>>> LEADING THE NEWS
IT'S NEW AN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED A NO-KNOCK WARRANT ON
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH HAS 
BEEN CHARGED
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE, AND A
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN
AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS ARE FALLING
ABOUT 43,000 NEW CASES ARE BEING
REPORTED, DAILY, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST
THE GLIMMER OF HOPE COMES AS FDA
COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN IS 
APOLOGIZING FOR COMMENTS HE MADE
ABOUT BENEFITS OF CONVALESCENT
PLASMA AS A TREATMENT FOR 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HE SAYS I HAVE BEEN 
CRITICIZED FOR REMARKS I MADE 
ABOUT CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH AFTER
STATING THAT 35 LIVES OUT OF
EVERY 100 PEOPLE THAT GET THE 
TREATMENT WOULD SURVIVE THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> NORTH DAKOTA HELALTH
DEPARTMENT IS URGING THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN
STURGIS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO 
GET TESTED AND MONITOR FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE AND
PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED.
MEANWHILE, 13,000 FANS WILL BE
ALLOWED IN HARD ROCK STADIUM IN 
FLORIDA FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS
AND THE HURRICANES' HOME OPENER 
THIS SEASON, AMID THE PANDEMIC
THE DOLPHINS ANNOUNCED THE NEWS 
IN A TWEET
>>> TOM CRUISE SHARING VIDEO
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM
ATTENDING A LONDON SCREENING OF 
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM
"TENET."
EVEN GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TELLING A FAN HE LOVED THE
MOVIE.
TENET OPENS WORLDWIDE STARTING
TODAY.
>> NEW YORK CITY HAS A PLAN FOR 
ITS SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, 
AND CHARTER.
SOME CLASSES WILL NOW BE OUTSIDE
THIS FALL BUT HOW WILL THAT 
WORK
NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN JOINS US 
NOW.
KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
WELL, WHERE I AM, IN VERMONT, 
THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS FOR A WHILE
GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE IS REALLY A
BIG PART OF THE NORMAL
EDUCATION, IF YOU WILL
BUT IT'S NOT JUST RURAL AREAS 
THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT THIS
IDEA OF BRINGING CLASSES OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO NATURE.
NEW YORK CITY, ACTUALLY, TRYING 
TO COME UP WITH ITS OWN PLANS.
THE CITY ANNOUNCED, JUST ON 
MONDAY, THAT IT WOULD BE
ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GO OUTDOORS 
FOR CLASSROOMS
BY TUESDAY MORNING, THEY HAD 243
SCHOOLS THAT HAD ALREADY APPLIED
FOR THIS
SO THE RESPONSE HAS ABSOLUTELY
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
PRINCIPALS HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN
UNTIL FRIDAY, JUST UNTIL FRIDAY,
TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THEIR 
SCHOOLS' PLANS
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING 
CLASSES IN PARKS
MAYBE, BLOCKING OFF STREETS AND 
HAVING THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO 
SPREAD OUT IN THE STREETS.
I HEARD ONE PRINCIPAL TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TALKING
TO SOME RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE 
OUTDOOR DINING SPACES THAT
THEY'RE NOT USING DURING THE
DAY.
AND MAYBE, GETTING KIDS INTO
THOSE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON,
RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS IS GOING ON, AS THE
CITY IS ALSO SAYING THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE TESTING EVERY SINGLE
CLASSROOM IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
VENTILATION.
IT'S HOPING TO DO THAT, BY NEXT 
WEEK
SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT UNTIL 
SCHOOL STARTS.
A LOT OF PARENTS, WATCHING
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THIS ALL 
EVOLVES, AND WHETHER OR NOT 
THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SPREAD OUT, OUTDOORS, AND
PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER 
FROM TRANSMISSION.
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S UNCHARTED TERRITORY 
FOR EVERYBODY, KRISTEN
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH AND VERY, VERY
COMPLICATED.
IT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE HERE IN 
TH
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST FOR 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
THE GOVERNOR SAID NATIONAL GUARD
PRESENCE WOULD BE INCREASED, AS 
PROTESTS ESCALATE.
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO FIRED OR
IF ANYONE IS HURT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE AN UPDATE ON
HIS CONDITION.
THEY SAY HE IS PARALYZED, FROM
THE WAIST DOWN
THOUGH, DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IF
IT'S PERMANENT
THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE FIRED.
>>> OFFICIALS SAY COOLER WEATHER
IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS IN
CALIFORNIA
BUT AS SOME EVACUATION ORDERS 
ARE LIFTED, MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT
HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO
AT LEAST 1,400 HOUSES HAVE BEEN 
DESTROYED.
AND THAT NUMBER COULD GROW TO 
MORE THAN 3,000.
AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED 
IN THE FIRES OR FIGHTING THEM.
>> NOW, TO A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
SHE CREATED A NEW LIFE IN 
CONNECTICUT.
BUT ONE THING WAS MISSING, UNTIL
A SCHOOL HEARD HER STORY
HERE'S NBC'S CATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: AT 88 YEARS OLD, IN
A CAP AND TOWN, MIRIAM SAVORS A 
MOMENT SHE'S DREAMED OF FOR 
DECADES.
>> BEYOND MY CONTROL
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET MY HIGH 
SCHOOL DIPLOMA
THIS HAS BEEN A PROFOUND REGRET 
OF MINE, ALL MY LIFE. 
>> SHRIBER'S EDUCATION DISRUPTED
BY A DESPERATE JOURNEY TO 
SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST.
HER FAMILY LIVING, FOR YEARS, ON
THE RUN.
HIDING FROM THE NAZIS.
EVENTUALLY, SENT TO A SLAVE 
LABOR CAMP IN SIBERIA.
>> AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE FAULTED
HER FOR JUST GIVING UP BUT SHE
DIDN'T
SHE, OF COURSE, LEARNED ALL THE 
LANGUAGES, EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. 
>> TODAY, SHE IS FLUENT IN SIX
LEARNING ENGLISH, WHEN SHE
IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 
TO RAISE A FAMILY.
THE GENERATIONS AFTER LIVE ON 
AND INSPIRED BY HER.
>> THIS HONORARY DIPLOMA IS --
IS WELL-DESERVED
AND SHE'S CERTAINLY, IN THE 
SCHOOL OF LIFE, HAS EARNED IT.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS, A LESSON
THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND A
GRATEFUL HEART. 
>> IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO 
ME
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: OUR GREATEST 
MOMENTS ARE YET TO COME.
CATIE BECK, NBC NEWS
>> WOW
PERSEVERANCE AND A WILL TO
SURVIVE RIGHT THERE.
SHOWING YOU, RIGHT THERE, IT IS 
NEVER TOO LATE. 
>> YEAH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE 
THOUGHTS, ALL THE MEMORIES THAT 
SHE HAD CROSSING HER MIND IN
THAT MOMENT.
JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE
LIVED.
AND SIX LANGUAGES THAT SHE
SPOKE.
I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE LOST IN
THE HOLOCAUST, AND WHAT THEIR 
LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S A GLARING 
EXAMPLE OF ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
THAT CAN B
>>> BRACING FOR IMPACT
HURRICANE LAURA UPGRADED TO A 
CATEGORY 2 STORM EARLIER THAN 
EXPECTED AS IT CONTINUES TO 
BUILD STRENGTH AHEAD OF MAKING
LANDFALL AND ABOUT 20 HOURS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>>> THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
SPEAKS OUT, AFTER THEY SAID HE
WAS PARALYZED AFTER BEING SHOT
IN THE BACK BY POLICE.
UNREST AND DAMAGE IN KENOSHA
CONTINUED FOR A THIRD DAY.
>>> FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP THE
SECOND NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION
IN THE ROSE GARDEN SPEECH WITH A
NEW APPROACH
>>> AND A FIRST FOR THE 2020
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON
SOME GOOD NEWS TO CHEER ABOUT AS
WE KICK OFF THE LAST WEDNESDAY
OF AUGUST.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING,
MILLIONS ARE UNDER THREAT AS
HURRICANE LAURA CHURNS TOWARD 
THE GULF COAST AS A CATEGORY 2
HURRICANE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL
AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM.
OFFICIALS IN HOUSTON ARE WARNING
AGAINST WHAT COULD BE 
UNPRECEDENTED DEVASTATION.
THAT WARNING, ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF TWO DEADLY HURRICANES, 
KATRINA AND HARVEY THAT 
DEVASTATED LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
OUR MORGAN CHESKY IS IN HOLLY 
BEACH, LOUISIANA, WITH THE
LATEST
>> Reporter: AFTER LAURA LASHED 
THE CARIBBEAN, MILLIONS ON THE
GULF COAST, DIGGING IN
OR GETTING OUT
>> IT'S BETTER TO PREPARE NOW,
INSTEAD OF THE LAST DAY, GO, OH,
I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> Reporter: THE DAMAGE FROM
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, A MERE
WARMUP FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
LAURA, NOW EXPECTED TO HIT TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
PROMPTING MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, YOU
KNOW THAT BEGINNING TOMORROW BY 
NOON, DON'T DIAL 911
NO ONE'S GOING TO ANSWER
OKAY
AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> HERE, IN PORT ARTHUR, PEOPLE 
AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE, THE GOAL IS TO 
GET EVERYONE ONBOARD THESE
BUSES, BEFORE LAURA HITS
THE MISSION, COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19
THOSE LEAVING TOWN CHECKED FOR
FEVER AND GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON, SCANNED, BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELTERS. 
>> YOU'VE SEEN RITA.
YOU'VE SEEN IKE.
YOU'VE SEEN HARVEY
>> ALL OF IT. 
>> YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR THIS
ONE.
>> UH-UH
NO, IT'S TIME TO GO.
>> Reporter: OTHERS DOING 
WHATEVER THEY CAN.
CHRIS AND CAROL ANNE HIGGINS
HOPING SANDBAGS ARE ENOUGH TO 
SAVE THEIR FIRST HOME.
>> COVER THE DOOR, ALL OUR
OPENINGS
PUT THESE AROUND THERE
AND HOPEFULLY, PREPARE FOR THE
FLOODING
>> Reporter: WITH THE STORM 
SURGE ESTIMATED UP TO 13 FEET 
HIGH, LAURA'S ALREADY DRAWING 
COMPARISONS TO 2005'S HURRICANE 
RITA, WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION
IN DAMAGE.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS, TELLING. 
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE POSSIBILITY, NOT THE
PROBABILITY, THAT YOU WILL BE 
LOSING POWER. 
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA,
NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO.
THAT STORM, SO POWERFUL, IT 
PUSHED WATER NEARLY 50 MILES
INLAND
PHILLIP.
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
JOINING US NOW
SHE'S BEEN TRACKING HURRICANE 
LAURA.
SN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING, WHAT 
AREAS ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT
HERE
>> YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE 
LOUISIANA BORDER TO EAST TEXAS
REALLY NEED TO BE ON OUR RADAR
EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE A 
DIRECT HIT ON THOSE LOCATIONS,
THE TROPICAL-FORCE WINDS, ALSO
THE STORM SURGE, STILL, GOING TO
BE A BIG ISSUE
THE STORM SYSTEM HAS REALLY 
GAINED STRENGTH, JUST IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED
AND NOW, WE ARE SEEING A CAT 2
STORM.
THIS HAS COME A LITTLE BIT
EARLY.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH
THAT RAPID INTENSIFICATION
PHASE.
NOW, WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 105 MILES PER HOUR.
THE CURRENT TRACK FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
CONTINUES TO SEE THE STORM
SYSTEM INCREASE TO WIND SPEEDS
OF 120
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 
POTENTIAL LANDFALL FOR CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, ALL THE WAY INTO THE 
LAKE CHARLES AREA.
THE IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE ALL 
THE WAY INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA, 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE DE
DEVASTATING FLOODING AND THAT 
STORM SURGE IN THAT AREA
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
THE TRACK AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BUT HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAKE
CHARLES ALL THE WAY INTO
GALVESTON, REMAIN, AT THIS HOUR.
GUYS. 
>> STILL A LOT OF INTENSE HOURS 
TO COME.
THANKS, JANESSA, FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO BREAKING
NEWS IN WISCONSIN, WHERE POLICE 
ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO CLEAR THE 
STREETS.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA
>> SHOTS RINGING OUT IN KENOSHA.
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIED AND TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED.
PROTESTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE 
AFTER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
AND NOW, WE ARE HEARING MORE
FROM BLAKE'S FAMILY.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THAT 
UPDATE
GABE
>> FRANCES, TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN
THIS COMMUNITY
AND THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE IS
NOW SPEAKING OUT
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
BE FIRED
THE SMOKE OBSCURED THE SUNRISE
IT WAS THE SECOND VIOLENT NIGHT 
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER THE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HIS FAMILY SAYS THE 
29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL CORD IS
SEVERED AND THAT HE'S PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN, THOUGH 
DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IT'S
PERMANENT.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: SOME PROTESTORS
HERE IGNORED A CURFEW AND 
CLASHED WITH POLICE IN RIOT 
GEAR
THE STATE HAD DEPLOYED THE
NATIONAL GUARD BUT IT DIDN'T
STOP THE DESTRUCTION. 
>> IT'S RIGHT BEFORE DAWN, AND
FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE AT THE
SCENE, TRYING TO PUT OUT HOT
SPOTS.
MUCH OF THE CITY BLOCK WAS
LOOTED AND BURNED OVERNIGHT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY IS ENCOURAGING 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY
WHAT WAS SAID BETWEEN POLICE AND
BLAKE OR WHY HE WAS WALKING 
AROUND THE FRONT OF HIS SUV.
AN OFFICER FIRED AT LEAST SEVEN 
SHOTS, HITTING BLAKE IN THE 
BACK, WHILE HIS CHILDREN, INSIDE
THE CAR, WATCHED
INCLUDING, HIS SON ON HIS 8th 
BIRTHDAY. 
>> HE LOVES HIS FAMILY
YOU ALL TOOK HIM FROM HIS 
FAMILY
YOU ALL STOOD BY AND LET IT 
HAPPEN
I JUST WANT MY BROTHER
>> Reporter: EXACTLY THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BLAKE'S SHOOTING IS THE
LATEST FLASHPOINT OVER RACE AND 
POLICING
CHRISTINA SAYS SHE RAN OUT OF 
HER APARTMENT WITH HER YOUNG
CHILD, FEARING FOR HER LIFE.
>> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
HOW -- HOW CAN YOU DESTROY YOUR 
CITY, YOUR HOME?
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
>> Reporter: BUT FOR BERNADETTE 
PRINCE, A PROTESTOR WITH THREE
SONS, THE FRUSTRATION HAS 
REACHED A BOILING POINT.
>> YOU GET MAD WHEN WE START
DESTROYING THINGS?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO
THIS
WHEN YOU KEEP KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE, FOR NO REASON.
>> NO COMMENT FROM KENOSHA
POLICE AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS NOW ASSISTING 
STATE AUTHORITIES WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
THE GOVERNOR NOW SAYS THAT THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASED NATIONAL 
GUARD PRESENCE HERE TO HELP 
PROTECT THE CITY
FRANCES.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> IT'S NOW BEEN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED THAT NO-KNOCK WARRANT
ON TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH
HAVE BEEN CHARGED.
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE AND A 
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS MOUNTING THE CASE 
FOR A SECOND TERM FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
UNTIL MELANIA TRUMP'S HEADLINING
SPEECH MENTION OF THE PANDEMIC
WAS LARGELY SIDELINED.
SPEAKERS, INSTEAD, TOUTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHILE BLASTING 
JOE BIDEN'S RECORD. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS THINGS
DONE. 
>> OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY AND DAIRY 
FARMING ARE, ONCE AGAIN, ROARING
BACK. 
>> WE, SIMPLY, CANNOT ENDURE A
BIDEN-INDUCED RECESSION.
>> INHERITING A STAGNANT
ECONOMY, ON THE FRONT END OF
RECESSION.
THE ECONOMY WAS REBUILT IN THREE
YEARS.
DO YOU WANT ECONOMIC HEALTH,
PROSPERITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND
OPTIMISM
OR DO YOU WANT TO TURN BACK TO
THE DARK DAYS OF STAGNATION,
RECESSION, AND PESSIMISM
>> MY FATHER DOES NOT RUN AWAY
FROM CHALLENGES, EVEN IN THE
FACE OF OUTRIGHT HATRED.
>> LET US JOIN OUR PRESIDENT IN 
HIS VOW THAT AMERICA WILL NEVER 
BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY. 
>> TO THE VOICELESS, SHAMED,
CENSORED, AND CANCELLED, MY 
FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
>> WE TURN, NOW, TO NBC'S TRACIE
POTTS WHO HAS MORE ON WHAT WE 
CAN EXPECT TONIGHT
HI, TRACIE
>> HEY, FRANCES, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
TONIGHT WILL FEATURE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT.
MIKE PENCE WILL SPEAK FROM FORT 
McHENRY IN BALTIMORE
ONE MORE LOCATION THAT THE
CAMPAIGN'S BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
USING.
PATRIOTIC SPEECH EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.
THAT IS THE THEME.
BUT ALSO, A POLITICAL SPEECH, ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
APPEARED TWICE DURING TUESDAY 
NIGHT'S EVENTS
ON VIDEO
ONE WAS AT THE NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY, FOR FIVE NEW AMERICAN 
CITIZENS
AND ALSO, ON VIDEO, HE PARDONED 
A NEVADA FELON
HERE'S MORE OF THAT.
PLUS, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS IN 
THE SPEAKERS FROM LAST NIGHT, 
INCLUDING FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP.
>> JOIN US, AS I GRANT JOHN --
I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS -- A 
FULL PARDON.
YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST PRIZED,
TREASURED, CHERISHED, AND 
PRICELESS POSSESSION ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> AS A SOLDIER, I SAW, 
FIRSTHAND, PEOPLE DESPERATE TO
FLEE TO FREEDOM.
THE WAY EACH OF US CAN BEST 
ENSURE OUR FREEDOMS IS BY 
ELECTING LEADERS WHO DON'T JUST 
TALK BUT WHO DELIVER. 
>> AS YOU HAVE LEARNED OVER THE 
PAST FIVE YEARS, HE'S NOT A 
TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN
HE DOESN'T JUST SPEAK WORDS.
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST 
LADY, WE ALSO HEARD FROM
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
LAST NIGHT IN A RECORDED SPEECH.
HE RECORDED THAT SPEECH WHILE ON
A STATE-SPONSORED TRIP TO 
JERUSALEM.
AND NOW, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANT
TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE
WERE ANY VIOLATIONS WITH HIM
DOING THAT POLITICAL SPEECH 
WHILE ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACIE
THANK YOU.
>> JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN IS
COUNTERING THE RNC
TURNING SPEECHES FROM NIGHT ONE 
INTO AN ATTACK ON THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S PANDEMIC 
RESPONSE
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAY THEY ARE 
DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF
MASKS, GOWNS, AND GLOVES, AGAIN.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
>> THEY ARE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE.
AND YOU -- IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD ENDING ON 
WHEN THEY SAY THE BEST IS YET TO
COME, THAT'S A THREAT.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ALSO 
CALLED THE CONVENTION AN ATTEMPT
TO CREATE A, QUOTE, ALTERNATE 
REALITY, TO COVER UP FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S FAILURES ON 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> JANESSA IS WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT OUT THERE.
AND SHE'S TRACKING A STORM
THE THREAT OF LAURA.
HERE SHE IS BACK, AGAIN.
HI, JANESSA.
>> HEY, YOU TWO.
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE STORM
SURGE.
THAT'S THE DEADLIEST PART OF A
HURRICANE.
AND WE ARE FORECASTING, RIGHT 
NOW, 7 TO 11 FEET IN PARTS OF 
WESTERN LOUISIANA TO GAVLVESTON,
TEXAS.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR ZONE IF 
EVACUATION ORDERS COME IN PLACE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS 
TEXAS.
100 DEGREES FOR SAN ANTONIO AND 
THAT WILL FUEL THIS STORM 
SYSTEM
ALSO, FOR TAMPA, WATCHING A 
LITTLE BIT OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING
THINGS SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 93
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 
IMPACTS OF LAURA, COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANESSA
>>> NOW, TIME FOR TODAY'S QUICK 
HITS
THE CAST OF THE "WEST WING" IS
REUNITING FOR A SPECIAL ON HBO
MAX.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND THE SPECIAL WILL
BENEFIT THE NONPARTISAN, WHEN WE
ALL VOTE, INITIATIVE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE A 
NEW LOOK
THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATED WITH THE
GIRL SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS,
ADDING FUNCTIONAL CHANGES TO THE
ENTIRE COLLECTION.
>> GENERAL
>> Announcer: RIGHT FIELD.
ADAM ENGEL IS THERE!
A NO HITTER!
>>> NEW THIS MORNING
LUCAS GIOLITO BECAME THE FIRST
PLAYER THIS SEASON TO TOSS A NO 
HITTER LEADING THE WHITE SOX TO 
A 4 TO NOTHING WIN OVER THE 
PIRATES.
HE STRUCK OUT 13 BATTERS
19th NO HITTER IN FRANCHISE 
HISTORY.
SHAME, NO ONE THERE TO SEE IT.
>>> NOW, TO A PIVOTAL GAME FIVE.
IN THE NBA, FEW OF THEM IN THE
FIRST GAME SCORED 42 POINTS FOR 
THE NUGGETS.
360 LAYUP.
IMPRESSIVE THERE
AND IN THE LATE GAME, THE 
CLIPPERS SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN,
SCORING A PLAY OFF HIGH, 154
POINTS TO TAKE THE 3-2 SERIES 
LEAD OVER THE MAVERICKS.
THREE MORE GAME FIVES TIP OFF 
TODAY, STARTING WITH THE MAGIC
AND THE BUCKS AT 4:00 P.M.
>> YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
WITH FANS IN THE STANDS?
WELL, JUST BEFORE THE NFL KICKS 
OFF, THE DOLPHINS HAVE ANNOUNCED
13,000 FANS WILL BE ALLOWED IN
HARD ROCK STADIUM IN FLORIDA FOR
THE TEAM'S HOME OPENER NEXT 
MONTH.
THE TEAM SAYS ALL FANS AND
STADIUM EMPLOYEES WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED SEATING, TOUCHLESS
TOILETS.
STILL, SMOKING NOT PERMITTED. 
>> LIONEL MESSI WANTS OUT.
I TOLD BARCELONA TUESDAY THAT HE
WANTS TO MOVE ON AFTER NEARLY 
TWO DECADES WITH THE TEAM,
DESPITE HAVING A CONTRACT TO
2021
REPORT
NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD SONG OF 
THE SUMMER CHART AND GAINING
OVER 380 MILLION STREAMS, 
SPOTIFY UNVEILED THIS YEAR'S
MOST STREAMED SONG OF THE SUMMER
GOES TO DABABY'S HIT "ROCKSTAR."
>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS CONTINUING
HER ACTIVISM AND USING HER VOICE
TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT WOMEN'S
RIGHTS
SHE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
GLORIA STEINEM FOR A BACKYARD 
CHAT. 
>> PEOPLE FORGET HOW WOMEN LIKE 
YOU AND SO MANY OVERS BEFORE YOU
FOUGHT FOR US, TO JUST BE WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
>> WELL, IT JUST -- I MEAN, WHEN
YOU -- IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU 
DON'T EXIST.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE ONLY
PLACE WHERE WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
THE VOTING BOOTH
>> PREVIEW CLIP SHARED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THE DUO DISCUSSED 
REPRESENTATION, WHY EACH VOTE 
MATTERS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN VOTING IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION
MEGAN AND PRINCE HARRY'S TWO
DOGS EVEN MADE A CAMEO
THE FULL CONVERSATION WILL BE 
RELEASED LATER TODAY
>>> McDONALD'S IS SPICING UP ITS
MENU WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO 
NEW ITEMS.
THE FAST FOOD CHAIN WILL NOW OUR
A CHIPS AHOY McFLURRY AND SPICY 
McNUGGETS.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S ADDED
A NEW TYPE OF McNUGGET TO ITS 
MENU IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, 
NATIONWIDE, FOR A LIMITED TIME
STAR
STARTING SEPTEMBER 16th.
NOT WASTING ANY TIME, FAST-FOOD 
COMPETITOR, WENDY'S WEIGHED IN
THEY DID SO ON TWITTER AND THEY 
WROTE MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP ALL
OF BK'S LEFTOVERS AND SLAPPED 
THEM A PRICE TAG ON IT. 
>> DIG
DIG.
DIG.
GETTING UGLY WITH THOSE NUGGET
WARS. 
>> THAT BAR'S PRETTY HIGH,
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IF YOU ARE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST, I WANT YOU
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN AMERICA'S 
FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, NEW 
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ARE
FALLING.
THE DATA SUGGESTS ABOUT 43,000
NEW CASES ARE BEING REPORTED, 
DAILY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST. 
>> FDA COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN 
HAS APOLOGIZED FOR COMMENTS HE
MADE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS A
TREATMENT FOR CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HAHN SAID, IN PART, 
I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
REMARKS I MADE SUNDAY NIGHT 
ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF C
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE CRITICISM IS ENTIRELY 
JUSTIFIED.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH FROM 
MEDICAL EXPERTS AFTER STATING 35
LIVES OUT OF EVERY 100 PEOPLE 
WHO GET THE TREATMENT WOULD 
SURVIVE THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE HELICOPTER COMPANY 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH THAT
KILLED KOBE BRYANT AND EIGHT
OTHERS IS SUING AIR-TRAFFIC 
CONTROLLERS.
THE COMPANY, ISLAND EXPRESS,
FILED A CROSS COMPLAINT ALLEGING
THAT THE JANUARY HELICOPTER 
CRASH WAS RESULT OF, QUOTE, 
SERIOUS OR ERRONEOUS ACTS OR
OMISSIONS BY TWO AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.
DECLINED THE PILOT'S REQUEST FOR
RADAR ASSISTANCE
THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY FACING 
LAWSUITS OF ITS OWN FROM
BRYANT'S FAMILY AND OTHER 
VICTIMS.
>>> TWO RETIRED NFL PLAYERS HAVE
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 
LEAGUE
ALLEGING RACIAL BIAS IN THIS IS 
CONCUSSION PAYOUTS
EX-PLAYERS KEVIN HENRY AND
DAVENPORT SAID THE DOCTORS USE
TWO SCALES
ONE, FOR BLACK ATHLETES.
AND ONE FOR WHITE ATHLETES
TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR
DEMENTIA CLAIMS.
LAWYERS FOR THE TWO SAID THE TWO
WERE DIE ANENIED AWARDS BASED O 
DISCRIMINATORY TESTING REGIME.
A LEAGUE SPOKESMAN CALLS THIS 
LAWSUIT ENTIRELY MISGUIDED
>>> SOME BLACK, FEMALE SLE
CELEBRITIES ARE GETTING CANDID
ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION BLACK
WOMEN FACE OVER THEIR HAIR. 
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO BIG. 
>> I'VE BEEN ASKED IS IT REAL?
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO MUCH.
>> A FULL DAY OF WASH AND STYLE.
I LOVE EVERYTHING.
>> GABRIELLE UNION, KEKE PALMER,
HAVE TEAMED UP FOR THE POWERFUL 
PSA CALLED I'VE BEEN TOLD.
IT'S FOR GLAMOUR MAGAZINE.
THE CELEBRITIES SHARE ANONYMOUS 
STORIES FROM 13 DIFFERENT BLACK 
WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA TO 
HIGHLIGHT ISSUES OF MI
MICRO AGGRESSION TOWARD BLACK 
HAIR
IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CROWN ACT,
WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2019 TO
PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
ON RACE-BASED HAIRSTYLES. 
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME 
BIRTHDAYS TODAY.
COMEDIAN, FORMER SNL WRITER 
TURNS 38
ALSO, TURNIN
>>> IT'S GO TIME FOR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS IN THE PATH OF
HURRICANE LAURA.
NOW A CATEGORY 2 STORM BUT WILL 
LIKELY BECOME A CAT 3 BY
LANDFALL
>>> GUN FIRES ERUPTS DURING 
VIOLENT PROTESTS ON THE THIRD 
NIGHT IN WISCONSIN AND THIS 
MORNING THERE'S VIDEO.
>>> FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON THE 
PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE AND A
ROSE GARDEN ADDRESS FROM THE
FIRST LADY
>> AND IS THE WEST WING GETTING 
READY FOR A REBOOT WITH THE 
ORIGINAL CAST?
EARLY TODAY STORT STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
MORE KAY YOGS ON THE STREETS IN 
WISCONSIN.
AND MORE FALLOUT AFTER THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
OVERNIGHT SHOTS RINGING OUT.
>> WE HAVE SHOTS FIRED
LEAVE THE AREA
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIE DIE AND TWO OTHERS ARE
INJURED.
THIS REPORT ON THE BLAKE FAMILY.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN WIS CORN SIN AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HE WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN THE
BACK SUNDAY.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LEEK HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> POLICE HAVE SAID LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED SHOOTING
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS.
PROTESTS THAT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER DID I THINK ANYTHING 
LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN
>> AFTER THE SUN CAME UP THE
SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP AS THE
FAMILY PLEADED FOR CALM.
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON THE VIOLENCE AND THE 
DESTRUCTION, HE WOULD BE VERY 
UNPLEASE
THE FAMILY ASKING FOR PRAYERS, A
COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
>>> ALSO BREAKING, MILLIONS 
UNDER THREAT AS HURRICANE LAURA 
TURNS TOWARD THE GULF COAST AS A
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE
IT'
IT'S EXPECTED IT COULD BE THE 
WORST DEVASTATING.
>>> AFTER LAURA LASHED THE
CARIBBEAN MILLIONS ON THE GULF
COAST DIGGING IN OR GETTING OUT.
>> IT'S BET TO TO PREPARE NOW 
THAN GO OH, I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> THE DAMAGE FROM TROPICAL 
STORM MARCO, A NEAR WARMUP FOR
WHAT'S TOCOSM.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY, BY
TOMORROW BY NOON, NO ONE IS 
GOING TO DIAL 911.
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE AREN'T
TAKING ANY CHANCES
THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE ON
BOARD THOSE BUSES BEFORE LAURA
HITS
>> THE MISSION COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19. 
>> Reporter: THOSE LEAVING TOWN 
GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON SCANNED BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELT EERS.
>> OTHERS DOING WHATEVER THEY 
CAN.
NEARLY WHAT CHRIS AND CARE LINE 
HIGGINS HOPING SANDBAGS ARE 
ENOUGH TO SAVE THEIR OWN HOME.
>> ALL OUR OPENINGS AND 
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PREBARE FOR 
THE FLOODAGE
LAURA IS ALREADY DRAWING
COMPARISONS TO HURRICANE RITA 
WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION IN 
DAMAGE
THE NEXT 24 HOURS SELLING.
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE PROBLEM BLGT THAT YOU WILL
BE LOSING POIER.
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA NEARLY
15 YEARS AGO
THAT STORM SO POWERFUL IT PUSHED
WATER NEARLY 50 MILES INLAND
>> JHA JANESSA, GOOD MORNING
>> THE TRACK IS REALLY STARTING 
TO COME INTO AGREEMENT
THOSE FOLKS IN PORT ARTHUR, 
THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT RIGHT 
THING.
WE'RE SEEING THE FORECAST SHIFT 
OUT OF HOUSTON AND THE GALVESTON
AREA AND IT IS HEADED TOWARD
CHASM RON PARRISH.
OVERNIGHT THOUGH, HURRICANE 
LAURA HAS INTENSIFIED.
NOW A CAT 2 BE SUSTAINED WINDS
AFTER 1205-MILE-PER-HOUR AND
THAT WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
RIGHT NOW'S ABOUT 300 MILES OFF 
THE COAST OF LOUISIANA
I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS 
FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AND OUR 5:00 
AVM UPDATE THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE
YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACTS AND A
POTENTIAL LANDFALL TONIGHT BUT
THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE 
WIDESPREAD
EVEN THOUGH THAT HE WE ARE
ANOTHER GOING TO SEE A WIDE HIT,
TROPICAL STORM WINDS, THE STORM 
ZIJ, I I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT 
COMING UP.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COOP
VENGS IS MOUNT THE CASE FOR A 
SECOND TERM.
SPEECHERS KOUTED PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S ECONOMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND A SOFTER TONE FROM FIRST
LADY MELANIA TRUMP
>> SINCE MARCH OUR LIVES ARE
CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY SWEPT ACROSS
OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE WHO WANT TO STAND UP
AND FIGHT THE SOCIALISM TOJING
OUR SCHOOLS, JOIN ME IN 
SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP
LET'S REBUILD AMERICA TOGETHER
>> THEY DO GNAT LOW LINE WITH 
THEIR OWN.
>> THE BIDEN/HARRIS COMBINATION 
GIVES US NO CHOICE
WHAT REQUEST WE EXTENT TONIGHT
>> FROM FORT-*HENRY IN BALTIMORE
SO THEY'RE SAKING THIS OUTSIDE
OF WASHINGTON.
THAT ON I OWN CAUSING SOME
CONTROVERSY.
THESE POLITICAL EVENTS ARE HIGH 
PRESSURING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY ON
PUBLIC TRIPS
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS LINED UP 
FOR TONIGHT, THE THEME FOR
TONIGHT IS PATRIOTISM, A LAND OF
HEROES
PRESIDENT TRUMP POPPED UP TWICE 
ON THE PROGRAM AND ALSO WHEN HE 
PARDONED A NV FILL LON WHO HAS
TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE 
DESERVES TORR PARDONED
>> JOIN US AS I GRANT JOHN, I'M 
NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS, A FULL
PAR DAN.
>> YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST 
PRIZED, AND PRICELESS POSITION
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> SNOOHE'S NOT AT TRADITIONAL 
POLITICIAN
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>>> FIRST LAY DAY IN THE
SPOTLIGHT LAST NIGHT AND YOU
ALSO SAW THAT SPEECH FROM 
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE TOEMP 
THAT WAS RORDED WHILE I WAS IN
JERUSALEM.
JOOL JOE BIDEN'S AM PAIN THE
COUNTERING THE RNC TURNING THE
SPEECHES INTO AN ATTACK ON THE
PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS ARE DEALING WITH A 
SHOR
SHORTAGE
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE AND IT IS WHAT IT 
IS
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD SAYING THE
BEST IS YET TO COME.
THAT'S A THREAT.
THEY CALLED THE CONVENTION TO 
COVER UP ON THE PRESIDENT'S 
FAILURES ON CORONAVIRUS.
>>> ANOTHER ROADBLOCK FOR KANYE 
WEST'S BALLOT IN 2020.
HE MISSED OUT IN MISSOURI AND 
WYOMING.
HE FAILED TO ACQUIRE ENOUGH 
SIGNATURES TO MAKE THE BALLOT IN
THE TWO STATES
>>> JANESSA WEBB IS BACK WITH 
US
SHE'S BEEN LOOKING AT LAURA.
>> GOOD MORNING YOU TWO.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
IMPACT WITH HURRICANE LAURA 
ALONG WITH THE HIGH TIDE COMING 
IN BEHIND THAT
RIGHT NOW FORECASTING 7 TO
11 INCHES AND THIS IS THE 
COASTAL AREAS ALL THE WAY INTO
EAST TEXAS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODING
RAIN WHERE WE COULD SEE ISOLATED
AREAS UP TO 5 IMS.
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD.
SO TEMPERATURES ACROSS TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON, 100 DEGREES 
ALONG WITH HUMIDITY VERY HIGH 
ACROSS THOSE GULF COAST 
COMMUNITIES.
A FEW STORMS FOR CHARLOTTE THIS 
AFTERNOON, CLEARING OUT FOR LEE,
93
>> THANK YOU
TOM CRUISE, HE'S BEEN HITTING 
THE THEATERS
SNOOP HERE WE ARE.
BACK TO THE MOVIES
>> THE ACTOR SHARED A VIDEO ON
SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM ATTENDING A 
LONDON SCREENING
HE GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TOLD THE FAMILY HE LOVES THE
MOVIE.
TENANT OPENS LATER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, JERRY 
FALWELL COME UP WITH A LUMP SUM.
ACCORDING TO A PERSON CLOSE TO
FALWELL WITH KNOWLEDGE OF HIS 
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT SAYS HE MAY 
BE DUE HIS $1.2 MILLION SALARY
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS MRS. 
ANOTHER $8 MILLION OF HIS 
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE REDOUSED.
THE LEADER RESIGNED FROM THE
COLLEGE.
HIS FATHER FOUNDED UNDER A CLOUD
OF SCANDAL
>> Reporter: JERRY FALLWELL JR. 
TOOK OVER THE LARGEST 
EVANGELICAL SCHOOLS ORE A DECADE
AGO.
NOW HE HE THES A GROUP OF 
SELF-RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE ARE IN A
POSITION TO REMOVE HIM
HE HAS ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION.
REUTERS REPORTED THAT THE 
FALWELLS BECAME ENTANGLED OVER
EIGHT YEARS AGO AFTER MEETING 
THE THEN 20-YEAR-OLD IN A HOTEL.
HE DENIES THE AK SCISSION 
TELLING REUTERS THAT JERRY KNEW 
ABOUT THE AFFAIR AND WOULD
SOMETIMES WATCH HIM AND BECKY 
TOGETHER
>> IT'S LIKE TELLING ME EVERY 
TIME HE HOOKS UP WITH PEOPLE
LIKE I DON'T HAVE FEELING OR
SOMETHING.
>> ALL OF THIS LESS THAN A MONTH
AFTER FALLWELL POSTED AND THEN
DELETED THIS PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM.
IT WAS ALL GOOD FUN, LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY PUT THE GIRL ON
INDEFINITE LEE
THE STOOL SAID ADDITIONAL 
MATTERS SAY IT WILL NOT BE THE
BEST FOR THE UNIVERSITY FOR HIM 
TO RETURN FROM LEE
THEY INSTRUCTED HIS ATTORNEYS 
NOT TO SEND HIS RESIGNATION.
>>> IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID HE
WOULD INDEED STEP DOWN
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OF HIS
POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS
EMBARRASSED THE 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS THE 
CAST OF THE WEST WING IS R
REUN
REUNITING.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND BENEFIT IT IS 
NONPARTISAN WHEN WE ALL VOTE
NICHE DIF.
>> THE GIRL SCOUTS HAS A NEW
LOOK
THEY COLLABORATED WITH THE
SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS
>> AND GENERAL MILLS WILL SEND
POUNDS OF MARSHMALLOWS
IT IS BEEN THE FIRST TIME IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE
>>> SOME MAJOR LAYOFFS ABOUT TO 
TAKE PLACE FROM AMERICAN
AIRLINES
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
PHILLIP.
SO AMERICAN AIRLINES WARNED IN
JULY IT WOULD HAVE TO LAY OFF 
25,000 STAFF MEMBERS THIS FALL
DUE TO THE STEEP DECLINE IN 
TRAVEL
THE NUMBER IS LOWER THAN THE
INITIAL 25,000 THAT WAS TOUTED, 
BUT IT IS STILL A STAGGERING
17,500
THE CEO DELIVERED THE NEWS
YESTERDAY SAYING TODAY IS THE 
HARDEST MESSAGE WE HAVE HAD TO
SHARE SO FAR
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD STOP
THE LAYOFFS IS AN EXTENSION OF
THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM
THE GOVERNOR APPROVED EARLIER 
THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE FIGHTING TO EX- TENDS 
THE PROTECTION THROUGH MARCH
31st
IN SOME LIGHTER NEWS FOR THE
FIRST TIME McDONALDS IS SPICING 
UP A CLASSIC FAN FAVORITE.
THEY'RE ALSO INTRODUCING A
McFLURRY WHICH IS SOFT SERVE, 
CARAMEL, TOPPING AND COOKIE 
PIECES AND BOTH WILL BE 
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16th FOR A
LIMITED TIME AT PARTICIPATING 
LOCATIONS.
WENDY'S HAD A SPICY RESPONSE
TWEETING IT MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP
THE LEFTOVERS AND PRICED A PRICE
TAG ON IT.
>> MAKING ME WANT TO TRY I
>>> THE LOUISIANA COAST, YOU'LL 
SEE EFFECTS OF THIS TONIGHT.
>>> AS HURRICANE LAURA CONTINUES
TO INTENSIFY IN THE GULF THE
NATIONAL GUARD IS GEARING UP TO 
MOBILIZE
THEY'VE SET UP REGIONAL 
HEADQUARTERS IF LAKE CHARLES
JAY GRAY IS THERE AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
>> YEAH, REALLY CALM HERE AT
THIS POINT BUT WE KNOW THAT'S 
GOING TO CHANGE OES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
LOUISIANA SPECIFICALLY LAKE 
CHARLES AND THE CROSS HAIRS, THE
TIME TO PREPARE, THE TIME TO
EVACUATE QUICKLY RUNNING OUT
HERE
>> SANDBAGS, BOARDS AND BUILDING
TENSIONS ALONG THE GULF COAST.
>> KIND OF NERVOUS FOR TEXAS AND
THE WEST SIDE OF LOUISIANA
>> THAT'S WHERE FORECASTERS SAY 
HURRICANE LAURA WILL CROSS THE
SHOR
SHORELINE.
MILLIONS IN THE STRIKE ZONE ON
HIGH ALERT RIGHT NOW
BRITTANY THOMAS AND HER FAMILY K
LOING DOWN THEIR HOUSE BEFORE 
LANDFALL
WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF SUPPLIES.
IT'S EQUIVALENT TO A BOMB 
SHELTER SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
>> IT'S TIME TO GO
>> ARE MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND
IN SOME AREAS BY THE BUS LOAD.
>> TO STORM IS NOT THE ONLY 
CONCERN.
>> WE ARE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A POSSIBLE HURRICANE AND 
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT COVID TOO.
>> MANY AREAS ARE USING MORE AND
LARGER FACILITIES IN THE PAST 
MAKING ROOM FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING AS THE STORM 
CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE GULF
>> WE EXPECT THE LANDFALL 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
AND THE HIGH TIDE IS AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE EXPECTED LANDFALL SO
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON TOP OF
THAT STORM SURGE, A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING
>> WITH LAURA BARRELLING TOWARD 
THE COAST.
>> YEAH, LOOK, THAT STORM SURGE 
EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AND 13 FEET
AT LANDFALL AND THAT WALL OF
WATER WILL POUR INTO LAKES AND
CREEKS CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS 
INLAND
BACK TO YOU GUYS
>> MAPROBLEMS IN A TIME OF 
PANDEMIC
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S BRING YOU GOOD NEWS
BABY EASTERN BLACK RHINOSAURUS
WAS BORN ON FRIDAY
THE SPECIES IS CRITICALLY 
ENDANGERED
WE'RE TALKING A 90% DROP
RHINOS STAY IN THE WOM
>>> ON THE MOVE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE 
EVACUATING, AS HURRICANE LAURA
GAINS STEAM AND READIES FOR 
LANDFALL IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS
>>> VIOLENT UPRISINGS IN
KENOSHA, OVERNIGHT, AS THE
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE REVEALS 
THAT HE MAY BE PARALYZED, AFTER 
BEING SHOT IN THE BACK BY 
POLICE. 
>> DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION DREW OUT EVEN MORE TO
SPEAK, INCLUDING THE NIGHT'S
KEYNOTE FROM THE FIRST LADY.
>> AND JERRY FALWELL'S DRAMATIC 
EXIT AND MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
PAYOUT
A BUSY DAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
BREAKING, THIS MORNING
HURRICANE LAURA STRENGTHENS IN
THE GULF, REKINDLING FEARS FOR
MILLIONS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
LAURA IS NOW A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE, AND COULD MAKE 
LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANES
HARVEY AND KATRINA
TWO OF THE MOST DEVASTATING 
HURRICANES TO HIT THOSE STATES
RESIDENTS ARE TORN BETWEEN
HUNKERING DOWN THEIR HOMES OR 
EVACUATING AND RIDING OUT THE 
STORM IN A SAFER AREA.
TRAVIS GILL GERY OF KJRH HAS MOE
OF WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.
>> HAVE BEEN HERE PRETTY MUCH 
SINCE THE WEEKEND TRYING TO TIE 
THINGS DOWN.
BOARDING UP WINDOWS AND 
ELEVATING FURNITURE AND 
APPLIANCES TO SOME UPPER LEVELS.
MANY HOME AND CAMP OWNERS 
ACTUALLY CLEARED OUT THEIR
BOTTOM LEVELS AND OPENED ALL THE
DOORS SO ACTUALLY THE WATER FROM
THE BAY CAN ACTUALLY FLOW 
THROUGH THE HOUSE, WHICH IS 
ACTUALLY GOING TO CAUSE LESS
DAMAGE, IN THE LONG RUN.
PEOPLE IN THE BAY ARE NOT 
STRANGERS TO THIS.
IT'S ONE OF THE DOWNFALLS 
CHOOSING TO LIVE IN A COASTAL 
COMMUNITY JUST FEET FROM THE
WATER.
BUT WITH SOME STILL DEALING WITH
DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BARRY LAST
YEAR, THEY EXPECT WHAT'S GOING
TO BE HAPPENING THIS WEEK TO BE 
A LOT WORSE.
ESPECIALLY WITH A STORM SURGE 
SIMILAR TO HURRICANE RITA FROM
2005. 
>> WE HAD WATER THREE OR FOUR 
DEEP ON THE ROAD
AND WAVE ACTION THAT DID A LOT
OF DAMAGE.
BROUGHT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF MUD IN OUR WORKSHOPS AND 
GARAGES, ET CETERA
SO THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING
FOR US IS THE HIGH WATER WITH 
THE STORM HITTING TO THE WEST OF
US. 
>> THAT WAS TRAVIS GILLERY OF 
KJRH REPORTING
LET'S TURN NOW TO NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING HURRICANE LAURA.
JANESSA, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE
STORM TO HIT
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE WATCHING,
VERY CLOSELY, THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA BORDER
BUT JUST HAPPENING, IN THE LAST 
30 MINUTES, WE HAVE A VERY
HEALTHY STORM SYSTEM
HURRICANE LAURA, NOW, A CAT 2 
HURRICANE.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED, IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MILES PER
HOUR
THERE'S STILL THAT
WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT AT 17 
MILES PER HOUR
AND THAT IS GOING TO, REALLY, BE
CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY HAS 
SHRUNK
BUT NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING, BY
THIS AFTERNOON, IT'S GOING TO 
SIT IN A WARM BODY OF WATER, AND
REALLY GAIN SOME MORE STEAM.
POTENTIALLY, A MAJOR HURRICANE, 
TURNING INTO A CAT 3 BY TONIGHT.
AND LANDFALL EXPECTED.
POSSIBILITY RIGHT NOW FOR 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA, TO LAKE 
CHARLES.
IT CONTINUES ITS TRACK AND
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO 
CAUSE THE STORM SURGE.
WE HOPE THAT LAND ACTS AS 
LETTING IT SHRED APART
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE A NOT 
GOING TO SEE THAT.
IT STILL GAINS STEAM THROUGH THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THEN ALL 
THE WAY TO THE NORTHEAST
SO WATCHING THE STORM SURGE,
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIG 
THING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO 
GALVESTON, TEXAS
UP TO 7 TO 11 FEET
GUYS
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
>>> WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS
FROM WISCONSIN, WHERE PROTESTS
HAVE ESCALATED, AGAIN.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA. 
>> THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED NEAR A GAS STATION
IT'S UNCLEAR WHO FIRED, OR IF 
ANYONE WAS INJURED
EARLIER, OFFICERS APPEARED TO 
USE A LARGE CLOUD OF TEAR GAS.
AT AN EMOTIONAL PRESS 
CONFERENCE, BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE 
AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE
29-YEAR-OLD MAY NEVER WALK, 
AGAIN.
HERE IS NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN KENOSHA, AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT SEVEN
TIMES, IN THE BACK, SUNDAY
THE INCIDENT, CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED,
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE SAID 
LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED A SHOOTING
AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS IN KENOSHA
PROTESTS THAT BEGAN PEACEFULLY, 
BUT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER, IN A MILLION YEARS, 
DID I THINK THAT ANYTHING LIKE
THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN IN 
KENOSHA.
NEVER.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SUN CAME 
UP, THE SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP.
WHILE THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
PLEADED FOR CALM. 
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THE
VIOLENCE AND THE DESTRUCTION, HE
WOULD BE VERY UNPLEASED.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY ASKING FOR
PRAYERS.
A COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THERE IS MORE REACTION FROM
THE SPORTS WORLD TO THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE
THE DETROIT LIONS CALLED OFF
THEIR PRACTICE
THE TEAM, CHOOSING TO TAKE A
STAND, INSTEAD
>> YOU MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES
YOU MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS
BUT IN ORDER FOR CHANGE TO
HAPPEN, IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING
TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS
TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> AND MORE NBA PLAYERS ARE 
QUESTIONING THEIR TIME IN THE 
BUBBLE, WITH SOME CONSIDERING A 
POTENTIAL BOYCOTT.
>>> THE BOMBASTIC CASE FOR A
SECOND TERM TAKES CENTER STAGE, 
AS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
HEADLINES NIGHT THREE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
OTHER BIG NAMES INCLUDE OUTGOING
WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR, KELLYANNE
CONWAY, AND CONGRESSMAN DAN 
CRENSHAW
NIGHT TWO CLOSED ON A DECIDEDLY 
SOFTER NOTE FROM FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP.
>> SINCE MARCH, OUR LIVES HAVE
CHANGED, DRASTICALLY
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, COVID-19,
SWEPT ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO
STAND UP AND
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
IT'S NEW AN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED A NO-KNOCK WARRANT ON
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH HAS 
BEEN CHARGED
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE, AND A
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN
AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS ARE FALLING
ABOUT 43,000 NEW CASES ARE BEING
REPORTED, DAILY, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST
THE GLIMMER OF HOPE COMES AS FDA
COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN IS 
APOLOGIZING FOR COMMENTS HE MADE
ABOUT BENEFITS OF CONVALESCENT
PLASMA AS A TREATMENT FOR 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HE SAYS I HAVE BEEN 
CRITICIZED FOR REMARKS I MADE 
ABOUT CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH AFTER
STATING THAT 35 LIVES OUT OF
EVERY 100 PEOPLE THAT GET THE 
TREATMENT WOULD SURVIVE THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> NORTH DAKOTA HELALTH
DEPARTMENT IS URGING THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN
STURGIS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO 
GET TESTED AND MONITOR FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE AND
PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED.
MEANWHILE, 13,000 FANS WILL BE
ALLOWED IN HARD ROCK STADIUM IN 
FLORIDA FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS
AND THE HURRICANES' HOME OPENER 
THIS SEASON, AMID THE PANDEMIC
THE DOLPHINS ANNOUNCED THE NEWS 
IN A TWEET
>>> TOM CRUISE SHARING VIDEO
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM
ATTENDING A LONDON SCREENING OF 
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM
"TENET."
EVEN GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TELLING A FAN HE LOVED THE
MOVIE.
TENET OPENS WORLDWIDE STARTING
TODAY.
>> NEW YORK CITY HAS A PLAN FOR 
ITS SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, 
AND CHARTER.
SOME CLASSES WILL NOW BE OUTSIDE
THIS FALL BUT HOW WILL THAT 
WORK
NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN JOINS US 
NOW.
KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
WELL, WHERE I AM, IN VERMONT, 
THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS FOR A WHILE
GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE IS REALLY A
BIG PART OF THE NORMAL
EDUCATION, IF YOU WILL
BUT IT'S NOT JUST RURAL AREAS 
THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT THIS
IDEA OF BRINGING CLASSES OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO NATURE.
NEW YORK CITY, ACTUALLY, TRYING 
TO COME UP WITH ITS OWN PLANS.
THE CITY ANNOUNCED, JUST ON 
MONDAY, THAT IT WOULD BE
ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GO OUTDOORS 
FOR CLASSROOMS
BY TUESDAY MORNING, THEY HAD 243
SCHOOLS THAT HAD ALREADY APPLIED
FOR THIS
SO THE RESPONSE HAS ABSOLUTELY
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
PRINCIPALS HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN
UNTIL FRIDAY, JUST UNTIL FRIDAY,
TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THEIR 
SCHOOLS' PLANS
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING 
CLASSES IN PARKS
MAYBE, BLOCKING OFF STREETS AND 
HAVING THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO 
SPREAD OUT IN THE STREETS.
I HEARD ONE PRINCIPAL TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TALKING
TO SOME RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE 
OUTDOOR DINING SPACES THAT
THEY'RE NOT USING DURING THE
DAY.
AND MAYBE, GETTING KIDS INTO
THOSE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON,
RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS IS GOING ON, AS THE
CITY IS ALSO SAYING THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE TESTING EVERY SINGLE
CLASSROOM IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
VENTILATION.
IT'S HOPING TO DO THAT, BY NEXT 
WEEK
SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT UNTIL 
SCHOOL STARTS.
A LOT OF PARENTS, WATCHING
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THIS ALL 
EVOLVES, AND WHETHER OR NOT 
THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SPREAD OUT, OUTDOORS, AND
PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER 
FROM TRANSMISSION.
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S UNCHARTED TERRITORY 
FOR EVERYBODY, KRISTEN
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH AND VERY, VERY
COMPLICATED.
IT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE HERE IN 
TH
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST FOR 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
THE GOVERNOR SAID NATIONAL GUARD
PRESENCE WOULD BE INCREASED, AS 
PROTESTS ESCALATE.
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO FIRED OR
IF ANYONE IS HURT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE AN UPDATE ON
HIS CONDITION.
THEY SAY HE IS PARALYZED, FROM
THE WAIST DOWN
THOUGH, DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IF
IT'S PERMANENT
THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE FIRED.
>>> OFFICIALS SAY COOLER WEATHER
IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS IN
CALIFORNIA
BUT AS SOME EVACUATION ORDERS 
ARE LIFTED, MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT
HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO
AT LEAST 1,400 HOUSES HAVE BEEN 
DESTROYED.
AND THAT NUMBER COULD GROW TO 
MORE THAN 3,000.
AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED 
IN THE FIRES OR FIGHTING THEM.
>> NOW, TO A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
SHE CREATED A NEW LIFE IN 
CONNECTICUT.
BUT ONE THING WAS MISSING, UNTIL
A SCHOOL HEARD HER STORY
HERE'S NBC'S CATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: AT 88 YEARS OLD, IN
A CAP AND TOWN, MIRIAM SAVORS A 
MOMENT SHE'S DREAMED OF FOR 
DECADES.
>> BEYOND MY CONTROL
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET MY HIGH 
SCHOOL DIPLOMA
THIS HAS BEEN A PROFOUND REGRET 
OF MINE, ALL MY LIFE. 
>> SHRIBER'S EDUCATION DISRUPTED
BY A DESPERATE JOURNEY TO 
SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST.
HER FAMILY LIVING, FOR YEARS, ON
THE RUN.
HIDING FROM THE NAZIS.
EVENTUALLY, SENT TO A SLAVE 
LABOR CAMP IN SIBERIA.
>> AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE FAULTED
HER FOR JUST GIVING UP BUT SHE
DIDN'T
SHE, OF COURSE, LEARNED ALL THE 
LANGUAGES, EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. 
>> TODAY, SHE IS FLUENT IN SIX
LEARNING ENGLISH, WHEN SHE
IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 
TO RAISE A FAMILY.
THE GENERATIONS AFTER LIVE ON 
AND INSPIRED BY HER.
>> THIS HONORARY DIPLOMA IS --
IS WELL-DESERVED
AND SHE'S CERTAINLY, IN THE 
SCHOOL OF LIFE, HAS EARNED IT.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS, A LESSON
THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND A
GRATEFUL HEART. 
>> IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO 
ME
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: OUR GREATEST 
MOMENTS ARE YET TO COME.
CATIE BECK, NBC NEWS
>> WOW
PERSEVERANCE AND A WILL TO
SURVIVE RIGHT THERE.
SHOWING YOU, RIGHT THERE, IT IS 
NEVER TOO LATE. 
>> YEAH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE 
THOUGHTS, ALL THE MEMORIES THAT 
SHE HAD CROSSING HER MIND IN
THAT MOMENT.
JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE
LIVED.
AND SIX LANGUAGES THAT SHE
SPOKE.
I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE LOST IN
THE HOLOCAUST, AND WHAT THEIR 
LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S A GLARING 
EXAMPLE OF ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
THAT CAN B
>>> BRACING FOR IMPACT
HURRICANE LAURA UPGRADED TO A 
CATEGORY 2 STORM EARLIER THAN 
EXPECTED AS IT CONTINUES TO 
BUILD STRENGTH AHEAD OF MAKING
LANDFALL AND ABOUT 20 HOURS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>>> THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
SPEAKS OUT, AFTER THEY SAID HE
WAS PARALYZED AFTER BEING SHOT
IN THE BACK BY POLICE.
UNREST AND DAMAGE IN KENOSHA
CONTINUED FOR A THIRD DAY.
>>> FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP THE
SECOND NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION
IN THE ROSE GARDEN SPEECH WITH A
NEW APPROACH
>>> AND A FIRST FOR THE 2020
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON
SOME GOOD NEWS TO CHEER ABOUT AS
WE KICK OFF THE LAST WEDNESDAY
OF AUGUST.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING,
MILLIONS ARE UNDER THREAT AS
HURRICANE LAURA CHURNS TOWARD 
THE GULF COAST AS A CATEGORY 2
HURRICANE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL
AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM.
OFFICIALS IN HOUSTON ARE WARNING
AGAINST WHAT COULD BE 
UNPRECEDENTED DEVASTATION.
THAT WARNING, ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF TWO DEADLY HURRICANES, 
KATRINA AND HARVEY THAT 
DEVASTATED LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
OUR MORGAN CHESKY IS IN HOLLY 
BEACH, LOUISIANA, WITH THE
LATEST
>> Reporter: AFTER LAURA LASHED 
THE CARIBBEAN, MILLIONS ON THE
GULF COAST, DIGGING IN
OR GETTING OUT
>> IT'S BETTER TO PREPARE NOW,
INSTEAD OF THE LAST DAY, GO, OH,
I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> Reporter: THE DAMAGE FROM
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, A MERE
WARMUP FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
LAURA, NOW EXPECTED TO HIT TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
PROMPTING MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, YOU
KNOW THAT BEGINNING TOMORROW BY 
NOON, DON'T DIAL 911
NO ONE'S GOING TO ANSWER
OKAY
AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> HERE, IN PORT ARTHUR, PEOPLE 
AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE, THE GOAL IS TO 
GET EVERYONE ONBOARD THESE
BUSES, BEFORE LAURA HITS
THE MISSION, COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19
THOSE LEAVING TOWN CHECKED FOR
FEVER AND GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON, SCANNED, BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELTERS. 
>> YOU'VE SEEN RITA.
YOU'VE SEEN IKE.
YOU'VE SEEN HARVEY
>> ALL OF IT. 
>> YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR THIS
ONE.
>> UH-UH
NO, IT'S TIME TO GO.
>> Reporter: OTHERS DOING 
WHATEVER THEY CAN.
CHRIS AND CAROL ANNE HIGGINS
HOPING SANDBAGS ARE ENOUGH TO 
SAVE THEIR FIRST HOME.
>> COVER THE DOOR, ALL OUR
OPENINGS
PUT THESE AROUND THERE
AND HOPEFULLY, PREPARE FOR THE
FLOODING
>> Reporter: WITH THE STORM 
SURGE ESTIMATED UP TO 13 FEET 
HIGH, LAURA'S ALREADY DRAWING 
COMPARISONS TO 2005'S HURRICANE 
RITA, WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION
IN DAMAGE.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS, TELLING. 
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE POSSIBILITY, NOT THE
PROBABILITY, THAT YOU WILL BE 
LOSING POWER. 
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA,
NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO.
THAT STORM, SO POWERFUL, IT 
PUSHED WATER NEARLY 50 MILES
INLAND
PHILLIP.
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
JOINING US NOW
SHE'S BEEN TRACKING HURRICANE 
LAURA.
SN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING, WHAT 
AREAS ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT
HERE
>> YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE 
LOUISIANA BORDER TO EAST TEXAS
REALLY NEED TO BE ON OUR RADAR
EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE A 
DIRECT HIT ON THOSE LOCATIONS,
THE TROPICAL-FORCE WINDS, ALSO
THE STORM SURGE, STILL, GOING TO
BE A BIG ISSUE
THE STORM SYSTEM HAS REALLY 
GAINED STRENGTH, JUST IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED
AND NOW, WE ARE SEEING A CAT 2
STORM.
THIS HAS COME A LITTLE BIT
EARLY.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH
THAT RAPID INTENSIFICATION
PHASE.
NOW, WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 105 MILES PER HOUR.
THE CURRENT TRACK FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
CONTINUES TO SEE THE STORM
SYSTEM INCREASE TO WIND SPEEDS
OF 120
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 
POTENTIAL LANDFALL FOR CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, ALL THE WAY INTO THE 
LAKE CHARLES AREA.
THE IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE ALL 
THE WAY INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA, 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE DE
DEVASTATING FLOODING AND THAT 
STORM SURGE IN THAT AREA
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
THE TRACK AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BUT HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAKE
CHARLES ALL THE WAY INTO
GALVESTON, REMAIN, AT THIS HOUR.
GUYS. 
>> STILL A LOT OF INTENSE HOURS 
TO COME.
THANKS, JANESSA, FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO BREAKING
NEWS IN WISCONSIN, WHERE POLICE 
ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO CLEAR THE 
STREETS.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA
>> SHOTS RINGING OUT IN KENOSHA.
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIED AND TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED.
PROTESTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE 
AFTER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
AND NOW, WE ARE HEARING MORE
FROM BLAKE'S FAMILY.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THAT 
UPDATE
GABE
>> FRANCES, TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN
THIS COMMUNITY
AND THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE IS
NOW SPEAKING OUT
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
BE FIRED
THE SMOKE OBSCURED THE SUNRISE
IT WAS THE SECOND VIOLENT NIGHT 
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER THE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HIS FAMILY SAYS THE 
29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL CORD IS
SEVERED AND THAT HE'S PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN, THOUGH 
DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IT'S
PERMANENT.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: SOME PROTESTORS
HERE IGNORED A CURFEW AND 
CLASHED WITH POLICE IN RIOT 
GEAR
THE STATE HAD DEPLOYED THE
NATIONAL GUARD BUT IT DIDN'T
STOP THE DESTRUCTION. 
>> IT'S RIGHT BEFORE DAWN, AND
FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE AT THE
SCENE, TRYING TO PUT OUT HOT
SPOTS.
MUCH OF THE CITY BLOCK WAS
LOOTED AND BURNED OVERNIGHT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY IS ENCOURAGING 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY
WHAT WAS SAID BETWEEN POLICE AND
BLAKE OR WHY HE WAS WALKING 
AROUND THE FRONT OF HIS SUV.
AN OFFICER FIRED AT LEAST SEVEN 
SHOTS, HITTING BLAKE IN THE 
BACK, WHILE HIS CHILDREN, INSIDE
THE CAR, WATCHED
INCLUDING, HIS SON ON HIS 8th 
BIRTHDAY. 
>> HE LOVES HIS FAMILY
YOU ALL TOOK HIM FROM HIS 
FAMILY
YOU ALL STOOD BY AND LET IT 
HAPPEN
I JUST WANT MY BROTHER
>> Reporter: EXACTLY THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BLAKE'S SHOOTING IS THE
LATEST FLASHPOINT OVER RACE AND 
POLICING
CHRISTINA SAYS SHE RAN OUT OF 
HER APARTMENT WITH HER YOUNG
CHILD, FEARING FOR HER LIFE.
>> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
HOW -- HOW CAN YOU DESTROY YOUR 
CITY, YOUR HOME?
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
>> Reporter: BUT FOR BERNADETTE 
PRINCE, A PROTESTOR WITH THREE
SONS, THE FRUSTRATION HAS 
REACHED A BOILING POINT.
>> YOU GET MAD WHEN WE START
DESTROYING THINGS?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO
THIS
WHEN YOU KEEP KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE, FOR NO REASON.
>> NO COMMENT FROM KENOSHA
POLICE AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS NOW ASSISTING 
STATE AUTHORITIES WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
THE GOVERNOR NOW SAYS THAT THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASED NATIONAL 
GUARD PRESENCE HERE TO HELP 
PROTECT THE CITY
FRANCES.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> IT'S NOW BEEN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED THAT NO-KNOCK WARRANT
ON TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH
HAVE BEEN CHARGED.
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE AND A 
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS MOUNTING THE CASE 
FOR A SECOND TERM FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
UNTIL MELANIA TRUMP'S HEADLINING
SPEECH MENTION OF THE PANDEMIC
WAS LARGELY SIDELINED.
SPEAKERS, INSTEAD, TOUTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHILE BLASTING 
JOE BIDEN'S RECORD. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS THINGS
DONE. 
>> OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY AND DAIRY 
FARMING ARE, ONCE AGAIN, ROARING
BACK. 
>> WE, SIMPLY, CANNOT ENDURE A
BIDEN-INDUCED RECESSION.
>> INHERITING A STAGNANT
ECONOMY, ON THE FRONT END OF
RECESSION.
THE ECONOMY WAS REBUILT IN THREE
YEARS.
DO YOU WANT ECONOMIC HEALTH,
PROSPERITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND
OPTIMISM
OR DO YOU WANT TO TURN BACK TO
THE DARK DAYS OF STAGNATION,
RECESSION, AND PESSIMISM
>> MY FATHER DOES NOT RUN AWAY
FROM CHALLENGES, EVEN IN THE
FACE OF OUTRIGHT HATRED.
>> LET US JOIN OUR PRESIDENT IN 
HIS VOW THAT AMERICA WILL NEVER 
BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY. 
>> TO THE VOICELESS, SHAMED,
CENSORED, AND CANCELLED, MY 
FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
>> WE TURN, NOW, TO NBC'S TRACIE
POTTS WHO HAS MORE ON WHAT WE 
CAN EXPECT TONIGHT
HI, TRACIE
>> HEY, FRANCES, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
TONIGHT WILL FEATURE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT.
MIKE PENCE WILL SPEAK FROM FORT 
McHENRY IN BALTIMORE
ONE MORE LOCATION THAT THE
CAMPAIGN'S BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
USING.
PATRIOTIC SPEECH EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.
THAT IS THE THEME.
BUT ALSO, A POLITICAL SPEECH, ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
APPEARED TWICE DURING TUESDAY 
NIGHT'S EVENTS
ON VIDEO
ONE WAS AT THE NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY, FOR FIVE NEW AMERICAN 
CITIZENS
AND ALSO, ON VIDEO, HE PARDONED 
A NEVADA FELON
HERE'S MORE OF THAT.
PLUS, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS IN 
THE SPEAKERS FROM LAST NIGHT, 
INCLUDING FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP.
>> JOIN US, AS I GRANT JOHN --
I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS -- A 
FULL PARDON.
YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST PRIZED,
TREASURED, CHERISHED, AND 
PRICELESS POSSESSION ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> AS A SOLDIER, I SAW, 
FIRSTHAND, PEOPLE DESPERATE TO
FLEE TO FREEDOM.
THE WAY EACH OF US CAN BEST 
ENSURE OUR FREEDOMS IS BY 
ELECTING LEADERS WHO DON'T JUST 
TALK BUT WHO DELIVER. 
>> AS YOU HAVE LEARNED OVER THE 
PAST FIVE YEARS, HE'S NOT A 
TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN
HE DOESN'T JUST SPEAK WORDS.
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST 
LADY, WE ALSO HEARD FROM
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
LAST NIGHT IN A RECORDED SPEECH.
HE RECORDED THAT SPEECH WHILE ON
A STATE-SPONSORED TRIP TO 
JERUSALEM.
AND NOW, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANT
TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE
WERE ANY VIOLATIONS WITH HIM
DOING THAT POLITICAL SPEECH 
WHILE ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACIE
THANK YOU.
>> JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN IS
COUNTERING THE RNC
TURNING SPEECHES FROM NIGHT ONE 
INTO AN ATTACK ON THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S PANDEMIC 
RESPONSE
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAY THEY ARE 
DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF
MASKS, GOWNS, AND GLOVES, AGAIN.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
>> THEY ARE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE.
AND YOU -- IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD ENDING ON 
WHEN THEY SAY THE BEST IS YET TO
COME, THAT'S A THREAT.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ALSO 
CALLED THE CONVENTION AN ATTEMPT
TO CREATE A, QUOTE, ALTERNATE 
REALITY, TO COVER UP FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S FAILURES ON 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> JANESSA IS WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT OUT THERE.
AND SHE'S TRACKING A STORM
THE THREAT OF LAURA.
HERE SHE IS BACK, AGAIN.
HI, JANESSA.
>> HEY, YOU TWO.
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE STORM
SURGE.
THAT'S THE DEADLIEST PART OF A
HURRICANE.
AND WE ARE FORECASTING, RIGHT 
NOW, 7 TO 11 FEET IN PARTS OF 
WESTERN LOUISIANA TO GAVLVESTON,
TEXAS.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR ZONE IF 
EVACUATION ORDERS COME IN PLACE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS 
TEXAS.
100 DEGREES FOR SAN ANTONIO AND 
THAT WILL FUEL THIS STORM 
SYSTEM
ALSO, FOR TAMPA, WATCHING A 
LITTLE BIT OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING
THINGS SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 93
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 
IMPACTS OF LAURA, COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANESSA
>>> NOW, TIME FOR TODAY'S QUICK 
HITS
THE CAST OF THE "WEST WING" IS
REUNITING FOR A SPECIAL ON HBO
MAX.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND THE SPECIAL WILL
BENEFIT THE NONPARTISAN, WHEN WE
ALL VOTE, INITIATIVE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE A 
NEW LOOK
THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATED WITH THE
GIRL SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS,
ADDING FUNCTIONAL CHANGES TO THE
ENTIRE COLLECTION.
>> GENERAL
>> Announcer: RIGHT FIELD.
ADAM ENGEL IS THERE!
A NO HITTER!
>>> NEW THIS MORNING
LUCAS GIOLITO BECAME THE FIRST
PLAYER THIS SEASON TO TOSS A NO 
HITTER LEADING THE WHITE SOX TO 
A 4 TO NOTHING WIN OVER THE 
PIRATES.
HE STRUCK OUT 13 BATTERS
19th NO HITTER IN FRANCHISE 
HISTORY.
SHAME, NO ONE THERE TO SEE IT.
>>> NOW, TO A PIVOTAL GAME FIVE.
IN THE NBA, FEW OF THEM IN THE
FIRST GAME SCORED 42 POINTS FOR 
THE NUGGETS.
360 LAYUP.
IMPRESSIVE THERE
AND IN THE LATE GAME, THE 
CLIPPERS SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN,
SCORING A PLAY OFF HIGH, 154
POINTS TO TAKE THE 3-2 SERIES 
LEAD OVER THE MAVERICKS.
THREE MORE GAME FIVES TIP OFF 
TODAY, STARTING WITH THE MAGIC
AND THE BUCKS AT 4:00 P.M.
>> YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
WITH FANS IN THE STANDS?
WELL, JUST BEFORE THE NFL KICKS 
OFF, THE DOLPHINS HAVE ANNOUNCED
13,000 FANS WILL BE ALLOWED IN
HARD ROCK STADIUM IN FLORIDA FOR
THE TEAM'S HOME OPENER NEXT 
MONTH.
THE TEAM SAYS ALL FANS AND
STADIUM EMPLOYEES WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED SEATING, TOUCHLESS
TOILETS.
STILL, SMOKING NOT PERMITTED. 
>> LIONEL MESSI WANTS OUT.
I TOLD BARCELONA TUESDAY THAT HE
WANTS TO MOVE ON AFTER NEARLY 
TWO DECADES WITH THE TEAM,
DESPITE HAVING A CONTRACT TO
2021
REPORT
NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD SONG OF 
THE SUMMER CHART AND GAINING
OVER 380 MILLION STREAMS, 
SPOTIFY UNVEILED THIS YEAR'S
MOST STREAMED SONG OF THE SUMMER
GOES TO DABABY'S HIT "ROCKSTAR."
>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS CONTINUING
HER ACTIVISM AND USING HER VOICE
TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT WOMEN'S
RIGHTS
SHE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
GLORIA STEINEM FOR A BACKYARD 
CHAT. 
>> PEOPLE FORGET HOW WOMEN LIKE 
YOU AND SO MANY OVERS BEFORE YOU
FOUGHT FOR US, TO JUST BE WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
>> WELL, IT JUST -- I MEAN, WHEN
YOU -- IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU 
DON'T EXIST.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE ONLY
PLACE WHERE WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
THE VOTING BOOTH
>> PREVIEW CLIP SHARED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THE DUO DISCUSSED 
REPRESENTATION, WHY EACH VOTE 
MATTERS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN VOTING IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION
MEGAN AND PRINCE HARRY'S TWO
DOGS EVEN MADE A CAMEO
THE FULL CONVERSATION WILL BE 
RELEASED LATER TODAY
>>> McDONALD'S IS SPICING UP ITS
MENU WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO 
NEW ITEMS.
THE FAST FOOD CHAIN WILL NOW OUR
A CHIPS AHOY McFLURRY AND SPICY 
McNUGGETS.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S ADDED
A NEW TYPE OF McNUGGET TO ITS 
MENU IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, 
NATIONWIDE, FOR A LIMITED TIME
STAR
STARTING SEPTEMBER 16th.
NOT WASTING ANY TIME, FAST-FOOD 
COMPETITOR, WENDY'S WEIGHED IN
THEY DID SO ON TWITTER AND THEY 
WROTE MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP ALL
OF BK'S LEFTOVERS AND SLAPPED 
THEM A PRICE TAG ON IT. 
>> DIG
DIG.
DIG.
GETTING UGLY WITH THOSE NUGGET
WARS. 
>> THAT BAR'S PRETTY HIGH,
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IF YOU ARE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST, I WANT YOU
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN AMERICA'S 
FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, NEW 
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ARE
FALLING.
THE DATA SUGGESTS ABOUT 43,000
NEW CASES ARE BEING REPORTED, 
DAILY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST. 
>> FDA COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN 
HAS APOLOGIZED FOR COMMENTS HE
MADE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS A
TREATMENT FOR CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HAHN SAID, IN PART, 
I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
REMARKS I MADE SUNDAY NIGHT 
ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF C
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE CRITICISM IS ENTIRELY 
JUSTIFIED.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH FROM 
MEDICAL EXPERTS AFTER STATING 35
LIVES OUT OF EVERY 100 PEOPLE 
WHO GET THE TREATMENT WOULD 
SURVIVE THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE HELICOPTER COMPANY 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH THAT
KILLED KOBE BRYANT AND EIGHT
OTHERS IS SUING AIR-TRAFFIC 
CONTROLLERS.
THE COMPANY, ISLAND EXPRESS,
FILED A CROSS COMPLAINT ALLEGING
THAT THE JANUARY HELICOPTER 
CRASH WAS RESULT OF, QUOTE, 
SERIOUS OR ERRONEOUS ACTS OR
OMISSIONS BY TWO AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.
DECLINED THE PILOT'S REQUEST FOR
RADAR ASSISTANCE
THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY FACING 
LAWSUITS OF ITS OWN FROM
BRYANT'S FAMILY AND OTHER 
VICTIMS.
>>> TWO RETIRED NFL PLAYERS HAVE
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 
LEAGUE
ALLEGING RACIAL BIAS IN THIS IS 
CONCUSSION PAYOUTS
EX-PLAYERS KEVIN HENRY AND
DAVENPORT SAID THE DOCTORS USE
TWO SCALES
ONE, FOR BLACK ATHLETES.
AND ONE FOR WHITE ATHLETES
TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR
DEMENTIA CLAIMS.
LAWYERS FOR THE TWO SAID THE TWO
WERE DIE ANENIED AWARDS BASED O 
DISCRIMINATORY TESTING REGIME.
A LEAGUE SPOKESMAN CALLS THIS 
LAWSUIT ENTIRELY MISGUIDED
>>> SOME BLACK, FEMALE SLE
CELEBRITIES ARE GETTING CANDID
ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION BLACK
WOMEN FACE OVER THEIR HAIR. 
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO BIG. 
>> I'VE BEEN ASKED IS IT REAL?
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO MUCH.
>> A FULL DAY OF WASH AND STYLE.
I LOVE EVERYTHING.
>> GABRIELLE UNION, KEKE PALMER,
HAVE TEAMED UP FOR THE POWERFUL 
PSA CALLED I'VE BEEN TOLD.
IT'S FOR GLAMOUR MAGAZINE.
THE CELEBRITIES SHARE ANONYMOUS 
STORIES FROM 13 DIFFERENT BLACK 
WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA TO 
HIGHLIGHT ISSUES OF MI
MICRO AGGRESSION TOWARD BLACK 
HAIR
IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CROWN ACT,
WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2019 TO
PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
ON RACE-BASED HAIRSTYLES. 
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME 
BIRTHDAYS TODAY.
COMEDIAN, FORMER SNL WRITER 
TURNS 38
ALSO, TURNIN
>>> IT'S GO TIME FOR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS IN THE PATH OF
HURRICANE LAURA.
NOW A CATEGORY 2 STORM BUT WILL 
LIKELY BECOME A CAT 3 BY
LANDFALL
>>> GUN FIRES ERUPTS DURING 
VIOLENT PROTESTS ON THE THIRD 
NIGHT IN WISCONSIN AND THIS 
MORNING THERE'S VIDEO.
>>> FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON THE 
PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE AND A
ROSE GARDEN ADDRESS FROM THE
FIRST LADY
>> AND IS THE WEST WING GETTING 
READY FOR A REBOOT WITH THE 
ORIGINAL CAST?
EARLY TODAY STORT STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
MORE KAY YOGS ON THE STREETS IN 
WISCONSIN.
AND MORE FALLOUT AFTER THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
OVERNIGHT SHOTS RINGING OUT.
>> WE HAVE SHOTS FIRED
LEAVE THE AREA
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIE DIE AND TWO OTHERS ARE
INJURED.
THIS REPORT ON THE BLAKE FAMILY.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN WIS CORN SIN AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HE WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN THE
BACK SUNDAY.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LEEK HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> POLICE HAVE SAID LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED SHOOTING
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS.
PROTESTS THAT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER DID I THINK ANYTHING 
LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN
>> AFTER THE SUN CAME UP THE
SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP AS THE
FAMILY PLEADED FOR CALM.
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON THE VIOLENCE AND THE 
DESTRUCTION, HE WOULD BE VERY 
UNPLEASE
THE FAMILY ASKING FOR PRAYERS, A
COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
>>> ALSO BREAKING, MILLIONS 
UNDER THREAT AS HURRICANE LAURA 
TURNS TOWARD THE GULF COAST AS A
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE
IT'
IT'S EXPECTED IT COULD BE THE 
WORST DEVASTATING.
>>> AFTER LAURA LASHED THE
CARIBBEAN MILLIONS ON THE GULF
COAST DIGGING IN OR GETTING OUT.
>> IT'S BET TO TO PREPARE NOW 
THAN GO OH, I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> THE DAMAGE FROM TROPICAL 
STORM MARCO, A NEAR WARMUP FOR
WHAT'S TOCOSM.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY, BY
TOMORROW BY NOON, NO ONE IS 
GOING TO DIAL 911.
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE AREN'T
TAKING ANY CHANCES
THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE ON
BOARD THOSE BUSES BEFORE LAURA
HITS
>> THE MISSION COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19. 
>> Reporter: THOSE LEAVING TOWN 
GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON SCANNED BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELT EERS.
>> OTHERS DOING WHATEVER THEY 
CAN.
NEARLY WHAT CHRIS AND CARE LINE 
HIGGINS HOPING SANDBAGS ARE 
ENOUGH TO SAVE THEIR OWN HOME.
>> ALL OUR OPENINGS AND 
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PREBARE FOR 
THE FLOODAGE
LAURA IS ALREADY DRAWING
COMPARISONS TO HURRICANE RITA 
WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION IN 
DAMAGE
THE NEXT 24 HOURS SELLING.
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE PROBLEM BLGT THAT YOU WILL
BE LOSING POIER.
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA NEARLY
15 YEARS AGO
THAT STORM SO POWERFUL IT PUSHED
WATER NEARLY 50 MILES INLAND
>> JHA JANESSA, GOOD MORNING
>> THE TRACK IS REALLY STARTING 
TO COME INTO AGREEMENT
THOSE FOLKS IN PORT ARTHUR, 
THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT RIGHT 
THING.
WE'RE SEEING THE FORECAST SHIFT 
OUT OF HOUSTON AND THE GALVESTON
AREA AND IT IS HEADED TOWARD
CHASM RON PARRISH.
OVERNIGHT THOUGH, HURRICANE 
LAURA HAS INTENSIFIED.
NOW A CAT 2 BE SUSTAINED WINDS
AFTER 1205-MILE-PER-HOUR AND
THAT WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
RIGHT NOW'S ABOUT 300 MILES OFF 
THE COAST OF LOUISIANA
I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS 
FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AND OUR 5:00 
AVM UPDATE THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE
YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACTS AND A
POTENTIAL LANDFALL TONIGHT BUT
THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE 
WIDESPREAD
EVEN THOUGH THAT HE WE ARE
ANOTHER GOING TO SEE A WIDE HIT,
TROPICAL STORM WINDS, THE STORM 
ZIJ, I I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT 
COMING UP.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COOP
VENGS IS MOUNT THE CASE FOR A 
SECOND TERM.
SPEECHERS KOUTED PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S ECONOMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND A SOFTER TONE FROM FIRST
LADY MELANIA TRUMP
>> SINCE MARCH OUR LIVES ARE
CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY SWEPT ACROSS
OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE WHO WANT TO STAND UP
AND FIGHT THE SOCIALISM TOJING
OUR SCHOOLS, JOIN ME IN 
SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP
LET'S REBUILD AMERICA TOGETHER
>> THEY DO GNAT LOW LINE WITH 
THEIR OWN.
>> THE BIDEN/HARRIS COMBINATION 
GIVES US NO CHOICE
WHAT REQUEST WE EXTENT TONIGHT
>> FROM FORT-*HENRY IN BALTIMORE
SO THEY'RE SAKING THIS OUTSIDE
OF WASHINGTON.
THAT ON I OWN CAUSING SOME
CONTROVERSY.
THESE POLITICAL EVENTS ARE HIGH 
PRESSURING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY ON
PUBLIC TRIPS
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS LINED UP 
FOR TONIGHT, THE THEME FOR
TONIGHT IS PATRIOTISM, A LAND OF
HEROES
PRESIDENT TRUMP POPPED UP TWICE 
ON THE PROGRAM AND ALSO WHEN HE 
PARDONED A NV FILL LON WHO HAS
TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE 
DESERVES TORR PARDONED
>> JOIN US AS I GRANT JOHN, I'M 
NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS, A FULL
PAR DAN.
>> YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST 
PRIZED, AND PRICELESS POSITION
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> SNOOHE'S NOT AT TRADITIONAL 
POLITICIAN
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>>> FIRST LAY DAY IN THE
SPOTLIGHT LAST NIGHT AND YOU
ALSO SAW THAT SPEECH FROM 
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE TOEMP 
THAT WAS RORDED WHILE I WAS IN
JERUSALEM.
JOOL JOE BIDEN'S AM PAIN THE
COUNTERING THE RNC TURNING THE
SPEECHES INTO AN ATTACK ON THE
PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS ARE DEALING WITH A 
SHOR
SHORTAGE
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE AND IT IS WHAT IT 
IS
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD SAYING THE
BEST IS YET TO COME.
THAT'S A THREAT.
THEY CALLED THE CONVENTION TO 
COVER UP ON THE PRESIDENT'S 
FAILURES ON CORONAVIRUS.
>>> ANOTHER ROADBLOCK FOR KANYE 
WEST'S BALLOT IN 2020.
HE MISSED OUT IN MISSOURI AND 
WYOMING.
HE FAILED TO ACQUIRE ENOUGH 
SIGNATURES TO MAKE THE BALLOT IN
THE TWO STATES
>>> JANESSA WEBB IS BACK WITH 
US
SHE'S BEEN LOOKING AT LAURA.
>> GOOD MORNING YOU TWO.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
IMPACT WITH HURRICANE LAURA 
ALONG WITH THE HIGH TIDE COMING 
IN BEHIND THAT
RIGHT NOW FORECASTING 7 TO
11 INCHES AND THIS IS THE 
COASTAL AREAS ALL THE WAY INTO
EAST TEXAS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODING
RAIN WHERE WE COULD SEE ISOLATED
AREAS UP TO 5 IMS.
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD.
SO TEMPERATURES ACROSS TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON, 100 DEGREES 
ALONG WITH HUMIDITY VERY HIGH 
ACROSS THOSE GULF COAST 
COMMUNITIES.
A FEW STORMS FOR CHARLOTTE THIS 
AFTERNOON, CLEARING OUT FOR LEE,
93
>> THANK YOU
TOM CRUISE, HE'S BEEN HITTING 
THE THEATERS
SNOOP HERE WE ARE.
BACK TO THE MOVIES
>> THE ACTOR SHARED A VIDEO ON
SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM ATTENDING A 
LONDON SCREENING
HE GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TOLD THE FAMILY HE LOVES THE
MOVIE.
TENANT OPENS LATER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, JERRY 
FALWELL COME UP WITH A LUMP SUM.
ACCORDING TO A PERSON CLOSE TO
FALWELL WITH KNOWLEDGE OF HIS 
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT SAYS HE MAY 
BE DUE HIS $1.2 MILLION SALARY
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS MRS. 
ANOTHER $8 MILLION OF HIS 
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE REDOUSED.
THE LEADER RESIGNED FROM THE
COLLEGE.
HIS FATHER FOUNDED UNDER A CLOUD
OF SCANDAL
>> Reporter: JERRY FALLWELL JR. 
TOOK OVER THE LARGEST 
EVANGELICAL SCHOOLS ORE A DECADE
AGO.
NOW HE HE THES A GROUP OF 
SELF-RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE ARE IN A
POSITION TO REMOVE HIM
HE HAS ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION.
REUTERS REPORTED THAT THE 
FALWELLS BECAME ENTANGLED OVER
EIGHT YEARS AGO AFTER MEETING 
THE THEN 20-YEAR-OLD IN A HOTEL.
HE DENIES THE AK SCISSION 
TELLING REUTERS THAT JERRY KNEW 
ABOUT THE AFFAIR AND WOULD
SOMETIMES WATCH HIM AND BECKY 
TOGETHER
>> IT'S LIKE TELLING ME EVERY 
TIME HE HOOKS UP WITH PEOPLE
LIKE I DON'T HAVE FEELING OR
SOMETHING.
>> ALL OF THIS LESS THAN A MONTH
AFTER FALLWELL POSTED AND THEN
DELETED THIS PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM.
IT WAS ALL GOOD FUN, LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY PUT THE GIRL ON
INDEFINITE LEE
THE STOOL SAID ADDITIONAL 
MATTERS SAY IT WILL NOT BE THE
BEST FOR THE UNIVERSITY FOR HIM 
TO RETURN FROM LEE
THEY INSTRUCTED HIS ATTORNEYS 
NOT TO SEND HIS RESIGNATION.
>>> IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID HE
WOULD INDEED STEP DOWN
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OF HIS
POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS
EMBARRASSED THE 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS THE 
CAST OF THE WEST WING IS R
REUN
REUNITING.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND BENEFIT IT IS 
NONPARTISAN WHEN WE ALL VOTE
NICHE DIF.
>> THE GIRL SCOUTS HAS A NEW
LOOK
THEY COLLABORATED WITH THE
SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS
>> AND GENERAL MILLS WILL SEND
POUNDS OF MARSHMALLOWS
IT IS BEEN THE FIRST TIME IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE
>>> SOME MAJOR LAYOFFS ABOUT TO 
TAKE PLACE FROM AMERICAN
AIRLINES
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
PHILLIP.
SO AMERICAN AIRLINES WARNED IN
JULY IT WOULD HAVE TO LAY OFF 
25,000 STAFF MEMBERS THIS FALL
DUE TO THE STEEP DECLINE IN 
TRAVEL
THE NUMBER IS LOWER THAN THE
INITIAL 25,000 THAT WAS TOUTED, 
BUT IT IS STILL A STAGGERING
17,500
THE CEO DELIVERED THE NEWS
YESTERDAY SAYING TODAY IS THE 
HARDEST MESSAGE WE HAVE HAD TO
SHARE SO FAR
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD STOP
THE LAYOFFS IS AN EXTENSION OF
THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM
THE GOVERNOR APPROVED EARLIER 
THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE FIGHTING TO EX- TENDS 
THE PROTECTION THROUGH MARCH
31st
IN SOME LIGHTER NEWS FOR THE
FIRST TIME McDONALDS IS SPICING 
UP A CLASSIC FAN FAVORITE.
THEY'RE ALSO INTRODUCING A
McFLURRY WHICH IS SOFT SERVE, 
CARAMEL, TOPPING AND COOKIE 
PIECES AND BOTH WILL BE 
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16th FOR A
LIMITED TIME AT PARTICIPATING 
LOCATIONS.
WENDY'S HAD A SPICY RESPONSE
TWEETING IT MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP
THE LEFTOVERS AND PRICED A PRICE
TAG ON IT.
>> MAKING ME WANT TO TRY I
>>> THE LOUISIANA COAST, YOU'LL 
SEE EFFECTS OF THIS TONIGHT.
>>> AS HURRICANE LAURA CONTINUES
TO INTENSIFY IN THE GULF THE
NATIONAL GUARD IS GEARING UP TO 
MOBILIZE
THEY'VE SET UP REGIONAL 
HEADQUARTERS IF LAKE CHARLES
JAY GRAY IS THERE AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
>> YEAH, REALLY CALM HERE AT
THIS POINT BUT WE KNOW THAT'S 
GOING TO CHANGE OES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
LOUISIANA SPECIFICALLY LAKE 
CHARLES AND THE CROSS HAIRS, THE
TIME TO PREPARE, THE TIME TO
EVACUATE QUICKLY RUNNING OUT
HERE
>> SANDBAGS, BOARDS AND BUILDING
TENSIONS ALONG THE GULF COAST.
>> KIND OF NERVOUS FOR TEXAS AND
THE WEST SIDE OF LOUISIANA
>> THAT'S WHERE FORECASTERS SAY 
HURRICANE LAURA WILL CROSS THE
SHOR
SHORELINE.
MILLIONS IN THE STRIKE ZONE ON
HIGH ALERT RIGHT NOW
BRITTANY THOMAS AND HER FAMILY K
LOING DOWN THEIR HOUSE BEFORE 
LANDFALL
WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF SUPPLIES.
IT'S EQUIVALENT TO A BOMB 
SHELTER SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
>> IT'S TIME TO GO
>> ARE MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND
IN SOME AREAS BY THE BUS LOAD.
>> TO STORM IS NOT THE ONLY 
CONCERN.
>> WE ARE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A POSSIBLE HURRICANE AND 
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT COVID TOO.
>> MANY AREAS ARE USING MORE AND
LARGER FACILITIES IN THE PAST 
MAKING ROOM FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING AS THE STORM 
CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE GULF
>> WE EXPECT THE LANDFALL 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
AND THE HIGH TIDE IS AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE EXPECTED LANDFALL SO
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON TOP OF
THAT STORM SURGE, A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING
>> WITH LAURA BARRELLING TOWARD 
THE COAST.
>> YEAH, LOOK, THAT STORM SURGE 
EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AND 13 FEET
AT LANDFALL AND THAT WALL OF
WATER WILL POUR INTO LAKES AND
CREEKS CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS 
INLAND
BACK TO YOU GUYS
>> MAPROBLEMS IN A TIME OF 
PANDEMIC
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S BRING YOU GOOD NEWS
BABY EASTERN BLACK RHINOSAURUS
WAS BORN ON FRIDAY
THE SPECIES IS CRITICALLY 
ENDANGERED
WE'RE TALKING A 90% DROP
RHINOS STAY IN THE WOM
>>> ON THE MOVE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE 
EVACUATING, AS HURRICANE LAURA
GAINS STEAM AND READIES FOR 
LANDFALL IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS
>>> VIOLENT UPRISINGS IN
KENOSHA, OVERNIGHT, AS THE
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE REVEALS 
THAT HE MAY BE PARALYZED, AFTER 
BEING SHOT IN THE BACK BY 
POLICE. 
>> DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION DREW OUT EVEN MORE TO
SPEAK, INCLUDING THE NIGHT'S
KEYNOTE FROM THE FIRST LADY.
>> AND JERRY FALWELL'S DRAMATIC 
EXIT AND MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
PAYOUT
A BUSY DAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
BREAKING, THIS MORNING
HURRICANE LAURA STRENGTHENS IN
THE GULF, REKINDLING FEARS FOR
MILLIONS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
LAURA IS NOW A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE, AND COULD MAKE 
LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANES
HARVEY AND KATRINA
TWO OF THE MOST DEVASTATING 
HURRICANES TO HIT THOSE STATES
RESIDENTS ARE TORN BETWEEN
HUNKERING DOWN THEIR HOMES OR 
EVACUATING AND RIDING OUT THE 
STORM IN A SAFER AREA.
TRAVIS GILL GERY OF KJRH HAS MOE
OF WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.
>> HAVE BEEN HERE PRETTY MUCH 
SINCE THE WEEKEND TRYING TO TIE 
THINGS DOWN.
BOARDING UP WINDOWS AND 
ELEVATING FURNITURE AND 
APPLIANCES TO SOME UPPER LEVELS.
MANY HOME AND CAMP OWNERS 
ACTUALLY CLEARED OUT THEIR
BOTTOM LEVELS AND OPENED ALL THE
DOORS SO ACTUALLY THE WATER FROM
THE BAY CAN ACTUALLY FLOW 
THROUGH THE HOUSE, WHICH IS 
ACTUALLY GOING TO CAUSE LESS
DAMAGE, IN THE LONG RUN.
PEOPLE IN THE BAY ARE NOT 
STRANGERS TO THIS.
IT'S ONE OF THE DOWNFALLS 
CHOOSING TO LIVE IN A COASTAL 
COMMUNITY JUST FEET FROM THE
WATER.
BUT WITH SOME STILL DEALING WITH
DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BARRY LAST
YEAR, THEY EXPECT WHAT'S GOING
TO BE HAPPENING THIS WEEK TO BE 
A LOT WORSE.
ESPECIALLY WITH A STORM SURGE 
SIMILAR TO HURRICANE RITA FROM
2005. 
>> WE HAD WATER THREE OR FOUR 
DEEP ON THE ROAD
AND WAVE ACTION THAT DID A LOT
OF DAMAGE.
BROUGHT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF MUD IN OUR WORKSHOPS AND 
GARAGES, ET CETERA
SO THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING
FOR US IS THE HIGH WATER WITH 
THE STORM HITTING TO THE WEST OF
US. 
>> THAT WAS TRAVIS GILLERY OF 
KJRH REPORTING
LET'S TURN NOW TO NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING HURRICANE LAURA.
JANESSA, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE
STORM TO HIT
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE WATCHING,
VERY CLOSELY, THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA BORDER
BUT JUST HAPPENING, IN THE LAST 
30 MINUTES, WE HAVE A VERY
HEALTHY STORM SYSTEM
HURRICANE LAURA, NOW, A CAT 2 
HURRICANE.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED, IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MILES PER
HOUR
THERE'S STILL THAT
WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT AT 17 
MILES PER HOUR
AND THAT IS GOING TO, REALLY, BE
CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY HAS 
SHRUNK
BUT NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING, BY
THIS AFTERNOON, IT'S GOING TO 
SIT IN A WARM BODY OF WATER, AND
REALLY GAIN SOME MORE STEAM.
POTENTIALLY, A MAJOR HURRICANE, 
TURNING INTO A CAT 3 BY TONIGHT.
AND LANDFALL EXPECTED.
POSSIBILITY RIGHT NOW FOR 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA, TO LAKE 
CHARLES.
IT CONTINUES ITS TRACK AND
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO 
CAUSE THE STORM SURGE.
WE HOPE THAT LAND ACTS AS 
LETTING IT SHRED APART
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE A NOT 
GOING TO SEE THAT.
IT STILL GAINS STEAM THROUGH THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THEN ALL 
THE WAY TO THE NORTHEAST
SO WATCHING THE STORM SURGE,
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIG 
THING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO 
GALVESTON, TEXAS
UP TO 7 TO 11 FEET
GUYS
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
>>> WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS
FROM WISCONSIN, WHERE PROTESTS
HAVE ESCALATED, AGAIN.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA. 
>> THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED NEAR A GAS STATION
IT'S UNCLEAR WHO FIRED, OR IF 
ANYONE WAS INJURED
EARLIER, OFFICERS APPEARED TO 
USE A LARGE CLOUD OF TEAR GAS.
AT AN EMOTIONAL PRESS 
CONFERENCE, BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE 
AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE
29-YEAR-OLD MAY NEVER WALK, 
AGAIN.
HERE IS NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN KENOSHA, AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT SEVEN
TIMES, IN THE BACK, SUNDAY
THE INCIDENT, CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED,
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE SAID 
LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED A SHOOTING
AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS IN KENOSHA
PROTESTS THAT BEGAN PEACEFULLY, 
BUT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER, IN A MILLION YEARS, 
DID I THINK THAT ANYTHING LIKE
THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN IN 
KENOSHA.
NEVER.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SUN CAME 
UP, THE SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP.
WHILE THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
PLEADED FOR CALM. 
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THE
VIOLENCE AND THE DESTRUCTION, HE
WOULD BE VERY UNPLEASED.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY ASKING FOR
PRAYERS.
A COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THERE IS MORE REACTION FROM
THE SPORTS WORLD TO THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE
THE DETROIT LIONS CALLED OFF
THEIR PRACTICE
THE TEAM, CHOOSING TO TAKE A
STAND, INSTEAD
>> YOU MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES
YOU MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS
BUT IN ORDER FOR CHANGE TO
HAPPEN, IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING
TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS
TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> AND MORE NBA PLAYERS ARE 
QUESTIONING THEIR TIME IN THE 
BUBBLE, WITH SOME CONSIDERING A 
POTENTIAL BOYCOTT.
>>> THE BOMBASTIC CASE FOR A
SECOND TERM TAKES CENTER STAGE, 
AS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
HEADLINES NIGHT THREE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
OTHER BIG NAMES INCLUDE OUTGOING
WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR, KELLYANNE
CONWAY, AND CONGRESSMAN DAN 
CRENSHAW
NIGHT TWO CLOSED ON A DECIDEDLY 
SOFTER NOTE FROM FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP.
>> SINCE MARCH, OUR LIVES HAVE
CHANGED, DRASTICALLY
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, COVID-19,
SWEPT ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO
STAND UP AND
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
IT'S NEW AN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED A NO-KNOCK WARRANT ON
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH HAS 
BEEN CHARGED
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE, AND A
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN
AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS ARE FALLING
ABOUT 43,000 NEW CASES ARE BEING
REPORTED, DAILY, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST
THE GLIMMER OF HOPE COMES AS FDA
COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN IS 
APOLOGIZING FOR COMMENTS HE MADE
ABOUT BENEFITS OF CONVALESCENT
PLASMA AS A TREATMENT FOR 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HE SAYS I HAVE BEEN 
CRITICIZED FOR REMARKS I MADE 
ABOUT CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH AFTER
STATING THAT 35 LIVES OUT OF
EVERY 100 PEOPLE THAT GET THE 
TREATMENT WOULD SURVIVE THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> NORTH DAKOTA HELALTH
DEPARTMENT IS URGING THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN
STURGIS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO 
GET TESTED AND MONITOR FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE AND
PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED.
MEANWHILE, 13,000 FANS WILL BE
ALLOWED IN HARD ROCK STADIUM IN 
FLORIDA FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS
AND THE HURRICANES' HOME OPENER 
THIS SEASON, AMID THE PANDEMIC
THE DOLPHINS ANNOUNCED THE NEWS 
IN A TWEET
>>> TOM CRUISE SHARING VIDEO
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM
ATTENDING A LONDON SCREENING OF 
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM
"TENET."
EVEN GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TELLING A FAN HE LOVED THE
MOVIE.
TENET OPENS WORLDWIDE STARTING
TODAY.
