   >>> TONIGHT SUDDEN 
   REVERSALS ON 
   REOPENING.
   IN TEXAS, OVER A MONTH
   AFTER ALLOWING BARS TO
   REOPEN, THE GOVERNOR 
   ORDERING THEM SHUT.
   CASES IN THAT STATE 
   EXPLODING.
   FLORIDA BANNING 
   DRINKING AT BARS AS IT
   BREAKS ITS SINGLE DAY 
   RECORD.
   MEANTIME, CALIFORNIA 
   SURPASSING 200,000 
   CASES.
   IN ARIZONA, DOCTORS 
   WARNING ONE COUNTY'S 
   CASES ARE ECLIPSING 
   NEW YORK CITY BUREAUS 
   AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 
   THERE. 
   >>> THE FIRST 
   CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
   BRIEFING IN 60 DAYS.
   DESPITE RECORD SPIKES,
   VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 
   SAYING THE U.S. HAS 
   FLATTENED THE CURVE 
   AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
   MASK AT PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S RALLY. 
   >>> GROWING OUTRAGE 
   OVER THIS DISTURBING 
   VIDEO.
   POLICE RETRAINING AN 
   UNARMED MAN IN HIS 
   FINAL MOMENTS 
   PLEADING, I CAN'T 
   BREATHE. 
   >>> NEWLY OBTAINED 
   SURVEILLANCE FOOT J OF
   ELIJAH McCLAIN.
   THE EVENTS RIGHT 
   BEFORE POLICE PUT HIM 
   ON A CHOKE HOLD AND 
   THE OFFICERS INVOLVED.
   WHAT HAS NOW HAPPENED.
   >>> ALARMING NEWS IF 
   YOU ARE WORKING FROM 
   HOME.
   WHY YOU MAY BE A 
   TARGET OF RUSSIAN 
   HACKERS. 
   >>> THE MAJOR U.S. 
   AIRLINES ANNOUNCING 
   THEY WILL BEGIN 
   BOOKING FULL FLIGHTS 
   WITHOUT SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING.
   >>> AND THE 
   FIVE-YEAR-OLD GOING 
   THE EXTRA MILE AND THE
   100-YEAR-OLD WHO 
   INSPIRED HIM. 
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   THOUG
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH 
   LESTER HOLT. 
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   WE BEGIN WITH THE 
   TROUBLING SURGE OF 
   COVID-19 CASES.
   MORE THAN HALF OF 
   STATES NOW SEEING 
   INCREASES.
   GOVERNORS IN TEXAS AND
   FLORIDA MAKING MOVES 
   THEY HAD HOPED TO 
   AVOID, ROLLING BACK 
   REOPENINGS, 
   RESTRICTING BARS AS 
   CASES AMONG YOUNG 
   PEOPLE SKYROCKET AND 
   UNDER PRESSURE TO DO 
   MORE, THE CORONAVIRUS 
   TASK FORCE HELD A 
   BRIEFING FOR THE FIRST
   TIME IN TWO MONTHS 
   WITH VICE PRESIDENT 
   PENCE SAYING THERE IS 
   ENCOURAGING NEWS, 
   DESPITE THE DIRE 
   PICTURE PAINTED BY THE
   NUMBERS.
   WE HAVE IT ALL COVERED
   STARTING WITH SAM 
   BROCK IN HOUSTON.
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   REOPENING RESTAURANTS 
   AND BARS JUST LAST 
   MONTH, TONIGHT A 
   FULL-SCALE ABOUTFACE 
   IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA.
   THE SUNSHINE STATE 
   SUSPENDING ALCOHOL 
   CONSUMPTION IN BARS 
   AFTER SETTING A RECORD
   FOR DAILY CASES, 
   NEARLY 9,000.
   AND A BIGGER PULL BACK
   IN TEXAS.
   BRINGING RESTAURANT 
   CAPACITY BACK TO 50%.
   OFFICIALS FROM HOUSTON
   TO AUSTIN RAISING THE 
   AWILL REMEMBER. 
   >> WE FIND OURSELVES 
   CAREENS TOWARDS A 
   CATASTROPHIC AND 
   UNSUSTAINABLE 
   SITUATION. 
   >> THIS IS CRUNCH TIME
   FOR US.
   WE NEED EVERYBODY TO 
   RELIGIOUSLY WEAR THEIR
   MASKS AND TO SOCIAL 
   DISTANCE. 
   >> Reporter: FOR ONE 
   RESTAURANT AND BAR 
   OWNER IN THE LONE STAR
   STATE CLOSED THIS WEEK
   BECAUSE AN EMPLOYEE 
   CONTRACTED COVID.
   WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION
   TO THE GOVERNOR'S 
   DECISION?
   >> I THINK THE 
   DECISION IS CORRECT.
   RIGHT NOW WE ALL NEED 
   TO GET ON THE SAME 
   PAGE BECAUSE IF WE 
   DON'T, IT WILL JUST 
   GET MORE AND MORE AND 
   MORE. 
   >> Reporter: ACROSS 
   TOWN, ANOTHER BUSINESS
   MAKING CHANGES.
   LOCATIONS ALL OVER 
   HOUSTON.
   RECENTLY THEY BROUGHT 
   BACK IN ROOM DINING 
   ONLY TO TAKE THEM AWAY
   AND REPLACE TABLES 
   WELL BEFORE THE 
   GOVERNOR'S MANDATE.
   THE FEARS HERE NOT 
   ONLY ABOUT HEALTH.
   WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST 
   CONCERN AT THIS POINT?
   >> MY GREATEST CONCERN
   IS WE WILL HAVE TO 
   START LAYING OFF 
   PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: HOUSTON 
   NOW AT 100% CAPACITY 
   FOR ICU BEDS AND 
   DOCTORS IN EAST TEXAS 
   REPORTING PROBLEMS 
   THERE, TOO. 
   >> TO TELL THEM I'M 
   JUST HAVING TROUBLE 
   FINDING SOMEBODY TO 
   ACCEPT YOUR LOVED ONE,
   THERE IS NOTHING I CAN
   SAY TO MAKE THOSE 
   FEELINGS BETTER. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY THE
   WHITE HOUSE 
   CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
   ANNOUNCING THE 
   OVERWHELMING MAJORITY 
   OF NEW CASES ARE AMONG
   YOUNG PEOPLE NOT 
   TAKING PRECAUTIONS, 
   WHO LIKELY WON'T GET 
   SERIOUSLY ILL, BUT 
   WILL SPREAD THE VIRUS.
   >> YOU WILL INFECT 
   SOMEONE ELSE WHO 
   CLEARLY WILL INFECT 
   SOMEONE ELSE.
   WE KNOW THAT HAPPENS.
   ULTIMA
   ULTIMATELY, YOU WILL 
   INFECT SOMEONE WHO IS 
   VULNERABLE. 
   >> Reporter: ADRIANA 
   CARTER JUST CONTRACTED
   COVID.
   NOW HER MESSAGE. 
   >> JUST BECAUSE YOU 
   ARE A HEALTHY 
   20-SOMETHING YEAR OLD 
   DOES NOT MEAN YOU 
   CANNOT BE A CARRIER 
   AND GIVE IT OFF TO 
   OTHERS. 
   >> Reporter: A SHARP 
   REMINDER THAT COULD BE
   THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 
   URGENT FIGHT FOR 
   CONTAINMENT.
   SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS 
   HOUSTON. 
   >> Reporter: I'M JOE 
   FRIAR IN ARIZONA WHERE
   NEW CASES AGAIN TODAY 
   TOPPED 3,000 AS 
   GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY 
   PLEADS WITH RESIDENTS 
   TO STAY HOME AS MUCH 
   AS POSSIBLE. 
   >> I DON'T WANT THERE 
   TO BE ANY ILLUSION OR 
   SUGAR COATED 
   EXPECTATIONS.
   WE EXPECT THAT OUR 
   NUMBERS WILL BE WORSE 
   NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK
   FOLLOWING.
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   UNLIKE GOVERNORS IN 
   OTHER HOT SPOTS, HE'S 
   NOT ADDING NEW 
   RESTRICTIONS TO SLOW 
   THE SPREAD.
   MARICOPA COUNTY'S 
   2,000 CASES A DAY ARE 
   ECLIPING NO, SIR. 
   >> THE TIME FOR 
   PREVENTION MEASURES 
   WAS A MONTH AGO.
   NOW, I MEAN, THE 
   WHEELS ARE COMING OFF.
   >> Reporter: DEMAND 
   FOR TESTING IN ARIZONA
   IS SO HIGH, BANNER 
   HEALTH HAS TURNED THE 
   STATE FAIRGROUNDS INTO
   A MASSIVE DRIVE 
   THROUGH TESTING SITE.
   IT'S SORT OF LIKE AN 
   ASSEMBLY LINE COMING 
   THROUGH HERE, RIGHT?
   >> IT IS DEFINITELY A 
   PROCESS.
