   >>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. 
   SHATTERING THE RECORD 
   FOR THE 
   MOST COVID CASES IN A 
   SINGLE 
   DAY.
   OVER 77,000 IN JUST 24
   HOURS.
   THE COUNTRY NEARING 
   140,000 
   DEATHS AND A NEW 
   REPORT ABOUT AN 
   UNRELEASED WHITE HOUSE
   DOCUMENT 
   CALLING FOR 18 STATES 
   IN THE SO-CALLED RED 
   ZONE TO ROLL
   BACK REOPENINGS.
   >>> IN FLORIDA NEW 
   CLOSURES AND 
   CURFEWS JUST ANNOUNCED
   LATE 
   TODAY AS CASES THERE 
   SURGE.
   TEXAS REPORTING ITS 
   DEADLIEST 
   DAY YET. 
   >>> ALSO, THE SHOWDOWN
   OVER 
   MASKS INTENSIFYING.
   GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR 
   SUING 
   ATLANTA'S MAYOR FOR 
   REQUIRING 
   THEM.
   HOW SHE'S FIRING BACK.
   >>> CALIFORNIA 
   ORDERING MOST OF 
   ITS SCHOOLS TO STAY 
   CLOSED.
   THE NATION'S THIRD 
   LARGEST DISTRICT,
   CHICAGO REVEALING A 
   HYBRID 
   LEARNING PLAN.
   TEACHERS ON EDGE.
   ONE SAYING IT'S TIME 
   TO UPDATE 
   HER WILL. 
   >>> THERE IS NEWS 
   TONIGHT FROM 
   THE SUPREME COURT.
   JUSTICE RUTH BADER 
   GINSBURG, HER 
   NEW HEALTH BATTLE. 
   >>> THE MAJOR ACTION 
   BY THE 
   PENTAGON INVOLVING THE
   CONFEDERATE FLAG AFTER
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP DEFENDED IT AS 
   FREEDOM OF 
   SPEECH. 
   >>> EXPLOSIVE 
   ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL 
   HARASSMENT AGAINST 
   FORMER EMPLOYEES OF 
   WASHINGTON'S NFL TEAM.
   HOW THE OWNER IS 
   RESPONDING. 
   >>> AND THE WORLD WAR 
   II VETERAN 
   WHOSE JOURNEY INSPIRED
   THE 
   WORLD, RECEIVING HIGH 
   HONORS 
   TODAY FROM THE QUEEN. 
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   IT IS TIME TO PUSH THE
   COVID 
   LOCKDOWN BUTTON AGAIN.
   LATE TODAY AT LEAST 
   PARTS OF FLORIDA 
   LOWERING THE BOOM WITH
   CURFEWING, CLOSED BARS
   AND RESTAURANTS.
   FLORIDA IS ONE OF 18 
   STATES QUIETLY 
   IDENTIFIED BY THE 
   WHITE HOUSE AS BEING 
   IN DEEP TROUBLE.
   AN UNRELEASED STUDY 
   CALLING FOR 
   NEW CRACKDOWNS.
   FOR THE FIRST TIME THE
   COUNTRY 
   REPORTED MORE THAN 
   77,000 CASES 
   IN A SINGLE DAY.
   AND MANY OF THE STATES
   THAT LED 
   THE WAY IN REOPENINGS 
   ARE SEEING 
   THE BIGGEST INCREASES.
   TOM COSTELLO BEGINS 
   OUR 
   COVERAGE. 
   >> Reporter: ACROSS 
   MUCH OF THE 
   SOUTHERN U.S. FROM 
   EAST TO WEST, 
   ANOTHER DAY OF 
   SCORCHING HEAT 
   AND HOSPITALS 
   OVERWHELMED WITH 
   COVID PATIENTS.
   AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
   MISSISSIPPI 
   MED CENTER IN JACKSON.
   >> THEY MAY LIVE.
   THEY MAY NOT.
   UNFORTUNATELY A LOT 
   DON'T.
   WHEN YOU ARE ON A 
   HAMSTER WHEEL 
   AND A PEOPLE AND A LOT
   OF PEOPLE 
   DIE, IT IS TIRING. 
   >> Reporter: COVID IS 
   EXPLODING 
   ACROSS THE STATE.
   MORE THAN 1,000 NEW 
   CASES EACH 
   DAY.
   MISSISSIPPI ONE OF 18 
   STATES 
   IDENTIFIED BY THE 
   WHITE HOUSE 
   CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
   IN A 
   REPORT SENT TO STATES 
   BUT NOT 
   MADE PUBLIC OBTAINED 
   BY THE 
   CENTER FOR PUBLIC 
   INTEGRITY.
   THE REPORT SUGGESTS 
   MORE THAN A 
   DOZEN STATES SHOULD 
   REVERT TO 
   MORE STRINGENT 
   MEASURES, INCLUDING 
   LIMITING SOCIAL 
   GATHERING, CLOSING 
   BARS AND GYMS AND 
   ASKING RESIDENTS TO 
   WEAR MASKS OUTSIDE THE
   HOME, INCLUDING IN 
   GEORGIA WHERE THE 
   GOVERNOR HAS SET NO 
   MANDATE.
