  >>> TONIGHT THE RECORD
  SMASHING CORONAVIRUS
  SURGE, ARIZONA, 
  CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA 
  AND TEXAS HITTING 
  STAGGERING NEW
  SINGLE-DAY HIGHS
  VICE PRESIDENT PENCE
  ARRIVING IN PHOENIX 
  WEARING A MASK
  CALIFORNIA REVERSING
  ITS REOPENING.
  NEARLY 10,000 NEW 
  CASES THERE IN JUST 24
  HOURS.
  >>> AND PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP NOW SAYING HE'S 
  ALL FOR MASKS.
  BUT WON'T MAKE THEM 
  MANDATORY.
  THE SITUATION WHERE HE
  SAYS HE WEARS ONE.
  >>> PROMISING NEWS IN 
  THE RACE FOR A
  VACCINE, ENCOURAGING
  RURALS FROM THE HUMAN 
  TRIAL AND THE CRITICAL
  NEXT STEP.
  >>> FACTS OVER FEAR,
  WHAT MAKES SOMEONE A
  SUPERSPREADING AND HOW
  DO THEY INFECT SO MANY
  OTHERS. 
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  SPEAKING OUT FOR THE
  FIRST TIME ON CAMERA
  ABOUT THE ALLEGED 
  RUSSIAN BOUNTY ON U.S.
  SOLDIERS
  HE SAYS IT'S A NEW
  HOAX. 
  >>> THE CRACKDOWN IN
  SEATTLE, THE MAYOR'S
  EMERGENCY ORDER,
  POLICE MOVING IN ON 
  PROTESTERS OCCUPYING
  SEVERAL DOWNTOWN
  BLOCKS FOR WEEKS. 
  >>> THE NEARLY
  $19 MILLION SETTLEMENT
  FOR SOME OF HARVEY
  WEINSTEIN'S ACCUSERS. 
  >>> FOR THE FIRST TIME
  SINCE A SPECIAL 
  PROSECUTOR WAS
  APPOINTED TO
  INVESTIGATE THE DEATH 
  OF ELIJAH McCLAIN, HIS
  FATHER SPEAKING OUT.
  >>> SCAM ALERT, FAKE
  WEBSITES CLAIMING TO
  SELL EVERYTHING FROM
  MASKS TO HAND 
  SANITIZER.
  HOW TO PROTECT
  YOURSELF. 
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT. 
  >>> GOOD EVENING, 
  EVERYONE, SICK AND
  TIRED OF CLOSURES,
  RESTRICTIONS AND A
  VIRUS THAT WON'T GO 
  AWAY
  AMERICANS ARE 
  CONFRONTED TONIGHT
  WITH DEEPLY TROUBLING 
  SIGNS OF JUST HOW HARD
  THIS COUNTRY CAN BEING
  HIT.
  THE DAILY TALLY OF NEW
  INFECTIONS, BREAK 
  RECORDS IN SOME STATES
  AGAIN TONIGHT AND 
  HOSPITALIZATIONS ON 
  THE RISE TOO
  THE WEST HIT
  PARTICULARLY HARD.
  HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE
  GOVERNOR TODAY TURNING
  BACK THE CLOCK ON 
  REOPENING WITH NEW
  RESTRICTIONS PUT IN 
  PLACE WHILE 
  NEIGHBORING ARIZONA 
  SEES A STAGGERING RATE
  OF POSITIVE COVID 
  TESTS.
  THERE'S A LOT TO COVER
  TONIGHT.
  WE BEGIN WITH MIGUEL
  ALMAGUER
  >> Reporter: EMERGING 
  AS ONE OF THE NATION'S
  MOST DANGEROUS HOT
  SPOTS TONIGHT ARIZONA 
  RECORDING ANOTHER 
  STAGGERING RECORD,
  NEARLY 4,900 NEW COVID
  CASES IN 24 HOURS.
  WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS 
  HITTING ANOTHER 
  HISTORIC HIGH, PERHAPS
  MOST ALARMING, THE
  POSITIVITY RATE,
  NEARLY 30% OF THOSE 
  JUST TESTED HAVE THE
  VIRUS.
  TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF
  ARIZONA'S CRISIS THE
  VICE PRESIDENT ARRIVES
  IN PHOENIX WEARING A
  MASK. 
  >> I COULDN'T BE MORE 
  PROUD OF OUR NATION'S 
  RESPONSE TO THE 
  CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
  >> Reporter: RETAIL 
  RESTAURANTS AND MALLS 
  ARE STILL OPEN IN 
  ARIZONA, BUT THE
  GOVERNOR DID ORDER THE
  CLOSURE OF BARS,
  NIGHTCLUBS AND GYMS.
