  >>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL 
  VISIT TO KENOSHA
  TOURING DAMAGE FROM 
  THE RECENT VIOLENCE,
  DEFYING LEADERS THERE 
  WHO URGED HIM TO STAY 
  AWAY
  MEETING WITH LAW
  ENFORCEMENT BUT NOT 
  THE FAMILY OF JACOB 
  BLAKE.
  THE BACKLASH OVER 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  COMPARING THE OFFICER 
  WHO SHOT BLAKE TO A 
  GOLFER WHO MISSES A 
  PUTT
  AND OVER HIS DEFENSE
  OF THE 17-YEAR-OLD
  CHARGED WITH MURDERING
  TWO PROTESTERS
  PLUS HIS CLAIMS THAT
  CITIES LED BY 
  DEMOCRATS ARE SEEING
  MORE CRIMES.
  WE'LL SEPARATE FACT 
  FROM FICTION
  A CYBER ATTACK CREATES
  CHAOS FOR ONE MAJOR 
  CITY'S FIRST WEEK OF
  REMOTE LEARNING.
  NEW YORK CITY PUSHES
  BACK THE REOPENING OF 
  ITS CLASSES.
  SCHOOLS FROM WUHAN
  ACROSS -- ONE OF THE
  VACCINES BEGINNING A
  NEW PHASE.
  WHO GETS IT FIRST?
  WALMART TAKING ON 
  AMAZON ANNOUNCING 
  THEIR VERSION OF
  PRIME.
  WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING 
  TO WIN YOUR BUSINESS
  >>> THE SCARE IN THE
  SKY.
  A MAN IN A JET PACK 
  SPOTTED IN THE PATH OF
  INCOMING PLANES.
  THE SEARCH FOR THE
  DAREDEVIL.
  >>> AND THE HERO
  NURSES WHO STAYED 
  BEHIND AS HURRICANE 
  LAURA STRUCK
  HOW THEY SAVED 19 TINY
  LIVES.
  >> THIS-ICE NBC 
  NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
  LESTER HOLT.
  >> GOOD EVENING I'M 
  PETER ALEXANDER IN FOR
  LESTER
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  VISITING THE CITY OF
  KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
  STILL SCARRED BY THE
  LATEST ROUND OF 
  VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE
  POLICE SHOOTING OF A
  BLACK MAN JACOB BLAKE.
  THE PRESIDENT BLASTING
  DEMOCRATIC LEADERS FOR
  ALLOWING WHAT HE TODAY
  CALLED ANTIPOLICE AND 
  ANTI-AMERICAN RIOTS 
  WHILE DEMOCRATIC
  OFFICIALS IN WISCONSIN
  WARNED HIS TRIP THERE 
  COULD UPSET A FRAGILE 
  PEACE.
  ALL OF IT AS THE
  PRESIDENT AND JOE 
  BIDEN CLASH OVER WHO
  BEST CAN KEEP AMERICA 
  SAFE
  WE HAVE TWO REPORTS 
  TONIGHT.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
  PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
  DIVIDING KENOSHA, 
  WISCONSIN.
  A CITY SHAKEN BY
  UNREST SPARKED BY THE 
  POLICE SHOOTING OF
  JACOB BLAKE.
  >> WE'RE GOING TO HELP
  THEM A LOT
  >> Reporter: DESPITE
  PLEAS FROM LOCAL
  OFFICIALS THAT HE STAY
  AWAY THE PRESIDENT
  USED THE VISIT TO 
  PRESS HIS HARD LINE 
  LAW AND ORDER CAMPAIGN
  MESSAGE.
  >> WE HAVE TO CONDEMN 
  THE DANGEROUS 
  ANTIPOLICE RHETORIC.
  IT IS GETTING MORE AND
  MORE
  IT IS VERY UNFAIR.
  YOU HAVE SOME BAD 
  APPLES
  I SAID IT YESTERDAY.
  I SAID IT LAST NIGHT
  THEY ARE UNDER
  TREMENDOUS PRESSURE.
