   NEW MASK 
   ORDERS.
   WITH THE CORONAVIRUS 
   SPREADING 
   FASTER THAN EVER, 
   ALABAMA THE 
   LATEST STATE TO ORDER 
   RESIDENTS 
   TO COVER UP.
   WALMART AND KROGER TO 
   REQUIRE 
   MASKS IN ALL STORES.
   OKLAHOMA'S GOVERNOR 
   AFTER RESISTING A MASK
   MANDATE ANNOUNCING 
   HE'S THE FIRST 
   GOVERNOR TO TEST 
   POSITIVE.
   ARIZONA'S GOVERNOR 
   ANNOUNCING 
   HE'S THE NATION'S 
   FIRST GOVERNOR 
   TO TEST POSITIVE.
   AND IN FLORIDA THE 
   GRIM NEW 
   MILESTONE. 
   >>> THE SHOWDOWN OVER 
   SCHOOLS.
   JOINING THE LIST OF 
   BIG 
   DISTRICTS TO FIND THE 
   TRUMP'S 
   ADMINISTRATION DEMANDS
   TO FULLY 
   REOPEN. 
   >>> IN THE SEARCH FOR 
   SOLUTIONS, A RACE TO 
   MAKE A VACCINE.
   WHAT WE'RE NOW LOOKING
   FOR.
   >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
   THE HOT 
   SPOT OF GEORGIA, 
   DISTANCING 
   HIMSELF FROM HIS TOP 
   ADVISER'S ATTACK ON 
   DR. FAUCI.
   HOW FAUCI IS FIRING 
   BACK. 
   >>> THE MASSIVE 
   TWITTER HACK.
   THE ACCOUNTS OF JOE 
   BIDEN, BARACK OBAMA, 
   APPLE, ELON MUSK AND 
   MANY MORE COMPROMISED.
   >>>
   NEW BODY CAM VIDEO OF 
   GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S DEADLY 
   ENCOUNTER WITH 
   POLICE.
   WHAT IT SHOWS AND THE 
   NEW 
   LAWSUIT FILED TODAY. 
   >>> THE DOUBLE THREAT 
   AS WE HEAD 
   TOWARD FALL.
   COVID AND FLU SEASON 
   ALL AT 
   ONCE. 
   WHAT DOCTORS ARE 
   PLEADING WITH THE 
   PUBLIC TO DO.
   >>> AND OUR 
   CORRESPONDENT'S OWN 
   BATTLE WITH COVID-19.
   THE SYMPTOMS DOCTORS 
   ARE ONLY 
   JUST BEGINNING TO 
   UNDERSTAND.
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH 
   LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   WHAT IF THERE WAS A 
   MAGIC BULLET 
   THAT COULD BRING COVID
   UNDER 
   CONTROL IN TWO MONTHS 
   OR LESS?
   ACCORDING TO THE HEAD 
   OF THE 
   CDC, WE ALREADY HAVE 
   ONE AND YOU 
   ARE LOOKING AT IT.
   DR. ROBERT REDFIELD 
   SAYING
   IF WE ALL WEAR MASKS, 
   I'D LIKELY 
   BE TELLING A DIFFERENT
   STORY 
   THAN THE ONE WE'RE 
   LEADING WITH 
   TONIGHT.
   AND THAT IS COVID 
   SPREADING AT ITS 
   FASTEST PACE YET.
   AND THE NIGHTMARE 
   SCENARIO OF 
   HOSPITALS OVERRUN IS 
   COMING 
   TRUE.
   A LOT TO COVER 
   TONIGHT.
   LET'S START WITH 
   MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   INSIDE 
   HOSPITALS IN THE 
   NATION'S 
   BIGGEST CITY. 
   >> I MYSELF PREPARE 
   FOR EVERY 
   SHIFT LIKE IT'S WAR. 
   >> Reporter: AND IN 
   SOME OF OUR 
   COUNTRY'S SMALLEST 
   COMMUNITY, 
   HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 
   ARE 
   OVERRUN BY A SURGE IN 
   COVID PATIENTS.
   THE CORONAVIRUS NOW 
   SPREADING FASTER THAN 
   AT ANY TIME IN THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   FLORIDA SURPASSING 
   300,000 
   CASES, A BENCHMARK 
   ALREADY 
   ECLIPSED BY 
   CALIFORNIA. 
   >> THE SAD THING IS IT
   COULD BE 
   AVOIDED.
   IF PEOPLE WORE MASKS. 
   >> Reporter: NOW 
   CITIES LIKE 
   MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 
   ARE BEING CRUSHED BY A
   TIDAL WAVE OF 
   PATIENTS, ALSO 
   TAKING A TOLL ON 
   DOCTORS. 
   >> IT'S TOUGH.
