   AND 
   HOPEFUL STEP TOWARD A 
   COVID-19 
   VACCINE.
   THE LARGEST FINAL 
   STAGE TRIAL 
   NOW UNDERWAY.
   30,000 VOLUNTEERS 
   HOPING TO FIND 
   IT IF IT ACTUALLY 
   WORKS. 
   TONIGHT WHEN IT COULD 
   BE AVAILABLE.
   >>> THAT NEWS WITH 
   INFECTIONS 
   STILL SURGING, FLORIDA
   SURPASSING NEW YORK 
   WITH THE 
   SECOND MOST CASES AS 
   THE U.S. 
   GOES NEARLY A WEEK 
   WITH OVER A 
   THOUSAND CORONAVIRUS 
   DEATHS A 
   DAY.
   WHAT A TOP HEALTH 
   OFFICIAL IS 
   WARNING ALL AMERICANS 
   TO DO 
   RIGHT NOW.
   >>> AT THE U.S. 
   CAPITAL, PAYING 
   TRIBUTE TO AN 
   ICON, AND THE MAN WHO 
   HAS BEEN 
   CALLED THE CONSCIOUS 
   OF THE 
   CONGRESS. 
   THE POWERFUL TRIBUTES 
   TO CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
   LEWIS.
   >>> THE COVID 
   DIAGNOSIS FROM THE 
   WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL 
   SECURITY 
   ADVISER, ONE OF THE 
   PRESIDENT'S 
   TOP AIDS.
   PLUS, LATE DETAILS ON 
   THE SENATE 
   GOP PLAN FOR NEW COVID
   RELIEF 
MERGING .
   SITUATION IN BASEBALL 
   AS NEARLY A DOZEN 
   MIAMI MARLINS PLAYERS
   TEST POSITIVE.
   SOME GAMES NOW 
   POSTPONED.
   IS THE SEASON IN 
   JEOPARDY?
   >>> NOW CLASHES 
   BETWEEN 
   PROTESTERS AND FEDERAL
   AGENTS IN 
   PORTLAND.
   VIOLENCE SPREADING TO 
   OTHER 
   CITIES. 
   >>> AND KATHY LEE 
   GIFFORD WITH 
   MOVING MEMORIES OF 
   REGIS.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH 
   LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   THERE IS GROWING 
   REASON TO HOPE 
   TONIGHT
   THAT MEDICINE CAN SOON
   DO WHAT 
   ALL THOSE CHANGES IN 
   HUMAN 
   BEHAVIOR SEEMINGLY 
   CAN'T, 
   PREVENT COVID 
   INFECTIONS.
   TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
   VOLUNTEERS 
   TONIGHT
   ARE TAKING PART IN A 
   CRITICAL 
   STAGE OF TESTING FOR A
   PROMISING 
   VACCINE CANDIDATE.
   WHAT ONCE SEEMED SO 
   FAR AWAY
   MAY NOW BE IN SITE AS 
   OUR 
   CURRENT BEST DEFENSE 
   FROM THE 
   VIRUS, SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING, SEEMS 
   TO BE CRUMBLING 
   AGAINST A WALL 
   OF DENIAL.
   WE'RE COVERING IT ALL 
   FOR YOU 
   TONIGHT.
   WE START WITH TOM 
   COSTELLO. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS A 
   MAKE OR 
   BREAK TRIAL.
   THE EYES OF THE WORLD 
   ON THE NIH AND DRUG 
   MAKER MODERNA,
   TODAY BEGINNING PHASE 
   THREE 
   HUMAN VACCINE TRIALS 
   EVENTUALLY 
   INVOLVING 30,000 
   VOLUNTEERS 
   SCATTERED ACROSS 89 
   SITES IN THE 
   U.S., HALF RECEIVING 
   THE VACCINE 
   CANDIDATE, HALF 
   GETTING A 
   PLACEBO. 
   >> WE WILL BE COUNTING
   CASES OF 
   COVID-19 THAT OCCUR IN
   THE 
   PARTICIPANTS.