>> NEW YORK CITY HAS A PLAN FOR 
ITS SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, 
AND CHARTER.
SOME CLASSES WILL NOW BE OUTSIDE
THIS FALL BUT HOW WILL THAT 
WORK
NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN JOINS US 
NOW.
KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
WELL, WHERE I AM, IN VERMONT, 
THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS FOR A WHILE
GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE IS REALLY A
BIG PART OF THE NORMAL
EDUCATION, IF YOU WILL
BUT IT'S NOT JUST RURAL AREAS 
THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT THIS
IDEA OF BRINGING CLASSES OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO NATURE.
NEW YORK CITY, ACTUALLY, TRYING 
TO COME UP WITH ITS OWN PLANS.
THE CITY ANNOUNCED, JUST ON 
MONDAY, THAT IT WOULD BE
ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GO OUTDOORS 
FOR CLASSROOMS
BY TUESDAY MORNING, THEY HAD 243
SCHOOLS THAT HAD ALREADY APPLIED
FOR THIS
SO THE RESPONSE HAS ABSOLUTELY
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
PRINCIPALS HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN
UNTIL FRIDAY, JUST UNTIL FRIDAY,
TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THEIR 
SCHOOLS' PLANS
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING 
CLASSES IN PARKS
MAYBE, BLOCKING OFF STREETS AND 
HAVING THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO 
SPREAD OUT IN THE STREETS.
I HEARD ONE PRINCIPAL TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TALKING
TO SOME RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE 
OUTDOOR DINING SPACES THAT
THEY'RE NOT USING DURING THE
DAY.
AND MAYBE, GETTING KIDS INTO
THOSE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON,
RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS IS GOING ON, AS THE
CITY IS ALSO SAYING THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE TESTING EVERY SINGLE
CLASSROOM IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
VENTILATION.
IT'S HOPING TO DO THAT, BY NEXT 
WEEK
SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT UNTIL 
SCHOOL STARTS.
A LOT OF PARENTS, WATCHING
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THIS ALL 
EVOLVES, AND WHETHER OR NOT 
THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SPREAD OUT, OUTDOORS, AND
PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER 
FROM TRANSMISSION.
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S UNCHARTED TERRITORY 
FOR EVERYBODY, KRISTEN
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH AND VERY, VERY
COMPLICATED.
IT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE HERE IN 
TH
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST FOR 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
THE GOVERNOR SAID NATIONAL GUARD
PRESENCE WOULD BE INCREASED, AS 
PROTESTS ESCALATE.
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO FIRED OR
IF ANYONE IS HURT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE AN UPDATE ON
HIS CONDITION.
THEY SAY HE IS PARALYZED, FROM
THE WAIST DOWN
THOUGH, DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IF
IT'S PERMANENT
THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE FIRED.
>>> OFFICIALS SAY COOLER WEATHER
IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS IN
CALIFORNIA
BUT AS SOME EVACUATION ORDERS 
ARE LIFTED, MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT
HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO
AT LEAST 1,400 HOUSES HAVE BEEN 
DESTROYED.
AND THAT NUMBER COULD GROW TO 
MORE THAN 3,000.
AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED 
IN THE FIRES OR FIGHTING THEM.
>> NOW, TO A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
SHE CREATED A NEW LIFE IN 
CONNECTICUT.
BUT ONE THING WAS MISSING, UNTIL
A SCHOOL HEARD HER STORY
HERE'S NBC'S CATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: AT 88 YEARS OLD, IN
A CAP AND TOWN, MIRIAM SAVORS A 
MOMENT SHE'S DREAMED OF FOR 
DECADES.
>> BEYOND MY CONTROL
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET MY HIGH 
SCHOOL DIPLOMA
THIS HAS BEEN A PROFOUND REGRET 
OF MINE, ALL MY LIFE. 
>> SHRIBER'S EDUCATION DISRUPTED
BY A DESPERATE JOURNEY TO 
SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST.
HER FAMILY LIVING, FOR YEARS, ON
THE RUN.
HIDING FROM THE NAZIS.
EVENTUALLY, SENT TO A SLAVE 
LABOR CAMP IN SIBERIA.
>> AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE FAULTED
HER FOR JUST GIVING UP BUT SHE
DIDN'T
SHE, OF COURSE, LEARNED ALL THE 
LANGUAGES, EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. 
>> TODAY, SHE IS FLUENT IN SIX
LEARNING ENGLISH, WHEN SHE
IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 
TO RAISE A FAMILY.
THE GENERATIONS AFTER LIVE ON 
AND INSPIRED BY HER.
>> THIS HONORARY DIPLOMA IS --
IS WELL-DESERVED
AND SHE'S CERTAINLY, IN THE 
SCHOOL OF LIFE, HAS EARNED IT.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS, A LESSON
THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND A
GRATEFUL HEART. 
>> IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO 
ME
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: OUR GREATEST 
MOMENTS ARE YET TO COME.
CATIE BECK, NBC NEWS
>> WOW
PERSEVERANCE AND A WILL TO
SURVIVE RIGHT THERE.
SHOWING YOU, RIGHT THERE, IT IS 
NEVER TOO LATE. 
>> YEAH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE 
THOUGHTS, ALL THE MEMORIES THAT 
SHE HAD CROSSING HER MIND IN
THAT MOMENT.
JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE
LIVED.
AND SIX LANGUAGES THAT SHE
SPOKE.
I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE LOST IN
THE HOLOCAUST, AND WHAT THEIR 
LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S A GLARING 
EXAMPLE OF ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
THAT CAN B
>>> BRACING FOR IMPACT
HURRICANE LAURA UPGRADED TO A 
CATEGORY 2 STORM EARLIER THAN 
EXPECTED AS IT CONTINUES TO 
BUILD STRENGTH AHEAD OF MAKING
LANDFALL AND ABOUT 20 HOURS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>>> THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
SPEAKS OUT, AFTER THEY SAID HE
WAS PARALYZED AFTER BEING SHOT
IN THE BACK BY POLICE.
UNREST AND DAMAGE IN KENOSHA
CONTINUED FOR A THIRD DAY.
>>> FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP THE
SECOND NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION
IN THE ROSE GARDEN SPEECH WITH A
NEW APPROACH
>>> AND A FIRST FOR THE 2020
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON
SOME GOOD NEWS TO CHEER ABOUT AS
WE KICK OFF THE LAST WEDNESDAY
OF AUGUST.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING,
MILLIONS ARE UNDER THREAT AS
HURRICANE LAURA CHURNS TOWARD 
THE GULF COAST AS A CATEGORY 2
HURRICANE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL
AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM.
OFFICIALS IN HOUSTON ARE WARNING
AGAINST WHAT COULD BE 
UNPRECEDENTED DEVASTATION.
THAT WARNING, ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF TWO DEADLY HURRICANES, 
KATRINA AND HARVEY THAT 
DEVASTATED LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
OUR MORGAN CHESKY IS IN HOLLY 
BEACH, LOUISIANA, WITH THE
LATEST
>> Reporter: AFTER LAURA LASHED 
THE CARIBBEAN, MILLIONS ON THE
GULF COAST, DIGGING IN
OR GETTING OUT
>> IT'S BETTER TO PREPARE NOW,
INSTEAD OF THE LAST DAY, GO, OH,
I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> Reporter: THE DAMAGE FROM
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, A MERE
WARMUP FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
LAURA, NOW EXPECTED TO HIT TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
PROMPTING MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, YOU
KNOW THAT BEGINNING TOMORROW BY 
NOON, DON'T DIAL 911
NO ONE'S GOING TO ANSWER
OKAY
AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> HERE, IN PORT ARTHUR, PEOPLE 
AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE, THE GOAL IS TO 
GET EVERYONE ONBOARD THESE
BUSES, BEFORE LAURA HITS
THE MISSION, COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19
THOSE LEAVING TOWN CHECKED FOR
FEVER AND GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON, SCANNED, BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELTERS. 
>> YOU'VE SEEN RITA.
YOU'VE SEEN IKE.
YOU'VE SEEN HARVEY
>> ALL OF IT. 
>> YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR THIS
ONE.
>> UH-UH
NO, IT'S TIME TO GO.
>> Reporter: OTHERS DOING 
WHATEVER THEY CAN.
CHRIS AND CAROL ANNE HIGGINS
HOPING SANDBAGS ARE ENOUGH TO 
SAVE THEIR FIRST HOME.
>> COVER THE DOOR, ALL OUR
OPENINGS
PUT THESE AROUND THERE
AND HOPEFULLY, PREPARE FOR THE
FLOODING
>> Reporter: WITH THE STORM 
SURGE ESTIMATED UP TO 13 FEET 
HIGH, LAURA'S ALREADY DRAWING 
COMPARISONS TO 2005'S HURRICANE 
RITA, WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION
IN DAMAGE.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS, TELLING. 
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE POSSIBILITY, NOT THE
PROBABILITY, THAT YOU WILL BE 
LOSING POWER. 
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA,
NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO.
THAT STORM, SO POWERFUL, IT 
PUSHED WATER NEARLY 50 MILES
INLAND
PHILLIP.
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
JOINING US NOW
SHE'S BEEN TRACKING HURRICANE 
LAURA.
SN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING, WHAT 
AREAS ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT
HERE
>> YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE 
LOUISIANA BORDER TO EAST TEXAS
REALLY NEED TO BE ON OUR RADAR
EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE A 
DIRECT HIT ON THOSE LOCATIONS,
THE TROPICAL-FORCE WINDS, ALSO
THE STORM SURGE, STILL, GOING TO
BE A BIG ISSUE
THE STORM SYSTEM HAS REALLY 
GAINED STRENGTH, JUST IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED
AND NOW, WE ARE SEEING A CAT 2
STORM.
THIS HAS COME A LITTLE BIT
EARLY.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH
THAT RAPID INTENSIFICATION
PHASE.
NOW, WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 105 MILES PER HOUR.
THE CURRENT TRACK FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
CONTINUES TO SEE THE STORM
SYSTEM INCREASE TO WIND SPEEDS
OF 120
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 
POTENTIAL LANDFALL FOR CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, ALL THE WAY INTO THE 
LAKE CHARLES AREA.
THE IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE ALL 
THE WAY INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA, 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE DE
DEVASTATING FLOODING AND THAT 
STORM SURGE IN THAT AREA
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
THE TRACK AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BUT HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAKE
CHARLES ALL THE WAY INTO
GALVESTON, REMAIN, AT THIS HOUR.
GUYS. 
>> STILL A LOT OF INTENSE HOURS 
TO COME.
THANKS, JANESSA, FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO BREAKING
NEWS IN WISCONSIN, WHERE POLICE 
ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO CLEAR THE 
STREETS.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA
>> SHOTS RINGING OUT IN KENOSHA.
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIED AND TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED.
PROTESTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE 
AFTER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
AND NOW, WE ARE HEARING MORE
FROM BLAKE'S FAMILY.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THAT 
UPDATE
GABE
>> FRANCES, TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN
THIS COMMUNITY
AND THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE IS
NOW SPEAKING OUT
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
BE FIRED
THE SMOKE OBSCURED THE SUNRISE
IT WAS THE SECOND VIOLENT NIGHT 
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER THE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HIS FAMILY SAYS THE 
29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL CORD IS
SEVERED AND THAT HE'S PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN, THOUGH 
DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IT'S
PERMANENT.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: SOME PROTESTORS
HERE IGNORED A CURFEW AND 
CLASHED WITH POLICE IN RIOT 
GEAR
THE STATE HAD DEPLOYED THE
NATIONAL GUARD BUT IT DIDN'T
STOP THE DESTRUCTION. 
>> IT'S RIGHT BEFORE DAWN, AND
FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE AT THE
SCENE, TRYING TO PUT OUT HOT
SPOTS.
MUCH OF THE CITY BLOCK WAS
LOOTED AND BURNED OVERNIGHT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY IS ENCOURAGING 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY
WHAT WAS SAID BETWEEN POLICE AND
BLAKE OR WHY HE WAS WALKING 
AROUND THE FRONT OF HIS SUV.
AN OFFICER FIRED AT LEAST SEVEN 
SHOTS, HITTING BLAKE IN THE 
BACK, WHILE HIS CHILDREN, INSIDE
THE CAR, WATCHED
INCLUDING, HIS SON ON HIS 8th 
BIRTHDAY. 
>> HE LOVES HIS FAMILY
YOU ALL TOOK HIM FROM HIS 
FAMILY
YOU ALL STOOD BY AND LET IT 
HAPPEN
I JUST WANT MY BROTHER
>> Reporter: EXACTLY THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BLAKE'S SHOOTING IS THE
LATEST FLASHPOINT OVER RACE AND 
POLICING
CHRISTINA SAYS SHE RAN OUT OF 
HER APARTMENT WITH HER YOUNG
CHILD, FEARING FOR HER LIFE.
>> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
HOW -- HOW CAN YOU DESTROY YOUR 
CITY, YOUR HOME?
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
>> Reporter: BUT FOR BERNADETTE 
PRINCE, A PROTESTOR WITH THREE
SONS, THE FRUSTRATION HAS 
REACHED A BOILING POINT.
>> YOU GET MAD WHEN WE START
DESTROYING THINGS?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO
THIS
WHEN YOU KEEP KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE, FOR NO REASON.
>> NO COMMENT FROM KENOSHA
POLICE AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS NOW ASSISTING 
STATE AUTHORITIES WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
THE GOVERNOR NOW SAYS THAT THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASED NATIONAL 
GUARD PRESENCE HERE TO HELP 
PROTECT THE CITY
FRANCES.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> IT'S NOW BEEN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED THAT NO-KNOCK WARRANT
ON TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH
HAVE BEEN CHARGED.
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE AND A 
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS MOUNTING THE CASE 
FOR A SECOND TERM FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
UNTIL MELANIA TRUMP'S HEADLINING
SPEECH MENTION OF THE PANDEMIC
WAS LARGELY SIDELINED.
SPEAKERS, INSTEAD, TOUTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHILE BLASTING 
JOE BIDEN'S RECORD. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS THINGS
DONE. 
>> OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY AND DAIRY 
FARMING ARE, ONCE AGAIN, ROARING
BACK. 
>> WE, SIMPLY, CANNOT ENDURE A
BIDEN-INDUCED RECESSION.
>> INHERITING A STAGNANT
ECONOMY, ON THE FRONT END OF
RECESSION.
THE ECONOMY WAS REBUILT IN THREE
YEARS.
DO YOU WANT ECONOMIC HEALTH,
PROSPERITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND
OPTIMISM
OR DO YOU WANT TO TURN BACK TO
THE DARK DAYS OF STAGNATION,
RECESSION, AND PESSIMISM
>> MY FATHER DOES NOT RUN AWAY
FROM CHALLENGES, EVEN IN THE
FACE OF OUTRIGHT HATRED.
>> LET US JOIN OUR PRESIDENT IN 
HIS VOW THAT AMERICA WILL NEVER 
BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY. 
>> TO THE VOICELESS, SHAMED,
CENSORED, AND CANCELLED, MY 
FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
>> WE TURN, NOW, TO NBC'S TRACIE
POTTS WHO HAS MORE ON WHAT WE 
CAN EXPECT TONIGHT
HI, TRACIE
>> HEY, FRANCES, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
TONIGHT WILL FEATURE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT.
MIKE PENCE WILL SPEAK FROM FORT 
McHENRY IN BALTIMORE
ONE MORE LOCATION THAT THE
CAMPAIGN'S BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
USING.
PATRIOTIC SPEECH EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.
THAT IS THE THEME.
BUT ALSO, A POLITICAL SPEECH, ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
APPEARED TWICE DURING TUESDAY 
NIGHT'S EVENTS
ON VIDEO
ONE WAS AT THE NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY, FOR FIVE NEW AMERICAN 
CITIZENS
AND ALSO, ON VIDEO, HE PARDONED 
A NEVADA FELON
HERE'S MORE OF THAT.
PLUS, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS IN 
THE SPEAKERS FROM LAST NIGHT, 
INCLUDING FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP.
>> JOIN US, AS I GRANT JOHN --
I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS -- A 
FULL PARDON.
YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST PRIZED,
TREASURED, CHERISHED, AND 
PRICELESS POSSESSION ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> AS A SOLDIER, I SAW, 
FIRSTHAND, PEOPLE DESPERATE TO
FLEE TO FREEDOM.
THE WAY EACH OF US CAN BEST 
ENSURE OUR FREEDOMS IS BY 
ELECTING LEADERS WHO DON'T JUST 
TALK BUT WHO DELIVER. 
>> AS YOU HAVE LEARNED OVER THE 
PAST FIVE YEARS, HE'S NOT A 
TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN
HE DOESN'T JUST SPEAK WORDS.
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST 
LADY, WE ALSO HEARD FROM
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
LAST NIGHT IN A RECORDED SPEECH.
HE RECORDED THAT SPEECH WHILE ON
A STATE-SPONSORED TRIP TO 
JERUSALEM.
AND NOW, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANT
TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE
WERE ANY VIOLATIONS WITH HIM
DOING THAT POLITICAL SPEECH 
WHILE ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACIE
THANK YOU.
>> JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN IS
COUNTERING THE RNC
TURNING SPEECHES FROM NIGHT ONE 
INTO AN ATTACK ON THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S PANDEMIC 
RESPONSE
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAY THEY ARE 
DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF
MASKS, GOWNS, AND GLOVES, AGAIN.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
>> THEY ARE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE.
AND YOU -- IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD ENDING ON 
WHEN THEY SAY THE BEST IS YET TO
COME, THAT'S A THREAT.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ALSO 
CALLED THE CONVENTION AN ATTEMPT
TO CREATE A, QUOTE, ALTERNATE 
REALITY, TO COVER UP FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S FAILURES ON 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> JANESSA IS WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT OUT THERE.
AND SHE'S TRACKING A STORM
THE THREAT OF LAURA.
HERE SHE IS BACK, AGAIN.
HI, JANESSA.
>> HEY, YOU TWO.
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE STORM
SURGE.
THAT'S THE DEADLIEST PART OF A
HURRICANE.
AND WE ARE FORECASTING, RIGHT 
NOW, 7 TO 11 FEET IN PARTS OF 
WESTERN LOUISIANA TO GAVLVESTON,
TEXAS.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR ZONE IF 
EVACUATION ORDERS COME IN PLACE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS 
TEXAS.
100 DEGREES FOR SAN ANTONIO AND 
THAT WILL FUEL THIS STORM 
SYSTEM
ALSO, FOR TAMPA, WATCHING A 
LITTLE BIT OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING
THINGS SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 93
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 
IMPACTS OF LAURA, COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANESSA
>>> NOW, TIME FOR TODAY'S QUICK 
HITS
THE CAST OF THE "WEST WING" IS
REUNITING FOR A SPECIAL ON HBO
MAX.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND THE SPECIAL WILL
BENEFIT THE NONPARTISAN, WHEN WE
ALL VOTE, INITIATIVE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE A 
NEW LOOK
THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATED WITH THE
GIRL SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS,
ADDING FUNCTIONAL CHANGES TO THE
ENTIRE COLLECTION.
>> GENERAL
>> Announcer: RIGHT FIELD.
ADAM ENGEL IS THERE!
A NO HITTER!
>>> NEW THIS MORNING
LUCAS GIOLITO BECAME THE FIRST
PLAYER THIS SEASON TO TOSS A NO 
HITTER LEADING THE WHITE SOX TO 
A 4 TO NOTHING WIN OVER THE 
PIRATES.
HE STRUCK OUT 13 BATTERS
19th NO HITTER IN FRANCHISE 
HISTORY.
SHAME, NO ONE THERE TO SEE IT.
>>> NOW, TO A PIVOTAL GAME FIVE.
IN THE NBA, FEW OF THEM IN THE
FIRST GAME SCORED 42 POINTS FOR 
THE NUGGETS.
360 LAYUP.
IMPRESSIVE THERE
AND IN THE LATE GAME, THE 
CLIPPERS SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN,
SCORING A PLAY OFF HIGH, 154
POINTS TO TAKE THE 3-2 SERIES 
LEAD OVER THE MAVERICKS.
THREE MORE GAME FIVES TIP OFF 
TODAY, STARTING WITH THE MAGIC
AND THE BUCKS AT 4:00 P.M.
>> YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
WITH FANS IN THE STANDS?
WELL, JUST BEFORE THE NFL KICKS 
OFF, THE DOLPHINS HAVE ANNOUNCED
13,000 FANS WILL BE ALLOWED IN
HARD ROCK STADIUM IN FLORIDA FOR
THE TEAM'S HOME OPENER NEXT 
MONTH.
THE TEAM SAYS ALL FANS AND
STADIUM EMPLOYEES WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED SEATING, TOUCHLESS
TOILETS.
STILL, SMOKING NOT PERMITTED. 
>> LIONEL MESSI WANTS OUT.
I TOLD BARCELONA TUESDAY THAT HE
WANTS TO MOVE ON AFTER NEARLY 
TWO DECADES WITH THE TEAM,
DESPITE HAVING A CONTRACT TO
2021
REPORT
NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD SONG OF 
THE SUMMER CHART AND GAINING
OVER 380 MILLION STREAMS, 
SPOTIFY UNVEILED THIS YEAR'S
MOST STREAMED SONG OF THE SUMMER
GOES TO DABABY'S HIT "ROCKSTAR."
>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS CONTINUING
HER ACTIVISM AND USING HER VOICE
TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT WOMEN'S
RIGHTS
SHE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
GLORIA STEINEM FOR A BACKYARD 
CHAT. 
>> PEOPLE FORGET HOW WOMEN LIKE 
YOU AND SO MANY OVERS BEFORE YOU
FOUGHT FOR US, TO JUST BE WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
>> WELL, IT JUST -- I MEAN, WHEN
YOU -- IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU 
DON'T EXIST.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE ONLY
PLACE WHERE WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
THE VOTING BOOTH
>> PREVIEW CLIP SHARED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THE DUO DISCUSSED 
REPRESENTATION, WHY EACH VOTE 
MATTERS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN VOTING IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION
MEGAN AND PRINCE HARRY'S TWO
DOGS EVEN MADE A CAMEO
THE FULL CONVERSATION WILL BE 
RELEASED LATER TODAY
>>> McDONALD'S IS SPICING UP ITS
MENU WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO 
NEW ITEMS.
THE FAST FOOD CHAIN WILL NOW OUR
A CHIPS AHOY McFLURRY AND SPICY 
McNUGGETS.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S ADDED
A NEW TYPE OF McNUGGET TO ITS 
MENU IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, 
NATIONWIDE, FOR A LIMITED TIME
STAR
STARTING SEPTEMBER 16th.
NOT WASTING ANY TIME, FAST-FOOD 
COMPETITOR, WENDY'S WEIGHED IN
THEY DID SO ON TWITTER AND THEY 
WROTE MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP ALL
OF BK'S LEFTOVERS AND SLAPPED 
THEM A PRICE TAG ON IT. 
>> DIG
DIG.
DIG.
GETTING UGLY WITH THOSE NUGGET
WARS. 
>> THAT BAR'S PRETTY HIGH,
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IF YOU ARE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST, I WANT YOU
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN AMERICA'S 
FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, NEW 
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ARE
FALLING.
THE DATA SUGGESTS ABOUT 43,000
NEW CASES ARE BEING REPORTED, 
DAILY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST. 
>> FDA COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN 
HAS APOLOGIZED FOR COMMENTS HE
MADE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS A
TREATMENT FOR CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HAHN SAID, IN PART, 
I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
REMARKS I MADE SUNDAY NIGHT 
ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF C
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE CRITICISM IS ENTIRELY 
JUSTIFIED.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH FROM 
MEDICAL EXPERTS AFTER STATING 35
LIVES OUT OF EVERY 100 PEOPLE 
WHO GET THE TREATMENT WOULD 
SURVIVE THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE HELICOPTER COMPANY 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH THAT
KILLED KOBE BRYANT AND EIGHT
OTHERS IS SUING AIR-TRAFFIC 
CONTROLLERS.
THE COMPANY, ISLAND EXPRESS,
FILED A CROSS COMPLAINT ALLEGING
THAT THE JANUARY HELICOPTER 
CRASH WAS RESULT OF, QUOTE, 
SERIOUS OR ERRONEOUS ACTS OR
OMISSIONS BY TWO AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.
DECLINED THE PILOT'S REQUEST FOR
RADAR ASSISTANCE
THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY FACING 
LAWSUITS OF ITS OWN FROM
BRYANT'S FAMILY AND OTHER 
VICTIMS.
>>> TWO RETIRED NFL PLAYERS HAVE
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 
LEAGUE
ALLEGING RACIAL BIAS IN THIS IS 
CONCUSSION PAYOUTS
EX-PLAYERS KEVIN HENRY AND
DAVENPORT SAID THE DOCTORS USE
TWO SCALES
ONE, FOR BLACK ATHLETES.
AND ONE FOR WHITE ATHLETES
TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR
DEMENTIA CLAIMS.
LAWYERS FOR THE TWO SAID THE TWO
WERE DIE ANENIED AWARDS BASED O 
DISCRIMINATORY TESTING REGIME.
A LEAGUE SPOKESMAN CALLS THIS 
LAWSUIT ENTIRELY MISGUIDED
>>> SOME BLACK, FEMALE SLE
CELEBRITIES ARE GETTING CANDID
ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION BLACK
WOMEN FACE OVER THEIR HAIR. 
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO BIG. 
>> I'VE BEEN ASKED IS IT REAL?
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO MUCH.
>> A FULL DAY OF WASH AND STYLE.
I LOVE EVERYTHING.
>> GABRIELLE UNION, KEKE PALMER,
HAVE TEAMED UP FOR THE POWERFUL 
PSA CALLED I'VE BEEN TOLD.
IT'S FOR GLAMOUR MAGAZINE.
THE CELEBRITIES SHARE ANONYMOUS 
STORIES FROM 13 DIFFERENT BLACK 
WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA TO 
HIGHLIGHT ISSUES OF MI
MICRO AGGRESSION TOWARD BLACK 
HAIR
IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CROWN ACT,
WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2019 TO
PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
ON RACE-BASED HAIRSTYLES. 
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME 
BIRTHDAYS TODAY.
COMEDIAN, FORMER SNL WRITER 
TURNS 38
ALSO, TURNIN
>>> ON THE MOVE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE 
EVACUATING, AS HURRICANE LAURA
GAINS STEAM AND READIES FOR 
LANDFALL IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS
>>> VIOLENT UPRISINGS IN
KENOSHA, OVERNIGHT, AS THE
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE REVEALS 
THAT HE MAY BE PARALYZED, AFTER 
BEING SHOT IN THE BACK BY 
POLICE. 
>> DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION DREW OUT EVEN MORE TO
SPEAK, INCLUDING THE NIGHT'S
KEYNOTE FROM THE FIRST LADY.
>> AND JERRY FALWELL'S DRAMATIC 
EXIT AND MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
PAYOUT
A BUSY DAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
BREAKING, THIS MORNING
HURRICANE LAURA STRENGTHENS IN
THE GULF, REKINDLING FEARS FOR
MILLIONS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
LAURA IS NOW A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE, AND COULD MAKE 
LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANES
HARVEY AND KATRINA
TWO OF THE MOST DEVASTATING 
HURRICANES TO HIT THOSE STATES
RESIDENTS ARE TORN BETWEEN
HUNKERING DOWN THEIR HOMES OR 
EVACUATING AND RIDING OUT THE 
STORM IN A SAFER AREA.
TRAVIS GILL GERY OF KJRH HAS MOE
OF WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.
>> HAVE BEEN HERE PRETTY MUCH 
SINCE THE WEEKEND TRYING TO TIE 
THINGS DOWN.
BOARDING UP WINDOWS AND 
ELEVATING FURNITURE AND 
APPLIANCES TO SOME UPPER LEVELS.
MANY HOME AND CAMP OWNERS 
ACTUALLY CLEARED OUT THEIR
BOTTOM LEVELS AND OPENED ALL THE
DOORS SO ACTUALLY THE WATER FROM
THE BAY CAN ACTUALLY FLOW 
THROUGH THE HOUSE, WHICH IS 
ACTUALLY GOING TO CAUSE LESS
DAMAGE, IN THE LONG RUN.
PEOPLE IN THE BAY ARE NOT 
STRANGERS TO THIS.
IT'S ONE OF THE DOWNFALLS 
CHOOSING TO LIVE IN A COASTAL 
COMMUNITY JUST FEET FROM THE
WATER.
BUT WITH SOME STILL DEALING WITH
DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BARRY LAST
YEAR, THEY EXPECT WHAT'S GOING
TO BE HAPPENING THIS WEEK TO BE 
A LOT WORSE.
ESPECIALLY WITH A STORM SURGE 
SIMILAR TO HURRICANE RITA FROM
2005. 
>> WE HAD WATER THREE OR FOUR 
DEEP ON THE ROAD
AND WAVE ACTION THAT DID A LOT
OF DAMAGE.
BROUGHT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF MUD IN OUR WORKSHOPS AND 
GARAGES, ET CETERA
SO THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING
FOR US IS THE HIGH WATER WITH 
THE STORM HITTING TO THE WEST OF
US. 
>> THAT WAS TRAVIS GILLERY OF 
KJRH REPORTING
LET'S TURN NOW TO NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING HURRICANE LAURA.
JANESSA, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE
STORM TO HIT
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE WATCHING,
VERY CLOSELY, THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA BORDER
BUT JUST HAPPENING, IN THE LAST 
30 MINUTES, WE HAVE A VERY
HEALTHY STORM SYSTEM
HURRICANE LAURA, NOW, A CAT 2 
HURRICANE.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED, IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MILES PER
HOUR
THERE'S STILL THAT
WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT AT 17 
MILES PER HOUR
AND THAT IS GOING TO, REALLY, BE
CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY HAS 
SHRUNK
BUT NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING, BY
THIS AFTERNOON, IT'S GOING TO 
SIT IN A WARM BODY OF WATER, AND
REALLY GAIN SOME MORE STEAM.
POTENTIALLY, A MAJOR HURRICANE, 
TURNING INTO A CAT 3 BY TONIGHT.
AND LANDFALL EXPECTED.
POSSIBILITY RIGHT NOW FOR 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA, TO LAKE 
CHARLES.
IT CONTINUES ITS TRACK AND
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO 
CAUSE THE STORM SURGE.
WE HOPE THAT LAND ACTS AS 
LETTING IT SHRED APART
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE A NOT 
GOING TO SEE THAT.
IT STILL GAINS STEAM THROUGH THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THEN ALL 
THE WAY TO THE NORTHEAST
SO WATCHING THE STORM SURGE,
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIG 
THING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO 
GALVESTON, TEXAS
UP TO 7 TO 11 FEET
GUYS
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
>>> WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS
FROM WISCONSIN, WHERE PROTESTS
HAVE ESCALATED, AGAIN.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA. 
>> THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED NEAR A GAS STATION
IT'S UNCLEAR WHO FIRED, OR IF 
ANYONE WAS INJURED
EARLIER, OFFICERS APPEARED TO 
USE A LARGE CLOUD OF TEAR GAS.
AT AN EMOTIONAL PRESS 
CONFERENCE, BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE 
AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE
29-YEAR-OLD MAY NEVER WALK, 
AGAIN.
HERE IS NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN KENOSHA, AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT SEVEN
TIMES, IN THE BACK, SUNDAY
THE INCIDENT, CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED,
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE SAID 
LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED A SHOOTING
AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS IN KENOSHA
PROTESTS THAT BEGAN PEACEFULLY, 
BUT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER, IN A MILLION YEARS, 
DID I THINK THAT ANYTHING LIKE
THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN IN 
KENOSHA.
NEVER.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SUN CAME 
UP, THE SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP.
WHILE THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
PLEADED FOR CALM. 
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THE
VIOLENCE AND THE DESTRUCTION, HE
WOULD BE VERY UNPLEASED.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY ASKING FOR
PRAYERS.
A COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THERE IS MORE REACTION FROM
THE SPORTS WORLD TO THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE
THE DETROIT LIONS CALLED OFF
THEIR PRACTICE
THE TEAM, CHOOSING TO TAKE A
STAND, INSTEAD
>> YOU MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES
YOU MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS
BUT IN ORDER FOR CHANGE TO
HAPPEN, IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING
TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS
TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> AND MORE NBA PLAYERS ARE 
QUESTIONING THEIR TIME IN THE 
BUBBLE, WITH SOME CONSIDERING A 
POTENTIAL BOYCOTT.
>>> THE BOMBASTIC CASE FOR A
SECOND TERM TAKES CENTER STAGE, 
AS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
HEADLINES NIGHT THREE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
OTHER BIG NAMES INCLUDE OUTGOING
WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR, KELLYANNE
CONWAY, AND CONGRESSMAN DAN 
CRENSHAW
NIGHT TWO CLOSED ON A DECIDEDLY 
SOFTER NOTE FROM FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP.
>> SINCE MARCH, OUR LIVES HAVE
CHANGED, DRASTICALLY
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, COVID-19,
SWEPT ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO
STAND UP AND
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
IT'S NEW AN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED A NO-KNOCK WARRANT ON
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH HAS 
BEEN CHARGED
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE, AND A
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN
AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS ARE FALLING
ABOUT 43,000 NEW CASES ARE BEING
REPORTED, DAILY, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST
THE GLIMMER OF HOPE COMES AS FDA
COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN IS 
APOLOGIZING FOR COMMENTS HE MADE
ABOUT BENEFITS OF CONVALESCENT
PLASMA AS A TREATMENT FOR 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HE SAYS I HAVE BEEN 
CRITICIZED FOR REMARKS I MADE 
ABOUT CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH AFTER
STATING THAT 35 LIVES OUT OF
EVERY 100 PEOPLE THAT GET THE 
TREATMENT WOULD SURVIVE THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> NORTH DAKOTA HELALTH
DEPARTMENT IS URGING THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN
STURGIS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO 
GET TESTED AND MONITOR FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE AND
PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED.
MEANWHILE, 13,000 FANS WILL BE
ALLOWED IN HARD ROCK STADIUM IN 
FLORIDA FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS
AND THE HURRICANES' HOME OPENER 
THIS SEASON, AMID THE PANDEMIC
THE DOLPHINS ANNOUNCED THE NEWS 
IN A TWEET
>>> TOM CRUISE SHARING VIDEO
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM
ATTENDING A LONDON SCREENING OF 
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM
"TENET."
EVEN GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TELLING A FAN HE LOVED THE
MOVIE.
TENET OPENS WORLDWIDE STARTING
TODAY.
>> NEW YORK CITY HAS A PLAN FOR 
ITS SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, 
AND CHARTER.
SOME CLASSES WILL NOW BE OUTSIDE
THIS FALL BUT HOW WILL THAT 
WORK
NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN JOINS US 
NOW.
KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
WELL, WHERE I AM, IN VERMONT, 
THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS FOR A WHILE
GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE IS REALLY A
BIG PART OF THE NORMAL
EDUCATION, IF YOU WILL
BUT IT'S NOT JUST RURAL AREAS 
THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT THIS
IDEA OF BRINGING CLASSES OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO NATURE.
NEW YORK CITY, ACTUALLY, TRYING 
TO COME UP WITH ITS OWN PLANS.
THE CITY ANNOUNCED, JUST ON 
MONDAY, THAT IT WOULD BE
ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GO OUTDOORS 
FOR CLASSROOMS
BY TUESDAY MORNING, THEY HAD 243
SCHOOLS THAT HAD ALREADY APPLIED
FOR THIS
SO THE RESPONSE HAS ABSOLUTELY
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
PRINCIPALS HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN
UNTIL FRIDAY, JUST UNTIL FRIDAY,
TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THEIR 
SCHOOLS' PLANS
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING 
CLASSES IN PARKS
MAYBE, BLOCKING OFF STREETS AND 
HAVING THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO 
SPREAD OUT IN THE STREETS.
I HEARD ONE PRINCIPAL TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TALKING
TO SOME RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE 
OUTDOOR DINING SPACES THAT
THEY'RE NOT USING DURING THE
DAY.
AND MAYBE, GETTING KIDS INTO
THOSE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON,
RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS IS GOING ON, AS THE
CITY IS ALSO SAYING THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE TESTING EVERY SINGLE
CLASSROOM IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
VENTILATION.
IT'S HOPING TO DO THAT, BY NEXT 
WEEK
SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT UNTIL 
SCHOOL STARTS.
A LOT OF PARENTS, WATCHING
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THIS ALL 
EVOLVES, AND WHETHER OR NOT 
THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SPREAD OUT, OUTDOORS, AND
PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER 
FROM TRANSMISSION.
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S UNCHARTED TERRITORY 
FOR EVERYBODY, KRISTEN
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH AND VERY, VERY
COMPLICATED.
IT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE HERE IN 
TH
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST FOR 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
THE GOVERNOR SAID NATIONAL GUARD
PRESENCE WOULD BE INCREASED, AS 
PROTESTS ESCALATE.
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO FIRED OR
IF ANYONE IS HURT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE AN UPDATE ON
HIS CONDITION.
THEY SAY HE IS PARALYZED, FROM
THE WAIST DOWN
THOUGH, DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IF
IT'S PERMANENT
THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE FIRED.
>>> OFFICIALS SAY COOLER WEATHER
IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS IN
CALIFORNIA
BUT AS SOME EVACUATION ORDERS 
ARE LIFTED, MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT
HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO
AT LEAST 1,400 HOUSES HAVE BEEN 
DESTROYED.
AND THAT NUMBER COULD GROW TO 
MORE THAN 3,000.
AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED 
IN THE FIRES OR FIGHTING THEM.
>> NOW, TO A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
SHE CREATED A NEW LIFE IN 
CONNECTICUT.
BUT ONE THING WAS MISSING, UNTIL
A SCHOOL HEARD HER STORY
HERE'S NBC'S CATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: AT 88 YEARS OLD, IN
A CAP AND TOWN, MIRIAM SAVORS A 
MOMENT SHE'S DREAMED OF FOR 
DECADES.
>> BEYOND MY CONTROL
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET MY HIGH 
SCHOOL DIPLOMA
THIS HAS BEEN A PROFOUND REGRET 
OF MINE, ALL MY LIFE. 
>> SHRIBER'S EDUCATION DISRUPTED
BY A DESPERATE JOURNEY TO 
SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST.
HER FAMILY LIVING, FOR YEARS, ON
THE RUN.
HIDING FROM THE NAZIS.
EVENTUALLY, SENT TO A SLAVE 
LABOR CAMP IN SIBERIA.
>> AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE FAULTED
HER FOR JUST GIVING UP BUT SHE
DIDN'T
SHE, OF COURSE, LEARNED ALL THE 
LANGUAGES, EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. 
>> TODAY, SHE IS FLUENT IN SIX
LEARNING ENGLISH, WHEN SHE
IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 
TO RAISE A FAMILY.
THE GENERATIONS AFTER LIVE ON 
AND INSPIRED BY HER.
>> THIS HONORARY DIPLOMA IS --
IS WELL-DESERVED
AND SHE'S CERTAINLY, IN THE 
SCHOOL OF LIFE, HAS EARNED IT.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS, A LESSON
THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND A
GRATEFUL HEART. 
>> IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO 
ME
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: OUR GREATEST 
MOMENTS ARE YET TO COME.
CATIE BECK, NBC NEWS
>> WOW
PERSEVERANCE AND A WILL TO
SURVIVE RIGHT THERE.
SHOWING YOU, RIGHT THERE, IT IS 
NEVER TOO LATE. 
>> YEAH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE 
THOUGHTS, ALL THE MEMORIES THAT 
SHE HAD CROSSING HER MIND IN
THAT MOMENT.
JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE
LIVED.
AND SIX LANGUAGES THAT SHE
SPOKE.
I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE LOST IN
THE HOLOCAUST, AND WHAT THEIR 
LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S A GLARING 
EXAMPLE OF ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
THAT CAN B
>>> BRACING FOR IMPACT
HURRICANE LAURA UPGRADED TO A 
CATEGORY 2 STORM EARLIER THAN 
EXPECTED AS IT CONTINUES TO 
BUILD STRENGTH AHEAD OF MAKING
LANDFALL AND ABOUT 20 HOURS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>>> THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
SPEAKS OUT, AFTER THEY SAID HE
WAS PARALYZED AFTER BEING SHOT
IN THE BACK BY POLICE.
UNREST AND DAMAGE IN KENOSHA
CONTINUED FOR A THIRD DAY.
>>> FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP THE
SECOND NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION
IN THE ROSE GARDEN SPEECH WITH A
NEW APPROACH
>>> AND A FIRST FOR THE 2020
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON
SOME GOOD NEWS TO CHEER ABOUT AS
WE KICK OFF THE LAST WEDNESDAY
OF AUGUST.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M FRANCES RIVERA. 
>> AND I'M PHILLIP MENA.
>>> BREAKING THIS MORNING,
MILLIONS ARE UNDER THREAT AS
HURRICANE LAURA CHURNS TOWARD 
THE GULF COAST AS A CATEGORY 2
HURRICANE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL
AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM.
OFFICIALS IN HOUSTON ARE WARNING
AGAINST WHAT COULD BE 
UNPRECEDENTED DEVASTATION.
THAT WARNING, ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF TWO DEADLY HURRICANES, 
KATRINA AND HARVEY THAT 
DEVASTATED LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
OUR MORGAN CHESKY IS IN HOLLY 
BEACH, LOUISIANA, WITH THE
LATEST
>> Reporter: AFTER LAURA LASHED 
THE CARIBBEAN, MILLIONS ON THE
GULF COAST, DIGGING IN
OR GETTING OUT
>> IT'S BETTER TO PREPARE NOW,
INSTEAD OF THE LAST DAY, GO, OH,
I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> Reporter: THE DAMAGE FROM
TROPICAL STORM MARCO, A MERE
WARMUP FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
LAURA, NOW EXPECTED TO HIT TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 3 
HURRICANE.
PROMPTING MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, YOU
KNOW THAT BEGINNING TOMORROW BY 
NOON, DON'T DIAL 911
NO ONE'S GOING TO ANSWER
OKAY
AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> HERE, IN PORT ARTHUR, PEOPLE 
AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE, THE GOAL IS TO 
GET EVERYONE ONBOARD THESE
BUSES, BEFORE LAURA HITS
THE MISSION, COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19
THOSE LEAVING TOWN CHECKED FOR
FEVER AND GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON, SCANNED, BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELTERS. 
>> YOU'VE SEEN RITA.
YOU'VE SEEN IKE.
YOU'VE SEEN HARVEY
>> ALL OF IT. 
>> YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR THIS
ONE.
>> UH-UH
NO, IT'S TIME TO GO.
>> Reporter: OTHERS DOING 
WHATEVER THEY CAN.
CHRIS AND CAROL ANNE HIGGINS
HOPING SANDBAGS ARE ENOUGH TO 
SAVE THEIR FIRST HOME.
>> COVER THE DOOR, ALL OUR
OPENINGS
PUT THESE AROUND THERE
AND HOPEFULLY, PREPARE FOR THE
FLOODING
>> Reporter: WITH THE STORM 
SURGE ESTIMATED UP TO 13 FEET 
HIGH, LAURA'S ALREADY DRAWING 
COMPARISONS TO 2005'S HURRICANE 
RITA, WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION
IN DAMAGE.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS, TELLING. 
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE POSSIBILITY, NOT THE
PROBABILITY, THAT YOU WILL BE 
LOSING POWER. 
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA,
NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO.
THAT STORM, SO POWERFUL, IT 
PUSHED WATER NEARLY 50 MILES
INLAND
PHILLIP.
>> MORGAN, THANK YOU
NBC METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB,
JOINING US NOW
SHE'S BEEN TRACKING HURRICANE 
LAURA.
SN
JANESSA, GOOD MORNING, WHAT 
AREAS ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT
HERE
>> YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE 
LOUISIANA BORDER TO EAST TEXAS
REALLY NEED TO BE ON OUR RADAR
EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE A 
DIRECT HIT ON THOSE LOCATIONS,
THE TROPICAL-FORCE WINDS, ALSO
THE STORM SURGE, STILL, GOING TO
BE A BIG ISSUE
THE STORM SYSTEM HAS REALLY 
GAINED STRENGTH, JUST IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED
AND NOW, WE ARE SEEING A CAT 2
STORM.
THIS HAS COME A LITTLE BIT
EARLY.
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH
THAT RAPID INTENSIFICATION
PHASE.
NOW, WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 105 MILES PER HOUR.
THE CURRENT TRACK FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
CONTINUES TO SEE THE STORM
SYSTEM INCREASE TO WIND SPEEDS
OF 120
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 
POTENTIAL LANDFALL FOR CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA, ALL THE WAY INTO THE 
LAKE CHARLES AREA.
THE IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE ALL 
THE WAY INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA, 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE DE
DEVASTATING FLOODING AND THAT 
STORM SURGE IN THAT AREA
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
THE TRACK AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BUT HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAKE
CHARLES ALL THE WAY INTO
GALVESTON, REMAIN, AT THIS HOUR.
GUYS. 
>> STILL A LOT OF INTENSE HOURS 
TO COME.
THANKS, JANESSA, FOR THE UPDATE.
>>> LET'S TURN, NOW, TO BREAKING
NEWS IN WISCONSIN, WHERE POLICE 
ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO CLEAR THE 
STREETS.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA
>> SHOTS RINGING OUT IN KENOSHA.
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIED AND TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED.
PROTESTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE 
AFTER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
AND NOW, WE ARE HEARING MORE
FROM BLAKE'S FAMILY.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THAT 
UPDATE
GABE
>> FRANCES, TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN
THIS COMMUNITY
AND THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE IS
NOW SPEAKING OUT
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
BE FIRED
THE SMOKE OBSCURED THE SUNRISE
IT WAS THE SECOND VIOLENT NIGHT 
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AFTER THE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HIS FAMILY SAYS THE 
29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL CORD IS
SEVERED AND THAT HE'S PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN, THOUGH 
DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IT'S
PERMANENT.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: SOME PROTESTORS
HERE IGNORED A CURFEW AND 
CLASHED WITH POLICE IN RIOT 
GEAR
THE STATE HAD DEPLOYED THE
NATIONAL GUARD BUT IT DIDN'T
STOP THE DESTRUCTION. 
>> IT'S RIGHT BEFORE DAWN, AND
FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE AT THE
SCENE, TRYING TO PUT OUT HOT
SPOTS.
MUCH OF THE CITY BLOCK WAS
LOOTED AND BURNED OVERNIGHT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY IS ENCOURAGING 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE, ON THIS
LEVEL, AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
>> Reporter: THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY
WHAT WAS SAID BETWEEN POLICE AND
BLAKE OR WHY HE WAS WALKING 
AROUND THE FRONT OF HIS SUV.
AN OFFICER FIRED AT LEAST SEVEN 
SHOTS, HITTING BLAKE IN THE 
BACK, WHILE HIS CHILDREN, INSIDE
THE CAR, WATCHED
INCLUDING, HIS SON ON HIS 8th 
BIRTHDAY. 
>> HE LOVES HIS FAMILY
YOU ALL TOOK HIM FROM HIS 
FAMILY
YOU ALL STOOD BY AND LET IT 
HAPPEN
I JUST WANT MY BROTHER
>> Reporter: EXACTLY THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BLAKE'S SHOOTING IS THE
LATEST FLASHPOINT OVER RACE AND 
POLICING
CHRISTINA SAYS SHE RAN OUT OF 
HER APARTMENT WITH HER YOUNG
CHILD, FEARING FOR HER LIFE.
>> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
HOW -- HOW CAN YOU DESTROY YOUR 
CITY, YOUR HOME?
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
>> Reporter: BUT FOR BERNADETTE 
PRINCE, A PROTESTOR WITH THREE
SONS, THE FRUSTRATION HAS 
REACHED A BOILING POINT.
>> YOU GET MAD WHEN WE START
DESTROYING THINGS?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO
THIS
WHEN YOU KEEP KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE, FOR NO REASON.
>> NO COMMENT FROM KENOSHA
POLICE AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS NOW ASSISTING 
STATE AUTHORITIES WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
THE GOVERNOR NOW SAYS THAT THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASED NATIONAL 
GUARD PRESENCE HERE TO HELP 
PROTECT THE CITY
FRANCES.
>> GABE, THANK YOU
>>> IT'S NOW BEEN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED THAT NO-KNOCK WARRANT
ON TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH
HAVE BEEN CHARGED.
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE AND A 
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS MOUNTING THE CASE 
FOR A SECOND TERM FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
UNTIL MELANIA TRUMP'S HEADLINING
SPEECH MENTION OF THE PANDEMIC
WAS LARGELY SIDELINED.
SPEAKERS, INSTEAD, TOUTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHILE BLASTING 
JOE BIDEN'S RECORD. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS THINGS
DONE. 
>> OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY AND DAIRY 
FARMING ARE, ONCE AGAIN, ROARING
BACK. 
>> WE, SIMPLY, CANNOT ENDURE A
BIDEN-INDUCED RECESSION.
>> INHERITING A STAGNANT
ECONOMY, ON THE FRONT END OF
RECESSION.
THE ECONOMY WAS REBUILT IN THREE
YEARS.
DO YOU WANT ECONOMIC HEALTH,
PROSPERITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND
OPTIMISM
OR DO YOU WANT TO TURN BACK TO
THE DARK DAYS OF STAGNATION,
RECESSION, AND PESSIMISM
>> MY FATHER DOES NOT RUN AWAY
FROM CHALLENGES, EVEN IN THE
FACE OF OUTRIGHT HATRED.
>> LET US JOIN OUR PRESIDENT IN 
HIS VOW THAT AMERICA WILL NEVER 
BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY. 
>> TO THE VOICELESS, SHAMED,
CENSORED, AND CANCELLED, MY 
FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
>> WE TURN, NOW, TO NBC'S TRACIE
POTTS WHO HAS MORE ON WHAT WE 
CAN EXPECT TONIGHT
HI, TRACIE
>> HEY, FRANCES, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
TONIGHT WILL FEATURE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT.
MIKE PENCE WILL SPEAK FROM FORT 
McHENRY IN BALTIMORE
ONE MORE LOCATION THAT THE
CAMPAIGN'S BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
USING.
PATRIOTIC SPEECH EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.
THAT IS THE THEME.
BUT ALSO, A POLITICAL SPEECH, ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
APPEARED TWICE DURING TUESDAY 
NIGHT'S EVENTS
ON VIDEO
ONE WAS AT THE NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY, FOR FIVE NEW AMERICAN 
CITIZENS
AND ALSO, ON VIDEO, HE PARDONED 
A NEVADA FELON
HERE'S MORE OF THAT.
PLUS, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS IN 
THE SPEAKERS FROM LAST NIGHT, 
INCLUDING FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP.
>> JOIN US, AS I GRANT JOHN --
I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS -- A 
FULL PARDON.
YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST PRIZED,
TREASURED, CHERISHED, AND 
PRICELESS POSSESSION ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> AS A SOLDIER, I SAW, 
FIRSTHAND, PEOPLE DESPERATE TO
FLEE TO FREEDOM.
THE WAY EACH OF US CAN BEST 
ENSURE OUR FREEDOMS IS BY 
ELECTING LEADERS WHO DON'T JUST 
TALK BUT WHO DELIVER. 
>> AS YOU HAVE LEARNED OVER THE 
PAST FIVE YEARS, HE'S NOT A 
TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN
HE DOESN'T JUST SPEAK WORDS.
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST 
LADY, WE ALSO HEARD FROM
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
LAST NIGHT IN A RECORDED SPEECH.
HE RECORDED THAT SPEECH WHILE ON
A STATE-SPONSORED TRIP TO 
JERUSALEM.
AND NOW, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANT
TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE
WERE ANY VIOLATIONS WITH HIM
DOING THAT POLITICAL SPEECH 
WHILE ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TRACIE
THANK YOU.
>> JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN IS
COUNTERING THE RNC
TURNING SPEECHES FROM NIGHT ONE 
INTO AN ATTACK ON THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S PANDEMIC 
RESPONSE
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAY THEY ARE 
DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF
MASKS, GOWNS, AND GLOVES, AGAIN.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD
OF STRENGTH AND SUCCESS.
>> THEY ARE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE.
AND YOU -- IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD ENDING ON 
WHEN THEY SAY THE BEST IS YET TO
COME, THAT'S A THREAT.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ALSO 
CALLED THE CONVENTION AN ATTEMPT
TO CREATE A, QUOTE, ALTERNATE 
REALITY, TO COVER UP FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S FAILURES ON 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> JANESSA IS WATCHING A WHOLE
LOT OUT THERE.
AND SHE'S TRACKING A STORM
THE THREAT OF LAURA.
HERE SHE IS BACK, AGAIN.
HI, JANESSA.
>> HEY, YOU TWO.
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE STORM
SURGE.
THAT'S THE DEADLIEST PART OF A
HURRICANE.
AND WE ARE FORECASTING, RIGHT 
NOW, 7 TO 11 FEET IN PARTS OF 
WESTERN LOUISIANA TO GAVLVESTON,
TEXAS.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR ZONE IF 
EVACUATION ORDERS COME IN PLACE.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>>> OUR TEMPERATURES ACROSS 
TEXAS.
100 DEGREES FOR SAN ANTONIO AND 
THAT WILL FUEL THIS STORM 
SYSTEM
ALSO, FOR TAMPA, WATCHING A 
LITTLE BIT OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING
THINGS SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 93
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 
IMPACTS OF LAURA, COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANESSA
>>> NOW, TIME FOR TODAY'S QUICK 
HITS
THE CAST OF THE "WEST WING" IS
REUNITING FOR A SPECIAL ON HBO
MAX.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND THE SPECIAL WILL
BENEFIT THE NONPARTISAN, WHEN WE
ALL VOTE, INITIATIVE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE A 
NEW LOOK
THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATED WITH THE
GIRL SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS,
ADDING FUNCTIONAL CHANGES TO THE
ENTIRE COLLECTION.
>> GENERAL
>> Announcer: RIGHT FIELD.
ADAM ENGEL IS THERE!
A NO HITTER!
>>> NEW THIS MORNING
LUCAS GIOLITO BECAME THE FIRST
PLAYER THIS SEASON TO TOSS A NO 
HITTER LEADING THE WHITE SOX TO 
A 4 TO NOTHING WIN OVER THE 
PIRATES.
HE STRUCK OUT 13 BATTERS
19th NO HITTER IN FRANCHISE 
HISTORY.
SHAME, NO ONE THERE TO SEE IT.
>>> NOW, TO A PIVOTAL GAME FIVE.
IN THE NBA, FEW OF THEM IN THE
FIRST GAME SCORED 42 POINTS FOR 
THE NUGGETS.
360 LAYUP.
IMPRESSIVE THERE
AND IN THE LATE GAME, THE 
CLIPPERS SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN,
SCORING A PLAY OFF HIGH, 154
POINTS TO TAKE THE 3-2 SERIES 
LEAD OVER THE MAVERICKS.
THREE MORE GAME FIVES TIP OFF 
TODAY, STARTING WITH THE MAGIC
AND THE BUCKS AT 4:00 P.M.
>> YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
WITH FANS IN THE STANDS?
WELL, JUST BEFORE THE NFL KICKS 
OFF, THE DOLPHINS HAVE ANNOUNCED
13,000 FANS WILL BE ALLOWED IN
HARD ROCK STADIUM IN FLORIDA FOR
THE TEAM'S HOME OPENER NEXT 
MONTH.
THE TEAM SAYS ALL FANS AND
STADIUM EMPLOYEES WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE SOCIALLY
DISTANCED SEATING, TOUCHLESS
TOILETS.
STILL, SMOKING NOT PERMITTED. 
>> LIONEL MESSI WANTS OUT.
I TOLD BARCELONA TUESDAY THAT HE
WANTS TO MOVE ON AFTER NEARLY 
TWO DECADES WITH THE TEAM,
DESPITE HAVING A CONTRACT TO
2021
REPORT
NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD SONG OF 
THE SUMMER CHART AND GAINING
OVER 380 MILLION STREAMS, 
SPOTIFY UNVEILED THIS YEAR'S
MOST STREAMED SONG OF THE SUMMER
GOES TO DABABY'S HIT "ROCKSTAR."
>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS CONTINUING
HER ACTIVISM AND USING HER VOICE
TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT WOMEN'S
RIGHTS
SHE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
GLORIA STEINEM FOR A BACKYARD 
CHAT. 
>> PEOPLE FORGET HOW WOMEN LIKE 
YOU AND SO MANY OVERS BEFORE YOU
FOUGHT FOR US, TO JUST BE WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
>> WELL, IT JUST -- I MEAN, WHEN
YOU -- IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU 
DON'T EXIST.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE ONLY
PLACE WHERE WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
THE VOTING BOOTH
>> PREVIEW CLIP SHARED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THE DUO DISCUSSED 
REPRESENTATION, WHY EACH VOTE 
MATTERS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN VOTING IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION
MEGAN AND PRINCE HARRY'S TWO
DOGS EVEN MADE A CAMEO
THE FULL CONVERSATION WILL BE 
RELEASED LATER TODAY
>>> McDONALD'S IS SPICING UP ITS
MENU WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO 
NEW ITEMS.
THE FAST FOOD CHAIN WILL NOW OUR
A CHIPS AHOY McFLURRY AND SPICY 
McNUGGETS.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S ADDED
A NEW TYPE OF McNUGGET TO ITS 
MENU IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE, 
NATIONWIDE, FOR A LIMITED TIME
STAR
STARTING SEPTEMBER 16th.
NOT WASTING ANY TIME, FAST-FOOD 
COMPETITOR, WENDY'S WEIGHED IN
THEY DID SO ON TWITTER AND THEY 
WROTE MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP ALL
OF BK'S LEFTOVERS AND SLAPPED 
THEM A PRICE TAG ON IT. 
>> DIG
DIG.
DIG.
GETTING UGLY WITH THOSE NUGGET
WARS. 
>> THAT BAR'S PRETTY HIGH,
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
IF YOU ARE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST, I WANT YOU
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN AMERICA'S 
FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, NEW 
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ARE
FALLING.
THE DATA SUGGESTS ABOUT 43,000
NEW CASES ARE BEING REPORTED, 
DAILY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST. 
>> FDA COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN 
HAS APOLOGIZED FOR COMMENTS HE
MADE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AS A
TREATMENT FOR CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HAHN SAID, IN PART, 
I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
REMARKS I MADE SUNDAY NIGHT 
ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF C
CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
THE CRITICISM IS ENTIRELY 
JUSTIFIED.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH FROM 
MEDICAL EXPERTS AFTER STATING 35
LIVES OUT OF EVERY 100 PEOPLE 
WHO GET THE TREATMENT WOULD 
SURVIVE THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE HELICOPTER COMPANY 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH THAT
KILLED KOBE BRYANT AND EIGHT
OTHERS IS SUING AIR-TRAFFIC 
CONTROLLERS.
THE COMPANY, ISLAND EXPRESS,
FILED A CROSS COMPLAINT ALLEGING
THAT THE JANUARY HELICOPTER 
CRASH WAS RESULT OF, QUOTE, 
SERIOUS OR ERRONEOUS ACTS OR
OMISSIONS BY TWO AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS.
DECLINED THE PILOT'S REQUEST FOR
RADAR ASSISTANCE
THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY FACING 
LAWSUITS OF ITS OWN FROM
BRYANT'S FAMILY AND OTHER 
VICTIMS.
>>> TWO RETIRED NFL PLAYERS HAVE
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 
LEAGUE
ALLEGING RACIAL BIAS IN THIS IS 
CONCUSSION PAYOUTS
EX-PLAYERS KEVIN HENRY AND
DAVENPORT SAID THE DOCTORS USE
TWO SCALES
ONE, FOR BLACK ATHLETES.
AND ONE FOR WHITE ATHLETES
TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR
DEMENTIA CLAIMS.
LAWYERS FOR THE TWO SAID THE TWO
WERE DIE ANENIED AWARDS BASED O 
DISCRIMINATORY TESTING REGIME.
A LEAGUE SPOKESMAN CALLS THIS 
LAWSUIT ENTIRELY MISGUIDED
>>> SOME BLACK, FEMALE SLE
CELEBRITIES ARE GETTING CANDID
ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION BLACK
WOMEN FACE OVER THEIR HAIR. 
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO BIG. 
>> I'VE BEEN ASKED IS IT REAL?
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S TOO MUCH.
>> A FULL DAY OF WASH AND STYLE.
I LOVE EVERYTHING.
>> GABRIELLE UNION, KEKE PALMER,
HAVE TEAMED UP FOR THE POWERFUL 
PSA CALLED I'VE BEEN TOLD.
IT'S FOR GLAMOUR MAGAZINE.
THE CELEBRITIES SHARE ANONYMOUS 
STORIES FROM 13 DIFFERENT BLACK 
WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA TO 
HIGHLIGHT ISSUES OF MI
MICRO AGGRESSION TOWARD BLACK 
HAIR
IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CROWN ACT,
WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2019 TO
PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
ON RACE-BASED HAIRSTYLES. 
>> LET'S CELEBRATE SOME 
BIRTHDAYS TODAY.
COMEDIAN, FORMER SNL WRITER 
TURNS 38
ALSO, TURNIN
>>> IT'S GO TIME FOR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS IN THE PATH OF
HURRICANE LAURA.
NOW A CATEGORY 2 STORM BUT WILL 
LIKELY BECOME A CAT 3 BY
LANDFALL
>>> GUN FIRES ERUPTS DURING 
VIOLENT PROTESTS ON THE THIRD 
NIGHT IN WISCONSIN AND THIS 
MORNING THERE'S VIDEO.
>>> FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON THE 
PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE AND A
ROSE GARDEN ADDRESS FROM THE
FIRST LADY
>> AND IS THE WEST WING GETTING 
READY FOR A REBOOT WITH THE 
ORIGINAL CAST?
EARLY TODAY STORT STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING
I'M PHILLIP MENA
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
MORE KAY YOGS ON THE STREETS IN 
WISCONSIN.
AND MORE FALLOUT AFTER THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE
OVERNIGHT SHOTS RINGING OUT.
>> WE HAVE SHOTS FIRED
LEAVE THE AREA
THE SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON HAS 
DIE DIE AND TWO OTHERS ARE
INJURED.
THIS REPORT ON THE BLAKE FAMILY.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN WIS CORN SIN AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HE WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN THE
BACK SUNDAY.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LEEK HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> POLICE HAVE SAID LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED SHOOTING
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS.
PROTESTS THAT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER DID I THINK ANYTHING 
LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN
>> AFTER THE SUN CAME UP THE
SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP AS THE
FAMILY PLEADED FOR CALM.
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON THE VIOLENCE AND THE 
DESTRUCTION, HE WOULD BE VERY 
UNPLEASE
THE FAMILY ASKING FOR PRAYERS, A
COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
>>> ALSO BREAKING, MILLIONS 
UNDER THREAT AS HURRICANE LAURA 
TURNS TOWARD THE GULF COAST AS A
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE
IT'
IT'S EXPECTED IT COULD BE THE 
WORST DEVASTATING.
>>> AFTER LAURA LASHED THE
CARIBBEAN MILLIONS ON THE GULF
COAST DIGGING IN OR GETTING OUT.
>> IT'S BET TO TO PREPARE NOW 
THAN GO OH, I'M OUT OF TIME.
>> THE DAMAGE FROM TROPICAL 
STORM MARCO, A NEAR WARMUP FOR
WHAT'S TOCOSM.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY, BY
TOMORROW BY NOON, NO ONE IS 
GOING TO DIAL 911.
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE AREN'T
TAKING ANY CHANCES
THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE ON
BOARD THOSE BUSES BEFORE LAURA
HITS
>> THE MISSION COMPLICATED BY 
COVID-19. 
>> Reporter: THOSE LEAVING TOWN 
GIVEN A WRISTBAND.
EACH PERSON SCANNED BEFORE
BOARDING BUSES TO SHELT EERS.
>> OTHERS DOING WHATEVER THEY 
CAN.
NEARLY WHAT CHRIS AND CARE LINE 
HIGGINS HOPING SANDBAGS ARE 
ENOUGH TO SAVE THEIR OWN HOME.
>> ALL OUR OPENINGS AND 
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PREBARE FOR 
THE FLOODAGE
LAURA IS ALREADY DRAWING
COMPARISONS TO HURRICANE RITA 
WHICH CAUSED $12 BILLION IN 
DAMAGE
THE NEXT 24 HOURS SELLING.
>> YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE PROBLEM BLGT THAT YOU WILL
BE LOSING POIER.
>> THE EXACT SAME AS RITA NEARLY
15 YEARS AGO
THAT STORM SO POWERFUL IT PUSHED
WATER NEARLY 50 MILES INLAND
>> JHA JANESSA, GOOD MORNING
>> THE TRACK IS REALLY STARTING 
TO COME INTO AGREEMENT
THOSE FOLKS IN PORT ARTHUR, 
THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT RIGHT 
THING.
WE'RE SEEING THE FORECAST SHIFT 
OUT OF HOUSTON AND THE GALVESTON
AREA AND IT IS HEADED TOWARD
CHASM RON PARRISH.
OVERNIGHT THOUGH, HURRICANE 
LAURA HAS INTENSIFIED.
NOW A CAT 2 BE SUSTAINED WINDS
AFTER 1205-MILE-PER-HOUR AND
THAT WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.
RIGHT NOW'S ABOUT 300 MILES OFF 
THE COAST OF LOUISIANA
I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS 
FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AND OUR 5:00 
AVM UPDATE THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE
YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACTS AND A
POTENTIAL LANDFALL TONIGHT BUT
THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE 
WIDESPREAD
EVEN THOUGH THAT HE WE ARE
ANOTHER GOING TO SEE A WIDE HIT,
TROPICAL STORM WINDS, THE STORM 
ZIJ, I I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT 
COMING UP.
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COOP
VENGS IS MOUNT THE CASE FOR A 
SECOND TERM.
SPEECHERS KOUTED PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S ECONOMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND A SOFTER TONE FROM FIRST
LADY MELANIA TRUMP
>> SINCE MARCH OUR LIVES ARE
CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY SWEPT ACROSS
OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE WHO WANT TO STAND UP
AND FIGHT THE SOCIALISM TOJING
OUR SCHOOLS, JOIN ME IN 
SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP
LET'S REBUILD AMERICA TOGETHER
>> THEY DO GNAT LOW LINE WITH 
THEIR OWN.
>> THE BIDEN/HARRIS COMBINATION 
GIVES US NO CHOICE
WHAT REQUEST WE EXTENT TONIGHT
>> FROM FORT-*HENRY IN BALTIMORE
SO THEY'RE SAKING THIS OUTSIDE
OF WASHINGTON.
THAT ON I OWN CAUSING SOME
CONTROVERSY.
THESE POLITICAL EVENTS ARE HIGH 
PRESSURING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY ON
PUBLIC TRIPS
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS LINED UP 
FOR TONIGHT, THE THEME FOR
TONIGHT IS PATRIOTISM, A LAND OF
HEROES
PRESIDENT TRUMP POPPED UP TWICE 
ON THE PROGRAM AND ALSO WHEN HE 
PARDONED A NV FILL LON WHO HAS
TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE 
DESERVES TORR PARDONED
>> JOIN US AS I GRANT JOHN, I'M 
NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS, A FULL
PAR DAN.
>> YOU'VE EARNED THE MOST 
PRIZED, AND PRICELESS POSITION
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
IT'S CALLED AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
>> SNOOHE'S NOT AT TRADITIONAL 
POLITICIAN
HE DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS.
>>> FIRST LAY DAY IN THE
SPOTLIGHT LAST NIGHT AND YOU
ALSO SAW THAT SPEECH FROM 
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE TOEMP 
THAT WAS RORDED WHILE I WAS IN
JERUSALEM.
JOOL JOE BIDEN'S AM PAIN THE
COUNTERING THE RNC TURNING THE
SPEECHES INTO AN ATTACK ON THE
PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
>> THIS ELECTION IS A BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS ARE DEALING WITH A 
SHOR
SHORTAGE
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DYING.
THAT'S TRUE AND IT IS WHAT IT 
IS
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME
>> THE POLITICAL AD SAYING THE
BEST IS YET TO COME.
THAT'S A THREAT.
THEY CALLED THE CONVENTION TO 
COVER UP ON THE PRESIDENT'S 
FAILURES ON CORONAVIRUS.
>>> ANOTHER ROADBLOCK FOR KANYE 
WEST'S BALLOT IN 2020.
HE MISSED OUT IN MISSOURI AND 
WYOMING.
HE FAILED TO ACQUIRE ENOUGH 
SIGNATURES TO MAKE THE BALLOT IN
THE TWO STATES
>>> JANESSA WEBB IS BACK WITH 
US
SHE'S BEEN LOOKING AT LAURA.
>> GOOD MORNING YOU TWO.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
IMPACT WITH HURRICANE LAURA 
ALONG WITH THE HIGH TIDE COMING 
IN BEHIND THAT
RIGHT NOW FORECASTING 7 TO
11 INCHES AND THIS IS THE 
COASTAL AREAS ALL THE WAY INTO
EAST TEXAS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODING
RAIN WHERE WE COULD SEE ISOLATED
AREAS UP TO 5 IMS.
NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY 
AHEAD.
SO TEMPERATURES ACROSS TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON, 100 DEGREES 
ALONG WITH HUMIDITY VERY HIGH 
ACROSS THOSE GULF COAST 
COMMUNITIES.
A FEW STORMS FOR CHARLOTTE THIS 
AFTERNOON, CLEARING OUT FOR LEE,
93
>> THANK YOU
TOM CRUISE, HE'S BEEN HITTING 
THE THEATERS
SNOOP HERE WE ARE.
BACK TO THE MOVIES
>> THE ACTOR SHARED A VIDEO ON
SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM ATTENDING A 
LONDON SCREENING
HE GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TOLD THE FAMILY HE LOVES THE
MOVIE.
TENANT OPENS LATER
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, JERRY 
FALWELL COME UP WITH A LUMP SUM.
ACCORDING TO A PERSON CLOSE TO
FALWELL WITH KNOWLEDGE OF HIS 
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT SAYS HE MAY 
BE DUE HIS $1.2 MILLION SALARY
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS MRS. 
ANOTHER $8 MILLION OF HIS 
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE REDOUSED.
THE LEADER RESIGNED FROM THE
COLLEGE.
HIS FATHER FOUNDED UNDER A CLOUD
OF SCANDAL
>> Reporter: JERRY FALLWELL JR. 
TOOK OVER THE LARGEST 
EVANGELICAL SCHOOLS ORE A DECADE
AGO.
NOW HE HE THES A GROUP OF 
SELF-RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE ARE IN A
POSITION TO REMOVE HIM
HE HAS ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION.
REUTERS REPORTED THAT THE 
FALWELLS BECAME ENTANGLED OVER
EIGHT YEARS AGO AFTER MEETING 
THE THEN 20-YEAR-OLD IN A HOTEL.
HE DENIES THE AK SCISSION 
TELLING REUTERS THAT JERRY KNEW 
ABOUT THE AFFAIR AND WOULD
SOMETIMES WATCH HIM AND BECKY 
TOGETHER
>> IT'S LIKE TELLING ME EVERY 
TIME HE HOOKS UP WITH PEOPLE
LIKE I DON'T HAVE FEELING OR
SOMETHING.
>> ALL OF THIS LESS THAN A MONTH
AFTER FALLWELL POSTED AND THEN
DELETED THIS PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM.
IT WAS ALL GOOD FUN, LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY PUT THE GIRL ON
INDEFINITE LEE
THE STOOL SAID ADDITIONAL 
MATTERS SAY IT WILL NOT BE THE
BEST FOR THE UNIVERSITY FOR HIM 
TO RETURN FROM LEE
THEY INSTRUCTED HIS ATTORNEYS 
NOT TO SEND HIS RESIGNATION.
>>> IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID HE
WOULD INDEED STEP DOWN
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OF HIS
POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS
EMBARRASSED THE 
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS THE 
CAST OF THE WEST WING IS R
REUN
REUNITING.
THE EPISODE WILL BE RECORDED IN 
LOS ANGELES AND BENEFIT IT IS 
NONPARTISAN WHEN WE ALL VOTE
NICHE DIF.
>> THE GIRL SCOUTS HAS A NEW
LOOK
THEY COLLABORATED WITH THE
SCOUTS FOR THE OUTFITS
>> AND GENERAL MILLS WILL SEND
POUNDS OF MARSHMALLOWS
IT IS BEEN THE FIRST TIME IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE
>>> SOME MAJOR LAYOFFS ABOUT TO 
TAKE PLACE FROM AMERICAN
AIRLINES
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
PHILLIP.
SO AMERICAN AIRLINES WARNED IN
JULY IT WOULD HAVE TO LAY OFF 
25,000 STAFF MEMBERS THIS FALL
DUE TO THE STEEP DECLINE IN 
TRAVEL
THE NUMBER IS LOWER THAN THE
INITIAL 25,000 THAT WAS TOUTED, 
BUT IT IS STILL A STAGGERING
17,500
THE CEO DELIVERED THE NEWS
YESTERDAY SAYING TODAY IS THE 
HARDEST MESSAGE WE HAVE HAD TO
SHARE SO FAR
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD STOP
THE LAYOFFS IS AN EXTENSION OF
THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM
THE GOVERNOR APPROVED EARLIER 
THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE FIGHTING TO EX- TENDS 
THE PROTECTION THROUGH MARCH
31st
IN SOME LIGHTER NEWS FOR THE
FIRST TIME McDONALDS IS SPICING 
UP A CLASSIC FAN FAVORITE.
THEY'RE ALSO INTRODUCING A
McFLURRY WHICH IS SOFT SERVE, 
CARAMEL, TOPPING AND COOKIE 
PIECES AND BOTH WILL BE 
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16th FOR A
LIMITED TIME AT PARTICIPATING 
LOCATIONS.
WENDY'S HAD A SPICY RESPONSE
TWEETING IT MUST HAVE SCRAPED UP
THE LEFTOVERS AND PRICED A PRICE
TAG ON IT.
>> MAKING ME WANT TO TRY I
>>> THE LOUISIANA COAST, YOU'LL 
SEE EFFECTS OF THIS TONIGHT.
>>> AS HURRICANE LAURA CONTINUES
TO INTENSIFY IN THE GULF THE
NATIONAL GUARD IS GEARING UP TO 
MOBILIZE
THEY'VE SET UP REGIONAL 
HEADQUARTERS IF LAKE CHARLES
JAY GRAY IS THERE AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
>> YEAH, REALLY CALM HERE AT
THIS POINT BUT WE KNOW THAT'S 
GOING TO CHANGE OES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
LOUISIANA SPECIFICALLY LAKE 
CHARLES AND THE CROSS HAIRS, THE
TIME TO PREPARE, THE TIME TO
EVACUATE QUICKLY RUNNING OUT
HERE
>> SANDBAGS, BOARDS AND BUILDING
TENSIONS ALONG THE GULF COAST.
>> KIND OF NERVOUS FOR TEXAS AND
THE WEST SIDE OF LOUISIANA
>> THAT'S WHERE FORECASTERS SAY 
HURRICANE LAURA WILL CROSS THE
SHOR
SHORELINE.
MILLIONS IN THE STRIKE ZONE ON
HIGH ALERT RIGHT NOW
BRITTANY THOMAS AND HER FAMILY K
LOING DOWN THEIR HOUSE BEFORE 
LANDFALL
WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF SUPPLIES.
IT'S EQUIVALENT TO A BOMB 
SHELTER SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
>> IT'S TIME TO GO
>> ARE MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND
IN SOME AREAS BY THE BUS LOAD.
>> TO STORM IS NOT THE ONLY 
CONCERN.
>> WE ARE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A POSSIBLE HURRICANE AND 
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT COVID TOO.
>> MANY AREAS ARE USING MORE AND
LARGER FACILITIES IN THE PAST 
MAKING ROOM FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING AS THE STORM 
CONTINUES TO CHURN IN THE GULF
>> WE EXPECT THE LANDFALL 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
AND THE HIGH TIDE IS AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE EXPECTED LANDFALL SO
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON TOP OF
THAT STORM SURGE, A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING
>> WITH LAURA BARRELLING TOWARD 
THE COAST.
>> YEAH, LOOK, THAT STORM SURGE 
EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AND 13 FEET
AT LANDFALL AND THAT WALL OF
WATER WILL POUR INTO LAKES AND
CREEKS CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS 
INLAND
BACK TO YOU GUYS
>> MAPROBLEMS IN A TIME OF 
PANDEMIC
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S BRING YOU GOOD NEWS
BABY EASTERN BLACK RHINOSAURUS
WAS BORN ON FRIDAY
THE SPECIES IS CRITICALLY 
ENDANGERED
WE'RE TALKING A 90% DROP
RHINOS STAY IN THE WOM
>>> ON THE MOVE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE 
EVACUATING, AS HURRICANE LAURA
GAINS STEAM AND READIES FOR 
LANDFALL IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS
>>> VIOLENT UPRISINGS IN
KENOSHA, OVERNIGHT, AS THE
FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE REVEALS 
THAT HE MAY BE PARALYZED, AFTER 
BEING SHOT IN THE BACK BY 
POLICE. 
>> DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION DREW OUT EVEN MORE TO
SPEAK, INCLUDING THE NIGHT'S
KEYNOTE FROM THE FIRST LADY.
>> AND JERRY FALWELL'S DRAMATIC 
EXIT AND MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
PAYOUT
A BUSY DAY AHEAD
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
MENA. 
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
BREAKING, THIS MORNING
HURRICANE LAURA STRENGTHENS IN
THE GULF, REKINDLING FEARS FOR
MILLIONS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
LAURA IS NOW A CATEGORY 2 
HURRICANE, AND COULD MAKE 
LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANES
HARVEY AND KATRINA
TWO OF THE MOST DEVASTATING 
HURRICANES TO HIT THOSE STATES
RESIDENTS ARE TORN BETWEEN
HUNKERING DOWN THEIR HOMES OR 
EVACUATING AND RIDING OUT THE 
STORM IN A SAFER AREA.
TRAVIS GILL GERY OF KJRH HAS MOE
OF WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.
>> HAVE BEEN HERE PRETTY MUCH 
SINCE THE WEEKEND TRYING TO TIE 
THINGS DOWN.
BOARDING UP WINDOWS AND 
ELEVATING FURNITURE AND 
APPLIANCES TO SOME UPPER LEVELS.
MANY HOME AND CAMP OWNERS 
ACTUALLY CLEARED OUT THEIR
BOTTOM LEVELS AND OPENED ALL THE
DOORS SO ACTUALLY THE WATER FROM
THE BAY CAN ACTUALLY FLOW 
THROUGH THE HOUSE, WHICH IS 
ACTUALLY GOING TO CAUSE LESS
DAMAGE, IN THE LONG RUN.
PEOPLE IN THE BAY ARE NOT 
STRANGERS TO THIS.
IT'S ONE OF THE DOWNFALLS 
CHOOSING TO LIVE IN A COASTAL 
COMMUNITY JUST FEET FROM THE
WATER.
BUT WITH SOME STILL DEALING WITH
DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BARRY LAST
YEAR, THEY EXPECT WHAT'S GOING
TO BE HAPPENING THIS WEEK TO BE 
A LOT WORSE.
ESPECIALLY WITH A STORM SURGE 
SIMILAR TO HURRICANE RITA FROM
2005. 
>> WE HAD WATER THREE OR FOUR 
DEEP ON THE ROAD
AND WAVE ACTION THAT DID A LOT
OF DAMAGE.
BROUGHT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF MUD IN OUR WORKSHOPS AND 
GARAGES, ET CETERA
SO THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING
FOR US IS THE HIGH WATER WITH 
THE STORM HITTING TO THE WEST OF
US. 
>> THAT WAS TRAVIS GILLERY OF 
KJRH REPORTING
LET'S TURN NOW TO NBC 
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, WHO
IS TRACKING HURRICANE LAURA.
JANESSA, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE
STORM TO HIT
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE WATCHING,
VERY CLOSELY, THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA BORDER
BUT JUST HAPPENING, IN THE LAST 
30 MINUTES, WE HAVE A VERY
HEALTHY STORM SYSTEM
HURRICANE LAURA, NOW, A CAT 2 
HURRICANE.
IT HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED, IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MILES PER
HOUR
THERE'S STILL THAT
WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT AT 17 
MILES PER HOUR
AND THAT IS GOING TO, REALLY, BE
CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY HAS 
SHRUNK
BUT NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING, BY
THIS AFTERNOON, IT'S GOING TO 
SIT IN A WARM BODY OF WATER, AND
REALLY GAIN SOME MORE STEAM.
POTENTIALLY, A MAJOR HURRICANE, 
TURNING INTO A CAT 3 BY TONIGHT.
AND LANDFALL EXPECTED.
POSSIBILITY RIGHT NOW FOR 
CAMERON, LOUISIANA, TO LAKE 
CHARLES.
IT CONTINUES ITS TRACK AND
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO 
CAUSE THE STORM SURGE.
WE HOPE THAT LAND ACTS AS 
LETTING IT SHRED APART
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE A NOT 
GOING TO SEE THAT.
IT STILL GAINS STEAM THROUGH THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THEN ALL 
THE WAY TO THE NORTHEAST
SO WATCHING THE STORM SURGE,
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIG 
THING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO 
GALVESTON, TEXAS
UP TO 7 TO 11 FEET
GUYS
>> ALL RIGHT, JANESSA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
>>> WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS
FROM WISCONSIN, WHERE PROTESTS
HAVE ESCALATED, AGAIN.
>> WE DON'T WANT YOU UP HERE
MOVE
LEAVE THE AREA. 
>> THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED NEAR A GAS STATION
IT'S UNCLEAR WHO FIRED, OR IF 
ANYONE WAS INJURED
EARLIER, OFFICERS APPEARED TO 
USE A LARGE CLOUD OF TEAR GAS.
AT AN EMOTIONAL PRESS 
CONFERENCE, BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE 
AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE
29-YEAR-OLD MAY NEVER WALK, 
AGAIN.
HERE IS NBC'S DAN SHENEMAN
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNEASY 
NIGHT IN KENOSHA, AFTER THE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT SEVEN
TIMES, IN THE BACK, SUNDAY
THE INCIDENT, CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE IS PARALYZED,
FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE SAID 
LITTLE
CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
THAT INVOLVED A SHOOTING
AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THE SHOOTING IGNITED TWO NIGHTS 
OF PROTESTS IN KENOSHA
PROTESTS THAT BEGAN PEACEFULLY, 
BUT GREW VIOLENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE.
>> NEVER, IN A MILLION YEARS, 
DID I THINK THAT ANYTHING LIKE
THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN IN 
KENOSHA.
NEVER.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SUN CAME 
UP, THE SMOKE CLEARED.
IT WAS TIME TO CLEAN UP.
WHILE THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE 
PLEADED FOR CALM. 
>> IF JACOB KNEW WHAT WAS GOING 
ON, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THE
VIOLENCE AND THE DESTRUCTION, HE
WOULD BE VERY UNPLEASED.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY ASKING FOR
PRAYERS.
A COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PEACE
DAN SHENEMAN, NBC NEWS
>> THERE IS MORE REACTION FROM
THE SPORTS WORLD TO THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE
THE DETROIT LIONS CALLED OFF
THEIR PRACTICE
THE TEAM, CHOOSING TO TAKE A
STAND, INSTEAD
>> YOU MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES
YOU MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS
BUT IN ORDER FOR CHANGE TO
HAPPEN, IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING
TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS
TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> AND MORE NBA PLAYERS ARE 
QUESTIONING THEIR TIME IN THE 
BUBBLE, WITH SOME CONSIDERING A 
POTENTIAL BOYCOTT.
>>> THE BOMBASTIC CASE FOR A
SECOND TERM TAKES CENTER STAGE, 
AS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
HEADLINES NIGHT THREE OF THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
OTHER BIG NAMES INCLUDE OUTGOING
WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR, KELLYANNE
CONWAY, AND CONGRESSMAN DAN 
CRENSHAW
NIGHT TWO CLOSED ON A DECIDEDLY 
SOFTER NOTE FROM FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP.
>> SINCE MARCH, OUR LIVES HAVE
CHANGED, DRASTICALLY
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, COVID-19,
SWEPT ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY.
>> TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO
STAND UP AND
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
IT'S NEW AN 166 DAYS SINCE
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED BREONNA
TAYLOR IN HER OWN HOME
ON TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF 
PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE STREETS
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
NONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
EXECUTED A NO-KNOCK WARRANT ON
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT IN MARCH HAS 
BEEN CHARGED
TWO REMAIN ON THE FORCE, AND A
THIRD HAS BEEN FIRED
>>> THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN
AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST 
CORONAVIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS ARE FALLING
ABOUT 43,000 NEW CASES ARE BEING
REPORTED, DAILY, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT'S DOWN 21% FROM EARLY
AUGUST
THE GLIMMER OF HOPE COMES AS FDA
COMMISSIONER STEVEN HAHN IS 
APOLOGIZING FOR COMMENTS HE MADE
ABOUT BENEFITS OF CONVALESCENT
PLASMA AS A TREATMENT FOR 
CORONAVIRUS.
IN A TWEET, HE SAYS I HAVE BEEN 
CRITICIZED FOR REMARKS I MADE 
ABOUT CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
HE WAS MET WITH BACKLASH AFTER
STATING THAT 35 LIVES OUT OF
EVERY 100 PEOPLE THAT GET THE 
TREATMENT WOULD SURVIVE THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> NORTH DAKOTA HELALTH
DEPARTMENT IS URGING THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN
STURGIS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO 
GET TESTED AND MONITOR FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE AND
PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED.
MEANWHILE, 13,000 FANS WILL BE
ALLOWED IN HARD ROCK STADIUM IN 
FLORIDA FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS
AND THE HURRICANES' HOME OPENER 
THIS SEASON, AMID THE PANDEMIC
THE DOLPHINS ANNOUNCED THE NEWS 
IN A TWEET
>>> TOM CRUISE SHARING VIDEO
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HIM
ATTENDING A LONDON SCREENING OF 
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM
"TENET."
EVEN GAVE HIS STAMP OF APPROVAL,
TELLING A FAN HE LOVED THE
MOVIE.
TENET OPENS WORLDWIDE STARTING
TODAY.
>> NEW YORK CITY HAS A PLAN FOR 
ITS SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, 
AND CHARTER.
SOME CLASSES WILL NOW BE OUTSIDE
THIS FALL BUT HOW WILL THAT 
WORK
NBC'S KRISTEN DAHLGREN JOINS US 
NOW.
KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, PHILLIP
WELL, WHERE I AM, IN VERMONT, 
THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS FOR A WHILE
GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE IS REALLY A
BIG PART OF THE NORMAL
EDUCATION, IF YOU WILL
BUT IT'S NOT JUST RURAL AREAS 
THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT THIS
IDEA OF BRINGING CLASSES OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO NATURE.
NEW YORK CITY, ACTUALLY, TRYING 
TO COME UP WITH ITS OWN PLANS.
THE CITY ANNOUNCED, JUST ON 
MONDAY, THAT IT WOULD BE
ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GO OUTDOORS 
FOR CLASSROOMS
BY TUESDAY MORNING, THEY HAD 243
SCHOOLS THAT HAD ALREADY APPLIED
FOR THIS
SO THE RESPONSE HAS ABSOLUTELY
BEEN OVERWHELMING.
PRINCIPALS HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN
UNTIL FRIDAY, JUST UNTIL FRIDAY,
TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THEIR 
SCHOOLS' PLANS
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING 
CLASSES IN PARKS
MAYBE, BLOCKING OFF STREETS AND 
HAVING THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO 
SPREAD OUT IN THE STREETS.
I HEARD ONE PRINCIPAL TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TALKING
TO SOME RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE 
OUTDOOR DINING SPACES THAT
THEY'RE NOT USING DURING THE
DAY.
AND MAYBE, GETTING KIDS INTO
THOSE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON,
RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS IS GOING ON, AS THE
CITY IS ALSO SAYING THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE TESTING EVERY SINGLE
CLASSROOM IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
VENTILATION.
IT'S HOPING TO DO THAT, BY NEXT 
WEEK
SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT UNTIL 
SCHOOL STARTS.
A LOT OF PARENTS, WATCHING
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THIS ALL 
EVOLVES, AND WHETHER OR NOT 
THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO SPREAD OUT, OUTDOORS, AND
PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER 
FROM TRANSMISSION.
PHILLIP.
>> THAT'S UNCHARTED TERRITORY 
FOR EVERYBODY, KRISTEN
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH AND VERY, VERY
COMPLICATED.
IT IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE HERE IN 
TH
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES, 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST FOR 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
THE GOVERNOR SAID NATIONAL GUARD
PRESENCE WOULD BE INCREASED, AS 
PROTESTS ESCALATE.
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO FIRED OR
IF ANYONE IS HURT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY GAVE AN UPDATE ON
HIS CONDITION.
THEY SAY HE IS PARALYZED, FROM
THE WAIST DOWN
THOUGH, DOCTORS AREN'T SURE IF
IT'S PERMANENT
THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE FIRED.
>>> OFFICIALS SAY COOLER WEATHER
IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS IN
CALIFORNIA
BUT AS SOME EVACUATION ORDERS 
ARE LIFTED, MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT
HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO
AT LEAST 1,400 HOUSES HAVE BEEN 
DESTROYED.
AND THAT NUMBER COULD GROW TO 
MORE THAN 3,000.
AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED 
IN THE FIRES OR FIGHTING THEM.
>> NOW, TO A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
SHE CREATED A NEW LIFE IN 
CONNECTICUT.
BUT ONE THING WAS MISSING, UNTIL
A SCHOOL HEARD HER STORY
HERE'S NBC'S CATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: AT 88 YEARS OLD, IN
A CAP AND TOWN, MIRIAM SAVORS A 
MOMENT SHE'S DREAMED OF FOR 
DECADES.
>> BEYOND MY CONTROL
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET MY HIGH 
SCHOOL DIPLOMA
THIS HAS BEEN A PROFOUND REGRET 
OF MINE, ALL MY LIFE. 
>> SHRIBER'S EDUCATION DISRUPTED
BY A DESPERATE JOURNEY TO 
SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST.
HER FAMILY LIVING, FOR YEARS, ON
THE RUN.
HIDING FROM THE NAZIS.
EVENTUALLY, SENT TO A SLAVE 
LABOR CAMP IN SIBERIA.
>> AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE FAULTED
HER FOR JUST GIVING UP BUT SHE
DIDN'T
SHE, OF COURSE, LEARNED ALL THE 
LANGUAGES, EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. 
>> TODAY, SHE IS FLUENT IN SIX
LEARNING ENGLISH, WHEN SHE
IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 
TO RAISE A FAMILY.
THE GENERATIONS AFTER LIVE ON 
AND INSPIRED BY HER.
>> THIS HONORARY DIPLOMA IS --
IS WELL-DESERVED
AND SHE'S CERTAINLY, IN THE 
SCHOOL OF LIFE, HAS EARNED IT.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS, A LESSON
THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND A
GRATEFUL HEART. 
>> IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO 
ME
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: OUR GREATEST 
MOMENTS ARE YET TO COME.
CATIE BECK, NBC NEWS
>> WOW
PERSEVERANCE AND A WILL TO
SURVIVE RIGHT THERE.
SHOWING YOU, RIGHT THERE, IT IS 
NEVER TOO LATE. 
>> YEAH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE 
THOUGHTS, ALL THE MEMORIES THAT 
SHE HAD CROSSING HER MIND IN
THAT MOMENT.
JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE
LIVED.
AND SIX LANGUAGES THAT SHE
SPOKE.
I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE LOST IN
THE HOLOCAUST, AND WHAT THEIR 
LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S A GLARING 
EXAMPLE OF ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
THAT CAN B TO SPEAK.
>>> BUT FIRST LET'S TURN TO THE 
BREAKING NEWS OF THE POWERFUL 
STORM THIS MORNING.
RESIDENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST 
ARE BRACING FOR POTENTIAL 
DEVASTATION.
HURRICANE LAURA GETS SET TO MAKE
LANDFALL TONIGHT.
IT IS INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND 
RAMPING UP TO BECOME A MASSIVE 
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE.
WE'VE GOT COMPLETE COVERAGE, BUT
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE MAN WHO'S 
BEEN COVERING IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
GOOD MORNING, AL.
WHAT DO THE MAPS SHOW?
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, GUYS, THIS 
IS UNFORTUNATELY COMING TO 
FRUITION THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD.
CATEGORY 2 RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE FEEDER 
BANDS NOW PUSHING TO THE SOUTH 
OF LOUISIANA.
110 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 15.
CATEGORY 4 STORM THIS AFTERNOON 
BY AROUND 1:00.
WINDS AND RAIN INCREASE DURING 
THE DAY FROM CORPUS CHRISTI ALL 
THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS.
DANGEROUS RAIN, WIND GUSTS, 
STORM SURGE AS THIS COMES ON 
SHORE THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 
1:00 A.M.
AGAIN, CATEGORY 3, BUT DON'T 
WORRY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A 3 OR 
A 4, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MAJOR 
IMPACTS.
CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE WILL 
MAKE IT UP TO 30 MILES INLAND.
10 TO 15 FOOT STORM SURGE INTO 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
30-MILE STORM SURGE.
THAT'S ALMOST TO I-10.
THAT'S THE WATER THAT GETS PILED
UP ON TOP OF THE TIDE.
AT 3 FEET THAT IS CONSIDERED 
LIFE THREATENING.
BY 6 FEET THOSE CRASHING WAVES 
PUSH OUT THE BACK WALLS OF 
HOMES, BREAKING THROUGH DOORS 
AND WINDOWS.
9 FEET, THIS IS WHERE THAT SURGE
CAN PUSH FURTHER INLAND, ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE WIPED OUT.
PLUS THOSE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 
DAMAGING RAIN COULD KNOCK OUT 
POWER FOR DAYS, GUYS.
WE'RE TALKING POWER OUTAGES.
YOU CAN SEE THIS GOES UP INTO 
THE MIDWEST AS THIS SYSTEM MAKES
ITS WAY AND OF COURSE THE RAIN 
LOCALLY COULD BE 15 INCHES OF 
RAIN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING, 
URBAN FLOODING, MODERATE TO 
MAJOR RIVER FLOODING AS WELL.
THE CLOSEST WE COULD COMPARE 
THIS TO IS HURRICANE RITA IN 
2005.
THE SURGE WENT IN 20 TO 30 
MILES.
THIS COULD GO IN 50 MILES.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
IT.
BUT DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE 
CATEGORIES.
PAY ATTENTI DIRECT HIT OF 120
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND STORM 
SURGE HIGHER THAN A BASKETBALL 
HOOP.
THIS MORNING THE COASTAL CITIES 
OF TEXAS ON EDGE.
AS HURRICANE LAURA LOOMS JUST 
HOURS FROM MAKING LANDFALL.
>> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 
DEVASTATION IN TEXAS AS THE 
STORM SWEEPS THROUGH.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT WARNED TO PRAS FOR A 
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE INCREASING 
THE COUNTIES UNDER A DISASTER 
DECLARATION TO NEARLY 60.
>> DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING,
BUT WE GOING TO GET AWAY.
>> Reporter: LAURA'S WIND SPEEDS
EXPECTED TO TOP TRIPLE DIGITS 
WHICH COULD FUEL A LIFE 
THREATENING STORM SURGE.
THE WARNING TO RESIDENTS, DON'T 
WASTE TIME.
GET OUT NOW.
>> SOME PEOPLE MAY CHOOSE TO 
STAY AT HOME.
AND I THINK THAT KIND OF SCARES 
ME BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER KNOW 
WHAT THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY
BRING.
>> Reporter: MOST ARE LISTENING.
>> WE BOARDED THE HOUSE NOW 
COMPLETELY AND NOW WE'RE JUST 
STARTING TO HAUL AWAY THINGS 
THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 
SURVIVE.
>> Reporter: SOME CHOOSING TO 
STAY DESPITE THE THREAT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE.
>> WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE 
AN AFTERMATH AND THERE'S GOING 
TO BE A LOT OF CLEANUP TO DO 
AFTERWARDS.
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY 
AROUND IF WE FEEL SAFE WHERE 
WE'RE AT.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS 
CAUTIONING FIRST RESPONDERS 
CAN'T SAVE YOU.
>> DON'T DIAL 911.
NO ONE'S GOING TO ANSWER.
OKAY?
AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> Reporter: BEAUMONT'S MAYOR 
HAS LED HER CITY THROUGH MANY 
DISRUPTIVE HURRICANES.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
WHEN THIS REALLY RATCHETS UP, 
WHAT'S KEEPING YOU UP AT NIGHT 
THE MOST?
>> LOSS OF LIFE IS THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN THAT I WOULD EVER HAVE 
WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS.
>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE 
FEARS, OF COURSE, OF WIDESPREAD 
POWER OUTAGES FOR DAYS.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT SUMMONING SOME 
9,000 UTILITY WORKERS WITH 
 WHAT JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY HAD BEEN PLEADING
FOR.
OVERNIGHT PROTESTS IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, TURNING DEADLY.
>> WE HAVE SHOTS FIRED.
WE DON'T WANT YOU OUT HERE.
MOVE.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES 
CLEARING THE STREETS AFTER 
REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS.
POLICE SAY AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE 
ARE DEAD, ONE PERSON INJURED.
MOBILIZED MORE NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS.
SOME PROTESTERS IGNORED A 
CURFEW.
AUTHORITIES DEPLOYING TEAR GAS.
THIS IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT NIGHT
OF VIOLENCE PROTEST HERE.
THE COMMUNITY IS ON EDGE. 
>> THIS IS PATHETIC TO HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE STATE OF 
WISCONSIN.
IT'S JUST ANARCHISTS TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: THE CHAOS CAME 
DESPITE JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY 
PLEADING FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS. 
>> THEY SHOT MY SON.
SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS.
>> Reporter: HIS FAMILY IS NOW 
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
IN SUNDAY'S SHOOTING CAPTURED ON
THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO BE FIRED 
AND THE ONE WHO SHOT BLAKE IN 
THE BACK BE ARRESTED.
THE UNITED NATIONS WHO SHOT THE 
VIDEO SAYS HE HEARD OFFICERS 
YELL DROP THE KNIFE BUT POLICE 
HAVEN'T SAID IF THEY EVER 
RECOVERED A WEAPON.
>> HE WAS NOT TREATED LIKE A 
HUMAN THAT DAY.
HE WAS TREATED LIKE SOME FOREIGN
OBJECT THAT DIDN'T BELONG.
>> Reporter: BLAKE'S FAMILY NOW 
SAYS THE 29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL 
CORD IS SEVERED AND HE'S 
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
HIS MOTHER LAST SPOKE TO HIM 
SUNDAY MORNING AS HE PREPARED TO
CELEBRATE HIS SON'S 8th 
BIRTHDAY.
THE BOY WAS IN THE BACK SEAT 
WHEN HIS FATHER WAS SHOT.
WHEN YOU FIRST WALKED INTO THAT 
HOSPITAL ROOM AND YOU SAW YOUR 
SON, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR 
HEAD?
>> SO MANY THINGS.
JUST SO ELATED BEING ABLE TO SEE
HIM AND HE'S ALIVE.
>> Reporter: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IS NOW ASSISTING 
STATE AUTHORITIES WITH THE 
INVESTIGATION.
WISCONSIN'S DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE SAYS THE OFFICERS ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND ARE 
FULLY COOPERATING.
KENOSHA POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT 
WEAR BODY CAMERAS, BUT THE BLAKE
FAMILY WANTS ANY DASH CAM 
FOOTAGE OR ANY OTHER VIDEO OF 
THE INCIDENT RELEASED.
BLAKE'S FAMILY NOW PLANS TO FILE
A CIVIL LAWSUIT.
OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS, THE 
KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 
NOT COMMENTED, ONLY TO SAY THAT 
ITS OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO 
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT.
BUT AGAIN, TWO PEOPLE DEAD.
ONE PERSON INJURED FOLLOWING 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST HERE, 
SASYMPATHETICALLY AS THE DEATH 
TOLL FROM CORONAVIRUS NEARS 
180,000.
