   FIRESTORM OVER 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
   THE TROOPS.
   THE PRESIDENT'S 
   DENYING A 
   BOMBSHELL REPORT 
   RECALLED 
   AMERICAN SERVICE 
   MEMBERS QUOTE, 
   LOSERS AND SUCKERS.
   ASKING THE PRESIDENT, 
   DOES HE 
   OWE AN APOLOGY.
   AND JOE BIDEN CALLING 
   THE 
   ALLEGED REMARKS 
   DISGUSTING AND 
   EVOKING HIS LATE SON 
   SAYING WHEN 
   BEAU BIDEN SERVED IN 
   IRAQ, HE 
   WAS NO SUCKER. 
   >>> AND THE NETWORK 
   EXCLUSIVE WITH MICHAEL
   COHEN, THE PRESIDENT'S
   FORMER LAWYER.
   >> I BELIEVE THAT HE 
   WOULD EVEN 
   GO SO FAR AS TO START 
   A WAR. 
   >> WHAT HE SAYS THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   WOULD DO TO STAY IN 
   POWER. 
   >>> PROTESTERS AND 
   POLICE 
   CLASHING AFTER THAT 
   VIDEO OF 
   POLICE RESTRAINING 
   DANIEL PRUDE 
   WHO LATER DIED. 
   THE POLICE UNION NOW 
   DEFENDING THE 
   OFFICERS.
   >>> THE MASSIVE 
   SHOOTING OF A 
   TRUMP SUPPORTER KILLED
   IN A HAIL 
   OF GUNFIRE. 
   THE INTERVIEW WITH HIS
   FINAL WORDS.
   >>> THE DIRE NEW 
   WARNING THIS 
   LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
   OVER 400,000 COVID 
   DEATHS 
   PROJECTED BY JANUARY.
   NEW FEARS HOLIDAY 
   CROWDS MAY 
   TRIGGER ANOTHER SURGE.
   >>> OUR NBC NEWS 
   EXCLUSIVE, BEHIND THE 
   SCENES WITH THE
   TSA, THEIR NEW 
   SECURITY UPGRADE. 
   >>> AND IN THE SAME 
   BOAT, THE 
   UNLIKELY TEAM UP 
   INSPIRING 
   AMERICA.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   I'M JOSE DIAZ-BALART 
   IN FOR 
   LESTER HOLT. 
   >>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT 
   WITH A FIRESTORM FROM 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER 
   COMMENTS
   HE'S ACCUSED OF MAKING
   ABOUT 
   AMERICA'S FALLEN 
   HEROES.
   THE PRESIDENT TODAY 
   FORCEFULLY 
   DENYING A REPORT THAT 
   HE CALLED 
   SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED
   AT WAR 
   LOSERS AND SUCKERS.
   HIS OPPONENT JOE BIDEN
   CALLING 
   THE ALLEGED REMARKS 
   DISGUSTING AND 
   DEMANDING AN APOLOGY.
   PETER ALEXANDER WAS IN
   THE 
   OFFICE TODAY AND ASKED
   THE 
   PRESIDENT ABOUT THE 
   CONTROVERSY. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   TONIGHT FIRING BACK 
   AFTER THAT 
   EXPLOSIVE REPORT 
   SAYING HE MADE 
   DISPARAGING REMARKS 
   ABOUT 
   MILITARY MEMBERS.
   >> SIR, DO YOU NEED TO
   APOLOGIZE TO SERVICE 
   MEMBERS AND VETERANS?
   >> NO.
   IT WAS A FAKE STORY, 
   WRITTEN BY A
   MAGAZINE THAT WAS 
   PROBABLY NOT 
   GOING TO BE AROUND 
   MUCH LONGER. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   RESPONDING TO THE 
   ATLANTIC 
   REPORT THAT HE 
   REJECTED A 2018 
   TRIP TO AN AMERICAN 
   CEMETERY IN 
   FRANCE SAYING, WHY 
   SHOULD I GO TO
   THAT CEMETERY?
