E
THE HOPE IS THAT THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM, THEN, CREATES 
COVID-FIGHTING ANTIBODIES.
MODERNA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY A 
BILLION DOLLARS, UNDER THE
GOVERNMENT'S OPERATION WARP 
SPEED.
AND PROMISES TO PRODUCE 500 
MILLION DOSES, PER YEAR.
ALSO, GETTING FEDERAL MONEY AND 
BEGINNING PHASE-THREE TRIALS
SOON
NOVA VAX, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND
ASTRAZENECA.
PFIZER HAS NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT MONEY BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT'S ALSO STARTING
LATE-STAGE TRIALS.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID A VACCINE
COULD BE DEVELOPED BY NOVEMBER
BUT RECRUITING VACCINE
VOLUNTEERS IN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES HIT ESPECIALLY HARD 
BY COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
MISTREATMENT DECADES AGO IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS HAS LEFT A
LEGACY OF MISTRUST. 
>> IT LIVES ON AND IT'S -- IT'S 
REALLY CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT DISTRUST
I WANT TO REASSURE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TAKE EVERY
STEP, NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE SAFE.
>> WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 25
VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE, RIGHT 
NOW, IN HUMAN TRIALS
NOT ALL WILL BE APPROVED BUT
RESEARCHERS SAY, IMPORTANTLY, WE
ARE LIKELY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
VACCINE THAT'S APPROVED.
AND EACH VACCINE WILL BE CATERED
TO DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND
EVEN PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
TOM, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE MOVIE "HOUSE PARTY.
POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A 
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
POLICE GOT THERE AT 8:30, AND 
DIDN'T KICK EVERYBODY OUT UNTIL 
1:00 A.M. 
>> THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED 
GATHERINGS LIKE THESE ARE 
BECOMING SUPERSPREADERS FOR 
COVID-19
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
SUMMERTIME CELEBRATIONS HAVE
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SOUNDING THE ALARM
FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA TO 
OREGON
PARTIES ARE LEADING TO CLUSTERS 
OF COVID-19 CASES.
MANY OF THEM, YOUNG, ADULTS.
IN THIS POPULAR SUMMER SPOT,
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.
AT LEAST 17 LIFEGUARDS HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE.
OFFICIALS ARE CONNECTING THE
CASES TO A SOCIAL GATHERING 
OUTSIDE OF WORK.
NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR IS URGING 
TEENS IN THE STATE TO COOPERATE 
WITH CONTACT TRACERS, AFTER 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE A PARTY IN THE
SEPARATE PART OF THE STATE LED
TO 20 PEOPLE GETTING SICK.
>> THIS ISN'T A WITCH HUNT
THIS IS A PUBLIC-HEALTH PURSUIT 
THAT THE CONTACT-TRACING CORPS
IS AFTER
>> Reporter: ON CAPE COD, FREE
TESTING FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED A
HOUSE PARTY LAST WEEK, THAT LED 
TO AT LEAST 13 CASES
SOME OF THE SICK, EMPLOYEES AT
LOYAL RESTAURANTS, FORCING SOME 
WITN
BUSINESSES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE.
PARTIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
TURN INTO SUPER-SPREADER EVENTS,
SAY EXPERTS, IF PEOPLE ARE
CROWDED TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY
INSIDE AND NOT WEARING MASKS
NOW, OFFICIALS ARE URGING 
EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR GUARD UP.
>> SORT OF SURPRISED ME IS HOW
MANY TIMES IT, REALLY, IS JUST
AN INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER, THAT
IS CAUSING THE SPREAD.
I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL 
TENDENCY, WHEN WE'RE WITH PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW, MAYBE, NOT TO BE
AS CONCERNED. 
>> JILL PARKER THOUGHT SHE WAS
SAFE WHEN SHE HAD A SMALL,
OUTDOOR FAMILY PARTY FOR THE
FOURTH OF JULY. 
>> WE GOT TOO COMFORTABLE.
WE HAD A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY
>> Reporter: ALL BUT THREE OF 
THE 14 PEOPLE AT THE PARTY, 
LATER, TEXTSTED POSITIVE.
NOW, SHE IS WARNING OTHERS ABOUT
RUSHING BACK TO NORMAL TOO SOON.
>> IT'S TERRIFYING, WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN
AND YOU ARE SITTING THERE WITH
THE GUILT THAT YOU, NOT ONLY LET
YOURSELF BE EXPOSED BUT,
PROVIDED A VENUE FOR OTHERS TO
BE EXPOSED. 
>> THAT WAS GABE GUTIERREZ
REPORTING.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MLB SEASON HAS
OVER A DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE 
MARLINS ORGANIZATION TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
AND THAT PROMPTED THE LEAGUE TO 
POSTPONE MULTIPLE GAMES IN MIAMI
AND PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THE TEAM
LAST PLAYED.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
FROM MIAMI
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
SHOCKWAVES RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMUNITY,
AFTER NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 11 
MARLINS HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19
SINCE OPENING DAY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE POSTPONEMENT
OF THEIR HOME OPENER, THOUGH
BUT HOW OTHER TEAMS WILL BE 
REACTING RIGHT NOW AS THIS VIRUS
MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE TO
SPREAD FROM LOCKER ROOM TO
LOCKER ROOM.
>> LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER 
BASEBALL BEGAN ITS RESTART, THE 
SPORT COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF
CLOSURE.
THE MIAMI MARLINS HAVE CANCELLED
THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST THE 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES WITH NBC NEWS 
CONFIRMING 11 PLAYERS ON THEIR
33-MAN TRAVELING ROSTER HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID SINCE OPENING
DAY.
TEAM CEO DEREK JETER DID ISSUE A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, 
POSTPONING THE HOME OPENER WAS
THE CORRECT DECISION TO PROPERLY
GRASP THE TOTALITY OF THE 
SITUATION.
JETER ADDING THE TEAM WILL
REMAIN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENDING 
ANOTHER ROUND OF TESTING FOR
PLAYERS AND STAFF.
>> VERY SCARED RIGHT NOW
AND I THINK THE SEASON'S AT THE 
CROSSROADS. 
>> BOB NIGHTINGALE HAS COVERED
BASEBALL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> WHAT KIND OF CHATTER ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM MLB OWNERS ABOUT 
CONTINUING THE SEASON?
>> IT'S A VERY FLUID SITUATION
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, NO TALK
ABOUT CANCELLING THE SEASON.
THAT COULD CHANGE 24, 48 HOURS
FROM NOW
WE'LL SEE.
>> THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLYS, SO 
FAR, NOT CONFIRMING ANY NEW 
POSITIVE TESTS BUT THE DOMINO 
EFFECT ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE
TEAM PULLING THE PLUG ON THEIR
GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK 
YANKEES, MLB CONFIRMS.
THE FIRST FEW GAMES FILLED WITH 
IMAGES OF FIST BUMPS, HUGS, AND 
HIGH-FIVES
AND BASEBALL TEAMS ARE NOT
COMPETING IN A BUBBLE, UNLIKE 
THE NBA.
THAT LEAGUE FORCING CLIPPERS
GUARD LOU WILLIAMS TO QUARANTINE
FOR TEN DAYS, AFTER HE LEFT FOR 
AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TO ATTEND A
FUNERAL VIEWING BUT WAS LATER 
PHOTOGRAPHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT 
A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB
SPORTS LEAGUES, TRYING TO 
SALVAGE THEIR SEASONS WITH
WARNING SIGNS, ALREADY, 
EMERGING
AS THE MARLINS WAIT TO FIND OUT 
HOW MANY MORE OF THEIR PLAYERS, 
COACHES, AND STAFF MEMBERS MAY
HAVE COVID-19, THE LEAGUE WILL
BE WATCHING RESULTS OUT OF
PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE IF THE 
PHILLYS END UP WITH A LOT OF
POSITIVE CASES, THAT COULD SPELL
TROUBLE FOR THE MLB HOW EASY
THIS CAN BE SPREAD AMONG
OPPONENTS.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, BACK TO
YOU.
>> WHAT WE ALL FEARED.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS.
BACK IN WASHINGTON, ONE LAST
TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
SLOWLY WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS 
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO THE 
CONGRESSMAN.
INCLUDING, THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND LINCOLN MEMORIALS
THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY.
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
A PLACE HE VISITED, JUST WEEKS
BEFORE HIS PASSING
>> HE WANTED TO SEE IT, WITH HIS
OWN EYES. 
>> HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME,
STOPPING FOR NOW, AT THE
CAPITOL, WHERE HE WILL LIE IN 
STATE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
AN HONOR RESERVED FOR ONLY A
HANDFUL OF AMERICA'S GREATEST 
HEROES
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN,
AMONG THOSE PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
CONTINUING AS A WARRIOR ON THE
FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
THAT BATTLE, SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE SPENT MORE 
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIOUS OF THE CONGRESS.
>> BECAUSE I THINK, TODAY, WE 
HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
WHO DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR 
THE COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT, IF 
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> JOHN LEWIS LOVED HIS WORK AND
HIS COUNTRY.
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS, I THINK, WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY, JOHN
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND THE LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON
>> ALL RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE WATCHING SOME STORMS
MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST.
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
JOINING US NOW
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I KNOW THE HEAT HAS REALLY BEEN 
TOUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND
MUCH OF THE EAST COAST
AND IT'S REALLY NOT BACKING OFF.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE, THAT WILL JUST NOT LET
UP
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE SEEING
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY 
IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOWER 80s.
AND TODAY, WE'RE EXPECTING
FEEL-LIKE TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 
DEGREES FROM NEW YORK CITY, ALL 
THE WAY INTO WILMINGTON, NORTH
CAROLINA
44 MILLION PEOPLE IMPACTED BY 
HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS
THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO FILTER
IN THIS AFTERNOON, INTO YOUR
EVENING, KROACROSS THE NORTHEAST
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE, FOR THE
GREAT LAKES, ALL THE WAY TO 
DETROIT, IN THE UPPER 80s.
THE LOWER 90s CONTINUE TO FILTER
IN FROM TAMPA, ALL THE WAY INTO 
SAN ANTONIO, WITH HIGH HUMIDITY.
ALSO, ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM 
WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
HAVE MORE UPDATES COMING UP.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANKS, JANESSA.
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES ARE
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS TO THEIR
FAMILIES
POP STAR JOJO AND GAME OF 
THRONES ACTRESS ANNOUNCED.
THEY ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST CHILD
AND CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION.
THE TWO ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER,
WYNN HARRISO
>>> A FLORIDA MAN IS IN HOT 
WATER WITH THE FEDS THIS
MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONA RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY
A LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY DAVID HINES 
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION LOANS FOR DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES BUT MADE FALSE 
STATEMENTS ABOUT PAYROLL
EXTENSIONS
FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE CAR 
AND ABOUT $3.4 MILLION FROM HIS 
BANK ACCOUNTS.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THE PANDEMIC RAVAGING OUR
ECONOMY.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES
A FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON 
EVICTIONS EXPIRED ON FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
IT WILL BE EXTENDED, TENANTS WHO
CAN'T AFFORD RENTAL , ARE 
UNPROTECTED, AS OF NOW
ACCORDING TO CNBC, UP TO 40 
MILLION AMERICANS COULD FACE
EVICTION
ONE EXPERT TOLD THE NUMBER IN 
AUGUST ALONE COULD EQUAL 3
MILLION.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER A HUNDRED BLACK 
WOMEN, OR MULTIRACIAL BLACK 
WOMEN HAVE FILED TO RUN FOR 
CONGRESS IN 2020
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN WOMEN IN
POLITICS CONFIRMED AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO FILED 
THIS YEAR IS A LARGE LEAP FROM
THE ROUGHLY 90 BLACK WOMEN WHO
FILED IN 2018.
>> ACTOR TOM HANKS AND HIS WIFE 
RITA WILSON ARE OFFICIALLY
CITIZENS OF GREECE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
ANNOUNCED THE NEWS, ALONGSIDE 
THAT PICTURE THERE, OF THE STARS
HOLDINTELL YOU ABOUT
STATE AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS IN 
AT LEAST 27 STATES WANT YOU TO
REPORT ANY UNSOLICITED PACKAGES 
OF SEEDS YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN
THE WARNING COMES AFTER 
RESIDENTS CLAIM TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEED PACKAGES IN THE 
MAIL THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
OFFICIALS SAY THE SEEDS ARE PART
OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS 
ONLINE, AND THEY'RE URGING
PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT THEM
WARNING THEY MIGHT BE INVASIVE, 
OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL. 
>> IN THE UK, PRIME MINISTER
BORIS JOHNSON'S PLAN TO BATTLE
COVID INCLUDES WEIGHT LOSS
JOHNSON REVEALED THAT WHEN HE 
WAS HOSPITALIZED, HE WAS
OVERWEIGHT
AND HAS, SINCE, CHANGED HIS 
HABITS
HE IS NOW URGING FELLOW BRITS TO
GET FIT TO FIGHT THE VIRUS
OUR CARL NASMAN HAS MORE. 
>> HERE IN ENGLAND, AROUND
TWO-THIRDS OF ADULTS ARE
CLASSIFIED AS EITHER OBESE OR 
OVERWEIGHT
AND NOW, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
PUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ON A 
DIET
BORIS JOHNSON ALLOWING A
NATIONWIDE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM, 
THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE SLIM DOWN
BUT ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, TO HELP
PREPARE FOR A POTENTIAL SECOND
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE FALL.
THAT'S BECAUSE, STUDY AFTER 
STUDY, SHOWING EVEN THOSE WHO 
ARE SLIGHTLY OBESE ARE AT A MUCH
HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19
SYMPTOMS
AND THEY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO 
DIE.
NOW, THIS UK-WIDE PROGRAM WOULD 
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE LIMITING THE
ADVERTISEMENT AND SALES OF JUNK 
FOOD
LISTING THE CALORIES ON THE 
MENUS AT LARGE-CHAIN
RESTAURANTS.
AND IT WOULD, ALSO, ENCOURAGE 
DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE EXERCISE TO
THEIR PATIENTS
THIS IS, ALSO, A PERSONAL 
MISSION, HERE, IN THE UK
THE PRIME MINISTER, HIMSELF, WAS
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 BACK 
IN APRIL
HE DESCRIBED THAT AS A WAKEUP 
CALL FOR HIMSELF, THAT HE NEEDS,
TO GET BACK IN SHAPE. 
>> I, IN A SENSE, WELCOME THE 
FACT THAT BORIS JOHNSON 
SUFFERED, HIMSELF.
WENT INTO INTENSIVE CARE
FORTUNATELY, HE CAME OUT AND HAS
RECOVERED.
BUT WHAT HE'S DONE IS HAVE AN 
EPIPHANY MOMENT.
>> BEING OBESE PUTS YOU AT A
MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR NEEDING TO 
GO ON TO INTENSIVE CARE AND,
INDEED, SADLY, FOR DYING. 
>> OF COURSE, THAT MIGHT BE A 
WAKEUP CALL FOR AMERICANS AS
WELL
AROUND 40% OF THE COUNTRY 
CLASSIFIED AS OBESE.
AND MANY DOCTORS SAY ONE OF THE 
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE 
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 IS SIMPLY
TO
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TROPICS
AS 92L HAS FORMED.
STILL AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
AND FATAL SHARK ATTACK IN MAINE.
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
NORTHEAST OF PORTLANDMENT 
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER AFTER A PAIR OF
SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A BULL SHARK
MAY HAVE TAKEN TWO LARGE CHUNKS 
OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT WASHED 
ASHORE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD IS
REMEMBERING HER FRIEND AND
FORMER CO-HOST, TV LEGEND REGIS 
PHILBIN, WHO DIED OVER THE
WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST, NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA 
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING PING-PONG
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD 
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM
AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT 
AFRAID OF ME AND WE JUST TOOK 
OFF LIKE A ROCKET.
WE HAD FUN
F-U-N.
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
AND HE WAS THE MOST GRATEFUL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN.
AND ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE
LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>> THE GIFT THEY SHARED WITH ALL
OF US.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.
>> WE ALL GREW UP WATCHING HIM
ON TV.
YOU KNOW, HE'S ON TV MORE THAN
ANYBODY IN HISTORY, REALLY. 
>> AND LARGER THAN LIFE, YOU CAN
TELL
THERE ON THE SCREEN AND OFF.
JUST THIS HUGE PERSONALITY. 
>> LAST NIGHT, A CLASSIC
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY EPISODE FROM 
1992 WAS AIRED FEATURING REGIS, 
CAROLE BURNETT, AND DONALD
MILLS.
>> MAINBOCHER EDITED THE PARIS
EDITION OF THIS U.S. FASHION
MAGAZINE. 
>> BOY, YOU REALLY MAKE IT -- 
YOU REALLY MAKE A GUY EARN HIS
DAILY DOUBLE HERE.
>> ALWAYS MAKING US LAUGH.
INCIDENTALLY, CAROL BURNETT WON 
THAT
>>> 40 MILLION AMERICANS COULD
BE FACING EVICTION NOTICES, IF
CONGRESS DOESN'T ACT SOON.
THAT, AS COVID CASES RISE IN THE
MAJORITY OF STATES
BUT HOPE ABOUNDS, AS VACCINES 
BEGIN CRUCIAL PHASE THREE 
TRIALS
>>> THE CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS, 
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS,
BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO LIE IN STATE AT THE U.S. 
CAPITOL.
JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE,
AND MANY OTHERS PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
BUT NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO
SAID HE WON'T BE GOING
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTORS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND
VIOLENCE SPREADING TO OTHER 
CITIES
>>> AND HAVE YOU RECEIVED A 
PACKET OF SEEDS IN THE MAIL,
THAT YOU DIDN'T ORDER?
IF SO, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND AUTHORITIES HAVE AN URGENT
MESSAGE FOR YOU.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M 
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M 
FRANCES RIVERA
THE UNITED STATES IS FACING MORE
GRIM MILESTONES IN THIS 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION CASES HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED, NATIONWIDE
AND THE DEATH TOLL IS 
APPROACHING 150,000.
FOR NEARLY A WEEK, MORE THAN A
THOUSAND FATALITIES HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED, EVERY 24 HOURS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING THE RETURN OF
IN-PERSON CLASSES.
MORE THAN 150 EDUCATORS DROVE 
ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH THE
MESSAGE, COURSES ONLINE UNTIL 
CASES DECLINE.
AND A SIMILAR PROTEST WAS HELD
IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH TEACHERS 
CIRCLING THE STATE HOUSE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION. 
>> POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
>> A FLORIDA MAN IS BEING 
ACCUSED OF USING CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY A 
LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD 
DAVID HINES RECEIVED $4 MILLION 
FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM BY MAKING FALSE CLAIMS
DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
HINES NOW FACES BANK FRAUD
CHARGES.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THERE IS VERY HOPEFUL NEWS 
THIS MORNING IN THE RACE TO FIND
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
PROMISING CANDIDATES ARE
BEGINNING HUMAN TRIALS SOON.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE 
NEEDED FOR THIS CRITICAL STAGE
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THIS 
REPORT
>> Reporter: A BIG WEEK IN THE
BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19.
DRUGMAKER MODERNA AND NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH KICKING OFF
PHASE THREE TRIALS WITH THEIR 
VACCINE CANDIDATE.
THE TRIAL WILL ENROLL 30,000
AMERICANS.
HALF WILL RECEIVE THE 
EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE
THE OTHER HALF, A PLACEBO.
>> IT TAKES SOMEONE, WHO IS 
WILLING TO, REALLY, BE A HERO 
AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE KINDS
OF CLINICAL STUDIES.
>> AFTER TWO DOSES, RESEARCHERS 
WILL TRACK WHICH GROUP DEVELOPS 
MORE INFECTIONS, AS THEY GO 
ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
>> WHAT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO 
SEE IS THE VACCINE REDUCES THE
NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19 IN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
>> PFIZER ANNOUNCED IT HAS ALSO 
STARTED ITS LATE-STAGE HUMAN
TRIALS, WITH HOPES TO SUBMIT FOR
FINAL REGULATORY REVIEW IN
OCTOBER.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON STARTED A 
PHASE ONE TRIAL IN THE U.S., AS 
WELL
THE PRESIDENT TOURED A FACILITY 
THAT'S MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS 
OF ANOTHER CANDIDATE, DEVELOPED 
BY NOVA VAX.
MANY COMPANIES ARE ALREADY
RAMPING UP PRODUCTION.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A
WINNER
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF 
WINNERS.
>> TO GET FDA APPROVAL, A 
VACCINE MUST BE AT LEAST 50%
EFFECTIVE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
SAYS THERE ARE 25 POTENTIAL 
CANDIDATES IN CLINICAL TRIALS,
GLOBALLY
A RACE FOR A VACCINE, AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES CLIMB.
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BREWING ON CAPITOL HILL
THIS MORNING, WITH BENEFITS 
HANGING IN THE BALANCE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LEFT
REELING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP RETURNED TO AN OLD HOBBY
HORSE, ONCE AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE 
THAT THE DRUG DOES NOT CURE 
COVID-19
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
TRACIE, THE SENATE FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> EXACTLY
NOT EVERYONE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AGREES WITH THIS
MITCH McCONNELL, THE SENATE 
LEADER, SAYS THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT ARE SURE TO BE
TENSE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A FEW WEEKS,
WHEN IT COMES TO UNEMPLOYMENT.
THOSE BONUS PAYMENTS ARE RUNNING
OUT, QUICKLY
HERE IS WHAT THE SO-CALLED
HEROES ACT WOULD PROVIDE
THE HEALS ACT IS WHAT 
REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING IT
$1,200 STIMULUS CHECKS FOR
AMERICANS.
BUT IT WOULD DROP UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS FROM $600 TO $200 A
WEEK
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE
$105 BILLION FOR EDUCATION
FUNDING AND ANOTHER ROUND OF
LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EXTENSION
ON EVICTIONS
IT INCLUDES MONEY FOR TESTING,
LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR
BUSINESSES, AND SOMETHING THAT
MITCH McCONNELL, APPARENTLY,
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AT FIRST
NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR A NEW FBI 
HEADQUARTERS
BUT IT'S THIS FIGHT OVER
UNEMPLOYMENT THAT'S URGENT
IT RUNS OUT THIS WEEK.
>> WE'VE LEARNED A VERY TOUGH 
LESSON THAT, WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE
NOT TO WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
AND SO, THIS PAYMENT WILL BE
ADJUSTED SO THAT WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO HELP 
PEOPLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 TO
75% OF THEIR INCOME.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A TIME 
WHEN CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE 
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY.
NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D EVER GO TO 
A FOOD BANK.
PEOPLE ARE BEING -- ON THE VERGE
OF EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
PAY THE RENT
THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS, THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
>> THAT EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS 
SAID THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT 
UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, IT 
HASN'T HAPPENED, YET
SO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR 
RENT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
RIGHT NOW.
NEARLY, 40 MILLION AMERICANS, 
ACCORDING TO CNBC, COULD LOSE 
THEIR HOMES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> JUST A STAGGERING NUMBER.
AND IT'S DUE THE END OF THE 
WEEK
ALL RIGHT.
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL SEASON, AS OVER A DOZEN
MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI MARLINS
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER, AND THE
YANKEES-PHILLIES GAME.
SPOKE TO THE MLB NETWORK ABOUT
THE SITUATION.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE POOL OF
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS
AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE 
SAFE AND CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> IS THERE A POINT --
>> MIAMI AND THEIR PLAYERS ARE
EXPECTED TO PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON
WEDNESDAY, PENDING ANOTHER ROUND
OF TESTING
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT HAS MORE ON 
THE POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS.
>> Reporter: RARE BUT FITTING 
HONORS FOR THE LATE CONGRESSMAN 
JOHN LEWIS
THE NATION'S CAPITOL, PAUSING TO
PAY RESPECT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
GIANT AND LONGTIME GEORGIA
CONGRESSMAN.
HIS PROCESSION PASSING BY 
NOTABLE WASHINGTON LANDMARKS, 
PAUSING AT THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. MEMORIAL.
DR. KING INSPIRED LEWIS'S EARLY 
ACTIVISM
AND AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
WHERE LEWIS WAS THE YOUNGEST
SPEAKER AT THE 1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON. 
>> WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEAT BY
POLICEMEN.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT
>> HIS MOTORCADE, ALSO, DRIVING 
DOWN THE NEWLY MINTED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER PLAZA WHERE, LAST
MONTH, LEWIS MADE HIS FINAL 
PUBLIC APPEARANCE, IN SUPPORT.
>> WHAT DOES CONGRESSMAN LEWIS'S
LEGACY MEAN TO YOU
>> AS A SOUTHERNER, AS THE WIFE 
OF A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA, AND
AS THE MOM OF INTERRACIAL KIDS, 
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 
BE HERE TODAY.
AND ALSO, FOR US TO ACCEPT THAT 
TORCH AND TO SAY WE'RE HERE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
>> I VALUE SACRIFICE
AND STRUGGLE
AND I FEEL LIKE HE IS SOMEONE 
THAT REPRESENTS SACRIFICE AND 
STRUGGLE, TO THE GREATEST 
EXTENT
>> Reporter: LEWIS MAKING HIS 
FINAL TRIP TO THE U.S. CAPITOL
THE BUILDING WHERE THE
CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS
REPRESENTED GEORGIA FOR MORE
THAN THREE DECADES
A MILITARY HONOR GUARD CARRIED
HIS FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN UP THE 
STEPS, AND INTO THE CAPITOL 
ROTUNDA, WHERE HE BECAME THE
FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER TO LIE IN
STATE.
AS HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES SAID 
FAREWELL. 
>> WE KNEW THAT HE ALWAYS WORKED
ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
AND NOW, WE KNOW THAT HE IS WITH
THEM. 
>> PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN,
AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE,
AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED TO VISIT
THE CAPITOL TO HONOR LEWIS
GOSPEL SINGER WHITLY PHIPPS 
DELIVERING A POWERFUL RENDITION 
OF "AMAZING GRACE.
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOW
INVITED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED, AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS BEING ENFORCED
THAT VIEWING BEGINNING AT 
8:00 A.M., EASTERN
FRANCES.
>> GEOFF, THANK YOU.
>> THE UNREST IN PORTLAND 
CONTINUES.
THE CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTORS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE
HAVE BEEN ONGOING, FOR 60-PLUS
NIGHTS NOW
AND THEY ARE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LEAVE
THE CITY, AFTER THEY WERE SENT
THERE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND NOW, THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE 
HAS LED THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEND 
MORE FEDERAL AGENTS TO THE
REGION
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, 
PROTESTORS LAUNCH MORTAR-STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE STEEL BARRIER THAT ENCASES
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN
THEM
PROVOKING THIS RESPONSE.
WHAT STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO A
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS NOW BECOME A
NIGHTLY RITUAL. 
>> THEY STARTED GASSING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH RESPIRATORS
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH VESTS
WHO IS ESCALATING THIS
IT'S NOT US.
>> STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE
AGENTS ARE NOT WELCOME BUT THE
PRESIDENT INSISTS THEY ARE HERE 
TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY.
IN NEARBY SEATTLE, ON SATURDAY, 
A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH 
PORTLAND'S PROTESTORS DEVOLVED
FROM PEACEFUL, INTO WHAT POLICE 
CALL, A RIOT
FEDERAL AGENTS STAYED OUT OF
SIGHT.
PRESIDENT SAYS THEY'RE IN 
SEATTLE FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY. 
>> HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, THEY ARE 
BRACING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
MORE VIOLENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD
THEY JUST SET UP THIS CEMENT
BARRICADE.
EACH BLOCK WEIGHS 4,000 POUNDS. 
>> IN LOS ANGELES, PROTESTORS 
AND POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
AND IN LOUISVILLE, OPPOSING 
ARMED MILITIA GROUPS FACED OFF
AT A DEMONSTRATION
ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS,
SEATTLE.
>>> A RARE AND FATAL SHARK
ATTACK MONDAY IN MAINE
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
IN NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER MONDAY AFTER A 
PAIR OF SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A SHARK MAY 
HAVE TAKEN TWO CHUNKS, LARGE
CHUNKS, OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT
WASHED ASHORE.
>> EVERYBODY E'S FLOCKING TO THE
BEACHES BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT 
OUTSIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BRING IN NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, TO 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT HEAT
HEY, GOOD MORNING, JANESSA
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT
IT'S NOT LETTING UP.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE THAT JUST WILL NOT BACK
OFF.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A BEACH DAY LIKE
WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
WE DO HAVE THIS COLD FRONT
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE 
RELIEF THAT WE REALLY NEED, 
GOING INTO THE -- YOUR MIDWEEK
IT WILL SLICE HUMIDITY IN HALF
BUT STILL, TEMPERATURES ARE 
GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES, 
RIGHT NOW, IN THE UPPER 80s.
WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS 90 TODAY.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO FOR PITTSBURGH THIS 
AFTERNOON, A LOT MORE SUNSHINE
EVEN FOR BUFFALO
82 DEGREES
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER 
AND THAT'S THAT FRONT THAT'S
ENTERING FROM DALLAS, ALL THE 
WAY INTO MEMPHIS, UPPER 80s TO
LOWER 90s.
AND THEN, ALL ATTENTION IS ON 
THE TROPICS.
I'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT, COMING
UP. 
>> HEAT.
TROPICS.
HEAT
TROPICS.
>> I SEE A PATTERN HERE.
THANKS, JANESSA.
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO 
CORTEZ RAISED.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT 
WESTERN UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND 
ON SEPTEMBER 29th.
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
FORMER TODAY CO-HOST KATHIE LEE 
GIFFORD IS REMEMBERING HER
FRIEND AND FORMER CO-HOST, TV 
LEGEND, REGIS PHILBIN, WHO DIED 
OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF
88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> ARE YOU SERIOUS
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING
PING-PONG, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD,
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF
HIM, AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT
AFRAID OF ME
AND WE JUST TOOK OFF LIKE A 
ROCKET. 
>> JUST IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW WHO WE ARE, WE SHOULD
INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
>> THIS IS REGIS AND I'M KATHIE 
LEE.
>> WE HAD FUN, F-U-N
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS, AND HE WAS 
THE MOST GRATEFUL PERSON IN THE 
WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM. 
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN, AND
ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE LUCKIEST 
GUY IN THE WORLD. 
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>>> COMING UP ON "TODAY," 
DOMESTIC DIVA MARTHA STEWART
WILL BE LIVE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF CONTAINER
GARDENING WITH SUCCULENTS.
>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS COMING
TO AN END.
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT CLOSING
ARGUMENTS AND TODAY, DEPP'S 
LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS
SARAH HARMON
SARAH, ARE WE EXPECTING A 
DRAMATIC FINALE HERE
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN SO FAR AS SALACIOUS IS
PROBABLY BEING OVERLY GENEROUS
THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE 
AMOUNT OF INTIMATE DETAILS THAT 
WE'VE SEEN ABOUT THE TOXIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOHNNY DEPP
AND AMBER HEARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, AT THE 
HEART OF THIS IS A LIBEL
LAWSUIT.
AND THE QUESTION, WAS THIS
NEWSPAPER JUSTIFIED IN
DESCRIBING JOHNNY DEPP AS A WIFE
BEATER
WE HAVE HEARD MOUNTAINS OF
EVIDENCE
EVERYTHING FROM PHOTOS OF 
ALL-NIGHT DRUG BINGES TO
DISTURBING AND MISOGYNISTIC 
CELEBRITY TEXT MESSAGES.
TO THESE INCREDIBLY DISTURBING
ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE
NO
NOW, NEITHER OF THESE 
INDIVIDUALS IS ON TRIAL.
THE JUDGE IS GOING TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THE PAPER WAS JUSTIFIED IN
CALLING HIM A WIFE BEATER.
AND THIS COULD GO A COUPLE WAYS.
THE JUDGE COULD ORDER THE PAPER 
TO PAY DAMAGES OR A FINE OR 
ISSUE AN APOLOGY
JOHNNY DEPP, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
COULD ALSO WALK AWAY, HAVING
SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND
AIRED ALL OF THIS DIRTY LAUNDRY 
TO, ESSENTIALLY, NO AVAIL.
PHILLIP.
FRANCES.
>> WOW
ALL OF THAT AND ALL THE UGLY
DETAILS COMING OUT OF 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS 
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN
THE WINWARD ISLANDS RIGHT NOW.
92 L
WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED WINDS UP
TO 30-MILE-PER-HOUR.
THIS COULD BE OUR NEXT I-NAME 
STORM,
AND BLACK MILLENNIALS IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW STUDY
BLACK MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLDS EARN
ABOUT 60% OF WHAT THEIR WHITE 
COUNTERPARTS MAKE.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY CONDUCTED
BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
ST. LOUIS, THE TYPICAL WHITE, 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD EARNS
ALMOST $61,000 ANNUALLY,
COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL BLACK 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD WHICH
EAST
JUST OVER $37,000.
COMPARED TO 59% OF WHITE
STUDENTS. 
>> AND WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC HAS FORCED MOST
COLLEGES TO TEACH CLASSES 
ONLINE, A NEW SURVEY BY STUDY 
GUIDE PLATFORM, ONE CLASS,
REPORTS 93% OF U.S. STUDENTS
BELIEVE TUITION SHOULD BE 
LOWERED, IF ALL CLASSES ARE HELD
ONLINE
OF THE 13,000 SURVEYED, 75% OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE UNHAPPY
WITH THE QUALITY OF ONLINE
CLASSES.
AND 35% HAVE CONSIDERED 
WITHDRAWING FROM SCHOOL.
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT
THE 93%.
YOU KNOW, YOU PAY ALL THAT MONEY
TO GO TO COLLEGE. 
>> AND YOU WANT THE ENTIRE
EXPERIENCE. 
>> YEAH.
>> ALONG WITH IT, TOO.
ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS IN 
THE MAIL LATELY, THERE IS A 
WARNING FOR YOU.
AT LEAST TWO DOZEN STATE -- TWO 
DOZEN STATE AGRICULTURAL
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE SOME
RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING SOME MYSTERIOUS SEED
PACKAGES THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
PART OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS
ONLINE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER 100 BLACK WOMEN OR
MULTIRACIAL, BLACK WOMEN ARE
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN 2020
CONFIRMED THAT AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT'S THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THIS 
YEAR HAS GROWN FROM THE 90 BLACK
WOMEN WHO FILED IN 2018 AND THE 
HIGHEST EVER RECORDED BY THE
CAWP. 
>> ONE INFAMOUS PITCH LATER, AND
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ALREADY 
BREAKING SOME RECORDS.
HIS LIMITED EDITION BASEBALL
CARD WAS ON SALE FOR JUST 24
HOURS BUT IT SOLD OVER 51,000 
PRINTS
TOP SAYS THAT SHATTERED THE 
RECORD SALES FOR ANY BASEBALL 
CARD IT HAS MADE
THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT 
THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON IN 
WASHINGTON
>> YEAH.
ALONG WITH THAT, CARDS, THE 
OTHER MERCH.
BOBBLE HEADS
EVERYTHING ELSE.
T-SHIRTS
SOCKS.
EVERYTHING FAUCI IN 2020. 
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS.
POP STAR JOE JONAS AND SOPHIE 
TURNER ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF 
BABY GIRL WILLA ON JULY 22nd
THE COUPLE ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR NEW CHILD, 
THEIR FIRST CHILD.
SINGER CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON 
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION TO
THEIR FAMILY
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER, WIN
HARRISON WILSON.
CIARA SHARED THE FIRST FAMILY 
PHOTO SINCE SHE GAVE BIRTH WITH 
THE CAPTION WELCOME HOME, WIN.
AND THAT IS A WIN, WIN, WIN FOR 
ALL OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
>>
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND, VIOLENCE SPREADING TO 
OTHER CITIES. 
>> THE EMERGENCY IN BASEBALL AS 
A DOZEN OR MORE MARLINS PLAYERS 
TEST POSITIVE.
IS THE SEASON IN JEOPARDY?
>>> HONORING THE MAN WHO'S BEEN 
CALLED THE CONSCIOUS OF THE 
CONGRESS
THE TRIBUTES TO JOHN LEWIS. 
>>> WEEKS OF TESTIMONY COME TO
AN END IN A LIABLE SUIT 
INVOLVING JOHNNY DEPP AND HIS 
EX-WIFE AMBER HEARD AND A 
BRITISH TABLTABLOID.
>>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING I'M
FIPP P PHILLIP MEN NA.
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
>>> THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BE
HOPEFUL THIS MORNING IT IS A
MAJOR WEEK FOR VACCINE RESEARCH 
AND A PROMISING CANDIDATE IS
ENTERING A CRITICAL STAGE OF
TESTING.
HERE'S NBC'S TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: IT'S A MAKE OR 
BREAK TRIAL, THE EYES OF THE
WORLD ON THE NIH AND DRUG MAKER 
MODERNA BEGINNING PHASE THREE 
TRAILS INVOLVING 30,000 
CANDIDATES ACROSS THE U.S.
>> WE'LL COUNT CASES OF COVID-19
THAT OCCUR IN THE PARTICIPANTS
YOU WANT TO SEE THE COVID-19
REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CASES IN
THIS PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
>> THEY'LL BE EXPOSED NATURALLY 
AS THE VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
24-YEAR-OLD JOHN PENMAN RECEIVED
A SHOT THINKING OF HIS TWO
GRANDMOTHERS LIVING WITH HIS
PARENTS WHILE HIS MOM WORKS IN A
PRESCHOOL.
>> I WORRY ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
FOR ME THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN
DO PERSONALLY TO BENEFIT NOT
ONLY MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BUT
ALSO HUMANITY.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE REASONS 
MODERNA IS MOVING SO FAST IS
IT'S REDOING THE VIRUS' CODE
MODERNA HAS RECEIVED A BILLION
DOLLAR DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT UNDER OPERATION WARP 
SPEED.
PFIZER HAS NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT MONEY BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT'S ALSO STARTING
LATE STAGE TRIALS.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID A VACCINE
COULD BE DEVELOPED BY NOVEMBER
BUT RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS IN
MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT HARD BY
COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING
MISTREATMENT DECADES AGO IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS HAS LEFT
MISTRUST. 
>> THAT MISTRUST LIVES ON.
IT'S CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT DISTRUST
I WANT TO REASSURE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TAKE EVERY
STEP NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE SAFE.
>> Reporter: WORLDWIDE, MORE
THAN 25 VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
IN HUMAN TRIALS, NOT ALL WILL BE
APPROVED
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY WE'LL LIKELY
HAVE MORE THAN ONE VACCINE
APPROVED AND EACH WILL BE 
CATERED TO AGE AND PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS. 
>>> TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING IN PERSON CLASSES, 
THEY DROVE THROUGH TOWN SAYING
CLASSES ONLINE IN THE CASES COME
DOWN
IS THEY DID THE SAME IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA
>>> IN SOME PLACES SCHOOL IS
ALREADY BACK IN DECISION BUT
THERE ARE MORE SAFETY RULES TO
FOLLOW
WE'RE JOINED FROM MISSISSIPPI 
WHERE STUDENTS ARE BACK IN
CLASSROOMS. 
>> Reporter: THE EXCITEMENT TO
BE BACK IN SCHOOL HERE COULD NOT
BE MISSED, THE STUDENTS WERE
OVERJOYED TO BE WITH THEIR
FRIENDS AND TEACHERS BUT ALSO 
HAD A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS INSIDE 
THE SCHOOL AGAINST COVID-19.
>> EVERYONE WAS READY TO RETURN 
TO SCHOOL.
I HAD A PARENT DESCRIBE IT LIKE 
IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE AND THEY 
WERE READY TO GO. 
>> PLASTIC PARTITIONS ON THE
BUS, TEMPERATURE CHECKS ON THE
DOOR, AND SEATS SPACED APART
LOWER STUDENTS GROUPED WITH THE 
SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
>> THE THING ABOUT THIS YEAR IS 
YOU GET TO EAT LUNCH IN YOUR
CLASSROOM.
>> Reporter: THE LIST OF NEW
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST COVID-19 
REASSURING TARA WILLIAMS WHOSE
FOUR CHILDREN RETURNED TO SCHOOL
MONDAY. 
>> I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY 
REQUIRING THE MASKS WAS MY
NUMBER ONE THING THAT MADE ME 
FEEL SAFER. 
>> Reporter: BUT THOSE CHANGES
WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 13% OF
PARENTS WHO THE DISTRICT SAID 
OPTED FOR REMOTE LEARNING THIS
YEAR
AFTER A HYBRID APPROACH IN
TENNESSEE, SCHOOLS NOW SAYING 
THE SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN
VIRTUAL ONLY
ONE STUDY SHOWS MORE THAN HALF
OF TEACHERS DON'T SUPPORT IN
CLASS INSTRUCTION AT THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND OTHER 
COMMUNITIES TAKE THIS VIRUS 
SERIOUSLY.
IT'S HERE.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WAYS. 
>> Reporter: CHANGES WELL WORTH 
MAKING FOR SENIORS. 
>> IT TAKES A LITTLE OF THE 
SOCIAL LIFE OUT BUT IT'S NOT A
BIG DEAL. 
>> IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO, IF 
EVERYONE CAN DO IT WE CAN STOP
THE NORMAL. 
>> Reporter: FOR NOW A MODIFIED 
NORMAL AS A FEW SCHOOL YEAR 
BEGINS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE ARE A
LOT OF TEMPERATURE CHECKS DONE
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THEY
SAID THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE 
STUDENT WHO PRESENTED WITH A
FEVER.
THEY SAY THAT IS A GOOD THING 
STARTING OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND
THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT IS A SIGN 
OF THINGS TO COME.
>>> TENSIONS BETWEEN PRO TESTERS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE ARE
RISING IN PORTLAND
THE CLASHES HAVE BEEN ONGOING 
FOR 60 PLUS NIGHTS
P.
DEMOCRA
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON THE
FEDERAL AGENTS TO LEAVE THE 
CITY
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND
PROTESTERS LAUNCH MORTAR STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE BARRIER THAT ENCASES THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN THEM,
GETTING THIS RESPONSE.
A PROTEST THAT STARTED TWO
MONTHS AGO AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS BECOME A NIGHTLY
RITUAL. 
>> THEY GASSED US SO WE CAME
BACK WITH VENTILATORS.
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US WE CAME
WITH GUARDS.
WHO'S ESCALATING IT?
>> Reporter: IN NEARBY SEATTLE
ON SATURDAY A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY
WITH PROTESTERS DEVOLVING INTO
WHAT IS CALLED A RIOT.
HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THEY'RE BRACING
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE 
VIOLENCE
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD, JUST SET UP 
THIS CEMENT BARRICADE.
IN LOS ANGELES PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
IN 
IN LOUISVILLE OPPOSING GROUPS 
FACE OFF
♪♪
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN
JOHN LEWIS WILL LIE IN STATE AT 
THE ROTUNDA TODAY, THE FIRST
BLACK LAWMAKER TO RECEIVE THE 
HONOR.
WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE 
PAID HIS RESPECTS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAID HE HAS NO PLANS TO DO
THE SAME
JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
TRIBUTES TO JOHN LEWIS. 
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS BACK IN 
WASHINGTON ONE LAST TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS THAT 
MEANT SO MUCH TO THE
CONGRESSMAN, INCLUDING THEM
LINCOLN MEMORIALS, THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, AND THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME STOPPING 
FOR NOW AT THE CAPITOL WHERE
HE'LL LIE IN STATE THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
AMONG THOSE PAYING HIS RESPECTS.
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
THE BATTLE SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON WHERE HE SPENT MORE
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS. 
>> BECAUSE I THINK TODAY WE HAVE
SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WHO 
DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR THE 
COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT IF
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS LOVED 
HIS WORK AND HIS COUNTRY
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS I THINK WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY JOHN 
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> Reporter: JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS 
WASHINGTON
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF IS BREWING ON CAPITOL
HILL WITH BENEFITS HANGING IN 
THE BALANCE FOR MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS LEFT REELING FROM THE 
PANDEMIC
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
THE SENATE PLAN IS FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> Reporter: NOT EVEN ALL 
REPUBLICANS ARE ON BOARD WITH 
THIS PLAN.
LET'S LOOK AT IT INCLUDES.
THE HEALS ACT HAS ANOTHER ROUND 
OF $1,200 PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS 
BUT CUTS THE UNEMPLOYMENT FROM
600 TO $200 A WEEK
ANOTHER ROUND OF SMALL BUSINESS 
LOANS BUT NO EXTENSION FOR
EVICTIONS, THE MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST WEEK.
THERE'S BILLIONS FOR TESTING, 
LIABILITY PROTECTION
AND NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR AN FBI
HEADQUARTERS THAT APPARENTLY
REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHEN
HIFS
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT PUBLICLY
BUT THE BIG SHOW DOWN IS OVER 
THE UNEMPLOYMENT BONUS AND HOW
QUICKLY LAWMAKERS CAN GET IT
DONE. 
>> WE LEARNED A TOUGH LESSON
THAT WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE NOT TO 
WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
AND SO THIS PAYMENT WILL BE 
ADJUSTED SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
PAYMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE TO
APPROXIMATELY -- TO 75% OF THEIR
INCOME. 
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A TIME
WHERE CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY WHO NEVER 
THOUGHT THEY'D GO TO A FOOD 
BANK
PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF
EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY 
THE RENT
THEY LOST THEIR JOBS THROUGH NO 
FAULT OF THEIR OWN. 
>> THE EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY WANT
TO EXTEND IT UNTIL THE END OF 
THE YEAR BUT THAT HAS NOT 
HAPPENED YET, LEAVING ACCORDING 
TO THE CNBC, 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS VULNERABLE AT RISK OF 
LOSING THEIR HOMES, ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THAT
>> A STAGGERING NUMBER
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GET ON CHECK OF OUR 
WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST
JANESSA WEBB GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE HEAT NOT LETTING UP, WE HAVE
THIS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT 
STICKS ACROSS THE EAST COAST
THAT CAUSES US TO SEE AN
UNSETTLED PATTERN.
THE COLD FRONT IS GOING TO COME 
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND SLICE
THE HUMIDITY IN HALF BY TOMORROW
BUT STILL AIR TEMPERATURE 
HOVERING IN THE 90s AS WE 
CONTINUE THE REST OF THE WEEK.
HEAT ADVISORIES AND ALERTS IN 
ARE STILL IN PLACE FROM BOSTON
AND STRETCHING DOWN TO SOUTH
CAROLINA
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO 85 DEGREES FOR PITTSBURGH
THIS AFTERNOON
SYRACUSE YOU'RE IN THE MID 80s
AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DUE TO THE
HUMIDITY AND THE FRONT
SAN ANTONIO FROM NASHVILLE, HEAT
AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO BUILD.
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, A GUY IN
FLORIDA IS IN HOT WATER WITH THE
FEDS THIS MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS
TO BUY A LAMBORGHINI
PROSECUTORS SAID DAVID HINES
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYROLL
PROTECTION PROGRAMS.
THE FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE 
CAR AND ABOUT $3 MILLION
>>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS
COMING TO AN END
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT THEIR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND TODAY 
DEPP'S LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS.
SARAH, HOW UGLY CAN WE EXPECT 
THIS TO BE
>> Reporter: IF WE WERE WATCHING
THIS IN A MOVIE WE'D SAY THESE
ALLEGATIONS, IT'S TOO MUCH, IT'S
TOO UNBELIEVABLE
BUT THIS IS REAL LIFE.
THE QUESTION THE JUDGE NOW HAS
TO CONSIDER IS WHETHER IT WAS 
TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE FOR THIS
NEWSPAPER TO DESCRIBE JOHNNY
DEPP AS A WIFE BEATER.
OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS WE
HEARD TESTIMONY FROM HIS EX-WIFE
WHO SAID JOHNNY DEPP WAS
PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TOWARDS HER, 
HE DENIED THAT
WE ALSO SAW PHOTOS THAT REPORT
TO SHOW ALL NIGHT DRUG BINGES.
THE JUDGE COULD FIND FOR JOHNNY 
DEPP AND ORDER THE NEWSPAPER TO 
PAY DAMAGES PERHAPS JOHNNY
DEPP'S LEGAL FEES AND ISSUE A 
PUBLIC APOLOGY OR RETRACTION
ON THE OTHER HAND THE JUDGE 
COULD SAY THE PAPER IS JUSTIFIED
IN WHAT THEY DID AND JOHNNY DEPP
COULD WALK AWAY HAVING SPENT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND AIRED 
DIRTY LAUNDRY OF THIS TOXIC 
RELATIONSHIP FOR NO GAME
JOHNNY DEPP IS ALSO BRINGING A
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST AMBER
HEARD, THAT'S $50 MILLION, IN 
THE U.S.
THAT WILL BE HEARD N
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ RAISED
OVER $60,000 FOR UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS ON INSTAGRAM LIVE.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THE DEBATE WILL NOW TAKE PLACE
AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE 
UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND ON
SEPTEMBER 29th
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A CARDIGAN SHE WORE
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE'RE WATCHING ANOTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM
POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT TWO TO
FIVE DAYS, THERE IS A 90% OF
DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES A
CURVE BALL LESS THAN A WEEK INTO
THE MLB SEASON AS A DOZEN 
MEMBERS OF THE MARLIN 
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER AND THE YANKEES 
PHILLIES GAME IN PHILADELPHIA 
WHERE THE MARLINS LAST PLAYED.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY, THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE THE POOL OF ADDITIONAL
PLAYERS AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND CONTINUE TO 
PLAY. 
>> THE MARLINS ARE EXPECTED TO
PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON WEDNESDAY
PENDING ANOTHER ROUND OF
TESTING.
>>> A CONSUMER ALERT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT.
STATE OFFICIALS IN AT LEAST 27
STATES WANT YOU TO REPORT ANY 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS
YOU'VE GOTTEN.
THIS COMES AFTER RESIDENTS
CLAIMED TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEEDS IN THE MAIL
FROM CHINA
OFFICIALS WARN THIS IS A SCAM 
AND WARN PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT
THEM, THEY MAY BE INVASIVE OR 
HARMFUL.
>>> KYRIE IRVING HAS CREATED THE
EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE TO FUND
THE SALARIES FOR PLAYERS IN THE 
WNBA LEAGUE WHO CHOOSE TO SIT 
OUT THE SEASON FOR CORONAVIRUS
OR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
HE SAID WHETHER A PERSON DECIDED
TO FIGHT SOCIAL JUSTICE, PLAY 
BASKETBALL, THIS COULD SUPPORT
THEIR DECISIONS.
>>> DR. FAUCI'S LIMITED EDITION 
BASEBALL CARD WAS ON SALE FOR 24
HOURS AND SHATTERED THE SALES 
FOR ANY BASEBALL CARD TOPS HAS
MADE
HE THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH FOR
THE NATIONALS OPENING DAY GAME
LAST WEEK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS SEASON
GOT SHORTER.
>> THEY'RE GOING FOR $1,200 TO
$2,000
ALMOST LIKE A KEN GRIF FIPP JR. 
CARD
>>> THE FIRST LADY IS GIVING THE
WHITE HOUSE GAR DDEN A MAKEOVER
THE PLAN IS TO RESTORE THE ROSE 
GAR DEN TO RESEMBLE THE 1962
DESIGN. 
>>> DIVERS HOLD THEMSELVES OVER 
A BRIDGE IN BOSNIA FOR A DECADES
OLD CONTEST.
THIS YEAR TO CURB THE THREAT OF 
COVID-19, ONLY 100 PEOPLE WERE
ALLOWED TO WATCH THE CONTEST
HOWEVER TH
>>> A BIT OF OPTIMISM TO KICK 
OFF YOUR TUESDAY, AS HOPEFUL
SIGNS TOWARD A COVID-19 VACCINE 
BEGIN TO GROW AND PHASE THREE 
TRIALS GET UNDERWAY.
>> 40 STATES ARE SEEING A RISE
IN CORONAVIRUS CASES, AND IT
SEEMS LIKE THESE SUMMERTIME 
CELEBRATIONS THAT HAVE LOCAL
OFFICIALS SOUNDING THE ALARM
AGAINST THE SUPERSPREADER 
GATHERINGS
>>> EVICTION NATION.
THE LOOMING BUBBLE COULD SOON 
BURST WITH SOME 40 MILLION
AMERICANS FACING POSSIBLE 
EVICTION. 
>> JUST A HANDFUL OF DAYS INTO
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
SEASON, AND ALREADY, A MAJOR
CRISIS IS SENDING A RIPPLE
EFFECT THROUGH PROFESSIONAL 
SPORTS. 
>> AND KATHIE LEE GIFFORD WITH
MOVING MEMORIES OF HER SIDEKICK,
REGIS PHILBIN.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW. 
>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> I' AM FRANCES RIVERA
THE RACE IS HEATING UP TO FIND A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, AND 
SOLUTIONS COULD NOT COME SOON 
ENOUGH, FOR NEARLY A WEEK NOW,
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 1,000 
REPORTED FATALITIES EVERY 24
HOURS IN THE UNITED STATES
BUT THERE IS GROWING REASON TO
HOPE
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE
BEGUN A CRITICAL STAGE OF 
TESTING FOR A PROMISING VACCINE 
CANDIDATE.
HERE IS NBC'S TOM COSTELLO
>> Reporter: IT'S A 
MAKE-OR-BREAK TRIAL.
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ON THE NIH
AND DRUGMAKER MODERNA.
BEGINNING PHASE THREE HUMAN 
TRIALS, EVENTUALLY INVOLVING
30,000 VOLUNTEERS SCATTERED 
ACROSS 89 SITE SITES IN THE U.SL
RECEIVING THE VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HALF, GETTING A PLACEBO.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE COUNTING
CASES OF COVID-19 THAT OCCUR IN 
THE PARTICIPANTS
WHAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SEE
IS THAT THE VACCINE REDUCES THE 
NUMBER IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
RECEIVED THE VACCINE. 
>> THE VOLUNTEERS WON'T BE
INJECTED WITH COVID.
INSTEAD, THEY WILL BE EXPOSED 
NATURALLY, AS VIRUS SPREADS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
JOHN RECEIVED A SHOT THINKING OF
HIS TWO GRANDMOTHERS LIVING WITH
HIS PARENTS, WHILE HIS MOM WORKS
IN A PRESCHOOL. 
>> I WORRY ABOUT IT, EVERY DAY
SO FOR ME, THIS CLINICAL STUDY, 
THIS RESEARCH STUDY, IS 
SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO,
PERSONALLY, TO BENEFIT, NOT ONLY
MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS BUT, 
ALSO, HUMANITY. 
>> ONE OF THE REASONS MODERNA IS
MOVING SO FAST
RATHER THAN MANIPULATING THE
LIVE VIRUS, IT'S REPROGRAMMING
THE VIRUS'S GENETIC CODE
THE HOPE IS THAT THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM, THEN, CREATES 
COVID-FIGHTING ANTIBODIES.
MODERNA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY A 
BILLION DOLLARS, UNDER THE
GOVERNMENT'S OPERATION WARP 
SPEED.
AND PROMISES TO PRODUCE 500 
MILLION DOSES, PER YEAR.
ALSO, GETTING FEDERAL MONEY AND 
BEGINNING PHASE-THREE TRIALS
SOON
NOVA VAX, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND
ASTRAZENECA.
PFIZER HAS NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT MONEY BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT'S ALSO STARTING
LATE-STAGE TRIALS.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID A VACCINE
COULD BE DEVELOPED BY NOVEMBER
BUT RECRUITING VACCINE
VOLUNTEERS IN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES HIT ESPECIALLY HARD 
BY COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
MISTREATMENT DECADES AGO IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS HAS LEFT A
LEGACY OF MISTRUST. 
>> IT LIVES ON AND IT'S -- IT'S 
REALLY CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT DISTRUST
I WANT TO REASSURE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TAKE EVERY
STEP, NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE SAFE.
>> WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 25
VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE, RIGHT 
NOW, IN HUMAN TRIALS
NOT ALL WILL BE APPROVED BUT
RESEARCHERS SAY, IMPORTANTLY, WE
ARE LIKELY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
VACCINE THAT'S APPROVED.
AND EACH VACCINE WILL BE CATERED
TO DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND
EVEN PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
TOM, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE MOVIE "HOUSE PARTY.
POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A 
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
POLICE GOT THERE AT 8:30, AND 
DIDN'T KICK EVERYBODY OUT UNTIL 
1:00 A.M. 
>> THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED 
GATHERINGS LIKE THESE ARE 
BECOMING SUPERSPREADERS FOR 
COVID-19
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
SUMMERTIME CELEBRATIONS HAVE
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SOUNDING THE ALARM
FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA TO 
OREGON
PARTIES ARE LEADING TO CLUSTERS 
OF COVID-19 CASES.
MANY OF THEM, YOUNG, ADULTS.
IN THIS POPULAR SUMMER SPOT,
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.
AT LEAST 17 LIFEGUARDS HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE.
OFFICIALS ARE CONNECTING THE
CASES TO A SOCIAL GATHERING 
OUTSIDE OF WORK.
NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR IS URGING 
TEENS IN THE STATE TO COOPERATE 
WITH CONTACT TRACERS, AFTER 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE A PARTY IN THE
SEPARATE PART OF THE STATE LED
TO 20 PEOPLE GETTING SICK.
>> THIS ISN'T A WITCH HUNT
THIS IS A PUBLIC-HEALTH PURSUIT 
THAT THE CONTACT-TRACING CORPS
IS AFTER
>> Reporter: ON CAPE COD, FREE
TESTING FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED A
HOUSE PARTY LAST WEEK, THAT LED 
TO AT LEAST 13 CASES
SOME OF THE SICK, EMPLOYEES AT
LOYAL RESTAURANTS, FORCING SOME 
WITN
BUSINESSES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE.
PARTIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
TURN INTO SUPER-SPREADER EVENTS,
SAY EXPERTS, IF PEOPLE ARE
CROWDED TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY
INSIDE AND NOT WEARING MASKS
NOW, OFFICIALS ARE URGING 
EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR GUARD UP.
>> SORT OF SURPRISED ME IS HOW
MANY TIMES IT, REALLY, IS JUST
AN INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER, THAT
IS CAUSING THE SPREAD.
I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL 
TENDENCY, WHEN WE'RE WITH PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW, MAYBE, NOT TO BE
AS CONCERNED. 
>> JILL PARKER THOUGHT SHE WAS
SAFE WHEN SHE HAD A SMALL,
OUTDOOR FAMILY PARTY FOR THE
FOURTH OF JULY. 
>> WE GOT TOO COMFORTABLE.
WE HAD A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY
>> Reporter: ALL BUT THREE OF 
THE 14 PEOPLE AT THE PARTY, 
LATER, TEXTSTED POSITIVE.
NOW, SHE IS WARNING OTHERS ABOUT
RUSHING BACK TO NORMAL TOO SOON.
>> IT'S TERRIFYING, WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN
AND YOU ARE SITTING THERE WITH
THE GUILT THAT YOU, NOT ONLY LET
YOURSELF BE EXPOSED BUT,
PROVIDED A VENUE FOR OTHERS TO
BE EXPOSED. 
>> THAT WAS GABE GUTIERREZ
REPORTING.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MLB SEASON HAS
OVER A DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE 
MARLINS ORGANIZATION TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
AND THAT PROMPTED THE LEAGUE TO 
POSTPONE MULTIPLE GAMES IN MIAMI
AND PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THE TEAM
LAST PLAYED.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
FROM MIAMI
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
SHOCKWAVES RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMUNITY,
AFTER NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 11 
MARLINS HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19
SINCE OPENING DAY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE POSTPONEMENT
OF THEIR HOME OPENER, THOUGH
BUT HOW OTHER TEAMS WILL BE 
REACTING RIGHT NOW AS THIS VIRUS
MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE TO
SPREAD FROM LOCKER ROOM TO
LOCKER ROOM.
>> LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER 
BASEBALL BEGAN ITS RESTART, THE 
SPORT COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF
CLOSURE.
THE MIAMI MARLINS HAVE CANCELLED
THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST THE 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES WITH NBC NEWS 
CONFIRMING 11 PLAYERS ON THEIR
33-MAN TRAVELING ROSTER HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID SINCE OPENING
DAY.
TEAM CEO DEREK JETER DID ISSUE A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, 
POSTPONING THE HOME OPENER WAS
THE CORRECT DECISION TO PROPERLY
GRASP THE TOTALITY OF THE 
SITUATION.
JETER ADDING THE TEAM WILL
REMAIN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENDING 
ANOTHER ROUND OF TESTING FOR
PLAYERS AND STAFF.
>> VERY SCARED RIGHT NOW
AND I THINK THE SEASON'S AT THE 
CROSSROADS. 
>> BOB NIGHTINGALE HAS COVERED
BASEBALL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> WHAT KIND OF CHATTER ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM MLB OWNERS ABOUT 
CONTINUING THE SEASON?
>> IT'S A VERY FLUID SITUATION
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, NO TALK
ABOUT CANCELLING THE SEASON.
THAT COULD CHANGE 24, 48 HOURS
FROM NOW
WE'LL SEE.
>> THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLYS, SO 
FAR, NOT CONFIRMING ANY NEW 
POSITIVE TESTS BUT THE DOMINO 
EFFECT ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE
TEAM PULLING THE PLUG ON THEIR
GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK 
YANKEES, MLB CONFIRMS.
THE FIRST FEW GAMES FILLED WITH 
IMAGES OF FIST BUMPS, HUGS, AND 
HIGH-FIVES
AND BASEBALL TEAMS ARE NOT
COMPETING IN A BUBBLE, UNLIKE 
THE NBA.
THAT LEAGUE FORCING CLIPPERS
GUARD LOU WILLIAMS TO QUARANTINE
FOR TEN DAYS, AFTER HE LEFT FOR 
AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TO ATTEND A
FUNERAL VIEWING BUT WAS LATER 
PHOTOGRAPHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT 
A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB
SPORTS LEAGUES, TRYING TO 
SALVAGE THEIR SEASONS WITH
WARNING SIGNS, ALREADY, 
EMERGING
AS THE MARLINS WAIT TO FIND OUT 
HOW MANY MORE OF THEIR PLAYERS, 
COACHES, AND STAFF MEMBERS MAY
HAVE COVID-19, THE LEAGUE WILL
BE WATCHING RESULTS OUT OF
PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE IF THE 
PHILLYS END UP WITH A LOT OF
POSITIVE CASES, THAT COULD SPELL
TROUBLE FOR THE MLB HOW EASY
THIS CAN BE SPREAD AMONG
OPPONENTS.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, BACK TO
YOU.
>> WHAT WE ALL FEARED.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS.
BACK IN WASHINGTON, ONE LAST
TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
SLOWLY WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS 
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO THE 
CONGRESSMAN.
INCLUDING, THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND LINCOLN MEMORIALS
THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY.
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
A PLACE HE VISITED, JUST WEEKS
BEFORE HIS PASSING
>> HE WANTED TO SEE IT, WITH HIS
OWN EYES. 
>> HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME,
STOPPING FOR NOW, AT THE
CAPITOL, WHERE HE WILL LIE IN 
STATE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
AN HONOR RESERVED FOR ONLY A
HANDFUL OF AMERICA'S GREATEST 
HEROES
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN,
AMONG THOSE PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
CONTINUING AS A WARRIOR ON THE
FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
THAT BATTLE, SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE SPENT MORE 
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIOUS OF THE CONGRESS.
>> BECAUSE I THINK, TODAY, WE 
HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
WHO DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR 
THE COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT, IF 
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> JOHN LEWIS LOVED HIS WORK AND
HIS COUNTRY.
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS, I THINK, WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY, JOHN
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND THE LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON
>> ALL RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE WATCHING SOME STORMS
MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST.
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
JOINING US NOW
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I KNOW THE HEAT HAS REALLY BEEN 
TOUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND
MUCH OF THE EAST COAST
AND IT'S REALLY NOT BACKING OFF.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE, THAT WILL JUST NOT LET
UP
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE SEEING
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY 
IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOWER 80s.
AND TODAY, WE'RE EXPECTING
FEEL-LIKE TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 
DEGREES FROM NEW YORK CITY, ALL 
THE WAY INTO WILMINGTON, NORTH
CAROLINA
44 MILLION PEOPLE IMPACTED BY 
HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS
THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO FILTER
IN THIS AFTERNOON, INTO YOUR
EVENING, KROACROSS THE NORTHEAST
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE, FOR THE
GREAT LAKES, ALL THE WAY TO 
DETROIT, IN THE UPPER 80s.
THE LOWER 90s CONTINUE TO FILTER
IN FROM TAMPA, ALL THE WAY INTO 
SAN ANTONIO, WITH HIGH HUMIDITY.
ALSO, ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM 
WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
HAVE MORE UPDATES COMING UP.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANKS, JANESSA.
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES ARE
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS TO THEIR
FAMILIES
POP STAR JOJO AND GAME OF 
THRONES ACTRESS ANNOUNCED.
THEY ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST CHILD
AND CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION.
THE TWO ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER,
WYNN HARRISO
>>> A FLORIDA MAN IS IN HOT 
WATER WITH THE FEDS THIS
MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONA RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY
A LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY DAVID HINES 
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION LOANS FOR DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES BUT MADE FALSE 
STATEMENTS ABOUT PAYROLL
EXTENSIONS
FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE CAR 
AND ABOUT $3.4 MILLION FROM HIS 
BANK ACCOUNTS.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THE PANDEMIC RAVAGING OUR
ECONOMY.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES
A FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON 
EVICTIONS EXPIRED ON FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
IT WILL BE EXTENDED, TENANTS WHO
CAN'T AFFORD RENTAL , ARE 
UNPROTECTED, AS OF NOW
ACCORDING TO CNBC, UP TO 40 
MILLION AMERICANS COULD FACE
EVICTION
ONE EXPERT TOLD THE NUMBER IN 
AUGUST ALONE COULD EQUAL 3
MILLION.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER A HUNDRED BLACK 
WOMEN, OR MULTIRACIAL BLACK 
WOMEN HAVE FILED TO RUN FOR 
CONGRESS IN 2020
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN WOMEN IN
POLITICS CONFIRMED AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO FILED 
THIS YEAR IS A LARGE LEAP FROM
THE ROUGHLY 90 BLACK WOMEN WHO
FILED IN 2018.
>> ACTOR TOM HANKS AND HIS WIFE 
RITA WILSON ARE OFFICIALLY
CITIZENS OF GREECE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
ANNOUNCED THE NEWS, ALONGSIDE 
THAT PICTURE THERE, OF THE STARS
HOLDINTELL YOU ABOUT
STATE AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS IN 
AT LEAST 27 STATES WANT YOU TO
REPORT ANY UNSOLICITED PACKAGES 
OF SEEDS YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN
THE WARNING COMES AFTER 
RESIDENTS CLAIM TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEED PACKAGES IN THE 
MAIL THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
OFFICIALS SAY THE SEEDS ARE PART
OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS 
ONLINE, AND THEY'RE URGING
PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT THEM
WARNING THEY MIGHT BE INVASIVE, 
OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL. 
>> IN THE UK, PRIME MINISTER
BORIS JOHNSON'S PLAN TO BATTLE
COVID INCLUDES WEIGHT LOSS
JOHNSON REVEALED THAT WHEN HE 
WAS HOSPITALIZED, HE WAS
OVERWEIGHT
AND HAS, SINCE, CHANGED HIS 
HABITS
HE IS NOW URGING FELLOW BRITS TO
GET FIT TO FIGHT THE VIRUS
OUR CARL NASMAN HAS MORE. 
>> HERE IN ENGLAND, AROUND
TWO-THIRDS OF ADULTS ARE
CLASSIFIED AS EITHER OBESE OR 
OVERWEIGHT
AND NOW, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
PUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ON A 
DIET
BORIS JOHNSON ALLOWING A
NATIONWIDE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM, 
THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE SLIM DOWN
BUT ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, TO HELP
PREPARE FOR A POTENTIAL SECOND
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE FALL.
THAT'S BECAUSE, STUDY AFTER 
STUDY, SHOWING EVEN THOSE WHO 
ARE SLIGHTLY OBESE ARE AT A MUCH
HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19
SYMPTOMS
AND THEY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO 
DIE.
NOW, THIS UK-WIDE PROGRAM WOULD 
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE LIMITING THE
ADVERTISEMENT AND SALES OF JUNK 
FOOD
LISTING THE CALORIES ON THE 
MENUS AT LARGE-CHAIN
RESTAURANTS.
AND IT WOULD, ALSO, ENCOURAGE 
DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE EXERCISE TO
THEIR PATIENTS
THIS IS, ALSO, A PERSONAL 
MISSION, HERE, IN THE UK
THE PRIME MINISTER, HIMSELF, WAS
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 BACK 
IN APRIL
HE DESCRIBED THAT AS A WAKEUP 
CALL FOR HIMSELF, THAT HE NEEDS,
TO GET BACK IN SHAPE. 
>> I, IN A SENSE, WELCOME THE 
FACT THAT BORIS JOHNSON 
SUFFERED, HIMSELF.
WENT INTO INTENSIVE CARE
FORTUNATELY, HE CAME OUT AND HAS
RECOVERED.
BUT WHAT HE'S DONE IS HAVE AN 
EPIPHANY MOMENT.
>> BEING OBESE PUTS YOU AT A
MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR NEEDING TO 
GO ON TO INTENSIVE CARE AND,
INDEED, SADLY, FOR DYING. 
>> OF COURSE, THAT MIGHT BE A 
WAKEUP CALL FOR AMERICANS AS
WELL
AROUND 40% OF THE COUNTRY 
CLASSIFIED AS OBESE.
AND MANY DOCTORS SAY ONE OF THE 
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE 
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 IS SIMPLY
TO
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TROPICS
AS 92L HAS FORMED.
STILL AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
AND FATAL SHARK ATTACK IN MAINE.
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
NORTHEAST OF PORTLANDMENT 
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER AFTER A PAIR OF
SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A BULL SHARK
MAY HAVE TAKEN TWO LARGE CHUNKS 
OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT WASHED 
ASHORE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD IS
REMEMBERING HER FRIEND AND
FORMER CO-HOST, TV LEGEND REGIS 
PHILBIN, WHO DIED OVER THE
WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST, NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA 
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING PING-PONG
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD 
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM
AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT 
AFRAID OF ME AND WE JUST TOOK 
OFF LIKE A ROCKET.
WE HAD FUN
F-U-N.
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
AND HE WAS THE MOST GRATEFUL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN.
AND ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE
LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>> THE GIFT THEY SHARED WITH ALL
OF US.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.
>> WE ALL GREW UP WATCHING HIM
ON TV.
YOU KNOW, HE'S ON TV MORE THAN
ANYBODY IN HISTORY, REALLY. 
>> AND LARGER THAN LIFE, YOU CAN
TELL
THERE ON THE SCREEN AND OFF.
JUST THIS HUGE PERSONALITY. 
>> LAST NIGHT, A CLASSIC
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY EPISODE FROM 
1992 WAS AIRED FEATURING REGIS, 
CAROLE BURNETT, AND DONALD
MILLS.
>> MAINBOCHER EDITED THE PARIS
EDITION OF THIS U.S. FASHION
MAGAZINE. 
>> BOY, YOU REALLY MAKE IT -- 
YOU REALLY MAKE A GUY EARN HIS
DAILY DOUBLE HERE.
>> ALWAYS MAKING US LAUGH.
INCIDENTALLY, CAROL BURNETT WON 
THAT
>>> 40 MILLION AMERICANS COULD
BE FACING EVICTION NOTICES, IF
CONGRESS DOESN'T ACT SOON.
THAT, AS COVID CASES RISE IN THE
MAJORITY OF STATES
BUT HOPE ABOUNDS, AS VACCINES 
BEGIN CRUCIAL PHASE THREE 
TRIALS
>>> THE CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS, 
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS,
BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO LIE IN STATE AT THE U.S. 
CAPITOL.
JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE,
AND MANY OTHERS PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
BUT NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO
SAID HE WON'T BE GOING
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTORS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND
VIOLENCE SPREADING TO OTHER 
CITIES
>>> AND HAVE YOU RECEIVED A 
PACKET OF SEEDS IN THE MAIL,
THAT YOU DIDN'T ORDER?
IF SO, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND AUTHORITIES HAVE AN URGENT
MESSAGE FOR YOU.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M 
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M 
FRANCES RIVERA
THE UNITED STATES IS FACING MORE
GRIM MILESTONES IN THIS 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION CASES HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED, NATIONWIDE
AND THE DEATH TOLL IS 
APPROACHING 150,000.
FOR NEARLY A WEEK, MORE THAN A
THOUSAND FATALITIES HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED, EVERY 24 HOURS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING THE RETURN OF
IN-PERSON CLASSES.
MORE THAN 150 EDUCATORS DROVE 
ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH THE
MESSAGE, COURSES ONLINE UNTIL 
CASES DECLINE.
AND A SIMILAR PROTEST WAS HELD
IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH TEACHERS 
CIRCLING THE STATE HOUSE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION. 
>> POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
>> A FLORIDA MAN IS BEING 
ACCUSED OF USING CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY A 
LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD 
DAVID HINES RECEIVED $4 MILLION 
FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM BY MAKING FALSE CLAIMS
DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
HINES NOW FACES BANK FRAUD
CHARGES.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THERE IS VERY HOPEFUL NEWS 
THIS MORNING IN THE RACE TO FIND
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
PROMISING CANDIDATES ARE
BEGINNING HUMAN TRIALS SOON.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE 
NEEDED FOR THIS CRITICAL STAGE
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THIS 
REPORT
>> Reporter: A BIG WEEK IN THE
BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19.
DRUGMAKER MODERNA AND NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH KICKING OFF
PHASE THREE TRIALS WITH THEIR 
VACCINE CANDIDATE.
THE TRIAL WILL ENROLL 30,000
AMERICANS.
HALF WILL RECEIVE THE 
EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE
THE OTHER HALF, A PLACEBO.
>> IT TAKES SOMEONE, WHO IS 
WILLING TO, REALLY, BE A HERO 
AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE KINDS
OF CLINICAL STUDIES.
>> AFTER TWO DOSES, RESEARCHERS 
WILL TRACK WHICH GROUP DEVELOPS 
MORE INFECTIONS, AS THEY GO 
ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
>> WHAT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO 
SEE IS THE VACCINE REDUCES THE
NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19 IN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
>> PFIZER ANNOUNCED IT HAS ALSO 
STARTED ITS LATE-STAGE HUMAN
TRIALS, WITH HOPES TO SUBMIT FOR
FINAL REGULATORY REVIEW IN
OCTOBER.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON STARTED A 
PHASE ONE TRIAL IN THE U.S., AS 
WELL
THE PRESIDENT TOURED A FACILITY 
THAT'S MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS 
OF ANOTHER CANDIDATE, DEVELOPED 
BY NOVA VAX.
MANY COMPANIES ARE ALREADY
RAMPING UP PRODUCTION.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A
WINNER
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF 
WINNERS.
>> TO GET FDA APPROVAL, A 
VACCINE MUST BE AT LEAST 50%
EFFECTIVE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
SAYS THERE ARE 25 POTENTIAL 
CANDIDATES IN CLINICAL TRIALS,
GLOBALLY
A RACE FOR A VACCINE, AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES CLIMB.
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BREWING ON CAPITOL HILL
THIS MORNING, WITH BENEFITS 
HANGING IN THE BALANCE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LEFT
REELING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP RETURNED TO AN OLD HOBBY
HORSE, ONCE AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE 
THAT THE DRUG DOES NOT CURE 
COVID-19
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
TRACIE, THE SENATE FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> EXACTLY
NOT EVERYONE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AGREES WITH THIS
MITCH McCONNELL, THE SENATE 
LEADER, SAYS THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT ARE SURE TO BE
TENSE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A FEW WEEKS,
WHEN IT COMES TO UNEMPLOYMENT.
THOSE BONUS PAYMENTS ARE RUNNING
OUT, QUICKLY
HERE IS WHAT THE SO-CALLED
HEROES ACT WOULD PROVIDE
THE HEALS ACT IS WHAT 
REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING IT
$1,200 STIMULUS CHECKS FOR
AMERICANS.
BUT IT WOULD DROP UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS FROM $600 TO $200 A
WEEK
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE
$105 BILLION FOR EDUCATION
FUNDING AND ANOTHER ROUND OF
LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EXTENSION
ON EVICTIONS
IT INCLUDES MONEY FOR TESTING,
LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR
BUSINESSES, AND SOMETHING THAT
MITCH McCONNELL, APPARENTLY,
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AT FIRST
NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR A NEW FBI 
HEADQUARTERS
BUT IT'S THIS FIGHT OVER
UNEMPLOYMENT THAT'S URGENT
IT RUNS OUT THIS WEEK.
>> WE'VE LEARNED A VERY TOUGH 
LESSON THAT, WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE
NOT TO WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
AND SO, THIS PAYMENT WILL BE
ADJUSTED SO THAT WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO HELP 
PEOPLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 TO
75% OF THEIR INCOME.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A TIME 
WHEN CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE 
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY.
NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D EVER GO TO 
A FOOD BANK.
PEOPLE ARE BEING -- ON THE VERGE
OF EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
PAY THE RENT
THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS, THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
>> THAT EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS 
SAID THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT 
UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, IT 
HASN'T HAPPENED, YET
SO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR 
RENT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
RIGHT NOW.
NEARLY, 40 MILLION AMERICANS, 
ACCORDING TO CNBC, COULD LOSE 
THEIR HOMES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> JUST A STAGGERING NUMBER.
AND IT'S DUE THE END OF THE 
WEEK
ALL RIGHT.
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL SEASON, AS OVER A DOZEN
MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI MARLINS
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER, AND THE
YANKEES-PHILLIES GAME.
SPOKE TO THE MLB NETWORK ABOUT
THE SITUATION.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE POOL OF
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS
AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE 
SAFE AND CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> IS THERE A POINT --
>> MIAMI AND THEIR PLAYERS ARE
EXPECTED TO PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON
WEDNESDAY, PENDING ANOTHER ROUND
OF TESTING
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT HAS MORE ON 
THE POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS.
>> Reporter: RARE BUT FITTING 
HONORS FOR THE LATE CONGRESSMAN 
JOHN LEWIS
THE NATION'S CAPITOL, PAUSING TO
PAY RESPECT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
GIANT AND LONGTIME GEORGIA
CONGRESSMAN.
HIS PROCESSION PASSING BY 
NOTABLE WASHINGTON LANDMARKS, 
PAUSING AT THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. MEMORIAL.
DR. KING INSPIRED LEWIS'S EARLY 
ACTIVISM
AND AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
WHERE LEWIS WAS THE YOUNGEST
SPEAKER AT THE 1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON. 
>> WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEAT BY
POLICEMEN.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT
>> HIS MOTORCADE, ALSO, DRIVING 
DOWN THE NEWLY MINTED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER PLAZA WHERE, LAST
MONTH, LEWIS MADE HIS FINAL 
PUBLIC APPEARANCE, IN SUPPORT.
>> WHAT DOES CONGRESSMAN LEWIS'S
LEGACY MEAN TO YOU
>> AS A SOUTHERNER, AS THE WIFE 
OF A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA, AND
AS THE MOM OF INTERRACIAL KIDS, 
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 
BE HERE TODAY.
AND ALSO, FOR US TO ACCEPT THAT 
TORCH AND TO SAY WE'RE HERE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
>> I VALUE SACRIFICE
AND STRUGGLE
AND I FEEL LIKE HE IS SOMEONE 
THAT REPRESENTS SACRIFICE AND 
STRUGGLE, TO THE GREATEST 
EXTENT
>> Reporter: LEWIS MAKING HIS 
FINAL TRIP TO THE U.S. CAPITOL
THE BUILDING WHERE THE
CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS
REPRESENTED GEORGIA FOR MORE
THAN THREE DECADES
A MILITARY HONOR GUARD CARRIED
HIS FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN UP THE 
STEPS, AND INTO THE CAPITOL 
ROTUNDA, WHERE HE BECAME THE
FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER TO LIE IN
STATE.
AS HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES SAID 
FAREWELL. 
>> WE KNEW THAT HE ALWAYS WORKED
ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
AND NOW, WE KNOW THAT HE IS WITH
THEM. 
>> PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN,
AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE,
AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED TO VISIT
THE CAPITOL TO HONOR LEWIS
GOSPEL SINGER WHITLY PHIPPS 
DELIVERING A POWERFUL RENDITION 
OF "AMAZING GRACE.
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOW
INVITED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED, AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS BEING ENFORCED
THAT VIEWING BEGINNING AT 
8:00 A.M., EASTERN
FRANCES.
>> GEOFF, THANK YOU.
>> THE UNREST IN PORTLAND 
CONTINUES.
THE CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTORS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE
HAVE BEEN ONGOING, FOR 60-PLUS
NIGHTS NOW
AND THEY ARE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LEAVE
THE CITY, AFTER THEY WERE SENT
THERE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND NOW, THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE 
HAS LED THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEND 
MORE FEDERAL AGENTS TO THE
REGION
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, 
PROTESTORS LAUNCH MORTAR-STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE STEEL BARRIER THAT ENCASES
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN
THEM
PROVOKING THIS RESPONSE.
WHAT STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO A
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS NOW BECOME A
NIGHTLY RITUAL. 
>> THEY STARTED GASSING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH RESPIRATORS
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH VESTS
WHO IS ESCALATING THIS
IT'S NOT US.
>> STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE
AGENTS ARE NOT WELCOME BUT THE
PRESIDENT INSISTS THEY ARE HERE 
TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY.
IN NEARBY SEATTLE, ON SATURDAY, 
A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH 
PORTLAND'S PROTESTORS DEVOLVED
FROM PEACEFUL, INTO WHAT POLICE 
CALL, A RIOT
FEDERAL AGENTS STAYED OUT OF
SIGHT.
PRESIDENT SAYS THEY'RE IN 
SEATTLE FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY. 
>> HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, THEY ARE 
BRACING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
MORE VIOLENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD
THEY JUST SET UP THIS CEMENT
BARRICADE.
EACH BLOCK WEIGHS 4,000 POUNDS. 
>> IN LOS ANGELES, PROTESTORS 
AND POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
AND IN LOUISVILLE, OPPOSING 
ARMED MILITIA GROUPS FACED OFF
AT A DEMONSTRATION
ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS,
SEATTLE.
>>> A RARE AND FATAL SHARK
ATTACK MONDAY IN MAINE
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
IN NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER MONDAY AFTER A 
PAIR OF SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A SHARK MAY 
HAVE TAKEN TWO CHUNKS, LARGE
CHUNKS, OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT
WASHED ASHORE.
>> EVERYBODY E'S FLOCKING TO THE
BEACHES BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT 
OUTSIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BRING IN NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, TO 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT HEAT
HEY, GOOD MORNING, JANESSA
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT
IT'S NOT LETTING UP.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE THAT JUST WILL NOT BACK
OFF.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A BEACH DAY LIKE
WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
WE DO HAVE THIS COLD FRONT
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE 
RELIEF THAT WE REALLY NEED, 
GOING INTO THE -- YOUR MIDWEEK
IT WILL SLICE HUMIDITY IN HALF
BUT STILL, TEMPERATURES ARE 
GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES, 
RIGHT NOW, IN THE UPPER 80s.
WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS 90 TODAY.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO FOR PITTSBURGH THIS 
AFTERNOON, A LOT MORE SUNSHINE
EVEN FOR BUFFALO
82 DEGREES
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER 
AND THAT'S THAT FRONT THAT'S
ENTERING FROM DALLAS, ALL THE 
WAY INTO MEMPHIS, UPPER 80s TO
LOWER 90s.
AND THEN, ALL ATTENTION IS ON 
THE TROPICS.
I'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT, COMING
UP. 
>> HEAT.
TROPICS.
HEAT
TROPICS.
>> I SEE A PATTERN HERE.
THANKS, JANESSA.
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO 
CORTEZ RAISED.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT 
WESTERN UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND 
ON SEPTEMBER 29th.
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
FORMER TODAY CO-HOST KATHIE LEE 
GIFFORD IS REMEMBERING HER
FRIEND AND FORMER CO-HOST, TV 
LEGEND, REGIS PHILBIN, WHO DIED 
OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF
88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> ARE YOU SERIOUS
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING
PING-PONG, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD,
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF
HIM, AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT
AFRAID OF ME
AND WE JUST TOOK OFF LIKE A 
ROCKET. 
>> JUST IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW WHO WE ARE, WE SHOULD
INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
>> THIS IS REGIS AND I'M KATHIE 
LEE.
>> WE HAD FUN, F-U-N
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS, AND HE WAS 
THE MOST GRATEFUL PERSON IN THE 
WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM. 
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN, AND
ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE LUCKIEST 
GUY IN THE WORLD. 
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>>> COMING UP ON "TODAY," 
DOMESTIC DIVA MARTHA STEWART
WILL BE LIVE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF CONTAINER
GARDENING WITH SUCCULENTS.
>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS COMING
TO AN END.
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT CLOSING
ARGUMENTS AND TODAY, DEPP'S 
LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS
SARAH HARMON
SARAH, ARE WE EXPECTING A 
DRAMATIC FINALE HERE
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN SO FAR AS SALACIOUS IS
PROBABLY BEING OVERLY GENEROUS
THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE 
AMOUNT OF INTIMATE DETAILS THAT 
WE'VE SEEN ABOUT THE TOXIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOHNNY DEPP
AND AMBER HEARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, AT THE 
HEART OF THIS IS A LIBEL
LAWSUIT.
AND THE QUESTION, WAS THIS
NEWSPAPER JUSTIFIED IN
DESCRIBING JOHNNY DEPP AS A WIFE
BEATER
WE HAVE HEARD MOUNTAINS OF
EVIDENCE
EVERYTHING FROM PHOTOS OF 
ALL-NIGHT DRUG BINGES TO
DISTURBING AND MISOGYNISTIC 
CELEBRITY TEXT MESSAGES.
TO THESE INCREDIBLY DISTURBING
ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE
NO
NOW, NEITHER OF THESE 
INDIVIDUALS IS ON TRIAL.
THE JUDGE IS GOING TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THE PAPER WAS JUSTIFIED IN
CALLING HIM A WIFE BEATER.
AND THIS COULD GO A COUPLE WAYS.
THE JUDGE COULD ORDER THE PAPER 
TO PAY DAMAGES OR A FINE OR 
ISSUE AN APOLOGY
JOHNNY DEPP, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
COULD ALSO WALK AWAY, HAVING
SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND
AIRED ALL OF THIS DIRTY LAUNDRY 
TO, ESSENTIALLY, NO AVAIL.
PHILLIP.
FRANCES.
>> WOW
ALL OF THAT AND ALL THE UGLY
DETAILS COMING OUT OF 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS 
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN
THE WINWARD ISLANDS RIGHT NOW.
92 L
WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED WINDS UP
TO 30-MILE-PER-HOUR.
THIS COULD BE OUR NEXT I-NAME 
STORM,
AND BLACK MILLENNIALS IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW STUDY
BLACK MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLDS EARN
ABOUT 60% OF WHAT THEIR WHITE 
COUNTERPARTS MAKE.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY CONDUCTED
BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
ST. LOUIS, THE TYPICAL WHITE, 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD EARNS
ALMOST $61,000 ANNUALLY,
COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL BLACK 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD WHICH
EAST
JUST OVER $37,000.
COMPARED TO 59% OF WHITE
STUDENTS. 
>> AND WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC HAS FORCED MOST
COLLEGES TO TEACH CLASSES 
ONLINE, A NEW SURVEY BY STUDY 
GUIDE PLATFORM, ONE CLASS,
REPORTS 93% OF U.S. STUDENTS
BELIEVE TUITION SHOULD BE 
LOWERED, IF ALL CLASSES ARE HELD
ONLINE
OF THE 13,000 SURVEYED, 75% OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE UNHAPPY
WITH THE QUALITY OF ONLINE
CLASSES.
AND 35% HAVE CONSIDERED 
WITHDRAWING FROM SCHOOL.
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT
THE 93%.
YOU KNOW, YOU PAY ALL THAT MONEY
TO GO TO COLLEGE. 
>> AND YOU WANT THE ENTIRE
EXPERIENCE. 
>> YEAH.
>> ALONG WITH IT, TOO.
ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS IN 
THE MAIL LATELY, THERE IS A 
WARNING FOR YOU.
AT LEAST TWO DOZEN STATE -- TWO 
DOZEN STATE AGRICULTURAL
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE SOME
RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING SOME MYSTERIOUS SEED
PACKAGES THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
PART OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS
ONLINE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER 100 BLACK WOMEN OR
MULTIRACIAL, BLACK WOMEN ARE
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN 2020
CONFIRMED THAT AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT'S THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THIS 
YEAR HAS GROWN FROM THE 90 BLACK
WOMEN WHO FILED IN 2018 AND THE 
HIGHEST EVER RECORDED BY THE
CAWP. 
>> ONE INFAMOUS PITCH LATER, AND
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ALREADY 
BREAKING SOME RECORDS.
HIS LIMITED EDITION BASEBALL
CARD WAS ON SALE FOR JUST 24
HOURS BUT IT SOLD OVER 51,000 
PRINTS
TOP SAYS THAT SHATTERED THE 
RECORD SALES FOR ANY BASEBALL 
CARD IT HAS MADE
THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT 
THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON IN 
WASHINGTON
>> YEAH.
ALONG WITH THAT, CARDS, THE 
OTHER MERCH.
BOBBLE HEADS
EVERYTHING ELSE.
T-SHIRTS
SOCKS.
EVERYTHING FAUCI IN 2020. 
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS.
POP STAR JOE JONAS AND SOPHIE 
TURNER ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF 
BABY GIRL WILLA ON JULY 22nd
THE COUPLE ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR NEW CHILD, 
THEIR FIRST CHILD.
SINGER CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON 
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION TO
THEIR FAMILY
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER, WIN
HARRISON WILSON.
CIARA SHARED THE FIRST FAMILY 
PHOTO SINCE SHE GAVE BIRTH WITH 
THE CAPTION WELCOME HOME, WIN.
AND THAT IS A WIN, WIN, WIN FOR 
ALL OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
>>
>>> A BIT OF OPTIMISM TO KICK 
OFF YOUR TUESDAY, AS HOPEFUL
SIGNS TOWARD A COVID-19 VACCINE 
BEGIN TO GROW AND PHASE THREE 
TRIALS GET UNDERWAY.
>> 40 STATES ARE SEEING A RISE
IN CORONAVIRUS CASES, AND IT
SEEMS LIKE THESE SUMMERTIME 
CELEBRATIONS THAT HAVE LOCAL
OFFICIALS SOUNDING THE ALARM
AGAINST THE SUPERSPREADER 
GATHERINGS
>>> EVICTION NATION.
THE LOOMING BUBBLE COULD SOON 
BURST WITH SOME 40 MILLION
AMERICANS FACING POSSIBLE 
EVICTION. 
>> JUST A HANDFUL OF DAYS INTO
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
SEASON, AND ALREADY, A MAJOR
CRISIS IS SENDING A RIPPLE
EFFECT THROUGH PROFESSIONAL 
SPORTS. 
>> AND KATHIE LEE GIFFORD WITH
MOVING MEMORIES OF HER SIDEKICK,
REGIS PHILBIN.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW. 
>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> I' AM FRANCES RIVERA
THE RACE IS HEATING UP TO FIND A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, AND 
SOLUTIONS COULD NOT COME SOON 
ENOUGH, FOR NEARLY A WEEK NOW,
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 1,000 
REPORTED FATALITIES EVERY 24
HOURS IN THE UNITED STATES
BUT THERE IS GROWING REASON TO
HOPE
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE
BEGUN A CRITICAL STAGE OF 
TESTING FOR A PROMISING VACCINE 
CANDIDATE.
HERE IS NBC'S TOM COSTELLO
>> Reporter: IT'S A 
MAKE-OR-BREAK TRIAL.
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ON THE NIH
AND DRUGMAKER MODERNA.
BEGINNING PHASE THREE HUMAN 
TRIALS, EVENTUALLY INVOLVING
30,000 VOLUNTEERS SCATTERED 
ACROSS 89 SITE SITES IN THE U.SL
RECEIVING THE VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HALF, GETTING A PLACEBO.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE COUNTING
CASES OF COVID-19 THAT OCCUR IN 
THE PARTICIPANTS
WHAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SEE
IS THAT THE VACCINE REDUCES THE 
NUMBER IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
RECEIVED THE VACCINE. 
>> THE VOLUNTEERS WON'T BE
INJECTED WITH COVID.
INSTEAD, THEY WILL BE EXPOSED 
NATURALLY, AS VIRUS SPREADS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
JOHN RECEIVED A SHOT THINKING OF
HIS TWO GRANDMOTHERS LIVING WITH
HIS PARENTS, WHILE HIS MOM WORKS
IN A PRESCHOOL. 
>> I WORRY ABOUT IT, EVERY DAY
SO FOR ME, THIS CLINICAL STUDY, 
THIS RESEARCH STUDY, IS 
SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO,
PERSONALLY, TO BENEFIT, NOT ONLY
MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS BUT, 
ALSO, HUMANITY. 
>> ONE OF THE REASONS MODERNA IS
MOVING SO FAST
RATHER THAN MANIPULATING THE
LIVE VIRUS, IT'S REPROGRAMMING
THE VIRUS'S GENETIC CODE
THE HOPE IS THAT THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM, THEN, CREATES 
COVID-FIGHTING ANTIBODIES.
MODERNA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY A 
BILLION DOLLARS, UNDER THE
GOVERNMENT'S OPERATION WARP 
SPEED.
AND PROMISES TO PRODUCE 500 
MILLION DOSES, PER YEAR.
ALSO, GETTING FEDERAL MONEY AND 
BEGINNING PHASE-THREE TRIALS
SOON
NOVA VAX, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND
ASTRAZENECA.
PFIZER HAS NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT MONEY BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT'S ALSO STARTING
LATE-STAGE TRIALS.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID A VACCINE
COULD BE DEVELOPED BY NOVEMBER
BUT RECRUITING VACCINE
VOLUNTEERS IN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES HIT ESPECIALLY HARD 
BY COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
MISTREATMENT DECADES AGO IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS HAS LEFT A
LEGACY OF MISTRUST. 
>> IT LIVES ON AND IT'S -- IT'S 
REALLY CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT DISTRUST
I WANT TO REASSURE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TAKE EVERY
STEP, NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE SAFE.
>> WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 25
VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE, RIGHT 
NOW, IN HUMAN TRIALS
NOT ALL WILL BE APPROVED BUT
RESEARCHERS SAY, IMPORTANTLY, WE
ARE LIKELY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
VACCINE THAT'S APPROVED.
AND EACH VACCINE WILL BE CATERED
TO DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND
EVEN PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
TOM, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE MOVIE "HOUSE PARTY.
POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A 
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
POLICE GOT THERE AT 8:30, AND 
DIDN'T KICK EVERYBODY OUT UNTIL 
1:00 A.M. 
>> THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED 
GATHERINGS LIKE THESE ARE 
BECOMING SUPERSPREADERS FOR 
COVID-19
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
SUMMERTIME CELEBRATIONS HAVE
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SOUNDING THE ALARM
FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA TO 
OREGON
PARTIES ARE LEADING TO CLUSTERS 
OF COVID-19 CASES.
MANY OF THEM, YOUNG, ADULTS.
IN THIS POPULAR SUMMER SPOT,
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.
AT LEAST 17 LIFEGUARDS HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE.
OFFICIALS ARE CONNECTING THE
CASES TO A SOCIAL GATHERING 
OUTSIDE OF WORK.
NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR IS URGING 
TEENS IN THE STATE TO COOPERATE 
WITH CONTACT TRACERS, AFTER 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE A PARTY IN THE
SEPARATE PART OF THE STATE LED
TO 20 PEOPLE GETTING SICK.
>> THIS ISN'T A WITCH HUNT
THIS IS A PUBLIC-HEALTH PURSUIT 
THAT THE CONTACT-TRACING CORPS
IS AFTER
>> Reporter: ON CAPE COD, FREE
TESTING FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED A
HOUSE PARTY LAST WEEK, THAT LED 
TO AT LEAST 13 CASES
SOME OF THE SICK, EMPLOYEES AT
LOYAL RESTAURANTS, FORCING SOME 
WITN
BUSINESSES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE.
PARTIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
TURN INTO SUPER-SPREADER EVENTS,
SAY EXPERTS, IF PEOPLE ARE
CROWDED TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY
INSIDE AND NOT WEARING MASKS
NOW, OFFICIALS ARE URGING 
EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR GUARD UP.
>> SORT OF SURPRISED ME IS HOW
MANY TIMES IT, REALLY, IS JUST
AN INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER, THAT
IS CAUSING THE SPREAD.
I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL 
TENDENCY, WHEN WE'RE WITH PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW, MAYBE, NOT TO BE
AS CONCERNED. 
>> JILL PARKER THOUGHT SHE WAS
SAFE WHEN SHE HAD A SMALL,
OUTDOOR FAMILY PARTY FOR THE
FOURTH OF JULY. 
>> WE GOT TOO COMFORTABLE.
WE HAD A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY
>> Reporter: ALL BUT THREE OF 
THE 14 PEOPLE AT THE PARTY, 
LATER, TEXTSTED POSITIVE.
NOW, SHE IS WARNING OTHERS ABOUT
RUSHING BACK TO NORMAL TOO SOON.
>> IT'S TERRIFYING, WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN
AND YOU ARE SITTING THERE WITH
THE GUILT THAT YOU, NOT ONLY LET
YOURSELF BE EXPOSED BUT,
PROVIDED A VENUE FOR OTHERS TO
BE EXPOSED. 
>> THAT WAS GABE GUTIERREZ
REPORTING.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MLB SEASON HAS
OVER A DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE 
MARLINS ORGANIZATION TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
AND THAT PROMPTED THE LEAGUE TO 
POSTPONE MULTIPLE GAMES IN MIAMI
AND PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THE TEAM
LAST PLAYED.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
FROM MIAMI
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
SHOCKWAVES RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMUNITY,
AFTER NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 11 
MARLINS HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19
SINCE OPENING DAY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE POSTPONEMENT
OF THEIR HOME OPENER, THOUGH
BUT HOW OTHER TEAMS WILL BE 
REACTING RIGHT NOW AS THIS VIRUS
MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE TO
SPREAD FROM LOCKER ROOM TO
LOCKER ROOM.
>> LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER 
BASEBALL BEGAN ITS RESTART, THE 
SPORT COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF
CLOSURE.
THE MIAMI MARLINS HAVE CANCELLED
THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST THE 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES WITH NBC NEWS 
CONFIRMING 11 PLAYERS ON THEIR
33-MAN TRAVELING ROSTER HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID SINCE OPENING
DAY.
TEAM CEO DEREK JETER DID ISSUE A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, 
POSTPONING THE HOME OPENER WAS
THE CORRECT DECISION TO PROPERLY
GRASP THE TOTALITY OF THE 
SITUATION.
JETER ADDING THE TEAM WILL
REMAIN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENDING 
ANOTHER ROUND OF TESTING FOR
PLAYERS AND STAFF.
>> VERY SCARED RIGHT NOW
AND I THINK THE SEASON'S AT THE 
CROSSROADS. 
>> BOB NIGHTINGALE HAS COVERED
BASEBALL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> WHAT KIND OF CHATTER ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM MLB OWNERS ABOUT 
CONTINUING THE SEASON?
>> IT'S A VERY FLUID SITUATION
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, NO TALK
ABOUT CANCELLING THE SEASON.
THAT COULD CHANGE 24, 48 HOURS
FROM NOW
WE'LL SEE.
>> THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLYS, SO 
FAR, NOT CONFIRMING ANY NEW 
POSITIVE TESTS BUT THE DOMINO 
EFFECT ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE
TEAM PULLING THE PLUG ON THEIR
GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK 
YANKEES, MLB CONFIRMS.
THE FIRST FEW GAMES FILLED WITH 
IMAGES OF FIST BUMPS, HUGS, AND 
HIGH-FIVES
AND BASEBALL TEAMS ARE NOT
COMPETING IN A BUBBLE, UNLIKE 
THE NBA.
THAT LEAGUE FORCING CLIPPERS
GUARD LOU WILLIAMS TO QUARANTINE
FOR TEN DAYS, AFTER HE LEFT FOR 
AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TO ATTEND A
FUNERAL VIEWING BUT WAS LATER 
PHOTOGRAPHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT 
A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB
SPORTS LEAGUES, TRYING TO 
SALVAGE THEIR SEASONS WITH
WARNING SIGNS, ALREADY, 
EMERGING
AS THE MARLINS WAIT TO FIND OUT 
HOW MANY MORE OF THEIR PLAYERS, 
COACHES, AND STAFF MEMBERS MAY
HAVE COVID-19, THE LEAGUE WILL
BE WATCHING RESULTS OUT OF
PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE IF THE 
PHILLYS END UP WITH A LOT OF
POSITIVE CASES, THAT COULD SPELL
TROUBLE FOR THE MLB HOW EASY
THIS CAN BE SPREAD AMONG
OPPONENTS.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, BACK TO
YOU.
>> WHAT WE ALL FEARED.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS.
BACK IN WASHINGTON, ONE LAST
TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
SLOWLY WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS 
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO THE 
CONGRESSMAN.
INCLUDING, THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND LINCOLN MEMORIALS
THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY.
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
A PLACE HE VISITED, JUST WEEKS
BEFORE HIS PASSING
>> HE WANTED TO SEE IT, WITH HIS
OWN EYES. 
>> HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME,
STOPPING FOR NOW, AT THE
CAPITOL, WHERE HE WILL LIE IN 
STATE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
AN HONOR RESERVED FOR ONLY A
HANDFUL OF AMERICA'S GREATEST 
HEROES
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN,
AMONG THOSE PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
CONTINUING AS A WARRIOR ON THE
FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
THAT BATTLE, SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE SPENT MORE 
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIOUS OF THE CONGRESS.
>> BECAUSE I THINK, TODAY, WE 
HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
WHO DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR 
THE COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT, IF 
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> JOHN LEWIS LOVED HIS WORK AND
HIS COUNTRY.
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS, I THINK, WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY, JOHN
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND THE LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON
>> ALL RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE WATCHING SOME STORMS
MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST.
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
JOINING US NOW
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I KNOW THE HEAT HAS REALLY BEEN 
TOUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND
MUCH OF THE EAST COAST
AND IT'S REALLY NOT BACKING OFF.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE, THAT WILL JUST NOT LET
UP
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE SEEING
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY 
IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOWER 80s.
AND TODAY, WE'RE EXPECTING
FEEL-LIKE TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 
DEGREES FROM NEW YORK CITY, ALL 
THE WAY INTO WILMINGTON, NORTH
CAROLINA
44 MILLION PEOPLE IMPACTED BY 
HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS
THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO FILTER
IN THIS AFTERNOON, INTO YOUR
EVENING, KROACROSS THE NORTHEAST
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE, FOR THE
GREAT LAKES, ALL THE WAY TO 
DETROIT, IN THE UPPER 80s.
THE LOWER 90s CONTINUE TO FILTER
IN FROM TAMPA, ALL THE WAY INTO 
SAN ANTONIO, WITH HIGH HUMIDITY.
ALSO, ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM 
WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
HAVE MORE UPDATES COMING UP.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANKS, JANESSA.
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES ARE
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS TO THEIR
FAMILIES
POP STAR JOJO AND GAME OF 
THRONES ACTRESS ANNOUNCED.
THEY ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST CHILD
AND CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION.
THE TWO ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER,
WYNN HARRISO
>>> A FLORIDA MAN IS IN HOT 
WATER WITH THE FEDS THIS
MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONA RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY
A LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY DAVID HINES 
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION LOANS FOR DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES BUT MADE FALSE 
STATEMENTS ABOUT PAYROLL
EXTENSIONS
FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE CAR 
AND ABOUT $3.4 MILLION FROM HIS 
BANK ACCOUNTS.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THE PANDEMIC RAVAGING OUR
ECONOMY.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES
A FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON 
EVICTIONS EXPIRED ON FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
IT WILL BE EXTENDED, TENANTS WHO
CAN'T AFFORD RENTAL , ARE 
UNPROTECTED, AS OF NOW
ACCORDING TO CNBC, UP TO 40 
MILLION AMERICANS COULD FACE
EVICTION
ONE EXPERT TOLD THE NUMBER IN 
AUGUST ALONE COULD EQUAL 3
MILLION.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER A HUNDRED BLACK 
WOMEN, OR MULTIRACIAL BLACK 
WOMEN HAVE FILED TO RUN FOR 
CONGRESS IN 2020
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN WOMEN IN
POLITICS CONFIRMED AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO FILED 
THIS YEAR IS A LARGE LEAP FROM
THE ROUGHLY 90 BLACK WOMEN WHO
FILED IN 2018.
