   JOE BIDEN AND 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   OVER WEARING MASKS.
   BIDEN AND RUNNING MATE
   KAMALA 
   HARRIS CALLING FOR 
   EVERY STATE 
   IN THE NATION TO 
   IMMEDIATELY 
   MANDATE MASKS FOR 
   THREE MONTHS.
   THE PRESIDENT COMING 
   IN FRONT OF 
   THE CAMERAS LATE 
   TODAY, DOUBLING 
   DOWN ON HIS RESISTANCE
   TO A 
   NATIONWIDE ORDER. 
   >>> THE U.S. SEEING 
   ONE OF THE 
   DEADLIEST DAYS OF THE 
   SUMMER 
   FROM COVID.
   IN TEXAS ONE IN FOUR 
   PEOPLE 
   TESTED COMING BACK 
   POSITIVE.
   AND MY ONE-ON-ONE WITH
   THE CDC
   DIRECTOR AFTER HIS 
   DIRE WARNING 
   THAT THIS FALL WOULD 
   BE THE 
   WORST IN HISTORY. 
   >>> THE BATTLE OVER 
   SCHOOLS.
   THE NEW GUIDANCE FROM 
   TOP PEDIATRICIANS.
   THE AGE THEY SAY 
   CHILDREN SHOULD 
   START WEARING MASKS. 
   >>> ALSO POST OFFICE 
   IN CRISIS 
   AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT
   JUST SAID 
   ABOUT FUNDING 
   DESPERATELY NEEDED 
   FOR MAIL-IN VOTING.
   THE HISTORIC PEACE 
   DEAL FOR 
   ISRAEL.
   WHY THE PALESTINIANS 
   ARE 
   BLASTING IT. 
   >>> UNEMPLOYMENT 
   CLAIMS FALLING 
   BELOW ONE MILLION FOR 
   THE FIRST 
   TIME IN 21 WEEKS.
   BUT WHERE'S THE RELIEF
   THE 
   PRESIDENT PROMISED?
   >>> THE NATIONWIDE 
   TRIBUTE TO 
   BREONNA TAYLOR.
   FIVE MONTHS AFTER SHE 
   WAS KILLED BY POLICE.
   THE FAMILY SPEAKING 
   OUT.
   >>> AND THE DRAMATIC 
   BODY CAM 
   VIDEO.
   THE TRAIN BEARING 
   DOWN.
   A MAN ON THE 
   WHEELCHAIR STUCK ON 
   THE TRACKS.
   THE SPLIT SECOND 
   RESCUE.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH 
   LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   JOE BIDEN, WHO IS 
   HOPING TO MAKE 
   THE ELECTION A 
   REFERENDUM ON 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   HANDLING OF 
   THE COVID CRISIS 
   CALLED ON THE 
   NATION'S GOVERNORS 
   TODAY REQUIRE 
   UNIVERSAL MASK 
   WEARING.
   IT CAME AFTER BIDEN 
   AND NEW 
   RUNNING MATE KAMALA 
   HARRIS MET 
   WITH CORONAVIRUS 
   EXPERTS.
   AND TONIGHT PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP IS 
   RESPONDING BUT NOT 
   EXACTLY TO 
   WHAT BIDEN PROPOSED.
   NBC'S
   ANDREA MITCHELL HAS 
   THE LATE 
   DETAILS. 
   >> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
   AND 
   KAMALA HARRIS GETTING 
   BRIEFED BY 
   DOCTORS ON THE 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   TODAY. 
   >> EVERY GOVERNOR 
   SHOULD MANDATE 
   MANDATORY
   MASK WEARING.
   THE TEST MATES BY THE 
   EXPERTS ARE IT WILL 
   SAVE
   40,000 LIVES IN THE 
   NEXT FEW 
   MONTHS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT DID 
   NOT WEAR A MASK 
   PUBLICALLY UNTIL 
   LAST MONTH. 
   >> THIS IS AMERICA.
   BE A PATRIOT.
   PROTECT YOUR FELLOW 
   CITIZENS. 
   >> TONIGHT THE 
   PRESIDENT JUMPED 
   ON THAT.
   >> JOE BIDEN WOULD 
   ALLOW RIOTERS 
   LOOTERS AND CRIMINALS 
   AND MILLIONS OF 
   ILLEGAL ALIENS TO ROAM
   FREE
   IN OUR COUNTRY.
   HE WANTS A SWEEPING 
   NEW MANDATE 
   TO LAW-ABIDING 
   CITIZENS. 
   >> Reporter: BUT BIDEN
   DOES NOT 
   SUPPORT RIOTERS AND 
   ILLEGAL 
   IMMIGRATION AND IS 
   CALLING ON 
   THE GOVERNORS, NOT THE
   FEDERAL 
   GOVERNMENT, TO ORDER 
   MASKS.
   THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
   MISCHARACTERIZED 
   BIDEN'S POSITION ON 
   SHUTTING DOWN TO STOP 
   THE PANDEMIC.
