EERIE 
SOUND IT WOULD 
MAKE. 
ENGINEERS ARE 
WORKING ON A 
PLAN TO QUIET 
THE HUM. 
IN THE MEANTIME, 
THE BRIDGE 
HARMONICS ARE A 
REMINDER OF THE 
HIGH STAKES OF 
BUILDING AND 
MAINTAINING A 
ROADWAY HIGH 
ABOVE THE WAVES. 
FOR TODAY, JAKE 
WARD, NBC NEWS, 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
>> COOL. 
>> IT CAN 
WITHSTAND WINDS 
UP TO 150 MILES 
PER HOUR. 
>> PEACEFUL. 
>>> TWO FRIENDS 
LIKE BROTHERS 
FOUND A ROADSIDE 
FOOD TRUCK 
FAMOUS FOR FRIED 
OREOS. 
HOW DO THEY 
TASTE? 
ARE THEY GOOD. 
>> COME ON. 
>> IS THE SKY 
BLUE? 
PEOPLE HAVE 
SPOKEN. 
THE RESULTS ARE 
IN. 
>> Reporter: 
INSPIRED BY HIS 
LATE 
GRANDMOTHER'S 
RECIPE BOOK THEY 
STARTED THE 
BUSINESS LAST 
YEAR SERVING 
ROADSIDE LEMON 
NAY. 
LATER ADDING THEIR COOKIES. 
>> AS WE'RE REMINISCING THROUGH 
THE RECIPE BOOK, OH, YOU 
REMEMBER HOW GOOD THE LEMONADE 
WAS?
WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
GRANDMA'S LEMONADE MAY BE GOOD 
ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY SELL.
HOW ABOUT WE TRY TO SELL THE
ENOUGH TO 
ACTUALLY SELL. 
HOW ABOUT WE TRY 
TO SELL THE 
LEMONADE? 
AND OUR 
GRANDMOTHER MADE 
THESE AMAZING 
DEEP FRIED 
OREOS. 
>> IT CAUGHT THE 
ATTENTION OF A 
LOCAL FOOD 
GROUP. 
>> HE ODMADE A 
POST ABOUT IT 
AND SAID THIS 
STAND ON THE 
SOUTH SIDE THEY 
HAVE DEEP FRIED 
OREOS, CHECK IT 
OUT. 
WHICH IS WHAT 
THE WHOLE CHAZ
PURPOSE OF THE 
GROUP IS. 
AND PEOPLE 
STARTED COMING 
DOWN AND TRYING 
IT. 
>> CUSTOMERS 
LINED UP FOR THE 
BATTERED 
COOKIES. 
AND THE 
BROTHERS'S 
BUSINESS BECAME 
A TALLAHASSEE 
FOOD OBSESSION. 
BUT A HOT DAY IN 
JULY. 
>> THE SUN IN 
THE SKY GOT THE 
BEST OF ME AND I 
PASSED OUT FROM 
HEATSTROKE, 
RIGHT? 
>> FROM 
DEDICATION. 
>> RIGHT. 
RIGHT. 
AND YEAH, IT GOT 
THE  TBEST OF ME. 
>> Reporter: 
CUSTOMERS HELPED 
DEMETRIUS GET 
MEDICAL HELP 
THAT DAY 
AND THE 
COMMUNITY THEN 
RALLIED BEHIND 
THE BUSINESS. 
STARTING A 
GOFUNDME PAGE TO 
HELP RAISE  MMONEY 
FOR THEM TO GET 
AN AIR AN
CONDITIONED 
TRAILER. 
BUT IN MANY 
WAYS, THEIR 
SUCCESS IS MORE 
THAN JUST ABOUT 
SELLING LEMONADE 
AND NTFRIED OREOS 
AND THE MESSAGE 
IS THAT OREOS 
MATTER. 
THAT IS WHAT IT 
MEANS TO US. 
BLACK AND WHITE 
MATTER. 
IF YOU REALLY 
GIVE EACH OTHER 
A CHANCE, WHEN 
YOU REALLY SIT 
DOWN WITH ONE 
ANOTHER, WHEN 
YOU TAKE THE 
TIME TO SEE WHAT 
THE OTHER PARTY 
IS TRULY ABOUT, 
YOU WILL SEE THE 
VALUE IN EACH 
OTHER. 
RIGHT? 
THAT IS WHAT IT 
MEANS TO US. 
AND IT SHOWS US 
THE POWER THAT 
THERE IS STILL 
THE GOODNESS IN 
HUMANITY. 
>> WITH THE LOVE 
OF FRIED OR O'S, 
A COMMUNITY 
COMES TOGETHER. 
>> THE 
TALLAHASSEE 
POLICE HAVE BEEN 
A BIG IMPACT TO 
US. 
THEY CREATED 
UNITY. 
>> Reporter: Y. Y
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK YOUR 
GRANDMOTHER 
WOULD THINK OF 
WHAT YOU GUYS 
HAVE BEEN ABLE 
TO DO WITH HER 
RECIPES? 
>> I KNOW THAT 
SHE IS LOVING 
RIGHT NOW AND 
APPRECIATES WHAT 
HER NAME IS 
DOING. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
LEAVE A LEGACY. 
>> Reporter: 
ISN'T IT 
WONDERFUL? 
WITH  FTHE SUCCESS 
OF THEIR 
BUSINESS, 
DEMETRIUS AND 
MARQUIS HAVE 
HAVE AN IMPACT 
ON THE KIDS IN 
THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD. 
THEY ARE 
CREATING RKTHEIR 
OWN VERSION OF 
SHARK TANK. 
THEY ARE GIVING 
KIDS WHO PRESENT 
THEIR BUSINESS 
IDEAS P A$1000 TO 
HELP BUILD A O
SUCCESSFUL 
BUSINESS. 
IT IS PART OF 
THEIR WAY OF 
NOW 
GIVING BACK TO 
THE COMMUNITY. 
THIS T.TRANSCENDS 
OR O'S AND 
DESSERT. 
THESE GUYS ARE 
SELLING LEMONADE 
ON THE AD,STREET 
CORNER AND 
SLOWLY BUT RN
SURELY, PEOPLE 
FROM OTHER PARTS 
OF TOWN  PARE LIKE 
YOU KNOW WHAT? 
LET'S HELP THESE 
GUYS. 
>> THEY ARE SO 
CHARMING AND  SHE 
IS WEARING A 
MASK THAT SAYS 
OREOS MATTER. 
AT FIRST YOU 
THINK IT IS A JO
JOKE AND IT IS 
NOT. 
SAYING BLACK AND 
WHITE MATTER. 
WE CAN COME 
TOGETHER. 
IT IS SO GREAT. 
>> Reporter: AND 
THERE ARE SO 
MANY CITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHERE 
SIDES OF TOWN 
NEVER CROSS AND 
SOMETHING LIKE 
DESSERT TO BRING 
PEOPLE TOGETHER. 
>> BY THE WAY, I 
BELIEVE YOU 
ATTRACT WHAT IS 
WITHIN YOU. TH
THOSE TWO GUYS 
ARE SO FULL OF 
GOODNESS AND 
LOOK WHAT NIS 
HAPPENING IN 
THEIR LIVES. 
I HAVE A FEELING 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE NDOING ANOTHER 
STORY ON THEM. 
>> Reporter: I 
CAN'T WAIT TO 
GET DOWN TO HAL 
HAS SEE. 
WE WISH THEM ALL 
THE BEST THIS 
MORNING. 
>> WELL WE 
REALLY DO. 
>>> OVERNIGHT 
HURRICANE LAURA 
SLAMMING ASHORE 
AS A MONSTER 
STORM WITH WINDS 
UP TO 150 MILES 
PER HOUR. 
BUT EVEN MORE 
DANGEROUS, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
LOW-LYING AREAS, 
A MASSIVE STORM 
SURGE THAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING COULD BE 
UNSURVIVABLE. 
>>> THAT STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CONTINUE INLAND 
FOR ABOUT 30 
MILES. 
>> Reporter: OWTHE 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE 
PACKING HIGH 
WINDS AND 
DRIVING RAIN, 
WRECKING 
BUILDINGS AND 
TOPPLING TREES. 
>> AS QUICKLY AS 
THOSE WINDS 
PICKED UP, THEY 
HAVE DIED DOWN 
JUST AS FAST. 
WE ARE NO AT 
LEAST  PPART OF 
LAURA'S EYE 
RIGHT NOW. 
A FEW  MINUTES OF 
PEACE BEFORE WE 
CATCH THE BACK 
SIDE OF THAT 
STORM. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY IN HARM'S 
WAY? 
>> Y?epReporter: ON 
WEDNESDAY WITH 
LAURA N GAINING 
STRENGTH IN THE 
GULF, MOST 
COASTAL 
RESIDENTS HEEDED 
WARNINGS. 
AT LEAST HALF A 
MILLION PEOPLE 
ORDERED TO TO
EVACUATE. 
BOARDING UP, 
PACKING UP, AND 
HEADING TO 
SAFETY. 
>> YOU CAN 
REPLACE 
EVERYTHING ELSE. 
YOU CAN'T 
REPLACE YOUR 
LIFE. 
>> Reporter: 
EVEN SOME WHO VE'T
HAD PLANNED TO 
STAY MAKING 
DECISIONS TO GET 
OUT. 
>> WE  MISWAS GOING 
TO STAY. 
BUT WHEN THEY 
SAID A CATEGORY 
4, THAT WAS  IT. 
>> Reporter: 
OTHERS  
DETERMINED TO 
RIDE IT OUT. 
IN TEXAS. 
>> WHEN YOU HAVE 
LIVED ON THE 
ISLAND ALL YOUR 
LIFE, YOU ARE 
GOING TO WEATHER 
STORMS. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
WEATHER IT OUT 
AND SEE HOW SEIT 
GOES. 
>> Reporter: AND 
LOUISIANA. 
>> WE ARE ANRESAYIN 
WE HAVE A 
GENERATOR, WE 
STOCKED UP ON 
PLENTY OF  DFOOD. 
WE DON'T PLAN ON 
LEAVING. 
>> Reporter: 
MANY STILL 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
GOING IT 
SHELTERS AND THE  A
LOOMING DANGERS 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS MORNING, 
LOUISIANA'S 
NATIONAL GUARD 
IS  GSTAGE AND 
READY TO ROLL. 
ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE LEFT 
BEHIND, AND 
STARTING SEARCH 
AND RESCUE 
OPERATIONS FOR 
THOSE WHO 
COULDN'T OR 
WOULDN'T LEAVE. 
>> Reporter: OF 
COURSE ONE OF 
THE BIG 
QUESTIONS RIGHT 
NOW, HOW MANY 
PEOPLE WERE 
AFFECTED BY THE 
STORM WHEN IT 
ROARED ASHORE? 
WE KNOW THAT IN 
THE CAMERON 
PARISH, 150 
PEOPLE CHOSE TO 
STAY BEHIND AND 
DID NOT EVACUATE 
AS OFFICIALS 
URGED 
THEM TO DO 
SO. 
THAT AREA, WE 
ARE TOLD, COULD 
AFFECT THE STORM 
SURGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA O
UP TO 20 FEET 
HIGH. 
RESCUERS HAVE TO 
WAIT UNTIL THE 
STORM DIES DOWN 
BEFORE THEY CAN 
EVEN GET IN AND 
START LOOKING 
FOR PEOPLE TO 
SAVE. 
>> WE ARE STILL 
WAITING FOR HIGH 
TIDE THERE. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US. 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE STILL 
GETTING 
INTENSIVE WATER. 
THE FLOODING IS DI
GOING TO BE AN 
ISSUE. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE TO 
BUILDINGS, 
ACROSS LAKE 
CHARLES. 
WE WON'T KNOW HA
THE EXTENT OF 
THAT UNTIL WE 
CAN GET A CLOSER 
LACK. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
WE CAN'T DO 
THAT 
UNTIL THE STORM 
PASSES. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
WE HAVE LLSTILL 
GOT A COUPLE OF 
HOURS TO GO 
BEFORE THINGS 
START TO CLEAR 
UP HEAR. 
IT HAS BEEN NA 
ROUGH RIDE OVER 
SEVERAL HOURS 
HERE. 
THANKFULLY, 
BEGINNING TO 
EASE UP A BIT. 
BUT WE STILL 
HAVE A WAYS TO 
GO, LADIES. 
>>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
>>> PAAND JOINING 
US NOW, TEXAS' 
GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT. 
GOOD MORNING, 
I'M SURE IT HAS 
BEEN  SA LONG 
NIGHT FOR YOU. 
FIRST OF ALL, WE 
SEE BEAUMONT 
GETTING HIT 
PRETTY HARD. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
REPORTS FROM THE 
GROUND? 
>> THE REPORTS 
RIGHT NOW ARE 
FAIRLY GOOD. 
BECAUSE THE MAIN 
THING IS, WE 
HAVE NO  WREPORTS 
OF LOSS OF LIFE 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE DO 
HAVE 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAMS OUT 
IN THE FIELD 
THAT ARE MAKING 
BOTH 
ASSESSMENTS, AND 
THEY WILL BE 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY WHO 
MAY 
NEED TO BE 
RESCUED. 
WE 
HAVE MAYBE UP 
TO ABOUT 100,000 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
BUT I HAVE GOT 
TO TELL YOU 
THIS. 
IF YOU LOOK 
GOING NORTH IN 
EAST TEXAS, YOU 
SEE COMMUNITIES 
LIKE JASPER AND 
CENTER AND 
MARSHALL, TEXAS 
UP ON INTERSTATE 
20 THAT ARE 
STILL GOING 
THROUGH THE 
RAVAGES OF THE 
STORM. 
PART OF IT IS 
HEAVY WIND, 
HEAVY RAIN, WE 
ARE NOT YET OUT 
OF THE WOODS. 
>> I KNOW YOU 
HAVE WORKED HARD 
TO GET FOLKS TO 
EVACUATE. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT 
MOST HEEDED THE 
CALL? 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
ABOUT PEOPLE 
THAT EDECIDED TO 
RIDE IT OUT? 
>> Reporter: 
SAVANNAH, WE HAD 
WELL  MOVER 5000 
MAYBE UP TO 
10,000 PEOPLE 
WHO DID 
EVACUATE, 
ESPECIALLY 
AROUND THOSE 
REGIONS WHERE 
THE HURRICANE 
CAME ACROSS 
SHORE, SUCH AS 
BEAUMONT, PORT 
ARTHUR AND THE 
ORANGE AREA. 
I HAVE NO DOUBT 
BECAUSE OF THE 
EVACUATIONS THAT ED
DID TAKE PLACE, 
THAT REDUCED THE 
LOSS OF LIFE. 
>> YOU SAID 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE THEY WERE  
OUT AND ABOUT. 
WHICH ACTUALLY 
IS GOOD. 
I'M A LITTLE 
SPRAYED BY IT. 
THE THOUGHT WAS  S,
IN THE HEART OF 
THE STORM, WE 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO COME  A
GET AND YOU COME 
HELP YOU IF YOU 
DECIDE NOT TO 
EVACUATE. 
>> IN TEXAS WE 
HAVE ASTEXAS TASK 
FORCE ONE AND 
TWO, AS WELL AS 
OTHER TEAMS THAT 
WERE PRE STAGED. 
THIS IS, 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
NOT OUR FIRST 
RODEO IN OTDEALING 
WITH SOMETHING 
LIKE THIS. 
SO THEY GET PRE 
STAGED AND THEY 
ARE READY TO GO 
OUT AS SOON AS 
THE STORM ONHITS 
TO MAKE SURE  Q
THAT WE CAN 
QUICKLY RESCUE 
PEOPLE. 
SO THEY ARE OUT, 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY WHO MAY 
NEED HELP RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> NEEDLESS TO 
SAY YOU ARE ALSO 
STRUGGLING WITH 
THE PANDEMIC. 
HOW HAS THAT 
COMPLICATED THAT 
YOU 
ARE TRYING 
TO DO THIS? 
>> IF YOU GO 
BACK TO LAST 
MONTH, WE HAD A 
HURRICANE LAST 
MONTH THAT CAME 
ACROSS OUR 
SOUTHERN SHORE T
THAT CAME ACROSS 
CORPUS CHRISTI 
AND THE RIO 
GRANDE VALLEY. 
BOTH WERE HARD 
HIT. 
I'LL TELL YOU  T
THIS. 
IN THE WEEKS 
AFTER THAT 
HURRICANE HANNAH 
CAME ACROSS THE 
TEXAS SHORE, WE 
SAW A DECLINE IN 
COVID-19 BECAUSE 
WE WORKED SO 
DILIGENTLY TO 
MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
UNDERSTOOD AS 
THEY EVACUATED 
DURING THE 
COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE, THEY 
ALSO MAINTAINED 
THE SAFE 
PRACTICES OF 
WEARING A MASK, 
MAINTAINING YOUR 
DISTANCE, HAND 
SANITIZING. 
AND  WE HOPE FOR 
THE SAME RESULT 
HERE WHERE 
PEOPLE WILL NOT 
BE SPREADING 
COVID-19 DURING 
THE COURSE OF A S
HURRICANE. 
>> I KNOW THIS 
IS DIFFICULT 
HOURS FOR OUR 
FRIEND DOWN IN 
EAST TEXAS. 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU AND SEND OUR 
LOVE AND 
PRAYERS. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> 
Y
. 
>>> SCOTT IS IN 
LAKE CHARLES AS 
WELL, HE IS AN 
OFFICIAL WITH 
CAMERON PARISH. 
GOOD MORNING, I 
KNOW THE SUN IS 
NOT UP YET AND A 
KNOW A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHAT 
IS GOING ON 
OUTSIDE. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM 
PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> WELL, IT IS 
STILL DARK OVER 
HERE, I HAVE 
MYOGEN RATE TORE 
RUNNING, I'M 
LOOKING OUTSIDE. 
PEOPLE'S 
BUILDINGS, OR 
HOUSES OR 
WHATEVER THAT IS 
ALL OVER MY YARD 
HERE. 
STILL BLOWING, 
STILL RAINING. 
UNTIL THE SUN 
COMES UP AND WE 
GET ON THE ROAD 
AND ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE, IT IS 
GOING TO BE 
HARD. 
IT IS BLOWING A 
GOOD BIT RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> I'M SORRY TO 
INTERRUPT. 
I KNOW YOU ARE 
JUST A BIT NORTH 
OF LIKE CHARLES. 
LOOKED LIKE 
CAMERON PARISH 
JUST GOT THE 
DIRECT HIT. 
HOW MANY FOLKS 
DO YOU THINK 
DECIDED? 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
YES, MA'AM. 
IT BRINGS BACK A 
MEMORY 15 YEARS 
AGO WHEN I WAS 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
POLICE UNION 
WHEN WE GOT A 
DIRECT HIT FROM 
HURRICANE RITA. 
I'M AFRAID WE 
ARE GOING TO 
HAVE THE SAME 
DAMAGE AS WE DID 
LAST TIME. 
MIGHT HAVE A FEW 
HOUSES MIGHT 
MAKE IT, MOST OF 
THEM WILL 
PROBABLY BE GONE 
WHAT WE HAD LEFT 
FROM RITA AND 
WHAT WE HAD LEFT 
FROM IKE. 
WHEN THE SUN 
COMES UP, WE'LL 
TRY TO GET DOWN 
THERE. 
I HAVEN'T TALKED 
TO DANNY, OUR 
DIRECTOR. 
I'LL GET WITH 
HIM IN A WHILE 
AND THE REST OF 
OUR COHORTS. 
BUT IT WAS BAD. 
I'M OVER HERE 
RIGHT SOUTH OF 
LIKE CHARLES. 
I HAVE A STORM 
OPERATOR RIGHT 
SOUTH OF THE 
AIRPORT. 
SO FAR THERE IS 
NO WATER, HOPE 
THE WATER STAYS 
AWAY. 
THE STORM SURGE 
OR ANYTHING THAT 
WAS BACKED UP. 
BUT RIGHT NOW, 
IT IS STILL 
BLOWING AND 
RAINING AND 
PRETTY GOOD. 
>> JUST REAL 
QUICK, MORGAN 
ONE OF OUR 
REPORTERS WAS 
REPORTING 150 
PEOPLE STAYED 
BEHIND. 
STAYED BEHIND 
AND TRIED TO 
RIDE OUT THE 
STORM. 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
ANYTHING FROM 
ANY OF THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> NO, MA'AM, I 
HAVEN'T. 
I HAVE HEARD 
THEY MAY HAVE 
STAYED IN THE 
SWEET LAKE AREA, 
I HAVEN'T HEARD 
OF ANYONE THAT 
STAYED IN LOWER 
CAMERON. 
I HAVE HEARD OF 
SOME PEOPLE THAT 
MAY HAVE STAYED 
IN THE GRAND 
LAKE AREA. 
THE BIG LAKE ON 
THE ISLAND, SOME 
MAY HAVE STAYED. 
BUT I HAVEN'T 
HEARD FROM 
ANYBODY TO SEE 
HOW THINGS WENT, 
YOU KNOW TO SEE 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
>> SCOTT TRAHAN, 
WE WISH YOU THE 
BEST OF LUCK. 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO 
ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE. 
WE WISH YOU ALL 
THE BEST THERE, 
OKAY? 
>> I WANT TO PUT 
A PLUG IN FOR 
GENEROUS SELL, 
HE CALLED ME 
ABOUT 2:00 THIS 
MORNING. 
>> WELL HE 
REMEMBERS YOU 
FOLKS VERY WELL. 
>> YES, MA'AM I 
CAN'T HE WAS 
THERE ON THE 
GROUND. 
>>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
AS MORGAN WAS 
SAYING THERE WAS 
A PERIOD WHERE 
YOU ALMOST 
THOUGHT THIS 
THING WAS PAST 
US. 
THEN THE BECOME 
SIDE OF THE 
STORM ARRIVES 
WHICH WAS EVEN 
WORSE THAN THE 
FRONT. 
YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, THIS 
WAS DEBRIS THAT 
WAS PREVIOUSLY 
FLYING THROUGH 
THE AIR. 
THIS WAS PART OF 
THE ROOF, SHARDS 
OF METAL, THINGS 
FLYING OFF THE 
ROOF OF THIS 
BUILDING. 
I AM LITERALLY 
STANDING AT AN 
ANGLE TO THE 
DOORWAY BECAUSE 
THINGS ARE STILL 
FLYING. 
THESE WIND GUSTS 
ARE CLOSE TO 100 
MILES PER HOUR 
AND THIS IS 
AFTER THE STORM 
HAS BEEN 
DOWNGRADE TODAY 
A CAT 3 AND IS 
ALREADY 50 MILES 
INLAND. 
THAT GIVES YOU 
AN IDEA OF HOW 
FEROCIOUS THE 
WINDS WERE AT 
132 MILES PER 
HOUR EARLIER 
TONIGHT. 
YOU COULD SEE 
THINGS FLYING 
ACROSS THE AIR. 
THE RAIN HAS LET 
UP FROM TIME TO 
TIME, BUT THE 
WIND HAS NOT. 
YOU MAY BE ABLE 
TO HEAR WHAT 
SOUNDS LIKE A 
TEA KETTLE OR 
TRAIN GOING 
THROUGH. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
GOING FOR HOURS 
AND WILL LIKELY 
CONTINUE FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR AS 
THE STORM MAKES 
ITS WAY NORTH. 
THERE ARE 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS 
WITHOUT POWER 
THIS MORNING. 
THAT NUMBER WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
CLIMB WITH THESE 
WIND SPEEDS. 
>>> AFTER DAYS 
OF UNREST IN 
WISCONSIN 
FOLLOWING THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF 9-YEAR-OLD 
JACOB BLAKE, 
OVERNIGHT, 
PROTESTS HERE 
REMAINED 
RELATIVELY 
PEACEFUL AND FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HAS 
IDENTIFIED THE 
POLICE OFFICER 
WHO SHOT BLAKE 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
OFFICER RUSSTON 
CHEF SKI AND 
OTHER OFFICERS 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER 
BLAKE. 
>> A KNIFE WAS 
RECOVERED FROM 
THE FLOORBOARD 
OF HIS VEHICLE. 
>> ATTORNEYS FOR 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
SAY THAT 
SHOULDN'T MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> THINK FOR A 
SECOND WHAT 
OTHER THINGS 
THESE POLICE 
OFFICERS COULD 
HAVE DONE, 
INSTEAD OF 
FIRING AT LEAST 
SEVEN BULLETS. 
>> Reporter: 
MEANWHILE, 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
ARRESTED AN 
ILLINOIS 
TEENAGER AFTER 
TWO PEOPLE WERE 
SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS 
A DAY EARLIER. 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RIGHTEN HOUSE 
FACES CHARGES. 
HIS ONLINE 
FOOTPRINT 
APPEARS TO SHOW 
STRONG SUPPORT 
FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, HE 
EXPLAINED WHY HE 
WAS ARMED. 
>> I'M RUNNING 
INTO HARM'S WAY. 
>> Reporter: HIS 
PUBLIC DEFENDER 
DECLINED TO 
COMMENT. 
STATE 
AUTHORITIES NOW 
SAY THAT THE 
OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN 
BLAKE'S ARREST 
REMAIN ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE WHILE THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> I DON'T 
THINK WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE A 
GAME FIVE HERE. 
>> Reporter: 
OVERNIGHT THE 
NBA PAUSED THE 
PLAYOFFS. 
THIS EMPTY COURT 
SPEAKING 
VOLUMES, AS THE 
MILL BACH KEY 
PLAYERS REFUSED 
TO TAKE THE 
COURT AGAINST 
THE ORLANDO 
MAGIC LAST 
NIGHT, JUST 
BEFORE TIPOFF. 
>> THE LARGEST, 
MOST WIDESPREAD 
DAY OF SPORTS 
ACTIVISM THAT 
OUR COUNTRY HAS 
EVER SEEN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
LEAGUE'S 
STRONGEST 
STATEMENT ON 
SOCIAL INJUSTICE 
ON ONE OF ITS 
BIGGEST NIGHTS. 
>> DESPITE THE 
OVERWHELMING 
FEELING THERE 
HAS BEEN NO 
ACTION. 
>> Reporter: 
MILWAUKEE 
PLAYERS CALLED 
ON WISCONSIN 
LEGISLATORS TO 
TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION ON POLICE 
REFORM. 
AT THE SAME TIME 
THE WNBA HALTED 
ITS GAME. 
>> AS A BLACK 
MAN, AS A FORMER 
PLAYER, I THINK 
IT IS BEST FOR 
ME TO SUPPORT 
THE PLAYERS AND 
JUST NOT BE HERE 
TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: ON 
TNT, ANALYSTS 
AND FORMER NBA 
STAR KENNY 
SMITH, WALKING 
OUT IN 
SOLIDARITY. 
WITH MILLIONS 
EXPECTED TO 
WATCH THE 
PLAYOFFS AND 
HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN 
ADVERTISING AND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS AT STAKE, 
PLAYERS ARE 
LEVERAGING THEIR 
POWER AND THEIR 
PLATFORM. 
>> I KNOW PEOPLE 
GET TIRED OF 
HEARING ME SAY 
IT, BUT WE ARE 
SCARED AS BLACK 
PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA. 
BLACK MEN, BLACK 
WOMEN, BLACK 
KIDS, WE ARE 
TERRIFIED. 
>> THE CLIPPERS 
COACH, DOC 
RIVERS, IS THE 
SON OF A POLICE 
OFFICER. 
>> IT IS AMAZING 
WHY WE KEEP 
LOVING THIS 
COUNTRY, AND 
THIS COUNTRY IS 
NOT LOVING BACK. 
>> LATE 
WEDNESDAY, THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS AND 
SEVERAL OTHER 
BASEBALL TEAMS 
ALONG WITH MAJOR 
LEAGUE SOCCER 
AND TENNIS STAR 
NAOMI OSAKA, 
ALSO LEARNED TO 
PLAY. 
WE COULD LEARN 
MORE LATER TODAY.
>>> MIKE, GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU 
BUDDY. 
GOOD TO SEA YOU. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE 
MIKE, LAST 
NIGHT, A LOT OF 
PLAYERS DECIDED 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MORE THAN 
PUTTING A BALL 
IN A HOOP OR 
PLAYING 
BASEBALL. 
WHERE DOES IT GO 
FROM HERE? 
ARE THE PLAYOFFS 
DONE? 
IS THE NBA 
SEASON OVER? 
>> THE REPORTS 
THAT CAME OUT 
WERE THE LAKERS 
AND THE CLIPPERS 
FROM LOS ANGELES 
WERE THE TWO 
TEAMS RETICENT 
TO GO FORWARD 
WITH THE REST OF 
THE PLAYOFFS. 
THE TEAMS DOWN 
IN THAT BUBBLE 
IN ORLANDO 
SEEMED LIKE THEY 
WERE WILLING TO 
GO. 
LOOK, LEBRON 
JAMES IS THE 
BIGGEST VOICE IN 
THIS SPORT. 
ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST IN ALL 
OF SPORTS. 
AND CERTAINLY 
HIS VOICE PLUS 
THOSE OF THE 
CLIP PANTHERS 
WILL BE HURT 
VERY LOUDLY. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
THE LEAGUE 
PROGRESSES. 
THAT IS AN 
UNPRECEDENTED 
SITUATION. 
WE HAVE WORN 
THAT WORD OUT 
THIS YEAR. 
THAT WOULD BE 
THE CASE. 
>> THEY ARE 
USING THEIR 
FOLLOWING. 
THEY ARE USING 
THE POWER OF 
THEIR VOICE IN 
THIS PLATFORM TO 
TRY TO BE HEARD 
AND YOU HAVE TO 
GIVE THEM AT 
LEAST CREDIT FOR 
THAT, NO MATTER 
IF YOU AGREE OR 
DISAGREE WITH 
THEIR FEELS. 
>> 
UNPRECEDENTED. 
YOU TOOK THE 
WORD OUT OF MY 
MOUTH. 
IT IS 
UNPRECEDENTED IN 
OTHER LEAGUES 
THAT QUICKLY 
FOLLOWED SUIT. 
I THINK IT 
STARTED WITH THE 
LIONS SAYING 
THEY WEREN'T 
GOING TO 
PRACTICE. 
SO WHAT DOES 
THAT MEAN IN 
TERMS OF GOING 
FORWARD? 
WHAT IS THE 
POWER OF SPORTS 
TO EFFECT 
CHANGE? 
>> SO SAVANNAH, 
I'M VERY FOND OF 
SAYING A STUMP 
SPEECH IF YOU 
WILL THAT SPORTS 
IS THE ONE THING 
THAT CROSSES SO 
MANY 
DEMOGRAPHICS, 
WHERE YOU CAN 
HAVE OLD AND 
YOUNG AND MALE 
AND FEMALE, 
BLACK AND WHITE. 
SO MANY PEOPLE 
PAY ATTENTION TO 
SPORTS AS PART 
OF THEIR 
ENTERTAINMENT 
LIFE. 
THIS GIVES THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
THE ATHLETES TO 
BE SEEN MORE 
THAN THROWING A 
FOOTBALL OR 
HITTING A 
BASEBALL. 
IT GIVES THEM 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO USE THEIR 
POWERFUL VOICE. 
WHAT THEY ARE 
SHARING ARE THE 
EXPERIENCES THEY 
HAVE HAD OF 
BEING STOPPED BY 
POLICE OR 
TREATMENT THAT 
THEY FELT WHITES 
DID NOT RECEIVE 
IN THE SAME 
COURSE THEY DID 
IN THEY WERE IN 
THOSE 
SITUATIONS. 
THEY ARE USING 
THAT VOICE TO BE 
HEARD AND NOW 
THEY ARE USING 
THEIR LACK OF 
PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER. 
SPORTS STARS HAD 
BEEN RETICENT TO 
GO DOWN THIS 
ROAD. 
>> NOT ONLY ARE 
THEIR VOICES 
HEARD? 
THEIR EMOTIONS 
ARE ON FULL 
DISPLAY. 
I SAW THIS VIDEO 
OF METS PLAYER 
DOMINICK SMITH. 
HE WAS SPEAKING. 
HE CRUMBLED ON 
CAMERA. 
LET'S ROLL THAT 
TAPE I CAN'T I 
THINK THE MOST 
DIFFICULT PART 
IS TO SEE LIKE 
PEOPLE STILL 
DON'T CARE. 
AND FOR THIS TOP 
CONTINUOUSLY 
HAPPEN, I MEAN, 
IT JUST SHOWS 
JUST THE HATE IN 
PEOPLE'S HEART. 
>> IT IS LIKE I 
FEEL WE ARE 
WITNESSING THE 
DAM BREAKING. 
>> WHAT IS 
HAPPENING 
CERTAINLY WAS 
NEWS. 
BUT THE NBA AND 
THE ATHLETES 
PROTESTING BY 
NOT PLAYING AND 
SPREADING ACROSS 
SPORTS, TOOK IT 
TO ANOTHER LEVEL 
OF THAT. 
AND THESE 
ATHLETES SEE 
THESE THINGS 
HAPPENING AND 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
EXPRESS THEIR 
CONCERNS THAT 
SOCIETY IS NOT 
CHANGING. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THEIR 
KIDS. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THE NEXT 
GENERATION, THEY 
ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THE YOUNG 
ATHLETES 
ASPIRING TO BE 
LIKE THEM. 
YOU ARE SHOWING 
PLAYERS NOW FROM 
THE WNBA. 
ALL ACROSS THEIR 
EXPERIENCES ARE 
BEING MAGNIFIED 
NOW. 
AND YOU HAVE TO 
APPLAUD THEM FOR 
DOING MORE THAN 
JUST PLAYING. 
THEY ARE USING 
THEIR PLATFORM 
TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THE WORLD. 
>> MIKE, THANKS 
FOR BEING HERE. 
NFL SEASON 
KICKOFF JUST A 
FEW WEEKS AWAY. 
WHAT DOES ALL 
THIS MEAN FOR 
THE NFL? 
>> WE SHALL SEE. 
>>> IT IS NOW 
7:47. 
COMING UP ON 
THAT, LET'S GO 
OVER TO AL. 
BUSY DAY IN THE 
WEATHER, AL. 
>> Reporter: AS 
OUR CAMERA GUY 
ANTHONY 
MENTIONED 
YESTERDAY FOUR 
YEARS AGO, THE 
DAY COLIN 
KAEPERNICK FIRST 
TOOK A KNEE. 
AND NOW HERE WE 
ARE AND WE'LL 
SEE WHERE WE END 
UP.
>>> AT 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY, THE 
BIRTHPLACE OF 
THE NATIONAL 
ANTHEM, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE 
FORMALLY 
LAUNCHING THEIR 
REELECTION BID. 
>> WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
AGAIN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
REPUBLICAN 
TICKET GREATING 
THE CLOSELY 
PACKED CROWD 
WITH FEW MASKS 
VISIBLE. 
ON THE 
CONVENTION'S 
THIRD NIGHT, 
SPEAKING TO 
THOSE IN THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SERIOUS STORM. 
AND WE URGE ALL 
THOSE IN THE 
AFFECTED AREAS 
TO HEED STATE 
AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
STAY SAFE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
REACTING TO THE 
LATEST ROUND OF 
RACIAL UNREST 
WITHOUT ANY 
MENTION OF JACOB 
BLAKE, THE BLACK 
MAN WOUNDED BY 
POLICE IN 
WISCONSIN. 
>> WE WELL HAVE 
"LAW & ORDER" ON 
THE STREETS OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VIOLENT PROTESTS 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
ELSEWHERE 
HAPPENING UNDER 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
PENCE ARGUING 
THINGS WOULD 
ONLY GET WORSE 
IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS. 
>> THE HARD 
TRUTH IS, YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
>> PENCE, WHO 
HEADS THE 
CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE STRIKING 
AN OPTIMISTIC 
NOTE. 
DESPITE NEARLY 
180,000 DEAD. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SAID THAT NO 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
WELL WHAT JOE 
DOESN'T SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
>> AMONG THE 
NIGHT'S FEATURED 
SPEAKERS, 
KELLYANNE 
CONWAY, ONE OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
FIERCEST 
DEFENDERS WHO IS 
LEAVING THE 
WHITE HOUSE IN 
DAYS. 
>> OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY 
IS TO FOCUS ON 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
FAR LESS THAN 
US. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 
LAURA TRUMP, A 
CAMPAIGN ADVISER 
AND PRESS 
SECRETARY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY 
OF GETTING A 
PREVENTATIVE 
MASTECTOMY. 
>> I CAN TELL 
YOU THIS 
PRESIDENT STANDS 
BY AMERICANS 
WITH PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS REPEATEDLY 
PUSHED PROPOSALS 
THAT WOULD 
UNDERCAUGHT 
BJORK PROPOSALS 
FOR PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS I 
CAN'T AND THIS 
DISPLAY FROM A 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CANDIDATE LEFT 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN 
IN A CAR 
ACCIDENT. 
>> BE A RADICAL 
FOR LIBERTY AND 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
OUR REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH I STAND, 
ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD, WITH THE 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> DEFINITELY 
ONE OF THE 
NIGHT'S MOST 
DRAMATIC MOMENTS 
THERE. 
THAT NIGHT THAT 
NOT SOCIAL 
DISTANCED ROPE 
LINE DID RAISE 
SOME QUESTIONS. 
TONIGHT THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
HOST ROUGHLY 
1000 SUPPORTERS 
HERE ON THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
SOUTHLAWN. 
AGAIN IT IS 
UNCLEAR WHETHER 
THEY WILL BE 
WEARING MASKS, 
WHO WILL HAVE 
BEEN TESTED AND 
WHETHER SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL 
BE ENFORCED. 
IF ALL GOES AS 
PLANNED TONIGHT 
WILL BE CAPPED 
OFF BY A 
FIREWORKS 
DISPLAY NEAR THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT. 
SAVANNAH? 
>> THANK YOU. 
THE FINAL NIGHT 
OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT. 
SOMETHING 
TOMORROW? 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
I'LL STITT DOWN 
WITH KAMALA 
HARRIS TO TALK 
ABOUT HER 
RESPONSE TO THE 
RNC, AS WELL AS 
WHAT IS NEXT IN 
THE RACE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IT WILL BE HER 
FIRST ONE-ON-ONE 
NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE 
THE NOMINATION. 
WE'LL HAVE THAT 
TOMORROW MORNING 
FOR YOU HERE ON 
TODAY. 
. 
>>> THERE IS NO 
DOUBT HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SEES AMERICA. 
HE SEES AMERICA 
FOR WHAT IT IS. 
A NATION THAT 
HAS DONE MORE 
GOOD IN THIS 
WORLD THAN ANY 
OTHER. 
A NATION THAT 
DESERVES FAR 
MORE GRATITUDE 
THAN GRIEVANCE. 
AND IF YOU WANT 
A PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT 
WHEN OUR 
HERITAGE IS 
DEMEANED OR 
INSULTED, HE IS 
NOT YOUR MAN. 
>> FROM SEATTLE 
AND PORTLAND TO 
WASHINGTON AND 
NEW YORK, 
DEMOCRAT-RUN 
STAYS ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
>> I'M TALKING 
ABOUT THE HEROES 
OF VIRAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
ARMED SERVICES.
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND I WILL 
ALWAYS SUPPORT 
THE RIGHT OF 
AMERICANS TO 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
BUT RIOTING AND 
LOOTING IS NOT 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
TEARING DOWN 
STATUE IS HIS 
NOT FREE SPEECH. 
>> DEFUND THE 
POLICE IS THE 
RALLYING CRY FOR 
THE NEW, RADICAL 
DEMOCRAT PARTY. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
WOULD DOUBLE 
DOWN ON THE VERY 
POLICIES THAT 
ARE LEADING TO 
VIOLENCE IN 
AMERICA'S STAYS. 
THE HARD TRUTH 
IS, YOU WON'T BE 
SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
AND UNDER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WE WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THOSE 
WHO STAND ON THE 
THIN BLUE LINE. 
AND WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO DEFUND 
THE POLICE. 
NOT NOW. 
NOT EVER. 
>>> THIS IS NOT 
A CHOICE BETWEEN 
REPUBLICAN AND 
DEMOCRAT OR LEFT 
AND RIGHT. 
THIS IS AN 
ELECTION THAT 
WILL DECIDE IF 
WE KEEP AMERICA, 
AMERICA. 
OR IF WE HEAD 
DOWN AN 
UNCHARTED, 
FRIGHTENING PATH 
TOWARD SOCIALISM
. 
>>> REPUBLICANS 
ARE THE PARTY 
THAT FREED THE 
SLAVES. 
IF THE PARTY OF 
FREDERICK 
DOUGLAS AND 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
AND NOW TIM 
SCOTT AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>>> DURING ONE 
OF MY MOST 
DIFFICULT TIMES, 
I EXPECTED TO 
HAVE THE SUPPORT 
OF MY FAMILY.
AS I CAME OUT OF 
ANESTHESIA, ONE 
OF THE FIRST 
CALLS I RECEIVE 
WAS FROM IVANKA 
TRUMP. 
AS I RECOVERED, 
MY PHONE RANG 
AGAIN. 
IT WAS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, CALLING 
TO CHECK ON ME. 
FOR DECADE, HE 
HAS ELEVATED 
WOMEN TO SENIOR 
POSITIONS IN 
BUSINESS, AND IN 
GOVERNMENT.
>>> I WANT MAY 
DAUGHTER TO GROW 
UP IN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
>> I SAY TO 
AMERICANS WHO 
LOVE OUR 
COUNTRY, YOUNG 
AND OLD, BE A 
RADICAL FOR 
FREEDOM. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
LIBERTY. 
AND BE A RADICAL 
FOR OUR 
REPUBLIC. 
FOR WHICH I 
STAND, ONE 
NATION, UNDER 
GOD, WITH 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>>> DONALD TRUMP 
IS THE MOST PRO 
LIFE PRESIDENT 
THIS NATION HAS 
EVER HAD. 
DEFENDING LIFE 
AT ALL STAGES, 
HIS BELIEF IN 
THE SANCTITY OF 
LIFE TRANSCENDS. 
>>> THEY AND 
OTHER 
POLITICIANS ARE 
CATHOLICS IN 
NAME ONLY. 
>> IN OUR FIRST 
THREE-YEAR, WE 
BUILT THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY 
IN THE WORLD. 
WE MADE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
AND THEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
STRUCK FROM 
CHINA. 
NOW LAST WEEK, 
JOE BIDEN SAID 
THAT NO MIRACLE 
IS COMING. 
WHAT JOE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
WE STAND AT A 
CROSSROADS, 
AMERICA. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS SET OUR 
NATION ON A PATH 
OF FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITY. 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
SET AMERICA ON A 
PATH OF 
SOCIALISM AND 
DECLINE. 
BUT WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO LET IT 
HAPPEN. 
AND WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE FOR FOUR 
MORE YEARS, AND 
WITH GOD'S HELP, 
WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
AGAIN.
>>> THIS MORNING 
THERE IS GROWING 
CONFUSION OVER 
GUIDANCE ISSUED 
BY THE CDC. 
NOW SAYING 
PEOPLE WHO DON'T 
HAVE CORONAVIRUS 
SYMPTOMS DO NOT 
NEED TO BE 
TESTED. 
>> THAT RAISED 
THE QUESTION 
WHETHER THIS WAS 
A POLITICALLY 
MOTIVATED 
CHANGE. 
ANN THOMPSON 
LOOKED INTO THAT 
FOR US. 
ANN, GOOD 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
SAVANNAH. 
THE CRY THIS 
MORNING FROM 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS, SHOW US 
THE SCIENCE TO 
EXPLAIN WHY 
NEARLY SIX 
MONTHS INTO THIS 
PANDEMIC, AND 
SOME 180,000 
AMERICANS DEAD, 
THE GOVERNMENT 
IS RECOMMENDING 
FEWER TESTS 
INSTEAD OF MORE.
>>> I THINK MOST 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS 
BELIEVE THIS IS 
A BAD CHANGE. 
WE NEED TO BE 
TESTING PEOPLE 
WHO ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC, 
NOT SAYING AWAY 
FROM DOING THOSE 
TESTS. 
>> THE AMERICAN 
MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION, 
CALLING THE 
CHANGE A RECIPE 
FOR COMMUNITY 
SPREAD AND MORE 
SPIKES IN 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND NEW CAUTION 
FROM THE 
NATION'S LEADING 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE EXPERT. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID HE 
WAS UNDER 
GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA AND 
IN SURGERY THE 
DAY THE TASK 
FORCE ADOPTED 
THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
HE RECALLS 
QUICKLY 
REVIEWING THEM. 
BUT NOW, AFTER 
READING THEM 
CAREFULLY, HE 
HAS SOME CONCERN 
THAT THE REVISED 
GUIDELINES COULD 
BE INTERPRETED. 
WITHOUT TESTING 
THOSE WHO COME 
IN CLOSE CONTACT 
WITH COVID-19, 
BUT SHOW NO 
SYMPTOMS, THE 
CHANGE MARKS 
SUSPICIONS OF 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
URGED LESS 
TESTING EARLIER 
THIS SUMMER. 
>>> HERE'S THE 
BAD PART. 
WHEN YOU DO 
TESTING TO THAT 
EXTENT, YOU ARE 
GOING TO FIND 
MORE PEOPLE, 
FIND MORE CASES. 
I SAID TO MY 
PEOPLE, SLOW THE 
TESTING DOWN 
PLEASE. 
>> THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
TESTING CZAR 
SAID THERE WAS 
NO DIRECTION 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
ON THE NEW GUIDE 
LANES. 
AS FOR THE 
CHANGES 
THEMSELVES, THE 
ADMIRAL SAYS 
TESTS SHOULD BE 
FOCUS AND 
STRATEGICALLY 
DONE. 
NOT FOR THE SAKE 
OF BEING TESTED. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
DO APPROPRIATE 
TESTING HE SAID, 
NOT LESS 
TESTING. 
>>> TOO OFTEN, 
WE HAVE SEEN 
GUIDELINES THAT 
ARE NOT REALLY 
DESIGNED TO 
OPTIMIZE HEALTH 
AND SAFETY OF 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
BUT REALLY ARE 
JUST AN 
ADMISSION THAT 
WE DON'T HAVE 
ENOUGH TESTS IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: NOW 
WHEN ASKED ABOUT 
THAT, THE 
ADMIRAL SAID THE 
NATION IS FLUSH 
WITH TESTING. 
AND HE PROMISED 
THERE WILL BE 
MAJOR 
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN 
THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS ABOUT 
DEVELOPMENTS IN 
POINT OF CARE 
TESTING. 
>>> ANN, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> 
>>> DR. TORRES 
I'LL START WITH 
YOU AND THIS NEW 
GUIDANCE FROM 
THE CDC, WHICH 
SCALES BACK THE 
GUIDANCE ON 
GETTING TESTED 
IF YOU HAVE NO 
SYMPTOMS. 
THAT IS EVEN IF 
YOU THINK YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED? 
THEY ARE SAYING 
DON'T GET A 
TEST? 
>> 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING. 
THAT IS EXACTLY. 
THEY ARE NOT 
SAYING IF YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THEY ARE SAYING 
IF YOU HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED AND YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, DON'T 
GET TESTED AT 
THIS POINT. 
ONLY GET TESTED 
IF YOU ARE PART 
OF THE 
VULNERABLE 
POPULATION. 
>> Reporter: 
DOES THAT MAKE 
SENSE? 
>> IT IS A BIG 
CONCERN AND 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF CON STERN 
NATION IN THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
COMMUNITY. 
WE KNOW THE 
THREE IMPORTANT 
POINTS ARE 
TESTING, ISOLATE 
AND GO CONTACT 
TRACING. 
NOW WE ARE 
SHORTING IT A 
BIT. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
WE KNOW THAT 
40%, AROUND 40% 
OF PEOPLE WITH 
COVID-19 DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
WE ARE NOT 
LOOKING AT THOSE 
PEOPLE WHO STILL 
COULD BE 
SPREADING IT 
AROUND. 
IT IS GOING TO 
BE TOUGHER TO 
KEEP THIS UNDER 
CONTROL. 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS ARE 
SAYING IN THE 
MEANWHILE, IF 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED 
QUARANTINE 
YOURSELF FOR 14 
DAYS. 
IF YOU GET 
SYMPTOMS, GO 
AHEAD AND GET 
TESTED. 
THIS IS CAUSING 
PROBLEMS IN THE 
MEDICAL AND 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
COMMUNITY, 
TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT EXACTLY WHY 
THIS IS 
HAPPENING. 
TESTING SHOULD 
BE ONE OF THE 
TOOLS WE USED. 
WE HAVE GOTTEN 
MORE TESTS. 
D
A NEW 
. 
>>> HOW IS THE 
NEW ANTIGEN TEST 
DIFFERENT THAN 
WHAT IS ALREADY 
OUT THERE? 
>> THIS IS GOOD 
NEWS AND 
HOPEFULLY IT 
HELPS OUT A LOT. 
IF YOU HAVE EVER 
GONE TO THE 
DOCTOR AND 
GOTTEN A RAPID 
FLU OR STRESS 
TEST, THIS IS 
GOING TO BE THE 
SAME THING. 
THE DOCTOR IS 
DOING IT IN THE 
OFFICE. 
A SIMPLE CARD, 
THEY'LL TAKE A 
NASAL SWAB, 
PROCESS IT, 
TAKES 15 MINUTES 
AND THEY'LL COME 
BACK AND SAY YOU 
HAVE IT OR YOU 
DON'T HAVE IT. 
IT IS NOT AS 
ACCURATE AS THE 
ONES YOU SEND 
AWAY, THOSE ARE 
LABORATORY 
SITUATIONS, BUT 
IT CAN BE A 
SCREENING TOOL 
AND USUALLY ADS 
DOCTORS, WE SAY 
IF IT IS 
POSITIVE, YOU 
DEFINITELY HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IF IT IS 
NEGATIVE BUT YOU 
HAVE SYMPTOMS 
LET'S GET A MORE 
ACCURATE TEST TO 
FIND OUT. 
ABBOTT, THE 
COMPANY MAKING 
IT, IS SAYING 
THEY'LL HAVE 
TENS OF MILLIONS 
OF THESE TESTS 
IN SEPTEMBER. 
50MILLION BY 
OCTOBER. 
THEY ARE PUTTING 
AN APP OUT THAT 
YOU CAN PUT ON 
YOUR CELL PHONE 
SO IF YOU GET A 
POSITIVE OR 
NEGATIVE, YOU 
CAN TAKE IT TO 
YOUR WORK OR 
SCHOOL AND SAY 
HERE'S MY TEST 
RESULTS I JUST 
GOT THEM BACK 
TODAY. 
THAT WAY THEY 
KNOW WHAT THEY 
NEED TO DO WITH 
YOU AT THAT 
POINT. 
>>> IF YOU ARE 
POSITIVE, STAY 
HOME. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT EMBASSY. 
>> WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY. 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP AMID A 
PANDEMIC.
>>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
THAT THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
ADMITTAL CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW AND 
STRETCH 
TOGETHER. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND A 
LOT OF KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
NIGHTLY NEWS. 
>> Reporter: 
KIDS EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS, 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN? 
THIS MORNING 
ACROSS COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>> MANY 
TEACHERS HAVE 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULD 
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 I 
CAN'T THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THE KIDS WOULD 
HAVE BEEN TOLD 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT YOU 
CAN BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING, I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, 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 ICE EXPEL 
MY MOM WILL LACK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> 
>>> BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY IS 
TESTING ALL OF 
ITS STUDENTS FOR 
COVID-19 IN ITS 
VERY OWN LAB. 
THE RESULTS 
SHOULD TAKE JUST 
48 HOURS. 
ANN THOMPSON 
SHOWS US THIS 
INNOVATIVE AND 
EFFICIENT NEW 
PROGRAM. 
>> YOU HAVE 
REALLY DEVELOPED 
A VERY ROBUST 
TESTING PROGRAM 
BY WHICH WE ARE 
TESTING MEMBERS 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
FOR REGULAR 
TESTING, 
REGARDLESS OF 
SYMPTOMS. 
THESE TESTS ARE 
VERY ACCURATE. 
THE TEST WE ARE 
DOING IS A 
QUANTITATIVE 
REACTION. 
THIS TEST IS 
LOOKING 
SPECIFICALLY FOR 
THE RN AOR FOR 
THE GENETIC CODE 
OF THE VIRUS. 
IN THE NOSE OF 
THE PERSON WHO 
IS BEING 
SWABBED. 
>> UNDERGRADUATE 
STUDENTS ARE 
BEING TESTED 
TWICE WEEKLY AND 
GRADUATE 
STUDENTS ARE 
BEING TESTED 
ONCE WEEKLY. 
IT ALLOWS US TO 
REALLY SAMPLE 
THE COMMUNITY IN 
A WAY THAT GIVES 
US REALTIME 
INFORMATION. 
SO FIRST OF ALL, 
IF SOMEONE IS 
POSITIVE, WE CAN 
CALL THEM AND DO 
CONTACT TRACE 
AND GO GET THEM 
ISOLATED AS 
QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
IT ALSO GIVES US 
A VERY FAST 
FEEDBACK AND 
DATA ON HOW THE 
VIRUS MAY BE 
TRANSMITTING IN 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
IF WE START TO 
SEE NUMBERS 
GOING UP QUICKLY 
OR GOING UP IN A 
WAY THAT IS 
DOUBLING, TOO 
SOON, WE'LL KNOW 
A LOT ABOUT 
WHERE THE VIRUS 
IS ON CAMPUS. 
>> 100% WILLING 
TO MAKE THAT 
SACRIFICE AND 
LIMIT OUR 
CONTACTS. 
AND THEN FOR THE 
REST OF THE 
STUDENT BODY WE 
HAVE TO HOPE 
EVERYBODY IS 
TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS I 
CAN'T EVEN IF 
SOMEONE DOESN'T 
ADHERE TO THOSE 
INDIVIDUAL 
SAFETY 
PRACTICES, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
CATCH THEM ON 
OUR TESTING. 
>>> I WANT TO 
KEEP EVERYBODY 
AROUND ME SAFE. 
SO PROTECTING 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
COME INTO 
CONTACT WITH ME 
OR OTHER PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE TESTED 
POSITIVE AND 
CAME IN CONTACT 
WITH ME, I WANT 
TO KNOW THAT 
INFORMATION. 
JUST AS MUCH AS 
I WANT TO GIVE 
IT OUT. 
TO HELP STOP THE 
SPREAD AND MAKE 
SURE EVERYBODY 
STAYS SAFE HEAR. 
>> ONE PIECE OF 
CONTACT TRACING 
IS IF WE NOTIFY 
THOSE CONTACTS 
WE DON'T KNOW 
THE NAMES OF THE 
PEOPLE THEY HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO. 
SOME HAVE TOLD 
THEM PRO 
ACTIVELY, BUT 
THAT IS NOT WE 
EVER RELEASE IN 
TERMS OF 
IDENTITY, UNLESS 
IT WAS AN 
EXTENUATING 
CIRCUMSTANCE AND 
WE WOULD GET 
PERMISSION TO DO 
THAT. 
>>> ANN JOINING 
ME LIVE NOW. 
I AM SO 
IMPRESSED NOT 
ONLY WITH THAT 
LAB. 
BUT BU IS A BIG 
SCHOOL. 
HOW IS THE 
UNIVERSITY ABLE 
TO PROCESS SO 
MANY TESTS? 
>> WELL THEY 
DECIDED TO DO 
THIS, ALLISON, 
BACK IN THE 
SPRING WHEN THEY 
LOOKED AS HOW 
THEY COULD BRING 
EVERYBODY BACK 
TO CAMPUS AND 
KEEP PEOPLE SAY. 
THE ONLY COST 
EFFECTIVE WAY 
THEY SAW WAS TO 
DO THEIR OPEN 
TESTING AND 
CONTINUOUSLY 
TEST BOTH 
STUDENTS, 
GRADUATE AND 
UNDERGRAD, AS 
WELL AS THE 
FACULTY AND 
STAFF SO THEY 
COULD TRACK THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
DISEASE. 
