   >>> TONIGHT THESE 
   SHOCKING NEW 
   IMAGES IN THE ELIJAH 
   McCLAIN 
   INVESTIGATION.
   PHOTOS OF POLICE 
   APPEARING TO 
   MOCK THE DEATH OF THE 
   23-YEAR-OLD UNARMED 
   BLACK MAN.
   OFFICERS RECREATING 
   THE 
   CHOKEHOLD McCLAIN WAS 
   PLACED IN.
   SEVERAL FIRED.
   THE CHIEF SAYING, 
   QUOTE, WE ARE 
   ASHAMED.
   HOW McCLAIN'S FAMILY 
   IS REACTING 
   TONIGHT. 
   >>> THE DEATH TOLL 
   FROM
   CORONAVIRUS NOW 
   TOPPING 130,000 
   IN THE UNITED STATES.
   200,000 NEW CASES 
   SINCE JUST 
   MONDAY.
   AFTER A RECORD WEEK, 
   EXPERTS NOW 
   FEAR 4th OF JULY 
   CROWDS COULD 
   CAUSE ANOTHER MASSIVE 
   SURGE. 
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   KICKING OFF 
   THE HOLIDAY WITH 
   FIREWORKS AT 
   MOUNT RUSHMORE.
   MASKS AND SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING NOT 
   REQUIRED. 
   >>> AFTER YEARS OF 
   DEBATE, WILL 
   THIS NFL TEAM CHANGE 
   ITS 
   CONTROVERSIAL NAME?
   THE GROWING PRESSURE 
   FROM 
   SPONSORS AND WHAT THE 
   OWNER IS 
   NOW SAYING. 
   >>> NEW RULES OF THE 
   ROAD IF YOU 
   ARE DRIVING TO YOUR 
   VACATION 
   DESTINATION.
   WHAT TO PACK AND PLAN 
   AHEAD FOR.
   >>> AND CAUGHT ON 
   CAMERA.
   A MAN SHOOTING ILLEGAL
   FIREWORKS 
   WHEN ONE GOES RIGHT 
   THROUGH AN 
   OPEN WINDOW.
   THAT HOUSE ERUPTING IN
   FLAMES.
   TONIGHT THE NEW 
   WARNING FROM 
   FIREFIGHTERS THIS 
   HOLIDAY.
   áá 
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH 
   LESTER HOLT.
   >>> AND A GOOD FRIDAY 
   EVENING.
   I'M CRAIG MELVIN IN 
   FOR LESTER TONIGHT.
   THE INVESTIGATION INTO
   THE DEATH 
   OF ELIJAH McCLAIN LAST
   YEAR HAS 
   TAKEN ANOTHER TURN 
   WITH 
   AUTHORITIES IN AURORA,
   COLORADO 
   SAYING POLICE OFFICERS
   REENACTED 
   THE CHOKEHOLD THAT WAS
   USED ON THE 
   23-YEAR-OLD.
   THE INTERIM POLICE 
   CHIEF SAYING, 
   QUOTE, WE ARE ASHAMED.
   NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ 
   IS THERE. 
   >> Reporter: THESE ARE
   THE PHOTOS AURORA
   POLICE SAY WERE TAKEN 
   IN 
   OCTOBER, MOCKING THE 
   DEATH OF ELIJAH 
   McCLAIN.
   >> WE'RE ASHAMED.
   WE'RE SICKENED AND 
   WE'RE ANGRY.
   WHILE THE ALLEGATIONS 
   OF THIS 
   INTERNAL AFFAIRS CASE 
   IS NOT 
   CRIMINAL, IT IS A 
   CRIME AGAINST 
   HUMANITY AND DECENCY.
   >> THESE TWO OFFICERS 
   WOULD BE 
   FIRED FOR CONDUCT 
   UNBECOMING.
   A THIRD WOULD HAVE 
   BEEN FIRED 
   BUT RESIGNED FIRST.
   A FOURTH WAS ALSO LET 
   GO AFTER 
   GETTING THE PHOTOS IN 
   A GROUP 
   TEXT AND RESPONDING, 
   HA HA.
   THAT FOURTH OFFICER, 
   JASON ROSENBLATT, HAD 
   ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN 
   THE INITIAL ENCOUNTER 
   WITH McCLAIN.
   >> TO SAY HA HA WHEN 
   HE WAS 
   ENGAGED IN THE 
   INCIDENT WITH 
   ELIJAH McCLAIN IS 
   ABSOLUTELY 
   UNACCEPTABLE. 
   >> Reporter: McCLAIN 
   WAS A 
   23-YEAR-OLD MASSAGE 
   THERAPIST.
   HIS FAMILY SAYS
   HE SOMETIMES WORE A 
   SKY MASK TO 
   KEEP WARM BECAUSE HE 
   WAS ANEMIC.
   >> STOP.
   I HAVE A RIGHT TO STOP
   YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE 
   BEING SUSPICIOUS.