>> ACTOR TOM HANKS AND HIS WIFE 
RITA WILSON ARE OFFICIALLY
CITIZENS OF GREECE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
ANNOUNCED THE NEWS, ALONGSIDE 
THAT PICTURE THERE, OF THE STARS
HOLDINTELL YOU ABOUT
STATE AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS IN 
AT LEAST 27 STATES WANT YOU TO
REPORT ANY UNSOLICITED PACKAGES 
OF SEEDS YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN
THE WARNING COMES AFTER 
RESIDENTS CLAIM TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEED PACKAGES IN THE 
MAIL THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
OFFICIALS SAY THE SEEDS ARE PART
OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS 
ONLINE, AND THEY'RE URGING
PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT THEM
WARNING THEY MIGHT BE INVASIVE, 
OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL. 
>> IN THE UK, PRIME MINISTER
BORIS JOHNSON'S PLAN TO BATTLE
COVID INCLUDES WEIGHT LOSS
JOHNSON REVEALED THAT WHEN HE 
WAS HOSPITALIZED, HE WAS
OVERWEIGHT
AND HAS, SINCE, CHANGED HIS 
HABITS
HE IS NOW URGING FELLOW BRITS TO
GET FIT TO FIGHT THE VIRUS
OUR CARL NASMAN HAS MORE. 
>> HERE IN ENGLAND, AROUND
TWO-THIRDS OF ADULTS ARE
CLASSIFIED AS EITHER OBESE OR 
OVERWEIGHT
AND NOW, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
PUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ON A 
DIET
BORIS JOHNSON ALLOWING A
NATIONWIDE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM, 
THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE SLIM DOWN
BUT ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, TO HELP
PREPARE FOR A POTENTIAL SECOND
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE FALL.
THAT'S BECAUSE, STUDY AFTER 
STUDY, SHOWING EVEN THOSE WHO 
ARE SLIGHTLY OBESE ARE AT A MUCH
HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19
SYMPTOMS
AND THEY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO 
DIE.
NOW, THIS UK-WIDE PROGRAM WOULD 
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE LIMITING THE
ADVERTISEMENT AND SALES OF JUNK 
FOOD
LISTING THE CALORIES ON THE 
MENUS AT LARGE-CHAIN
RESTAURANTS.
AND IT WOULD, ALSO, ENCOURAGE 
DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE EXERCISE TO
THEIR PATIENTS
THIS IS, ALSO, A PERSONAL 
MISSION, HERE, IN THE UK
THE PRIME MINISTER, HIMSELF, WAS
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 BACK 
IN APRIL
HE DESCRIBED THAT AS A WAKEUP 
CALL FOR HIMSELF, THAT HE NEEDS,
TO GET BACK IN SHAPE. 
>> I, IN A SENSE, WELCOME THE 
FACT THAT BORIS JOHNSON 
SUFFERED, HIMSELF.
WENT INTO INTENSIVE CARE
FORTUNATELY, HE CAME OUT AND HAS
RECOVERED.
BUT WHAT HE'S DONE IS HAVE AN 
EPIPHANY MOMENT.
>> BEING OBESE PUTS YOU AT A
MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR NEEDING TO 
GO ON TO INTENSIVE CARE AND,
INDEED, SADLY, FOR DYING. 
>> OF COURSE, THAT MIGHT BE A 
WAKEUP CALL FOR AMERICANS AS
WELL
AROUND 40% OF THE COUNTRY 
CLASSIFIED AS OBESE.
AND MANY DOCTORS SAY ONE OF THE 
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE 
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 IS SIMPLY
TO
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TROPICS
AS 92L HAS FORMED.
STILL AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
AND FATAL SHARK ATTACK IN MAINE.
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
NORTHEAST OF PORTLANDMENT 
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER AFTER A PAIR OF
SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A BULL SHARK
MAY HAVE TAKEN TWO LARGE CHUNKS 
OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT WASHED 
ASHORE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD IS
REMEMBERING HER FRIEND AND
FORMER CO-HOST, TV LEGEND REGIS 
PHILBIN, WHO DIED OVER THE
WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST, NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA 
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING PING-PONG
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD 
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM
AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT 
AFRAID OF ME AND WE JUST TOOK 
OFF LIKE A ROCKET.
WE HAD FUN
F-U-N.
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
AND HE WAS THE MOST GRATEFUL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN.
AND ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE
LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>> THE GIFT THEY SHARED WITH ALL
OF US.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.
>> WE ALL GREW UP WATCHING HIM
ON TV.
YOU KNOW, HE'S ON TV MORE THAN
ANYBODY IN HISTORY, REALLY. 
>> AND LARGER THAN LIFE, YOU CAN
TELL
THERE ON THE SCREEN AND OFF.
JUST THIS HUGE PERSONALITY. 
>> LAST NIGHT, A CLASSIC
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY EPISODE FROM 
1992 WAS AIRED FEATURING REGIS, 
CAROLE BURNETT, AND DONALD
MILLS.
>> MAINBOCHER EDITED THE PARIS
EDITION OF THIS U.S. FASHION
MAGAZINE. 
>> BOY, YOU REALLY MAKE IT -- 
YOU REALLY MAKE A GUY EARN HIS
DAILY DOUBLE HERE.
>> ALWAYS MAKING US LAUGH.
INCIDENTALLY, CAROL BURNETT WON 
THAT
>>> 40 MILLION AMERICANS COULD
BE FACING EVICTION NOTICES, IF
CONGRESS DOESN'T ACT SOON.
THAT, AS COVID CASES RISE IN THE
MAJORITY OF STATES
BUT HOPE ABOUNDS, AS VACCINES 
BEGIN CRUCIAL PHASE THREE 
TRIALS
>>> THE CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS, 
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS,
BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO LIE IN STATE AT THE U.S. 
CAPITOL.
JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE,
AND MANY OTHERS PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
BUT NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO
SAID HE WON'T BE GOING
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTORS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND
VIOLENCE SPREADING TO OTHER 
CITIES
>>> AND HAVE YOU RECEIVED A 
PACKET OF SEEDS IN THE MAIL,
THAT YOU DIDN'T ORDER?
IF SO, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND AUTHORITIES HAVE AN URGENT
MESSAGE FOR YOU.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M 
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M 
FRANCES RIVERA
THE UNITED STATES IS FACING MORE
GRIM MILESTONES IN THIS 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION CASES HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED, NATIONWIDE
AND THE DEATH TOLL IS 
APPROACHING 150,000.
FOR NEARLY A WEEK, MORE THAN A
THOUSAND FATALITIES HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED, EVERY 24 HOURS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING THE RETURN OF
IN-PERSON CLASSES.
MORE THAN 150 EDUCATORS DROVE 
ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH THE
MESSAGE, COURSES ONLINE UNTIL 
CASES DECLINE.
AND A SIMILAR PROTEST WAS HELD
IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH TEACHERS 
CIRCLING THE STATE HOUSE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION. 
>> POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
>> A FLORIDA MAN IS BEING 
ACCUSED OF USING CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY A 
LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD 
DAVID HINES RECEIVED $4 MILLION 
FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM BY MAKING FALSE CLAIMS
DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
HINES NOW FACES BANK FRAUD
CHARGES.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THERE IS VERY HOPEFUL NEWS 
THIS MORNING IN THE RACE TO FIND
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
PROMISING CANDIDATES ARE
BEGINNING HUMAN TRIALS SOON.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE 
NEEDED FOR THIS CRITICAL STAGE
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THIS 
REPORT
>> Reporter: A BIG WEEK IN THE
BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19.
DRUGMAKER MODERNA AND NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH KICKING OFF
PHASE THREE TRIALS WITH THEIR 
VACCINE CANDIDATE.
THE TRIAL WILL ENROLL 30,000
AMERICANS.
HALF WILL RECEIVE THE 
EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE
THE OTHER HALF, A PLACEBO.
>> IT TAKES SOMEONE, WHO IS 
WILLING TO, REALLY, BE A HERO 
AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE KINDS
OF CLINICAL STUDIES.
>> AFTER TWO DOSES, RESEARCHERS 
WILL TRACK WHICH GROUP DEVELOPS 
MORE INFECTIONS, AS THEY GO 
ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
>> WHAT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO 
SEE IS THE VACCINE REDUCES THE
NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19 IN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
>> PFIZER ANNOUNCED IT HAS ALSO 
STARTED ITS LATE-STAGE HUMAN
TRIALS, WITH HOPES TO SUBMIT FOR
FINAL REGULATORY REVIEW IN
OCTOBER.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON STARTED A 
PHASE ONE TRIAL IN THE U.S., AS 
WELL
THE PRESIDENT TOURED A FACILITY 
THAT'S MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS 
OF ANOTHER CANDIDATE, DEVELOPED 
BY NOVA VAX.
MANY COMPANIES ARE ALREADY
RAMPING UP PRODUCTION.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A
WINNER
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF 
WINNERS.
>> TO GET FDA APPROVAL, A 
VACCINE MUST BE AT LEAST 50%
EFFECTIVE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
SAYS THERE ARE 25 POTENTIAL 
CANDIDATES IN CLINICAL TRIALS,
GLOBALLY
A RACE FOR A VACCINE, AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES CLIMB.
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BREWING ON CAPITOL HILL
THIS MORNING, WITH BENEFITS 
HANGING IN THE BALANCE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LEFT
REELING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP RETURNED TO AN OLD HOBBY
HORSE, ONCE AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE 
THAT THE DRUG DOES NOT CURE 
COVID-19
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
TRACIE, THE SENATE FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> EXACTLY
NOT EVERYONE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AGREES WITH THIS
MITCH McCONNELL, THE SENATE 
LEADER, SAYS THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT ARE SURE TO BE
TENSE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A FEW WEEKS,
WHEN IT COMES TO UNEMPLOYMENT.
THOSE BONUS PAYMENTS ARE RUNNING
OUT, QUICKLY
HERE IS WHAT THE SO-CALLED
HEROES ACT WOULD PROVIDE
THE HEALS ACT IS WHAT 
REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING IT
$1,200 STIMULUS CHECKS FOR
AMERICANS.
BUT IT WOULD DROP UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS FROM $600 TO $200 A
WEEK
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE
$105 BILLION FOR EDUCATION
FUNDING AND ANOTHER ROUND OF
LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EXTENSION
ON EVICTIONS
IT INCLUDES MONEY FOR TESTING,
LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR
BUSINESSES, AND SOMETHING THAT
MITCH McCONNELL, APPARENTLY,
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AT FIRST
NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR A NEW FBI 
HEADQUARTERS
BUT IT'S THIS FIGHT OVER
UNEMPLOYMENT THAT'S URGENT
IT RUNS OUT THIS WEEK.
>> WE'VE LEARNED A VERY TOUGH 
LESSON THAT, WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE
NOT TO WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
AND SO, THIS PAYMENT WILL BE
ADJUSTED SO THAT WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO HELP 
PEOPLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 TO
75% OF THEIR INCOME.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A TIME 
WHEN CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE 
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY.
NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D EVER GO TO 
A FOOD BANK.
PEOPLE ARE BEING -- ON THE VERGE
OF EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
PAY THE RENT
THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS, THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
>> THAT EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS 
SAID THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT 
UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, IT 
HASN'T HAPPENED, YET
SO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR 
RENT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
RIGHT NOW.
NEARLY, 40 MILLION AMERICANS, 
ACCORDING TO CNBC, COULD LOSE 
THEIR HOMES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> JUST A STAGGERING NUMBER.
AND IT'S DUE THE END OF THE 
WEEK
ALL RIGHT.
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL SEASON, AS OVER A DOZEN
MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI MARLINS
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER, AND THE
YANKEES-PHILLIES GAME.
SPOKE TO THE MLB NETWORK ABOUT
THE SITUATION.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE POOL OF
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS
AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE 
SAFE AND CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> IS THERE A POINT --
>> MIAMI AND THEIR PLAYERS ARE
EXPECTED TO PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON
WEDNESDAY, PENDING ANOTHER ROUND
OF TESTING
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT HAS MORE ON 
THE POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS.
>> Reporter: RARE BUT FITTING 
HONORS FOR THE LATE CONGRESSMAN 
JOHN LEWIS
THE NATION'S CAPITOL, PAUSING TO
PAY RESPECT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
GIANT AND LONGTIME GEORGIA
CONGRESSMAN.
HIS PROCESSION PASSING BY 
NOTABLE WASHINGTON LANDMARKS, 
PAUSING AT THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. MEMORIAL.
DR. KING INSPIRED LEWIS'S EARLY 
ACTIVISM
AND AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
WHERE LEWIS WAS THE YOUNGEST
SPEAKER AT THE 1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON. 
>> WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEAT BY
POLICEMEN.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT
>> HIS MOTORCADE, ALSO, DRIVING 
DOWN THE NEWLY MINTED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER PLAZA WHERE, LAST
MONTH, LEWIS MADE HIS FINAL 
PUBLIC APPEARANCE, IN SUPPORT.
>> WHAT DOES CONGRESSMAN LEWIS'S
LEGACY MEAN TO YOU
>> AS A SOUTHERNER, AS THE WIFE 
OF A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA, AND
AS THE MOM OF INTERRACIAL KIDS, 
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 
BE HERE TODAY.
AND ALSO, FOR US TO ACCEPT THAT 
TORCH AND TO SAY WE'RE HERE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
>> I VALUE SACRIFICE
AND STRUGGLE
AND I FEEL LIKE HE IS SOMEONE 
THAT REPRESENTS SACRIFICE AND 
STRUGGLE, TO THE GREATEST 
EXTENT
>> Reporter: LEWIS MAKING HIS 
FINAL TRIP TO THE U.S. CAPITOL
THE BUILDING WHERE THE
CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS
REPRESENTED GEORGIA FOR MORE
THAN THREE DECADES
A MILITARY HONOR GUARD CARRIED
HIS FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN UP THE 
STEPS, AND INTO THE CAPITOL 
ROTUNDA, WHERE HE BECAME THE
FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER TO LIE IN
STATE.
AS HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES SAID 
FAREWELL. 
>> WE KNEW THAT HE ALWAYS WORKED
ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
AND NOW, WE KNOW THAT HE IS WITH
THEM. 
>> PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN,
AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE,
AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED TO VISIT
THE CAPITOL TO HONOR LEWIS
GOSPEL SINGER WHITLY PHIPPS 
DELIVERING A POWERFUL RENDITION 
OF "AMAZING GRACE.
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOW
INVITED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED, AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS BEING ENFORCED
THAT VIEWING BEGINNING AT 
8:00 A.M., EASTERN
FRANCES.
>> GEOFF, THANK YOU.
>> THE UNREST IN PORTLAND 
CONTINUES.
THE CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTORS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE
HAVE BEEN ONGOING, FOR 60-PLUS
NIGHTS NOW
AND THEY ARE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LEAVE
THE CITY, AFTER THEY WERE SENT
THERE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND NOW, THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE 
HAS LED THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEND 
MORE FEDERAL AGENTS TO THE
REGION
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, 
PROTESTORS LAUNCH MORTAR-STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE STEEL BARRIER THAT ENCASES
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN
THEM
PROVOKING THIS RESPONSE.
WHAT STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO A
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS NOW BECOME A
NIGHTLY RITUAL. 
>> THEY STARTED GASSING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH RESPIRATORS
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH VESTS
WHO IS ESCALATING THIS
IT'S NOT US.
>> STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE
AGENTS ARE NOT WELCOME BUT THE
PRESIDENT INSISTS THEY ARE HERE 
TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY.
IN NEARBY SEATTLE, ON SATURDAY, 
A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH 
PORTLAND'S PROTESTORS DEVOLVED
FROM PEACEFUL, INTO WHAT POLICE 
CALL, A RIOT
FEDERAL AGENTS STAYED OUT OF
SIGHT.
PRESIDENT SAYS THEY'RE IN 
SEATTLE FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY. 
>> HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, THEY ARE 
BRACING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
MORE VIOLENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD
THEY JUST SET UP THIS CEMENT
BARRICADE.
EACH BLOCK WEIGHS 4,000 POUNDS. 
>> IN LOS ANGELES, PROTESTORS 
AND POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
AND IN LOUISVILLE, OPPOSING 
ARMED MILITIA GROUPS FACED OFF
AT A DEMONSTRATION
ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS,
SEATTLE.
>>> A RARE AND FATAL SHARK
ATTACK MONDAY IN MAINE
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
IN NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER MONDAY AFTER A 
PAIR OF SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A SHARK MAY 
HAVE TAKEN TWO CHUNKS, LARGE
CHUNKS, OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT
WASHED ASHORE.
>> EVERYBODY E'S FLOCKING TO THE
BEACHES BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT 
OUTSIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BRING IN NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, TO 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT HEAT
HEY, GOOD MORNING, JANESSA
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT
IT'S NOT LETTING UP.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE THAT JUST WILL NOT BACK
OFF.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A BEACH DAY LIKE
WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
WE DO HAVE THIS COLD FRONT
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE 
RELIEF THAT WE REALLY NEED, 
GOING INTO THE -- YOUR MIDWEEK
IT WILL SLICE HUMIDITY IN HALF
BUT STILL, TEMPERATURES ARE 
GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES, 
RIGHT NOW, IN THE UPPER 80s.
WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS 90 TODAY.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO FOR PITTSBURGH THIS 
AFTERNOON, A LOT MORE SUNSHINE
EVEN FOR BUFFALO
82 DEGREES
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER 
AND THAT'S THAT FRONT THAT'S
ENTERING FROM DALLAS, ALL THE 
WAY INTO MEMPHIS, UPPER 80s TO
LOWER 90s.
AND THEN, ALL ATTENTION IS ON 
THE TROPICS.
I'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT, COMING
UP. 
>> HEAT.
TROPICS.
HEAT
TROPICS.
>> I SEE A PATTERN HERE.
THANKS, JANESSA.
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO 
CORTEZ RAISED.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT 
WESTERN UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND 
ON SEPTEMBER 29th.
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
FORMER TODAY CO-HOST KATHIE LEE 
GIFFORD IS REMEMBERING HER
FRIEND AND FORMER CO-HOST, TV 
LEGEND, REGIS PHILBIN, WHO DIED 
OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF
88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> ARE YOU SERIOUS
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING
PING-PONG, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD,
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF
HIM, AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT
AFRAID OF ME
AND WE JUST TOOK OFF LIKE A 
ROCKET. 
>> JUST IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW WHO WE ARE, WE SHOULD
INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
>> THIS IS REGIS AND I'M KATHIE 
LEE.
>> WE HAD FUN, F-U-N
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS, AND HE WAS 
THE MOST GRATEFUL PERSON IN THE 
WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM. 
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN, AND
ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE LUCKIEST 
GUY IN THE WORLD. 
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>>> COMING UP ON "TODAY," 
DOMESTIC DIVA MARTHA STEWART
WILL BE LIVE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF CONTAINER
GARDENING WITH SUCCULENTS.
>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS COMING
TO AN END.
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT CLOSING
ARGUMENTS AND TODAY, DEPP'S 
LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS
SARAH HARMON
SARAH, ARE WE EXPECTING A 
DRAMATIC FINALE HERE
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN SO FAR AS SALACIOUS IS
PROBABLY BEING OVERLY GENEROUS
THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE 
AMOUNT OF INTIMATE DETAILS THAT 
WE'VE SEEN ABOUT THE TOXIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOHNNY DEPP
AND AMBER HEARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, AT THE 
HEART OF THIS IS A LIBEL
LAWSUIT.
AND THE QUESTION, WAS THIS
NEWSPAPER JUSTIFIED IN
DESCRIBING JOHNNY DEPP AS A WIFE
BEATER
WE HAVE HEARD MOUNTAINS OF
EVIDENCE
EVERYTHING FROM PHOTOS OF 
ALL-NIGHT DRUG BINGES TO
DISTURBING AND MISOGYNISTIC 
CELEBRITY TEXT MESSAGES.
TO THESE INCREDIBLY DISTURBING
ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE
NO
NOW, NEITHER OF THESE 
INDIVIDUALS IS ON TRIAL.
THE JUDGE IS GOING TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THE PAPER WAS JUSTIFIED IN
CALLING HIM A WIFE BEATER.
AND THIS COULD GO A COUPLE WAYS.
THE JUDGE COULD ORDER THE PAPER 
TO PAY DAMAGES OR A FINE OR 
ISSUE AN APOLOGY
JOHNNY DEPP, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
COULD ALSO WALK AWAY, HAVING
SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND
AIRED ALL OF THIS DIRTY LAUNDRY 
TO, ESSENTIALLY, NO AVAIL.
PHILLIP.
FRANCES.
>> WOW
ALL OF THAT AND ALL THE UGLY
DETAILS COMING OUT OF 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS 
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN
THE WINWARD ISLANDS RIGHT NOW.
92 L
WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED WINDS UP
TO 30-MILE-PER-HOUR.
THIS COULD BE OUR NEXT I-NAME 
STORM,
AND BLACK MILLENNIALS IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW STUDY
BLACK MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLDS EARN
ABOUT 60% OF WHAT THEIR WHITE 
COUNTERPARTS MAKE.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY CONDUCTED
BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
ST. LOUIS, THE TYPICAL WHITE, 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD EARNS
ALMOST $61,000 ANNUALLY,
COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL BLACK 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD WHICH
EAST
JUST OVER $37,000.
COMPARED TO 59% OF WHITE
STUDENTS. 
>> AND WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC HAS FORCED MOST
COLLEGES TO TEACH CLASSES 
ONLINE, A NEW SURVEY BY STUDY 
GUIDE PLATFORM, ONE CLASS,
REPORTS 93% OF U.S. STUDENTS
BELIEVE TUITION SHOULD BE 
LOWERED, IF ALL CLASSES ARE HELD
ONLINE
OF THE 13,000 SURVEYED, 75% OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE UNHAPPY
WITH THE QUALITY OF ONLINE
CLASSES.
AND 35% HAVE CONSIDERED 
WITHDRAWING FROM SCHOOL.
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT
THE 93%.
YOU KNOW, YOU PAY ALL THAT MONEY
TO GO TO COLLEGE. 
>> AND YOU WANT THE ENTIRE
EXPERIENCE. 
>> YEAH.
>> ALONG WITH IT, TOO.
ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS IN 
THE MAIL LATELY, THERE IS A 
WARNING FOR YOU.
AT LEAST TWO DOZEN STATE -- TWO 
DOZEN STATE AGRICULTURAL
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE SOME
RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING SOME MYSTERIOUS SEED
PACKAGES THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
PART OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS
ONLINE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER 100 BLACK WOMEN OR
MULTIRACIAL, BLACK WOMEN ARE
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN 2020
CONFIRMED THAT AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT'S THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THIS 
YEAR HAS GROWN FROM THE 90 BLACK
WOMEN WHO FILED IN 2018 AND THE 
HIGHEST EVER RECORDED BY THE
CAWP. 
>> ONE INFAMOUS PITCH LATER, AND
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ALREADY 
BREAKING SOME RECORDS.
HIS LIMITED EDITION BASEBALL
CARD WAS ON SALE FOR JUST 24
HOURS BUT IT SOLD OVER 51,000 
PRINTS
TOP SAYS THAT SHATTERED THE 
RECORD SALES FOR ANY BASEBALL 
CARD IT HAS MADE
THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT 
THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON IN 
WASHINGTON
>> YEAH.
ALONG WITH THAT, CARDS, THE 
OTHER MERCH.
BOBBLE HEADS
EVERYTHING ELSE.
T-SHIRTS
SOCKS.
EVERYTHING FAUCI IN 2020. 
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS.
POP STAR JOE JONAS AND SOPHIE 
TURNER ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF 
BABY GIRL WILLA ON JULY 22nd
THE COUPLE ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR NEW CHILD, 
THEIR FIRST CHILD.
SINGER CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON 
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION TO
THEIR FAMILY
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER, WIN
HARRISON WILSON.
CIARA SHARED THE FIRST FAMILY 
PHOTO SINCE SHE GAVE BIRTH WITH 
THE CAPTION WELCOME HOME, WIN.
AND THAT IS A WIN, WIN, WIN FOR 
ALL OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
>>
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND, VIOLENCE SPREADING TO 
OTHER CITIES. 
>> THE EMERGENCY IN BASEBALL AS 
A DOZEN OR MORE MARLINS PLAYERS 
TEST POSITIVE.
IS THE SEASON IN JEOPARDY?
>>> HONORING THE MAN WHO'S BEEN 
CALLED THE CONSCIOUS OF THE 
CONGRESS
THE TRIBUTES TO JOHN LEWIS. 
>>> WEEKS OF TESTIMONY COME TO
AN END IN A LIABLE SUIT 
INVOLVING JOHNNY DEPP AND HIS 
EX-WIFE AMBER HEARD AND A 
BRITISH TABLTABLOID.
>>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING I'M
FIPP P PHILLIP MEN NA.
>> I'M FRANCES RIVERA.
>>> THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BE
HOPEFUL THIS MORNING IT IS A
MAJOR WEEK FOR VACCINE RESEARCH 
AND A PROMISING CANDIDATE IS
ENTERING A CRITICAL STAGE OF
TESTING.
HERE'S NBC'S TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: IT'S A MAKE OR 
BREAK TRIAL, THE EYES OF THE
WORLD ON THE NIH AND DRUG MAKER 
MODERNA BEGINNING PHASE THREE 
TRAILS INVOLVING 30,000 
CANDIDATES ACROSS THE U.S.
>> WE'LL COUNT CASES OF COVID-19
THAT OCCUR IN THE PARTICIPANTS
YOU WANT TO SEE THE COVID-19
REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CASES IN
THIS PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
>> THEY'LL BE EXPOSED NATURALLY 
AS THE VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
24-YEAR-OLD JOHN PENMAN RECEIVED
A SHOT THINKING OF HIS TWO
GRANDMOTHERS LIVING WITH HIS
PARENTS WHILE HIS MOM WORKS IN A
PRESCHOOL.
>> I WORRY ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
FOR ME THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN
DO PERSONALLY TO BENEFIT NOT
ONLY MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BUT
ALSO HUMANITY.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE REASONS 
MODERNA IS MOVING SO FAST IS
IT'S REDOING THE VIRUS' CODE
MODERNA HAS RECEIVED A BILLION
DOLLAR DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT UNDER OPERATION WARP 
SPEED.
PFIZER HAS NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT MONEY BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT'S ALSO STARTING
LATE STAGE TRIALS.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID A VACCINE
COULD BE DEVELOPED BY NOVEMBER
BUT RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS IN
MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT HARD BY
COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING
MISTREATMENT DECADES AGO IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS HAS LEFT
MISTRUST. 
>> THAT MISTRUST LIVES ON.
IT'S CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT DISTRUST
I WANT TO REASSURE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TAKE EVERY
STEP NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE SAFE.
>> Reporter: WORLDWIDE, MORE
THAN 25 VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE
IN HUMAN TRIALS, NOT ALL WILL BE
APPROVED
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY WE'LL LIKELY
HAVE MORE THAN ONE VACCINE
APPROVED AND EACH WILL BE 
CATERED TO AGE AND PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS. 
>>> TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING IN PERSON CLASSES, 
THEY DROVE THROUGH TOWN SAYING
CLASSES ONLINE IN THE CASES COME
DOWN
IS THEY DID THE SAME IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA
>>> IN SOME PLACES SCHOOL IS
ALREADY BACK IN DECISION BUT
THERE ARE MORE SAFETY RULES TO
FOLLOW
WE'RE JOINED FROM MISSISSIPPI 
WHERE STUDENTS ARE BACK IN
CLASSROOMS. 
>> Reporter: THE EXCITEMENT TO
BE BACK IN SCHOOL HERE COULD NOT
BE MISSED, THE STUDENTS WERE
OVERJOYED TO BE WITH THEIR
FRIENDS AND TEACHERS BUT ALSO 
HAD A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS INSIDE 
THE SCHOOL AGAINST COVID-19.
>> EVERYONE WAS READY TO RETURN 
TO SCHOOL.
I HAD A PARENT DESCRIBE IT LIKE 
IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE AND THEY 
WERE READY TO GO. 
>> PLASTIC PARTITIONS ON THE
BUS, TEMPERATURE CHECKS ON THE
DOOR, AND SEATS SPACED APART
LOWER STUDENTS GROUPED WITH THE 
SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
>> THE THING ABOUT THIS YEAR IS 
YOU GET TO EAT LUNCH IN YOUR
CLASSROOM.
>> Reporter: THE LIST OF NEW
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST COVID-19 
REASSURING TARA WILLIAMS WHOSE
FOUR CHILDREN RETURNED TO SCHOOL
MONDAY. 
>> I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY 
REQUIRING THE MASKS WAS MY
NUMBER ONE THING THAT MADE ME 
FEEL SAFER. 
>> Reporter: BUT THOSE CHANGES
WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 13% OF
PARENTS WHO THE DISTRICT SAID 
OPTED FOR REMOTE LEARNING THIS
YEAR
AFTER A HYBRID APPROACH IN
TENNESSEE, SCHOOLS NOW SAYING 
THE SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN
VIRTUAL ONLY
ONE STUDY SHOWS MORE THAN HALF
OF TEACHERS DON'T SUPPORT IN
CLASS INSTRUCTION AT THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND OTHER 
COMMUNITIES TAKE THIS VIRUS 
SERIOUSLY.
IT'S HERE.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WAYS. 
>> Reporter: CHANGES WELL WORTH 
MAKING FOR SENIORS. 
>> IT TAKES A LITTLE OF THE 
SOCIAL LIFE OUT BUT IT'S NOT A
BIG DEAL. 
>> IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO, IF 
EVERYONE CAN DO IT WE CAN STOP
THE NORMAL. 
>> Reporter: FOR NOW A MODIFIED 
NORMAL AS A FEW SCHOOL YEAR 
BEGINS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE ARE A
LOT OF TEMPERATURE CHECKS DONE
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THEY
SAID THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE 
STUDENT WHO PRESENTED WITH A
FEVER.
THEY SAY THAT IS A GOOD THING 
STARTING OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND
THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT IS A SIGN 
OF THINGS TO COME.
>>> TENSIONS BETWEEN PRO TESTERS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE ARE
RISING IN PORTLAND
THE CLASHES HAVE BEEN ONGOING 
FOR 60 PLUS NIGHTS
P.
DEMOCRA
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON THE
FEDERAL AGENTS TO LEAVE THE 
CITY
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND
PROTESTERS LAUNCH MORTAR STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE BARRIER THAT ENCASES THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN THEM,
GETTING THIS RESPONSE.
A PROTEST THAT STARTED TWO
MONTHS AGO AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS BECOME A NIGHTLY
RITUAL. 
>> THEY GASSED US SO WE CAME
BACK WITH VENTILATORS.
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US WE CAME
WITH GUARDS.
WHO'S ESCALATING IT?
>> Reporter: IN NEARBY SEATTLE
ON SATURDAY A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY
WITH PROTESTERS DEVOLVING INTO
WHAT IS CALLED A RIOT.
HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THEY'RE BRACING
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE 
VIOLENCE
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD, JUST SET UP 
THIS CEMENT BARRICADE.
IN LOS ANGELES PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
IN 
IN LOUISVILLE OPPOSING GROUPS 
FACE OFF
♪♪
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN
JOHN LEWIS WILL LIE IN STATE AT 
THE ROTUNDA TODAY, THE FIRST
BLACK LAWMAKER TO RECEIVE THE 
HONOR.
WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE 
PAID HIS RESPECTS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAID HE HAS NO PLANS TO DO
THE SAME
JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
TRIBUTES TO JOHN LEWIS. 
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS BACK IN 
WASHINGTON ONE LAST TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS THAT 
MEANT SO MUCH TO THE
CONGRESSMAN, INCLUDING THEM
LINCOLN MEMORIALS, THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, AND THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME STOPPING 
FOR NOW AT THE CAPITOL WHERE
HE'LL LIE IN STATE THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
AMONG THOSE PAYING HIS RESPECTS.
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
THE BATTLE SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON WHERE HE SPENT MORE
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS. 
>> BECAUSE I THINK TODAY WE HAVE
SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WHO 
DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR THE 
COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT IF
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS LOVED 
HIS WORK AND HIS COUNTRY
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS I THINK WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY JOHN 
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> Reporter: JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS 
WASHINGTON
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF IS BREWING ON CAPITOL
HILL WITH BENEFITS HANGING IN 
THE BALANCE FOR MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS LEFT REELING FROM THE 
PANDEMIC
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
THE SENATE PLAN IS FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> Reporter: NOT EVEN ALL 
REPUBLICANS ARE ON BOARD WITH 
THIS PLAN.
LET'S LOOK AT IT INCLUDES.
THE HEALS ACT HAS ANOTHER ROUND 
OF $1,200 PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS 
BUT CUTS THE UNEMPLOYMENT FROM
600 TO $200 A WEEK
ANOTHER ROUND OF SMALL BUSINESS 
LOANS BUT NO EXTENSION FOR
EVICTIONS, THE MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST WEEK.
THERE'S BILLIONS FOR TESTING, 
LIABILITY PROTECTION
AND NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR AN FBI
HEADQUARTERS THAT APPARENTLY
REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHEN
HIFS
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT PUBLICLY
BUT THE BIG SHOW DOWN IS OVER 
THE UNEMPLOYMENT BONUS AND HOW
QUICKLY LAWMAKERS CAN GET IT
DONE. 
>> WE LEARNED A TOUGH LESSON
THAT WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE NOT TO 
WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
AND SO THIS PAYMENT WILL BE 
ADJUSTED SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
PAYMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE TO
APPROXIMATELY -- TO 75% OF THEIR
INCOME. 
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A TIME
WHERE CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY WHO NEVER 
THOUGHT THEY'D GO TO A FOOD 
BANK
PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF
EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY 
THE RENT
THEY LOST THEIR JOBS THROUGH NO 
FAULT OF THEIR OWN. 
>> THE EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY WANT
TO EXTEND IT UNTIL THE END OF 
THE YEAR BUT THAT HAS NOT 
HAPPENED YET, LEAVING ACCORDING 
TO THE CNBC, 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS VULNERABLE AT RISK OF 
LOSING THEIR HOMES, ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THAT
>> A STAGGERING NUMBER
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GET ON CHECK OF OUR 
WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST
JANESSA WEBB GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE HEAT NOT LETTING UP, WE HAVE
THIS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT 
STICKS ACROSS THE EAST COAST
THAT CAUSES US TO SEE AN
UNSETTLED PATTERN.
THE COLD FRONT IS GOING TO COME 
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND SLICE
THE HUMIDITY IN HALF BY TOMORROW
BUT STILL AIR TEMPERATURE 
HOVERING IN THE 90s AS WE 
CONTINUE THE REST OF THE WEEK.
HEAT ADVISORIES AND ALERTS IN 
ARE STILL IN PLACE FROM BOSTON
AND STRETCHING DOWN TO SOUTH
CAROLINA
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO 85 DEGREES FOR PITTSBURGH
THIS AFTERNOON
SYRACUSE YOU'RE IN THE MID 80s
AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DUE TO THE
HUMIDITY AND THE FRONT
SAN ANTONIO FROM NASHVILLE, HEAT
AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO BUILD.
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, A GUY IN
FLORIDA IS IN HOT WATER WITH THE
FEDS THIS MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS
TO BUY A LAMBORGHINI
PROSECUTORS SAID DAVID HINES
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYROLL
PROTECTION PROGRAMS.
THE FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE 
CAR AND ABOUT $3 MILLION
>>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS
COMING TO AN END
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT THEIR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND TODAY 
DEPP'S LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS.
SARAH, HOW UGLY CAN WE EXPECT 
THIS TO BE
>> Reporter: IF WE WERE WATCHING
THIS IN A MOVIE WE'D SAY THESE
ALLEGATIONS, IT'S TOO MUCH, IT'S
TOO UNBELIEVABLE
BUT THIS IS REAL LIFE.
THE QUESTION THE JUDGE NOW HAS
TO CONSIDER IS WHETHER IT WAS 
TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE FOR THIS
NEWSPAPER TO DESCRIBE JOHNNY
DEPP AS A WIFE BEATER.
OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS WE
HEARD TESTIMONY FROM HIS EX-WIFE
WHO SAID JOHNNY DEPP WAS
PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TOWARDS HER, 
HE DENIED THAT
WE ALSO SAW PHOTOS THAT REPORT
TO SHOW ALL NIGHT DRUG BINGES.
THE JUDGE COULD FIND FOR JOHNNY 
DEPP AND ORDER THE NEWSPAPER TO 
PAY DAMAGES PERHAPS JOHNNY
DEPP'S LEGAL FEES AND ISSUE A 
PUBLIC APOLOGY OR RETRACTION
ON THE OTHER HAND THE JUDGE 
COULD SAY THE PAPER IS JUSTIFIED
IN WHAT THEY DID AND JOHNNY DEPP
COULD WALK AWAY HAVING SPENT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND AIRED 
DIRTY LAUNDRY OF THIS TOXIC 
RELATIONSHIP FOR NO GAME
JOHNNY DEPP IS ALSO BRINGING A
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST AMBER
HEARD, THAT'S $50 MILLION, IN 
THE U.S.
THAT WILL BE HEARD N
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ RAISED
OVER $60,000 FOR UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS ON INSTAGRAM LIVE.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THE DEBATE WILL NOW TAKE PLACE
AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE 
UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND ON
SEPTEMBER 29th
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A CARDIGAN SHE WORE
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE'RE WATCHING ANOTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM
POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT TWO TO
FIVE DAYS, THERE IS A 90% OF
DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES A
CURVE BALL LESS THAN A WEEK INTO
THE MLB SEASON AS A DOZEN 
MEMBERS OF THE MARLIN 
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER AND THE YANKEES 
PHILLIES GAME IN PHILADELPHIA 
WHERE THE MARLINS LAST PLAYED.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY, THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE THE POOL OF ADDITIONAL
PLAYERS AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND CONTINUE TO 
PLAY. 
>> THE MARLINS ARE EXPECTED TO
PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON WEDNESDAY
PENDING ANOTHER ROUND OF
TESTING.
>>> A CONSUMER ALERT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT.
STATE OFFICIALS IN AT LEAST 27
STATES WANT YOU TO REPORT ANY 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS
YOU'VE GOTTEN.
THIS COMES AFTER RESIDENTS
CLAIMED TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEEDS IN THE MAIL
FROM CHINA
OFFICIALS WARN THIS IS A SCAM 
AND WARN PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT
THEM, THEY MAY BE INVASIVE OR 
HARMFUL.
>>> KYRIE IRVING HAS CREATED THE
EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE TO FUND
THE SALARIES FOR PLAYERS IN THE 
WNBA LEAGUE WHO CHOOSE TO SIT 
OUT THE SEASON FOR CORONAVIRUS
OR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
HE SAID WHETHER A PERSON DECIDED
TO FIGHT SOCIAL JUSTICE, PLAY 
BASKETBALL, THIS COULD SUPPORT
THEIR DECISIONS.
>>> DR. FAUCI'S LIMITED EDITION 
BASEBALL CARD WAS ON SALE FOR 24
HOURS AND SHATTERED THE SALES 
FOR ANY BASEBALL CARD TOPS HAS
MADE
HE THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH FOR
THE NATIONALS OPENING DAY GAME
LAST WEEK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS SEASON
GOT SHORTER.
>> THEY'RE GOING FOR $1,200 TO
$2,000
ALMOST LIKE A KEN GRIF FIPP JR. 
CARD
>>> THE FIRST LADY IS GIVING THE
WHITE HOUSE GAR DDEN A MAKEOVER
THE PLAN IS TO RESTORE THE ROSE 
GAR DEN TO RESEMBLE THE 1962
DESIGN. 
>>> DIVERS HOLD THEMSELVES OVER 
A BRIDGE IN BOSNIA FOR A DECADES
OLD CONTEST.
THIS YEAR TO CURB THE THREAT OF 
COVID-19, ONLY 100 PEOPLE WERE
ALLOWED TO WATCH THE CONTEST
HOWEVER TH
>>> A BIT OF OPTIMISM TO KICK 
OFF YOUR TUESDAY, AS HOPEFUL
SIGNS TOWARD A COVID-19 VACCINE 
BEGIN TO GROW AND PHASE THREE 
TRIALS GET UNDERWAY.
>> 40 STATES ARE SEEING A RISE
IN CORONAVIRUS CASES, AND IT
SEEMS LIKE THESE SUMMERTIME 
CELEBRATIONS THAT HAVE LOCAL
OFFICIALS SOUNDING THE ALARM
AGAINST THE SUPERSPREADER 
GATHERINGS
>>> EVICTION NATION.
THE LOOMING BUBBLE COULD SOON 
BURST WITH SOME 40 MILLION
AMERICANS FACING POSSIBLE 
EVICTION. 
>> JUST A HANDFUL OF DAYS INTO
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
SEASON, AND ALREADY, A MAJOR
CRISIS IS SENDING A RIPPLE
EFFECT THROUGH PROFESSIONAL 
SPORTS. 
>> AND KATHIE LEE GIFFORD WITH
MOVING MEMORIES OF HER SIDEKICK,
REGIS PHILBIN.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS NOW. 
>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> I' AM FRANCES RIVERA
THE RACE IS HEATING UP TO FIND A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINES, AND 
SOLUTIONS COULD NOT COME SOON 
ENOUGH, FOR NEARLY A WEEK NOW,
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 1,000 
REPORTED FATALITIES EVERY 24
HOURS IN THE UNITED STATES
BUT THERE IS GROWING REASON TO
HOPE
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE
BEGUN A CRITICAL STAGE OF 
TESTING FOR A PROMISING VACCINE 
CANDIDATE.
HERE IS NBC'S TOM COSTELLO
>> Reporter: IT'S A 
MAKE-OR-BREAK TRIAL.
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ON THE NIH
AND DRUGMAKER MODERNA.
BEGINNING PHASE THREE HUMAN 
TRIALS, EVENTUALLY INVOLVING
30,000 VOLUNTEERS SCATTERED 
ACROSS 89 SITE SITES IN THE U.SL
RECEIVING THE VACCINE CANDIDATE.
HALF, GETTING A PLACEBO.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE COUNTING
CASES OF COVID-19 THAT OCCUR IN 
THE PARTICIPANTS
WHAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SEE
IS THAT THE VACCINE REDUCES THE 
NUMBER IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
RECEIVED THE VACCINE. 
>> THE VOLUNTEERS WON'T BE
INJECTED WITH COVID.
INSTEAD, THEY WILL BE EXPOSED 
NATURALLY, AS VIRUS SPREADS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
JOHN RECEIVED A SHOT THINKING OF
HIS TWO GRANDMOTHERS LIVING WITH
HIS PARENTS, WHILE HIS MOM WORKS
IN A PRESCHOOL. 
>> I WORRY ABOUT IT, EVERY DAY
SO FOR ME, THIS CLINICAL STUDY, 
THIS RESEARCH STUDY, IS 
SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO,
PERSONALLY, TO BENEFIT, NOT ONLY
MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS BUT, 
ALSO, HUMANITY. 
>> ONE OF THE REASONS MODERNA IS
MOVING SO FAST
RATHER THAN MANIPULATING THE
LIVE VIRUS, IT'S REPROGRAMMING
THE VIRUS'S GENETIC CODE
THE HOPE IS THAT THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM, THEN, CREATES 
COVID-FIGHTING ANTIBODIES.
MODERNA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY A 
BILLION DOLLARS, UNDER THE
GOVERNMENT'S OPERATION WARP 
SPEED.
AND PROMISES TO PRODUCE 500 
MILLION DOSES, PER YEAR.
ALSO, GETTING FEDERAL MONEY AND 
BEGINNING PHASE-THREE TRIALS
SOON
NOVA VAX, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND
ASTRAZENECA.
PFIZER HAS NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT MONEY BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT'S ALSO STARTING
LATE-STAGE TRIALS.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID A VACCINE
COULD BE DEVELOPED BY NOVEMBER
BUT RECRUITING VACCINE
VOLUNTEERS IN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES HIT ESPECIALLY HARD 
BY COVID HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
MISTREATMENT DECADES AGO IN 
CLINICAL TRIALS HAS LEFT A
LEGACY OF MISTRUST. 
>> IT LIVES ON AND IT'S -- IT'S 
REALLY CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT DISTRUST
I WANT TO REASSURE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TAKE EVERY
STEP, NECESSARY, TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE SAFE.
>> WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 25
VACCINE CANDIDATES ARE, RIGHT 
NOW, IN HUMAN TRIALS
NOT ALL WILL BE APPROVED BUT
RESEARCHERS SAY, IMPORTANTLY, WE
ARE LIKELY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
VACCINE THAT'S APPROVED.
AND EACH VACCINE WILL BE CATERED
TO DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND
EVEN PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
FRANCES.
>> ALL RIGHT
TOM, THANK YOU
>>> NOW, TO A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE MOVIE "HOUSE PARTY.
POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A 
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
POLICE GOT THERE AT 8:30, AND 
DIDN'T KICK EVERYBODY OUT UNTIL 
1:00 A.M. 
>> THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED 
GATHERINGS LIKE THESE ARE 
BECOMING SUPERSPREADERS FOR 
COVID-19
HERE IS NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
SUMMERTIME CELEBRATIONS HAVE
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SOUNDING THE ALARM
FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA TO 
OREGON
PARTIES ARE LEADING TO CLUSTERS 
OF COVID-19 CASES.
MANY OF THEM, YOUNG, ADULTS.
IN THIS POPULAR SUMMER SPOT,
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.
AT LEAST 17 LIFEGUARDS HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE.
OFFICIALS ARE CONNECTING THE
CASES TO A SOCIAL GATHERING 
OUTSIDE OF WORK.
NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR IS URGING 
TEENS IN THE STATE TO COOPERATE 
WITH CONTACT TRACERS, AFTER 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE A PARTY IN THE
SEPARATE PART OF THE STATE LED
TO 20 PEOPLE GETTING SICK.
>> THIS ISN'T A WITCH HUNT
THIS IS A PUBLIC-HEALTH PURSUIT 
THAT THE CONTACT-TRACING CORPS
IS AFTER
>> Reporter: ON CAPE COD, FREE
TESTING FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED A
HOUSE PARTY LAST WEEK, THAT LED 
TO AT LEAST 13 CASES
SOME OF THE SICK, EMPLOYEES AT
LOYAL RESTAURANTS, FORCING SOME 
WITN
BUSINESSES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE.
PARTIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
TURN INTO SUPER-SPREADER EVENTS,
SAY EXPERTS, IF PEOPLE ARE
CROWDED TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY
INSIDE AND NOT WEARING MASKS
NOW, OFFICIALS ARE URGING 
EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR GUARD UP.
>> SORT OF SURPRISED ME IS HOW
MANY TIMES IT, REALLY, IS JUST
AN INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER, THAT
IS CAUSING THE SPREAD.
I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL 
TENDENCY, WHEN WE'RE WITH PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW, MAYBE, NOT TO BE
AS CONCERNED. 
>> JILL PARKER THOUGHT SHE WAS
SAFE WHEN SHE HAD A SMALL,
OUTDOOR FAMILY PARTY FOR THE
FOURTH OF JULY. 
>> WE GOT TOO COMFORTABLE.
WE HAD A FALSE SENSE OF 
SECURITY
>> Reporter: ALL BUT THREE OF 
THE 14 PEOPLE AT THE PARTY, 
LATER, TEXTSTED POSITIVE.
NOW, SHE IS WARNING OTHERS ABOUT
RUSHING BACK TO NORMAL TOO SOON.
>> IT'S TERRIFYING, WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN
AND YOU ARE SITTING THERE WITH
THE GUILT THAT YOU, NOT ONLY LET
YOURSELF BE EXPOSED BUT,
PROVIDED A VENUE FOR OTHERS TO
BE EXPOSED. 
>> THAT WAS GABE GUTIERREZ
REPORTING.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MLB SEASON HAS
OVER A DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE 
MARLINS ORGANIZATION TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
AND THAT PROMPTED THE LEAGUE TO 
POSTPONE MULTIPLE GAMES IN MIAMI
AND PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THE TEAM
LAST PLAYED.
NBC'S SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST
FROM MIAMI
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
SHOCKWAVES RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMUNITY,
AFTER NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 11 
MARLINS HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19
SINCE OPENING DAY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE POSTPONEMENT
OF THEIR HOME OPENER, THOUGH
BUT HOW OTHER TEAMS WILL BE 
REACTING RIGHT NOW AS THIS VIRUS
MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE TO
SPREAD FROM LOCKER ROOM TO
LOCKER ROOM.
>> LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER 
BASEBALL BEGAN ITS RESTART, THE 
SPORT COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF
CLOSURE.
THE MIAMI MARLINS HAVE CANCELLED
THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST THE 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES WITH NBC NEWS 
CONFIRMING 11 PLAYERS ON THEIR
33-MAN TRAVELING ROSTER HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID SINCE OPENING
DAY.
TEAM CEO DEREK JETER DID ISSUE A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, 
POSTPONING THE HOME OPENER WAS
THE CORRECT DECISION TO PROPERLY
GRASP THE TOTALITY OF THE 
SITUATION.
JETER ADDING THE TEAM WILL
REMAIN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENDING 
ANOTHER ROUND OF TESTING FOR
PLAYERS AND STAFF.
>> VERY SCARED RIGHT NOW
AND I THINK THE SEASON'S AT THE 
CROSSROADS. 
>> BOB NIGHTINGALE HAS COVERED
BASEBALL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> WHAT KIND OF CHATTER ARE YOU 
HEARING FROM MLB OWNERS ABOUT 
CONTINUING THE SEASON?
>> IT'S A VERY FLUID SITUATION
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, NO TALK
ABOUT CANCELLING THE SEASON.
THAT COULD CHANGE 24, 48 HOURS
FROM NOW
WE'LL SEE.
>> THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLYS, SO 
FAR, NOT CONFIRMING ANY NEW 
POSITIVE TESTS BUT THE DOMINO 
EFFECT ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE
TEAM PULLING THE PLUG ON THEIR
GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK 
YANKEES, MLB CONFIRMS.
THE FIRST FEW GAMES FILLED WITH 
IMAGES OF FIST BUMPS, HUGS, AND 
HIGH-FIVES
AND BASEBALL TEAMS ARE NOT
COMPETING IN A BUBBLE, UNLIKE 
THE NBA.
THAT LEAGUE FORCING CLIPPERS
GUARD LOU WILLIAMS TO QUARANTINE
FOR TEN DAYS, AFTER HE LEFT FOR 
AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TO ATTEND A
FUNERAL VIEWING BUT WAS LATER 
PHOTOGRAPHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT 
A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB
SPORTS LEAGUES, TRYING TO 
SALVAGE THEIR SEASONS WITH
WARNING SIGNS, ALREADY, 
EMERGING
AS THE MARLINS WAIT TO FIND OUT 
HOW MANY MORE OF THEIR PLAYERS, 
COACHES, AND STAFF MEMBERS MAY
HAVE COVID-19, THE LEAGUE WILL
BE WATCHING RESULTS OUT OF
PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE IF THE 
PHILLYS END UP WITH A LOT OF
POSITIVE CASES, THAT COULD SPELL
TROUBLE FOR THE MLB HOW EASY
THIS CAN BE SPREAD AMONG
OPPONENTS.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, BACK TO
YOU.
>> WHAT WE ALL FEARED.
SAM, THANK YOU
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS.
BACK IN WASHINGTON, ONE LAST
TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
SLOWLY WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS 
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO THE 
CONGRESSMAN.
INCLUDING, THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND LINCOLN MEMORIALS
THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY.
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
A PLACE HE VISITED, JUST WEEKS
BEFORE HIS PASSING
>> HE WANTED TO SEE IT, WITH HIS
OWN EYES. 
>> HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME,
STOPPING FOR NOW, AT THE
CAPITOL, WHERE HE WILL LIE IN 
STATE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
AN HONOR RESERVED FOR ONLY A
HANDFUL OF AMERICA'S GREATEST 
HEROES
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN,
AMONG THOSE PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
CONTINUING AS A WARRIOR ON THE
FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
THAT BATTLE, SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE SPENT MORE 
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIOUS OF THE CONGRESS.
>> BECAUSE I THINK, TODAY, WE 
HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
WHO DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR 
THE COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT, IF 
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> JOHN LEWIS LOVED HIS WORK AND
HIS COUNTRY.
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS, I THINK, WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY, JOHN
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND THE LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON
>> ALL RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE WATCHING SOME STORMS
MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST.
NBC METEOROLOGIST JANESSA WEBB
JOINING US NOW
GOOD MORNING, JANESSA.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
I KNOW THE HEAT HAS REALLY BEEN 
TOUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND
MUCH OF THE EAST COAST
AND IT'S REALLY NOT BACKING OFF.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE, THAT WILL JUST NOT LET
UP
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE SEEING
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY 
IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOWER 80s.
AND TODAY, WE'RE EXPECTING
FEEL-LIKE TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 
DEGREES FROM NEW YORK CITY, ALL 
THE WAY INTO WILMINGTON, NORTH
CAROLINA
44 MILLION PEOPLE IMPACTED BY 
HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS
THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO FILTER
IN THIS AFTERNOON, INTO YOUR
EVENING, KROACROSS THE NORTHEAST
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR 
DAY AHEAD.
>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE, FOR THE
GREAT LAKES, ALL THE WAY TO 
DETROIT, IN THE UPPER 80s.
THE LOWER 90s CONTINUE TO FILTER
IN FROM TAMPA, ALL THE WAY INTO 
SAN ANTONIO, WITH HIGH HUMIDITY.
ALSO, ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM 
WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
HAVE MORE UPDATES COMING UP.
>> SOUNDS GOOD
THANKS, JANESSA.
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES ARE
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS TO THEIR
FAMILIES
POP STAR JOJO AND GAME OF 
THRONES ACTRESS ANNOUNCED.
THEY ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST CHILD
AND CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION.
THE TWO ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER,
WYNN HARRISO
>>> A FLORIDA MAN IS IN HOT 
WATER WITH THE FEDS THIS
MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONA RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY
A LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY DAVID HINES 
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION LOANS FOR DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES BUT MADE FALSE 
STATEMENTS ABOUT PAYROLL
EXTENSIONS
FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE CAR 
AND ABOUT $3.4 MILLION FROM HIS 
BANK ACCOUNTS.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THE PANDEMIC RAVAGING OUR
ECONOMY.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES
A FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON 
EVICTIONS EXPIRED ON FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
IT WILL BE EXTENDED, TENANTS WHO
CAN'T AFFORD RENTAL , ARE 
UNPROTECTED, AS OF NOW
ACCORDING TO CNBC, UP TO 40 
MILLION AMERICANS COULD FACE
EVICTION
ONE EXPERT TOLD THE NUMBER IN 
AUGUST ALONE COULD EQUAL 3
MILLION.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER A HUNDRED BLACK 
WOMEN, OR MULTIRACIAL BLACK 
WOMEN HAVE FILED TO RUN FOR 
CONGRESS IN 2020
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN WOMEN IN
POLITICS CONFIRMED AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO FILED 
THIS YEAR IS A LARGE LEAP FROM
THE ROUGHLY 90 BLACK WOMEN WHO
FILED IN 2018.
>> ACTOR TOM HANKS AND HIS WIFE 
RITA WILSON ARE OFFICIALLY
CITIZENS OF GREECE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
ANNOUNCED THE NEWS, ALONGSIDE 
THAT PICTURE THERE, OF THE STARS
HOLDINTELL YOU ABOUT
STATE AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS IN 
AT LEAST 27 STATES WANT YOU TO
REPORT ANY UNSOLICITED PACKAGES 
OF SEEDS YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN
THE WARNING COMES AFTER 
RESIDENTS CLAIM TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEED PACKAGES IN THE 
MAIL THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
OFFICIALS SAY THE SEEDS ARE PART
OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS 
ONLINE, AND THEY'RE URGING
PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT THEM
WARNING THEY MIGHT BE INVASIVE, 
OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL. 
>> IN THE UK, PRIME MINISTER
BORIS JOHNSON'S PLAN TO BATTLE
COVID INCLUDES WEIGHT LOSS
JOHNSON REVEALED THAT WHEN HE 
WAS HOSPITALIZED, HE WAS
OVERWEIGHT
AND HAS, SINCE, CHANGED HIS 
HABITS
HE IS NOW URGING FELLOW BRITS TO
GET FIT TO FIGHT THE VIRUS
OUR CARL NASMAN HAS MORE. 
>> HERE IN ENGLAND, AROUND
TWO-THIRDS OF ADULTS ARE
CLASSIFIED AS EITHER OBESE OR 
OVERWEIGHT
AND NOW, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
PUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ON A 
DIET
BORIS JOHNSON ALLOWING A
NATIONWIDE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM, 
THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE SLIM DOWN
BUT ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, TO HELP
PREPARE FOR A POTENTIAL SECOND
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE FALL.
THAT'S BECAUSE, STUDY AFTER 
STUDY, SHOWING EVEN THOSE WHO 
ARE SLIGHTLY OBESE ARE AT A MUCH
HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19
SYMPTOMS
AND THEY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO 
DIE.
NOW, THIS UK-WIDE PROGRAM WOULD 
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE LIMITING THE
ADVERTISEMENT AND SALES OF JUNK 
FOOD
LISTING THE CALORIES ON THE 
MENUS AT LARGE-CHAIN
RESTAURANTS.
AND IT WOULD, ALSO, ENCOURAGE 
DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE EXERCISE TO
THEIR PATIENTS
THIS IS, ALSO, A PERSONAL 
MISSION, HERE, IN THE UK
THE PRIME MINISTER, HIMSELF, WAS
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 BACK 
IN APRIL
HE DESCRIBED THAT AS A WAKEUP 
CALL FOR HIMSELF, THAT HE NEEDS,
TO GET BACK IN SHAPE. 
>> I, IN A SENSE, WELCOME THE 
FACT THAT BORIS JOHNSON 
SUFFERED, HIMSELF.
WENT INTO INTENSIVE CARE
FORTUNATELY, HE CAME OUT AND HAS
RECOVERED.
BUT WHAT HE'S DONE IS HAVE AN 
EPIPHANY MOMENT.
>> BEING OBESE PUTS YOU AT A
MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR NEEDING TO 
GO ON TO INTENSIVE CARE AND,
INDEED, SADLY, FOR DYING. 
>> OF COURSE, THAT MIGHT BE A 
WAKEUP CALL FOR AMERICANS AS
WELL
AROUND 40% OF THE COUNTRY 
CLASSIFIED AS OBESE.
AND MANY DOCTORS SAY ONE OF THE 
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE 
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 IS SIMPLY
TO
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TROPICS
AS 92L HAS FORMED.
STILL AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
AND FATAL SHARK ATTACK IN MAINE.
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
NORTHEAST OF PORTLANDMENT 
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER AFTER A PAIR OF
SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A BULL SHARK
MAY HAVE TAKEN TWO LARGE CHUNKS 
OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT WASHED 
ASHORE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD IS
REMEMBERING HER FRIEND AND
FORMER CO-HOST, TV LEGEND REGIS 
PHILBIN, WHO DIED OVER THE
WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST, NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA 
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING PING-PONG
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD 
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM
AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT 
AFRAID OF ME AND WE JUST TOOK 
OFF LIKE A ROCKET.
WE HAD FUN
F-U-N.
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
AND HE WAS THE MOST GRATEFUL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN.
AND ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE
LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>> THE GIFT THEY SHARED WITH ALL
OF US.
ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.
>> WE ALL GREW UP WATCHING HIM
ON TV.
YOU KNOW, HE'S ON TV MORE THAN
ANYBODY IN HISTORY, REALLY. 
>> AND LARGER THAN LIFE, YOU CAN
TELL
THERE ON THE SCREEN AND OFF.
JUST THIS HUGE PERSONALITY. 
>> LAST NIGHT, A CLASSIC
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY EPISODE FROM 
1992 WAS AIRED FEATURING REGIS, 
CAROLE BURNETT, AND DONALD
MILLS.
>> MAINBOCHER EDITED THE PARIS
EDITION OF THIS U.S. FASHION
MAGAZINE. 
>> BOY, YOU REALLY MAKE IT -- 
YOU REALLY MAKE A GUY EARN HIS
DAILY DOUBLE HERE.
>> ALWAYS MAKING US LAUGH.
INCIDENTALLY, CAROL BURNETT WON 
THAT
>>> 40 MILLION AMERICANS COULD
BE FACING EVICTION NOTICES, IF
CONGRESS DOESN'T ACT SOON.
THAT, AS COVID CASES RISE IN THE
MAJORITY OF STATES
BUT HOPE ABOUNDS, AS VACCINES 
BEGIN CRUCIAL PHASE THREE 
TRIALS
>>> THE CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS, 
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS,
BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO LIE IN STATE AT THE U.S. 
CAPITOL.
JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE,
AND MANY OTHERS PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS
BUT NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO
SAID HE WON'T BE GOING
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTORS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND
VIOLENCE SPREADING TO OTHER 
CITIES
>>> AND HAVE YOU RECEIVED A 
PACKET OF SEEDS IN THE MAIL,
THAT YOU DIDN'T ORDER?
IF SO, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND AUTHORITIES HAVE AN URGENT
MESSAGE FOR YOU.
"EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, I'M 
PHILLIP MENA. 
>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US, I'M 
FRANCES RIVERA
THE UNITED STATES IS FACING MORE
GRIM MILESTONES IN THIS 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION CASES HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED, NATIONWIDE
AND THE DEATH TOLL IS 
APPROACHING 150,000.
FOR NEARLY A WEEK, MORE THAN A
THOUSAND FATALITIES HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED, EVERY 24 HOURS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING THE RETURN OF
IN-PERSON CLASSES.
MORE THAN 150 EDUCATORS DROVE 
ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH THE
MESSAGE, COURSES ONLINE UNTIL 
CASES DECLINE.
AND A SIMILAR PROTEST WAS HELD
IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH TEACHERS 
CIRCLING THE STATE HOUSE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION. 
>> POLICE IN NEW JERSEY BUSTED A
MASSIVE HOUSE PARTY WITH 700
PEOPLE
IT TOOK OFFICERS FIVE HOURS TO
DISPERSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
THE PACKED AIRBNB.
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, 
INCLUDING THE 40-YEAR-OLD 
HOMEOWNER AND TWO 20-YEAR-OLDS
WHO ORGANIZED THE PARTY.
>> A FLORIDA MAN IS BEING 
ACCUSED OF USING CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUNDS TO BUY A 
LAMBORGHINI.
PROSECUTORS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD 
DAVID HINES RECEIVED $4 MILLION 
FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM BY MAKING FALSE CLAIMS
DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
HINES NOW FACES BANK FRAUD
CHARGES.
HIS LAWYER DID NOT RESPOND TO 
REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
>> THERE IS VERY HOPEFUL NEWS 
THIS MORNING IN THE RACE TO FIND
A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
PROMISING CANDIDATES ARE
BEGINNING HUMAN TRIALS SOON.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE 
NEEDED FOR THIS CRITICAL STAGE
NBC'S SARAH DALLOF HAS THIS 
REPORT
>> Reporter: A BIG WEEK IN THE
BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19.
DRUGMAKER MODERNA AND NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH KICKING OFF
PHASE THREE TRIALS WITH THEIR 
VACCINE CANDIDATE.
THE TRIAL WILL ENROLL 30,000
AMERICANS.
HALF WILL RECEIVE THE 
EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE
THE OTHER HALF, A PLACEBO.
>> IT TAKES SOMEONE, WHO IS 
WILLING TO, REALLY, BE A HERO 
AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE KINDS
OF CLINICAL STUDIES.
>> AFTER TWO DOSES, RESEARCHERS 
WILL TRACK WHICH GROUP DEVELOPS 
MORE INFECTIONS, AS THEY GO 
ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
>> WHAT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO 
SEE IS THE VACCINE REDUCES THE
NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19 IN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
>> PFIZER ANNOUNCED IT HAS ALSO 
STARTED ITS LATE-STAGE HUMAN
TRIALS, WITH HOPES TO SUBMIT FOR
FINAL REGULATORY REVIEW IN
OCTOBER.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON STARTED A 
PHASE ONE TRIAL IN THE U.S., AS 
WELL
THE PRESIDENT TOURED A FACILITY 
THAT'S MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS 
OF ANOTHER CANDIDATE, DEVELOPED 
BY NOVA VAX.
MANY COMPANIES ARE ALREADY
RAMPING UP PRODUCTION.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A
WINNER
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF 
WINNERS.
>> TO GET FDA APPROVAL, A 
VACCINE MUST BE AT LEAST 50%
EFFECTIVE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
SAYS THERE ARE 25 POTENTIAL 
CANDIDATES IN CLINICAL TRIALS,
GLOBALLY
A RACE FOR A VACCINE, AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES CLIMB.
SARAH DALLOF, NBC NEWS
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BREWING ON CAPITOL HILL
THIS MORNING, WITH BENEFITS 
HANGING IN THE BALANCE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LEFT
REELING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP RETURNED TO AN OLD HOBBY
HORSE, ONCE AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE 
THAT THE DRUG DOES NOT CURE 
COVID-19
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
TRACIE, THE SENATE FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> EXACTLY
NOT EVERYONE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AGREES WITH THIS
MITCH McCONNELL, THE SENATE 
LEADER, SAYS THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT ARE SURE TO BE
TENSE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A FEW WEEKS,
WHEN IT COMES TO UNEMPLOYMENT.
THOSE BONUS PAYMENTS ARE RUNNING
OUT, QUICKLY
HERE IS WHAT THE SO-CALLED
HEROES ACT WOULD PROVIDE
THE HEALS ACT IS WHAT 
REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING IT
$1,200 STIMULUS CHECKS FOR
AMERICANS.
BUT IT WOULD DROP UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS FROM $600 TO $200 A
WEEK
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE
$105 BILLION FOR EDUCATION
FUNDING AND ANOTHER ROUND OF
LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EXTENSION
ON EVICTIONS
IT INCLUDES MONEY FOR TESTING,
LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR
BUSINESSES, AND SOMETHING THAT
MITCH McCONNELL, APPARENTLY,
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AT FIRST
NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR A NEW FBI 
HEADQUARTERS
BUT IT'S THIS FIGHT OVER
UNEMPLOYMENT THAT'S URGENT
IT RUNS OUT THIS WEEK.
>> WE'VE LEARNED A VERY TOUGH 
LESSON THAT, WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE
NOT TO WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
AND SO, THIS PAYMENT WILL BE
ADJUSTED SO THAT WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO HELP 
PEOPLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 TO
75% OF THEIR INCOME.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A TIME 
WHEN CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE 
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY.
NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D EVER GO TO 
A FOOD BANK.
PEOPLE ARE BEING -- ON THE VERGE
OF EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
PAY THE RENT
THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS, THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
>> THAT EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS 
SAID THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT 
UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, IT 
HASN'T HAPPENED, YET
SO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR 
RENT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
RIGHT NOW.
NEARLY, 40 MILLION AMERICANS, 
ACCORDING TO CNBC, COULD LOSE 
THEIR HOMES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> JUST A STAGGERING NUMBER.
AND IT'S DUE THE END OF THE 
WEEK
ALL RIGHT.
TRACIE, THANK YOU.
>>> A CURVE BALL LESS THAN A
WEEK INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL SEASON, AS OVER A DOZEN
MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI MARLINS
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER, AND THE
YANKEES-PHILLIES GAME.
SPOKE TO THE MLB NETWORK ABOUT
THE SITUATION.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE POOL OF
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS
AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE 
SAFE AND CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> IS THERE A POINT --
>> MIAMI AND THEIR PLAYERS ARE
EXPECTED TO PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON
WEDNESDAY, PENDING ANOTHER ROUND
OF TESTING
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS, WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA TODAY.
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER
TO RECEIVE THE HONOR
LAWMAKERS LINED UP FOR A FINAL
GOOD-BYE TO THEIR COLLEAGUE 
YESTERDAY.
AND WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE PAID HIS RESPECTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO
PLANS TO DO THE SAME
NBC'S GEOFF BENNETT HAS MORE ON 
THE POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS.
>> Reporter: RARE BUT FITTING 
HONORS FOR THE LATE CONGRESSMAN 
JOHN LEWIS
THE NATION'S CAPITOL, PAUSING TO
PAY RESPECT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
GIANT AND LONGTIME GEORGIA
CONGRESSMAN.
HIS PROCESSION PASSING BY 
NOTABLE WASHINGTON LANDMARKS, 
PAUSING AT THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. MEMORIAL.
DR. KING INSPIRED LEWIS'S EARLY 
ACTIVISM
AND AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
WHERE LEWIS WAS THE YOUNGEST
SPEAKER AT THE 1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON. 
>> WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEAT BY
POLICEMEN.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT
>> HIS MOTORCADE, ALSO, DRIVING 
DOWN THE NEWLY MINTED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER PLAZA WHERE, LAST
MONTH, LEWIS MADE HIS FINAL 
PUBLIC APPEARANCE, IN SUPPORT.
>> WHAT DOES CONGRESSMAN LEWIS'S
LEGACY MEAN TO YOU
>> AS A SOUTHERNER, AS THE WIFE 
OF A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA, AND
AS THE MOM OF INTERRACIAL KIDS, 
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 
BE HERE TODAY.
AND ALSO, FOR US TO ACCEPT THAT 
TORCH AND TO SAY WE'RE HERE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
>> I VALUE SACRIFICE
AND STRUGGLE
AND I FEEL LIKE HE IS SOMEONE 
THAT REPRESENTS SACRIFICE AND 
STRUGGLE, TO THE GREATEST 
EXTENT
>> Reporter: LEWIS MAKING HIS 
FINAL TRIP TO THE U.S. CAPITOL
THE BUILDING WHERE THE
CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS
REPRESENTED GEORGIA FOR MORE
THAN THREE DECADES
A MILITARY HONOR GUARD CARRIED
HIS FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN UP THE 
STEPS, AND INTO THE CAPITOL 
ROTUNDA, WHERE HE BECAME THE
FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER TO LIE IN
STATE.
AS HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES SAID 
FAREWELL. 
>> WE KNEW THAT HE ALWAYS WORKED
ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
AND NOW, WE KNOW THAT HE IS WITH
THEM. 
>> PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN,
AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE,
AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED TO VISIT
THE CAPITOL TO HONOR LEWIS
GOSPEL SINGER WHITLY PHIPPS 
DELIVERING A POWERFUL RENDITION 
OF "AMAZING GRACE.
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOW
INVITED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED, AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS BEING ENFORCED
THAT VIEWING BEGINNING AT 
8:00 A.M., EASTERN
FRANCES.
>> GEOFF, THANK YOU.
>> THE UNREST IN PORTLAND 
CONTINUES.
THE CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTORS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE
HAVE BEEN ONGOING, FOR 60-PLUS
NIGHTS NOW
AND THEY ARE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LEAVE
THE CITY, AFTER THEY WERE SENT
THERE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND NOW, THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE 
HAS LED THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEND 
MORE FEDERAL AGENTS TO THE
REGION
NBC'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND, 
PROTESTORS LAUNCH MORTAR-STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE STEEL BARRIER THAT ENCASES
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN
THEM
PROVOKING THIS RESPONSE.
WHAT STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO A
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS NOW BECOME A
NIGHTLY RITUAL. 
>> THEY STARTED GASSING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH RESPIRATORS
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US SO WE
CAME BACK WITH VESTS
WHO IS ESCALATING THIS
IT'S NOT US.
>> STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE
AGENTS ARE NOT WELCOME BUT THE
PRESIDENT INSISTS THEY ARE HERE 
TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY.
IN NEARBY SEATTLE, ON SATURDAY, 
A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH 
PORTLAND'S PROTESTORS DEVOLVED
FROM PEACEFUL, INTO WHAT POLICE 
CALL, A RIOT
FEDERAL AGENTS STAYED OUT OF
SIGHT.
PRESIDENT SAYS THEY'RE IN 
SEATTLE FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY. 
>> HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, THEY ARE 
BRACING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
MORE VIOLENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD
THEY JUST SET UP THIS CEMENT
BARRICADE.
EACH BLOCK WEIGHS 4,000 POUNDS. 
>> IN LOS ANGELES, PROTESTORS 
AND POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
AND IN LOUISVILLE, OPPOSING 
ARMED MILITIA GROUPS FACED OFF
AT A DEMONSTRATION
ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS,
SEATTLE.
>>> A RARE AND FATAL SHARK
ATTACK MONDAY IN MAINE
AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN APPEARS 
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHARK
IN NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND
ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ANOTHER 
PERSON WAS THROWN AND SUFFERED
SERIOUS INJURIES
MAINE HAS RECORDED ONLY ONE 
UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEARLY 200 
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, TWO LONG ISLAND, NEW 
YORK, BEACHES ORDERED SWIMMERS
OUT OF THE WATER MONDAY AFTER A 
PAIR OF SHARK SIGHTINGS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY A SHARK MAY 
HAVE TAKEN TWO CHUNKS, LARGE
CHUNKS, OUT OF A SEASCAPE THAT
WASHED ASHORE.
>> EVERYBODY E'S FLOCKING TO THE
BEACHES BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT 
OUTSIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BRING IN NBC
METEOROLOGIST, JANESSA WEBB, TO 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT HEAT
HEY, GOOD MORNING, JANESSA
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING, YOU TWO.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
THE HEAT
IT'S NOT LETTING UP.
WE HAVE THIS DOME OF HIGH 
PRESSURE THAT JUST WILL NOT BACK
OFF.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY IS NOT 
GOING TO BE A BEACH DAY LIKE
WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
WE DO HAVE THIS COLD FRONT
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE 
RELIEF THAT WE REALLY NEED, 
GOING INTO THE -- YOUR MIDWEEK
IT WILL SLICE HUMIDITY IN HALF
BUT STILL, TEMPERATURES ARE 
GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES, 
RIGHT NOW, IN THE UPPER 80s.
WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS 90 TODAY.
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER
STORY OF THE DAY
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
>> SO FOR PITTSBURGH THIS 
AFTERNOON, A LOT MORE SUNSHINE
EVEN FOR BUFFALO
82 DEGREES
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER 
AND THAT'S THAT FRONT THAT'S
ENTERING FROM DALLAS, ALL THE 
WAY INTO MEMPHIS, UPPER 80s TO
LOWER 90s.
AND THEN, ALL ATTENTION IS ON 
THE TROPICS.
I'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT, COMING
UP. 
>> HEAT.
TROPICS.
HEAT
TROPICS.
>> I SEE A PATTERN HERE.
THANKS, JANESSA.
IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO 
CORTEZ RAISED.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT 
WESTERN UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND 
ON SEPTEMBER 29th.
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A
>>> LEADING THE NEWS
FORMER TODAY CO-HOST KATHIE LEE 
GIFFORD IS REMEMBERING HER
FRIEND AND FORMER CO-HOST, TV 
LEGEND, REGIS PHILBIN, WHO DIED 
OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF
88
HERE IS NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON.
>> ARE YOU SERIOUS
>> Reporter: THEIRS WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY LAUGHTER.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BIRD!
>> Reporter: AND FOR 15 YEARS,
FIRST NEW YORK, THEN AMERICA
LOVED TO LAUGH WITH REGIS AND 
KATHIE LEE
>> HE WAS LIKE PLAYING
PING-PONG, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
VERBAL PING-PONG
AND IF YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH 
REGIS, THERE WAS NO END TO WHERE
IT COULD GO.
>> WE'RE ROLE MODELS, REG, FOR
DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE. 
>> KATHIE LEE GIFFORD,
REMEMBERING REGIS PHILBIN.
>> WE HAD THE SAME SENSE OF 
HUMOR AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF
HIM, AND HE SURE AS HECK WAS NOT
AFRAID OF ME
AND WE JUST TOOK OFF LIKE A 
ROCKET. 
>> JUST IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW WHO WE ARE, WE SHOULD
INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
>> THIS IS REGIS AND I'M KATHIE 
LEE.
>> WE HAD FUN, F-U-N
AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS, AND HE WAS 
THE MOST GRATEFUL PERSON IN THE 
WORLD.
HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME 
FROM. 
>> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PAGE 
RIGHT HERE. 
>> HE JUST WAS ALWAYS 
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN, AND
ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE LUCKIEST 
GUY IN THE WORLD. 
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, KATHIE LEE AND
REGIS AND HIS WIFE, JOY, SHARED 
A FINAL MEAL
JOY TELLING KATHIE LEE. 
>> THE DAY THAT WE CAME TO HAVE 
LUNCH WITH YOU, SHE SAID, WAS 
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIM LAUGH.
>> SHARING ONE MORE TIME
♪ THANKS FOR THE MEMORY ♪
>>> COMING UP ON "TODAY," 
DOMESTIC DIVA MARTHA STEWART
WILL BE LIVE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF CONTAINER
GARDENING WITH SUCCULENTS.
>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS COMING
TO AN END.
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT CLOSING
ARGUMENTS AND TODAY, DEPP'S 
LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS
SARAH HARMON
SARAH, ARE WE EXPECTING A 
DRAMATIC FINALE HERE
>> PHILLIP, GOOD MORNING
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN SO FAR AS SALACIOUS IS
PROBABLY BEING OVERLY GENEROUS
THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE 
AMOUNT OF INTIMATE DETAILS THAT 
WE'VE SEEN ABOUT THE TOXIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOHNNY DEPP
AND AMBER HEARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, AT THE 
HEART OF THIS IS A LIBEL
LAWSUIT.
AND THE QUESTION, WAS THIS
NEWSPAPER JUSTIFIED IN
DESCRIBING JOHNNY DEPP AS A WIFE
BEATER
WE HAVE HEARD MOUNTAINS OF
EVIDENCE
EVERYTHING FROM PHOTOS OF 
ALL-NIGHT DRUG BINGES TO
DISTURBING AND MISOGYNISTIC 
CELEBRITY TEXT MESSAGES.
TO THESE INCREDIBLY DISTURBING
ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE
NO
NOW, NEITHER OF THESE 
INDIVIDUALS IS ON TRIAL.
THE JUDGE IS GOING TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THE PAPER WAS JUSTIFIED IN
CALLING HIM A WIFE BEATER.
AND THIS COULD GO A COUPLE WAYS.
THE JUDGE COULD ORDER THE PAPER 
TO PAY DAMAGES OR A FINE OR 
ISSUE AN APOLOGY
JOHNNY DEPP, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
COULD ALSO WALK AWAY, HAVING
SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND
AIRED ALL OF THIS DIRTY LAUNDRY 
TO, ESSENTIALLY, NO AVAIL.
PHILLIP.
FRANCES.
>> WOW
ALL OF THAT AND ALL THE UGLY
DETAILS COMING OUT OF 
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS 
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN
THE WINWARD ISLANDS RIGHT NOW.
92 L
WE ARE SEEING SUSTAINED WINDS UP
TO 30-MILE-PER-HOUR.
THIS COULD BE OUR NEXT I-NAME 
STORM,
AND BLACK MILLENNIALS IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW STUDY
BLACK MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLDS EARN
ABOUT 60% OF WHAT THEIR WHITE 
COUNTERPARTS MAKE.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY CONDUCTED
BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
ST. LOUIS, THE TYPICAL WHITE, 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD EARNS
ALMOST $61,000 ANNUALLY,
COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL BLACK 
MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLD WHICH
EAST
JUST OVER $37,000.
COMPARED TO 59% OF WHITE
STUDENTS. 
>> AND WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC HAS FORCED MOST
COLLEGES TO TEACH CLASSES 
ONLINE, A NEW SURVEY BY STUDY 
GUIDE PLATFORM, ONE CLASS,
REPORTS 93% OF U.S. STUDENTS
BELIEVE TUITION SHOULD BE 
LOWERED, IF ALL CLASSES ARE HELD
ONLINE
OF THE 13,000 SURVEYED, 75% OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE UNHAPPY
WITH THE QUALITY OF ONLINE
CLASSES.
AND 35% HAVE CONSIDERED 
WITHDRAWING FROM SCHOOL.
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT
THE 93%.
YOU KNOW, YOU PAY ALL THAT MONEY
TO GO TO COLLEGE. 
>> AND YOU WANT THE ENTIRE
EXPERIENCE. 
>> YEAH.
>> ALONG WITH IT, TOO.
ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION. 
>> ALL RIGHT
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS IN 
THE MAIL LATELY, THERE IS A 
WARNING FOR YOU.
AT LEAST TWO DOZEN STATE -- TWO 
DOZEN STATE AGRICULTURAL
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE SOME
RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING SOME MYSTERIOUS SEED
PACKAGES THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM 
CHINA.
PART OF A SCAM TO BOOST BUSINESS
ONLINE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES, OVER 100 BLACK WOMEN OR
MULTIRACIAL, BLACK WOMEN ARE
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN 2020
CONFIRMED THAT AT LEAST 129 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE FILED
THAT'S THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE
2004
THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THIS 
YEAR HAS GROWN FROM THE 90 BLACK
WOMEN WHO FILED IN 2018 AND THE 
HIGHEST EVER RECORDED BY THE
CAWP. 
>> ONE INFAMOUS PITCH LATER, AND
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ALREADY 
BREAKING SOME RECORDS.
HIS LIMITED EDITION BASEBALL
CARD WAS ON SALE FOR JUST 24
HOURS BUT IT SOLD OVER 51,000 
PRINTS
TOP SAYS THAT SHATTERED THE 
RECORD SALES FOR ANY BASEBALL 
CARD IT HAS MADE
THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT 
THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF THE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON IN 
WASHINGTON
>> YEAH.
ALONG WITH THAT, CARDS, THE 
OTHER MERCH.
BOBBLE HEADS
EVERYTHING ELSE.
T-SHIRTS
SOCKS.
EVERYTHING FAUCI IN 2020. 
>> TWO CELEBRITY COUPLES
WELCOMING NEW ADDITIONS.
POP STAR JOE JONAS AND SOPHIE 
TURNER ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF 
BABY GIRL WILLA ON JULY 22nd
THE COUPLE ARE DELIGHTED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF THEIR NEW CHILD, 
THEIR FIRST CHILD.
SINGER CIARA AND RUSSELL WILSON 
ALSO WELCOMING A NEW ADDITION TO
THEIR FAMILY
THEIR SECOND CHILD TOGETHER, WIN
HARRISON WILSON.
CIARA SHARED THE FIRST FAMILY 
PHOTO SINCE SHE GAVE BIRTH WITH 
THE CAPTION WELCOME HOME, WIN.
AND THAT IS A WIN, WIN, WIN FOR 
ALL OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
>>
>>> NEW CLASHES BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND, VIOLENCE SPREADING TO 
OTHER CITIES. 
>> THE EMERGENCY IN BASEBALL AS 
A DOZEN OR MORE MARLINS PLAYERS 
TEST POSITIVE.
IS THE SEASON IN JEOPARDY?
>>> HONORING THE MAN WHO'S BEEN 
CALLED THE CONSCIOUS OF THE 
CONGRESS
THE TRIBUTES TO JOHN LEWIS. 
>>> WEEKS OF TESTIMONY COME TO
AN END IN A LIABLE SUIT 
INVOLVING JOHNNY DEPP AND HIS 
EX-WIFE AMBER HEARD AND 
>>> TUESDAY 
MORNING. 
>> THE SEARCH 
FOR A SUCCESSFUL 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE IS 
GROWING MORE 
URGENT BY THE 
DAY FOR NEARLY A 
WEEK IN THE 
UNITED STATES, 
THE DEATH TOLL 
HAS BEEN OVER 
1000 AND WE ARE 
APPROACHING 
150,000 REPORTED 
FATALITIES, BUT 
THERE IS GOOD 
REASON TO BE 
HOPEFUL THIS 
MORNING. 
IT IS A MAJOR 
REEK FOR 
RESEARCH. 
HERE IS NBC'S 
TOM COSTELLO. 
>> Reporter: IT 
IS A MAKE OR 
BREAK A TRIAL, 
THE EYES OF THE 
WORLD ON THE NIH 
AND DRUGMAKER 
DHARNA BEGINNING 
PHASE THREE OF 
HUMAN VACCINE 
TRIALS INVOLVING 
30,000 
VOLUNTEERS 
SCATTERED ACROSS 
89 SITES IN THE 
U.S. HALF 
RECEIVING THE 
VACCINE 
CANDIDATE, HALF 
GETTING A 
PLACEBO. 
>> WE ARE GOING 
TO BE COUNTING 
CASES OF COVID-
19 THAT OCCUR IN 
PATIENTS, BUT 
OBVIOUSLY YOU 
WANT TO SEE IF 
THE VACCINE 
REDUCES THE 
NUMBER OF COVID-
19 AND PEOPLE 
WHO RECEIVED THE 
VACCINE.  
BACK THE 
VOLUNTEERS WILL 
NOT BE INJECTED 
WITH COVID, 
INSTEAD THEY 
WILL BE  EXPOSED 
NATURALLY AS A 
VIRUS SPREADS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
IN NEBRASKA, 
THIS 24-YEAR-OLD 
VOLUNTEER 
RECEIVED A SHOT 
THINKING OF HIS 
TWO GRANDMOTHERS 
LIVING WITH HIS 
PARENTS WHILE 
HIS MOM WORKS IN 
A PRESCHOOL. 
>> I WORRY ABOUT 
EVERYDAY. 
THIS RESEARCH 
STUDY IS 
SOMETHING THAT I 
CAN DO 
PERSONALLY TO 
BENEFIT NOT ONLY 
MY FRIEND AND 
FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: ONE 
OF THE WAYS IT 
IS MOVING SO 
FAST, IT IS 
REPROGRAMMING 
THE VIRUS'S 
GENETIC CODE. 
THE SYSTEM 
CREATES COVID 
FIGHTING  
ANTIBODIES. 
IT HAS RECEIVED 
NEARLY $1 BILLION
AND PROMISES TO 
PRODUCE 500 
MILLION DOSES 
PER YEAR. 
ALSO GETTING 
FEDERAL MONEY 
AND BEGINNING 
PHASE THREE 
TRIALS SOON, 
NOVAVAX, JOHNSON 
AND JOHNSON, AND 
ASTRAZENECA HAVE 
NOT RECEIVED 
GOVERNMENT 
MONEY, BUT JUST 
ANNOUNCED IT IS 
ALSO STARTING 
LATE STAGE 
TRIALS. 
DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID A 
VACCINE COULD BE 
DEVELOPED BY 
NOVEMBER, BUT 
RECRUITING 
VACCINE 
VOLUNTEERS IN 
MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES HIT 
ESPECIALLY HARD 
BY COVID HAS 
BEEN CHALLENGING 
. TREATMENT 
DECADES AGO HAS 
LUST A LEGACY OF 
MISTRUST. 
>> THAT MISTRUST 
LIVES ON AND 
IT'S CHALLENGING 
TO BE ABLE TO 
OVERCOME THAT 
DISTRUST. 
I WANT TO 
REASSURE THE 
COMMUNITIES THAT 
WE TAKE EVERY 
STEP NECESSARY 
TO ENSURE THAT 
VACCINES ARE 
SAFE. 
WORLDWIDE, 
WITHIN 25 
VACCINE 
CANDIDATES ARE 
RIGHT NOW IN 
HUMAN TRIALS. 
RESEARCHERS SAY 
IMPORTANTLY WE 
ARE LIKELY TO 
HAVE MORE THAN 
ONE VACCINE THAT 
IS APPROVED AND 
EACH VACCINE 
WILL BE CATERED 
TO DIFFERENT AGE 
GROUPS AND PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
FRANCIS? 
>> TOM, THANK 
YOU. 
>>> TEACHERS IN 
FLORIDA ARE 
PROTESTING THE 
RETURN OF IN 
PERSON CLASSES 
WHEN 150 
EDUCATORS -- 
>> OF COURSE 
THERE ARE A LOT 
MORE SAFETY 
RULES TO FOLLOW. 
>> FRANCIS, THE 
EXCITEMENT TO BE 
BACK IN 
MISSISSIPPI 
COULD NOT BE 
MATCHED. 
THE STUDENTS 
WERE OVERJOYED 
TO BE BACK WITH 
HER FRIENDS AND 
TEACHERS, BUT 
THEY ALSO CAME 
BACK TO A LOT OF 
PRECAUTIONS.
 
>> PLASTIC PARTITIONS ON THE
BUS, TEMPERATURE CHECKS ON THE
DOOR, AND SEATS SPACED APART
LOWER STUDENTS GROUPED WITH THE 
SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
>> THE THING ABOUT THIS YEAR IS 
YOU GET TO EAT LUNCH IN YOUR
CLASSROOM.
>> Reporter: THE LIST OF NEW
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST COVID-19 
REASSURING TARA WILLIAMS WHOSE
FOUR CHILDREN RETURNED TO SCHOOL
MONDAY. 
>> I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY 
REQUIRING THE MASKS WAS MY
NUMBER ONE THING THAT MADE ME 
FEEL SAFER. 
>> Reporter: BUT THOSE CHANGES
WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 13% OF
PARENTS WHO THE DISTRICT SAID 
OPTED FOR REMOTE LEARNING THIS
YEAR
AFTER A HYBRID APPROACH IN
TENNESSEE, SCHOOLS NOW SAYING 
THE SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN
VIRTUAL ONLY
ONE STUDY SHOWS MORE THAN HALF
OF TEACHERS DON'T SUPPORT IN
CLASS INSTRUCTION AT THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND OTHER 
COMMUNITIES TAKE THIS VIRUS 
SERIOUSLY.
IT'S HERE.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WAYS. 
>> Reporter: CHANGES WELL WORTH 
MAKING FOR SENIORS. 
>> IT TAKES A LITTLE OF THE 
SOCIAL LIFE OUT BUT IT'S NOT A
BIG DEAL. 
>> IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO, IF 
EVERYONE CAN DO IT WE CAN STOP
THE NORMAL. 
>> Reporter: FOR NOW A MODIFIED 
NORMAL AS A FEW SCHOOL YEAR 
BEGINS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE ARE A
LOT OF TEMPERATURE CHECKS DONE
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THEY
SAID THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE 
STUDENT WHO PRESENTED WITH A
FEVER.
THEY SAY THAT IS A GOOD THING 
STARTING OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND
THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT IS A SIGN 
OF THINGS TO COME.
>>> TENSIONS BETWEEN PRO TESTERS
AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICE ARE
RISING IN PORTLAND
THE CLASHES HAVE BEEN ONGOING 
FOR 60 PLUS NIGHTS
P.
DEMOCRA
DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON THE
FEDERAL AGENTS TO LEAVE THE 
CITY
>> Reporter: IN PORTLAND
PROTESTERS LAUNCH MORTAR STYLE
FIREWORKS AT FEDERAL AGENTS.
THE BARRIER THAT ENCASES THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BETWEEN THEM,
GETTING THIS RESPONSE.
A PROTEST THAT STARTED TWO
MONTHS AGO AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS BECOME A NIGHTLY
RITUAL. 
>> THEY GASSED US SO WE CAME
BACK WITH VENTILATORS.
THEY STARTED SHOOTING US WE CAME
WITH GUARDS.
WHO'S ESCALATING IT?
>> Reporter: IN NEARBY SEATTLE
ON SATURDAY A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY
WITH PROTESTERS DEVOLVING INTO
WHAT IS CALLED A RIOT.
HERE AT THE POLICE PRECINCT IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THEY'RE BRACING
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE 
VIOLENCE
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE 
COVERED IN PLYWOOD, JUST SET UP 
THIS CEMENT BARRICADE.
IN LOS ANGELES PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
IN 
IN LOUISVILLE OPPOSING GROUPS 
FACE OFF
♪♪
>>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WILL 
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEGEND TODAY IN D.C
THE LATE GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN
JOHN LEWIS WILL LIE IN STATE AT 
THE ROTUNDA TODAY, THE FIRST
BLACK LAWMAKER TO RECEIVE THE 
HONOR.
WHILE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE 
PAID HIS RESPECTS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAID HE HAS NO PLANS TO DO
THE SAME
JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON THE
TRIBUTES TO JOHN LEWIS. 
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS BACK IN 
WASHINGTON ONE LAST TIME
MOURNERS GATHERING AS HIS CASKET
WINDS PAST SEVERAL SPOTS THAT 
MEANT SO MUCH TO THE
CONGRESSMAN, INCLUDING THEM
LINCOLN MEMORIALS, THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, AND THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
HIS FINAL JOURNEY HOME STOPPING 
FOR NOW AT THE CAPITOL WHERE
HE'LL LIE IN STATE THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
AMONG THOSE PAYING HIS RESPECTS.
HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BEGAN AS A
TEENAGER IN ALABAMA.
THE BATTLE SHIFTING TO
WASHINGTON WHERE HE SPENT MORE
THAN THREE DECADES AS THE 
CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS. 
>> BECAUSE I THINK TODAY WE HAVE
SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WHO 
DIDN'T COME TO LOOK OUT FOR THE 
COMMON GOOD.
THEY DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD 
WANT TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT IF
YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS LOVED 
HIS WORK AND HIS COUNTRY
>> THERE ARE FEW GREATER
AMERICANS I THINK WHEN WE TELL
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: A HISTORY JOHN 
LEWIS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.
LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY AND 
CHALLENGE FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME. 
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT 
FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO 
DO SOMETHING
>> Reporter: JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS 
WASHINGTON
>>> A CLASH OVER CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF IS BREWING ON CAPITOL
HILL WITH BENEFITS HANGING IN 
THE BALANCE FOR MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS LEFT REELING FROM THE 
PANDEMIC
IN THE HOURS AFTER SENATE 
REPUBLICANS UNVEILED THEIR
STIMULUS PROPOSAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS AGAIN TOUTING THE 
BENEFITS OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
ON TWITTER
NBC'S TRACIE POTTS JOINING US 
NOW WITH MORE.
THE SENATE PLAN IS FACING 
RESISTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF 
THE AISLE.
>> Reporter: NOT EVEN ALL 
REPUBLICANS ARE ON BOARD WITH 
THIS PLAN.
LET'S LOOK AT IT INCLUDES.
THE HEALS ACT HAS ANOTHER ROUND 
OF $1,200 PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS 
BUT CUTS THE UNEMPLOYMENT FROM
600 TO $200 A WEEK
ANOTHER ROUND OF SMALL BUSINESS 
LOANS BUT NO EXTENSION FOR
EVICTIONS, THE MORATORIUM RAN 
OUT LAST WEEK.
THERE'S BILLIONS FOR TESTING, 
LIABILITY PROTECTION
AND NEARLY $2 BILLION FOR AN FBI
HEADQUARTERS THAT APPARENTLY
REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHEN
HIFS
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT PUBLICLY
BUT THE BIG SHOW DOWN IS OVER 
THE UNEMPLOYMENT BONUS AND HOW
QUICKLY LAWMAKERS CAN GET IT
DONE. 
>> WE LEARNED A TOUGH LESSON
THAT WHEN YOU PAY PEOPLE NOT TO 
WORK, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
AND SO THIS PAYMENT WILL BE 
ADJUSTED SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
PAYMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE TO
APPROXIMATELY -- TO 75% OF THEIR
INCOME. 
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A TIME
WHERE CHILDREN ARE FOOD INSECURE
IN OUR COUNTRY
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY WHO NEVER 
THOUGHT THEY'D GO TO A FOOD 
BANK
PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF
EVICTION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY 
THE RENT
THEY LOST THEIR JOBS THROUGH NO 
FAULT OF THEIR OWN. 
>> THE EVICTION MORATORIUM RAN
OUT LAST FRIDAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY WANT
TO EXTEND IT UNTIL THE END OF 
THE YEAR BUT THAT HAS NOT 
HAPPENED YET, LEAVING ACCORDING 
TO THE CNBC, 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS VULNERABLE AT RISK OF 
LOSING THEIR HOMES, ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THAT
>> A STAGGERING NUMBER
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GET ON CHECK OF OUR 
WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST
JANESSA WEBB GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE HEAT NOT LETTING UP, WE HAVE
THIS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT 
STICKS ACROSS THE EAST COAST
THAT CAUSES US TO SEE AN
UNSETTLED PATTERN.
THE COLD FRONT IS GOING TO COME 
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND SLICE
THE HUMIDITY IN HALF BY TOMORROW
BUT STILL AIR TEMPERATURE 
HOVERING IN THE 90s AS WE 
CONTINUE THE REST OF THE WEEK.
HEAT ADVISORIES AND ALERTS IN 
ARE STILL IN PLACE FROM BOSTON
AND STRETCHING DOWN TO SOUTH
CAROLINA
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR DAY
AHEAD.
SO 85 DEGREES FOR PITTSBURGH
THIS AFTERNOON
SYRACUSE YOU'RE IN THE MID 80s
AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DUE TO THE
HUMIDITY AND THE FRONT
SAN ANTONIO FROM NASHVILLE, HEAT
AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO BUILD.
>>> LEADING THE NEWS, A GUY IN
FLORIDA IS IN HOT WATER WITH THE
FEDS THIS MORNING.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF 
USING CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS
TO BUY A LAMBORGHINI
PROSECUTORS SAID DAVID HINES
RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN PAYROLL
PROTECTION PROGRAMS.
THE FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED THE 
CAR AND ABOUT $3 MILLION
>>> JOHNNY DEPP'S TRIAL IS
COMING TO AN END
THE DEFENSE LAID OUT THEIR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND TODAY 
DEPP'S LAWYERS WILL MAKE THEIRS.
SARAH, HOW UGLY CAN WE EXPECT 
THIS TO BE
>> Reporter: IF WE WERE WATCHING
THIS IN A MOVIE WE'D SAY THESE
ALLEGATIONS, IT'S TOO MUCH, IT'S
TOO UNBELIEVABLE
BUT THIS IS REAL LIFE.
THE QUESTION THE JUDGE NOW HAS
TO CONSIDER IS WHETHER IT WAS 
TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE FOR THIS
NEWSPAPER TO DESCRIBE JOHNNY
DEPP AS A WIFE BEATER.
OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS WE
HEARD TESTIMONY FROM HIS EX-WIFE
WHO SAID JOHNNY DEPP WAS
PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TOWARDS HER, 
HE DENIED THAT
WE ALSO SAW PHOTOS THAT REPORT
TO SHOW ALL NIGHT DRUG BINGES.
THE JUDGE COULD FIND FOR JOHNNY 
DEPP AND ORDER THE NEWSPAPER TO 
PAY DAMAGES PERHAPS JOHNNY
DEPP'S LEGAL FEES AND ISSUE A 
PUBLIC APOLOGY OR RETRACTION
ON THE OTHER HAND THE JUDGE 
COULD SAY THE PAPER IS JUSTIFIED
IN WHAT THEY DID AND JOHNNY DEPP
COULD WALK AWAY HAVING SPENT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND AIRED 
DIRTY LAUNDRY OF THIS TOXIC 
RELATIONSHIP FOR NO GAME
JOHNNY DEPP IS ALSO BRINGING A
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST AMBER
HEARD, THAT'S $50 MILLION, IN 
THE U.S.
THAT WILL BE HEARD N
>>> IN TODAY'S QUICK HITS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ RAISED
OVER $60,000 FOR UNDOCUMENTED 
WORKERS ON INSTAGRAM LIVE.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 
ANNOUNCED IT WILL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HOSTING THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THE DEBATE WILL NOW TAKE PLACE
AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE 
UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND ON
SEPTEMBER 29th
>> TAYLOR SWIFT GIFTED KOBE 
BRYANT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER WITH A 
REPLICA OF A CARDIGAN SHE WORE
>>> HI, EVERYONE
WE'RE WATCHING ANOTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM
POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT TWO TO
FIVE DAYS, THERE IS A 90% OF
DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY
>>> IN TODAY'S TOP STORIES A
CURVE BALL LESS THAN A WEEK INTO
THE MLB SEASON AS A DOZEN 
MEMBERS OF THE MARLIN 
ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THE LEAGUE CANCELLED MIAMI'S
HOME OPENER AND THE YANKEES 
PHILLIES GAME IN PHILADELPHIA 
WHERE THE MARLINS LAST PLAYED.
>> I DON'T PUT THIS IN THE
NIGHTMARE CATEGORY, THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE THE POOL OF ADDITIONAL
PLAYERS AND WE THINK WE CAN KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND CONTINUE TO 
PLAY. 
>> THE MARLINS ARE EXPECTED TO
PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON WEDNESDAY
PENDING ANOTHER ROUND OF
TESTING.
>>> A CONSUMER ALERT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT.
STATE OFFICIALS IN AT LEAST 27
STATES WANT YOU TO REPORT ANY 
UNSOLICITED PACKAGE OF SEEDS
YOU'VE GOTTEN.
THIS COMES AFTER RESIDENTS
CLAIMED TO HAVE RECEIVED
MYSTERIOUS SEEDS IN THE MAIL
FROM CHINA
OFFICIALS WARN THIS IS A SCAM 
AND WARN PEOPLE NOT TO PLANT
THEM, THEY MAY BE INVASIVE OR 
HARMFUL.
>>> KYRIE IRVING HAS CREATED THE
EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE TO FUND
THE SALARIES FOR PLAYERS IN THE 
WNBA LEAGUE WHO CHOOSE TO SIT 
OUT THE SEASON FOR CORONAVIRUS
OR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
HE SAID WHETHER A PERSON DECIDED
TO FIGHT SOCIAL JUSTICE, PLAY 
BASKETBALL, THIS COULD SUPPORT
THEIR DECISIONS.
>>> DR. FAUCI'S LIMITED EDITION 
BASEBALL CARD WAS ON SALE FOR 24
HOURS AND SHATTERED THE SALES 
FOR ANY BASEBALL CARD TOPS HAS
MADE
HE THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH FOR
THE NATIONALS OPENING DAY GAME
LAST WEEK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS SEASON
GOT SHORTER.
>> THEY'RE GOING FOR $1,200 TO
$2,000
ALMOST LIKE A KEN GRIF FIPP JR. 
CARD
>>> THE FIRST LADY IS GIVING THE
WHITE HOUSE GAR DDEN A MAKEOVER
THE PLAN IS TO RESTORE THE ROSE 
GAR DEN TO RESEMBLE THE 1962
DESIGN. 
>>> DIVERS HOLD THEMSELVES OVER 
A BRIDGE IN BOSNIA FOR A DECADES
OLD CONTEST.
THIS YEAR TO CURB THE THREAT OF 
COVID-19, ONLY 100 PEOPLE WERE
ALLOWED TO WATCH THE CONTEST
HOWEVER TH VACCINE.
THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD,
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS HAPPENING 
IN RECORD TIME.
THIS MORNING ANOTHER POTENTIAL 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IS ENTERING 
LATE STAGE TESTING.
TODAY PFIZER SET TO BEGIN PHASE 
THREE DOSING OF ITS CANDIDATE.
THE DRUG COMPANY JOINING MODERNA
AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE.
>> THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT, IF 
YOU WILL, IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT.
>> Reporter: BOTH MODERNA AND 
PFIZER DOSING AT 89 SITES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
PLANNING 120 SITES GLOBALLY 
INCLUDING 39 STATES.
LATE MONDAY DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ABOUT THE 
MODERNA VACCINE DEVELOPED IN 
COLLABORATION WITH THE NIH.
>> I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THE 
SUCCESS OF THE VACCINE BECAUSE 
ONLY A CLINICAL TRIAL WILL 
DETERMINE THAT.
BUT I CAN VIRTUALLY GUARANTEE 
YOU THAT THIS HAS GOT OFF TO A 
GOOD START.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
TOUTING WHAT HE CALLS TREMENDOUS
PROGRESS.
>> WE SHAVED YEARS OFF THE TIME 
IT TAKES TO DEVELOP A VACCINE 
AND DONE IT WHILE MAINTAINING 
THE FDA GOLD STANDARD FOR 
SAFETY.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO 
MODERNA, OTHER WARP SPEED 
VACCINES ARE ON TRACK FOR PHASE 
THREE TRIALS INCLUDING NOVAVAX, 
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND 
ASTRAZENECA.
>> NO ONE AT THIS STAGE CAN MAKE
ENOUGH VACCINE THAT WILL FILL 
THE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER KEY TEST 
FOR THESE CLINICAL TRIALS, 
RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS FROM 
DIVERSE AT-RISK POPULATIONS.
>> IT'S AFFECTING MORE 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE 
POPULATION.
THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH 
UNDERLYING DISEASES, AND ALSO 
CERTAIN RACIAL AND ETHNIC 
GROUPS.
>> Reporter: BOTH COMPANIES ARE 
LOOKING AT EXPERIMENTAL TYPES OF
VACCINES.
THEY'RE DELIVERS MESSENGER RNA.
THE HOPE IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 
THEN CREATES COVID-FIGHTING 
ANTIBODIES BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS
BRAND NEW.
>> THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE A 
SAFE, EFFECTIVE VACCINE AND IT 
DOESN'T HAVE TO HELP 100% OF 
PEOPLE, BUT IT NEEDS TO HELP A 
MAJORITY.
>> TOM, ANOTHER BIG HURDLE GOING
FORWARD, DISTRIBUTION OF THAT 
VACCINE.
HOW DO THEY DECIDE WHO GETS IT 
FIRST?
>> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO DR. FAUCI SAYS THEY WILL 
PROBABLY HAVE TO SET UP 
COMMITTEES TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
BUT IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THEY 
WOULD START WITH DOCTORS AND 
NURSES, HOSPITAL STAFF, AS WELL 
AS FRONT LINE PARAMEDICS AND 
FIREFIGHTERS.
THEN WORK THROUGH WHO'S MOST 
VULNERABLE.
SO THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
SO THE CHANCES ARE THAT'S KIND 
OF A PYRAMID.
