  >>> TONIGHT, NOW
  CORONAVIRUS SURGES, 
  NEW SINGLE-DAY RECORDS
  IN ALABAMA, 
  MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI,
  NEVADA AND TEXAS
  THE GOVERNOR THERE
  HALTING HIS STATE'S 
  REOPENING.
  HOUSTON'S LARGEST 
  HOSPITAL RUNNING OUT
  OF ICU BEDS, CASES
  EXPLODING IN
  CALIFORNIA AND
  FLORIDA.
  AND THE NEW ALERT FROM
  THE CDC.
  THE STAGGERING NUMBER 
  OF UNREPORTED CASES.
  >>> THE DEEPENING 
  DIVIDE OVER MASKS.
  MORE STATES NOW 
  MANDATING THEM AND THE
  NEW PROJECTIONS 
  SHOWING THE HUGE
  NUMBER OF LIVES THAT
  COULD BE SAVED IN 
  EVERYONE COVERED UP.
  >>> CALLS FOR JUSTICE,
  MILLIONS AT THE 
  TITIONS FOR A NEW 
  INVESTIGATION INTO THE
  DEATH OF ELIJAH 
  McLEAN
  >>> IN NORTH CAROLINA,
  THREE OFFICERS FIRED
  AFTER THEIR SHOCKING
  COMMENTS WERE CAUGHT
  ON CAMERA.
  >>> IN THE RACE FOR 
  PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
  JUMPING AHEAD IN SIX
  KEY BATTLEGROUND
  STATES, ALL WON BY
  PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
  2016
  >>> THE ALARMING NEW
  UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, 
  WITH THAT EXTRA $600E NEW RULN
  BASEBALL TAKES THE
  FIELD ONCE AGAIN
  >>> AND THEY LOVE YOU.
  AFTER 100 DAYS THE
  LONG AWAITED SIGHTS IN
  PARIS.
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT. 
  >>> GOOD EVENING, I'M 
  SAVANNAH GUTHRIE IN 
  FOR LESTER AND WE 
  BEGIN TONIGHT IN THE
  HOT ZONE
  TEXAS, FLORIDA, 
  CALIFORNIA
  THE THREE MOST
  POPULOUS STATES IN THE
  NATION UNDER PRESSURE 
  TONIGHT WITH
  CORONAVIRUS CASES 
  SURGING, HOSPITALS
  FILLING.
  AND THE VIRUS IS
  MAKING ITS MARCH
  ACROSS THE COUNTRY
  MORE THAN HALF THE
  STATES IN THE U.S. NOW
  SEEING CASES GO UP
  THE MAP'S DRENCHED IN 
  RED.
  TONIGHT THE CDC IS OUT
  WITH A STARK NEW
  PROJECTION ABOUT THE
  REALITY OF HOW
  WIDESPREAD THE VIRUS
  REALLY IS.
  WE'VE GOT OUR TEAM
  COVERING IT ALL AND 
  NBC'S JOE FRYER LEADS 
  US OFF. 
  >> Reporter: THEY'RE
  ALARMING SCENES, BUSY 
  HOSPITALS, AND LONG 
  LINES FOR TESTING 
  STRIKING THE SOUTH AND
  WEST AS CORONAVIRUS 
  SPREADS, BREAKING CASE
  LOAD RECORDS DAY AFTER
  DAY.
  >> IN SOME WAYS IT'S
  ALMOST LIKE FIGHTING A
  GHOST BECAUSE YOU JUST
  DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
  UP AGAINST
  >> Reporter: TODAY THE
  CDC SAID CASES IN THE 
  U.S. MAY ACTUALLY BE
  TEN TIMES HIGHER THAN 
  REPORTED WITH MANY NOT
  SHOWING SYMPTOMS
  11 STATES HAVE SEEN 
  CASES SPIKE MORE THAN 
  100% IN THE PAST TWO
  WEEKS, INCLUDING TEXAS
  WHERE TODAY THE 
  GOVERNOR PAUSED 
  REOPENING PLANS IN
  FLORIDA WHICH AGAIN 
  SAW 5,000 CASES IN A
  SINGLING DAY. 