   EVERYTHING HAS ENSURED
   THE SAFETY LOCATION, 
   THE STAFF AND EVERYONE
   ON SIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   AGRICULTURE CENTER IS 
   THE SCENE OF AT LEAST 
   1,000 TESTS A DAY.
   APPOINTMENT SLOTS FILL
   UP VERY QUICKLY. 
   >> WE HAVE SEEN REALLY
   HIGH VOLUMES ON ALL OF
   OUR CALLS.
   PEOPLE HAVE -- THEY 
   REALLY WANT TO GET IN 
   FOR TESTING.
   THEY HAVE CONCERNED. 
   >> Reporter: TO THE 
   WEST AS CALIFORNIA 
   TOPS 200,000 TOTAL 
   CASES, THE GOVERNOR IS
   PUSHING TO REINSTATE 
   STAY AT HOME ORDERS 
   WHERE 23% OF TESTS ARE
   COMING BACK POSITIVE.
   WHILE IN WASHINGTON 
   STATE, THE GOVERNOR 
   FOR THE FIRST TIME IS 
   MANDATING MASKS AS 
   COVID-19 HITS RURAL 
   COUNTY, THE ONLY ACUTE
   CARE HOSPITAL THERE 
   TRANSFERRING SOME 
   PATIENTS 150 MILES TO 
   SEATTLE.
   >> TODAY IN OUR 
   HOSPITAL, WE ARE 
   SEEING 20, 30 AND 
   40-YEAR-OLDS FIGHTING 
   FOR THEIR LIFE, 
   FIGHTING FOR THE 
   ABILITY TO DEATH. 
   >> FOR HEALTH CARE 
   WORKERS ACROSS THE 
   WEST, IT IS HARD 
   CARING FOR PATIENTS 
   WHO ARE DYING WITHOUT 
   THEIR FAMILY BY THEIR 
   SIDE. 
   >> I CAN'T HAVE A ROOM
   FULL OF VISITORS 
   LOVING THEM UNTIL THE 
   END. 
   >> Reporter: HERE THE 
   GOVERNOR WANTS TO 
   INCREASE TESTING SITES
   LIKE THE ONE BEHIND ME
   TO MEET SURGING DEMAND
   AND FIND A WAY TO GET 
   FASTER RESULTS AS LABS
   EXPERIENCE A BACKLOG.
   THE VICE PRESIDENT 
   PLANS TO VISIT 
   ARIZONA, FLORIDA AND 
   TEXAS NEXT WEEK.
   KRISTIN?
   >> JOE, THANK YOU. 
   >>> IN WASHINGTON, 
   THERE WERE CONFLICTING
   MESSAGES WHEN THE 
   CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
   ADDRESSED THE NATION 
   TODAY FOR THE FIRST 
   TIME SINCE APRIL.
   VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 
   DEFENDED THE 
   ADMINISTRATION'S 
   RESPONSE, BUT DR. 
   FAUCI HAD A DIRE 
   WARNING.
   JEFF BEN NIT IS AT THE
   WHITE HOUSE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE 
   PUTTING A POSITIVE 
   SPIN ON THE NEW 
   NATIONAL COURAGE ON 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES. 
   >> WE FLATTENED THE 
   CURVE.
   WE SAVED LIVES.
   ALL 50 STATES AND 
   TERRITORIES ACROSS 
   THIS COUNTRY ARE 
   OPENING UP SAFELY AND 
   RESPONSIBLY. 
   >> Reporter: AS MANY 
   STATES ARE ROLLING 
   BACK THEIR REOPENING 
   WITH MORE THAN HALF OF
   THE COUNTRY NOW SEEING
   INCREASES IN DAILY 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES.
   THE VICE PRESIDENT 
   ADDRESSING REPORTERS 
   TODAY AS THE WHITE 
   HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK
   FORCE HELD ITS FIRST 
   NEWS BRIEFING IN 
   NEARLY TWO MONTHS.
   THIS TIME AT THE 
   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
   AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
   NOT AT THE WHITE 
   HOUSE.
   AND PRESIDENT TRUMP, A
   FIXTURE OF FORMER TASK
   FORCE BRIEFINGS, DID 
   NOT ATTEND.
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   TODAY PLEADING WITH 
   AMERICANS TO TAKE THE 
   VIRUS MORE SERIOUSLY. 
   >> YOU HAVE AN 
   INDIVIDUAL 
   RESPONSIBILITY TO 
   YOURSELF, BUT YOU HAVE
   A SOCIETAL 
   RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE
   IF WE WANT TO END THIS
   OUTBREAK, WE'VE GOT TO
   REALIZE THAT WE ARE 
   PART OF THE PROCESS. 