IT WILL START IN THAT FASHION 
AND THEN BROADEN OUT TO THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC.
THAT COULD TAKE SOME TIME.
BY THE WAY, THEY'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FDA 
APPROVAL BY THE END 
RESULTS RIGHT NOW PENDING ACROSS
THE LEAGUE COULD FORCE THEM TO 
LOOK AT A LARGER DILEMMA.
>> THAT'S A MISSILE.
>> Reporter: BASEBALL'S RETURN 
TO THE DIAMOND IS OFF TO A ROCKY
START.
JUST DAYS AFTER UMPIRES FINALLY 
GOT TO YELL PLAY BALL, THE 
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON THE 
MIAMI MARLINS COULD JEOPARDIZE 
THE ALREADY SHORTENED SEASON.
NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 11 
MARLINS PLAYERS HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS SINCE OPENING DAY 
THOUGH BASEBALL'S COMMISSIONER 
IS TAKING AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
>> IT'S NOT A POSITIVE THING, 
BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS A 
NIGHTMARE.
WE BUILT THE PROTOCOLS TO ALLOW 
US TO CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> Reporter: SPEAKING ON THE MLB
NETWORK, ROB MANFRED SAYS THE 
POSITIVITY RATE IS STILL 0.4%.
>> IF THE TESTING RESULTS ARE 
ACCEPTABLE, THE MARLINS WILL 
RESUME PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON 
WEDNESDAY AGAINST THE ORIOLES.
>> Reporter: THE QUESTION 
LOOMING LARGE.
COULD BASEBALL BE FORCED TO 
CANCEL THE SEASON?
HOW MANY TEAMS WOULD HAVE TO BE 
AFFECTED BEFORE BASEBALL WOULD 
SHUT IT DOWN?
>> WELL, IT'S A BALANCE.
YOU'LL ONLY TAKE A FEW TEAMS.
I WOULD SAY THREE, FOUR.
>> Reporter: NBC NEWS ALSO 
LEARNING THE PHILADELPHIA 
PHILLIES ARE AWAITING THEIR OWN 
TEST RESULTS.
SOME MANAGERS MAKING IT CLEAR 
THEY'RE NERVOUS.
LIKE DAVY MARTINEZ WHOSE BEST 
PLAYER JUAN SOTO ALREADY TESTED 
POSITIVE.
>> MY LEVEL OF CONCERN WENT FROM
AN 8 TO A 12.
IT HITS HOME WHEN YOU SEE HALF A
TEAM, YOU KNOW, GET INFECTED AND
GO FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: EVEN ONE OF THE 
NATS' MOST PASSIONATE FANS DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI UNSURE IF THE 
RESTART COULD WORK.
>> THIS COULD PUT A HALT IN THE 
PROGRESSION OF WHERE YOU'RE 
GOING THROUGH THE SEASON.
>> Reporter: AND ASKED WHY MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL DOESN'T HAVE A 
BUBBLE SITUATION LIKE THE NBA, 
MANFRED SAYS THERE'S TOO MANY 
PLAYERS ON A MLB RO REPUBLICANS 
INITIAL PLAN IS, QUOTE, 
PATHETIC.
THIS MORNING WITH TENSE OF 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OUT OF 
WORK, SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE 
PROPOSING TO SLASH EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BY $400.
A PLAN THAT WOULD CUT THAT EXTRA
FEDERAL PAYMENT FROM $600 TO 
$200 A WEEK.
DEMOCRATS WANT TO EXTEND THE 
$600 PAYMENTS THAT EXPIRE THIS 
WEEK THROUGH THE END OF THE 
YEAR.
>> I HOPE THIS STRONG PROPOSAL 
WILL OCCASION A REAL RESPONSE.
NOT PARTISAN CHEAP SHOTS.
>> THEY'RE NOT EVEN GETTING TO 
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FOOD AND 
RENT AND ECONOMIC SURVIVAL.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY READY TO HAVE
A SERIOUS NEGOTIATION.
>> Reporter: THE PARTIES ARE 
STILL AT LEAST $2 TRILLION APART
WITH REPUBLICANS ARGUING 
ADDITIONAL PAYOUTS WOULD 
DISCOURAGE JOBLESS AMERICANS 
FROM RETURNING TO WORK.
ONE THING BOTH SIDES AGREE ON, 
ANOTHER ROUND OF DIRECT PAYMENTS
FOR AMERICANS UP TO $1200 EACH.
IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WEARING A MASK WHILE VISITING A 
BIOTECH LAB IN NORTH CAROLINA 
AGAIN CONTRADICTED THE ADVICE OF
TOP PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS 
WHO'VE ENCOURAGED MANY STATES TO
SLOW THEIR REOPENINGS.
>> I REALLY DO BELIEVE A LOT OF 
THE GOVERNORS SHOULD BE OPENING 
UP STATES THAT THEY'RE NOT 
OPENING.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT LATER
RETWEETING A VIDEO THAT'S SINCE 
BEEN TAKEN DOWN BY TWITTER, 
FACEBOOK, AND YOUTUBE FEATURING 
A GROUP OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE 
DOCTORS IN WHITE COATS MAKING 
FALSE CLAIMS RELATED TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
INCLUDING SOMEONE CALLING 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE A CURE AND 
SAYING YOU DO NOT NEED MASKS.
THE PRESIDENT'S BACK TRACK ON 
MASKS HIGHLIGHTING THAT CLIP OF 
A DOCTOR SAYING YOU DO NOT NEED 
TO WEAR THEM COMES A WEEK AFTER 
HE HIMSELF PUSHED FOR AMERICANS 
TO WEAR MASKS AND HE EVEN WORE 
ONE HIMSELF.
ONE VERSION OF THAT CLIP WAS 
VIEWED MORE THAN 14 MILLION 
TIMES BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED.
WHILE THAT CLIP CALLS 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE A CURE, THE 
FDA REVOKED ITS EMERGENCY USE 
AUTHORIZATION LAST MONTH
CONFIRM THIS WAS, IN FACT, A 
SHARK ATTACK, IT WOULD BE THE 
FIRST DEADLY ONE IN MAINE'S 
HISTORY.
THIS MORNING AUTHORITIES IN 
MAINE ARE ON HIGH ALERT.
>> A FEMALE MAY HAVE BEEN 
ATTACKED.
>> Reporter: AFTER A WOMAN WAS 
KILLED IN A POSSIBLE SHARK 
ATTACK.
IT HAPPENED IN THE TOWNS OF 
HARPSWELL POPULAR WITH TOURISTS.
>> SUBJECT'S IN THE WATER.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE 
MARINE PATROL, AN EYEWITNESS 
SPOTTED THE WOMAN SWIMMING OFF 
THE SHORE WHEN SHE WAS INJURED 
IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SHARK 
ATTACK.
EMS RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO 
THE SCENE WHERE SHE WAS 
PRONOUNCED DECEASED.
OVERNIGHT THE COAST GUARD 
TELLING NBC NEWS THEY GOT WORD 
OF THE REPORTED SHARK ATTACK.
BUT BEFORE THEY COULD REACH THE 
SCENE, TWO KAYAKERS HAD PULLED 
THE VICTIM FROM THE WATER.
LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE NOW URGING 
SWIMMERS AND BOATERS TO USE 
CAUTION NEAR BAILEY ISLAND.
>> A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, KIND 
OF UNNERVING.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO STAY 
OUT OF THE WATER, YOU KNOW, BUT 
I'M GOING TO KEEP MY EYES OPEN.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AS TWO 
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, BEACHES 
BANNED SWIMMING AFTER A COUPLE 
SIGHTINGS ON TUESDAY.
>> CAME UP, SHOT OUT OF THE 
WATER.
SPUN AROUND.
FIN, DEFINITELY A SHARK.
>> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER, THIS
RAY WASHED ON SHORE WITH TWO 
MASSIVE BITES THAT OFFICIALS SAY
ARE CONSISTENT WITH A SHARK 
ATTACK.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN PATROLS 
REGULARLY NOW LOOKING FOR ANY 
OTHER SIGHTINGS.
IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE SIGHTED.
POTENTIALLY TWO SHARKS SPOTTED.
>> Reporter: BEACHGOERS TAKING 
IT IN STRIDE.
>> WE GET HERE AND SHARK IS IN 
THE WATER.
OTHER THAN THAT, NO PROBLEM.
>> OTHER THAN THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
USUALLY WE DO HEAR ABOUT SHARK 
ATTACKS IN THE SUMMERTIME, BUT I
HAVEN'T HEARD OF ONE IN MAINE 
BEFORE.
HOW RARE ARE THEY?
>> Reporter: VERY RARE, HODA.
THE LAST RECORDED SHARK ATTACK 
IN MAINE, THE ONLY ONE, WAS BACK
IN 2010 AND THAT PERSON WASN'T  
THE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS TOXIC.
>> KICKING OFF A 17th SEASON, 
HERE SHE IS NOW.
ELLEN DeGENERES.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING "THE 
ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW" IS UNDER 
SCRUTINY.
A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE PRODUCTION
CONFIRMING TO NBC NEWS WARNER 
MEDIA HAS LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL 
PROBE INTO THE AWARD-WINNING 
DAYTIME SERIES AMID REPORTS 
ALLEGING A TOXIC WORK 
ENVIRONMENT.
THE SOURCE ALSO SAYS THE SHOW'S 
HOST ELLEN DeGENERES IS NOT PART
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
ADDING, IT'S NOT ABOUT HER AT 
ALL.
ACCORDING TO VARIETY, EXECUTIVES
FROM TELEPICTURES WHICH PRODUCES
THE SHOW AND WARNER BROTHERS 
TELEVISION WHICH DISTRIBUTES IT 
SENT A MEMO TO STAFFERS LAST 
WEEK TELLING THEM A THIRD PARTY 
FIRM WILL BE TALKING TO CURRENT 
AND FORMER EMPLOYEES.
NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE MEMO.
THE INVESTIGATION COMES ON THE 
HEELS OF A RECENT REPORT BY 
BUZZFEED NEWS IN WHICH ONE 
CURRENT EMPLOYEE AND TEN FORMER 
STAFFERS ALLEGE A CULTURE OF 
RACISM, FEAR, AND INTIMIDATION.
THEY BLAME SENIOR MANAGERS ON 
THE SHOW FOR ALLOWING THE 
BEHAVIOR.
>> THE BIGGEST COMMON THREAD 
THAT EVERYONE TOLD ME IS THAT 
WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES 
IS A FAR CRY FROM WHAT THE SHOW 
REPRESENTS IN THEIR BE KIND 
MESSAGING AND WHAT THE SHOW AND 
WHAT ELLEN DeGENERES HERSELF 
PROFITS OFF OF.
>> LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND BE 
KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: THE ALLEGATIONS 
INCLUDE EX-STAFFERS SAYING THEY 
WERE FIRED FROM THE SHOW FOR 
TAKING TIME OFF FOR MEDICAL 
LEAVE OR BEREAVEMENT.
ONE FORMER AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
EMPLOYEE ALSO TELLING BUZZFEED 
SHE WAS SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE 
RACIST COMMENTS AND 
MICROAGGRESSIONS DURING HER TIME
AT "ELLEN" INCLUDING AT A WORK 
PARTY.
>> SHE WAS APPROACHED BY A MALE 
SENIOR WRITER AND HE MADE A 
COMMENT TO HER ALONG THE LINES 
OF, OH, I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME.
I ONLY KNOW THE NAMES OF THE 
WHITE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE.
>> Reporter: IN A JOINT 
STATEMENT TO BUZZFEED NEWS 
EARLIER THIS MONTH, EXECUTIVE 
PRODUCERS MARY CONNOLLY, ANDY 
LASSNER, AND ED GLAVINE SAID 
THEY TAKE THE ALLEGATIONS 
SERIOUSLY ADDING, IT'S NOT WHO 
WE ARE AND NOT WHO WE STRIVE TO 
BE AND NOT THE MISSION ELLEN HAS
SET FOR US.
WE REALIZE AS MANY IN THE WORLD 
ARE LEARNING THAT WE NEED TO DO 
BETTER, ARE COMMITTED TO DO 
BETTER, AND WE WILL DO BETTER.
>> SO MIGUEL, YOU MENTIONED A 
THIRD PARTY IS GOING TO BE 
TALKING TO CURRENT AND FORMER 
EMPLOYEES.
WHAT IMPLICATIONS WILL THAT HAVE
FOR THE INVESTIGATION MOVING 
FORWARD?
>> Reporter: WELL, CRAIG, 
INSIDERS SAY THAT THIRD PARTY IS
AN INDICATION THIS IS ALL BEING 
TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.
NOW, WE DID REACH OUT T
♪ TO SING GOD'S PRAISE ♪
♪ AND WHEN WE'VE FIRST BEGUN ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
>>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THIS ALL MORNING.
REVEREND WHITNEY PHIPPS, HIS 
TRIBUTE TO LATE CONGRESSMAN AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON JOHN LEWIS.
HE STARTED OFF HUMMING THAT.
>> YES.
>> AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE 
STARTED SINGING IT.
AND YOU COULD FEEL IT.
EVEN THROUGH THE SCREEN.
>> IT GAVE ME CHILLS.
ALL OF THAT, OF COURSE, HAPPENED
DURING THAT CEREMONY HONORING 
JOHN LEWIS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.
CARSON ACTUALLY SPENT SOME TIME 
WITH REVEREND PHIPPS IN 
FEBRUARY.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT "AMAZING 
GRACE'S" CONNECTION TO SLAVERY, 
THE USE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
MELODIES, AND HOW THE MESSAGE OF
THAT SONG AFFECTS PHIPPS 
PERSONALLY.
♪ I ONCE WAS LOST ♪
>> FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, 
EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACHIEVED, HOW 
DOES THAT SONG SPEAK TO YOU?
>> WHAT IT SAYS TO ME IS I CAN 
BE RESTORED.
THE MELODY OF THAT SONG, IF IT 
LIFTED THEM FROM DARK 
EXPERIENCES, IF SO MANY OF MY 
ANCESTORS SINGING THAT SONG 
COULD MAKE IT, THERE'S NO 
EXCUSE.
>> OH.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
AND HE FAMOUSLY TALKED TO OPRAH 
WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG REPORTER IN
BALTIMORE AND SAID TO OPRAH, 
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE 
AUDIENCE ONE DAY.
AND LO AND BEHOLD SHE DID.N.
THE LARGEST LATE BIG EVENT TO 
DRAW EVEN BIGGER ATTENTION.
THIS MORNING NEW FALLOUT FROM A 
CONCERT IN THE HAMPTONS GONE 
VIRAL.
GOVERNOR CUOMO NOW LAUNCHING AN 
INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HE CALLS
AN ILLEGAL AND RECKLESS DRIVE-IN
CONCERT BY THE CHAINSMOKERS.
IN THIS CLIP TWEETED OUT BY 
CUOMO, FANS CAN BE SEEN RIGHT 
NEXT TO EACH OTHER SEEMINGLY 
AVOIDING ALL SOCIAL DISTANCING 
RULES.
CUOMO SAYING, I AM APPALLED.
THE EVENT WAS HELD TO RAISE 
MONEY FOR CHARITIES WITH TICKETS
COSTING UP TO $25,000.
ORGANIZERS CALLING IT A SAFE AND
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT SETTING 
THE BAR FOR ALL EVENTS TO COME.
TELLING THE "NEW YORK TIMES" 
THEY HAD FOLLOWED ALL PROPER AND
CURRENT PROTOCOLS.
SAYING GUESTS COULD NOT LEAVE 
THEIR DESIGNATED SPACES UNLESS 
THEY NEEDED TO USE THE BATHROOM 
ADDING THEIR TEMPERATURES WERE 
CHECKED AND GUESTS SUPPOSED TO 
SIT OUTSIDE NEAR THEIR PARKED 
VEHICLES BUT SEVERAL CLIPS FROM 
SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING A MASSIVE 
CROWD ALL IN THE SAME VICINITY.
AND WHILE ONE CONCERT GOER TOLD 
BUZZFEED NEWS EVERYONE WAS BEING
RESPONSIBLE, NEW YORK'S HEALTH 
COMMISSIONER SAID HE WAS GREATLY
DISTURBED AND I AM AT A LOSS OF 
HOW THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON 
COULD HAVE ISSUED A PERMIT FOR 
THAT EVENT.
THAT SHORT CLIP HAS RECEIVED 
ABOUT 6 MILLION VIEWS.
IT IS TWO SECONDS LONG.
AND THE CEO OF GOLDMAN SACHS 
DEEJAYED THE OPENING ACT. VACCI.
THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD,
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS HAPPENING 
IN RECORD TIME.
THIS MORNING ANOTHER POTENTIAL 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IS ENTERING 
LATE STAGE TESTING.
TODAY PFIZER SET TO BEGIN PHASE 
THREE DOSING OF ITS CANDIDATE.
THE DRUG COMPANY JOINING MODERNA
AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE.
>> THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT, IF 
YOU WILL, IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT.
>> Reporter: BOTH MODERNA AND 
PFIZER DOSING AT 89 SITES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
PLANNING 120 SITES GLOBALLY 
INCLUDING 39 STATES.
LATE MONDAY DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ABOUT THE 
MODERNA VACCINE DEVELOPED IN 
COLLABORATION WITH THE NIH.
>> I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THE 
SUCCESS OF THE VACCINE BECAUSE 
ONLY A CLINICAL TRIAL WILL 
DETERMINE THAT.
BUT I CAN VIRTUALLY GUARANTEE 
YOU THAT THIS HAS GOT OFF TO A 
GOOD START.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
TOUTING WHAT HE CALLS TREMENDOUS
PROGRESS.
>> WE SHAVED YEARS OFF THE TIME 
IT TAKES TO DEVELOP A VACCINE 
AND DONE IT WHILE MAINTAINING 
THE FDA GOLD STANDARD FOR 
SAFETY.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO 
MODERNA, OTHER WARP SPEED 
VACCINES ARE ON TRACK FOR PHASE 
THREE TRIALS INCLUDING NOVAVAX, 
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND 
ASTRAZENECA.
>> NO ONE AT THIS STAGE CAN MAKE
ENOUGH VACCINE THAT WILL FILL 
THE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER KEY TEST 
FOR THESE CLINICAL TRIALS, 
RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS FROM 
DIVERSE AT-RISK POPULATIONS.
>> IT'S AFFECTING MORE 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE 
POPULATION.
THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH 
UNDERLYING DISEASES, AND ALSO 
CERTAIN RACIAL AND ETHNIC 
GROUPS.
>> Reporter: BOTH COMPANIES ARE 
LOOKING AT EXPERIMENTAL TYPES OF
VACCINES.
THEY'RE DELIVERS MESSENGER RNA.
THE HOPE IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 
THEN CREATES COVID-FIGHTING 
ANTIBODIES BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS
BRAND NEW.
>> THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE A 
SAFE, EFFECTIVE VACCINE AND IT 
DOESN'T HAVE TO HELP 100% OF 
PEOPLE, BUT IT NEEDS TO HELP A 
MAJORITY.
>> TOM, ANOTHER BIG HURDLE GOING
FORWARD, DISTRIBUTION OF THAT 
VACCINE.
HOW DO THEY DECIDE WHO GETS IT 
FIRST?
>> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO DR. FAUCI SAYS THEY WILL 
PROBABLY HAVE TO SET UP 
COMMITTEES TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
BUT IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THEY 
WOULD START WITH DOCTORS AND 
NURSES, HOSPITAL STAFF, AS WELL 
AS FRONT LINE PARAMEDICS AND 
FIREFIGHTERS.
THEN WORK THROUGH WHO'S MOST 
VULNERABLE.
SO THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
SO THE CHANCES ARE THAT'S KIND 
OF A PYRAMID.
IT WILL START IN THAT FASHION 
AND THEN BROADEN OUT TO THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC.
THAT COULD TAKE SOME TIME.
BY THE WAY, THEY'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FDA 
APPROVAL BY THE END 
RESULTS RIGHT NOW PENDING ACROSS
THE LEAGUE COULD FORCE THEM TO 
LOOK AT A LARGER DILEMMA.
>> THAT'S A MISSILE.
>> Reporter: BASEBALL'S RETURN 
TO THE DIAMOND IS OFF TO A ROCKY
START.
JUST DAYS AFTER UMPIRES FINALLY 
GOT TO YELL PLAY BALL, THE 
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON THE 
MIAMI MARLINS COULD JEOPARDIZE 
THE ALREADY SHORTENED SEASON.
NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 11 
MARLINS PLAYERS HAVE CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS SINCE OPENING DAY 
THOUGH BASEBALL'S COMMISSIONER 
IS TAKING AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
>> IT'S NOT A POSITIVE THING, 
BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS A 
NIGHTMARE.
WE BUILT THE PROTOCOLS TO ALLOW 
US TO CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> Reporter: SPEAKING ON THE MLB
NETWORK, ROB MANFRED SAYS THE 
POSITIVITY RATE IS STILL 0.4%.
>> IF THE TESTING RESULTS ARE 
ACCEPTABLE, THE MARLINS WILL 
RESUME PLAY IN BALTIMORE ON 
WEDNESDAY AGAINST THE ORIOLES.
>> Reporter: THE QUESTION 
LOOMING LARGE.
COULD BASEBALL BE FORCED TO 
CANCEL THE SEASON?
HOW MANY TEAMS WOULD HAVE TO BE 
AFFECTED BEFORE BASEBALL WOULD 
SHUT IT DOWN?
>> WELL, IT'S A BALANCE.
YOU'LL ONLY TAKE A FEW TEAMS.
I WOULD SAY THREE, FOUR.
>> Reporter: NBC NEWS ALSO 
LEARNING THE PHILADELPHIA 
PHILLIES ARE AWAITING THEIR OWN 
TEST RESULTS.
SOME MANAGERS MAKING IT CLEAR 
THEY'RE NERVOUS.
LIKE DAVY MARTINEZ WHOSE BEST 
PLAYER JUAN SOTO ALREADY TESTED 
POSITIVE.
>> MY LEVEL OF CONCERN WENT FROM
AN 8 TO A 12.
IT HITS HOME WHEN YOU SEE HALF A
TEAM, YOU KNOW, GET INFECTED AND
GO FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: EVEN ONE OF THE 
NATS' MOST PASSIONATE FANS DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI UNSURE IF THE 
RESTART COULD WORK.
>> THIS COULD PUT A HALT IN THE 
PROGRESSION OF WHERE YOU'RE 
GOING THROUGH THE SEASON.
>> Reporter: AND ASKED WHY MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL DOESN'T HAVE A 
BUBBLE SITUATION LIKE THE NBA, 
MANFRED SAYS THERE'S TOO MANY 
PLAYERS ON A MLB RO REPUBLICANS 
INITIAL PLAN IS, QUOTE, 
PATHETIC.
THIS MORNING WITH TENSE OF 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OUT OF 
WORK, SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE 
PROPOSING TO SLASH EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BY $400.
A PLAN THAT WOULD CUT THAT EXTRA
FEDERAL PAYMENT FROM $600 TO 
$200 A WEEK.
DEMOCRATS WANT TO EXTEND THE 
$600 PAYMENTS THAT EXPIRE THIS 
WEEK THROUGH THE END OF THE 
YEAR.
>> I HOPE THIS STRONG PROPOSAL 
WILL OCCASION A REAL RESPONSE.
NOT PARTISAN CHEAP SHOTS.
>> THEY'RE NOT EVEN GETTING TO 
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FOOD AND 
RENT AND ECONOMIC SURVIVAL.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY READY TO HAVE
A SERIOUS NEGOTIATION.
>> Reporter: THE PARTIES ARE 
STILL AT LEAST $2 TRILLION APART
WITH REPUBLICANS ARGUING 
ADDITIONAL PAYOUTS WOULD 
DISCOURAGE JOBLESS AMERICANS 
FROM RETURNING TO WORK.
ONE THING BOTH SIDES AGREE ON, 
ANOTHER ROUND OF DIRECT PAYMENTS
FOR AMERICANS UP TO $1200 EACH.
IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WEARING A MASK WHILE VISITING A 
BIOTECH LAB IN NORTH CAROLINA 
AGAIN CONTRADICTED THE ADVICE OF
TOP PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS 
WHO'VE ENCOURAGED MANY STATES TO
SLOW THEIR REOPENINGS.
>> I REALLY DO BELIEVE A LOT OF 
THE GOVERNORS SHOULD BE OPENING 
UP STATES THAT THEY'RE NOT 
OPENING.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT LATER
RETWEETING A VIDEO THAT'S SINCE 
BEEN TAKEN DOWN BY TWITTER, 
FACEBOOK, AND YOUTUBE FEATURING 
A GROUP OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE 
DOCTORS IN WHITE COATS MAKING 
FALSE CLAIMS RELATED TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
INCLUDING SOMEONE CALLING 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE A CURE AND 
SAYING YOU DO NOT NEED MASKS.
THE PRESIDENT'S BACK TRACK ON 
MASKS HIGHLIGHTING THAT CLIP OF 
A DOCTOR SAYING YOU DO NOT NEED 
TO WEAR THEM COMES A WEEK AFTER 
HE HIMSELF PUSHED FOR AMERICANS 
TO WEAR MASKS AND HE EVEN WORE 
ONE HIMSELF.
ONE VERSION OF THAT CLIP WAS 
VIEWED MORE THAN 14 MILLION 
TIMES BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED.
WHILE THAT CLIP CALLS 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE A CURE, THE 
FDA REVOKED ITS EMERGENCY USE 
AUTHORIZATION LAST MONTH
CONFIRM THIS WAS, IN FACT, A 
SHARK ATTACK, IT WOULD BE THE 
FIRST DEADLY ONE IN MAINE'S 
HISTORY.
THIS MORNING AUTHORITIES IN 
MAINE ARE ON HIGH ALERT.
>> A FEMALE MAY HAVE BEEN 
ATTACKED.
>> Reporter: AFTER A WOMAN WAS 
KILLED IN A POSSIBLE SHARK 
ATTACK.
IT HAPPENED IN THE TOWNS OF 
HARPSWELL POPULAR WITH TOURISTS.
>> SUBJECT'S IN THE WATER.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE 
MARINE PATROL, AN EYEWITNESS 
SPOTTED THE WOMAN SWIMMING OFF 
THE SHORE WHEN SHE WAS INJURED 
IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SHARK 
ATTACK.
EMS RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO 
THE SCENE WHERE SHE WAS 
PRONOUNCED DECEASED.
OVERNIGHT THE COAST GUARD 
TELLING NBC NEWS THEY GOT WORD 
OF THE REPORTED SHARK ATTACK.
BUT BEFORE THEY COULD REACH THE 
SCENE, TWO KAYAKERS HAD PULLED 
THE VICTIM FROM THE WATER.
LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE NOW URGING 
SWIMMERS AND BOATERS TO USE 
CAUTION NEAR BAILEY ISLAND.
>> A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, KIND 
OF UNNERVING.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO STAY 
OUT OF THE WATER, YOU KNOW, BUT 
I'M GOING TO KEEP MY EYES OPEN.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AS TWO 
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, BEACHES 
BANNED SWIMMING AFTER A COUPLE 
SIGHTINGS ON TUESDAY.
>> CAME UP, SHOT OUT OF THE 
WATER.
SPUN AROUND.
FIN, DEFINITELY A SHARK.
>> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER, THIS
RAY WASHED ON SHORE WITH TWO 
MASSIVE BITES THAT OFFICIALS SAY
ARE CONSISTENT WITH A SHARK 
ATTACK.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN PATROLS 
REGULARLY NOW LOOKING FOR ANY 
OTHER SIGHTINGS.
IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE SIGHTED.
POTENTIALLY TWO SHARKS SPOTTED.
>> Reporter: BEACHGOERS TAKING 
IT IN STRIDE.
>> WE GET HERE AND SHARK IS IN 
THE WATER.
OTHER THAN THAT, NO PROBLEM.
>> OTHER THAN THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
USUALLY WE DO HEAR ABOUT SHARK 
ATTACKS IN THE SUMMERTIME, BUT I
HAVEN'T HEARD OF ONE IN MAINE 
BEFORE.
HOW RARE ARE THEY?
>> Reporter: VERY RARE, HODA.
THE LAST RECORDED SHARK ATTACK 
IN MAINE, THE ONLY ONE, WAS BACK
IN 2010 AND THAT PERSON WASN'T  
THE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS TOXIC.
>> KICKING OFF A 17th SEASON, 
HERE SHE IS NOW.
ELLEN DeGENERES.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING "THE 
ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW" IS UNDER 
SCRUTINY.
A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE PRODUCTION
CONFIRMING TO NBC NEWS WARNER 
MEDIA HAS LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL 
PROBE INTO THE AWARD-WINNING 
DAYTIME SERIES AMID REPORTS 
ALLEGING A TOXIC WORK 
ENVIRONMENT.
THE SOURCE ALSO SAYS THE SHOW'S 
HOST ELLEN DeGENERES IS NOT PART
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
ADDING, IT'S NOT ABOUT HER AT 
ALL.
ACCORDING TO VARIETY, EXECUTIVES
FROM TELEPICTURES WHICH PRODUCES
THE SHOW AND WARNER BROTHERS 
TELEVISION WHICH DISTRIBUTES IT 
SENT A MEMO TO STAFFERS LAST 
WEEK TELLING THEM A THIRD PARTY 
FIRM WILL BE TALKING TO CURRENT 
AND FORMER EMPLOYEES.
NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE MEMO.
THE INVESTIGATION COMES ON THE 
HEELS OF A RECENT REPORT BY 
BUZZFEED NEWS IN WHICH ONE 
CURRENT EMPLOYEE AND TEN FORMER 
STAFFERS ALLEGE A CULTURE OF 
RACISM, FEAR, AND INTIMIDATION.
THEY BLAME SENIOR MANAGERS ON 
THE SHOW FOR ALLOWING THE 
BEHAVIOR.
>> THE BIGGEST COMMON THREAD 
THAT EVERYONE TOLD ME IS THAT 
WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES 
IS A FAR CRY FROM WHAT THE SHOW 
REPRESENTS IN THEIR BE KIND 
MESSAGING AND WHAT THE SHOW AND 
WHAT ELLEN DeGENERES HERSELF 
PROFITS OFF OF.
>> LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND BE 
KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: THE ALLEGATIONS 
INCLUDE EX-STAFFERS SAYING THEY 
WERE FIRED FROM THE SHOW FOR 
TAKING TIME OFF FOR MEDICAL 
LEAVE OR BEREAVEMENT.
ONE FORMER AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
EMPLOYEE ALSO TELLING BUZZFEED 
SHE WAS SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE 
RACIST COMMENTS AND 
MICROAGGRESSIONS DURING HER TIME
AT "ELLEN" INCLUDING AT A WORK 
PARTY.
>> SHE WAS APPROACHED BY A MALE 
SENIOR WRITER AND HE MADE A 
COMMENT TO HER ALONG THE LINES 
OF, OH, I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME.
I ONLY KNOW THE NAMES OF THE 
WHITE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE.
>> Reporter: IN A JOINT 
STATEMENT TO BUZZFEED NEWS 
EARLIER THIS MONTH, EXECUTIVE 
PRODUCERS MARY CONNOLLY, ANDY 
LASSNER, AND ED GLAVINE SAID 
THEY TAKE THE ALLEGATIONS 
SERIOUSLY ADDING, IT'S NOT WHO 
WE ARE AND NOT WHO WE STRIVE TO 
BE AND NOT THE MISSION ELLEN HAS
SET FOR US.
WE REALIZE AS MANY IN THE WORLD 
ARE LEARNING THAT WE NEED TO DO 
BETTER, ARE COMMITTED TO DO 
BETTER, AND WE WILL DO BETTER.
>> SO MIGUEL, YOU MENTIONED A 
THIRD PARTY IS GOING TO BE 
TALKING TO CURRENT AND FORMER 
EMPLOYEES.
WHAT IMPLICATIONS WILL THAT HAVE
FOR THE INVESTIGATION MOVING 
FORWARD?
>> Reporter: WELL, CRAIG, 
INSIDERS SAY THAT THIRD PARTY IS
AN INDICATION THIS IS ALL BEING 
TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.
NOW, WE DID REACH OUT TN.
THE LARGEST LATE BIG EVENT TO 
DRAW EVEN BIGGER ATTENTION.
THIS MORNING NEW FALLOUT FROM A 
CONCERT IN THE HAMPTONS GONE 
VIRAL.
GOVERNOR CUOMO NOW LAUNCHING AN 
INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HE CALLS
AN ILLEGAL AND RECKLESS DRIVE-IN
CONCERT BY THE CHAINSMOKERS.
IN THIS CLIP TWEETED OUT BY 
CUOMO, FANS CAN BE SEEN RIGHT 
NEXT TO EACH OTHER SEEMINGLY 
AVOIDING ALL SOCIAL DISTANCING 
RULES.
CUOMO SAYING, I AM APPALLED.
THE EVENT WAS HELD TO RAISE 
MONEY FOR CHARITIES WITH TICKETS
COSTING UP TO $25,000.
ORGANIZERS CALLING IT A SAFE AND
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT SETTING 
THE BAR FOR ALL EVENTS TO COME.
TELLING THE "NEW YORK TIMES" 
THEY HAD FOLLOWED ALL PROPER AND
CURRENT PROTOCOLS.
SAYING GUESTS COULD NOT LEAVE 
THEIR DESIGNATED SPACES UNLESS 
THEY NEEDED TO USE THE BATHROOM 
ADDING THEIR TEMPERATURES WERE 
CHECKED AND GUESTS SUPPOSED TO 
SIT OUTSIDE NEAR THEIR PARKED 
VEHICLES BUT SEVERAL CLIPS FROM 
SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING A MASSIVE 
CROWD ALL IN THE SAME VICINITY.
AND WHILE ONE CONCERT GOER TOLD 
BUZZFEED NEWS EVERYONE WAS BEING
RESPONSIBLE, NEW YORK'S HEALTH 
COMMISSIONER SAID HE WAS GREATLY
DISTURBED AND I AM AT A LOSS OF 
HOW THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON 
COULD HAVE ISSUED A PERMIT FOR 
THAT EVENT.
THAT SHORT CLIP HAS RECEIVED 
ABOUT 6 MILLION VIEWS.
IT IS TWO SECONDS LONG.
AND THE CEO OF GOLDMAN SACHS 
DEEJAYED THE OPENING ACT.
♪ TO SING GOD'S PRAISE ♪
♪ AND WHEN WE'VE FIRST BEGUN ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
>>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THIS ALL MORNING.
REVEREND WHITNEY PHIPPS, HIS 
TRIBUTE TO LATE CONGRESSMAN AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON JOHN LEWIS.
HE STARTED OFF HUMMING THAT.
>> YES.
>> AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE 
STARTED SINGING IT.
AND YOU COULD FEEL IT.
EVEN THROUGH THE SCREEN.
>> IT GAVE ME CHILLS.
ALL OF THAT, OF COURSE, HAPPENED
DURING THAT CEREMONY HONORING 
JOHN LEWIS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.
CARSON ACTUALLY SPENT SOME TIME 
WITH REVEREND PHIPPS IN 
FEBRUARY.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT "AMAZING 
GRACE'S" CONNECTION TO SLAVERY, 
THE USE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
MELODIES, AND HOW THE MESSAGE OF
THAT SONG AFFECTS PHIPPS 
PERSONALLY.
♪ I ONCE WAS LOST ♪
>> FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, 
EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACHIEVED, HOW 
DOES THAT SONG SPEAK TO YOU?
>> WHAT IT SAYS TO ME IS I CAN 
BE RESTORED.
THE MELODY OF THAT SONG, IF IT 
LIFTED THEM FROM DARK 
EXPERIENCES, IF SO MANY OF MY 
ANCESTORS SINGING THAT SONG 
COULD MAKE IT, THERE'S NO 
EXCUSE.
>> OH.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
AND HE FAMOUSLY TALKED TO OPRAH 
WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG REPORTER IN
BALTIMORE AND SAID TO OPRAH, 
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE 
AUDIENCE ONE DAY.
AND LO AND BEHOLD SHE DID. VACC.
THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD,
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS HAPPENING 
IN RECORD TIME.
>>> THIS MORNING 
ANOTHER 
POTENTIAL 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE IS 
ENTERING LATE 
STAGE TESTING. 
TODAY PFIZER SET 
TO BEGIN PHASE 3 
DOSING OF THE 
CANDIDATE, THE 
DRUG COMPANY 
JOINING MODERNA 
AT THIS CRITICAL 
JUNCTURE. 
>> THIS IS THE 
MAIN EVENT IN 
DRUG DEVELOPMENT.
>>  Reporter: 
THERE LOOKING 
FOR 30,000 
VOLUNTEERS, WITH 
ANDY WEGENER AND 
DOSING AT 89 
SIZE ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, PFIZER 
PLANNING TO TEST 
AT 120 SITES 
GLOBALLY  
INCLUDING 39 
STATES. 
LATE MONDAY, 
STEVEN MNUCHIN  
-- DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI  HAD GREAT 
OPTIMISM. 
>> I CAN'T 
GUARANTEE YOU 
THE SUCCESS OF 
THE VACCINE 
BECAUSE ONLY A 
CLINICAL TRIAL 
WILL BE 
DETERMINING 
THAT. 
I CAN VIRTUALLY 
GUARANTEE YOU 
THAT THIS IS 
GETTING OFF TO A 
GOOD START. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT TOUTING
TREMENDOUS 
PROGRESS. 
>> WE'VE SHAVED 
YEARS OFF THE 
TIME IT TAKES TO 
DEVELOP A 
VACCINE AND 
WE'VE DONE IT 
WELL OIL 
MAINTAINING THE 
FDA GOLD 
STANDARD FOR 
SAFETY.>>  
Reporter: IN 
ADDITION TO 
MODERNA, OTHER  
WARP SPEED 
VACCINES ARE ON 
TRACK FOR PHASE 
3 TRIALS 
INCLUDING NOVA 
VAX, JOHNSON & 
JOHNSON AND 
ASTRAZENECA.>> 
NO ONE CAN MAKE 
ENOUGH VACCINE 
TO SATISFY THE 
NEEDS WE NEED 
MULTIPLE 
COMPANIES TO BE 
SUCCESSFUL. 
>> Reporter: 
ANOTHER TEST FOR 
THE TRIAL, 
RECRUITING 
VOLUNTEERS FROM 
DIVERSE, AVERAGE 
POPULATIONS.>> 
IT IS AFFECTING 
MORE VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE IN THE 
POPULATION, THE 
ELDERLY AND 
PEOPLE WITH 
UNDERLYING 
DISEASES AND 
ALSO CERTAIN 
RACIAL AND 
ETHNIC GROUPS.>> 
Reporter: 
MODERNA AND 
PFIZER ARE 
ADVANCING THE 
EXPERIMENTAL 
VACCINES.  
RATHER THAN 
MANIPULATING THE 
LIVE VIRUS THEY 
ARE DELIVERING 
GENETIC 
INSTRUCTIONS 
KNOWN AS 
MESSENGER RNA. 
THE HOPE IS THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM 
CREATES COVID-19 
FIGHTING 
ANTIBODIES BUT 
THE TECHNOLOGY 
IS BRAND-NEW. 
>> THE IDEAS YOU 
VERY SAFE AND 
VERY EFFECTIVE 
TO BE A VACCINE. 
NEEDS TO HELP A 
MAJORITY OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
>> ANOTHER BIG 
HURDLE IS 
DISTRIBUTION OF 
THAT VACCINE. 
HOW DID THEY 
DECIDE WHO GETS 
IT FIRST?>> 
Reporter: 
ABSOLUTELY, DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI 
SAID THEY WILL 
HAVE TO SET UP  
COMMITTEES TO 
WORK THROUGH 
THIS. 
IS HIGHLY LIKELY 
THEY WILL START 
WITH DOCTORS AND 
NURSES, HOP 
THOUGH STAFF AND 
FIREFIGHTERS AND 
FRONTLINE STAFF. 
SO THEN THE MOST 
VULNERABLE. 
CHANCES ARE THIS 
IS A PYRAMID 
THAT WILL START 
IN THAT FASHION 
AND THEN BROADEN 
OUT TO THE 
GENERAL PUBLIC. 
THAT COULD TAKE 
SOME TIME. 
THEY ARE TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
POSSIBILITY OF 
FDA APPROVAL BY 
THE END OF THE 
YEAR SO THEN YOU 
HELP THEY COULD 
RAMP UP 
PRODUCTION AND 
DISTRIBUTION, 
SOMETIME IN 
EARLY 2021.>>> 
LET'S TURN TO 
THE DIRECTOR OF 
THE HARVARD 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
INSTITUTE. 
I DO WANT TO ASK 
ABOUT BASEBALL 
IN A MOMENT BUT 
LET'S START WITH 
THIS PROMISING 
NEWS ABOUT 
VACCINES, COUPLE 
OF COMPANIES 
MOVING IN THE 
FINAL LARGE-
SCALE SAFETY 
TRIAL PHASE 3 
TRIALS. 
WHAT IS THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF 
THAT?>> THANK 
YOU FOR HAVING 
ME ON, THIS IS 
EXCITING, THIS IS
, ONE OF THE 
REPORTS, THIS IS 
THE MAIN EVENT. 
WE GET TO FIND 
OUT WHETHER THE 
VACCINES ARE 
EFFECTIVE, 
WHETHER THEY 
WORK AT 
PREVENTING 
INFECTIONS OR 
SEVERE 
INFECTIONS AND 
WE GET TO FIND 
OUT WHETHER THEY 
ARE SAFE. 
AND I AM HOPEFUL 
THAT ONE OR TWO 
OR MORE VACCINES 
WILL CLEAR THE 
HURDLE BUT THE 
HOPE IS NOT 
EVIDENCED WHAT 
WE NEED IS 
EVIDENCE AND 
DANA, WE WILL 
HAVE THAT IN THE 
NEXT 3 TO 6 
MONTHS. 
>> WE ARE ALL 
GETTING A CRASH 
COURSE IN HOW 
VACCINES ARE 
MADE. 
THESE PHASE 3 
TRIALS YOU HAVE 
60,000 WILL WHO 
VOLUNTEER YOU 
SIGN UP AND THEN 
THEY JUST KIND 
OF PUT INTO THE 
POPULATION?  
LIKE SOME OF 
THEM WILL BE 
EXPOSED AND SOME 
WON'T. 
WE WILL SEE IF 
IT WORKS?  
ESSENTIALLY? 
>> IT SOUNDS 
FUNNY BUT THAT 
IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU NEED A LARGE 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
AND SOME OF THEM 
WILL GET THE 
VACCINE AND HALF 
OF THEM WILL GET 
A PLACEBO. 
AND THEN THEY 
WILL GO ABOUT 
THEIR DAILY 
BUSINESS AND 
MONITORED ON AN 
ONGOING BASIS 
AND WILL BE 
LOOKING FOR 
THINGS LIKE WHO 
IS GETTING 
INFECTED AND 
OTHER PEOPLE WHO 
GOT THE VACCINE 
ARE THEY LESS 
LIKELY TO GET 
INFECTED?  
WE WILL BE 
MONITORING OF 
SYMPTOMS OF ANY 
KIND RELATED TO 
THE VACCINE, TO 
LOOK FOR SAFETY. 
IF YOU HAVE A 
LARGE ENOUGH 
POPULATION AND 
THERE IS ENOUGH 
OF AN OUTBREAK 
IN AMERICA, AND 
HOT SPOTS ARE IN 
AMERICA. 
IF YOU MONITOR 
THEM CLOSELY, AT 
SOME POINT DOWN 
THE LINE IN THE 
FALL, LATE FALL 
WE WILL HAVE 
ACCUMULATED 
ENOUGH EVIDENCE 
THAT WE WILL 
FEEL COMFORTABLE 
SAYING WHETHER 
THE VACCINE 
WORKS OR NOT AND 
WHETHER IT IS 
SAFE OR NOT.>> I 
WANT TO GET TO 
BASEBALL BUT 
THERE IS A 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN FINDING 
A VACCINE AND 
GETTING PEOPLE 
VACCINATED.>> 
YES. 
WE SAY VACCINES 
DON'T SAVE 
LIVES, BUT 
VACCINATIONS. 
IT'S ABOUT THE 
VACCINE GOING 
INTO THE ARM IS 
WHERE THE LIFE-
SAVING BENEFITS 
BEGIN. 
WE HAVE TO HAVE 
AN ENTIRE PLAN, 
THERE ARE NO 
FINANCIAL 
BARRIERS FOR 
INDIVIDUALS AND 
MAKE SURE THE 
MOST VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE ARE 
TREATED FIRST 
ARE GETTING THE 
VACCINE FIRST. 
THERE IS A LOT 
OF WORK TO DO 
AND I AM HOPEFUL 
THAT WE CAN COME 
UP WITH A PLAN. 
I'M WORRIED. 
WE HAVE HAD 
PROBLEMS WITH 
DISTRIBUTIONS 
WITH TESTING AND 
I'M HOPING THAT 
WON'T SHOW UP AT 
THE VACCINE.>> 
FINGERS CROSSED. 
HOPEFULLY MORE 
THAN THAT. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
BASEBALL. 
YOU HAVE MIAMI 
MARLINS, HALF 
THE TEAM TESTING 
POSITIVE 
INCLUDING SOME 
PLAYERS AND 
MEMBERS OF THE 
STAFF. 
WHAT DOES THIS 
PORTEND FOR THE 
BASEBALL SEASON? 
WHAT DOES THIS 
SHOW TO YOU?>> 
WHAT IT SHOWS TO 
ME IS THE 
DIFFICULTY OF 
TRYING TO RUN 
SPORTS OR 
RUNNING REALLY 
ANY BUSINESS, IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A 
LARGE OUTBREAK. 
AS YOU KNOW, 
ABOUT HALF OF 
THE COUNTRIES 
CONSUMED WITH 
PRETTY LARGE 
OUTBREAKS. 
IT'S GOING TO BE 
VERY, VERY HARD 
TO PROTECT 
PEOPLE AND GET 
BACK TO 
BUSINESS. 
SO I'M HOPEFUL 
THAT OF MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
IS AGGRESSIVE 
THEY MAY BE ABLE 
TO KIND OF KEEP 
GOING BUT I HAVE 
TO TELL YOU, 
GIVEN THAT THIS 
IS FIVE DAYS 
INTO THE SEASON, 
I AM WORRIED 
THEY WILL NOT BE 
ABLE TO HAVE A 
REGULAR MODIFIED 
SEASON THE WAY 
THEY HAVE 
PLANNED. 
IT IS VERY 
DIFFICULT.>> IS 
VERY WORRISOME, 
THANK YOU VERY 
TIME, DR. ASHISH 
JHA. 
>>> ♪ EVEN 
THOUGH ON OUR 
LAST DAY, WE 
SING GOD'S 
PRAISE. 
♪ THEN WENT WE 
FIRST BEGAN ♪ 
HALLELUJAH ♪ 
HALLELUJAH ♪ 
HALLELUJAH ♪
>> WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS ALL MORNING 
LONG. 
REVEREND WINTLEY 
PHIPPS'S NUVEEN 
TRIBUTE  TO LATE 
CONGRESSMEN AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
ICON JOHN LEWIS. 
HE STARTED OFF 
HOW MEAN THAT 
AND THEN ALL OF 
A SUDDEN HE 
STARTED  SINGING 
IT AND YOU COULD 
FEEL IT, EVEN 
THROUGH THE 
SCREEN.>> ALL OF 
THAT HAPPENED 
DURING THE 
CEREMONY 
HONORING JOHN 
LEWIS'S LIFE IN 
THE ROTUNDA OF 
THE U.S. 
CAPITAL. 
CARSON WILL JOIN 
US  CARSON SPENT 
SOME TIME WITH 
REVEREND WINTLEY 
PHIPPS IN 
FEBRUARY.  
THEY TALKED 
ABOUT AMAZING 
GRACE IS 
CONNECTION TO 
SLAVERY, THE 
SONGS USE OF 
AFRICAN MELODIES 
AND HOW THE 
MESSAGE, THE 
MESSAGE OF THE 
SONG EFFECTS HIM 
PERSONALLY.>> ♪ 
I ONCE WAS 
LOST.>> FOR 
EVERYTHING 
YOU'VE ACHIEVED 
OR DONE, HOW 
DOES THAT SONG 
SPEAK TO YOU? 
>> WHAT IT SAYS 
TO ME AS I CAN 
BE RESTORED TO 
THE MELODY OF 
THE SONG, IF IT 
LIFTED THEM FROM 
DARK 
EXPERIENCES, AND 
SO MANY OF MY 
ANCESTORS 
SINGING THAT 
SONG COULD MAKE 
IT, THERE IS NO 
EXCUSE. 
>> THAT WAS 
BEAUTIFUL. 
AND HE FAMOUSLY 
TALK TO OPRAH 
WINFREY WHEN SHE 
WAS YOUNG AND 
SHE SAID HE TOLD 
HER YOU WILL 
HAVE A HUGE 
AUDIENCE ONE DAY 
AND NOW SHE 
KEEPS IN TOUCH 
WITH HIM HE HAS 
SUNG FOR HER 
MANY TIMES. 
IF YOU ARE NOT 
FAMILIAR WITH 
REVEREND WINTLEY 
PHIPPS, HE IS 
WORTH YOUR TIME. 
HE HAS AN 
INCREDIBLE 
STORY. 
>> STORY OF 
REDEMPTION.>>> 
THAT WOULD HALF, 
BASEBALL'S 
RETURN TO THE 
DIAMOND IS OFF 
TO A ROCKY 
START, DAYS 
AFTER UMPIRES 
GOT THE CHANCE 
TO YELL PLAY 
BALL, THE 
POTENTIALLY 
SHORTENED SEASON 
IS JEOPARDIZED. 
THERE IS 11 
MIAMI MARLINS 
PLAYERS 
CONTRACTED THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
SINCE OPENING 
DAY. 
THOUGH THE 
COMMISSIONER IS 
TAKING AN 
OPTIMISTIC 
VIEW.>> IT IS 
NOT A POSITIVE 
THING BUT I 
DON'T SEE IT AS 
A NIGHTMARE. 
WROTE THE 
PROTOCOLS TO 
ALLOW TO PLAY.>> 
Reporter: HE 
SAYS AFTER TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF 
TESTS, BASEBALLS 
POSITIVE RAISED 
RATE IS 0.8%.>> 
IF THE RESULTS 
ARE ACCEPTABLE, 
THE MARLINS WILL 
RESUME PLAY IN 
BALTIMORE ON 
WEDNESDAY, 
AGAINST THE 
ORIOLES.>> 
Reporter: THE 
QUESTION LOOMING 
LARGE IS COULD 
BASEBALL BE 
COUNSEL IN 
SEASON?  
HOW MANY TEAMS 
NEED TO BE 
AFFECTED?>> 
THERE HAS TO BE 
A BALANCE FOR A 
FEW TEAMS. 
I WOULD SAY 
THREE OR FOUR. 
>> Reporter: NBC 
NEWS LEARNING 
MIAMI'S OPPONENT 
OF THE WEEKEND, 
THE PHILADELPHIA 
PHILLIES ARE 
AWAITING THEIR 
OWN TEST 
RESULTS. 
SOME MANAGERS 
MAKE IT CLEAR.>> 
FOR THE 
FLEXIBILITY, WE 
WILL NOW BEGIN, 
BEFORE WE BEGIN 
WE ACKNOWLEDGE, 
I WANT TO KNOW 
THAT WE ARE 
JOINED THIS 
MORNING BY THE 
DISTINGUISHED 
MAJORITY LEADER, 
THE GENTLEMAN 
FROM MARYLAND, 
MR. HOYER. 
HE HAS LONG 
RECOGNIZED THE 
NEED FOR 
VIGOROUS 
CONGRESSIONAL 
OVERSIGHT OF 
EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH. 
UNDER BOTH 
PARTIES. 
AND WE 
APPRECIATE HIS 
PRESENCE TODAY 
AS WE QUESTION 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
BEFORE WE BEGIN 
I WANT TO REMIND 
YOU THAT WE HAVE 
ESTABLISHED AN 
EMAIL ADDRESS 
AND DISTRIBUTION 
LIST DEDICATED 
TO CIRCULATING 
MOTIONS AND 
OTHER WRITTEN 
MATERIALS THAT 
MEMBERS MIGHT 
WANT TO OFFER AS 
PART OF THE 
HEARING TODAY. 
IF YOU LIKE TO 
SUBMIT MATERIAL 
SEND THEM TO THE 
EMAIL ADDRESS 
THAT IS USUALLY 
DISTRICT IT TO 
YOUR OFFICES AND 
WE WILL 
CIRCULATE THE 
MATERIALS TO 
MEMBERS OF THE 
STAFF AS QUICKLY 
AS WE CAN. 
I WOULD ALSO 
REMIND ALL 
MEMBERS THE 
GUIDANCE FROM 
THE OFFICE OF 
ATTENDING 
PHYSICIAN, SAYS 
THESE COVERS ARE 
NEEDED IN THIS 
CLOSE SPACE LIKE 
THIS TO MANY 
HEARING YOU I 
EXPECT ALL 
MEMBERS TO WEAR 
A MASK EXCEPT 
WHEN YOU ARE 
SPEAKING. 
I WILL NOW 
RECOGNIZE MYSELF 
FOR AN OPENING 
STATEMENT. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE MR. 
WILLIAM BARR.  
ACCORDING TO THE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
RESEARCH 
SERVICE, THIS IS 
THE FIRST TIME 
YOU HAVE 
APPEARED BEFORE 
THE HOUSE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE BEFORE 
THE FIRST TENURE 
AS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND THEN 
DURING YOUR 
CURRENT SERVICE 
IN THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WELCOME. 
150 YEARS AGO, 
LAST MONTH, IN 
THE AFTERMATH OF 
THE CIVIL WAR, 
CONGRESS CREATED 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE. 
WE DID SO WITH 
TWO MISSIONS IN 
MIND. 
FIRST, WE WANTED 
TO REPLACE THE 
SYSTEM OF PARTY 
SPOILS WITH THE 
COURT OF 
PROFESSIONAL 
GOVERNMENT 
ATTORNEYS. 
THESE ATTORNEYS 
WOULD BE 
SUPERVISED BY 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND YES 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WOULD 
REMAIN A 
POLITICAL 
APPOINTEE. 
BUT AT ITS 
HEART, THE 
DEPARTMENT WOULD 
RELY ON A 
FOUNDATION OF 
PROFESSIONALS 
DEDICATED TO THE 
IMPARTIAL 
ADMINISTRATION 
OF THE LAW, AND 
AN UNBIASED 
SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE. 
SECOND, CONGRESS 
ESTABLISHED THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE TO 
ENFORCE THE 
NATION'S FIRST 
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS
HIM AFTER THE 
CIVIL WAR. 
FROM THAT MOMENT 
ON, IT BECAME 
THE DEPARTMENT'S 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO ENSURE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, 
AND TO STEM THE 
TIDE OF SYSTEMIC 
RACISM. 
NOW NOT EVERY 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IN INTERVENING 
150 YEARS HAS 
GIVEN FULL 
EXPRESSION TO 
THESE TWO GOALS. 
I AM CERTAIN 
THAT EVERY 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS FALLEN SHORT 
OF THOSE 
PROMISES IN SOME 
WAY OVER TIME. 
TODAY, UNDER 
YOUR LEADERSHIP, 
SIR, THESE TWO 
OBJECTIVES ARE 
MORE AT RISK 
THAN ANY TIME IN 
MODERN HISTORY. 
YOUR TENURE HAS 
BEEN MARKED BY A 
PERSISTENT WAR 
AGAINST THE 
DEPARTMENTS 
PROFESSIONAL 
CORE IN AN 
APPARENT ATTEMPT 
TO SECURE FAVORS 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENT. 
OTHERS HAVE LOST 
SIGHT OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
LAWS. 
BUT NOW WE SEE 
THE FULL FORCE 
OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
BROUGHT TO BEAR 
AGAINST 
CITIZENS, 
DEMONSTRATING 
FOR THE 
ADVANCEMENT OF 
THEIR OWN CIVIL 
RIGHTS. 
THERE IS NO 
PRECEDENT FOR 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE TO 
ACTIVELY SEEK 
OUT CONFLICT 
WITH AMERICAN 
CITIZENS UNDER 
SUCH PRETEXT 
BEFORE SUCH 
PETTY PURPOSES. 
150 YEARS LATER, 
WE ARE AGAIN IN 
A PIVOTAL MOMENT 
IN OUR NATIONS 
HISTORY, MR. 
BARR. 
WE ARE  
CONFRONTED WITH 
A GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC THAT 
HAS KILLED 
150,000 
AMERICANS AND 
INFECTED MORE 
THAN 16 MILLION 
WORLDWIDE. 
WE ARE COMING TO 
GRIPS WITH A 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
STRUGGLE LONG 
SWEPT UNDER THE 
RUG, IF NOT 
OUTRIGHT IGNORED 
BY THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
WE ARE AS A 
NATION, 
WITNESSING THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
TURNED VIOLENTLY 
ON ITS OWN 
PEOPLE. 
AND ALTHOUGH 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO THE 
GOVERNMENT'S 
FAILURE TO 
PROTECT THE 
HEALTH, SAFETY 
AND 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
BELONG SQUARELY 
TO PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP, HE 
COULD NOT HAVE 
DONE THIS ALONE. 
HE NEEDED HELP. 
AND AFTER HE 
FINISHED UTTERLY 
HUMILIATING HIS 
FIRST ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HE FOUND 
YOU. 
AND IN YOUR TIME 
IN THE 
DEPARTMENT YOU 
HAVE AIDED AND 
ABETTED THE 
WORST FAILINGS 
OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
LET US RECOUNT, 
TO SOME OF THE 
DECISIONS THAT 
HAS LEFT US 
DEEPLY CONCERNED 
ABOUT THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
FIRST, UNDER 
YOUR LEADERSHIP 
THE DEPARTMENT 
HAS ENDANGERED 
AMERICANS AND 
VIOLATED THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS BY 
FLOODING FEDERAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTO THE STREETS 
OF AMERICAN 
CITIES, AGAINST 
THE WISHES OF 
THE STATE AND 
LOCAL LEADERS OF 
THE CITIES, TO 
FORCEFULLY AND 
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY 
SUPPRESS THE 
DISSENT. 
SECOND, AT YOUR 
DIRECTION, 
DEPARTMENT 
OFFICIALS HAVE 
DOWNPLAYED THE 
EFFECTS OF 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
AND ABANDON THE 
VICTIMS OF 
POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
REFUSED TO HOLD 
ABUSIVE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR 
THEIR ACTIONS 
AND EXPRESSED 
OPEN HOSTILITY 
TO THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
MOVEMENT. 
STIRRED, AND 
COORDINATION 
WITH THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
SPREAD 
DISINFORMATION 
ABOUT VOTER 
FRAUD, FAILED TO 
ENFORCE VOTING 
RIGHTS LAWS AND 
ATTEMPTED TO 
CHANGE THE 
CENSUS RULES TO 
FLAUNT THE PLAIN 
TEXT OF THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
EVEN DEFIED 
COURT ORDERS ON 
THE SUBJECT, ALL 
IN AN APPARENT 
ATTEMPT TO 
ASSIST THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REELECTION. 
FOURTH, AT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REQUEST, THE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
AMPLIFIED THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES, AND 
SHIELDED HIM 
FROM 
RESPONSIBILITY 
BY BLATANTLY 
MISREPRESENTING 
THE ROBERT 
MUELLER REPORT 
AND FAILING TO 
HOLD FOREIGN 
ACTORS CAMPBELL 
FOR THE ATTACKS 
ON THE 
ELECTIONS. 
UNDERMINING 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY AND THE 
DEPARTMENTS 
PROFESSIONAL 
STAFF IN THE 
PROCESS. 
FIFTH, AGAIN AND 
AGAIN, YOU 
PERSONALLY HAVE 
INTERFERED WITH 
ONGOING CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATIONS 
TO PROTECT THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HIS ALLIES, FROM 
THE CONSEQUENCES 
OF THEIR 
ACTIONS. 
WHEN CAREER 
INVESTIGATORS 
AND PROSECUTORS 
RESISTED THESE 
BRAZEN 
UNPRECEDENTED 
ACTIONS, YOU 
REPLACE THEM 
WITH LESS 
QUALIFIED STAFF 
WHO APPEARED TO 
BE SINGULARLY 
BEHOLDEN TO YOU. 
THE MESSAGE 
THESE SEND IS 
CLEAR. 
IN THIS JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT, THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ENEMIES WILL BE 
PUNISHED AND HIS 
FRIENDS WILL BE 
PROTECTED NO 
MATTER THE COST 
NO MATTER THE 
COST OF LIBERTY 
OR COST OF 
JUSTICE. 
FINALLY AMBER 
HOPES MOST 
PERNICIOUSLY, 
THE DEPARTMENT 
PLACED THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
POLITICAL NEEDS 
OVER THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH THE 
DEPARTMENTS 
PERSISTENCE 
EFFORTS TO GET 
THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT, WOULD 
MAKE RECOVERY 
THAT MUCH 
HARDER. 
THESE ACTIONS 
COME AT A PRICE, 
REAL DAMAGE TO 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NORMS. 
EROSION OF THE 
SEPARATION OF 
POWERS AND A 
LOSS OF FAITH IN 
EQUAL 
ADMINISTRATION 
OF JUSTICE. 
IN THE HANDS OF 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP, A 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE THAT 
ADOPTS A 
DANGEROUSLY 
EXPANSIVE VIEW 
OF EXECUTIVE 
POWER AND 
DEMONSTRATES A 
WILLINGNESS TO 
SHIELD HIM FROM 
ACCOUNTABILITY, 
REPRESENTS A 
DIRECT THREAT TO 
THE LIBERTY AND 
SAFETY OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
AND WE WERE 
WARNED. 
AT YOUR 
CONFIRMATION 
HEARING, 
PROFESSOR TESTED 
AND I QUOTE, 
PUBLIC 
CONFIDENCE OF 
THE RULE OF LAW, 
DEPENDS ON THERE 
BEING AN 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO WILL NOT 
ALLOW THE 
PRESIDENT TO DO 
WHATEVER HE 
WANTS WITH THE 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT. 
WILL WILLIAM 
BARR'S VIEW OF  
PRESIDENTIAL 
POWER ARE SO 
RADICALLY 
MISTAKEN THAT HE 
IS THE WRONG MAN 
AT THE WRONG 
TIME, TO BE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES,". 
THIS FAILURE OF 
LEADERSHIP COMES 
A GREAT COST FOR 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS TWISTED THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE INTO A 
SHADOW OF ITS 
FORMER SELF. 
CAPABLE OF 
SERVING MOST 
AMERICANS ONLY 
AFTER IT IS 
FIRST SERVED 
THOSE IN POWER. 
THIS COMMITTEE 
HAS 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO PROTECT 
AMERICANS FROM 
THAT KIND OF 
CORRUPTION, MR. 
BARR. 
WE HAVE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO ENSURE THE 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
IT'S ATTORNEY 
GENERAL'S  IS 
EQUAL AND FAIR. 
AND THIS IS WHAT 
HAS BROUGHT US 
TO THE HEARING 
ROOM TODAY. 
WE WANT TO GIVE 
YOU A CHANCE TO 
RESPOND TO OUR 
QUESTIONS TO 
THESE AND OTHER 
MATTERS AND WE 
HOPE AND EXPECT 
THAT YOU WILL DO 
SO IN A CLEAR 
AND FORTHRIGHT 
MANNER. 
REMEMBERS EXPECT 
SINCERE ANSWERS 
TODAY AND THE 
COUNTRY DESERVES 
NO LESS. 
I NOW RECOGNIZE 
THE RANKING 
MEMBER OF THE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE, FROM 
OHIO MR. JORDAN 
FOR HIS OPENING 
STATEMENTS.
>> ONE WORD, 
SPYING THAT'S 
WHY THERE AFTER 
YOU MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL 50 
MONTHS AGO, YOU 
SAID THIS 
SENTENCE, I 
THINK SPYING ON 
NEW POLITICAL 
CAMPAIGN IS A 
BIG DEAL. 
SPYING ON A 
CAMPAIGN IS A 
BIG DEAL, IT 
SURE IS. 
AND SINCE THAT 
DAY, SINCE THAT 
DAY WHEN YOU 
HAVE THE COURAGE 
TO TAKE THE 
TRUTH, THEY'VE 
BEEN ATTACKING 
EVERY WEEK AND 
EVERY DAY, FOR 
SIMPLY STATING 
THE TRUTH THAT 
THE OBAMA BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION 
SPIED ON THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN, 
THE NEW YORK 
TIMES HEADLINE 
SAID ONE YEAR 
AGO, FBI 
INVESTED 
OPPOSING AS 
ASSISTANT TO 
MEET WITH TRUMP 
AID IN 2016. 
THE FBI SAID HE 
USED THE NAME IN 
2016. 
THEY SAID 
SOMEONE 
PRETENDING TO BE 
SOMEONE ELSE, TO 
MEET A PERSON 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN. 
YOU KNOW WHAT 
THEY CALL THAT?  
YOU KNOW WHAT 
THEY CALL THAT?  
SPYING. 
ONE MONTH LATER 
THEY USE A 
DOCUMENT AND THE 
SALACIOUS 
DOSSIER, JAMES 
COMEY WORDS. 
IT TOOK HIM TO 
THE COURT AND 
UNTIL THE  COURT 
THAT THEY PAID 
FOR IT AND THE 
GUY THAT WROTE 
THE DOCUMENT HAD 
COMMUNICATED TO 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT THAT 
HE WAS DESPERATE 
TO STOP TRUMP 
FROM GETTING 
ELECTED. 
GUESS WHAT. 
THERE WERE 15 
MORE LIES THAT 
THEY TOLD THE 
COURT. 
17 IN TOTAL, THE 
OUTLINED BY THE 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF 
THEM IN HIS 400 
PAGE REPORT BUT 
GUESS WHAT?  
CHAIRMAN NADLER 
WILL REFUSE TO 
LET MR. HORWITZ 
TESTIFY AND 
ANSWER QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE 17 
LIES THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION 
TOLD TO THE 
SECRET COURT. 
THE OBAMA BIDEN 
DEAR JAY OPEN 
THE 
INVESTIGATION IN 
JULY AND THEY 
USED A SECRET 
AGENT LADY TO 
SPY. 
THEY DID ALL 
THIS WITHOUT ANY 
BASIS FOR 
LAUNCHING AN 
INVESTIGATION TO 
BEGIN WITH. 
HOW DO WE KNOW 
THAT? 
HOW DO WE KNOW 
THERE IS NO 
BASIS?  
THEY TOLD US. 
THEY DIDN'T WANT 
TO TELL US BUT 
THANKS TO RICK 
GRENELL WHO 
RELEASE THE 
TRANSCRIPTS OF 
THEIR TESTIMONY, 
WE NOW KNOW 
THERE WAS NO 
BASIS FOR THEM 
TO START THE 
INVESTIGATION IN 
THE FIRST PLACE. 
THIS IS WHAT 
SUSAN RICE SAYS, 
I DON'T RECALL 
INTELLIGENCE, 
FOR THE 
CONSPIRACY. 
HOW ABOUT JAMES 
COPPER?  
I NEVER SAW ANY 
DIRECT EVIDENCE 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN OR 
SOMEONE AND IT 
WAS CONSPIRING 
WITH THE 
RUSSIANS TO 
MEDDLE IN THE 
ELECTION. 
SAY THAT AGAIN, 
I NEVER SAW 
EVIDENCE THAT 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN WAS 
COMBINED DURING 
AS THEY 
INVESTIGATE HIM. 
THERE WAS NEVER 
PROPER ETIQUETTE 
SO WHY DID THEY 
DO IT?  
THERE WAS NO 
REASON TO DO SO 
WHY DID THEY DO 
IT?  
THEY TOLD US 
THAT, TOO. 
PETER STRUCK 
ASKED IF TRUMP 
GOING TO WIN, 
WHAT'S HIS 
RESPONSE?  
REMEMBER THIS IS 
THE GUY AROUND 
THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
NO. 
NO HE'S NOT. 
WE WILL STOP IT. 
AUGUST, PETER 
SAID WE WILL 
STOP TRUMP AND 
THEY WHILE 
PAPADOPOULOS AND 
USED A FAKE 
DOSSIER TO LIE 
TO THE COURT BUT 
GUESS WHAT 
HAPPENS IN 
NOVEMBER?  
YES WHAT HAPPENS 
IN NOVEMBER?  
NOVEMBER 8, 
2016, THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
GET THEIR WAY. 
63 MILLION, NOW 
EVERYTHING 
CHANGES. 
NOW THE REAL 
FOCUS AS WELL, 
WAIT A MINUTE WE 
DIDN'T STOP HIM, 
HE WON. 
NOW WHAT DO THEY 
HAVE TO DO?  
THEY HAVE TO DO 
THE COVER-UP. 
AND WHO DO THEY 
HAVE TO GO 
AFTER?  
WHO IS TARGET 
NUMBER ONE?  
THE FORMER HEAD 
OF THE DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY, THE GUY 
WHO IS ABOUT TO 
BECOME NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISOR 
TO THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
MICHAEL FLYNN. 
THEY CAN HAVE 
HIM HANGING 
AROUND BECAUSE 
HE WILL FIGURE 
IT OUT. 
SO THEY DECIDE 
TO GO AFTER 
MICHAEL FLYNN, 
THREE STAR 
GENERAL WHO 
SERVED OUR 
COUNTRY FOR 
THREE DECADES 
AND THEY WENT 
AFTER HIM 
BECAUSE HE TOLD 
US THAT TOO. 
THE HEAD OF THE 
COUNTER 
INTELLIGENCE, 
THE DAY THEY 
INTERVIEWED 
MICHAEL FLYNN, 
HIS NOTES SAY 
WHAT?  
WHAT IS THE 
GOAL, TO GET 
FLYNN TO LIES WE 
CAN PROSECUTE OR 
GET HIM FIRED?  
THINK ABOUT WHAT 
THE OBAMA BIDEN 
DEAR JAY, WHAT 
THEIR 
ADMINISTRATION 
DID IN THE LAST 
MONTH, JANUARY 4 
THE AGENTS 
INVESTIGATING 
FLYNN WANTED TO 
DROP THE CASE 
BUT JAMES COMEY 
SAYS NO. 
THEY MEET IN THE 
OVAL OFFICE, 
THEY'RE ALL 
THERE PLOTTING 
THEIR STRATEGY 
HOW THEY WILL 
GET MICHAEL 
FLYNN. 
JANUARY 6, JAMES 
COMEY GOES TO 
TRUMP  TOWER AND 
BRIEFS PRESIDENT-
ELECT TRUMP ON 
THE DOSSIER THEY 
KNOW IS FALSE, 
SO THEY CAN LEAK 
IT TO THE PRESS. 
THEN OF COURSE 
JANUARY 24 HIM 
OF THE DAY THEY 
GO, SET UP 
MICHAEL FLYNN 
AND SET UP 
MICHAEL FLYNN IN 
HIS INTERVIEW. 
GUESS WHAT ELSE 
THEY DID?  
GUESS WHAT ELSE 
THEY DID BETWEEN 
ELECTION DAY AND 
INAUGURATION 
DAY?  
THE TWO MONTH 
TIME, GUESS WHAT 
ELSE THEY DID, 
38 PEOPLE, 49 
TIMES UNMASKED 
MICHAEL FLYNN'S 
NAMES. 
SEVEN PEOPLE AT 
THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT FOR 
GOODNESS SAKE. 
OF COURSE, 
MICHAEL FLYNN 
RESIGNS ON 
FEBRUARY 13. 
FLYNN RESIDES 
AND NOW THE 
COVER-UP IS 
COMPLETE, HE IS 
GONE AND 
EVERYTHING IS 
FINE THEY THINK 
UNTIL MAY 9, 20 
17th WHEN 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP FIRES 
JAMES COMEY BUT 
NOW THEY HAVE A 
PROBLEM AGAIN.  
THE GUY WHO WAS 
GOING TO KEEP IT 
ALL QUIET, HE'S 
BEEN FIRED. 
NOW HOW DO THEY 
CONTINUE TO 
COVER UP?  
REAL SIMPLE. 
JAMES COMEY 
LEAKS THE MEMOS 
WITH THE EXPRESS 
PURPOSE OF 
GETTING A 
SPECIAL COUNSEL 
APPOINTED TO 
INVESTIGATE 
SOMETHING THEY 
KNOW IS NOT TRUE 
AND THAT'S 
EXACTLY WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
WE GET TWO 
YEARS,  19 
LAWYERS, 500 
WITNESS AT $30 
MILLION COST TO 
THE TAXPAYERS 
AND THEY COME 
BACK WITH 
NOTHING. 
ABSOLUTELY 
NOTHING. 
AND SO ALL THEY 
GOT LEFT IS TO 
ATTACK THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WHO HAVE THE 
COURAGE TO STATE 
THE TRUTH RIGHT 
FROM THE GET-GO, 
THE FIRST TIME 
HE TESTIFIED 
THAT'S WHERE HE 
IS CONFIRMED. 
YOU GUYS 
ATTACKED HIM, 
EVERY DAY, EVERY 
WEEK AND I FILED 
ARTICLES OF 
IMPEACHMENT 
AGAINST HIM, 
IT'S RIDICULOUS. 
HE HAD THE 
COURAGE TO DO 
WHAT NO ONE ELSE 
WOULD DO AT THE 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE. 
NOBODY WOULD DO, 
SO ATTORNEY 
GENERAL I WANT 
TO THANK YOU. 
FOR HAVING THE 
COURAGE TO CALL 
IT WHAT IT WAS, 
SPYING. 
WE WANT TO THANK 
YOU DO SAY WE 
WILL GET THE 
POLITICS OUT OF 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE THAT 
WAS THERE THE 
PREVIOUS 
ADMINISTRATION. 
AND MAYBE MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, WE 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
THIS IN OUR SITE 
ON QUESTIONING, 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU FOR 
DEFENDING LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
FOR POINTING OUT 
WHAT A CRAZY 
IDEA THAT THE 
FUND THE POLICE 
POLICY OR 
WHATEVER YOU 
WANT TO CALL IT 
IS AND STANDING 
UP FOR THE RULE 
OF LAW. 
WE HAVE A VIDEO 
THAT GETS TO 
THIS POINT COULD 
REPLAY THE VIDEO 
PLEASE?  
>> THIS IS A 
MOSTLY PROTEST, 
IT IS NOT 
GENERALLY 
SPEAKING, 
UNRULY. 
>> PEOPLE 
PROTEST. 
PEOPLE PROTEST, 
PEOPLE PROTEST. 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
>> PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
>> PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST.>> 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS.
>> I ASK MYSELF 
AND MY CHILDREN 
IN THE FAMILY 
WOULD LIKE TO 
THINK BRAD 
NEIGHBORS, 
COWORKERS AND 
COMMUNITY FOR 
THE LOVE AND 
SUPPORT WE 
SUFFERED FOR THE 
TRAGIC LOSS OF 
MY HUSBAND, 
DAVID DORN. 
WE WOULD LIKE TO 
THINK THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT FOR 
THEIR HARD WORK 
THROUGH THIS 
INVESTIGATION. 
HE DEDICATED HIS 
LIFE TO THE CITY 
OF ST. LOUIS, 
RETIRED AT THE 
RANK OF CAPTAIN 
AFTER 38 YEARS 
OF 
DISTINGUISHABLE 
SERVICE. 
DURING THESE 
YEARS HE TOUCHED 
LIVES AS 
FRIENDS, MENTOR, 
COWORKER AND 
GUARDIAN. 
HIS LIFE WAS 
SIMPLY TAKEN FOR 
ME FROM US BY AN 
OPPORTUNIST WHO 
HAD NO REGARD 
FOR HUMAN LIFE 
OR THE LAW. 
THEY DIDN'T HAVE 
TO DO THIS, THIS 
DIDN'T HAVE TO 
HAPPEN BUT IT 
MUST'VE BEEN 
GOD'S PLAN FOR 
DAVID. 
WE NEED TO COME 
TOGETHER AS A 
COMMUNITY AND BE 
BETTER, WE NEED 
TO TEACH THE 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
THAT LIFE IS 
VERY PRECIOUS. 
WE AS A FAMILY 
WILL BE TAKING 
SOME TIME TO 
FOCUS OUR 
ATTENTION ON 
HEALING. 
WHICH IS VERY 
IMPORTANT AS WE 
MOVE FORWARD. 
WE WOULD LIKE 
DAVID'S LEGACY 
TO BE REMEMBERED 
AS A LOVING 
HUSBAND, FATHER, 
GRANDFATHER, 
BROTHER, UNCLE, 
FRIEND, 
COLLEAGUE AND 
MOST IMPORTANTLY 
A CHILD OF GOD. 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU ALL FOR 
COMING AND GOD 
BLESS YOU ALL. 
[ CHEERING ]  
>> I HOPE THAT 
MR. JORDAN WILL 
NEVER COMPLAIN 
ABOUT THE LENGTH 
OF MY OPENING 
STATEMENTS. 
WITHOUT 
OBJECTION, I'M 
GOING TO INSERT 
THE COMMITTEES 
AUDIOVISUAL 
POLICY INTO THE 
RECORD OF THIS 
HEARING. 
AND NOTE THAT 
THE MINORITY DID 
NOT GIVE THE 
COMMITTEE THE 48 
HOUR NOTICE 
REQUIRED BY THAT 
POLICY. 
FOR THAT 
OBJECTION, OTHER 
OPENING 
STATEMENTS WILL 
BE INCLUDED IN 
THE RECORD. 
I WILL NOW 
INTRODUCE 
TODAY'S 
WITNESSES. 
WILLIAM BARR HAS 
SERVED AS THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
THE UNITED 
STATES SINCE 
FEBRUARY 14, 
2019. 
HAVING 
PREVIOUSLY 
SERVED THE SAME 
POSITION  FROM 
1991 TO 1993 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
GEORGE HW BUSH 
BUT HE SERVED AS 
DEPUTY ATTORNEY 
GENERAL 
ADDRESSES 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
UNDER THE BUSH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WAS A MEMBER OF 
THE DOMESTIC 
POLICY STUFF 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
REAGAN CONSERVED 
IN A CENTRAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY AND WAS A 
LAW CLERK FOR 
THE DC CIRCUIT. 
IN ADDITION TO A 
SIGNIFICANT 
PUBLIC SERVICE 
HE HAS SPRINTS 
IN THE PRIVATE 
SECTOR. 
HE RECEIVED HIS 
DEGREE FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY 
SCHOOL OF LAW. 
WE THANK YOU FOR 
PARTICIPATING 
TODAY BUT IF YOU 
WOULD PLEASE 
RISE I WOULD 
BEGIN BY 
SWEARING YOU 
WIN. 
RAISE YOUR RIGHT 
HAND PLEASE. 
OR LEFT-HANDED 
DO YOU SWEAR OR 
AFFIRM UNDER 
PENALTY OF 
PERJURY THAT THE 
TESTIMONY YOU 
GIVE IS TRUE AND 
CORRECT TO THE 
BEST OF YOUR 
KNOWLEDGE, AND 
BELIEF, SO HELP 
YOU GOD?  
THE WITNESS HAS 
ANSWERED IN THE 
AFFIRMATIVE AND 
THANK YOU AND 
PLEASE BE SEATED.
PLEASE NOTE THAT 
YOUR WRITTEN 
STATEMENT WILL 
BE ENTERED INTO 
THE RECORD IN 
ENTIRETY. 
ACCORDINGLY I 
ASKED THAT YOU 
SUMMARIZE THE 
TESTIMONY IN 
FIVE MINUTES. 
TO HELP YOU STAY 
WITHIN THE TIME, 
THERE IS A 
TIMING LIGHT ON 
YOUR TABLE. 
WHEN THE LIGHT 
SWITCHES FROM 
GREEN TO YELLOW 
YOU HAVE ONE 
MINUTE TO 
CONCLUDE YOUR 
TESTIMONY. 
WHEN THE LIGHT 
TURNS RED IT 
SIGNALS YOUR 
FIVE MINUTES HAS 
EXPIRED. 
MR. BARR YOU MAY 
BEGIN. 
>> THANK YOU MR. 
CHAIRMAN, GOOD 
MORNING CHAIRMAN 
RANKING MEMBER 
JORDAN, PLEASED 
TO BE HERE THIS 
MORNING. 
ON BEHALF OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE I WANT 
TO PAY MY 
RESPECTS TO YOUR 
COLLEAGUE 
CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
LEWIS, AND 
INDOMITABLE 
CHAMPION OF 
CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
THE RULE OF LAW. 
I THINK IT IS 
HIS ESPECIALLY 
IMPORTANT TO 
REMEMBER TODAY 
THAT HE PURSUED 
HIS CAUSE 
PASSIONATELY AND 
SUCCESSFULLY 
WITH UNWAVERING 
COMMITMENT IN 
NONVIOLENCE. 
AS I SAID IN MY 
CONFIRMATION 
HEARING THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
HAS A UNIQUE 
OBLIGATION HE 
HOLDS IN TRUST 
THE FAIR AND 
IMPARTIAL 
MINISTRATION OF 
JUSTICE. 
HE MUST ENSURE 
THAT THERE IS 
ONE STANDARD OF 
JUSTICE TO 
EVERYONE THAT 
APPLIES EQUALLY 
IN THE CRIMINAL 
CASES ARE 
HANDLED 
EVENHANDEDLY 
BASED ON THE 
LAWN THE FAX AND 
WITHOUT REGARD 
TO POLITICAL 
WITHOUT 
CONSIDERATIONS. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
THAT I HAVE 
HANDLED CRIMINAL 
MATTERS THAT 
HAVE COME TO ME 
FROM A DECISION 
IN THIS WAY. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NOT 
ATTEMPTED TO 
INTERFERE IN 
THESE DECISIONS. 
ON THE CONTRARY, 
HE HAS TOLD ME 
FROM THE START, 
HE EXPECTS ME TO 
EXERCISE MY 
INDEPENDENT 
JUDGMENT TO MAKE 
WHATEVER CALL I 
THINK IS RIGHT 
AND THAT IS 
PRECISELY WHAT I 
HAVE DONE. 
INDEED, IT IS 
BECAUSE I FEEL 
COMPLETE FREEDOM 
TO DO WHAT I 
THINK IS RIGHT, 
THAT INDUCED ME 
TO SERVE ONCE 
AGAIN AS 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
AS YOU SAID, MR. 
CHAIRMAN, I 
SERVED AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
GEORGE HW BUSH 
AND AFTER THAT I 
SPENT MANY YEARS 
IN THE CORPORATE 
WORLD. 
I'M ALMOST 70 
YEARS OLD AND I 
WAS ALMOST 70 
YEARS OLD AND 
SLIPPING HAPPILY 
INTO RETIREMENT. 
I HAD NOTHING TO 
PROVE AND I HAD 
NO DESIRE TO 
RETURN TO 
GOVERNMENT. 
I HAD NO PRIOR 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
LET ME TURN 
BRIEFLY TO THE 
SEVERAL PRESSING 
ISSUES OF THE 
DAY. 
HORRIBLE KILLING 
OF GEORGE FLOYD 
IN MINNEAPOLIS 
UNDERSTANDABLY 
JARRED THE WHOLE 
COUNTRY. 
AND FORCES TO 
REFLECT ON LONG-
STANDING ISSUES 
IN THE NATION. 
THOSE ISSUES 
OFFICER RELATE 
TO THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY. 
EVEN OUR HISTORY 
IS 
UNDERSTANDABLE 
THAT AMONG BLACK 
AMERICANS THERE 
IS SOME 
AMBIVALENCE AND 
OFTEN DISTRUST 
TOWARDS THE 
POLICE. 
UNTIL JUST LAST 
50 YEARS AGO, OR 
SO, THE LAWS 
WERE AND 
INSTITUTIONS 
WERE EXPLICITLY 
RACIST, EX-
LUSTILY 
DISCRIMINATORY. 
IT IS NOT UNTIL 
THE 60s THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT FINALLY 
SUCCEEDED IN 
TEARING DOWN THE 
JIM CROW 
EDIFICE. 
OUR LAWS CAME 
INTO FORMALLY 
EMBODY THE 
GUARANTEE OF 
EQUAL 
PROTECTIONS AND 
SINCE THEN THE 
WORK OF SECURING 
CIVIL RIGHTS HAS 
RIGHTLY FOCUSED 
ON REFORMING 
INSTITUTIONS TO 
ENSURE THEY 
BETTER CONFORM 
TO OUR LAWS AND 
TO OUR 
ASPIRATIONS. 
THAT WORK IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE, HAS 
BEEN 
INCREASINGLY 
SUCCESSFUL. 
POLICE FORCES 
TODAY ARE FAR 
MORE DIVERSE 
THAN THEY'VE 
EVER BEEN. 
AND THERE ARE 
BOTH MORE BLACK 
POLICE CHIEFS 
AND MORE BLACK 
OFFICERS IN THE 
RANK ALTHOUGH 
THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD AT 
THE HANDS OF THE 
POLICE WAS A 
SHOCKING EVENT, 
THE FACT IS THAT 
THESE EVENTS ARE 
FORTUNATELY 
QUITE RARE. 
ACCORDING TO 
STATISTICS 
COMPILED BY THE 
WASHINGTON POST 
THE NUMBER OF 
UNARMED BLACK 
MEN KILLED BY 
POLICE SO FAR 
THIS YEAR IS 
EIGHT IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
UNARMED WHITE 
MEN KILLED BY 
POLICE OVER THE 
SAME TIME IS 11. 
THE OVERALL 
NUMBERS OF 
POLICE SHOOTINGS 
HAVE BEEN 
DECREASING. 
NEVERTHELESS 
EVERY INSTANCE 
OF EXCESSIVE 
FORCE IS 
UNACCEPTABLE AND 
MUST BE 
ADDRESSED 
APPROPRIATELY 
THROUGH LEGAL 
PROCESS AS IS 
HAPPENING NOW IN 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
APART FROM THE 
NUMBERS I THINK 
THESE EVENTS 
STRIKE A DEEP 
CHORD IN THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
PERCEIVED AS 
MANIFESTATIONS 
OF A DEEPER 
LINGERING 
CONCERN THAT 
ENCOUNTERS WITH 
POLICE, BLACKS 
WILL NOT BE 
TREATED 
EVENHANDEDLY. 
THEY WILL NOT BE 
GIVEN THE 
BENEFIT OF THE 
DOUBT AND THEY 
WILL BE TREATED 
WITH GREATER 
SUSPICION. 
TIMID SENATOR 
TIM SCOTT HAS 
RECOUNTED THE 
NUMEROUS TIMES 
HE'S BEEN 
UNJUSTIFIABLY 
PULLED OVER ON 
CAPITOL HILL AND 
IS ONE PROMINENT 
BLACK OFFICIAL 
SAYS AFRICAN 
AMERICANS OFTEN 
FEEL TREATED AS 
SUSPECT FIRST 
AND THEN CITIZEN 
SECOND. 
I THINK THESE 
CONCERNS ARE 
LEGITIMATE. 
THE SAME TIME I 
THINK IT WOULD 
BE AN 
OVERSIMPLIFICATION 
TO TREAT THE 
PROBLEM AS 
ROOTED IN SOME 
DEEP-SEATED 
RACISM GENERALLY 
INFECTING OUR 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS. 
IT SEEMS FAR 
MORE LIKELY THAT 
THE PROBLEMS 
STEMS FROM A 
COMPLEX MIX OF 
FACTORS THAT CAN 
BE ADDRESSED 
WITH FOCUS 
ATTENTION OVER 
TIME AND WE IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
MUST BE 
CONSCIOUS OF THE 
CONCERNS AND 
ENSURE THAT WE 
DO NOT HAVE TWO 
SYSTEMS OF 
JUSTICE. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
SOME HAVE CHOSEN 
TO RESPOND TO 
GEORGE FLOYD'S 
DEATH AND THUS 
FAR LESS 
PRODUCTIVE WAY 
BY DEMONIZING 
POLICE AND 
SAYING ALL COPS 
ARE PASTORS AND 
PROPOSALS TO 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
THE DEMONIZATION 
OF THE POLICE IS 
NOT UNFAIR AND 
INCONSISTENT 
WITH THE 
PRINCIPLES OF 
ALL PEOPLE 
SHOULD BE 
TREATED IN 
INDIVIDUALS BUT 
GRAVELY 
INJURIOUS TO THE 
INNER-CITY 
COMMUNITIES. 
WHEN COMMUNITIES 
TURN ON AND 
PILLORY THE 
POLICE, OFFICERS 
NATURALLY BECOME 
MORE RISK 
DIVERSE AND 
CRIME RATES 
SOAR. 
WE SEE THAT NOW 
IN MANY OF THE 
CITIES. 
THE THREAT TO 
BLACK LIVES 
POSED BY CRIME 
ON THE STREETS 
IS MASSIVELY 
GREATER THAN ANY 
THREAT POSED BY 
POLICE 
MISCONDUCT. 
THE LEADING 
CAUSE OF DEATH 
FOR YOUNG BLACK 
MALES IS 
HOMICIDE. 
EVERY YEAR 
APPROXIMATELY 
7500 BLACK 
AMERICANS ARE 
VICTIMS OF 
HOMICIDE, THE 
VAST MAJORITY OF 
THEM AROUND 90%, 
ARE KILLED BY 
OTHER BLACKS BY 
GUNFIRE. 
EACH OF THOSE 
LIVES MATTER. 
IT IS FOR THIS 
REASON, THEN IN 
SELECTED CITIES, 
WHERE THERE HAS 
BEEN AN UPSURGE 
IN VIOLENT CRIME 
WE ARE STEPPING 
UP AND 
BOLSTERING THE 
ACTIVITIES OF 
THE JOINT 
ANTICRIME 
TASKFORCES. 
FINALLY, I WANT 
TO ADDRESS A 
DIFFERENT 
BREAKDOWN OF THE 
RULE OF LAW. 
THAT WE HAVE 
WITNESSED OVER 
THE PAST TWO 
MONTHS. 
IN THE WAKE OF 
GEORGE FLOYD'S 
DEATH, VIOLENT 
RIOTERS AND 
ANARCHIST HAVE 
HIJACKED 
LEGITIMATE 
PROTESTS. 
TO WREAK 
SENSELESS HAVOC 
AND DESTRUCTION 
ON INNOCENT 
VICTIMS. 
THE CURRENT 
SITUATION IN 
PORTLAND IS A 
TELLING EXAMPLE. 
EVERY NIGHT FOR 
THE PAST TWO 
MONTHS, HUNDREDS 
OF RIOTERS HAVE 
LAID SIEGE TO 
THE COURTHOUSE 
AND OTHER 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
THE RIOTERS HAVE 
COME EQUIPPED 
FOR FIGHT. 
ARMED WITH 
POWERFUL 
SLINGSHOTS, 
TASERS, SLEDGE 
HAMMERS, SAWS, 
KNIVES, RIFLES 
AND EXPLOSIVE 
DEVICES. 
INSIDE THE 
COURTHOUSE ARE A 
RELATIVELY SMALL 
NUMBER OF 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL, 
CHARGED WITH THE 
DEFENSIVE 
MISSION, TO 
PROTECT THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
WHAT UNFOLDS 
NIGHTLY AT THE 
CRAFT CANNOT 
REASONABLY BE 
CALLED PROTESTS. 
IT IS BY ANY 
OBJECTIVE 
MEASURE, AND 
ASSAULT ON THE 
GOVERNMENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
AS ELECTED 
OFFICIALS OF THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, 
EVERY MEMBER OF 
THE COMMITTEE 
REGARDLESS OF 
POLITICAL VIEWS 
OR FEELINGS 
ABOUT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION, 
SHOULD CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST 
FEDERAL OFFICERS 
AND THE 
DISRUPTION OF 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
THANK YOU, MR. 
CHAIRMAN. 
AND I APPRECIATE 
YOUR LISTENING 
IN YOUR OPENING 
STATEMENT AND 
I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD TO 
ADDRESSING ALL 
YOUR 
INQUIRIES.>> 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR TESTIMONY. 
WE WILL NOW 
PROCEED UNDER 
THE FIVE MINUTE 
RULE WITH 
QUESTIONS I WILL 
RECOGNIZE MYSELF 
FOR FIVE 
MINUTES. 
ON JULY 22, YOU 
JOIN THE 
PRESIDENT AS HE 
ANNOUNCED THE 
EXPANSION OF 
OPERATION 
LEGEND, AND 
INITIATIVE LET 
ME START THAT 
AGAIN. 
ON JULY 22 
JOINED THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
ANNOUNCE THE 
EXPANSION OF 
OPERATION 
LEGEND, AND 
INITIATIVE TO 
COMBAT CRIME IN 
KANSAS CITY WITH 
$61 MILLION IN 
GRANTS. 
I AM CONFUSED AS 
TO THE PURPOSE 
OF LAUNCHING 
OPERATION LEGEND 
AT THIS MOMENT 
IN TIME. 
IN DECEMBER LAST 
YEAR, YOU 
ANNOUNCE THE 
DEPARTMENT,  
WOULD DIVERT 
OVER $70 MILLION 
IN GRANTS IN 
SEVEN U.S. 
CITIES UNDER  
OPERATION RUN IN 
PURSUIT. 
RELENTLESS 
PURSUIT TARGETED 
ALBUQUERQUE, 
BALTIMORE AND 
KANSAS CITY. 
CORRECT? 
>> CORRECT. 
>> AT THE SAME 
PRESS CONFERENCE 
JULY 22 YOU 
INITIALLY 
CLAIMED THAT 
OVER 200 ARRESTS 
HAD BEEN MADE 
UNDER OPERATION 
LEGEND. 
CORRECT?>> 
CORRECT. 
>> BUT YOU 
MISSPOKE?
>>  CORRECT. 
>> THE U.S. 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE IN 
MISSOURI 
CONFIRMED THAT 
ONLY ONE SINGLE 
ARREST HAD BEEN 
MADE  UNDER 
OPERATION 
LEGEND, 
CORRECT?>> I 
DON'T KNOW.>> 
AND THE 199 
OTHER ARRESTS 
WERE MADE UNDER 
RELENTLESS 
PURSUIT OR OTHER 
PROGRAMS. 
THAT WAS 
CORRECT. 
I THINK YOU 
COULD BE 
FORGIVEN FOR 
BEING CONFUSED 
OPERATION LEGEND 
OF LITTLE MORE 
THAN A 
REPACKAGING OF 
EXISTING 
OPERATIONS IN 
THE CITIES. 
SO WHILE THE 
DRAMA?  
WHY JOIN THE 
PRESIDENT AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE TO 
ANNOUNCE A BOLD 
NEW OPERATION 
THAT APPEARS TO 
BE NEITHER BOLD 
NOR NEW?  
UNDERSTANDABLY, 
AMERICANS ARE 
SUSPICIOUS OF 
YOUR MOTIVES 
HERE. 
THERE ARE THOSE 
WHO BELIEVE YOU 
ARE SENDING 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT INTO 
THE CITIES NOT 
TO COMBAT 
VIOLENT CRIME 
BUT TO HELP WITH 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
REELECTION 
EFFORTS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS MADE CLEAR 
THAT HE WANTS 
CONFLICT BETWEEN 
PROTESTERS AND 
POLICE TO BE 
ESSENTIAL CLAIM 
OR CENTRAL THEME 
OF HIS CAMPAIGN. 
SO LET ME ASK 
YOU DIRECTLY, 
MR. BARR. 
YES OR NO,  YES 
OR NO. 
DID YOU REBRAND 
EXISTING 
PROJECTS IN ORDER T 
THE PRESIDENT IN 
AN ELECTION 
YEAR?>> I 
WOULDN'T CALL IT 
-->> WOULD YOU 
AGREE WITH ME ON 
PRINCIPLE, THAT 
IT IS IMPROPER 
FOR THIS THE 
PERMIT OF 
JUSTICE TO 
DIVERT RESOURCES 
AND PERSONNEL IN 
AN EFFORT TO 
ASSIST THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN?>> NO, 
MR. CHAIRMAN WE 
DID AND NOT 
GREAT IN 
ANTICRIME 
INITIATIVE 
BECAUSE WE WERE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
INCREASING 
VIOLENT CRIME IN 
A NUMBER OF 
CITIES. 
AND RECALL THAT 
RELENTLESS 
PURSUIT. 
UNFORTUNATELY MY 
COVID-19  
INTERVENED AND 
THE AGENTS WHO 
WERE DETAILED 
FOR THESE 
ASSIGNMENTS 
COULD NOT 
PERFORM THE 
OPERATION AS OF 
THE OPERATION 
WAS SQUELCHED BY 
COVID-19. 
SO WE COULDN'T  
COMPLETE OR MAKE 
MUCH PROGRESS ON 
THE RELENTLESS 
PURSUIT. 
HOWEVER IN THE 
INTERVENING TIME 
WE SAW VIOLENT 
CRIME RISING AND 
A LOT OF THAT 
WAS TRIGGERED BY 
THE EVENTS AFTER 
THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
SO, WE DID 
REBOOT THE 
PROGRAM AFTER 
COVID-19 STARTED 
BREAKING AND WE 
COULD COMMIT THE 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
RESOURCES TO 
ACTUALLY 
ACCOMPLISH THE 
MISSION, WHICH 
IS TO REDUCE 
VIOLENT CRIMES. 
NOW I REGRET 
THAT COVID-19 
INTERRUPTED THE 
LAW-ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES  BUT 
IT DOESN'T 
OBVIATE THE FACT 
THAT THERE IS 
SERIOUS VIOLENT 
CRIME IN THE 
CITIES, THE 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS AND 
MAYORS HAVE BEEN 
ASKING US FOR 
HELP. 
AND WE HAVE PUT 
IN ADDITIONAL 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
AND 
INVESTIGATORS TO 
HELP DEAL WITH 
IT.>> NOW, YES 
OR NO, HAVE YOU 
DISCUSSED THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN WITH 
THE PRESIDENT?  
OR WITH ANY 
WHITE HOUSE 
OFFICIAL OR ANY 
SURROGATE?>> I'M 
NOT GOING TO GET 
INTO MY 
DISCUSSIONS WITH 
THE PRESIDENT.>> 
HAVE YOU 
DISCUSSED WITH 
HIM?>> NOT 
ENGLISH INTO 
THIS PROGRAM.>> 
I DIDN'T ASK 
THAT.>> I AM A 
MEMBER OF THE 
CABINET AND 
THERE IS AN 
ELECTION GOING 
ON OBVIOUS HE 
THE TOPIC COMES 
UP IN CABINET 
MEETINGS AND 
OTHER THINGS. 
IT SHOULDN'T BE 
A SURPRISE.>> I 
DIDN'T SAY I WAS 
SURPRISED I SAID 
HAS THERE BEEN 
CONVERSATIONS. 
AS FAR AS THOSE 
CONVERSATIONS 
ABOUT THE 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN HAVE 
YOU EVER 
DISCUSSED THE 
CURRENT OF 
FUTURE 
DEPLOYMENT OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT? 
IN CONNECTION 
WITH WHAT YOU 
JUST SAID. 
IN CONNECTION 
WITH YOUR 
DISCUSSIONS WITH 
THE PRESIDENT 
WITH OTHER 
PEOPLE AROUND 
HIM OF HIS 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN, HAVE 
YOU DISCUSSED 
THE CURRENT OR 
FUTURE 
DEPLOYMENT OF 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT?>> 
I'M NOT GETTING 
INTO MY 
DISCUSSIONS WITH 
THE PRESIDENT 
BUT I WOULD LIKE 
TO PICK THE 
CITIES BASED ON 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
NEED AND BASED 
ON NEUTRAL 
CRIME. 
>> YOU CAN TELL 
ME WHETHER YOU 
DISCUSSED? 
>> DO YOU COMMIT 
TODAY THE 
DEPARTMENT WILL 
NOT USE FEDERAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
IN A PROP IN THE 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN. 
I WANT TO FINISH 
THIS THOUGHT. 
YOU REALLY CAN'T 
HIDE BEHIND 
LEGAL DICTIONS 
THIS TIME, MR. 
BARR. 
IT'S OUT IN THE 
OPEN.  
WHERE THE PEOPLE 
CAN SEE WHAT 
YOU'RE DOING FOR 
THEMSELVES. 
THE PRESIDENT 
WANTS FOOTAGE 
FOR HIS CAMPAIGN 
ADS. 
AND YOU APPEARED 
TO BE SERVING IT 
UP TO HIM AS 
ORDERED. 
IN MOST OF THESE 
CITIES, THE 
PROTESTS HAVE 
BEGUN TO WIND 
DOWN BEFORE YOU 
MARCHED IN AND 
CONFRONTED THE 
PROTESTERS. 
THE PROTESTERS 
ARE NOT MOBS BUT 
MOTHERS AND 
VETERANS AND 
MAYORS. 
IN THIS MOMENT, 
REAL LEADERSHIP 
WOULD ENTAIL DE-
ESCALATION, 
COLLABORATION 
AND LOOKING FOR 
WAYS TO 
PEACEABLY 
RESOLVE 
DIFFERENCES. 
INSTEAD, USE 
PEPPER SPRAY AND 
OTHER THINGS ON 
AMERICAN 
CITIZENS FOR YOU 
DID IN 
WASHINGTON AND 
IN LAFAYETTE 
SQUARE YOU 
EXPANDED TO 
PORTLAND AND NOW 
YOU ARE 
PROJECTING FEAR 
AND VIOLENCE 
NATIONWIDE. 
IN PURSUIT OF 
OBVIOUS 
POLITICAL 
OBJECTIONS.  
SHAME ON YOU, 
MR. BARR. 
SHAME ON YOU.  
MY TIME IS 
EXPIRED. 
FOR WHAT 
PURPOSES, MR. 
JORDAN NEEDS 
RECOGNITION.>> 
MY TIME IS 
EXPIRED MR. 
JOHNSON NEEDS 
RECOGNITION. 
>> QUESTIONS FOR 
THE WITNESS.>> 
MR. CHAIRMAN YOU 
HAVE COMPLETED 
TWO DIFFERENT 
THINGS FOR THE 
EFFORT LIKE 
LEGEND IS TO 
DEAL WITH 
VIOLENT CRIME, 
CRIME THAT IS 
COMMITTED ON THE 
STREETS OF THE 
CITY. 
AGAIN, PREDATORY 
VIOLENCE LIKE 
MURDER, SHOOTING 
SPEED WHICH ARE 
SOARING IN SOME 
CITIES OVER 
RIGHT NOW. 
THAT DOES NOT 
INVOLVE 
ENCOUNTERING 
PROTESTERS AS 
YOU SAID GOOD 
CIVIL 
DISTURBANCE IS A 
DIFFERENT SET OF 
ISSUES. 
AND I JUST 
REJECT THE IDEA 
THAT THE 
DEPARTMENT IS 
FLOODED ANYWHERE 
AND ATTEMPTED TO 
SUPPRESS 
DEMONSTRATORS 
BUT WE MAKE A 
CLEAR 
DISTINCTION 
BETWEEN 
DEMONSTRATORS 
-->> I'M NOT 
ASKING. 
>> IF YOU TAKE 
PORTLAND, 
PORTLAND 
COURTHOUSE IS 
UNDER ATTACK, 
FEDERAL 
RESOURCES ARE 
INSIDE THE 
PERIMETER AROUND 
THE COURTHOUSE 
DEFENDING IT 
FROM ALMOST TWO 
MONTHS OF DAILY 
ATTACKS FOR 
PEOPLE MARCHING 
TO THE COURT, 
TRYING TO GAIN 
ENTRANCE AND 
HAVE SET FIRES, 
THROWN THINGS, 
USE EXPLOSIVES 
AND INJURED 
POLICE, 
INCLUDING JUST 
THIS PAST 
WEEKEND PERHAPS 
PERMANENTLY 
BLINDING THREE 
FEDERAL OFFICERS 
WITH LASERS. 
WE ARE ON THE 
DEFENSE CAN WE 
ARE NOT OUT 
LOOKING FOR 
TROUBLE. 
IF THE STATE AND 
THE CITY WOULD 
PROVIDE A LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
SERVICE AND 
OTHER 
JURISDICTIONS DO 
WE WOULD HAVE NO 
NEED TO HAVE 
ADDITIONAL 
MARSHALS IN THE 
COURTHOUSE.
>> ON BEHALF OF 
HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS 
AMERICAN, THANK 
YOU FOR THE 
CLARIFICATION 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR BEING HERE 
AND THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR SERVICE 
TODAY. 
YOUR WILLINGNESS 
TO DO THIS VERY 
CHALLENGING 
TIMES, MR. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, WE ARE 
APPRECIATIVE. 
IT'S NOT AN EASY 
JOB IT IS 
VITALLY 
IMPORTANT. 
I APPRECIATE 
WHAT YOU SAID IN 
YOUR OPENING 
STATEMENT WHICH 
IS IN YOUR 
HEARING, THEY 
HAVE A UNIQUE 
OBLIGATION, HE 
HOLDS THE FAIR 
AND IMPARTIAL 
ADMINISTRATION 
OF JUSTICE, WE 
APPRECIATE THAT 
SO MUCH. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
HAVE ASSERTED 
AND THEY 
CONTINUE TO SAY 
IN THE MEDIA 
THAT UNDER YOUR 
LEADERSHIP, THE 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
BECOME HIGHLY 
POLITICIZED. 