  THOUGH SOME FITNESS 
  CENTERS ARE DEFYING 
  THE NEW RESTRICTIONS. 
  >> I THINK IT'S KIND
  OF INEVITABLE THAT
  THINGS ARE GOING TO 
  GET WORSE.
  >> Reporter: AS THE 
  NUMBER OF INFECTIONS
  AND FATALITIES ALSO 
  SOARS IN CALIFORNIA,
  TODAY GOVERNOR NEWSOM 
  REINSTATED
  RESTRICTIONS
  AMONG THEM, 
  RESTAURANTS IN 19 
  COUNTIES MUST CLOSE 
  THEIR DINING ROOMS AND
  RETURN TO CURBSIDE
  PICKUP
  CALIFORNIA ONE OF THE 
  FIRST STATES TO LOCK
  DOWN, AMONG AT LEAST
  18 OTHERS NOW CLAMPING
  DOWN AGAIN. 
  >> EVERY DAY I COME TO
  WORK HOPING THAT I CAN
  HELP SOMEONE TO GET 
  BETTER
  BUT UNFORTUNATELY 
  THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE 
  CASE
  IT'S EMOTIONAL
  AND IT TAKES A TOLL.
  >> Reporter: FACING A 
  SUMMER SPIKE OF NEW 
  INFECTIONS 14 STATES
  RECORDED NEW COVID
  HIGHS IN CASES THIS 
  WEEK, MORE THAN HALF
  THE COUNTRY IS SEEING 
  A SIGNIFICANT 
  INCREASE, INCLUDING 
  TEXAS, WHERE THE
  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS
  NOW DISMISSING DR.
  FAUCI.
  >> HE HAS BEEN WRONG
  EVERY TIME ONEVERY
  ISSUE.
  I DON'T NEED HIS
  ADVICE ANYMORE. 
  >> Reporter: WITH A 
  FRUSTRATED NATION 
  GROWING TIRED OF
  RESTRICTIONS AND
  ROLLBACKS, TONIGHT
  TOMMY MACILLAS'S
  FAMILY IS SHARING HIS 
  STORY.
  THE 51-YEAR-OLD JUST
  ATTENDED A PARTY WITH 
  FRIENDS.
  IT WAS THE LAST TIME
  THEY WOULD SEE HIM
  ALIVE.
  >> HE DECIDED HE
  HADN'T SEEN HIS 
  FRIENDS IN SO LONG
  HE THOUGHT THINGS WERE
  GETTING BETTER
  HE THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY
  AND HE DECIDED TO GO
  SEE THEM AND JUST SO
  QUICKLY HE WAS TAKEN
  FROM US.
  >> Reporter: HERE IN
  CALIFORNIA THE
  GOVERNOR'S NEW
  RESTRICTIONS ARE AIMED
  AT REDUCING CROWD 
  SIZES IN TIGHT SPACES 
  BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
  HE SAYS IT WILL SAVE
  LIVES.
  LESTER
  >> TOO MANY NUMBERS 
  GOING IN THE WRONG
  DIRECTION TONIGHT, ALL
  RIGHT, MIGUEL, THANK
  YOU.
  >>> AS THE WORLD RACES
  TO DEVELOP A COVID
  VACCINE, PROMISING
  NEWS, THE FIRST 
  RESULTS FROM ONE MAJOR
  CLINICAL TRIAL
  MORE FROM NBC'S 
  STEPHANIE GOSK. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  RESEARCHERS FOR PFIZER
  AND ITS GERMAN PARTNER
  SAY THIS IS AS GOOD A 
  RESULT AS THEY COULD
  HAVE HOPED FOR, 45
  HEALTHY PEOPLE, 
  BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18
  AND 55, TOOK PART IN
  THE TRIAL.
  24 WERE GIVEN TWO 
  DOSES OF THE VACCINE. 
  >> 24 OUT OF 24 
  PRODUCED BOTH BINDING 
  ANTIBODIES, AND THEN
  EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY 
  VIRUS NEUTRALIZING
  ANTIBODIES. 
  >> Reporter: WITH ONLY
  SOME PARTICIPANTS 
  DEVELOPING BRIEF
  FEVERS AND MUSCLE PAIN
  AROUND THE INJECTION
  THE VACCINE INSTRUCTS 
  THE BODY TO MAKE
  CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODIES
  WITHOUT EXPOSING
  PEOPLE TO THE VIRUS 
  ITSELF
  DO YOU KNOW AT THIS 
  POINT HOW LONG THESE
  ANTIBODIES WILL LAST
  IN SOMEONE'S SYSTEM?