   WHAT OBVIOUSLY YOU 
   WANT TO SEE IS THAT 
   THE VACCINE REDUCES 
   THE NUMBER OF CASES OF
   COVID-19 IN THE NUMBER
   OF PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE
   THE VACCINE.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   VOLUNTEERS 
   WON'T BE INFECTED WITH
   COVID.
   INSTEAD, THEY WILL BE 
   EXPOSED 
   NATURALLY AS THE VIRUS
   SPREADS 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
   IN NEBRASKA, 
   24-YEAR-OLD 
   VOLUNTEER JOHN 
   RECEIVED A SHOT 
   TODAY, 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 RESEAR STUDY,
   IS SOMETHING 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 
   IS REPROGRAMMING THE 
   VIRUS' 
   GENETIC CODE.
   THE PROTUKTIVE IMMUNE 
   SYSTEM THEN PRODUCES 
   ANTIBODIES.
   MODERNA HAS RECEIVED 
   NEARLY $1 
   BILLION AND PROMISES 
   TO PRODUCE 
   500 MILLION DOSES PER 
   YEAR, ALSO 
   GETTING FEDERAL MONEY 
   AND 
   BEGINNING PHASE THREE 
   SOON, NOVA 
   (
   VAC, JOHNSON & JOHNSON
   AND 
   PHASER.
   PHASER HAS NOT 
   RECEIVED GOVERNMENT 
   MONEY, BUT TODAY
   JUST ANNOUNCED IT IS 
   ALSO 
   STARTING LATE STAGE 
   TRIALS.
   RECRUITING VACCINE 
   VALUE TIERS 
   IN MINORITY 
   COMMUNITIES HIT 
   ESPECIALLY HARD BY 
   COVID HAS 
   BEEN CHALLENGING.
   MISTREATMENT DECADES 
   AGO IN 
   CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE 
   LEFT A 
   LEGACY OF MISTRUST. 
   >> THAT MISTRUST LIVES
   ON, AND 
   IT'S REALLY 
   CHALLENGING TO BE 
   ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT 
   DISTRUST.
   I WANT TO REASSURE THE
   COMMUNITY 
   THAT WE TAKE EVERY 
   STEP 
   NECESSARY TO ENSURE 
   THAT 
   VACCINES ARE SAFE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 
   25 VACCINE 
   CANDIDATES ARE RIGHT 
   NOW IN 
   HUMAN TRIALS.
   NOT ALL WILL BE 
   APPROVED.
   BUT IMPORTANTLY, 
   RESEARCHERS SAY WE ARE
   LIKELY TO NEED MORE 
   THAN ONE VACCINE, EACH
   CATERED TO A DIFFERENT
   AGE GROUP AND 
   PRE-EXISTING 
   CONDITIONS.
   LESTER?
   >> TOM COSTELLO 
   TONIGHT, THANK 
   YOU. 
   >>> WE HAVE HEARD SO 
   MANY TIMES 
   BEFORE, BUT AN URGENT 
   NEW 
   WARNING TONIGHT FROM 
   ONE OF THE 
   GOVERNMENT'S TOP 
   PUBLIC HEALTH 
   OFFICIALS AS THE VIRUS
   CLAIMS 
   MORE THAN 1,000 LIVES 
   A DAY AND 
   CASES INCREASE IN 40 
   STATES.
   HERE'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: AS 
   FLORIDA 
   SURPASSED NEW YORK 
   BECOMING THE 
   SECOND STATE IN THE 
   NATION WITH 
   THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 
   CONFIRMED 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES, 
   TONIGHT 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AT
   LEAST 10 
   OTHER STATES HAVE NOW 
   SET SINGLE 
   DAY RECORDS FOR NEW 
   INFECTIONS.
   BUT THE GRIMMEST 
   NUMBER IS THE 
   MOUNTING DEATH TOLL.
   NEARLY A WEEK OF MORE 
   THAN 1,000 
   REPORTED FATALITIES 
   EVERY 24 
   HOURS.
   >> I'VE NEVER SEEN 
   ANYTHING LIKE 
   THIS IN MY 30 PLUS 
   YEARS IN 
   MEDICINE. 
