  >>> TONIGHT THE 
  STAGGERING NEW
  MILESTONE AS WE COME
  ON THE YEAR, THE U.S. 
  ON THE VERGE OF 
  SURPASSING 3 MILLION
  CASES OF CORONAVIRUS
  RECORD
  HOSPITALIZATIONS IN 
  SEVERAL STATES
  TESTING SHORTAGES.
  SOME SLEEPING IN THEIR
  CARS OVERNIGHT TO GET 
  ONE.
  AND THE QUESTION SO 
  MANY ARE ASKING, WHY
  ARE CASES RISING
  BUT THE DEATH RATE
  REMAINS LOW.
  THE WARNING ABOUT THAT
  FROM DR. FAUCI
  >>> THE BATTLE OVER 
  REOPENING SCHOOLS.
  FLORIDA ORDERING
  IN-PERSON CLASSES TO
  BEGIN NEXT MONTH
  DESPITE CASES 
  EXPLODING.
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  MEETING TODAY WITH
  PARENTS AND TEACHERS
  WHAT HE IS NOW VOWING 
  TO DO.
  >>> AS SUMMER TRAVEL
  HEATS UP HOW SAFE IS
  THE AIR YOU BREATHE ON
  AIRPLANES?
  THE SHOCKING CELL 
  PHONE VIDEO.
  PHOENIX POLICE OPENING
  FIRE ON A PARKED CAR
  THE MAN INSIDE KILLED.
  HIS SUPPORTERS SAY
  POLICE AREN'T TELLING 
  THE FULL STORY
  THE GROWING OUTRAGE.
  >>> THE NEW TELL ALL
  BOOK FROM PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP'S NIECE.
  AMONG HER BOMBSHELL 
  CLAIMS NAH THE
  PRESIDENT CHEATED ON
  HIS S.A.T.s.
  AND MY ONE-ON-ONE WITH
  TOM HANKS ON HIS
  RECOVERY FROM COVID-19
  AND HIS NEW MESSAGE TO
  AMERICANS WHO WON'T 
  WEAR MASKS
  >> THIS IS "NBC 
  NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
  LESTER HOLT.
  >>> GOOD EVENING
  EVERYONE
  TONIGHT WE STAND AT 
  EDGE OF ANOTHER JAW 
  DROPPING MILESTONE
  3 MILLION CONFIRMED 
  CASES OF COVID-19 IN
  THIS COUNTRY
  TEXAS TOPPING 10,000
  CASES TODAY ALONE AND 
  VIRTUALLY EVERY SIGN
  TONIGHT POINTS TO A 
  VIRUS WILDLY OUT OF 
  CONTROL.
  A SKYROCKETING RATE OF
  NEW INFECTIONS
  ICU BEDS AND THE WORST
  HOT SPOTS FILLED AND
  THE WAIT FOR BOTH 
  TESTING AND RESULTS IS
  GROWING, TOO
  THREATENING TO LEAVE
  US EVEN FURTHER 
  BEHIND
  THE NATION'S TOP
  INFECTIOUS DISEASE
  DOCTOR WARNING WE ARE 
  STILL IN JUST THE 
  FIRST WAVE OF THE 
  PANDEMIC
  WE'VE GOT A LOT TO
  COVER TONIGHT.
  LET'S BEGIN WITH
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
  >> Reporter: IN JUST
  THIS FIRST WEEK OF
  JULY, A STAGGERING NEW
  RECORD NUMBER OF
  INFECTIONS
  MORE THAN 380,000 
  CASES OF THE
  CORONAVIRUS.
  >> FRANKLY WE'RE
  RUNNING OUT OF ROOM.
  >> Reporter: HOSPITALS
  IN HOT SPOTS ARE AT A 
  NEAR BREAKING POINT.
  TEXAS, FLORIDA, AND 
  ARIZONA SEEING A SURGE
  IN PATIENTS AND STRAIN
  ON ICU BEDS.
  THE SICKEST WHO ARRIVE
  MAY NEVER LEAVE.
  >> THESE PATIENTS WHEN
  THEY COME IN IF YOU 
  DON'T HUG YOUR FAMILY 
  MEMBER LIKE RIGHT 
  THEN, WHO IS TO SAY 
  YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HUG 
  HIM AGAIN?
  >> Reporter: WITH NEW 
  CASES CLIMBING IN 37
  STATES, TODAY THIS
  SCENE ACROSS THE
  COUNTRY.
