   >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW 
   DEVELOPMENTS ON 
   SEVERAL FRONTS IN THE 
   CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
   FLORIDA, ALABAMA, AND 
   NORTH CAROLINA ALL 
   REPORTING THE 
   DEADLIEST DAYS SINCE 
   THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
   >>> MUCH OF CALIFORNIA
   IS SHUTTING DOWN ALL 
   OVER AGAIN, AS IT 
   CLOSES IN ON 340,000 
   INFECTIONS.
   >>> AND THE DIRE NEW 
   WARNING TODAY FROM THE
   CDC DIRECTOR.
   THE EMERGENCY ORDER IN
   NEW YORK, THE ONE-TIME
   EPICENTER.
   WHAT TRAVELERS FROM 22
   STATES MUST NOW DO OR 
   FACE A $2,000 FINE.
   BUT HOW WILL IT BE 
   ENFORCED?
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
   A NEW INTERVIEW SAYING
   MORE WHITE PEOPLE ARE 
   KILLED BY POLICE THAN 
   BLACK PEOPLE IN 
   AMERICA, AND HIS NEW 
   DEFENSE OF THE 
   CONFEDERATE FLAG.
   >>> JUST IN, SUPREME 
   COURT JUSTICE RUTH 
   BADER GINSBURG 
   HOSPITALIZED.
   HER NEW HEALTH SCARE.
   >>> JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S 
   ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE 
   FACING A JUDGE, 
   ENTERING HER PLEA AND 
   THE MAJOR MOVE FROM 
   THE JUDGE.
   >>> THE BATTLE OVER 
   GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
   THE BIG DISTRICT 
   RECOMMENDING CHILDREN 
   RETURN WITHOUT MASKS.
   OR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
   >>> CAN YOU BE 
   REINFECTED BY THE 
   CORONAVIRUS?
   THE NEW RESEARCH, DO 
   ANTIBODIES PROTECT YOU
   AND HOW LONG DO THEY 
   LAST?
   >> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
   LESTER HOLT."
   >>> GOOD EVENING 
   EVERYONE, FROM LOS 
   ANGELES.
   IT'S LOOKING LIKE 
   MARCH IN THE NATION'S 
   LARGEST STATE TONIGHT.
   NEARLY FOUR MONTHS 
   AFTER CALIFORNIANS 
   WERE FIRST ORDERED TO 
   SHELTER IN PLACE, 
   CLOSED SIGNS ARE BACK 
   UP IN PLACES THAT HAD 
   ONLY RECENTLY 
   REOPENED.
   ALL IN AN EFFORT TO 
   SLOW THE SPREAD OF 
   COVID.
   IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS,
   DEATHS IN CALIFORNIA 
   ALONE RISING FROM JUST
   18 TO OVER 7,000.
   ROLLING BACK 
   RESTRICTIONS, ONE OF 
   THE FEW OPTIONS LEFT 
   FOR STATES, AS THE 
   HEAD OF THE CDC 
   UTTERED A HAUNTING 
   PREDICTION.
   WE'VE GOT IT ALL 
   COVERED.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER STARTS
   US OFF.
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   CALIFORNIA CRIPPLED BY
   COVID, TONIGHT THE 
   FIRST STATE TO ORDER A
   SWEEPING SHUT DOWN NOW
   BECOMING THE LARGEST 
   TO IMPLEMENT A MASSIVE
   ROLLBACK.
   THE GOVERNOR'S NEW 
   CLOSURES AREN'T JUST 
   LIMITED TO INDOOR 
   DINING, BARS, MOVIE 
   THEATERS AND CHURCHES.
   MOST HAIR SALONS, 
   MALLS, GYMS AND 
   NON-CRITICAL OFFICES 
   WHERE MILLIONS WORK 
   EVERY DAY MUST ALSO 
   SHUTTER.
   >> I JUST REALLY HOPE 
   THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING 
   TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
   I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
   GOING TO TAKE FOR 
   PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
   >> Reporter: THE FIFTH
   LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE
   WORLD, GRINDING TO A 
   HALT AGAIN.
   THE VIRUS KILLING 
   SMALL BUSINESSES.
   >> WE CAN'T CLOSE.
   IF WE CLOSE, WE'LL 
   LOSE EVERYTHING WE 
   HAVE.
   >> Reporter: FACING 
   ECONOMIC DISASTER, 
   CALIFORNIA IS IN THE 
   MIDDLE OF A HEALTH 
   CRISIS.
   THE STATE NOW 
   AVERAGING 8,000 NEW 
   CASES A DAY.
   MORE THAN DOUBLE JUST 
   A MONTH AGO.
   HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
   UP 43% IN TWO WEEKS, 
   AS THE DEATH TOLL 
   CLIMBS TO 7,000.
   MORE THAN 1/3 OF ALL 
   CASES ARE IN LOS 
   ANGELES COUNTY.
   >> WE HAVE NEVER HAD 
   AS MANY PEOPLE 
   INFECTED OR 
   INFECTIOUS.
   WE HAVE NEVER HAD AS 
   MANY RECORDED POSITIVE
   CASES EACH DAY.
   AND WE'VE NEVER HAD AS
   MANY PEOPLE IN THE 
   HOSPITAL.
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   L.A.'S MAYOR COULD 
   ORDER ADDITIONAL 
   CLOSURES LIKE THE 
   CITY'S FAMED BEACHES 
   AND TRAILS, THE STATE 
   IS HOPING TO DRIVE 
   HOME ITS REQUIREMENT 
   FOR FACEMASKS, 
   RELEASING THIS NEW 
   PSA.
   BUT NOT EVERYONE IS 
   LISTENING.
   EVEN IN HARD-HIT 
   STATES, SOME ARE 
   REFUSING TO ENFORCE OR
   REQUIRE MEASURES LIKE 
   FACEMASKS.
   THE MIXED MESSAGES SAY
   DOCTORS FUELING THE 
   NATIONAL RISE IN 
   CASES.
   CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, 
   AND TEXAS ALONE 
   APPROACHING 1 MILLION 
   INFECTIONS SINCE THE 
   START OF THE PANDEMIC.
   >> I DO THINK THE FALL
   AND WINTER OF 2020 AND
   2021 ARE GOING TO BE 
   ONE OF THE MOST 
   DIFFICULT TIMES THAT 
   WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN
   AMERICAN PUBLIC 
   HEALTH.
   >> Reporter: BUT THERE
   ARE SIGNS OF PROGRESS.
   BIOTECH COMPANY 
   MODERNO WILL TEST 
   THEIR TRIAL VACCINE ON
   30,000 PATIENTS.
   BUT HELP MAY NOT COME 
   SOON ENOUGH, WHOSE 
   FAMILY IS HOLDING 
   VIGIL ON A SIDEWALK 
   OUTSIDE HIS ROOM WHERE
   HE'S BEEN ON A 
   VENTILATOR FOR TEN 
   DAYS.
   >> WHEN WE DO THE 
   ROSARY, HE CRIES, WHEN
   WE TALK TO HIM HE 
   CRIES.
   WE KNOW HE'S STILL 
   THERE.
   HE SHOWS THOSE 
   EXPRESSIONS.
   >> WE KNOW HE HEARS 
   US.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   THE COST OF COVID 
   IMPACTING LIVES AND 
   LIVELIHOODS IN 
   DEVASTATING WAYS.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >> Reporter: THIS IS 
   SAM BROCK IN FLORIDA.
   WHICH TONIGHT SET A 
   RECORD FOR CORONAVIRUS
   FATALITIES.
   132 MARKS THE HIGHEST 
   NUMBER IN A SINGLE 
   DAY, FUELING QUESTIONS
   ABOUT WHAT IS 
   HAPPENING IN THE 
   STATE?
   >> WE'RE EXPLODING 
   BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
   A UNIFIED APPROACH AND
   WE DIDN'T MANAGE TO 
   CONVINCE OUR 
   POPULATION OF THE 
   SERIOUS RISK.
   >> Reporter: EXPERTS 
   POINT TO A TOXIC 
   COMBINATION OF CROWDED
   BEACHES, PACKED 
   PROTESTS, BUSTLING 
   BARS, AND PEOPLE NOT 
   WEARING MASKS.
   >> THE AMOUNT OF 
   PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK
   THEY NEED TO DO 
   SOMETHING IS ENORMOUS.
   >> Reporter: HERE IN 
   MIAMI-DADE, WHERE THE 
   POSITIVITY RATE IS 
   AROUND 25%, OFFICIALS 
   SAY MULTIGENERATIONAL 
   FAMILIES LIVING UNDER 
   ONE ROOF ARE SEEING 
   HOUSEHOLD INFECTIONS 
   SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL.
   >> YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVE
   BEEN CONTAMINATING THE
   OLDER PEOPLE.
   >> Reporter: FLORIDA 
   HAS BEEN RIPPING 
   THROUGH ITS RECORDS 
   FOR DAILY COVID CASES 
   AND TESTING MORE THAN 
   AT ANY POINT IN THIS 
   PANDEMIC.
   I'M IN MIAMI BEACH 
   WHERE CARS ARE TESTING
   AROUND THE BLOCK.