  >> Reporter: HE IS
  REFERRING TO A FOX
  NEWS INTERVIEW MONDAY 
  NIGHT WHERE HE
  COMPARED THE ACTIONS
  OF THE KENOSHA POLICE 
  OFFICER WHO FIRED 
  SEVEN SHOTS INTO
  BLAKE'S BACK TO A 
  GOLFER MISSING A PUTT.
  >> SHOOTING THE GUY IN
  THE BACK THAT MANY
  TIMES, COULDN'T YOU 
  HAVE DONE SOMETHING 
  DIFFERENT?
  BUT THEY CHOKE JUST 
  LIKE IN A GOLF
  TOURNAMENT
  THEY MISS A 
  THREE-FOOT -- 
  >> YOU'RE NOT 
  COMPARING IT TO GOLF
  >> NO.
  I'M SAYING PEOPLE 
  CHOKE.
  >> Reporter: AHEAD OF 
  HIS VISIT THE 
  PRESIDENT REFUSED TO
  CONDEMN 17-YEAR-OLD 
  KYLE RITTENHOUSE
  BELIEVED TO BE A TRUMP
  SUPPORTER WHO IS
  CHARGED WITH SHOOTING 
  AND KILLING TWO 
  ANTIRACISM PROTESTERS.
  36-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH
  ROSENBAUM AND 
  26-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY 
  HUBER.
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  APPEARED TO JUSTIFY 
  RITTENHOUSE'S ACTIONS.
  >> UNDER INVESTIGATION
  BUT I GUESS HE WAS IN 
  VERY BIG TROUBLE
  HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
  BEEN KILLED BUT IT IS 
  UNDER INVESTIGATION.
  >> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
  BLASTING THE PRESIDENT
  BLAMING HIM FOR 
  STOKING VIOLENCE. 
  >> I THINK THE WORDS
  OF A PRESIDENT MATTER 
  AND WHEN THEY BREATHE 
  HATRED, THOSE FOLKS 
  ARE HIDING UNDER THE
  ROCKS AND COME OUT
  >> Reporter: THE BIDEN
  CAMPAIGN IN A 
  STATEMENT TODAY SAYING
  THE PRESIDENT OF THE
  UNITED STATES IS
  BIZARRELY HIGHLIGHTING
  THE UNREST AND
  DIVISION HE HAS 
  STOKED, REFUSING TO 
  CONDEMN VIOLENCE
  COMMITTED BY HIS OWN
  SUPPORTERS
  AN ELECTION YEAR FIGHT
  OVER WHO CAN KEEP 
  AMERICA SAFE
  PROLONGING ONE CITY'S 
  PAIN
  GEOFF BENNETT, NBC
  NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE.
  >>> THIS IS GABE
  GUTIERREZ IN KENOSHA, 
  WISCONSIN, WHERE AMID 
  CHEERS FROM FIRST 
  RESPONDERS PRESIDENT
  TRUMP SUPPORTERS LINE 
  THE STREETS.
  >> KEEP DOING WHAT
  YOU'RE DOING
  KEEP FIGHTING FOR OUR 
  COUNTRY AND OUR 
  RIGHTS. 
  >> HE IS COMING HERE
  TO LIFT PEOPLE UP AND 
  SAYING I NOTICE YOU 
  AND I KNOW WHAT'S 
  GOING ON AND WE'RE
  HERE TO HELP. 
  >> Reporter: BUT TODAY
  THIS PROUD MIDWESTERN 
  TOWN OF A HUNDRED 
  THOUSAND SEEMED MORE
  LIKE TWO CITIES.
  >> WE DON'T WANT A
  POLITICAL STATEMENT.
  WE WANT A CONVERSATION
  WITH ANSWERS
  THAT'S ALL WE WANT
  >> Reporter: 62 DAYS
  BEFORE THE ELECTION 
  WITH JUST NINE DAYS 
  SINCE THE POLICE
  SHOOTING OF JACOB 
  BLAKE.
