   >>> TONIGHT, THE 
   GROWING CALLS FOR 
   JUSTICE.
   THE OUTRAGE IN 
   MINNEAPOLIS, NEW 
   PROTESTS TODAY AFTER 
   VIOLENT CLASHES IN THE
   STREETS.
   THE MAYOR CALLING FOR 
   THE FORMER OFFICER WHO
   KNEELED ON GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S NECK TO BE 
   CHARGED. 
   >>> NEW VIDEOS OF THE 
   MOMENTS JUST BEFORE 
   FLOYD'S DEATH, WHAT 
   THEY REVEAL.
   >>> AMERICA'S DEATH 
   TOLL FROM COVID-19 
   SURPASSING 100,000.
   IT COMES AS EVERYTHING
   FROM VEGAS CASINOS TO 
   DISNEYWORLD ANNOUNCED 
   PLANS TO REOPEN AND 
   TONIGHT, A DOCTOR'S 
   PLEA IN A CITY IN THE 
   AMERICAN SOUTH NOW OUT
   OF ICU BEDS. 
   >>> THE HISTORIC 
   LAUNCH SCRUBBED 
   MOMENTS BEFORE 
   LIFTOFF.
   AMERICA'S RETURN TO 
   SPACE IN A PRIVATE 
   SPACECRAFT DELAYED.
   WHEN THEY WILL TRY 
   AGAIN. 
   >>> THE DRAMATIC 
   TAKEDOWN, AN ACTIVE 
   SHOOTER ON A BRIDGE.
   A SOLDIER BEING HAILED
   AS A HERO FOR STRIKING
   THE GUNMAN WITH HIS 
   VEHICLE.
   OFFICIALS SAY HE MAY 
   HAVE SAVED A LOT OF 
   LIVES.
   >>> OUR NBC NEWS 
   EXCLUSIVE INSIDE THE 
   LAB DEVELOPING A NEW 
   WEAPON AGAINST THAT 
   MYSTERY ILLNESS IN 
   CHILDREN.
   >>> PAYING TRIBUTE TO 
   THE LEGENDARY ACTIVIST
   AND PLAY WRITE WHO 
   FOUGHT TIRELESSLY IN 
   THE BATTLE AGAINST A 
   DIFFERENT EPIDEMIC IN 
   AMERICA. 
   >>> THE MIRACLE BABY 
   BORN 11 WEEKS 
   PREMATURE TO A MOTHER 
   IN A COMA AS SHE 
   BATTLED COVID-19.
   THE MOMENT TODAY THE 
   FAMILY HAD LONG 
   AWAITED.
   >> Announcer: THIS IS 
   "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   THERE IS MORE VIDEO 
   OUT TONIGHT SHEDDING 
   LIGHT IN THE MOMENTS 
   LEADING UP TO THE 
   DEATH OF A HANDCUFFED 
   MINNEAPOLIS MAN SEEN 
   IN THIS DISTURBING 
   VIDEO PINNED TO THE 
   GROUND BY A POLICE 
   OFFICER WHO HELD A 
   KNEE TO HIS NECK AFTER
   A NIGHT OF HEATED AND 
   VOLATILE PROTESTS ON 
   THE STREETS, THE 
   CITY'S MAYOR IN A RARE
   STEP IS CALLING ON THE
   PROSECUTOR TO ARREST 
   AND CHARGE THAT NOW 
   FORMER OFFICER AS THE 
   FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD
   CALLS HIS DEATH AN ACT
   OF MURDER.
   GABE GUTIERREZ IS 
   THERE. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   THE OUTRAGE IN 
   MINNEAPOLIS IS 
   MOUNTING EVEN AFTER 
   FOUR OFFICERS WERE 
   FIRED.
   WAS IT ENOUGH FOR YOU 
   THAT THE OFFICERS WERE
   FIRED?
   >> THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
   THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
   HE WAS A MURDERER. 
   >> Reporter: CROWDS OF
   PROTESTERS CLASHED 
   WITH POLICE OVERNIGHT.
   THEIR FURY FUELED BY
   THE VIRAL VIDEO 
   SHOWING THE FINAL 
   MOMENTS OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD'S LIFE. 
   >> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
   >> Reporter: HE BEGGED
   FOR HELP REPEATING I 
   CAN'T BREATH AT LEAST 
   A DOZEN TIMES WHILE A 
   MINNEAPOLIS OFFICER 
   PINNED HIM TO THE 
   GROUND PUSHING HIS 
   KNEE INTO FLOYD'S 
   NECK. 