  >> WE DON'T KNOW
  SO WE DON'T KNOW
  EITHER AFTER A NATURAL
  COVID-19 DISEASE, AND 
  AN ACTUAL INFECTION OF
  THE VIRUS OR -- LASTS 
  YET, UNFORTUNATELY
  THAT JUST TAKES TIME. 
  >> Reporter: THERE ARE
  ALSO TWO MORE TRIALS
  BEFORE POSSIBLE 
  APPROVAL
  THIS WAS JUST THE 
  FIRST.
  EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW 
  HOPEFUL THEY SHOULD BE
  HEARING THIS NEWS.
  IS THIS A SLAM DUNK AT
  THIS POINT
  >> I HAVE BEEN DOING
  VACCINE RESEARCH FOR
  OVER 30 YEARS.
  THIS IS A PROMISING,
  ENCOURAGING FIRST 
  STEP, BUT IT'S NOT A
  SLAM DUNK.
  I'VE SEEN MANY, MANY
  VACCINE CANDIDATES NOT
  BE SUCCESSFUL THAT
  HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS 
  PHASE.
  >> Reporter: THE
  REMAINING TWO TRIALS
  WILL BE LARGER
  THE FINAL PHASE 
  INCLUDING A DIVERSE 
  GROUP OF 30,000 PEOPLE
  IN THE U.S. AND 
  EUROPE
  IT WILL TAKE MONTHS 
  MONITORING THEM TO
  DETERMINE IF THOSE
  GIVEN THE VACCINE WERE
  PROTECTED.
  WHILE THOSE WHO 
  RECEIVED THE PLACEBO
  WERE NOT. 
  >> IT'S POTENTIALLY 
  GOOD NEWS.
  IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE
  THIS VACCINE PROTECTS 
  BUT IT'S THE KIND OF
  THING WE'RE LOOKING 
  FOR BEFORE WE MOVE
  SOME OF THESE VACCINES
  INTO MORE ADVANCED
  CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT
  >> Reporter: PFIZER 
  HOPES TO HAVE APPROVAL
  BY THE END OF THE 
  YEAR, AND SAYS IT'S 
  READY TO MAKE UP TO 
  100 MILLION DOSES BY
  THEN IF IT PASSES THE 
  TEST
  STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
  NEWS
  >>> LET'S DRILL DOWN
  ON A TERM WE'VE BEEN
  HEARING MORE IN RECENT
  DAYS, SUPERSPREADER,
  SOMEONE WHO INFECTS 
  MANY PEOPLE WITH THE
  VIRUS.
  IN OUR SERIES FACTS 
  OVER FEAR, KRISTEN
  DAHLGREN ON HOW THEY
  SPREAD IT AND HOW TO
  PROTECT YOURSELF. 
  >> Reporter: AFTER AN 
  INFECTED STUDENT
  RECENTLY ATTENDED 
  GRADUATION IN WEST
  CHESTER TOUT, NEW 
  YORK, 14 PEOPLE TESTED
  POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
  A CHOIR PRACTICE LED
  TO 53 INFECTIONS. 
  >> ONE PERSON 
  SPREADING, COUGHING 
  AND LAUGHING, CAUSING 
  SEVERAL PEOPLE TO GET 
  INFECTED. 
  >> Reporter: COME TO
  BE KNOWN AS 
  SUPERSPREADERS, AN
  INFECTED PERSON WHO 
  MAY NOT BE SYMPTOMATIC
  BUT GOES, FOR EXAMPLE,
  TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY 
  PASSING IT TO OTHER 
  GUESTS WHO THEN CAN 
  SPREAD IT THEMSELVES
  IT'S A COMBINATION OF 
  BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
  SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE
  CONTAGIOUS, WITH A
  HIGHER VIRAL LOAD,
  MORE VIRUS PER DROPLET
  AND SOME SPREAD IT
  FARTHER FOR THINGS
  LIKE TALKING LOUDER 
  BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO 
  BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
  OTHERS TO TRANSMIT THE
  VIRUS.
  >> YOU THINK ABOUT THE
  RESPIRATORY DROPLETS
  THAT GO OUT INTO THE
  AIR AND THAT INCREASES
  INFECTION.
  >> Reporter: LABS ARE 
  AT CAPACITY.
  RESULTS ARE DELAYED.
  SOME ARE SPREADING THE
  VIRUS BEFORE THEY 
  FOUND IT OUT THEY'RE
  INFECTED
  REAL WORLD CELL PHONE 
  DATA IS TRACKING
  SOCIAL DISTANCING TO
  SEE HOW IT AFFECTED 
  THE VIRUS'S SPREAD. 