  THIS MAN SLEEPING IN
  HIS CAR OVERNIGHT TO
  BE TESTED.
  >> IN THE LAST THREE
  DAYS, I HAD A LINE OF 
  50 OR 60 CARS AND NO
  CHANCE. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  NATION'S LARGEST
  TESTING SITE DODGER 
  STADIUM SHUT DOWN FOR 
  DAYS
  LINES FORMED AT DAWN
  IN NEW ORLEANS BUT
  TESTS RAN OUT FIVE
  MINUTES AFTER DOORS 
  OPENED
  IN PHOENIX WHERE THE
  TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO
  THE TRIPLE DIGITS IT
  CAN TAKE EIGHT HOURS
  TO GET A TEST AND TEN 
  BUSINESS DAYS TO GET
  RESULTS.
  >> WE ASK FOR A LITTLE
  UNDERSTANDING AND 
  PATIENCE
  >> Reporter: MANY OF
  THE INFECTED ARE
  ASYMPTOMATIC
  LIKE ATLANTA'S MAYOR
  WHO HAS NO IDEA WHERE 
  OR HOW SHE CAUGHT 
  COVID.
  >> I THINK IT REALLY
  SPEAKS TO HOW 
  CONTAGIOUS THIS VIRUS 
  IS AND WE'VE TAKEN ALL
  OF THE PRECAUTIONS
  THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY 
  TAKE. 
  >> Reporter: AS 
  CALIFORNIA SOARS ABOVE
  275,000 CASES,
  OVERWHELMED HOSPITALS 
  IN THE SOUTHERN END OF
  THE STATE ARE MOVING
  PATIENTS SEVEN HOURS
  AWAY
  IT COMES AS THE 
  VACCINE MAKER NOVAVAX 
  SAYS THE GOVERNMENT 
  WILL PAY THEM 
  $1.6 BILLION TO 
  EXPEDITE 100 MILLION
  DOSES OF A COVID
  VACCINE BY EARLY NEXT 
  YEAR
  BIOTECH COMPANY 
  REGENERON IS NOW
  BEGINNING LATE STAGE
  CLINICAL TRIALS OF AN 
  ANTIBODY COCKTAIL TO
  PREVENT AND TREAT THE 
  DISEASE.
  BUT IN STATEN ISLAND
  60-YEAR-OLD SYLVESTER 
  FLORES BEAT COVID ON
  HIS OWN.
  RELEASED TODAY AFTER
  THREE MONTHS IN THE 
  HOSPITAL
  >> 93 DAYS IS 
  SOMETHING WE CAN'T
  IMAGINE, CAN'T BELIEVE
  IT
  WE'RE BAFFLED BUT 
  WE'RE ALL HERE
  THANKING GOD
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  FOR ONE FAMILY A HAPPY
  HOME COMING WHILE SO
  MANY OTHERS ARE STILL 
  IN THE FIGHT OF THEIR 
  LIVES.
  ACROSS THE NATION 
  TESTING REMAINS A BIG 
  PROBLEM NOT JUST THE
  LONG LINES YOU ABOUT
  LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME
  IT CAN TAKE TO GET
  RESULTS BACK
  LESTER
  >> MAKING IT THAT MUCH
  MORE DIFFICULT TO 
  TRACE THOSE CASES.
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER 
  STARTING US OFF.
  AS NEW CASES RISE 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE
  WHITE HOUSE TODAY SAID
  HE WILL PRESSURE
  GOVERNORS TO REOPEN 
  SCHOOLS IN THE FALL AS
  ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT
  STATES MAKES A PUSH OF
  ITS OWN.
  >> Reporter: A NEW
  STATE ORDER NOW 
  DIRECTING FLORIDA 
  SCHOOLS TO REOPEN 
  THEIR DOORS NEXT
  MONTH.
  DESPITE THE MASSIVE 
  SPIKE IN CASES THAT 
  HAVE PARTS OF THE 
  STATE TIGHTENING
  RESTRICTIONS ON 
  BUSINESSES
  ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT 
  HEALTH CONCERNS WITH
  THEM SENDING THEM BACK
  TO SCHOOL?