   WITH THE NATION'S 
   DEATH TOLL 
   APPROACHING 140,000, 
   DR. ANTHONY 
   FAUCI SAID THE TIME TO
   ACT IS 
   NOW.
   >> I THINK THE TIME 
   HAS COME THAT WE 
   REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE
   A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING
   ON AND SEE IF WE CAN 
   INTENSIFY THE THINGS 
   WE DO TO PREVENT THE 
   RESURGENCE THAT WE'RE 
   SEEING.
   >> Reporter: IN 
   FLORIDA WITH 
   NEARLY 14,000 NEW 
   CASES IN ONE 
   DAY AND A DEATH TOLL 
   EXCEEDING 
   4,700, 
   MIAMI BEACH ANNOUNCED 
   AN 8:00 
   P.M. CURFEW IN THE 
   ENTERTAINMENT 
   DISTRICT.
   RESTAURANTS AND BARS 
   MUST CLOSE.
   BROWARD COUNTY 
   ANNOUNCED AN 11 
   P.M. CURFEW.
   >> WE ARE IN 
   UNPRECEDENTED 
   TIMES.
   THIS IS NOT SOMETHING 
   WE TAKE 
   LIGHTLY. 
   >> Reporter: IN TEXAS 
   FEMA IS 
   SENDING 14 
   REFRIGERATED TRUCKS.
   AND MORE BODY BAGS.
   ALREADY MORE THAN 
   3,700 PEOPLE HAVE 
   DIED.
   IN ARIZONA WHERE SOME 
   PEOPLE HAVE WAITED 
   EIGHT HOURS AND LONGER
   TO GET TESTED -- 
   >> THIS IS THE THIRD 
   TIME IN TWO MONTHS I 
   HAVE HAD A TEST.
   I JUST WANT TO MAKE 
   SURE.
   >> Reporter: A NEW 
   STATE FEDERAL 
   SEARCH SITE AIMS TO 
   TEST 5,000 
   PEOPLE PER DAY IN LOW 
   INCOME 
   AREAS. 
   >> WE HAVE 
   MULTIGENERATIONAL 
   FAMILIES LIVING UNDER 
   ONE ROOF.
   GRANDMAS, IF THE AUNT 
   GETS 
   COVID, PEOPLE DON'T 
   KNOW.
   THEY'RE SCARED.
   THEY'VE GOT YOUNG 
   ONES.
   SHOULD THEY TRY TO GO 
   TO WORK?
   >> Reporter: THE HOPE?
   ONCE IDENTIFIED COVID 
   IDENTIFIED 
   PATIENTS WILL 
   SELF-ISOLATE.
   MEANWHILE, VOLUNTEERS 
   FROM A 
   FORMER EPICENTER NEW 
   YORK ARE 
   SPREADING OUT FROM 
   ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY TO LEND A 
   HAND.
   HER OWN FATHER DIED OF
   COVID.
   NOW SHE IS IN HOUSTON.
   >> FOR ME IT HAD BEEN 
   A PERSONAL 
   DUTY DUE TO THE FACT I
   LOST MY 
   FATHER IN THIS.
   AND I JUST WANT TO BE 
   ABLE TO 
   HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO 
   BE ABLE TO 
   BE TESTED. 
   >> Reporter: FIVE 
   MONTHS IN, 
   THIS PANDEMIC IS STILL
   OUT OF 
   CONTROL.
   TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS
   WASHINGTON. 
   >> Reporter: I'M 
   BLAINE 
   ALEXANDER IN ATLANTA 
   WHERE THE
   FACE-OFF OVER FACE 
   COVERINGS IS 
   HEADED TO COURT.
   TODAY GEORGIA GOVERNOR
   BRIAN 
   KEMP IS DEFENDING HIS 
   LAWSUIT 
   AGAINST ATLANTA MAYOR 
   BOTTOMS SUING TO BLOCK
   THE CITY'S MASK 
   REQUIREMENT.
   >> GEORGIANS DON'T 
   NEED A 
   MANDATE TO DO THE 
   RIGHT THING. 
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   LAWSUIT, KEMP CALLS 
   THE MANDATE 
   UNENFORCEABLE AND IS 
   MOVING TO STOP ATLANTA
   FROM ROLLING BACK 
   REOPENING MEASURES.
   BOTTOM CALLS THE 
   LAWSUIT 
   BIZARRE. 
   >> IT IS AN ABSOLUTE 
   WASTE OF 
   RESOURCES, AND IT IS 
   REALLY A 
   DISTRACTION FROM WHAT 
   THE REAL 
   ENEMY IS HERE, AND 
   THAT ENEMY IS 
   THIS VIRUS THAT'S 
   KILLING PEOPLE 
   IN OUR CITY. 
