   >>> TONIGHT, FROM 
   HOUSTON, A FINAL 
   FAREWELL FOR GEORGE 
   FLOYD.
   THE EMOTIONAL FUNERAL 
   SERVICE FOR THE MAN 
   WHOSE DEATH IN POLICE 
   CUSTODY HAS ROCKED THE
   NATION.
   A CELEBRATION OF HIS 
   LIFE, FAMILY, AND 
   FRIENDS, PAYING 
   HEARTFELT TRIBUTE.
   JOE BIDEN OFFERING 
   CONDOLENCES, AND THE 
   HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE 
   TAKING FLOYD TO HIS 
   FINAL RESTING PLACE 
   BESIDE HIS MOTHER.
   THE ANGER OVER HIS 
   DEATH LIVING ON, AS 
   PROTESTERS ONCE AGAIN 
   FLOOD THE STREETS.
   >>> ALSO, DISTURBING 
   VIDEOS, CAPTURING THE 
   POLICE SHOOTING OF AN 
   UNARMED BLACK MAN IN 
   NEW JERSEY.
   AND IN TEXAS, POLICE 
   RESTRAINING ANOTHER 
   BLACK MAN AS HE PLEADS
   "I CAN'T BREATHE."
   THE SHOCKING IMAGES 
   SEEN AROUND THE 
   COUNTRY AND
   HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
   PROMOTING A BASELESS 
   CONSPIRACY THEORY 
   ABOUT THAT 75-YEAR-OLD
   PROTESTER, SHOVED TO 
   THE GROUND BY POLICE.
   >>> CHAOS IN ONE OF 
   THE FIVE STATES 
   HOLDING PRIMARIES 
   TODAY.
   LONG LINES AND 
   FRUSTRATION.
   LeBRON JAMES AMONG 
   THOSE OUTRAGED.
   THE INVESTIGATION JUST
   ANNOUNCED.
   >>> THE STATES SEEING 
   A SURGE IN COVID-19 
   CASES WEEKS AFTER 
   REOPENING.
   AND THE WORLD HEALTH 
   ORGANIZATION WALKING 
   BACK COMMENTS ABOUT 
   ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD 
   THAT SPARKED A LOT OF 
   CONFUSION.
   >>> AND THE FIRST 
   BLACK CHIEF OF A 
   U.S. MILITARY BRANCH, 
   MAKING HISTORY.
   HIS POWERFUL MESSAGE 
   TONIGHT.
   >> THIS IS "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS WITH LESTER 
   HOLT."
   >> GOOD EVENING.
   SOARING, EMOTIONAL, 
   AND SOMETIMES ANGER.
   BUT AT THE CORE, THE 
   FUNERAL FOR GEORGE 
   FLOYD WAS ABOUT 
   CELEBRATING A LIFE 
   THAT WILL SYMBOLIZE 
   THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL 
   JUSTICE.
   500 MOURNERS PACKED 
   THE CHURCH.
   FAMILY MEMBERS SHARING
   STORIES OF LAUGHTER 
   AND PAIN.
   A NIECE LAYING HIS 
   DEATH AT THE FEET OF A
   CORRUPT AND BROKEN 
   SYSTEM.
   FLOYD'S CASKET LIFTED 
   ABOVE MOURNERS AS IT 
   WAS CARRIED FROM THE 
   CHURCH TO HIS FINAL 
   RESTING PLACE, 
   STRANGERS STOOD IN THE
   SEARING HEAT TO SAY 
   FAREWELL TO A MAN THEY
   ONLY KNEW IN DEATH.
   BEFORE HIS DEATH 
   SPARKED A GLOBAL 
   MOVEMENT, THE NAME 
   GEORGE FLOYD MEANT SO 
   MUCH TO SO MANY IN HIS
   HOMETOWN OF HOUSTON.
   HIS AUNT.
   >> THE WORLD KNOWS 
   GEORGE FLOYD.
   I KNOW TERRY, JR.
   >> HIS SISTER.
   >> I'M GOING TO MISS 
   MY BROTHER A WHOLE 
   LOT.
   I THANK GOD FOR GIVING
   ME MY OWN PERSONAL 
   SUPERMAN.
   >> AND HIS FRIENDS.
   >> WHEN THE FAMILY 
   CAME TO ME AND ASKED 
   ME, IS YOU GOING TO 
   SPEAK?
