   HOLLYWOOD STAR 
   HEADED TO PRISON.
   ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN 
   AND HER 
   HUSBAND SENTENCED IN 
   THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
   CHEATING SCANDAL.
   HOW LONG THEY WILL 
   SERVE AND WHAT 
   LOUGHLIN SAID TODAY IN
   COURT.
   >>> THE MASSIVE 
   INFERNO IN TEXAS 
   AFTER A GAS PIPELINE 
   EXPLODES, 
   SENDING FLAMES AND 
   BLACK SMOKE 
   HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGH.
   THE DESPERATE SEARCH 
   FOR SURVIVORS.
   >>> THE POSTMASTER 
   GENERAL IN 
   THE HOT SEAT, 
   CONTRADICTING THE 
   PRESIDENT SAYING 
   MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
   WILL BE DELIVERED 
   SECURELY AND 
   ON TIME AS MORE STATES
   SUE TO BLOCK CUTBACKS.
   >>> TRUMP'S NEW 
   WARNINGS AS 
   REPUBLICANS GET READY 
   FOR THEIR 
   BIG WEEK.
   >>> THE WILD FIRE 
   DISASTER IN 
   CALIFORNIA TURNING 
   MORE DEADLY.
   HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
   OF ACRES 
   BURN MORE THAN 100 
   HOMES 
   DESTROYED.
   THE GROWING THREAT TO 
   THE GULF 
   COAST AS TWO POWERFUL 
   STORMS 
   GAIN STRENGTH.
   WILL THEY HIT ON THE 
   SAME DAY?
   >>> PARENTS UNDER 
   PRESSURE, 
   FACING TOUGH DECISIONS
   ABOUT 
   SENDING THEIR CHILDREN
   BACK TO 
   SCHOOL OR NOT. 
   >>> THE NEW CDC 
   WARNING ABOUT 
   COVID AND THE UPCOMING
   FLU 
   SEASON. 
   WILL THERE BE A 
   TWINDEMIC?
   >>> AND WE'LL TALK 
   WITH THAT 
   COURAGEOUS 13-YEAR-OLD
   ABOUT HIS 
   INSPIRING MOMENT IN 
   THE 
   SPOTLIGHT.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   IN A CASE THAT IN SOME
   WAYS
   CONFIRMED THE MOST 
   PERCEPTIONS 
   OF PRIVILEGE, ACCESS 
   AND 
   CELEBRITY, ACTRESS 
   LORI LOUGHLIN 
   AND HER HUSBAND, 
   MOSSIMO 
   GIANNULLI, HAVE BEEN 
   SENT TO 
   PRISON FOR THEIR ROLES
   IN THE COLLEGE 
   ADMISSION SCANDAL.
   BOTH PLEADED GUILTY TO
   PAYING 
   THEIR DAUGHTERS' WAY 
   INTO USC, 
   CHEATING AN ADMISSIONS
   SYSTEM 
   THAT ALREADY LEAVES SO
   MANY ON 
   THE OUTSIDE LOOKING 
   IN.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS 
   OUR REPORT.
   >> DO YOU HAVE ANY 
   REGRETS?
   >> Reporter: THEY 
   AVOIDED THE 
   CRUSH OF CAMERAS AT 
   COURT BY APPEARING VIA
   ZOOM BECAUSE OF THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   BUT ACTRESS LORI 
   LOUGHLIN AND 
   HUSBAND, MOSSIMO 
   GIANNULLI, 
   COULD NOT STEER CLEAR 
   OF PRISON.
   SENTENCED TO TWO 
   MONTHS, A 
   $150,000 FINE AND 100 
   HOURS OF 
   COMMUNITY SERVICE.
   WIPING AWAY TEARS, 
   LOUGHLIN TOLD 
   THE JUDGE, I THOUGHT I
   WAS 
   ACTING OUT OF LOVE.
   I AM TRULY AND 
   PROFOUNDLY SORRY.
   BUT THE JUDGE WHO SAID
   HE WAS DUMBFOUNDED 
   CALLED HER LIFE A
   FAIRYTALE.
   YOU STAND BEFORE ME A 
   CONVICTED 
   FELON.
   AND FOR WHAT?
   THE INEXPLICABLE 
   DESIRE TO GRASP EVEN 
   MORE.
   WE CAN ONLY HOPE YOU 
   SPEND THE 
   REST OF YOUR CHARMED 
   LIFE TO 
   MAKE AMENDS. 
   >> THIS JUDGE WAS 
   DEFINITELY 
   MAKING AN EXAMPLE OUT 
   OF LORI 
   TODAY.
   BY GOING OVER ALL OF 
   THE OPPORTUNITIES AND 
   ALL THE PRIVILEGE 
   SHE'S HAD IN LIFE.
   >> DO YOU HAVE 
   ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT 
   THE ALLEGATIONS?