  >> I AM VERY WORRIED
  ABOUT SAFETY
  I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE
  SAFETY OF THE KIDS, 
  THE SAFETY OF THE 
  SCHOOL STAFF
  >> Reporter: THE ORDER
  LEAVES ROOM FOR 
  DISTRICTS TO DECIDE 
  AND TODAY IN NEARBY 
  BROWARD COUNTY THE
  SUPERINTENDENT SAYS 
  RETURNING IN AUGUST 
  WITH FULL ENROLLMENT
  IS NOT REALISTIC
  >> WE WILL NEVER
  COMPROMISE THE HEALTH 
  AND SAFETY OF OUR 
  STUDENTS, TEACHERS, 
  AND STAFF.
  THAT IS OUR HIGHEST 
  PRIORITY
  PERIOD
  >> Reporter: A RECENT 
  SURVEY ASKED TEACHERS 
  TO WEIGH IN.
  42% SUPPORT A HYBRID
  MODEL OF IN-PERSON AND
  DISTANCE LEARNING.
  29% SUPPORT ONLY
  DISTANCE LEARNING.
  21% WANT TO RETURN TO 
  CLASS.
  ADDITIONALLY, 45% OF
  EDUCATORS BELIEVE IF
  SCHOOLS DO NOT REOPEN,
  STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE
  TO FALL BEHIND
  ACADEMICALLY
  >> I WOULD RATHER LET 
  THEM STAY SAY ONE WEEK
  IN A SCHOOL AND THEN
  THE OTHER WEEK AT 
  HOME
  >> Reporter: TODAY A
  WHITE HOUSE MEETING 
  CONVENED AFTER
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  TWEETED MONDAY THAT 
  SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN
  THE FALL
  >> WE WANT TO GET THEM
  OPEN QUICKLY, 
  BEAUTIFULLY IN THE
  FALL
  AND THE, AS YOU KNOW, 
  THIS IS A DISEASE, IT 
  IS A HORRIBLE DISEASE,
  BUT YOUNG PEOPLE DO 
  EXTRAORDINARILY WELL
  >> Reporter: THE
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
  PROMISED EXTRA FUNDS
  TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE
  BUT STATE LEADERS 
  WORRY THEY'RE NOT 
  READY.
  >> I THINK WHAT WE'RE 
  CREATING IS GOING TO
  BE MASS CHAOS AS
  SCHOOLS BEGIN TO
  REOPEN
  >> Reporter: DESPITE
  HIS FEARS, RYAN 
  O'QUINN SAYS HE IS
  PLANNING TO SEND HIS
  GIRLS BACK TO SCHOOL
  IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
  >> I THINK DEVELOPING 
  SOCIAL SKILLS IS AN 
  IMPORTANT THING YOU DO
  AT THIS AGE AND I 
  THINK IT'S BEEN A REAL
  CHALLENGE FOR THEM
  >> Reporter: AN 
  ONGOING CHALLENGE TO
  KEEP BOTH LEARNING AND
  CHILDREN HEALTHY
  KATY BECK, NBC NEWS,
  MIAMI.
  >>> A DIRE NEW
  PROJECTION FROM THE 
  MODELING THAT'S BEEN
  USED BY THE WHITE 
  HOUSE OVER 200,000
  DEATHS IN THE U.S. BY 
  NOVEMBER
  IT ADDS 45,000 LIVES
  COULD BE SAVED IF MOST
  WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC
  THIS AS MANY ARE
  QUESTIONING WHY CASES 
  ARE SURGING WHILE THE 
  DEATH RATE REMAINS
  RELATIVELY LOW
  STEPHANIE GOSK ASKED
  THE EXPERTS.
  >> Reporter: A TALE OF
  TWO GRAPHS
  ON THE ONE HAND A 
  DISTURBING RISE IN NEW
  CORONAVIRUS CASES.
  ON THE OTHER THE
  HEARTENING NEWS THAT
  THE NUMBER OF DEATHS
  IS GOING DOWN FROM
  MORE THAN 2,000 A DAY 
  IN MAY TO NOW ROUGHLY 
  300.
  BUT NEITHER GRAPH 
  ALONE TELLS THE FULL
  STORY.
  WE REACHED OUT TO FIVE
  DOCTORS IN HARD HIT 
  AREAS OF THE COUNTRY
  TO FIND OUT WHAT'S
  BEHIND THE NUMBERS
  TESTING.
  THE COUNTRY IS GETTING
  BETTER AT FINDING THE 
  VIRUS.
  IN EARLY APRIL 100,000
  PEOPLE A DAY WERE 
  BEING TESTED
  TODAY THE NUMBER IS 
  ROUGHLY 600,000.
