  >>> TONIGHT, THE FIRED
  POLICE
  OFFICER CHARGED WITH
  MURDER IN 
  THE DEATH OF GEORGE 
  FLOYD.
  THE NEW CRIMINAL
  COMPLAINT 
  ACCUSING HIM OF 
  KNEELING ON 
  FLOYD'S NECK FOR MORE 
  THAN EIGHT
  MINUTES FOR NEARLY
  THREE OF THE
  MINUTES FLOYD WAS 
  UNRESPONSIVE
  A CURFEW GOING INTO 
  EFFECT AS 
  MINNEAPOLIS SMOLDERS
  A POLICE STATION SET
  ON FIRE.
  STORES LOOTED.
  BUSINESSES VANDALIZED.
  >>> THE MASS PROTESTS 
  COAST-TO-COAST
  THE SCENES IN NEW 
  YORK, ATLANTA,
  HOUSTON, IN DENVER AN 
  SUV 
  PLOWING INTO A
  PROTESTER AND 
  SHOTS RINGING OUT AT
  ANOTHER 
  DEATH AT THE HANDS OF 
  POLICE. 
  >>> OUR INVESTIGATION 
  INTO THE
  RESTRAINT HOLD USED ON
  GEORGE
  FLOYD.
  WHY MANY DEPARTMENTS
  WARNED TO 
  OFFICERS DON'T DO IT
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  FURIOUS 
  AFTER TWITTER FLAGS 
  ANOTHER OF
  HIS TWEETS FOR
  GLORIFYING
  VIOLENCE IN 
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  HE AND JOE BIDEN
  REVEALING THEY
  HAVE SPOKEN TO FLOYD'S
  FAMILY
  THEIR CLASHING
  MESSAGES AND
  BARACK OBAMA BREAKING 
  HIS 
  SILENCE.
  >>> BIG NEWS FOR NEW
  YORK CITY.
  ONE OF THE EPICENTERS 
  OF THE
  U.S.
  CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
  THE DATE IT COULD 
  FINALLY BEGIN 
  REOPENING AND THE NEW 
  REPORT, 
  HOW LONG WAS THE VIRUS
  SILENTLY
  SPREADING HERE BEFORE 
  ANYONE
  SPREADING HERE BEFORE 
  ANYONE
  KNEW
  NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
  LESTER HOLT.
  >>> GOOD EVENING, 
  EVERYONE
  OFFICIALS IN
  MINNEAPOLIS HOPING
  FOR CALM TONIGHT AFTER
  A FORMER
  POLICE OFFICER WAS
  CHARGED WITH
  MURDER AND
  MANSLAUGHTER IN THE 
  DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
  AS FIREFIGHTERS COOLED
  THE 
  FLAMES FROM ANOTHER 
  NIGHT OF
  UNREST AND
  DESTRUCTION, THE
  COUNTY ATTORNEY 
  ANNOUNCED THAT
  THERE WAS ENOUGH
  EVIDENCE TO 
  PROVE DERRICK 
  CHAUVIN'S GUILT 
  BEYOND A REASONABLE 
  DOUBT.
  HE PINNED FLOYD'S NECK
  TO THE
  GROUND FOR SEVERAL
  MINUTES AS HE 
  PLEADED HE COULDN'T 
  BREATHE.
  OUR GABE GUTIERREZ IS 
  IN
  MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT.
  GABE, WHAT'S THE MOOD 
  ON THE
  GROUND RIGHT NOW
  >> Reporter: LESTER,
  CALM SO 
  FAR.
  THE MAYOR JUST IMPOSED
  A 
  NIGHTTIME CURFEW THIS 
  WEEKEND 
  AND THERE IS A BIGGER 
  POLICE
  PRESENCE
  WHAT IS UNCLEAR 
  WHETHER THAT
  MIGHT RAMP UP TENSIONS
  AFTER AN
  ARREST THAT MANY
  PROTESTERS HERE 
  HAD BEEN WAITING FOR
  TONIGHT AFTER DAYS OF 
  ANGER,
  PAIN AND PROTEST, AN
  ARREST
  CONNECTED TO THE DEATH
  OF GEORGE 
  FLOYD.