   >> WITH GIANNULLI 
   SENTENCED TO 
   FIVE MONTHS, A 
   $250,000 FINE AND 
   150 HOURS OF COMMUNITY
   SERVICE, 
   PROSECUTORS SAY HE 
   TOOK A MORE 
   ACTIVE ROLE AS THE 
   WEALTHY 
   COUPLE GAMED THE 
   SYSTEM, EVEN 
   POSING THEIR DAUGHTERS
   AS ELITE 
   CREW RECRUITS WHILE 
   PAYING $500,000 TO 
   CHEAT THEIR WAY
   INTO USC.
   BOTH GIRLS DROPPED OUT
   OF 
   SCHOOL.
   THEIR PARENTS WILL 
   NEED TO 
   REPORT TO PRISON IN 90
   DAYS.
   GIANNULLI ALSO 
   APOLOGIZED BUT 
   THE JUDGE BLASTED BACK
   SAYING 
   THE CRIME WAS 
   MOTIVATED BY 
   WANTON ARROGANCE 
   RESULTING FROM 
   EXCESSIVE PRIDE.
   LOUGHLIN MOST FAMOUS 
   FOR HER 
   ROLE ON "FULL HOUSE" 
   WHICH FEATURED A 
   FAMILY FROM SAN 
   FRANCISCO, WILL SOON
   BE A LONG WAY FROM A 
   TV SET.
   SHE COULD SERVE OUT 
   HER SENTENCE 
   IN A PRISON IN THE 
   DESERT OF 
   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
   OSCAR NOMINEE FELICITY
   HUFF MAN 
   SPENT 11 DAYS BEHIND 
   BARS AFTER 
   DECLARING HER GUILT 
   MONTHS 
   BEFORE LOUGHLIN.
   TONIGHT ONE OF 
   HOLLYWOOD'S REAL 
   LIFE SCANDALS COMING 
   TO A 
   DRAMATIC END.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> A TOUGH WEEKEND 
   AHEAD AS 
   FIREFIGHTERS IN 
   CALIFORNIA TRY 
   TO BRING THOSE HUGE 
   AND DEADLY 
   WILD FIRES UNDER 
   CONTROL.
   HUNDREDS OF HOMES HAVE
   ALREADY 
   BEEN LOST AND MORE 
   THAN 100,000
   PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
   EVACUATED.
   STEVE PATTERSON IS 
   THERE.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AS FLAMES 
   DEVOUR NEIGHBORHOODS 
   AND 
   INCINERATE FARMLAND, 
   BONE TIRED 
   FIREFIGHTERS TURN TO 
   THE SKY FOR HELP.
   >> THE ATTACK FROM 
   ABOVE IS CRUCIAL.
   GAS TANKS RAGE OUT OF 
   CONTROL LIKE 
   BLOWTORCHES.
   ELECTRIC POLLS SCORED 
   FIGHTING 
   FIRE WITH FIRE, TRYING
   TO CHOKE 
   OUT THE SPREAD WITH 
   CONTROLLED 
   BURNS.
   DESPERATE MEASURES TO 
   STOP THE 
   INFERNO FROM REACHING 
   MORE 
   HOMES. 
   >> WE LEFT AND THIS IS
   WHAT WE CAME HOME TO 
   TODAY.
   >> Reporter: AT LEAST 
   SIX PEOPLE 
   HAVE ALREADY DIED IN 
   AN ALL-OUT 
   BATTLE AGAINST THE 
   BLAZE.
   IN JUST THE LAST WEEK,
   FIRES 
   SCORCHED MORE THAN 
   70,000 ACRES 
   SURPASSING THE STATE'S
   AVERAGE 
   LOSS FOR AN ENTIRE 
   YEAR.
   FIRES ACROSS THE BAY 
   AREA RAGE 
   ON WITH MINIMAL 
   CONTAINMENT. 
   >> ALL WE CAN SAY IS 
   THAT WE CAN'T SAVE 
   EVERYTHING.
   >> Reporter: MORE THAN
   500 
   STRUCTURED REDUCED TO 
   ASH. 
   MORE THAN 100,000 
   EVACUATED.
   >> YOU CAN HEAR IN THE
   SWIRLING 
   OR SWISHING OF AIR 
   JUST GOING 
   CRAZY AND EXPLOSIONS 
   GOING OFF.
   BLANKETS OF THICK 
   SMOKE HELP 
   SMOTHER THE REGION. 
   >> IF THE FIRE AIN'T 
   GONNA KILL YOU,
   IT WILL BE THE SMOKE 
   IN THE 
   VALLEY. 
   >> Reporter: THE ONLY 
   CERTAINTY 
   IS MORE DESTRUCTION.
   FIREFIGHTERS SAY 
   THEY'RE TRYING 
   TO SAVE AS MANY HOUSES
   AS THEY 
   CAN, BUT THEY ARE 
   STRETCHED THIN 
   WITH SOME OF THEM 
   WORKING MORE 
   THAN 72 HOURS, BUT 
   RELIEF IS ON 
   THE WAY COMING AS FAR 
   AWAY FROM 
   CANADA AND IN SOME 
   CASES 
   FROM
   AUSTRALIA. 