WHY IS THAT A 
TOTALLY 
UNFOUNDED 
ALLEGATION?>> 
ACTUALLY COME 
WHAT I'VE BEEN 
TRYING TO DO IS 
RESTORE THE RULE 
OF LAW, THE RULE 
OF LAW IS IN 
ESSENCE, THAT WE 
HAVE ONE RULE 
FOR EVERYBODY 
BUT IF YOU APPLY 
RULE TWO A, IT 
APPLIES TO B. 
AND WE DIDN'T 
HAVE THAT, WE 
HAVE STRAYED 
FROM THE. 
I WOULD JUST ASK 
PEOPLE, 
SUPPOSEDLY, 
PUNISHING THE 
PRESIDENTS 
ENEMIES AND 
HELPING HIS 
FRIENDS. 
WHAT ENEMIES 
HAVE I INDICTED? 
WHO, COULD YOU 
POINT TO ONE 
INDICTMENT THAT 
HAS BEEN UNDER 
THE DEPARTMENT 
THAT YOU FEEL IS 
UNMERITED?  
THAT YOU FEEL 
VIOLATES THE 
RULE OF LAW?  
ONE INDICTMENT, 
NOW. 
YOU SAY I HELPED 
THE PRESIDENTS 
FRIENDS. 
THE CASES THAT 
ARE CITED, THE 
STONE CASE AND 
THE FLYNN CASE 
ARE BOTH CASES 
WHERE I 
DETERMINED THAT 
SOME 
INTERVENTION WAS 
NECESSARY TO 
RECTIFY THE RULE 
OF LAW AND MAKE 
SURE PEOPLE ARE 
TREATED THE 
SAME. 
STONE WAS 
PROSECUTED UNDER 
ME. 
AND I SAID ALL 
ALONG I THOUGHT 
THAT WAS A 
RIGHTEOUS 
PROSECUTION BUT 
I THOUGHT HE 
SHOULD GO TO 
JAIL. 
AND I THOUGHT 
THE JUDGES 
SENTENCE WAS 
CORRECT. 
BUT THE LINE 
PROSECUTORS WERE 
TRYING TO 
ADVOCATE FOR A 
SENTENCE THAT 
WAS MORE THAN 
TWICE WHAT 
ANYONE ELSE IN A 
SIMILAR POSITION 
HAD EVER SERVED 
AND THIS IS A 67-
YEAR-OLD MAN, 
FIRST-TIME 
OFFENDER, NO 
VIOLENCE. 
THEY WERE TRYING 
TO PUT HIM IN 
JAIL FOR 7 TO 9 
YEARS. 
I WASN'T GOING 
TO ADVOCATE FOR 
THAT BECAUSE 
THAT IS NOT THE 
RULE OF LAW THAT 
I AGREE THE 
PRESIDENTS 
FRIENDS DON'T 
DESERVE SPECIAL 
BREAKS. 
BUT THEY DON'T 
DESERVE TO BE 
TREATED MORE 
HARSHLY THAN 
OTHER PEOPLE BUT 
SOMETIMES THAT'S 
A DIFFICULT 
DECISION TO 
MAKE, ESPECIALLY 
WHEN YOU KNOW 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE CASTIGATED 
FOR IT. 
BUT THAT IS WHAT 
THE RULE OF LAW 
IS A MESS WITH 
FAIRNESS TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL 
ULTIMATELY COMES 
DUE. 
BEING WILLING TO 
DO WHAT IS FAIR 
TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL.>> 
AMEN AND THANK 
YOU FOR THAT. 
BY CONTRAST WITH 
THE PREVIOUS DOJ 
DID  WAS 
POLITICIZE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THE OBAMA BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION 
SABOTAGED THE 
TRUMP 
TRANSITION, 
ILLEGALLY SPIED 
AND UNMASKED 
MEMBER OF THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
EMPLOYED 
AGGRESSIVE 
TACTICS. 
SENIOR FBI 
OFFICIALS WE ALL 
KNOW AND THIS 
COMMITTEE 
CARRIED OVER 
FROM THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION, 
CARRIED ON THEIR 
ABUSES INTO THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND TO THE WHOLE 
IMPEACHMENT 
SCAMS AND THE 
REST. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
ONE QUESTION 
BECAUSE MY TIME 
IS RUNNING OUT. 
PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ERIC 
HOLDER REFERRED 
TO HIMSELF AS 
PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S WING 
MAN. 
HE SAID IN AN 
INTERVIEW, I'M 
ENJOYING WHAT 
I'M DOING AND 
THERE IS WORK TO 
BE DONE IT ON 
THE PRESIDENTS 
WING MAN SO I'M 
THERE WITH MY 
BOY. 
THAT'S WHAT HE 
SAID FAMOUSLY IS 
IT THE DUTY OF 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL TO BE 
THE WING MAN?>> 
I'VE ALREADY 
DESCRIBED WHAT I 
THINK THE DUTY 
OF THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL IS.>> 
AND THEN YOU ARE 
FREE TO ACT 
INDEPENDENTLY OF 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
THAT TRUE?>> 
TRUE ON CRIMINAL 
CASES IT IS 
REQUIRED.>> 
THAT'S WHAT HE 
HAS ASKED YOU TO 
DO?>> YES.>> 
YOUR TIME IS 
EXPIRED.>> THANK 
YOU, MR. 
CHAIRMAN. 
IT IS OBVIOUS, 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, FROM 
THE VIDEO 
PLAYED, IT IS 
CLEAR THAT THE 
PRESIDENT 
PLAYBOOK IS 
HAPPENING FROM 
THE CATASTROPHIC 
FAILURE IN 
DEALING WITH THE 
COVID-19 
SITUATION.  
THEY COUNTRY TO 
THE NORTH, 
CANADA, THEY 
WON'T LET PEOPLE 
GO OUT AND GET 
INFECTED BUT IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES, MILLIONS 
OF AMERICANS 
HAVE BEEN 
INFECTED, TENS 
OF THOUSANDS ARE 
DYING AND THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO DIVERT FROM 
THAT FAILURE. 
THERE IS 
VIOLENCE THAT HE 
MUST SEND IN 
FEDERAL TROOPS 
OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, SHOULD 
BE AFRAID OF 
OTHER AMERICANS 
AND TRUST THIS 
PRESIDENT 
BECAUSE HE IS 
GOING TO SEND IN 
TROOPS TO 
AMERICAN CITIES. 
AND THAT'S HOW 
HE HOPES TO WIN 
THE ELECTION. 
IT IS ONE THING 
TO FIGHT CRIME, 
THAT INVOLVES 
THE CORPORATIONS 
OF STATE AND 
LOCAL OFFICIALS 
WITH THE 
GOVERNOR OF 
OREGON AND THE 
MAYOR OF 
PORTLAND HAVE 
ASKED THE TROOPS 
LEAVE BECAUSE 
THE REACTIONS 
HAS ACTUALLY 
BEEN IN REVERSE 
PROPORTION, 
PEOPLE ARE 
SHOWING THAT 
BECAUSE THE 
TROOPS ARE 
THERE. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
SAY, I WOULD SAY 
MOST OF THEM ARE 
NONVIOLENT AND 
WE'VE ALL HEARD 
ABOUT THE WALL 
OF MOMS WHO SHOW 
UP TO MAKE SURE 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAFE AND HERE IS 
WHAT THEY SAY. 
THEY SAY THEY 
HAVE BEEN TEAR 
GRASSED NIGHT 
AFTER NIGHT, 
LEFT VOMITING 
AND SHOT AT WITH 
BEANBAGS, PEPPER 
SPRAY. 
SO THIS 
BRUTALITY HAS 
CREATED EVEN 
MORE 
DEMONSTRATORS. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
ASK YOU THIS, 
WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT ISSUES 
AN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER, THEY 
INDICATED YOUR 
DEPARTMENT 
SHOULD 
PRIORITIZE 
INVESTIGATIONS. 
HAS YOUR 
DEPARTMENT 
STARTED ANY 
INVESTIGATIONS 
TO THE EXECUTIVE 
ORDERS OF THE 
PRESIDENT 
ISSUED? 
>> WHICH 
EXECUTIVE ORDER? 
>> THE EXECUTIVE 
ORDER THAT ASKS 
FOR THE 
DEPLOYMENT OF 
TROOPS TO 
PROTECT THE 
MONUMENTS AND 
FEDERAL 
FACILITIES. 
>> YES. 
I WOULDN'T SAY 
IT WAS TROOPS 
BUT, WE HAVE 
INITIATED 
INVESTIGATIONS, 
YES. 
WE'VE MADE 
ARRESTS. 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE BEEN 
RIOTING AND 
TAKEN DOWN 
STATUES. 
BUT, I THINK THE 
MISCHARACTERIZATION 
OF PORTLAND IS 
FALSE.>> I WOULD 
LIKE IF WE COULD 
GET INTO THAT 
BUT I WOULD LIKE 
TO ASK YOU A 
QUESTION ABOUT 
THE ASSAILANTS. 
WE HAVE A REPORT 
THAT STINGRAYS 
OR DIRT BOXES 
ARE USED TO 
COLLECT PHONE 
CALL LOCATIONS 
AND EVEN SPYING 
ON PHONE CALLS. 
WITH FACIAL 
RECOGNITION WITH 
CELL PHONES AND 
THERE IS 
COLLECTIONS OF 
INTERNET 
BROWSING 
HISTORY. 
WHAT SPECIFIC 
AUTHORITY IS THE 
DEPARTMENT USING 
FOR SURVEILLANCE 
TOOLS?>> I CAN 
SPEAK TO THOSE 
INSTANCES IF 
THEY IN FACT 
OCCURRED. 
I'M GLAD TO GO 
TO DETERMINE 
WHAT YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT.>> 
I AM TALKING 
ABOUT 
AUTHORITY.>> I 
THINK THE MOST 
OF THE CYBER 
ACTIVITIES ARE 
CONDUCTED BY THE 
FBI UNDER THEIR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
HOURS, TO DETECT 
AND PREVENT 
CRIME. 
FEDERAL CRIME. 
>> I THINK THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC 
SHOULD KNOW THAT 
THIS 
SURVEILLANCE 
TECHNIQUE IS NOT 
JUST ABOUT 
PEOPLE IN FRONT 
OF THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
THE HUSBAND AND 
WIFE COLLEGE 
OTHER AND ONE OF 
THE SPOUSES HAS 
A CELL PHONE. 
OF ONE OF THESE 
TECHNO, NOT ONLY 
THE LOCATION. 
THE CONVERSATION 
CAN BE SCOOPED 
UP USING THIS 
KNOWLEDGE. 
SO CLEARLY JUST 
ISN'T ABOUT THE 
DEMONSTRATION. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
THE PRIVACY OF 
ALL AMERICANS. 
AND IT'S ALL 
BEING VIOLATED 
CREATING SCENES, 
CREATING 
REASONS, DIVERT 
ATTENTION FROM 
THE COVID 
FAMILY. 
I THINK IT'S 
REALLY 
UNFORTUNATE AS A 
SERVICE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
>> POINT OF 
ORDER. 
>> GENTLEMAN 
YIELDS BACK. 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, 
POINT OF ORDER 
REAL QUICK. 
>> GENTLEMAN, 
STATE HIS POINT 
OF ORDER. 
>> COULD YOU ASK 
THOSE WHO CHOOSE 
NOT TO COME TO 
WORK, TO SILENCE 
THEIR CELL 
PHONES? 
IT'S DISTRACTING 
TO WHAT WE'RE 
DOING HERE 
TODAY. 
>> THAT IS NOT A 
POINT OF ORDER. 
I RECOGNIZE MR. 
CHAPMAN. 
>> MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, WOULD 
IT BE ACCURATE 
TO SAY THAT IT'S 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
RESPONSIBILITY, 
AND, OF COURSE, 
YOU'RE PART OF 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION, 
TO SEE THAT 
FEDERAL LAWS ARE 
UPHELD AND THAT 
THE FEDERAL 
PROPERTY IS 
SECURE AND SAFE 
AND PROTECTED? 
IS THAT CORRECT? 
>> THAT'S RIGHT, 
CONGRESSMAN. 
THERE'S SORT OF 
DISTINCT 
MISSIONS. 
ONE MISSION IS 
TO ENFORCE 
FEDERAL LAW. 
AND BY THE WAY, 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS 
THE SOVEREIGN OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
WE HAVE TWO 
SOVEREIGNS HERE. 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
AND WE ENFORCE 
THE FEDERAL LAW 
ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
EVERY SQUARE 
FOOT OF THE 
COUNTRY, WE 
ENFORCE FEDERAL 
LAW. 
AND THE OTHER IS 
PREDICTING 
PROPERTY. 
AND THE NEXT IS 
U.S. 
COURTHOUSES, 
WHICH IS THE 
HEART OF THE 
PROPERTY IN ALL 
93 
JURISDICTIONS. 
UNITED STATES. 
WE HAVE THE 
OBLIGATION TO 
PROTECT FEDERAL 
COURTS AND THE 
U.S. MARSHALS 
SPECIFICALLY, 
HAVE BEEN GIVEN 
THAT OBLIGATION. 
FEDERAL COURTS 
ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
SINCE WHEN IS IT 
OKAY TO TRY TO 
BURN DOWN A 
FEDERAL COURT? 
IF SOMEONE WENT 
DOWN THE STREET 
TO THE COURT 
HERE, THAT 
BEAUTIFUL 
COURTHOUSE HERE, 
RIGHT AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE 
HILL AND STARTED 
BREAKING WINDOWS 
AND FIRING 
INDUSTRIAL-GRADE 
FIREWORKS AND TO 
START A FIRE, 
THROW KEROSENE 
BALLOONS IN AND 
START FIRES IN 
THE COURT. 
IS THAT OKAY? 
IS THAT OKAY 
NOW? 
NO. 
THE U.S. 
MARSHALS HAVE A 
DUTY TO STOP 
THAT AND DEFEND 
THE COURTHOUSE. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
WE ARE DOING IN 
PORTLAND. 
WE ARE AT THE 
COURTHOUSE, 
DEFENDING THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
WE'RE NOT OUT 
LOOKING FOR 
TROUBLE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
GENERAL. 
AND AS FAR AS 
WEAPONS AND 
DEVICES THAT 
WERE UTILIZED BY 
THE GROUP OF 
PEOPLE. 
AND YOU 
MENTIONED TRYING 
TO DESTROY THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
I MEAN, THEY 
WERE LITERALLY 
TRYING TO BURN 
IT DOWN. 
AND APPARENTLY 
DIDN'T GIVE A 
HOOT ABOUT THE 
PEOPLE THAT WERE 
OCCUPIED IN THE 
BUILDING AS 
WELL. 
SO PEOPLE ARE IN 
DANGER. 
THAT IS 
ABSOLUTELY 
RIGHT. 
SO 
AS FAR AS THE 
WEAPONS YOU 
MENTIONED, 
MY UNDERSTANDING 
IS THE PEOPLE 
ATTACKING THE 
BUILDING HAD, 
AMONG OTHER 
THINGS, RIFLES, 
EXPLOSIVES, 
KNIVES, SAWS, 
SLEDGEHAMMERS, 
TASERS, SLING 
SHOTS, ROCKS, 
BRICKS, LASERS. 
HAVE I MISSED 
ANYTHING? 
OR DOES THAT 
ABOUT COVER IT? 
>> YOU HAVE 
MISSED SOME 
THINGS BUT 
THAT'S A GOOD 
LIST. 
THEY HAVE THESE 
POWERFUL SLING 
SHOTS WITH BALL 
BEARINGS THAT 
THEY SHOOT, THEY 
HAVE FLUNG 
PROJECTILES THAT 
WE BELIEVE 
PENETRATED 
MARSHALLS TO THE 
BONE. 
AND THEY USED 
THE LASERS TO 
BLIND THE 
MARSHALLS. 
THEY DO START 
FIRES. 
THEY START 
FIRES, IF THEY 
CAN GET THE FIRE 
INSIDE. 
OR THROUGH THE 
WINDOWS. 
AND THEY START 
FIRES ALONG THE 
OUTSIDE OF THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
WHEN THE 
MARSHALS COME 
OUT, TO TRY TO 
DEAL WITH THE 
FIRE, THEY'RE 
ASSAULTED. 
>> ELIGIBLE 
GENERAL, IF 
LOCAL, ELECTED 
OFFICIALS, 
MAYORS, AND CITY 
COUNSELS AND 
GOVERNORS DID 
THEIR JOB AND 
KEPT THE PEACE, 
WOULD IT EVEN BE 
NECESSARY FOR 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL TO BE 
THERE IN THE 
FIRST PLACE? 
>> NO. 
AND THAT'S 
EXACTLY THE 
POINT. 
LOOK AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
EVEN WHERE THERE 
ARE THESE KINDS 
OF RIOTS 
OCCURRING, WE 
HAVEN'T HAD TO 
PUT IN THE KIND 
OF 
REINFORCEMENTS 
THAT WE HAVE IN 
PORTLAND BECAUSE 
THE STATE AND 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT DOES 
THEIR JOB AND 
ALLOW RIOTERS TO 
COME IN AND 
PHYSICALLY 
ASSAULT THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
IN PORTLAND, 
THAT'S NOT THE 
CASE. 
>> GENERAL, SOME 
HAVE DERICIVELY 
REFERRED TO 
THESE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL AS 
STORM TROOPERS 
AND WORSE. 
DOES THAT 
ACCURATELY 
DESCRIBE THEM OR 
WOULD YOU LIKE 
TO SET THE 
RECORD STRAIGHT? 
>> NO, NORMALLY, 
WE WOULD HAVE 
PEOPLE IN 
REGULAR SUIT AND 
TIE, THE DEPUTY 
MARSHALS AS THE 
PROTECTIVE FORCE 
FOR THE COURT. 
BUT AFTER ALMOST 
A MONTH OF 
RIOTING IN 
PORTLAND, WE 
SENT IN, I THINK 
IT WAS AROUND 
4th OF JULY TIME 
FRAME, ABOUT 20 
SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
MARSHALS. 
AND THOSE ARE 
TACTICAL TEAMS 
THAT ARE ABLE, 
YOU KNOW, PADDED 
AND PROTECTED, 
SO THEY COULD 
DEAL WITH THIS 
KIND OF THING. 
UP UNTIL LAST 
WEEK, I WAS TOLD 
WE HAD OUR STORM 
TROOPER FROM THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE, 
AMOUNTED TO 29 
MARSHALL -- 
MARSHALS IN THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
29 MARSHALS. 
AS RECENTLY 
INCREASED, I 
THINK THERE WERE 
95, I WAS TOLD. 
95D.H.S. 
FEDERAL 
PROTECTIVE 
SERVICE AND 
OTHER DHS 
OFFICERS TRYING 
TO PROTECT THE 
COURTHOUSE AND 
THREE OTHER 
BUILDINGS. 
THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE TRYING TO 
DO. 
WE'RE TRYING TO 
PROTECT FEDERAL 
FUNCTIONS AND 
FEDERAL 
BUILDINGS, WHICH 
ARE A VERY SMALL 
PART OF THE 
CITY. 
BUT THE RIOTERS 
GO AT THEM AND 
WE HAVE 
GRADUALLY TRIED 
TO INCREASE THE 
NUMBERS TO TRY 
TO PROTECT THOSE 
FACILITIES. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> IF THE STATE 
WOULD COME IN 
AND KEEP PEACE 
ON THE STREETS 
IN FRONT OF THE 
COURTHOUSE, WE 
WOULDN'T NEED 
ADDITIONAL 
PEOPLE AT THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
GENERAL. 
MY TIME IS 
EXPIRED. 
>> GENTLEMAN'S 
TIME HAS 
EXPIRED. 
MS. JACKSON LEE. 
>> I'D LIKE TO 
SUBMIT A PICTURE 
OF PROTESTS IN 
PORTLAND, AS 
UNANIMOUS 
CONSENT. 
PLACE THAT INTO 
THE RECORD. 
JOHN LEWIS IN 
1963 SAID, WE 
ARE TIRED ABOUT 
BEING BEAT BY 
POLICE, WE'RE 
TIRED OF BEING 
PUT IN JAIL. 
WE WANT OUR 
FREEDOM NOW. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL 
NYOURREMARKS, 
YOU INDICATED 
THAT WE MADE 
GREAT PROGRESS 
SINCE THAT TEAM 
TIME. 
AND YOU 
INDICATED THAT 
THE KILLING OF 
GEORGE FLOYD WAS 
SHOCKING. 
I DISAGREE. 
IT WAS OUTRIGHT 
COLD-BLOODED 
MURDER ON THE 
STREETS OF 
AMERICA, 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
BY POLICE 
MISCONDUCT. 
YOU SEEM TO HAVE 
A DIFFICULT TIME 
UNDERSTANDING 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
AND 
INSTITUTIONAL 
RACISM THAT HAS 
PLAGUED SO MANY. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, DO YOU 
UNDERSTAND A 
BLACK MOTHER'S 
OR PARENT'S TALK 
TO THEIR CHILD, 
TO THEIR SON? 
DO YOU THINK DO 
YOU KNOW WHAT 
THAT IS? 
>> I THINK THAT 
I DO. 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
IF YOU DO. 
BUT TRAVON 
MARTIN, AHMAUD 
ARBERY, BLACK 
MOTHERS AND 
FATHERS HAVE 
HAVE TO TALK TO 
THEIR SONS ABOUT 
POLICE VIOLENCE. 
I STOOD FOR GOOD 
POLICING NOT 
MISCONDUCT. 
SO I ASK YOU 
THIS QUESTION. 
DOES THE TRUMP 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT SEEK 
TO END SYSTEMIC 
RACISM AND 
RACISM IN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT? 
I JUST NEED A 
YES OR NO 
ANSWER. 
>> TO THE EXTENT 
THERE IS RACISM 
IN ANY 
INSTITUTIONS IN 
THIS COUNTRY AND 
TO POLICE, THEN 
OBVIOUSLY THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
WILL FULLY 
ENFORCE -- 
>> SO YOU AGREE 
THERE MAY BE 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
>> WHERE? 
>> LET ME 
CONTINUE MY LINE 
OF QUESTIONING. 
>> I DON'T AGREE 
THERE IS 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
IN THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT, 
SPECIFICALLY IN 
HAD COUNTRY. 
>> I'M 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME, GENERAL. 
SPECIFICALLY, DO 
YOU SUPPORT THE 
END PROFILING, 
RACIAL AND 
RELIGIOUS 
PROFILING IN THE 
GEORGE FLOYD 
BILL, INCLUDING 
THE REMOVAL OF 
THE STRICT 
INTERPRETATION 
OF QUALIFIED 
IMMUNITY, WHICH 
WOULD LEAVE 
INDIVIDUALS LIKE 
BREONA TAYLOR, 
AND GEORGE 
FLOYD, WITHOUT 
ANY RELIEF AT 
ALL? 
>> NO. 
I'M OPPOSED TO 
ELIMINATING 
QUALIFIED 
IMMUNITY. 
AND I DON'T 
BELIEVE IT WOULD 
ALLEVIATE THE 
VICTIMS OF 
POLICE 
MISCONDUCT, 
WITHOUT ANY 
REMEDY. 
>> I'M 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
LET ME SHARE 
WITH YOU SOME 
ASPECTS OF 
PROFILING. 
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD 
FOUND THAT 15% 
MADE UP THE 
BLACK 
POPULATION, AND 
ONLY 9% OF THE 
POLICE. 
IN ADDITION, WE 
HAVE SEEN THAT 
BLACK MEN ARE 
TWICE AS LIKELY 
TO BE STOPPED 
AND SEARCHED. 
HISPANIC 
DRIVERS, 65% TO 
RECEIVE A 
TICKET. 
AND NATIVE 
AMERICANS IN 
ARIZONA, THREE 
TIMES MORE 
LIKELY TO SEARCH 
AND BE STOPPED. 
LET ME ASK YOU 
THE QUESTIONS OF 
HOW WE RESPOND 
TO THAT. 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
MANY TOOLS AT 
ITS DISPOSAL TO 
REDUCE POLICE 
VIOLENCE. 
A PRACTICE TO 
END BAD POLICING 
AND POLICE 
VIOLENCE. 
IT ADDRESSES 
POLICE VIOLENCE 
AT AN 
INSTITUTION 
LEVEL, RATHER 
THAN JUST FOCUS 
ON ACUTE CASES. 
IF YOU 
UNDERSTAND THAT, 
THEN WHY HAS 
YOUR DEPARTMENT 
ONLY PURSUED ONE 
PRACTICE 
INVESTIGATION 
SINCE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP TOOK 
OFFICE THAT 
COULD STOP 
SYSTEMIC RACISM? 
>> THE -- IF YOU 
READ MY 
STATEMENT OR 
LISTENED TO MY 
STATEMENT, I DID 
SPECIFICALLY 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 
THERE WAS A 
DIFFICULTY IN 
THIS COUNTRY 
WITH THE AFRICAN 
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY. 
>> MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, I HAVE 
SHORT TIME. 
>> I HAVE NOT -- 
>> DONE A 
PATTERN IN 
PRACTICE. 
WHAT WAS THE 
REASON? 
>> AND YOU ASKED 
ME WHAT I 
THOUGHT THE 
RESPONSE WAS. 
I THOUGHT THE 
RESPONSE TO THIS 
IS, IN FACT, THE 
TRAINING OF 
POLICE. 
AND I THINK THE 
POLICE BELIEVE 
THAT THAT'S A 
RESPONSE. 
I WAS TALKING TO 
A BLACK -- 
>> THEN LET ME 
CONTINUE. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, I WANT 
TO RESPECT YOU 
BUT I HAVE A 
SHORT TIME. 
YOU, FOR 
EXAMPLE, 18 U.S. 
C SECTION 242 
WHICH MAKES 
UNLAWFUL THE 
DENIAL OF RIGHTS 
UNDER THE COLOR 
OF LAW. 
CAN YOU DENY THE 
FACT THAT IN THE 
FIRST SEVERAL 
MONTHS IN 2020, 
FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS 
FILED ONLY 242 
CHARGES IN JUST 
27 CASES IN THE 
TRUMP D.O.J., 
AND WERE YOU 
AWARE THAT IN 
FY2019, FEDERAL 
PROSECUTORS 
BROUGHT TWO 
SECTION 242 
CHARGES IN JUST 
49 CASES IN THE 
UNITED STATES? 
AND ARE YOU 
AWARE OF HOW 
MANY CASES WE'VE 
HAD, 184,274, 
WHICH MEANS IN 
FY2019, ONLY 
ABOUT 27 OUT OF 
EVERY 100,000 
PROSECUTIONS WAS 
RELATED TO 
SECTION 242 
CHARGES. 
DO YOU HAVE A 
REASON FOR THAT? 
>> YEAH. 
YES, I DO. 
I WILL GET TO 
THE NUMBERS ON 
IT. 
I DON'T KNOW 
THEM OFF THE TOP 
OF MY HEAD. 
BUT ACTUALLY, 
THE CRIMINAL 
PROSS 
ACCUSATIONS 
UNDER 2ION AND 
242 ARE 
EXTREMELY 
STRONG. 
BUT AT THE 
BEGINNING OF 
THIS YEAR, VERY 
FEW 
JURISDICTIONS 
HAD GRAND JURIES 
THAT WERE OPEN. 
NO GRAND JURY. 
>> I THINK SO 
THE REASON IS IT 
WAS REALLY 
SKINNY WAS NOT 
YOUR FOCUS. 
YOUR FOCUS WAS 
MORE TO LET OUT 
FRIENDS LIKE 
ROGER STONE AND 
PAUL MAN FORT, 
WHILE TAMIR 
RICE, WHOSE CASE 
HAS NOT BEEN 
TAKEN UP, WAS 
PLAYING WITH A 
TOY GUN, WAS 
KILLED BY POLICE 
AT AGE 12. 
BREONA TAYLOR 
WAS SLEEPING IN 
HER APARTMENT 
WHEN SHE WAS 
KILLED BY POLICE 
AT AGE 26. 
AND RASHARD 
BROOKS WAS 
KILLED JUST FOR 
SLEEPING IN HIS 
CAR IN A WENDY'S 
PARKING LOT. 
AND GEORGE 
FLOYD, FROM 
HOUSTON, TEXAS, 
KNOWN AS A 
HUMBLE MAN, WAS 
KILLED IN THE 
STREETS, IN 
MINNEAPOLIS, 
CRYING "I CAN'T 
BREATHE." 
I WOULD HOPE THE 
D.O.J. 
WOULD FOCUS ON 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
THERE IS GOOD 
POLICING. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
WE NEED YOU TO 
JOIN US ON MR. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AND TO RECOGNIZE 
THAT 
INSTITUTIONAL 
RACISM DOES 
EXIST, AND UNTIL 
WE ACCEPT THAT, 
WE WILL NOT 
FINISH OUR JOB 
AND REACH THE 
GOALS AND 
ASPIRATIONS OF 
OUR LATE, ICONIC 
JOHN LEWIS. 
WITH THAT, I 
YIELD BACK. 
>> GENERAL LADY 
YIELDS BACK. 
MR. GOMER. 
>> ATTORNEY 
GENERAL BARR, WE 
HAVE BEEN 
HEARING ABOUT 
THESE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS IN 
MAJOR CITIES 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
CONTROLLED BY 
DEMOCRATIC 
MAYORS AND CITY 
COUNCILS. 
YOU'VE HAD A LOT 
OF EXPERIENCE. 
HAVE YOU EVER 
SEEN SO MANY 
PEOPLE HURT, 
INJURED AND 
KILLED AT 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS IN YOUR 
LIFE? 
>> I HAVEN'T 
SEEN IT, NO. 
NOT AT A 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
OBVIOUSLY, AS 
I'VE SAID FROM 
THE BEGINNING, 
THESE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS IN MANY 
PLACES ARE BEING 
HIJACKED BY A 
VERY HARD-CORE 
OF 
INVESTIGATORS, 
VIOLENT 
INSTIGATORS. 
AND THEY BECOME 
VERY VIOLENT AND 
THEIR PRIMARY IS 
TO INJURY 
POLICE. 
POLICE 
CASUALTIES FAR 
EXCEED ANYTHING 
ON THE 
CIVILIANS. 
>> WEREN'T THERE 
ONLY 50 POLICE 
INJURED IN 
CHICAGO JUST IN 
RECENT DAYS? 
AND NOW, I'M 
HEARING THIS 
ALLEGATION THIS 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS HELPING 
SPREAD 
CORONAVIRUS, 
COVID-19. 
AND YET THESE 
ARE SOME OF THE 
SAME PEOPLE THAT 
JUST CASTIGATED 
THE PRESIDENT 
FOR SHUTTING 
DOWN TRAVEL FROM 
THE LOCATION 
WHERE THE VIRUS 
WAS COMING FROM. 
AND NOW, SOME 
SEEM MORE 
INTERESTED IN 
DEFENDING THE 
CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY 
THAN THEY ARE 
OUR OWN COUNTRY. 
BUT WHAT 
OCCURRED TO ME, 
HEARING THIS 
ALLEGATION ABOUT 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
HELPING SPREAD 
COVID, WOULD IT 
BE A GOOD IDEA 
THEN, PERHAPS IF 
THAT'S THE BIG 
CONCERN HERE, 
THAT MAYBE THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
SHOULD SHUT DOWN 
THE PROTEST 
DURING THIS 
COVID-19 SPREAD, 
SO THAT WE CAN 
SATISFY OUR 
COLLEAGUES THAT 
YOU'RE DOING 
MORE TO STOP IT? 
HAS THAT EVER 
BEEN A 
CONSIDERATION? 
>> NO. 
I'VE NEVER 
CONSIDERED THAT. 
>> WELL, IT 
WOULD APPARENTLY 
STOP SOME OF THE 
ALLEGATIONS 
BEING THROWN 
HERE. 
NOW, I KNOW YOU 
KNOW HISTORY. 
GOING BACK TO 
1917, THE 
BOLSHEVIK 
REVOLUTION, THE 
MAO REVOLUTION. 
SOME OF THESE 
TACTICS WE'RE 
SEEING ARE NOT 
NEW. 
TRYING TO GET 
EVEN DAVID 
HOROWITZ, WHO I 
INTRODUCED ONCE 
TIME AS A FORMER 
SOCIALIST, HE 
SAID, NO, I WAS 
A FULL-BLOWN 
COMMUNIST, BUT 
HE POINTED OUT 
HE STARTED 
LOOKING AWAY 
FROM THE GROUP 
THAT HE WAS IN, 
BECAUSE HE SAW 
THEY WERE 
INTERESTED IN 
TRYING TO 
PROVOKE THE 
POLICE TO KILL 
SOMEBODY SO THAT 
THEY COULD 
REALLY CREATE 
MAYHEM. 
YOU'RE FAMILIAR 
WITH NATACTIC BY 
MARXISTS, ARE 
YOU NOT? 
>> YES. 
>> IT IS A 
DANGEROUS TIME. 
WELL, LET ME ASK 
YOU. 
I KNOW YOU KNOW 
THAT U.S. 
ATTORNEYS ARE 
SUPPOSED TO 
SERVE AT THE 
PLEASURE OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
YOU KNOW, BILL 
CLINTON FIRED 93 
U.S. ATTORNEYS 
ON THE SAME DAY. 
DO YOU KNOW WHAT 
MADE U.S. 
ATTORNEY BERMAN 
THINK THAT HE 
WAS THE 
EXCEPTION WHO 
DID NOT SERVE AT 
THE PLEASURE OF 
THE PRESIDENT? 
WHAT CAUSED HIM 
TO THINK HE 
OWNED THAT 
POSITION? 
>> I THINK PART 
OF IT WAS HE 
SEEMS TO HAVE 
HAD THE VIEW 
THAT BECAUSE HE 
WAS COURT-
APPOINTED, AND 
THERE IS A 
PROVISION IN LAW 
FOR COURT 
APPOINTMENT OF A 
U.S. ATTORNEY AS 
ESSENTIALLY A 
PLACEHOLDER 
UNTIL THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
GETS SOMEBODY, 
THAT HE FELT HE 
COULD NOT BE 
REMOVED BY THE 
PRESIDENT. 
BECAUSE HE WAS 
COURT-APPOINTED. 
AND THAT'S NOT 
CORRECT. 
>> AND SOME 
JUDGES FAILED TO 
KNOW WHAT MY 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
LAW PROFESSOR 
KNEW, AND THAT 
IS THAT ALL 
COURTS, FEDERAL 
COURTS, EXCEPT 
ONE, HOLD THEIR 
EXISTENCE AND 
CONTINUATION IN 
JURISDICTION TO 
THE U.S. 
CONGRESS. 
HOPEFULLY MR. 
BERMAN WILL 
FIGURE THAT OUT 
AT SOME POINT. 
IS BROOKS STILL 
WORKING FOR THE 
FBI? 
>> HE WORKS FOR 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE. 
>> WE HAVE HEARD 
SO MUCH 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT HIS 
BASICALLY BEING 
THE GO-BETWEEN 
BETWEEN THE 
D.N.C., THE 
CLINTON 
CAMPAIGN, FUSION 
GPS, CHRISTOPHER 
STEEL, THE 
RUSSIAN 
PROPAGANDA THAT 
WERE 
INCORPORATED 
INTO HIS 
DOSSIER. 
AND I KNOW 
CLIERN SMITH, 
CHRISTOPHER WRAY 
INDICATED HE HAD 
BEEN GIVEN THE 
CHANCE TO 
RESIGN, GO FOR A 
BETTER JOB. 
I'M WONDERING 
HOW LONG BRUCE 
ORR IS GOING TO 
BE STAY WHERE HE 
IS. 
IT'S INCREDIBLE 
TO ME THAT HE'S 
STILL THERE. 
>> I CAN'T TALK 
ABOUT INDIVIDUAL 
PERSONNEL 
MATTERS. 
>> WELL, THANK 
YOU FOR YOUR 
SERVICE. 
I AM SORRY FOR 
THE ABUSE YOU'VE 
TAKEN WHEN 
YOU'RE JUST 
TRYING TO DO 
YOUR JOB. 
APPRECIATE IT 
VERY MUCH. 
I YIELD BACK. 
>> THE 
GENTLEMAN'S TIME 
HAS EXPIRED. 
THE CHAIR 
RECOGNIZES THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM 
TENNESSEE FOR 
FIVE MINUTES. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MADAM CHAIR. 
>> MR. BARR, I'M 
ON THE 
CONSTITUTION OF 
CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
CIVIL RESIDENT 
LIBERTIES. 
PERSONALLY, I'D 
LIKE TO ASK YOU 
TO WORK WITH US. 
AND ALLOW ERIC 
DRYBAND TO 
TESTIFY BEFORE 
THIS COMMITTEE 
THIS FALL. 
>> I'LL TALK TO 
HIM ABOUT IT. 
>> WILL YOU 
ENCOURAGE HIM? 
>> I'LL TALK TO 
HIM ABOUT IT. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
I'VE CLOSELY 
WATCHED ACTIONS 
TAKEN BY THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
LAFAYETTE PARK 
IN JUNE. 
AND CURRENTLY IN 
PORTLAND, 
OREGON. 
ACCORDING TO A 
D.O.J. 
DOCUMENT 
RECEIVED BY THIS 
COMMITTEE, 1500 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
FROM 10 
DIFFERENT 
AGENCIES WERE 
DEPLOYED TO 
CONFRONT 
PROTESTORS IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
AT LAFAYETTE 
PARK, LONG 
HONORED AS A 
PLACE OF PROTEST 
IN OUR NATION'S 
CAPITAL, ON THE 
FIRST DAY OF 
JUNE, THE WORLD 
WATCHED IN 
HORROR AS AGENTS 
DEPLOYED BY THE 
FEDERAL 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND YOU PRESENT, 
TELLING THEM TO 
GET IT DONE. 
USING FORCE SO 
YOU AND OTHERS 
AT YOUR SIDE 
COULD WALK 
ACROSS THE PARK 
AND HAVE A PHOTO 
OP IN FRONT OF 
THE CHURCH. 
THIS WAS AN 
ANATHEMA TO THE 
CHURCH. 
GIVEN THE TIMING 
AND THE 
COORDINATED 
ATTACK AGAINST 
THE PEACEFUL 
DEMONSTRATORS, 
IT STRAINS 
PURDUALITY THAT 
THIS WAS NOT 
PLANNED FOR USE 
OF POLITICAL 
PURPOSES. 
AND JUST 
YESTERDAY, MAJOR 
DIMARCO 
TESTIFIED TO 
ANOTHER 
COMMITTEE OF 
CONGRESS THAT 
THE PROTESTORS 
WERE PEACEFUL. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
THE MAJORITY OF 
PEOPLE HAVE 
SAID, AND THE 
RESPONSE WAS 
EXCESSIVE. 
WHEN DID YOU 
FIRST LEARN THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
PLANNED TO WALK 
THROUGH THE PARK 
AND GO TO ST. 
JOHN'S CHURCH? 
>> FIRST, I'D 
LIKE TO RESPOND 
TO -- 
>> WOULD YOU 
PLEASE ANSWER MY 
QUESTION? 
MY TIME IS 
LIMITED. 
>> I LEARNED 
SOMETIME IN THE 
AFTERNOON THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
MIGHT COME OUT 
OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
AND THEN LATER 
IN THE 
AFTERNOON, I 
HEARD THAT HE 
MIGHT GO OVER TO 
THE CHURCH. 
>> SO IT WAS 
ABSOLUTELY 
NECESSARY THE 
PARK BE CLEARED 
-- 
>> THAT HAD 
NOTHING TO DO 
WITH THAT. 
THE PLAN TO MOVE 
-- 
>> MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, IT WAS 
NECESSARY THAT 
THE PARK BE 
CLEARED AND IT 
WAS DONE. 
AND YOU SAID 
"GET IT DONE." 
I HAVE THE TIME. 
THANK YOU. 
IN PORTLAND, 
WE'VE SEEN 
MOTHERS AND 
VETERANS WHO 
WERE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTING, NOT 
THREATENING THE 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSE, 
BEATEN AND 
GASSED, 
UNIDENTIFIED 
ARMED FEDERAL 
AGENTS VIOLENTLY 
ATTACKED 
DEMONSTRATORS IN 
VIOLATION OF THE 
FREEDOM OF 
ASSEMBLY AND 
VIOLATION OF 
FOURTH AMENDMENT 
PROTECTIONS 
AGAINST 
UNREASONABLE 
SEARCHES AND 
SEIZURES IN A 
WARRANT 
REQUIREMENT. 
YOU'VE GONE 
THROUGH THE 
FIFTH AMENDMENT 
AND JUST NEGATED 
IT. 
IN THE TENTH 
AMENDMENT, WHICH 
LEADS GENERAL 
POLICING TO LAW 
ENFORCEMENT TO 
THE STATE HAS 
BEEN FORGOTTEN. 
MAYBE WHAT 
HAPPENED WAS 
YOUR SECRET 
POLICE WERE 
POORLY TRAINED 
JUST LIKE YOUR 
BUREAU OF PRISON 
GUARDS WERE 
POORLY TRAINED 
AND ALLOWED THE 
MOST NOTORIOUS 
INMATE IN OUR 
RECENT HISTORY, 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 
TO COMMIT 
SUICIDE. 
SAD. 
YOU MISLED 
CONGRESS AND 
PEOPLE ABOUT 
SPECIAL FINDINGS 
WITH YOUR QUOTE 
SUMMARY IN YOUR 
REPORT. 
IT WAS ISSUED 
ABOUT A MONTH 
BEFORE YOU 
RELEASED THE 
REDACTED PORTION 
OF THE MUELLER 
REPORT. 
BUT YOU SET THE 
STAGE. 
SET THAT THE 
SPECIAL COUNSEL 
OBJECTED TO THE 
ACCURACY AND HOW 
IT WAS REPORTED 
TO THE PRESS AND 
WHAT YOU SAID. 
AND FEDERAL 
JUDGE REGGIE 
WALTON, 
APPOINTED BY 
GEORGE W. BUSH, 
DECLARED THAT 
YOUR RULING WAS 
NOT RIGHT. 
AND ATTEMPT TO 
NULLIFY THE 
DISCLOSURE. 
THIS COMMITTEE 
STILL DOES NOT 
HAVE THE 
UNREDACTED 
MUELLER REPORT. 
AMERICA HAS NOT 
SEEN THE 
UNREDACTED 
MUELLER REPORT. 
YOUR EXCUSE NO 
LONGER EXISTS 
BECAUSE THE 
ONGOING CASES 
HAVE BEEN 
COMPLETED OR 
COMMUTED OR 
FINISHED. 
OTHER ATTORNEY 
GENERALS WORK 
WITH THIS 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE TO SEE 
THAT THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC 
AND THAT THE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE HAD 
UNREDACTED 
COPIES OF THAT 
REPORT. 
YOU HAVE NOT. 
YOU'VE GONE TO 
COURT TO STALL 
IT. 
THIS REPORT 
NEEDS TO BE 
GIVEN TO THIS 
COMMITTEE. 
AND MICHAEL 
COHEN, YOU'VE 
TREATED HIM 
DIFFERENTLY THAN 
MICHAEL FLYNN 
AND ROGER STONE. 
AND MICHAEL 
FLYNN, YOU'VE 
ATTEMPTED TO 
DISMISS THE 
CHARGES. 
EVEN AFTER HE 
TWICE PLED 
GUILTY. 
AND TO ROGER 
STONE, YOU WENT 
FURTHER. 
MR. BARR. 
JOHN LEWIS SAID 
TO US, IF NOT 
ME, WHO? 
IF NOT NOW, 
WHEN? 
THAT'S WHY I 
INTRODUCED H. 
RES1032, WHICH 
WOULD REQUIRE 
THIS COMMITTEE 
TO INVESTIGATE 
YOUR CONDUCT AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AND DETERMINE 
WHETHER YOU 
SHOULD BE 
IMPEACHED THAT 
IS MY 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
DUTY. 
YOU HAVE BACKED 
THE BALLOTS OF 
-- I YIELD BACK 
THE BALLOTS OF 
MY TIME. 
>> MAY I RESPOND 
TO THESE? 
>> I'M SORRY, 
WHAT DID YOU -- 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO SEEK 
RECOGNITION FOR 
UNANIMOUS 
CONSENT 
REQUESTS. 
>> YES. 
YOU'RE 
RECOGNIZED. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> I'D LIKE TO 
INTRODUCE FOR 
THE RECORD, A 
SLATE TITLE OF 
WHY TRUMP CHOSE 
PORTLAND, WHICH 
DESCRIBES THE 
HISTORY OF THE 
STATE AND THE 
PORTLAND POLICE 
BUREAU. 
I'D ALSO LIKE TO 
INTRODUCE FROM 
MARY CORD, WHO 
TALKS ABOUT THE 
DISINGENUOUS 
EFFORT. 
I'D LIKE TO 
INTRODUCE 
DESCRIBING THE 
POLITICAL 
INTERFERENCE IN 
THE ROGER STONE 
CASE AND WHY HE 
RESIGNED AND 
INTRODUCE A 
STATEMENT FROM 
OVER 2600 FORMER 
DOJ OFFICIALS 
CALLING FOR 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BARR'S 
RESIGNATION 
BECAUSE OF HIS 
ASSAULT ON THE 
LAW. 
AND A LETTER TO 
COMMIT FORMAL 
INQUIRIES AND 
PATTERNS OF 
CONDUCT BY 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BARR THAT 
THREATENS 
ADMINISTRATION 
OF JUSTICE AND 
FINALLY A LETTER 
FROM DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA'S MOST 
PROMINENT LAW 
PROFESSORS, 
INCLUDING FOUR 
PAST PRESIDENTS 
OF THE D.C. BAR, 
CALLING FOR 
ETHICS 
INVESTIGATION. 
WITH THAT, LAST 
BUT NOT LEAST, A 
LETTER FROM OVER 
80% OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF 
WASHINGTON LAW 
FACULTY, YOUR 
ALMA MATER, 
SAYING HIS 
ACTIONS POSE A 
CLEAR AND 
DANGEROUS THREAT 
IN THE 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
-- 
>> WITH THAT -- 
>> ONE MORE 
UNANIMOUS 
CONSENT REQUEST. 
>> GO AHEAD. 
THESE IS THE 
ARTICLE THAT 
JERRY NATLER 
SAYS ANTIFA 
VIOLENCE IN 
PORTLAND, OREGON 
IS A MYTH. 
>> WITH 
NAOBJECTION. 
MR. COLLINS AND 
RECOGNIZED FOR 
FIVE MINUTES. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MADAM. 
>> I'M BEGINNING 
TO THINK 
FRANKLY, THIS 
HASN'T COME OUT 
YET BUT YOU'RE 
PROBABLY THE 
CAUSE OF THE 
COMMON COLD AND 
POSSIBLY EVEN 
THE COVID-19. 
I'M NOT SURE AT 
THIS POINT. 
BECAUSE 
EVERYTHING ISING 
THROWN AT YOU. 
INCLUDING NOW, 
UNDOUBTEDLY, 
YOUR ALMA MATER 
DOESN'T LIKE YOU 
ANYMORE. 
WHERE HAVE WE 
COME? 
THE CHAIRMAN 
SAID SOMETHING 
EARLIER STUDY. 
HE SAID, WHY ALL 
THE DRAMA? 
THAT'S THE MOST 
IRONIC STATEMENT 
COMING FROM THIS 
COMMITTEE IN THE 
LAST 18 MONTHS 
THAT I'VE HEARD 
OF. 
THAT YOU'RE 
BRINGING UP 
THEDRAMA. 
WE'RE SEEMING TO 
CONTORT 
OURSELVES TO 
SHOW SOME WAY 
THAT YOU HAVE A 
NEFARIOUS 
MOTIVE. 
I BELIEVE LIKE 
SOME ON OUR SIDE 
NOW. 
THE BIGGEST 
PROBLEM YOU HAVE 
NOW IS TELLING 
THE TRUTH. 
I THINK THAT'S 
THE PROBLEM YOU 
HAVE, YOU'LL 
TELL THE TRUTH 
AND TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR YOUR 
ACTIONS. 
AND I THINK 
THAT'S WHY 
YOU'RE BEING 
ATTACKED. 
BUT I WANT TO 
CONTINUE ON 
THIS, QUOTE, 
PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
YOU MIGHT HAVE 
COMMENTED A 
SECOND AGO. 
BUT TELL ME 
ABOUT THE 
COURTHOUSE DOWN 
THE STREET. 
WHAT IF THEY 
DECIDED. 
DO YOU THINK 
THIS BODY WOULD 
RISE UP IF THEY 
DECIDED TO GO 
AND PAINT THE 
CAPITOL 
BUILDING? 
>> THIS BODY I'M 
NOT SURE. 
>> I THINK THIS 
SIDE WOULD. 
THIS OTHER SIDE, 
I'M NOT SO SURE. 
IT MAY BE A 
PEACEFUL PROTEST 
TO BURN DOWN THE 
CAPITOL. 
MAYBE WE'RE BACK 
TO 1812 AGAIN. 
THE OTHER 
QUESTION. 
STORM TROOPER 
COMMENTS ABOUT 
THE SPEAKER OF 
THE HOUSE. 
AND WE KNOW THAT 
IS A DECTD 
REFERENCE TO THE 
PAIR MILITARY 
WING OF THE NAZI 
PARTY. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THAT PUTS US IN 
DANGER AS A 
WHOLE. 
DON'T YOU THINK 
IT ENCOURAGES 
THE VIOLENCE 
WE'VE SEEN AND 
ENCOURAGES THE 
PARTICIPATION 
AGAINST THE 
POLICE? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
POSSIBLE. 
AND I THINK IT'S 
IRRESPONSIBLE TO 
CALL THESE 
FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS STORM 
TROOPER. 
>> AND WE'RE 
SEEING THAT 
PLAYED OUT OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN. 
LET'S SWITCH TO 
COMING THAT IS 
MORE FITTING 
HERE. 
WE'VE TALKED 
ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
AND ESPECIALLY 
GOING WITH 
FLYNN. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THERE WAS 
ACTUALLY A BASIS 
TO GO AFTER 
GENERAL FLYNN? 
I MEAN, WHAT 
WE'VE SEEN SO 
FAR. 
AND PETER STRZOK 
KEPT IT OPEN. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THERE WAS TO 
CONTINUE WITH 
IT? 
>> I WOULD JUST 
SAY, I ASKED 
ANOTHER U.S. 
ATTORNEY IN ST. 
LOUIS, WHO HAD 
10 YEARS IN THE 
FBI AND 10 YEARS 
IN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE, AS A 
CAREER 
PROSECUTOR TO 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
IT. 
AND HE 
DETERMINED BASED 
ON DOCUMENTS 
THAT HAD NOT 
BEEN PROVIDED TO 
FLYNN'S SIDE AND 
NOT BEEN 
PROVIDED TO THE 
COURT. 
THAT IN FACT, 
THERE WAS NO 
BASIS TO 
INVESTIGATE 
FLYNN. 
>> OKAY. 
>> AND 
FURTHERMORE, IT 
WAS CLEARLY 
ESTABLISHED BY 
THE DOCUMENTS 
THAT THE FBI 
AGENTS WHO 
INTERVIEWED HIM 
DID NOT BELIEVE 
THAT HE THOUGHT 
HE WAS LYING. 
>> WELL, THERE'S 
ANOTHER PART OF 
THIS AS WELL 
THAT CONCERNS 
WHAT HAS BEEN 
GIVEN TO THE 
COURTS IN THE 
INTERVIEWS AND 
THAT. 
THE FACT THAT 
WE'RE NOT DIGS 
PLEASE CLOSED TO 
FLYNN PRIOR TO 
THE INTERVIEW. 
THAT SEEMS LIKE 
A BRADY 
VIOLATION TO ME. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THERE WAS A 
BRADY VIOLATION 
IN THIS CASE? 
>> NO, THERE 
WASN'T A BRADY 
VIOLATION THERE. 
BUT I THINK WHAT 
COUNSEL 
CONCLUDED WAS 
THAT THE ONLY 
PURPOSE OF THE 
INTERVIEW, THE 
ONLY PURPOSE, 
WAS TO TRY TO 
CATCH HIM IN 
SAYING SOMETHING 
THAT THEY COULD 
THEN SAY WAS A 
LIE. 
>> SO IT WAS 
ENTRAPMENT -- 
>> AND 
THEREFORE, IT 
WAS NOT LEGIT. 
THE INTERVIEW 
WAS UNTETHERED 
ON ANY 
LEGITIMATE 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> SO AS LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICER OF THIS 
COUNTRY, IT IS 
YOUR POSITION TO 
PROVIDE JUSTICE 
FOR BOTH SIDES. 
AND I THINK 
THAT'S WHAT YOU 
DID. 
>> AND IN 
DURHAM, CAN TO 
YOUR KNOWLEDGE, 
AND WE'RE SEEING 
RELEASE ON THE 
LEFT, 
TOKNOWLEDGE HAS 
ANYONE 
ATTEMPTED, WHO 
WAS PREVIOUSLY 
THERE, ATTEMPTED 
TO REDEEM 
THEMSELVES BY 
COOPERATING WITH 
YOU -- 
>> I CAN'T GET 
INTO THAT. 
>> I UNDERSTAND 
THAT. 
I HAVE ANOTHER 
ISSUE AS WE 
FINISH UP. 
IN LOOKING AT 
THIS. 
BETWEEN THE 
RHETORIC. 
BETWEEN THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
I THINK DURHAM 
INVESTIGATION IS 
SOMETHING MOST 
OF US ARE 
WAITING FOR. 
BECAUSE WE CAN'T 
SEEM TO GET 
THIS. 
THERE'S NOT A 
DEMOCRAT OR 
REPUBLICAN THAT 
CAN MAKE THAT 
LEGITIMATE 
CLAIM, WHY THE 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL HAS 
CALLED BEFORE 
THE COMMITTEE. 
TO EXPLAIN 
HIMSELF 
REPORTING 
POLITICS. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
THIS COMMITTEE 
HAS BECOME ALL 
ALONG. 
BUT I HAVE 
ANOTHER PROBLEM. 
AND THAT'S WITH 
THE DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY IN 
FULTON COUNTY, 
GEORGIA. 
ACTUALLY, 
CHARGING, MAKING 
FELONY MURDER 
CHARGES ON AN 
OFFICER. 
AND THE 
INTERESTING PART 
ABOUT THIS IS 
WHAT WE DO. 
WERE YOU AWARE 
THAT THE 
DISTRICT 
ATTORNEY FAILED 
TO RECEIVE 
INDICTMENT FROM 
GARAGE. 
OR WAITED. 
WERE YOU AWARE 
OF THAT? 
>> YES, I WAS. 
>> AS AN 
ATTORNEY. 
AND AGAIN, 
LOOKING AT THIS, 
WITH THE 
ENVIRONMENT WE 
HAVE RIGHT NOW, 
WITH POLICE 
OFFICERS 
CONSTANTLY UNDER 
ATTACK, FROM 
THIS COMMITTEE 
AND FROM OTHERS 
AND ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
AND ESPECIALLY 
FROM THE SPEAKER 
OF THE HOUSE. 
AND ATTORNEY AND 
ESPECIALLY AS 
PROSECUTOR, DO 
YOU THINK IT'S 
APPROPRIATE TO 
CHARGE A LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICER WITH A 
CRIME, SEVERE AS 
FELONY MURDER, 
WITHOUT GIVING 
THE 
INVESTIGATION A 
FEW DAYS AND 
WITHOUT 
OBTAINING 
INDICTMENT FROM 
THE GRAND JURY. 
AND LAY OUT A 
CASE THAT IS 
FULL OF FALSE 
HOOD? 
>> I SAID I 
WOULD HAVE 
PREFERRED THAT 
HE HAD USED THE 
GRAND JURY AND 
HAD WAITED UNTIL 
THE GEORGIA 
BUREAU 
HADCOMPLETED ITS 
INVESTIGATION. 
>> I APPRECIATE 
YOUR HELP WITH 
THAT AND WITH 
THAT, I YIELD 
BACK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
AND WITH THAT, 
THE CHAIR 
RECOGNIZES MR. 
JOHNSON FROM 
GEORGIA. 
>> THANK YOU, 
GENERAL BARR. 
YOUR OPENING 
STATEMENT READS 
LIKE IT WAS 
WRITTEN BY ALEX 
JONES OR ROGER 
STONE. 
DO YOU STAND BY 
THAT STATEMENT? 
>> YES. 
>> NOW, I'M SURE 
THAT WE CAN 
AGREE ON SOME 
THINGS. 
WE DISAGREE ON A 
WHOLE LOT. 
BUT I'M SURE WE 
CAN AGREE ON THE 
FACT THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS JUST A 
PROLIFIC 
TWEETER. 
ISN'T THAT 
CORRECT? 
>> HE SEEMS TO 
BE. 
>> AND HE 
TWEETED MANY 
TIMES ABOUT THE 
ROGER STONE 
SENTENCING, 
DIDN'T HE? 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
HOW MANY TIMES 
HE TWEETED ABOUT 
IT. 
>> WELL, MANY 
TIMES. 
AND YOU ARE 
AWARE OF THEM 
BECAUSE YOU SAID 
IT HURT YOU FROM 
DOING YOUR JOB. 
AND ISN'T IT 
TRUE THAT WHEN 
PROSECUTORS IN 
THE ROGER STONE 
CASE FILED A 
MEMO WITH THE 
COURT, 
RECOMMENDING A 
SENTENCE OF 7 TO 
9 YEARS IN 
PRISON, A FEW 
HOURS LATER, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TWEETED THAT THE 
SENTENCE 
RECOMMENDATION 
WAS, QUOTE, A 
DISGRACE. 
YOU'RE AWARE OF 
THAT? 
>> YES. 
>> AND GENERAL 
BARR, SEVERAL 
HOURS AFTER 
THAT, YOU FILED 
A PLEADING WITH 
THE COURT, 
STATING THAT THE 
SENTENCE 
RECOMMENDATION 
WOULD BE CHANGED 
AND THAT YOU 
WOULD BE ASKING 
FOR A LIGHTER 
SENTENCE FOR 
ROGER STONE. 
ISN'T THAT 
CORRECT? 
>> NO, WHAT IS 
CORRECT IS THAT 
-- WHAT IS 
CORRECT IS ON 
FEBRUARY 10th, 
MONDAY, I GAVE 
INSTRUCTIONS AS 
TO WHAT -- 
>> I'M 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
>> YEAH. 
I'LL ASKING YOUR 
QUESTION. 
>> YOU GOTTA LET 
HIM ANSWER. 
>> RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
YOU FILED A 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
HOURS AFTER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TWEETED HIS 
DISSATISFACTION 
WITH THE STONE 
RECOMMENDATION, 
AND YOU CHANGED 
THAT 
RECOMMENDATION 
-- 
>> NO, THE NIGHT 
BEFORE, THAT IS 
ONE MONDAY 
NIGHT. 
>> I KNOW YOU'RE 
STORY. 
BUT I'M ASKING 
-- 
>> I'M TELLING 
MY STORY. 
>>  --
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ] 
>> I'M HERE TO 
TELL MY STORY. 
>> YOU'RE HERE 
TO ANSWER MY 
QUESTION. 
>> AND ON THE 
NIGHT BEFORE. 
ON FEBRUARY 
10th. 
>> NO, SIR. 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME, SIR. 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
AND I KNOW YOU 
DON'T WANT TO 
ANSWER. 
BUT THE FACTS 
ARE CLEAR. 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
MADE IN THE 
MORNING, TWEET 
IN THE 
AFTERNOON, YOU 
CHANGED THE 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
-- 
>> TWEET WAS NOT 
MADE IN THE 
AFTERNOON. 
THE TWEET WAS 
MADE AT I THINK, 
1:30 OR 2:00 IN 
THE MORNING. 
>> THE TWEET WAS 
MADE BEFORE AND 
AFTER -- TWEETED 
ABOUT THAT 
RELENTLESSLY. 
AND YOU'VE 
AGREED TO THAT. 
AND NOW WHEN 
YOU'VE FILED 
YOUR SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION, 
ASKING FOR A 
LOWER SENTENCE. 
>> I DIDN'T ASK 
FOR A LOWER 
SENTENCE. 
>> YOU SAID YOU 
WERE GOING TO 
RECOMMEND A 
LOWER SENTENCE. 
>> NO. 
>> IT WASN'T THE 
SENTENCE 
RECOMMENDED BY 
THE LINE 
PROSECUTORS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
SENTENCING 
GUIDELINES? 
CALCULATIONS? 
>> IT WAS WITHIN 
THE GUIDELINES. 
BUT IT WAS NOT 
WITHIN JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT 
POLICY IN MY 
VIEW. 
>> GENERAL BARR, 
YOU'RE EXPECTING 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE TO 
BELIEVE THAT YOU 
DID NOT DO WHAT 
TRUMP WANTED YOU 
TO DO WHEN YOU 
CHANGED THAT 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
AND LOWERED IT 
FOR ROGER STONE? 
YOU THINK THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
DON'T UNDERSTAND 
THAT YOU WERE 
CARRYING OUT 
TRUMP -- 
>> I HAD NOT 
DISCUSSED MY 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
WITH ANYONE AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> BUT THE 
PRESIDENT -- 
>> OR ANYONE 
OUTSIDE THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
>> BUT YOU DID 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT WANTED 
YOU TO DO. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
YOU DID. 
>> NO. 
LET ME ASK YOU. 
DO YOU THINK 
IT'S FAIR, DO 
YOU THINK IT IS 
FAIR FOR A 67-
YEAR-OLD MAN TO 
BE SENTENCED 
SENT TO PRISON 
FOR 7 TO 9 
YEARS. 
>> IT WAS IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH 
THE SENTENCING. 
>> NO, IT WAS 
NOT. 
>> YOU JUST SAID 
THAT IT WAS. 
AND YOU'RE LYING 
LINE 
-- YOUR LINE 
PROSECUTORS WILL 
TESTIFY THAT IT 
WAS ALSO. 
I'M GOING TO 
MOVEO FROM THAT. 
>> IT IS NOT THE 
DEPARTMENT -- 
>> DURING THE 
TIME OF THE 
PUSH, YOU NEVER 
CHANGED THE 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
FOR A FRIEND OF 
HERBERT WALKER 
BUSH, DID YOU? 
>> NO, AS I 
RECALL -- 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
THAT'S ALL I'M 
ASKING. 
NO. 
AND OVER THE 
COURSE OF YOUR 
TIME -- 
>> NOTHING WAS 
EVER ELEVATED TO 
ME. 
>> OVER THE 
COURSE OF YOUR 
TENURE WITH 
TRUMP, YOU'VE 
CHANGED TWO 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
NOT ONE BUT TWO. 
CORRECT? 
>> WHICH WERE 
THEY? 
>> MICHAEL 
FLYNN. 
>> I DIDN'T 
CHANGE IT. 
>> WELL, YOU 
SAID -- YOU 
INDICATED THAT 
-- YEAH, YOU 
CHANGED IT 
BECAUSE THE 
ORIGINAL FLYNN 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
WAS FOR FLYNN TO 
SERVE ZERO TO 6 
MONTHS. 
BUT UNDER YOUR 
AUTHORITY, THE 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT 
SUPPLEMENTED 
THAT 
RECOMMENDATION 
WITH A PLEADING 
THAT STATED THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE'S 
AGREEMENT WITH 
FLYNN'S LAWYERS 
THAT PROBATION 
WOULD BE A 
REASONABLE 
SENTENCE, AND 
THAT THE D.O.J. 
WOULD NOT BE 
SYNCING PRISON 
TIME FOR MICHAEL 
FLYNN. 
IS THAT CORRECT? 
>> I DON'T THINK 
THAT'S WHAT IT 
SAID. 
>> WELL, THAT'S 
WHAT IT SAID, 
SIR. 
GO BACK AND READ 
IT. 
>> I THINK BOTH 
PLEADINGS. 
>> SIR, 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
>> THIS 
GENTLEMAN'S TIME 
HAS EXPIRED. 
>> MADAM CHAIR. 
YOU CAN GIVE A 
SPEECH OR ASK 
QUESTIONS. 
IF YOU DO THE 
LATTER, YOU NEED 
TO LET THE 
WITNESS ANSWER 
QUESTIONS. 
THAT'S THE 
CHAIR'S 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO ALLOW THAT TO 
HAPPEN. 
>> MR. BUCK IS 
RECOGNIZED FOR 
FIVE MINUTES. 
>> ATTORNEY 
GENERAL BARR, 
THANK YOU FOR 
APPEARING BEFORE 
THE COMMITTEE 
TODAY. 
GENERAL BARR, 
THERE IS A 
DISTURBING 
PATTERN WE'VE 
SEEN THROUGHOUT 
HISTORY WITH 
TOTALITARIAN 
SYSTEMS OF 
GOVERNMENT. 
THE LEADERS 
FIRST SEEK TO 
DISARM THE 
POPULATION. 
THEN THEY 
ENCOURAGE GOON 
SQUADS TO 
SUPPRESS 
OPPOSING 
VIOLENCE 
VOICES -- 
VOICES. 
AND FINALLY, 
THEY INSTITUTE 
POLICIES THAT 
ROOT OUT AND 
CRUSH FREEDOM IN 
EVERY FORM. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THE AMERICAN 
LEFT HAS BEEN 
INFECTED WITH 
THE SAME 
TOTALITARIAN TO 
REMOVE OPPOSING 
VIEWS AS PART OF 
A CAMPAIGN TO 
ACHIEVE ITS 
POLITICAL ENDS. 
WE'VE SEEN THIS 
SCENARIO PLAYED 
OUT IN EVERY 
MAJOR DEMOCRAT-
RUN CITY IN 
AMERICA. 
PUSHING OUT LAW 
ABIDING 
AMERICANS, WHILE 
WATCHING CRIME 
RATES SOAR. 
WE EVEN SAW 
FAILED 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE BETO 
O'ROURKE TELL 
AMERICANS, HELL 
YES, WE'RE GOING 
TO TAKE YOUR 
A.R.15 AND YOUR 
A.K.47. 
NOW, THE 
AMERICAN LEFT IS 
ACTIVELY 
CHEERING AS ITS 
FASCIST MA
MILITIA, ANTIFA, 
RAGES IN THE 
STREETS. 
ANTIFA IS A 
DOMESTIC 
TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION, 
THAT HIJACKS 
PEACEFUL 
RALLIES, 
ORGANIZES ARMED 
RIOTS, BURNS 
BUILDINGS, LOOTS 
STORES AND 
SPREADS HATE. 
REPORTS OF 
ANTIFA-LINKED 
ATTACKS BEGAN 
SERVICING IN 
2017. 
THESE THUGS, 
OFTEN ARMED WITH 
PEPPER SPRAY AND 
OTHER 
INSTRUMENTS 
SHOWED UP TO 
SILENCE COLLEGE 
GROUPS AT 
BERKELEY. 
THE LEFT WAS 
SILENT. 
THEN IN JUNE 
2019, ANTIFA 
JUMPED INTO THE 
NATIONAL 
CONVERSATION 
AFTER GENERALIST 
ANDY NOE WAS 
BRUTALLY HURT. 
AGAIN SILENT. 
THE WALL STREET 
JOURNAL SAID 
PORTLAND HAS TO 
DO SOMETHING TO 
DETER VIOLENCE 
OR THE CITY WILL 
GET MORE OF IT. 
OF COURSE, THE 
CITY'S 
LEADERSHIP HAS 
ONLY ENCOURAGED 
MORE OF ANTIFA'S 
VIOLENCE. 
AS A RESULT, 
WE'VE SEEN 61 
STRAIGHT NIGHTS 
OF ANTIFA'S 
VIOLENCE IN 
PORTLAND, 
OREGON. 
THE FASCIST 
VIOLENCE IS NOW 
OOZING INTO 
OTHER DEMOCRAT-
RUN CITIES. 
LAST SUNDAY, 
ANTIFA RAN A SI
VIOLENT ASSAULT 
IN DENVER, 
COLORADO. 
CONSERVATIVE 
LEADERS, 
INCLUDING RANDY 
CORPORATE A 
DENVER RADIO
RADIO SHOW AND 
TALK SHOW HOST, 
ORGANIZED A 
FAMILY-FRIENDLY 
EVENT IN HONOR 
OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
APPRECIATION 
DAY. 
IT WAS PEACEFUL 
AND COUNTS WERE 
GIVEN PLENTY OF 
SPACE TO 
ADVOCATE THEIR 
MESSAGE. 
BUT IN THE 
AFTERNOON, A 
SWARM OF ANTIFA 
THUGS BEGAN 
VAULTING 
ASSAULTING PRO-
POLICE 
AMERICANS. 
THESE ARE 20 AND 
30-YEAR-OLD 
THUGS ASSAULTING 
60, 70, AND EVEN 
80-YEAR-OLD 
AMERICANS, WHO 
ONLY WANTED TO 
SHOW THEIR 
SUPPORT FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
WHAT'S WORSE IS 
DENVER'S 
COWARDLY LIBERAL 
LEADERSHIP, 
ORDERED RETREAT 
ONCE THEY SAW 
MEMBERS OF 
ANTIFA ENTERING 
THE FRAY. 
A DENVER POLICE 
DETECTIVE, NICK 
ROGERS 
APOLOGIZED FOR 
THIS DECISION. 
DETECTIVE ROGERS 
SUMMED IT UP 
BEST IN THE 
RECENT RADIO 
INTERVIEW, QUIET 
QUOTE. 
I'M SORRY ON 
BEHALF OF THE 
RANK AND FILE. 
THAT'S NOT US. 
THAT'S NOT WHO 
WE ARE. 
IT JUST KILLS ME 
THAT WE LET GOOD 
PEOPLE DOWN. 
HE SAID, I FOUND 
OUT A SNERNLTS 
COMMANDER. 
AND WE HAD ONE 
STAND UP AND 
SAY, WE AREN'T 
LEADING. 
THIS LUTEN 
LIEUTENANT SAID 
HE KEPT HIS 
PEOPLE STAY. 
THAT'S WHY THIS 
DIDN'T GET 
WORSE, END OF 
QUOTE. 
THESE ARE SAD 
TIMES IN 
AMERICA. 
FREE SPEECH AND 
THE RIGHT TO 
BEAR ARMS. 
AND THE BEST OUR 
CHAIRMAN CAN DO 
IS CALL ANTIFA A 
MYTH. 
GENERAL BARR, 
THIS HAS TO TOP. 
WE CAN'T LET 
ANTIFA CONTINUE 
TO TERRORIZE OUR 
COUNTRY. 
CAN YOU PLEASE 
TELL US ABOUT 
THE APPROPRIATE 
USE OF CIVIL AND 
CRIMINAL RECO 
STAT UTES TO 
ADDRESS VIOLENT 
CRIMINAL LIKE 
ANTIFA. 
>> IN THE WAKE 
OF THE BEGINNING 
OF THESE RIOTS. 
I ASKED OUR 
JOINT TERRORISM 
TASK FORCES, THE 
FBI'S JOINT 
TERRORISM TASK 
FORCES AROUND 
THE COUNTRY TO 
BE OUR PRINCIPLE 
MEANS OF 
DEVELOPING 
EVIDENCE AND 
PROSECUTING 
VIOLENT 
EXTREMIST 
TERRORISTS WHO 
UPON ARE 
INVOLVED IN 
THESE 
ACTIVITIES. 
AND ONE OF THE 
TOOLS OBVIOUSLY 
WE WOULD USE IS 
RICO, WHICH CAN 
BE USED AGAINST 
AN ORGANIZATION. 
BUT THAT DOESN'T 
CURRENTLY MEAN 
WE HAVE A RICO 
CASE PENDING. 
>> I THANK THE 
GENTLEMAN. 
AND DO YOU HAVE 
ANYTHING YOU 
WANT TO SAY IN 
RESPONSE TO THE 
SPEECHES THAT 
HAVE BEEN GIVEN 
BY THE OTHER 
SIDE? 
AND THEN YOU'VE 
BEEN CUT OFF? 
>> WELL, ON 
LAFAYETTE. 
>> THE 
GENTLEMAN'S TIME 
IS EXPIRED. 
>> COULD I ASK 
FOR A BRIEF 
RECESS? 
>> MADAM CHAIR. 
THE WITNESS 
WOULD LIKE A 
BREAK. 
>> MR. BARR. 
10 MINUTES? 
>> FIVE. 
>> RECESS. 
>> OKAY. 
THE COMMITTEE 
WILL STAND IN 
RECESS FOR FIVE 
MINUTES. 
>> GOOD DAY. 
I'M ANDREA 
MITCHELL IN 
WASHINGTON. 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING A 
CONTENTIOUS 
HEARING. 
DEMOCRATS IN THE 
HOUSE JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE, 
TRYING TO GRILL 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BILL BARR, AFTER 
MORE THAN A YEAR 
OF HIS REFUSING 
TO APPEAR BEFORE 
HIM, WITH ISSUES 
LIKE HIS 
CHARACTERIZATION 
INACCURATE OF 
THE RUSSIA 
PROBE, THE 
MULLER PROBE. 
AND LAFAYETTE 
SQUARE. 
AND WHETHER HE'S 
INDEPENDENT FROM 
POLITICAL SNRNSZ 
FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
THIS AFTER 
RANKING 
REPUBLICAN JIM 
JORDAN SHOWED A 
GRAPHIC, 
COLLECTIVELY 
EDITED NEARLY 
EIGHT-MINUTE 
MONTAGE AROUND 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHICH HE CLAIMS 
WERE ANYTHING 
BUT PEACEFUL. 
INCLUDING SOUND 
BYTES FROM 
DEMOCRATS BIDEN 
AND OBAMA. 
CLEARLY VERY 
POLITICAL AND 
HIGHLY EDITED. 
OUR TEAM IS IN 
PLACE. 
GARRETT HAAKE ON 
CAPITOL HILL. 
FORMER HOUSE 
COUNSEL DANIEL 
GOBIN. 
RUSSELL. 
MILE WILY. 
AND FORMER 
CHAIRMAN OF NEW 
YORK CITY 
COMPLAINT REVIEW 
BOARD. 
AND MATT MILLER, 
FORMER CHIEF 
SPOKESMAN. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, WE WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, A NEW 
FALLOUT FROM A 
CONCERT GOING 
VIRAL. 
GOVERNOR CUOMO 
LAUNCHING  AKLAN 
INVESTIGATION BY 
WHAT HE 
CALLSILLEGAL AND 
RECKLESS 
VIOLENCE. 
FANS CAN BE SEEN 
SEEMINGLY 
AVOIDING ALL 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
RULES. 
QUOMEE SAYS, I 
AMED EAPPALLED. 
THE EVENT WAS 
FOR CHARITIES. IT
ORGANIZERS 
CALLING IT A 
SAFE AND 
CONTROLLED 
KRIERMT, SETTING 
THE BAR FOR ALL 
TO COME. AR
THEY ARE 
FOLLOWING ALL 
PROPER PROTOCOL. 
SAYING GUESTS 
COULD NOT LEAVE 
THEIR DESIGNATED 
SPACES IN THE 
THEY THNEEDED TO 
USE THE 
BATHROOM. 
ADDING THEIR 
TEMPERATURES 
WERE CHECKED. 
AND GUESTS WERE 
SUPPOSED TO SIT 
OUTSIDE. D
SEVERAL CLIPS 
FROM SOCIAL 
MEDIAUX SHOWING 
A MASSIVE CROWD 
ALL IN THE SAME 
VICINITY. 
AND WHILE ONE 
CONCERTGOER SAYS 
EVERYONE WAS 
BEING SOCIALLY 
RESPONSIBLE. ED W
NEW YORK'S 
HEALTH 
COMMISSIONER 
SAID HE WAS 
GREATLY 
DISTURBED. 
AND I AM AT A 
LOSS K'AS TO HOW 
THE TOWN OF 
SOUTHAMPTON 
COULD HAVE 
ISSUED A PERMIT 
FOR SUCH AN 
EVENT. 
>> THAT SHORT 
CLIP FROM 
MONSAGE HAS 
ALREADY REEVE 
RECEIVED IS 
ABOUT 6 MILLION 
VIEWS. 
IT IS ONLY 30 
SECONDS LONG. 
NONESSENTIAL 
GROUP GATHERINGS 
OF 50 OR MORE IN 
NEW YORK IS 
BANNED. 
IT CARRIES A 
MAXIMUM PENALTY 
OF $100,000 FOR 
VIOLATING 
PROTOCOL. 
>>> PATIENTS AND 
CLIENTS, LOOKING 
FOR ASSURANCE IS 
SAFE TO GO TO 
APPOINTMENTS RS
THEY HAVE BEEN 
PUTTING OFF. 
FIRST UP, A 
VISIT TO THE 
PEDIATRICIAN.  T
ALL RIGHT. 
I GOT MY THREE 
GIRLS HERE. 
WE'RE READY FOR 
OUR ANNUAL 
CHECKUP. 
AT THE OFFICE,  G
THE  WAITING AREA 
IS LIMITED TO 
TWO FAMILIES, NO 
MAGAZINES. 
AND THEY CALLED NG
ME BEFORE THE 
APPOINTMENT TO 
SAY, ONLY ONE 
PARENT IS 
ALLOWED. 
THEY TOLD US, RE
HIGH-TOUCH 
SURFACES ARE 
CLEANED EVERY 
HOUR.  I
MASKS ARE 
REQUIRED. 
AND WE SANITIZE 
OUR HANDS RIGHT 
AWAY. 
>> THE STAFF NOW 
WEARS EYE 
PROTECTION, A 
MASK AND GLOVES. 
AND STEPPED UP 
CLEANING BETWEEN 
PATIENTS. 
MUCH TO THEIR 
DISMAY, TWO OF 
MY GIRLS NEEDED 
SHOTS. 
BUT OUR 
PEDIATRICIAN 
SAID IT'S 
IMPORTANT NOT TO 
PUT OFF THESE 
BOOSTERS. 
>> YOU WERE SO 
BRAVE. 
ALL RIGHT. 
.
THANK YOU. E
SEE YOU NEXT 
YEAR. 
>> NEXT, THE 
DENTIST. OU
I FILLED OUT 
FORMS AND A 
HEALTH SCREENING 
FOR RAIRDS 
ONLINE BEFORE MY 
APPOINTMENT. EAEN
>> I'LL NOW HERE 
AT THE DENTIST'S 
OFFICE. 
AND I KNOW THEY 
SAID THEY DON'T 
WANT PEOPLE 
COMING INTO THE 
WAITING ROOM. 
I'M GOING TO  R
GIVE THEM A CALL 
FIRST. 
>> THIS RSIS VICKI 
NGUYEN. 
I'M HERE FOR MY 
APPOINTMENT. 
>> WE ARE 
ACTUALLY ALL 
READY FOR YOU. 
>> TRYING TO GET >>
THE FIRST 
APPOINTMENT OF 
THE DAY. 
YOU DON'T HAVE OU
TO WAIT FOR 
OTHER PATIENTS. 
WITH MY MASK ON, 
I HEAD IN. 
>> RIGHT AWAY, A 
ACTIVELY CHECK. 
THE DENTIST AND 
STAFF ARE ALL 
WEARING PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FROM 
HEAD TO TOE. 
>> WE HAVE TWO 
FILTERS. 
FILTERING THE 
AIR IN FROFROM 
THE OFFICE. 
>> AT THIS 
POINT, AM I 
GOING TO REMOVE  T
MY MASK. 
>> AND THEY USED 
THIS SUCTION 
TOOL. 
>> I'VE BEEN 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO THIS. SE
MANI PEDI TIME. 
MASKS ARE 
REQUIRED ALONG 
WITH THE 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECK AND HAND 
SANITIZER. 
>> I WANT TO DO 
SOMETHING FUN. 
>> AVOID 
TOUCHING THE 
POLISH. 
JUST POINT LITO 
THE ONE YOU 
WANT. 
ONLY TWO NAIL 
TECHNICIANS ARE 
WORKING PER 
SHIFT. 
AND THEY STAGGER 
FOR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
>> THEY STARTED. 
I THINK SHEA MAY 
HAVE HAD 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH PEOPLE. 
>> DID YOU EVER 
HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH THE FORMER 
U.S. ATTORNEY 
ABOUT THIS CASE? 
>> I DON'T 
RECALL ANY 
DISCUSSION ABOUT 
STONE. 
>> SO TIMOTHY 
SHEA, YOU SAID 
IN THE INTERVIEW 
THAT HE WAS NEW. 
HE JUST STARTED. 
HE WAS KNEW OF 
NEW. 
BUT HE WORKED 
FOR YOU FOR A 
LONG TIME, 
DIDN'T HE? 
>> YES. 
INS AND WHAT WAS 
HIS JOB FOR YOU? 
>> WHEN I WAS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
30 YEARS AGO. 
>> NO, NO, NOW. 
JUST NOW. 
>> HE WAS ON MY 
STAFF. 
>> HE ADVISED 
YOU ON CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE POLICY, 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
RIGHT? 
>> CORRECT. 
>> YOU NAMED HIM 
ACTING U.S. 
ATTORNEY. 
HAD YOU 
DISCUSSED THE 
STONE CASE WITH 
HIM BEFORE YOU 
NAMED HIM ACTING 
U.S. ATTORNEY? 
>> NO. 
>> DID YOU 
DISCUSS 
SENTENCING WITH 
HIM? 
>> NOT BEFORE. 
IT WASN'T 
MONDAY, 
ACTUALLY. 
IT WAS JUST TO 
REFRESH YOUR 
RECOGNITION. 
YOU SAID HE CAME 
IN THE WEEK 
BEFORE. 
HE CAME IN TO 
SEE SOME SENIOR 
STAFF. 
>> THAT'S WHAT I 
SAID. 
HE MAY HAVE HAD 
DISCUSSION WITH 
PEOPLE IN THE 
DEPUTY'S OFFICE. 
I WAS NOT 
INVOLVED IN 
THOSE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
BASICALLY, I 
DIDN'T, AS FAR 
AS I CONCLUDE, I 
HAD NO 
SUBSTANTIVE 
INVOLVEMENT 
UNTIL STONE, 
WHEN HE CAME IN 
IN THE MORNING. 
>> I'M SORRY, 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
THE WEEK BEFORE 
WHEN HE CAME IN, 
TO SEE THE 
SENIOR STAFF 
THAT HE HAD 
WORKED WITH. 
>> NO. 
>> I SAID I 
THINK HE HAD 
RAISED IT WITH 
DEPUTIES IN THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
>> I UNDERSTAND. 
>> BUT I WAS NOT 
INVOLVED IN 
THAT. 
>> HE STARTED ON 
JULY 31st. 
THE FIRST WEEK 
HE WAS THERE, HE 
CAME TO RAISE 
THIS ISSUE. 
>> I THINK HE 
STARTED FEBRUARY 
1st. 
>> RIGHT. 
>> THE FIRST 
WEEK HE WAS 
THERE. 
HE CAME INTO THE 
OFFICE TO RAISE 
THE ISSUE OF 
SENTENCING. 
IN AN INTERVIEW 
WITH ABC. 
>> NO, I DON'T 
THINK HE CAME 
IN. 
>> THAT'S WHAT 
YOU TOLD ABC 
NEWS. 
YOU SAID THAT 
HE'S TALKED TO 
SENIOR STAFF. 
>> NOT YOU. 
BUT HE TALKED 
WITH SENIOR 
STAFF? 
>> I DON'T KNOW. 
I THINK I SPEAK 
ENGLISH. 
I SAID THAT 
BEFORE HE CAME 
IN TO SEE ME, I 
BELIEVE HE HAD 
SOME 
CONVERSATION. 
>> CONVERSATIONS 
OF THE SENIOR 
STAFF. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> WE'RE SAYING 
THE SAIL THING. 
>> BUT THE FIRST 
IT WAS RAISED 
WITH ME. 
>> WAS ON 34-
7BD. 
>> WAS ON 
MONDAY. 
>> DID YOU TALK 
TO THE SENIOR 
STAFF AFTER THEY 
SPOKE WITH HIM? 
>> I THINK AT A 
9:00 MEETING, 
THEY SAID THAT 
HE WAS TRYING TO 
WORK SOMETHING 
OUT ON 
SENTENCING, AND 
HE WAS ACTUALLY 
OPTIMISTIC THAT 
SOMETHING COULD 
BE WORKED OUT. 
SO I DIDN'T 
THINK OF IT AS 
AN ISSUE UNTIL 
THAT MONDAY. 
WHENLY TOLD ME 
-- HE TOLD ME 
THAT 
PROSECUTORS. 
>> HE FILED THE 
SENTENCING MEMO. 
AND THAT CALLED 
FOR 7 TO 9 
YEARS. 
IT'S THE POLICY 
OF THE U.S. 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE TO 
SUGGEST A 
SPECIFIC 
GUIDELINE RANGE, 
WHICH THEY DID. 
AND THEN YOU 
OVERRULED THE 
LINE PROSECUTORS 
AND ASKED FOR A 
LOWER SENTENCE. 
AND YOU GAVE 
SOME REASON. 
YOU TALKED ABOUT 
HEALTH. 
HEALTH IS TO BE 
CONSIDERED ONLY 
FOR PHYSICAL 
IMPAIRMENT. 
DID THAT APPLY 
TO ROGER STONE? 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL? 
>> ACTUALLY, I 
CAN'T REVEAL -- 
>> I'M NOT 
ASKING WHAT IS 
HELPFUL. 
BUT DID THAT 
APPLY? 
>> NO. 
>> OKAY. 
>> DID WHAT 
APPLY? 
>> HIS HEALTH? 
>> HEALTH IS A 
REASON. 
>> I KNOW. 
IS THAT THE 
REASON FOR ROGER 
STONE? 
YOU'RE ASKING 
FOR A LOWER 
SENTENCE. 
LET ME GO ON. 
LET ME GO ON. 
HOLD ON ONE 
SECOND. 
AGE CAN BE 
CONSIDERATION. 
ONLY IF IT 
CREATES 
CONDITIONS THAT 
ARE AN UNUSUAL 
DEGREE. 
AND 
DISTINGUISHED 
TYPICAL CASES. 
>> THE JUDGE 
AGREED WITH ME, 
CONGRESSMAN. 
>> THAT'S NOT 
WHAT I'M ASKING. 
>> THE JUDGE 
AGREED WITH ME. 
>> I'M NOT 
ASKING -- 
>> I KNOW YOU'RE 
NOT. 
AND I'M SAYING 
IT. 
>> THE ISSUE 
HERE IS WHETHER 
ROGER STONE WAS 
TREATED 
DIFFERENTLY 
BECAUSE HE WAS 
FREMD FRIENDS 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
WHEN YOU ASKED, 
YOU SAID 
INHANCEMENTS 
WERE TECHNICALLY 
APPLICABLE. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, CAN YOU 
THINK OF ANY 
OTHER CASES 
WHERE THE 
DEFENDANT 
THREATENED TO 
KILL A WITNESS 
THROATENNED TO, 
LIED TO A JUDGE, 
WHERE THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE CLAIMED 
THEY WERE MERE 
TECHNICALITIES. 
CAN YOU THINK OF 
EVEN ONE? 
I'M ASKING ABOUT 
WHAT YOU DID TO 
REDUCE THE 
SENTENCE OF 
ROGER STONE. 
>> YES. 
>> CAN YOU 
THINK, MR. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, HE 
THREATENED THE 
LIFE OF A 
WITNESS. 
>> AND THE 
WITNESS -- 
>> AND YOU 
VIEWED THAT AS A 
TECHNICALITY, 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
>> CAN I ANSWER 
THE QUESTION? 
ASK 
CAN I JUST A FEW 
SECONDS TO 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ] 
>> IT'S 
UNFORTUNATE. 
AND IT'S THE 
APPEARANCES YOU 
SAID EARLIER, 
THIS IS EXACTLY 
WHAT YOU WANT. 
THE ESSENCE OF 
RULE OF LAW IS 
THAT WE HAVE ONE 
RULE FOR 
EVERYBODY. 
AND WE HAVE JUST 
ONE CASE. 
I YIELD BACK. 
>> GENTLEMAN 
YIELDS BACK. 
MS. ROBEE. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE WITH US 
TODAY. 
I'M A MEMBER OF 
THE COMMITTEE AS 
WELL AS THE 
APPROPRIATIONS 
COMMITTEE. 
AND I'VE BEEN 
ABLE TO SEE FIRST
HAND THE FUNDING 
OF THE 
DEPARTMENT. 
ADDITIONALLY, 
BEFORE I WAS 
ELECTED TO 
CONGRESS, I 
SERVED ON THE 
CITY COUNCIL IN 
MY HOMETOWN OF 
MONTGOMERY, 
ALABAMA. 
AND I'VE 
WITNESSED THE 
IMPORTANT AND 
THE VALUE OF 
VARIOUS JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT GRANT 
PROGRAMS IN THE 
RESOURCES TO 
STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
FOR EXAMPLE, THE 
ALABAMA FUSION 
CENTER, WHICH IS 
DESIGNED TO 
COMBINE 
INFORMATION 
BETWEEN FEDERAL, 
STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, 
PRIVATE SECTOR 
ENTITIES AND THE 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY, HAS 
BEEN A RECIPIENT 
OF THE FEDERAL 
GRANT. 
AND ALABAMA 
FUSION CENTER IS 
ALSO RESPONSIBLE 
FOR THE ALABAMA 
CENTER FOR 
MISSING AND 
EXPLOITED 
CHILDREN. 
AND HAS DONE A 
GREAT JOB IN 
WORK, IN 
COMBATTING CHILD 
EXPLOITATION. 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THAT CONGRESS IS 
ADEQUATELY 
FUNDING PROGRAMS 
THAT PROVIDE 
STATE AND LOCAL 
AGENCIES WITH 
THE TOOLS THAT 
THEY NEED TO BE 
EFFECTIVE IN 
PREVENTING AND 
PURSUING CRIMES 
SUCH AS CHILD 
EXPLOITATION AND 
HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING, 
PARTICULARLY 
OVER THE 
INTERNET? 
>> I THINK WE 
COULD ALWAYS USE 
MORE RESOURCES 
FOR THAT, 
CONGRESSMAN. 
BUT IF I COULD 
JUST HAVE A 
MOMENT OF YOUR 
TIME TO RESPOND 
TO THESE 
QUESTIONS THAT 
ARE BEING ASKED 
ABOUT THE 
ORIGINNER STONE 
SENTENCING, THE 
U.S. ATTORNEY 
CAME TO ME AND 
SAID THAT THE 
FOUR ALIGNED 
PROSECUTORS WERE 
THREATENING TO 
RESIGN, UNLESS 
THEY COULD 
RECOMMEND 7 TO 9 
YEARS. 
BUT THERE WAS NO 
COMPARABLE CASE 
TO SUPPORT THAT. 
IT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN VERY 
DISPARATE 
SENTENCE. 
ALL OF THE CASES 
WERE CLUSTERED 
AROUND 3-YEAR 
SENTENCES FOR 
THAT. 
AND THE WAY THEY 
HAD GOTTEN TO 7 
TO 9 WAS BY 
APPLYING 
ENHANCEMENT. 
AND THERE ARE 
DEBATE THE ALL 
THE TIME WITHIN 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT, 
ABOUT THE PROPER 
CALCULATIONS 
UNDER THE 
GUIDELINES AND 
WHETHER A 
PARTICULAR 
ENHANCEMENT 
APPLIES OR 
DOESN'T APPLY, 
AND THOSE ARE 
USUALLY WORKED 
OUT AND 
RESOLVED. 
BUT HERE, THEY 
WERE SAYING THEY 
WERE TAKING AN 
ENHANCEMENT THAT 
HAS BEEN 
TRADITIONALLY 
APPLIED TO 
MAVIOSEO, THINGS 
LIKE THAT, 
THREATENING A 
WITNESS. 
AND THEY WERE 
APPLYING IT TO 
HIM BECAUSE HE 
HAD A PHONE CALL 
AT NIGHT AND 
TOLD A WITNESS, 
IF YOU WANT TO 
GET IT ON, LET'S 
GET IT ON, AND 
I'LL TAKE YOUR 
DOG. 
WE FELT THAT 
TECHNICALLY 
COULD APPLY. 
BUT IN THIS 
CASE, IT REALLY 
DOESN'T REFLECT 
THE UNDERLYING 
CONDUCT AND THE 
OVERARCHING 
REQUIREMENT AT 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE IS 
THAT WE DO NOT 
PRESUME AND 
AUTOMATICALLY 
APPLY 
GUIDELINES, WE 
MAKE INDIVIDUAL 
ASSESSMENTS OF 
THE DEFENDANT 
AND WHAT IS 
REALLY JUST 
UNDER THE CASE. 
AND NOTHING THAT 
IS EXCESSIVE. 
AND THESE 
INDIVIDUALS WERE 
TRYING TO FORCE 
THE U.S. 
ATTORNEY, WHO 
WAS NEW IN THE 
OFFICE, TO ADOPT 
7 TO 9. AND I 
MADE THE 
DECISION, NO, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
LEAVE IT UP TO 
THE JUDGE. 
AND LATER, WHEN 
THAT WAS NOT 
DONE, THAT 
EVENING, I TOLD 
PEOPLE, WE HAD 
TO GO BACK AND 
CORRECT THAT, 
THE NEXT 
MORNING. 
SO THAT'S THE 
SEQUENCE OF 
EVENTS. 
BUT THE END OF 
THE DAY, THE 
PROOF OF THE PUD 
SUGGEST IN THE 
EATING. 
THE JUDGE SAID 
SHE WOULD NOT 
HAVE GONE ALONG, 
SHE DIDN'T 
THINK, WITH THE 
FIRST 
RECOMMENDATION, 
BECAUSE THE 
ENHANCEMENT 
ARTIFICIALLY 
INFLATED THE 
EXPOSURE OF THE 
DEFENDANT. 
AND SHE CAME 
OUTER EXACTLY 
WHERE I HAD COME 
OUT. 
SO AT THE END OF 
THE DAY, THE 
QUESTION IS, 
FAIRNESS TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL. 
AND EVEN THOUGH 
I WAS GOING TO 
GET A LOT OF 
CRITICISM, FOR 
DOING THAT, I 
THINK AT THE END 
OF THE DAY, MY 
OBLIGATION IS TO 
BE FAIR TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL. 
THANK YOU FOR 
PERMITTING ME. 
>> I'M HAPPY TO 
HAVE YIELDED YOU 
TIME TO RESPOND. 
THAT BEING SAID, 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, AS I AM 
A DEPARTING 
MEMBER OF 
CONGRESS AND 
HAVE JUST A FEW 
SHORT MOMENTS 
LEFT, I JUST 
WANT TO EXPRESS 
TO YOU IN THE 
DEPARTMENT HOW 
IMPORTANT THIS 
ISSUE THAT I 
ORIGINALLY ASKED 
YOU ABOUT IS TO 
ME. 
BUT AS A MEMBER 
OF CONGRESS, 
REPRESENTING MY 
CONSTITUENTS IN 
ALABAMA, BUT 
ALSO AS A MOTHER 
OF TWO BEAUTIFUL 
CHILDREN. 
AND I AM 
INCREASINGLY 
ALARMED ABOUT 
THE WAY THAT 
CHILDREN ARE 
JUST ONE CLICK 
AWAY FROM BEING 
ON A WEBSITE, A 
FORUM, OR A CHAT 
ROOM OR SOCIAL 
MEDIA SITE, 
WHERE BAD ACTORS 
MAY BE LURKING 
AND WHEREAS I 
ONLY HAVE A FEW 
SHORT SECONDS 
LEFT, I WOULD 
JUST ASK YOU IN 
THE TIME THAT I 
HAVE LEFT IN 
CONGRESS, THAT 
WE COULD 
CONTINUE TO WORK 
TOGETHER TO 
COMBAT CHILD 
EXPLOITATION AND 
HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
AND I APPRECIATE 
ALL THE WORK 
THAT YOU'RE 
DOING ON THIS. 
>> ABSOLUTELY, 
CONGRESSWOMAN. 
AND AS YOU KNOW, 
ONE OF THE MOST 
DIFFICULT ISSUES 
COMING UP IS 
ENCRYPTION. 
BECAUSE AS THIS 
MATERIAL GETS 
ENCRYPTED IN THE 
CHAT ROOMS AND 
THE AREAS WHERE 
THEY GROOM THESE 
YOUNG CHILDREN, 
ONCE IT BECOMES 
ENCRYPTED, IT 
WILL BE VERY 
HARD FOR US TO 
POLICE IT. 
>> RIGHT OF 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
I YIELD BACK. 
>> GENERAL LADY 
YIELDS BACK. 
>> ATTORNEY 
GENERAL BARR, 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
POLICE 
ENGAGEMENT, LAST 
AUGUST, WHEN 
SPEAKING TO THE 
NATIONAL 
FRATERNAL ORDER 
OF POLICE, YOU 
SHARED YOUR 
VIEWS ON POLICE 
WITH THE PUBLIC. 
AND YOU SHARED, 
UNDERSTAND THE 
NEED TO COMPLY 
FIRST, AND IF 
WARRANTED, 
COMPLY LATER. 
THE POLICE 
SUSPECTS IN THE 
COMMUNITY AT 
LARGE. 
AND THOSE WHO 
EXIST MUST BE 
PROSECUTED. 
I RET REPEAT, 
ZERO RESISTANCE. 
>> YES. 
>> ZERO 
TOLERANCE IS 
COSTING LIVES. 
>> I'M NOT 
SAYING -- 
>> I RECLAIM PLY 
TIME. 
HERE ARE A FEW 
EXAMPLES OF WHO 
BEARS THE COST 
OF ZERO 
TOLERANCE. 
ELIJA McLANE WAS 
WALKING HOME 
FROM A 
CONVENIENCE 
STORE WHEN HE 
WAS APPROACHED 
BY POLICE. 
HE HAD NOT 
COMMITTED A 
CRIME. 
POLICE HELD HIM 
IN A CHOKE HOLD 
FOR 15 MINUTES, 
THEN INJECTED 
HIM WITH 
CATAMINE, NOT 
UNDER A DOCTOR'S 
SUPERVISION, BUT 
AT THE DIRECTION 
OF NONMEDICALLY 
TRAINED AND 
NONLICENSED 
POLICE OFFICERS. 
ARE YOU FAMILIAR 
WITH THAT CASE? 
>> NO. 
>> DO YOU KNOW 
HOW FREQUENTLY 
CATAMINE IS USED 
TO SUBDUE 
CIVILIANS, 
ESPECIALLY 
PEOPLE OF COLOR? 
>> NO. 
>> DID YOU KNOW 
AS POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS HAVE 
BEEN DOCUMENTED 
TO HAVE EMDs 
TOINJECT 
CATAMINE DURING 
ARREST. 
>> NO. 
>> I GUESS YOU 
HAVEN'T 
EVALUATED USE OF 
FORCE TACTICS 
SINCE BECOMING 
A. G. AND 
SPECIFICALLY 
THIS TACTIC OF 
SUBDUING 
SUSPECTS WITH 
CATAMINE. 
>> NOT WITH 
RESPECT TO 
CATAMINE. 
>> WOULD YOU 
LOOK AT THIS, 
CATAMEAN, CHOKE 
HOLDS AND OTHER 
METHODS USED 
WHEN MAKING 
ARREST AND 
DETAINING 
SUBJECTS. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
UNDER THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
ORDER, WE ARE 
REVIEWING POLICE 
OF FORCE. 
>> ESPECIALLY 
THE CATAMINE. 
THAT'S PRETTY 
OUTRAGEOUS. 
>> I'LL LOOK 
INTO IT. 
>> GEORGE FLOYD 
WAS KILLED BY 
POLICE OFFICER 
BY CHOKE HOLD, 
FOR EIGHT 
MINUTES 34 
SECONDS, A 
POLICE OFFICER 
KNELT ON HIS 
NECK, AS HE 
BEGGED FOR HIS 
LIFE. 
HE WAS SUSPECTED 
OF USING A 
COUNTERFEIT $20 
BILL. 
THAT'S HOW A 
SENTENCE CAN BE 
USED FOR 
COMMUNITIES OF 
BLACK MEN IN 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR. 
NOW CONSIDER 
JAMES HOLMES, 
WHO MURDERED 12 
PEOPLE AND 
INJURED 70 
OTHERS IN A 
MOVIE THEATER IN 
AURORA, 
COLORADO. 
THE SAME TOWN AS 
ELIJAH McLANE 
WHERE HE WAS 
ARRESTED. 
JAMES HAD BODY 
ARMOR, HAD A 
KNIFE, SEMI 
AUTOMATIC 
WEAPONS. 
YET HE WAS 
CALMLY ARRESTED 
BY THE SAME 
DEPARTMENT AS 
ELIJAH McLANE. 
WITHOUT CHOKE 
HOLD OR 
CATAMINE. 
DYLANN ROOF USED 
A GUN TO INJURE 
NINE AT EMMANUEL 
EPISCOPAL 
CHURCH. 
WHEN HE WAS 
ARRESTED. 
NO CHOKE HOLDS. 
NO INJECTIONS. 
HE WAS TREATED 
SO WELL THAT 
OFFICERS BROUGHT 
DYLANN ROOF 
BURGER KING, 
AFTER ARRESTING 
HIM. 
ARE YOU FAMILIAR 
WITH THAT CASE? 
>> YES. 
>> I RAISED 
THOSE TWO 
EXAMPLES TO 
FOLLOW UP ON 
WHAT MY 
COLLEAGUE FROM 
TEXAS 
HIGHLIGHTED 
EARLIER, THAT 
THE DEPARTMENT 
IS NOT DOING 
ENOUGH TO 
ADDRESS ISSUES 
OF RACISM, BIAS 
AND BRUTALITY IN 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WHEN SOMEONE WHO 
COMMITS MASS 
MURDER IS CALMLY 
ARRESTED AND 
SERVED BURGER 
KING, WHILE A 
YOUNG MAN 
WALKING DOWN THE 
STREET IS 
PLAILINGSED IN A 
CHOKE HOLD AND 
INJECTED WITH 
CATAMEAN THEN 
DIES. 
UNDER THE 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS LOOKING AT 
CHOKE HOLDS. 
WHAT HAVE YOU 
DETERMINED SO 
FAR?>> WE ARE 
SETTING UP THE 
SYSTEM, OF 
CERTIFICATION OF 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS. 
AND PART OF WHAT 
THE CHARTER IS 
IS TO COME UP 
WITH CRITERIA 
THAT WILL BE 
USED FOR 
CERTIFICATION 
INCLUDING 
LIMITATIONS ON 
USE OF FORCE, 
SPECIFICALLY 
INCLUDING CHOKE 
HOLDS.>> IN 
GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND 
POLICING ACT, 
PART OF IT 
CALLED FOR 
NATIONAL 
REGISTRY OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS, AS A 
RESOURCE FOR 
POLICE CHIEFS TO 
DETERMINE WHO 
ARE THE BEST 
CANDIDATES FOR 
JOBS, AS YOU MAY 
OR MAY NOT BE 
AWARE, MR. RICE 
MAY BE ALIVE IF 
THE POLICE CHIEF 
WHO HIRED HIM 
HAD KNOWN THAT 
THAT POLICE 
OFFICER HAD BEEN 
FIRED FROM 
ANOTHER 
DEPARTMENT. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
VIEW OF A 
NATIONAL 
REGISTRY OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS?>> THE 
SECOND ASPECT OF 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
IS TO SET UP A 
DATABASE LIKE 
THAT SO THAT ALL 
OF THE 
DETERMINATIONS 
OF EXCESSIVE 
FORCE AROUND THE 
COUNTRY GO INTO 
THE DATABASE. 
IF POLICE 
DEPARTMENT ARE 
NOT REPORTING 
THAT INFORMATION 
THEY WOULD UP 
MEL BE 
CERTIFIED. 
SO WE DO BELIEVE 
IN ONE NATIONAL 
POINT WE CAN GO 
IN AND GET A 
DETERMINATION OF 
EXCESSIVE FORCE 
ON LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
CANDIDATES FOR 
JOBS. 
>> I DO WANT TO 
COMMENT ON PART 
OF YOUR OPENING 
STATEMENT WHEN 
YOU WERE SAYING 
THAT AFTER THE 
JIM CROW TIME 
FOR THE JUSTICE 
SYSTEM WAS 
EQUAL. 
AND I DON'T 
BELIEVE THAT IS 
TRUE. 
>> I SAID THE 
LAWS ARE MADE 
EQUAL. 
>> THEY ARE 
CERTAINLY NOT 
APPLIED EQUALLY 
BUT WE HAVE 
SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
IN OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
SYSTEM, THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM ON EVERY 
LEVEL. 
THE FACT OF THE 
MATTER IS, 2.3 
MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE 
INCARCERATED CAN 
WE INCARCERATE 
24% OF THE ROLES 
PRISONERS WITH 
34% ARE BLACK. 
WHILE AFRICAN-
AMERICANS ARE 
13% OF THE U.S. 
POPULATION.  
SO JUSTICE IS 
NOT SERVED. 
IF WE LOOK AT 
HOW MAY PEOPLE 
ARE INCARCERATED 
OR HOW MANY 
PEOPLE ARE 
KILLED, IT IS 
NOW NOT THE 
NUMBERS BUT THE 
PERCENTAGE, TO 
THE PERCENTAGE 
OF THAT GROUP IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES 
POPULATION. 
I YIELD BACK.
>> THE GENTLE 
LADY YIELDS 
BACK. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. CHAIRMAN. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL YOU 
DESCRIBE THE 
PROSECUTION OF 
ROGER STONE AS 
RIGHTEOUS AND 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THE 
PRESIDENT AND I 
DISAGREE WITH 
YOU ON I WOULD 
SUGGEST THAT 
PERHAPS THE 
PROSECUTION OF 
ANDREW McCABE 
WHO LIED FOUR 
TIMES, UNDER THE 
PENALTY OF 
PERJURY WOULD BE 
MORE RIGHTEOUS. 