  >> I'M SUCKING UP ALL 
  THE PAIN WE HAVE TO 
  STAND ON OUR SQUARE 
  UNTIL WE GET JUSTICE
  >> Reporter: TODAY
  BLAKE'S UNCLE JOINED A
  PEACEFUL GATHERING IN 
  THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
  THE OFFICER SHOT THE
  29-YEAR-OLD IN THE
  BACK SEVEN TIMES
  IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO 
  THE PRESIDENT WHAT
  WOULD YOU TELL HIM
  >> IT'S TOO LATE, BRO.
  HE'S HAD FOUR YEARS IN
  THAT OFFICE AND HAS 
  DONE NOTHING BUT SPILL
  HATE OUT OF HIS MOUTH 
  THAT BLED DOWN TO 
  POLICE FORCES 
  BRUTALIZING BLACK 
  PEOPLE
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP SAYS HE SPOKE 
  WITH THE BLAKE FAMILY 
  PASTOR BUT WOULD NOT
  MEET WITH THEM BECAUSE
  THE PRESIDENT SAYS
  THEY WANTED A LAWYER
  PRESENT.
  TIMOTHY TOMKINS A 
  MARINE CORPS VETERAN
  LIVES DOWN THE STREET.
  WHY DO YOU THINK THE
  PRESIDENT CAME TO 
  KENOSHA?
  >> BECAUSE HE IS
  DIVISIVE
  IT'S A PHOTO OP.
  KENOSHA IS PUTTING
  ITSELF TOGETHER.
  KENOSHA CARES.
  KENOSHA IS STRONG 
  WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP
  >> Reporter: IT IS
  UNCLEAR WHEN OR IF
  POLICE REFORM WILL
  COME TO WISCONSIN.
  REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
  CONVENED A SPECIAL
  SESSION THIS WEEK TO
  DISCUSS THE ISSUE AT
  THE GOVERNOR'S
  REQUEST.
  IT LASTED LESS THAN 
  ONE MINUTE
  PETER?
  >> GABE GUTIERREZ IN
  KENOSHA TONIGHT, THANK
  YOU.
  >>> FOR WEEKS THE 
  PRESIDENT HAS SAID
  VIOLENCE IS OUT OF
  CONTROL IN CITIES RUN 
  BY DEMOCRATS BUT WE 
  WANTED TO MAKE SURE 
  YOU HAVE THE FACTS
  IS THERE A DIFFERENC
  IN CRIME RATES IN 
  CITIES RUN BY 
  DEMOCRATS VERSUS THOSE
  LED BY REPUBLICANS
  TOM COSTELLO WITH THE 
  LATEST IN OUR 
  SERIES, "AMERICA'S
  CITIES FACT VS. 
  FICTION.
  >> Reporter: AMID 
  NATIONAL PROTESTS OVER
  RACIAL AND EQUALITY 
  AND POLICING PRESIDENT
  TRUMP HAS OFTEN 
  REPEATED THE SAME 
  CLAIM.
  >> THE TOP TEN MOST 
  DANGEROUS CITIES IN 
  AMERICA ARE RUN BY
  DEMOCRATS.
  THE 20 MOST DANGEROUS 
  ARE DEMOCRAT RUN
  WORSE THAN HONDURAS.
  WORSE THAN
  AFGHANISTAN.
  >> Reporter: THE
  REALITY CHECK HOMICIDE
  RATES ARE UP IN MANY
  CITIES RUN BY BOTH
  DEMOCRATS AND 
  REPUBLICANS.
  UP 13% IN REPUBLICAN
  LED MIAMI.
  UP 34% IN DEMOCRAT LED
  NEW YORK
  UP 29% IN REPUBLICAN
  RUN TULSA THROUGH 
  JUNE
  UP 31% IN DEMOCRAT LED
  PHOENIX THROUGH JULY
  REPUBLICAN LED FT.
  WORTH POLICE REPORT A 
  50% INCREASE IN 
  HOMICIDES JUST THIS 
  YEAR
  >> WE'VE GOT
  CHALLENGES AS WELL AS 
  OTHER LARGE AND SMALL 
  METROPOLITAN AREAS
  WE'RE DOING THE BEST
  THAT WE CAN WITH THE
  RESOURCES THAT WE 
  HAVE
  >> Reporter: IN 
  DEMOCRAT LED OAKLAND A
  26% INCREASE
  >> CITIES ACROSS THIS 
  COUNTRY, MAJOR CITY 
  CHIEFS, ARE SAYING THE
  EXACT SAME THING
  THE AMOUNT OF GUNS, 
  THE AMOUNT OF GUN 
  CRIMES, THE 
  SIGNIFICANT INCREASES.