THAT LAB IS 
ABSOLUTELY KEY. 
THOSE EIGHT OH 
BOVI-SHIELD GOLD 
ONE SHOT AND 
ABOUT A DOZEN 
PEOPLE WHO WORK 
FROM 7:00 IN THE 
MORNING UNTIL 
10:30 AT NIGHT, 
AND THEY CAN 
PROCESS UP TO 
6000 TESTS A 
DAY, THEY HOPE 
TO GET THOSE 
RESULTS BACK IN 
24 HOURS, THAT 
KIND OF SPEED IS 
KEY TO 
CONTAKE THE 
VIRUS. 
>> WOW. 
INCREDIBLE WORK 
THEY ARE DOING. 
LONG HOURS AND 
THOUSANDS OF 
TESTS. 
REALLY 
IMPRESSED, AN 
APP. 
I UNDERSTAND 
ALSO THEY HAVE 
STRICT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
RULES. 
WHAT ARE THOSE 
REGULATIONS? 
WHAT HAPPENS TO 
A STUDENT WHO 
BREAKS THEM? 
>> BOY, I'LL 
TELL YOU THE 
DEAN OF STUDENTS 
CAME OUT WITH A 
BLISTERING 
LETTER TODAY 
TELLING THE 
STUDENTS HERE AT 
BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY LOOK, 
IF YOU HOLD THE 
HOLD A PARTY AND 
THERE ARE MORE 
THAN 25 PEOPLE, 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE SUSPENDED FOR 
THE FALL 
SEMESTER. 
YOU ARE KICKED 
OFF CAMPUS, YOU 
CANNOT TAKE 
CLASSES REMOTELY 
AND YOU CANNOT 
GET A REFUND ON 
YOUR TUITION, 
ROOM OR BOARD. 
WHY? 
BECAUSE OTHER 
SCHOOLS THAT 
HAVE OPENED 
BEFORE BU, AND 
DESPITE ALL THE 
TESTING PROGRAMS 
THEY HAVE HAD, 
WHEN COLLEGE 
STUDENTS DO WHAT 
COLLEGE STUDENTS 
LIKE TO DO AND 
THAT IS GET 
TOGETHER AND 
THEY FORGET 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, THEY 
START DRINKING 
BEER, THE MASKS 
COME OFF, THEY 
ARE SOCIALIZEING 
í YOU SEE 
OUTBREAKS OF 
COVID-19 AND AT 
BU, THEY ARE 
DETERMINED THAT 
IS NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN HERE. 
>>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR SHOWING 
US WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING THERE. 
>> TAKE CARE, 
ALLISON.
EXTRA FROM ASIA 
TO THE MIDDLE 
EAST TO EUROPE, 
SCHOOLS ARE 
LEARNING HOW TO 
BRING SCHOOLS 
AND TEACHERS 
BACK TOGETHER. 
IN THAILAND, 
POPULATION 69 
MILLION, THEY 
HAVE ONE OF THE 
LOWEST COVID-19 
INFECTION RATES 
IN THE WORLD. 
JUST OVER 3000 
CASES AND FEWER 
THAN 60 DEATHS. 
YET THEY ARE 
TAKING NO 
CHANCES AT 
SCHOOL. 
THERE ARE 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS FOR 
STUDENTS, 
EVERYONE WEARS A 
MASK. 
THEY HAVE HAND 
WASHING STATIONS 
AND PLASTIC 
SCREENS AROUND 
DESKS, WHERE 
STUDENTS HAVE 
LESSONS AND 
THEIR LUNCH. 
THERE ARE NO 
STAGGERED 
CLASSES, 
CAPACITY LIMITS 
OR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
RULES, BECAUSE 
STYLED HAS 
THAILAND HAS NOT 
HAD A SINGLE 
CASE OF 
COMMUNITY SPREAD 
IN THREE MONTHS. 
>>> IN ISRAEL 
MORE THAN 830 
DEATHS, 300,000 
CASES. 
THEY INVITED ALL 
STUDENTS BACK TO 
SCHOOL IN MAY. 
THE RESULT? 
AN EXPLOSION IN 
INFECTIONS. 
NOW THEY ARE 
ADJUSTING. 
SOME RELIGIOUS 
SCHOOLS ARE 
ALREADY OPEN 
WITH DESKS 
SPREAD APART AND 
MASKS FOR 
TEACHERS AND 
OLDER STUDENTS. 
IN DOUBLE 
SCHOOLS THEY ARE 
DISINFECTING FOR 
THE FIRST DAY 
BACK NEXT WEEK. 
TO KEEP CLASS 
SIZES SMALL IN 
TEL AVIV, EVERY 
STUDENT WILL GO 
TO SCHOOL THREE 
OR FOUR TIMES A 
WEEK, WITH THE 
REST OF THEIR 
LEARNING ONLINE. 
>> THEY ARE ABLE 
TO SOCIALIZE, 
THEY ARE ABLE TO 
HAVE CONTACT 
WITH THEIR 
TEACHERS, THAT 
WILL DEFINITELY 
IMPROVE THEIR 
LEARNING 
EXPERIENCE. 
THE SYSTEM HAS 
TO WORK BECAUSE 
THERE IS NO 
OTHER 
ALTERNATIVE. 
WE CAN'T KEEP 
70,000 KIDS AT 
HOME. 
THE ECONOMY 
WON'T SURVIVE 
IT, THE SOCIETY 
WON'T SURVIVE 
IT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VIEW IN BRITAIN? 
STAYING OUT OF 
SCHOOL IS MORE 
DANGEROUS TO A 
CHILD'S HEALTH 
THAN CATCHING 
COVID-19. 
>> THERE IS 
OVERWHELMING 
EVIDENCE THE 
CHANCES OF 
CHILDREN DYING 
FROM COVID-19 
ARE INCREDIBLY 
SMALL. 
THE EVIDENCE NOT 
GOING TO SCHOOL 
DAMAGES CHILDREN 
IN THE LONG RUN 
IS OVERWHELMING. 
>> THE UK HAS 
ONE OF THE WORST 
COVID-19 RATES 
IN THE WORLD. 
POPULATION 67 
MILLION, WITH 
327,000 CASES 
AND MORE THAN 
41,000 DEATHS. 
ALL STUDENTS ARE 
NOW HEADING BACK 
TO SCHOOL TO 
FIND MORE HAND 
WASHING AND DESK 
CLEANING. 
A NEW STUDY BY 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
ENGLAND FOUND 
OUT OF A MILLION 
PRESCHOOLERS AND 
ELEMENTARY KIDS? 
JUNE, OVER 70 
CHILDREN AND 128 
STAFF TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE STUDY ALSO 
FOUND THAT KIDS 
ARE MORE LIKELY 
TO GET INFECTED 
AT HOME. 
IN PARTS OF THE 
UK, MASKS ARE 
MANDATORY FOR 
SOME OLDER 
STUDENTS IN 
HALLWAYS BUT NOT 
CLASSROOMS. 
>>> 
>>> PERSONALLY, 
I DON'T THINK, I 
THINK A LOT OF 
TEACHING IS 
BASED AROUND 
FACIAL 
EXPRESSIONS. 
>> ACROSS GREAT 
BRITAIN AND 
NORTHERN 
IRELAND, SOCIAL 
DISTANCING RULES 
ARE LEFT TO 
LOCAL SCHOOL 
ADMINISTRATORS. 
>> THE NEW RULES 
THAT WE HAVE TO 
FOLLOW, THEY ARE 
GOOD FOR US. 
THEY ARE THERE 
TO KEEP US SAFE. 
BUT THEY ARE 
VERY DIFFERENT 
THAN WHAT I'M 
USED TO. 
IT IS GOING TO 
TAKE A LITTLE 
BIT OF TIME TO 
GET INTO IT. 
>>> NO STRATEGIC 
I DIDN'T IS 
PERFECT. 
SOUTH KOREA HAS 
BEEN PRAISED FOR 
ITS HANDLING OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
POPULATION 51 
MILLION, 17,000 
CASES, JUST OVER 
300 DEATHS, BUT 
SCHOOLS ARE 
TEMPORARILY 
CLOSING AGAIN IN 
THE CAPITAL 
AFTER KALEY 
COVID-19 CASES 
JUMPED UP INTO 
THE HUNDREDS. 
AFTER THE UNITED 
STATES CONTINUES 
TO DEBATE 
REOPENING 
SCHOOLS, WITH 
DIFFERENT PATHS 
BEING TAKEN, THE 
REST OF THE 
WORLD IS FORGING 
AHEAD, TRYING TO 
GET AS CLOSE TO 
NORMAL AS 
POSSIBLE.
>> I STARTED 
WITNESSING IN 
WEST TEXAS. 
A CHILD'S 
DETENTION 
CENTER. 
I CAME UP WITH 
THE IDEA OF 
GOING THERE AND 
I RENTED AN RV 
AND I STAYED 
THERE FOR THREE 
MONTHS. 
I BELIEVE THAT 
THIS IS THE 38th 
DAY OF 
WITNESSING IN 
BROWNSVILLE. WE 
HAVE BEEN DOING 
THIS A FEW WEEKS 
BECAUSE OF WHAT 
WE FOUND OUT. 
DEPORTATION 
FLIGHTS ARE 
HAPPENING 
REGULARLY FROM 
THE BROWNSVILLE 
AIRPORT. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
GETTING UP EARLY 
BECAUSE WE 
BECAME AWARE 
THAT THOSE 
FLIGHTS OFTEN 
HAPPEN IN THE 
PREDAWN LIGHT 
HERE. 
AND WHEN PEOPLE 
ARE NOT SEEN, 
THEY ARE IN 
DANGER AND THEY 
CAN BE LOST. 
>>> THERE IS ONE 
ON THE WAY FROM 
SAN ANTONIO. 
IT COMES HERE 
AND THEN GOES TO 
GUATEMALA. 
>> IT LEAVES AT 
7:30. 
>> OKAY. 
I'LL TAKE A 
LOOK. 
>> USING AN APP 
ANYBODY CAN GET 
ON THEIR IPHONE, 
WE TRACK THE 
FLIGHTS OF SWIFT 
AIR AND WORLD 
ATLANTIC. 
THOSE ARE THE 
TWO COMPANIES 
THAT ARE MAKING 
A LOT OF MONEY 
WORKING FOR 
I.C.E.
>>> WE ARE 
LEARNED 
RECENTLY, THAT 
THE FATE OF 
PEOPLE'S RETURNS 
TO WHERE THEY 
SLEEP. 
IT IS AN ARTICLE 
ABOUT PEOPLE 
RETURNED TO EL 
SALVADOR AND 138 
MEN MURDERED 
WHEN THEY WERE 
RETURNED. 
WE REALIZED 
THESE FLIGHTS 
ARE NOT JUST 
DEPORTATION 
FLIGHTS, THEY 
ARE, GENOCIDE AL 
FLIGHTS, BECAUSE 
WE KNOW WE HAVE 
THE INFORMATION 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
BEING KILLED 
WHEN THEY GET 
THERE. 
>> SINCE WE 
FOUND OUT ABOUT 
THEM, WE HAVE 
BEEN COMING OUT 
ALMOST EVERY 
DAY, TO SEE THE 
BUSES COMING IN 
FULL OF PEOPLE. 
>> WATCH UNDER 
THAT PLANE 
THERE, YOU'LL 
SEE CHAINS BEING 
LAID OUT. 
ALL OF THEIR 
POSSESSIONS ARE 
IN CLEAR PLASTIC 
BAGS, SO THERE 
IS KIND OF AN 
ASSEMBLY LINE OF 
PEOPLE DIGGING 
THROUGH THOSE 
BAGS AND DOING 
SOMETHING WITH 
THE POSSESSION. 
>> SOMEBODY OUT 
IN EL PASO, WHO 
WE KNOW, WHO HAS 
BEEN TRACKING 
PLANES FOR 
AWHILE, 
RECOMMENDED WE 
SEE IF WE COULD 
GET THERE. 
IN EL PASO AT 
THE AIRPORT, IT 
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO 
WITNESS PLANES. 
THIS ONE IS 
SMALL ENOUGH SO 
THAT WE WERE 
ACTUALLY ABLE TO 
SEE THINGS. 
THEY HAVE MADE 
IT HARDER. 
THEY TURN THE 
PLANE AROUND AND 
DO ALL KINDS OF 
THINGS TO KEEP 
US FROM SEEING. 
WE DON'T WANT TO 
BE BLOCKED. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
SNEAK.
>>> THE IDEA 
HERE IS TO KEEP 
MOVING SO WHEN 
THEY BLOCK ONE 
PLACE WE HAVE A 
SHOT. 
THERE IS ANOTHER 
PLACE A LITTLE 
FARTHER DOWN 
WITH A TELEPHOTO 
LENS THAT IS 
REALLY GOOD, 
WHERE IT WOULD 
BE STRAIGHT ON. 
>> YOU HAVE 
AVANT TAJ POINT 
HERE? 
>> YEAH. 
THEY ARE BEING 
FRISKED RIGHT 
AFTER THEY GET 
OFF THE BUS. 
AND THEN THEY 
ARE TAKEN AND 
THEY ARE WALKING 
UP THE STEPS IN 
THOSE SHACKLES 
WITH NO HELP AND 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, THEY ARE 
TRYING TO BLOCK 
US FROM VIEW, 
YOU CAN SEE ALL 
THE VEHICLES OUT 
AND AROUND 
THERE. 
THEY DO THE MEN 
FIRST LOADING. 
THAT IS WHO IS 
LOADING ON NOW. 
> 
>>> THE VERY 
FIRST TIME THAT 
I CAME TO WATCH 
THESE PEOPLE BE 
LOADED ON TO 
THESE PLANES, I 
STARTED TO 
COUNT. 
AND ONCE I 
STARTED 
COUNTING, I 
COULDN'T STOP. 
AND IT WAS LIKE 
I NEEDED TO MARK 
EVERY SINGLE ONE 
AND LET PEOPLE 
KNOW THAT EVERY 
SINGLE ONE OF 
THEM WAS SEEN.
>>> IT IS SAD. 
40 PER MONTH OR 
SO. 
THE LAST PEOPLE 
THEY USUALLY PUT 
ON ARE THE WOMEN.
>>> A WOMAN IN 
RED, ANOTHER 
WOMAN WITH LONG, 
TARGET HAIR. 
THEY ARE IN 
CHAINS, THEY ARE 
IN SHACKLES, 
THEY ARE GOING 
UP THE STEPS. 
THEY ARE 
FRISKING HER.
. 
>>> WE THINK IF 
PEOPLE SEE THIS, 
THEIR HEARTS 
WILL BREAK. 
OUR HEARTS ARE 
BREAKING. 
WE THINK IF THEY 
SEE THAT, WE 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO 
STOP THIS. 
THAT IT MIGHT 
CHANGE SOME 
POLICY, IT MIGHT 
CHANGE SOME 
HEARTS. 
IT IS OUR ONLY 
HOPE. 
IT IS NOT MUCH 
OF A HOPE, I'VE 
GOT TO TELL YOU, 
BUT IT IS WHAT WE
DO.
. 
>>> 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 IS WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THIS 
COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
THEY TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE AT 
OUR FEET. 
>>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE BUT IT IS 
SUPER EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES, SUBSCRIBE 
NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND AND A 
LOT OF KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS. 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
NIGHTLY NEWS 
KIDS EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL, THIS IS 
THE MOMENT WE 
SHOULD JUST 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>>> LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY, 
TONIGHT THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THE KIDS WHO 
HAVE BEEN TOLD 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS DID 
I NAM MIX AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL WE ARE 
FACING I AM SO 
PROUD TO BRING 
THE PERSPECTIVE 
OF A BLACK 
WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS, WHO, 
SADLY, ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD AND 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF CABLE 
AMERICA. 
I HOPE THEY WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
ELEVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>> IT WAS NOT 
EASY TO BE A 
SUFFRAGE 
ACTIVIST. 
IT DIDN'T END IN 
1920. 
WE CAN 
COMMEMORATE THIS 
WONDERFUL 
ANNIVERSARY, BUT 
IT IS NOT THE 
END OF THE 
STORY. 
>> WE MIGHT BE 
MISLED TO THINK 
THIS IS HAPPEN 
ASSISTANCE OR 
ALL COVID-19. 
>> A CENTURY 
LATER, WE ARE 
RELIVING IT. 
AWAY FROM 
PROGRESSIVISM. 
THEY WERE MORE 
CONSERVATIVE SO 
SUFFRAGES SAW 
THAT AND PLAYED 
HARDBALL. 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
SAW HAPPENING 
THIS SUMMER 
ACROSS THE 
NATION WITH 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
IN LAFAYETTE 
PARK. 
>> ALICE PAUL 
AND HER 
COMPATRIOTS ARE 
MASTERS OF 
POLITICAL 
THEATER AND THEY 
ARE PREPARED TO 
PAY A PRICE 
PERSONALLY, 
PHYSICALLY TO 
STAGE THAT 
THEATER. 
>> SO, SHE LEADS 
THEM IN 
PICKETING THE 
WHITE HOUSE, IN 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
EVERYDAY IN 
LAFAYETTE PARK. 
THEY ARE 
ARRESTED. 
THEY ARE 
TORTURED AND 
IMPRISONED. 
HUNDREDS OF 
WOMEN ARE 
IMPRISONED FOR 
ASKING FOR THE 
VOTE. 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
IS THE 19th 
AMENDMENT GIVES 
THE VOTE TO ALL 
WOMEN CITIZENS. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
IT WILL BE 
UNDERMINED. 
>> BLACK WOMEN 
TECHNICALLY 
COULD VOTE BUT 
IN REALITY THEY 
COULDN'T BECAUSE 
OF THAT DIRTY 
WORD, VOTER 
SUPPRESSION. 
>> BLACK WOMEN 
IN 1919 ARE 
ORGANIZING TO 
UNDERSTAND THE 
LITERACY TEST 
AND POLL TAXES. 
THAT IS A TRUE 
SIGN THAT THEY 
UNDERSTOOD THE 
LIMITS OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT. 
THE CLAN WILL 
ORGANIZE AND 
TARGET BLACK 
WOMEN, THEIR 
LEADERS, THEIR 
INSTITUTIONS 
DELIBERATELY TO 
KEEP BLACK WOMEN 
-- 
>> THEY WILL FIT 
ANOTHER 4 1/2 
DECADES. 
FOR ASIAN 
AMERICAN WOMEN 
AND NATIVE 
AMERICAN WOMEN, 
THEY ARE NOT 
CONSIDERED 
CITIZENS IN 
1920. 
THE 19th 
AMENDMENT DOES 
NOT HELP THEM 
UNTIL THAT GETS 
REMEDIED. 
THAT TAKES 
DECADES MORE. 
>> THEY WERE 
FORCED TO WAIT 
IN LINE, LONG 
HOURS, THEN THE 
POLLS WOULD 
CLOSE. 
DOES THAT SOUND 
FAMILIAR TO YOU? 
>> THAT IS NOT 
SO DIFFERENT 
THAN 1920s IN 
THE SENSE THAT 
BLACK AMERICANS 
ARE WORKING ON 
MULTIPLE FRONTS. 
PEOPLE 
DISENFRANCHISED 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
THE VOTE BUT 
MAKE OTHER 
POLITICS IN 
ORDER TO SECURE 
THE KIND OF 
INFLUENCE AND 
RESOURCES THAT 
THEY THINK THEY 
ARE DUE. 
>> A CENTURY 
LATER WE ARE 
RELIVING IT. 
IT'S A QUESTION 
OF EQUALITY AND 
REPRESENTATION. 
>> BLACK 
AMERICANS HAD TO 
RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO VOTE. 
THEY WERE 
REQUIRED TO RISK 
THEIR LIVED. 
COVID AND VOTING 
RIGHTS, IT'S 
DEEPLY 
DISTURBING. 
PARALLEL THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE TO 
RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO VOTE IN 
NOVEMBER AND 
BLACK AMERICANS 
WILL BEAR THE 
RISK OF THAT. 
>> THIS IS THE 
STRESS TEST 
FORDHAM MOCK 
CRAZY. 
I SAY IT'S TIME 
TO GET THE 
BANNERS OUT AND 
THOSE BADGES TO 
SAY AS A NATION, 
VOTING RIGHTS IS 
CRUCIALLY 
IMPORTANT.
>>> OVERNIGHT 
HURRICANE LAURA 
SLAMMED ASHORE 
AS A MONSTER 
CATEGORY 4 
PUNISHING THE 
LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS COAST WITH 
WINDS UP TO 150 
MILES PER HOUR. 
MORE DANGEROUS, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
LOW-LYING AREAS, 
A MASSIVE STORM 
SURGE THAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
WARNING COULD BE 
UNSURVIVEABLE. 
>> THE STORM 
SURGE COULD 
CONTINUE INLAND 
30 MILES. 
>> Reporter: THE 
POWERFUL 
HURRICANE 
PACKING HIGH 
WINDS AND 
DRIVING RAIN 
TOPPLING TREES. 
>> AS QUICKLY AS 
THE WINDS PICKED 
UP, THEY DIED 
DOWN JUST AS 
FAST. 
WE ARE IN PART 
OF LAURA'S EYE 
RIGHT NOW. 
A FEW MINUTES 
BEFORE WE CATCH 
THE BACK SIDE OF 
THAT  WSTORM. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY IN HARM'S 
WAY. 
>> Reporter:  OON 
WEDNESDAY WITH 
LAURA GAINING 
STRENGTH IN THE 
GULF MOST 
RESIDENTS HEEDED 
WARNINGS. 
HALF A MILLION 
EVACUATED. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
REPLACE YOUR AF
LIFE. 
>> Reporter: 
SOME WHO PLANNED 
TO STAY MAKING 
11th HOUR 
DECISIONS TO GET 
OUT. 
>> WE WERE GOING OU>
TO STAY BUT WHEN 
THEY  SSAID 
CATEGORY 4, THAT 
WAS IT. 
>> Reporter: ep
OTHERS TO
DETERMINED TO 
RIDE IT OUT. 
IN TEXAS -- 
>> WHEN YOU LIVE 
ON THE ISLAND 
ALL YOUR LIFE, 
YOU WILL WEATHER 
THE STORMS. 
WE WILL WEATHER 
IT OUT. 
>> Reporter: IN 
LOUISIANA -- 
>> WE HAVE A 
GENERATOR. 
WE STOCKED UP ON  P
FOOD. 
WE DON'T PLAN ON 
LEAVING. 
>>  Reporter: 
MANY ARE  R
CONCERNED ABOUT 
GOING TO 
SHELTERS AND  TTHE 
LOOMING DANGERS 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS MORNING 
LOUISIANA'S 
NATIONALUI SGUARD 
IS STAGED AND 
READY TO ROLL 
ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE LEFT 
BEHIND AND 
ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE FOR THOSE 
WHO COULDN'T OR 
WOULDN'T LEAVE. 
ONE OF THE BIG 
QUESTIONS, HOW 
MANY PEOPLE WERE 
OF A EXPECTED BY 
THE STORM WHEN 
IT ROARED 
ASHORE. 
IN THE CAMERON 
PARISH, 150 
PEOPLE CHOSE TO  P
STAY BEHIND AND 
THEY DID NOT 
EVACUATE AS 
OFFICIALS URGED 
THEM TO DO SO. 
THAT AREA COULD 
HAVE FACED A 
STORM SURGE FROM 
HURRICANE LAURA 
UP TO 20 FEET 
HIGH. 
RESCUERS HAVE TO 
WAIT UNTIL THE 
STORM DIES DOWN 
BEFORE THEY CAN 
GET IN AND START 
LOOKING FOR 
PEOPLE TO SAVE. 
>> WE ARE 
WAITING FOR HIGH 
TIDE AS WELL. 
THANK AYYOU. 
>>> JAY GRAY IS 
IN HARD HIT LAKE 
CHARLES. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US? 
>> WE ARE 
GETTING QUITE A 
PUNCH FROM THE 
STORM. 
THE BACK SIDE IS 
MOVING THROUGH 
THE AREA. 
STILL INTENSE 
STUFF. 
THE WATER IS 'S
POOLING, 
FLOODING WILL BE 
AN ISSUE ACROSS 
THE CITY.  T
THERE HAS BEEN 
SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE TO 
BUILDINGS ACROSS 
LAKE CHARLES. 
WE WON'T KNOW LO
THE EXTENT OF 
THAT UNTIL WE 
GET OUT AND GET 
A CLOSER LOOK. 
UNFORTUNATELY, OT
WE CAN'T DO THAT 
UNTIL THE STORM 
PASSES. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
WE STILL HAVE A 
COUPLE OF HOURS 
TO GO BEFORE 
THINGS START TO 
CLEAR UP HERE. 
IT HAS BEEN A 
ROUGH RIDE OVER 
SEVERAL HOURS. A
THANKFULLY 
IT'SING UP A 
BIT. 
BUT WE HAVE 
A WEIGHS WAYS TO 
GO, LADIES. RN
>> JAY, THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH. 
>>> JOINING US 
IN TEXAS, 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT. RL
WHEN WE LOOK AT 
THE MAP WE SEE 
BEAUMONT GETTING 
HIT HARD. 
WHAT ARE THE 
REPORTS THAT YOU 
ARE GETTING FROM 
THE -- 
>> SAVANNAH, THE 
REPORTS ARE 
FAIRLY GOOD. 
THE MAIN THING 
IS THAT WE HAVE 
NO REPORTS OF 
LOSS OF LIFE 
RIGHT NOW WE 
HAVE SEARCH AND 
RESCUE TEAMS IN 
THE FIELD MAKING 
ASSESSMENTS AND 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY THAT 
NEEDS TO BE 
RESCUED. 
WE HAVE UP TO A 
HUNDRED THOUSAND 
PEOPLE WITHOUT 
POWER. N
IF YOU LOOK 
GOING NORTH IN HA
EAST TEXAS, YOU 
SEE JASPER AND  G
MARSHALL UP ON 
INTERSTATE 20 
THAT ARE GOING 
THROUGH THE 
RAVAGES OF THE 
STORM. E
PART OF IT IS 
HEAVY WIND, 
RAIN, POSSIBLE 
TORNADOES. HE
SO, WE ARE NOT 
OUT OF THE 
WOODS. 
>> I KNOW YOU 
HAD WORKED HARD 
TO GET FOLKS TO 
EVACUATE. 
DO YOU FEEL THAT 
MOST HEEDED THE 
CALL? 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
ABOUT PEOPLE 
THAT DECIDED TO 
RIDE IT OUT? 
>> WE HAD WELL 
OVER 5,000, UP 
TO 10,000 THAT 
DID EVACUATE, 
ESPECIALLY 
AROUND THE 
REGIONS WHERE 
THE HURRICANE 
CAME ACROSS 
SHORE SUCH AS 
BEAUMONT, PORT 
ARTHUR AND THE 
ORANGE AREA. 
I HAVE NO DOUBT AN
BECAUSE OF THE 
EVACUATIONS THAT 
DID TAKE PLACE 
THAT THAT 
REDUCED THE LOSS 
OF LIFE.  T
>> YOU SAID 
SEARCH AND LI
RESCUE WAS OUT 
AND ABOUT. 
THAT IS GOOD AND 
I'M SURPRISED 
BECAUSE BOY IN 
THE HEART OF THE 
STORM, WE CAN'T 
COME GET YOU AND 
HELP YOU IF YOU 
DECIDE NOT TO 
EVACUATE? 
>> WE HAVE 
EXPERT TASK 
FORCE TEAMS THAT 
WERE PRESTAGED. 
THIS IS 
UNFORTUNATELY 
NOT OUR FIRST 
RODEO IN DEALING 
WITH SOMETHING 
LIKE THIS. 
THEY GET EA
PRESTAGED AND 
ARE READY TO GO 
OUT AS SOON AS 
THE STORM HITS 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE CAN 
QUICKLY RESCUE 
PEOPLE. E
SO, THEY ARE OUT 
LOOKING FOR 
ANYBODY THAT MAY 
NEED HELP NOW. 
>> NEED LESS TO 
SAY YOU ARE 
STRUGGLING WITH 
THE PANDEMIC. 
HOW HAS THAT 
COMPLICATED WHAT 
YOU ARE TRYING EDRE
TO DO THERE? 
>> WELL, IF YOU 
GO BACK TO LAST 
MONTH WE HAD A 
HURRICANE LAST 
MONTH ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN SHORE 
AROUND CORPUS 
CHRISTI AND THE 
RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY THAT BOTH 
WERE HARD HIT AT 
THE TIME BECAUSE 
OF COVID-19. 
I WILL TELL YOU 
THIS, IN THE 
WEEKS AFTER G
HURRICANE 
HANNAH, WE SAW A 
DECLINE IN COVID-
19 BECAUSE WE 
WORKED 
DILIGENTLY TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE  M
UNDERSTOOD AS 
THEY EVACUATED 
DURING THE  A
COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE THEY ST
MAINTAIN SAFE 
PRACTICES OF 
WEARING A MASK, 
MAINTAINING 
DISTANCES, HAND 
SANITIZING. 
WE HOPE FOR THE 
SAME RESULT HERE 
WHERE PEOPLE 
WILL NOT BE 
SPREADING COVID-
19 DURING THE 
COURSE OF A 
HURRICANE. 
>> I SO 
APPRECIATE YOUR 
TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
I KNOW IT'S REEUR I
DIFFICULT HOURS 
FOR OUR FRIENDS 
IN EAST TEXAS. 
SO, I WANT TO 
THANK YOU AND 
SEND LOVE AND 
PRAYERS. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
.
>>> SCOTT 
>>> WE HAVE AN 
OFFICIAL FROM 
CAMERON PARISH. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU 
THIS MORNING. 
I KNOW THE SUN 
IS NOT UP YET 
AND A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHAT 
IS GOING ON 
OUTSIDE. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM 
PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> WELL, IT'S 
STILL DARK OVER 
HERE, MISS HODA. 
I GOT THE 
GENERATOR 
RUNNING. 
I'M LOOKING 
OUTSIDE. 
PEOPLE'S 
BUILDINGS, 
HOUSES, WHATEVER 
IT IS, ALL OVER 
MY YARD HERE. 
IT'S STILL 
BLOWING, 
RAINING. 
UNTIL THE SUN 
COMES UP AND WE 
TRY TO GET ON 
THE ROAD AND 
ASSESS DAMAGE. 
IT WILL BE HARD. 
>> YOU ARE A BIT 
NORTH IN LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
CAMERON PARISH 
GOT THE DIRECT 
HIT. 
HOW MANY FOLKS 
-- 
>> YES, MA'AM, 
YES, MA'AM. 
THIS BRINGS BACK 
MEMORIES OF 15 
YEARS AGO WHEN 
WE GOT A DIRECT 
HIT FROM 
HURRICANE RITA. 
I'M AFRAID WE 
ARE GOING TO 
HAVE THE SAME 
DAMAGE AS LAST 
TIME. 
WE MIGHT HAVE A 
FEW HOUSES THAT 
MIGHT MAKE IT. 
MOST WILL BE 
GONE, WHAT WAS 
LEFT FROM RITA 
AND LEFT FROM 
IKE. 
WHEN THE SUN 
COMES UP, WE 
WILL TRY TO GET 
DOWN THERE. 
I HAVEN'T TALKED 
TO DANNY YET. 
I WILL GET WITH 
HIM IN A LITTLE 
WHILE. 
IT WAS BAD. 
IT WAS BAD. 
I AM SOUTH OF 
LAKE CHARLES. 
I AM SOUTH OF 
THE AIRPORT. 
SO FAR NO WATER. 
I HOPE THE WATER 
STAYS AWAY. 
THE STORM SURGE 
OR ANYTHING THAT 
WOULD BE BACKED 
UP. 
BUT RIGHT NOW 
IT'S STILL 
BLOWING AND 
RAINING AND IT'S 
GOOD. 
>> JUST REAL 
QUICK, MORGAN 
WAS REPORTING 
THAT 150 PEOPLE 
STAYED BEHIND -- 
STAYED BEHIND TO 
RIDE OUT THE 
STORM. 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
ANYTHING FROM 
ANY OF THOSE 
PEOPLE? 
>> NO, MA'AM, I 
HAVEN'T. 
I HEARD THEY MAY 
HAVE STAYED IN 
THE SWEET LAKE 
AREA. 
NOT LOWER 
CAMERON. 
I HAVEN'T HEARD 
OF ANYONE IN 
LOWER CAMERON. 
SOME PEOPLE MAY 
HAVE STAYED IN 
SWEET LAKE, 
GRAND LAKE, THE 
BIG LAKE ON THE 
ISLAND THAT SOME 
MAY HAVE STAYED. 
BUT I HAVEN'T 
HEARD TO SEE HOW 
THINGS WENT, TO 
SEE WHAT IS 
GOING ON. 
>> WE WISH YOU 
THE BEST OF 
LUCK. 
I KNOW WHEN THE 
SUN COMES UP, 
YOU CAN ASSESS 
THE DAMAGE. 
WE WISH YOU THE 
BEST THERE. 
>> CAN I PUT A 
PLUG IN FOR 
GENERAL 
MONTEREY. 
HE CALLED ME 
ABOUT 2:00 THIS 
MORNING. 
>> HE REMEMBERS 
YOU FOLKS VERY 
WELL. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
HE WAS THERE. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
REALLY 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>>> GOOD 
MORNING. 
AS MORGAN WAS 
SAYING THERE WAS 
A PERIOD WHERE 
YOU THOUGHT THIS 
THING WAS PAST 
US THEN THE BACK 
SIDE ARRIVED 
THAT WAS WORSE 
THAN THE FRONT. 
YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, THIS 
WAS DEBRIS THAT 
WAS FLYING 
THROUGH THE AIR. 
THIS IS PART OF 
THE ROOF, SHARDS 
OF METAL. 
THINGS FLYING 
OFF THE ROOF OF 
THE BUILDING. 
I AM AT AN ANGLE 
TO THE DOORWAY 
FOR SAFETY 
PURPOSES BECAUSE 
THINGS ARE STILL 
FLYING. 
THE WIND GUSTS 
ARE CLOSE TO 100 
MILES PER HOUR. 
THIS IS AFTER 
THE STORM HAS 
BEEN DOWNGRADED 
TO A CAT 3 AND 
IS 50 MILES 
INLAND. 
THAT GIVES YOU 
AN IDEA OF HOW 
FEROCIOUS THE 
WINDS WERE AT 
132 MILES PER 
HOUR EARLIER 
TONIGHT. 
YOU COULD SEE 
THINGS LIKE 
MISSILES FLYING 
ACROSS THE AIR. 
THE RAIN HAS LET 
UP FROM TIME TO 
TIME BUT THE 
WIND HAS NOT. 
YOU MAY BE ABLE 
TO HEAR WHAT 
SOUNDS LIKE A 
TEA KETTLE OR A 
TRAIN GOING 
THROUGH. 
THAT SOUND HAS 
BEEN GOING FOR 
HOURS AND WILL 
LIKELY CONTINUE 
FOR ANOTHER HOUR 
AS THE STORM 
MAKES ITS WAY 
NORTH. 
AS YOU SAID, 
THERE ARE 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS 
WITHOUT POWER 
THIS MORNING. 
THAT NUMBER WILL 
CLIMB WITH THE 
WIND SPEEDS. 
>>> AFTER DAYS 
OF UNREST IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN 
FOLLOWING THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE, 
PROTESTS ARE 
RELATIVELY 
PEACEFUL. 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, 
WISCONSIN'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IDENTIFI THE 
POLICE OFFICER 
THAT SHOT BLAKE 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
OFFICER RUSTEN 
SHESKEY HAS BEEN 
WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT FOR 
SEVEN YEARS. 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING, HE AND 
OTHER OFFICERS 
UNSUCCESSFULLY 
TRIED TO TASER 
AND ARREST 
BLAKE. 
>> DIVISION OF 
CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATION 
RECOVERED A 
KNIFE FROM THE 
DRIVER'S SIDE 
FLOORBOARD OF 
MR. BLAKE'S 
VEHICLE. 
>> Reporter: 
ATTORNEYS FOR 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
SAY THAT 
SHOULDN'T MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> THINK FOR A 
SECOND WHAT 
OTHER THINGS 
THESE POLICE 
OFFICERS COULD 
HAVE DONE 
INSTEAD OF 
FIRING SEVEN 
BULLETS. 
>> Reporter: 
AUTHORITIES 
ARRESTED AN 
ILLINOIS 
TEENAGER AFTER 
TWO PEOPLE WERE 
SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS 
A DAY EARLIER. 
RITTENHOUSE 
FACES AN 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE CHARGE. 
HIS ONLINE 
FOOTPRINT SHOWS 
A STRONG SUPPORT 
FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
IT'S NOT CLEAR 
IF HE WAS PART 
OF AN ORGANIZED 
GROUP. 
BEFORE THE 
SHOOTING HE 
EXPLAINED WHY HE 
WAS ARMED. 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
HIS PUBLIC 
DEFENDER 
DECLINED TO 
COMMENT. 
STATE 
AUTHORITIES SAY 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN THE 
ARREST ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE WHILE THE 
INVESTIGATION 
CONTINUES. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> I DON'T 
THINK WE WILL 
HAVE A GAME 5 
HERE. 
>> Reporter: 
OVERNIGHT THE
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
PLAYERS REFUSED 
TO TAKE THE 
COURT AGAINST 
THE ORLANDO 
MAGIC BEFORE TIP 
OFF. 
>> THE LARGEST 
DAY OF ACTIVIST 
THAT OUR COUNTRY 
HAS SEEN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
LEAGUE'S 
STRONGEST 
STATEMENT ON 
SOCIAL INJUSTICE 
ON ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST NIGHTS. 
>> DESPITE OF A 
CALL FOR CHANGE, 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NOPE ACTION. 
>> Reporter: 
MILWAUKEE 
PLAYERS CALLED 
ON WISCONSIN 
LEGISLATORS TO 
TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION ON POLICE 
REFORM. 
AT THE SAME TIME 
THE WNBA HALTED 
ITS GAMES. 
>> AS BLACK MAN, 
A FORMER PLAYER, 
I THINK IT'S 
BEST FOR ME TO 
SUPPORT THE 
PLAYERS AND JUST 
NOT BE HERE 
TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: ON 
TNT, ANALYST AND 
FORMER NBA STAR 
KENNY SMITH 
WALKING OUT IN 
SOLIDARITY. 
WITH MILL 
EXPECTED TO 
WATCH THE PLAY-
OFFS AND 
MILLIONS IN 
ADVERTISING AND 
BROADCASTING 
RIGHTS AT STAKE, 
PLAYERS ARE 
LEVERAGING THEIR 
POWER AND 
PLATFORM. 
>> PEOPLE GET 
TIRED OF ME 
SAYING IT BUT WE 
ARE SCARED. 
BLACK MEN, BLACK 
WOMEN, BLACK 
KIDS. 
WE ARE 
TERRIFIED. 
>> Reporter: 
CLIPPERS COACH 
DOC RIVERS IS 
THE SON OF A 
POLICE OFFICER. 
>> IT'S AMAZING 
WHY WE KEEP 
LOVING THIS 
COUNTRY AND THIS 
COUNTRY DOES NOT 
LOVE US BACK. 
>> LATE 
WEDNESDAY, THE 
MILWAUKEE 
BREWERS AND 
SEVERAL OTHER 
BASEBALL TEAMS 
ALONG WITH MAJOR 
LEAGUE SOCCER 
AND A TENNIS 
STAR REFUSED TO 
PLAY. 
WE COULD LEARN 
MORE ABOUT THE 
FATE OF THE NBA 
SEASON LATER 
TODAY. 
 
TODAY.
GUYS, BACK TO YOU.
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW, WE TURN TO MIKE TIRICO 
>>> WE TURN TO 
MIKE TIRICO FROM 
NBC SPORTS. 
MIKE, GOOD 
MORNING, BUDDY, 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>> GOOD MORNING, 
EVERYBODY. 
>> IT LOOKS 
LIKE, MIKE, LAST 
NIGHT A LOT OF 
PLAYERS DECIDED 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTERED RATHER 
THAN PUTTING A 
BALL IN A HOOP 
OR BASEBALL. 
WHERE DOES IT GO 
FROM HERE? 
ARE THE PLAY-
OFFS DONE? 
NBA SEASON OVER? 
>> THE REPORTS 
THAT CAME OUT 
WERE THAT THE 
LAKERS AND 
CLIPPERS FROM 
LOS ANGELES WERE 
THE TWO TEAMS 
RETICENT TO GO 
FORWARD. 
THE OTHER SEEMED 
LIKE THEY WERE 
WILLING TO GO. 
LeBRON JAMES IS 
ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST SPORTS. 
HIS AND THE 
VOICE OF THE 
CLIPPERS WILL BE 
HEARD LOUDLY. 
IF THEY DON'T GO 
FORWARD, I DON'T 
KNOW HOW THE 
LEAGUE 
PROGRESSES. 
THAT IS 
UNPRECEDENTED. 
WE HAVE WORN 
THAT WORD OUT 
BUT THAT WOULD 
BE THE CASE. 
THEY ARE USING 
THEIR FOLLOWING. 
THEY ARE USING 
THE POWER OF 
THEIR VOICE AND 
THIS PLATFORM TO 
TRY TO BE HEARD. 
YOU HAVE TO GIVE 
THEM CREDIT FOR 
THAT NO MATTER 
IF YOU AGREE OR 
DISAGREE. 
>> 
UNPRECEDENTED, 
YOU TOOK THE 
OVERUSED WORD 
OUT OF MY MOUTH 
BUT IN THE NBA 
AND OTHER 
LEAGUES THAT 
QUICKLY FOLLOWED 
SUIT. 
IT STARTED WITH 
THE LIONS SAYING 
THEY WOULDN'T 
PRACTICE WAS THE 
FIRST SHOE TO 
FALL. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN IN TERMS OF 
GOING FORWARD? 
WHAT IS THE 
POWER OF SPORTS 
TO AFFECT 
CHANGE? 
>> I AM FOND OF 
SAYING A STUMP 
SPEECH THAT 
SPORTS IS THE 
ONE THING THAT 
CROSSES SO MANY 
DIFFERENT 
DEMOGRAPHICS, 
OLD, YOUNG, 
MALE, FEMALE, 
BLACK, WHITE 
UNDER THE SAME 
UMBRELLA. 
PEOPLE PAY 
ATTENTION. 
THIS GIVES THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
THE ATHLETES TO 
BE SEEN MORE 
THAN DRIBBLING 
OR THROWING A 
FOOTBALL OR 
BASEBALL. 
IT GIVES THEM 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO USE THEIR 
POWERFUL VOICE. 
WHAT THEY ARE 
SHARING IS THE 
EXPERIENCES THEY 
HAD OF BEING 
STOPPED BY 
POLICE OR 
TREATMENT THAT 
THEY FELT THAT 
WHITES DID NOT 
RECEIVE IN THE 
SAME COURSE THAT 
THEY DID WHEN 
THEY WERE IN THE 
SAME SITUATIONS. 
THEY ARE USING 
THAT VOICE TO BE 
HEARD AND NOW 
THEY ARE USING 
THEIR LACK OF 
PLAYING TO BE 
HEARD EVEN 
LOUDER. 
THIS IS A CHANGE 
IN SPORTS. 
SPORTS STARS 
WERE RETICENT TO 
GO DOWN THE 
ROAD. 
NOW IT SEEMS 
THEY ARE WILLING 
TO DO IT. 
>> THEIR 
EMOTIONS ARE ON 
FULL DISPLAY. 
I SAW A VIDEO OF 
METS PLAYER 
DOMINIC SMITH. 
HE WAS SPEAKING 
THEN CRUMBLED ON 
CAMERA. 
YOU SAW HOW MUCH 
IT HURT HIM. 
LET'S ROLL A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
THAT TAPE. 
>> I THINK THE 
MOST DIFFICULT 
PART IS TO SEE 
PEOPLE STILL 
DON'T CARE. 
FOR THIS TO 
CONTINUALLY 
HAPPEN, THE HATE 
IN PEOPLE'S 
HEART. 
>> I MEAN, IT'S 
LIKE THE DAM IS 
BREAKING. 
I FEEL LIKE WE 
ARE WITNESSING 
THE DAM 
BREAKING. 
>> WHAT HAPPENED 
IN KENOSHA WAS 
NEWS. 
BUT THE NBA AND 
THE ATHLETES 
PROTESTING BY 
NOT PLAYING AND 
SPREADING ACROSS 
SPORTS TOOK IT 
TO ANOTHER LEVEL 
OF THAT. 
THESE ATHLETES 
SEE THESE THINGS 
HAPPENING AND 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
EXPRESS THEIR 
CONCERNS THAT 
SOCIETY IS NOT 
CHANGING. 
THEY ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT THEIR 
KIDS, THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
THE YOUNG 
ATHLETES THAT 
LOOK UP TO THEM 
AND ASPIRE TO BE 
LIKE THEM. 
THEY ARE FINDING 
ALL THE WAY 
ACROSS -- 
YOU SHOW WNBA 
PLAYERS AS THEY 
HAD THEIR 
PROTEST WHERE 
THEIR BUBBLE IS. 
ALL ACROSS THEIR 
EXPERIENCES ARE 
MAGNIFIED. 
YOU HAVE TO 
APPLAUD THEM FOR 
DOING MORE THAN 
PLAYING AND 
MAKING A 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THE WORLD. 
>> GOOD TO SEE 
YOU, BROTHER, 
THANK YOU. 
>> GOOD TO SEE 
YOU, MIKE. 
>> NFL SEASON 
KICK OFF A FEW 
WEEKS AWAY. 
WHAT DOES THIS 
MEAN FOR THE 
NFL? 
WE SHALL SEE. 
>>> IT'S 7:47. 
LET'S GO TO AL. 
A BUSY DAY IN 
THE WEATHER. 
>> YESTERDAY 
FOUR YEARS AGO 
TO THE DAY COLIN 
KAEPERNICK FIRST 
TOOK A KNEE. 
HERE WE ARE AND 
WE WILL SEE 
WHERE WE END UP. 
IMAGE, WHILE CASTING HIM AS AN 
ENFORCER AT A HISTORIC TIME OF 
UNREST.
AT BALTIMORE'S FORT McHENRY, THE
BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATIONAL 
ANTHEM, PRESIDENT TRUMP A
>>> AT 
BALTIMORE'S FORT 
McHENRY, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE 
FORMALLY 
ANNOUNCING THE 
REELECTION BID. 
>> WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN, AGAIN. 
>> THE 
REPUBLICAN 
TICKET GREETING 
THE CROWD WITH 
FEW MASKS 
VISIBLE. 
PENCE SPEAKING 
TO THOSE IN THE 
PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
>> THIS IS A 
SERIOUS STORM. 
WE URGE ALL OF 
THOSE IN THE 
AFFECTED AREAS 
TO HEED STATE 
AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
STAY SAFE. 
>> Reporter: 
REACTING TO THE 
LATEST ROUND OF 
RACIAL UNREST 
WITHOUT MENTION 
OF JAY COKE 
BLAKE. 
-- JACOB BLAKE. 
>> WE WILL HAVE 
LAW AND ORDER ON 
THE STREETS OF 
OF THIS COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
VIOLENT PROTEST 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
ELSEWHERE 
HAPPENING UNDER 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
PENCE ARGUING 
THAT THINGS 
WOULD GET WORSE 
IF JOE BIDEN 
WINS. 
>> THE HARD 
TRUTH IS YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: 
PENCE WHO HEADS 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
TASK FORCE 
STRIKING AN 
OPTIMISTIC NOTE 
DESPITE 180,000 
DEAD. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
SAID THAT NO 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
BUT WHAT JOE 
DOESN'T SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
AMONG THE 
FEATURED 
SPEAKERS, 
KELLYANNE 
CONWAY, WHO IS 
LEAVING THE 
WHITE HOUSE IN 
DAYS. 
>> OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY 
IS TO FOCUS ON 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
FAR LESS THAN 
US. 
>> THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 
LAURA TRUMP AND 
PRESS SECRETARY 
KAYLEIGH 
M
NANY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY 
OF GETTING A 
PREVENTATIVE 
MASTECTOMY TO 
REDUCE THE 
CHANCES OF 
BREAST CANCER. 
>> THIS 
PRESIDENT STANDS 
BY AMERICANS 
WITH PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT PUSHED 
PROPOSALS THAT 
WOULD UNDER CUT 
OBAMA CARE'S 
PROTECTIONS FOR 
PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
THIS MOVING 
DISPLAY FROM A 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CANDIDATE LEFT 
PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN 
IN A CAR 
ACCIDENT. 
>> BE A RADICAL 
FOR LIBERTY. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
ALL REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH I STAND, 
ONE NATION 
UNDERGOD, GOES 
WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF THE NIGHT'S 
MOST DRAMATIC 
MOMENT. 
THAT SOCIAL 
DISTANCED ROPE 
LINE RAISED 
QUESTIONS. 
TONIGHT THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
HOST ROUGHLY A 
THOUSAND 
SUPPORTERS ON 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
AGAIN, IT'S 
UNCLEAR IF THEY 
WILL BE WEARING 
MASKS, WHO WILL 
HAVE BEEN TESTED 
AND WHETHER 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL 
BE ENFORCED. 
IT WILL BE 
CAPPED OFF BY A 
FIREWORKS 
DISPLAY A SHORT 
DISTANCE AWAY 
NEAR THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
NBC'S LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT 
AT 10:00 EASTERN 
TIME. 
>>> A TODAY 
EXCLUSIVE. 
I SIT DOWN WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS TO 
TALK ABOUT HER 
RESPONSE TO THE 
RNC AS WELL AS 
WHAT IS NEXT IN 
THE RACE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IT WILL BE HER 
FIRST ONE ON ONE 
NETWORK 
INTERVIEW SINCE 
HER NOMINATION. 
THAT WILL BE 
TOMORROW ON 
TODAY. 
>>> THERE IS NO 
DOUBT HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SEES AMERICA. 
HE SEES AMERICA 
FOR WHAT IT IS. 
A NATION THAT 
HAS DONE MORE 
GOOD IN THIS 
WORLD THAN ANY 
OTHER. 
A NATION THAT 
DESERVES FAR 
MORE GRATITUDE 
THAN GRIEVANCE. 
IF YOU WANT A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT 
WHEN OUR 
HERITAGE US 
DEMEANED OR 
INSULTED, HE IS 
NOT YOUR MAN. 
>> FROM SEATTLE, 
PORTLAND, 
WASHINGTON AND 
NEW YORK. 
DEMOCRAT RUN 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
BEING OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
I'M TALKING 
ABOUT THE HEROS 
OF OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
ARMED SERVICES. 
LEFTISTS TRY TO 
TURN THEM INTO 
VILLAINS AND 
CANCEL THEM. 
>> HEROISM IS 
REBUILDING OUR 
COMMUNITIES, NOT 
DESTROYING THEM. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND I WILL 
ALWAYS SUPPORT 
THE RIGHT OF 
AMERICANS TO 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS BUT 
RIOTING AND 
LOOTING IS NOT 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
TEARING DOWN 
STATUES IS NOT 
FREE SPEECH. 
>> DEFUND THE 
POLICE IS THE 
CRY OF THE NEW 
RADICAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
WOULD DOUBLE 
DOWN ON THE VERY 
POLICIES THAT 
ARE LEADING TO 
VIOLENCE IN 
AMERICA'S 
CITIES. 
THE HARD TRUTH 
IS, IS YOU WON'T 
BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND 
WITH THOSE WHO 
STAND ON THE 
THIN BLUE LINE 
AND WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO DEFUND 
THE POLICE NOT 
NOW, NOT EVER. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
JUST A CHOICE 
BETWEEN 
REPUBLICAN AND 
DEMOCRAT, LEFT 
AND RIGHT. 
THIS IS AN 
ELECTION THAT 
WILL DECIDE IF 
WE KEEP AMERICA 
AMERICA OR IF WE 
HEAD DOWN AN 
UNCHARTERED 
FRIGHTENING PATH 
TOWARD 
SOCIALISM. 
>> THE PARTY 
THAT FREED THE 
SLAVES AND THE 
PARTY THAT PUT 
THE FIRST BLACK 
MAN AND WOMEN IN 
CONGRESS. 
THE PARTY OF 
FREDERICK 
DOUGLAS AND 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
AND NOW TIM 
SCOTT AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>> DURING ONE OF 
MY MOST 
DIFFICULT TIMES 
I EXPECTED TO 
HAVE THE SUPPORT 
OF MY FAMILY. 
BUT I HAD MORE 
SUPPORT THAN I 
KNEW. 
AS I CAME OUT OF 
ANESTHESIA, ONE 
OF THE FIRST 
CALLS I RECEIVED 
WAS FROM IVANKA 
TRUMP. 
AS I RECOVERED, 
MY PHONE RANG 
AGAIN. 
IT WAS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CALLING TO 
CHECK ON ME. 
A WOMAN IN A 
LEADERSHIP ROLE 
CAN STILL SEEM 
NOVEL. 
NOT SO FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
FOR DECADES HE 
HAS ELEVATED 
WOMEN TO SENIOR 
POSITIONS IN 
BUSINESS AND 
GOVERNMENT. 
HE CONFIDES IN 
AND CONSULTS US, 
RESPECTS OUR 
OPINIONS AND 
INSISTS THAT WE 
ARE ON EQUAL 
FOOTING WITH THE 
MEN. 
>> I WANT MY 
DAUGHTER TO GROW 
UP IN PRESIDENT 
DONALD J TRUMP'S 
AMERICA. 
>> I SAY TO 
AMERICANS YOUNG 
AND OLD, BE A 
RADICAL FOR 
FREEDOM. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
LIBERTY. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
OUR REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH I STAND, 
ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD WITH 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
IS THE MOST PRO-
LIFE PRESIDENT 
THAT THIS NATION 
HAS EVER HAD 
DEFENDING LIFE 
AT ALL STAGES. 
HIS BELIEF IN 
THE SANCTITY OF 
LIFE TRANSCENDS 
POLITICS. 
>> THE BIDEN-
HARRIS IS THE 
MOST RADICAL PRO-
ABORTION 
CAMPAIGN IN 
HISTORY. 
THEY AND OTHERS 
ARE CATHOLICS IN 
NAME ONLY. 
>> WE BUILT THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY 
IN THE WORLD. 
WE MADE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
AND THEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
STRUCK FROM 
CHINA. 
NOW, LAST WEEK, 
JOE BIDEN SAID 
THAT NO MIRACLE 
IS COMING. 
WHAT JOE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
WE STAND AT A 
CROSSROADS, 
AMERICA. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS SET OUR 
NATION ON A PATH 
OF FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITY. 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
SEND AMERICA ON 
A PATH OF 
SOCIALISM AND 
DECLINE. 
BUT WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO LET IT 
HAPPEN. 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS 
AND WITH GOD'S 
HELP. 
WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN, AGAIN. 
>>> THE 
DEMOCRATIC MOM 
MINE NINE JOE 
BIDEN JOINS US 
NOW. 
MR. VICE 
PRESIDENT THIS 
IS THE FIRST 
TIME I HAVE SEEN 
YOU SINCE YOU 
BECAME THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE. 
CONGRATULATIONS 
ARE IN ORDER. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE HURRICANE. 
>> MY HEART GOES 
OUT TO THEM. 
I JUST PRAY THAT 
THERE IS NOT -- 
THEY WON'T FIND 
THEY LOST MORE 
PEOPLE THAN THEY 
THOUGHT. 
THE MAIN CONCERN 
THAT WE WEREN'T 
PREPARED ENOUGH 
FOR THE BRUTAL 
HURRICANE. 
DONALD TRUMP 
KEEPS SAYING WE 
ARE GOING TO BE 
SAFE BUT WE WILL 
SEE. 
I HOPE AND PRAY 
PEOPLE GET 
THROUGH THIS. 