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   STEVE PATTERSON, 
   THANKS.
   >>> LET'S TURN TO THE 
   NEWS IN 
   SOUTH TEXAS WHERE A 
   SEARCH AND RESCUE 
   OPERATION IS UNDERWAY 
   AFTER A MASSIVE
   PIPELINE EXPLOSION.
   GABE GUTIERREZ HAS 
   LATE DETAILS 
   FOR US. 
   >> Reporter: THE FIRE 
   RAGED AS 
   THE BILLOWING SMOKE 
   CAST A LARGE 
   DARK
   SHADOW OVER TEXAS.
   TONIGHT THE COAST 
   GUARD IS 
   SEARCHING FOR FOUR 
   CREW MEMBERS STILL
   MISSING AFTER A 
   TERRIFYING 
   EXPLOSIONS. 
   >> WE'VE RECEIVED 
   SEVERAL CALLS 
   FOR AN EXPLOSION IN 
   THAT AREA. 
   >> ALL UNITS BE 
   ADVISED THERE IS HEAVY
   FIRE AND SMOKE 
   VISIBLE.
   >> Reporter: A LARGE 
   HIT AN 
   UNDERWATER PIPELINE 
   THIS 
   MORNING.
   THE FIRE QUICKLY 
   SPREAD. 
   >> OUR THOUGHTS AND 
   PRAYERS GO 
   OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF
   THOSE 
   MISSING AND WE 
   CONTINUE OUR 
   EFFORTS TO BRING THEM 
   HOME TO 
   THEIR LOVED ONES. 
   >> Reporter: 19 PEOPLE
   WERE 
   WORKING IN THE AREA.
   AT LEAST 6 WERE RUSHED
   TO 
   HOSPITAL.
   SOME WITH SEVERE BURNS
   AIR 
   LIFTED TO SAN ANTONIO.
   >> JUST TRAGIC THAT IT
   HAPPENED, 
   BUT I THINK IT WAS ONE
   OF THOSE 
   ACCIDENTS THAT 
   HAPPENED TODAY. 
   >> IS THERE ANY DANGER
   IN TERMS OF AIR 
   QUALITY FOR THE 
   COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW?
   >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE 
   OF.
   I HAVE NOT HEARD 
   ANYTHING LIKE 
   THAT.
   LIKE I SAID, THE WIND 
   WAS 
   PUSHING THAT SMOKE OUT
   AROUND 
   UNPOPULATED AREAS. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE FIRE IS 
   OUT AND THE NATIONAL 
   TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 
   BOARD IS 
   INVESTIGATING TO FIND 
   OUT WHAT 
   WENT WRONG.
   GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> NOW TO THE BATTLE 
   OVER THE 
   POST OFFICE.
   THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
   GRILLED 
   BY CONGRESS TODAY AS 
   SIX MORE 
   STATES SUE TO BLOCK 
   RECENT 
   SERVICE CUTBACKS.
   LET'S GET MORE FROM 
   TOM 
   COSTELLO. 
   >> Reporter: DESPITE 
   HUNDREDS OF 
   POST BOXES TAKEN OFF 
   OF THE 
   STREETS, MAIL SORTS 
   MACHINES TAKEN OFFLINE
   AND OVERFLOWING MAIL 
   BINS
   AND REPORTS THAT 
   WORKER OVERTIME 
   HAS BEEN CUT, THE NEW 
   POSTMASTER 
   GENERAL TODAY FACED 
   SKEPTICAL 
   DEMOCRATS. 
   >> MR. DEJOY, YOUR 
   DECISIONS 
   HAVE COST AMERICANS 
   THEIR 
   HEALTH, THEIR TIME, 
   THEIR LIVELY 
   HOODS AND THEIR PEACE 
   OF MIND. 
   >> Reporter: LOUIS 
   DEJOY INSISTED HE'S 
   ACTING TO SAVE THE 
   STRUGGLING POSTAL 
   SERVICE, NOT UNDERMINE
   THE ELECTION.
   >> WE ARE VERY 
   COMMITTED, THE 
   BOARD IS COMMITTED, 
   THE POSTAL 
   WORKERS ARE COMMITTED,
   THE UNION 
   LEADERSHIP IS 
   COMMITTED TO 
   HAVING A SUCCESSFUL 
   ELECTION.
   AND THE INSINUATION 
   IS, QUITE 
   FRANKLY, OUTRAGEOUS. 
   >> Reporter: A FORMER 
   MAJOR 
   REPUBLICAN DONOR, 
   DEJOY HAS BEEN 
   ON THE JOB FOR JUST 67
   DAYS.
   HE INSISTS SOME OF THE
   COST 
   CUTTING HAS BEEN 
   UNDERWAY FOR 
   YEARS AS MAIL VOLUME 
   DROPPED 
   SIGNIFICANTLY.