  IT DOESN'T ENTIRELY 
  EXPLAIN HOW QUICKLY 
  CASE NUMBERS ARE GOING
  UP
  HOW MUCH DOES 
  INCREASED TESTING IN
  ARIZONA EXPLAIN AN
  INCOO ESIN THE CASES
  >> NOT AT ALL.
  IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX
  IT IS 20% OR 24%
  POSITIVE FOR THE NEW
  TESTS FOR COVID-19
  THAT IS A TERRIBLE
  NUMBER
  >> Reporter: AGE IS 
  ANOTHER FACTOR
  FEWER PEOPLE ARE DYING
  EXPERTS SAY BECAUSE 
  YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE
  GETTING THE VIRUS.
  >> YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 
  GOING OUT.
  THEY'RE VISITING
  PLACES THAT HAVE
  REOPENED
  THEY'RE GOING TO
  PARTIES,
  UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE
  TAKING SOME RISKS.
  >> Reporter: IN 
  ARIZONA AT LEAST HALF 
  OF ALL POSITIVE CASES 
  ARE IN PEOPLE BETWEEN 
  THE AGES OF 20 AND 44.
  >> THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE
  SPREADING THIS TO 
  THOSE WHO ARE IN THEIR
  60s, 70s, 80s, AND
  MORE VULNERABLE 
  POPULATIONS.
  >> Reporter: DEATHS 
  WILL ALSO LAG BEHIND
  CASES.
  >> WE'RE GENERALLY
  SEEING PATIENTS ARE 
  BECOMING SYMPTOMATIC
  BY DAY 8 AND 9
  COMPLICATIONS FROM
  COVID AND MORTALITY 
  CAN LAG SEVERAL WEEKS.
  >> Reporter: ALSO 
  KEEPING DEATH NUMBERS 
  DOWN, BETTER
  TREATMENTS
  >> USUALLY INTUBATING 
  EVERYONE AND THEN WE
  WERE FINDING, YOU KNOW
  WHAT
  THERE ARE SOME OTHER
  OXYGEN TREATMENT
  THERAPIES.
  >> NOW WHAT WE DO IS
  TRY TO AVOID
  INTUBATION AS LONG AS 
  WE CAN BECAUSE IT WAS 
  HURTING PEOPLE'S
  LUNGS.
  WE USE PRONING WHICH
  IS PUTTING PEOPLE ON
  THEIR STOMACHS
  THAT HAS BEEN 
  EXTRAORDINARILY 
  HELPFUL.
  >> Reporter: THERE ARE
  NEW DRUGS LIKE THE
  ANTIVIRAL REMDESIVIR
  SHORTENING HOSPITAL 
  STAYS AS WELL AS A
  STEROID FOR LUNG
  INFECTIONS
  TODAY WHILE PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP ASKED THE 
  COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE
  THE DEATH RATE, DR. 
  FAUCI WARNED AMERICANS
  NOT TO FALL INTO A
  FALSE COMPLACENCY.
  >> IT IS A FALSE
  NARRATIVE TO TAKE 
  COMFORT IN A LOWER
  RATE OF DEATH.
  >> Reporter: AS FOR 
  THE EXPERTS WE SPOKE
  TO, WE ASKED THEM ALL 
  THE SAME QUESTION.
  DO YOU EXPECT THE 
  DEATH RATE TO GO UP?
  >> YES
  I DO
  >> CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
  >> THE NUMBER OF
  PEOPLE WHO DIE FROM 
  COVID WILL CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE
  >> UNFORTUNATELY I
  WOULD SAY YES.
  >> YES, IT WILL.
  >> Reporter: ALL FIVE 
  REACHING AN UNSETTLING
  CONSENSUS.
  STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
  NEWS
  >>> A STUNNING
  ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IN 
  BRAZIL
  PRESIDENT JAIR
  BOLSONARO AFTER 
  DOWNPLAYING THE RISKS 
  OF COVID FOR MONTHS 
  REVEALING HE TESTED 
  POSITIVE
  BOLSONARO WAS ORDERED 
  BY A JUDGE LAST MONTH 
  TO WEAR A MASK IN 
  PUBLIC
  OVER 65,000 BRAZILIANS
  HAVE DIED FROM
  CORONAVIRUS.
  >>> IN THE MIDDLE OF
  THIS PANDEMIC THE 
  TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
  FORMALLY NOTIFIED 
  CONGRESS TODAY THE
  U.S. IS CUTTING TIES
  WITH THE WORLD HEALTH 
  ORGANIZATION
  THIS AS NBC NEWS HAS
  OBTAINED A COPY OF THE
  EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK BY 
  THE PRESIDENT'S NIECE 
  BEFORE IT HITS
  SHELVES.
