   >>> BREAKING NEWS 
   TONIGHT.
  >>> BREAKING NEWS 
  TONIGHT JOE BIDEN'S 
  HISTORIC PICK FOR 
  RUNNING MATE REVEALED.
  BIDEN NAMING SENATOR
  KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS
  VP SELECTION
  HARRIS NOW THE FIRST
  WOMAN OF COLOR EVER ON
  A MAJOR PARTY TICKET
  HOW BIDEN ANNOUNCED 
  THE CHOICE TO HIS 
  SUPPORTERS AND THE
  REACTION TONIGHT FROM 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP.
  >>> RUSSIA'S BOLD 
  CLAIM IT HAS THE
  WORLD'S FIRST 
  CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
  VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING 
  ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS
  HAS TAKEN IT
  WHY HEALTH EXPERTS ARE
  SKEPTICAL.
  >>> THE COLLEGE 
  FOOTBALL CRISIS.
  THE BIG 10 AND PAC-12 
  POSTPONING THEIR FALL 
  SEASONS.
  SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
  TEAMS IN THE GAME 
  BENCHED DUE TO COVID
  THE POWERFUL STORM
  CUTTING A PATH OF 
  DESTRUCTION ACROSS
  NINE STATES.
  NEW IMAGES OF THE 
  DAMAGE
  HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
  WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT.
  OVER 900 STUDENTS AND 
  STAFFERS QUARANTINED
  IN ONE GEORGIA COUNTY 
  AFTER JUST THE FIRST
  WEEK OF SCHOOL
  >>> AND THE STAGGERING
  NEW NUMBERS IN
  FLORIDA.
  CASES AMONG KIDS AND
  TEENS SURGING 130% IN 
  JUST ONE MONTH
  >>> THE ALARMING NEW
  STUDY ON YOUNG ADULTS 
  VAPING AND COVID
  THE HIGHER RISK IF YOU
  USE AN E-CIGARETTE
  >>> AND THE BLACK 
  ATHLETES OUT TO BREAK 
  THE COLOR BARRIER IN
  SWIMMING
  >>> AND THE CIVIL 
  RIGHTS ICON WHO LED 
  THE WAY.
  >> THIS IS "NBC 
  NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
  LESTER HOLT.
  >>> GOOD EVENING
  EVERYONE THE
  DEMOCRATIC
  PRESIDENTIAL TICKET IS
  ALL BUT SET TONIGHT.
  JOE BIDEN CHOOSING
  CALIFORNIA SENATOR
  KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS
  RUNNING MATE AND IN 
  DOING SO MAKING 
  HISTORY.
  HARRIS POISED TO
  BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN
  OF COLOR NOMINATED AS 
  A MAJOR PARTY VICE
  PRESIDENTIAL
  CANDIDATE.
  IT WAS A LOW KEY
  REVEAL BEFITTING THE
  TIMES.
  A TWEET FROM BIDEN
  CELEBRATING HIS ONE 
  TIME POLITICAL
  OPPONENT AS A FEARLESS
  FIGHTER FOR THE LITTLE
  GUY.
  THAT'S WHERE WE START 
  TONIGHT WITH ANDREA 
  MITCHELL
  >> Reporter: THE
  DECISION ANNOUNCED
  ONLINE, KAMALA HARRIS,
  THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN 
  ON A MAJOR PARTY
  TICKET FOR VICE 
  PRESIDENT.
  THE CHARISMATIC 
  CALIFORNIA SENATOR, 55
  YEARS OLD, MORE THAN
  TWO DECADES YOUNGER 
  THAN JOE BIDEN, 
  REPRESENTING THE NEXT 
  GENERATION OF 
  DEMOCRATS.
