   CONVERGING IN THE 
   NATION'S 
   CAPITAL TO PROTEST 
   RACIAL 
   INJUSTICE.
   THE MASSIVE GATHERING 
   ON THE 
   57th ANNIVERSARY OF 
   THE MARCH ON 
   WASHINGTON CAPPING OFF
   A SUMMER 
   OF PROTESTS ACROSS 
   AMERICA.
   AMONG THE SPEAKERS ON 
   THE MALL, 
   THE FAMILIES OF GEORGE
   FLOYD AND 
   JACOB BLAKE.
   AND BLAKE'S FATHER 
   OUTRAGED HIS 
   SON WAS SHACKLED TO A 
   HOSPITAL 
   BED
   AFTER AN OFFICER'S 
   BULLETS LEFT 
   HIM PARALYZED.
   THE BREAKING 
   DEVELOPMENT LATE 
   TODAY AND THE NAMES OF
   THE TWO 
   OTHER OFFICERS 
   REVEALED. 
   >>> IT'S ON.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   RALLYING TONIGHT 
   IN A KEY BATTLEGROUND.
   AFTER ACCEPTING THE 
   GOP NOMINATION.
   THE PRESIDENT
   CALLING JOE BIDEN THE 
   DESTROYER 
   OF AMERICAN GREATNESS.
   WE'LL TELL YOU HOW 
   BIDEN IS 
   FIRING BACK. 
   >>> HURRICANE LAURA'S 
   RISING 
   TOLL.
   AT LEAST 14 DEAD AND 
   THE 
   STUNNING NEW IMAGES.
   THE TRUE SCOPE OF THE 
   DEVASTATION REVEALED. 
   >>> THE FORMER POOL 
   ATTENDANT IN 
   THE JERRY Falwell JR. 
   SCANDAL 
   SPEAKING OUT.
   WHY HE DECIDED TO GO 
   PUBLIC 
   ABOUT HIS AFFAIR WITH 
   FALWELL'S WIFE.
   >>> THE FIRST 
   POTENTIAL CASE IN 
   THE U.S. OF A PATIENT 
   REINFECTED. 
   >>> AND TAKING A 
   STAND.
   NO PLAYOFF GAMES 
   TONIGHT IN THE 
   NBA.
   MORE MLB PLAYERS 
   JOINING THE 
   WALK-OUT.
   WHEN AND WHY NBA 
   PLAYERS HAVE 
   AGREED TO RETURN. 
   >>> THIS IS NBC 
   "NIGHTLY NEWS" 
   WITH LESTER HOLT.
   >>> GOOD EVENING, 
   EVERYONE.
   THE PAST AND PRESENT 
   OF 
   AMERICA'S RACIAL 
   STRUGGLES 
   COLLIDED ON THE 
   WASHINGTON MALL 
   TODAY.
   57 YEARS AFTER MARTIN 
   LUTHER 
   KING JR.'S I HAVE A 
   DREAM 
   SPEECH, THOUSANDS 
   GATHERED AT 
   THE SITE OF THAT 
   ADDRESS TO MARK 
   HISTORY AND LAMENT THE
   FUTURE OF 
   A CAUSE NOW FRAMED BY 
   UNREST IN 
   THE STREETS.
   NAMES LIKE GEORGE 
   FLOYD AND MOST 
   RECENTLY JACOB BLAKE 
   AND NOW A 
   BARE KNUCKLES 
   PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
   GEOFF BENNETT IS 
   THERE. 
   >> Reporter: THOUSANDS
   OF 
   DEMONSTRATORS TODAY 
   LINED THE 
   STEPS OF THE LINCOLN 
   MEMORIAL 
   AND PACKED THE 
   NATIONAL MALL TO 
   DEMAND JUSTICE, 57 
   YEARS TO THE 
   DAY AFTER DR. 
   MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
   DELIVERED HIS I HAVE A
   DREAM 
   SPEECH AT THE MARCH ON
   WASHINGTON. 
   >> WE DIDN'T JUST COME
   TODAY TO 
   HAVE A SHOW.