   BUT AMERICANS 
   NATIONWIDE REPORT 
   THEIR MAIL SLOWED 
   DRAMATICALLY 
   THIS SUMMER AS 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   BEHIND IN THE POLLS 
   HAS FLOATED 
   FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT 
   MAIL-IN 
   VOTING, SUGGESTING 
   LAST WEEK 
   HE'D OPPOSE ADDITIONAL
   FUNDING 
   TO HELP THE POSTAL 
   SERVICE. 
   >> SO, THEREFORE, THEY
   DON'T 
   HAVE THE MONEY TO DO 
   THE 
   UNIVERSAL MAIL-IN 
   VOTING.
   SO, THEREFORE, THEY 
   CAN'T DO IT, 
   I GUESS.
   RIGHT?
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   POSTMASTER 
   DEJOY ADMITTED HE 
   HIMSELF VOTES 
   BY MAIL AND PROMISED 
   TO PROCESS 
   MAIL-IN BALLOTS AS 
   FIRST CLASS 
   MAIL.
   WHILE HE SAID HE HAS 
   STOPPED DISMANTLING
   SORTING MACHINES UNTIL
   AFTER THE 
   ELECTION, HE WON'T 
   REINSTALL 
   THOSE REMOVED.
   HE INSISTS OVERTIME 
   HAS NOT BEEN 
   CUT. 
   NOT TRUE SAYS A UNION 
   PRESIDENT.
   >> IT HAS BEEN CUT 
   ACCORDING TO 
   THE POSTAL WORKERS 
   AROUND THE 
   COUNTRY THAT WE'RE IN 
   TOUCH WITH 
   AND THAT WE REPRESENT.
   AND IT'S CAUSED A 
   SERIOUS 
   PROBLEM. 
   >> Reporter: MANY 
   AMERICANS SAY 
   THEIR MEDICINE HAS 
   BEEN DELAYED, 
   INCLUDING AIR FORCE 
   VET RAY 
   CAROLYN. 
   >> ON ONE OCCASION I 
   HAD TO 
   DRIVE 60 MILES TO GO 
   OVER TO THE 
   VA HOSPITAL IN INDY 
   BECAUSE I 
   HAVEN'T RECEIVED SOME 
   HEART 
   MEDICINE. 
   >> IT MAKES NO SENSE 
   TO REMOVE 
   PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, 
   EQUIPMENT 
   OR LIMIT OR REDUCE
   TRANSPORTATION OR 
   REDUCE 
   NECESSARY WORK HOURS 
   BEFORE THE 
   PEAK MAILING OF A 
   NATIONAL 
   ELECTION IN THE MIDDLE
   OF A 
   PANDEMIC.
   >> AND TOM JOINS ME 
   NOW.
   TOM, I UNDERSTAND THE 
   POST 
   OFFICE IS ALSO BLAMING
   THE 
   SLOWDOWN ON THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   >> Reporter: YEAH, 
   THAT'S RIGHT.
   BOTH DEJOY AND THE 
   UNION SAY 
   TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
   POSTAL 
   WORKERS HAVE CALLED 
   OUT SICK 
   BECAUSE OF COVID.
   BUT THAT LARGELY 
   PEAKED IN THE 
   SPRING.
   WE HAVE SEEN A BIG 
   SLOWDOWN OF 
   POSTAL SERVICE THIS 
   SUMMER.
   DEJOY INSISTS BALLOTS 
   WILL BE
   DELIVERED SAFELY AND 
   ON TIME. 
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   TOM COSTELLO TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU.
   >>> AFTER JOE BIDEN 
   DELIVERED 
   WHAT SOME ARE CALLING 
   THE SPEECH 
   OF HIS LIFE LAST 
   NIGHT, 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   RESPONDED WITH 
   HIS OWN REVIEW TODAY.
   PETER ALEXANDER HAS 
   THE LATEST 
   ON THAT.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S REBUTTAL AS 
   HIS PARTY 
   PREPARES TO SEIZE THE 
   CONVENTION 
   SPOTLIGHT NEXT WEEK.
   THE PRESIDENT 
   REVIEWING THE 
   PERFORMANCE.
   >> THE DEMOCRATS HELD 
   THE 
   DARKEST AND ANGRIEST 
   AND 
   GLOOMIEST CONVENTION 
   IN AMERICAN 
   HISTORY. 
   WHERE JOE BIDEN SEES 
   AMERICAN DARKNESS, I 
   SEE AMERICAN 
   GREATNESS.
   >> Reporter: BIDEN 
   LAST NIGHT 
   SPOKE OUT AGAINST FEAR
   AND 
   ANGER, OFFERING A 
   LARGELY OPTIMISTIC 
   VISION.
   >> IF YOU ENTRUST ME 
   WITH THE 
   PRESIDENCY, I WILL 
   DRAW ON THE 
   BEST OF US, NOT THE 
   WORST.
