   >>> TONIGHT THE GRIM 
   NEW 
   MILESTONE IN THE 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   CRISIS.
   THE U.S. SURPASSING 
   FOUR MILLION 
   CASES.
   CALIFORNIA AND 
   FLORIDA, THEIR 
   DEADLIEST DAYS YET. 
   >>> THE WARNING FOR 
   NEARLY A DOZEN MAYOR 
   CITIES.
   WHAT DR. BIRX SAID 
   THEY MUST 
   IMMEDIATELY DO. 
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
   SURPRISE 
   ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
   THE REPUBLICAN 
   CONVENTION IN 
   FLORIDA CANCELED OVER 
   FLORIDA 
   AND HIS MAJOR REVERSAL
   OVER 
   OPENING SCHOOLS. 
   >>> ALARMING NEW 
   JOBLESS NUMBERS.
   WITH THAT EXTRA $600 
   IN
   UNEMPLOYMENT DAYS FROM
   RUNNING 
   OUT, WILL CONGRESS 
   REACH A DEAL 
   TO EXTEND IT?
   >>> CHAOS IN PORTLAND.
   FEDERAL AGENTS TEAR 
   GASSING THE 
   CROWD.
   AMONG THEM THE MAYOR. 
   >>> ALEXANDRIA 
   OCASIO-CORTEZ 
   CONDEMNING A GOP 
   CONGRESSMAN AFTER HE 
   DENIED ATTACKING HER 
   WITH PROFANITY.
   >>> THE VICTORY FOR 
   MICHAEL 
   COHEN.
   A JUDGE FINDING HE WAS
   LOCKED UP 
   FOR PLANNING A TRUMP 
   TELL-ALL. 
   >>> NBC NEWS 
   EXCLUSIVE.
   TWO OF THE BRITISH 
   HERE.TERRORISTS
   BASEBALL'S OPENING 
   DAY.
   DR. FAUCI THROWING OUT
   THE FIRST 
   PITCH.
   BUT BEFORE THEY HIT 
   THE FIELD, A 
  TESTING POSITIVE. 
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT. 
  >>> GOOD EVENING, IT'S
  BECOMING MORE AND MORE
  LIKELY THAT YOU OR
  SOMEONE YOU KNOW
  PERSONALLY HAS BEEN 
  INFECTED WITH 
  CORONAVIRUS.
  TONIGHT THE RUNNING 
  TALLY OF CONFIRMED
  U.S. CASES HAS REACHED
  4 MILLION.
  WHILE MANY RECOVER OR 
  DO FINE, DEATHS 
  CONTINUE TO CLIMB.
  THE DEATH TOLL NOW
  NEARLY 145,000
  AND TONIGHT URGENT
  ATTENTION BEING 
  DIRECTED TOWARDS
  NEARLY A DOZEN CITIES 
  IN DEEPENING TROUBLE
  THAT'S WHERE OUR
  REPORTING BEGINS
  TONIGHT WITH MIGUEL 
  ALMAGUER. 
  >> Reporter:
  OFFICIALLY ECLIPSING 4
  MILLION INFECTIONS, 
  TONIGHT THE TRUE
  NUMBER OF COVID CASES 
  IN THE U.S. IS WITHOUT
  DOUBT SIGNIFICANTLY 
  HIGHER
  THE NEW MILESTONE 
  REACHED TODAY AS A TOP
  HEALTH OFFICIAL SOUNDS
  THE ALARM FOR 11
  AMERICAN CITIES IN
  TROUBLE.
  AFTER TESTING RESULTS 
  CAME BACK FROM METRO
  AREAS, LIKE CLEVELAND,
  COLUMBUS, NNEAPOLIS 
  AND NEW ORLEANS, DR.
  DEBORAH BIRX, IN A
  PRIVATE CALL OBTAINED 
  BY THE CENTER FOR 
  PUBLIC INTEGRITY, 
  WARNED LOCAL LEADERS
  THEY NEED TO TAKE 
  AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO 
  MITIGATE THEIR
  OUTBREAKS.
  >> WE'RE TRACKING THIS
  VERY CLOSELY
  WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
  STATE OFFICIALS TO
  MAKE SURE WE'RE 
  RESPONDING TOGETHER.