>> OF COURSE, 
THERE IS WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
I KNOW YOU 
REACHED OUT AND 
TALKED TO THE 
FAMIL JACOB 
BLAKE WAS NOT 
MENTIONED WHEN 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT SPOKE 
AND HE SAID THAT 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
DOUBLE DOWN ON 
THE POLICIES 
THAT ARE LEADING 
TO VIOLENCE IN 
AMERICAN CITIES 
ADDING THAT THE 
HARD TRUTH IS 
THAT YOU WON'T 
BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
>> JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA, LOOK. 
WHILE RUNNING 
THE VIDEO OF 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
AMERICA. 
THE PROBLEM WE 
HAVE IS THAT WE 
ARE IN DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
TO QUOTE KELLY 
CONWAY, SHE 
SAID, I'M 
PARAPHRASING, 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE AND 
DESTRUCTION 
BECAUSE IT HELPS 
THEM 
POLITICALLY. 
HE VIEWS THIS AS 
A POLITICAL 
BENEFIT TO HIM. 
HE IS ROOTING 
FOR MORE 
VIOLENCE, NOT 
LESS. 
IT'S CLEAR ABOUT 
THAT. 
WHAT IS HE DOING 
EXCEPT POURING 
GASOLINE ON THE 
FIRE. 
THIS IS DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
AMERICA, COVID 
OUT OF CONTROL, 
HE IS DOING VERY 
LITTLE AND NOT 
PREPARED FOR IT, 
DIDN'T RESPOND 
TO IT AND HE 
CONTINUES TO BE 
IN A POSITION 
WHERE HE DOES 
NOTHING TO DEAL 
WITH IT. 
WE HAVE 15 
MILLION PEOPLE 
OUT OF WORK. 
WE HAVE -- IT'S 
AMAZING HOW HE 
DIDN'T SPEAK 
ABOUT COVID AND 
THEY DIDN'T 
SPEAK ABOUT ANY 
OF THE REASON 
WHY WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
KENOSHA IS 
HAPPENING. 
BY THE WAY, I 
CONDEMN VIOLENCE 
IN ANY FORM 
WHETHER IT'S 
LOOTING. 
BY THE WAY, WHEN 
I SPOKE TO THE 
FAMILY, THE MOM 
WAS INCREDIBLY 
STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
SHE SAID THIS IS 
NOT WHO WE ARE 
AS A FAMILY. 
THIS IS NOT WHO 
MY SON IS. 
WE CONDEMN THE 
VIOLENCE. 
WHO IS ROOTING 
FOR THE VIOLENCE 
HERE AND THEN 
YOU HAVE 
APPARENTLY -- I 
DON'T HAVE 
ENOUGH DETAIL TO 
MAKE A FINAL 
JUDGMENT. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
SOME OF THE 
MILITIA FOLKS 
ARE IN THERE. 
A YOUNG MAN SHOT 
TWO PEOPLE. 
WHERE IS THE 
CONDEMNATION FOR 
THAT. 
SO, YOU WANT TO 
TALK ABOUT 
SAFETY, THE 
BIGGEST SAFETY 
ISSUE IS ALL THE 
PEOPLE DYING 
FROM COVID. 
OVER A THOUSAND 
YESTERDAY. 
WE HAVE A 
THOUSAND A DAY. 
WE ARE WORSE OFF 
THAN ANY OTHER 
COUNTRY IN THE 
WORLD RIGHT NOW. 
>> LET ME ASK 
YOU, YOU SAID 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
ROOTING FOR THE 
VIOLENCE. 
DO YOU THINK THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES IS 
ROOTING FOR THE 
VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
IT HURTS HIM 
POLITICALLY. 
>> I THINK HE 
VIEWS IT AS A 
POLITICAL 
BENEFIT. 
KELLYANNE CONWAY 
SAID THE MORE 
CHAOS AND 
ANARCHY AND 
VIOLENCE, IT'S 
BETTER FOR US. 
A CLEAR CHOICE 
IT PRESS FOR US. 
WHEN IS A 
PRESIDENT OR 
SPOKESPERSON FOR 
THE PRESIDENT 
EVER SAID 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT EVER. 
THIS IS THE SAME 
GUY WHEN PEOPLE 
CAME OUT OF 
CHARLOTTESVILLE 
AND A YOUNG 
WOMAN GETS 
KILLED AND THEY 
ARE SPEWING HATE 
AND VEINS 
BULGING AND 
CARRYING 
SWASTIKAS AND 
WHITE 
SUPREMACISTS AND 
ASKED WHAT 
HAPPENED AND HE 
SAID THERE IS 
VERY GOOD PEOPLE 
ON BOTH SIDES. 
HE POURS FLAMES 
ON THE FIRE. 
THIS IS HIS 
AMERICA. 
YOU WANT TO END 
WHERE WE ARE 
NOW, WE HAVE TO 
END HIS TENURE 
AS PRESIDENT. 
>> ONE OF THE 
OTHER THINGS 
THAT LOU HOLTZ, 
ONE OF THE 
SPEAKERS, FAMED 
FORMER NOTRE 
DAME COACH SAID 
LAST NIGHT IS 
THAT YOU AND 
PEOPLE AROUND 
YOU ARE 
CATHOLICS IN 
NAME ONLY. 
FATHER JAMES 
MARTIN WAS ON 
THE AIR LAST 
NIGHT PUSHING 
BACK ON THAT 
IMMEDIATELY AND 
SAYING THAT LOU 
HOLTZ OR KNOW 
ONE ELSE CAN 
KNOW WHAT IS IN 
YOUR HEART OR 
ANYONE ELSE'S 
HEART. 
THE ABORTION 
ISSUE -- 
CATHOLICS AND 
THE CHURCH IS 
NOT ONE ISSUE. 
THERE ARE PLENTY 
PARTS OF THE 
CHURCH DOCTRINE 
THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS 
VIOLATED. 
>> RESPOND TO 
TUR ATTACK ON 
THE RELIGION. 
>> WHOEVER 
DARKENS THE DOOR 
OF A CHURCH. 
I HAVE BEEN A 
PRACTICING 
CATHOLIC MY 
WHOLE LIFE. 
I PRACTICE ALL 
THE ELEMENTS OF 
MY FAITH. 
AND MY PRIVATE 
BELIEFS RELATIVE 
TO HOW I WOULD 
DEAL WITH CHURCH 
DOCTRINE IS 
DIFFERENT THAN 
HOW I WOULD 
IMPOSE THAT ON 
OTHER PEOPLE IN 
THE WORLD, 
CHRISTIANS, 
MUSLIMS, 
BUDDHISTS ET 
CETERA. 
THE POINT OF THE 
MATTER IS I AM A 
PRACTICING 
CATHOLIC. 
I DON'T THINK 
ANYBODY EVER -- 
I NEVER MISS 
MASS. 
IT'S PART OF WHO 
I AM. 
IT GETS ME 
THROUGH THE 
REALLY DIFFICULT 
TIMES IN MY 
LIFE. 
AND I BELIEVE 
VERY STRONGLY. 
>> WOULD YOU 
CONSIDER GOING 
TO WISCONSIN IF 
IT COULD BE DONE 
SAFELY IN THIS 
PANDEMIC? 
>> YES, I WOULD. 
I WOULD CONSIDER 
THAT. 
WHAT I DON'T 
WANT TO DO IS I 
DON'T WANT TO 
BECOME PART OF 
THE PROBLEM. 
AND I WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT I 
-- IT CAN BE 
DONE SAFELY AND 
BRING SOME 
COMPETENCE. 
IF I WAS 
PRESIDENT I 
WOULD BE GOING. 
BUT IT'S HARD TO 
TELL NOW WHAT 
THE CIRCUMSTANCE 
ON THE GROUND 
IS. 
IF I WENT, I 
WOULD TRY TO 
PULL TOGETHER 
THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY AND 
THE WHITE 
COMMUNITY, SIT 
DOWN AND TALK 
HOW WE GET 
THROUGH THIS. 
THIS IS NOT 
ABOUT WHETHER OR 
NOT ALL FOLKS IN 
THAT COMMUNITY 
AGREE WITH WHITE 
SUPREMACISTS OR 
BLACKS IN THE 
COMMUNITY AGREE 
WITH SOME OF 
THOSE FOLKS THAT 
ARE LOOFGHT. 
I DON'T THINK 
THAT IS WHAT 
KENOSHA IS 
ABOUT. 
I DON'T THINK 
THAT IS WHAT 
BLACK AND WHITE 
AMERICA IS 
ABOUT. 
THAT IS BEING 
SEEN NOW AND IT 
HAS TO STOP. 
>> YOU ALLUDED 
TO THIS BUT THE 
17-YEAR-OLD, 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE 
THAT WAS 
ARRESTED IN 
CONNECTION WITH 
-- AT LEAST 
CHARGED WITH 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE AND TWO 
PEOPLE DIED 
DURING THE 
PROTESTS TUESDAY 
NIGHT. 
HE HAS -- HE IS 
PART OF A YOUTH 
POLICE GROUP. 
HE WAS HOLDING A 
LONG GUN. 
NOBODY 
RESTRAINED HIM. 
WHAT ARE YOUR 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE INVOLVEMENT 
OF OTHERS, 
PERHAPS HE BUT 
OTHERS, WHITE 
MILITIA PEOPLE 
STIRRING THE 
TROUBLE? 
>> I'M VERY 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
IT. 
WHY I STARTED 
RUNNING IN THE 
FIRST PLACE IS 
WHAT HAPPENED IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE. 
THESE GUYS DON'T 
USE A DOG 
WHISTLE. 
THEY USE A 
BULLHORN. 
THERE IS A 17-
YEAR-OLD YOUNG 
MAN THAT I DON'T 
KNOW ANYTHING 
ABOUT HIM. 
THERE IS SOME 
REPORTING ABOUT 
A CONNECTION TO 
A MILITIA IN 
ILLINOIS. 
LOOK, THIS IS 
NOT WHO WE ARE. 
THIS IS NOT WHO 
AMERICA IS. 
YOU WANT TO 
BRING ABOUT SOME 
OR THE AND 
SAFETY AND 
SECURITY FOR 
PEOPLE, WE HAVE 
TO DEAL WITH THE 
REAL PROBLEMS 
UNDERLYING ALL 
THESE ISSUES. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT NEVER 
SPEAKS TO THEM. 
HE NEVER SPEAKS 
TO IT. 
MORE PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED ON THIS 
PRESIDENT'S 
WATCH THAN ANY 
TIME IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY ON A 
DAILY BASIS. 
WHAT IS HE 
DOING? 
WHAT IS HE DOING 
ABOUT IT? 
HE CONTINUES TO 
FLAUNT EVERY 
SINGLE BASIC 
RULE AND BASIC 
TENET. 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS BOTH 
HAVE ADHERED TO, 
NOW HE USES THE 
WHITE HOUSE AS A 
PROP. 
LOOK WHAT IS 
GOING ON IN 
TERMS OF THE 
HATCH ACT. 
I KNOW PEOPLE 
DON'T KNOW WHAT 
THE HATCH ACT IS 
BUT USING 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTIES TO 
MAKE POLITICAL 
STATEMENTS FROM 
AND POLITICAL 
CAMPAIGNS. 
CAN YOU IMAGINE 
WHAT WOULD HAVE 
HAPPENED IF 
BARACK OBAMA DID 
THAT RUNNING A 
SECOND TIME OR I 
DID THAT FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
LAWN IN THE ROSE 
GARDEN OR 
WHATEVER? 
IT'S JUST -- 
EVERY SINGLE 
THING. 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT IS 
THE MOST CORRUPT 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT IN 
MODERN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND IT'S 
JUST THE 
VIOLATION OF ALL 
THE BASIC TENETS 
OF WHAT WE SAY 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
INSTITUTIONS ARE 
DESIGNED TO 
PREVENT FROM 
HAPPENING. 
WHAT BOTHERS ME 
THE MOST IS THE 
IDEA OF JUST 
POURING GASOLINE 
ON THE RACIAL 
FLAMES THAT ARE 
BURNING NOW. 
THAT DOES NOT 
JUSTIFY ANY OF 
THE LOOTING, ANY 
OF THE BURNING, 
ANY OF THE 
DAMAGE BEING 
DONE BY 
PROTESTERS. 
BUT THE PEOPLE 
HAVE A RIGHT TO 
BE ANGRY. 
PEOPLE HAVE A 
RIGHT TO 
PROTEST. 
THEY SHOULD 
LISTEN TO -- SHE 
IS BEING STRONG 
IN SAYING THIS 
IS NOT WHO WE 
ARE. 
THIS IS NOT MY 
FAMILY. 
THIS IS NOT MY 
SON. 
WE HAVE TO GET 
TO DEALING WITH 
THIS RACIAL 
JUSTICE. 
IT'S REAL. 
THERE IS A REAL 
PROBLEM. 
THAT PROBLEM 
KEEPS GETTING 
WORSE UNDER THE 
TENURE OF THIS 
PRESIDENT 
BECAUSE OF THE 
THINGS THAT HE 
SAYS AND DOESN'T 
DO. 
>> HE IS 
APPARENTLY GOING 
TO SAY TONIGHT 
AMONG OTHER 
THINGS IN 
ATTACKING YOU, 
WE HAVE SPENT 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS REVERSING 
THE DAMAGE JOE 
BIDEN INFLICTED 
OVER THE LAST 47 
YEARS. 
>> BY THE WAY, 
IF YOU NOTICE, 
THE 44 YEARS 
BEFORE WE 
CREATED MORE 
JOBS THAN HE HAS 
CREATED SO FAR. 
EVERYTHING HE 
INHERITED HE 
SCREWED UP. 
HE SCREWED UP 
THE ECONOMY SO 
BADLY. 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS WE WEREN'T 
HAVING RACIAL 
RIOTS. 
WHEN THEY 
OCCURRED WE 
DIDN'T HAVE TO 
CALL IN THE 
NATIONAL -- WE 
PROTECTED 
FEDERAL PROPERTY 
WITHOUT HURTING 
PEOPLE. 
WE MOVED IN A 
DIRECTION THAT 
MADE SENSE. 
WE WORKED WITH 
POLICE AND 
DEALING -- THE 
VAST MAJORITY OF 
POLICE ARE DOES 
SENT HONORABLE 
WOMEN AND MEN. 
WE HAVE TO DEAL 
WITH THE REAL 
PROBLEMS THAT 
EXIST AND TAKE 
THEM ON. 
SO, I'M NOT SURE 
-- HE IS A 
FICTION WRITER 
IN THE EXTREME. 
IN THE SPEECH 
THAT THE VICE 
PRESIDENT GAVE 
PAINTED A ROSIE 
PICTURE ABOUT 
THE PANDEMIC AND 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
RESPONSE TO IT. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
HAPPENED THIS 
WEEK IS THAT THE 
CDC CHANGED 
THEIR GUIDELINES 
FOR TESTING AND 
SAID THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE EXPOSED 
TO THE VIRUS DID 
NOT NEED TO BE 
TESTED WHICH LED 
MOST EXPERTS TO 
SAY THERE ARE 
REAL CONCERNS. 
DR. FAUCI'S 
STATEMENT SAID 
HE WAS NOT 
PRESENT WHEN THE 
DECISION WAS 
TAKEN, HE WAS 
UNDER GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA 
HAVING SURGERY 
BUT THAT HE HAD 
CONCERNS THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE CAN 
SPREAD THE VIRUS 
IF THEY ARE NOT 
TESTED THE WHITE 
HOUSE SAID THERE 
WAS NO 
INTERFERENCE BUT 
CONSULTATION. 
IT'S CLEAR THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID IN TULSA 
AND OTHER PLACES 
THE MORE YOU 
TEST THE MORE 
CASES YOU HAVE. 
HE TOLD HIS 
PEOPLE TO SLOW 
DOWN THE 
TESTING. 
ARE THEY TRYING 
TO SLOW DOWN THE 
TESTING AND IS 
THIS A DANGEROUS 
MESSAGE. 
>> HAVE YOU EVER 
SEEN THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
PUT SO MUCH 
PRESSURE ON THE 
FDA, FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT? 
THERE IS NO 
BOUNDS TO WHAT 
THIS GUY DOES 
AND HIS TEAM 
DOES. 
WE SHOULD LISTEN 
TO THE 
SCIENTISTS. 
THE FACT OF THE 
MATTER IS THEY 
ARE SAYING, FROM 
THE BEGINNING, I 
LAID DOWN A PLAN 
HOW TO PROCEED 
BACK IN JANUARY. 
THEN AGAIN IN 
MARCH AND APRIL, 
ET CETERA. 
ALL THE WAY DOWN 
THE LINE. 
COLUMBIA MEDICAL 
SCHOOL SAID OVER 
30,000 PEOPLE 
WOULD NOT HAVE 
DIED. 
TWO WEEKS OVER 
51 OR 57,000 
PEOPLE WOULD NOT 
BE DEAD. 
WHAT IS HE 
DOING. 
WHAT IS THIS 
ABOUT. 
NOW HE IS 
TALKING ABOUT 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THIS PLASMA 
WORKS OR DOESN'T 
WORK. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
YET.
I PRAY TO GOD WE 
HAVE A VACCINE 
TOMORROW. 
TOMORROW. 
A VACCINE. 
I PRAY FOR THAT. 
WE HAVE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE 
HAVE CREDIBILITY 
WHEN WE DO GET A 
VACCINE THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
WILLING TO TAKE 
IT AFTER HEARING 
ALL THE MALARKY 
FROM THIS 
PRESIDENT WHAT 
IS GOOD, WHAT IS 
BAD, WHAT TO 
USE, WHAT NOT TO 
USE. 
TALKING ABOUT 
INJECTING 
BLEACH, THERE IS 
NO RATIONAL. 
HE DOESN'T 
BELIEVE IN 
SCIENCE.
LAST WEEK THEY 
GOT THE FDA 
UNDER PRESSURE 
TO REVERSE THE 
DECISION ON THE 
EMERGENCY 
OPERATION OF 
CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
SCIENTISTS ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THAT. 
THE HAVES 
PRESIDENT SAYS 
THEY WILL HAVE A 
SACK SEEN BY THE 
END OF THE YEAR. 
NOT HOPING BUT 
THEY WILL HOW 
CONCERNED ARE 
YOU THAT THEY 
WILL RUSH 
SOMETHING OUT 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> IF IT WORKS 
-- THEY HAVE TO 
GO THROUGH THE 
TESTING, DO THE 
PROTOCOL NEEDED 
TO SAY TO THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC 
AND RELEASE ALL 
THE DATA TO THE 
SCIENTIFIC 
COMMUNITY THIS 
IS WHAT WE DID
THE FACT IS, 
LET'S ASSUME WE 
GET THE VACCINE 
AND IT WORKS AND 
HOW MUCH 
CREDIBILITY ARE 
WE GOING TO HAVE 
TELLING PEOPLE 
TO TAKE IT AFTER 
GOING THROUGH 
ALL OF THIS 
STUFF THAT THEY 
MISREPRESENTED 
SO FAR.
LET'S ASSUME WE 
HAVE A VACCINE 
TOMORROW. 
DO WE HAVE A 
PLAN ON HOW TO 
ADMINISTER THE 
VACCINE. 
HOW WILL WE GET 
IT TO 300 
MILLION PEOPLE? 
THESE GUYS DON'T 
KNOW HOW TO 
PLAN. 
I PRAY TO GOD, I 
MEAN THIS, 
BOTTOM OF MY 
HEART IF WE HAVE 
A VACCINE PROVEN 
TO WORK, THAT 
WOULD BE 
WONDERFUL. 
WONDERFUL. USING 
PRESSURE ON THE 
SCIENTISTS TO 
LOOSEN WHAT THEY 
THINK IS A BIG 
MISTAKE AND 
UNDER CUTS 
EVERYTHING. 
TO PARAPHRASE 
DURING THE 
DEPRESSION, 
FRANKLIN 
ROOSEVELT SAID 
TELL THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
THE TRUTH. 
THEY ARE TOUGH, 
THEY CAN TAKE 
IT. 
WHEN YOU DON'T 
TELL THEM THE 
TRUTH, THE 
MINUTE SOMETHING 
COULD HELP, THEY 
WON'T ACCEPT IT. 
THIS IS AN 
IMPORTANT THING 
AND TO BE SO 
IRRESPONSIBLE AS 
THEY HAVE BEEN. 
LOOK AT ALL THE 
JOBS LOST.
WITH THE DELAY 
IT'S TRICKY 
HERE. 
NANCY NANCY 
PELOSI SAID 
SOMETHING ABOUT 
THE DEBATES THAT 
I WANT TO PLAY 
FOR YOU. 
>> I MYSELF, 
DON'T TELL 
ANYBODY I TOLD 
YOU HAD THIS, 
ESPECIALLY JOE 
BIDEN, I DON'T 
THINK THAT THERE 
SHOULD BE ANY 
DEBATES. 
I DO NOT THINK 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
HAS COMPORTED 
HIMSELF IN A WAY 
THAT ANYBODY -- 
HAS ANY 
ASSOCIATION WITH 
TRUTH, EVIDENCE, 
DATA AND FACTS. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
THAT. 
WOULD YOU 
CONSIDER NOT 
DEBATING THE 
PRESIDENT? 
>> NO. 
AS LONG AS THE 
COMMISSION 
CONTINUES DOWN 
THE STRAIGHT AND 
NARROW I WILL 
DEBATE HIM. 
I KNOW -- I WILL 
BE A FACT 
CHECKER ON THE 
FLOOR DEBATING 
HIM. 
LOOK, THE ONE 
THING THAT HAS 
GONE ON SO FAR 
IS THE FAST 
MAJORITY WITH NO 
EXCEPTIONS OF 
THE NEWS MEDIA 
IS FACT-CHECKING 
THE THINGS THAT 
HAS BEEN SAID 
DURING THE 
CONVENTION. 
IT'S ONE LIE 
AFTER ANOTHER. 
LYING, LYING, 
LYING. 
ONE AFTER 
ANOTHER. 
THE DEBATES WILL 
TAKE PLACE. 
THEY ARE 
RECOMMENDED TO 
ME BY A NUMBER 
OF VERY 
COMPETENT PEOPLE 
WHO KNOW THEIR 
WAY AROUND THAT 
I SHOULDN'T 
DEBATE TRUMP 
UNLESS THERE IS 
A FACT CHECKER 
ON THE GROUND, 
ON THE DEBATES 
SAYING THAT IS 
TRUE, THAT IS 
NOT TRUE. 
BUT, I THINK 
EVERYBODY KNOWS 
THIS MAN AS A 
PATHOLOGICAL 
TENDENCY NOT TO 
TELL THE TRUTH. 
>> MR. VICE 
PRESIDENT, I 
KNOW YOUR TIME 
IS VALUABLE. 
THANKS FOR 
SHARING YOUR 
THOUGHTS WITH US 
TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING ME, 
ANDREA. 
THANK YOU FOR 
WORKING OUT AND 
COVERING WHAT IS 
HAPPENING FOR 
THOSE PEOPLE IN 
TEXAS, LOUISIANA 
AND NOW HEADING 
INTO ARKANSAS. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> YOU BET. 
>> THAT DOES IT 
FOR THIS.
>>> WE ARE BACK, 
8:14 WITH OUR 
SERIES ON THE 
SEARCH FOR 
SOLUTIONS. 
THIS IS GUIDANCE 
ISSUED BY THE 
CDC. 
PEOPLE THAT 
DON'T HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS 
SYMPTOMS DON'T 
NEED TO BE 
TESTED. 
>> EVEN IF THEY 
WERE EXPOSED. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CALLING 
FOR LESS 
TESTING. 
THAT RAISED THE 
QUESTION IF THIS 
WAS A 
POLITICALLY 
MOTIVATED 
CHANGE. 
ANNE THOMPSON 
LOOKED INTO 
THAT. 
GOOD MORNING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD MORNING. 
THE CRY THIS 
MORNING FROM 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS, SHOW US 
THE SCIENCE TO 
EXPLAIN WHY SIX 
MONTHS INTO THIS 
PANDEMIC AND 
FROM 180,000 
AMERICANS DEAD 
THE GOVERNMENT 
IS RECOMMENDING 
FEWER TESTS 
INSTEAD OF MORE. 
NEW CDC 
GUIDELINES THAT 
SAY PEOPLE 
EXPOSED TO COVID-
19 WITH NO 
SYMPTOMS NO 
LONGER NEED TO 
GET TESTED 
BROUGHT A SWIFT 
BACKLASH FROM 
THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY. 
>> MOST PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
BELIEVE THIS IS 
A BAD CHANGE. 
WE NEED TO BE 
TESTING PEOPLE 
ASYMPTOMATIC, 
NOT SHYING AWAY 
FROM THOSE 
TESTS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
AMERICAN MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION 
CALLING THE 
CHANGE RECIPE 
FOR COMMUNITY 
SPREAD AND MORE 
SPIKES IN 
CORONAVIRUS. 
A NEW CAUTION 
FROM THE 
NATION'S LEADING 
DISEASE EXPERT. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID HE 
WAS UNDER 
GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA AND 
IN SURGERY THE 
DAY THE TASK 
FORCE ADOPTED 
THE GUIDELINES. 
HE QUICKLY 
REVIEWED THEM 
BUT AFTER 
READING THEM 
CAREFULLY HE HAS 
SOME CONCERN 
THAT THE REVISED 
GUIDELINES COULD 
BE INTERPRETED 
AS LESSONING THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
SPREAD OF VIRUS 
IN THE COMMUNITY 
ADDING 
WITHOUT TESTING 
THOSE WHO COME 
IN CLOSE CONTACT 
WITH COVID BUT 
SHOW NO 
SYMPTOMS, 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
SPREAD TO OTHERS 
COULD OCCUR. 
THE CHANGES 
SPARKED 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE. 
PRESIDENT TRP 
URGED LESS 
TESTING EARLIER 
THIS SUMMER. 
>> HERE IS THE 
BAD PART. 
WHEN YOU TEST -- 
WHEN YOU DO 
TESTING TO THAT 
EXTENT, YOU WILL 
FIND MORE 
PEOPLE, YOU WILL 
FIND MORE CASES. 
I SAID TO MY 
PEOPLE, SLOW THE 
TESTING DOWN 
PLEASE. 
>> BUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
TESTING CSAR 
SAID THERE WAS 
NO DIRECTION 
FROM THE 
PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT 
ON THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
AS FOR THE 
CHANGES 
THEMSELVES, 
ADMIRAL DEFENDED 
THE MOVE SAYING 
TESTS SHOULD BE 
FOCUSED AND 
STRATEGICALLY 
DONE NOT FOR THE 
SAKE OF BEING 
TESTED. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
DO APPROPRIATE 
TESTING, NOT 
LESS TESTING, A 
STRATEGY DR. 
SHAW QUESTIONED. 
>> TOO OFTEN OUT 
OF THE CDC AND 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
WE HAVE SEEN 
GUIDELINES THAT 
ARE NOT REALLY 
DESIGNED TO 
OPTIMIZE HEALTH 
AND SAFETY OF 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE BUT 
REALLY ARE AN 
ADMISSION THAT 
WE DON'T HAVE 
ENOUGH TESTS IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THE 
ADMIRAL SAID THE 
NATION IS 
FLUSHED WITH 
TESTING AND 
THERE WILL BE 
MAJOR 
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN 
THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS 
ABOUT 
DEVELOPMENTS IN 
POINT OF CARE 
TESTING. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
ANN, THANK YOU. 
>>> DR. TORRES, 
THE NEW GUIDANCE 
FROM THE CDC 
SCALES BACK THE 
GUIDANCE ON 
GETTING TESTED 
IF YOU HAVE NO 
SYMPTOMS? 
IS THAT IF YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED, DON'T 
GET A TEST? 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY ARE SAYING. 
THEY AREN'T 
SAYING IF YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
IF YOU HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED BUT 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, DON'T 
GET TESTED. 
GET TESTED IF 
YOU HAD SYMPTOMS 
OR PART OF THE 
-- 
>> DOES THAT 
MAKE SENSE? 
>> IT'S A BIG 
CONCERN. 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF CONSTERNATION 
BECAUSE WE KNOW 
THAT THE THREE 
IMPORTANT POINTS 
OF GETTING THE 
PANDEMIC UNDER 
CONTROL ARE 
TESTING, 
ISOLATION AND 
CONTACT TRACING. 
WE ARE TAKING 
ONE OF THE LEGS 
AND SHORTENING 
IT SAYING GET 
TESTED IF YOU 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
WE KNOW THAT 
40%, AROUND 40% 
OF PEOPLE WITH 
COVID-19 DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
THEY COULD BE 
SILENT 
SPREADERS. 
WE ARE NOT 
LOOKING AT THOSE 
PEOPLE SPREADING 
IT AROUND. 
IT WILL BE 
TOUGHER TO KEEP 
IT UNDER 
CONTROL. 
WHAT PUBLIC 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
ARE SAYING, AS 
WE GET IT SORTED 
OUT, IF YOU HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED, 
QUARANTINE 
YOURSELF FOR 14 
DAYS AND IF YOU 
HAVE SYMPTOMS 
GET TESTIFIED. 
THIS IS CAUSING 
CONSTERNATION IN 
THE MEDICAL AND 
HEALTH 
COMMUNITY, A 
LOT OF HEAD 
SCRATCHING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHY 
IT'S HAPPENING, 
WHY WE ARE DOING 
IT. 
TESTING SHOULD 
BE ONE OF THE 
TOOLS WE USE AND 
RAMPED UP AS 
TIME GOES ON. 
WE HAVE GOTTEN 
MORE TESTS. 
WE NEED MORE 
TESTS. 
>> THE FDA 
AUTHORIZED A NEW 
ANTIGEN TEST. 
HOW DOES THIS 
WORK? 
WHAT IS 
DIFFERENT THAN 
WHAT IS OUT 
THERE. 
>> THIS IS GOOD 
NEWS. 
HOPEFULLY IT 
HELPS A LOT. 
IF YOU HAVE GONE 
TO THE DOCTOR 
AND GOT A RAPID 
FLU TEST OR 
STREP IT WILL BE 
THE SAME THING. 
INSTEAD OF 
SENDING IT TO 
THE LAB THE 
DOCTOR DOES IT 
IN THE OFFICE. 
A NASAL SWAB, 
PROCESS THE 
CARD, 15 MINUTES 
THEN COME BACK 
IN AND SAY YOU 
HAVE IT OR YOU 
DON'T. 
IT'S NOT AS 
ACCURATE AS THE 
ONES YOU SEND 
AWAY BUT IT CAN 
BE A SCREENING 
TOOL AND USUALLY 
AS DOCTORS, WE 
LOOK AT IT AND 
SAY IF IT'S 
POSITIVE THEN 
YOU DEFINITELY 
HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IF IT'S NEGATIVE 
BUT YOU HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, LET'S 
GET ONE MORE OF 
THOSE TESTS TO 
FIND OUT. 
ABBOTT SAYS THEY 
WILL HAVE TENS 
OF MILLIONS IN 
SEPTEMBER. 
50 MILLION BY 
OCTOBER. 
THEY ARE PUTTING 
AN APP OUT THAT 
YOU CAN PUT ON 
YOUR CELL PHONE 
SO IF YOU GET A 
POSITIVE OR 
NEGATIVE YOU CAN 
TAKE IT TO THE 
WORK OR SCHOOL 
AND HERE ARE MY 
TEST RESULTS. 
I JUST GOT THEM 
BACK TODAY. 
THAT WAY THEY 
KNOW WHAT IS 
HAPPENING. 
>> IF YOU ARE 
POSITIVE, STAY 
HOME. 
SEND A SCREEN 
GRAB. 
OKAY, DR. 
TORRES. 
>>> 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 
ARE HERE. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S WHAT 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 ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE HAVE 
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. 
>>> 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. 
>>> TONIGHT 
ACROSS TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA. 
>> CATEGORY 4. 
>> YOU WILL 
LEAVE, NOW IS 
THE TIME TO DO 
IT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
STORM SWELLING 
INTO A CATEGORY 
4 MONSTER. 
IN ITS PATH, 
HALF A MILLION 
PEOPLE FACING 
MANDATORY 
EVACUATIONS. 
>> YOU GOT TO 
LISTEN TO NATURE 
AND WHAT IT 
TELLS YOU. 
>> Reporter: IN 
LOUISIANA, NO 
STRANGER TO 
HURRICANES, THE 
GOVERNOR CALLING 
THIS ONE 
DIFFERENT. 
>> THE STORM 
WILL BE MORE 
POWERFUL THAN 
RITA. 
>>  Reporter: 
LAURA PACKING 
WINDS TOPPING 
140 MILES PER 
HOUR WITH UP TO 
20-FOOT STORM 
SURGE. 
IT WAS DESCRIBED 
AS 
UNSURVIVEABLE. 
HERE IN CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, WHERE 
THE EYE IS 
EXPECTED TO 
PASS, WE ARE 
SEEING THE 
IMPACT. 
LOW LYING 
STREETS UNDER 
WATER AS THE 
GULF WATERS 
RISE. 
THE COMMUNITY 
CRUSHED BY 
HURRICANE RITA 
IN 2005. 
AN OVERNIGHT 
GHOST TOWN. 
.
THEY'RE SAYING THE 
STORM SURGE IS GOING 
TO BE UNSURVIVABLE.
HERE YOU
ARE.
>> YES.
THE LAST MINUTE I
MAY LEAVE, BUT
RIGHT NOW I'M
STILL DEBATING
WHAT TO DO.
>> Reporter:
THOSE WHO DID
FLEE
FINDING A NEW
PROBLEM.
SHELTERS ARE
RUNNING OUT OF
ROOM
BECAUSE OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING FOR
COVID-19.
IN LAKE19 CHARLES
WITH A PRECIOUS
FEW HOURS UNTIL
LANDFALL, STORES
ARE BOARDED UP,
GAS STATIONS
EMPTY AS THE
REALITY OF WHAT'S
TO COME SINKS IN.
>> WE'VE GOT>>
MATTRESSES IF
WE'VE Y
GOT TO CLIMB
UNDER THEM OR,
YOU
KNOW, WE'RE JUST
PREPARED FOR
ANYTHING.
>> Reporter:
TONIGHT THE GULF
COAST BRACING FOR
IMPACT.
MORGAN C
HESKY,
NBC NEWS.
>>> IT'S NOT JUST
THE WINDS, BUT
THE WATER THEY'RE
FEARING FROM
THE CATASTROPHIC
STORM SURGE.
THE IMPACT CAN BE
DEVASTATING
EVEN FROM SMALL
SURGES.
AT 3 FEET THOSE
FLOODWATERS ARE
ALREADY LIFE
THREATENING.
AT 6 FEET THE
WAVES CAN SMASH
THROUGH WINDOWS
AND DOORS.
AT 9 FEET, ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOODS
COULD BE
DESTROYED.
LAURA'S STORM
SURGE COULD TOP
OUTD AT 20 FEET.
>> THIS HAS BEEN
CATEGORIZED
REPEATEDLY AS AN
UNSURVIVABLE
STORM SURGE WHERE
IT WILL BE
HITTING.
>> Reporter: AND
THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER
WARNING THE
WATERS CAN PUSH
30 MILES INLAND.
IN THE TEXAS CITY
OF O PORT
ARTHUR, I'M
STANDING ON TOP
OF A
LEVEE THAT'S
BUILT UP TO
WITHSTAND STORM
SURGE, BUT NOTF
15 TO 20 FEET OF
IT.
THE MAYORTO HERE
DEEPLY CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT'S TO
COME.
>> AT ABOUT 5:00,
IT'S
 GOING TO
BE YOU  AND GOD.
>> Reporter: WE
FOUND PEOPLE
SCRAMBLING TO GET
OUT,
REMEMBERING THE
RUTHLESS RISING
WATERS OF I THE
PAST.
>> I'VE BEENGO
THROUGH HARVEY
AND
I'M GOING
 TO GET
ON OUT OF HERE.
I'M NOT TAKING NO
CHANCES AT
THIS TIME BECAUSE
I WAS IN WATER
UP TO MY
SHOULDERS.
>> Reporter: WITH
THE WATERS
FROM THE GULF
EXPECTED TO
BARREL
ASHORE, CONCERNED
WITH THE OIL
REFINERIES WHICH
COULD BE
KNOCKED OFFLINE
FOR WEEKS.
>>> NOW TO S
ANOTHER MAJOR
STORY
WE'RE FOLLOWING,
THE DEADLY
SHOOTING THAT
ERUPTED DURING
THE
JACOB BLAKE
PROTESTS IN
KENOSHA,UN
WISCONSIN.
TWO PEOPLE
KILLED, A THIRD
INJURED, AND LATE
TODAY A
17-YEAR-OLD UNDER
ARREST.
GABE GUTIERREZ IS
THERE.
WE WANT TO WARNNG
YOU, SOME OF THE
VIDEO IS
DISTURBING.
>> Reporter:
TONIGHT AN ARREST
IN THE DEADLY
VIOLENCE THAT
BROKE OUT LAST
NIGHT IN KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, OVER
THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
THIS VIDEO
CAPTURED PART OF
THE
CHAOS, SHOTS
RINGING OUT, A
MAN
ON THE GROUND
FIRING A LONG
GUN,
BYSTANDERS
RUNNING IN
HORROR.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT
HAPPENED
BEFORE OR AFTER
THISL  VIDEO.
RIGHT BEFORE
DAWN, AUTHORITIES
ARE STILL ON THE
SCENE.
POLICE SAY TWO
PEOPLE ARE DEAD,
AT LEAST ONE
PERSON INJURED.
TODAY AUTHORITIES
ARRESTED FEE
17-YEAR-OLD KYLEIT
RITTENHOUSE IN
ILLINOIS.
HE FACES A
FIRST-DEGREE
INTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE CHARGE.
>> WHAT IT SEEMS
TO BE, A MEMBER
A MILITIA GROUP
WHO DECIDED TO
BE A VIGILANTEE.
>> Reporter: THE
SHOOTING CAME
AFTER AUTHORITIESLO
IN ARMORED
VEHICLES FIRED
TEAR GAS TO
DISPERSE CROWDS.
TENSIONS ARE
HIGH.
MEN WITH LONG
GUNS ARE SHOWN
STANDING OUTSIDE
OF BOARDED-UP
BUILDINGS.
AUTHORITIES HAVE
NOT SAID
WHETHER ANY OF
THEM WERE
INVOLVED IN ANY
CONFRONTATIONS.
AFTER OFFICERS
SHOT JACOB BLAKE
MULTIPLE TIMES IN
THE BLACK,
THEY IDENTIFIED
RUSTEN SHASKEY
AS THE MAN WHO
SHOT HIM.
THEY SAID A WOMAN
CALLED ABOUT
HER BOYFRIEND
BEING ON THE
PREMISES WHEN HE
WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO.
>> THEAT
INVESTIGATION
FOLLOWING
THE INITIAL
INCIDENT, MR.
BLAKE
ADMITTED THAT H
EL B
HAD A KNIFE IN
HISAN POSSESSION
AND DCI AGENTS,
THAT'S THE
DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION,
RECOVERED A KNIFE
FROM THE DRIVER'S
SIDE
FLOORBOARD OF MR.
BLAKE'S
VEHICLE.
>>> 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.
>>> DESPITE A 37%
DROP IN CASES
NATIONWIDE SINCE
LATE JULY,
FURIOUS PUSHBACK
ON THE CDC'S
NEW
RECOMMENDATION
THAT PEOPLE
EXPOSED TO COVID
AND HAVE NO
SYMPTOMS NO
LONGER NEED TO
GET
TESTED, THE
CHANGE IGNITING
CONFUSION AMONG
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERTS.
>> THAT'S AN
ESSENTIAL
COMPONENT
OF STATE-BASED
INTERVENTIONS,
DOING EFFECTIVE
TRACKING AND
TRACING.
>> Reporter:
CALLING THE MOVE
INDEFENSIBLE.
>> YOU CANNOT
JUSTIFY THAT ON
ANY HEALTH BASIS.
THAT'S POLITICS.
>> Reporter:
PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN
JUNE SUGGESTED
LESS TESTING.
>> SO I SAID TO
MY PEOPLE, SLOW
THE TESTING DOWN,
PLEASE.
>> Reporter: SO
DEFENDING THE
CHANGE WHEN
PRESSED BY
REPORTERS, THE
CDC SAID THEY
SHOULD NOT DO
TESTING FOR THE
SAKE OF BEING
TESTED.
>> THE VIRAL
TRANSMISSION AND
OUTBREAK COULD
GET ONLY WORSE.
>> OBVIOUSLY
THERE ARE
CONCERNS
ABOUT OFFICIALS
IN THE AREA.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING
EVERYONE --
FIRST OF ALL,
THIS GOES FOR
EVERYONE ACROSS
THE STATE TO
FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS THAT
YOU'RE GIVEN BY
YOUR LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND
YOUR OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS BUT
PARTICULARLY IN
THE WEST LAKE,
NORTH BLUFF, LAKE
CHARLES AREAS,
PAY ATTENTION TO
THEIR
DIRECTIONS AS IT
RELATES TO THE
CHEMICAL FIRE.
HURRICANE LAURA
WHICH STRUCK OUR
STATE WAS
RECENTLY
DOWNGRADED I
THINK 30 MINUTES
OR SO AGO TO A
TROPICAL STORM.
THE CENTER AT
THAT TIME WAS
BETWEEN
SHREVEPORT AND
RUSTON.
THE TRACK OF THE
STORM WAS JUST
SLIGHTLY EAST OF
WHAT HAD BEEN
FORECASTED AND
ACCORDING TO A
CONVERSATION THAT
I HAD WITH KEN
GLAM OF THE
HURRICANE CENTER,
THAT IS WHY WE
DIDN'T GET AS
MUCH STORM SURGE
PUSHED UP INTO
LAKE CHARLES,
BECAUSE THE EYE
OF
THE STORM NEVER
CROSSED OVER THE
CALCASIEU SHIP
CHANNEL.
SO THE VERY
STRONG NORTH WIND
--
I SHOULD SAY
SOUTH WIND, WAS
NEVER PUSHING
THAT WATER UP THE
CALCASIEU SHIP
CHANNEL.
IT HAD BEEN
FORECASTED, BUT
IT
NEVER PUSHED THE
WATER UP.
WHATEVER IT IS,
WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL.
THERE IS
WIDESPREAD AND
SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE BECAUSE OF
THE WINDS AND
SOME BECAUSE OF
THE RAIN, BUT
WE'RE THANKFUL WE
DIDN'T GET MORE
STORM SURGE THAN
WE DID.
JUST ABOUT THE
ENTIRE STATE SAW
TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS,
EVERYTHING EXCEPT
FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND THE
NORTH SHORE.
THAT'S HOW BIG
AND POWERFUL THIS
STORM WAS.
AFTER I FINISH
THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, I
WILL LEAVE WITH
SOME OF THE
OFFICIALS THAT
YOU
SEE WITH YOU TO
JOIN SOME LOCAL
OFFICIALS IN LAKE
CHARLES AND
THEN DO AN
OVERFLIGHT OVER
AT
LEAST CALCASIEU,
CAMERON, AND WE
BELIEVE
VERMILLION
PARISHES SO
THAT WE CAN PUT
EYES ON THE
DAMAGE.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND
THAT RIGHT NOW
WE CONTINUE TO BE
IN IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE MODE,
WHICH IS ABOUT
LIFESAVING.
SO SEARCH AND
RESCUE IS ONGOING
RIGHT NOW, NOT
JUST IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA, BUT
BASICALLY AS THAT
STORM MOVES
NORTH, WE'RE
PUTTING PEOPLE
AND
ASSETS IN BEHIND
THAT STORM AS
SOON AS IT WAS
SAFE TO DO SO TO
DO SEARCH AND
RESCUE.
WE HAVE 1,500
INDIVIDUALS IN
THE
STATE STANDING BY
TO DO SEARCH
AND RESCUE, ABOUT
400 PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT, HIGH
WATER VEHICLES,
BOATS, AIRCRAFT,
YOU NAME IT.
ALL OF THAT HAS
BEEN
COORDINATED.
THAT SEARCH AND
RESCUE IS
ONGOING RIGHT
NOW.
SO THIS TODAY IS
ABOUT SAVING
LIVES, MOVING
PEOPLE OUT OF
THEIR HOMES IF
THEIR HOMES ARE
NO LONGER SAFE
AND HABITABLE,
MAKING SURE THAT
WE GET THEM
TAKEN CARE OF,
AND WHAT THAT
MEANS IN THIS
COVID ENVIRONMENT
IS GETTING THEM
INTO A
NONCONGREGATE
SHELTER JUST AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A HOTEL ROOM OR A
MOTEL ROOM.
AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO
BE WORKING ON
UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS
THAT IS DONE, AND
THEN WE WILL
GET DOWN TO THE
DAMAGE
ASSESSMENTS AND
SO FORTH.
SO SUFFICE IT TO
SAY FOR NOW
THERE'S AN AWFUL
LOT OF WORK
BEING DONE BY A
LOT OF GOOD,
DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVANTS.
WE HAVE OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS
ON
THE GROUND, WE
HAVE PEOPLE FROM
OTHER STATES
ASSISTING IN
SEARCH
AND RESCUE.
YOU KNOW THE
ARRAY OF STATE
AGENCIES THAT
HAVE BEEN WORKING
AT THIS AND
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
WORKING WITH
LOCAL FIRST
RESPONDERS,
SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES,
FIRE DEPARTMENTS,
YOU NAME IT.
I DO WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT
WHILE WE HAVE
ABOUT 600,000
SERVICE LOCATIONS
WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY
ACROSS THE STATE
OF
LOUISIANA, AND AS
I JUST
MENTIONED, WHERE
WE SAW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS
AND WHERE WE
DIDN'T, AND SO
THE OUTAGES ARE
OBVIOUSLY
CONCENTRATED
WHERE WE
DID.
SO BATON ROUGE TO
NEW ORLEANS TO
NORTH SHORE, NOT
MANY OUTAGES,
BUT JUST ABOUT
THE ENTIRE REST
OF THE STATE IS
SEEING
SIGNIFICANT
OUTAGES.
THE GOOD NEWS IS,
WE HAVE MORE
LINE CREWS
PREPOSITIONED IN
LOUISIANA AHEAD
OF LANDFALL THAN
EVER BEFORE.
BUT THAT IS NOT
TO SAY THAT
RESTORATION OF
POWER IS GOING TO
BE DONE VERY
QUICKLY BECAUSE
WE
BELIEVE THERE WAS
TREMENDOUS
DAMAGE DONE TO
THE POWER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO IT MAY
TAKE A WHILE.
SO WE DO ASK
PEOPLE TO BE AS
PATIENT YOU CAN
BE AND
UNDERSTANDING AS
YOU CAN BE.
BUT UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE MORE
PEOPLE WHO ARE
ADDRESSING THIS
SITUATION MORE
QUICKLY THAN EVER
BEFORE.
AND WHILE THEY'RE
OUT ON THE
ROAD RESTORING
ELECTRICITY,
WHILE WE'RE DOING
SEARCH AND
RESCUE AND OTHER
RESPONSE
RELATED TO THE
FIRE AND
DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT WE'VE
SEEN, NOW IS NOT
THE TIME TO GO
SIGHT-SEEING.
I'M APPEALING TO
EVERYBODY IN
LOUISIANA, DON'T
GET OUT ON THE
ROAD UNLESS IT IS
ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY FOR YOU
TO DO THAT.
PLEASE STAY HOME
AND BE SAFE.
WE STILL HAVE AN
AWFUL LOT OF
PLACES WHERE
TREES ARE DOWN
ACROSS THE ROAD,
WHERE
ELECTRICAL LINES
ARE DOWN ACROSS
THE ROAD AND SO
FORTH, AND WE
NEED TO BE MOVING
OUR RESPONSE
VEHICLES TO WHERE
THEY ARE
NEEDED.
SO PLEASE STAY
OFF THE ROAD.
AND SPEAKING OF
ROADS AND SOME
THAT YOU CAN'T
GET ON EVEN IF
YOU WANTED TO,
I'M GOING TO ASK
DR. SHAUN WILSON
TO COME NOW AND
GIVE AN UPDATE ON
THE ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS OF
LOUISIANA.
>> THANK YOU,
GOVERNOR.
AND GOOD
AFTERNOON.
GOOD MORNING.
AS MOST OF YOU
HAVE PROBABLY
SEEN ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, THE AISLE
OF CAPRI BARGE
WAS ACTUALLY
DISLODGED FROM
ITS DOCK AND
CONNECTED ITSELF
TO OUR BRIDGE,
AND I JUST GOT A
TEXT THAT THE
BARGE HAS BEEN
REMOVED AND WE
WILL COMMENCE THE
BRIDGE
INSPECTION
PROCESS VIA
DRONE,
AND CONTINGENT
UPON THE CHLORINE
INCIDENT THAT'S
UNDERWAY IN THE
VICINITY OF THE
BRIDGE, WE WILL
COMPLETE THE
INSPECTION WHICH
REQUIRES OUR
INSPECTORS TO PUT
EYES ON THE
BRIDGE AND MAKE
SURE
THAT IT'S THERE.
IT'S A CLOSED
BRIDGE AND WE
CAN'T STRESS
ENOUGH THE
IMPORTANCE OF
STAYING OFF THE
INTERSTATE,
PARTICULARLY IN
THE
CASE OF THE LAKE
CHARLES BRIDGE.
WE ALSO HAVE LIVE
WIRES ON I-210
AS WELL AS ON
I-49 IN
ALEXANDRA,
LOUISIANA.
THAT'S IN
ADDITION TO ALL
OF THE
DEBRIS AS WELL AS
VEGETATIVE
LAND MATERIAL
THAT HAS BEEN
BLOWN INTO OUR
RIGHT OF WAY.
ALL OF THE TEAMS
IN OUR
DISTRICTS ARE
ENGAGED IN THIS
PROCESS TO CLEAR
AND REMOVE THE
DEBRIS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY
BRINGING ABOUT 75
INDIVIDUALS FROM
SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA OVER TO
SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA TO
ASSIST THAT
DISTRICT THAT
RECEIVED NOT ONLY
PERSONAL FAMILY
DAMAGE, BUT ALSO
TO THE FACILITIES
AT THE
DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'VE GOT
FIELD TEAMS ALL
OVER THE WESTERN
PORTION OF OUR
STATE, FROM
SHREVEPORT ALL
THE
WAY DOWN TO LAKE
CHARLES AND
CAMERON.
WE'VE ALSO
ACTIVATED OUR
DEBRIS
CONTRACTS.
THAT'S A PRIVATE
CONTRACT
RELATIONSHIP THAT
WE HAVE, THAT
WE'RE BRINGING IN
25 TEAMS TO
REMOVE DEBRIS OFF
OF STATE
HIGHWAYS.
THAT'S ABOUT FIVE
CREWS PER
PARISH FOR THE
IMMEDIATE
IMPACTED AREA BUT
WE HAVE
CONTRACTS
COVERING THE
ENTIRE
STATE THAT WILL
BE IN ADDITION
TO WHAT DOTD
STAFF IS ABLE TO
PROVIDE.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN
ABOUT 40
ADDITIONAL
WEATHER-RELATED
CLOSURES.
AS I MENTIONED TO
THE GOVERNOR
YESTERDAY,
BRIDGES ARE A
BLESSING AND A
CURSE IN THAT
WE'VE GOT QUITE A
FEW OF THEM
AND WE'VE GOT
QUITE A FEW OF
THEM THAT ARE
CRITICAL BRIDGES
THAT HAVE TO BE
INSPECTED BEFORE
WE ALLOW YOU TO
CROSS.
I CAN'T STRESS
ENOUGH AS I SAID
BEFORE, DRIVING
THROUGH STANDING
WATER IS NEVER A
GOOD IDEA, BUT
ALSO DRIVING
THROUGH ROADS AND
BRIDGES THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN
CLEARED BY OUR
STAFF YET CAN BE
VERY PROBLEMATIC
BOTH TO YOU AND
TO THE RESOURCES
OF STATE AND
OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
I ASK YOU TO PAY
ATTENTION TO
511.ORG, THAT'S
WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO GET THE
LATEST ON OPEN
HIGHWAYS AND
INTERSTATES.
YOU MAY SEE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, SEE
CARS PASSING, BUT
WE DO MAKE
PROVISIONS FOR
ENTERGY AND OTHER
ENERGY COMPANIES
TO GET BACK AND
TRY TO RESTORE
ELECTRICITY.
SO JUST BECAUSE
YOU SEE SOME
MOVEMENT DOESN'T
MEAN IT'S OKAY
FOR YOU TO DRIVE.
511LA.ORG IS THE
PLACE TO GET
THAT INFORMATION.
STILL WE ARE
PREPARED TO USE
OUR
BUSES, OUR
COACHES, TO
PROVIDE
RUNS FOR FOLKS
WHO NEED MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE WHERE
WE'VE EVACUATED
THEM, TOO, BUT,
MORE
IMPORTANTLY, FOR
THE RESCUE AND
RECOVERY OF
SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA
AND OTHER PLACES
WITH WE'VE HAD
DAMAGE DONE TO
THE STATE.
SO WITH THAT,
GOVERNOR, I'LL BE
HA ESPECIALLY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS
AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
SHAUN.
THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF SILVER
LININGS THIS
MORNING THAT I
THINK WE CAN ALL
BE GRATEFUL
FOR.
THE FIRST IS THAT
THE STORM
SURGE DID NOT
MATERIALIZE TO
THE
DEGREE THAT HAD
BEEN FORECASTED.
NOW, LOOK, 9 TO
12 FEET OF STORM
SURGE IS STILL A
LOT OF STORM
SURGE, AND WE HAD
SOME GAUGES IN
CAMERON PARISH
THAT ACTUALLY
FAILED AFTER
REGISTERING
12 FEET, AND SO
WE THINK THAT
THERE WERE SOME
VALUES HIGHER
THAN 12, PROBABLY
ONE HIGHER
THAN 15 FEET, BUT
THAT'S A LOT
OF STORM SURGE.
BUT IT'S NOT THE
20 FEET THAT WE
WERE TOLD, AND
THEN NOT ONLY WAS
THAT NOT THE
INITIAL SURGE
THAT
CAME UPON THE
COAST, THE STORM
NEVER TRACKED
WEST ACROSS THE
SHIP CHANNEL.
ALL OF THOSE
THINGS HELPED
TREMENDOUSLY.
SO THE WATER
DAMAGE WAS LESS
THAN ANTICIPATED.
HOPEFULLY THAT
MEANS THE HOMES
THAT WERE DAMAGED
CAN BE MADE
HABITABLE AND
SAFE AND SECURE
MUCH MORE QUICKLY
AND CHEAPLY
THAN WOULD
OTHERWISE BE THE
CASE, AND PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE TO
SHELTER AT ALL IN
SOME CASES OR
WON'T HAVE TO
SHELTER FOR VERY
LONG.
ANOTHER PIECE OF
GOOD NEWS IS
THAT DESPITE THE
STRENGTH OF
THAT STORM AND
HOW LONG IT
LASTED, WE NEVER
LOST
COMMUNICATION
WITH THE AFFECTED
PARISHES.
THAT'S THE FIRST
TIME THAT THAT
HAS EVER
HAPPENED, AND I
THINK
THAT'S A RESULT
OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT
WE HAVE MADE
OVER THE YEARS,
REALLY SINCE
HURRICANE
KATRINA, TO MAKE
SURE
THAT WE HAVE
STATE-OF-THE-ART
AND REDUNDANT
COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
AND IT ALSO MADE
IT MUCH -- NOT
JUST EASIER, BUT
FASTER FOR US
TO DISCUSS WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN
THE AFFECTED
PARISHES AND
BEGIN
ASSESSING THEIR
NEEDS AND
DIRECTING THE
ASSISTANCE JUST
AS
SOON AS IT WAS
SAFE TO DO THAT.
NOW, LOOK, WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT
HOW BLESSED WE'VE
BEEN, AND WE
HAVE BEEN IN THE
GRAND SCHEME OF
THINGS, BUT WE
HAVE LEARNED OF
FOUR DEATHS IN
LOUISIANA CAUSED
BY THIS STORM.
