  >>> TONIGHT, THE
  ALARMING CORONAVIRUS
  SURGE IN AMERICA, 
  NEARLY HALF OF ALL
  STATES REPORTING
  RISES.
  FLORIDA SURPASSING THE
  100,000 MARK
  A STAGGERING JUMP 
  AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
  MORE CITIES REQUIRING 
  MASKS.
  BUT IN THE ONE-TIME 
  EPICENTER, NEW YORK 
  CITY, A HOPEFUL 
  MILESTONE.
  >>> TWO MORE TRUMP
  CAMPAIGN STAFFERS TEST
  POSITIVE AFTER THAT 
  TULSA RALLY.
  AT LEAST EIGHT NOW
  INFECTED
  AND AS THE PRESIDENT
  HEADS TO PHOENIX
  TOMORROW THE SKUNING
  CLAIM ABOUT KILLING 
  THE VIRUS FROM THE
  CHURCH HOSTING THE
  EVENT.
  >>> HOURS FROM JOHN 
  BOLTON'S BOOK HITTING 
  SHELVES.
  WILL HOUSE DEMOCRATS
  FORCE HIM TO TESTIFY
  >>> THE MASSIVE SHOW
  OF SOLIDARITY AT
  NASCAR AFTER A
  DISTURBING DISCOVERY
  THE FBI INVESTIGATING 
  A NOOSE LEFT IN BUBBA 
  WALLACE'S GARAGE
  STALL.
  OUTSIDE THE RACE
  CONFEDERATE FLAGS 
  FLYING AFTER NASCAR 
  BANNED THEM.
  >>> POLICE UNDER FIRE,
  MOURNERS PAYING 
  RESPECT TO RAYSHARD 
  BROOKS IN ATLANTA, A
  RISE IN CYCLICALS 
  AFTER OFFICERS WERE 
  CHARGED IN HIS DEATH
  PLUS, THE NYPD OFFICER
  CAUGHT ON CAMERA USING
  A BANNED CHOKE HOLD.
  >>> THE CUTTING EDGE
  NEW SCREENING FOR 
  COVID-19, OUR LOOK AT 
  THE FIRST AIRPORT TO
  ROLL IT OUT IN THE
  U.S.
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH 
  LESTER HOLT.
  >>> GOOD EVENING, I'M 
  SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, IN
  MORE LESTER, AND
  TONIGHT THE 
  CORONAVIRUS IS MAKING 
  A DISTURBING COMBACK
  23 STATES REPORTING 
  CASES ARE UP, IN SOME 
  DRAMATICALLY
  EXPERTS SAY IT'S NOT
  JUST BECAUSE OF MORE
  TESTING.
  IT'S SICK PEOPLE IN 
  HOSPITALS.
  AND AFTER CROWDED 
  SCENES LIKE THESE 
  UNFOLDING FROM
  CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS 
  AND FLORIDA, YOUNG
  PEOPLE ARE
  INCREASINGLY IN THE 
  CROSS HAIRS.
  WE GET THE LATEST ON
  WHERE THE VIRUS IS
  SPIKING.
  AND THE SIGNS OF
  REBIRTH IN THE
  NATION'S ONCE HOTTEST 
  SPOT, NEW YORK CITY.
  NBC'S KERRY SANDERS 
  LEADING US OFF. 
  >>> TODAY, FLORIDA
  BROKE AN UNWANTED 
  RECORD, NOW WITH MORE 
  THAN 100,000 CASES OF 
  CORONAVIRUS.
  DOCTORS SAY IN A STATE
  WITHOUT UNIFORM RULES,
  INCLUDING TO WEAR 
  MASKS, THIS WAS 
  INEVITABLE
  BUT THERE'S BEEN A
  SHIFT IN WHO'S GETTING
  SICK
  THE AVERAGE AGE NOW,
  37 YEARS OLD. 
  >> WE'RE SEEING A 
  MAJOR SHIFT IN THIS 
  DIRECTION.
  WITH THIS LARGE 20 TO 
  30-YEAR-OLD 
  POPULATION
  MOSTLY ASYMPTOMATIC.
  >> ABSENT STATE RULES 
  SOME FLORIDA CITIES 
  LIKE MIAMI AND TAMPA
  NOW MANDATING MASKS.