  FIRED MINNEAPOLIS 
  OFFICER 
  DERRICK CHAUVIN IS
  CHARGED WITH
  THIRD DEGREE MURDER 
  AND 
  MANSLAUGHTER. 
  >> I'M NOT INSENSITIVE
  TO WHAT'S 
  HAPPENED IN THE 
  STREETS.
  MY JOB IS TO DO IT
  ONLY WHEN WE
  HAVE SUFFICIENT 
  EVIDENCE
  WE HAVE IT TODAY. 
  >> Reporter: STATE
  CHARGING
  DOCUMENTS ALLEGE THAT 
  CHAUVIN 
  HAD HIS KNEE ON 
  FLOYD'S NECK FOR
  2:53
  IN ALL THE COMPLAINT
  SAID
  CHAUVIN HAD HIS KNEE
  ON FLOYD'S
  NECK FOR MORE THAN
  EIGHT 
  MINUTES.
  NO RESPONSE YET FROM
  CHAUVIN'S 
  ATTORNEY
  THE THIRD NIGHT OF
  PROTEST HAS 
  BEEN THE MOST VIOLENT 
  BY FAR
  FOR HOURS ANARCHY,
  RIOTERS 
  BREACHED AND BURNED 
  THIS
  EVACUATED POLICE
  PRECINCT
  OTHER BUILDINGS 
  CRUMBLED
  LOCAL POLICE AND
  FIREFIGHTERS
  RETREATED.
  IT'S A SCENE OF UTTER 
  CHAOS.
  RIGHT NOW THIS FIRE IS
  RAGING
  OUT OF CONTROL AND
  SMOKE IS
  BILLOWING INTO THE AIR
  CAN BE
  SEEN FOR MILES
  AT DAYBREAK, THE
  DESTRUCTION 
  DEVASTATED THIS SOUTH 
  MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY.
  >> I'M A GROWN MAN
  JUST STANDING 
  HERE, YOU KNOW, TEARED
  UP. 
  >> Reporter: ANGER
  OVER ONE
  MAN'S DEATH HAD TURNED
  INTO MUCH 
  MORE, AN EXPLOSION OF 
  FURRY OVER
  YEARS OF MISTREATMENT.
  >> THIS CITY KNEW IT
  WAS COMING
  THEY KNEW IT WAS
  COMING. 
  >> Reporter: LANETTE
  HAS LIVED 
  HERE ALL HER LIFE.
  >> THIS RIGHT HERE, DO
  SOMETHING 
  ABOUT IT
  CLEAN UP THIS POLICE
  DEPARTMENT. 
  >> Reporter: TODAY
  MINNESOTA 
  GOVERNOR TIM WALLS
  PROMISED TO 
  RESTORE ORDER AND 
  DIRECTLY
  CRITICIZED LOCAL
  LEADERS FOR AN
  INADEQUATE RESPONSE.
  >> THE REASON WE'RE 
  STANDING
  HERE TODAY IS IF THIS 
  WOULD HAVE
  BEEN EXECUTED 
  CORRECTLY, THE
  STATE WOULD NOT LEAD
  ON THIS.
  THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
  >> Reporter: THE MAYOR
  HAS NOT 
  YET RESPONDED.
  THE GOVERNOR
  APOLOGIZED TO CNN 
  AFTER THE STATE PATROL
  ARRESTED
  THREE OF ITS
  JOURNALISTS ON LIVE 
  TELEVISION AS LOOTERS 
  AND 
  VANDALS WERE ALLOWED
  TO RUN
  FREE. 
  >> I AM DEEPLY
  APOLOGETIC THIS 
  HAPPENED
  IT IS WRONG AND 
  UNACCEPTABLE AND
  WE NEED TO CORRECT IT.