  >> Reporter: THE PUSH 
  TO TAKE QUICK ACTION, 
  NO SURPRISE TO THE
  MAYOR OF INDIANAPOLIS,
  WHERE THE PANDEMIC HAS
  EXPLODED. 
  >> OVER THE LAST WEEK 
  OUR CITY'S POSITIVITY 
  RATE HAS JUMPED BY
  NEARLY 50%
  >> Reporter: AS STATES
  LIKE FLORIDA SET NEW
  HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
  DEATH RECORDS, IN HARD
  HIT TEXAS MORGUES ARE 
  SO OVERWHELMED
  REFRIGERATOR TRUCKS 
  ARE ARRIVING IN ONE 
  COUNTY TO STORE THE 
  DEAD. 
  >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A
  CRISIS
  35 PEOPLE THAT PASSED 
  AWAY JUST TODAY, MAYBE
  MORE. 
  >> Reporter: FOR SOME 
  THE VIRUS TESTING 
  THEIR FAITH AFTER 13
  SISTERS WHO BELONG TO 
  THE SAME MICHIGAN 
  CONVENT LOST THEIR
  LIVES TO COVID
  IN ILLINOIS 
  30-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN
  DEVILLA RECOVERED FROM
  THE VIRUS TO ONLY 
  LATER BE READMITTED TO
  THE E.R.
  HIS WIFE THOUGHT SHE
  WOULD LOSE HIM. 
  >> I WAS STARTING TO
  THINK OF HOW I WAS
  GOING TO TELL MY KIDS 
  THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
  THEIR DAD.
  TODAY HE'S LEARNING TO
  WALK AGAIN. 
  >> I'D RATHER BE HERE 
  LIKE THIS THAN NOT BE 
  HERE AT ALL.
  >> Reporter: AFTER
  8,000 DEATHS IN 
  CALIFORNIA HERE IN LOS
  ANGELES ONE OF THE
  NATION'S MOST 
  DANGEROUS HOT SPOTS,
  TRANSMISSIONS MAY BE
  LEVELING OFF
  PERHAPS HOPE ON THE 
  HORIZON.
  TODAY THE NATION'S
  LARGEST MOVIE THEATER 
  CHAIN AMC ANNOUNCED 
  THEY PLAN TO REOPEN 
  MANY LOCATIONS BY MID 
  TO LATE AUGUST
  THE U.S. AIR FORCE
  ACADEMY SET TO BECOME 
  ONE OF THE FIRST
  UNIVERSITIES IN THE 
  NATION TO WELCOME 
  STUDENTS BACK ON
  CAMPUS THIS MONTH.
  >> YOU WISH YOU COULD 
  GO AND BE THERE.
  >> Reporter: BUT
  ALEXANDRIA KUBIAS 
  KNOWS THE DANGERS TOO 
  WELL, SHE LOST HER
  FATHER AND SISTER DAYS
  APART.
  >> I WOULD NEVER WISH 
  THIS FOR ANYONE TO GO 
  THROUGH.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  ONE FAMILY'S
  UNIMAGINABLE LOSS AS A
  RECORD NUMBER OF
  AMERICANS BECOME
  INFECTED WITH THE 
  VIRUS.
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
  >>> NOW TO THE MAJOR
  NEWS FROM THE WHITE 
  HOUSE.
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  ANNOUNCING TONIGHT
  THAT REPUBLICAN 
  NATIONAL CONVENTION 
  EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR
  NEXT MONTH IN 
  JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 
  HAVE BEEN CANCELLED 
  BECAUSE OF THE
  PANDEMIC
  OUR KRISTEN WELKER HAS
  LATE DETAILS NOW. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
  RARE RETREAT FROM 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH
  CASES OF COVID SURGING
  IN FLORIDA, THE 
  PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING
  HE IS CANCELLING HIS
  PLANS TO HOLD THE 
  REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
  CONVENTION IN 
  JACKSONVILLE. 