  AND UNLIKE OTHER BLACK
  WOMEN ON THE LIST, HAS
  TWICE WON STATEWIDE 
  OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA
  CHOSEN IN PART FOR HER
  CAMPAIGN EXPERIENCE 
  THE POLITICAL WORLD 
  TOOK NOTICE WITH HER
  SPLASHY CAMPAIGN
  KICK-OFF FOR PRESIDENT
  IN OAKLAND LAST YEAR
  >> I AM SO PROUD TO BE
  A DAUGHTER OF OAKLAND,
  CALIFORNIA
  WE CAN RECLAIM THE
  AMERICAN DREAM FOR
  EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
  OUR COUNTRY.
  >> Reporter: DAUGHTER 
  AFTER JAMAICAN FATHER 
  AND INDIAN MOTHER AND 
  RAISED IN CALIFORNIA, 
  SHE LEARNED ABOUT 
  SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A 
  STROLLER BROUGHT BY 
  HER PARENTS TO
  PROTESTS AT BERKELEY
  >> WE WERE RAISED TO
  BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE
  IS A NOBLE CAUSE AND
  THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE 
  IS EVERYONE'S 
  RESPONSIBILITY
  >> Reporter: ELECTED
  IN SAN FRANCISCO AS 
  THE FIRST BLACK 
  DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN
  THE STATE SHE ROSE TO 
  BECOME THE STATE'S
  ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT
  IN THIS CAMPAIGN HAS
  HAD TO DEFEND SOME OF 
  HER EARLIER DECISIONS 
  SUCH AS NOT SUPPORTING
  STATEWIDE LEGISLATION 
  TO INVESTIGATE POLICE 
  SHOOTINGS.
  WHILE ATTORNEY
  GENERAL, SHE BECAME 
  CLOSE TO BEAU BIDEN 
  WHEN HE WAS ATTORNEY
  GENERAL OF DELAWARE,
  WHICH IS WHY HER
  PRIMARY DEBATE
  CHALLENGE TO JOE BIDEN
  OVER RACE LAST YEAR 
  SHOCKED HIM.
  >> THERE WAS A LITTLE 
  GIRL IN CALIFORNIA WHO
  WAS PART OF THE SECOND
  CLASS TO INTEGRATE HER
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  AND SHE WAS BUSSED TO 
  SCHOOL EVERY DAY
  AND THAT LITTLE GIRL
  WAS ME
  >> Reporter: WHEN 
  ASKED THIS YEAR BIDEN 
  HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE
  DOES NOT HOLD GRUDGES 
  AND HARRIS'S
  CAMPAIGNED HARD FOR 
  HIM SINCE DROPPING OUT
  HERSELF RAISING MONEY 
  AND PROVING SHE IS A
  TEAM PLAYER 
  >> I BELIEVE IN JOE.
  >> Reporter: THE
  CAMPAIGN RELEASING A
  PHOTO OF BIDEN GIVING 
  HARRIS THE GOOD NEWS
  TONIGHT AND A 
  STATEMENT TONIGHT OF
  HIM PRAISING HER AS 
  SMART, TOUGH, AND 
  READY TO LEAD,
  WRITING, I NEED 
  SOMEONE WHO 
  UNDERSTANDS WE ARE IN 
  A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL 
  OF THIS NATION
  IN THIS YEAR OF RACIAL
  RECKONING THERE WAS 
  STRONG PARTY SUPPORT
  FOR A BLACK CANDIDATE 
  AND BIDEN CONSIDERED
  FORMER NATIONAL 
  SECURITY ADVISER SUSAN
  RICE AS WELL AS WHITE 
  CONTENDERS PRINCIPALLY
  THE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR 
  GRETCHEN WHITMER
  BUT BIDEN'S PRIMARY 
  CAMPAIGN WAS REVIVED
  BY HIS BIG VICTORY IN 
  SOUTH CAROLINA THANKS 
  TO THE ENDORSEMENT OF 
  CONGRESSMAN JIM 
  CLYBURN WHO RECEIVED
  THE WORD FROM BIDEN 
  EARLIER TODAY.
  HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU
  THINK IT IS TO HAVE A 
  BLACK WOMAN IN THIS 
  ROLE IN THIS CAMPAIGN 
  THIS YEAR?