   AND CALLING THE 
   MARINES BURIED THERE 
   SUCKERS FOR GETTING 
   KILLED.
   IT'S FILLED WITH 
   LOSERS AND 
   CALLING THE MARINES 
   BURIED THERE 
   LOSERS FOR GETTING 
   KILLED.
   THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS 
   THE TRIP 
   WAS SCRATCHED BECAUSE 
   BAD 
   WEATHER MADE IT UNSAFE
   FOR 
   MARINE ONE TO FLY.
   FORMER NATIONAL 
   SECURITY ADVISER JOHN 
   BOLTON NOW A TRUMP 
   CRITIC SAID HE DIDN'T 
   HEAR THE COMMENTS.
   TONIGHT JOE BIDEN WITH
   THIS 
   FURIOUS RESPONSE. 
   >> WHEN MY SON 
   VOLUNTEERED AND 
   JOINED THE UNITED 
   STATES MILITARY AS THE
   ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE
   WENT TO IRAQ FOR A 
   YEAR, HE 
   WON THE BRONZE STAR 
   AND OTHER 
   ACCOMMODATIONS, HE 
   WASN'T A SUCKER.
   >> Reporter: 
   CONDEMNING THE 
   PRESIDENT'S 
   COMMENTS. 
   >> WHO THE HECK DOES 
   HE THINK HE 
   IS?
   >> Reporter: CANDIDATE
   TRUMP ATTACKING JOHN 
   McCAIN, A FORMER 
   P.O.W. WHO LOST THE 
   2008 ELECTION.
   >> SO I NEVER LIKED 
   HIM THAT 
   MUCH AFTER THAT 
   BECAUSE I DON'T 
   LIKE LOSERS.
   HE'S A WAR HERO 
   BECAUSE HE WAS 
   CAPTURED.
   I LIKE PEOPLE THAT 
   WEREN'T CAPTURED, 
   OKAY?
   I HATE TO TELL YOU.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT LAST 
   NIGHT SAYING HE NEVER 
   CALLED 
   McCAIN A LOSER WHILE 
   TAKING 
   CREDIT FOR APPROVING 
   CEREMONIAL 
   HONORS FOR McCAIN'S 
   FUNERAL.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY 
   UNDER PRESSURE 
   PRAISING ALL THOSE WHO
   SERVE.
   >> THERE IS NOBODY 
   THAT 
   CONSIDERS THE MILITARY
   AND 
   ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT
   HAVE 
   GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN 
   THE 
   MILITARY.
   TO ME THEY'RE HEROES.
   >> AND PETER JOINS US 
   NOW FROM 
   THE WHITE HOUSE.
   PETER, THE PRESIDENT 
   ALSO UNDER 
   FIRE TODAY FROM HIS 
   FORMER 
   LAWYER. 
   >> Reporter: YEAH, 
   COHEN -- SORRY,
   JOSE, THAT'S RIGHT.
   MICHAEL COHEN IS A 
   CRITIC OF 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HE
   WORKED 
   FOR FOR YEARS.
   HE SPOKE TODAY WITH 
   LESTER. 
   >> DO YOU THINK HE'LL 
   WIN 
   ANOTHER TERM AS 
   PRESIDENT?
   >> DONALD TRUMP WILL 
   DO ANYTHING 
   AND EVERYTHING WITHIN 
   WHICH TO 
   WIN, AND I BELIEVE 
   THAT INCLUDES 
   MANIPULATING THE 
   BALLOTS.
   I BELIEVE THAT HE 
   WOULD EVEN GO 
   FAR AS TO START A WAR 
   IN ORDER 
   TO PREVENT HIMSELF 
   FROM BEING 
   REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
   MY BIGGEST FEAR IS 
   THAT THERE 
   NOT BE A PEACEFUL 
   TRANSITION OF 
   POWER IN 2020.