  PETER ALEXANDER WITH
  THE MOST SHOCKING 
  CLAIMS
  >> Reporter: IN HER 
  NEW TELL-ALL BOOK 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  ESTRANGED NIECE MARY
  TRUMP MINCES NO WORDS 
  EXPLAINING HER
  MOTIVATIONS.
  I HAD TO TAKE DONALD
  DOWN, SHE WRITES, 
  ABOUT WHY SHE GAVE THE
  PRESIDENT'S TAX 
  DOCUMENTS TO THE "NEW 
  YORK TIMES," ADDING,
  IF HE IS AFFORDED A 
  SECOND TERM IT WOULD
  BE THE END OF AMERICAN
  DEMOCRACY.
  THE CLINICAL
  PSYCHOLOGIST INSISTS
  HER UNCLE MEETS ALL 
  THE CRITERIA OF A 
  NARCISSIST AND IN HER 
  BOOK OBTAINED BY NBC
  NEWS DETAILS A
  DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
  WITH A DAD WHO WAS SO 
  DOMINEERING FRED TRUMP
  SR., QUOTE, PERVERTED 
  HIS SON'S PERCEPTION
  OF THE WORLD AND
  DAMAGED HIS ABILITY TO
  LIVE IN IT
  MARY TRUMP IS THE 
  DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP'S OLDER BROTHER,
  FRED JR., WHO SHE SAYS
  WAS OFTEN MOCKED EVEN 
  SCORNED BY HIS FATHER 
  WHO SHE WRITES ONCE 
  SAID DONALD IS WORTH
  TEN OF YOU
  FRED JR. LATER DIED OF
  AN ALCOHOL RELATED
  ILLNESS.
  >> I HAD A BROTHER, 
  FRED
  GREAT GUY.
  BEST LOOKING GUY
  BUT HE HAD A PROBLEM
  HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH 
  ALCOHOL.
  >> Reporter: MS. TRUMP
  ALSO CLAIMS THE 
  PRESIDENT'S SISTER A
  RETIRED FEDERAL JUDGE 
  SAID OF HIS CANDIDACY,
  HE IS A CLOWN.
  THIS WILL NEVER 
  HAPPEN
  AND ABOUT THE 
  PRESIDENT'S BOASTS
  ABOUT HIS BRILLIANCE
  >> YOU KNOW, I THINK
  I'M A TOTALLY 
  BRILLIANT HUMAN BEING.
  I THINK I'M THE 
  SMARTEST PERSON.
  >> Reporter: MISS 
  TRUMP CLAIMS HER UNCLE
  CHEATED ON HIS S.A.T. 
  PAYING A FRIEND TO
  TAKE IT FOR HIM, AN 
  ALLEGATION THE WHITE
  HOUSE CALLS COMPLETELY
  FALSE.
  MARY TRUMP CONTESTED
  HER GRANDFATHER'S WILL
  AND BLAMED THE
  PRESIDENT AND OTHER 
  RELATIVES FOR NOT 
  GETTING A LARGER
  INHERITANCE.
  THE WHITE HOUSE 
  TONIGHT DISMISSING HER
  BOOK AS WRITTEN IN
  MISS TRUMP'S OWN
  FINANCIAL 
  SELF-INTEREST SAYING
  THE PRESIDENT'S FATHER
  WAS WARM AND VERY GOOD
  TO HIM
  >> IT IS RIDICULOUS,
  ABSURD ALLEGATIONS
  THAT HAVE ABSOLUTE NO 
  BEARING IN TRUTH
  I HAVE YET TO SEE THE 
  BOOK BUT IT IS A BOOK 
  OF FALSEHOODS.
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESIDENT'S BROTHER IS
  TRYING TO BLOCK THE 
  PUBLICATION IN STATE
  COURT.
  THE PUBLISHER SAYS
  THAT WILL NOT STOP IT 
  FROM BEING RELEASED.
  FROM BEING RELEASED.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS HOW 
  SAFE IS THE AIR ON
   GROWING OUTRAGE IN 
   PHOENIX AFTER OFFICERS
   SHOT AND KILLED A MAN 
   IN A PARKED CAR.
   THE LATEST INCIDENTS 
   SPARKING PROTESTS OVER
   POLICE TACTICS.
   NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ 
   S A THE VIDEO, WHICH 
   WE NEED TO WARN YOU IS
   DISTURBING.
   >> Reporter: THE TENSE
   CONFRONTATION CAPTURED
   ON BYSTANDER'S CELL 
   PHONE CAMERA ON THE 
   FOURTH OF JULY.
   >> DON'T SHOOT HIM!
   >> Reporter: OFFICERS 
   SHOUTING INTO A PARKED
   CAR, THEN FIRING A 
   BARRAGE OF BULLETS.
   [ GUNFIRE ]
   THE VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW
   WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 
   MOMENTS BEFORE THE 
   GUNFIRE OR WHAT ELSE 
   LED UP TO THE 
   INCIDENT.
   BUT THE MAN INSIDE 
   THAT CAR, 28-YEAR-OLD 
   JAMES GARCIA, DIED.
   >> THE OFFICERS DID 
   NOT HAVE A WARRANT, 
   AND AS SOON AS WE 
   APPROACHED HIM IN THE 
   CAR, ASSUMING HE WAS 
   SOMEONE HE WASN'T.
   >> Reporter: POLICE 
   SAY THEY WERE 
   RESPONDING TO A 911 
   CALLER WHO SAID 
   SOMEONE WAS 
   THREATENING HIM WITH A
   KNIFE.
   >> YEAH, HE TRIED TO 
   KILL ME.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   CALLER DIRECTED THEM 
   TO A HOUSE AND WHEN 
   THEY ARRIVED, THEY 
   SPOKE WITH SEVERAL 
   PEOPLE, INCLUDING 
   GARCIA, ASKING HIM FOR
   TEN MINUTES TO LEAVE 
   HIS CAR SO THEY COULD 
   SECURE THE SCENE.
   >> THAT'S WHEN MR. 
   GARCIA DECIDED HE WAS 
   NOT GOING TO INTERACT 
   WITH OFFICERS AND 
   ROLLED HIS WINDOW AND 
   HE ARMED HIMSELF WITH 
   A GUN.
   >> Reporter: POLICE 
   SAY GARCIA POINTED THE
   GUN AT AN OFFICER.
   THE DEPARTMENT HAS 
   ONLY RELEASED THIS 
   BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE 
   FROM AN OFFICER WHO 
   ARRIVED AFTER THE
   SHOOTING AND RETRIEVED
   A WEAPON FROM THE CAR.
   >> GUN IS SECURE.
   >> WASN'T THERE SOME 
   OTHER WAY TO HANDLE 
   THIS TO INVOLVE MORE 
   DEESCALATION.
   >> THOSE ARE THINGS 
   THAT WILL BE LOOKED 
   AT WHEN THIS 
   INVESTIGATION IS 
   COMPLETE.
   >> Reporter: 
   PROTESTERS AND 
   GARCIA'S FAMILY ARE 
   DEMANDING ANSWERS.
   >> PLEASE LET ME GET 
   JUSTICE FOR MY 
   BROTHER.
   >> Reporter: PHOENIX 
   POLICE SAY THEY CAN'T 
   FIND THE ORIGINAL 911 
   CALLER AND DID NOT 
   FIND A KNIFE INSIDE 
   GARCIA'S CAR.
   >> GABE GUTIERREZ 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   >>> MORE AND MORE 
   AMERICANS ARE GETTING 
   BACK IN THE AIR THESE 
   DAYS, BUT MANY WONDER 
   WHAT IS IN THE AIR 
   THEY BREATHE IN 
   AIRPLANE CABINS?
   NBC'S BLAYNE ALEXANDER
   TAKES US BEHIND THE 
   SCENES.
   >> Reporter: AS MORE 
   PEOPLE GET BACK ON 
   BOARD WITH AIR TRAVEL,
   SO MANY ARE WONDERING 
   HOW SAFE IS THE AIR 
   INSIDE THE PLANE?
   HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
   INSIDE THE CABIN, AIR 
   FLOWS FROM TOP TO 
   BOTTOM, NOT SIDE TO 
   SIDE BETWEEN 
   PASSENGERS, MEANING IT
   COMES IN FROM THE 
   VENTS ABOVE AND SUCKED
   OUT THROUGH VENTS IN 
   THE FLOOR, RUN THROUGH
   HEPA FILTERS, SIMILAR
   TO THOSE IN HOSPITALS.
   THAT FILTERED AIR IS 
   FIXED WITH FRESH AIR 
   FROM OUTSIDE.