   I GET PRETTY EMOTIONAL
   ABOUT 
   THIS. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 22 
   STATES 
   SETTING DAILY RECORDS 
   FOR NEW 
   CASES THIS MONTH, 
   TONIGHT THERE 
   IS A PUSH TO MANDATE 
   FACE MASKS 
   IN PUBLIC, DESPITE 
   RESISTANCE OR 
   OUTRIGHT DEFIANCE. 
   >> I FEEL THREATENED.
   BACK OFF!
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   WALMART 
   ANNOUNCING CUSTOMERS 
   WILL BE
   REQUIRED TO USE FACE 
   COVERINGS 
   BY NEXT WEEK, THE 
   GROWING NUMBER 
   OF COMPANIES JOINING 
   AN 
   EXPANDING LIST OF 
   STATES AS THE 
   CDC CHIEF SAYS MASKS 
   COULD HALT 
   THE VIRUS OUTBREAK IN 
   FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.
   >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
   BE MASK 
   SHAMERS. 
   >> Reporter: LAST WEEK
   OKLAHOMA'S GOVERNOR 
   SAID HE 
   WOULD NOT MANDATE FACE
   MASKS.
   TODAY HE CONFIRMED 
   HE'S BECOME 
   THE FIRST GOVERNOR TO 
   CATCH THE 
   VIRUS.
   SO DID DR. DANIEL 
   LEWIS, INFECTED IN 
   MARCH WHILE ATTENDING 
   A HOSPITAL MEETING 
   ABOUT COVID IN 
   TENNESSEE.
   >> IT'S SCAREY AT AGE 
   42 TO BE 
   RECORDING VOICE MEMOS 
   ON YOUR
   PHONE THAT YOUR 
   CHILDREN COULD 
   HOPEFULLY HAVE IF YOU 
   DON'T COME 
   BACK OUT OF THE 
   HOSPITAL. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   SEVERAL REGIONS 
   STRUGGLING TO EXPAND 
   TESTING, IN UTAH, A 
   NURSING
   HOME PATIENT DIED 
   WHILE WAITING 
   IN A VEHICLE FOR ONE.
   NOW MORE STATES ARE 
   REIMPLEMENTING 
   RESTRICTIONS ON 
   CROWD SIZES AND 
   CLOSURES.
   IN ONE OF THE NATION'S
   WORST EPICENTERS, LOS 
   ANGELES, THE CITY IS
   NEARLY SHUT DOWN, AND 
   IT COULD 
   GET WORSE, SAYS THE 
   MAYOR.
   >> Reporter: NEXT 
   YEAR'S ROSE 
   PARADE IN PASADENA IS 
   NOW CANCELED AMID
   HEALTH CONCERNS WHILE 
   ELLIS AND 
   LIBERTY ISLAND, A 
   SYMBOL OF 
   AMERICA, BEGAN PHASE 
   ONE OF 
   REOPENING.
   TONIGHT PROGRESS AND 
   SETBACKS FOR A
   NATION STRUGGLING TO 
   CONTAIN AN 
   OUT OF CONTROL VIRUS. 
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS LOS ANGELES.
   >> Reporter: I'M 
   KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN.
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
   TONIGHT THE 
   PICTURES OF WHAT 
   SCHOOL WILL 
   LOOK LIKE THIS FALL 
   VASTLY 
   DIFFERENT.
   HOUSTON, THE NATION'S 
   SEVENTH LARGEST 
   DISTRICT TODAY SAYING 
   IT WILL
   DELAY ITS START UNTIL 
   SEPTEMBER 
   8th AND KEEP CLASSES 
   ONLINE THE 
   FIRST SIX WEEKS. 
   >> WE MIGHT NEED TO 
   CHANGE OR 
   TURN ON A DIME, AND WE
   HAVE BEEN 
   DOING IT. 
   YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLAN
   A THROUGH Z.
   >> Reporter: ATLANTA 
   ANNOUNCING 
   IT WILL BE VIRTUAL FOR
   THE FIRST 
   NINE WEEKS. 
   >> WE HAVE TO THINK OF
   OUR 
   TEACHERS.
   WE HAVE TO THINK OF 
   OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS.
   AND THEN
   SO MANY PARENTS ARE IN
   A 
   SITUATION LIKE I'M IN.
   IT'S GRANDMA WHO IS AT
   HOME 
   WAITING FOR THE KIDS. 
   >> Reporter: 
   PHILADELPHIA OPTING 
   FOR A COMBO OF
   IN PERSON AND DIGITAL 
   LEARNING. 
   >> MY MAIN NIGHTMARE 
   IS BEING A SUPER 
   SPREADER.