   I WILL SPEAK, I WILL 
   KEEP ON SPEAKING, I 
   WILL FIGHT, I WILL 
   FIGHT, I WILL FIGHT, 
   BECAUSE I'VE BEEN 
   FIGHTING FOR HIM AND I
   WILL KEEP ON FIGHTING 
   FOR HIM.
   á THOUGH THE STORMS 
   KEEP ON RAGING á
   >> A FINAL GOODBYE TO 
   THE MAN THEY CALLED 
   BIG FLOYD.
   >> HIS LIFE MATTERED.
   ALL OUR LIVES MATTER.
   BLACK LIVES MATTER.
   HIS DEATH WILL NOT BE 
   IN VAIN.
   WHAT IS HIS NAME?
   >> GEORGE FLOYD.
   >> AFTER A WEEK OF 
   COMMEMORATIONS, 
   HUNDREDS PACKING INTO 
   FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE 
   CHURCH, MASKS ON.
   THE CITY GEORGE FLOYD 
   LOVED, POURING OUT HIS
   LOVE FOR HIM.
   >> I'M GEORGE FLOYD'S
   NIECE, AND I CAN 
   BREATHE.
   AS LONG AS I'M 
   BREATHING, JUSTICE 
   WILL BE SERVED.
   >> AND SO MANY 
   REMINDERS OF WHAT 
   GEORGE FLOYD'S NAME 
   MEANS TO THOSE WHO 
   NEVER MET HIM, 
   PROMPTING CALLS TO 
   JUSTICE, TO DEFUND THE
   POLICE, TO REFORM THE 
   POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
   >> HE CHANGED THE 
   WORLD, GEORGE FLOYD 
   CHANGED THE WORLD.
   AND WE'RE GOING TO 
   MAKE THE WORLD KNOW 
   THAT HE MADE A 
   DIFFERENCE.
   >> HOUSTON MAYOR 
   SYLVESTER TURNER 
   ANNOUNCED HE SIGNED AN
   EXECUTIVE ORDER 
   BANNING CHOKEHOLDS.
   >> WE HONOR HIM NOT 
   BECAUSE HE WAS 
   PERFECT, BUT WE HONOR 
   HIM BECAUSE WHEN HE 
   TOOK HIS LAST BREATH, 
   THE REST OF US WILL 
   NOW BE ABLE TO 
   BREATHE.
   >> AND CALLS FOR MORE 
   CHANGES FROM REVEREND 
   AL SHARPTON.
   >> THIS IS THE 
   BEGINNING OF THE 
   FIGHT, IT'S NOT THE 
   END OF THE FIGHT.
   >> POINTING OUT THE 
   FAMILIES OF OTHER 
   BLACK MEN WHO HAVE 
   BEEN KILLED.
   >> ALL OF THESE 
   FAMILIES CAME TO STAND
   WITH THIS FAMILY.
   BECAUSE THEY KNOW 
   BETTER THAN ANYONE 
   ELSE THE PAIN THEY 
   WILL SUFFER FROM THE 
   LOSS THAT THEY HAVE 
   GONE THROUGH.
   >> FORMER VICE 
   PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
   APPEARING ON VIDEO 
   AFTER MEETING THE 
   FAMILY YESTERDAY, 
   INCLUDING FLOYD'S 
   6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, 
   GIANNA.
   >> WE CANNOT LEAVE 
   THIS MOMENT THINKING 
   WE CAN ONCE AGAIN TURN
   AWAY FROM RACISM.
   IT STINGS AT OUR VERY 
   SOUL.
   WHEN THERE'S JUSTICE 
   FOR GEORGE FLOYD, WE 
   WILL TRULY BE ON OUR 
   WAY TO RACIAL JUSTICE 
   IN AMERICA.
   AND THEN, AS YOU SAID 
   GIANNA, YOUR DADDY 
   WILL HAVE CHANGED THE 
   WORLD.
   >> TODAY, ACROSS THE 
   CITY, THEY MOURNED.
   FROM POLICE OFFICERS 
   SALUTING FLOYD'S 
   CASKET, TO THAT MURAL
   ACROSS FROM HIS FORMER
   HOME.
   DEJA MELCHER DROVE 
   HERE FROM AN HOUR AWAY
   WITH HER 7-YEAR-OLD 
   SON.
   >> I WANT TO PROTECT 
   MY SON, IT'S THE FEAR.