   ON DELTA AIRLINES, 
   THEY'RE CHANGING THOSE
   FILTERS TWICE AS OFTEN
   AS RECOMMENDED.
   >> YOU MAY NOTICE IT'S
   DIRTY ON TOP WHERE THE
   AIR HAS FLOWN INTO THE
   FILTER, BUT IT WILL BE
   CLEAN ON THE BOTTOM 
   SIDE.
   >> WHAT DOES THAT SHOW
   US?
   >> THE FILTER IS 
   WORKING.
   >> Reporter: ON EVERY 
   AIRLINE, AN ENTIRELY 
   NEW BATCH OF AIR FLOWS
   INTO THE CABIN EVERY 
   TWO TO FOUR MINUTES.
   >> THE AIR QUALITY IS 
   QUITE GOOD ON AN 
   AIRPLANE, BETTER THAN 
   MOST INDOOR 
   ENVIRONMENTS.
   >> SO YOU'RE SAYING 
   THE AIR ON AN AIRPLANE
   IS CLEANER THAN INSIDE
   OF A GROCERY STORE?
   >> YES, CLEANER THAN 
   PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE'S
   HOMES OR IN SCHOOLS.
   >> Reporter: HARVARD 
   RESEARCHER DR. JOSEPH 
   ALLEN, STUDIES 
   AIRPLANE AIR QUALITY.
   DOES THE FACT THAT I'M
   SITTING IN SUCH CLOSE 
   PROXIMITY TO SOMEBODY 
   ALMOST KIND OF TAKE 
   AWAY THE BENEFIT THAT 
   YOU GET FROM CLEAN 
   AIR?
   >> IT DOESN'T 
   NECESSARILY TAKE AWAY 
   THE BENEFIT TO CLEAN 
   AIR, BUT WE CAN'T DO 
   ALL THE PHYSICAL 
   DISTANCING WE WOULD 
   WANT TO ON AN 
   AIRPLANE.
   >> Reporter: THAT'S 
   WHY OTHER PRECAUTIONS 
   ARE SO CRUCIAL.
   HERE ON THE DELTA 
   PLANE, WHAT YOU'RE 
   WATCHING BEHIND ME IS 
   A SANITIZATION SPRAY.
   CREWS SPRAY DOWN THE 
   ENTIRE AIRCRAFT 
   BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE 
   FLIGHT.
   EVERY SURFACE WIPED 
   DOWN.
   MASKS REQUIRED.
   VITAL STEPS HOPING TO 
   REASSURE PASSENGERS 
   IT'S SAFE TO FLY.
   BLAYNE ALEXANDER, NBC 
   NEWS, ATLANTA.
   >> ON THE MINDS OF A 
   LOT OF TRAVELERS.
   >>> UP NEXT, MY 
   CONVERSATION WITH TOM 
   HANKS AND NEW 
   REVELATIONS ABOUT HIS 
  
   >>> OSCAR WINNER TOM 
   HANKS RETURNS TO THE 
   SCREEN THIS WEEK WITH 
   A NEW FILM PROJECT 
   FOUR MONTHS AFTER HE 
   AND HIS WIFE BECAME 
   ILL WITH COVID-19 
   WHILE WORKING IN 
   AUSTRALIA.
   HE OPENED UP ABOUT 
   THEIR ORDEAL WITH ME 
   IN AN INTERVIEW TODAY.
   I BEGAN BY ASKING HIM 
   HOW THE COUPLE'S 
   RECOVERY HAS GONE.
   >> WE WERE DONE WITH 
   OUR DISCOMFORT, OUR 
   SYMPTOMS BACK IN 
   MARCH.
   WE HAD VERY DIFFERENT 
   SYMPTOMS.
   THEY WERE NOT 
   PLEASANT, I WILL TELL 
   YOU, BUT THEY WERE NOT
   LIFE THREATENING, I 
   WILL SAY.
   >> THE SURPRISING NEWS
   THAT TOM HANKS AND HIS
   WIFE, RITA WILSON, 
   WERE SICK AND 
   QUARANTINED WITH 
   COVID-19 PUT A 
   FAMILIAR FACE TO THE 
   RAPIDLY EXPLODING 
   VIRUS.
   DID YOU FEEL, EVEN AS 
   YOU WERE SUFFERING 
   FROM THE SICKNESS, DID
   YOU FEEL THIS 
   RESPONSIBILITY TO BE 
   OPEN WITH PEOPLE ABOUT
   IT?