  >> Reporter: CRIME
  EXPERTS SAY THE 
  PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC 
  FALLOUT ARE BIG 
  FACTORS IN DRIVING THE
  MURDER RATE HIGHER
  ROUGHLY 70% OF
  AMERICA'S 100 BIGGEST 
  CITIES ARE LED BY 
  DEMOCRATS.
  THE REST BY 
  REPUBLICANS.
  OR OTHERS.
  FORMER CIA OFFICER
  JEFF ASHER NOW
  ANALYZES CRIME DATA.
  THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS
  THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A 
  PROBLEM ONLY IN 
  DEMOCRATIC CITIES.
  THAT IS ACCURATE
  >> THE DATA WE HAVE 
  RIGHT NOW SAYS THAT IS
  NOT ACCURATE
  WE ARE SEEING ABOUT A 
  25% INCREASE IN ALL 
  CITIES
  THE 14 CITIES RUN BY
  REPUBLICANS VERY
  SIMILAR CHANGE ON 
  AVERAGE TO THE CITIES 
  RUN BY DEMOCRATS
  >> Reporter: VERY FEW 
  MURDERS HAVE BEEN 
  CONNECTED TO THE
  PROTESTS OVER RACIAL
  INEQUALITY
  POLICE REPORT OUTSIDE 
  AGITATORS FROM BOTH 
  THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
  HAVE OFTEN TURNED 
  THOSE PROTESTS
  VIOLENT.
  OVER THE WEEKEND THE
  PRESIDENT TWEETED THAT
  D.C. MAYOR MURIEL 
  BOWSER CLEAN UP D.C.
  OR THE FEDERAL
  GOVERNMENT WILL DO IT 
  FOR YOU.
  >> WHEN A PRESIDENT 
  ATTACKS AMERICAN
  CITIES, HE IS 
  ATTACKING AMERICA.
  AND THE JOB OF THE
  PRESIDENT IS TO UNITE 
  US NOT TO DIVIDE US.
  >> Reporter: SOME 
  CITIES HAVE ACTUALLY
  SEEN A DECREASE IN
  HOMICIDES THIS YEAR,
  PETER.
  >> TOM COSTELLO WITH
  THE FACTS TONIGHT.
  THANK YOU.
  >>> NOW TO THE
  CORONAVIRUS AND THE 
  CHALLENGING START TO
  THE SCHOOL YEAR.
  TODAY MIAMI DADE
  REPORTED A CYBER
  ATTACK DISRUPTED
  ONLINE CLASSES THERE
  AND THE NATION'S
  LARGEST DISTRICT, NEW 
  YORK CITY, SAID IT IS 
  DELAYING THE START OF 
  IN-PERSON CLASSES FOR 
  MORE THAN 1 MILLION 
  STUDENTS AS PART OF A 
  DEAL TO TRY TO AVOID A
  TEACHER STRIKE
  >> Reporter: IN NEW 
  YORK CITY IT'S 80,000 
  PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
  GOING BACK TO CLASS.
  THE UNION AND THE CITY
  AGREEING TODAY TO PUSH
  BACK THE FIRST DAY OF 
  SCHOOL FROM SEPTEMBER 
  10th
  INSTEAD, ON SEPTEMBER 
  16th, AN ONLINE ONLY
  TRANSITIONAL PERIOD 
  STARTS
  THEN ON SEPTEMBER 21st
  IN-PERSON AND REMOTE
  CLASSES WILL BEGIN
  THE KEY, RANDOM 
  MONTHLY TESTING OF 10%
  TO 20% OF STUDENTS AND
  ADULTS AT EACH SCHOOL.
  >> EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL
  WILL HAVE TESTING.
  IT WILL BE DONE EVERY 
  SINGLE MONTH
  IT WILL BE RIGOROUS.