  >> I HOPE WE CAN
  RECOVER FROM
  THIS. 
  >> Reporter: TODAY'S
  ARREST WAS
  THE NEWS LONG-TIME
  RESIDENT
  KIRSTEN HAD BEEN
  WAITING FOR.
  >> I'M ECSTATICALLY 
  HAPPY.
  >> Reporter: JAMES
  LAWSON IS 
  MORE SKEPTICAL. 
  >> I FEEL LIKE THERE
  WAS A SIGN
  OF RELIEF BUT LIKE I
  SAID, WHAT
  ABOUT THE OTHER THREE?
  >> Reporter: THE
  COUNTY ATTORNEY 
  SAYS AN INVESTIGATION 
  IS
  UNDERWAY INTO THE 
  OTHER THREE 
  FIRED OFFICERS AND HE 
  ANTICIPATES CHARGES.
  NEW VIDEO FROM A
  DIFFERENT ANGLE 
  SHOWS TWO OF THE
  OFFICERS, NOT 
  SEEN BEFORE, SIDE BY
  SIDE ON THE 
  GROUND NEXT TO OFFICER
  CHAUVIN 
  DURING THE INCIDENT.
  LATE TODAY, THE 
  ATTORNEY FOR
  FLOYD'S FAMILY
  RESPONDED TO THE
  ARREST. 
  >> THEY'RE A LITTLE 
  RELIEVED
  TODAY THAT THE OFFICER
  WAS 
  FINALLY ARRESTED, 
  HOWEVER, THEY 
  WANTED THE CHARGES TO 
  BE
  FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
  >> Reporter: FOR A
  FOURTH NIGHT, 
  THIS CITY IS ON EDGE
  WONDERING 
  IF ONE OFFICER'S
  ARREST IS 
  ENOUGH TO DIFFUSE THE 
  TENSION OR
  WHETHER THE ANGER RUNS
  TOO DEEP
  GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC 
  NEWS, 
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  >> Reporter: I'M
  BLAYNE
  ALEXANDER.
  ANGER, FRUSTRATION
  POURING INTO
  THE STREETS OF
  AMERICA.
  >> THAT COULD BE MY 
  FATHER
  THAT COULD BE MY
  BROTHER.
  THAT COULD BE ME. 
  >> Reporter: FROM 
  ATLANTA TO
  BOSTON, HOUSTON TO
  MEMPHIS.
  DEMONSTRATIONS TURNED 
  VIOLENT IN
  DENVER WHEN A CAR 
  PLOWED THROUGH
  PROTESTERS
  NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY
  INJURED.
  >> AS A YOUNG BLACK 
  WOMAN I'M 
  USED TO NOT BEING 
  HEARD BUT THIS
  ONE HITS DIFFERENT. 
  >> Reporter: FOR MANY 
  THE DEATH 
  OF GEORGE FLOYD PILING
  ONTO THE
  MOUNTING ANGER OF 
  AHMAUD ARBERY 
  AND BREANNA TAYLOR
  THE 26-YEAR-OLD EM TEE
  SHOT
  EIGHT TIMES LAST MARCH
  BY POLICE 
  OFFICERS WHO STORMED
  INTO HER
  HOME SERVING A
  NARCOTICS SEARCH
  WARRANT AS SHE AND HER
  BOYFRIEND 
  SLEPT.
  OVERNIGHT IN HER
  HOMETOWN OF 
  LOUISVILLE, GUNSHOTS
  RIPPED
  THROUGH THIS CROWD OF 
  PROTESTERS
  INJURING SEVEN. 
  >> THESE SHOTS CAME 
  FROM WITHIN 
  THE CROWD, NOT FROM 
  POLICE
  OFFICERS. 
  >> Reporter: THE
  PEACEFUL
  PROTESTS ERUPTING INTO
  VIOLENCE
  ON THE SAME DAY THE 
  WORLD HEARD 
  THIS FRANTIC 911 CALL 
  FROM
  TAYLOR'S BOYFRIEND. 