  >> IT'S NOT SHOTGUN 
  THAT JUST GOES AWAY,
  IT'S SOMETHING THAT 
  YOU'VE GOT TO 
  UNDERSTAND, YOU'VE GOT
  TO LIVE WITH. 
  >> Reporter: DISNEY 
  LAND IS DELAYING ITS
  JULY 17th REOPENING 
  INDEFINITELY, AWAITING
  CALIFORNIA'S
  GUIDELINES FOR THEME
  PARKS.
  >> WE MIGHT FEEL LIKE 
  WE'RE DONE WITH 
  COVID-19 BUT COVID-19 
  ISN'T DONE WITH US. 
  >> Reporter: MARICOPA 
  COUNTY HAS RECORDED 
  OVER A THIRD OF ITS 
  CASES IN THE PAST 
  WEEK, HALF UNDER THE
  AGE OF 45.
  30-YEAR-OLD JIMMY 
  FLORES WAS
  HOSPITALIZED EARLIER
  THIS MONTH. 
  >> MY FEVER WENT TO 
  103.
  I WAS HAVING CHILLS,
  BODY SCORES.
  >> Reporter: HE THINKS
  HE CAUGHT THE VIRUS 
  OVER VISITING A BAR 
  WITH FRIENDS. 
  >> I'M THE GUY THAT 
  DIDN'T TAKE IT
  SERIOUSLY.
  I WAS NOT SOCIAL
  DISTANCING
  NOT WEARING A MASK
  >> Reporter: FOR
  EXPECTANT MOTHERS THE 
  CDC IS ISSUING A NEW
  WARNING TONIGHT AFTER 
  A REPORT FOUND
  PREGNANT WOMEN WITH 
  COVID-19 ARE FIVE 
  TIMES MORE LIKELY TO
  BE HOSPITALIZED.
  >> I THINK IT'S GOING 
  TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT
  FOR US GOING FORWARD
  TO COUNSEL OUR
  PREGNANT PATIENTS 
  ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
  OF AVOIDING INFECTION.
  >> Reporter: FEW KNOW 
  THE VIRUS'S IMPACT
  BETTER THAN THE FAMILY
  OF FLORIDA DOCTOR 
  EUGENE SAFEY. 
  >> IT'S BEEN
  DEVASTATING THE WORLD 
  HAS LOST TRULY THE
  MOST SELFLESS PERSON. 
  >> BEFORE HE DIED FROM
  COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS
  DR. SAYFIE STILL TOOK 
  PATIENT CALLS FROM HIS
  HOSPITAL BED WHILE
  FIGHTING THE VIRUS
  HIMSELF.
  >> HE WAS ALWAYS THERE
  FOR THEM
  SOME PEOPLE SAID, DO
  YOU KNOW YOUR DAD WAS 
  MY BEST FRIEND AND I
  HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD
  OF THIS PERSON BEFORE.
  >> Reporter: A DEVOTED
  DOCTOR, ON CALL, TO 
  THE VERY END
  JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS.
  >> Reporter: THIS IS
  SAM BROCK IN HOUSTON
  WHERE ONLY A FEW
  MONTHS AGO KEN BRIDGE 
  WAS CELEBRATING THE 
  OPENING OF HIS
  RESTAURANT, AFTER TWO 
  CHEFS CONTRACTED
  CORONAVIRUS HE'S HAD
  TO SHUT DOWN. 
  >> IT WAS A NO BRAINER
  RIGHT AWAY, THERE WAS 
  NO DECISION BUT IT WAS
  A TOUGH DECISION, 
  ABSOLUTELY
  WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON 
  THIS PROJECT FOR
  ALMOST THREE YEARS. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THE TEXAS GOVERNOR
  PAUSING THE STATE'S 
  REOPENING AND 
  SUSPENDING ELECTIVE 
  SURGERIES AT HOSPITALS
  IN FOUR HEAVILY 
  IMPACTED COUNTIES,
  INCLUDING THE HOUSTON 
  AREA, PERHAPS THE 
  EPICENTER OF THE
  CRISIS, WITH REPORTS
  HOSPITALS HERE ARE
  APPROACHING 100% ICU
  BED CAPACITY, THE 
  HOSPITAL'S CEOs INSIST
  THEY REGULARLY WORK 
  AROUND THAT CAPACITY
  AND CAN DO SO AGAIN.