  >> BUT I LOOKED AT MY 
  TEAM AND I SAID THE 
  TIMING FOR THIS EVENT 
  IS NOT RIGHT, JUST NOT
  RIGHT WITH WHAT'S 
  HAPPENED RECENTLY, THE
  FLARE-UP IN FLORIDA.
  TO HAVE A BIG 
  CONVENTION IS NOT THE 
  RIGHT TIME
  IT'S REALLY SOMETHING 
  THAT, FOR ME, I HAVE
  TO PROTECT THE
  AMERICAN PEOPLE.
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESIDENT SAYING HE IS
  STILL TRYING TO 
  DETERMINE THE LOCATION
  OF HIS CONVENTION 
  SPEECH AND DELEGATES
  ARE CAST THEIR VOTES
  IN NORTH CAROLINA 
  WHERE IT WAS
  ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
  TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT 
  WAS ASKED, WHAT MADE
  HIM CHANGE HIS MIND?
  >> I WOULD JUST SAY 
  SAFETY
  WE HAVE TO BE 
  VIGILANT
  WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL 
  AND WE ALSO HAVE TO 
  SET AN EXAMPLE. 
  >> Reporter: AND ON 
  SCHOOLS REOPENING IN
  THE FALL THE PRESIDENT
  SAID THE CDC WILL SOON
  PROVIDE MORE GUIDANCE 
  AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
  ACKNOWLEDGED SOME 
  SCHOOLS MAY NEED TO 
  DELAY.
  >> IN CITIES OR STATES
  THAT ARE CURRENT HOT
  SPOTS, AND YOU'LL SEE 
  THAT IN THE MAP BEHIND
  ME, DISTRICTS MAY NEED
  TO DELAY REOPENING FOR
  A FEW WEEKS AND THAT'S
  POSSIBLE
  THAT WILL BE UP TO
  GOVERNORS.
  THE DECISION SHOULD BE
  MADE BASED ON THE DATA
  AND THE FACTS ON THE
  GROUND IN EACH
  COMMUNITY.
  BUT EVERY DISTRICT
  SHOULD BE ACTIVELY
  MAKING PREPARATIONS TO
  OPEN. 
  >> Reporter: IT COMES 
  AMID A SETBACK FOR
  SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO
  HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING
  TO REACH AN AGREEMENT 
  ON A TRILLION DOLLAR
  RELIEF PACKAGE, THE 
  EMERGING ELEMENTS SO
  FAR, $16 BILLION OF 
  NEW FUNDING FOR COVID 
  TESTING, $105 MILLION 
  TO REOPEN SCHOOLS AND 
  MORE DIRECT PAYMENTS
  TO AMERICANS
  BUT AMONG THE KEY 
  STICKING POINTS, THOSE
  $600 WEEKLY PAYMENTS, 
  UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
  SET TO EXPIRE AT THE
  END OF THE MONTH
  THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
  IT WANTS THE AMOUNT TO
  BE LOWERED TO 70% OF A
  PERSON'S PAYCHECK.
  FISCAL CONSERVATIVES
  SAY EVEN THAT'S TOO 
  MUCH
  AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN 
  STARTED NEGOTIATING IN
  EARNEST WITH
  DEMOCRATS.
  >> THE REPUBLICAN 
  DISARRAY AND DITERRING
  HAS SERIOUS 
  POTENTIALLY DEADLY
  CONSEQUENCES FOR TENS 
  OF MILLIONS OF
  AMERICANS.
  >> Reporter: NOW
  SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
  MITCH McCONNELL SAID
  THE TRUMP 
  ADMINISTRATION WILL 
  REVIEW THE DETAILS OF 
  THE RELIEF PACKAGE AND
  THEY HOPE TO HAVE AN
  ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT 
  WEEK
  LESTER
  >> KRISTEN WELKER AT
  THE WHITE HOUSE,
  THANKS. 
  >>> MILLIONS OF 
  AMERICANS ARE 
  ESPECIALLY ANXIOUS
  TONIGHT AS THOSE EXTRA
  $600 A WEEK JOBLESS 
  PAYMENTS ARE ABOUT TO 
  COME TO AN END
  JUST AS CLAIMS FOR
  UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
  ROSE, WITH MORE HE'S
  JO LING KENT. 