   I WILL BE AN ALLY OF 
   THE LIGHT, 
   NOT THE DARKNESS. 
   >> Reporter: INSTEAD 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP DELIVERING AN 
   OMINOUS 
   WARNING ABOUT VIOLENT 
   MOBS 
   OVERTAKING U.S. CITIES
   IF THE
   DEMOCRATS PREVAIL. 
   >> I AM THE ONLY THING
   STANDING 
   BETWEEN THE AMERICAN 
   DREAM AND 
   TOTAL ANARCHY, MADNESS
   AND 
   CHAOS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   DEMOCRATIC 
   TICKET CELEBRATING 
   WITH 
   FIREWORKS OVER A 
   SOCIALLY 
   DISTANCED DRIVE-IN 
   PARTY.
   BIDEN NEVER MENTIONED 
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP BY NAME AND 
   PROMISED TO 
   UNIFY A DIVIDED 
   COUNTRY. 
   >> WHILE I'LL BE A 
   DEMOCRATIC 
   CANDIDATE, I WILL BE 
   AN AMERICAN 
   PRESIDENT. 
   >> Reporter: AND HE 
   OFFERED 
   WORDS OF COMPASSION TO
   THOSE 
   AFFECTED BY 
   CORONAVIRUS, DRAWING 
   ON HIS OWN GRIEF, THE 
   DEATHS OF 
   HIS FIRST WIFE AND 
   DAUGHTER 
   YEARS AGO AND HIS 
   ELDEST SON 
   BEAU IN 2015. 
   >> I KNOW THAT DEEP 
   BLACK HOLE 
   THAT OPENS UP IN THE 
   MIDDLE OF 
   YOUR CHEST AND YOU 
   FEEL LIKE 
   YOU'RE BEING SUCKED 
   INTO IT.
   YOUR LOVED ONE MAY 
   HAVE LEFT 
   YOUR EARTH, BUT THEY 
   WILL NEVER 
   LEAVE YOUR HEART. 
   >> Reporter: FACING A 
   SERIES OF CRISES OVER 
   THE PANDEMIC, THE 
   ECONOMY, RACIAL 
   INJUSTICE AND CLIMATE 
   CHANGE, BIDEN SAID 
   THAT THE
   NOVEMBER ELECTION WILL
   BE LIFE 
   CHANGING. 
   >> THIS WILL DETERMINE
   WHAT 
   AMERICA IS GOING TO 
   LOOK LIKE 
   FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
   CHARACTER IS ON THE 
   BALLOT.
   COMPASSION IS ON THE 
   BALLOT.
   DECENCY, SCIENCE, 
   DEMOCRACY, 
   THEY'RE ALL ON THE 
   BALLOT. 
   >> Reporter: BECAUSE 
   OF THE 
   PANDEMIC, JOE BIDEN 
   HAS NO PLANS 
   TO HIT THE ROAD FOR A 
   TRADITIONAL POST 
   CONVENTION 
   TOUR.
   FOR HIS PART,
   PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
   EXPECTED TO 
   TRAVEL TO NORTH 
   CAROLINA ON 
   MONDAY WHERE THE 
   OFFICIAL 
   PORTION OF THE 
   REPUBLICAN 
   NATIONAL CONVENTION 
   KICKS OFF.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   PETER ALEXANDER 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   >>> ONE DAY AFTER HIS 
   INDICTMENT 
   ON FRAUD CHARGES, 
   FORMER TOP 
   WHITE HOUSE AID STEVE 
   BANNON IS 
   VOWING TO FIGHT THEM.
   HERE'S NBC'S GEOFF 
   BENNETT WITH WHAT HE'S
   SAYING.
   >> Reporter: STEVE 
   BANNON, 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOW 
   INDICTED 
   FORMER CHIEF 
   STRATEGIST TODAY 
   DISMISSING HIS 
   THURSDAY ARREST 
   ON FEDERAL FRAUD 
   CHARGES AS 
   POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
   >> THIS WAS A FIASCO 
   TO 
   INTIMIDATE ANYBODY 
   THAT WANTS TO 
   TALK ABOUT AMERICAN 
   SOVEREIGNTY 
   AND WANTS TO TALK 
   ABOUT THE WALL.
   >> Reporter: OUT ON $5
   MILLION MAIL AND BACK 
   ON HIS PODCAST TODAY.
   >> I'M NOT GOING TO 
   BACK UP ONE 
   INCH.
   THERE IS ALL THESE 
   CHARGES THAT 
   ARE NONSENSE.
   IT IS A POLITICAL HIT 
   JOB.
   I REALLY APPRECIATE 
   THE 
   OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. 
   >> Reporter: BANNON 
   ARRESTED 
   ABOARD A $28 MILLION 
   YACHT OWNED 
   BY A CHINESE 
   BILLIONAIRE.