   >> Reporter: IN 
   RICHMOND, 
   VIRGINIA ONLINE 
   CLASSES WILL 
   CONTINUE UNTIL AT 
   LEAST JANUARY. 
   >> WE KNOW BY MAKING 
   THIS CHOICE 
   THAT THERE ARE 
   FAMILIES AND 
   CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING
   TO FACE 
   ENORMOUS HARDSHIP. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   SOUTH 
   CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR IS
   LEAVING 
   IT UP TO PARENTS. 
   >> EACH DISTRICT MUST 
   ALLOW THE 
   PARENTS TO MAKE THAT 
   CHOICE FOR 
   THEIR CHILDREN. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY THE
   NATIONAL 
   ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE, 
   ENGINEERING AND 
   MEDICINE SUGGESTED
   SCHOOLS PRIORITIZE 
   REOPENING, 
   ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN
   IN GRADES 
   K THROUGH 5 AND 
   STUDENTS WITH 
   SPECIAL NEEDS.
   THE STUDY RECOMMENDING
   PRECAUTIONS BUT 
   WARNING THE 
   DISTRICTS SHOULD BE 
   PREPARED FOR 
   FUTURE CLOSURES.
   >> WE HAVE PURCHASED 
   PLENTY OF PPE. 
   >> Reporter: AUSTIN, 
   TEXAS IS NOW 
   STOCKPILING
   PROTECTIVE GEAR, 
   INCLUDING 3.2 
   MILLION MASKS AND 
   THOUSANDS OF 
   CASES OF HAND 
   SANITIZER, WHILE 
   SOME NEW JERSEY 
   SCHOOLS ARE 
   CONSIDERING HANGING 
   CLEAR 
   PLASTIC SHOWER 
   CURTAINS AS 
   DIVIDERS.
   DECISIONS THAT COULD 
   CHANGE 
   AGAIN EVEN BEFORE THE 
   FALL.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> AND WE'VE GOT MORE
   BREAKING 
   NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT ONE
   OF THE 
   LEADING POTENTIAL 
   VACCINES BEING 
   DEVELOPED AT OXFORD 
   UNIVERSITY.
   FOR THAT,
   LET'S BRING IN DR. 
   JOHN TORRES.
   DR. JOHN, WHAT'S BEING
   REPORTED 
   TONIGHT?
   >> LESTER, PROMISING 
   NEWS THIS WEEK ON THE 
   RACE TO
   DEVELOP A COVID 
   VACCINE.
   EARLY RESULTS WE HAVE 
   BEEN WAITING FOR WILL 
   BE PUBLISHED NEXT
   WEEK IN A JOURNAL.
   WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING 
   FOR IS TO 
   SEE IF THIS VACCINE 
   COULD OFFER 
   DOUBLE DEFENSE AGAINST
   THE 
   VIRUS, MEANING IT 
   DOESN'T JUST 
   BOOST ANTIBODIES FOR 
   COVID BUT 
   ALSO T-CELLS.
   WHICH ARE THOSE 
   IMPORTANT HELPER 
   CELLS.
   WHEN BOTH ARE BOOSTED 
   TOGETHER, 
   IT PROVIDES 
   POTENTIALLY YEARS OF 
   IMMUNITY.
   MEANING, PEOPLE WON'T 
   NEED TO GET REGULAR 
   BOOSTER VACCINES.
   THE U.S. BIOTECH 
   COMPANY MODERNA 
   POSTED THEIR PHASE ONE
   RESULTS YESTERDAY.
   BOTH OF THESE 
   PROMISING VACCINES 
   HAVE BEEN FAST TRACKED
   TO THE NEXT PHASE OF 
   CLINICAL TRIALS AND 
   PRODUCTION.
   LESTER?
   >> WE'LL TAKE ANY 
   HOPEFUL NEWS 
   YOU'VE GOT, DR. JOHN.
   THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
   >>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 
   IS FIRING 
   BACK AFTER A MEMBER OF
   PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE 
   MADE A 
   STINGING ATTACK. 
   ON THE NATION'S TOP 
   DOCTOR INVOLVED IN THE
   PANDEMIC.
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   TONIGHT DISTANCING 
   HIMSELF FROM 
   HIS TOP ADVISER PETER 
   NAVORRO 
   WHO WROTE A SCATHING 
   TAKE-DOWN 
   OF DR. 
   ANTHONY FAUCI. 
   >> WELL, HE MADE A 
   STATEMENT 
   REPRESENTING HIMSELF.
   HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING 
   THAT.
   NO, I HAVE A VERY GOOD
   RELATIONSHIP WITH 
   ANTHONY. 
   >> Reporter: NAVORRO, 
   WHO DOESN'T HAVE A 
   HEALTH BACKGROUND, 
   WROTE AN OP
   ED QUESTIONING FAUCI'S
   EXPERTISE.