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP SOLO IN
THE SPOTLIGHT WITH A STRIKINGLY 
DIFFERENT TONE THAN HER HUSBAND 
OFFERING CONDOLENCES FOR THOSE 
AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC.
AND ACKNOWLEDGING HOW DIFFICULT 
IT'S BEEN FOR MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS.
>> I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS AND SOME FEEL HELPLESS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT 
ALONE.
DONALD WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE 
HAS DONE ALL HE CAN TO TAKE CARE
OF EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THIS 
TERRIBLE PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: SPEAKING FROM THE 
NEWLY RENOVATED WHITE HOUSE ROSE
GARDEN, THE FIRST LADY SHARING 
HER PERSONAL STORY.
>> AS AN IMMIGRANT AND A VERY 
INDEPENDENT WOMAN, I UNDERSTAND 
WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO LIVE 
HERE AND TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS 
AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.
>> Reporter: AND YEARS AFTER 
ENDORSING HER HUSBAND'S BIRTHER 
CLAIMS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA 
REFLECTING ON THE NATION'S 
RACIAL UNREST.
>> I URGE PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER IN A CIVIL MANNER.
I ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO STOP THE 
VIOLENCE AND LOOTING BEING DONE 
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.
AND NEVER MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED
ON THE COLOR OF A PERSON'S SKIN.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST LADY 
WHO'S BE BEST CAMPAIGN ADDRESSES
HOW MEAN SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE 
WHILE NOTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
UNVARNISHED OPINIONS.
>> TOTAL HONESTY IS WHAT WE 
CITIZENS DESERVE FROM OUR 
PRESIDENT.
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
PUTTING THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE
TO WORK FOR HIS RE-ELECTION.
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS FOR
HIS WIFE'S CONVENTION SPEECH TO 
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO 
SHATTERING A LONG STANDING 
TRADITION THAT AMERICAN 
DIPLOMATS DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN 
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS SPEAKING 
FROM THE SITE OF AN OFFICIAL TR 
IP TO JERUSALEM.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PUT HIS 
AMERICA FIRST VISION INTO 
ACTION.
IT MAY NOT MADE HIM POPULAR IN 
EVERY FOREIGN CAPITAL, BUT IT'S 
WORKED.
>> Reporter: THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT INSISTS THE PARTISAN 
SPEECH HIGHLIGHTING THE 
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES WAS 
DELIVERED IN HIS PERSONAL 
CAPACITY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO SHOWCASING 
HIS PARDON POWER GRANTING 
CLEMENCY.
>> I GRANT A FULL PARDON.
>> Reporter: AND HOSTING THE 
RECORDED NATURALIZATION CEREMONY
FOR THE PRIME TIME AUDIENCE.
AND HELPING CELEBRATE THEIR 
FATHER, TWO OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN.
>> AS A RECENT GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO SO MANY OF YOU WHO 
MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
MY FATHER BUILT A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE, AND BELIEVE ME, HE
WILL DO IT AGAIN.
>> I'D LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
MY FATHER.
I MISS WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU 
EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT I'M DAMN 
PROUD TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES 
OF THIS FIGHT.
>> Reporter: ERIC TRUMP'S 
MESSAGE TO HIS FATHER LAST 
NIGHT.
THE FIRST LADY'S SPEECH ALSO 
DRAWING ATTENTION FOR THE LACK 
OF SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THE ROSE
GARDEN AND VERY LIMITED MASK 
WEARING.
AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE THERE 
WERE TESTED FOR THE VIRUS BEFORE
ATTENDING, BUT THE SETUP REALLY 
SEEMED TO MINIMIZE THE THREAT OF
THE PANDEMIC.
THE PRESIDENT'S TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISER EARLIER IN THE NIGHT 
EVEN REFERRING TO IT IN THE PAST
TENSE.
>> PETER, WE'VE HAD TWO NIGHTS 
DOWN, TWO MORE TO GO.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT TONIGHT.
BUT YOU CAN REALLY TELL A LOT BY
WATCHING THE SPEAKERS WHO THE 
CAMPAIGN IS TRYING TO REACH, 
WHERE THEY THINK THERE'S SOME 
FERTILE GROUND FOR THEIR 
RE-ELECTION STRATEGY.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
>> Reporter: YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THESE TWO NIGHTS HAVE 
BEEN THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 
THE FIERY SPEECHES AND TRYING TO
SELL THAT SOFTER VERSION OF THE 
PRESIDENT, GRANTING THAT PARDON,
HOSTING A NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR NEW CITIZENS ALL 
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
HIS KIDS SPEAKING AS WELL.
THE FIRST LADY'S EMPATHETIC 
REMARKS.
THE GOAL HERE TO BOTH ENERGIZE 
THE BASE, TO BRING BACK THOSE 
REPUBLICANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN 
TURNED OFF BY PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND TO SPEAK TO THE SUBURBAN 
VOTERS PARTICULARLY WOMEN WHO 
HAVE FLOCKED TO JOE BIDEN.
TONIGHT AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING
TO HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE, AND ONE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S FIERCEST DEFENDERS 
KELLYANNE CONWAY JUST DAYS 
BEFORE HER DEPARTURE FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE FIRST 
LADY'S MESSAGE IN OUR NEXT HALF 
HOUR. STUDY SAYS NOT ALL 
INDOOR SPACES ARE EQUAL.
IT'S LONG BEEN SAID MAINTAIN SIX
FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCE.
BUT ON SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT 
MAY NOT BE FAR ENOUGH.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH
PUBLISHED IN THE BRITISH MEDICAL
JOURNAL FINDING COVID-19 
PARTICLES CAN TRAVEL UP TO 26 
FEET.
>> THE VIRAL PARTICLE 
CONCENTRATIONS CAN BUILD UP AND 
INFECT SOMEBODY BEYOND THAT 
MAGICAL SIX-FOOT RING WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST COUPLE 
MONTHS.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU TALK, 
COUGH, BREATHE, OR SNEEZE TWO 
TYPES OF PARTICLES COME OUT.
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS FALL 
QUICKLY TO THE GROUND.
MOST TRAVELING NO FURTHER THAN 
SIX FEET BUT AEROSOL PARTICLES 
CAN TRAVEL FURTHER DISTANCES.
IT'S USEFUL TO THINK OF ANOTHER 
AEROSOL.
CIGARETTE SMOKE.
>> AND THEN IT DOES DIFFERENT 
THINGS DEPENDING ON YOUR 
SETTING.
>> Reporter: MASKS THAT FIT WELL
ENOUGH TO FILTER OUT SMOKE MAY 
BECHB MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
WASHING HANDS.
RESEARCHERS SAY AEROSOL 
TRANSMISSION EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW
SUPERSPREADER EVENTS HAVE BEEN 
TRACED TO OUTDOOR GATHERINGS.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST RISK 
FACTORS WE HAVE FOR THIS VIRUS, 
THE TIME SPENT INDOORS.
NEARLY ALL OF THE OUTBREAKS OF 
THREE OR MORE PEOPLE OCCURRED 
INDOORS.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY AIR 
CIRCULATION IN PLANES, OFFICES, 
AND SCHOOLS MAY BE A CRITICAL 
FACTOR.
A GOVERNMENT WATCH DOG AGENCY 
RECENTLY FOUND OVER ONE-THIRD OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. NEED 
IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR 
VENTILATION SYSTEMS.
SOME ARE INVESTING IN NEW 
FILTERS, BUT OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS 
COULD BE A SIMPLER AND SAFER 
SOLUTION. 
>> WHAT I AM SHOCKED IS WE DON'T
HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BASICALLY SETTING UP OPEN TENTS 
ON ALL THE SCHOOLS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT ALL THE 
CLASSES CAN BE DONE OUTDOORS.
>> Reporter: WHILE IN MANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE BEING IN A 
GROCERY STORE OR RESTAURANT OR 
EVEN AN AIRPLANE OR AN OFFICE 
SPACE, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU 
CAN DO TO SOCIAL DISTANCE.
BUT EXPERTS SAY PEOPLE SHOULD 
ALWAYS AVOID TAL GRANDA IS HITT 
BACK AND HE'S GOT A NEW 
ALLEGATION.
THIS MORNING GIANCARLO GRANDA IS
SPEAKING OUT.
IN A STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS, 
GRANDA SAYS THE FALWELLS WOULD 
HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT I SEDUCED 
BECKI INTO AN AFFAIR WITHOUT 
JERRY'S KNOWLEDGE AND SPENT THE 
INTERVENING SEVEN YEARS TRYING 
TO EXTORT THEM.
THE TRUTH IS THEY APPROACHED ME.
SHE INVITED ME TO THEIR HOTEL 
ROOM.
GRANDA ADDING THAT AS RECENTLY 
AS LAST YEAR THEY PARTICIPATED 
IN VIDEO CALLS WHERE MRS. 
FALWELL WAS NAKED AND JERRY WAS 
WATCHING.
GRANDA ALSO CALLING JERRY 
FALWELL JR. A PREDATOR ALLEGING 
FALWELL SENT HIM AN IMAGE OF A 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENT 
EXPOSING HERSELF AT THEIR FARM.
CALLING IT INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT
FOR SOMEONE OVERSEEING STUDENTS.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS THE COUPLE 
MET GRANDA WHEN HE WAS 20 YEARS 
OLD WORKING AS A POOL ATTENDANT 
AT A MIAMI HOTEL.
JUST DAYS AFTER THE STORY WENT 
PUBLIC, JERRY FALWELL JR. IS OUT
AS PRESIDENT AND CHANCELLOR OF 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
THE INSTITUTION HIS FATHER 
STARTED IN THE 1970s.
FALWELL ACKNOWLEDGED HIS WIFE'S 
AFFAIR WITH GRANDA TO THE 
WASHINGTON EXAMINER CALLING IT A
FATAL ATTRACTION TYPE SITUATION 
THAT LED TO EXTORTION BUT SAID 
HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE 
INAPPROPRIATE PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP.
GRANDA DENIES BLACKMAILING THE 
FALWELLS.
IN HER FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE 
SCANDAL, BECKI FALWELL TELLS THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHE AND HER 
HUSBAND ARE MORE IN LOVE THAN 
EVER.
ADDING JERRY IS THE MOST 
FORGIVING PERSON I'VE EVER MET.
IN THE SAME INTERVIEW, JERRY 
FALWELL CLAIMS HE NEVER BROKE A 
SINGLE RULE THAT APPLIED TO 
STAFF MEMBERS AT LIBERTY.
SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I 
RESIGNED.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMETHING 
MY WIFE DID TO HARM THE SCHOOL I
SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE BUILDING.
FALWELL HAD BEEN ON A LEAVE OF 
ABSENCE SINCE EARLY AUGUST SINCE
POSTING THIS NOW DELETED PHOTO 
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ADDITIONAL MATTERS CAME TO LIGHT
THAT MADE IT CLEAR IT WOULD NOT 
BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE 
UNIVERSITY FOR HIM TO RETURN 
FROM LEAVE.
ON TUESDAY THE UNIVERSITY SAID 
IT HAD ACCEPTED FALWELL'S 
RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE 
IMMEDIATELY WHILE OFFERING HEART
FELT PRAYERS TO THE FALWELLS WHO
ARE NOW DEALING WITH A VERY 
PUBLIC FALL FROM GRACE.
JERRY FALWELL JR. HAS NOT BEEN 
REACHABLE ON THIS LATEST 
ALLEGATION.
AS FOR GRANDA, HE ALSO TELLS US 
HE HAS
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE WAS REALLY
AN INFLECTION POINT IN HER 
TENURE HERE.
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP MAKING 
HER MOST PERSONAL APPEAL YET FOR
HER HUSBAND.
>> I'M HERE BECAUSE WE NEED MY 
HUSBAND TO BE OUR PRESIDENT AND 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR FOUR MORE
YEARS.
>> Reporter: LOOKING TO COURT A 
CONSTITUENCY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
STRUGGLED WITH.
SUBURBAN WOMEN.
>> WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN 
ARE HEARD AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
CONTINUES TO THRIVE.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST LADY 
WHO SPOKE FOR MORE THAN 20 
MINUTES, THE SPEECH WAS HER 
LONGEST TO DATE AND PERHAPS HER 
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL.
DURING THE 2016 CONVENTION, SHE 
WAS CHARGED WITH LIFTING PARTS 
OF MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH.
THIS YEAR THE FIRST LADY'S 
ADVISERS SAYS SHE WAS HEAVILY 
INVOLVED IN WRITING THE REMARKS.
>> FROM THE DAY I MET HIM, HE 
HAS ONLY WANTED TO MAKE THIS 
COUNTRY THE BEST IT CAN BE.
>> Reporter: IN HER NEARLY FOUR 
YEARS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE 
HAS PICKED HER MOMENTS TO SPEAK 
OUT CAREFULLY.
HER LARGEST INITIATIVE CAME IN 
2018 WHEN SHE HAD HER BE BEST 
CAMPAIGN.
>> LET'S TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND 
WRONG AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE 
BEST IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL PATHS 
IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: THE MOVE GAINED 
PRAISE, BUT THE FIRST LADY ALSO 
FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER 
HUSBAND'S HABIT OF TWEETING 
INSULTS AT HIS RIVALS.
>> I DON'T AGREE ALWAYS WHAT HE 
POSTS.
BUT HIS ACTION IS HIS ACTION.
AND I TELL HIM THAT.
>> Reporter: ONE OF HER LOUDEST 
STATEMENTS WAS NOT SPOKEN AT ALL
BUT RATHER THESE WORDS WRITTEN 
ON THE BACK OF HER JACKET.
I REALLY DON'T CARE.
DO YOU?
LATER EXPLAINING -- 
>> IT WAS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR
THE LEFT WING MEDIA WHO ARE 
CRITICIZING ME AND I WANT TO 
SHOW THEM THAT I DON'T CARE.
>> Reporter: MELANIA TRUMP IS 
OFTEN AT HER HUSBAND'S SIDE FOR 
CRITICAL MOMENTS ON THE WORLD 
STAGE AND AT HOME.
BUT SHE'S ALSO SPOKEN OUT ON HER
OWN.
IN 2018 SAYING SHE WAS BLIND 
SIDED BY THE ZERO TOLERANCE 
POLICY WHICH LED TO FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS AT THE BORDER.
AND MORE RECENTLY TWEETING OUT 
AN IMAGE OF HERSELF WEARING A 
MASK WEEKS BEFORE HER HUSBAND 
STARTED WEARING ONE IN PUBLIC.
A SLOVENIAN NATIVE AND FORMER 
MODEL, SHE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY 
MOVE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN 
HER HUSBAND WON THE 2016 
ELECTION.
INSTEAD STAYING AT TRUMP TOWER 
IN NEW YORK CITY TO FOCUS ON HER
SON BARRON.
BUT ACCORDING TO FORMER FIRST 
LADY LAURA BUSH'S CHIEF OF 
STAFF, ONCE SHE ARRIVED IN 
WASHINGTON, SHE ASSUMED QUIET 
BUT POWERFUL PRESENCE.
>> SHE'S CHOSE TON USE HER 
PLATFORM VERY STRATEGICALLY.
WHEN SHE FEELS SHE CAN MAKE A 
CONTRIBUTION WITHOUT HAVING TO 
BE THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM
EVERY DAY.
>> KRISTEN, SHE REALLY PICKS AND
CHOOSES HER MOMENTS.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HER TO DO THE
REST OF THE CAMPAIGN?
DO YOU EXPECT HER TO BE HIGH 
PROFILE ON THE TRAIL IN. 
>> Reporter: I THINK TO SOME 
EXTENT BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS 
HIT, SHE WAS EXPECTED TO PLAY A 
LARGER ROLE THAN SHE DID IN 
2016.
SHE WAS FOR THE MOST PART OUT OF
SIGHT THEN.
MRS. TRUMP WAS EXPECTED TO 
HEADLINE SEVERAL FUND RAISERS 
THIS SPRING THAT GOT CANCELED 
BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS.
STILL YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE HER 
ENGAGE IN VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN 
EVENTS, SAVANNAH.
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, SHE'S 
REALLY A KEY ASSET.
SHE HELPS TO HUMANIZE THE 
PRESIDENT AND SHE'S ALSO 
DEFENDED HIM AFTER SOME OF HIS 
MOST CONHY
SOME SAY IT'S MUCH EASIER THAN 
THE SWAB TEST.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SCHOOLS 
REVERSING THEIR DECISION TO HOLD
IN-PERSON CLASSES AFTER COVID-19
OUTBREAKS.
AT UNC CHAPEL HILL, CLASSES 
ABRUPTLY HALTED JUST DAYS AFTER 
MOVE IN.
STUDENT THERE IS NOT TESTED 
BEFORE COMING BACK.
BUT AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 
INDIANA, AN UNPRECEDENTED 
UNDERTAKING.
BEFORE ALL 40,000 STUDENTS START
CLASSES THIS MONTH, THEY'RE 
REQUIRED TO TAKE A COVID TEST.
>> TESTING WILL BE VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT AND WILL BE A KEY 
ELEMENT OF PROTECTING OUR 
COLLEGE CAMPUS.
>> Reporter: BUT UNLIKE MOST 
COVID TESTING THAT INVOLVES A 
LARGE, OFTEN UNCOMFORTABLE SWAB,
TO GET A SAMPLE FROM THE BACK OF
THE NOSE, PURDUE STUDENT WILLS 
JUST SPIT INTO THIS TINY TUBE.
SOMETHING THEY CAN DO WITH THIS 
KIT.
>> THE CONVENIENCE OF THAT AND 
SO I THINK PARTICULARLY FOR THIS
GENERATION OF STUDENTS, THERE'S 
A GOOD ONE THAT ALLOWED US TO 
REACH THEM WHERE THEY WERE.
>> Reporter: PURDUE IS ONE OF 65
SCHOOLS WORKING WITH WALT 
HEALTH, FORMERLY A MEN'S HEALTH 
COMPANY NOW OFFERING THIS 
AT-HOME COVID SALIVA TEST 
DEVELOPED BY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.
IS IT A GAME CHANGER?
>> IT IS A GAME CHANGER.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A MUCH EASIER
TEST TO ADMINISTER.
YOU'RE SPITTING INTO A TUBE 
WHICH EVERYBODY CAN DO, EVEN 
KIDS.
AND YOU'RE JUST GIVING ENOUGH 
SPIT TO BE ABLE TO TELL IF 
THERE'S VIRUS IN THERE.
>> Reporter: I ORDERED A KIT AND
IT ARRIVED IN TWO DAYS.
WHO DO I DO?
I SET UP A VIDEO CHAT WITH A 
CLINICIAN WHO MADE SURE I DID 
THE TEST DIRECTLY.
I MADE SURE NOT TO EAT OR DRINK 
FOR 30 MINUTES. 
>> ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SPIT.
>> Reporter: THIS IS GOING TO 
TAKE AROUND.
>> I THINK THE RECORD WAS ABOUT 
30 SECONDS.
>> Reporter: I WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY.
HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU HAVE
TO WATCH PEOPLE DO THIS?
>> ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: TWO MINUTES 
LATER -- ANY TRICKS TO THIS?
>> YEAH.
SMELLING PICKLES IN A JAR.
SMELLING CITRUS.
>> Reporter: YOU SHOULD HAVE 
TOLD ME TO BRING OUT PICKLES 
SOONER.
I HAVE NOTHING.
LET ME THINK ABOUT MOUTH 
WATERING FOODS.
IT'S WORKING.
IT TOOK SOME TYPE TO WORK UP A 
SPOON FULL OF SALIVA.
A MIX WITH A PRESERVATIVE TO 
KEEP MY SAMPLE FRESH, THEN I PUT
KNIT A PREADDRESSED BAG TO BE 
OVERNIGHTED TO THE RUTGERS LAB 
IN NEW JERSEY.
RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE IN TWO TO 
THREE DAYS.
A BIG ADVANTAGE OVER SWAB TESTS 
THAT HAVE SEEN DELAYS UP TO 14 
DAYS.
THE TEST IS ONE OF TWO STRICTLY 
SALIVA TESTS GIVEN EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION BY THE FDA.
YALE UNIVERSITY CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE BUT IT'S NOT AN 
AT-HOME TEST.
HOW IS THIS BETTER THAN THE 
SWABS?
>> THE FALSE NEGATIVE RATE IS 
WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH.
TELLING SOMEBODY THAT THEY'RE 
NEGATIVE WHEN ACTUALLY THEY ARE 
SICK IS VERY DANGEROUS.
SO THE SALIVA TEST HAS LESS THAN
1% FALSE NEGATIVE RATE.
>> Reporter: BUT SCIENTISTS 
CAUTION THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DATA 
YET TO KNOW HOW MUCH VIRUS IS IN
SALIVA. 
>> THEY'RE GENERALLY VERY 
ACCURATE.
THEY'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 
LESS SENSITIVE THAN THE NASAL 
SWAB WHICH IS THE TERM USED TO 
MEAN IF PEOPLE HAVE VERY, VERY 
SMALL AMOUNTS OF VIRUS, IT'S 
POSSIBLE THAT THE NASAL SWAB 
WOULD DETECT THAT WHEREAS THE 
SALIVA WOULDN'T.
>> Reporter: THE TEST IS ALSO 
PRICEY.
$150 IF YOU ORDER IT DIRECTLY 
FROM THE COMPANY.
RIGHT NOW VAULT IS RUNNING ABOUT
80,000 TESTS A DAY.
AS THAT NUMBER GOES UP, THE COST
WILL COME DOWN.
FOR STUDENTS LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD 
CLARA TERRY WHO WILL BE A 
FRESHMAN AT PURDUE, SPITTING IN 
THE TUBE WAS EASY.
>> I'VE HEARD WITH THE NOSE ONE,
IT HURTS.
THIS WAS NOT PAINFUL AT ALL.
>> Reporter: NOW, EVEN THOUGH 
THIS TEST IS DONE AT HOME, A KEY
PART OF VAULT'S TEST IS YOU HAVE
TO DO IT LIVE OVER A VIDEO CALL 
WITH A CLINICIAN TO ENSURE 
YOU'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY AND 
IT'S YOUR SALIVA.
I GOT THE RESULTS OF MY TEST TWO
DAYS LATER PRP NEGATIVE.
THE PGA AND NBA ARE AMONG THE 
SPORTS LEAGUES USING THESE 
TESTS.
THEY'RE EASIER AND LESS 
INVASIVE. 
>> NO WONDER THE KIDS WANT THEM 
BUT THERE'S A QUESTION OF COST.
>> IT'S $150 BUT IT IS OPEN TO 
ANYONE.
SO YOU JUST HAVE TO GO ON 
VAULT'S WEBSITE AND DO THAT.
>> THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO 
BE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OR A 
STUDENT.
YOU CAN JUST CLICK CLAK AND GET 
THE TEST?
>> YES.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 40,000 
STUDENTS AT PURDUE ALONE.
THEY SAY IT'S A WORTHWHILE 
INVESTMENT TO TRY TO PROTECT 
THEIR STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
>> IS THERE A CERTAIN TIME FRAME
LIKE THESE STUDENTS NEED A TEST 
FOR A CERTAIN TIME?
>> FOR THE PURDUE STUDENTS, THEY
WANT THEM TO TAKE IT WITHIN TWO 
WEEKS OF GOING ONTO CAMPUS.
BUT YOU COULD TAKE THE TEST, BE 
NEGATIVE, AND A TO SPEAK.
>>> BUT FIRST LET'S TURN TO THE 
BREAKING NEWS OF THE POWERFUL 
STORM THIS MORNING.
RESIDENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST 
ARE BRACING FOR POTENTIAL 
DEVASTATION.
HURRICANE LAURA GETS SET TO MAKE
LANDFALL TONIGHT.
IT IS INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND 
RAMPING UP TO BECOME A MASSIVE 
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE.
WE'VE GOT COMPLETE COVERAGE, BUT
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE MAN WHO'S 
BEEN COVERING IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
GOOD MORNING, AL.
WHAT DO THE MAPS SHOW?
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, GUYS, THIS 
IS UNFORTUNATELY COMING TO 
FRUITION THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD.
CATEGORY 2 RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE FEEDER 
BANDS NOW PUSHING TO THE SOUTH 
OF LOUISIANA.
110 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 15.
CATEGORY 4 STORM THIS AFTERNOON 
BY AROUND 1:00.
WINDS AND RAIN INCREASE DURING 
THE DAY FROM CORPUS CHRISTI ALL 
THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS.
DANGEROUS RAIN, WIND GUSTS, 
STORM SURGE AS THIS COMES ON 
SHORE THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 
1:00 A.M.
AGAIN, CATEGORY 3, BUT DON'T 
WORRY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A 3 OR 
A 4, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MAJOR 
IMPACTS.
CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE WILL 
MAKE IT UP TO 30 MILES INLAND.
10 TO 15 FOOT STORM SURGE INTO 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
30-MILE STORM SURGE.
THAT'S ALMOST TO I-10.
THAT'S THE WATER THAT GETS PILED
UP ON TOP OF THE TIDE.
AT 3 FEET THAT IS CONSIDERED 
LIFE THREATENING.
BY 6 FEET THOSE CRASHING WAVES 
PUSH OUT THE BACK WALLS OF 
HOMES, BREAKING THROUGH DOORS 
AND WINDOWS.
9 FEET, THIS IS WHERE THAT SURGE
CAN PUSH FURTHER INLAND, ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE WIPED OUT.
PLUS THOSE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 
DAMAGING RAIN COULD KNOCK OUT 
POWER FOR DAYS, GUYS.
WE'RE TALKING POWER OUTAGES.
YOU CAN SEE THIS GOES UP INTO 
THE MIDWEST AS THIS SYSTEM MAKES
ITS WAY AND OF COURSE THE RAIN 
LOCALLY COULD BE 15 INCHES OF 
RAIN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING, 
URBAN FLOODING, MODERATE TO 
MAJOR RIVER FLOODING AS WELL.
THE CLOSEST WE COULD COMPARE 
THIS TO IS HURRICANE RITA IN 
2005.
THE SURGE WENT IN 20 TO 30 
MILES.
THIS COULD GO IN 50 MILES.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
IT.
BUT DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE 
CATEGORIES.
PAY ATTENTI DIRECT HIT OF 120
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND STORM 
SURGE HIGHER THAN A BASKETBALL 
HOOP.
THIS MORNING THE COASTAL CITIES 
OF TEXAS ON EDGE.
AS HURRICANE LAURA LOOMS JUST 
HOURS FROM MAKING LANDFALL.
>> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 
DEVASTATION IN TEXAS AS THE 
STORM SWEEPS THROUGH.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT WARNED TO PRAS FOR A 
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE INCREASING 
THE COUNTIES UNDER A DISASTER 
DECLARATION TO NEARLY 60.
>> DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING,
BUT WE GOING TO GET AWAY.
>> Reporter: LAURA'S WIND SPEEDS
EXPECTED TO TOP TRIPLE DIGITS 
WHICH COULD FUEL A LIFE 
THREATENING STORM SURGE.
THE WARNING TO RESIDENTS, DON'T 
WASTE TIME.
GET OUT NOW.
>> SOME PEOPLE MAY CHOOSE TO 
STAY AT HOME.
AND I THINK THAT KIND OF SCARES 
ME BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER KNOW 
WHAT THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY
BRING.
>> Reporter: MOST ARE LISTENING.
>> WE BOARDED THE HOUSE NOW 
COMPLETELY AND NOW WE'RE JUST 
STARTING TO HAUL AWAY THINGS 
THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 
SURVIVE.
>> Reporter: SOME CHOOSING TO 
STAY DESPITE THE THREAT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE.
>> WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE 
AN AFTERMATH AND THERE'S GOING 
TO BE A LOT OF CLEANUP TO DO 
AFTERWARDS.
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY 
AROUND IF WE FEEL SAFE WHERE 
WE'RE AT.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS 
CAUTIONING FIRST RESPONDERS 
CAN'T SAVE YOU.
>> DON'T DIAL 911.
NO ONE'S GOING TO ANSWER.
OKAY?
AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>> Reporter: BEAUMONT'S MAYOR 
HAS LED HER CITY THROUGH MANY 
DISRUPTIVE HURRICANES.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
WHEN THIS REALLY RATCHETS UP, 
WHAT'S KEEPING YOU UP AT NIGHT 
THE MOST?
>> LOSS OF LIFE IS THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN THAT I WOULD EVER HAVE 
WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS.
>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE 
FEARS, OF COURSE, OF WIDESPREAD 
POWER OUTAGES FOR DAYS.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT SUMMONING SOME 
9,000 UTILITY WORKERS WITH 
 WHAT JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY HAD BEEN PLEADING
FOR.
OVERNIGHT PROTESTS IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, TURNING DEADLY.
>> WE HAVE SHOTS FIRED.
WE DON'T WANT YOU OUT HERE.
MOVE.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES 
CLEARING THE STREETS AFTER 
REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS.
POLICE SAY AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE 
ARE DEAD, ONE PERSON INJURED.
MOBILIZED MORE NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS.
SOME PROTESTERS IGNORED A 
CURFEW.
AUTHORITIES DEPLOYING TEAR GAS.
THIS IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT NIGHT
OF VIOLENCE PROTEST HERE.
THE COMMUNITY IS ON EDGE. 
>> THIS IS PATHETIC TO HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE STATE OF 
WISCONSIN.
IT'S JUST ANARCHISTS TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: THE CHAOS CAME 
DESPITE JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY 
PLEADING FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS. 
>> THEY SHOT MY SON.
SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS.
>> Reporter: HIS FAMILY IS NOW 
DEMANDING THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
IN SUNDAY'S SHOOTING CAPTURED ON
THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO BE FIRED 
AND THE ONE WHO SHOT BLAKE IN 
THE BACK BE ARRESTED.
THE UNITED NATIONS WHO SHOT THE 
VIDEO SAYS HE HEARD OFFICERS 
YELL DROP THE KNIFE BUT POLICE 
HAVEN'T SAID IF THEY EVER 
RECOVERED A WEAPON.
>> HE WAS NOT TREATED LIKE A 
HUMAN THAT DAY.
HE WAS TREATED LIKE SOME FOREIGN
OBJECT THAT DIDN'T BELONG.
>> Reporter: BLAKE'S FAMILY NOW 
SAYS THE 29-YEAR-OLD'S SPINAL 
CORD IS SEVERED AND HE'S 
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
HIS MOTHER LAST SPOKE TO HIM 
SUNDAY MORNING AS HE PREPARED TO
CELEBRATE HIS SON'S 8th 
BIRTHDAY.
THE BOY WAS IN THE BACK SEAT 
WHEN HIS FATHER WAS SHOT.
WHEN YOU FIRST WALKED INTO THAT 
HOSPITAL ROOM AND YOU SAW YOUR 
SON, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR 
HEAD?
>> SO MANY THINGS.
JUST SO ELATED BEING ABLE TO SEE
HIM AND HE'S ALIVE.
>> Reporter: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IS NOW ASSISTING 
STATE AUTHORITIES WITH THE 
INVESTIGATION.
WISCONSIN'S DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE SAYS THE OFFICERS ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND ARE 
FULLY COOPERATING.
KENOSHA POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT 
WEAR BODY CAMERAS, BUT THE BLAKE
FAMILY WANTS ANY DASH CAM 
FOOTAGE OR ANY OTHER VIDEO OF 
THE INCIDENT RELEASED.
BLAKE'S FAMILY NOW PLANS TO FILE
A CIVIL LAWSUIT.
OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS, THE 
KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 
NOT COMMENTED, ONLY TO SAY THAT 
ITS OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO 
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT.
BUT AGAIN, TWO PEOPLE DEAD.
ONE PERSON INJURED FOLLOWING 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST HERE, 
SASYMPATHETICALLY AS THE DEATH 
TOLL FROM CORONAVIRUS NEARS 
180,000.
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP SOLO IN
THE SPOTLIGHT WITH A STRIKINGLY 
DIFFERENT TONE THAN HER HUSBAND 
OFFERING CONDOLENCES FOR THOSE 
AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC.
AND ACKNOWLEDGING HOW DIFFICULT 
IT'S BEEN FOR MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS.
>> I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS AND SOME FEEL HELPLESS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT 
ALONE.
DONALD WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE 
HAS DONE ALL HE CAN TO TAKE CARE
OF EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THIS 
TERRIBLE PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: SPEAKING FROM THE 
NEWLY RENOVATED WHITE HOUSE ROSE
GARDEN, THE FIRST LADY SHARING 
HER PERSONAL STORY.
>> AS AN IMMIGRANT AND A VERY 
INDEPENDENT WOMAN, I UNDERSTAND 
WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO LIVE 
HERE AND TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS 
AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.
>> Reporter: AND YEARS AFTER 
ENDORSING HER HUSBAND'S BIRTHER 
CLAIMS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA 
REFLECTING ON THE NATION'S 
RACIAL UNREST.
>> I URGE PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER IN A CIVIL MANNER.
I ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO STOP THE 
VIOLENCE AND LOOTING BEING DONE 
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.
AND NEVER MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED
ON THE COLOR OF A PERSON'S SKIN.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST LADY 
WHO'S BE BEST CAMPAIGN ADDRESSES
HOW MEAN SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE 
WHILE NOTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
UNVARNISHED OPINIONS.
>> TOTAL HONESTY IS WHAT WE 
CITIZENS DESERVE FROM OUR 
PRESIDENT.
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT 
PUTTING THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE
TO WORK FOR HIS RE-ELECTION.
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS FOR
HIS WIFE'S CONVENTION SPEECH TO 
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO 
SHATTERING A LONG STANDING 
TRADITION THAT AMERICAN 
DIPLOMATS DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN 
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS SPEAKING 
FROM THE SITE OF AN OFFICIAL TR 
IP TO JERUSALEM.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PUT HIS 
AMERICA FIRST VISION INTO 
ACTION.
IT MAY NOT MADE HIM POPULAR IN 
EVERY FOREIGN CAPITAL, BUT IT'S 
WORKED.
>> Reporter: THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT INSISTS THE PARTISAN 
SPEECH HIGHLIGHTING THE 
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES WAS 
DELIVERED IN HIS PERSONAL 
CAPACITY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO SHOWCASING 
HIS PARDON POWER GRANTING 
CLEMENCY.
>> I GRANT A FULL PARDON.
>> Reporter: AND HOSTING THE 
RECORDED NATURALIZATION CEREMONY
FOR THE PRIME TIME AUDIENCE.
AND HELPING CELEBRATE THEIR 
FATHER, TWO OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN.
>> AS A RECENT GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO SO MANY OF YOU WHO 
MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
MY FATHER BUILT A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE, AND BELIEVE ME, HE
WILL DO IT AGAIN.
>> I'D LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
MY FATHER.
I MISS WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU 
EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT I'M DAMN 
PROUD TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES 
OF THIS FIGHT.
>> Reporter: ERIC TRUMP'S 
MESSAGE TO HIS FATHER LAST 
NIGHT.
THE FIRST LADY'S SPEECH ALSO 
DRAWING ATTENTION FOR THE LACK 
OF SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THE ROSE
GARDEN AND VERY LIMITED MASK 
WEARING.
AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE THERE 
WERE TESTED FOR THE VIRUS BEFORE
ATTENDING, BUT THE SETUP REALLY 
SEEMED TO MINIMIZE THE THREAT OF
THE PANDEMIC.
THE PRESIDENT'S TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISER EARLIER IN THE NIGHT 
EVEN REFERRING TO IT IN THE PAST
TENSE.
>> PETER, WE'VE HAD TWO NIGHTS 
DOWN, TWO MORE TO GO.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT TONIGHT.
BUT YOU CAN REALLY TELL A LOT BY
WATCHING THE SPEAKERS WHO THE 
CAMPAIGN IS TRYING TO REACH, 
WHERE THEY THINK THERE'S SOME 
FERTILE GROUND FOR THEIR 
RE-ELECTION STRATEGY.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
>> Reporter: YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THESE TWO NIGHTS HAVE 
BEEN THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 
THE FIERY SPEECHES AND TRYING TO
SELL THAT SOFTER VERSION OF THE 
PRESIDENT, GRANTING THAT PARDON,
HOSTING A NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR NEW CITIZENS ALL 
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
HIS KIDS SPEAKING AS WELL.
THE FIRST LADY'S EMPATHETIC 
REMARKS.
THE GOAL HERE TO BOTH ENERGIZE 
THE BASE, TO BRING BACK THOSE 
REPUBLICANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN 
TURNED OFF BY PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND TO SPEAK TO THE SUBURBAN 
VOTERS PARTICULARLY WOMEN WHO 
HAVE FLOCKED TO JOE BIDEN.
TONIGHT AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING
TO HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE, AND ONE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S FIERCEST DEFENDERS 
KELLYANNE CONWAY JUST DAYS 
BEFORE HER DEPARTURE FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE FIRST 
LADY'S MESSAGE IN OUR NEXT HALF 
HOUR. STUDY SAYS NOT ALL 
INDOOR SPACES ARE EQUAL.
IT'S LONG BEEN SAID MAINTAIN SIX
FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCE.
BUT ON SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT 
MAY NOT BE FAR ENOUGH.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH
PUBLISHED IN THE BRITISH MEDICAL
JOURNAL FINDING COVID-19 
PARTICLES CAN TRAVEL UP TO 26 
FEET.
>> THE VIRAL PARTICLE 
CONCENTRATIONS CAN BUILD UP AND 
INFECT SOMEBODY BEYOND THAT 
MAGICAL SIX-FOOT RING WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST COUPLE 
MONTHS.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU TALK, 
COUGH, BREATHE, OR SNEEZE TWO 
TYPES OF PARTICLES COME OUT.
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS FALL 
QUICKLY TO THE GROUND.
MOST TRAVELING NO FURTHER THAN 
SIX FEET BUT AEROSOL PARTICLES 
CAN TRAVEL FURTHER DISTANCES.
IT'S USEFUL TO THINK OF ANOTHER 
AEROSOL.
CIGARETTE SMOKE.
>> AND THEN IT DOES DIFFERENT 
THINGS DEPENDING ON YOUR 
SETTING.
>> Reporter: MASKS THAT FIT WELL
ENOUGH TO FILTER OUT SMOKE MAY 
BECHB MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
WASHING HANDS.
RESEARCHERS SAY AEROSOL 
TRANSMISSION EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW
SUPERSPREADER EVENTS HAVE BEEN 
TRACED TO OUTDOOR GATHERINGS.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST RISK 
FACTORS WE HAVE FOR THIS VIRUS, 
THE TIME SPENT INDOORS.
NEARLY ALL OF THE OUTBREAKS OF 
THREE OR MORE PEOPLE OCCURRED 
INDOORS.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY AIR 
CIRCULATION IN PLANES, OFFICES, 
AND SCHOOLS MAY BE A CRITICAL 
FACTOR.
A GOVERNMENT WATCH DOG AGENCY 
RECENTLY FOUND OVER ONE-THIRD OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. NEED
 
IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR 
VENTILATION SYSTEMS.
SOME ARE INVESTING IN NEW 
FILTERS, BUT OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS 
COULD BE A SIMPLER AND SAFER 
SOLUTION. 
>> WHAT I AM SHOCKED IS WE DON'T
HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BASICALLY SETTING UP OPEN TENTS 
ON ALL THE SCHOOLS AROUND THE 
COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT ALL THE 
CLASSES CAN BE DONE OUTDOORS.
>> Reporter: WHILE IN MANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE BEING IN A 
GROCERY STORE OR RESTAURANT OR 
EVEN AN AIRPLANE OR AN OFFICE 
SPACE, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU 
CAN DO TO SOCIAL DISTANCE.
BUT EXPERTS SAY PEOPLE SHOULD 
ALWAYS AVOID TAL GRANDA IS HITT 
BACK AND HE'S GOT A NEW 
ALLEGATION.
THIS MORNING GIANCARLO GRANDA IS
SPEAKING OUT.
IN A STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS, 
GRANDA SAYS THE FALWELLS WOULD 
HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT I SEDUCED 
BECKI INTO AN AFFAIR WITHOUT 
JERRY'S KNOWLEDGE AND SPENT THE 
INTERVENING SEVEN YEARS TRYING 
TO EXTORT THEM.
THE TRUTH IS THEY APPROACHED ME.
SHE INVITED ME TO THEIR HOTEL 
ROOM.
GRANDA ADDING THAT AS RECENTLY 
AS LAST YEAR THEY PARTICIPATED 
IN VIDEO CALLS WHERE MRS. 
FALWELL WAS NAKED AND JERRY WAS 
WATCHING.
GRANDA ALSO CALLING JERRY 
FALWELL JR. A PREDATOR ALLEGING 
FALWELL SENT HIM AN IMAGE OF A 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENT 
EXPOSING HERSELF AT THEIR FARM.
CALLING IT INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT
FOR SOMEONE OVERSEEING STUDENTS.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS THE COUPLE 
MET GRANDA WHEN HE WAS 20 YEARS 
OLD WORKING AS A POOL ATTENDANT 
AT A MIAMI HOTEL.
JUST DAYS AFTER THE STORY WENT 
PUBLIC, JERRY FALWELL JR. IS OUT
AS PRESIDENT AND CHANCELLOR OF 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
THE INSTITUTION HIS FATHER 
STARTED IN THE 1970s.
FALWELL ACKNOWLEDGED HIS WIFE'S 
AFFAIR WITH GRANDA TO THE 
WASHINGTON EXAMINER CALLING IT A
FATAL ATTRACTION TYPE SITUATION 
THAT LED TO EXTORTION BUT SAID 
HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE 
INAPPROPRIATE PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP.
GRANDA DENIES BLACKMAILING THE 
FALWELLS.
IN HER FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE 
SCANDAL, BECKI FALWELL TELLS THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHE AND HER 
HUSBAND ARE MORE IN LOVE THAN 
EVER.
ADDING JERRY IS THE MOST 
FORGIVING PERSON I'VE EVER MET.
IN THE SAME INTERVIEW, JERRY 
FALWELL CLAIMS HE NEVER BROKE A 
SINGLE RULE THAT APPLIED TO 
STAFF MEMBERS AT LIBERTY.
SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I 
RESIGNED.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMETHING 
MY WIFE DID TO HARM THE SCHOOL I
SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE BUILDING.
FALWELL HAD BEEN ON A LEAVE OF 
ABSENCE SINCE EARLY AUGUST SINCE
POSTING THIS NOW DELETED PHOTO 
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ADDITIONAL MATTERS CAME TO LIGHT
THAT MADE IT CLEAR IT WOULD NOT 
BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE 
UNIVERSITY FOR HIM TO RETURN 
FROM LEAVE.
ON TUESDAY THE UNIVERSITY SAID 
IT HAD ACCEPTED FALWELL'S 
RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE 
IMMEDIATELY WHILE OFFERING HEART
FELT PRAYERS TO THE FALWELLS WHO
ARE NOW DEALING WITH A VERY 
PUBLIC FALL FROM GRACE.
JERRY FALWELL JR. HAS NOT BEEN 
REACHABLE ON THIS LATEST 
ALLEGATION.
AS FOR GRANDA, HE ALSO TELLS US 
HE HAS
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE WAS REALLY
AN INFLECTION POINT IN HER 
TENURE HERE.
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP MAKING 
HER MOST PERSONAL APPEAL YET FOR
HER HUSBAND.
>> I'M HERE BECAUSE WE NEED MY 
HUSBAND TO BE OUR PRESIDENT AND 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR FOUR MORE
YEARS.
>> Reporter: LOOKING TO COURT A 
CONSTITUENCY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
STRUGGLED WITH.
SUBURBAN WOMEN.
>> WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN 
ARE HEARD AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
CONTINUES TO THRIVE.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST LADY 
WHO SPOKE FOR MORE THAN 20 
MINUTES, THE SPEECH WAS HER 
LONGEST TO DATE AND PERHAPS HER 
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL.
DURING THE 2016 CONVENTION, SHE 
WAS CHARGED WITH LIFTING PARTS 
OF MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH.
THIS YEAR THE FIRST LADY'S 
ADVISERS SAYS SHE WAS HEAVILY 
INVOLVED IN WRITING THE REMARKS.
>> FROM THE DAY I MET HIM, HE 
HAS ONLY WANTED TO MAKE THIS 
COUNTRY THE BEST IT CAN BE.
>> Reporter: IN HER NEARLY FOUR 
YEARS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE 
HAS PICKED HER MOMENTS TO SPEAK 
OUT CAREFULLY.
HER LARGEST INITIATIVE CAME IN 
2018 WHEN SHE HAD HER BE BEST 
CAMPAIGN.
>> LET'S TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND 
WRONG AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE 
BEST IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL PATHS 
IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: THE MOVE GAINED 
PRAISE, BUT THE FIRST LADY ALSO 
FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER 
HUSBAND'S HABIT OF TWEETING 
INSULTS AT HIS RIVALS.
>> I DON'T AGREE ALWAYS WHAT HE 
POSTS.
BUT HIS ACTION IS HIS ACTION.
AND I TELL HIM THAT.
>> Reporter: ONE OF HER LOUDEST 
STATEMENTS WAS NOT SPOKEN AT ALL
BUT RATHER THESE WORDS WRITTEN 
ON THE BACK OF HER JACKET.
I REALLY DON'T CARE.
DO YOU?
LATER EXPLAINING -- 
>> IT WAS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR
THE LEFT WING MEDIA WHO ARE 
CRITICIZING ME AND I WANT TO 
SHOW THEM THAT I DON'T CARE.
>> Reporter: MELANIA TRUMP IS 
OFTEN AT HER HUSBAND'S SIDE FOR 
CRITICAL MOMENTS ON THE WORLD 
STAGE AND AT HOME.
BUT SHE'S ALSO SPOKEN OUT ON HER
OWN.
IN 2018 SAYING SHE WAS BLIND 
SIDED BY THE ZERO TOLERANCE 
POLICY WHICH LED TO FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS AT THE BORDER.
AND MORE RECENTLY TWEETING OUT 
AN IMAGE OF HERSELF WEARING A 
MASK WEEKS BEFORE HER HUSBAND 
STARTED WEARING ONE IN PUBLIC.
A SLOVENIAN NATIVE AND FORMER 
MODEL, SHE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY 
MOVE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN 
HER HUSBAND WON THE 2016 
ELECTION.
INSTEAD STAYING AT TRUMP TOWER 
IN NEW YORK CITY TO FOCUS ON HER
SON BARRON.
BUT ACCORDING TO FORMER FIRST 
LADY LAURA BUSH'S CHIEF OF 
STAFF, ONCE SHE ARRIVED IN 
WASHINGTON, SHE ASSUMED QUIET 
BUT POWERFUL PRESENCE.
>> SHE'S CHOSE TON USE HER 
PLATFORM VERY STRATEGICALLY.
WHEN SHE FEELS SHE CAN MAKE A 
CONTRIBUTION WITHOUT HAVING TO 
BE THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM
EVERY DAY.
>> KRISTEN, SHE REALLY PICKS AND
CHOOSES HER MOMENTS.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HER TO DO THE
REST OF THE CAMPAIGN?
DO YOU EXPECT HER TO BE HIGH 
PROFILE ON THE TRAIL IN. 
>> Reporter: I THINK TO SOME 
EXTENT BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS 
HIT, SHE WAS EXPECTED TO PLAY A 
LARGER ROLE THAN SHE DID IN 
2016.
SHE WAS FOR THE MOST PART OUT OF
SIGHT THEN.
MRS. TRUMP WAS EXPECTED TO 
HEADLINE SEVERAL FUND RAISERS 
THIS SPRING THAT GOT CANCELED 
BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS.
STILL YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE HER 
ENGAGE IN VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN 
EVENTS, SAVANNAH.
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, SHE'S 
REALLY A KEY ASSET.
SHE HELPS TO HUMANIZE THE 
PRESIDENT AND SHE'S ALSO 
DEFENDED HIM AFTER SOME OF HIS 
MOST CONHY
SOME SAY IT'S MUCH EASIER THAN 
THE SWAB TEST.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SCHOOLS 
REVERSING THEIR DECISION TO HOLD
IN-PERSON CLASSES AFTER COVID-19
OUTBREAKS.
AT UNC CHAPEL HILL, CLASSES 
ABRUPTLY HALTED JUST DAYS AFTER 
MOVE IN.
STUDENT THERE IS NOT TESTED 
BEFORE COMING BACK.
BUT AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 
INDIANA, AN UNPRECEDENTED 
UNDERTAKING.
BEFORE ALL 40,000 STUDENTS START
CLASSES THIS MONTH, THEY'RE 
REQUIRED TO TAKE A COVID TEST.
>> TESTING WILL BE VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT AND WILL BE A KEY 
ELEMENT OF PROTECTING OUR 
COLLEGE CAMPUS.
>> Reporter: BUT UNLIKE MOST 
COVID TESTING THAT INVOLVES A 
LARGE, OFTEN UNCOMFORTABLE SWAB,
TO GET A SAMPLE FROM THE BACK OF
THE NOSE, PURDUE STUDENT WILLS 
JUST SPIT INTO THIS TINY TUBE.
SOMETHING THEY CAN DO WITH THIS 
KIT.
>> THE CONVENIENCE OF THAT AND 
SO I THINK PARTICULARLY FOR THIS
GENERATION OF STUDENTS, THERE'S 
A GOOD ONE THAT ALLOWED US TO 
REACH THEM WHERE THEY WERE.
>> Reporter: PURDUE IS ONE OF 65
SCHOOLS WORKING WITH WALT 
HEALTH, FORMERLY A MEN'S HEALTH 
COMPANY NOW OFFERING THIS 
AT-HOME COVID SALIVA TEST 
DEVELOPED BY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.
IS IT A GAME CHANGER?
>> IT IS A GAME CHANGER.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A MUCH EASIER
TEST TO ADMINISTER.
YOU'RE SPITTING INTO A TUBE 
WHICH EVERYBODY CAN DO, EVEN 
KIDS.
AND YOU'RE JUST GIVING ENOUGH 
SPIT TO BE ABLE TO TELL IF 
THERE'S VIRUS IN THERE.
>> Reporter: I ORDERED A KIT AND
IT ARRIVED IN TWO DAYS.
WHO DO I DO?
I SET UP A VIDEO CHAT WITH A 
CLINICIAN WHO MADE SURE I DID 
THE TEST DIRECTLY.
I MADE SURE NOT TO EAT OR DRINK 
FOR 30 MINUTES. 
>> ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SPIT.
>> Reporter: THIS IS GOING TO 
TAKE AROUND.
>> I THINK THE RECORD WAS ABOUT 
30 SECONDS.
>> Reporter: I WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY.
HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU HAVE
TO WATCH PEOPLE DO THIS?
>> ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: TWO MINUTES 
LATER -- ANY TRICKS TO THIS?
>> YEAH.
SMELLING PICKLES IN A JAR.
SMELLING CITRUS.
>> Reporter: YOU SHOULD HAVE 
TOLD ME TO BRING OUT PICKLES 
SOONER.
I HAVE NOTHING.
LET ME THINK ABOUT MOUTH 
WATERING FOODS.
IT'S WORKING.
IT TOOK SOME TYPE TO WORK UP A 
SPOON FULL OF SALIVA.
A MIX WITH A PRESERVATIVE TO 
KEEP MY SAMPLE FRESH, THEN I PUT
KNIT A PREADDRESSED BAG TO BE 
OVERNIGHTED TO THE RUTGERS LAB 
IN NEW JERSEY.
RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE IN TWO TO 
THREE DAYS.
A BIG ADVANTAGE OVER SWAB TESTS 
THAT HAVE SEEN DELAYS UP TO 14 
DAYS.
THE TEST IS ONE OF TWO STRICTLY 
SALIVA TESTS GIVEN EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION BY THE FDA.
YALE UNIVERSITY CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE BUT IT'S NOT AN 
AT-HOME TEST.
HOW IS THIS BETTER THAN THE
>> WELL, THE 
FALSE NEGATIVE 
RATE IS REALLY 
WHAT WE ARE 
CONCERNED WITH. 
TELLING SOMEBODY 
THEY ARE 
NEGATIVE, WHEN 
ACTUALLY THEY 
ARE SICK, IS 
VERY DANGEROUS. 
THE SALIVA TEST 
HAS A 1% OR LESS 
THAN 1% FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
SCIENTISTS 
CAUTION, THERE 
IS NOT ENOUGH 
DATA YET TO KNOW 
HOW MUCH VIRUS 
IS IN SALIVA. 
>> THEY ARE 
GENERALLY VERY 
ACCURATE. 
THEY ARE 
PROBABLY LESS 
SENSITIVE THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB. 
OF PEOPLE HAVE 
VERY SMALL 
AMOUNTS OF 
VIRUS, IT IS 
POSSIBLE THAT 
THE NASAL SWAB 
WOULD DETECT 
THAT, WHERE THE 
SALIVA WOULDN'T. 
>> Reporter: THE 
TEST IS ALSO 
PRICEY, $150 
FROM THE 
COMPANY. 
THEY ARE RUNNING 
80,000 TEST PER 
DAY AND SAY AS 
THE NUMBER GOES 
UP, THE COSTS 
WILL COME DOWN. 
FOR STUDENTS 
LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD 
CARA TERRY, WHO 
WILL BE A 
FRESHMAN AT 
PURDUE, SPITTING 
INTO THE TUBE 
WAS EASY. 
>> I HEARD THE 
NOSE ONE HURTS. 
THIS WAS NOT 
PAINFUL AT ALL. 
>> Reporter: 
EVEN THOUGH THIS 
TEST IS DONE AT 
HOME, A KEY PART 
OF THE TEST IS 
THAT YOU HAVE TO 
DO IT LIVE OVER 
A VIDEO CALL 
WITH THE 
CLINICIAN TO 
ENSURE YOU ARE 
DOING IT 
CORRECTLY AND IT 
IS YOUR SALIVA. 
I GOT MY RESULTS 
TWO DAYS LATER, 
NEGATIVE. 
THE NBA AND NHL 
ARE AMONG THE 
PROS USING THESE 
TESTS. 
IN LARGE PART 
THEY ARE MUCH 
EASIER AND LESS 
INVASIVE. 
>> NO WONDER THE 
KIDS WANT THEM, 
BUT THERE IS 
ALWAYS A 
QUESTION OF 
COST. 
HOW MUCH DOES 
THIS COST? 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS $150, BUT IT 
IS OPEN TO 
ANYONE. 
SO ALL YOU HAVE 
TO DO IS GO ON 
THE WEBSITE TO 
DO THAT. 
>> THAT MEANS 
YOU CAN JUST 
CLICK AND GET 
THE TEST. 
>> Reporter: 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES ARE 
INVESTING 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS. 
THEY SAY IT IS A 
WORTHWHILE 
INVESTMENT. 
>> IS THERE A 
CERTAIN 
TIMEFRAME, LIKE 
STUDENTS NEED TO 
GET THERE TEST 
BY A CERTAIN 
TIME? 
>> Reporter: FOR 
THE PURDUE 
STUDENTS, THEY 
WANT THEM TO 
TAKE IT WITHIN 
TWO WEEKS, BUT 
AS YOU KNOW, YOU 
COULD TAKE THE 
TEST, BE 
NEGATIVE AND A 
FEW DAYS LATER, 
BE POSITIVE. 
SO THERE ARE 
LIMITATIONS. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
A GOOD 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
T
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE MAN WHO'S 
BEEN COVERING IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
GOOD MORNING, AL.
WHAT DO THE MAPS SHOW?
>> WELL,
>>> RIGHT NOW, 
GUYS, THIS IS 
UNFORTUNATELY 
COMING TO 
FRUITION THE WAY 
WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD. 
CATEGORY 2. 15 
MILES SOUTH 
SOUTHEAST OF 
LAKE CHARLES. 
YOU CAN SEE IT 
PUSHING SOUTH OF 
LOUISIANA. 
110 MILE-PER-
HOUR WIND, 
MOVING NORTHWEST 
AT 15. 
A CATEGORY 4 
STORMED BY THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
WIND AND RAIN 
INCREASES DURING 
THE DAY, FROM 
CORPUS CHRISTI 
ALL THE WAY TO 
NEW ORLEANS. 
DANGEROUS RAIN, 
WIND GUSTS, 
STORM SURGES 
THIS COMES ON 
SHORE. 
THURSDAY MORNING 
AROUND 1:00 A.M. 
AGAIN, CATEGORY 
3, BUT DON'T 
WORRY IF IT IS 3 
OR 4. STORM 
SURGE WILL MAKE 
IT 30 MILES 
INLAND. 
10 TO 15 FOOT 
STORM SURGE FOR 
PORT ARTHUR INTO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA. 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS THE WATER 
THAT GETS PILED 
ON TOP OF THE 
TIDE, AS THE 
WIND COMES IN. 
IT IS THE 
DEADLIEST 
HURRICANE 
THREAT. 
AT THREE FEET, 
THAT IS 
CONSIDERED LIFE-
THREATENING. 
IT CAN CAUSE 
MAJOR PROBLEMS 
IN A HOME. 
AT 6 FEET, THOSE 
WAVES PUSH OUT 
THE WALLS OF 
HOMES, BREAKING 
THROUGH DOORS 
AND WINDOWS. 
AT 9 FEET, 
ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
COULD BE WIPED 
OUT. 
PLUS DESTRUCTIVE 
WIND, DAMAGING, 
EXTREME WIND, 
COULD KNOCK OUT 
POWERS FOR DAYS. 
WE'RE TALKING 
POWER OUTAGES. 
THIS IS THE 
OUTAGE POTENTIAL 
MAP. 
IT GOES ALL THE 
WAY INTO THE 
MIDWEST AS THIS 
SYSTEM MAKES ITS 
WAY AND THE RAIN 
LOCALLY COULD BE 
15 INCHES OF 
RAIN. 
WIDESPREAD FLASH 
FLOODING. 
URBAN FLOODING. 
MODERATE TO 
MAJOR FLOODING. 
THE CLOSEST WE 
CAN COMPARE THIS 
TO HIS HURRICANE 
RITA IN 2005, 
WHEN THE SURGE 
WENT INLAND 20 
OR 30 MILES. 
THIS WOULD GO IN 
50 MILES 
DEPENDING ON THE 
STORM SURGE. 
THIS IS A 
DANGEROUS STORM 
AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
WATCH IT, BUT 
DON'T PAY 
ATTENTION TO THE 
CATEGORY, PAY 
ATTENTION TO THE 
IMPACT. 
>> AL, THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
0
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND STORM 
SURGE HIGHER THAN A BASKETBALL 
HOOP.
THIS MORNING THE COASTAL CITIES 
OF TEXAS ON EDGE.
>>> THIS 
MORNING, THE 
COASTAL CITIES 
OF TEXAS, ON 
EDGE. 
AS HURRICANE 
LAURA LOOMS, 
JUST HOURS FOR 
MAKING LANDFALL. 
>> THERE WILL BE 
A LOT OF 
DEVASTATION UPON 
TEXAS AS THE 
STORM SWOOPS 
THROUGH. 
>> Reporter: 
GOVERNOR GREG 
ABBOTT, WARNING 
RESIDENTS TO 
BRACE FOR A 
POSSIBLE 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE, 
INCREASING THE 
COUNTIES UNDER A 
DISASTER 
DECLARATION TO 
NEARLY 60. 
WIND SPEEDS 
EXPECTED TO TOP 
TRIPLE DIGITS, 
WHICH COULD HELP 
FUEL A 
POTENTIALLY LIFE-
THREATENING, 13 
FOOT STORM 
SURGE. 
THE WARNING TO 
RESIDENTS, DON'T 
WASTE TIME. 
GET OUT NOW. 
>> SOME PEOPLE 
MAY CHOOSE TO 
STAY HOME AND I 
THINK THAT 
SCARES ME, 
BECAUSE YOU 
DON'T EVER KNOW 
WHAT THE STORMS 
COULD POSSIBLY 
BRING. 
>> Reporter: 
MOST ARE 
LISTENING. 
>> WE HAVE 
BOARDED UP THE 
HOUSE COMPLETELY 
AND NOW WE ARE 
STARTING TO HAUL 
AWAY THINGS THAT 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE SURVIVE. 
>> Reporter: 
SOME, CHOOSING 
TO STAY, DESPITE 
THE THREAT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE. 
>> WE KNOW THERE 
WILL BE AN 
AFTERMATH AND A 
LOT OF CLEANUP 
AFTERWARDS. 
WE THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
STAY AROUND IF 
WE FEEL SAFE 
WHERE WE ARE AT. 
>> Reporter: 
OFFICIALS 
CAUTIONING AT A 
CERTAIN POINT, 
FIRST RESPONDERS 
CAN'T SAVE YOU. 
>> YOU ARE ON 
YOUR OWN. 
>> Reporter: 
BECKY AMES HAS 
LED HER NOW 
DESERTED CITY 
THROUGH MANY 
DISRUPTIVE 
HURRICANES. 
WHAT IS KEEPING 
YOU UP AT NIGHT 
THE MOST? 
>> LOSS OF LIFE 
IS THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN THAT I 
WOULD EVER HAVE 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE ARE FEARS, 
OF COURSE, OF 
WIDESPREAD POWER 
OUTAGES LASTING 
FOR DAYS. 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT 
IN TEXAS 
SUMMITING 9000 
UTILITY WORKERS 
WITH ANOTHER 
6000 REQUESTED 
AND YOU CAN 
EXPECT THEM TO 
BE VERY BUSY 
OVER THE COMING 
DAYS AND, 
POTENTIALLY, 
WEEKS. 
 
TOLL FROM CORONAVIRUS NEARS 
180,000.
FIRST LADY
>>> FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
SOLO IN THE 
SPOTLIGHT. 
OFFERING 
CONDOLENCES FOR 
THOSE AFFECTED 
BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC AND 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
HOW DIFFICULT IT 
HAS BEEN FOR 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS. 
>> I KNOW MANY 
PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS AND SOME 
FEEL HELPLESS. 
I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW, YOU'RE NOT 
ALONE. 
DONALD WILL NOT 
REST UNTIL HE 
HAS DONE ALL HE 
CAN TO TAKE CARE 
OF EVERYONE 
IMPACTED BY THIS 
TERRIBLE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> SPEAKING FROM 
THE NEWLY 
RENOVATED ROSE 
GARDEN, THE 
FIRST LADY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> AS AN 
IMMIGRANT AND A 
VERY INDEPENDENT 
WOMAN, I 
UNDERSTAND WHAT 
A PRIVILEGE IT 
IS TO LIVE HERE 
AND ENJOY THE 
FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITIES 
THAT WE HAVE. 
>> Reporter: 
AFTER ENDORSING 
HER HUSBAND'S 
BIRTH OR CLAIMS 
ABOUT BARACK 
OBAMA, 
REFLECTING ON 
THE NATIONS 
UNREST. 
>> I URGE PEOPLE 
TO COME TOGETHER 
IN A CIVIL 
MANNER. 
I ALSO ASKED 
PEOPLE TO STOP 
THE VIOLENCE AND 
LOOTING BEING 
DONE IN THE NAME 
OF JUSTICE. 
NEVER MAKE 
ASSUMPTIONS 
BASED ON THE 
COLOR OF A 
PERSON'S SKIN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
FIRST LADY, 
WHOSE BE BEST 
CAMPAIGN AIMS TO 
COMBAT CYBER 
BULLYING, 
ADDRESSING HOW 
MEAN SOCIAL 
MEDIA CAN BE. 
WHILE TOUTING 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S HONEST 
OPINIONS. 
>> TOTAL HONESTY 
IS WHAT WE 
DESERVE FROM OUR 
PRESIDENT. 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE IS THINKING. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT USING 
THE POWERS OF 
HIS OFFICE TO 
WORK FOR HIS 
REELECTION. 
THE 
UNPRECEDENTED 
USE OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS 
FOR HIS WIFE'S 
SPEECH. 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE POMPEO
SHATTERING A 
LONG-STANDING 
TRADITION THAT 
AMERICAN 
DIPLOMATS DO NOT 
PARTICIPATE IN 
POLITICAL 
CONVENTIONS. 
SPEAKING FROM 
THE SITE OF AN 
OFFICIAL TRIP TO 
JERUSALEM. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS PUT 
HIS AMERICA 
FIRST VISION 
INTO ACTION. 
IT MAY NOT HAVE 
MADE THEM 
POPULAR IN EVERY 
FOREIGN CAPITAL, 
BUT IT WORKED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PART OF THE 
SPEECH 
HIGHLIGHTING THE 
PRESIDENTS 
POLICIES WAS 
DELIVERED IN HIS 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ALSO SHOWCASING 
HIS PARDON POWER,
GRANTING 
CLEMENCY TO A 
BANK ROBBER THAT 
FOUNDED A 
PROGRAM THAT 
HELPS FORMER 
INMATES. 
>> I'M NOT SURE 
YOU KNOW THIS, A 
FULL PARDON. 
>> Reporter: AND 
HOSTING A 
RECORDED 
NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR A 
PRIMETIME 
AUDIENCE. 
AND HELPING 
CELEBRATE THEIR 
FATHER, TWO OF 
THE PRESIDENTS 
CHILDREN. 
>> IS A RECENT 
GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO HOW 
MANY OF YOU 
MIGHT BE LOOKING 
FOR A JOB. 
MY FATHER BUILT 
A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE, 
AND BELIEVE ME, 
HE WILL DO IT 
AGAIN. 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO MY 
FATHER. 
I MISS WORKING 
ALONGSIDE YOU 
EVERY DAY, BUT I 
AM PROUD TO BE 
ON THE FRONT 
LINES OF THIS 
FIGHT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
FIRST LADY 
SPEECH ALSO 
DRAWING 
ATTENTION TO THE 
LACK OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AT 
THE ROSE GARDEN 
AND VERY LIMITED 
MASK WEARING. 
AT LEAST SOME OF 
THOSE WERE 
TESTED FOR THE 
VIRUS BEFORE 
ATTENDING, BUT 
THE SETUP SEEMED 
TO MINIMIZE THE 
THREAT OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THE TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISOR EARLIER 
IN THE NIGHT 
EVEN REFERRING 
TO IT IN THE 
PAST TENSE. 
1028. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
PETER, TWO 
NIGHTS DOWN, TWO 
TO GO. 
WE WILL HEAR 
FROM THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT, BUT YOU 
CAN TELL A LOT BY
WATCHING THE 
SPEAKER, WHO 
THEIR CAMPAIGN 
IS TRYING TO 
REACH. 
WHAT HAVE YOU 
LEARNED? 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK YOU ARE 
RIGHT. 
THE FIRST TWO 
NIGHTS I'VE BEEN 
BACK AND FORTH 
BETWEEN FIERY 
SPEECHES AND 
TRYING TO SELL 
THAT SOFTER 
VERSION OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
GRANTING A 
PARDON AND 
HOSTING A 
NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR NEW 
CITIZENS, ALL 
PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
HIS KID SPEAKING 
AS WELL AND THE 
FIRST LADY 
SYMPATHETIC 
REMARKS. 
THE GOAL IS TO 
BRING BACK THOSE 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
MAY HAVE BEEN 
TURNED OFF BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO 
SUBURBAN VOTERS, 
PARTICULARLY 
WOMEN, WHO POLLS 
SHOW HAVE 
FLOCKED TO JOE 
BIDEN. 
TONIGHT WE WILL 
HEAR FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT, 
MIKE PENCE, THE 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
GOVERNOR AND ONE 
OF THE 
PRESIDENTS 
FIERCEST 
OFFENDERS, 
KELLYANNE 
CONWAY, JUST 
DAYS BEFORE HER 
DEPARTURE FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
WILL HAVE MORE 
ON THE FIRST 
LADY'S MESSAGE 
IN OUR NEXT HALF 
HOUR AND LIFE 
COVERAGE 
CONTINUES 
TONIGHT AND 
TOMORROW WE GET 
STARTED AT 10:00 
EASTERN. 
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE WAS REALLY
AN INFLECTION POINT IN HER 
TENURE HERE.
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP MAKING 
HER MOST PERSONAL APP
>>> FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP, 
MAKING HER MOST 
PERSONAL APPEAL 
YET FOR HER 
HUSBAND. 
>> I'M HERE 
BECAUSE WE NEED 
MY HUSBAND TO BE 
OUR PRESIDENT 
AND COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF FOR FOUR 
MORE YEARS. 
>> Reporter: 
LOOKING TO COURT 
A CONSTITUENCY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS STRUGGLED 
WITH, SUBURBAN 
WOMEN. 
>> WE MUST MAKE 
SURE THAT WOMEN 
ARE HEARD AND 
THAT THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
CONTINUES TO 
THRIVE. 
>> Reporter: FOR 
THE FIRST LADY, 
WHO SPOKE FOR 
MORE THAN 20 
MINUTES, THIS 
SPEECH WAS HER 
LONGEST TO DATE 
AND PERHAPS HER 
MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
DURING THE 2016 
CONVENTION, MRS. 
TRUMP WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
LIFTING PARTS OF 
HER SPEECH FROM 
MICHELLE OBAMA 
SPEECH. 
AN AIDE WAS 
BLAMED FOR THE 
SPEECH. 
THIS WEEK 
ADVISOR SAY SHE 
WAS HEAVILY 
INVOLVED IN 
WRITING HER 
REMARKS. 
>> I ONLY WANT 
TO MAKE THIS 
COUNTRY THE BEST 
IT CAN BE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
HER NEARLY FOUR 
YEARS AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE, THE 
FIRST LADY HAS 
PICKED HER 
MOMENTS TO SPEAK 
OUT CAREFULLY. 
HER LARGEST 
INITIATIVE CAME 
IN 2018, WHEN 
SHE ANNOUNCED 
HER BE BEST ANTI-
BULLYING 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> LET US TEACH 
OUR CHILDREN THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN RIGHT OR 
WRONG AND 
ENCOURAGE THEM 
TO BE BEST IN 
THEIR INDIVIDUAL 
PATH IN LIFE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
MOVE GAINED 
PRAISE, BUT THE 
FIRST LADY ALSO 
FACED QUESTIONS 
ABOUT HER 
HUSBAND'S HABIT 
OF TWEETING 
INSULTS AT HIS 
RIVALS. 
>> I DON'T AGREE 
ALWAYS WITH WHAT 
HE POSTS, BUT 
HIS ACTIONS OR 
HIS ACTIONS AND 
I TELL HIM THAT. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF HER LATEST 
STATEMENTS WAS 
NOT SPOKEN AT 
ALL. 
RATHER THESE 
WORDS, WRITTEN 
ON THE BACK OF 
HER JACKET. 
I REALLY DON'T 
CARE, DO YOU? 
SHE WORE IT 
WHILE VISITING 
MIGRANT CHILDREN 
AT THE 
U.S./MEXICO 
BORDER. 
LATER 
EXPLAINING. 
>> IT IS FOR THE 
PEOPLE AND NEWS 
MEDIA WHO ARE 
CRITICIZING AND 
I WANT TO SHOW 
THEM THAT I 
DON'T CARE. 
>> Reporter: 
MELANIA TRUMP IS 
OFTEN AT HER 
HUSBAND'S SIDE 
FOR CRITICAL 
MOMENTS ON THE 
WORLD STAGE AND 
AT HOME, BUT SHE 
HAS ALSO SPOKEN 
OUT ON HER OWN. 
IN 2018, SAYING 
SHE WAS 
BLINDSIDED BY 
THE ZERO-
TOLERANCE POLICY 
WHICH LED TO 
FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS AT 
THE BORDER AND 
MORE RECENTLY, 
TWEETING AN 
IMAGE OF HERSELF 
WEARING A MASK, 
WEEKS BEFORE HER 
HUSBAND STARTED 
WEARING ONE IN 
PUBLIC. 
A SLOVENIAN 
NATIVE AND 
FORMER MODEL, 
THE FIRST LADY 
DID NOT 
IMMEDIATELY MOVE 
INTO THE WHITE 
HOUSE WHEN HER 
HUSBAND WON THE 
2016 ELECTION. 
INSTEAD, STAYING 
AT TRUMP TOWER 
IN NEW YORK CITY 
TO FOCUS ON HER 
SON BARON. 
BUT ACCORDING TO 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY LAURA 
BUSH'S CHIEF OF 
STAFF, ONCE MRS. 
TRUMP ARRIVED IN 
WASHINGTON, SHE 
QUICKLY ASSUMED 
THE QUIET, BUT 
POWERFUL 
PRESENCE. 
>> SHE IS CHOSEN 
TO USE HER 
PLATFORM 
STRATEGICALLY 
AND WHEN SHE 
FEELS SHE CAN 
MAKE A 
CONTRIBUTION, 
WITHOUT HAVING 
TO BE THE 
LOUDEST VOICE IN 
THE ROOM EVERY 
DAY. 
>> SHE REALLY 
PICKS AND 
CHOOSES HER 
MOMENTS. 
WHAT YOU EXPECT 
HER TO DO FOR 
THE REST OF THE 
CAMPAIGN? 
DO YOU THINK SHE 
WILL BE HIGH 
PROFILE ON THE 
TRAIL, EVEN IF 
IT IS A VIRTUAL 
ONE? 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK TO SOME 
EXTENT. 
BEFORE THE 
CORONAVIRUS HIT, 
THE FIRST LADY 
WAS EXPECTED TO 
PLAY A LARGER 
ROLE ON THE 
TRAIL. 
SHE WAS FOR THE 
MOST PART OUT OF 
SIGHT IN 2016. 
SHE WAS EXPECTED 
TO HAVE SEVERAL 
FUNDRAISERS THIS 
SPRING THAT GOT 
CANCELED BECAUSE 
OF THE VIRUS. 
YOU CAN EXPECT 
TO SEE HER 
ENGAGING IN 
VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN 
EVENTS, TRIM 28. 
SHE HOPES TO 
HUMANIZE THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
ALSO DEFENDED 
HIM AFTER SOME OF
HIS MOST 
CONTROVERSIAL 
MOMENT SO WE 
WILL BE WATCHING 
CLOSELY, SAVANNA.
>>> WE ALL KNOW 
DONALD TRUMP 
MAKES NO SECRET 
ABOUT HOW HE 
FEELS. 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE IS THINKING. 
MY DEEPEST 
SYMPATHY GOES 
OUT TO EVERYONE 
WHO HAS LOST A 
LOVED ONE AND MY 
PRAYERS ARE WITH 
THOSE WHO ARE 
ILL OR 
SUFFERING. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS HELD CHINA 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR 
COVERING UP THE 
CHINA VIRUS AND 
ALLOWING IT TO 
SPREAD DEATH AND 
ECONOMIC 
DESTRUCTION IN 
AMERICA AND 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
>> PRESIDENTIAL 
LEADERSHIP CAME 
SWIFTLY AND 
EFFECTIVELY WITH 
AN EXTRAORDINARY 
RESCUE FOR 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY TO 
SUCCESSFULLY 
FIGHT THE COVID 
VIRUS. 
OUR ECONOMIC 
HEALTH IS COMING 
BACK WITH TAX 
CUTS. 
AMERICANS ARE 
GOING BACK TO 
WORK. 
>> THE ECONOMY 
SOARED TO NEW 
HEIGHTS, HEIGHTS 
NEVER SEEN 
BEFORE. 
WAGES WENT 
THROUGH THE ROOF.
UNEMPLOYMENT 
REACHED HISTORIC 
LOWS, ESPECIALLY 
FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS, 
HISPANIC 
AMERICANS, AND 
WOMEN. 
TRADE DEALS WERE 
RIPPED UP AND 
RENEGOTIATED. 
LIGHTS WERE 
TURNED BACK ON 
AND ABANDONED 
FACTORIES ACROSS 
OUR COUNTRY. 
>> IS A RECENT 
GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO HOW 
MANY OF YOU 
MIGHT BE LOOKING 
FOR A JOB. 
MY FATHER BUILT 
A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE AND 
BELIEVE ME, HE 
WILL DO IT AGAIN.
>> I LEARNED 
WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING TO ME 
HAD A NAME. 
IT WAS CALLED 
BEING CANCELED. 
AS IN AN OLD, AS 
IN REVOKED, AS 
IN MADE VOID. 
CANCELED IS WHAT 
IS HAPPENING TO 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THIS COUNTRY WHO 
REFUSED TO BE 
SILENCED BY THE 
FAR LEFT. 
MANY ARE BEING 
FIRED, 
HUMILIATED, OR 
EVEN THREATENED. 
BUT I WOULD NOT 
BE CANCELED. 
LET'S MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
>> WE BELIEVE IN 
FREEDOM OF 
THOUGHT AND 
EXPRESSION. 
THINK WHAT YOU 
WANT. 
SPEAK OUT THE 
TRUTH. 
LEARN FROM THOSE 
WITH DIFFERENT 
OPINIONS AND 
FREELY MAKE YOUR 
VOICE HEARD TO 
THE WORLD. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
A POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS BEEN IN 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
47 YEARS. 
HE HAS A CAREER 
POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS NEVER SIGNED 
THE FRONT OF A 
CHECK AND DOES 
NOT HAVE THE 
SLIGHTEST THING 
ABOUT THE 
AMERICAN WORKER 
OR AMERICAN 
BUSINESS. 
>> COMPARE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WITH THE 
DISASTROUS 
RECORD OF JOE 
BIDEN, WHO HAS 
CONSISTENTLY 
CALLED FOR MORE 
WAR. 
JOE BIDEN VOTED 
FOR THE IRAQ 
WAR, WHICH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS LONG CALLED 
THE WORST 
GEOPOLITICAL 
MISTAKE OF OUR 
GENERATION. 
>> IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST, WHEN IRAN 
THREATENED, THE 
PRESIDENT 
APPROVED A 
STRIKE TO KILL 
THE IRANIAN 
TERRORIST. 
>> MOVING THE 
EMBASSY TO 
JERUSALEM. 
PEACE IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST. 
>> THE ISIS 
CALIPHATE IS 
WIPED OUT. 
IT IS GONE. 
IN NORTH KOREA, 
THE PRESIDENT 
LOWERED THE 
TEMPERATURE AND 
AGAINST ALL 
ODDS, GOT THE 
NORTH KOREA 
LEADERSHIP TO 
THE TABLE. 
NO NUCLEAR 
TESTS. 
NO LONG-RANGE 
MISSILE TESTS. 
>> I HAVE 
REFLECTED ON THE 
RECENT UNREST IN 
OUR COUNTRY. 
IT IS A HARSH 
REALITY. 
BUT WE ARE NOT 
PROUD OF PARTS 
OF OUR HISTORY. 
WE ARE STILL 
LEARNING FROM 
OUR PAST. 
WE MUST REMEMBER 
THAT TODAY WE 
ARE ALL ONE 
COMMUNITY, 
COMPRISED OF 
MANY RACES, 
RELIGIONS, AND 
ETHNICITIES. 
OUR DIVERSE AND 
STORIED HISTORY 
IS WHAT MAKES 
OUR COUNTRY 
STRONG AND YES, 
WE STILL HAVE SO 
MUCH TO LEARN 
FROM ONE ANOTHER.
WITH THAT IN 
MIND, I WOULD 
LIKE TO CALL ON 
CITIZENS OF THIS 
COUNTRY TO TAKE 
A MOMENT, PAUSE, 
AND LOOK AT 
THINGS FROM ALL 
PERSPECTIVES. 
I URGE PEOPLE TO 
COME TOGETHER IN 
A CIVIL MANNER 
SO WE CAN WORK 
AND LIVE UP TO 
OUR STANDARDS 
AND AMERICAN 
IDEALS. 
>>> OVERNIGHT, 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, 
TURNING DEADLY. 
>> WE HAVE SHOTS 
FIRED. 
>> Reporter: 
AUTHORITIES 
CLEARING THE 
STREETS AFTER 
REPORTS OF 
GUNSHOTS. 
POLICE SAY AT 
LEAST TWO PEOPLE 
ARE DEAD, ONE 
PERSON INJURED. 
HOURS EARLIER 
THE GOVERNOR 
DECLARED A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY, 
MOBILIZING MORE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS. 
PROTESTERS 
IGNORE THE 
CURFEW AND 
AUTHORITIES 
DEPLOYED TEAR 
GAS. 
THIS WAS THE 
THIRD STRAIGHT 
NIGHT OF VIOLENT 
PROTESTS IN THE 
COMMUNITY IS ON 
EDGE. 
>> THIS IS 
PATHETIC, TO 
HAPPEN IN OUR 
COUNTRY AND OUR 
CITY, THE STATE 
OF WISCONSIN. 
ANARCHISTS GOING 
AROUND TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF THE 
SITUATION. 
>> Reporter: THE 
CHAOS CAME, 
DESPITE JACOB 
LAKES FAMILY 
PLEADING FOR 
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
>> THEY SHOT MY 
SON, SEVEN TIMES.
>> LIKE HE 
DIDN'T MATTER, 
BUT MY SON 
MATTERED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
FAMILY IS NOW 
DEMANDING THE 
OFFICERS INVOLVED
IN SUNDAY'S 
SHOOTING 
CAPTURED ON THE 
CELL PHONE VIDEO 
BE FIRED ON THE 
ONES WHO SHOT 
BLAKE IN THE 
BACK BE 
ARRESTED. 
THE EYEWITNESS 
WHO SHOT THE 
VIDEO SAYS HE 
HEARD OFFICERS 
YELLED DROP THE 
KNIFE, BUT 
POLICE HAVEN'T 
SAID IF THEY 
RECOVERED A 
WEAPON. 
>> HE WAS NOT 
TREATED LIKE A 
HUMAN THAT DAY. 
HE WAS TREATED 
LIKE A FOREIGN 
OBJECT THAT 
DIDN'T BELONG. 
>> Reporter: THE 
FAMILY SAYS THAT 
THE 29-YEAR-OLD 
SPINAL CORD IS 
SEVERED AND HE 
IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST 
DOWN, THOUGH 
DOCTORS ARE SURE 
IT IS PERMANENT. 
BLAKE'S MOTHER 
TELLS HER SHE 
LAST SPOKE TO 
JACOB SATURDAY 
MORNING AS HE 
PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE HIS 
SON'S EIGHTH 
BIRTHDAY. 
THE BOY WAS IN 
THE BACKSEAT 
WHEN HIS FATHER 
WAS SHOT. 
WHEN YOU FIRST 
WALKED INTO THE 
HOSPITAL ROOM 
AND SAW YOUR 
SON, WHAT WENT 
THROUGH YOUR 
HEAD? 
>> SO MANY 
THINGS. 
I WAS JUST SO 
ELATED JUST TO 
BE ABLE TO SEE 
HIM AND HE IS 
ALIVE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
U.S. DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE IS 
ASSISTING STATE 
AUTHORITIES WITH 
THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WISCONSIN'S 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE SAYS 
OFFICERS ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE AND ARE 
FULLY 
COOPERATING. 
KENOSHA POLICE 
OFFICERS DO NOT 
WEAR BODY 
CAMERAS, BUT THE 
BLAKE FAMILY 
WANTS ANY DASH 
CAM FOOTAGE OR 
OTHER VIDEO OF 
THE INCIDENT 
RELEASED. 
THE FAMILY NOW 
PLANS TO FILE A 
CIVIL LAWSUIT. 
OVER THE LAST 
FEW DAYS, THE 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
NOT COMMENTED, 
ONLY TO SAY THAT 
OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
TWO PEOPLE ARE 
DEAD, ONE PERSON 
INJURED, 
FOLLOWING 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
UNREST. 
SEND OUT -- 
>> ANOTHER NIGHT 
OF UNREST. 
GABE, THANK YOU. 
 
INDOOR SPACES ARE EQUAL.
IT'S LONG BEEN SAID MAINTAIN
>>> IT HAS LONG 
BEEN SAID, 
MAINTAIN SIX 
FEET OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCE, BUT 
DEPENDING ON THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
THAT MIGHT NOT 
BE FAR ENOUGH, 
ACCORDING TO NEW 
RESEARCH 
PUBLISHED IN THE 
BRITISH MEDICAL 
JOURNAL, FINDING 
COVID-19 
PARTICLES CAN 
TRAVEL UP TO 26 
FEET. 
>> IT CAN BUILD 
UP AND INFECT 
SOMEBODY BEYOND 
THAT MAGICAL SIX 
FOOT RANGE WE 
HAVE ALL BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT IN 
THE LAST FEW 
MONTHS. 
>> Reporter: 
WHEN YOU TALK, 
COUGH, OR 
SNEEZE, TWO 
TYPES OF 
PARTICLES COME 
OUT. 
RESPIRATORY 
DROPLETS FALL 
QUICKLY TO THE 
GROUND, MOST 
TRAVELING NO 
MORE THAN SIX 
FEET. 
BUT AEROSOL 
PARTICLES CAN 
LINGER IN THE 
AIR FOR HOURS 
AND TRAVEL 
GREATER 
DISTANCES. 
EXPERTS SAY IT 
IS USEFUL TO 
THINK OF ANOTHER 
TYPE OF AEROSOL, 
CIGARETTE SMOKE. 
>> IT DOES 
DIFFERENT THINGS,
DEPENDING ON 
SEVERAL THINGS. 
OUTDOORSY GOES 
AWAY QUICKLY. 
>> Reporter: 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
AEROSOL 
TRANSMISSION 
EXPLAINS WHY SO 
FEW SUPER 
SPREADER EVENTS 
OF BEEN TRACED 
TO OUTDOOR 
GATHERINGS. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST RISK 
FACTORS WE HAVE 
FOR THIS VIRUS 
IS THAT NEARLY 
ALL OF THE 
OUTBREAKS WITH 
THREE OR MORE 
PEOPLE OCCURRED 
INDOORS. 
>> Reporter: 
THAT IS WHY AIR 
CIRCULATION AND 
PLANES, OFFICES, 
AND SCHOOLS MAY 
BE A CRITICAL 
FACTOR. 
THE GOVERNMENT 
WATCHDOG AGENCY 
RECENTLY FOUND 
OVER ONE THIRD 
OF PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS IN THE 
U.S. NEEDED 
IMPROVEMENTS TO 
THEIR AIR 
SYSTEMS FOR 
PROPER 
VENTILATION. 
SOME DISTRICTS 
ARE INVESTING IN 
NEW FILTERS, BUT 
OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS COULD 
BE A SIMPLER AND 
SAFER SOLUTION. 
>> I'M SHOCKED 
THAT WE DON'T 
HAVE THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
BASICALLY 
SETTING THESE UP 
AT ALL THE 
SCHOOLS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY, SO 
CLASSES CAN BE 
OUTDOORS. 
>> WHILE IN MANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
LIKE BEING IN A 
GROCERY STORE, 
RESTAURANT, OR 
EVEN AN AIRPLANE 
OR OFFICE SPACE, 
THERE IS ONLY SO 
MUCH YOU CAN DO 
TO SOCIAL 
DISTANCE, 
EXPERTS SAY 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
ALWAYS AVOID 
TALKING LOUDLY 
AND WHERE PROPER 
FITTING MASK 
WHENEVER 
POSSIBLE. 
 
BACK AND HE'S GOT A NEW 
ALLEGATION.
THIS MORNING GIANCARLO GRAND
>>> GIANCARLO 
GRANDA IS 
SPEAKING OUT. 
IN A STATEMENT 
TO NBC NEWS, 
GRANDA SAYS THE 
FALWELL'S WOULD 
HAVE YOU BELIEVE 
THAT I SEDUCED 
BECKI FALWELL IN 
AN AFFAIR 
WITHOUT JERRY'S 
KNOWLEDGE AND 
THEN SPENT THE 
INTERVENING 
SEVEN YEARS 
TRYING TO EXTORT 
THEM. 
THE TRUTH IS, 
THEY APPROACHED 
ME. 
SHE INVITED ME 
TO HER HOTEL 
ROOM. 
ADDING, THAT AS 
RECENTLY AS LAST 
YEAR THEY 
PARTICIPATED IN 
VIDEO CALLS 
WHERE MRS. 
FALWELL WAS 
NAKED AND JERRY 
WAS WATCHING. 
ALSO CALLING 
JERRY FALWELL 
JR. A PREDATOR, 
ALLEGING FALWELL 
SENT HIM AN 
IMAGE OF A 
LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY 
STUDENT EXPOSING 
HERSELF AT THEIR 
FARM. 
CALLING IT 
INAPPROPRIATE 
CONDUCT FOR 
SOMEONE 
OVERSEEING THE 
WELL-BEING OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
VULNERABLE AND 
IMPRESSIONABLE 
STUDENTS. 
THE COUPLE MET 
GRANDA WHEN HE 
WAS 20 YEARS 
OLD, WORKING AS 
A POOL ATTENDANT 
AT A MIAMI 
HOTEL. 
DAYS AFTER THE 
STORY WENT 
PUBLIC, JERRY 
FALWELL JR. IS 
OUT AS PRESIDENT 
AND CHANCELLOR 
OF LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY, THE 
INSTITUTION HIS 
FATHER STARTED 
IN THE 1970S. 
FALWELL 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE 
AFFAIR TO THE 
WASHINGTON 
EXAMINER, 
CALLING IT A 
FATAL ATTRACTION 
TYPE SITUATION 
THAT LED TO 
EXTORTION, BUT 
SAID HE WAS NOT 
INVOLVED IN THE 
INAPPROPRIATE 
PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP. 
GRANDDAD DENIES 
BLACKMAILING THE 
FALWELL'S. 
BECKI FALWELL 
TOLD THE 
ASSOCIATED 
PRESS, SHE AND 
HER HUSBAND ARE 
MORE INVOLVED 
THAN EVER, 
ADDING, WE HAVE 
THE STRONGEST 
RELATIONSHIP AND 
JERRY IS THE 
MOST FORGIVING 
PERSON I HAVE 
EVER MET. 
IN THE SAME 
INTERVIEW, 
FALWELL CLAIMED 
HE NEVER BROKE A 
SINGLE RULE 
INVOLVING STAFF 
MEMBERS AT 
LIBERTY. 
SAYING THAT IS 
THE ONLY REASON 
I RESIGNED, 
BECAUSE I DON'T 
WANT SOMETHING 
MY WIFE DID TO 
HARM THE SCHOOL 
I SPENT MY WHOLE 
LIFE BUILDING. 
FALWELL HAS BEEN 
ON A LEAVE OF 
ABSENCE SINCE 
EARLY AUGUST 
AFTER POSTING 
THIS NOW DELETED 
PHOTO ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
IN A STATEMENT 
MONDAY NIGHT, 
THE SCHOOL SAID 
ADDITIONAL 
MATTERS CAME TO 
LIGHT THAT MADE 
IT CLEAR IT 
WOULD NOT BE IN 
THE BEST 
INTEREST OF THE 
UNIVERSITY FOR 
HIM TO RETURN 
FROM LEAVE. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
ACCEPTED HIS 
RESIGNATION 
EFFECTIVE 
IMMEDIATELY, 
WHILE OFFERING 
HEARTFELT 
PRAYERS TO THE 
FALWELL'S, WHO 
ARE NOW DEALING 
WITH A VERY 
PUBLIC FALL FROM 
GRACE. 
JERRY FALWELL 
JR. HAS NOT BEEN 
REACHABLE ON THE 
LATEST 
ALLEGATION. 
AS FOR GRANDA, 
HE TELLS US HE 
HAS NOT  
PROFITED AND 
DOES NOT INTEND 
TO PROFIT FROM 
TELLING HIS 
STORY. 
AND VICKY NGUYEN HAVE ALL THE 
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KEEP YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY PROTECTED.
SO DR. AZAR, LET'S START WITH 
YOU.
I WANTED TO SQUEEZE THIS IN HERE
BECAUSE IT'S A HOT
>>> LET'S START 
WITH YOU. 
I WANTED TO 
SQUEEZE THIS IN, 
BECAUSE IT'S A 
HOT TOPIC. 
ON MONDAY, THE 
CDC REVERSED 
GUIDANCE ON 
COVID-19 
TESTING, NOW 
SAYING THAT 
HEALTHY PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED FOR AT 
LEAST 15 
MINUTES, STILL 
DON'T 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST IF THEY 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THIS EXCLUDES 
VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE LIKE THE 
ELDERLY AND 
PEOPLE WITH 
CHRONIC HEALTH 
CONDITIONS AND 
STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS MAY 
STILL RECOMMEND 
A TEST. 
BUT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
BUZZING ABOUT 
IT. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN FOR KEEPING 
TRANSMISSION 
FROM INCREASING? 
>> I THINK ONE 
OF THE BIGGEST 
CONCERNS IS THAT 
CONTACT TRACING 
EFFORTS COULD BE 
COMPROMISED BY 
THIS. 
PART OF THE 
RATIONALE IS 
THAT IF YOU ARE 
AN EXPOSED 
INDIVIDUAL, YOU 
ARE SUPPOSED TO 
QUARANTINE FOR 
14 DAYS. 
THAT HASN'T 
CHANGED. 
THE DIFFERENCES, 
WHAT ABOUT YOUR 
CONTACT? 
IF YOU ARE 
EXPOSED AND GET 
TESTED AND TEST 
POSITIVE, YOUR 
CONTACTS NEED TO 
GO IN TO 
QUARANTINE OR 
GET TESTED 
THEMSELVES. 
IF YOU'RE ONLY 
GOING INTO 
QUARANTINE, BUT 
NOT NECESSARILY 
GETTING TESTED, 
WE DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
TERMS OF YOUR 
POTENTIAL TO 
SPREAD TO 
OTHERS. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
THIS A LOT. 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
TRANSMISSION IS 
A VERY REAL 
THING AND I 
THINK THAT IS 
ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST THINGS 
TO COME OUT OF 
IT. 
I THINK WE WILL 
BE HEARING ABOUT 
THIS FOR A 
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
>> ABSOLUTELY, 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
THERE IS A GAP 
THERE. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
ABOUT THE FLU 
SHOT. 
THIS IS A BIG 
DEAL. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE 
WATCHING WHO 
NORMALLY DON'T 
GET ONE. 
BUT THIS YEAR I 
THINK MORE PEOPLE
WILL BE PRONE TO 
GET IT. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
THIS YEAR MORE 
THAN EVER WE ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO GET 
THEIR FLU SHOTS. 
FOR ADULTS, 
REMEMBER, IT 
DECREASES 
SEVERITY OF THE 
ILLNESS AND 
INCREASES 
HOSPITALIZATION. 
WHICH IS SO 
IMPORTANT, 
BECAUSE WE NEED 
TO PRESERVE 
RESOURCES GIVEN 
THE OVER 
SHATTERING COVID-
19 PANDEMIC. 
FOR CHILDREN IT 
IS ESPECIALLY 
IMPORTANT. 
IN TERMS OF WHEN 
TO GET IT, 
EXPERTS 
GENERALLY SAY IF 
YOU ARE 
OTHERWISE 
HEALTHY, AROUND 
SEPTEMBER IS 
APPROPRIATE. 
IF YOU ARE OLDER 
OR HAVE 
UNDERLYING 
MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS OR 
COMPROMISED, 
MAYBE WAIT A 
LITTLE BIT 
LONGER. 
BY THE END OF 
OCTOBER, THE CDC 
WANTS MOST 
PEOPLE 
VACCINATED. 
IN TERMS OF 
SHORTAGES AND 
THE PANDEMIC WE 
MIGHT HAVE, FLU 
PRODUCTION HAS 
BEEN RAMPED UP. 
>> I HAVE TIME 
FOR ONE MORE 
QUESTION. 
CAUSING SOME 
CONFUSION THAT 
THERE IS OVERLAP 
IN COVID-19 AND 
FLU SYMPTOMS. 
CAN YOU WALK US 
THROUGH WHAT 
THOSE VIRUSES 
HAVE IN COMMON 
AND WHAT SEEMED 
TO BE DISTINCT 
DIFFERENCES? 
>> I THINK IT IS 
EASY IF YOU LOOK 
AT THE GRAPHIC 
OF SYMPTOMS. 
THERE ARE 
PROBABLY MORE 
SIMILARITIES 
THAN 
DIFFERENCES. 
FEVER, COUGH, 
SHORTNESS OF 
BREATH, FATIGUE, 
SORE THROAT. 
BOTH LOU AND 
COVID SHARE 
THOSE SEND A 
TEST MIGHT BE 
THE ONLY THING 
THAT CAN 
DISTINGUISH THEM 
IN CERTAIN CASES.
AS WE HAVE 
LEARNED WITH 
COVID, IT IS 
VERY ROBUST. 
IT PRESENTS IN A 
VARIETY OF WAYS. 
PARTICULARLY THE 
LOSS OF TASTE 
AND SMELL THAT 
WAS SO 
ILLUMINATING. 
I THINK JUST 
FROM AN 
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL 
PERSPECTIVE, YOU 
ARE PROBABLY 
CONTAGIOUS A 
LITTLE WHILE 
LONGER WITH 
COVID THAN YOU 
ARE WITH FLU. 
THE INCUBATION 
IS LONGER, 2 TO 
14 DAYS. 
AND THE BIG 
THING WITH 
AEROSOL 
TRANSMISSION, 
SUPER SPREADING 
EVENTS IN SMALL, 
ENCLOSED, POORLY 
VENTILATED AREAS 
IS A CONCERN 
WITH COVID. 
>> I WISH WE 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT A HAPPIER 
TOPIC, BUT IT IS 
AN IMPORTANT 
TOPIC. 
I MISS SEEING 
YOUR FACE. 
>> I KNOW, I 
THINK EVERYBODY 
HAS THAT 
SENTIMENT. 
THERE ARE A 
NUMBER OF WAYS 
TO GET A FLU 
SHOT THIS YEAR. 
VICKI IS HERE TO 
LET US KNOW HOW. 
I ALWAYS GET MY 
FLU SHOT AT 
WORK. 
CALVIN AND THE 
KIDS, WHEN THEY 
GO TO THEIR 
DOCTOR THEY END 
UP GETTING A FLU 
SHOT. 
WILL IT BE THE 
SAME THIS YEAR? 
>> THINGS ARE A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENT, 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
OFFICES ARE 
STILL CLOSED. 
WE ARE USED TO 
GETTING FLU 
SHOTS AT WORK. 
THAT MAY NOT BE 
AN OPTION. 
THE GOOD NEWS 
IS, TONS OF 
OTHER PLACES TO 
GET YOUR FLU 
SHOT. 
THEY EXPECTED 50 
TO 100% INCREASE 
IN THE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO GET A 
FLU SHOT, BUT 
THEY ARE 
PREPARED TO MEET 
THAT DEMAND. 
IF YOU GO TO 
YOUR DOCTOR OR 
PEDIATRICIAN, 
ASK IF YOU CAN 
ALL GET THE SHOT 
AT THE SAME 
TIME. 
IT HELPS REDUCE 
THE NUMBER OF 
VISITS YOU HAVE 
TO TAKE TO THE 
DOCTOR AND ALSO 
CHECK A WEBSITE 
CALLED VACCINE 
FINDER FOR 
LOCATIONS NEAR 
YOU. 
>> I KNOW A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ARE 
STAYING OUT OF 
THE DOCTOR'S 
OFFICE BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T WHEN 
A CONTRACT COVID-
19. 
HOW DO PEOPLE 
STAY SAFE WHEN 
THEY FINALLY GET 
THE SHOT? 
>> VERY 
IMPORTANT TO 
CALL AHEAD AND 
FIGURE OUT WHAT 
IS THE PROTOCOL. 
A LOT OF PLACES 
ARE TAKING 
APPOINTMENTS 
ONLY. 
SOME OFFER WALK-
INS, BUT YOU 
NEED TO BE 
PREPARED. 
ASK IF YOU CAN 
FILL OUT FORMS 
AHEAD OF TIME, 
ELECTRONICALLY, 
SO YOU CAN LIMIT 
YOUR TIME IN THE 
OFFICE. 
BE PREPARED TO 
WEAR A MASK AND 
A LOT OF OFFICES 
ASK YOU TO STAY 
OUTSIDE OR IN 
YOUR CAR, UNTIL 
IT IS YOUR TURN 
TO COME IN. 
OF COURSE YOU 
WANT TO WASH HER 
HANDS AND MAKE 
SURE YOU LIMIT 
YOUR TIME IN 
THAT OFFICE. 
TRY TO GET THE 
FIRST 
APPOINTMENT OF 
THE DAY IF YOU 
CAN. 
>> WHAT ABOUT 
COST? 
BECAUSE SO MANY 
PEOPLE ARE DOING 
IT DIFFERENTLY 
THIS YEAR, WILL 
THERE BE AN 
ADDED COST? 
>> GENERALLY IF 
YOU HAVE 
INSURANCE IT 
WILL BE COVERED. 
THE FLU SHOT 
WILL NOT COST 
YOU A PENNY. 