  >> GOD FORBID THERE IS
  ANY SORT OF A PROBLEM.
  WE CAN DEAL WITH IT 
  QUICKLY SO WE DON'T 
  HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM.
  >> Reporter: THE
  NATION'S LARGEST
  DISTRICT WILL GO 100% 
  ONLINE IF THE CITY'S
  COVID POSITIVITY RATE 
  HITS 3% OR HIGHER.
  TODAY IT IS 1.33%.
  NORTH OF BOSTON 
  SIMMERING TENSIONS IN 
  ANDOVER.
  PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
  THERE REFUSING TO GO
  INTO BUILDINGS ON 
  MONDAY, UNCERTAIN THEY
  ARE TRULY SAFE
  >> MY HIGHEST CONCERN 
  IS MY MEMBERS AND MY
  STUDENTS' SAFETY
  >> Reporter: THE
  DISTRICT CALLED THE 
  REFUSAL AN ILLEGAL
  WORK STOPPAGE.
  THE UNION SAID
  TEACHERS WORKED.
  JUST OUTSIDE
  AND TONIGHT A CYBER 
  ATTACK ON FLORIDA'S 
  MIAMI DADE COUNTY 
  SCHOOL SYSTEM.
  MARRING THE FIRST TWO 
  DAYS OF VIRTUAL 
  CLASSES.
  >> WE'RE DOING OUR
  VERY BEST TO MITIGATE 
  THE IMPACT WHILE AT 
  THE SAME TIME 
  SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESS
  ISSUES THAT WERE
  UNPREDICTABLE.
  SOME OF THEM WITH 
  MALICIOUS INTENT
  BEHIND THEM.
  >> Reporter: FEDERAL
  AND STATE AUTHORITIES 
  ARE INVESTIGATING AS
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY
  OFFICIALS TRY TO KEEP 
  SYSTEMS AND STUDENTS
  SAFE
  NBC NEWS, NEW YORK
  >>> WELL, SO MANY 
  SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING
  TO REOPEN HERE IN THE 
  U.S.
  STUDENTS IN OTHER 
  PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE
  BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.
  RICHARD ENGEL TONIGHT 
  ON WHAT OTHER 
  COUNTRIES HAVE DONE 
  DIFFERENTLY AND THE 
  LESSONS AMERICANS 
  COULD LEARN.
  >> Reporter: IN WUHAN,
  IN CHINA, THE ORIGINAL
  EPICENTER OF THE
  CORONAVIRUS,
  1.4 MILLION CHILDREN
  WENT BACK TO SCHOOL 
  TODAY IN MASKS, 
  PASSING THROUGH 
  INFRARED SCANNERS TO
  CHECK THEIR BODY
  TEMPERATURES
  THE CITY RAMPING UP 
  TESTING CAPACITY IN 
  CASE OF A SPIKE.
  IN MAY, OFFICIALS 
  TESTED THIS ENTIRE
  CITY OF 11 MILLION IN 
  JUST THREE WEEKS
  IN FRANCE, PRESIDENT
  MACRON TOOK TO
  INSTAGRAM TO WARN 
  CHILDREN THE VIRUS IS 
  STILL OUT THERE AND TO
  TAKE PRECAUTIONS
  CHILDREN 11 AND UP AND
  TEACHERS AND STAFF
  ALSO REQUIRED TO WEAR 
  MASKS IN THE
  CLASSROOMS
  IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,
  NO MASKS IN THE 
  CLASSROOM.
  THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
  DEEMING THEM TO HAVE A
  NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
  TEACHING
  >> THERE IS ALWAYS
  GOING TO BE THAT WORRY
  BUT THEN LIFE HAS TO
  GO ON SO WE'RE BACK 
  HERE TOGETHER.
  >> Reporter: MASKS ARE
  RECOMMENDED IN
  HALLWAYS AND COMMUNAL 
  AREAS AND BRITISH 
  CHILDREN ARE DIVIDED
  INTO WHAT ARE CALLED
  BUBBLES WHERE THEY CAN
  INTERACT FREELY.