  >> WE'RE CONCERNED
  THERE IS A LEVEL OF 
  ALARM IN THE COMMUNITY
  THAT IS UNWARRANTED 
  RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE
  DO HAVE THE CAPACITY
  TO CARE FOR MANY MORE 
  PATIENTS. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  WE ASKED HOUSTON'S
  MAYOR.
  >> DO YOU THINK 
  THERE'S BEEN
  UNNECESSARY ALARM WHEN
  IT COMES TO THE 
  HOSPITAL. 
  >> THE SITUATION IS 
  BAD.
  IN THE MIDST OF A 
  HEALTH CARE CRISIS. 
  >> Reporter: INTERESTS
  ARE MOST CONCERNED
  ABOUT THE SURGE IN
  CASES AMONG THE YOUNG,
  MOST OF WHOM WON'T GET
  SERIOUSLY ILL BUT CAN 
  PASS THE VIRUS ON TO
  THOSE WHO COULD.
  >> THEY'RE BRINGING 
  THAT INFECTION BACK 
  INTO THEIR HOUSE, 
  VISITING GRANDPARENTS,
  WHEN THEY SEE THEIR 
  PARENTS.
  >> Reporter: INFECTION
  RATES HAVE RISEN
  SHARPLY IN RECENT DAYS
  AS HAS THE HEFTY TOLL 
  OF THIS OUTBREAK. 
  >> I THINK ABOUT MY 
  STAFF EVERY DAY.
  WE'RE ALL DEPENDENT ON
  ONE ANOTHER.
  WE STICK TOGETHER.
  IT'S LIKE ONE TIGHT 
  FAMILY. 
  >> Reporter: ICU BEDS 
  HERE ARE NEARLY FULL
  BUT 70% OF THE PEOPLE 
  USING THEM DON'T HAVE 
  COVID-19
  ABOUT 30% DO
  DOCTORS TELLING PEOPLE
  WHO NEED URGENT CARE
  TO STILL COME TO THE
  HOSPITALS FOR 
  TREATMENT.
  SAVANNAH
  >> SAM, THANK YOU.
  >>> AND THESE SOARING 
  NUMBERS ARE THE 
  BACKDROP FOR A HOT
  DEBATE IN THIS COUNTRY
  OVER WEARING MASKS
  IT'S BECOME A 
  POLITICAL ISSUE FOR 
  SOME, BUT AS NBC'S TOM
  COSTELLO REPORTS NOW, 
  THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR. 
  >> Reporter: ACROSS 
  THESE UNITED STATES 
  JUST WEARING A FACE 
  MASK IS AS POLARIZING 
  AS THE NATION'S 
  POLITICAL DIVIDE. 
  >> THIS IS A PLANNED
  DEMIC, IT'S TOTALLY 
  POLITICAL AND YOU KNOW
  IT. 
  >> Reporter: AFTER
  WASHINGTON'S GOVERNOR 
  ORDERED EVERYONE TO 
  WEAR MASK A LOCAL 
  SHERIFF HAD DIFFERENT 
  ADVICE. 
  >> DON'T BE A SHEEP.
  >> Reporter: IN 
  ARIZONA WHERE CASES 
  ARE EXPLODING, A
  SKOTSDALE CITY
  COUNCILMAN MOCKED A 
  MASK ORDER. 
  >> I CAN'T BREATHE
  I CAN'T BREATHE.
  >> Reporter: GUY
  PHILIPS LATER 
  APOLOGIZED SAYING HE
  WASN'T TRYING TO ECHO 
  THE WORDS OF GEORGE 
  FLOYD.
  THE NATIONAL BACKLASH 
  SHOWS HARD DATA 
  SHOWING A MASK CAN
  MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
  THE UNIVERSITY OF 
  WASHINGTON NOW
  PROJECTS THE DEATH
  TOLL WILL CLIMB FROM #
  22,000 TODAY TO 
  180,000 BY OCTOBER BY 
  REQUIRING MASKS COULD 
  SAVE 33,000 LIVES.