  >> I THINK IT IS VERY,
  VERY IMPORTANT
  AND I THINK THIS SAYS 
  ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT 
  THE DEMOCRATICPARTY 
  WILL NOT TAKE BLACK 
  PEOPLE FOR GRANTED
  IT NEVER WAS TRUE.
  BUT I THINK IT IS EVEN
  MORE A FACT TODAY.
  >> ANDREA JOINS ME
  NOW.
  AS I MENTIONED AT THE 
  TOP OF THE BROADCAST
  THIS WAS A LOW KEY
  ANNOUNCEMENT
  WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT 
  IN THE COMING DAYS
  >> Reporter: LESTER,
  TOMORROW YOU'LL SEE 
  THEM TOGETHER.
  BIDEN AND HARRIS, THE 
  TICKET FOR THE FIRST
  TIME TOGETHER IN
  DELAWARE AT A JOINT 
  APPEARANCE
  SOCIALLY DISTANCED
  BUT BECAUSE OF THE
  PANDEMIC YOU'RE NOT 
  GOING TO SEE BIG
  RALLIES AND JOINT 
  APPEARANCES.
  THEY ARE GOING TO BE
  ON THEIR OWN AND
  LIKELY ONLINE.
  >> ANDREA MITCHELL
  TONIGHT, THANKS.
  ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
  PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
  HIS ALLIES WENT ON THE
  OFFENSE.
  NBC'S KRISTEN WELKER
  IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
  RIGHT NOW.
  WHAT ARE WE HEARING 
  FROM THE PRESIDENT
  >> Reporter: LESTER,
  TONIGHT PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP WASTED NO TIME
  CRITICIZING SENATOR 
  KAMALA HARRIS,
  RETWEETING A VIDEO
  THAT CAST HER AS A, 
  QUOTE, PHONY, AND EVEN
  CALLING HER A RADICAL.
  IN A NEWS CONFERENCE
  TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT 
  WAS ASKED ABOUT 
  BIDEN'S DECISION TO 
  CHOOSE HARRIS.
  HERE IS HOW HE
  RESPONDED.
  >> SHE WAS MY NUMBER
  ONE DRAFT PICK, AND 
  WE'LL SEE HOW SHE 
  WORKS OUT.
  SHE DID VERY, VERY
  POORLY IN THE 
  PRIMARIES AS YOU KNOW.
  SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO
  WELL AND SHE WAS -- 
  SHE ENDED UP RIGHT
  AROUND 2%.
  >> Reporter: IN AN
  INTERVIEW EARLIER 
  TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  SAID PEOPLE USUALLY DO
  NOT VOTE BASED ON THE 
  VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
  NOMINEE AND SEEMED TO 
  CRITICIZE BIDEN FOR 
  COMMITTING TO A WOMAN 
  NOMINEE, ARGUING SOME 
  MEN MAY BE INSULTED.
  THE PRESIDENT IS
  TRAILING BIDEN BY 
  DOUBLE DIGITS 
  NATIONALLY AND
  STRUGGLING TO REGISTER
  WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
  VOTERS
  LESTER
  >> KRISTEN WELKER AT
  THE WHITE HOUSE,
  THANKS
  LET'S BRING IN OUR
  POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND
  MODERATOR OF "MEET THE
  PRESS" CHUCK TODD.
  WHAT DOES BIDEN'S 
  CHOICE TELL YOU ABOUT 
  HIS THINKING RIGHT NOW
  GOING INTO NOVEMBER?
  >> Reporter: SIMPLE,
  LESTER
  HE IS NOT PUTTING THE 
  CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
  HE REALIZES HE HAS TO 
  WIN FIRST.
  HE PICKED NOT SOMEBODY
  JUST THAT HE THINKS HE
  CAN GOVERN WITH BUT 
  SOMEBODY WHO IS AN
  EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGNER
  WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
  SAY ABOUT HER PRIMARY 
  CAMPAIGN FOR
  PRESIDENT, HER, THE 
  CAMPAIGNER, WAS VERY
  EFFECTIVE.