  HERE IN A FARMING 
  COMMUNITY, ONE IN 25
  PEOPLE RECENTLY TESTED
  POSITIVE FOR
  CORONAVIRUS.
  MOSTLY MIGRANT FARM 
  WORKERS WHO ARE NOW 
  HEADED NORTH FOLLOWING
  THE HARVEST NORTH 
  CAROLINA ON EDGE
  TONIGHT WITH A STEADY 
  RISE IN CASES.
  870 NOW HOSPITALIZED. 
  >> OUR NUMBERS OF 
  HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS 
  REQUIRING OXYGEN, AS
  WELL AS THOSE 
  REQUIRING LIFE SUPPORT
  IS RISING.
  IT'S VERY 
  OVERWHELMING. 
  >> Reporter:
  NATIONWIDE, 23 STATES,
  NEARLY HALF THE 
  COUNTRY ARE SEEING AN 
  INCREASE IN CASES THE 
  LAST TWO WEEKS, 80% 
  SEEING A SPIKE OF 100 
  OR MORE NEW CASES.
  LARGEST AGE GROUP,
  BETWEEN THE AGE OF 18 
  TO 29.
  >> WE'RE SEEING A 
  YOUNGER POPULATION
  WHAT THAT CAUSES AS A 
  NATION, AS YOU CAN
  SEE, IS OUR CASES ARE 
  GOING UP BUT OUR
  DEATHS ARE GOING DOWN.
  >> Reporter: WHILE IN 
  TEXAS NEW MANDATES
  AFTER A SURGE IN
  HOSPITALIZATIONS OVER 
  THE WEEKEND.
  MORGAN CHESKY IS
  THERE.
  >> Reporter: MANDATORY
  MASK POLICIES ARE 
  POPPING UP IN DALLAS
  AND OTHER CITIES
  OFFICIALS HAVE SHUT 
  DOWN AT LEAST A DOZEN 
  OVERCROWDED BARS, 
  PARTIALING BLAMING
  THEM FOR SPREADING THE
  VIRUS.
  >> Reporter: NURSES 
  FROM COLORADO NOW 
  HEADING THERE TO HELP.
  >> WE TRAVELED FROM 
  PHOENIX TO COLORADO TO
  HELP US SO WHEN THE 
  NEED AROSE IT WAS KIND
  OF A NO BRAINER.
  >> Reporter: A PUBLIC 
  HEALTH BALANCING ACT
  FINDING FOOTING 
  REMAINS AN INDELICATE 
  SCIENCE.
  KERRY SANDERS, NOOBS
  NE
  NEWS. 
  >> Reporter: THIS IS
  GABE GUTIERREZ IN NEW 
  YORK
  NEW YORK HITTING A
  MAJOR MILESTONE, DAY
  TWO OF REOPENING
  OUTDOOR DINING, RETAIL
  STORES AND BARBERSHOPS
  ARE BACK. 
  >> FOR ME, I'M
  ECSTATIC
  I HAVE CABIN FEVER. 
  >> Reporter: ELSIE
  PEREZ AMONG THE EARLY 
  SHOPPERS AT OLD NAVY'S
  FLAG SHIP.
  >> WE'VE BEEN WAITING 
  FOR THIS SINCE THE
  MOMENT WE LOCKED THE
  DOORS.
  >> Reporter: FOR SOME 
  OFFICES SEISMIC 
  CHANGES.
  >> AS WE'RE WALKING 
  THROUGH RIGHT NOW 
  TEMPERATURES ARE BEING
  SCANNED.
  >> Reporter: THERMAL
  SCANNERS FLAGGING 
  EMPLOYEES.
  >> YOUR TEMPERATURE IS
  97.1 CURRENTLY. 
  >> Reporter: THE CEO
  OF RXR REALTY SHOWING 
  HOW ELEVATORS READ KEY
  CARDS.
  >> IT KNOWS WHERE 
  WE'RE GOING AND ONLY
  ALLOWS FOUR PEOPLE. 
  >> THIS IS HOW THE
  WORKPLACE WILL LOOK.
  >> THE NEW ABNORMAL,
  THE PERIOD BETWEEN
  WHEN WE HAVE A VACCINE
  AND WHEN WE HAVE TO 
  WORK LIKE THIS AND
  COEXIST WITH THE
  CORONAVIRUS.