   >> HE WANTS TO SHUT 
   DOWN OUR 
   ECONOMY, CLOSE OUR 
   SCHOOLS AND 
   GRIND SOCIETY TO A 
   HALT. 
   >> Reporter: BIDEN, 
   WHO WAS 
   BRIEFED BY CORONAVIRUS
   EXPERTS
   WEEKLY TODAY INCLUDED 
   HIS NEW 
   RUNNING MATE. 
   >> THERE MAY BE SOME 
   GRAND 
   GESTURES OFFERED BY 
   THE CURRENT 
   PRESIDENT ABOUT A 
   VACCINE, BUT 
   IT REALLY DOESN'T 
   MATTER UNTIL 
   YOU CAN ANSWER THE 
   QUESTION: 
   WHEN AM I GOING TO GET
   VACCINATED?
   >> Reporter: BIDEN AND
   HARRIS 
   CALLING FOR A PANDEMIC
   TESTING 
   BOARD TO GET TENS OF 
   MILLIONS OF 
   TESTING KITS AND 
   HIRING AT LEAST 
   100,000
   AMERICANS TO CONTACT 
   TRACE.
   BIDEN AND HARRIS WANT 
   TO MAKE THIS AN 
   ELECTION ISSUE,
   SHOWING HOW THEY WOULD
   GOVERN.
   NOW THE PRESIDENT HAS 
   JOINED 
   THAT DEBATE.
   LESTER?
   >> ANDREA MITCHELL, 
   THANKS.
   >>> WE'RE COMING OFF 
   ONE OF THE 
   DEADLIEST DAYS IN 
   MONTHS IN THIS 
   PANDEMIC.
   TONIGHT WITH THE 
   SETBACKS THERE 
   ARE GLIMMERS OF 
   PROGRESS TO 
   REPORT, INCLUDING A 
   SLOWING 
   INCREASE OF CASES 
   ACROSS SEVERAL 
   STATES.
   HERE'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AS OUR 
   NATION MARKS THE THIRD
   HIGHEST 
   SINGLE DAY DEATH TOLL 
   SINCE MAY, 
   THE COVID CRISIS IS 
   STILL VERY 
   MUCH UNFOLDING IN 
   STATES LIKE 
   TEXAS.
   WHILE TESTING HERE HAS
   DRAMATICALLY SLOWED, 
   THE 
   POSITIVITY RATE IS 
   THROUGH THE 
   ROOF.
   ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR 
   PEOPLE 
   TESTED IS POSITIVE FOR
   THE 
   VIRUS.
   ONE OF THE HIGHEST 
   DEATH RATES 
   IN THE NATION IS IN 
   THE RIO 
   GRANDE VALLEY. 
   >> THAT'S HER GASPING.
   IT'S HORRIBLE.
   THE NEXT STEP IS 
   LIKELY, PUTTING 
   HER ON A VENTILATOR, 
   WHICH THE 
   FAMILY IS RESISTING. 
   AND WE STRONGLY 
   DISAGREE.
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   FLORIDA 
   RECORDED ITS DEADLIEST
   DAY FOR 
   COVID CASES THIS WEEK 
   AND 
   KENTUCKY REPORTED ITS 
   HIGHEST 
   NUMBER FOR NEW DAILY 
   INFECTIONS, 
   THERE ARE SIGNS OF 
   PROGRESS.
   TWO WEEKS AGO, 24 
   STATES WERE 
   SEEING AT LEAST A 25% 
   INCREASE 
   IN CASES.
   TODAY IT'S ONLY THREE 
   AS MORE 
   AMERICANS TAKE 
   PRECAUTIONS. 
   >> Reporter: AND WHILE
   CALIFORNIA NEARS 
   600,000 
   CONFIRMED CASES OF 
   COVID, 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
   DOWN DOUBLE 
   DIGITS AND THE DEATH 
   RATE IN 
   L.A. 
   COUNTY HAS STABILIZED.
   >> Reporter: LINUS 
   PARKER BEAT THE ODDS 
   AFTER 31 DAYS ON A 
   SENT L
   VENTILATOR,
   BUT IS STILL 
   STRUGGLING. 
   >> EATING, SLEEPING, 
   JUST 
   SITTING UP, I HAVE 
   POST-COVID 
   CONDITIONS THAT 
   UNFORTUNATELY 
   IMPACT EVERY ONE OF 
   THOSE FACETS 
   OF MY LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   CITIES LIKE 
   NASHVILLE ALLOWING 
   BARS TO 
   REOPEN, CDC DIRECTOR 
   DR. ROBERT 
   REDFIELD WARNS IF 
   AMERICANS 
   DON'T TAKE 
   PRECAUTIONS, THIS 
   COULD BE THE WORST 
   FALL SEASON 
   WE HAVE EVER HAD.
   IN MIAMI, THOUSANDS OF
   DOLLARS 
   IN FINES FOR NOT 
   WEARING FACE 
   MASKS HAVE BEEN 
   ISSUED.