   FOR EVERYONE'S SON, 
   EVERYONE'S DAUGHTER, 
   EVERYONE OF EVERY 
   COLOR, THIS SHOULDN'T 
   HAPPEN.
   IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
   >> LATER, CROWDS 
   LINING THE STREETS IN 
   SCORCHING HEAT, TO 
   WATCH THE FUNERAL 
   PROCESSION PASS BY.
   >> WHEN WE SAW THAT 
   TAPE OF THE MAN DYING 
   TRAGICALLY, WE ALL 
   FELT IT.
   BECAUSE WE LOOK AT HIM
   AS ONE OF US.
   I DIDN'T HAVE TO KNOW 
   HIM PERSONALLY.
   >> THE NAME GEORGE 
   FLOYD ONE THAT NO ONE 
   WILL FORGET.
   THIS AFTERNOON FLOYD'S
   GOLD CASKET TRAVELING 
   ITS FINAL MILE TO THE 
   CEMETERY IN A WHITE 
   HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE, 
   PROVIDED BY A LOCAL 
   BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS 
   FOR FREE.
   >> IT'S ABOUT HOW HE 
   WAS TREATED.
   HE WAS UNJUSTLY 
   TREATED.
   AND IN AMERICA, IT'S A
   SAD DAY.
   á HOW DO I á
   >> 15 DAYS AFTER 
   FLOYD'S FINAL MOMENTS 
   WHEN HE CRIED OUT FOR 
   HIS MOTHER, TONIGHT, 
   HE WILL BE LAID TO 
   REST BY HER SIDE.
   IT WAS A POWERFUL AND 
   EMOTIONAL DAY IN 
   HOUSTON.
   INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE
   CHURCH, CERTAINLY FOR 
   THE FAMILY AND THE 
   ENTIRE COUNTRY.
   MUCH OF WHAT WE SAW 
   HERE TODAY WAS A CALL 
   TO ACTION.
   AND WITH GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S DEATH PUTTING 
   A RENEWED FOCUS ON 
   POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 
   USE OF DEADLY FORCE, 
   THERE ARE TROUBLING 
   NEW INCIDENTS THAT 
   HAVE COME TO LIFE.
   GABE GUTIERREZ HAS 
   DETAILS.
   WE NEED TO WARN YOU, 
   SOME OF THE IMAGES ARE
   DISTURBING.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   NEWLY RELEASED VIDEOS 
   OF BLACK MEN DYING 
   DURING ENCOUNTERS WITH
   POLICE ARE SPARKING 
   MORE OUTRAGE.
   NEW JERSEY'S ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL SAYS THIS DASH
   CAM VIDEO SHOWS 
   28-YEAR-OLD MAURICE 
   GORDON BEING PULLED 
   OVER FOR SPEEDING LAST
   MONTH.
   AFTER 20 MINUTES OF 
   SITTING IN THE PATROL 
   CAR, HE APPEARS TO 
   LEAVE AND STRUGGLE 
   WITH THE STATE 
   TROOPER, WHO 
   EVENTUALLY SHOOTS HIM 
   SIX TIMES.
   AUTHORITIES SAY GORDON
   TWICE TRIED TO GET 
   BEHIND THE WHEEL OF 
   THE TROOPER'S CAR, AND
   THE TROOPER'S UNION 
   SAYS HE ONLY USED 
   FORCE AS A LAST 
   RESORT, FEARING FOR 
   HIS LIFE.
   GORDON'S MOTHER IS 
   DISTRAUGHT.
   >> IT'S JUST DIFFICULT
   TO WATCH.
   >> Reporter: AN 
   INVESTIGATION IS 
   UNDERWAY.
   THE TROOPER IS NOW ON 
   ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
   >> IT'S A REMINDER 
   THAT THE IMPLICIT BIAS
   IN THE BEST CASE,
   AND RACISM IN THE 
   WORST CASE IS STILL 
   INVOLVED IN ALMOST ALL
   POLICE INTERACTIONS 
   WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR.
   >> Reporter: IN TEXAS,
   OUR AFFILIATE KXAN 
   ATTAINED FOOTAGE FROM 
   AN ARREST IN MARCH OF 
   2019.
   INVESTIGATORS SAY 
   40-YEAR-OLD JAVIER 
   AMBER LED DEPUTIES ON 
   A CHASE, WHILE BEING 
   HANDCUFFED AND 
   TASERED, HE'S HEARD 
   SAYING "I CAN'T 
   BREATHE" MULTIPLE 
   TIMES.