   DEMONSTRATION WITHOUT 
   LEGISLATION WILL NOT 
   LEAD TO 
   CHANGE. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   REVEREND AL 
   SHARPTON ORGANIZED THE
   EVENT 
   FOLLOWING THE POLICE 
   KILLING OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD
   TO CHANNEL THE OUTRAGE
   INTO 
   ACTION.
   ACTIVISTS TODAY 
   CALLING FOR 
   POLICING REFORM WHILE 
   DEMANDING 
   EQUAL ACCESS TO THE 
   BALLOT BOX 
   AND AN END TO SYSTEMIC
   RACISM.
   FRIDAY'S MARCH TAKING 
   PLACE 
   DURING A SUMMER OF 
   PROTESTS 
   DURING POLICE VIOLENCE
   AGAINST BLACK 
   AMERICANS.
   THE LATEST 29-YEAR-OLD
   JACOB 
   BLAKE SHOT SEVEN TIMES
   IN CLOSE 
   RANGE IN THE BACK.
   HIS FATHER TRAVELED TO
   WASHINGTON FOR THE 
   MARCH. 
   >> YOU HAVEN'T MOVED 
   TOO FAR IN 
   60 YEARS BECAUSE WHEN 
   OPPRESSION 
   IS OPPRESSION, IT ONLY
   ALLOWS 
   YOU TO MOVE SO FAR. 
   >> Reporter: THAT 
   SENTIMENT 
   SHARED BY OTHERS WE 
   TALK TO TODAY. 
   >> I HATE FOR MY 
   DAUGHTER TO SEE ON 
   SOCIAL MEDIA HER 
   FATHER BEING KILLED.
   AS A MAN, YOU HAVE TO 
   BE
   SO STRONG.
   YOU HAVE TO BE SO 
   POWERFUL.
   I CAN'T SHOW MY TEARS.
   YOU KNOW WHAT I'M 
   SAYING.
   IF YOU SHOW THEM THE 
   TEARS, IT 
   GIVES THEM THE POWER. 
   >> I HAVE A BIRACIAL 
   FAMILY AND 
   WE HAVE OUR FIRST SON 
   THAT'S 
   GOING TO BE BORN IN 
   THE NEXT COUPLE 
   MONTHS.
   WHEN HE LEARNS 
   EVERYTHING THAT'S 
   HAPPENING NOW AND HE 
   ASKS ME, 
   WHAT DID YOU DO?
   I CAN'T LOOK MY SON IN
   THE EYE 
   AND TELL HIM I SAT AND
   I 
   SCROLLED TWITTER.
   IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME 
   THAT I 
   SHOW HIM YOUR DAD WAS 
   THERE.
   YOUR DAD SHOWED UP. 
   >> Reporter: ARE YOU 
   GOING TO 
   MARCH?
   >> DEFINITELY. 
   >> Reporter: HOW ARE 
   YOU GOING 
   TO FEEL?
   >> I'LL PROBABLY BREAK
   DOWN AND 
   CRY, TO BE HONEST WITH
   YOU. 
   >> AMERICANS ARE 
   MARCHING 
   TOGETHER MANY FOR THE 
   FIRST TIME 
   AND WE'RE DEMANDING 
   REAL, 
   LASTING, STRUCTURAL 
   CHANGE. 
   >> Reporter: AFTER THE
   SPEECHES, THE TENS OF 
   THOUSANDS
   OF DEMONSTRATORS SET 
   OFF TO THE 
   MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
   MEMORIAL 
   WHILE FIGHTING TO MAKE
   HIS 
   DREAM RING TRUE.
   GEOFF BENNETT, NBC 
   NEWS WASHINGTON.
   >>> AND THE FATHER OF 
   JACOB
   BLAKE WE JUST HEARD 
   FROM SAYS HE 
   WAS OUTRAGED TO FIND 
   HIS SON WAS 
   SHACKLED IN THE 
   HOSPITAL AFTER 
   HE WAS LEFT PARALYZED 
   BY THAT 
   POLICE SHOOTING.
   TONIGHT BLAKE'S 
   ATTORNEY SAYS THE
   SHACKLES WERE REMOVED.