  >> AT THE START OF THE
  CRISIS WE VISITED 
  MANHATTAN'S WESTWAY 
  DINER.
  SINCE THEN BUSINESS 
  HAS BEEN BRUTAL.
  >> WE HAD TO LET GO 
  TEMPORARILY ALL OF OUR
  EMPLOYEES AND HE HAD
  TO SHUT DOWN A
  BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN
  HERE FOR OVER 30
  YEARS.
  >> PETE SET UP TABLES 
  OUTSIDE.
  >> IS THIS
  SUSTAINABLE?
  >> IT'S NOT 
  SUSTAINABLE AT ALL
  FOUR TABLES AREN'T
  GOING TO MAKE A 
  DIFFERENCE. 
  >> HE WONDERS IF THE
  STATE WAITED TOO LONG 
  TO REOPEN.
  TODAY THE GOVERNOR -- 
  >> FOLLOWING THE
  SCIENCE WORKS.
  IT SAVED LIVES
  >> Reporter: AND HE 
  SAYS HE'S NOW 
  SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING 
  RESTRICTING TRAVEL
  FROM OTHER STATES,
  LIKE FLORIDA, SEEING
  AN UPTICK IN COVID
  CASES.
  SAVANNAH
  >> GABE, THANK YOU
  >>> FORMER NATIONAL 
  SECURITY ADVISER JOHN 
  BOLTON IS, AGAIN, 
  UNLOADING ON THE
  PRESIDENT TODAY BEFORE
  THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW
  BOOK
  MEANWHILE, THERE ARE
  NOW CORONAVIRUS 
  CONCERNS ABOUT THE
  PRESIDENT'S EVENT IN
  ARIZONA TOMORROW
  HERE'S NBC'S GEOFF
  BENNETT.
  >> Reporter: LESS THAN
  24 HOURS BEFORE HIS 
  BOOK HIT STORE SHELVES
  JOHN BOLTON TAKING AIM
  AT HIS FORMER BOSS. 
  >> THE BIGGEST FEAR I 
  HAVE IS THAT HIS
  POLICYMAKING IS SO
  INCOHERENT, SO INFO 
  KUSED, SO 
  UNSTRUCTURED, SO
  WRAPPED AROUND HIS OWN
  PERSONAL POLITICAL
  FORTUNES THAT MISTAKES
  ARE BEING MADE THAT 
  WILL HAVE GRAVE 
  CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
  NATIONAL SECURITY OF
  THE UNITED STATES.
  >> Reporter: BOLTON 
  ALSO SAYING HE WON'T
  VOTE FOR THE
  PRESIDENT.
  >> I'M NOT GOING TO 
  VOTE FOR HIM IN 
  NOVEMBER, CERTAINLY 
  NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR 
  JOE BIDEN EITHER. 
  >> Reporter: HOUSE
  DEMOCRATS ARE 
  CONSIDERING CALLING 
  BOLTON FOR NEW
  HEARINGS, WHILE 
  SLAMMING HIM FOR
  REFUSING TO TESTIFY 
  WITHOUT A SUBPOENA
  DURING IMPEACHMENT
  PROCEEDINGS.
  >> TO THE LENGTH AND
  DEGREE HE INDICTS 
  DONALD TRUMP, HE
  INDICTS HIMSELF FOR 
  COWARD IS AND GREED.
  >> FALLING HIM A
  WACKO, GROSSLY
  INCOMPETENT AND A 
  LIAR
  MEANTIME THE PRESIDENT
  ALSO FACING FRESH 
  FALLOUT FROM HIS
  WEEKEND CAMPAIGN RALLY
  IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 
  FOR USING A RACIAL
  SLUR TO DESCRIBE THE
  CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. 
  >> HAS MORE NAMES THAN
  ANY DISEASE IN
  HISTORY.
  I CAN NAME KUNG FLU,
  THE CHINESE VIRUS.
  >> Reporter: TODAY THE
  TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAID 
  TWO ADDITIONAL
  STAFFERS WHO WORKED ON
  THE TULSA RALLY HAVE
  TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
  CORONAVIRUS.
  BRINGING THE TOTAL
  NUMBER TO AT LEAST
  EIGHT.