  >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT
  HAPPENED
  SOMEBODY KICKED IN THE
  DOOR AND
  SHOT MY GIRLFRIEND. 
  >> Reporter: POLICE 
  SAY THE 
  OFFICERS KNOCKED AND
  IDENTIFIED
  THEMSELVES, TAYLOR'S
  FAMILY SAYS 
  THEY DID NEITHER. 
  >> IS SHE ALERT AND 
  ABLE TO TALK
  TO YOU
  >> NO, SHE'S NOT
  BREE. 
  >> OKAY, YOU SAID 
  YOU'RE IN 
  APARTMENT NUMBER FOUR.
  >> HELP, MY GOD.
  >> Reporter: KENNETH
  WALKER WHO
  THOUGHT THE OFFICERS
  WERE
  INTRUDERS FIRED ONE 
  SHOT THAT 
  INJURED AN OFFICER
  THE OFFICERS HAVE NOT 
  BEEN
  CHARGED AND TAYLOR'S
  FAMILY SAYS 
  NO DRUGS WERE EVER
  FOUND IN THE
  HOUSE.
  THE POLICE UNION HAS
  NOT 
  RETURNED REQUEST FOR
  COMMENT.
  TAYLOR'S FAMILY 
  THANKING
  PROTESTERS BUT BEGGING
  FOR 
  PEACE.
  >> PLEASE GO HOME, BE 
  SAFE AND
  BE READY TO KEEP
  FIGHTING. 
  >> NO MATTER WHAT IS
  DONE AND
  HOW MANY PROTESTS KEEP
  HAPPENING.
  >> Reporter: GATHERING
  IN THE
  MIDST OF A PANDEMIC,
  PROTESTERS
  ARE NOW FORCED TO 
  FIGHT A 
  DIFFERENT VIRUS,
  RACISM
  >>> ALSO LATE TODAY,
  PROTESTERS
  IN SAN JOSE,
  CALIFORNIA MADE 
  THEIR WAY ON TO 
  HIGHWAY 101 
  BRINGING THE HIGHWAY
  TO A
  STANDSTILL
  TRAFFIC BACKED UP 
  UNABLE TO 
  MOVE
  A MAJOR SITUATION THAT
  WAS 
  DEVELOPING THERE. 
  >>> THERE ARE ALSO
  PROTESTS
  GROWING IN NEW YORK 
  CITY
  NBC'S RON ALLEN IS
  THERE.
  WHAT'S THE SCENE
  >> Reporter: LESTER, A
  SECOND
  DAY OF PROTESTS WE
  CAN'T BREATHE 
  RALLY HERE IN NEW 
  YORK, SUPPORT 
  FOR GEORGE FLOYD IN 
  MINNEAPOLIS 
  AND ALSO AN ECHO OF 
  THE ERIC
  GARNER CASE SINCE SIX 
  YEARS 
  SINCE THAT INCIDENT IN
  STATEN
  ISLAND, GARNER KILLED 
  AT THE
  HANDS OF NYPD POLICE
  SIX YEARS LATER,
  NOBODY CHARGED
  WITH ANY CRIMINAL 
  OFFENSE.
  WE HEARD CHANTS OF I
  CAN'T 
  BREATHE, HANDS UP,
  DON'T SHOOT.
  WE'VE SEEN ARRESTS
  HERE
  THERE WAS 70 ARRESTS
  LAST NIGHT
  IN PROTESTS.
  A LOT OF ENERGY AND 
  YEARS OF
  GRIEVANCE BEING VENTED
  ON THE
  STREETS OF NEW YORK,
  LESTER. 
  >> RON ALLEN IN NEW 
  YORK, THANK 
  YOU.