   GABE GUTIERREZ COMES 
   TO US FROM KENOSHA, 
   WISCONSIN.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   THE 
   SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS 
   BOND WAS 
   POSTED IN JACOB 
   BLAKE'S CASE AND 
   THAT HE'S NO LONGER 
   SHACKLED TO 
   HIS HOSPITAL BED.
   WISCONSIN'S TOP LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT 
   OFFICER RESPONDING 
   LATE TODAY. 
   >> DO YOU BELIEVE IT 
   WAS 
   APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO
   BE 
   SHACKLED TO THE BED 
   GIVEN THAT 
   HE WAS PARALYZED FROM 
   THE WAIST 
   DOWN?
   >> I DO NOT THINK THAT
   MR. BLAKE 
   SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 
   HANDCUFFS, 
   NO. 
   >> Reporter: EARLIER 
   KENOSHA OFFICIALS SAID
   THE
   CONSTRAINTS ARE 
   STANDARD 
   PROCEDURE.
   >> HE WAS ARRESTED FOR
   AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT
   ON THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL
   ASSAULT.
   >> Reporter: TODAY 
   STATE 
   AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED
   TWO MORE 
   OFFICERS AT THE SCENE 
   OF THE 
   SHOOTING.
   INVESTIGATOR SAY AN 
   OFFICER 
   UNSUCCESSFULLY 
   DEPLOYED HIS 
   TASER AND AFTER A 
   WOMAN CALLED 
   911 SAYING HER 
   BOYFRIEND WASN'T 
   SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE 
   PREMISES.
   WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY 
   GENERAL SAYS
   ONLY OFFICER RUSTEN 
   SHESKEY 
   FIRED HIS GUN. 
   AND THAT BLAKE 
   ADMITTED TO 
   AUTHORITIES HE HAD A 
   KNIFE.
   >> Reporter: HE WAS 
   INTERVIEWED 
   AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOT
   SEVEN 
   TIMES?
   >> THERE HAVE BEEN A 
   NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS 
   CONDUCTED IN THIS 
   CASE.
   >> Reporter: TODAY A 
   COURT 
   HEARING WAS POSTPONED 
   IN ILLINOIS FOR KYLE
   RITTENHOUSE, THE WHITE
   TEENAGER 
   CHARGED WITH THE 
   MURDER OF TWO 
   PROTESTERS EARLIER 
   THIS WEEK.
   RITTENHOUSE'S ATTORNEY
   SAYS THIS 
   WAS CLASSIC 
   SELF-DEFENSE, AND 
   WE'RE GOING TO PROVE 
   IT.
   BUT RITTENHOUSE'S CASE
   OUTRAGED 
   BLAKE'S FAMILY AFTER 
   HE WAS SEEN 
   IN THIS VIDEO WALKING 
   BY POLICE AFTER THE 
   GUNFIRE BEFORE BEING 
   ARRESTED HOURS LATER.
   >> THEY LET HIM 
   LITERALLY GO 
   HOME.
   SO THAT TELLS YOU A 
   BLACK MAN 
   WHO IS MAKING NO 
   THREAT TO THE 
   POLICE, WALKING AWAY 
   FROM THEM, 
   IS SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN
   THE BACK.
   A WHITE MAN KILLS TWO 
   PEOPLE AND 
   WALKS BY THE POLICE 
   AND IS NOT 
   SHOT AND NOT KILLED. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   POLICE CHIEF 
   SAYS THE OFFICERS DID 
   NOT KNOW 
   RITTENHOUSE WAS A 
   SUSPECT. 
   >> I BELIEVE EVERYBODY
   OUT
   THERE IN LAW 
   ENFORCEMENT HAS 
   BEEN FRIENDLY TO BOTH 
   SIDES. 
   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
   TRUMP IS 
   BLAMING THE PROTESTS 
   ON POOR 
   LEADERSHIP IN WHAT HE 
   CALLS 
   DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES. 
   >> THAT IS SOMEONE WHO
   IS ILL 
   INFORMED OF OUR 
   COMMUNITY. 
   >> Reporter: KENOSHA'S
   MAYOR.