   >> Reporter: THE VICE 
   PRESIDENT, WHILE 
   ENCOURAGING AMERICANS 
   TO TAKE STEPS TO KEEP 
   THEMSELVES SAFE -- 
   >> WASH YOUR HANDS.
   AVOID TOUCHING YOUR 
   FACE.
   DISINFECT FREQUENTLY. 
   >> Reporter: -- 
   SKIPPED ONE PART OF 
   THE CDC'S ADVICE, TO 
   WEAR A FACE MASK IN 
   PUBLIC.
   PENCE PRESSED BY 
   REPORTERS. 
   >> IS THERE A MESSAGE 
   YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND
   THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE 
   IMPORTANCE OF WEARING 
   MASKS?
   >> WELL, WE THINK THAT
   WE'RE -- THE FIRST 
   PRINCIPAL IS THAT 
   PEOPLE OUGHT TO LISTEN
   TO THEIR STATE AND 
   LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 
   >> Reporter: THE VP 
   CHALLENGED FOR A 
   RECENT POLITICAL EVENT
   WHERE TRUMP SUPPORTERS
   DID NOT WEAR MASKS OR 
   OBSERVE SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING. 
   >> HOW CAN YOU SAY 
   THAT THE CAMPAIGN IS 
   NOT PART OF THE 
   PROBLEM THAT DR. FAUYI
   LAID OUT. 
   >> FREEDOM OF SPEECH 
   AND THE RIGHT TO 
   PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE IS
   LAID OUT IN THE 
   CONSTITUTION OF THE 
   UNITED STATES.
   AND EVEN IN A HEALTH 
   CRISIS, THE AMERICAN 
   PEOPLE DON'T FORFEIT 
   OUR CONSTITUTIONAL 
   RIGHTS. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP SUGGESTING MASKS
   ARE BEING WORN AS A 
   POLITICAL STATEMENT. 
   >> THE ONE THING WE DO
   KNOW, THESE MASKS MAKE
   A GIGANTIC DIFFERENCE.
   I WOULD INSIST THAT 
   EVERYBODY IN PUBLIC BE
   WEARING THAT MASK. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP SAID IN A TWEET 
   LATER TONIGHT THAT HE 
   SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE 
   ORDER AIMED AT 
   PROTECTING PUBLIC 
   STATUES AND MONOYUMS 
   AIMED BY PROTESTING 
   MONUMENTS.
   KRISTIN?
   >> JEFF BENNETT AT THE
   WHITE HOUSE.
   JEFF, THANK YOU FOR 
   THAT. 
   >>> NOW TO DEMANDS FOR
   JUSTICE IN COLORADO 
   WHERE A SPECIAL 
   INVESTIGATOR WAS 
   APPOINTED TO 
   INVESTIGATE THE DEATH 
   OF A YOUNG MAN.
   HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
   >> Reporter: HERE IS 
   THE SURVEILLANCE 
   FOOTAGE AT A 
   CONVENIENCE STORE LAST
   AUGUST.
   THE FAMILY SAYS HE 
   SOMETIMES WORE A SKI 
   MASK TO KEEP WARM 
   BECAUSE HE WAS ANEMIC.
   >> 911, WHAT IS THE 
   EMERGENCY?
   >> Reporter: MINUTES 
   LATER, THIS 911 CALL. 
   >> YEAH.
   HE'S WALKING SOUTH.
   HE HAS A MASK ON. 
   >> THE CALLER TELLS 
   THE DISPATCHER A MAN 
   LOOKS SKETCHY, BUT 
   MAKES NO MENTION OF 
   ANY CRIME. 
   >> WERE ANY WEAPONS 
   INVOLVED OR MENTIONED?
   >> NO. 
   >> Reporter: OFFICERS 
   ARRIVE AT THE SCENE. 
   >> STOP.
   I HAVE A RIGHT TO STOP
   YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE 
   BEING SUSPICIOUS. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   WITHIN 19 SECONDS, AN 
   ESCALATION. 
   >> NO.
   I AM AN INTROVERT.
   PLEASE RESPECT THE 
   BOUNDARIES THAT I AM 
   SPEAKING.
   >> STOP.
   STOP. 
   >> I'M GOING HOME. 
   >> RELAX OR I'M GOING 
   TO HAVE TO CHANGE THIS
   SITUATION. 