  THE PRESIDENT WAS 
  ASKED ABOUT HIS EVENT 
  TOMORROW AT AN ARIZONA
  MEGACHURCH. 
  >> ALWAYS WORRYING
  ABOUT SAFETY
  WE WANT THE GET RID OF
  THIS. 
  >> Reporter: LEADERS
  OF THAT CHURCH IN AN
  ONLINE VIDEO TODAY SAY
  THEY'RE USING NEW 
  TECHNOLOGY THEY CLAIM 
  KILLS CORONAVIRUS.
  >> IT KILLS 99.9% OF
  COVID WITHIN TEN
  MINUTES.
  IT TAKES PARTICULATES 
  OUT OF THE AIR AND
  COVID CANNOT LIVE IN
  THAT ENVIRONMENT. 
  >> Reporter: MEDICAL
  EXPERTS SAY EVEN IF IT
  WORKED IT WOULD NOT 
  PREVENT TRANSMISSION
  THROUGH COUGHING OR 
  OTHER MEANS.
  >> WHATEVER IT IS, IF 
  IT'S NOT DIRECTLY 
  BETWEEN YOUR FACE AND 
  THE PERSON STANDING 
  NEXT TO YOU, WHICH IS 
  WHY WE REALLY, YOU
  KNOW, RECOMMEND PEOPLE
  DON'T ATTEND MASS 
  GATHERINGS. 
  >> Reporter: WE 
  REACHED OUT TO THE
  CHURCH FOR COMMENT
  SO FAR, NO RESPONSE,
  BUT ORGANIZERS SAY
  THEY'RE REQUIRING FACE
  MASKS AT TOMORROW'S 
  EVENT.
  SAVANNAH
  >> GEOFF, THANK YOU.
  >>> THE QUESTIONS 
  GROWING TONIGHT OVER
  THE PRESIDENT'S ABRUPT
  FIRING OF ONE OF THE
  MOST POWERFUL 
  PROSECUTORS IN THE
  COUNTRY, THE U.S. 
  ATTORNEY FOR THE
  SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
  NEW YORK
  DEMOCRATS ARE CRYING
  FOUL AND THE WHITE
  HOUSE IS RESPONDING.
  HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.
  >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
  CALLING FOR AN
  INVESTIGATION INTO THE
  SUDDEN FIRING OF U.S. 
  ATTORNEY GEOFFREY 
  BERMAN
  CHUCK SCHUMER WRITING 
  A LETTER TO THE 
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
  INSPECTOR GENERAL.
  >> OVER THE PAST TWO
  DAYS THIS SORDID PLOT 
  BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
  ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR 
  TO OUST A WELL
  RESPECTED ATTORNEY IN 
  PUBLIC VIEW.
  >> Reporter: THE
  SHAKEUP HAPPENED LATE 
  FRIDAY
  WILLIAM BARR ANNOUNCED
  IN A PRESS RELEASE
  BERMAN WOULD BE 
  STEPPING DOWN.
  BERMAN QUICKLY
  RESPONDING HE HAD NO
  INTENTION OF
  RESIGNING.
  U.S. ATTORNEYS ARE
  APPOINTED BY THE
  PRESIDENT WHO CAN 
  REMOVE THEM AT ANY
  TIME
  THE PRESIDENT FIRED 
  BERMAN ON SATURDAY
  THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
  IT WAS JUST A 
  PERSONNEL MOVE, 
  DESIGNED TO FIND A
  POSITION FOR OUTGOING 
  S.E.C. CHAIRMAN JAY 
  CLAYTON.
  >> BARR WAS WORKING ON
  A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
  WHEN BERMAN CHOSE TO
  RESPOND IN THE WAY HE 
  DID HE CAME TO THE
  PRESIDENT AND THE 
  PRESIDENT AGREED AND
  FIRED THIS INDIVIDUAL,
  MR. BERMAN. 
  >> PRESIDENT TRUMP
  APPEARING TO DISTANCE 
  HIMSELF FROM THE
  DECISION ON SATURDAY. 