   >> I WOULD LIKE FOR 
   THOSE OFFICERS TO BE 
   CHARGED WITH MURDER 
   BECAUSE THAT IS 
   EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
   THEY MURDERED MY 
   BROTHER. 
   >> Reporter: TODAY THE
   MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR 
   ASKED THE PROSECUTOR 
   DIRECTLY. 
   >> I'M CALLING ON HIM 
   TO CHARGE THE 
   ARRESTING OFFICER IN 
   THIS CASE. 
   >> Reporter: 
   INITIALLY, POLICE SAID
   FLOYD HAD PHYSICALLY 
   RESISTED OFFICERS 
   AFTER THEY RESPONDED 
   TO A REPORTED FORGERY 
   IN PROGRESS.
   THIS NEW CELL PHONE 
   VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT
   FLOYD STEPS OUT OF THE
   VEHICLE.
   TWO OFFICERS RESTRAIN 
   HIM.
   THEN THIS SECURITY 
   FOOTAGE FROM A NEARBY 
   BUSINESS OBTAINED BY 
   NBC NEWS SHOWS 
   OFFICERS WALKING HIM 
   ACROSS THE STREET IN 
   HANDCUFFS.
   MINUTES LATER, THIS 
   OTHER SURVEILLANCE 
   VIDEO SHOWS THE GROUP 
   OF BYSTANDERS PLEADING
   FOR OFFICERS TO LET 
   HIM BREATHE. 
   >> WHY IS IT THAT 
   PEOPLE OF COLOR, 
   ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN 
   EVEN WHEN THERE IS AN 
   ALLEGATION OF A 
   NON-VIOLENT CRIME ARE 
   MET SO VIOLENTLY BY 
   POLICE OFFICERS IN 
   AMERICA?
   >> Reporter: THE 
   46-YEAR-OLD FLOYD 
   PLAYED BASKETBALL IN 
   COLLEGE AND LIVED MOST
   OF HIS LIFE IN TEXAS 
   WORKING AS A TRUCK 
   DRIVER AND SECURITY 
   GUARD. 
   >> IF YOU GOT A CHANCE
   TO KNOW HIM, YOU WOULD
   HAVE LOVED HIM. 
   >> Reporter: LeBRON 
   JAMES POSTED THIS 
   IMAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
   OF THE OFFICER 
   KNEELING ON FLOYD WITH
   FORMER QUARTERBACK
   COLIN KAEPERNICK 
   KNEELING IN PROTEST OF
   POLICE BRUTALITY.
   LAWYERS FOR THREE OF 
   THE OFFICERS AND THE 
   POLICE UNION DECLINED 
   TO COMMENT TODAY.
   THE OTHER OFFICER'S 
   ATTORNEY HAS NOT 
   RESPONDED.
   THIS MAN OWNS THE 
   CONVENIENCE STORE 
   FLOYD HAD JUST LEFT 
   BEFORE THE ENCOUNTER.
   ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES 
   SAYS FLOYD USED A FAKE
   $20 BILL. 
   >> ALWAYS A PLEASANT 
   INDIVIDUAL AND HE MAY 
   HAVE NOT EVEN KNOWN 
   THE BILL WAS COUNTER 
   FIT.
   THE ABUSE OF POWER AND
   THE POLICE BRUTALITY 
   NEEDS TO STOP.
   >> Reporter: HUNDREDS 
   OF PROTESTERS GATHERED
   OUTSIDE OF THIS POLICE
   PRECINCT.
   OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR 
   SET UP BARRICADES.
   AUTHORITIES HOPE THE 
   PROTESTS REMAIN 
   PEACEFUL.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   GABE GUTIERREZ 
   TONIGHT, THANK YOU.  
   >>> TONIGHT IS TRAGIC 
   NEWS ON THE 
   CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
   SADLY NEWS WE'RE 
   BRACED FOR.
   AMERICA SURPASSING 
   100,000 CONFIRMED 
   DEATHS FROM COVID-19.
   TONIGHT, NEW ALARM 
   ABOUT HOW MANY MAY BE 
   SPREADING THE VIRUS 
   WITHOUT SYMPTOMS.
   HERE IS MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   AS OUR NATION 
   STRUGGLES TO PROTECT 
   PUBLIC HEALTH AND OPEN
   THE ECONOMY, A GRIM 
   REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT
   STAKE AND ALREADY 
   LOST.
   THE U.S. CORONAVIRUS 
   DEATH TOLL NOW RISING 
   ABOVE 100,000.