   WHEN OFFICERS NOTICE 
   HE'S UNRESPONSIVE, 
   THEY ME AGAIN -- THEY 
   BEGIN PERFORMING CPR.
   HE LATER DIED.
   IT WAS CONCLUDED THE 
   DEPUTIES FOLLOWED 
   GUIDELINES.
   THAT INCIDENT IS ALSO 
   UNDER INVESTIGATION.
   >> SOMEBODY IS NOT 
   GUILTY OF NOT DIMMING 
   THEIR HEADLIGHTS 
   SHOULT NOT GET A DEATH
   SENTENCE.
   >> Reporter: THE VIDEO
   COMES TWO WEEKS AFTER 
   GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH 
   WHICH IS PROMPTING 
   SWEEPING CHANGES TO 
   THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
   DEPARTMENT.
   AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL
   AGREED TO DISBAND THE 
   DEPARTMENT AND REBUILD
   IT WITH MORE OF A 
   FOCUS ON COMMUNITY 
   BASED POLICING, THE 
   MAYOR SAYS THE BIGGEST
   ROADBLOCK TO CHANGE IS
   THE POLICE UNION.
   >> WE ALSO NEED THE 
   ABILITY TO PROPERLY 
   TERMINATE AND 
   DISCIPLINE OFFICERS 
   WHO HAVE NOT LIVED UP 
   TO THOSE IDEALS.
   >> Reporter: NO 
   RESPONSE FROM THE 
   MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 
   UNION.
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
   POLICE UNIONS HAVE 
   AGGRESSIVELY FOUGHT TO
   PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF 
   THEIR MEMBERS ACCUSED 
   OF MISCONDUCT.
   DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO 
   DEFUND POLICE?
   >> NO, NOT AT ALL.
   AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
   WE NEED MORE 
   RESOURCES.
   WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 
   GIVE THE SERVICES THAT
   IS NEEDED IN OUR 
   COMMUNITIES.
   >> Reporter: HERE IN 
   MINNEAPOLIS, CITY 
   COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE 
   BANNED POLICE 
   CHOKEHOLDS AND SAY 
   THEY'RE PLANNING OTHER
   CHANGES.
   LESTER?
   >> GABE GUTIERREZ 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
   >>> AS GEORGE FLOYD'S 
   FAMILY PREPARED TO LAY
   HIM TO REST, PRESIDENT
   TRUMP SPENT PART OF 
   HIS MORNING TWEETING A
   BASELESS CONSPIRACY 
   THEORY ABOUT AN 
   ELDERLY PROTESTER SEEN
   SHOVED TO THE GROUND 
   BY POLICE.
   KRISTEN WELKER IS AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE WITH 
   THAT.
   áá
   >> Reporter: WHILE THE
   NATION MOURNED GEORGE 
   FLOYD TODAY, PRESIDENT
   TRUMP SPARKED OUTRAGE,
   TWEETING OUT A 
   BASELESS CONSPIRACY 
   THEORY ABOUT THIS 
   VIRAL VIDEO, SHOWING 
   THE MOMENT BUFFALO 
   POLICE KNOCKED DOWN 
   AND INJURED A 
   PROTESTER, 75-YEAR-OLD
   MARTIN GUGINO.
   THE PRESIDENT CITED A 
   REPORT BY A FAR-RIGHT 
   NEWS OUTLET WRITING --
   BUFFALO PROTESTER 
   SHOVED BY POLICE COULD
   BE AN ANTIFA 
   PROVOCATEUR.
   I WATCHED.
   HE FELL HARDER THAN 
   WAS PUSHED.
   WAS AIMING SCANNER.
   COULD BE A SETUP?
   ANTIFA STANDS FOR 
   ANTI-FASCIST AND 
   USUALLY DESCRIBES 
   RADICAL LEFTIST WHO 
   CAN SOMETIMES BE 
   MILITANT.
   THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO
   BACK UP THE REPORT THE
   PRESIDENT CITED, WHICH
   IS FROM A MAN WHO HAS 
   ALSO DONE STORIES FOR 
   A RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA 
   OUTLET THAT U.S. 