ALL RELATED TO
TREES FALLING ON
RESIDENCES, WHICH
IS IN LINE
WITH THIS BEING A
MAJOR WIND
EVENT.
AND NONE OF THEM
WERE IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA.
THE FOUR
FATALITIES THAT
I'M
AWARE OF HAPPENED
IN VERNON,
JACKSON, AND A
CADE ACADIA
PARISHES.
OBVIOUSLY I'M
CONCERNED AND I'M
CONCERNED THAT WE
GO OUT AND DO
SEARCH AND RESCUE
AND FIND MORE
FATALITIES.
I HOPE NOT, I
PRAY NOT, BUT
THAT
IS WHY WE GO OUT
AND DO THOSE
SEARCH AND
RESCUES.
I WILL REMIND
PEOPLE THAT EVEN
THOUGH THE STORM
SURGE WAS A
LITTLE LESS THAN
WE ANTICIPATED,
THE SOUTHERLY
FLOW STILL
CONTINUES AND, IN
FACT, THAT
OUTER BAND
BASICALLY REACHES
INTO CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AND
MAKES A LARGE
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
ROTATION PUSHING
ADDITIONAL
WATER STILL, AND
WE ARE GETTING
REPORTS NOW IN
VERMILLION
PARISHES AND
PARISHES EAST OF
THERE THAT WATER
CONTINUES TO
RISE.
NOT AS QUICKLY AS
WE HAD FEARED
BUT WHAT I'M
TRYING TO TELL
PEOPLE IS, IN
YOUR PARTICULAR
AREA YOU MIGHT
NOT HAVE SEEN THE
WATER AT ITS
HIGHEST YET AS IT
RELATES TO LAURA.
SO BE COGNIZANT
OF THAT.
WITH MORE
INFORMATION ON
COASTAL
WATER LEVELS AND
WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO TO
DEWATER WHERE WE
CAN AND NEED TO,
I'M GOING TO
ASK CHIP KLINE OF
CPRA TO COME
UP AND ADDRESS
YOU AND ON THE
BACK SIDE OF
THAT, I'LL COME
FINISH THE
PREPARED REMARKS
AND
THEN WE'LL ALL
TAKE YOUR
QUESTIONS.
.
>> WELL, THANK
YOU, GOVERNOR.
AS THE GOVERNOR
HAS ALLUDED TO
IN HIS OPENING
COMMENTS, THIS
STORM DID NOT
BRING THE STORM
SURGE THAT WAS
PREDICTED.
IT WOULD APPEAR
THAT MOST OF THE
DAMAGE ACROSS
COASTAL LOUISIANA
IS GOING TO BE
CAUSED BY WIND.
BUT I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE PUBLIC TO
UNDERSTAND
THAT WATER LEVELS
ACROSS COASTAL
LOUISIANA ARE
STILL AT VERY
HIGH
LEVELS,
PARTICULARLY AS
THE
GOVERNOR
MENTIONED IN
VERMILLION
PARISH AND IN
SOUTHWEST IBERIA
PARISH, WATER
LEVELS CONTINUE
TO
RISE.
THERE'S STRONG
WIND, WHICH,
NUMBER ONE, DOES
NOT ALLOW AREAS
THAT EXPERIENCED
HEAVY RAINFALL
AND HEAVY STORM
SURGE TO DRAIN
QUICKLY AND
ADDITIONALLY A
STRONG SOUTHERN
WIND ALLOWS FOR
ADDITIONAL WATER
TO CONTINUE TO
STACK UP ACROSS
COASTAL REGIONS
OF OUR STATE,
PUSHING WATER
FURTHER INLAND.
ONE OF THE
LESSONS LEARNED
FROM
HURRICANE KATRINA
AND RITA IS
JUST BECAUSE A
STORM HAS PASSED
DOES NOT MEAN
THAT WE ARE OUT
OF
HARM'S WAY.
IF YOU RECALL
AFTER HURRICANE
KATRINA, THE
MAJOR DAMAGE THAT
WAS CAUSED AROUND
THE GREATER
NEW ORLEANS AREA
HAPPENED AFTER
THE STORM.
SO THOSE OF US AT
THE COASTAL
PROTECTION AND
RESTORATION
AUTHORITY ARE
CONSTANTLY
MONITORING WATER
LEVELS AND
WE'LL BE
PERFORMING
ASSESSMENTS
OF ALL OF OUR
FLOOD CONTROL
STRUCTURES ACROSS
COASTAL
LOUISIANA AND WE
WILL ALSO BE
ASSESSING THE
IMPACTS OF OUR
COASTAL SHORELINE
FROM KIERMANN
PARISH ALL THE
WAY TO PLAQUERMAN
PARISH.
THE STORM FOCUSED
ON SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.
SOME OF THE OUTER
BANDS COMING
FROM CORPUS
CHRISTI, ACROSS
THE
GULF OF MEXICO
RIGHT NOW, ARE
HEADED STRAIGHT
FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.
SO JUST BECAUSE
YOU DID NOT SEE
A STORM SURGE OR
HEAVY RAINFALL
IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA, YOU
NEED
TO BE PAYING VERY
CLOSE
ATTENTION TO
THOSE OUTER BANDS
AND THE IMPACTS
THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE
ON SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.
SO AT CPRA, WE
CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THE
COASTAL PARISHES
EMERGENCY
OPERATION
PERSONNEL
WITH THE BEST
AVAILABLE DATA
THAT WE HAVE ON
WATER LEVEL
PROJECTIONS SO
THAT THEY CAN
FULLY INFORM
COASTAL RESIDENTS
OF THE CONTINUED
RISK THAT THEY
FACE ACROSS OUR
COAST.
THANK YOU.
>> AND WITH THOSE
BANDS THAT
CHIP WAS JUST
TALKING ABOUT, WE
ARE -- MUCH OF
LOUISIANA, I
SHOULD SAY, IS
UNDER A TORNADO
WARNING FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS, AND THIS
IS SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN
PLAYING OUT FOR
ABOUT 24 HOURS.
IF YOU REMEMBER
HERE IN THE
CAPITOL REGION
YESTERDAY, WE HAD
NUMEROUS WARNINGS
THAT WENT OUT
FOR POTENTIAL
TORNADOES.
I HAVE TO BELIEVE
THAT WE HAD
SOME THAT
PROBABLY FORMED
AND
TOUCHED DOWN
OVERNIGHT, BUT IT
WAS DARK AND HOW
DO YOU KNOW
TORNADO DAMAGE
FROM HURRICANE
DAMAGE?
BUT IT IS
SOMETHING WE NEED
TO
BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO
TODAY.
I WANT YOU TO
KNOW THE NATIONAL
GUARD HAS MORE
THAN 5,400
GUARDSMEN
ACTIVATED AND
THAT
CONTINUES TO
BUILD AS A RESULT
OF MY
AUTHORIZATION FOR
FULL
GUARD ACTIVATION,
AND WE WILL
USE THE NATIONAL
GUARD IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS,
AND JUST AS
SOON AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN
WE'RE
GOING TO REENGAGE
THEM ON COVID
TESTING,
COMMUNITY
TESTING, SITE
TESTING, AND
WORKING WITH OUR
FOOD BANKS AS
WELL AS TO
CONTINUE TO
MANAGE THE
WAREHOUSES THAT
WE HAVE FOR PPE
AND OTHER
MATERIALS.
THE NATIONAL
GUARD HAS
APPROXIMATELY 222
HIGH WATER
VEHICLES AND 65
BOATS THAT ARE
MANNED AND STAGED
IN SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA,
PREPARED TO
PROVIDE
SEARCH AND RESCUE
SUPPORT, AND,
AGAIN, NOT JUST
IN SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA, BUT
THEY'RE BEING
STAGED TO FALL IN
BEHIND THE
STORM AS SOON AS
IT IS SAFE TO
DO SO.
AND, IN FACT,
THAT'S ALREADY
OCCURRED UP THE
WESTERN SIDE OF
LOUISIANA.
THEY'VE GOT
ALMOST A MILLION
LITERS OF WATER,
507,000 MEALS
READY TO EAT, AND
THOSE, TOO,
WERE
STRATEGICALLY
PLACED
THROUGHOUT OUR
STATE AND READY
TO SUPPORT OUR
CITIZENS.
WILDLIFE AND
FISHERY HAS 170
AGENTS AND BOATS
STAGED AND
READY FOR SEARCH
AND RESCUE
OPERATIONS AND
THEY'RE ENGAGED
IN THAT AS WE
SPEAK AS WELL.
I DID WANT TO
REPORT THAT LAST
NIGHT SECRETARY
AZAR OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN
SERVICES SIGNED A
PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY
DECLARATION FOR
LOUISIANA AND
FOR TEXAS, BUT IT
PROVIDES
GREATER
FLEXIBILITY
RELATIVE TO
THE MEDICAID,
MEDICARE PROGRAMS
WITH REGULATIONS
THAT AFFECT
HOSPITALS AND
NURSING HOMES AND
OTHER PROVIDERS,
AND IT JUST
ALLOWS US THE
FLEXIBILITY THAT
WE NEED TO BETTER
SERVE PEOPLE
UNDER EMERGENCY
CONDITIONS.
THESE ARE VERY
SIMILAR TO
WAIVERS THAT WE
RECEIVED BACK IN
2016, AND WE CAN
REQUEST
ADDITIONAL
WAIVERS IF WE
DECIDE
THAT WE NEED
THEM.
BUT THIS ALLOWS
THE PROVIDERS TO
DO WHAT THEY NEED
TO DO IN ORDER
TO MEET THE
DEMANDS OF
EMERGENCY, BUT
WITHOUT WORRYING
ABOUT WHETHER
THEY'RE GOING TO
BE INELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE THE
REIMBURSEMENT
ASSOCIATED WITH
THE CARE THAT
THEY ARE
PROVIDING
BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T PROVIDE IT
IN THE EXACT SAME
WAY THAT THEY
TYPICALLY WOULD.
WE DO CONTINUE TO
ENCOURAGE
RESIDENTS TO CALL
211 WITH ANY
STORM-RELATED
QUESTIONS AND
MEDICAL NEEDS.
211 IS PREPARED
TO RESPOND AND
DIRECT RESIDENTS
TO THE RIGHT
PLACE, DEPENDING
UPON WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE.
SPEAKING OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY TODAY,
WE DID REPORT
723 NEW COVID
CASES, 23
ADDITIONAL
DEATHS, AGAIN,
QUITE
SADLY.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW THE
DEATH TOTAL
FROM THE STORM,
BUT THUS FAR
IT'S FOUR.
TODAY ALONE, 23
RELATED TO
COVID.
SO THAT SHOULD
UNDERSCORE WHAT
WE ALL KNOW BUT
MAYBE LOST SIGHT
OF BECAUSE OF THE
HURRICANE.
WE ARE STILL IN A
COVID
ENVIRONMENT AND
WE NEED PEOPLE
TO PLAY THEIR
ROLE, MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE
WEARING THEIR
MASK,
SOCIAL
DISTANCING,
WASHING THEIR
HANDS FREQUENTLY,
STAYING HOME
WHEN YOU'RE SICK.
AND ALL OF THAT
BECOMES MORE
COMPLICATED WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING
TO RECOVER FROM,
RESPOND TO, A
STORM.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THAT
HOSPITALIZATIONS
ACROSS THE
STATE RELATED TO
COVID CONTINUE
TO DECLINE TO
DATE AND WE'RE
VERY THANKFUL FOR
THAT.
MY BIGGEST
CONCERN RIGHT NOW
ON
COVID IS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE THE
ROBUST TESTING
TAKING PLACE
ACROSS THE STATE
RIGHT NOW THAT
WE NEED IN ORDER
TO KNOW WHETHER
OUR POSITIVITY IS
INCHING UP OR
WHETHER WE HAVE
MORE CASES AND,
IF SO, ARE THEY
IN THE
CONGREGATE
SETTING OR THE
COMMUNITY SETTING
OR ARE THEY
RELATED TO
EDUCATION OR SO
FORTH?
AND SO WE REALLY
NEED TO GET
BACK TO OUR
TESTING JUST AS
SOON
AS WE POSSIBLY
CAN.
I DID WANT TO
GIVE YOU AN
UPDATE
ON SHELTERS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
MORE THAN
2,100 INDIVIDUALS
IN SHELTERS
ACROSS THE STATE,
THE
OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY, MORE
THAN
1,900 OF THOSE
ARE IN
NONCONGREGATE
SHELTERS, HOTEL
AND MOTEL ROOMS.
THE REST ARE IN
CONGREGATE
SHELTERS, ALL
BEING RUN BY
PARISHES, SOME IN
COORDINATION
WITH THE AMERICAN
RED CROSS.
FOR ANY OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO
NEED TO REMAIN IN
A SHELTER OR
FOR ADDITIONAL
PEOPLE WHOSE
HOMES AREOT
HABITABLE, SAFE,
AND SECURE, WE
WILL BE WORKING
TO GET THEM INTO
HOTEL AND MOTEL
ROOMS.
WE DO HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 800
MORE UNDER
CONTRACT,
PRIMARILY
IN THE BATON
ROUGE AND NEW
ORLEANS AREA, AND
IF WE NEED
MORE THAN THAT,
WE WILL FIND THE
SPACE.
AGAIN, WE'RE IN A
COVID
ENVIRONMENT AND
WE WANT PEOPLE
TO BE AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE, NOT
JUST FROM THE
STORM, BUT ALSO
FROM THE VIRUS.
SO IF YOU NEED
SHELTER, PLEASE
TEXT LA SHELTER
TO 898211.
LA SHELTER TO
898211.
WE'LL GIVE YOU
MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHERE TO
GO.
WITH RESPECT TO
FOOD -- AND I
HESITATE TO DO
THIS BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BELIEVE WE
HAVE DSNAP
AVAILABLE TO US
NOW,
DISASTER SNAP
BENEFITS.
WE DO NOT.
WE'LL HAVE TO
APPLY AND BE
APPROVED FOR
ASSISTANCE BEFORE
IT WILL BE
AVAILABLE.
BUT THAT MAY WELL
HAPPEN.
AND WHAT
INDIVIDUALS CAN
DO NOW,
THEY CAN
PREREGISTER FOR
DSNAP
SO IN THE EVENT
THAT IT IS
TURNED ON
SUBSEQUENTLY,
THEY'VE
ALREADY DONE WHAT
THEY NEED TO
DO IN ORDER TO
QUALIFY.
AND SO IT IS NOT
YET AVAILABLE.
I WANT TO REPEAT
THAT.
AND IT MAY TAKE
SOME TIME TO
TURN IT ON, AND
WE ACTUALLY HAVE
TO FIGURE OUT WHO
LOST
ELECTRICITY AND
FOR HOW LONG TO
DETERMINE WHO IS
ELIGIBLE.
BUT I WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT EVEN
IF YOU
PREREGISTERED
BEFORE IN
PREVIOUS
DISASTERS, YOU
NEED TO
REGISTER AGAIN
BECAUSE THE
DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES
DID UPGRADE
THEIR SYSTEM AND
SO YOU NEED TO
INCLUDE AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS
YOU CAN THAT YOU
ARE ASKED FOR,
INCLUDING YOUR
MOBILE TELEPHONE
NUMBER AND YOUR
PARISH OF
RESIDENCE.
BUT GO TO DCFS.LA
.GOV/DSNAP.
REMEMBER SNAP
RECIPIENTS DO NOT
NEED TO REGISTER
FOR DSNAP.
SO IF YOU'RE
ALREADY ON SNAP,
YOU DO NOT NEED
TO REGISTER.
THESE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO
MIGHT
QUALIFY WHO ARE
NOT ALREADY ON
SNAP.
SNAP RECIPIENTS
ARE ALREADY
RECEIVING THE
EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS TO
BRING THEM TO THE
MAXIMUM BENEFIT
FOR THEIR
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
BECAUSE OF THE
COVID EMERGENCY.
SO THOSE ARE
AUTOMATICALLY
LOADED.
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO RECEIVE A
SEPARATE
EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENT FOR
THIS EVENT
BECAUSE YOU'RE
ALREADY AT THE
MAXIMUM.
DCF APPLIED FOR
ANOTHER COVID
EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENT TO
CONTINUE
INTO THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER, BY
THE WAY.
SNAP RECIPIENTS
CAN APPLY FOR
REPLACEMENT
BENEFITS IF THEIR
HOUSEHOLDS LOSE
FOOD PURCHASED
WITH SNAP
BENEFITS AND LOST
POWER FOR AT
LEAST 24
CONSECUTIVE
HOURS.
SO FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON
ALL
OF THIS, YOU CAN
GO TO
DCFS.LA.GOV/
DISASTER FAQ.
AND BEFORE I TAKE
QUESTIONS, I
DID WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT THIS
MORNING THE
LOUISIANA WORK
FORCE
COMMISSION, WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY
WORKING TO
RESPOND TO THIS
NATURAL DISASTER,
WAS ABLE TO
RUN THE REMAINING
25% OF THOSE
CASES, THOSE
TRANSACTIONS,
RELATED TO
INDIVIDUALS
ELIGIBLE
FOR ADDITIONAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
FEDERAL ENHANCED
BENEFITS THAT
ARE BEING FUNDED
THROUGH FEMA.
THAT WAS ABOUT
$47 MILLION.
AND SO THE FILE
HAS BEEN RUN.
THAT IS COMPLETE.
AND WE'RE ALREADY
LOOKING
FORWARD TO
RESUMING THOSE
PAYMENTS NEXT
WEEK.
SO THOSE PAYMENTS
ARE BASICALLY
FOR THIS WEEK AND
THE TWO
PREVIOUS WEEKS,
AND NOW WE'RE
CAUGHT UP WITH
THOSE PAYMENTS
AND WE'LL START
NEXT WEEK IN
ORDER TO CONTINUE
WITH THOSE
WEEKLY BENEFITS.
TOMORROW WE
ANTICIPATE DOING
A
MEDIA BRIEFING IN
THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.
WE'LL LET YOU
KNOW THE EXACT
TIME.
THERE WILL NOT BE
ANOTHER
SCHEDULED
BRIEFING TODAY
BECAUSE
I WILL BE LEAVING
WITH THE
LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR, AND I
WANT
TO THANK BILLY
FOR WORKING
THROUGHOUT THIS
STORM AND
STAYING IN THE
CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION
WITH ME.
BUT HE AND I WILL
BE LEADING A
GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS FROM
THE
STATE TO GO JOIN
US WITH SOME
PARISH AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND
WE WILL FLY OVER
THOSE PARISHES
THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER.
WE WILL LET YOU
KNOW WHAT TIME
TOMORROW TO
EXPECT A PRESS
BRIEFING.
I'M ASSUMING IT
WILL BE ABOUT
1:00 BECAUSE WE
INTEND TO HAVE A
UCG MEETING AGAIN
AT 10:30.
BUT WE'LL LET YOU
KNOW THAT FOR
SURE.
SO WITH THAT,
BRICK, I'LL TAKE
YOUR QUESTION.
>> IS THERE ANY
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> YES, THERE
ARE.
SO WE KNOW THAT
THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF WATER
SYSTEMS THAT ARE
DOWN BECAUSE OF
POWER LOSS AND
POTENTIALLY OTHER
MECHANICAL
PROBLEMS AS WELL,
AND WE KNOW
THAT AS THEY --
SOME OF THEM ARE
NOT BACK ONLINE
YET.
SOME OF THEM CAME
BACK ONLINE
BUT AFTER A DROP
IN PRESSURE.
AND SO THERE ARE
BOIL ADVISORIES
IN PLACE AROUND
THE STATE.
I DON'T HAVE AN
EXTENSIVE LIST
WITH ME AS TO
WHERE THOSE
ADVISORIES ARE,
BUT THERE'S
ANOTHER REASON
WHY INDIVIDUALS
NEED TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO
THEIR LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIVES THAT
THEY'VE BEEN
GIVEN.
WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL WHEN
THAT
WATER COMES BACK
UP, EVEN IF IT
NEEDS TO BE
BOILED FOR A
WATER,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BOIL
IT BEFORE YOU CAN
FIGHT A FIRE
WITH IT.
AND WE'RE VERY
CONCERNED THAT
FIRES MAY HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, ANYTIME
YOU'RE
RECOVERING FROM A
DISASTER, I
THINK YOU'RE AT
AN ELEVATED RISK
FOR ALL OF THESE
TYPES OF
THINGS, AND SO
WE'RE REALLY
ASKING ALL OF THE
ELECTRIC
COMPANIES TO
PRIORITIZE
RESTORING POWER
TO ESSENTIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE DIRECTED
THEM SPECIFICALLY
TO WATER SYSTEMS
AND TO
HOSPITALS IN
ORDER TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN GET PAST
THIS JUST AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
SAM?
>> SIR, DO YOU
HAVE A TIME LINE
FOR WHEN
[ INAUDIBLE ]
POWER RESTORED?
>> WE DON'T YET,
AND, LOOK, IT'S
A HERCULEAN TASK
TO GET OUT AND
DO THE
INSPECTIONS TO
FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE DAMAGE
IS, AND THEN
THESE ELECTRIC
COMPANIES AND
THESE CONTRACTED
CREWS ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO SET
ABOUT WORKING TO
RESTORE POWER.
ONCE THEY FIND
OUT WHAT THE
DAMAGE IS.
NOW, WE ALSO ARE
DIRECTING THEM
TO RESTORE POWER
TO ESSENTIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
FIRST.
NOW, WE WILL HAVE
BETTER
INFORMATION
COMING FROM THE
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION SOON
ON THIS, AND I
KNOW THAT WE ARE
ACCUSTOMED TO
SORT OF INSTANCE
INSTANTANEOUSLY
KNOWING THINGS.
WE ARE NOT ABLE
TO KNOW SOME
THINGS AHEAD OF
TIME BUT IT WAS
NOT UNTIL
DAYLIGHT WE COULD
MOVE
SOME OF THESE
CREWS INTO THE
AFFECTED AREAS.
THEY'VE ENGAGED
IN DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT AND I
KNOW THAT
THEY'VE STARTED
SOME REPAIR WORK
AS WELL.
WE CAN BE
THANKFUL THAT
WHEN
THEY
PREPOSITIONED,
MANY OF THEM
WERE DOING
MAINTENANCE WORK,
CUTTING BACK
VEGETATION AWAY
FROM THE LINES SO
THAT THERE
WOULD BE FEWER
TREES THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY FALL
ONTO THE WIRES
AND
CAUSE PROBLEMS.
BUT I DON'T HAVE
AN ANSWER FOR
YOU YET.
AND I WILL TELL
YOU, I WOULDN'T
BE A BIT
SURPRISED IF THE
NUMBER
THAT I GAVE YOU
IS ALREADY OLD
BECAUSE AS THAT
STORM CONTINUES
TO MOVE NORTH,
MORE AND MORE
HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WILL
LOSE
ELECTRICITY.
SO IT WAS ABOUT
600,000 WHEN I
LEFT, SET OUT TO
COME OVER HERE.
I WOULDN'T BE A
BIT SURPRISED IF
IT'S NORTH OF
THAT NOW.
YES, MA'AM?
>> GOVERNOR, YOU
OFTEN TALK
ABOUT
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> FIRST OF ALL,
I WILL TELL
YOU, I HAVE BEEN
VERY GRATIFIED
BY THE OUTREACH
THAT I'VE HAD
FROM OUR
NEIGHBORS.
I'VE TALKED TO
GOVERNOR ABBOTT
IN TEXAS, I'VE
TALKED TO
GOVERNOR
HUTCHINSON IN
ARKANSAS,
AND GOVERNOR
REEVES IN
MISSISSIPPI.
ALL OF THEM HAVE
OFFERED THEIR
SUPPORT.
IT'S JUST WHAT WE
DO FOR EACH
OTHER, AND WHEN
THE OFFER CAME
FROM TEXAS, THAT
WAS DESPITE THE
FACT THAT THERE
WAS SOME IMPACT
FROM THIS STORM
IN TEXAS.
AND WHEN IT CAME
FROM GOVERNOR
HUTCHINSON IN
ARKANSAS, HE KNEW
THAT WHEN THIS
STORM EXITED
LOUISIANA, IT
WOULD BE IN
ARKANSAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE
DO, AND I WILL
TELL YOU, IT
REALLY IS VERY
HELPFUL BECAUSE
WHILE WE ALL
HAVE TREMENDOUS
AGENCIES AND
COMPETENT PEOPLE,
THE
CAPABILITIES ARE
DIFFERENT,
ESPECIALLY AS IT
RELATES TO THE
NATIONAL GUARD,
BECAUSE NOT
EVERY NATIONAL
GUARD UNIT IS THE
SAME.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
WE DON'T HAVE A
SINGLE CHINOOK
HELICOPTER, AND
IF WE NEED
CHINOOKS, WE CAN
GET
THEM FROM
MISSISSIPPI.
SO IT'S BEEN
GRATIFYING, AND I
CAN TELL YOU AT
THIS POINT WE
HAVEN'T HAD THE
NEED TO ASK THEM
FOR ASSISTANCE,
BUT IF WE DO
HAVE THE NEED, WE
WILL CALL THEM
DIRECTLY AND
WE'LL PUT OUT THE
EMAC REQUEST,
WHICH IS THE
FORMAL REQUEST
THAT WE MAKE, SO
THAT THEY CAN BE
REIMBURSED BY
FEMA FOR THE COST
OF THE
ASSISTANCE THAT
THEY DO PROVIDE
US.
BUT IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION AND IT
IS AN EXAMPLE OF
BEING A GOOD
NEIGHBOR.
AND, BY THE WAY,
IT'S STILL
IMPORTANT FOR
LOUISIANAENS TO
BE
GOOD NEIGHBORS TO
ONE ANOTHER.
IT'S A LITTLE
DIFFERENT IN A
COVID
ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S DOING ALL
THE THINGS YOU
WOULD NORMALLY
DO, BUT DOING IT
FROM 6 FEET AWAY
WHILE WEARING A
MASK AND WASHING
YOUR HANDS
FREQUENTLY.
YES, SIR?
.
>> [INAUDIBLE
QUESTION].
>> NO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF
ROADS THAT
CONTINUE TO BE
CLOSED NOT
BECAUSE WE WANT
THEM CLOSED BUT
BECAUSE THEY'RE
UNSAFE.
THEY HAVE DEBRIS
STREWN ACROSS
THEM, DOWNED
POWER LINES.
WE'VE GOT BRIDGES
THAT WE
HAVEN'T INSPECTED
AND SO FORTH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO
ASK PEOPLE TO
BE PATIENT, AND
THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE A HARD TIME
GETTING BACK
IN.
LET ME TELL YOU,
WE KNEW SEVERAL
HOURS AGO ABOUT
THIS FIRE IN
WEST LAKE, AND
THEY HAD TO WORK
EXTREMELY HARD
TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW THEY WERE
GOING TO GET
CLOSE ENOUGH TO
THAT FACILITY IN
ORDER TO FIGHT
THE FIRE BECAUSE
OF ALL OF THE
OBSTRUCTIONS AND
LIVE POWER LINES
THAT WERE DOWN
IN THAT VICINITY.
AND THESE ARE
FIREFIGHTERS.
THESE ARE
PROFESSIONALS
WITH
MUCH MORE
EQUIPMENT THAN
INDIVIDUAL
RESIDENTS ARE
GOING
TO HAVE.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE
PATIENT, AND
AS ROADS OPEN,
YOU CAN GO TO
511LA -- WHAT IS
IT, SHAUN?
>> 511LA.ORG.
>> THAT'S IT.
511LA.ORG.
AND YOU CAN SEE
REALTIME WHAT
THOSE CLOSURES
ARE.
BUT, AGAIN, THE
MORE PEOPLE ON
THE ROAD TODAY,
THE HARDER IT'S
GOING TO BE TO
GET THE FIRST
RESPONDERS, THE
SEARCH AND
RESCUE, THE POWER
RESTORATION
CREWS, ALL OF
THOSE ASSETS AND
PERSONNEL TO
WHERE THEY NEED
TO
BE.
YES, SIR?
.
SAM?
>> YES.
[INAUDIBLE
QUESTION.
].
>> YES.
I'M GOING TO SEE
IF RICH OR
COLONEL REEVES
WANT TO COME TALK
ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW
EVERYTHING THERE
IS TO KNOW ABOUT
IT.
WE HAVE SOME
ASSUMPTIONS AND
IT'S QUITE OFTEN
WE DON'T AIR
ASSUMPTIONS UNTIL
THE
INVESTIGATION IS
COMPLETE, BUT
WE KNOW IT'S A
SERIOUS SITUATION
AND I'M GOING TO
ASK OUR FOLKS
FROM PUBLIC
SAFETY TO COME UP
AND GIVE THE BEST
INFORMATION
THAT THEY HAVE.
>> HEY, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
YES, BIO LAB IS A
MANUFACTURER
OF CHLORINE
PRODUCTS.
AT SOME TIME
DURING THE
WEATHER
EVENT LAST NIGHT,
AN
UNDETERMINED
AMOUNT OF THE
PRODUCT BEGAN TO
REACT AND
DECOMPOSE, AND
THE CAUSE OF THIS
IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
AS THIS TYPE OF
CHLORINE BEGINS
TO DECOMPOSE, IT
GENERATES HEAT,
AND IT BEGAN TO
BURN, RELEASING
CHLORINE GAS INTO
THE
ATMOSPHERE.
SMALL CREWS FROM
BIO LAB MADE
SEVERAL
UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPTS TO
EXTINGUISH THE
FLAMES, AND AT
THAT TIME,
SOMETIME BEFORE
10:00
THIS MORNING, BIO
LAB CONTACTED
STATE POLICE TO
RESPOND TO THE
SCENE.
UPON OUR ARRIVAL
WE IMMEDIATELY
ISSUED A SHELTER
IN PLACE ORDER
FOR THE RESIDENTS
NEARBY IN THE
TOWN OF WEST
LAKE.
SO BIO LAB IS
WORKING WITH
LOCAL
AND STATE
OFFICIALS TO
INCLUDE
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
AND STATE FIRE
MARSHALS, DEQ,
AND STATE POLICE
AND SOME LOCAL
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
FROM AROUND THE
AREA TO
EXTINGUISH THE
FIRE AND ALSO TO
MONITOR THE AIR
QUALITY.
>>
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> I DO NOT KNOW
THE TIME LINE
FOR THAT.
>>
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> THAT'S STILL
UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT
IT BEGAN
SOMETIME DURING
THE COURSE OF
THE STORM.
>>
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> WELL, LIKE I
SAID, THE
CHLORINE GAS WAS
RELEASED INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE,
BUT WE'RE
WORKING WITH DEQ
AND OTHERS TO
MONITOR THOSE
RISKS AND RIGHT
NOW WE'RE AT A
STABLE POINT WITH
IT.
>>
[ INAUDIBLE ]
GAS IS NO LONGER
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> I'M GOING TO
LET THE CHIEF
SPEAK TO THAT
BECAUSE HE
PROBABLY HAS A
BETTER
PERSPECTIVE ON
THAT THAN I DO.
>> SO
SPECIFICALLY THAT
THE
STANDARD
PROCEDURE WHEN
YOU HAVE
THIS, STATE
POLICE HAZMAT
TAKES
COMMAND OF THAT
AND THERE'S A
LITANY OF THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE
DONE.
SO WHEN THEY
RESPONDED, THEY
STARTED TO
MONITOR AND
THEY'VE
CONTINUED TO
MONITOR.
WHAT THEY HAVE
FOUND IS NO
LOW-LEVEL
DETECTION OF
CHLORINE
OFFSITE, WHICH
MEANS WHERE
PEOPLE WALK AND
WHERE PEOPLE
GATHER, WHICH IS
A GOOD THING.
THE CLOUD AND THE
PLUME AS IT
GOES IN THE AIR
AND MOVES OUT,
THERE IS CHLORINE
IN THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT
THOSE CHEMICALS
ARE FALLING IN
THE LAKE, WHICH
IS THE RIGHT
PLACE FOR IT
BECAUSE IT
DILUTES CHLORINE.
SO THE OFFSITE
IMPACT WE DON'T
BELIEVE IS
ENDANGERING
ANYONE,
BUT THE IMMEDIATE
REACTION WAS
TO SHELTER IN
PLACE, AND THAT
WAS THE ACTION
THE STATE TOOK.
>>
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND YOU'VE GOT
THE CHLORINE
FALLING INTO THE
LAKE AND THAT'S
WHY
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> IT'S A PLUME
THAT'S
LINGERING.
AS THE PLUME GOES
UP, IT GOES
DOWN, BUT THE
DIRECTION OF THE
WIND, THE PLUME
IS CAUSING THE
VAPORS TO THEN
SUPPRESS
THEMSELVES IN THE
LAKE, WHICH
THEN MAKES THE
CHLORINE NOT
DANGEROUS.
WATER SUPPRESSES
CHLORINE.
>> WHAT SYMPTOMS
[ INAUDIBLE ]
CHLORINE
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> THE SYMPTOMS
OF EXPOSURE TO
CHLORINE WOULD BE
RESPIRATORY
DISTRESS,
RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY
KNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE'S BEEN ANY
REPORTED
INJURIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU,
COLONEL REEVES
AND
FIRE MARSHAL
BROWNING.
YES, SIR?
>> I'M WONDERING
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC
NEWS NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BREAKING NEWS.
IF THEY DO GO
BACK TO THEIR
JOBS, YOU 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.
.
>>> BOSTON
UNIVERSITY IS
TESTING
THEIR STUDENTS IN
THEIR VERY OWN
LAB.
HERE IS THEIR
INNOVATIVE AND
EFFICIENT NEW
PROGRAM.
>> YOU HAVE
NEARLY DEVELOPED
A
VERY ROBUST
TESTING PROGRAM
BY
WHICH WE ARE
TESTING MEMBERS
OF
THE COMMUNITY FOR
REGULAR
SYMPTOMS,
REGARDLESS.
IT IS A PCR
REACTION.
THIS TEST IS
SPECIFIC FOR THE
RNA OR FOR THE
GENETIC CODE OF
THE VIRUS IN THE
NOSE OF THE
PERSON WHO IS
BEING SWABBED.
SO UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS RIGHT
NOW ARE BEING
TESTED TWICE
WEEKLY AND
GRADUATE STUDENTS
ARE
BEING TESTED ONCE
WEEKLY AND
THAT'S OUR
CURRENT SCHEDULE
FOR
TESTING.
WE WANT TO REALLY
SAMPLE THE
COMMUNITY IN A
WAY THAT GIVES US
REALTIME
INFORMATION.
FIRST OF ALL, IF
SOMEONE IS
POSITIVE, YOU CAN
CALL THEM AND
DO CONTACT
TRACING AND GET
THEM
ISOLATED AS
QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
IT ALSO GIVES US
A VERY FAST
FEEDBACK AND DATA
ON HOW THE
VIRUS MAY BE
TRANSMITTING IN
OUR
COMMUNITY.
IF WE START TO
SEE NUMBERS GOING
UP QUICKLY AND
GOING UP IN A WAY
THAT IS DOUBLING
TOO SOON, WE'LL
KNOW A LOT ABOUT
WHERE THE VIRUS
IS ON CAMPUS.
>> WE ARE
WILLING, A
HUNDRED
PERCENT WILLING
TO MAKE THAT
SACRIFICE AND
WITH OUR CONTACTS
AND THEN FOR THE
REST OF THE
STUDENT BODY, WE
JUST HAVE TO
HOPE THAT
EVERYBODY IS
TAKING
THE RIGHT
PRECAUTIONS.
>> PART OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE
REGULAR TESTING,
EVEN IF SOMEONE
DOESN'T ADHERE TO
THE INDIVIDUAL
SAFETY PRACTICES
AND THEY'RE NOT
KEEPING SOCIALLY
DISTANT, WE'RE
GOING TO CATCH
THEM ON OUR
TESTING.
>> I WANT TO KEEP
EVERYBODY
SAFE.
I WANT TO KEEP
MYSELF SAFE, SO
PROTECTING THOSE
WHO HAVE COME
INTO CONTACT WITH
ME OR OTHERS
WHO HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE WHO
CAME IN CONTACT
WITH ME, I WANT
TO KNOW THAT
INFORMATION JUST
AS
MUCH AS I WANT TO
GIVE IT OUT TO
HELP STOP THE
SPREAD AND KEEP
IT
SAFE HERE.
>> WHEN YOU
NOTIFY THOSE
CONTACTS, WE
DON'T RELEASE THE
NAME OF THE
PERSON THEY'VE
BEEN
CLOSE TO.
MANY TIMES SOME
STUDENTS AND
SOME INDIVIDUALS
HAVE ACTUALLY
ALREADY TOLD THEM
BUT THAT'S NOT
A THING THAT WE
EVER RELEASE AS
FAR AS AN
IDENTITY, UNLESS
THERE'S
EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES AND
WE HAVE
PERMISSION FROM
THE PERSON TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> ANN JOINS ME
LIVE.
ANN, I AM SO
IMPRESSED NOT
ONLY
WITH THAT LAB,
BUT BU IS A BIG
SCHOOL.
HOW IS THE
UNIVERSITY ABLE
TO
PROCESS SO MANY
TESTS?
>> Reporter:
WELL, THEY
DECIDED
TO DO THIS,
ALISON, BACK IN
THE
SPRING WHEN THEY
LOOKED AT HOW
THEY COULD BRING
EVERYBODY BACK
TO CAMPUS AND
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
AND, REALLY, THE
ONLY
COST-EFFECTIVE
WAY THEY SAW WAS
TO DO THEIR OWN
TESTING, AND NOT
JUST DO THEIR OWN
TESTING, BUT
TO CONTINUOUSLY
TEST THOSE
STUDENTS, BOTH
GRADUATE AND
UNDERGRAD, AS
WELL AS THE
FACULTY AND STAFF
SO THEY COULD
TRACK THE SPREAD
OF THE DISEASE.
THAT LAB IS
ABSOLUTELY KEY.
THOSE HAVE ABOUT
A DOZEN PEOPLE
WHO WORK FROM
ABOUT 7:00 IN THE
MORNING TO 10:30
AT NIGHT AND
THEY CAN PROCESS
UP TO 6,000
TESTS A DAY AND
THEY HOPE TO GET
THE RESULTS BACK
IN 24 HOURS.
THAT KIND OF
SPEED IS KEY TO
CONTAINING THE
VIRUS.
>> WOW.
INCREDIBLE WORK
THEY'RE DOING.
LONG HOURS AND
THOUSANDS OF
TESTS.
REALLY IMPRESSED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT
BU ALSO HAS
PRETTY STRICT
SOCIAL DISTANCING
RULES.
WHAT ARE THOSE
REGULATIONS AND
WHAT HAPPENS TO A
STUDENT WHO
BREAKS THEM?
>> Reporter: I'LL
TELL YOU, THE
DEAN OF STUDENTS
CAME OUT WITH A
BLISTERING LETTER
TODAY TELLING
THE STUDENTS HERE
AT BOSTON
UNIVERSITY THAT,
LOOK, IF YOU
HOLD A PARTY AND
THERE ARE MORE
THAN 25 PEOPLE,
YOU ARE GOING TO
BE SUSPENDED FOR
THE FALL
SEMESTER.
THAT MEANS YOU'RE
KICKED OFF
CAMPUS, YOU
CANNOT TAKE
CLASSES
REMOTELY, AND YOU
CANNOT GET A
REFUND ON YOUR
TUITION, ROOM, OR
BOARD.
THEY ARE
ABSOLUTELY
SERIOUS
ABOUT THIS.
WHY DID THEY PUT
OUT THE LETTER?
BECAUSE OTHER
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
OPENED BEFORE BU
AND DESPITE ALL
THE TESTING
PROGRAMS THEY
HAVE
HAD, WHEN COLLEGE
STUDENTS DO
WHAT COLLEGE
STUDENTS LIKE TO
DO, AND THAT'S
GET TOGETHER AND
THEY FORGET
SOCIAL
DISTANCING,
THEY START
DRINKING BEER,
THE
MASKS COME OFF,
THEY'RE
SOCIALIZING, ALL
OF THE SUDDEN
YOU SEE OUTBREAKS
OF COVID-19.
AND AT BU, THEY
ARE ABSOLUTELY
DETERMINED THAT
IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
>> YEAH, ANN,
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
CERTAINLY NOT
MESSING AROUND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SHOWING US
WHAT THEY'RE
DOING THERE.
>> TAKE CARE,
ALISON.
.
>>> FROM ASIA TO
THE MIDDLE EAST
TO EUROPE,
LEARNING HOW TO
BRING
STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS BACK
TOGETHER.
IN THAILAND,
POPULATION 69
MILLION, THEY
HAVE ONE OF THE
LOWEST COVID
INFECTION RATES
IN
THE WORLD, JUST
OVER 3,000 CASES
AND FEWER THAN 60
DEATHS.
YET THEY'RE
TAKING NO CHANCES
AT
SCHOOL.
THERE ARE
TEMPERATURE
CHECKS FOR
STUDENTS.
EVERYONE WEARS A
MASK.
THEY HAVE HAND
WASHING STATIONS
AND PLASTIC
SCREENS AROUND
DESKS
WHERE STUDENTS
HAVE CLASSES AND
THEIR LUNCH.
THERE ARE NO
STAGGERED
CLASSES,
CAPACITY LIMITS,
OR SOCIAL
DISTANCING RULES
BECAUSE
THAILAND HAS NOT
HAD A SINGLE
CASE OF COVID
TRANSMISSION IN
THE COMMUNITY IN
TWO MONTHS.
A DIFFERENT STORY
IN ISRAEL,
POPULATION 8.7
MILLION, MORE
THAN 130,000
CASES, MORE THAN
830 DEATHS.
THEY INVITED ALL
STUDENTS BACK
TO SCHOOL IN MAY.
THE RESULT, AN
EXPLOSION IN
INFECTIONS.
NOW THEY'RE
ADJUSTING.
SOME RELIGIOUS
SCHOOLS ARE
ALREADY OPEN WITH
DESKS SPREAD
APART AND MASKS
FOR TEACHERS AND
OLDER STUDENTS.
IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, THEY ARE
DISINFECTING FOR
THE FIRST DAY
BACK NEXT WEEK,
KEEPING CLASS
SIZES SMALL.
IN TEL AVIV,
EVERY STUDENT
WILL
GO TO SCHOOL
THREE OR FOUR
TIMES
A WEEK WITH THE
REST OF THEIR
LEARNING ONLINE.
>> THEY'RE ABLE
TO SOCIALIZE,
THEY'RE ABLE TO
HAVE CONTACT
WITH THEIR
TEACHERS.
THAT WILL
DEFINITELY
IMPROVE
THEIR LEARNING
EXPERIENCE.
IT HAS TO WORK
BECAUSE THERE'S
NO OTHER
ALTERNATIVE.
WE CAN'T KEEP
70,000 KIDS AT
HOME.
THE ECONOMY WON'T
SURVIVE IT,
THE SOCIETY WON'T
SURVIVE IT.
>> STAYING OUT OF
SCHOOL IS MORE
DANGEROUS TO A
CHILD'S HEALTH
THAN CATCHING
COVID.
>> OVERWHELMINGLY
THE CHANCES OF
A CHILD DYING
FROM COVID ARE
INCREDIBLY SMALL,
BUT THE DAMAGE
FROM STAYING HOME
IS
OVERWHELMING.
>> THE UK HAS ONE
OF THE WORST
RATES IN THE
WORLD.
MORE THAN 41,000
DEATHS.
ALL STUDENTS ARE
NOW HEADING
BACK TO SCHOOL TO
FIND MORE HAND
WASHING AND DESK
CLEANING.
A NEW STUDY BY
PUBLIC HEALTH
ENGLAND FOUND
THAT OUT OF MORE
THAN A MILLION
PRESCHOOLERS AND
ELEMENTARY KIDS
IN SCHOOL IN
JUNE, ONLY 70
CHILDREN AND 128
STAFF TESTED
POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
THE STUDY ALSO
FOUND THAT KIDS
ARE MORE LIKELY
TO GET INFECTED
AT HOME.
IN PARTS OF THE
UK, MASKS ARE
MANDATORY FOR
SOME OLDER
STUDENTS.
IN HALLWAYS, BUT
NOT CLASSROOMS.
>> I REFUSE TO
WEAR ONE, AND I
THINK YOU CAN'T
SEE FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS AND
PRAISE, AND I
THINK YOU SHOULD
BE ABLE TO READ
BACK.
>> Reporter:
ACROSS GREAT
BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND,
SOCIAL DISTANCING
RULES ARE LEFT
TO LOCAL
ADMINISTRATORS.
>> THE NEW RULES
THAT WE HAVE TO
FOLLOW, THEY'RE
GOOD FOR US BUT
THEY'RE VERY
DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT
I'M USED TO, SO
IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME TO GET
USED TO IT.
>> NO STRATEGY IS
PERFECT.
SOUTH KOREA HAS
BEEN PRAISED FOR
ITS HANDLING OF
THE CORONAVIRUS,
POPULATION 51
MILLION, 17,000
CASES, JUST OVER
300 DEATHS.
BUT SCHOOLS ARE
TEMPORARILY
CLOSING AGAIN IN
THE CAPITOL,
SEOUL, AFTER
DAILY COVID CASES
JUMPED UP INTO
THE HUNDREDS.
AS
THE UNITED STATES
CONTINUES TO
DEBATE THE
REOPENING OF
SCHOOLS
WITH DIFFERENT
PATHS BEING TAKEN
IN STATES AND
DISTRICTS, THE
REST OF THE WORLD
IS FORGING
AHEAD TRYING TO
GET AS CLOSE TO
NORMAL AS
POSSIBLE.
>>> I STARTED
WITNESSING A
PLACE
CALLED CORNEAL IN
WEST TEXAS, A
CHILD'S DETENTION
CENTER.
I CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA OF GOING
THERE, AND I
RENTED AN RV AND
I
STAYED THERE FOR
THREE MONTHS.
I BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS THE 38th
DAY, SO -- WE'VE
BEEN DOING THIS
A FEW WEEKS
BECAUSE OF WHAT
WE
FOUND OUT, AND
THAT IS THAT
DEPORTATION
FLIGHTS ARE
HAPPENING
REGULARLY FROM
THE
BROWNSVILLE
AIRPORT, SO WE'VE
BEEN GETTING UP
EARLY BECAUSE WE
BECAME AWARE THAT
THOSE FLIGHTS
OFTEN HAPPEN IN
THE PRE-DAWN
LIGHT HERE, WHEN
PEOPLE ARE NOT
SEEN AND THEY'RE
IN DANGER.
THEY CAN BE
FORGOTTEN.
THEY CAN BE LOST.
>> ON THE WAY
FROM SAN ANTONIO,
COMES HERE AND
THEN TO
GUATEMALA.
>> LEAVES AT 7:30
OR SO?
>> YEAH, IT
LEAVES AT 7:30.
>> OKAY.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK.
>> USING MAPS
ANYBODY CAN GET
ON
THEIR iPHONE, WE
TRACKED THE
FLIGHTS OF SWIFT
AIR AND
ATLANTIC.
THOSE ARE
COMPANIES MAKING
A
HELL OF A LOT OF
MONEY WORKING
FOR I.C.E.
>> WE'VE LEARNED
RECENTLY THAT
THE FATE OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE
RETURNING TO
PLACES THAT THEY
FLEED, THERE'S
ARTICLES ABOUT
PEOPLE RETURNING
TO EL SALVADOR
AND 138 MEN
MURDERED WHEN
THEY
RETURNED.
WE REALIZE THESE
FLIGHTS ARE NOT
JUST DEPORTATION
FLIGHTS, THEORY
THINK YOU'D HAVE
TO SAY
GENOCIDAL FLIGHTS
BECAUSE WE
KNOW WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION
THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEING KILLED
WHEN THEY GET
THERE.
SINCE WE FOUND
OUT ABOUT THEM,
WE'VE BEEN COMING
OUT ALMOST
EVERY DAY TO SEE
THE BUSES COME
IN FULL OF
PEOPLE, TO SEE
THE
SHACKLED PEOPLE.
>> LOOK UNDER
THAT PLANE THERE.
YOU'LL SEE CHAINS
BEING LAID
OUT.
ALL OF THEIR
POSSESSIONS ARE
IN
CLEAR PLASTIC
BAGS.
THERE'S KIND OF
AN ASSEMBLY LINE
OF PEOPLE DIGGING
THROUGH THE
BAGS AND LOOKING
AT THEIR
POSSESSIONS.
>> PEOPLE CAME
ACROSS THESE
SITES AND
RECOMMENDED TO
SEE IF
WE COULD GET
THERE.
IN EL PASO WE
ACTUALLY
WITNESSED
THE PLANES.
IT'S A BIGGER
AIRPORT.
THEY'VE MADE IT
HARDER FOR US
NOW.
THEY TURN THE
PLANE AROUND AND
THEY DO ALL KINDS
OF THINGS TO
KEEP US FROM
SEEING.
WE DON'T WANT
THEM TO BLOCK US.
WE'RE TRYING TO
SEE IT.
>> THEY'RE TRYING
TO BLOCK IT
WHERE WE ARE.
SO THE IDEA HERE
IS TO KEEP
MOVING ENOUGH AND
NOT TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO
CERTAIN PLACES SO
WHEN THEY GO ONE
PLACE, WE HAVE
A SHOT OF GETTING
SOMEWHERE
ELSE, A BETTER
VIEW.
SO THERE'S
ANOTHER PLACE
THAT'S
A LITTLE FARTHER
DOWN THAT MIGHT
ACTUALLY WITH A
TELEPHOTO LENS
IS REALLY GOOD
WHERE IT WOULD BE
STRAIGHT ON,
PLAIN VIEW,
ACTUALLY SEE
PEOPLE WALKING UP
THE RAMP.
>> WE HAVE A
VANTAGE POINT
HERE,
RIGHT THROUGH
THERE.
THEY'RE BEING
TRICKED RIGHT
AFTER THEY GET
OFF THE BUS AND
THEY'RE BEING
TAKEN AND THEY'RE
WALKING UP THE
STEPS IN THOSE
SHACKLES WITH NO
HELP, AND AT
THE SAME TIME
THEY'RE TRYING TO
BLOCK US FROM
VIEW, BUT YOU CAN
SEE ALL THE
VEHICLES OUT AND
AROUND THERE.
THEY DO FIRST THE
LOADING,
LOADING ONTO THE
PLANE NOW.
.
>> THE VERY FIRST
TIME THAT I
CAME TO WATCH
THESE PEOPLE BE
LOADED ONTO THESE
PLANES, I
STARTED TO COUNT,
AND ONCE I
STARTED COUNTING,
I COULDN'T
STOP, AND IT WAS
LIKE I NEEDED
TO MARK EVERY
SINGLE ONE AND
LET
THE PEOPLE KNOW
THAT EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF
THEM WAS SEEN.
.
>> IT'S SOMETHING
PAINFULLY SAD
ABOUT WATCHING
PEOPLE WALKING
WITH THEIR HEADS
DOWN LIKE THAT.
40 PER BUS, IS
THAT WHAT YOU'VE
SEEN?
>> YEAH, UH-HUH.
THE LAST PEOPLE
THEY USUALLY PUT
ON ARE THE WOMEN.
A WOMAN IN RED,
ANOTHER WOMAN
WITH LONG, DARK
HAIR.
THEY'RE IN
CHAINS.
THEY'RE IN
SHACKLES.
THEY'RE GOING UP
THE STEPS.
THEY'RE FRISKING
HER.
>> WE THINK THAT
IF PEOPLE SEE
THIS, THEIR
HEARTS WILL
BREAK.
OUR HEARTS ARE
BREAKING.
WE THINK IF THEY
SEE THAT, WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO
STOP THIS, THAT
IT MIGHT CHANGE
SOME POLICY, IT
MIGHT CHANGE SOME
HEARTS.
IT'S OUR ONLY
HOPE.
IT'S NOT MUCH OF
A HOPE, I'VE
GOT TO TELL YOU,
BUT IT'S WHAT
WE DO.
WRAPPING UP 
TONIGHT. 
THERE NGWILL BE 
APPEARANCES FROM 
SENATE MAJORITY 
LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL, THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DAUGHTER, IVANKA 
TRUMP. 
AND OF CHIVCOURSE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL ALSO SPEAK. 
%
THE PRESIDENT 
PREVIEWED THE 
REMARKS EARLIER 
TODAY. 
>> MIGHT THE 
PRESIDENT 
ADDRESS THIS IN 
HIS REMARKS.  
I'M SURE HE 
WILL. 
WE LOOK FORWARD 
TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REMARKS TONIGHT, 
BRINGING A MUCH 
BROADER VISION 
OVER AMERICA 
THAT HE SEES 
OVER THE NEXT 
FOUR YEARS, 
VERSUS ONE THAT 
WE SEE OVON THE 
OTHER SIDE, THAT 
LEADS TO 
SOCIALISM AND 
DECLINE. 
>>> AND NOW FOR IS
THE LATEST ON 
LAURA, WHICH HAS 
NOW DOWNGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL 
STORM.   
LAURA MADE 
LANDFALL 
OVERNIGHT. 
BECOMING THE 
STRONGEST STORM 
TO HIT THE STATE FA 
IN OVER 160 
YEARS. 
AT LEAST FOUR IN
PEOPLE ARE DEAD 
DUE TO FALLEN 
TREES. 
AND 
OFFICIALS 
ARE STILL 
SURVEYING THE 
DAMAGE.  
LOUISIANA'S 
LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR 
COMMENTED ON 
THIS THIS 
MORNING. 
>> EUWELL, OR TWE K 
ANYONE THAT 
STAYED, THAT IS 
CLOSE TO THE 
COAST, WE'VE GOT 
TO PRAY FOR 
THEM.  
BECAUSE LOOKING 
AT THE STORM 
SURGE. 
THERE WOULD BE 
LITTLE CHANCE OF 
SURVIVAL.  
 E >> MOVING ONTO 
THE NBA, WHERE 
THE LEAGUE PLANS 
TO POSTPONE 
TONIGHT'S PLAY-
OFF GAMES YET 
AGAIN.  NE
A SOURCE HAS 
TOLD THE 
ASSOCIATED PRESS 
THAT WHILE THE 
NBA PLANS TO 
CONTINUE ITS 
SEASON, IT'S NOT 
CLEAR WHEN GAMES 
WILL RESUME.  
THIS ALL FOLLOWS 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, 
PROTESTING THE 
GAME OVER THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE.  
THE NBA AND WNBA 
ALSO PUT THEIR 
GAMES ON PAUSE 
IN PROTEST. 
AND THE WNBA 
ALSO ANNOUNCED 
THEY WILL BE 
RESCHEDULING 
TONIGHT'S GAMES. 
>>> BEMORE 
THAN A 
MILLION 
AMERICANS FILED 
AN INITIAL 
JOBLESS CLAIM, 
MAKING THIS THE 
22nd TIME FIIN% 23 
WEEKS THAT THAT 
NUMBER HAS BEEN 
OVER A MILLION. 
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN, 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
OVER 58 MILLION 
TOTAL CLAIMS.   
>>> MEANWHILE, 
THE FEDERAL 
RESERVE ANNOUNCE 
TODAY IS MAKING 
SWEEPING CHANGE 
IN HOW IT'S 
HANDLING. 
THE CENTRAL BANK 
WILL NOW ALLOW 
INFLATION TO RUN 
HIGHER THAN THE 
STANDARD 2% 
TARGET. 
THE NEW STRATEGY 
IS SUPPOSED TO 
HELP LOWER UH 
UNEMPLOYMENT AND 
RAISE THE 
ECONOMY. 
>> WE ARE 
CERTAINLY 
MINDFUL IF 
HIGHER PRICES RT
FOR ESSENTIAL 
ITEMS, SUCH AS 
FOOD, GASOLINE, 
AND SHELTER, ADD 
TO THE BURDENS 
FACED BY MANY 
FAMILIES. 
ESPECIALLY THOSE %
STRUGGLING WITH 
LOST JOBS AND 
INCOMES.  