   >> Reporter: HE WAS 
   WALKING HOME 
   WHEN OFFICERS STOPPED 
   HIM, SHORTLY AFTER 
   TACKLED HIM AND GAVE 
   HIM A SEDATIVE.
   McCLAIN DIED AT THE 
   HOSPITAL 
   DAYS LATER.
   AND THE CORONER SAID 
   THE CAUSE 
   OF DEATH WAS 
   UNDETERMINED.
   AN INTERNAL 
   INVESTIGATION FOUND 
   THE OFFICERS FOLLOWED 
   POLICY.
   BUT LAST WEEK THE 
   GOVERNOR 
   APPOINTED A SPECIAL 
   PROSECUTOR 
   TO INVESTIGATE. 
   >> THE AURORA POLICE 
   DEPARTMENT 
   A LONG SORTED HORRIBLE
   HISTORY OF BOTH RACISM
   AND BRUTALITY.
   THAT NEEDS TO STOP 
   TODAY. 
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   WAKE OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH, 
   TONIGHT 
   McCLAIN'S CASE HAS 
   DRAWN ATTENTION 
   WORLDWIDE.
   THESE PICTURES ARE 
   SPARKING NEW 
   OUTRAGE. 
   >> NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE
   A RACISM 
   PROBLEM IN AMERICA.
   WE HAVE A MORALITY 
   PROBLEM IN 
   AMERICA.
   RIGHT?
   THE FACT THAT SOMEONE 
   COULD MAKE 
   LIGHT OF SOMEONE'S 
   DEATH IN ANY 
   FASHION IS JUST -- 
   IT'S IMMORAL. 
   >> Reporter: NEW TODAY
   THE 
   AURORA POLICE UNION 
   RELEASED A 
   STATEMENT CALLING THE 
   INTERNAL INVESTIGATION
   A RUSH TO
   JUDGMENT AND SAYING 
   THE POLICE 
   CHIEF WAS UNFIT FOR 
   HER 
   POSITION.
   TONIGHT ANOTHER 
   PROTEST IS 
   SCHEDULED HERE.
   CRAIG?
   >> GABE GUTIERREZ, 
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> NOW TO THE 
   CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY 
   THIS 4th OF JULY 
   WEEKEND.
   THE DEATH TOLL IN THIS
   COUNTRY IS NOW MORE 
   THAN 
   130,000, MARKING THE
   50,000.
   HERE'S MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: AS A 
   RECORD NUMBER 
   OF AMERICANS TEST 
   POSITIVE AND A 
   STAGGERING NUMBER ARE 
   HOSPITALIZED, TONIGHT 
   DOCTORS 
   WARN THIS IS JUST A 
   PEAK IN THE 
   FIRST WAVE OF OUR 
   NATIONAL 
   PANDEMIC, WITH CASES 
   CLIMBING IN 
   33 STATES.
   THE U.S. HAS NOW SEEN 
   200,000 
   NEW INFECTIONS SINCE 
   MONDAY 
   ALONE.
   >> IT'S UNPRECEDENTED,
   AND EVERY 
   SINGLE DAY BRINGS NEW 
   EXPERIENCES.
   I KNOW IT SOUNDS 
   CLICHE AND 
   TRITE, BUT THAT'S 
   ABSOLUTELY THE 
   CASE. 
   >> Reporter: FACING 
   THEIR OWN 
   RECORD HIGH CASE LOAD 
   IN 
   GEORGIA, THE STATE NOW
   HAS 160 
   TESTING CENTERS.
   BUT ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY, LINES 
   ARE LONG AND 
   TURN-AROUND TIME IS 
   SLOW.
   THE GOVERNOR IN OHIO 
   SAYS THE 
   VIRUS IS SPREADING 
   WITH 
   VENGEANCE.
   SEVEN COUNTIES IN RED 
   ALERT, 
   MEANING MULTIPLE 
   OUTBREAKS, A 
   RISE IN 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS AND A
   HIGH RISK FOR 
   RESIDENTS. 
   >> THIS SHOULD BE A 
   WAKE-UP CALL 
   TO ALL OF US THAT WE 
   ARE IN THE 
   FIGHT OF OUR LIVES AND
   WE ARE 
   LITERALLY FIGHTING FOR
   LIVES. 
   >> Reporter: TO FIGHT 
   THE VIRUS, THE CHICAGO
   DEATH ( HEALTH
   DEPARTMENT IS NOW 
   REQUIRING 
   TRAVELERS FROM 15 
   STATES TO 
   QUARANTINE FOR TWO 
   WEEKS BEFORE 
   VENTURING INTO THE 
   CITY.
   IN ILLINOIS, VICTIMS 
   RANGE IN 
   AGE FROM YOUNGER THAN 
   ONE YEARS 
   OLD TO OLDER THAN 100.
   >> WE'LL SEE HOW 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS 
   CONTINUE TO GO 
   UP.