  >> IF WE DON'T HAVE 
  WIDESPREAD MASK USE AS
  WE HEAD INTO THE FALL 
  AND CASES ARE GOING 
  UP, WE'RE GOING TO END
  UP SHUTTING DOWN THE
  ECONOMY TO SAVE LIVES.
  >> Reporter: SO FAR 
  MANY OF THE STATES
  THAT HAVE REQUIRED
  MASKS HAVE SEEN COVID 
  CASES DROP, EVEN AS 
  STATES THAT ONLY
  RECOMMEND MASKS HAVE
  SEEN THEM INCREASE
  WHILE THE PRESIDENT'S 
  TOP EXPERTS HAVE URGED
  THE PUBLIC TO GO
  ALONG --
  >> MAKE SURE YOU WEAR 
  A MASK. 
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP HAS ONLY BEEN 
  SEEN WEARING A MASK 
  ONCE
  MANY BELIEVE ORDERING 
  PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK 
  GOES TOO FAR. 
  >> I THINK CORONAVIRUS
  IS REAL BUT SO IS THE 
  FLU, SO IS A LOT OF 
  DIFFERENT VIRUSES.
  WE'VE GOT TO LIVE OUR 
  LIVES AND TAKE
  PRECAUTIONS WHERE 
  NECESSARY AND WE'VE 
  GOT TO KEEP GOING.
  >> Reporter: MANY MASK
  WEARERS SAY IT'S A
  CIVIC DUTY. 
  >> I'M WEARING A MASK 
  TO PROTECT EVERYONE,
  PROTECT MYSELF, 
  PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
  >> IF YOU'RE NOT
  WEARING YOUR MASK 
  YOU'RE JUST THINKING
  ABOUT YOURSELF. 
  >> Reporter: DESPITE
  THE DIVIDE THE FACT 
  THAT SO MANY PEOPLE 
  HAVE BEEN WEARING 
  MASKS SEEMS TO HAVE 
  MADE A DIFFERENCE, BUT
  ONE ESTIMATE, 
  PREVENTING 450,000
  ADDITIONAL CASES SO 
  FAR.
  SAVANNAH
  >> TOM, THANK YOU.
  >>> NEW CALLS FOR 
  JUSTICE TONIGHT AS
  POLICE OFFICERS FACE
  MORE SCRUTINY AFTER 
  THE DEATH OF GEORGE 
  FLOYD WITH NEW CALLS
  TO INVESTIGATE
  CONTROVERSIAL 
  ENCOUNTERS, INCLUDING 
  ONE WE'RE LEARNING
  ABOUT IN COLORADO.
  GABE GUTIERREZ NOW
  WITH THE LATEST.
  >> STOP, I HAVE A 
  RIGHT TO STOP YOU 
  BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING
  SUSPICIOUS. 
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  THERE'S GROWING 
  OUTRAGE OVER THIS BODY
  CAMERA VIDEO FROM LAST
  AUGUST WHERE OFFICERS 
  IN AURORA, COLORADO 
  STOPPED 23-YEAR-OLD 
  ELIJAH McCLAIN. 
  >> I AM AN INTROVERT
  RESPECT THE BOUNDARIES
  THAT I AM SPEAKING
  >> Reporter: McCLAIN
  LATER DIED AFTER BEING
  PLACED IN A CHOKE 
  HOLD
  AN INTERNAL 
  INVESTIGATION FOUND 
  THE OFFICERS FOLLOWED 
  POLICY BUT NOW MORE 
  THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE 
  HAVE SIGNED AN ONLINE 
  PETITION AND THE
  GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS
  IT WILL RE-EXAMINE THE
  CASE. 
  >> DO YOU THINK THAT
  THERE WOULD BE RENEWED
  INTEREST IN THIS CASE 
  IF NOT FOR THE DEATH
  OF GEORGE FLOYD?
  >> THE GEORGE FLOYD 
  CASE MADE IT A PARENT 
  THAT IT WAS GOING TO
  KEEP CONTINUING.
  IT WASN'T GOING TO
  STOP. 