   BUT ONE LOCAL SHERIFF 
   IS 
   ORDERING HIS EMPLOYEES
   AND THE 
   PUBLIC TO REMOVE THEIR
   MASKS 
   WHEN ENTERING 
   HEADQUARTERS.
   TONIGHT THE UNITED 
   STATES 
   DIVIDED OVER THE 
   THREAT OF THE 
   VIRUS AND HOW TO MOVE 
   FORWARD. 
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >> Reporter: THIS IS 
   TOM 
   COSTELLO.
   IN STATES WHERE 
   SCHOOLS ARE 
   NOW OPENING UP, 
   EXCITEMENT AND HIGH
   ANXIETY.
   IN METRO DALLAS, BACK 
   TO SCHOOL 
   SUPPLIES INCLUDED A 
   MASK TODAY.
   IN HOUSTON WHERE 
   COUNTY JUDGE 
   SAYS IT IS TOO SOON. 
   >> THE COUNTDOWN TO 
   THE FIRST 
   DAY OF SCHOOL IN 
   PERSON IS LIKE 
   A TICKING TIME BOMB.
   UNLESS WE DO THIS 
   RIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   CHEROKEE COUNTY, 
   GEORGIA, TWO SCHOOLS 
   ARE ALREADY 
   SHUT DOWN.
   1,300 STUDENTS 
   QUARANTINED. 
   >> I DO FEEL LIKE 
   THERE ARE 
   STUDENTS THAT ARE 
   FOLLOWING THE 
   RULES AND ARE TAKING 
   THIS 
   SERIOUSLY.
   BUT THERE ARE, OF 
   COURSE, GOING 
   TO BE BAD APPLES. 
   >> I HOPE OTHER SCHOOL
   SYSTEMS 
   AND OTHER PARENTS SEE 
   WHAT WE 
   ARE GOING THROUGH AND 
   SEE THAT 
   THIS IS NOT WORKING 
   OUT FOR US. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY THE
   AMERICAN 
   ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS 
   ISSUED NEW 
   GUIDANCE THAT CHILDREN
   AS YOUNG 
   AS TWO SHOULD NOW WEAR
   MASKS. 
   >> I WANT TO MAKE THAT
   CLEAR.
   THE RISKS ARE VERY 
   LOW, BUT THEY 
   ARE NOT ZERO, AND 
   TRAGICALLY 
   SOME CHILDREN DO DIE, 
   PARTICULARLY THOSE 
   WITH 
   UNDERLYING CONDITIONS.
   >> Reporter: ANOTHER 
   CONCERN.
   ASYMPTOMATIC CHILDREN 
   CAN SPREAD 
   THE VIRUS.
   TO OLDER ADULTS AND 
   THE ELDERLY.
   THE ACADEMY SAYING 
   CHILDREN 
   SHOULD BE TESTED FOR 
   COVID IF 
   THEY SHOW SYMPTOMS OR 
   HAVE BEEN 
   IN CONTACT WITH 
   SOMEBODY WHO IS 
   COVID POSITIVE OR WHO 
   IS 
   SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY.
   NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC 
   SCHOOLTEACHERS SAY THE
   SCHOOLS 
   ARE NOT READY.
   MAYOR de BLASIO 
   PROMISED A NURSE 
   IN EVERY SCHOOL. 
   >> I REALLY BELIEVE 
   OUR SCHOOLS 
   ARE CRUCIAL FOR OUR 
   KIDS.
   THERE IS NOTHING THAT 
   REPLACES IN PERSON 
   LEARNING.
   OUR SCHOOLS COMING 
   BACK IS PART 
   OF HOW OUR WHOLE CITY 
   COMES 
   BACK. 
   AND WE HAVE BEEN 
   PLANNING FOR MONTHS.
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   EDUCATION 
   SECRETARY BETSY DeVOS 
   REITERATED 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   MESSAGE THAT 
   TEACHER AND PARENTS 
   CONCERNS ARE 
   EXAGGERATED. 
   >> THE VIRUS HAS NOT 
   IMPACTED 
   CHILDREN IN THE SAME 
   WAY THAT 
   EVEN THE AVERAGE FLU 
   SEASON 
   DOES. 
   >> Reporter: BUT THE 
   CDC SAYS 9%
   OF CASES INVOLVE KIDS 
   AND TEENS.
   SO FAR 90 CHILDREN 
   HAVE DIED.
   TONIGHT THE AMERICAN 
   ACADEMY OF 
   PEDIATRIC SAYS YOUNG 
   CHILDREN 
   SHOULD EVEN WEAR MASKS
   AT HOME TO GET
   THEM ACCUSTOMED TO 
   WEARING THEM 
   AT PUBLIC AND KEEP 
   THEM ON IF 
   SOMEBODY AT HOME IS AT
   AN 
   ELEVATED RISK OF 
   COVID. 
   LESTER?
   >> TOM COSTELLO 
   TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU.