   BUT ALSO WE WILL START
   TO SEE 
   THE NUMBER OF DEATHS 
   START TO 
   RISE AGAIN. 
   >> Reporter: WITH THE 
   START OF 
   BASEBALL NEARLY HERE, 
   TODAY AN 
   EXPECTING FATHER SAYS 
   HE'S 
   CONCERNED. 
   >> HONESTLY, I STILL 
   DON'T FEEL 
   COMFORTABLE OBVIOUSLY 
   WITH THE 
   BABY COMING.
   THERE IS A LOT OF 
   STUFF GOING 
   THROUGH MY MIND RIGHT 
   NOW. 
   >> Reporter: AS MANY 
   BEGIN THEIR 
   HOLIDAY, SOME ARE 
   TAKING A 
   GAMBLE.
   CASINOS IN ATLANTIC 
   CITY PACKED.
   CROWDS AT THE BEACH, 
   BARS AND 
   EVEN BACKYARD 
   BARBECUES THAT CAN 
   SPREAD THE VIRUS.
   TONIGHT IN MIAMI, A 
   CURFEW GOES 
   INTO EFFECT TO LIMIT 
   CROWDS.
   AFTER MARDI GRAS WHEN 
   NEW 
   ORLEANS BECAME A HOT 
   SPOT, TODAY 
   THE MAYOR THERE SAYS 
   SHE'S VERY 
   CONCERNED AFTER A NEW 
   HIGH IN 
   CASES. 
   >> AND WE DO NOT WANT 
   TO GO 
   BACK. 
   >> Reporter: 
   CALIFORNIA NOW FINDS 
   ITSELF AS 
   AN EPICENTER FOR THE 
   VIRUS.
   OVER THE LAST TWO 
   WEEKS, 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
   UP ABOUT 
   50% AS THE NUMBER OF 
   PEOPLE 
   INFECTED CLIMB ROUGHLY
   40%.
   IN CITIES LIKE 
   SACRAMENTO, 
   NEARLY HALF OF ALL NEW
   CASES ARE 
   PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN 
   40.
   THE AGE GROUP SOME 
   FEAR MOST 
   LIKELY TO CONGREGATE 
   THIS 
   WEEKEND.
   DOCTORS EVERYWHERE 
   WITH THIS 
   PLEA. 
   >> PUT THE DAMN MASK 
   ON.
   I CAN'T SAY IT MORE 
   FORCEFULLY.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   FOR HEALTH 
   CARE WORKERS ON THE 
   FRONT LINES, 
   THIS IS NO HOLIDAY. NEWS, LO 
   ANGELES. 
   >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
   CELEBRATING THE 4th OF
   JULY 
   HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH A
   FIREWORKS 
   SHOW AT MOUNT RUSHMORE
   TONIGHT.
   CROWDS NOT REQUIRED TO
   WEAR 
   MASKS OR SOCIAL 
   DISTANCE.
   HERE'S KRISTEN WELKER.
   >> Reporter: IN JUST 
   HOURS, 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL 
   KICK OFF 
   INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 
   THE SHADOW 
   OF PRESIDENTS PAST, A 
   FIREWORKS 
   CELEBRATION AT MOUNT 
   RUSHMORE 
   TONIGHT. 
   >> I THINK IT WILL BE 
   A FANTASTIC EVENING.
   >> Reporter: A 
   CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL 
   TELLS NBC NEWS THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   WILL TELL THE TRUTH 
   ABOUT THOSE 
   TRYING TO TEAR DOWN 
   AND DIVIDE 
   OUR COUNTRY.
   7,500 PEOPLE HAVE 
   TICKETS SO 
   FAR.
   WHILE MASKS WILL BE 
   AVAILABLE, 
   THEY WON'T BE 
   REQUIRED, 
   INCLUDING FOR LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT 
   OFFICIALS AT THE 
   EVENT. 
   >> MASKS ARE OPTIONAL 
   FOR OUR 
   DEPUTIES.
   GENERALLY, THEY WON'T 
   BE WEARING 
   THEM.
   THE HAND SANITIZING 
   STATIONS ARE 
   AVAILABLE. 
   >> Reporter: THIS 
   MORNING ON 
   "TODAY," THE SURGEON 
   GENERAL 
   ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO
   WEAR A 
   MASK WHEN POSSIBLE. 
   >> PLEASE WEAR A FACE 
   COVERING. 
   >> Reporter: BUT WOULD
   NOT WEIGH 
   IN ON WHETHER LARGE 
   GATHERINGS 
   WERE SAFE WHEN PRESSED
   BY CRAIG. 
   >> WE KNOW THAT LARGE 
   GATHERING 
   PRESENTS THE BIGGEST 
   RISK RIGHT 
   NOW.
   WOULD YOU ADVISE 
   SOMEONE TO GO 
   TO A LARGE GATHERING, 
   YES OR NO?