  >> Reporter: HERE IN
  NEW YORK AN OFFICER 
  WAS ARRESTED TODAY ON 
  STRANGULATION CHARGES 
  AFTER VIDEO SURFACED
  LAST WEEKEND. 
  >> STOP CHOKING HIM,
  WROTE.
  >> Reporter:
  AUTHORITIES NOW SAY HE
  USED A BANNED CHOKE 
  HOLD ON A SUSPECT.
  THE OFFICER PLEADED 
  NOT GUILTY
  HIS ATTORNEY SAYS IT'S
  DISHEARTENING TO SEE
  PROSECUTORS SUCCUMB TO
  POLITICAL PLEASURE. 
  >>> IN MIAMI GARDENS
  FLORIDA, AN OFFICER 
  WAS CHARGED WITH
  MISCONDUCT AND BATTERY
  AFTER HE WAS SEEN 
  PRESSING HIS KNEE ON A
  WOMAN'S NECK IN 
  JANUARY.
  THE OFFICER SAID THE
  WOMAN REFUSED TO GET
  OUT OF THE CAR AND
  BEGAN STRIKING HIM. 
  >> WE ARE ALL HERE
  TODAY TO CORRECT WHAT 
  WE ALL SEE AS AN
  INJUSTICE.
  >> Reporter: IN 
  WILMINGTON, NORTH 
  CAROLINA THREE
  OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
  FIRED AFTER A 
  VEHICLE'S CAMERA
  RECORDED THE MEN USING
  RACIST LANGUAGE TOWARD
  PRIMS.
  AFTER THE RECENT
  NATIONWIDE PROTESTS 
  BEGAN ACCORDING TO THE
  TRANSCRIPTS ONE OF THE
  OFFICERS WARNED A 
  CIVIL WAR WAS COMING
  AND SAID WE ARE GOING 
  TO GO OUT AND START 
  SLAUGHTERING THEM.
  AND THEN USED THE "N" 
  WORD. 
  >> THERE'S NO PLACE 
  FOR THIS BEHAVIOR IN
  OUR AGENCY, OR OUR
  CITY, AND IT WILL NOT 
  BE TOLERATED
  >> Reporter: MORE 
  INCIDENTS NOW COMING
  TO LIGHT AS OFFICERS
  FACE MOUNTING 
  SCRUTINY
  GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC 
  NEWS, NEW YORK. 
  >> STOP, I HAVE A 
  RIGHT TO STOP YOU.
  >>> THE RACE FOR
  PRESIDENT IS HEATING
  UP TONIGHT
  PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
  JOE BIDEN BOTH
  CAMPAIGNING IN
  BATTLEGROUND STATES 
  WITH KEY NEW POLL 
  NUMBERS JUST OUT
  THE LATEST FROM NBC 
  NEWS WHITE HOUSE
  CORRESPONDENT GEOFF 
  BENNETT.
  >> Reporter: JOE BIDEN
  TONIGHT TAKING AIM AT 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  HANDLING OF THE 
  CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. 
  >> HE'S LIKE A CHILD
  WHO CAN'T BELIEVE THIS
  HAS HAPPENED TO HIM.
  AND HIS JOB ISN'T TO
  WHINE ABOUT IT
  HIS JOB IS TO DO
  SOMETHING ABOUT IT, TO
  LEAD
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC
  PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
  CAMPAIGNING IN
  PENNSYLVANIA, BOOSTED 
  BY NEW POLLING FROM 
  THE "NEW YORK TIMES," 
  SHOWING HIM NOW 
  LEADING IN SIX
  BATTLEGROUND STATES 
  THAT WERE KEY TO
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 2016
  VICTORY.
  INCLUDING WISCONSIN,
  WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  TRAVELED TODAY. 
  >> UNDER THIS 
  ADMINISTRATION YOU
  KNOW THAT AMERICAN
  WORKERS LIKE YOU ARE A
  NATIONAL TREASURE.
  >> Reporter: AT THIS
  POINT IN 2016 THEN
  CANDIDATE TRUMP WAS 
  ALSO TRAILING 
  DEMOCRATIC RIVAL
  HILLARY CLINTON.