   THIS MAP TRACING THE 
   OUTBREAK IN ITS 
   FATEFUL EXPLOSIVE 
   SPREAD ACROSS THE 
   COUNTRY WITH 1.7 
   MILLION CONFIRMED 
   CASES A NEW POLL FINDS
   49% OF AMERICANS WOULD
   GET A COVID-19 VACCINE
   IF DEVELOPED. 
   >> YOU PROBABLY NEED 
   TO GET TO 40% OF 
   PEOPLE TAKING THE 
   VACCINE.
   IF YOU LOOK AT 
   VACCINATION RATES, 45%
   OF PEOPLE SEEK THE FLU
   VACCINE. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   AMERICANS ANXIOUS TO 
   GET BACK TO WORK, TWO 
   NEW STUDIES ARE 
   BELIEVED 80% OF 
   CORONAVIRUS CASES MAY 
   BE ASYMPTOMATIC.
   THOSE NOT SHOWING 
   SYMPTOMS SHEDDING THE 
   VIRUS FOR A SHORTER 
   PERIOD OF TIME.
   DOCTORS SAY THE TRUE 
   INDICATOR OF TROUBLE 
   ARE SPIKES IN 
   HOSPITALIZATION RATES.
   >> THIS IS GOING TO 
   GET BAD IF WE'RE NOT 
   CAREFUL. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   ALABAMA DR. MICHAEL 
   SAGG RAN OUT OF ICU 
   BEDS TWO DAYS AGO. 
   >> WE'RE LEFT WITH THE
   SAME TYPE OF CONCERN 
   THAT NEW YORK HAD, 
   SAY, SIX WEEKS AGO, 
   EIGHT WEEKS AGO, ONLY 
   WE DON'T HAVE THE 
   CAPACITY THAT NEW YORK
   HAS OR THE RESOURCES 
   TO RESPOND. 
   >> Reporter: THE ON 
   GOING STRUGGLE COMES 
   AS DISNEY LAID OUT 
   PLANS TO REOPEN JULY 
   11th.
   SIMILAR TO THOSE 
   OFFERED BY SIX FLAGS 
   CALLING FOR 
   TEMPERATURE CHECKS, 
   MASKS AND SOCIAL 
   DISTANCING IN LINE 
   WITH SOME RESTAURANTS 
   TAKING RESERVATIONS, 
   TONIGHT THE CDC 
   ADVICES REDUCED 
   SEATING AND PARTITIONS
   BETWEEN GUESTS.
   SAM BROCK IS IN SOUTH 
   BEACH. 
   >> Reporter: ON OCEAN 
   DRIVE IN MIAMI BEACH, 
   RESTAURANTS FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME TODAY CAN 
   SERVE DINERS ON SITE 
   SPREADING OUT ONTO THE
   STREET TO MAKE IT 
   HAPPEN BUT WITH HOTELS
   AND BEACHES NOT 
   OPENING FOR ANOTHER 
   WEEK, THE QUESTION IS 
   WILL DINERS EVEN COME?
   >> Reporter: ACROSS 
   THE COUNTRY IN VEGAS, 
   CASINOS ARE ROLLING 
   THE DICE ON OPENING 
   THEIR DOORS NEXT WEEK 
   WHILE AROUND LOS 
   ANGELES TODAY, SOME 
   SHOPS GOT BACK TO 
   BUSINESS FOR THE FIRST
   TIME IN MONTHS. 
   >> I GET TO GO TO 
   NORDSTROM. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   NATION'S SECOND 
   LARGEST SCHOOL 
   DISTRICT IS WORKING ON
   A PLAN TO BRING 
   CHILDREN BACK TO 
   CAMPUS IN L.A.
   IT COULD INCLUDE 16 
   KIDS TO A CLASSROOM 
   AND CHILDREN EATING 
   LUNCH AT THEIR DESK 
   AND EVERY CHILD BEING 
   GIVEN ONE BALL TO PLAY
   ALONE AND STAGGERED 
   SCHOOL DAYS.
   AS OUR COUNTRY MOVES 
   FORWARD, THERE IS 
   HEARTBREAK IN LOOKING 
   BACK.
   CODY LISTER WAS SO 
   MUCH MORE THAN JUST A 
   NUMBER IN TODAY'S GRIM
   MILESTONE OF LIVES 
   LOST. 
   >> CODY WAS THE MOST 
   KIND, GIVING, 
   COMPASSIONATE, LOVING 
   PERSON YOU WOULD EVER 
   MEET. 