   >> Reporter: THE WHITE
   HOUSE 
   TONIGHT SAYS MICHAEL 
   COHEN'S 
   BOOK IS FICTION AND 
   THAT COHEN 
   READILY ADMITS TO 
   LYING 
   ROUTINELY.
   JOSE?
   >> PETER ALEXANDER AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK
   YOU.
   YOU CAN SEE MORE OF 
   LESTER'S 
   EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 
   TUESDAY HERE 
   ON "NIGHTLY NEWS." 
   >>> NOW TO ANOTHER 
   TENSE NIGHT 
   EXPECTED IN ROCHESTER,
   NEW YORK 
   AFTER PROTESTERS ANGRY
   OVER THE DEATH OF 
   DANIEL PRUDE CLASHED 
   WITH
   POLICE.
   THE POLICE UNION 
   COMING OUT 
   TODAY AND DEFENDING 
   THE SEVEN 
   OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN
   SUSPENDED.
   KATHY PARK IS THERE.
   >> Reporter: TENSIONS 
   RUNNING 
   HIGH IN ROCHESTER, NEW
   YORK, 
   OVER THE ARREST AND 
   DEATH OF 
   DANIEL PRUDE.
   TODAY THE POLICE UNION
   DEFENDED 
   THE ACTION OF ITS 
   MEMBERS AFTER 
   SEVEN OFFICERS 
   INVOLVED IN THE 
   INCIDENT WERE 
   SUSPENDED THURSDAY 
   WITH PAY. 
   >> THERE IS A 
   SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT 
   OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW 
   WHY THE 
   PROTOCOLS THAT THEY 
   USED WERE 
   DONE. 
   >> Reporter: FOLLOWING
   A SECOND 
   NIGHT OF CALLS FOR 
   JUSTICE AND 
   THE MAYOR AND POLICE 
   CHIEF TO 
   STEP DOWN. 
   >> WE'RE TIRED OF THE 
   SAME OLD 
   SAME OLD. 
   >> Reporter: 
   PROTESTERS CLASHED 
   WITH POLICE.
   AT ONE POINT THE 
   STANDOFF 
   TURNING TENSE WITH 
   BARRICADES 
   SHOVED AND PEPPER 
   SPRAY 
   DEPLOYED.
   EIGHT PEOPLE WERE 
   ARRESTED AND 
   TWO OFFICERS INJURED.
   >> TAKE THIS STUFF OFF
   MY FACE.
   I MEAN.
   TRYING TO KILL ME!
   >> Reporter: THE 
   UNREST SPARKED 
   BY THIS POLICE BODY 
   CAMERA 
   FOOTAGE RELEASED THIS 
   WEEK BY 
   PRUDE'S FAMILY 
   ATTORNEY AND BLACK 
   LIVES MATTER ACTIVIST.
   THE INCIDENT FROM 
   MARCH SHOWS PRUDE 
   NAKED, BEING
   RESTRAINED WITH 
   HANDCUFFS AND 
   LATER A SPIT HOOD IS 
   PLACED ON 
   HIS HEAD BECAUSE PRUDE
   TOLD THEM 
   HE HAD COVID-19. 
   THE POLICE UNION SAYS 
   USE OF THE SHIELD 
   FOLLOWED PROCEDURE.
   >> THIS IS WHAT THE 
   OFFICERS ARE 
   GIVEN. 
   >> Reporter: SHORTLY 
   AFTER 
   OFFICERS PRESSED 
   PRUDE'S FACE 
   INTO THE GROUND, HE 
   BECOMES 
   UNRESPONSIVE.
   THE 41-YEAR-OLD DIED A
   WEEK 
   LATER AFTER BEING 
   TAKEN OFF 
   LIFE-SUPPORT.
   PRUDE'S DAUGHTER 
   DESCRIBES THE 
   TRAUMA OF WATCHING THE
   ARREST. 