  >>> WE'VE BEEN ON THE 
  AIR FOR 
  OVER EIGHT MINUTES AND
  THAT'S
  JUST ABOUT THE SAME 
  LENGTH OF 
  TIME PROSECUTORS SAY
  THAT
  OFFICER HAD HIS KNEE
  ON GEORGE 
  FLOYD'S NECK
  EIGHT MINUTES AND 46
  SECONDS AS
  FLOYD FIRST PLEADED HE
  COULDN'T
  BREATHE AND THEN
  BECAME
  UNRESPONSIVE
  IN A RESTRAINT THAT'S 
  ESPECIALLY
  DANGEROUS AND AS OUR
  JUSTICE 
  CORRESPONDENT PETE
  WILLIAMS
  REPORTS, IT'S NOT THE 
  FIRST TIME
  ITS HAD DEADLY
  CONSEQUENCES. 
  >> Reporter: IT'S SUCH
  DISTURBING VIDEO, 
  GEORGE FLOYD
  HANDCUFFED LYING ON 
  HIS STOMACH 
  WITH A POLICE 
  OFFICER'S KNEE ON 
  HIS NECK FOR NINE 
  MINUTES AS HE 
  BEGS FOR BREATHE
  IT'S NOT THE FIRST
  TIME A
  MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
  OFFICER HAS 
  USED A WIDELY 
  CRITICIZED TACTIC 
  THAT CAN TURN FATAL.
  MINNEAPOLIS PAID $3 
  MILLION IN
  2013 TO SETTLE A
  LAWSUIT IN THE
  CASE OF DAVID SMITH 
  WHO DIED
  AFTER POLICE PINNED 
  HIM FACE
  DOWN WITH AN OFFICER'S
  KNEE ON 
  HIS BACK
  THE FAMILY'S LAWYER 
  ROBERT
  BENNETT TOLD OUR
  MINNEAPOLIS 
  STATION KARE THE
  TACTIC IS A 
  KILLING MECHANISM.
  >> IT'S REALLY NO 
  DIFFERENT THAN
  STRANGLING SOMEBODY.
  >> Reporter: BALTIMORE
  AND THE 
  STATE OF MARYLAND PAID
  $1
  MILLION THREE YEARS 
  AGO TO
  SETTLE A LAWSUIT
  BROUGHT BY THE
  RELATIVES OF TYRONE 
  WEST AFTER
  POLICE SUSPECTED DRUGS
  AFTER A 
  TRAFFIC STOP, LAID HIM
  ON THE
  GROUND FACE DOWN AND
  SAT ON HIM
  AN INDEPENDENT AUTOPSY
  SAID HE 
  SUFFOCATED
  HALF A MILLION TIMES A
  YEAR, 
  POLICE RESTRAIN 
  SUBJECTS THEY 
  ARREST BY PUTTING THEM
  FACE
  DOWN, BUT MANY
  DEPARTMENTS NOW 
  DISCOURAGE OR BAN 
  PUTTING 
  PRESSURE ON THE BACK
  OR NECK IN
  THAT POSITION.
  15 YEARS AGO, A 
  JUSTICE 
  DEPARTMENT WARNED THE 
  TECHNIQUE 
  CAN CAUSE SUDDEN
  DEATH.
  IT SAID A PERSON LYING
  ON HIS
  STOMACH HAS TROUBLE 
  BREATHING 
  WHEN PRESSURE IS
  APPLIED TO HIS
  BACK
  AS SOON AS THE PERSON 
  IS
  HANDCUFFED, GET HIM 
  OFF HIS 
  STOMACH.
  MOST POLICE 
  DEPARTMENTS SAY ONCE
  SUBJECTS ARE
  HANDCUFFED, THEY
  SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
  ROLL OVER 
  OR SIT AND STAND
  EXPERTS ON POLICING 
  UNIVERSALLY 
  CONDEMN WHAT HAPPENED 
  IN
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  >> THERE ISN'T ONE
  PERSON, ONE 
  POLICE CHIEF I'VE 
  TALKED TO THAT
  DOESN'T SEE THIS
  EXACTLY THE 
  SAME WAY
  THE POLICE OFFICER AND
  THOSE WHO 
  WERE THERE THAT DAY,
  THEY FAILED 
  GEORGE FLOYD. 