YOU CAN ALSO DO 
A GOOGLE SEARCH 
OR INTERNET 
SEARCH FOR FREE 
FLU SHOTS IN 
YOUR AREA, YOUR 
CITY OR COUNTY. 
ALSO IF YOU ARE 
A COLLEGE 
STUDENT AND YOU 
ARE ON CAMPUS, A 
LOT OF THOSE 
CAMPUSES HAVE 
FREE FLU SHOTS. 
THAT IS JUST FOR 
THE VETERAN, NOT 
THE FAMILY. 
IF YOU DON'T 
HAVE INSURANCE, 
CHECK GOOD RX. 
THEY HAVE A LIST 
OF LOCATIONS. 
ALSO COSTCO, 
$19.99, YOU 
DON'T HAVE TO BE 
A MEMBER. 
FOR SENIORS, 
BRING YOUR I.D. 
AND ASK ABOUT 
THE SENIOR 
DISCOUNT. 
>> GOOD ADVICE, 
SAVING MONEY AND 
SAVING OUR 
HEALTH, TOO. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
VICKI, AND I 
THINK YOU AS 
WELL. 
STUCK ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, SCHOOLS 
REVERSING THE 
DECISIONS TO 
HOLD IN-PERSON 
CLASSES AFTER 
COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS. 
AT UNC CHAPEL 
HILL, CLASSES 
ABRUPTLY HALTED 
JUST DAYS AFTER 
MOVING. 
STUDENTS THERE, 
NOT TESTED 
BEFORE COMING 
BACK. 
BUT AT PURDUE 
UNIVERSITY AND 
IN INDIANA, AN 
UNPRECEDENTED 
UNDERTAKING. 
BEFORE ALL 
40,000 STUDENTS 
START CLASSES 
THIS MONTH, THEY 
ARE REQUIRED TO 
TAKE A COVID 
TEST. 
>> TESTING WILL 
BE VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
IT WILL BE A KEY 
ELEMENT OF 
PROTECTING OUR 
COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES. 
>> Reporter: 
UNLIKE MOST 
COVID TESTING 
THAT INVOLVES A 
LARGE, OFTEN 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
SWAB, PURDUE 
STUDENTS WILL 
JUST SPIT INTO 
THIS TINY TUBE. 
SOMETHING THEY 
CAN DO AT HOME 
WITH THIS KIT. 
>> THE 
CONVENIENCE OF 
THAT, I THINK 
PARTICULARLY FOR 
THIS GENERATION 
OF STUDENTS, TO 
ALLOW US TO 
REACH THEM WHERE 
THEY ARE. 
>> Reporter: 
PURDUE IS ONE OF 
65 SCHOOLS 
WORKING WITH 
VAULT HEALTH, 
FORMERLY A MEN'S 
HEALTH COMPANY, 
NOW OFFERING AN 
AT-HOME SALIVA 
TEST, DEVELOPED 
BY RUTGERS 
UNIVERSITY. 
IS THE TEST A 
GAME CHANGER? 
>> IT IS A GAME 
CHANGER. 
IT IS A MUCH 
EASIER TEST TO 
ADMINISTER. 
SPITTING INTO A 
TUBE, WHICH 
ANYONE CAN DO, 
EVEN KIDS, AND 
ONLY GIVING US 
ENOUGH SPIT. 
>> Reporter: I 
ORDERED A TEST 
FROM THE WEBSITE 
AND IT ARRIVED 
IN TWO DAYS. 
I SET UP A VIDEO 
CHAT WITH A 
CLINICIAN WHO 
MADE SURE I DID 
THE TEST 
CORRECTLY. 
>> I MADE SURE 
NOT TO PUT 
ANYTHING IN MY 
MOUTH FOR 30 
MINUTES. 
>> ALL YOU NEED 
TO DO NOW IS 
SPIT. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS WILL TAKE A 
WHILE. 
>> I THINK THE 
RECORD WAS 30 
SECONDS. 
>> Reporter: I 
WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY. 
HOW MANY TIMES A 
DAY DO YOU HAVE 
TO WATCH PEOPLE 
DO THIS? 
>> ENOUGH. 
>> Reporter: TWO 
MINUTES LATER. 
>> THINKING 
ABOUT FOOD, 
SMELLING CITRUS. 
>> Reporter: I 
HAVE NOTHING. 
LET ME THINK 
ABOUT 
MOUTHWATERING 
FOODS. 
IT IS WORKING. 
IT TOOK SOME 
TIME TO WORK UP 
A SPOONFUL OF 
SALIVA. 
>> YOU'RE THERE. 
>> Reporter: 
THEN I PUT IT IN 
A PREADDRESSED 
BACK TO BE 
OVERNIGHTED TO 
THE RUTGERS LAB 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
RESULTS ARE 
AVAILABLE IN 2 
TO 3 DAYS, A BIG 
ADVANTAGE OVER 
SWAB TESTS THAT 
HAVE SEEN DELAYS 
UP TO 14 DAYS. 
VAULTS TEST IS 
ONE OF TWO 
STRICTLY SALIVA 
TESTS GIVEN 
EMERGENCY 
OPERATION BY THE 
FDA. 
YALE UNIVERSITY 
CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE, BUT 
IT IS NOT AN AT-
HOME TEST. 
HOW IS THIS 
BETTER THAN WHAT 
WE HAVE SEEN 
WITH THE NASAL 
SWAB? 
>> THE FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE IS 
WHAT WE ARE 
CONCERNED WITH. 
TELLING SOMEONE 
THEY ARE 
NEGATIVE, WHEN 
ACTUALLY THEY 
ARE SICK, IS 
VERY DANGEROUS. 
THE SALIVA TEST 
HAS A 1% OR LESS 
THAN 1% FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE. 
>> Reporter: 
SCIENTISTS 
CAUTION THERE IS 
NOT ENOUGH DATA 
YET TO KNOW HOW 
MUCH VIRUSES IN 
SALIVA. 
>> THEY ARE 
GENERALLY 
ACCURATE. 
THERE PROBABLY 
LESS SENSITIVE 
THAN THE NASAL 
SWAB, WHICH IS 
THE TERM WE USE 
TO MEAN PEOPLE 
HAVE VERY SMALL 
AMOUNTS OF 
VIRUS. 
IT IS POSSIBLE 
THAT THE NASAL 
SWAB WOULD 
DETECT THAT, 
WHERE THE SALIVA 
WOULDN'T. 
>> Reporter: THE 
TEST IS ALSO 
PRICEY, $150 
DIRECTLY FROM 
THE COMPANY. 
RIGHT NOW VAULT 
IS RUNNING 
80,000 TESTS PER 
DAY AND SAY AS 
THE NUMBER GOES 
UP, COST WILL 
COME DOWN. 
FOR STUDENTS 
LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD 
CLARA TERRY, WHO 
WILL BE A 
FRESHMAN AT 
PURDUE, SPITTING 
IN THE TUBE WAS 
EASY. 
>> I HAVE HEARD 
WITH THE NOSE 
ONE, LIKE IT 
HURTS. 
THIS WAS NOT 
PAINFUL AT ALL. 
>> Reporter: 
EVEN THOUGH THIS 
TEST IS DONE AT 
HOME, A KEY PART 
OF VAULTS TEST 
IS YOU HAVE TO 
DO IT LIVE, OVER 
A VIDEO CALL 
WITH A 
CLINICIAN, TO 
ENSURE YOU ARE 
DOING IT 
CORRECTLY AND IT 
IS YOUR SALIVA. 
I GOT MY RESULTS 
TWO DAYS LATER, 
NEGATIVE. 
PRO SPORTS 
LEAGUES ARE NOW 
USING THIS 
SALIVA TEST. 
IN LARGE PART, 
THEY ARE MUCH 
EASIER AND LESS 
INVASIVE. 
>> NO WONDER THE 
KIDS WANT THEM, 
BUT THERE IS 
ALWAYS A 
QUESTION OF 
COST. 
HOW MUCH WOULD 
THIS COST? 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS $150, BUT IT 
IS OPEN TO 
ANYONE, SO YOU 
CAN JUST GO ON 
THE WEBSITE AND 
DO THAT. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO BE A 
PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETE OR A 
STUDENT, YOU CAN 
JUST CLICK AND 
GET THE TEST? 
>> Reporter: 
EXACTLY, BUT THE 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES ARE 
INVESTING 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS. 
THEY SAY IT IS A 
WORTHWHILE 
INVESTMENT TO 
TRY TO PROTECT 
STUDENTS AND 
STAFF. 
>> IS THERE A 
CERTAIN 
TIMEFRAME, LIKE 
STUDENTS NEED 
THIS TEST BY A 
CERTAIN TIME? 
>> Reporter: FOR 
PURDUE STUDENTS, 
THEY WANT THEM 
TO TAKE IT 
WITHIN TWO WEEKS 
OF GOING ON 
CAMPUS, BUT AS 
YOU KNOW, YOU 
COULD TAKE THE 
TEST, BE 
NEGATIVE, AND A 
FEW DAYS LATER 
BE POSITIVE. 
THERE ARE 
LIMITATIONS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, IT 
IS A GOOD 
BREAKTHROUGH. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET.  
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> "WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING?" 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS, 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
EDITION."  
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> LEAVING 
TEACHERS LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WHERE WE CAN 
JUST DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT." 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
>>> IT WAS A 
SECOND VIOLENT 
NIGHT IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, AFTER 
THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THE FAMILY SAYS 
THE 29-YEAR-OLD 
SPINAL CORD IS 
SEVERED AND HE 
IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST 
DOWN. 
DOCTORS ARE NOT 
SURE IT IS 
PERMANENT. 
>> THEY SHOT MY 
SON SEVEN TIMES. 
>> SEVEN TIMES. 
LIKE HE DIDN'T 
MATTER, BUT MY 
SON MATTERS. 
>> Reporter: 
OVERNIGHT, SOME 
PROTESTERS 
IGNORED A CURFEW 
AND CLASHED WITH 
POLICE IN RIOT 
GEAR. 
THEY ACTIVATED 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD, BUT IT 
DIDN'T STOP THE 
DESTRUCTION. 
IT IS RIGHT 
BEFORE DAWN AND 
FIREFIGHTERS ARE 
HERE AT THE 
SCENE, TRYING TO 
PUT OUT 
HOTSPOTS. 
MUCH OF THE CITY 
BLOCK WAS LOOTED 
AND BURNED 
OVERNIGHT. 
THE FAMILY IS 
ENCOURAGING 
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
>> DO JACOB 
JUSTICE ON THIS 
LEVEL AND 
EXAMINE YOUR 
HEART. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS NEW VIDEO 
SHOWS THE 
SHOOTING FROM A 
DIFFERENT ANGLE, 
BUT IT IS NOT 
CLEAR WHAT WAS 
SAID BETWEEN 
POLICE AND BLAKE,
OR WHY HE WAS 
WALKING AROUND 
THE FRONT OF HIS 
SUV. 
AN OFFICER FIRED 
AT LEAST SEVEN 
SHOTS, HITTING 
BLAKE IN THE 
BACK, WHILE HIS 
CHILDREN INSIDE 
THE CAR WATCHED, 
INCLUDING HIS 
SON ON HIS 
EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. 
>> HE LOVED HIS 
FAMILY. 
YOU ALL TOOK HIM 
FROM HIS FAMILY. 
YOU ALL STOOD BY 
AND LET IT 
HAPPENED. 
I JUST WANT MY 
BROTHER. 
>> Reporter: 
EXACTLY 3 MONTHS 
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD, 
THE SHOOTING IS 
THE LATEST 
FLASHPOINT OVER 
RACE AND 
POLICING. 
SHE SAID SHE RAN 
OUT OF HER 
APARTMENT WITH 
HER YOUNG CHILD, 
FEARING FOR HER 
LIFE. 
>> IT IS 
HEARTBREAKING, 
REALLY 
HEARTBREAKING. 
HOW CAN YOU 
DESTROY THE 
CITY? 
YOUR HOME? 
HOW CAN YOU DO 
THIS? 
>> Reporter: BUT 
FOR BERNADETTE, 
A PROTESTER WITH 
THREE SONS, THE 
FRUSTRATION HAS 
REACHED A 
BOILING POINT. 
>> WE GET MAD 
AND START 
DESTROYING 
THINGS. 
THIS IS WHAT 
HAPPENS WHEN YOU 
DO THAT. 
WHEN YOU KEEP 
KILLING BLACK 
PEOPLE FOR NO 
REASON. 
>> Reporter: NO 
COMMENTS TODAY 
FROM KENOSHA 
POLICE. 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT IS 
NOW ASSISTING. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAYS THERE WILL 
BE AN INCREASED 
NATIONAL GUARD 
PRESENCE HERE. 
>>> THE NEW 
ANALYSIS FROM 
RESEARCHERS AT 
MIT AND THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
OXFORD CALLED 
THE SIX FOOT 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING RULE 
OUTDATED 
SCIENCE. 
IN A JUST 
PUBLISHED REPORT,
EVIDENCE 
SUGGESTS THAT 
CORONAVIRUS CAN 
TRAVEL UP TO 26 
FEET IN THE AIR. 
WITH VIRAL 
SPREAD AMPLIFIED 
BY SOMEONE 
COUGHING OR 
SHOUTING. 
SEVERAL OTHER 
FACTORS, LIKE 
VENTILATION, 
ROOM OCCUPANCY, 
AND EXPOSURE 
TIME, ALL 
PLAYING A ROLE. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST RISK 
FACTORS IS THE 
TIME SPENT 
INDOORS. 
NEARLY ALL OF 
THE OUTBREAKS OF 
THREE OR MORE 
PEOPLE OCCURRED 
INDOORS. 
>> Reporter: 
MULTIPLE STUDIES 
SHOW WHEN WE 
TALK, COUGH, OR 
BREATHE, A 
STREAM OF TWO 
TYPES OF 
DROPLETS ARE 
SENT THROUGH THE 
YEARS. 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
THE SMALLER, 
LIGHTER, AEROSOL 
PARTICLES CAN 
LINGER IN THE 
AIR FOR HOURS, 
TRAVELING MUCH 
FARTHER. 
THE WARNING 
COMES JUST AS 
SOME STUDENTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY RETURNED 
TO THE CLASSROOM 
AND WHERE MASK 
MANDATES AND 
VENTILATION 
SYSTEMS ARE 
BEING 
SCRUTINIZED. 
WITH NO ONE-SIZE-
FITS-ALL RULE, 
THE NEW REPORT 
SUGGESTS SIX 
FEET APART 
SHOULD BE A 
STARTING POINT. 
INCREASING YOUR 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
IS NOT ALWAYS AN 
OPTION. 
>> THE GENERAL 
PUBLIC SHOULD 
NOT BE SCARED, 
BUT THEY SHOULD 
BE AWARE. 
THE MORE YOU CAN 
SEPARATE FROM 
OTHER PEOPLE, 
THE LESS LIKELY 
YOU ARE TO GET 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> Reporter: AND 
FOR THOSE 
RETURNING TO THE 
OFFICE, EXPERTS 
AGREE, WEARING 
YOUR MASK GIVES 
YOU AN EXTRA 
LAYER OF 
PROTECTION, 
MINIMIZING YOUR 
RISK, EVEN WHEN 
FEW OTHERS ARE 
AROUND. 
TONIGHT, 
AMERICANS 
ENCOURAGED TO 
TAKE A STEP BACK 
AS OUR NATION 
MOVES FORWARD. 
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, 
NBC NEWS, LOS 
ANGELES.  
>>> JERRY 
FALWELL JR. TOOK 
OVER LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY, ONE 
OF THE LARGEST 
EVANGELICAL 
SCHOOLS IN THE 
WORLD, OVER A 
DECADE AGO AFTER 
HIS FATHER'S 
DEATH. 
NOW HE TELLS THE 
WALL STREET 
JOURNAL THAT A 
GROUP OF SELF-
RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE 
ARE BEHIND THE 
PUSH TO REMOVE 
HIM. 
TODAY, THE 
UNIVERSITY 
SAYING IT HAS 
ACCEPTED HIS 
RESIGNATION IN 
THE WAKE OF 
MULTIPLE 
SCANDALS. 
THE FALL WELLS 
BECAME ENTANGLED 
WITH GIANCARLO 
GRANDA OVER 
EIGHT YEARS AGO, 
AFTER MEETING 
THE THEN 20-YEAR-
OLD  AT A MIAMI 
HOTEL. 
IN A STATEMENT, 
FALWELL SAID HIS 
WIFE HAD AN 
AFFAIR WITH 
GRANDA, WHO 
LATER TRIED TO 
EXTORT THEM. 
GRANDA DENIED 
THE ACCUSATION,  
TELLING REUTERS 
THAT JERRY KNEW 
ABOUT THE AFFAIR 
AND WOULD 
SOMETIMES WATCH 
THEM TOGETHER. 
GRANDA SHARING 
PHONE 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH WRITERS, 
INCLUDING THIS 
EXCHANGE FROM 
2018. 
>> IS TELLING ME 
EVERY TIME HE 
HAS SEX WITH 
PEOPLE, LIKE I 
DON'T HAVE 
FEELINGS OR 
SOMETHING. 
>> Reporter: ALL 
OF THIS, LESS 
THAN A MONTH 
AFTER FALWELL 
POSTED AND THEN 
DELETED THIS 
PHOTO ON 
INSTAGRAM. 
DESPITE HIS 
DEFENSE THAT IT 
WAS ALL IN GOOD 
FUN, LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY PUT 
THE 58-YEAR-OLD 
ON INDEFINITE 
LEAVE. 
IN A STATEMENT 
MONDAY NIGHT, 
THE SCHOOL SAID 
ADDITIONAL 
MATTERS CAME TO 
LIGHT THAT MADE 
IT CLEAR IT 
WOULD NOT BE IN 
THE BEST 
INTEREST OF THE 
UNIVERSITY FOR 
HIM TO RETURN 
FROM LEAVE. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
UNIVERSITY, 
FALWELL 
RESPONDED BY 
AGREEING TO 
RESPOND RESIGN 
IMMEDIATELY, BUT 
THEN INSTRUCTED 
HIS ATTORNEYS 
NOT TO SEND HIS 
RESIGNATION. 
IN AN INTERVIEW 
LATE MONDAY, 
FALWELL SAID HE 
WOULD INDEED 
STEP DOWN, 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
THAT SOME OF HIS 
POST ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA HAD 
EMBARRASSED THE 
SCHOOL. 
TONIGHT, LIBERTY 
UNIVERSITY SAYS 
IT'S NEW LEADERS 
ARE COMMITTED TO 
BEING GOOD 
STEWARDS, WHILE 
ALSO OFFERING 
HEARTFELT 
PRAYERS TO THE 
FALWELL FAMILY. 
 
SCHOOL HEARD HER 
STORY.
HERE'S KATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: AT 88 
>>> AT 88 YEARS 
OLD AND A CAP 
AND GOWN, SHE 
SAVORS A MOMENT 
SHE HAS DREAMED 
OF FOR DECADES. 
>> DUE TO EVENTS 
BEYOND MY 
CONTROL, I WAS 
NEVER ABLE TO 
GET MY HIGH 
SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 
THIS HAS BEEN A 
PROFOUND REGRET 
OF MINE, ALL MY 
LIFE. 
>> Reporter: HER 
EDUCATION 
DISRUPTED BY A 
DESPERATE 
JOURNEY TO 
SURVIVE THE 
HOLOCAUST. 
HER FAMILY, 
LIVING FOR YEARS 
ON THE RUN, 
HIDING FROM THE  
. EVENTUALLY 
SENT TO A SLAVE 
LABOR CAMP  IN 
SIBERIA. 
>> NO ONE WOULD 
HAVE FAULTED HER 
FOR GIVING UP, 
BUT SHE DIDN'T. 
SHE, OF COURSE, 
LEARNED ALL THE 
LANGUAGES, 
EVERYWHERE SHE 
WENT. 
>> Reporter: 
TODAY SHE IS 
FLUENT IN SIX 
LANGUAGES, 
LEARNING ENGLISH 
WHEN SHE 
EMIGRATED TO THE 
UNITED STATES TO 
RAISE A FAMILY. 
THE GENERATIONS 
AFTER LIVE ON, 
INSPIRED BY HER. 
>> THIS HONORARY 
DIPLOMA IS WELL-
DESERVED AND SHE 
IS CERTAINLY IN 
THE SCHOOL OF 
LIFE HAS EARNED 
IT. 
>> Reporter: 
PERHAPS A LESSON 
THAT WITH 
PERSEVERANCE AND 
A GRATEFUL HEART 
-- 
>> IT REALLY 
MEANS THE WORLD 
TO ME, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>> Reporter: -- 
OUR GREATEST 
MOMENTS ARE YET 
TO COME. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY, 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET.  
>>> YOU GOT TO 
GET A FOUR-YEAR 
DEGREE, AND A 
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 
IS 
SUPEREXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> "WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING?" 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS, 
SO WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH "NIGHTLY 
NEWS: KIDS 
EDITION." 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> LEAVING 
TEACHERS LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> THAT'S AN 
IMPOSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
>> YOU'RE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS A MOMENT 
WHERE WE CAN 
JUST DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
ON SEVERAL 
FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT." 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT 
WE'RE FACING, I 
AM SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS WHO SADLY 
ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD, AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THE GREAT 
GWEN IFILL AND 
MY MOM, 
PHILOMENA CARRYL 
LOMENA, WILL 
LOOK DOWN FROM 
HEAVEN AND BE 
PROUD.  
 
SOUTH AND THE WOMEN AT THE NORTH
ALL TALKING ABOUT 
>>> THE WHITE 
MAN WILL BE IN A 
FIX PRETTY SOON. 
BUT WHAT IS ALL 
OF THIS TALKING 
ABOUT? 
JUSTICE. 
THE TIME HAS COME
WHEN THEY MAY 
VOICE WITH 
FREEMEN CONCERNS 
OF LAND AND HOME.
SET FREE FROM 
THE TETHER AND 
THROWING US TO 
LONG AND STOUTLY 
PULL TOGETHER TO 
WRITE A GRIEVOUS 
WRONG. 
ONCE MORE AWAKES 
THE SPIRIT OF 
THE JUST AND A 
WORLDWIDE FLAME 
IS KINDLED FROM 
THE DUST. 
WOMEN, FOR THE 
RIGHT WE KNOW. 
FOR THE DUTIES 
THAT WE OWE. 
VOTE WE MUST. 
LET US STAND TOGETHER, WOMEN, 
LET US STAND 
TOGETHER WOMEN, 
HARD AND FAST. 
LETTUCE VOWED TO 
KEEP THE FAITH 
UNTIL THE LAST. 
BY THE TRUST THE 
WORLD HAS 
LEARNED. 
WE WILL VOTE AND 
RISE ABOVE THE 
PAST. 
THEN, SISTERS OF 
OUR NATION, PUT 
FORTH YOUR 
MIGHTIEST 
NERVES. 
REMEMBER WITH 
URINATION, THE 
GLORIOUS CAUSE 
YOU SERVE AND 
YOUR BEST 
ENDEAVOR, 
WHATEVER THAT 
MAY BE. 
WITH VOTE FOR 
WOMEN FOREVER, 
PRESS ON TO 
VICTORY. 
♪WE THE PEOPLE 
ARE THE PEOPLE ♪
♪OH HOW IT 
SINGS ♪ 
♪WE THE PEOPLE 
ARE THE PEOPLE ♪
O
♪♪
>>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU CAN FEEL THE 
ENERGY AND 
EXCITEMENT HERE 
BECAUSE HISTORY 
IS BEING MADE. 
THIS PARK IS 167 
YEARS OLD AND 
WHILE THERE ARE 
PLENTY OF 
STATUES, THIS IS 
THE FIRST TIME 
WE ARE SEEING 
THE HISTORY AND 
CONTRIBUTIONS OF 
REAL-LIFE WOMEN 
BEING HONORED. 
I WANT TO 
INTRODUCE YOU TO 
PART OF 
MONUMENTAL 
WOMEN, THE 
ORGANIZATION 
THAT MADE ALL OF 
THIS POSSIBLE. 
>> THIS IDEA HAS 
BEEN YEARS IN 
THE MAKING AND 
NOW ON THIS DAY 
YOU HAVE THIS 
BARRIER BREAKING 
MOMENT. 
WHAT IS THIS 
LIKE FOR YOU? 
>> ECSTATIC THAT 
FINALLY IN THE 
MIDST OF A 
PANDEMIC WE ARE 
ABLE TO PUT THE 
FIRST STATUE OF 
REAL WOMEN IN 
THE PARK. 
IT WAS NOT AN 
EASY JOURNEY. 
AN ALL VOLUNTEER 
NONPROFIT, TO 
RAISE $1.5 
MILLION, AND TO 
CARRY OUT THIS 
CULTURE, THIS 
BEAUTIFUL WORK 
OF ART, AND 
CREATING AN 
EDUCATION 
PROGRAM. 
AND A CHALLENGE 
FOR 
MUNICIPALITIES 
TO ONE OR MORE 
WOMEN AND PEOPLE 
OF COLOR IN 
PUBLIC SPACES. 
TO ACCOMPLISH 
THAT TODAY IS 
JUST A DREAM 
COME TRUE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
IT IS AN 
ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
I THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT FOR 
OUR AUDIENCE TO 
KNOW THAT IT IS 
ALSO THE FIRST 
TIME A BLACK 
PERSON IS BEING 
HONORED INSIDE 
THE PARK. 
WHAT DO YOU HOPE 
THAT PEOPLE TAKE 
AWAY WHEN YOU 
WALK PAST? 
>> WE REALLY HOPE
THAT PEOPLE 
LEARN THE 
HISTORY OF WOMEN.
ESPECIALLY THE 
WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS
WHO PORTRAYED 
WOMEN RIGHTS, 
AND SLAVERY 
ADVOCATES AND 
ORGANIZERS IN 
THIS. 
YOU SEE THE 
THREE OF THEM 
WORKING TOGETHER.
WE CAN'T EVEN 
IMAGINE WHAT 
THEY WENT 
THROUGH IN ORDER 
TO ACCOMPLISH 
WHAT THEY DID. 
THIS STARTED A 
MOVEMENT, THE 
LARGEST PEACEFUL 
ENFRANCHISEMENT 
IN HISTORY. 
TO BE ABLE TO 
TAKE INSPIRATION 
FROM THEM, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
THIS TIME. 
WORKING TOGETHER 
IN COMMUNITIES. 
EACH BRINGING 
OUR OWN SPECIAL 
SKILLS. 
ORGANIZING AND 
SPEAKING AND 
WRITING. 
>> Reporter: A 
MESSAGE FOR 
TODAY. 
>> A MESSAGE FOR 
TODAY. 
THESE WERE THREE 
WOMEN WHO WORK 
TOGETHER. 
>> AND THEY 
NEVER, 
THEMSELVES, GOT 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO LEGALLY VOTE. 
>> TODAY IS THE 
DAY WE GOT TO 
HONOR THEM. 
TO WORK TOGETHER 
TO CHANGE ALL OF 
OUR LIVES. 
WILL YOU DO US 
THE HONOR -- 
>> I WILL, IN A 
MINUTE OR TWO, 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
JUST FINISHING 
UP THE SPEECH BY 
SECRETARY 
CLINTON. 
>> Reporter: 
OKAY, ONE 
SECRETARY 
CLINTON FINISHES,
THEN WE WILL BE 
ABLE TO SHOW YOU 
THIS INCREDIBLE 
STATUE. 
WE WILL SEE 
SUSAN B ANTHONY, 
WOMEN WHO PAVED 
THE WAY -- 
>> OKAY, WE WILL 
HANG TIGHT AND 
COME BACK TO 
YOU. 
LET'S KEEP 
COMMEMORATING 
WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY. 
HERE IS ANGELICA 
FROM THE 
ORIGINAL BROADWAY
"HAMILTON" CAST. 
>> WELL 
CHILDREN, WHEN 
THERE IS SO MUCH 
RACKET, THERE 
MUST BE 
SOMETHING OUT OF 
KILTER. 
I THINK THAT ALL 
TALKING ABOUT 
RIGHTS, THE 
WHITE MAN WILL 
BE IN A FIX 
PRETTY SOON. 
BUT WHAT IS ALL 
THIS HERE 
TALKING ABOUT? 
WHAT DOES THIS 
MEAN FOR WOMEN? 
JUSTICE. 
THE TIME HAS 
COME WHEN THEY 
MAY VOICE AS 
FREEMEN, 
CONCERNS OF LAND 
AND HOME. 
SEPARATE THE 
TETHER 
ENTHRALLING US 
TO LONG AND PULL 
TOGETHER TO 
WRITE A GRIEVOUS 
WRONG. 
ONCE MORE AWAKES 
THE SPIRIT OF 
THE JUST AND A 
WORLDWIDE FLAME 
IS KINDLED FROM 
THE DUST. 
WOMEN, FOR THE 
RIGHT WE KNOW. 
FOR THE DUTY 
THAT WE OWE. 
FOR ALL TOLD, 
NOW HERE AND 
COMING, VOTE WE 
MUST. 
LET US STAND 
TOGETHER WOMEN, 
HARD AND FAST. 
LETTUCE VOWED TO 
KEEP THE FAITH 
UNTIL THE LAST. 
BY THE TRUST THE 
WORLD HAS 
LEARNED. 
WE WILL VOTE AND 
RISE ABOVE THE 
VANISHED PAST. 
THEN, SISTERS OF 
OUR NATION, PUT 
FORTH YOUR 
MIGHTIEST 
NERVES. 
REMEMBER WITH 
ELATION, THE 
GLORIOUS CAUSE 
YOU SERVE. 
AND LOOK TO YOUR 
ENDEAVOR, 
WHATEVER THAT 
MAY BE. 
WITH VOTE FOR 
WOMEN FOREVER, 
PRESS ON FOR 
VICTORY. 
♪ WE THE PEOPLE 
ARE THE PEOPLE ♪
♪
♪ SISTERS WORKING FOR THE 
LIGHT ♪
♪ BROTHERS
♪LOOKING FOR THE
LIGHT, STRIVING 
FOR THE RIGHT ♪ 
♪WE THE PEOPLE 
ARE THE PEOPLE ♪
♪♪
>> SHE IS 
STANDING UP. 
SHE DESERVES A 
STANDING 
OVATION. 
>> OH MY GOSH. 
I KNOW WE ARE 
TRYING TO GET 
THAT STATUE 
REVEALED, WHAT 
IS THE LATEST? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
NOW IS THE BIG 
MOMENT WE HAVE 
BEEN WAITING 
FOR. 
THAT FEELING. 
BRENDA, WILL YOU 
LEAD US OFF ON 
THE COUNTDOWN? 
>> I WANT 
EVERYONE TO 
START COUNTING. 
START COUNTING. 
>> FIVE, FOUR, 
THREE, TWO, ONE. 
>> Reporter: ELIZABETH CADY 
STANTON, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, 
SORJOURNER TRUTH THEY'RE SITTING
AROUND THE TABLE WORKING 
TOGETHER.
THESE THREE WOMEN WHO
>> Reporter: 
SITTING AROUND 
THE TABLE, 
WORKING 
TOGETHER. 
THESE THREE WOMEN
SHARED THE STAGE 
AT THE SAME 
CONFERENCES 
ANOTHER 
CONTRIBUTION TO 
HISTORY IS BEING 
MADE. 
ALL THESE PEOPLE 
ARE HERE TODAY 
TO SEE IT. 
TO CELEBRATE THE 
100th 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE RATIFICATION 
OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT, WHICH 
GAVE WOMEN THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
SAVANNAH. 
>> WHAT A 
MOMENT,  100 
YEARS IN THE 
MAKING. 
I KEEP PICTURING 
LITTLE GIRLS 
WALKING BY THAT 
STATUE AND GOING 
WAIT, WHO IS 
THAT? 
WHO IS THAT? 
FINALLY, THE 
STATUE IN 
CENTRAL PARK, 
PRETTY COOL. 
>>> WOMEN HAVE 
BEEN RUNNING FOR 
OFFICE IN THE 
U.S. BEFORE THEY 
WERE EVEN 
GRANTED THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, 
BUT NO WOMAN HAS 
EVER HELD THE 
HIGHEST OFFICE 
OR EVEN SERVED 
AS VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
IN AUGUST, 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS MADE 
HISTORY AS THE 
FIRST BLACK AND 
INDIAN AMERICAN 
WOMEN ON A MAJOR 
PARTY TICKET, 
BUT SHE ISN'T 
THE FIRST WOMAN 
TO TREAD THESE 
WATERS. 
TO OTHERS TEACH 
US ABOUT HOW THE 
MEDIA HAVE 
HISTORICALLY 
TREATED WOMEN 
POLITICIANS AND 
THEY MIGHT GIVE 
US A GLIMPSE AND 
WHAT TO EXPECT 
IN 2020. 
EXPECT IN 2020.
ININ 1984 
GERALDINE WAS 
SHAMED FOR BEING 
A WORKING 
MOTHER. 
IN AN INTERVIEW, 
BARBARA WALTERS 
NOTED SHE MISSED 
WEEKENDS WITH 
HER KIDS BECAUSE 
OF HER CAREER 
AND WONDERED WHY 
SHE KEPT HER 
MAIDEN NAME. 
THE PRESS 
SECRETARY FOR 
GEORGE BUSH 
REFERRED TO HER 
WITH A SEXIST 
SLUR IN THE WALL 
STREET JOURNAL 
AND BUSH TRIED 
TO SCHOOL HER IN 
INTERNATIONAL 
DIPLOMACY? 
A FAMOUS DEBATE 
CLASS. 
>> LET ME HELP 
YOU WITH THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN IRAN AND 
THE EMBASSY IN 
LEBANON. 
>> LET ME SAY 
FIRST OF ALL, I 
ALMOST RESENT 
YOUR PATRONIZING 
ATTITUDE THAT 
YOU HAVE TO 
TEACH ME ABOUT 
FOREIGN POLICY. 
>> BUT THE 
BIGGEST SCANDAL 
WAS NOT ABOUT 
HER AT ALL, IT 
WAS ABOUT HER 
HUSBAND, JOHN. 
THEY FILED 
SEPARATE TAX 
RETURN POLICY. 
SHE PLANNED TO 
RELEASE HERS, HE 
DID NOT. 
AND THE MADIA 
LOST IT. 
RUMORS 
CIRCUMSTANCE 
LAID ABOUT TIES 
BETWEEN HER 
HUSBAND'S 
BUSINESS AND 
ORGANIZED CRIME. 
NOTABLY SHE WAS 
OF ITALIAN 
HERITAGE. 
SHE HELD A 
MARATHON PRESS 
CONFERENCE. 
THE MONDALE 
TICKET LOST TO 
RONALD REAGAN 
AND GEORGE BUSH 
BY THE SECOND 
LARGEST MARGIN 
IN ELECTS 
HISTORY. 
IT WASN'T UNTIL 
24 YEARS LATER 
IN 2008 WHEN 
REPUBLICAN 
SENATOR JOHN 
MCCAIN CHOSE 
ALASKAN GOVERNOR 
SARAH PALIN AS 
HIS VP THAT WE 
WOULD SEE 
ANOTHER WOMAN ON 
A PARTY TICKET. 
SHE FACED THE 
SAME KIND OF 
SEXISM, BOTH 
OVERT AND 
DISGUISED. 
JOHN ROBERTS 
SUGGESTED 
BECOMING A VICE 
PRESIDENT MIGHT 
TAKE HER AWAY 
FROM HER KIDS 
FOR TOO LONG. 
MEANWHILE, 
PUNDITS FIXATED 
ON HER SEX 
APPEAL. 
>> SHE WAS THE 
FIRST WOMAN IN 
POWER THAT A LOT 
OF PEOPLE FELT 
WAS VERY 
PHYSICALLY 
ATTRACTIVE AND 
PEOPLE DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT TO DO 
WITH THAT. 
>> THEY GOT ONE 
THING RIGHT. 
SOCIETY HAS 
ALWAYS SEEN 
WOMEN IN POWER 
AS THREATENING. 
THEY QUESTION 
THEIR 
COMPETENCE. 
THEIR SEX 
APPEAL, THEIR 
AUDACITY TO RUN 
FOR OFFICE. 
THIS YEAR WE'LL 
SEE IF AMERICA 
CAN LOOK PAST 
GENDER TO 
EVALUATE 
CANDIDATES ON 
POLICY AND MERIT 
NOT SEX APPEAL. 
AFTER ALL, THERE 
ARE SO MANY MORE 
IMPORTANT THINGS 
TO PAY ATTENTION 
TO. 
>>> RESIDENTS 
ALONG THE GULF 
COAST ARE 
BRACING FOR 
POTENTIAL 
DEVASTATION. 
HURRICANE LAURA 
GETTING SET TO 
MAKE LANDFALL 
TONIGHT. 
IT IS NT
INTENSIFYING 
RAPIDLY AND 
POSSIBLY RAMPING 
UP TO BECOME A 
MASSIVE CATEGORY 
4 HURRICANE. 
WE HAVE COMPLETE 
COVERAGE. 
LET'S START WITH 
THE MAN WHO HAS 
BEEN FOLLOWING 
IT ALL NIGHT 
LONG, AL, WHAT 
DO THE MAPS 
SHOW? 
>> RIGHT GUNOW, 
GUYS, THIS IS 
UNFORTUNATELY 
COMING TO 
FRUITION. 
CATEGORY 2 RIGHT 
NOW, 15 MAILS 
SOUTH SOUTHEAST 
OF LIKE CHARLES. 
YOU CAN ALREADY 
SEE THE FEEDER 
BANDS PUSHING NG
JUST TO THE 
SOUTH OF 
LOUISIANA. 
110 MILES  MPER 
HOUR WINDS 
MOVING NORTHWEST 
AT 15. 
A CATEGORY 4 
STORM BY THIS 
AFTERNOON 
AROUND 
1:00. 
WINDS AND RAIN 
INCREASE FROM 
CORPUS CHRISTI 
ALL THE WAY TO 
NEW ORLEANS. 
DANGEROUS RAIN, ST
WIND GUSTS, 
STORM SURGE AS 
IT COMES ONSHORE 
THURSDAY MORNING 
AROUND 1:00 A.M. 
A CATEGORY  OA3, 
BUT DON'T WORRY 
WHETHER IT IS A 
CATEGORY 4. 
CATASTROPHIC P 
STORM SURGE WILL 
MAKE IT UP TO 30 
MILES INLAND .10 
TO 15 FEET STORM 
SURGE FROM PORT 
ARTHUR INTO 
CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA. 
THAT IS ALMOST 
TO I-10. 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS THE WATER 
THAT GETS PILED 
UP ON TOP OF THE 
TIDE AS THOSE 
WINDS COME IN. 
IT IS THE 
DEADLIEST 
HURRICANE 
THREAT. 
AT THREE FEET 
THAT SURGE IS 
CONSIDERED LIFE 
THREATENING. 
BY SIX FEAT THE 
CRASHING WAVES 
PUSH OUT THE 
BACK WALLS OF 
HOMES. 
NINE FEET, 
THIS 
IS WHERE THAT 
SURGE CAN PUSH 
FURTHER INLAND, 
ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE WIPED 
OUT, PLUS THOSE 
DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS, DAMAGING, 
EXTREME WINDS 
COULD KNOCK OUT 
POWER FOR DAYS, 
GAZE. 
THIS IS THE 
OUTAGE POTENTIAL 
MAP. 
YOU CAN SEE IT 
GOES ALL THE WAY 
UP INTO THE 
MIDWEST AS THIS 
SYSTEM MAKES ITS 
WAY. 
AND MESOF COURSE 
THE RAIN, 
LOCALLY, COULD 
BE 15 INCHES OF 
RAIN. 
WIDESPREAD FLASH 
FLOODING, URBAN 
FLOODING, 
MODERATE TO TH
MAJOR RIVER 
FLOODING AS 
WELL. 
THE CLOSEST IS 
HURRICANE RITA 
THE SURGE WENT  S
INLAND 20 TO 30 
MILES. 
THIS 
COULD GO IN 
50-MILE, 
DEPENDING ON 24  I
STORM SURGE. 
THIS IS EA VERY, 
VERY DANGEROUS 
STORM. 
DON'T PAY 'T A
ATTENTION TO THE 
CATEGORIES. 
PAY ATTENTION TO 
THE IMPACTS. 
GUYS. 
>>> WHAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
TELLING YOU, AL, 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>>> 
0
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND STORM 
 
HOOP.
THIS MORNING THE 
COASTAL CITIES 
OF TEXAS ON 
EDGE. 
AS HURRICANE 
LAURA LOOMS, 
JUST HOURS FROM 
MAKING LANDFALL. 
>> THERE WILL BE 
A LOT OF 
DEVASTATION, 
UPON TEXAS AS 
THE STORM SWEEPS 
THROUGH. 
>> GOVERNOR GREG 
ABSOLUTE BAT 
WARNING TO 
PREPARE FOR A 
POSSIBLE 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE. 
>> DON'T KNOW 
WHERE WE ARE 
GOING. 
WE ARE GOING 
AWAY. 
>> Reporter: 
LAURA'S WIND 
SPEEDS EXPECTED 
TO TOP TRIPLE-
DIGITS, WHICH 
COULD HELP FUEL 
A POTENTIALLY 
LIFE THREATENING 
13-FOOT STORM 
SURGE. 
THE WARNING TO 
RESIDENTS, DON'T 
WASTE TIME. 
GET OUT NOW. 
>> SOME PEOPLE 
ARE STAYING 
HOME. 
THAT SCARES ME. 
WE DON'T EVER 
KNOW WHAT THESE 
STORMS COULD 
POSSIBLY BRING. 
>> Reporter: 
MOST ARE 
LISTENING. 
>> WE HAVE 
BOARDED THE 
HOUSE NOW 
COMPLETELY AND 
NOW WE ARE 
HAULING AWAY 
THINGS THAT WE 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE SURVIVE. 
>> Reporter: 
SOME, CHOOSING 
TO STAY, DESPITE 
THE THREAT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE. 
>> WE KNOW THERE 
IS GOING TO BE 
AN AFTERMATH AND 
A LOT OF CLEAN 
UP TO DO 
AFTERWARDS. 
AND WE THINK 
THAT IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
STAY AROUND. 
WE FEEL SAFE 
WHERE WE ARE. 
>> Reporter: 
OFFICIALS 
CAUTIONING AT A 
CERTAIN POINT 
FIRST RESPONDERS 
CAN'T SAVE YOU. 
>> DON'T DIAL 
911. 
NO ONE IS GOING 
TO ANSWER, OKAY? 
YOU ARE ON YOUR 
OWN. 
>> Reporter: 
BEAUMONT'S MAYOR 
BECKY AIMS HAS 
LED HER NOW 
DESERTED CITY 
THROUGH MANY 
HURRICANES. 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT IS KEEPING 
YOU UP AT NIGHT 
THE MOST? 
>> LOSS OF LIFE 
IS THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN I WILL 
HAVE. 
>>> THERE ARE 
FEARS OF COURSE 
OF WIDESPREAD 
POWER OUTAGES 
LASTING FOR 
DAYS. 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT 
SUMMONING NINE 
UTILITY WORKERS 
WITH ANOTHER 
6000 REQUESTED. 
GUYS YOU CAN 
EXPECT THEM TO 
BE VERY BUSY 
AGAINST THE 
POTENTIALLY 
COMING DAYS AND 
WEEKS.
>>> FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
WITH A 
STRIKINGLY 
DIFFERENT TONE 
THAN HER 
HUSBAND. 
OFFERING 
CONDOLENCES FOR 
THOSE AFFECTED 
BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC AND 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
HOW DIFFICULT IT 
HAS BEEN FOR 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS. 
>> I KNOW MANY 
PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS, AND 
SOME FEEL 
HELPLESS. 
I WANT YOU IT 
KNOW, YOU ARE 
NOT ALONE. 
DONALD WILL NOT 
REST UNTIL HE 
HAS DONE ALL HE 
CAN TO TAKE CARE 
OF EVERYONE 
IMPACTED BY THIS 
TERRIBLE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> Reporter: 
SPEAKING FROM 
THE NEWLY 
RENOVATED WHITE 
HOUSE ROSE 
GARDEN, THE 
FIRST LADY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> I'M AN 
IMMIGRANT AND A 
VERY INDEPENDENT 
WOMAN. 
I UNDERSTAND 
WHAT A PRIVILEGE 
IT IS TO LIVE 
HERE. 
AND TO ENJOY THE 
FREEDOMS AND 
OPPORTUNITIES 
THAT WE HAVE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
YEARS AFTER 
ENDORSING HER 
HUSBAND'S 
BIRTHER CLAIMS 
ABOUT BARACK 
OBAMA, 
REFLECTING ON 
THE NATION'S 
RACIAL UNREST. 
>> I URGE PEOPLE 
TO COME TOGETHER 
IN A 
SILVERMANER. 
I ALSO ASK 
PEOPLE TO STOP 
THE VIOLENCE AND 
LOOTING BEING 
DONE IN THE NAME 
OF JUSTICE. 
NEVER MAKE 
ASSUMPTIONS 
BASED ON THE 
COLOR OF A 
PERSON'S SKIN. 
>> THE FIRST 
LADY, WHOSE BE 
BEST CAMPAIGN IS 
AIMED AT CYBER 
BULLYING, WHILE 
NOTING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
UNVARNISHEDDED 
OPINIONS. 
>> TOTAL HONESTY 
IS WHAT WE, AS 
CITIZENS, 
DESERVE FROM OUR 
PRESIDENT. 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE IS THINKING. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT 
PUTTING THE 
POWERS OF HIS 
OFFICE TO WORK 
FOR HIS 
REELECTION. 
FROM THE 
UNPRECEDENTED 
USE OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS 
FOR HIS WIFE'S 
CONVENTION 
SPEECH TO 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE 
POMPEO 
SHATTERING A 
LONGSTANDING 
TRADITION THAT 
AMERICAN 
DIPLOMATS DO NOT 
PARTAKE IN 
CONVENTIONS. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS PUT 
HIS AMERICA 
FIRST VISION 
INTO ACTION. 
IT MAY NOT HAVE 
MADE HIM POPULAR 
IN EVERY FOREIGN 
CAPITAL, BUT IT 
HAS WORKED. 
>> Reporter: THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT 
INSISTS THE 
PARTISAN SPEECH 
WAS DELIVERED IN 
HIS PERSONAL 
CAPACITY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ALSO SHOWCASING 
HIS PARDON 
POWER, GRANTING 
CLEMENCY TO A 
CONVICTED BANK 
ROBBER WHO 
FOUNDED A 
PROGRAM THAT 
HELPS FORMER 
INMATES. 
>> I GRANT JOHN, 
I'M NOT SURE YOU 
KNOW THIS, A 
FULL PARDON. 
>> Reporter: AND 
HOSTING A 
RECORDED 
NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR THE 
PRIME TIME 
AUDIENCE. 
AND HELPING 
CELEBRATE THEIR 
FATHER, TWO OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN. 
>> AS A RECENT 
GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATED TO SO 
MANY WHO MIGHT 
BE LOOKING FOR A 
JOB. 
MY FATHER BUILT 
A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE AND 
BELIEVE ME, HE 
WILL DO IT 
AGAIN. 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO MAY 
FATHER. 
>> I MISS 
WORKING 
ALONGSIDE YOU 
EVERY SINGLE 
DAY. 
BUT I'M PROUD TO 
BE ON THE FRONT 
LINES OF THIS 
FIGHT. 
>> ERIC TRUMP'S 
MESSAGE TO HIS 
FATHER LAST 
NIGHT, THE FIRST 
LADY'S SPEECH 
DRAWING 
ATTENTION FOR 
THE LACK OF 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IN 
THE ROSE GARDEN 
AND VERY LIMITED 
MASK WEARING. 
AT LEAST SOME OF 
THEM WERE TESTED 
FOR THE VIRUS 
BEFORE 
ATTENDING. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISER EARLIER 
IN THE NIGHT 
EVEN REFERRING 
TO IT IN THE 
PAST TENSE. 
>>> ALL RIGHT 
PETER, WE HAVE 
HAD TWO NATURE 
DOWN, TWO MORE 
TO GO. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT. 
YOU CAN TELL A 
LOT BY WATCHING 
THE SPEAKER 
WHERE THEY THINK 
THERE IS FERTILE 
GROUND FOR THEIR 
REELECTION 
STRATEGY. 
>>> I THINK YOU 
ARE RIGHT THESE 
FIRST TWO NIGHTS 
HAVE BEEN SORT 
OF BACK AND 
FORTH BETWEEN 
THE FIERY 
SPEECHES. 
TRYING TO SELL 
THE SOFTER 
VERSION OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
HIS KIDS 
SPEAKING AS 
WELL, THE FIRST 
LADY'S REMARKS, 
THE GOAL HERE TO 
BOTH ENERGIZE 
THE BASE TO 
BRING BACK 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
MAY HAVE BEEN 
TURNED OFF BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO 
SUBURBAN VOTERS, 
PARTICULARLY 
WOMEN WHOSE 
POLLS SHOW THEY 
HAVE FLOCKED TO 
JOE BIDEN. 
TONIGHT WE'LL 
HEAR FROM THE 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
GOVERNOR AND ONE 
OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
FIERCEST 
DEFENDER, 
KELLYANNE 
CONWAY. 
>> A REMINDER 
WE'LL HAVE MORE 
ON THE FIRST 
LADY'S MESSAGE 
IN THE NEXT HALF 
HOUR AND NBC'S 
LIVE COVERAGE 
CONTINUES 
TONIGHT AND 
TOMORROW WE GET 
STARTED AT 10:00 
EASTERN.
>>> FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
MAKING HER MOST 
PERSONAL APPEAL 
YET FOR HER 
HUSBAND. 
>> I'M HERE 
BECAUSE WE NEED 
MY HUSBAND TO BE 
OUR PRESIDENT 
AND COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF FOR FOUR 
MORE YEARS. 
>> LOOKING TO 
COURT A 
CONSTITUENCY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS STRUGGLED 
WITH, SUBURBAN 
WOMEN. 
>> WE MUST MAKE 
SURE WOMEN ARE 
HURT AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
CONTINUES TO 
TRY. 
>> Reporter: FOR 
THE FIRST LADY, 
WHO SPOKE FOR 
MORE THAN 20 
MINUTES, THIS 
SPEECH WAS HER 
LONGEST TO DATE, 
AND PERHAPS HER 
MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
DURING THE 2016 
CONVENTION MRS. 
TRUMP WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
LIFTING PART OF 
HER SPEECH FROM 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
SPEECH. 
THIS YEAR SHE 
WAS HEAVILY 
INVOLVED IN 
WRITING THE 
REMARKS. 
>> FROM THE DAY 
I HAVE MET HIM, 
HE HAS ONLY 
WANTED TO MAKE 
THIS COUNTRY THE 
BEST IT CAN BE. 
>> Reporter: IN 
HER NEARLY FOUR 
YEARS AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE, THE 
FIRST LADY HAS 
PICKED HER 
MOMENTS TO SPEAK 
OUT CAREFULLY. 
HER LARGEST 
INITIATIVE CAME 
IN 2018, WHEN 
SHE ANNOUNCED 
HERB BEST 
ANTIBULLYING 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> LET US TEACH 
OUR CHILDREN THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN RIGHT 
AND WRONG. 
AND ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO BE BEST 
IN THEIR 
INDIVIDUAL PATHS 
IN LIFE. 
>> Reporter: THE 
MOVE GAINED 
PRAISE. 
BUT THE FIRST 
LADY ALSO FACED 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HER HUSBAND'S 
HABIT OF 
TWEETING INSULTS 
AT HIS RIVALS. 
>> I DON'T 
AGREE, ALWAYS, 
WHAT HE POSTS. 
BUT HIS ACTION 
IS HIS ACTION 
AND I TELL HIM 
THAT. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF HER LOUDEST 
STATEMENTS WAS 
NOT SPOKEN AT 
ALL. 
BUT RATHER THESE 
WORDS, WRITTEN 
ON THE BACK OF 
HER JACKET. 
I REALLY DON'T 
CARE, DO YOU? 
SHE WORE IT 
WHILE VISITING 
MIGRANT CHILDREN 
AT THE U.S. 
MEXICO BORDER, 
LATER 
EXPLAINING. 
>> IT WAS FOR 
THE PEOPLE AND 
FOR THE LEFT-
WING MEDIA, WHO 
ARE CRITICIZING 
ME AND I WANT TO 
SHOW THEM THAT I 
DON'T CARE. 
>> Reporter: 
MELANIA TRUMP IS 
OFTEN AT HER 
HUSBAND'S SIDE 
FOR CRITICAL 
MOMENTS ON THE 
WORLD STAGE AND 
AT HOME. 
BUT SHE HAS ALSO 
SPOKEN OUT ON 
HER OWN. 
IN 2018, SHE 
SAID SHE WAS 
BLINDSIDED BY 
THE ZERO 
TOLERANCE POLICY 
WHICH LED TO 
FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS AT 
THE BORDER AND 
MOST RECENTLY 
TWEETING OUT AN 
IMAGE OF HERSELF 
WEARING A MASK 
WEEKS BEFORE HER 
HUSBAND STARTED 
WEARING ONE IN 
PUBLIC. 
>> THE FIRST 
LADY DID NOT 
IMMEDIATELY MOVE 
INTO THE WHITE 
HOUSE WHEN HER 
HUSBAND WON THE 
2016 ELECTION, 
INSTEAD STAYING 
AT TRUMP TOWER 
TO FOCUS ON HER 
SON. 
BUT ACCORDING TO 
THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF, ONCE SHE 
ARRIVED IN 
WASHINGTON SHE 
QUICKLY ASSUMED 
A QUIET BUT 
POWERFUL 
PRESENCE. 
>> SHE HAS 
CHOSEN TO USE 
HER PLATFORM 
VERY 
STRATEGICALLY, 
AND WHEN SHELVES 
SHE CAN MAKE A 
CONTRIBUTION, 
WITHOUT HAVING 
TO BE THE 
LOUDEST VOICE IN 
THE ROOM EVERY 
DAY. 
>> SHE REALLY 
PICKS AND 
CHOOSES HER 
MOMENTS. 
WHAT DO YOU 
EXPECT HER TO DO 
FOR THE REST OF 
THE CAMPAIGN. 
>>> HIGH PROFILE 
ON THE TRAIL? 
EVEN IF IT IS A 
VIRTUAL ONE? 
>> I THINK TO 
SOME EXTENT, 
SAVANNAH, BEFORE 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
HIT, THE FIRST 
LADY WAS 
EXPECTED TO PLAY 
A LARGER ROLE ON 
THE TRAIL THAN 
SHE IT IN 2016. 
YOU MIGHT 
RECALL, SHE WAS 
FOR THE MOST 
PART OUT OF 
SIGHT THEN. 
MRS. TRUMP WAS 
EXPECTED TO 
HEADLINE SEVERAL 
FUNDRAISERS THIS 
SPRING THAT GOT 
CANCELED BECAUSE 
OF THE VIRUS. 
STILL, YOU CAN 
EXPECT TO SEE 
HER ENGAGE IN 
VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN 
EVENTS. 
SHE HELPS TO 
HUMANIZE THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
SHE HAS ALSO 
DEFENDED HIM 
AFTER SOME OF 
HIS MOST 
CONTROVERSIAL 
MOMENTS. 
>> THANKS, 
KRISTEN.
>>> WE ALL KNOW 
DONALD TRUMP 
MAKES NO SECRET 
ABOUT HOW HE 
FEELS ABOUT 
THINGS. 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE IS THINKING. 
MY DEEPEST 
SYMPATHY GOES 
OUT TO EVERYONE 
WHO HAS LOST A 
LOVED ONE, AND 
MY PRAYERS ARE 
WITH THOSE WHO 
ARE ILL OR 
SUFFERING. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS HELD CHINA 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR 
COVERING UP THE 
CHINA VIRUS AND 
ALLOWING IT TO 
SPREAD DEATH AND 
ECONOMIC 
DESTRUCTION IN 
AMERICA AND 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
>>> PRESIDENTIAL 
LEADERSHIP CAME 
SWIFTLY AND 
EFFECTIVELY, 
WITH AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
RESCUE FOR 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY TO 
SUCCESSFULLY 
FATE THE COVID-
19 VIRUS. 
OUR ECONOMIC 
HEALTH IS COMING 
BACK WITH 
EMERGENCY 
SPENDING AND TAX 
CUTS, AMERICANS 
ARE GOING BACK 
TO WORK. 
>>> AN ECONOMY 
SOARED TO NEW 
HEIGHTS. 
HEIGHTS NEVER 
SEEN BEFORE. 
WAGES WENT 
THROUGH THE 
ROOF. 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
REACHED HISTORIC 
LOWS, ESPECIALLY 
FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS, 
HISPANIC 
AMERICANS AND 
WOMEN. 
TRADE DEALS WERE 
RIPPED UP AND 
RENEGOTIATED. 
LOCAL ON THE 8S 
WERE TURNED BACK 
ON IN A BANDONED 
FACTORIES ACROSS 
OUR COUNTRY. 
>>> AS A RECENT 
GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO SO 
MANY OF YOU WHO 
MIGHT BE LOOKING 
FOR A JOB. 
MY FATHER BUILT 
A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE AND 
BELIEVE ME, HE 
WILL DO IT 
AGAIN. 
>>> I LEARNED 
WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING TO ME 
HAD A NAME. 
IT WAS CALLED 
BEING CANCELED. 
AS IN A NULLED, 
AS IN REVOKED, 
AS IN MADE VOID. 
CANCELING IS 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING TO 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE COUNTRY WHO 
REFUSE TO BE 
SILENCED BY THE 
FAR LEFT. 
MANY ARE ARE ARE 
BEING FIRED, 
HUMILIATED OR 
EVEN THREATENED. 
BUT I WOULD NOT 
BE CANCELED. 
LET'S MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
>> WE BELIEVE IN 
FREEDOM OF 
THOUGHT AND 
EXPRESSION. 
THINK WHAT YOU 
WANT. 
SEEK OUT THE 
TRUTH. 
LEARN FROM THOSE 
WITH DIFFERENT 
OPINIONS. 
AND THEN FREELY, 
MAKE YOUR VOICE 
HEARD TO THE 
WORLD. 
>>> JOE BIDEN IS 
A POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS BEEN IN 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
47 YEARS. 
HE IS A CAREER 
POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS NEVER SIGNED 
THE FRONT OF A 
CHECK, AND DOES 
NOT KNOW THE 
SLIGHTEST THING 
ABOUT THE 
AMERICAN WORKER 
OR THE AMERICAN 
BUSINESS. 
>> COMPARE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WITH THE 
DISASTROUS 
RECORD OF JOE 
BIDEN, WHO HAS 
CONSISTENTLY 
CALLED FOR MORE 
WAR. 
JOE BIDEN VOTED 
FOR THE IRAQ 
WAR, WHICH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS LONG CALLED 
THE WORST GIO 
POLITICAL 
MISTAKE OF OUR 
GENERATION. 
>> IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST WHEN IRAN 
THREATENED, THE 
PRESIDENT 
APPROVED A 
STRIKE TO KILL 
THE TERRORIST. 
>>> TODAY, 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
DETERMINATION 
AND LEADERSHIP, 
THE ISIS 
CALIPHATE IS 
WIPED OUT. 
IT IS GONE. 
IN NORTH KOREA, 
THE PRESIDENT 
LOWERED THE 
TEMPERATURE AND 
AGAINST ALL 
ODDS, GOT THE 
NORTH KOREAN 
LEADERSHIP TO 
THE TABLE. 
NO NUCLEAR 
TESTS, NO LONG-
RANGE MISSILE 
TESTS. 
>> I HAVE 
REFLECTED ON THE 
RECENT UNREST IN 
OUR COUNTRY. 
IT IS A HARSH 
REALITY THAT WE 
ARE NOT PROUD 
FOR PARTS OF OUR 
HISTORY. 
FOCUSED ON OUR 
FUTURE WHILE 
STILL LEARNING 
FROM OUR PAST. 
WE MUST REMEMBER 
THAT TODAY WE 
ARE ALL ONE 
COMMUNITY, 
COMPRISED OF 
MANY RACES, 
RELIGIONS ANDETH 
NICE TIS. 
OUR DIVERSE AND 
STORIED HISTORY 
IS WHAT MAKES 
OUR COUNTRY 
STRONG AND YET, 
WE STILL HAVE SO 
MUCH TO LEARN 
FROM ONE 
ANOTHER. 
WITH THAT IN 
MIND, I LIKE TO 
CALL ON THE 
CITIZENS OF THIS 
COUNTRY, TO TAKE 
A MOMENT, PAUSE, 
AND LOOK AT 
THINGS FROM ALL 
PERSPECTIVES. 
I URGE PEOPLE TO 
COME TOGETHER IN 
A SILVERMANNER, 
SO WE CAN WORK 
AND LIVE UP TO 
OUR STANDARD 
AMERICAN IDEALS. 
>>> OVERNIGHT, 
PROTESTS IN 
WISCONSIN 
TURNING DEADLY. 
AUTHORITIES 
CLEARING THE 
STREETS AFTER 
REPORTS OF 
GUNSHOTS. 
POLICE SAY AT 
LEAST TWO PEOPLE 
ARE DEAD, ONE 
PERSON INJURED. 
HOURS EARLIER 
THE GOVERNOR HAD 
DECLARED A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY, 
MOBILIZING MORE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS. 
SOME PROTESTERS 
IGNORED A 
CURFEW, 
AUTHORITIES 
DEPLOYING TEAR 
GAS. 
THIS IS THE 
THIRD STRAIGHT 
NIGHT OF VIOLENT 
PROTESTS AND 
THIS COMMUNITY 
IS ON EDGE. 
>> THIS IS 
PATHETIC. 
HAPPENING IN OUR 
COUNTRY AND THE 
STATE OF 
WISCONSIN AND IT 
IS JUST 
ANARCHISTS GOING 
AROUND, TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF THE 
SITUATION. 
>> Reporter: THE 
CHAOS CAME 
DESPITE JACOB 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
PLEADING FOR 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
>> THEY SHOT MY 
SON SEVEN TIMES. 
SEVEN TIMES. 
LIKE HE DIDN'T 
MATTER. 
BUT MY SON 
MATTERS. 
>> Reporter: HIS 
FAMILY IS NOW 
DEMANDING THE 
OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN 
SUNDAY'S 
SHOOTING, 
CAPTURED ON THIS 
CELL PHONE 
VIDEO, BE FIRED. 
AND THE ONE WHO 
SHOT BLAKE IN 
THE BACK BE 
ARRESTED. 
THE EYEWITNESS 
SAID HE HEARD 
OFFICERS YELL 
DROP THE KNIFE. 
BUT POLICE 
HAVEN'T SAID IF 
THEY EVER 
RECOVERED A 
WEAPON. 
>> HE WAS NOT 
TREATED LIKE A 
HUMAN THAT DAY. 
HE WAS TREATED 
LIKE SOME 
FOREIGN OBJECT 
THAT DIDN'T 
BELONG. 
>> Reporter: 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
NOW SAYS THE 29-
YEAR-OLD'S 
SPINAL CORD IS 
SEVERED AND HE 
IS PARALYZED 
FROM THE PASTE 
DOWN, THOUGH 
DOCTORS AREN'T 
SURE IT IS 
PERMANENT. 
BLAKE'S MOTHER 
HAD LAST SPOKEN 
TO HIM SUNDAY 
MORNING AS HE 
PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE HIS 
SON'S EIGHTH 
BIRTHDAY. 
THE BOY WAS IN 
THE BACK SEAT 
WHEN HIS FATHER 
WAS SHOT. 
>> Reporter: 
WHEN YOU FIRST 
WALKED INTO THAT 
HOSPITAL ROOM 
AND YOU SAW YOUR 
SON, WHAT WENT 
THROUGH YOUR 
HEAD? 
>> JUST BEING 
ABLE TO SEE HIM. 
>> Reporter: THE 
U.S. DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE IS 
NOW ASSISTING 
STATE 
AUTHORITIES WITH 
THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WISCONSIN'S 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE SAYS THE 
OFFICERS ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE AND ARE 
FULLY 
COOPERATING. 
POLICE OFFICERS 
DO NOT WEAR BODY 
CAMERAS. 
BUT THE BLAKE 
FAMILY WANTS ANY 
DASH CAM FOOTAGE 
OR ANY OTHER 
VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT 
RELEASED. 
>>> BLAKE'S 
FAMILY NOW PLANS 
TO FILE A CIVIL 
LAWSUIT. 
OVER THE LAST 
THREE DAYS THE 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
NOT COMMENTED, 
ONLY TO SAY ITS 
OFFICERS WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
BUT AGAIN, TWO 
PEOPLE DEAD, ONE 
PERSON INJURED, 
FOLLOWING 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
UNREST HERE, 
SAVANNAH. 
>>> GABE 
GUTIERREZ, THANK 
YOU.
>>> IT HAS LONG 
BEEN SAID, 
MAINTAIN SIX 
FEAT OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCE. 
BUT DEPENDING ON 
THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
THAT MIGHT NOT 
BE FAR ENOUGH. 
THAT IS 
ACCORDING TO NEW 
RESEARCH, 
FINDING COVID-19 
PARTICLES CAN 
TRAVEL UP TO 26 
FEET. 
>> THE VIRAL 
PARTICLE 
CONCENTRATIONS 
CAN BUILD UP AND 
INFECT SOMEBODY 
BEYOND THAT 
MAGICAL SIX FOOT 
RING WE HAVE ALL 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT. 
>> Reporter: 
WHEN YOU TALK, 
COUGH, BREATHE 
OR SNEEZE, TWO 
TYPES OF 
PARTICLES COME 
OUT. 
RESPIRATORY 
DROPLETS FALL 
QUICKLY TO THE 
GROUND, MOST 
TRAVELING NO 
MORE THAN SIX 
FEAT. 
BUT AEROSOL 
PARTICLES CAN 
LINGER IN THE 
AIR FOR HOURS 
AND TRAVEL EVEN 
GREATER 
DISTANCES. 
EXPERTS SAY IT 
IS USEFUL TO 
THINK OF ANOTHER 
TYPE OF AEROSOL, 
CIGARETTE SMOKE. 
>> WHEN IT COMES 
OUT OF A 
SMOKER, 
DEPENDING ON 
LIKE A WINDY DAY 
IT GOES AWAY 
VERY QUICKLY NO. 
>>> MASKS TO 
FILTER OUT SMOKE 
MAY BE MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN 
WASHING HANDS. 
AEROSOL 
EMISSIONS. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST RISK 
FACTORS WE HAVE 
FOR THIS VIRUS 
IS THE TIME 
SPENT INDOORS. 
NEARLY ALL OF 
THE OUTBREAKS OF 
THREE OR MORE 
PEOPLE OCCURRED 
INDOORS. 
>> THAT IS WHY 
AIR CIRCULATION 
IN PLANES, 
OFFICES AND 
SCHOOLS MAY BE A 
CRITICAL FACTOR. 
A GOVERNMENT 
WATCHDOG AGENCY 
RECENTLY FOUND 
OVER ONE-THIRD 
OF PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS IN THE 
U.S. NEED 
IMPROVEMENTS TO 
THEIR AIR 
SYSTEMS FOR 
PROPER 
VENTILATION. 
SOME DISTRICTS 
ARE INVESTING IN 
NEW FILTERS. 
BUT OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS COULD 
BE A SIMPLER AND 
SAFER SOLUTION. 
>> WHAT I AM 
SHOCKED IS WE 
DON'T HAVE THE 
NATIONAL GUARD, 
BASICALLY, 
SETTING UP OPEN 
TENTS WITH THE 
SIDES OPEN ON 
ALL THE SCHOOLS 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY SO 
CLASSES CAN BE 
DONE OUTDOORS. 
>>> WHILE IN 
MANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
LIKE BEING IN A 
GROCERY STORE, 
RESTAURANT OR 
EVEN AN AIRPLANE 
OR OFFICE SPACE, 
THERE IS ONLY SO 
MUCH YOU CAN DO 
TO SOCIAL 
DISTANCE. 
BUT EXPERTS SAY 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
ALWAYS AVOID 
TALKING LOUDLY, 
AND ALWAYS WEAR 
A PROPERLY 
FITTING MASK 
WHENEVER POSSIBLE
. 
>>> I WANTED TO 
SQUEEZE THIS IN 
HERE. 
BECAUSE IT IS A 
HOT TOPIC TODAY. 
ON MONDAY THE 
CDC REVERSED 
GUIDANCE ON 
COVID-19 
TESTING. 
NOW SAYING 
HEALTHY PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED FOR AT 
LEAST 15 MINUTES 
STILL DO NOT 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST IF THEY 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THIS EXCLUDES 
VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE AND THOSE 
ARE CHRONIC 
MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS, BUT 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE BUZZING 
ABOUT IT. 
WHAT THAT MEANS 
FOR KEEPING 
TRANSMISSION 
FROM INCREASING. 
>> YEAH, SO I 
THINK ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST CONCERNS 
TO KNOW IS THAT 
CONTACT TRACING 
EFFORTS COULD 
VERY WILL BE 
COMPROMISED BY 
THIS. 
IT APPEARS THAT 
PART OF THE 
RATIONALE BEHIND 
THE GUIDELINE IS 
IF YOU ARE 
EXPOSED YOU ARE 
SUPPOSED TO 
QUARANTINE FOR 
14 DAYS. 
THAT HASN'T 
CHANGED. 
BUT THE 
DIFFERENCE HERE 
IS THAT WHAT 
ABOUT YOUR 
CONTACTS, RIGHT? 
IF YOU ARE 
EXPOSED AND YOU 
GET TESTED AND 
YOU TEST 
POSITIVE, YOUR 
CONTACTS NEED TO 
GO INTO 
QUARANTINE. 
OR POTENTIALLY 
GET TESTED 
THEMSELVES. 
SO IF YOU ARE 
ONLY GOING INTO 
QUARANTINE BUT 
YOU ARE NOT 
NECESSARILY 
GETTING TESTED, 
WE DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
TERMS OF YOUR 
POTENTIAL TO 
SPREAD TO 
OTHERS. 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT THIS A 
LOT. 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
TRANSMISSION IS 
A VERY, VERY 
REAL THING. 
THAT, I THINK IS 
ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST CONCERNS 
TO COME OUT OF 
THIS. 
I THINK WE'LL BE 
HEARING ABOUT 
THIS FOR A 
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
>>> LET ME ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE 
FLU SHOT. 
THIS IS A BIG 
DEAL. 
WHEN SHOULD YOU 
GET IT? 
WILL WE HAVE ON 
TO COR ABOUT 
SHORT AMEDISYS? 
THIS YEAR, I 
THINK MORE 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
PRONE TO GET IT. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
THIS YEAR MORE 
THAN EVER, WE 
ARE EP 
CURACAOING 
PEOPLE TO GET 
FLU SHOTS. 
FOR ADULTS IT 
DECREASES THE 
SEVERITY OF 
ILLNESS AND ALSO 
REDUCES 
HOSPITALIZATION. 
WHICH IS SO 
IMPORTANT. 
WE NEED TO PRE 
SERVE OUR 
RESOURCES GIVEN 
THE COVID-19. 
AND FOR CHILDREN 
ESPECIALLY, IT 
IS IMPORTANT. 
THE FLU SHOT CAN 
REDUCE 
MORTALITY. 
IN TERMS OF WHEN 
TO GET IT, 
EXPERTS 
GENERALLY SAY IF 
YOU ARE 
OTHERWISE 
HEALTHY, AROUND 
SEPTEMBER IS 
APPROPRIATE. 
IF YOU ARE OLDER 
OR HAVE 
UNDERLYING 
MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS OR 
ARE COMPROMISED 
MAYBE WAIT UNTIL 
EARLY OCTOBER. 
BUT BY THE END 
OF OCTOBER, CDC 
WANTS MOST 
PEOPLE 
VACCINATED. 
IN TERMS OF 
SHORTAGES, FLU 
PRODUCTION HAS 
BEEN RAMPED UP, 
SO WE DON'T 
ANTICIPATE ANY 
SHORTAGES. 
>>> CAUSING SOME 
CONFUSION IS 
THAT THERE IS 
OVERLAP IN COVID-
19 AND FLU 
SYMPTOMS. 
CAN YOU QUICKLY 
WALK US THROUGH 
WHAT THOSE 
VIRUSES HAVE IN 
COMMON AND HIT 
DISTINCT 
DIFFERENCES? 
>> YEAH IT IS 
EASY IF YOU LOOK 
AT THE GRAPHIC 
OF SYMPTOMS, 
THERE IS 
PROBABLY MORE 
SIMILARITY THAN 
DIFFERENCES. 
WE ARE TALKING 
FEVER, COUGH, 
SHORTNESS OF 
BREATH, FATIGUE, 
SORE THROAT, 
HEADACHE, GI 
SYMPTOMS, BOTH 
FLU AND COVID-19 
SHARE THOSE AND 
A TEST MIGHT BE 
THE ONLY THING. 
BUT COVID-19 IS 
A BUG THAT 
PRESENTS IN A 
VARIETY OF 
DIFFERENT WAYS, 
PARTICULARLY 
THAT LOSS OF 
TASTE AND SMELL 
THAT WAS SO 
ILLUMINATING IN 
THE SPRING. 
I THINK A FEW 
OTHER ASPECTS OF 
IT, FROM AN 
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL 
PERSPECTIVE, YOU 
ARE PROBABLY 
CONTAGIOUS A 
LITTLE WHILE 
LONGER THAN YOU 
ARE ARE FLU. 
THE INCUBATION 
IS LONGER. 
TWO TO 4 DAYS 
AND BIG THING 
WITH AEROSOL 
TRANSMISSION, 
THE CONCERN 
ABOUT SUPER 
SPREADING 
EVENTS, IN 
SMALL, ENCLOSED, 
POORLY 
VENTILATED 
LOCATIONS. 
>> I WISH WE 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT A HAPPIER 
TOPIC. 
MISS SEEING YOUR 
FACE. 
>>> I THINK 
EVERYBODY HAS 
THAT SENTIMENT. 
THERE ARE A 
NUMBER OF WAYS 
TO GET A FLU 
SHOT THIS YEAR. 
VICKY WYNN IS 
HERE TO LET US 
KNOW HOW. 
I ALWAYS GET MY 
FLU SHOT AT 
WORK. 
CALVIN AND THE 
KIDS WHEN THEY 
GO TO THEIR 
DOCTOR. 
>> I THINK A LOT 
OF OFFICES ARE 
STILL CLOSED. 
WE ARE USED TO 
GETTING THE FLU 
SHOT AT WORK. 
THE GOOD NEWS 
IS, TONS OF 
OTHER PLACES TO 
GET YOUR FLU 
SHOT. 
WALGREENS, THEY 
ARE ANTING 50% 
INCREASE. 
IF YOU ARE GOING 
TO GO TO YOUR 
DOCTOR OR 
PEDIATRICIAN, 
ASK IF YOU CAN 
ALL GET THE SHOT 
AT THE SAME 
TIME. 
THAT REDUES THE 
NUMBER OF VISITS 
AND CHECK A 
WEBSITE CALLED 
VACCINE 
FINDER.ORG FOR 
LOCATIONS NEAR 
YOU. 
>>> I KNOW A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ARE 
STAYING OUT OF 
THE THERE'S 
OFFICE BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO CONTRACT 
COVID-19. 
HOW DO PEOPLE 
STAY SAFE WHEN 
THEY ARE FINALLY 
GOING TO GET THE 
FLU SHOT? 
>> FIRST THING, 
VERY IMPORTANT 
TO CALL AHEAD 
AND FIGURE OUT 
WHAT IS THE 
PROTOCOL? 
ASK IF YOU CAN 
FILL OUT ANY 
FORMS AHEAD OF 
TIME, SO YOU CAN 
LIMIT YOUR TIME 
IN THE OFFICE. 
BE PREPARED 30 
WORTH A MASK AND 
A LOT OF OFFICES 
ARE ASKING YOU 
TO STAY OUTSIDE 
IN YOUR CAR 
UNTIL IT IS YOUR 
TURN TO COME IN. 
OF COURSE WASH 
YOUR HANDS AND 
MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU LIMIT YOUR 
TIME IN THAT 
OFFICE. 
TRY TO GET THE 
FIRST 
APPOINTMENT OF 
THE DAY IF YOU 
CAN. 
>>> AND WHAT 
ABOUT COSTS? 
YOU KNOW, 
BECAUSE SO MANY 
PEOPLE ARE DOING 
IT DIFFERENTLY 
THIS YEAR, WILL 
THERE BE AN 
ADDED COST? 
>> GENERALLY, IF 
YOU HAVE 
INSURANCE, THE 
GOOD NEWS HERE 
IS IT WILL BE 
COVERED. 
YOUR FLU SHOT 
WILL NOT COST 
YOU A PENNY. 
YOU CAN DO A 
GOOGLE SEARCH OR 
INTERNET SEARCH 
IN YOUR AREA 
YOUR CITY OR 
COUNTY AND IF 
THINK IF YOU ARE 
A COLLEGE 
STUDENT ON 
CAMPUS. 
A LOT OF THOSE 
HAVE FREE FLU 
SHOTS. 
THAT IS JUST 
GOING TO BE FOR 
THE VETERAN, NOT 
THE REST OF THE 
FAMILY. 
AND IF YOU DON'T 
HAVE INSURANCE, 
CHECK GOOD R 
X.COM. 
I ALSO WANT TO 
REMIND PEOPLE 
COSTCO. 
$19.99 YOU DON'T 
EVEN HAVE TO BE 
A MEMBER. 
FOR YOUR IAN 
YEARS BRING YOUR 
ID, ASK ABOUT 
THAT SENIOR 
DISCOUNT. 
>>> REALLY GOOD 
ADVICE. 
SAVING US MONEY 
AND SAVING OUR 
HEALTH TOO. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, SCHOOLS 
REVERSING THEIR 
DECISION TO HOLD 
IN PERSON 
CLASSES AFTER 
COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS. 
AT UNC CHAPEL 
HILL, CLASSES 
ABRUPTLY HALTED 
JUST DAYS AFTER 
MOVE IN. 
STUDENTS THERE 
NOT TESTED 
BEFORE COMING 
BACK. 
IN INDIANA AN 
UNPRECEDENTED 
UNDERTAKING. 
BEFORE ALL 
40,000 STUDENTS 
START CLASSES 
THIS MONTH, THEY 
ARE REQUIRED TO 
TAKE A COVID-19 
TEST. 
>>> TESTING WILL 
BE VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT AND 
WILL BE A KEY 
ELEMENT OF 
PROTECTING OUR 
COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
UNLAKE MOST 
COVID-19 TESTING 
THAT INVOLVES A 
LARGE, OFTEN 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
SWAB TO GET A 
SAMPLE FROM THE 
BACK OF THE 
NOSE, PERDUE 
STUDENTS WILL 
JUST SPIT INTO 
THIS TINY TUBE. 
SOMETHING THEY 
CAN DO AT HOME 
WITH THIS KIT. 
>> THE 
CONVENIENCE OF 
THAT, I THINK 
PARTICULARLY FOR 
THIS GENERATION 
OF STUDENTS, IS 
A GOOD ONE THAT 
ALLOWED US TO 
REACH THEM. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS ONE OF 65 
SCHOOLS WORKING 
WITH A HEALTH 
COMPANY NOW 
OFFERING THIS AT 
HOME COVID-19 
SALIVA TEST, 
DEVELOPED BY 
RUTGERS 
UNIVERSITY. 
>> IT IS A GAME 
CHANGER. 
IT IS MUCH 
EASIER. 
YOU ARE SPITTING 
INTO A TUBE, 
WHICH EVERYBODY 
CAN DO, EVEN 
KIDS. 
AND YOU ARE 
GIVING US ENOUGH 
SPIT TO TELL IF 
THERE IS VIRUS 
IN THERE. 
>>> I ORDERED A 
KIT. 
IT APPROVED IN 
TWO DAYS, I SET 
UP A VIDEO CHAT 
WITH A CLINICIAN 
WHO MADE SURE I 
DID THE TEST 
CORRECTLY. 
>> ALL YOU NEED 
TO DO NOW IS GO 
AHEAD AND SPIT I 
CAN'T THIS IS 
GOING TO TAKE 
AWHILE. 
>> I THINK THE 
RECORD WAS ABOUT 
30 SECONDS. 
>> I WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY. 
>> Reporter: HOW 
MANY TIMES A DAY 
DO YOU HAVE TO 
WATCH PEOPLE DO 
THIS? 
>> ENOUGH. 
>> Reporter: TWO 
MINUTES LATER. 
>> SMELLING 
PICKLES IN A 
JAR, THINKING 
ABOUT FOOD. 
SMELLING CITRUS. 
>> Reporter: I 
HAVE NOTHING. 
LET ME THINK 
ABOUT MOUTH-
WATERING FOODS. 
>> Reporter: IT 
TOOK SOME TIME 
TO WORK UP ABOUT 
A SPOONFUL OF 
SALIVA. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS MIXED WITH A 
PRESERVATIVE TO 
KEEP MY SAMPLE 
FRESH, THEN I 
PUT IT IN A BAG 
TO GO TO THE 
RUTGERS LAB IN 
NEW JERSEY 
RESULTS ARE 
AVAILABLE IN TWO 
TO THREE DAYS. 
SWAB TESTS HAVE 
SEEN DAYS UP TO 
4 DAYS. 
THE SLAVE VA 
TESTS WERE GIVEN 
EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION BY 
THE FDA. 
YALE MUST 
CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE BUT IT 
IS NOT AN AT 
HOME TEST. 
>> Reporter: HOW 
IS THIS BETTER? 
>> THE FALSE 
NEGATIVE 
STRAIGHT WHAT WE 
ARE CONCERN 
WITH. 
TELLING SOMEONE 
THEY ARE 
NEGATIVE WHEN 
ACTUALLY THEY 
ARE SICK IS VERY 
DANGEROUS. 
SO THE SALIVA 
TEST HAS A LESS 
THAN 1% FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
SCIENTISTS 
CAUTION THERE IS 
NOT ENOUGH DATA 
YET TO KNOW HOW 
MUCH VIRUS IS IN 
SALIVA. 
>> THEY ARE 
GENERALLY VERY 
ACCURATE. 
A LITTLE LESS 
SENSITIVE THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB. 
IF PEOPLE HAVE 
VERY, VERY SMALL 
AMOUNTS OF 
VIRUS, IT IS 
POSSIBLE THE 
SALIVA WOULDN'T 
DETECT THAT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
TEST IS ALSO 
PRICEY. 
$150 IF YOU 
ORDER IT 
DIRECTLY FROM 
THE COMPANY. 
RIGHT NOW IT IS 
RUNNING ABOUT 
80,000 TESTS A 
DAY AND THEY SAY 
AS THAT NUMBER 
GOES UP THE COST 
WILL COME DOWN. 
FOR STUDENTS 
LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD 
CLARA TERRY, WHO 
WILL BE A 
FRESHMAN AT 
PERDUE, SPITTING 
IN THE TUBE WAS 
EASY. 
>> I HAVE HEARD 
WITH THE NOSE 
ONE IT HURTS. 
THIS WAS NOT 
PAINFUL AT ALL. 
>> Reporter: 
EVEN THOUGH THIS 
TEST IS DONE AT 
HOME, A KEY PART 
OF THE TEST IS 
YOU HAVE TO DO 
IT LIVE OVER A 
VIDEO CALL WITH 
A CLINICIAN TO 
ENSURE YOU ARE 
DOING IT 
CORRECTLY AND 
THAT IT IS YOUR 
SALIVA. 
I GOT THE 
RESULTS OF MY 
TEST TWO DAYS 
LATER. 
NEGATIVE. 
PRO SPORTS 
LEAGUES ARE 
USING THIS. 
>> NO WONDER THE 
KIDS WANT THEM. 
BUT THERE IS 
ALWAYS A 
QUESTION OF 
COST. 
HOW MUCH WOULD 
THIS COST? 
>> IT IS $150. 
BUT IT IS OPEN 
TO ANYONE. 
SO YOU JUST HAVE 
TO GO ON THE 
WEBSITE AND DO 
THAT. 
>> SO YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO BE A 
PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETE. 
YOU CAN JUST 
CLICK AND GET 
THE TEST? 
>> EXACTLY. 
THE COLLEGE AND 
HIS UNIVERSITIES 
ARE INVESTING 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS. 
THEY SAY IT IS 
WORTHWHILE TO 
TRY TO PROTECT 
THEIR STUDENTS 
AND STAFF. 
>> IS THERE A 
CERTAIN TIME 
FRAME? 
>> 
>> Reporter: 
THEY WANT THEM 
TO TAKE IT 
WITHIN TWO WEEKS 
BEFORE GOING ON 
TO CAMPUS. 
YOU CAN TAKE THE 
TEST, BE 
NEGATIVE AND A 
FEW DAYS LATER 
BE POSITIVE. 
SO THERE ARE 
LIMITATIONS. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH ROV. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT WE 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> WE HAVE TO 
GET A DEGREE. 
>> WE HAVE 
CREATED A SYSTEM 
WHERE THE TICKET 
TO THE MIDDLE 
CLASS IS A THING 
THAT MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILIES 
HAVE TO STRESS 
ABOUT AND BORROW 
FOR AND PATCH 
TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING? 
WITH CHRIS 
HAYES. 
>>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES WOULD 
BE HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
EDITION. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> WE HAVE 
BREAKING NEWS. 
WHERE WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>>> LIVE 
WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>>> MANY 
TEACHERS LOVE 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> TAKE CARE OF 
MY CHILDREN OR 
HAVE A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS THE 
MOMENT WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>>> LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
WHAT I MISS IS 
MY TEACHERS A. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
A RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THE KIDS WILL BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> AND HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT. 
WITH ALL THAT WE 
ARE FACING I AM 
SO PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF A 
BLACK WOMAN, A 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, THE 
WIFE AND MOTHER 
OF A HUSBAND AND 
KIDS, WHO, 
SADLY, ARE MORE 
VULNERABLE TO 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE OF THEIR 
COLOR, A PROUD 
NERD AND A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF THE EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE GWEN AND 
MY MOM WILL LACK 
DOWN FROM HEAVEN 
AND BE PROUD. 
>>> AS WE INCH 
CLOSER TO THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION, 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS, 
ESPECIALLY 
MINORITIES ARE 
DEPENDING ON THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
NOW MORE THAN 
EVER. 
TREMAIN LEE 
JOINS MENO HE IS 
ALSO THE HOST OF 
THE INTO AMERICA 
PODCAST. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE'S IMPACT 
ON BLACK 
FAMILIES. 
TELL US MORE 
ABOUT EPISODE 
69. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT, 
ALLISON. 
FOR DECADES THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
HAS BEEN A 
LADDER INTO THE 
MIDDLE CLASS FOR 
MANY AFRICAN-
AMERICANS. 
AS WE INCH 
CLOSER, TO THE 
2020 ELECTION 
AND WITH COVID-
19 HOVERING 
THERE, THE MAIL 
SERVICE WILL BE 
EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT FOR 
THOSE LIKE THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTED BY 
COVID-19. 
BUT ALSO LIVE IN 
ENVIRONMENTS 
THAT ARE DENSELY 
POPULATED. 
IT MAY NOT BE AS 
SAFE TO GO TO 
OUR POLLING 
PLACE. 
AT THE SAME TIME 
CHANGES HAVE 
BEEN ENACTED 
THAT MANY FEAR 
NOT ONLY WILL 
SLOW THE MAIL 
SERVICE BUT 
IMPACT BLACK 
VOTERS. 
YOU HAVE THIS 
LONG HISTORY OF 
BLACK FOLKS 
BEING EMPLOYED 
BY THE POSTAL 
SERVICE AND ON 
THE OTHER HAND, 
IN 2020, YOU 
HAVE A SITUATION 
WHERE THEY MAY 
BE ADVERSELY 
AFFECTED WHEN IT 
COME TO THE MAIL 
IN VOTE. 
>> I KNOW YOU 
ALSO SPOKE TO A 
BLACK POSTAL 
WORKER FROM 
CHICAGO. 
WHAT DID HE TELL 
YOU? 
>> I SPOKE TO 
JAY THURMAN. 
HE SAID YOU KNOW 
WHAT, 
HISTORICALLY 
SPEAKING, WHEN 
YOU GOT THAT 
POLITICAL MAIL, 
YOU HAD THE 
ABSENTEE VOTES. 
IT IS A HIGH 
PRIORITY. 
NOW WITH ALL THE 
CHANGES, WITH 
EVERYTHING THAT 
IS AT STAKE WITH 
2020, HE SAYS 
THE PRESSURE IS 
ON. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LISTEN. 
>> IT IS ALWAYS 
SCARY WHEN YOU 
KNOW, THEY MAKE 
A CHANGE AND YOU 
DON'T KNOW WHAT 
IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
WHEN THEY SAY NO 
OVERTIME, WE ARE 
NOT DOING ANY 
OVERTIME AND WE 
HAVE TO GET THIS 
MAIL OUT. 
THAT IS EVEN 
MORE PRESSURE. 
IT IS LIKE YOU 
CAN CUT IT WITH 
A NAVY. 
YOU FEEL LAKE 
YOU CAN JUST CUT 
IT BECAUSE IT IS 
SO GO, GO, GO, 
LET'S GO. 
>>> IT IS THE 
BEST PART OF 
WHAT THE PROBLEM 
IS HERE, WE 
TALKED TO POSTAL 
WORKERS LIKE JAY 
THURMAN, SO MANY 
OTHERS THEY SEE 
A CLEAR 
POLITICAL 
CONNECTION 
BETWEEN WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAYING YOU KNOW, 
HE THINKS THERE 
WILL BE MAJOR 
FRAUD IF MORE 
PEOPLE VOTE BY 
MAIL AND THEN 
THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL TAKING 
AWAY OVERTIME 
FOR POSTAL 
WORKERS WHO 
USUALLY SPEND 
EXTRA HOURS, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
FIRST CLASS 
MAIL. 
SO A LOT OF 
FOLKS ARE 
FEELING THE 
PRESSURE. 
>>> NO DOUBT, 
TREMAIN, ANOTHER 
GREAT PODCAST. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR COMING 
ON. 
WE'LL TALK TO 
YOU ABOUT IT. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> HOW ARE YOU 
VOTING IN THE 
2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION? 
NBC NEWS IS HERE 
TO HELP. 
WE HAVE A STATE 
BY STATE GUIDE 
CALLED PLAN YOUR 
VOTE. 
IT HAS 
INFORMATION ON 
RESTRICTIONS BY 
STATE. 
YOU CAN CHECK IT 
OUT. 
. 
>>> IF ONE OF US 
IS NOT OKAY IN 
THE COMMUNITY, 
THE REST OF US 
IS NOT OKAY. 
>>> RACIAL 
INJUSTICE IS ON 
THE FOREFRONT OF 
MEDIA EVERYWHERE 
YOU LOOK. 
IT IS ON THE 
LIST AND TONS OF 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE WORLD RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS 
BEEN, HAS GONE 
VIRAL. 
SO WE SEE PEOPLE 
DEMANDING 
STRUCTURAL 
CHANGE IN THE 
LIGHT OF THE 
MANY MEN AND 
WOMEN OF COLOR. 
IT HAS COME TO A 
CULMINATION, A 
BOILING POINT 
AND THERE HAS TO 
BE 
TRANSFORMATION 
AL CHANGE AND 
THE RESOURCES. 
AND THE PEOPLE 
WILL NOT ACCEPT 
ANYTHING LESS 
THAN THAT. 
AS HUMAN 
JUSTICE, AS 
THOSE WHO ARE 
CONNECTED TO, 
DEDICATED TO OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
I THINK WE'LL 
RECEIVE WARNING 
AFTER THE PEOPLE 
RECEIVE AN ALL 
THETY. 
COMMUNITY 
GROUPS, ARE THE 
FOUGHT OF PUBLIC 
SAFETY. 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
THESE 
ALTERNATIVE WAYS 
TO ADDRESS 
ISSUES ON THE 
PREVENTATIVE 
SIDE, YOU SEE A 
WHOLE NEW 
REALITY OPEN UP. 
SO WE ARE ABLE 
TO BE IN 
POSITION TO 
NEGOTIATE 
CONVERSATIONS 
AND TRUCE AND 
KIND OF PUT OUT 
FIRES IN WAYS 
THAT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
COULDN'T EVEN 
PUSH. 
>> MY MOTHER WAS 
A, SHE HAD 
PROBLEMS WITH 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
AND I NEVER 
REALLY HAD A 
PROBLEM. 
WITH THE PEOPLE 
IN THE 
COMMUNITY, OUT 
COMMITTING 
CRIMES. 
I WOUND UP DOING 
16 YEARS OF MY 
LIFE IN PRISON. 
I HAVE ALWAYS 
HAD AN ATTITUDE 
TOWARD ANY TYPE 
OF POVERTY, BUT 
THEN I WAS SHOWN 
THAT THERE IS A 
DIFFERENT TYPE 
OF WAY TO GET 
THIS PROGRAM TO 
WORK. 
AND REMAINING 
WITH OUR 
CREDIBILITY, NOT 
DEALING WITH THE 
AUTHORITY, THAT 
WAS THE KEY 
THING THAT MADE 
ME SAY I CAN DO 
THIS. 
BECAUSE I 
FIGURED THAT I 
COULD MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE THAT 
THE NURSES 
TEACHERS AND 
SCHOOLS CAN'T 
MICROWAVES THE 
SAME PERSON. 
AND THEY KNOW 
THAT. 
SO THEY CAN 
IDENTIFY WITH 
IT. 
>>> WE SAW 
PEOPLE WHO HAD 
LEADERSHIP 
SKILLS THAT WERE 
LAYING DORMANT 
THAT WEREN'T 
BEING ACTIVATED 
AND THAT PULLED 
THEM INTO THE 
CONVERSATION AND 
CHANNELED SOME 
OF THOSE. 
SO IN 2017 WE 
DID ACTUALLY GO, 
I THINK WE 
SURPASSED A YEAR 
WITHOUT A 
SHOOTING OR 
HOMICIDE. 
I THINK PART OF 
THAT RECOGNITION 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON THE 
CULTURE WE WERE 
PART OF. 
IT IS EASY TO 
MEASURE AND 
QUANTIFY HOW 
MANY DAYS GO 
WITHOUT A 
SHOOTING. 
IT IS A LITTLE 
MORE DIFFICULT 
TO LOOK AT HOW 
MANY MIND SETS 
HAVE BEEN 
AWAKENED OR 
INSPIRED OR 
OPENED UP. 
>>> TODAY WE 
HAVE A RESPONSE 
AND THE 
IMPORTANCE OF US 
COMING TOGETHER 
AND MOBILIZING 
THE COMMUNITY IS 
THAT FOR TOO 
LONG IT HAS BEEN 
THE NORM THAT 
PEOPLE BE SHOT, 
AND WE CONTINUE 
BUSINESS AS 
USUAL. 
>>> THAT WAS 
PART OF THE 
PROBLEM. 
>> THE RESPONSE 
IS BREAKING THAT 
NORM AND SAYING 
THAT ANYTIME AN 
ACT OF VIOLENCE 
HAPPENS, WE, AS 
A COMMUNITY, 
HAVE AN 
ALLEGATION TO 
DENOUNCE IT, TO 
STEP UP. 
IT IS A BIG 
DEAL. 
WE WILL NOT 
ACCEPT IT AND WE 
WILL NOT STAND 
FOR IT. 
>> WHY IS NOBODY 
TIRED? 
WHY IS EVERYBODY 
NOT TIRED? 
THE RESPONSE 
THAT WENT ON 
TODAY, IT WAS 
BASICALLY A 
REMEMBRANCE OF 
MONEY MAGS, AND 
YOU KNOW WE WERE 
JUST TRYING TO 
GET THE 
COMMUNITY TO 
RECOGNIZE IF ONE 
IS NOT OKAY, WE 
ARE REALLY NOT 
OKAY. 
AND NOW WE 
DEFINITELY NEED 
TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
THIS IS WHY IT 
IS NOT OKAY. 
IT IS SENSELESS. 
AND THAT IS WHAT 
WE ARE WORKING 
ON. 
OUR MISSION IS 
TO CHANGE THE 
COMMUNITY NORM, 
WHICH STARTS 
WITH CHANGE 
THINK. 
>>> BELIEVING IN 
PEOPLE, 
INVESTING IN 
PEOPLE, 
SUPPORTING 
PEOPLE, PRODUCES 
OUTCOMES THAT 
ARE UNDENIABLE. 
THERE IS A SHIFT 
RIGHT NOW. 
FOR GOOD REASON. 
SOCIETY IS 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
THE FACT THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN DOING 
THINGS IN WAYS 
THAT ARE NOT 
EFFECTIVE. 
SO OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY 
AND OBLIGATION 
RIGHT NOW, AS A 
SOCIETY, IS TO 
FOCUS ON PUTTING 
PEOPLE FIRST, 
PEOPLE BEFORE 
POSSESSIONS, 
PEOPLE BEFORE 
THINGS, PEOPLE 
BEFORE BUDGET. 
>>> ONE OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S VERY 
FIRST EXECUTIVE 
ORDERS DROPPED 
LATE ON A FRIDAY 
NIGHT, DAYS 
AFTER HE HAD 
BEEN SWORN IN 
AND IT CAME TO 
BE KNOWN AS THE 
MUSLIM BAN. 
THE ORDER BANNED 
MIGRANTS FROM 
SEVEN COUNTRIES 
FROM VISITING 
THE UNITED 
STATES FOR 90 
DAYS AND 
SUSPENDED THE 
ENTRY OF SYRIAN 
REFUGEES 
INDEFINITELY. 
AND EVEN FOR THE 
60,000 REFUGEES 
WHO HAD VISAS IN 
HAND. 
IT CAPPED THE 
NUMBER OF 
REFUGEES IN 2017 
TO 50,000 TOTAL. 
WITHIN 48 HOURS 
THAT ORDER WAS 
BLOCKED BY A 
JUDGE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SIGNED A NEW 
ORDER EXEMPTING 
SOME REFUGEES 
LIKE PEOPLE FROM 
IRAQ. 
>> A JUDGE HAS 
JUST BLOCKED OUR 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
ON TRAVEL AND 
REFUGEES COMING 
INTO OUR COUNTRY 
FROM CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES. 
REGARDLESS, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
KEEP OUR 
CITIZENS SAFE. 
BELIEVE ME. 
>> WE TRIED 
AGAIN AND 
DELIVERED TRAVEL 
BAN 3.0. 
THIS VERSION 
LIMITED VISAS TO 
TRAVELERS FROM 
FIVE OF THE 
ORIGINAL SEVEN 
COUNTRIES, 
LIFTED 
RESTRICTIONS ON 
ONE OF THEM AND 
ADDED NEW ON 
VENEZUELA AND 
NORTH KOREA AND 
THIS TIME HE 
SUCCEEDED. 
>> THE DECISION 
SAYS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WINS. 
THE SUPREME 
COURT HAS UPHELD 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TRAVEL BAN. 
>> EARLIER THIS 
YEAR THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADDED SIX MORE 
COUNTRIES TO THE 
LIST. 
THE U.S. WAS 
WELL ON ITS WAY 
TO ADMITTING 
FEWER REFUGEES 
THAN EVER IN 
2020 AND THE 
TRAVEL BAN BARS 
ALL PEOPLE FROM 
THESE COUNTRIES 
FROM OBTAINING 
IMMIGRANT VISAS. 
>>> IN THE 
SUMMER OF 2018 
THE GOVERNMENT 
REPORTED WHILE 
ARRESTING 
UNDOCUMENTED 
BORDER CROSSERS 
THEY HAD 
SEPARATED AT 
LEAST 2000 
CHILDREN FROM 
THEIR PARENTS IN 
THE PAST YEAR. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
ACLU, MORE THAN 
200 OF THOSE 
CHILDREN WERE 
UNDER THE AGE OF 
FIVE. 
>> AMERICAN 
CITIZENS THAT 
ARE JAILED DO 
NOT TAKE THEIR 
CHILDREN TO JAIL 
WITH THEM. 
NONCITIZENS WHO 
CROSS OUR 
BORDERS 
UNLAWFULLY 
BETWEEN OUR 
PORTS OF ENTRY, 
WITH CHILDREN, 
ARE NO 
EXCEPTION. 
>>> PICTURES 
FROM INSIDE THE 
DETENTION CENTER 
SHOW CRAMPED 
CROWDED 
TRADITIONS. 