  >> Reporter: CINDY
  CROW HAS RELIED ON THE
  $600 WEEKLY PAYMENT 
  FROM THE CARES ACT
  SINCE HER NEW ORLEANS 
  TOUR BUSINESS SHUT
  DOWN DUE TO THE 
  PANDEMIC. 
  >> IT'S BEEN VERY,
  VERY DIFFICULT. 
  >> Reporter: IF THAT
  MONEY GOES AWAY --
  >> IT MEANS I'M 
  HOMELESS
  THERE'S NO ANSWER, I
  DON'T HAVE AN OPTION. 
  >> Reporter: ACROSS 
  THE COUNTRY RISING
  ANXIETY AND 
  UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS,
  MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION 
  NEW JOBLESS CLAIMS
  WERE FILED LAST WEEK, 
  THE FIRST INCREASE
  SINCE LATE MARCH, FAR 
  HIGHER THAN THE 
  282,000 CLAIMS BEFORE 
  THE PANDEMIC
  AND SECURING BENEFITS 
  IN THE FIRST PLACE IS 
  STILL A PROBLEM FOR 
  SOME
  LIKE IN TULSA,
  OKLAHOMA. 
  >> IT'S BEEN TERRIBLE.
  IT'S SLOW.
  IT'S OUTDATED.
  >> Reporter: AND
  WITHOUT THE $600 A
  WEEK SUPPLEMENT 
  UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
  WOULD GET ON AVERAGE
  $383 A WEEK.
  THE EXTRA MONEY,
  HOWEVER, HAS MADE IT
  DIFFICULT FOR GARY
  BRAMER TO FULLY STAFF 
  HIS INDIANA 
  RESTAURANT. 
  >> SOME OF THEM WERE
  MAKING MORE MONEY TO
  STAY HOME AND I DIDN'T
  HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO
  WORK MONDAY THROUGH 
  SATURDAY
  SO I HAD TO START 
  CLOSING ON MONDAYS
  BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T 
  HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. 
  >> Reporter: THIS IS
  THE DILEMMA IN
  WASHINGTON. 
  >> THERE'S AN ARGUMENT
  BEING MADE BY THE 
  PRESIDENT HIMSELF THAT
  THE $600 A WEEK IS
  ACTUALLY DISCOURAGING 
  PEOPLE FROM GOING BACK
  TO WORK.
  >> WHAT'S DISCOURAGING
  PEOPLE FROM GOING BACK
  TO WORK IS THE UNSAFE 
  CONDITIONS, AND 
  BECAUSE OF COVID
  AMERICANS ARE HARD
  WORKING.
  THEY TAKE CARE OF 
  THEIR FAMILIES
  THEY DON'T NEED AN
  INCENTIVE.
  AND SO A $600 PAYMENT 
  IS NOT GOING TO BE A
  DISINCENTIVE
  WHEN WE TAKE THESE
  BENEFITS AWAY WE'RE 
  LOOKING AT A DEEPER 
  AND LONGER RECESSION, 
  WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE
  WANT. 
  >> WITH NEED HELP.
  NOT JUST HERE IN NEW
  ORLEANS, BUT ALL
  ACROSS THE OUNTRY.
  >> Reporter: THE FINAL
  PAYMENTS WILL BE SENT 
  OUT THIS WEEKEND
  BUT EVEN IF A DEAL IS 
  STRUCK ON CAPITOL HILL
  IN THE COMING DAYS, 
  THERE'S LIKELY TO BE A
  DELAY IN GETTING THAT 
  MONEY TO PEOPLE.
  LESTER
  >> JO LING KENT 
  TONIGHT, THANK YOU. 
  >>> THIS EVENING THE
  JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S
  INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS 
  OPENED AN 
  INVESTIGATION INTO THE
  USE OF FORCE BY 
  FEDERAL AGENTS IN PORS
  PORTLAND, OREGON AS 
  THAT CITY'S MAYOR 
  FOUND HIMSELF IN THE
  MIDDLE OF NEW VIOLENT 
  CLASHES.
  MORE FROM ERIN
  McLAUGHL
  McLAUGHLIN. 