   >> Reporter: IN TEXAS 
   THE ICUs 
   AT SOME HOSPITALS ARE 
   AT OVER 
   100% CAPACITY. 
   >> THE LAST TWO WEEKS 
   IN 
   PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN 
   EXHAUSTING 
   BECAUSE WE REALIZE 
   THAT OUR 
   DEATH RATES ARE SO 
   HIGH. 
   >> Reporter: FUELLING 
   MANY OF 
   THE NEW CASES, THE 
   DISREGARD TO 
   FOLLOW SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING 
   MANDATES NEARLY FIVE 
   MONTHS INTO 
   THE U.S. COVID CRISIS.
   IN NEW JERSEY POLICE 
   BROKE UP A 
   HOUSE PARTY WITH 700 
   PEOPLE IN 
   ATTENDANCE.
   IN LONG BEACH ISLAND,
   35 LIFE GUARDS TESTED 
   POSITIVE 
   AFTER ATTENDING SOCIAL
   GATHERINGS. 
   >> WE ARE PLAYING WITH
   FIRE IF
   YOU GATHER INDOORS 
   WITHOUT FACE 
   COVERINGS. 
   >> Reporter: POLICE IN
   CALIFORNIA SHOCKED AT 
   THIS SCENE 
   AFTER A LARGE CHURCH 
   GATHERING ON
   THE BEACH WITH LITTLE 
   SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING.
   AS FAR AS IN TEXAS, 
   DEFIANCE OF 
   THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS 
   TO STAY 
   CLOSED. 
   >> THIS IS NOT A 
   COMMUNIST 
   COUNTRY. 
   >> THAT'S RIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: AS MORE 
   AMERICANS 
   WORK FROM HOME, MORE 
   RETAILERS 
   LIKE STAPLES ARE 
   REQUIRING FACE 
   COVERINGS INSIDE THEIR
   STORE, A 
   GROWING LIST OF 
   NATIONAL 
   BUSINESSES TO DO SO. 
   >> PLEASE WEAR A MASK.
   >> Reporter: STILL A 
   FLASH POINT 
   TO MANY, TODAY AT 
   LEAST 30 
   STATES REQUIRE FACE 
   COVERINGS.
   IN TENNESSEE, WHERE 
   CASES ARE 
   SURGING, DR. 
   DEBORAH BIRX WITH THIS
   PUBLIC 
   PLEA. 
   >> IF EVERY RURAL 
   MAYOR COULD 
   MANDATE MASK WEARING, 
   THE VIRUS 
   IS THERE.
   THE SPREADING, AND IT 
   WILL HIT 
   YOUR NURSING HOMES. 
   >> Reporter: THE CALL 
   TO ACTION 
   COMES AS OUR NATION 
   APPROACHES 
   150,000 DEATHS.
   >> 14 PATIENTS ARE 
   CRASHING.
   IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
   WE USE 
   FOR THEM.
   THEY'RE DYING. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE ONGOING 
   FIGHT TO SAVE LIVES AS
   MORE ARE 
   LOST EVERY DAY.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS LOS 
   ANGELES.
   >>> HE HELPED CHANGE 
   THE COURSE 
   OF HISTORY.
   AND TONIGHT TEN DAYS 
   AFTER HE 
   DIED, JOHN LEWIS IS 
   MAKING 
   HISTORY AS THE FIRST 
   BLACK 
   LAWMAKER TO LIE IN 
   STATE AT THE 
   U.S. 
   CAPITAL ROTUNDA.
   OUR GEOFF BENNETT 
   TONIGHT ON
   A DAY OF POWERFUL 
   TRIBUTES. 
   >> Reporter: RARE BUT 
   FITTINGS 
   HONORS TONIGHT FOR THE
   LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
   LEWIS.
   THE NATION'S CAPITAL 
   PAUSING TO 
   PAY RESPECTS TO THE 
   CIVIL RIGHTS 
   GIANT AND LONG-TIME 
   GEORGIA 
   CONGRESSMAN.
   HIS FUNERAL PROCESSION
   PASSING BY NOTABLE
   WASHINGTON LANDMARKS 
   THAT CARRY 
   PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE,
   PAUSING 
   AT THE MARTIN LUTHER 
   KING JR. 