   DR. ANTHONY FAUCI HAS 
   A GOOD BEDSIDE MANNER 
   WITH THE PUBLISH, BUT
   HE HAS BEEN WRONG 
   ABOUT 
   EVERYTHING I HAVE 
   INTERACTED 
   WITH HIM ON.
   A WHITE HOUSE 
   SPOKESPERSON TODAY 
   SAID THE OP ED DIDN'T 
   GO THROUGH 
   NORMAL WHITE HOUSE 
   CLEARANCE 
   PROCESSES.
   BUT THERE IS LITTLE 
   DOUBT IT 
   REFLECTS THE 
   PRESIDENT'S OWN 
   FRUSTRATION WITH 
   FAUCI. 
   >> DR. FAUCI IS A NICE
   MAN, BUT HE'S MADE A 
   LOT OF MISTAKES.
   >> Reporter: FAUCI'S 
   WARNINGS 
   ABOUT THE PANDEMIC 
   OFTEN 
   CONFLICTING WITH THE 
   PRESIDENT'S 
   PUSH TO REOPEN THE 
   COUNTRY.
   NAVORRO'S CRITICISM IS
   MOST 
   DIRECT ASSAULT ON 
   FAUCI'S 
   CREDIBILITY TO DATE.
   FOLLOWING A SUSTAINED 
   WHITE HOUSE EFFORT TO 
   SIDELINE HIM.
   A TOP TRUMP AID 
   POSTING A 
   CARTOON MOCKING FAUCI.
   THE WHITE HOUSE 
   PROVIDING A 
   DOCUMENT TO REPORTERS 
   AIMED AT 
   DAMAGING HIS 
   REPUTATION.
   FAUCI TODAY CALLING 
   THE BEHAVIOR 
   BIZARRE. 
   >> I CANNOT FIGURE OUT
   IN MY 
   WILDEST DREAMS WHY 
   THEY WOULD 
   WANT TO DO THAT.
   BUT, I MEAN, I THINK 
   THEY 
   REALIZE NOW THAT THAT 
   WAS NOT A 
   PRUDENT THING TO DO 
   BECAUSE IT'S 
   ONLY REFLECTING 
   NEGATIVELY ON 
   THEM. 
   >> Reporter: AND 
   SAVING A FEW 
   CHOICE WORDS FOR HIS 
   LATEST WHITE HOUSE 
   DETRACTOR.
   >> I CAN'T EXPLAIN 
   PETER 
   NAVORRO.
   HE'S IN A WORLD BY 
   HIMSELF, SO I 
   DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO 
   THERE. 
   >> Reporter: MEANTIME,
   A NEW NBC NEWS WALL 
   STREET JOURNAL POLL 
   FINDS JOE BIDEN HAS AN
   11
   POINT NATIONAL LEAD 
   OVER 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH 
   7 IN 10 
   VOTERS SAYING THE 
   COUNTRY IS ON 
   THE WRONG TRACK AND 
   THE MAJORITY 
   DISAPPROVING WITH THE 
   PRESIDENT'S HANDLING 
   OF THE 
   CORONAVIRUS AND RACE 
   RELATIONS. 
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   GEOFF BENNETT AT THE 
   WHITE HOUSE, THANK 
   YOU.
   >>> JUST BREAKING, 
   TWITTER SAYS 
   IT'S INVESTIGATING THE
   APPARENT 
   HACKING OF MANY HIGH 
   PROFILE 
   USERS, INCLUDING JOE 
   BIDEN.
   PETE WILLIAMS IS 
   FOLLOWING ALL 
   OF IT.
   PETE, WHAT DO WE KNOW 
   RIGHT NOW?
   >> LESTER, THE 
   ACCOUNTS INCLUDE 
   THOSE BELONGING TO 
   BIDEN, BARACK OBAMA, 
   KANYE WEST, BILL GATES
   AND ELON MUSK.
   THE MESSAGES PROMISE 
   THE 
   RECIPIENTS THAT THEIR 
   MONEY 
   WOULD BE DOUBLED IF 
   THEY SEND AN 
   AMOUNT IN BITCOINS TO 
   A SPECIFIC 
   PLACE.
   SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE
   APPEAR TO 
   HAVE RESPONDED SENDING
   IN TENS 
   OF THOUSANDS OF 
   DOLLARS.
   IN A STATEMENT TONIGHT
   TWITTER 
   SAYS IT IS AWARE OF A 
   SECURITY 
   INCIDENT IMPACTING 
   ACCOUNTS, IS 
   INVESTIGATING AND 
   TAKING STEPS 
   TO FIX IT AND WILL 
   UPDATE 
   EVERYBODY SHORTLY.