I WOULD SUGGEST 
TO YOU THAT 
UNCOVERING THE 
CRIMINAL 
CONSPIRACY THAT 
EXISTED WERE 
PEOPLE IN THE 
OWN GOVERNMENT 
WERE CONVINCING 
OPERATIVES 
AROUND THE 
WORLD, TO 
DESTABILIZE THE 
GOVERNMENT WOULD 
BE MORE 
RIGHTEOUS BUT I 
DON'T THINK THAT 
MR. STONE OR MR. 
McCABE OR ANY OF 
THE OTHER FOLKS 
ARE KILLING 
ANYONE ARE 
BURNING DOWN 
BUILDINGS. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
FOCUS ON THE 
MOST ACUTE NEED. 
THEY BELIEVE THAT
ANTIFA IS A 
TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
BASIS ON THAT 
BELIEF? 
>> I'M NOT SURE 
I SAID  
TERRORIST 
INVESTIGATION. 
SAID IT IS 
DOMESTIC 
TERRORISM BUT, 
WITH AN ANTIFA  
GROUP, THERE ARE 
DIFFERENT GROUPS 
IN THE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF DIFFERENT 
GROUPS. 
AND, THEY HAVE 
BEEN IDENTIFIED 
AS INVOLVED IN A 
NUMBER OF THE 
VIOLENT MOB 
ACTING TAKING 
ACROSS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> I SAW THE 
CHAIRMAN OF THE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE SAY 
THAT ANTIFA IS A 
MYTH. 
THAT THE 
INVOLVEMENT IN 
THE VIOLENCE 
ISN'T SOMETHING 
THAT IS REAL . 
WHAT IS YOUR 
REACTION? 
>> I DON'T THINK 
IT IS A MYTH, 
ANTIFA IS , CAN 
BE BEST THOUGHT 
OF AS BY SAYING 
AN UMBRELLA TERM 
FOR WHAT IS 
ESSENTIALLY A 
MOVEMENT 
COMPRISED OF 
LOOSELY 
ORGANIZED GROUPS 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
SOME OF THE 
AREAS IN THE 
COUNTRY THERE 
ARE A NUMBER OF 
GROUPS AND THERE 
IS SORT OF 
CENTERS OF 
ACTIVITY. 
THE GROUPS AS I 
SAY ARE LOOSELY 
ORGANIZED BUT 
THEY ARE 
DEFINITELY 
ORGANIZED. 
BUT AS, AS THEY 
HAVE AN ANARCHIC 
TEMPERAMENT THEY 
DON'T GET ALONG 
WITH EACH OTHER. 
I'M NOT 
SUGGESTING IT'S 
A NATIONAL 
ORGANIZATION BUT 
IT MOVES 
NATIONALLY. 
THEY TEND TO GET 
ORGANIZED FOR AN 
EVENT. 
AND, THERE IS A 
LOT OF 
ORGANIZATION 
RIGHT BEFORE AN 
EVENT OCCURS BUT 
WE SEE A LOT OF 
THE ORGANIZATION 
DURING THE MOB 
VIOLENCE. 
>> THAT IS 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
DISTINCTION WHEN 
DETERMINING HOW 
THE LAWS, TO AN 
ORGANIZATION ARE 
APPLIED TO THIS. 
IF ANTIFA IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
INSPIRES PEOPLE 
TO GO  TO MID 
VIOLENCE, THAT 
STRIKES ME AS 
LEGALLY DISTINCT 
FROM ANTIFA  THE 
AND ORGANIZING 
INFLUENCE TO 
ASSIST PEOPLE IN 
COMMITTING 
CRIMES. 
ONE QUESTION I 
GET FROM MY 
CONSTITUENTS IS 
THEY WATCH THE 
DEATH AND 
VIOLENCE AND 
DISRUPTION AND 
CHAOS IN SEATTLE 
AND PORTLAND AND 
IN OTHER PLACES, 
IS WHETHER OR 
NOT THERE IS A 
RISK THAT THAT 
COULD 
METASTASIZE TO 
OTHER AREAS OF 
THE COUNTRY. 
HAVE YOU GIVEN 
CONSIDERATION TO 
THE RISK THAT 
MIGHT BEFALL 
OTHER AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES IF 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE WERE 
NOT TO TAKE 
ACTION TO 
PROTECT AND 
PRESERVE FEDERAL 
PROPERTY IN 
PLACES LIKE 
PORTLAND?>> 
ABSOLUTELY COULD 
WE ARE CONCERNED 
ABOUT THIS 
PROBLEM 
METASTASIZING 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY. 
AND, SO, WE FEEL 
THAT WE HAVE TO 
COME IN A PLACE 
LIKE PORTLAND 
WHERE EVEN WHEN 
WE DON'T HAVE 
THE SUPPORT OF 
THE STATE AND 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT, WE 
HAVE TO TAKE A 
STAND AND SEND 
THIS FEDERAL 
PROPERTY COULD 
WE CAN'T ACCEPT 
THESE TYPE OF 
FEDERAL ATTACKS 
ON COURT. 
>> IF YOU DID 
WHAT MIGHT A 
CREDIT 
COLLEAGUES AND 
YOU ABANDON THAT 
FEDERAL PROPERTY 
AND ALLOWED IT 
TO BE OVERRUN ON 
THE PEOPLE 
INSIDE TO BE 
HARMED, IS IT 
YOUR VIEW THAN 
THAT ANTIFA AND 
OTHER VIOLENT 
PEOPLE ENGAGED 
IN THESE ACTS, 
WOULD SIMPLY 
STOP ?  WOULD 
THEY ACCEPT THIS 
AS A SOLE 
VICTORY OR IS IT 
YOUR EXPERT 
OPINION, HAVING 
DEALT WITH A 
NUMBER OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
CRIMINAL CASES 
IN YOUR LEGAL 
CAREER THAT THEY 
WOULDN'T STOP 
WHERE THEY GO TO 
THE NEXT TOWN IN 
THE NEXT 
COMMUNITY AND 
INSPIRE MORE 
VIOLENCE?>> 
THERE IS NO 
DOUBT IN MY MIND 
THAT IT WOULD 
SPREAD.>> WHAT 
COMFORT CAN YOU 
GIVE AMERICANS 
IN MY DISTRICT 
AND AROUND THE 
COUNTRY, THAT 
YOU WILL STOP 
THIS?  
THEY WILL STOP 
THE BURNING THE 
DESTRUCTION OF 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTIES AND 
THAT YOU WILL 
GIVE CONFIDENCE 
TO REGULAR 
AMERICANS THEY 
CAN GO OUT IN 
THE STREETS 
WITHOUT THE RISK 
OF TERRORISM?>> 
AS YOU CAN SEE 
IN PORTLAND, WE 
HAVE RELATIVELY 
SMALL NUMBER OF 
FEDERAL OFFICERS 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
WITHSTANDING FOR 
ALMOST 2 MONTHS. 
IN IS A GREAT 
STRAIN BUT WE 
CANNOT JUST 
STAND ASIDE AND 
ALLOW THE 
FEDERAL COURT TO 
BE DESTROYED.>> 
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SERVICE AND 
GREAT WORK I 
YIELD BACK.>> 
MR. RICHMOND?>> 
THANK YOU MR. 
CHAIR. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
YOU STARTED 
ABOUT THE LIFE 
AND LEGACY OF 
JOHN LEWIS 
FIGHTING 
SYSTEMATIC 
RACISM, VOTER 
INTIMIDATION AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS. 
THE ONE THING 
THAT YOU HAVE IN 
COMMON WITH YOUR 
PREDECESSORS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
SESSIONS AND 
WHITAKER THAT 
WHEN YOU CAME 
HERE AND BROUGHT 
YOUR TOP STAFF 
YOU BROUGHT NO 
BLACK PEOPLE. 
THAT IS 
SYSTEMATIC 
RACISM THAT THAT 
IS EXACTLY WHAT 
JOHN LEWIS SPENT 
HIS LIFE 
FIGHTING. 
AND SO I WOULD 
JUST SUGGEST, 
THAT ACTIONS 
SPEAK LOUDER 
THAN WORDS. 
AND YOU REALLY 
SHOULD KEEP THE 
NAME OF THE 
HONORABLE JOHN 
LEWIS OUT OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE'S MOUTH. 
LET ME ALSO SAY 
COME YOU 
MENTIONED BOGUS 
RUSSIA GATE IN 
YOUR OPINION OF 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA, THAT 
RUSSIA 
INTERFERED OR 
ATTEMPTED TO 
INTERFERE IN THE 
2016 ELECTION?>> 
YES.
>> IN YOUR 
POSITION AS THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES, IS 
RUSSIA ATTEMPTED 
TO INTERFERE IN 
THE 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION?>> I 
THINK WE HAVE TO 
ASSUME THAT THEY 
ARE.>> THANK 
YOU, SIR. 
NOW LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE 
INTEGRITY OF THE 
ELECTIONS WHICH 
IS ALSO 
SOMETHING 
CONGRESSMAN 
LEWIS FOUGHT 
FOR. 
THE PRESIDENT 
COULD MOVE THE 
ELECTION DATE, 
CAN A SITTING 
U.S.  PRESIDENT 
MOVE AN ELECTION 
DATE? 
>> I HAVEN'T 
LOOKED INTO 
UNDER THE 
CONSTITUTION.>> 
IS AS FEDERAL 
ELECTION DATE IS 
THE TUESDAY 
AFTER THE FIRST 
MONDAY IN 
NOVEMBER. 
SO IF YOU TAKE 
THAT AS THE 
CORRECT STATUTE, 
IS THERE ANY 
EXECUTIVE ACTION 
BY THE 
PRESIDENT? 
>> HAVE NEVER 
BEEN ASKED THIS 
BEFORE AND I'VE 
NEVER LOOKED 
INTO IT.>> AS 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES DO 
YOU BELIEVE THAT 
THIS 2020 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION WILL BE 
RIGGED?>> I HAVE 
NO REASON TO 
THINK IT WILL 
BE.>> PRESIDENTRUMP 
TWEETED THAT THE 
ELECTION WILL BE 
RIGGED TO HE 
ALSO TWEETED 
THAT WHEN HE WAS 
LOSING TO 
HILLARY CLINTON 
AND HE TWEETED 
THAT, THE DAY 
AFTER IT WAS FOX 
THAT SHOWED HE 
WAS LOSING TO 
TRUMP BUT I 
DON'T WANT TO BE 
TOO POLITICAL, 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
AS THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
THAT MAIL-IN 
VOTING WILL LEAD 
TO MASSIVE VOTER 
FRAUD? 
>> I THINK THERE 
IS A HIGH RISK 
THAT IT WILL. 
>> DO YOU EVER 
VOTE BY MAIL IN 
BALLOT?>> 
CURRENTLY I DID 
AT LEAST ONCE.>> 
BUT YOU BELIEVE 
THAT OTHER 
PEOPLE VOTING BY 
MAIL COULD LEAD 
TO MASSIVE 
FRAUD? 
>> WHAT I TALKED 
ABOUT AND MADE 
CLEAR IS THAT 
I'M NOT TALKING 
ABOUT 
ACCOMMODATIONS 
TO PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE TO BE OUT 
OF THE STATE OR 
HAVE SOME 
PARTICULAR NEED 
NOT TO, OR THE 
INABILITY TO 
VOTE. 
I'M TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
WHOLESALE 
CONVERSION OF 
ELECTIONS.>> YOU 
DO UNDERSTAND 
THAT AFRICAN-
AMERICANS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
DO NOT SURVIVE 
COVID-19. 
CORONAVIRUS YOU 
ARE AWARE OF 
THAT?  
YOU ARE AWARE 
THE AFRICAN-
AMERICANS, BLACK 
PEOPLE 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
DIE FROM COVID-
19 , 
CORONAVIRUS, 
CORRECT?>> 
YES.>> NOT THAT 
IT WOULD BE THE 
FIRST TIME THAT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS WOULD 
RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO VOTE IN THIS 
COUNTRY TO 
PRESERVE THE 
DEMOCRACY BUT TO 
SUGGEST THAT 
THEM HAVING THE 
ABILITY TO VOTE 
BY MAIL WOULD 
SOMEHOW LEAD TO 
MASSIVE VOTER 
FRAUD. 
BUT IT WON'T 
STICK TO THAT.>> 
I DIDN'T SAY 
THAT I SAID IT 
IS A REALITY 
WHICH IS THAT IF 
YOU HAVE 
WHOLESALE MAIL-
IN VOTING IT IS 
SUBSTANTIALLY 
INCREASING THE 
RISK OF FRAUD. 
>> BUT IT 
DOESN'T MAKE IT 
SO. 
I ALSO SAW A TV 
THE PRESENTS 
THAT HE IS NOT 
SURE THAT HE 
WILL ACCEPT THE 
ELECTION 
RESULTS. 
CAN A PRESIDENT 
JUST PROTEST 
BECAUSE HE LOST 
AN ELECTION?>> 
PROTEST IN WHAT 
SENSE?>> CAN HE 
CONTESTED 
ELECTION JUST 
BECAUSE HE 
SIMPLY LOSES?>> 
GORE VERSUS 
BUSH, I THINK 
THIS WAS OVER A 
SLIM VOTER 
MARGIN. 
>> I'M TALKING 
IF IT IS VERY 
CLEAR HE HAS 
LOST AN 
ELECTION, DOES 
HE HAVE A REMEDY 
TO CONTEST THE 
ELECTION? 
>> NOT THAT I'M 
AWARE OF.>> LET 
ME GO BACK TO 
WHAT 
REPRESENTATIVE 
BASS MENTIONED 
THAT YOU SAID 
THERE WAS EIGHT 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS KILLED 
BY THE POLICE 
AND 11 WHITE 
PEOPLE KILLED. 
IF YOU USE THOSE 
NUMBERS, THAT IS 
85% OF THE 
POPULATION IS 
WHITE AND 15% IS 
BLACK. 
BUT IF YOU 
ACTUALLY LOOK AT 
THE DEATHS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
NUMBERS YOU 
GAVE, 42% OF THE 
DEATHS ARE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
AND 58% ARE 
WHITE. 
THAT IS A 
GLARING 
DISPARITY IN 
TERMS OF 
POPULATION. 
I JUST GIVE YOU 
THOSE NUMBERS 
BECAUSE -->> 
THAT WAS 
ADJUSTED BY THE 
RACE OF THE 
CRIMINAL. 
>> I JUST DID 
THAT FOR YOU, I 
AM USING YOUR 
NUMBERS AND 
ACCORDING TO 
YOUR NUMBERS, 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS ARE 
FOUR OR FIVE 
TIMES MORE 
LIKELY THAN 
THEIR PERCENTAGE 
OF THE 
POPULATION, TO 
BE KILLED BY 
POLICE THAN 
WHITE 
COUNTERPARTS. 
I JUST WANTED TO 
GIVE YOU THAT 
BASED ON YOUR 
NUMBERS.>> THE 
STUDIES I HAVE 
SEEN HAVE 
SUGGESTED TWO 
THINGS, ONE, 
THAT IN FACT 
POLICE ARE LESS 
LIKELY TO SHOOT 
AT A BLACK 
SUSPECT. 
A LITTLE BIT 
MORE LIKELY TO 
SHOOT AT WHITE. 
HOWEVER THAT 
POLICE ARE MORE 
INCLINED TO USE 
NONLETHAL FORCE 
IN A CONTACT 
WITH AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN SUSPECT.
IN TERMS OF THE 
STATISTICS 
THAT'S WHAT IT 
LOOKS LIKE TO 
ME. 
>> ANY DATAVIEW 
HAVE THAT SHOWS 
THAT AFRICAN-
AMERICANS ARE 
LESS LIKELY TO 
DIE AT THE HANDS 
OF POLICE OR BE 
SHOT OR SHOT AT, 
TO ME, IS A 
INCORRECT 
ANALYSIS BUT I 
AM INTERESTED IN 
SEEING IT. 
SO IF YOU HAVE 
IT I WON'T CAUSE 
ANY NAMES BUT IF 
THAT DATA EXISTS 
I WOULD BE MORE 
THAN HAPPY TO 
SEE IT. 
SINCE YOU ARE 
SENDING ME THAT, 
COULD YOU SEND 
THE DATE OF 
AFRICAN 
AMERICANS WITHIN 
THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE AND 
HOW MANY YOU 
HAVE IN 
LEADERSHIP RANKS 
ALL THE WAY 
DOWN, I YIELD 
BACK.>> THE 
GENTLEMAN YELLED 
BACK. 
I WOULD REMIND 
MR. JORDAN, AND 
MR. JOHNSON TO 
STOP VIOLATING 
THE RULES OF THE 
COMMITTEE, TO 
STOP VIOLATING 
THE MEMBERS OF 
THE COMMITTEE 
AND TO STOP 
HOLDING 
THEMSELVES OUT 
AS NOT CARING BY 
REFUSING TO WEAR 
THEIR MASKS.>> 
IS IT 
PERMISSIBLE TO 
DRINK?>> WE 
CAN'T DRINK 
COFFEE?>> 
UNBELIEVABLE.>> 
HE WENT AND 
THAT'S WHY I 
TOOK OFF MY 
MASK, MR. 
CHAIRMAN.>> I'M 
GOING TO GO.>> 
LET'S CLEAR UP A 
FEW THINGS, 
JUDGE JACKSON 
AGREED WITH YOUR 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
IS THAT RIGHT? 
>> THAT'S 
RIGHT.>> SHE 
SAID 79 WOULD BE 
GREATER THAN 
NECESSARY AND 
THE SECOND 
MEMORANDUM SO IT 
COULD BE MORE 
CLEAR THEY 
AGREED WITH YOU. 
LAFAYETTE SQUARE 
WITH SAINT 
JOHN'S CHURCH 
STANDING TODAY 
IF YOU HAD NOT 
TAKEN ACTION?>> 
I THINK THAT WAS 
ON SUNDAY NIGHT 
AND I THINK LAW 
ENFORCEMENT DID 
USE TEAR GAS AT 
MY UNDERSTANDING 
THE NIGHT TO 
CLEAR THE WAY SO 
THAT FIRETRUCKS 
COULD GET IN TO 
SAVE ST. JOHN'S 
CHURCH. 
>> THE CHURCHES. 
I UNDERSTAND THE 
TIMEFRAME BUT 
WOULD BE NOT 
TAKING ACTION IF 
IT WOULD BE 
STANDING 
TODAY?>> 
RIGHT.>> 38 
PEOPLE UNMASKED 
AND MICHAEL 
FLYNN WAS NAMED 
49 TIMES. 
SEVEN PEOPLE OF 
THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT 
UNMASKED HIS 
NAME. 
ARE THEY LOOKING 
INTO THIS 
ISSUE?>> I'VE 
ASKED ANOTHER 
U.S. ATTORNEY TO 
LOOK INTO THE 
UNMASKING 
BECAUSE OF , YOU 
KNOW, THE HIGH 
NUMBER OF 
UNMASKED GAINS 
AND SOME THAT DO 
NOT READILY 
APPEAR TO HAVE 
BEEN IN THE 
NORMAL 
BUSINESS.>> I 
WANT TO BE 
CLEAR, SO THERE 
IS ANOTHER 
INVESTIGATION ON 
THAT ISSUE 
SPECIFICALLY 
GOING ON RIGHT 
NOW?>> YES.>> 
THAT'S GREAT. 
SO HE IS LOOKING 
AT HOW THE WHOLE 
TRUMP 
QUESTIONING 
STARTED YOU HAVE 
ANOTHER U.S. 
ATTORNEY CAN YOU 
GIVE US THEIR 
NAME? 
>> JOHN BASH OF 
TEXAS. 
>> HE IS LOOKING 
SPECIFICALLY AT 
THE FACTS?  
OF UNMASKING 49 
TIMES THEY 
UNMASKED HIS 
NAME.
>> A MUCH LONGER 
PERIOD OF 
TIME.>> I 
APPRECIATE THAT. 
OUR PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS 
VIOLENT, MR. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL? 
>> THE PEOPLE 
DESTROY 
BUSINESSES?  
DO PEOPLE ENTER 
OFFICERS? 
>> NO.>> DID 
THEY BURN DOWN 
BUILDINGS? 
>> NO.>> THE 
VIDEO WE PLAYED, 
HARD TO WATCH, 
REALLY HARD TO 
WATCH TO SEE 
THAT HAPPENING 
IN OUR GREAT 
COUNTRY. 
BUT THERE WAS 
THE START OF IT 
WAS ALMOST 
LAUGHABLE WHERE 
YOU HAVE THE 
REPORTERS SAYING 
AS A BUILDING IS 
BURNING BEHIND 
THEM, IS NOT 
GENERALLY 
SPEAKING AND 
UNRULY PROTEST, 
MOSTLY JUST A 
PROTEST BUT IT 
IS LAUGHABLE 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
THE REPORTERS 
SAYING, I GUESS, 
HE IS SAYING 
IT'S NOT A FIRE 
BUT JUST A 
BURNING BUILDING 
BUT I GUESS HE 
IS SAYING IT IS 
A PEACEFUL 
BURNING 
BUILDING. 
IF YOU WEEKS 
AGO, LET ME ASK 
YOU THIS BUT I 
WANT TO GO RIGHT 
TO THIS. 
IS DEFUNDING THE 
POLICE A 
RATIONAL 
POLICY?>> NO 
GOOD I THINK OF 
ANYTHING, I'M 
ARE CONCERNED 
THAT THE POLICE 
BE ADEQUATELY 
FUNDED TODAY AND 
GET MORE 
RESOURCES FIT A 
LOT OF THE 
THINGS WE NEED 
TO DO TO ADDRESS 
SOME OF THE 
CONCERNS PEOPLE 
HAVE ABOUT WHAT 
THEY SAW IN 
MINNEAPOLIS, 
WILL TAKE SOME 
RESOURCES, SOME 
TRAINING THAT WE 
HAVE TO DO. 
AND, ONE OF THE 
DIFFICULTIES IN 
OUR COUNTRY, NOT 
A DIFFICULT BUT 
EFFECTIVE 18,000 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES AND 
MOST OF THEM ARE 
VERY, VERY 
SMALL. 
SO WE HAVE TO 
FIND A WAY OF 
TRAINING AND 
MAKING SURE THE 
TRAINING IS 
PUSHED OUT. 
>> IS IT 
DANGEROUS TO 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE? 
>> EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS. 
>> SOME OF THE 
ORDINANCES ARE 
BEING PASSED AND 
IS DANGEROUS. 
CARMEN BEST SENT 
THIS TO BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND 
RESIDENTS IN THE 
CITY. 
>> SHE CANNOT 
PROTECT, SHE 
CAN'T DO HER 
POLICE FORCE 
CANNOT DO THEIR 
JOB. 
>> THAT THE 
OFFICERS, THE 
POLICY THEY'RE 
TRYING TO PASS, 
DID THEY GIVE 
OFFICERS NO 
ABILITY, SHE 
EMPHASIZED THAT, 
GIVES OFFICERS 
NO ABILITY TO 
INTERCEDE TO 
PROTECT PROPERTY 
BUT SHE ALSO 
SAID THAT WE, 
SHE IS TAKING 
THE LEADERSHIP 
AND RESPONSE TO 
TELL THE 
BUSINESS OWNERS 
ON THE CITIZENS 
THAT SHE IS 
CONCERNED THAT 
SHE SAYS I'VE 
DONE MY DUE 
DILIGENCE IN 
INFORMING THE 
COUNCILMEMBERS. 
SHE SAID SHE 
TRIED TO TELL 
THEM AND THESE 
PEOPLE WON'T 
LISTEN TO ME. 
FINALLY SHE SAYS 
THIS IS THE 
SCARY PART. 
SHE SAYS THIS IN 
HER LETTER, THE 
POLICE WILL HAVE 
AN ADJUSTED 
DEPLOYMENT. 
THAT'S A NICE 
WAY OF SAYING 
YOU ARE ON YOUR 
OWN. 
WE CAN'T HELP 
YOU. 
THAT IS HOW 
SCARY THIS 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE AND 
HERE'S THE 
KICKER, HERE IS 
THE KICKER. 
THE SAME CITIES 
SENT YOU A 
LETTER LAST 
WEEK, THE SAME 
CHIEF OF POLICE 
BEST SENT THIS 
TO THE CITIZENS 
OF HER CITY. 
THEY SENT YOU A 
LETTER LAMING 
YOU COME BLAMING 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
THE VIOLENCE 
THAT IS 
HAPPENING IN 
THESE CITIES. 
THAT IS HOW 
RIDICULOUS THE 
LEFT'S POSITION 
HAS BECOME. 
I APPRECIATE THE 
WORK YOU ARE 
DOING MR. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
I AM OVERTIME. 
I YIELD BACK.>> 
GENTLEMAN 
YIELDS. 
>> MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THE JOB 
OF THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL IS TO 
DEFEND THE BEST 
INTEREST OF THE 
PEOPLE IN 
SERVICE TO 
PEOPLE'S LAWYER. 
BUT DURING YOUR 
TIME AS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL YOU HAVE 
CONSISTENTLY 
UNDERMINED 
DEMOCRACY, 
UNDERMINED THE 
CONSTITUTION AND 
UNDERMINED THE 
HEALTH, SAFETY 
AND WELL-BEING 
OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, ALL TO 
PERSONALLY 
BENEFIT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
YOU JUST TESTIFY 
THERE IS NO 
MECHANISM FOR A 
PRESIDENT TO 
CONTEST AN 
ELECTION THAT 
HAS CLEARLY BEEN 
ONE BY THE 
OPPONENT. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, WHAT 
WILL YOU DO, IF 
DONALD TRUMP 
LOSES THE 
ELECTION ON 
NOVEMBER 3, BUT 
REFUSES TO LEAVE 
OFFICE ON 
JANUARY 20?>> IF 
THE RESULTS ARE 
CLEAR I WOULD 
LEAVE OFFICE.>> 
DO YOU BELIEVE 
THAT THERE IS 
ANY BASIS OR 
LEGITIMACY TO 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
RECENT CLAIM, 
THAT HE CAN'T 
PROVIDE AN 
ANSWER AS TO 
WHETHER HE WOULD 
LEAVE OFFICE 
CUSTOMER>> I AM 
NOT FAMILIAR 
WITH THESE 
COMMENTS ARE THE 
CONTEXT IN WHICH 
THEY OCCUR SO 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
GIVE COMMENTARY 
ON THEM. 
>> YOU STATED 
PUBLICLY ABOUT A 
WEEK AGO TO FOX 
NEWS. 
DURING A RADIO 
INTERVIEW, YOU 
PRAISED 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP'S 
CORONAVIRUS 
RESPONSE IS 
SUPERB.>> WHO 
DID?>> YOU 
DID.>> 152,000 
AMERICANS HAVE 
DIED. 
MORE THAN 400 
MILLION 
AMERICANS HAVE 
BEEN INFECTED, 
MORE THAN 5 
MILLION 
AMERICANS HAVE 
LOST THEIR 
HEALTHCARE. 
OVER 100,000 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
HAVE PERMANENTLY 
CLOSED. 
OR THE 50 
MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE 
OUT OF WORK. 
THIS IS NOT THE 
OUTCOME OF 
SUPERB 
LEADERSHIP COULD 
WHAT WE'VE 
GOTTEN FROM 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
EXACTLY THE 
OPPOSITE. 
LET'S EXPLORE.>> 
I DISAGREE WITH 
THAT.>> THAT WAS 
NOT A QUESTION 
THAT WAS A 
STATEMENT, IN 
FEBRUARY 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP FALSELY 
CLAIMED THAT THE 
NUMBER OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES WOULD GO 
FROM 15 TO 0 IN 
A FEW DAYS WAS 
UP SUPERB, YES 
OR NO? 
>> I WOULD HAVE 
TO SEE THE 
CONTEXT. 
>> HERE IS THE 
CONTEXT. 
IF THE CASES 
DIDN'T GO DOWN 
TO ZERO, IT IS 
OVER 4 MILLION 
PER LET'S GO TO 
MARCH. 
IN THAT MONTH, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP SAID I 
TAKE NO 
RESPONSIBILITY 
AT ALL FOR THE 
FAILURE IN 
TESTING, THAT 
WAS SUPERB?  
YES OR NO. 
>> IT WAS 
ACCURATE. 
THE PROBLEM WITH 
THE TESTING 
SYSTEM WAS A 
FUNCTION OF 
PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S 
MISHANDLING OF 
THE CDC. 
IN HIS EFFORTS, 
TO CENTRALIZE 
EVERYTHING IN 
THE CDC.>>  
THANK YOU, MR. 
BARR.  
THAT IS 
INACCURATE. 
THAT IS A MYTH. 
I'M CLAIMING MY 
TIME, IN APRIL, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP 
IRRESPONSIBLY 
SUGGESTED THAT 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE INJECT 
THEMSELVES WITH 
BLEACH. 
WAS THAT SUPERB? 
YES OR NO. 
>> THAT'S NOT 
WHAT I HEARD. 
>> THAT'S 
EXACTLY WHAT HE 
SAID, THAT'S 
WHAT THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
HEARD AND YOU 
KNOW IT AND YOU 
CAN'T DEFEND IT. 
LET'S MOVE ON TO 
MAY. 
IN THAT MONTH, 
ON NATIONAL 
NURSES DAY, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP FALSELY 
CALLED PPE 
SHORTAGES FAKE 
NEWS. 
WHILE NURSES AND 
OTHER HEALTHCARE 
PROFESSIONALS 
RESORTED TO 
WEARING TRASH 
BAGS AND SKI 
GOGGLES TO 
PROTECT 
THEMSELVES. 
FAKE NEWS. 
IS THAT SUPERB?  
YES OR NO.>> I 
THINK THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
DID A GOOD JOB 
OF MUSTERING PPE 
AND THE NATIONAL 
SUPPLY OF PPE 
WAS RUN DOWN 
DURING THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTERS 
NEVER REPLACE.>> 
THANK YOU, THE 
ANSWER IS NO IT 
WAS NOT SUPERB. 
ON JUNE, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP 
IRRESPONSIBLY 
CONTINUED TO 
REFUSE TO WEAR A 
MASK. 
DESPITE THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
GUIDANCE FROM 
HIS OWN EXPERTS, 
WAS THAT SUPERB? 
YES OR NO?>> 
WHICH GUIDANCE, 
THE MASKS 
WOULDN'T WORK? 
>> YOU KNOW THE 
GUIDANCE THAT WE 
ARE TALKING 
ABOUT. 
THE CDC AND DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI IN 
APRIL 
RECOMMENDED THAT 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE WEAR 
MASKS BUT DONALD 
TRUMP HAS BECOME 
THE POSTER BOY 
FROM THE ANTI-
MASK  MOVEMENT. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
IS TESTED MORE 
THAN ANY HUMAN 
BEING. 
>> THE ANSWER IS 
TO REFUSAL TO 
WEARING MASK IS 
NOT SUPERB. 
IN JULY, 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP FALSELY 
CLAIMED THAT 99% 
OF COVID-19 
CASES  ARE 
TOTALLY 
HARMLESS. 
WAS THAT SUPERB? 
YES OR NO.>> I 
THINK 
ESSENTIALLY WHAT 
HE WAS SAYING IS 
THAT THE 
FATALITY RATE, 
RELATIVELY IS 
VERY LOW. 
VERY LOW. 
>> THE ANSWER IS 
150,000 
AMERICANS ARE 
DEAD, IT HAS 
BEEN A FAILURE 
OF EPIC 
PROPORTIONS. 
IN FACT, DONALD 
TRUMP'S RESPONSE 
TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC HAS 
BEEN THE WORST 
FAILURE OF ANY 
PRESIDENT IN 
AMERICAN 
HISTORY. 
AND THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE HAVE PAID 
THE PRICE. 
I YIELD BACK.>> 
I GUESS I DO. 
I THINK IT'S MY 
TURN TO SPEAK. 
IS UP, IS THAT 
CORRECT?  
THANK YOU. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BARR, CHAIRMAN 
NADLER  OPENED 
UP BY SAYING YOU 
CAN NO LONGER 
HIDE BEHIND A 
LEGAL FICTION. 
THAT CAUSED ME 
SOME 
CONSTERNATION I 
HAVE NO IDEA 
WHAT HE IS 
TALKING ABOUT 
BUT DO YOU KNOW 
HE IS TALKING 
ABOUT?>> I DON'T 
RECALL THAT 
PHRASE OR WHAT 
CONTEXT.>> WHO 
KNOWS WHAT 
CONTEXT, HE WAS 
RATTLING ON 
THEIR. 
HE WAS ATTACKING 
YOU AND YOUR 
PERFORMANCE IN 
VIRTUALLY 
EVERYTHING HE 
COULD AND SAID 
YOU CAN NO 
LONGER HIDE 
BEHIND LEGAL 
FICTION. 
I DIDN'T SEE ANY 
CONNECTION WITH 
ANYTHING ELSE HE 
HAD BEEN SAYING 
SO I WONDER IF 
YOU HAD SEE 
ANYTHING BUT I 
GUESS YOU DIDN'T 
SEE ANYTHING 
EITHER. 
THE NEXT PERSON 
TO ASK QUESTIONS 
WAS THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM 
CALIFORNIA WHO 
CONSISTENTLY 
REFERRED TO 
CIVILIAN FEDERAL 
AGENTS AS 
FEDERAL TROOPS. 
AND INTIMATING, 
IF YOU WILL, 
THAT PORTLAND 
WAS PEACEABLE 
UNTIL FEDERAL 
CIVILIAN AGENTS 
ARRIVED ON THE 
SCENE, 
ESSENTIALLY IT 
IS ANALOGOUS TO 
BLAME THE FIRED 
FROM TO PUT OUT 
A FIRE AND THEN 
BEING BLAMED FOR 
PUTTING UP THE 
FIRE. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, BARR, 
LET'S HAVE IT ON 
THE RECORD,  WAS 
THERE VIOLENCE 
AND ATTEMPTS TO 
BURN DOWN, 
VIOLATE THE 
BUILDING AND 
ATTACK ON 
CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES OF THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT PRIOR 
TO ANY OTHER 
FEDERAL AGENCIES 
PRIOR TO 
REINFORCES BEING 
SENT IN? 
>> THE MAIN 
EFFORT TO 
REINFORCE WAS 
AROUND THE 
FOURTH OF JULY 
AND IT HAD BEEN 
GOING ON FOR 
QUITE A WHILE 
BEFORE THAT.>> 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
LAFAYETTE 
SQUARE. 
JUNE 1 YOU HAD 
VIOLENT MOBS 
VIOLATING CURFEW 
AND A SET FIRE 
TO PARKED CARS, 
BURN FLAGS AND 
EVEN SET FIRE TO 
ST. JOHN'S 
EPISCOPAL 
CHURCH. 
THE SECRET 
SERVICE AND 
THEY'VE USED 
SAFE RESTORATIVE 
FORCE, ACTUALLY, 
CLEARED THAT UP. 
IN TOTAL, 
HOWEVER, 51 U.S. 
POLICE OFFICERS 
WERE INJURED 
DURING THE 
WEEKEND  MEETING 
AT THE 
EXPANSION. 
DO YOU WANT TO 
EXPAND ON THE 
ACTION WITH 
LAFAYETTE PARK? 
>> THE 29th, 
30th AND 31st 
THERE WAS 
UNPRECEDENTED 
RIOTING RIGHT 
AROUND THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
VERY VIOLENT. 
I THINK WE HAD 
AROUND 90 
OFFICERS 
INJURED, I'M 
TALKING ABOUT 
THINGS LIKE 
CONCUSSIONS, ONE 
WAS OPERATED ON 
AND SO FORTH. 
WE HAD THE 
PRESIDENT, IT 
WAS SO BAD THAT 
IT'S BEEN 
REPORTED THE 
SECRET SERVICE 
RECOMMENDED THE 
PRESIDENT GO 
DOWN TO THE 
SHELTER AND WE 
HAD A BREACH OF 
THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT. 
THE HISTORICAL 
BUILDING ON 
LAFAYETTE PARK 
WAS BURNED DOWN, 
THE LODGE, ST. 
JOHN'S WAS SET 
ON FIRE BRICKS 
WERE THROWN AT 
THE POLICE 
REPEATEDLY. 
AND THE PRIDE OF 
THE PAVERS ON 
LAFAYETTE PARK 
AND BALLOONS OF 
CAUSTIC LIQUID 
WERE THROWN ON 
THE POLICE. 
AND I ARRIVED AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
ON MONDAY, THERE 
WAS TOTAL 
CONSENT SINCE 
THAT WE COULDN'T 
ALLOW THAT TO 
HAPPEN SO CLOSE 
TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
THAT KIND OF 
RIOTING AND 
THEREFORE WE HAD 
TO MOVE THE 
PERIMETER OUT 
ONE BLOCK AND 
PUSH IT UP 
TOWARD MY 
STREET. 
THERE WAS 
ALREADY A PLAN 
AT THAT POINT 
THAT THE PARK 
POLICE AND THE 
SECRET SERVICE 
HAD WORKED OUT 
THE NIGHT BEFORE 
WHICH WAS TO PUT 
THE PERIMETER 
FURTHER AWAY AND 
THEN GIVE THEM 
TIME TO PUT A 
NON-SCALABLE 
FENCE ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN PART OF 
THE PARK. 
DURING THE DAY, 
DURING MONDAY, 
THE FACTORS THAT 
LED TO THE 
TIMING OF IT 
WERE THAT THAT 
MOVEMENT WAS 
GOING TO MAY 
MADE AS SOON AS 
THERE WAS ENOUGH 
UNITS IN PLACE 
TO EXIT PERFORM 
IT. 
AND UNITS WERE 
VERY SLOW IN 
GETTING INTO 
PLACE THROUGHOUT 
THE DAY. 
MUCH TO MY 
FRUSTRATION 
BECAUSE I WANTED 
IT MOVED BEFORE 
THERE WAS A 
BUILD UP OF 
DEMONSTRATORS. 
AND ALSO THE 
FENCING HAD TO 
BE DELIVERED. 
AND WHEN THOSE 
THINGS WERE 
ACCOMPLISHED, 
THE TACTICAL, 
THE PARK POLICE, 
PROCEEDED WITH 
THE MOVEMENT OF 
PUSHING THE 
PERIMETER. 
SO THIS WAS 
SOMETHING 
CONCEIVED OF 
LONG BEFORE AND 
DIDN'T TURN ON 
THE NATURE OF 
THE CROWD 
ALTHOUGH I WOULD 
SAY THERE CROWD 
WAS VERY UNRULY 
AND WHILE THE 
TECHNICAL 
CONSIDERATIONS 
WERE MADE BY THE 
PARK POLICE, YOU 
KNOW THEY TRY TO 
RESPOND TO THE 
SITUATION. 
TO SAY THAT THIS 
HAD TO DO WITH 
PHOTO OP AND I 
DON'T MEAN TO 
ANALOGIZE THIS 
FOR A MILITARY 
OPERATION BUT IS 
AKIN TO SAYING 
THAT WE INVADED 
THE PHILIPPINES 
AND WORLD WAR II 
SO DOUGLAS 
MacARTHUR COULD 
WALK ON THE 
BEACH. 
ONE FOLLOWS THE 
OTHER BUT WE DID 
NOT INVADE THE 
PHILIPPINES SO 
THAT HE COULD 
WALK TO THE 
BEACH.>> THANK 
YOU, YIELD.>> 
GENTLEMEN YIELDS 
BACK.>>  MR. 
BARR HAVE YOU 
EVER INTERVENED  
EXCEPT TO HELP 
THE PEASANTS 
FRIENDS FOR ANY 
OTHER CASE WHERE 
SKEETER HAS 
FILED? 
>> A 
RECOMMENDATION? 
>> NOT THAT I 
RECALL.>> ARE 
YOU SAYING YOU 
DON'T RECALL? 
>> IF YOU LET ME 
FINISH THE 
QUESTION I CAN'T 
REMEMBER 30 YEAR 
GOES I WAS 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL.>> NOW. 
>> I DIDN'T 
BECAUSE 
ATTORNEYS COME 
UP IN A DISPUTE 
AND I HAD NEVER 
HEARD OF THE 
DISPUTE IN THE 
DEPARTMENT, 
WHERE 
PROSECUTORS 
THREATENED TO 
QUIT BECAUSE -->>
AMERICAN FROM 
BOTH PARTIES ARE 
CONCERNED THAT 
IN DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA 
THEIR HORSES 
TERMS OF JUST 
HIM. 
ONE FOR MR. 
TRUMP AND HIS 
CRONIES AND 
ANOTHER FOR THE 
REST OF US BUT 
THAT CAN ONLY 
HAPPEN IF YOU 
ENABLE IT. 
AFTER 
CONFIRMATION 
HEARING, YOU ARE 
ASKED, DO YOU 
BELIEVE A 
PRESIDENT COULD 
LAWFULLY ISSUE A 
PARDON IN 
EXCHANGE FOR THE 
RECIPIENTS 
PROMISED TO NOT 
INCRIMINATE. 
YOU SAID, THAT 
WOULD BE A 
CRIME. 
YOU ARE ASKED 
COULD A PRESENT 
ISSUE A PARDON 
IN EXCHANGE FOR 
THE RECIPIENTS 
PROMISED NOT TO 
INCRIMINATE THEM 
AND HE SAID THAT 
WOULD BE A CRIME 
IS THAT RIGHT? 
>> YES I SAID 
THAT.>> YOU SAID 
A CRIME YOU SAID 
IT WOULD BE A 
CRIME. 
AND WHEN YOU 
SAID THAT, THAT 
A PRESIDENT 
SWAPPING A PART 
HIM TO DO THAT 
YOU ARE 
PROMISING THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
THAT IF YOU SAW 
THAT YOU WOULD 
DO SOMETHING 
ABOUT THAT IS 
THAT RIGHT?>> 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> ARE YOU 
INVESTIGATING 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP FROM 
COMMUTING THE 
SENTENCE OF 
ROGER STONE? 
>> NO.>> WHY 
NOT?>> WHY 
SHOULD I?
>> MR. STONE WAS 
CONVICTED ON A 
JURY OF SEVEN 
COUNTS OF LYING 
IN RUSH 
INVESTIGATION 
BUT HE BRAGGED 
THAT HE LIED TO 
SAVE TRUMP'S BUT 
BUT WHY WOULD HE 
LIE?  
YOUR PROSECUTORS 
TOLD THE JURY 
THAT STONE LIED 
BECAUSE THE 
TRUTH LOOKS BAD 
FOR DONALD 
TRUMP. 
WHAT TRUTH IS 
THAT?  
DONALD TRUMP 
DENIED ANSWERS 
TO THE RUSSIAN 
INVESTIGATORS 
THAT HE TALKED 
TO ROGER STONE 
DURING THE TIME 
HE WAS IN 
CONTACT WITH 
AGENTS OF A 
RUSSIAN 
INFLUENCE 
OPERATION. 
THERE IS 
EVIDENCE THAT 
THEY DID TALK 
DURING THIS TIME 
YOU WOULD AGREE 
THAT IT IS A 
FEDERAL CRIME TO 
LIE UNDER 
OATH.>> YES.>> 
IT IS A CRIME 
FOR ME, AND YOU 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> YES.>> IF 
DONALD TRUMP 
LIED TO THE 
INVESTIGATOR'S 
THEN ROGER STONE 
WAS IN A 
POSITION TO 
EXPOSE DONALD 
TRUMP'S LIES. 
ARE YOU FAMILIAR 
WITH THE 
DECEMBER 3 2018 
TWEET OR DONALD 
TRUMP SAID ROGER 
STONE HAD SHOWN 
GUTS BY NOT 
TESTIFYING 
AGAINST HIM?>> 
I'M NOT FAMILIAR 
WITH THAT. 
>> YOU DON'T 
READ HIS TWEETS? 
>> I DON'T.>> I 
THINK YOU SHOULD 
START READING 
THEM BECAUSE HE 
SAID MR. STONE 
SHOWED GUTS BUT 
ON JULY 10 OF 
THIS YEAR, ROGER 
STONE DECLARED 
TO A REPORTER 
THAT I HAD 29 OR 
30 CONVERSATIONS 
WITH TRUMP 
DURING THE 
CAMPAIGN, TRUMP 
KNOWS I WAS 
UNDER ENORMOUS 
PRESSURE TO TURN 
ON HIM. 
IT WOULD HAVE 
EASED MY 
SITUATION 
CONSIDERABLY BUT 
I DIDN'T. 
THE PROSECUTORS 
WANTED ME TO 
PLAY JUDAS AND I 
REFUSED. 
ARE YOU FAMILIAR 
WITH THAT?>> I 
AM NOT.
>> HOW CAN YOU 
SIT HERE AND 
TELL US WHY 
SHOULD I INVEST 
IN THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES IF YOU 
ARE NOT EVEN 
AWARE OF THE 
FACTS CONCERNING 
THE PRESIDENT 
USING THE PARDON 
OR COMMUTATION 
POWER TO SWAP 
THE SIGNS OF THE 
WITNESS?>> 
BECAUSE WE 
REQUIRE A 
RELIABLE 
PREDICATE BEFORE 
WE OPEN A 
CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATION.>> 
I JUST GAVE IT 
TO YOU.>> I 
THINK IT IS A 
VERY VULGAR 
THEORY THAT YOU 
HAVE.>> IT 
SOUNDS LIKE 
YOU'RE HEARING 
-->> THERE WOULD 
BE A LOT MORE 
PEOPLE UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.>> 
THE SAME TO THAT 
ROGER STONE SAY 
THAT DONALD 
TRUMP -->> THE 
STANDARDS OF 
JUSTICE WERE 
UNDER THE TAIL 
END OF THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> LET'S TURN TO 
THE MICHAEL 
COHEN CASE. 
ARE YOU AWARE 
THAT AFTER BEING 
RELEASED FROM 
PRISON HE WAS 
ASKED NOT TO 
ENGAGE WITH THE 
MEDIA INCLUDING 
TO WRITE A BOOK 
TO MAKE WE WILL 
WHERE THAT WAS 
GOING TO BE 
ASKED OF HIM? 
>> WAS I AWARE?  
NO. 
>> WAS ANYONE 
ELSE IN THE 
DEPARTMENT 
AWARE?>> MAYBE I 
SHOULD TELL YOU 
WHAT HAPPENED.>> 
TELL US WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
>> HE WAS FEAR 
LOAD FROM THE 
BUREAU OF 
PRISONS.>> ASKED 
TO ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>> THE HOME 
CONFINEMENT WAS 
NOT BEING 
SUPERVISED BY 
THE BUREAU OF 
PRISONS. 
IT WAS 
SUPERVISED BY 
THE PROBATION 
OFFICE WHICH IS 
PART OF THE U.S. 
COURT SYSTEM.  
AND THE U.S. 
COURSES IN THE 
HAVE THE 
REQUIREMENTS OF 
THAT  ELLIPSIS>> 
THEY CALLED YOUR 
ACTIONS 
RETALIATORY. 
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH THAT? 
>> ALL I KNOW IS 
WHAT WAS SAID IN 
COURT BEFORE THE 
JUDGE AND IN THE 
RECORD. 
WHICH IS THAT 
THE INDIVIDUAL 
WAS THEN CALLED 
BY THE U.S. 
COURT SYSTEM 
SAYING  THIS GUY 
MICHAEL COHEN IS 
NOT AGREEING TO 
THE CONDITIONS. 
AND AT THAT 
POINT, THE 
BUREAU OF 
PRISONS PERSON 
MADE THE 
DECISION THAT HE 
WAS NO LONGER 
ELIGIBLE FOR 
HOME 
CONFINEMENT.>> 
THE JUDGE SAID 
NO OTHER INMATE 
HAD BEEN ASKED 
OF HIM IN HIS 
EXPERIENCE. 
YOU TOLD ABC 
NEWS THAT THE 
PRESIDENTS TWEET 
SOMETIMES MAJOR 
JOBS IMPOSSIBLE. 
BUT SIR, YOUR 
JOB IS ONLY 
IMPOSSIBLE IF 
YOU ENABLE THE 
PRESIDENTS 
ABRUPT SCHEMES. 
I YIELD BACK.>> 
THANK YOU, MR. 
CHAIRMAN. 
THE CONSTITUTION 
SAYS A PRESIDENT 
SHALL HAVE THE 
POWER TO GRANT 
REPRIEVES AND 
PARDONS FOR 
OFFENSES AGAINST 
THE UNITED 
STATES EXCEPT IN 
SOME CASES PER 
DO NOTE IN OTHER 
CASES ON THE 
POWER TO PARDON? 
>> NO.>> HAS HE 
EXCEEDED THE 
POWER? 
>> NO. 
MR. JOHNSON 
APPLIED THAT IN 
CHALLENGING THE 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
OF ROGER STONE 
YOU ARE DOING 
THE BIDDING OF 
THE PRESIDENT. 
HE DIDN'T WANT 
TO HEAR YOUR 
RESPONSE. 
I WOULD.>> ROGER 
STONE, I NEVER 
DISCUSSED OUR 
SENTENCING 
RECOMMENDATION 
WITH ANYONE 
OUTSIDE THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
IT WAS A VERY 
CONVINCED TIME. 
I MADE THE 
DECISION WE 
SHOULDN'T MAKE A 
DECISION ON THE 
PRECISE SENTENCE 
BUT LEAVE IT UP 
TO THE JUDGE AND 
WE SHOULD NOT 
AFFIRMATIVELY 
ADVOCATE FOR 7 
TO 9 YEARS AND I 
MADE THAT ON 
MONDAY THE 10th. 
AND AT THAT 
NIGHT, WE FILED 
THE DEPARTMENT 
FILED AND IT 
DIDN'T REFLECT 
WHAT I HAD 
DECIDED SO THAT 
NIGHT I TOLD 
PEOPLE WE HAD TO 
FIX IT FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
SO, WE DID AS 
SOON AS I GOT 
IN. 
WE WENT FORWARD 
WITH A PLAN TO 
FILE. 
AT THAT POINT I 
LEARNED ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENTS 
TWEET BECAUSE I 
DON'T MONITOR 
HIS TWEETS. 
AND, I HESITATED 
BECAUSE I KNEW 
THAT I WOULD BE 
ATTACKED FOR 
DOING IT. 
PEOPLE WOULD 
ARGUE THAT I DID 
IT BECAUSE OF 
THE TWEET. 
WHAT I FELT AT 
THE END OF THE 
DAY I REALLY HAD 
TO GO FORWARD 
WITH OUR FILING 
BECAUSE IT WAS 
THE RIGHT THING 
TO DO AND I'M 
GLAD THE JUDGE 
AGREED WITH 
IT.>> WE ARE 
LEARNING MORE 
AND MORE ABOUT 
THE TARGET AND 
THE PROSECUTION 
AND EXTORTION OF 
MICHAEL FLYNN I 
PARTISAN 
OFFICIALS AT THE 
FBI. 
NO ONE HAS BEEN 
HELD ACCOUNTABLE 
FOR THIS ABUSE 
OF POWER. 
KNOWING THAT 
AGENTS WITH THE 
POLITICAL AGENDA 
CAN TAKE 
ANYTHING THAT 
SOMEONE SAYS, 
EDIT IT, 
MISREPRESENTED, 
EXECUTED AND 
THEN EXTORT 
CONFESSIONS BY 
THREATENING 
FAMILY MEMBERS 
AND TO DO SO 
WITH IMPUNITY, 
WHY WOULD ANYONE 
EVER WANT TO 
TALK TO AN FBI 
AGENT MARK>> I 
DON'T, YOU KNOW 
I HAVEN'T 
REACHED JUDGMENT 
AND I'M NOT 
SUGGESTING ALL 
THOSE FACTS USE 
SET FORTH ARE 
TRUE AND WE HAVE 
NOT AT THIS 
POINT, 
CHALLENGED THE 
ACTIONS AND I'VE 
DEFENDED THE 
ACTIONS OF THE 
PROSECUTORS IN 
THIS CASE IN 
COURT. 
THE ORDER OF 
BUSINESS RIGHT 
NOW, IS KNOWING 
WHAT WE KNOW 
NOW, WE DON'T 
THINK ANY OF 
THAT U.S. 
ATTORNEYS IN THE 
DEPARTMENT WOULD 
HAVE PROSECUTED 
THIS CASE . 
PARTLY BECAUSE 
OF THE BEHAVIOR 
OF THE FBI BUT 
ALSO BECAUSE THE 
EVIDENCE HIS 
MOTHER TO PROVE 
IT BEYOND A 
REASONABLE 
DOUBT. 
PART OF WHAT I'M 
TRYING TO 
ESTABLISH IS, IS 
THAT WE WILL USE 
THE SAME 
STANDARDS FOR 
EVERYBODY BEFORE 
WE INDICT 
ANYBODY AND THIS 
GOES FOR BOTH 
SIDES. 
WE WON'T 
PROSECUTE ANYONE 
OR ANYBODY 
UNLESS THERE IS 
PROOF BEYOND A 
REASONABLE DOUBT 
THAT THEY 
COMMITTED A 
CRIME. 
AND NOT ANY 
ESOTERICA MADE 
UP CRIME BUT 
ANOTHER CRIME.>> 
FOR MORE THAN 
THREE YEARS, THE 
MOST POWERFUL 
AGENCIES IN THE 
GOVERNMENT TOOK 
INFORMATION I 
WAS FABRICATED 
FOR A POLITICAL 
CAMPAIGN BUT 
THEY KNEW WAS 
FRAUDULENT. 
USED IT AS 
JUSTIFICATION TO 
LAUNCH AN 
INVESTIGATION 
ALLEGING TREASON 
AGAINST THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
THEN RELEASE THE 
EXISTENCE OF THE 
INVESTIGATION IN 
A MANNER THAT 
WAS CALCULATED 
TO AFFECT THE 
OUTCOME OF THE 
ELECTION. 
AND THEN FAILING 
THAT, USED IT IN 
A LARGELY 
SUCCESSFUL 
ATTEMPT TO 
OBSTRUCT THE 
DULY ELECTED 
PRESIDENT. 
ARE YOU GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO RIGHT 
THIS WRONG 
BEFORE IT 
BECOMES 
PRESIDENT FOR 
FUTURE ELECTION 
INTERFERENCE?>> 
I REALLY CAN'T 
PREDICT THAT. 
I THINK THAT AS 
YOU KNOW, WE ARE 
LOOKING AT ALL 
THESE MANNERS. 
AND COVID-19 DID 
DELAY THIS 
ACTION FOR A 
WHILE BUT HE IS 
WORKING VERY  
DILIGENTLY. 
AND JUSTICE IS 
NOT SOMETHING 
YOU ORDER UP ON 
A SCHEDULE LIKE 
YOU ORDER UP 
PIZZA. 
>> MANY OF US 
CONCERNED IF 
YOU'RE SUCCEEDED 
BY SOMEONE LIKE 
KEITH ELLISON 
THERE, AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
FOR THIS WILL 
BECOME AN 
INSTITUTIONALIZED 
PRACTICE IN THE 
INVESTIGATION 
WILL GO AWAY.>> 
I UNDERSTAND 
YOUR CONCERN. 
>> A TERM WE 
KEEP HIM FROM 
THE LEFT IS 
THESE ARE MOSTLY 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS, MOSTLY 
PEACEFUL. 
IT SEEMS TO ME 
THERE ARE OR 
THEY ARE NOT. 
CALLING WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN OUR 
CITIES MOSTLY 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS IS LIKE 
CALLING SCOTT 
PETERSON MOSTLY 
FAITHFUL HUSBAND 
OR AL CAPONE A 
MOSTLY LAW-
ABIDING 
BUSINESSMAN. 
THERE IS A 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHT TO 
PEACEABLY 
ASSEMBLE. 
WHERE DOES THAT 
WRITE STOP TO 
MARK>> WHEN HE 
BECOMES VIOLENT 
CRIMINAL 
ACTIVITY. 
THAT'S THE 
CHALLENGER YOU 
HAVE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
PROTESTING AND 
DEMONSTRATING 
AND THAT IS 
IMPORTANT FOR US 
THAT WE BELIEVE 
STRONGLY IN TO 
PROTECT. 
AND, THE 
PARTICULAR 
VIOLENT 
OPPORTUNISTS 
INVOLVED HERE, 
GET INTO THE 
CROWDS AND AND 
START ENGAGING 
IN VERY VIOLENT 
ACTIVITIES. 
AND HIGH JACKET 
BUT A LOT OF 
PROTESTERS HAVE 
BEEN TELLING LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
PROVIDING 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT THESE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
NOT WITH THEM OR 
NOT 
DEMONSTRATORS 
WERE COMING IN 
AND A LOT OF THE 
DEMONSTRATORS 
LEAVE WHEN THAT 
HAPPENS BECAUSE 
THEY CAN SEE 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING 
THEMSELVES.>> IS 
THAT 
SUBMITTING?>> 
HIS TIME IS 
EXPIRED.
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. CHAIR. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE 
TODAY, I WOULD 
LIKE TO ASK YOU 
QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THE LEGAL 
STANDARDS FOR 
ARRESTING AND 
SEIZING 
PROTESTERS. 
UNDER THE FOURTH 
AMENDMENT, IT 
REQUIRES 
PROBABLE CAUSE 
BEFORE YOU CAN 
SEE'S AN ARREST 
A PROTESTER, 
CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
YES.>> OKAY AND 
THE PROBABLE 
CAUSE HAS TO BE 
PARTICULARIZED 
TO A PARTICULAR 
PERSON SO IF A 
PROTESTER WAS 
MERELY STANDING 
AROUND A CROWD 
IN THE CITY, YOU 
CANNOT ARREST 
THAT PEACEFUL 
PROTEST APPEARED 
IN OTHER WORDS 
THERE IS NO SUCH 
THING AS 
PROBABLE CAUSE 
BY MERE 
ASSOCIATION 
CORRECT?>> NOT 
STRICTLY BUT I 
WILL SAY THAT 
YOU DO NEED TO 
PARTICULARIZE 
PROBABLE 
CAUSE.>> IF 
THERE IS NO 
PROBABLE CAUSE 
THERE IS NO 
ARREST?>> IF 
THERE ARE THREE 
OR FOUR PEOPLE 
THAT MAY BE 
ENOUGH TO GIVE 
YOU PROBABLE 
CAUSE, THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES.>> 
I'M CLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
IF THERE IS NO 
PROBABLE CAUSE 
YOU CAN'T ARREST 
A PROTESTER, 
CORRECT? 
>> I SAID THE 
ARREST HAS TO BE 
PREDICATED ON 
PROBABLE 
CAUSE.>> AN 
ARREST CAN OCCUR 
WHETHER OR NOT 
THE FEDERAL 
OFFICIAL SAYS 
THEY SHOULD DO 
IT. 
IF THEY TAKE AN 
OFFICER INTO 
CUSTODY, AND MAY 
DETAIN A PERSON 
FOR CUSTOM IN 
QUESTIONING.
>> THIS WOULD 
REQUIRE 
INTENSIVE REVIEW 
OF THE SPECIFICS 
INVOLVED.>> 
ACTUALLY IT 
WOULD. 
IN THE CASE OF 
DUNAWAY VERSUS 
NEW YORK WHICH 
IS BLACK LETTER 
LAW FOR 40 
YEARS, WHETHER 
THE POLICE 
VIOLATED THE 
FOURTH AND 15th 
AMENDMENTS WHEN 
WITHOUT PROBABLE 
CAUSE, THEY TOOK 
PETITIONERS INTO 
CUSTODY, 
TRANSPORTING HIM 
TO POLICE 
STATION AND 
TAKING HIM FOR 
QUESTIONING. 
IT WOULD 
CONSTITUTE -->> 
NO, THE FOURTH 
AMENDMENT IS 
GOVERNED BY 
REASONABLENESS 
BUT THERE CAN BE 
CIRCUMSTANCES, 
THE QUESTION 
SOMETIMES IS 
WHEN DOES 
SOMETHING BECOME 
-->> RECLAIMING 
MY TIME, THIS IS 
NOT A TRICK 
QUESTION, I AM 
CITING YOU WHAT 
THE SUPREME 
COURT SAID. 
HERE IS A 
PROBLEM, UNDER 
THIS STANDARD 
BLACK LETTER LAW 
WHICH IS IN 
EFFECT FOR 40 
YEARS, WHAT THE 
FEDERAL COURT IN 
PORTLAND DID WAS 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
FEDERAL FORCES 
IN FULL COMBAT 
GEAR, IN A DARK 
OF NIGHT, 
GRABBED A 
PROTESTER WHO 
WAS PEACEFULLY 
STANDING THERE, 
FORCED HIM INTO 
AN UNMARKED FAN, 
DROVE HIM TO A 
SEPARATE 
LOCATION, 
SEARCHED HIM AND 
DETAIN HIM AND 
QUESTIONED HIM. 
THAT IS WHAT 
POLICE STATES DO 
THAT'S WHAT IS 
AUTHORITARIAN 
REGIMES DO. 
I HAVEN'T ASKED 
YOU A QUESTION 
YET, MR. BARR.  
WHAT THEY DID 
WAS ILLEGAL 
BECAUSE THEY 
DIDN'T HAVE 
PROBABLE CAUSE. 
HOW DO WE KNOW 
THAT?  
BECAUSE THE 
DEPUTY DIRECTOR 
OF THE 
PROTECTIVE 
SERVICE, CHRIS 
KLEIN ADMITTED 
IT. 
ON NATIONAL TV. 
HE SAID THAT 
INDIVIDUAL THEY 
WERE QUESTIONING 
WAS IN THE CROWD 
AND IN AN AREA 
WHERE ANOTHER 
INDIVIDUAL WAS 
AIMING THINGS 
THAT THE EYES OF 
POLICE OFFICERS. 
THAT IS GUILT BY 
ASSOCIATION, 
THAT IS WHAT THE 
FOURTH AMENDMENT 
INHIBITS. 
THE PROTESTER 
WAS RELEASED 
AFTER THEY 
CONCLUDED THEY 
DID NOT HAVE 
WHAT THEY 
NEEDED, WHICH 
AGAIN SHOWS 
THERE IS NO 
PROBABLE CAUSE. 
IT APPEARS THAT 
FEDERAL DEPUTY 
DIRECTOR KLEIN 
APPEARS TO 
INVENT THERE WAS 
NO PROBABLE 
CAUSE BECAUSE HE 
JUSTIFIED THE 
ACTION TO SAY IT 
WASN'T AN 
ARREST. 
HE CALLS IT A 
SIMPLE 
ENGAGEMENT. 
I'M A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR AND 
I'VE NEVER HEARD 
THAT A SIMPLE 
ENGAGEMENT 
BECAUSE IS MADE 
UP EXCUSE. 
WHAT THESE 
OFFICIALS DID 
WAS AN ARREST. 
THEY GRABBED A 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTER, THEY 
FORCED HIM INTO 
THE VAN AND 
DROVE TO ANOTHER 
LOCATION AND 
DRESS QUESTION 
HIM. 
THAT WAS HABITED 
BY THE SUPREME 
COURT OVER 40 
YEARS AGO. 
I HAVEN'T ASKED 
YOU A QUESTION 
YET. 
THE WASHINGTON 
POST ON JULY 24 
SAID OPERATION 
DILIGENT VALOR, 
THEY SAID THERE 
WAS NO BASE OF 
THESE ARRESTS. 
THEY SAID AT 
TIMES, THEY 
GRABBED AN 
INDIVIDUAL AND 
TAKE THEM INSIDE 
THE COURTHOUSE 
BEFORE 
DETERMINING THEY 
HAD NO PROBABLE 
CAUSE TO CHARGE 
US WITH ANY 
CRIME. 
THE DEPUTY 
DIRECTOR SAID 
THAT THEY 
COORDINATE WITH 
THE U.S. 
ATTORNEY'S 
OFFICE ON ALL 
THESE ARRESTS . 
I URGE YOU TO 
INSTRUCT THE 
FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS TO 
COMPLY WITH THE 
CONSTITUTION AND 
I ASK YOU TO 
INVESTIGATE 
THESE ARRESTS 
BECAUSE MANY OF 
THEM ARE IN 
VIOLATION OF THE 
FOURTH AMENDMENT 
AND WE DO NOT 
LIVE IN A POLICE 
STATE, WE ARE 
BETTER THAN 
THAT. 
I YIELD BACK.>> 
HEALD'S BACK.>> 
THINK YOU DIDN'T 
ALLOW ANY TIME TO
ANSWER HIS 
ALLEGATIONS, 
WOULD YOU CARE 
TO ANSWER THOSE 
ALLEGATIONS? 
>> OBVIOUSLY I 
DON'T KNOW ALL 
THE PARTICULARS 
OF ANY 
INDIVIDUAL CASE 
OUT THERE BUT, 
BASED ON MY 
GENERAL 
UNDERSTANDING, 
WHAT HAD 
HAPPENED WAS 
THAT WHEN THEY 
TRIED TO DO THE 
ARREST OF THE 
RINGLEADERS OF 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
ENGAGED IN 
VIOLENCE AND 
THEY SAW THEM 
WITH LASERS AND 
SO FORTH, THEY 
WENT OUT TO 
IMMEDIATELY 
SWARM THOSE IN 
BLACK AND THEY 
COULDN'T 
EFFECTUATE THE 
ARRESTS. 
SO THE MODUS 
OPERANDI WAS 
CHANGED AND 
BASED ON 
SPECIFIC 
INFORMATION AS 
THE INDIVIDUALS 
WHO WERE SEEN 
DOING THINGS AND 
IDENTIFIED, THEY 
LATER TRY TO 
PICK THEM UP 
WHEN THERE WAS 
LESS OF A RISK 
OF THIS KIND OF 
MOB RESPONSE. 
THE FACT THAT, 
IF YOU HAVE 
INFORMATION THAT 
SOMEONE HAS A 
LASER AND IS 
USING IT AND 
LATER PICK THEM 
UP AND HE 
DOESN'T HAVE IT, 
DOESN'T MEAN 
THERE WASN'T 
PROBABLE CAUSE. 
IT MEANS HE 
DOESN'T HAVE THE 
LASER. 
WAS IT 
REASONABLE FOR 
YOU TO RELY ON 
THE INFORMATION 
THAT YOU HAD AND 
THE 
IDENTIFICATION 
OF THE 
INDIVIDUAL?  
IN SOME CASES IT 
COULD BE A 
MISIDENTIFICATION 
AND ANOTHER 
CASES IT COULD 
BE THE PERSON 
DITCHED THE 
LASER. 
SO THERE IS A 
DISTINCTION 
BETWEEN WHETHER 
THEY OPEN AND 
REALLY VIOLATED 
THE LAW AND 
WHETHER THERE 
WAS PROBABLE 
CAUSE FOR THE 
POLICE TO MAKE 
THE INQUIRY AND 
THEN 
INTERROGATED 
THEM OR ASKED 
THEM QUESTIONS 
AT LEAST.>> 
THANK YOU MR. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL.  
I THINK, I HAVE 
TO TELL YOU. 
YOU PROBABLY 
KNOW THIS BUT MY 
CONSTITUENTS ARE 
SCARED, 
AMERICANS ARE 
SCARED. 
I MEAN, THEY 
WATCH THEIR TV 
AND THEY SEE THE 
RIOTING AND 
LOOTING GOING 
ON, STATUES 
BEING TORN DOWN. 
IN ARIZONA, 
WHERE I AM FROM, 
MORE GUNS ARE 
BEING SOLD THAN 
EVER. 
I THINK THERE IS 
MORE NEW 
GUNOWNERS THAN 
EVER. 
AND, THIS HAS TO 
STOP. 
I THINK THAT 
THIS IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT AS THE 
SAYING GOES, 
THAT IN ORDER TO 
SOLVE A PROBLEM, 
THE FIRST STEP 
IS TO REALIZE 
THERE IS A 
PROBLEM HURT AND 
SO, I FIND IT 
VERY DISTURBING, 
SHOULD I SAY, 
THAT CHAIRMAN 
NADLER, DENIES 
THAT ANTIFA 
EXISTS.  
HE SAID IT TO 
REPORTERS HE SET 
IT ON THE FLOOR 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, 
THAT IS A MADE 
UP STANCE. 
IN THIS VERY 
ROOM, JUST 
RECENTLY 
CONGRESSWOMAN 
WHO REPRESENTS 
THE SEATTLE AREA 
SAID WHEN I WAS 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE AUTONOMOUS 
ZONE. 
AND THE 
TAKEOVERS. 
SHE SAID THE 
AREA IS A FEW 
MILES FROM WHERE 
I SIT RIGHT NOW 
AND THERE IS NO 
TAKEOVERS. 
THERE IS NO 
TAKEOVER. 
SHE ALSO SAID, 
LIES ARE BEING 
SPREAD BY MY 
COLLEAGUES ON 
THIS COMMITTEE. 
THIS AREA IS 
PERFECTLY 
PEACEFUL. 
SHE ALSO SAID 
THAT MY 
REPUBLICAN 
COLLEAGUES KEEP 
SAYING THE 
SEATTLE POLICE 
CHIEF THINKS IT 
WAS TAKEN OVER 
BY PROTESTERS. 
THIS IS 
INCORRECT. 
INCORRECT. 
NO WOMAN HAS 
TAKEN OVER THAT 
BUILDING. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, IS THAT 
YOUR 
UNDERSTANDING OF 
WHAT HAPPENED 
THERE?  
DO YOU AGREE 
WITH MS. JAYAPAL 
THAT THERE WAS 
NO  TAKEOVER?
>> YOU DIDN'T 
SAY THAT RIGHT. 
IT IS JAYAPAL. 
>> WHY DO YOU 
THINK THAT THEY 
USE AUTONOMOUS 
ZONES AND 
DEMOCRAT LED 
CITIES AND ARE 
THEY DANGEROUS 
TO AMERICA?>> 
THEY ARE 
DANGEROUS 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
REPORTING TO 
ANTIFA ON THE 
OUTSIDE  TO 
CONSTITUTE 
AUTHORITY OF THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
THEY ARE ALSO 
OUTRAGEOUS 
BECAUSE THESE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
LIVING NOW UNDER 
THIS AUTONOMOUS 
ZONE, HAVING 
SELECTED THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
THEY HAVE 
SELECTED A DULY 
AUTHORIZED 
GOVERNMENT OF 
THE CITY IN THE 
STATE SO IT IS 
AN OUTRAGE THAT 
PEOPLE WOULD USE 
FORCE TO TAKE 
OVER AN AREA. 
WHAT MAKES ME 
CONCERNED FOR 
THE COUNTRY AS 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME IN MY 
MEMORY THAT THE 
LEADERS OF ONE 
OF OUR GREAT TWO 
POLITICAL 
PARTIES, THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, ARE NOT 
COMING OUT AND 
CONDEMNING MOB 
VIOLENCE ON THE 
ATTACKED ON 
FEDERAL COURTS. 
WHY CAN'T WE 
JUST SAY, 
VIOLENCE AGAINST 
FEDERAL COURTS 
HAS TO STOP?  
CAN WE HEAR 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT?>> MR. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, I 
TOTALLY AGREE 
AND SUPPORT WHAT 
YOU ARE DOING 
AND I SUPPORT 
WHAT PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
DOING  FOR LAW 
AND ORDER IN THE 
COUNTRY AND I 
KNOW THAT.>> THE 
COMMITTEE WILL 
STAND IN RECESS 
FOR FIVE 
MINUTES. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW, WE 
HAVE BREAKING 
NEWS BUT IF THEY 
DO GO BACK TO 
THEIR JOBS THEY 
WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THEY ARE 
PROTECT. 
IT IS NEWS FOR 
YOU YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 
A.M. 
EASTERN.>>> 
SCHOOL DISTRICT 
IN FLORIDA AND 
ACROSS THE 
NATION ARE 
TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT WHEN AND HOW 
THEY WILL OPEN 
THIS FALL, 
SCHOOL IS BACK 
IN SESSION IN 
MISSISSIPPI. 
LOOKING A LITTLE 
BIT DIFFERENT 
THAN USUAL. 
STUDENTS 
RETURNING TO 
CLASS NOW 
GREETED WITH 
TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS AND 
SPACED OUT 
SEATING. 
IN FLORIDA, 
WHERE SCHOOLS 
COULD OPEN IN A 
FEW WEEKS, NEW 
NUMBERS ARE 
FUELING 
CONCERNS. 
STATE HEALTH 
OFFICIALS REPORT 
IN OVER 31,000 
COVID-19 CASES 
IN KIDS UNDER 
18. 
A 34% JUMP IN 
JUST EIGHT DAYS. 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AMONG KIDS  UP 
23%. 
FLORIDA'S 
LARGEST TEACHERS 
UNION CALLING IT 
ALARMING. 
>> IT SHOULD 
HAVE US THINK 
ABOUT, ARE WE 
REALLY READY TO 
GO BACK TO 
SCHOOLS?>> 
Reporter: THE 
FLORIDA GOVERNOR 
JOINED BY THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE, 
SAYING KIDS 
SHOULD HAVE THE 
OPTION TO RETURN 
TO THE 
CLASSROOM. 
>> THERE IS 
NOTHING LIKE 
HAVING SOMEONE 
IN THE CLASS AND 
GIVING THEM 
INSTRUCTION.>> 
Reporter: DR. 
ANTHONY FAUCI  
BELIEVES EACH 
DISTRICT SHOULD 
MAKE THE CALL.>> 
WHEN YOU HAVE A 
LOT OF 
INFECTIONS YOU 
HAVE TO MAKE A 
DECISION AT THE 
LOCAL LEVEL, 
MAKING SURE THAT 
YOU ACCOUNT FOR 
AND ARE VERY 
SENSITIVE TO THE 
SAFETY OF THE 
CHILDREN.>> 
Reporter: IN 
MARTIN COUNTY, 
FLORIDA WHERE A 
QUARTER OF THE 
CHILDREN TESTED 
ARE POSITIVE OR 
COVID-19,  
SAMANTHA IS 
SENDING HER KIDS 
BACK TO THE 
CLASSROOM, 
OPTING OUT OF 
VIRTUAL 
LEARNING.>> 
NEITHER OPTION 
REALLY MAKES ME 
SUPER COMFORTABLE
. I FEEL LIKE 
WE, AS PARENTS, 
HAVE TO MAKE THE 
DECISION BEFORE 
WE EVEN HAD ALL 
THE FACTS.>>> 
UNIVERSITIES 
HAVE TO DEAL 
WITH AN ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT SET OF 
PROBLEMS WITH 
STUDENTS NOT 
JUST LEARNING 
TOGETHER BUT 
LIVING TOGETHER 
AS WELL. 
NOW, A HANDFUL 
OF HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES 
ARE TURNING TO A 
NEW STRATEGY 
THAT THEY HOPE 
WILL ALLOW 
STUDENTS TO 
SAFELY RETURN. 
A NEW NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATION 
MADE UP OF SOME 
OF THE NATION'S 
LEADING 
SCIENTISTS, HAS 
DEVISED A PLAN 
TO HELP. 
HERE TO EXPLAIN 
HOW THIS WILL 
WORK IS DELAWARE 
STATE PRESIDENT 
TONY ALLEN AND 
ANNA SURGEON AND 
THE ADVISOR TO 
TESTING FOR 
AMERICA. 
GOOD MORNING TO 
BOTH OF YOU.>> 
GOOD MORNING.>> 
TONY, YOU MADE A 
PRIORITY TO NOT 
JUST OPEN 
DELAWARE STATE 
UNIVERSITY BUT 
ALSO TO RAMP UP 
TESTING FOR THAT 
DIVERSE CAMPUS 
COMMUNITY. 
WHICH WE KNOW 
FROM STUDIES, IS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFFECTING BLACKS 
BY COVID-19.  
WHY IS IT SO 
IMPORTANT TO 
LEAD THE CHARGE 
AND REOPEN 
CAMPUS WITH THE 
NEW TESTING 
MODEL?>> YOU 
KNOW THAT HEALTH 
DISPARITIES IN 
PARTICULAR 
AFFECT PEOPLE OF 
QUARTER 
THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY. 
COVID-19 IS ALSO 
AFFECTING 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR AND OUR 
STUDENTS AND WE 
THINK IT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT TO 
PROTECT THEIR 
SAFETY. 
AND ALSO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE CAN 
CONTINUE THE 
CONTINUITY OF 
EDUCATION, SO 
THEY CAN GET TO 
THE FINISH LINE. 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
THAT WE CREATED 
AN OPENING PLAN 
THAT HAD THE 
BASICS OF 
SCIENCE, WITH 
TESTING FOR 
AMERICA OF THE 
TESTING PROTOCOL 
AT THE HEART OF 
IT. 
IT EXTENDED ALL 
THE THINGS WE 
KNOW THAT WILL 
KEEP US SAFE AND 
THE UNIVERSITIES 
SAFE. 
SO TESTING FOR 
AMERICA IS 
CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT.>> 
PAINT THE 
PICTURE, DOCTOR. 
HOW WILL THIS 
WORK. 
STUDENTS WILL 
SHOW UP TO 
CAMPUS, WHEN AND 
HOW DOES THE 
TESTING BEGIN?
>> BEFORE THEY 
COME TO CAMPUS 
WE REQUIRE THEM 
TO GET TESTED 
AND WHEN THEY 
COME TO CAMPUS 
THEY WILL BE 
TESTED AND THEN 
THE PROTOCOL 
ITSELF WILL BE 
DEEMED THAT 
FACULTY, STAFF 
AND STUDENTS ARE 
TESTED REGULARLY 
THROUGHOUT THE 
SEMESTER. 
SO THE PROTOCOL 
IS IMPORTANT BUT 
THE TESTING IS 
NECESSARY BUT 
NOT SUFFICIENT 
AS YOU WILL 
NOTICE THAT WE 
ALSO HAVE 
CONTACT TRACING 
ROBUST CONTACT 
TRACING STRATEGY 
AS WELL AS 
QUARANTINE. 
WE HAVE A 
RESIDENT HALL 
THAT IS 
SPECIFICALLY FOR 
QUARANTINE 
OBVIOUSLY COME 
ALL THE OTHER 
PROTOCOLS ARE 
MANDATORY MASK 
WEARING AS WELL 
AS DAILY 
SCREENINGS AND 
THE LIKE.>> DR., 
YOU CONTEND THAT 
THESE TESTS WILL 
PROVIDE MORE 
ACCURACY, AND 
OTHER DIAGNOSTIC 
COVID-19 TESTING 
AND IT WILL DROP 
THE RATE OF 
FALSE TESTING. 
HOW SO? 
>> WE WILL DO SO 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
THE FULL 
GENEALOGY OF THE 
VIRUS. 
THAT'S WHAT'S 
AMAZING, THE 
SCIENCE HAS MADE 
INCREDIBLE 
STRIDES. 
AT THIS POINT 
CAN WE KNOW THE 
FULL GENEALOGY 
OF THE VIRUS SO 
WE WILL DO THE 
GENE SEQUENCING 
OF THE VIRUS BUT 
IT IS A SIMPLE 
YES OR NO. 
AS SUCH, WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO 
SEQUENCE VERY 
QUICKLY, WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO RAMP 
UP AND WE ARE 
HOPEFUL TO RAMP 
UP TO TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
TESTS PER DAY. 
MOST OF THE 
VENDORS ARE 
HOPEFUL THAT WE 
MAY BILL TO GET 
UP TO 100,000 
TEST COMMITS 
AMAZING. 
SCIENCE IS 
AMAZING.>> AND 
THE RESULTS COME 
BACK QUICKLY?>> 
YES, THEY COME 
BACK WITHIN 24 
TO 34 HOURS. 
THAT'S WHAT IS 
GREAT. 
BECAUSE WE 
REALLY NEED TO 
KNOW. 
>> FORGIVE MY 
IGNORANCE ON 
THIS BUT HOW IS 
IT THAT YOU GUYS 
ARE ABLE TO 
GENERATE THESE 
RESULTS SO MUCH 
QUICKER THAN A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
GETTING THE 
RESULTS IN OTHER 
PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY?>> IT'S 
NOT NEW 
TECHNOLOGY IT'S 
JUST AN UPGRADE 
TO THE 
TECHNOLOGY. 
SO WE DON'T HAVE 
ANYTHING THAT 
ANYONE ELSE HAS. 
BUT WHAT WE DO 
HAVE IS THE NEED 
TO WANT TO WAKE 
AND MAKE IT 
BETTER. 
THE STRATEGY IS 
IN PLACE, THE 
SCIENCE IS 
AVAILABLE AND 
THEY HAD TO SEEK 
IT SO THE 
VENDORS ARE 
READY TO ROLL. 
>> IS THE 
THINKING THAT 
THIS BECOMES A 
MODEL FOR OTHER 
COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY?>> 
ABSOLUTELY, 
POSITIVELY THIS 
WILL BE THE 
MODEL. 
NOT ONLY DO WE 
HAVE A SEAT AT 
THE TABLE FOR 
HBCU'S BUT  WE 
MAY BE ABLE TO 
SET SOME 
PRECEDENTS. 
>> YOU MENTIONED 
THE QUARANTINE 
DORMS, NOT TO 
OVERSIMPLIFY 
WHAT YOU'RE 
THINKING IS IF 
SOMEONE TESTS 
POSITIVE, HE OR 
SHE SPENDS 14 
DAYS IN THE DORM 
UNTIL THEY TEST 
NEGATIVE?
>> ABSOLUTELY 
AND WE WILL MAKE 
SURE THAT THE 
CONTACT TRACING 
WILL TELL US 
ABOUT ANYBODY 
ELSE WHO HAS 
BEEN EXPOSED ON 
CAMPUS SO BOTH 
KNOWS WHO HAS 
BEEN TESTING 
POSITIVE AND 
THOSE WHO NEED 
TO BE ISOLATED 
WILL BE IN THE 
DORMITORY.>> ALL 
RIGHT, THANK YOU 
FOR BEING HERE 
WITH US. 
KEEP US UP-TO-
DATE ON THE 
PROGRESS. 
.
ELLEN DeGENERES.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING "THE 
ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW" IS UNDER 
IS UNDER SCRUTINY. 
THEY CONFIRMED WARNER MEDIA HAS 
LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL PROBE INTO 
THE SERIES. 
THERE WERE REPORTS A TOP OF A 
TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. 
THE SHOW'S HOST, ELLEN TO 
GENEROUS IS NOT PART OF THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
IT IS NOT ABOUT HER AT ALL. 
>> ACCORDING TO VARIETY, 
EXECUTIVES FROM TELEPICTURES 
AND WARNER BROS. 
TELEVISION WHICH DISTRIBUTES US 
SENT A MEMO TO STAFFERS LAST 
WEEK TELLING THEM A THIRD-PARTY 
FARM WILL BE TALKING TO CURRENT 
AND FORMER EMPLOYEES AND NBC 
NEWS HAS NOT SEEN THE MEMO. 
>> THE INVESTIGATION COMES ON 
THE HEELS OF A RECENT REPORT IN 
WHICH ONE CURRENT EMPLOYEE AND 
10 FORMER STAFFERS ALLEGE A 
CULTURE OF RACISM, FEAR AND 
INTIMIDATION. 
THEY CLAIM SENIOR MANAGERS 
ALLOW THE BEHAVIOR. 
>> THE BIGGEST  BTHREAT THAT 
EVERYONE TOLD ME IS THAT WHAT 
GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES IS A 
FAR CRY FROM WHAT THE SHOW 
REPRESENTS IN THEIR BE KIND 
MESSAGING AND WHAT ELLEN LL
PROFITS OFF OF. 
LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND BE 
KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. 
>> X STAFFERS SAY THEY WERE 
FIRED FROM THE SHOW FOR TAKING 
TIME OFF FOR MEDICAL LEAVE OR 
BEREAVEMENT. 
ONE FORMER AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
EMPLOYEE TOLD BUZZ FEED SHE WAS 
SUBJECT TO RACIST COMMENTS AND 
MICRO AGGRESSIONS DURING HER 
TIME AT ELLEN INCLUDING AT A 
WORK PARTY. 
I GO SHE WAS APPROACHED BY A 
MALE SENIOR WRITER AND HE MADE 
A COMMENT TO HER ALONG THE 
LINES OF I DON'T KNOW YOUR 
NAME. 
RARELY KNOW THE NAMES OF THE 
WHITE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. 
>>REPORTER: IN A JOINT 
STATEMENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS 
MARY CONNOLLY, AND OTHERS SAY 
THEY TAKE THE ALLEGATIONS VERY 
SERIOUSLY ADDING IT IS NOT WHO 
WE ARE AND NOT WHO WE STRIVE TO 
BE. 
IT IS NOT THE MISSION ELLEN HAS 
SET FOR US. 
WE REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO DO 
BETTER, ARE COMMITTED TO DO 
BETTER, AND WE WILL DO BETTER. 
>> YOU MENTIONED A THIRD PARTY 
WILL TALK TO CURRENT AND FORMER 
EMPLOYEES. 
WHAT IMPLICATIONS WILL THAT 
HAVE FOR THE INVESTIGATION ID
GOING FORWARD? 
>> INSIDERS SAY THE THIRD PARTY 
IS AN INDICATION AND BEING 
TAKING SERIOUSLY. 
WE REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE 
INVOLVED AND THERE  CWAS NO 
COMMENT. 
THE SHOW IS ON A SUMMER HIATUS, 
AS IT DOES YEARLY. 
>>> 
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE 
ON THE NIH AND MODERNITY. 
THEY ARE BEGINNING PHASE 3 OF 
VACCINE TRIALS. 
HALF OF THE CANDIDATES WILL 
RECEIVE THE MEDICINE AND HAVE A 
PLACEBO. 
>> WE WENT TO SEE IF THE 
VACCINE REDUCES THE NUMBER OF 
CASES OF COVID-19. 
>>REPORTER: THEY WILL NOT BE 
INJECTED WITH CB THEY WILL BE 
EXPOSED NATURALLY. 
IN NEBRASKA THIS 24-YEAR-OLD 
RECEIVED A SHOT TODAY THINKING 
OF HIS TWO GRANDMOTHERS LIVING 
WITH HIS PARENTS WHILE HIS 
MOTHER LIVES IN A PRESCHOOL. 
>> THIS MEDICAL STUDY IS 
SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO 
PERSONALLY TO BENEFIT MY FAMILY 
AND FRIENDS AND ALSO HUMANITY. 
>> ONE REASON THEY ARE MOVING 
SO QUICKLY RATHER THAN 
MANIPULATING THE LIVE VIRUS IT 
IS REPROGRAMMING THE GENETIC 
CODE. 
MADONNA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY $1 
BILLION UNDER OPERATION WARP 
SPEED AND WILL PRODUCE 500 
MILLION DOSES PER YEAR. 
ALSO BEGINNING PHASE THREE IS 
ASTRAZENECA AND NOVAK. 
PFIZER IS ALSO STARTING LATE 
STAGE TRIALS. 
TODAY IT WAS SAID THAT A -- 
>> THE FINDING THAT PRUDEN 
INTERFERED TO BENEFIT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. MR. MUELLER CALLED YOU 
OUT FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 
AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE STEWING 
WITH YOUR MISLEADING 
STATEMENTS. 
YOU SAID THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR 
THIS INVESTIGATION AND WAS 
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED BY 
CALLING IT THE RUSSIA GATE 
SCANDAL. 
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S ONLY 
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND THE 
INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN 
INITIATED PROPERLY AND WITHOUT 
POLITICAL BIAS. 
IS THAT CORRECT? 
>> NO. 
>> IT IS NOT CORRECT? 
>> THAT WAS NOT THE FINDING? 
>> NO. 
>> YOU ARE WRONG. 
HE -- HE SAID HE FOUND -- 
>> I AM RECLAIMING MY TIME. IN 
APRIL OF THIS YEAR THE 
REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE 
UNANIMOUSLY FOUND RUSSIA 
INTERFERED WITH OUR ELECTIONS 
AND ATTEMPTED TO UNDERMINE 
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, CORRECT? 
>> IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE THAT 
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPT ASSISTANCE 
IN AN ELECTION? 
>> IT DEPENDS WHAT KIND OF 
ASSISTANT. 
>> IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE TO 
ACCEPT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OF 
ANY KIND IN AN ELECTION? 
>> IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. 
>> YOU HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH 
THAT ONE. 
>> LET'S GO TO THE FIRST 
AMENDMENT. 
AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
HAVE BEEN EXERCISING THEIR 
RIGHTS TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST 
AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 
ACTING VIOLENTLY AGAINST 
AFRICAN AMERICANS. 
THERE WAS A LOT MISSING FROM 
YOUR STATEMENT. 
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROTESTERS 
ARE PEACEFUL. 
DESPITE THAT FEDERAL AGENTS 
HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT THESE 
PEACEFUL AMERICANS FROM 
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST 
AMENDMENT RIGHTS EVEN USING 
UNMARKED VEHICLES TO GRAB 
PROTESTERS OFF THE STREETS AND 
USING TEAR GAS AGAINST THEM TO. 
WHY HAVE YOU NOT CONDEMNED THE 
FEDERAL OFFICERS YOU ARE 
SENDING INTO CITIES WITHOUT 
PROPER TRAINING TO HAVE 
DEMONSTRATIONS. 
>> THAT'S PART OF THE FIRST 
AMENDMENT. 
I DID NOT DO THAT. 
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE 
COMMIT CRIMES. 
>> IS IT EVER RIGHT FOR 
OFFICERS TO USE FORCE AGAINST 
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS? 
>> NOT PEACEFUL PROTESTING. 
>> SHARON MIRON CONFIRMED FIRST-
HAND THAT LAST NIGHT SHE WAS 
TEAR GASSED BY A FEDERAL 
OCCUPYING FORCE. 
POISON WAS THROWN INTO A 
NONVIOLENT CROWD INCLUDING 
ELDERS AND INVULNERABLE'S. 
>> THE MAYOR WAS TEAR GAS. 
HE SAID IT WAS A PART. 
THESE ARE ELECTED 
REPRESENTATIVES WITH CONCERNS 
THAT OFFICERS ARE USING THESE 
TACTICS INCLUDING TEAR GASSING 
AMERICANS. 
DO YOU THINK IT IS EVER 
APPROPRIATE TO USE TEAR GAS ON 
PEOPLE WHO ARE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTING? 
>> THE PROBLEM IS THESE OCCUR 
BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO SEPARATE 
-- 
>> I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION. 
IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE TO USE 
TEAR GAS ON PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS? 
>> IT IS UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. 
PEACEFUL PROTECTORS ARE 
AFFECTED BY THAT. 
>> I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS 
VIDEO. 
THIS IS THE VIDEO. THAT VIDEO 
IS OF CHRISTOPHER DAVID, A NAVY 
VETERAN. 
HE WAS BEATEN BY OFFICERS. 
YOU THINK THAT WAS APPROPRIATE? 
>> I DIDN'T SEE TEAR GAS. 
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF GAS 
IT WAS. 
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DIRECTED 
AT HIM. 
>> YOU THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS 
APPROPRIATE? 
>> THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS 
REVIEWING THAT. 
>> YOU THINK E DESERVED TO BE 
BEATEN TO THE POINT OF BROKEN 
BONES? 
>> THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS 
LOOKING INTO THAT. 
>> DO YOU THINK AMERICANS 
SHOULD EXPECT TO BE BEATEN AND 
PEPPER SPRAYED AND HAVE BONES 
BROKEN BY OFFICERS IF THEY ARE 
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING. 
>> I DON'T THINK WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING WAS A PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
>> THAT IS NOT MY QUESTION. 
>> I AM RECLAIMING MY TIME. 
MY QUESTION IS DO YOU THINK AS 
A TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
THAT AMERICAN SHOULD EXPECT TO 
BE BEATEN, PEPPER SPRAYED AND 
HAVE THEIR BONES BROKEN? 
>> YES OR NO? 
>> I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD 
FACE AT. 
>> IS IN PROTECTING THE FIRST 
AMENDMENT AS IMPORTANT AS 
PROTECTING A BUILDING FROM 
VANDALISM? 
>> WE FOUGHT FOR DEMOCRACY FOR 
THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FREELY AND 
YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THAT 
AWAY AND DOING IT FOR THE 
PURPOSE OF FURTHERING THE 
PRESIDENT'S POLITICAL GENERA 
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF 
AMERICA NOT BEING A PERSONAL 
BULLY FOR THE PRESIDENT. 
IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING EVERY 
SUFFRAGETTE EVERY ABOLITIONIST 
WHO DEMANDED IN AND WAS A 
PROTESTER. 
THOSE WHO TRANSFORMED US FROM A 
COLONY TO A NATION WERE 
PROTESTERS. 
IT IS A DESIRE DESIRE FOR THIS 
COUNTRY TO BE AT ITS BEST. 
ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED AND 
AFFECTED PROTESTERS LIES IN 
STATE 1000 FEET AWAY FROM HERE. 
YOU ARE FAILING TO NOTICE THAT. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF POLICE I 
WANT YOU TO SEE A VIDEO THAT 
REPRESENTS PEACEFUL PROTESTERS 
THAT YOU CONVENIENTLY OMITTED 
FROM YOUR TESTIMONY AND 
STATEMENTS. 
>> IT WAS A NINE MINUTE VIDEO 
SHOWN BY THE OTHER SIDE. 
IT'S ONLY PART OF IT. 
>> 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, REAL QUICK, I 
DON'T THINK WE HAVE EVER HAD A 
HEARING WHERE THE WITNESS WAS 
NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO 
POINTS MADE QUESTIONS ASKS AN 
ATTACK'S MADE. 
NOT JUST IN THIS COMMITTEE BUT 
EVERY COMMITTEE I HAVE BEEN ON. 
WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 
THE UNITED STATES HERE. 
>> THE GENTLEMAN DID NOT ASK 
FOR TIME. 
>> I DON'T WANT THE TIME. 
I WANT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO 
BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND YOU NOT 
CUT HIM OFF. 
>> WHAT YOU WANT IS IRRELEVANT 
TO THE RULES. 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN I GET AN EXTRA 
2.5 MINUTES. 
>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 
TO OUR COUNTRY AND CONTINUED 
SERVICE TO ENSURE OUR COUNTRY 
IS SAFE. 
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO IGNORE THE 
MOB AND ATTACKS FROM DEMOCRATS 
AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. 
BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS. 
THEM MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY 
SUPPORTS YOU GETTING RID OF CUP 
ABRUPTION IN THE FBI IN KEEPING 
US SAFE FROM RIOTERS AND 
LOOTERS. 
I AM VERY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE AT 
THE HELM OF THE DOJ AND 
SUPPORTING THE RULE OF LAW AND 
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE. 
I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING 
MR. JORDAN SPOKE ABOUT IN HIS 
OPENING REMARKS. 
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE 
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND LOOK AT 
THE UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE OF 
TRUMP CANDIDATES. 
IS IT TRUE IT WAS FOUND UNDER 
THE OBAMA BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 
TO SURVEY CARTER PAGE? 
>> I THINK THAT IS RIGHT. 
>> HOW MANY ERRORS ARE ASKED 
ACCEPTABLE WHEN THE FBI IS 
TARGETING AMERICANS? 
>> NONE ARE ACCEPTABLE. 
>> THE FBI OPERATED UNDER THE 
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, 51 [ 
INAUDIBLE ] AND FIVE 
APPLICATIONS LACKED SUPPORTING 
DOCUMENTATION, THE SUPPORTING 
DOCUMENT DID NOT SUPPORT THE 
FACTUAL ASSERTION OR IT SHOWED 
THE FBI SEARCH WAS INACCURATE. 
THIS SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE BEEN 
HERE BUT THERE WERE 51 ERRORS. 
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR 
SURVEILLANCE TARGETING 
AMERICANS TO BE ERROR-FREE? 
>> ESPECIALLY THERE IS A 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TOOL AND 
DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME BUILT-IN 
PROJECTS AND THAT THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE PRACTICE WOULD HAVE. 
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 
YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPYING ON 
AMERICANS AND YOU HAVE 
DEMONSTRATED AN APPROPRIATE 
BASIS FOR DOING THAT AND 
THEREFORE, THERE IS A SPECIAL 
BURDEN ON THE INVESTIGATIVE 
AGENCY TO HAVE ACCURATE 
INFORMATION AS TO THE BASIS OF 
YOUR SURVEILLANCE. 
I THINK THE BUREAU HAS BEEN 
WORKING VERY HARD TO CORRECT 
THOSE PROBLEMS AND PUT IN PLACE 
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS OF 
GUARANTEEING THE INFORMATION IS 
ACCURATE. 
>> IS IT TRUE THAT THE FBI 
UNDER OBAMA BIDEN HAD FAVORABLE 
EVIDENCE TO IGNORE FACTS THAT 
GO AGAINST PROBABLE CAUSE? 
>> IT IS PART OF WHAT IS UNDER 
REVIEW. SOME OF OUR INFORMATION 
WAS NOT PASSED ALONG TO THE 
COURT. 
LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. 
THAT IS EVIDENT IN THE 
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT. 
>> I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY 
TIME TO MR. JORDAN. 
>> THANK YOU FOR YIELDING. 
DO YOU DEPLOY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW? 
TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY, 
WAS THE FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT BE 
STANDING TODAY IF YOU HAD NOT 
EMPLOYED:? 
>> I DON'T THINK SO. 
THERE WERE MANY ATTEMPTS TO SET 
IT AFIRE. 
I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T 
UNDERSTAND WHY MARSHALS INSIDE 
THE COURT POSES A THREAT TO 
ANYBODY'S FIRST AMENDMENT 
RIGHTS. 
THEY SET UP A FENCE ON FEDERAL 
PROPERTY, I AM TOLD AROUND THE 
COURT AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE 
ARRESTED IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE 
TRYING TO COME INTO THE FENCE. 
THESE ARE NOT PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS. 
THEY HAVE POWER TOOLS TO GET IN.
YOU HAVE 100 TO 120 FEDERAL 
PEOPLE BEHIND A FENCE TRYING TO 
PROTECT THE BUILDING AND ALL 
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CUT 
THEIR WAY IN. 
THAT IS NOT PEACEFUL. 
IT IS THE OCCUPATION OF A CITY. 
>> DID THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF 
POLICE PRESIDENT ASK FOR YOUR 
HELP? 
>> DID YOU ASK? 
>> THE HEAD OF THE FOP. 
DID THEY ASK FOR HELP. 
>> I BELIEVE THEY DID. 
>> ON A PREVIOUS EXCHANGE WE 
TALKED ABOUT MR. HOROWITZ 
REPORT. 
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD 
LIKE TO ADD? 
YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO 
RESPOND TO THAT. 
>> MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE 
REPORT IS THEY DID NOT FIND NO 
BIAS WHAT HE SAID WAS HE COULD 
FIND NO DOCUMENTARY OR EVER ANY 
EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATED BY US. 
>> MAYBE HE WOULD COME IN FRONT 
OF THIS COMMITTEE AND COULD ASK 
HIM HIMSELF ABOUT WHAT HE FOUND 
IN THAT REPORT AND SUBSEQUENT 
REPORTS THAT WE HAVE NOT YET 
HAVE HAD A HEARING ON. 
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS 
EXPIRED. 
>> DID YOU SAY THE PURPOSE OF 
UNLEASHING THIS FEDERAL AGENT 
ASSAULT WITH TEAR GAS AND 
PEPPER SPRAY ON 2000 NON-
VIOLENT PROTESTERS WAS TO 
DEFEND THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH? 
>> THE PURPOSE WAS TO MOVE THE 
PERIMETER TO A DIFFERENT STREET 
WHICH WAS THE PLAN AS FAR AS I 
AM AWARE ALL DAY. 
>> SO IT WAS LEGITIMATE? 
>> ARE YOU GOING BACK TO JUNE 
1? 
>> YES. 
THE ASSAULT. 
I DON'T THINK IT WAS AN 
ASSAULT. 
THEY WERE TOLD BY LOUDSPEAKER 
THAT THE POLICE WORK CLEARING A 
STREET AND THEY SHOULD MOVE ON. 
I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE 
THE CHURCH WOULD HAVE BEEN 
OVERRUN? 
>> ON SUNDAY NIGHT I BELIEVE. 
>> ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE RECORD
AND ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON 
ALONG WITH THE CATHOLIC BISHOP 
OF THE ARCH DIOCESE OF 
WASHINGTON TO ANNOUNCE THIS 
ASSAULT ON THE CIVIL LIBERTIES 
OF THE PEOPLE? 
>> DID THEY DO THAT BEFORE OR 
AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. 
>> THEY SAID WHAT YOU DID. 
IF YOU READ WHAT THE ARCH 
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON WROTE, HE 
SAID THAT USING POLICE FORCES 
TO CLEAR NONVIOLENT PROTESTERS 
WITHOUT NOTICE IN ORDER TO 
CONDUCT THIS PHOTO OPPORTUNITY 
WAS ANTITHETICAL TO THE POINTS 
OF CHRISTIANITY. 
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT COVID-19 
KNOW. 
WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN CASES 
AND DEATH COUNT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED THE 
DISEASE WOULD MAGICALLY 
DISAPPEAR. 
HE ADVERTISED QUACK MEDICAL 
CURES. 
HE TOLD HIS PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN 
THE TESTING AND REFUSED TO WEAR 
A MASK FOR MONTHS. 
LAST NIGHT HE RETREATED 
CLAIMING DR. FELT SHE MISSED 
REPRESENTED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
NOW WE HAVE 150,000 DEAD 
AMERICANS, 4 MILLION ARE 
INFECTED. 
40 MILLION ARE JOBLESS. 
WE LOSE 1000 PEOPLE EVERY DAY, 
ONE AMERICAN EVERY 90 SECONDS 
BUT YOU CALLED THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH LEADERSHIP SUBURBAN AND 
YOU THROUGH THE WEIGHT OF THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BEHIND HIS 
CAMPAIGN TO SHUT DOWN PUBLIC 
HEALTH ORDERS. 
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN YOU 
WILL SEE TWEETS LIBERATE 
MICHIGAN, LIBERATE VIRGINIA. 
ON APRIL 17 HE RETWEETED 
SLOGANS OF RATE WEIGHING 
PROTESTERS. YOU SNAPPED TO 
ATTENTION ON APRIL 27 AND 
DESIGNATED PROSECUTOR TO BRING 
DOWN THOSE VERY PUBLIC HEALTH 
ORDERS IN MICHIGAN AND 
VIRGINIA. 
TWO DAYS LATER WHITE 
SUPREMACIST DISRUPT DID THE 
LATE JUST LATER LEVELING DEATH 
THREATS AGAINST HIM AND 
CONFRONTING POLICE AND PUSHING 
THE LEGISLATURE TO SHUT DOWN. 
YOU DID NOT SEND IN A POLICE 
FORCE ON HORSEBACK TO UNLEASH 
TEAR GAS OR PEPPER SPRAY 
AGAINST THESE PROTESTERS 
STORMING THE STATE CAPITAL, NO, 
YOU EMBRACED THEIR CAUSE BY 
JOINING LITIGATION AGAINST THE 
GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN AND 
VIRGINIA. 
OF COURSE, YOUR MOTION FOR AN 
EMERGENCY INJUNCTION. 
YOU GOT THE MESSAGE IT WAS TIME 
TO CALL OFF THE STAY-AT-HOME 
ORDERS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID ON 
TELEVISION. 
ENABLE YOU SAID THE CURE WAS 
WORSE THAN THE DISEASE. 
YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP FEEDING THE 
PATIENT CHEMOTHERAPY AND SAY 
WELL, WE ARE KILLING THE CANCER
. WE WERE GETTING TO THE POINT 
WHERE WE WERE KILLING THE 
PATIENT. 
YOU REMEMBER SAYING THAT? 
>> WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? 
>> EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. 
YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE CURE 
WITH THE DANGER WE LEAVE THAT 
TO GOVERNORS. 
>> I KNOW EVERYONE LIKES TO LAY 
THINGS OUT BUT THIS IS A 
FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND THE 
PRESIDENT RESPECTED THAT. 
THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN RUN BY 
GOVERNORS. 
FOR SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE SO 
CONCERNED ABOUT EXECUTIVE 
OVERREACH I HAVEN'T HEARD 
ANYONE TALK ABOUT KEEPING AN 
EYE ON WHAT THE GOVERNORS ARE 
DOING. 
>> 
>> THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED 
YOUR POSITION. 
>> YOU ACCEPT THAT? 
>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER. 
WITH NO VACCINE, NO TREATMENT, 
NO CURE IN SIGHT, YOU WANT TO 
DEFUND THE STATES OF THE ONLY 
WEAPON WE HAVE WHICH IS PUBLIC 
HEALTH MEASURES. 
WE PAY THE PRICE OF THIS POLICY 
IN OVERRUN INTENSIVE CARE 
UNITS, A SHORTAGE OF COFFINS 
AND REFRIGERATED TRUCKS AND AN 
OUT-OF-CONTROL PANDEMIC. 
OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT EVEN GO TO 
CANADA. 
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOOD 
DOCTOR WAS SAYING AT THE SAME 
TIME? 
>> THIS IS WHAT HE WAS WARNING 
US ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO ABOUT 
THE PREMATURE ABANDONMENT OF 
OUTDOORS. 
HE SAID IF THAT OCCURS THERE IS 
A REAL RISK IT WILL TRIGGER AN 
OUTBREAK AND YOU MAY NOT BE 
ABLE TO CONTROL IT. 