   MEMORIAL.
   DR. KING INSPIRED 
   LEWIS' EARLY 
   ACTIVISM AND AT THE 
   LINCOLN 
   MEMORIAL, WHERE LEWIS 
   WAS THE 
   YOUNGEST SPEAKER AT 
   THE 1963 
   MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
   >> WE ARE TIRED OF 
   BEING BEATEN BY 
   POLICEMEN.
   WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING
   OUR
   PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN 
   JAIL OVER 
   AND OVER AGAIN. 
   AND THEN YOU SAY TO BE
   PATIENT.
   HOW LONG CAN WE BE 
   PATIENT?
   >> Reporter: HIS 
   MOTORCADE 
   DRIVING DOWN THE NEWLY
   MINTED 
   BLACK LIVES MATTER 
   PLAZA WHERE 
   LAST MONTH LEWIS MADE 
   HIS FINAL 
   PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN 
   SUPPORT.
   >> Reporter: WHAT DOES
   CONGRESSMAN LEWIS' 
   LEGACY MEAN TO YOU?
   >> AS A SOUTHERN AND 
   THE WIFE OF 
   A BLACK MAN IN 
   AMERICA, IT IS 
   IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE
   HERE 
   TODAY.
   AND FOR ALSO TO SAY 
   THAT WE'RE 
   HERE TO CONTINUE TO DO
   THE WORK. 
   >> I VALUE SACRIFICE 
   AND 
   STRUGGLES, AND I FEEL 
   LIKE HE IS 
   SOMEONE THAT 
   REPRESENTS 
   SACRIFICE AND 
   STRUGGLES TO THE 
   GREATEST EXTENT. 
   >> Reporter: LEWIS 
   MAKING HIS 
   FINAL TRIP TO THE U.S.
   CAPITAL, 
   THE BUILDING WHERE THE
   CONSCIOUS 
   OF CONGRESS 
   REPRESENTED GEORGIA 
   FOR MORE THAN THREE 
   DECADES.
   A MILITARY HONOR GUARD
   CARRIES 
   HIS FLAG DRAPED COFFIN
   UP THE 
   STEPS INTO THE CAPITAL
   ROTUNDA 
   WHERE HE BECAME THE 
   FIRST BLACK LAWMAKER 
   TO LIE IN HIS AS HIS 
   FORMER COLLEAGUE SAID 
   GOOD-B
   GOOD-BYE.
   >> WE KNEW HE ALWAYS 
   WORKED ON 
   THE SIDE OF THE 
   ANGELS, AND NOW 
   WE KNOW THAT HE IS 
   WITH THEM. 
   >> Reporter: 
   PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC
   PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE 
   JOE BIDEN 
   AND VICE PRESIDENT 
   MIKE PENCE 
   AMONG THOSE SCHEDULED 
   TO VISIT THE CAPITAL
   TO HONOR LEWIS.
   DURING TODAY'S 
   INVITE-ONLY 
   CEREMONY, THIS GOSPEL 
   SINGER DELIVERING A 
   TRIBUTE IN SONG, A 
   POWERFUL RENDITION OF 
   AMAZING GRACE.
   áá
   >> Reporter: 
   CONGRESSMAN LEWIS' 
   CASKET IS 
   BEING MOVED OUTSIDE 
   ATOP THE 
   CAPITAL STEPS.
   MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 
   ARE NOW 
   INVITED TO PAY THEIR 
   RESPECTS.
   MASKS REQUIRED AND 
   SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING IN FORCE 
   STARTING 
   TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
   ALL DAY TOMORROW.
   LESTER?
   >> A LOT OF HISTORY 
   TOLD TODAY.
   GEOFF BENNETT AT THE 
   CAPITAL, 
   THANKS. 
   >>> ALSO BREAKING, A 
   TOP WHITE HOUSE 
   OFFICIAL
   TESTING POSITIVE FOR 
   COVID-19.
   NATIONAL SECURITY 
   ADVISER
   ROBERT O'BRIAN NOW THE
   MOST 
   SENIOR ADMINISTRATION 
   OFFICIAL 
   DIAGNOSED WITH THE 
   VIRUS.