   >>> THE HEAD OF THE 
   CDC WHO 
   YESTERDAY OFFERED THAT
   DIRE 
   PREDICTION ABOUT A 
   COMBINED 
   COVID AND FLU SEASON 
   IS SOUNDING 
   A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC 
   TODAY.
   I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT 
   SCHOOL 
   REOPENINGS AND WHAT 
   FALL COULD 
   BRING.
   YOU, I THINK, ALARMED 
   A LOT OF 
   PEOPLE WITH YOUR 
   ASSESSMENT OF 
   WHAT THE FALL COULD 
   BRING.
   WE'VE GOT THE FLU 
   SEASON COMING 
   UP HERE VERY SOON.
   YOU AND I BOTH KNOW 
   THAT
   EVEN WITHOUT COVID, 
   SCHOOLS CAN 
   BE PETRI DISHES 
   SOMETIMES. 
   WALK ME THROUGH WHAT 
   WE MIGHT EXPECT, NOT 
   ONLY IN SCHOOLS, BUT 
   ELSEWHERE.
   >> THANK YOU, LESTER.
   I THINK IT'S REALLY 
   IMPORTANT 
   AND THE EMPHASIS THAT 
   I'M TRYING 
   TO MAKE THAT I 
   PERSONALLY 
   BELIEVE THAT THE 
   PERSON PUBLIC 
   IS TAKING HEED TO THE 
   MESSAGES 
   THAT WE SAID AND THE 
   POWERFUL 
   WEAPONS WE HAVE, THE 
   UNIVERSAL FACE MASK, 
   DISTANCING, WASHING 
   HANDS AND BE START 
   ABOUT CROWDS, AND IF 
   WE DO THAT, THAT WE 
   WILL
   HAVE A SIGNIFICANT 
   IMPACT ON 
   COVID AND A 
   SIGNIFICANT IMPACT 
   ON FLU.
   I WANT THE PARENTS TO 
   REALIZE 
   THIS IS TIME TO 
   EMBRACE THE FLU 
   VACCINE WITH 
   CONFIDENCE.
   NORMALLY ONLY ABOUT 
   50% OF THE 
   AMERICAN PUBLIC TAKE 
   ADVANTAGE 
   OF THE FLU VACCINE.
   IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO 
   GET 
   VACCINATED, NOT TO 
   EMBRACE THESE 
   MITIGATION STRATEGIES,
   IT COULD 
   BE A VERY DIFFICULT 
   TIME. 
   >> I'LL HAVE MUCH MORE
   TONIGHT 
   IN AN NBC NEWS 
   SPECIAL, 
   CORONAVIRUS AND THE 
   CLASSROOM AT 
   8:00 EASTERN HERE ON 
   NBC AND ON 
   NEWS NOW. 
   >>> AND THE U.S. 
   POSTAL SERVICE, 
   SOMETHING WE ALL 
   RELY IS THE CENTER OF 
   A BITTER BATTLE
   BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT 
   AND 
   DEMOCRATS OVER VOTING 
   BY MAIL.
   KRISTEN WELKER AT THE 
   WHITE 
   HOUSE WITH MORE. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   OFFERING HIS MOST 
   DIRECT 
   EXPLANATION YET ABOUT 
   WHY HE IS 
   REFUSING DEMOCRATS' 
   DEMANDS FOR 
   BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
   FOR THE 
   POSTAL SERVICE AND 
   MAIL-IN 
   VOTING. 
   >> THEY NEED THAT 
   MONEY IN ORDER 
   TO HAVE THE POST 
   OFFICE WORK SO 
   IT COULD TAKE THESE 
   MILLIONS AND 
   MILLIONS OF BALLOTS.
   IF THEY DON'T THESE 
   TWO ITEMS 
   THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T 
   HAVE 
   UNIVERSAL MAIL-IN 
   VOTING. 
   BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 
   EQUIPPED TO HAVE IT.
   >> Reporter: BUT IN A 
   TWIST LATE TONIGHT, 
   THE PRESIDENT SAID
   HE WOULD NOT VETO 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   LEGISLATION THAT 
   INCLUDES 
   FUNDING TO THE POST 
   OFFICE. 
   >> ARE YOU THREATENING
   TO VETO 
   ANY LEGISLATION THAT 
   INCLUDES 
   FUNDING FOR THE POST 
   OFFICE?
   >> NO, NOT AT ALL, NO.
   >> SO YOU WOULD SIGN 
   SOMETHING THAT DOES 
   INCLUDE FUNDING?
   >> SURE.
   IF IT'S A SEPARATE 
   THING, I WOULD DO IT.
   >> Reporter: STILL 
   EARLIER TODAY 
   THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
   EXCORIATING 
   THE PRESIDENT SAYING 
   HE WANTS TO 
   DEPRIVE AMERICANS OF 
   THEIR 
   FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO 
   VOTE 
   SAFELY DURING THE MOST
   CATASTROPHIC PUBLIC 
   HEALTH CRISIS IN OVER 
   100 YEARS.
   THE PRESIDENT HAS 
   REPEATEDLY 
   ARGUED THE POST OFFICE
   IS 
   UNRELIABLE AND THAT 
   MAIL-IN 
   BALLOTS LEAD TO FRAUD.