   INTELLIGENCE SAID 
   TRIED TO MEDDLE IN THE
   2016 ELECTION.
   IN FACT, THERE'S A LOT
   OF EVIDENCE TO 
   CONTRADICT THE 
   PRESIDENT'S TWEET.
   HE'S KNOWN AS A 
   LONG-TIME PEACE 
   PROTESTER, AND SAID IN
   A STATEMENT TODAY, NO 
   COMMENT OTHER THAN 
   BLACK LIVES MATTER.
   JUST OUT OF THE ICU, 
   SHOULD RECOVER 
   EVENTUALLY.
   THANKS.
   HIS FRIENDS HAVE 
   DESCRIBED HIM PUBLICLY
   AS A GENTLE PERSON, 
   AND HIS LAWYER TELLS 
   NBC NEWS TODAY, HE'S 
   ALSO A TYPICAL WESTERN
   NEW YORKER, WHO LOVES 
   HIS FAMILY.
   NEW YORK'S DEMOCRATIC 
   GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO 
   WITH A SCATHING 
   RESPONSE.
   >> IF HE EVER FEELS A 
   MOMENT OF DECENCY, HE 
   SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR 
   THAT TWEET.
   SHOW SOME DECENCY.
   SHOW SOME HUMANITY.
   SHOW SOME FAIRNESS.
   >> Reporter: ON 
   CAPITOL HILL, MANY OF 
   THE PRESIDENT'S 
   REPUBLICAN ALLIES 
   REFUSED TO COMMENT.
   BUT HIS GOP DETRACTORS
   DIDN'T HOLD BACK.
   >> YEAH, I SAW THE 
   TWEET.
   IT WAS A SHOCKING 
   THING TO SAY.
   AND I WON'T DIGNIFY IT
   WITH ANY FURTHER 
   COMMENT.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF 
   OF STAFF PRESSED.
   >> I LEARNED A LONG 
   TIME AGO NOT TO 
   COMMENT ON TWEETS.
   I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK
   THAT PRACTICE.
   >> Reporter: THE TWO 
   OFFICERS INVOLVED IN 
   THE BUFFALO INCIDENT 
   HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH
   ASSAULT.
   AS FOR GUGINO, HIS 
   LAWYER SAYS HE'S OUT 
   OF THE ICU BUT STILL 
   IN THE HOSPITAL.
   LESTER?
   >> KRISTEN WELKER AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK
   YOU.
   >>> TENS OF THOUSANDS 
   POURED INTO THE 
   STREETS ONCE AGAIN 
   TODAY AT A CIVIL 
   RIGHTS ICON LED HER 
   OWN PROTEST.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS 
   THAT STORY.
   >> NO JUSTICE, NO 
   PEACE!
   >> Reporter: TAKING 
   OVER BOULEVARDS, 
   FREEWAYS AND BRIDGES.
   THE CALL FOR CHANGE IN
   THE NAME OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD IS NOW BEING 
   REALIZED IN 
   COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
   NATION.
   IN PORTLAND, AFTER 
   VIOLENT CLASHES, THE 
   POLICE CHIEF IS 
   STEPPING DOWN.
   CLEARING THE WAY FOR A
   BLACK CHIEF WHO WAS 
   THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY 
   POLICING.
   >> I'M GOING TO 
   LISTEN, I'M GOING TO 
   CARE ABOUT THE 
   COMMUNITY.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   GROWING DEMAND FOR 
   ACCOUNTABILITY 
   INCLUDES CALLS TO 
   POLICE THE POLICE.
   >> NOT ONE OFFICER 
   TRIED TO HELP ME.
   >> Reporter: THE NEW 
   YORK COP WHO SHOVED A 
   DEMONSTRATOR TO THE 
   GROUND CURSING AT HER 
   DURING A PROTEST 
   AGAINST POLICE 
   BRUTALITY WAS CHARGED 
   TODAY WITH MISDEMEANOR
   ASSAULT, HARASSMENT 
   AND MENACING, A RARE 
   STEP BUT LIKELY NOT 
   THE LAST OFFICER TO 
   FACE CHARGES FOR 
   ABUSING THEIR POWER.
   >> ONE INCIDENT IN ONE
   AREA RESULTS IN EVERY 
   COP IN THIS NATION 
   BEING TARNISHED?
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   CITIES LIKE LOS 
   ANGELES IMPOSING A 
   MORATORIUM ON SOME 
   ARRESTING TECHNIQUES, 
   OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE 
   SIMPLY DROPPING 
   CHARGES AGAINST 
   PROTESTERS.