  BUT BIDEN'S LEAD IS 
  BIGGER THAN CLINTON'S 
  WAS, AND MR. TRUMP IS 
  NOW AN INCUMBENT, 
  FACING THE WORST
  POLLING POSITION FOR A
  PRESIDENT SEEKING 
  REELECTION SINCE
  GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN 
  1992
  THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
  TONIGHT CALLING THE 
  NEW POLL NUMBERS
  TERRIBLY FLAWED.
  OUR DATA CONTINUES TO 
  SHOW THE PRESIDENT AS 
  STRONG AGAINST BIDEN
  IN ALL THE KEY STATES 
  WE SURVEY.
  BUT TRUMP ALLIES, 
  SENATOR LINDSEY 
  GRAHAM, DISAGREES.
  GRAHAM OFFERING THE 
  PRESIDENT SOME ADVICE.
  >> JUST MAKE IT MORE
  ABOUT POLICY, AND LESS
  ABOUT YOUR
  PERSONALITY.
  >> Reporter: AND
  TONIGHT A NEW YORK
  JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A 
  LAWSUIT BY TRUMP'S
  FAMILY TO STOP THE
  PUBLICATION OF A
  TELL-ALL BOOK BY THE
  PRESIDENT'S NIECE MARY
  TRUMP.
  THAT BOOK IS SCHEDULED
  FOR RELEASE NEXT
  MONTH.
  SAVANNAH
  >> ALL RIGHT, GEOFF,
  THANK YOU.
  >>> WE LEARNED TODAY
  ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION 
  PEOPLE FILED FOR
  UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
  LAST WEEK, THAT'S 47
  MILLION PEOPLE FILING 
  CLAIMS SINCE THE
  PANDEMIC BEGAN
  AND THOSE EXTENDED
  GOVERNMENT RELIEF 
  PROGRAMS ARE SET TO 
  EXPIRE SOON.
  TONIGHT NBC'S 
  STEPHANIE RUHLE ASKS, 
  WHAT THEN?
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
  GRIM OUTLOOK FOR THOSE
  STILL OUT OF WORK,
  LIKE JARED MOORE, A 
  HAIR STYLIST AND LYFT 
  DRIVER FROM CHICAGO.
  >> MONEY STOPPED, 
  SLOWING DOWN WITH 
  LYFT, THE SALON 
  COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN
  IT WAS VERY SCARY.
  >> Reporter: ONE OF 19
  MILLION AMERICANS 
  RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT
  BENEFITS, LESS THAN 2 
  MILLION BEFORE THE
  PANDEMIC BEGAN
  JOHN THOROUGHSON, A 
  LOCK SMITH IN HOUSTON,
  FURLOUGHED IN EARLY 
  APRIL.
  >> EMOTIONALLY, AND 
  FINANCIALLY JUST THE
  QUESTION OF HOW YOU'RE
  GOING TO PAY
  EVERYTHING, WHERE THE 
  MONEY IS GOING TO COME
  FROM. 
  >> Reporter: IN 
  ADDITION TO 
  UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
  HE'S BEEN RECEIVING AN
  EXTRA $600 EVERY WEEK 
  AS PART OF THE
  GOVERNMENT'S CARES
  ACT.
  >> IT'S HELPED WITH 
  KEEPING MY CELL PHONE 
  ON, KEEPING THE 
  ELECTRICITY ON
  IT CONCERNS ME WHAT'S 
  GOING TO HAPPEN COME
  THE END OF JULY.
  >> Reporter: BY JULY
  31st, THE EXTRA 
  PAYMENTS WILL STOP
  IN SOME STATES IT 
  COULD HAPPEN SOONER.
  CONGRESS HAS YET TO 
  AGREE ON WHAT'S TO
  HAPPEN WITH EXTRA 
  BENEFITS OR ANOTHER 
  ROUND OF STIMULUS 
  CHECKS
  A MILLION STIMULUS
  PAYMENTS WERE SENT TO 
  AMERICANS WHO DIED
  THE TAX EXTENSION 
  DEADLINE IS ALSO
  APPROACHING AND A 
  FREEZE ON EVICTIONS 
  FOR FEDERAL HOUSING 
  WILL SOON EXPIRE. 