   LET'S GET MORE FROM 
   PETER 
   ALEXANDER. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   TONIGHT FOR ONLY THE 
   SECOND TIME 
   IN PUBLIC WEARING A 
   MASK WHILE 
   TOURING A BIOTECH 
   CENTER IN 
   NORTH CAROLINA.
   THE VISIT INTENDED TO 
   FOCUS ON THE SEARCH 
   FOR A POTENTIAL 
   VACCINE,
   BUT IT COMES AS HIS 
   NATIONAL 
   SECURITY ADVISER 
   ROBERT O'BRIAN 
   IS NOW 
   SELF-QUARANTINING 
   AFTER 
   TESTING POSITIVE FOR 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   THE HIGHEST RANKING 
   WHITE HOUSE 
   OFFICIAL YET TO GET 
   THE DISEASE.
   THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS 
   O'BRIAN HAS 
   MILD SYMPTOMS, THAT 
   HE'S NOW 
   WORKING FROM A SECURE 
   LOCATION 
   OFF SITE.
   THE PRESIDENT TODAY 
   DISMISSING 
   CONCERNS ABOUT HIS OWN
   SAFETY. 
   >> NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN 
   HIM 
   LATELY.
   I HEARD HE TESTED, 
   YEAH.
   >> Reporter: IT'S 
   UNCLEAR HOW 
   MUCH CONTACT PRESIDENT
   TRUMP AND 
   O'BRIAN HAVE HAD IN 
   RECENT 
   WEEKS.
   THEIR LAST PUBLIC 
   APPEARANCE 
   TOGETHER WAS 17 DAYS 
   AGO IN 
   FLORIDA.
   THE WHITE HOUSE IN A 
   STATEMENT 
   INSISTING THERE IS NO 
   RISK OF 
   EXPOSURE TO THE 
   PRESIDENT OR THE 
   VICE PRESIDENT.
   >> THIS IS A VERY, 
   VERY NASTY, 
   RESILIENT VIRUS. 
   >> Reporter: O'BRIAN, 
   WHO IS 54, 
   WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 
   TO 
   REGULARLY WEAR A MASK 
   AT THE 
   WHITE HOUSE. 
   >> I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 
   WHEN 
   THEY'RE OUT, 
   ESPECIALLY IF THEY 
   ARE IN OFFICE 
   BUILDINGS, CLOSED 
   SPACES AND IF THEY ARE
   AROUND A 
   LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU 
   SHOULD 
   DEFINITELY WEAR A 
   MASK. 
   >> Reporter: BUT WHILE
   MEETING WITH EUROPEAN 
   COUNTERPARTS IN FRANCE
   EARLIER THIS WEEK, NO 
   MASK IN SIGHT.
   SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH 
   THE MATTER 
   SAY O'BRIAN CONTRACTED
   THE VIRUS 
   SINCE THEN WHILE ON 
   VACATION.
   DESPITE A SURGE IN 
   INFECTIONS, 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS AND 
   DEATHS 
   NATIONWIDE, THE 
   PRESIDENT TODAY 
   IS URGING STATES TO 
   REOPEN. 
   >> I REALLY DO BELIEVE
   A LOT OF 
   THE GOVERNORS SHOULD 
   BE OPENING 
   UP STATES THAT THEY'RE
   NOT 
   OPENING. 
   >> Reporter: ALSO 
   TONIGHT TOP 
   SENATE REPUBLICANS 
   UNVEILED THEIR 
   PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT
   RELIEF PACKAGE THAT 
   WOULD CUT 
   EMERGENCY BENEFITS 
   FROM $600 TO 
   $200 AND GREEN LIGHT 
   ANOTHER 
   ROUND OF
   DIRECT PAYMENTS TO 
   AMERICANS.
   STILL NOT ALL 
   REPUBLICANS ARE 
   ONBOARD, AND
   DEMOCR
   ALREADY EMERGING.
   SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, 
   EXCITEMENT, ANXIETY 
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, 
   EXCITEMENT, ANXIETY 
   QUESTION SO MANY ARE 
   ASKING: 
   WHAT WILL THE START OF
   THE 
   SCHOOL YEAR LOOK LIKE.