  >> SOCIAL DISTANCING
  OR REDUCED MOBILITY 
  WAS STRONGER
  CORRELATED WITH 
  REDUCTIONS IN 
  TRANSMISSION. 
  >> Reporter: NEW YORK 
  CITY WHERE THE
  INFECTION RATE HAS
  DRAMATICALLY DROPPED
  SHOWS THE MOST
  REDUCTION IN MOBILITY,
  HOUSTON HAS BEEN
  SEEING A SURGE IN 
  CASES, PEOPLE'S 
  MOBILITY CHANGED THE
  LEAST.
  IN SHORT, EXPERTS SAY 
  SOCIAL DISTANCING 
  WORKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
  COMBINED WITH MASKS.
  >> PEOPLE DO HAVE IT
  WITHIN THEIR OWN
  CAPABILITIES, WITHIN
  THEIR OWN POWER, TO 
  MAKE THESE DECISIONS, 
  TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, 
  TO PROTECT THEMSELVES 
  AND PROTECT OTHERS. 
  >> Reporter: MINNESOTA
  STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST
  HAS NOW SEEN 300 CASES
  LINKED TO BARS ACROSS 
  THAT STATE
  TONIGHT, LESTER, SHE
  IS URGING THE PUBLIC
  TO DO ITS PART. 
  >> A LOT TO LEARN 
  THERE, KRISTEN, THANK 
  YOU.
  >>> NOW THE DEBATE
  OVER MASKS, DESPITE 
  PLEAS BY HEALTH 
  OFFICIALS TO WEAR THEM
  STILL NO CONSENSUS
  AMONG POLITICAL 
  LEADERS.
  PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS
  HE'S ALL FOR MASKS BUT
  WOULD HE REQUIRE THEM?
  HERE'S NBC'S SAM
  BROCK.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  WEIGHING IN ON
  REQUIRING MASKS.
  >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
  NEED MANDATORY BECAUSE
  YOU HAVE MANY PLACES
  IN THE COUNTRY WHERE
  PEOPLE STAY VERY LONG 
  DISTANCE
  YOU TALK ABOUT SOCIAL 
  DISTANCING
  BUT I'M ALL FOR MASKS.
  I THINK MASKS ARE 
  GOOD
  I WOULD WEAR -- IF I
  WERE IN A GROUP OF
  PEOPLE AND I WAS
  CLOSE --
  >> YOU WOULD WEAR ONE?
  >> OH, I WOULD -- OH, 
  I WOULD -- OH, I HAVE.
  PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ME 
  WEARING ONE.
  >> Reporter: NOW MORE 
  OFFICIALS URGING MASK 
  USE TO STOP THE SPREAD
  OF THE YIERS
  GEORGIA'S FWRN ON A 
  TWO-DAY PLANE TOUR, 
  RESISTING CALLS TO
  MAKE IT A STATEWIDE 
  RULE. 
  >> PRACTICE SOCIAL
  DISTANCING, WASH YOUR 
  HANDS AND WEAR A MASK.
  >> Reporter: THAT CALL
  COMING AS FEDERAL 
  OFFICIALS ISSUE A 
  WARNING, DON'T BUY
  INTO THESE PHONY
  CARDS.
  TITLED FACE MASK
  EXEMPT, CARRYING THE
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
  SEAL AND CLAIM WEARING
  A MASK POSES A MENTAL 
  AND/OR PHYSICAL RISK
  TO ME.
  >> THERE IS NO FEDERAL
  AGENCY ENDORSING THE
  CARD
  THE CARD HAS NO FORCE 
  TO FEDERAL LAW. 
  >> Reporter: MATTHEW
  MARTIN SAYS A GROUP 
  CALLING IT THE FREEDOM
  TO BREATHE AGENCY 
  ADVERTISED THEM ON
  SOCIAL MEDIA. 
  >> GIVEN WHAT'S GOING 
  ON RIGHT NOW IN THE 
  MIDDLE OF A CRISIS
  LIKE THIS WHAT IS YOUR
  REACTION TO SOMEONE 
  SCHEMING UP A CARD TO 
  AVOID HAVING TO WEAR A
  MASK
  >> MY REACTION IS,
  IT'S REALLY PATHETIC
  BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE 
  MIDDLE OF A CRISIS
  THE CDC HAS 
  RECOMMENDED THAT
  PEOPLE WEAR MASKS.
  >> Reporter: A WOMAN
  ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
  FREEDOM TO BREATHE
  AGENCY WROTE IN A 
  FACEBOOK POST THE 
  CARDS WERE A, QUOTE,
  EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND
  THAT THEY REMOVED THE 
  JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
  SEAL
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT, SAM,
  THANKS VERY MUCH. 