>> YOU ARE NOT TAKING DOWN 
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS. 
>> WILL YOU RESTORE MY TIME. 
YOU HAVE GONE OVER YOUR TIME. 
>> GENTLEMEN, TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. 
>> THANK YOU. 
WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO IS 
INVOLVED. I WANT TO GIVE THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL THE IT RIGHT TO
RESPOND. 
>> USUALLY WE DO THIS BY 
LETTER, NOT LAWSUIT SITUATIONS 
WHERE THEY WERE TREATING 
RELIGION WORSE THAN OTHERS. IT 
IS REQUIRED TO BE TREATED THE 
SAME. 
WE WERE CALLING THOSE TO THE 
ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNORS AND 
MOST GOVERNORS VOLUNTARILY 
CHANGE THEIR OWN ORDERS. 
THERE WERE A FEW OCCASIONS 
WHERE WE HAD ANOMALIES IN THE 
REGULATION AND AGAIN, MOSTLY 
THEY WERE VOLUNTARILY CHANGED 
BY THE GOVERNORS. 
THIS WAS NOT A WHOLESALE ATTACK 
ON STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS. 
THESE ARE VERY BROAD POWERS 
THAT HAVE BEEN SEATED TELLING 
EVERYONE TO STAY AT HOME AND 
ONLY WORK IF YOU ARE ESSENTIAL 
AND THEREFORE SOMEONE HAS TO 
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND MAKE 
SURE THERE IS NO OVERREACH AND 
AS TIME WENT BY THERE WERE 
TIMES WHEN YOU HAD CRAZY RULES 
IN EFFECT THAT WERE OVERLY 
BURDENSOME AND RAISED 
CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS. 
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THOSE 
POINTS AND PARTICULARLY WITH 
VIRGINIA AND THE CHURCH ON THE 
EASTERN SHORE. 
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR 
BEING HERE AND RETURNING TO 
LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
AND ROOT OUT THE RANK 
PARTISANSHIP AND BIAS THAT HAD 
CORRUPTED THE ADMINISTRATION OF 
JUSTICE FOR MANY YEARS. 
THE DEMOCRATS ALLEGE IF THIS 
WAS POLITICIZED IN THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT. 
IT IS UNFOUNDED AND HYPOCRITICAL
AND LIKE THE POLITICIZATION 
THAT HAPPENED DURING THE BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION AND LED BY THE 
WING MAN, ERIC HOLDER, THAT 
INVESTIGATION USED 
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. 
I WANT TO ASK PARTICULARLY, 
EVEN AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ASSUMED OFFICE LAWYERS FOR THE 
FBI [ INAUDIBLE ] WORKING FOR 
MUELLER AND THE RUSSIAN 
INVESTIGATION AND THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL COULD NOT RULE OUT [ 
INAUDIBLE ] INFLUENCING FBI 
ABUSE, CORRECT? 
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
>> THE INSPECTOR DOWN GENERAL 
FOUND EVIDENCE WAS ALTERED. 
CRIMINALLY IT WAS REFERRED TO 
THE ROOM FOR FEDERAL 
PROSECUTION. 
HE ALSO WORKED ON THE 
INVESTIGATION AND EXPRESSED 
BIAS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
TESTIFIED IN DECEMBER THAT HE 
CAN'T RULE OUT BIAS. 
I WOULD ASK, WHAT WITH THE 
CONSEQUENCES BE IF THEY DOCTORED
DOCUMENTS SO THEY CAN SUPPORT 
EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO A FEDERAL 
COURT? 
>> GENERALLY THAT LAWYER WOULD 
BE FIRED. 
>> WOULD THEY BE DISBARRED AS 
WELL? 
>> YES. 
>> IS IT TRUE THE FBI FOUND 
THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE 
AGAINST TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN? 
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> THE SAME LAWYER WORKED ON 
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION 
TARGETING CANDIDATE TRUMPS 
CAMPAIGN AND WAS INVESTIGATING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, CORRECT? 
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT. 
>> WHILE WORKING ON THOSE 
INVESTIGATIONS THERE WERE TEXT 
SHOWING THAT, CORRECT? 
>> ON THAT PARTICULAR LAWYER? 
>> I BELIEVE SO. 
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIME 
FRAME OF THE TEXT BUT I KNOW 
THERE WERE OTHER TEXT. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 
UNMASKING THAT OCCURRED WHERE 
THERE WAS A LIST RELEASED OF 39 
OFFICIALS WHO WANTED TO 
UNMASKING THE IDENTITY OF 
GENERAL FLYNN. 49 REQUESTS WERE 
SUBMITTED. 
IS THAT A NORMAL NUMBER OF 
REQUESTS? 
>> THAT SEEMS TO BE A HIGH 
NUMBER HISTORICALLY. 
THE OTHER QUESTION YOU HAVE TO 
ASK IS WHY WAS THIS AFTER THE 
ELECTION? 
TREASURY OFFICIALS INCLUDING 
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, 
IS THAT A NORMAL OCCURRENCE? 
>> THERE ARE TIMES WHERE HIGH-
LEVEL OFFICIALS -- I DON'T KNOW 
ENOUGH ABOUT THE SPECIFICS. 
>> I YELLED TO MR. JORDAN. 
>> WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, 
GOING TO CHURCH OR PROTEST? 
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE 
INDIVIDUALS. 
>> BOTH ARE COVERED UNDER THE 
FIRST AMENDMENT. 
>> WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, 
GOING TO WORK, OR GOING TO THE 
PROTEST? 
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE 
INDIVIDUAL. 
WE ARE ALL FREE. 
WE ALL MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES. 
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT 
LIMITS. 
THE GOVERNOR PUTTING LIMITS ON 
PROTESTING OR ON ATTENDING 
CHURCH? 
>> THERE BOTH FIRST AMENDMENT. 
>> YES. 
WE SHOULD TREAT THEM THE SAME, 
SHOULD WE? 
>> GENTLEMEN, YOUR TIME HAS 
EXPIRED. 
>> MR. BARR, ON JUNE 1 THERE 
WERE PROTESTS AGAINST THE 
MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND 
PRUDENT POLICE BRUTALITY LET'S 
NOT BE DISTRACTED BY YOU OR MY 
COLLEAGUES AS TO WHAT THESE 
POWERFUL AND MASSIVE PROTESTS 
WERE ACTUALLY ABOUT. 
THEY WERE ABOUT THE PERSISTENT 
KILLING OF BLACK BODIES BY LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND FINALLY, 
FINALLY, IN AWAKENING IN 
AMERICA OF THE CONSCIENCE OF 
OUR COUNTRY YET, YOUR RESPONSE 
WAS TO DIRECT OFFICERS TO CLOSE 
IN ON THOSE PROTESTERS AND YOU 
USED HERE ATTENDS AND EXPLOSIVE 
DEVICES TO CLEAR THE AREA SO 
THE PRESIDENT COULD GET A PHOTO 
OP. 
I WANT TO ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK 
YOUR RESPONSE, THE RESPONSE OF 
LAFAYETTE SQUARE TO TEARGAS 
PEPPER SPRAY AND BEAT 
PROTESTERS AND INJURE CITIZENS 
WHO WERE SIMPLY EXERCISING 
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS 
WAS APPROPRIATE? 
>> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, NO 
TEARGAS WAS USED ON JUNE 1. 
>> THAT IS A SEMANTIC 
DISTINCTION THAT HAS BEEN 
PROVEN FALSE. 
DO YOU THINK -- 
>> HOW IS THAT SEMANTIC. 
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT CHEMICAL 
IRRITANTS AND IT HAS BEEN 
PROVEN FALSE. 
ANSWER THE QUESTION, DO YOU 
THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO 
PEPPER SPRAY TEARGAS AND BEAT 
PROTESTERS AND INJURE AMERICAN 
CITIZENS. 
>> I DON'T ACCEPT YOUR 
CHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
AS I EXPLAINED THE EFFORT -- 
>> I JUST ASKED FOR YES OR NO. 
I AM STARTING TO LOSE MY 
TEMPER. 
ACCORDING TO SWORN TESTIMONY 
BEFORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES 
COMMITTEE BY ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE, 
THIS WAS AN UNPROVOKED 
ESCALATION AND EXCESSIVE USE OF 
FORCE AGAINST PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS. 
>> -- EXCUSE ME. 
>> IT IS MY TIME. 
>> SIR, THE PRESIDENT TOLD 
GOVERNORS ON A TELEPHONE CALL 
THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE 
PROTESTERS IN OF SYSTEMIC 
RACISM IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET 
MUCH TOUGHER. 
YOU HAVE TO DOMINATE. 
IF YOU DON'T DOMINATE, YOU ARE 
WASTING YOUR TIME. 
THESE ARE TERRORIST. 
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT YOU ON 
THAT CALL, SIR. 
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS -- WE 
WILL ACTIVATE BILL BARR AND 
ACTIVATE HIM STRONGLY. 
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT CALL? 
>> YES. 
I DO. 
HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT 
PROTESTERS. 
>> APPARENTLY THE PRESIDENT 
BELIEVES THAT YOU CAN BE 
ACTIVATED TO IMPLEMENT THE 
PRESIDENT'S AGENDA AND DOMINATE 
PEOPLE EXERCISING FIRST RIGHTS 
IF THEY ARE PROTESTING AGAINST 
HIM. 
LET'S LOOK AT YOUR RESPONSE 
WHEN THE PROTESTERS ARE 
SUPPORTERS OF THE PRESIDENT. 
>> ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, 
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED 
LIBERATE MICHIGAN TO PROTECT 
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN 
MICHIGAN PROTESTERS SWARMED THE 
MICHIGAN CAPITAL CARRYING GUNS. 
SOME HAD SWASTIKAS, CONFEDERATE 
FLAGS AND ONE WITH A DARK HELD 
DOLL WITH A NOOSE AROUND HIS 
NECK. 
ARE YOU AWARE THEY CALLED FOR 
THE GOVERNOR TO BE LYNCHED, 
SHOT AND BEHEADED? 
>> NO. 
>> YOU ARE NOT AWARE? 
>> MAJOR PROTESTS AND YOU ARE 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND YOU 
DID NOT KNOW THAT THE 
PROTESTERS CALLED FOR THE 
GOVERNOR TO BE LYNCHED, SHOT 
AND BEHEADED. 
YOU ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PROTEST. 
WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
>> IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY YOU ARE AWARE OF THEM 
BUT WHEN PROTESTERS WITH GUNS 
AND SWASTIKAS -- EXCUSE ME. 
IT IS MY TIME AND I CONTROL IT. 
YOU ARE AWARE OF CERTAIN KINDS 
OF PROTESTERS. 
IN MICHIGAN WHEN PROTESTERS 
CARRY GUNS AND CONFEDERATE 
FLAGS AND CALL FOR THE GOVERNOR 
OF MICHIGAN TO BE BEHEADED AND 
SHOT AND LYNCHED, SOMEHOW YOU 
ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT. 
SOMEHOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT 
THAT SO YOU DID NOT SEND AGENTS 
INTO DUE TO THE PRESENCE 
SUPPORTER WHAT YOU DID TO THE 
PRESIDENTS PROTESTERS. 
IN FACT, YOU DID NOT PUT PEPPER 
BALLS ON THOSE PROTESTERS TOE 
TESTER. 
THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS 
THAT THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN 
HOW YOU REACT AS THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THE TOP COP WHEN WHITE 
MEN WITH SWASTIKAS STORM A 
GOVERNMENT BUILDING WITH GUNS. 
THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE 
PRESIDENT TO ACTIVATE YOU 
BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING THE 
PRESIDENTS PERSONAL AGENDA 
DONE. 
WHEN BLACK PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF 
COLOR PROTEST POLICE BRUTALITY 
AND THE PRESIDENTS OWN LACK OF 
RESPONSE TO THOSE CRITICAL 
ISSUES, YOU FORCIBLY REMOVE 
THEM WITH ARMED FEDERAL OFFICERS
, PEPPER BOMBS AND THEY ARE 
CONSIDERED TERRORISTS BY THE 
PRESIDENT. 
YOU TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH 
TO LACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST 
BUT NOT TO EXTREMISTS 
THREATENING TO HARM FREE 
PEOPLE. 
>> I HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE 
WHITE HOUSE IS THE SCENE OF 
THAT. 
>> LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR. 
>> THE MICHIGAN AUTHORITY -- 
>> YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD 
DEMOCRACY AND SECURITY FOR 
JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW WILL NOT 
DISMANTLE PROTESTERS BASED ON 
THE PRESIDENTS PERSONAL AGENDA 
WORK 
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
>> I WOULD ASK CONSENT TO 
INTRODUCE INTO THE RECORD I 
REPORT FROM THE ELECTION DATA 
AND SCIENCE LAB WHICH SAYS OVER 
THE PAST 20 YEARS MORE THAN 250 
MILLION BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST 
BY MAIL AND THE FRAUD WEIGHT IS 
.006%. 
>> WITHOUT OBJECTION? 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 
TODAY. 
I APPRECIATE IT AND I AM 
SINCERE WHEN I SAY IT IS AN 
HONOR. 
>> 
>> CAN I ASK YOU FOR ONE MINUTE 
DASHED 
>> TO RESPOND? 
>> YES. 
>> AS I MADE CLEAR COMING MOVING
H STREET OUT TO I STREET WAS A 
DECISION MADE THE DAY BEFORE. 
IT WAS JUSTIFIED BY THE EXTREME 
RIDING GOING ON AROUND THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
I DON'T REMEMBER CAPTAIN DiMARCO
, THE SAME CAPTAIN WHO RAN AS A 
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AND HE 
WAS NOT CLOSE TO THE 
DISCUSSIONS AS TO WHAT WAS 
GOING ON. 
THE FACT IS THAT THE MOVEMENT 
WAS NOT GEARED TO THE BEHAVIOR 
OF THAT PARTICULAR CROWD. 
IT WAS GEARED TO THE FACT THAT 
WE WERE MOVING THE PARAMETER 
OUT TO PUT A FENCE UP. 
SO, IT IS A FACT THAT THE 
POLICE REPORTED AND I SALT 
PROJECTILES BEING THROWN FROM 
THAT CROWD. 
THEY WERE NOT PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS. 
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT 
OPPORTUNITY. 
>> OKAY. 
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 
THE VIOLENT PROTESTS THAT ARE 
BEING SEEN IN SEATTLE AND 
PORTLAND, OREGON. 
AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF 
JUNE AND JULY SEVERAL SHOOTINGS 
OCCURRED INSIDE THE POLICE FREE 
ZONE INCLUDING THE TRAGIC 
MURDERS OF A 16-YEAR-OLD AND 19-
YEAR-OLD. 
THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 
ROBBERIES, ASSAULTS AND 
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION. 
>> SEXUAL ASSAULTS AS WELL. 
>> YES. 
AND DESPITE THIS ALL THE CHAOS 
AND VIOLENCE, IT TOOK THE MAYOR 
WEEKS TO DECLARE THIS AND ALL 
UNLAWFUL GATHERING. 
THE POLICE WERE THEN ALLOWED TO 
CLEAR THE AREA. 
IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES LET'S 
TALK ABOUT PORTLAND, OREGON. 
EIGHT WEEKS OF VIOLENT RIOTING 
THERE AS WELL. 
RIDERS CONTINUE TO FIRE 
PROJECTILES AND FIREWORKS AT 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THEY 
ARE USING LASERS WHICH HAVE 
PERMANENTLY BLINDED AT LEAST 
THREE FEDERAL OFFICERS YET OUR 
OWN CHAIRMAN TOLD A REPORTER ON 
SUNDAY THAT THE ANARCHY AND 
VIOLENCE GOING ON THERE AND I 
QUOTE THE CHAIRMAN, IS A MYTH 
SPREAD ONLY IN WASHINGTON, DC. 
IS IT IN FACT THE MYTH THAT 
THERE IS ANARCHY ENGAGING IN 
VIOLENCE IN PORTLAND? 
>> I THINK THERE ARE ANARCHISTS 
IN THE FAR LEFT GROUPS THAT ARE 
INVOLVED IN THE VIOLENCE IN 
PORTLAND. 
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE 
CHAIRMAN'S COMMENT WAS ABOUT NT 
FOR. 
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE 
SAID BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS 
REFERRING TO NT FOR. 
>> DO YOU THINK THEY ARE 
INVOLVED IN THIS ANARCHY? 
>> NO. 
I THINK THEY ARE INVOLVED IN 
PORTLAND. 
>> SO THEY WERE NOT ACCURATE? 
>> I DIDN'T CONSIDER THEM 
ACCURATE. 
>> WHAT ABOUT THE AUTONOMOUS 
ZONE IN SEATTLE. 
A PEACEFUL PROTEST ZONE. 
IS IT A PEACEFUL PROTEST ZONE? 
>> NO. 
I STATED THAT IT IS OUTRAGEOUS. 
PEOPLE SET THEMSELVES UP OVER A 
PIECE OF TERRITORY AND PEOPLE 
IN THE AIR HAVE NOT SELECTED 
THEM AS THE GOVERNMENT AND 
EXERCISE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY. 
THAT IS AN OUTRAGE. 
PEOPLE WERE HANDING OUT GUNS TO 
PEOPLE TO KEEP THE PEACE AND SO 
FORTH. 
IT WAS ANARCHY THERE. 
>> YOUR OFFICE HAS CHARGED 
SEVERAL VIOLENT PROTESTERS WITH 
CRIMES CAN YOU ELABORATE ON 
THOSE CRIMES? 
>> THEY ARE OF THE WHOLE GAMUT. 
I THINK WE HAVE HAD 200 24. 
THEY WERE THROWING MOLOTOV 
COCKTAILS TO ASSAULTING A 
POLICE OFFICER, THAT KIND OF 
THING. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I 
THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 
AGREE THAT CHAD AND PORTLAND 
SHOW US WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE 
FULLY EMBRACED THE RADICAL 
IDEOLOGY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE 
DEMOCRATS. 
ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS IT IS 
THE SUMMER OF LOVE. 
ACCORDING TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN 
IN SEATTLE IT IS A PEACEFUL 
PROTEST. 
IN REALITY THESE CITIES ARE 
EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE, CHAOS 
AND ANARCHY. 
THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE IS 
THERE. 
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? 
>> WHEN I WAS FIRST BEING, 
GOING THROUGH CONFIRMATION I 
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT 
VIOLENCE GETTING INTO OUR 
POLITICAL SYSTEM. 
WE CLEANED SOME OF THIS OUT. 
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 
NOW WE HAVE SEEN IT SWEEPING 
THROUGH THE COUNTRY LIKE THIS 
AND I HOPE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
TAKES A STAND AGAINST THE 
VIOLENCE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I YIELD MY TIME. 
>> OKAY. 
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
MR. BARR, OVER HERE. 
>> I'M SORRY. 
>> EARLIER YOU TALKED ABOUT GUN 
VIOLENCE AND ASKED THE 
QUESTION, WHAT ABOUT THOSE 
LIES. 
YES, MR. BARR, THOSE LIVES DO 
MATTER. 
DID YOU BELIEVE THAT POLICE 
OFFICERS SHOULD BE HELD OR ARE 
HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD? 
>> YES. 
SOMEONE MENTIONED MY COMMENT 
ABOUT NOT FOR SUBMITTING 
RESISTANCE. 
I NEVER SUGGEST THAT JUST 
BECAUSE SOMEONE RESISTS THAT 
THAT JUSTIFIES WHATEVER IS 
DONE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
POLICE OFFICERS ALSO BELIEVE 
THAT THEY ARE HELD TO A HIGHER 
STANDARD. I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU 
SAY THAT. 
I HAVE SOLVED MANY CASES AS A 
FORMER POLICE DETECTIVE. 
THERE IS AN ALARMING PATTERN 
DEVELOPING. 
IT APPEARS THAT EVERY TIME A 
U.S. ATTORNEY INVESTIGATION 
HAPPENS HE OR SHE IS REPLACED 
BY ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS. 
YOU HAVE REMOVED ATTORNEYS IN 
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW 
YORK, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
AND PARTS OF TEXAS. 
ON JUNE 19 YOU ANNOUNCED MR. 
BERMAN WOULD BE STEPPING DOWN. 
LET'S BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU TOLD 
AMERICA HE WAS STEPPING DOWN, 
DID MR. BERMAN TELL YOU HE WAS 
STEPPING DOWN? 
>> NO. 
THAT IS NOT THE LANGUAGE I WAS 
TOLD. 
>> NO. 
>> IT IS THE LANGUAGE WE USE TO 
LEAVE FLEXIBILITY AS TO WHETHER 
THE PERSON IS GOING OR NOT. 
>> WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE BASIS 
FOR HIS REMOVAL ON THE DAY YOU 
ANNOUNCED THAT, THE FIRST 
PERSONAL ATTORNEY SAID THE 
REASON MAY LIE IN THE FACT THAT 
HIS OFFICE GOT INVOLVED IN WHAT 
GIULIANI DESCRIBED AS BASELESS 
INVESTIGATIONS. 
IF THAT WAS NOT TRUE, IF YOU 
DID NOT REMOVE HIM BECAUSE HE 
WAS OVERSEEING INVESTIGATIONS 
OF THE PRESIDENT, WHY WOULD THE 
PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY 
SAY THAT? 
>> I'M SORRY. 
WHAT DID HE SAY AND WHEN? 
>> MR. GIULIANI SUGGESTED THAT 
-- WHEN? 
>> JUNE 20. 
>> HE MAY HAVE BEEN FIRED 
BECAUSE HE WAS INVESTIGATING 
BASELESS INVESTIGATIONS. 
>> IF HE SAID THAT, IT'S 
NONSENSE. 
FIRST, ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID 
REMOVING A COMPONENT HEAD WOULD 
NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON ANY 
PENDING INVESTIGATION. 
>> RIGHT. 
THE OFFICE WAS INVESTIGATED. 
MR. COHEN WAS INVESTIGATED. 
HIS ATTORNEY WAS ALSO 
INVESTIGATED AND HIS 
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. 
>> I DON'T MEAN TO SUGGEST BY 
MY SILENCE THAT I AM CONFIRMING 
THAT IF THAT IS YOUR OPINION. 
>> OKAY. 
ERIC HAVE YOU ATTEMPTED TO 
INTERFERE WITH ANY 
INVESTIGATION INCLUDING THE 
INVESTIGATIONS I JUST 
MENTIONED? 
>> I HAVE NOT INTERFERED. 
I RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME 
MATTERS. 
AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, THE -- 
THE OFFICE WAS SATISFIED WITH 
THE RESOLUTION. 
>> DID YOU WANT TO BYPASS THE 
NORMAL OPERATION OF LAW? 
>> A CITY PRESIDENT CANNOT BE 
INDICTED OR PROSECUTED. 
YOU MADE SURE PRESIDENT TRUMP 
UNDERSTOOD THAT IN YOUR 
APPLICATION. HOWEVER, YOU ARE 
AWARE OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SAYING THEY CAN BE 
INVESTIGATED. 
YOU DID READ THAT, CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
>> GIVEN THE FORMER BUSINESS 
LOCATION WOULD THIS [ INAUDIBLE 
] YOU REMOVED HIM. 
>> I EXPLAINED WHY I REMOVED 
HIM. 
>> SITTING HERE TODAY DO YOU 
STILL MAINTAIN AS YOU STATED IN 
AN INTERVIEW THAT THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NEVER ASKED YOU TO DO 
ANYTHING IN A CRIMINAL CASE. 
YES OR NO? 
>> YES NO. 
>> WELL, WILL I CONFIRM IT? 
>> DID YOU STAND BY YOUR 
TESTIMONY. 
>> HE NEVER ASKED ME, IT 
DIRECTED ME, PRESSURED ME TO DO 
ANYTHING IN A CRIMINAL CASE. 
>> YOU ARE AWARE, I THINK YOU 
HAD THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER 
THAT THEY FORMER ATTORNEY WAS 
RELEASED EARLY FROM PRISON 
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER COVID-
19? 
>> YES. 
WHY DID YOU SUPPORT THAT 
DECISION? 
>> DID YOU SUPPORT IN -- 
>> I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO IT 
ENOUGH. 
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING -- MR. 
BARR, AS A FORMER -- 
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE A 
MOCKERY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
AS THE TOP COP NO ONE SHOULD 
CARE MORE ABOUT THAT THAN YOU. 
>> I'M SORRY. 
THANK YOU. 
>> 10 YEARS AGO THIS SUMMER IT 
WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
PEOPLE WERE GOLFING AND KIDS 
WERE SWIMMING. 
EVERYBODY WAS PLAYING BASEBALL. 
IT WAS UP PERFECT DAY AND IN 
EIGHT MINUTES A TORNADO CAME 
THROUGH AND CAUSED UNBELIEVABLE 
ECONOMIC DEVASTATION. 
MOST PEOPLE DID NOT SAY WAS A 
PEACEFUL DAY. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING 
ON IN PORTLAND WITH YOU. 
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IS UNDER 
SIEGE, NOT JUST THE COURTHOUSE, 
FEDERAL AGENTS. 
YOU HAVE MEN AND WOMEN THERE 
PROTECTING THAT COURTHOUSE. 
I HAVE NO DOUBT IF THEY WERE 
THERE THE COURTHOUSE WOULD NOT 
BE STANDING RIGHT NOW. 
ONE PROBLEM IS HOW WE TALK 
ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT IS 
COVERED VERSUS WHAT IS ACTUALLY 
GOING ON EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AT 
THAT COURTHOUSE. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOUR 
OFFICERS AND AGENTS ARE GOING 
THROUGH? 
>> YES. 
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE MARSHALS 
IN THE COURTHOUSE THEY 
INITIALLY TRIED TO CONTAIN 
THEMSELVES IN THE COURTHOUSE 
WITH EFFORTS TO PUSH THROUGH IN 
THE MAIN DOOR. 
PEOPLE HAVE THROWN KEROSENE IN 
THE COURTHOUSE WHEN THEY 
BREACHED THOSE DOORS. 
THE EFFORT WAS THEN TO MAKE 
SURE THEY CANNOT BREACH. 
THERE STILL HAVE BEEN BREACHES 
INTO THE COURTHOUSE. 
BASICALLY, THEY TRY TO REMAIN 
IN THEIR AND STARTING AFTER THE 
FOURTH THEY TRIED TO ARREST 
PEOPLE WHO WERE DIRECTING 
FIREWORKS AND CLIMBING UP ONTO 
THE SIDE OF THE COURT AND SHOOT 
FIREWORKS IN AND WHEN THE 
MARSHALS CAME OUT TO TRY TO PUT 
AN END TO THAT OR -- THEY WERE 
SHOT AT WITH SLINGSHOTS, LASERS 
WERE BEING PUT INTO THEIR EYES 
EVEN IN THE COURTHOUSE. 
A GOOD DESCRIPTION IS IT. 
>> I WATCHED AS INJURED 
OFFICERS WERE HAULED INSIDE. 
IN ONE CASE THE COMMERCIAL 
FIREWORK CAME OVER SO FAST THE 
OFFICER HAD NO TIME TO RESPOND. 
IT BURNED THROUGH HIS SLEEVE. 
ANOTHER HAD A CONCUSSION FROM 
BEING HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A 
MORTAR. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. 
>> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF 
INJURIES OUT THERE. 
THESE ARE PEOPLE -- THIS 
CONGRESS HAS CHARGED THEM WITH 
PROTECTING FEDERAL COURTS. 
THAT IS THEIR CHARGE. 
THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK. 
>> IT HAS BEEN CONSTANT FOR 60 
DAYS. 
I THINK THEY SAID THERE IS 
PERSONAL INFORMATION 
JEOPARDIZING THEM AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
WHY IS THIS SO DANGEROUS AND 
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT IT? 
>> IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE 
PEOPLE CAN SEEK RETALIATION 
AGAINST OUR HOMES, FAMILIES OR 
THEM WHEN THEY ARE BY 
THEMSELVES. 
I SEE SOME LATIN AMERICAN 
COUNTRIES WHERE THE POLICE ARE 
VERY BRAVE BECAUSE THE GANGS 
ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THEM IN 
KILL THEIR FAMILIES. 
YOU NEVER THINK THAT COULD 
HAPPEN HERE. 
YOU NEVER THINK SOME OF THE 
STUFF WE ARE SEEING TODAY WOULD 
EVER HAPPEN HERE. 
>> IS BEING BURNED AND BLINDED, 
DOES THIS GENERALLY HAPPEN IN 
FEDERAL COURT HOUSES? 
>> NOT AT ALL. 
>> HOW DOES THIS GO FOR 
RECRUITMENT AND MORALE? 
I WANT TO KNOW, HOW ARE THEY 
DOING? 
>> THE IP STORY GIVES YOU A 
FEEL. 
THEY FEEL THAT IS THEIR DUTY 
AND THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE TO 
BE. 
A MEMBER OF THEM ARE FROM THE 
AREA. 
THEY ARE TIRED. 
WE HAVE HAD TO ROTATE MORE 
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY 
TIRED AND YOU MAKE MISTAKES 
WHEN YOU ARE TIRED. 
>> I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PARTS 
IS IT STARTED WITH UNDER 30 AND 
IT IS STILL UNDER 100. 
61 NIGHTS IN A ROW THEY DEFEND. 
THE MOST AMAZING THING IS THAT 
THEY GET UP EVERY MORNING AND 
THEY ARE STILL CONDUCTING 
BUSINESS IN THAT COURTHOUSE. 
I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. 
TELL THEM THANK YOU. 
TELL THEM THANK YOU. 
TELL THE PROSECUTORS THANK YOU. 
TELL THE JUDGES THANK YOU. 
IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT, CAN YOU 
TELL THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS THANK 
YOU AS WELL. 
THEY ARE STILL CONDUCTING 
BUSINESS. 
THEY DO THIS EVERY NIGHT. 
ARE THEY GETTING SLEEP? 
>> THE MARSHALS ARE HAVING A 
DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE THE 
DEMONSTRATORS GO TO THE TELL 
AND FROM HOTEL TO HOTEL BECAUSE 
THE DEMONSTRATORS TRIED TO 
DISRUPT THEIR SLEEP AT THE 
HOTEL. 
>>  SO EVERY NIGHT AT SOME 
POINT IT TURNS INTO A RIOT AND 
WHEN YOU WAKE UP YOU KNOW IT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE 
NEED TO FIGURE A WAY TO STOP 
IT. 
ONE LAST QUESTION, WHY DO WE 
HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A CEASE-FIRE 
WITH PEACEFUL PROTEST? 
>> CORRECT. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. 
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND 
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS WHAT WE 
SEE IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY 
WHICH IS LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKING 
CARE OF THEIR OWN CITY AND THE 
STREETS AROUND THE COURTHOUSE. 
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED 
GENTLEMEN. 
>> 
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CENSUS. 
THAT IS THE PROCESS WHERE WE 
DECIDE HOW MANY CONGRESSIONAL 
SEATS E -- EACH REGION GETS. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PRESENCE 
MEMO DIRECTING THE SECRETARY TO 
EXCLUDE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS 
FROM THE COUNT. 
MR. BARR, THE PRESIDENT 
ESSENTIALLY IS TRYING TO DO 
SOMETHING UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND 
ILLEGAL. 
REPRESENTATIVES [ INAUDIBLE ] 
COUNTING WHOLE NUMBERS OF 
PERSONS IN EACH STATE AND THEN 
FEDERAL LAW, AS YOU KNOW, 
SUBSECTION TWO -- A THE 
PRESIDENT SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE 
CONGRESS SHOWING THE WHOLE 
NUMBER OF EACH PERSONS IN EACH 
STATE. 
DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY? 
>> YES. 
>> DO YOU AGREE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S MEMO VIOLATES THE 
CONSTITUTION? 
>> NO. 
>> ARE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE 
KNOTHOLE INDIVIDUALS? 
>> ARE UNDOCUMENTED KNOTHOLE 
PEOPLE? 
>> THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE. 
THE LEGAL ISSUE THERE WAS THE 
TERMINOLOGY OF THE CONSTITUTION 
-- 
>> IF I MAY, IT REFLECTS THE 
DECISION AT THE TIME OF THE 
CONSTITUTION THAT THEY COUNT -- 
>> YOU USED TO WORK FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN 1989. 
THERE WAS A LETTER WRITTEN TO A 
SENATOR BY THE D.O. 
G ON POINT THERE IS A SLIDE, A 
LETTER AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO 
ADMIT THAT TO THE RECORD. IN 
THE PAST THE DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE HAS TAKEN THE POSITION 
THAT SECTION 2 OF THE 14th 
AMENDMENT THE ORIGINAL PARCHMENT
OF ARTICLE 1 TO THE 
CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THAT 
INHABITANTS OF STATES WHO ARE 
ILLEGAL ALIENS BE INCLUDED IN 
THIS CENSUS COUNT AND IN OUR 
VIEW THIS HAS NO BASIS TO BE 
REVERSED. 
>> ARE YOU REVERSING THAT 
DECISION? 
>> I THINK WHAT THE DEPARTMENT 
ADVISED IS THAT -- THIS CAME UP 
BECAUSE ALABAMA CLAIMS YOU 
CAN'T COUNT ILLEGAL ALIENS. 
THE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT IT AND 
ADVISED CONGRESS CAN RETURNED. 
IT IS NOT A SELF DEFINING TERM. 
>> I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO 
BE HEARD. 
>> I'M GOING TO GET THERE. 
>> THE CURRENT DISPUTE. 
BACK WHEN THE SUPREME COURT 
STRUCK DOWN THE PRESIDENT AND 
HIS ATTEMPT TO PUT HIS 
CITIZENSHIP ON THE CENSUS. 
THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO COLLECT 
INFORMATION BY OTHER MEANS AND 
AT THAT TIME YOU MADE REFERENCE 
TO A DISPUTE OVER WHETHER 
ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE IN FOR AN 
APPORTIONMENT. 
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING 
TO? 
>> I THINK IT WAS THE ALABAMA 
CASE. 
I CAN'T REMEMBER. 
>> HAVE YOU CONCLUDED THIS? 
>> CAN YOU PROVIDE THIS 
COMMITTEE WITH DISCUSSIONS OR 
RESEARCH OR CONCLUDING MEMOS ON 
THAT ISSUE? 
>> I WILL LOOK INTO IT. 
WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT. 
OUR ADVICES -- IT HAS BEEN THAT 
CONGRESS DOES HAVE THE POWER TO 
INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE. 
>> WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
>> THEY CAN DEFINE THAT TERM. 
>> THAT IS A REASONABLE 
ARGUMENT TO MAKE. 
>> FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF 
SECONDS THAT I HAVE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS TO BE WITHIN THE LAW. 
NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW 
INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES 
PRESIDENT. 
HE GOES AROUND DOING TWEETS, 
MEMOS AND THEY ARE 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
MY DISTRICT IS A WORKING-CLASS, 
HARD-WORKING COMMUNITY. 
IMMIGRANTS, THE GREATEST 
GENERATION. 
ALL WE WANT IS EQUITY. 
BASED ON THE CENSUS. 
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET 
FEDERAL DOLLARS LIKE EVERYBODY 
ELSE. 
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR 
REPRESENTATION IS EQUAL AS IT 
IS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
ALL WE ASK FOR IS RESPECT. 
PLEASE TELL THE PRESIDENT, STOP 
TWEETING THINGS AND WRITING 
MEMOS THAT ARE 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. 
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL 
SEND A THANK YOU TO LAW 
ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE THAT WORK 
FOR YOU FOR THE WORK THEY ARE 
DOING HERE ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> I WANT TO THANK LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS AN IMPERFECT THEY DO A 
GOOD JOB ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND 
SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. 
I WENT TO ASK ABOUT MR. BURNELL 
TRAMMELL FROM MILWAUKEE IN JUST 
A MINUTE. 
HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS SHOT TO 
DEATH AT THE END OF LAST WEEK. 
HE IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN 
WHO WAS WEARING A [ INAUDIBLE ] 
FOR CARRYING A SIGN THAT SAYS 
TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. 
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT 
HAPPENED IN MADISON WISCONSIN 
SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS IS 
NOT A MYTH. 
SO WHEN THE RIOTS HIT 
MINNEAPOLIS AND THEN EXTENDED 
AROUND THE COUNTRY IT HIT 
MADISON, WISCONSIN. 
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER 
BEEN THERE. THERE IS AN ICONIC 
STREET CALLED STATE STREET. 
IT STARTS AT THE N RUNS DOWN TO 
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 
MADISON IN THAT STREET, IF YOU 
GO THERE NOW, 75 BUSINESSES ARE 
BOARDED UP THAT IS AS A RESULT 
OF A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WHO 
WOULD NOT PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE. 
THOSE PEOPLE WENT TO THE CITY 
COUNCIL LAST WEEK AND ASKED FOR 
SOME ASSISTANCE. 
THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD NOT 
PROTECT THEIR BUSINESS. THEY 
SAID NO. 
WE WILL NOT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. 
SHORTLY AFTER STATE STREET WAS 
DESTROYED, IT BY 
THE WAY, IT IS 
THIS MORNING 
SOME OF THE FILM 
THAT I HAVE SEEN 
THAT THE POLICE 
CRUISER THAT WENT
SLIMMING DOWN 
STATE STREET WAS 
NOT INCLUDED IN 
THAT. 
BUT SURELY AFTER 
THAT, ABOUT A 
WEEK AFTERWARDS, 
TWO MONUMENTS AT 
THE STATE 
CAPITOL THAT I 
USED TO WALK BY 
ALL THE TIME 
WERE TORN DOWN. 
ONE WAS OF THE 
ABOLITIONIST, 
NORWEGIAN 
IMMIGRANT WHO 
DIED AT 
CHICKAMAUGA 
DEFENDING THE 
UNION AND 
PROVIDING FOR THE
END OF SLAVERY. 
FIGHTING FOR THE 
END OF SLAVERY 
HERE IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
THE OTHER 
MONUMENT THAT 
WAS TORN DOWN, 
BY THE WAY, THEY 
TOOK A TOLL TOWN 
AND TRY DONE. 
LADY FORWARD. 
LADY FORWARD IS 
THERE BECAUSE OF 
WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE. 
WISCONSIN WAS 
THE FIRST STATE 
TO PASS SUFFRAGE 
BUT IN THE EARLY 
1900s HERE IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
THOSE WERE TORN 
DOWN. 
JUST YESTERDAY, 
A WOMAN, A 
SOCIAL WORKER 
WHO TEACHES AT 
THE LOCAL SCHOOL 
JUST OUTSIDE 
MADISON, MT. 
HARVARD, SHE WAS 
CHARGED WITH 
BEATING A STATE 
SENATOR, A 
DEMOCRAT STATE 
SENATOR. 
HER NAME IS 
SAMANTHA A. 
HOPEFULLY SHE 
WILL BE GIVEN 
JUSTICE. 
BUT I WANT TO 
EMPHASIZE TO MY 
COLLEAGUES ON 
THE LEFT THAT IF 
YOU THINK YOU 
ARE INSULATED 
FROM ANTIFA, 
WHICH IS 
SUPPOSEDLY A 
MYTH, YOU SHOULD 
REALLY THINK 
ABOUT THAT 
BECAUSE THEM AND 
OTHER RADICALS, 
THEY ANNOUNCED 
THEIR VIOLENCE 
ON ANYMORE. 
THEIR ENERGY IS 
MEANT TO DESTROY 
OUR COUNTRY. 
AND I WOULD ASK 
YOU TO, IF YOU 
WANT TO CONTACT 
THE FORMER 
COLLEAGUE OF 
MINE, STATE 
SENATOR SIM CARD 
AND A DEMOCRAT, 
HE WILL TELL YOU 
HE WAS BEATEN TO 
A PULP ON THAT 
NIGHT AT 
MIDNIGHT WHEN 
THEY WERE 
TEARING DOWN 
THOSE STATUES. 
IT IS NOT EIGHT 
MINUTES. 
SO MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, I WOULD 
ASK MR. BRUNEAU 
PREP, I DON'T 
KNOW OF OUR 
ATTORNEY GENERAL
, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL:WISCONSIN 
OR THE MAYOR OF 
MILWAUKEE ARE 
GOING TO PURSUE 
WHAT APPEARS TO 
PERHAPS BE A 
POLITICAL 
EXECUTION. ARE 
YOU FAMILIAR 
WITH THAT 
SITUATION IN 
MILWAUKEE? 
>> YOU MEAN THE 
SHOOTING OF THAT 
AND GENTLEMEN? 
>> YES. 
>> I HAVE WRITE 
ABOUT UP. 
>> IF THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AND OTHER LAW 
ENFORCEMENT IN 
WISCONSIN DO NOT 
ACT, WILL THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
STUDIED THE 
SITUATION AND 
BRING THEM 
JUSTICE FOR MR. 
TRAMMELL AND HIS 
FAMILY? 
>> YES, WE 
CERTAINLY SAY 
THAT IT 
SITUATION. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
EIGHT MINUTES. 
YOU ARE HEARING 
IT FROM ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY AND 
WE ARE HEARING 
IT ALL THE TIME 
ABOUT PORTLAND 
AND SEATTLE. 
THIS HAPPENED IN 
MADISON, 
WISCONSIN, ALSO, 
WHERE A MAYOR, A 
FAR LEFTIST 
MAYOR PROUDLY 
CARRIES THAT 
BANNER. 
SAT ON A STREET, 
ACTUALLY, NOT A 
STREET, A 
HIGHWAY WITH 
PROTESTERS AND 
SHUT DOWN 
TRAFFIC. 
AND THEN STATE 
STREET, ONE OF 
THE MOST ICONIC 
STREETS IN THE 
STATE OF 
WISCONSIN AND 
MADISON. 
IT WAS DESTROYED.
AND I'M NOT SO 
SURE THAT THOSE 
BUSINESSES ARE 
GOING TO GET 
THEIR BUSINESSES 
BACK. 
IT DOES NOT A 
MYTH, FOLKS, 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IS 
REAL ACROSS OUR 
COUNTRY. 
AND WE NEED TO 
STOP THE RIOTS. 
THESE ARE NOT 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS. 
THESE ARE RIOTS 
THAT ARE 
HAPPENING, AND 
WE NEED TO CALL 
AN END TO IT, 
AND I HOPE, YOU, 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WORK 
TOWARDS THAT 
END. 
THANK YOU. 
THE GENTLEMEN 
EUAL BACK. 
MR. STANLEY? 
>> ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WILLIAM 
BARR, I WANTED 
TO FOLLOW UP ON 
SOME QUESTIONS 
FROM ONE OF MY 
COLLEAGUES. 
YOU TESTIFIED 
EARLIER THAT YOU 
HAVE AT TIMES 
AFFORDED BY 
MAIL. 
IS THAT CORRECT? 
>> I REMEMBER 
WHAT I THINK 
WHAT'S VOTING BY 
MAIL. 
>> THE PUBLIC 
RECORDS SHOW YOU 
WHAT A BIBLE IN 
2012 AND 2019. 
D AGREE WITH 
THAT? 
>> I CAN'T 
REALLY REMEMBER 
THE DETAILS 
>> I THINK ON 
ONE OCCASION, I 
HAVE TO GO TO A 
STATION. 
>> BUT YOU DID 
IT -- 
>> -- BEFORE THE 
ELECTION. 
YEAH. 
>> I RAISE THIS 
BECAUSE IT MAY, 
OF THIS YEAR, 
800 PUBLIC 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
FROM ACROSS THE 
NATION SENT A 
LETTER URGING 
CONGRESS TO, 
QUOTE, PREPARE 
FOR THE ELECTION 
BY MAIL TO ALLOW 
AMERICANS TO 
VOTE FROM HOME 
AT FOR SURE 
THEIR HEALTH AND 
SAFETY. 
ARE YOU AWARE 
THAT HEALTH 
EXPERTS HAVE 
EMPHASIZED THAT 
VOTING BY MAIL 
IS CRITICAL TO 
PROTECT PUBLIC 
HEALTH IN THIS 
UPCOMING 
ELECTION?. 
ONE WAS THIS? 
>> IN MAY OF 
THIS YEAR. 
IF YOU ARE 
UNFAMILIAR, I 
CAN PROVIDE A I 
HAVE A COPY FOR 
YOU. 
SO PUBLIC HEALTH 
ADVICE IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT TO THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF 
PENNSYLVANIA 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
A LARGE 
POPULATION OF 
SENIORS WHO ARE 
AT HIGHER RISK 
FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
HE SHOULD NOT 
HAVE TO CHOOSE 
BETWEEN RISKING 
THEIR LIVES AND 
DIGITIZING THEIR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
BUT THE PROBLEM 
WE ARE FACING IS 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
REPEATEDLY 
SOUGHT TO CAST 
DOUBT ON THE 
SECURITY OF MAIL-
IN BALLOTS, 
SAYING THAT THE 
2020 ELECTION 
COULD BE RIG 
WITH, QUOTE, 
MILLIONS OF MAIL-
IN BALLOTS 
PRINTED BY 
FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES. 
END QUOTE. 
THAT YOU, SIR, 
HAVE REPEATED 
THIS 
MISINFORMATION. 
SEE. 
IT IS NOT 
MISINFORMATION. 
>> Reporter: I 
HAVE A QUESTION 
FOR YOU. 
HERE IT COMES. 
LAST MONTH, 
YUIKA THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORY WHAT YOU 
SUGGESTED IN AT 
LEAST THREE 
INTERVIEWS THAT, 
QUOTE, FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES COULD 
MANUFACTURE 
BENEFIT BALLOTS, 
INPUT, TO 
INFLUENCE THE 
PRESIDENT 
ELECTION. 
CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
>> OKAY. 
IN FACT, YOU 
HAVE NO EVIDENCE 
THAT FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES CAN 
SUCCESSFULLY IS 
WHERE ON 
ELECTIONS. 
>> NO I DONE. 
I HAVE COMMON 
SENSE. 
>> OKAY. 
WELL, AND THAT 
IS WHAT YOU 
RESPONDED WHEN 
YOU WERE 
DIRECTED 
CHALLENGED ON 
THAT. 
YOU SET, NO, YOU 
DID NOT HAVE 
EVIDENCE. 
BUT IT WAS 
OBVIOUS. 
ACCORDING TO 
STATE ELECTION 
OFFICIALS, YOUR 
ALLEGED CONCERNS 
HERE ARE NOT 
OBVIOUS BUT IN 
FACT ARE 
OUTRAGEOUS. 
EVERY STATE 
UNION HAS 
ABSENTEE 
BALLOTS. 
TWO THIRDS OF 
THE STATES ALLOW 
FOR VOTE BY MAIL 
BY -- FOR ANY 
REASON. 
I THINK 
COLORADO, 
OREGON, 
WASHINGTON, 
HAWAII, AND UTAH 
VOTE ENTIRELY BY 
MAIL AND HAVE 
DONE SO FOR 
DECADES. 
EVEN THE U.S. 
MILITARY USES 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 
DOESN'T IT? 
>> YES. 
>> OKAY. 
SO BUSINESS TO 
THAT AFTER YOU 
SUGGESTED 
WITHOUT EVIDENCE 
THAT FOREIGN 
ADVERSARIES COULD
ELECTIONS USING 
COUNTERFEIT 
BALLOTS, 
ELECTION EXPERTS 
OFFICIALS FROM 
AROUND THE 
COUNTRY SAID 
THAT WHAT YOU 
SUGGESTED WAS 
VIRTUALLY 
IMPOSSIBLE, 
PREPOSTEROUS, 
WOULD NEVER 
HAPPEN, THAT 
WOULD BE READILY 
DETECTED DUE TO 
THE MULTIPLE 
LEVELS OF 
SECURITY USED 
WITH MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS SYSTEMS? 
>> THEY ARE NOT 
MULTIPLE LEVELS 
OF SECURITY. 
>> OKAY. 
>> AND I DON'T 
AGREE THAT IT IS 
-- 
>> OKAY, 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
AND AGAIN, I'M 
HAPPY TO SUPPLY 
YOU WITH THE 
STATEMENTS THAT 
WERE SUPPLIED. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
RACES CONCERNED 
ABOUT A. EVERY 
MAJOR 
PUBLICATION. 
>> YOU ARE 
WASTING MY TIME, 
SURE. 
IN FACT, THERE 
IS NO EVIDENCE 
THAT FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES, ME 
COUNTERFEIT 
BALLOTS AND 
CREATE A THREAT 
TO OUR ELECTIONS 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
ARE YOU OVER 
THAT IN MAY, THE 
PRESIDENT TWEETED
, AS I QUOTE, 
MAIL-IN VOTING 
WOULD LEAD TO 
MASSIVE FRAUD 
AND ABUSE? 
IT WILL ALSO 
LEAD TO THE END 
OF OUR GREAT 
REPUBLICAN 
PARTY, END 
QUOTE. 
YES. 
I WAS UNAWARE OF 
THAT TWEET. 
>> THAT TO TWEET 
SUGGEST, SIR, 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
SPREADING THIS 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS, AS HE 
IS AFRAID THAT 
IF MORE PEOPLE 
THOUGHT, HE AND 
HIS PARTY WILL 
LOSE. 
THE FACT, MR. 
BARR, IS THAT 
FOREIGN 
ADVERSARIES 
CANNOT ACTUALLY 
INFLUENCE OUR 
ELECTIONS BY 
SUBMITTING 
MASSIVE 
COUNTERFEIT 
BALLOTS. 
BUT THE FBI AND 
INTELLIGENCE 
SERVICES HAVE 
REPEATEDLY 
WARNED THAT 
THOSE 
ADVERSARIES ARE 
ACTIVELY TRYING 
TO SPILL 
MISTRUST IN OUR 
ELECTION SYSTEMS 
AND REPEATING 
MISINFORMATION 
ABOUT MAIL-IN 
VOTING, YOU AND 
THE PRESIDENT 
ARE HELPING THEM.
JUST SITTING 
GUESS, YOU WOULD 
AGREE -- 
>> I TAKE THAT 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
RESPOND. 
>> -- THAT 
PROSECUTORS 
WOULD MAKE 
PROSECUTIONS 
WITH THE 
POLITICAL PARTY. 
WOULDN'T YOU? 
WHO MAKES 
PROSECUTION? 
>> YOU SAID IN 
2017 THE 
PROSECUTORS 
WOULD MAKE 
POLITICAL 
CONTRIBUTIONS OR 
IDENTIFYING IS 
FAIRLY STRONG 
WITH APPLICABLE 
PARTY. 
CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
>> FOR, YOU AND 
YOUR WIFE HAVE 
DONATED OVER A 
$730,000 TO 
REPUBLICAN AND 
HERE IS A 
CANDIDATES 
INCLUDING 
DONATIONS OF 
$58,000 TO 
REPUBLICAN 
SENATORS AND 
SENATE 
CANDIDATES FOUR 
MONTHS RECEIVING 
YOUR 
CONFIRMATION? 
ARE YOU CORRECT? 
>> OUR YOU 
SURPRISED I'M A 
REPUBLICAN? 
OVER A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
>> INCLUDING 
JUST BEFORE. 
>> CUMULATIVE OF 
THE LONG PERIOD 
OF TIME. 
I'D NEVER -- I 
WAS TALKING ABOUT
A CAREER 
PROSECUTOR, 
GENERALLY, 
GENERALLY 
HISTORICALLY OF 
THE 
CONTRIBUTIONS. 
THAT WAS MY 
VIEW. 
>> IT DOES NOT 
-- 
>> THE TIME HAS 
SINCE BAR. 
>> I WOULD SIX 
UNANIMOUS 
CONSENT TO 
INTRODUCE THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERT LETTER 
SIGNED BY 800 
INDIVIDUALS. THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
REPEATED 
INTERVIEWS IN 
WHICH HE 
SUGGESTED THAT 
OUR ELECTIONS 
COULD BE 
UNDERMINED. 
THE OVERALL 
OVERWHELMING 
REACTION FROM 
OFFICIALS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY AND 
THE ARTICLES 
CONCERNING HIS 
CAMPAIGN 
DONATIONS. 
>> WITHOUT A 
JECHEON, THE 
ARTICLES WILL BE 
IN THE RECORD. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. CHAIRMAN. 
MR. BARKER YOUR 
APARTMENT 
RELEASED PAUL 
MANAFORT, THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER EARLY 
FROM PRISON 
INMATES OUT OF 
CONCERN FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
IN MARCH, 26, 
ABLE TO YOUR 
DEPARTMENT 
RELEASED 
GUIDELINES 
CRITERIA BY WHICH
PRIORITIES BUT 
WHICH PEOPLE 
WOULD BE 
RELEASED EARLY. 
BY YOUR OWN 
DEPARTMENT'S 
ADMISSION, 
MANAFORT DID NOT 
MEET THAT 
CRITERIA. 
SINCE THE START 
OF THIS PANDEMIC,
WE HAVE 
REPEATEDLY URGED 
YOU TO USE YOUR 
AUTHORITY TO 
PROTECT 
FOLLOWABLE 
POPULATIONS IN 
PRISONS. 
AND INSTEAD, YOU 
RELEASE THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER. 
SIR, DO KNOW HOW 
MANY AGILE 
INMATES HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19 AS 
OF TODAY? 
>> I HAVE THAT 
NUMBER. 
>> QUICKLY, SIR, 
BECAUSE THE 
CLOCK TICKS. 
>> WHILE -- 
>> WILL, WE HAVE 
A SLIGHT IF YOU 
WILL BRING IT UP 
THAT SHOWS US 
THAT 10,000 
INMATES HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE 
AND OVER 1000 
STAFF HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE. 
DO KNOW HOW MANY 
HAVE DIED? 
>> ALMOST 100, I 
THINK. 
>> THAT IS 
WOULD. 
IT IS BUT 99 
MEETS HAVE DIED. 
AND IT ONLY 5% 
HAVE BEEN 
RELEASED UNDER 
YOUR GUIDELINES. 
>> 7000 
>> YOU STATED IT 
MADE THAT YOU 
WERE TAKING, 
QUOTE, EVERY 
MEASURE WE CAN 
TO PROTECT 
FEDERAL INMATES. 
THAT NUMBERS, 
HOWEVER, TELL A 
DIFFERENT STORY. 
AS YOUR ACTIONS. 
DESPITE LOSING 
MANAFORT, YOUR 
LAWYERS CONTINUE 
TO ARGUE AGAINST 
THE RELEASE OF 
BUSINESS. 
IN APRIL, 
VULNERABLE 
PRISONERS WHO 
SUFFERED FROM 
SERIOUS AT RISK 
HEALTH 
CONDITIONS LIKE 
CHRONIC ASTHMA, 
HEALTH DISEASE, 
HEART DISEASE 
AND KIDNEY 
DISEASE, FILED A 
LAWSUIT FOR 
EARLY RELEASE IN 
OHIO, WE THESE 
BUSINESS WERE 
BEING,? 
OVERCROWDED AND 
LIKE CATTLE. 
BECAUSE PRISONS 
WERE NOT ABLE TO 
SOCIAL DISTANCE 
THEM. 
550 PRISONERS 
SOUGHT RELEASE. 
YET YOUR OWN 
DEPARTMENT 
PROCESS ONLY 
SEVEN 
APPLICATIONS AND 
TONIGHT THEM ALL.
YET, YOU HAVE 
TIME TO PROCESS 
MANAFORT'S 
APPLICATION. 
>> OH, PROCESS 
MANAFORT -- 
>> WELL, YOUR 
DEPARTMENT DID, 
SIR. 
BUT APPARENTLY 
NOT THE MULTIPLE 
AMERICANS LIVING 
IN GREAT RISK. 
IN FACT, IN A 
SERIES OF -- IN 
APRIL AND MAY, 
IN OHIO DISTRICT 
COURT ORDERED 
THAT YOUR 
DEPARTMENT, 
QUOTE, ACT WITH 
URGENCY AND TO, 
QUOTE, MOVE 
INMATES OUT DUE 
TO CONTINUED 
RISK OF HARM TO 
PRISONERS AND TO 
GOVERNMENT 
STAFF. 
AND SIR, YOUR 
DEPARTMENT'S 
CHALLENGE THAT 
COURT ORDER, DID 
IT NOT? 
I'M NOT FAMILIAR 
WITH THEM. 
>> WELL, YOU ALT 
IT. 
YOU DID NOT HELP 
MOVE THESE 
INMATES OUT AS 
ORDERED. 
IN FACT, HE 
TRIED TO BLOCK 
THE DISTRICT 
COURT'S ORDER. 
HOWEVER, THE 
SUPREME COURT ON 
MAY 26th 
REJECTED YOUR 
DEPARTMENT'S 
REQUEST. 
SIR, NINE 
PRISONERS HAD 
DIED AND IT HAS 
BEEN TWO MONTHS 
SINCE THE 
SUPREME COURT'S 
ORDER. 
DO YOU EVEN KNOW 
TODAY HOW MANY 
OF THOSE 
PRISONERS HAVE 
BEEN RELEASED OR 
HOW MANY MORE 
HAVE DIED? 
>> NOW, DON'T. 
YOU KNOW, WE HAD 
-- IT STARTED 
OUT WITH 170,000 
PRISONERS. 
>> I JUST NEED 
YOU TO TRY TO 
EXPLAIN TO ME 
AND TO AMERICA 
HOW IS IT THAT 
THE FORMER 
CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER, THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, 
DID NOT -- DID 
NOT MEET THE 
PRICE FOR PARTY 
CRITERIA NOT 
RELEASED EVEN 
THOUGH YOUR OWN 
DEPARTMENT 
ADMITTED SHE DID 
MEET THE 
GUIDELINES. 
BUT ALL THESE 
OTHER FOLKS WERE 
NOT. 
IF IT WAS SIMPLY 
THE VIRUS THAT 
YOU NEEDED TO 
PROTECT THE 
FORMER CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER, BUT NOT 
ALL OF THESE 
AMERICANS WHO 
ARE ALSO HAVE 
MULTIPLE OR 
AUDIBLE OR HAVE 
AT RISK 
ADDITION? 
MR. BARKER THE 
CONTRAST SAYS IT 
ALL. 
AND IT IS NOT 
JUST IN OHIO, IN 
FACT, IN MY OWN 
HOME STATE IN 
TEXAS, FEDERAL 
PRISON HOUSING 
WHEN IT WITH 
MENTAL AND 
MEDICAL HEALTH 
ISSUES JUST 
CONFIRMED LAST 
WEEK THAT OF THE 
1357 PRISONERS, 
OVER 500 TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR 
COVID ONE 
PRISONER 
RECOUNTED, WE 
ARE LIKE A WHOLE 
BUNCH OF 
HAMSTERS IN A 
CAGE. 
CHASING OUR OWN 
TALES. 
AND YET, NONE 
HAVE BEEN 
RELEASED. 
MR. BARKER HAVE 
YOU SEEN THOSE 
STATISTICS, YES 
OR NO? 
>> THE -- 
>> WELL, IF YOU 
CAN'T -- 
>> I PUT 
GUIDELINES, 
GENERAL 
GUIDELINES TO 
PROPEL THE 
RELEASE -- 
>> NOT POLICED 
ANY MORE. 
>> I PUT OUR 
GENERAL GAILAND. 
>> WHEN OF THOSE 
PRISONERS IS A 
MOTHER WHO HAD 
TO GIVE BIRTH ON 
A VENTILATOR IN 
THAT FACILITY 
BECAUSE YOUR 
DEPARTMENT OUR 
TIES IS LEASING 
SMALL MANAFORT 
EXTENT OF A 
FOLDABLE 
AMERICANS. 
A FEW WEEKS 
AFTER THIS 
PHOTO, THIS BEAR 
DIED ALONG WITH 
TWO OTHER WOMEN 
HOUSED IN THIS 
FACILITY FROM 
COVID-19. 
SIR, YOU COULD 
BE SAVING LIVES 
BY REDUCING THE 
PRISON 
POPULATION. 
YET, YOU HAVE 
LARGELY 
ABANDONED YOUR 
DUTY TO THESE 
WOMEN. 
YOU HAVE 
SHAMELESSLY 
ABOUT IT YOUR 
OLD OF OFFICE TO 
PROTECT ALL 
AMERICANS 
BECAUSE YOU HAVE 
PAR DRIES GIVING 
SPECIAL FAVORS 
TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
FRIENDS THIS IS 
NOT EQUAL 
JUSTICE UNDER 
THE LAW. 
IT IS NOT THE 
LAW THAT YOU AND 
I BOTH LEARNED 
IN LAW SCHOOL. 
IT IS TWO SIMPLE 
SYSTEMS OF 
JUSTICE. 
ONE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
EVENTS AND ONE 
FOR EVERYONE 
ELSE. 
>> YEAH, THAT 
DIRECT -- 
>> AND I YIELD 
BACK. 
>> THE DIRECTOR 
TESTIFIED UNDER 
OATH. 
NO ONE FROM 
JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT WAS 
INVOLVED. 
>> THAT LADY 
YES. 
THE GENTLEMEN 
WILL NOT BE 
GIVEN AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
RESPOND. 
THIS IS A 
PROBLEM. 
>> IT IS 
RECOGNIZE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. CHAIRMAN. 
GOOD AFTERNOON. 
MR. TREYGER 
WOULD. 
I WANT TO GO TO 
A COUPLE OF YOUR 
PRIOR STATEMENTS 
ON APRIL 19th, 
EXCUSE ME, 18th, 
2019, YOU 
STATED, QUOTE, 
WHITE HOUSE 
FULLY COOPERATED 
WITH THE SPECIAL 
COUNSEL'S 
INVESTIGATION. 
ARE YOU AWARE OF 
THAT? 
>> UH-HUH. 
>> TO YES/NO, 
MR. BARR, YOU 
TESTIFIED THAT 
THE STATEMENT 
WAS TRUE AT THE 
TIME YOU MADE 
IT. 
>> I THOUGHT IT 
TO BE TRUE AT 
THE TIME I MADE 
IT. 
>> ON -- 
>> WHY IS IT NOT 
TRUE? 
>> I WILL GET TO 
IT. 
MR. BARR. 
WE WILL GET TO 
THAT. 
YOU ANSWER THE 
QUESON. 
I HAVE A 
QUESTION FOR 
YOU. 
ON JUNE 19, -- 
ACTUALLY, I NEED 
TO ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>> YOU DID 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
>> NO, YOU SAID 
UNDER PENALTY OF 
PERJURY BUT I'M 
GOING TO ANSWER 
THE QUESTION. 
>> ARE YOU 
SAYING NO? 
>> I THINK THAT 
I WAS REFERRING 
TO AND I'M GOING 
TO HAVE TO SEE 
THE CONTEXT  OF 
IT WAS THE -- 
>> SO MR. 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THE 
STATEMENT WAS 
NOT LIMITED TO 
THE SUPPLIES OF 
DOCUMENTS. 
YOU STATED -- 
RECLAIMING MY 
TIME. 
APRIL 19th OF 
2019, THE WHITE 
HOUSE FULLY 
COOPERATED WITH 
THE SPECIAL 
COUNSEL'S 
INVESTIGATION. 
YOU KNEW WHEN 
YOU MADE THAT 
STATEMENT THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAD NOT AGREED 
TO BE 
INTERVIEWED BY 
THE SPECIAL 
COUNSEL. 
NOW, ON JUNE 
18th -- OF THIS 
YEAR. 
>> I WAS 
REFERRING TO -- 
>> ON JUNE 18th 
-- MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, ON JUNE 
18th OF THIS 
YEAR, THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE ISSUED A 
STATEMENT SAYING 
THAT MR. BERMAN 
FORMER U.S. 
ATTORNEY FOR THE 
SOUTHERN 
DISTRICT OF NEW 
YORK. 
HEAD TO COURT 
STEPPED DOWN. 
YOU ARE AWARE OF 
THAT STATEMENT 
BEING RELEASED 
BY THE 
DEPARTMENT? 
CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
>> AND DO 
TESTIFY TODAY 
THAT THAT 
STATEMENT WAS 
TRUE AT THE TIME 
THE DEPARTMENT 
ISSUED IT? 
>> HE MAY NOT 
HAVE KNOWN IT 
BUT HE WAS 
STEPPING DOWN. 
>> HE MAY NOT 
HAVE KNOWN IT. 
HE WAS STEPPING 
DOWN. 
THAT IS YOUR 
TESTIMONY TODAY? 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THE 
STATEMENT DID 
NOT SAY THAT HE 
WAS BEING 
REMOVED. 
IT IS NOT SAY 
THAT HE WAS 
BEING FIRED. 
IT SAID THAT HE 
WAS STEPPING 
DOWN. 
YOUR TESTIMONY 
TODAY, THAT WAS 
IN FACT ACCURATE 
WITH MR. BERMAN 
HAS TESTIFIED 
UNDER OATH TO 
THIS COMMITTEE 
THAT IT IN FACT 
WAS NOT. 
NOW, I WANT TO 
TALK -- 
>> NO, HE WAS 
REMOVED. 
HE WAS REMOVED. 
I WANTED AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
OFFER HIM 
ANOTHER -- 
>> I UNDERSTAND 
THE RATIONALITY 
FOR YOUR ANSWER. 
ABOUT THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
-- SPEAK FOR 
ITSELF. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL EARLIER 
THIS YEAR, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
STATED THAT HE 
PLANNED IT MAKE 
WHAT HE 
DESCRIBED AS 
VICE PRESIDENT, 
QUOTE, UKRAINE 
DEALINGS, ISSUE 
ON THE CAMPAIGN 
TRUE. 
FEBRUARY 10, YOU 
STATED THAT YOU 
HAD SET UP A, 
QUOTE, INTAKE 
PROCESS FOR 
SUFFICIENT 
INFORMATION, 
EXCUSE ME, 
INTAKE PROCESS, 
INPUT, OR 
SUMMATION OF 
INFORMATION 
RELATING TO THE 
UKRAINE. 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
THAT INCLUDED, 
COURT, YOUR 
WORDS, ANYTHING 
MR. GIULIANI 
MIGHT PROVIDE. 
DO YOU RECALL 
MAKING THOSE 
COMMENTS? 
>> SOMETHING 
ALONG THOSE 
LINES. 
>> YOU CAN SEE 
THERE IS NOT ANY 
-- CREATING A 
SPECIAL PROCESS 
FOR INFORMATION 
RELATED TO 
ADVANCING -- 
>> I DISAGREE. 
AND I ALSO MADE 
IT CLEAR THAT 
THAT IS A 
VETTING PROCESS, 
THAT IS 
AVAILABLE TO 
ANYBODY. 
>> U.S. 
ATTORNEYS, IF 
YOU HAD SIGNED, 
RECEIVE 
INFORMATION FROM 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN'S PERSONAL 
LAWYER REGARDING 
PRESTON COPE. 
>> WELL, IF THEY 
HAD FITTED THE 
DOSSIER -- 
>> THERE'S NO -- 
SIR, THERE'S NO 
-- MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THERE'S 
NO U.S. ATTORNEY 
TO PLAN TO DO 
THAT. 
YOU HAVE THEN 
WITH RESPECT TO 
THIS PROCESS IS 
AN PRESIDENT. 
NOW, -- 
>> IT WAS 
CAUTIONARY SO 
THAT WE DO NOT 
DELIVER THE 
CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATIVE 
PROCESS WITH THE 
UKRAINIAN THIS 
INFORMATION. 
>> OPPORTUNITY 
TO EXPLAIN THIS 
INTAKE PROCESS 
MY UNDERSTANDING 
IS THAT YOU HAVE 
ACTIVE -- 
>> ARE YOU GOING 
TO GIVE ME AN 
OPPORTUNITY? 
>> I INTEND TO 
RIGHT NOW. 
THE DISTRICT OF 
NEW YORK., THE 
U.S. ATTORNEY 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THAT THE STRIKE, 
MY UNDERSTANDING 
IS THAT YOU HAVE 
ASKED THAT U.S. 
ATTORNEY TO BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THE INTAKE 
PROCESS. 
IS THAT RIGHT? 
>> NO. 
>> IT THAT 
WON'T? 
>> U.S. ATTORNEY 
IN THE EASTERN 
DISTRICT WAS 
GIVEN OVERSIGHT 
OF THE UKRAINIAN 
RELATED CASES 
AND ANY NEW 
CASES INVOLVING 
YOU CAN. 
WE FACE A 
PROBLEM WITH 
UKRAINE, WHICH 
AND RELIABLE 
INFORMATION 
COMING IN. 
A LOT OF 
CORRUPTION 
THERE. 
>> AND I WANTED 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT BEFORE WE 
GOT INTO 
CRIMINAL 
PROCEEDINGS, AND 
THIS WAS TO IF 
ONE'S BENEFIT 
PARTICULAR WE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN. THAT THE 
INFORMATION WAS 
SCRUBBED. 
>> I UNDERSTAND 
THAT. 
WITH THE MEMO 
THAT YOU WISH 
IT. 
WHICH SET -- 
>> ANY AND ALL 
MATTERS RELATED 
TO UKRAINE FOR 
INVESTIGATION. 
THIS IS WHAT YOU 
DESCRIBE OF 
COURSE, THE U.S. 
ATTORNEY 
RESPONSIBLE IN 
THE EASTERN 
DISTRICT OF NEW 
YORK WAS 
ORIGINALLY 
CHANGED. 
MY UNDERSTANDING 
IS THAT A FEW 
WEEKS AGO, YOU 
ANNOUNCED THAT 
HE WOULD BE 
TAKING OVER TO 
REPLACE RICHARD 
DONAHUE. 
MR. DUCHARME 
PRIOR TO HIS -- 
>> HE IS IN 
CHARGE? 
>> ARE TO TAKING 
THIS POSITION, 
MR. DUCHARME 
WORKED IN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
THAT CORRECT? 
>> YES, HE WAS A 
COUNSELOR. 
THAN HE WAS THE 
PRINCIPAL OF 
ASSISTANT DEPUTY 
TO THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THE ACTING U.S. 
ATTORNEY THAT 
THE DEPUTY U.S. 
ATTORNEY, OTHER, 
IN THAT 
DISTRICT. 
THEY NOW HAVE 
APPOINTED YOUR 
PRIOR COUNSEL TO 
OVERSEE THAT 
VERY SAME 
PROCESS. 
WITH THAT, YIELD 
BACK MY TIME, 
MR. CHAIRMAN. 
>> MR. 
TOURNAMENT. 
>> THE GENTLEMEN 
YEARS BACK. 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, 
BEFORE WE GO TO 
MESS., BUT I 
ENTERED SOME 
COMMENTS UNDER 
IT. 
THE TWO MEMBERS 
THAT WE REFERRED 
TO. 
THE GUIDELINES 
FOR WHO GETS 
LEAST LIKE THE 
"WASHINGTON 
POST" ARTICLE 
ABOUT MANAFORT'S 
RELEASE AND A 
TESTIMONY FROM 
THE COUNCIL OF 
THE RECORD. 
>> WITHOUT 
OBJECTION. 
WE ARE WORKING 
ON A 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. JIM, I WANT 
TO START BY 
THANKING YOU, 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BARR FOR JOINING 
US TODAY AND FOR 
THE WORK THAT 
THE COMMITTEE 
PUBLIC SERVICE 
IN YOUR 
DEPARTMENT ARE 
DOING TO KEEP 
OUR COUNTRY 
SAFE. 
BUT SIR, JUST A 
FEW MONTHS AGO, 
IT MAY, SAID 
THAT YOU WOULD 
BE TAKING THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
POSITION AND 
URGING THE 
SUPREME COURT TO 
OVERTURN THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE 
ACT. 
WHEN ASKED IF 
YOU WILL STILL 
TAKE THAT 
POSITION, EVEN 
IF IT MEANS, AND 
I QUOTE, 50 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS OF 
THEIR HEALTH 
CARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC, YOU 
STATED THAT THE 
CASE WOULD NOT 
BE ARGUED UNTIL 
OCTOBER. AND 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT EXPECT 
TO FIX AND 
REPLACE 
OBAMACARE WITH A 
BETTER SYSTEM. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BARR, TO BE 
VERY, VERY 
CLEAR. 
AS PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS AND TO 
HAVE SHOWN US, 
THIS PANDEMIC IS 
SIMPLY NOT GOING 
AWAY. 
JUST LAST WEEK, 
IT WAS REPORTED 
THAT ONE 
HOSPITAL WAS 
PLANNING TO SEND 
CORONAVIRUS 
PATIENTS HOME TO 
DIE. 
DUE TO THE 
LIMITED 
RESOURCES TO 
TREAT THEM. 
WE ARE STILL 
FACING AN 
EXTREMELY 
CRITICAL AND 
EXTREMELY 
SERIOUS SITUATION
. AND EVEN IF 
YOU EXPECT THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
FIGURE OUT A NEW 
PLAN BY OCTOBER, 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS NOT YET PUT 
IN PLACE ANOTHER 
SYSTEM. NOR IS 
THERE ANY 
GUARANTEE THAT 
HE WILL DO SO BY 
OCTOBER AS YOU, 
QUOTE, EXPECT. 
SO WHEN YOU SAY 
YOU EXPECT THE 
PRESIDENT TO 
FIGURE OUT A NEW 
PLAN, YOU ARE 
TAKING A RISK. 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS LIVES. 
YOU ARE RISKING 
THE LIVES OF 
MILLIONS. PEOPLE 
WHO WILL NOT BE 
COVERED FOR PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITIONS, IF 
THE SUPREME 
COURT AGREES 
WITH YOUR 
POSSESSION. 
CIVIL SERVANTS 
IN YOUR OWN 
DEPARTMENT HAVE 
IS A GREAT WITH 
YOU ON THIS 
MATTER. 
IN FACT, I'M 
INTRODUCING A 
STATEMENT BY ONE 
OF THE ATTORNEYS 
ON THE ACA CASE, 
JOEL McILVAIN, 
WHO RESIGNED IN 
PROTEST WHEN 
YOUR DEPARTMENT 
REFUSED TO 
DESCEND THE LAW 
AS IT IS 
REQUIRED. 
IN MY DISTRICT, 
THE SIX DISTRICT 
OF GEORGIA, 
CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT, THERE 
WERE OVER 
300,000 PEOPLE 
THAT HAD PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITIONS AND 
AYE, SIR, AND 
ONE OF THEM. 
A TWO-TIME 
CANCER SURVIVOR. 
OUR STATE IS 
CONSIDERING TO 
BATTLE HARD 
AGAINST A 
RESURGENCE IN 
COVID-19 CASES. 
SO I'M ASKING 
YOU, SIR, NOT TO 
GAMBLE WITH 
AMERICAN LIVES. 
NOT TO GAMBLE 
WITH MY LIFE. 
AND I WOULD LIKE 
YOU TO CONFIRM 
THAT IF THE 
PRESIDENTS HAS 
NO OTHER PLAN IN 
PLACE BY 
OCTOBER, YOU 
WILL REVERSE 
COURSE AND DROP 
YOUR POSITION 
THAT I, WHAT, 
YOU CORRECTLY 
THE ENTIRE ACA 
MUST FALL. 
>> I HAVE TWO 
CHILDREN WHO ARE 
CANCER 
SURVIVORS, SO I 
FEEL VERY 
STRONGLY ABOUT 
THIS ISSUE. 
AS A MATTER OF 
POLICY AND I 
BELIEVE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
MADE CLEAR THAT 
HE WILL ENSURE 
THAT -- 
>> SIR, PLEASE 
ANSWER MY 
QUESTION. 
WHAT YOU STOP 
PAYING POLITICS 
-- 
>> WILL -- 
>> AMERICAN 
HEALTH, IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> I'M NOT 
PLAYING 
POLITICS. 
I'M NOT IN 
CHARGE OF HEALTH 
CARE POLICY. 
>> WELL YOU 
REVERSE YOUR 
COURSE AND MAKE 
SURE THAT 
MILLIONS OF 
MILLION 
AMERICANS LIKE 
ME THAT DEPEND 
ON HEALTH CARE 
TREATMENT TO 
STAY ALIVE, WILL 
YOU REVERSE YOUR 
COURSE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE 
HAVE THE ABILITY 
TO BE ABLE TO 
LIVE IN THIS 
COUNTRY FREELY 
WITH QUALITY 
HEALTH CARE 
EXPECT PEOPLE 
HAVE THE HEALTH 
CARE PROTECTION 
AND THAT WILL BE 
ACCOMPLISHED 
EITHER IF I LOSE 
-- 
>> I -- 
>> I THINK -- 
>> I WANT TO -- 
SIR, I WOULD 
LIKE TO GO ON. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
BRIEFLY 
MENTIONED MY 
CONCERNS RELATED 
TO GUN VIOLENCE. 
I WANT TO 
BRIEFLY GO ON TO 
ANOTHER CONCERN 
THAT I HAVE 
RELATING TO GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
THAT IS ACTUALLY 
HOW I GOT HERE. 
>> OKAY.. 
DURING THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAK, THE 
NATION HAS SEEN 
A DRAMATIC 
INCREASE IN 
FIREARMS SALES 
AND SKYROCKETING 
NUMBERS OF SALES 
BLOCKED BY SALES 
BACKGROUND 
CHECKS. 
IN MARCH ALONE, 
THE BACKGROUND 
CHECK SYSTEM 
LOCKED 23,000 
ATTEMPTED SALES. 
IN OTHER WORDS, 
IN ONE MONTH, 
THERE WERE 
23,000 ATTEMPTS 
TO GET A FIREARM 
BY A PERSON WHO 
WAS NOT ALLOWED 
TO POSSESS ONE 
UNDER OUR 
CURRENT LAW. 
AND IT IS A 
FEDERAL CRIME 
FOR ANYONE TO BUY
AND ATTEMPT TO 
GET A FIREARM, 
WHICH IS WHAT I 
SUSPECT MOST 
PEOPLE TRY TO 
DO. 
I WOULD LIKE TO 
KNOW FROM YOU, 
HOW MANY OF 
THESE MARCH 
BLOCKED SALES 
WERE 
INVESTIGATED? 
>> I SENT OUT A 
DIRECTIVE THAT 
WE SHOULD START 
PROSECUTING THE 
EXTENT WE CAN OF 
THESE LIE AND 
DRY CASES, 
PREVIOUSLY, WE 
HAD NOT REALLY 
BEEN PURSUING 
THEM. 
>> OKAY, SO I 
TAKE THAT AS A 
♪ 
>> NO. 
WELL, I'M 
SAYING, WE ARE 
PURSUING THOSE 
CASES. 
>> MY TIME IS 
UP. 
I THINK THAT AS 
A NO. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
THIS IS A LARGER 
PATTERN. 
NEGLECTING THE 
HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF 
AMERICANS. 
HEALTH CARE TO 
CONFRONT THIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS FEELING TO 
KEEP MY 
CONSTITUENTS AND 
PEOPLE ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY 
HEALTHY AND 
SAFE. 
I DEMAND BETTER. 
AMERICANS DEMAND 
BETTER. 
I WANT YOU TO 
PROVIDE THE 
ANSWERS THAT YOU 
ARE EITHER 
UNWILLING TO 
PROVIDE US OR 
DON'T HAVE 
ANSWERS TO AND 
TO THIS 
COMMITTEE 
BECAUSE THESE 
ARE RELEVANT 
QUESTIONS AND WE 
NEED TO HAVE 
ANSWERS. 
I YIELD BACK. 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN. 
>> I GOT A 
QUESTION. 
WHAT PURPOSE -- 
>> FOR A MONTH, 
YOU HAVE TRIED 
TO GET THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
TO COME. 
HE IS HERE. 
WHY DON'T YOU 
LET HIM SPEAK? 
WHY DON'T YOU 
LET HIM ANSWER 
THE QUESTIONS 
THAT. 
TIME AFTER TIME. 
IF YOU WANT TO 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
TO COME, AT 
LEAST ANSWER THE 
QUESTIONS. 
>> THE GENTLEMEN
'S WITNESSES ♪ 
NICE. 
RUDENESS? 
TIME AFTER TIME, 
HE REFUSED -- 
ANSWER THE 
QUESTIONS POSED 
TO HIM. 
>> MR. STANTON --
>> MAYBE THEY 
WILL -- 
>> MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL? 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH, MR. 
CHAIR. 
MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH 
FOR BEING HERE. 
SINCE THE 
PASSING OF THE 
VOTING RIGHTS 
ACT IN 1965, 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
SOUGHT TO 
SUPPRESS THE 
MAJORITY OF CAN 
FEEL THEIR 
INTENTION. 
THE SUPPRESSORS 
SUGGEST THAT 
THEY WERE REALLY 
OUT TO ADVANCE 
SOME ALTRUISTIC 
GOALS SUCH AS 
ELECTIONS 
SECURITY. 
BUT HISTORY HAS 
PROVEN THAT 
THOSE ALLEGATIONS
AND THOSE 
RATIONALIZATIONS 
WERE LIES 
DESIGNED ONLY TO 
FEND OFF LEGAL 
CHALLENGES. 
IT WAS A DIRTY 
LITTLE SECRET. 
AND THOSE WHO 
AIMED TO 
SUPPRESS THE 
MINORITY VOTE 
NEVER DARED TO 
SAY IT OUT LOUD. 
BUT NOT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
HE DID NOT EVEN 
TRY TO KEEP IT A 
SECRET. 
HE JUST BLURTED 
IT OUT. 
HE SAID HE WILL 
LOSE THE 2020 
ELECTION IF MORE 
AMERICANS ARE 
ABLE TO VOTE. 
THAT IS ONE 
REASON WHY THIS 
PRESIDENT NEEDED 
A FIXER AT THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE FROM 
LETTING RUSSIA 
OFF THE HOOK TO 
REWARDING ROGER 
STONE. 
MR. BARR, YOU 
HAVE PROVEN NOT 
ONLY VERY 
WILLING BY HAVE 
TO ADMIT, VERY 
APRIL. 
MORE THAN A YEAR 
AGO, THIS 
COMMITTEE HEARD 
TESTIMONY ABOUT 
A RESURGENCE OF 
THE 
DISCRIMINATORY 
VOTING PRACTICES 
SOME STATES 
MAKING IT MORE 
DIFFICULT TO 
VOTE. 
THESE PRACTICES 
INCLUDE 
UNNECESSARILY 
STRICT PHOTO 
I.D. 
REQUIREMENTS AND 
THE ABUSE OF 
SIGNATURE MATCH 
REQUIREMENTS TO 
REJECT ABSENTEE 
BALLOTS. 
DESPITE THAT, 
YOUR DEPARTMENT 
HAS A LACK 
APPROACH TO 
ENFORCING VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT 
DURING YOUR 
TENURE YOU FILED 
JUST ONE CASE TO 
DO SO. 
BUT THAT THE OJI 
HAS DONE NOTHING 
TO BLOCK THE 
SUPPRESSION 
BUSINESSES WE 
HAVE HEARD ABOUT 
OVER A YEAR AGO 
BEFORE THIS 
COMMITTEE. 
AND TO YOUR 
CREDIT, MR. 
BARR, YOU WARNED 
US. 
YOU TOLD THE 
TIMES MAGAZINE 
EARLIER THIS 
SPRING THAT THE 
DOJ'S ROLE IN 
PROTECTING THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE 
WOULD BE LIMITED 
THIS YEAR AND 
THAT IT WOULD BE 
UP TO THE STATES 
TO POLICE 
THEMSELVES ISN'T 
THAT RIGHT? 
YES OR NO? 
>> I DON'T 
RECALL SAYING. 
BUT IF YOU SAY 
IT IS IN THE 
ARTICLE. 
>> IT IS IN THE 
"NEW YORK TIMES" 
ARTICLE FROM 
JUST LAST MINE. 
THAT SAME NEW 
STORE GET YOU 
SET IT WOULD BE 
UP TO THE VOTERS 
TO REFEREE THE 
ELECTION. 
IS THAT RIGHT? 
I DON'T REMEMBER 
THE CONTEXT OF 
THAT, FRANKLY. 
WAS I TALKING 
ABOUT FOREIGN 
INFLUENCE?. 
NOW, SURE. 
FOR THE RECORD, 
YOU WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO REVIEW 
IT AND SUBMIT 
ADDITIONAL 
TESTIMONY 
SOMEDAY WHEN WE 
HAVE MORE TIME, 
YOU WILL EXPAND 
TO ME HOW A 
PERSON WHOSE 
RIGHT TO VOTE IS 
DENIED BY A 
DISCRIMINATORY 
PRACTICE CAN 
REFEREE AN 
ELECTION. 
IT TROUBLES ME 
THAT YOU HAVE 
NOT BEEN 
CONSISTENT IN 
YOUR APPROACH AS 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
YOU HAVE STOOD 
DOWN ON 
DISCRIMINATION 
AND ALLOWED 
STATES TO MAKE 
IT HARDER TO 
VOTE. 
THAT YOU HAVE 
USED THE DOJ AS 
A SWORD WENT 
ATTEMPTS ARE 
MADE TO MAKE IT 
EASIER TO VOTE. 
VOTING RIGHTS 
ADVOCATES IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
AND ALABAMA 
SOUGHT TO 
PREVENT 
AMERICANS FROM 
CHOOSING BETWEEN 
VOTING AND 
RISKING THEIR 
HEALTH BY MAKING 
IT EASIER AND 
SAFER TO 
COMPLETE AN 
ABSENTEE BALLOT 
RING THE 
PANDEMIC. 
BUT YOUR DOJ 
INTERVENED TO 
TRY TO BLOCK 
THAT 
ACCOMMODATION 
MR. BARR, DID 
YOU DISCUSS 
EITHER OF THOSE 
CASES WITH THE 
PRESIDENT? 
YES OR NO? 
>> NO. 
>> IT THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
I DON'T EVEN 
KNOW WHAT THE 
CASE IS EVEN 
TALKING ABOUT. 
HE CASES IN 
WHICH, TELL ME 
THE NAME OF THE 
CASES. 
>> I DON'T KNOW 
THE NAME OF THE 
CASES. 
ALABAMA, YOU 
WILL HAVE A 
CHANCE TO 
COMMENT AFTER 
YOUR TESTIMONY 
IS DONE HERE 
TODAY. 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE HAVE GOOD 
REASON TO 
BELIEVE THAT YOU 
WILL CONTINUE TO 
USE YOUR 
AUTHORITY TO 
CARRY OUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
WISHES TO 
SUPPRESS THE 
VOTE. 
AND THERE ARE 
FEARS THAT YOU 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT ARE 
LAYING THE 
FOUNDATION TO 
INTERFERE WITH 
THE UPCOMING 
ELECTION. 
SPECIFICALLY 
WITH VOTE BY 
MAIL AS MY 
COLLEAGUES HAVE 
PREVIOUSLY NOTED 
BECAUSE BOTH OF 
YOU HAVE 
ADVANCED FALSE 
CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES ABOUT 
THE MAIL-IN 
VOTING. 
AND I HOPE WE 
CAN PUT SOME OF 
THOSE FEARS TO 
REST HERE TODAY. 
MR. BARR? 
CAN YOU COMMIT 
TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THAT YOU 
WILL NOT 
INTERFERE WITH 
THE DECISIONS OF 
STATE AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES TO 
USE VOTE BY MAIL 
AND ABSENTEE 
BALLOTS IN THE 
2020 ELECTION? 
THAT IS A YES OR 
NO QUESTION. 
>> I THINK THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS 
VERY LIMITED 
ABILITY TO GET 
INVOLVED IN 
THIS. 
BUT I'M NOT 
GOING TO GIVE UP 
WHATEVER ABILITY 
WE HAVE TO 
ENSURE THE 
INTEGRITY OF THE 
ELECTION. 
I HAVE NEVER, 
YOU KNOW, MY 
OBSERVATION WAS 
SIMPLY THAT IT 
WOULD INJECT 
SOME UNCERTAINTY 
INTO THE 
ELECTION PROCESS 
AND IT WOULD 
OPEN UP -- AND I 
THINK THE 
INTEGRITY OF OUR 
ELECTIONS IS 
PORTER. 
>> Reporter: THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
SUGGEST THAT 
ONLY VOTES 
COUNTED ON 
ELECTION DAY 
SHOULD BE WHAT 
MATTERS. 
MEANING THAT IF 
A VOTER CAST 
ILLEGAL BALLOT 
ON OR BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY, 
BUT THAT BALLOT 
IS NOT COUNTED 
ON ELECTION DAY. 
IT SHOULD NOT 
COUNT AT ALL. 
SO I WANT TO ASK 
YOU AGAIN ABOUT 
YOUR COMMITMENT 
TO ENSURING THAT 
EVERY VOTE IS 
COUNTED. 
IF IN THIS 
UPCOMING 
NOVEMBER 
ELECTION THE 
PRESIDENT ASKS 
YOU TO INTERVENE 
AND TRIED TO 
STOP STATES FROM 
COUNTING LEGAL 
BALLOTS AFTER 
ELECTION DAY, 
WILL YOU DO THE 
RIGHT THING AND 
REFUSE? 
YES OR NO? 
I WILL FOLLOW 
THE LAW. 
>> YOU WANT SAY 
NO? 
>> I WILL FOLLOW 
THE LAW. 
>> IT IS VERY 
DISAPPOINTING. 
>> IF A STATE 
HAS A LAW THAT 
SAYS IT HAS TO 
BE CAST ON 
ELECTION DAY, 
THAT IS THE LAW. 
>> WITH YOU 
COMMIT TO MAKE 
SURE THERE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE DOES NOT 
GET INVOLVED IN 
A CONTESTED 
ELECTION, YES OR 
NO? 
>> I WILL FOLLOW 
THE LAW. 
>> IT IS SO 
DISAPPOINTING WE 
CAN'T GET A 
CLEAR ANSWER ON 
THAT. 
MR. CHAIRMAN, I 
WOULD ASK YOU TO 
SUBMIT FOR THE 
RECORD THE 
FOLLOWING ITEMS. 
AN INVESTMENT 
FROM THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT, GOES 
QUIET ON VOTING 
RIGHTS? 
AGAIN, NEW YORK. 
TIMES MAGAZINE, 
WILLIAM BAR'S 
STATE OF 
EMERGENCY. 
"THE WASHINGTON 
POST." 
TRUMP'S ASSAULT 
ON THE 
INTEGRITY. 
BUT WOULD HAPPEN 
IF HE REFUSED? 
>> THAT MATERIAL 
WILL BE -- 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, 
JUST FOR THE 
RECORD -- 
>> WITHOUT 
OBJECTION. 
>> ALL TO LAW. 
>> WITHOUT 
REJECTION. 
>> IT IS PRETTY 
DARN CLEAR. 
>> THE JANET 
WILL SUSPEND 
THAT OBJECTING. 
THE MATERIAL 
WILL BE 
SUBMITTED INTO 
THE RECORD. 
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, 
THAT WE -- 
>> -- RECOGNIZE. 
>> COULD WE TAKE 
A FIVE-MINUTE 
BREAK.. 
>> THAT IS A 
COMMON COURTESY. 
>> I WAITED 45 
-- 
>> WE HAVE AN 
HOUR FOR YOU 
THIS MORNING. 
I HAVE HAD NOT 
HAD LUNCH. 
>> MR. ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, WE ARE 
ALMOST FINISHED. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE FINISHED IN A 
FEW MINUTES. 
WE CAN CERTAINLY 
TAKE A BREAK. 
>> YEAH. 
>> YES. 
AFTER THIS. 
WE WILL HAVE IT. 
>> NOW, YOU WANT 
THAT. 
NO. 
YOU JUST -- 
RUDENESS. 
I THINK WE ARE 
SEEING IT ON 
DISPLAY. 
LET THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HAVE A 
BREAK. 
>> THE COMMITTEE 
WILL STAND IN 
RECESS NOW. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. CHAIRMAN. 
>> HI., 
EVERYONE. 
I'M NICOLLE 
WALLACE. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING A 
COMBATIVE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE 
HEARING. 
HEARING ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
TESTIFYING ON 
CAPITOL HILL FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN MORE THAN 
YEAR. 
THE QUESTIONS ON 
EVERYTHING FROM 
THE PROTESTS 
AGAINST POLICE 
TO CASES 
INVOLVING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP
'S ALLIES. 
>>> JOINING ME 
NOW IS THE 
FORMER FEDERAL 
PROSECUTOR AND 
NBC NEWS LEGAL 
AND LIST. 
AND NBC NEWS  
CAPITOL HILL 
CORRESPONDENT 
GARRETT. 
I'M GOING TO 
START OFF WITH 
YOU. 
DE SUPPORT THE 
MOVE TO MOVE 
PROTESTERS OUT 
OF THE WAY?
. PRESIDENT 
TRUMP COULD TAKE 
A PHOTO OUTSIDE 
THE CHURCH. 
IT IS PART OF 
A.G. 
BARR'S EXCHANGE 
WITH CONGRESSMAN 
STEVE:. 
>> WHEN DID YOU 
FIRST WENT TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
PLANS TO WALK 
THROUGH THE PARK 
AND GO TO ST. 
JOHN STROGER? 
>> THERE'S, I 
LIKE TO RESPOND. 
>> REALLY PLEASE 
ANSWER MY 
QUESTION? 
MY TIME IS 
LIMITED. 
>> I HAVE 
LEARNED SOMETIME 
IN THE AFTERNOON 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT MIGHT 
COME OUT OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
THE LATER IN THE 
AFTERNOON, I 
HEARD THAT HE 
MIGHT GO OVER TO 
THE CHURCH. 
SPOKE IT WAS 
ABSOLUTELY 
NECESSARY THE 
PARK BE CLEARED 
>> IT HAD 
NOTHING TO DO 
WITH THAT. 
>> IS IT 
NECESSARY THAT 
THE BE CLEARED? 
YOU SAID, GET IT 
DONE. 
>> GARRETT, YOU 
COVERED THOSE 
TESTS 
EXTENSIVELY. 
WHAT HAVE YOU 
LEARNED TODAY 
ABOUT BARR'S 
ROLL IN ALL OF 
THAT? 
>> WELL, BARR 
CONTINUES TO 
STICK TO HIS 
GUNS HERE AND 
ARGUED THE 
DECISION TO MOVE 
THE PROTESTERS 
WAS BECAUSE THEY 
NEEDED TO PUT 
THE PROJECT BACK 
AND INSTALL THIS 
AND COME UP WITH 
FENCING. 
WHILE IT IS TRUE 
THAT THAT 
FENCING WITH 
INSULATOR AND IT 
BECOMES LIKE 
WHAT YOU JUST 
THOUGHT THERE 
WAS 
REPRESENTATIVE, 
I WOULD, ASKED 
TO SET ASIDE 
EVERYTHING WE 
KNOW ABOUT HOW 
THE PRESIDENT 
MOVES AROUND AND 
EVERYTHING WE 
COULD SEE IN OUR 
EYES. 
AND INTERESTING 
SEPARATE THE 
PRESIDENT'S PLAN 
TO MOVE THIS, 
WHICH HAPPENED 
WITHIN 30 
MINUTES OF THE 
CLEARING OF THAT 
PARK. 
FROM THE 
CLEARING OF THAT 
PARK AND YOU 
HERE 
REPRESENTATIVE:MAKE 
THAT POINT THAT, 
YOU KNOW, THESE 
TWO THINGS ARE 
CONNECTED TO 
WHETHER HE WANTS 
TO ADMIT THAT 
THEY ARE 
CONNECTED IN HIS 
ORDERS ARE NOT. 
I THINK THE 
OTHER THING THAT 
IS NOTEWORTHY 
ABOUT THE WAY 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HAS 
HANDLED THIS 
TODAY, WE 
LEARNED TODAY AT 
ANOTHER HEARING 
GOING ON 
SIMULTANEOUSLY 
THAT WHICH 
TESTIMONY WAS 
RELEASED 
YESTERDAY FROM 
THE MAJOR IN THE 
NATIONAL GUARD, 
EXPERIENCE OF 
DEALING WITH 
TEAR GAS, EQUALLY
, TEAR GAS WAS 
USED IN THAT 
CLEARING OF 
THOSE 
PROTESTERS. 
EFFECT, HE FOUND 
TEAR GAS SHELLS 
ON THE STREET 
THAT DATE. 
BAR CONTINUES TO 
TONIGHT THAT 
TEAR GAS WAS 
USED ON THAT DAY
. THE WAY THAT I 
THINK HE MAY BE 
TRYING TO GET 
AROUND THIS IS 
ARGUING THAT 
THERE WAS ORDER 
TO BE USED. 
IT SEEMS, AGAIN, 
ENTIRELY 
APPARENT TO 
ANYONE WHO WAS 
THERE, INCLUDING 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD THAT IT 
WAS USED BUT 
AGAIN, BARR IS 
STICKING TO HIS 
GUNS. 
>> GLENN, BARR 
DEFENDED THE 
DECISION TO SEND 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
INTO CITIES LIKE 
PORTLAND AND 
CHICAGO, THING 
THAT VIOLENT 
RIOTERS ARE 
ANARCHISTS WHO 
HI WHICH AMID 
PROTEST. 
WHAT YOU MAKE OF 
THAT DEFENSE? 
>> WILL 
KELLISON, YOU 
KNOW, FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS, 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
AND OFFICERS CAN 
CERTAINLY GUARD 
AND PROTECT 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
SO I HAVE NO 
ISSUE WITH THE 
PROPOSITION THAT 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 
TO PROTECT 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSES, FOR 
EXAMPLE. 
BUT WHAT WE 
SCENE UNFOLDING 
IN PORTLAND IT 
CLEAR THAT -- I 
DON'T WANT TO 
CALL THEM 
TROOPS. 
THE OFFICERS WHO 
ARE DEPLOYED TO 
PORTLAND, THINGS 
SHOULD BE GOING 
WELL BEYOND 
THEIR 
JURISDICTION AND 
FRANKLY, THEY 
SEEM TO BE 
ENGAGED IN THE 
KIND OF 
OFFENSIVE 
BEHAVIOR, 
PARTICULARLY 
THOSE, A CLIP 
THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN WHERE 
A NAVY VETERAN 
IS STANDING 
THERE TRYING TO 
CIVILLY ENGAGE 
IN A CONVERSATION
WITH THESE 
FEDERAL OFFICERS 
AND THEY BEGIN 
BEATING HIM WITH 
NIGHTSTICKS AND 
A SPRING HIM 
DIRECTLY IN THE 
FACE WHEN HE WAS 
DOING NOTHING 
OFFENSIVE, 
NOTHING THAT 
WOULD WARRANT 
THAT SORT OF USE 
OF FORCE. SO, 
YOU KNOW, THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 
TO BE ABLE TO 
PROTECT FEDERAL 
PROPERTY, BUT 
WHAT WE SEE 
UNFOLDING GOES 
SO FAR BEYOND 
THAT THAT IT 
SEEMS TO BE AN 
ABUSE OF THE 
FIRST AMENDMENT 
RIGHTS TO 
PROTEST BUT MANY 
OF THESE 
PROTESTERS. 
>> GARRETT, 
REPUBLICANS 
PLAYED A HEAVILY 
EDITED VIDEO OF 
VIOLENCE AGAINST 
POLICE. 
HOW ARE 
DEMOCRATS 
REACTING TO THAT 
TODAY? 
>> WELL, 
DEMOCRATS FEEL 
LIKE THE VIDEO 
ITSELF WAS A 
VIOLATION OF THE 
RULES OF THAT 
COMMITTEE. 
THEY WERE NOT 
WARNED ABOUT IT 
IN ADVANCE LIKE 
THEY ARE 
SUPPOSED TO BE. 
BUT BY A LOT, 
WHAT YOU'RE 
SEEING HERE IS 
TWO DIFFERENT 
PARTIES TALKING 
TO VERY 
DIFFERENT VOTER 
BASES ABOUT VERY 
DIFFERENT SETS 
OF ISSUES. 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
MADE PROTESTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, 
PARTICULARLY IN 
WASHINGTON AND 
IN WASHINGTON 
STATE, THE 
PROTEST IN 
SEATTLE AND IN 
PORTLAND AND THE 
SO-CALLED CHAS 
AUTONOMOUS ZONE. 
PROBABLY THE 
SINGLE MOST 
IMPORTANT ISSUE 
IN TERMS OF 
THEIR 
QUESTIONING FOR 
IT, IT IS PRETTY 
CLEAR THEY ARE 
IN LINE WITH THE 
PRESIDENT ON 
THIS AS AN 
ELECTRODE THE 
SHOW. 
THEY WANT PEOPLE 
TO SEE THESE 
IMAGES OF 
PROTESTS THAT 
HAVE BECOME 
RIGHTS. 
THEY WANT TO SEE 
THESE IMAGES OF 
VIOLENCE IN THE 
STREETS AND THE 
THERE'S SOME 
ELECTRO VALLEY 
IN THAT FOR 
THEM. 
THERE IS 
DEBATABLE THAT 
THERE IS NO 
QUESTION THE 
SHEER NUMBER OF 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
HAVE GONE BACK 
TO PROTESTS IN 
STATES THAT ARE 
NOT SAFE AND 
CITIES THAT ARE 
NOT THEIR CITIES 
THAT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THEY 
VERY MUCH WANT 
TO BE PUSHING TO 
THE FOREFRONT OF 
DISCUSSION AND 
AMERICA. 
>> ROGER STONE 
ALSO CAME UP OF 
COURSE. 
HE IS THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
LONGTIME FRIENDS 
WHOSE PRISON 
SENTENCE WAS 
COMMUTED EARLIER 
THIS MONTH BUT 
HERE IS WHAT RPM 
SAID. 
>> I BREECK IN 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
VINCE DUNN 
DESERVE SPECIAL 
RIGHTS. 
BUT THEY ALSO DO 
DESERVE TO BE 
TREATED HARSHLY 
THAN OTHER PEOPLE
AND SOMETIMES 
THAT IS A 
DIFFICULT 
DECISION TO 
MAKE, ESPECIALLY 
WHEN YOU KNOW 
YOUR TO BE 
CASTIGATED FOR 
IT. 
BUT THAT IS WHAT 
THE RULE OF LAW 
IS AND THAT IS 
WHAT DENNIS AND 
THE INDIVIDUAL 
ULTIMATELY COMES 
TO. 
THING WILLING TO 
WHAT IS FAIR TO 
THE INDIVIDUAL. 
>> GLENN, BARR 
WAS THEN ASKED 
IF HE WAS 
INVESTIGATING 
THE DECISION TO 
COMMUTE ROGER 
STONE'S DEATH. 
HE SAID HE WAS 
NOT. 
HOW DID HE 
EXPLAIN IT? 
WHAT DO YOU MAKE 
OF THE 
EXPEDITION? 
>> Reporter: YOU 
KNOW, EVERY TIME 
HE DID NOT HAVE 
A GOOD ANSWER. 
HE WOULD TRY TO 
FALL BACK ON. 
WILL, I HAVE NOT 
HEARD THAT. 
OR I HAVE NOT 
READ THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS. 
I THOUGHT IT 
LAUGHABLE THAT 
BILL BARR HAS 
BEEN QUOTED AS 
SAYING 
PREVIOUSLY, 
ALISON, I CAN'T 
DO MY JOB 
BECAUSE OF WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
TWEETING  AND 
THEN TODAY, HE 
TESTIFIED UNDER 
OATH, I DO NOT 
READ THE 
PRESIDENT'S TO 
>> I THINK THAT 
IS RIGHT FOR 
INVESTIGATION. 
BUT LOOK, WHEN 
ERIC SWALLWELL 
PRESSED A.G. 
BARR ON WHETHER 
YOU HAVE EVER AS 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
SOUGHT A MORE 
LENIENT SENTENCE 
FOR ANY OTHER 
DEFENDANT BEYOND 
ROGER STONE, 
BILL BARR COULD 
NOT COME UP WITH 
ANYBODY THAT 
SORT OF EXPOSES 
BILL BARR AS 
HAVING DONE A 
FAVOR. 
SO FOR THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
CLOSE 
ASSOCIATES. 
ROGER STONE. 
SO, YOU KNOW, I 
THINK BILL BARR 
WAS DOING A LOT 
OF GRAPPLING 
WITH WORDS AND 
CONCEPTS AND I 
THINK HE WAS 
BEING PRETTY 
EVASIVE 
THROUGHOUT HIS 
TESTIMONY. 
>> GARRETT, 
THERE IS SOME 40 
MEMBERS OF THE 
COMMITTEE, A LOT 
OF QUESTIONING 
TO GET TO ON A 
READ OF TOPICS. 
AT THIS STAGE OF 
THE GAME, WHAT 
WOULD YOU SAY 
EACH SIDE IS 
TRYING TO GET 
OUT OF BARR AND 
SO FAR, DO THINK 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
GETTING WHAT 
THEY WANT? 
>> WELL,, LOOK, 
I MEAN, WE 
TOUCHED ON 
REPUBLICANS 
ALREADY I THINK 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
WANT TO CONTINUE 
TO SHOW THESE 
CONSERVATORS, 
THIS SCENE OF 
LAWLESSNESS IN 
AMERICAN CITIES 
AND WITH THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, 
DINTER'S 
GOVERNMENT, AS 
THE SAVIOR OF 
THOSE PLACES. 
AND I THINK 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO WANT 
TO, YOU KNOW, 
TIP THEIR HATS 
TO BARR BECAUSE 
THEY THINK THAT 
IS GOOD POLITICS 
FOR THAT. 
DIFFICULT BY THE 
FACT THAT THIS 
IS A HEARING 
THAT IS MORE 
THAN A YEAR IN 
TH E MAIN 
THE MAKING. 