   THERE'S NOT ENOUGH 
   TIME IN THE DAY TO 
   TEST ALL THESE PEOPLE.
   AS HE'S PUMPED UP 
   TESTING, CALLS FOR 
   FASTER RESULTS, THE 
   GOVERNOR HAS POINTED 
   THE FINGER AT THE 
   STATE'S AGRICULTURAL 
   WORKERS, SAY THING 
   LAST MONTH.
   >> SOME OF THESE GUYS,
   THEY GO TO WORK IN A 
   SCHOOL BUS, AND 
   THEY'RE ALL JUST 
   PACKED THERE LIKE 
   SARDINES.
   >> Reporter: ANTONIO 
   TOVAR REPRESENTS 
   FLORIDA'S FARM 
   WORKER'S ASSOCIATION.
   IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE 
   IT'S THE AGRICULTURAL 
   FIELD DRIVING THIS
   SURGE IN FLORIDA?
   >> NOT AT ALL.
   THE WORKERS ARE NOT 
   DRIVING THE SURGE OF 
   THE PANDEMIC.
   >> Reporter: TODAY, 
   THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 
   TELLING NBC NEWS THE 
   OVERALL AGRICULTURAL 
   PICKING SEASON IS 
   OVER, BUT MIGRANT 
   GROUPS SAY THEY'RE 
   STILL ACTIVE.
   TONIGHT, FLORIDA 
   TRYING TO GET A GRIP 
   ON THE CRISIS.
   >> OUR ONLY OPTION 
   UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS 
   TIME, SINCE WE HAVEN'T
   SEEN A TURN AROUND IN 
   THE LAST FEW DAYS, 
   DESPITE THESE 
   MEASURES, IS TO ENTER 
   ANOTHER LOCKDOWN.
   >> Reporter: ONE 
   OPTION, THE STATE'S 
   LEADER SO FAR HAS LEFT
   OFF THE TABLE.
   SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, 
   MIAMI.
   >>> NOW TO NEW YORK.
   ONCE THE EPICENTER OF 
   THE CRISIS WITH OVER 
   30,000 DEATHS, BUT 
   TONIGHT TO KEEP 
   INFECTION RATES LOW, 
   THE GOVERNOR IS 
   GETTING TOUGHER ABOUT 
   QUARANTINES FROM 
   TRAVELERS FROM HOT 
   SPOTS.
   BUT CAN THIS CRACKDOWN
   BE ENFORCED?
   HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
   >> Reporter: NEW 
   YORK'S GOVERNOR IS 
   BILLING IT AS A 
   DRASTIC MOVE TO STOP 
   THE SPREAD.
   >> IF YOU LEAVE THE 
   AIRPORT WITHOUT 
   PROVIDING THE 
   INFORMATION, YOU WILL 
   RECEIVE A SUMMONS 
   IMMEDIATELY.
   >> Reporter: STARTING 
   TODAY, OFFICERS WILL 
   MEET PASSENGERS AT NEW
   YORK AIRPORTS.
   THOSE COMING FROM 22 
   STATES, DESIGNATED AS 
   COVID HOT SPOTS NEED 
   TO FILL OUT THESE 
   FORMS FROM THE HEALTH 
   DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING 
   CONTACT INFORMATION OR
   FACE A $2,000 FINE.
   THE STATE IMPOSED A 
   TWO-WEEK QUARANTINE 
   FOR THOSE TRAVELERS, 
   LIKE ELE HATHAWAY OF 
   CALIFORNIA, WHO IS 
   RETURNING TO SYRACUSE 
   UNIVERSITY.
   >> THEY'RE TRYING TO 
   FIGURE OUT A WAY TO 
   WORK WITH THE 
   GOVERNOR, BECAUSE 
   REALISTICALLY THEY 
   KNOW KIDS ARE NOT 
   GOING TO BE ABLE TO 
   COME BACK LIKE TWO 
   WEEKS EARLY.
   >> Reporter: WITH TENS
   OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
   TRAVELING HERE EVERY 
   DAY, CAN THIS BE 
   ENFORCED?
   LAST MONTH, THE 
   GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED UP 
   TO A $10,000 FINE IF A
   PERSON ENTERED THE 
   STATE WITHOUT 
   QUARANTINING AND 
   SPREAD THE VIRUS.
   SO FAR NO FINES HAVE 
   BEEN ISSUED IN NEW 
   YORK CITY.
   MONTHS AGO, TEXAS 
   IMPOSED ITS OWN 14-DAY
   QUARANTINE FOR 
   TRAVELERS FROM THE 
   NORTHEAST.