   >> WELL, CRAIG, IT IS 
   NOT A YES 
   OR NO.
   EVERY SINGLE PERSON 
   HAS TO MAKE 
   UP THEIR OWN MINDS. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP HAS 
   ONLY BEEN PICTURED 
   WEARING A 
   MASK ONCE, FUELLING 
   CRITICISM HE 
   AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
   ARE 
   SENDING MIXED SIGNALS 
   AS 
   CONCERNS MOUNT ABOUT 
   RISING 
   COVID CASES ACROSS THE
   COUNTRY.
   AND TONIGHT THERE ARE 
   NEW SIGNS THE VIRUS IS
   YET AGAIN IMPACTING 
   THOSE IN THE 
   PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE.
   >> USA!
   USA!
   >> Reporter: AFTER THE
   TRUMP 
   RALLY IN TULSA, 
   OKLAHOMA, LESS 
   THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, 
   HERMAN CAIN 
   WHO IS SERVING AS A 
   TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
   SURROGATE
   SAYS HE TESTED 
   POSITIVE FOR THE 
   VIRUS.
   CAIN WAS PICTURED AT 
   THAT PACKED 
   RALLY WITHOUT A MASK.
   WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS 
   TELL NBC 
   NEWS THEY WILL HAVE A 
   NEW 
   MESSAGE ON THE VIRUS 
   THAT WE 
   NEED TO LIVE WITH IT.
   THEY WILL TOUT 
   THERAPEUTIC DRUGS 
   AND WAYS TO STAY SAFE,
   CRAIG. 
   >> KRISTEN WELKER AT 
   THE WHITE 
   HOUSE, THANK YOU. 
   >>> CHANGE COULD BE 
   COMING TO OUR NATION'S
   CAPITAL AND TO THE NFL
   AS WELL.
   ONE TEAM AT THE CENTER
   OF 
   CONTROVERSY OVER ITS 
   NAME TAKING 
   THE FIRST STEP TOWARD 
   POTENTIALLY REBRANDING
   ITSELF.
   HERE'S JEFF BENNETT 
   WITH THAT 
   STORY. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AFTER 
   MOUNTING PRESSURE, THE
   NFL'S 
   WASHINGTON REDSKINS 
   ANNOUNCING 
   IT WILL CONDUCT A 
   THOROUGH 
   REVIEW OF THE TEAM 
   NAME, WHICH 
   HAS LONG BEEN 
   CONDEMNED AS A 
   DEROGATORY SLUR 
   AGAINST NATIVE 
   AMERICANS.
   THE TEAM OWNER DAN 
   SNYDER 
   WRITING IN A STATEMENT
   THAT HE 
   WANTS INPUT FROM 
   OTHERS, WHILE 
   TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 
   THE PROUD 
   TRADITION AND HISTORY 
   OF THE 
   FRANCHISE.
   IT COMES JUST ONE DAY 
   AFTER 
   FEDEX, THE TEAM'S MOST
   PROMINENT 
   SPONSOR, ASKED THE 
   TEAM TO 
   CHANGE ITS NAME.
   FEDEX OWNS THE NAMING 
   RIGHTS TO 
   WHERE THE TEAM PLAYS 
   IN 
   MARYLAND.
   ALSO ON THURSDAY,
   NIKE APPEARED TO 
   REMOVE THE 
   TEAM'S PRODUCTS FROM 
   ITS 
   WEBSITE.
   BOTH THE NFL AND 
   SNYDER FOR 
   YEARS HAD DEFENDED THE
   TEAM'S 
   CONTROVERSIAL NAME. 
   SNYDER VOWING NEVER TO
   CHANGE IT.
   >> THE NAME REALLY 
   MEANS, HONOR, 
   RESPECT. 
   >> Reporter: NFL 
   COMMISSIONER 
   ROGER GOODELL SAYING 
   HE'S 
   SUPPORTIVE OF THIS 
   IMPORTANT 
   STEP.
   A FORMER PLAYER FOR 
   THE TEAM ALSO WEIGHING
   IN.
   >> I SAY THE NAME 
   SHOULD BE 
   CHANGED.
   I THINK THERE'S BEEN 
   ENOUGH 
   PUBLIC OUTCRY FROM THE
   GROUP 
   THAT FEELS LIKE 
   THEY'RE BEING 
   MARGINALIZED OF THEIR 
   IMAGE AS A MASCOT FOR 
   AN ENTIRE CULTURAL 
   IDENTITY.
   >> Reporter: REACTION 
   TODAY ON 
   THE STREETS OF D.C. 
   >> I'M A REDSKINS NAME
   FOR LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: EVEN WITH
   THE NAME?
   >> EVEN WITH THE NAME.
   >> IT'S OFFENSIVE.
   IT'S A SLUR.
   A RACIAL SLUR.
   THAT WOULD BE LIKE 
   HAVING A TEAM CALLED 
   THE "N" WORD.