   TWITTER SAYS TONIGHT 
   THAT USERS 
   MAY BE UNABLE TO TWEET
   WHILE IT 
   INVESTIGATES.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   PETE WILLIAMS, THANKS.
   >>> IN MINNEAPOLIS THE
   FAMILY OF 
   GEORGE FLOYD SUED THAT
   CITY 
   TODAY OVER HIS DEATH 
   IN POLICE 
   CUSTODY AS NBC NEWS 
   VIEWED 
   UNRELEASED BODY CAM 
   VIDEO THAT 
   SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON 
   WHAT HAPPENED 
   BEFORE THAT ENCOUNTER 
   TURNED 
   DEADLY.
   HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
   >> I CAN'T BREATHE!
   >> Reporter: ALMOST 
   TWO MONTHS, 
   SINCE THE EYE WITNESS 
   VIDEO SPARKED A GLOBAL
   MOVEMENT,
   TODAY FOR THE FIRST 
   TIME 
   PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 
   POLICE 
   BODY CAM FOOTAGE 
   SHOWED GEORGE 
   FLOYD TOLD OFFICERS AT
   LEAST 28 
   TIMES THAT HE COULDN'T
   BREATHE.
   AUTHORITIES AREN'T 
   RELEASING THE 
   VIDEOS BUT ALLOWED THE
   PUBLIC TO 
   VIEW THEM. 
   >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
   ARE THE INTERACTIONS 
   BETWEEN GEORGE FLOYD 
   AND THE OFFICERS.
   WE HEAR THE TONE IN 
   THEIR VOICES 
   AND YOU HEAR THE FEAR 
   THAT 
   GEORGE FLOYD HAS 
   INITIALLY AND 
   THE FRUSTRATION THAT 
   THE 
   OFFICERS HAD. 
   >> Reporter: IN THE 
   VIDEO ROOKIE 
   OFFICER THOMAS LANE 
   RECEIVED A 
   CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY 
   USING A FAKE 
   $20.
   WHEN THE OFFICERS 
   ARRIVED,
   THEY ARE DIRECTED TO 
   FLOYD IN 
   HIS CAR.
   AS LANE APPROACHES, HE
   ORDERS 
   FLOYD TO SHOW HIS 
   HANDS AND THEN 
   DRAWS HIS GUN.
   AS OFFICERS STRUGGLE 
   TO GET HIM 
   INTO A SQUAD CALL, 
   FLOYD SAYS
   HE'S CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
   ONCE HE'S RETRAINED, 
   FLOYD SAYS, THEY'RE 
   GOING TO KILL ME.
   FORMER OFFICER DEREK 
   CHAUVIN WHO 
   PRESSED HIS KNEE ON 
   FLOYD'S 
   CHECK SAYS IT TAKES A 
   HECK OF A 
   LOT OF OXYGEN TO SAY 
   THAT.
   CHAUVIN IS NOW CHARGED
   WITH SECOND-DEGREE 
   MURDER AND 
   MANSLAUGHTER.
   WHILE HE'S NOT 
   COMMENTED PUBLIC, IN A
   COURT FILING THIS 
   WEEK,
   HIS ATTORNEY OBJECTED 
   TO A GAG 
   ORDER A JUDGE RECENTLY
   IMPOSED 
   AND SUGGESTED THAT HIS
   ALLEGED 
   ACTIONS WERE 
   JUSTIFIABLE IN THE 
   LINE OF HIS DUTIES AS 
   A 
   MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 
   OFFICER.
   ACCORDING TO ANOTHER 
   COURT 
   FILING, OFFICER LANE 
   FELT THAT 
   FLOYD MIGHT HAVE BEEN 
   HAVING A 
   MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
   HE ASKED WHETHER FLOYD
   SHOULD BE 
   TURNED OVER ON HIS 
   SIDE.
   CHAUVIN SAYS HE SHOULD
   STAY PUT.
   AT ONE POINT FLOYD 
   SAYS, MOMMA, 
   I LOVE YOU.
   TELL MY KIDS I LOVE 
   THEM.
   I'M DEAD.
   TODAY HIS FAMILY FILED
   A CIVIL 
   LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 
   POLICE 
   DEPARTMENT AND THE 
   CITY OF 
   MINNEAPOLIS. 
   >> WE SEEK TO MAKE IT 
   FINANCIALLY 
   PROHIBITIVE THAT THE 
   POLICE WON'T WOEFULLY 
   KILL, 
   MARGINALIZE PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY THE
   MINNEAPOLIS CITY 
   ATTORNEY CALLED 
   FLOYD'S DEATH A 
   TRAGEDY AND SAID THEY 
   WERE REVIEWING THE 
   LAWSUIT.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
   DOUBLE 
   THREAT.