  >> Reporter: WITH 
  CHARGES FILED 
  TODAY, POLICE ARE 
  TRAINED THIS
  RESTRAINT PUT AGONY ON
  A SUBJECT 
  LYING FACE DOWN IS
  INHERENTLY
  DANGEROUS.
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  PETE WILLIAMS, THANKS.
  >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  LATE TODAY
  SAYING HE HAS REACHED 
  OUT TO
  GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY 
  BUT HE'S
  ALSO DEFENDING A TWEET
  ABOUT 
  MINNEAPOLIS THAT
  TWITTER FLAG
  FOR QUOTE GLORIFYING
  VIOLENCE
  IN THE MEANTIME,
  FORMER VICE 
  PRESIDENT BIDEN AND 
  FORMER
  PRESIDENT OBAMA ARE 
  ALSO
  RESPONDING WITH THAT
  HERE IS 
  PETER ALEXANDER.
   FLOYD. 
   >> I UNDER
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
  PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP SAYS HE'S SPOKEN
  TO THE
  FAMILY OF GEORGE
  FLOYD.
  >> I UNDERSTAND THE 
  HURT
  I UNDERSTAND THE PAIN.
  PEOPLE HAVE REALLY
  BEEN THROUGH
  A LOT.
  THE FAMILY OF GEORGE
  IS ENTITLED 
  TO JUSTICE AND THE
  PEOPLE OF 
  MINNEAPOLIS ARE 
  ENTITLED TO LIFT
  IN SAFETY.
  >> Reporter: ALSO,
  TALKING ABOUT 
  THESE SCENES IN 
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  >> THE LOOTERS SHOULD 
  NOT BE
  ALLOWED TO DRAWN OUT
  THE VOICES
  OF SO MANY PEACEFUL 
  PROTESTERS
  THEY HURT SO BADLY. 
  >> Reporter: EARLIER
  THE 
  PRESIDENT ADDRESSED A 
  NEW BREAK 
  WITH CHINA FROM THE 
  ROSE GARDEN 
  BUT WALKED OUT WITHOUT
  MAKING
  ANY MENTION OF
  MINNESOTA.
  IT WAS THIS TWEET THAT
  LED 
  TWITTER TO PLACE A
  LABEL ON THE
  PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS
  FOR THE 
  SECOND TIME THIS WEEK.
  THE PRESIDENT 
  OVERNIGHT TWEETING
  THESE THUGS ARE 
  DISHONORING THE 
  MEMORY OF GEORGE FLOYD
  AND I 
  WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.
  ANY DIFFICULTY AND WE 
  WILL
  ASSUME CONTROL BUT
  WHEN THE
  LOOTING STARTS, THE 
  SHOOTING
  STARTS
  TWITTER POSTING A 
  PUBLIC
  INTEREST NOTICE SAYING
  THE TWEET 
  VIOLATED THE COMPANY'S
  RULES 
  ABOUT GLORIFYING
  VIOLENCE
  THE DECISION THE
  COMPANY SAYS
  WAS BASED ON THE
  HISTORICAL
  CONTEXT OF THE
  PRESIDENT'S WORDS 
  AND THE RISK IT COULD 
  INSPIRE 
  SIMILAR ACTIONS TODAY.
  DURING THE CIVIL
  UPRISINGS OF
  THE LATE '60s, MIAMI'S
  POLICE
  CHIEF CREDIT THE CALM 
  WITH THE
  GET TOUGH WARNING.
  QUOTE, I'VE LET THE 
  WORD FILTER 
  DOWN, WHEN THE LOOTING
  STARTS, 
  THE SHOOTING STARTS.
  LATE TONIGHT THE
  PRESIDENT 
  TRYING TO CLARIFY.
  >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE 
  IT CAME 
  FROM OR ORIGINATED
  IT'S VERY ACCURATE IN 
  THE SENSE 
  WHEN YOU HAVE LOOTING 
  LIKE YOU
  HAD LAST NIGHT, PEOPLE
  OFTEN GET 
  SHOT, AND THEY DIE AND
  THAT'S
  NOT GOOD AND WE DON'T 
  WANT THAT 
  TO HAPPEN.