   >> Reporter: KEMP IS 
   OPPOSING A 
   MASK MANDATE EVEN AS 
   HE URGES 
   GEORGIANS TO WEAR 
   THEM. 
   >> WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
   TO WEAR 
   MASKS. 
   >> Reporter: EMBARKING
   ON A 
   RECENT
   STATEWIDE WEAR THE 
   MASK TOUR. 
   >> WE'RE NOT MANDATING
   IT, 
   THOUGH.
   AT LEAST SEND A 
   STRONGER MESSAGE.
   STRENGTHEN THE MESSAGE
   THAT YOU 
   ARE ALREADY SENDING. 
   >> WHAT KIND OF 
   MESSAGE DOES IT 
   SEND WHEN YOU HAVE 
   MANDATES 
   ALREADY THAT PEOPLE 
   AREN'T 
   ENFORCING?
   IT SENDS THE MESSAGE 
   THAT THE 
   MANDATE DOESN'T MEAN 
   ANYTHING.
   I'M ASKING PEOPLE, YOU
   KNOW, 
   GOVERNMENT IS NOT 
   GOING TO BE 
   THE ANSWER TO ALL 
   PEOPLE'S 
   PROBLEMS. 
   >> Reporter: BARBARA 
   TONY 
   ROBERTS SAYS A CITY 
   WIDE MASK 
   MANDATE IS A MUST, 
   SOMETHING HE 
   ENFORCES AT HIS OWN 
   SHOP. 
   >> SOME RECEIVE IT 
   WELL.
   SOME DON'T.
   I GET UGLY LOOKS.
   I GET UGLY COMMENTS.
   BUT IT IS NECESSARY 
   FOR US TO 
   KEEP OUR CLIENTS SAFE.
   >> Reporter: BUT 
   GEORGIA'S 
   RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
   FEARS 
   DIFFERENT GUIDELINES 
   COULD HURT 
   BUSINESSES. 
   >> THE POTENTIAL PATCH
   WORK 
   QUILT OF MANDATES IN 
   OUR STATE 
   WILL ONLY SEEK TO 
   CONFUSE MORE 
   OF OUR GUESTS THAT ARE
   JUST 
   STARTING TO COME OUT 
   TO DINE. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   MEANWHILE, HOME 
   DEPOT, HEADQUARTERED 
   HERE IN 
   ATLANTA JUST ANNOUNCED
   THAT 
   STARTING NEXT WEEK ALL
   SHOPPERS 
   WILL BE REQUIRED TO 
   WEAR MASKS.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   BLAINE ALEXANDER 
   TONIGHT.
   THANKS. 
   >>> THIS IS A TENSE 
   TIME FOR 
   FAMILIES WITH 
   SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN.
   MANY JUST WEEKS FROM 
   THE START OF A NEW 
   SCHOOL YEAR.
   TODAY MORE CITIES 
   BEGAN TO REVEAL
   THEIR PLANS AS THEY 
   WEIGH THE 
   RISKS AND FACE 
   PRESSURE FROM ALL 
   SIDES.
   HERE'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: JUST 
   WEEKS AHEAD OF 
   THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, 
   TONIGHT 
   TOUGH DECISIONS ARE 
   BEING MADE 
   BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
   LIKE 
   CHICAGO'S, THE 
   NATION'S THIRD 
   LARGEST, FIGHTING 
   FEARS OVER 
   COVID, UNVEILING 
   HYBRID 
   LEARNING.
   INSTEAD OF ITS AVERAGE
   CLASS 
   SIZE OF 25, PODS OF 15
   PERSON 
   WILL ALTERNATE TIMES 
   BETWEEN THE 
   CLASSROOM AND ONLINE 
   INSTRUCTION.
   WHEN THEY ARE ON 
   CAMPUS, 
   STUDENTS AND STAFF 
   WITHOUT A 
   MEDICAL EXEMPTION WILL
   NEED TO 
   WEAR MASKS AS 
   TEMPERATURES ARE 
   CHECKED DAILY AND NEW 
   CLEANING 
   PROTOCOLS ARE 
   IMPLEMENTED. 
   >> I THINK THE HYBRID 
   MODEL
   IS THE BEST MODEL FOR 
   US.
   NOTHING REPLACES 
   HAVING A HIGHLY 
   QUALIFIED TEACHER IN 
   FRONT OF 
   STUDENTS. 
   >> Reporter: CHICAGO 
   JOINING NEW 
   YORK CITY IN HYBRID 
   LEARNING 
   WHILE OTHER BIG 
   DISTRICTS LIKE 
   LOS ANGELES GO ALL 
   ONLINE FOR 
   NOW.
   TODAY CALIFORNIA'S 
   GOVERNOR 
   ORDERED PUBLIC AND 
   PRIVATE 
   SCHOOLS IN HARD HIT 
   COUNTIES TO 
   REMAIN CLOSED.