  IF A STUDENT TESTS
  POSITIVE, THE WHOLE 
  BUBBLE GOES INTO
  QUARANTINE
  THE PRIME MINISTER
  BORIS JOHNSON WHO HAD 
  COVID HAS BEEN SAYING 
  MISSING SCHOOL
  OUTWEIGHS THE COVID 
  RISK
  >> DO YOU THINK THE 
  SCHOOL IS SAFE
  >> YES. 
  >> IT DEFINITELY IS.
  >> Reporter: MANY 
  DIFFERENT APPROACHES
  NO PERFECT ANSWERS
  IN AFRICA MOST SCHOOLS
  REMAIN CLOSED.
  IN GERMANY SCHOOLS
  REOPENED LAST MONTH 
  BUT SEVERAL HAVE HAD
  TO SHUT BECAUSE OF
  OUTBREAKS.
  PETER?
  >> THANK YOU VERY 
  MUCH
  >>> BACK HOME NOW A 
  DESPERATE SEARCH IS 
  UNDER WAY FOR TWO 
  CHILDREN AFTER STORMS 
  STRUCK CENTRAL NORTH
  CAROLINA
  OFFICIALS SAY THE 
  CHILDREN AGES 4 AND 5 
  WERE SWEPT AWAY IN A
  CAR BY FLOOD WATERS.
  RESCUERS MANAGED TO 
  GET ONE OF THE KIDS 
  AND THEIR MOTHER INTO 
  A BOAT BUT IT CAP 
  SIZED.
  MOM WAS TAKEN TO
  SAFETY BUT BOTH 
  CHILDREN REMAIN 
  MISSING.
  >>> WE ARE BACK IN 60 
  SECONDS WITH THE
  THOUSANDS IN THE U.S. 
  RISKING THEIR HEALTH
  TO VOLUNTEER FOR ONE
  OF THE MOST PR
  >>> TONIGHT IN THE
  RACE FOR A CURE A 
  MAJOR DRUG COMPANY IS 
  BEGINNING THE FINAL 
  PHASE OF CLINICAL 
  TRIALS FOR A POSSIBLE 
  CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
  THE TRIAL IS TAKING 
  PLACE INSIDE THE U.S. 
  AND REQUIRES TENS OF
  THOUSANDS OF HEALTHY
  VOLUNTEERS
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS 
  MORE. 
  >> Reporter: THE FINAL
  ROUND OF TESTING KNOWN
  AS PHASE THREE
  CLINICAL TRIALS ARE 
  UNDER WAY TONIGHT 
  SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF
  PROMISE IN WHAT COULD 
  BECOME THE WORLD EARS 
  FIRST CORONAVIRUS 
  VACCINE.
  AT TESTING SITES
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY
  PARTICIPANTS WILL BE
  GIVEN TWO SHOTS ONE 
  MONTH APART.
  23-YEAR-OLD JACOB 
  SORANO IS THE FIRST 
  AMERICAN TO BE DOSED
  WITH EITHER THE 
  VACCINE CANDIDATE OR A
  PLACEBO.
  >> I'M HOPING IT CAN
  BE A HUNDRED PERCENT
  CURE AND REALLY END IT
  ALL.
  >> Reporter:
  RESEARCHERS AT OXFORD 
  PARTNERING WITH 
  ASTRAZENECA SAY THE 
  VACCINE, A GENETICALLY
  ALTERED VIRUS, TEACHES
  THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO
  GENERATE COVID-19 
  ANTIBODIES WITH SOME
  30,000 ADULT
  VOLUNTEERS SET TO TAKE
  PLACE IN THE TRIALS 
  THE FDA SAYS THE
  VACCINE NEEDS TO
  PROTECT 50% OF PEOPLE 
  TO BE CONSIDERED
  EFFECTIVE.
  IT COULD BE 
  DISTRIBUTED IN PHASES 
  WITH HEALTH CARE
  WORKERS AND THE 
  VULNERABLE LIKE THOSE 
  WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH
  CONDITIONS GETTING IT 
  FIRST.
  THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
  LEADING THE RACE AND
  ONE OF THE ONES THAT
  LOOKS PROMISING TO GET
  US THAT VACCINE AS
  SOON AS POSSIBLE
  >> Reporter: WITH 
  PRELIMINARY DATA ON 
  THE VACCINE'S 
  EFFECTIVENESS EXPECTED
  AROUND THANKSGIVING,
  THE U.S. CORONAVIRUS
  DEATH TOLL IS NOW OVER
  185,000.
  FOR JACOB SORANO IT'S 
  PERSONAL
  HE'S LOST SEVEN FAMILY
  MEMBERS TO COVID
  DO YOU THINK THAT WHAT
  YOU'RE DOING NOW COULD
  PREVENT FUTURE
  FATALITIES
  >> THAT IS THE MAIN 
  REASON I'M DOING ANY
  OF THIS.
  I WANT TO PREVENT 
  THAT
  I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE
  DESERVES TO LOSE THEIR
  LIFE ESPECIALLY WITH
  THE VIRUS.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  FOR ALL AMERICANS A 
  REASON FOR HOPE AMID
  THE LOSS
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
  >>> NOW TO THE BATTLE 
  FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
  ONLINE SHOPPING 
  SKYROCKETS DUE TO THE 
  PANDEMIC AND WALMART
  TODAY ANNOUNCED IT IS 
  TAKING AIM AT ITS 
  BIGGEST COMPETITOR'S
  MOST SUCCESSFUL 
  PROGRAM, AMAZON PRIME.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  WALMART IS TAKING NEW 
  AIM AT AMAZON THE 
  WORLD'S LARGEST 
  RETAILER LAUNCHING
  WALMART PLUS
  NATIONWIDE, AN
  UNLIMITED FREE STORE
  DELIVERY SERVICE FOR
  ORDERS OVER $35 
  STARTING SEPTEMBER
  15th
  THE PRICE TAG?
  
  $98 A YEAR VERSUS 
  AMAZON PRIME AT $119
  PER YEAR WITH NO
  SHIPPING MINIMUM
  WALMART PLUS HOPES TO 
  BUILD UPON THE ALREADY
  POPULAR GROCERY 
  SERVICE WITH ORDERS 
  SURGING IN THE
  PANDEMIC BY OFFERING
  NEW PERKS THAT AMAZON 
  DOES NOT LIKE SAVING
  UP TO 5 CENTS A GALLON
  AT SOME GAS STATIONS
  AND SCANNING ITEMS IN 
  WALMART STORES WITH 
  YOUR PHONE AND
  SKIPPING THE REGISTER.
  >> WE'VE SEEN A 
  MASSIVE UPTICK IN 
  PEOPLE WANTING
  DELIVERY, SOME PEOPLE 
  WANTING SAME DAY OR UP
  TO SEVEN DAYS IN
  ADVANCE.
  AND THEN FOR THOSE
  TIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO
  WANT TO GO INTO THE 
  STORE THEY WANT TO BE 
  IN AND OUT IN THE 
  SAFEST, QUICKEST WAY
  POSSIBLE
  >> Reporter: WALMART
  FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE
  TO DETHRONE AMAZON
  PRIME AND THE 150 
  MILLION USERS 
  WORLDWIDE WHO ALONG 
  WITH FREE, TWO DAY
  DELIVERY AND FREE 
  GROCERY DELIVERY, GET 
  THOUSANDS OF STREAMING
  SHOWS AND MOVIES
  á JUST LEAVE 
  EVERYTHING TO ME á
  >> AMAZON BECAUSE OF
  ITS 15-YEAR HEAD START
  ON SUBSCRIPTION I 
  THINK HAS THE EDGE
  THAT SAID, I THINK
  WALMART IF YOU'RE ALL 
  ABOUT THE BEST PRICES 
  ON GROCERY DELIVERY --
  >> Reporter: PLUS 
  AMAZON NOW RECEIVING
  NEW FAA APPROVAL TO 
  DELIVER PACKAGES BY 
  DRONE IN 30 MINUTES OR
  LESS
  AMAZON SAYS THE DRONES
  ARE STILL IN THE
  TESTING PHASE.