  MAYBE HER CAMPAIGN
  MESSAGE DIDN'T BREAK
  THROUGH AND I WOULD 
  ARGUE THERE WERE
  TACTICAL REASONS FOR
  THAT
  AS A CAMPAIGNER AS
  SOMEBODY WHO CAN FIRE 
  UP AN AUDIENCE, 
  CONNECT WITH PEOPLE,
  SHE IS VERY GOOD AT 
  THAT
  I THINK SHE BRINGS A
  PICTURE OF UNITY TO 
  THIS LARGER COALITION 
  OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
  PARTY.
  BOTTOM LINE IS THIS.
  THIS WASN'T JOE BIDEN 
  THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS
  HE GOING TO DO AS 
  PRESIDENT AND WHAT
  KIND OF VICE PRESIDENT
  DOES HE WANT
  THIS IS JOE BIDEN 
  THINKING WHO DO I NEED
  TO WIN THIS ELECTION
  >> ALL RIGHT
  CHUCK TODD, THANKS
  >>> LET'S TURN TO THE 
  CORONAVIRUS.
  ALMOST A THOUSAND 
  STUDENTS AND STAFF NOW
  QUARANTINED IN ONE
  SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THE
  DEBATE RAGES OVER 
  RETURNING CHILDREN TO 
  SCHOOL
  NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS 
  LATE DETAILS FOR US.
  >> Reporter: AS 
  STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO 
  CLASS, SOME SCHOOLS 
  HAVE ALREADY FLUNKED
  THEIR FIRST TEST ON 
  SAFETY
  IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, 
  GEORGIA ONE HIGH
  SCHOOL IS CLOSING AT
  LEAST THROUGH THE END 
  OF THE MONTH AFTER SIX
  DAYS OF SCHOOL AND 59 
  CONFIRMED CASES OF
  COVID-19
  NOW MORE THAN 900 
  STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE
  IN QUARANTINE.
  THE DISTRICT, WHICH 
  OPENED LAST WEEK WITH 
  A MANDATORY MASK
  POLICY FOR ADULTS BUT 
  NONE FOR STUDENTS SAYS
  IT ANTICIPATED
  POSITIVE TESTS WHICH
  IS WHY WE PUT A SYSTEM
  INTO PLACE TO QUICKLY 
  CONTACT TRACE AND 
  MANDATE QUARANTINE
  ANOTHER GEORGIA HIGH
  SCHOOL WITH AN
  OPTIONAL MASK POLICY
  ALSO STOPPED IN-PERSON
  LEARNING AFTER NINE 
  POSITIVE CASES
  >> I JUST FELT LIKE 
  OUR KIDS ARE BEING
  USED AS GUINEA PIGS,
  AND IT IS A LITTLE
  ENRAGING WHEN YOU 
  THINK ABOUT IT THAT 
  WAY.
  >> Reporter: CONCERNS 
  ABOUT REOPENING ARE 
  WIDESPREAD
  WITH MORE SCHOOLS IN
  FLORIDA REOPENING 
  THEIR DOORS, NEW
  NUMBERS FROM THE
  STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF 
  HEALTH
  COVID-19 CASES FOR
  KIDS 17 AND UNDER 
  JUMPING MORE THAN 130%
  IN THE LAST MONTH.
  >> FOR SOME REASON
  THEY THINK SCHOOL IS A
  MAGICAL PLACE AND WE
  DON'T NEED TO BE
  6 FEET APART. 
  >> Reporter: THIS 
  FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL 
  TEACHER ERIC RODRIGUEZ
  IS CONCERNED ABOUT
  SAFETY
  >> THEY WERE NOT GOING
  TO REQUIRE MASKS
  THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO
  BE THE MASK POLICE
  THEY'LL HAVE US POLICE
  OTHER ITEMS OF DRESS
  CODE
  >> Reporter: THE
  SUPERINTENDENT THERE
  SAYS MASKS ARE
  ENCOURAGED AND
  AVAILABLE BUT NOT 
  MANDATED, WHICH IS THE
  WAY IT SHOULD BE IN 
  THE U.S.A.