   >> Reporter: THE PAIN 
   FROM ONE FAMILY, PART 
   OF THE COLLECTIVE 
   GRIEF OF A NATION.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
   >>> AS THE NATION 
   MARKED THAT MILESTONE,
   PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN
   FLORIDA FOR THE SPACEX
   LAUNCH THAT WAS 
   ULTIMATELY SCRUBBED BY
   WEATHER LATE TODAY.
   AND JUST IN, THE WHITE
   HOUSE SAYING THE 
   PRESIDENT WILL SIGN AN
   EXECUTIVE ORDER 
   CONCERNING SOCIAL 
   MEDIA AS HE ESCALATES 
   HIS FEUD WITH TWITTER.
   HERE IS PETER 
   ALEXANDER. 
   >> Reporter: AHEAD OF 
   TODAY'S SCRUBBED 
   LAUNCH, PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP TOURING NASA'S 
   CAMPUS STRIKING AN 
   UPLIFTING NOTE. 
   >> GREAT ACHIEVEMENT 
   FOR OUR COUNTRY AND 
   OUR COUNTRY IS NUMBER 
   ONE. 
   >> Reporter: MEMBERS 
   OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
   FAMILY TRAVELING WITH 
   HIM WEARING MASKS.
   THE FIRST LADY SEEN 
   WEARING HER MASK 
   ABOARD MARINE ONE.
   THE VERY DAY THE 
   COUNTRY MARKS THAT 
   TRAGIC MILESTONE, 
   100,000 LIVES LOST TO 
   THE CORONAVIRUS.
   AND TODAY, THE 
   PRESIDENT HOSTED NEW 
   YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW 
   CUOMO AT THE WHITE 
   HOUSE. 
   >> IT WAS ABOUT HOW DO
   WE SUPER CHARGE THE 
   REOPENING, ESPECIALLY 
   IN NEW YORK WHICH HAS 
   BEEN HARDEST HIT. 
   >> Reporter: NO DRAMA 
   THERE BUT THE 
   PRESIDENT IS 
   ESCALATING ANOTHER 
   BATTLE WITH TWITTER 
   AFTER THE COMPANY FOR 
   THE FIRST TIME POSTED 
   FACT CHECK LABELS ON A
   PAIR OF THE 
   PRESIDENT'S TWEETS 
   ABOUT MAIL IN BALLOTS.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   ACCUSING TWITTER OF 
   INTERFERING IN THE 20 
   20 PRESIDENTIAL 
   ELECTION AND TODAY 
   THREATENING TO 
   STRONGLY REGULATE OR 
   CLOSE THEM DOWN.
   A PRESIDENT HAS NO 
   AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN
   A PRIVATE COMPANY, AND
   THE FIRST AMENDMENT 
   LIMITS THE 
   GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY 
   TO REGULATE FREE 
   SPEECH.
   IN THE MEANTIME, TOP 
   REPUBLICANS ARE 
   TELLING PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP TO KNOCK IT OFF 
   AS HE AGAIN TODAY 
   PUSHED TO DEBUNK 
   CONSPIRACY THEORY 
   FORMER REPUBLICAN 
   CONGRESSMAN AND 
   MORNING JOE HOST JOE 
   HAD SOMETHING TO DO 
   WITH THE DEATH OF AN 
   AID.
   SHE DIED AFTER 
   ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM 
   AND HIT HER HEAD.
   SCARBOROUGH WAS IN 
   WASHINGTON AT THE 
   TIME.
   LIZ CHENEY. 
   >> WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
   OF A PANDEMIC AND HE'S
   THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF
   HIS NATION AND CAUSING
   GREAT PAIN TO THE 
   WOMAN OF THE FAMILY 
   WHO DIED. 
   >> Reporter: FOR 
   SPACEX, PRESIDENT 
   TRUMP PLANS TO FLY 
   BACK TO FLORIDA ON 
   FRIDAY FOR THE NEXT 
   SCHEDULED LAUNCH.
   LESTER?
   >> PETER ALEXANDER AT 
   THE WHITE HOUSE, 
   THANKS. 
   >> WE'RE TRACKING THE 
   THREAT FROM TROPICAL 
   DEPRESSION BERTHA 
   BRINGING HEAVY RAIN 
   AND POTENTIALLY LIFE 
   THREATENING FLOODS TO 
   THE CAROLINAS AND 
   VIRGINIA.
   IT'S THE SECOND NAMED 
   STORM TO THE SEASON 
   THAT TECHNICALLY 
   BEGINS JUNE 1st.