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  BROKE HIS SILENCE 
  TODAY OVER REPORTS
  THAT RUSSIA OFFERED 
  MONEY TO TALIBAN
  BACKED MILITANTS TO 
  KILL U.S. TROOPS, 
  CALLING THOSE REPORTS 
  A HOAX
  KRISTEN WELKER REPORTS
  THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
  BEEN SENDING MIXED
  SIGNALS.
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP SPEAKING OUT FOR
  THE FIRST TIME SINCE
  REPORTS SURFACED THAT 
  RUSSIA PAID BOUNTIES
  TO TALIBAN-BACKED 
  MILITANTS TO TARGET 
  U.S. TROOPS,
  EXPLAINING WHY HE SAYS
  HE WAS NOT INITIALLY
  BRIEFED.
  >> JUST DIDN'T RISE TO
  THE OCCASION AND FROM 
  WHAT I HEAR, AND I
  HEAR IT PRETTY GOOD,
  THE INTELLIGENCE
  PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN -- 
  MANY OF THEM DIDN'T 
  BELIEVE IT HAPPENED AT
  ALL.
  I THINK IT'S A HOAX.
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESIDENT, WHO HAS NOW
  BEEN BRIEFED, PRESSED 
  ON HIS USE OF THE WORD
  HOAX. 
  >> I AGREE WITH THE 
  INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE.
  I THINK, FRANKLY, THAT
  MANY OF THE 
  INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE 
  DIDN'T THINK IT WAS 
  SOMETHING THAT EVEN 
  HAPPENED
  AND IF IT DID HAPPEN, 
  THE RUSSIANS WOULD
  HEAR ABOUT IT.
  >> Reporter: THE WHITE
  HOUSE HAS MAINTAINED
  THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT 
  INITIALLY BRIEFED,
  EVEN THOUGH SOME
  MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
  WERE, BECAUSE OF THE
  CREDIBILITY OF THE
  INTELLIGENCE
  BUT HIS NATIONAL
  SECURITY ADVISER MAY
  HAVE MUDDLED THAT 
  MESSAGE BY SAYING THE 
  ADMINISTRATION WAS
  PREPARING OPTIONS TO
  RESPOND IF NECESSARY. 
  >> WE STARTED AN
  INTER-AGENCY PROCESS
  TO LOOK AT OPTIONS SO 
  IF THE INTELLIGENCE 
  TURNED OUT TO BE
  VERIFIED, IF IT COULD 
  BE CORROBORATED WE'D
  HAVE OPTIONS TO GO TO 
  THE PRESIDENT WITH TO 
  ADDRESS THE RUSSIAN 
  SITUATION.
  >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
  DEMANDING ANSWERS.
  >> HE TODAY SAID IT 
  WAS A HOAX AND THIS 
  IS, AGAIN, PRESIDENT
  TRUMP'S UNWILLINGNESS 
  TO STAND UP TO
  VLADIMIR PUTIN. 
  >> Reporter: TOP JEJS 
  OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED
  TO BRIEF THE KEY
  CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS 
  FROM BOTH PARTIES ON
  CAPITOL HILL TOMORROW.
  LESTER
  >> KRISTEN WELKER 
  TONIGHT, THANKS.
  >>> DOZENS UNDER
  ARREST IN SEATTLE THIS
  EVENING AFTER THE 
  MAYOR ORDERED POLICE
  TO CLEAR OUT SEVERAL
  DOWNTOWN BLOCKS 
  OCCUPIED BY PROTESTERS
  FOR WEEKS.
  OUR STEVE PATTERSON IS
  THERE.
  STEVE, THIS HAS BEEN
  MOVING VERY QUICKLY 
  TODAY.
  >> Reporter: LESTER,
  PROTESTERS HELD THIS
  SIX-BLOCK AREA FOR
  MORE THAN THREE WEEKS.
  THEIR ENCAMPMENT WAS
  DISMANTLED IN LESS
  THAN A DAY
  THIS MORNING THE MAYOR
  ORDERED OFFICERS TO 
  RETAKE THE CAPITOL
  HILL PROTEST ZONE.
  THERE WERE 30 ARRESTS.
  BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY 
  OF VIOLENCE.
  CHOP WAS CREATED WHEN 
  THE CITY ORDERED
  OFFICERS TO ABANDON 
  THE EAST PRECINCT ON
  JUNE 8th
  PROTESTERS DECLARING
  IT A POLICE-FREE ZONE.