REPUBLICAN CA 
HAD CHILDREN 
BEGGING FOR 
THEIR PARENTS.
>>> IN RESPONSE 
TO PUBLIC 
OUTCRY, TRUMP 
SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
ENDING FAMILY 
SEPARATION IN 
JUNE OF 2018. 
>> A LOT OF 
HAPPY PEOPLE. 
THE DAMAGE WAS 
DONE, SOME REUNI 
CATION WAS DONE. 
IN ALL MORE THAN 
2800 CHILDREN 
WERE TAKEN BY 
THEIR PARENTS 
FROM U.S. 
IMMIGRATION 
OFFICIALS. 
BECAUSE THE U.S. 
DIDN'T 
PRIORITIZE 
TRACKING 
CHILDREN IN ITS 
CUFFED THE TRUE 
NUMBER OF 
CHILDREN 
SEPARATED FROM 
THEIR FAMILIES 
MAY NEVER BE 
KNOWN. 
THE HEAD OF THE 
DHS WAS FORCED 
OUT OF HER JOB 
IN 2009. 
>>> E-MAILS 
OBTAINED WAS AN 
EARLY ARCHITECT 
AS THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
FAMILY 
SEPARATION 
POLICY. 
>> A MAN WHO 
HELPED CRAFT THE 
FAMILY 
SEPARATION 
POLICY NOW HAS 
HER JOB LEADING 
THE AGENCY IN AN 
ACTING CAPACITY. 
>>> BUILD THAT 
WALL. 
BUILD THAT WALL. 
BUILD THAT WALL. 
>>> THE ELECTION 
OF 2016 THIS 
PROMISE WAS PART 
OF THE 
FOUNDATION OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
CAMPAIGN. 
>>> WHO IS GOING 
TO PAY FOR THE 
WALL? 
>> 100%. 
>> FOUR YEARS 
LATER THE 
PORTIONS OF THE 
WALL THAT HAVE 
BEEN BUILT HAVE 
BEEN PAID FOR BY 
AMERICANS. 
IN EARLY 2009, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DEMANDED $5.7 
BILLION FROM 
CONGRESS IN A 
SPENDING BILL 
THAT THE HOUSE 
REFUSED TO PASS.
>>> WE TALKED 
ABOUT AN 
INVASION OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
HE USED TOY FOR 
BORDER WALL 
PROJECTS, WHILE 
A NUMBER OF 
GROUPS SUED TO 
STOP THAT 
TRANSFER OF 
FUNDS. 
INIAL THE 
SUPREME COURT 
SIDED WITH TRUMP 
ALLOWING THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
TO SPEND MORE 
THAN $6 BILLION 
ON THE PROJECT. 
CONSTRUCTION HAS 
BEEN SLOW AND 
AROUND TWO-
THIRDS OF THE 
LAND NEEDED FOR 
THE FALL IS 
STILL PRIVATELY 
OWNED. 
275 MILES OF 
WHAT CUSTOMS AND 
BORDER 
PROTECTION CALLS 
A BORDER WALL 
SYSTEM HAS BEEN 
BUILT, WHICH IS 
ROUGHLY 12.5% OF 
THE SOUTHERN 
U.S. BORDER. 
PORTIONS OF THE 
CONSTRUCTION HAS 
GONE TO REPLACE 
SOME OF THE 
BORDER FENCING 
BUILT DURING THE 
BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION.
>>> WHEN THEY 
COME IN ANOTHER 
ONE, IT WILL BE 
10 YEARS. 
SORT OF PRETTY 
SIMPLE. 
THEY GO TO JAIL 
FOR FIVE YEARS, 
GUESS WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
THEY ARE NOT 
COMING BACK 
FOLKS. 
>>> TRUMP TALKED 
A LOT ABOUT 
DEPORTATIONS AND 
THE IMPACT OF 
HIS RHETORIC HAS 
BEEN FELT IN 
COMMUNITIES 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
>>> BUT ON ONE 
IMPORTANT 
METRIC, THE 
FACTS DON'T 
MATCH THE TALK. 
DEPORTATION. 
THEY HAVE RISEN 
BUT HAVE COME 
NOWHERE CLOSE TO 
THE MORE THAN 
400,000 
DEPORTATIONS 
DURING THE PEAK 
YEARS OF THE 
OBAMA 
PRESIDENCY. 
ACCORDING TO THE 
RECENT I.C.E. 
NUMBERS, 
INTERIOR 
REMOVALS. 
ARE DOWN FOR 
MOST OF THE 
OBAMA YEARS AS 
WELL. 
I STOPPED 
REPORTING THIS 
DATA FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 220, BUT IF 
THE TREND HOLD, 
THEN ONE OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S KEY 
PROMISES TO 
DEPORT MORE 
PEOPLE HAS NOT 
BEEN KEPT. 
>>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP TARGETING 
SUBURBAN WOMEN, 
A GROUP HE 
CLAIMS WILL VOTE 
FOR HIM COME 
NOVEMBER. 
BUT WILL THEY? 
CHRIS IS IN 
UNION COUNTY, 
NORTH CAROLINA, 
WHERE SHE HAS 
BEEN TALKING 
WITH SUBURBAN 
WOMEN. 
CHRIS TRUMP WON 
UNION COUNTY IN 
2016. 
THAT COUNTY 
VOTED 10 POINTS 
MORE DEMOCRATIC 
IN THE 2009 
CONGRESSIONAL 
ELECTION. 
HOW DO SUBURBAN 
WOMEN THERE FEEL 
ABOUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP RIGHT NOW? 
>> Reporter: 
LOOK WE CAME TO 
TRUMP COUNTRY 
BECAUSE WE WANT 
TO SEE HOW MUCH 
OF HIS BASE WILL 
DONALD TRUMP 
HOLD? 
WE KNOW HE HAS 
NO HOPE OF 
WINNING A STATE 
LIKE NORTH 
CAROLINA WITHOUT 
HOLDING THAT. 
WE SAT DOWN WITH 
ONE DEMOCRAT TO 
GET THEIR TAKE. 
HERE'S PART OF 
WHAT THEY TOLD 
ME. 
>>> HOW DO YOU 
ALL FEEL ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
CHANCES OF 
GETTING 
REELECTED? 
THE POLLS WOULD 
SUGGEST HE IS 
WAY DOWN, BUT 
YOU ARE 
LAUGHING? 
>> I DON'T 
BELIEVE THOSE 
POLLS. 
THOSE POLLS WERE 
WAY DOWN FOR HIM 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
THINGS HAVE 
CHANGED A LOT 
SINCE THEN. 
>> Reporter: DO 
YOU THINK THERE 
IS MORE 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
JOE BIDEN THAN 
THERE WAS FOR 
HILLARY? 
>> YES. 
>> Reporter: SO 
ENTHUSIASM IS 
SOMETHING WE 
HEAR FROM BOTH 
REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS. 
DEMOCRATS 
BELIEVE THERE 
WAS A LACK OF 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON 
THAT THEY EXPECT 
MORE PEOPLE WILL 
COME OUT FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
BUT THEY ALSO 
KNOW ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE 
THAT TRUMP IS 
UNLIKELY TO WIN 
WITH JUST HIS 
BASE. 
HE HAS TO ALSO 
GET SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO MAYBE 
FELT LIKE HE 
COULDN'T WIN 
LAST TIME OR 
HAVE NOT BEEN 
ENTHUSIASTIC 
VOTERS AND GET 
THEM OUT AS 
WELL. 
>>> CHRIS HE 
TALKED TO THESE 
WOMEN ABOUT 
TRUMP'S 
MESSAGING ON 
RACE IN AMERICA. 
WHAT DO THEY SAY 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> YEAH, THEY 
COULD BE ON 
DIFFERENT SIDES 
OF THIS ISSUE. 
THIS IS THE 
HIGHLY 
CONTENTIOUS ONE. 
YESTERDAY WHEN 
TRUMP CAME INTO 
TOWN FOR THE 
FIRST DAY OF THE 
CONVENTION? 
CHARLOTTE HE 
TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT THIS. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
TRULY BELIEVE 
THAT DONALD 
TRUMP SEES THIS 
THE WAY THEY SEE 
THIS. 
WHICH IS THAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
PUT UPON. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
SEE THEM AS 
SOMEHOW BAD 
BECAUSE OF THESE 
CONTENTIOUS 
CONVERSATIONS. 
LET ME PLAY A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
WHAT WAS SAID. 
>> WE ARE 
SUDDENLY ALL 
BAD. 
SO I THINK WHERE 
WHITE AMERICA 
FEELS FRUSTRATED 
MAKES US WANT TO 
VOTE FOR TRUMP. 
SO IT IS KIND OF 
BACK FIRING. 
>> HE WANTS TO 
REASON STATE THE 
UNITED STATES 
BACK TO WHERE IT 
SHOULD BE. 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
WHICH AMERICA 
YOU ARE SEEKING. 
IT IS 20 YEARS 
AGO? 
10 YEARS AGO? 
WE WERE 
DISCRIMINATED 
AGAINST, WE WERE 
VILIFIED. 
WE DO NOT WANT 
GO BACK TO THAT. 
HOWEVER GOING 
BACK TO A 
COUNTRY THAT 
BELIEVES IN 
DEMOCRACY, THAT 
IS THE COUNTRY 
THAT WE WANT TO 
SEE. 
>> Reporter: 
JUST ONE WAY, 
ALLISON, IF YOU 
LOOK BEHIND ME, 
THIS 40-FOOT 
TALL MONUMENT TO 
CONFEDERATE 
SOLDIERS, THERE 
IS AN ONLINE 
PETITION, THE 
NAACP HAS GOTTEN 
INVOLVED, THEY 
WANT TO TAKEN 
DOWN IF A LOT OF 
REPUBLICANS, 
THIS IS ALL 
ABOUT HISTORY, 
THEY THINK THESE 
CONVERSATIONS 
ARE ABOUT BEING 
PC. 
BUT I WILL SAY, 
AT LEAST AMONG 
THESE FOUR 
WOMEN, THEY WANT 
TO GET TOGETHER 
AGAIN AND 
CONTINUE TO HAVE 
THESE KINDS OF 
CONVERSATIONS, 
ALLISON? 
>> CHRIS, I HAVE 
TO ASK YOU 
BEFORE YOU GO 
ABOUT MAIL-IN 
VOTING. 
IT HAS BEEN SUCH 
A HOT TOPIC. 
HOW DO THE WOMEN 
FEEL ABOUT THAT? 
>> AGAIN, 
COMPLETELY 
SPLIT. 
YOU KNOW, DONALD 
TRUMP HAS TRIED 
TO SAY TIME AND 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT IT IS 
GOING TO BE RIFE 
WITH FRAUD. 
THEY HAVE HAD 
SOME QUESTIONS 
IN PREVIOUS 
ELECTIONS. 
HERE'S WHAT THEY 
SAID ABOUT THAT. 
>> I DO BELIEVE 
EVERYONE SHOULD 
GO BE ABLE TO 
VOTE IN PERSON. 
I HAVE ALWAYS 
VOTED ON 
ELECTION DAY. 
I'M NOT REAL 
CRAZY ABOUT 
EARLY VOTING. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE HAS NEVER 
BEEN A STUDY 
THAT SUGGESTED 
OR IN ANY WAY 
HAS PROVEN THAT 
THERE IS A LACK 
OF INTEGRITY 
WITH MAIL IN 
VOTES. 
>> I DEFINITELY 
BELIEVE YOU NEED 
TO SHOW YOUR ID. 
>> Reporter: AS 
SOPHIA POINTED 
OUT WE ARE IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC. 
AND IT IS 
DEFINITELY 
COMING IN A BIG 
WAY TO NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
WE JUST GOT 
FIGURES FROM ONE 
OF THE LOCAL 
STATIONS. 
THEY SAY THAT 
313,000 IN NORTH 
CAROLINA HAVE 
MADE A REQUEST 
FOR MAIL IN 
BALLOTS. 
THAT IS 10 TIMES 
WHAT WE SAW IN 
2016. 
>> WOW. 
>> BUT YOU CAN 
SEE THE 
MESSAGING ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE, 
RIGHT? 
THE MESSAGING ON 
THE REPUBLICAN 
SIDE SEEMS TO BE 
WORKING. 
BUT WHEN YOU 
BREAK THAT DOWN. 
53% OF THE 
REQUESTS ARE 
FROM DEMOCRATS. 
31% FROM 
UNAFFILIATED, 
JUST 15% OF 
THOSE REQUESTS 
ARE COMING FROM 
REGISTERED 
REPUBLICANS, 
ALLISON. 
>>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR SHARING 
WITH US. 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR BEING WITH 
US. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> WE GOT A 
CALL THAT WE 
WERE GOING TO BE 
SHUTTING DOWN 
IRON MAKING AT 
THE END OF 
APRIL. 
IRON MAKING, 
STEEL MAKING, 
WERE ALL GOING 
TO GET LAID OFF. 
>>> A LOT OF 
THOSE MEN THAT 
CAME IN THERE 
ARE EDUCATED IN 
THAT MILL MAY BE 
IN THE REAL 
WORLD THEY DON'T 
HAVE VALUE. 
THEIR LIFE 
EXPERIENCE IS 
IRREPLACEABLE 
AND VERY PROUD 
OF MICHIGAN. 
I ALSO LIKE IT 
BECAUSE WE 
HAPPENED TO WIN 
HERE. 
>> WE THOUGHT 
WHEN TRUMP SAID 
HE WAS GOING TO 
PROTECT THE 
STEEL INDUSTRY, 
THE COAL MINERS, 
THE AUTO AND IT 
JUST NEVER, IT 
JUST NEVER 
APPEARED. 
>> 
KNOWN AS NAFTA. 
THEY TOOK OUR 
JOBS FOR A LONG 
TIME. 
>> YEAH. 
THE NIGHTMARE 
CONTINUES FOR 
GUYS WHO ARE 
LAID OFF AND 
BASICALLY HAVE 
NO SKILLS OTHER 
THAN A STEEL 
MILL. 
>> IF YOU GET IN 
A CAR ACCIDENT, 
WE MAKE THAT 
STEEL. 
WE MAKE THAT 
FAMILY SAFE IN 
THERE. 
THAT IS THE 
PRIDE THAT THESE 
GUYS AND WOMEN 
HAVE WHEN 
THEY'RE MAKING 
THIS STEEL. 
>> HEIDI JOINS 
US NOW FROM 
MICHIGAN. 
HEIDI, TELL US 
MORE ABOUT WHAT 
IS GOING ON IN 
SOUTHEAST 
MICHIGAN. 
>> ALLISON, THE 
PRESIDENT MAY BE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE LAND OF 
OPPORTUNITY BUT 
IN 2016 HE WAS 
TRYING TO APPEAL 
TO MEN LIKE I 
TALKED ABOUT 
EARLIER THIS 
WEEK, CALLING 
HIM THE 
FORGOTTEN MEN 
AND WOMEN OF 
AMERICA. 
SAYING HE WAS 
GOING TO BRING 
BACK A BYGONE 
ERA OF 
INDUSTRIAL 
GLORY. 
THE STEEL 
COMPLEX BEHIND 
ME USED TO 
EMPLOY UP TO 
16,000 EMPLOYEES 
IN ITS HEYDEY. 
THIS YEAR IT 
WILL BE IDLING A 
HUGE PORTION OF 
THAT COMPLETELY 
SHUTTING DOWN 
ITS STEEL AND 
IRON MAKING 
BUSINESS. 
MANY OF THOSE 
WORKERS, 1500 
THIS YEAR ALONE 
WILL LOSE THEIR 
JOBS. 
THEY SAY THIS 
CAME AS A 
SURPRISE. 
NOT ONLY BECAUSE 
THE PRESIDENT 
MADE ALL OF 
THESE PROMISES 
ABOUT STEEL 
TARIFFS AND 
TRACKING DOWN ON 
UNFAIR TRADE 
PRACTICES BUT 
THIS COMPANY HAD 
TAKEN UNUSUAL 
MEASURES -- 
ACTUALLY THE 
CITY GAVE THE 
COMPANY TAX 
CREDIT TO STAY 
HERE. 
IT COMES AS A 
BIG BLOW TO THE 
COMMUNITY. 
IT WILL HAVE A 
LOT OF IMPACT 
NOT JUST ON THE 
STEEL WORKERS 
BUT ALL OF THE 
SURROUNDING 
BUSINESSES. 
ON THE 
CONTRACTORS WHO 
SERVICE THE 
STEEL PLANT. 
THE COMPANIES 
WHERE THE 
CONTRACTORS 
SHOP. 
THIS IS A BIG 
DISAPPOINTMENT 
FOR THE 
COMMUNITY THAT 
WILL HAVE BIG 
REPERCUSSIONS 
FOR FAMILIES WHO 
LIVE FOR 
GENERATIONS 
AROUND THIS 
STEEL MILL. 
>> HOW MIGHT 
THIS AFFECT THE 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION, 
SPEAKING OF ROW 
PRO CUSHIONS. 
>> TRUMP WON 
MICHIGAN BY A 
HAIR. 
10,000 TO 
11,000. 
IT IS THE SAME 
VOTERS WHO ARE 
SEEING THAT 
DESPITE THE 
PROMISES THAT 
WERE MADE ABOUT 
BRINGING BACK 
THIS ERA OF 
PROSPERITY FOR 
THE MIDDLE 
CLASS, THAT HIS 
SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS ARE 
NOT GETTING THE 
SAME 
OPPORTUNITIES 
THEY HAD, LIKE 
THE GENTLEMAN 
THAT WE FEATURED 
IN THIS STEEL 
MILL. 
SO WHEN YOU LOOK 
AT THE POLLING 
RIGHT NOW, JOE 
BIDEN DOES HAVE 
A DEFINITIVE 
LEAD OVER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN MOST POLLS. 
BUT A WORD OF 
CAUTION THERE 
BECAUSE HILLARY 
CLINTON ALSO 
ACCORDING TO THE 
POLLS HAD A LEAD 
OVER PRESIDENT 
-- OVER 
CANDIDATE TRUMP 
AT THE TIME. 
SO DEMOCRATS SAY 
THEY ABSOLUTELY 
CANNOT TAKE THIS 
STATE FOR 
GRANTED BUT THAT 
THIS MESSAGE 
THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SOLD TO SO 
MANY WORKING 
CLASS VOTERS HAS 
TURNED OUT TO BE 
A DISAPPOINTMENT 
TO THIS 
COMMUNITY. 
>> HEIDI, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR 
BRINGING US THE 
LATEST FROM THAT 
COMMUNITY AND 
THE LAID OFF 
STEEL WORKERS. 
I KNOW IT HAS 
BEEN A TOUGH 
TIME FOR THEM. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHARING THEIR 
STORY. 
>> YOU BET. 
>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE TOREY. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOLD THAT THEY 
WILL BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK. 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
%
HOPE IS THAT %
TONIGHT, THOSE %
PROTESTS REMAIN %
PEACEFUL AND %
EVERYONE THERE %
IS OKAY. %
THANK YOU SO %
MUCH. %
>> NEW YORK CITY 
HAS A NEW PLAN 
FOR ITS SCHOOLS, 
PUBLIC, PRIVATE 
AND CHARTER. 
SOME CLASSES 
WILL BE OUTSIDE 
THIS FALL. 
HOW WILL THAT 
WORK? 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
KRISTEN JOINS ME 
NOW. 
TELL ME ABOUT 
THIS NEW 
LEARNING PROGRAM 
AND WHERE THE 
NEW OUTDOOR 
CLASSES WILL BE. 
>> Reporter: 
HEY, ALISON. 
IT IS STILL ALL 
IN THE WORKS. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT PUTTING 
KIDS OUTDOORS 
ANYWHERE THEY 
CAN. 
WE HAVE HEARD 
PRINCIPALS 
MENTION PARKS 
AND CLOSING OFF 
STREETS. 
MAYBE EVEN SOME 
OUTDOOR DINING 
PLACES THAT ARE 
NOT USED DURING 
THE DAY. 
IT IS REALLY UP 
TO THE 
PRINCIPAL. 
THEY HAVE UNTIL 
FRIDAY TO COME 
NOT WITH SOME 
TYPE OF PLAN. 
THE MAYOR 
ANNOUNCED THAT 
HE WOULD BE 
ALLOWING SCHOOLS 
TO DO THIS. 
243 APPLICATIONS 
FROM SCHOOLS 
ALREADY. 
WE SPOKE WITH 
ONE ASSISTANT 
PRINCIPAL FROM 
BROOKLYN AND 
HEAR HOW SHE 
DESCRIBES THEIR 
PLAN. 
>> WE ARE HOPING 
TO CLOSE DOWN 
THE ADJOINING 
STREET AROUND 
OUR SCHOOL, 
HOPING TO USE 
PART OF THE PARK 
AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> SO THE CITY 
ALSO REALLY 
PUSHING TO GET 
THIS OUTDOOR 
LEARNING INTO 
ABOUT 20 -- 
>> ASKING PEOPLE 
RIGHT NOW TO PAY 
ATTENTION TO 
THIS STORM, TO 
GET OUT OF 
HARM'S WAY IF 
THERE IS AN 
EVACUATION ORDER 
IN PLACE, 
WHETHER IT IS 
MANDATORY OR 
VOLUNTARY. 
AND UNDERSTAND 
OUR STATE HASN'T 
SEEN A STORM 
SURGE LIKE THIS 
IN MANY, MANY 
DECADES. 
WE HAVEN'T SEEN 
WIND SPEEDS LIKE 
WE'RE GOING TO 
EXPERIENCE IN A 
VERY, VERY LONG 
TIME AS WELL. 
SO WITH THAT, 
I'M GOING TO 
PAUSE TO TAKE 
YOUR QUESTIONS 
FOR A BIT. 
AND WE WILL 
REMIND YOU THAT 
YOU CAN DIRECT 
YOUR QUESTIONS 
TO ANYONE ON THE 
TEAM. 
>> YES, SIR. 
>> YEAH. 
WE KNOW WE HAVE 
ABOUT 2,000 
HOTEL AND MOTEL 
ROOMS TONIGHT 
THAT WE'VE 
CONTRACTED FOR. 
AND WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO 
CONTRACT FOR 
MORE AS WE FIND 
AVAILABLE ROOMS. 
LAST NIGHT WE 
PUT UP MORE THAN 
800 IN HOTEL 
ROOMS. 
AND THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF 
PEOPLE HOWEVER 
WHO EVACUATED 
ARE NOT ASKING 
THE STATE FOR 
ASSISTANCE. 
THERE'S A LITTLE 
DIFFERENCE ANY 
TIME THAT YOU'RE 
IN A DIFFERENT 
PART OF THE 
STATE. 
THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
EVACUATING FROM 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA 
BECAUSE WE DON'T 
HAVE A LOT OF 
PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION 
THERE, THEY OWN 
THEIR OWN 
VEHICLES AND 
THEY'RE GETTING 
OUT ON THEIR 
OWN. 
SO THE BEST 
GUESS I CAN GIVE 
YOU LOOKING AT 
THE TRAFFIC FROM 
YESTERDAY AND 
WHAT I'VE BEEN 
TOLD TODAY BY 
PARISH LEADERS, 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE HAVE 
ACTUALLY LEFT 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
BUT IT WILL 
PROBABLY BE BY 
NIGHT FALL 
TONIGHT AROUND 
2,000 OR SO THAT 
WE HAVE ASSISTED 
IN GETTING OUT 
AND GETTING INTO 
A SHELTER. 
AND, AGAIN, I 
THINK THESE 
NUMBERS ARE 
GOING TO GO UP 
AFTER THE STORM. 
ONCE PEOPLE HAVE 
TO BE RESCUED 
FROM A HOUSE 
THAT IS NOT 
HABITABLE. 
AND WE'RE GOING 
TO BE PUTTING 
THEM UP IN 
SHELTERS. 
AGAIN. 
THE FIRST 
PRIORITY WILL BE 
NO CONGREGATE 
SHELTERING. 
BUT IN ORDER TO 
TRANSITION AND 
GET THEM INTO 
THE HOTEL AND 
MOTEL ROOMS 
WHERE THEY'RE 
AVAILABLE, WE 
MAY HAVE TO AT 
SOME POINT OPEN 
UP CONGREGATE 
SHELTERING, 
WHICH WE WILL 
DO. 
WE'RE READY TO 
DO THAT IF WE 
HAVE TO. 
>> YES, SIR. 
[INDISCERNIBLE 
QUESTION] 
>> WE HAVEN'T 
ACTIVATED THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
SINCE HURRICANE 
ISSAC. 
WE ARE DOING IT 
NEWS BECAUSE WE 
ANTICIPATE A 
NEED FOR ROBUST 
EFFORTS, USING 
THE FULL ARRAY 
THAT THEY HAVE, 
AIRCRAFT, 
WATERCRAFT, HIGH 
WATER VEHICLES. 
BUT ALSO WE'RE 
LEANING FORWARD 
TO RESTARTING 
OUR COMMUNITY 
BASED TESTING AS 
SOON AS WE 
POSSIBLY CAN. 
SO THE NATIONAL 
GUARD ARE 
RUNNING THOSE 
SITES FOR US. 
THE SURGE SITES 
AND THE SITES 
WE'RE RUNNING 
OURSELVES AS A 
STATE AND DOING 
WORK IN FOOD 
BANKS. 
WE'RE STILL IN 
THIS PANDEMIC 
EMERGENCY. 
THAT'S WHY WE 
WILL NEED THE 
ENTIRE NATIONAL 
GUARD FOR SOME 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
UNDERSTANDING 
THAT MANY 
NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN IN 
THEIR 9:00 TO 
5:00 JOBS, THEIR 
REGULAR JOBS ARE 
FIRST 
RESPONDERS. 
AND MANY OF THEM 
ACTUALLY LIVE IN 
THE AREA THAT IS 
ACTUALLY BEING 
EVACUATED. 
SO THE GENERAL 
IS MANAGING ALL 
OF THAT AND 
DOING EXTREMELY 
WELL AT IT, I 
MIGHT ADD. 
AND I'VE BEEN 
VERY GRATIFIED 
TO RECEIVE CALLS 
FROM NEIGHBORING 
GOVERNORS 
OFFERING THEIR 
ASSISTANCE. 
AND WE WILL BE 
DRAWING UP ON 
THEIR ASSETS, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
BECAUSE NOT 
EVERY STATE HAS 
THE SAME TYPE OF 
EQUIPMENT AND 
THE SAME TYPE OF 
TRAINED UNITS. 
YOU KNOW, SO WE 
WILL BE LOOKING 
FOR MISSISSIPPI, 
ARKANSAS, TEXAS. 
AND BY THE WAY, 
BEYOND THAT. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
ON THE GROUND IN 
LOUISIANA NOW 
NOT NATIONAL 
GUARD BUT SEARCH 
AND RESCUE 
INDIVIDUALS FROM 
TENNESSEE AND 
FROM ELSEWHERE. 
AND SO THAT WE 
HAVE -- WE HAVE 
STAGED AN AWFUL 
LOT OF RESOURCES 
AND ASSETS THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO BRING 
TO BEAR JUST AS 
SOON AS IT IS 
SAFE TO DO SO. 
AND LOOK, WE 
KNOW WE'RE GOING 
TO HAVE TO DO 
SEARCH AND 
RESCUE. 
I'M IMPLORING 
PEOPLE IN LOW-
LYING AREA 
THAT'S HAVE BEEN 
ASKED TO 
EVACUATE, DO 
THAT SO WE DON'T 
HAVE TO COME 
LOOKING FOR YOU 
AND WE CAN GO 
SPEND TIME ON 
OTHER 
INDIVIDUALS WHO 
MAY NOT LIVE IN 
AN AREA THAT IS 
PRONE TO 
FLOODING OR FOR 
SOME OTHER 
REASON THEY JUST 
CAN'T GET OUT. 
BUT THOSE PEOPLE 
THAT CAN, YOU'VE 
GOT THE TIME TO 
DO IT NOW. 
SO PLEASE DO IT. 
>> YES, SIR. 
>> GOVERNOR, ARE 
YOU CONCERNED 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
NOT EVACUATING? 
AND ALSO DO YOU 
THINK THE STATE 
WILL HAVE ENOUGH 
HOTEL ROOMS 
AVAILABLE AFTER 
THE FACT, WHEN 
PEOPLE NEED A 
PLACE TO STAY? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, 
I'M ALWAYS 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
WHETHER EVERYONE 
IS EVACUATING 
WHO NEEDS TO BE 
EVACUATING. 
ESPECIALLY WHEN 
YOU HEAR THINGS 
LIKE 
UNSURVIVABLE 
SURGE. 
AND WE KNOW THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE LIFE-
THREATENING 
FLOOD WATERS IN 
PLACES THAT 
HAVEN'T SEEN IT 
IN A VERY, VERY 
LONG TIME. 
AND SO, YEAH, 
I'M CONCERNED 
ABOUT THAT. 
THAT'S WHY I 
STARTED THIS 
PRESS 
CONFERENCE. 
I DIDN'T WANT TO 
WAIT THE 40 
MINUTES OR SO TO 
MAKE THE POINT. 
I WANTED PEOPLE 
TO HAVE THAT 40 
MINUTES TO START 
PUTTING THINGS 
IN THEIR VEHICLE 
AND GETTING OUT 
OF THE AREA. 
SO YES, WE ARE 
CONCERNED. 
LOOK, WE'RE 
GOING TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF ALL 
OF THE SPACE AT 
MOTELS THAT WE 
CAN CONTRACT 
FOR. 
UNDERSTANDING 
THAT WE HAVE 
MORE CREW 
MEMBERS IN 
LOUISIANA 
PREPOSITIONED TO 
RESTORE 
ELECTRICITY FROM 
VARIOUS 
COMPANIES FROM 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY THAN 
WE'VE EVER HAD 
BEFORE A STORM 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE'RE COMPETING 
WITH THEM FOR 
SPACE FOR 
SHELTERING. 
BUT THERE'S A 
LOT OF HOTELS 
AND MOTELS IN 
LOUISIANA. 
WE DON'T HAVE A 
LOT OF TOURISM 
GOING ON RIGHT 
NOW BECAUSE OF 
COVID. 
WE WILL USE ALL 
OF THAT 
AVAILABLE SPACE. 
BUT, LOOK, WE 
DON'T HAVE TO 
STOP INSIDE OF 
THE STATE LINES. 
IF WE HAVE TO 
PUSH PEOPLE INTO 
TEXAS OR INTO 
ARKANSAS OR 
MISSISSIPPI, WE 
WILL DO THAT AS 
WELL. 
AND SO WE'RE 
GOING TO FIND 
THE 
NONCONGREGATE 
SHELTERING AS 
BEST AS WE CAN 
FOR AS MANY 
PEOPLE AS WE CAN 
AS FAST AS WE 
CAN BECAUSE WE 
WANT THEM TO BE 
SAFE FROM THE 
STORM AND FROM 
COVID. 
AND, AGAIN, WE 
WILL USE OUR 
CONGREGATE 
SHELTERS AS 
NECESSARY. 
BUT HOPEFULLY 
FOR A SHORTER 
PERIOD OF TIME 
AS POSSIBLE. 
YES, SIR. 
>> WELL, WE OWN 
SHELTERS IN THE 
ALEXANDRIA AND 
SHREVEPORT AREA. 
AND I'M HESITANT 
TO TELL YOU THE 
ANSWER TO THIS 
BECAUSE WE DON'T 
WANT PEOPLE 
DRIVING UP TO 
THOSE SHELTERS 
YET BECAUSE 
WE'RE STILL 
DIRECTING PEOPLE 
TO HOTELS AND 
MOTELS. 
BUT YOU KNOW -- 
YOU KNOW WHERE 
THEY ARE IN 
ALEXANDRIA, THE 
MASS SHELTER 
FACILITY THAT WE 
HAVE THERE. 
THE MEGA 
SHELTER. 
AND ALSO THE 
SHELTER UP IN 
SHREVEPORT. 
LOOK THERE, ARE 
SOME PARISHES 
THAT HAVE 
SHELTERS OPEN AS 
WELL. 
BUT WE REALLY 
DON'T WANT 
PEOPLE USING 
THAT CONGREGATE 
SHELTERING 
UNLESS IT IS AN 
ABSOLUTE LAST 
CHOICE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
MAKE THEM AS 
SAFE AS THEY CAN 
BE DURING COVID 
BUT WE CAN'T 
MAKE THEM AS 
SAFE AS IF 
PEOPLE ARE ABLE 
TO OCCUPY A 
HOTEL OR A MOTEL 
ROOM AND GET 
THOSE FAMILIES 
TOGETHER AND NOT 
IN CLOSE 
PROXIMITY TO 
PEOPLE FROM 
OUTSIDE OF THE 
HOUSEHOLD. 
BUT WE'RE GOING 
TO HAVE MASKS 
AND DISTANCING 
TO THE EXTENT 
POSSIBLE. 
SANITATION WILL 
BE THERE. 
AND ALL OF THOSE 
THINGS. 
BUT WE JUST KNOW 
THAT THAT 
ENVIRONMENT IS 
MORE CONDUCIVE 
TO THE SPREAD OF 
THE VIRUS THAN A 
HOTEL/MOTEL. 
GREG. 
>> YOU CERTAINLY 
MAY. 
IN FACT I 
WELCOME THAT. 
[UNDISCERNIBLE 
QUESTION] 
>> IT'S A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
YOU KNOW, I'VE 
BEEN AT THIS JOB 
FOR A WHILE AND 
DONE A LOT OF 
DAMAGE SURVEYS, 
MOSTLY 
TORNADOES. 
I'VE BEEN HERE 
ON THE COAST FOR 
A COUPLE YEARS. 
WHEN YOU SEE A 
STRONG TORNADO 
AND IT IS A MUCH 
MORE LOCALIZED 
EVENT, YOU KNOW, 
THE SPEED OF 
THAT NATURE WILL 
COMPLETELY LEVEL 
A HOUSE. 
THE DIFFERENCE 
HERE WITH IT IS 
SOME PHYSICS 
DIFFERENCE. 
BUT THE THING IS 
EVERYBODY NEEDS 
TO UNDERSTAND 
THAT YOU'RE 
SEEING THE 
SUSTAINED WINDS 
AT 145. 
IT IS PREYING ON 
EVERY WEAK POINT 
OF ANY 
STRUCTURE. 
ANY WEAKNESS AND 
ANY TREE. 
AND IT IS 
CONTINUING AND 
CONTINUING AND 
CONTINUING FOR 
POSSIBLY 
MULTIPLE HOURS. 
NOW, WHEN A 
STORM COMES ON 
SHORE, IT WILL 
WEAKEN. 
IT WILL CONTINUE 
TO WEAKEN AS IT 
MOVES ALL THE 
WAY UP TO 
SHREVEPORT UNTIL 
IT FINALLY 
BECOMES A 
TROPICAL STORM 
AND NO LONGER 
HURRICANE 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST FORECAST. 
THE FIRST 50, 60 
MILES INLAND, 
I'M NOT SAYING 
THAT EVERYTHING 
THAT STANDS 
RIGHT NOW IS 
GOING TO BE LAID 
TO WASTE. 
BUT WHAT PEOPLE 
NEED TO 
UNDERSTAND IS A 
LOT OF 
STRUCTURES ARE 
GOING TO BE 
LEVELED. 
TREES AND LARGE 
SWATHS ARE GOING 
TO BE DOWN. 
POWER LINES 
DOWN. 
SO THERE'S GOING 
TO BE 
NEIGHBORHOODS, 
THERE'S GOING TO 
BE PLACES, 
WHETHER IT BE 
RURAL OR IN A 
TOWN THAT ARE 
GOING TO BE 
UNRECOGNIZABLE. 
YOU COULD DRIVE 
BY THEM TODAY 
AND DRIVE BY 
THEM IN A COUPLE 
OF DAYS AND NOT 
REALIZE YOU'RE 
IN THE SAME 
SPOT. 
AND THERE'S A 
HISTORY OF THIS 
WITH ALL SORTS 
OF STORMS. 
I STILL LIKE TO 
USE THE RECENT 
ONE OF MICHAEL 
ON THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE AND 
INTO GEORGIA. 
EVEN TO THIS 
DAY, THEY'RE 
STILL TRYING TO 
REBUILD AND TAKE 
CARE OF THINGS 
FROM THAT STORM. 
THOUGH THAT WAS 
A SLIGHTLY 
STRONGER STORM, 
I STILL THINK IT 
IS A GREAT 
EXAMPLE FOR US 
TO UNDERSTAND 
HOW WIDESPREAD 
THIS DAMAGE MAY 
BE AND HOW 
SIGNIFICANT THE 
DAMAGE MAY BE. 
AND THAT THE 
RISKS ARE THERE 
BEYOND THE 
WATER. 
SO IF YOU'RE 
INLAND, THESE 
EXTREME WINDS, 
AGAIN, MAY BE 
SEEN WELL 
INLAND. 
AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
MOST PEOPLE 
DON'T ASSUME. 
THEY ASSUME WITH 
A HURRICANE, THE 
EXTREME WINDS IS 
AT THE COAST AND 
IF I LIVE 50 
MILES INLAND, 
I'M OKAY. 
I CAN'T SAY THAT 
FOR THIS STORM 
BECAUSE IT IS 
MOVING AT A FAST 
CLIP. 
IT WILL BE 
MOVING AT 15, 
16, 17 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
WITH SUSTAINED 
WINDS GUSTS OVER 
170, IT IS EASY 
TO HAVE WINDS 
50, 60 INLANDS 
AND A 20, 30 
MILE SWATH. 
>> YES, SIR. 
[INDISCERNIBLE 
QUESTION] 
>> I TALKED TO 
THE PRESIDENT ON 
SUNDAY. 
I SPOKE WITH 
ADMINISTRATOR 
YESTERDAY. 
AND I ALSO SPOKE 
WITH SECRETARY 
CARSON 
YESTERDAY. 
I WILL SPEAK 
WITH SECRETARY 
OF COMER, WILBUR 
ROSS, LATER 
TODAY. 
SO I HAVE NOT 
SPOKEN TO THE 
PRESIDENT SINCE 
SUNDAY. 
BUT THEY HAVE 
BEEN PAYING A 
LOT OF ATTENTION 
TO US HERE, 
ESPECIALLY OUT 
OF FEMA REGION 6 
IN TEXAS. 
AND SO, YOU 
KNOW, OUR 
COMMUNICATION IS 
GOOD. 
IT IS MORE 
IMPORTANT RIGHT 
NOW THAT WE'RE 
TALKING TO THE 
PEOPLE IN 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA 
BECAUSE QUITE 
FRANKLY WHAT 
WASHINGTON CAN 
DO FOR US AND 
THEY'RE ALREADY 
WORKING ON THIS 
IS ALL POST-
STORM RELIEF 
NOW. 
BUT WE STILL 
HAVE A FEW HOURS 
LEFT. 
BUT THAT'S ALL 
WE'VE GOT IS A 
FEW HOURS TO GET 
PEOPLE IN A 
BETTER POSITION. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE FOCUSED ON 
RIGHT NOW. 
OKAY. 
SO LOOK, I WANT 
TO, AGAIN, URGE 
THE PEOPLE OF 
LOUISIANA TO 
TAKE THIS STORM 
WITH THE 
SERIOUSNESS THAT 
IT CLEARLY 
DESERVES. 
PUT YOURSELF AND 
YOUR FAMILY IN 
THE BEST 
POSSIBLE 
POSITION IN THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. 
THAT MEANS 
EVACUATING FROM 
THOSE AREAS THAT 
ARE UNDER AN 
EVACUATION 
ORDER, VOLUNTARY 
OR MANDATORY. 
AND ONCE -- ONCE 
IT GETS DARK, 
UNDERSTAND THE 
WEATHER IS GOING 
TO DEGRADE SO 
FAST AND IT'S 
GOING TO BE SO 
BAD, THE WORST 
THING THAT YOU 
COULD DO AT THAT 
POINT IN TIME IF 
YOU'RE IN 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA IS TO 
TRY TO LEAVE 
THEN. 
BECAUSE THERE 
WILL BE MANY 
MORE HAZARDS ON 
THE ROAD. 
AND, LOOK, IT'S 
GOING TO BE 
REALLY, REALLY 
TOUGH IN YOUR 
HOUSE AS WELL. 
WHICH IS WHY 
WE'RE TRYING TO 
GET YOU TO MAKE 
THE RIGHT 
DECISION NOW, 
AND THAT IS TO 
LEAVE. 
THE SECOND THING 
SURVIVOR MAY NOT 
HAVE GOOD 
COMMUNICATIONS 
AS THE STORM 
COMES ASHORE 
BECAUSE 
TELEPHONE LINES 
AND CELL TOWERS 
AND SO FORTH MAY 
BE INTERRUPTED. 
BUT EVEN IF YOU 
HAVE GOOD 
COMMUNICATION 
AND YOU TRY TO 
CALL FOR HELP, 
WE DON'T 
TYPICALLY SEND 
OUT FIRST 
RESPONDERS TO 
HELP WHILE AN 
EMERGENCY -- I'M 
SORRY, WHILE A 
HURRICANE IS 
RAGING. 
AND SO YOU'RE 
NOT GOING TO BE 
AVAIL YOURSELF 
OF ASSISTANCE 
SHOULD YOU NEED 
T WE'RE TRYING 
TO GET YOU TO 
HEED THE 
WARNINGS NOW SO 
THAT THAT 
DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
AND THEN FINALLY 
I WOULD 
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 
TO PRAY FOR THE 
-- OUR STATE AND 
PEOPLE ALL 
ACROSS OUR 
STATE, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
LOOK, WHEN YOU 
GET A BRIEFING 
LIKE BEN JUST 
GAVE US ON WHAT 
TO EXPECT FROM 
THE STORM, IT IS 
HARD TO KNOW 
WHAT TO PRAY 
FOR. 
I KNOW WE'RE 
FAITHFUL PEOPLE 
HERE IN 
LOUISIANA. 
WE KNOW HOW TO 
PRAY FOR ONE 
ANOTHER AND FOR 
OUR FAMILIES. 
AND I ENCOURAGE 
YOU TO DO THAT 
SO THE IMPACTS 
WON'T BE WHAT WE 
JUST HEARD, 
DISCUSSED. 
OR IF THOSE ARE 
THE IMPACTS THAT 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE VULNERABLE 
TO IT GET OUT OF 
THE AREA. 
SO THAT WE DON'T 
SUFFER THE LOSS 
OF LIFE THAT 
WOULD OTHERWISE 
OCCUR. 
SO WITH THAT, WE 
DON'T ANTICIPATE 
HAVING ENOUGH 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
TODAY. 
WE WILL IF 
SOMETHING 
CHANGES, IF 
THERE'S 
INFORMING THAT 
WE NEED TO 
CONVEY TO YOU 
ALL. 
I WOULD 
ANTICIPATE THAT 
WE WILL HAVE A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
TOMORROW. 
WE WILL GIVE YOU 
THE EXACT TIME 
ON THAT. 
BUT JUST BECAUSE 
WE'RE NOT GOING 
TO HAVE ANOTHER 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
FROM HERE 
DOESN'T MEAN 
THAT PEOPLE 
SHOULDN'T BE 
PAYING 
ATTENTION. 
WATCH YOUR LOCAL 
NEWS. 
LOOK AT THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE. 
PAY ATTENTION 
FOR DIRECTIVES 
COMING OUT OF 
YOUR OFFICES OF 
EMERGENCY 
PREPAREDNESS AND 
OTHER LOCAL 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS. 
WHEN YOU GET 
THAT 
INFORMATION, USE 
IT TO MAKE THE 
BEST POSSIBLE 
DECISION. 
AND MAKE THOSE 
DECISIONS 
TIMELY. 
BECAUSE OUR 
WINDOW IS 
CLOSING OVER THE 
NEXT SEVERAL 
HOURS. 
SO GOD BLESS 
YOU. 
GOD BLESS OUR 
STATE. 
LET'S DO THE 
BEST THAT WE 
CAN. 
AND I PRAY THAT 
THE NEXT TIME 
THAT I SPEAK TO 
YOU ALL WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT, 
YOU KNOW, HOW WE 
WERE ABLE TO 
COPE AND THE 
FACT THAT PEOPLE 
DID HEED THE 
WARNING AND 
EVACUATE. 
THAT WE WERE 
ABLE TO GET THEM 
INTO SAFE 
SHELTERS, SAFE 
FROM THE STORM 
AND SAFE FROM 
COVID. 
ALL OF THOSE 
SORTS OF THINGS. 
WE WILL ONLY BE 
ABLE TO HAVE 
THAT 
CONVERSATION 
BASED ON WHAT 
PEOPLE DO OVER 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF HOURS. 
GOD BLESS. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
ALL TOMORROW. 
>> THE VOYAGE IS 
UNDERSTANDING 
HOW OUR WORLD IS 
SHAPED TODAY BY 
STUDYING THE 
FOSSIL RECORD 
ISN'T OVER YET. 
ON THIS TRIP, WE 
HAVE SEEP 
EXAMPLES OF THE 
POWER OF 
FOSSILS, HOW 
THEY INSPIRE THE 
PURSUIT. 
>> RESIDENTS 
ALONG THE GULF 
COAST ARE 
BRACING FOR 
POTENTIAL 
DEVASTATION. 
HURRICANE LAURA 
GETS SET TO MAKE 
LANDFALL 
TONIGHT. 
IT IS 
INTENSIFYING 
RAPIDLY AND 
POSSIBLY RAMPING 
UP TO BECOME A 
MASSIVE CATEGORY 
4 U HAD. 
WE HAVE COMPLETE 
COVERAGE. 
LET'S START WITH 
THE MAN WHO HAS 
BEEN FALLING IT 
ALL NIGHT LONG. 
AL, GOOD 
MORNING. 
WHAT DO THE MAPS 
SHOW. 
>> WELL, RIGHT 
NOW, GUYS, THIS 
IS UNFORTUNATELY 
COMING TO 
FRUITION THE WAY 
WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD. 
CATEGORY 2 RIGHT 
NOW. 
15 MILES 
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 
OF SAINT 
CHARLES. 
YOU SEE IT 
PUSHING TO THE 
SOUTH OF 
LOUISIANA. 
110 MILES PER 
HOUR WINDS 
MOVING NORTHWEST 
AT 15. 
CATEGORY 4 STORM 
AROUND 1:00 THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
WINDS AND RAIN 
INCREASE DURING 
THE DAY FROM 
CORPUS CHRISTI 
ALL THE WAY TO 
NEW ORLEANS. 
DANGEROUS WIND 
GUSTS, STORM 
SURGE AS IT 
COMES ON SHORE 
THURSDAY MORNING 
AROUND 1:00 A.M. 
A CATEGORY 3. 
DON'T WORRY IF 
IT IS A 3 OR 4. 
IT WILL CAUSE 
MAJOR IMPACT. 
CATASTROPHIC 
STORM SURGE WILL 
MAKE IT INLAND. 
INTO CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA. 
30-MILE STORM 
SURGE. 
THAT IS ALMOST I-
10. 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS THE WATER 
THAT GETS PILED 
UP ON TON OF THE 
TIDES AS THE 
WINDS COME 
THROUGH. 
THE DEADLIEST 
HURRICANE 
THREAT. 
IT IS CONSIDERED 
LIFE THREATENING 
AND CAN CAUSE 
MAJOR PROBLEMS 
IN A HOME. 
BY SIX FEET THEY 
BREAK THROUGH 
DOORS AND 
WINDOWS. 
NINE FEET, THIS 
IS WHERE THE 
SURGE CAN PUSH 
FURTHER INLAND. 
ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
CAN BE WIPED 
OUT. 
PLUS THOSE 
DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS DAMAGING 
EXTREME COULD 
KNOCK OUT POWER 
PORE DAYS. 
WE'RE TALKING 
POWER OUTAGES. 
THIS IS THE 
OUTAGE POTENTIAL 
MAP. 
IT GOES ALL THE 
WAY UP INTO THE 
MIDWEST AS THIS 
SYSTEM MAKES ITS 
WAY. 
AND OF COURSE 
THE RAIN. 
LOCALLY IT COULD 
BE 15 INCHES OF 
RAIN. 
WIDESPREAD FLASH 
FLOODING, URBAN 
FLOODING. 
MODERATE TO 
MAJOR RIVER 
FLOODING AS 
WELL. 
THE CLOSEST WE 
CAN COMPARE THIS 
TO IS HURRICANE 
RITA BACK IN 
2005. 
THE SURGE WENT 
INLAND 20, 30 
MILES. 
THIS COULD GO IN 
50 MILES 
DEPENDING ON THE 
STORM SURGE. 
THIS IS A VERY, 
VERY DANGEROUS 
STORM. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO WATCH IT. 
AGAIN, DON'T PAY 
ATTENTION TO THE 
CATEGORIES. 
PAY ATTENTION TO 
THE IMPACTS. 
>> YEAH. 
AND WHAT 
OFFICIALS ARE 
TELLING YOU. 
THANK YOU, AL. 
0
MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND STORM 
SURGE HIGHER THAN A BASKETBALL 
HOOP.
>>> THIS MORNING 
THE COASTAL 
CITIES OF TEXAS 
ON EDGE. 
AS HURRICANE 
LAURA LOOMS. 
JUST HOURS FROM 
MAKING LANDFALL. 
>> THERE WILL BE 
A LOT OF 
DEVASTATION 
WRECKED UPON 
TEXAS AS THE 
STORM RIPS 
THROUGH. 
>> Reporter: 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT 
WARNING 
RESIDENTS TO 
BRACE FOR A 
POSSIBLE 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE, 
INCREASING THE 
COUNTIES UNDER A 
EMERGENCY 
DECLARATION TO 
60. 
LAURA'S WIND 
SPEEDS EXPECTED 
TO TOP TRIPLE 
DIGITS. 
THE WARPING TO 
RESIDENTS, DON'T 
WASTE TIME, GET 
OUT NOW. 
>> SOME PEOPLE 
MAY CHOOSE TO 
STAY AT HOME. 
AND I THINK THAT 
KIND OF SCARES 
ME BECAUSE WE 
NEVER KNOW WHAT 
THESE STORMS 
COULD POSSIBLY 
BRING . 
>> MOST ARE 
LISTENING. 
>> WE HAVE 
BOARDED THE 
HOUSE NOW 
COMPLETELY AND 
NOW WE'RE 
STARTING TO HAUL 
AWAY THINGS THAT 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE SURVIVE. 
>> SOME CHOOSING 
TO STAY, DESPITE 
THE THREAT OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE. 
>> WE KNOW THAT 
THERE'S GOING TO 
BE AN AFTERMATH 
AND THERE WILL 
BE A LOT OF 
CLEANUP TO DO 
AFTERWARDS. 
WE THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
STAY AROUND. 
>> OFFICIALS 
CAUTIONING AT A 
CERTAIN POINT 
FIRST RESPONDERS 
CAN'T SAVE YOU. 
>> NO ONE IS 
GOING TO ANSWER. 
AND YOU'RE ON 
YOUR OWN. 
>> BEAUMONT'S 
MAYOR BECKY AMES 
HAS LED HER 
DESERTED CITY 
THROUGH MANY 
HURRICANES. 
>> WHEN THIS 
RATCHETS UP, 
WHAT IS KEEPING 
YOU UP THE MOST. 
>> LOSS OF LIFE 
IS THE BIGGEST 
CONCERN THAT I 
HAVE WHEN IT 
COMES TO 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS. 
>> THERE IS FEAR 
OF WIDESPREAD 
POWER OUTAGES 
HAPPENING FOR 
DAYS. 
YOU CAN EXPECT 
THE WORKERS TO 
BE BUSY OVER THE 
COMING DAYS AND 
POTENTIALLY 
WEEKS. 
 
TOLL FROM CORONAVIRUS NEARS 
180,000.
FIRST LADY
>>> FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP IN 
THE SPOTLIGHT 
WITH A 
STRIKINGLY 
DIFFERENT TONE 
THAN HER 
HUSBAND, 
OFFERING 
CONDOLENCES FOR 
THOSE AFFECTED 
BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC AND 
ACKNOWLEDGING 
HOW DIFFICULT IT 
HAS BEEN FOR 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS. 
>> I KNOW MANY 
PEOPLE ARE 
ANXIOUS AND SOME 
FEEL HELPLESS. 
I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW YOU'RE NOT 
ALONE. 
DONALD WILL NOT 
REST UNTIL HE 
HAS DONE ALL HE 
CAN TO TAKE CARE 
OF EVERYONE 
IMPACTED BY THIS 
TERRIBLE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> SPEAKING FROM 
THE NEWLY 
RENOVATED WHITE 
HOUSE ROSE 
GARDEN, THE 
FIRST LADY 
SHARING HER 
PERSONAL STUDY. 
>> I'M AN 
IMMIGRANT AND A 
VERY INDEPENDENT 
WOMAN. 
I UNDERSTAND 
WHAT A PRIVILEGE 
IT IS TO LIVE 
HERE AND TO 
ENJOY THE 
FREEDOMS AND 
OPPORTUNITIES 
THAT WE HAVE. 
>> AND YEARS 
AFTER ENDORSING 
HER HUSBAND'S 
BIRTHER CLAIMS 
ABOUT BARACK 
OBAMA REFLECTING 
ON THE NATION'S 
RACIAL UNREST. 
>> I URGE PEOPLE 
TO COME TOGETHER 
IN A CIVIL 
MANNER. 
I ALSO ASK 
PEOPLE TO STOP 
THE VIOLENCE AND 
LOOTING BEING 
DONE IN THE NAME 
OF JUSTICE. 
AND NEVER MAKE 
ASSUMPTIONS 
BASED ON THE 
COLOR OF A 
PERSON'S SKIN. 
>> THE FIRST 
LADY WHOSE BE 
BEST CAMPAIGN 
ADDRESSES HOW 
MEAN SOCIAL 
MEDIA CAN BE. 
WHILE NOTING 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
UNVARNISHED 
OPINION. 
>> TOTAL HONESTY 
IS WHAT WE AS 
CITIZENS DESERVE 
FROM OUR 
PRESIDENT, 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE IS THINKING. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
PUTTING THE 
POWERS OF HIS 
OFFICE TO WORK 
FOR HIS RE-
ELECTION. 
FROM THE 
UNPRECEDENTED 
USE OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS 
FOR HIS WIFE'S 
CONVENTION 
SPEAKER TO 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE 
POMPEO 
SHATTERING A 
TRADITION THAT 
AMERICAN 
DIPLOMATICS DO 
NOT PARTICIPATE 
IN CONVENTIONS 
SPEAKING FROM A 
TRIP IN 
JERUSALEM. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS PUT 
HIS AMERICA 
FIRST VISION 
INTO ACTION. 
IT MAY NOT HAVE 
MADE HIM POPULAR 
IN EVERY FOREIGN 
CAPITAL BUT IT 
HAS WORKED. 
>> THE SPEECH 
HIGHLIGHTING THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
POLICIES WAS 
DELIVERED IN HIS 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHOWCASING HIS 
PARDON POWER, 
GRANTING 
CLEMENCY TO A 
BANK ROBBER THAT 
FUNDED A PROGRAM 
THAT HELPS 
FORMER INMATES. 
>> I GRANT JOHN, 
I'M NOT SURE YOU 
KNOW THIS, A 
FULL PARDON. 
>> AND HOSTING A 
RECORDED 
NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR THE 
PRIME TIME 
AUDIENCE. 
AND HELPING 
CELEBRATE THEIR 
FATHER, TWO OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN. 
>> AS A RECENT 
GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO SO 
MANY OF YOU WHO 
MIGHT BE LOOKING 
FOR A JOB. 
MY FATHER BUILT 
A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE AND 
BELIEVE ME HE 
WILL DO IT 
AGAIN. 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO MY 
FATHER. 
I MISS WORKING 
ALONGSIDE YOU 
EVERY SINGLE 
DAY. 
BUT I AM PROUD 
TO BE ON THE 
FRONT LINES OF 
THIS FIGHT. 
>> THE FIRST 
LADY'S SPEECH 
DRAWING 
ATTENTION TO THE 
LACK OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IN 
THE ROSE GARDEN 
AND VERY LIMITED 
MASK WEARING. 
SOME OF THOSE 
WERE TESTED FOR 
THE VIRUS BEFORE 
ATTENDING. 
BUT THE SETUP 
SEEMED TO 
MINIMIZE THE 
THREAT OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISER IN THE 
NIGHT REFERRING 
TO IT IN THE 
PAST TENSE. 
SAVANNAH. 
>> WE'VE HAD TWO 
NIGHTS DOWN, TWO 
MORE TO GO. 
WE WILL HEAR 
FROM THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT. 
YOU CAN REALLY 
TELL A LOT BY 
WATCHING THE 
SPEAKERS WHO THE 
CAMPAIGN IS 
TRYING TO REACH, 
WHERE THEY THINK 
THERE IS FERTILE 
GROUND FOR THE 
RE-ELECTION 
STRATEGY. 
>> YEAH. 
THE FIRST TWO 
NIGHTS HAVE BEEN 
A BACK AND FORTH 
BETWEEN THE 
FIERY SPEECHES 
AND TRYING TO 
SELL THE SOFTER 
VERSION OF THE 
PRESIDENT, 
GRANTING THE 
PARDON, HOSTING 
A NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY FOR NEW 
CITIZENS. 
HIS KIDS 
SPEAKING. 
THE FIRST LADY. 
THE GOAL IS TO 
ENERGIZE THE 
BASE AND SPEAK 
TO THE SUBURBAN 
VOTERS, 
PARTICULARLY 
WOMEN, WHO POLLS 
SHOW HAVE 
FLOCKED TO JOE 
BIDEN. 
TONIGHT AS YOU 
KNOW WE WILL 
HEAR FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT, 
MIKE PENCE, THE 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
GOVERNOR. 
AND KELLYANNE 
CONWAY JUST DAYS 
BEFORE HER 
DEPARTURE FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
PETER. 
WE WILL HAVE 
MORE ON THE 
FIRST LADY'S 
MESSAGE IN THE 
NEXT HALF HOUR 
AND OUR COVERAGE 
OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
CONTINUES 
TONIGHT. 
AND TOMORROW WE 
GET STARTED AT 
10:00 EASTERN. 
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE WAS REALLY
AN INFLECTION POINT IN HER
>>> FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP 
MAKING HER MOST 
PERSONAL APPEAL 
YET FOR HER 
HUSBAND. 
>> I'M HERE 
BECAUSE WE NEED 
MY HUSBAND TO BE 
OUR PRESIDENT 
AND COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF FOR FOUR 
MORE YEARS. 
>> LOOKING TO 
COURT A 
CONSTITUENCY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS STRUGGLED 
WITH, SUBURBAN 
WOMEN. 
>> WE MUST MAKE 
SURE THAT WOMEN 
ARE HEAR AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
CONTINUES TO 
THRIVE. 
>> THE FIRST 
LADY SPOKE FOR 
MORE THAN 20 
MINUTES, THE 
LONGEST TO DATE 
FOR HER. 
PERHAPS HER MOST 
CONSEQUENTIAL 
DURING THE 2016 
CONVENTION, MRS. 
TRUMP WAS 
ACCUSED OF 
LIFTING PARTS OF 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
SPEECH FROM 
2008. 
>> YOU DO WHAT 
YOU SAY YOU'RE 
GOING TO DO. 
>> YOU DO WHAT 
YOU SAY. 
>> AN AIDE WAS 
BLAMED FOR THE 
MISTAKE. 
THIS YEAR THE 
FIRST LADY'S 
ADVISERS SAYS 
SHE WAS HEAVILY 
INVOLVED IN 
WRITING THE 
REMARKS. 
>> FROM THE DAY 
THAT I MET HIM, 
HE HAS ONLY 
WANTED TO MAKE 
THE COUNTRY THE 
BEST THAT IT CAN 
BE. 
>> IN HER NEARLY 
FOUR YEARS AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
SHE HAS PICKED 
HER MOMENTS TO 
SPEAK OUT 
CAREFULLY. 
THE LARGEST 
INITIATIVE CAME 
IN 2018 WHEN SHE 
ANNOUNCED THE 
ANTIBULLYINGING 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> LET'S TEACH 
OUR CHILDREN THE 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN RIGHT 
AND WRONG AND 
URGE THEM TO BE 
BEST IN THEIR 
TASKS IN LIFE. 
>> THE FIRST 
LADY FACED 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HER HUSBAND'S 
HABIT OF 
TWEETING INSULTS 
AT HIS RIVALS. 
>> I DON'T AGREE 
ALWAYS WHAT HE 
POSTS. 
HIS ACTIONS ARE 
HIS ACTIONS. 
AND I TELL HIM 
THAT. 
>> ONE OF HER 
LOUDEST 
STATEMENTS WAS 
NOT SPOKEN AT 
ALL BUT RATHER 
THESE WORDS 
WRITTEN ON THE 
BACK OF HER 
JACKET. 
I REALLY DON'T 
CARE DO YOU. 
SHE WORE IT 
WHILE VISITING 
MIGRANT CHILDREN 
AT THE U.S. 
MEXICO BORDER. 
LATER 
EXPLAINING. 
>> IT WAS FOR 
THE PEOPLE AND 
FOR THE LEFT 
WING MEDIA WHO 
ARE CRITICIZING 
ME AND I WANT TO 
SHOW THEM THAT I 
DON'T CARE. 
>> MELANIA TRUMP 
IS OFTEN AT HER 
HUSBAND'S SIDE 
FOR CRITICAL 
MOMENTS ON THE 
WORLD STAGE AND 
AT HOME. 
BUT SHE IS ALSO 
SPOKEN OUT ON 
HER OWN. 
IN 2018 SAYING 
SHE WAS 
BLINDSIDED BY 
THE ZERO 
TOLERANCE POLICY 
THAT LED TO 
FAMILY 
SEPARATIONS AT 
THE BORDER. 
AND TWEETING OUT 
AN IMAGE OF 
HERSELF WEARING 
A MASK, WEEKS 
BEFORE HER 
HUSBAND WORE ONE 
IN PUBLIC. 
SHE DID NOT MOVE 
INTO THE WHITE 
HOUSE WHEN HER 
HUSBAND WON THE 
ELECTION. 
INSTEAD STAYING 
AT TRUMP TOWER 
IN NEW YORK CITY 
TO FOCUS ON HER 
SON. 
BUT ACCORDING TO 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY LAURA 
BUSH'S CHIEF OF 
STAFF, ONCE MRS. 
TRUMP ARRIVED IN 
WASHINGTON, SHE 
QUICKLY ASSUMED 
A QUIET BUT 
POWERFUL 
PRESENCE. 
>> SHE HAS 
CHOSEN TO USE 
HER PLATFORM 
STRATEGICALLY. 
AND WHEN SHE 
FEELS SHE CAN 
MAKE A 
CONTRIBUTION. 
WITHOUT HAVING 
TO BE THE 
LOUDEST VOICE IN 
THE ROOM EVERY 
DAY. 
>> KRISTEN, SHE 
REALLY PICKS AND 
CHOOSES HER 
MOMENTS. 
WHAT DO YOU 
EXPECT HER TO DO 
FOR THE REST OF 
THE CAMPAIGN? 
DO YOU THINK SHE 
WILL BE HIGH 
PROFILE ON THE 
TRAIL, EVEN IF 
IT IS A VIRTUAL 
ONE. 
>> I THINK TO 
SOME EXTENT. 
BEFORE THE 
CORONAVIRUS, THE 
FIRST LADY WAS 
EXPECTED TO PLAY 
A LARGER ROLE ON 
THE TRAIL THAN 
SHE DID IN 201-
6789 SHE WAS FOR 
THE MOST PART 
OUT OF SIGHT 
THEN. 
MRS. TRUMP WAS 
EXPECTED TO 
HEADLINE SEVERAL 
FUNDRAISERS THAT 
GOT CANCEL LED 
BECAUSE OF THE 
VIRUS. 
YOU WILL SEE HER 
CAMPAIGN IN 
VIRTUAL EVENTS. 
SHE HELPS TO 
HUMANIZE THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HAS DEFENDED HIM 
AFTER SOME OF 
HIS MOST 
CONTROVERSIAL 
MOMENTS. 
WE WILL BE 
WATCHING 
CLOSELY. 
>> THANK YOU, 
KRISTEN. 
>>> WE ALL KNOW 
DONALD TRUMP 
MAKES NO SECRETS 
ABOUT HOW HE 
FEELS ABOUT 
THINGS. 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
IT OR NOT, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE IS THINKING. 
MY SYMPATHY GOES 
OUT TO EVERYONE 
WHO HAS LOST A 
LOVED ONE. 
AND MY PRAYERS 
ARE WITH THOSE 
WHO ARE ILL OR 
SUFFERING. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
HAS HELD CHINA 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR 
COVERING UP THE 
CHINA VIRUS AND 
ALLOWING IT TO 
SPREAD DEATH AND 
ECONOMIC 
DESTRUCTION 
ACROSS AMERICA 
AND THE WORLD. 
>> NOT 
EXTRAORDINARY 
RESCUE FOR 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY TO 
SUCCESSFULLY 
FIGHT THE COVID 
VIRUS. 
OUR ECONOMIC 
HEALTH IS COMING 
BACK WITH 
EMERGENCY 
SPENDING AND TAX 
CUTS AMERICANS 
ARE GOING BACK 
TO WORK. 
>> AN ECONOMY 
SORT TO NEW 
HEIGHTS. 
HEIGHTS NEVER 
SEEN BEFORE. 
WAGES WENT 
THROUGH THE 
ROOF. 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
REACHED HISTORIC 
LOWS ESPECIALLY 
FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS, 
HISPANIC 
AMERICANS AND 
WOMEN. 
TRADE DEALS WERE 
RIPPED UP AND 
RENEGOTIATED. 
LIGHTS WERE 
TURNED BACK ON 
IN ABANDONED 
FACTORIES ACROSS 
OUR COUNTRY. 
>> AS A RECENT 
GRADUATE I CAN 
RELATE TO SO 
MANY OF YOU 
LOOKING FOR A 
JOB. 
MY FATHER BUILT 
A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE. 
AND BELIEVE ME 
HE WILL DO IT 
AGAIN. 
>> I LEARN WHAT 
HAD WAS 
HAPPENING TO ME 
HAD A NAME. 
IT WAS CALLED 
BEING CANCELED. 
AS IN REVOKED. 
AS IN MADE VOID. 
CANCELED IS WHAT 
IS HAPPENING TO 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THIS COUNTRY WHO 
REFUSE TO BE 
SILENCED BY THE 
FAR LEFT. 
AND YOU'RE BEING 
FIRED, 
HUMILIATED OR 
EVEN THREATENED. 
BUT I WOULD NOT 
BE CANCELED. 
LET'S MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
>> WE BELIEVE IN 
FREEDOM OF 
THOUGHT AND 
EXPRESSION. 
THINK WHAT YOU 
WANT. 
SEEK OUT THE 
TRUTH. 
LEARN FROM THOSE 
WITH DIFFERENT 
OPINIONS AND 
THEN FREELY MAKE 
YOUR VOICE HEARD 
TO THE WORLD. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
A POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS BEEN IN 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
47 YEARS. 
HE IS A CAREER 
POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS NEVER SIGNED 
THE FRONT OF A 
COLLECT AND DOES 
NOT KNOW THE 
SLIGHTEST THING 
ABOUT THE 
AMERICAN WORKER 
OR THE AMERICAN 
BUSINESS. 
>> COMPARE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WITH THE RECORD 
OF JOE BIDEN WHO 
HAS CONSISTENTLY 
CALLED FOR MORE 
WAR. 
JOE BIDEN VOTED 
FOR THE IRAQ WAR 
WHICH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS LONG 
CALLED THE WORST 
GEO POLITICAL 
MISTAKE OF OUR 
GENERATION. 
>> IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST, WHEN IRAN 
THREATENED, THE 
PRESIDENT 
APPROVED A 
STRIKE TO KILL 
THE IRANIAN 
TERRORIST 
SULEMAN. 
>> THE ISIS IS 
WIPED OUT, GONE, 
IN NORTH KOREA 
THE PRESIDENT 
LOWERED THE 
TEMPERATURE AND 
AGAINST ALL ODDS 
GOT THE NORTH 
KOREAN 
LEADERSHIP TO 
THE TABLE. 
NO NUCLEAR TESTS 
NO LONG RANGE 
MISSILE TESTS. 
>> I HAVE 
REFLECTED ON THE 
RACIAL UNREST IN 
OUR COUNTRY. 
IT IS A HARSH 
REALITY THAT WE 
ARE NOT PROUD OF 
PARTS OF OUR 
HISTORY. 
FOCUSED ON OUR 
FUTURE WHILE 
STILL LEARNING 
FROM OUR PAST. 
WE MUST REMEMBER 
THAT TODAY WE 
ARE ALL ONE 
COMMUNITY 
COMPRISED OF 
MANY RACES, 
RELIGIONS AND 
ETHNICITIES. 
OUR DIVERSE 
HISTORY IS WHAT 
MAKES OUR 
COUNTRY STRONG. 
AND YES, WE 
STILL HAVE SO 
MUCH TO LEARN 
FROM ONE 
ANOTHER. 
WITH THAT IN 
MIND, I WOULD 
LIKE TO CALL ON 
THE CITIZENS OF 
THIS COUNTRY TO 
TAKE A MOMENT, 
PAUSE, AND LOOK 
AT THINGS FROM 
ALL 
PERSPECTIVES. 
I URGE PEOPLE TO 
COME TOGETHER IN 
A CIVIL MANNER 
SO WE CAN WORK 
AND LIVE UP TO 
OUR STANDARD 
AMERICAN IDEALS. 
OVERNIGHT 
>>> OVERNIGHT 
PROTESTS IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN 
TURNING DEADLY. 
AUTHORITIES 
CLEARING THE 
STREETS AFTER 
REPORTS OF 
GUNSHOTS. 
POLICE SAY AT 
LEAST TWO PEOPLE 
ARE DEAD. 
ONE PERSON 
INJURED. 
HOURS EARLIER 
THE GOVERNOR HAD 
DECLARED A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY, 
MOBILIZING MORE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
MEMBERS. 
SOME PROTESTERS 
IGNORED A 
CURFEW. 
AUTHORITIES 
DEPLOYING TEAR 
GAS. 
THIS IS THE 
THIRD STRAIGHT 
NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS HERE 
AND THE 
COMMUNITY IS ON 
EDGE. 
>> THIS IS 
PATHETIC. 
THIS IS PATHETIC 
TO HAPPEN IN OUR 
COUNTRY AND IN 
THE STATE OF 
WISCONSIN. 
AND IT IS JUST 
AN ARCKISTS 
GOING AROUND AND 
TAKING ADVANTAGE 
OF THE 
SITUATION. 
>> THE CHAOS 
CAME DESPITE 
JACOB BLAKE'S 
FAMILY ASKING 
FOR PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
>> THEY SHOT MY 
SON SEVEN TIMES. 
SEVEN TIMES. 
LIKE HE DIDN'T 
MATTER. 
BUT MY SON 
MATTERS. 
>> HIS FAMILY IS 
NOW DEMANDING 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED IN 
SUNDAY'S 
SHOOTING 
CAPTURED ON THIS 
CELL PHONE VIDEO 
BE FIRED. 
AND THE ONE WHO 
SHOT BLAKE IN 
THE BACK BE 
ARRESTED. 
THE EYEWITNESS 
WHO SHOT THE 
VIDEO HEARD 
OFFICERS YELL 
DROP THE KNIFE 
BUT POLICE HAVE 
NOT SAID IF THEY 
RECOVERED A 
WEAPON. 
>> HE WAS NOT 
TREATED LIKE A 
HUMAN THAT DAY. 
HE WAS TREATED 
LIKE A FOREIGN 
OBJECT THAT 
DIDN'T BELONG. 
>> HIS SPINAL 
CHORD IS SEVERED 
AND PARALYZED 
FROM THE WAIST 
DOWN ALTHOUGH 
DOCTORS ARE NOT 
SURE IT IS 
PERMANENT. 
HIS MOTHER SPOKE 
TO HIM SUNDAY 
MORNING AS HE 
PREPARED TO 
CELEBRATE HIS 
SON'S 8th 
BIRTHDAY. 
HE WAS IN THE 
BACK SEAT WHEN 
HIS DAD WAS 
SHOT. 
>> WHEN YOU SAW 
YOUR SOB IN THE 
HOSPITAL BED, 
WHAT WENT 
THROUGH YOUR 
HEAD? 
>> SO MANY 
THINGS. 
I WAS JUST SO 
ELATED JUST 
BEING ABLE TO 
SEE HIM AND HE 
IS ALIVE. 
>> THE U.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE IS NOW 
ASSISTING STATE 
AUTHORITIES WITH 
THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WISCONSIN'S 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE SAYS THE 
OFFICERS ARE ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE AND ARE 
FULLY 
COOPERATING. 
KENOSHA OFFICERS 
DO NOT WEAR BODY 
CAMERAS. 
BUT THE BLAKE 
FAMILY WANTS ANY 
DASH CAM FOOTAGE 
OR ANY OTHER 
VIDEO OF THE 
INCIDENT 
RELEASED. 
BLAKE'S FAMILY 
PLANS TO FILE A 
CIVIL LAWSUIT. 
OVER THE LAST 
THREE DAYS THE 
KENOSHA POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
NOT COMMENTED 
ONLY TO SAY THAT 
THE OFFICERS 
WERE RESPONDING 
TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT. 
AGAIN, TWO 
PEOPLE DEAD, ONE 
PERSON INJURED 
FOLLOWING 
ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
UNREST HERE, 
SAVANNAH. 
>> GABE 
GUTIERREZ ON A 
DEVASTATING 
NIGHT THERE, 
GABE. 
THANK YOU. 
 
INDOOR SPACES ARE EQUAL.
>>> IT'S LONG 
BEEN SAID 
MAINTAIN SIX 
FEET OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCE. 
BUT DEPENDING ON 
THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
THAT MIGHT NOT 
BE FAR ENOUGH. 
THAT'S ACCORDING 
TO NEW RESEARCH 
PUBLISHED IN THE 
BRITISH MEDICAL 
JOURNAL FINDING 
COVID-19 
PARTICLES CAN 
TRAVEL UP TO 26 
FEET. 
>> THE VIRAL 
PARTICLE 
CONCENTRATIONS 
CAN BUILD UP AND 
AFFECT SOMEONE 
BEYOND THAT 
MAGICAL SIX-FOOT 
RING THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT. 
>> WHEN YOU 
TALK, COUGH, 
BREATHE OR 
SNEEZE, TWO TYPE 
OF PARTICLE COME 
OUT. 
MOST TRAVELING 
NO MORE THAN SIX 
FEET. 
BUT AEROSOL 
PARTICLES CAN 
LINGER IN THE 
AIR FOR HOURS 
AND TRAVEL EVEN 
GREATER 
DISTANCES. 
EXPERTS SAY IT 
IS USEFUL TO 
THINK OF ANOTHER 
TYPE OF AEROSOL, 
CIGARETTE SMOKE. 
>> WHEN YOU BLOW 
OUT THE SMOKE, 
DEPENDING -- IT 
GOES AWAY 
QUICKLY. 
>> MASKS THAT 
FIT WELL ENOUGH 
TO FILTER OUT 
SMOKE MAY BE 
MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN WASHING 
HANDS. 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
AEROSOL 
TRANSMISSION 
EXPLAINS WHY SO 
FEW SUPER 
SPREADER EVENTS 
HAVE BEEN TRACED 
TO OUTDOOR 
GATHERINGS. 
>> ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST RISK 
THAT WE HAVE FOR 
THE VIRUS IS 
NEARLY ALL OF 
THE OUTBREAKS OF 
THREE OR MORE 
PEOPLE OCCURRED 
INDOORS. 
>> A GOVERNMENT 
WATCH DOG AGENCY 
RECENTLY FOUND 
OVER ONE-THIRD 
OF PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS IN THE 
U.S. NEED 
IMPROVEMENTS TO 
THEIR AIR 
SYSTEMS FOR 
PROPER 
VENTILATION. 
SOME DISTRICTS 
ARE INVESTING IN 
NEW FILTERS. 
BUT OUTDOOR 
CLASSROOMS COULD 
BE A SIMPLER AND 
SAFER SOLUTION. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD BASICALLY 
SETTING UP JUST 
OPEN TENTS WITH 
THE SITES OPEN 
ON ALL OF THE 
SCHOOLS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY. 
SO THAT ALL OF 
THE CLASSES CAN 
BE OUTDOORS. 
>> WHILE IN MANY 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
LIKE BEING IN A 
GROCERY STORE, 
RESTAURANT OR 
EVEN AN AIRPLANE 
OR OFFICE SPACE, 
THERE IS SO MUCH 
YOU CAN DO TO 
SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
BUT EXPERTS SAY 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
ALWAYS AVOID 
TALKING LOUDLY 
AND ALWAYS WEAR 
A PROPERLY 
FITTED MASK 
WHENEVER 
POSSIBLE. 
AND VICKY NGUYEN HAVE ALL THE 
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KEEP YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY
>>> SO DOCTOR, 
LET'S START WITH 
YOU. 
I WANTED TO 
SQUEEZE IN IN 
HERE. 
IT IS A HOT 
TOPIC. 
ON MONDAY CDC 
REVERSED 
GUIDANCE ON 
TESTING SAYING 
THAT HEALTHY 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED FOR 
AT LEAST 15 
MINUTES STILL DO 
NOT NECESSARILY 
NEED A TEST IF 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
THIS EXCLUDES 
VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE LIKE THE 
ELDERLY AND 
THOSE WITH 
CHRONIC MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS AND 
STATE AND LOCAL 
HEALTH OFFICIALS 
MAY RECOMMEND A 
TEST. 
BUT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE 
BUZZING ABOUT 
IT, EVEN HERE IN 
THE STUDIO, WHAT 
THAT MEANS FOR 
KEEPING 
TRANSMISSION 
FROM INCREASING. 
>> YEAH. 
SO I THINK ONE 
OF THE BIGGEST 
CONCERNS, 
JANELLE, IS 
CONTACT TRACING 
EFFORTS COULD BE 
COMPROMISED BY 
THIS. 
IT APPEARS THAT 
PART OF THE 
RATIONAL BEHIND 
THIS GUIDELINE 
IS IF YOU ARE 
EXPOSED AS AN 
INDIVIDUAL, 
YOU'RE SUPPOSED 
TO QUARANTINE 
FOR 14 DAYS. 
THAT HASN'T 
CHANGED. 
BUT THE 
DIFFERENCE HERE 
IS WHAT ABOUT 
YOUR CONTACT, 
RIGHT? 
IF YOU ARE 
EXPOSED AND YOU 
GET TESTED AND 
YOU TEST 
POSITIVE, YOUR 
CONTACTS NEED TO 
GO INTO 
QUARANTINE OR 
GET TESTED 
THEMSELVES. 
IF YOU'RE 
REQUESTING INTO 
QUARANTINE BUT 
YOU'RE NOT 
GETTING TESTED, 
WE DON'T KNOW 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
TERMS OF YOUR 
POTENTIAL TO 
SPREAD TO 
OTHERS. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
THIS A LOT. 
ASYMPTOM TICK 
TRANSMISSION IS 
A REAL THING. 
WE WILL BE 
HEARING ABOUT 
THIS FOR DAYS. 
>> THERE SEEMS 
TO BE A GAP 
THERE. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
ABOUT THE FLU 
SHOT. 
THIS IS A BIG 
DEAL. 
WHEN SHOULD YOU 
GET IT? 
DO WE NEED TO 
WORRY ABOUT 
SHORTAGES? 
I PROMISE YOU A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
NORMALLY DON'T 
GET ONE BUT THIS 
YEAR I THINK 
PEOPLE, YOU 
KNOW, MORE 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
PRONE TO GET IT. 
>> YEAH. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
THIS YEAR MORE 
THAN EVER WE ARE 
ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO GET 
THEIR FLU SHOTS. 
FOR ADULTS 
REMEMBER IT 
DECREASES THE 
SEVERITY OF 
ILLNESS AND 
REDUCES 
HOSPITALIZATION 
WHICH IS 
IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE WE NEED 
TO PRESERVE OUR 
RESOURCES GIVING 
THE 
OVERSHADOWING 
PANDEMIC. 
AND FOR CHILDREN 
ESPECIALLY IT IS 
IMPORTANT. 
THE FLU SHOT CAN 
REDUCE 
MORTALITIES. 
IN TERMS OF WHEN 
TO GET IT, 
EXPERTS 
GENERALLY SAY IF 
YOU'RE OTHERWISE 
HEALTHY AROUND 
SEPTEMBER IS 
APPROPRIATE. 
IF YOU'RE OLDER 
OR HAVE 
UNDERLYING 
MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS OR 
COMPROMISED, 
MAYBE YOU WAIT A 
LITTLE LONGER 
UNTIL OCTOBER. 
BY EARLY OCTOBER 
THE CDC WANTS 
MOST PEOPLE 
VACCINATED. 
IN TERMS OF 
SHORTAGES, FLU 
VACCINE 
PRODUCTION HAS 
BEEN RAMPED UP. 
>> CAN YOU 
QUICKLY WALK US 
THROUGH WHAT THE 
VIRUSES HAVE IN 
COMMON AND HIT 
WHAT SEEMS TO BE 
DISTINCT 
DIFFERENCES. 
>> DIFFERENCES, 
YEAH. 
I THINK IT IS 
KIND OF EASY IF 
YOU LOOK AT THE 
GRAPHIC OF 
SYSTEMS. 
THERE'S PROBABLY 
MORE 
SIMILARITIES 
THAN 
DIFFERENCES. 
WE'RE TALKING 
FEVER, COUGH, 
SHORTNESS OF 
BREATH, FATIGUE, 
SORE THREAT, 
HEADACHE, GI 
SYMPTOMS. 
BOTH FLU AND 
COVID SHARE 
THOSE. 
A TEST MIGHT BE 
THE ONLY THING 
THAT CAN 
DISTINGUISH 
THEM. 
AS WE HAVE 
LEARNED WITH 
COVID, IT IS A 
BUG. 
THAT MEANS IT 
PRESENTS IN A 
VARIETY OF 
DIFFERENT WAYS. 
PARTICULARLY 
THAT LOSS OF 
TASTE AND SMELL 
THAT WAS SO 
ILLUMINATING IN 
THE SPRING. 
I THINK A FEW 
OTHER ASPECTS 
FROM IT, YOU'RE 
PROBABLY 
CONTAGIOUS A 
LITTLE WHILE 
LONGER WITH 
COVID THAN WITH 
FLU. 
THE INCUBATION 
PERIOD IS 
LONGER. 
2-14 DAYS AS 
OPPOSED TO 1-4 
DAYS WITH FLU. 
THE CONCERN 
ABOUT SUPER 
SPREADING EVENTS 
ESPECIALLY IN 
SMALL ENCLOSED 
POORLY 
VENTILATED AREAS 
IS A CONCERN 
WITH COVID BUT 
NOT NECESSARILY 
WITH FLU. 
>> THIS IS AN 
IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
I MISS SEEING 
YOUR FACE. 
GOOD TO TALK 
WITH YOU THIS 
MORNING. 
>> GOOD TO SEE 
YOU. 
>> I'M JUST LIKE 
OH. 
>> I KNOW. 
I THINK EVERYONE 
HAS THAT 
SENTIMENT, 
JANELLE. 
THERE ARE A 
NUMBER OF WAYS 
TO GET A FLU 
SHOT THIS YEAR. 
VICKI WYNN IS 
HERE TO LET US 
KNOW HOW. 
I GET MINE AT 
WORK. 
CALVIN AND THE 
KIDS WHEN THEY 
GO TO THE DOCTOR 
THEY GET A FLU 
SHOT. 
WILL IT BE THE 
SAME THIS YEAR. 
>> THINGS WILL 
BE DIFFERENT 
THIS YEAR 
BECAUSE A LOT OF 
OFFICES ARE 
STILL CLOSED. 
WE'RE USED TO 
GETTING IT AT 
WORK. 
THAT MIGHT NOT 
BE AN OPTION. 
WALGREENS, CVS 
ARE ANTICIPATING 
50 TO 100% 
INCREASES IN THE 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
WHO WANT TO GET 
A FLU SHOT. 
THEY ARE 
PREPARED TO MEET 
THAT DEMAND. 
IF YOU ARE GOING 
TO YOUR DOCTOR 
OR PEDIATRICIAN, 
ASK IF YOU CAN 
ALL GET IT AT 
THE SAME TIME. 
THAT HELPS TO 
REDUCE THE 
NUMBER OF VISITS 
THAT YOU HAVE TO 
TAKE TO THE 
DOCTOR. 
ALSO CHECK 
VACCINEFINDER.ORG 
FOR LOCATIONS 
THAT ARE NEAR 
YOU. 
>> I KNOW A LOT 
OF PEOPLE 
STAYING OUT OF 
THE DOCTOR'S 
OFFICE BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO CONTRACT 
COVID-19. 
SO HOW DO PEOPLE 
STAY SAFE WHEN 
THEY ARE FINALLY 
GOING TO GET THE 
FLU SHOT. 
>> FIRST THING 
VERY IMPORTANT 
TO CALL AHEAD 
AND FIGURE OUT 
WHAT IS THE 
PROTOCOL. 
A LOT OF PLACES 
ARE TAKING 
APPOINTMENT 
ONLY. 
SOME WILL TAKE 
WALK-IN. 
BE PREPARED. 
ASK IF YOU CAN 
FILL OUT THE 
FORMS AHEAD OF 
TIME TO LIMIT 
YOUR TIME IN THE 
OFFICE. 
BE PREPARED TO 
WEAR A MASK. 
A LOT OF OFFICES 
ARE ASKING YOU 
TO STAY OUTSIDE 
OR IN YOUR CAR 
UNTIL IT IS YOUR 
TURN TO COME IN. 
OF COURSE WASH 
YOUR HANDS AND 
MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU LIMIT YOUR 
TIME IN THE 
OFFICE. 
TRY TO GET THE 
FIRST 
APPOINTMENT OF 
THE DAY IF YOU 
CAN. 
>> WHAT ABOUT 
COSTS? 
SO MANY PEOPLE 
ARE DOING IT 
DIFFERENTLY THIS 
YEAR. 
WILL THERE BE AN 
ADDED COST. 
>> GENERALLY IF 
YOU DO HAVE 
INSURANCE, THE 
GOOD NEWS HERE 
IS THAT IT WILL 
BE COVERED. 
YOUR FLU SHOT 
WILL NOT COST 
YOU A PENNY. 
YOU CAN ALSO DO 
A GOOGLE SEARCH 
OR INTERNET 
SEARCH OF FREE 
FLU SHOTS IN 
YOUR AREA, YOUR 
CITY OR COUNTY. 
AND ALSO THINK 
IF YOU'RE A 
COLLEGE STUDENT 
AND ON CAMPUS, A 
LOST THE 
CAMPUSES HAVE 
FREE FLU SHOTS. 
VETERANS SAME 
THING. 
GO TO THE V.A. 
THAT'S FOR THE 
VETERAN NOT THE 
REST OF THE 
FAMILY. 
CHECK 
GOODRX.COM. 
THEY HAVE A LIST 
OF PLACES IN THE 
AREA. 
COSTCO, $19.99. 
YOU DON'T EVEN 
HAVE TO BE A 
MEMBER. 
EVEN IF YOU 
DON'T HAVE 
INSURANCE. 
IS ASK ABOUT A 
SENIOR DISCOUNT. 
>> GOOD ADVICE. 
SAVING US MONEY 
AND OUR HEALTH 
TOO. 
THANK YOU, 
VICKI. 
AND DOCTOR, I 
THANK YOU YOU AS 
WELL. 
>>> ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, SCHOOLS 
REVERSING THEIR 
DECISION TO HOLD 
IN-PERSON 
CLASSES AFTER 
COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS. 
AT UNC CHAPEL 
HILL, CLASSES 
ABRUPTLY HALTED 
JUST DAYS AFTER 
MOVE-IN. 
STUDENTS NOT 
TESTED BEFORE 
COMING BACK. 
BUT AT PURDUE 
UNIVERSITY IN 
INDIANA, AN 
UNPRECEDENTED 
UNDERTAKING. 
BEFORE ALL 
40,000 STUDENTS 
START CLASSES 
THIS MONTH, 
THEY'RE REQUIRED 
TO TAKE A COVID 
TEST. 
>> TESTING WILL 
BE VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT AND 
WILL BE A KEY 
ELEMENT OF OUR 
PROTECTING OUR 
COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES. 
>> UNLIKE COVID 
TESTING THAT 
INVOLVES A LARGE 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
SWAB, TO GET A 
SAMPLE FROM THE 
BACK OF THE 
NOSE, PURDUE 
STUDENTS WILL 
JUST SPIT INTO 
THIS TINY TUBE, 
SOMETHING THAT 
THEY CAN DO AT 
HOME WITH THIS 
KIT. 
>> THE 
CONVENIENCE OF 
THAT. 
SO I THINK 
PARTICULARLY FOR 
THIS GENERATION 
OF STUDENTS, IT 
ALLOWED US TO 
REACH THEM WHERE 
THEY WERE. 
>> PURDUE IS ONE 
OF 65 SCHOOLS 
WORKING WITH 
VAULT HEALTH NOW 
OFFERING THIS AT-
HOME COVID 
SALIVA TEST. 
>> IS IT A GAME 
CHANGER. 
>> YES. 
IT IS MUCH 
EASIER TO 
ADMINISTER. 
YOU'RE SPITTING 
INTO A TUBE. 
YOU'RE GIVING US 
ENOUGH SPIT TO 
TELL IF THERE IS 
A VIRUS IN 
THERE. 
>> I ORED A KIT 
AND IT ARRIVED 
IN TWO DAYS. 
>> I HAVE MY 
MATERIALS HERE. 
>> I SET UP A 
VIDEO CHAT WITH 
THE CLINICIAN 
WHO MADE SURE 
THAT I DID IT 
CORRECTLY. 
>> I MADE SURE 
TO NOT EAT, 
DRINK OR PUT 
ANYTHING IN MY 
MOUTH FOR 30 
MINUTES. 
>> NOW JUST GO 
AHEAD AND SPIT. 
>> THIS IS GOING 
TO TAKE A WHILE. 
>> I THINK THE 
RECORD WAS ABOUT 
30 SECONDS. 
>> I WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY. 
>> HOW MANY 
TIMES A DAY DO 
YOU HAVE TO 
WATCH PEOPLE DO 
THIS. 
>> YOU KNOW. 
>> TWO MINUTES 
LATER. 
>> ANY TRICKS. 
>> SMELLING 
PICKLES IN A 
JAR, THINKING 
ABOUT FOOD OR 
CIRRUS. 
>> YOU SHOULD 
HAVE TOLD ME TO 
BRING OUT MY 
PICKLES IN A 
JAR. 
I HAVE NOTHING. 
MOUTH WATERING 
FOOD. 
IT IS WORKING. 
>> IT TOOK SOME 
TIME TO GET A 
SPOONFUL OF 
SALIVA. 
>> YOU'RE THERE. 
>> MIXED IT WITH 
THE PRESERVATIVE 
TO KEEP THE 
SAMPLE FRESH. 
THEN I PUT IT IN 
A PREADDRESSED 
BAG TO BE 
OVERNIGHT TODAY 
THE LAB IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
VAULT SAYS 
RESULTS ARE 
AVAILABLE IN TWO 
TO THREE DAYS, A 
BIG ADVANTAGE 
OVER SWAB TEST 
THAT'S HAVE SEEN 
DELAYS UP TO 14 
DAYS. 
THE TEST IS ONE 
OF TWO STRICTLY 
SALIVA TESTS 
GIVEN EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION BY 
THE FDA. 
YALE UNIVERSITY 
CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE BUT IT 
IS NOT AT HOME 
TEST. 
>> HOW IS THIS 
TEST BETTER THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB. 
>> THE FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE IS 
WHAT WE'RE 
CONCERNED WITH. 
TELLING SOMEBODY 
THAT THEY'RE 
NEGATIVE WHEN 
ACTUALLY THEY 
ARE SICK IS VERY 
DANGEROUS. 
SO THE SALIVA 
TEST HAS A 1% OR 
EVEN LESS THAN 
1% FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE. 
>> SCIENTISTS 
CAUTION THERE IS 
NOT ENOUGH DATA 
YET TO KNOW HOW 
MUCH VIRUS IS IN 
SALIVA. 
>> THEY'RE 
GENERALLY VERY 
ACCURATE. 
THEY'RE PROBABLY 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE LESS 
SENSITIVE THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB 
WHICH IS THE 
TERM WE USE TO 
MEAN THAT IF 
PEOPLE HAVE 
SMALL AMOUNTS OF 
VIRUS, IT IS 
POSSIBLE THAT 
THE NASAL SWAB 
WOULD DETECT 
THAT WHEREAS THE 
SALIVA WOULDN'T. 
>> THE TEST IS 
ALSO PRICEY. 
$150 IF YOU 
ORDER IT 
DIRECTLY FROM 
THE COMPANY. 
RIGHT NOW VAULT 
IS RUNNING ABOUT 
80,000 TESTS A 
DAY AND THEY SAY 
AS THE NUMBER 
GOES UP, THE 
COST WILL GO 
DOWN. 
FOR STUDENTS 
LIKE CLARA WHO 
WILL BE A 
FRESHMAN AT 
PURDUE, SPITTING 
IN THE TUBE WAS 
EASY. 
>> I HAVE HEARD 
LIKE WITH THE 
NOSE ONE, LIKE 
IT HURTS. 
THIS WAS NOT 
PAINFUL AT ALL. 
>> EVEN THOUGH 
THIS TEST IS 
DONE AT HOME, A 
KEY PART OF 
VAULT'S TEST 
SUFFICIENT TO DO 
IT LIVE OVER A 
VIDEO CALL WITH 
A CLINICIAN TO 
ENSURE THAT 
YOU'RE DOING IT 
CORRECTLY AND IT 
IS YOUR IS A 
LIVE A I GOT 
RESULTS MUCH MY 
TEST TWO DAYS 
LATER. 
NEGATIVE. 
ALL AMONG THE 
PRO SPORTS 
LEAGUES USING 
THESE SALIVA 
TESTS. 
THEY ARE EASIER 
AND MORE 
CONVENIENT. 
>> NO WONDER THE 
KIDS WANT THEM. 
THERE IS ALWAYS 
A QUESTION OF 
COST. 
HOW MUCH WOULD 
THIS COST. 
>> YEAH. 
IT IS $150. 
IT IS OPEN TO 
ANYONE. 
SO YOU JUST HAVE 
TO GO ON VAULT'S 
WEBSITE AND DO 
THAT. 
>> THAT MEANS 
THAT YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO BE A 
STUDENT. 
YOU CAN CLICK 
AND GET THE 
TEST. 
>> YES. 
BUT THE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES 
ARE INVESTING 
MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS. 
40 STUDENTS AT 
PURDUE. 
THEY SAY IT IS 
WORTH WHILE 
INVESTMENT TO 
PROTECT THEIR 
STUDENTS. 
>> IS THERE A 
TIME FRAME THAT 
STUDENTS NEED TO 
GET THIS TEST. 
>> FOR THE 
PURDUE STUDENTS, 
THEY WANT TO 
TAKE IT TWO 
WEEKS BEFORE 
GOING ON TO 
CAMPUS. 
YOU COULD TAKE 
THE TEST AND BE 
NEGATIVE AND A 
FEW DAYS LATER 
BE POSITIVE 
THERE. 
ARE LIMITATIONS. 
>> THIS IS A 
GOOD BREAK-
THROUGH. 
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
DOWN HERE. 
>> THERE IS 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT HIM TO SEE. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUE TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE 
THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING THAT 
SUPPORT FROM THE 
PORTLAND POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE BACK 
DROP OF HOW TO 
KEEP VOTERS SAFE 
AMID A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
GET A FOUR YEAR 
DE GRIEF. 
BUT A FOUR YEAR 
DEGREE IS SUPER 
EXPENSIVE. 
WE HAVE CREATED 
A SYSTEM WHERE 
THE TICKET TO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS 
IS A THING THAT 
MIDDLE CLASS 
FAMILIES HAVE TO 
STRESS ABOUT AND 
BORROW FOR AND 
PATCH TOGETHER. 
>> WHY IS THIS 
HAPPENING WITH 
CHRIS HAYES. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW. 
>> TODAY'S 
HEADLINES CAN BE 
HARD TO 
UNDERSTAND. 
A LOT OF KIDS 
HAVE QUESTIONS. 
WE STARTED A 
NEWSCAST FOR 
THEM. 
WE HOPE YOUR 
FAMILY WILL 
WATCH NIGHTLY 
NEWS KIDS 
EDITION. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WHAT THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY. 
>> THEIR FAMILY. 
>> WHAT AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE, 
TAKE CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB. 
THAT'S 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
>> WE ARE 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>> WE NEED TO 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>> SEVERAL
FRONTS--
>> TONIGHT THE
U.S. SHATTERING
THE RECORD FOR
MOST COVID CASES
IN A SINGLE DAY.
>> FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT IS YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
FOR KIDS TOLD
THEY WILL BE HOPE
INDEFINITELY?
>> ON THE GROUND.
>> DO YOU HAVE
FAITH IT WILL
BRING ABOUT
CHANGE?
>> HERE IN
PORTLAND,
PROTESTS
EXPECTED.
>> DO YOU THINK
POLICE ARE UNDER
ATTACK?
>> NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS WITH LESTER
HOLT.
>>> THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS
DYNAMIC AND
PROBABLY NEVER
BEEN
MORE IMPORTANT,
WITH ALL THAT WE
ARE FACING, I AM
SO PROUD TO
BRING THE
PERSPECTIVE OF A
BLACK
WOMAN A DAUGHTER
OF IMMIGRANTS,
THE WIFE AND
MOTHER OF A
HUSBAND
AND KIDS, WHO,
SADLY, ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO
POLICE VIOLENCE
BECAUSE OF THEIR
COLOR.
A PROUD NERD, AND
REPRESENTATIVE
OF EMERGING
AMERICA-TO CABLE
TV
NEWS.
I HOPE THE GREAT
GWEN, AND MY
MOM, FILL MEANA,
WILL LOOK
 DOWN
FROM HEAVEN AND
BE PROUD.
>>> THE SMOKE
OBSCURED THE
SUNRISE.
IT WAS THE SECOND
VILETH
RANT NIGHT IN
KENOSHA, AFTER
THE
SHOOTING OF DAVID
BLAKE.
HAD HIS FAMILY
SAID HIS SPINAL
CORD IS SEVERED
AND HES IS
PARALYZED FROM
THE WAIST DOWN,
THOUGH DOCTORS
AREN'T SURE IT
PERMANENT.
>> THEY SHOT MY
SON.
SEVEN TIMES,
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T
MATTER, BUT
MY SON MATTERS.
>>
 Reporter:
OVERNIGHT SOME
PROTESTERS IGNORE
ADCURFEW AND
CLASHED WITH
POLICE AND RIOT
GEAR, THE STATE
HAD DEPLOYED THE
NATIONAL GUARD,
BUT IT DIDN'T
STOP THE
DESTRUCTION.
>> IT IS RIGHT
BEFORE DAWN, AND
FIREFIGHTERS ARE
HERE AT THE
SCENE TRYING TO
PUT OUT HOT
SPOTS, MUCH OF
THIS CITY BLOCK
WAS LOOTED AND
BURN OVERNIGHT.
BLAKE'S FAMILY IS
ENCOURAGING
PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
>> DO JACOB
JUSTICE ON THIS
LEVEL AND EXAMINE
YOUR HEART.
>> Reporter: THIS
NEW VIDEO
SHOWS THE
SHOOTING FROM A
DIFFERENT ANGLE,
BUT IT IS STILLIT
NOT CLEAR WHAT
WAS SAID BETWEEN
POLICE ANDEX BLAKE,
OR WHY HE WAS
WALKING AROUND
THE FRONT OF HIS
SUV.
AN OFFICER FIRED
AT LEAST SEVEN
SHOTS HITTING
BLAKE IN THE BACK
WHILE HIS
CHILDREN, INSIDE
THE
CAR, WATCHED,
INCLUDING HIS SON
ON HIS 8th
BIRTHDAY.
>> HE LOVES HIS
FAMILY.
YOU ALL TOOK HIM
FROM HIS
FAMILY.
YOU ALL STOOD BY
AND LET IT
HAPPEN.
I JUST WANT MY
BROTHER.
>> Reporter:
EXACTLY THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE
DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD, BLAKE'
SHOOTING IS THE
LATEST FLASH
POINT OVER RACE
AND
POLICING.