  >> WE HAVE A VERY 
  CAPABLE ATTORNEY
  GENERAL SO THAT'S 
  REALLY UP TO HIM
  I'M NOT INVOLVED. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  SURPRISE MOVE LED TO
  DEMOCRATIC ACCUSATIONS
  THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
  WAS TRYING TO OBSTRUCT
  ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS
  IN NEW YORK'S SOUTHERN
  DISTRICT
  AN OFFICE THAT'S
  LOOKED INTO PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP'S CLOSEST ALLIES
  IN THE PAST, INCLUDING
  PERSONAL ATTORNEYS
  RUDY GIULIANI AND 
  MICHAEL COHEN.
  BUT CLAYTON IS
  UNLIKELY TO BE
  CONFIRMED BY THE
  SENATE BEFORE 
  NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.
  THE ACTING U.S. 
  ATTORNEY NOW IS AUDREY
  STRAUSS, A REGISTERED 
  DEMOCRAT WHO WAS
  BERMAN'S DEPUTY.
  MEANING ANY CURRENT 
  INVESTIGATIONS ARE SET
  TO PROCEED
  TONIGHT SEVERAL LAW 
  ENFORCEMENT SOURCES 
  TELL NBC NEWS THERE 
  ARE NO UNANNOUNCED
  INVESTIGATIONS THAT 
  THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT 
  OF NEW YORK IS WORKING
  ON THAT COULD HAVE
  TRIGGERED THIS FIRING.
  SAVANNAH
  >> ALL RIGHT, 
  STEPHANIE, THANK YOU
  >>> IN ALABAMA, A 
  MOVING AND DRAMATIC 
  SHOW OF SOLIDARITY
  TODAY AT THE TALLADEGA
  SPEEDWAY, NASCAR
  RALLYING AROUND BUBBA 
  WALLACE, THE SPORT'S
  ONLY FULL-TIME BLACK
  DRIVER, ONE DAY AFTER 
  A NOOSE WAS FOUND IN
  HIS GARAGE STALL
  TONIGHT THE FBI AND 
  NASCAR ARE
  INVESTIGATING.
  HERE'S NBC'S SAM
  BROCK.
  >> Reporter: IN A SIGN
  OF SOLIDARITY.
  >> HAS RALLIED AROUND 
  BUBBA WALLACE.
  >> Reporter: IN A 
  REJECTION OF RACISM.
  NASCAR DRIVERS WALK 
  ALONGSIDE BUBBA 
  WALLACE'S CAR, NUMBER 
  43, OVERCOME WE 
  MOTION. 
  >> Reporter: A
  DESPICABLE ACT BY 
  SOMEONE.
  >> Reporter: LESS THAN
  24 HOURS EARLIER A
  NOOSE WAS FOUND IN HIS
  GARAGE STALL, 
  PROMPTING THIS
  RESPONSE, I WILL NOT
  GIVE IN, NOR WILL I 
  BACK DOWN, I WILL 
  CONTINUE TO PROUDLY 
  STAND FOR WHAT I
  BELIEVE IN
  NASCAR CONFIRMING TO
  NBC NEWS THAT NO FANS 
  HAVE ACCESS TO THAT 
  GARAGE
  ONLY A FEW ESSENTIAL
  PERSONNEL.
  THE ORGANIZATION
  VOWING TO INVESTIGATE 
  AND DECLARING WE ARE
  ANGRY AND OUTRAGED, 
  AND CANNOT STATE
  STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW 
  SERIOUSLY WE TAKE THIS
  HEINOUS ACT.
  THE FBI IS ALREADY ON 
  SCENE TONIGHT WITH THE
  U.S. ATTORNEY IN
  BIRMINGHAM
  INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE
  VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL 
  LAW.
  >> SHUT THESE HATERS
  UP. 
  >> Reporter: TODAY'S
  RACE, THE FIRST 
  OPPORTUNITY FOR 
  GENERAL ADMISSION FANS
  TO GET BACK ON THE
  TRACK AND THE FIRST 
  TEST OF A CONFEDERATE 
  FLAG BAN, CHAMPIONED
  WITH BY WALLACE --
  IT'S ABOUT WALKING
  INTO AN EVENT AND 
  FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE.
  THAT'S IT.
  >> Reporter: FANS ON
  THEIR PERSONAL
  PROPERTY FAILING THAT 
  TEST, CONFEDERATE 
  FLAGS FLAP NEXT TO
  POP-UP GIFT SHOPS,
  WALLACE'S FELLOW
  DRIVERS VOICING ZERO
  TOLERANCE FOR ANY OF
  IT. 