   >> EVERYONE KNOWS 
   MAIL-IN 
   BALLOTS ARE A 
   DISASTER. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   SOME RECENT 
   ELECTIONS THAT HAVE 
   RELIED 
   HEAVILY ON MAIL-IN 
   BALLOTS HAVE 
   BEEN MARRED BY DELAYS,
   THERE IS
   ALMOST NO EVIDENCE 
   THAT VOTE BY 
   MAIL LEADS TO LARGE 
   SCALE FRAUD.
   THE POST OFFICE SAYS 
   IT DOES 
   HAVE THE CAPACITY TO 
   HANDLE 
   MAIL-IN BALLOTS BUT 
   THE POSTAL 
   UNION ACKNOWLEDGES 
   MORE FUNDS 
   WOULD HELP ENSURE 
   THERE ARE NO DELAYS.
   >> Reporter: WHAT IS 
   THE 
   POTENTIAL IMPACT OF 
   THE TIME TO 
   UNDERMINE MAIL-IN 
   VOTING AND 
   ELECTION RESULTS?
   >> YOU HAVE A 
   PRESIDENT WHO IS 
   CLEARLY SAYING WE MAY 
   NOT BE 
   ABLE TO TRUST THE 
   RESULTS OF THE 
   ELECTION THIS 
   NOVEMBER, GIVING 
   HIMSELF THE 
   POSSIBILITY THAT HE 
   MIGHT CHALLENGE THE 
   RESULTS IF 
   HE IS DEFEATED. 
   >> Reporter: 
   NEGOTIATIONS FOR MORE 
   FUNDING 
   FOR THE POST OFFICE 
   AND RELIEF 
   TO MILLIONS OF 
   AMERICANS ARE 
   SOLVED.
   LESTER?
   >> KRISTEN WELKER AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE, THANKS. 
   >>> AND WITH THOSE 
   TALKS ON NEW RELIEF ON
   HOLD, MILLIONS OF 
   AMERICANS ARE
   STILL IN LIMBO WHILE 
   UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS 
   DIP BELOW 
   ONE MILLION LAST WEEK.
   SO MANY FAMILIES ARE 
   STILL 
   SUFFERING.
   HERE'S JO LING KENT. 
   >> Reporter: SHE WAS 
   THE HEART OF DODGER'S 
   STADIUM.
   >> THIS WOULD HAVE 
   BEEN MY 29th 
   SEASON. 
   >> Reporter: HER 
   ENTIRE FAMILY 
   WORKED AT THE 
   CONCESSION STAND 
   AND BARS INSIDE UNTIL 
   THEY WERE 
   LAID OFF IN MARCH. 
   >> IT'S JUST SCAREY TO
   NOT HAVE 
   A JOB, HAVE TO PAY THE
   RENT, 
   HAVE TO MAKE OUR CAR 
   PAYMENTS, 
   PAY OUR BILLS.
   >> Reporter: WITH FANS
   NOT 
   COMING BACK ANY TIME 
   SOON, SHE 
   IS AMONG THE 28 
   MILLION WORKERS 
   NATIONWIDE CURRENTLY 
   COLLECTING 
   UNEMPLOYMENT, 
   STRUGGLING SINCE 
   THE EXTRA $600 A WEEK 
   OF FEDERAL 
   AID ENDED TWO WEEKS 
   AGO.
   ALTHOUGH JOBLESS 
   CLAIMS DROP 
   BELOW ONE MILLION LAST
   WEEK 
   SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
   BEGAN, IT IS 
   STILL FOUR TIMES MORE 
   THAN EARLY 
   MARCH AND THERE IS NO 
   RELIEF IN 
   SIGHT.
   WITH A STALEMATE IN 
   WASHINGTON, SOME
   STATES TELL NBC NEWS 
   THEY CAN'T 
   AFFORD TO HELP PAY 
   $100 OF THE 
   NEW $400 BENEFIT PUT 
   FORTH IN 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   EXECUTIVE 
   ORDER. 
   >> THERE IS JUST NO 
   ROOM IN OUR 
   BUDGET.
   WE HAVE HAD TO CUT SO 
   MANY 
   SERVICES. 
   >> Reporter: HOW LONG 
   WOULD IT 
   TAKE TO IMPLEMENT THE
   PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE 
   ORDER AND 
   GET THAT EXTRA MONEY 
   TO PEOPLE 
   WHO NEED IT?
   >> WE KNOW IN 
   COLORADO, YOU 
   KNOW, FOUR WEEKS IS A 
   GOOD 
   BENCHMARK FOR US ONCE 
   WE GET THE 
   INFORMATION WE NEED. 
   >> Reporter: 
   UNEMPLOYED WORKERS 
   CURRENTLY 
   RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF 
   $332 A 
   WEEK, VARYING WIDELY 
   FROM STATE 
   TO STATE.