THEY HAVE NOT HAD
BARR HERE AT ALL 
THIS TIME THAT 
HE HAS BEEN THE 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
AND THERE ARE SO 
MANY ISSUES 
PILED UP FOR 
THEM TO GET OUT 
BUT I THINK SOME 
OF THE AREAS OF 
QUESTIONING THAT 
HAS BEEN MORE 
FRUITFUL AND 
MORE TESTING AT 
LEAST FROM WHERE 
I SIT AND 
PERHAPS 
CONNECTING WITH 
VOTERS, THE 
QUESTION THEY 
WERE POSED TO 
HIM BY WHICH MEN 
AND KAREN ABOUT 
THE RACISM IN 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT IN 
POLICING. 
AND HOW 
DIFFERENT CASES 
ARE PROSECUTED 
OR LOOKED AT 
BASED ON THE 
RACE OF THE 
ALLEGED 
PERPETRATOR. 
AND HOW THEY 
RESPONDED TO. 
YOU KNOW, BASED 
ON WHAT WE HAVE 
SEEN IN TERMS OF 
THE STUFF AROUND 
THIS COUNTRY, 
THOSE TYPES OF 
QUESTIONS ARE 
VERY MUCH THE 
FOREFRONT OF THE 
MAKING PEOPLE'S 
MIGHT AND MIGHT 
BE MORE PUSHED 
FRUITFUL FOR 
DEMOCRATIC 
MEMBERS TO 
PURSUE. 
THOSE, SUCH A 
LONGER LIST OF 
TOPICS THAT 
EVERY TRUMP 
RELATED OVER THE 
LAST YEAR. 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HAS 
TOUCHED IN SOME 
FASHION AND THAT 
THE DEMOCRATS 
WITH A LOT OF 
GROUND TO COVER 
IN A VERY 
DIFFICULT TIME, 
CAN'T BE ANYONE 
LINE OF 
QUESTIONING 
STINK 
>> GARRETT 
HAAKE,  GLENN 
KIRSCHNER, THANK 
YOU BOTH FOR 
JOINING US. 
GREAT TO SEE 
YOU.  
>>> DEMOCRATS 
ARE SLAMMING THE 
REPUBLICANS 
TRILLION DOLLARS 
STIMULUS PLAN. 
IT? 
THE WEEKLY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BONUS FROM $600 
TO 200. 
>> WELL, LET ME 
SHOW MY 
COLLEAGUES WHAT 
NEW YORKERS 
THINK OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
PROPOSAL. 
LET THEM EAT 
CAKE. 
GOP PLAN, SLICES.
$600 CHECK REJECT
. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL JOINS 
ME FROM CAPITOL 
HILL. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THAT FROM $600 
TO 200 DOES. 
WHY DID 
REPUBLICANS 
QUITE THAT 
WEEKLY BONUS? 
>> WELL, ALISON, 
THOSE ARE THE 
HEADLINES THAT 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
DEAL WITH  WITH 
THE QUOTE FROM 
$600-$200. 
REPUBLICANS 
THINK THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
NOT MAKE MORE 
MONEY ON AN 
APARTMENT THAT 
THEY DO AT THEIR 
JOBS. 
THEY THINK IT 
DISINCENTIVIZES 
GOING BACK TO 
WORK. 
A LOT OF THESE 
REPUBLICANS 
DON'T WANT ANY 
MORE MONEY ON 
PERFECT LEAVE AT 
ALL. 
SO THEY ARE 
TRYING TO FIND 
SOME SORT OF 
HAPPY MEDIUM. 
YOU KNOW, THERE 
ARE GOING TO BE 
THAT HEADLINES 
OF THAT. 
AS PEOPLE START 
TO LOSE THEIR 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFIT 
>> HE IS SAYING 
THAT IT IS NOT 
LIKE THEY ARE 
TAKING ALL THE 
BENEFITS WE. 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
STILL GOING TO 
GET THIS ADDED 
BONUS. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID EARLIER 
TODAY. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
ARE NOT 
PROPOSING TO 
CUT, THE COURT 
ANY RELEASE. 
OF THE CURRENT 
LAW, EXPANDED. 
IT EXPIRES. 
AND IT IS 
REPLACED WITH 
NOTHING. 
UNDER CURRENT 
LAW, THERE ARE 
NO MORE DIRECT 
PAYMENTS AND 
SECOND PBE. 
EVERY SINGLE 
THINK WE PUT 
FORWARD AS A WAY 
TO GET MORE 
RELIEF INTO 
PEOPLE'S HANDS. 
>> SO THAT IS 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL, THAT 
IT THEY'RE STILL 
GOING TO GIVE 
PEOPLE 
ADDITIONAL 
MONEY. 
NOT MIGHT BE THE 
$600 EXTRA A 
WEEK. 
BUT $200 IS 
BETTER THAN 
NOTHING, ALISON. 
>> YES, $200 IS 
CERTAINLY BETTER 
THAN NOTHING. 
THAT IS FOR 
SURE. 
ALL RIGHT, LET'S 
RUN THROUGH THIS 
PACKAGE AND WHAT 
IS IN ITS. 
>> YES, SO THIS 
PACKAGE THAT 
REPUBLICANS 
FINALLY 
INTRODUCED, IT 
WAS REALLY ROUGH 
FOR THEM GETTING 
OUT OF THE 
STARTING GATE 
HERE. 
REPUBLICANS WERE 
NEGOTIATING WITH 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
SO LIKE WE JUST 
TALKED ABOUT, 
THESE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFIT AN 
ADDITIONAL $200 
A WEEK. 
IT ALSO DOES 
ANOTHER ROUND OF 
BREAK PAYMENTS, 
THE SAME THAT HE 
SAW IN THE 
PREVIOUS GO. 
OF $1200 PER 
PERSON, $2400 
FOR A COUPLE. 
$500 PER CHILD. 
IT ALSO IS AN 
EXTENSION OF THE 
PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION 
PROGRAM, THE 
SMALL BUSINESS 
LOAN PROGRAM. 
IT ADDS AN 
ADDITIONAL $100 
BILLION ALSO 
REALLOCATES 
MEDICAL BILLS 
FOR THE PREVIOUS 
BUILT. 
IT ALSO LETS SOME
COMPANIES APPLY 
FOR A SECOND 
ROUND OF BBB. 
AND FINALLY A 
BIG THING IS 
THAT ONE $100 
BILLION FOR 
SCHOOLS AND IT 
INCLUDES THIS 
LIABILITY 
PROTECTION FOR 
BUSINESSES AND 
HOSPITALS THAT 
REPUBLICANS 
ESPECIALLY 
McCONNELL IS SO 
INTERESTED IN 
THIS LEGISLATION,
ALISON.  
>> LEIGH ANN, 
MOST PEOPLE ARE 
ASKING ABOUT  
THIS, NEARLY $2 
MILLION GOING 
FOR NEW FBI 
BUILDING BIG CAN 
WE KNOW WHAT 
THAT IS ALL 
ABOUT? 
>> YEAH. 
WE DO. 
SO THE, THERE'S 
BEEN THIS AT 
D.I.A. 
BUILDING THAT, 
THEY WANTED TO 
MOVE FROM THEIR 
DOWNTOWN 
LOCATION IN DC 
TO SUBURBAN 
CAMPUS. 
IT HAS BEEN IN 
THE WORKS FOR 
YEARS. 
WENT THE 
PRESIDENT, 
DONALD TRUMP, 
ENTERED OFFICE, 
HE DID NOT LIKE 
THAT IDEA. 
SO HE WANTED TO 
REBUILD THE FBI 
BUILDING IN ITS 
CURRENT LOCATION 
IN DOWNTOWN 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
THIS A GOOD 
LAWMAKERS ON 
BOTH SIDES OF 
THE PARTY. 
AND THAT REASON 
IS, CRITICS SAY 
THAT IT IS 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANTED TO 
PREVENT THE 
PRESIDENT FROM 
HAVING ANY SORT 
OF COMPETITION 
FOR HIS HOTEL, 
THE TRUMP HOTEL, 
WHICH IS JUST A 
COUPLE BLOCKS 
AWAY FROM HIS 
BUILDING. 
HE DID NOT WANT 
TO IT TO BE 
REPURPOSED FOR 
COMMERCIAL USE. 
SO THIS HAS BEEN 
A PET PROJECT OF 
THE PERSON AND 
IT WAS INSERTED 
INTO THE 
LEGISLATION THE 
$2 BILLION. AND 
TODAY, SPOKE TO 
MANY REPUBLICANS 
WHO DID NOT 
THINK THAT IT 
SHOULD BE -- WHO 
SUPPORTED IT. 
I ASKED SENATE 
MAJORITY LEADER 
MITCH McCONNELL 
AGAIN FOR THE 
SECOND DAY ABOUT 
THIS BILL AND HE 
FINALLY SAID 
VERY QUICKLY 
THAT HE HOPES 
THAT IT IS NOT 
PART OF THE 
FINAL BILL. 
ONCE THE REACH 
NEGOTIATIONS 
WITH THE 
DEMOCRATS, 
ALISON.  
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THAT SEEMS LIKE 
SOMETHING 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
AGREE ON, WHERE 
DO WE STAND ON 
THE NEGOTIATIONS 
HERE OTHERWISE? 
>> I KNOW IT IS 
VERY HARD TO 
SAY. 
THAT LIST COULD 
DRAG ON OR HOW, 
YOU KNOW, HOW 
MUCH HAGGLING 
THIS WILL TAKE. 
BUT WHAT KIND OF 
WHAT IS NEXT? 
>> YEAH, THE 
TIME IS WE HARD 
TO TELL. 
AND THE REASON 
IS BECAUSE WE 
DON'T KNOW HOW 
LONG THESE 
NEGOTIATORS ARE 
GOING TO TAKE. 
BOTH SIDES SEEM 
SO FAR APART SO 
WE DO KNOW SOME 
OF THE MAIN 
STICKING POINTS. 
DEMOCRATS WANT 
MENTAL 
ASSISTANCE AND 
AN EXTENDED 
MORATORIUM ON 
EVICTIONS. 
SO DOES TWO 
THINGS ARE NOT 
IN THE 
REPUBLICAN BILL. 
DEMOCRATS ALSO 
WANT MONEY FOR 
FOOD ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS. 
THAT IS NOT IN 
THE REPUBLICAN 
BILL. 
AND OF COURSE, 
THIS WHOLE 
DEBATE ON 
INSURANCE IS 
GOING TO BE 
CENTERED ON 
THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS. 
THOSE, OTHER 
THINGS AS WELL. 
THERE'S NO 
ELECTION 
ASSISTANCE FOR 
THE UPCOMING 
ELECTION IN THIS 
BILL, WHICH MANY 
PEOPLE THINK IS 
GOING TO BE 
DESPERATELY 
NEEDED AS IT 
EXPANDS AS WELL 
IN VOTING. 
SO THERE ARE A 
LOT OF KEY 
ISSUES THAT 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
SAYING THAT THEY 
WON'T MOVE 
FORWARD WITHOUT 
THIS MONEY AND 
IT IS MONEY THAT 
IS NOT INCLUDED 
IN THE 
REPUBLICAN BILL 
AT ALL. 
NEGOTIATIONS 
HAVE BEGUN FOR 
THE SECOND DAY 
IN A ROW. 
TREASURY 
SECRETARY 
MNUCHIN, CHIEF 
OF STAFF TO THE 
PRESENT, MARK 
MEADOWS IS GOING 
TO BE WITH 
SCHUMER AND 
PELOSI. 
THIS AFTERNOON. 
WHERE THEY WILL 
CONTINUE TO TALK 
AND TRY TO HASH 
OUT SOME SORT OF 
AGREEMENT. 
ALISON?  
>> ALL RIGHT, 
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL WITH 
THE LATEST ON 
THE REPUBLICANS' 
EAST AND 
WESTBOUND. 
NOT ONLY BRING 
THAT KNOWLEDGE, 
BUT LEIGH ANN , 
MASK GAME. 
YOU AND GARRETT 
HAAKE,  SUPER 
FASHIONABLE. 
DEFINITELY A PING
THE GAME. 
>> THANKS. 
IT DOES NOT 
NECESSARILY EASY 
TO BRING IN BUT 
I'M GLAD THEY 
LOOKS GOOD. 
>> THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>> AWESOME. 
>>> THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE IN TEXAS 
WITHOUT POWER 
AFTER HURRICANE 
HANNAH TORE 
THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE STATE 
MEANWHILE, TAKES 
US TO HAS NOT 
GOTTEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
UNDER CONTROL. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
MORGAN CHESKY 
REPORTS FROM 
DALLAS. 
>> NELSON, THERE 
WAS A GREAT 
SENSE OF 
CAUTIOUS 
OPTIMISM AND 
SOME PARTS OF 
TEXAS. 
BUT THIS IS 
HAPPENING IN 
OTHER PARTS OF 
THE STATE ARE 
STILL WHAT ARE 
THE BITS OF AN 
INCREDIBLE 
BATTLE AGAINST 
COVID-19. 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT 
POINTING TO THE 
FACT THAT NEW 
CASES STATEWIDE 
IN AT LEAST THE 
STARTED TO 
STABILIZE AND IN 
SOME INSTANCES, 
APPEARED TO 
START DROPPING 
OFF. 
BUT IF YOU GO SO 
TO THE RIO 
GRANDE VALLEY, 
WE ARE SEEING AN 
INCREDIBLE HEIGHT
BY THE MEDICAL 
STAFF THERE 
AGAINST THE 
VIRUS. 
WE KNOW THAT IN 
SOME AREAS OF 
THIS REGION THAT 
WAS RIGHT 
ALONGSIDE THE 
BORDER WITH 
MEXICO, UPWARDS 
OF 2% OF PART OF 
THE POPULATION 
HAS COVID-19. 
HIDALGO COUNTY 
HAS BEEN 
ESPECIALLY HARD-
HIT. 
WE KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE 
FEDERAL MEDICAL 
TEAMS TO PICK TO 
THAT AREA TO TRY 
TO GIVE THOSE 
HOSPITALS ANY 
HELP THEY CAN. 
LAST WEEK, WE 
KNOW THAT 
SPECIALLY 
EQUIPPED 
AMBULANCES WERE 
SENT TO THAT 
AREA. 
THEY COULD HOLD 
UP TO 18 PEOPLE 
AT A TIME. 
SIMPLY TO TRUMP. 
PATIENTS FROM 
ONE HOSPITAL TO 
ANOTHER 
HOSPITAL. 
DOCTORS URGING 
EVERYONE, KEEP 
YOUR MASKS ON. 
AND IN THAT PART 
OF THE STATE, 
THEY FACE UNIQUE 
DISADVANTAGES IN 
THAT IT IS LOW 
INCOME, NOT A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
HAVE ACCESS TO 
QUALITY HEALTH 
CARE. 
AND YOU HAVE 
MULTIPLE 
GENERATIONS 
UNDER THE SAME 
ROOF. 
MINIMAL, 
HOUSTON, DALLAS, 
STARTING TO SEE 
SOME NUMBER OF 
HOPE WITH 
HOSPITALIZATIONS 
STABILIZING IN 
THE NEW CASES 
STARTING TO DROP 
BUT AT THIS 
POINT, IT IS 
STILL FAR TOO 
EARLY FOR 
ANYTHING TO BE 
CALLED A SUCCESS 
HERE IN TEXAS. 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT 
SAYING THAT HIS 
STATE IS FARING 
BETTER THAN 
ARIZONA AND 
FLORIDA. 
BUT CONSIDERING 
THOSE ARE THE 
TWO, SOME OF THE 
BIGGEST HOT 
SPOTS IN THE 
COUNTRY. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
SAY THERE IS 
STILL A LONG WAY 
TO GO TO FIX 
THIS BATTLE IN, 
IN TEXAS. 
SPOKE WHAT IS 
THE EXTENT 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
AUTHORITY 
IMPORTANT, AS 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
CLASH WITH 
PROTESTERS THERE?
NBC NEWS LEGAL 
ANALYST  DANNY 
CEVALLOS TAKES A 
CLOSER LOOK AT 
WHAT THE 
CONSTITUTION 
SAYS. 
>> IN THE 
PRESIDENT SENT 
IN FITS TO A 
CITY EXPENSING 
CIVIL UNREST AND 
TAKE OVER FOR 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
IN OTHER WORDS, 
THE ANSWER IS 
NO. 
AT LEAST 
ACCORDING TO THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT COULD 
BE OF LIMITED 
JURISDICTIONS. 
THE STATES ARE 
SUPPOSED TO HAVE 
WHAT IS CALLED 
THE POLICE 
POWER. 
THE GENERAL 
POWER OF THE 
LEGISLATIVE AND 
ENFORCE LAWS FOR 
TO HELP, SAFETY, 
WELFARE, AND 
MORALS OF THE 
CITIZENS. 
OTHER THAN THE 
RECONSTRUCTION 
ERA AFTER THE 
CIVIL, CONGRESS 
HAS NEVER GIVEN 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT BROAD 
AUTHORITY TO 
CONDUCT GENERAL 
POLICE 
ACTIVITIES IN 
ANY AMERICAN 
CITY. 
WATCH HOW WORDS 
MAKE THE 
DIFFERENCE. 
YOU WILL SEE THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND 
THE EULOGY USE A 
LOT OF WORDS 
LIKE SUPPORTING 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OR 
SUPPLEMENTING 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THAT, THE 10th 
AMENDMENT OF THE 
CONSTITUTION 
FORBIDS THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FROM 
GOING IN AND 
DIRECTING LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIVITY. 
HOWEVER, THEY 
CAN SUPPORT THEM 
OR SUPPLEMENT 
THEM OR PROVIDE 
RESOURCES. 
THAT DOES NOT 
RUN AFOUL OF THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
THE IDEA OF 
SENDING IN THE 
FEDS TO CONDUCT 
LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES IS 
REALLY DATING 
BACK TO THE 
BIRTH OF OUR 
NATION. 
PRESIDENT 
WASHINGTON SAID 
AND FEDERAL 
TROOPS TO MAKE 
ARRESTS DURING 
THE WHISKEY 
REBELLION, A 
REBELLION OVER 
FEDERAL TAX OF 
YESTERDAY. 
SENDING IN 
RENTAL AGENTS IN 
THE CITY. 
THIS INCIDENT 
THE D.O.T. 
CLAIMS THE 
SITUATION AS 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
ASSISTING LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
THEN HE MIGHT 
DEFINITELY BE 
CONSTITUTIONAL. 
OF COURSE, WITH 
NO FEDERAL 
AGENTS DO 
SOMETIMES 
CONDUCT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES. 
BUT THEY ARE 
JUST SUPPOSED TO 
BE ONLY IN THE 
AREAS WHERE 
CONGRESS HAS 
EXPRESSLY GIVEN 
THEM THE POWER 
TO DO SO. 
THE TRUMP THIS 
SET IN THE FACE, 
THE FEDS BETTER 
BE ACTING MOSTLY 
IN A SUPPORTIVE 
ROLE. 
IF THEY START 
DIRECTING LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OR CONDUCTING 
THEIR ON 
POLICING 
ACTIVITIES, THEN 
THE LIKELY WILL 
WANT A FILE ON 
THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
>>> LET'S TAKE 
YOU BACK TO 
CAPITOL HILL 
WHERE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL BILL 
BARR IS 
TESTIFYING 
BEFORE THE HOUSE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE. 
>> -- THAT HIS 
ANTI-IMMIGRANT 
POLICIES, HIS 
ANTI-LGBTQ 
POLICIES CAN 
HELP HIS BASE? 
>> I HAVE NOT 
DISCUSSED THAT 
WITH HIM. 
I ASSUME THE 
IMMIGRATION, YOU 
KNOW, THE A LOT 
OF HIS BASE DOES 
CARE ABOUT 
IMMIGRATION 
POLICIES. 
>> THAT IS THAT 
MOTIVATES SOME 
OF THE WORK THAT 
YOU DO? 
>> LOOKED LIKE 
-- 
>> FOR EXAMPLE, 
YOUR ENTHUSIASM 
FOR -- 
>> MY POSITION 
ON THE 
TRANSGENDER, 
THAT YOUR TALK 
ABOUT WAS TAKEN 
BEFORE I ARRIVED 
IN THAT 
LITIGATION, I 
BELIEVE 
>> AND YOU CAN 
REVERSE IT ANY 
DAY. 
MY QUESTION WAS 
WHETHER -- 
>> NO, IT WAS A 
QUESTION WHETHER 
THAT 64 ACT 
EXTENDED THE 
TRANSGENDER, I 
THINK IT WAS -- 
>> I'M RUNNING 
OUT OF TIME, 
SURE. 
ONE MORE 
QUESTION. 
YOU KEEP TELLING 
THAT YOU ARE NOT 
AWARE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS ARE YOU 
AWARE THAT YOUR 
DEPARTMENT HAS 
STATED THAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
TWEETS ARE 
OFFICIAL WHITE 
HOUSE 
STATEMENTS? 
>> NO, I WAS 
NOT. 
I DON'T 
>> IT GOES BACK 
TO 2017. 
OKAY. MR. BARR, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE TODAY. 
I WANT TO REMIND 
YOU OF SOMETHING 
YOU PROBABLY 
DON'T REMEMBER. 
BUT SOME MONTHS 
AGO, YOU 
ACTUALLY WERE 
OUTSIDE MY 
OFFICE. 
COMING OUT OF MY 
NEIGHBOR, THE 
COLLINS' OFFICE. 
I KEPT YOU ON 
THE SHOULDER AND 
A FRIENDLY 
REMINDER, I 
HANDED YOU A 
COPY OF THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
AND I ASKED YOU 
TO PLEASE HELP 
US DEFEND THE 
CONSTITUTION. 
THERE'S NOTHING 
MORE DANGEROUS 
TO OUR REPUBLIC 
THEN AN ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WHO 
REFUSES TO 
UPHOLD HIS OATH 
REFUSES TO 
UPHOLD AND 
DEFEND THE 
CONSTITUTION, 
AND SWEARS 
ALLEGIANCE TO 
JUST ONE PERSON. 
DONALD TRUMP 
>> NO X. SADLY, 
THAT IS WHERE WE 
ARE TODAY. 
MR. CHAIRMAN, I 
YELLED BACK. 
>> THE LADY 
ACCUSE HIM. 
LET HIM TALK. 
HOLY -- NOT 
ADHERING TO HIS 
OATH. 
>> THAT GERMAN 
WILL SUSPEND. 
THE RANKING 
MEMBER, WHETHER 
THE VIDEO SHOWN 
FROM FLORIDA. 
THE U.S. OR 
VENEZUELA. 
AND THAT, SIR, 
IS PRECISELY THE 
POINT. 
>> NOW, KNOW, I 
NO. 
>> THANK YOU, 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
FOR 
PARTICIPATING. 
WITHOUT 
OBJECTION, ALL 
MEMBERS, SUBMIT 
ADDITIONAL 
WRITTEN RECORDS 
OR ADDITIONAL 
MATERIALS FOR 
THE RECORD. 
WITHOUT 
OBJECTION, THE 
HEARING IS 
ADJOURNED.
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
>> HI, TEACH HIS 
SON EVERYONE. 
HAVE ABOUT 
PEACE. 
BEEN WATCHING>> 
WE DON'T HAVE TO 
RETALIATE  WITH 
ANGER. 
A WE RETALIATE 
COMBATIVE 
HEARING WITH 
LOVE. 
OF THE HOUSE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEETHAT'S 
WHY WE'RE DOWN 
HERE. 
THERE'S ALWAYS . 
ANOTHER WAY. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
SO THAT'S ALL I 
WILLIAM BARWANT 
HIM TO SEE.  
THERE. 
AND THE MAN WHO 
TOOK UP THE ROLE 
AS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL 
>>> WHEN YOU 
WILLIAM NEED 
BRUTAL BARR'S 
HONESTY. 
DEFENDER 
>> THIS ISN'T TO 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
JORDAN.THIS IS 
ABOUT 400 YEARS 
OF RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT'S A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED? 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH, AND 
WHO'S LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT'S THE NEWS 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
"MORNING JOE," 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF 
POSTRACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> 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. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE  
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> THEY ARE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT IMPACTS US 
HERE. 
>> IT JUST 
DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE GRAVE. 
-- BRAVE. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND THE HAND 
TO THOSE IN NEED.
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND FOR 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM EACH 
OTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
PRICES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN THE 
TERM OF 
TRANSMISSION OF 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> A, EVERYONE, 
I'M ALLISON 
MARK, YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW, LET'S 
GO TO NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT  
SAVANNAH SELLER 
SHE'S GOT ALL 
THE LATEST 
HEADLINES FROM 
NBC NEWS.COM AND 
SAVANNA, THERE'S 
A WHOLE LOT TO 
GET TO TODAY. 
>> ALLISON, 
THERE REALLY IS 
AND I'M SORRY TO 
SAY IT BUT WE 
ARE STARTING OFF 
WITH A TRAGIC 
UPDATE, SOME 
BREAKING NEWS ON 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, THE 
U.S. HAS 
OFFICIALLY 
SURPASSED 
150,000 
CORONAVIRUS DEBTS
DEATHS. 
ALSO TODAY THE 
AMERICAN 
FEDERATION OF 
TEACHERS 
APPROVED THE USE 
OF STRIKES 
SCHOOLS WITHOUT 
SAFETY MEASURES 
NOW THE AFT IS 
THE NATIONS 
SECOND LARGEST 
TEACHERS UNION 
AND SCHOOL 
SHOULD ONLY 
REOPEN PENDING 
LOW INFECTION 
RATES AND 
RELIABLE TESTING.
WE WILL FIGHT ON 
ALL FRONTS FOR 
THE SAFETY OF 
OUR STUDENTS AND 
THEIR EDUCATION. 
THE GAME BETWEEN 
THE PHILLIES AND 
THE YANKEES IS 
POSTPONED AGAIN 
AFTER 17 PLAYERS 
AND STAFF TESTED 
POSITIVE, THE 
PHILLIES SAY 
NONE OF THE 
ATHLETES HAVE 
THE VIRUS, BUT 
THEY ARE STILL 
POSTPONING OUT 
OF AN ABUNDANCE 
OF CAUTION AND 
WHILE THOSE MLB 
PLAYERS MIGHT BE 
GETTING TEST 
RESULTS BACK 
THAT ISN'T THE 
CASE FOR MANY 
AMERICANS, QUEST 
DIAGNOSTICS SAYS 
TURNAROUND TIMES 
ARE CONTINUING 
TO FLOW DOWN DUE 
TO INCREASED 
DEMAND FOR THE 
COUNTRY, TOP 
PRIORITY 
PATIENTS SHOULD 
RECEIVE RESULTS 
AFTER TWO DAYS, 
BUT FOR OTHERS, 
IT COULD TAKE 
MORE THAN A 
WEEK. 
BILL GATES WAS 
ASKED ABOUT 
TESTING ON CNBC 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> YOU SHOULD 
NOT REIMBURSE 
SOMEBODY FOR 
GETTING A TEST 
THAT IT TAKES 
MORE THAN 48 
HOURS TO GET THE 
RESULTS BACK. 
THAT TEST IS A 
COMPLETE WASTE 
AND FOR ALL 
THESE NUMBERS 
ABOUT HOW MUCH 
WE TEST, THE 
MAJORITY IS JUST 
COMPLETE WASTE. 
YOU NEED TO GET 
IT BACK AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE SO 
THAT SOMEBODY 
CAN CHANGE THEIR 
BEHAVIOR SO THEY 
ARE NOT 
INFECTING OTHER 
PEOPLE. 
>> MEANWHILE, 
TWITTER REMOVED 
A TWEET 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHARED THAT 
FALSELY CLAIMED 
THERE WAS A CURE 
FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
GIANTS OF THE 
TREE VIOLATED 
ITS COVID-19 
MISINFORMATION 
POLICY, TWITTER 
ALSO TEMPORARILY 
SUSPENDED DONALD 
TRUMP JUNIOR'S 
ACCOUNT AFTER HE 
SHARED THE SAME 
TWEETS AS HIS 
FATHER, NOW CAN 
I DIG IT IS 
WORTH MENTIONING 
THERE IS NO CURE 
FOR COVID-19 AS 
OF NOW. 
NOW TO YORK 
WHERE SOME 
PEOPLE ARE 
IGNORING SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
GUIDELINES. 
THERE WERE 
PERFORMANCES 
FROM THE CHAIN 
SMOKERS AND THE 
CEO OF GOLDMAN 
SACHS DJS IN HIS 
SPARE TIME, IT 
WAS SUPPOSED TO 
BE A DRIVING 
EVENT AS YOU CAN 
SEE, NOT 
EVERYONE STAYED 
IN THEIR CARS OR 
SIX FEET APART 
FOR THAT MATTER. 
AND LASTLY, 
WARNER MEDIA HAS 
LAUNCHED AN 
INTERNAL 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE LONG-
RUNNING ELLEN 
GENERATIONAL, 
THE NEWS WAS 
REPORTED BY 
VARIETY 
FOLLOWING 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
TOXIC WORK PLACE 
CULTURE. 
A SOURCE TOLD 
NBC NEWS ELLEN 
HERSELF IS NOT 
PART OF THE 
INVESTIGATION 
BUT SOME FORMER 
STAFFERS SAY SHE 
SHOULD HAVE MORE 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
I'VE GOT FOR YOU 
NOW, ALLISON. 
>> THAT WAS A 
WHOLE LOT. 
GOT THROUGH A 
LOT TODAY, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
I WILL SEE YOU 
TOMORROW. 
>> THANKS. 
ATTY. 
GEN. 
WILLIAM BARR 
TESTIFYING ON 
CAPITOL HILL FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN MORE THAN A 
YEAR, FIELDING 
QUESTIONS 
INVOLVING 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S ALLIES. 
THE USE OF FORCE 
AT DC'S 
LAFAYETTE 
SQUARE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
COULD TAKE A 
PHOTO OUTSIDE 
ST. JOHN'S 
CHURCH, THE 
EXCHANGE WITH 
CONGRESSMAN 
STEVE:. 
>> WHEN DID YOU 
FIRST LEARN THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
PLANNED TO WALK 
THROUGH 
>> IT IS 
ABSOLUTELY 
NECESSARY THE 
PARK BE CLEARED. 
>> THAT HAD 
NOTHING TO DO 
WITH THAT, THE 
PLAN TO MOVE -- 
>> IT IS 
NECESSARY THAT 
THE PARK BE 
CLEARED AND IT 
WAS DONE AND YOU 
SAID GET IT 
DONE. 
>> GARRETT, YOU 
COVERED THOSE 
PROTESTS 
EXTENSIVELY. 
WHAT HAVE WE 
LEARNED TODAY 
ABOUT THE ROLE 
AND ALL OF THAT? 
>> WELL, HE 
CONTINUES TO 
STICK TO HIS GUN 
AND THEY NEEDED 
TO PUSH THE 
PERIMETER BACK 
AND INSTALL THIS 
ON FLAMMABLE 
FENCING AND 
WHILE IT IS TRUE 
THAT THAT 
FENCING WAS 
INSTALLED LATER 
ON AT NIGHT, 
COMMENTS LIKE 
WHAT YOU JUST 
SAW THERE WAS 
REPRESENTATIVE: 
ASKED US TO SET 
ASIDE EVERYTHING 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
HOW THE 
PRESIDENT MOVES 
AROUND DC AND 
EVERYTHING WE 
COULD SEE AND 
ESSENTIALLY 
SEPARATE THE 
PRESIDENTS 
PLANNED A 
MOVEMENT WHICH 
HAPPENED WITHIN 
30 MINUTES OF 
THE CLEARING OF 
THAT PARK, FROM 
THE CLEARING OF 
THAT PARK AND 
YOU HEAR 
REPRESENTATIVE: 
MAKE THAT POINT 
THAT, YOU KNOW, 
THESE TWO THINGS 
ARE CONNECTED 
SORT OF WHETHER 
HE WANTS TO 
ADMIT THAT THEY 
ARE CONNECTED IN 
HIS ORDERS OR 
NOT. 
I THINK THE 
OTHER THING THAT 
IS BEEN 
NOTEWORTHY ABOUT 
THE WAY THE 
ATTY. 
GEN. 
HANDLED THIS 
TODAY, WE 
LEARNED TODAY AT 
ANOTHER HEARING 
GOING ON 
SIMULTANEOUSLY 
BUT FROM WHICH 
TESTIMONY 
RELEASED 
YESTERDAY FROM A 
MAJOR IN THE DC 
NATIONAL GUARD 
TEARGAS WAS USED 
IN THE CLEARING 
OF THOSE 
PROTESTERS AND 
IN FACT, HE FOUND
THE WAY THAT I 
THINK HE MAY BE 
TRYING TO GET 
AROUND IT IS 
THERE WAS AN 
ORDER TO BE 
USED, IT SEEMS, 
AGAIN, ENTIRELY 
APPARENT TO 
ANYONE WHO WAS 
THERE INCLUDING 
A MAJOR IN THE 
DC NATIONAL 
GUARD THAT IT 
WAS DEWS BUT 
AGAIN, BARR IS 
STICKING TO HIS 
GUN. 
>> GLENN, BARR 
DEFENDED THE 
DECISION TO SEND 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
INTO CITIES LIKE 
PORTLAND AND 
CHICAGO SAYING 
THAT I -- AN 
ACTRESS HAVE -- 
WHAT YOU MAKE OF 
THAT FROM HIM? 
TOO WELL, 
ALLISON, YOU 
KNOW, FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS, 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
AND ALL OFFICERS 
CAN CERTAINLY 
GUARD AND 
PROTECT FEDERAL 
PROPERTIES, SO, 
I HAVE NO ISSUE 
WITH THE 
PROPOSITION THAT 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 
TO PROTECT 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSES FOR 
EXAMPLE, BUT, 
WHAT WE SEE 
UNFOLDING IN 
PORTLAND MAKES 
IT CLEAR I WANT 
TO CALL THEM 
TROOPS, THE 
OFFICERS WHO ARE 
DEPLOYED TO 
PORTLAND SEEM TO 
BE GOING WELL 
BEYOND THEIR 
JURISDICTION AND 
FRANKLY THEY 
SEEM TO BE 
ENGAGED IN THE 
KIND OF 
OFFENSIVE 
BEHAVIOR, 
PARTICULARLY 
THERE IS A CLIP 
THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN WHERE 
A NAVY VETERAN 
IS STANDING 
THERE TRYING TO 
CIVILLY ENGAGE 
IN A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH THE FEDERAL 
OFFICERS AND 
THEY BEGIN 
BEATING HIM WITH 
STICKS AND 
PEPPER SPRAYING 
HIM DIRECTLY IN 
THE FACE WHEN HE 
WAS DOING 
NOTHING 
OFFENSIVE, 
NOTHING THAT 
WOULD WARRANT 
THAT SORT OF USE 
OF FORCE. 
SO, YOU KNOW, 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 
TO BE ABLE TO 
PROTECT FEDERAL 
PROPERTY, BUT 
WHAT WE SEE 
UNFOLDING GOES 
SO FAR BEYOND 
THAT THAT IT 
SEEMS TO BE AN 
ABUSE OF THE 
FIRST AMENDMENT 
RIGHTS TO 
PROTEST BY MANY 
OF THESE 
PROTESTERS. 
>> GARRETT, 
REPUBLICANS 
PLAYED A HEAVILY 
EDITED VIDEO OF 
VIOLENCE AGAINST 
POLICE, HOW 
WOULD DEMOCRATS 
REACTING TO THAT 
TODAY? 
TOO WELL, 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
EXIT HOW THEY 
FEEL LIKE THE 
VIDEO ITSELF IS 
VIOLATION OF THE 
ROLES OF THAT 
COMMITTEE THEY 
WERE NOT WARNED 
ABOUT IT IN 
ADVANCE LIKE 
THEY WERE 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
BUT BY AND 
LARGE, WHAT 
YOU'RE SEEING 
HERE IS 
DIFFERENT 
PARTIES TALKING 
TO VERY 
DIFFERENT VOTER 
BASES ON VERY 
DIFFERENT 
ISSUES, 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
MADE PROTESTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY 
PARTICULARLY IN 
WASHINGTON AND 
IN WASHINGTON 
STATE, THE 
PROTESTS IN 
SEATTLE AND IN 
PORTLAND AND THE 
SO-CALLED CHAS 
ECONOMIST ZONE 
IN SEATTLE, 
PROBABLY THE 
SINGLE MOST 
IMPORTANT ISSUE 
IN TERMS OF 
THEIR 
QUESTIONING FOR 
BILL BARR IT IS 
IN CLEAR THAT 
THEY ARE IN LINE 
WITH THIS, THEY 
WANT PEOPLE TO 
SEE THESE IMAGES 
OF PROTESTS THAT 
BECOME RIOTS, 
THEY WANTED TO 
SEE THESE IMAGES 
OF VIOLENCE IN 
THE STREETS AND 
THEY THINK THERE 
IS SOME 
ELECTORAL VALUE 
FOR THAT IN THEM 
WHETHER IT IS IT 
IS DEBATABLE BUT 
THERE'S NO 
QUESTIONS, IN 
TERMS OF THE 
SHEER NUMBER OF 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
HAVE GONE BACK 
TO PROTEST IN 
STATES THAT ARE 
NOT THE STATES 
AND CITIES THAT 
ARE NOT THERE 
CITIES, THIS IS 
SOMETHING THEY 
VERY MUCH WANT 
TO BE PUSHING TO 
THE FOREFRONT OF 
DISCUSSION IN 
AMERICA. 
>> ROGER STONE 
ALSO CAME UP, OF 
COURSE HE IS THE 
PRESIDENTS 
LONGTIME FRIEND 
WHOSE PRISON 
SENTENCE WAS 
COMMUTED EARLIER 
THIS MONTH, 
HERE'S WHAT BARR 
SAID ON STONE. 
>> I AGREE THE 
PRESIDENT PLANS 
DON'T DESERVE 
SPECIAL BRAKES 
BUT THEY ALSO 
DON'T DESERVE TO 
BE TREATED MORE 
HARSHLY THAN 
OTHER PEOPLE AND 
SOMETIMES THAT 
IS A DIFFICULT 
DECISION TO 
MAKE, ESPECIALLY 
WHEN YOU KNOW 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
BE CASTIGATED IT 
BUT THAT IS WHAT 
THE RULE OF LAW 
IS AND THAT'S 
WHAT FAIRNESS IN 
THE INDIVIDUAL 
ULTIMATELY COMES 
TO. 
WILL IT BE 
WILLING TO DO IT 
FAIR TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL? 
>> 
>> HE SAID HE 
WAS NOT, HOW DID 
YOU! 
NO, WHAT YOU 
MAKE OF THE 
EXPLANATION? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
EVERY TIME HE 
DIDN'T HAVE A 
GOOD ANSWER HE 
WOULD TRY TO 
FALL BACK ON, I 
CAN DO MY JOB 
BECAUSE OF WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
TWEETING AND 
THEN TODAY HE 
TESTIFIED UNDER 
OATH WHEN HE 
PRESSED AG BARR 
ON WHETHER YOU 
HAVE EVER COME 
AS ATTY. 
GEN., SOUGHT A 
MORE LENIENT 
SENTENCE FOR ANY 
OTHER DEFENDANT 
BEYOND ROGER 
STONE, BILL BARR 
COULDN'T COME UP 
WITH ANYBODY. 
THAT SORT OF 
EXPOSES BILL 
BARR AS HAVING 
DONE A FAVOR FOR 
THE PRESIDENTS 
CLOSE ASSOCIATE, 
ROGER STONE, SO, 
YOU KNOW, I 
THINK BILL BARR 
WAS DOING A LOT 
OF GRAPPLING 
WITH WORDS AND 
CONCEPTS AND I 
THINK HE WAS 
BEING PRETTY 
EVASIVE 
THROUGHOUT HIS 
TESTIMONY. 
>> GARRETT, 
THERE ARE SOME 
40 MEMBERS OF 
THIS COMMITTEE, 
A LOT OF 
QUESTIONING FOR 
A RANGE OF 
TOPICS, AT THIS 
STAGE OF THE 
GAME WHAT WOULD 
YOU SAY EACH 
SIDE IS TRYING 
TO GET OUT OF 
BARR AND SO FAR 
DO YOU THINK 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
GETTING WHAT 
THEY WANT? 
>> HELLO, WE 
JUST SAW 
REPUBLICANS 
ALONE I THINK 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO WANT TO 
CONTINUE TO SHOW 
THESE KINDS OF 
VIDEOS PAINTED 
KIND OF SCENE OF 
LAWLESSNESS IN 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
GOVERNMENT AS 
THE SAVIOR OF 
THOSE PLACES I 
THINK THEY ARE 
GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO WANT 
TO TIP THEIR TAP 
TO BARR AND TO 
THE NATION'S 
OFFICE BECAUSE 
THAT IS GOOD 
POLITICS FOR 
THEM. 
IMMIGRANTS HAVE 
A HARDER TASK 
HERE MADE MORE 
DIFFICULT BY THE 
FACT THAT THIS 
IS A HEARING 
THAT IS MORE 
THAN A YEAR IN 
THE MAKING, THEY 
HAVE NOT HAD ARE 
HERE AND ALL THE 
SIGN THAT HE HAS 
BEEN THE ATTY. 
GEN. 
AND THERE ARE SO 
MANY ISSUES 
PILED UP FOR 
THEM TO GET OUT. 
I THINK SOME OF 
THE AREAS THAT 
COULD BE MORE 
FRUITFUL AND 
MORE INTERESTING 
AT LEAST FROM 
WHERE I STOOD 
AND PERHAPS IN 
CONNECTING WITH 
VOTERS WERE 
QUESTIONS THAT 
WERE OPPOSED TO 
HIM BY CEDRIC 
RICHMOND ABOUT 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
IN THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
POLICE AND HOW 
DIFFERENT CASES 
ARE PROSECUTED& 
BASED ON THE 
RACE OF THE 
ALLEGED 
PERPETRATOR AND 
HOW THEY ARE 
RESPONDED TO, 
YOU KNOW, BASED 
ON WHAT WE SEEN 
IN TERMS OF THE 
PROTESTS AROUND 
THIS COUNTRY, 
THOSE TYPES OF 
QUESTIONS ARE 
VERY MUCH AT THE 
FOREFRONT OF THE 
AMERICAN 
PEOPLE'S MIND 
AND MIGHT BE 
MORE FRUITFUL 
FOR DEMOCRATIC 
MEMBERS TO 
PURSUE BUT THERE 
IS SUCH A 
LAUNDRY LIST OF 
TOPICS, 
ESSENTIALLY 
EVERY TRUMP 
RELATED SCANDAL 
OVER THE LAST 
YEAR THE ATTY. 
GEN. 
HAS TOUCHED IN 
SOME FASHION AND 
THAT LEAVES 
DEMOCRATS WITH A 
LOT OF GROUND TO 
COVER AND A VERY 
DIFFICULT TIME 
MAKING ANY ONE 
LINE OF 
QUESTIONING 
STICK. 
>> THANK YOU 
BOTH SO MUCH FOR 
BEING WITH US, 
GREAT TO SEE 
YOU. 
>>> DEMOCRATS 
ARE SLAMMING THE 
REPUBLICANS 
TRILLION DOLLAR 
STIMULUS PLAN, 
IT CUTS THE 
EXPIRING WEEKLY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
BONUS FROM $600 
TO 200. 
>> LET ME SHOW 
MY COLLEAGUES 
WHAT NEW YORKERS 
THINK OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
PROPOSAL. 
GOP PLAN SLICES 
$600 CHECKS 
REJECTING TWO 
STATES. 
>>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
LEANNE CALDWELL 
JOINS ME NOW 
FROM CAPITOL 
HILL. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THAT CUT FROM 
$600-$200. 
LIGHTED 
REPUBLICAN CUT 
THAT WEEKLY 
BONUS? 
>> WELCOME 
ALLISON, THOSE 
ARE THE 
HEADLINES THAT 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO 
DEAL WITH WITH 
THE CUT $600-
$200, THEY DID 
IT LOGICALLY, 
REPUBLICANS 
THINK THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
NOT MAKE MORE 
MONEY ON 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
THAN THEY DO AT 
THEIR JOBS. 
THEY THINK THAT 
IT JUST 
INCENTIVIZES 
GOING BACK TO 
WORK. 
BUT THE 
REPUBLICANS 
DON'T WANT ANY 
MORE MONEY ON 
COVID RELIEF AT 
ALL, THEY ARE 
TRYING TO FIND 
SOME SORT OF 
HAPPY MEDIUM BUT 
YOU KNOW, THEY 
ARE GOING TO BE 
THOSE HEADLINES 
THAT PEOPLE 
START TO LOSE 
THEIR IMPLANTED 
BENEFITS, MITCH 
McCONNELL, HE IS 
SAYING THAT IT 
IS NOT LIKE THEY 
ARE TAKING ALL 
THE BENEFITS 
AWAY, THAT 
PEOPLE ARE STILL 
GOING TO GET 
THIS ADDED 
BONUS, HERE'S 
WHAT HE SAID 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> REPUBLICANS 
ARE NOT 
PROPOSING TO CUT 
ANY RELIEF, 
UNDER CURRENT 
LAW, EXTENDED UI 
EXPIRES AND IS 
REPLACED WITH 
NOTHING. 
UNDER CURRENT 
LAW, THERE ARE 
NO DIRECT 
PAYMENTS AND NO 
SECOND PPE. 
EVERY SINGLE 
THING WE PUT 
FORWARD AS A WAY 
TO GET MORE 
RELIEF AND INTO 
PEOPLE'S HANDS. 
>> IT MIGHT NOT 
BE THE $600 
EXTRA WEEK, BUT 
$200 IS BETTER 
THAN NOTHING, 
ALLISON. 
>>'S, $200 IS 
CERTAINLY BETTER 
THAN NOTHING, 
THAT'S FOR SURE. 
ALL RIGHT, LET'S 
RUN THROUGH THAT 
PACKAGE AND 
WHAT'S IN IT. 
>> YEAH, SO, 
THIS PACKAGE 
THAT REPUBLICANS 
FINALLY 
INTRODUCED, IT 
WAS REALLY ROUGH 
FOR THEM GETTING 
OUT OF THE 
STARTING GATE 
HERE, THEY WERE 
NEGOTIATING WITH 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
SO WHAT DOES IT 
DO? 
IT ALSO IS AN 
EXTENSION OF THE 
PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION 
PROGRAM FOR 
SMALL BUSINESS 
LOAN PROGRAM TO 
ADD AN 
ADDITIONAL $100 
BILLION ALSO 
REALLOCATED AND 
USED $90 BILLION 
FROM THE 
PREVIOUS BILL 
YOU COULD ALSO 
LET SOME 
COMPANIES APPLY 
FOR A SECOND 
ROUND OF PPP. 
AND FINALLY, A 
BIG THING AS IT 
DOES $100 
BILLION FOR 
SCHOOL AND IT 
INCLUDES THE 
LIABILITY 
PROTECTION FOR 
BUSINESSES AND 
HOSPITALS THAT 
REPUBLICANS IS 
SO INSISTENT IN 
THIS 
LEGISLATION, 
ALLISON. 
>> ONE THING 
THAT PEOPLE ARE 
ASKING ABOUT, 
THERE'S NEARLY 
$2 MILLION FOR 
NEW FBI 
BUILDING, DO WE 
KNOW WHAT THAT'S 
ALL ABOUT? 
>> YEAH, WE DO. 
SO, THEY WANTED 
TO MOVE FROM 
THEIR DOWNTOWN 
LOCATION IN DC 
TO A SUBURBAN 
CAMPUS IT IS 
BEEN IN THE 
WORKS FOR YEARS 
WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP ENTERED 
OFFICE, HE DID 
NOT LIKE THAT 
IDEA, SO, HE 
WANTED TO 
REBUILD THE FBI 
BUILDING AND ITS 
CURRENT LOCATION 
IN DOWNTOWN 
WASHINGTON DC. 
THIS ANGERED 
LAWMAKERS ON 
BOTH SIDES OF 
THE PARTY AND 
THE REASON IS IS 
BECAUSE CRITICS 
SAY THAT IT IS 
BECAUSE THEY 
WANTED TO 
PREVENT THE 
PRESIDENT FROM 
HAVING ANY SORT 
OF COMPETITION 
FOR HIS HOTEL 
THE TRUMP HOTEL, 
WHICH IS JUST A 
COUPLE BLOCKS 
AWAY FROM THIS 
BUILDING HE 
DIDN'T WANTED TO 
BE REPURPOSED 
FOR COMMERCIAL 
USE. 
SO, THIS HAS 
BEEN A PROJECT 
OF THE 
PRESIDENTS AND 
IT WAS INSERTED 
INTO THE 
LEGISLATION 
NEARLY $2 
MILLION AND 
TODAY I SPOKE TO 
MANY REPUBLICANS 
WHO DID NOT 
THINK THAT IT 
SHOULD BE I DID 
FIND ONE THAT 
SUPPORTED I JUST 
ASKED THEM AGAIN 
FOR THE SECOND 
DAY ABOUT THIS 
BILL AND HE 
FINALLY SAID 
VERY DIRECTLY 
THAT HE HOPED 
THAT IT IS NOT 
PART OF THE 
FINAL BILL ONCE 
THEY REACH A 
NEGOTIATION WITH 
THE DEMOCRATS, 
ALLISON. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THAT SEEMS LIKE 
SOMETHING 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS WILL 
AGREE ON. 
WHERE DO WE 
STAND IN THE 
NEGOTIATIONS 
HERE OTHERWISE? 
I KNOW IT IS 
VERY HARD TO SAY 
HOW LONG THIS 
COULD DRAG ON OR 
HOW, YOU KNOW, 
HOW MUCH 
HANDLING THIS 
WILL TAKE, BUT 
KIND OF WHAT IS 
NEXT HERE? 
>> YEAH, THE 
TIMING IS REALLY 
HARD TO TELL AND 
THE REASON IS 
BECAUSE WE DON'T 
KNOW HOW LONG 
THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS ARE 
GOING TO TAKE, 
BOTH SIDES SEEM 
SO FAR APART, SO 
WE DO KNOW WHAT 
SOME OF THE MAIN 
STICKING PARTS 
ARE, DEMOCRATS 
WANT AN EXTENDED 
MORATORIUM ON 
EVICTION, THOSE 
TWO THINGS ARE 
NOT IN THE 
REPUBLICAN BILL, 
DEMOCRATS ALSO 
WANT MONEY FOR 
FOOD ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS THAT IS 
NOT IN THE 
REPUBLICAN BILL 
AND, OF COURSE, 
THIS WHOLE 
DEBATE ON 
EXPANDED 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE IS 
GOING TO BE 
BETTER FOR THE 
NEGOTIATIONS, 
THERE'S OTHER 
THINGS AS WELL, 
THERE IS NO 
ELECTION 
ASSISTANCE FOR 
THE UPCOMING 
ELECTION AND 
WHICH MANY 
PEOPLE THINK IS 
GOING TO BE 
DESPERATELY 
NEEDED AS THERE 
IS A BIG 
EXPANSION OF 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
SO, THERE ARE A 
LOT OF KEY 
ISSUES THAT 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
SAYING THAT THEY 
WON'T MOVE 
FORWARD WITHOUT 
THIS MONEY AND 
IT IS MONEY THAT 
IS NOT INCLUDED 
IN THE 
REPUBLICAN BILL 
AT ALL BUT 
NEGOTIATIONS 
HAVE BEGUN FOR 
THE SECOND DAY 
IN A ROW, 
SECRETARY 
MINASIAN, C FROM 
CHAFF OF THE 
PRESIDENT, MARK 
MEADOWS IS GOING 
TO MEET WITH 
SCHUMER AND 
PELOSI THIS 
AFTERNOON WHERE 
THEY WILL 
CONTINUE TO TALK 
AND TRY TO HASH 
OUT SOME SORT OF 
AGREEMENT. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
WITH THE LATEST 
ON THE 
REPUBLICANS 
STIMULUS PLAN, 
NOT ONLY 
BRINGING THE 
KNOWLEDGE BUT 
LEANNE, MASK 
GAME VERY STRONG 
TODAY BOTH YOU 
AND GARRETT, 
SUPER 
FASHIONABLE, 
DEFINITELY 
UPPING THE GAME 
TODAY. 
>> THANKS, THEY 
ARE NOT 
NECESSARILY 
EASIER TO 
BREATHE IN, BUT 
I'M GLAD THEY 
LOOK GOOD. 
>> BUT YOU LOOK 
GOOD DOING IT, 
FOR SURE, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>> THANKS, 
ALLISON. 
>>> THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE IN TEXAS 
WITHOUT POWER 
AFTER HURRICANE 
HANNAH FOR 
THROUGH PARTS OF 
THE STATE, 
MEANWHILE TEXAS 
STILL HASN'T 
GOTTEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
UNDER CONTROL, 
NBC'S NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
MORGAN REPORTS 
FROM DALLAS., 
ALLISON, THERE 
IS A GREAT SENSE 
OF CAUTIOUS 
OPTIMISM IN SOME 
PARTS OF TEXAS, 
BUT THIS IS 
HAPPENING AS 
OTHER PARTS OF 
THE STATE ARE 
STILL RIGHT IN 
THE MIDST OF AN 
INCREDIBLE 
BATTLE AGAINST 
COVID-19, 
GOVERNOR ALBERT 
POINTING TO THE 
FACT THAT NEW 
CASES STATEWIDE 
AT LEAST STARTED 
TO STABILIZE AND 
IN SOME 
INSTANCES 
APPEARED TO 
START DROPPING 
OFF, BUT IF YOU 
GO SOUTH TO THE 
RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY, WE ARE 
SEEING 
INCREDIBLE FIGHT 
BY THE MEDICAL 
STAFF THERE 
AGAINST THE 
VIRUS WE KNOW 
THAT IN SOME 
AREAS OF THAT 
REGION THAT WAS 
RIGHT ALONGSIDE 
THE BORDER OF 
MEXICO, UPWARDS 
OF 2% OF THE 
POPULATION HAS 
COVID-19. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
ESPECIALLY HARD-
HIT WE KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE 
FEDERAL MEDICAL 
TEAMS EMPLOYED 
THROUGH THAT 
AREA TO TRY TO 
GIVE THOSE 
HOSPITALS AND 
THEY HELP THEY 
CAN, LAST WEEK I 
KNOW THAT 
EQUIPPED 
AMBULANCES WERE 
SENT TO THAT 
AREA THEY CAN 
HOLD UP TO 18 
PEOPLE AT A TIME 
SIMPLY TO 
TRANSPORT 
PATIENTS FROM 
ONE HOSPITAL TO 
ANOTHER 
HOSPITAL, 
DOCTORS URGING 
EVERYONE KEEP 
YOUR MASKS ON 
AND IN THAT PART 
OF THE STATE, IT 
IS LOW INCOME, 
NOT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE HAVE 
ACCESS TO 
QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE AND 
YOU HAVE 
MULTIPLE 
GENERATIONS 
LIVING UNDER THE 
SAME ROOF. 
MEANWHILE, 
HOUSTON DALLAS 
STARTING TO SEE 
SOME GLIMMER OF 
HOPE WITH 
HOSPITALIZATION 
STABILIZING IN 
THE NEW CASES 
STARTING TO DROP 
BUT AT THIS 
POINT IT IS 
STILL FAR TO 
EARLY FOR 
ANYTHING TO BE 
CALLED A SUCCESS 
HERE IN TEXAS, 
GOVERNOR ABBOTT 
SAYING HIS STATE 
IS FARING BETTER 
THAN ARIZONA AND 
FLORIDA, BUT 
CONSIDERING THAT 
THOSE ARE THE 
TWO OF SOME OF 
THE BIGGEST 
HOTSPOTS IN THE 
COUNTRY, A LOT 
OF PEOPLE SAY 
THERE IS STILL A 
LONG WAY TO GO 
TO FIX THIS 
BATTLE IN TEXAS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN.  
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, I FOUND A 
FATHER TRYING TO 
TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE, 
THAT'S WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
IT IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY SO 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT THEM TO SEE.
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS IS AN 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP, THIS IS 
ABOUT 400 YEARS 
OF RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALANCE READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
IN THAT YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT IS A 
POLICY CHANGE 
>> WE WOULD LIKE 
TO THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF POST-
RACIAL AMERICA, 
WE ARE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> AFTER I WATCH 
THE MAYOR OF 
ALANNA TRYING TO 
RAISE HIS SON 
AND I THINK 
ABOUT YOU AND 
YOUR KIDS. 
I REMEMBER HER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHAT I 
MIGHT HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE A 
WHITE GIRL? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT YOU 
ARE DIFFERENT 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT HAVE TO FEEL 
LESS THAN, 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN.  
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BREEDING 
STUDENTS BACK 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF WEEKS IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> MICROGRAVITY 
REALLY IS BACK 
TO NORMAL IT 
JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMALIZED 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT THE LONGEST 
OF THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND THE HAND 
TO THOSE IN 
NEED. 
>> 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
HE MET DO HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
HE MIGHT HAVE TO 
ASK WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM EACH 
OTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART ARE 
YOU WORRIED THAT 
THESE TWO CRISES 
MAY DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION OF 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTEST? 
>> 
>>> REPUBLICANS 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN DECADES 
BACK IN 2016, 
BECAUSE OF LOW 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTER TURNOUT'S, 
BUT CAN JOE 
BIDEN CHANGE 
THAT IN 2020? 
NBC NEWS 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER WENT TO 
MILWAUKEE TO 
FIND OUT. 
>> IN 2016, 
PEOPLE STAYED 
HOME WITH THE 
NORMAL AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC CITY, 
WITH DIFFERENT 
ABOUT 2020 THAT 
IS GOING TO 
DRIVE PEOPLE 
OUT? 
>> WELL, THEY 
SAID 2016. 
>> WHAT THE DO 
YOU HAVE TO 
LOSE? 
>> EVERYBODY'S 
GOT TO ASK THAT 
QUESTION NO 
MORE, THEY SAW 
WHAT THEY HAD TO 
LOSE. 
THAT'S WHY THEY 
ARE COMING OUT. 
>> WHAT'S THERE 
TO LOSE? 
TOO WELL, 
EVERYTHING. 
>> WITH 100 DAYS 
UNTIL THE NEXT 
ELECTION NOW THE 
PRESSURE IS ON 
VP JOE BIDEN TO 
REVERSE THE 
TREND. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU 
LOOKING FOR AND 
WHAT CONNECTS 
WITH YOU THE 
MOST? 
HE MET THE 
TRUTH. 
>> WHAT YOU 
THINK ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN? 
HE MET I THINK 
HE'S THE MAN FOR 
THE TIME, I 
THINK HE'S THE 
ONE THAT IS 
GOING TO WIN 
THIS ELECTION. 
>> PRIORITY, 
YES, TO GET HIM 
OFF NUMBER ONE 
PRIORITY THEN 
YOU CAN MAKE 
CHANGES IN 
REFORM BUT 
YOU'VE GOT TO 
GET THE 
REPUBLICAN OUT 
OF OFFICE FIRST 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
HOLDING UP 
EVERYTHING. 
>> RUBEN HOPKINS 
FROM WISCONSIN 
BLACK CHAMBER OF 
COMMERCE SAYS 
BIDEN'S 
ENGAGEMENT OF 
BLACK VOTERS 
NEEDS TO EXTEND 
BEYOND POLICY 
AND DIRECTLY TO 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK. 
>> THE 
ENTHUSIASM THAT 
HE'S LOOKING FOR 
FROM CITIES 
AROUND THIS 
COUNTRY WILL BE 
THE LAST 
PRESIDENTIAL. 
>> IS GOING TO 
BE DETERMINED BY 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
PEOPLE DON'T 
WANT TO SAY IT 
BECAUSE THEY 
THINK IF YOU SAY 
IT, YOU CAN 
THINK OF BLACK 
WOMEN IS -- VICE 
PRESIDENT, THE 
RUNNING MATE, 
THAT THEY ARE 
GOING TO, RIGHT? 
IF THERE IS A 
FEMALE PRESIDENT 
ON THE BLACK 
TICKET, THEY ARE 
COMING OUT. 
>> 
>> AFTER VOTING 
FOR OBAMA, SHE 
SUPPORTED TRUMP. 
>> THEY BOTH 
HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
SHOW IT AND ALSO 
PREVENT. 
AND THEN THEY 
PROBABLY 
WOULD'VE TAKEN 
BACK, BUT THEY 
HAVE TO REALLY 
GO OUT HERE AND 
GIVE A VISION, 
NOW THE 
ENVISIONED, WHAT 
IF YOU DONE IN 
THE PAST, SO IT 
WILL BE TANGIBLY 
AND WHAT IS THE 
VISION FOR 
TOMORROW? 
TIME HAS NOW 
BEEN WASTED ON 
THIS TALK. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
ACTION. 
THIS IS WHAT 
THESE YOUNG 
PEOPLE ARE 
PROTESTING 
ABOUT. 
WHAT YOU SEE IS 
THEY HAVE THE 
PROBLEM OF THE 
CHANGE HAPPENING 
PERIOD. 
THEY ARE TIRED 
OF TALKING AND 
MEETING, IT HAS 
TO LEAD TO 
RESULTS AND I 
WANT TO SEE 
CANDIDATES TALK 
ABOUT RESULTS 
BUT ALSO POINTS 
FOR THINGS THEY 
HAVE DONE 
TANGIBLY ALREADY 
AND IF YOU 
HAVEN'T DONE IT, 
YOU'VE GOT TO 
REALLY PAY 
ATTENTION ON WHY 
TO GIVE YOU 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS TO GIVE 
YOU AN 
OPPORTUNITY. 
>> ADDRESSING 
THE ISSUES BEING 
HIGHLIGHTED BY 
PROTESTERS WHO 
HAVE BEEN 
MARCHING 
MILWAUKEE DAILY 
SINCE GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH 
AND ARE 
DEMANDING 
SYSTEMIC AND 
ERRATIC -- 
RADICAL CHANGE. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
TURN AWAY WHAT 
IS GOING ON, AND 
THEN THEY HAVE 
CONSISTENTLY 
SHOWN UP EVERY 
SINGLE DAY IN 
DIFFERENT 
ASPECTS, 
DIFFERENT 
COMMUNITIES, TO 
MAKE SURE THESE 
COMMUNITIES 
WHICH REVOTE AND 
GO TOWARDS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
BUT TO MAKE IT 
BE KNOWN, THAT'S 
FINE BUT AT THE 
SAME TIME, THIS 
IS WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE ON THE 
AGENDA. 
>> BLACK 
COMMUNITIES, 
NEED TO HAVE 
THEIR VOICES 
HEARD AND IT IS 
NOT SAYING THAT 
WE DON'T CARE 
ABOUT ANYTHING 
ELSE, ANY OTHER 
ISSUE, BUT RIGHT 
NOW THIS IS THE 
ISSUE THAT IS 
HAPPENING AND 
IMPACTING ALL OF 
US. 
>> DO YOU SEE 
ANOTHER 
SITUATION WHERE 
DEMOCRATIC 
VOTERS DON'T 
SHOW UP? 
HE MET I 
DEFINITELY DO. 
I THINK THAT 
JUST LOCALLY, 
HERE IN 
MILWAUKEE, IF WE 
DON'T SEE AN 
INSTANT SURGE OF 
CHANGE, AND I 
THINK YOU WILL 
SEE THAT BUT WE 
ARE ALSO WANTING 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE ARE 
ORGANIZED AND WE 
ARE KNOCKING ON 
DOORS AND WE ARE 
TALKING TO OUR 
NEIGHBORS AND 
TELLING THEM 
ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
OUR OFFICE AND 
OUR NOVEMBER 
ELECTION. 
>> HOPEFULLY IN 
2020 PEOPLE GO 
TO THE POLLS. 
HOPEFULLY IN 
2020 PEOPLE 
REALIZE THAT 
THEIR VOTE 
MATTERS. 
OF 2020 PEOPLE 
GET OUT THERE 
AND THE 
INDIVIDUALS, THE 
CORPORATIONS AND 
SYSTEMS OF 
OPPRESSION. 
I THINK THE 
PROTEST UPDATING 
REALLY SPARKING 
A LOT OF 
AWARENESS WHILE 
THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA ARE 
GOING TO GO OUT 
AND VOTE 2020 
AND I THINK THAT 
IS GOING TO BE 
THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN THE LAST 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION AND 
THIS ONE. 
>> TWITTER 
TICKING DOWN 
OPPOSED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHARED LAST 
NIGHT, HE 
FALSELY SAID 
THERE WAS A CURE 
FOR COVID-19, 
THE PRESIDENT 
ALSO RETREATED 
AN ACCOUNT 
ACCUSING DR. 
FAUCI OF 
MISLEADING THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC  
BY DISMISSING 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
THROUGH'S HERE'S 
DR. FAUCI'S 
RESPONSE TODAY.  
>> I DON'T 
TWEET, DREAM AND 
READ THEM SO I 
DON'T REALLY 
WANT TO GO 
THERE. 
I JUST WILL 
CONTINUE TO DO 
MY JOB NO MATTER 
WHAT COMES OUT, 
BECAUSE I THINK 
IT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT WE'RE 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A CRISIS WITH 
REGARD TO AN 
EPIDEMIC, A 
PANDEMIC, THIS 
IS WHAT I DO, 
THIS IS WHAT 
I'VE BEEN 
TRAINED FOR MY 
ENTIRE 
PROFESSIONAL 
LIFE AND I WILL 
CONTINUE TO DO 
IT. 
>> THE CHARGE OF 
ENDLESS MEETING 
THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC? 
>> I HAVE NOT 
BEEN THE LIST 
MEETING -- 
MISLEADING THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC 
WHATSOEVER. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
THAT WAS ONE 
THING THAT WAS 
SAID IN THIS 
VIDEO AND THE 
OTHER THING IS 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
WHICH IS THE 
DRUG WERE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOOK HIMSELF BUT 
ALSO PROMOTED AS 
HAVING BEING 
BENEFICIAL TO 
CORONAVIRUS, 
THEY SAID THAT 
THEY POINTED TO 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
TO SAY THAT 
THERE IS A CURE 
FOR THIS VIRUS 
SO THERE ARE TWO 
THINGS THAT 
OBVIOUSLY ONE, 
THE MASK METHOD 
MESSAGE IS NOT 
THE MESSAGE YOU 
ARE HEARING FROM 
THE PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT AND 
THE IDEA THAT 
THERE IS A CURE 
FOR THE VIRUS IS 
JUST FALSE SO 
THE PRESIDENT 
TWEETED THAT THE 
PRESIDENT 
RETREATED THAT 
SEVERAL TIMES 
AND THEN TWITTER 
STEPPED IN AND 
EVENTUALLY 
SUSPENDED DONALD 
TRUMP JUNIOR'S 
TWITTER ACCOUNT 
SO HE IS NOT 
ABLE TO TWEET OR 
THERE ARE 
CERTAIN 
RESTRICTIONS TO 
HIS ACCOUNT FOR 
12 HOURS. 
NOW, THEY ALSO 
DELETED THE 
TWEET AND MARKED 
IT AS NOT WITHIN 
THEIR GUIDELINES 
FOR THE TWEET, 
THE VIDEO HAS 
BEEN REMOVED, 
BUT YOU KNOW, 
THIS IS A 
LARGER, MUCH 
LARGER ISSUE IN 
TERMS OF WHAT 
THE MESSAGE IS 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HIS SON, AND YOU 
CAN'T, YOU KNOW, 
REALLY DID 
TINGLE THE TWO, 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
SON, DONALD 
TRUMP JUNIOR HAS 
BEEN AN AVID 
CAMPAIGN FOR THE 
PRESIDENT, HE'S 
A VOICE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE HAS A 
TREMENDOUS 
NUMBER OF 
FOLLOWERS WHO 
ARE TRUMP 
SUPPORTERS AND 
SO THIS WAS A 
MESSAGE THAT HE 
SENT OUT WIDE 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT 
ROUNDUP WE 
TREATING -- -- 
WOUND UP 
RETREATING. 
>> CAROL, DR. 
FAUCI FACT 
CHECKED THE 
CLAIMS IN THOSE 
VIDEOS ABOUT 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID.  
WE KNOW THE FDA 
HAS RECOMMENDED 
AGAINST 
EMERGENCY USE. 
>> RIGHT, 
EXACTLY. 
AND I GO ALONG 
WITH THE FDA, 
THE OVERWHELMING 
PREVAILING 
CLINICAL TRIALS 
THAT HAVE LOOKED 
AT THE EFFICACY 
OF HYDROXYL 
CHLOROQUINE HAVE 
INDICATED THAT 
IT IS NOT 
EFFECTIVE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
DISEASE. 
>> CAROL, LAST 
WEEK IT FELT 
LIKE THE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
TAKING A MORE 
SERIOUS TONE ON 
THE PANAMA, NOW 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
HE'S BACK TO 
PROMOTING 
HYDROXYL 
CHLOROQUINE,  
GOING AFTER DR. 
FAUCI , WHAT'S 
GOING ON HERE? 
>> IS A GREAT 
QUESTION, 
ALLISON AND I 
THINK WHAT YOU 
ARE SEEING IS 
ESSENTIALLY WHAT 
WE ALWAYS SEE 
WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WHICH IS 
HIS CAMPAIGN, 
HIS POLITICAL 
ADVISORS, HIS 
ADVISORS IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE ALL 
BASICALLY SAT 
HIM DOWN AND 
SAID YOU ARE 
LOSING THIS 
ELECTION, WE 
NEED A RESET AND 
THEY TRIED THAT 
LAST WEEK IN 
TERMS OF PUTTING 
THEM OUT THERE, 
TRYING TO MAKE 
HIM APPEAR TO BE 
TAKING MORE OF A 
LEADERSHIP ROLE 
ON CORONAVIRUS, 
YOU HAVE THE 
PRESIDENT SAY 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
WEAR MASKS, HE 
SAID THE VIRUS 
IS GOING TO GET 
WORSE BEFORE IT 
GETS BETTER AND 
HE OUTLINED THE 
GOVERNMENT WAS 
SEEKING TO DEAL 
WITH THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
THEN HE COMES IN 
AND HE 
COMPLETELY 
UNDERMINES THIS 
IN THE LAST 24 
HOURS WITH NOT 
JUST THE TWEET 
AND THE 
PROMOTING OF 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, 
BUT ALSO THINGS 
THAT HE SAID 
YESTERDAY HE WAS 
IN NORTH 
CAROLINA, THAT 
SAYING THAT 
STATES SHOULD 
REOPEN AND YOU 
KNOW, PUSHING 
FOR THAT AND SO 
WHAT YOU ARE 
SEEING HERE IS, 
I THINK, THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
SAYING WHAT HE 
REALLY WANTS TO 
SAY AS OPPOSED 
TO TRYING TO 
FOLLOW A SCRIPT 
THAT HIS 
ADVISORS HAVE 
GIVEN HIM TO 
FOLLOW AND I'VE 
GOT TO SAY IT IS 
PROBABLY PRETTY 
FRUSTRATING FOR 
THEM BECAUSE 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO GET HIM TO 
PIVOT AND 
POSITION HIMSELF 
IN A WAY THAT 
THEY THINK IS 
POLITICALLY 
BETTER FOR HIM 
AND HE JUST 
WON'T DO IT. 
>> YEAH, WE'VE 
SEEN IN THE PAST 
IT CAN BE 
DIFFICULT FOR 
THEM TO KEEP HIM 
ON TASK ON THEIR 
TRACK, WITH THE 
LATEST IN THE 
LIGHTHOUSE, 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> ATTY. 
GEN. 
WILLIAM BARR 
SAYS THE FEDERAL 
AGENTS WILL STAY 
IN PORTLAND 
OREGON UNTIL 
ATTACKS ON 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTIES HAVE 
STOPPED. 
>> IN THE WAKE 
OF GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH 
VIOLENT RIOTERS 
AND AMICUS HAVE 
HIJACKED 
LEGITIMATE 
PROTESTS TO 
WREAK SENSELESS 
HABIT AND 
INNOCENT 
VICTIMS, THE 
SITUATION IN 
PORTLAND IS A 
TELLING EXAMPLE 
EVERY NIGHT FROM 
THE PAST TWO 
MONTHS, HUNDREDS 
OF WRITERS HAVE 
SIEGE TO THE 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSE AND 
OTHER NEARBY 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
THE RIOTERS HAVE 
COME EQUIPPED 
FOR FIGHTING. 
AND WAS POWERFUL 
SLINGSHOTS, 
TASERS, 
SLEDGEHAMMERS, 
THOUGHTS, RIFLES 
AND EXPLOSIVE 
DEVICES. 
>> MORE, WHAT'S 
IT LIKE THERE 
TODAY? 
>> A, ALLISON, 
SO AS YOU CAN 
SEE BEHIND ME 
THERE IS SOME 
DEBRIS LEFT OVER 
FROM LAST 
NIGHT'S PROTEST, 
TYPICALLY BY 
THIS TIME DURING 
THE DAY THE 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
HAVE COME OUT 
AND STARTED TO 
CLEAN EVERYTHING 
UP AND THEN 
POWER WASH THE 
SPRAY IN A WAY 
THAT HASN'T 
HAPPENED YET, 
YOU SEE THE 
CEMENT BARRIERS 
IN FRONT OF IT, 
THAT IS PUT INTO 
PLACE YESTERDAY 
AND THERE IS A 
TIME OF TRASH 
AND DEBRIS STILL 
IN BETWEEN THE 
FENCING AND THE 
CEMENT AREAS 
THAT WE'VE GOT 
PROTESTERS 
CLIMBING UP ONTO 
GET US A BETTER 
VIEW INTO THE 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSE 
OVERNIGHT AND I 
WANT TO BE CLEAR 
WHEN ATTY. 
GEN. 
BART IS TALKING 
ABOUT THE 
FEDERAL 
BUILDING, IT IS 
MAY BE SITTING 
HUNDRED PEOPLE 
EACH NIGHT THAT 
WE SEE THAT ARE 
USING THAT 
TACTIC BACK OVER 
THE WEEKEND AND 
THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEK THAT WE 
BEEN ON THE 
GROUND HERE 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
THOUSANDS OF 
OTHER PEOPLE 
PROTESTERS SO IT 
IS IMPORTANT TO 
PUT THAT INTO 
PERSPECTIVE AND 
SO TODAY, WE ARE 
WAITING TO HEAR 
ON ANY UPDATE 
FROM EITHER DHS 
OR THE MAYOR'S 
OFFICE BECAUSE 
THE PORTLAND 
MAYOR CALLED FOR 
AN IMMEDIATE 
MEETING WITH DHS 
LEADERSHIP TO 
DISCUSS A FIRE 
ON THE ACCIDENTS 
GOING ON HERE 
NIGHT AFTER 
NIGHT AND JUST 
YESTERDAY AN 
INTERVIEW WITH 
NBC NEWS THE 
ACTING SECRETARY 
SAID THAT IT IS 
TIME FOR STATE 
AND LOCAL 
LEADERS TO STEP 
UP AND, QUOTE, 
DO THEIR JOB SO 
THIS IS AN 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
IT SEEMS FROM 
THE CITY THAT 
MAYBE THEY NEED 
TO COME TO THE 
NEGOTIATING 
TABLE AND WORK 
TOGETHER AND 
FIGURING OUT HOW 
TO SOLVE THIS 
UNREST THAT IS 
BEEN GOING ON 
HERE FOR SO 
LONG. 
>> YEAH, REALLY 
IMPORTANT 
CONTACTS THERE, 
THANK YOU FOR 
EXPLAINING WHAT 
YOU BEEN SEEING 
DAY IN AND DAY 
OUT. 
THERE IS TALK 
THAT MORE 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
COULD BE HEADING 
TO PORTLAND, 
WHAT'S THE 
LATEST THERE? 
RIGHT YEAH, 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
REPORTS ABOUT 
THAT, THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY LANDING 
IN THE PORTLAND 
AREA AND WHEN WE 
REACHED OUT TO 
THE U.S. 
MARSHALS SERVICE 
TO CLARIFY, THEY 
SAID THEY ARE 
NOT ADDING 100 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
BUT INSTEAD 
IDENTIFYING 
AGENTS THAT CAN 
COME IN AND 
ROTATE OUT TO 
RELIEVE AGENTS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
HERE FOR SO LONG 
IS OBVIOUSLY NOT 
AFTER NIGHT IS A 
PRETTY INTENSE 
SITUATION YOU 
SEE MORE THAN 60 
OFFICERS INJURED 
AND SO THERE'S 
THAT NEED TO 
KIND OF FLOP OUT 
THE FORCE ON THE 
GROUND BUT 
OVERALL, 
PROTESTERS ARE 
REALLY 
FRUSTRATED WITH 
HOW FEDERAL 
AGENTS HAVE BEEN 
ACTING, I SPOKE 
WITH ONE OF THE 
MILITARY 
VETERANS WHO HAS 
BEEN OUT HERE 
THE PAST COUPLE 
OF NIGHTS, HE 
SENT HE 
SURPRISED AT 
WHAT HE'S SEEING 
FROM THE FEDERAL 
AGENTS. 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
WHAT HE TOLD ME. 
>> I JUST DON'T 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
THE LEADERSHIP 
OF THIS COUNTRY 
CAN DECIDE THIS 
IS THE RIGHT 
THING TO DO. 
IT GOES SO 
CONTRARY TO THE 
NOTIONS IN THE 
VERY BEHAVIORS 
THAT STARTED 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> SO, AGAIN, 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
FRUSTRATION, 
OVERNIGHT, NIGHT 
AFTER NIGHT, 
LOOKING FOR THE 
FEDS TO GO HOME 
AND WE ARE 
HEARING NOW FROM 
A LOT OF 
PROTESTERS THAT 
WE'VE HEARD 
SAYING THAT 
BASICALLY THEY 
THINK THAT IF 
THE FEDERAL 
AGENTS LEAVE THE 
LOCAL SYSTEMIC 
RACISM COULD BE 
SOLVED HERE ON 
THEIR OWN. 
>> LAURA, WHAT 
ARE PROTESTERS 
TELLING YOU 
ABOUT HOW THE 
USE OF FEDERAL 
AGENTS HAS 
IMPACTED THE 
MESSAGE THAT 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MESSAGE 
THAT SO MANY OF 
THEM ARE TRYING 
TO GET ACROSS? 
>> EXACTLY, 
ALLISON. 
I MEAN WITHOUT 
AWAY, THERE'S A 
FIRE TRUCK GOING 
BY AND IT SEEMS 
THAT PORTLAND 
POLICE PRESENCE 
HERE, TYPICALLY 
DURING THE DAY, 
WE DO SEE SOME 
ACTIVITY HERE IN 
THE PARK, BUT 
NOT USUALLY, WE 
WILL MAKE SURE 
TO CIRCLE BACK 
WITH YOU LATER 
ON THAT ONCE WE 
FIGURE OUT WHAT 
IS GOING ON 
EXACTLY HERE BUT 
THIS IS 
DEFINITELY AN 
UNUSUAL PRESENCE 
DURING THE DAY 
AND GETTING BACK 
TO YOUR QUESTION 
ABOUT THE 
DISTRACTION 
ABOUT THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
MOVEMENT A LOT 
OF PROTESTERS 
HAVE TOLD ME 
THEY THINK THAT 
THE FEDERAL 
PRESENCE WAS 
MEANT TO DETRACT 
FROM THAT 
MESSAGE BUT THEY 
ARE HOLDING TRUE 
TO WHAT THEY 
WANT TO 
COMMUNICATE I 
SPOKE TO THEM 
LAST NIGHT AND 
THEY SAY THEY 
THINK THAT 
BASICALLY THEY 
ARE TRYING TO 
PUT THEIR 
MESSAGE FORWARD 
AS THEY ARE 
DEFENDING 
PROTESTERS IN 
THE AREA, TAKE A 
LISTEN TO WHAT 
THEY TOLD ME. 
>> AS YOU CAN 
SEE WE ARE OUT 
HERE, STILL 
CHANTING WHAT'S 
HIS NAME, GEORGE 
FLOYD'S STILL 
CHANTING ALL OF 
THAT. 
THE PEOPLE OUT 
HERE ARE REALLY 
STANDING AND 
LETTING BLACK 
LEADERS HAVE THE 
MIC WHILE WE 
DEFEND THEM AND 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING FOR 
THE ALLIES. 
YOU SEE WHAT 
EVERYONE ELSE 
CAN HAVE THEIR 
VOICE AND THAT'S 
WHAT WE ARE 
TRYING TO DO 
HERE. 
>> AND THE 
MESSAGE OF 
SUPPORTERS OF 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
HAS BEEN PUSHED 
A LITTLE BIT 
EXTRA THE PAST 
COUPLE NIGHTS 
THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN HERE WITH 
SPEAKERS 
ORGANIZING 
EMPHASIZING TO 
THE CROWD WHAT 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
FOR, THEIR 
DEMANDS ARE TO 
DEFEND THE 
POLICE WHICH 
THEY SAY IS 
PURPOSE TO 
REALLOCATE 
FUNDING FROM THE 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS IN 
VARIOUS CITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, TO 
LOCAL COMMUNITY 
SERVICES THAT 
CAN HELP BETTER 
ALLOCATE FUNDING 
SO THAT PEOPLE 
IN THE 
COMMUNITIES HAVE 
BETTER RESOURCES 
TO SUCCEED LATER 
ON IN LIFE AND 
THEY WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THEY 
COMMUNICATE THAT 
MESSAGE AS 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
GOING OUT THERE 
AND I, THOUSANDS 
OF PEOPLE TAKE 
THAT MESSAGE TO 
THE POLLS IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
AM EASTERN.  
>>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS, A FATHER 
TRYING TO TEACH 
HIS SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE, 
THAT'S WHY WE 
ARE DOWN HERE. 
>> THE HOLY IS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
THAT'S ALL I 
WANT THEM TO 
SEE. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP THIS IS 
ABOUT 400 YEARS 
OF RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> YOU NEED TO 
GO DEEP INSIDE 
THE STORY. 
>> WITH THE 
POLICY CHANGES. 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> IS WHO'S 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND HIS 
LYING EVERY DAY? 
THAT IS THE 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> 
>> WE LIKE TO 
LIVE THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF POST-
RACIAL AMERICA. 
WE ARE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> I THINK ABOUT 
YOU AND YOUR 
KIDS. 
I REMEMBER HER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHAT AND 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT YOU 
ARE DIFFERENT 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN THAT'S MY 
THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>> WE'VE GOT SUN 
BREAKING NEWS. 
WE HAD SHE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 
SIX FEET APART 
FROM EACH OTHER 
FOR THE MOST 
PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION OF 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> 30,000 PEOPLE 
WILL BE PART OF 
IS PHASE 3 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE TESTING 
WHICH STARTS 
YESTERDAY, TOM 
CASTILLO CAUGHT 
UP WITH ONE OF 
THEM. 
>> HOW DID YOU 
FIND OUT ABOUT 
THIS, HOW DID 
YOU SIGN UP, HOW 
DID YOU END UP 
WHERE YOU ARE 
RIGHT NOW? 
>> ACTUALLY, I 
SAW THE FIRST 
INITIAL STUDY 
FROM A FACEBOOK 
APP AND I JUST 
CONTACTED THE 
NUMBER AND THE 
FIRST COUPLE OF 
STUDIES WERE 
KIND OF IN LIKE 
AN INITIAL TRIAL 
THINGS SO IT 
TOOK A COUPLE 
MONTHS ME TO 
ACTUALLY GET 
INTO THIS ONE 
BUT HERE I AM. 
>> WHY ARE YOU 
DOING THIS? 
>> YOU KNOW, I 
THINK OVERALL 
COMMUNAL, COVID 
HAS BEEN REALLY 
SOLIDIFIED. 
FOR ME 
PERSONALLY IS 
NOT NECESSARILY 
ABOUT THE 
POLITICS. 
IT IS NOT REALLY 
ABOUT BEING 
AMERICAN. 
IT IS ABOUT 
BEING A HUMAN. 
SO, I THINK 
OVERALL, THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS BENEFICIAL TO 
MORE PEOPLE THAN 
JUST ME AND YOU 
KNOW, THE NEEDS 
OF THE 
INDIVIDUALS 
COMMUNAL, PEOPLE 
IN AMERICA ARE 
TALKING ABOUT, 
YOU KNOW, WHY 
SHOULD I WEAR A 
MASK AND, YOU 
KNOW, WHY 
COMMUNAL, AS AN 
AMERICAN I HAVE 
FREEDOMS. 
I DON'T THINK 
THAT IS 
NECESSARILY 
SOMETHING WE 
NEED TO BE 
WORRIED ABOUT, 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
EVERYONE SHOULD 
BE PARTICIPATING 
IN TO DRIVE 
THOSE NUMBERS 
DOWN. 
>> YOUR MOM 
COMING IN FROM 
THE DAYCARE OR 
PRESCHOOL TYPE 
OF JOB, THIS IS 
VERY PERSONAL. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
IT IS SOMETHING 
THAT I THINK IS 
SOMETHING I HAVE 
TO WORRY ABOUT 
ON A DAILY 
BASIS, NOT 
NECESSARILY THAT 
I WOULD TRANSMIT 
TO THEM BUT YOU 
JUST NEVER KNOW 
AND SO THIS 
RESEARCH STUDIES 
ARE DEFINITELY 
SOMETHING THAT 
I'M PERSONALLY 
DOING, NOT ONLY 
TO HELP MY 
FAMILY, BUT ALSO 
TO HELP HUMANITY.
>> WE ARE FIVE 
MONTHS INTO THIS 
PANDEMIC MORE 
THAN 150,000 
PEOPLE HAVE DIED 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
THE U.S. AND THE 
NATION'S LEADING 
INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE DR.  IS 
STILL REMINDING 
AMERICANS TO GET 
BACK TO THE 
BASICS. 
>> WEAR A MASK 
ALL THE TIME 
WHEN YOU ARE 
OUTSIDE. 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING SIX 
FEET AT LEAST, 
AVOID CROWDS, 
CLOSE BARS IN 
AREAS WHERE 
THERE IS VIRAL 
ACTIVITY AND DO 
HAND HYGIENE'S. 
>> NBC NEWS 
MEDICAL 
CORRESPONDENT 
DR. JOHN TORRES 
JOINS ME NOW  
DR. JOHN, YOU 
HEARD DR. FAUCI 
THERE  LAST 
NIGHT THE 
PRESIDENT 
RETWEETED A 
VIDEO OF A DR. 
WHO SAID  YOU 
DON'T NEED MASKS 
TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND I HAVE 
TALKED FOR 
MONTHS NOW ABOUT 
WHAT PEOPLE CAN 
DO AND SHOULD BE 
DOING TO PROTECT 
THEMSELVES FROM 
COVID-19. 
IN YOUR MEDICAL 
OPINION, WHAT 
ARE THE MOST 
IMPORTANT THINGS 
THAT PEOPLE 
SHOULD BE DOING 
AT THIS STAGE OF 
THE PANDEMIC? 
>> ALLISON, YOU 
AND I HAVE 
TALKED ABOUT 
DISCONTINUING, 
THIS IS WHAT THE 
SCIENCE IS 
SHOWING AND 
GRANTED YOU 
KNOW, INITIALLY 
EARLY ON THERE 
IS A BIT OF 
CONFUSION OUT TO 
AS TO WHAT YOU 
NEEDED, WHAT YOU 
DIDN'T NEED, 
WHAT WORKED, 
WHAT DIDN'T WORK 
BUT THAT'S 
BECAUSE THE 
VIRUS WAS SUCH A 
NEW VIRUS AND WE 
CERTAINLY 
LEARNED OVER THE 
LAST FEW MONTHS 
AND WHAT WE 
LEARNED ARE THE 
FOUR BIG THINGS 
THAT EVERYBODY 
NEEDS TO DO TO 
KEEP THIS 
PANDEMIC UNDER 
CONTROL, WEAR 
MASKS, SOCIAL 
DISTANCE, THAT 
SUCCEED IS VERY 
IMPORTANT, DON'T 
GO OUT IN LARGE 
GROUPS, MOST SAY 
10 OR LESS 
PEOPLE, TRY TO 
BE OUTDOORS 
VERSUS INDOORS 
AND THERE'S LOTS 
AND LOTS OF HAND 
HYGIENE SO THOSE 
FOUR THINGS ARE 
THE KEY TO KEEP 
THIS PANDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL 
AND I KNOW A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ARE 
COMING FORWARD 
SAY HEY, I'M AN 
EXPERT I DON'T 
BELIEVE IN THOSE 
THINGS, I'VE 
SEEN PEOPLE NOT 
USE THOSE THINGS 
AND BE OKAY, 
THAT'S NOT WHAT 
THE SCIENCE IS 
SHOWING AND 
GRANTED 
INITIALLY THAT 
IS NOT WHAT WE 
KNEW, BUT NOW WE 
KNOW THAT SIX 
MONTHS AND WE 
ARE SHOWING 
STUDIES OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN THAT 
THOSE FOUR 
THINGS ARE KEY. 
>> DR. JOHN, IN 
THE VIDEO THAT  
RESIDENT TRUMP 
SHARED ON VIDEO, 
IT IS A VIDEO 
TWEETER HAS 
DELIVERED BY THE 
WAY, THAT DR. 
ALSO SAID  THAT 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
HAS A CURE, 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. 
WHAT WE KNOW 
ABOUT 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
AND THIS DRUG 
COCKTAIL THAT 
THIS DR. 
MENTIONED?  
>> FIRST AND 
FOREMOST, BOTTOM 
LINE, THIS IS 
NOT A CURE FOR 
CORONAVIRUS, 
THERE IS NO CURE 
FOR CORONAVIRUS 
AT THIS POINT, 
CORONAVIRUS IF 
YOU THINK ABOUT 
IT IS ONE OF THE 
VIRUSES THAT 
CAUSES THE 
COMMON COLD 
AMONG OTHER 
THINGS, BUT BACK 
IN JANUARY, IT 
MORPHED, IT 
MUTATED INTO 
CAUSING WHAT WE 
HAVE NOW, THIS 
PANDEMIC WHICH 
IS CAUSING DEBTS 
AMONG CASES AS 
WELL AND SO, WE 
ARE LOOKING AT 
THE COMMON COLD. 
AND THAT IS BEEN 
AROUND FOR 
HUNDREDS AND 
HUNDREDS OF 
YEARS. 
WE'RE TALKING 
SIX MONTHS INTO 
CORONAVIRUS 
HERE, COVID-19, 
WHICH WE 
CERTAINLY DON'T 
HAVE ANY CURES 
FOR THAT. 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
EARLY ON WAS 
SHOWING SOME 
INDICATIONS THAT 
MIGHT HELP 
BENEFITS ARE NOT 
IN YOUR FAVOR, 
THE RISKS ARE 
CERTAINLY THERE, 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE,
AND THINK, THAT 
WAS LOOKED AT AS 
WELL, INITIALLY 
EARLY ON IF YOU 
REMEMBER THEY 
WERE TALKING 
ABOUT 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
AND THE 
COMBINATION, 
THAT CAUSED EVEN 
MORE HEART 
PROBLEMS ADDING 
ZINC TO IT 
DOESN'T SEEM TO 
HELP AS WELL, SO 
AGAIN, THIS IS 
NOT A CURE BUT 
THIS IS 
CERTAINLY 
SOMETHING THAT 
SOME PEOPLE ARE 
TOUTING, 
ESPECIALLY IN 
THE FRINGES OF 
SCIENCE BUT 
SCIENCE ITSELF 
IS SHOWING THAT 
THIS COMBINATION 
AND THESE 
INDIVIDUAL DRUGS 
DO NOT WORK. 
>> IF WE DO SEE 
A SECOND WAVE, 
THE LOCKDOWNS 
NEED TO BE EVEN 
MORE RESTRICTED 
THAN? 
>> I THINK 
THAT'S WHAT 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE, YOU ARE 
GOING TO SEE A 
LOT OF THEM 
ROLLING BACK YOU 
WON'T SEE THEM 
TO THE EXTENT WE 
HAD BACK IN THE 
MARGIN APRIL 
TIMEFRAME. 
WHAT THEY ARE 
LOOKING AT NOW, 
THEY SEEM TO BE 
ONE AREA OF 
CONCENTRATION 
THAT SEEMS TO BE 
THE TROUBLE SPOT 
FOR CAUSING 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES TO START 
SPREADING SO 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
AT DOING THINGS 
LIKE OKAY, LET'S 
GO AHEAD AND 
CLOSE DOWN BARS 
IN CERTAIN AREAS 
ESPECIALLY AREAS 
THAT ARE 
HOTSPOTS BUT 
KEEP OTHER 
THINGS OPEN, KEY 
BUSINESSES OPEN, 
KEEP 
MANUFACTURING 
FACILITIES OPEN 
BECAUSE WE CAN 
CONTROL THOSE, 
BUT JUST THE 
NATURE OF THE 
BARR, NATURE OF 
THE BARR, IT IS 
HARD TO WEAR A 
MASK IF YOU'RE 
HAVING A DRINK 
YOU ARE AROUND 
PEOPLE YOU ARE 
CONSTANTLY IN 
CONTACT WITH 
PEOPLE  THAT IS 
PART OF BEING IN 
THE BARR SCENE  
AND THAT LEND 
ITSELF TO 
GETTING BROTHERS 
SO IF WE CAN 
CLOSE THINGS 
LIKE THAT OUR 
PEOPLE SOCIALIZE 
ENVIRONMENTS 
LIKE THAT OR 
THEY CAN SOCIAL 
DISTANCE THEY 
ARE NOT WEARING 
MASKS, THAT WILL 
GO A LONG WAY 
TOWARD MAKING 
SURE WE GET THE 
PANDEMIC UNDER 
CONTROL AND 
>> DR. JOHN, 
LET'S TALK ABOUT 
SCHOOLS, A LOT 
OF CONCERN  
ABOUT REOPENING 
THE SCHOOLS, 
SOME COUNTRIES 
OVERSEAS, SOME 
STATES IN THE 
U.S., THOUGH, 
HAVE ALREADY 
REOPENED. 
WHAT SHOULD WE 
BE LOOKING AT 
AND LEARNING 
FROM WHEN WE 
LOOK AT PLACES 
THAT ARE OPEN 
ALREADY? 
>> AND IF YOU 
LOOK AT THE 
COUNTRIES ON THE 
STATES FOR THE 
REOPENING AND 
THE ONE THAT IS 
DONE IT 
SUCCESSFULLY 
VERSUS THE ONES 
THAT HAD TO ROLL 
BACK A LITTLE 
BIT, PART OF 
THAT, PART OF 
THE EQUATION 
THAT IS WORKING 
IS ONE MAKING 
SURE YOU ARE NOT 
IN THE HOTSPOT, 
MAKING SURE YOU 
ARE NOT IN AN 
AREA WHERE 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES BECAUSE 
THAT MEANS THAT 
THESE CHILDREN 
HAVE CORONAVIRUS 
AS WELL TAKE IT 
TO THE SCHOOL 
AND IT CAN 
SPREAD TO THERE 
TO THE FACULTY 
AND STAFF AND 
THEIR FAMILIES, 
THE THING ITSELF 
THAT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
WEARING OF 
MASKS, LOTS OF 
HAND HYGIENE. 
IF SOMEBODY GETS 
SICK, THAT PART 
GETS SICK BUT IT 
DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY 
CONDUCT OTHER 
POTS AND CAUSE 
PROBLEMS THERE 
AS WELL, SO 
THOSE SEEM TO BE 
THE KEYS THAT 
SEEM TO BE 
WORKING IN OTHER 
AREAS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
DR. JOHN, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>> YOU BET. 
>>>  NEVER-
ENDING SHIFT, 
MACHINES 
CONSTANTLY 
BUDGING AND 
PATIENTS DYING 
EVERY SINGLE 
DAY. 
DOCTORS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY ARE 
STILL FIGHTING 
THIS VIRUS AND 
THEY ARE ASKING 
THE REST OF US 
TO DO OUR PART 
TO HELP. 
HERE'S WHAT IT'S 
LIKE ON THE 
FRONT LINES 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> IT IS BEEN A 
VERY ROUGH 48 
HOURS IN DALLAS 
COUNTY. 
WE LOST 30 
LIVES, 30 
CITIZENS OF OUR 
COUNTY YESTERDAY 
TO COVID-19. 
>> WE ARE LOOSE 
-- YOU TWO 
HURRICANES SO 
YOU GET A 
WARNING THE 
HURRICANE IS 
GOING TO HIT, 
THE HURRICANE 
HITS AND THEN 
YOU HAVE THE 
AFTERMATH BUT 
HURRICANE TENDS 
TO BE SORT OF A 
FINE ITEM, THIS 
IS INFINITE AND 
WE DON'T HAVE 
THE KNOWLEDGE OF 
AND AFTERMATH 
WHEN YOU HAVE NO 
IDEA HOW LONG 
THE HURRICANE IS 
OPTING -- IS 
LASTING, SO THAT 
MAKES IT 
DIFFICULT, NOT 
KNOWING WHEN IS 
THE END? 
>> THERE'S THAT 
STRESS, THAT 
STRAIN, THERE IS 
STRAIN AROUND 
US, THERE IS THE 
CONSCIOUS, 
SUBCONSCIOUS 
CONCERN THAT WE 
HAVE, AT THE END 
OF OUR WORKDAY 
AND HOPING AND 
PRAYING THAT WE 
ARE NOT TAKING 
THE VIRUS ON TO 
OUR LOVED ONES. 
BUT THEN THERE'S 
ALSO THE 
SENSORY, THERE 
IS THE 
>> IT IS JUST -- 
IT HITS YOU, IT 
IS PALPABLE AND 
AUDIBLE. 
>> IT IS 
COMPLETELY A 
DIFFERENT 
SETTING THEN WE 
HAVE HAD IN THE 
PAST, EVERY DAY 
IS A NEW DAY. 
A LOT OF US ARE 
IN THE MOMENT 
AND KEEPING OUR 
HEADS ABOVE 
WATER IN THAT 
MOMENT. 
>> WHAT WE ASK 
HIS HELP, WHEN I 
SAY SUPPORT, I 
DON'T MEAN -- 
DON'T NEED TV 
COMMERCIALS, WE 
DON'T EVEN NEED 
BANGING ON POTS 
OUTSIDE THE 
WINDOW AT THE 
SAME TIME EVERY 
NIGHT. 
ALL WE NEED IS 
FOR EVERYBODY TO 
JUST WEAR THAT 
MASK OUTSIDE THE 
HOME. 
>> 
>> BECAUSE THE 
DR. IS 
MOBILIZING AND 
DISPATCHING  
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS TO 
HOSPITALS ACROSS 
INDIA, THE SOUTH 
COVID-19 FROM 
SPREADING. 
>> WE ARE NOT 
ABLE TO TREAT 
>> A FOUNDER OF 
THE 
ORGANIZATION, 
DOCTORS FOR YOU, 
HE RUNS OUT OF 
THE CHARITABLE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> 
>> THE LANGUAGE 
COMMUNICATIONS 
CAN HAPPEN VERY 
EASILY. 
>> THE DR. HAS A 
PRIVATE PRACTICE 
, SHE SAID SHE'S 
WORKING LONGER 
HOURS AND MAKING 
SURE PATIENTS 
RECEIVE THE 
ATTENTION AND 
CARE THEY NEED. 
>> I SEE A LOT 
OF COVID 
PATIENTS AND 
THAT'S THE 
REGULAR PATIENT, 
ALL OF MY OTHER 
PATIENTS WERE 
THERE. 
THEY HAVE 
INFECTIONS, 
SEEING A LOT, 
JUST BECAUSE OF 
THAT. 
>> THE DR.  SAID 
HE IS NOW 
WORKING ON A 
REDUCED SALARY 
AND NOTICED MORE 
AND MORE 
PATIENTS TO 
FURTHER ELECTIVE 
SURGERY FOR FEAR 
OF CONTRACTING 
THE VIRUS. 
>> IT IS FRANKLY 
DEMORALIZING 
THAN WE ARE 
WORKING THE 
PANDEMIC OF YOUR 
LIFE AND WE ARE 
TOLD THAT THIS 
IS THE TIME MANY 
OF THEM CAN TAKE 
A PAY CUT. 
>> INDIA IS IN 
THE TOP THREE 
COUNTRIES WITH A 
SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES AS MAJOR 
CHALLENGES IN 
MINIMIZING THE 
EXPOSURE. 
THEY ARE VERY 
SUCCESSFUL IN 
TAKING EVERY 
ACTION. 
AS SOON AS THEY 
DISCOVERED THIS 
PROBLEMLOT 
OF POSSIBILITY. 
>> 
>> THIS IS A JOB 
THAT I HAVE. 
I LOVE MY JOB. 
>>> THIS IS A 
LIVE LOOK AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
WE ARE EXPECTING 
A CORONAVIRUS 
BREATHING FROM 
THE PRESIDENT 
ANY MOMENT NOW. 
IS AND AS HE 
GETS STARTED, WE 
WILL BRING IT TO 
YOU ALIVE. 
>>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
ALESUND HERE. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S HEAD OVER 
TO  NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
SAVANNAH 
SELLERS. 
SHE'S GOT THE 
VERY LATEST 
HEADLINES FOR US 
FOR  
NBCNEWS.COM. 
SAVANNAH, WHAT 
HAVE YOU GOT FOR 
US THIS HOUR?  
>> HI,, AGAIN, 
ALISON. 
FIRST, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT WITH 
ANOTHER UPDATE 
ON THE MLB . 
THAT LEAGUE IS 
SCRAPPING THE 
SERIES 
ALTOGETHER 
BETWEEN THE 
YANKEES AND 
PHILLIES DUE TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
CONCERNS. 
THIS ALL STEMS 
FROM TAKING OVER 
THE WEEKEND WHEN 
THE PHILLIES 
PLAYED THAT 
MIAMI MARLINS, A 
TEAM THAT IS 
ITSELF 
QUARANTINING 
AFTER 17 YEARS 
AND STAFF TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
NOW, THE MLB IS 
POSTPONING ALL 
VIOLENCE GAMES 
DUE. MIAMI'S 
MAYOR SAID THEY 
OUTBREAK ME HIM 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
OTHER REOPENING 
PLANS.
. YOU MENTION IF
, YOU KNOW, 
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
, ALL OF THE 
RESOURCES, THE 
ABILITY TO TEST, 
YOU KNOW, CAN 
CONTROL OR 
CONTAIN THE 
POWERS WITHIN 
THE TEAM, 
MENTIONED HOW 
DIFFICULT IT IS 
GOING TO BE IN A 
SCHOOL, PEOPLE 
OUT IN THE 
ESTATE OF MAMIE. 
WE OPENING 
SCHOOLS IN 
CLASSROOM 
TEACHING. 
I DON'T KNOW 
WHERE WE WILL BE 
IN THE NEXT FEW 
WEEKS WHEN THAT 
FINAL DECISION 
HAS TO BE MADE. 
I DON'T THINK 
WE'RE IN A PLACE 
TO BE ABLE TO DO 
THAT RIGHT NOW. 
>> NO, SOME BIG 
NEWS ON THE 
WASHINGTON. 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
JUST ANNOUNCED 
THAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO REJECT 
NEW DACA 
APPLICATIONS AS 
THEY CONTINUE TO 
TRY TO STRIP 
LEGAL PROTECTIONS
FOR HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
DREAMERS. 
NOW, YOU MIGHT 
REMEMBER THE 
SUPREME COURT 
JUST RECENTLY 
REJECTED THE 
PRESIDENT'S PLAN 
TO END OF DACA. 
BUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
IS SAYS THAT 
THEY STILL VIEW 
THE PROGRAM IS 
ILLEGAL AND THE 
RULING LESS ROOM 
FOR THEM TO FIND 
OTHER WAYS OF 
INTERIM. 
THEY WILL LIMIT 
THE SCOPE OF IT. 
APPLICATIONS FOR 
RENO WILL BE 
CONSIDERED ON A 
CASE-BY-CASE 
BASIS. 
>>> MEANWHILE, 
THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER 
IS ISSUING 
WARNINGS ABOUT A 
NEW PUBLIC 
TROPICAL 
DISTURBANCE 
BREWING IN THE 
ATLANTIC. 
THE TRUCK OF THE 
POTENTIAL CYCLE 
IS NOT TOTALLY 
CERTAIN. 
BUT IT COULD END 
UP THREATEN 
PUERTO RICO AND 
FLORIDA LATER 
THIS WEEK. 
>> NO, WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING 
QUITE A BIT 
ABOUT HOW MASKS 
HAVE BECOME SIZE.
THAT THERE'S A 
NEW POLL THAT 
SHOWS WHERE SOME 
OF THAT DIVISION 
LIES. 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
DISCHARGE. 
86% OF DEMOCRATS 
TELL US THEY 
WEAR A MASK 
EVERY 10 TO 
LEAVE THE HOUSE. 
70 1% ARE IT 
DEPENDED AND 
JUST 48% OF 
REPUBLICANS SAY 
THEY MESSED UP 
EVERY TIME THEY 
GO OUT. 
NONWHITE 
AMERICANS IN THE 
ELDERLY ARE ALSO 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
MORE LIKELY TO 
SAY THEY'RE 
CONSISTENTLY 
WEARING THEM. 
THAT IS THE CDC 
HAS THE BEEN 
RECOMMENDING 
SINCE ABELSON 
THAT WE ALL WEAR 
MASKS WHEN WE 
ARE UNABLE TO 
SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
>> Reporter: AND 
HERE'S SOME 
PHOTOS TO EAT 
ON. 
THE EMMYS ARE 
ALMOST HERE. 
THE TELEVISION 
ACADEMY RELEASES 
THEIR LIST WITH 
HIM HBO'S 
WATCHMEN 
RECEIVING THE 
MOST 
RECOGNITION. 