  >> I CANNOT BELIEVE 
  THE HATE SOMEONE CAN
  HAVE IN THEIR HEART.
  >> Reporter: DRIVERS
  BANDING TOGETHER, 
  BUBBA WALLACE STANDING
  ANYWHERE BUT ALONE
  NASCAR'S PRESIDENT
  SAID HE WAS THE FIRST 
  PERSON TO TALK TO 
  BUBBA WALLACE ABOUT 
  THE NEWS
  IT WAS A DIFFICULT FOR
  HIM.
  IT WAS A DIFFICULT
  MOMENT FOR HE.
  HE ALSO SAID WHOEVER'S
  RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
  ACT WILL BE BANNED
  FROM THE SPORT FOR
  LIFE
  SAVANNAH
  >> SAM, THANK YOU.
  >>> AND CALLS FOR 
  RACIAL JUSTICE GROWING
  IN ATLANTA TODAY WHERE
  MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 
  PAID RESPECTS TO
  RAYSHARD BROOKS.
  HERE'S NBC'S BLAYNE 
  ALEXANDER.
  >> Reporter: LYING IN 
  A SHIENDING GOLD
  CASKET, THE BODY OF 
  RAYSHARD BROOKS 
  ARRIVED AT ATLANTA'S
  EBENEZER BAPTIST
  CHURCH WHERE DR.
  MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
  ONCE SERVED AS PASTOR.
  TOMORROW HIS DAUGHTER 
  WILL SPEAK AT BROOKS' 
  MEMORIAL SERVICE
  TODAY PEOPLE WAITING
  AT TIMES IN THE RAIN
  TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
  >> IT'S ABOUT A STAND 
  OF SOLIDARITY VERSUS
  WHITE VERSUS BLACK, 
  COP VERSUS NON-COP
  IT'S HUMANITY VERSUS
  INHUMANITY. 
  >> Reporter: BROOKS 
  WHO DIED TEN DAYS AGO 
  DURING A POLICE 
  ENCOUNTER IN A WENDY'S
  PARKING LOT HAS BECOME
  THE LATEST RALLYING 
  CRY FOR THOSE 
  DEMANDING POLICE
  REFORM
  IN ATLANTA THE CITY'S 
  POLICE DEPARTMENT 
  ACKNOWLEDGES A HIGHER 
  THAN AVERAGE NUMBER OF
  OFFICERS CALLING OUT
  SICK FOLLOWING LAST 
  WEEK'S CHARGES AGAINST
  FORMER OFFICER GARRETT
  ROLFE AND OFFICER 
  DEVON BROZ NAN. 
  >> EXPLANATION FOR
  CALLING OUT SICK, 
  INCLUDE OFFICERS
  QUESTIONING THEIR 
  TRAINING, OFFICERS
  BEING CHALLENGED AND
  ATTACKED AND UNEASE 
  ABOUT OFFICERS SEEING 
  THEIR COLLEAGUES
  CRIMINALLY CHARGED SO 
  QUICKLY.
  >> Reporter: THIS AS
  DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE
  COUNTRY FACE INCRETED 
  SCRUTINY, THIS VIDEO
  SHOWS AN NYPD OFFICER 
  APPEARING TO USE A
  CHOKE HOLD. 
  >> STOP CHOKING HIM,
  BRO.
  >> Reporter: DAYS 
  AFTER CHOKE HOLDS WERE
  OUTLAWED IN STATE.
  WITHIN HOURS THAT 
  OFFICER SUSPENDED 
  WITHOUT PAY.
  >> THAT PERSON WAS
  DEALT SWIFTLY WITH, 
  WAS SUSPENDED, AND WE 
  WILL CONTINUE TO TREAT
  THAT SERIOUSLY AND
  CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE 
  IT IN TRAINING. 
  >> Reporter: BACK IN
  ATLANTA A BOND HEARING
  FOR THE OFFICER 
  CHARGED WITH BROOKS'
  MURDER THAT WAS 
  SUPPOSED TO BE HELD 
  TOMORROW HAS NOW BEEN 
  POSTPONED.
  BLAYNE ALEXANDER, NBC 
  NEWS
  ATLANTA.