   BUT TODAY, TEXAS 
   OFFICIALS TOLD NBC 
   NEWS THEY DID NOT CITE
   ANYONE, JUST CONDUCTED
   RANDOM SPOT CHECKS.
   >> JUST BY THE SHEER 
   NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE 
   WOULD NEED TO ENFORCE 
   THIS AROUND THE CLOCK,
   24/7, WE DON'T HAVE 
   THAT TYPE OF STAFFING.
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   THREE PEOPLE RETURNED 
   TO WARREN COUNTY NEW 
   YORK AFTER VACATION 
   FROM FLORIDA, THREE 
   -- 46 RESIDENTS ARE ON
   LOCKDOWN AND BEING 
   MONITORED.
   >> WE HAVE EIGHT 
   ACTIVE CASES OF THE 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   IF WE HAD 200 ACTIVE 
   CASES, IT GETS A WHOLE
   LOT HARDER AND A WHOLE
   LOT MORE LABOR 
   INTENSIVE.
   >> Reporter: DRIVERS 
   TRAVELING FROM HOT 
   SPOTS MUST FILL OUT 
   THE FORM ONLINE.
   AGAIN, IT'S NOT CLEAR 
   HOW THAT WILL BE 
   ENFORCED.
   LESTER?
   >> GABE, THANK YOU.
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   PLUNGED BACK INTO THE 
   ISSUE OF POLICE 
   KILLINGS OF BLACK 
   AMERICANS TODAY AND 
   WEIGHING IN ON THE 
   ISSUE OF THE 
   CONFEDERATE FLAG, 
   THE PRESIDENT MAKING 
   CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS
   ABOUT BOTH.
   AND JEFF BENNETT HAS 
   DETAILS FOR US.
   >> Reporter: IN A NEW 
   INTERVIEW WITH CBS 
   NEWS, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   CALLED THE KILLING OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD BY POLICE
   TERRIBLE.
   BUT HIT BACK WHEN 
   ASKED ABOUT THE 
   UNDERLYING ISSUE OF 
   DEADLY USE OF FORCE BY
   POLICE.
   >> WHY ARE 
   AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
   STILL DYING AT THE 
   HANDS OF LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT IN THIS 
   COUNTRY?
   >> SO ARE WHITE 
   PEOPLE.
   SO ARE WHITE PEOPLE.
   WHAT A TERRIBLE 
   QUESTION TO ASK.
   SO ARE WHITE PEOPLE.
   MORE WHITE PEOPLE, BY 
   THE WAY, MORE WHITE 
   PEOPLE.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT ALSO 
   DEFENDING THE DISPLAY 
   OF THE CONFEDERATE 
   FLAG.
   >> YOU UNDERSTAND WHY 
   THE FLAG IS A PAINFUL 
   SYMBOL FOR MANY PEOPLE
   BECAUSE IT'S A 
   REMINDER OF SLAVERY.
   >> PEOPLE LOVE IT.
   I KNOW PEOPLE THAT
   LIKE THE CONFEDERATE 
   FLAG AND THEY'RE NOT 
   THINKING ABOUT 
   SLAVERY.
   I JUST THINK IT'S 
   FREEDOM OF SPEECH, 
   WHETHER IT'S 
   CONFEDERATE FLAGS OR 
   BLACK LIVES MATTER OR 
   FIG ELSE YOU WANT TO 
   TALK ABOUT, IT'S 
   FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
   >> Reporter: THOSE 
   COMMENTS COMING AS THE
   PRESIDENT FACES 
   FALLOUT OVER HIS 
   CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE, 
   IN THE FORM OF AN 
   EXTRAORDINARY REBUKE 
   FROM FOUR FORMER HEADS
   OF THE CDC, WHO ARGUE 
   IN A NEW OP-ED 
   PUBLISHED IN "THE 
   WASHINGTON POST" THAT 
   THE PRESIDENT AND 
   WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS 
   ARE ATTEMPTING TO 
   UNDERMINE THE AGENCY'S
   GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS 
   HOPING TO REOPEN IN 
   THE FALL.
   THE CONDEMNATION FROM 
   THE FOUR COMES AS 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   BLASTED THE CDC'S 
   SCHOOL REOPENING 
   GUIDELINES AS VERY 
   TOUGH AND EXPENSIVE.
   >> FOR GUIDELINES TO 
   BE ISSUED BY CDC AND 
   THEN UNDERMINED BY THE
   WHITE HOUSE CONFUSES 
   EVERYONE.
   THE CDC GUIDELINES ARE
   BASED IN SCIENCE.
   IF WE CAN'T RELY ON 
   THAT, WHERE ARE WE 
   GOING TO TURN?