   >>> IT SEEMS HISTORY 
   WILL HAVE TO WAIT 
   AMERICA'S RETURN TO 
   SPACE, AS WE MENTIONED
   A MOMENT AGO, 
   POSTPONED
   MINUTES BEFORE THE 
   SPACEX ROCKET WAS SET 
   TO LIFT OFF BY BAD 
   WEATHER.
   TOM COSTELLO WAS AT 
   THE KENNEDY SPACE 
   CENTER. 
   >> A WEATHER UPDATE. 
   >> Reporter: A HUGE 
   LETDOWN AFTER A DAY 
   FILLED WITH 
   ANTICIPATION AND 
   EXCITEMENT.
   THE FIRST MANNED 
   MISSION FROM AMERICAN 
   SOIL IN NINE YEARS 
   SCRUBBED AS AN 
   AFTERNOON FLORIDA 
   STORM ROLLED THROUGH 
   THE KENNEDY SPACE 
   CENTER. 
   >> CONTINUE TO VIOLATE
   A COUPLE DIFFERENT 
   WEATHER RULES THAT WE 
   NOW DO NOT EXPECT TO 
   CLEAR IN TIME TO ALLOW
   FOR A LAUNCH TODAY. 
   >> Reporter: HIGH 
   WINDS, RAIN AND 
   LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN 
   THREATENING THE LAUNCH
   ALL DAY BUT ASTRONAUTS
   DOUG AND BOB SUITED UP
   AS MISSION MANAGERS 
   HOPED THE WEATHER 
   WOULD CLEAR ENOUGH FOR
   THE ONE LAUNCH ATTEMPT
   AT 4:33.
   ON THE SAME LAUNCH 
   PAD, 39 A THAT SENT 
   APOLLO AND SPACE 
   SHUTTLE MISSIONS INTO 
   SPACE.
   THEY BOARDED THE 
   DRAGON SPACE CAPSULE 
   AND STRAPPED IN FOR 
   LIFT OFF. 
   >> FEEL THAT. 
   >> Reporter: ONLINE, 
   MILLIONS OF SPECTATORS
   AROUND THE WORLD HAD 
   GATHERED TO WITNESS 
   HISTORY.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
   VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 
   ARRIVED AT THE CAPE 
   FOR THE BIG DAY WHILE 
   OUTSIDE THE KENNEDY 
   SPACE CENTER, 
   THOUSANDS OF 
   SPECTATORS GATHERED TO
   SEE IT IN PERSON. 
   >> THIS IS VERY COOL 
   FOR US TO BE HERE FOR 
   THE FIRST TIME TO SEE 
   A PRIVATE SPACESHIP 
   CARRY AMERICAN 
   ASTRONAUTS OFF 
   AMERICAN SOIL. 
   >> Reporter: JUST 17 
   MINUTES BEFORE LIFT 
   OFF, MISSION CONTROL 
   ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH 
   WOULD HAVE TO WAIT.
   INSIDE THEIR 
   SPACESHIP, THE 
   ASTRONAUTS SAY IT GOES
   WITH THE TERRITORY. 
   >> APPRECIATE THAT AND
   UNDERSTAND EVERYONE IS
   PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 
   BUMMED OUT.
   IT'S JUST PART OF THE 
   DEAL. 
   >> Reporter: ISOLATED 
   SINCE MARCH TO AVOID 
   COVID EXPOSURE WILL GO
   BACK INTO ISOLATION. 
   >> NASA IS ENTRUSTING 
   THE LIVES OF 
   ASTRONAUTS TO SPACEX 
   AND NASA SO WE HAVE 
   HAD OUR ENGINEERS AND 
   OUR TECHNICIANS 
   WORKING SIDE BY SIDE 
   WITH SPACEX THIS 
   ENTIRE TIME AND YES, 
   WE'RE CONFIDENT. 
   >> SO THE LAUNCH IS 
   NOW RESCHEDULED FOR 
   SATURDAY, 3:22 IN THE 
   AFTERNOON.
   IN THE WORDS OF ONE 
   NASA ADMINISTRATOR, A 
   GOOD DAY ON THE GROUND
   IS BETTER THAN A BAD 
   DAY IN THE AIR AND 
   SPACE ISN'T GOING 
   ANYWHERE.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   TOM COSTELLO, THANKS. 
   >>> TERRIFYING MOMENTS
   TODAY ON A BUSY BRIDGE
   BETWEEN KANSAS AND 
   MISSOURI.