  >> Reporter: THE
  PRESIDENT 
  CALLING MINNEAPOLIS 
  DEMOCRATIC
  MAYOR JACOB FREY VERY 
  WEAK
  SAYING HE NEEDS TO
  BRING THE 
  CITY UNDER CONTROL. 
  >> WEAKNESS IS
  POINTING YOUR 
  FINGER AT SOMEBODY
  ELSE DURING A 
  TIME OF CRISIS
  DONALD TRUMP KNOWS
  NOTHING ABOUT 
  THE STRENGTH OF 
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  >> Reporter: FORMER 
  VICE
  PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
  SAYING HE 
  ALSO SPOKE TO FLOYD'S 
  FAMILY. 
  >> THIS IS A NATIONAL 
  CRISIS AND
  WE NEED LEADERSHIP TO 
  BRING 
  EVERYONE TO THE TABLE 
  SO WE CAN 
  TAKE MEASURES TO ROOT 
  OUT 
  SYSTEMIC RACISM.
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  OBAMA 
  WEIGHING IN THIS
  SHOULDN'T BE
  NORMAL IN 2020
  AMERICA.
  IT CAN'T BE NORMAL  
  IF WE WANT OUR
  CHILDREN TO GROW
  UP IN A NATION THAT 
  LIVES UP TO 
  THE HIGHEST IDEALS, WE
  CAN AND 
  MUST BE BETTER
  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
  ANNOUNCED HE'S
  ENDING THE U.S. 
  RELATIONSHIP
  WITH THE WORLD HEALTH 
  ORGANIZATION SAYING 
  THE AGENCY
  IS TOTALLY CONTROLLED 
  BY CHINA
  WHO HE BLAMES FOR THE 
  OUTBREAK
  AND HE'S PROMISING TO 
  SANCTION
  CHINESE OFFICIALS FOR 
  THEIR NEW 
  MOVE THREATENING
  FREEDOMS IN 
  HONG KONG.
  LESTER
  >> PETER ALEXANDER AT 
  THE WHITE 
  HOUSE TONIGHT, THANKS.
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS,
  BREAKING NEWS 
  FROM THE PLACE THAT 
  WAS ONCE THE
  EPICENTER OF THE
  COVID-19
  PANDEMIC AND THE CDC
  TONIGHT 
  RECOMMENDING SWEEPING 
  CHANGES 
  FOR YOUR OFFICE.
E CDC TONIGHT 
   >>> BIG NEWS TONIGHT 
   FROM NEW YORK CITY.
E CDC TONIGHT 
   ONCE THE COVID-19 
   EPICENTER NOW ON TRACK
E CDC TONIGHT 
   HERE IS MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   NEW YORK CITY THE 
   EPICENTER OF THE 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   IS NOW ON TRACK TO 
   BEGIN ITS REOPENING 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO 
   SAYING IF THE CITY CAN
E CDC TONIGHT 
   CRITERIA ON JUNE 8th, 
   400,000 NEW YORKERS 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   NON-ESSENTIAL 
   BUSINESSES COULD START
E CDC TONIGHT 
   MANUFACTURING CAN 
   RESUME. 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   DIFFERENT.
   IT IS REOPENING TO A 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   >> Reporter: WHILE NEW
   YORK PUSHES FORWARD, 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   STEP BACK.
   THE MAYOR OF THE FIRST
E CDC TONIGHT 
   LOCKDOWN NOW EXTENDING
   THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER
E CDC TONIGHT 
   THE BAY AREA SEEN A 
   SPIKE IN CASES DESPITE
E CDC TONIGHT 
   FOR TWO AND A HALF 
   MONTHS. 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   PEOPLE TO STAY AT 
   HOME, IF AT ALL 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   >> Reporter: WITH NEW 
   COVID OUTBREAKS AT 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   AND OREGON, 
   HOSPITALIZATIONS AT 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   CENTER HAVE TRIPLED IN
   RECENT WEEKS.