   >> Reporter: AND 
   TONIGHT "THE 
   WALL STREET JOURNAL" 
   FIGHTING 
   TWO PEOPLE FAMILIAR 
   WITH THE 
   MATTER WHO SAY THE 
   TEAM WILL 
   LIKELY BE RENAMED BY 
   THE START 
   OF THE 2020 SEASON.
   CRAIG?
   >> JEFF BENNETT FOR US
   THERE IN WASHINGTON.
   JEFF, THANK YOU.
   >>> AS THE CORONAVIRUS
   PUSHES 
   HOSPITALS TO THE 
   BRINK, ERs ARE 
   SEEING A DRAMATIC DROP
   IN 
   PATIENTS SEEKING 
   EMERGENCY HELP.
   HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
   >> Reporter: IT 
   HAPPENS EVERY 40 
   SECONDS, SOMEONE 
   SOMEWHERE IN 
   THE U.S. 
   HAS A HEART ATTACK.
   WHILE 90 PEOPLE SUFFER
   A STROKE 
   EVERY HOUR.
   YET, THE NUMBER OF 
   NONCORONAVIRUS ER 
   VISITS DROPPED 
   OFF A CLIFF AS THE 
   PANDEMIC 
   SWEPT THE COUNTRY, 
   DOWN A 
   STUNNING 42% AS MANY 
   PEOPLE 
   SIMPLY AVOIDED THE ER.
   >> WE KISSED TO SAY 
   GOOD-BYE, 
   AND HE SAID I LOVE 
   YOU, AND THEN 
   HE WENT DOWN. 
   >> Reporter: CONCERNED
   ABOUT 
   COVID EXPOSURE, HER 
   HUSBAND WAS 
   RELUCTANT TO GO TO THE
   ER.
   WHEN HE FINALLY 
   AGREED,
   HE COLLAPSED AND DIED 
   OF A HEART 
   ATTACK AS PARAMEDICS 
   WERE AT THE 
   HOUSE.
   EMERGENCY ROOMS 
   NATIONWIDE REPORTED
   A 23% DROP IN HEART 
   ATTACK CASES 
   THROUGH MAY.
   A 20% DROP IN STROKES 
   AND A 10% 
   DROP IN DIABETIC 
   EMERGENCIES. 
   >> IF YOU ARE HAVING A
   HEART 
   ATTACK, IF YOU ARE 
   HAVING A 
   STROKE, YOU ABSOLUTELY
   NEED TO 
   SEEK CARE.
   AND OUR EMERGENCY 
   DEPARTMENTS 
   ARE SAFE. 
   >> Reporter: HOSPITAL 
   PROTOCOLS 
   NOW IN PLACE ARE 
   DESIGNED TO 
   ISOLATE COVID CASES 
   FROM OTHER 
   PATIENTS.
   DR. BRENDAN CARR RUNS 
   EMERGENCY 
   MEDICINE AT MT. SINAI.
   >> WE HAVE REINVENTED 
   ALL OF OUR WORK FLOWS 
   TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN
   PEOPLE COME THROUGH 
   THE
   FRONT DOOR WE CAN DO 
   EVERYTHING 
   POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEM 
   DISTANCED, 
   IN A MASK. 
   >> Reporter: EMORY 
   HOSPITAL IN 
   ATLANTA NOW 
   ENCOURAGING PATIENTS 
   TO KEEP THEIR REGULAR 
   DOCTOR AND DENTIST 
   APPOINTMENTS AND USE 
   TELEMEDICINE WHEN 
   POSSIBLE.
   >> PEOPLE CAN GET 
   THEIR 
   PRESCRIPTIONS REFILLED
   VIRTUALLY 
   AND THEN WE CAN DO, 
   YOU KNOW, 
   SORT OF A TYPICAL, 
   ALBEIT 
   LIMITED, PHYSICAL EXAM
   ON 
   PATIENTS WHEN WE SORT 
   OF LOOK AT THEM ON A 
   VIDEO SCREEN.
   >> Reporter: 
   MEANWHILE, WITH 
   DOMINIC GONE, 
   COURTNEY PATEL IS LEFT
   TO RAISE 
   THEIR TWO KIDS ALONE. 
   >> THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE
   HAPPENED.
   HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD, 
   AND OUR 
   STORY WASN'T OVER. 
   >> THE OTHER VICTIMS 
   OF A 
   PANDEMIC STILL IN ITS 
   FIRST 
   WAVE.
   TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS
   WASHINGTON. 
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, OUR
   CONVERSATION WITH THE 
   SPECIAL 
   PROSECUTOR TAKING OVER
   
   >>> BACK NOW WITH A 
   FIREWORKS 
   MISHAP.
   A MAN IN NEW YORK CITY
   SHOOTING 
   OFF ILLEGAL 
   PYROTECHNICS WHEN 
   ONE FLIES THROUGH AN 
   OPEN 
   WINDOW.