HOWEVER, 
INFLATION THAT 
ISPERSISTENT CAN 
POSE A SERIOUS 
RISK TO THE 
ECONOMY.  
>> AND FINALLY, 
ALISON. 
THE BACK-AND-
FORTH, WITH 
TIKTOK 
CONTINUES. 
LISTEN TO THIS. 
WALMART IS ISH,KTNO 
TEAMING UP WITH 
MICROSOFT, ON A 
BID FOR THE TH
SOCIAL MEDIA 
COMPANY'S U.S.-
CANADIAN, 
AUSTRALIAN AND 
NEW ZEALAND 
OPERATIONS. 
THE DEAL %IS 
LIKELY TO BE 
SOMEWHERE IN THE 
$20 TO $30 
BILLION RANGE. 
AND COMES AT $3A 
TIME WHEN THE 
RETAIL GIANT 
WALMART IS 
TRYING TO 
COMPETE WITH 
AMAZON.   T
OTHERS ARE 
COMPETING WITH 
ORACLE. 
HOPEFULLY THIS 
MEANS YOU CAN 
KEEP WATCHING 
YOUR TIKTOK 
DADGESES. 
>> SEE, 
SAVANNAH, THIS 
IS SOMETHING I 
CAN RELATE TO. 
I'M STILL 
WORKING ON BEING 
ASCOOL AS THE 20-
SOMETHINGS.  
20
I'M NOT THERE. 
>> I BELT YOU 
ARE. 
BUT I WAS 
FOLLOWING THIS 
STORY. 
IT OWIS 
INTERESTING, 
THESE TWO 
PARTICULAR 
COMPANIES COMING 
TOGETHER FOR US. 
WE'LL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS WITH 
THIS PARTICULAR E 
ONE. 
>> THE WHOLE 
THING, FROM THE 
POTENTIAL BAND R 
TO ALL OF IT IS 
SO FASCINATING. 
I'M  REALLY 
CURIOUS HOW THIS 
ONE PLAYS OUT. 
SAVANNAH, THANK 
YOU SO ISMUCH. 
AND I KNOW WE'LL 
SEE YOU IN ABOUT 
AN HOUR. 
>> SEE YOU ININ A 
BIT. 
THANKS, ALISON.
 >>> HURRICANE 
LAURA, WEAKENING 
TODAY. 
IT IS  WNOW A 
TROPICAL STORM, 
MOVING INLAND, 
ACROSS 
LOUISIANA.  
BUT IT RMIS  ISTILL 
BRINGING STRONG 
WINDS AND HEAVY 
RAIN ALONG WITH 
IT.  
LAURA WAS A 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WHEN 
IT HIT CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA 
OVERNIGHT. 
WITH WINDS AS 
HIGH AS 150 
MILES AN HOUR.   
>> I'M JUST GLAD 
THAT WE ARE ALL 
ALIVE. 
THAT'S IT. 
>> LOOKS LIKE 
PRETTY MUCH 
EVERYONE AROUND 
THIS AREA GOT 
HIT PRETTY HARD. 
>> WHEN THEY 
SAID CATEGORY 4. 
THAT WASID IT. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY IN HARM'S 
WAY?  YO
>> HURRICANE 
LAURA ALSO 
RIPPED THROUGH 
EASTERN TEXAS. 
STORM SO SURGE AND 
DEBRIS MAKING 
SOME STREETS 
THERE NEARLY 
IMPASSIBLE.  TS
STORMS ALSO 
KNOCKED OUT 
POWERS TO 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
HOMES.  F 
LAURA IS ONE OF 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL STORMS 
THAT LOUISIANA 
HAS EVER SEEN. 
IT HAS KILLED AT 
LEAST FOUR 
PEOPLE THERE. 
ONE OF THEM A 14-
YEAR-OLD GIRL 
WHO WAS INSIDE 
WHEN A TREE FELL 
ON HER HOME.  
KAMALA HARRIS IS 
SPEAKING AHEAD 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH AT 
TONIGHT'S 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
TAKE A PAUSE 
FROM THE 
HURRICANE 
COVERAGE HERE 
IN. LISTEN TRT'
>> IN THE 
ABSENCE OF 
WILDFIRES AND 
THE DAMAGE OF 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
WE ENCOURAGE 
EVERYONE TO 
CONTINUE 
FOLLOWING 
GUIDANCE FROM 
YOUR LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES TO 
STAY SAFE. 
AND JOE AND ERRO
%I 
PLEDGE TO BE 
THERE FOR THOSE 
WHOSE LIVES HAVE 
BEEN TURNED 
UPSIDE DOWN. 
THOSE WHO RNWILL 
NEED HELP FROM 
NEIGHBORS, 
STRANGERS, AND 
OUR GOVERNMENT. 
TO MAKE IT 
THROUGH. 
TO BUILD BACK.
TO RESTORE YOUR 
LIVES AND YOUR 
COMMUNITY.  
UR
WE ALSO SEE 
PAIN, HURT AND 
DESTRUCTION. 
IN THE AFTERMATH 
OF YET ANOTHER 
BLACK MAN SHOT 
BY POLICE.  
JACOB BLAKE, 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN THE BACK IN 
BROAD DAYLIGHT, 
IN FRONT OF HIS 
THREE YOUNG 
SONS.  
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK.  
IN BROAD 
DAYLIGHT, IN 
FRONT OF HIS 
THREE YOUNG 
SONS.  
AS VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
PUT IT, THE 
SHOTS FIRED AT 
MR. BLAKE 
PIERCED THE SOUL 
OF OUR NATION.  
IT'S SICKENING 
TO WATCH.  
IT'S ALL TOO 
FAMILIAR. 
AND IT MUST END. 
THANKFULLY, HE 
IS ALIVE TODAY. 
BUT HE IS 
FIGHTING FOR HIS 
LIFE. 
AND HE SHOULDN'T 
HAVE TO BE.  
MY HEART GOES 
OUT TO THE BLAKE 
FAMILY, AS THEY 
ENDURE AN ORDEAL 
THAT IS 
TRAGICALLY 
COMMON IN OUR 
COUNTRY.  
JOE AND I SPOKE 
WITH THEM 
YESTERDAY.  
THEY ARE AN 
AMAZING GROUP OF 
PEOPLE WITH 
EXTRAORDINARY 
COURAGE.  
EVEN IN THEIR 
PAIN AND THEIR 
GRIEF, EVEN AS 
THEY SEEK 
JUSTICE FOR 
THEIR SON, THEY 
SPOKE ABOUT THE 
NEED TO END THE 
VIOLENCE AND 
HEAL OUR NATION. 
I'VE HAD 
CONVERSATIONS 
LIKE THIS WITH 
FAR TOO MANY 
MOTHERS AND 
FATHERS.  
BUT YOU WILL SEE 
AND HEAR NO ONE 
WITH MORE 
COURAGE, 
CHARACTER AND 
MORAL CLARITY. 
PEOPLE ARE 
RIGHTFULLY ANGRY 
AND EXHAUSTED. 
AND AFTER THE 
MURDERS OF 
BRIONA AND 
GEORGE AND 
AHMAUD, AND SO 
MANY OTHERS, 
IT'S NO WONDER 
PEOPLE ARE 
TAKING TO THE 
STREETS.  
AND I SUPPORT 
THEM.  
WE MUST ALWAYS 
DEFEND PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS AND 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTORS.  
WE SHOULD NOT 
CONFUSE THEM 
WITH THOSE 
LOOTING AND 
COMMITTING ACTS 
OF VIOLENCE, 
INCLUDING THE 
SHOOTER WHO WAS 
ARRESTED FOR 
MURDER.  
AND MAKE NO 
MISTAKE. 
WE WILL NOT LET 
THESE VIGILANTES 
AND EXTREMISTS 
DERAIL THE PATH 
TO JUSTICE.  
HERE IS MY 
PROMISE TO THOSE 
MOTHERS AND 
FATHERS, AND ALL 
WHO STAND WITH 
THEM.  
IN A BIDEN-
HARRIS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
YOU WILL HAVE A 
SEAT AT THE 
TABLE, IN THE 
HALLS OF 
CONGRESS, AND IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
WE ALL GREW UP 
RECITING THE 
PLEDGE OF 
ALLEGIANCE.  
BUT NOW WE MUST 
GIVE REAL 
MEANING TO ITS 
WORDS.  
"ONE NATION, 
UNDER GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE, 
WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR 
ALL." 
JUSTICE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THAT.  
BECAUSE THE 
REALITY IS THAT 
THE LIFE OF A 
BLACK PERSON IN 
AMERICA HAS 
NEVER BEEN 
TREATED AS FULLY 
HUMAN. 
AND WE HAVE YET 
TO FULFILL THAT 
PROMISE OF EQUAL 
JUSTICE UNDER 
LAW.  
WE WILL ONLY 
ACHIEVE THAT 
WHEN WE FINALLY 
COME TOGETHER TO 
PASS MEANINGFUL 
POLICE REFORM 
AND BROADER 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM AND 
ACKNOWLEDGE, 
YES, ACKNOWLEDGE 
AND ADDRESS, 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
WE WILL ONLY 
COME CLOSER TO 
ACHIEVING THAT 
WHEN WE FINALLY 
COME TOGETHER.  
WE HAVE COME A 
LONG WAY IN OUR 
COUNTRY, TOWARD 
BUILDING A MORE 
PERFECT UNION.  
AND THE TIME IS 
NOW, RIGHT NOW, 
TO TAKE THE NEXT 
STEP FORWARD.  
AND EVEN AS WE 
EXPERIENCED THIS 
RECKONING WITH 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE, WE 
MUST ALSO 
CONFRONT ANOTHER 
CRISIS, THE 
PANDEMIC THAT 
HAS TORN APART 
SO MANY LIVES.  
THE NUMBERS THAT 
DEFINE THIS 
CRISIS ARE 
STAGGERING.  
WE CANNOT LOOK 
THE OTHER WAY OR 
ALLOW OURSELVES 
TO BECOME NUMB 
TO THEM.  
NEARLY 6 MILLION 
CONFIRMED CASES 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS, 
180,000 LIVES 
LOST, MORE THAN 
50 MILLION 
CLAIMS FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
THIS YEAR ALONE. 
WE NEED TO SEE, 
AND WE NEED TO 
HEAR WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN OUR 
COUNTRY.  
THE QUIET 
DESPERATION THAT 
HAS TAKEN OVER 
SO MANY LIVES IN 
AMERICA. 
THE FAMILY, 
PACKING INTO 
THEIR CAR AT 
5:00 IN THE 
MORNING.  
HOPING THE LOCAL 
FOOD BANKS STILL 
HAVE SOMETHING 
LEFT WHEN THEY 
GET TO THE FRONT 
OF THE LINE.  
THE 50-YEAR-OLD 
STORE MANAGER, 
WHO HAS BEEN 
LAID OFF AND 
KNOWS HE CAN'T 
PAY THE RENT ON 
THE FIRST OF THE 
MONTH.  
THE MOTHERS AND 
FATHERS, 
STRETCHED TO THE 
BREAKING POINT, 
WORKING FROM 
HOME WHILE 
HELPING THEIR 
KIDS WITH THEIR 
ONLINE CLASSES.  
JUST TRYING TO 
HOLD IT ALL 
TOGETHER.  
THE SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNERS, 
ECONOMIC ENGINES 
OF OUR 
COMMUNITIES, WHO 
ARE SHUTTING 
THEIR DOORS 
EVERY DAY.  
THE NURSE, 
GETTING READY 
FOR HER 
AFTERNOON SHIFT, 
WHO HAS SEEN SO 
MUCH SUFFERING 
AND DEATH IN 
RECENT MONTHS.  
AND WONDERS, HOW 
MUCH MORE CAN 
SHE BEAR TO 
WITNESS?  
THE FAMILY, 
GRIEVING THE 
LOSS OF THEIR 
GRANDMOTHER.  
WHO HAS BEEN IN 
A NURSING HOME, 
AND WHO THEY 
COULDN'T EVEN 
VISIT OVER THE 
LAST THREE 
MONTHS OF HER 
LIFE. 
THE ALARMING AND 
DISPROPORTIONATE 
RATE, AT WHICH 
BLACK, LATINO, 
AND INDIGENOUS 
FAMILIES ARE 
CONTRACTING AND 
DYING, OF COVID-
19.  
THAT IS THE 
REALITY OF 
AMERICA RIGHT 
NOW.  
A REALITY 
COMPLETELY 
ABSENT FROM THIS 
WEEK'S 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.  
BECAUSE UNLIKE 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, 
WHICH WAS VERY 
CLEAR-EYED, 
ABOUT THE 
CHALLENGES WE 
ARE FACING AND 
HOW WE WILL 
TACKLE THEM, THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION IS 
DESIGNED FOR ONE 
PURPOSE, TO 
SOOTHE DONALD 
TRUMP'S EGO.  
TO MAKE HIM FEEL 
GOOD. 
BUT HERE'S THE 
THING.  
HE'S THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.  
AND IT'S NOT 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
ABOUT HIM.  
IT'S SUPPOSED TO 
BE ABOUT THE 
HEALTH AND THE 
SAFETY AND THE 
WELL BEING OF 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE.  
AND ON THAT 
MEASURE, DONALD 
TRUMP HAS 
FAILED.  
YOU SEE, AT ITS 
MOST BASIC 
LEVEL, DONALD 
TRUMP DOESN'T 
UNDERSTAND THE 
PRESIDENCY.  
HE THINKS IT'S 
ALL ABOUT HIM.  
WELL, IT'S NOT.
IT'S ABOUT YOU. 
IT'S ABOUT ALL 
OF US.  
THE PEOPLE.
AS A LAWYER AND 
ADVOCATE, WHEN I 
WOULD RISE TO 
SPEAK IN A 
COURTROOM, I'D 
SAY THE 
FOLLOWING WORDS. 
KAMALA HARRIS 
FOR THE PEOPLE.  
AND THAT IS WHY 
I STAND TODAY TO 
SPEAK FOR THE 
PEOPLE.  
BECAUSE WE KNOW 
THE TRUTH.  
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
FAILED AT THE 
MOST BASIC AND 
IMPORTANT JOB OF 
A PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES.  
HE FAILED TO 
PROTECT THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
TRUMP SHOWED 
THAT WE IN THE 
LEGAL PROFESSION 
WOULD CALL A 
RECKLESS 
DISREGARD FOR 
THE WELL BEING 
OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE.  
A RECKLESS 
DISREGARD FOR 
THE DANGER A 
PANDEMIC WOULD 
POSE TO AMERICAN 
LIVES.  
FOR THE 
DEVASTATION IT 
WOULD DO TO OUR 
ECONOMY.  
FOR THE DAMAGE 
IT WOULD DO TO 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR WHO HAVE 
BEEN SUBJECTED 
TO STRUCTURAL 
RACISM FOR 
GENERATIONS.  
FOR THE CHAOS 
THAT WOULD UPEND 
OUR DAILY LIVES, 
MAKE IT 
IMPOSSIBLE FOR 
MANY OF OUR 
CHILDREN TO GO 
TO SCHOOL. 
MAKE IT 
IMPOSSIBLE TO 
LIVE NORMALLY, 
AND WITH A SENSE 
OF CERTAINTY.  
HE NEVER 
APPRECIATED THAT 
A PRESIDENT 
SWEARS AN OATH 
BEFORE GOD AND 
COUNTRY. 
TO PROTECT 
AMERICA AGAINST 
THREATS SEEN AND 
UNSEEN. 
IT'S HIS DUTY.
IT'S HIS 
OBLIGATION TO 
PROTECT US.  
AND YET HE HAS 
FAILED.  
MISERABLY.
HERE'S THE 
THING. 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
INCOMPETENCE IS 
NOTHING NEW.  
THAT HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN ON FULL 
DISPLAY.  
BUT IN JANUARY 
OF THIS YEAR, IT 
BECAME DEADLY.  
THAT'S WHEN THE 
THREAT OF A 
VIRUS THAT WOULD 
ENDANGER THE 
WORLD FIRST 
EMERGED.  
TRUMP DISMISSED 
THE THREAT.  
BUT JOE BIDEN 
SOUNDED THE 
ALARM.  
IT WOULD BE THE 
BEGINNING OF A 
PATTERN THAT 
PERSISTS TO THIS 
DAY.  
TRUMP TELLING US 
NOT TO WORRY, 
THAT THE VIRUS 
WILL, QUOTE, 
DISAPPEAR.  
THAT A, QUOTE, 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING.  
JOE BIDEN, 
SAYING WE NEED A 
PLAN, A NATIONAL 
STRATEGY.  
A PRESIDENT, WHO 
IS WILLING TO 
LEAD.  
WILLING TO BE A 
ROLE MODEL FOR 
OUR NATION.  
FOR OUR CHILDREN.
TRUMP STILL 
DOESN'T HAVE A 
PLAN. 
HE STILL DOESN'T 
HAVE A PLAN.  
JOE BIDEN 
RELEASED HIS 
FIRST PLAN IN 
MARCH.  
AND HERE'S WHAT 
YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND ABOUT 
THE NATURE OF A 
PANDEMIC.  
IT'S RELENTLESS.
YOU CAN'T STOP 
IT WITH A TWEET. 
YOU CAN'T CREATE 
A DISTRACTION 
AND HOPE IT WILL 
GO AWAY.  
IT DOESN'T GO 
AWAY.  
BY ITS NATURE, A 
PANDEMIC IS 
UNFORGIVING.  
IF YOU GET IT 
WRONG AT THE 
BEGINNING, THE 
CONSEQUENCES ARE 
CATASTROPHIC.  
AND IT'S VERY 
HARD TO CATCH 
UP. 
YOU DON'T GET A 
SECOND CHANCE AT 
GETTING IT 
RIGHT.  
WELL, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, YOU GOT 
IT WRONG FROM 
THE BEGINNING.  
AND THEN HE GOT 
IT WRONG AGAIN 
AND AGAIN.  
AND THE 
CONSEQUENCES 
HAVE BEEN 
CATASTROPHIC.  
AND HERE IS WHY. 
TRUMP HAS BEEN 
SO UNWILLING AND 
UNABLE TO DEAL 
WITH THIS 
CRISIS.  
FIRST.
HE WAS FIXATED 
ON THE STOCK 
MARKET. 
OVER FIXING THE 
PROBLEM.  
HE TWEETED ABOUT 
IT CONSISTENTLY 
DURING THIS 
PERIOD.  
HE WAS CONVINCED 
THAT IF HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
FOCUSED ON THIS 
VIRUS, IT WOULD 
HURT THE MARKET 
AND HURT HIS 
CHANCES OF BEING 
REELECTED.  
THAT MATTERED TO 
HIM MORE THAN 
SAVING AMERICAN 
LIVES.  
SECOND.
RIGHT AT THE 
MOMENT THAT WE 
NEEDED DONALD 
TRUMP TO BE 
TOUGH ON THE 
CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT, HE 
CAVED.  
ON JANUARY 24th, 
HE PRAISED THE 
TRANPARENCY OF 
THE CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT. 
HE SAID, QUOTE, 
CHINA HAS BEEN 
WORKING HARD TO 
CONTAIN THE 
CORONAVIRUS.  
THE UNITED 
STATES GREATLY 
APPRECIATES 
THEIR EFFORTS 
AND TRANPARENCY. 
IT WILL ALL WORK 
OUT WELL.  
BUT THEY WEREN'T 
BEING 
TRANSPARENT.  
THEY BLOCKED 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
INSPECTORS FROM 
OUR CDC FROM 
GETTING ACCESS 
AND INFORMATION 
THAT THEY NEEDED 
TO PROTECT 
AMERICAN LIVES.  
DONALD TRUMP
STOOD IDLY BY, 
AND FOLKS, IT 
WAS A DEADLY 
DECISION.  
INSTEAD OF 
RISING TO MEET 
THE MOST 
DIFFICULT MOMENT 
OF HIS 
PRESIDENCY, 
DONALD TRUMP 
FROZE.  
HE WAS SCARED.
AND HE WAS PETTY 
AND VINDICTIVE.  
ON A CALL TO 
GOVERNORS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, ON 
MARCH 16th. 
HE TOLD THEM IT 
WASN'T HIS JOB 
TO GET PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT TO 
FRONT LINE 
WORKERS. 
HE SAID, QUOTE, 
RESPIRATORS, 
VENTILATORS, ALL 
OF THE 
EQUIPMENT, TRY 
GETTING IT 
YOURSELVES.  
UNQUOTE.
ON THAT DAY, WE 
HAD ABOUT 5,000 
CASES AS A 
NATION.  
TODAY, WE HAVE 
NEARLY 6 
MILLION.  
EVEN NOW, SOME 8 
MONTHS INTO THIS 
CRISIS, DONALD 
TRUMP STILL 
WON'T TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
HE STILL WON'T 
ACT.  
AND THE TRAGEDY 
IN ALL OF THIS 
IS IT DIDN'T 
HAVE TO BE THIS 
BAD.  
JUST LOOK AROUND.
IT'S NOT LIKE 
THIS IN THE REST 
OF THE WORLD.  
ALL WE NEEDED, 
GUYS, ALL WE 
NEEDED WAS A 
COMPETENT 
PRESIDENT.  
ONE WHO IS 
WILLING TO 
LISTEN. 
WILLING TO LEAD.
TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
HAVE A PLAN.
DO THEIR JOBS.
WELL, JOE BIDEN 
WILL BE THAT 
PRESIDENT.  
HE'S GOT A 
NATIONAL 
STRATEGY.  
HE'S MORE THAN 
READY TO LEAD.  
EVERY MONTH 
SINCE MARCH, AS 
THIS PANDEMIC 
HAS UNFOLDED, 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
UPDATED THE 
STEPS HE WOULD 
TAKE TO SAVE 
AMERICAN LIVES.  
AND HE'S DONE IT 
BASED ON WHAT 
EVERY SCIENTIST, 
EVERY EXPERT, 
EVERY ECONOMIST 
SAID WE SHOULD 
BE DOING.  
AS PRESIDENT, 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
PUT A PLAN INTO 
EFFECT ON DAY 1. 
DEVELOP AND 
DEPLOY RAPID 
TESTS, WITH 
IMMEDIATE 
RESULTS. 
MAKE SURE 
TESTING, 
TREATMENTS, AND 
ULTIMATELY A 
VACCINE REACH 
ALL AMERICANS, 
INCLUDING 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR, WHO HAVE 
HISTORICALLY 
BEEN LEFT 
BEHIND.  
MANUFACTURE THE 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES 
AND PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT WE 
NEED. 
AND MAKE THEM 
RIGHT HERE. 
IN AMERICA.
SO WE'RE NEVER 
AGAIN AT THE 
MERCY OF CHINA 
AND OTHER 
FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES TO 
PROTECT OUR OWN 
PEOPLE.  
JOE AND I WILL 
MAKE SURE OUR 
SCHOOLS HAVE ALL 
THE RESOURCES 
THEY NEED TO BE 
OPEN AND SAFE 
AND EFFECTIVE.  
PUT POLITICS 
ASIDE, AND NOT 
SILENCE THE 
EXPERTS, SO THE 
PUBLIC GETS THE 
INFORMATION THEY 
NEED AND 
DESERVE.  
AND PUT IN PLACE 
A NATIONWIDE 
MASK MANDATE 
BECAUSE IN JOE'S 
WORDS, IT'S NOT 
A BURDEN TO 
PROTECT EACH 
OTHER.  
AND HE SAYS THAT 
BECAUSE THE 
THING ABOUT JOE 
IS, HE KNOWS 
WE'RE ALL IN 
THIS TOGETHER.  
DONALD TRUMP 
SAYS THERE IS 
NOTHING HE COULD 
HAVE DONE TO 
PREVENT ALL OF 
THIS DEATH.  
HERE'S THE TRUTH.
BARACK OBAMA AND 
JOE BIDEN HAD A 
PROGRAM CALLED 
"PREDICT," THAT 
TRACKED EMERGING 
DISEASES IN 
PLACES LIKE 
CHINA. 
I'M GOING TO 
REPEAT THAT.  
THE PROGRAM 
TRACKED EMERGING 
DISEASES IN 
PLACES LIKE 
CHINA.  
TRUMP CUT IT.
THEY DETECTED A 
TEAM AND CREATED 
THAT TEAM IN THE 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY COUNCIL 
TO GLOBAL HEALTH 
AND SECURITY, 
DEDICATING THEM 
TO THE WORK OF 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
AND SECURITY AND 
BIODEFENSE.  
DONALD TRUMP 
ELIMINATED IT.  
THEY IMPLEMENTED 
STANDARDS FOR 
NURSING HOMES, 
TO IMPROVE 
INFECTION 
CONTROL. 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
ERASING THEM.  
BEFORE THE VIRUS 
HIT, TRUMP MADE 
OUR COUNTRY 
VULNERABLE.  
AFTER IT WAS 
STRUCK, HE 
FAILED TO DO 
WHAT WAS 
NECESSARY.  
AS IT CONTINUES, 
HE'S MAKING IT 
WORSE EVERY DAY. 
JUST THIS WEEK, 
JUST THIS WEEK, 
THE SOCIAL 
SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SAID A CUT TO 
SOCIAL SECURITY, 
LIKE THE ONE 
TRUMP IS 
PROPOSING, WOULD 
END DISABILITY 
BENEFITS WITHIN 
ONE YEAR.  
AND END ALL 
BENEFITS WITHIN 
THREE YEARS. 
SO LET ME BE AS 
CLEAR AS 
POSSIBLE.  
IF DONALD 
TRUMP'S EXTREME 
PROPOSAL GOES 
INTO EFFECT, THE 
CHECKS THAT 
AMERICAN SENIORS 
ARE RELYING ON, 
THAT YOU RELY 
ON, TO PAY YOUR 
BILLS, TO BUY 
YOUR MEDICINE, 
TO LIVE, WILL 
STOP COMING.  
THE VERY PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE 
SUFFERED SO 
GREATLY IN THIS 
CRISIS, IT'S 
UNTHINKABLE.  
AND IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
HEALTH CRISIS 
MADE WORSE BY 
HIS OWN ACTIONS, 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
IN COURT RIGHT 
NOW, TRYING TO 
THROW OUT THE 
ENTIRE 
AFFORDABLE CARE 
ACT. 
INCLUDING THE 
PROTECTIONS IT 
PROVIDES FOR 
PEOPLE WITH 
PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
SO THAT MEANS IF 
YOU ARE 
FORTUNATE ENOUGH 
TO SURVIVE COVID-
19, INSURERS 
COULD DENY YOU 
COVERAGE FOR 
TREATING ANY 
LONG-TERM 
EFFECTS.  
NOW, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WON'T TELL 
YOU ANY OF THIS 
AT THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION 
TONIGHT.  
AND WE ALL KNOW, 
HE'S NOT 
CHANGING.  
THE PRESIDENT HE 
HAS BEEN IS THE 
PRESIDENT HE 
WILL BE.  
BUT WE HAVE A 
CHANCE TO RIGHT 
THESE WRONGS AND 
PUT AMERICA ON A 
BETTER PATH 
FORWARD.  
ONE WHERE THE 
LEADERS WE ELECT 
LISTEN TO THE 
EXPERTS AND 
FOLLOW THE BEST 
MEDICAL GUIDANCE 
TO KEEP US AND 
OUR FAMILIES 
HEALTHY AND 
SAFE.  
ONE WHERE WE 
TAKE MEANINGFUL 
ACTION AGAINST 
SYSTEMS AND 
TRADITIONS OF 
OPPRESSION.  
ONE WHERE WE 
STOP FANNING THE 
FLAMES OF HATE 
AND DIVISION.  
AND TREAT ONE 
ANOTHER WITH THE 
RESPECT AND THE 
DIGNITY THAT 
EACH ONE OF US 
DESERVES.  
AS JOE BIDEN 
SAID IN HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH, WE HAVE 
A CHOICE BETWEEN 
THE LIGHT AND 
THE DARK.  
I BELIEVE 
AMERICA WILL 
CHOOSE THE 
LIGHT. 
THANK YOU.
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>>> TO MISS THE 
UPBEAT 
CONVENTION. 
THAT WAS THEIR 
GOAL. 
SOME OF THEIR 
RHETORIC IS HARD 
TO SQUARE WITH 
THAT. 
BUT AGAIN, 
THAT'S WHAT 
THEY'RE 
PREVIEWING 
TONIGHT, THAT 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO BE 
OFFERING AN 
UPLIFTING VISION 
OF AMERICA, AT 
THE SAME TIME, 
THEY PUT OUT 
EXCERPTS 
ALREADY, WHERE 
WE CAN REPORT 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
GOING TO RAIL 
AGAINST HIS 
OPPONENT.  
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN, QUITE 
INTENSELY, 
ACCUSING HIM OF 
47 YEARS OF 
INACTION IN 
WASHINGTON. 
REALLY, IT 
DEPENDS ON 
WHOEVER IS GOING 
TO BE TAKING IN 
THE SPEECH TO 
SAY WHETHER THEY 
FIND IT 
OPTIMISTIC OR 
NOT. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
COULD FIGURE 
OUT.  
IN A COUNT 
PROGRAMMING AND 
PREBUTTAL SPEECH 
JUST THIS 
AFTERNOON.  
THEY BELIEVE THE 
PRESIDENT IS THE 
ONE PAINTING A 
DARK VISION AND 
OFFERING THIS 
DIVISIVE 
RHETORIC. 
SO THE 
REPUBLICANS SO 
FAR HAVE FELT 
VERY PLEASED 
WITH HOW THE 
CONVENTION HAS 
GONE. 
THIS, OF COURSE, 
IS THE FINAL 
NIGHT. 
AND AGAIN, THE 
BACKDROP IS 
GOING TO BE SO 
UNUSUAL. 
THE FACT THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
WILL BE 
GATHERING 1,000 
OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS, 
INCLUDING 
REPUBLICAN 
LAWMAKERS ON THE 
WHITE HOUSE LAWN 
FOR HIS SPEECH, 
WHICH IS HIGHLY 
UNUSUAL. 
AND TO CAP IT 
OFF. 
NO BALLOON DROP 
BECAUSE OF THE 
NATURE OF THE 
PANDEMIC AND THE 
CONVENTION. 
BUT YOU WILL BE 
HAVING 
FIREWORKS. 
EXCEPT THIS 
TIME, THEY'LL BE 
LAUNCHED FROM 
THE WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT AND THE 
NATIONAL MALL, 
ALISON.  
>> MONICA, I 
HAVE TO SAY, THE 
ONE TRADEOFF 
THAT I'M SUPER 
INTO IN 2020. 
I'LL TAKE 
FIREWORKS OVER 
BALLOONS ANY DAY 
OF THE WEEK. 
I KNOW ALLEY 
VITALE MIGHT 
DISAGREE WITH 
ME. 
>> I'M WITH YOU. 
TEAM FIREWORKS.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANKS, 
MONICA. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
LAST NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS AT 8:00 
P.M. 
EASTERN WITH 
CHUCK TODD. 
THEN WE HAVE A 
NETWORK 
PRIMETIME 
SPECIAL. 
YOU CAN WATCH IT 
ALL HERE ON NBC 
NEWS NOW.  
>>> WHAT DOES 
JOE BIDEN THINK 
ABOUT THIS 
WEEK'S RNC.  
THEY ASKED THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE ABOUT 
THAT AND HOW THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS HANDLING THE 
PANDEMIC. 
HERE'S PART OF 
THAT EXCLUSIVE 
INTERVIEW. 
>> COVID IS OUT 
OF CONTROL. 
HE'S DOING VERY 
LITTLE. 
HE DIDN'T 
PREPARE FOR IT. 
AND HE CONTINUES 
TO BE IN THE 
POSITION WHERE 
HE DOES NOTHING 
TO DEAL WITH IT. 
WE HAVE 15 
MILLION PEOPLE 
OUT OF WORK.  
THE BIGGEST 
SAFETY ISSUE IS 
PEOPLE DYING 
FROM COVID.  
WE'RE WORSE OFF 
THAN ANY OTHER 
COUNTRY IN THE 
WORLD RIGHT NOW. 
>> HE IS 
APPARENTLY GOING 
TO SAY TONIGHT, 
AMONG OTHER 
THINGS, IN 
ATTACKING YOU, 
WE HAVE SPENT 
THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS, REVERSING 
THE DAMAGE JOE 
BIDEN INFLICTED 
OVER THE LAST 47 
YEARS.  
AND BARELY HEARD 
A WORD ABOUT 
THEIR AGENDA. 
>> BY THE WAY. 
IF YOU NOTICE, 
THE LAST FOUR, 
BEFORE FOUR 
YEARS BEFORE, WE 
CREATE MORE JOBS 
IN THE LAST 
THREE YEARS THAN 
HE'S CREATED SO 
FAR.  
SO HE INHERITS.
>> IN THE SPEECH 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT GAVE. 
PAINTED A ROSIE 
PICTURE TO SAY 
THE LEAST ABOUT 
THE PANDEMIC. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
RESPONSE TO IT. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
HAPPENED JUST 
THIS WEEK IS 
THAT THE CDC 
CHANGED 
THEIRGUIDELINES 
FOR TESTING. 
AND SAID THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE, WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO 
THE VIRUS, DO 
NOT NEED TO BE 
TESTED, WHICH 
LED OTHERS TO 
SAY, MOST 
EXPERTS TO SAY, 
THAT THEIR REAL 
CONCERN, DR. 
FAUCI, THE 
OFFICE PUT OUT A 
STATEMENT, 
SAYING HE WAS 
NOT PRESENT WHEN 
THAT DECISION 
WAS TAKEN. 
HE WAS UNDER 
GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA, 
HAVING SURGERY. 
BUT THEN HE HAD 
SOME CONCERNS 
THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE CAN 
SPREAD THE VIRUS 
IF THEY'RE NOT 
TESTED.  
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SAID THERE WAS 
NO INTERFERENCE 
IN THIS. 
BUT THEY SAID 
THERE WAS 
CONSULTATION. 
AND IT'S VERY 
CLEAR THAT THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
IN TULSA AND 
OTHER PLACES, 
THAT THE MORE 
YOU TEST, THE 
MORE CASES YOU 
HAVE. 
SO HE TOLD HIS 
PEOPLE TO SLOW 
DOWN THE 
TESTING.  
ARE THEY TRYING 
TO SLOW DOWN THE 
TESTING? 
AND IS THIS A 
DANGEROUS 
MESSAGE?   
>> DID YOU EVER 
SEE ANY 
ADMINISTRATION 
PUT SO MUCH 
PRESSURE ON THE 
FDA?  
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT? 
I MEAN, HOW, IN 
FACT. 
THERE'S NO 
BOUNDS TO WHAT 
THIS GUY DOES.  
AND HIS TEAM 
DOES.  
THEY SHOULD 
LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTISTS.  
AND THE FACT OF 
THE MATTER IS. 
THEY SAID RIGHT 
FROM THE 
BEGINNING, I 
LAID OUT A PLAN 
HOW TO PROCEED. 
ALL THE WAY BACK 
IN JANUARY. 
THEN AGAIN IN 
MARCH, APRIL. 
HOW TO OPEN, ET 
CETERA. 
ALL THE WAY DOWN 
THE LINE. 
COLUMBIA MEDICAL 
SCHOOL SAID SOME 
MONTHS AGO, THAT 
HE, THIS 
PRESIDENT 
EXPECTED ONE 
WEEK EARLIER, 
THERE WOULD HAVE 
BEEN 30,000 
PEOPLE WOULD NOT 
HAVE DIED. 
IF HE ACTED TWO 
WEEKS EARLIER, I 
THINK IT'S 
51,000 AND 
57,000 PEOPLE 
WOULD NOT BE 
DEAD. 
WHAT'S HE DOING? 
WHAT'S THIS
ABOUT?
AND NOW HE'S 
TALKING ABOUT 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THIS PLASMA 
WORKS OR DOESN'T 
WORK.  
WE DON'T KNOW 
YET. 
AND YOU HAVE 
EXPERTS SAYING 
THAT.  
SO LOOK.
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT I 
WARN MOST. 
I PRAY TO GOD WE 
HAVE A VIRUS -- 
A VACCINE 
TOMORROW. 
TOMORROW.
A VACCINE, IF WE 
HAD ONE. 
I PRAY FOR THAT. 
BUT WE HAVE TO 
MAKE SURE WE 
HAVE SOME 
CREDIBILITY WHEN 
WE DO GET A 
VACCINE, THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
WILLING TO TAKE 
IT, AFTER 
HEARING ALL THE 
MALARKEY YOU 
HEAR FROM THIS 
PRESIDENT, ABOUT 
WHAT IS GOOD, 
WHAT IS BAD, 
WHAT TO USE, 
WHATNOT TO USE.  
THIS IS THE SAME 
GUY, I KNOW IT'S 
OLD HAT, TALKING 
ABOUT INJECTING 
BLEACH. 
I MEAN, WHAT?
THERE'S NO
RATIONALE.
HE DOESN'T EVEN 
LOOK AT SCIENCE. 
OR AT LEAST HE 
DOESN'T 
UNDERSTAND IT.  
>> REPUBLICANS 
RALLIED BEHIND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
ARGUING THAT HE 
IS THE LAW AND 
ORDER CANDIDATE 
IN 2020.  
HERE'S VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
DIDN'T SAY ONE 
WORD.  
ABOUT THE 
VIOLENCE AND 
CHAOS, ENGULFING 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> WEVILLE LAW 
AND ORDER ON THE 
STREETS OF THIS 
COUNTRY FOR 
EVERY AMERICAN, 
OF EVERY RACE 
AND CREED AND 
COLOR. 
>> THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN MADE 
SIMILAR PROMISEP 
PROMISES IN 
2015. 
BUT HAVE THEY 
DELIVERED? 
>> LAW AND 
ORDER.  
FOR MANY PEOPLE, 
IT SOUNDS LIKE 
THIS.  
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
BUT IN POLITICS, 
IT MEANS YOU'RE 
TOUGH ON CRIME 
AND GOES WAY 
BACK. 
>> AS FAR AS 
THIS PROBLEM OF 
LAW AND ORDER IS 
CONCERNED. 
I AM FOR LAW AND 
ORDER. 
>> TODAY, IT'S 
BECOME ONE OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S FAVORITE 
PHRASES. 
>> I AM THE LAW 
AND ORDER 
CANDIDATE. 
>> I AM YOUR 
PRESIDENT OF LAW 
AND ORDER. 
>> BUT WHAT WHAT 
EXACTLY DOES HE 
MEAN BY LAW AND 
ORDER? 
DURING HIS FIRST 
CAMPAIGN, IT 
MEANT A LOT OF 
THINGS. 
LIKE SECURING 
THE BORDER AND 
CRACKING DOWN ON 
GANGS? 
BUT HE ALSO 
PLEDGED TO 
REDUCEVIOLENT 
CRIME AND REDUCE 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
>> AMERICAN 
POLICE AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL IS 
WHAT SEPARATES 
CIVILIZATION 
FROM TOTAL 
CHAOS. 
AND THE 
DESTRUCTION OF 
OUR COUNTRY, AS 
WE KNOW IT. 
>> Reporter: ON 
THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL, TRUMP 
SAID OFFICERS 
WOULD NOT BE 
SHOT UNDER HIS 
WATCH. 
HE ALSO PLEDGED 
TO PURSUE THE 
DEATH PENALTY 
FOR COP KILLERS. 
BUT THE NUMBER 
OF POLICE KILLED 
BY FIREARMS HAS 
REMAINED FAIRLY 
STEADY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
LAST FEW YEARS, 
AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE HASN'T 
EXECUTED THOSE 
WHO HAVE KILLED 
COPS. 
HOWEVER, TRUMP 
HAS TRIED 
PROTECTING 
POLICE IN OTHER 
WAYS. 
IN 2017, HE 
SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER, 
CALLING FOR 
HARSHER 
PENALTIES FOR 
THOSE WHO HARM 
OFFICERS. 
AND WHEN TRUMP 
SIGNED HIS 
RECENT EXECUTIVE 
ORDER, FOR 
POLICE REFORM, 
HE CONTINUED TO 
BACK THE BLUE. 
>> NOBODY NEEDS 
A 
STRONG,TRUSTWORTHY 
POLICE FORCE 
MORE THAN THOSE 
WHO LIVE IN 
DISTRESSED 
AREAS. 
AND NOBODY IS 
MORE OPPOSED TO 
THE SMALL NUMBER 
OF BAD POLICE 
OFFICERS. 
AND YOU HAVE 
THEM.  
THEY'RE VERY
TINY.
I USE THE WORD 
TINY.  
IT'S A VERY 
SMALL 
PERCENTAGE.   
>> AND LATELY, 
TRUMP SAYS HE'S 
DEPLOYING 
HUNDREDS OF 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
TO MAJOR CITIES 
LIKE CHICAGO, TO 
FIGHT MAJOR 
CRIME. 
INTERESTINGLY, 
PUBLIC 
PERCEPTION OF 
CRIME RATES HAVE 
BEEN LONG FOR A 
LONG TIME. 
WHILE A MAJORITY 
OF PEOPLE YEAR 
AFTER YEAR 
BELIEVE CRIME IS 
GOING UP, THE 
REALITY IS THAT 
CRIME HAS BEEN 
CONSISTENTLY 
DROPPING FOR 
DECADES.  
>> AND THE BIG 
STORY WITH CRIME 
RATES IS THAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
PLUMMETING SINCE 
THE 1990s. 
THEY PLUMMETED 
DURING THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
PLUMMETED DURING 
THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION. 
AND THEY HAVE 
CONTINUED TO 
FALL DURING THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
THIS YEAR MAY BE 
DIFFERENT. 
DAVID SCALANSKI 
IS A LAW 
PROFESSOR AT 
STANFORD. 
HE EXPLAINED 
WHILE RHYME 
CRIME IS DOWN 
OVERALL, SEVERAL 
ARE REPORTING AN 
UPTICK IN 
SHOOTINGS AND 
HOMICIDES.  
TRUMP HAS PUT 
SOME OF THE 
BLAME ON CIVIL 
UNREST, 
FOLLOWING GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH.  
BUT SCALANSKI 
SAYS IT'S MORE 
COMPLICATED. 
>> MANY OF THESE 
THINGS HAVE TO 
DO WITH THE 
COVID-19 
PANDEMIC. 
THE FACT THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
STUCK AT HOME. 
THE INCREASING 
RATES OF 
DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE.  
THE FACT THAT 
HOSPITALS ARE 
OVERWHELMED MAY 
HAVE MADE SOME 
ASSAULTS THAT 
PREVIOUSLY WOULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN 
DEADLY, DEADLY 
ASSAULTS. 
THE FACT THAT 
THE PANDEMIC HAS 
CAUSED THE 
ECONOMY TO GO 
INTO A TAILSPIN 
MAY BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
SOME OF THE 
INCREASE IN 
HOMICIDES. 
>> FINALLY, 
THERE'S SOME 
EVIDENCE THAT 
THE STATE POLICE 
SHOOTINGS OF 
PARTICULARLY 
YOUNG BLACK MAN, 
HAS LED TO 
DECREASED TRUST 
IN THE POLICE, 
BY MAKING IT 
HARDER FOR THE 
POLICE TO PURSUE 
THE KINDS OF 
STRATEGIES THAT 
COMMUNITY 
POLICING 
REQUIRES. 
>> BRINGS US TO 
THIS WEEK.  
WHERE TRUMP'S 
CAMPAIGN 
OFFICIALLY 
UNVEILED ITS 
2020 AGENDA. 
IF REELECTED, 
TRUMP PLANS TO 
DEFEND THE 
POLICE. 
HE ALSO WANTS TO 
LIST DRIVE-BY 
SHOOTINGS AS 
DOMESTIC 
TERRORISM. 
BUT HOW MUCH CAN 
HE HANDLE FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE? 
>> CRIME IS 
MOSTLY A LOCAL 
PROBLEM. 
AND IT IS 
ADDRESSED 
LOCALLY AND AT 
THE STATE LEVEL. 
>> FOR MANY 
YEARS, THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE WAS 
ENCOURAGING 
LOCAL POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS TO 
PURSUE POLICIES 
LUMPED TOGETHER 
UNDER THE RUBRIC 
OF COMMUNITY 
POLICING.  
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
SLOWED DOWN AND 
ENDED MANY OF 
THOSE EFFORTS. 
>> FOR EXAMPLE, 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT 
SCALED BACK A 
PROGRAM THAT 
PROMOTED BETTER 
RELATIONSHIPS 
BETWEEN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
LOCAL 
COMMUNITIES.  
AND TRUMP ALSO 
SIGNED 
ANEXECUTIVE 
ORDER, LIFTING A 
BAN ON POLICE, 
USING LEFTOVER 
MILITARY 
EQUIPMENT.  
SO WHILE THE 
SELF-DESCRIBED 
LAW AND ORDER 
CANDIDATE 
THRIVED IN AN 
ENVIRONMENT WITH 
SIGNS OF RISING 
BUT STILL 
HISTORICALLY LOW 
VIOLENT CRIME. 
THAT SEEMS TO BE 
THE BET HE'S 
MAKING.   
>> EVERY 
AMERICAN MUST BE 
FREE TO LIVE 
WITHOUT FEAR OF 
VIOLENCE.  
LOOK AT WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
AMERICAN CITIES. 
CITIES ALL RUN 
BY DEMOCRATS.  
CRIME, VIOLENCE 
AND MOB RULE.   
>> WHEN YOU ARE 
IN TROUBLE, AND 
NEED POLICE, 
DON'T COUNT ON 
THE DEMOCRATS.  
>> OR WILL THE 
RHETORIC FALL 
FLAT AS HE'S THE 
CURRENT 
COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF.  
>>> FOUR YEARS 
AGO, THEN-
CANDIDATE TRUMP 
ASKED BLACK 
VOTERS THIS 
QUESTION.  
>> WHAT DO YOU 
HAVE TO LOSE BY 
TRYING SOMETHING 
NEW? 
I WILL FIX IT. 
WATCH.
>> SO WHAT DO 
BLACK VOTERS 
THINK ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NOW? 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
MORGAN RADFORD 
ASKED HIM THAT 
VERY QUESTION.  
>> ALISON. 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
I WENT BACK TO 
MY HOME STATE OF 
NORTH CAROLINA, 
WHICH IS WHERE 
THEN CANDIDATE 
TRUMP WAS IN 
CHARLOTTE AND 
MECKLENBURG. 
I ASKED THEM, 
WHAT DO YOU HAVE 
TO LOSE BY 
VOTING FOR ME. 
AS IF SAYING, 
WHY NOT TAKE A 
CHANCE ON ME, 
EVEN THOUGH WE 
KNOW BLACK 
VOTERS TEND TO 
VOTE 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY.  
OUR CONVERSATION 
TOUCHED ON 
THINGS LIKE 
CORONAVIRUS, THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH RACE, AND 
BLACK 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
TAKE A LIST TO 
WHAT THEY HAD TO 
SAY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS BILLED 
HIMSELF AS A LAW-
AND-ORDER 
PRESIDENT DOES. 
THAT MAKE YOU 
FEEL MORE OR 
LESS SAFE AS A 
BLACK PERSON. 
>> THE QUESTION 
IS LAW AND ORDER 
FOR WHOM? 
AND WHAT I HEAR 
A LOT OF TIMES 
IS LAW AND 
ORDER, IN ORDER 
TO KEEP PEOPLE 
IN LINE. 
NOT LAW AND 
ORDER TO MAKE 
SURE JUSTICE IS 
FAIR, TO MAKE 
SURE EVERYBODY 
IS FEELING THE 
JUSTICE SYSTEM 
IN THE SAME WAY. 
LAW AND ORDER IS 
SAYING, I'M 
GOING TO KEEP 
THINGS THE WAY 
THEY ARE AND IN 
THE SAME PLACE. 
TO MAKE SURE 
PEOPLE KNOW 
WHERE THEY 
BELONG. 
>> AS A BLACK 
BUSINESS OWNER. 
DOOU THINK YOU 
ARE BETTER OR 
WORSE OFF SINCE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOOK OFFICE? 
>> WORSE OFF.
WORSE OFF.
I SACRIFICE THE 
THINGS I ENJOY 
IN LIFE TO KEEP 
THIS BUSINESS 
OPEN. 
I GAVE UP MY CAR 
TO DO THAT. 
>> YOU GAVE UP 
YOUR CAR TO KEEP 
YOUR BUSINESS 
OPEN? 
>> YES, I DID. 
AND IT WAS A 
POINT TO LIKE, 
OKAY, DO I KEEP 
THE BUSINESS 
OPEN OR PAY MY 
RENT? 
>> WHY DID THAT 
QUESTION EXCITE 
YOU? 
>> IT EXCITED 
ME. 
BECAUSE I THINK 
BLACKS HAVE BEEN 
LUMPED INTO THIS 
GROUP, WHERE 
THEY'RE THOUGHT 
THAT IF YOU VOTE 
ANY OTHER WAY, 
EXCEPT STRAIGHT-
TICKET DEMOCRAT, 
THEN YOU'RE NOT 
REALLY BLACK. 
YOU'RE NOT GOOD 
ENOUGH. 
YOU'RE NOT PART 
OF THE 
COMMUNITY. 
YOU'RE NOT COOL. 
AND THAT'S THE 
WAY THEY TREAT 
US. 
WHENEVER HE SAID 
THAT, WAS 
CALLING THEM 
OUT. 
IT EMPOWERED ME 
TO SAY, YOU KNOW 
WHAT? 
I COULD STEP UP 
AND REALLY BE 
WHO I'M MEANT TO 
BE. 
>> WHILE THE 
DEMOCRATS AND 
THE NPTSD WE 
SPOKE TO SAID 
THEY BELIEVE THE 
PRESIDENT 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
HAS A RACE 
RELATIONS 
PROBLEM. 
THAT HE DOESN'T 
HANDLE THE TOPIC 
WELL, THE 
SUPPORTERPS SAID 
THEY BELIEVE THE 
PRESIDENT IS NOT 
RACIST. 
AND THAT RACE IS 
ESSENTIALLY AN 
EMOTIONAL TOPIC. 
AND WHILE WE DO 
KNOW THIS TOPIC 
CAN BE 
EMOTIONAL. 
RACE HAS BEEN 
BROUGHT FRONT 
AND CENTER THIS 
WEEK.  
BUT WE KNOW 
THERE ARE 
ECONOMIC 
IMPACTS. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
BLACK AMERICANS, 
22% EVER ALL 
COVID DEATHS 
HAVE BEEN AMONG 
BLACK AMERICANS. 
THAT'S 36,000 
WHO HAVE DIED 
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT BLACK 
BUSINESS IS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTED.  
41% HAVE 
PERMANENTLY SHUT 
THEIR DOORS 
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN. 
THAT'S COMPARED 
TO 47% OF WHITE 
BUSINESSES. 
WE KNOW WHEN IT 
COMES TO COVID, 
UNEMPLOYMENT, 
JOBS NUMBERS, WE 
KNOW THERE ARE 
REAL AND 
STATISTICAL 
DIFFERENCES.  
ALISON?
>> HE PROMISED 
TO BUILD A WALL 
BACK IN 2016. 
BUT FOUR YEARS 
LATER, THAT WALL 
AND PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S STANCE 
ON IMMIGRATION 
ARE SINCE 
STIRRING UP A 
LOT OF 
CONTROVERSY.  
NBC NEWS SPOKE 
WITH A RANCHER 
ALONG THE BORDER 
TO GET THEIR 
TAKE.  
>> AS A RANCHER, 
MY CONCERN IS 
ANIMAL HEALTH.  
FEVER TICKS 
CANNOT BE 
STOPPED WITHOUT 
PUTTING UP A 
PHYSICAL 
BOUNDARY BETWEEN 
THE U.S. AND 
MEXICO. 
BECAUSE CATTLE, 
DEER FREELY 
TRAVEL ACROSS 
THE RIVER. 
AND WE 
PHYSICALLY CAN'T 
STOP THE TICKS 
FROM 
TRANSFERRING TO 
CATTLE. 
I'VE SEEN 
MULTIPLE RANCHES 
COMPLETELY STOP 
RAISING CATTLE. 
BECAUSE THEY 
CANNOT FEASIBLY 
DO IT WITH THE 
FEVER TICK 
ISSUE. 
AS A MOM, I 
DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
I DON'T FEEL 
SAFE GOING WITH 
MY CHILDREN, 
WITHOUT MY 
HUSBAND OR 
ANOTHER MALE 
FIGURE. 
>> WE'RE NOT 
THAT FAR OFF OF 
A HIGHWAY, WHERE 
THERE IS FENCING 
BECAUSE OF TICK 
CONTROL AND 
INSECT CONTROL.  
SO THESE ANIMALS 
ARE TRAPPED. 
AND TO THINK OF 
ALL OF THAT 
DEATH AND THE 
DESTRUCTION OF 
THIS BEAUTIFUL, 
PRISTINE PIECE 
OF PROPERTY 
BECAUSE OF 
SOMEBODY'S 
CAPRISHESZ WHIM. 
I MEAN, THAT'S 
WHERE IT GETTING 
TIED TO THE 
POLITICAL, 
RIGHT? 
WHERE IT BECOMES 
A CAMPAIGN 
PROMISE THAT 
ISN'T BACKED BY 
EVIDENCE. 
AND THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE 
HAVE RESEARCHED. 
I MEAN, I'M NOT 
COMING AT THIS 
JUST BECAUSE 
IT'S MY LAND AND 
I DON'T CARE 
ABOUT SECURITY. 
OF COURSE I DO.  
I WANT MY FAMILY 
TO BE SAFE. 
>> GOOD 
NEIGHBORS MAKE 
GOOD FENCES. 
THAT'S JUST 
SOMETHING WE 
KNOW. 
IF YOU HAVE A 
NEIGHBOR THAT 
DOESN'T WANT TO 
TAKE CARE OF THE 
FENCE. 
PROBABLY NOT SO 
GOOD. 
>> THIS WALL IS 
THE ULTIMATE 
RACIST MONUMENT. 
WE'VE HAD THIS 
BEAUTIFUL 
BICULTURAL 
HISTORY IN OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
AND THAT'S JUST 
PART OF OUR DNA. 
AND THAT WE ARE 
CHARACTERIZED AS 
CRIMINALS, 
RAPISTS, AND GOD 
KNOWS WHAT ELSE, 
IS TERRIBLE.  
IT'S JUST, IT'S 
HURTFUL.  
IT'S NOT WHO WE 
ARE.  
AND IT'S NOT 
WHAT WE SHOULD 
BE CONSIDERED TO 
BE.  
>>> MAKE SURE 
YOU KNOW HOW TO 
VOTE IN THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION.  
NBC NEWS CAN 
HELP WITH THE 
NEW STATE-BY-
STATE GUIDE 
CALLED PLAN YOUR 
VOTE. 
HAS INFORMATION 
ON RULES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT BY 
GOING TO NBC 
NEWS 
NOW.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE.  
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE.   
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STAGE 
CONTINUES TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTORS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY. 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE, AMID A 
PANDEMIC.  
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE, IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> YOU GOTTA GET 
A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE. 
BUT A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A 
SYSTEM. 
WHERE THIS 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 COULD 
BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE 
QUESTIONS.  
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE KNOW IF 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 
SCHOOL 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? 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WE SHOULDDEVELOP 
OURSELVES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILL YENTSDZ.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NOW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONT . 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
FOR THE MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> IS YOUR 
CONCERN THAT THE 
KIDS WHO ARE 
BEING TOLD 
THEY'LL BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY, 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PROTEST, POLICE 
ARE EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THIS IS UNDER 
ATTACK. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WLESTER 
HOLD. 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR. 
A PROUD NERD, 
AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENIA CAROL 
LOMENNA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD. 
>>> WHITE HOUSE 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
MARK MEADOWS 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
TALKING ON THE 
PHONE TODAY FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN WEEKS. 
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL JOINS 
US NOW.  
WHAT ARE WE 
HEARING? 
>> THAT CALL 
BROKE UP NOT 
VERY LONG AGO. 