   POLICE SAY AN ACTIVE 
   SHOOTER BEGAN FIRING 
   AT CARS SEEMINGLY AT 
   RANDOM BUT A SOLDIER 
   IS BEING HAILED AS A 
   HERO FOR HITTING THE 
   GUNMAN WITH HIS CAR.
   THE SUSPECT AND A 
   SECOND SOLDIER WHO WAS
   SHOT WAS TAKEN TO THE 
   HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE
   THREATENING INJURIES.
   >>> IN 60 SECONDS, OUR
   NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE 
   NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE 
   INSIDE THE MISSION TO 
   SAVE PRECIOUS TIME FOR
   EXCLUSIVE.
   INSIDE THE RACE TO 
   DEVELOP A NEW BLOOD 
   TEST TO IDENTIFY THE 
   MYSTERY ILLNESS 
   STRIKING CHILDREN 
   LIKELY RELATED TO 
   COVID-19.
   HERE IS BILL. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   4-YEAR-OLD TARA 
   FERNANDEZ COULD BE A 
   KEY IN THE FIGHT 
   AGAINST A MYSTERIOUS 
   DISEASE POSSIBLY 
   LINKED WITH 
   CORONAVIRUS.
   JUST TEN DAYS AGO, SHE
   WAS IN A BRITISH 
   HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR 
   HER LIFE.
   HER MOTHER SHANNON HAD
   RECOVERED FROM 
   COVID-19 WHEN SHE 
   STARTED TO GET SICK.
   WHAT WAS HURTING THE 
   MOST?
   >> MY BELLY. 
   >> Reporter: YOUR 
   BELLY.
   DID IT REALLY HURT?
   AT FIRST DOCTORS 
   INSISTED IT WAS 
   NOTHING SERIOUS BUT 
   DAYS LATER, HER 
   TEMPERATURE CONTINUED 
   SPIKING. 
   >> I SAID THAT'S WHEN 
   THEY PHONED. 
   >> Reporter: 
   CORONAVIRUS DOES NOT 
   IMPACT MOST CHILDREN 
   BUT TAYA HAD A RARE 
   AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
   CONDITION THAT'S 
   AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF 
   KIDS WORLDWIDE 
   INCLUDING IN NEW YORK 
   STATE WHERE THREE 
   DIED.
   IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR 
   HER DOCTORS TO 
   DIAGNOSE TAYA BECAUSE 
   THE SYMPTOMS KEPT 
   CHANGING AND CAME IN A
   STRANGE COMBINATION.
   RESEARCHERS ARE RACING
   A FIND A FAST ACCURATE
   WAY TO IDENTIFY THIS 
   FRIGHTENING SYNDROME 
   ASSOCIATED WITH 
   CORONAVIRUS THAT'S 
   STRIKING SOME KIDS SO 
   HARD.
   INVITING US INSIDE THE
   LAB LEADING THIS 
   URGENT EFFORT, 
   PROFESSOR MIKE LAVINE.
   >> THERE ARE 
   >> THERE ARE 
   DISTINCTIVE MARKERS IN
   THE BLOOD THAT ALLOW 
   US TO DISTINGUISH IT
   FROM OTHER CONDITIONS.
   >> Reporter: A RASH, 
   HIGH FEVER AND STOMACH
   PAINS.
   THE SCIENTISTS ARE 
   CLOSER TO DESIGNING 
   NEW BLOOD TESTS TO 
   CONFIRM THE PRESENCE 
   IMMEDIATELY. 
   >> THAT WILL MAKE SURE
   THEY GET THE RIGHT 
   TREATMENT GIVEN EARLY 
   THAT CAN PREVENT THE 
   NEED FOR CRITICAL CARE
   AND POOR OUTCOMES. 
   >> Reporter: TAYA 
   RECOVERED, ONE OF MANY
   SPEEDING UP THE 
   DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE 
   TESTS.
   THE DISEASE IS USUALLY
   TREATABLE AND THE 
   SCIENTISTS SAID IF 
   YOUR CHILD HAS ANY OF 
   THOSE SYMPTOMS, BE 
   SURE TO CONSULT A 
   DOCTOR.
   LESTER. 
   >> THANK YOU VERY 
   MUCH. 
   >>> AS THE COUNTRY 
   REOPENS, THE TASK OF 
   IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO 
   HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO 
   CORONAVIRUS AND 
   GETTING THEM TO 
   ISOLATE IS CRITICAL.
   NOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS
   ARE TRAINING TO DO 
   JUST THAT.
   HERE IS CATIE BECK. 
   >> THEY COULD POSSIBLY
   ALSO GET CORONAVIRUS. 