   BUT AFTER MORE 
   TERRIFYING SCENES LIKE
   THESE OF CARS PLOWING 
   INTO DEMONSTRATORS, 
   THERE'S ALSO 
   ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 
   THOSE BEHIND THE 
   DESTRUCTION.
   IN MINNEAPOLIS TODAY, 
   BRANDON WOLF FACED A 
   FEDERAL JUDGE, ACCUSED
   OF ARSON AFTER A MOB 
   OVERRAN A POLICE 
   PRECINCT.
   WITH DEMANDS FOR 
   REFORM GAINING 
   MOMENTUM, TODAY A 
   QUIETER, BUT JUST AS 
   POWERFUL CALL TO 
   ACTION.
   87-YEAR-OLD MERLY 
   EVERS, THE WIDOW OF 
   CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
   MEDGER EVERS, LED HER 
   OWN PROTEST AT HER 
   RETIREMENT HOME, 
   A PIONEER FROM THE 
   PAST, USHERING IN 
   CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> TONIGHT, THERE IS 
   OUTRAGE IN GEORGIA 
   AFTER A VOTING 
   MELTDOWN ON THIS 
   PRIMARY DAY, 
   PARTICULARLY IN AREAS 
   WITH HIGHER BLACK 
   POPULATIONS.
   NBC'S BLAYNE ALEXANDER
   IS IN ATLANTA.
   >> Reporter: THIS IS 
   PRIMARY DAY IN 
   GEORGIA.
   LINES IN ATLANTA 
   STRETCHING FOR BLOCKS,
   SOME STANDING IN THE 
   RAIN, FORCED TO WAIT 
   HOURS TO CAST A 
   BALLOT.
   >> I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 
   THREE HOURS.
   >> I'M NOT LEAVING.
   >> WHY ARE YOU INTENT 
   ON STAYING HERE?
   >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 
   ME, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
   MY SON.
   >> WE'RE GOING ON THAT
   FOUR-HOUR MARK.
   >> Reporter: GEORGIA 
   UNVEILING NEW VOTING 
   MACHINES STATEWIDE 
   RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF 
   A PANDEMIC.
   >> SEVERAL OF THE 
   MACHINES WERE BROKEN.
   IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE 
   HALF OF THE MACHINES 
   WERE DOWN.
   >> IT WAS A 
   DISAPPOINTMENT.
   THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
   SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
   CHECKED YESTERDAY.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   BIGGEST PROBLEM IN 
   METRO ATLANTA, 
   SPECIFICALLY AREAS 
   WITH HIGHER BLACK 
   POPULATIONS.
   THE CITY'S MAYOR 
   ASKING, IS THIS 
   HAPPENING ACROSS THE 
   COUNTY OR JUST ON THE 
   SOUTH END, POINT TO A 
   PREDOMINANTLY BLACK 
   AREA.
   LeBRON JAMES SAY GO 
   OUT AND VOTE.
   WHAT ABOUT ASKING IS 
   HOW WE VOTE IS ALSO 
   STRUCTURALLY RACIST.
   GEORGIA'S SECRETARY OF
   STATE, WHO OVERSEES 
   THE ELECTION, IS 
   BLAMING LOCAL 
   OFFICIALS SAYING POLL 
   WORKERS WERE NOT 
   PROPERLY TRAINED.
   >> THE EMPLOYEES 
   DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE 
   SYSTEM, SO WHAT WERE 
   THEY DOING FOR ALL 
   THESE MONTHS, ALL OF A
   SUDDEN THEY WAKE UP 
   AND SAY LET'S HAVE AN 
   ELECTION ON TUESDAY?
   >> Reporter: ONE 
   COUNTY OFFICIAL FIRING
   BACK AT THE SECRETARY 
   OF STATE, SAYING IF 
   THERE WAS A FAILURE OF
   LEADERSHIP, IT STARTS 
   WHERE THE BUCK
   SHOULD STOP, AT THE 
   TOP.
   NOW GEORGIA'S 
   SECRETARY OF STATE HAS
   LAUNCHED AN 
   INVESTIGATION AHEAD OF
   NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.
   LESTER?
   >> BLAYNE ALEXANDER, 
   THANK YOU.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, 
   WHERE THEY'RE SEEING A
   RECORD BREAKING SURGE 
   IN HOSPITALIZATIONS 
   FROM COVID-19.