AND WE JUST 
SECONDS AGO, 
RECEIVED A 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE SPEAKER ON 
HOW THAT CALL 
WENT.  
AND WHAT SHE 
SAYS IS THEY ARE 
STILL AT A, 
QUOTE, TRAGIC 
IMPACT. 
SO THIS CALL 
REALLY REVEALED 
NO NEXT STEPS.  
SEEMS LIKE IT 
DID NOT GO WELL. 
SPEAKER PELOSI 
ALSO SAID, 
REMEMBER HER 
STARTING. 
HER POSITION WAS 
COMING FROM A 
$3.4 TRILLION 
BILL TO A $2.4 
TRILLION. 
NOW SHE'S TOLD 
US THAT SHE 
WOULD GO TO $2.2 
TRILLION. 
BUT SHE SAYS 
THEY ARE STILL 
VERY FAR APART. 
HERE'S WHAT 
SPEAKER 
PELOALSZY TOLD 
REPORTERS 
EARLIER TODAY 
BEFORE THIS CALL 
BECAUSE I WANT 
TO PLAY IT 
BECAUSE IT STILL 
PRETTY MUCH 
STANDS.   
>> I CHECK IN 
WITH MY 
CHAIRMAN. 
THEY SAY, I KNOW 
HAVE YOU TO COME 
DOWN. 
BUT UNDERSTAND, 
OUR NUMBER IS A 
DEFENSIBLE, 
SCIENTIST, 
INSTITUTIONALLY 
BASE SAID 
JUSTIFICATION 
FOR WHAT THE 
PUBLIC NEEDS. 
WHETHER IT'S 
ABOUT SCHOOLS 
AND THE REST OR 
PEOPLE FIGURE 
EVICTED OR 
MILLIONS OF 
CHILDREN HUNGRY 
IN OUR COUNTRY 
AND THE REST.   
>> SO SPEAKER 
PELOSI THIS 
MORNING. 
AND SPEAKER 
PELOSI NOW 
MAINTAINS HER 
DEFENSE OF THIS 
LEGISLATION TO 
KEEP IT OVER $2 
TRILLION. 
AND IT SOUNDS 
LIKE THE 
ADMINISTRATION, 
WHILE WE HAVEN'T 
HEARD FROM THEM 
YET ON THEIR 
REACTION TO THIS 
CALL.  
TO WHERE PELOSI 
THINKS A DEAL 
CAN BE REACHED. 
>> I KNOW 
DEMOCRATS WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 
COMING DOWN. 
REPUBLICANS WERE 
STAYING PRETTY 
FIRM AT A 
TRILLION 
DOLLARS. 
DO WE HAVE ANY 
SENSE OF WHAT 
THE REPUBLICANS 
ARE LOOKING FOR 
NOW? 
WHAT AMOUNT OF 
MONEY MIGHT BE 
ACCEPTABLE TO 
THEM? 
ANYWHERE THEY'RE 
WILLING TO 
COMPROMISE.   
>> Reporter: 
WELL, NOT 
REALLY. 
SEEMS LIKE 
THEY'RE STILL 
STUCK AT THIS 
TRILLION 
DOLLARS.  
AND EVEN IN THE 
SEPTEMBER, A 
GROUP OF SENATE 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
FLOATING. 
AND PEOPLE SAY 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
INTRODUCE 
LEGISLATION THAT 
IS ABOUT 500 
BILLION DOLLARS. 
SO SENATE 
REPUBLICANS KEEP 
INTRODUCING 
PROPOSALS THAT 
GET SMALLER AND 
SMALLER. 
NOW, THIS IS THE 
EXACT OPPOSITE 
DIRECTION OF 
WHAT PELOSI IS 
SAYING, WHERE 
THEY NEED TO GO. 
SO YOU KNOW, 
WHILE SENATE 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
OVER REALLY IN A 
CORNER, DOING 
THEIR OWN THING, 
THEY ARE NOT 
REALLY 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF WHERE THE 
DISCUSSIONS NEED 
TO GO, IN ORDER 
TO GET ANY SORT 
OF RESULT. 
BUT WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING IS TRYING 
TO GAIN SOME 
SORT OF 
CONSENSUS AMONG 
THEMSELVES.  
IF PERHAPS, THEY 
ARE FEELING 
POLITICAL 
PRESSURE TO DO 
SOMETHING AS 
PEOPLE'S 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS 
EXPIRED. 
AS PEOPLE GO 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
WUBOTTOM BOTTOM 
LINE, ALISON, 
EXTREMELY FAR 
APART STILL. 
>> YOU SAID IT. 
THOSE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS EXPIRED 
WEEKS AGO. 
MILLIONS HAVE 
BEEN NEEDING 
HELP FOR 
SOMETIME NOW. 
AS REPUBLICANS 
TALK ABOUT THESE 
SMALLER AMOUNTS 
OF MONEY. 
IS THERE ANY 
SENSE OF INSTEAD 
OF COMING 
TOGETHER ON A 
LARGE BILL THAT, 
LAWMAKERS MIGHT 
DO THIS, SAY, 
ONE BIT AT A 
TIME? 
AND ADDRESS 
INDIVIDUAL 
ISSUES, SUCH AS 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
OR UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE AND 
TRY TO TAKE 
THESE ISSUES 
SEPARATELY, 
RATHER THAN AS A 
WHOLE?   
>> WELL, SPEAKER 
PELOSI HAS 
INDICATED OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN, 
THAT THAT IS NOT 
SOMETHING SHE'S 
WILLING TO 
ACCEPT. 
SHE SAID THE 
ENTIRE PROBLEM 
IS INTERTWINED 
AND NEEDS TO BE 
ADDRESSED. 
BUT I WANT TO 
PUT SOMETHING ON 
YOUR RADAR, 
ALISON. 
AND THAT IS THAT 
THERE IS A 
GOVERNMENT 
FUNDING DEADLINE 
COMING UP AT THE 
END OF 
SEPTEMBER, WHEN 
CONGRESS HAS TO 
FUND THE 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
THE NEXT FISCAL 
YEAR. 
2021.
SO YOU KNOW, 
THEY'RE NOT 
CLOSE TO ANY 
SORT OF DEAL ON 
THAT EITHER.  
SO THAT COULD BE 
A PRESSURE 
POINT, WHERE 
THESE TWO THINGS 
COME TOGETHER. 
AND THAT IS A 
BEST-CASE 
SCENARIO. 
THE WORST CASE 
SCENARIO IS NO 
COVID RELIEF. 
AND THE COVID 
SHUTS DOWN. 
THE MONTH OF 
SEPTEMBER IS 
GOING TO BE 
EXTREMELY 
CRITICAL IN AN 
ELECTION YEAR. 
WHICH IS NOT THE 
WAY CONGRESS 
LIKES TO 
LEGISLATE.  
BUT WE ARE NOT 
IN A NORMAL 
YEAR. 
ALISON.
>> I WAS GOING 
TO SAY.  
THE WAY 2020 IS 
GOING, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING, WE'RE 
PROBABLY GOING 
TO SEE A 
SHUTDOWN. 
LET'S HOPE IT 
DOESN'T SHOW UP 
IN THAT 
DIRECTION.  
I KNOW WE'LL 
CONTINUE TO 
CHECK IN TO SEE 
HOW IT'S GOING. 
>> YES. 
THANKS, ALISON.
>>> 10ISS CHAMP, 
NAOMI OSAKA WILL 
NOT PLAY IN HER 
MATCH TODAY AT 
THE WESTERN AND 
SOUTHERN OPEN. 
PULLING OUT OVER 
THE JACOB BLAKE 
SHOOTING. 
TWEETING, QUOTE, 
AS A BLACK 
WOMAN, I FEEL 
THERE ARE MUCH 
MORE IMPORTANT 
MATTERS AT HAND 
THAT NEED 
IMMEDIATE 
ATTENTION RATHER 
THAN WATCHING ME 
PLAY TENNIS. 
SHE ALSO SAID 
WATCHING THE 
CONTINUED 
GENOCIDE AT THE 
HANDS OF POLICE, 
IS HONESTLY 
MAKING ME SICK 
TO MY STOMACH. 
THE LEAGUE 
HOPING TO BE 
BACK IN THE 
COURT FRIDAY AND 
SATURDAY HERE'S 
BIG NAMES IN 
PROSPORTS ARE 
SAYING. 
ABOUT SITTING 
OUT. 
>> DESPITE THE 
OVERWHELMING 
PLEA. 
SO OUR FOCUS 
TODAY CANNOT BE. 
>> AS A BLACK 
MAN. 
AS A FORMER 
PLAYER.  
I THINK IT'S 
BEST FOR ME TO 
SUPPORT THE 
PLAYERS AND JUST 
NOT BE HERE 
TONIGHT.  
>> IT'S AMAZING. 
WHY WE KEEP 
LOVING THIS 
COUNTRY.  
AND THIS COUNTRY 
IS NOT LOVING 
BACK. 
>> WE ARE JUST 
BASKETBALL 
PLAYERS. 
AND JUST BECAUSE 
WE'RE BASKETBALL 
PLAYERS. 
WE STILL HAVE 
THE PLATFORM. 
>> WE'RE NOT 
JUST BASKETBALL 
PLAYERS. 
AND IF YOU THINK 
WE ARE, DON'T 
WATCH IT. 
THERE'S SO MUCH 
MORE THAN THAT. 
>> I THINK THE 
MOST DIFFICULT 
PART IS TO SEE 
LIKE PEOPLE 
STILL DON'T 
CARE. 
>> WE ARE SCARED 
IN AMERICA.  
BLACK MAN, BLACK 
WOMEN. 
BLACK KIDS. 
WE ARE 
KERRIFIED. 
BECAUSE YOU 
DON'T KNOW. 
>> MY YOUNG 
NEPHEWS HAVE HAD 
TO TALK ABOUT 
DEATH BEFORE 
THEY HAVE EVEN 
SEEN IT IN A 
MOVIE. 
IF NOT NOW, 
WHEN? 
DON'T LISTEN TO 
THESE PEOPLE TELL
ME. 
YOU ARE STARTING 
SOMETHING FOR 
THE NEXT 
GENERATION AND 
THE NEXT 
GENERATION TOO 
TAKE OVER. 
>>> SHAQUILLE 
BREWSTER JOINS 
ME NOW.  
SHAQ, KENOSHA 
POLICE JUST GAVE 
AN UPDATE. 
WHAT DID THEY 
SAY TODAY? 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
THEY TALKED 
ABOUT THE LACK 
OF VIOLENCE THAT 
WE HAD LAST 
NIGHT. 
AND ACTUALLY, 
THAT'S WHY I'M 
STANDING HERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
BECAUSE 
NORMALLY, WHAT 
YOU HAVE SEEN IN 
THE PAST THREE 
NIGHTS, THERE 
WILL BE VIOLENCE 
AND CLASHES WITH 
POLICE. 
PEOPLE THE NEXT 
DAY WOULD COME 
OUT WITH THEIR 
BROOMS AND 
SHOVELS TO HELP 
CLEAN EVERYTHING 
UP. 
TODAY, YOU'RE 
SEEING PAINT 
ROLLERS AND 
PAINT BRUSHES 
AND SEEING 
DIFFERENT MURALS 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
PUTTING UP. 
THIS IS ALL 
AROUND THE 
DOWNTOWN AREA 
WHERE YOU'RE 
SEEING THINGS 
EXACTLY LIKE 
THIS.  
NICE BUTTERFLIES 
THERE. 
AND ALEXIS IS 
HERE. 
YOU'RE A KENOSHA 
RESIDENT. 
>> YEAH. 
>> ALEXIS, TELL 
US WHY YOU CAME 
OUT AND DID THIS 
TODAY. 
>> SO WE HEARD 
THROUGH SOCIAL 
MEDIA, THAT 
THEY'RE HAVING 
TO COME DOWN AND 
PAINT MURALS 
THROUGH THE 
BORDED UP 
WINDOWS. 
AND WE THOUGHT 
WE WOULD COME 
DOWN TO MAKE IT 
A LITTLE MORE 
PRETTIER AND 
MORE LIVELY, I 
GUESS. 
>> SO YOU FOUND 
OUT ABOUT THIS 
TODAY. 
>> YES. 
OR YESTERDAY 
THROUGH SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
>> THEN YOU 
DECIDED TO COME 
OUT FOR YOUR OWN 
PACE? 
>> YEAH. 
>> ARE THESE 
YOUR FRIENDS 
THAT YOU GREW UP 
WITH? 
>> YES. 
>> AND YOU HAVE 
SEEN SOME OF THE 
DESTRUCTION FROM 
THE PAST COUPLE 
OF NIGHTS. 
YOU SAW VIDEOst 
SHOOTING. 
>> EVERYTHING IS 
A LITTLE BIT 
HECTIC RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND WE JUST WANT 
TO ADD A LITTLE 
BIT OF PEACE. 
EVEN THROUGH 
JUST OUR ART 
WORK. 
BECAUSE WE THINK 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
DON'T TAKE US 
SERIOUSLY, SINCE 
WE'RE TEENAGERS. 
SO WE THOUGHT, 
ART IS LIKE A 
UNIVERSAL THING 
THAT WILL SPREAD 
A MESSAGE OF 
PEACE AND LOVE.  
SO THAT'S WHY WE 
CAME DOWN HERE 
TODAY. 
>> ALEXA. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR TALKING 
WITH ME. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
AGAIN IS NOT 
JUST THIS BLOCK. 
PEOPLE'S 
FAMILIES COMING 
OUT WITH THEIR 
PAINT CANS AND 
PAINT BRUSHES, 
TRYING TO JUST 
BEAUTIFY THE 
DOWNTOWN AREA.  
WHICH AT ONE 
POINT, COUPLE OF 
DAYS AGO, IT 
LOOKED AS IF 
THEY WERE 
PREPARING FOR A 
STORM, WITH HOW 
MANY WINDOWS AND 
DOORS WERE 
BOARDED UP. 
OF COURSE, WE 
SAW THAT 
DESTRUCTION THE 
FIRST NIGHT. 
AND PEOPLE WERE 
JUST HOPING THAT 
THIS IS AN END 
TO IT. 
THAT THINGS TURN 
THE CORNER. 
>> ALISON? 
>> SHAQ. 
I KNOW THOSE 
TEENAGERS CAN'T 
HEAR ME. 
BUT WHEN WE'RE 
FINISHED, YOU 
LET THEM KNOW.  
IT REALLY IS THE 
YOUNG PEOPLE, 
THIS NEXT 
GENERATION THAT 
IS PROBABLY 
GOING TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
I'M SO IMPRESSED 
WITH THEM. 
AND THAT'S SO 
WONDERFUL THAT 
THEY'RE COMING 
OUT TO SHARE A 
LITTLE PEACE AND 
LOVE. 
I HATE TO SPOIL 
THE MOOD THERE 
BECAUSE IT IS A 
REALLY LOVING 
MESSAGE. 
BUT I KNOW YOU 
DO HAVE SOME 
MORE INFORMATION 
ABOUT WHAT HAS 
BEEN GOING ON. 
LET'S START WITH 
THE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT JACOB 
BLAKE. 
THAT OFFICER HAS 
BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US THERE?   
>> THAT'S 
EXACTLY RIGHT.  
A SEVEN-YEAR 
VETERAN OF THE 
FORCE. 
WE KNOW THAT NOT 
ONLY WAS -- I'M 
SORRY.  
BUT WE ALSO GOT 
A SENSE OF WHAT 
EXACTLY POLICE 
KNOW.  
YOU KNOW, FOR SO 
LONG, SINCE THAT 
SUNDAY NIGHT 
SHOOTING, WE 
DIDN'T GET A 
SENSE OF EVEN 
THE BASIC FACTS. 
WE DIDN'T KNOW 
WHY OFFICERS 
WERE CALLED 
THERE. 
WE DIDN'T KNOW 
WHAT THEY FOUND 
ON THE SCENE. 
AND WE'RE NOW 
HEARING FROM THE 
STATE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL THAT ALL 
RIGHT. 
THE OFFICERS 
WERE CALLED TO 
THE SCENE SUNDAY 
EVENING, ABOUT 
5:45. 
WHEN THEY ARIVED 
TO THE SCENE, 
THEY TRIED TO 
ARREST MR. 
BLAKE. 
THEY THEN TRIED 
USING A TASER 
UNSUCCESSFULLY. 
THEY SAY THAT HE 
IN SOME POINT 
DURING THIS 
EXCHANGE, HE 
ADMITTED THAT HE 
HAD A KNIFE ON 
HIM. 
BUT THEY DON'T 
SAY WHETHER OR 
NOT THE OFFICERS 
KNEW THAT. 
OR WHETHER OR 
NOT THEY SAW A 
KNIFE VISIBLE. 
AND THEY SAY 
AFTER THE KNIFE 
SHOOTING, THEY 
CONFIRMED 
SOMEONE WAS SHOT 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BASK. 
THEY SAY AFTER 
THE SHOOTING, 
THEY DID RECOVER 
A KNIFE FROM THE 
FLOOR OF THE 
CAR. 
THAT'S MORE 
DETAIL THAN 
WE'VE GOTTEN 
SINCE THE 
BEGINNING. 
SINCE THAT 
INITIAL 
STATEMENT. 
THAT WAS VERY 
NONDESCRIPT. 
SO THAT'S THE 
SENSE WE'RE 
GETTING NOW.  
THEY'RE ALSO 
SUGGESTING THAT 
WE'RE NOT GOING 
TO GET ANY 
UPDATE FOR 
AROUND 30 DAYS. 
WE KNOW THAT NOW 
THAT 
INVESTIGATORS 
ARE GOING 
THROUGH THIS, 
THERE IS ALSO A 
FEDERAL 
INVESTIGATION. 
A FEDERAL CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION. 
NOW, 
INVESTIGATORS 
ARE GOING 
THROUGH THIS, 
THEY'LL HAND 
OVER THEIR FIGHT 
FINDINGS TO THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY. 
AND IT WILL BE 
UP TO THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY TO MAKE 
A RECOMMENDATION 
ON WHAT THEY 
WANT TO DO IF 
THEIR NEED TO BE 
CHARGES FILED IN 
THIS CASE. 
ALISON?
>> ALL RIGHT. 
SHAQ BREWSTER IN 
KENOSHA, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
AND THANKS AGAIN 
TO THOSE 
WONDERFUL TEENS 
LIFTING FOLKS' 
SPIRITS THERE. 
THEY'RE REALLY 
INCREDIBLE. 
>> I WILL.
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M ALISON 
MORRIS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GO TO NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE, OF COURSE, 
HAS THE LATEST 
HDZ LINES FOR 
US.  
WHAT WOULD WE DO 
WITHOUT HER? 
SAVANNAH, GREAT 
TO SEE YOU. 
>> ALISON. 
ALWAYS GOOD TO 
BE WITH YOU.  
HAPPY THURSDAY. 
AND THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS 
WRAPPING UP 
TONIGHT. 
THERE WILL BE 
APPEARANCES FROM 
SENATE MAJORITY 
LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL, THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DAUGHTER, 
%
PRESIDENT'S 
DAUGHTER, IVANKA %
TRUMP. %
SPEAK. SO 
THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF% SPOKE 
EARLIER. 
HE WILL ADDRESS 
THE STORM. 
WE LOOK FORWARD 
TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REMARKS TONIGHT 
AND ABROAD 
VISION OF 
AMERICA. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
SOCIALISM AND 
DECLINED. 
>> AND NOW FOR 
THE LATEST ON 
LAURA WHICH HAS 
DOWNGRADED TO A 
TROPICAL STORM. 
LAURA MADE 
LANDFALL IN 
LOUISIANA AS  IT 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE. 
IT WAS THE 
STRONGEST STORM 
TO HIT THE STATE 
IN 160 YEARS. 
FOR OUR DEAD FAAT 
LEAST DUE TO 
FALLING TREES. 
THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR 
COMMENTED THIS 
MORNING. 
>> WE KNOW 
ANYONE THAT 
STAYED AND IS 
CLOSE TO THE 
COAST, WE HAVE 
TO PRAY FOR 
THEM. 
LOOKING AT THE 
STORM SURGE 
THERE WILL BE 
LITTLE CHANCE OF 
SURVIVAL. 
>> THE NBA, THE PO
LEAGUE PLANS TO 
CANCEL GAMES 
AGAIN TONIGHT. 
THE NBA PLANS TO , 
CONTINUE ITS 
SEASON BUT UMIT IS 
NOT CLEAR WHEN 
GAMES WILL 
RESUME. 
THIS IN PROTEST 
OVER THE 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB -LIKE. 
THE MAJOR LEAGUE D 
SOCCER AND WNBA 
BUT THEIR GAMES 
ON PAUSE LAST 
NIGHT AND TODAY 
THEY ANNOUNCED 
THEY WILL 
RESCHEDULE 
TONIGHT'S GAMES. 
NOW TURNING TO 
THE LATEST I 
DON'T 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
AN INITIAL 
JOBLESS CLAIM, 
OVER 1 MILLION. 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
THE 58 MILLION 
TOTAL CLAIMS. 
>> THE FEDERAL 
RESERVE 
ANNOUNCED IT IS 
MAKING SWEEPING 
CHANGES TO HOW 
IT HANDLES 
INFLATION. 
JEROME POWELL 
SAYS THE CENTRAL 
BANK WILL ALLOW 
INFLATION TO RUN 
HIGHER THAN THE 
STANDARD 2% 
TARGET. 
THE NEW STRATEGY 
WILL HELP LOWER 
UNEMPLOYMENT AND 
GROW THE ON
ECONOMY. 
THERE ARE ALSO 
RISKS. 
>> WE ARE 
MINDFUL THAT 
HIGHER PRICES 
FOR FOOD, 
GASOLINE AND 
SHELTER ADD TO
 
THE BURDEN OF 
MANY FAMILIES, 
ESPECIALLY THOSE 
STRUGGLING. 
>> THE BACK-AND-
FORTH WITH 
TIKTOK CONTINUES.
COWALMART IS 
TEAMING UP FOR 
U.S. 
CANADIAN 
AUSTRALIAN AND 
NEW ZEALAND 
YOUNG 
OPERATIONS. 
THE DEAL COULD BELIN
$20 BILLION-$30 
BILLION. 
IT COMES AS 
WALMART IS 
TRYING TO 
COMPETE WITH 
AMAZON. 
A LOT OF OTHERS 
LIKE ORACLE ARE 
TRYING TO GRAB A 
PART OF TIKTOK. 
>> THIS IS A 
TIKTOK STORY I 
CAN RELATE TO 
BECAUSE IT IS 
THE BUSINESS 
SIDE OF THINGS. 
I'M NOT WITH THE 
TWENTYSOMETHINGS 
YET ON THE %
VIDEOS. 
>> YES. 
I WAS THINKING 
ABOUT THAT WHEN 
I WAS WRITING 
THIS. 
IT IS RIGHT UP 
YOUR ALLEY. 
THESE COMPANIES IA
ARE COMING 
TOGETHER FOR. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS WITH 
THIS ONE. 
>> YES. 
FROM  THE 
POTENTIAL BAN TO 
THE SALE. 
I'M CURIOUS TO 
SEE HOW THIS 
PLAYS OUT. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN ABOUT ONE 
HOUR. 
OKAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>> HURRICANE 
LAURA IS THE 
STRONGEST STORM 
TO HIT T LOUISIANA 
IN 164 YEARS. 
ARE MADE 
UROLOGIST JOINS 
US NOW. 
HOW STRONG IS 
LAURA NOW, 
WHERE'S THE 
STORM HEADING? 
>> HELLO. 
WE MENTIONED 
YESTERDAY THIS 
IS GOING TO BE RI
ONE FOR THE 
HISTORY BOOKS, 
IT IS. 
WE WILL NEVER 
HEAR THE LAURA 
NAME AGAIN. 
IT WILL BE 
RETIRED BECAUSE 
OF THE 
DEVASTATION IT 
HAS CAUSED. 
WE HAVE SOME SO
DEATHS AND 
BILLIONS IN 
DAMAGE. 
WE WILL BE 
ASSESSING THAT 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
AND MONTHS. 
>> WE HAVE HIGH 
WINDS WITH THIS 
STORM. 
IT IS 14  HOURS 
LATER, AFTER IT 
MADE LANDFALL. 
LET'S LOOK AT 
THAT. 
IT MADE LANDFALL 
IN CAMERON AS A 
CATEGORY FOUR 
STORM WITH 150 
MBH WINDS. 
IT IS THE 
STRONGEST STORM 
IN MORE THAN 150 
YEARS. 
THIS IS RERADAR. 
WE HAVE MYTORNADO 
WARNINGS. 
THAT IS THE 
BIGGEST THREAT. 
ALSO WATCHES AND 
DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS. 
LOOK AT THE 
DAMAGE AS WE FAGO 
THROUGH THE NEXT 
 OF DAYS. 
THIS IS THE 
LATEST ON LAURA, 
A TROPICAL STORM 
NOW. 
MOVING NORTH AT E 
15 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
MOVING VERY 
QUICKLY. 
THAT IS GOOD 
NEWS. 
IT IS EAST OF 
SHREVEPORT, 
LOUISIANA. 
IT WILL WE CAN 
THROUGH THE F NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS 
BUT BEFORE DOES 
THAT WE WILL SEE 
FLASH FLOODING, 
STRONG WINDS AND 
POWER OUTAGES. 
WE HAVE A RISK 
FOR TORNADOES 
TODAY AND BY 
SATURDAY THE 
NORTHEAST GETS 
IT BEFORE IT 
EXITS ON SUNDAY. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE WIND. 
THE WIND WILL BE 
GUSTING TO ABOUT 
50 MBH. 
YOU NEED  ABOUT 
50 MILES PER 
HOUR WINDS TO 
SEE POWER LINES 
GO DOWN AND 
TREES GOING 
DOWN. 
AS WE GO THROUGH 
TIME WE 
ANTICIPATE THAT. 
LOOK AT THE 
WINDS GUSTING UP 
TO 48 MBH AT 
TIMES. 
WE HAVE MILLIONS 
OF ADAGES OF 
POWER. WE HAVE 
TEMPERATURES IN 
THE 80s AND 90s. 
IT IS HOT. 
WILL THE POWER, 
BACK ON BEFORE 
YOU NEED AIR 
CONDITIONING? 
I DOUBT IT. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME IN 
HISTORY WE HAVE WE
SEEN A TROPICAL 
STORM WARNING IN 
SHREVEPORT. 
WE STILL HAVE 
TWO DAYS. WE ARE 
IN PEAK SEASON. 
I WILL SEE YOU 
AGAIN SOON. 
>> NO DOUBT. 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
THIS REALLY IS 
THE BEGINNING. 
THANK YOU, VERY 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
YOU ARE WELCOME. 
>>> HURRICANE 
LAURA IS IT 
WEAKENING. 
IT IS A TROPICAL 
STORM MOVING 
ACROSS LOUISIANA 
BRINGING STRONG 
WIND AND HEAVY 
RAIN WITH IT. 
LAURA WAS A 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE WHEN 
IT HIT LOUISIANA 
OVERNIGHT WITH 
WINDS AT 150 MBH.
>> I AM GLAD WE 
ARE ALIVE. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
EVERYONE GOT HIT 
HARD. 
THEY SAID 
CATEGORY 4, THAT 
WAS IT. 
>> WHY WOULD YOU 
STAY IN WAHARM'S 
WAY? 
>> STORM SURGE 
AND DEBRIS MADE 
SOME STREETS ON 
PASSABLE. 
TREES ARE DOWN 
AND POWER WAS 
KNOCKED OUT TO 
HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
HOMES. 
IT IS ONE OF THE 
MOST POWERFUL 
STORMS LOUISIANA 
HAS SEEN AND IT 
HAS KILLED FOUR. 
ONE WAS A 14-
YEAR-OLD GIRL 
INSIDE WHEN A 
TREE FELL ON HER 
HOME. 
CHRIS JOINS US 
NOW IN 
LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
WIND IS STILL 
PRETTY STRONG 
THERE. 
HOW MOARE THINGS. 
>> MICHELLE WAS 
TELLING YOU 
ABOUT THIS 
STORM. 
IT IS ON ITS WAY 
TO ARKANSAS AND 
CAUSING POWER 
OUTAGES ALREADY. 
WE ARE NOT FAR 
FROM THE GULF 
COAST AND 
GETTING STRONG 
WIND GUSTS TO 
HERE. 
THE RAIN ENDED A 
COUPLE OF HOURS 
AGO BUT HOURS 
AFTER THE BULK 
OF THE F STORM 
MOVED THROUGH WE 
STILL HAVE 
SIGNIFICANT 
WINDS. 
YESTERDAY BEFORE 
WE LOST THE SHOT 
I WAS STANDING 
ON THIS %RIVER. 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
IT NOW. 
THIS RIVER 
TRAVELS FROM 
EAST TO WEST 
NORMALLY. 
TODAY IT IS RK
TRAVELING FROM 
WEST TO EIEAST. 
IF YOU SEE THIS 
RIVER STOP AND 
BACK UP AND 
START GOING THE 
OTHER WAY, HEAD 
TO HIGHER 
GROUND. 
THAT MEANS 
FLOODING IS ON 
THE WAY. 
THE RIVER IS 
FLOODING OVER 
ITS BANG. 
THE AREA I WAS 
STANDING 
YESTERDAY IS NOW DA
UNDER WATER. 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE MAIN 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
CENTRAL IN WEST 
LOUISIANA, THE 
RIVER FLOODING, 
LAKES AND 
STREAMS AND 
THINGS OF THAT 
NATURE AS MORE 
WATERFALLS TO 
THE NORTH FROM 
THAT SYSTEM IT 
IS ALL COMING 
DOWN TOWARD THE 
GOLF 
>> WE HAVE 
DAMAGE IN 
LAFAYETTE WITH 
TREES DOWN, 
METAL AWNINGS 
AND ROOFS AND 
THINGS OF THAT 
NATURE. 
NO REPORTS OF 
INJURIES. 
LAKE CHARLES 
ABOUT AN HOUR TO 
MY WEST IS MUCH 
MORE DEVASTATED 
THAN LAFAYETTE. 
SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE THERE AS 
THE EYE WALL %
WENT RIGHT OVER 
THAT. 
AT LEAST ONE 
PERSON HAS DIED 
NORTH OF LAKE 
CHARLES. 
14-YEAR-OLD DIED 
WHEN A TREE 
BRANCH CAME DOWN 
ON HER HOME. 
RIGHT NOW THREE 
QUARTERS OF 1 
MILLION ARE 
WITHOUT POWER. 
HALF 1 MILLION 
ARE IN 
LOUISIANA. 
NOW 30,000 
OUTAGES IN %
ARKANSAS AND AND 
HUNDRED THOUSAND 
IN TEXAS. 
PRESIDENT ANTRUMP 
SAID IN A NEWS 
CONFERENCE THAT 
HE PLANS TO 
VISIT THE REGION 
SOMETIME THIS 
WEEKEND AND 
OFFICIALS ARE 
TOURING . MOSTLY 
OFFICIALS IN 
TEXAS FEEL LIKE 
THEY DODGED A 
BULLET ON THAT 
SIDE OF THE 
ORDER. 
>> LET ME ASK 
YOU, MAYBE TOO 
EARLY TO TELL, 
OUR FIRST 
RESPONDERS ABLE 
TO GET TO 
PEOPLE? 
WHAT ARE THE 
CHALLENGES THEY 
ARE DEALING WITH 
GETTING AROUND 
THAT AREA AND 
SEE IF PEOPLE 
NEED HELP? 
>> THIS AREA, 
THEY ARE ABLE TO 
ASSESS. 
TREES COULD BE 
BLOCKING ROADS 
AND THINGS OF 
THAT NATURE. 
WHEN YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT 
AREAS OF THE 
GULF COAST WHERE 
THIS REALLY CAME 
IN AS POWERFUL 
AS IT DID, THEY 
ARE RURAL AREAS, 
VERY REMOTE. 
OFTEN IT IS 
DIFFICULT TO GET 
TO NORMALLY. 
NOW YOU HAVE 
ROADS THAT ARE 
TOPPED WITH 
WATER. 
IT MAY BE 
DIFFICULT TO UTDOGE 
IN BY HELICOPTER
, MAYBE EVEN 
BOAT. 
THE ASSESSMENT 
IS ONGOING AFTER 
THE STORM BLEW 
THROUGH. 
>> LET ME ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE 
EVACUEES. 
PEOPLE PICKED UP 
AND LEFT AITHEIR 
HOMES. 
DOING THAT IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. ARE 
THERE CONCERNS 
ABOUT KEEPING 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND 
TRYING NOT TO 
SPREAD THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
WHILE TRYING TO CK
HELP PEOPLE? 
>> IT IS A 
CHALLENGE. 
IN LOUISIANA 
THEY WERE HARD-
HIT. 
600  THAN 
NEW CASES, 18 
DEATHS. 
IT LIMITED THE 
AMOUNT OF ANSPACE 
NOR THE PEOPLE 
THEY COULD PUT 
INTO SPACE IT. 
NORMALLY GO TO A 
HIGH SCHOOL GYM 
AND YOU HAVE 
COTS EVERY TWO 
FEET. 
THEY HAD TO 
LIMIT THE NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE GOING 
IN AND TAKE 
TEMPERATURES 
GOING IN. 
WHAT THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN TRYING TO 
DO IS -- THEY 
HAVE SOME 
FEDERAL MONEY. 
THE GOVERNOR IN 
TEXAS SAID THEY 
GOT 3000 HOTEL 
ROOMS FOR 
EVACUEES TO TRY 
TO KEEP THEM 
ISOLATED FROM 
OTHER PEOPLE AS 
OPPOSED TO OT
PACKING THEM 
INTO GYMS AND 
CHURCHES IN AN 
EFFORT TO STEM 
OFF THE 
WIDESPREAD 
OUTBREAK OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
WILL BE 
INTERESTING TO 
SEE IN A COUPLE 
WEEKS WHETHER WE 
SEE A SPIKE IN 
THESE AREAS FROM 
THIS EVENT. 
OKAY. 
IT WILL BE 
INTERESTING. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR COVERAGE. 
INCREDIBLE TO 
HEAR WHAT YOU 
HAD TO SAY ABOUT 
THE RIVER 
FLOWING THE 
OTHER WAY. 
IT GIVES YOU A 
GREAT SENSE OF 
WHAT IS GOING ON 
THERE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> HURRICANE 
LARGE COVERAGE 
CONTINUES. 
WE ARE IN 
LOUISIANA NEAR 
THE TEXAS 
BORDER. 
IT LOOKS LIKE IT 
IS SUNNY THERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
PEOPLE  
DOING? WHAT KIND 
OF DESTRUCTION 
OR PEOPLE 
DEALING WITH? 
>> THERE ARE A 
FEW OF 
STRAGGLING BANDS 
BUT THE LARGE 
STORM IS MOSTLY 
GONE. 
IT IS 300 MILES 
NORTH OF ME. 
THIS IS WHAT WE 
ARE SEEING LOTS 
OF JUST A FEW 
MILES FROM 
TEXAS. 
NOT VERY MUCH 
DAMAGE IN TEXAS. 
IT IS THE SABINE 
RIVER. 
IT CURVES. 
WE'RE SEEING 
DAMAGE AROUND 
US. 
THERE ARE 
BUILDINGS THAT 
HAVE COME DOWN. 
THESE GAS 
STATION CAM AND 
APPEASE COMMONLY DO
COME DOWN. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SOME DEATHS IN 
LOUISIANA AND 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF FLOODING AS 
YOU GET %FURTHER 
IN. 
PORT ARTHUR FROM 
CAMERON WHERE 
CAME ON SHORE TO 
300 MILES NORTH. 
THERE HAS BEEN A 
GREAT DEAL OF 
DAMAGE. 
THE ISSUE IS 
POWER. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF POWER 
OUTAGES. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
CONVOYS OF 
GENERATORS GOING 
BY. 
NO BUCKET TRUCKS 
THIS MORNING BUT 
YOU CAN SEE ALL 
AROUND HERE THERE
DOWNED CABLES 
AND ELECTRICAL 
POLES ARE DOWN.  T
GASOLINE IS NOT 
FLOWING IN MANY 
PLACES BECAUSE 
POWER EEDS 
TO FLOW. 
WE NEED ALL THE 
GASOLINE THAT 
COMES FROM THE 
PIPES IS OKAY. 
THAT 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SURVIVE. 
THE REFINERIES 
ARE CLOSE BUT 
THEY ARE 
STARTING TO GO 
BACK UP TO SPEED 
AND THE 
PIPELINES WILL 
HELICOPTER 
PEOPLE BACK OUT 
INTO THE GOLF 
SHORTLY TO GET 
THE RIGS AND 
PLATFORMS GOING. 
RIGHT NOW IF YOU 
NEED GAS YOU 
HAVE TO GO TO A 
STATION THAT HAS 
POWER. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
HAVING TROUBLE 
GETTING GAS FOR EE
THAT. 
THINGS WILL GET 
BACK TO NORMAL. 
THE STORM HAS 
JUST LEFT A FEW 
PARTS OF D 
LOUISIANA NOW. 
THEY HAVE ONLY 
STARTED GETTING 
RESCUES OUT IF
THERE AND WE ARE 
HEARING MORE 
ABOUT RESCUES 
AND HIGH WATER 
RESCUES GOING 
ON. 
NORMALCY WILL 
START TO SETTLE 
IN. 
>> YOU SAID 
RESCUES? 
DID MOST PEOPLE 
EVACUATE? 
WERE THERE A LOT ED
OF PEOPLE LEFT 
BEHIND? ARE THEY 
TRYING TO STILL 
FIGURE THAT OUT? 
>> IN FACT A LOT 
OF PEOPLE 
STAYED. 
IN THE AREA RNTHAT 
I AM IN, IT IS 
CALLED THE 
GOLDEN TRIANGLE. 
IT IS WORKING th
CLASS. 
WE ALWAYS TALK 
ABOUT WHY PEOPLE 
LEAVE. 
IT IS HARD FOR 
SOME PEOPLE TO 
LEAVE. 
EVERYBODY HAS TO 
USE GAS. 
A MOTEL ROOM, 
WHO KNOWS WHERE 
YOUR FAMILY 
LIVES. 
IT IS HARD TO ARDO 
THAT. 
PEOPLE STAYED. 
ON THE TEXAS 
SIDE THERE IS A 
MENTALITY ABOUT 
THIS WE HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH 
RITA AND HARVEY 
AND PEOPLE DON'T 
LEAVE. 
AUTHORITIES HAVE 
HAD TO BE %CLEAR 
THAT THIS IS 
YOUR DEAD TIME 
LINE TO LEAVE 
AND THIS IS THE 
DEADLINE TO GO 
TO A SHELTER. 
IF YOU DON'T 
LEAVE AT THIS 
POINT, YOU WILL 
BE ON YOUR OWN 
FOR A WHILE. 
YOU WILL HAVE TO 
WAIT. 
THEY HAVE GOTTEN 
BETTER OVER THE 
LAST FEW YEARS 
TO MAKE SURE 
PEOPLE HAVE 
THEIR STUFF 
CHARGED AND THEY 
KNOW WHERE RETHEY 
ARE. 
EARLIER TODAY 
PEOPLE WERE 
UNACCOUNTED FOR. 
THAT DOESN'T 
MEAN ANYTHING IS 
HAPPENED TO 
THEM, THEY 
DIDN'T LEAVE, WE 
DON'T KNOW 
IF 
THEY ARE HOME. HE
THERE IS A LOT 
OF THAT. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
DON'T LEAVE 
THEIR HOMES IN A 
HURRICANE FOR A 
VARIETY OF 
REASON AND 
CORONAVIRUS IS 
AN ADDED REASON 
LEAVE. 
>> IRON I GET IT 
TO. 8 
IT IS A SCARY 
THING TO LOAD 
YOUR FAMILY IN A 
CAR AND WONDER 
WHAT IS GOING TO 
BE THERE WHEN 
YOU COME BACK. 
PEOPLE ARE 
AFRAID TO 
PART 
WITH HOMES THEY 
WORKED THEIR 
ENTIRE LIVES TO 
BUILD AND OWN 
AND THAT IS THERE
CORNER OF THE 
WORLD. 
IT IS AN 
EMOTIONAL THING 
AS WELL. 
>> QUICKLY, I 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING ABOUT A 
CHEMICAL FIRE. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> SO IT WAS ON 
INTERSTATE 10. 
THIS IS A MAJOR 
THOROUGHFARE 
GOING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
AS WE DISCUSSED, 
THIS IS A YSMAJOR 
PETROCHEMICAL EN
AREA. 
THE BIGGEST PART 
IN THE COUNTRY. 
IT HAS A MAJOR 
REFINERY AND AN 
OIL HOOT OF 
AND NATURAL GAS. 
THERE WAS A FIRE 
A LITTLE 
EARLIER. 
IT WAS VISIBLE 
IN POLICE WERE 
TRYING TO GET 
AHEAD OF IT. 
THEY HAD TO 
CLOSE DOWN PART 
OF INTERSTATE 
10. 
MUCH OF IT HAD 
BEEN CLOSED DOWN 
ANYWAY. 
LAST WE HEARD 
THEY HAD CLOSED 
IT OFF NDAND 
GETTING IT UNDER 
CONTROL. 
OKAY. 
A BIG THANK YOU 
TO YOU AND YOUR 
CREWIC. I KNOW IT 
IS CHALLENGING 
TO BE WORKING IN 
CONDITIONS LIKE 
THIS. 
THANK YOU TO ALL 
OF YOU. 
>> OKAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
%
STANDARDS FOR 
NURSING HOMES, %
TO IMPROVE %
INFECTION %
CONTROL. %
DONALD TRUMP IS %
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP VISITED 
FEMA 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
A BRIEFING ON 
HURRICANE LARD 
TODAY.
. TELL US ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT. 
>> THIS WAS 
ADDED TO THIS 
SCHEDULE LATE IN 
THE DAY AND 
NOTABLE BECAUSE 
HE WENT FROM A 
REPUBLICAN 
FUNDRAISER AT 
THE TRUMP HOTEL 
TO FEMA TO 
RECEIVE THE 
BRIEFING WITH 
OFFICIALS THERE 
AND THE LATEST 
ON THE DAMAGE 
HURRICANE LAURA 
CAUSED ON THE 
GULF COAST. 
HE MADE NEWS 
THERE SAYING HE 
WAS GOING TO BE 
VISITING VERY 
SHORTLY, MOST 
LIKELY TRAVELING 
TO THE REGION 
THIS WEEKEND. 
HE RAISED 
EYEBROWS SAYING 
HE HAD 
CONSIDERED 
MOVING HIS 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH TONIGHT 
TO MONDAY 
DEPENDING ON HOW 
BAD THE STORM 
WAS GOING TO BE 
AND HE SAID 
AFTER ASSESSING 
AND REALIZING 
THAT IT WAS NOT 
AS BAD AS THEY 
ANTICIPATED IT 
WAS POSSIBLE TO 
GO FORWARD WITH 
THE PLAN 
TONIGHT. 
HE IS STILL SET 
TO MAKE THE 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH AND JUST 
A COUPLE OF HOURS
. HE WILL BE 
MONITORING AND 
HE SIGNED A SOME 
EMERGENCY 
DECLARATIONS AND 
ASSURED LOCAL 
GOVERNORS THAT 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS 
PREPARED TO 
SUPPORT THEM AS 
THEY NAVIGATE 
THE RECOVERY 
PROCESS FROM 
THIS STORM. 
>> ON THE 
FEMICIDE OF 
THINGS, THEY ARE 
JUGGLING A 
NUMBER OF 
CRISIS. 
WE HAVE 
WILDFIRES IN 
CALIFORNIA, THE 
CORONAVIRUS, ARE 
THEY PREPARED TO 
TAKE ON LARA AND 
ALL THE RECOVERY 
ASSISTANCE 
NECESSARY. 
THIS IS REALLY 
THE INTERSECTION 
OF A LOT OF 
DIFFERENT CRISIS 
AND YOU HAVE THE 
PANDEMIC HANGING 
OVER ALL OF IT. 
YOU HEARD THE 
GOVERNOR TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
CONCERNS OF 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
EVACUATED AND 
ARE NOW TOGETHER 
WHO ARE WORRIED 
ABOUT EXPOSING 
THEMSELVES. 
IT IS SOMETHING 
THEY ARE 
TRACKING. 
THEY ARE HOPEFUL 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO HANDLE 
IT ALL. 
IT SOUNDS LIKE 
FEDERAL FORCES 
ARE ON THE 
GROUND AND MORE 
WILL BE ON THEIR 
WAY. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
THE QUESTION 
WHEN A PRESIDENT 
COMES TO A 
REGION HOW MANY 
RESOURCES ARE 
DIVERTED TO 
HANDLE THAT. 
THEY LIKE TO 
WAIT A COUPLE OF 
DAYS AND THAT IS 
WHY THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
LIKELY NOT 
TRAVEL THERE 
UNTIL SATURDAY 
OR SUNDAY. 
THEY WANT TO 
KEEP THE 
FOOTPRINT SMALL 
SO AS NOT TO 
DETRACT FROM AID 
GOING TO THE 
PEOPLE IMPACTED 
BY THE HURRICANE.
>> JUST BEFORE 
THE 2012 
ELECTION 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CRITICIZED 
OBAMA'S FORK 
CAMPAIGNING 
AFTER HURRICANE 
SANDY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAD A CAMPAIGN 
EVENT THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
HE HAS A SPEECH 
TONIGHT. 
HOW ARE THEY 
DEFENDING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HERE. 
I GO THEY ARE 
SAYING ALL THE 
PLANS WILL BE 
MAINTAINED. 
THEY HAD A 
CONTINGENCY PLAN
. THEY ARE NOT 
GOING TO ENACTED.
THE PRESIDENT IS 
EXPECTED TO 
TRAVEL TO NEW 
HAMPSHIRE 
TOMORROW FOR 
CAMPAIGN EVENT 
AT AN AIRPORT 
HANGAR THERE 
THAT WILL 
RESEMBLE HER A 
MINI RALLY. 
THAT IS A 
TRADITION, MOST 
CANDIDATES HIT 
THE ROAD 
SIGNALING THAT 
THE GENERAL 
ELECTION IS IN 
FULL FORCE. 
THAT IS WHAT HE 
IS GOING TO BE 
DOING TOMORROW. 
OVER THE WEEKEND 
HE WILL SURVEY 
THE DAMAGE AT 
THE GULF COAST. 
HE IS DEFENDING 
HIS OWN ACTIONS 
SAYING THEY HAVE 
BEEN DOING 
EVERYTHING RIGHT 
AND THAT IS WHY 
HE WENT TO FEMA 
TODAY. 
THE TIMING OF 
THIS IS 
INTERESTING. 
WE ALSO KNOW THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
MENTION THE 
HURRICANE 
TONIGHT IN HIS 
REMARKS. 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN 
HIGHLIGHTED THAT 
AND SIGNALED HE 
WILL BE TOUCHING 
ON THE RACIAL 
UNREST IN 
KENOSHA 
WISCONSIN AS 
WELL AS OTHER 
CITIES. 
WE EXPECT ALL OF 
THAT AND MORE TO 
COME TONIGHT. 
>> DO WE HAVE A 
SENSE OF AS YOU 
MENTIONED SOME 
TOPICS BUT DO WE 
HAVE A SENSE OF 
THE TONE HE 
COULD STRIKE. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
DEBATE OVER 
WHETHER IN FACT 
THE TONE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION HAS 
BEEN OPTIMISTIC 
OR NOT. 
>> YES. 
IT IS UP TO THE 
VIEWER OR VOTER 
FOR THIS WEEK IN 
TERMS OF WHETHER 
YOU BELIEVE THE 
REPUBLICAN 
OFFICIALS AND 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
WHEN THEY SAY 
THEY FEEL THIS 
WAS AN 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
UPBEAT 
CONVENTION. 
THAT WAS THEIR 
GOAL. 
THE RHETORIC IS 
HARD TO SQUARE 
WITH THAT. 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY ARE SAYING. 
THERE WILL BE AN 
UPLIFTING VISION 
OF AMERICA AND 
THEY ARE PUTTING 
OUT EXCERPTS 
WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
RAIL AGAINST HIS 
OPPONENT 
INTENSELY AND 
ACCUSE HIM OF 47 
YEARS OF 
INACTION IN 
WASHINGTON. 
REALLY, IT 
DEPENDS ON WHO 
IS GOING TO BE 
TAKING IN THE 
SPEECH TO SAY 
WHETHER THEY 
FIND IT 
OPTIMISTIC OR 
NOT. 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
FOR THEIR PART 
IN PRE-REBUTTAL 
THIS AFTERNOON 
THEY BELIEVE THE 
PRESIDENT IS THE 
ONE PAINTING A 
DARK VISION AND 
OFFERING THE 
DIVISIVE 
RHETORIC. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
HAVE FELT VERY 
PLEASED WITH HOW 
THE CONVENTION 
HAS GONE. 
THIS IS THE 
FINAL NIGHT. 
THE BACKDROP IS 
UNUSUAL TO ALL 
OF THIS THE FACT 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
GATHER 1000 OR 
MORE OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS 
INCLUDING 
LAWMAKERS ON THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
SOUTH LAWN FOR 
HIS RENOMINATION 
SPEECH. 
IT IS HIGHLY 
UNUSUAL AND THEN 
TO CAP IT OFF, 
NO BALLOON DROP 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
WE WILL HAVE 
FIREWORKS. 
THIS TIME IT 
WILL BE LAUNCHED 
FROM THE 
NATIONAL 
MONUMENT AND 
NATIONAL MALL. 
>> I HAVE TO 
SAY, THE ONE 
TRADE-OFF I AM 
INTO IN 2020, I 
WILL TAKE 
FIREWORKS 
OVERBLOWN'S. 
IS JUST A MATTER 
OF PERSONAL 
PREFERENCE. 
RA. 
TEAM FIREWORKS. 
>> THANK YOU. 
GOT IT. 
>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
LAST NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS AT 8 
O'CLOCK TONIGHT. 
THEN THERE IS A 
PRIME TIME 
NETWORK SPECIAL. 
YOU CAN WATCH IT 
ALL RIGHT HERE 
ON NBC NEWS NOW. 
>>> WHAT DID JOE 
BIDEN THINK 
ABOUT THE RNC? 
WE ASKED THE 
NOMINEE ABOUT 
THAT AND HOW THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS HANDLING THE 
PANDEMIC. 
HERE AS PART OF 
THAT EXCLUSIVE 
INTERVIEW. 
>> COVID IS 
UNDER CONTROL. 
HE IS NOT 
RESPONDING TO IT 
AND HE CONTINUES 
TO BE IN A 
POSITION WHERE 
HE DOESN'T KNOW 
HOW TO DEAL WITH 
IT. 
IF I AM TALKING 
ABOUT SAFETY, 
THE BIGGEST 
THING IS THAT 
THOUSAND PEOPLE 
A DAY ARE DYING 
FROM THIS. 
>> HE IS GOING 
TO SAY WE HAVE 
SPENT THE LAST 
FOUR YEARS 
FIXING THE 
DAMAGE JOE BIDEN 
INFLICTED OVER 
THE LAST 47 
YEARS. 
>> IF YOU NOTICE,
WE CREATED MORE 
JOBS IN THE LAST 
THREE YEARS THAT 
HE HAS CREATED 
IN HIS LIFE. 
EVERYTHING 
INHERITED HE HAS 
SCREWED UP. 
>> THE SPEECH 
PAINTED A ROSY 
PICTURE ABOUT 
THE PANDEMIC. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
HAPPENED JUST 
THIS WEEK IS THE 
CVC CHANGE THEIR 
GUIDELINES FOR 
TESTING. 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE EXPOSED 
IT DID NOT NEED 
TO BE TESTED 
WHICH MAKES 
EXPERTS SAY 
THERE ARE 
CONCERNS. HE HAD 
CONCERNS THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE CAN 
SPREAD THE VIRUS 
IF UNTESTED. 
>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE SAID THERE 
WAS NO 
INTERFERENCE IN 
THIS BUT THEY 
SAID THERE WAS 
CONSULTATION. 
IT IS CLEAR THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
THE MORE YOU 
TEST THE MORE 
CASES YOU HAVE 
AND SO HE TOLD 
PEOPLE TO SLOW 
DOWN THE 
TESTING. 
ARE THEY TRYING 
TO SLOW DOWN THE 
TESTING? 
IS THIS A 
DANGEROUS 
MESSAGE? 
>> HAVE YOU EVER 
SEEN AN 
ADMINISTRATION 
PUT SO MUCH 
PRESSURE ON THE 
FDA? 
THERE IS NO 
LIMIT TO WHAT 
THIS GUY DOES 
AND WHAT HIS 
TEAM DOES. 
LISTEN TO THE 
SCIENTIST. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
SAYING LOOK, I 
LAID UP PLAN OUT 
IN JANUARY AND 
THEN AGAIN IN 
MARCH AND APRIL. 
ALL THE WAY DOWN 
THE LINE. 
COLUMBIA MEDICAL 
SCHOOL SAID THE 
PRESIDENT SHOULD 
HAVE ACTED ONE 
WEEK EARLIER AND 
30,000 MORE 
PEOPLE WOULD NOT 
HAVE DIED. 
WHAT IS HE DOING?
WHAT IS THIS 
ABOUT? 
NOW HE IS 
TALKING ABOUT 
WHETHER OR NOT 
YOU HAVE PLASMA 
THAT WORKS OR 
DOESN'T WORK. 
YOU CAN'T JUST 
SAY THAT. ONE OF 
THE THINGS I 
WORRY MOST 
ABOUT, I PRAY 
THAT WE HAVE A 
VACCINE TOMORROW 
FOR THIS VIRUS. 
I PRAY FOR THAT. 
WE HAVE TO MAKE 
SURE WE HAVE 
SOME CREDIBILITY 
WHEN WE DO GET A 
VACCINE THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
WILLING TO TAKE 
IT. 
THIS IS MALARKEY 
THAT WE HEAR 
FROM THIS 
PRESIDENT ABOUT 
WHAT TO USE AND 
WHAT NOT TO USE. 
HE ISN'T TALKING 
ABOUT INJECTING 
BLEACH. 
THERE IS NO 
RATIONALE. 
HE DOES NOT 
UNDERSTAND THE 
SCIENCE. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
RALLIED BEHIND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ARGUING HE IS 
THE ONE TO VOTE 
FOR IN 2020. 
HERE IS MIKE 
PENCE. 
>> JOE BIDEN DID 
NOT SAY ONE WORD 
ABOUT THE 
VIOLENCE AND 
CHAOS IN GOLFING 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY. 
WE WILL HAVE LAW 
AND ORDER ON THE 
STREETS OF THIS 
COUNTRY FOR 
EVERY AMERICAN 
OF EVERY RACE 
AND CREED AND 
COLOR. 
>> THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN MADE 
SIMILAR PROMISES 
BACK IN 2016. 
HAS THE 
PRESIDENT 
DELIVERED? 
WE HAVE THE 
STORY. 
>>> LAW AND ORDER
. FOR MANY 
PEOPLE IT SOUNDS 
LIKE THIS. 
IN POLITICS IT 
MEANS YOU ARE 
TOUGH ON CRIME 
MEDICOS WAY BAD. 
>> AS FAR AS LAW 
AND ORDER, I AM 
THE LAWMAKER. 
>> TODAY IT IS 
ONE OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S FAVORITE 
PHRASES. 
>> I AM THE LAW 
AND ORDER 
CANDIDATE. 
I AM YOUR 
PRESIDENT OF LAW 
AND ORDER. 
>> WHAT EXACTLY 
DOES HE MEAN? 
IT MEANT A LOT 
OF THINGS LIKE 
SECURING THE 
BORDER AND 
CRACKING DOWN ON 
GANGS. 
HE PLEDGED TO 
REDUCE VIOLENT 
CRIME AND 
SUPPORT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THE BELIEVE IN 
LARNE FULL 
SPRINT SEPARATES 
CIVILIZATION 
FROM TOTAL 
CHAOS. 