   >> Reporter: AN 
   AVERAGE DAY IN THE 
   LIFE OF A CONTACT 
   TRACER. 
   >> THERE IS A 
   POSSIBILITY YOU'RE 
   POSITIVE, TOO. 
   >> Reporter: SOUNDS A 
   LOT LIKE THIS. 
   >> YOU SHOULD STAY 
   AWAY FROM OTHERS 
   ENTIRELY. 
   >> Reporter: AN URGENT
   PHONE CALL TO SOMEONE 
   THAT TESTED POSITIVE 
   FOR CORONAVIRUS.
   THROWN TRACING CALLS 
   TO EVERYONE THEY HAVE 
   HAD CONTACT WITH WHILE
   CONTAGIOUS.
   GIVING WARNING AND A 
   RECOMMENDATION THAT 
   ALL STAY HOME FOR 14 
   DAYS FROM THE POSSIBLE
   EXPOSURE TO PREVENT 
   MORE SPREAD. 
   >> IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG
   ASK. 
   >> IT'S A BIG ASK AND 
   THE BEST WAY TO STOP 
   THE SPREAD IN THE 
   COMMUNITY. 
   >> Reporter: PROFESSOR
   AT JOHNS HOPKINS 
   UNIVERSITY SAYS TRACER
   HAVES EXISTED FOR 
   DECADES TRACKING THE 
   MEASLES TO HIV BUT ARE
   NOW NEEDED ON AN 
   UNPRECEDENTED SCALE.
   WITHOUT STAY-AT-HOME 
   ORDERS IN PLACE, 
   TRACERS BECOME THE 
   BEST TOOL TO FLATTEN 
   THE CURVE.
   IT'S WHY SHE AND OTHER
   PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS 
   FAST TRACKED AN ONLINE
   TRAINING.
   SINCE GOING LIVE IN 
   MID MAY, MORE THAN 
   250,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
   REGISTERED. 
   >> ABOUT HOW MANY 
   INDIVIDUALS WOULD YOU 
   SAY YOU HAVE CONTACT 
   WITH?
   >> Reporter: IN 
   GEORGIA CONTACT 
   TRACERS HAVE 
   INVESTIGATED 90% OF 
   ALL CONFIRMED COVID-19
   CASES. 
   >> RIGHT NOW IN PUBLIC
   HEALTH, IT'S AN 
   EXCITING OPPORTUNITY 
   TO INCREASE THE WORK 
   FORCE. 
   >> Reporter: SOME 
   ESTIMATES SAY THE 
   NATIONWIDE NEED FOR 
   CONTACT TRACERS COULD 
   PRODUCE AS MANY AS 
   300,000 JOBS.
   MANY WHO FIND 
   THEMSELVES UNEMPLOYED 
   ARE NOW APPLYING FOR 
   THEM. 
   >> THIS IS GOOD FOR ME
   TO FEEL LIKE I'M STILL
   HAVING A PURPOSE. 
   >> Reporter: ALISHA IS
   ONE OF 66,000 CONTACT 
   TRACERS EMPLOYED 
   ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
   THAT NUMBER IS 
   GROWING.
   THE JOB REQUIREMENTS 
   VARY STATE TO STATE 
   BUT MOST REQUIRE 
   LITTLE OR NO 
   EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC 
   HEALTH.
   SOME MAJOR CITIES LIKE
   SAN FRANCISCO ARE 
   CONVERTING CITY 
   EMPLOYEES LIKELY 
    LIBRARIANS TO FILL 
   THE ROLE.
   THEY CAN EARN BETWEEN 
   17 AND $25 AN HOUR.
   GIRLY SAYS THE WORK IS
   VITAL AS NORMAL LIFE 
   RESUMES. 
   >> OUR WAY OUT IS 
   CONTACT TRACING.
   THIS IS HOW WE CAN 
   >>> TONIGHT IN THE 
   MIDDLE OF THIS 
   PANDEMIC WE'RE 
   REMEMBERING A 
   LEGENDARY ACTIVIST 
   THAT SOUNDED THE ALARM
   ABOUT ANOTHER EPIDEMIC
   AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY
   PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO 
   LISTEN.
   HERE IS CYNTHIA 
   MCFADDEN. 
   >> AN EPIDEMIC OF A 
   RARE FORM OF CANCER. 
   >> Reporter: BEFORE 
   THE DISEASE HAD A 
   NAME, LARRY KRAMER WAS
   FIGHTING AIDS.