  ADDING THE DISTRICT 
  HAD A GREAT FIRST DAY 
  AND THE POLICY WAS
  ALWAYS TO SPACE AS
  SPACE ALLOWS
  BUT GETTING ENOUGH
  SPACE IS AN OBSTACLE
  ESPECIALLY IN PLACES
  LIKE NEW YORK CITY
  WHERE SAMANTHA DAVIS
  TEACHES PUBLIC HIGH 
  SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 
  3,000 STUDENTS
  SHE SAID STITT
  REOPENING PLAN DOESN'T
  GO FAR ENOUGH.
  SHE SAYS THE CITY'S 
  REOPENING PLAN DOESN'T
  GO FAR ENOUGH.
  >> THERE ARE ISSUES 
  THAT ARE ABOVE THE
  SCHOOL LEVEL THAT NEED
  TO BE SOLVED SUCH AS
  TESTING AND A QUICK 
  TURN-AROUND TIME ON 
  TESTING THAT THE
  SCHOOL AS ITS OWN UNIT
  CAN'T FIX.
  >> Reporter: AND TIME 
  TO ADDRESS THOSE
  CONCERNS IS RUNNING 
  OUT.
  SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
  JACKSONVILLE
  >> THIS VIRUS 
  DELIVERING A CRUSHING 
  BLOW TO COLLEGE 
  FOOTBALL FANS.
  TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES,
  THE BIG 10 AND PAC-12 
  ANNOUNCINGA GAME
  SPORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH,
  AND ECONOMICS ARE ALL 
  AT STAKE
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  MIGUEL, THANKS VERY 
  MUCH
  >>> THEN THERE IS THAT
  BOLD CLAIM TODAY FROM 
  RUSSIA
  VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING 
  HIS COUNTRY HAS WON 
  THE RACE TO DEVELOP 
  THE WORLD'S FIRST 
  COVID VACCINE.
  BUT AS RICHARD ENGEL
  EXPLAINS HEALTH 
  EXPERTS ARE HIGHLY
  SKEPTICAL.
  >> Reporter: RUSSIA IS
  CALLING IT SPUTNIK V
  FOR VACCINE AND CLAIMS
  IT IS SAFE AND
  PROVIDES LONG-TERM
  IMMUNITY AND AS OF
  TODAY APPROVED FOR USE
  IN RUSSIA THOUGH IT 
  HAS NOT GONE THROUGH
  CRITICAL STAGE THREE
  TRIALS
  PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
  PUTIN SAID ONE OF HIS 
  TWO DAUGHTERS, HE 
  DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH
  ONE, TOOK THE VACCINE.
  TWO SHOTS.
  HAD A SLIGHT FEVER
  WHICH PASSED
  AND NOW HAS 
  ANTIBODIES
  RUSSIA HASN'T 
  PUBLISHED ANY DATA BUT
  IS MOVING AHEAD WITH A
  FAST ROLL OUT PLAN TO 
  VACCINATE MEDICAL 
  PERSONNEL THIS MONTH, 
  MASS PRODUCTION IN
  SEPTEMBER, MASS 
  DISTRIBUTION IN 
  OCTOBER.
  BEFORE TODAY'S
  ANNOUNCEMENT I SPOKE
  TO THE CEO OF THE 
  RUSSIAN FUND BACKING
  THE VACCINE.
  HE SAYS HE HAS ALSO 
  TAKEN IT
  SO YOU WANT TO
  VACCINATE 30 MILLION
  PEOPLE THIS YEAR IN 
  RUSSIA
  >> WE'LL PRODUCE UP TO
  30 MILLION DOSES OF 
  THE VACCINE AND THEN, 
  YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE
  UP TO PEOPLE WHO WANT 
  TO BE VACCINATED
  >> Reporter: U.S. 
  OFFICIALS ACCUSED 
  RUSSIA OF HACKING 
  RESEARCH
  RUSSIA DISMISSES THAT 
  AS JEALOUSY.