AND THE 
DESTRUCTION OF 
OUR COUNTRY AS 
WE KNOW IT. 
>> ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL 
OFFICERS WOULD 
NOT BE SHOT HE 
SAID. 
HE WILL PURSUE 
THE DEATH 
PENALTY FOR COP 
KILLERS. 
THE NUMBER OF 
POLICE KILLED BY 
FIREARMS HAS 
REMAINED STEADY 
THROUGH THE LAST 
FEW YEARS AND 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE HAS 
NOT EXECUTED 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
KILLED COPS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS TRIED TO 
PROTECT THE 
POLICE AND OTHER 
WAYS. 
HE SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
CALLING FOR 
MARSHALL 
PENALTIES FOR 
THOSE WHO HARM 
OFFICERS. 
AND RECENTLY HE 
CONTINUED TO 
BACK THE FLU. 
>> NOBODY NEEDS 
A STRONG, 
TRUSTWORTHY 
POLICE FORCE 
MORE THAN THOSE 
IN DISTRESSED 
AREAS AND NOBODY 
IS MORE OPPOSED 
TO THE BAD 
POLICE OFFICERS, 
YOU HAVE THEM. 
THEIR TINY. 
I USE THE WORD 
TINY, A SMALL'S 
PERCENTAGE. 
THEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAYS HE IS 
DEPLOYING FORCES 
TO DEPLOY CRIME. 
PUBLIC 
PERCEPTION OF 
CRIME RATES HAVE 
BEEN LONG TIME 
WRONG. 
THE REALITY IS 
THAT CRIME HAS 
BEEN 
CONSISTENTLY 
DROPPING FOR 
SEVERAL DECADES. 
>> THE CRIME 
RATE HAS BEEN 
PLUMMETING. THEY 
PLUMMETED DURING 
THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND THEY ARE 
FALLING DURING 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> THIS YEAR MAY 
BE DIFFERENT. 
A LAW PROFESSOR 
AT STANFORD 
EXPLAINS WHILE 
CRIME IS DOWN 
OVERALL DURING 
THE PANDEMIC 
SEVERAL CITIES 
ARE REPORTING AN 
UPTICK IN 
HOMICIDES. 
TRUMP PUT SOME 
OF THE BLAME ON 
CIVIL UNREST. 
>> MANY OF THESE 
THINGS HAVE TO 
DO WITH COVID-19 
AND THE FACT 
THAT PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN STUCK AT 
HOME AND THEY 
HAVE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE 
INCREASING. 
HOSPITALS ARE 
OVERWHELMED.:
COULD HAVE MADE 
SOME ASSAULTS 
THAT MAY NOT 
HAVE BEEN DEADLY 
BEFORE, IT MADE 
THEM DEADLY. 
THE ECONOMY IS 
IN A TAIL SPIN. 
THAT COULD BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THE INCREASE IN 
HOMICIDE. 
>> AND FINALLY, 
THERE ARE EVENTS 
THAT THE STATE 
OF POLICE 
SHOOTINGS, 
PARTICULARLY 
YOUNG AND BLACK 
MEN HAS LED TO 
DECREASED TRUST 
IN THE POLICE BY 
MAKING IT HARDER 
FOR POLICE TO 
PURSUE THE 
STRATEGIES THAT 
THIS REQUIRES. 
>> WITH THE 
CAMPAIGN 
UNVEILED IF 
REELECTED, IT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WANTS TO DEFEND 
THE POLICE BY 
HIRING MORE 
OFFICERS. 
A WAS TO 
PROSECUTE DRIVE 
BY AS DOMESTIC 
TERRORISM. 
THERE ARE 
QUESTIONS AS TO 
HOW MUCH HE CAN 
HANDLE FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
CRIME IS A LOCAL 
PROBLEM AND THE 
DIRECT CRIME IS 
ADDRESSED 
LOCALLY. 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE WAS 
ENCOURAGING 
LOCALS TO PURSUE 
POLICIES UNDER 
THE CLOUD OF 
COMMUNITY 
POLICING. 
>> BETTER 
RELATIONSHIPS TO 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND LOCAL 
COMMUNITIES HAVE 
BEEN SCALED 
DOWN. 
THERE WAS A BAN 
ON POLICE USING 
LEFTOVER 
MILITARY 
EQUIPMENT. 
THE LAW IN ORDER 
CANDIDATE WILL 
HAVE LOW 
HISTORICALLY 
CRIME RATES. 
THAT IS A BET HE 
IS MAKING. 
EVERYBODY MUST 
HAVE NO FEAR OF 
VIOLENCE. 
CITIES ARE RUN 
BY DEMOCRATS. 
IT IS MOB RULE. 
WHEN YOU ARE IN 
TROUBLE AND NEED 
POLICE DON'T 
COUNT ON THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
THE RHETORIC 
WILL FALL FLAT 
>> FOUR YEARS AGO
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ASKED BLACK 
VOTERS THIS 
QUESTION, WHAT 
DO YOU HAVE TO 
LOSE BY TRYING 
SOMETHING NEW? 
I WILL FITCHETT. 
WATCH. 
I WILL FIX IT. 
>> WHAT DO BLACK 
BOAT VOTERS 
THINK ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
NOW? 
MORGAN RADFORD 
ASKED THEM THAT 
VERY QUESTION. 
>> THAT IS 
RIGHT. 
I WENT BACK TO 
NORTH CAROLINA, 
THAT IS WHERE 
CANDIDATE TRUMP 
WAS WHEN HE 
ASKED BLACK AND 
BROWN VOTERS, 
WHAT DO YOU HAVE 
TO LOSE BY 
VOTING FOR ME. 
WHY NOT TAKE A 
CHANCE ON VOTING 
FOR ME EVEN 
THOUGH BLACK 
VOTERS TRIED TO 
VOTE DEMOCRATIC. 
I WENT BACK FOR 
YEARS LATER AND 
ASKED BLACK 
VOTERS, WHAT DID 
YOU HAVE TO LOSE?
WE HAD 
CORONAVIRUS, THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH FAITH AND 
BLACK 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
THEY HAD TO SAY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS BILLED 
HIMSELF AS LAW 
AND ORDER. 
DOES THAT MAKE 
YOU FEEL MORE OR 
LESS SAFE. 
>> LAW IN ORDER 
FOR WHOM? WHEN I 
HEAR A LOT IS 
LAW AND ORDER TO 
PEOPLE IN LINE, 
NOT LAW IN ORDER 
TO MAKE SURE 
JUSTICE IS 
THERE. 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT EVERYBODY 
IS EXPERIENCING 
THE JUSTICE 
SYSTEM IN THE 
SAME WAY. 
LAWN ORDER SAYS 
I'M GOING TO 
KEEP THINGS THE 
WAY THEY ARE IN 
THE SAME WAY TO 
MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
KNOW WHERE THEY 
BELONG. 
AS A BLACK 
BUSINESS OWNER 
DO YOU THINK YOU 
ARE BETTER OR 
WORSE OFF SINCE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOOK OFFICE. 
WORSE. 
I HAVE 
SACRIFICED SOME 
THINGS THAT I 
ENJOY IN MY LIFE 
JUST TO KEEP 
THIS BUSINESS 
OPEN. 
I GAVE UP MY CAR 
TO DO THAT. 
>> YOU GAVE UP 
YOUR CAR? 
>> YES. 
I SAID OKAY, DO 
I KEEP THE 
BUSINESS OR PAY 
MY RENT? 
>> WHY DID THAT 
EXCITE YOU 
THOUGH? 
BECAUSE I THINK 
THAT BLACKS HAVE 
BEEN LUMPED INTO 
A GROUP WHERE 
THEY ARE THOUGHT 
THAT IF YOU VOTE 
ANY OTHER WAY 
THAT YOU ARE NOT 
REALLY BLACK. 
YOU ARE NOT GOOD 
ENOUGH OR PART 
OF THE 
COMMUNITY, NOT 
COOL. 
THAT IS THE WAY 
THEY TREAT US. 
WHEN HE SAID 
THAT IT WAS 
CALLING IT OUT. 
IT GAVE -- IT 
EMPOWERED ME TO 
SAY I CAN STILL 
BE WHO I AM 
MEANT TO BE. 
>> THE DEMOCRATS 
AND INDEPENDENTS 
SAY THEY BELIEVE 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS A RACE 
RELATION BRAS 
SOME PROBLEM AND 
DOES NOT HANDLE 
THE TOPIC OF 
RACE WELL. 
RACE IS 
ESSENTIALLY AN 
EMOTIONAL TOPIC. 
WE KNOW THE 
TOPIC CAN BE 
EMOTIONAL BUT 
RACE HAS BEEN 
TOP AND CENTER. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
BLACK AMERICANS, 
22% OF ALL COVID 
DEATHS HAVE BEEN 
AMONG BLACK 
PEOPLE. 
WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT BLACK 
BUSINESSES AND 
UNEMPLOYMENT IS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTED. 
41% OF BLACK 
OWNED BUSINESSES 
HAVE PERMANENTLY 
SHUT THEIR DOORS 
SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC 
COMPARED TO 17% 
OF WHITE 
BUSINESSES. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
COVID, 
UNEMPLOYMENT AND 
JOB NUMBERS AND 
BLACK BUSINESS, 
THEY ARE ARE 
REAL AND 
STATISTICAL 
DIFFERENCES. 
>>> HE PROMISED 
TO BUILD THE 
WALL IN 2016. 
FOUR YEARS LATER 
THE WALL AND 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S STANCE 
ON IMMIGRATION 
ARE STIRRING UP 
CONTROVERSY. 
WE SPOKE WITH A 
LAND OWNER ON 
THE BORDER TO 
GET THEIR TAKE. 
>> AS A RANCHER 
MY TOP CONCERN 
IS ANIMAL HEALTH.
THERE MUST BE A 
PHYSICAL 
BOUNDARY BETWEEN 
THE U.S. AND 
MEXICO BECAUSE 
CATTLE TRAVEL 
ACROSS THE 
RIVERS. 
WE CANNOT STOP 
THIS FROM 
TRANSFERRING. 
I HAVE SEEN 
RANCHES 
COMPLETELY STOP 
RAISING CATTLE 
BECAUSE THEY 
CANNOT DO IT 
WITH THIS ISSUE. 
AS A MOM, I 
DON'T FEEL SAFE 
GOING WITH MY 
CHILDREN WITHOUT 
MY HAS BEEN OR 
ANOTHER MALE 
FIGURE. 
>> WE ARE NOT 
THAT FAR OFF THE 
HIGHWAY. 
THERE IS FENCING 
BECAUSE OF 
INSECT CONTROL. 
THESE ANIMALS 
ARE TRAPPED. 
IF YOU THINK OF 
ALL THE GAS AND 
THE DISTRACTION 
OF THIS PIECE OF 
PROPERTY, 
AGAINST 
POLITICAL. 
IT BECOMES A 
CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
I'M NOT COMING 
AT THIS JUST 
BECAUSE IT IS MY 
LAND AND I DON'T 
CARE ABOUT 
SECURITY. 
OF COURSE I DO. 
I WANT MY FAMILY 
TO BE SAFE. 
>> WE ARE 
CHARACTERIZED AS 
CRIMINALS, 
RACIST AND GOD 
KNOWS WHAT ELSE. 
IT IS A HURTFUL. 
IT IS NOT WHO WE 
ARE AND NOT WHAT 
WE SHOULD BE 
CONSIDERED TO BE.
>> MAKE SURE YOU 
KNOW HOW TO VOTE 
IN THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
WE HAVE A STATE-
BY-STATE GUIDE 
CALLED CLAIM 
YOUR VOTE. 
IT HAS 
INFORMATION ON 
VOTING RULES AND 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
CHECK IT OUT. 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENIA CAROL %
LOMENNA, WILL %
LOOK 
>>> NANCY PELOSI 
TALKING 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF ON THE 
PHONE TODAY FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN WEEKS. 
LEANNE JOINS ME 
NOW. 
LEANNE, WHAT IS 
THE LATEST? 
ANY SIGNS OF 
PROGRESS? 
WHAT ARE WE 
HEARING ABOUT 
THAT CALL? 
>> IT BROKE UP 
NOT LONG AGO. 
SECONDS AGO WE 
RECEIVED A 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE SPEAKER ON 
HOW THE CALL 
WENT. 
WHAT SHE SAYS IS 
THAT THEY ARE AT 
A TRAGIC 
IMPASSE. 
THIS CALL 
REVEALED NO NEXT 
STEP. IT DID NOT 
GO WELL. 
THE SPEAKER ALSO 
SAID THAT 
REMEMBER HER 
STARTING 
POSITION WAS 
COMING FROM A 
$2.4 TRILLION 
BILL. 
NOW SHE SAYS SHE 
TOLD MARK 
MEADOWS THAT SHE 
WOULD GO TO 2.2 
TRILLION BUT 
THEY ARE VERY 
FAR PART. 
HERE'S WHAT WE 
TOLD BEFORE THE 
CALL. 
>> A CHECK IN 
WITH MY CHAIRMAN 
IN THE I SAY I 
KNOW YOU HAVE TO 
COME DOWN BUT 
UNDERSTAND OUR 
NUMBER IS A 
SCIENTIFIC 
JUSTIFICATION 
FOR WHAT THE 
PUBLIC NEEDS 
WHETHER IT IS 
ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THE REST ARE 
PEOPLE BEING 
EVICTED OR 
CHILDREN ARE 
HUNGRY. 
>> THE SPEAKER 
DEFENDS THIS. 
IT SOUNDS LIKE 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION, 
WE HAVE NOT 
HEARD FROM THEM 
YET ON THEIR 
REACTION TO THIS 
CALL, THEY DID 
NOT COME CLOSE 
ENOUGH WHERE 
PELOSI THINGS A 
DEAL CAN BE 
REACHED. 
>> WHEN WE LAST 
TALKED TO THEM 
THE DEMOCRATS 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT COMING 
DOWN. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
WERE STAYING AT 
ABOUT $1 
TRILLION. 
DO WE HAVE ANY 
SENSE OF WHAT 
THE REPUBLICANS 
ARE LOOKING FOR 
NOW? 
WHAT AMOUNT OF 
MONEY MIGHT BE 
ACCEPTABLE TO 
THEM IS THEIR 
COMPROMISE? 
WELL, NOT 
REALLY. 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
THEY ARE STUCK 
AT THIS TRILLION 
DOLLARS AND THEN 
EVEN IN THE 
SENATE A GROUP 
OF REPUBLICANS 
ARE FLOATING AND 
SAY THEY WILL 
INTRODUCE RENT 
LEGISLATION 
ABOUT $500 
BILLION. 
THEN THEY KEEP 
GETTING 
PROPOSALS THAT 
ARE SMALLER AND 
SMALLER. 
THIS IS THE 
EXACT OPPOSITE 
DIRECTION OF 
WHAT PELOSI IS 
SAYING WHERE 
THEY NEED TO GO. 
WHILE 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
OVER IN A CORNER 
DOING THEIR OWN 
THING, THEY ARE 
NOT 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF WHERE THEY 
WILL NEED TO GO. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO GAIN SOME 
SORT OF 
CONSENSUS AMONG 
THEMSELVES. 
THE SPEAKER HAS 
INDICATED THAT 
IS NOT SOMETHING 
SHE LIKES TO 
ASSESS. 
SHE SAYS SHE 
LIKES TO BE 
INTERTWINED AND 
IT NEEDS TO BE 
ADDRESSED. 
WE WANT TO PUT 
SOMETHING ON THE 
RADAR. 
THERE'S A 
GOVERNMENT 
FUNDING DEADLINE 
COMING UP AT THE 
END OF SEPTEMBER 
WHEN CONGRESS 
HAS TO FUND THE 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
THE NEXT FISCAL 
YEAR. 
YOU KNOW, THEY 
ARE NOT CLOSE TO 
ANY SORT OF DEAL 
ON THAT EITHER. 
THAT COULD BE A 
PRESSURE POINT 
WITH THESE TWO 
THINGS COMING 
TOGETHER AND 
THAT IS A BEST 
CASE SCENARIO. 
THE WORST CASE 
IS NO COVERT 
RELIEF AND THE 
GOVERNMENT SHUTS 
DOWN. 
SEPTEMBER IS 
GOING TO BE 
CRITICAL IN AN 
ELECTION YEAR. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
WAY THEY LIKE TO 
LEGISLATE BUT WE 
ARE IN AND NOT 
NORMAL YEAR. 
>> YES. 
THE WAY 2020 HAS 
BEEN GOING SO 
FAR, PEOPLE ARE 
THROWING UP 
THEIR HANDS AND 
SAY WE WILL 
PROBABLY SEE A 
SHUTDOWN. 
LET'S HOPE IT 
DOESN'T GO 
THERE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE UPDATE. 
AS A BLACK 
WOMAN, I FEEL 
THERE ARE MUCH 
MORE IMPORTANT 
MATTERS AT HAND 
THAT NEED 
IMMEDIATE 
ATTENTION RATHER 
THAN WATCHING ME 
PLAY TENNIS. 
SHE ALSO SAID 
WATCHING THE 
GENOCIDE OF 
BLACK PEOPLE AT 
THE HAND OF 
POLICE IS MAKING 
ME SICK TO MY 
STOMACH. 
THE NBA ISN'T 
PLAYING TONIGHT 
EITHER. 
THEY WANTED TO 
BE BACK ON THE 
COURT FRIDAY OR 
SATURDAY. 
THERE ARE BIG 
NAMES IN PRO 
SPORTS AND THIS 
IS WHAT THEY ARE 
SAYING ABOUT 
SITTING OUT. 
>> DESPITE THE 
PLEA FOR CHANGE 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NO CHANGE. 
>> AS A FORMER 
PLAYER I THINK 
IT IS BEST FOR 
ME TO SUPPORT 
THE PLAYERS AND 
NOT BE HERE 
TONIGHT. 
>> IT'S AMAZING 
WHY WE KEEP 
LOVING THIS 
COUNTRY AND THE 
COUNTRY DOES NOT 
LOVE US BACK. 
JUST BECAUSE WE 
ARE BASKETBALL 
PLAYERS DOESN'T 
MEAN THAT THAT 
IS OUR PLATFORM. 
WE UNDERSTAND WE 
BASKETBALL T 
PLAYERS. 
IF YOU THINK WE 
ARE, DON'T 
WATCH. 
>> THE MOST 
DIFFICULT PART 
IS TO SEE PEOPLE 
WHO JUST DON'T 
CARE. 
WE ARE SCARED AS 
BLACK PEOPLE IN 
AMERICA. 
BLACK MEN AND 
WOMEN AND KIDS, 
WE ARE TERRIFIED
. YOU DON'T KNOW
. MY NEPHEWS I 
HAVE HAD TO TALK 
TO THEM ABOUT 
DEATH BEFORE 
THEY EVEN SAW IT 
IN THE MOVIES. 
IF NOT NOW, 
WHEN. 
DON'T LISTEN TO 
THESE PEOPLE 
TELLING YOU 
DON'T DO 
ANYTHING BECAUSE 
IT'S NOT GOING 
TO END. 
YOU ARE STARTING 
SOMETHING FOR 
THE NEXT 
GENERATION AND 
THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS US FROM 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
POLICE JUST GAVE 
AN UPDATE. 
WHAT DO THEY SAY 
TODAY? 
>> THEY TALKED 
ABOUT THE LACK 
OF VIOLENCE THAT 
WE HAD LAST 
NIGHT AND THAT 
IS WHY AM 
STANDING HERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
NORMALLY WHAT 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
SEEING OVER THE 
PAST THREE 
NIGHTS IS 
VIOLENCE AND 
CLASHES AND 
DISTRACTION AND 
PEOPLE WOULD 
COME OUT WITH 
BROOMS AND 
SHOVELS TO HELP 
CLEAN EVERYTHING 
UP. 
TODAY INSTEAD OF 
BROOMS AND 
SHOVELS YOU ARE 
SEEING PAIN 
ROLLERS AND 
BRUSHES. 
THESE ARE MURALS 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
BRINGING UP 
AROUND THE 
DOWNTOWN AREA. 
THERE ARE SCENES 
LIKE THIS. 
PEOPLE ARE 
PAINTING 
BUTTERFLIES. 
ALEXIS, TELL US 
WHY YOU CAME OUT 
DID THIS TODAY. 
>> SOCIAL MEDIA 
WAS HAVING 
PEOPLE COME 
PAINT MURALS. 
WE THOUGHT WE 
WOULD COME DOWN 
AND MAKE IT A 
LITTLE PRETTIER 
AND MORE LIVELY 
I GO YOU FOUND 
ABOUT THIS TODAY
? YESTERDAY 
THROUGH SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
>> YOU DECIDE TO 
COME OUT. 
IS THIS YOUR OWN 
PAIN? 
>> YES. 
SO I AM HERE 
WITH MY FRIEND 
WHO ALSO GREW UP 
HERE. 
WHAT DO YOU DO? 
YOU SAW SOME 
DISTRACTION OF 
COURSE YOU SAW 
THE VIDEO OF 
THIS SHOOTING 
SUNDAY NIGHT. 
HAD HE PUT ALL 
THIS TOGETHER? 
HOW DO 
PROCESSES? 
>> EVERYTHING IS 
HECTIC RIGHT 
NOW. 
I JUST WANT TO 
ADD A LITTLE BIT 
OF PEACE AND 
JUST THROUGH OUR 
ARTWORK. 
WE THINK A LOT 
OF PEOPLE DON'T 
TAKE US 
SERIOUSLY SINCE 
WE ARE TEENAGERS 
SO WE THOUGHT 
ART IS A 
UNIVERSAL THING 
THAT WILL SPREAD 
A MESSAGE OF 
PEACE AND LOVE. 
SO THAT IS WHY 
WE CAME DOWN 
TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR TALKING 
WITH ME. 
ALLISON, THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS NOT JUST THIS 
BLACK. 
IT IS ALL ACROSS 
THIS DOWNTOWN 
AREA. 
FAMILIES ARE 
COMING OUT WITH 
PAINT AND 
ARTWORK TRYING 
TO BEAUTIFY THE 
DOWNTOWN AREA. 
AT ONE POINT IT 
LOOKED AS IF 
THEY WERE 
PREPARING FOR A 
STORM WAS HOW 
MANY WINDOWS AND 
DOORS WERE 
BOARDED UP. 
WE SAW THAT 
DISTRACTION THE 
FIRST NIGHT AND 
PEOPLE ARE 
HOPING THIS IS 
AN INTO IT AND 
THINGS HAVE 
TURNED A CORNER. 
>> WHEN WE ARE 
FINISHED YOU LET 
THOSE TEENAGERS 
KNOW WE DO TAKE 
THEM SERIOUSLY. 
IT REALLY IS THE 
YOUNG PEOPLE, 
THE NEXT 
GENERATION THAT 
WILL PROBABLY 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
IT IS WONDERFUL 
THAT THEY ARE 
COMING TO SHARE 
SOME PEACE AND 
LOVE. 
I HATE TO SPOIL 
THE MOOD THERE 
BECAUSE IT IS A 
LOVING MESSAGE 
BUT I KNOW YOU 
DO HAVE MORE 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT WHAT HAS 
BEEN GOING ON. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT MR. BLEICH. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US THERE? 
>> A SEVEN YEAR 
VETERAN OF THE 
FORCE. 
HIT HE WAS 
IDENTIFIED AND 
WE GOT A SENSE 
OF WHAT EXACTLY 
POLICE KNOW. 
FOR SO LONG, 
SINCE THAT 
SUNDAY NIGHT 
SHOOTING WE DID 
NOT GET A SENSE 
OF THE BASIC 
FACTS. 
WE DID KNOW WHY 
OFFICERS WERE 
CALLED THERE AND 
WHAT THEY FOUND 
ON THE SCENE AND 
NOW WE HEAR FROM 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL THAT 
THEY HAD 
OFFICERS CALLED 
TO THE SCENE AT 
ABOUT 5:45. 
THEY TRIED TO 
ARREST MR. 
BLAKE. 
THEY TRIED TO 
USE A TASER 
UNSUCCESSFULLY. 
HE AT SOME POINT 
ADMITTED HE HAD 
A KNIFE ON HIM. 
THEY DON'T SAY 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THE OFFICERS 
KNEW THAT OR 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THE OFFICERS SAW 
A KNIFE. 
AFTER THE 
SHOOTING THEY 
CONFIRMED HE WAS 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
IN THE BACK. 
AFTER THE 
SHOOTING THEY 
DID RECOVER 
KNIFE FROM THE 
FLOOR OF THE 
CAR. 
THAT IS MORE 
DETAIL THAN WE 
HAVE GOTTEN 
SINCE THE 
BEGINNING, SINCE 
THE INITIAL 
STATEMENT THAT 
WAS VERY 
NONDESCRIPT. 
THAT IS A SENSE 
WE ARE GETTING 
NOW. 
POLICE ARE 
SUGGESTING WE 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
GET ANY UPDATES 
FOR ABOUT 30 
DAYS. 
INVESTIGATORS 
ARE GOING 
THROUGH THIS. 
THERE IS ALSO A 
FEDERAL CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION. 
INVESTIGATORS 
ARE GOING 
THROUGH THIS AND 
THEY WILL HAND 
OVER THEIR 
FINDINGS TO THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY AND IT 
WILL BE HIS 
RECOMMENDATION 
ON WHAT THEY 
WANT TO DO AND 
IF THERE NEED TO 
BE CHARGES FILED 
IN THIS CASE. 
OKAY. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND THANK YOU TO 
THOSE WONDERFUL 
TEENS LIFTING 
SPIRITS THERE. 
THEY ARE 
INCREDIBLE. 
>> OKAY. 
>> OKAY. 
IT IS THURSDAY. 
THAT MEANS 
JOBLESS CLAIMS 
HER OUT, 1 
MILLION NEW 
PEOPLE FILED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
TELL US ABOUT 
THIS RECOVERY? 
OUR BUSINESS 
CORRESPONDENT 
TAKES A LOOK. 
ANOTHER WEEK AND 
ANOTHER LOOK AT 
JOBLESS CLAIMS. 
WITH JUST OVER 
MILLION MORE 
AMERICANS FILING 
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
LAST WEEK, WE 
ARE NOT SEEING A 
V SHAPE TO 
RECOVERY. 
IT IS A SLOW AND 
FRAGILE RECOVERY.
 
>> MICHELLE WAS %
TELLING YOU %
ABOUT THIS %
STORM. %
IT IS ON ITS WAY %
TO ARKANSAS AND %
CAUSING POWER %
OUTAGES ALREADY. %
WE ARE NOT FAR %
FROM THE GULF %
COAST AND %
GETTING STRONG %
WIND GUSTS TO %
HERE. 
THE RAIN ENDED A %
COUPLE OF HOURS 
AGO BUT HOURS %
AFTER THE BULK %
OF THE STORM %
MOVED THROUGH WE %
STILL HAVE %
SIGNIFICANT %
WINDS. %
YESTERDAY BEFORE %
WE LOST THE SHOT %
I WAS STANDING %
ON THIS RIVER. %
TAKE A LOOK AT %
IT NOW. 
THIS RIVER 
TRAVELS FROM %
EAST TO WEST %
NORMALLY. %
TODAY IT IS %
TRAVELING FROM %
WEST TO EAST. %
IF YOU SEE THIS %
RIVER STOP AND %
BACK UP AND %
START GOING THE %
OTHER WAY, HEAD %
TO HIGHER %
GROUND. 
THAT MEANS %
FLOODING IS ON 
THE WAY. 
THE RIVER IS %
FLOODING OVER %
ITS BANG. %
THE AREA I WAS %
STANDING %
YESTERDAY IS NOW %
UNDER WATER. %
THAT IS ONE OF %
THE MAIN 
CONCERNS ABOUT 
CENTRAL IN WEST %
LOUISIANA, THE %
RIVER FLOODING, %
LAKES AND %
STREAMS AND %
THINGS OF THAT %
NATURE AS MORE %
WATERFALLS TO %
THE NORTH FROM %
THAT SYSTEM IT %
IS ALL COMING %
DOWN TOWARD THE %
GOLF
WOMAN TO JOIN A
CREW HEADED FOR
THE
INTERNATIONAL
SPACEE STATION.
THEY WILL EMBARK
ON THE FIRST
OPERATIONAL
FLIGHT OF
BOEING'S
CS2-100 STAR
LINER SPACECRAFT.
IT'S SET TO
LAUNCH NEXT YEAR.
ALISON?
>> SAVANNAH, IEX
HAVE TO ASK YOU A
QUESTION THAT
GOTTI LOVES TO
POSE TO ME.
ARE YOU A SPACE
PERSON OR NOT A
SPACE PERSON?
HE TOLD ME HE'S
TOTALLY INTO
GOING TO MARS AND
ALL THAT.
SIGN HIM UP.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
>> Reporter:
GOTTI IS LIKE,
YEAH, GOTTI
SHOULD BE PAID BY
NASA FOR, LIKE,
MARKETING OR
SOMETHING.
HE IS SPACE
OBSESSED.
I THINK I'M GOING
TO LET MOREAC%IN
PEOPLE DO IT
BEFORE I DO IT
AND
THEN MAYBE I'D
TRY IT OUT.
KIND OF SCARY.
>> I LOVE IT.
I SAID THE SAME
THING.
LET SOMEONE ELSE
GO FIRST.
ALSO, I THINK I
WOULD BE SO
CLAUSTROPHOBIC, I
DON'T THINK
I'D MAKE IT OUT
OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
SO WE'LL LET
GOTTI GO AND GET
REPORTS FROM HIM
IN SPACE.
>> EXACTLY.
WE CAN SKYPE HIM
IN OR
SOMETHING.
>> THANKS SO
MUCH, SAVANNAH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
SEE YOU SOON.
>> THANKS.
SEE YOU SOON.
>>> HURRICANE
LAURA MAKING A
MESS OF TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA.
IT IS NOW A
TROPICAL STORM,
BUT
IT'S STILL S
BRINGING SOME
STRONG
WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ALONG WITH
IT.
LAURA HIT
LOUISIANA
OVERNIGHT
WITH WIND GUSTS
WELL OVERHA SI
 A
HUNDRED MILES ANN
HOUR.
MANY HOMES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS
DAMAGED TODAY.
OTHERS
UNDERWATER.
>> WE HAVE
SUSTAINED A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF DAMAGE.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS
OF OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS WHOSE
LIVES ARE UPSIDE
DOWN AND WE
HAVE LOTS OF
CHALLENGES AROUND
THE STATE, TO SAY
THE LEAST,
WITH A VARIETY OF
THINGS,
WHETHER IT'S
ELECTRICAL POWER,
WATER SERVICE,
YOU NAME IT.
AND SO WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
>> PARTS OF
EASTERN TEXAS
ALSO
TAKING A HIT.
MOST OF ORANGE
COUNTY HAS NO
POWER.
TEXAS GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT
TOURING THE STORM
DAMAGE TODAYVE
GE
SAYING WHILE
THINGS ARE BAD,
THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN A LOT
WORSE.
>> ONE THING THAT
SAVED LIVES
WAS EVACUATION
ORDERS THAT WERE
MADE BY LOCAL
OFFICIALS, AND BY
PEOPLE GETTING
OUT OF HARM'S WAY
AT AN EARLY TIME.
THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY
THE LOSS OF LIFE
WAS MINIMIZED,
AS WELL AS THE
DAMAGES WERE
MINIMIZED.
>> MORE THAN HALF
A MILLION
PEOPLE IN
LOUISIANA HAVE NO
ELECTRICITY
TODAY.
MSNBC HOST ALI
JOINING ME FROM
VINTON,
LOUISIANA.
ALI, YOURO HAVE
BEEN THERE ALL
DAY.
I SEE YOU ARE AT
THE GAS STATION
WHERE, OH, MY
GOODNESS,
OVERHANG
JUST CAME RIGHT
OVER.
TELL US ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON
THERE.
HOW HAS IT BEEN?
>> SO THERE'S NO
GAS STATIONS
AROUND HERE THAT
DON'T HAVE SOME
VERSION OF AN
OVERHANG DOWN, A
SIGN DOWN, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY
NO POWER.
I WAS JUST, YOU
JUST MENTIONED
ORANGE COUNTY IN
TEXAS, THAT'S
ABOUT FIVE MILES
WEST OF WHERE I
AM ACROSS THE
SABINE RIVER, ON
THE TEXAS SIDE.
NO POWER THERE.
SOME POWER SEEMS
TO BE SHOWING
UP AROUND HERE.
I'VE SEEN NOTHING
BUT THESE
BUCKET TRUCKS
GOING BACK AND
FORTH HERE.
EARLIER THERE WAS
A CONVOY OF
INDUSTRIAL SIZED
GENERATORS THAT
I THINK ARE GOING
TO GAS
STATIONS TO GET
THEM GOING.
VIRTUALLY NO
PUBLIC TRANSIT SO
WITHOUT GAS
STATIONS THINGSS
GRIND TO A HALT
AND PEOPLE USING
GENERATORS TO
POWER THEIR
HOMES.
SO THE WEATHER IS
CLEAR HERE,
THE WEATHER IS
CLEAR IN SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA AS WELL
SO AT LEAST
EMERGENCY
SERVICES CAN BE
OUT
THERE, NATIONAL
GUARD CANNCRV% BE OT
THERE.
THERE ARE SOME
CASES WHERE
THEY'RE STILL
USING HIGH RIVER
BOATS,HI
FLAT-BOTTOM BOATS
TO GET
TO EVERYBODY.
THERE WASN'T FULL
COMPLIANCE
WITH EVACUATION
ORDERS,CE FOR A
LOT OF GOOD
REASONS.
SOME CAN'T AFFORD
IT, SOME% DON'T
HAVE PLACES TO
GO.
SO THAT'S BEEN ANO
ISSUE, TRYING
TO ACCOUNT FOR
EVERYBODY WHO
NEEDS HELP, NEEDS
RESCUING.
BUT FUNDAMENTALLY
THERE IS JUST, 
A LOT
 OF DAMAGE.
ABOUT TEN MINUTES
UP THE ROAD
HERE, AND I'M
GOING TO HIT THAT
AS SOON AS I'M
FINISHED TALKING
TO YOU, I'M TOLD
THE DAMAGE
RESEMBLES MORE OF
A TORNADO THAN
A HURRICANE.
WE HAD TORNADO
WATCHES ALL
EVENING LAST
NIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE A%
CONFIRMED REPORT
OF ONE UP HERE,
BUT THERE'S THAT
KIND OF DAMAGE.
PEOPLE HAVE NOT
RETURNED TO
THEIR HOMES YET.
SOME OF THEM ARE
JUST RETURNING
NOW AND WILL BE
IN THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS AND
THEY'RE
RETURNING IN SOME
CASES TO THAT
LEVEL OF DAMAGE.
OTHERWISE YOU'RE
SEEING TREES
DOWN, POWER LINES
DOWN ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
AND REMEMBER
THAT'S PART OF
THE
PROBLEM WITH
RETURNING
ELECTRICITY.
EVERY ONE OF
THESE POWER LINES
AROUND HERE AND
EVERY ONE I CAN
SEE HAS POWER
LINES DOWN OR
TRANSFORMERS
BLOWN.
THOSE BUCKET
TRUCKS THAT I'VE
SEEN HUNDREDS OF,
YOU SEE THEM
IN HURRICANES,
THEY'VE GOT TO
GET EVERYWHERE
AND STRING LINES.
THIS ISN'TD A
MATTER OF
SWITCHING
A SWITCH ON AT A
TRANSFORMER
STATION OR
SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
SO THISIK COULD BE
WEEKS, NOT JUST
DAYS.
WEEKS BEFORE
PEOPLE GET THEIR
POWER BACK.
>> YEAH.
>> AND WE STILL
HAVE THAT
CHEMICAL SPILL A
FEW MILES EAST
OF HERE ON ROUTE
10 THAT YOU AND
I WERE TALKING
ABOUT A COUPLE OF
HOURS AGO.
>> YEAH, ALI,
TELL USS  ABOUT
THAT
FOR THE VIEWERS
WHO MAY NOT HAVE
HEARD US THE
FIRST TIME
AROUND.
WHAT'S THE STORY
THERE?
>> Reporter:
YEAH, SO, AS YOU
KNOW, WE'RE AT A
VERY BIG
CHEMICAL
PROCESSING AREA
MOSTLY
BECAUSE OF THE
OIL% AND GAS
THAT'S IN THIS
AREA.
THERE ARE
OFFSHOOTS OF IT.
 OF SORTS
CHEMICALS ARE
PRODUCED HERE.
THERE'S A PLANT
AT PORT ARTHUR
RIGHT OFF OF
HIGHWAY 10, RIGHT
WHERE WE ARE, AN
INTERSTATE THAT
GOES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND
THEY HAVET HAD A
PROBLEM ON THAT
SIDE.
SO THEY'VE
INFORMEDTH PEOPLE
TO
STAY IN THEIR
HOMES, KEEP THEIR
WINDOWS CLOSED,
AND TURN THEIR
AIR CONDITIONERS
OFF SO THAT
THEY'RE NOT
CIRCULATING
CHEMICALS.
BUT WE DO NOT
HAVE ANY REPORTS
OF ANY INJURIES
RIGHT NOW AND
AUTHORITIES DO
SAY THAT THEY'VE
GOT CONTROL OVER
THE SITUATION.
IT'S NOT FULLY
RESOLVED YET, BUT
THEY SAY THEY'VE T
GOT IT UNDER
CONTROL AND THEY
DON'T EXPECT
ANY OTHER DAMAGE.
NO OTHER REPORTSCT
OF ANY DAMAGE
TO THE CHEMICAL
OR REFINING
PLANT BECAUSE
THEY SHUT A LOT
OFE
THEM DOWN BEFORE
THE STORM CAME
IN.
ALISON?
>> ALI, THANK YOUTO
SO MUCH FOR
YOUR STORM
REPORTING.
YOU AND YOUR CREW
STAY SAFE OUT
THERE.
>> THANKS, MAN.
E..
>>> ONE OF THE
STRONGEST STORMS
EVER TO HIT
LOUISIANA,
METEOROLOGIST
BILL KARINS JOINS
ME NOW.
LOUISIANA HASN'T
SEEN A CAT 4
HURRICANE SINCE
1856.
HOW STRONG WAS
LAURA WHEN IT HITIN
AND WHERE IS IT
HEADED NOW?
>> WHAT THEY DO,
THE HURRICANE
CENTER WILL HAVE
IN THECE OFF
SEASON, THEY'LL
GO BACK AND
REVIEW ALL THE
DATA.
THEY MAY TWEAK IT
OR MODIFY IT
AND GIVE US THE
FINAL
DETERMINATION OF
HOW STRONG IT
WAS WHEN IT MADE
LANDFALL.
BUT PRELIMINARILYWA
IT WAS A CAT
4, AND THIS IS
THE IMAGE FROM
WHEN IT MADE
LANDFALL.
THE EXACT SAME
LOCATION, THAT
SAME SPOT THERE
IN CAMERON
PARISH, HOW MUCHPA
LUCK IS THAT, A
LOT OF
REBUILDING.
THE HIGHEST WIND
GUSTS WERE
ACTUALLY RECORDED
IN THE LAKE
CHARLES AREA.
THAT'S WHY IT
LOOKS LIKE A
TORNADO WENT
THROUGH LAKE
CHARLES, WHY
THERE'SLE SUCH
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
PORT ARTHUR HAD
73.
TEXAS DIDN'T GET
HIT QUITE AS
HARD BUT THEY
HAVE A FEWGERT% ARES
THAT HAVE A LOT
OF CLEANUP.
AS YOU MENTIONED,
THEOU LAST ONE
THIS STRONG WAS
164 YEARS AGO,
THEY CALLED IT
THE LAST ISLAND
HURRICANE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE
NAMES BACK
THEN.
AND HOW ABOUTNA
THIS STAT, THIS
IS
THE SEVENTH STORM
TO MAKE
LANDFALL IN THE
U.S. IN THIS
YEAR ALONE.
GIVE US A BREAK.
OF COURSE
 THIS
ONE
 WAS THE
BIGGEST OF THEM
ALL.
RIGHT NOW IT'S
HEADED UP TOWARDS
LITTLE ROCK, WE
HAVE A TORNADO
WATCH IN AREAS IN
LITTLE ROCK TO
GREENVILLE,
MISSISSIPPI, AND
WE'VE HAD
TORNADOES TODAY.
HOPEFULLY WE
WON'T HAVE ANY
THE
REST OF THE
AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL
THEN BE A RAIN
EVENT HEADED FOR
THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION.
FOR THE MOST
PART, 95, MAYBE
EVEN 80% OF THE
DAMAGE FROM THIS
STORM IS ALREADY
DONE, ALISON.
YOU DON'T GO
THROUGH A
CATEGORY 4
HURRICANE WITHOUT
SEEING THE
PICTURES LIKE 4
WE'VE
BEEN SHOWING YOU.
EVEN IF IT%ES WAS% A
RURAL AREA,
IT'S A MESS.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
A BIG MESS LEFT
BEHIND.
BILL, I KNOW
YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING
LONG HOURS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKINGYORK
 THE
TIME TO BE WITH
US AND SHOWING
US JUST HOW
INCREDIBLE THIS
STORM WAS.
THANK YOU.
>>> SHREVEPORT,
LOUISIANA, ALSO
FEELING THE
IMPACT OF
HURRICANE
LAURA.
MSNBC SENIOR
NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT
CHRIS JANSEN
SHOWS
US THESE DAMAGE
THERE.
>> Reporter: HEY,
ALISON, WE'RE
ON THE SCENE OF
ONE OF THE MANY
DOWNED TREES HERE
IN SHREVEPORT.
TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS HUGE OAK.
IT ABSOLUTELY
CRUSHED THE CAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE
DOOR IS BROKEN,
AND THEN THERE'S
A LARGE PLACE
WHERE SOME OF
THESE BIG
BRANCHES
KIND OF SPLIT
OFF, AND YOU CAN
SEE PARTS OF THIS
HOUSE WERE
JUST SIMPLY
SHEARED OFF.
THE WHOLE FRONT
OF THIS HOUSE
CAME OFF.
NEIGHBORS CAME
OUT ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY TO
TRY TO HELP.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
NOW THEY'RE
TRYING TO SECURE
IT THERE.
THERE WAS THE
HOMEOWNER AND HIS
WIFE WERE HERE.
SHE IS INJURED.
SHE'S AT THE
HOSPITAL.
SHE HAD SOME
TESTS AND HER
BROTHER-IN-LAW
TOLD ME IT'S NOT
AS SERIOUS AS
THEY INITIALLY
THOUGHT SO
THEY'RE BREATHING
A
LITTLE BIT OF A
SIGH OF RELIEF.
BECAUSE IN THE
END, AS ANYBODY
WILL TELL YOU WHO
HAS BEEN
THROUGH ONE OF
THESE STORMS, IN
THE END IT'S
WHETHER OR NOT
THE
PEOPLE ARE OKAY.
BUT LOOK AT
THE ROOT SYSTEM
HERE, THIS HUGE
OAK TREE JUST
SIMPLY RIPPED OUT
OF THE GROUND.
AND, AGAIN, THE
FOLKS ARE ON THEUN
ROOF TO TRY TO DO
WHAT THEY CAN T
TO SECURE WHAT IS
INSIDE THAT
HOUSE.
THAT'S NOT THE
ONLY PROBLEM
HERE.
A LOT OF DOWNED
POWER LINES.
WE'VE SEEN POWER
OUT ALL
THROUGHOUT THIS
AREA, ABOUT
68,000 PEOPLE WAS
THE INITIAL
ASSESSMENT BUT
THEY ASSUME THAT
THERE WILL BE
MORE AS TIME GOES
ON.
SO IT'S GOINGOE TO
BE A VERY LONG
WEEKEND, A LONG
WEEKEND OF
CLEANUP IN PLACES
LIKE THIS, A
LONG WEEKEND FOR
POWER CREWS
TRYING TO GET
POWER RESTORED,
AND ALSO FOLKS
HAVE GENERATORS
AND THEY'RE
LOOKINGAT FOR A
PLACE
TO STAY.
MANY OF THE HOTEL
ROOMS ARE
ALREADY TAKEN IN
THISKE REGION
BECAUSE FOLKS
CAME FROM DOWN
SOUTH WHERE THERE
WAS
CATASTROPHIC
DAMAGE, MOVED
INTO
THESE HOTELS
BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T
HAVE ANYHE SHELTERS
GIVEN THE FACT
THAT THERE'S THE
CORONAVIRUS.
SO A LOT STILL
FACING THE FOLKS
HERE IN
SHREVEPORT AND
THROUGHOUT THIS
REGION.
ALISON?
>>> 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.
NOW.
>>> THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE
THE STATE
CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE
TO EXPAND ITS
TESTING
CAPABILITIES.
.
>> MOST OF US
FEEL THEY NEED TO
COME OUT IN FULL
FORCE AND
SUPPORT THEIR
COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE NOT
GETTING THAT
SUPPORT FROM THE
FULTON POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
COMING
UP AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF HOW
TO KEEP VOTERS
SAFE AMID A
PANDEMIC.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE AND WHO
WE SAY WE ARE IS
RIGHT HERE AT
OUR FEET.
>>> YOU'VE GOT
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 THE
THING THAT
MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILIES HAVE TO
STRESS ABOUT AND
BORROW FOR AND
PATCH TOGETHER.
>> "WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?"
WITH
CHRIS HAYES.
SUBSCRIBE NOW.
.
>>> TODAY'S
HEADLINES CAN BE
HARD TO
UNDERSTAND AND A
LOT OF
KIDS HAVE
QUESTIONS, SO WE
STARTED A
NEWSCAST FOR
THEM, WE
HOPE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY WILL
WATCH NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS, KIDS
EDITION.
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC
NEWS NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE ACTUALLY
SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD
COME THROUGH
HERE.
>> IT'S NEWS
MADE FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHAT
THE NEW NORMAL
FOR SCHOOLS WILL
LOOK LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS
ARE LEFT MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES
ABOUT SCHOOL AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WHAT AM I
GOING TO DECIDE?
TAKE CARE OF MY
CHILDREN OR HAVE
A JOB?
>> WE'RE
CREATING OUR OWN
LITTLE
COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A MOMENT
WE SHOULD JUST
DEVELOP
OURSELVES AND
DEVELOP OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> LET'S TURN IT
OVER TO
STUDENTS.
HOW DO
THEY REALLY FEEL
ABOUT RETURNING
TO SCHOOL?
>> WHAT I MISS
IS MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
MANY FRONTS.
>> THE STORY --
>> TONIGHT THE
U.S. SHATTERING
THE RECORD FOR
THE MOST COVID
CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY.
>> -- FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
WHEN THE KIDS
ARE BEING TOLD
THEY WILL BE
HOME
INDEFINITELY?
>> THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO CATCH
UP.
>> DO YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE THIS
WILL BRING ABOUT
CHANGE SOON?
>> AND THERE'S A
DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE
TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU
BELIEVE THE
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.
.
>>> THE RNC WRAPS
UP TONIGHT,
ITS FINAL THEME,
LAND OF
GREATNESS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
WILLS. FORMALLY
ACCEPT HIS
NOMINATION FROM
THE
WHITE HOUSE.
POLITICAL
REPORTER MONICA
ALRAH
JOINS US NOW.
DEALING WITH TWO
MAJOR CRISES
NOW, AND THE
JACOB BLAKE
SHOOTING AND NOT
TO MENTION THE
PROPOSED.
DO YOU EXPECT TO
HEAR ABOUT
THOSE TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: I
THINK WEOU CAN
EXPECT THE
PRESIDENT TO
TOUCH ON
ALL THREE OF
THOSE AREAS THAT
YOU MENTIONED
THERE, THE
HURRICANE, NOW
TROPICAL STORM
LAURA AND THE
DAMAGE TO THE
GULF
COAST REGION.
WE KNOW FROM THE
CAMPAIGN THE
PRESIDENT WILL
CERTAINLY BE
TOUCHING ON THAT.
TO THE EXTENT
THAT HE HAD
CONSIDERED
POTENTIALLY
MOVING
HISID SPEECH,
DEPENDING ON HOW
BAD
THE OUTCOMEPE WAS
GOING TO BE, AND
HE SAID EARLIER
TODAY AT A
BRIEFING AT FEMA
THAT BECAUSE
THE DAMAGE WASN'T
AS BAD ASSE IT
COULD HAVE BEEN,
HE DECIDED TO
PROCEED WITH THE
SPEECH TONIGHT.
SO WE EXPECT HIM
TO TOUCH ON THE
NATURAL DISASTER
PORTION,
CERTAINLY, AS
WELL AS THE
UNREST
IN KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN.
YOU HEARD VICEUN
PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE REFER TO
THE CITY AND TO
THE UNREST
SLIGHTLY BUT NOT
REALLY DEVIL INTO
THE DELVE INTO
THE DETAILS OF
THE SHOOTING
ITSELF.
TODAY WE ASKED
WHETHER THEG
PRESIDENT WILL
DEAL WITH THE
SHOOTING OUTRIGHT
AND THE
CAMPAIGN DECLINED O
TO OFFER ANY
SPECIFICS.
SO WE'RE NOT SURE
WHETHER HER
WILL SPEAK
DIRECTLY TO THAT
BUT
WE DOO EXPECT HIM
TO TOUCH ON THE
WIDER PROTESTS
AND THE ACTIVITY
THAT WE HAVE SEEN
THERE AND IN
OTHER AMERICAN
CITIES, WE'RE
TOLD.
NOW IN TERMS OF
THE PANDEMIC,LD
ABSOLUTELY
HANGING OVER ALL
OF
THIS, THE
CORONAVIRUS, WE
CAN
EXPECT THE
PRESIDENT TO
FRAME
HIS OWN PERCEIVED
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ON THIS AND TO
MAKE A QUITE
SIGNIFICANT
ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN
IT COMES TO
RAPID TESTING AND
MILLIONS THATD
NOW WILL BE ABLE
TO BE
AUTHORIZED AND
FAST TRACKED.
WE THINK THE
PRESIDENT
CERTAINLY
WANTING TO MAKE
THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT
TONIGHT TO TRY TO
SHOW CASE WHAT
HIS
ADMINISTRATION
HAS DONE IN
RESPONSE SO FAR.
BUT, AS WE SAW
EARLIER IN THE T
WEEK AND IN SOME
OTHER SPEECHES,
THERE HAS BEEN
SOME REVISIONIEST
HISTORY ON THAT,
TRYING TO BLAME
DEMOCRATS WHEN HE
HIMSELF IN
EARLY DAYS OF THE
HEALTH CRISIS
CERTAINLY
DOWNPLAYED THE
THREAT
OF THE VIRUS.
BUT THOSE THREETH
AREAS WILL BE
VERY SIGNIFICANT
PORTIONS OF HIS
SPEECH, WHICHIO WE
CAN REMIND
PEOPLE LAST TIME
AROUND WAS AN
HOUR AND 15
MINUTES.
THEY TELL US TO
ANTICIPATE
SOMETHING SIMILAR
%ONIGHT, AND
IT COULD EVEN BEE
LONGER THAN
THAT, ALISON.
>> MONICA, A
THOUSAND PEOPLE
INVITED TO THE
PRESIDENT'S
ADDRESS TONIGHT.
NO MATTER HOW
LONG IT IS.
THERE'S A
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
OVER
THE NATIONAL MALL
AFTERWARDS.
WHAT ARE THE
COVID PRECAUTIONS
TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: IT'S
A GREAT
QUESTION.
ALL WEEK% LONGT'% WE
HAVE SEEN LIVE
AUDIENCES FOR
MANY OF THESE
CONVENTION
EVENTS, BUT THIS
WILL
BE THE LARGEST
AND WHAT'S MOST
NOTABLE HERE IS
THAT WE ARE
UNDERSTANDING NOT
ALL OF THEM
WILL BE TESTED
FOR CORONAVIRUS,
AS WAS THE CASE
TUESDAY IN THE
ROSE GARDEN FOR
THE FIRST LADY'S
ADDRESS AND AS
WAS THE CASE LAST
NIGHT IN FOR THE
MCHENRY.
YOU HAD DOZENS
 DOZENS OF
PEOPLE AT BOTH
SPEECHES AND ONLYND
THOSE WHO WERE
BACKSTAGE OR
CLOSE TO THE
FIRST LADY OR THE
VICE PRESIDENT
WERE SCREENED.
OTHERS WERE NOT.
THERE WILL BE THE
EXACT SAME
PROTOCOLS
TONIGHT.
EVERYBODY IN
ATTENDANCE HAS TO
HAVE A MASK IN
HAND BUT THEY
DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO WEAR
THEM DURINGLY THE
ENTIRETY OF THE
SPEECH.
THEY'RE REQUIRED
FOR ENTRY, BUT
NOT DURING THE
REMARKS OUTDOORS.
THE OTHER
QUESTION, WHO ISTD
GOING
TO BE IN THE
AUDIENCE?
IT WILL BE
REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS,
INVITED FAMILY
AND FRIENDS, BUT
WHO ELSE, WE'RE
NOT SURE.
WE SAW A FAIRLY
LARGE CROWD ON
THE SOUTH LAWN
THIS SUMMER FOR
FOURTH OF JULY
FESTIVITIES BUT
THIS WILL BE THE
LARGEST AND AT
THE END OF THE
EVENING EVERYBODY
WILL STICK AROUND
BECAUSE ITY
WILL BE CAPPED
AFTER THE
PRESIDENT'S
REMARKS WITH
FIREWORKS ON THE
NATIONAL MALL
NEARBY, ALISON.
>> MONICA, WHO
ELSE WILL WE HEAR
FROM TONIGHT IN
ADDITION TOFR THE
PRESIDENT?
>> Reporter: ONE
OF THE MOST
NOTABLE SPEAKERS
IS THE ONE WHO
WILL BE
INTRODUCING HIM,
HIS
DAUGHTER, IVANKA
TRUMP, WHO IS A
SENIOR ADVISOR.
THESE HAVE TO BE
DONE IN HER
PERSONAL
CAPACITY, SO
SHE'S THE
ONE SPEAKING
DIRECTLY BEFORE
THEINRE
PRESIDENT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING
TO BE HEARING
FROM SECRETARY
BEN CARSON IN THE
EVENING, RUDY
GIULIANI, OF
COURSE, THE
PRESIDENT'S
LONG-TIME
PERSONAL
ATTORNEY, ASIA, EN
WELL AS SOME OF
THE PRESIDENT'S
FIERCEST
DEFENDERS AND
ALLIES ON
CAPITOL HILL,
KEVIN MCCARTHY
AND
MITCH MCCONNELL,
ALISON.
>> GIVING US A
PREVIEW OFON THE
LAST NIGHT OF THE
RNC, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> AND OUR MAN
COVERAGE OF THE
LAST
NIGHT OF THE
REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL
CONVENTION STARTS
TONIGHT AT
8:00 P.M.
EASTERN WITH
CHUCK
TODD.
THEN WE HAVE THE
PRIME TIME
SPECIAL AT 10:00
P.M.
EASTERN.
YOU CAN WATCH IT
ALL RIGHT HERE
ON NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S PRETTY
CONFIDENT
SUBURBAN WOMEN
ARE IN
HIS CORNER,
RECENTLY TWEETING
THAT THE SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIFE WILL
BE VOTING FOR ME.
BUT WHO EXACTLY
IS THE SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIFE IN
2020?
NBC NEWS ANCHOR
ALICIA MEN ENDES
EXPLAINS.
>> SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIVES WERE
KEY
IN 2016 AND
THEY'RE SHAPING
UP
TO BE PISTOL IN
THIS ELECTION,
TOO.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS TWEETED
ABOUT PROTECTING
SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIVES AND
THEIR SUBURBAN
LIFE-STYLE DREAMS
AND THE
INVASION OF
LOW-INCOME
HOUSING.
WHAT DO THE
SUBURBS REALLY
LOOK
LIKE IN 2020 AND
HOW DOES
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
IDEA OF THE
SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIVES MATCH
UP TO
THE REALITY?