   >> Reporter: DURING A 
   STRUGGLE, ONE OFFICER 
   SAYS THIS. 
   >> STOP. 
   >> Reporter: OFFICERS 
   THEN APPLIED A CHOKE 
   HOLD ON McCLAIN'S 
   NECK.
   EIGHT MINUTES PASSED 
   WITH McCLAIN 
   HANDCUFFED ON THE 
   GROUND, OCCASIONALLY 
   THROWING UP.
   >> PLEASE.
   I WAS JUST GOING HOME.
   >> Reporter: 
   PARAMEDICS SOON GIVE 
   HIM KED MEAN, A 
   SEDATIVE.
   SEVEN MINUTES LATER, 
   RESPONDING OFFICERS 
   ARE TOLD HE HAS NO 
   PULSE IN THE BACK OF 
   AN AMBULANCE. 
   >> ARE YOU SERIOUS?
   >> YES. 
   >> Reporter: HE'S 
   REVIVED BUT IS BRAIN 
   DEAD AND IS TAKEN OFF 
   LIFE-SUPPORT DAYS 
   LATER.
   AN AUTOPSY RECLAIRED 
   McCLAIN'S CAUSE OF 
   DEATH UNDETERMINED.
   THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY 
   DECLINED TO FILE 
   CHARGES. 
   >> I'M NOT TRYING TO 
   JUSTIFY THE OFFICERS' 
   ACTIONS.
   I AM ONLY SAYING I 
   CANNOT PROVE A CRIME 
   BEYOND. 
   >> Reporter: NEW THE 
   STATE'S ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL WAS APPOINTED 
   AS A SPECIAL 
   PROSECUTOR IN THE 
   CASE.
   McKLEIN LIKED TO PLAY 
   THE VIOLIN FOR SHELTER
   ANIMALS.
   HE WEIGHED JUST 140 
   POUNDS.
   >> CAUGHT HIM OFF 
   GUARD AND BRUTALIZED 
   HIM ON CAMERA. 
   >> Reporter: NO 
   COMMENT TODAY FROM THE
   UNION REPRESENTING THE
   THREE OFFICERS, BUT 
   AURORA PD JUST 
   CONFIRMED THEY HAVE 
   BEEN REASSIGNED FOR 
   THEIR OWN PRODUCTION. 
   >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
   >>> TONIGHT GROWING 
   OUTRAGE IN TUCSON, 
   ARIZONA AFTER A LATINO
   MAN DIED IN POLICE 
   CUSTODY.
   IT HAPPENED TWO MONTHS
   AGO BUT IS JUST COMING
   TO LIGHT NOW.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS 
   THAT VIDEO.
   AND A WARNING SOME OF 
   THE VIDEO IS 
   DISTURBING. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   TRIBUTES ARE FILLED 
   WITH TEARS, ANGER.
   ONE MONTH BEFORE MANY 
   MARCHED HERE FOR 
   GEORGE FLOYD. 
   >> I CAN'T BREATHE!
   >> Reporter: CARLOS 
   INGRAM LOPEZ ALSO DIED
   WHILE IN POLICE KUSDY.
   >> AND WE'RE GOING TO 
   PROTEST AND WE'RE NOT 
   GOING TO STAY QUIET. 
   >> Reporter: LIKE 
   FLOYD, HE TOLD 
   OFFICERS HE CAN'T 
   BREATHE. 
   >> Reporter: IN LATE 
   APRIL, THREE OFFICERS 
   RESPONDING TO A 
   DISORDERLY CONDUCT 
   CALL SAY THEY FOUND 
   THE YOUNG FATHER 
   UNCLOTHED AND ACTING 
   ERRATICALLY.
   >> I WILL TASE YOU. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   POLICE CHIEF SAYS 
   OFFICERS DID NOT USE A
   CHOKE HOLD ON THE 
   27-YEAR-OLD, BUT DID 
   CUFF HIM, RESTRAINING 
   LOPEZ IN A PRONE 
   POSITION, FACE-DOWN 
   WITH A SPIT HOOD ON, A
   MESH COVERING OVER HIS
   HEAD FOR ABOUT 12 
   MINUTES AS LOPEZ 
   STRUGGLED TO BREATHE. 
   >> Reporter: CALLING 
   FOR HIS GRANDMOTHER 
   BEFORE HE DIED.
   >> I KNOW THE SYSTEM 
   FAILED MY SON.
   SO IT HURTS ME TO KNOW
   THAT HE DIED BEING 
   SCA
   SCARED.