   IN MISSISSIPPI AND 
   LOUISIANA, IT 
   IS LESS THAN $200 A 
   WEEK.
   COMPARE THAT TO 
   MASSACHUSETTS 
   AND NORTH DAKOTA WHERE
   IT IS 
   OVER $400.
   BACK IN CALIFORNIA,
   SHE IS ASKING 
   WASHINGTON TO PUT 
   PEOPLE OVER 
   PARTISANSHIP. 
   >> IT IS SO STRESSFUL.
   WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S 
   COMING NEXT 
   AND THEY'RE SITTING 
   THERE 
   BICKERING. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   HURTING AMERICAN'S 
   HOPES FOR BETTER DAYS.
   JO LING KENT, NBC LOS 
   ANGELES. 
   >>> LET'S TURN TO THAT
   BREAKTHROUGH BETWEEN 
   ISRAEL AND THE UNITED 
   ARAB EMIRATES, 
   AGREEING TO ESTABLISH
   DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 
   IN A DEAL 
   ANNOUNCED BY THE WHITE
   HOUSE.
   RICHARD ENGEL IS 
   FOLLOWING IT.
   RICHARD, HOW DID THIS 
   COME 
   ABOUT?
   >> GOOD EVENING, 
   LESTER.
   FOR THE LAST SEVERAL 
   YEARS, THE 
   ISRAELIS HAVE HAD A 
   CLOSE 
   RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT'S
   BEEN 
   LARGELY BEHIND CLOSED 
   DOORS AND 
   MOSTLY BECAUSE OF 
   THEIR NEUTRAL 
   HOSTILITY TOWARD IRAN.
   RELATIONS BETWEEN THE 
   TWO GOT 
   QUITE TENSE A FEW 
   MONTHS AGO WHEN THE
   PRIME MINISTER WAS 
   THREATENING 
   TO ANNEX THE WEST 
   BANK.
   HE SAID THAT WAS A RED
   LINE AND 
   THEY SAY THAT THEY GOT
   ISRAEL TO 
   BACK OFF OF THAT 
   INTENTION AND 
   IN EXCHANGE THEY ARE 
   BRINGING 
   THIS CLOSE BUT PRIVATE
   RELATIONSHIP OUT INTO 
   THE 
   PUBLIC, WHICH IS WHAT 
   WE'RE 
   SEEING RIGHT NOW.
   BUT NETANYAHU SAYS 
   THAT IT IS 
   STILL ON THE TABLE.
   IT COULD BE RHETORIC.
   THE PALESTINIANS SAY 
   IT IS A 
   BETRAYAL.
   LESTER?
   >> RICHARD ENGEL 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   IN 60 SECONDS, THE 
   WILD FIRE 
   BATTLE IN CALIFORNIA 
   WHERE A 
   MASSIVE BLAZE IS OUT 
   OF CONTROL.
   >>> AND DEMANDING 
   JUSTICE.
   THE FAMILY OF BREONNA 
   TAYLOR 
   SPEAKS OUT FIVE MONTHS
 
   >>> BACK WITH THE RACE
   TO STOP A 
   WILD FIRE BURNING OUT 
   OF CONTROL 
   NEAR LOS ANGELES.
   THE MASSIVE INFERNO 
   EXPLODING TO 
   OVER 10,000 ACRES.
   MANDATORY EVACUATIONS 
   ORDERED 
   HOMES DESTROYED AND 
   5,000 
   BUILDINGS ARE AT RISK.
   AT THIS HOUR, IT IS 
   ZERO PERCENT 
   CONTAINED.
   TONIGHT MARKS FIVE 
   MONTHS SINCE
   THE POLICE SHOOTING 
   THAT LEFT 
   BREONNA TAYLOR DEAD IN
   LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
   TODAY,
   RADIO STATIONS PAYING 
   TRIBUTE TO 
   TAYLOR AS HER FAMILY 
   ISSUED A 
   NEW CALL TO JUSTICE. 
   HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
   >> ARREST THE COPS. 
   >> ARREST THE COPS. 
   >> Reporter: EXACTLY 
   FIVE MONTHS 
   AFTER THE DEATH OF 
   BREONNA 
   TAYLOR, PATIENCE IS 
   WEARING THIN 
   IN LOUISVILLE. 
   >> SOMEHOW THEY CAN'T 
   FIGURE OUT 
   HOW TO CHARGE SOME 
   COPS THAT 
   MURDERED A BLACK 
   WOMAN. 
   >> Reporter: SOME 
   PROTESTERS ARE CALLING
   FOR THE CANCELLATION 
   OF NEXT MONTH'S 
   KENTUCKY DERBY.
   >> WE CANNOT GO HOME.
   WE CANNOT GET TIRED.
   WE HAVE TO KEEP THE 
   PRESSURE ON. 
   >> Reporter: TAYLOR, A
   26-YEAR-OLD FORMER EMT
   WAS SHOT 
   AND KILLED BY POLICE 
   IN MARCH.