  >> I THINK IT IS ALL
  ACCUSATIONS BY SOME OF
  THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
  AFRAID OF A SORT OF 
  SPUTNIK MOMENT FOR
  BEING THE FIRST OUT 
  THERE WHEN THERE IS 
  NOBODY ELSE OUT THERE.
  >> Reporter: MORE THAN
  25 VACCINES ARE IN
  HUMAN TRIALS AROUND 
  THE WORLD.
  LEADING CANDIDATES
  FROM OXFORD AND 
  MODERNA ARE CURRENTLY 
  IN PHASE 3
  TONIGHT PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE
  U.S. HAS STRUCK A DEAL
  WITH MODERNA FOR A
  HUNDRED MILLION DOSES 
  OF ITS VACCINE
  CANDIDATE.
  HEALTH EXPERTS WORRY
  WITHOUT EXTENSIVE 
  TRIALS VACCINES CAN 
  CAUSE MORE HARM THAN
  GOOD, GIVING A FALSE
  SENSE OF SECURITY OR
  CAUSING LONG TERM SIDE
  EFFECTS.
  NYU VACCINE CENTER
  DIRECTOR MARK MULLIGAN
  WHO IS WORKING ON 
  PFIZER'S VACCINE HAS
  CONCERNS ABOUT
  RUSSIA'S
  >> MY BIGGEST CONCERN 
  IS THE GOOD PUBLIC
  NAME OF VACCINES
  I WANT TO REASSURE THE
  PUBLIC THAT IN THE
  U.S. ALL OF OUR COVID 
  VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
  BEING EVALUATED VERY
  CAREFULLY AND THAT
  WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY 
  CORNERS ON SAFETY.
  >> Reporter: A RUSSIAN
  OFFICIAL SAYS ALREADY 
  20 COUNTRIES HAVE 
  EXPRESSED INTEREST IN 
  A POTENTIAL BILLION 
  DOSES.
  THAT MAY BE MOST
  TROUBLING FOR A 
  VACCINE THAT RUSSIA 
  HAS YET TO PROVE IS 
  SAFE
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  RICHARD ENGEL, THANKS.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS THE 
  ALARMING NEW COVID
  DANGER
  A NEW STUDY WARNS 
  VAPING PUTS YOUNG 
  PEOPLE AT MUCH GREATER
  RISK AND THE DEADLY 
  AND DESTRUCTIV
   >>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE 
   BACK NOW WITH A NEW 
  >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A
  STARTLING NEW REPORT
  ABOUT YOUNG ADULTS AND
  VAPING AND HOW MUCH 
  MORE IT PUTS THEM AT
  RISK FROM THE 
  CORONAVIRUS.
  HERE'S CYNTHIA
  McFADDEN
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  AN ALARMING NEW PEER
  REVIEWED STUDY
  SUGGESTS MILLIONS OF
  YOUNG AMERICANS ARE IN
  DANGER OF GETTING 
  COVID-19 BECAUSE THEY 
  USE E-CIGARETTES
  >> MUCH HIGHER THAN WE
  EXPECTED
  >> Reporter: WHAT IS
  THE HEADLINE HERE?
  >> IF YOU'VE EVER USED
  ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES 
  YOU ARE FIVE TIMES
  MORE LIKELY TO BE 
  DIAGNOSED WITH
  COVID-19
  >> Reporter: FOR THOSE
  WHO VAPED AND SMOKED
  CIGARETTES IN THE PAST
  30 DAYS, THAT NUMBER
  JUMPS TO SEVEN TIMES
  THE STUDY, BASED ON AN
  ANONYMOUS ONLINE
  SURVEY OF MORE THAN 
  4300
  >> I'M ACTIVE.
  I SNOWBOARD.
  I SWIM A LOT
  I SKATEBOARD
  >> Reporter: BACK IN
  MID MARCH, 21-YEAR-OLD
  COLLIN WAS ONE OF THE 
  FIRST PEOPLE IN IDAHO 
  TO GET COVID-19.