  THE MAYOR IS FACING 
  INTENSE BACKLASH FOR
  NOT MOVING IN SOONER
  THE POLICE CHIEF HAD
  CALLED CHOP LAWLESS 
  AND BRUTAL AFTER A
  SERIES OF SHOOTINGS 
  WHERE TWO TEENAGERS 
  WERE KILLED.
  TONIGHT, PROTESTERS 
  SAY THEY PLAN TO MARCH
  ACROSS THE CITY WITH
  POLICE BRACING FOR ANY
  SIGN OF RETALIATION.
  LESTER
  >> STEVE PATTERSON IN 
  SEATTLE TONIGHT,
  THANKS. 
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS,
  ELIJAH McCLAIN'S
   >>> BACK NOW WITH THE 
   FATHER OF 
   ELIJAH McCLAIN 
   SPEAKING OUT FOR 
   THE FIRST TIME SINCE A
   SPECIAL 
   PROSECUTOR WAS 
   APPOINTED TO
   INVESTIGATE THE DEATH 
   OF HIS SON 
   IN POLICE CUSTODY.
   HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
   >> Reporter: FOR MORE 
   THAN TEN 
   MONTHS, ELIJAH 
   McCLAIN'S FATHER 
   SAYS HE'S BEEN 
   FIGHTING FOR 
   JUSTICE. 
   >> HE WAS SPECIAL.
   AND HE IS MISSED. 
   >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN
   A LONG 
   STRUGGLE SINCE AURORA 
   OFFICERS 
   TACKLED HIS SON RNGS 
   APPLIED A CAROTID HOLD
   AND GAVE HIM A 
   SEDATIVE.
   McCLAIN WOULD DIE AT 
   THE 
   HOSPITAL DAYS LATER.
   THE CORONER SAYING THE
   CAUSE OF 
   DEATH WAS 
   UNDETERMINED.
   AN INTERNAL POLICE 
   INVESTIGATION 
   FOUND THE OFFICERS 
   FOLLOWED 
   POLICY.
   AND THE DISTRICT 
   ATTORNEY DECLINED TO 
   FILE CHARGES.
   ONLY AFTER THE DEATH 
   OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS 
   DID THE 
   GOVERNOR HERE APPOINT 
   A SPECIAL 
   PROSECUTOR.
   IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO 
   THE 
   OFFICERS WHO STOPPED 
   HIM THAT 
   NIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU 
   SAY?
   >> YOU'RE A COWARD, 
   BUT YOU 
   SHOULDN'T BE POLICE 
   OFFICERS ANYMORE.
   AND WE'RE COMING FOR 
   YOUR JOB 
   SO -- 
   >> Reporter: NOW IN A 
   JOINT 
   STATEMENT, THE JUSTICE
   DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI
   CONFIRMED 
   THEY HAVE BEEN 
   REVIEWING 
   McKLEIN ('S DEATH 
   SINCE 2019.
   THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING 
   INTO 
   WHETHER SOME AURORA 
   OFFICERS 
   TOOK INAPPROPRIATE 
   PICTURES LAST 
   WEEK NEAR THIS 
   MEMORIAL.
   McCLAIN WAS 23 YEARS 
   OLD.
   A MASSAGE THERAPIST 
   WHO FRIENDS 
   SAY WOULD CONSTANTLY 
   BOW AS A 
   SIGN OF GRATITUDE. 
   >> THEY MURDERED MY 
   FRIEND. 
   >> Reporter: SHE WAS 
   ONE OF HIS 
   CLIENTS FOR MORE THAN 
   TWO YEARS.
   >> NOBODY SHOULD DIE 
   LIKE THAT.
   NOBODY SHOULD BE 
   WALKING HOME 
   AND BE WORRIED THAT 
   THEY WILL 
   NEVER GET THERE. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   INTERIM POLICE 
   CHIEF SAYS HER 
   DEPARTMENT WILL 
   COOPERATE FULLY WITH 
   ANY FEDERAL REVIEW, 
   BUT SHE DECLINED TO 
   COMMENT.
   >> THANK YOU.
   >>> A GROUP OF HARVEY 
   WEINSTEIN'S ACCUSERS 
   HAVE 
   REACHED A TENTATIVE 
   SETTLEMENT.
   INCLUDING $19 MILLION 
   FOR VICTIMS.
   BUT SOME OF 
   WEINSTEIN'S OTHER 
   ACCUSERS SAY IT IS NOT
   NEARLY 
   ENOUGH. 
   HERE'S KATE SNOW WITH 
   THAT.