   CHECK THIS OUT.
   MOMENTS LATER, FLAMES 
   ERUPTING INSIDE.
   THE MAN WAS ARRESTED 
   FOR ARSON.
   THE FDNY WARNING DON'T
   PLAY WITH 
   ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THIS
   4th OF 
   JULY. 
   >>> NOW TO THE UNREST 
   IN HONG 
   KONG.
   PROTESTERS OUTRAGED 
   OVER A NEW 
   LAW THAT COULD STAMP 
   OUT THE 
   PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
   THERE.
   HERE'S RICHARD ENGEL. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   MUCH OF THE 
   WORLD WAS WATCHING 
   COVID, CHINA 
   THIS WEEK PASSED A 
   STRICT AND 
   SWEEPING NATIONAL 
   SECURITY LAW.
   ILLEGAL NOW, ANY ACTS 
   OF 
   SEDITION,
   TREASON, TERRORISM AND
   SUCCESSION.
   CHARGES OPEN TO WIDE 
   INTERPRETATION.
   HUNDREDS OF ACTIVISTS 
   HAVE BEEN 
   ARRESTED SINCE THE LAW
   WAS 
   IMPLEMENTED WEDNESDAY.
   AND A NEW SECURITY 
   SERVICE 
   ANSWERABLE TO BEIJING,
   NOT THE 
   LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN 
   HONG KONG, 
   IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
   ENFORCEMENT.
   THE U.S. HAS 
   PROTESTED. 
   >> THE RULE OF LAW HAS
   BEEN 
   EVISCERATED.
   >> Reporter: A CHINESE
   FOREIGN 
   MINISTER SPOKESPERSON 
   RESPONDED 
   SAYING BEIJING CARES 
   MORE ABOUT 
   TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY 
   THAN 
   FOREIGN RELATIONS.
   UNTIL NOW, HONG KONG 
   HAS BEEN 
   RULED BY A POLICY 
   CALLED ONE 
   COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS 
   WITH HONG 
   KONG ENJOYING MORE 
   FREEDOM OF 
   EXPRESSION AND 
   AUTONOMY.
   THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
   NATHAN LAW, A PROTEST 
   LEADER,
   RECENTLY ESCAPED HONG 
   KONG.
   SPEAKING TO NBC NEWS 
   TONIGHT 
   FROM AN UNDISCLOSED 
   LOCATION. 
   THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
   BEEN PROPOSING THAT 
   CERTAIN SLOGANS, THEY 
   WILL BE PROSECUTED.
   AND WE ARE READY TO 
   FIGHT THE 
   AUTOCRACY WITH WHAT WE
   HAVE. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   BRITISH 
   GOVERNMENT HAS OFFERED
   TO TAKE 
   IN AS MANY AS THREE 
   MILLION HONG 
   KONG RESIDENTS AS AN 
   ACT OF 
   PROTEST.
   CHINA HAS DENOUNCED 
   THE OFFER 
   AND BRITISH OFFICIALS 
   ADMIT 
   THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY
   CAN DO IF 
   CHINA WON'T ALLOW 
   PEOPLE TO 
   LEAVE THE CITY IN 
   LARGE NUMBERS.
   CRAIG?
   >> RICHARD, THANK YOU.
   >>> BACK HOME, THE 
   SPECIAL 
   PROSECUTOR IN THE 
   AHMAUD ARBERY 
   CASE IS SPEAKING OUT 
   ABOUT THE 
   RESPONSIBILITY THAT 
   SHE FEELS AS 
   A BLACK WOMAN SEEKING 
   JUSTICE.
   SHE TALKED TO BLAINE 
   ALEXANDER. 
   >> NO JUSTICE, NO 
   PEACE!
   >> Reporter: IT IS A 
   CASE THAT 
   HAS STOKED
   NATIONWIDE PROTESTS 
   AND CALLS 
   FOR JUSTICE, THE DEATH
   OF AHMAUD 
   ARBERY.
   WHEN THIS CASE LANDED 
   ON YOUR 
   DESK, DID YOU FEEL A 
   PARTICULAR 
   RESPONSIBILITY?
   >> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
   THE RESPONSIBILITY WAS
   JUST ONE 
   OF WHAT WE DO WITH OUR
   CASES.
   I CERTAINLY HAVE A 
   SENSE OF 
   COMMUNITY AND KNOW 
   WHAT THE 
   EXPECTATION IS OF ME, 
   NOT 
   BECAUSE I'M THE 
   DISTRICT 
   ATTORNEY ON THE CASE 
   BUT 
   BECAUSE -- ALSO 
   BECAUSE I'M AN 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   FEMALE. 