   MEANING, MOST STUDENTS
   ACROSS 
   THE STATE WILL BE 
   REMOTE 
   LEARNING IN THE FALL.
   KINDERGARTEN TEACHER 
   DENISE 
   BRADFORD SAYS IF SHE 
   HAS TO 
   RETURN TO THE 
   CLASSROOM, SHE 
   WILL UPDATE HER WILL. 
   >> MY BOTTOM LINE FEAR
   WOULD BE 
   THAT I GET INFECTED 
   AND DIE.
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   TEMPERS 
   FLARING OVER HOW AND 
   WHEN 
   STUDENTS SHOULD RETURN
   TO 
   SCHOOL -- 
   >> THE MEETING IS 
   ADJOURNED. 
   >> Reporter: -- THE 
   NATION'S TOP 
   INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
   EXPERT WARNS 
   OF THE RISKS OF 
   KEEPING CHILDREN 
   OUT OF CLASS. 
   >> THE UNINTENDED 
   RIPPLE 
   EFFECTS, DOWNSTREAM 
   CONSEQUENCES 
   OF KEEPING THE 
   CHILDREN OUT OF 
   SCHOOL CAN BE 
   PROFOUND. 
   >> HAVING ALL KIDS IN 
   THE HOUSE 
   WITH TWO FULL-TIME 
   JOBS, IT'S 
   NOT WORKING AND NO ONE
   IS 
   GETTING A GREAT 
   EDUCATION. 
   >> Reporter: WITH NO 
   ONE SIZE FITS ALL PLAN
   IN
   PLACE FOR SCHOOLS, 
   THIS FALL 
   HARD LESSONS WILL BE 
   LEARNED IN 
   THE CLASSROOM.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS LOS ANGELES.
   >>> NEW CONCERN 
   TONIGHT ABOUT 
   THE HEALTH OF RUTH 
   BADER 
   GINSBURG WHO ANNOUNCED
   SHE IS 
   BEING TREATED FOR 
   CANCER AGAIN.
   THIS TIME FOR LESIONS 
   ON HER LIVER.
   BUT SHE IS STAYING ON 
   THE COURT.
   PETE WILLIAMS HAS LATE
   DETAILS FOR US.
   >> Reporter: JUSTICE 
   GINSBURG 
   SAYS A SCAN IN 
   FEBRUARY AND A 
   BIOPSY REVEALED 
   LESIONS ON HER 
   LIVER.
   AND AFTER AN 
   UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT 
   TO USE IMMUNO THERAPY,
   SHE BEGAN CHEMOTHERAPY
   IN 
   MID-MAY.
   IT'S NOW YIELDING 
   POSITIVE 
   RESULTS, SHE SAYS, 
   WITH A 
   SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION 
   OF THE 
   LIVER LESIONS AND NO 
   NEW
   DISEASE.
   MEDICAL EXPERTS, NOT 
   THOSE 
   DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN 
   HER CARE, 
   SAY THE DRUG SHE'S 
   GETTING IS 
   OFTEN USED TO TREAT 
   PANCREATIC 
   CANCER.
   SHE'S HAD TWO BOUTS 
   WITH THAT 
   CANCER BEFORE WITH 
   SURGERY AND 
   RADIATION TREATMENT. 
   >> MOST LIKELY, IT IS 
   A 
   REOCCURRENCE OF HER 
   PANCREATIC CANCER.
   THE CHEMOTHERAPY SHE'S
   USING IS 
   OFTEN USED FOR 
   PANCREATIC 
   CANCER, ESPECIALLY 
   TUMORS THAT 
   HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE.
   >> Reporter: SHE WILL 
   CONTINUE 
   THE CHEMOTHERAPY EVERY
   TWO WEEKS, IS 
   TOLERATING IT WELL
   AND MAINTAINING AN 
   ACTIVE DAILY 
   ROUTINE.
   SHE ADDS, I HAVE OFTEN
   SAID I 
   WOULD REMAIN A MEMBER 
   OF THE 
   COURT AS LONG AS I CAN
   DO THE 
   JOB FULL STEAM.
   I REMAIN FULLY ABLE TO
   DO THAT.
   THAT'S WHAT SHE 
   CONSISTENTLY
   SAYS WHEN ASKED HOW 
   LONG SHE 
   WILL SERVE. 
   >> AS LONG AS I'M 
   HEALTHY AND 
   MENTALLY AGILE. 
   >> Reporter: JUSTICE 
   GINSBURG IS THE LEADER
   OF THE
   COURT'S FOUR MEMBER 
   LIBERAL 
   WING.
   IF SHE LEFT, PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   COULD NOMINATE A THIRD
   JUSTICE, 
   MAKING THE COURT 
   CONSERVATIVE.
   MAKING THE COURT 
   SOLIDLY CONSERVATIVE.
   SENATE REPUBLICANS 
   WITH 
   UNDOUBTEDLY TRY TO 
   FILL IT.