  >> WITH THE VIRUS 
  CONTINUING TO EXPAND
  IN THE UNITED STATES
  AND THE ECONOMY 
  RECOVERING SLOWLY THAN
  WE HOPED IT HAD WE'RE 
  CLOOERLY GOING TO NEED
  A SECOND ROUND OF 
  STIMULUS TO KEEP THE
  ECONOMY GOING.
  >> Reporter: THERE'S
  ALSO CONCERN
  UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
  COULD SPIKE AGAIN.
  THE SMALL BUSINESS
  PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
  PROGRAM IS GOING TO 
  RUN OUT TOO.
  THAT COULD LEAD TO
  BUSINESSES CLOSING, 
  AND MORE LAYOFFS
  COMING
  SAVANNAH
  >> STEPHANIE, THANK 
  YOU.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS ONE 
  CITY, TWO DIFFERENT 
  WORLDS WHEN IT COMES
  TO THE RAVAGES OF 
  COVID-19
  A MICROCOSM FO
  >>> BACK NOW WITH OUR 
  SERIES LOOKING AT 
  INEQUALITY IN AMERICA.
  TONIGHT THE 
  DEVASTATING AND 
  DISPROPORTIONATE
  IMPACT OF COVID ON
  BLACK COMMUNITIES, THE
  DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
  LIFE OR DEATH EXPOSED.
  CATIE BECK. 
  >>> IN NEW ORLEANS
  CENTRAL CITY
  NEIGHBORHOOD GRIEF
  LIVES ON EVERY BLOCK
  LOVED ONES LOST TO
  COVID-19
  DID YOU EVER IMAGINE
  YOU WOULD HAVE LOST 
  THREE FAMILY MEMBERS
  TO THE SAME VIRUS?
  >> NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
  >> Reporter: HIS
  UNCLE, COUSIN AND 
  MOTHER DIED IN JUST 11
  DAYS. 
  >> JUST BE THANKFUL 
  THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT
  YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE
  YOUR MOM, TO SEE YOUR 
  UNCLE.
  BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT 
  THE END OF THE DAY ALL
  I HAVE IS MEMORIES
  >> Reporter:
  COMMUNITIES LIKE
  CENTRAL CITY ARE
  SUFFERING THE WORST 
  IMPACT OF THE VIRUS.
  AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE 
  FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY
  TO BE HOSPITALIZED
  ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
  DATA
  IN LOUISIANA, MORE
  THAN 75% OF PATIENTS
  HOSPITALIZED, AND MORE
  THAN 70% OF THOSE WHO 
  DIED WERE BLACK.
  WHEN THEY MAKE UP JUST
  31% OF THE POPULATION.
  COUNCILMAN JAY BANKS
  SAYS THE DISPARITY IS 
  OBVIOUS BETWEEN 
  CENTRAL CITY AND THE
  NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT 
  DOOR, THE 
  PREDOMINANTLY WHITE 
  LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT.
  >> Reporter: VERY 
  DIFFERENT PLACES. 
  >> THIS IS DEFINITELY 
  A TALE OF TWO CITIES. 
  >> Reporter: THESE TWO
  SMALL DISTRICTS, LESS 
  THAN 1.5 SQUARE MILES,
  CENTRAL CITY HAS
  REPORTED 18 DEATHS
  16 OF THEM
  AFRICAN-AMERICAN
  WHILE IN THE LOWER
  GARDEN DISTRICT, ONLY 
  ONE PERSON HAS DIED,
  WHO WAS WHITE.
  >> WE'RE ALL IN THE 
  SAME STORM, BUT WE
  STILL AIN'T IN THE
  SAME BOAT.
  THE PEOPLE ON THIS
  SIDE HAVE ACCESS TO 
  WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP
  THEMSELVES SAFE.
  THE PEOPLE ON THAT
  SIDE, THEY AREN'T AS
  WELL EQUIPPED.
  >> Reporter: MANY IN
  HIS DISTRICT ARE
  ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES,
  BUS DRIVERS AND 
  GROCERY CLERKS WITH 
  LIMITED INSURANCE,
  SICK TIME, ACCESS TO
  HEALTH CARE, AND
  HEALTHY FOOD IN THEIR 
  COMMUNITY STORES. 