   KATIE BAEK REPORTS.
   >> Reporter: 
   EXCITEMENT FOR THE 
   FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 
   COULDN'T BE MASKED IN 
   MISSISSIPPI.
   >> EVERYONE IS READY 
   TO RETURN 
   TO SCHOOL.
   I HAD A PARENT 
   DESCRIBE IT LAST 
   NIGHT AS IF THE 
   BACKPACKS WERE 
   BY THE DOOR AND IT WAS
   LIKE 
   CHRISTMAS EVE AND THEY
   WERE 
   READY TO GO. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   MASKS, PLASTIC 
   PARTITIONS ON THE BUS,
   TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT 
   THE FRONT 
   DOOR. 
   >> YOU'RE GOOD. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   CLASSROOMS 
   SEATS
   SPACED APART.
   LOWER GROUPED STUDENTS
   GROUPS WITH LAST YEAR 
   TO KEEP 
   FRIENDS CONNECTED.
   AND LUNCHTIME NO 
   LONGER IN 
   CAFETERIAS. 
   >> THE EXCITING THING 
   ABOUT THIS YEAR IS YOU
   GET TO EAT LUNCH IN 
   YOUR CLASSROOM.
   >> Reporter: THE LIST 
   OF NEW 
   SAFE GUARDS AGAINST 
   COVID-19 
   REASSURING TARA 
   WILLIAMS, WHOSE 
   FOUR CHILDREN RETURNED
   TO SCHOOL 
   MONDAY. 
   >> I FEEL LIKE 
   PROBABLY 
   REQUIRING THE MASK 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 SAYS 
   HAVE OPTED FOR REMOTE 
   LEARNING 
   THIS YEAR.
   AFTER ANNOUNCING A 
   HYBRID APPROACH IN 
   MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE,
   SCHOOLS THERE SAYING 
   THE 
   ACADEMIC YEAR WILL 
   BEGIN 
   VIRTUALLY ONLY AFTER A
   SPIKE IN 
   COVID CASES RAISING 
   THREATS TO 
   STUDENTS AND STAFF.
   ONE STUDY SHOWS MORE 
   THAN HALF 
   OF TEACHERS DON'T 
   SUPPORT IN 
   PERSON INSTRUCTION AT 
   THE START 
   OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, 
   WITH ONE IN 
   FIVE SAYING THEY WON'T
   RETURN IF 
   SCHOOLS DO REOPEN. 
   >> IT IS VERY 
   IMPORTANT THAT OUR 
   COMMUNITY AND OTHER 
   COMMUNITIES TAKE THIS 
   VIRUS SERIOUSLY.
   IT'S HERE.
   WE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE
   SOME OF 
   OUR WAYS. 
   >> Reporter: CHANGES 
   WELL WORTH 
   MAKING FOR SENIORS 
   HERE. 
   >> IT TAKES A LITTLE 
   SOCIAL LIFE 
   OUT, BUT IT'S NOT THAT
   BIG OF A 
   DEAL. 
   >> IT IS SUCH AN EASY 
   THING TO 
   DO.
   SO IF EVERYBODY CAN DO
   IT, WE 
   CAN STOP THE VIRUS AND
   GET BACK 
   TO NORMALCY. 
   >> Reporter: FOR NOW A
   MODIFIED 
   NORMAL AS THE NEW 
   SCHOOL YEAR 
   BEGINS.
   KATIE BECK, NBC NEWS 
   MISSISSIPPI.
   >>> AUTHORITIES ACROSS
   THE 
   COUNTRY ARE BRACING 
   FOR MORE 
   PROTESTS TONIGHT AFTER
   SOME 
   DEMONSTRATIONS TURNED 
   VIOLENT 
   OVER THE WEEKEND.
   CLASHES IN SEVERAL 
   CITIES.
   WE GET MORE FROM ERIN 
   McLAUGHLIN. 
   >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT
   IN 
   PORTLAND, PROTESTERS 
   LAUNCH 
   MORTAR STYLE FIREWORKS
   AT 
   FEDERAL AGENTS.