   AND I CAN'T IMAGINE 
   WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
   HIS MIND. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   AUTOPSY LISTS LOPEZ'S 
   CAUSE OF DEATH AS 
   SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST 
   WHILE INTOXICATED BY 
   COCAINE AND PHYSICALLY
   RESTRAIN.
   A POLICE INVESTIGATION
   CONCLUDING THE 
   OFFICERS SHOWED A 
   COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR
   THEIR TRAINING AND AN 
   APPARENT INDIFFERENCE 
   OR INABILITY TO 
   RECOGNIZE AN 
   INDIVIDUAL IN MEDICAL 
   DISTRESS.
   THE THREE OFFICERS WHO
   RESIGNED SAYING 
   THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY
   THEY WERE SADDENED BY 
   THE DEATH, BUT IT WAS 
   THE RESULT OF A 
   COCAINE-RELATED 
   CARDIAC ARREST AND NOT
   THEIR ACTIONS.
   >> THE LOSS IS 
   TREMENDOUS.
   I MISS HIM EVERY 
   SECOND. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   TWO COMMUNITIES USING 
   ONE VOICE TO HIGHLIGHT
   INJUSTICE AND DEMAND 
   ACTION.
   MIGU
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> IN JUST 60 
   SECONDS, THE NEW 
   WARNING FOR ANYONE 
   WORKING FROM HOME.
   COULD YOU BE TARGETED
   >>> WE'RE BACK NOW 
   WITH A 
   WARNING FOR EVERYONE 
   WORKING 
   FROM HOME.
   IT COULD MAKE YOU A 
   TARGET FOR 
   RUSSIAN HACKERS.
   RICHARD ENGEL WITH 
   MORE ON THAT 
   AND A NEW POWER GRAB 
   BY PUTIN.
   >> Reporter: VLADIMIR 
   PUTIN IS 
   ALREADY THE LONGEST 
   SERVING RUSSIAN
   LEADER SINCE STALIN.
   TODAY RUSSIANS WENT TO
   THE POLL 
   THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM 
   TO STAY IN 
   OFFICE UNTIL 2036.
   AND PUTIN IS WHIPPING 
   UP 
   NATIONAL PRIDE FOR THE
   HISTORIC 
   VOTE.
   RUSSIA HELD NO EXPENSE
   SPARED 
   MASK PARADES THIS WEEK
   TO 
   CELEBRATE THE 75th 
   ANNIVERSARY 
   OF VICTORY IN WORLD 
   WAR II.
   THE CELEBRATION 
   POSTPONED 
   BECAUSE OF COVID, NOW 
   REPURPOSED.
   THE PANDEMIC IS 
   CREATING OTHER 
   OPPORTUNITIES, TOO.
   RUSSIAN HACKERS, U.S. 
   OFFICIALS SAY, ARE 
   CAPITALIZING 
   ON PEOPLE WORKING AT 
   HOME WHERE 
   CYBER SECURITY OFTEN 
   ISN'T VERY 
   TIGHT.
   WE REPORTED LAST MONTH
   HOW 
   STATE-SPONSORED 
   HACKERS, 
   INCLUDING FROM CHINA, 
   ARE USING 
   COVID TO TRY TO STEAL 
   CORPORATE 
   AND MEDICAL RESEARCH, 
   INCLUDING 
   ON POTENTIAL 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   VACCINES.
   IN A RARE INTERVIEW 
   WITH A TOP 
   BRITISH INTELLIGENCE 
   OFFICIAL. 
   >> ANY LARGE SCALE 
   DISRUPTION TO 
   OUR WAY OF LIFE AND 
   ANY LARGE 
   SCALE MOVE, AN 
   ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL 
   MOVE FROM BASED AT 
   OFFICES TO BASED AT 
   HOME, THAT
   SORT OF DISRUPTION 
   PRESENTS NEW 
   RISKS.
   OF COURSE IT DOES.
   SO I THINK WE'VE 
   GUILTY TO 
   ACCELERATE OUR 
   DEFENSES. 
   >> Reporter: U.S. LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
   SAY 
   RUSSIAN BACKED HACKERS
   HAVE BEEN 
   USING RANSOM WARE 
   ATTACKS AND 
   STEALING DATA FOR 
   MONEY AND
   COULD TARGET THE 
   ELECTION. 
   KRISTIN?
   >> RICHARD ENGEL, 
   THANK YOU FOR 
   THAT. 