   THOUGH, THEY MIGHT NOT
   HAVE THE 
   VOTES.
   THE CHEMOTHERAPY 
   APPEARS NOT TO 
   HAVE SLOWED HER DOWN.
   THIS PAST TERM, SHE 
   WROTE SIX OF 
   THE COURT'S MAJORITY 
   OPINIONS.
   ONLY CHIEF JUSTICE ROB
   PERTS AND BRETT 
   KAVANAUGH WROTE MORE, 
   SEVEN EACH.
   LESTER?
   >> PETE WILLIAMS 
   TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> BREAKING TONIGHT, 
   THE 
   PENTAGON BANNING THE 
   CONFEDERATE 
   FLAG FROM U.S. 
   MILITARY BASES 
   AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   SAID IT 
   WAS A REPRESENTATION 
   OF FREEDOM 
   OF SPEECH.
   COURTNEY KUBE HAS THAT
   STORY. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   MARK ESPER 
   ANNOUNCING THE 
   CONFEDERATE FLAG 
   IS NO LONGER ALLOWED 
   TO BE 
   PUBLICALLY DISPLAYED 
   ON ANY 
   MILITARY INSTALLATION,
   A MOVE 
   MANY HAD BEEN 
   ADVOCATING FOR 
   YEARS. 
   >> THE QUESTION YOU 
   HAVE TO ASK 
   IS WHY DIDN'T YOU DO 
   THIS 20 
   YEARS AGO?
   50 YEARS AGO? 
   >> Reporter: THIS 
   CONGRESSMAN 
   SAYS THERE IS A 
   PROBLEM WITH 
   WHITE SUPREMACISTS IN 
   THE 
   MILITARY.
   ALTHOUGH, IT INVOLVES 
   A TINY 
   PERCENTAGE OF THE 2.1 
   MILLION 
   SERVICE MEMBERS. 
   >> DOES THE MILITARY 
   NEED TO DO 
   MORE TO ROOT WHITE 
   SUPREMACISTS
   OUT OF THE RANKS?
   >> ABSOLUTELY.
   THERE IS EVIDENCE OF 
   WHITE 
   SUPREMACISM IN THE 
   MILITARY THAT 
   NEED TO BE ROOTED OUT.
   >> Reporter: NBC NEWS 
   REVIEWED 
   COURT DOCUMENTS FOR 
   FIVE CRIMINAL CASES 
   INVOLVING FAR RIGHT 
   EXTREMISM AMONG ACTIVE
   DUTY RANKS IN THE LAST
   FOUR YEARS,
   INCLUDING TWO LINKED 
   TO THE 
   VIOLENT NEO-NAZI 
   GROUP.
   AND A MILITARY TIMES 
   POLL SHOWS MORE THAN 
   HALF OF MINORITY
   TROOPS SAY THEY HAVE 
   PERSONALLY 
   WITNESSED EXAMPLES OF 
   WHITE 
   NATIONALISM OR RACISM 
   WITHIN THE 
   RANKS.
   HISTORIAN AND MILITARY
   VETERAN 
   SAM JONES TOLD US 
   ABOUT THE FEAR 
   HE FELT SEEING A 
   FELLOW MARINE 
   DISPLAYING THE 
   CONFEDERATE FLAG. 
   >> THAT PUT ME ON 
   NOTICE THAT 
   THIS WAS SOMEONE I 
   NEEDED TO 
   WATCH, THAT I COULD 
   NOT TRUST. 
   >> Reporter: EXPERT 
   POLICY 
   DIDN'T ACTUALLY 
   INCLUDE THE WORDS 
   "CONFEDERATE FLAG."
   INSTEAD, HE SENT A 
   LIST OF 
   APPROVED FLAGS AND THE
   CONFEDERATE FLAG WAS 
   NOT ON IT. 
   LESTER?
   >> COURTNEY, THANK 
   YOU. 
   >>> THE OWNER OF 
   WASHINGTON'S 
   NFL TEAM IS RESPONDING
   AFTER 15 
   WOMEN ACCUSED EX-TEAM 
   EMPLOYEES 
   OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
   IN AN EXPLOSIVE 
   REPORT, WE GET MORE 
   NOW FROM NBC'S 
   STEPHANIE GOSK.
   >> Reporter: ONE 
   FORMER EMPLOYEE 
   FOR WASHINGTON D.C.'S 
   NFL TEAM 
   SAID SHE HAD TO ENDURE
   RELENTLESS SEXUAL 
   HARASSMENT AND 
   VERBAL ABUSE ON THE 
   JOB. 
   >> IT BREAKS YOU DOWN,
   AND IT'S 
   REALLY HARD TO CLIMB 
   OUT OF 
   THAT. 
   >> Reporter: SHE IS 
   NOT ALONE.
   ACCORDING TO A 
   BOMBSHELL REPORT 
   IN "THE WASHINGTON 
   POST" WITH 
   ALLEGATIONS SPANNING 
   MORE THAN A 
   DECADE.