  >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT
  IN PORTLAND PROTESTERS
  STORMED THE FEDERAL 
  COURTHOUSE, SOME
  LAUNCHING FLARES AND
  FIREWORKS OVER THE
  STEEL BARRICADES
  FEDERAL AGENTS RESPOND
  WITH TEAR GAS.
  PORTLAND POLICE 
  DECLARED A RIOT.
  AMONG THOSE GASSED, 
  PORTLAND'S DEMOCRATIC 
  MAYOR.
  >> I WANT TO THANK THE
  THOUSANDS OF YOU
  WHO'VE COME OUT TO
  OPPOSE THE TRUMP
  ADMINISTRATION'S
  OCCUPATION OF OUR 
  CITY. 
  >> Reporter: TED
  WHEELER WHO'S ALSO
  PORTLAND'S POLICE 
  COMMISSIONER WAS BOOED
  BY PROTESTERS WHO 
  CRITICIZED HIS
  LEADERSHIP OF 
  PORTLAND'S POLICE.
  LAST NIGHT'S CLASHES
  JUST THE LATEST SINCE 
  FEDERAL AGENTS ARRIVED
  HERE TO PROTECT 
  FEDERAL PROPERTY AFTER
  OVER 50 DAYS OF 
  PROTESTS HAVE INCLUDED
  VIOLENCE AGAINST
  POLICE AND LOOTING. 
  >> WE HAVE THE
  AUTHORITY TO MAKE 
  ARRESTS ON INDIVIDUALS
  THAT ARE TARGETING
  THAT COURTHOUSE.
  >> Reporter: BUT LATE 
  TODAY THE JUSTICE 
  DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTOR
  GENERAL ANNOUNCED 
  HE'LL REVIEW USE OF 
  FORCE COMPLAINTS
  AGAINST FEDERAL 
  PERSONNEL HERE
  A PROTESTER JENNIFER
  CHRISTIANSON WAS
  ARRESTED BY FEDERAL 
  AGENTS
  LIKE WHEELER, SHE 
  WANTS THEM OUT. 
  >> I WANT TO BE CARED 
  FOR BY MEMBERS OF MY
  OWN COMMUNITY.
  WE HAVE VERY LITTLE 
  NEED FOR POLICING.
  WE NEED COMMUNITY 
  SERVICES
  >> Reporter: THE
  INSPECTOR GENERAL IS
  NOT ONLY REVIEWING
  WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN 
  PORTLAND, BUT ALSO THE
  FEDERAL RESPONSE TO 
  PROTESTERS IN 
  WASHINGTON, D.C.
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, ERIN, 
  THANKS. 
  >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE 
  TODAY ORDERED MICHAEL 
  COHEN, PRESIDENT
  TRUMP'S FORMER
  PERSONAL LAWYER,
  RELEASED FROM PRISON
  THE JUDGE RULED THAT
  IN SENDING COHEN BACK 
  TO PRISON EARLIER THIS
  MONTH, FEDERAL
  OFFICIALS HAD 
  RETALIATED AGAINST HIM
  FOR HIS PLAN TO WRITE 
  A TELL-ALL BOOK ABOUT 
  THE PRESIDENT.
  HE'LL SERVE THE REST
  OF HIS SENTENCE FOR 
  CAMPAIGN FINANCE
  VIOLATIONS AT HOME
  >>> NOW TO A DRAMATIC 
  MOMENT ON CAPITOL 
  HILL
  CONGRESSWOMAN 
  ALEXANDRIA
  OCASIO-CORTEZ 
  CONDEMNING A COLLEAGUE
  AFTER SHE SAYS HE 
  CONFRONTED HER IN 
  PROFANITY LACED 
  INSULTS.
  >> Reporter: IN A 
  FIERY SPEECH ON HOUSE 
  FLOOR, CONGRESSWOMAN
  ALEXANDRIA
  OCASIO-CORTEZ STANDING
  HER GROUND. 
  >> IN FRONT OF
  REPORTERS, HE CALLED
  ME, AND I QUOTE, A
  [ BLEEP ].