   >>> AS AMERICANS 
   SLOWLY START 
   BOARDING PLANES THIS 
   SUMMER, 
   SOME PLANES ARE 
   KEEPING SEATS 
   OPEN FOR SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING, BUT 
   OTHERING SAY THEY'RE 
   GOING TO START
   BOOKING FLIGHTS TO 
   FULL 
   CAPACITY.
   HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   SUMMER 
   AIRLINE TRAFFIC IS 
   SLOWLY 
   PICKING UP AGAIN, THE 
   PANDEMIC HAS FORCED 
   U.S.
   AIRLINES TO THEIR 
   KNEES.
   LATE TODAY THEIR CEOs 
   MET WITH 
   VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 
   URGING TO 
   CHECK PASSENGER 
   TEMPERATURES.
   DISCUSSING A NEW PHONE
   APP TO TRACE 
   PASSENGERS WHO DEVELOP
   SYMPTOMS.
   FOR MONTHS MANY 
   AIRLINES HAVE 
   TRIED TO KEEP THEIR 
   MIDDLE SEATS 
   OPEN.
   TODAY AMERICAN SAID IT
   IS 
   JOINING SPIRIT AND 
   UNITED IN 
   TRYING TO SELL ALL 
   THEIR SEATS. 
   >> WHEN AN AIRLINE 
   KEEPS THE
   MIDDLE ROW OPEN, IT 
   WILL NOT 
   MAKE MONEY ON THAT 
   FLIGHT.
   DOESN'T MATTER IF 
   EVERY OTHER SEAT IS 
   FILLED.
   IT WILL NOT MAKE MONEY
   ON A FLIGHT
   WHERE 30% OF THE SEATS
   ARE 
   EMPTY. 
   >> Reporter: EVERY 
   AIRLINE IS 
   DEEP CLEANING THEIR 
   PLANES AND 
   REQUIRING PASSENGERS 
   TO WEAR 
   FACE MASKS.
   FRONTIER IS PERFORMING
   TEMPERATURE CHECKS 
   BEFORE BOARDING.
   REGARDLESS OF WHETHER 
   THE MIDDLE 
   SEAT IS BLOCKED, 
   INFECTIOUS 
   DISEASE EXPERTS SAY A 
   SNEEZE OR A CUFF COULD
   TRAVEL AT LEAST TWO 
   ROWS FORWARD OR 
   BACKWARDS.
   >> IT DOES GIVE ME 
   ANXIETY 
   BECAUSE I WAS IN A 
   SEAT WITH 
   THREE PEOPLE AND I WAS
   REALLY 
   TIGHT. 
   >> EVERYTHING WAS 
   FILLED TO 
   CAPACITY, AND THERE IS
   DEFINITELY NO ONE THAT
   WAS 
   SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
   >> Reporter: 
   SOUTHWEST, JET BLUE 
   AND DELTA 
   ARE STILL BLOCKING 
   MIDDLE SEATS.
   DELTA PROMISING TO 
   KEEP PLANES 
   40% EMPTY THROUGH THE 
   END OF 
   SEPTEMBER. 
   >> WHATEVER THE 
   DISTANCE IS FROM 
   SHOULDER TO SHOULDER 
   WHEN THE 
   MIDDLE SEAT IS OPEN, 
   WE KNOW 
   THAT THAT IS BETTER 
   THAN BEING 
   RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEONE 
   SHOULDER 
   TO SHOULDERS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   AIRLINES THAT 
   ARE NO LONGER BLOCKING
   MIDDLE 
   SEATS ARE ALERTING 
   PASSENGERS IF 
   FLIGHTS ARE FULL, 
   ALLOWING THEM 
   TO CHANGE FLIGHTS IF 
   THERE IS 
   ROOM.
   KRISTIN?
   >> CRITICAL 
   INFORMATION FOR 
   SUMMER.
   TOM, THANK YOU. 
   >>> COMING UP, COULD 
   AMERICA GET 
   A 51st STATE?
   >>> WE'RE BACK NOW 
   WITH A 
   QUESTION.
   COULD AMERICA GET A 
   51st STATE?
   NBC'S ANDREA MITCHELL 
   REPORTS ON 
   THE BIG VOTE IN THE 
   NATION'S 
   CAPITAL. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   SYMBOLIC VICTORY 
   TODAY FOR THE NATION'S
   CAPITAL.
   THE HOUSE VOTING TO 
   MAKE 
   WASHINGTON, D.C. 
   A STATE.
   A CITY OF 700,000 HAS 
   MORE 
   PEOPLE THAN VERMONT OR
   WYOMING.
   RESIDENTS RECEIVED 
   HALF AS MUCH 
   STIMULUS MONEY.