   >> WELL, WE THOUGHT 
   THERE WAS AN 
   OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE 
   AWAY ANY SORT OF 
   MYSTERY AND STIGMA.
   WE WERE SURPRISED 
   BECAUSE LIKE MANY 
   PEOPLE, WE FELT AS 
   THOUGH WE WERE A 
   LITTLE PUNKY.
   BUT WE DIDN'T THINK 
   THAT WE WERE GOING TO 
   BE PART OF THE 
   BEGINNINGS OF A 
   WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC.
   WE WERE CONCERNED 
   IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE 
   RITA HAS SURVIVED 
   BREAST CANCER, I HAVE 
   TYPE II DIABETES.
   >> IN OUR INTERVIEW, 
   HANKS REVEALED THE 
   SURPRISING REASON THEY
   CAN'T FULLY PUT THE 
   ORDEAL BEHIND THEM.
   >> WE HAVE FOUND OUT
   THAT WE HAVE FEWER 
   ANTIBODIES NOW THAN WE
   DID AT THE GET-GO.
   SO THE -- AS MANY 
   PEOPLE ON TELEVISION 
   NOW SAY, LESTER, I'M 
   NOT A DOCTOR, BUT WHAT
   WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS 
   THAT AS THE ANTIBODIES
   BEGIN TO FADE, IT'S 
   POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL 
   ONCE AGAIN BE 
   SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
   CATCHING SOME FORM OF 
   THE CORONAVIRUS AGAIN.
   >> APPROACHING 3 
   MILLION CASES IN THIS 
   COUNTRY.
   DOES IT SHOCK YOU OR 
   SURPRISE YOU THAT 
   WE'RE DEBATING THINGS 
   LIKE WHETHER WE SHOULD
   WEAR MASKS OR NOT?
   >> IT DISAPPOINTS ME.
   I DON'T GET IT.
   I COME FROM A
   GENERATION THAT WAS 
   STILL LIVING WITH THE 
   CREDO THAT THERE 
   ARE -- THERE IS A PART
   THAT WE CAN ALL PLAY 
   IN ANY FORM OF 
   NATIONAL EFFORT.
   I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
   SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
   DOING AS LITTLE AS 
   WEARING A MASK, SOCIAL
   DISTANCING, WASH YOUR 
   HANDS, ENTERS INTO ANY
   KIND OF FRAY OF 
   WHETHER OR NOT IT'S 
   SOMETHING WE SHOULD 
   ALL BE DOING IN ORDER 
   TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 
   CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY
   AND EACH OTHER.
   >> THE LATEST FILM 
   PROJECT FOR HANKS, 
   WHOSE FASCINATION WITH
   WORLD WAR II IS WELL 
   KNOWN, IS CALLED 
   "GREYHOUND," ABOUT THE
   BATTLE OF THE 
   ATLANTIC, THE LONGEST 
   CAMPAIGN OF THE WAR.
   DO YOU FIND PARALLELS 
   BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE 
   GOING THROUGH NOW?
   >> WE WERE NOT MAKING 
   A MOVIE THAT WAS GOING
   TO, I THINK, BE 
   ADDRESSING THE 
   SOCIOLOGICAL FORCES 
   BEHIND THE COVID-19 
   PANDEMIC, BUT TURNS 
   OUT WE WERE.
   THE THING ABOUT 1942 
   IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
   ATLANTIC, WE HAVE 
   CHARACTERS THAT HAVE 
   NO IDEA HOW LONG THIS 
   STRUGGLE IS GOING TO 
   LAST.
   WHETHER THEY'RE GOING 
   TO SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH
   TO SEE ITS CONCLUSION.
   MORE THAN HALF THE 
   WORLD NOW IS DEALING 
   WITH COVID-19.
   WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN 
   IT IS GOING TO END.
   AND I THINK THE 
   PARALLELS ARE AS 
   HUMANLY ACCURATE RIGHT
   NOW AS THEY CAN 
   POSSIBLY BE.
   WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF
   A CRISIS.
   >> BECAUSE OF THE 
   PANDEMIC, HANKS' NEW 
   FILM "GREYHOUND" WON'T
   OPEN IN THEATERS BUT 
   RELEASED ON APPLE TV 
   PLUS ON JULY 10th.
   >>> UP NEXT, IF KIDS 
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   NEWS" FOR THIS TUESDAY
   EVENING.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   FOR ALL OF US AT NBC 
   NEWS, THANKS FOR 
   WATCHING.
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