  MEANWHILE, WALMART
  TELLS ME CUSTOMERS
  JUST WANT TO BE ABLE
  TO SHOP EASILY, 
  SAFELY, AND CONTACT 
  FREE
  PETER?
  >> THE DELIVERY WAR IS
  HEATING UP
  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
  >>> UP NEXT RIGHT HERE
  THE MYSTERY IN THE
  SKY.
  WHO WAS FLYING
  >>> WE ARE BACK NOW 
  WITH A HIGH FLYING
  MYSTERY.
  OFFICIALS ARE 
  INVESTIGATING A 
  BIZARRE SIGHT IN THE
  SKIES ABOVE LOS 
  ANGELES.
  SOMEONE IN A JET PACK 
  FLYING T L.A
  >> Reporter: STEVE
  PATTERSON, NBC NEWS,
  LOS ANGELES.
  >>> WHEN WE COME BACK,
  HURRICANE HEROES
  WHAT THESE NURSE
  >>> FINALLY TONIGHT 
  INSPIRING AMERICA.
  THE NURSES ON THE 
  FRONT LINES AS THE
  HURRICANE BORE DOWN ON
  THEIR HOSPITAL AND THE
  RISK THEY TOOK THAT 
  SAVED THE LIVES OF
  NEARLY 20 BABIES
  MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE 
  STORY.
  >> Reporter: JUST 
  HOURS BEFORE LAURA
  LASHED LOUISIANA CAME 
  THE HURRICANE 
  DIAGNOSIS NURSE 
  WHITNEY BOURQUE DIDN'T
  SEE COMING. 
  >> THEY COME RUNNING
  IN
  HEY.
  WE GOT TO EVACUATE THE
  BABIES
  LET'S GO
  THERE WAS NO TIME TO
  THINK ABOUT IT
  >> Reporter: THE
  BABIES 19 NEO NATAL 
  PATIENTS SOME WEIGHING
  JUST A POUND
  THE MISSION MOVE TO 
  HIGHER GROUND AT LAKE 
  CHARLES MEMORIAL
  HOSPITAL FAST.
  >> TRANSFERRING 19
  BABIES, CRITICAL
  INFANTS, EVEN JUST
  ACROSS TOWN IS A BIG
  ORDEAL
  >> Reporter: A HUGE 
  TASK TO TAKE ON.
  JUST AS WHITNEY AND 
  HER HUSBAND GARRETT 
  WERE PREPARING TO 
  BECOME PARENTS
  THEMSELVES
  WHITNEY DUE ANY DAY 
  NOW TELLING HER 
  HUSBAND TO EVACUATE AS
  SHE STAYED BEHIND TO
  HELP HER TINY 
  PATIENTS
  >> LIKE I LEFT PART OF
  ME
  TWO PARTS OF ME.
  IT'S TOUGH
  IT WAS THE HARDEST
  THING I'VE EVER HAD TO
  DO. 
  >> Reporter: AS LAURA 
  STRUCK AND THE
  BUILDING SHOOK WATER
  STARTED TO POUR 
  INSIDE
  YOU'RE WITH 19 LITTLE 
  ONES
  YOU GOT A HURRICANE 
  MOVING IN.
  WHAT DID YOU ALL DO?
  >> SOME OF THE BABIES 
  WE MOVED IN THE HALL
  WE HAD MATTRESSES SET 
  UP ON THE WINDOWS SO
  IF THE GLASS SHATTERED
  IT WOULDN'T HIT THE 
  BABIES. 
  >> Reporter: BY DAWN A
  SMALL MIRACLE.
  ALL 19 BABIES HEALTHY 
  AND SAFE
  AND WHITNEY DOING 
  WELL, TOO.
  >> I KEPT SAYING I'M
  NEVER DOING THIS
  AGAIN.
  I WILL NEVER DO IT
  BUT LOOKING BACK NOW I
  WOULD DO IT IN A HEART
  BEAT. 
  >> Reporter: A STORY
  THIS MOM CAN TELL HER 
  OWN SON SOME DAY
  MORGAN CHESKY NBC NEWS
  LAKE CHARLES
  >> SO GLAD THEY'RE ALL
  SAFE
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