   THE DIRE WARNING ABOUT
   COVID-19 
   AND THE COMING FLU 
   SEASON.
   PLUS, THE OTHER 
   >>> AS THE COUNTRY 
   BATTLES 
   COVID-19, THERE IS A 
   NEW WARNING NOW ABOUT 
   THE PANDEMIC COMBINED 
   WITH THE COMING FLU 
   SEASON AND THAT IT
   MIGHT LEAD TO A DEATH 
   TOLL.
   THE FEAR IS THAT MANY 
   AMERICANS 
   WON'T GET THE FLU 
   VACCINE.
   TOM COSTELLO TONIGHT 
   WITH FACTS OVER FEAR.
   >> Reporter: IN A 
   TYPICAL YEAR, 
   THE SEASONAL FLU CAN 
   BE A SILENT 
   KILLER, MOST OFTEN 
   TARGETING THE 
   ELDERLY.
   BUT THIS PAST 
   FEBRUARY, 
   16-YEAR-OLD KATIE WAS 
   HOME SICK 
   AND SUDDENLY WENT INTO
   CARDIAC 
   ARREST. 
   >> MY KID IS NOT SICK 
   THAT THIS 
   WOULD KILL HER. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   HINDSIGHT 
   KATIE'S SYMPTOMS ALSO 
   SOUND LIKE 
   COVID. 
   >> THE INFECTION IN 
   HER CHEST, THE 
   INABILITY TO BREATHE, 
   THE
   WAY THAT IT AFFECTED 
   HER BRAIN, 
   THE INFECTION, THE 
   SEPSIS. 
   >> Reporter: THIS PAST
   FLU SEASON KILLED 
   BETWEEN 24 AND 60,000 
   PEOPLE IN THE U.S.
   ANOTHER FLU SEASON 
   LIKE THAT AS 
   THE COVID DEATH TOLL 
   IS EXPECTED 
   TO CLIMB OVER 200,000 
   THIS FALL 
   COULD MAKE THE COMING 
   WINTER
   ESPECIALLY DEADLY. 
   >> I THINK THOSE TWO 
   RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS 
   HITTING US
   AT THE SAME TIME DO 
   HAVE THE 
   POTENTIAL TO STRESS 
   OUR HEALTH 
   CONCERN. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   CONCERN MANY 
   PEOPLE MAY NOT GET 
   THEIR FLU 
   SHOTS THIS FALL, 
   SKEPTICAL OF 
   VACCINES, WORKING FROM
   HOME RATHER THAN 
   OFFICES WHERE THEY 
   NORMALLY GET THEIR FLU
   SHOTS, PERHAPS 
   AVOIDING
   DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND 
   NOT GETTING 
   THEIR KIDS 
   VACCINATING. 
   >> COMING THE FALL, 
   KNOWING THAT 
   WE'RE GOING TO 
   EXPERIENCE A RISE 
   IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
   DUE TO 
   THE FLU IT IS VERY, 
   VERY 
   CONCERNING THAT WE 
   WON'T HAVE 
   THE RESOURCES TO TAKE 
   CARE OF PEOPLE.
   >> Reporter: A FAMILY 
   PRACTITIONER IN 
   ORLANDO.
   FLU SHOTS, HE SAYS, 
   WON'T 
   PROTECT YOU FROM COVID
   BUT STILL 
   COULD BE A LIFESAVER. 
   >> IF YOU WERE 
   INFECTED WITH 
   EITHER STRAIN OF THE 
   FLU, YOU 
   COULD ON TOP OF THAT 
   GET A 
   COVID-19 INFECTION, 
   WHICH SHOULD 
   BE CATASTROPHIC FOR 
   YOUR IMMUNE 
   SYSTEM. 
   >> Reporter: 
   POTENTIALLY DEADLY?
   >> ABSOLUTELY. 
   >> Reporter: KATIE 
   NEVER GOT A 
   FLU SHOT LAST YEAR. 
   >> I WISH I WAS MORE 
   EDUCATED ON 
   THE FLU.
   I WISH I WOULD HAVE 
   KNOWN TO 
   TAKE IT EXTREMELY 
   SERIOUSLY. 
   >> Reporter: DOCTORS 
   WARN IT 
   COULD BE DIFFICULT TO 
   DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN 
   COVID AND 
   FLU SYMPTOMS.
   ALL THE MORE REASON 
   FOR THE 
   ENTIRE FAMILY TO GET 
   THEIR FLU 
   SHOTS.
   THE CDC RECOMMENDS 
   OCTOBER OR 
   SEPTEMBER.
   LESTER?
   >> AN IMPORTANT 
   REMINDER.
   TOM, THANKS.
   >>> AS SOME STATES AND
   CITIES 
   CLOSE BACK UP AGAIN, 
   IT IS 
   WREAKING HAVOC ON 
   SMALL 
   BUSINESSES.