   >> Reporter: HOLMES IS
   THE 
   FOURTH PROSECUTOR ON 
   THE CASE 
   APPOINTED BY GEORGIA'S
   ATTORNEY GENERAL
   AFTER TWO PREVIOUS DAs
   RECUSED 
   THEMSELVES OVER 
   POTENTIAL 
   CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
   ARBERY WAS UNARMED, 
   JOGGING IN A 
   SOUTH GEORGIA 
   NEIGHBORHOOD, HIS 
   FAMILY SAYS, WHEN HE 
   WAS 
   FOLLOWED AND KILLED.
   ONE OF THE SUSPECTS 
   TOLD POLICE 
   THEY PURSUED BECAUSE 
   THEY 
   THOUGHT ARBERY WAS A 
   BURGLARY 
   SUSPECT.
   AND THAT TRAVIS 
   McMICHAEL FIRED WHEN 
   ARBERY BEGAN TO 
   VIOLENTLY ATTACK.
   THREE MEN NOW INDICTED
   FOR 
   MURDER.
   ARRESTS CAME TEN WEEKS
   AFTER 
   ARBERY'S DEATH ONLY 
   AFTER VIDEO 
   BECAME PUBLIC. 
   >> YOU GET UPSET WHEN 
   YOU WATCH 
   IT.
   BUT AS A PROSECUTOR IN
   THE CASE, 
   I HAVE TO MAKE SURE 
   THAT I'M 
   FOLLOWING THE EVIDENCE
   THAT IS 
   BROUGHT TO ME. 
   >> Reporter: A FORMER 
   CHIEF MAG 
   STRAIT JUDGE NOW ONE 
   OF JUST A 
   FEW BLACK DAs IN ALL 
   OF GEORGIA. 
   >> Reporter: DO YOU 
   BELIEVE WE 
   ARE AT A MOMENT OF 
   CHANGE, OF 
   RACIAL RECKONING IN 
   THIS 
   COUNTRY?
   >> I DO.
   I THINK EVERYBODY IS 
   OPEN AND 
   READY FOR THE 
   CONVERSATION NOW. 
   >> Reporter: PLAYING A
   KEY ROLE 
   WITH THE WORLD 
   WATCHING.
   BLAINE ALEXANDER, NBC 
   NEWS 
   ATLANTA. 
   >>> UP NEXT, HITTING 
   THE ROAD?
   EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
   KNOW IN 
   THIS SUMMER OF COVID.
   >>> IF YOU ARE HITTING
   THE ROAD 
   THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, 
   GADI 
   SCHWARTZ HAS WHAT YOU 
   NEED TO 
   KNOW. 
   >> Reporter: IT IS A 
   QUESTION 
   LOOMING AHEAD OF THE 
   HOLIDAY 
   WEEKEND.
   IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL 
   DURING A 
   PANDEMIC?
   AND THE HONEST ANSWER,
   EVEN IF 
   YOU ARE HEADED OUT TO 
   THE GRAND 
   CANYON OR YELLOW 
   STONE, CAN 
   STILL BE RISKY.
   BUT IF YOUR MIND IS 
   MADE UP, 
   EXPERTS SAY HITTING 
   THE ROAD CAN 
   ACTUALLY BE A LOT 
   SAFER THAN 
   FLYING.
   AAA EXPECTING 
   AMERICANS TO MAKE 
   MORE THAN 680 MILLION 
   ROAD TRIPS 
   THIS SUMMER, AS FAR 
   FEWER PLAN TO FLY OR 
   TAKE TRAINS.
   A BIG NUMBER, BUT 
   STILL DOWN 3% 
   FROM LAST YEAR.
   AND IF YOU ARE GOING 
   TO HEAD 
   OUT, IT IS BEST TO 
   PACK A BAG 
   WITH THE THINGS YOU 
   NEED TO STAY 
   CLEAN.
   YOU HAVE GOT HAND 
   SANITIZER, 
   SOME WIPES, SOME 
   GLOVES.
   AND YOU WILL NEED A 
   MASK FOR 
   EVERYBODY IN YOUR CAR.
   HOT TO GO MEALS ARE A 
   SAFE BET, SO
   YOU WANT TO PLAN YOUR 
   ROUTE 
   ACCORDINGLY.
   ALSO, MAKE SURE YOU 
   CHECK AHEAD 
   FOR TRAVEL 
   RESTRICTIONS AND 
   CLOSURES.
   WITH NO SINGLE POLICY,
   THE RULES VARY FROM 
   STATE TO 
   STATE.
   SOME ASKING YOU TO 
   QUARANTINE 
   FOR 14 DAYS.
   ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE 
   COMING FROM A HOT 
   SPOT.
   EVEN IN STATES NOT 
   REQUIRING A 
   MASK, IT IS A GOOD 
   IDEA TO 
   TRAVEL WITH ONE JUST 
   IN CASE YOU ARE
   GOING TO BE AROUND 
   PEOPLE.
   YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE 
   SURE YOU 
   ARE WIPING DOWN ANY 
   HIGH CONTACT 
   SURFACE.