  >>> AND IN 60 SECONDS,
  THE STUNNING TOLL OF
  RACISM ON THE MENTAL
  HEALTH OF BLACK 
  HEALTH OF BLACK 
  CHILDREN
 
   CRISIS IN 
   OUR COUNTRY.
   A STAGGERING RISE IN 
   SUICIDE 
   ATTEMPTS BY BLACK 
   CHILDREN.
   NBC NOW WITH
   ONE MOTHER'S 
   HEART-BREAKING 
   MESSAGE.
   AND WE WANT TO NOTE, 
   IF YOU DO 
   HAVE YOUNGSTERS IN THE
   ROOM, 
   SOME OF WHAT'S 
   DISCUSSED IS 
   TROUBLING TO HEAR.
   >> SO HAPPY. 
   >> Reporter: FROM 
   BIRTH, SEVEN 
   WAS HIS PARENT'S JOY.
   THE CHILD DOCTORS SAID
   TAMMY CHARLES COULDN'T
   HAVE.
   >> YOUR MIRACLE BABY, 
   HUH?
   >> ABSOLUTELY.
   I TOLD HIM OVER AND 
   OVER, DADDY 
   AND I LOVE YOU SO 
   MUCH, AND THIS 
   IS SOMETHING THAT WE 
   ALWAYS DID. 
   >> Reporter: BUT LAST 
   YEAR AT 
   TEN YEARS OLD, THEY 
   LOST HIM TO 
   SUICIDE IN THEIR HOME 
   IN 
   LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
   >> WE TEACH OUR 
   CHILDREN ABOUT 
   STRANGER DANGER OR 
   GUNS OR ANY 
   OTHER TYPE OF OUTWARD 
   HURT THAT 
   WE TRY TO PROTECT THEM
   FROM.
   THIS IS ONE THAT WAS 
   BROUGHT -- 
   I WAS BLIND SIDED BY.
   MY TEN AND A HALF YEAR
   OLD SON, 
   MY MIRACLE CHILD, MY 
   ONLY CHILD, 
   WAS DEAD. 
   >> Reporter: A STUDY 
   COMMISSIONED BY THE 
   CONGRESSIONAL BLACK 
   CAUCUS SHOWS 
   IN RECENT YEARS, 
   SELF-REPORTED 
   SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY 
   BLACK TEENS 
   INCREASED BY 73%.
   THE RATE DECREASED FOR
   WHITE TEENS.
   BLACK CHILDREN YOUNGER
   THAN 13 
   WERE TWICE AS LIKELY 
   TO DIE BY 
   SUICIDE THAN WHITE 
   CHILDREN. 
   >> REALLY SHOCKING. 
   >> Reporter: NYU 
   PROFESSOR 
   MICHAEL LINDSEY LED 
   THE STUDY.
   WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
   >> I THINK WE HAVE TO 
   TALK ABOUT 
   THE RACISM AND 
   DISCRIMINATION 
   THAT IS PREVAILING IN 
   OUR 
   SOCIETY.
   THAT TRAUMA, I THINK, 
   IS 
   ENGENDERING A SENSE OF
   HOPELESSNESS FOR KIDS,
   WONDERING 
   IF THEIR LIFE REALLY 
   MATTERS. 
   >> Reporter: TAMMY 
   ADVOCATED FOR 
   HER SON, TRIED TO GET 
   HIM HELP 
   AND WORKED WITH HIS 
   SCHOOL.
   AFTER SHE SAYS HE WAS 
   BULLIED, CALLED THE "
   "N" WORD, AND CHOKED 
   ON THE SCHOOL
   BUS JUST MONTHS BEFORE
   HIS 
   DEATH. 
   >> I MISS MOST HIS 
   SMILES.
   I MISS CALLING HIS 
   NAME.
   AND I MISS HEARING 
   SOMEONE CALL 
   ME MOMMY.
   THAT IS WHAT I MISS 
   THE MOST.
   >> Reporter: 
   NATIONWIDE, BLACK AND 
   BROWN 
   CHILDREN ARE LESS 
   LIKELY THAN 
   NON-LATINO WHITE 
   CHILDREN TO 
   RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH 
   SERVICES.