   HE FOUNDED THE FIRST 
   ORGANIZATION TO 
   ADVOCATE FOR THE 
   PREVENTION AND 
   TREATMENT OF AIDS. 
   >> THE FIRST COUPLE 
   YEARS, ALMOST 
   EVERYBODY IN THERE 
   DIED.
   I'M NOT JOKING.
   IT WAS LIKE WE WERE AT
   WARTIME. 
   >> Reporter: WHILE 
   LARRY KRAMER BEGAN HIS
   CAREER WRITING MOVIES 
   WINNING AN OSCAR 
   NOMINATION FOR "WOMEN 
   IN LOVE" IT WAS HISSED
   A ADVOCACY WORK THAT 
   BROUGHT HIM FAME.
   HIS 1985 PLAY "THE 
   NORMAL HEART" LATER 
   ADAPTED BY HBO BROUGHT
   THE AIDS PAIN TO 
   FAMILIES ACROSS THE 
   WORLD. 
   >> PLEASE GOD, GIVE US
   ONE MORE YEAR. 
   >> Reporter: BY 1987, 
   MORE THAN 16,000 
   PEOPLE WERE DEAD.
   FRUSTRATED WITH 
   GOVERNMENT INACTIONS, 
   KRAMER FOUNDED ACT UP 
   WHOSE PROTESTS OF 
   POLITICIANS, DOCTORS 
   AND THE CATHOLIC 
   CHURCH ANGERED MANY 
   INCLUDING FELLOW 
   ACTIVISTS. 
   >> I'M SO SICK OF 
   HEARING ABOUT OUR 
   TACTICS DEFENDING 
   PEOPLE.
   THE VIETNAM WAR WAS 
   NOT ENDED BY PEOPLE 
   BEING NICE.
   NICE PEOPLE WALK INTO 
   GAS CHAMBERS. 
   >> Reporter: THOSE 
   PROTESTS EXCEEDED 
   PRESSURING THE FDA TO 
   PROVIDE AIDS PATIENTS 
   ACCESS TO POTENTIALLY 
   LIFE SAVING DRUGS 
   BEFORE THEY WERE 
   PROVEN EFFECTIVE. 
   >> HE'S A HISTORIC 
   FIGURE. 
   >> Reporter: DIAGNOSED
   WITH HIV AND HEPATITIS
   B IN 1998, HE RECEIVED
   A LIVER TRANSPLANT IN 
   2001.
   REVERED BY MANY, HE'S 
   REMAINED CONTROVERSIAL
   BY SOME FOR EARLY WORK
   CRITICIZING GAY 
   PROMISCUITY. 
   >> THERE IS A KID THAT
   SAYS THANK YOU FOR 
   SAVING MY LIFE.
   THAT MAKES ME WANT TO 
   CRY.
   THAT MAKES IT WORTH 
   IT. 
   >> Reporter: A 
   LIFETIME DEDICATED TO 
   SAVING LIVES BY 
   REFUSING TO REMAIN 
   SILENT.
   
   >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A
   MIRACLE BABY HOME FROM
   THE HOSPITAL.
   HERE IS KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN. 
   >> Reporter: WHEN 
   LITTLE LIIA TORREZ 
   CAME INTO THIS WORLD, 
   HER MOTHER DIDN'T 
   KNOW.
   MOM WAS CRITICALLY ILL
   WITH CORONAVIRUS IN AN
   INDUCED COMA.
   DOCTORS DELIVERED THE 
   BABY 11 WEEKS EARLY TO
   SAVE THEM BOTH.
   LEAH WAS 2.15 POUNDS 
   BUT ALREADY A FIGHTER.
   WHEN SHE WOKE UP, SHE 
   FOUND OUT SHE WAS A 
   MOM AND TODAY GOT 
   EMOTIONAL RECALLING 
   HOW SHE COULDN'T EVEN 
   HOLD HER BABY.
   SHE RECOVERED AND LEAH
   GREW AND TODAY GOT TO 
   MEET HER BIG SISTER 
   AND FINALLY GO HOME 
   WITH HER FAMILY.
   AFTER WEEKS OF FEAR 
   AND WORRY, TONIGHT A 
   FAMILY TOGETHER 
   CELEBRATING LIFE.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS, NEW YORK. 
   >> SOMETHING TO FEEL 
   GOOD ABOUT.
   THAT IS "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
   I'M LESTER HOLT.
   PLEASE TAKE CARE OF 
   YOURSELF AND EACH 
   OTHER.
   YOURSELF AND EACH 
   OTHER.
   GOOD NIGHT.