   EMILY APPLEGATE WORKED
   FOR THE TEAM FOR A
   YEAR AS A MARKETING 
   COORDINATOR. 
   >> YOU GO FROM BEING 
   CALLED 
   STUPID TO BEING HIT ON
   IN WHAT I 
   LIKE TO DESCRIBE AS 
   ALMOST THE 
   SAME BREATH. 
   >> Reporter: APPLEGATE
   IS THE 
   ONLY FORMER TEAM 
   EMPLOYEE TO 
   TELL HER STORY ON THE 
   RECORD.
   14 OTHERS ARE UNNAMED.
   IN PART THE PAPER SAYS
   BECAUSE 
   SOME ARE CONCERNED 
   ABOUT 
   NONDISCLOSURE 
   AGREEMENTS. 
   >> WE ASKED THE 
   REDSKINS TO 
   RELEASE THE WOMEN FROM
   THESE 
   AGREEMENTS SO THEY 
   COULD TALK TO US ABOUT
   THEIR EXPERIENCES.
   >> Reporter: ACCORDING
   TO THE 
   POST, ONE EXECUTIVE 
   SENT THESE 
   MESSAGES TO A FEMALE 
   COLLEGE 
   TELLING HER SOME OF 
   THE STAFF 
   WERE DISCUSSING HER 
   BREASTS.
   AT ONE POINT WRITING, 
   NO 
   OFFENSE, SORRY, REAL 
   OR FAKE IS THE DEBATE.
   IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS 
   ONE OFFICIAL NAMED IN 
   THE ARTICLE RETIRED.
   TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN 
   FIRED, INCLUDING ALEX 
   SANTOS, THE DIRECTOR 
   OF PRO PERSONAL.
   HE PROPOSITIONED HER 
   AT A 
   RESTAURANT IN FRONT OF
   COLLEAGUES IN 2019.
   SHE SAYS SHE DECLINED 
   HIS 
   ADVANCES WRITING TODAY
   HE 
   ATTEMPTED TO GRAB MY 
   HIP AND I 
   MOVED AWAY ENOUGH THAT
   IT ENDED 
   UP BEING A PINCH ON MY
   SIDE.
   WALKER SAID SHE FILED 
   A 
   COMPLAINT WITH THE 
   TEAM WITHIN 
   DAYS.
   SANTOS' FIRING CAME 
   JUST LAST WEEK.
   SANTOS HASN'T 
   COMMENTED.
   THE TEAM TELLS THE 
   POST IT HAS 
   HIRED A PRIVATE LAW 
   FIRM TO 
   CONDUCT A THOROUGH, 
   INDEPENDENT 
   REVIEW OF THIS ENTIRE 
   MATTER AND 
   HELP THE TEAM SET NEW 
   EMPLOYEE 
   STANDARDS FOR THE 
   FUTURE.
   NONE OF THE WOMEN 
   DIRECTLY 
   ACCUSES TEAM OWNER DAN
   SNYDER OF SEXUAL
   HARASSMENT BUT SOME 
   SAY HE 
   FOSTERED A TOXIC WORK 
   CULTURE.
   THE BEHAVIOR DESCRIBED
   HAS NO 
   PLACE IN OUR FRANCHISE
   OR 
   SOCIETY, HE WRITES IN 
   A STATEMENT.
   THIS STORY HAS 
   STRENGTHENED BY 
   COMMITMENT FOR SETTING
   A NEW 
   CULTURE AND STANDARD 
   FOR OUR TEAM.
   TONIGHT THE TEAM 
   ALREADY UNDER FIRE FOR
   ITS NAME NOW BEING 
   FORCED TO RECKON WITH 
   ITS WORKPLACE AS WELL.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
   VOTING 
   RIGHTS BATTLE GOING ON
   IN 
   FLORIDA.
   WHY SOME WHO WON THE 
   RIGHT TO 
   >>> JUST OVER 100 DAYS
   UNTIL 
   ELECTION DAY.
   AND THIS YEAR,
   THOUSANDS OF CONVICTED
   FELONS IN 
   FLORIDA WHO SERVED 
   THEIR TIME 
   WERE SET TO GET THEIR 
   VOTING 
   RIGHTS BACK.
   BUT NOW THE SUPREME 
   COURT 
   DEALING THEM A MAJOR 
   BLOW.
   NBC'S KERRY SANDERS 
   EXPLAINS.
   >> Reporter: FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME, 
   CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND 
   FLORIDA 
   WITH MORE THAN A 
   MILLION 
   POTENTIAL NEW VOTERS 
   CONVICTED 
   FELONS.
   LIKE 54-YEAR-OLD JUDY 
   WHO LOST 
   HER VOTING RIGHTS 
   AFTER SHE WAS 
   CONVICTED FOR DRUG 
   TRAFFICKING.