   >> Reporter: THE WHITE
   HOUSE OFFICIAL TELLS 
   US IN RESPONSE IT'S 
   BEEN WORKING WITH THE 
   CDC IN PARTNERSHIP 
   SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
   THIS PANDEMIC.
   AND THEY SAY THEY 
   ENCOURAGE ALL 
   AMERICANS TO FOLLOW 
   CDC GUIDELINES.
   LESTER?
   >> JEFF BENNETT AT THE
   WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT, 
   THANKS.
   >>> A LATE DEVELOPMENT
   THIS EVENING, RUTH 
   BADER GINSBURG HAS 
   BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR 
   TREATMENT OF A 
   POSSIBLE INFECTION.
   THE 87-YEAR-OLD 
   JUSTICE UNDERWENT A 
   PRO-SIEGER TO CLEAN 
   OUT A BILE DUCT STENT 
   THAT WAS PLACED LAST 
   AUGUST.
   THE COURT SAYS SHE 
   WILL STAY IN THE 
   HOSPITAL FOR A FEW 
   DAYS TO RECEIVE IV AND
   ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT.
   >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE 
   DENIED BAIL FOR 
   GHISLAINE MAXWELL, WHO
   WAS ACCUSED OF SEX 
   TRAFFICKING WOMEN FOR 
   JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
   STEPHANIE GOSK HAS 
   LATE DETAILS.
   >> Reporter: BAIL 
   DENIED.
   GHISLAINE MAXWELL WILL
   HAVE TO WAIT FOR HER 
   TRIAL BEHIND BARS.
   THE EX-GIRLFRIEND AND 
   LONG-TIME PARTNER OF 
   JEFFREY EPSTEIN 
   PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND
   ASKED THE COURT FOR A 
   $5 MILLION BAIL AND 
   HOME ARREST IN A 
   LUXURY MANHATTAN 
   HOTEL.
   THE ELUSIVE 
   58-YEAR-OLD APPEARED 
   VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE IN
   A BROWN PRISON 
   UNIFORM.
   >> SHE LOOKED 
   COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
   SHE HAD MUCH LONGER 
   HAIR, DARKER, BACK IN 
   A PONY TAIL.
   >> Reporter: HER 
   DEFENSE TEAM SAID THE 
   PANDEMIC MADE 
   PREPARING FOR TRIAL 
   UNREALISTIC, THE JUDGE
   REJECTED THE PROPOSAL,
   SAYING MAXWELL POSES 
   SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF 
   FLIGHT.
   ACCORDING TO 
   PROSECUTORS, MAXWELL 
   WAS LESS THAN CANDID 
   ABOUT HER WEALTH.
   INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE 
   HOLDS A SWISS BANK 
   ACCOUNT WORTH MORE 
   THAN $4 MILLION.
   AND A BRITISH ACCOUNT 
   WORTH MORE THAN $2 
   MILLION.
   PROSECUTORS SAY SHE 
   TOOK DELIBERATE STEPS 
   TO AVOID LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING
   WRAPPING HER CELL 
   PHONE IN TINFOIL, WHAT
   THEY CALLED A 
   SEEMINGLY MISGUIDED 
   EFFORT TO EVADE 
   DETECTION.
   HER ATTORNEYS ARGUED 
   SHE TOOK EXTRA STEPS 
   TO AVOID THE MEDIA, 
   NOT THE POLICE.
   ONE ACCUSER SAID 
   MAXWELL ENJOYED 
   DRAWING HER VICTIMS IN
   WITH PERCEIVED CARING.
   ANNIE FARMER SAYS SHE 
   WAS 16 WHEN SHE WAS 
   SEXUALLY TRAFFICKED BY
   MAXWELL.
   SHE TOLD THE COURT BY 
   PHONE THAT MAXWELL HAS
   LIED UNDER OATH AND 
   TORMENTS HER 
   SURVIVORS.
   MAXWELL'S ARREST HAS 
   BEEN MET WITH HOPE AND
   DISBELIEF BY OTHER 
   EPSTEIN ACCUSERS.
   >> I'M STILL TRYING TO
   WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND 
   HER BEHIND BARS.
   PART OF ME SAYS 
   JUSTICE HAS FAILED US 
   A FEW TIMES BEFORE IN 
   THIS SITUATION.
   SO I'M KIND OF JUST 
   WAITING FOR THE OTHER 
   SHOE TO DROP.
   >> Reporter: THE TRIAL
   IS NOT EXPECTED TO 
   LAST LONG, ABOUT THREE
   WEEKS.
   BUT GHISLAINE MAXWELL 
   WILL HAVE A LOT OF 
   TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT
   IN HER JAIL CELL.