   THE STEEL BARRIER THAT
   ENCASES THE FEDERAL 
   COURTHOUSE BETWEEN 
   THEM PROVOKING THIS
   RESPONSE.
   IT STARTED TWO MONTHS 
   AGO WITH 
   PROTESTS AGAINST 
   POLICE 
   BRUTALITY HAVE NOW 
   BECOME A 
   NIGHTLY RITUAL. 
   >> THEY STARTED 
   SHOOTING US.
   SO WE CAME BACK WITH 
   VESTS.
   WHO IS ESCALATING 
   THIS?
   IT'S NOT US. 
   >> Reporter: STATE 
   OFFICIALS SAY 
   THE AGENTS ARE NOT 
   WELCOME.
   THE PRESIDENT INSISTS 
   THEY'RE 
   HERE TO PROTECT 
   FEDERAL 
   PROPERTY.
   IN NEARBY SEATTLE ON 
   SATURDAY, A 
   SHOW OF SOLIDARITY 
   WITH 
   PORTLAND'S PROTESTERS,
   EVOLVED 
   FROM PEACEFUL INTO 
   WHAT POLICE 
   CALLED A RIOT.
   THE PRESIDENT SAYS 
   THEY'RE IN 
   SEATTLE FOR 
   EMERGENCIES ONLY.
   HERE AT THE POLICE 
   PRECINCT, 
   THEY'RE BRACING FOR 
   THE POSSIBLY 
   OF MORE VIOLENCE.
   YOU CAN SEE,
   THE WINDOWS ARE 
   COVERED IN MORE 
   PLYWOOD.
   THEY JUST SET UP MORE 
   BARRICADES.
   EACH BLOCK WEIGHS 
   4,000 POUNDS.
   IN LOS ANGELES 
   PROTESTERS AND 
   POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE
   THE 
   FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
   AND IN LOUISVILLE 
   OPPOSING ARMED 
   MILITIA GROUPS FACED 
   OFF AT A 
   DEMONSTRATION.
   NOW OFFICIALS AND 
   PROTESTERS ARE 
   PREPARING FOR WHAT 
   TONIGHT MAY 
   BRING.
   ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC 
   NEWS 
   SEATTLE. 
   >>> UP NEXT, KATHY LEE
   GIFFORD 
   REMEMBERS HE
   >>> TODAY KATHY LEE 
   GIFFORD 
   REMEMBERED HER FRIEND 
   AND FORMER 
   COHOST WHO PASSED AWAY
   OVER THE 
   WEEKEND AT 88 YEARS 
   OLD.
   HERE'S ANNE THOMPSON. 
   >> ARE YOU SERIOUS!
   >> Reporter: THEIRS 
   WAS A 
   FRIENDSHIP MARKED BY 
   LAUGHTER.
   >> IS THIS HOW IT WILL
   BE EVERY 
   MORNING?
   >> Reporter: AND FOR 
   15 YEARS 
   FIRST NEW YORK, THEN 
   AMERICA 
   LOVED TO LAUGH WITH 
   REGIS AND 
   KATHY LEE. 
   >> I'M BEGINNING TO 
   LIKE IT NOW.
   >> 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 FOR 
   WHERE IT COULD GO. 
   >> WE'RE ROLE MODELS. 
   FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL 
   PEOPLE.
   >> Reporter: KATHY LEE
   REMEMBERING REGIS 
   PHILBIN. 
   >> WE HAD THE SAME 
   SENSE OF HUMOR.
   AND I WASN'T AFRAID OF
   HIM AND HE SURE AS 
   HECK WASN'T AFRAID OF 
   ME, AND WE JUST TOOK 
   OFF LIKE A ROCKET.
   >> PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 
   WHO WE ARE. 
   >> THIS IS REGIS, AND 
   I'M KATHY 
   LEE. 
   >> WE HAD FUN, F-U-N, 
   AND IT'S 
   CONTAGIOUS.
   AND HE'S THE MOST 
   GRATEFUL 
   PERSON IN THE WORLD.
   HE NEVER FORGOT WHERE 
   HE CAME 
   FROM. 