   >> TO SEE THAT VIDEO 
   AND SEE MY 
   FATHER IN THE STATE OF
   HELPLESSNESS WHERE HE 
   WAS 
   COMPLYING AND WASN'T 
   GIVING 
   ANYBODY A HARD TIME, 
   WAS IN NEED 
   OF HELP IS 
   DEVASTATING, AND I 
   WANT JUSTICE.
   I WANT THESE OFFICERS 
   CHARGED 
   WITH MURDER.
   >> AND KATHY JOINS US 
   NOW FROM 
   ROCHESTER.
   KATHY, ARE THERE MORE 
   PROTESTS 
   EXPECTED TONIGHT?
   >> Reporter: JOSE, 
   THERE ARE.
   THAT'S WHY OFFICERS 
   PLACED BARRICADES 
   AROUND POLICE 
   HEADQUARTERS.
   DEMONSTRATORS SAY IT 
   WILL 
   CONTINUE TO BE OUT 
   HERE UNTIL 
   ALL THE OFFICERS 
   INVOLVED IN THE 
   ARREST ARE FIRED.
   JOSE?
   >> Reporter: KATHY 
   PARK IN 
   ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> A NEW DEVELOPMENT 
   IN ANOTHER 
   CASE THAT SPARKED 
   NATIONAL 
   OUTRAGE OVER POLICE 
   VIOLENCE.
   JACOB BLAKE SEEN 
   PUBLICALLY FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME SINCE AN 
   OFFICER'S BULLETS LEFT
   HIM PARALYZED.
   BLAKE APPEARING IN 
   COURT VIA 
   ZOOM FROM HIS HOSPITAL
   BED 
   PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 
   A SEXUAL 
   ASSAULT CHARGE GOING 
   BACK TO 
   MAY.
   ALSO TONIGHT, THE 
   DEADLY 
   TAKEDOWN OF A MAN WHO 
   FATALLY 
   SHOT A TRUMP SUPPORTER
   DURING 
   THE UNREST IN 
   PORTLAND.
   THE SUSPECT KILLED BY 
   OFFICERS 
   HOURS AFTER HE 
   APPEARED TO 
   CONFESS IN AN 
   INTERVIEW.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER WITH 
   MORE.
   BUT A WARNING, THE 
   VIDEO IS GRAPHIC.
   >> THIS IS CRAZY.
   >> Reporter: MOMENTS 
   AFTER THE 
   SHOOTING WHICH 
   WITNESSES 
   DESCRIBED AS A HAIL OF
   GUNFIRE, 
   A LAW ENFORCEMENT 
   OFFICER 
   APPEARS TO TRY TO 
   ATTEMPT TO REMOVE 
   MICHAEL REINOEHL.
   HE WAS KILLED BY A 
   FUGITIVE TASK 
   FORCE TRYING TO 
   APPREHEND HIM IN 
   WASHINGTON STATE.
   THE U.S. MARSHALS 
   OFFICE SAYS 
   REINOEHL PRODUCED A 
   FIREARM.
   THOUGH, IT IS UNCLEAR 
   IF HE 
   TRIED TO SHOOT.
   A SELF-PROCLAIMED 
   ANTI-FASCIST ACTIVIST,
   REINOEHL WAS A FIXTURE
   IN IN 
   PORTLAND, OREGON WHICH
   MANY 
   NIGHTS TURNED VIOLENT.
   POLICE SAY LAST WEEK 
   REINOEHL WAS WITH 
   ACTIVISTS WHO SQUARED
   OFF WITH PRO-TRUMP 
   ACTIVISTS.
   HOURS AFTER THE 
   CLASHES, 
   REINOEHL SHOT AND 
   KILLED AARON 
   DANIELSON, PART OF A 
   PRO-TRUMP 
   GROUP.