  THESE ARE THE WORDS 
  THAT REPRESENTATIVE 
  YOHO LEVIED AGAINST A 
  CONGRESSWOMAN.
  >> Reporter: THE
  CONFRONTATION HAPPENED
  MONDAY BUT
  OCASIO-CORTEZ DIDN'T
  CONFIRM THE HILL
  NEWSPAPER'S REPORTING 
  UNTIL AFTER TED YOHO
  SAID THIS.
  >> THE OFFENSIVE NAME 
  CALLING WORDS 
  ATTRIBUTED TO ME BY 
  THE PRESS WERE NEVER
  SPOKEN TO MY
  COLLEAGUES AND IF THEY
  WERE CONSTRUED THAT 
  WAY I APOLOGIZE FOR 
  THEIR 
  MISUNDERSTANDING
  I CANNOT APOLOGIZE FOR
  MY PASSION. 
  >> Reporter:
  OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLED
  THAT AN USE, NOT AN 
  APOLOGY, MAKING THE 
  CASE IT'S ABOUT MORE
  THAN JUST ONE 
  ARGUMENT. 
  >> I HAVE TOSSED MEN
  OUT OF BARS THAT HAVE 
  USED LANGUAGE LIKE MR.
  YOHO'S
  AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED
  THIS TYPE OF
  HARASSMENT, RIDING THE
  SUBWAY IN NEW YORK
  CITY
  THIS IS NOT NEW.
  AND THAT IS THE 
  PROBLEM.
  >> Reporter: HOUSE
  SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
  RECALLING HER OWN 
  EXPERIENCE. 
  >> THEY'VE CALLED ME
  NAMES FOR AT LEAST -- 
  AT LEAST 20 YEARS OF
  LEADERSHIP, 18 YEARS
  OF LEADERSHIP.
  >> Reporter: THIS
  >> THIS ISSUE IS NOT
  ABOUT ONE INCIDENT
  IT IS CULTURAL
  IT IS A CULTURE OF
  LACK OF IMPUNITY OF 
  ACCEPTING AND VIOLENCE
  AND VIOLENT LANGUAGE
  AGAINST WOMEN, AN 
  ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF 
  POWER THAT SUPPORTS 
  THAT
  >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
  DEMANDING REPUBLICANS 
  CONDEMN YOHO
  LESTER
  >> KASIE HUNT TONIGHT,
  THANK YOU.
  >>> WE'RE TRACKING A
  TRIPLE THREAT THIS
  EVENING.
  TROPICAL STORM GONZALO
  BARRELLING TOWARD THE 
  CARIBBEAN, COULD
  BECOME THE ATLANTIC 
  SEASON'S FIRST
  HURRICANE, HURRICANE
  DOUGLAS IS A CATEGORY 
  3 APPROACHING HAWAII
  RIGHT NOW AND IN THE
  GULF A TROPICAL 
  DEPRESSIONIC AT AING
  AIM, WARNINGS ALONG 
  THE TEXAS COAST.
  WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON
  ALL OF IT.
  THE TROPICS STARTING
  TO HEAT UP. 
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS THE 
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 
  WITH TWO MEMBERS OF 
  ISIS. 
   >>> BACK NOW WITH AN 
   NBC NEWS 
   EXCLUSIVE.
   THE INTERVIEW WITH TWO
   BRITISH 
   MEMBERS OF THE ISIS 
   TERROR CELL 
   KNOWN AS THE BEATLES.
   RICHARD ENGEL WITH 
   WHAT THEY NOW 
   ADMIT TO DOING AND 
   REACTION FROM 
   THE FAMILIES OF SLAIN 
   AMERICANS.
   THOSE FAMILIES NOW 
   DEMANDING 
   JUSTICE.
   >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN
   NEARLY 
   SIX YEARS SINCE THE 
   KIDNAPPING 
   AND SAVAGE MURDERS BY 
   ISIS OF 
   AMERICAN AID WORKERS 
   KAYLA 
   MUELLER AND PETER 
   KOSIK AND 
   JOURNALISTS STEVEN 
   SOTLAW AND JAMES 
   FOLEY.