DELGADO SAID SHE
RAN OUT OF
APARTMENT WITH
HER YOUNG CHILD,
FEARING FOR HER
LIFE.
>> IT IS HEART
BREAKING, REALLY
HEART BREAKING.
RHOW CAN YOU JUST
DESTROY
YOUR CITY?
YOUR HOME?
HOW CAN YOU DO
THIS?
>> Reporter: FOR
BERNADETTE, A
PROTESTER WITH
THREE SONS, THE
FRUSTRATION HAS
REACHED A
BOILING POINT.
>> YOU GET MAD
WHEN WE START
DESTROYING
THINGS, THIS IS
WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU
DO THIS.
WHEN YOU KEEP
KILLING BLACK
PEOPLE FOR NO
 
REASON.
>> Reporter: NO
COMMENT FROM
KENOSHA POLICE,
THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS
ASSISTING STATE
AUTHORITIES WITH
THE
INVESTIGATION.
TONIGHT THE
GOVERNOR SAYS
THERE
WILL BE AN
INCREASED
NATIONAL
GUARD PRESENCE
HERE.
EL
>>> THE NEW
ANALYSIS FROM
RESEARCHERS AT
MIT AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD CALL THE 
SIX-FOOT SOCIAL
DISTANCING RULE
OUT DATED
SCIENCE, IN THE
JUST-PUBLISHED
REPORT, EVIDENCE
SUGGESTS THE
CORONAVIRUS COULD
TRAVEL UP TO 26
FEET IN THE AIR,
WITH VIRAL SPREAD
AMPLIFIED BY
SOMEONE COUGHING
OR SHOUTING.
SEVERAL OTHER
FACTORS LIKE
VENTILATION, ROOM
OCCUPANCY, AND
EXPOSURE TIME,
ALL PLAY A ROLE.
>> ONE OF THE
BIGGEST RISK
FACTORS WE HAVE
FORIG THIS VIRUS
IS TIME SPENT
INDOORS.
IN FACT, NEARLY
ALL OF THE
OUTBREAKS OF
THREE OR MORE
PEOPLE OCCURRED
INDOORS.
>> Reporter:
MULTIPLE STUDIES T
SHOW WHEN WE
TALK, COUGH, OR
BREATHE, A STREAM
OF TWO TYPE OF
DROPLETS ARE SENTTH
THROUGH THE
AIR; RESPIRATORY
AND AEROSOLAY
PARTICLES.
RESEARCHERS SAY
THE SMALLER,
LIGHTER,
CERESOLPARTICLES
CAN
LINGER IN THE AIR
FOR HOURS,
TRAVELING MUCH
FURTHER.
THE WARNING COMES
JUST AS
SOME STUDENTS
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
RETURN TO THE
CLASSROOM, AND
WEAR MASK
MANDATES AND
VENTILATION
SYSTEMERIZE BEING
SCRUTINIZED, WITH
NOE
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL
RULE, THE NEW
REPORT SUGGESTS
SIX FEET APART
SHOULD
T BE A
STARTING POINT
BUT
INCREASING YOUR
SOCIAL DISTANCE
ISN'T ALWAYS A AN
OPTION.
>> THE GENERAL
PUBLIC SHOULD BE B
AWARE, THE MORE
YOU CAN SEPARATE
FROM OTHER
PEOPLE, THE LESS
LIKELY YOU ARE TO
GET
CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: FORS
THOSE RETURNING
TO THE OFFICE, NO
MATTER HOW FAR
SPREAD APART YOU
ARE, EXPERTS
AGREE, WEARING A
MASK GIVES YOU
AN EXTRA LAYER OF
PROTECTION.
MINIMIZING YOUR
RISK, EVEN WHEN
FEW OTHERS ARE
AROUND.
 RHETONIGHT,
AMERICANS
ENCOURAGED TOT,
TAKE A STEP BACK
AS OUR NATION
MOVES FORWARD.
MIGUEL ALMUGAR,
NBC NEWS,
LOS ANGELES.
 
>>> JERRY TOOK
OVER LIBERTY
UNIVERTY, ONE
OTHE LARGEST
EVCHG
ELICAL SCHOOLS IN
RL
THE WORLD OVER
A DECADE AGO
AFTER HIS
FATHER'S
DEATH.
HE NOW TELLS THE
WALL STREET
JOURNAL A GROUP
OF
SELF-RIGHTEOUS
PEOPLE ARE BEHIND
THE PUSH TO
REMOVE HIM.
TODAY THE
UNIVERSITY SAYING
IT
HAS ACCEPTED HIS
RESIGNATION IN
THE WAKE OF
MULTIPLE
SCANDALS.
LOITERS REPORT
THEY BECAME
ENTANGLED WITH
JOHN CARLO GRANDA
OVER EIGHT YEARS
AGO AFTER
MEETING THE THEN
20-YEAR-OLD AT
A MIAMI HOTEL.
IN A STATEMENT
FALLWELL SAID HIS
WIFE, BECKY HAD
AN AFFAIR WITH
HIM, WHO LATER
TRIED TO EXTORT
THEM.
GRANDA DENIES THE
ACCUSATIONS
SAYING JERRY KNEW
ABOUT THE
AFFAIR AND WOULD
SOMETIMES WATCH
HIM AND BECKY
TOGETHER, SHOWING
PHONE T
CONVERSATIONS
WITH
REUTERS,
INCLUDING THIS
EXCHANGE
FROM 2018.
>> LIKE TELLING
ME EVERY TIME HE
HOOKS UP WITH
PEOPLE, LIKE I
DON'T HAVE
FEELINGS.
>> Reporter: ALL
OF>> THIS LESS
THAN A MONTH
AFTER FALWELL
POSTED AND THEN
DELETED THIS
PHOTO.
DESPITE HIS
DEFENSE IT WAS IN
ALL GOOD FUN,
LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY
PUT THE
58-YEAR-OLD IN
INDEFINITE LEAVE.UN
IN A STATEMENT
THE SCHOOL SAID
ADDITIONAL
MATTERS CAME TO
LIGHT
THAT MADE IT
CLEAR IT WOULD
NOT
BE IN THE
 BEST
INTEREST OF THE
UNIVERSITY FOR
HIM TO RETURN
FROM LEAVE.
ACCORDING TO THE
UNIVERSITY,
FALWELL AGREED TO
RESPOND
IMMEDIATELY BUT
THEN INSTRUCTED
HIS ATTORNEYS NOT
TO SEND HIS
RESIGNATION.
IN AN INTERVIEW
HE SAID HE WOULD
INDEED STEP DOWN,
ACKNOWLEDGING
SOME OF HIS POSTS
ON SOCIAL
MEDIA HAD
EMBARRASSED THE
SCHOOL.
TONIGHT, LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY SAYS
ITS NEW LEADERS
ARE COMMITTED TO
BEING GOOD
STEWARDS, WHILE
ALSO
OFFERING HEART
FELT PRAYERS TO
THE FALWELL
FAMILY.
NBC NEWS.
U
SCHOOL HEARD HER 
.
HERE'S KATIE BECK.
>>> AT 88 YEARS
OLD IN A CAP
AND GOWN, MIRIAM
SHRIBER IN A
MOMENT SHE
DREAMED OF FOR
DECADES.
>> BEYOND MY
CONTROL, I WAS
NEVER ABLE TO GET
MY HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA, THIS HAS
BEEN A
PROFOUND SUCCESS
OF MINE, ALL MY
LIFE.
>> Reporter: HER
EDUCATION
DISRUPTED BY A
DESPERATE JOURNEY
TO SURVIVE THE
HOLOCAUST.
HER FAMILY,
LIVING FOR YEARS
ON
THE RUN, HIDING
FROM THE NAZIS,
EVENTUALLY SENT
TO A SLAVE LABOR
CAMP IN SIBERIA.
>> NOBODY WOULD
HAVE FAULTED HER
FOR JUST GIVING
UP, BUT SHE
DIDN'T, SHE, OF
COURSE, LEARNED
ALL OF THE
LANGUAGES
EVERYWHERE
SHE WENT.
>> Reporter:
TODAY SHE IS
FLUENT
IN SIX, LEARNING
ENGLISH WHEN
SHE EMIGRATED TO
THE UNITED
STATES TO RAISE A
FAMILY.
THE GENERATIONS
AFTER LIVE ARED
AND INSPIRED BY
HER.
>>
CONGRATULATIONS!
>> Reporter: THIS
HONORARY
DIPLOMA IS WELL
DESERVED AND SHE
CERTAINLY IN THE
SCHOOL OF LIFE
HAS EARNED IT.
>> Reporter:
PURPOSE THE
LESSON
WITH PERSEVERE
RNS AND A
GRATEFUL HEART--
>> THIS REALLY
MEANS THE WORLD
TO ME, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: OUR
GREATEST
MOMENTS ARE YET
TO COME.
NBC NEWS.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, THERE
FOUND A FATHER
TRYING TO TEACH
OTHERWISE SON
ABOUT PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER, WE
RETALIATE WITH
LOVE.
THAT IS WHY WE
ARE DOWN HERE.
THERE IS ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY,
THAT IS ALL I
WANT HIM TO SEE.
FR
>>> THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE
THE STATE
CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE
TO EXPAND ITS
TESTING
CAPABILITY.
>> PROTESTERS
FEEL THEY NEED TO
COME OUT IN FULL
FORCE AND
SUPPORT THEIR
COMMUNITY,
BECAUSE
THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY ARE NOT
GETTING THAT
SUPPORT FROM THE
PORTLAND POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
COMING
UP AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF HOW
TO KEEP VOTERS
SAFE AMID A
PANDEMIC.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE AND WHO
WE SAY WE ARE IS
RIGHT AT OUR
FEET.
>> YOU GOT TO GET
A FOUR HAD
YEAR DEGREE, A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
IS SUPER
EXPENSIVE.
WE CREATED A
SYSTEM WHERE THE
TICKET TO THE
MIDDLE CLASS IS A
THING THAT MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILIES
HAVE TO STRESS
ABOUT AND BORROW
FOR AND PATCH
TOGETHER.
>> WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?
WITH CRIZ HAYES,
SUBSCRIBE NOW.
>>> TODAY'
HEADLINES CAN BE
HARD TO
UNDERSTAND, LOT
OF KIDS
HAVE QUESTIONSISM
WE STARTED A
NEWS CAST FOR
THEM.
WE HOPE YOUR
FAMILY WILL WATCH
NIGHTLY NEWS,
KIDS EDITION.
>>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
>> BREAKING NEWS.
>> LARGE CON VOY
CAME THROUGH.
>> NEWS FOR YOUR
STREAMING
WORLD, LIVE
WEEKDAYS STARTING
6:00 A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHAT THE
NEW NORMAL FOR
SCHOOLS WILL LOOK
LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS
LEFT MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES
BETWEEN THE JOBS
THEY LOVE AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WHAT AM I
GOING TO DECIDE?
TAKE CARE OF MY
CHILDREN OR HAVE
A JOB?
>> IMPOSSIBLE
DECISION.
>> YOU ARE
CREATING A LITTLE
COMMUNITY, THIS
IS A MOMENT WE
DEVELOP OURSELVES
AND OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> LETS TURN IT
OVER TO
STUDENTS.
HOW DO THEY
REALLY FEEL ABOUT
RETURNING TO
SCHOOL?
>> WHAT I MISS IS
MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTION.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
SEVERAL
FRONTS.
>> STORY--
>> THE U.S.
SHATTERING THE
RECORD FOR MOST
COVID CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY.
>> FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT IS YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
THAT THE KID
WHOSE TOLD THEY
ARE
HOME
INDEFINITELY?
WON'T BE ABLE TO
CATCH UP?
>> DO YOU HAVE
FAITH THIS WILL
BRING ABOUT
CHANGE SOON?
IN-DEPTH.
>> HERE IN
PORTLAND, MORE
PROTESTS EXPECTED
TONIGHT.
92 DO YOU THINK
POLICE IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE UNDER
A ATTACK?
>> NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS WITH LESTER
HOLT.
>>> THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS
DYNAMIC, AND
PROBABLY HAS
NEVER
BEEN MORE
IMPORTANT.
WITH ALL THAT WE
ARE FACING, I
AM SO PROUD TO
BRING THE
PERSPECTIVE OF A
BLACK WOMAN, A
DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE
WIFE
AND MOTHER OF A
HUSBAND AND KIDS
WHO, SADLY, ARE
MORE VULNERABLE
TO POLICE
VIOLENCE BECAUSE
OF
THEIR COLOR, A
PROUD NERD, AND A
REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE EMERGING
AMERICA, TO CABLE
TV NEWS.
I HOPE THE GREAT
GWEN, AND MY
MOM, WILL LOOK
DOWN FROM HEAVEN
AND BE PROUD.
>>> YOU CAN FEEL
THE ENERGY AND
THE EXCITEMENT
HERE ON THIS
CENTENNIAL
BECAUSE HISTORY
IS
BEING MADE.
CENTRAL PARK IS
167 YEARS OLD
AND WHILE THERE
ARE PLENTY OF
MEN HERE, THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME
WE ARE SEEING THE
HISTORY OF
CONTRIBUTIONS OF
REAL-LIVE WOMEN
BEING HONORED.
I WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO
BRENDA BURKEMAN,
PART OF
MONUMENTAL WOMEN,
THE
ORGANIZATION THAT
MADE ALL OF
THIS POSSIBLE.
THIS IDEA HAS
BEEN SEVEN YEARS
IN THE MAKING,
AND NOW ON THIS
DAY YOU HAVE GOT
THESE
BARRIER-BREAKING
WOMEN, LIKE
SECRETARY CLINTON
SPEAKING RIGHT
NOW, YOU ARE
HERE, WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN FOR
YOU?
>> MONUMENTAL
WOMEN IS LIKE
OVER
THE TOP ECSTATIC
THAT FINALLY IN
THIS PANDEMIC, WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO PUT THE FIRST
STATUE OF REAL
WOMEN IN CENTRAL
PARK IN ITS
167-YEAR HISTORY.
IT WAS NOT AN
EASY JOURNEY.
BUT FOR AN
ALL-VOLUNTEER,
NON-PROFIT TO
RAISE A MILLION
AND A HALF
DOLLARS AND TO
CARRY
OUT THIS
BEAUTIFUL WORK OF
ART,
AND CREATING AN
EDUCATION
PROGRAM, AND A
CHALLENGE TO
MUNICIPALITY, TO
HONOR MORE
WOMEN AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR IN THE
PUBLIC SPACES,
FOR MONUMENTAL
WOMEN TO HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED THAT
TODAY IS JUST-- A
DREAM COME
TRUE.
>> IT IS AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I THINK IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT
FOR
OUR AUDIENCE TO
KNOW, THAT IS
THE FIRST TIME A
BLACK PERSON IS
BEING HONORED
INSIDE THE PARK.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE
TAKE AWAY WHEN
THEY WALK PAST?
>> WE REALLY HOPE
THAT PEOPLE
LEARN THE HISTORY
OF WOMEN, AND
ESPECIALLY THE
WOMEN SUFFRAGE
PORTRAYED IN
WOMEN'S RIGHT AND
SLAVERY ADVOCATES
AND ORGANIZERS
IN HERE, YOU SEE
THE THREE OF
THEM WORKING
TOGETHER&THEY
NEVER-- THEY HAD
TOUGH TIMES.
WE CAN'T EVEN
IMAGINE WHAT THEY
WENT TO IN ORDER
TO ACCOMPLISH
WHAT THEY DID.
THEY STARTED A
MOVEMENT THAT WAS
THE LARGEST
PEACEFUL
ENFRANCHISEMENT
IN OUR HISTORY,
TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE INSPIRATION
FROM THEM,
PARTICULARLY IN
THIS
TIME, WE CANNOT
LOSE HOPE, THAT
WORKING TOGETHER
IN THE
COMMUNITY IS
BRINGING OUR OWN
SPECIAL SKILLS,
ORGANIZING, AND
SPEAKING, AND
WRITING--
>> A MESSAGE FOR
TODAY.
>> A MESSAGE FOR
TODAY.
THESE ARE FREE
MOSHG WOMEN WHO
WORK TOGETHER.
>> THESE THREE
WOMEN, NEVER, GOT
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LEGALLY VOTE.
>> WELL TODAY IS
THE DAY THAT WE
GET TO HONOR
THEM.
TODAY THE DAY WE
GET TO HONOR
THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS THE
WAY THEY
WORKED TOGETHER
AND CHANGED ALL
OF OUR LIVES.
WILL YOU DO US
THE HAWN SNR WILL
YOU LEAD US?
>> I WILL, IN A
MINUTE OR TWO,
BECAUSE WE ARE
JUST FINISHING UP
THE SPEECH BY
SECRETARY
CLINTON.
>> Reporter:
OKAY, ONCE YOU
ACTUALLY-- ONCE
SECRETARY
CLINTON FINISHES
WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO SHOW
YOU GUYS THIS
INCREDIBLE
STATUE, WITH THE
THREE WOMEN, WE
ARE GOING TO SEE
THEM, THE WOMEN
WHO PAVED THE
WAY FOR US TO
HAVE THESE RIGHTS
TODAY.
>> WE ARE GOING
TO HANG TIGHT
AND WILL COME
BACK TO YOU.
LETS KEEP
COMMEMORATING
WOMEN'S
EQUALITY DAY.
HERE IS RENEE,
ALSO KNOWN AS
ANGELICA FOR FROM
THE HAMILTON
BROADWAY CAST,
RECITING WORDS
AND ANTHEMS OF
THE SUFFRAGE
MOVEMENT.
>> WELL,
CHILDREN, WHERE
THERE
IS SO MUCH RACKET
THERE MUST BE
SOMETHING OUT OF
KILTER.
I THINK THAT
NEGROES OF THE
SOUTH AND WOMEN
AT THE NORTH ALL
TALKING ABOUT
RIGHTS, THE WHITE
MEN WILL BE IN A
FIX PRETTY
SOON.
BUT WHAT IS ALL
THIS HERE
TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT MEANS THIS VOTE FOR 
WHAT MEANS THIS
FOR WOMEN?
JUSTICE, THE TIME
HAS COME WHEN
THEY MAY VOICE
WITH FREE MEN,
CONCERNS OF LAND
AND HOME, THEN
SNAP THE ANCIENT
TETHER
ENTHRALLING US
TOO LONG, AND
STOUTLY PULL
TOGETHER TO RIGHT
A
GRIEVANCE WRONG.
ONCE WE ARE
AWAKE, THE
SPIRIT OF THE
JUST, AND A WORLD
WIDE FLAME IS
KINDLED FROM THE
DUST.
WOMEN, FOR THE
RIGHT WE KNOW,
FOR THE DUTIES
THAT WE OWE, FOR
ALL THE SOULS NOW
HERE AND
COMING, VOTE, WE
MUST.
LET US STAND TOGETHER, 
LET US STAND
TOGETHER, WOMEN,
HARD AND FAST.
LET US VOW TO
KEEP HAD FAITH
UNTIL THE LAST BY
THE TRUST THE
WORLD HAS
LEARNED, BY THE
FALSEHOOD IT HAS
BURNED.
WE WILL VOTE AND
RISE ABOVE THE
DAMAGED PAST.
THEN, SISTERS OF
OUR
NATION, PUT FORTH
THEIR MIGHTY
NERVES.
REMEMBER, WITH
DELATION, THE
GLORIOUS CAUSE
YOU SERVE AND
LIFT YOUR BEST
ENDEAVOR,
WHATEVER THAT MAY
BE, WITH VOTE
FOR WOMEN FOREVER
PRESS ON TO
VICTORY.
♪ WE, THE
PEOPLE, ARE THE
PEOPLE.
♪ HOW OR HOW WE
SING.
♪ SISTERS
WORKING FOR THE
LIFE.
♪ BROTHERS
STRIVING FOR THE
RIGHT.
♪ WE, THE
PEOPLE, ALL THE
PEOPLE, HOW, OH
HOW IT
RINGS.♪ ♪
>> WOW.
>> STANDING UP,
SHE DEWRFSHS
STANDING-O.
>> STANDING HAIR
ON MY ARMS.
>> ME TOO.
>> LETS GO BACK
TO MORGAN, I
KNOW WE ARE
TRYING TO GET THE
STATUE REVEALED.
WHAT IS THE
LATEST?
>> Reporter: THAT
IS RIGHT,
SAVANNAH.
NOW IS A BIG
MOMENT THAT WE
HAVE
ALL BEEN WAITING
FOR, THAT
BRONZE FEELING
BEING BROKEN,
BRENDA, WILL YOU
LEAD US IN THE
COUNTDOWN?
>> I WANT
EVERYONE TO START
COUNTING.
START COUNTING.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
[ CHEERING AND
APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERING AND
APPLAUSE ]
>> AROUND THE
TABLE, WORKING
TOGETHER, THESE
THREE WIM WHOON
SHARED THE STAGE.
THEY WENT THROUGH
THE SAME
CONFERENCES, AND
NOW THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS,
HISTORY IS WEEG
MADE AND ALL
THESE PEOPLE ARE
HERE TODAY TO SEE
IT AND
CELEBRATE THE
100th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
RATIFICATION OF
THE 19th
AMENDMENT, WHICH
GAVE WOMEN THE
RIGHT TO VOTE.
SAVANNAH, HODA
CRAIG.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
I PICTURE LITTLE
GIRLS WALKING
BY THE STATUE AND
GOING WHO IS
THAT?
WHO IS THAT?
FINALLY STATUES
OF WOMEN IN
CENTRAL PARK.
PRETTY COOL.
>>> WOMEN HAVE
BEEN RUNING FOR
OFFICE IN THE
U.S. BEFORE THEY
WERE EVEN GRANTED
THE RIGHT TO
VOTE.
BUT NO WOMAN HAS
EVER HELD THE
HIGHEST OFFICE OR
SERVED AS VICE
PRESIDENT.
IN AUGUST,
SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS
MADE HISTORY AS
THE FIRST BLACK
AND INDIAN
AMERICAN WOMAN ON
A
MAJOR PARTY
TICKET.
SHE ISN'T THE
FIRST WOMAN TO
TREND THESE
WATERS.
TWO OTHER VP
CAMPAIGN S CAN
TEACH US HOW THE
MEDIA HAS
HISTORICALLY
TREATED WOMEN
POLITICIANS.
THEY MIGHT GIVE
US A GLIMPSE
INTO WHAT TO
EXPECT IN 2020.
>>> IN 1984
JIRLDEEN RECEIVE
ADCALL FROM DEN
THEMIC
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, WALTER
MONDALE, ASKING
HER TO BE HIS
RUNNING MATE.
SHE WOULD BECOME
THE FIRST WOMAN
TO RUN FOR VP FOR
A MAJOR
MRITQUAL PARTY.
THE RACE WAS ON.
AND THEN CAME THE
SCRUTINY,
FERARRO WAS
SHAMED FOR BEING
A
WORKING MOTHER.
BARBARA WALTERS
NOTED SHE MISSED
WEEKENDS WITH HER
KID BECAUSE OF
HER CAREER AND
WONDERED WHY SHE
KEPT HER MAIDEN
NAME.
THE PRESS
SECRETARY FOR
REPUBLICAN VICE
PRESIDENT
REFERRED HER AS A
SEXIST SLUR,
BUSH TRIED TO
SCHOOL HER IN A
FAMOUS DEBATE
CLASH.
MOO LET ME HELP
YOU WITH THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN IRAN AND
THE
EMBASSY IN
LEBANON.
>> LET ME JUST
SAY, FIRST OF
ALL, THAT I
ALMOST RESENT
YOUR
PATRONIZING
ATTITUDE THAT YOU
HAVE TO TEACH ME
ABOUT FOREIGN
POLICY.
>> THE BIGGEST
SCANDAL OF THE
CAMPAIGN WAS NOT
ABOUT HER, IT
WAS ABOUT HER
HUSBAND, JOHN,
HERE WHAT
HAPPENED.
THEY FILED
SEPARATE TAX
RETURNS.
SHE PLANNED TO
RELEASE HERS, HE
DID NOT.
AND THE MEDIA
LOST IT.
RUMORS CIRCULATED
ABOUT TIES
BETWEEN HER
HUSBAND'S
BUSINESS
AND ORGANIZED
CRIME.
NOTABLY SHE WAS
AN ITALIAN
AMERICAN
HERITAGE, SO IT
IS HARD
TO IGNORE THE
ROLE HER
ETHNICITY
PLAYED.
SHE HELD A
MARATHON PRESS
CONFERENCE,
SCANDAL PROOF, TO
BE
OVERBLOWN.
THE TICKET LOST
TO RONALD REAGAN
AND GEORGE BUSH
BY THE SECOND
LARGEST MARGIN IN
ELECTION
HISTORY.
IT WASN'T UNTIL
24 YEARS LATER
IN 2008 WHEN JOHN
MCCAIN CHOSE
ALASKA GOVERNOR,
SARAH PALIN, AS
HIS VP, THAT WE
SEE ANOTHER
WOMAN ON A MAJOR
PARTY TICKET.
THE PUBLIC STILL
HADN'T LEARN
ITS LESSON FROM
THE FERRARO
CAMPAIGN.
PALIN FACED THE
SAME SEXISM,
DISGUISED.
JOHN ROBERTS
SUGGESTING
BECOMING
A VP MIGHT TAKE
HER AWAY FROM
HER KIDS TOO
LONG.
VANITY FAIR
EDITOR, TODD,
CALLED
HER HAD THE FIRST
INDISPUTEEBLE
INFERTILE FEMALE
TO DANCE WITH
THE BIG DOGS.
>> SHE WAS THE
FIRST WOMAN IN
POWER THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE FELT
WAS VERY
PHYSICALLY
ATTRACTIVE.
AND PEOPLE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO
DO WITH THAT.
>> SOCIETY HAS
ALWAYS SEEN WOMEN
IN POWER AS
THREATENING.
THEY QUESTION
THEIR CONFIDENCE,
THEIR SEX APPEAL,
AUDACITY TO
RUN FOR OFFICE.
THIS YEAR WE WILL
SEE IF AMERICA
CAN LOOK PAST
GENDER TO
EVALUATE
CANDIDATES BASED
ON POLICY AND
MERIT, NOT SEX
APPEAL.
AFTER ALL, THERE
ARE SO MANY
MORE IMPORTANT
THINGS TO PAY
ATTENTION TO.
>>> WE ALL KNOW
DONALD TRUMP,
IT IS NOW SECRET
ABOUT HOW HE
FEELS ABOUT
THINGS.
WHETHER YOU LIKE
IT OR NOT, YOU
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT
HE IS THINKING.
BUT HIS SYMPATHY
GOES OUT TO
EVERYONE WHO HAS
LOST A LOVED
ONE, AND MY
PRAYERS ARE WITH
THOSE WHO ARE ILL
OR SUFFERING.
>> THE PRESIDENT
HAS HELD CHINA
ACCOUNTABLE FOR
COVERING UP THE
CHINA VIRUS, AND
ALLOWING IT TO
SPREAD DEATH, AND
ECONOMIC
DESTRUCTION IN
AMERICA, AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> PRESIDENTIAL
LEADERSHIP CAME
SWIFTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY WITH
AN
EXTRA ORDINARY
RESCUE FOR HEALTH
AND SAFETY TO
SUCCESSFULLY
FOETH
THE COVID VIRUS.
OUR ECONOMIC
HEALTH IS COMING
BACK WITH
EMERGENCY
SPENDING AND
TAX CUTS,
AMERICANS ARE
GOING
BACK TO WORK.
>> AN ECONOMY
SOREED TO NEW
HEIGHTS, HEIGHTS
NEVER SEEN
BEFORE, WAGES
WENT THROUGH THE
ROOF, OUR
UNEMPLOYMENT
REACHED
HISTORIC LOWS,
ESPECIALLY FOR
BLACK AMERICANS.
HISPANIC
AMERICANS, WOMEN,
TRADE
DEALS WERE RIPPED
UP IN
RENEGOTIATEED.
LIGHTS WERE
TURNED BACK ON IN
ABANDONED
FACTORIES ACROSS
OUR
COUNTRY.
>> AS A RECENT
GRADUATE Y CAN
RELATE TO SO MANY
OF YOU, WHO
MIGHT BE LOOKING
FOR A JOB.
MY FATHER BUILT A
THRIVING
ECONOMY ONCE, AND
BELIEVE ME, HE
WILL DO IT AGAIN.
>> I LEARNED MORE
WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO ME
HAD A NAME T WAS
CALLED BEING
CANCELED.
AS IN REVOKED,
MADE VOID.
CANCELED IS WHAT
IS HAPPENING TO
PEOPLE AROUND
THIS COUNTRY WHO
REFUSE TO BE
SILENCED BY THE
FAR
LEFT.
MANY ARE BEING
FIRED,
HUMILIATED, OR
EVEN THREATENED.
BUT I WOULD NOT
BE
CANCELED.
LETS MAKE AMERICA
GREAT
AGAIN.
>>> WE BELIEVE IN
FREEDOM OF
THOUGHT AND
EXPRESSION, THINK
WHAT YOU WANT.
SEEK OUT THE
TRUTH, LEARN FROM
THOSE WHO HAVE
DIFFERENT
OPINIONS, AND
THEN FREELY MAKE
YOUR VOICE HEARD
TO THE WORLD.
>> JOE BIDEN IS A
POLITICIAN WHO
HAS BEEN IN
GOVERNMENT FOR 47
YEARS.
HE IS A CAREER
POLITICIAN WHO
NEVER SIGNED THE
FRONT OF A
CHECK, AND DOES
NOT KNOW THE
SLIGHTEST THING
ABOUT THE
AMERICAN WORKER
OR THE AMERICAN
BUSINESS.
>> COMPARE
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP WITH THE
DISASTROUS RECORD
OF JOE BIDEN WHO
IS CONSISTENTLY
CALLED FOR MORE,
JOE BIDEN
VOTEED FOR THE
IRAQ WAR WHICH
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP CALLED
THE WORST GO
POLITICAL MISTAKE
OF OUR
GENERATION.
>> IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, WHEN IRAN
THREATENED, THE
PRESIDENT
APPROVED A STREAK
TO KILL THE
IRANEREST.
>> MOVING THE AMP
FUTHEATER TO
JERUSALEM, PEACE
IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
>> THE ISIS IS
WIPED OW, GONE IN
NORTH KOREA.
THE PRESIDENT
LOWERED THE
TEMPERATURE, AND
AGAINST ALL
ODDS GOT NORTH
KOREAN LEADERSHIP
TO THE TABLE.
NO NUCLEAR TEST,
NO
LONG-RANGE
MISSILE IT TEST.
>> I HAVE
REFLECTED ON
RACIAL
UNREST IN OUR
COUNTRY.
IT IS A HARSH
REALTY THAT WE
ARE
NOT PROUD OF
PARTS OF OUR
HISTORY.
FOCUSED ON OUR
FUTURE, WHILE
STILL LEARNING
FROM OUR PAST.
WE MUST REMEMBER
THAT TODAY
WE ARE ALL ONE
COMMUNITY
COMPRISED OF MANY
RACES,
RELIGIONS, AND
ETHNICITIES.
OUR DIVERSE AND
SORDID
HISTORY IS WHAT
MAKES OUR
COUNTRY STRONG,
AND, YES, WE
STILL HAVE SO
MUCH TO LEARN
FROM
ONE ANOTHER.
WITH THAT IN
MIND, I WOULD
LIKE TO CALL ON
THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COUNTRY TO
TAKE A MOMENT,
PAUSE, AND LOOK
AT THINGS FROM
ALL PERSPECTIVES.
I URGE PEOPLE TO
COME
TOGETHER IN A
CIVIL MANNER SO
WE
CAN WORK AND LIVE
UP TO OUR
STANDARD AMERICAN
IDEALS.
>>> FIRST LADY
MELANIA TRUMP'S
SOLO IN THE
SPOTLIGHT WITH A
STRIKINGLY
DIFFERENT TONE
THAN
HER HUSBAND,
OFFERING
CONDOLANCES FOR
THOSE AFFECTED
BY THE
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, AND
ACKNOWLEDGING HOW
DIFFICULT IT
HAS BEEN FOR
MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS.
>> I KNOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE
ANXIOUS AND SOME
FEEL HELPLESS.
I WANT YOU TO
KNOW, YOU ARE NOT
ALONE.
DONALD WILL NOT
REST UNTIL HE
HAS DONE ALL HE
CAN TO TAKE CARE
OF EVERYONE
IMPACTED BY THIS
TERRIBLE
PANDEMIC.
>> SPEAKING FROM
THE NEWLY
RENOVATED WHITE
HOUSE ROSE
GARDEN, THE FIRST
LADY SHARING
HUR PERSONAL
STORY.
>> AS IMMIGRANT
AND INDEPENDENT
WOMAN, I
UNDERSTAND WHAT A
PRIVILEGE IT IS
TO LIVE HERE AND
ENJOY THE FREEDOM
AND
OPPORTUNITIES WE
HAVE.
>> YEARS AFTER
ENDORSING HER
HUSBAND'S BIRTHER
CLAIMS ABOUT
BARACK OBAMA,
REFLECTING ON THE
NATION'S RACIAL
UNREST.
>> I URGE PEOPLE
TO COME
TOGETHER IN A
CIVIL MANNER.
I ALSO ASK PEOPLE
TO STOP THE
VIOLENCE AND
LOOTING BEING
DONE
IN THE NAME OF
JUSTICE.
AND NEVER MAKE
ASSUMPTIONS
BASED ON THE
COLOR OF A
PERSON'S
SKIN.
>> THE FIRST
LADY, WHO'S
BE-BEST
CAMPAIGN AIMS AT
ADDRESSING
CYBERBULLYING
ADDRESSING HOW
MEAN SOCIAL MEDIA
CAN BE, WHILE
NOTING PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP'S
UNVARNISHED
OPINION.
>> TOTAL HONESTLY
IS WHAT OUR
CITIZENS DESERVE
FROM OUR
PRESIDENT,
WHETHER YOU LIKE
IT
OR NOT, YOU
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT
HE
IS THINKING.
>> Reporter: THE
PRESIDENT
PUTTING THE
POWERS OF HIS
OFFICE
TO WORK FOR HIS
REELECTION, FROM
THE USE OF WHITE
HOUSE GROUNDS
TO SECRETARY OF
STATE, MIKE
POMPEO SHATTERING
A LONG
TRADITION
AMERICAN
DIPLOMATS DO
NOT PARTICIPATE
IN POLITICAL
CONVENTIONS,
SPEAKING FROM THE
SITE OF OFFICIAL
TRIP,
JERUSALEM.
>> PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP PUT
INTO ACTION, IT
HAS WORKED.
>> Reporter: THE
STATE
DEPARTMENT
INSISTS POMPEO'S
PARTISAN SPEECH
HIGHLIGHTING THE
PRESIDENT'S
POLICIES WAS
DELIVERED IN HIS
PERSONAL
CAPACITY.
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP ALSO
SHOWCASING PARDON
POWER GRANTING
CLEMENCY TO A
BANK ROBBER THAT
FOUND ADPROGRAM
THAT HELPS
FORMER INMATES.
>> AS I GRANT
JOHN-- I AM NOT
SURE YOU KNOW
THIS-- A FULL
PARDON.
>> Reporter: AND
HOSTING A
RECORDED
NATURALIZATION
CEREMONY
FOR THE PRIMETIME
AUDIENCE.
>> SO HELP ME,
GOD.
>> Reporter: AND
HELPING
CELEBRATE THEIR
FATHER, TWO OF
THE PRESIDENT'S
CHILDREN.
>> AS A RECENT
GRADUATE, I CAN
RELATE TO SO MANY
OF YOU, WHO
MIGHT BE LOOKING
FOR A JOB.
MY FATHER BUILT A
THRIVING
ECONOMY ONCE AND,
BELIEVE ME, HE
WILL DO IT AGAIN.
>> I WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK
DIRECTLY TO MY
FATHER, I MISS
WORKING ALONG
SIDE YOU EVERY
SINGLE DAY, BUT I
AM PROUD
TO BE ON THE
FRONT LINES OF
THIS
FIGHT.
>> ERIC TRUMP'S
MESSAGE TO HIS
FATHER, THE FIRST
LADY SPEECH
DRAWING ATTENTION
TO LACK OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING
IN THE ROSE
GARDEN AND VERY
LIMITED MASK
WEARING, AT LEAST
SOME OF THOSE
WERE TESTED FOR
THE VIRUS BEFORE
ATTENDING, BUT
THE SET UP
RELEASING TO
MINIMIZE THE
THREAT
OF THE PANDEMIC,
THE PRESIDENT'S
TOP ECONOMIC
ADVISOR REFERRING
TO IT IN THE PAST
TENSE.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE
HAVE HAD TWO
NIGHTS DOWN, TWO
MORE TO GO, WE
WILL HEAR FROM
THE VICE
PRESIDENT
TONIGHT.
BUT YOU CAN
REALLY TELL A LOT
BY
WATCHING THE
SPEAKERS WHO THE
CAMPAIGN IS
TRYING TO REACH,
WHERE THEY THINK
THERE IS
FERTILE GROUND
ARE OR REELECTION
STRATEGY.
WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARN SND
>> THE FIRST TWO
NIGHTVISE BEEN
THE
BACK-AND-FORTH
BETWEEN FIERY
SPEECHES AND
TRYING TO SELL
THE
SOFTER VERSION OF
THE PRESIDENT,
GRANTING THAT
PARDON, HOSTING A
NATURALIZATION
CEREMONY FOR NEW
CITIZENS, ALL
PEEP OF COLOR,
HIS
KIDS SPEAKING AS
WELL, THE FIRST
LADY EMPTHETIC
MARKS.
THE GOAL HERE TO
ENERGIZE THE
BASE, TO BRING
BACK THE
DISAFFECTED
REPUBLICANS WHO
MAY
HAVE BEEN TURNED
OFF BY
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP AND SPEAK
DIRECTLY TO THE
SUBURBAN VOTERS,
PARTICULARLY
WOMEN, WHO POLLS
SHOW HAVE
INCREASINGLY
FLOCKED
TO JOE BIDEN.
TOON WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE VICE
PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE, THE SOUTH
DAKOTA GOVERNOR,
CHRISTY GNOME,
AND KELLYANNE
CONWAY, JUST DAYS
BEFORE HER
DEPARTURE FROM
THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU, A
REMINDER, WE
WILL HAVE MORE ON
THE FIRST
LADY'S MESSAGE IN
OUR NEXT HALF
HOUR AND NBC LIVE
COVERAGE OF
THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL
CONVENTION
CONTINUES TOON
AND
TOMORROW WE GET
STARTED AT 10:00
EASTERN.
 
BLAKE'S FAMILY HAD BEEN PLEADING
FOR.
>>> OVERNIGHT
PROTESTS IN
KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN,
TURNING
DEADLY.
>> WE DON'T WANT
YOU UP HERE.
MOVE.
>> Reporter:
AUTHORITIES IN
THE
STREETS AFTER
REPORTS OF
GUNSHOT.
POLICE SAY AT
LEAST TWO
PEOPLE ARE DEAD,
ONE PERSON
INJURED.
HOURS EARLIER THE
GOVERNOR
DECLARED A STATE
OF EMERGENCY,
MOBILIZING MORE
NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBERS.
SOME PROTESTERS
IGNORED A
CURIFY.
AUTHORITIES
DEPLOYING TEAR
GAS.
THIS WAS THE
THIRD STRAIGHT
NIGHT OF VIOLENT
PROTESTS HERE
AND THIS
COMMUNITY IS ON
EDGE.
>> THIS IS
PATHETIC.
THIS IS PATHETIC
TO HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY, IN
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, AN
ARKESTS TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE
SITUATION.
>> Reporter:
CHAOS DESPITE
JACOB
BLAKE'S FAMILY
FLEED PLEADING
FOR PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
>> THEY SHOT MY
SON, SEVEN
TIMES, SEVEN
TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T
MATTER.
BUT MY SON
MATTERS.
>> HIS FAMILY IS
NOW DEMANDING
THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN
SUNDAY'S SHOOTING
CAPTURED ON
THIS CELL PHONE
VIDEO BE FIRED,
AND THE ONE WHO
SHOT BLAKE IN
THE BACK BE
ARRESTED.
THE EYEWITNESS
WHO SHOT THE
VIDEO SAID HE
HEARD OFFICERS
YELL "DROP THE
KNIFE" BUT POLICE
HAVEN'T SAID IF
THEY RECOVERED A
WEAPON.
>> HE WAS NOT
TREATED LIKE A
HUMAN THAT DAY.
HE WAS TREATED
LIKE SOME FOREIGN
OBJECT THAT
DIDN'T BELONG.
>> Reporter:
BLAKE'S FAMILY
NOW
SAYS THE
29-YEAR-OLD'S
SPINAL
CORD IS SEVERED
AND HE IS
PARALYZED FROM
THE WAIST DOWN
THOUGH DOCTORS
HAVEN'T SURE IT
PERMANENT.
BLAKE'S MOTHER
TOLD US SHE LAST
SPOKEN TO JACOB
SUNDAY MORNING
AS HE PREPARED TO
CELEBRATE HIS
SON'S 8th
BIRTHDAY, THE BOY
WAS
IN THE BACK SEAT
WHEN HIS FATHER
WAS SHOT.
>> WHEN YOU FIRST
WALKED INTO
THE HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL ROOM AND
YOU SAW YOUR SON,
WHAT WENT
THROUGH YOUR
HEAD?
>> NO.
SO MANY THINGS, I
WAS JUST
SO ELATED TO
SIMPLY BEING ABLE
TO SEE HIM AND HE
IS ALIVE.
>> Reporter: THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IS NOW
ASSISTING
STATE AUTHORITIES
WITH THE
INVESTIGATION,
WISCONSIN'S
DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE SAYS THE
OFFICERS ARE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE AND FULLY
COOPERATING.
KENOSHA POLICE
OFFICERS DO NOT
WEAR BODY
CAMERAS, BUT THE
BLAKE
FAMILY WANTS ANY
DASH CAM
FOOTAGE OR VIDEO
OF THE INCIDENT
RELEASED.
>> Reporter:
BLAKE'S FAMILY
PLANS TO FILE A
CIVIL LAWSUIT.
OVER THE LAST
THREE DAYS THE
KENOSHA POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS
NOT COMMENTED,
ONLY TO SAY THAT
ITS OFFICERS WERE
RESPONDING TO
A DOMESTIC
INCIDENT.
AGAIN, TWO PEOPLE
DEAD, ONE
PERSON INJURED,
FOLLOWING
ANOTHER NIGHT OF
UNREST HERE,
SAVANNAH.
>> GABE
GUTIERREZ,
DEVASTATING
NIGHT THERE,
GABE, THANK YOU.
>>> AMONG THE
CHAOS, THERE
COMES A FATHER
TRYING TO TEACH
HIS SON ABOUT
PEACE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE
TO RETALIATE
WITH ANGER, WE
RETALIATE WITH
LOVE.
THAT IS WHY WE
ARE DOWN HERE.
THERE IS ALWAYS
ANOTHER WAY.
THAT IS ALL I
WANT THEM TO SEE.
>> THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE
THE
STATE CONTINUES
TO STRUGGLE TO
EXPAND TESTING
CAPABILITIES.
>> PROTESTERS
FEEL THEY NEED TO
COME OUT IN FULL
FORCE AND
SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THEY FEEL THEY
ARE NOT GETTING
THAT SUPPORT FROM
PORTLAND
POLICE.
>> ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
AGAINST
THE BACK DROP OF
HOW TO KEEP
VOTERS SAFE AMID
A PANDEMIC.
>> THE MOMENT
THAT TRULY
UNDERSTANDS WHO
WE ARE AND WHO
WE SAY WE ARE IS
HERE AT OUR
FEET.
>>> YOU GOT TO
GET A FOUR-YEAR
DEGREE, A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
IS
SUPER EXPENSIVE.
>> WE HAVE
CREATED A SYSTEM
WHERE THE TICKET
TO THE MIDDLE
CLASS IS A THING
THAT MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILIES
HAVE TO STRESS
ABOUT, AND BORROW
FOR, AND PATCH
TOGETHER.
>> WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?
WITH CHRIS HAYES,
SUBSCRIBE NOW.
>>> TODAY'S
HEADLINES CAN BE
HARD TO
UNDERSTAND.
WE STARTED A
NEWSCAST FOR
KIDS,
WE HOPE YOUR
FAMILY WILL WATCH
NIGHTLY NEWS:
KIDS EDITION.
>>> YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC NEWS
NOW.
>> BREAKING NEWS.
>> WE SAW A LARGE
CONVOY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
>> LIVE WEEKDAYS
STARTING 6:00
A.M.
EASTERNMENT
>>> THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHAT THE
NEW NORMAL FOR
SCHOOLS WILL LOOK
LIKE.
>> MANY TEACHERS
LEFT MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES
BETWEEN THE JOB
THEY LOVE&THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> WHAT AM I
GOING TO DOICIDE?
TAKE CARE OF MY
CHILDREN OR HAVE
A JOB?
>> YOU ARE
CREATING A
COMMUNITY
OF SCHOOL.
THIS IS A MOMENT
WE DEVELOP
OURSELVES AND
DEVELOP OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> LETS TURN IT
TO STUDENTS, HOW
DO THEY REALLY
FEEL ABOUT
RETURNING TO
SCHOOL?
>> WHAT I MISS IS
MY TEACHERS.
>> THEY ARE
RESILIENT.
>> A SURGE IN
CORONAVIRUS
INFECTION.
>> NEW
DEVELOPMENTS ON
SEVERAL
FRONTS.
>> STORY--
>> THE U.S.
SHATTERING THE
RECORD FOR MOST
COVID CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY.
>> FROM EVERY
ANGLE.
>> WHAT IS YOUR
LEVEL OF CONCERN
THAT THE KIDS WHO
ARE BEEN TOLD
THEY WILL BE HOME
INDEFINITELY
WON'T BE ABLE TO
CATCH UP?
>> ON THE GROUND.
>> YOU HAVE FAITH
THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BRING
ABOUT CHANGE?
SOON?
>> IN DEPTH.
>> HERE IN
PORTLAND, MORE
PROTESTS
SUSPECTED
TONIGHT.
>> DO YOU THINK
POLICE IN THE
COUNTRY ARE UNDER
ATTACK?
>> NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS WITH LESTER
HOLT.
>>> THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS
DYNAMIC AND
PROBABLY NEVER
BEEN
MORE IMPORTANT.
WITH ALL WE ARE
FACING I AM SO
PROUD TO BRING
THE PERSPECTIVE
OF A BLACK WOMAN,
A DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE
WIFE AND MOTHER
OF A HUSBAND AND
KIDS WHO,
SADLY, ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO
POLICE VIOLENCE
BECAUSE OF THEIR
COLOR, A PROUD
NERD, AND
REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE EMERGING
AMERICA TO CABLE
TV NEWS.
I HOPE THE GREAT
GWEN EIFFEL AND
MY MOM,
PHILAMINA, WILL
LOOK
DOWN FROM HEAVEN
AND BE PROUD.
>>> TUESDAY WE
PUT UP A FENCE
AROUND THIS BUILD
ING, A LOT OF
YOU COME IN
THROUGH THE
GATES,
AND THE REASON
FOR FENCE HERE,
LIKE I SAID
EARLIER, THIS IS
A
FOCAL POINT FOR
PROTESTING, AND
SO WAS LAST
NIGHT.
THE PROTESTERS
WANT TO COME
HERE, THEY
REPEAT, WHICH IS
WONDFUL.
NO ONE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS
ANY ISSUES WITH
PEACEFUL PEOPLE
COMING AND
PROTESTING, WE
SUPPORT THAT.
I KNOW ABOUT A
MONTH AGO, WE
WENT OVER TO ONE
AND KNEELED FOR
THE KNEEL FOR
NINE WITH THE
GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE THERE,
WE WERE THERE
SUPPORTING.
THE FENCES AROUND
THE
BUILDING, WHAT IT
ALLOWS US TO
DO, BECAUSE THIS
BUILDING HOLDS
INMATE, IF THIS
STRUCTURE GOT
CAUGHT ON FIRE,
WE CAN'T MOVE
THESE PEOPLE THAT
QUICKLY TO GET
THEM TO A SAFE
SPOT TO PROTECT
THE INMATES.
AND WE PUT THE
FENCE UP TO HELP
PROTECT THE
CAMPUS.
FIRST NIGHT THERE
WAS PROBABLY
ABOUT $300,000
DAMAGE TO THIS
CAMPUS ALONE.
AND WHAT THE
FENCE ALSO
DOES IS ALLOWS US
TO TAKEB THE
RESOURCES WE
NEEDED TO PROTECT
IT, TO MOVE THEM
OUT INTO THE
FIELD ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE
FENCE, AND THEN
DO AN EVEN
BETTER JOB OF
WORKING WITH THE
PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
LAST NIGHT WITH
THE FENCE
UP, WE WERE MUCH
MORE ASSERTIVE
IN THE WAY WE
HANDLED THINGS.
SHORTLY AFTER
8:00, THE
CURFEW WENT INTO
EFFECT, AT
8:00, WE MOVED
OUT A CAR AND
BASICALLY SAID
YOU NEED TO
LEAVE, CURFEW IS
8:00, YOU ARE
IN VIOLATION OF
THE CURFEW.
AND IF YOU DON'T,
WE WILL
BE TAKING INTO
CUSTODY.
THEN, SOME LEFT,
SEVERAL
LEFT.
WE WATCHED ON THE
SCREEN, WE
WATCHED SEVERAL
LEAVING.
THEY FOLLOWED THE
ORDERS AND
THEN, WHEN
SOMEONE DIDN'T
COME,
I SAW IT LIVE, I
DON'T KNOW IF
YOU SAW IT, THEY
STARTED PELT
PELTING THE
OFFICERS OVER THE
FENCE WITH STONES
AND BRICKS,
AND THE ARMOR
CAR-- COCKTAILS
THROWN, WE GAVE
THEM PROBABLY
ANOTHER 10-15
MINUTES AND THEN
DID TEAR GAS TO
HELP DISPERSE
THE CROWD.
THAT WAS A-- NOT
SOMETHING
WE WANTED TO DO--
BUT WITH THE
DAMAGE AND THE
EVERYTHING THAT
WENT DOWN MONDAY
NIGHT, IT WAS
SOMETHING WE HAD
TO DO, WE HAD
TO DISPERSE THE
CROWD AND GET
THEM MOVING OUT.
THE LONGER WE LET
THEM GO THE
LONGER WE LET
THEM BUILD, THE
MORE DANGEROUS
THE SITUATION
BECAME.
TONIGHT WE ARE
CHANGING CURFEW
7:00, WE WILL
GLADLY SUPPORT
ALL
OF THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTS,
THROUGHOUT
KENOSHA COUNTY,
UP
UNTIL 7:00, AND
AFTER THAT, WE
ASK EVERYBODY TO
GO HOME.
LAST NIGHT THE--
I AM VERY
PROUD OF THE
PEOPLE OF
KENOSHA.
LAST NIGHT WHEN I
MOVED FROM
THIS BUILDING TO
THE COMMAND
POST, I DROVE
DOWN THE STREETS
AND THERE WAS NO
ONE ON IT.
THE PEOPLE OF
KENOSHA LEFT
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND PARTNERS DO
OUR JOB, THEY LET
US-- DO A
BETTER JOB LAST
NIGHT THAN WE
COULD ON MINDY
NIGHT.
PEOPLE MOVED
THEIR CARS, DID
EVERYTHING WE
ASKED THEM TO.
I WANT TO THANK
THE PEOPLE OF
KENOSHA FOR DOING
THAT.
TONIGHT WE ARE
MOVING 7:00.
7:00 CURFEW WILL
ALLOW US TO
DISPERSE WHOEVER
IS GATHERED.
MAYBE THERE WILL
BE NO ONE, I
HOPE THAT IS
TRUE, BUT WHO IS
GATHERED IN
DAYLOIG, IT WILL
HELP US SEE
BETTER, IT WILL
HELP
THE PEOPLE BE
ABLE TO SEE
BETTER, THEY
WON'T BE
DISPERSING
IN DARK.
WE ALSO FIND
AFTER DARK WE
HAVE
MANY MORE ISSUES
WITH VIOLENCE
AND THINGS THAT
GO ON.
LAST NIGHT DURING
SOME OF THE--
A LOT OF-- WE HAD
SEVERAL
HUNDRED LAW
ENFORCEMENT,
SEVERAL-- FEW
HUNDRED NATIONAL
GUARDS, AND,
AGAIN, I WATCHED
ON
TV, I WATCHED
THESE HUNDREDS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT
GO OUT THERE
AND, CALMLY, TRY
TO GET PEOPLE
TO LEAVE, AND
THEN THEY
ASSISTED-- MANY
WERE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
FOR SOME, IT WAS
TRULY JUST A
CURFEW VIOLATION.
BUT WE ARE GOING
TO BE VERY
ASSERTIVE IN
TAKING THESE
PEOPLE.
IF YOU DON'T
FOLLOW THE
CURFEW,
WE WILL DO OUR
BEST TO TAKE YOU
INTO CUSTODY FOR
VATILEATION.
WEDNESDAY, WE
HAVE
ADDITIONAL
STAFFING COMING
FROM
AROUND THE STATE.
UNBELIEVABLE, THE
AMOUNT OF
SHERIFFS AND
POLICE
DEPARTMENTS
THAT COME AND
HAVE OFFERED TO
COME, BOTH WITH
EQUIPMENT AND
PEOPLE, TO COME
DOWN HERE AND
HELP PROTECT
KENOSHA COUNTY.
THE MAYOR SAID WE
HAVE GOT THE
NATIONAL GUARD,
FBI, U.S.
MARSHAL, DNR,
STATE PATROL,
KENOSHA STATE,
HELPING TO
PROTECT THIS
CITY.
LAST NIGHT, EVERY
DAY WE GET
BETTER.
IN KENOSHA WE ARE
NOT ACCUSTOM
TO RIOTS, NOT
ACCUSTOM TO IT.
WE PULLED
RESOURCES, PULLED
KNOWLEDGE FROM
FEDERAL AND
STATEAGYANCIES
AND THE
COOPERATION
BETWEEN ALL OF
THEM
HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLE.
THERE IS SOME
MISINFORMATION,
THAT THE STATE
ISN'T HELPING, OR
THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ISN'T
HELPING.
EVERYONE IS
HELPING.
EVERYONE IS
HELPING.
ALL THESE
DIFFERENT
AGENCIES
ROUNDS UP THE
NUMBERS, WOULD
HAVE LOVED TO
HAVE HAD MONDAY
NIGHT, BUT CAN'T.
THEY DON'T WORK
LIKE POLICE
AGENCIES DO.
WITH A FEW DAY'S
NOTICE, THE
AGENCIES WERE
ABLE TO GET MORE
RESOURCES HERE.
WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN FINDING
IN YESTERDAY
DID A COUPLE
INTERVIEWS WITH
SOCIAL MEDIA-- I
DON'T DO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
I DON'T DO
FACEBOOK.
I WOULD BE TOO
UPSET ALL THE
TIME IF I DID IT.
BUT THE ONE THING
WE FOUND IS WE
DO GET-- WE DO
GET INFORMATION
FROM THOSE
SOURCES, BUT
THERE IS
ALSO A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION
COMING FROM THOSE
SOURCES.
YESTERDAY AS THE
DAY WENT
ON, STARTED OFF
IN THE MORNING,
THERE WAS ALMOST
NO SOCIAL MEDIA
ABOUT ANYTHING
HAPPENING
YESTERDAY.
ALMOST NONE.
BY NOON, IT HAD
GROWN, BY
EARLY AFTERNOON
IT HAD
MULTIPLIED AGAIN.
SH OF THE THINGS,
ALL OF YOU
GET-- AND THE
PEOPLE OF
KENOSHA,
GET FACEBOOK UP
DATES, AND
SOCIAL MEDIA UP
DATES FROM OTHER
PEOPLE&GET PAST
AND PAST AND
PAST AND WE WERE
GETTING THE
SAME
MISINFORMATION ON
FACEBOOK
THAT, AGAIN,
HUNDREDS OF
TIMES,
WE WOULD GET THE
SAME THING AND
THEY WOULD EVEN
SAY, THERE IS
THUR VEHICLES
THIS LOCATION, WE
WOULD SEND A
SQUAD CAR AND
THERE
WAS NO ONE THERE.
SO, WHOEVER IS
DOING THIS PUT
OUT THIS TO SCARE
THE PEOPLE OF
KENOSHA, AND IT
IS WORKING, IT
IS WORKING.
BUT I WANT THE
PEOPLE OF KENOSHA
TO KNOW, THOUGH,
IS THAT WE ARE
WORKING HARD, WE
ARE WORKING
VERY HARD AND WE
ARE GETTING
BETTER AT THIS.
WE HAVE GOT MORE
RESOURCES
COMING IN.
AND WE ARE NOT--
LIKE THE
MAYOR SAID TOO,
NOT GOING TO PUT
UP WITH WHAT WE
SAW MONDAY
NIGHT, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO.
DOES THAT MEAN WE
ARE GOING
TO STOP IT ALL?
DEPENDS ON
NUMBERS THAT
COME.
WE ARE NOT GO OOG
BE ABLE TO
STOP IT ALL BUT
WE ARE GOING TO
BE ASSERTIVE IN
HELPING PROTECT
THE CITY OF
KENOSHA, OUR
NEIGHBORS FROM
AROUND THE
COUNTY, STATE,
AND COUNTRY ARE
HERE TO HELP TOO.
WE BLOCKED OFF
THE INTERSTATE
AND WE PICKED
THAT UP, OTHER
LARGER CITIES DID
THAT AND
SEEMED EFFECTIVE.
WHEN I TALKED TO
OTHER AGENCY AT
THE STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVEL,
THEY SEEM THAT
WORKED.
IT IS
INCONVENIENCE FOR
LOCAL
PEOPLE.
I AM SO SORRY.
SORRY THAT WE DID
THAT.
BUT THERE IS A
REASON FOR THAT.
IT WAS TO HELP
PROTECT YOU.
THE-- YESTERDAY I
HAD A PERSON
CALL ME AND SAY
WHY DON'T YOU
DEPUTIZE CITIZENS
WHO HAVE GUNS,
TO COME OUT AND
PATROL THE CITY
OF KENOSHA?
I AM LIKE, OH
HELL NO.
WHAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT,
AND I THINK THE
CHIEF IS GOING
TO TALK ABOUT IT,
IS PROBABLY
THE PERFECT
REASON WHY I
WOULDN'T.
ONCE I DEPUTIZE
SOMEBODY,
THEY FALL UNDER
THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
THEY FALL UNDER
THE COUNTY
OF KENOSHA, THEY
FALL UNDER MY
GUIDANCE.
THEY HAVE TO
FOLLOW MY
POLICIES,
THEY HAVE TO
FOLLOW MY
SUPERVISORS.
THEY ARE A
LIABILITY TO ME.
AND THE COUNTY.
AND THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
I DON'T KNOW THIS
FOR SURE
BUT THE INCIDENT
THAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT, TWO
PEOPLE LOST
THEIR LIVES-- I
THINK THEY WERE
PART OF THIS
GROUP THAT WANTED
TO BE DEPUTIZED.
PART OF THE
COUNTY OF
KENOSHA,
THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN, IN REALTY,
TWO DEPUTY
SHERIFFS WHO
KILLED
TWO PEOPLE.
IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN ONE
DEPUTY SHERIFF
WHO KILLED TWO
PEOPLE, SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
THE LIABILITY
THAT GOES WITH
THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN IMMENSE.
SO, THAT IS ONE
OF THE
THINGS THAT WAS
BROUGHT UP TO ME
AND I JUST--
THERES NO WAY.
THERE IS NO WAY I
WOULD DEPUTIZE
PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS
BE HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH
LAST NIGHT IS-- A
LOT OF PROTESTERS
COME FOR THE
SHOW, I MEAN,
THERE ARE GOOD
PROTESTER THAT
COME AND PRAY AND
KNEEL AND DO ALL
THAT STUFF AND
THEY CHANT, I GOT
NO ISSUE WITH
THAT.
I WAS DOING IT
SEVERAL WEEKS
AGO.
I AM GOOD WITH
THAT.
BUT THERE ARE
SOME-- AND WE
HAVE
GOT SEVERAL THAT
COME HERE FROM
OUTSIDE KENOSHA.
THEY COME FROM
ILLINOIS, THEY
COME FROM NORTH
OF US, WE HAVE
HEARD SOME PEOPLE
FROM GREEN
BAY, MILWAUKEE.
THEY ARE COMING
HERE, THEY HAVE
NO DESIRE TO
PROTES, THEY GO
BACK TO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
ONE OF THE
INVITATIONS
LOOKED
LIKE A PARTY
INVITATION,
SOMETHING YOU
WOULD GET FROM
YOUR BROTHER TO
COME TO YOUR
NIECE'S
GRADUATION OR
BIRTHDAY.
COME, WEAR YOUR
BLACK OUTFIT,
WEAR BLACK MASKS,
BRING YOUR
BACK PACK, FILL
IT UP WITH
COCKTAILS, AND
WHATEVER ELSE
THEY MAY HAVE IN
THE BACK PACKS.
THAT WAS THE
INVITATION THAT
WENT OUT AND I
THINK THERE WAS
SOMETHING GOING
ON TONIGHT, I AM
NOT SURE WHAT IT
WAS, BUT I GO
BACK TO-- I THING
SOME PEOPLE
ARE THINKING I
SHOULD DEPUTIZE,
WE SHOULD HAVE
PEOPLE OUT WITH
GUNS, UNDER MY
AUTHORITY.
WHAT WHAT A
SCARY, SCARY
THOUGHT
THAD WOULD BE IN
MY WORLD.
PART OF THE
PROBLEM WITH THIS
GROUP IS THEY
CREATE
CONFRONTATION.
PEOPLE WALK
AROUND WITH
GUNS--
IF I WALK UP TO
YOU IN A UNIFORM
WITH A GUN, ALL
OF YOU PROBABLY
WOULDN'T BE TOO
INTIMIDATED BY
IT BECAUSE YOU
ARE USED TO
OFFICERVISING
GUNS BUT IF I PUT
OUT MY WIFE WITH
AR15 OR MY
BROTHER WITH A
SHOTGUN OR
WHATEVER IT WOULD
BE, WALKING
THROUGH THE
STREET, YOU GUYS
WOULD WONDER WHAT
THE HECK IS
GOING ON.
THAT DOESN'T HELP
US.
WE ARE SET UP, WE
ARE GOING TO DO
THE CURFEW UNTIL
SUNDAY, RIGHT
NOW, IT CAN
CHANGE.
THIS IS ALL
FLUID.
7:00 P.M.
CURFEW UNTIL
SUNDAY.
IT MIGHT CONTINUE
AFTERWARDS,
THIS IS FOR-- AT
THIS POINT T IS
THE INTERSTATE
AND EAST 7:00
P.M.
CURFEW.
FOR THOSE THAT
THIS-- PUTS
HARDSHIP ON--
SORRY, I REALLY,
REALLY AM, BUT IT
IS SOMETHING
WE HAVE TO DO.
I AM GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO
GENERAL KNAP AND
LET HIM EXPLAIN
FROM THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
>> THANK YOU,
SHERIFF.
I AM MAJOR
GENERAL FOR THE
STATE
OF WISCONSIN IN
CHARGE OF
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR
THE
STATE.
NUMBER ONE, I
WANT TO EXPRESS
MY
CONDOLANCES TO
THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE INVOLVED IN
THE TRAGIC
EVENTS OF
KENOSHA.
NEXT I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT
THE WISCONSIN
NATIONAL GUARD
AND
OUR ROLE.
ON AUGUST 24, THE
GOVERNOR
CALLED THE
WISCONSIN
NATIONAL
GUARD TO SERVE IN
SUPPORTING
ROLL AND ROLE IN
PRESERVING
PUBLIC SAFETY AND
ABILITY TO
INDIVIDUALS
EXERCISE THEIR
FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT
TO PEACEFULLY
DEMONSTRATE.
WISCONSIN
NATIONAL GUARD IS
FULLY ENGAGED TO
SERVE AND
PROTECT THE
CITIZENS OF
WISCONSIN ON THIS
VERY IMPORTANT
MISSION.
FOR THE LAST TWO
NIGHTS WE SENT
SOLDIERS AND
AIRMAN TO SUPPORT
LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN
THE
CITY OF KENOSHA
AND PROTECTING
LIVES AND
PROPERTY.
WE ARE WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO
PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE
AND COMMITTED IN
MEETING
REQUESTS WE
RECEIVE FROM
CIVIL
AUTHORITY.
THE NATIONAL
GUARD RESPONDS
THE
FORMAL REQUEST
FROM COUNTY
EMERGENCY
MADGEERS AND
THESE
REQUESTS ARE
SUBMITD TO THE
STATE EMERGENCY
OPIZATIONS
CENTER, AND THEN
WITH APPROVAL
OF THE GOVERNOR,
NATIONAL GUARD
RESOURCES CAN BE
COMMITTED TO
SUPPORT CIVIL
AUTHORITIES.
THE WISCONSIN
NATIONAL
GUARD DOES NOT
SELF DEPLOY.
AND ALWAYS SERVES
IN THE
SUPPORTING ROLE.
WE DON'T CHOOSE
ON OUR OWN WHERE
OR IN WHAT
CAPACITY TO
ENGAGE.
HOWEVER, THESE
ARE FLUID
SITUATIONS AND WE
REMAIN
RESPONSIVE TO
REQUEST THE
GOVERNOR'S
APPROVAL.
WHEN ARRIVING ON
SCENE THE
NATIONAL GUARD
PLAYS SUPPORTING
ROLL TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT,
AND REMAINS IN
CHARGE OF THE
MISSION.
GUARD PERSONNEL
REMAIN ON
MISSION IN
KENOSHA FOR AS
LONG
AS CIVIL
AUTHORITIES
REQUIRE OUR
SUPPORT.
FOR OPERATIONAL
SECURITY
PURPOSES THE
NATIONAL GUARD
WILL
NOT DISCUSS TROOP
NUMBERS,
HOWEVER, WE ARE
MOBILIZING
ADDITIONAL FORCES
IN ACCORDANCE
WITH REQUEST
SUBMITTED BY
CIVIL
AUTHORITY FROM A
APPROPRIATE
CHANNELS.
AT THE DIRECTION
OF THE GOVERNOR
WE ARE WORKING
TOGETHER BY
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE
COMMENT PACT,
EMAC REQUEST, TO
BRING IN
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
FROM SURROUNDING
STATES TO
AUGMENT THE
MILITARY POLICE
FORCES AS NEEDED.
THE EVENTS IN
KENOSHA ARE
TRAGIC, OUR
THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS
TO ALL THOSE
INVOLVED.
THE MEMBERS OF
THE WISCONSIN
NATIONAL GUARD
ARE PROUD TO
SERVE THE
CITIZENS OF THE
GREAT
STATE AND READY
TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT
ASSISTANCE TO
LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN
TIMES OF CRISIS.
THE BOTTOM LINE
IS WE ARE
YOUR NEIGHBORS,
FEAR NOT,
CITIZENS OF
WISCONSIN, WE
CARE
ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS HERE AND
THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, AND WE ARE
HERE TO SUPPORT
THE LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN
BRINGING THIS TO
A PEACEFUL
CONCLUSION.
THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE
TO INTRODUCE
KENOSHA POLICE
DEPARTMENT CHIEF,
I AM GOING TO--
>> GOOD
AFTERNOON.
YOU WILL MOTEs A
THEME HERE.
THERE IS-- THERE
CONCERN FOR THE
PUBLIC, FOR THOSE
THAT HAVE BEEN
INJURED BY THE
KENOSHA POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THOSE
INJURED BY
CIVILIANS, AND
THE INJURIES ON
THE COMMUNITY
ITSELF BY
ARSONISTS,
LOOTING, ALL OF
THE
VIOLENCE THAT
GOES ON.
I WANT TO BE ALL
CLEAR WITH
THAT.
EVERYBODY STAND
BEFORE YOU
BRINGING
RESOLUTION.
WE UNDERSTAND
THERE ARE
UNDERLYING ISSUES
DRIVING THIS.
WE WON'T FIX THEM
OVERNIGHT, BUT
THE LEADERS HERE
TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
WITH THAT, THIS
IS A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING
THAT KENOSHA IS
FULL OF GOOD
PEOPLE.
KENOSHA IS NOT A
COMMUNITY OF
VIOLENT PEOPLE.
THE RESIDENTS
HERE ARE SCARED,
THEY ARE
CONFUSED, BUT
THEY ARE
NOT VIOLENT.
PEACEFUL PROTESTS
ARE
WELCOME.
THERE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A WAY FOR
THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC TO SPEAK
THEIR MIND.
WE SUPPORT THAT.
I SUPPORT THAT AS
A INDIVIDUAL.
WE CANNOT SUPPORT
VIOLENCE.
OPINIONS TO
TAKING VIOLENT
ACTIONS AND
HURTING PEOPLE,
DAMAGING
PROPERTY, AND
GENERALLY
UNRULY BEHAVIOR,
THAT MUST STOP.
NOT ONLY IS IT
BAD FOR THE
COMMUNITY, IT
DETRACTS FROM THE
MESSAGE.
THE MESSAGE HERE,
THE UNDERLYING
MESSAGE IS ABOUT
RACIAL TENSION
AND POLICE
VIOLENCE, WHETHER
OR
NOT THAT IS A
CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR, WHETHER
HERE IN KENOSHA
OR ACROSS THE
NATION, NOSE ARE
ISSUES THAT NEED
TO BE
ADDRESSED.
THE PEOPLE HERE
ARE GOOD
PEOPLE, AND WE
ARE HERE TO
PROTECT THEM.
WE CALLED IN
NECESSARY
RESOURCES
TO DO THAT, AND
WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THAT AND
STAND STRONG TO
PROTECT ALL
PEOPLE HERE IN
KENOSHA.
BY NOW, EVERYBODY
IS AWARE
THAT THE KENOSHA
POLICE
DEPARTMENT, ONE
OF OUR OFFICERS
SHOT AN
INDIVIDUAL HERE
IN THE
CITY OF KENOSHA.
FOR LACK OF A
BETTER TERM,
THE EVENT THAT
TRIGGERED THE
UNREST.
THANKFULLY HE IS
ALIVE AND
RECOVERING FROM
THAT INCIDENT.
I DON'T HAVE LOT
OF GREAT
DETAILS ABOUT THE
INCIDENT,
BECAUSE I WASN'T
THERE.
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN HAS A
STATUTE AND A
PROCEDURE THAT
REMOVES THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY INVOLVED
IN THE USE OF
FORCE FROM THE
INVESTIGATION.
SO YOU HEARD
SHERIFF BETH
SPEAK ABOUT HOW
THEY COME INTO A
SUPPORTING ROLE.
THEY CONTROLLED
THE SCENE.
TO PROTECT THE
SCENE, MAKE SURE
JUSTICE WOULD BE
SERVED IN THE
END, NO MATTER
WHAT THE EVIDENCE
SHOWED, THAT WAS
HIS JOB, THE
KENOSHA POLICE
DEPARTMENT STEPS
BACK AND WE
BECOME THE PEOPLE
INVESTIGATED
RATHER THAN THOSE
DOING THE
INVESTIGATION.
RECENT CHANGE
HERE IN
WISCONSIN, ONE I
SUPPORT, AND I
BELIEVE IT ADDS
TRANSPARENCY AND
A GREATER
OVERSIGHT BY
SOME.
UNFORTUNATELY
WHAT THAT ALSO
BRINGS IS WHAT
YOU SEE OBSERVE
YOU TODAY, A
CHIEF WHO DOESN'T
HAVE DETAILS
ABOUT THE
INCIDENT.
SO, THE WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE DIVISION
OF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION, IS
THE
INVESTIGATING
AGENCY.
THEY ARE THE ONES
COLLECTING
EVIDENCE,
INTERVIEWING ALL
THOSE
INVOLVED, WHETHER
THE OFFICERS,
MR. BLAKE, WIT
MSZS, ANY HOST OF
THEM, THEY ARE
THE ONES IN THE
INVESTIGATION
THAT GIVE THE
OUTSIDE VIEW,
THAT OUTSIDE
DEMAND FOR
JUSTICE.
SO, I SUPPORT
THAT, AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO
PARTICIPATE IN
THAT
COOPERATION.
THEY WILL
CONTINUE DOING
WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO,
BUT, AGAIN, I
DON'T HAVE
DETAILS TO SHARE
BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THE SYSTEM
WORKS.
THE SUPPORT
PROCESS HERE FOR
US
IS VERY LIMITED.
THE SHARE-'S
DEPARTMENT
CONTROLATHIZE
SCENE, I AS CHIEF
HAS POLICIES, WE
HAVE PROCEDURES
TO COOPERATE, AND
THAT IS WHAT
WE ARE DOING.
WE ARE NOT HIDING
BEHIND WHAT
HAS BEEN REFERRED
TO BY SOME
ACROSS THE NATION
OVER THE YEARS
IS LINE OF
SILENCE, IT
DOESN'T
EXIST.
WE DON'T WANT BAD
COPS, THERE
AREN'T COPS HERE
WHO WANT TO
HURT PEOPLE, ALL
RIGHT?
I UNDERSTAND
THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE WITH
YOU AND THERE
MAY BE UNDERLYING
POLITICAL
ISSUES, AS I SAID
BEFORE, AREN'T
GOING TO BE
SOLVED.
I ASK FOR
EVERYBODY IN THIS
ROOM, EVERYBODY
LISTENING, AND
THE CITIZENS HERE
EFFECTED,
ALLOW TIME FOR
THE PROCESS TO
PLAY OUT.
THE DECISIONS IN
THAT CASE
WILL BE MADE
BASED UPON
EVIDENCE
COLLECTED BY AN
OUTSIDE AGENCY,
PRESENTED TO
SOMEBODY ELSE TO
MAKE THAT
DECISION.
KENOSHA POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL
NOT MAKE A RULING
ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER IN THAT.
THAT PROCESS IS
IN PLACE, I
BELIEVE IT IS
FAIR&I BELIEVE IT
IS A GOOD THING
FOR, NOT ONLY
THE CITIZENS OF
KENOSHA, BUT
THOSE ACROSS THE
NATION.
SINCE THE
INCIDENT THERE
HAVE BEEN
PEACEFUL PROTESTS
AND
PRAYER VIGILS.
THERE IS A LOT OF
GOOD PEOPLE
OUT THERE, THERE
ARE A A LOT OF
GOOD PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO
UNDERLYING
ISSUES,
TO DRAW ATOENGZ
FOR THE NEED FOR
CHANGE, AND TO
DRAW A ATTENTION
TO THE NEED FOR
THE POTENTIAL
FOR POLICE
REFORM, IF
NECESSARY.
AND I BRING THAT
LAST
STATEMENT INTO
EFFECT IN THAT I
THINK MOST PEOPLE
I HAVE TALKED
TO BELIEVE THERE
MAY BE THE NEED
FOR REFORM, BUT
THEY ARE NOT
RACING TO
JUDGMENT.
THEY WILL BRING
UP IDEAS
AND MUCH OF IT IS
OF WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT OR
HEARD FROM
CITIZENS, ARE IN
PLACE, THEY DO
EXIST.
THERE IS JUST,
PERHAPS, NOT
ENOUGH
COMMUNICATION.
TODAY'S MEETING
IS SOMEWHAT
ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU HAVE MY
COMMITMENT THAT
WE WILL TRY TO DO
OUR BEST TO
SHARE MORE
INFORMATION.
THIS IS DIFFICULT
WHEN
REMOVED FROM THE
PROCESS TO DO
THAT.
SO, I ASK AGAIN,
AS WE MOVE
FORWARD, IF
TODAY'S THEME IS
ABOUT PROGRESS,
THE COMMUNITY
COMES OUT OF THIS
STRONGER.
OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS, KENOSHA
HAS SPEERNED,
UNFORTUNATELY,
LOOTING, ARSON,
VIOLENCE,
PERSONS INJURED.
IN ADIG, LAST
NIGHT IN A
SITUATION THAT
BEGAN PEACEFUL,
AND TURNED
SOMEWHAT UNRULY
AND
THE SHERIFF SPOKE
ABOUT THICKS,
THROWING HAMMERS,
VIOLENCE
TOWARDS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND
FOR
THE NATIONAL
GUARD ASSISTING
IN
CONTROLLING THE
PROCEDURE AND
PROTECTING THOSE.
PERSONS WHO WERE
OUT AFTER THE
CURFEW BECAME
ENGAGED IN SOME
TYPE OF
DISTURBANCE, AND
PERSONS
WERE SHOT.
EVERYBODY
INVOLVED WAS OUT
AFTER
THE CURFEW, I AM
NOT GOING TO
MAKE A GREAT DEAL
OF IT BUT THE
POINT IS THE
CURFEW IS IN
PLACE
TO PROTECT.
HAD PERSONS NOT
BEEN INVOLVED IN
VIOLATION OF
THAT, PERHAPS THE
SITUATION THAT
UNFOLDED WOULD
NOT HAVE
HAPPENED.
LAST NIGHT A
17-YEAR-OLD
INDIVIDUAL FROM
ANTIOCH,
ILLINOIS, WAS
INVOLVED IN THE
USE OF FIREARMS
THROUGH-- TO
RESOLVE WHATEVER
CONFLICT WAS IN
PLACE, THE RESULT
WAS TWO
PEOPLE--
>>> NBC NEWS.
>> BREAKING NEWS.
>> IF THEY DO GO
BACK TO THEIR
JOBS THEY WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY
ARE PROTECTED.
>> NEWS MRAD FROM
YOUR STREAMING
WORLD.
LIVE WEEKDAYS
6:00 A.M.
EASTERN.
>>> HEY,
,
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
%
NEWS NOW. ,,
WE ARE KICKING 
OFF WITH THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, DAY 
THREE, TONIGHT 
WE WILL HEAR 
FROM MEMBERS OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S INNER 
CIRCLE, MIKE 
PENCE, KELLY ANN 
CONWAY AND WHITE 
HOUSE PRESS 
SECRETARY, 
KAYLEIGH 
MCENANY. 
>> I GET TO TALK 
A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT OUR 
MILITARY 
COMMUNITY. 
I KNOW THAT YOU 
KNOW THAT'S NEAR 
AND DEAR TO MY 
HEART. 
I HAVE WORKED A 
LOT WITH 
MILITARY SPOUSES 
TO HELP THEM 
WITH EMPLOYMENT 
AND I HAVE DONE 
A LOT OF WORK 
WITH VETERANS ON 
PREVENTING 
SUICIDE. 
IT WILL BE AN 
EXCITING NIGHT 
TO HIGHLIGHT THE 
HEROES. 
>> TO A 
DEVASTATING 
MILESTONE, A 
TALLY SHOWS THAT 
MORE THAN 
180,000 
AMERICANS HAVE 
DIED FROM THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF WASHINGTON 
PREDICTS THAT 
NUMBER WILL GROW 
TO 300,000 BY 
THE END OF THIS 
YEAR. 
COVID-19 WILL 
LIKELY BECOME 
THE THIRD 
LEADING CAUSE OF 
DEATH IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
AS THE DEATH 
TOLL RISES, 
RESEARCHERS ARE 
WORKING HARD TO 
CREATE A 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE. 
TODAY, MODERNA 
IS WITNESSING 
PROMISING 
RESULTS IN A 
SMALL TRIAL. 
THE BIO TECH 
COMPANY SAYS THE 
PATIENTS 
PRODUCED COVID-
19 ANTI BODIES 
WHICH SCIENTISTS 
BELIEVE IT IS 
THE KEY TO 
IMMUNITY. 
THE STUDY IS 
THIS TELLY 
STAGES AND 
HASN'T BEEN 
PUBLISHED IN THE 
PEER REVIEW 
JOURNAL. 
>>> THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS HEADED 
TO KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
ONE SHOTS RANG 
OUT DURING THE 
UNREST.
A 17 YEAR OLD 
WAS ARRESTED 
AFTER A VIDEO 
SHOWING POLICE 
SHOOTING JACOB 
BLAKE THIS PAST 
SUNDAY. 
ENDORSEMENT WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT BUT 
HAVEN'T GIVEN 
OTHER DETAILS. 
THE OFFICERS 
WERE PLACED ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
>>> DAVOS 
SWITZER LAND. 
THE EVENT IS 
DELAYED UNTIL 
SUMMER 20201. 
THE SUMMIT HOSTS 
SEVERAL GLOBAL 
LEADERS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND CLIMATE 
ACTIVIST GRETTA 
THUNBERG WERE 
THE BIG NAMES 
THAT SPOKE ELIER 
THIS YEAR. 
FINALLY THERE IS 
AN UPDATE ON THE 
HELICOPTER CRASH 
THAT KILLED KOBE 
BRYANT AND 8 
OTHERS IN 
JANUARY. 
THE HELICOPTER 
COMPANY SAYS IT 
WAS HIT WITH 
MULTIPLE 
LAWSUITS 
FOLLOWING THE 
CRASH BUT NOW 
THEY ARE THE 
ONES TAKING 
ACTION. 
EXPRESS 
HELICOPTER SAY 
THEY ARE SUING 
THE AIR TRAFFIC 
CONTROLLERS 
WORKING, THEY 
ARE THE ONES AT 
FAULT FOR MAKING 
A SERIES OF 
ERRORS. 
IN RESPONSE, AN 
FAA SPOKESPERSON 
SAID THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
DOES NOT COMMENT 
ON PENDING 
LITIGATION. 
THAT'S SOMETHING 
WE WILL KEEP 
TABS ON. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
WE WILL SEE YOU 
IN AN HOUR. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
.  THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
ISSUING A 
SERIOUS WARNING 
FOR TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA, LAURA 
IS A POWERFUL 
CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE, 
EXPECTED TO 
BRING 
UNSURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE. 
HOW ARE THINGS 
THERE NOW AND 
HOW ARE THEY 
BRACING FOR WHAT 
IS TO COME? 
>> Reporter: THE 
CONDITIONS ARE 
STARTING TO 
DETERIORATE HERE 
IN LAFAYETTE, 
WHICH IS QUITE A 
BIT INLAND 
COMPARED TO THE 
COASTAL 
COMMUNITIES WE 
WILL SEE THE 
RESULTS OF THE 
STORM FIRST. 
WE ARE STATING 
TO SEE RAIN 
BANDS MOVE INTO 
THE AREA, EVEN 
IN SOME PARTS OF 
LOUISIANA 
INLAND, TORNADO 
WARNINGS ALREADY 
AS THE STORMS IN 
THE NORTHEAST 
QUADRANT OFTEN 
KICKOFF SOME -- 
WHAT 
METEOROLOGISTS 
CALL WEAK 
TORNADOS BUT 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
TORNADO 
WARNINGS, THE 
RAIN IS STARTING 
TO FALL FROM ONE 
OF THESE OUTER 
BANDS. 
THE STORM IS 200 
MILES OFFSHORE 
EXPECTED TO MAKE 
LANDFALL TONIGHT 
NEAR THE TEXAS-
LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
-- [NO AUDIO]
-- 
>> LOOKS LIKE WE 
LOST CHRIS. 
IN THE MEANTIME, 
HURRICANE LAURA 
HAS BEEN GETTING 
STRONGER BY THE 
HOUR. 
IT IS NOW 
OFFICIALLY A 
CATEGORY 4 
STORM, WITH 
WINDS OVER 140 
MILES PER HOUR. 
MICHELLE 
GROSSMAN JOINS 
ME NOW. 
IT'S WONDERFUL 
TO SEE YOU. 
IT'S BEEN A 
WHILE, 
UNFORTUNATELY 
NOT GREAT 
CIRCUMSTANCES WE 
ARE TALKING TO 
YOU. 
WHERE IS STORM 
LAURA, WHEN IS 
THIS CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE 
EXPECTED TO MAKE 
LANDFALL? 
>> Reporter: SO 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
WE HAVE A TOUGH 
DAY, WEEK, MONTH 
AHEAD OF US IN 
SOME PARTS OF 
THE GULF COAST 
STATES. 
CHRIS DID A GOOD 
JOB LETTING YOU 
THOUGH WHAT IS 
HAPPENING. 
WE ARE SEEING 
THE OUTER RAIN 
BANDS, TORNADO 
WARNINGS ARE 
SHORT LIVED. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THIS IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN OVERNIGHT 
AS WELL. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HAVE A ROUGH 
NIGHT AHEAD OF 
US. 
LET'S LOOK AT 
THE LATEST WITH 
THE STORM, WE 
ARE LOOKING AT A 
CATEGORY 4 
STORM. 
IT IS A HUGE 
STORM, IT'S 
VERY, VERY 
STRONG, WE ARE 
LOOKING AT WINDS 
AT 140 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
IT'S 190 MILES 
SOUTH, SOUTHEAST 
OF PORT ARTHUR 
TEXAS AND 
NORTHWEST AT 16 
MILES PER HOUR. 
THAT'S THE ONLY 
SAVING GRACE, 
MOVING QUICKLY. 
BEFORE IT GETS 
OUT OF HERE, WE 
WILL SEE A LOT 
OF DESTRUCTION. 
STORM SURGE, 
UNSURVIVABLE, 
CATASTROPHIC, 
LIFE 
THREATENING, 
DESTRUCTIVE. 
THESE ARE 
EXPECTATIONS AND 
PREDICTIONS WE 
ARE GOING TO SEE 
THROUGH THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
FOR THE REST OF 
THE DAY, LAURA 
INTENSIFYING 
APPROACHING 
LAND, DANGEROUS 
RAIN BANDS AND 
WIND GUSTS AND 
STORM SURGE, 
IMPACTS TO THE 
COASTLINE, 
IMPACTS INLAND 
AS WELL. 
BY THURSDAY 
MOVING INWARD, 
EXPECTING LAURA 
TO MAKE LANDFALL 
OVERNIGHT. 
WE COULD SEE 
TORNADOS, POWER 
OUTAGES FOR 
MONTHS AND 
WEEKS. 
BY THURSDAY, IT 
MOVES INLAND. 
HEAVY RAIN, 
THREAT OF 
TORNADOS AND 
STRONG WINDS, IN 
THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY AND 
STILL ON FRIDAY 
SEEING THE RISK 
FOR TORNADOS, A 
FLOOD THREAT 
CONTINUES FOR 
THE OHIO VALLEY, 
IMPACTING THE 
NORTHEAST BY 
TUESDAY. 
THIS IS WHAT THE 
WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS LOOK 
LIKE. 
THE RED IS THE 
HURRICANE 
WARNING, LAKE 
CHARLES, 
LAFAYETTE, PORT 
ARTHUR, BEAUMONT 
CITY, THEY NEED 
TO HEED THE 
WARNINGS. 
YOUR WINDOW IS 
CLOSING. 
TROPICAL STORM 
WARNINGS 
STRETCHING FAR 
AS WELL. 
STORM SURGEER WE 
CANNOT SAY 
ENOUGH ABOUT 
THIS, THE 
DEADLIEST 
WEATHER IMPACT 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
HURRICANES AND 
STORMS. 
THIS IS WHERE WE 
SEE THE MOST 
CATASTROPHIC 
EVENTS, LOSS OF 
LIFE WITH THIS 
AS WELL. 
POTENTIAL OF A 
15 TO 20-FOOT 
STORM SURGE. 
I'M 5'3", THAT'S 
FOUR OF ME 
STACKED ON TOP 
OF EACH OTHER 
AND A DEADLY 
WALL OF WATER 
COMING TOWARDS 
YOU. 
IMMENSE POWER. 
THIS COULD GO 30 
MILES. 
THAT'S ALMOST 
HARD TO THINK 
OF. 
PUTTING IT INTO 
PERSPECTIVE, 
THAT'S UP TO I-
10. 
WHAT IS STORM 
SURGE? 
A DEADLY WALL OF 
WATER. 
YOU ONLY KNEE 3 
FEET TO CAUSE 
LIFE THREATENING 
EVENTS. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
SEE UP TO 20 
FEET IN SOME 
SPOTS. 
THERE IS 3 FEET, 
6 FEET, WATER 
BREAKING WINDOWS 
AND DOORS, 
IMPACTING THE 
HOMES. 
BY 9 FEETS WE 
COULD SEE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
BEING DESTROYED. 
WE COULD SEE 
SMALL TOWNS 
BEING DESTROYED. 
WE ARE GOING THE 
WATCH THIS. 
THAT'S A STORM 
SURGE. 
HURRICANE FORCED 
WINDS ARRIVING 
TONIGHT. 
WINDS UP TO LAKE 
CHARLES IN 
ADDITION TO THAT 
STORM SURGE, 
WHERE YOU SEE 
THE REDS THAT'S 
THE HURRICANE 
STORM, 
DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS, WHERE YOU 
SEE THE ORANGE, 
SHREVEPORT, YOU 
ARE SEEING 
TROPICAL STORM 
WINDS. 
WE COULD SEE 
POTENTIAL POWER 
OUTAGES, THE 
RED, THAT'S 
EXTENSIVE. 
WHERE YOU SEE 
THE LIGHT REDS 
THAT'S 
WIDESPREAD. 
WE ARE TALKING 
DAYS AND MONTHS 
IN SOME SPOTS. 
WE ARE THIS 
AUGUST, WE ARE 
IN A PANDEMIC, 
WE ARE GOING TO 
SEE POWER 
OUTAGES FOR 
MONTHS IN SOME 
SPOTS. 
15 INCHES OF 
RAIN LOCALLY 
THROUGH LAKE 
CHALLENGES, 
SHREVEPORT, 
LITTLE ROCK, THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY AND UP TO 
THE UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. 
WE WILL WATCH 
THE EYE WALL. 
THIS IS AT 4:00S 
LOOK AT THE EYE 
WALL WHEN YOU 
HAVE A CLEAR EYE 
WALL, YOU HAVE A 
STRONG STORM. 
THINK ABOUT THIS 
WE ARE IN THE 
HOME STRETCH. 
WE WILL SEE THIS 
LANDFALL WITHIN 
THE NEXT 10 
HOURS AS WE ARE 
PREPARING FOR 
THIS, IT IS 
INTENSE FYING 
AND POSSIBLE WE 
COULD SEE THIS 
AS A CATEGORY 5 
STORM. 
THIS IS A 
HISTORICAL 
STORM. 
WE ARE SEEING 
HISTORY UNFOLD 
IN FRONT OF OUR 
EYES. 
WE WILL WATCH 
THIS VERY 
CLOSELY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
NEXT SEVERAL 
DAYS. 
I HAVE CHILLS AS 
WE TALK ABOUT 
THIS. 
IT'S GOING BE 
TOUGH FOR A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ALONG 
THE GULF COAST 
STATES. 
>> MICHELLE, THE 
WAY YOU DESCRIBE 
THAT STORM 
SURGE, JUST 
THINKING OF YOU 
FOUR OF YOU 
STACKED UP, 
THAT'S HOW HIGH 
THE WATER IS 
GOING TO BE, 
FOLKS ARE IN FOR 
A LOT. 
THANKS FOR THE 
UPDATE. 
,
>>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE WANTS TO 
RESTART 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF TALKS, 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
MACK MEADOWING 
SAYING HIS 
OFFICE REACHED 
OUT TO HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY 
PELOSI TO GET 
THE NEGOTIATIONS 
GOING AGAIN. 
HAS THE SPEAKER 
RESPONDED? 
>> Reporter: IT 
DOESN'T LACK 
LIKE SHE HAS YET 
OR TAKING THIS 
AS A SERIOUS 
OFFER. 
THIS IS WHAT THE 
SPEAKER SAID 
ABOUT IT TODAY. 
SHE SAID, 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
COMPROMISED IN 
THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS AND 
OFFERED TO COME 
DOWN A TRILLION 
DOLLARS IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
WOULD COME UP A 
TRILLION 
DOLLARS, WE 
WOULD WELCOME 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
BACK BUT THEY 
MUST MEET US 
HALFWAY. 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT SENIOR 
PELOSI AID SAID 
IS MEADOWS STAFF 
DID CALL THE 
SPEAKER'S OFFICE 
YESTERDAY BUT 
THEY DIDN'T ASK 
TO START TALKS, 
THEY ASKED FOR 
THE CORRECT CELL 
PHONE NUMBER OF 
HER CHIEF OF 
STAFF. 
WHILE MARK 
MEADOWS, THE 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
SAID HE HAS MADE 
ANOTHER OUTREACH 
TO THE SPEAKER, 
THE DEMOCRATS 
AREN'T LOOKING 
AT THIS AS 
SOMETHING THAT'S 
LEGITIMATE AND 
HONEST ATTEMPT 
TO GET BACK TO 
THE TABLE, 
ALISON. 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE THE RIGHT 
CELL PHONE 
NUMBER TO GET 
THINGS STARTED. 
WE WILL START 
THERE AND SEE 
HOW THINGS GO. 
WOULD YOU REMIND 
OUR VIEWERS 
WHERE THE TALKS 
LEFT OFF? 
IT'S BEEN A 
LITTLE WHILE. 
WHAT ARE THE KEY 
ISSUES THAT THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE HAVING 
TROUBLE AGREEING 
ON? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S 
ABSOLUTELY 
RIGHT. 
IT'S BEEN A 
WHILE. 
IT'S BEEN ALMOST 
FOUR WEEKS NOW, 
I THINK SINCE 
PEOPLE HAVE NOT 
GOTTEN THEIR 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFIT 
INSURANCE. 
THEY LEFT OFF 
WITH HARDLY ANY 
PROGRESS MADE 
INCLUDING THE 
TOP PRICE TAG, 
THE REASON 
THAT'S IMPORTANT 
IS BECAUSE IF 
YOU CAN'T AGREE 
ON THE TOPLINE 
NUMBER, THEN 
IT'S DIFFICULT 
TO AGREE ON ALL 
THE DETAILS, THE 
DEMOCRATS WANT 
TO SPEND $3.4 
TRILLION, THAT'S 
THEIR OPENING 
NUMBER. 
THEN THE 
REPUBLICANS, 
THEY WANT TO 
SPEND $1 
TRILLION. 
THAT'S THEIR 
OPENING NUMBER. 
THAT'S WHY YOU 
HEARD SPEAKER 
PELOSI SAY, ONCE 
AGAIN, WHICH HAS 
BEEN HER POTION 
FOR A FEW WEEKS, 
WE COME DOWN A 
TRILLION, 2.4, 
YOU COME UP A 
TRILLION, ATHEN 
THEY ARE AT $2 
TRILLION, THAT'S 
A GOOD 
NEGOTIATING 
RANGE. 
HERE IS KEVIN 
BRADY, TOP 
REPUBLICAN ON A 
KEY COMMITTEE 
AND WHAT HE SAID 
ON NS NBC TODAY. 
>> I WAS REALLY 
DISAPPOINTED 
THAT OUR SMALL 
BUSINESS AND 
UNEMPLOYED 
WORKERS WERE 
IGNORED FOR 
CONGRESS TO RUSH 
BACK FOR A FAKE 
POST OFFICE 
CRISIS THAT 
DIDN'T EXIST. 
>> Reporter: HE 
MENTIONED THE 
SPECIFIC ISSUES 
, THE LACK OF 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE, 
PEOPLE WANTING 
THE DIRECT 
PAYMENTS, SMALL 
BUSINESSES NEED 
MORE HELP, KIDS 
ARE GOING BACK 
TO SCHOOL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
THERE NEEDS TO 
BE MORE MONEY 
FOR SCHOOLS, 
STATES WANT MORE 
MONEY TO ADDRESS 
THE LACK OF 
FUNDS THEY ARE 
RECEIVING 
BECAUSE OF 
COVID. 
THE LIST GOES ON 
AND ON, ALISON, 
AND IT'S A LONG 
LIST FOR THEM TO 
COME TOGETHER 
AND THEY ARE NOT 
AT THE 
NEGOTIATING 
TABLE. 
>> THIS IS SUPER 
PREMATURE. 
THEY ARE NOT 
REALLY TALKING 
YET. 
LET'S JUST SAY 
NEGOTIATIONS 
RESTART, THEY 
REACH A DEAL, 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING ABOUT 
WHETHER MITCH Mc 
CONEL AND THE 
SENATE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
APPROVE IT? 
>> Reporter: 
WELL, MITCH Mc 
CONNELL IS 
TRYING TO GET 
THE SUPPORT OF 
REPUBLICANS ON 
ANYTHING, 
SOMETHING HE HAS 
NOT BEEN ABLE TO 
DO, EVEN HIS $1 
TRILLION BILL HE 
FLOATED OR 
INTRODUCED AND 
FLOATED A 
SMALLER BILL 
JUST A WEEK AGO 
THAT IS LESS 
THAN A TRILLION 
DOLLARS THAT IS 
STILL UNCLEAR IF 
HE HAS THE 
SUPPORT OF HIS 
REPUBLICAN 
MEMBERS. 
YOU HAVE THAT HE 
IS TWO LEVELS 
HERE, ALISON, 
WHILE THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS TRYING TO 
NEGOTIATE WITH 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
WITH THE SUPPORT 
OF Mc CONNELL, 
ACTUALLY, Mc 
CONNELL, ON THE 
OTHER HAND IS 
TRYING TO CORRAL 
HIS MEMBERS AND 
GIVE THEM ENOUGH 
MOTIVATION TO 
TRY TO GET ON 
BOARD AND 
PRESSURE THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND PUT PRESSURE 
ON BOTH SIDES TO 
GET SOMETHING 
DONE. 
THE POLITICAL 
WILL AT THIS 
MOMENT DOESN'T 
QUITE SEEM TO BE 
THERE, ALISON. 
>> WE NEED THEM 
TO CALL THE 
RIGHT PHONE AND 
GET THINGS 
STARTED. 
SEEMS LIKE THEY 
HAVEN'T GOTTEN 
MUCH FURTHER 
THAN THAT. 
IT'S GREAT TO 
HAVE YOU ON. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE HEADLINES 
NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
ADDRESSING HIS 
PARTY FROM 
HISTORIC FORT Mc 
HENRY IN 
BALTIMORE, THE 
SITE THAT 
INSPIRED THE 
STAR SPANGLED 
BANNER. 
MONICA ALBA IS 
THERE. 
WHAT CAN WE 
EXPECT TO HEAR 
FROM THE VICE 
PRESIDENT AT 
THIS HISTORIC 
SITE TONIGHT? 
>> Reporter: 
TONIGHT'S THEME 
IS LAND OF HERO, 
A FOCUS ON THE 
MILITARY AND 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY WE ARE 
TOLD AND OF 
COURSE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
BE MAKING A LOT 
OF REFERENCE TO 
THE LOCATION OF 
HIS SPEECH AS 
YOU MENTIONED, 
IT'S HISTORIC 
NATIONAL 
MONUMENT AND 
SHRINE, A 
PATRIOTIC 
BACKDROP FOR HIS 
SPEECH AND 
REMARKS. 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
SPEAK TO THE 
NATIONAL MOMENT, 
HE WILL BE 
TALKING ABOUT 
NOT JUST HIS 
ROLE AS THE 
CHAIR OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE AND ALSO 
STRUGGLES THAT 
THE CURRENT 
COUNTRY IS GOING 
THROUGH, HOW HE 
IS ABLE TO OUT 
TO THE 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
HE WILL SPEAK TO 
HIS PARTNERSHIP 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT, OF 
COURSE, WE ARE 
GOING TO HEAR 
FROM TWO WHITE 
HOUSE OFFICIALS 
THAT YOU COULD 
SAY RAISED 
EYEBROWS THIS 
TERMS OF HOW 
APPROPRIATE IT 
IS FOR THEM TO 
BE ADDRESSING 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION BUT 
BOTH WILL BE 
DOING SO IN 
THEIR PERSONAL 
CAPACITY, 
KELLYANN CONWAY, 
WHO IS SCHEDULED 
TO LEAVE THE 
WHITE HOUSE IN 
THIS ROLE NEXT 
WEEK AND THE 
CURRENT PRESS 
SECRETARY, 
KAYLEIGH 
MCENANY, WHO WAS 
NOT ON HER 
ORIGINAL LIST. 
WE LEARNED ABOUT 
HER TODAY. 
THAT'S THE 
HIGHLIGHTS AND 
KEY THINGS WE 
ARE LOOKING FOR 
IN BALTIMORE, 
ALISON. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
WILL HAVE AN 
AUDIENCE 
TONIGHT. 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PRECAUTIONS, 
MASKS OR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
REQUIRED? 