   PROSECUTORS SAY
   BANNON AND THREE 
   OTHERS RAISED 
   MORE THAN $25 MILLION 
   IN A 
   CAMPAIGN THEY SAID 
   WOULD GO 
   ENTIRELY TO BUILD 
   SECTIONS OF 
   THE SOUTHERN BORDER 
   WALL.
   DONORS WERE SOLICITED 
   ONLINE AND 
   AT TOWN HALLS. 
   >> I SAW A NOTE COME 
   THROUGH 
   THAT SAID WE MIGHT 
   HAVE AN 
   OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR
   THE 
   VARIOUS STEEL PILLARS 
   THAT WILL 
   BE USED IN THE FENCE.
   I THINK THE 
   SPONSORSHIP WAS 
   $1,000 A PIECE.
   AND I'D PERSONALLY BE 
   INTERESTED 
   IN ABOUT 14 OF THOSE 
   FOR MY 
   FAMILY. 
   >> ALL RIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: BUT THE 
   GOVERNMENT 
   SAYS THE DEFENDANTS 
   ACTUALLY 
   DEFRAUDED HUNDREDS OF 
   THOUSANDS 
   OF DONORS AND TOOK 
   HUNDREDS OF 
   THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 
   FOR THEIR 
   PERSONAL BENEFIT.
   AND EARLIER TONIGHT, A
   FUNERAL 
   SERVICE FOR PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S 
   LATE BROTHER ROBERT 
   WAS HELD 
   HERE AT THE WHITE 
   HOUSE.
   THE SERVICE MARKS A 
   RARE 
   OCCURRENCE.
   THE LAST TIME REMAINS 
   WERE 
   BROUGHT TO THE WHITE 
   HOUSE WAS 
   IN 1963, AFTER 
   PRESIDENT JOHN F. 
   KENNEDY WAS 
   ASSASSINATED.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   THANKS.
   IN 60 SECONDS, AL 
   ROKER WITH A 
   TRACK OF THE TWO BIG 
   STORMS THAT 
   COULD HIT ON THE SAME 
   DAY. 
   >>> AND HOW SOME 
   PARENTS ARE 
   DECIDING WHETHER OR 
   NOT TO S
   >>> THE GULF COAST IS 
   ON HIGH 
   ALERT TONIGHT AS TWO 
   POTENTIALLY 
   DANGEROUS STORMS 
   CHURNED CLOSER 
   TO THE U.S., STORMS 
   THAT COULD 
   HIT ON THE SAME DAY.
   AL ROKER IS WATCHING 
   IT ALL.
   AL, WHAT'S THE LATEST 
   TONIGHT?
   >> WELL, LESTER, WE 
   ALREADY HAVE 
   TROPICAL STORM LAURA 
   OUT THERE, 
   40 MILES EAST OF 
   ANTIGUA.
   255 MILES SOUTH OF 
   COZUMEL.
   THEY WILL BE CHURNING 
   THROUGH 
   THE CARIBBEAN, PUERTO 
   RICO, 
   CUBA, HAITI.
   ALL UNDER THE GUN FROM
   LAURA.
   BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 
   WE'RE 
   TALKING ABOUT MAYBE 
   HAVING TWO 
   CATEGORY ONE STORMS 
   OUT IN THE 
   GULF.
   AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY,
   TWO LAND 
   FALLS, 375 MILES APART
   FROM EACH 
   OTHER.
   NO MATTER WHAT 
   HAPPENS, LESTER, 
   IF THESE BECOME 
   CATEGORY ONE 
   STORMS, WE HAVE NEVER 
   HAD TWO 
   STORMS IN THE GULF AT 
   THE SAME 
   TIME.
   LESTER?
   >> YEAH.
   SEEING DOUBLE VISION 
   THERE IN 
   THE GULF. 
   THANK YOU, AL. 
   >>> AND AMID THE COVID
   CRISIS, PARENTS ACROSS
   THE COUNTRY
   ARE FACING A TOUGH 
   DECISION, 
   WHETHER OR NOT TO SEND
   THEIR 
   CHILDREN TO IN PERSON 
   SCHOOL.
   KATE SNOW HAS THAT.
   >> WATCH WHERE YOU'RE 
   DRIVING. 
   >> Reporter: FOR 
   MILLIONS OF 
   PARENTS, IT IS THE 
   DECISION, THE 
   ONLY THING THEY'RE 
   THINKING 
   ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT. 
   >> DO WE WANT OUR 
   FIVE-YEAR-OLD 
   STARING AT A SCREEN 
   FOR SIX 
   HOURS?
   >> ALL DAY. 
   >> ALL DAY. 
   >> Reporter: 48 STATES
   HAVE DISTRICTS WHERE 
   IN PERSON INSTRUCTION 
   IS ALLOWED, WHICH 
   MEANS PARENTS LIKE 
   BRANDY
   LEARNER IN 
   PENNSYLVANIA HAVE TO 
   DECIDE IF THEY WANT 
   THEIR KIDS 
   TO STEP FOOT IN A 
   SCHOOL 
   BUILDING.