   SOME HOSPITALS RUNNING
   SOME HOSPITALS RUNNING
   OUT OF BEDS, BEING 
   
   SIGNS TONIGHT ABOUT 
   CORONAVIRUS IN SOME 
   AREAS THAT REOPENED 
   EARLY.
   HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
   WAY UP.
   A MORE SERIOUS 
   INDICATOR THAN THE 
   NUMBER OF CASES.
   AND TODAY, DR. ANTHONY
   FAUCI CALLED COVID-19 
   HIS WORST NIGHTMARE 
   SAYING IT'S NOT OVER 
   YET.
   WE GET MORE FROM NBC'S
   GADI SCHWARTZ.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   A DRAMATIC RISE IN 
   CORONAVIRUS 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS IN 
   SOME STATES AMONG THE 
   FIRST TO REOPEN.
   IN ARIZONA, THE STATE 
   URGING HOSPITALS TO 
   KEEP EMERGENCY PLANS 
   ACTIVATED, AFTER 
   SEEING COVID-19 CASES 
   MORE THAN DOUBLE.
   HEALTH OFFICIALS NOW 
   SAYING EIGHT OUT OF 
   TEN HOSPITAL BEDS ARE 
   BEING USED AND WARPING
   THEY COULD HIT FULL 
   HOSPITAL CAPACITY IN A
   MATTER OF WEEKS.
   >> WE PROBABLY KNEW 
   WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BY 
   REOPENING TOO EARLY.
   AND HERE WE ARE.
   THIS MAY BE A NEW 
   NORMAL UNTIL WE GET A 
   VACCINE.
   >> Reporter: TEXAS 
   SEEING A RECORD NUMBER
   OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, 
   EVEN AS THE GOVERNMENT
   MOVES TO OPEN 
   RESTAURANTS AND BARS 
   TO 50% CAPACITY.
   AND GEORGIA, THEY ARE 
   SEEING CASES AND THE 
   NUMBER OF 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS 
   AND DEATHS ON THE 
   DECLINE.
   TODAY, AT THE WORLD 
   HEALTH ORGANIZATION, A
   TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL 
   WALKING BACK A 
   STATEMENT MADE 
   YESTERDAY THAT IT'S 
   VERY RARE FOR PEOPLE 
   WITHOUT SYMPTOMS TO 
   SPREAD THE DISEASE.
   >> I THINK THAT'S 
   MISUNDERSTANDING TO 
   STATE THAT 
   ASYMPTOMATIC 
   TRANSMISSION IS RARE.
   >> Reporter: ONE STUDY
   ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 
   44% OF NEW CASES WERE 
   TRANSMITTED BY PEOPLE 
   NOT SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
   >> THIS MESSAGE FROM 
   W.H.O. WAS A BIT OF A 
   DISASTER, BECAUSE IT 
   CAUSED SO MUCH 
   CONFUSION.
   THE BOTTOM LINE IS 
   THIS -- THERE ARE LOTS
   OF PEOPLE WITH 
   INFECTIONS WHO HAVE NO
   SYMPTOMS WHO ARE 
   SPREADING THE VIRUS 
   AND GETTING OTHER 
   PEOPLE INFECTED.
   >> Reporter: TODAY, 
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   TELLING A PANEL THE 
   PANDEMIC THAT'S 
   DEVASTATED THE WORLD 
   IN FOUR MONTHS IS ONLY
   JUST BEGINNING.
   GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> UP NEXT, THE 
   POWERFUL MESSAGE BY A 
   >>> HISTORY WAS MADE 
   TODAY BY AN AIR FORCE 
   GENERAL WHO IS NOW THE
   FIRST BLACK CHIEF OF A
   U.S. MILITARY BRANCH, 
   AND REHEMA ELLIS HAS 
   HIS POWERFUL WORDS 
   ABOUT THIS MOMENT IN 
   AMERICA.
   >> Reporter: FROM 
   FIGHTER PILOT TO 
   FOUR-STAR GENERAL, 
   CHARLES BROWN HAS LED 
   AMERICAN TROOPS AROUND
   THE WORLD.
   NOW THE NATION'S FIRST
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN AIR 
   FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF, 
   LEADING IN A DIFFERENT
   WAY WITH A PERSONAL 
   MESSAGE.