  >> YOU CAN GET A SIX
  PACK OF BEER
  YOU CAN GET A PACK OF 
  CIGARETTES BUT YOU
  CAN'T BUY A HEAD OF 
  LETTUCE OR AN APPLE.
  AND THAT IS REAL. 
  >> Reporter: EXPERTS
  NOW SAY IT'S MORE THAN
  UNDERLYING HEALTH 
  CONDITIONS LIKE 
  DIABETES AND OBESITY, 
  IT'S SOCIO ECONOMICS.
  >> WHITES HAVE THOSE
  CONDITIONS
  THE DISPARITIES -- NOT
  BIG ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN 
  THE DIFFERENCE IN 
  COVID RATES.
  >> Reporter: BANKS
  SAID COVID HAS SHINED 
  A LIGHT ON A DARK 
  REALITY.
  NOW THE NEXT STEPS. 
  >> YOU'VE GOT TO BRING
  PEOPLE UP.
  ONCE YOU BRING THE
  ECONOMICS UP MANY OF
  THESE OTHER PROBLEMS
A WILL START TO 
  PANDEMIC
  MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC
  NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
  >>> AND UP NEXT, A
  GR
  >>> ONE OF THE WORLD'S
  GREAT LANDMARKS 
  FINALLY REOPENED
  TODAY, BUT FOR NOW
  YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE 
  THE STAIRS TO SEE THE 
  VIEW
  NBC'S MOLLY HUNTER
  REPORTS FROM PARIS
  >> Reporter: THE CROWN
  JEWEL OF PARIS IS 
  BACK, AMERICANS MAKING
  THE TRIP FROM GERMANY 
  TO THE EIFFEL TOWER.
  >> WHAT ARE YOU 
  FEELING UP HERE?
  >> I FEEL BREATHLESS. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  EIFFEL TOWER STAYED 
  CLOSED FOR 103 DAYS,
  THE LONGEST CLOSURE 
  SINCE WORLD WAR II
  BUT THEY'RE NOT BACK
  TO NORMAL YET.
  23,000 PEOPLE VISITED 
  THE ICONIC LANDMARK ON
  THIS DAY LAST YEAR
  COMPARED TO ABOUT 
  1,500 TODAY.
  >> THE VIEWS UP HERE
  ARE EXTRAORDINARY.
  OF COURSE, BUT YOU'VE 
  GOT TO WORK FOR IT
  THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO
  THE SECOND FLOOR OF 
  THE EIFFEL TOWER RIGHT
  NOW IS TO WALK 675
  GRUELING STEPS, 
  ELEVATORS OPEN UP 
  LATER THIS WEEK AND 
  THEN AUTHORITIES ARE
  EXPECTING EVEN MORE 
  PEOPLE. 
  >> Reporter: FOR THOSE
  THAT DID MAKE IT UP 
  WEARING MANDATORY 
  MASKS, THE CITY OF
  LIGHT DELIVERS
  NOW, PARIS LIKE SO
  MANY CITIES NEEDS 
  TOURISTS BADLY
  RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO
  NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL
  ALLOWED FROM THE U.S
  NEXT WEEK THE EU WILL 
  DECIDE IF THAT
  CHANGES.
  SAVANNAH
  >> ALL RIGHT, MOLLY,
  THANK YOU.
  >>> AND COMING UP 
  NEXT, SUMMER CAMP 
  LOOKING A LITTLE
  >>> BEFORE WE GO, IN
  OUR LATEST EPISODE OF 
  NIGHTLY NEWS KIDS 
  EDITION, CAMP MAY LOOK
  A LITTLE DIFFERENT
  THIS YEAR BUT THAT IS 
  NOT STOPPING THESE
  KIDS FROM HAVING FUN
  ALSO, POPULAR TV STAR 
  OPENS UP TO AL ROKER
  ABOUT RACISM AND HOW
  IT IMPACTS HIM
  PERSONALLY, HIS 
  IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR 
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  >>> PLUS, KIDS GIVE 
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