>> THE SUBURBAN
VOTER, THE
SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIFE, WOMEN
AND
MEN LIVING IN THE
SUBURBS, THEY
WANT SECURITY AND
THEY WANT
SAFETY.
THEY DON'T WANT
TO HAVE PEOPLE
COMING IN AND
FORCING
LOW-INCOME
HOUSING DOWN
THEIR THROATS.
>> Reporter: THE
REALITY IS
THAT THE SUBURBS
THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS
IMAGINING,
HOMOGENOUS,
FEARFULAG OF CITY,
DON'T EXIST
ANYMORE.
WHILE HE
CHARACTERIZES
SUBURBYA
OF THE PINNACLE
OF THE AMERICAN
DREAMS, POVERTY
IS RISING IN THE
SUBURBS FASTER
THAN IN THE
CITIES.
SUBURBS
SURROUNDING
CITIES HAS
BEEN REVERSED.
POOR ARE BEING
PUSHED OUT OF
CITY CENTERS.
MINORITIES NOW
COMPRISE ABOUT
30% OF SUBURBAN
RESIDENTS, THE
SAME FRACTION AS
THE WHOLE.
MARRIAGE RATES
HAVE DROPPED
DRAMATICALLY
SINCE THE 1960s,
ABOUT 70% OF
WOMEN WITH
CHILDREN
WORK OUTSIDE OF
THE HOME AND
THEY'RE THE
PRIMARY BREAD
WINNERS IN 40% OF
HOUSEHOLDS
WITH CHILDRENOL
UNDER 18.
OVERALL THE SHARE
OF STAY AT
HOME MOMS IS ONLY
HALF WHAT IT
WAS IN 1967 AND
THEY'RE MORE
LIKELY TO CARE
ABOUT HEALTHCARE
AND IMMIGRATION
THAN CRIME AND
DRUGS.
BUT THE VIEWS
VARY WIDELY ALONG
RACE, INCOME, AND
EDUCATION
LEVELS.
 DIFFICULT TO
FLATTEN THEM
INTO ONE
MONOLITHIC VOTING
BLOCK
WHICH IS WHAT THE
GENERALIZATION
OF THE SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIFE DOES.
POLLS SHOW THATBA.
JOE BIDEN IS
LEADING PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN THREE
KEY SWING STATES
LARGELY BECAUSE
OF BIDEN'S EDGE
AMONG WOMEN
VOTERS.
SO IF PRESIDENTDGON%
TRUMP WANTS TO
WIN IN 2020, HE
MIGHT WANT TO
THINK OF WOMEN AS
MORE THAN AN
OUTDATED
STEREOTYPE.
>>TD SO WHAT DO
SUBURBAN WOMEN
ACTUALLY THINK OFTU
PRESIDENT
TRUMP?
TAKE A LISTEN TO
SOME OF THEIR
THOUGHTS ON THE
UPCOMING
ELECTION.
>> THIS PRESIDENT
ISUP GOING AFTER
VOTERS LIKE YOU
WOMEN LIVING IN
SUBURBAN AREAS.
>> OH, I THINK
LAUGHTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO THINK.
>> IN ONE SPEECH
RECENTLY, I
TOLD YOU SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIVES,
AND THEY ALL%
LOVED IT, BUT
THEN
THEY SAID I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT'S
POLITICALLY
CORRECT.
SAID DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT.
THEY'LL GET OVER
IT.
RIGHT?
>> I THINKEY
BLANKETING EVERY
WOMAN AS A
SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIFE,
WHAT THEY NEED TO
FOCUS ON, THIS
IS MY ISSUE AND
HERE'S WHY YOU
SHOULD VOTE WITH
ME.
NOTE  BECAUSE OF
WHERE YOU LIVE
AND I'M GOING TO
HAVE SOME KIND
OF A DOG WHISTLE
TO SCARE YOU
INTO VOTING FOR
ME.
>> WE'RE F EDUCATED
WOMEN TRYING
TO RAISE FAMILIES
WHILE WORKING%S
OUT OF THE HOME,
A LOT OF US
ARE.
AND TO MAKE US
THINK WE'RE GOINGWE
TO -- THIS DEFUND
THE POLICE,
THINKING WE'RE
GOING TO ALL OF
THE SUDDEN BE
OVERRUN IN OUR
COMMUNITIES BY
ALL THESE BAD
PEOPLE IS
LUDICROUS.
>> I'M IN THE
SUBURBS AND I
ALSO
HAVE CHILDREN AND
I'M NOT VOTING
FOR DONALD TRUMP
BECAUSE WHEN HE
IS SAYING THAT,
HE IS SPEAKING
TO A CERTAIN BASE
WHICH HE'S
OBVIOUSLY NOT
INCLUDING ME IN
THAT BASE.
>> YOU THINK IT'S
RACIST?
>> YES, IT IS.
I MEAN, THERE'S
NO WAY, OTHER
WAY AROUND THAT.
>> I THINK THAT
IF ANYTHING,>> HE
NEEDS TO
 GET ON
BOARD WITH THE
FACT THAT
SUBURBAN MOMS ARE
OUT
THERE TRYING TO
EDUCATE OUR
CHILDREN, MAKING
SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND THE
PRIVILEGE THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR LIVES
THAT A LOT OF
CHILDREN DON'T
HAVE.
I POINT THAT OUT
TO MY KIDS
CONSTANTLY AND
I'M SO FIRED UP
AND PASSIONATE
ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT I'M RAISING
GOOD CITIZENS.
>> FOR ME JUST
SPEAKING AS A
BLACK WOMAN, IT'S
HARD TO TUNE
OUT.
JUST SIX MONTHS
AGO IT. WAS CALLED
THE N WORD TO MY
FACE AT WORK
MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO THE ECONOMY
AND ALL OF THOSE
THINGS, IOR GUESS
THAT THEY'RE A
PROBLEM, BUT
THEY'RE A PROBLEM
FOR MY CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE PROBLEM
FOR MY CHILDREN.
AND THE ECONOMY
DOESN'T MATTER.
>> HE ALSO SAID
THE INVASION OF
NEIGHBORHOODS
WILL UNDERMINE
SAFETY FOR THE
SUBURBAN
HOUSEWIFE.
DO YOU FEEL
THREATENED?
>> OH, GOSH, NO.
I FEEL THREATENED
BY SO MANY
OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S COMPLETELY
RACIST.
WHAT I.OM FEEL
SCARED OF IS MORE
THE RISE OF WHITE
NATIONALISM
AND PEOPLE HAVING
GUNS WHO
SHOULDN'T HAVE
GUNS, WHO AREN'T
TRAINED.
>> I FIND MYSELF
VERYIN
OPEN-MINDED.
THAT DOESN'T --
I'M NOT IN THAT
SUBURBAN MIND
THAT HE'S
REFERRING TO.
>>> DEMOCRATIC VP
NOMINEE KAMALA
HARRIS SLAMMING
PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN A PRE-BUTTAL
TO THE
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
TONIGHT.
>> DONALD TRUMP
HAS FAILED.
YOU SEE, AT ITS
MOST BASIC
LEVEL, DONALD
TRUMP DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THE
PRESIDENCY.
HE THINKS IT'S
ALL ABOUT HIM.
WELL, IT'S NOT.
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT ALL OF
US, THE
PEOPLE.
>> NBC NEWS
REPORTER JOINS US
NOW FROM GW.
SHE ALSO ATTACKED
HIS RESPONSE
TO THE
CORONAVIRUS.
WHAT DID SHE SAY
THERE?
>> Reporter:
ALISON, THAT WAS
ONE OF THE KEY
FOCAL POINTS OF
THIS SPEECH WHICH
WAS BILLED AS
A POINT OF
CONTRAST FROM
WHAT
WE'VE SEEN AT THE
RNC FOR THE
LAST WEEK AND
WHAT THE
BIDEN-HARRIS
CAMPAIGN WANTS TO
PAINT THIS 2020
ELECTION AS.
OF COURSE KAMALA
HARRIS TALKING
ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC AND THE
RECESSION BUT
ALSO OTHER
MOMENTS
HAPPENING IN THIS
COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW, YET ANOTHER
BLACK MAN SHOT
BY POLICE.
YOU HAVE FIRES
RAGING IN
CALIFORNIA,
STORMS BATTERING
THE
SOUTH RIGHT NOW.
HARRIS LAYING OUT
ALL OF THOSEAT%
THINGS IN HER
REMARKS.
 THAT THINK
THE WAY THAT I
LOOK AT THIS
SPEECH IS
ACTUALLY
IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.
WE'VE HAD
CONVENTIONS AND
DEMOCRATS GOING
FIRST, KIND OF
FRAMING WHAT THIS
LOOKS LIKE
BOTH IN THE SENSE
THAT WE'VE
NEVER SEEN A
VIRTUAL
CONVENTION
BEFORE SO CLEARLYR
THEY WERE KIND
OF THE PILOT
PROGRAM FOR THAT,
BUT ALSO LAYING
OUT THE TONE FOR
WHAT THE NEXT
WEEK OF
CONVENTION
WOULD LOOK LIKE.
REPUBLICANS THEN
GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPOND TO THAT
AND IN DOING SO
GIVING THE
HARRIS-BIDEN
TICKET THE
ABILITY
RIGHT NOW TO
RESPOND IN THEIR
OWN WAY, AND SO
WHAT WE'VE SEEN
IS TWO DIFFERENT
FRAMEWORKS FOR
THE 2020
ELECTION.
BOTH SIDES ARE
TRYING TO MAKE
THIS A
REFERENDUM.
BIDEN-HARRIS
TICKET IS TRYING
TOTH
MAKE IT A
REFERENDUM ON THE
EXPERIENCE FOR
AMERICANS OVER
THE LAST FOUR
YEARS BY FOCUSING
ON THE CRISES
THAT ARE PLAGUING
THIS COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
ON THE OTHER
SIDE, YOU'VE SEEN
REPUBLICANS AND ISI
IMAGINE
PRESIDENT TRUMPD 
WILL ALSO DO
THIS TONIGHT IN
HIS ADDRESS, BUT
FRAMINGSS IT AS A
REFERENDUM ON
IMAGINING WHAT A
DEMOCRATIC
VICTORY WOULD
LOOK LIKE.
BUT WHAT'S
ACTUALLY
HAPPENING
AND WHAT THE
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE
OF THE LAST FOURCR
YEARS HAVE BEEN
AND REPUBLICANSLY
TRYING TO GET
THEM TO IMAGINE
WHAT DEMOCRATS
MIGHT DO.
ALL OF THIS
COMING DOWN TO
HARRIS SPEAKING
IN THIS VERY
SMALL AUDITORIUM
TO BASICALLY A
ROOM OF
REPORTERS, LISTEN
TO A B
LITTLE BIT% OF
WHAT SHE SAID
ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S
PANDEMIC
MISHANDLING.
>> TRUMP SHOWED
THAT WE IN THE
LEGAL PROFESSION
WOULD CALL A
RECKLESS
DISREGARD FOR THE
WELL-BEING OF THE
AMERICAN
PEOPLE, A
RECKLESS
DISREGARD FOR
THE DANGER A
PANDEMIC WOULD
POSE
TO AMERICAN
 THES, FOR
DEVASTATION IT
WOULD DO TO OUR
ECONOMY, FOR THE
DAMAGE IT WOULD
DO TO COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR WHO
HAVE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO
STRUCTURAL RACISM
FOR
GENERATIONS.
>> Reporter:
ALISON, WE WERE
TOLDCT BEFORE THIS
SPEECH, AND
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT KAMALANG
HARRIS DID EVEN
WHEN SHE WAS A
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE HERSELF
THAT SHE WASAL
GOING TO
PROSECUTE
THE CASE IN THOSE
REMARKS.
CLEARLY YOU HEARD
LEADING INTO%
THE LEGAL JARGON
IN TERMS OF
BEING RECKLESS IN
TERMS OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP,
BUT SHE ALSO
LAID OUT THE
SPECIFICS OF THE
NATIONAL PLAN
THAT FORMER VICEOF
PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN HAS PUT OUT
ON THE TICKET ON
THINGS LIKE
NATIONAL MASK
MANDATE, THINGS
LIKE RAPID
TESTING AND
TRYING TO
GET PPEKEIN
MANUFACTURED SO
THAT
IT'S NO LONGER
SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING FOR
ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, THEY
JUST HAVE EASY
ACCESS TO IT.
ALL OF THIS IS
MEANT TO PAINT A
PICTURE OF
CONTRAST AGAINST
A
WHITE HOUSE THAT
THEY SAY HAS
MISHANDLED THIS
MOMENT AND THEM
COMING IN WITH A
PLAN TO FIX IT.
>> AND ALSO
TALKING ABOUT
JACOB
BLAKE, THEUT BLACK
MAN POLICE SHOT
IN WISCONSIN.
WHAT DID SHE SAY
THERE?
>> Reporter:
THAT'S HOW SHE
LED
OFF HER H REMARKS,
AND I KNOW THAT
THIS ROOM WAS
ONLY REPORTERS
AND
ONLYLY STAFF, BUT
IT ONLY LENGTH
TO THE SOLEMNITY
WITHIN WHICH
HARRIS SPOKE
ABOUT YET ANOTHER
MOMENT WHERE
WE'RE WATCHING
POLICE VIOLENCE
AGAINST BLACK
MEN.
LISTEN TO WHAT
SHE SAID ABOUT
THAT.
>>SH JACOB BLAKE,
SHOT SEVEN TIMES
IN THE BACK IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIS
THREE YOUNG SONS.
SEVEN TIMES IN
THE BACK IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT IN FRONT
OF HIS THREE
YOUNG SONS.
AS VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN PUT IT,
THE SHOTS FIRED
AT MR. BLAKE
PIERCED THE SOUL
OF OUR NATION.
IT'S SICKENING TO T
WATCH.
IT'S ALL TOO
FAMILIAR.
AND IT MUST END.
>> Reporter: WE
KNOW THAT
SENATOR HARRIS
AND FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN
HAVE BOTH SPOKEN
WITH JACOB
BLAKE'S FAMILY.
I DIDAC ASK HARRIS
AS SHE FINISHED
HER REMARKS IF
SHE WAS GOING TO
GO TO KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN.
SHE IGNORED THE
QUESTION AS WELL
AS A QUESTION
ABOUT IF THE
OFFICER WHO SHOT
BLAKE SHOULD BE
CHARGED, BUT ID,
IMAGINE THOSE ARE
ANSWERS THAT WE
MIGHT GET SOON.
OVERALL, THOUGH,
IT DOES PROVIDE
ANOTHER MOMENT OF
CONTRAST THE
WAY THAT YOU
HEARD HARRIS
SPEAK
ABOUT THAT TO THE
WAY THAT WE'VE
HEARD PRESIDENT
TRUMP NOT REALLY
GET TOO MUCH INTO
THE DETAILS OF
WHATLS HAPPENED
HERE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO
WHAT MONICA
SAID EARLIER,
IT'SON UNCLEAR IF
WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR ABOUT THIS
LATEST MOMENT OF
RACIAL VIOLENCE
AT HIS SPEECH
TONIGHT AT THE
REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
>> ALI, LET'STI
TALK ABOUT WHAT
THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL LOOKS LIKE.
BIDEN AND HARRIS
HAVE NOT
PHYSICALLY HIT
THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
WHAT IS THEIR
COVID CAMPAIGN
STRATEGY ANDAI HOW
IS THAT GOING
SO FAR?
>> THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL LOOKS
DIFFERENTAR NO
MATTER WHERE YOU
GO.
I DEFINITELY
SHOULDN'T BE
STANDING IN
WASHINGTON, D. C.
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S NOT THE
 IS THAT THISOUBE
SUPPOSED TO GO.
BUT I THINK THAT
THE WAY THAT
THE BIDEN-HARRIS
TICKET IS GOING
TO HANDLE
WHATEVER
CAMPAIGNING
LOOKS LIKE DURING
CORONAVIRUS,
THAT MIGHT COMEWH% A
LITTLE BIT
MORE INTO FOCUS
AS WE GET OUT OF
THIS CONVENTION
SEASON.
JUST THINK OF THE
LAST FEW
WEEKS.
KAMALA HARRIS WAS
ANNOUNCED.
INSTANTLY THEY
WENT RIGHT INTO
THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
NOW WE'RE IN THEEY%
WEEK OF THE
REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S TRAVEL
AFTER THINK THINK
WILL START TO
BECOME CLEAR AS
THEY FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE LAST
60-SOME-ODD DAYS
OF THE GENERAL
ELECTION LOOKS
LIKE.
BUT THIS IS A
TICKET THATKSKE HAS
BEEN VERY PUBLIC
HEALTH
CONSCIOUS, TRYING
TO HIGHLIGHT
THE GUIDANCE,
THATIG PEOPLE
SHOULD
STILL BE STAYING
HOME, STILL BE
WEARING MASKS,
TRYING TO LIMIT
TRAVEL, CERTAINLY
NOT HAVING
EVENTS WITH LARGE
CROWDS.
THESE ARE ALL
EXAMPLES THAT
THIS
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
IS TRYING TODS
 TO,L TRYING
LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY
EVEN BEING IN
THE ROOM TODAY,
IT WAS THE
SECOND TIME THAT
I WAS ABLE TO
BE PRESENT.
I GOT TO SEE HER
SPEECH WHEN WE
WERE IN
WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE, ON
HERWE ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH, ONE OF
THE THINGS I'VE
NEVER HEARD THEM
BEFORE THEY WALK
ON STAGE, BUT
THE WAY I HEARD
HER COMING, I
COULD HEAR THE
CLICKING OF HER
HEELS ON THE
STAGE, THE WOODEN
STAGE.
IT'S STRANGE, NOT
TO HEAR
APPLAUSE WHEN A
CANDIDATE WALKS
ON STAGE.
IT'S STRANGE TO
BEE % ONE OF THE
ONLY PEOPLE IN A
QUIET ROOM
LISTENING TO
THESE ADDRESSES.
BUT THAT GUESS US
ASS GOOD IDEA OF
WHAT IT WILL LOOK
LIKE WITH
DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
WE KNOW THE
REPUBLICANS
HAVEN'T
NECESSARILY
BEEN ADHERING TO
THESE PUBLIC
HEALTH
GUIDELINES.
>> ALI, AS YOU
SAID, IT'S
STRANGE TO SEE
YOU IN
WASHINGTON, D. C.
THIS CLOSE TO
AN ELECTION.
WE WOULD NORMALLYN.
SEE YOU OUT ON
THE TRAIL.
WE WILL CERTAINLY
STAY TUNED TO.NL
SEE HOW THAT
CHANGES IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
>> Reporter: ME,
TOO.
THANKS.
>> SEE YOU SOON.
>>> AND MAKE SURE
YOU KNOW HOW
TO VOTE IN THE
2020 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
NBCIA CAN HELP.
WE HAVE A NEW
STATE-BY-STATE
GUIDE THAT'S
CALLED PLAN YOUR
VOTE.
IT HAS
INFORMATION ON
VOTING
RULES, DEADLINES,NG
RESTRICTIONS
BY STATE.
YOU CAN CHECK IT
OUT AT
NBCNEWS.COM/PLAN
YOUR VOTE.
>>> 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
CAPABILITIES.
>> MOST OF US
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 FULTON
POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
COMING
UP AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF HOW
TO KEEP VOTERS
SAFE AMID A
PANDEMIC.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE AND WHO
WE SAY WE ARE IS
RIGHT HERE AT
OUR FEET.
>>> YOU'VE GOT
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 THE
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 SO
WE'VE CREATED A
NEWSCAST FOR
KIDS.
WATCH NIGHTLY
NEWS KIDS
EDITION.
>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC
NEWS NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE ACTUALLY
SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD
COME THROUGH
HERE.
>> IT'S NEWS
MADE FOR YOUR
STREAMING WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING AT 6:00
A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHAT
THE NEW NORMAL
FOR SCHOOLS WILL
LOOK LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS
ARE LEFT MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES
ABOUT SCHOOL AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WHAT AM I
GOING TO DECIDE?
TAKE CARE OF MY
CHILDREN OR HAVE
A JOB?
>> WE'RE
CREATING OUR OWN
LITTLE
COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A MOMENT
WE SHOULD JUST
DEVELOP
OURSELVES AND
DEVELOP OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> LET'S TURN IT
OVER TO
STUDENTS.
HOW DO
THEY REALLY FEEL
ABOUT RETURNING
TO SCHOOL?
>> WHAT I MISS
IS MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
MANY FRONTS.
>> THE STORY --
>> TONIGHT THE
U.S. SHATTERING
THE RECORD FOR
THE MOST COVID
CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY.
>> -- FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
WHEN THE KIDS
ARE BEING TOLD
THEY WILL BE
HOME
INDEFINITELY?
>> THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO CATCH
UP.
>> DO YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE THIS
WILL BRING ABOUT
CHANGE SOON?
>> AND THERE'S A
DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE
TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU
BELIEVE THE
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.
.
>>> THE FBI NOW
INVESTIGATING
THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE IN KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN.
THE WISCONSIN
ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDENTIFIEDSI RUSTEN
SHE IS SKI AS
THE POLICE
OFFICER WHO SHOT
JACOB BLAKE.
NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT
JOINS US
NOW.
HE HAS BEEN IN
KENOSHA ALL WEEK.
WHAT MORE DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT THE
SHOOTING ITSELF
AND THE OFFICER
WHO FIRED THE
SHOTS INTO
BLAKE'S
BACK?
.SH
>> Reporter: YOU
MENTIONED SOME
OF THE MORE
RECENT
INFORMATION
WE LEARNED, HE
WAS A 7-YEAR
VETERAN, RUSTEN
SHESKEY, AND
WE'VE ALSO
LEARNED MORE
ABOUT
WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED ON
SUNDAY
EVENING.
OFFICERS SAY THEY
WERE
RESPONDING TO A
 ALL FROM E
WOMAN WHO SAID
HER BOYFRIEND WAS
AT THE LOCATION
AND WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE
THERE.
THEY'RE NOT
SAYING WHETHER OR
NOT THAT PERSON
IS MR. BLAKE.
THEY'RE JUST
SAYING THAT WASNOER
THE
CALL THATS THEY
WERE RESPONDING
TO AND THEY SAY
WHEN THEY GOT ON
SCENE, THEY
ENCOUNTERED
MR. BLAKE, THEY
TRIED TO ARREST
HIM, AND THEY
UNSUCCESSFULLY
TASED HIM.
IN THAT
INTERACTION AT
SOMETA
POINT THEY SAY
THAT MR. BLAKE
ADMITTED TO THEM
THAT HE HAD A
KNIFE IN HIS
POSSESSION.
THEY DO NOT SAY
WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SAW THAT
KNIFE OR WHETHER I.
OR% NOT THEY KNEW
WHERE THAT
KNIFE EXACTLY
WAS.
BUT THEN THEY SAY
AFTER THE
OFFICER SHOT MR.
BLAKE SEVEN
TIMES IN THE
BACK, THEY DO
CONFIRM THAT THEY
DID RECOVER,DI
INVESTIGATORS
RECOVERED A KNIFE
FROM THE
FLOORBOARD OF THE
DRIVER'S SIDE OF
THAT VEHICLE.
E 
,
HE WAS
INTERVIEWED BY
THE
DAILY CALLER.
LISTEN TO WHY HE
EXPLAINS HE WAS
IN KENOSHA.
>>.
>> RIGHT NOW HE'S
CHARGED WITH
INTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE, BUT THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SUGGESTED IN
THE CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY THAT
THERE MAY BE
UPDATED CHARGES.
BUT WE KNOW HE'S
IN CUSTODY
RIGHT NOW AND WE
CAN EXPECT TO
SEE HIM IN COURT
TOMORROW
MORNING.
ALISON?
>>
,
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TELLING ME,
THIS IS WHAT
THEY WANT THEIR
FOCUS TO BE ON,
ON HEALING THE
COMMUNITY, ON
BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
THEY STILL SEE
THAT VIDEO AND
THEY STILL SEE
THE OUTRAGE OF
SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE.
ONE THING ABOUT
WHAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING, YES,
VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE DID NOT
MENTION JACOB
BLAKE BY NAME BUT
MENTIONED
KENOSHA AS ONE OF
THE CITIES HE
WANTED VIOLENCE
TO END.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS REFERENCED
KENOSHA AND SAID
HE IS SENDING
FEDERAL
OFFICIALS.
THE GOVERNOR OF
WISCONSIN
DISPUTES THAT.
HE SAYS HE IS
SENDING FEDERAL
OFFICIALS BUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP
ALSO NOT
MENTIONING JACOB
BLAKE
BY NAME.
THAT IS IN STARK
CONTRAST AND I
KNOW YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT
THAT,
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
HEARING FROM
THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN.
VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN PUT OUT A
STATEMENT ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY AND
WE HEARD KAMALA
HARRIS
MENTIONING HOW
SHE FELT VIEWING
THAT TAPE AND
VIDEO THAT CAME
OUT ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, SUNDAY
EVENING.
SO YOU'RE SEEING
A DRAMATIC
DIVIDE ON HOW
DIFFERENT PEOPLE
AND DIFFERENT
LEADERS ARE
RESPONDING TO
THIS CRISIS.
LAST POINT I'LL
MAKE FOR YOU,
HERE IN KENOSHA,
THIS IS A SWING
COUNTY AS WE LOOK
AHEAD TO
NOVEMBER IN THE
GENERAL
ELECTION.
THIS IS A COUNTY
THAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA WON TWICE
IN 2008 AND
2012, AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP
FLIPPED IT BY
ABOUT 250 VOTES
IN
2016.
SO THIS IS A
SWING COUNTY.
WHEN YOU HEAR
THAT MESSAGE OF
LAW AND ORDER
FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP, WHEN YOU
HEAR THAT
MESSAGE THAT WE
HEARD LAST NIGHT
FROM VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE,
IT'S
AREAS LIKE THESE
THAT ARE
TARGETING, IT'S
VOTERS IN AREAS
LIKE THIS THAT
THEY'RE TARGETING
WHEN THEY HAVE
THAT MESSAGING.
SO IT WILL BE AN
ISSUE IN THIS
ELECTION.
WE KNOW IT'S
GOING TO COME UP
WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN HIS
SPEECH TONIGHT,
EXPECTED TO BE
AN ISSUE THAT YOU
HEAR BOTH
CANDIDATES TALK
ABOUT AND VOTERS
FROM BOTH SIDES
AS WE HEAD INTO
THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
ALISON?
>> WE'VE BEEN
TOLD TO EXPECT A
VERY LENGTHY
SPEECH FROM THE
PRESIDENT
TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE IF HE
MENTIONS JACOB
BLAKE BY NAME.
SHAQ BREWSTER
FROM KENOSHA,
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> JOE BIDEN
TAKING ISSUE
TODAY
WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S SILENCE
ON JACOB BLAKE.
IN AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH
MSNBC HOST ANDREA
MITCHELL, HE
ACCUSED TRUMP OF
USING THE
VIOLENCE FOR HIS
OWN POLITICAL
BENEFIT.
HERE IS PART OF
THAT INTERVIEW.
>> JACOB BLAKE
WAS NEVER
MENTIONED IN ANY
OF THE SPEECHES
AT THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION,
NOT MENTIONED
WHEN THE VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE SPOKE LAST
NIGHT.
HE ALSO SAID THAT
JOE BIDEN
WOULD DOUBLE DOWN
ON THE VERY
POLICIES THAT ARE
LEADING TO
VIOLENCE IN
AMERICA'S CITIES
ADDING THAT THE
HARD TRUTH IS
YOU WON'T BE SAFE
IN JOE BIDEN'S
AMERICA.
>> YEAH, JOE
BIDEN'S AMERICA.
LOOK, WHILE WE'RE
RUNNING THE
VIDEO OF DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
THE PROBLEM WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW IS
WE'RE IN DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
YOU KNOW, TO
QUOTE KELLY
CONWAY,
SHE SAID, AND I'M
PARAPHRASING
TODAY, THAT
THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR
MORE VIOLENCE AND
MORE
DISRUPTION
BECAUSE IT HELPS
THEM
POLITICALLY.
HE USED THIS AS A
POLITICAL
BENEFIT FOR HIM.
HE'S ROOTING FOR
MORE VIOLENCE
AND NOT LESS AND
HE'S CLEAR
ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IS HE DOING,
POURING
GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE.
THIS HAPPENS TO
BE DONALD
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
DONALD TRUMP'S
AMERICA.
>> WOULD YOU
CONSIDER GOING TO
WISCONSIN IF IT
COULD BE DONE
SAFELY IN THIS
PANDEMIC?
>> YES, I WOULD.
I WOULD CONSIDER
THAT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT
TO DO IS I
DON'T WANT TO
BECOME PART OF A
PROBLEM, AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT COULD BE
DONE SAFELY AND
WOULD BRING SOME
CONFIDENCE.
IF I WERE
PRESIDENT, I'D BE
GOING.
BUT IT'S HARD TO
TELL NOW WHAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCE
ON THE GROUND
IS.
IF I WENT, WOULD
I BE DOING THIS
TRYING TO PULL
TOGETHER THE
BLACK COMMUNITY
AS WELL AS THE
WHITE COMMUNITY
AND SIT DOWN AND
TALK, TALK ABOUT
HOW WE GET
THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT
WHETHER OR
NOT, YOU KNOW,
ALL FOLKS IN THAT
COMMUNITY AGREE
WITH WHITE
SUPREMACISTS OR
BLACKS IN THE
COMMUNITY BELIEVE
-- AGREE WITH
SOME OF THOSE
FOLKS WHO ARE
LOOTING.
I DON'T THINK
THAT'S WHAT
KENOSHA IS ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK
THAT'S WHAT BLACK
AND WHITE AMERICA
IS ABOUT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT'S
BEING SEEN
NOW, AND IT HAS
TO STOP.
>> YOU ALLUDED TO
THIS, BUT THE
17-YEAR-OLD, KYLE
RITTENHOUSE,
WHO WAS ARRESTED
IN CONNECTION
AT LEAST WITH --
HE'S CHARGED
WITH INTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE AND
TWO PEOPLE DID
DIE DURING THOSE
PROTESTS TUESDAY
NIGHT.
HE HAS EXPRESSED
SOME VIEWS AS
PART OF A POLICE
YOUTH GROUP.
HE WAS OUT AND
ABOUT WITH A GUN.
NOBODY RESTRAINED
HIM.
ARE YOU CONCERNED
ABOUT THE
INVOLVEMENT OF AT
LEAST PERHAPS
HIM BUT OTHERS
WHO ARE WHITE
MILITIA PEOPLE
STIRRING THIS
TROUBLE?
>> OH, I'M VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT
IT.
AGAIN, YOU SAW
WHAT GOT ME
INVOLVED IN THIS
RACE, AND I
HADN'T PLANNED ON
RUNNING IN THE
FIRST PLACE, WAS
WHAT HAPPENED
IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
THE SAME
KIND OF APPEAL TO
-- THESE GUYS
DON'T USE A DOG
WHISTLE.
THEY USE A
BULLHORN.
THEY USE A
BULLHORN.
THERE'S A
17-YEAR-OLD YOUNG
MAN.
I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT
HIM.
ALL I KNOW IS
THERE'S SOME
REPORTING ABOUT
THE CONNECTION
TO THE MILITIA IN
ILLINOIS.
LOOK, THIS IS NOT
WHO WE ARE.
THIS IS NOT WHO
AMERICA IS.
WE WANT TO BRING
ABOUT SECURITY
AND SAFETY FOR
PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO START
OUT DEALING
WITH THE REAL
PROBLEMS
UNDERLYING ALL
THESE ISSUES AND
THE PRESIDENT
NEVER SEEKS THAT.
WHAT BOTHERS ME
MOST IS THE IDEA
OF JUST POURING
GASOLINE ON THE
RACIAL FLAMES
THAT ARE BURNING
NOW.
THAT DOES NOT
JUSTIFY ANY OF
THE
LOOTING, ANY OF
THE BURNING, ANY
OF THE DAMAGE
BEING DONE BY
PROTESTERS.
BUT THE PEOPLE
HAVE A RIGHT TO
BE ANGRY.
THE PEOPLE HAVE A
RIGHT TO
PROTEST, AND THEY
SHOULD LISTEN
TO HER.
SHE IS BEING
REALLY STRONG
SAYING THIS IS
NOT MY FAMILY.
THIS IS NOT MY
SON.
AND WE HAVE TO
DEAL WITH RACIAL
JUSTICE.
THERE'S A REAL
PROBLEM.
NOTICE THAT
PROBLEM JUST
KEEPS
GETTING WORSE
UNDER THE TENURE
OF THIS PRESIDENT
BECAUSE OF THE
THINGS HE SAYS
AND DOESN'T DO.
YOU KNOW, THE
LAST FOUR YEARS
WE
WEREN'T HAVING
RACIAL RIOTS, AND
WHEN THEY
OCCURRED WE
DIDN'T
HAVE TO CALL IN
THE NATIONAL --
WE PROTECTED
FEDERAL PROPERTY
WITHOUT HURTING
PEOPLE.
WE MOVED IN THE
DIRECTION THAT
MADE SENSE, AND
WE HAD -- WE
WORKED WITH
POLICE IN DEALING
WITH -- LOOK, THE
VAST MAJORITY
OF POLICE ARE
DECENT AND
HONORABLE WOMEN
AND MEN, BUT WE
HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE REAL
PROBLEMS THAT
EXIST OUT THERE
AND TAKE THEM ON.
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT
SURE -- I MEAN,
HE JUST -- HE IS
A FICTION WRITER
IN THE EXTREME.
>>> MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE
FILED FOR
FIRST-TIME
UNEMPLOYMENT LAST
WEEK, THOSE
NUMBERS OUT THERE
MORNING,
SHOWING A SLIGHT
DROP FROM THE
WEEK BEFORE BUT
STILL NUMBERS WE
HAVEN'T SEEN
UNTIL THIS
PANDEMIC.
DAVID, WE GOT
THAT SLIGHT DROP.
WHERE ARE WE
SEEING
IMPROVEMENT
IN THE ECONOMY
AND WHAT DO THESE
NUMBERS TELL US
ABOUT HOW THIS
RECOVERY IS SORT
OF PLODDING
ALONG, I SUPPOSE?
>> IT IS PLODDING
ALONG.
WELL SAID.
22 OUT OF 23
WEEKS SINCE THE
START OF THIS
PANDEMIC, WE'VE
SEEN MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE
FILE FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS
FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
WE HAD THIS KIND
OF A WEEK A FEW
WEEKS BACK WHEN
IT WAS FEWER
THAN A MILLION,
BUT IT'S BACK UP
ABOVE A MILLION
JOBS LOST.
SHOWS PERSISTENT
PROBLEMS THAT
WE HAVE IN THE
JOB MARKET TODAY,
IN THE LABOR
MARKET AMIDST ALL
OF THE TALK ABOUT
THINGS
IMPROVING,
V-SHAPED
RECOVERY,
WE'RE SEEING THIS
IN TERMS OF
HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE APPLYING FOR
JOBS AND IT'S
STILL VERY MUCH
OF
A PROBLEM.
AND INITIAL
CLAIMS, AND I
SHOULD
TALK ABOUT
CONTINUING CLAIMS
AS
WELL, PEOPLE WHO
ARE CONTINUING
TO GET BENEFITS,
THAT NUMBER IS
ALSO GOING DOWN,
ALBEIT
SLIGHTLY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR POSITIVE
SIGNS, THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN LOOKING FOR
WORK AND HAVE
MANAGED TO GET
HIRED AND FOUND
JOBS IN THIS
RECESSION.
>> DAVID, WE KNOW
THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY IS ONE
OF THE
INDUSTRIES THAT
HAS REALLY HAD A
ROUGH TIME HERE.
AMERICAN AIRLINES
ANNOUNCING
THIS WEEK IT MAY
HAVE TO CUT
19,000 JOBS IF
THEY CAN'T GET
FEDERAL AID.
WHAT ELSE DID THE
AIRLINES AND
SOME OF THESE BIG
COMPANIES,
THESE BIG
INDUSTRIES NEED
TO
KEEP PEOPLE
EMPLOYED?
AND THEN WE'VE
GOT THE SMALL
BUSINESSES TO
WORRY ABOUT, TOO.
>> LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE
AIRLINES
FIRST.
THAT IS A BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
AMERICAN.
DELTA WAS TALKING
ABOUT
FURLOUGHS AS WELL
THIS WEEK AND
THIS HAS BEEN A
REALLY HARD ROW
FOR THEM TO HOE.
OF COURSE THERE
WAS A BAILOUT
FOR THE AIRLINES
EARLY ON TO
KEEP THEM AFLOAT,
BUT THEY'VE
BEEN WORKING
UNDER DIFFICULT
CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE AREN'T
TRAVELING.
MANY PEOPLE
AREN'T WILLING TO
FLY, A HUGE
PROBLEM FOR
AIRLINES
AS WELL,
OBVIOUSLY, AND
WE'RE
EWE'VE SEEN FROM
AIRLINES THE
COMMITMENT TO
KEEP MIDDLE SEATS
EMPTY AND THAT'S
HURTING THEIR
BOTTOM LINE AS
WELL.
I WOULD TAKE A
STEP BACK AND SAY
YOU SEE AIRLINES
AND OTHER BIG
COMPANIES JUST
WORRIED ABOUT
WHERE THINGS ARE
AND WHERE
THEY'RE HEADED
AND THAT'S MADE
THEM KIND OF
RELUCTANT TO
COMMIT
TO BIG CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES, PUT
MONEY IN BUILDING
BUSINESSES OR
PARTS OF THEIR
BUSINESSES.
THAT'S TRUE FOR
BIG COMPANIES
AND SMALL
BUSINESSES AS
WELL.
WHAT WE HEAR
ANECDOTALLY, FROM
SMALL BUSINESSES,
THEY WANT TO
STAY OPEN, REHIRE
THOSE THEY HAD
TO LET GO.
BUT THERE'S A
WAIT AND SEE
APPROACH, LOOKING
AT THE LABOR
MARKET, LOOKING
AT THE ECONOMY
MORE GENERALLY,
HOLDING OFF ON
BIG DECISIONS
UNTIL THEY GET
MORE CLARITY ON
WHERE THINGS ARE
HEADED.
>> ONE OF THE BIG
ISSUES WHETHER
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT BIG
INDUSTRY, WHETHER
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS
OUT OF WORK,
CONGRESS STILL
HAS NOT FOUND A
WAY -- THEY'RE
BARELY EVEN
TALKING ABOUT
ANOTHER
CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF PACKAGE.
MEANWHILE
UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS
OR THE BONUS
UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS RAN OUT
A MONTH AGO.
WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT IS THAT
HAVING?
>> I THINK IT'S
SAFE TO SAY IT'S
HAVING A BIG
IMPACT ON SENT .
WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS DEBATE
AMONG ECONOMISTS,
IF THAT
BENEFIT IS IT
GONE, THAT $600 A
WEEK IS GONE, IS
THAT A
DISINCENTIVE FOR
PEOPLE TO GO
AND APPLY FOR
STATE BENEFITS?
THAT'S A SIGN
THAT THAT'S THE
CASE, PEOPLE
GETTING THAT PLUS
THE STATE
BENEFITS HAD A
LOT
MORE MONEY TO
SPEND ON
MORTGAGE,
RENT, CAR
PAYMENTS, ET
CETERA.
THAT'S NOW GONE
AND A LOT OF
THEM ARE HAVING
TO LIVE ON 300
OR $400 A WEEK.
I WILL SAY THERE
WAS A MOMENT A
FEW WEEKS BACK
WHEN THE
PRESIDENT SIGNED
THE EXECUTIVE
ACTION AND SAID
THE WHITE HOUSE
WAS GOING TO
COMMIT TO MONEY
TO
MATCH, AND THERE
ARE STATES WHO
HAVE SHOWN
INTEREST IN THAT
PROGRAM, SAYING
THEY'RE WANTING
TO DO THAT $300
AND GIVE THAT
BACK TO
AMERICANS.
YOU FOLLOW THE
POLITICAL
UNDULATIONS THE
SAME AS I DO.
BOTH SIDES ARE
TALKING AT EACH
OTHER, DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS,
THE WHITE HOUSE
AS WELL.
BUT THE WEEKS
DRAG ON, AND
PEOPLE ARE OUT OF
WORK, TRYING
TO SUBSIST ON A
VERY SMALL
AMOUNT OF MONEY
AND IF JUST
BECOMING MORE AND
MORE TROUBLING
THE LONGER THIS
LASTS.
>> DAVID, I KNOW
ONE THING YOU
AND I BOTH ALWAYS
PAY ATTENTION
TO, WHAT'S GOING
ON AT THE FED,
WHAT JAY POWELL
IS SAYING.
TALKING A BIT
ABOUT INFLATION
TODAY AND A NEW
APPROACH FROM
THE FED.
>> YEAH, I FELT
KIND OF SAD WHEN
I THOUGHT ABOUT
THIS TODAY.
I THINK LAST YEAR
HE WAS
COMMITTED TO
MAYBE GET TO THE
JACKSON HOLE
SYMPOSIUM THIS
YEAR.
THIS WAS ONE YEAR
AFTER YEAR
AFTER YEAR
OUTSIDE JACKSON,
WYOMING, THIS
CONCLAVE WHERE
BANKERS COME
TOGETHER WITH
LEADING
ECONOMISTS TO
TALK ABOUT
THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY.
THAT HAPPENED IN
A STRANGE WAY
THIS YEAR BECAUSE
OF COVID-19.
IT WAS CONDUCTED
VIRTUALLY AND
IF THERE WAS ANY
COOL PART TO
THAT WE ALL GOT
TO WATCH, HEAR
THESE SPEECHES
THAT NORMALLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN
BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS.
WE GET TO SEE THE
TEXT, BUT WE
DON'T GET TO SEE
THEM GIVING
THOSE SPEECHES.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT,
JAY POWELL
TALKED ABOUT
INFLATION AND
INFLATION
TARGETING.
NOT TO GET INTO
THE WEEDS, BUT
WHAT HE COMMITTED
TO DO IS
MAKING THE FEDS'
FOCUS ON IF NOT
EXCLUSIVELY
MOSTLY ON THE JOB
MARKET,
UNEMPLOYMENT, NOT
THAT
MUCH ATTENTION TO
KEEPING
INFLATION DOWN.
YOU THINK THAT
COULD TRANSLATE
TO LOWER RATES
FOR MORTGAGES
GOING FORWARD,
WHO KNOWS.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN
THE RESULT OF
A YEAR-LONG STUDY
THAT THE
FEDERAL RESERVE
HAD COMMITTED TO
DOING TO LOOK AT
INFLATION AND
INFLATION
TARGETING, HE NOW
OPENING THE DOOR
TO THAT AND
WE'LL SEE WHERE
THAT TAKES US IN
THE WEEKS AND
MONTHS AHEAD,
ALISON.
>> DAVID, SOME
PEOPLE WANT TO GO
TO BURNING MAN.
YOU AND I WOULD
JUST LOVE TO
HANG AT A FED
GATHERING.
IT TAKES ALL
KINDS, RIGHT?
>> THERE YOU GO.
YOU AND ME AND
THE BUFFALOES.
EXACTLY.
IT TAKES ALL
KINDS, ALISON.
>> DAVID, THANKS
SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU,
ALISON.
>>> SOME
CONFUSING
MESSAGING
FROM THE CDC.
DIRECTOR ROBERT
REDFIELD SAYING
IN A STATEMENT
TODAY THAT ANYONE
WHO HAS COME IN
CLOSE CONTACT
WITH A CONFIRMED
OR PROBABLE
CASE OF COVID-19
MAY CONSIDER
GETTING A TEST,
BUT THE CDC
WEBSITE STILL
RECOMMENDS THAT
PEOPLE ONLY GET A
TEST IF THEY
SHOW SYMPTOMS.
DR. MARION
RAMIREZ IS HERE
NOW,
HE WAS THE
DIRECTOR OF
EMERGING
THREATS DURING
THE EBOLA
EPIDEMIC.
THERE IS A
CONFUSING
MESSAGE.
WHEN SHOULD
PEOPLE GET
TESTED?
>> ALISON, YOU'RE
RIGHT.
THIS IS A REALLY
CONFUSING AND
POORLY WRITTEN
POLICY.
IT HAD ME
CONCERNED FOR TWO
REASONS.
THE FIRST IS THAT
IT'S REALLY
NONSENSEICCAL
FROM A DISEASE
SURVEILLANCE
STANDPOINT.
THE IDEA OF
DISEASE
SURVEILLANCE
YOU'RE GOING TO
TEST MORE PEOPLE
THAN ACTUALLY
HAVE THE DISEASE.
WE STEP BACK FROM
CORONAVIRUS
FOR A SECOND,
THAT'S WHY ALL
HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS AND
OTHER
JOBS HAVE TO GO
GET AN ANNUAL TB
TEST.
WE'RE TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THOSE
PEOPLE AREN'T
INFECTED AND
TRYING TO CATCH
EVERYBODY TO
MAKE SURE THEY
DON'T SPREAD TO
ANYBODY ELSE.
THIS RUNS THE
RISK OF REVERTING
BACK TO FEBRUARY
AND MARCH WHERE
WE WEREN'T
TESTING ENOUGH
PEOPLE.
THAT POLICY LET A
GENIE OUT OF
THE BOTTLE THAT
WE'VE HAD A HARD
TIME CONTROLLING
SINCE THEN.
AND WHAT THE
PUBLIC IS
EXPERIENCING ON
THE GROUND, AND
AS A HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER I GET
THIS ON A DAILY
BASIS.
PEOPLE SENDS
THEIR KIDS TO
SCHOOL OR
ANYWHERE ELSE,
THEY
SAY, HEY, THERE
WAS A POSSIBLE
EXPOSURE IN OUR
CLASSROOM.
SHOULD MY KID GET
A TEST?
AS A HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER, ALL I
KNOW IS WHAT THE
DATA SHOWS,
THAT THE DISEASE
SPREADS
ASYMPTOMATICALLY,
THAT IT CAN
SPREAD ON
SURFACES THAT
DON'T
GET ADEQUATELY
CLEANED.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO INTERPRET
THE CDC GUIDANCE
THAT SAYS YOU
SHOULD CONSIDER
GETTING A TEST?
,
ISSUE THAT SORT 
OF DAY TO DAY 
DECISION MAKING. 
THAT'S SORT OF 
THE SCRIESES 
HERE.  
WHAT WE    ESNEED T 
BE ADVISING 
SCHOOL LEADERS 
TO DO, I INTHINK 
THE FIRST THING, 
WE HAVE TO SORT 
OF REALLY PUSH 
SCHOOLS TO 
CREATE SYSTEMS 
THAT REPORT OPEN 
AND TRANSPARENT 
DATA.  
I ANTHINK WE ALL 
ASSUMED THAT 
THEY WERE GOING 
TO PUBLICLY 
REPORT DATA. 
SO THAT EVEN IF 
THE HEALTH 
DEPARTMENTS 
COULDN'T 
CONGLAMERATE IT 
ALL, WE COULD 
PIECE IT 
TOGETHER. 
IF THAT'S RTD NOT 
THE CASE, THERE 
ARE NOW MANY 
CASES THAT ARE 
NOW REPORTING 
POSITIVE CASES.  
THAT MAKES IT 
HARD TO 
DETERMINE 
WHETHER SCHOOLS 
ARE ACTUAL AREAS 
OF SPREAD. 
THE OTHER THING 
IS, TO DRIVE 
HOME THE POINT. 
TO DO DISEASE  
SURVEILLANCE, WE 
HAVE TO USE A 
HOME STRATEGY 
THAT INCLUDES 
DAILY 
TEMPERATURE 
SCREENING AND 
CHECKS. 
BUT THOSE 
SCREENINGS CAN 
WORK USING THE 
SAME INSTRUMENT 
AT HOME EVERY 
MORNING. 
I THINK THAT WAS E 
REALLY THE POINT 
OF OUR ARTICLE. 
WE ARE RELYING 
ON LOCAL HEALTH 
DISTRICTS TO 
HELP US FIGURE 
OUT IF SCHOOLS 
CAN REOPEN. 
AND THE TRUTH 
IS, THEY'RE NOT 
ADEQUATELY 
SOURCED TO BE 
ABLE TO DOE  THAT. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
COMING ON AND 
BEING WITH US. 
>> THANKS, 
ALISON. 
NICE TO SEE YOU. 
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M ALISON 
MORRIS. 
LET'S GO TO 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE, OF COURSE, 
HAS THE LATEST 
HEADLINES FOR 
US, FROM 
NBCNEWS.COM. 
WHAT WOULD WE DO 
WITHOUT HER? 
SAVANNAH, GREAT 
TO SEE YOU.   
>> Reporter: 
ALISON. 
ALWAYS GOOD TO 
BE WITH YOU.  
HAPPY THURSDAY. 
AND THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONALITY 
CONVENTION IS 
WRAPPING UP 
TONIGHT. 
THERE WILL BE 
APPEARANCES FROM 
SENATE MAJORITY 
LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL, 
IVANKA TRUMP. 
AND OF COURSE, D 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HIMSELF WILL 
ALSO SPEAK.  ID
THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF PREVIEWED 
THE REMARKS 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> I'M SURE HE 
WILL ADDRESS THE 
REMARKS, ALI. 
BUT WE LOOK 
FORWARD TO 
THEPRESIDENT'S ID
REMARKS TONIGHT. 
BRINGING ABOUT A 
MUCH BROADER 
VISION OF 
AMERICA THAT HE 
SEES, VERSUS ONE 
THAT WE SEE ON RS
THE OTHER SIDE 
THAT LEADS TO 
SOCIALISM AND 
DECLINE.   
>> AND NOW, FOR 
THE LATEST ON 
LAURA, WHICH HAS 
NOW DOWNGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL 
STORM. 
LAURA MADE PI
LANDFALL IN 
LOUISIANA 
OVERNIGHT, AS A 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE.  
BECOMING THE 
STRONGEST STORM 
TO HIT THE STATE 
IN OVER 160 
YEARS. 
FOUR AST 
PEOPLE ARE DEAD, 
DUE TO FALLEN 
TREES. 
AND  OFFICIALS 
ARE STILL 
SURVEYING THE 
DAMAGE.  
LOUISIANA'S 
LUTENNANT 
GOVERNOR 
COMMENTED ON THE 
DESTRUCTION THIS 
MORNING.  
>> WELL, WE KNOW 
ANYONE THAT 
STAYED THAT IS 
CLOSE TO THE 
COAST, WE'VE STGOT 
TO PRAY FOR 
THEM. 
BECAUSE LOOKING 
AT THE STORM 
SURGE, THERE 
WOULD BE LITTLE 
CHANCE OF 
SURVIVAL. 
>>> MOVING ONTO 
THE NBA, WHERE 
THE LEAGUE PLANS 
TO POSTPONE 
TONIGHT'S NBA 
GAMES YET AGAIN. 
A SOURCE HAS 
TOLD THE 
ASSOCIATED PRESS 
THAT WHILE THE 
NBA PLANS TO 
CONTINUE ASITS 
SEASON, IT IS 
NOT CLEAR WHEN 
GAMES WILL 
RESUME. 
THIS ALL FOLLOWS 
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS PROTESTING 
AND CLOSING THE 
GAME IN PROTEST 
OVER THE DEATH 
OF JACOB BLAKE.  
AND TODAY, THE 
WNBA ANNOUNCED 
THEY WILL ALSO 
BE RESCHEDULING 
TONIGHT'S GAMES. 
TURNING TO THE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
NUMBERS.  
MORE THAN A 
MILLION 
AMERICANS FILED 
JOBLESS CLAIMS. 
MAKING THIS THE 
23rd TIME THAT 
THAT NUMBER HAS 
BEEN OVER A 
MILLION. 
THE E 
PANDEMIC BEGAN, 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
OVER 58 MILLION 
TOTAL CLAIMS. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
THE FEDERAL 
RESERVE 
ANNOUNCED TODAY, 
IT L IS MAKING 
SWEEPING CHANGES 
TO HOW IT 
HANDLES 
INFLATION. 
THE SWCENTRAL BANK 
WILL NOW ALLOW 
INFLATION TO RUN 
HIGHER THAN THE 
STANDARD 2% 
TARGET. 
THE NEW STRATEGY 
IS SUPPOSED TO 
HELP LOWER 
UNEMPLOYMENT AND 
GROW THE 
ECONOMY. 
BUT POWELL ALSO 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE 
RISK ASSOCIATED 
WITH HIGHER 
INFLATION. 
>>OS
 AND WE ARE 
CERTAINLY 
MINDFUL IF 
HIGHER PRICES ON 
ESSENTIAL ITEMS, 
SUCH AS FOOD, 
GASOLINE, AND 
SHELTER, ADD TO 
THE BURDENS 
FACED BY MANY 
FAMILIES, 
ESPECIALLY THOSE 
STRUGGLING WITH 
LOST JOBS AND 
INCOMES.  AL
HOWEVER, 
INFLATION CAN 
POSE A SERIOUS 
RISK TO THE 
ECONOMY.  AN
>> AND FINALLY, 
ALISON. 
THE BACK AND 
FORTH WITH 
TIKTOK 
CONTINUES. 
LISTEN TO THIS. 
WALMART 
IS NOW 
TEAMING UP WITH 
MICROSOFT ON A 
BID FOR THE 
SOCIAL COMPANY'S 
U.S., CANADIAN, 
OFF THE YALE 
RAELIAN AND NEW 
ZEALAND MARKET.  
IT COMES AT A 
TIME WHEN THE 
RETAIL GIANT, 
WALMART, IS 
TRYING TO BETTER 
COMPETE FOR 
AMAZON. 
BUT A LOT ARE 
STILL COMPETING 
FOR THE TECH 
COMPANY LIKE 
ORACLE. 
HOPEFULLY THIS ET
MEANS YOU GET TO 
KEEP WATCHING 
YOUR TIKTOK 
DANCES. 
>> SEE, 
SAVANNAH. 
THIS IS A TIKTOK 
STORY I CAN 
RELATE TO 
BECAUSE IT'S THE 
BUSINESS SIDE. 
I'M STILL 
WORKING ON BEING 
ON THE VIDEOS 
AND BEING COOL 
LIKE A 20-
SOMETHING.   
>> I BET YOU 
ARE. 
BUT THIS IS 
RIGHT UP YOUR 
ALLEY WITH THIS 
BUSINESS 
BACKGROUND. 
IT IS LL
INTERESTING, 
THESE TWO 
PARTICULAR 
COMPANIES COMING 
TOGETHER FOR IT. 
WE'LL ANERE SEE WHA 
HAPPENS WITH IT. 
>> THE% WHOLE 
THING FROM THE 
POTENTIAL BAN TO 
THE SALE, ALL OF 
IT IS 
FASCINATING. 
I'M CURIOUS  TO 
SEE HOW THIS 
PLAYS OUT. 
SAVANNAH, THANK 
YOU SO S E MUCH. 
AND I KNOW WE'LL 
SEE YOU IN ABOUT 
AN HOUR. 
>> SEE YOU IN A 
BIT.  
THANKS, ALISON.
>>> LAURA IS ONE 
OF THE STRONGEST 
STORMS EVER TO 
HIT LOUISIANA.  
NBC NEWS 
METEOROLOGIST 
BILL KARINS 
JOINS ME NOW.  
BILL, LOUISIANA 
HASN'T SEEN A 
CAT 4 HURRICANE 
SINCE 1856. 
HOW STRONG WAS 
LAURA WHEN IT 
HIT? 
AND WHERE IS IT 
HEADED NOW 
IS 
THIS. 
>> WHAT THEY TDO 
IS THE HURRICANE 
CENTER WILL 
HAVE, IN THE TOFF 
SEASON, THEY'LL 
GO BACK AND 
REVIEW THE DATA. 
AND THEY MAY 
TWEAK IT AND 
MODIFY. 
AND THEY'LL 
GIVEUT TH