  ENDING UP IN THE ICU
  FOR SIX DAYS
  WAS THERE A POINT YOU 
  THOUGHT YOU MIGHT DIE?
  >> MOST DEFINITELY, 
  YEAH
  I WAS LIKE, OKAY
  THIS IS VERY REAL.
  >> Reporter: COLLIN 
  ADMITS HE WAS 
  SERIOUSLY ADDICTED TO 
  VAPING
  >> I WAS VAPING THE 
  SECOND I WOULD WAKE UP
  TILL THE SECOND I 
  WOULD GO TO BED.
  >> Reporter: LAST YEAR
  OVER 5 MILLION KIDS 
  REPORTED USING
  E-CIGARETTES
  >> WERE YOU AWARE OF
  WHAT WAS GOING ON?
  >> OF COURSE NOT. 
  >> Reporter: IT NEVER 
  OCCURRED TO THIS MAN
  THAT HIS DAUGHTER 
  SOPHIA HAD A SECRET 
  HABIT 
  >> I WAS LIKE I WANT
  TO BE COOL
  I WANT TO HAVE FRIENDS
  ROU
  
  >> Reporter: YOUNG
  PEOPLE WHO HAVE VAPED 
  ARE FIVE TIMES MORE 
  LIKELY TO GET 
  COVID-19
  >> I WOULD NEVER HAVE 
  GUESSED THAT TO BE THE
  CASE
  >> Reporter: YEAH,
  THAT IS SHOCKING. 
  >> Reporter: TODAY'S
  STUDY DID NOT ANSWER
  WHY YOUNG VAPORS ARE
  SO MUCH MORE LIKELY TO
  GET COVID THOUGH
  VAPING CAN CAUSE
  DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS 
  AND IMMUNE SYSTEM.
  BUT RESEARCHERS HAVE A
  THEORY
  >> WE KNOW THAT 
  ADOLESCENTS AND 
  YOUNGER DON'T SHARE 
  VAPING PRODUCTS WITH
  EACH OTHER
  WE ALSO KNOW THE
  HAND-TO-MOUTH ACTION
  COULD INCREASE YOUR 
  RISK BY TOUCHING AND
  BRINGING COVID INTO 
  YOUR MOUTH
  >> Reporter: TODAY'S
  STUDY PROMPTING A MOVE
  IN CONGRESS TO FORCE
  THE FDA TO BAN
  E-CIGARETTES UNTIL THE
  PANDEMIC IS OVER
  AS FOR A MESSAGE TO 
  THEIR PEERS --
  >> I WOULD HAVE WANTED
  TO HEAR SOME OF THIS
  STUFF WHEN I WAS A
  14-YEAR-OLD.
  >> TAKE THE WHOLE 
  THING SERIOUSLY 
  BECAUSE IT IS NO JOKE.
  >> Reporter: CYNTHIA
  McFADDEN, NBC NEWS
  >>> UP NEXT, THE T
  >>> A DISASTER STILL
  UNFOLDING TONIGHT 
  AFTER POWERFUL STORMS 
  SWEPT THROUGH THE 
  MIDWEST.
  AT LEAST ONE PERSON 
  DEAD AND HUNDREDS OF
  THOUSANDS WITHOUT 
  POWER AFTER A RARE
  SYSTEM WITH HIGH WINDS
  KNOWN AS A DERECHO
  CARVED A PATH OF
  DESTRUCTION 770 MILES 
  LONG THROUGH NINE 
  STATES
  THE DAMAGE ESTIMATE UP
  TO A BILLION
   >>> FINALLY, RON ALLEN
   REMEMBERS A CIVIL 
   
  >>> FINALLY RON ALLEN 
  REMEMBERS 
  RENEWED AWAKENING.
  >> Reporter: RON
  ALLEN, NBC NEWS, NEW
  YORK
  >> A POWERFUL STORY.
  A POWERFUL LIFE.
  THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS."
  I'M LESTER HOLT.
  THANKS FOR WATCHING.
  PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
  YOURSELF AND EACH 
  YOURSELF AND EACH 
  OTHER.
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