   OFFICERS WHO SAID THEY
   WERE AT 
   THE APARTMENT TO SERVE
   A NO 
   KNOCK WARRANT RETURNED
   FIRE 
   AFTER TAYLOR'S 
   BOYFRIEND SHOT AT 
   THEM THINKING THEY 
   WERE 
   INTRUDERS.
   ONE OFFICER WAS 
   INJURED.
   THE OFFICERS SAY THEY 
   ANNOUNCED 
   THEMSELVES, WHICH 
   WALKER DISPUTES.
   NONE OF THE THREE COPS
   HAS BEEN 
   CHARGED.
   ONE HAS BEEN FIRED. 
   HE'S NOT COMMENTED 
   PUBLICALLY.
   >> IT'S BEEN 150 DAYS,
   BUT IT 
   STILL FEELS LIKE MARCH
   13th.
   IT NEVER GETS ANY 
   EASIER. 
   >> Reporter: NOW OPRAH
   WINFREY 
   HAS JOINED THE CAUSE, 
   PAYING FOR 26 
   BILLBOARDS AROUND 
   LOUISVILLE, DEMANDING 
   CHARGES.
   >> JUSTICE FOR 
   BREONNA. 
   >> AT THAT POINT IT IS
   BIGGER 
   THAN JUST BREONNA.
   IT IS BIGGER THAN 
   BLACK LIVES.
   IT IS ABOUT BRIDGING 
   THE GAP 
   BETWEEN US AND THE 
   POLICE. 
   >> Reporter: FACING 
   MOUNTING 
   PRESSURE, KENTUCKY'S 
   ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL MET WITH 
   TAYLOR'S FAMILY 
   FOR THE FIRST TIME 
   THIS WEEK, 
   BUT THERE IS NO 
   TIMETABLE ON 
   WHEN THE 
   INVESTIGATIONS MIGHT 
   WRAP UP.
   LESTER?
   >> GABE GUTIERREZ 
   >>> AS THE DEBATE 
   RAGES OVER 
   REOPENING SCHOOLS, 
   PROTESTS OVER 
   RACIAL INJUSTICE ARE 
   HELPING 
   FOCUS ATTENTION ON 
   WHAT OUR 
   CHILDREN ARE LEARNING.
   HERE'S REHEMA ELLIS.
   >> OUR BOOKS ARE THE 
   BRICKS THAT 
   BUILD OUR SOCIETY. 
   >> Reporter: COLUMBIA 
   UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR 
   CHRIS ENDON
   SAYS IN ORDER TO 
   UNDERSTAND 
   SOCIETY'S UPROAR, 
   START WHERE 
   HISTORY LESSONS BEGIN.
   WHEN CHILDREN FIRST 
   LEARN ABOUT 
   BLACK PEOPLE IN 
   AMERICA, WHAT IS 
   THE FIRST THING THEY 
   SEE IN THE 
   TEXTBOOKS?
   >> THE FIRST THING 
   THEY SEE IS 
   SLAVERY.
   THEY MAY SEE AN IMAGE 
   OF A 
   FAMILY THAT'S HALF 
   DRESSED.
   YOU MAY SEE SLAVE 
   QUARTERS.
   >> Reporter: IS THAT 
   RACIST?
   >> ABSOLUTELY IT'S 
   RACIST.
   IF YOUR INTRODUCTION 
   TO MY HISTORY IS MY 
   DOWNTRODDENNESS,
   YOU NEVER SEE ME AS A 
   VICTOR. 
   >> Reporter: UNTIL 
   RECENTLY, ONE 
   TEXTBOOK PASSAGE ABOUT
   SLAVERY 
   SAID, MANY MAY NOT 
   HAVE BEEN 
   TERRIBLY
   UNHAPPY.
   HE SAYS IN CURRENT 
   BOOKS DELIBERATE 
   OMISSIONS ARE JUST AS 
   BAD.
   FOR EXAMPLE, THIS 
   PASSAGE 
   DESCRIBES GOVERNMENT 
   POLICIES 
   AFTER WORLD WAR II 
   THAT MADE 
   HOME OWNERSHIP MORE 
   ATTRACTIVE
   THAN EVER LEADING TO 
   SUBURBAN 
   GROWTH, BUT DOESN'T 
   EXPLAIN HOW 
   THEY INTENTIONALLY 
   DISCRIMINATED 
   AGAINST BLACK PERSONS.
   BUT CHANGE IS COMING.
   IN NORTH CAROLINA, 
   AMID 
   STATEWIDE 
   DEMONSTRATIONS, SOCIAL
   STUDIES STANDARDS ARE 
   NOW UNDER 
   REVIEW.
   THE STATE MAY FIND A 
   MODEL IN 
   CHAPEL HILL. 
   >> AT BEST A TEXTBOOK 
   IS A 
   STARTING POINT. 
   >> Reporter: BRIAN 
   LINK IS THE 
   DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIAL
   JUSTICE 
   ACADEMY AT EAST CHAPEL
   HILL HIGH 
   SCHOOL. 