WE DON'T SEE 
MUCH OF THAT 
WHEN THE FIRST 
LADY SPOKE AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
YESTERDAY. 
>> Reporter: WE 
ARE LEARNING 
ABOUT WHAT 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY PROTOCOLS 
WERE PUT INTO 
PLACE LAST NIGHT 
AT THE ADDRESS 
FROM THE ROSE 
GARDEN. 
THERE WERE ABOUT 
108 PEOPLE, 
THOSE 
INTERACTING WITH 
THE PRESIDENT 
WERE TESTED FOR 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
ADVANCE OF THE 
SPEECH. 
THE REASON THAT 
MAYBE A LITTLE 
BIT UNUSUAL IS 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
HAVING THESE 
LARGER CROWDS, 
THE LIVE 
AUDIENCES FOR 
THESE SPEECHES 
COME TOGETHER 
WHILE WE STILL 
HAVE A PANDEMIC 
GOING ON. 
WE ARE TOLD THEY 
WERE SCREENED IN 
SOME WAYS BUT 
THE ACTUAL TESTS 
ONLY APPLIED TO 
PEOPLE THAT CAME 
INTO DIRECT 
CONTACT. 
WE POSED THAT 
QUESTION TO THE 
VICE PRESIDENT'S 
OFFICE, TONIGHT 
WE EXPECT 130 OR 
140 PEOPLE TO BE 
HERE AT FORT Mc 
HENRY. 
THE CHAIRS LIKE 
WHAT WE SAW LAST 
NIGHT, SET APART 
BUT NOT A FULL 6-
FEET APART. 
MASKS, WE ASKED 
WHETHER THOSE 
WILL BE REQUIRED 
AND WE BELIEVE 
THEY WILL BE 
ENCOURAGED BUT 
NOT SOMETHING 
THAT'S MANDATORY 
LIKE WHAT YOU 
SAW LAST NIGHT, 
WHICH NOT PEOPLE 
TOOK THEM UP ON. 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC HANGS 
OVERALL OF THE 
ENTIRETY OF THIS 
SPEECH, THE FORT 
HAS NOT BEEN 
OPEN TO THE 
PUBLIC OR THE 
VISITOR'S CENTER 
FOR MONTHS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THAT SHOWS YOU 
HOW MUCH THIS 
TOUCHES ALL 
CORNERS OF THIS. 
YOU ALSO HAVE 
FORT Mc HENRYS 
NOT A WHITE 
HOUSE BACKDROP 
OR LOCATION IN 
CONTRAST WITH 
LAST NIGHT WHAT 
WE SAW IN TERMS 
OF THE ROSE 
GARDEN AND 
TOMORROW ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN WHEN. 
>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE IS UNDER 
FIR FOR 
UNCONVENTIONAL 
MOMENTS DURING 
THE RNC. 
CAN YOU TALK 
ABOUT THE ISSUES 
AND HOW THE 
WHITE HOUSE IS 
DEFENDING 
ITSELF?  
. 
>> Reporter: 
CERTAINLIES OFF 
LOT OF ETHICAL 
CONSIDERATIONS 
HERE. 
A LOT OF THOSE 
STEM FROM THE 
HATCH ACT. 
THE PROBLEM SOME 
CRITICS MIGHT 
ARGUE IS THEY 
ARE NOT ENTIRELY 
ENFORCEABLE WHEN 
YOU VIOLATE THE 
GUIDELINES, 
PEOPLE RECEIVE 
STRONGLY WORDED 
LETTERS. 
KELLYANN CONWAY, 
SHE ON SEVERAL 
OCCASIONS HAS 
DONE THAT BY 
CAMPAIGNING FOR 
THE PRESIDENT 
ESSENTIALLY AND 
NOT CLEAR THAT 
IT WAS IN HER 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY OR FOR 
OTHER MEMBERS OF 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WHAT YOU SAW 
LAST NIGHT WAS 
THE VIDEO THAT 
WAS 
NATURALIZATION 
CEREMONY THAT 
TOOK PLACE AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
WITH THE ACTING 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOME LAND 
SECURITY 
SECRETARY, 
MARINES WERE 
FEATURED, SOME 
SAYING THEY WERE 
USED AS 
POLITICAL PROPS. 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
WHY THE WHITE 
HOUSE DEVELOPED 
THIS STRATEGY TO 
SIDESTEP THE 
CONSIDERATIONS 
WHICH IS THAT 
THEY PUT THE 
VIDEOS PUBLICLY 
ON YOUTUBE AND 
THE CAMPAIGN CAN 
GRAB THEM AND 
ARGUE THEY ARE 
PUBLICLY 
AVAILABLE THAT'S 
WHY WE CAN 
INCLUDE THEM IN 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THEY BELIEVE 
EVERYTHING WAS 
DONE PROPERLY 
AND CLAIMING 
THEY ARE 
OFFICIAL EVENTS 
PUT ON THE 
SCHEDULE, THAT'S 
ONE OF THE WAYS 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO JUSTIFY THAT 
BUT CREATING 
CONTROVERSY ON 
THE FIRST COUPLE 
OF NIGHTS, 
ALISON. 
>> I'M GOING TO 
ASK YOU NON RNC 
RELATED THINGS, 
20 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE IN 
HURRICANE 
LAURA'S PATH. 
A BIG CONDITION 
FOR THE GULF 
COAST TONIGHT. 
WHAT IS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAYING ABOUT 
THAT THREAT 
TODAY? 
ANYTHING FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE? 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
CLOSELY 
MONITORING THE 
HURRICANE, HE 
HAS BEEN BRIEFED 
SEVERAL TIMES 
AND HE TWEETED 
EARLIER TODAY 
ABOUT THE 
CONCERN, WARNING 
EVERYBODY IN ITS 
PATH TO HEED THE 
DIRECTIONS OF 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
AND EVACUATE IF 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
NECESSARY. 
THIS IS A VERY 
SEVERE STORM, 
CATEGORY 4, 
LIKELY MAKING 
LANDFALL 
OVERNIGHT. 
WE ARE TOLD AS 
OF NOW THERE ARE 
NO CHANGES TO 
THE EXPECTED 
PLANS FOR THE 
SPEECH TONIGHT 
FROM THE VICE 
PRESIDENT OR THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH TOMORROW 
NITE ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
THEY WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THE 
SITUATION AND 
SOMETHING WE 
COULD HEAR THEM 
TALK ABOUTEL 
OTHER SPEAKERS 
MAY REFERENCE 
THAT GIVEN IT'S 
ON THE TOP OF SO 
MANY MIND TODAY. 
THE PLAN STAYS 
THE SAME WHILE 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
CONTINUES TO 
STAY VERY, VERY 
CLOSE TO THIS 
RAPIDLY 
AGGRESSIVE 
HURRICANE. 
>> MONICA ALBA 
IN A BEAUTIFULLY 
GREEN FORT Mc 
HENRY BALTIMORE, 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
THIRD NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT 
AT 8:00 P.M. 
EASTERN THAT'S 
WITH CHUCK TODD 
AND A NETWORK 
PRIME TIME 
SPECIAL AT 10:00 
P.M. 
EASTERN, WATCH 
IT HERE ON NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> IN 2016, 
CIRCLEVILLE OHIO 
VOTED FOR DONALD 
TRUMP, WHO 
CAMPAIGNED ON 
REVIVING THE 
LOCAL COMPANY 
BUT THEY LOST 
HUNDREDS OF 
FACTORY JOBS 
SINCE THEN. 
VAUGHN HILLIARD 
SPOKE TO THE 
CITIES UNDECIDED 
VOTERS. 
>> THERE IS SO 
MUCH PROTESTS 
AND ANGER AND 
DISSATISFACTION 
OVER SO MANY 
THINGS, I WOULD 
LIKE TO SEE THAT 
GO AWAY. 
I DON'T THINK 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IT'S 
GOING. 
HE IS GOING TO 
BE THE SAME. 
>> HERE IN 
NOVEMBER, JOE 
BIDEN, BARACK 
OBAMA'S FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT, 
VERSUS DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>> THAT'S A HARD 
ONE. 
I'M HOPING -- 
I'M PAYING A LOT 
MORE ATTENTION 
TO BOTH DEBATES. 
I'M HOPING THAT 
TRUMP WILL STILL 
KEEP THE ECONOMY 
GOING LIKE THE 
THINGS HE 
BROUGHT TO IT. 
I'M OPEN TO SEE 
WHAT BIDEN SAYS. 
IT'S SO EARLY, I 
CAN'T REALLY SAY 
WHO I'M PLANNING 
TO OR FROM. 
>> I DON'T LIKE 
SOME OF THE WAYS 
HE IS PRESENTING 
HIMSELF. 
THERE IS THAT 
BIG WORD, BUT. 
I LOOK AT WHAT 
HAS HAND AND 
WHAT HE HAPPENED 
AND WHAT HE 
PROMISED, HE HAS 
DONE WHAT HE 
SAID HE WOULD 
DO. 
WITH ONLY 
DONALD, IF HE 
COULD CALM DOWN 
HIS RHETORIC, 
THERE WOULD BE 
NO QUESTION WITH 
HOW PEOPLE WOULD 
VOTE. 
>> YOU SPOKE 
WITH VOTERS 
AFTER THE 2016 
ELECTION, AND 
AGAIN THIS YEAR, 
HOW HAVE THEIR 
POLITICAL VIEWS 
CHANGED? 
>> Reporter: WHY 
CIRCLEVILLE, 
OHIO? 
I VISITED HERE 
JUST AFTER THE 
INAUGURATION OF 
DONALD TRUMP IN 
FEBRUARY OF 
2017. 
I WENT TO THE 
METHODIST 
CHURCH, I WENT 
IN AND LISTENED 
TO THE SERVICE, 
SOME OF THE 
FOLKS IN THE 
CONGREGATION 
WELCOMED ME TO 
SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
12 OUT OF 13, 
SPOKE UP AND 
SAID THEY VOTED 
FOR DONALD 
TRUMP. 
ONE WAS THE VERY 
FIRST WOMAN YOU 
HEARD FROM, 
LINDA KENNEDY. 
AT THE TIME, SHE 
SAID SHE WAS 
CONFESSING TO 
VOTING FOR 
DONALD TRUMP FOR 
THE FIRST TIME. 
WHEN SHE CAST 
THE VOTE, SHE 
HAD QUESTIONS 
ABOUT WHETHER 
GOD WAS GOING TO 
STRIKE HER DOWN 
BECAUSE SHE WAS 
SO DISPLEASED 
WITH THE WAY THE 
THEN CANDIDATE 
CONDUCTED 
HIMSELF. 
SHE ENDED UP 
VOTING FOR HIM 
AND HE WON THIS 
COUNTY BY 42 
PERCENTAGE 
POINTS. 
MITT ROMNEY WON 
BY 19 PERCENTAGE 
POINTS. 
WE FOCUS ON THE 
SWING COUNTY, 
ONES THAT WENT 
FOR OBAMA AND 
THEN FOR TRUMP 
OR THE COUNTIES 
THAT SAW A 
DEPRESSED 
TURNOUT IN THE 
URBAN CORRIDORS. 
YOU CAN MAKE A 
CASE, PLACES 
LIKE PICK AWAY 
COUNTY, WITH A 
CLASSIC TALE OF 
3 OUT OF 4 
FACTORIES 
CLOSING, LOSING 
HUNDREDS OF 
JOBS, FOLKS 
HOPING AMID AN 
OPIOID CRISIS, 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
WOULD BE ABLE TO 
COME BACK. 
WHEN WE ARE 
LOOKING AT 
POLLING, THIS IS 
THE PLACE THAT'S 
95% WHITE. 
85% OF FOLKS 
HERE DO NOT HAVE 
COLLEGE 
EDUCATION. 
SO FAR WHAT WE 
HAVE SEEN ARE 
ADVANCES FOR JOE 
BIDEN AMONG THIS 
PARTICULAR 
DEMOGRAPHIC. 
CLOSING THAT GAP 
BY 10% COMPARED 
TO WHERE HILLARY 
CLINTON WAS AT 4 
YEARS AGO. 
>> WE HEARD FROM 
VOTERS ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY, WHAT 
OTHER ISSUES 
WILL THEY BE 
VOTING ON COME 
NOVEMBER. 
WHERE THEY 
STACKED THEM UP 
FOR YOU AND THE 
DECIDING THING 
WITH WHAT PUSHES 
THEM TOWARDS ONE 
TICKET OR THE 
OTHER? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT SECOND 
WOMAN WAS 
MEAGAN, A MOTHER 
OF THREE, BORN 
AND RAISED HERE 
IN CIGELVILLE, 
SHE ACTUALLY 
VOTED FOR BARACK 
OBAMA AND THEN 
PART OF THAT 
JUMP OF TRUMP 
SUPPORTERS, SHE 
VOTED FOR DONALD 
TRUMP AND 
WEIGHING WHICH 
DIRECTION TO GO 
THIS TIME. 
THE ISSUE SHE 
NAMED WAS HEALTH 
CARE. 
PARTICULARLY, 
AMID THIS 
PANDEMIC, AS A 
MOTHER OF THREE, 
HOLDING ON TO 
HER JOB, TRYING 
TO ENSURE THOSE 
THIS HER 
COMMUNITY HAS 
HEALTH CARE. 
THAT'S THE ISSUE 
SHE WANTS TO 
BETTER LISTEN TO 
DEBATE, OF 
COURSE, WE CAN 
HAVE A 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT WHAT THE 
POLICIES ARE BUT 
THE REALITY IS 
YOU HAVE A 
LIKELY VOTER 
HERE WHO IS A 
LITTLE UNCLEAR 
ABOUT WHERE THE 
TWO CANDIDATES 
STAND WHEN IT 
COMES TO HEALTH 
CARE. 
THESE DEBATES 
WILL BE 
SIGNIFICANT 
BECAUSE THERE 
ARE MILLIONS OF 
VOTERS THAT ARE 
NOT PERHAPS 
FOLLOWING IT 
LIKE I AM AS A 
JOURNALIST 
EVERYDAY BUT 
THEY WANT TO 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND THOSE 
POLICIES. 
LINDA KENNEDY IS 
A LIFELONG 
REPUBLICAN AND 
SAID THE IDEA OF 
VOTING FOR A 
DEMOCRAT IS 
CRAZY. 
SHE APPRECIATES 
THIS 
CONSERVATIVE 
ADMINISTRATION 
BROUGHT ON THE 
CONSERVATIVES 
UNDER THE 
SUPREME COURT, 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, SHE IS A 
GRANDMOTHER OF 8 
GRAND KIDS AND 
SAID SHE CANNOT 
BARE TO HEAR THE 
WAY THE 
PRESIDENT SPEAKS 
ABOUT OTHERS AND 
FRUSTRATED THE 
TURMOIL AND 
ANGER SHE HAS 
SEEN IN 
COMMUNITIES LAKE 
HER OWN TOWARDS 
OTHER AMERICANS 
AND SHE IS 
LEANING TOWARDS 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> I SEE THAT 
BIDEN FOR 
PRESIDENT SIGN 
BEHIND YOU. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
VOTERS LEAN FOR 
BIDEN. 
WHAT DO THEY 
LAKE ABOUT THE 
BIDEN-HARRIS 
TICKET? 
WHAT ARE THEIR 
CONCERNS WITH 
THE BIDEN-HARRIS 
TICKET? 
>> Reporter: 
LOOK, IF YOU ARE 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
THEY HAD MORE 
THAN 20 
CANDIDATES ON 
THE STATEMENT AS 
GREAT NUMBER OF 
FOLKS WITHIN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
THAT HOPED TO 
HAVE JOE BIDEN 
WALK AWAY. 
THEY THOUGHT HE 
WAS THE MOST 
PALATABLE TO 
PLACES LIKE 
THIS, CHOPTIES 
FROM THE 
MIDWEST, 95% 
WHITE, 
INDUSTRIAL, JOE 
BIDEN IS THE 
NOMINEE THEY 
WOUND UP WITH. 
I HEAD FROM 
FOLKS THAT 
SUGGESTED JOE 
BIDEN IS 
SOMEBODY WHO 
THEY THINK DOES 
UNDERSTAND THE 
PLIGHT OF THE 
MIDWEST IN THE 
TOWNS LIKE THIS. 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, THE THIRD 
GENTLEMEN YOU 
HEAD FROM, 
JERRY, WHEN I 
TALKED TO HIM, 
THIS IS THE MAN 
WHO ALSO 
ATTENDED THAT 
METHODIST CHURCH 
THAT DEMOCRATS 
HOPED THEY WOULD 
BE ABLE TO PIG 
OFF, AT THE SAME 
TIME HE SAID HE 
BELIEVES JOE 
BIDEN IS GOING 
TO BE LARGELY 
CONTROLLED BY 
OTHER FACTIONS 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
BELIEVING THAT 
THERE SHOULDN'T 
BE SUCH ISSUE AS 
FREE COLLEGE 
TUITION, JOE 
BIDEN IS OF THE 
PAST IS NOT THE 
SAME JOE BIDEN 
WITHIN THE 
CURRENT 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
THIS WAS A 
COUPLE OF JOE 
BIDEN SIGNS 
AROUND, WHILE 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN DOESN'T 
LOOK TO THIS 
COUNTY AS BEING 
THE PLACE THEY 
ARE GOING TO 
INVEST THE 
RESOURCES, IF 
THEY ARE ABLE TO 
CHIP OFF SOME OF 
THAT, FOUR YEARS 
LATER DONALD 
TRUMP WON IT BY 
42 PERCENTAGE 
POINTS, IF THEY 
CHIP INTO SOME 
OF THAT SUPPORT, 
THIS GIVES THEM 
A CHANCE IN A 
PLACE LIKE HERE 
IN OHIO WHERE 
BARACK OBAMA WON 
8 YEARS AGO. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR GIVING 
US ANOTHER 
SLICE, ANOTHER 
VIEW OH HOW 
FOLKS ARE 
FEELING THERE IN 
THE MIDWEST, YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
TRAVELING ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT 
FOLKS ARE 
THINKING. 
,
>> Reporter: 
THANKS, MY 
FRIEND. 
>>> HOW AND WHEN 
ARE YOU VOTING 
IN THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
WE HAVE A NEW 
TOOL, CALLED 
PLAN YOUR VOTE 
AX STATE BY 
STATE GUIDE ON 
VOTING RULES AND 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS, 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
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YOUR VOTE. 
>>> A SUSPECT 
ARRESTED IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, 
POLICE 
CONFIRMING THAT 
TWO PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED AND 
ANOTHER 
SERIOUSLY 
INJURED IN A 
SHOOTING AT THE 
PROTEST. 
THE FOOTAGE YOU 
ARE ABOUT TO SEE 
IS DISTURBING, 
SHOWS A MAN IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
THE STREET 
WAIVING A GUN AT 
PEOPLE RUNNING 
BY. 
,
NBC NEWS NOW 
CAN'T CONFIRM 
WHAT HAPPENED 
BEFORE OR AFTER 
THAT RECORDING, 
OR IF IN THE 
WEAPON AND THE 
GUNMAN 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THE FATAL 
SHOOTING. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS SENDING 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD TO 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, TO 
RESTORE LAW AND 
ORDER. 
WE WILL NOT 
STAND FOR 
LOOTING, AR 
ZONKS VIOLENCE 
AND LAWLESSNESS 
ON AMERICAN 
STREETS. 
IT'S BEEN A BUSY 
DAY. 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THE 
SUSPECTED
SHOOTER? 
>> Reporter: THE 
SUSPECTED 
SHOOTER IS A 17 
YEAR OLD FROM 
ANTIOCH, 
ILLINOIS. 
THEY ARE NOT 
GIVING DETAILS 
ON WHAT 
HAPPENED, WHAT 
LED TO THE 
SHOOTING, THE 
DETAILS, THEY 
ARE SAYING THE 
TWO PEOPLE WHO 
WERE SHOT AND 
KILLED, OR WHO 
HE IS ALLEGED OF 
SHOOTING AND 
KILLING ARE 26 
YEARS OLD AND 36 
YEARS OLD. 
WE KNOW THAT ONE 
OTHER PERSON WAS 
INJURED IN THAT 
SHOOTING LAST 
NIGHT. 
POLICE SAID LAST 
NIGHT THE 
SHOOTING HAND 
AROUND 11:45 
P.M., AFTER THIS 
PARK THAT I'M 
IN, THIS IS A 
PLACE IN THE 
FLASH POINT OF 
PROTEST SINCE 
SUNDAY NIGHT. 
AFTER POLICE 
CLEARED OUT THE 
PARK AND 
PROTESTERS WENT 
INTO THE 
DIFFERENT 
STREETS AND 
AREAS AROUND 
HERE, THAT'S 
WHEN THE 
SHOOTING 
HAPPENED. 
THEY ARE NOT 
GIVING AN 
OFFICIAL RECORD 
OF WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
HE IS IN CUSTODY 
AT THIS POINT 
AND HE WILL BE 
CHARGED AND 
COURT RECORDS 
SHOW HE WILL 
HAVE A COURT 
HEARING LATER 
THIS WEEK ON 
FRIDAY. 
>> WE KNOW THERE 
WAS A PRESS 
CONFERENCE IN 
KENOSHA THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
WHAT DID YOU 
HEAR THERE? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
THAT WRAPPED UP, 
WE LEARNED A FEW 
DIFFERENT THINGS 
RELATED TO THE 
CASE, ONE THING 
IN TERMS OF THE 
ORIGINAL 
SHOOTING OF MR. 
JACOB BLAKE, THE 
COUNTY OR THE 
POLICE CHIEF 
MADE CLEAR, HE 
WOULD LIKE TO 
GIVE MORE 
INFORMATION BUT 
IT WASN'T HIS 
DEPARTMENT THAT 
DID THE 
INVESTIGATING. 
IN WISCONSIN 
WHEN THERE IS A 
POLICE SHOOTING 
THE CUSTODY OF 
THE CRIME SCENE 
HAS BEEN SHIFTED 
OVER TO ANOTHER 
DEPARTMENT. 
THE STATE IS 
HANDLING THE 
INVESTIGATION 
RIGHT NOW. 
THE POLICE CHIEF 
SAID HE DOESN'T 
HAVE ANY DETAILS 
ABOUT WHAT THE 
SCENE LOOKED 
LIKE OR WHAT THE 
CAUSES WERE, 
THEY DIDN'T TALK 
TO THE POLICE 
OFFICERS BECAUSE 
THEY WANTED A 
SEPARATE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WE HEARD FROM 
THE MAYOR AND 
THE COUNTY 
SUPERINTENDENT. 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
THE MAYOR SAID 
AT THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE. 
>> VIOLENCE IN 
THE COMMUNITY IS 
NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
VIOLENCE TO 
PROPERTY, 
VIOLENCE TO 
PEOPLE, 
ABSOLUTELY 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
IT IS UP TO US 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT DOES NOT 
CONTINUE. 
>> Reporter: 
WHEN YOU WATCH 
THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE, THEY 
STARTED WITH THE 
TURMOIL IN 
KENOSHA AND 
TALKED ABOUT A 
7:00 P.M. 
CURFEW, THAT'S 
IN PLACE , THE 
THIRD NIGHT OF A 
CURFEW AND 
MOVING IT UP AN 
HOUR BECAUSE 
THEY WANTED TO 
START CLEARING 
PEOPLE OUT OF 
PARKS LIKE 
THESE. 
THEY WANTED THAT 
PROCESS TO START 
IN DAYLIGHT 
RATHER THAN 
NIGHT FALL. 
THE PATTERN HAS 
BEEN PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS BY DAY, 
CLASHES DURING 
THE EVENING AND 
THAT DESTRUCTION 
AND LAST NIGHT'S 
DEATH THAT 
OCCURRED AT 
NIGHT. 
THEY WANT TO 
AVOID THAT AND 
DO WHAT THEY CAN 
TO AVOID THAT. 
THAT'S WHAT 
OFFICIALS 
ANNOUNCED 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> LET'S TAKE IT 
BACK A LITTLE 
EARLIER TODAY 
AND TALK ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS. 
HE SAID HE SPOKE 
WITH THE 
GOVERNOR WHO 
AGREED TO ACCEPT 
FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE. 
WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE INCOMING 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
>> Reporter: 
THERE IS 
DISCREPANCY OVER 
WHAT THE TWEET 
MEANT OR WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
WE SAW THAT 
TWEET FROM THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
MINUTES EARLIER 
WE SAW A 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE GOVERNOR, 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAYING HE WAS 
UPPING THE 
AMOUNT OF 
NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN HE WAS 
SENDING TO 
KENOSHA, 
YESTERDAY THERE 
WERE 250 GUARD 
MEMBERS, TODAY 
IT WILL BE 500 
MEMBERS FROM THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
WHO WILL BE HERE 
IN THIS COUNTY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAYING THAT THE 
GOVERNOR HERE 
ACCEPTED HIS 
REQUEST TO SEND 
FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE, 
THERE IS 
DISCREPANCY 
BECAUSE THE 
GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE IS SAYING 
THERE HASN'T 
BEEN ACCEPTING 
OF FEDERAL 
RESOURCES, HE 
INCREASED THE 
AMOUNT OF 
NATIONAL GUARDS. 
THERE IS 
DISCREPANCY OR 
UNCERTAINTY 
ABOUT WHAT WAS 
ANNOUNCED BY THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
ALSO WHAT WAS 
ANNOUNCED BY THE 
GOVERNOR. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAYING, THOUGH, 
THAT WITH THE 
INFLUX IN 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TROOP, THEY ARE 
HOPING THAT CAN 
HELP, BOTH 
ASSIST LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT BUT 
ALSO HELP 
PREVENT SOME OF 
THE SCENES WE 
SAW LAST NIGHT 
AND THE PRIOR 
THREE NIGHTS. 
>> THIS IS ALL 
HAPPENING 
BECAUSE POLICE 
SHOT JACOB BLAKE 
ON SUNDAY. 
I CAN'T LET YOU 
GO WITHOUT 
ASKING, HOW IS 
BLAKE DOING 
TODAY? 
WHAT ARE WE 
HEARING ABOUT 
HIS CONDITION? 
>> Reporter: HIS 
FAMILY SAID HE 
IS IN A LOT OF 
PAIN AND DOING 
BETTER IN TERMS 
OF HIS OVERALL 
CONDITION BUT 
SAY HE IS NOT 
OUT OF THE WOODS 
JUST YET. 
HIS FAMILY 
YESTERDAY HAD 
THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE, VERY 
EMOTIONAL PRESS 
CONFERENCE WHERE 
THEY GAVE US A 
THOROUGH ACCOUNT 
OF HIS 
CONDITION, HE 
WAS SHOT 7 TIMES 
AND HAD A BULLET 
LODGED IN HIS 
VERTEBRA AND 
SUFFERED KIDNEY 
DAMAGE, LIVER 
DAMAGE AND 
DAMAGE TO HIS 
INTESTINES. 
HE HAS A LONG 
ROAD AHEAD OF 
HIM. 
IT WILL BE A 
MIRACLE IF HE IS 
ABLE TO WALK 
AGAIN. 
THEY ALSO ASKED 
FOR THE PRAYERS 
OF PEOPLE HERE 
IN KENOSHA AND 
PEOPLE ALL 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THEY 
KNOW THE LONG 
ROAD TO RECOVERY 
HE WILL HAVE TO 
HAVE, MANY 
SURGERIES AND 
PROCEDURES HE 
WILL HAVE TO DO 
AS RECENTLY AS 
YESTERDAY WHEN 
HE HAD A SPINAL 
PROCEDURE. 
IT WILL BE A 
LONG RECOVERY 
AHEAD. 
THEY ARE ASKING 
FOR PRAYERS AND 
ASKING FOR 
PEOPLE TO 
CONTINUE 
THINKING ABOUT 
HIM AND IN DOING 
THAT, THEY ARE 
CALLING FOR 
PIECE AND 
PROTESTS IN HIS 
NAME TO BE 
PEACEFUL BECAUSE 
THEY WANT THE 
FOCUS TO BE ON 
THE UNDERLYING 
ISSUE HERE. 
>> WE KNOW 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE COUNTRY ARE 
ABSOLUTELY 
PRAYING FOR 
JACOB BLAKE TO 
GET BETTER. 
THANK YOU FOR 
ALL OF THE 
UPDATES TODAY. 
A LOT GOING ON 
THERE IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
WE APPRECIATE 
IT. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> IT'S WORKING 
TO THE NBA AND 
NHL, COULD A 
SALIVA TEST HELP 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
TAME OUTBREAKS 
ON THEIR 
CAMPUSES. 
VICKY NGUYEN 
SHOWS US HOW 
THIS TEST WORKS. 
>> Reporter: 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, SCHOOLS 
REVERSING THEIR 
DECISION TO HOLD 
IN PERSON 
CLASSES, AFTER 
COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS. 
UNC CHAPEL HILL, 
CLASSES ABRUPTLY 
HALTED DAYS 
AFTER MOVE THIS. 
STUDENTS NOT 
TESTED BEFORE 
COMING BACK. 
AT PERDUE IN 
INDIANA 
UNPRECEDENTED 
UNDER TAKING 
BEFORE ALL 
40,000 STUDENTS 
START CLASSES 
THIS MONTH, THEY 
ARE REQUIRED TO 
TAKE A COVID 
TEST. 
>> TESTING WILL 
BE VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
>> Reporter: 
UNLIKE MOST 
COVID TESTING 
THAT INVOLVE AS 
LARGE OFTEN 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
SWAB, TO GET A 
SAMPLE FROM THE 
BACK OF THE 
NOSES PERDUE 
STUDENTS WILL 
SPIT INTO THIS 
TUBE, SOMETHING 
THEY CAN DO AT 
HOME WITH THIS 
KIT. 
>> THE 
CONVENIENCE FOR 
THAT, IT ALLOWED 
US TO REACH THEM 
WHERE THEY WERE. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF 65 SCHOOLS 
WORKING WITH 
VAULT HEALTH, 
FORMERLY A MEN'S 
HEALTH COMPANY, 
OFFING  THIS AT-
HOME COVID 
SALIVA TEST. 
>> IT IS A GAME 
CHANGER. 
YOU ARE SPITTING 
INTO A TUBE 
WHICH ANYBODY 
CAN DO. 
ENOUGH SPIT TO 
TELL IF THERE IS 
A VIRUS IN 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: MY 
KIT ARRIVED IN 
TWO DAYS. 
>> I SET UP A 
VIDEO CHAT WITH 
A CLINICIAN TO 
MAKE SURE I DID 
THE TEST 
CORRECTLY. 
I DIDN'T EAT OR 
DRINK OR PUT 
ANYTHING IN MY 
MOUTH FOR 30 
MINUTES. 
I WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY. 
TWO MINUTES 
LATER -- 
>> LET ME THINK 
ABOUT MOUTH 
WATERING FOODS. 
IT'S WORKING. 
>> Reporter: IT 
TOOK TIME TO 
WORK UP A 
SPOONFUL OF 
SALIVA. 
THEN I PUT IT IN 
A PREADDRESSED 
BAG TO BE 
OVERNIGHTED TO 
THE RUTGER'S LAB 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
RESULTS ARE 
AVAILABLE IN TWO 
TO THREE DAYS, A 
BIG ADVANTAGE 
OVER SWAB TESTS 
THAT HAVE SEEN 
DELAYS OVER 14 
DAYS. 
THEY ARE GIVING 
EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION BY 
THE FDA, YALE 
UNIVERSITY 
CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE BUT 
IT'S NOT AN AT-
HOME TEST. 
>> HOW IS THIS 
BETTER THAN THE 
NASAL SWAB? 
THE FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE IS 
WHAT WE ARE 
CONCERNED WITH. 
TELLING SOMEBODY 
THEY ARE 
NEGATIVE WHEN 
THEY ARE SICK IS 
VERY DANGEROUS. 
THE SALIVA TEST 
HAS A 1% OR LESS 
THAN 1% FALSE 
NEGATIVE RATE. 
>> Reporter: 
SCIENTISTS 
CAUTION THERE 
NOT ENOUGH DATA 
TO KNOW HOW MUCH 
VIRUS IS IN 
SALIVA. 
>> THEY ARE 
GENERALLY 
ACCURATE. 
PROBABLY LESS 
SENSITIVE THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB, 
THE TERM WE USE 
TO MEAN IF 
PEOPLE HAVE VERY 
SMALL AMOUNTS OF 
VIRUS, IT'S 
POSSIBLE THE 
NASAL SWAB WOULD 
DETECT THAT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
TEST IS PRICEY, 
$150 IF YOU 
ORDER IT FROM 
THE COMPANY. 
VAULT IS RUNNING 
80,000 TEST AS 
DAY AND SAY AS 
THAT NUMBER GOES 
UP, THE COST 
WILL COME DOWN. 
FOR STUDENTS 
LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD 
CLARA TERRY, WHO 
WILL BE A 
PRESSUREMAN AT 
PERDUE, SPITTING 
IN THE TUBE WAS 
EASY HEARD WITH 
THE NOSE ONE, IT 
HURTS. 
THIS WAS NOT 
PAINFUL AT ALL. 
>> VICKY JOINS 
ME NOW. 
THIS TEST GIVES 
FASTER RESULTS 
AND NOT AS 
UNCOMFORTABLE AS 
THE NASAL SWAB. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
DOCTORS CONCERNS 
WITH THE SALIVA 
TESTS. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRIMARY CONCERN 
IS THERE MAY NOT 
BE ENOUGH OF THE 
VIRUS IN OUR 
SALIVA, IT 
DEPENDS ON WHEN 
YOU TAKE THE 
TEST, IT MAY NOT 
BE AS SENSITIVES 
THAT NASAL SWAB. 
FOR FIRST TIME 
CONSUMERS LIKE 
MYSELF THAT TOOK 
THE TEST, THEY 
PAIR YOU UP WITH 
A CLINICIAN WHO 
DOES WATCH YOU 
TO MAKE SURE YOU 
ARE DOING IT 
CORRECTLY AND TO 
MAKE SURE IT'S 
YOU THAT IS 
SPITTING IN THE 
VILE. 
>> ARE THESE 
SCHOOLS JUST 
USING THE SALIVA 
TEST HERE OR 
SOME SCHOOLS 
USING BOTH THE 
NASAL SWAB AND 
THE SPIT TEST 
AND TRYING OUT 
BOTH OPTIONS? 
>> Reporter: 
PERDUE IS GOING 
WITH THIS VAULT 
TEST, REQUIRING 
STUDENTS TO TAKE 
THEM WITHIN TWO 
WEEKS OF COMING 
BACK TO CAMPUS 
THIS MONTH. 
THAT'S 
INTERESTING 
BECAUSE IF YOU 
CAN IMAGINE THAT 
UNDER TAKING, 
40,000 STUDENTS, 
OFFERING IT FREE 
OF CHARGE BUT 
IT'S COSTING THE 
UNIVERSITY 
MILLIONS AND  
OTHERS AS WELL 
BUT IT'S 
WORTHWHILE TO 
ENSURE THE 
HEALTH OF THEIR 
STAFF AND 
STUDENTS. 
WE HAVE HEARD OF 
OTHER CAMPUSES 
THAT ARE USING 
BOTH AND HERE IS 
THE FRUSTRATION 
I HAVE HEARD 
FROM PARENTS OF 
STUDENTS WHO 
TESTED POSITIVE 
ON ONE TEST AND 
NEGATIVE IN 
ANOTHER. 
THEY WANT TO 
KNOW WHAT ARE 
THEY SUPPOSED TO 
DO. 
IN THAT 
SITUATION IT 
SHOULD BE UP TO 
THE HEALTH CARE 
PROVIDER, THEY 
SHOULD GO TO 
THEIR DAUGHTER 
IF THEY ARE 
EXPERIENCING ANY 
SYMPTOMS EVEN IF 
THEY GET A 
NEGATIVE TEST, 
THEY SHOULD 
ISOLATE. 
>> I HAVE A DEAR 
FRIEND WHO'S 
WHOSE SON GOES 
TO PERDUE, I'M 
DIEING TO REACH 
OUT TO HIM AND 
ASK HIM IF HE 
COULD SALIVATE 
THE TEST. 
>> Reporter: THE 
SECOND SOMEONE 
TELLS YOU, YOU 
NEED TO FILL TWO 
MILLILITERS WITH 
YOUR SALIVA, 
YOUR MOUTH IS 
DRY AS A BONE. 
THAT TRICK DID 
WORK. 
I'M CURIOUS TO 
HEAR WHAT YOUR 
TREND FROM 
PERDUE THE SAYS. 
>> I WILL REPORT 
BACK, I PROMISE. 
STEAK NACHOS OR 
WHAT WILL IT 
TAKE? 
>> Reporter: 
SOUR THINGS MAKE 
YOUR MOUTH WATER 
THE MOST. 
>> LY FIND OUT 
WHAT HE DID. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> CDC SAYING 
HEALTHY PEOPLE 
WHO BEEN EXPOSED 
TO COVID-19 
DON'T 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST. 
>> PEOPLE WHO 
ARE IN CONTACT 
WITH SOMEONE 
KNOWN HAVE 
COVID. 
THAT'S AN 
ESSENTIAL 
COMPONENT OF 
INTERVENTION, 
AFFECTIVE 
TRACKING AND 
TRACING. 
IF WE WANT TO 
CAUSE CASE 
INTERVENTION TO 
TRY TO CONTROL 
THE EPIDEMIC, WE 
NEED TO GET 
PEOPLE AT HIGH 
RISK OF 
CONTRACTING THE 
INFECTION TO 
MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE NOT 
ASYMPTOMATIC 
CARRIERS. 
THEY CAN STILL 
TRANSMIT THE 
INFECTION. 
>> DR. JOHN TOREZ
JOINS ME NOW. 
WHAT YOUR 
REACTION TO THE 
CDC'S NEW 
GUIDANCE. 
>> A BIT OF HEAD 
SCRATCHING 
GOING, TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHY 
THEY MADE THIS 
CHANGE. 
THEY DID IT 
QUIETLY AND PUT 
IT ON THE 
WEBSITE. 
THIS IS A 
SUBSTANTIAL 
CHANGE. 
BEFORE IF YOU 
WERE EXPOSED 
THEY SAID GET 
TESTED, WE CAN 
MAKE SURE YOU 
ARE NOT 
SPREADING IT. 
NOW WHAT THEY 
ARE SAYING, 
TOUGH HAVE THAT 
EXTENDED PERIOD 
OF EXPOSURE THEN 
YOU HAVE TO HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, THEN 
YOU SHOULD GET 
TESTED. 
THE REASON THIS 
IS A CONCERN, 
WHAT DR. SCOTT 
WAS TALKING 
ABOUT, WHEN IT 
COMES TO CONTACT 
TRACING, WE KNOW 
WE HAVE NOT BEEN 
DOING A VERY 
GOOD JOB OF 
GETTING THE 
CONTACT TRACING 
UNDER CONTROL, A 
CRUCIAL PART IS 
FINDING OUT WHO 
MIGHT HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
SPREADING IT. 
IF YOU ARE 
TAKING AWAY THE 
EQUATION OF 
PEOPLE THAT 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, THAT'S 
GOING TO LEAVE A 
DEFICIT. 
GOING FORWARD 
YOU WILL SEE 
CONCERN, WHAT DO 
WE DO NOW IF 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
GETTING TESTED. 
WE HAVE MORE NOW 
THAN WE HAD A 
FEW MONTHS AGO. 
WE START GETTING 
BACK TO, LET'S 
GET MORE PEOPLE 
TESTED, EVEN 
THOSE THAT DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS. 
>> THE SALIVA 
TEST, NHL, NBA 
ARE USING THEM 
AND COLLEGES ARE 
TRYING THEM. 
PEOPLE CAN GET 
THE TEST AT HOME 
AND GET RESULTS 
IN MATTER OF 
MINUTES. 
WHAT DO YOU MAKE 
OF THE SPIT 
TESTS? 
IS IN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
TESTS OF THE 
FUTURE? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
ONE, IT'S GOING 
TO TAKE A COME 
BINNED EFFORT OF 
DIFFERENT TESTS. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
DIAGNOSTIC 
TESTS, THE TESTS 
THAT ARE USED TO 
FIND OUT IF YOU 
HAVE AN 
INFECTION RIGHT 
NOW, IF YOU HAVE 
AN INFECTION AND 
COULD SPREAD TO 
OTHERS, THERE 
ARE TWO 
DIFFERENT KINDS, 
PCR AND ANTIGEN, 
ANTI GENS ARE 
FASTER, PCR 
TESTS ARE 
SENSITIVE AND 
AFFECTIVE BUT 
HARDER TO GET. 
THESE SALIVA 
TESTS, THE ONES 
THAT GOT THE 
AUTHORIZATION, 
ARE PCR TEST 
WHICH ARE MORE 
ACCURATE. 
THIS ONE, PERDUE 
AND OTHER 
UNIVERSITY ARE 
USING, IT'S A 
TAKE HOME TEST 
IN THE SENSE YOU 
COLLECT A SAMPLE 
AT HOME, BUT YOU 
HAVE TO SEND IT 
IN AND WAIT A 
COUPLE OF DAYS. 
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH CAME OUT 
WITH ONE, IT'S A 
PROTOCOL SHOWING 
LABS HOW THEY 
CAN DO IT USING 
EQUIPMENT AND 
CHEMICALS THEY 
HAVE IN SITE. 
THE BEAUTY OF 
THIS ONE, IT'S 
QUICK, THEY CAN 
DO 90 TESTS IN 
UNDER 3 OR 4 
HOURS. 
WE ARE SEEING 
THE PRICING COME 
DOWN AND THE 
SPEED OF THE 
RESULTS GOING 
UP. 
I THINK OVER 
TIME ESPECIALLY 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF MONTHS 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
SEE MORE AND 
MORE OF THIS AND 
PEOPLE GETTING 
TESTED IN 
SITUATIONS LIKE 
THE 
UNIVERSITIES, 
NBA, NFL, ALL 
THE PLEASES ARE 
DOING IT TO TRY 
AND KEEP THIS 
UNDER CONTROL, 
ALISON. 
>> DR. JOHN, A 
NEW REPORT FROM 
MIT AND OXFORD 
SAYS 6 FEET OF 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING MIGHT 
NOT BE ENOUGH. 
WHY NOT AND WHAT 
DOES THE STUDY 
TELL US ABOUT 
HOW THE VIRUS IS 
TRANSMITTED? 
>> WHAT THE 
STUDY LOOKED AT, 
HOW THE VIRUS, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN 
IT GETS TO THE 
SMALLER 
PARTICLES, NOT 
NECESSARILY THE 
RESPIRATORY 
PARTICLES, WHERE 
ARE WE LIKELY TO 
CATCH I BECAUSE 
OF THOSE 
PARTICLES. 
IN CERTAIN 
SITUATIONS, 
INDOOR CROWDED 
AREAS, WHERE 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
WEARING MASKS, 
WE DON'T HAVE TO 
WORRY ABOUT 
THAT. 
IF WE PUT OUT A 
MESSAGE, IN ONE 
SITUATION YOU 
NEED 6 FEET AND 
ANOTHER 
SITUATION 12 
FEET, ANOTHER 
SITUATION, 18 
FEET, IT CAN GET 
CONFUSING. 
EXPERTS ARE 
SAYING SIX FEET 
IS THE MINIMUM 
AND MORE IS 
BETTER. 
IF YOU ARE NEXT 
TO SOMEBODY, YOU 
CAN SMELL THE 
SMOKE. 
IF YOU ARE 20 
FEET AWAY YOU 
CAN HARDLY SMELL 
IT. 
SAME WITH THE 
VIRUS, SIX FEET 
MINIMUM. 
IF YOU CAN DO 
MORE THAT'S EVEN 
BETTER ALISON. 
>> IF THIS IS 
THE CASE, IN 
CERTAIN 
SITUATIONS SIX 
FEET MIGHT NOT 
BE FAR ENOUGH, 
WHAT ELSE SHOULD 
YOU BE DOING TO 
PROTECT 
YOURSELF. 
>> Reporter: THE 
OBVIOUS ANSWER 
FROM A PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
PERSPECTIVE, TRY 
NOT TO GET IN 
THE SITUATIONS, 
BARS AND EVENTS, 
IF YOU CAN'T, IF 
YOU HAVE TO BE 
IN THERE, FOR 
WHATEVER REASON, 
MAKE SURE YOU 
WEAR A MASK, 
OTHER PEOPLE ARE 
WEARING MASKS, 
VENTILATION, 
OPEN UP WINDOWS 
TO GET THAT 
FRESH AIR WHICH 
IS IMPORTANT. 
THOSE CAN HELP. 
THE BOTTOM LINE 
IS, IF YOU ARE 
WITHIN THE SIX 
FOOT DISTANCE, 
THE CHANCES GO 
UP OF GETTING 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AVOID THOSE AS 
MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> DR. JOHN, 
THANK YOU FOR 
THE GREAT 
ADVICE. 
. 
>>> TODAY WE 
CELEBRATE 
WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY, 100 YEARS 
AGO WOMEN WERE 
GIVEN THE RIGHT 
TO VOTE. 
THE FIGHT DIDN'T 
END WITH THE  
1st  AMENDMENT.
HERE IS A LOOK 
AT HOW WE GOT 
HERE IS HOW FAR 
WE STILL NEED TO 
GO. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S AN EPIC 
FITE. 
IT DIDN'T END IN 
1920. 
WE CAN 
COMMEMORATE THIS 
WONDERFUL 
ANNIVERSARY. 
IT'S NOT THE END 
OF THE STORY. 
WE MIGHT BE 
MISLED TO THINK 
THIS IS 
HAPPENSTANCE, 
THE COVID, VOTER 
SUPPRESSION TOOK 
A LONG AND 
DISTURBING 
HISTORY, A 
CENTURY LATER WE 
ARE RELIVING IT. 
,
THESE ARE 
ODDNARY WOMEN, 
GRASS ROOTS 
WOMEN, TEACHER, 
FACTORY WORKERS, 
FARM GIRLS, THEY 
BECOME ACTIVISTS 
WHEN IT'S REALLY 
DANGEROUS FOR 
THEM. 
>> BLACK WOMEN, 
THE WHOLE 
MOVEMENT OF 
THEIR OWN THEIR 
FEMINISM 
DESIGNED IN A 
COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT WAY. 
THEIR FEMINISM 
MUST EMBRACE THE 
ISSUE OF RACE 
AND GENDERS THEY 
CAN'T SEPARATE 
THE TWO, BECAUSE 
YOU WOULD BE 
SPLITTING THEM 
IN HALF. 
>> WHAT BLACK 
WOMEN KNOW NO  
1st  AMENDMENT 
WILL GET THEM TO 
THE POLLS IF 
INTIMIDATION AND 
VIOLENCE 
CONTINUE TO BE 
THE ORDER OF THE 
DAY TO THE 
AMERICA, THAT'S 
PRECISELY WHAT 
HAPPENED AFTER 
1920. 
,
THE 1920 
ELECTIONS, THEY 
KNEW IF THEY 
DIDN'T GET IT 
THEN, THAT IT 
MIGHT NOT 
HAPPEN. 
SEEING HOW THE 
SUFFRAGE HAD TO 
HANDLE THE 
PANDEMIC THEY 
HAD TO CHANGE 
AND DO THINGS BY 
MAIL THE COUNTRY 
WAS ALSO 
SWINGING AWAY 
FROM 
PROGRESSIVISM 
AND BECOMING 
MORE 
CONSERVATIVE. 
THEY PLAYED 
HARDBALL. 
,
THAT'S CRITICAL 
THIS SUMMER 
ACROSS THE 
NATION WITH 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
IN LAFAYETTE 
PARK. 
ALICE PAUL. 
>> ALICE PAUL 
AND HER PATRIOTS 
ARE MASTERS OF 
POLITICAL 
THEATER. 
THEY ARE 
PREPARED TO PAY 
A PRICE 
PERSONALLY, 
PHYSICALLY TO 
STAGE THAT 
THEATER. 
>> SHE LEAVES 
THEM IN 
PICKETING THE 
WHITE HOUSE THIS 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
EVERYDAY IN 
LAFAYETTE PARK. 
THEY ARE 
ARRESTED. 
THEY ARE 
TORTURED IN 
PRISON. 
HUNDREDS OF 
WOMEN ARE IN 
PRISON FOR 
ASKING FOR THE 
VOTE. 
,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
IS THE 19th 
AMENDMENT, DOES 
GIVE THE VOTE TO 
ALL WOMEN 
CITIZENS, THE 
PROBLEM IS IT 
WILL BE UNDER 
MINED. 
>> BLACK WOMEN 
TECHNICALLY 
COULD VOTE BUT 
IN REALITY THEY 
COULDN'T BECAUSE 
OF THAT DIRTY 
TWO-LETTER WORD, 
VOTER 
SUPPRESSION. 
>> BLACK WOMEN, 
EVEN IN 1919, 
ALREADY 
ORGANIZING TO 
UNDERSTAND 
LITERACY TESTS 
AND THAT'S A 
SIGN THEY 
UNDERSTOOD THE 
LIMITS OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT. 
THE CLAN WILL 
ORGANIZE AND 
TARGET BLACK 
WOMEN, LEADERS, 
INSTITUTIONS, 
DELIBERATELY TO 
KEEP BLACK WOMEN 
-- FIGHTING FOR 
ANOTHER 4.5 
DECADES. 
%
DECADES. ,,
,
THEY WILL MAKE 
OTHER KINDS OF 
POLITICS. 
ONE CENTURY 
LATER WE'RE 
RELIVING IT. 
IT IS A QUESTION 
OF EQUALITY AND 
REPRESENTATION. 
BLACK AMERICANS 
RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO TRY TO FOLK 
VOTE. 
AND COVID HAD 
STEAKS FOR MANY 
THINGS. 
IT WAS DEEPLY 
DISTURBING AS A 
PARALLEL THAT 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
ASKED TO RISK 
THEIR LIVES TO 
VOTE IN NOVEMBER 
AND BLACK 
AMERICANS WILL 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
BEAR THE RISK OF 
THAT. 
THIS IS THE REAL 
STRESS TEST FOR 
DEMOCRACY. 
I SAY GET THOSE 
BANNERS OUT. 
VOTING RIGHTS IS 
CRUCIALLY 
IMPORTANT.
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.  
LET'S GO TO OUR 
CORRESPONDENT 
AND SHE HAS HAD 
HEADLINES FOR 
US. 
WHAT IF YOU GOT 
TODAY? 
>> HI ALLISON. 
WE'RE KICKING IT 
OFF WITH 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION AND 
IT IS DAY THREE. 
TONIGHT WE WILL 
HEAR FROM 
MEMBERS OF 
TRUMPS INNER 
CIRCLE INCLUDING 
VP PENCE, SENIOR 
ADVISOR KELLY 
CONWAY, AND 
KELLY McNERNEY. 
AND SHE HINTED 
THAT WHAT SHE 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> I GET TO TALK 
A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT OUR 
MILITARY 
COMMUNITY AND I 
KNOW THAT YOU 
KNOW THAT IS 
NEAR AND DEAR TO 
MY HEART AND I 
HAVE WORKED A 
LOT WITH 
MILITARY SPOUSES 
TO HELP THEM 
WITH EMPLOYMENT 
AND I HAVE ALSO 
DONE A LOT OF 
WORK WITH 
VETERANS ON 
PREVENTING 
SUICIDE, SO IT 
WILL BE AN 
EXCITING NIGHT 
TO HIGHLIGHT THE 
HEROES. 
>> NOW TO A 
DEVASTATING 
MILESTONE. 
A TALLY SHOWS 
MORE THAN 
180,000 
AMERICANS HAVE 
DIED FROM THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF WASHINGTON 
PREDICTS THAT 
NUMBER WILL GO 
TO 300,000 BY 
THE END OF THIS 
YEAR. 
IF THAT IS THE 
CASE, COVID-19 
WILL LIKELY 
BECOME THE THIRD 
LEADING CAUSE OF 
DEATH IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
AS THE DEATH 
TOLL RISES, 
RESEARCHERS ARE 
WORKING HARD TO 
CREATE A 
VACCINE. 
TODAY DERRIDA 
SAID THERE 
WITNESSING 
PROMISING 
RESULTS IN A 
SMALL TRIAL WITH 
ELDERLY 
PATIENTS. 
THEY SAY THE 
PATIENT'S 
PRODUCE COVID-19 
ANTIBODIES WHICH 
SOME SCIENTISTS 
BELIEVE IS THE 
CASE TO IMMUNITY 
BUT IT IS WORTH 
NOTING THE STUDY 
IS IN THE EARLY 
STAGES AND IT 
HAS NOT BEEN 
PUBLISHED IN A 
PEER-REVIEWED 
JOURNAL YET. 
MEANWHILE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS SENDING THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TO OVERSEE 
PROTESTS THE 
TURNED DEADLY 
OVERNIGHT. 
TWO PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED AND ONE 
PERSON WAS HURT 
AFTER GUNSHOTS 
RANG OUT DURING 
THE UNREST. 
POLICE SAY THEY 
HAVE NOW 
ARRESTED A 17-
YEAR-OLD IN 
CONNECTION TO 
LAST NIGHT'S 
INCIDENT. 
THESE PROTESTS 
COME AFTER A 
VIDEO SHOWING A 
POLICE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB LAKE 
THIS PAST 
SUNDAY. 
THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO A 
"DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT "BUT 
THEY HAVE NOT 
GIVEN OTHER 
DETAILS. 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED ARE 
PLACED ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
>>> RETURNING TO 
SWITZERLAND, OR 
THE WORLD 
ECONOMIC FORUM'S 
ANNUAL MEETING 
IS NOW POST 
BOND. 
IT WAS SUPPOSED 
TO TAKE PLACE IN 
JANUARY BUT IT 
IS DELAYED TO 
2021. 
THE SUMMIT 
TYPICALLY HOSTS 
SEVERAL LEADERS, 
AND TRUMP WAS 
ONE OF THE BIG 
NAMES THAT SPOKE 
EARLIER LAST 
YEAR. 
THERE IS AN 
UPDATE IN THE 
HELICOPTER CRASH 
THE KILLED KOBE 
BRYANT BACK IN 
JANUARY. 
>>> THE COMPANY 
SAID IT WAS HIT 
WITH MULTIPLE 
LAWSUITS 
FOLLOWING THE 
CRASH BUT NOW 
THEY ARE THE 
ONES TAKING 
ACTION. 
THEY SAY THEY 
ARE SUING THE 
AIR TRAFFIC 
CONTROLLERS 
WORKING THAT 
DAY, ARGUING 
THEY ARE THE 
ONES AT FAULT 
FOR MAKING A 
SERIES OF 
ERRORS. 
IN RESPONSE TO 
THE SUIT, AN 
FAA'S HOAX 
PERSON SAID THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
"DOES NOT 
COMMENT ON 
PENDING 
LITIGATION" THAT 
IS SOMETHING WE 
WILL BE KEEPING 
TABS ON. 
>>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH AND WE WILL 
SEE YOU AND 
ANOTHER HOUR. 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> SEE YOU THEN. 
>>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE WANTS TO 
RESTART 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF TALKS AND 
THE OFFICE HAS 
REACHED OUT TO 
NANCY PELOSI TO 
GET THOSE 
NEGOTIATIONS 
GOING. 
OUR CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS ME NOW. 
LEON, WHAT IS 
THE LATEST? 
HAS A SPEAKER 
RESPONDED? 
>> IT DOES NOT 
LOOK LIKE HE HAS 
YET AND IT DOES 
NOT LOOK LIKE 
THEY ARE TAKING 
THIS AS A 
SERIOUS OFFER. 
THIS IS WHAT THE 
SPEAKER SAID 
ABOUT IT. 
SHE SAID 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
COMPROMISED AT 
THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS AND 
WE OFFERED TO 
COME DOWN $1 
TRILLION IF THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
WOULD COME UP $1 
TRILLION. 
WE WOULD WELCOME 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
BACK TO THE 
NEGOTIATING 
TABLE, BUT THEY 
MUST MEET US 
HALFWAY. 
AFTER SPEAKER 
PELOSI'S 
SPOKESPERSON -- 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT AN AIDE 
SAID WAS SURE, 
THE STAFF DID 
CALL THE 
SPEAKER'S OFFICE 
BUT THEY DID NOT 
ASK TO START 
TALKS AGAIN. 
THEY ASKED FOR 
THE CORRECT CELL 
PHONE NUMBER OF 
THE PRIOR CHIEF 
OF STAFF. 
WHILE MARK 
MEADOWS, THE 
CHIEF OF STAFF, 
SAID HE MADE 
ANOTHER OUTREACH 
TO THE SPEAKER, 
THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE NOT LOOKING 
AT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS COMPLETELY 
LEGITIMATE AND 
AN HONEST 
ATTEMPT TO GET 
BACK TO THE 
TABLE. 
ALLISON? 
>> YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE THE RIGHT 
CELL PHONE 
NUMBER TO AT 
LEAST GET THINGS 
STARTED SO WE 
WILL SEE HOW 
THINGS GO. 
WOULD YOU MIND 
REMINDING OUR 
VIEWERS -- CALL 
THE RIGHT NUMBER 
IF YOU WANT TO 
TALK. 
WOULD YOU REMIND 
OUR VIEWERS 
WHERE THESE 
TALKS LEFT OFF? 
IT HAS BEEN A 
LITTLE WHILE. 
WHAT ARE SOME 
KEY ISSUES THAT 
THE DEMOCRATS 
AND REPUBLICANS 
ARE HAVING 
ISSUES ON? 
>> THAT IS 
RIGHT. 
IT HAS BEEN A 
WHILE. 
IT HAS BEEN 
ALMOST FOUR 
WEEKS NOW SINCE 
PEOPLE HAVE NOT 
GOTTEN THEIR 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE 
BENEFITS. 
AND THERE WAS 
HARDLY ANY 
PRACTICE BEING 
MADE ON SO MANY 
KEY ISSUES, 
INCLUDING THE 
TOP PRICE TAG. 
THE REASON THAT 
IS IMPORTANT IS 
IF THEY CANNOT 
AGREE ON THE TOP 
LINE NUMBER IT 
IS DIFFICULT TO 
AGREE ON ALL THE 
DETAILS. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
WANT TO SPEND 
$3.4 TRILLION 
AND THAT IS 
THEIR OPENING 
NUMBER, AND THE 
REPUBLICANS WANT 
TO SEND $1 
TRILLION. 
THAT IS THEIR 
OPENING NUMBER. 
THAT IS WHAT YOU 
HEARD SPEAKER 
PELOSI SAY ONCE 
AGAIN, WHICH IS 
BEEN HER 
POSITION FOR A 
FEW WEEKS NOW, 
IF WE COME DOWN 
1 TRILLION, YOU 
GUYS COME UP 1 
TRILLION, AND 
THAT IS A GOOD 
NEGOTIATING WAY. 
HERE'S KEVIN 
BRADY, TOP 
REPUBLICAN ON A 
KEY COMMITTEE 
AND WHAT HE SAID 
ON MSNBC TODAY. 
>> I WAS REALLY 
DISAPPOINTED 
THAT OUR SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND 
UNEMPLOYED 
WORKERS WERE 
JUST IGNORED FOR 
CONGRESS TO RUSH 
BACK FOR A FAKE 
POST OFFICE 
CRISIS THAT DID 
NOT EXIST. 
>> HE MENTIONED 
SOME OF THE 
SPECIFIC ISSUES, 
THE LACK OF 
UNEMPLOYMENT, 
PEOPLE WANTING 
THESE DIRECT 
PAYMENTS IS, 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
NEED MORE HELP, 
KIDS ARE GOING 
BACK TO SCHOOL 
ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND 
THERE NEEDS TO 
BE MORE MONEY 
FOR SCHOOLS. 
STATES WANT MORE 
MONEY TO ADDRESS 
THE LACK OF 
FUNDS THEY ARE 
RECEIVING 
BECAUSE OF 
COVID. 
THE LIST GOES ON 
AND AUNT AND IT 
IS A LONG LIST. 
AND THEY ARE NOT 
AT THE 
NEGOTIATING 
TABLE. 
>> SO LEANNE, 
THIS IS 
PREMATURE  
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
NOT TALKING YET. 
LET'S SAY 
NEGOTIATIONS 
RESTART AND THEY 
REACH A DEAL. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
HEARING ABOUT 
WHETHER MITCH 
McCONNELL AND 
THE SENATE 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
EVEN APPROVE IT? 
>> MITCH 
McCONNELL IS 
STILL TRYING TO 
GET THE SUPPORT 
OF SENATE 
REPUBLICANS ON 
ANYTHING, 
SOMETHING HE HAS 
NOT BEEN ABLE TO 
DO. 
EVEN THIS ONE 
TRILLION DOLLAR 
BILL HE 
INTRODUCED, AND 
THEN HE FLOATED 
A SMALLER BILL 
ONE WEEK AGO 
THAT IS LESS 
THAN $1 
TRILLION. 
IT IS STILL 
UNCLEAR IF HE 
HAS THE SUPPORT 
OF HIS 
REPUBLICAN 
MEMBERS. 
WHILE THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS TRYING TO 
NEGOTIATE WITH 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
WITH THE SUPPORT 
OF McCONNELL 
ACTUALLY, 
McCONNELL IS 
TRYING TO CORRAL 
HIS MEMBERS AND 
GIVE THEM ENOUGH 
MOTIVATION TO 
TRY TO GET ON 
BOARD AND 
PRESSURE THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND PUT SOME 
PRESSURE ON BOTH 
SIDES TO GET 
SOMETHING DONE 
BUT THE 
POLITICAL WILL 
AT THIS MOMENT 
DOES NOT QUITE 
SEEM TO BE 
THERE. 
>> LEANNE, WE 
NEED HIM  TO 
CALL THE RIGHT 
PHONE AND GET 
THINGS STARTED. 
LEANNE CALDWELL, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.  
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> HURRICANE 
LAURA HAS BEEN 
GETTING STRONGER 
BY THE HOUR AND 
IT IS NOW 
OFFICIALLY A 
CATEGORY FOUR 
STORM WITH WINDS 
OVER 140 MILES 
PER HOUR. 
OUR 
METEOROLOGIST 
JOINS US NOW. 
IT IS SO 
WONDERFUL TO SEE 
YOU AND IT HAS 
BEEN A WHILE. 
NOT GREAT 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
THAT WE ARE 
TALKING TO YOU 
UNDER. 
WHERE IS LAURA 
RIGHT NOW AND 
WHEN IS THIS 
CATEGORY FOR 
HURRICANE 
EXPECTED TO 
LAND? 
>> IT IS SO GOOD 
TO SEE YOU. 
WE HAVE A TOUGH 
DAY, WEEK, MONTH 
AHEAD OF US IN 
PARTS OF THE 
GULF COAST 
STATES. 
CHRIS DID A GOOD 
JOB LETTING ME 
KNOW WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING AND WE 
ARE STARTING TO 
SEE THAT OUTER 
RANGE BAND AND 
THAT IS WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN 
OVERNIGHT, AS 
WELL. 
WE WILL HAVE A 
ROUGH NIGHT 
AHEAD OF US. 
A CATEGORY FOUR 
STORM. 
THIS IS A HUGE 
STORM. 
VERY, VERY 
STRONG. 
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT WINDS 140 
MILES PER HOUR. 
RIGHT NOW IT IS 
190 MILES SOUTH 
OF PORT ARTHUR, 
TEXAS. 
THAT IS THE ONLY 
SAVING GRACE. 
IT IS MOVING 
QUICKLY, BUT 
BEFORE IT GETS 
OUT OF HERE WE 
WILL SEE A LOT 
OF DESTRUCTION. 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS ON 
SURVIVABLE, 
CATASTROPHIC, 
LIFE-
THREATENING, 
THESE ARE NOT 
JUST WORDS. 
THESE ARE 
EXPECTATIONS AND 
PREDICTIONS THAT 
WE WILL SEE FOR 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF DAYS. 
FOR THE REST OF 
THE DAY WE ARE 
LOOK AT -- 
LOOKING AT LAURA 
INTENSIFYING. 
IMPACTS TO THE 
COASTLINE, 
IMPACTS INLAND, 
AS WELL. 
BY THURSDAY IT 
WILL MOVE INLAND 
AND WE ARE 
EXPECTING LAURA 
TO MAKE LANDFALL 
OVERNIGHT. 
WE COULD SEE 
TORNADOES, POWER 
OUTAGES FOR 
MONTHS AND 
WEEKS, AND BY 
THURSDAY IT IS 
INLAND. 
HEAVY RAIN, 
TORNADOES, 
STRONG WINDS IN 
THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY. 
ON FRIDAY STILL 
A RISK FOR 
TORNADOES AND 
FLOODING 
CONTINUING FOR 
THE OHIO VALLEY. 
THEN IMPACTING 
THE NORTHEAST BY 
TUESDAY. 
WHERE YOU SEE 
THE RED COLORS 
THAT IS YOUR 
HURRICANE 
WARNING. 
LAFAYETTE, PORT 
ARTHUR, THOSE 
PLACES NEED TO 
HEED THE 
WARNINGS. 
IF YOU HAVE NOT 
YET, YOU NEED TO 
BECAUSE THE 
WINDOW IS 
CLOSING. 
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT TROPICAL 
STORM WARNINGS 
STRETCHING FAR, 
AS WELL. 
THE STORM SURGE 
IS THE DEADLIEST 
WEATHER IMPACT 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
HURRICANES AND 
STORMS. 
THIS IS WHERE WE 
SEE THE MOST 
CATASTROPHIC 
EVENTS. 
WE SEE LOSS OF 
LIFE WITH THIS, 
AS WELL. 
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT THE POTENTIAL 
OF A 15 TO 20 
FOOT STORM SURGE 
AND WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
THAT, I AM 5'3", 
THAT WOULD BE 
FOUR OF ME 
STACKED ON TOP 
OF EACH OTHER. 
IT HAS IMMENSE 
POWER. 
THIS STORM SURGE 
COULD GO 30 
MILES AND THAT 
IS ALMOST HARD 
TO THINK OF. 
THAT IS ALL THE 
WAY UP TO 
INTERSTATE 10. 
WHAT IS STORM 
SURGE? 
IT IS A DEADLY 
WALL OF WATER. 
YOU REALLY ONLY 
NEED THREE FEET 
OF WATER TO 
CAUSE LIFE-
THREATENING 
EVENTS. 
WE WILL SEE UP 
TO 20 FEET IN 
SOME SPOTS. 
THREE FEET, SIX 
FEET, YOU SEE 
WATER BREAKING 
WINDOWS AND 
DOORS. 
IT IS IMPACTING 
HOMES. 
AT NINE FEET YOU 
COULD SEE ENTIRE 
NEIGHBORHOODS 
BEING DESTROYED. 
WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT LAURA, YOU 
WILL SEE ENTIRE 
TOWNS DESTROYED, 
NOT JUST 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
NOW WE HAVE 
WINDS, HURRICANE 
FORCE WINDS 
ARRIVING 
TONIGHT. 
THEY COULD BE 
ALL THE WAY UP 
TO LAKE CHARLES, 
IN ADDITION TO 
THE STORM SURGE. 
YOU SEE THE RED 
COLOR, 
DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS SPANNING 
OUT AND WHERE 
YOU SEE THE 
ORANGE UP TO 
SHREVEPORT YOU 
ARE SEEING 
TROPICAL STORM 
WINDS. 
WE WILL SEE 
POTENTIAL POWER 
OUTAGES AND WERE 
YOU SEE THE RED 
COLOR THAT IS 
EXTENSIVE. 
WE ARE TALKING 
DAYS AND EVEN 
MONTHS IN SOME 
SPOTS. 
SO WE ARE IN 
AUGUST AND IN A 
PANDEMIC AND 
WILL SEE POWER 
OUTAGES FOR 
MONTHS IN SOME 
SPOTS. 
15 INCHES OF 
RAIN LOCALLY. 
THIS STRETCHES 
EVEN INTO THE 
TENNESSEE 
VALLEY, THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY, AND 
POTENTIALLY UP 
TO PARTS OF THE 
UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. 
WATCHING THE 
EYEWALL, LOOK AT 
THAT EYEWALL. 
WHEN YOU HAVE A 
CLEAR EYEWALL 
THAT JUST MEANS 
YOU HAVE A 
STRONG STORM. 
THINK ABOUT 
THIS. 
WE'RE IN THE 
HOME STRETCH. 
WE WILL SEE THIS 
LANDFALL WITHIN 
THE NEXT 10 
HOURS AS WE ARE 
PREPARING. 
IT IS 
INTENSIFYING. 
IT IS POSSIBLE 
WE CAN SEE THIS 
AS A CATEGORY 
FIVE STORM, BUT 
REGARDLESS, THIS 
IS A HISTORICAL 
STORM. 
WE ARE LITERALLY 
SEEING HISTORY 
UNFOLD IN FRONT 
OF OUR EYES AND 
WE WILL WATCH IT 
VERY CLOSELY AS 
WE GO THROUGHOUT 
THE NEXT SEVERAL 
DAYS. 
I LITERALLY HAVE 
CHILLS AS WE 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
AND THIS IS A 
TOUGH ONE FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE 
GULF COAST 
STATES. 
>> MICHELLE, THE 
WAY YOU DESCRIBE 
THAT STORM 
SURGE, JUST 
THINKING OF WHAT 
FOUR OF YOU 
STACKED UP, THAT 
IS HOW HIGH THE 
WATER WILL BE, 
THAT IS A LOT. 
YOU SO MUCH FOR 
THE UPDATE. 
>> YOU'RE 
WELCOME. 
>>> VP PENCE 
HEADLINES NIGHT 
THREE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, 
ADDRESSING HIS 
PARTY FROM FORT 
McHENRY. 
IT IS THE SITE 
THAT INSPIRED 
THE STAR-
SPANGLED BANNER. 
OUR POLITICAL 
REPORTER MONICA 
ALBA IS THERE. 
WHAT CAN WE 
EXPECT TO HEAR 
FROM THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT? 
>> Reporter: 
TONIGHT'S THEME 
IS LAND OF 
HEROES. 
THEY WILL FOCUS 
ON THE MILITARY 
AND ON NATIONAL 
SECURITY AND OF 
COURSE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
BE TAKING A LOT 
OF REFERENCE TO 
THE LOCATION OF 
HIS SPEECH, IT'S 
HISTORIC 
NATIONAL 
MONUMENT AND 
SHRINE. 
FORT McHENRY. 
IT WILL SERVE AS 
A PATRIOTIC 
BACKDROP FOR HIS 
SPEECH AND HIS 
REMARKS. 
WE ARE TOLD HE 
WILL ALSO BE 
SPEAKING TO THE 
NATIONAL MOMENT. 
HE WILL BE 
TALKING ABOUT 
NOT JUST HIS 
ROLE AS THE 
CHAIR OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE, BUT ALSO 
STRUGGLES THE 
COUNTRY IS GOING 
THROUGH, AND HOW 
HE IS ABLE TO 
TOUT THE 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
HE WILL SPEAK TO 
HIS PARTNERSHIP 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT AND WE 
WILL ALSO HEAR 
FROM TWO WHITE 
HOUSE OFFICIALS 
THAT YOU COULD 
SAY RAISED SOME 
EYEBROWS IN 
TERMS OF HOW 
APPROPRIATE IT 
IS TO BE 
ADDRESSING THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, BUT 
BOTH OF THEM 
WILL BE DOING SO 
IN THEIR 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY AND 
THAT IS KELLY 
CONWAY WHO IS 
SCHEDULED TO 
LEAVE THE WHITE 
HOUSE IN THIS 
ROLE NEXT WEEK 
IN THE CURRENT 
PRESS SECRETARY 
CARRIE McINERNEY 
WHO IS NOT ON 
ANY OF THE 
ORIGINAL LISTS 
WE JUST LEARNED 
ABOUT HER 
ADDITION TO THE 
SCHEDULE TODAY. 
THAT IS SOME OF 
THE HIGHLIGHTS 
WE ARE LOOKING 
FOR TODAY IN 
BALTIMORE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
WILL HAVE AN 
AUDIENCE 
TONIGHT. 
WHAT YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PRECAUTIONS. 
MASKS AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, WILL 
THEY BE 
REQUIRED? 
WE DID NOT SEE 
MUCH OF THAT 
YESTERDAY. 
>> Reporter: 
EXACTLY AND WE 
ARE LEARNING 
MORE ABOUT WHAT 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY PROTOCOLS 
WERE PUT INTO 
PLACE LAST NIGHT 
FROM THAT 
ADDRESS FROM THE 
ROSE GARDEN. 
THERE WERE 108 
PEOPLE IN 
ATTENDANCE AND 
ONLY THOSE WHO 
REALLY 
INTERACTED WITH 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND THE FIRST 
LADY WERE 
ACTUALLY TESTED 
FOR CORONAVIRUS 
IN ADVANCE OF 
THE SPEECH. 
THE REASON THAT 
MAY BE A LITTLE 
BIT UNUSUAL IS 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
HAVING THESE 
LARGER CROWDS 
AND LIVE 
AUDIENCES FOR 
THE SPEECHES 
COME TOGETHER 
WHILE WE STILL 
HAVE A PANDEMIC 
GOING ON. 
WE ARE TOLD THEY 
WERE SCREENED IN 
SOME WAYS, BUT 
THE ACTUAL TESTS 
ONLY APPLY TO 
THOSE WHO CAME 
INTO DIRECT 
CONTACT. 
WE POSE THAT 
QUESTION ABOUT 
WHAT THEY PLAN 
TO DO OR TONIGHT 
WHERE WE EXPECT 
AS MANY AS 130 
OR 140 PEOPLE TO 
BE HERE AT FORT 
McHENRY BEHIND 
ME. 
THE CHAIRS ARE 
WHAT WE SAW LAST 
NIGHT. 
THEY ARE SET 
APART BUT NOT 
QUITE A FULL SIX 
FEET APART. 
WE HAVE ASKED 
WHETHER MASKS 
WILL BE REQUIRED 
AND WE BELIEVE 
THEY WILL BE 
STRONGLY 
ENCOURAGED, BUT 
NOT SOMETHING 
THAT IS 
MANDATORY, JUST 
LIKE WHAT YOU 
SAW LAST NIGHT, 
SO THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC REALLY 
HANGS OVER THE 
ENTIRETY OF THE 
SPEECH. 
THE FORT HAS NOT 
BEEN OPEN TO THE 
PUBLIC OR THE 
VISITORS CENTER 
FOR MONTHS 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THAT SHOWS YOU 
HOW MUCH THIS 
REALLY TOUCHES 
ALL CORNERS OF 
THIS BUT YOU 
ALSO HAVE AT 
FORT McHENRY NOT 
A WHITE HOUSE 
BACKDROP OR 
LOCATION, WHICH 
COMES IN 
CONTRAST WITH 
LAST NIGHT WITH 
WHAT WE SAW THE 
ROSE GARDEN 
TOMORROW ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN WHEN 
WE EXPECT THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
FORMALLY ACCEPT 
ACCEPT HIS 
RENOMINATION. 
ALLISON? 
>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE HAS BEEN 
UNDER FIRE FOR 
SOME 
UNCONVENTIONAL 
MOMENTS DURING 
THE RNC SO FAR. 
COULD YOU TALK 
ABOUT WITH THE 
ISSUES ARE HERE 
AND TELL THE 
WHITE HOUSE IS 
DEFENDING 
ITSELF? 
>> CERTAINLY. 
YOU HAVE A LOT 
OF ETHICAL 
CONSIDERATIONS 
AND A LOT OF 
THAT STEMS FROM 
THE HATCH ACT 
AND THE PROBLEMS 
SOME CRITICS 
MIGHT ARGUE WITH 
THAT IS THEY ARE 
NOT ENTIRELY 
ENFORCEABLE WHEN 
YOU VIOLATE 
THOSE 
GUIDELINES. 
PEOPLE RECEIVE 
STRONGLY WORDED 
LETTERS WHEN 
THEY DO HAVE A 
VIOLATION, LIKE 
WHAT WE WERE 
JUST TALKING 
ABOUT, SHE 
CAMPAIGNED FOR 
THE PRESIDENT 
ESSENTIALLY AND 
NOT NECESSARILY 
BEING CLEAR IT 
WAS IN HER 
PERSONAL 
CAPACITY OR FOR 
OTHER MEMBERS OF 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WHAT YOU SAW 
LAST NIGHT WAS 
THAT VIDEO THAT 
WAS -- CEREMONY 
THAT TOOK PLACE 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY TERRY 
SECRETARY. 
THE QUESTION 
ABOUT WHY 
MARINES WERE 
FEATURED IN THE 
VIDEO, SOME 
SAYING THEY WERE 
USED AS 
POLITICAL PROPS, 
AND QUESTIONS 
ABOUT WHY THE 
WHITE HOUSE HAS 
DEVELOPED THE 
STRATEGY 
SEEMINGLY TO 
SIDESTEP THE 
CONSIDERATIONS, 
WHICH IS THAT 
THEY FILMED THE 
VIDEOS IN 
ADVANCE AND 
POSTED THEM 
PUBLICLY ON 
YOUTUBE, AND 
THAT WE THE 
CAMPAIGN COULD 
GRAB THEM AND 
ARGUE THERE 
PUBLICLY 
AVAILABLE AND 
THAT IS WHITE WE 
CAN INCLUDE THEM 
IN THE RNC. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SAID THEY 
BELIEVE 
EVERYTHING WAS 
DONE PROPERLY 
AND THEY'RE 
CLAIMING THEY 
ARE OFFICIAL 
EVENTS THAT WERE 
PUT ON THE 
SCHEDULE AND 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE WAYS THEY'RE 
TRYING TO 
JUSTIFY THAT. 
IT IS CERTAINLY 
CREATING 
CONTROVERSY ON 
THE FIRST COUPLE 
OF NIGHTS. 
>> MONICA, I 
WILL ASK YOU A 
NON-RNC 
QUESTION. 
20 MILLION 
PEOPLE ARE IN 
HURRICANE 
LAURA'S PATH. 
A BIG CONCERN. 
WHAT IS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAYING ABOUT 
THAT STORM 
THREAT TODAY? 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
CLOSELY 
MONITORING THE 
HURRICANE. 
WE ARE TOLD HE 
HAS BEEN BRIEFED 
SEVERAL TIMES 
AND HE TWEETED 
EARLIER TODAY 
ABOUT THE 
CONCERN, WARNING 
EVERYBODY IN ITS 
PATH TO HEED THE 
DIRECTIONS OF 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
AND EVACUATE, IF 
THAT IS WHAT IS 
NECESSARY. 
THIS IS A VERY 
SEVERE STORM, 
CATEGORY 4, 
LIKELY MAKING 
LANDFALL 
OVERNIGHT. 
WE ARE TOLD AS 
OF NOW THERE ARE 
NO CHANGES TO BE 
EXPECTED, EITHER 
FOR THE SPEECH 
TONIGHT FOR THE 
VP OR THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH TOMORROW 
NIGHT ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
THEY WILL 
CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THE 
SITUATION AND IT 
IS SOMETHING WE 
COULD HEAR THEM 
TALK ABOUT. 
OTHER SPEAKERS 
MAY REFERENCE 
THAT GIVEN IT IS 
ON THE TOP OF SO 
MANY MINDS 
TODAY. 
FOR THE TIME 
BEING THE PLAN 
STAYS THE SAME 
WHILE THE WHITE 
HOUSE CONTINUES 
TO STAY CLOSE TO 
THIS RAPIDLY 
AGGRESSIVE 
HURRICANE. 
ALLISON? 
>> MONICA ALBA 
IN A BEAUTIFULLY 
GREEN FORT 
McHENRY, 
BALTIMORE. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
THIRD NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT 
AT 8:00 P.M. 
EASTERN WITH 
CHUCK TODD. 
THEN WE WILL 
HAVE A PRIMETIME 
SPECIAL AT 10:00 
P.M. 
EASTERN AND YOU 
CAN WATCH IT ALL 
RIGHT HERE ON 
NBC NEWS NOW.  
>>> IN 2016 
CIRCLEVILLE, 
OHIO, VOTED FOR 
DONALD TRUMP, 
WHO CAMPAIGNED 
ON THE LOCAL 
ECONOMY. 
CIRCLEVILLE HAS 
LOST HUNDREDS OF 
FACTORY JOBS 
SINCE THEN AND 
OUR POLITICAL 
REPORTER SPOKE 
TO SOME OF THE 
CITIES STILL 
UNDECIDED 
VOTERS. 
>> I THINK THERE 
IS SO MUCH, THE 
PROTESTS AND 
ANGER AND 
DISSATISFACTION 
OVER SO MANY 
THINGS. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
SEE IT GO AWAY 
AND I HONESTLY 
DON'T THINK WITH 
DONALD TRUMP IT 
IS GOING TO 
BECAUSE HE IS 
GOING TO BE THE 
SAME. 
>> JOE BIDEN, 
BARACK OBAMA, 
FORMER PRESS 
PRESIDENT, 
VERSUS DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>> THAT IS A 
HARD ONE. 
I AM PAYING A 
LOT MORE 
ATTENTION TO 
BOTH DEBATES. 
I AM HOPING THAT 
TRUMP WILL STILL 
KEEP THE ECONOMY 
GOING LIKE THE 
THINGS HE HAS 
BROUGHT TO IT. 
I AM OPEN TO 
WHAT BIDEN SAYS. 
IT IS SO EARLY 
RIGHT NOW, I 
CANNOT REALLY 
SAY WHO I AM 
SAYING TO OR 
FROM. 
>> I DON'T LIKE 
SOME OF THE WAYS 
HE IS PRESENTING 
HIMSELF. 
THAT BIG WORD 
"BUT," AND I 
LOOK AT WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED AND 
WHAT HE PROMISED 
AND I CAN GO 
RIGHT DOWN THE 
LIST. 
NO NEED FOR ME 
TO DO IT. 
I WILL NOT 
REMEMBER AT ALL. 
BUT HE HAS DONE 
WHAT HE SAID HE 
WOULD DO. 
WITH DONALD, I 
THINK IF HE 
COULD JUST CALM 
DOWN HIS 
RHETORIC THERE 
WOULD BE NO 
QUESTION AS TO 
HOW PEOPLE WOULD 
VOTE. 
>> WE ARE LIVE 
>> AND 
CIRCLEVILLE.  
YOU SPOKE TO 
VOTERS AFTER THE 
26 ELECTION. 
HAVING THOSE 
VIEWS CHANGED? 
>> Reporter: 
LET'S WORK 
THROUGH THIS. 
WHY IS 
CIRCLEVILLE, 
OHIO -- COUNTY? 
I VISITED AFTER 
THE INAUGURATION 
IN FEBRUARY 2017 
AND THE FIRST 
PLACE I WENT WAS 
THE METHODIST 
CHURCH RIGHT 
OVER OUR CAMERA 
SHOT AND I WENT 
IN AND LISTEN TO 
THE SERVICE AND 
SOME OF THE 
FOLKS IN THE 
CONGREGATION 
WELCOMED ME TO 
SUNDAY SCHOOL 
AND 12 OUT OF 
THE 13 AND THAT 
SUNDAY SCHOOL 
CLASS SPOKE UP 
AND SAID THEY 
VOTED FOR DONALD 
TRUMP AND THE 
FIRST ONE WAS 
THE WOMAN YOU 
HEARD FROM. 
LINDA KENNEDY 
SAID IN HER WAY, 
SHE WAS 
CONFESSING TO 
VOTING FOR HIM. 
SHE HAD 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
WHETHER GOD WAS 
GOING TO "TAKE 
HER DOWN" 
BECAUSE SHE WAS 
SO DISPLEASED 
WITH THE WAY THE 
CANDIDATE 
CONDUCTED 
HIMSELF. 
AS YOU HEARD HER 
SAY, SHE ENDED 
UP VOTING FOR 
HIM. 
AND HE HAS WON 
THIS COUNTY BY 
42%. 
THAT ROMNEY WON 
IT BY JUST 19 
PERCENTAGE 
POINTS. 
THAT IS WHAT I 
WANTED TO COME 
BACK HERE 
BECAUSE WE FOCUS 
A LOT ON SWING 
COUNTIES, THEY 
WENT FOR OBAMA 
OR TRUMP, OR 
THOSE COUNTIES 
THAT SAW A 
DEPRESSED 
TURNOUT IN THOSE 
URBAN CORRIDORS. 
YOU COULD MAKE A 
CLAY CASE THAT A 
PLACE LIKE 
TAKEAWAY, 
COUNTY, THREE 
OUT OF FOUR 
FACTORIES 
CLOSING, LOSING 
HUNDREDS OF JOBS 
AND FOLKS HOPING 
THAT THEIR 
COMMUNITY WOULD 
BE ABLE TO COME 
BACK. 
THAT IS WHY IT 
WAS IMPORTANT TO 
COME BACK. 
WHEN WE ARE 
LOOKING AT 
PULLING THIS IS 
A PLACE THAT IS 
95% WHITE, 85% 
OF FOLKS DO NOT 
HAVE COLLEGE 
EDUCATION, AND 
SO FAR WHAT WE 
HAVE SEEN OUR 
ADVANCES FOR JOE 
BIDEN, AMONG 
THIS PARTICULAR 
DEMOGRAPHIC, 
CLOSING THAT GAP 
BY 10 PERCENTAGE 
POINTS COMPARED 
TO WHERE HILLARY 
CLINTON WAS AT 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
>> WE JUST HEARD 
FROM VOTERS 
ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY. 
WHAT OTHER 
ISSUES WILL BE 
VOTING ON COME 
NOVEMBER? 
HAVE THEY STACK 
THEM UP FOR YOU 
IN TERMS OF WHAT 
THEY ARE MOST 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
AND WHAT MAY BE 
THE DECIDING 
THING THAT 
PUSHES THEM ONE 
WAY OR THE 
OTHER? 
>> THAT SECOND 
WOMAN YOU HEARD 
FROM WAS MEGAN, 
MOTHER OF THREE, 
BORN AND RAISED 
HERE IN 
CIRCLEVILLE, AND 
SHE VOTED FOR 
BARACK OBAMA AND 
THAT SHE WAS 
PART OF THAT 
JUMP AND VOTED 
FOR DONALD 
TRUMP. 
AND SHE IS NOW 
WEIGHING WHICH 
DIRECTION TO GO 
THIS TIME. 
THE ISSUE SHE 
NAMED WAS 
HEALTHCARE, 
PARTICULARLY 
AMID THIS 
PANDEMIC IS A 
MOTHER OF THREE 
HOLDING ONTO HER 
JOB, TRYING TO 
ENSURE THAT 
THOSE IN HER 
COMMUNITY HAVE 
HEALTHCARE. 
THAT IS THE 
ISSUE WHERE SHE 
SAYS SHE WANTS 
TO BETTER LISTEN 
TO DEBATES AND 
OF COURSE WE CAN 
HAVE A 
CONVERSATION 
ABOUT WHAT THOSE 
POLICIES ARE BUT 
THE REALITY IS 
YOU HAVE A 
LIKELY VOTER WHO 
IS A LITTLE 
UNCLEAR ABOUT 
WHERE THE TWO 
CANDIDATES STAND 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
HEALTHCARE AND I 
THINK THAT IS 
WHY THESE 
DEBATES WILL BE 
SIGNIFICANT 
BECAUSE THERE 
ARE STILL 
MILLIONS OF 
VOTERS WHO ARE 
PERHAPS NOT 
FOLLOWING THE 
LIKE I AM BUT 
THEY WANT TO 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND THOSE 
POLICIES. 
LINDA KENNEDY IS 
A LIFELONG 
REPUBLICAN AND 
SHE SAID THE 
IDEA OF VOTING 
FOR DEMOCRAT IS 
PRETTY CRAZY. 
SHE SAID SHE 
APPRECIATES THAT 
THIS 
CONSERVATIVE 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS BROUGHT ON 
THESE 
CONSERVATIVES 
LIKE BRETT 
KAVANAUGH AND AT 
THE SAME TIME 
SHE IS A 
GRANDMOTHER NOW 
OF EACH 
GRANDKIDS AND 
SHE SAID SHE 
CANNOT BEAR TO 
HEAR THE WAY THE 
PRESIDENT SPEAKS 
ABOUT OTHERS AND 
SHE IS 
FRUSTRATED BY 
THE TURMOIL IN 
THE "ANGER" IN 
COMMUNITIES LIKE 
HER OWN TOWARD 
OTHER PEOPLE. 
THAT IS WHY SHE 
IS LEANING 
TOWARDS JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> THAT SIGN 
BEHIND YOU, YOU 
TALK ABOUT 
VOTERS LEANING 
FOR BIDEN. 
WHAT DO THEY 
LIKE ABOUT THE 
BIDEN HARRIS 
TICKET? 
WHAT ARE SOME OF 
THEIR CONCERNS? 
>> Reporter: IF 
YOU ARE IN THE 
DEMOCRATS, THEY 
HAVE MORE THAN 
20 CANDIDATES. 
THERE ARE A 
GREAT NUMBER OF 
FOLKS WITHIN 
THAT PARTY THAT 
HOPED TO HAVE 
JOE BIDEN WALK 
AWAY BECAUSE 
THEY THOUGHT HE 
WAS THE MOST 
PALATABLE TO 
PLACES LIKE 
THIS. 
COMMUNITIES FROM 
THE MIDWEST, 95% 
WHITE, 
INDUSTRIAL, AND 
JOE BIDEN IS THE 
NOMINEE THAT 
THEY WIND UP 
WITH. 
I HAVE HEARD 
FROM FOLKS WHO 
SUGGESTED THAT 
JOE BIDEN IS 
SOMEBODY WHO 
THEY THINK DOES 
UNDERSTAND THE 
PLIGHT OF THE 
MIDWEST AND SOME 
OF THE TOWNS 
LIKE THIS. 
AT THE SAME 
TIME, THAT THIRD 
GENTLEMAN YOU 
HEARD FROM, JURY 
LIGHTS, WHEN I 
TALKED TO HIM, 
THIS IS A MAN 
WHO ALSO 
ATTENDED THAT 
METHODIST CHURCH 
THAT DEMOCRATS 
HOPED THEY WOULD 
BE ABLE TO PICK 
OFF AND AT THE 
SAME TIME HE 
BELIEVES THAT 
JOE BIDEN IS 
GOING TO BE 
LARGELY 
CONTROLLED BY 
OTHER FACTIONS 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, INCLUDING 
ISSUES OF FREE 
COLLEGE TUITION. 
THE JOE BIDEN OF 
THE PAST IS NOT 
THE SAME JOE 
BIDEN WITHIN THE 
KIRK CURRENT 
DEMOGRAPHIC 
PARTY. 
WHILE THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN DOES 
NOT NECESSARILY 
LOOK TO PICAWAY 
COUNTY AS BEING 
THE PLACE  WHERE 
THEY WILL INVEST 
RESOURCES, IF 
THEY ARE ABLE TO 
CHIP OFF SOME OF 
THAT SUPPORT, I 
WILL REPEAT IT, 
THAT ROMNEY WON 
IT BY 19 POINTS 
AND TRUMP LATER 
WON IT BY 49% 
POINTS. 
IF THEY CAN SHIP 
AND DO SOME OF 
THAT SUPPORT IN 
PLACES LIKE 
HERE, THAT GIVES 
THEM A CHANCE, A 
PLACE IN OHIO 
WERE BARACK 
OBAMA WON EIGHT 
YEARS AGO. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR GIVING 
US ANOTHER SLICE 
AND VIEW OF HOW 
FOLKS ARE 
FEELING IN THE 
MIDWEST. 
YOU EVEN 
TRAVELED ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY SO 
WE COULD 
UNDERSTAND WHAT 
VOTERS ARE 
THINKING. 
OUR BIG THANKS 
TO YOU AND OF 
COURSE DePAUL, 
TOO. 
TELL HIM WE SAY 
HI. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> HOW AND WHEN 
ARE YOU VOTING 
IN THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION X IT IS 
MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN EVER TO 
UNDERSTAND YOUR 
OPTIONS. 
WE HAVE GREAT 
NEW TOOLS TO 
HELP YOU OUT. 
IT IS A STATE-BY-
STATE GUIDE ON 
VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES, AND 
RESTRICTIONS. 
YOU CAN CHECK IT 
OUT AT 
WWW.NBCNEWS.COM/ 
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CHECK IT OUT AT %
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>>> A SUSPECT IS 
ARRESTED IN 
KENOSHA. 
POLICE CONFIRMED 
THAT TWO PEOPLE 
WERE KILLED AND 
ANOTHER WAS 
SERIOUSLY 
INJURED AT A 
PROTEST. 
THE FOOTAGE YOU 
ARE ABOUT TO SEE 
IS DISTURBING 
AND SHOWS A MAN 
SITTING IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE 
STREET WAVING A 
GUN AT PEOPLE. 
[BLEEP]
,
>> NBC NEWS NOW 
CANNOT CONFIRM 
WHAT HAPPENED  
BEFORE OR AFTER 
THAT RECORDING 
OR IF THIS IS 
THE WEAPON 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THE SHOOTING. 
AND MEANWHILE, 
TRUMP SAYS HE IS 
SENDING FEDERAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND THE NATIONAL 
GUARD TO 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, TO 
RESTORE LAW AND 
ORDER. 
HE TWEETED WE 
WILL NOT STAND 
FOR LOOTING, 
ARSON, 
LAWLESSNESS ON 
AMERICAN 
STREETS. 
OUR NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
JOINS ME NOW 
FROM KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
IT HAS BEEN A 
VERY BUSY BUSY 
DAY. 
WHAT YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THE 
SHOOTER AND WHAT 
HAPPENED LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> Reporter: WE 
KNOW THE 
SUSPECTED 
SHOOTER IS IN 
CUSTODY AND HE 
IS A 17-YEAR-OLD 
FROM ILLINOIS 
WHICH IS ABOUT 
30 MINUTES FROM 
WHERE WE ARE 
STANDING RIGHT 
NOW IN KENOSHA. 
THEY'RE NOT 
GIVING US MANY 
DETAILS ON WHAT 
LED TO THE 
SHOOTING BUT 
THEY ARE SAYING 
THE TWO PEOPLE 
WHO WERE SHOT 
AND KILLED -- 26 
YEARS OLD AND 36 
YEARS OLD AND WE 
KNOW THAT ONE 
OTHER PERSON WAS 
INJURED IN THAT 
SHOOTING LAST 
NIGHT HAD WE 
SAID LAST NIGHT 
THE SHOOTING 
HAPPENED AROUND 
11:45 P.M. 
THIS IS THE 
PLACE -- SUNDAY 
NIGHT AND AFTER 
POLICE CLEARED 
OUT THIS PARK OF 
PROTESTERS, 
PEOPLE WENT INTO 
THE DIFFERENT 
STREETS AND 
AREAS AROUND 
HERE AND THAT IS 
WHEN THAT 
SHOOTING 
HAPPENED. 
THERE IS LOTS OF 
VIDEO OUT THERE 
BUT THEY ARE NOT 
GIVING AN 
OFFICIAL RECORD 
OF EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
THEY ARE SAYING 
HE IS IN CUSTODY 
AT THIS POINT 
AND WILL BE 
CHARGED. 
COURT RECORDS 
WILL SHOW HE 
WILL HAVE A 
COURT HEARING 
LATER THIS WEEK 
ON FRIDAY. 
ALLISON? 
>> WE ALSO KNOW 
THERE WAS A 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
IN KENOSHA. 
WHAT DID YOU 
HEAR THERE? 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
JUST WRAPPED UP. 
WE LEARNED A FEW 
DIFFERENT THINGS 
RELATED TO THE 
CASE. 
IN TERMS OF THE 
ORIGINAL 
SHOOTING OF 
JACOB LAKE, THE 
COUNTIES ARE 
POLICE CHIEF 
MADE VERY CLEAR 
THEY WOULD LIKE 
TO GIVE MORE 
INFORMATION BUT 
IT WAS NOT HIS 
DEPARTMENT THAT 
DID THE 
INVESTIGATING. 
THE CUSTODY OF 
THE CRIME SCENE 
IS SHIFTED OVER 
TO ANOTHER 
DEPARTMENT AND 
THE STATE IS 
HANDLING THE 
INVESTIGATION 
RIGHT NOW. 
SO THEY SAID HE 
DOES NOT HAVE 
ANY DETAILS 
ABOUT WHAT THE 
SCENE LOOKS LIKE 
AND WHERE THE 
CAUSES WERE. 
THEY DID NOT 
TALK TO POLICE 
OFFICERS BECAUSE 
THEY WANTED A 
SEPARATE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WE HEARD FROM 
THE MAYOR AND 
THE COUNTY 
SUPERINTENDENT 
AND THIS IS WHAT 
THE MAYOR SAID. 
>> VIOLENCE IN 
THE COMMUNITY IS 
NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
VIOLENCE TO 
PROPERTY, 
VIOLENCE TO 
PEOPLE, 
ABSOLUTELY 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
IT IS UP TO US 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THAT WILL 
NOT CONTINUE. 
>> Reporter: 
WHEN YOU WATCH 
THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE, THEY 
STARTED WITH THE 
TURMOIL IN 
KENOSHA AND 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
7:00 P.M. 
CURFEW THAT IS 
NOW IN PLACE. 
THAT IS THE 
THIRD NIGHT OF 
THIS CURFEW AND 
THEY MOVED IT UP 
IN OUR BECAUSE 
THEY WANTED TO 
START CLEARING 
PEOPLE OUT OF 
PARKS LIKE THESE 
AND THEY WANTED 
THAT PROCESS TO 
START IN 
DAYLIGHT RATHER 
THAN NIGHTFALL. 
WE KNOW THE 
PATTERN HAS BEEN 
PEOPLE PROTEST 
BY DAY, AND 
CLASHES ARE IN 
THE EVENING AND 
DESTRUCTION AND 
LAST NIGHT'S 
DEATH THAT 
OCCURRED LAST 
NIGHT, THEY WANT 
TO AVOID THAT 
AND DO WHAT THEY 
CAN TO AVOID 
THAT AND THAT IS 
WHAT THEY 
ANNOUNCED 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> LET'S TAKE IT 
BACK A LITTLE 
EARLIER TODAY 
AND TALK ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
TWEET. 
HE SAID HE SPOKE 
WITH THE 
GOVERNOR WHO 
AGREED TO ACCEPT 
FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE. 
WHAT ELSE CAN 
YOU TELL US 
ABOUT FEDERAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT? 
>> Reporter: 
THERE IS SOME 
DISCREPANCY OVER 
EXACTLY WHAT 
THAT TREATMENT 
AND EXACTLY WHAT 
IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
WE SAW THAT 
TWEET FROM THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
EARLIER WE SAW A 
STATEMENT FROM 
THE GOVERNOR AND 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAID HE WAS 
UPPING THE 
AMOUNT OF 
NATIONAL 
GUARDSMEN HE WAS 
SENDING TO 
KENOSHA. 
THERE WERE 250 
YESTERDAY IN 
PLACE. 
TODAY IT WILL BE 
500 MEMBERS OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD WHO WILL 
BE HERE IN THIS 
COUNTY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THE 
GOVERNOR HERE 
ACCEPTED HIS 
REQUEST TO SEND 
FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE. 
THERE ARE SOME 
DISCREPANCY 
BECAUSE THE 
GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE IS SAYING 
THERE HAS NOT 
BEEN ANY 
ACCEPTING OF 
FEDERAL 
RESOURCES TO 
INCREASE THE 
FEDERAL GUARD. 
SO THERE IS SOME 
DISCREPANCY AND 
UNCERTAINTY 
ABOUT WHAT 
EXACTLY WAS 
ANNOUNCED BY THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
ALSO WHAT WAS 
ANNOUNCED BY THE 
GOVERNOR. 
THE GOVERNOR IS 
SAYING -- 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TROOPS AND THEY 
ARE HOPING THAT 
CAN HELP. 
THEY'RE HOPING 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
CAN HELP EVENT 
WHAT WE SAW THE 
PRIOR THREE 
NIGHTS. 
ALLISON? 
>> THIS IS ALL 
HAPPENING 
BECAUSE POLICE 
SHOT JACOB BLAKE 
ON SUNDAY.  
I CANNOT LET YOU 
GO WITHOUT 
ASKING, HOW IS 
BLAKE DOING 
TODAY? 
WHAT ARE WE 
HEARING ABOUT 
HIS CONDITION 
AND FROM HIS 
FAMILY? 
>> Reporter: WE 
HEARD FROM HIS 
FAMILY THIS 
MORNING. 