   NOW FREE, SHE PLANS TO
   VOTE FOR 
   THE FIRST TIME IN HER 
   LIFE. 
   >> IT MADE ME FEEL 
   WORTHLESS, 
   LIKE I WASN'T EVEN A 
   CITIZEN OF 
   THE UNITED STATES. 
   >> Reporter: BECAUSE 
   YOU COULD 
   NOT VOTE?
   >> BECAUSE I COULDN'T 
   VOTE.
   MY VOICE COULDN'T BE 
   HEARD.
   >> Reporter: AND NOW?
   >> AND NOW I FEEL 
   VINDICATED. 
   >> Reporter: BUT NOT 
   SO FAST 
   SAYS FLORIDA GOVERNOR 
   RON DESANTOS.
   HE CHALLENGED A STATE 
   CONSTITUTIONAL 
   AMENDMENT 
   APPROVED BY FLORIDA 
   VOTERS TWO 
   YEARS AGO THAT 
   RESTORED VOTING 
   RIGHTS TO FELONS WHO 
   COMPLETE 
   ALL TERMS OF THEIR 
   SENTENCE, 
   EXCEPT FOR FELONS WHO 
   COMMITTED 
   MURDER OR SEXUAL 
   BATTERY.
   THE GOVERNOR SAYS, ALL
   TERM 
   MEANS JUST THAT. 
   >> IF YOU WERE ROBBED 
   AND 
   SOMEONE IS CONVICTED 
   OF TAKING 
   $3,000 OUT OF YOUR 
   HOUSE AND 
   THEY WERE ORDERED TO 
   PAY YOU 
   $3,000 OF RESTITUTION 
   AND THEY 
   DIDN'T DO IT, DID THEY
   COMPLETE 
   THE SENTENCE?
   >> Reporter: ON 
   THURSDAY, THE 
   U.S. 
   SUPREME COURT SIDED 
   WITH HIM 
   UNLESS THEY PAY OFF 
   WHAT THEY 
   OWE.
   BUT CRITICS FIGHTING 
   FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
   SAY REQUIRING
   PAYMENT IS JUST A 
   TWIST ON OLD 
   JIM CROW LAWS. 
   >> YES, THAT IS A POLL
   TAX. 
   >> Reporter: DESMOND 
   SPENT THREE 
   YEARS IN PRISON ON A 
   DRUG 
   CHARGE.
   THEN WENT TO LAW 
   SCHOOL. 
   >> I THINK THOSE WHO 
   DON'T WANT 
   PEOPLE LIKE ME TO BE 
   ABLE TO 
   VOTE ARE PEOPLE THAT, 
   FIRST OF 
   ALL, THINK THAT PEOPLE
   WHO HAVE 
   FELONY CONVICTIONS ARE
   GOING TO 
   VOTE ONE PARTICULAR 
   PARTY OVER 
   THE OTHER, 
   PARTICULARLY DEMOCRAT 
   PARTY. 
   >> Reporter: A FEDERAL
   JUDGE HAD 
   AGREED THAT FLORIDA'S 
   PAY TO 
   VOTE SYSTEM WAS 
   INHERENTLY 
   UNFAIR, WRITING THE 
   OVERWHELMING 
   MAJORITY OF FELONS 
   WILL BE 
   UNABLE TO PAY.
   REPUBLICAN STATE 
   REPRESENTATIVE 
   JAIME GRANT SAYS, THIS
   IS NOT 
   ABOUT EX-FELONS 
   REGISTERING AS 
   DEMOCRATS. 
   >> I THINK IT IS 
   ABSOLUTELY 
   GROSS TO SUGGEST THAT 
   BECAUSE 
   SOMEBODY IS A CERTAIN 
   SKIN COLOR 
   OR SOMEBODY HAS 
   COMMITTED A
   FELONY THAT THEY WILL 
   ALIGN WITH 
   A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
   PROBLEM.
   FLORIDA OFFICIALS HAVE
   NOT KEPT ANY RECORDS 
   OF FELONS REGISTERED 
   TO VOTE AND HOW MUCH 
   THEY OWE.
   A STATE WITH A HISTORY
   OF MESS 
   YES ELECTIONS, 
   POTENTIALLY 
   HEADED TO MORE 
   CONFUSION IN 
   NOVEMBER.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
 
   >>> A CIVIL RIGHTS 
   ICON HAS 
   DIED.
   THE REVEREND C.T. 
   VIVIAN WAS A KEY 
   ADVISER TO
   MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
   AND BEGAN 
   STAGING SIT-INS FOR 
   RACIAL 
   EQUALITY IN THE 1940s,
   ORGANIZED FREEDOM 
   RIGHTS, MARCHED IN 
   BIRMINGHAM, WAS BEATEN
   AND JAILED.
   IN 2013, BARACK OBAMA 
   HONORED 
   HIM WITH A 
   PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF 
   FREEDOM.
   THE REVEREND C.T. 
   VIVIAN WAS 95 YEARS 
   OLD. 