   >> YOU CAN ONLY PASS 
   DOWN WHAT 
   YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED 
   TO OR 
   SOUGHT OUT TO LEARN IN
   THE FIRST 
   PLACE. 
   >> Reporter: IN HIS 
   CLASSROOM, 
   RENOWNED POET WHO WAS 
   SOLD INTO 
   SLAVERY AS A YOUNG 
   GIRL AND 
   LATER EARNED HER 
   FREEDOM IS 
   STUDIED ALONGSIDE THE 
   FOUNDING 
   FATHERS. 
   >> IT'S REALLY MADE IT
   CLEAR TO 
   ME THAT THERE IS A LOT
   OF 
   HISTORY THAT I DON'T 
   KNOW. 
   >> THERE ARE BLACK 
   PEOPLE IN THE 
   PAST WHO HAVE DONE ALL
   THESE 
   AMAZING AND GREAT 
   THINGS AND 
   LIKE IT JUST REALLY 
   SHOWS ME 
   THERE IS REALLY NO 
   LIMITATION TO 
   WHAT I CAN DO IN THIS 
   COUNTRY. 
   >> Reporter: PEARSON, 
   THE 
   LARGEST PUBLISHER OF 
   COLLEGE
   TEXTBOOKS IS ALREADY 
   MAKING 
   CHANGES.
   REVIEWING 100 OF ITS 
   MOST POPULAR TITLES, 
   EXAMINING CONTENT.
   FOR EXAMPLE, THE 
   REFERENCE TO 
   PARTS OF AN ELECTRIC 
   CIRCUIT 
   BREAKER AS 
   MASTER/SLAVE WERE 
   RECENTLY CHANGED TO 
   LEADER/FOLLOWER IN ALL
   DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS.
   >> IN THIS CASE WE 
   SUSPENDED THE 
   PHYSICAL PRINTS IN THE
   WAREHOUSE 
   AND WILL DESTROY AND 
   REPLACE 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS A 
   STEP IN A 
   FIELD WHERE THERE IS 
   MUCH WORK 
   TO BE DONE.
   HOW DO WE FIX THIS?
   >> WE FIX THIS BY 
   HAVING NEW TEXTBOOKS 
   AND DIFFERENT
   PERSPECTIVES. 
   >> WRITING HISTORY BY 
   TEACHING 
   EVERY AMERICAN'S 
   STORY.
   REHEMA ELLIS, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   NEW YORK.
   >>> AND NEXT
   >>> FINALL
   >>> FINALLY, THE 
   REMARKABLE 
   RESCUE ON THE RAILROAD
   TRACKS 
   THANKS TO A CALIFORNIA
   POLICE 
   OFFICER WHO KNEW 
   EXACTLY WHAT 
   SHE NEEDED TO DO.
   HERE'S KATIE BECK.
   >> Reporter: OFFICER 
   ERICA WAS 
   ON PATROL IN CENTRAL 
   CALIFORNIA WHEN SHE 
   SPOTTED A TERRIBLE 
   ACCIDENT WAITING TO 
   HAPPEN.
   >> I NEEDED TO GET HIM
   OFF THE 
   TRACKS. 
   >> Reporter: WITH A 
   FREIGHT 
   TRAIN FAST 
   APPROACHING, SHE RAN 
   FROM HER CAR TO REACH 
   AN OLDER 
   MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR 
   WHO WOULD 
   BECOME STUCK ON THE 
   TRACKS. 
   >> JUST TRYING TO 
   GAUGE HOW MUCH 
   TIME I HAD.
   SO AT FIRST I TRIED TO
   RELEASE 
   THE WHEELCHAIR. 
   >> Reporter: IT 
   WOULDN'T BUDGE.
   TIME WAS RUNNING OUT.
   SHE PULLED THE MAN 
   FROM HIS 
   CHAIR SECONDS BEFORE 
   THE TRAIN 
   PLAU PLOWED THROUGH, 
   CLIPPING THE MAN AS IT
   PASSES.
   HE'S NOW RECOVERING 
   FROM HIS 
   INJURIES IN STABLE 
   CONDITION. 
   >> I DON'T THINK I DID
   ANYTHING 
   SPECIAL. 
   >> IS THIS ONE OF THE 
   MORE 
   REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES
   YOU HAVE 
   HAD?
   >> DEFINITELY UP THERE
   IN THE 
   MOST MEMORABLE I WILL 
   HAVE IN MY 
   CAREER. 
   >> Reporter: A SPLIT 
   SECOND 
   DECISION LEAVING AN 
   IMPRINT IN 
   HER LIFE AND LIKELY 
   LEAVING THE 
   LIFE OF A STRANGER IN 
   NEED.
   KATIE BECK, NBC NEWS. 
   >> BOY, WHAT A HEART 
   STOPPER TO 
   WATCH.
   AMAZING.
   THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS."
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND 
   EACH OTHER.