   >> Reporter: THREE 
   MONTHS AFTER 
   HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS 
   SENT TO 
   PRISON FOR RAPE, 
   THE PRO POSED 
   SETTLEMENT WOULD 
   CREATE A VICTIMS' FUND
   WORTH NEARLY $19 
   MILLION.
   >> THERE IS RELIEF AND
   CLOSURE 
   IN THIS SETTLEMENT, 
   ABSOLUTELY 
   FOR ME, AND I THINK 
   FOR A 
   HUNDRED PLUS WOMEN. 
   >> Reporter: IF 
   APPROVED BY THE 
   COURTS, ANYONE WITH AN
   ALLEGATION SINCE THE 
   LATE 1980s 
   COULD FILE A 
   CONFIDENTIAL CLAIM 
   AND ACCUSERS ARE 
   RELEASED FROM 
   ANY NONDISCLOSURE 
   AGREEMENTS.
   ACTRESSES PART OF A 
   CLASS ACTION 
   LAWSUIT AGAINST 
   WEINSTEIN AND 
   OTHERS. 
   >> THIS NEVER WOULD 
   HAVE 
   HAPPENED HAD WE NOT 
   LINKED ARMS 
   AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
   WE ARE OPENING THIS 
   DOOR.
   MAY IT BE BIGGER AND 
   BETTER FOR 
   THE NEXT WOMEN WHO 
   COME AFTER 
   US. 
   >> Reporter: BUT OTHER
   WEINSTEIN 
   ACCUSERS CALL THE 
   SETTLEMENT A SELL-OUT.
   SHE'S FRUSTRATED 
   WEINSTEIN WILL 
   NOT ADMIT ANY 
   WRONGDOING AND HE 
   WILL NOT BE THE ONE 
   FOOTING THE 
   BILL.
   INSTEAD, INSURANCE 
   COMPANIES 
   WILL MAKE THIS PAYOUT 
   AND 
   NOTHING FURTHER. 
   >> IT REMOVES A LOT OF
   INDIVIDUAL CHOICE FROM
   SURVIVORS.
   SO IF THEY WANTED TO 
   LITIGATE THEIR OWN 
   CLAIMS IN COURT 
   AGAINST HARVEY, THEY 
   WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
   >> Reporter: THOSE 
   SUPPORTING 
   THE SETTLEMENT SAID 
   THEY DID THE 
   BEST THEY COULD WITHIN
   AN UNFAIR 
   SYSTEM. 
   >> THERE IS NEVER 
   ENOUGH, RIGHT?
   I MEAN, THERE REALLY 
   IS NO 
   AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 
   CAN TAKE 
   AWAY WHAT TRANSPIRED 
   TO ALL OF 
   THESE SURVIVORS. 
   >> Reporter: WEINSTEIN
   REMAINS 
   IN A BUFFALO PRISON.
   HE FACES SEPARATE SEX 
   CRIMES CHARGES IN LOS 
   ANGELES.
   HE HAS REPEATEDLY 
   DENIES 
   ALLEGATIONS OF 
   NONCONSENSUAL 
   SEX.
   AN ATTORNEY FOR 
   WEINSTEIN TELLING NBC 
   NEWS, WITH CLOSURE IN 
   SIGHT ON ONE FRONT, 
   MR.
   WEINSTEIN REMAINS 
   INTENTLY 
   FOCUSSED ON DEFENDING 
   HIMSELF IN 
   ALL REMAINING LEGAL 
   MATTERS.
   AS FOR HOW MUCH 
   INDIVIDUAL 
   ACCUSERS RECEIVE, IT 
   DEPENDS ON 
   HOW MANY APPLY.
   KATE SNOW, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> COMING UP, BUYER 
   BEWARE WHEN 
   HARD-TO-FIND CLEANING 
   ITEMS 
   >>> NOW TO A WARNING 
   ABOUT AN 
   ONLINE SCAM.
   PHONY ADS FOR COVID 
   SUPPLIES, EVERYTHING 
   FROM
   MASKS TO HAND 
   SANITIZERS.
   HERE'S VICKY WYNN. 
   >> THE AD ON FACEBOOK
   WAS REALLY EXCELLENT. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN THIS
   FIGHT 
   FIRER CAME ACROSS AN 
   AD, HE 
   CLICKED ON IT.
   PLACING $100 WORTH OF 
   MASKS AND SUPPLIES FOR
   HIS FAMILY.
   BUT TWO MONTHS AND 
   MULTIPLE 
   E-MAILS LATER, THE 
   MASKS NEVER 
   ARRIVED. 
   >> THE FACT THAT THERE
   IS PEOPLE 
   OUT THERE THAT ARE 
   DOING THIS 
   TO, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND
   OF EVERY 
   DAY CIVILIAN, IT'S 
   JUST NOT 
   RIGHT TO DO IT TO 
   PEOPLE. 