HIS FAMILY SAID 
HE IS IN A LOT 
OF PAIN RIGHT 
NOW AND THEY SAY 
HE IS DOING 
BETTER IN TERMS 
OF HIS OVERALL 
CONDITION BUT 
THEY SAY HE IS 
NOT OUT OF THE 
WOODS JUST YET 
AND HIS FAMILY 
YESTERDAY HAD 
THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE, A 
VERY EMOTIONAL, 
PRESS 
CONFERENCE, AND 
THEY GAVE A 
THOROUGH ACCOUNT 
OF HIS CONDITION 
AND SAID HE WAS 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES 
AND HAD A BULLET 
LODGED IN HIS 
VERTEBRAE. 
HE SUFFERED 
KIDNEY AND LIVER 
AND INTESTINE 
DAMAGE. 
HE HAS A LONG 
ROAD OF RECOVERY 
AHEAD OF HIM AND 
THEY SAID IT IS 
A MIRACLE HE WAS 
ABLE TO WALK. 
THEY ALSO ASKED 
FOR THE PRAYERS 
OF PEOPLE HERE 
IN KENOSHA AND 
ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
THEY KNOW THE 
LONG ROAD OF 
RECOVERY HE WILL 
HAVE AND THE 
MANY SURGERIES 
AND PROCEDURES 
HE WILL HAVE TO 
DO, INCLUDING AS 
RECENTLY AS 
YESTERDAY WHEN 
HE HAD A SPINAL 
PROCEDURE. 
THEY KNOW IT 
WILL BE A LOT OF 
WORK AND A LONG 
RECOVERY AHEAD. 
THEY ARE ASKING 
PEOPLE TO 
CONTINUE 
THINKING ABOUT 
HIM AND THEIR 
CALLING FOR 
PEACE AND FOR 
ANY PROTESTS IN 
HIS NAME TO BE 
PEACEFUL BECAUSE 
THEY WANT THE 
FOCUS TO BE ON 
THE UNDERLYING 
ISSUE. 
ALLISON? 
>> WE KNOW 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE COUNTRY HAVE 
BEEN PRAYING FOR 
JACOB BLAKE TO 
GET BETTER.  
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH AND FOR ALL 
OF THE UPDATES 
TODAY, WE 
APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> IT IS 
WORKING FOR THE 
NBA AND THE NHL 
SO COULD A 
SIMPLE TEST HELP 
UNIVERSITIES -- 
CAMPUSES? 
OUR 
INVESTIGATIVE 
AND CONSUMER 
CORRESPONDENT 
SHOWS US HOW THE 
SPIT TEST WORKS. 
>> Reporter: 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY SCHOOLS 
ARE REVERSING 
THEIR DECISION 
TO HOLD IN-
PERSON CLASSES 
AFTER COVID-19 
OUTBREAKS AND AT 
UNC CHAPEL HILL, 
CLASSES WERE 
ABRUPTLY HALTED 
JUST DAYS AFTER 
MOVING. 
STUDENTS WERE 
NOT TESTED 
BEFORE COMING 
BACK. 
AT PURDUE 
UNIVERSITY IN 
INDIANA, THE 
PRESIDENT -- 
BEFORE ALL 
40,000 STUDENTS 
GO BACK THIS 
MONTH THEY ARE 
REQUIRED TO TAKE 
A TEST. 
>> IT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT AND 
WILL BE A KEY 
ELEMENT 
PROTECTING OUR 
COLLEGE CAMPUS. 
>> Reporter: 
UNLIKE MOST 
TESTING THAT 
INVOLVES A 
LARGE, OFTEN 
UNCOMFORTABLE 
SWAB TO GET A 
SAMPLE FROM THE 
BACK OF THE 
NOSE, PURDUE 
STUDENTS WILL 
SPIT INTO THIS 
TINY TUBE, 
SOMETHING THEY 
CAN DO AT HOME 
WITH THIS KIT. 
>> THE 
CONVENIENCE OF 
THAT FOR THIS 
GENERATION OF 
STUDENTS WILL 
ALLOW US TO 
REACH THEM WHERE 
THEY ARE. 
>> Reporter: 
PURDUE IS ONE OF 
65 SCHOOLS 
WORKING WITH A 
FORMER MEN'S 
HEALTH COMPANY 
AND NOW OFFERING 
THIS AT HOME 
COVID SALIVA 
TEST DEVELOPED 
BY RUTGERS 
UNIVERSITY. 
>> IS A GAME 
CHANGER? 
>> IT IS AND A 
MUCH EASIER TEST 
TO ADMINISTER. 
YOU ARE SPITTING 
INTO A TUBE AND 
EVERYONE CAN DO 
THAT. 
YOU GIVE ENOUGH 
SPIT TO TELL IF 
THERE IS VIRUS 
IN THERE. 
>> Reporter: I 
ORDERED A KIT 
AND IT ARRIVED 
IN TWO DAYS. 
I SET UP A VIDEO 
CHAT WITH A 
CLINICIAN WHO 
MADE SURE I DID 
THE TEST 
CORRECTLY. 
>> I MAJORED TO 
NOT EAT OR DRINK 
OR PUT ANYTHING 
IN MY MOUTH FOR 
30 MINUTES. 
>> ALL YOU NEED 
TO DO IS SPIT. 
>> Reporter: I 
WAS NOT SO 
SPEEDY. 
>> HOW MANY 
TIMES A DAY DO 
YOU HAVE TO 
WATCH PEOPLE DO 
THIS? 
>> Reporter: TWO 
MINUTES LATER -- 
>> THINKING 
ABOUT FOOD, 
SMELLING CITRUS 
-- 
>> Reporter: I 
HAVE NOTHING, I 
HAVE NOTHING. 
I THINK IT IS 
WORKING. 
>> Reporter: IT 
TOOK SOME TIME 
TO WORK UP ABOUT 
A SPOONFUL OF 
SALIVA. 
IT MIXES WITH A 
PRESERVATIVE TO 
KEEP THE SAMPLE 
FRESH AND THEN I 
PUT IT IN A 
PREADDRESSED BAG 
TO BE 
OVERNIGHTED TO 
THE RUTGERS LAB 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
THE RESULTS ARE 
AVAILABLE IN TWO 
OR THREE DAYS. 
IT IS A BIG 
ADVANTAGE OVER 
THE SWAB TESTS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
DELAYED UP TO 14 
DAYS. 
IT GIVES 
EMERGENCY 
AUTHORIZATION TO 
THE FDA AND YALE 
UNIVERSITY 
CREATED THE 
OTHER ONE BUT IT 
IS NOT AN AT-
HOME TEST. 
>> HOW IS THIS 
BETTER THAN THE 
NASAL SWAB? 
>> TELLING 
SOMEBODY THAT 
THEY ARE 
NEGATIVE WHEN 
ACTUALLY THEY 
ARE SICK IS VERY 
DANGEROUS, SO 
THE SALIVA TEST 
HAS A 1% OR LESS 
THAN 1% FALSE 
NEGATIVE TEST. 
>> SCIENTISTS 
CAUTIONED THERE 
IS NOT ENOUGH 
DATA TO KNOW HOW 
MUCH VIRUS IS IN 
SALIVA. 
>> THEY ARE 
GENERALLY 
ACCURATE AND 
PROBABLY LESS 
SENSITIVE THAN 
THE NASAL SWAB 
WHICH MEANS IF 
PEOPLE HAVE VERY 
SMALL AMOUNT OF 
VIRUS IT IS 
POSSIBLE THE 
NASAL SWAB WOULD 
DETECT THAT WERE 
THE SALIVA WOULD 
NOT. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS $150 IF YOU 
ORDER IT 
DIRECTLY FROM 
THE COMPANY AND 
RIGHT NOW THEY 
ARE RUNNING 
80,000 TESTS A 
DAY AND THAT 
NUMBER GOES UP, 
THE COST WILL 
COME DOWN. 
FOR THIS 18-YEAR-
OLD, WHO WILL BE 
A FRESHMAN AT 
PURDUE, SPITTING 
IN THE TUBE WAS 
EASY. 
>> I HAVE HEARD 
WITH THE NOSE 
ONE IT HURTS. 
THIS WAS NOT 
PAINFUL AT ALL. 
>> Reporter: 
VICKI JOINS ME 
NOW. 
>> THIS TEST 
GIVES FAST 
RESULTS AND NOT 
AS UNCOMFORTABLE 
AS THE NASAL 
SWAB. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
DOCTORS CONCERNS 
WITH THE SALIVA 
TEST. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRIMARY CONCERN 
IS THERE MAY NOT 
BE ENOUGH OF THE 
VIRUS IN YOUR 
SALIVA AND IT 
DEPENDS ON WHEN 
YOU TAKE THE 
TEST. 
IT MAY NOT BE AS 
SENSITIVE AS THE 
NASAL SWAB. 
ANOTHER THING WE 
SHOULD MENTION 
IS FOR FIRST-
TIME CONSUMERS 
LIKE MYSELF, 
THEY PAIR YOU UP 
WITH A CLINICIAN 
WHO WATCHES YOU 
TO MAKE SURE YOU 
ARE DOING IT 
CORRECTLY AND 
ALSO TO MAKE 
SURE IT IS YOU 
THAT IS ACTUALLY 
SPITTING IN THE 
FILE. 
>> VICKI, ARE 
THE SCHOOLS JUST 
USING THE SALIVA 
TEST OR ARE SOME 
USING BOTH THE 
SPIT AND NASAL 
SWAB? 
>> Reporter: IN 
THE CASE OF 
PURDUE, THEY ARE 
GOING -- 
REQUIRING 
STUDENTS TO TAKE 
THEM WITHIN TWO 
WEEKS OF COMING 
BACK TO CAMPUS 
THIS MONTH. 
THAT IS VERY 
INTERESTING 
BECAUSE YOU CAN 
IMAGINE THAT 
UNDERTAKING. 
40,000 STUDENTS. 
THEY ARE 
OFFERING IT FREE 
OF CHARGE BUT IT 
IS COSTING THE 
UNIVERSITY 
MILLIONS. 
THEY SAY IT IS A 
WORTHWHILE 
INVESTMENT TO 
TRY TO HELP 
ENSURE THE 
HEALTH OF THEIR 
STAFF AND 
STUDENTS. 
WE HAVE HEARD OF 
OTHER CAMPUSES 
THAT ARE USING 
BOTH. 
AND THE 
FRUSTRATION FROM 
SOME -- TESTED 
POSITIVE AND 
NEGATIVE IN 
ANOTHER. 
THEY WANT TO 
KNOW WHAT THEY 
ARE SUPPOSED TO 
DO AND IN THAT 
SITUATION IT 
REALLY SHOULD BE 
UP TO THE 
HEALTHCARE 
PROVIDER AND 
THEY SHOULD GO 
TO THEIR DOCTOR 
IF THEY ARE 
EXPERIENCING ANY 
SYMPTOMS AT ALL, 
EVEN IF THEY GET 
A NEGATIVE TEST. 
>> I HAVE A DEAR 
FRIEND WHOSE SON 
GOES TO PURDUE 
AND I'M DYING TO 
REACH OUT AFTER 
THIS AND ASK HIM 
WHAT HE THOUGHT 
ABOUT IT. 
I LOVE THAT YOU 
ARE SAYING YOU 
ARE HAVING 
TROUBLE AND 
THINKING OF 
FOODS THAT WOULD 
MAKE THAT 
HAPPEN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
SECOND SOMEONE 
TELLS YOU YOU 
NEED TO FILL A 
FILE WITH TWO 
MILLIMETERS OF 
SURVIVOR SALIVA, 
YOUR MOUTH IS AS 
DRY AS A BONE. 
I'M CURIOUS TO 
HEAR WHAT YOUR 
FRIEND FROM 
PURDUE SAYS. 
>> I WILL REPORT 
BACK. 
NACHOS, WHAT 
WOULD IT TAKE? 
>> Reporter: 
SOUR THINGS, I 
THINK SOUR 
THINGS MAKE YOUR 
MOUTH WATER THE 
MOST. 
>> I WILL FIND 
OUT WHAT HE DID. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
THANK YOU. 
>> TAKE CARE. 
>>> THE CDC IS 
NOW SAYING 
HEALTHY PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
EXPOSED TO COVID-
19 DON'T 
NECESSARILY NEED 
A TEST. 
THE FORMER FDA 
COMMISSIONER 
SCOTT GOTTLIEB 
SAID -- 
>> WE ARE 
TALKING TO 
PEOPLE IN 
CONTACT WITH 
SOMEONE KNOWN TO 
HAVE COVID. 
DOING EFFECTIVE 
TRACKING AND 
TRACING. 
IF WE WANT TO 
USE THESE 
INTERVENTIONS TO 
CONTROL THE 
EPIDEMIC, WE 
NEED TO GET 
PEOPLE WHO MAY 
BE AT HIGH RISK 
OF CONTRACTING 
THE INFECTION 
TESTED TO MAKE 
SURE THEY ARE 
NOT ASYMPTOMATIC 
CARRIERS AND WE 
KNOW THEY ARE 
LESS LIKELY TO 
CARRY THE 
INFECTION IF 
THEY ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC BUT 
THEY CAN STILL 
CARRY THE 
INFECTION. 
>> OUR MEDICAL 
CORRESPONDENT 
DR. DON TORRES 
JOINS US NOW. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
REACTION TO THE 
CDC'S GUIDANCE? 
>> IF THIS IS 
THE REACTION 
YOU'RE SEEING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, IT'S A 
BIT OF HEAD 
SCRATCHER TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT 
WHY THEY MADE 
THIS CHANGE. 
THEY DID IT VERY 
QUIETLY AND PUT 
IT ON THEIR 
WEBSITE. 
THIS IS A 
SUBSTANTIAL 
CHANGE BECAUSE 
BEFORE, IF YOU 
ARE EXPOSED THIS 
A GO AHEAD AND 
GET TESTED AND 
IF YOU'RE A 
SYMPTOMATIC MAKE 
SURE YOU ARE NOT 
SPREADING IT 
BECAUSE WE KNOW 
UP TO HALF OF 
THE CASES ARE 
BEING SPREAD 
FROM A SOME 
DRAMATIC CASES, 
BUT NOW THEY ARE 
SAYING YOU HAVE 
TO HAVE AN 
EXTENDED PERIOD 
OF EXPOSURE AND 
YOU HAVE TO HAVE 
SYMPTOMS ON TOP 
OF THAT AND THEN 
YOU SHOULD GET 
TESTED AND THE 
REASON THIS IS A 
CONCERN IS 
EXACTLY WHAT DR. 
SCOTT GOTTLIEB 
WAS TALKING 
ABOUT. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
THAT CONTACT 
TRACING WE KNOW 
WE HAVE NOT BEEN 
DOING A VERY 
GOOD JOB OF 
GETTING IT UNDER 
CONTROL WHO 
MIGHT HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS AND 
WHO COULD BE 
SPREADING IT 
EVEN THOUGH THEY 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS. 
WE TAKE OUT OF 
THAT EQUATION OR 
PEOPLE DON'T 
HAVE SYMPTOMS 
AND THAT LEAVES 
A BIG DEFICIT. 
GOING FORWARD 
YOU WILL SEE A 
LOT OF CONCERNS. 
WHAT DO WE DO 
NOW IF PEOPLE 
ARE NOT GETTING 
TESTED, AND 
HOPEFULLY AS WE 
GET MORE AND 
MORE TESTS AND 
WE HAVE MORE 
THAN WE DID A 
FEW MONTHS AGO, 
HOPEFULLY WE 
WILL GET MORE OF 
THESE SALIVA 
TYPE TESTS AND 
WE WILL GET MORE 
PEOPLE TESTED 
EVEN THOUGH THEY 
DON'T HAVE 
SYMPTOMS BECAUSE 
WE KNOW IT CAN 
SPREAD. 
>> I WANT TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE 
SALIVA TEST. 
THE NHL, THE NBA 
ARE USING THEM, 
COLLEGES ARE 
TRYING THEM. 
PEOPLE CAN GET 
THE TEST HOME 
AND GET RESULTS 
IN A MATTER OF 
MINUTES. 
WHAT YOU MAKE OF 
THESE SPIT 
TESTS? 
IS IT THE TEST 
OF THE FUTURE? 
>> I THINK IT 
WILL BE ONE OF 
THEM. 
IT WILL TAKE A 
COMBINED EFFORT 
WITH A BUNCH OF 
DIFFERENT TESTS. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
WHAT WE CALL 
DIAGNOSTIC 
TESTS, WHICH ARE 
USED TO FIND OUT 
IF YOU HAVE AN 
INFECTION RIGHT 
NOW, ACTIVELY 
HAVE AN 
INFECTION THAT 
COULD SPREAD TO 
OTHERS, THERE 
ARE TWO 
DIFFERENT KINDS. 
PCR AND ANTIGEN. 
PCR ARE NOT 
QUITE AS 
EFFECTIVE BUT 
THEY ARE FASTER. 
PCR ARE MORE 
SENSITIVE AND 
EFFECTIVE BUT 
THEY ARE HARDER 
TO GET. 
THE SALIVA TEST 
IS A PCR TEST SO 
IT WILL BE MORE 
ACCURATE. 
THE ONE SHE 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
PURDUE IS USING, 
IT IS A TAKE-
HOME TEST IN THE 
SENSE THAT IF 
YOU COLLECT A 
SAMPLE AT HOME 
AND YOU STILL 
HAVE TO WAIT A 
COUPLE OF DAYS, 
-- PROTOCOL 
SHOWING LABS 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY AND HOW 
THEY CAN DO IT 
USING EQUIPMENT 
AND CHEMICALS 
THEY HAVE INSIDE 
RIGHT NOW, AND 
HOPEFULLY IN THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF 
WEEKS WE WILL 
SEE MORE OF 
THAT. 
THEY CAN DO 90 
TESTS AND UNDER 
THREE OR FOUR 
HOURS AND COST 
AROUND $10 PER 
TEST. 
WE ARE SEEING 
THE PRICING COME 
DOWN AND THE 
RESULTS GOING UP 
AND SO I THINK 
OVER TIME, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF MONTHS, YOU 
WILL SEE MORE 
AND MORE OF THIS 
AND YOU WILL SEE 
MORE PEOPLE 
GETTING TESTED 
IN THE 
SITUATIONS LIKE 
THE NFL, NBA, 
UNIVERSITIES. 
>> IN YOUR 
REPORT FROM MIT 
AND OXFORD, SIX 
FEET OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCING MIGHT 
NOT BE ENOUGH. 
WHY NOT? 
WHAT DOES THE 
STUDY TELL US 
ABOUT HOW THE 
VIRUS IS 
TRANSMITTED? 
>> WHAT IT 
LOOKED AT IS HOW 
THE VIRUS, 
ESPECIALLY 
SMALLER 
PARTICLES, NOT 
NECESSARILY 
RESPIRATORY 
PARTICLES IN SIX 
FEET, BUT THE 
SMALLER 
PARTICLES THAT 
CAN LINGER IN 
THE AIR FOR 
LONGER, WHERE WE 
MOST LIKELY TO 
CATCH IT? 
IN CERTAIN 
SITUATIONS, 
AND/OR CROWDED 
AREAS, WHERE 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
WEARING MASKS, 
THE BIG CONCERN 
IS IF WE START 
PUTTING OUT A 
MESSAGE SAYING 
IN ONE SITUATION 
YOU NEED SIX 
FEET AND IN 
ANOTHER 
SITUATION YOU 
NEED 12 FEET, 
AND THEN 18 
FEET, IT WILL 
GET VERY 
CONFUSING. 
THE EXPERTS I 
HAVE TALKED TO 
IS SAYING SIX 
FEET IS THE 
MINIMUM AND MORE 
IS BETTER. 
THE EQUATED TO 
CIGARETTE 
SMOKING. 
IF YOU ARE NEXT 
TO SOMEBODY YOU 
CAN SMELL THE 
SMOKE. 
SIX FEET AWAY, 
NOT SO MUCH. 
IF YOU ARE 20 
FEET AWAY YOU 
CAN HARDLY SMELL 
IT. 
SIX FEET MINIMUM 
DISTANCE FOR THE 
VIRUS. 
MORE IS BETTER 
IF YOU CAN DO 
IT. 
>> DR. JOHN, IF 
THIS IS THE CASE 
IF IT MAY NOT BE 
FAR ENOUGH AND 
YOU CANNOT GET 
FURTHER THAN SIX 
FEET FROM 
SOMEWHAT, WHAT 
ELSE SHOULD BE 
YOU BE DOING TO 
PROTECT 
YOURSELF. 
WHAT DO WE HAVE 
IN OUR ARSENAL 
TO KEEP US AS 
SAFE AS 
POSSIBLE? 
>> THE OBVIOUS 
ANSWER FROM A 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
PERSPECTIVE IS 
TO TRY NOT TO 
GET IN THOSE 
SITUATIONS LIKE 
BARS AND INDOOR 
EVENTS WE CANNOT 
GET SIX FEET OF 
SEPARATION. 
IF YOU HAVE TO 
BE IN THERE, 
MAKE SURE YOU 
WEAR A MASK AND 
OTHER PEOPLE ARE 
WEARING MASKS, 
AS WELL. 
VENTILATION IS 
IMPORTANT, 
OPENING WINDOWS 
TO GET FRESH 
AIR. 
THOSE CAN HELP. 
THE BOTTOM LINE 
IS IF YOU ARE 
WITHIN THAT SIX-
FOOT DISTANCE 
YOUR CHANCES GO 
ABOUT GETTING 
CORONAVIRUS, SO 
YOU WANT TO 
AVOID THOSE AS 
BEST AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
GREAT ADVICE, AS 
ALWAYS. 
>> YOU THAT. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW . LIVE 
WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT SIX 
P.M. 
EASTERN.
,
>>> TODAY WE 
CELEBRATE 
WOMEN'S EQUALITY 
DAY AND 100 
YEARS AGO THEY 
WERE OFFICIALLY 
GIVEN THE RIGHT 
TO VOTE. 
IT DID NOT END 
WITH THE 19th 
AMENDMENT. 
HERE'S A LOOK AT 
HOW FAR WE STILL 
NEED TO GO. 
>> IT WAS NOT 
EASY TO BE A 
SUFFRAGE 
ADVOCATE AND IT 
WAS A FIGHT. 
IT DID NOT END 
IN THE 1920S. 
WE CAN 
COMMEMORATE THIS 
WONDERFUL 
ANNIVERSARY BUT 
IT IS NOT THE 
END OF THE 
STORY. 
>> WE MIGHT BE 
MISLED TO THINK 
THIS HAS BEEN 
HAPPENSTANCE -- 
OPPRESSION IN 
THE U.S. HAS A 
LONG A 
DISTURBING 
HISTORY ONE 
CENTURY LATER. 
WE ARE RELIVING 
IT. 
THESE ARE 
ORDINARY WOMEN. 
GRASSROOTS 
WOMEN. 
FACTORY WORKERS, 
THEY BECOME 
ACTIVISTS WHEN 
IT IS REALLY 
DANGEROUS FOR 
THEM TO BE. 
>> BLACK WOMEN 
HAD A WHOLE 
MOVEMENT OF 
THEIR OWN. 
FEMINISM -- 
DIFFERENT WAY. 
THERE FEMINISM 
MUST EMBRACE 
BOTH THE ISSUES 
OF RACE AND 
GENDER. 
THEY CANNOT 
SEPARATE THE TWO 
BECAUSE YOU 
WOULD BE 
SPLITTING THEM 
IN HALF. 
>> BLACK WOMEN 
NO THAT NO 19th 
AMENDMENT WILL 
GET THEM TO THE 
POLLS IF 
INTIMIDATION AND 
VIOLENCE 
CONTINUE TO BE 
THE ORDER OF THE 
DAY IN THE 
AMERICAN -- 
PRECISELY WHAT 
HAPPENS AFTER 
1920. 
THE 1920 
ELECTION IS 
COMING UP IN THE 
FALL. 
THEY KNEW THAT 
THEY DID NOT GET 
IT THEN IT MAY 
NOT HAPPEN. 
THEY HAD TO 
CHANGE AND DO 
THINGS BY MAIL 
AND THE COUNTRY 
WAS ALSO 
SWINGING AWAY 
FROM 
PROGRESSIVISM. 
IT WAS BECOMING 
MORE 
CONSERVATIVE. 
THEY PLAYED 
HARDBALL. 
THAT IS SORT OF 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING THIS 
SUMMER ACROSS 
THE NATION WITH 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
IN LAFAYETTE 
PARK. 
THEY ARE REALLY 
MASTERS OF 
POLITICAL 
THEATER AND THEY 
ARE PREPARED TO 
PAY A PRICE, 
PERSONALLY, 
PHYSICALLY, TO 
STAGE THAT 
THEATER. 
SHE LEADS THEM 
IN PICKETING THE 
WHITE HOUSE, IN 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
EVERY DAY IN 
LAFAYETTE PARK, 
THEY ARE 
TORTURED, 
IMPRISONED, 
HUNDREDS OF 
WOMEN WERE 
IMPRISONED FOR 
ASKING FOR THE 
VOTE. 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
IS THE 19th 
AMENDMENT GIVES 
THE VOTE TO ALL 
WOMEN. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
IT WILL BE 
UNDERMINED. 
>> LACK WOMEN 
TECHNICALLY 
COULD VOTE, BUT 
IN REALITY THEY 
COULD NOT 
BECAUSE OF THAT 
DIRTY TWO LETTER 
WORD. 
VOTER 
SUPPRESSION. 
>> BLACK WOMEN 
EVEN IN 1919 
WERE ALREADY 
ORGANIZING TO 
UNDERSTAND 
LITERACY AND 
POLL TAXES AND 
-- HE UNDERSTOOD 
THE LIMITS OF 
THE 19th 
AMENDMENT AND 
THE PLAN WILL 
ORGANIZE ITSELF 
AND IT WILL 
TARGET BLACK 
WOMEN, THEIR 
LEADERS, THEIR 
INSTITUTIONS, 
DELIBERATELY TO 
KEEP BLACK WOMEN 
FROM THE POLLS. 
BLACK WOMEN AND 
MEN WILL BE 
FIGHTING FOR 
ANOTHER 4 1/2 
DECADES. 
FOR ASIAN 
AMERICAN WOMEN 
AND NATIVE 
AMERICAN WOMEN, 
THEY WERE NOT 
CITIZENS IN 19th 
20 SO THE 19th 
AMENDMENT DOES 
NOT HELP THEM 
UNTIL THAT GETS 
REMEDIED AND 
THAT TOOK 
DECADES. 
>> THEY WERE 
FORCED TO WAIT 
LONG HOURS IN 
THE POLLS WERE 
CLOSED. 
DOES THAT SOUND 
FAMILIAR TO YOU? 
>> THAT IS NOT 
SO DIFFERENT 
THAN 1920 IN THE 
SENSE THAT BLACK 
AMERICANS ARE 
WORKING ON 
MULTIPLE FRONTS. 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
DISENFRANCHISED, 
THEY WILL MAKE 
OTHER KINDS OF 
POLITICS IN 
ORDER TO SECURE 
AND INFLUENCE 
RESOURCES THAT 
THEY THINK THEY 
ARE DUE. 
>> ONE CENTURY 
LATER WE ARE 
RELIVING IT AND 
IT IS OPPRESSION 
OF A QUALITY AND 
THEY HAVE TO 
RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO TRY TO VOTE. 
COVID HAS -- 
INCLUDING VOTING 
RIGHTS IS DEEPLY 
DISTURBING AS A 
PARALLEL AS 
PEOPLE WILL BE 
ASKED TO RISK 
THEIR LIVES IN 
NOVEMBER AND 
BLACK AMERICANS 
ARE GOING TO 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AIR THE RISK OF 
THAT. 
THIS IS THE REAL 
STRESS TEST FOR 
DEMOCRACY. 
IT IS TIME TO 
GET THOSE 
BANNERS OUT AND 
THOSE BASHES -- 
ORGANIZATION 
VOTING RIGHTS IS 
CRUCIALLY 
IMPORTANT.
,
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> GOOD 
AFTERNOON. GO
IT IS 5:00 IN 
THE EAST AND WE 
ARE COMING UP ON 
WHAT IS A MAJOR 
HURRICANE 
BEARING DOWN ON 
THE COAST OF THE 
TEXAS-LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS GATHERING 
STRENGTH AND NOW 
CATEGORY 4 AND 
GROWING. LA  A
IT WILL MAKE 
LANDFALL IN 
HOURS EXPECTING 
IT TO BRING HIGH 
WIND, TORRENTIAL 
RAIN AND RECORD-
BREAKING STORM 
SURGE. 
THIS IS PUTTING 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS IN 
HARM'S WAY AND 
AL ROKER IS RDNG%
STANDING BY WITH 
THE LATEST 
>> THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
SAID IT IS AND 
ON SURVIVAL 
STORM SURGE 
POTENTIAL FOR 
LIFE VEST AND 
CURRENTLY 155 
MILES SOUTH OF %
LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA. 
IT SPREADS OUT HA
145 MILE AN HOUR 
WIND AND LANDFALL
ABOUT THURSDAY 
MORNING AT 1:00 
A.M. 
WITH ONE AND00 50 
HOUR AN 
WIND WITH 
DANGEROUS WIND 
AND WIND GUSTS 
AND THE SYSTEM 
IS MOVING IN BUT 
STILL  TROPICAL 
STORM INLAND 
BRINGING FLOOD 
THREATS AND 
TORNADOES  INTO 
THE UPPER 
MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY. 
BUT THE STORM 
SURGE IS 30 
MILES INLAND. 
THE STORM SURGES 
THE WALL %OF 
WATER BEING 
PUSHED IN BY THE 
WIND 
OF THE 
HURRICANE IN THE 
NORTHEAST 
QUADRANT. 
>>> LAKE CHARLES 
COULD SEE 107 
MILE AN HOUR 
WIND GUSTS AND 
AS YOU MOVE 
FURTHER AWAY THE 
WINDOW DROP OFF 
WITH POWER 
OUTAGES A BIG 
PROBLEM. 
IT STRETCHES TO 
THE GULF COAST 
INTO THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY, 
AND HEAVY RAIN 
WITH,  WIDESPREAD 
FLASH FLOODING 
AND URBAN 
FLOODING TO THE 
MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY TO 
MODERATE RIVER 
FLOODING. 
SOME AREAS 
PICKING UP 15 
INCHES OF RAIN. NG
THE BIG STORIES 
THE STORM SURGE 
AT 20 FEET 
MAKING IT 
PROBABLY ONE OF 
THE WORST IN THE 
REGION. 
LAURA WILL BE 
THE STRONGEST %
HURRICANE TO 
MAKE LANDFALL 
ALONG THE 
TEXAS/LOUISIANA 
BORDER. 
>> THAT IS NOT A 
PRETTY PICTURE 
PAINTED. 
LET'S SEE HOW 
PEOPLE ARE ICW 
PREPARING WITH 
MORGAN LINSKY IN 
LAKE CHARLES, 
INDIANA  OR 
LOUISIANA, WHAT 
YOU TELL US? 
>> Reporter:HA THE 
MESSAGE IS TO 
GET OUT WHILE 
YOU CAN AND IT 
IS ILA DECEPTIVELY 
SUNNY MOMENT IN 
LAKE CHARLES 
AFTER 
EXPERIENCING THE 
FIRST FEW NTBANDS 
OF THIS 
CATASTROPHICFE 
HURRICANE. 
IT WILL ONLY 
INTENSIFY IN THE 
COMING HOURS 
BEFORE MAKING 
LANDFALL AN TAROUND 
1:00 A.M. 
EVALUATIONS HAVE 
BEEN UNDERWAY 
SINCE YESTERDAY 
STARTING AT LAKE 
CHARLES.
 
THOSE THAT DID 
NOT HAVE THE 
MEANS TO GET TO 
THE CIVIC TOCENTER 
WERE BUSED FROM 
VERY STANDARDS 
BEFORE IT BEING 
TAKEN 100 MILES 
NORTH OF WHERE I 
AM NOW. 
THEY CAN 
HOPEFULLY FIND A 
SAFE SPACE IN 
SHELTERS. 
IT IS POSING A 
PROBLEM. 
COVID-19 IS 
FORCING SHELTERS 
TO SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE. 
AS A RESULT NOT 
AS MANY PEOPLE 
CAN FIT INSIDE. S 
WE SEE ISSUES AS 
FAR AS TEXAS OF 
SHELTERS RUNNING 
OUT OF ROOM. 
IN THE MEANTIME, 
FOR THE PEOPLE 
THAT CHOOSE TO E,
STAY HERE, THEY %
ARE FACING A 
VERY REAL THREAT 
WITH THAT STORM  
SURGE. 
BACK TO 2005 
WHEN HURRICANE 
RITA PUSHED 50 
MILES INLAND  
FLOODING OF VAST 
PART OF THE 
COMMUNITY OF 
LAKE CHARLES. 
EVERYONE DOING 
WHAT THEY CAN DO %
CLOSE UP, BOARD 
UP THE WINDOWS 
AND FIND A SAFE 
PLACE TO HUNKER 
DOWN. 
IF THEY HAD NOT 
TAKEN IT 
SERIOUSLY WHEN 
WE SAW IT 
UPGRADED TO EN
CATEGORY 4, THAT 
WAS ENOUGH TO %
EVEN GET THE 
SEASON PEOPLE 
THAT HAVE 
EXPERIENCED 
HURRICANES A 
SERIES PAUSE. 
THEY KNOW WHAT 
WILL COME IN 
JUST A WHFEW 
HOURS. 
>> MORGAN, YOU 
AND THE TEAM 
TAKE CARE. 
>>> STAY WITH US 
FOR THE  LATEST 
ON HURRICANE 
LAURA. TH
I WILL BE BACK UR
WITH YOUR 
COMPLETE DETAILS 
ON YOUR NBC 
NIGHTLY NEWS AT 
10:00 EASTERN R 
TIME DURING THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
COVERAGE. 
I AM LESTER 
HOLT, NBC NEWS 
NEW YORK. 
GOOD DAY, 
EVERYONE.INBLON 
,
>>> I AM ALISON 
MORRIS AND YOU 
ARE WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GET TO OUR 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
WITH THE LATEST 
HEADLINES FROM 
NBC NEWS.COM. 
SAVANNAH, WHAT 
IS GOING ON? 
>> Reporter: 
TAKING A LOOK AT 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
CONTINUING 
TONIGHT 
FEATURING 
HEADLINERS LIKE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE, 
KELLYANNE CONWAY 
AND WHITE HOUSE 
PRESS SECRETARY 
KAYLEE McELHINNEY
. WE EXPECT TO 
HEAR THE 
SPEECHES FROM 
THE WORLD OF 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY AND THE 
MILITARY. 
TO THE MIDWEST 
WHERE THE POLICE 
HAVE ARRESTED A 
17-YEAR-OLD FROM 
ILLINOIS IN 
CONNECTION WITH 
THE SHOOTING 
OVERNIGHT IN 
KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
AT LEAST TWO 
WERE KILLED AND 
ONE HEART AFTER 
THE GUNSHOTS 
RANG OUT AFTER 
THE PROTEST IN 
THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAID HE WAS 
STANDING IN THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TO MONITOR THE 
UNREST. 
IT STARTS WITH A 
VIDEO SHOWING 
KENOSHA POLICE 
SHOOTING 29-YEAR-
OLD JACOB BLAKE 
ON SUNDAY. 
THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO 
DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT BUT 
HAVE NOT GIVEN 
ANY OTHER 
DETAILS. 
THE OFFICERS 
INVOLVED HAVE 
BEEN PLACED ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
THE KENOSHA 
MAYOR ADDRESSED 
THE COMMUNITY 
OUTRAGE EARLIER 
TODAY. 
>> IN THE 
KENOSHA McGINTY 
IN THE LONG RUN 
WE WILL BE 
COVERED AND WORK 
TOGETHER TO 
RESOLVE OUR 
ISSUES. 
WE WILL WORK 
WITH THE 
MINORITY 
COMMUNITY TO 
CONTINUE TO MOVE 
FORWARD. 
WE WILL MAKE 
THIS A BETTER 
PLACE. 
>> TURNING TO 
THE CDC WHICH 
QUIETLY CHANGED 
SOME GUIDANCE ON 
COVID-19 THIS 
WEEK. 
>>> THEY NOW SAY 
THAT THOSE 
EXPOSED TO THE 
VIRUS MAY NOT 
NEED TESTING IF 
THEY ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC. 
THIS CONTRADICTS 
THE EARLIER 
RECOMMENDATION 
THAT ANYONE 
EXPOSED TO COVID-
19 SHOULD BE 
SCREENED 
REGARDLESS OF 
SYMPTOMS. 
YOUR GOVERNOR 
ANDREW CUOMO IS 
URGING PEOPLE TO 
IGNORE THE NEW 
GUIDELINES 
CLAIMING THE CDC 
IS TRYING TO 
DOWNPLAY THE 
NUMBER OF CASES. 
>> THAT IS 
POLITICS. 
THAT IS THIS 
PRESIDENT SAYING 
IF YOU DON'T 
TEST, IF WE 
DON'T TEST, AND 
WE WON'T SEE THE 
NUMBER GO UP. 
THEN WE WILL 
HAVE THIS FALSE 
COMFORT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN SAYING 
THAT WE ONLY 
KNOW THAT WE 
HAVE CASES 
BECAUSE WE TEST. 
>> MEANWHILE 
THERE IS A NEW 
REPORT OUT THIS 
WEEK QUESTIONING 
THE CURRENT 
GUIDELINES ON 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
RESEARCHERS AT 
THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MASSACHUSETTS 
AND UNIVERSITY 
OF OXFORD FOUND 
THAT STAYING SIX 
FEET APART MAY 
NOT BE ENOUGH TO 
PREVENT CATCHING 
COVID-19. 
THE REPORT IS 
SUGGESTING THAT 
VENTILATION, 
CROWD SIZE AND 
WEARING A MASK 
ARE ALSO MAJOR 
FACTORS TO 
IMPACT EXPOSURE. 
THIS IS ANOTHER 
EXAMPLE THAT 
SCIENTISTS ARE 
STILL LEARNING 
HOW THE PANDEMIC 
SPREADS AND A 
REMINDER OF HOW 
MUCH WE STILL DO 
NOT KNOW. 
>>> TRAGIC NEWS 
OUT OF FORT HOOD 
TEXAS. 
WE TOLD YOU LAST 
WEEK THAT 
SERGEANT ELDER 
FERNANDES WAS 
MISSING FROM THE 
MILITARY POST 
AND THEY HAVE 
DISCOVERED A 
BODY THEY 
BELIEVE THIS IS 
BASED ON THE 
IDENTIFICATION 
AT THE SCENE. 
AUTHORITIES SAID 
THEY DID NOT 
EXPECT FOUL PLAY 
BUT DID NOT 
SPECIFY CAUSE OF 
DEATH. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
A SERIES OF 
SOLDIERS 
DISAPPEARING 
WITH DEATHS IN 
THE LAST YEAR. 
THE SERGEANT 
FAMILY ATTORNEY 
IS CALLING FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SAVANNAH, SO 
MUCH. 
>>> THE THEME OF 
NIGHT THREE OF 
RNC, THE CAMPAIGN
PROMISING AND 
OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE TONIGHT. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE WILL 
HEADLINE FROM 
BALTIMORE 
INSPIRING THE 
NATIONAL ANTHEM 
AND THE WHITE 
HOUSE 
CORRESPONDENT 
KELLY O'DONNELL 
JOINS ME. 
WHAT DO YOU 
EXPECT FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT? 
>> Reporter: 
CERTAINLY ONE OF 
THE BIGGEST 
NIGHT IN THE 
POLITICAL LIFE 
OF MIKE PENCE 
GETTING HIS 
SHOWCASE AT THE 
CONVENTION WHERE 
HE CAN ADDRESS A 
LOT OF ISSUES 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS BEEN WORKING 
ON. 
IT REALLY IS IS 
NIGHT IN MANY 
WAYS. 
THE SETTING IS 
AN IMPORTANT 
PART OF THE 
BACKDROP. 
THEY PLAN ON 
HONORING 
VETERANS, 
MILITARY 
SERVICE. 
HE HAS A SON 
THAT IS A MARINE 
AND WE OFTEN 
HEAR THAT FROM 
HIM. 
HE WILL BE ABLE 
TO TRY TO TALK 
ABOUT WAYS IN 
WHICH THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
SUPPORTED THE 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM. 
YOU CAN EXPECT 
SOME OF THAT. 
IT WILL BE A 
STRONG DEFENSE 
AND WE HAVE BEEN 
TOLD TO 
ANTICIPATE FROM 
MIKE PENCE ABOUT 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
WORK OVER THESE 
YEARS. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING WE 
EXPECT WILL BE 
POLITICAL, BUT 
ALSO IN THE 
VOICE OF MIKE 
PENCE WHERE HE 
TENDS NOT TO BE 
QUITE AS HARSH 
AS OTHER MEMBERS 
OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
ALSO TONIGHT WE 
EXPECT TO HEAR 
FROM HIS WIFE, 
KAREN PENCE, 
SECOND LADY. 
WE EXPECT TO 
HEAR FROM THE 
DAUGHTER OF THE 
PRESIDENT, LAURA 
TRUCK AND KELLY 
McELHINNEY 
INTERPERSONAL 
CAPACITY. 
SHE IS SPEAKING 
AS PRESS 
SECRETARY, ONE 
DISTINCTION WE 
SEE FROM THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION AND 
THERE IS AN 
ALLIANCE OF A 
TYPICAL 
GOVERNMENT 
SEPARATE FROM 
POLITICS AND 
THAT HAS REALLY 
BEEN DISTORTED 
HERE. 
TYPICALLY YOU 
WOULD NOT HAVE 
THESE FIGURES OF 
GOVERNMENT DROPS 
DOING THESE 
POLITICAL 
SPEECHES AND BIG 
PART OF THE 
POLITICAL 
PRESENTATION. 
THAT IS THE 
TIMES WE ARE IN. 
THE NORMS ARE 
CERTAINLY BROKEN 
BY THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
TRYING TO FOCUS 
IN SOME WAYS ON 
THE POPULAR 
FIGURES IN THE 
CONSERVATIVE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> CAYLEIGH: 
LANEY HAS A LOT 
OF ATTENTION IN 
THE CONSERVATIVE 
REPS AND THE 
PRESIDENT 
SUPPORTERS. 
KELLYANNE CONWAY 
WILL LEAD TO 
SPEND MORE TIME 
WITH HER FAMILY 
AND'S WAS THE 
CAMPAIGN MANAGER 
AND A COMFORT TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
DURING THEIR 
YEARS IN TIME IN 
OFFICE. 
THAT IS SOME OF 
WHAT WE EXPECT 
IN NIGHT THREE 
GEARING UP 
TOMORROW WHERE 
THE PRESIDENT 
WILL HAVE HIS 
BIG NIGHT. 
IT REMAINS ON 
HOW WE WILL SEE 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND HOW THAT 
WILL PLAY OUT. 
WE WERE TOLD TO 
EXPECT SURPRISES.
>> WE WILL BE 
READY FOR 
SURPRISES AND 
LAST NIGHT A 
NUMBER OF 
SPEAKERS 
DOWNPLAY THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
SPREAD. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE 
HANDLES THE TASK 
FORCE AND WHAT 
YOU EXPECT HIM 
TO SAY TONIGHT? 
>> Reporter: WE 
EXPECT HE WILL 
DELIVER A DEFENSE
OF THE PRESIDENT 
AND 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
WORK ON THAT 
FRONT BECAUSE HE 
IS AT THE TABLE 
EVERY DAY OF 
THESE MONTHS OF 
WORKING ON THE 
TASK FORCE. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
CONTROVERSY ON 
WHETHER THIS 
BEEN ENOUGH 
TESTING OR FAST 
ENOUGH RESPONSE, 
AND HAS THERE 
BEEN ENOUGH OF 
AN 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
OF STEPS 
NECESSARY. 
HE IS A 
SOMETIMES A 
MASTER BUT NOT 
VERY OFTEN. 
WE EXPECT HE 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
WHAT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS DONE AND 
LIKELY BRING OUT 
A LOT OF FACTS 
AND FIGURES 
WHERE THEY TALK 
ABOUT 
VENTILATORS AND 
PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT. 
IT STEPS WHERE 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
USES THE DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION ACT 
TO GET SOME 
EQUIPMENT MAY. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
CRITICISM ABOUT 
THE FEDERAL 
RESPONSE. 
THERE WILL 
CERTAINLY BE A 
STORY THAT MIKE 
PENCE WILL TELL 
ABOUT HOW THEY 
RESPONDED AND 
HOW THEY 
SUPPORTED BUT 
LINE WORKERS AND 
HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS AND SO 
FORTH. 
EXPECT THAT TO 
BE PART OF THE 
PRESENTATION 
TONIGHT. 
>> AN 
UNCONVENTIONAL 
QUESTION IF YOU 
FORGET THE PUN, 
BUT WE HEARD 
THAT FENCING W 
INSTALLED NEAR 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
TODAY AND DO WE 
HAVE ANY IDEA 
WHAT THAT 
FENCING IS ALL 
ABOUT? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT IS THE 
DOMAIN OF THE 
NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE AND THEY 
WRECK TEMPORARY 
FENCING THAT IS 
QUITE TALL AND 
SORT OF MODULAR. 
AT TIMES WHEN 
THEY THINK THERE 
IS A NEED FOR 
CROWD CONTROL 
AND USUALLY IN 
ADVANCE OF THE 
ANTICIPATED BIG 
EVENTS WITH A 
LOT OF MEMBERS 
OF THE PUBLIC. 
IN THIS INSTANCE 
THERE ARE COUPLE 
OF THINGS 
HAPPENING. 
THE SOUTH LAWN 
OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE IS THE 
VENUE FOR 
TOMORROW NIGHT 
WITH THE BIG 
SPEECH BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
IT IS THE 
UNUSUAL USE OF 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
BUT AN AREA THAT 
CAN BE VISIBLE 
FROM THE PUBLIC 
SPACES. 
HAVING 
ADDITIONAL 
FENCING COULD 
HELP TO PROTECT 
THAT FROM ANY 
UNUSUAL LEVEL OF 
CROWDS. 
ALSO A MARCH 
THIS WEEKEND ON 
WASHINGTON WITH 
EXPECT TO HAVE A 
LARGE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE. 
PART OF WHAT 
THEY ARE 
ANTICIPATING IS 
BECAUSE THIS 
WILL BE AN 
OUTDOOR VENUE OR 
THE PRESIDENT 
TOMORROW WITH 
THE SOUTH LAWN 
HAVING SIDELINES 
TO THE AREAS 
OPEN TO THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC. 
BY HAVING THE 
ADDITIONAL 
FENCING THAT IS 
A LAYER OF 
SECURITY, AND A 
WAY TO KEEP THE 
CROWDS THAT WILL 
ATTEND OR WILL 
GATHER AT A 
DISTANCE SO THAT 
THEY CANNOT 
BREAK THE 
BARRIERS. 
WE HAVE 
CERTAINLY SEEN 
HOW EARLIER IN 
THE YEAR WHEN 
THERE WERE 
CERTAINLY SOCIAL 
JUSTICE 
PROTESTS. 
SOME OF THOSE 
GOT VIOLENT. 
THEY ARE TAKING 
THOSE STEPS IN 
ANTICIPATION OF 
THE EVENTS 
AROUND THE WHITE 
HOUSE TOMORROW. 
>> KELLY 
O'DONNELL, ALL 
OF THE UPDATES 
FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND RNC. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S GOOD TO BE 
WITH YOU. 
>>> OUR SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF DAY 
THREE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS TONIGHT 
AT 8:00 P.M. 
WE HAVE A 
NIGHTTIME 
SPECIAL LIKE 
10:00 P.M. 
EASTERN TIME. 
WATCH IT ALL 
RIGHT HERE ON 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
>>> VOTERS 65 
AND OLDER HELP 
DONALD TRUMP 
SECURE WIN IN 
2016 PICK NEW 
POLLS SHOW IN 
2020 MORE VOTERS 
ARE SUPPORTING 
JOE BIDEN. 
DOSHA BURNS 
SPOKE WITH THE 
SENIORS IN NEW 
PORT RICHEY, 
FLORIDA. 
>> Reporter: IT 
TURNS OUT IF YOU 
WANT TO GET THE 
SENIORS IN 
SWELTERING HOT 
FLORIDA TO TALK 
ABOUT POLITICS 
CATCH THEM AT 
THE POOL AFTER 
THEY'VE DONE A 
FEW LAPS OR 
LITTLE WATER 
AEROBICS. 
THAT IS EXACTLY 
WHAT WE DID IN 
THIS AREA WITH A 
LARGE POPULATION 
OF VOTERS OVER 
THE AGE OF 65. 
THIS LARGELY HELP
TRUMP EXPAND HIS 
MARGIN OF 
VICTORY FOR THE 
GOP. 
HE WON BY 21 
POINTS COMPARED 
TO 2012 AND MET 
ROMNEY ONLY WON 
BITE 7 POINTS. 
THE ENTHUSIASM, 
IS IT HOLDING 
AND THE ANSWER I 
GET IS LARGELY A 
RESOUNDING YES. 
WHEN I TALK WITH 
VOTERS ABOUT 
40s, CONSIDERING 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC HIT 
THIS STATE AND 
DEMOGRAPHIC 
PARTICULARLY 
HARD. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
SOME OF WHAT I 
HEARD. 
>> I WORRY ABOUT 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
>> I'M NOT. 
>> Reporter: WHY 
NOT? 
>> NOW I'M NOT 
BECAUSE I'VE 
SEEN WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
THEY SAY ARE 
DYING OF IT OR 
NOT. 
THEY JUST PUT IT 
DOWN ON THE 
DEATH 
CERTIFICATE. 
>> Reporter: ARE 
YOU SAYING YOU 
DON'T BELIEVE 
THIS MANY PEOPLE 
HAVE DIED FROM 
IT? 
>> DEFINITELY NOT
. 
>> WHAT CONCERNS 
ME IS THOSE FOLKS
THAT ARE 
NAYSAYERS OR 
PEOPLE THEY 
DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT WE HAVE GOT 
A PROBLEM. 
THOSE THAT 
BELIEVE THAT 
THIS IS A HOAX, 
SO TO SPEAK. 
THOSE THAT SAY I 
DON'T KNOW 
ANYBODY THAT IS 
THAT HAD THE 
VIRUS MUST NOT 
BE A VIRUS. 
I HAVE SOMEONE 
THAT PASSED AWAY 
FROM THE VIRUS. 
I'VE HAD PEOPLE 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
HOSPITALIZED BY 
THE VIRUS. 
I KNOW IT IS 
REAL. 
>> Reporter: 
ALISON,  THAT 
SOUNDBITE ABOUT 
THE DEATHS AS AN 
EXAMPLE OF THE 
SPREAD OF 
MISREPRESENTATION. 
NBC NEWS IS 
GATHERING DATA 
FROM HEALTH 
DEPARTMENTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
THEY HAVE 
REPORTED OVER 
180,000 PEOPLE 
DEAD FROM THIS 
VIRUS. 
INTERESTINGLY, 
IT DOES NOT SEEM 
TO BE THE TOP 
PARTY OF VOTERS 
I TALKED WITH 
THERE. 
INSTEAD THESE 
FOLKS ARE 
FOCUSING ON 
SOMETHING ELSE, 
AND TAKE A LISTEN
. 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT IS YOUR TOP 
CONCERN OR WHAT 
KEEPS YOU UP AT 
NIGHT? 
>> A LOT OF THIS 
IN THE CITY 
WHERE THE MAYORS 
AND GOVERNORS OF 
PORTLAND, SEATTLE
, MINNESOTA, 
WHERE THEY DON'T 
STOP. 
THEY WOULD JUST 
RATHER KEEP ON 
GOING. 
I'M AFRAID IT 
WILL COME HERE. 
>> THIS IS THE 
WAY THINGS ARE 
GOING IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
RIGHT NOW. 
IT HAPPENED IN 
OTHER STATES AND 
SPREADING OVER 
THE NATION, AND 
I DON'T LIKE IT. 
>> Reporter: 
WHAT ARE YOU 
REFERRING TO? 
>> RIOTS AND 
STUFF. 
>> Reporter: THE 
MESSAGE MAY NOT 
BE WORKING BUT 
IN SOME PLACES 
IT SEEMS TO 
RESONATE WITH 
THE FOLKS HERE. 
>> YOU VOTED IN 
THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION AND NBC 
NEWS HAS A GREAT 
NEW TOLD HELP 
YOU FIGURE IT 
OUT. 
TRYING TO BOW, 
STATEWIDE GUIDE 
ON VOTING RULES, 
DEADLINES AND 
RESTRICTIONS. 
CHECK IT OUT AT 
NBC 
NEWS.COM/PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
>>> THE WHITE 
HOUSE 
NEGOTIATORS SAY 
THEY'RE READY TO 
TALK AGAIN, 
REACHING OUT TO 
HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI TO 
RESTART THE 
COVID RELIEF 
NEGOTIATIONS 
FEAR NBC NEWS 
CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT 
LEANNE CALDWELL 
JOINS ME. 
WHAT IS THE 
INDICATION THEY 
ARE READY TO GO? 
>> Reporter: THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
CHIEF OF STAFF 
MARK MEADOWS 
SAID HE REACHED 
OUT TO SPEAKER 
PELOSI'S OFFICE 
YESTERDAY. 
HE SAID THAT ON 
THE POLITICAL 
INTERVIEW EARLIER
THIS MORNING. 
THE SPOKESPERSON 
TO NANCY PELOSI 
SAID THAT MEMBERS
OF THE STAFF IT 
DID REACH OUT TO 
THEIR OFFICE 
YESTERDAY. 
THEY DID NOT 
INDICATE THEY 
WANTED TO START 
TALKS AGAIN. 
INSTEAD THEY 
WANTED TO FIND 
OUT THE PHONE 
NUMBER OF ONE OF 
THE PELOSI TOP 
STAFFERS. 
BUT PELOSI AND 
HER OFFICE 
MAINTAINED THEY 
ARE READY TO GO. 
THEY WILL GET 
BACK TO THE 
TABLE IF THE 
WHITE HOUSE IS 
WILLING TO MEET 
THEM HALFWAY. 
THEY SAY THEY 
HAVE GOTTEN NO 
INDICATION THAT 
IT IS PART OF 
THE PROCESS YET. 
AS OF RIGHT NOW 
THEY ARE STALLED.
>>> I HEAR 
SENATE MAJORITY 
MITCH McCONNELL 
IS TALKING ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF TODAY AND 
WHAT DOES HE 
THINK? 
>> Reporter: HE 
HAS BEEN BACK IN 
KENTUCKY FOR 
COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
HE HAS A 
CAMPAIGN TO RUN, 
AN ELECTION 
COMING UP IN 
NOVEMBER AS 
WELL. 
HE INDICATED 
THAT HE IS 
SUPPORTIVE OF 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND DEMOCRATS 
GETTING BACK TO 
IT, AND TRYING 
TO GET SOMETHING 
DONE. 
THIS IS HOW HE 
PUT IT. 
>> ONE OF THE 
REASONS WE NEED 
ANOTHER PACKET 
IS BECAUSE WE 
NEED TO DEAL 
WITH THIS 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE ISSUE. 
THAT IS FAR 
BEYOND THE NEXT 
FIVE WEEKS. 
I HAVE 
RECOMMENDED A 
PROPOSAL WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL $1 
TRILLION OVERALL.
OUR DEMOCRATIC 
REPRESENTATIVES 
IN THE HOUSE 
WANT $3 TRILLION 
WHICH IS DOUBLE 
WHAT WE HAVE 
ALREADY DONE. 
YOU NOTICE WE 
ARE AT AN 
IMPASSE. 
ONE REASON WE 
NEED TO GET PAST 
THIS IMPASSE AND 
THE OTHER DEAL 
IS TO DEAL WITH 
THIS 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
ISSUE. 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
IS NOT 
INTERESTED IN 
THE AMERICAN 
ELECTION. 
>> SUPER 
INTERESTING THAT 
MITCH McCONNELL 
WAS TALKING 
ABOUT THE NEED 
TO EXPAND THE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE. 
THAT'S THE BIG 
HANGUP IN THE 
NEGOTIATION WORK 
IMMIGRANTS WANTED
-- EXCUSE ME, 
REPUBLICANS 
WANTED LESS 
MONEY THAN $600 
A WEEK. THAT IS 
AN EXTRA BENEFIT 
THAT PEOPLE WERE 
GETTING UNTIL IT 
EXPIRED AT THE 
END OF JULY. 
THAT IS A REAL 
SIGNAL THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
BEGINNING TO 
FEEL THE PAIN. 
POLITICIANS ARE 
HEARING IT. 
ALSO, ALISON, 
THE CARES ACT, 
THE FIRST BIG 
RELIEF PACKAGE 
PASSED SEVERAL 
MONTHS AGO WAS 
AN EXTREMELY 
POPULAR PIECE OF 
LEGISLATION. 
A LOT OF THESE 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
RUNNING IN THESE 
TOUGH REELECTION 
RACES IN 
NOVEMBER AND 
THEY KNOW THAT 
ANOTHER BIG 
BENEFIT PACKAGE 
WILL JUST HELP 
THEM. 
>> LEEANN, ONE 
LAST QUESTION 
WITH TREASURY 
SECRETARY STEVE 
MNUCHIN 
TESTIFYING ON 
CAPITOL HILL 
NEXT WEEK, AND 
WHAT CAN TELL US 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
THIS IS THE 
OVERSIGHT 
COMMITTEE 
CREATED IN THE 
HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
TO HAVE 
OVERSIGHT OF THE 
$2.2 TRILLION 
CARES ACT PASSED 
A FEW MONTHS 
AGO. 
IT IS NOW THE 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
TIME TO BE IN 
THE HOT SEAT TO 
EXPLAIN HOW SOME 
OF THESE 
PROGRAMS WENT, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
TREASURY AND 
FEDERAL RESERVE 
PROGRAMS THAT 
DOLED OUT 
HUNDREDS OF 
BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS TO 
CORPORATIONS TO 
KEEP THEM AFLOAT.
THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
CONGRESS WILL 
HEAR FROM STEVE 
MNUCHIN SINCE 
THE NEGOTIATIONS 
ON A NEW RELIEF 
PACKAGE THAT HAS 
BEEN STALLED. 
HE WILL GET A 
LOT OF QUESTIONS 
ON WHAT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
WANTS AND WHAT 
THEY ARE PERHAPS 
WILLING TO 
NEGOTIATE ON IN 
THE FUTURE, AS 
WELL AS QUESTIONS
ON THE OVERSIGHT 
COMPONENT OF 
WHAT HAS ALREADY 
BEEN PASSED. 
>> LEEANN, IT 
CERTAINLY HAS 
NOT BEEN A QUIET 
SUMMER ON 
CAPITOL HILL FOR 
SURE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>>> THIS IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN . 
>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY HAS 
NEVER BEEN MORE 
IMPORTANT WITH 
ALL WE ARE 
FACING. 
I AM PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF 
BLACK WOMAN, 
DAUGHTER OF AN 
IMMIGRANT, WIFE 
AND MOTHER, AND 
KID SADLY MORE 
VULNERABLE DUE 
TO THEIR COLOR. 
I AM PROUD TO BE 
A REPRESENTATIVE 
OF EMERGING 
AMERICA ON CABLE 
TV NEWS. 
I HOPE THAT MY 
MOM LOOKS DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
WILL BE PROUD. 
>>> SCHOOLS 
AROUND THE WORLD 
ARE REOPENING 
WITH STRICT NEW 
CORONAVIRUS 
STANDARDS TO 
KEEP THE 
STUDENTS SAFE. 
OUR NBC NEWS 
FOREIGN 
CORRESPONDENT 
SHOWS US THE NEW 
NORMAL IN THE 
CLASSROOMS 
OVERSEAS. 
>> Reporter: 
FROM ASIA TO THE 
MIDDLE EAST, TO 
EUROPE. 
THE SCHOOLS ARE 
LEARNING HOW TO 
BRING THE 
STUDENTS AND 
TEACHERS BACK 
TOGETHER. 
AND THAILAND THE 
POPULATION OF 69 
MILLION, THEY 
HAVE ONE OF THE 
LOWEST COVID 
INFECTION RATES 
IN THE WORLD 
WITH JUST OVER 
3000 CASES. 
THEY HAVE FEWER 
THAN 60 DEATHS 
BUT THEY ARE NOT 
TAKING ANY 
CHANCES AT 
SCHOOL. 
THEY HAVE 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS FOR 
STUDENTS WITH 
EVERYONE WEARING 
A MASK. 
THEY HAVE HAND 
WASHING STATIONS 
AND PLASTIC 
SCREENS AROUND 
THE DESK. THIS 
IS WHERE 
STUDENTS HAVE 
LESSONS AND 
LUNCH WITH NO 
STAGGERED 
CLASSES, OR 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING RULES 
OF. 
YET THEY HAVE 
NOT HAD A SINGLE 
TRANSMISSION OF 
COVID IN THE 
COMMUNITY IN THE 
LAST TWO MONTHS. 
>> Reporter: 
IT'S A DIFFERENT 
STORY IN ISRAEL 
WITH POPULATION 
8.7 MILLION WITH 
103,000 CASES 
AND MORE THAN 
830 DEATHS. 
THEY INVITED ALL 
OF THE STUDENTS 
BACK TO THE 
SCHOOLS IN MAY. 
THE RESULT WAS 
AN EXPLOSION IN 
THE INFECTIONS. 
NOW THEY ARE 
ADJUSTING. 
FROM THE 
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
THAT ARE ALREADY 
OPEN WITH THE 
DESKS SPREAD 
APART WITH THE 
MASKS FOR 
TEACHERS AND 
OLDER STUDENTS. 
IN THE PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS THERE 
DISINFECTING FOR 
THE FIRST DAY 
BACK NEXT WEEK. 
THEY WANT TO 
KEEP THE CLASS 
SIZES SMALL. 
AND TEL AVIV 
EVERY STUDENT 
GOES TO SCHOOL 
THREE OR FOUR 
TIMES A WEEK BUT 
THE REST OF THE 
LEARNING IS 
ONLINE. 
>> THEY ARE ABLE 
TO SOCIALIZE AND 
HAVE CONTACT 
WITH HER 
TEACHERS WHICH 
WILL DEFINITELY 
IMPROVE THEIR 
LEARNING 
EXPERIENCE. 
THERE IS NO 
OTHER 
ALTERNATIVE. 
WE CANNOT KEEP 
70,000 KIDS AT 
HOME. 
THE ECONOMY WILL 
NOT SURVIVE IT. 
SOCIETY WILL NOT 
SURVIVE IT. 
>> Reporter: IF 
YOU IN BRITAIN 
SAYS STAYING OUT 
OF SCHOOL IS 
MORE DANGEROUS 
TO THE HEALTH OF 
THE CHILD AND 
CATCHING COVID. 
>> IT IS 
EVERYWHERE AND 
THERE ARE 
CHANCES OF 
CHILDREN DYING 
FROM COVID WHICH 
IS INCREDIBLY 
SMALL. 
THERE IS 
EVIDENCE THAT 
NOT GOING TO 
SCHOOL DAMAGES 
CHILDREN IN THE 
LONG RUN. 
>> Reporter: THE 
POPULATION OF 
67,327,000 CASES 
WITH OVER 41,000 
DEATHS. 
ALL STUDENTS ARE 
NOW HEADING BACK 
TO SCHOOL TO 
FIND MORE 
HANDWASHING AND 
DESK PLANNING. 
A NEW STUDY BIKE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
ENGLAND FOUND 
OUT OF 1 MILLION 
PRESCHOOLERS AND 
ELEMENTARY KIDS 
IN SCHOOL IN 
JUNE, ONLY 70 
CHILDREN, AND 
128 STAFF TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE STUDY ALSO 
FOUND KIDS ARE 
MORE LIKELY TO 
GET INFECTED AT 
HOME. 
AND PARTS OF THE 
UK THE MASKS ARE 
MANDATORY FOR 
THE OLDER 
STUDENTS. 
THAT IS IN THE 
HALLWAYS BUT NOT 
THE CLASSROOMS. 
>> PERSONALLY I 
WOULD REFUSE TO 
WEAR ONE. 
I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO SEE 
THE FACIAL 
EXPRESSIONS AND 
TO SEE THE 
PHRASE. 
I THINK THEY 
SHOULD BE ABLE 
TO READ THAT. 
>> Reporter: 
ACROSS BREAK 
BRITAIN AND 
NORTHERN IRELAND 
HAVE RULES FROM 
ADMINISTRATORS. 
>> THE NEW RULES 
WHERE THE 
FOLLOWED GOOD 
FOR US. 
THEY ARE VERY 
DIFFERENT TO 
WHAT I'M USED 
TO. 
IT WILL TAKE A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
TIME TO GET INTO 
IT. 
>> Reporter: THE 
NEW STRATEGY IS 
PERFECT. 
SOUTH KOREA HAS 
BEEN PRAISED FOR 
THEIR HANDLING 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS WITH 
POPULATION 51 
MILLION, 17,000 
CASES WITH JUST 
OVER 300 DEATHS. 
BUT THEIR 
SCHOOLS ARE 
TEMPORARILY 
CLOSING IN THE 
CAPITAL SEOUL 
WITH COVID CASES 
JUMPING UP INTO 
THE HUNDREDS. 
THE UNITED 
STATES CONTINUES 
TO DEBATE THE 
REOPENING OF 
SCHOOLS WITH 
DIFFERENT PATHS 
TAKEN IN STATE 
AND DISTRICT. 
THE REST OF THE 
WORLD IS FORGING 
AHEAD TRYING TO 
GET AS CLOSE TO 
NORMAL AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>>> A 17-YEAR-
OLD IS IN 
CUSTODY IN 
CONNECTION WITH 
THE LAST NIGHT 
DEADLY SHOOTING 
AT THE PROTEST 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
TWO PEOPLE DIED 
AND ANOTHER 
SERIOUSLY 
INJURED WHEN AN 
OPEN FIRE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE 
STREET BY THIS 
MAN. 
WE WANT YOU THE 
VIDEO YOU'RE 
ABOUT TO SEE IS 
DISTURBING. 
DISTURBING. ,
>> NBC NEWS 
CANNOT CONFIRM 
BEFORE AFTER THE 
RECORDING OR IF 
THE PERSON IN 
THE VIDEO IS THE 
PERSON CUSTODY 
TONIGHT. 
HERE'S THE 
KENOSHA POLICE 
CHIEF ON THE 
ARREST. 
>> HE BECAME 
ENGAGED IN SOME 
TYPE OF 
DISTURBANCE. 
PERSONS WERE 
SHOT. 
THIS 17-YEAR-OLD 
INDIVIDUAL FROM 
ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS
WAS INVOLVED IN 
THE USE OF 
FIREARMS TO 
SOLVE WHATEVER 
CONFLICT WAS IN 
PLACE. 
WHAT I CANNOT 
TELL YOU IS WHAT 
LED TO THE 
DISTURBANCE. 
AND IF BOTH 
DEATHS ARE 
RELATED TO THE 
SAME PERSON. 
I DON'T KNOW 
THAT. 
>> JOINING ME 
FROM KENOSHA, 
WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THAT 
DEADLY SHOOTING? 
>> Reporter: YOU 
COULD HEAR THAT 
BUT DETAILS ARE 
STILL BEING 
INVESTIGATED. 
WE KNOW THAT 17-
YEAR-OLD IS NOW 
IN CUSTODY AND 
HAS BEEN CHARGED 
WITH FIRST-
DEGREE 
INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE IN THE 
DEATH OF THE TWO 
PROTESTERS OR 
TWO INDIVIDUALS 
KILLED IN THE 
SHOOTING AFTER 
THE PROTEST 
YESTERDAY. 
TO GIVE YOU A 
SENSE OF WHAT 
HAPPENED LAST 
NIGHT THE 
PROTEST WAS 
HERE. 
THEY HAD AN 8:00 
P.M. 
CURFEW. 
RIGHT NOW THINGS 
ARE QUIET AND 
PEACEFUL BUT IN 
THIS PARK IS 
WHERE YOU SAW 
THE CLASH 
BETWEEN THE 
PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE. 
THE POLICE CLEAR 
THIS AREA TWO 
HOURS AFTER 
CURFEW WHICH IS 
WHEN PEOPLE 
BEGAN GOING OFF 
ONTO THE 
DIFFERENT SIDE 
STREETS. 
YOU SAW 
DIFFERENT GROUPS 
WITH PEOPLE 
PROTECTING 
PROPERTY IN 
PROTESTERS. 
THERE WERE A LOT 
OF GUNS OUT 
THERE AND 
APPARENTLY THERE 
WAS AN 
ALTERCATION THAT 
LED TO THE 
SHOOTING. 
BUT THE POLICE 
SAY THAT PERSON 
THAT SHOT AND 
KILLED THE TWO 
INDIVIDUALS, 126 
IN THE OTHER 36 
YEARS OLD IS IN 
CUSTODY, AND THE 
17-YEAR-OLD HAS 
BEEN CHARGED 
WITH INTENTIONAL 
HOMICIDE. 
>> THESE PROTEST 
OF COURSE OVER 
THE POLICE CHIEF 
OF JACOB BLAKE ON
SUNDAY. 
KENOSHA POLICE 
DID NOT GIVE ANY 
MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT THE LAKE 
SHOOTING TODAY. 
WHY NOT? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT'S VERY 
INTERESTING. 
THEY SCHEDULE 
THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE 
SOMEWHAT LAST-
MINUTE. 
WE THOUGHT WE 
WOULD HEAR 
SOMETHING, MORE 
DETAIL ABOUT 
EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED SUNDAY 
NIGHT. 
REMEMBER WE HAVE 
NOT HEARD 
ANYTHING FROM 
THE INITIAL 
STATEMENT. 
NOTHING OFFICIAL 
SINCE THE 
INITIAL 
STATEMENT SUNDAY 
NIGHT AFTER THE 
SHOOTING. 
WE'VE SEEN THE 
VIDEO CIRCULATED 
AND HER FROM 
DIFFERENT 
WITNESSES THAT 
TELL DIFFERENT 
STORIES. 
IT'S VERY 
DIFFERENT 
DETAILS AND 
THOSE STORIES. 
THE THE POLICE 
HAVE NOT 
CONFIRMED THE 
ACTUAL DETAILS. 
BUT TODAY IN THE 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
THEY SAID THE 
REASON IT IS IS 
BECAUSE HE DOES 
NOT KNOW. 
HE WAS NOT THERE 
FOR THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WHAT HAPPENS IN 
WISCONSIN AFTER 
A PLEA SHOOTING 
IS THAT HE GOES 
TO ANOTHER BODY. 
IT IS THE COUNTY 
OR WHAT WE KNOW 
NOW IS THAT THE 
STATE IS 
HANDLING THE 
INVESTIGATION TO 
HELP TO MAKE IT 
MORE 
TRANSPARENT. 
IT HELPS WITH 
THE CONFLICT OF 
INTEREST INSTEAD 
OF THE CURRENT 
DEPARTMENT 
INVESTIGATING 
THEIR OWN 
SHOOTING. 
BECAUSE OF THAT 
HE'S NOT ABLE TO 
RELEASE MORE 
INFORMATION. 
THE PEOPLE THAT 
CAN RELEASE MORE 
INFORMATION IS 
THE STATE 
DIVISION OF 
CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATION 
UNDER THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
THEY SAID THEY 
WILL NOT RELEASE 
ANY MORE 
INFORMATION. 
THERE IS A 30 
DAY TIMELINE 
FROM THE DATE OF 
THE SHOOTING TO 
ISSUE A REPORT 
TO THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEYS AND 
PROSECUTORS. 
IF PROSECUTORS 
CHOOSE NOT TO 
FILE CHARGES 
AGAINST THE 
OFFICERS, IN THE 
REPORT WILL 
BECOME PUBLIC. 
THERE IS A 
SIGNAL WE WILL 
NOT SEE ANY NEW 
INFORMATION OR 
DETAILS UNTIL 
THAT REPORT, OR 
UNTIL POSSIBLE 
CHARGES ARE 
FILED. 
>> SHAQ, JOE 
BIDEN TWEETED 
ABOUT JACOB 
BLAKE TODAY. 
WHAT DID HE SAY? 
>> Reporter:  WE 
WILL PUT UP THE 
TWEET RIGHT NOW 
BUT HE RELEASED 
A FULL VIDEO. 
WE KNOW THAT 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN AND 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS BOTH HAD 
A PHONE CALL 
WITH THE FAMILY, 
WITH THE MOM OF 
MR. JACOB BLAKE. 
THIS WAS A FULL 
VIDEO THAT WENT 
ON FOR ABOUT A 
MINUTE AND A 
HALF AS I PLAY 
IT RIGHT NOW. 
LET ME MUTE THIS 
FOR YOU GUYS. 
HOLD ON, I'M 
HAVING TECHNICAL 
TROUBLES RIGHT 
NOW. 
BUT IN HIS 20s 
IS ONCE AGAIN A 
BLACK MAN, JACOB 
BLAKE, WAS SHOT 
BY THE POLICE IN 
FRONT OF HIS 
CHILDREN. 
IT MAKES ME 
SICK. 
HE SAYS IS THIS 
THE COUNTRY WANT 
TO BE. 
HE TALKED ABOUT 
THE NEEDLESS 
VIOLENCE THAT 
WILL NOT HEAL US
. WE NEED TO END 
VIOLENCE COME 
TOGETHER AND 
DEMAND JUSTICE. 
YOU SEE VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
AND SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
ON THE TICKET. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE ISSUE AND 
CALLING FOR 
UNITY BUT ALSO 
CONDEMNING THE 
VIOLENCE. 
IT'S IMPORTANT 
TO NOTE WE HAVE 
NOT HEARD FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ON THE SHOOTING. 
WE HEARD HIM 
TALK ABOUT THE 
VIOLENCE 
AFTERWARD SAYING 
HE WAS GOING TO 
SEND FEDERAL 
RESOURCES. 
THE GOVERNOR IS 
SAYING THERE 
WILL NOT BE 
FEDERAL 
RESOURCES BUT 
THERE WILL BE AN 
INCREASE IN 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TROOPS THAT WILL 
BE HERE. 
AS FAR AS THE 
SHOOTING OF MR. 
JACOB BLAKE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS NOT 
COMMENTED AS WE 
HEARD FROM JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
>> SHACK, A 
QUESTION ABOUT 
THE NBA WITH 
BILL MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, AND IN A 
NORMAL SEASON 
THEY PLAYED NOT 
THAT FAR FROM 
KENOSHA BUT 
APPARENTLY DID 
NOT SHOW UP 
TODAY AND WE 
BELIEVE THIS IS 
THE JACOB BLAKE 
PROTEST. 
WHAT YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THAT? 
>> Reporter: 
MILWAUKEE IS ONLY
30 OR 40 MINUTES 
NORTH OF WHERE 
WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS WERE 
SCHEDULED TO 
HAVE A GAME 
TODAY, ONE OF 
THE THREE TEAMS 
IN THE PLAYOFFS 
AND GAME 5. THEY 
ARE UP 3-1. THEY 
ARRIVED BUT DID 
NOT HIT THE 
COURT. 
THEY WERE 
BOYCOTTING THE 
GAME. 
THE MBA SAID ALL 
PLAYOFF GAMES 
SCHEDULED FOR 
TONIGHT WILL NOW 
BE POSTPONED. 
THERE WAS A LOT 
OF SUPPORT THAT 
YOU SAW ONCE 
MILWAUKEE 
DECIDED NOT TO 
TAKE THE COURT. 
WE SAW OTHER 
PLAYERS COMING 
IN. 
LeBRON JAMES 
TWEETED OUT IT 
WAS RIDICULOUS. 
WE WANT TO SEE 
AN END TO THE 
SHOOTINGS. 
YOU SEE THE MBA 
TAKING A STAND. 
THERE'S ALSO 
COMMENT WE ARE 
HEARING FROM 
SENIOR VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS. 
HE SAID SOME 
THINGS ARE 
BIGGER THE 
BASKETBALL. 
THE STAND TAKEN 
TODAY BY THE 
PLAYERS AN 
ORGANIZATION 
SHOWS WE ARE FED 
UP. 
ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH. 
CHANGE NEEDS TO 
HAPPEN. 
THE LEAGUE HAS 
BEEN VERY 
PROGRESSIVE. 
IF YOU WATCHED 
ANY OF THE GAMES 
YOU SEE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
EMBLAZONED ON 
THE COURT WITH 
LOGOS THAT THEY 
HAVE. 
SOME PLAYERS 
HAVE OPTED TO 
CHANGE THE NAMES 
ON THE BACK OF 
THEIR JERSEYS 
FOR DIFFERENT 
SOCIAL JUSTICE 
MESSAGES. 
THEY ARE GOING 
BEYOND 
SYMBOLISM. 
SOME PEOPLE 
CRITICIZED THE 
SYMBOLISM SO 
THEY'RE GOING 
BEYOND THE 
SYMBOLISM TO 
TAKE A MORE 
SUBSTANTIAL, 
MORE FINANCIAL 
OR EXPENSIVE, I 
SHOULD SAY, 
ACTION BY NOT 
SHOWING UP AND 
NOT PLAYING IN 
TONIGHT'S GAME. 
>> THAT'S VERY 
IMPRESSIVE TO 
SEE, SHAQ . SOME 
OF THE ATHLETES 
AND IN THE 
LEAGUE TAKING A 
STAND ON ISSUES 
THAT MATTER AND 
ON RACISM IN 
PARTICULAR. 
THAT IS 
SHAQUILLE 
BREWSTER GETTING 
ALL OF THE 
TOPICS AND EVEN 
WITH THAT MINOR 
TECH TROUBLE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> Reporter: 
THANK YOU, 
ALISON . 
>>> THE BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY IS 
TESTING ALL OF 
ITS STUDENTS FOR 
COVID-19 AND 
IT'S VERY OWN 
LAB A. THE 
RESULT SHOULD 
TAKE ABOUT 48 
HOURS. 
OUR NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
AND THOMPSON 
SHOWS US THIS 
INNOVATIVE AND 
EFFICIENT NEW 
PROGRAM. 
>> Reporter: 
THEY HAVE A 
ROBUST TESTING 
PROGRAM WHEREBY 
WE TEST MEMBERS 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
OR DOZENS OF 
SYMPTOMS. 
THE TESTS ARE 
VERY ACCURATE. 
>> THIS IS THE 
QUANTITATIVE PCR 
REACTION. 
THIS TEST IS 
SPECIFICALLY FOR 
THE RNA. 
>> Reporter: 
STUDENTS ARE 
BEING TESTED 
TWICE A WEEK. 
GRADUATE 
STUDENTS ARE 
BEING TESTED 
ONCE WEEKLY. 
>> THIS ALLOWS 
US TO SAMPLE THE 
COMMUNITY IN A 
WAY THAT GIVES 
US REAL-TIME 
INFORMATION. 
FIRST OF ALL IF 
SOMEONE IS 
TARGETED YOU CAN 
CALL THEM AND DO 
CONTACT TRACING 
AND YOU CAN GET 
THEM ISOLATED AS 
QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
IT GIVES US VERY 
FAST FEEDBACK 
AND DATA ON HOW 
THE VIRUS MAY BE 
TRANSMITTING IN 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
IF WE START TO 
SEE THE NUMBERS 
GOING UP 
QUICKLY, ARE 
GOING UP AND 
AWAY THAT IS 
DOUBLING, WE 
WILL KNOW A LOT 
ABOUT WHERE THE 
VIRUSES ON THE 
CAMPUS. 
>> Reporter: YOU 
ARE 100% WILLING 
TO MAKE THAT 
SACRIFICE? 
>> WE ARE 
WILLING TO MAKE 
THE SACK BY 
SIMPLY THE REST 
OF THE STUDENT 
BODY WE HOPE 
EVERYBODY IS 
TAKING THE RIGHT 
PRECAUTIONS. 
>> IT'S THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
REGULAR TESTING. 
IF THEY ARE NOT 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCING WE 
WILL TEST THEM. 
>> I WANT TO 
KEEP EVERYBODY 
AROUND ME SAY 
BECAUSE I WANT 
TO KEEP MY 
FAMILY SAFE. 
TESTING THOSE 
THAT COME IN 
CONTACT WITH ME 
OR OTHER PEOPLE 
THAT TESTED 
POSITIVE THAT 
CAME IN CONTACT 
WITH ME, I WANT 
TO KNOW THAT 
INFORMATION AS 
MUCH AS I WOULD 
LIKE TO GIVE IT 
OUT TO HELP TO 
STOP THE SPREAD 
TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYBODY IS 
SAFE HERE. 
>> PART OF 
CONTACT TESTING 
IS WE NOTIFY THE 
PERSON THAT 
NEEDS TO BE 
TESTED. 
SOMETIMES THEY 
ARE TOLD TO 
ISOLATE BE A 
PERSON TO SELF-
ISOLATE. 
>> I'M JOIN LIVE 
FROM BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY. 
I AM IMPRESSED 
NOT ONLY WITH 
THE LAB BUT 
BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY IS A 
BIG SCHOOL AND 
HOW CAN THAT 
UNIVERSITY 
PROCESS SO MANY 
TESTS? 
>> Reporter: 
THEY DECIDED TO 
DO THIS BACK IN 
THE SPRING WHEN 
THEY LOOK AT HOW 
TO BRING 
EVERYBODY BACK 
TO CAMPUS AND 
KEEP PEOPLE 
SAFE. 
THE ONLY COST-
EFFECTIVE WAY 
THEY SAW WAS TO 
DO THEIR OWN 
TESTING AND NOT 
JUST THAT BUT DO 
CONTINUOUSLY 
TEST THOSE 
STUDENTS, 
GRADUATE AND 
UNDERGRADUATE AS 
WELL AS FACULTY 
AND STAFF SO 
THAT THEY COULD 
TRACK THE SPREAD 
OF THE DISEASE. 
THE LAB IS THE 
KEY. 
THOSE EIGHT 
ROBOTS IN ABOUT 
A DOZEN PEOPLE 
THAT WORK FROM 
7:00 IN THE 
MORNING UNTIL 
10:30 AT NIGHT 
CAN PROCESS UP 
TO 6000 TESTS 
PER DAY. 
THEY HOPE TO GET 
RESULTS BACK 
WITHIN 24 HOURS 
AND THAT SPEED 
IS THE KEY TO 
CONTAINING THE 
VIRUS. 
>> THAT IS 
INCREDIBLE WORK 
THEY'RE DOING 
WITH LONG HOURS 
AND THOUSANDS OF 
TESTS. 
THAT'S VERY 
IMPRESSIVE. 
I UNDERSTAND 
THEY HAVE PRETTY 
STRICT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
ROLES. 
WHAT ARE THE 
REGULATIONS AND 
WHAT HAPPENS IF 
THE STUDENT 
BREAKS THEM? 
>> Reporter: THE 
DEAN OF STUDENTS 
CAME OUT THE 
BLISTERING 
LETTER TODAY 
TELLING THE 
STUDENTS AT 
BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY THAT 
IF YOU HOLD THE 
PARTY WITH MORE 
THAN 25 PEOPLE 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE SUSPENDED FOR 
THE FALL 
SEMESTER. 
THAT MEANS YOU 
ARE KICKED OFF 
THE CAMPUS. 
YOU CANNOT TAKE 
CLASSES 
REMOTELY, AND 
YOU CANNOT GET A 
REFUND ON YOUR 
TUITION ROOM OR 
BOARD. 
THEY ARE 
ACTUALLY SERIOUS 
ABOUT THIS. 
WHY DID THEY PUT 
OUT THAT LETTER? 
BECAUSE OTHER 
SCHOOLS THAT 
OPEN BEFORE BU 
AND DESPITE THE 
TESTING PROGRAMS 
THEY HAD, AND 
WHEN COLLEGE 
STUDENTS DO WHAT 
THEY LIKE TO DO 
WHICH IS GETTING 
TOGETHER AND 
THEY FORGET 
ABOUT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, 
START DRINKING 
BEER WITH THE 
MASKS COMING OFF 
IN SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, AND 
THEY ARE 
DETERMINED IT 
WILL NOT HAPPEN 
HERE. 
>> THE BOSTON 
UNIVERSITY IS 
CERTAINLY NOT 
MESSING AROUND. 
THANK YOU FOR 
SHOWING UP AND 
DOING THAT. 
>> Reporter: 
TAKE CARE, 
ALISON . 
>>> MILLIONS OF 
AMERICAS ON THE 
GULF COAST ARE 
BRACING FOR A 
POTENTIALLY 
CATASTROPHIC 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
THERE STILL 
DEALING WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
OUR INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE DOCTOR 
AND SCHOLAR AT 
JOHNS HOPKINS 
JOINS ME NOW AND 
WHAT ADVICE DO 
YOU HAVE FOR 
PEOPLE PREPARING 
FOR HURRICANE 
LAURA RIGHT NOW 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC? 
>> TAKE THE SAME 
PREPARATION 
WOULD TAKE 
DURING ANY 
HURRICANE 
SEASON. 
WE KNOW THAT 
HURRICANES CAN BE
DEADLY AND 
DISRUPTIVE. 
WE DON'T WANT 
PEOPLE SKIMPING 
ON PREPARING FOR 
THE HURRICANE 
DUE TO COVID-19. 
IT WILL BE 
CHALLENGING DUE 
TO DOES SHOW 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE 
WANT TO GET 
RIGHT. 
WE DON'T WANT 
PEOPLE HARMED 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
COVID-19 AND NOT 
TAKING 
APPROPRIATE 
PRECAUTIONS FOR 
THE HURRICANE. 
>> WE COULD SEE 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE IN THE 
HURRICANE 
SHELTERS. 
OBVIOUSLY SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL 
BE A CHALLENGE 
EVEN TRYING TO 
MAINTAIN IT. 
YOU EXPECT TO 
SEE A SPIKE IN 
THE SOUTH IN 
CASES IN THE 
WEEKS TO COME? 
>> ANY TIME LIKE 
THIS WITH THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
THE VIRUS TO 
SPREAD. 
IF PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO 
SHELTERS WHERE 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IS 
VERY DIFFICULT 
YOU HAVE TO 
RECOGNIZE THEY 
WILL BE CASES 
AND THOSE IN THE 
SHELTERS SHOULD 
CONSIDER 
THEMSELVES 
EXPOSED TO GET 
TESTED OR SELF-
QUARANTINE FOR 
14 DAYS. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT A 
POTENTIAL 
VACCINE. 
MODERNA SAID THE 
VACCINE IS 
SHOWING 
PROMISING 
RESULTS IN 
ELDERLY 
PATIENTS. 
HOW CONSIDERED 
IS THAT 
CONSIDERING THE 
ELDERLY ARE 
OFTEN THE MOST 
BONDABLE FROM 
COVID-19? 
>> THIS IS 
WELCOME NEWS TO 
MANY FOLLOWING 
THIS BECAUSE WE 
KNOW THOSE IN A 
HIGH RISK GROUP 
TEND TO BE 
OLDER. 
WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THE VACCINE 
WORKS IN THAT 
GROUP BUT WE 
KNOW THEY DON'T 
WORK SO WELL IN 
THE ELDERLY 
POPULATION. 
IT'S IMPORTANT 
TO KNOW IF 
ANTIBODIES ARE 
FORMED AND THIS 
IS ONLY A SMALL 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
IN THIS REPORT 
THAT MODERNA 
RELEASED. 
WE WANT TO SEE 
MORE DATA AND 
BIGGER GROUPS OF 
THE POPULATION 
IN ORDER TO SAY 
FOR SURE HOW 
WELL IT WORKS IN 
THE ELDERLY. 
>> WHAT OTHER 
KINDS OF RESULTS 
AND WHAT THINGS 
ARE YOU WATCHING 
FOR IN THESE 
VACCINE TRIALS 
TO BE A SIGN OF 
SUCCESS FOR YOU? 
>> REAL SUCCESS 
WILL BE IN PHASE 
THREE CLINICAL 
TRIALS WHEN 
PEOPLE ARE 
VACCINATED 
FACING THE VIRUS 
IN THEIR DAY-TO-
DAY LIFE. 
WHEN WE SEE THE 
ANTIBODIES AND 
THE CELL 
COMMUNITY AND 
HOW THEY ARE 
FAIRING AGAINST 
THE REAL VIRUS. 
THAT IS HOW WE 
KNOW IT WILL 
WORK IN WHEN YOU 
VACCINE A HIGH 
NUMBER OF 
POPULATION, TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE, ARE THE 
RARE SIDE EFFECTS
YOU CAN SEE THAT 
COULD POSE A 
PROBLEM LATER 
ON. 
IT'S REALLY 
PHASE THREE OF 
THE CLINICAL 
TRIAL WHERE WE 
SEE EVERYTHING 
WHEN IT ABOUT 
THE VACCINE ON 
HOW EFFECTIVE IT 
IS IN THE IMPACT 
ON THE 
TRAJECTORY OF 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>> THANK YOU, 
DR. ADALJA, AND 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING BACK ON 
THE SHOW . 
>> THANK YOU. 
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>>> THE NEWS 
BUSINESS IT IS 
DYNAMIC AND 
PROBABLY NEVER 
MORE IMPORTANT 
WITH ALL WE ARE 
FACING. 
I'M PROUD TO 
BRING THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF 
THE BLACK WOMAN, 
DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANT, WIFE 
AND MOTHER AND A 
HUSBAND AND KITS 
THAT ARE SADLY 
MORE VULNERABLE 
TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE DUE TO 
THEIR COLOR. 
I AM A PROUD 
NERD AND 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF EMERGING 
AMERICA TO CABLE 
NEWS. 
I HOPE THAT MY 
MOM LOOKS DOWN 
FROM HEAVEN AND 
WILL BE PROUD. 
>>> HURRICANE 
LAURA IS NOW 
POWERFUL 
CATEGORY 4 STORM.
FORECASTERS ARE 
WARNING ABOUT 
THE POTENTIALLY 
CATASTROPHIC 
STRIKE AT THE 
TEXAS-LOUISIANA 
TEXT LINE. 
WE HAVE ALLEY IN 
TEXAS, AND HOW 
ARE THINGS RIGHT 
NOW? 
I KNOW IT LOOKS 
CALM BUT THERE 
IS ROUGH STUFF 
HEADING YOUR WAY.
>> Reporter: 
THIS IS COMMON 
AHEAD OF A 
HURRICANE. 
IT IS CLOUDY. 
YOU CAN SEE SOME 
SUNLIGHT. WE ARE 
ABOUT SIX HOURS 
AWAY FROM 
FEELING THE 
EFFECTS OF IT. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
RAIN BAND AROUND 
HERE BUT THE 
DANGER IS 
TWOFOLD. 
THE 5:00 P.M. 
OUTLOOK CAME OUT 
ABOUT THE 
HURRICANE THAT 
HAS STRENGTHENED
. THAT EXPECTED 
WILL MAKE 
LANDFALL AROUND 
MIDNIGHT THIS 
MORNING AT 150 
MILE AN HOUR 
WIND. 
THAT IS STRONG 
CATEGORY 4 IN 
ONLY 5 MILES 
LOWER THAN 
CATEGORY 5. THIS 
REGION HAS NOT 
SEEN THAT BUT 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
REMARKABLE 
DEVASTATION FROM 
HURRICANES NOT 
REALLY THAT 
STRONG. 
IT INCLUDES NOT 
ONLY THE WIND 
DAMAGE BUT 
DEATHS FROM 
HURRICANES 
LARGELY COME 
FROM FLOODING. 
DURING BEAUMONT, 
TEXAS DURING 
HARVEY THE 
ENTIRE PLACE 
FLOOD. 
WATER LEVEL SITE 
NORMAL, ROUGHLY 
AT SEA LEVEL 30 
MILES FROM THE 
GULF OF MEXICO. 
IF THIS GETS TO 
6 FEET ABOVE 
WHERE WE ARE 
THERE WILL BE 
PROBLEMS. 
EXPECTED COULD BE
15 FEET, AND 
THIS PLACE WILL 
BE CUT OFF ONCE 
AGAIN. 
THERE IS THAT. 
IF YOU CAN SEE 
OVER A YEAR 
WHERE WE HAVE 
CANALS AND 
BUYOUS. 
THIS YELLOW LINE 
IS THE PIPELINE. 
THIS IS OIL 
COUNTRY. 
YOU CAN SEE THE 
BOW THE HEAD TO 
THE LEFT OF ME 
OVER THERE. 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF SHUTDOWN OF 
THE OIL-
PRODUCING IN THE 
GULF OF MEXICO 
ON THE RIGS AND 
PLATFORMS. 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF SHUTDOWN IN 
THE REFINING AS 
WELL. 
THIS MAKES THIS 
OF A NATIONAL 
INTEREST. 
IF OIL 
FACILITIES GET 
DAMAGED, PLAITED 
OR SHUT DOWN FOR 
A LONG TIME IT 
WILL AFFECT THE 
PEOPLE WAY 
BEYOND THIS 
REGION. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE DOUBLE 
THREAT AND 
OBVIOUSLY IS 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
FOLKS BEING SENT 
TO GET OUT OF 
THAT AREA. 
OF COURSE THE 
ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
THEY WILL GET A 
DOUBLE WHAMMY 
HERE. 
>> Reporter: 
GUESS, LET ME 
GIVE YOU A 
PICTURE OF THIS. 
WE ARE IN 
BEAUMONT AND 
PORT ARTHUR WILL 
PROBABLY GET IT 
WORSE THAN WE 
ARE BECAUSE 
THAT'S CLOSE TO 
THE GOLF MAMA -- 
CLOSE TO THE 
GULF. 
IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO THERE ARE 
TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OR 
10,000 RIGS AT 
ROUGHLY. 
OF THAT DURING 
HURRICANE KATRINA
THEY SHUT DOWN 
90%. 
84% WAS SHUT 
DOWN AS OF THIS 
AFTERNOON. 
THAT IS 
SOMEWHERE CLOSE 
TO 2 MILLION 
BARRELS OF 
PRODUCTION FROM 
THE GULF OF 
MEXICO. 
THAT COMES INTO 
THIS AREA TO GET 
REFINED. 
THE BIGGEST 
REFINERY IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS 
IMPORT AUTHOR. 
THEY ARE REFINING
600,000 BARRELS 
A DAY BUT THAT 
IS CLOSED ALONG 
WITH SEVERAL 
OTHER REFINERIES.
THAT'S LIKE $2.3 
MILLION OR 
MILLION BARRELS 
A DAY NOT 
GETTING REFINED. 
THAT'S NOT ONLY 
THE OIL YOU 
DON'T GET IN THE 
PRICE OF GAS 
WILL GET HIGHER 
BUT PEOPLE THAT 
WORK IN THIS 
AREA. 
THEY ARE 
EMPLOYED BY THE 
OIL AND GAS 
INDUSTRY. 
THERE IS THAT 
AND OF COURSE 
THE SAFETY. 
THIS THE IDEA 
THAT THE POWER 
WILL GO OUT SO 
PEOPLE WILL NOT 
BE ABLE TO 
OPERATE FROM 
ANYWHERE FROM 3 
TO 7 DAYS. 
THIS IS ROUTE 
10. 
I'VE BEEN SEEING 
ELECTRICAL 
VEHICLES WITH 
BUCKET TRUCKS 
GOING BY. 
THEY ARE 
POSITIONING IN 
PLACE. 
WE KNOW A LOT OF 
THESE TREES WILL 
GO DOWN WITH THE 
WIND DAMAGE. 
THERE ARE MANY 
THINGS THAT CAN 
GO WRONG AROUND 
HERE. 
PEOPLE WERE 
HOPING THAT WITH 
THE LATEST 
UPDATE, THE LAST 
ONE BEFORE WE 
HAVE THAT 
HURRICANE COMING 
ON, THAT IT 
WOULD SHOW A 
SLIGHT 
WEAKENING, BUT 
HE DID THE 
OPPOSITE SHOWING 
IN STRENGTHENING.
>> ONE MORE 
QUESTION. 
YOU PANNED OVER 
AND I SAW SOME 
CARS GOING 
THROUGH. 
HAVE YOU SEEN 
MUCH TRAFFIC? 
HAVE MOST OF THE 
PEOPLE THAT 
NEEDED TO GET 
OUT, GOT NOW? 
>> Reporter: YOU 
SEE A LOT LESS 
TRAFFIC THAN 
EARLIER TODAY. 
GENERALLY 
SPEAKING 
EVERYBODY THAT 
WAS GOING TO 
LEAVE WILL HAVE 
LEFT BY NOW. 
MOST OF THIS 
TRAFFIC IS 
COMMERCIAL AND 
EMERGENCY. 
THERE ARE SOME 
PEOPLE BUT THAT 
WILL COME TO AN 
END OVER THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR YOUR 
COVERAGE AND 
STAY SAFE UP 
THERE. 
I KNOW YOU'RE 
BRACING FOR A 
ROUGH ONE 
TONIGHT, AND 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
>> Reporter: MY 
PLEASURE. 
>>> HEALTH 
OFFICIALS IN 
GUATEMALA SAY 
THAT EIGHT 
MINORS ON A 
DEPORTATION 
FLIGHT FROM THIS 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE AGNES 
ACTIVIST GROUP, 
WITNESS AT THE 
BORDER, HAVE 
BEEN OUT THERE 
FOR MONTHS WE 
CAUGHT UP WITH 
THE GROUP AT 
TEXAS BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> I STARTED 
WITNESSING AT 
THE CHILD 
DISSENSION 
CENTER. 
I CAME UP THE 
IDEA OF GOING 
THERE AND I 
RENTED AN RV. 
,
I BELIEVE THIS 
IS THE 38th DAY. 
WE'VE BEEN DOING 
THIS FOR A FEW 
WEEKS. 
WE FOUND OUT 
THAT THE 
DEPORTATION 
FLIGHT ARE 
HAPPENING 
REGULARLY FROM 
THIS AIRPORT. 
WE BEEN GETTING 
UP EARLY BECAUSE 
WE BECAME AWARE 
THAT THE FLIGHTS 
OFTEN HAPPEN IN 
THE PREDAWN LIGHT
, WHEN THE 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
SEEN. 
THEY ARE IN 
DANGER AND THEY 
CAN BE 
FORGOTTEN, AND 
THEY CAN BE LOST.
>> THERE'S ONE 
ON THE WAY FROM 
SAN ANTONIO THAT 
GOES TO 
GUATEMALA. 
>> THAT ONE WILL 
LEAVE AT 7:30. 
>> WE WILL TAKE 
A LOOK. 
>> YOU CAN USE 
IN APP THAT 
ANYBODY CAN GET 
ON THEIR iPHONE 
AND WEEKEND 
TRACKS WITH AIR 
AND WORLD 
ATLANTIC. 
THOSE TWO 
COMPANIES ARE 
MAKING A LOT OF 
MONEY WORKING 
FOR I.C.E.. 
,
>> THE PEOPLE 
THAT ARE 
RETURNED SAY 
THEY LEE. 
THERE'S AN 
ARTICLE ABOUT 
PEOPLE RETURNING 
TO EL SALVADOR 
AND 38 MEN WERE 
MURDERED WHEN 
THEY WILL RETURN.
THESE PEOPLE 
TAKING THESE 
FLIGHTS, WE HAVE 
THE INFORMATION 
THEY ARE GETTING 
KILLED WHEN THEY 
GET THERE. 
WE FOUND OUT 
ABOUT THEM AND 
WOMEN COMING OUT 
ALMOST EVERY 
DAY. 
WE SEE BUSES 
COMING IN FULL 
OF PEOPLE. 
THESE ARE 
SHACKLED PEOPLE. 
>> YOU SEE THE 
CHAINS BEING 
LAID OUT AT THAT 
PLANE. 
ALL OF THEIR 
POSSESSIONS ARE 
IN CLEAR PLASTIC 
BAGS. 
IT'S KIND OF AN 
ASSEMBLY LINE OF 
PEOPLE. 
>> SOMEONE IN EL 
PASO THAT HAS 
BEEN TRACKING 
PLANES FOR A 
WHILE AND THEY 
CAME ACROSS 
THESE DEVICES. 
EL PASO AT THE 
AIRPORT IS 
POSSIBLE THEY 
COULD WITNESS THE
PLANES AT A 
BIGGER AIRPORT. 
THIS ONE IS 
SMALL ENOUGH 
THAT WE COULD 
ACTUALLY SEE 
THEM. 
THEY HAVE MADE 
IT HARDER FOR US 
NOW. 
THEY TURN THE 
PLANE AROUND TO 
KEEP PEOPLE FROM 
SEEING. 
,
>> YOU CAN SEE 
SOMETHING IN 
FRONT BLOC