   TRIAL ISN'T SET TO 
   BEGIN UNTIL JULY OF 
   NEXT YEAR.
   LESTER?
   >> STEPHANIE GOSK IN 
   NEW YORK TONIGHT, 
   THANKS.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
   DEBATE OVER REOPENING 
   SCHOOLS AND THE 
   ENORMOUS CHALLENGES 
   FACING STUDENTS, 
   PARENTS, AND EDUCATORS
   AND FACTS OVER FEAR.
   AND FACTS OVER FEAR.
   WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT
   GETTING REINFECTED 
   RAGING OVER HOW TO 
   SEND CHILDREN BACK TO 
   SCHOOL SAFELY, 
   DISTRICTS ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY ARE MAKING 
   THEIR OWN PLANS 
   TONIGHT.
   EVERYTHING FROM ONLINE
   ONLY LEARNING TO 
   IN-PERSON CLASSES WITH
   NO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
   HERE'S BLAYNE 
   ALEXANDER.
   >> Reporter: IN ORANGE
   COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 
   THE DIVIDE RUNS DEEP.
   SOME PLEADING, KEEP 
   STUDENTS AT HOME.
   WHILE INSIDE AT A 
   VIRTUAL SCHOOL BOARD 
   MEETING -- 
   >> TIME TO GET THESE 
   DOORS OPEN AND GET 
   THESE BABIES BACK TO 
   SCHOOL.
   >> Reporter: THE BOARD
   OF EDUCATION AGREED, 
   RECOMMENDING STUDENTS 
   IN ALL 28 DISTRICTS 
   RETURN TO THE 
   CLASSROOM NEXT MONTH, 
   NO MASKS OR SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING REQUIRED.
   A PAPER ADOPTED AND 
   APPROVED BY THE BOARD 
   SLAMMING DISTANCE 
   LEARNING AS AN UTTER 
   FAILURE, FRUSTRATING 
   TO ALL, CITING 
   IRREGULAR ATTENDANCE 
   AND DISPARITIES IN 
   ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.
   WHILE THE DECISION TO 
   REOPEN IS UP TO EACH 
   DISTRICT, THE BOARD 
   CALLS IT CRITICAL TO 
   THE WELL-BEING OF OUR 
   CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND
   COMMUNITIES.
   BUT TO THE NORTH AND 
   SOUTH, BOTH LOS 
   ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO 
   PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE 
   GOING IN A DIFFERENT 
   DIRECTION.
   ANNOUNCING THE START 
   OF SCHOOL WILL BE 
   ONLINE ONLY.
   RETURNING TO THE 
   CLASSROOM AS SOON AS 
   PUBLIC HEALTH 
   CONDITIONS ALLOW.
   >> WHEN IN-PERSON 
   LEARNING IS POSSIBLE, 
   WE'RE PREPARED FOR 
   THAT.
   BUT QUITE FRANKLY IN 
   CALIFORNIA, IT'S NOT 
   POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
   >> Reporter: FROM 
   STATE TO STATE, A 
   PATCH WORK APPROACH, 
   NO UNIFORMITY EVEN 
   AMONG NEIGHBORING 
   DISTRICTS.
   IN MEMPHIS, WHERE 
   PARENTS CAN CHOOSE 
   BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND 
   IN-PERSON LEARNING, 
   MORE CLEANING, MASKS 
   FOR EVERYONE, SMALLER 
   CLASSES AND SCHEDULED 
   HAND WASHING.
   >> IT'S GOING TO COST 
   MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
   WE'VE SPENT ALREADY 
   UPWARDS OF CLOSE TO 
   $50 MILLION ALREADY TO
   GET SCHOOLS UP AND 
   GOING.
   BUT WE'RE GOING NEED 
   MORE.
   >> Reporter: AND WHILE
   THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC
   EDUCATION IS FUNDED AT
   THE STATE AND LOCAL 
   LEVELS, ALL EYES ARE 
   ON WASHINGTON FOR THAT
   EXTRA BOOST.
   CONGRESS APPROVED MORE
   THAN $13 BILLION OF 
   AID FOR SCHOOLS EARLY 
   IN THE PANDEMIC.
   AND IN THE NEXT RELIEF
   PACKAGE, HUNDREDS OF 
   BILLIONS MORE COULD BE
   ON THE TABLE.
   AND A LOT OF THIS ALSO
   COMES DOWN TO TEACHERS
   AND WHETHER THEY ARE 
   READY TO COME BACK.
   HERE IN GEORGIA, A 
   SURVEY BY THE STATE'S 
   LARGEST EDUCATOR'S 
   ASSOCIATION FOUND THAT
   MORE THAN HALF OF 
   THOSE RESPONDING DO 
   NOT BELIEVE THEIR 
   DISTRICT HAS DONE 
   ENOUGH TO RESPOND TO 
   THE VIRUS.