   WHAT HE'S THINKING 
   ABOUT AS A BLACK MAN.
   >> I'M THINKING ABOUT 
   HOW FULL I AM WITH 
   EMOTION, NOT JUST FOR 
   GEORGE FLOYD, BUT THE 
   MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS
   THAT HAVE SUFFERED THE
   SAME FATE AS GEORGE 
   FLOYD AND THINKING 
   ABOUT A HISTORY OF 
   RACIAL ISSUES AND MY 
   OWN EXPERIENCES THAT 
   DIDN'T ALWAYS SING OF 
   LIBERTY AND EQUALITY.
   >> Reporter: OF THE 40
   PLUS MOST SENIOR 
   COMMANDERS IN THE 
   MILITARY, ONLY TWO ARE
   BLACK.
   >> I'M THINKING ABOUT 
   MY AIR FORCE CAREER, 
   WHERE I WAS OFTEN THE 
   ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   IN MY SQUADRON OR AS A
   SENIOR OFFICER, THE 
   ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   IN THE ROOM.
   I'M THINKING ABOUT 
   WEARING THE SAME 
   FLIGHT SUIT WITH THE 
   SAME WINGS ON MY CHEST
   AS MY PEERS, AND BEING
   QUESTIONED BY ANOTHER 
   MILITARY MEMBER, ARE 
   YOU A PILOT?
   I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW
   THESE AIRMEN VIEW 
   RACISM, WHETHER THEY 
   DON'T SEE IT AS A 
   PROBLEM BECAUSE IT 
   DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEM
   OR WHETHER THEY'RE 
   EMPATHETIC.
   >> AND AS A FATHER OF 
   TWO BLACK SONS.
   >> I'M THINKING ABOUT 
   THE FRANK AND 
   EMOTIONAL 
   CONVERSATIONS MY WIFE 
   AND I HAVE HAD JUST 
   THIS PAST WEEK AS WE 
   DISCUSSED THE 
   SITUATIONS THAT LED TO
   THE PROTESTS AROUND 
   THE COUNTRY.
   I CAN'T FIX CENTURIES 
   OF RACISM IN THIS 
   COUNTRY OR FIX DECADES
   OF DISCRIMINATION THAT
   MAY HAVE IMPACTED 
   MEMBERS OF OUR AIR 
   FORCE.
   I WANT THE WISDOM AND 
   KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD AND 
   LISTEN TO NECESSARY 
   CONVERSATIONS ON 
   RACISM, DIVERSITY AND 
   INCLUSION.
   I WANT TO HEAR WHAT 
   YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT 
   AND HOW TOGETHER WE 
   CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
   >> Reporter: A 
   MILITARY MAN OPENING 
   UP AS A BLACK MAN, 
   HOPING TO BE AN 
   INSPIRING LEADER FOR 
   THESE TIMES.
   REHEMA ELLIS, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> THROUGHOUT 
   HISTORY, EVERY 
   MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE 
   AND FREEDOM HAS HAD AN
   INDELIBLE TOUCHSTONE 
   A MOMENT, A PLACE,
   A FACE THAT ETCHES IT 
   IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS 
   AND DEFINES WHY IT'S 
   WORTH SHOUTING FOR AND
   DISRUPTING FOR.
   AT TODAY'S FUNERAL, WE
   WATCHED AS AN ARTIST 
   ON STAGE QUICKLY 
   RE-CREATED THE FACE OF
   GEORGE FLOYD.
   CEMENTING HIM AS THE 
   ICON FOR THIS MOMENT, 
   FOR THIS CHAPTER OF AN
   OLD STORY.
   THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED 
   THE PEWS TODAY, LINED 
   THE PROCESSION ROUTE, 
   OR MARCHED IN PROTEST 
   YET AGAIN ON THE 
   NATION'S STREETS, 
   CELEBRATED THE MAN, 
   THE FACE, THAT NOW 
   STANDS FOR HOPE FOR 
   OUR FELLOW CITIZENS 
   WHO FOR FAR TOO LONG 
   HAVE BEEN SMOTHERED BY
   BIAS, OPPRESSION AND 
   UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD.
   WHEN AMERICA REFERS TO
   THIS MOMENT, IT WILL 
   SAY HIS NAME, GEORGE 
   THIS MOMENT, IT WILL 
   SAY HIS NAME, GEORGE 
   FLOYD.