   WHICH WAY ARE YOU 
   LEANING RIGHT 
   NOW?
   >> RIGHT NOW OUR PLAN 
   IS TO SEND 
   THEM ON THE FIRST DAY 
   OF SCHOOL 
   IN PERSON. 
   BECAUSE WE CAN CHANGE 
   OUR MINDS UP UNTIL THE
   NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL 
   STARTS.
   >> Reporter: THE LOCAL
   FACEBOOK 
   GROUP SHE STARTED HAS 
   EXPLODED TO MORE THAN 
   50,000 CONCERNED 
   PARENTS.
   >> AM I MAKING A 
   DECISION THAT 
   COULD RISK MY 
   CHILDREN'S LIFE?
   AND THEN THE LIVES OF 
   OUR FAMILY?
   >> I WAS ASKING 
   EVERYBODY I 
   KNEW, WHAT WOULD YOU 
   DO?
   WHAT SHOULD I DO?
   I WANTED SOMEBODY TO 
   ANSWER FOR 
   ME.
   >> Reporter: IN 
   ARKANSAS WHERE 
   SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT 
   WEEK, ADELE 
   AND DOUGLAS GARCIA HAD
   DECIDED 
   IN JUNE TO ENROLL 
   THEIR DAUGHTER 
   FOR IN PERSON 
   KINDERGARTEN BUT 
   NOW THEY'RE GOING 
   VIRTUAL. 
   >> Reporter: HOW 
   MOMENTOUS IS 
   THIS DECISION?
   >> IT KEPT ME UP AT 
   NIGHT.
   I WOULD WAKE UP VERY 
   STRESSED.
   I WOULD WAKE UP AT 
   3:00 IN THE 
   MORNING WORRIED ABOUT 
   IT.
   I HAVE SHED TEARS 
   ABOUT IT.
   >> IT IS ALSO 
   HEART-BREAKING BECAUSE
   I WAS LOOKING FORWARD 
   TO WALKING MY BABY TO 
   SCHOOL.
   IT DISAPPEARED.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   GARCIAS JOINED 
   THIS PARENT SUPPORT 
   GROUP LED BY A 
   THERAPIST, MICHELLE 
   COLEMAN.
   >> THERE IS A LOT OF 
   ANXIETY 
   REGARDING EXPECTATION 
   AND 
   WHETHER THEIR CHILD 
   WILL SUCCEED 
   OR FAIL.
   IF THEIR CHILD DOESN'T
   DO WELL, 
   THEN SOMEHOW THEY HAVE
   FAILED 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: YOU ARE 
   TELLING 
   PARENTS NOT TO SECOND 
   GUESS 
   THEMSELVES?
   >> YES, THEY CANNOT 
   SECOND GUESS 
   THEMSELVES BECAUSE 
   THERE IS NO 
   DEFINITIVE ANSWER. 
   >> AND JUST KEEPING 
   HER 
   FOCUSSED. 
   >> Reporter: PARENTS 
   HELPING 
   EACH OTHER FIND THE 
   BEST ANSWER 
   EVEN IN THE WORST OF 
   CIRCUMSTANCES.
   KATE SNOW, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> COMING UP, THE 
   DIRE NEW 
   WARNING ABOUT THE 
   UPCOMING FLU 
   SEASON.
   >>> WE'RE BACK WITH AN
   URGENT 
   WARNING FROM THE CDC 
   ABOUT THE 
   NEED TO PROTECT YOUR 
   FAMILY 
   AGAINST THE FLU DURING
   THIS 
   PANDEMIC.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN 
   REPORTS.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   IT IS BEING 
   CALLED A POTENTIAL 
   TWINDEMIC, 
   THE FLU AND COVID WITH
   DEADLY 
   RESULTS.
   A STRAIN ON A HEALTH 
   SYSTEM ALREADY PUSHED 
   TO THE BRINK.
   >> WHEN THE HEALTH 
   SYSTEM GETS 
   OVERWHELMED, WE FIND 
   THAT WITH 
   COVID, THIS IS WHERE 
   THE 
   MORTALITIES SEEM TO BE
   THE 
   GREATEST.
   SO MY GOAL IS TO ASK 
   THE 
   AMERICAN PUBLIC TO DO 
   THEIR 
   PART. 
   >> Reporter: THE CDC 
   DIRECTOR 
   ROBERT REDFIELD
   SAYING IN ADDITION TO 
   FACE 
   COVERINGS AND SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING, 
   THAT MEANS GETTING A 
   FLU SHOT.