   >> 50 YEARS AGO, I WAS
   A PAGE 
   RIGHT HERE. 
   >> HE WAS JUST ALWAYS 
   COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN
   SKIN.
   HE ALWAYS FELT LIKE 
   THE LUCKIEST 
   GUY IN THE WORLD. 
   >> Reporter: TWO WEEKS
   AGO, 
   KATHY LEE AND REGIS 
   AND HIS WIFE 
   JOY SHARED A FINAL 
   MEAL.
   JOY TELLING KATHY 
   LEE -- 
   >> THE DAY THAT WE 
   CAME TO HAVE LUNCH 
   WITH YOU, SHE TOLD ME,
   WAS THE LAST TIME
   I HEARD HIM LAUGH. 
   >> Reporter: SHARING 
   ONE MORE 
   TIME -- 
   áá THANKS FOR THE 
   MEMORIES. 
   >> Reporter: -- THE 
   >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, 
   WE WANT TO 
   TAKE YOU BACK TO 
   SELMA, ALABAMA 
   WHERE THE BODY OF 
   CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS
   RETURNED YESTERDAY.
   THE POIGNANT IMAGES 
   SPEAK
   TO BOTH HIS JOURNEY 
   AND THE 
   NATION'S.
   ON THAT BLOODY SUNDAY 
   55 YEARS 
   AGO,
   IT WAS A BRIDGE TOO 
   FAR, A CLIMB 
   TOO STEEP FOR JOHN 
   LEWIS AND THE 
   OTHER PEACEFUL 
   MARCHERS THAT 
   WERE CAUGHT IN A VICE 
   OF POLICE 
   BRUTALITY.
   BUT ON THIS SUNDAY, 
   YESTERDAY, 
   THE ROAD WAS CLEAR FOR
   JOHN 
   LEWIS.
   ATON A HORSE DRAWN 
   KASON,
   HE WAS CARRIED ACROSS 
   THE EDMOND 
   PETTUS BRIDGE, 
   COMPLETING THE 
   JOURNEY WHO SYMBOLIZED
   WHO HE 
   WAS.
   HE EMBRACED 
   NON-VIOLENCE, BUT HE 
   DIDN'T FLINCH FROM THE
   BLOWS 
   THAT COULD COME 
   EITHER.
   BY THE TIME HE 
   SUFFERED THAT VICIOUS 
   BEATDOWN IN SELMA,
   HE HAD ALREADY FACED 
   ATTACKS AND 
   RIDICULE.
   BUT IT WAS THAT BRIDGE
   THE WAY 
   TO MONTGOMERY TO 
   PETITION FOR 
   VOTING RIGHTS AND THAT
   AWFUL 
   SUNDAY THAT SO CLEARLY
   DEFINED 
   THE TENACITY AND 
   COURAGE THAT 
   WAS JOHN LEWIS.
   A MOMENT THAT CHANGED 
   AMERICA, 
   FRAMED THE LIFE OF A 
   PEACEFUL 
   WARRIOR FOR JUSTICE. 
   >> WE CAME HERE TO 
   PROTEST AN 
   UNJUST SYSTEM THAT 
   DENIED BLACKS 
   THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND 
   WE MET 
   PEOPLE WHO DID NOT 
   WANT US HERE.
   THEY CALLED US 
   TROUBLEMAKERS.
   WE WALKED TO THE 
   BRIDGE.
   WE STOPPED AND 
   REALIZED WE COULD 
   NOT TURN BACK.
   WHEN WE LOOKED AHEAD, 
   WE SAW A 
   SEA OF BLUE, ALABAMA 
   STATE 
   TROOPERS.
   HISTORY REMIND US ON 
   THAT MARCH 
   7th, 1965, WE LOVED 
   AMERICA SO 
   DEARLY WE WERE READY 
   TO DIE FOR 
   HER. 
   >> HIS FINAL CROSSING 
   SPANNING 
   THE TENDER HOOKS OF 
   TIME AND 
   HISTORY. 
   >>> THAT IS "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS" FOR 
   THIS EVENING.
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, 
   EVERYONE.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND 