   MANY FEARING THEY 
   WON'T SURVIVE A SECOND
   SHUTDOWN.
   HERE'S JO LING KENT. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN 
   CINDY RAMSEY 
   REOPENED HER LOS 
   ANGELES SKIN 
   CARE BUSINESS AFTER 
   THREE AND A 
   HALF MONTHS OF 
   CLOSURE, HE WAS 
   READY. 
   >> JUST EVERY HOPE OF 
   COMPLIANCE, GATHERING 
   ALL OF MY 
   EQUIPMENT, MY PERSONAL
   PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, 
   MY 
   HOSPITAL GRADE 
   SANITATION 
   SUPPLIES. 
   >> Reporter: BUT AFTER
   BEING 
   BACK OPEN FOR ONLY 15 
   DAYS, 
   TAKING JUST 30% OF HER
   USUAL 
   CUSTOMERS FOR SAFETY 
   REASONS, 
   CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR 
   ORDERED 
   ALL SALONS TO CLOSE UP
   FOR A 
   SECOND TIME. 
   >> I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
   APPLY FOR 
   APPROVAL AND SAY, I 
   NEED AN 
   INSPECTOR TO COME, 
   CHECK OUT MY 
   SPACE, LOOK AT MY 
   RECORD AND 
   ALLOW ME TO STAY OPEN.
   >> Reporter: ACCORDING
   TO YELP, 
   OF ALL CLOSURES DUE TO
   COVID-19, 
   44% ARE PERMANENT.
   HARDEST HIT, THE 
   BEAUTY 
   INDUSTRY, RETAIL AND 
   RESTAURANTS. 
   >> IT IS AN EMOTIONAL 
   ROLLER COASTER.
   YOU'RE UP AND DOWN.
   >> Reporter: IN TEXAS,
   NICK SAID 
   GOOD-BYE TO HIS DREAM,
   THE 
   SPORTS BAR HE OPENED 
   TEN YEARS 
   AGO.
   AFTER SURVIVING ON A 
   PPP LOAN 
   AND TO GO ORDERS, 
   REOPENING AT 
   LIMITED CAPACITY WAS 
   PROMISING, 
   UNTIL THE TEXAS 
   GOVERNOR SHUT 
   DOWN BARS AGAIN LAST 
   MONTH.
   HE SAYS HE HAD NO 
   CHOICE.
   HE'S CLOSED 
   PERMANENTLY, LAYING 
   OFF 30 EMPLOYEES. 
   >> WE'RE A BIG SPORTS 
   BAR, AND A 
   SPORTS BAR WITH NO 
   SPORTS AND 
   NOT BEING ALLOWED TO 
   HANG OUT IN 
   THE PLACE, IT JUST 
   DOESN'T FIT 
   THE MODEL. 
   >> Reporter: BACK IN 
   LOS 
   ANGELES, RAMSEY IS IN 
   THE SAME 
   BOAT.
   WILL YOU BE ABLE TO 
   SURVIVE 
   ANOTHER SHUTDOWN LIKE 
   THIS?
   >> NO, NOT AT ALL.
   IF THEY KEEP ME LOCKED
   DOWN AS 
   LONG AS THE LAST ONE 
   WAS, I'M 
   GOING TO LOSE MY 
   BUSINESS, AND 
   THAT IS JUST THE 
   STRAIGHT FACTS. 
   >> Reporter: SHE ALSO 
   TELLS ME 
   SHE FEELS HER BUSINESS
   IS 
   COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN 
   THIS 
   PANDEMIC.
   HER MESSAGE, WEAR A 
   MASK WHEN 
   YOU ARE OUT IN PUBLIC 
   TO 
   EVERYONE CAN GET BACK 
   TO WORK 
   AGAIN.
   LESTER?
   >> JO LING KENT, THANK
   YOU. 
  
   >>> BACK NOW WITH A 
   CLOSER LOOK 
   AT THE EXPANDING RANGE
   OF 
   COVID-19 SYMPTOMS 
   BEING SEEN.
   MORE ON THIS FROM 
   MORGAN CHESKI. 
   HE DISCOVERED HE WAS 
   INFECTED LAST MONTH 
   AFTER A CERTAIN 
   SYMPTOM LED HIM TO GET
   TESTED.
   >> Reporter: IT'S 
   BECOME A 
   MEDICAL MOVING TARGET 
   WITH A 
   GROWING LIST OF 
   PHYSICAL AND 
   NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS.
   >> WE REALIZE THAT 
   THIS VIRUS CAN AFFECT 
   VIRTUALLY EVERY ORGAN 
   SYSTEM IN THE BODY.