   AND WHEN FEDERAL 
   FORCES USED 
   CHEMICAL GAS TO CLEAR 
   PROTESTERS 
   ACROSS FROM THE WHITE 
   HOUSE 
   BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S
   PHOTO OP 
   AND MILITARY 
   HELICOPTERS USED 
   COMBAT MANEUVERS TO 
   CHASE 
   DEMONSTRATORS FROM 
   CITY STREETS, 
   THE MAYOR COULDN'T 
   STOP IT.
   D.C. IS THE ONLY 
   JURISDICTION IN 
   THE COUNTRY WHERE THE 
   NATIONAL 
   GUARD ANSWERS TO THE 
   PRESIDENT. 
   >> WE NEVER THOUGHT WE
   WOULD SEE 
   THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
   MOVE IN 
   THAT WAY AGAINST 
   AMERICAN 
   CITIZENS. 
   >> Reporter: FOR THE 
   DISTRICT'S 
   NON-VOTING 
   CONGRESSMAN, IT'S 
   PERSONAL.
   HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER 
   CAME HERE 
   AS A RUN-AWAY SLAVE. 
   >> RICHARD HOLMES MADE
   IT TO 
   FREEDOM, BUT HE DID 
   NOT MAKE IT 
   TO EQUALITY, NOR HAVE 
   THOSE IN 
   HIS LINEAGE YET MADE 
   IT TO 
   EQUALITY. 
   THAT'S WHY WE NEED 
   STATEHOOD.
   >> Reporter: SENATE 
   REPUBLICANS 
   AND THE PRESIDENT 
   OPPOSE IT. 
   >> PEOPLE SHOULD NOT 
   LOOK TO US 
   AND SAY WE'RE TOO 
   URBAN.
   WE'RE TOO BLACK.
   WE'RE TOO LIBERAL AND 
   THAT MAKES 
   US DIFFERENT FROM THE 
   OTHER 
   PEOPLE OF THE OTHER
   AMERICAN STATES AND WE
   HAVE TO 
   JUSTIFY OUR AMERICAN 
   CITIZENSHIP. 
   >> Reporter: THE VOTE 
   TODAY SETS THE STAGE 
   FOR THE ELECTION IN 
   NOVEMBER.
   THERE STILL WOULD
 
   >>> FINALLY, LET'S END
   THIS WEEK 
   ON A HIGH NOTE.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN 
   TONIGHT ON THE 
   FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRITISH 
   BOY THAT'S 
   INSPIRING THE WORLD.
   >> Reporter: THEY SAY 
   YOU CAN DO 
   ANYTHING IF YOU TAKE 
   IT ONE STEP 
   AT A TIME.
   TAKE LITTLE TONY, A 
   FIVE-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE 
   AMPUTEE WHO 
   SAW 100-YEAR-OLD 
   CAPTAIN TOM 
   WALKING TO RAISE MONEY
   FOR 
   HEALTH CARE WORKERS. 
   >> I SAID, I CAN DO 
   THAT. 
   AND THEN I DID IT.
   >> Reporter: WALKING 
   MORE THAN 
   TEN KILOMETERS ON HIS 
   NEW 
   PROSTHETICS. 
   >> IT SET UP AS A 
   CHALLENGE FOR US TO
   MAKE US WALK WITH HIM 
   EVERY DAY.
   JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU 
   CONSIDER HOW 
   HIS LITTLE LIFE 
   STARTED.
   BROUGHT INTO THE 
   HOSPITAL AT 
   JUST 41 DAYS OLD.
   BEATEN SO BADLY 
   DOCTORS DOUBTED 
   HE WOULD LIVE. 
   >> WE WERE TOLD THAT 
   HE WOULD 
   NEVER TALK, WALK, 
   CRAWL, SIT. 
   >> Reporter: BUT TONY 
   NEVER GAVE 
   UP AND NEITHER DID HIS
   ADOPTIVE 
   FAMILY.
   THEY HOPED TO RAISE A 
   FEW 
   HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR 
   TONY'S 
   HOSPITAL.
   TONIGHT THEY RAISED 
   OVER A 
   MILLION AND WILL KEEP 
   IT GOING 
   UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
   >> WHAT DO WE SAY TO 
   YOU?
   >> KEEP TRYING. 
   >> Reporter: BY 
   TURNING SMALL 
   STEPS INTO SOMETHING 
   SO MUCH 
   BIGGER.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >> REMARKABLE. 
   >>> THAT IS "NIGHTLY 