   TONIGHT IN AN 
   EXCLUSIVE 
   INTERVIEW, NEW DETAILS
   ABOUT HOW 
   JIM STOOD UP TO HIS 
   CAPTORS FROM 
   TWO OF THE ISIS 
   MEMBERS WHO HELD 
   HIM AND THE OTHER 
   HOSTAGES. 
   >> IF A GUARD WOULD 
   ASK LIKE, IS THE FOOD 
   ENOUGH, EVERYONE ELSE 
   IN THE PRISON WAS VERY
   TIMID.
   IT WAS ALWAYS HIM WHO 
   WOULD SAY, 
   IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
   HE WOULD TAKE THE -- 
   BECAUSE HE WOULD THINK
   THAT HE'S 
   GOING TO GET PUNISHED 
   FOR IT. 
   >> Reporter: PUNISHED 
   MEANT 
   TORTURE.
   THESE TWO MEN NOW IN 
   U.S. 
   CUSTODY IN IRAQ WERE 
   PART OF THE ISIS
   TERROR CELL NICKNAMED 
   THE 
   BEATLES FOR THEIR 
   BRITISH 
   ACCENT.
   THEY CLAIM THEY DIDN'T
   PARTICIPATE IN TORTURE
   AND 
   EXECUTIONS BUT DO 
   ADMIT ABUSE. 
   >> I THINK MOST OF THE
   PRISONERS 
   WERE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   PREVIOUSLY THEY 
   PRETENDED NOT TO 
   KNOW KAYLA MUELLER WHO
   WAS 
   KIDNAPPED ONE DAY 
   AFTER ARRIVING 
   IN SYRIA. 
   >> DID YOU EVER MEET 
   KAYLA 
   MUELLER?
   >> DIDN'T MEET ANY 
   FOREIGN. 
   >> Reporter: NOW THEY 
   REMEMBER 
   HER, INCLUDING HOW 
   THEY GOT HER 
   PARENTS' E-MAIL 
   ADDRESS TO SEND 
   RANSOM NOTES DEMANDING
   MORE THAN
   $6 MILLION AND 
   THREATENING 
   MURDER. 
   >> SHE WAS VERY 
   SCARED. 
   >> IN A ROOM BY 
   HERSELF THAT NO 
   ONE WOULD GO IN. 
   >> Reporter: WE SHOWED
   KAYLA'S 
   DAD THE DISTURBING 
   INTERVIEW. 
   >> OF COURSE THEY'RE 
   NOT GOING 
   TO TELL THE DARK SIDE 
   OF THE 
   STORY.
   THEY WERE THE 
   HANDLERS.
   THEY -- THEY SHACKLED 
   THEM AND 
   TOOK THEM TO THE 
   BATHROOM TWICE 
   A DAY.
   AT TIMES, KAYLA WAS 
   SHACKLED ALL 
   NIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: BUT THE 
   CASE 
   AGAINST THE TWO HAD 
   BEEN HELD UP 
   WITH A BRITISH COURT 
   RULING THE 
   U.S. WON'T GET CRUCIAL
   EVIDENCE 
   FROM BRITISH 
   INVESTIGATORS 
   UNLESS THE DEATH 
   PENALTY IS OFF 
   THE TABLE.
   JIM'S MOM, DIANE 
   FOLEY.
   WILL THIS GIVE YOU ANY
   KIND OF 
   CLOSURE?
   >> I WANT THEM TO BE 
   HELD 
   ACCOUNTABLE.
   ACCOUNTABILITY IS 
   IMPORTANT. 
   OIR WISE, WE COULD 
   NEVER DETER CRIMES, 
   RIGHT?
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AMERICAN 
   OFFICIALS TELL NBC 
   NEWS, THE 
   U.S. IS DETERMINED TO 
   ARRANGE 
   FOR THE TWO MEN TO 
   FACE CHARGES 
   IN AN AMERICAN 
   COURTROOM.
   LESTER?
   >> ABSOLUTELY 
   CHILLING.
   RICHARD ENGEL TONIGHT.
   THANKS. 
   >>> LET'S TURN NOW TO 
   OUR SERIES
   EXAMINING INEQUALITY 
   IN AMERICA.