   LESTER?
   >> BLAYNE ALEXANDER, 
   THANKS.
   >>> SOME KEY QUESTIONS
   BEFORE SCHOOLS REOPEN.
   CAN PATIENTS WHO HAD 
   COVID GET IT AGAIN AND
   DO ANTIBODIES PROVIDE 
   PROTECTION, AND IF SO,
   HOW LONG?
   OUR TOM COSTELLO WITH 
   FACTS OVER FEAR.
   >> Reporter: 
   29-YEAR-OLD CARTER 
   WRIGHT KNOWS THE 
   SYMPTOMS THAT COME 
   WITH COVID, THE COUGH,
   THE BODY ACHES AND 
   HIGH FEVER.
   >> AT ONE POINT, I GOT
   COLD PACKS AND PUT 
   THEM UNDER MY ARMPITS 
   BECAUSE THAT HELPS 
   COOL YOU QUICKLY.
   >> Reporter: HE WAS 
   FIRST DIAGNOSED IN 
   MARCH, THEN COVID CAME
   BACK EVEN STRONGER ON 
   JULY 4th.
   >> I CRIED HARD THAT 
   NIGHT, BECAUSE IT WAS 
   JUST SUPER 
   OVERWHELMING.
   >> BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT
   YOU WERE THROUGH WITH 
   THIS?
   >> YEAH.
   >> Reporter: BOTH 
   TIMES HE TESTED 
   POSITIVE.
   SO WHY DIDN'T THE 
   ANTIBODIES FROM THE 
   FIRST INFECTION 
   PROTECT HIM FROM 
   GETTING IT AGAIN?
   NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS 
   THAT VIRUS PROTECTION 
   MAY NOT LAST LONG.
   BRITISH RESEARCHERS 
   SAY A STUDY OF 96 
   COVID PATIENTS FOUND 
   THEIR ANTIBODIES 
   PEAKED THREE WEEKS 
   AFTER THE SYMPTOMS 
   APPEARED, THEN RAPIDLY
   DECLINED.
   THREE MONTHS LATER, 
   ONLY 17% OF THOSE 
   TESTED HAD THE SAME 
   LEVEL OF ANTIBODIES.
   UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 
   DR. MICHAEL SAGG WAS 
   SICK WITH COVID IN 
   MARCH AND STILL WEARS 
   PPE.
   IF ANTIBODY PROTECTION
   DROPS FAST, HE SAYS, 
   IT COULD BE A 
   TROUBLING DEVELOPMENT.
   >> BECAUSE IF THAT 
   TRANSLATES INTO 
   SOMEONE POSSIBLY 
   GETTING REINFECTED, 
   THAT DESTROYS THE 
   CONCEPT OF WHAT WE 
   HAVE OF HERD IMMUNITY 
   WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF
   PEOPLE WHO HAD IT CAN 
   ULTIMATELY EXTINGUISH 
   THE INFECTION AND PUT 
   THIS BEHIND US A 
   LITTLE BIT.
   >> Reporter: 
   RESEARCHERS DON'T KNOW
   IF A VACCINE'S 
   PROTECTION MIGHT ALSO 
   DIMINISH OVER TIME.
   >> WHAT WE DO KNOW IS 
   THAT A SINGLE 
   EXPERIENCE WITH COVID 
   DOES NOT RENDER 
   SOMEONE IMMUNE THE 
   REST OF THEIR LIVES, 
   AND IT MAY NOT MAKE 
   THEM IMMUNE FOR MORE 
   THAN A FEW MONTHS.
   >> Reporter: 
   RESEARCHERS BELIEVE 
   THE SICKEST COVID 
   PATIENTS LIKELY HAVE 
   MORE PROTECTION THAN 
   THOSE LESS SICK.
   BUT BECAUSE THAT 
   PROTECTION MAY 
   DIMINISH OVER TIME, 
   EACH RECOVERED 
   PATIENTS ARE 
   ENCOURAGED TO WEAR A 
   MASK.
   LESTER?
   >> WE KEEP LEARNING SO
   MUCH ABOUT THIS VIRUS,
   TOM, AND SO MUCH OF IT
   ISN'T GOOD
   >>> BACK NOW WITH OUR 
   SERIES LOOKING AT 
   INEQUALITY IN AMERICA.
   AS CALIFORNIA SHUTS 
   DOWN AGAIN, LOS 
   ANGELES COUNTY ALONE 
   HAS MORE COVID CASES 
   THAN 44 ENTIRE STATES.