   >> WE'RE SEEING A 
   REALLY 
   DRAMATIC SPIKE IN 
   THESE 
   COMPLAINTS. 
   >> Reporter: MONICA IS
   WITH THE 
   FEDERAL TRADE 
   COMMISSION.
   THE AGENCY SAYS IT 
   RECEIVED MORE 
   THAN 34,000 ONLINE 
   SHOPPING 
   COMPLAINTS IN APRIL 
   AND MAY, THE 
   HIGHEST OF ANY MONTHS 
   ON RECORD 
   WITH MORE THAN HALF 
   SAYING THEY 
   NEVER RECEIVED WHAT 
   THEY 
   ORDERED.
   FACE MASKS, SANITIZER,
   TOILET 
   PAPER AND THERMOMETERS
   TOPPED 
   THE LIST OF NO SHOWS.
   UNCROUP -- 
   UNSCRUPULOUS SELLERS 
   USING THE PANDEMIC TO 
   SELL FAKE SUPPLIES.
   A SCHEME TO STALL 
   PEOPLE FROM 
   POSTING NEGATIVE 
   REVIEWS OR 
   REPORTING THE FRAUD.
   COULD THE GOVERNMENT 
   BE DOING 
   MORE, OR IS IT REALLY 
   UP TO 
   CONSUMERS?
   >> IT IS IMPORTANT 
   THAT BOTH THE 
   GOVERNMENT AND 
   CONSUMERS ARE 
   WORKING ON THIS. 
   >> Reporter: SHE SAYS 
   BEFORE BUYING FROM AN 
   UNFAMILIAR SITE, ENTER
   THE NAME OF THAT 
   ONLINE STORE AND THE 
   WORD "SCAM" OR 
   COMPLAINT AND
   USE A SERVICE LIKE 
   GOOGLE MAPS 
   TO CONFIRM THE 
   SELLER'S PHYSICAL 
   ADDRESS AND PHONE 
   NUMBER AND 
   ALWAYS REPORT SCAMS TO
   FCC.GOV/COMPLAINT.
   THE FCC SAYS NEVER USE
   A PERSON 
   TO PERSON PAYMENT 
   SYSTEM.
   ALWAYS USE A CREDIT 
   CARD BECAUSE 
   IT OFFERS FRAUD 
   PROTECTION.
   LESTER?
   >> YEAH, IMPORTANT 
   ADVICE THERE, 
   VICKY.
   >>> FINALLY, THE 
   SISTERS WHO 
   CREATED A MOVEMENT 
   SPREADING 
   COMFORT AND JOY.
   HERE'S REHEMA ELLIS. 
   >> Reporter: IT'S THE 
   LETTER 
   WRITING CAMPAIGN LIKE 
   NO OTHER. 
   >> WE HAVE OVER 2,100 
   VOLUNTEERS 
   WHO HAVE SENT OVER 
   18,000 
   LETTERS AND CARDS.
   WE SERVE RIGHT NOW 
   OVER 4,000 
   SENIORS FROM AROUND 
   THE U.S. 
   >> Reporter: IT'S 
   CALLED LETTERS 
   AGAINST ISOLATION, 
   STARTED IN 
   APRIL BY BOSTON 
   SISTERS.
   16- AND 18-YEAR-OLDS, 
   THEY CAME 
   UP WITH THE IDEA AFTER
   SEEING 
   HOW MUCH LETTERS MEANT
   TO THEIR 
   GRANDMOTHER IN 
   ENGLAND. 
   >> THIS ABOUT OF 
   WRITING A LETTER, IT 
   MAKES THE MOST 
   ENORMOUS
   IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE 
   WHO RECEIVE 
   THEM. 
   >> THE LETTER IS A 
   DELIGHT FOR 
   JIM AND A FLASH BACK 
   FOR 
   FLORENCE, REMINDED OF 
   LETTERS 
   FROM AN OLD BOYFRIEND.
   >> AND I SHOULD HAVE 
   KEPT IT.
   >> IT'S JUST SO LOVELY
   TO HAVE 
   THIS COMMUNITY DURING 
   THESE 
   LONELY TIMES. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE YOU
   ARE 
   SPREADING SOME JOY, 
   YOU ARE ALSO 
   GETTING SOME JOY. 
   >> YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   OLD-FASHIONED 
   CONNECTION FINDING NEW
   MEANING 
   IN A MODERN TIME.
   IN A MODERN TIME.
   REHEMA ELLIS, NBC 
   NEWS. 