   >> AND THE MAN WHOSE 
   WALKED RAISED MILLIONS
   OF DOLLARS TO BATTLE 
   THE CORONAVIRUS BECAME
   AN
   INTERNATIONAL HERO 
   BECAME A 
   KNIGHT TODAY.
   MATT BRADLEY REPORTS 
   TONIGHT 
   FROM LONDON. 
   >> Reporter: CAPTAIN 
   THOMAS 
   MOORE HAD TO WALK A 
   LONG WAY.
   100 LAPS TO BE EXACT 
   TO FINALLY 
   MEET THE QUEEN.
   AND TODAY THIS 
   NATIONAL HERO AND 
   WORLD WAR II VETERAN 
   BECAME A 
   KNIGHT.
   IN A PRIVATE SOCIALLY 
   DISTANT 
   CEREMONY AT WINDSOR 
   CASTLE,
   THE QUEEN COULD BE 
   HEARD 
   CONGRATULATING THE 
   CAPTAIN, EVEN 
   COMMENTING ON HIS AGE.
   >> 100 IS A GOOD AGE.
   >> Reporter: THE QUEEN
   HERSELF 
   94 YEARS OLD.
   SEEMED TO HAVE LEFT 
   CAPTAIN 
   MOORE STAR STRUCK. 
   >> NEVER EVER DID I 
   IMAGINE I WOULD GET SO
   CLOSE TO THE QUEEN AND
   HAVE SUCH A KIND 
   MESSAGE FROM HER.
   THAT WAS REALLY 
   OUTSTANDING.
   >> Reporter: IT ALL 
   STARTED WITH 
   A MODEST GOAL, RAISE 
   1,000 
   POUNDS TO HELP FIGHT 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   BY DOING 100 LAPS 
   AROUND HIS 
   BACK GARDEN BEFORE HIS
   100th 
   BIRTHDAY IN APRIL.
   CAPTAIN MOORE
   RAISING A STAGGERING 
   $40 
   MILLION TO FIGHT A 
   DISEASE.
   BUT FROM NOW ON, 
   CAPTAIN TOM 
   WILL BE SIR TOM. 
   >> NO ONE COULD EVER 
   HAVE BELIEVED THAT IN 
   THAT TIME THIS WOULD 
   HAPPEN TO ME.
   >> Reporter: MATT 
   BRADLEY, NBC 
  
   >>> FINALLY, AS WE 
   CLOSE OUT THE 
   WEEK, EVERY NIGHT ON 
   THIS 
   BROADCAST I SIT HERE 
   WITH OUR 
   CORRESPONDENTS AND 
   TAKE YOU 
   THROUGH THE DAILY 
   COUNT OF 
   PEOPLE INFECTED, 
   HOSPITALIZED 
   AND DYING FROM COVID.
   ALONG WITH THAT EVER 
   EXPANDING 
   MAP OF HOT SPOTS.
   IT ALL CONFIRMS WHAT 
   MANY HAVE UNDERSTOOD 
   FOR WEEKS, AND I'M 
   JUST GOING TO SAY IT.
   WE ARE LOSING THIS 
   BATTLE.
   HATS OFF TO THE 
   MEDICAL WORKERS 
   FIGHTING TO SAVE AS 
   MANY LIVES 
   AS POSSIBLE.
   HATS OFF TO THE 
   RESEARCHERS 
   WORKING AT BREAKNECK 
   SPEED TO 
   DEVELOP THERAPEUTICS 
   AND VACCINE 
   CANDIDATES AND TO THE 
   NEIGHBORHOOD HEROES 
   TRYING TO 
   KEEP LIFE AS NORMAL AS
   POSSIBLE.
   THEY ARE ALL DOING 
   THEIR PART.
   BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 
   REST OF US?
   YES, THE SCIENCE IS 
   EVOLVING.
   WE'RE JUST SEVEN 
   MONTHS INTO 
   THIS NIGHTMARE.
   BUT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
   THE TOOLS 
   THAT CURRENT SCIENCE 
   TELLS US 
   CAN SAVE LIVES AND 
   GIVE 
   STRUGGLING BUSINESSES 
   A FIGHTING 
   CHANCE.
   DENIAL HAS LEFT THE 
   STATION, BUT 
   CALAMITY IS RIGHT 
   THERE ON THE 
   TRACK STARING US DOWN.
   WE CONTINUE TO HOPE 
   OUR LEADERS 
   WILL TAP THE COURAGE 
   AND RESOLVE 
   TO MEET THE MOMENT.
   BUT IN THE MEANTIME, 
   REMEMBER, 
   WE'RE IN THIS 
   TOGETHER.
   AND TOGETHER MAY BE 
   THE ONLY WAY 
   WE FIND OUR WAY OUT OF
   THIS.
   >>> AND THAT IS 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   FOR THIS FRIDAY.
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, 
   EVERYONE.
   PLEASE CONTINUE TO 
   TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND EACH 