   AND GETTING HIT 
   HARDEST THERE IS THE 
   LATINO COMMUNITY.
   HERE'S GADI SCHWARTZ.
   >> Reporter: UNDER THE
   HOT SUMMER SUN IN LOS 
   ANGELES, SHE'S SELLING
   MASKS ON A STREET 
   CORNER.
   SHE SAID EVERYWHERE 
   SHE WAS CLEANING 
   HOUSES, THEY TOLD HER 
   SHE COULDN'T COME BACK
   UNTIL THE PANDEMIC WAS
   OVER.
   EVERY DAY HER KIDS BEG
   HER NOT TO GO OUT, 
   AFRAID SHE'LL GET 
   SICK.
   SHE NEEDS THE MONEY TO
   FEED HER FAMILY.
   [ SPEAKING FOREIGN 
   LANGUAGE ]
   SHE SAYS SHE GETS MAD 
   WHEN SHE SEES SOMEBODY
   WITHOUT A MASK, BUT 
   SHE DOESN'T WANT TO 
   SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE 
   PEOPLE ARE VERY 
   VIOLENT THESE DAYS.
   HER CONCERNS ABOUT 
   CATCHING THE VIRUS ARE
   WARRANTED.
   IN LOS ANGELES, 
   LATINOS ARE TWICE AS 
   LIKELY TO GET THE 
   VIRUS AS WHITE 
   REZ DEBTS, AND AKROZ 
   THE COUNTRY, THEY 
   ACCOUNT FOR A THIRD OF
   ALL CASES.
   FRUSTRATING FOR THIS 
   DOCTOR.
   >> WELL, IT'S 
   ALARMING.
   >> Reporter: HE SAYS 
   THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T 
   SENDING ENOUGH 
   RESOURCES TO MINORITY 
   COMMUNITIES, MANY OF 
   WHOM DON'T HAVE THE 
   OPTION OF STAYING 
   HOME, EACH WHEN CASES 
   ARE SPIKING.
   THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE 
   ON THE FRONT LINES 
   WHEN IT COMES TO BEING
   ESSENTIAL WORKERS, 
   MAKING SURE EVERYTHING
   IS CLEAN.
   >> THEY'RE DELIVERING 
   OUR FOOD WHEN WE 
   SHELTER AT HOME.
   THEY'RE THE SAME 
   PEOPLE WHEN WE GO TO 
   THE GROCERY STORE ARE 
   THERE HELPING US.
   >> A MONTH AGO HE WAS 
   COMPLETELY HEALTHY.
   >> Reporter: KRISTEN'S
   FATHER, MARK, A FIRST 
   GENERATION
   MEXICAN-AMERICAN 
   LIVED IN ARIZONA.
   HE CONTRACTED THE 
   VIRUS AFTER THE STAY 
   AT HOME ORDERS WERE 
   LIFTED.
   >> THIS SHOULD NOT 
   HAVE HAPPENED TO MY 
   FATHER.
   HE SHOULD NOT HAVE 
   DIED ALONE IN A 
   HOSPITAL WITH A NURSE 
   HOLDING HIS HAND.
   >> Reporter: NOW SHE'S
   CALLING ON ELECTED 
   OFFICIALS TO DO MORE.
   >> DO MORE TO PROTECT 
   PEOPLE IN COLORED 
   COMMUNITIES ON THE 
   FRONT LINES HOLDING 
   OUR ECONOMY TOGETHER.
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   THOSE SELLING MASKS TO
   PROTECT US SAY NOW IS 
   THE TIME TO BE MORE 
   VIGILANT THAN EVER.
   [ SPEAKING FOREIGN 
   LANGUAGE ]
   SHE SAYS THIS ISN'T A 
   GAME.
   THIS IS A VIRUS AND 
   THIS VIRUS WILL KILL 
   YOU.
   GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> UP NEXT, ONE BOY'S
   INSPIRING SHOUTOUT TO 
   >>> BEFORE WE GO, IN 
   OUR LATEST EPISODE OF 
   NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   KID'S EDITION, A 
   12-YEAR-OLD WHO IS 
   LIFTING SPIRITS ON THE
   FRONTLINES BY HOLDING 
   IMPROMPT U CONCERTS 
   OUTSIDE HIS LOCAL 
   HOSPITAL.
   PLUS, WE'LL MEET AN 
   INSPIRING DANCE 
   TEACHER AND HER 
   STUDENTS WHO ARE 
   STEPPING IN AND 
   STEPPING UP DESPITE 
   THE VIRUS OUTBREAK.
   OUR NEW EPISODE IS 
   STREAMING NOW.
   THAT IS NBC "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, EVERYONE.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND EACH 