   IF THERE IS ANY SILVER
   LINING IN 
   ALL THIS, IT IS THAT 
   GAS PRICES 
   ARE THE LOWEST THEY 
   HAVE BEEN IN 
   YEARS.
   ALSO, RESEARCH 
   CAREFULLY BEFORE 
   YOU GO.
   FOR NOW, SOME POPULAR 
   ATTRACTIONS LIKE 
   DISNEY LAND ARE 
   CLOSED.
   WHILE MANY CAMP SITES 
   ARE OPEN, 
   YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BOOK
   AHEAD.
   FINALLY REMEMBER, 
   EXPERTS SAY 
   AVOID CROWDS.
   OUTSIDE IS BETTER THAN
   INSIDE, 
   BUT STAYING HOME BEATS
   BOTH.
   ALL NEW RULES OF THE 
   ROAD TO 
   HELP KEEP YOU AND 
   OTHERS SAFE.
   GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC 
   NEWS LOS 
   ANGELES.
   >>> FINALLY ON THIS 
   4th OF JULY 
   WEEKEND, A SURPRISE 
   CONNECTION 
   GOING ALL THE WAY BACK
   TO THE 
   BATTLE FOR 
   INDEPENDENCE.
   HERE'S KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN. 
   >> Reporter: GROWING 
   UP, 
   INDEPENDENCE DAY 
   ALWAYS FELT A 
   LITTLE DIFFERENT TO 
   KAREN 
   BACHELOR. 
   >> A LITTLE BLACK 
   GIRL.
   COME 4th OF JULY, I 
   ACTUALLY 
   ALWAYS KIND OF THOUGHT
   I WAS MAYBE A CLICK
   SHORT OF BEING REALLY 
   AMERICAN. 
   >> Reporter: THEN SHE 
   LEARNED 
   JUST HOW DEEP OUR 
   AMERICAN ROOTS 
   RAN, A REVOLUTIONARY 
   RELATIVE. 
   >> A YOUNG MAN NAMED 
   WILLIAM 
   HOOD LIVING ON THE 
   FRONTIER WITH 
   HIS FATHER AND MOTHER.
   AND THE CALL CAME TO 
   BE PART OF 
   THIS NEW TIPPING POINT
   CALLED 
   THE AMERICAN 
   REVOLUTION. 
   >> Reporter: EVANNE 
   FOUND HER PATRIOT
   THROUGH CENTURIES OLD 
   PENSION 
   RECORDS. 
   >> Reporter: BOTH 
   WOMEN ARE NOW 
   MEMBERS OF THE 
   DAUGHTERS OF THE 
   AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
   A GROUP FOR WOMEN WHO 
   CAN PROVE A DIRECT 
   LINEAGE TO THE 
   REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
   IT BEGAN IN THE 1890s 
   AND HAS 
   HAD MORE THAN A 
   MILLION MEMBERS, 
   A GROUP THAT ONLY 
   BEGAN 
   EMBRACING A MORE 
   DIVERSE 
   MEMBERSHIP IN THE LAST
   50 YEARS.
   KAREN BROKE THE COLOR 
   BARRIER IN 
   1977.
   >> WHEN I FIRST CAME 
   IN, I WAS 
   THE ONLY PERSON I SAW 
   THAT 
   LOOKED LIKE ME.
   AND NOW I WAS JUST ON 
   A ZOOM 
   WITH 70 OTHER WOMEN OF
   COLOR. 
   >> Reporter: THROUGH 
   THE 
   PANDEMIC, ZOOM CALLS 
   HAVE BECOME 
   ROUTINE. 
   >> MY REVOLUTIONARY 
   WAR PATRIOT 
   IS MY FOURTH GREAT 
   GRANDFATHER. 
   >> JACK ENLISTED IN 
   THE 
   CONTINENTAL ARMY AND 
   BECAME A 
   PRIVATE. 
   >> Reporter: WEARING 
   PEARLS AND 
   SHARING EVERYTHING. 
   >> WE TALK ABOUT OUR 
   JOURNEY.
   WE TALK ABOUT BLACK 
   LIVES 
   MATTER.
   I MEAN, IT IS A 
   SPECIAL SISTER 
   HOOD. 
   >> Reporter: THROUGH 
   THE CALLS, THEY 
   DISCOVERED SOME ARE 
   QUITE LITERALLY
   RELATED.
   EVEN IF THEY DON'T 
   SHARE BLOOD, 
   THEY SHARE A BOND. 
   >> Reporter: CONNECTED
   TO EACH 
   OTHER AND THEIR 
   COUNTRY. 
   >> I FEEL MORE 
   AMERICAN THAN 
   APPLE PIE. 
   >> Reporter: KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN, 
   NBC NEWS. 
   >> THAT'S A COOL 
   STORY. 
   >>> AND THAT IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
   I'M CRAIG MELVIN.
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING.
   ENJOY THIS HOLIDAY 