   >> Reporter: THIS 
   MARCH THE CDC 
   LISTED THREE SYMPTOMS 
   FOR 
   COVID-19, FEVER, COUGH
   AND 
   SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
   NOW THERE ARE NEARLY A
   DOZEN, 
   INCLUDING A RUNNY 
   NOSE, 
   HEADACHES, NAUSEA OR 
   VOMITING.
   AND SUDDEN LOSS OF 
   TASTE OR SMELL,
   WHICH IS WHAT TIPPED 
   ME OFF 
   THREE WEEKS AGO TO MY 
   OWN CASE. 
   >> NASAL SWAB, A 
   NECESSARY EVIL. 
   >> Reporter: I BECAME 
   ONE OF THE 
   THREE AND A HALF 
   MILLION 
   AMERICANS WHO TESTED 
   POSITIVE. 
   >> A LOT OF PEOPLE 
   NOTICE, 
   ESPECIALLY IN THAT 
   FIRST COUPLE 
   OF WEEKS AFTER YOU ARE
   RECOVERING, YOU WILL 
   BE GOING 
   ALONG AND THEN, BOOM, 
   PROFOUND 
   FATIGUE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
   SPECIALIST DR.
   MICHAEL SAG KNOWS 
   FIRSTHAND 
   BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO 
   INFECTED 
   WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
   I DIDN'T HAVE A FEVER,
   BUT I HAD 
   A COUGH.
   I WAS FATIGUED.
   I HAD BACK ACHES BUT 
   NEVER 
   NAUSEA.
   AND THEN THERE WAS A 
   MENTAL FOG. 
   WHAT CAUSED THAT?
   >> A FUZZY THINKING IS
   WHAT I 
   CALL IT.
   AND I HAD THAT AS 
   WELL.
   THAT I THINK IS OUR 
   BRAIN HAVING 
   A LITTLE BIT OF 
   INFLAMMATION 
   FROM THE VIRUS BEING 
   PRESENT. 
   >> Reporter: DOES IT 
   FEEL AS 
   WEIRD FOR YOU AS IT 
   DOES FOR ME TO CALL
   YOURSELF A COVID 
   SURVIVOR?
   >> YEAH, IT DOES.
   FOR ALL OF US RIGHT 
   NOW THAT 
   HAVE IT, INITIALLY I 
   THINK WE'RE 
   GRATEFUL WE SURVIVED.
   BUT FOR ME AT LEAST 
   THERE IS A 
   LURKING CONCERN THAT 
   WAS THERE 
   ANY PERMANENT DAMAGE 
   TO MY LUNGS 
   OR MY HEART OR MY 
   BRAIN. 
   >> THAT'S HARDLY 
   REASSURING.
   MORGAN JOINS ME NOW.
   MORGAN,
   SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU 
   BACK.
   TELL US HOW YOU ARE 
   FEELING 
   RIGHT NOW. 
   >> Reporter: LESTER, 
   FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME IN A LONG 
   TIME, 
   FINALLY STARTING TO 
   FEEL MORE 
   LIKE MY OLD SELF.
   AS WE GO BACK SEVERAL 
   WEEKS WHEN THAT VIRUS 
   SET IN,
   IT WAS A COMBO OF 
   SYMPTOMS, THAT 
   CONSTANT DULL 
   HEADACHE, ACHES 
   THROUGHOUT MY BODY AND
   I DIDN'T 
   LEAVE THE BED FOR A 
   BETTER PART 
   OF THAT FIRST WEEK.
   I CAN TELL YOU THAT
   THE ONE THING THAT 
   STICKS WITH 
   YOU IS THAT HEAVY 
   SENSE OF 
   FATIGUE.
   EVEN TODAY EVERYTHING 
   IS 
   REQUIRING A LITTLE BIT
   MORE 
   FOCUS.
   EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE
   BIT MORE 
   TIRING.
   BUT ALL THAT ASIDE, IT
   IS GOOD 
   TO BE BACK. 
   LESTER?
   >> WE APPRECIATE YOU 
   SHARING 
   YOUR EXPERIENCE, 
   MORGAN.
   AND YOU TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF, 
   OKAY?
   >> REST ASSURED.
   WILL DO. 
   >>> UP NEXT, A WHOLE 
   NEW LOOK 
   FOR SOME CLASSIC R
   >>> FINALLY TONIGHT 
   THE SENIOR 
   CITIZENS KEEPING 
   SPIRITS UP 
   DURING LOCKDOWN WITH 
MPLE THINGS HAS NO 
   AGE LIMIT.
   KATIE BECK, NBC NEWS. 
   >>> WHAT A BRILLIANT 
   IDEA.
   THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS."
   THANK YOU FOR 
   WATCHING, 
   EVERYONE.
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