   THE SHOOTING NOT ONLY 
   CAPTURED 
   ON CAMERA, BUT IN AN 
   INTERVIEW 
   WITH VICE NEWS, 
   REINOEHL 
   APPEARED TO ADMIT TO 
   THE 
   KILLING, CLAIMING 
   SELF-DEFENSE.
   THOUGH POLICE ARE NOT 
   CONNECTING 
   THE SHOOTING TO THE 
   PROTEST. 
   >> I FELT THAT MY LIFE
   AND OTHER 
   PEOPLE AROUND ME'S 
   LIVES WERE IN 
   DANGER, AND I FELT 
   LIKE I HAD NO 
   CHOICE BUT TO DO WHAT 
   I DID.
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   REINOEHL DEAD, 
   THE U.S. ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL SAYS 
   THE STREETS OF OUR 
   CITIES ARE 
   SAFER.
   BUT TONIGHT IN 
   PORTLAND, THE 
   OPPOSITE MAY BE TRUE 
   AS POLICE 
   PREPARE FOR ANOTHER 
   NIGHT OF 
   VOLATILE PROTESTS 
   AFTER TWO 
   DEATHS FROM 
   DEMONSTRATORS ON 
   OPPOSITE SIDES.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> AND THERE IS SOME 
   POSITIVE 
   ECONOMIC NEWS TONIGHT.
   1.4 MILLION JOBS ADDED
   IN AUGUST 
   WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT 
   RATE 
   DROPPING TO 8.4%.
   BUT AS JO LING KENT 
   EXPLAINS, 
   BEHIND THE NUMBERS, 
   MILLIONS OF 
   AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE 
   STILL 
   STRUGGLING. 
   >> IT IS A PB AND J ON
   A HOT DOG 
   BUN.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PANDEMIC HAS 
   TURNED KELLY NEWMAN'S 
   LIFE UPSIDEDOWN.
   THE ATTORNEY AND 
   MOTHER OF SIX 
   WITH IMMUNE COMPRISED 
   KIDS
   WAS FORCED TO LEAVE 
   HER JOB, 
   FEARING EXPOSURE TO 
   COVID-19.
   NOW LIVING ON HER 
   UNEMPLOYMENT 
   AND HER WIFE'S 
   TEACHER'S SALARY, 
   THEY CANCELED INTERNET
   AND 
   DEPEND ON PUBLIC 
   ASSISTANCE FOR 
   FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
   >> AFTER HAVING MADE 
   SUCH A HUGE 
   INVESTMENT IN 
   EDUCATIONAL DEBT, 
   I NEVER IMAGINED THAT 
   I WOULD 
   ALSO BE IN THIS 
   FINANCIAL 
   POSITION.
   >> Reporter: SHE'S ONE
   OF 5.2 
   MILLION PEOPLE WHO 
   WERE UNABLE 
   TO LOOK FOR WORK LAST 
   MONTH DUE 
   TO THE PANDEMIC, WHILE
   UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPED 
   MORE THAN 
   EXPECTED TO 8.4%, IT 
   STILL 
   NEARLY TRIPLED 
   PRE-PANDEMIC 
   LEVELS.
   AND OF THE 1.4 MILLION
   JOBS ADDED,
   250,000 ARE TEMPORARY 
   FOR THE 
   U.S. CENSUS.
   AND BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT
   IS ALMOST 
   DOUBLE WHITE 
   UNEMPLOYMENT.
   IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A 
   MONTH SINCE THE EXTRA 
   $600 A WEEK 
   UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT 
   ENDED, AND
   MOST STATES HAVE NOT 
   SEEN THE 
   EXTRA $300 A WEEK FROM
   THE 
   PRESIDENT'S STOPGAP 
   EXECUTIVE 
   ORDER.
   BIPARTISAN 
   NEGOTIATIONS HAVE 
   STALLED.
   TODAY TRUMP'S TOP 
   ECONOMIC 
   ADVISER SAYS A NEW 
   RELIEF 
   PACKAGE IS NOT 
   NECESSARY. 