   THE AGENCY ANNOUNCING 
   TODAY IT 
   HAS ORDERED AN 
   ADDITIONAL NINE 
   MILLION ADULT DOSES OF
   FLU 
   VACCINE AND TWO 
   MILLION 
   PEDIATRIC DOSES, 
   ADDING IT IS 
   PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
   TO GET 
   THE VACCINE INTO 
   MINORITY 
   COMMUNITIES THAT SEE 
   LOWER RATES 
   OF VACCINATIONS AND 
   HAVE BEEN 
   ESPECIALLY
   HARD HIT BY COVID-19. 
   >> PEOPLE SHOULD GET 
   IT BY THE 
   LATEST HALLOWEEN.
   YOU WANT TO GET IT BY 
   SEPTEMBER 
   SO YOU ARE READY WHEN 
   THE SEASON 
   HITS HERE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   MASSACHUSETTS IS NOW 
   MAKING THE FLU VACCINE
   MANDATORY FOR ALL 
   SCHOOL CHILDREN.
   IN THE PAST THREE
   FLU SEASONS, LESS THAN
   HALF OF 
   U.S. ADULTS RECEIVED 
   THE FLU 
   VACCINE, WITH UP TO 
   61,000 
   PEOPLE DYING PER YEAR.
   TONIGHT AN URGENT 
   WARNING
   THE FLU SHOT IS VITAL 
   PROTECTION 
   IN THIS PANDEMIC. 
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> UP NEXT, I TALK TO
   THE TEEN 
   >>> AMID THE POLITICAL
   SPEECHES 
   LAST NIGHT, THE WORDS 
   OF A 
   13-YEAR-OLD BOY ARE 
   WHAT MANY 
   ARE STILL TALKING 
   ABOUT.
   HE SPOKE OF HIS 
   STRUGGLE WITH 
   STUTTERING AND FINDING
   A KINDRED 
   SPIRIT IN JOE BIDEN, 
   WHO HAS 
   ALSO DEALT WITH 
   STUTTERING HIS 
   ENTIRE LIFE.
   I SPOKE TO BRADEN 
   HARRINGTON AND 
   HIS DAD TODAY. 
   >> AND WITHOUT JOE 
   BIDEN -- 
   >> HIS BEDROOM TURNED 
   INTO A 
   NATIONAL STAGE.
   BRATD BRADEN 
   HARRINGTON TALKED 
   ABOUT MEETING JOE
   BIDEN EARLIER THIS 
   YEAR. 
   >> HE TOLD ME WE WERE 
   MEMBERS OF 
   THE SAME CLUB.
   WE STUTTER.
   >> LAST NIGHT, THE NEW
   HAMPSHIRE 
   TEEN OPENED HIMSELF 
   AND OPENED 
   ALL OF OUR EYES TO A 
   CHALLENGE 
   FACED BY MILLIONS OF 
   AMERICANS. 
   >> I'M JUST A REGULAR 
   KID, AND 
   IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF 
   TIME, JOE 
   BIDEN MADE ME FEEL 
   MORE 
   CONFIDENT ABOUT 
   SOMETHING THAT'S 
   BOTHERED ME MY WHOLE 
   LIFE. 
   >> CAN YOU HELP US 
   UNDERSTAND 
   WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A
   KID WHO 
   STUTTERS?
   >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE 
   THINK THAT 
   IT'S A FUNNY THING TO 
   MOCK ME.
   AND IT'S JUST -- I 
   KNOW I CAN 
   POWER THROUGH IT. 
   >> HE SUMMONED PLENTY 
   OF COURAGE 
   FOR HIS DNC MOMENT, 
   SHOWING 
   READING TOOLS, HE 
   SAYS, BIDEN 
   SHARED WITH HIM.
   BUT IT WAS HARD. 
   >> SOMETIMES IT'S HARD
   TO 
   BREATHE.
   LIKE MY LUNGS TIGHTEN.
   SOMETIMES I CAN'T LIKE
   GET THAT 
   EXTRA BREATH. 
   >> HIS MESSAGE NOT 
   JUST ON 
   BEHALF OF A CANDIDATE 
   BUT ALSO 
   KIDS LIKE HIMSELF. 
   >> I HAVE HEARD A 
   BUNCH OF 
   COMMENTS ON TWITTER, 
   AND THAT 
   JUST MADE ME FEEL 
   REALLY NICE 
   ABOUT HOW I MADE THAT 
   ADDRESS. 
   >> HIS DAD SWELLING 
   WITH PRIDE. 
   >> BRADEN HAS NEVER 
   LET 
   STUTTERING GET IN HIS 
   WAY OF 
   LIVING LIFE.
   HE'S ALWAYS MADE IT A 
   POINT TO 
   TALK TO WHO HE WANTS 
   TO AND SAY 
   WHAT'S ON HIS MIND. 
   >> BRADEN SAYS HE 
   THINKS HE 
   WANTS TO BECOME A 
   THERAPIST SOME 
   DAY.
   BUT AT 13, IT LOOKS 
   LIKE HE HAS 
   ALREADY FOUND THE 
   WORDS TO 
   CHANGE AND INSPIRE.
   >> THAT'S "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, 
   EVERYONE.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
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