E CDC TONIGHT 
   RECORDING ITS SINGLE 
   DAY HIGH IN NEW CASES 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   GATHERINGS. 
   >> EVERY COMMUNITY IS 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   FALLING OFF THE CLIFF.
   >> Reporter: BEFORE 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   DISEASE WAS HERE, 
   TODAY THE CDC 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   THAT TRIGGERED 
   COVID-19 ARRIVED IN 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   BETWEEN JANUARY 18th 
   AND FEBRUARY 9th.
E CDC TONIGHT 
   SMALL IT WASN'T 
   DETECTED BY HEALTH 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   CLUSTER OF FATALITIES 
   IN WASHINGTON STATE 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   INFECTIONS IN NEW YORK
   CITY.
E CDC TONIGHT 
   GUIDANCE ON REOPENING 
   OFFICERS SAYING ALL 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   AT LEAST SIX FEET 
   APART, THEIR 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   TAKEN EVERY DAY AND NO
   MORE HANDSHAKES OR 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   AS OUR NATION 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   THE VIRUS, A SOLUTE TO
   THOSE WHO HELPED.
E CDC TONIGHT 
   OFF AS OUT OF STATE 
   EMERGENCY TEAMS HEAD 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   CITY GRATEFUL FOR THE 
   SACRIFICE OF 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   MIGUEL ALMAG
   >>> WITH SUMMER 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   HORIZON, MOVIE 
   THEATERS ARE MAKING 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   YOU BACK.
   HERE IS JOE FRYER. 
E CDC TONIGHT 
   THEATER IN LONG BEACH,
   CALIFORNIA IS 
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   KIND OF HOLLY WOOD 
   FACEBOOK WHEN THE 
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   50 SEATS TO HELP CAN 
   SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
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   FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE 
   THE SPACE TO FEEL 
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   OUT A LITTLE BIT. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
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   SEATS, THEY PLAN TO 
   BLOCK OFF SOME SEATS 
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   AT FIRST THEY CAN'T 
   FUNCTION AT FULL 
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   WHEN YOU REOPEN, 
   YOU'RE GOING TO BE 
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   >> WE ARE.
   WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 
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   >> Reporter: WE'RE 
   CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF 
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   AND HERE IN THE U.S. 
   AS MOVIE HOUSES START 
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   CUSTOMERS. 
   >> I'M SO BORED.
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   OUT. 
   >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW
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   ALLOW THEATERS TO 
   OPERATE WITH 
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   THE THREE LARGEST 
   CHAINS REMAINED CLOSED
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   FOR SEATING PODS AND 
   DINING SERVICE IS 
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   REOPEN WITH THERMAL 
   SCANNERS TO DETECT 
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   ELECTROSTATIC 
   DISINFECTANT SPRAYERS.
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   WILL COME RIGHT AWAY 
   OR WILL IT TAKE TIME?
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   OPENING A FLOOD GATE.
   WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE 
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   >> Reporter: NEXT 
   MONTH THEY PLAN TO 
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   TEXAS WHERE CAPACITY 
   IS AT 25% SHOWING 
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   THEATERS RELEASE NEW 
   FILMS. 
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   THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE 
   MOVIE INDUSTRY. 
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   BLOCKBUSTERS ARE 
   SLATED TO COME OUT IN 
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   "UNHINGED" STARRING 
   RUSSELL CROWE, 
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   SCI-FI MOVIE "TENANT" 
   AND "MULAN". 
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   HOW THESE MOVIES PLAY 
   FOR THE LONG HAUL 
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   DIFFERENT WORLD AT 
   THAT TIME. 
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   OF WHAT IS COMING TO A
   THEATER NEAR YOU. CULT BUT N 
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   INSURMOUNTABLE TIMES.
   THAT IS "NIGHTLY 