   PHILADELPHIA'S 
   PSYCHOTHERAPIST 
   IS TRYING TO CHANGE 
   THAT, 
   RAISING MONEY FOR FREE
   COUNSELING FOR 
   FAMILIES OF 
   COLOR. 
   >> WE REALLY WANT 
   YOUNG FOLKS TO 
   KNOW THEY AREN'T 
   ALONE.
   NOW MORE THAN EVER, 
   OUR FOLKS 
   ARE ACTUALLY OPEN TO 
   THE 
   HEALING. 
   AND WILLING TO GIVE 
   THE HEALING.
   >> Reporter: HEALING 
   FOR TAMMY 
   IS SHARING HER SON'S 
   STORY. 
   >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE 
   CHILDREN OR IF
   YOU DO, TELL THEM, YOU
   ARE 
   LOVED.
   YOU ARE IMPORTANT.
   AND IF THERE IS 
   ANYTHING I CAN 
   DO TO HELP YOU 
   THROUGH, PLEASE 
   TELL ME.
   TALK TO ME.
   PLEASE.
   >> Reporter: HOPING 
   OTHER 
   PARENTS NEVER 
   EXPERIENCE HER 
   PAIN.
   NBC NEWS NEW YORK.
   >> SUCH AN IMPORTANT 
   MESSAGE.
   AND UP NEXT, THE NEW 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY
   >>> ONE OF THE 
   COUNTRY'S BUSIEST 
   AIRPORTS ARE ROLLING 
   OUT A 
   CUTTING EDGE NEW WAY 
   TO SCREEN 
   FOR COVID-19.
   HERE'S GADI SCHWARTZ. 
   >> Reporter: AT LAX'S 
   INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
   TODAY, A 
   NEW LAYER OF SCREENING
   JUST BEFORE THE TSA 
   CHECK SCREEN.
   A THERMAL IMAGING 
   CAMERA NOW 
   SCANNING THOUSANDS OF 
   PEOPLE.
   ANYONE WITH A 
   TEMPERATURE ABOVE 
   100.4 WILL BE 
   APPROACHED FOR A 
   SECONDARY SCREENING.
   IF THEY HAVE A FEVER, 
   THEY WILL 
   BE ASKED NOT TO FLY.
   WHILE INFORMATION ON 
   ARRIVING PASSENGERS 
   SHOWING FEVER WILL BE 
   PASSED ON TO THE CDC.
   THE ROLL-OUT, THE 
   BIGGEST 
   INFRARED SCREENING YET
   IN THE 
   U.S. AIRPORT, BUT 
   SIMILAR TO 
   WHAT'S BEING USED IN 
   ASIA AND 
   ACROSS EUROPE.
   BUT HEALTH EXPERTS IN 
   THE UNITED 
   STATES WARN THE NEW 
   TECHNOLOGY 
   ISN'T FOOL-PROOF. 
   >> IT WILL NOT STOP 
   ANY 
   ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS 
   BECAUSE 
   THEY DO NOT HAVE 
   FEVERS TO SPEAK 
   OF. 
   >> Reporter: SINCE THE
   EARLY 
   DAYS OF THE STATE 
   LOCKDOWNS, AIR 
   TRAVEL IS UP 300%, BUT
   STILL 
   JUST A FRACTION OF 
   WHAT IT WAS 
   LAST YEAR.
   FOR NOW THE PROGRAM AT
   LAX COMES 
   WITH LIMITATIONS.
   IMAGES WON'T BE STORED
   AND 
   DEPARTING PASSENGERS 
   WITH FEVERS 
   WILL ONLY BE ADVISED 
   NOT TO FLY. 
   >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
   STOP THEM 
   FROM TRAVELING.
   WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
   TELL THE 
   AIRLINES THEY HAVE 
   THIS FEVER.
   WE WILL JUST GIVE THEM
   THIS 
   ADVICE AND LET THEM 
   CONTINUE ON 
   THEIR JOURNEY.
   NOW OFFICIALS HOPING A
   NEW LAYER 
   OF SCREENING WILL ADD 
   ADDITIONAL 
   PROTECTION COULD BE A 
   SIGN OF 
   WHAT'S TO COME AT 
   AIRPORTS IN 
   THE FUTURE.
   THE FUTURE.
   RINGS OR STANLEY CUPS.
   IT IS ABOUT EQUALLY.