   WE WANT TO FIND HOW 
   COVID IS 
   PUSHING FAMILIES TO 
   FIND 
   CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO 
   TEACHING 
   THEIR KIDS DURING THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   THAT IS, IF THEY CAN 
   AFFORD IT. 
   STEPHANIE GOSK 
   EXPLAINS.
   >> Reporter: FOR A LOT
   OF 
   PARENTS, THIS SPRING 
   REVEALED A 
   PAINFUL TRUTH.
   THEY AREN'T GOOD 
   TEACHERS.
   LIKE THIS SINGLE MOM 
   IN ATLANTA. 
   >> BEING A SINGLE 
   PARENT OR NOT, 
   BUT THIS WAS ON 
   ANOTHER LEVEL OF 
   EXHAUSTION. 
   >> Reporter: FACING 
   ANOTHER 
   SCHOOL YEAR OF AT 
   LEAST SOME 
   REMOTE LEARNING, 
   FISCHMAN IS 
   GATHERING A GROUP OF 
   PARENTS WHO 
   PLAN TO HIRE HER 
   BROTHER, A 
   TEACHER, WHO PLANS TO 
   TEACH 
   THE KIDS WHEN THEY 
   AREN'T IN SCHOOL.
   >> TWO HOURS MONDAY, 
   WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY.
   >> Reporter: WOULD YOU
   RELY ON 
   THE CURRICULUM OF THE 
   PUBLIC 
   SCHOOL SYSTEM?
   >> YES.
   YES.
   WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR 
   HIM TO 
   REINVENT THE WHEEL. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS A 
   TEACHING 
   STRATEGY NOW SWEEPING 
   THE 
   COUNTRY, THE PANDEMIC 
   POD, 
   ALLOWING KIDS TO BE 
   TOGETHER AND 
   LEARN WHILE THEIR 
   PARENTS WORK. 
   >> IT WAS TIRING.
   NOT FUN. 
   >> Reporter: ONLINE 
   LEARNING WAS 
   TOUGH FOR BLAKE, A 
   THIRD GRADER 
   OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON,
   D.C.
   HIS PARENTS SAY THE 
   PODS ARE 
   JUST WHAT HE NEEDS. 
   >> YOU REALLY WANT TO 
   GET THE 
   BEST FOR YOUR CHILD 
   AND YOU WANT 
   TO MAXIMIZE THE 
   LEARNING ON 
   THOSE ONLINE DAYS. 
   >> Reporter: BUT FOR 
   MANY 
   FAMILIES, IT IS JUST 
   TOO COSTLY.
   THE TEACHERS HAVE TO 
   BE PAID AND 
   IN SOME CASES THE 
   SPACES BEING 
   USED COST MONEY, TOO. 
   >> FOR THOSE FAMILIES 
   THAT ARE 
   MOST VUL INNER, 
   PARTICULARLY 
   LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES,
   BLACK FAMILIES, BROWN 
   FAMILIES, LANGUAGE 
   MINORITY FAMILIES, 
   THEY'RE LOCKED OUT OF 
   THAT.
   >> Reporter: EXPERTS 
   SAY THAT 
   WILL WIDEN THE 
   EDUCATION GAP. 
   >> THEY'RE CREATING 
   THEIR OWN 
   FORM OF PRIVATE 
   SCHOOLS.
   WHEN YOU START TO DO 
   THAT, WE 
   KNOW THAT THE 
   INEQUALITY EFFECTS 
   ARE GOING TO MULTIPLY 
   OVER TIME. 
   >> Reporter: ZOE 
   FISCHMAN'S POD 
   WILL COST ROUGHLY $150
   A WEEK. 
   >> THESE KIDS GET ONE 
   CHANCE AT 
   BEING KIDS AND THEY'RE
   FORCED TO 
   DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES
   ON ADULT 
   LEVELS THAT THEY 
   REALLY 
   SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE 
   DEALING 
   WITH. 
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   SCRAMBLE TO 
   SAVE THE SCHOOL YEAR 
   FOR SOME, 
   THERE IS THE RISK OF 
 
   YOU'RE FINE. 
   >>> GREAT TO SEE THEM 
   BACK.
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