INCLUDING BEST 
LIMITED SERIES. 
ALISON, I'VE NOT 
SEEN THE SHOW 
YET. 
WHICH I AM 
SHOCKED TO  I 
HAVE LEFT A 
PHONE AND TURN 
DRINK MY 
QUARANTINE 
CONTENT BINGE. 
BUT I GUESS I 
GOT A SHOW TO 
WATCH. 
>> IT IS NO 
SURPRISE THAT I 
HAVE NOT SEEN IT 
EITHER BECAUSE 
IF ONE KNOWS 
I'VE BEEN GOING 
THROUGH A BENCH 
OUT OF CONTROL. 
NOW I THINK I 
HAVE BEEN. 
WE GOT TO 
COMPARE NOTES. 
WE FINALLY GET 
TO DO IT. 
>> SOUNDS GOOD. 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> FOR THE 
FIRST TIME IN 
MORE THAN YEAR, 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
WILLIAM BARR, 
TESTIFIED ON 
CAPITAL TODAY. 
TAKING QUESTIONS 
ON EVERYTHING 
FROM RUSSIA TO 
ROGER STONE TO 
THE PROTESTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> SO LET ME ASK 
YOU, SIR, DO YOU 
THINK IT IS EVER 
APPROPRIATE TO 
TEAR GAS ON 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS, YES 
OR NO? 
>> THE PROBLEM 
IN THESE THINGS 
SOME SIGNS OCCUR 
BECAUSE IT IS 
HARD TO SEPARATE 
PEOPLE. 
>> MR. BARR, MY 
QUESTION IS VERY 
SPECIFIC. 
DO YOU THINK IT 
IS EVER 
APPROPRIATE TO 
USE TEAR GAS ON 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS, YES 
OR NO? 
>> IT IS 
APPROPRIATE TO 
USE YOUR GAZE 
WHEN IT IS 
INDICATED THAT 
THIS DISPERSE -- 
>> ON PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS? 
>> -- UNLAWFUL 
ASSEMBLY. 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS ARE 
AFFECTED BY IT. 
>> JOINING ME 
NO, NBC NEWS  
NATIONAL 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER AND NBC 
NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
FOR 
INVESTIGATIONS, 
TOM WINTER. 
AND NBC NEWS 
LEGAL ANALYST 
SYNTHE OXLY. 
I WANT TO START 
WITH YOU. 
BARR TOOK 
QUESTIONS FROM 
REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS TODAY. 
HOW -- DO THEY 
GET ANYTHING NEW 
OUT OF BARR 
TODAY? 
>> YEAH, MEETS, 
I THINK, YOU 
KNOW, THE CLIP 
YOU SHOWED 
CAPTURED A LOT OF
WHAT DEMOCRATS 
WERE DOING. 
THEY WERE THERE 
TO MAKE A POINT. 
THEY HAVE DRAWN 
THEIR 
CONCLUSIONS 
ABOUT ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WILLIAM 
BARR. 
THEY VIEW HIM AS 
-- PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CARRYING 
OUT HIS 
POLITICAL GOALS 
RATHER THAN 
BEINGING AN 
IMPARTIAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICER. 
COMPLAINING TO 
THE BASE AND 
MAKE THE POINTS. 
THEY DID NOT GET 
A LOT OF GOOD 
INFORMATION OUT 
OF HIM. 
ONE MOMENT THAT 
STUCK OUT THAT I 
THINK MANY 
REMARKING ON WAS 
WHEN WILLIAM 
BARR WAS ASKED 
IF IT IS EVER 
APPROPRIATE TO 
SEEK ASSISTANCE, 
YOU KNOW, FROM A 
FOREIGN ENTITY, 
YOU KNOW, FOR 
ASSISTANCE IN AN 
ELECTION. 
FIRST, WILLIAM 
BARR SAID IT 
DEPENDS. 
HE -- TALKING TO 
PEOPLE BECAUSE 
THE LEGAL 
ANSWER, OF 
COURSE NOT. 
THE LAW IS VERY 
CATEGORY. 
AT THE S.E.C. 
CHIEF HAS MADE 
IT CLEAR THAT 
NOTHING OF VALUE 
CAN BE 
SOLICITED. 
ARE PLAYING 
WALKED THAT. 
AND SAID NO, IT 
IS NOT 
APPROPRIATE. 
WHICH IS THE 
RIGHT ANSWER. 
THERE WAS 
ANOTHER MOMENT 
WHERE 
CONGRESSMAN 
SMALL WILL WAS 
QUESTIONING THE 
AGENT AND ASKED 
IF HE HAS REVISED
THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR ANYBODY 
OTHER THAN ROGER 
STONE AND 
WILLIAM BARR HE 
SAID HE HAD NOT. 
I WAS ALSO 
NOTABLE THING 
BECAUSE ANY 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
OUTRAGE AT THE 
PRESIDENT 
COMMUTING THE 
ROGER STONE WHO 
IS A FRIEND AND 
POLITICAL ALLY. 
>> CINTHEA, WHAT 
WAS YOUR TAKE ON 
BARR'S DEFENSE 
ON THE HANDLING 
OF PROTESTS IN 
DC AND OTHER 
PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY, 
>> WELL, I THINK 
IN A WAY, IF YOU 
WERE REALLY 
INVOLVED IN THE 
NEWS OF THE DAY, 
HE PRETTY 
OBJECTIVELY SAID 
THAT IN PORTLAND,
THEY HAD TO PUT 
THE FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSE. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS, I 
DON'T THINK 
EFFECTIVELY 
EXPLAINED THAT HE
A FIGHT IN 
PORTLAND. 
HE HAS BROUGHT 
IN THOSE FEDERAL 
OFFICERS THAT 
DON'T NEED THOSE 
ARE NOT WANTED 
BY THE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT AND 
HE PARKED A 
FIGHT IN ORDER 
TO BE ABLE TO 
MAKE A POLITICAL 
POINT ABOUT LAW 
AND ORDER. 
AND ONE THE 
DEMOCRATS WERE 
VERY AFFECTED IN 
SOME PARTS OF 
THE HEARING, 
PARTICULARLY ON 
ISLAND, THEY 
WERE A LITTLE 
BIT LESS 
EFFECTIVE. 
I THINK HE IS 
RIGHT. 
THAT THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE PART 
OF TODAY, THE 
DEMOCRATS, WAS 
THEIR ABILITY TO 
BRING OUT THAT 
THERE ARE TWO 
SETS OF 
JUSTICES, 
JUSTICE SYSTEMS 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
ONE, FRANCE OF 
THE PRESIDENT 
AND THE OTHER 
FOR EVERYBODY 
ELSE. 
>> SO LET ME ASK 
YOU, BARR 
OFFENDED HOW THE 
EVERY STATION 
DEALT WITH 
PROTESTERS. 
WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN FOR CITIES 
LIKE PORTLAND 
AND OTHER CITIES 
THAT COULD SOON 
SEE FEDERAL 
AGENTS? 
>> I THINK THAT 
THE CURRENT THE 
DEPARTMENT AND 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ARE 
GOING TO BE KIND 
OF BLOCK IN HERE 
AS FAR AS WHERE 
THEY GO. 
IN THE FUTURE 
WITH RESPECT TO 
OTHER CITIES, AS 
WELL AS WITH 
PORTLAND. 
TODAY, BILL BARR 
REALLY MADE IT A 
POINT TO SAY, 
LOOK, PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO TRY TO 
BREAK OUT INTO 
OUR COURTHOUSES, 
LIKE THEM ON 
FIRE, INJURE 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
THAT ARE 
DEFENDING THEM, 
WE HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO SECURE 
THOSE 
FACILITIES. 
AND TO TAKE 
THOSE TACTICS 
THAT WE NEED TO 
DO. 
IT IS GOING TO 
BE DIFFICULT TO 
MAKE THAT 
ARGUMENT TO SEND 
MARKET WHETHER 
IT BE U.S. 
MARSHALS, PEOPLE 
FROM CBP, OTHER 
PARTS OF THE 
BORDER JUSTICE 
THEY JUST SYSTEM 
TO THE OTHER 
CITIES, WHERE 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
THAT LEVEL OF 
PROTEST. 
THE MATTER HAVE 
THAT LEVEL OF 
VIOLENCE. 
IT WAS SOMETHING 
THAT PERHAPS WAS 
UNDER 
CONSIDERATION 
FOR NEW YORK 
CITY. 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
55,000, WHICH IS 
THE SIZE OF THE 
NYPD. 
55 SEVEN FEDERAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PEOPLE, IF THEY 
WOULD BE ABLE TO 
SEND TO NEW YORK 
CITY TO MATCH 
THE NYPD AND I'M 
NOT SURE WHAT 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO DO, THIS 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT HERE, 
WOULD NOT BE 
ABLE TO DO. 
SO I THINK, 
ALISON,  IS 
REALLY GOING TO 
BE ON A CASE-BY-
CASE BASIS. 
THERE'S ALWAYS 
FEDERAL 
PROTECTIVE 
SERVICE RELEASE 
IN U.S. MARSHALS 
AND FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSES. 
SO I THINK RIGHT 
NOW THE FOCUS IS 
GOING TO BE ON 
FEDERAL PROPERTY 
GOING FORWARD, 
UNLESS THINGS 
RADICALLY FLARE 
UP AGAIN LIKE WE 
THOUGHT ABOUT A 
MONTH, MONTH AND 
A HALF AGO. 
>> TIME, YOU 
MENTIONED YARD. 
I ALSO WANT TO 
ASK ABOUT THE 
FORMER U.S. 
ATTORNEY FOR THE 
SOUTHERN 
DISTRICT OF NEW 
YORK. 
THIS IS WHAT 
BARR TOLD TO 
CONGRESSWOMAN 
AND POTENTIAL 
BIDEN VP. 
VAL DEMINGS ALI. 
>> WHAT THE 
SITTING 
PRESIDENT CANNOT 
BE INDICTED OR 
CRIMINALLY 
PROSECUTED 
BECAUSE YOU MADE 
SURE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP UNDERSTOOD 
THAT. 
IN YOUR 19 PAGE 
OR HOWEVER LONG 
APPLICATION, JOB 
APPLICATION. 
HOWEVER, YOU ARE 
AWARE THE 
SPECIAL COUNSEL 
CONFIRMED THAT A 
SITTING 
PRESIDENT CAN BE 
INVESTIGATING. 
YOU DID READ 
THAT IN THE 
SPECIAL 
COUNSEL'S 
REPORT. 
IS THAT CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
GIVEN 
RESTRICTIONS 
RESIDENCE, 
FORMER BUSINESS 
LOCATION OF 
SOUTHERN 
DISTRICT OF HIS 
OFFICE, WOULD 
HAVE DECISION-
MAKING AUTHORITY 
OVER WITH A TO 
INVESTIGATE THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HIMSELF. 
AND YOU REMOVED 
HIM. 
>> I HAVE 
EXPLAINED WHY I 
REMOVED HIM. 
>> TIME, WHAT DO 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
WHETHER BARR HAD 
SPECIFIC DETAILS 
ABOUT THE 
INVESTIGATION 
THAT HE WAS 
LOOKING INTO? 
>> CERTAINLY HE 
WOULD BE BASED 
ON WHAT IS GOING 
ON. 
ONE OF THE MOST 
AS THEY'VE 
INVESTIGATION 
THAT WE ARE 
AWARE OF THAT 
INVOLVES THE 
PRESIDENT AND IS 
OBVIOUSLY 
INQUIRY INTO, I 
WOULD SAY, PALS 
AND BUSINESS 
ASSOCIATES OF 
RUDY GIULIANI. 
IT WAS WORK THAT 
A PHYSICIAN FOR 
THE MOMENT HE 
TOOK OFFICE. 
HE WAS AWARE OF 
THE ARREST 
APPROXIMATELY 20 
MINUTES BEFORE 
IT HAPPENED. 
IT IS NOT AS IF 
HE WAS KEPT IN 
THE DARK. 
HE WOULD HAVE, I 
BELIEVE, OVER 
ALL OF THE -- 
DEFINITELY HAS. 
THE OVERALL THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
BUT I THINK HE 
WOULD CERTAINLY 
BE AWARE OF ALL 
OF THEM AT THIS 
POINT. 
AND IS REPORTED 
TO NOTE HERE 
THAT THE REASON 
WHY THIS 
HAPPENED 
ACCORDING TO 
REPORTING IS 
THAT JAKE LUTON, 
WHO HEADS THE 
S.E.C., REALLY 
WANTED TO COME 
BACK TO NEW YORK 
CITY AND FELT 
THAT THIS WAS 
GOING TO BE GOOD 
FOR HIS RESUME. 
BOURBON WAS NOT 
SOMEBODY THAT 
B.A.R.T. 
PUT INTO PLACE 
AND SOMETHING 
THAT THE 
PRESIDENT 
COULD'VE PUT IN 
JUST AS A PLACE 
TO FILL THE 
INITIALLY TO 
FOLDABLES, MORE. 
JUST KIND OF A 
SAILOR IN THAT 
OFFICE. 
NOW THIS HAS 
BEEN PUT SO 
INCREDIBLE BY 
BARR'S 
MISHANDLING OF 
THE ISSUE AND 
WHETHER OR NOT 
HE IS GOING TO 
STICK DOWN. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
THIS BEFORE. 
NOW AUDREY 
STRAUSS IS IN 
THAT OFFICE AND 
I FIND IT 
DIFFICULT TO 
BELIEVE THAT 
SURELY BEFORE 
THE ELECTION 
THAT JAKE LEBER 
ANYBODY ELSE IS 
GOING TO BE 
CONCERNED AT THE 
YOU CERTAINLY 
FOR THE SOUTHERN 
DISTRICT. 
I WOULD LOVE FOR 
THE CONGRESSMAN 
WOMAN TO GO 
FURTHER. 
THIS IS HER LINE 
OF QUESTIONING. 
FOR LIKE TODAY, 
WE REALLY JUST 
DID NOT GET A 
LOT OF ANSWERS 
THAT WE WOULD 
LIKE TO HAVE 
GOTTEN ON THIS 
ISSUE. 
ON WHAT HAPPENED 
AT LAFAYETTE 
PARK. 
AND OTHER ISSUES 
BECAUSE CONGRESS 
IS JUST SO 
WILLFULLY INEPT 
THE QUESTION 
ANYBODY WHEN IT 
IS JUST THE 
NUMBERS 
THEMSELVES AND 
THESE, LIMITED 
SIZE. 
STATEMENTS THAT 
SEEM TO BE 
AUDITIONS FOR 
CABLE NEWS EVERY 
NIGHT. 
SO IT JUST SEEMS 
LIKE A LITTLE 
BIT OF A GREAT 
EFFORT BY 
CONGRESS TODAY. 
THOSE OF US WHO 
WOULD LIKE TO 
LOOK MORE, AS 
FAR AS WHAT IS 
GOING ON 
ACTUALLY HAVE 
THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT, ONE 
OF THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
CABINET 
POSITIONS THAT 
EXIST. 
SO THAT IS KIND 
OF MY ANALYSIS 
ABOUT IT AS IT 
LEADS TO THE 
DISTRICT. 
ALISON?  
>> ALL RIGHT, 
TIME, CINTHEA, 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK OF BARR'S 
AYZIENNE BEHIND 
BARR'S REMOVAL 
AND ANY OTHER 
QUESTIONS THAT 
YOU MAY HAVE AS 
WELL? 
>> WELL, I WOULD 
LOVE TO HEAR 
MORE INFORMATION 
ABOUT BORRMANN'S 
REMOVAL AT WHAT 
HE TOLD 
DIFFERENT APRIL. 
THAT HAS BEEN 
PRETTY 
CONTRADICTORY. 
A LOT OF 
CONTRADICTORY 
STATEMENT ABOUT 
THE OFFICE GOOD. 
WHICH I WISH 
COME OUT. 
YOU REALLY 
OVERALL 
IMPRESSION OF 
THIS IS THAT 
BARR IS A 
DUALISTIC 
SUPPORTER OF 
TRUMP. 
REALLY DO IN 
THE, ALL OF THE 
DOJ. 
AND YOU DON'T 
GET TO SENSE AT 
ALL FROM HIM 
THAT HE IS AN 
IMPARTIAL PERSON
, INDEPENDENT OF 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
THAT IS THE SET 
PART. 
FOR EXAMPLE, 
THERE WERE 
QUESTIONS LIKE, 
HE MOVED 
ELECTION DATE? 
AND BARR SHORT 
OF BUBBLE THAT. 
CAN HE TAKE 
INFORMATION FROM 
FOREIGN 
GOVERNMENTS AND 
THE FEDERAL 
ELECTION? 
HEAT BUBBLE 
THAT. 
HE ALSO HAD 
COMMENTS ABOUT 
COVID, OBAMA'S 
FOR. 
NO REASONS TO BE 
DISCUSSING COVID 
AND OBAMA'S WITH 
CDC. 
THAT IS COMPLETE 
THE OUTSIDE OF 
HIS PURVIEW. 
SO HE REALLY DID 
COME OFF IF YOU 
LOOK AT IT, 
30,000 FEET, AS 
A TRUMP 
SUPPORTER AND 
NOT A PERSON WHO 
REPRESENTS THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
>> AS YOU 
MENTIONED, VAL 
DEMINGS IS ON 
BIDEN'S VP SHORT 
LIST. 
WE HEARD WHAT I 
THOUGHT ABOUT 
THE CHRISTENING 
TODAY DID HER 
QUESTIONING HELP 
OR HURT HER 
CHANCES DO YOU 
THINK OF HURTING 
THAT SPOT? 
>> WELL, ALISON, 
THERE WERE NOT 
ONE BUT TWO 
POTENTIAL  VICE 
PRESIDENT SHORT 
LISTERS FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
ASKING QUESTIONS 
OF WILLIAM BARR. 
VAL DEMINGS WAS 
ONE OF THEM. 
THEY BOTH SEEM 
TO MAKE THEIR 
POINT, 
ELOQUENTLY AT 
SOME POINT, IF 
THEY DID NOT GET 
ANY USEFUL 
INFORMATION OUT 
OF HIM. 
BUT I DO KNOW 
THAT IT HURT 
EITHER OF THEM, 
I DON'T KNOW 
THAT IT INVOLVED 
EITHER THEM IN 
THE TOP EITHER. 
VAL DEMINGS ALSO 
HAD ANOTHER 
MOMENT WHERE SHE 
ASKED WILLIAM 
BARR OF THE 
PRESIDENT HAD 
ASKED HIM TO DO 
ANYTHING 
SPECIFIC WITH 
REGARD TO A 
CRIMINAL CASE. 
SHE SAID, NO. 
SHE REMINDED 
HIM, YOU ARE 
UNDER US. 
HAD THE SAME 
ANSWER. 
THAT IS 
CERTAINLY 
SOMETHING THAT 
THEM, WILL 
RETURN TO AND 
REVISIT EVIDENCE 
OF THE CONTRARY 
COMES UP. 
KAREN BASS 
TALKED A LOT 
ABOUT RACIAL 
DISPARITIES IN 
POLICING AND 
ISSUE OF 
ENORMOUS 
IMPORTANCE TO 
DEMOCRATS AND 
FRIENDLY MUCH OF 
THE COUNTRY 
OUTSIDE THE 
PARTY AT THIS 
POINT. 
SHE TALKED ABOUT 
HOW A WHITE MASS 
MURDER NAMED 
DYLAN WAS 
ARRESTED AND 
KEPT PEACEFULLY 
IN POLICE 
CUSTODY AND EVEN 
SERVED BURGER 
KING AFTER HE 
WAS ARRESTED 
WHILE A BLACK 
MAN NAMED GEORGE 
FLOYD WAS KNELT 
TO DEATH IN A 
CHOKE HOLD AFTER 
COUNTER 
COUNTERFEITING 
SOME $20 BILLS. 
SO I THINK THEY 
BOTH MADE THEIR 
POINT. 
I THINK THEY 
WERE BOTH 
GETTING 
STATEMENTS ABOUT 
WHETHER IT IS 
DECISIVE. 
I HIGHLY DOUBT 
IT. 
AND WE THAT 
SOMEONE LIKE JOE 
BIDEN WOULD THE 
PERFORMANCE OF 
ONE OF THEM AND 
SAY, I WANT TO 
PUT THEM FOR 
THAT REASON. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
BIG DAY ON 
CAPITOL HILL. 
THANKS FOR THE 
TREE OF YOU FOR 
TAKING THE US 
THROUGH THIS. 
>> SURE THING. 
>> FLORIDA 
REPORTED 186 
CORONAVIRUS 
DEATHS TODAY. 
THAT IS A SINGLE-
DAY RECORD FOR 
THE STATE. 
IT IS ALSO THE 
THIRD DAY IN A 
ROW VIEWER THAN 
10,000 NEW CASES 
THERE. 
AND WHAT ABOUT 
THE BASEBALL 
SITUATION IN 
MIAMI? 
THE MLB IS 
PUTTING MARLINS 
SEASON ON HOLD 
THROUGH SUNDAY 
AFTER SEVERAL 
PLAYERS AND 
COACHES TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
SAM BROCK  IS 
OUTSIDE 
ALLENSPARK IN 
MIAMI. SAM, THE 
YANKEES AND 
PHILLIES SERIES 
POSTPONED AS 
WELL BECAUSE 
PHYLLIS, THE 
LAST PLACE THE 
MARLINS PLAYED, 
WHAT IS THE 
LATEST FROM THE 
TEAM THERE IN 
MIAMI? 
WHAT IS GOING 
ON?. 
THE LATEST,  
ALISON, IS THERE 
WAS THE  CONCERN 
THIS WOULD 
AFFECT NOT JUST 
THE MIAMI 
MARLINS BUT 
POTENTIALLY ALL 
OF MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL. 
WE SET OF 
INTERFACE WITH 
THE MARLINS 
EARLY. 
WE FOUND OUT 
THAT THEY WERE 
PAUSING MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL. 
THE REST OF 
DISTANCE. 
WE ARE NOT SURE 
EXACTLY WHAT THE 
LEAGUE WAS GOING 
TO SAY. 
THEN WE FOUND 
OUT IT WAS GOING 
TO BE THE REST 
OF THE MARLINS 
GAME EARLY 
SUNDAY AND THE 
REST AS YOU 
SAID, THE 
POLICE/ANGUS 
KING. 
BUT THERE WAS 
CONCERN AT ONE 
POINT THIS COULD 
BE EIGHT THE 
QUIET STOP IS. 
ROB MANFRED, WHO 
IS THE 
COMMISSIONER OF 
MAY SHIRLEY WE 
SPOKE ALREADY 
SAID, IS ONE 
TEAM CANNOT FEEL 
ENOUGH PLAYERS 
WHERE THEY 
BECOME 
COMPETITIVE, 
LOOK AT THE 
ABILITY, THAT 
WILL BE A 
THRESHOLD FOR 
STOPPAGE FOR 
CHANGING PLANS. 
IT APPEARS THAT 
HAPPEN BUT WHAT 
THEY ARE DOING 
RIGHT NOW IS 
BUYING THE 
MARLINS 
SOMETIME. 
THE LATEST THIS 
IS KIND OF 
SUPPORTING. 
IF YOU TAKEOUT 
THE MIAMI 
MARLINS, NO 
OTHER TEAM IN 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL HAD A 
POSITIVE TEST 
SINCE FRIDAY. 
THIS IS 
EXCLUSIVE FOR 
THE MARLINS 
WHILE FORMER 
THAT WERE 
REPORTED TODAY. 
15. 
THAT IS ABOUT 
HALF OF THE 
ROSTER. THEY 
HAVE CONTRACTED 
COVE NECK AND 
EXTRA THEY ARE 
OUT OF IT. 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL DOES 
NOT WANT TO DO 
RIGHT NOW IS SEE 
IT THIS JUMP TO 
ANY OTHER TEAMS. 
THEY ISOLATE THE 
SITUATION HERE? 
AND ALLOW OTHER 
TEAMS TO 
CONTINUE PLAYING 
IN THE AND GET 
THE MARLINS BACK 
IN FOUR OR FIVE 
DAYS? 
THAT IS THE GOAL 
LIKELY. 
MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL IS NOT 
GOING ANYTHING 
IN THE SEASON 
YET. 
BUT THERE HAS TO 
BE GREAT 
TREPIDATION 
RIGHT NOW 
KNOWING HOW 
FRAGILE THE 
SITUATION IS. 
>> YEAH. 
OH, SAM, IT IS 
INCREDIBLE TO 
HEAR THOSE 
NUMBERS ON JUST 
ONE THING. 
WE ABSOLUTELY 
WILL LET'S TALK 
ABOUT WHAT IS 
GOING ON IN 
FLORIDA MORE 
BROADLY WHEN 
NUMBER NEARLY 
600 PEOPLE 
HOSPITAL IS 
THERE IN THE 
LAST 24 HOURS. 
IS GOING ON WITH 
THE STATE'S 
CORONAVIRUS CODE 
RIGHT NOW? 
>> RIGHT, WHEN 
IT COMES TO 
POSITIONS, I 
THINK IT WOULD 
BE FOR AT THIS 
POINT TO SAY THAT
FLORIDA HAS PUT 
UP AT ABOUT 9400 
COVID-19 
PATIENTS. 
THAT WAS ABOUT A 
WEEK AGO. 
RIGHT NOW, 
THEY'RE JUST OF 
9000. 
9011. 
THAT IS THE 
LATEST FIGURE 
THAT WE HAVE. 
IT HAS GONE UP. 
IT HAS COME 
DOWN. 
BUT IT HAS. 
IN MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY 2300 
COVID PATIENTS, 
NO BELOW 2100. 
SO EITHER SAYING 
THE IT REMIND 
THERE. 
THE POSITIVITY 
RATES ARE ALWAYS 
THAT COHORT AND 
METRIC THAT YOU 
LOOK AT BECAUSE 
YOU WANT TO KNOW 
HOW WIDE IT IS 
BEING 
TRANSMITTED IN 
THE COMMUNITY 
ASKED ABOUT 15% 
FOR THE STATE. 
IF YOU TAKEOUT 
THE PERCENTAGE 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
ALREADY TESTED 
POSITIVE, MORE 
LIKE 11%. 
THAT IS SENT 
SEVERAL 
PROFESSOR 
POINTS. 
THESE ARE ALL 
GOOD SIGNS, 
ALISON,  BUT 
STILL, YOU 
MENTIONED THE 
FATALITY, 186 
WAS THE LATEST 
REPORTED NUMBER. 
THAT IS MORE 
THAN 6100 FOR 
THE STATE. 
THAT IS A 
STAGGERINGLY 
LARGE NUMBER PUT 
IT ALSO DOES NOT 
MEAN THIS ALL 
HAPPENED IN THE 
LAST 24 HOURS. 
THE GOVERNOR 
HERSELF HAS 
ALREADY SAID 
THAT WHEN YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT THAT 
THAT'S TOTALS 
PER DAY, 
SOMETIMES THERE 
CLICKING DEATH 
PLUS IN WEEKS OR 
SEVERAL WEEKS 
PRIOR. 
SO IT IS NOT 
NECESSARILY A 
SNAPSHOT OF WAS 
GOING ON RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE DO KNOW OF 
ITS TOTALITY. 
>> RIGHT. 
>> SEMKO THE 
GOVERNOR HAD A 
PERSON TODAY. 
WHAT ELSE DID HE 
HAVE TO SAY? 
>> IT TALK ABOUT 
THE FACT THAT HE 
FEELS LIKE IN 
THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF WEEKS, 
FLORIDA IS GOING 
TO BE A MUCH 
BETTER PLACE 
THAN IT IS RIGHT 
NOW. 
THE ENTIRELY 
POSSIBLE. 
HE ALSO 
DISCUSSED TRIED 
TO GET MORE 
SHIPMENT OF 
REMDESIVIR WHICH 
IS A DRUG THAT 
HELPS PEOPLE WHO 
ARE STRUGGLING 
RIGHT NOW WITH 
COVID-19. 
SHORTAGES. 
LEADING MORE OF 
THAT IN. 
ALL OF THIS IS 
TRUE. 
BUT 15% AS A 
STATE POSITIVITY 
RATE IS 
EXCEPTIONALLY 
HIGH. 
SO WHAT THEY ARE 
HOPING WITNESSES 
THE NUMBERS THAT 
APPLY TO ARE 
GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO 
IMPROVE. 
YOU STILL HAVE 
SHORTAGES RIGHT 
NOW. 
HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, ALISON, 
WHICH IS A 
SEVERE PROBLEM  
YOU SAW 
EXTREMELY 
FLAMMABLE BEAUTY 
WHITE 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THIS MOMENT. 
AND SO UNTIL 
THAT, WE'RE NOT 
JOINT BUT 
ACTUALLY GOING 
THEM. 
I DON'T THINK 
ANYONE IS WAVING 
A VICTORY FLAG 
AT THE MOMENT. 
>> NO, NOT JUST 
YET. 
BUT GOOD TO HEAR 
THEY ARE SAYING 
SOME SIGNS OF 
THINGS TREADING 
IN A BITTER 
DIRECTION. 
SAM BROCK IN 
MIAMI, THANK YOU 
SO MUCH. 
>> THANKS, 
ALISON. 
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF 
POSTRACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
>> 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. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE 
PEOPLE I SPOKE 
TO SAID IF THEY 
DON'T WORK, 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS 
ARE ON THE 
GROUND, LEARNING 
FROM WHERE IT'S 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED, AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 6 
FEET APART FROM 
ONE ANOTHER FOR 
THE MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS?  
>>> LET'S GO TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
WHERE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
CORONAVIRUS 
BRIEFING. 
>> NOT JUST NEW 
YORK. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO FINALIZE THIS 
GROUNDBREAKING. 
THEY WILL BE 
ANNOUNCING THIS 
DEAL. 
GOVERNOR ANDREW 
CUOMO AND HIS 
REPRESENTATIVES, 
WE WORKED REALLY 
WELL TOGETHER ON 
THIS. 
IT IS A BIG DO. 
GREAT DEAL. 
A GREAT DEAL FOR 
NEW YORK. 
AND A GREAT DEAL 
FOR KODAK. 
90% OF ALL 
PRESCRIPTIONS 
WRITTEN IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
ARE FOR GENERIC 
DRUGS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
APPROVED MORE 
GENERIC DRUGS 
THAN ANY OTHER 
AND MR. SHEBY 
FAR. 
GENERIC DRUGS 
CAN BE JUST AS 
GOOD AS THE 
BRAND NAMES. 
ACROSS MUCH 
BLAST. 
LESS THAN 10% OF 
THE ACTIVE 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
INGREDIENTS 
NEEDED TO MAKE 
THESE DRUGS 
CURRENTLY 
MANUFACTURE IN 
AMERICA MORE 
THAN 30%, 
HOWEVER, ARE 
MADE IN INDIA 
AND CHINA. 
AND YOU WILL BE 
SEEING A LOT OF 
THINGS HAVE 
HAPPENED. 
IT HAS BEEN 
HAPPENING. 
BUT IT IS 
HAPPENING AT A 
MORE RAPID PACE 
RIGHT NOW. 
WORK OF THOSE, 
NEW AGREEMENT, 
IT MAY STATION 
IS USING THE 
DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION ACT 
TO PROVIDE A 765 
MILLION DOLLARS 
LOAN TO SUPPORT 
THE LARGE CODEC 
PHARMACEUTICALS. 
IT IS A GREAT 
NAMED. 
GREAT NEAR. 
IT IS ONE OF THE 
GREAT FRIENDS IN 
THE WORLD. 
PEOPLE DIGITAL 
AND CODEC DID 
NOT FOLLOW. 
BUT NOW UNDER 
VERY 
EXTRAORDINARY 
LEADERSHIP, THEY 
ARE FOLLOWING AND
THEY ARE DOING 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS A DIFFERENT 
FEEL TO IT IS A 
FIELD THAT THEY 
HIRED SOME THE 
BEST PEOPLE IN 
THE WORLD TO BE 
TAKING CARE OF 
THE COMPANY AND 
WATCHING THAT 
COMPANY, 
WATCHING OVER IT.
BUT IT'S A BREAK 
THROUGH IN 
BRINGING 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
MANUFACTURING TO 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
UNDER THIS 
CONTRACT, OUR 
33rd USE OF THE 
DEFENSE REDUCTION
ACT, REMEMBER 
WHEN YOU 
RECENTLY, I DID 
NOT USE IT 
ENOUGH. 
I DID NOT USE IT 
ENOUGH. 
NOW YOU HEARD IT 
IS THE 33rd USE. 
WE DON'T TALK 
ABOUT IT ALL THE 
TIME. 
WE USED IT. 
AND WE USED IT 
AS A LITTLE BIT 
OF A THREAT, 
FRANKLY, WITH 
CERTAIN 
COMPANIES THAT 
WERE NOT DOING 
AS WE WERE 
ASKING THEM TO 
DO AND IT CAME 
THROUGH AS A 
THREAT AND A 
USAGE. 
-- 33-YEAR-OLD 
USE OF THE 
DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION ACT. 
CODEC WOULD KNOW 
PRODUCE GENERIC 
ACTIVE 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
INGREDIENTS. 
THIS IS A BIG 
DEAL. 
USING ADVANCED 
MANUFACTURING 
TECHNIQUES, 
KODAK WILL ALSO 
MAKE  THE KEY 
STARTING 
MATERIALS THAT 
ARE THE BUILDING 
BLOCKS FOR MANY 
DRUGS. 
IN A MATTER THAT 
IS BOTH COST 
COMPETITIVE AND 
ENVIRONMENTALLY 
SAFE. 
WE WILL BE 
COMPETITIVE WITH 
ALMOST ALL 
COUNTRIES AND 
SOON WITH ALL 
COUNTRIES. 
ONCE THIS NEW 
DIVISION IS 
FULLY 
OPERATIONAL, IN 
ADDITION TO ALL 
OF THE OTHER 
PLANS THAT WE 
HAVE OPENED WITH 
OTHER COMPANIES, 
THROUGHOUT THE 
UNITED STATES, 
RECENTLY, IT WILL
PRODUCE AS MUCH 
AS 25% OF ALL 
ACTIVE 
INGREDIENTS 
NEEDED TO MAKE 
GENERIC DRUGS IN 
THE USA. 
IT IS A BIG 
NUMBER. 
25%. 
THIS AGREEMENT 
WILL DIRECTLY 
CREATE 360 NEW 
JOBS IN KODAK'S  
FACTORY IN 
ROCHESTER. 
THAT IS JUST IN 
THE INITIAL 
PHASE. 
AND IN 
MINNEAPOLIS, A 
PLACE I HAVE 
GOTTEN TO KNOW 
VERY WELL. 
IT IS A GREAT 
PLACE. 
AND A VERY HAPPY 
THAT WE ARE ABLE 
TO HELP THEM 
WITH THE 
PROBLEMS THAT 
THEY HAVE HAD 
RECENTLY THE 
NATIONAL GUARD, 
I WANT TO THANK 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
BOTH STATE AND 
BEYOND, I WANT 
TO THANK THEM 
FOR THE 
INCREDIBLE JOB. 
THEY WENT INTO 
AND DATE DID 
SOME BEAUTIFUL 
JOB. 
THEY CLEANUP UP. 
YOU DID NOT HEAR 
ABOUT THE 
PROBLEMS 
ANYMORE. 
AND IN TRUCKEE, 
I WANT TO 
CREATE, WE 
CREATED 
THOUSANDS MORE 
JOBS ALL ACROSS 
OUR 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
SUPPLY CHAINS. 
WITH NO BILL 
WIELDING A VERY 
BIG 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
SUPPLY CHAIN. 
NOT ONLY COMING 
OUT OF CHINA, 
COME OUT OF 
OTHER COUNTRIES, 
ALSO. 
I WANT TO TAKE 
PETER NAVARRO, 
ADAM BALLER AND 
AND ROLE. 
ALL RIGHT, CHECK 
FOR THEIR 
TREMENDOUS WORK 
TO MAKE THIS 
DEAL POSSIBLE. 
TODAY'S ACTION 
ARE LATEST STEP 
TO BUILD THE 
GREATEST MEDICAL 
ARSENAL IN 
HISTORY. WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO DO 
THAT THROUGH THE 
DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION ACT 
AND OTHER 
AUTHORITIES. 
WE HAVE INVESTED 
MORE THAN $3 
BILLION IN OUR 
NATION'S 
INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
WE HAVE 
CONTRACTED WITH 
COMPANIES SUCH 
AS FORD, GENERAL 
MOTORS, 
PHILLIPS, AND 
GENERAL ELECTRIC 
TO REDUCE MORE 
THAN 200,000 
VENTILATORS BY 
THE END OF THIS 
YEAR, NEARLY 
SEVEN TIMES MORE 
THAN WE WOULD 
EVER DO IN A 
TYPICAL YEAR. 
WE HAVE 
CONTRACTED WITH 
HONEYWELL, 3M, 
ODOM, HILLYARD, 
MULTICS, AND 
LIGHT ALL TO 
INCREASE U.S. 
PRODUCTION OF N-
95 MASKS AND WE 
HAVE BROUGHT IT 
FROM THE LESS 
THAN 40 MINUTES 
A MONTH TO OVER 
100 BILLION A 
MONTH. 
BY AUGUST AND WE 
WILL HAVE 160 
MILLION IN A 
VERY SHORT WHILE
. 160 AMOUNTS. 
THAT IS MANY 
TIMES WHAT WE 
USED TO DO IF 
YOU GO BACK TWO 
YEARS AGO, MANY, 
MANY TIMES. 
WE ARE 
INCREASING 
DOMESTIC 
PRODUCTION OF 
GLOVES BY 1000%. 
1000%. 
WE WILL BE, MAN. 
MANUFACTURING 
400 MILLION 
GLOVES AND WE BY 
YEAR. 
WE ARE FINALIZING
CONTRACTS WITH 
OUR TEXTILE 
INDUSTRY TO MAKE 
COUNTS IN 
AMERICA WITH 
AMERICAN FABRIC, 
WHICH MAKES A 
LOT OF OUR 
BUSINESSES 
HAPPY. 
THEY PRODUCED 
THE FABRIC. 
WE HAVE 13 
MILLION REUSABLE 
COUNTS IN THE 
STOCKPILE. 
AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO GROW 
THAT NUMBER TO 
70 TWO MILLION 
THIS FALL. 
WHICH IS A RAPID 
ESCALATION 
INDEED. 
WE MADE MAJOR 
INVESTMENTS IN 
NEW RAPID POINT-
OF-CARE TESTS. 
SO WE HAVE -- 
THERE'S NOTHING 
LIKE THE RAPID 
POINT WHEN YOU 
GET TO YOUR 
ANSWER IN FIVE 
MINUTES, 15 
MINUTES, MAYBE 
20 TO 25 MINUTES 
AT THE MAX. 
AND WE ARE 
ALREADY AT ABOUT 
15% LEVEL. 
AND WE ARE 
BRINGING IT UP 
FOR 
SUBSTANTIALLY 
FROM THERE. 
WE ARE GOING 
DOMESTIC 
PRODUCTION FROM 
LESS THAN 250,000
TEST KITS FOR 
MONTHS. 
MADE TO EIGHT 
MINUTE TEST KITS 
PART MONTHS. 
THERE IS NOTHING 
LIKE THIS THAT 
HAS EVER TAKEN 
PLACE ANYWHERE 
IN THE WORLD OR 
CLOSED. 
THROUGH OUR 
PARTNERSHIP WITH 
MANUFACTURING IN 
THE STATE OF 
MAINE, GREAT 
STATE. 
WE HAVE 
INCREASED 
PRODUCTION OF 
TESTS SWABS FROM 
30 MILLION PER 
MONTH FOR THE 
JUNE TO 56 
MILLION MONTH 
NOW AS YOU 
REMEMBER, I WENT 
TO MEN. 
I WENT TO THE 
PLANT WHERE THEY 
DO THIS. 
IT WAS 
INCREDIBLE. 
IT WAS A GREAT 
EXPENSE. 
AND WE WILL 
PRODUCE OVER 100 
MILLION SWABS 
FOR MONTH BY 
JANUARY. 
DRAMATICALLY 
RAMPED UP 
REDUCTION OF 
MATERIALS NEEDED 
FOR A VACCINE. 
AND ARE ON TRACK 
TO RAPIDLY 
PRODUCE 100 
MILLION DOSES AS 
SOON AS A 
VACCINE IS 
APPROVED, WHICH 
COULD BE VERY, 
VERY SOON. 
AND 500 MILLION 
DOSES SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER. 
SO WE WILL HAVE 
500 MILLION 
DOSES. 
AND 
LOGISTICALLY, WE 
ARE USING OUR 
MILITARY, OUR 
GREAT MILITARY, 
GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
THEIR WHOLE LIFE 
IS BASED AROUND 
LOGISTICS AND 
BRINGING PEOPLE 
TO AND FROM 
LOCATIONS. 
AND THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO TAKE 
CARE OF THIS 
LOCATIONAL HE 
AND BRINGING IT 
WHERE IT HAS TO 
GO, VERY, VERY 
QUICKLY. 
THEY WERE ALL 
MOBILIZED. 
IT HAS BEEN 
FULLY SET UP. 
VERY, VERY 
GENERAL IS IN 
CHARGE. 
WHEN WE HAVE 
THAT. 
SEEING, IT WILL 
BE DISCHARGED 
AND TAKEN CARE 
OF. 
IT WILL BE VERY 
RAPID PROCESS. 
ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
AND PERHAPS WE 
WILL BE SUPPLYING
A LOT OF THE 
VACCINE TO OTHER 
PARTS OF THE 
WORLD, LIKE WE 
DO WITH 
VENTILATORS AND 
OTHER THINGS 
THAT WE ALL OF A 
SUDDEN HAVE 
BECOME VERY GOOD 
AT MAKING. 
THE CHINA VIRUS, 
STRUCK OUT 
NATION, WE 
MOBILIZE THE 
ENTIRE 
GOVERNMENT AND 
THE PRIVATE 
SECTOR TO 
ACQUIRE SOURCE 
AND DELIVER 
LIFESAVING 
SUPPLIES. 
HHS FEMA AND THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR 
COMBINED HAVE 
COORDINATED 
DELIVERY OF MORE 
THAN 100 96 
MILLION N-95 
RESPIRATORS. 850 
MILLION SURGICAL 
MASKS, 20 MILLION
LIVES, 34 ALLEN 
FACE SHIELDS, 
AND 354 MILLION 
GALLONS. 
THAT IS A LOT OF 
GALLONS. 
LAST WEEK, FEMA 
COMPLETED A 
SECOND SHIPMENT 
OF PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT. 
TO OVER 15,000 
NURSING HOMES IN 
THE UNITED STATES
, OUR BIG FOCUS 
HAS BEEN ON 
NURSING HOMES 
AND SENIOR 
CITIZENS, AS YOU 
KNOW. 
THAT IS WHERE WE 
WANT TO TAKE 
CARE AND WE HAVE 
TO TAKE CARE OF 
IT. 
MOST VULNERABLE. 
ESPECIALLY IF 
THEY HAVE A 
MEDICAL 
DIFFICULT TO A 
MEDICAL PROBLEM, 
IN PARTICULAR 
HEART OR 
DIABETES. 
WHICH PROVIDED A 
TOTAL OF ONE 
POINT 2 MILLION 
PARENTS OF 
PROTECTIVE 
EYEWEAR. 
14 MILLION 
MASKS, MASK. 66 
MILLION PAIRS OF 
GLOVES AND 13 
MILLION GALLONS. 
WE HAVE 
REPLENISHED THE 
LONG NEGLECTED 
NATIONAL 
STOCKPILE. IN 
JANUARY, THE 
STOCKPILE HAD 
17.9 AND N-95 
MASKS. 
TODAY, THE FILE 
STOCKPILE IS OVER
50 MILLION N-95 
MASKS AND WILL 
BE DOUBLING THAT 
IN A VERY SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME 
AND THEN 
DOUBLING THAT 
NUMBER. 
WE HAVE SHIPPED 
MORE THAN 14,000 
VENTILATORS TO 
AREAS OF NEED 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND WE 
HAVE MORE THAN 
75,000 AVAILABLE 
TO THE PLAY. 
NOT A SINGLE 
AMERICAN WHO HAS 
NEEDED A 
VENTILATOR HAS 
BEEN DENIED A 
VENTILATOR. 
AND IF YOU 
REMEMBER, EARLY 
ON, BUT WE WERE 
FIRST HIT WITH 
THE VIRUS, 
VENTILATORS WERE 
VERY HARD TO 
COME BY. 
AND NOW WE ARE 
THE LARGEST MAKER
ANYWHERE IN THE 
WORLD BY FAR AND 
NOT ONLY ARE WE 
FULLY SUPPLIED 
AND STOCKED, BUT 
WE ARE HELPING 
OTHER NATIONS 
BECAUSE 
VENTILATORS ARE 
HARD TO BUILD 
AND HARD TO GET. 
THIS IS JUST THE 
BEGINNING IN THE 
COMING MONTHS. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
THE LARGEST 
CAMPAIGN IN 
AMERICA HISTORY. 
WE WILL BRING 
BACK OUR JOBS 
AND WE WILL MAKE 
AMERICA THE 
WORLD'S PERMIT 
MEDICAL 
MANUFACTURER AND 
SUPPLIER THAT IS 
HAPPENING 
ALREADY. 
IT HAS BEEN 
HAPPENING NOW 
FOR QUITE SOME 
TIME. 
WE ARE SEEING 
IMPROVEMENTS 
ACROSS THE MAJOR 
METRO AREAS, 
MOST HOT SPOTS. 
YOU CAN LOOK AT 
LARGE PORTIONS 
OF OUR COUNTRY. 
IT IS CORONA 
FREE. 
BUT WE ARE 
WATCHING VERY 
CAREFULLY, 
CALIFORNIA, 
ARIZONA, TEXAS, 
AND MOST OF 
FLORIDA. 
THIS IS STARTING 
TO HEAD DOWN IN 
THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION. 
AND I THINK YOU 
WILL SEE IT 
RAPIDLY HEAD 
DOWN VERY SOON. 
BUT WHEN YOU 
LOOK AT, 
CALIFORNIA, 
ARIZONA, TEXAS, 
AND FOR THE MOST 
PART, MOST OF 
FLORIDA. 
STARTING TO HEAD 
DOWN. 
THE WAKE OF THE 
RECENT MASS 
GATHERINGS 
AMERICANS HAVE 
WITNESSED IN THE 
STREETS OF 
PORTLAND AND 
SEATTLE, WE ARE 
ALSO CHECKING A 
SIGNIFICANT RISE 
IN CASES IN BOTH 
METROPOLITAN 
AREAS. 
BECAUSE OF WHAT 
HAS BEEN GOING 
ON AND WE, AS 
YOU KNOW, HAVE 
DONE AN 
EXCELLENT JOB OF 
WATCHING OVER 
PORTLAND AND 
WATCHING OUR 
COURTHOUSE WHERE 
THEY WANTED TO 
BURN IT DOWN. 
THEY ARE 
ANARCHISTS. 
NOTHING SHORT OF 
AN ACROSS, 
AGITATORS, AND 
WE HAVE 
PROTECTED VERY 
POWERFULLY. 
AND IF WE DID 
NOT GO THERE, I 
WILL TELL YOU, 
YOU WOULD NOT 
HAVE THE QUOTE 
THAT 
>> YOU WOULD 
HAVE A BILLION-
DOLLAR BURNED-
OUT BUILDING. 
WE ARE ALSO 
WORKING 
AGGRESSIVELY TO 
COMBAT THE VIRUS 
IN NATIVE 
AMERICAN AND 
ALASKA NATIVE 
COMMUNITIES. 
UNDER THE 
C.A.R.E.S. 
ACT, WE PROVIDED 
$8 BILLION TO 
ADDRESS THE 
CORONAVIRUS IN 
TRIBAL 
COMMUNITIES AND 
WE WORKED VERY 
HARD WITH TRIBAL 
COMMUNITIES. 
THEY ARE VERY 
FOLDABLE TO THIS 
HORRIBLE PLAGUE. 
THAT AT THE 
LARGEST 
INVESTMENT IN 
INDIAN COUNTRY. 
IN U.S. HISTORY. 
THERE'S NEVER 
BEEN AN 
INVESTMENT THAT 
BIG AND INDIAN 
COUNTRY. 
WE NEED EVERY 
AMERICAN TO HELP 
PROTECT OUR 
FELLOW CITIZENS 
AND HELP PREVENT 
THE SPREAD OF 
THE DISEASE. 
IT IS CRITICAL 
THAT YOUNGER 
AMERICANS. 
REMEMBER THAT 
EVEN THOUGH THEY 
ARE AT LOWER 
RISK AND IN 
FACT, SOME ARE 
IN SOME AGE 
GROUPS. 
EXTRAORDINARY 
LOW RISK. 
THEMSELVES. 
THEY CAN 
UNKNOWINGLY 
SPREAD THE VIRUS 
TO OTHERS WHO 
ARE AT HIGH 
RISK. 
I ASK ALL 
AMERICANS 
REGARDLESS OF 
BACKGROUND OR 
AGE TO PRACTICE 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, 
WHICH PEOPLE 
HAVE GOTTEN VERY 
USED TO. 
BUT WE HAVE TO 
KEEP DOING IT. 
REMAIN VIGILANT 
ABOUT HYGIENE, 
AVOID INDOOR 
GATHERINGS AND 
LARGE 
GATHERINGS, BUT 
ESPECIALLY IN, 
ESPECIALLY WHERE 
YOU HAVE CROWDED 
BARS AND THAT 
YOU WEAR A MASK. 
WHENEVER 
APPROPRIATE. 
THROUGH THE 
GENIUS OF OUR 
SCIENTISTS, THE 
DEVOTION OF OUR 
DOCTORS THE 
SKILL OF OUR 
WORKERS, AND THE 
DICTATION OF OUR 
PEOPLE, WE WILL 
ACHIEVE VICTORY 
OVER THE VIRUS 
AND EMERGE 
STRONGER THAN 
EVER BEFORE. 
WE ARE LOOKING 
AT A VERY 
POWERFUL YEAR 
NEXT YEAR 
ECONOMICALLY. 
THE JOB NUMBERS 
ARE LOOKING 
OUTSTANDING TO 
PUT IT MILDLY, 
SET RECORDS. 
THE NUMBERS ON 
RETAIL, RETAIL 
SALES, CAME IN 
TWO WEEKS AGO. 
AT THE HIGHEST 
NUMBER IN THE 
HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
SO WE LOOK LIKE 
WE ARE HEADING 
TO SOME VERY, 
VERY GOOD 
ECONOMIC TIMES. 
THAT MEANS JOBS. 
THAT MEANS STOCK 
MARKETS. 
STOCK MARKET IS 
ALREADY DOING 
VERY WELL. 
IT IS GETTING TO 
A POINT VERY 
CLOSE TO WHERE 
IT WAS WHEN WE 
HAD THIS, WHEN 
WE WERE HIT WITH 
THE PLAGUE. 
SO I JUST WANT 
TO THANK 
EVERYBODY FOR 
BEING HERE. 
GO AHEAD.. 
COULD YOU VERIFY 
IN YOUR 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH, ARE YOU 
-- 
>> WE WILL BE 
DOING SPEECH ON 
THURSDAY. 
THAT MADE 
SPEECH. 
THE PRIMARY 
SPEECH. 
CHARLOTTE, THEY 
WILL BE DOING 
NOMINATING ON 
MONDAY. 
THAT IS A 
DIFFERENT 
PERIOD, A 
DIFFERENT THING 
HAPPENING. 
BUT THEY WILL BE 
DOING 
NOMINATIONS ON 
MONDAY. 
I SPEAK ON 
THURSDAY. 
OKAY? 
>> WE WILL BE 
ANNOUNCING IT 
SOON. 
>> ANYBODY HAVE 
ANY IDEAS? 
WE WILL BE 
ANNOUNCING HIS 
FIRST. 
>> MR. PRESIDENT,
THE NEGOTIATIONS 
ARE ONGOING 
RIGHT NOW FOR 
THE MASKED 
RELEASE MEASURES.
REPUBLICANS 
SUPPORT THEIR 
PLANS. DO SUPPORT
WHAT SENATE 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
PUT FORWARD AND 
ARE THERE 
CERTAIN ASK 
ASPECTS THAT YOU 
DON'T SUPPORT? 
>> THERE ARE, 
ACTUALLY. 
WE WILL BE 
TALKING ABOUT 
IT. 
ALSO THINGS THAT 
I VERY MUCH 
SUPPORT. 
BUT WE WILL BE 
NEGOTIATING SORT 
OF SEMI-
IRRELEVANT 
BECAUSE THE 
DEMOCRATS COME 
WITH THEIR NEEDS 
AND ASKED AND 
REPUBLICANS GO 
WITH THEIRS. 
SO WE WILL BE 
DISCUSSING IT 
WITH MITCH AND 
ALL OF THE OTHER 
PEOPLE INVOLVED. 
THE CABINET HAS 
BEEN VERY 
ACTIVE, AS YOU 
KNOW. 
ALL OF THE 
PEOPLE INVOLVED, 
STEVE MNUCHIN 
HAS DONE A GREAT 
JOB. 
KEEPS EVERYBODY 
TOGETHER. 
THE DEMOCRAT AND 
REPUBLICAN. 
AND ALSO WE WANT 
TO DO WHAT IS 
BEST FOR THE 
PEOPLE. 
I WANT TO DO 
WHAT IS BEST FOR 
THE PEOPLE. 
I WANT TO DO 
WHAT IS BEST FOR 
THE ECONOMY 
BECAUSE THAT 
MEANS JOBS AND 
LOTS OF GOOD 
THINGS. 
>> [ INAUDIBLE 
QUESTION ] 
>> FIRST, CAN 
YOU CLARIFY YOUR 
POSITION ON THE 
EFFICACY OF 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE 
AFTER YOUR CLAIMS
? 
>> I WAS NOT 
MAKING CLAIMS. 
THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
OF MANY OF THE 
PEOPLE, THE 
PEOPLE INCLUDING 
DOCTORS, MANY 
DOCTORS THINK IT 
IS EXTREMELY 
SUCCESSFUL. 
THE 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
COUPLED WITH THE 
THINK AND 
PERHAPS THE THIS 
MICE AND. 
MANY DOCTORS IT 
IS EXTREMELY 
GOOD. 
AND SOME PEOPLE 
DON'T. 
SOME PEOPLE 
THINK IT HAS 
BECOME VERY 
POLITICAL. 
I HAPPEN TO 
BELIEVE IT IT. 
I WOULD TAKE IT. 
AS YOU KNOW, I 
TOOK IT FOR A 14 
DAY PERIOD. 
AND I'M HERE. 
I'M HERE. 
I HAPPEN TO 
THINK IT WORKS 
IN THE EARLY 
STAGES. 
FRONT LINE 
MEDICAL PEOPLE 
BELIEVE THAT, 
TOO. 
SOME, MANY, AND 
SO WE WILL TAKE 
A LOOK AT IT. 
BUT THE ONE 
THING WE KNOW, 
IT IS BEEN OUT 
FOR A LONG TIME, 
THAT PARTICULAR 
FORMULA AND THAT 
IS ESSENTIALLY 
WHAT IT IS, THE 
PILLPACK AND IT 
HAS BEEN FOR 
MALARIA, LUPUS, 
AND OTHER THINGS.
IT IS SAFE. 
IT DOES NOT CAUSE
ALBUMS. 
I HAVE NO 
PROBLEM. 
I HAVE 
ABSOLUTELY NO 
PROBLEM. I FEEL 
NO DIFFERENT. 
I DID NOT FEEL 
BAD OR DIFFERENT.
IT DID NOT GET 
ME. 
AND IT IS NOT 
GOING TO 
HOPEFULLY HURT 
ANYBODY. 
SO WITH NO FROM 
THAT STANDPOINT, 
BECAUSE IT HAS 
BEEN SO YEARS, 
FROM A C.T. 
STANDPOINT, AT 
THAT. 
I HAVE BEEN TO 
THINK BASED ON 
WHAT I READ, I 
HAVE READ A LOT 
ABOUT HYDROXY. 
I HAPPEN TO 
THINK THAT IT 
HAS AN IMPACT 
ESPECIALLY AT 
THE EARLY YEARS. 
VERY GOOD TESTS. 
FORD AND THE 
DOCTOR FROM 
YOKING UP WITH A 
VERY, VERY STRONG
TESTAMENT TO IT. 
THERE WAS A 
GROUP DOCTORS 
YESTERDAY, A 
LARGE GROUP OF 
DOCTORS AND FOR 
SOME REASON THE 
INTERNET WANTED 
TO TAKE THEM 
THEM. 
TO COME OFF. 
AGAINST TOOK 
THEM OFF. 
AND FACEBOOK 
TOOK THEM OFF. 
TO KNOW WHY. 
I THINK THEY ARE 
VERY RESPECTED 
DOCTORS. 
THERE WAS A 
WOMAN WHO WAS 
SPECTACULAR IN 
HER STATEMENTS 
ABOUT IT. 
SHE HAS HAD 
TREMENDOUS 
SUCCESS WITH IT. 
IT TOOK HER -- I 
DON'T KNOW WHY. 
THEY TOOK HER 
OFF. 
MAYBE THEY HAD A 
GOOD REASON. 
MAYBE THE DID 
NOT PICK I DON'T 
KNOW. 
FOR MY 
STANDPOINT, AND 
BASED ON A LOT 
OF READING AND A 
LOT OF KNOWLEDGE 
ABOUT IT, I 
THINK IT COULD 
HAVE A VERY 
POSITIVE IMPACT 
IN THE EARLY 
STAGES. 
AND I DON'T 
THINK YOU LOSE 
ANYTHING BY 
DOING IT. 
OTHER THAN 
LAKELEY, YEAH, 
IT DOES NOT SEEM 
TO BE TOO 
POPULAR. 
YOU KNOW WHY? 
BECAUSE I 
RECOMMEND IT. 
WHEN I RECOMMEND 
SOMETHING, THEY 
LIKE TO SAY, 
DON'T USE IT. 
ON THAT NOTE, 
MR. PRESIDENT 
11, ON TWITTER, 
YOU SAID DR. 
FAUCI MISLED THE 
COUNTRY ABOUT 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. 
HOW SO. 
>> I DON'T EVEN 
KNOW WHAT HIS 
STANCE IS ON IT. 
HE WAS AT THE -- 
HE WAS AT THE 
TASK FORCE 
MEETING A LITTLE 
WHILE AGO. I 
VERY GOOD 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH DR. FAUCI. 
IT IS SORT OF 
HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
WE LISTEN TO THE 
DR. FAUCI. 
I HAVE NOT 
ALWAYS AGREED 
WITH HIM. 
I THINK THAT IS 
PRETTY STANDARD. 
IT IS OKAY. 
HE DID NOT WANT 
US TO PUT UP THE 
BAN TO CHINA. 
CHARLIE CHINA 
WAS HEAVILY 
INFECTED, WUHAN. 
HE DID NOT WANT 
TO DO THAT. 
AND I DID. 
YOU KNOW THINGS 
THAT HE TOLD ME 
I WAS RIGHT AND 
HE TOLD ME I 
SAVED TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
LIVES, WHICH WAS 
GENEROUS. 
BUT,, I THINK IT 
IS -- I DID THE 
BAN ON YOUR BUT 
I GET ALONG WITH 
HIM VERY WELL. 
AND I AGREE WITH 
A LOT OF WHAT HE 
SAID. 
SO IT IS 
INTERESTING. 
HE HAS A VERY 
GOOD -- AND I 
LIKE THAT. 
THAT IS,. 
A MEMBER, IS 
WORKING FOR THIS 
ADMISSION 
>> HE IS WORKING 
WITH US, JOHN, 
WE COULD HAVE 
GOTTEN OTHER 
PEOPLE. 
WE COULDN'T HAVE 
70 US. 
IT DID NOT HAVE 
TO BE DR. FAUCI. 
HE IS WORKING 
WITH OUR 
ADMINISTRATION. 
AND FOR THE MOST 
PART, WE HAVE 
BEEN PRETTY MUCH 
WHAT HE AND 
OTHERS, DR. BIRX 
AND OTHERS WHO 
ARE TERRIFIC, 
RECOMMENDED. 
HE HAS.THIS HIGH 
APPROVAL RATG. 
SO WHY DO I HAVE 
A HIGH APPROVAL 
RATING WITH 
RESPECT AND THE 
EVERY STATION, 
WITH RESPECT TO 
THE VIRUS? 
WE SHOULD HAVE A 
VERY HIGH. 
WHAT WE HAVE 
DONE IN TERMS 
OF, I WAS JUST 
READING OFF 
ABOUT THAT MASKS 
AND THE GALLONS 
AND THE 
VENTILATORS AND 
NUMBERS THAT 
NOBODY SEEN. 
THE TESTING AT 
55 MILLION 
TESTS. 
WE TESTED MORE 
THAN ANYBODY IN 
THE WORLD I HAVE 
A GRAPH THAT I 
WOULD LOVE TO 
SHOW YOU YOU. 
PERHAPS YOU HAVE 
SENIOR. 
WE ARE UP HERE 
AND THE REST OF 
THE WORLD IS 
DOWN AT A LEVEL 
THAT IS JUST A 
TINY SECTION OF 
WHAT WE HAVE 
TIMES IN TERMS 
OF DUSTING. 
IT IS SORT OF 
MYSTERIOUS. 
A MAN WORKS WITH 
US. 
DR. FAUCI. 
AND DR. BIRX ALSO
HIGHLY THOUGHT 
OF. 
YET, THEY ARE 
HIGHLY THOUGHT 
OF BUT NOBODY 
LIKES ME. 
CAN ONLY BE MY 
PERSONALITY. 
THAT IS ALL. 
OVERHEAD.. 
ALSO, THE EDGES 
AN OUNCE TODAY 
THAT IT IS GOING 
TO UNDERTAKE 
THOROUGH REVIEW 
OF THE DACA 
PROGRAM TO 
DECIDE WHAT ARE 
TO CONTINUE IT 
OR NOT. 
YOU HAD 
MENTIONED AFTER 
THE SUPREME 
COURT RULING 
ABOUT DACA. 
THINKING ABOUT 
HE PASSES TO 
CITIZENSHIP FOR 
DACA RECIPIENTS? 
ARE YOU 
THINKING? 
>> WE HAVE 
WORKED WITH A 
LOT OF PEOPLE ON 
DACA AND WE ARE 
WORKING ON AN 
IMMIGRATION BILL.
IS WHAT I WANTED 
FOR A LONG TIME. 
THAT DECISION WAS
AN INTERESTING 
DECISION BECAUSE 
IT GAVE THE 
PRESIDENT AS THE 
PRESIDENT MORE 
POWER THAN MANY 
PEOPLE THOUGHT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAD. 
SET THE 
PRESIDENT IS 
NOW, WHICH 
HAPPENS TO BE, 
IN A POSITION 
WHERE I CAN DO 
IMMIGRATION 
BILL, AND HEALTH 
CARE BILL AND 
SOME OTHER 
BILLS. 
DON'T WE HAVE 
SEEN SOME OF 
THEM COME ALONG. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
DO TREMENDOUS, 
WE JUST SIGNED 
IT THREE DAYS 
AGO GO. 
TREMENDOUS 
PRESCRIPTION 
DRUGS PRICE 
REDUCTION 
TREMENDOUS. 
IT COULD BE OVER 
50%. 
WHETHER IT IS 
ANYTHING ELSE. 
I MEAN, IT IS 
TREMENDOUS 
NUMBERS WERE 
TALK ABOUT. 
NEW GO TO SOME 
COUNTRIES AND 
THEY WILL SOUND 
LIKE A PILL. 
FOR $.10 AND THE 
UNITED STATES, 
IT COSTS TWO 
DOLLARS. 
AND IT IS THE 
SAME BASIC 
FACTORY. IT IS 
THE SAME 
EVERYTHING. 
THE UNITED 
STATES BEARS THE 
COST OF ALL OF 
THESE LOW PRICES 
THAT YOU SEE ALL 
OVER THE WORLD. 
PEOPLE GO TO 
CANADA, TO BUY A 
PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG FROM THE 
UNITED STATES, 
NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN WITH ME. 
NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN WITH ME. 
SO JOHN, I THINK 
ONE OF THE 
EXCITING THINGS, 
GOT VERY LITTLE 
COVERAGE. 
THAT IS OKAY. 
THE PEOPLE AT IS 
THAT IT. 
I THINK WE WILL 
BE REDUCING 
PROJECTION DRUG 
PRICES BY 
MASSIVE AMOUNT. 
NUMBERS THAT 
HAVE NEVER BEEN 
DONE BEFORE. 
OTHER THINGS. 
51 YEARS, WE 
GOT, US KNOW, 
LAST YEAR, THE 
PRICES COME DOWN 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN 50 WHAT YEARS 
AGO. 
THAT TAKING 
DOWN. 
NOW, WITH WHAT I 
SIGNED LAST 
WEEK, I THINK 
THAT DRUG PRICES 
CAN COME DOWN BY 
NUMBERS LIKE 50% 
AND EVEN GREATER 
IN CERTAIN 
INSTANCES. 
>> WHERE I 
ALREADY SAID. 
ARE YOU STILL 
CONSIDERING THE 
PATH TO 
CITIZENSHIP? 
>> WE ARE GOING 
TO MAKE DACA 
HAPPY AND THE 
DACA PEOPLE AT 
THE 
REPRESENTATIVES 
HAPPY. 
WE WILL BE IN 
ENDING UP WITH A 
MERIT-BASED 
IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM. 
>> ON DIRECT 
PRICING, YOU 
SAID THAT 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
REPRESENTATIVES, 
MEET FOR A 
MEETING TO TALK 
ABOUT BRINGING 
PRESIDENT OR TO 
NEGOTIATE. 
THAT MEETING WAS 
CANCELED. 
WHY? 
>> I DIDN'T KNOW 
A MEETING WAS 
CANCELED, THE 
MEETING -- 
>> YOU SAID 
THERE WOULD BE A 
MEETING TODAY. 
>> WELL, I SET 
THE, WOULD BE A 
MEETING A 
MEETING SOMETIME 
THIS WEEK. 
YES. 
I DON'T KNOW 
THAT IT WAS 
CANCELED. 
I THOUGHT THE 
MEETING WAS 
ACTUALLY 
SCHEDULED FOR 
TOMORROW. 
I THOUGHT THE 
MEETING WAS 
SCHEDULED. 
SIDE. 
MR. BLOOMBERG. 
GO AHEAD. 
>> MR. PRESIDENT,
UNEMPLOYMENT, IF 
THE DEALS PERHAPS
, COMPLETED BY 
THE END OF THIS 
WEEK. 
>> WE'RE GOING 
TO TAKE CARE OF 
THE PEOPLE. 
GOOD QUESTION. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
TAKE CARE OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
>> THE MOMENT 
YOU SAID GREAT 
DOCTOR, IN THAT 
VIDEO, WE 
TWEETED LAST 
NIGHT, SAID THE 
MASKS WORK AND 
THERE'S A CURE 
FOR COVID-19. 
BOTH OF WHICH 
HEALTH EXPERTS 
SAY IS NOT 
THERE. 
ALSO MAKING 
VIDEOS SAYING 
THAT DOCTORS 
MEDICINE USING 
DNA FROM ALIENS 
AND THAT THEY 
ARE TRYING TO 
CREATE A VACCINE 
TO MAKE YOU MAN. 
>> MAYBE IT IS 
NOT. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
THIS. 
SHE WAS ON AIR 
ALONG WITH MANY 
OTHER DOCTORS. 
THEY WERE BIG 
FANS OF 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. 
AND I THOUGHT 
SHE WAS VERY 
IMPRESSIVE. 
IN THE SENSE 
THAT FROM WHERE 
SHE CAME, I 
DON'T KNOW WHICH 
COUNTRY SHE 
COMES FROM. 
SHE SAID THAT 
SHE HAS HAD 
TREMENDOUS 
SUCCESS WITH 
HUNDREDS OF 
DIFFERENT 
PATIENTS AND I 
THOUGHT HER 
POISE WAS AN 
IMPORTANT VOICE. 
BUT I KNOW 
NOTHING ABOUT 
HER. 
>> LAST WEEK, -- 
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH, 
EVERYBODY. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, THE 
COVID BELIEF WILL
-- 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT, YOU 
SAID IN YOUR 
RETWEET THAT --
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> 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. 
>>> WHEN YOU 
NEED BRUTAL 
HONESTY. 
>> THIS ISN'T 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
TO GO DEEP 
INSIDE THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT'S A 
POLICY CHANGE IN 
POLICING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE ENACTED? 
>> AND HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE WHO'S 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO'S TELLING 
THE TRUTH, AND 
WHO'S LYING 
EVERY DAY? 
THAT'S THE NEWS 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> YOU NEED YOUR 
"MORNING JOE," 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF 
POSTRACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
HER COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>> 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. 
>>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING HERE 
IN BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT AGAINST IT 
UNITES US. 
>> HERE IN 
MEXICO CITY, THE 
PEOPLE I SPOKE 
TO SAID IF THEY 
DON'T WORK, 
THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE 
TO FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS 
ARE ON THE 
GROUND, LEARNING 
FROM WHERE IT'S 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE ACROSS 
ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST DOESN'T 
LOOK LIKE THE 
SAME NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES, A 
UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE 
FAINTHEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAS BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
>> ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED, AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
PEOPLE ARE NOT 6 
FEET APART FROM 
ONE ANOTHER FOR 
THE MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THESE TWO 
CRISES MAY 
DOVETAIL IN 
TERMS OF THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION AT 
THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS?  
>>> JOE BIDEN 
SWITCHING THE 
LAST PART OF HIS 
ECONOMIC PLAN. 
DON'T FOCUSES ON 
FIGHTING 
MICHELLE, I KNOW 
CALLED 
"DAYBREAK" HE 
SPOKE TO A GROUP 
OF SUPPORTERS 
CRITICIZING HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS HANDLES 
RACIAL 
INEQUALITY AND 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
FACES A REAL 
TEST. 
HE HAS FILE. 
BASIC THRESHOLD 
TO BEING 
PRESIDENT. 
THE DUTY TO CARE 
FOR THE ENTIRE 
COUNTRY. 
NOT JUST HIS RE-
ELECTION 
PROSPECTS. 
HE HAS SHOWN 
THAT HE CAN'T 
BEAT THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
KEEP YOU SAFE HE 
CAN'T TURN THE 
ECONOMY AROUND 
AND GET AMERICA 
BACK TO WORK. 
AND HE IS NOT 
SURPRISINGLY 
INTENTIONALLY 
STOKING THE 
FLAMES OF 
DIVISION AND 
RACISM IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
>> MIKE MEMOLI 
JOINS ME NOW. 
MY, WALKERS 
THROUGH THE 
LATEST PLAN. 
>> WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE FOUR PLANKS 
OF THE PLAN THAT 
HE HAS ROLLED 
OUT. 
THERE WAS 
INTERESTING 
ACTUALLY IN 
FACT, ALISON,  
THE FIRST THREE 
LINES. 
THERE WAS 
PROCUREMENT. 
THERE WAS GREEN 
ENERGY AND 
STRUCTURE. 
THERE WAS CRISIS 
AT THE RESULTS 
TO THE COVID 
PANDEMIC. 
A LOT OF WHAT WE 
HEARD FROM THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT TODAY 
WAS REALLY JUST 
SHINING A 
SPOTLIGHT ON THE 
PROPONENTS OF 
THE FIRST PLAN 
THAT WE BENEFIT 
WITH COMMITTEES 
OF COLOR. 
THE PROPOSAL OF 
UNLOCKING 150 
BILLION DOLLARS 
IN CAPITAL. 
FOCUS ON HELPING 
MINORITY OWNED 
SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
50% GOAL OF 
USING FEDERAL 
GERMAN DOLLARS 
TARGETING 
MINORITY OWNED 
BUSINESSES. 
HE ALSO TALKED 
ABOUT 
PRIORITIZING HIS 
HOUSING PLAN, 
PRIORITY 
COMMUNITIES, 
ESPECIALLY AS WE 
NO, HOUSING 
CRISIS. 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
AND THAT WAS 
ANOTHER FOCUS 
ON. 
AN ISSUE THAT 
TOUCHES ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
BEFORE. 
IT RELATES TO 
THE ECONOMY. 
IT HAS TO DO 
WITH HELPING 
STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS 
MODERNIZE THEIR 
RECORD SYSTEM SO 
THAT THEY CAN DO 
MORE TO HELP 
EXPUNGE OR TO 
SCRAP PEOPLE'S 
CRIMINAL RECORDS 
OF NONVIOLENT 
OFFENSES. 
YOU MAY BE 
FAMILIAR WITH 
THE IDEA OF 
BANNING THE BOX 
HAS BEEN A BIG 
PUSH AGAIN. 
FOR THOSE WHO 
HAD MINOR 
NONVIOLENT 
OFFENSES, TO 
MAKE IT ILLEGAL 
FOR EMPLOYERS TO 
ASK QUESTIONS 
ABOUT A CRIMINAL 
RECORD IN MOST 
CASES. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
WOULD LIKE TO 
BUILD ON WITH 
THIS PROPOSAL. 
>> MIKE, BIDEN 
HAS CRITICIZED 
OTHER 
POLITICIANS, 
OTHER PEOPLE HE 
HAS BEEN RUNNING 
AGAINST FOR 
THEIR EXPENSIVE 
ECONOMIC TRENDS. 
IS LIKELY BE 
MORE THAN $2.7 
TRILLION. 
HOW IS THE 
CAMPAIGN 
EXPANDING THE 
PRICE TAG HERE? 
>> Reporter: 
YES, ALISON. 
THIS IS THE 
QUESTION  THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT AFTER 
HIS MARKS TODAY 
WHEN HE TOOK 
QUESTIONS. 
AS YOU KNOW, IT 
IS NOT AN 
EVERYDAY 
OCCURRENCE. 
ASKED THEM, YOU 
SAID. 
YOU ARE CRITICAL 
OF SOME OF YOU 
OPPONENTS. 
THESE TRILLION-
DOLLAR PLANS 
THAT YOU THOUGHT 
WERE UNLESS THE. 
BIDEN SAYS, SOME 
OF THIS INVOLVES 
UNLOCKING OF THE 
FEDERAL THOSE 
THAT ARE ALREADY 
BEING 
APPROPRIATED. 
WE SEE THEM 
RIGHT NOW IN 
TERMS OF THE 
DISCUSSION ON 
CAPITAL FOR 
ESTIMATES THAT 
HE SAID HE WOULD 
USE FOR THESE 
INITIATIVES. 
HE ALSO LISTEN 
TO THE SITUATION 
HAS CHANGED FROM 
THE PRIMARIES. 
THOSE ECONOMIC 
SITUATIONS IN 
THE COUNTRY THAT 
SEVERITY OF THE 
CRISIS. 
CALLS FOR MUCH 
MORE URGENT 
RESPONSE. 
AND SO, IN A 
BUDDING CAMPING 
HAS NOT 
NECESSARILY 
SPELLED OUT HOW 
THEY WOULD PAY 
FOR EVERY DOLLAR 
OF WHAT HE HAS 
PUT FORWARD. 
SOME OF IT WOULD 
COME FROM THE 
REBILLING THE 
TRUMP TEXT? 
AS WE SAW 
EARLIER IN HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND THERE ARE 
SOME OTHER 
REGRETS THAT 
THEY HAVE 
PROPOSE. 
LOVE THIS THE 
COMPANY HAS A 
THE FRIENDLY IS 
GOING TO BE 
STAMOS, CALL 
STIMULUS MONEY. 
A LOT OF 
DEFICITS ENDING 
THE BIDEN CAMP 
AND BUT TO HIM 
SOMETHING THAT 
HE IS PROPOSING 
WHAT IS NOW A 
FULL AGENDA. 
THAT IS WHAT THE 
SITUATION CALLS 
FOR. 
HE SAYS IF HE IS 
ELECTED, HE WILL 
GO DOWN AS THE 
MOST PROGRESSIVE 
PRESIDENT IN 
HISTORY BUT AND 
THAT IS 
INTERESTING FOR 
SOMEBODY WHO'S 
REALLY PUTTING 
HIMSELF IN THE 
PRIMARIES IS 
EVEN SIDE OF THE 
MODERATE 
INTEREST 
ALTERNATIVE IN 
HIS PARTY. 
>> YEAH, FOR 
SURE. 
ALL RIGHT MIKE. 
YOU KNOW, I 
CAN'T HELP 
MYSELF. 
YOU CAUGHT UP 
WITH BUTTON ON 
CAPITOL HILL 
YESTERDAY AFTER 
CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
LEWIS' MEMORIAL 
SERVICE. 
AND BIDEN 
HAPPENED TO BE 
TALKING WITH 
POTENTIAL VP 
CONTENDERS. 
TELL US ABOUT 
YOUR EXCHANGE, 
PLEASE. 
>> Reporter: 
YEAH, THIS WAS 
ACTUALLY A BIG 
DEAL IN TERMS OF 
THE STATE. 
WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT TORONTO 
DEFIANT CLUES. 
AND A LOT OF US 
STANDING IN THE 
ROTUNDA YESTERDAY
COULD NOT 
BELIEVE IT, WHAT 
WE SAW. 
THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT COME 
OUT AND HE WAS 
WAITING RIGHT 
THERE. 
CONGRESSWOMAN 
KAREN BASS OF 
CALIFORNIA. 
LET'S LISTEN TO 
WHAT HAPPENED. 
>> IS THERE 
ANYTHING YOU 
WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT WHILE SHE 
IS HERE? 
>> Reporter: I 
HAD A CHANCE TO 
TALK WITH THE 
CONGESSWOMAN 
AFTER THE FACT 
WAS THIS THE 
FIRST MEETING? 
SHE SAID IT WAS 
THE FIRST TIME 
THEY HAVE MET IN 
THE PAST MONTH. 
SHE SAID THE 
CONVERSATION 
THAT THEY WANT 
TO HAVE AS THEY 
WALKED OUT OF 
THE CAPITAL 
TOGETHER WITH 
NOT ABOUT THE 
VICE PRESIDENCY. 
IT WAS ABOUT THE 
LEGACY OF JOHN 
LEWIS. 
THEIR MEMORIES 
OF WORKING WITH 
HIM AND WHAT SHE 
SAID WAS WHAT 
SHE FEELS HER 
OWN OBLIGATION 
TO SORT OF TAKE 
THE BATON FROM 
HIM AND TO KEEP 
FIGHTING FOR THE 
THINGS THAT WERE 
IMPORTANT TO 
HIM. 
BUT AND WAS 
ASKED DOING HIS 
NEWS CONFERENCE 
THIS AFTERNOON 
ABOUT WHERE 
THINGS STAND IN 
THE VICE 
POTENTIAL SUCH. 
HE SAID HE STILL 
HOPES TO BE ABLE 
TO NOT HIS 
RUNNING MATE IN 
THE FIRST WEEK 
OF AUGUST. 
I HAVE A FEELING 
IT WILL SLIDE 
LITTLE BIT LATER 
THAN THAT. 
BUT THAT IS 
SOMETHING TO 
LOOK FOR AS WE 
GET REALLY DOWN 
TO THE DEADLINE 
HERE, ALISON.  
>> MIKE, ALWAYS 
HOT ON THE TRAIL 
OF WHO THE VP 
WILL BE. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR FOR HIS 
LATEST UPDATE 
AND WE WILL KEEP 
OUR EYES ON 
THAT. 
WE BELIEVE 
SOMETIME IN 
EARLY AUGUST. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
THANKS, ALISON.  
>>> SENATE 
REPUBLICANS 
DEFENDING THEIR 
TRILLION-DOLLAR 
THIS PROPOSAL AS 
A STARTING POINT 
FOR NEGOTIATIONS 
TO DEMOCRATS. 
I WANT TO 
UNDERSCORE AGAIN 
TODAY THAT NO 
BILL WILL BE PUT 
ON THE SENATE 
FLOOR THAT DOES 
NOT HAVE 
LIABILITY 
PROTECTION. 
>> WE PROVIDED 
THE LEADERS 
INSTRUCTION THAT 
I ABILITY TO 
VISION THAT 
PROTECTS 
NONPROFITS, 
PROTECTS CHURCHES
, SYNAGOGUES, 
MOSQUES, SCHOOLS,
RETAIL 
ESTABLISHMENTS 
FROM 
OPPORTUNISTIC 
LITIGATION. 
>> THIS A 
TREASURE SCHUBEL 
A, A BRIDGE 
WILL. 
ARE KIND OF IN A 
TRANSITIONAL 
PERIOD. 
WHEN THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
LOOK AT THIS 
GREAT INVESTMENT 
IN THESE AREAS, 
THEY WILL 
UNDERSTAND THAT 
THEY WERE 
TREATED FAIRLY 
AND EQUITABLY. 
>> NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT 
LEIGH ANN 
CALDWELL  
JOINING ME NFM 
CAPITOL HILL. 
THIS BILL CUT 
THE EXPIRING 
DEPLOYMENT BONUS 
$600 A WEEK TO 
200. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WANT TO KNOW 
WHY. 
>> WELL, 
REPUBLICANS, 
JUST THINK THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD 
NOT MAKE MORE ON 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
AN AIDE TO AT 
THEIR JOBS. 
AND THAT IS THE 
ACHMAD THAT THEY 
HAVE BEEN MAKING 
ALL ALONG. 
THEY HURT AND IT 
ONLY AND THEY 
HAVE HEARD FROM 
SOME DATA THAT 
SAYS THAT FIVE 
OUT OF SIX 
PEOPLE ON 
UNEMPLOYMENT ART 
MAKING MORE AT 
HOME AND THEY 
SAY IT IS 
DISINCENTIVIZING 
PEOPLE GOING 
BACK TO WORK. 
HERE'S WHAT 
SENATE MAJORITY 
LEADER MITCH 
McCONNELL SAID 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> THEY WANT TO 
ATTEND IT IS 
CONTROVERSIAL. 
THAT TAXPAYERS 
SHOULD NOT PAY 
PEOPLE MORE NOT 
TO WORK. 
THEM PEOPLE DO, 
DO GO BACK TO 
WORK. 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE DON'T 
KNOW THE 
CONTROVERSY. 
THEY CALL IT 
COMMON SENSE. 
>> AND SO THAT 
IS WHERE THEY 
COME UP WITH 
THIS $200 
ADDITIONAL 
BENEFIT AND WHAT 
PEOPLE GET FROM 
THEIR STATE 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
SYSTEM. 
BUT ALISON, 
DEMOCRATS SAY 
THE ISLAND 
PLUMMET 
INSURANCE , $600 
A WEEK, IS WHAT 
IS KEEPING THIS 
ECONOMY AFLOAT. 
IT IS WHY PEOPLE 
ARE NOT HAVING TO
, YOU KNOW, 
HAVING TO GET 
EVICTED FROM 
THEIR HOMES, 
THEY ARE NOT -- 
ARE BEING ABLE 
TO PAY FOR THEIR 
NECESSARY, 
RESOURCES. 
AND ALSO 
CONTINUE TO 
SIMULATE THE 
ECONOMY BECAUSE 
THEY ARE NOT IN 
DEBT SO THIS IS 
GOING TO BE A 
BIG FIGHT 
BETWEEN 
REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS MOVING 
FORWARD, ALISON. 
>> SOUNDS LIKE 
IT. 
ALL RIGHT, LEIGH 
ANN, HOW ABOUT 
THIS $1200 
STIMULUS CHECKS? 
ARE THOSE ON THE 
WAY? 
AND WHAT ELSE IS 
IN THIS 
PROPOSAL? 
>>  THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS ALSO IN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
PROPOSAL IT IS 
ALSO SOMETHING 
THAT IS IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PROPOSAL. 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PROPOSAL THAT 
THE HOUSE PASSED 
A COUPLE MONTHS 
AGO IS MORE 
GENEROUS. 
WITH THE 
REPUBLICANS 
FRAMING IT AS 
EXACTLY THE WAY 
THAT IT WAS A 
COUPLE MONTHS 
AGO. 
IN THE FIRST 
COVERED RELIEF 
BILL. 
$1200 FOR PEOPLE 
MAKING UP TO 
$75,000 A YEAR. 
AND THE OTHER 
THINGS THAT ARE 
IN THIS BILL, 
THAT PEOPLE 
MIGHT BE 
INTERESTED IN, 
IS $100 BILLION 
FOR 
>> IT WILL BE IN 
ANY LEGISLATION 
THAT WILL PASS 
CONGRESS, THIS 
LIABILITY 
PROTECTION, 
WHICH HE 
INTRODUCED THE 
REPUBLICAN 
SAYING HOW 
NECESSARY IT IS 
TO REOPEN THE 
ECONOMY. 
>> I AM 
SOMETHING -- I'M 
CURIOUS. 
THE REASON THEY 
ARE THERE IS 
BECAUSE THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
WANTED TO ADDED 
IT -- ADDED TO 
THE BILL, 
DESPITE PUSHBACK 
FROM THE CHAIR 
OF THE 
APPROPRIATIONS 
COMMITTEE, WHO 
DID NOT WANT US 
IN THERE. 
THEY WON THIS 
ROUND OF 
NEGOTIATIONS, 
IT'S BEEN A PET 
PROJECT OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
INSTEAD OF 
MOVING THE SBI 
HEADQUARTERS TO 
A SUBURBAN 
LOCATION, WHICH 
IS BEEN IN THE 
WORKS FOR MORE 
THAN A DECADE, 
THE PRESIDENT 
ONCE IT TORN 
DOWN AND REBUILT 
AT ITS CURRENT 
LOCATION IN 
DOWNTOWN 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
THE REASON 
CRITICS SAY IS 
BECAUSE HE WANTS 
THE FBI TO BE 
THERE INSTEAD OF 
A COMMERCIAL 
PROPERTY SUCH AS 
A HOTEL, THAT 
WOULD GIVE HIS 
HOTEL BLOCKS 
AWAY, 
COMPETITION. 
REPUBLICANS SAY 
THAT THEY DO NOT 
WANT THIS IN THE 
FINAL BILL. 
THE SENATE 
MAJORITY LEADER 
TOLD ME A LITTLE 
BIT AGO HE ALSO 
SAID THIS IS 
[INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> WE WILL SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS. 
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
THANK YOU. 
>> HELLO, 
EVERYONE. 
YOU'RE WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
LET'S GET OUR 
NBC NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT, 
SHE HAS ALL THE 
LATEST HEADLINES 
FROM NBC 
NEWS.COM. 
THERE'S A LOT TO 
GET TO. 
>> ALLISON, 
THERE REALLY IS. 
I'M SORRY TO 
SAY, WE ARE 
STARTING UP WITH 
A TRAGIC UPDATE, 
BREAKING NEWS ON 
THE CREDIT VIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
THE U.S. HAS 
OFFICIALLY 
SURPASSED 
150,000 
CORONAVIRUS 
DEATHS, A SOLEMN 
REMINDER OF THE 
TOLL THE 
PANDEMIC HAS 
TAKEN ON 70 
AMERICAN 
FAMILIES. 
ALSO TODAY, THE 
AMERICAN 
FEDERATION OF 
TEACHERS 
APPROVED THE USE 
OF STRIKES IF 
SCHOOLS REOPEN 
WITHOUT SAFETY 
MEASURES. 
THE AFT IS THE 
NATION'S SECOND 
LARGEST TEACHERS 
UNION. 
THEY SAID THAT 
SCHOOL SHOULD 
ONLY REOPEN 
PENDING LOW 
INFECTION RATES 
AND RELIABLE 
TESTING. 
THE PRESIDENT 
ALSO TOLD THE 
UNION JUST AS WE 
HAVE DONE WITH 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS, WE WILL 
FIGHT ON ALL 
FRONTS. 
FOR THE SAFETY 
OF STUDENTS AND 
THEIR EDUCATORS. 
>>> MORE 
DISAPPOINTING 
NEWS FOR 
BASEBALL FANS. 
TONIGHT'S GAME 
BETWEEN THE 
PHILLIES AND 
YANKEES IS 
POSTPONED AGAIN 
DUE TO CREDIT 
HOURS CONCERNS. 
THIS STEMS FROM 
A GAME THIS PAST 
WEEKEND WITH THE 
PHILLIES PLAY 
THE MARLINS, A 
TEAM THAT IS NOW 
SELF 
QUARANTINING 
AFTER 17 PLAYERS 
AND STAFF TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
THE PHILLIES SAY 
NONE OF THEIR 
ATHLETES HAVE A 
VIRUS BUT THEY 
ARE STILL 
POSTPONING OUT 
OF AN ABUNDANCE 
OF CAUTION. 
WHILE THE MLB 
PLAYERS MIGHT 
GET TEST RESULTS 
BACK, THAT'S NOT 
THE CASE FOR 
MANY AMERICANS. 
QUEST 
DIAGNOSTICS SAY 
TURNAROUND TIMES 
ARE CONTINUING 
TO SLOW DOWN DUE 
TO INCREASED 
DEMAND ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
TOP PRIORITY 
PATIENTS SHOULD 
RECEIVE RESULTS 
AFTER TWO DAYS. 
FOR OTHERS, IT 
COULD TAKE MORE 
THAN A WEEK. 
BILL GATES WAS 
ASKED ABOUT 
TESTING DELAYS 
EARLIER TODAY. 
>> YOU SHOULD 
NOT REIMBURSE 
SOMEBODY FOR 
GETTING A TEST 
THAT IT TAKES 
MORE THAN 48 
HOURS TO GET THE 
RESULTS BACK. 
THAT TEST IS A 
COMPLETE WASTE. 
ALL THESE 
NUMBERS ABOUT 
HOW MUCH WE 
TEST, THE 
MAJORITY IS, 
PLEAT WASTE. 
YOU NEED TO GET 
IT BACK AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE SO 
THAT SOMEBODY 
CAN CHANGE THEIR 
BEHAVIOR. 
SO THAT THEY ARE 
NOT INFECTING 
OTHER PEOPLE. 
>> MEANWHILE, 
TWITTER REMOVED 
A TWEET 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHARED THAT 
FALSELY CLAIMED 
THERE WAS A CURE 
FOR THE CREDIT 
VIRUS. 
THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
GIANT THAT THE 
TWEET VIOLATED 
ITS COVID-19 
MISINFORMATION 
POLICY. 
TWITTER 
TEMPORARILY 
SUSPENDED DONALD 
TRUMP JUNIOR'S 
ACCOUNT AFTER HE 
SHARED THE SAME 
TWEET AS HIS 
FATHER. 
IT'S WORTH 
MENTIONING JUST 
TO BE CLEAR 
THERE IS NO CURE 
FOR COVID-19  AS 
OF NOW. 
>>> NOW TO NEW 
YORK, SOME 
PEOPLE ARE 
IGNORING SOCIAL 
DISTANCING 
GUIDELINES, THE 
HEALTH 
DEPARTMENT 
ANNOUNCED THEY 
ARE 
INVESTIGATING A 
PACKED CONCERT 
THAT TOOK PLACE 
ON LONG ISLAND 
LAST WEEKEND. 
THERE WERE 
PERFORMANCES 
FROM THE CHAIN 
SMOKERS AND THE 
CEO OF GOLDMAN 
SACHS WHO DJS IN 
HIS SPARE TIME. 
IT WAS SUPPOSED 
TO BE A DRIVE-IN 
EVENT BUT AS YOU 
CAN SEE, NOT 
EVERYONE ATE IN 
THEIR CARS OR 
SIX FEET APART. 
>>> WARNER MEDIA 
HAS LAUNCHED AN 
INTERNAL 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE LONG-
RUNNING ELLEN 
DEGENERATE SHOW. 
THE NEWS WAS 
REPORTED BY 
FRIDAY FOLLOWING 
ALLEGATIONS OF 
TOXIC WORKPLACE 
CULTURE. 
A SOURCE TOLD 
NBC NEWS THAT 
ELLEN HERSELF IS 
NOT PART OF THE 
INVESTIGATION 
BUT SOME FORMER 
STAFFERS SAY SHE 
SHOULD HAVE MORE 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
THAT IS WHAT I 
HAVE FOR YOU FOR 
NOW. 
>> THAT WAS A 
LOT. 
YOU GOT THERE A 
LOT TODAY, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH. 
>> A LOT OF 
WORDS. 
THANKS. 
>>> THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL WAS 
TESTIFYING ON 
CAPITOL HILL FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN MORE THAN A 
YEAR, FIELDING 
QUESTIONS ON 
EVERYTHING FROM 
THE PROTEST 
AGAINST THE 
LEASE TO CASES 
INVOLVING 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S ALLIES. 
JOINING ME NOW 
IS GLENN, THE 
FORMER FEDERAL 
PROSECUTOR AND 
AN NBC NEWS 
LEGAL ANALYST 
AND ARE CAPITOL 
HILL 
CORRESPONDENT, 
GARRETT. 
GARRETT, LET'S 
START WITH YOU 
AND THE USE OF 
FORCE TO MOVE 
PROTESTERS OUT 
OF THE WAY. 
SO THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
COULD TAKE A 
PHOTO OUTSIDE 
ST. JOHN'S 
CHURCH. 
THIS IS PART OF 
HIS EXCHANGE 
WITH THE 
CONGRESSMAN. 
>> WHEN DID YOU 
FIRST LEARN THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
PLAN TO WALK 
THROUGH THE PARK 
TO GO TO ST. 
JOHN'S CHURCH? 
>> FIRST I'D 
LIKE TO RESPOND 
-- 
>> CAN YOU 
ANSWER MY 
QUESTION, MY 
TIME IS LIMITED? 
>> I LEARNED 
SOMETIME IN THE 
AFTERNOON THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
MIGHT COME OUT 
OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND THEN 
LATER IN THE 
AFTERNOON I 
HEARD THAT HE 
MIGHT GO OVER TO 
THE CHURCH. 
>> IT WAS 
ABSOLUTELY 
NECESSARY THE 
PARK BE CLEARED? 
>> THAT HAD 
NOTHING TO DO 
WITH THAT. 
THE PLAN TO MOVE 
-- 
>> YOU SAID GET 
IT DONE. 
>> GARRETT, YOU 
COVER THE 
PROTEST 
EXTENSIVELY, 
WHAT DID WE 
LEARN TODAY 
ABOUT HIS ROLE 
AND ALL THAT? 
>> HE CONTINUES 
TO STICK TO HIS 
GUNS, HE 
ESSENTIALLY 
ARGUES THAT THE 
DECISION TO MOVE 
THE PROTESTERS 
WAS BECAUSE THEY 
NEEDED TO PUSH 
THE PARAMETER 
BACK AND INSTALL 
AN 
UNCONSCIONABLE 
FENCE. 
WHILE IT'S TRUE 
THAT WAS 
INSTALLED LATER 
ON THAT NIGHT, 
COMMENTS LIKE 
WHAT YOU SAW 
THERE WITH THE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
ASKED US TO SET 
ASIDE EVERYTHING 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
HOW THE 
PRESIDENT MOVES 
AROUND DC, 
EVERYTHING WE 
CAN SEE AN 
ESSENTIALLY 
SEPARATE THE 
PRESIDENT'S PLAN 
MOVEMENT, WHICH 
HAPPENED WITHIN 
30 MINUTES OF 
THE CLEARING OF 
THE PARK FROM 
THE CLEARING OF 
THE PARK. 
YOU HEAR THE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
MAKE POINT, 
THESE TWO THINGS 
ARE CONNECTED, 
WHETHER HE WANTS 
TO ADMIT THAT 
THEY ARE 
CONNECTED OR 
NOT. 
I THINK THE 
OTHER THING THAT 
HAS BEEN 
NOTEWORTHY ABOUT 
HOW THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HANDLED 
THIS TODAY, WE 
LEARNED AT 
ANOTHER HEARING 
GOING ON 
SIMULTANEOUSLY, 
TESTIMONY WAS 
RELEASED 
YESTERDAY. 
A MAJOR SAID IN 
HIS EXPERIENCE 
WITH USING 
TEARGAS, HE 
BELIEVES IT WAS 
USED IN CLEARING 
OF THE 
PROTESTERS. 
IN FACT, HE 
FOUND TEARGAS 
SHELLS ON THE 
STREET THAT DAY. 
HE CONTINUES TO 
DENY TEARGAS WAS 
USED ON THAT 
DAY. 
THE WAY THAT I 
THINK HE MAY BE 
TRYING TO GET 
AROUND THIS IS 
ARGUING IT WAS 
NOT ORDERED TO 
BE USED. 
AGAIN, IT SEEMS 
ENTIRELY 
APPARENT TO 
ANYONE WHO IS 
THERE, INCLUDING 
A MAJOR IN THE 
DC NATIONAL 
GUARD THAT IT 
WAS USED. 
BUT AGAIN, THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
STICKING TO HIS 
GUNS. 
>> HE DEFENDED 
THE DECISION TO 
SEND FEDERAL 
AGENTS INTO 
CITIES LIKE 
PORTLAND AND 
CHICAGO SAYING 
THAT VIOLENT 
RIDERS AND 
ANARCHISTS HAVE 
HIJACKED 
LEGITIMATE 
PROTEST, WHAT 
YOU MAKE OF THAT 
ARGUMENT FROM 
HIM MARK 
>> YOU KNOW, 
FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS, 
FEDERAL AGENTS 
AND OFFICERS CAN 
CERTAINLY GUARD 
AND PROTECT 
FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
I HAVE NO ISSUE 
WITH THE 
PROPOSITION THAT 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 
TO PROTECT 
FEDERAL 
COURTHOUSES, FOR 
EXAMPLE. 
WHAT WE SEE 
UNFOLDING IN 
PORTLAND MAKES 
IT CLEAR THAT 
THE OFFICERS WHO 
WERE DEPLOYED TO 
PORTLAND, THEY 
SEEM TO BE GOING 
WELL BEYOND 
THEIR 
JURISDICTION, 
FRANKLY, THEY 
SEEM TO BE 
ENGAGED IN THE 
KIND OF 
OFFENSIVE 
BEHAVIOR, 
PARTICULARLY A 
CLIFF THAT WE 
HAVE SEEN OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN 
HER NAVY VETERAN 
IS STANDING 
THERE TRYING TO 
CIVILLY ENGAGE 
IN A CONVERSATION
WITH THESE 
FEDERAL OFFICERS 
AND THEY BEGIN 
BEATING HIM WITH 
NIGHTSTICKS AND 
PEPPER SPRAYING 
HIM DIRECTLY IN 
THE FACE. 
HE WAS DOING 
NOTHING 
OFFENSIVE, 
NOTHING THAT 
WOULD WARRANT 
THAT SORT OF USE 
OF FORCE. 
SO, THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 
TO BE ABLE TO 
PROTECT FEDERAL 
PROPERTY, BUT 
WHAT WE SEE 
UNFOLDING GOES 
SO FAR BEYOND 
THAT. 
IT SEEMS TO BE 
AN ABUSE OF THE 
FIRST AMENDMENT 
RIGHT TO PROTEST 
BY MANY OF THESE 
PROTESTERS. 
>> GARRETT, 
REPUBLICANS 
PLAYED A HEAVILY 
EDITED VIDEO 
VIOLENCE AGAINST 
POLICE, HOW ARE 
DEMOCRATS 
REACTING TO THAT 
TODAY? 
>> THEY ARE 
UPSET, THEY FELT 
LIKE THE VIDEO 
ITSELF WAS A 
VIOLATION OF THE 
RULES OF THE 
COMMITTEE, THERE 
WERE NOT WARNED 
ABOUT IT IN 
ADVANCE LIKE 
THEY ARE 
SUPPOSED TO BE. 
BY AND LARGE, 
WHAT YOU'RE 
SAYING IS TWO 
DIFFERENT 
PARTIES TALKING 
TO VERY 
DIFFERENT VOTER 
BASES ABOUT 
DIFFERENT SETS 
OF ISSUES. 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
MADE PROTESTS 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE 
PROTEST IN 
SEATTLE, 
PORTLAND, THE SO-
CALLED 
AUTONOMOUS ZONE 
IN SEATTLE, IT'S 
PROBABLY THE 
SINGLE MOST 
IMPORTANT ISSUE 
IN TERMS OF 
THEIR 
QUESTIONING FOR 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
THEY ARE IN LINE 
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT AS 
ELECTORAL ISSUE. 
THEY WANT PEOPLE 
TO SEE THESE 
IMAGES OF 
PROTEST THAT 
BECOME RIOTS. 
THEY THINK 
THERE'S SOME 
VALUE IN THAT, 
WHETHER OR NOT 
IT IS IS 
DEBATABLE. 
THE SHEER NUMBER 
REPUBLICANS HAVE 
GONE BACK TO 
PROTEST AND 
STATES THAT ARE 
NOT THEIR STATES 
AND CITIES AT 
ANOTHER CITIES, 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THEY 
VERY MUCH WANT 
TO PUSH TO THE 
FOREFRONT OF THE 
DISCUSSION IN 
AMERICA. 
>> ROGER STONE 
CAME UP. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
LONGTIME FRIEND 
HIS PRISON 
SENTENCE WAS 
COMMUTED EARLIER 
THIS MONTH. 
HERE'S WHAT HE 
SAID.? 
I AGREE, THE 
PRESIDENTS 
FRIENDS DON'T 
DESERVE SPECIAL 
BREAKS. 
THEY ALSO DON'T 
DESERVE TO BE 
TREATED MORE 
HARSHLY THAN 
OTHER PEOPLE AND 
SOMETIMES THAT'S 
A DIFFICULT 
DECISION TO 
MAKE. 
THAT IS WHAT THE 
RULE OF LAW IS, 
THAT IS WHAT 
FAIRNESS TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL 
ULTIMATE BECOMES 
TWO. 
BEING WILLING TO 
DO WHAT IS FAIR. 
>> HE'S 
INVESTIGATING 
THE DECISION TO 
COMMUTE ROGER 
STONE SENTENCE. 
HE SAID HE WAS 
NOT. 
HOW DID HE 
EXPLAIN IT? 
>> EVERY TIME HE 
DID NOT HAVE A 
GOOD ANSWER, HE 
WOULD TRY TO 
FALL BACK ON I 
HAVE NOT HEARD 
THAT, I HAVE NOT 
READ THE 
PRESIDENTS 
TWEETS, I 
THOUGHT IT 
LAUGHABLE THAT 
BILL BARR HAS 
BEEN QUOTED AS 
SAYING 
PREVIOUSLY, I 
CANNOT DO MY JOB 
BECAUSE OF WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
TWEETING. 
TODAY, HE 
TESTIFIED UNDER 
OATH THAT I 
DON'T READ THE 
PRESIDENTS 
TWEETS. 
I THINK THAT IS 
FOR THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
WHEN ERIC 
PRESSED THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
ON WHETHER YOU 
HAVE EVER, AS 
ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, IF 
THEY'VE EVER 
SOUGHT A MORE 
LENIENT SENTENCE 
BEYOND ROGERSON, 
HE COULD NOT 
COME UP WITH 
ANYBODY. 
IT EXPOSES HIM 
OF HAVING DONE A 
FAVORITE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT CLOSE 
ASSOCIATE, ROGER 
STONE. 
I THINK HE WAS 
DOING A LOT OF 
GRAPPLING WITH 
CONCEPTS. 
I THINK THAT 
THAT WAS PRETTY 
EVASIVE 
THROUGHOUT HIS 
TESTIMONY. 
>> THERE ARE 40 
MEMBERS OF THIS 
COMMITTEE, A LOT 
OF QUESTIONING 
TO GET THROUGH 
ON A RANGE OF 
TOPICS. 
AT THIS STAGE OF 
THE GAME, WOULD 
YOU SAY EACH OF 
THESE IS TRYING 
TO GET OUT OF 
HIM? 
DO YOU THINK 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
EATING WHAT THEY 
WANT? 
>> I THINK THAT 
THEY WILL WANT 
TO CONTINUE TO 
SHOW THESE KINDS 
OF VIDEOS. 
I WANT TO PUT 
THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AS A 
SAVIOR OF THOSE 
PLACES. 
I THINK THEY 
WILL CONTINUE TO 
WANT TO TIP 
THEIR HAT. 
THEY THINK 
THAT'S GOOD LAW-
ENFORCEMENT. 
IT HAS BEEN MORE 
THAN A YEAR IN 
THE MAKING. 
THEY HAVE NOT 
HAD HIM HERE AND 
ALL THIS TIME 
THAT HE'S BEEN 
THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL. 
I THINK SOME OF 
THE AREAS THAT 
WE ARE 
QUESTIONING ARE 
MORE FRUITFUL 
AND MORE 
INTERESTING. 
PERHAPS 
CONNECTING WITH 
VOTERS, THERE 
WERE QUESTIONS 
THAT WERE POSED 
BY CEDRIC WHICH 
MEANT ABOUT 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
IN THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT IN 
THE POLICE 
STATE, AND HOW 
DIFFERENT CASES 
ARE PROSECUTED 
OR LOOKED AT 
BASED ON THE 
RACE OF THE 
ALLEGED 
PERPETRATOR, HOW 
THEY ARE 
RESPONDING TO 
THE. 
BASED ON THE 
PROTEST AROUND 
THE COUNTRY, 
THOSE QUESTIONS 
ARE VERY MUCH AT 
THE FOREFRONT OF 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE'S MIND. 
THIS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL HAS 
TOUCHED THIS IN 
SOME FASHION. 
THAT LEAVES 
DEMOCRATS WITH A 
LOT OF GUN 
GROUND TO COVER. 
>> THANK YOU 
BOTH SO MUCH. 
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE 
SLAMMING