   HOW MUCH OF THE
   INCREASED TENSION WAS 
   DUE TO THE 
   MILITIAS THAT CAME 
   HERE. 
   >> I AM ONE OF THOSE 
   WHO THINK 
   THAT THE MILITIAS 
   CREATE PART OF 
   THE PROBLEM. 
   I DO NOT WANT THEM 
   HERE.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT 
   MORE 
   NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS
   HAVE 
   ARRIVED HERE IN 
   KENOSHA TO HELP 
   KEEP THE PEACE THIS 
   WEEKEND.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT, GABE 
   GUTIERREZ 
   TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU.
   >>> LET'S TURN TO THE 
   2020 RACE.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK 
   ON THE 
   CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN A 
   KEY 
   BATTLEGROUND A DAY 
   AFTER 
   ACCEPTING HIS 
   NOMINATION AT THE 
   REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
   CONVENTION, 
   DISHING OUT PRETTY 
   SHARP ATTACKS 
   AGAINST JOE BIDEN.
   WE GET MORE NOW FROM 
   HALLIE 
   JACKSON. 
   >> Reporter: WITH THE 
   SWING 
   STATE BATTLE BEGINNING
   IN 
   EARNEST NOW, PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   TRAVELING TONIGHT TO A
   RALLY IN 
   NEW HAMPSHIRE.
   HE'S LOOKING TO KEEP 
   UP 
   CONVENTION MOMENTUM 
   AFTER HIS 
   ACCEPTANCE SPEECH LAST
   NIGHT. 
   >> I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT
   THIS 
   NOMINATION FOR 
   PRESIDENT OF THE 
   UNITED STATES. 
   >> TRUMP'S 2020 
   LIGHTING UP THE 
   NATIONAL MALL, BUT THE
   REAL 
   FIREWORKS STARTED MUCH
   EARLIER. 
   >> HOW CAN THE 
   DEMOCRAT PARTY 
   ASK TO LEAD OUR 
   COUNTRY WHEN IT 
   SPENDS SO MUCH TIME 
   TEARING DOWN 
   OUR COUNTRY?
   >> Reporter: A 
   BLISTERING ATTACK 
   ON JOE BIDEN -- 
   >> BIDEN IS A TROJAN 
   HORSE FOR 
   SOCIALISM. 
   >> Reporter: -- THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   PAINTED THE FORMER 
   VICE 
   PRESIDENT AS BEHOLDEN 
   TO AN 
   EXTREME AGENDA. 
   >> THIS ELECTION WILL 
   DECIDE 
   WHETHER WE WILL DEFEND
   THE 
   AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE 
   OR WHETHER 
   WE WILL ALLOW A 
   RADICAL MOVEMENT 
   TO COMPLETELY 
   DISMANTLE AND 
   DESTROY IT. 
   >> Reporter: AFTER 
   MONDAY'S RNC 
   EVENT IN CHARLOTTE 
   WHERE WE 
   LEARNED TODAY FOUR 
   PEOPLE TESTED 
   POSITIVE FOR COVID, 
   THE 
   PRESIDENT DELIVERED 
   HIS REMARKS 
   IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF
   1,500 ON 
   THE SOUTH LAWN.
   NO SOCIAL DISTANCING, 
   FEW MASKS, 
   USING THE WHITE HOUSE 
   BACKDROP 
   TO HIS POLITICAL 
   ADVANTAGE. 
   >> WHAT'S THE NAME OF 
   THAT 
   BUILDING?
   THE FACT IS WE'RE HERE
   AND 
   THEY'RE NOT.
   >> Reporter: BIDEN ON 
   TWITTER 
   WRITING INSTEAD OF 
   LEADING BY 
   EXAMPLE, YOU HOSTED A 
   SUPER 
   SPREADER EVENT ON THE 
   SOUTH 
   LAWN.
   WHEN WILL YOU TAKE THE
   PRESIDENCY SERIOUSLY?
   AND ASKING, IS DONALD 
   TRUMP EVEN 
   AWARE HE'S PRESIDENT?
   THAT'S AFTER PRESIDENT
   TRUMP 
   CAST HIMSELF AS AN 
   OUTSIDER, 
   MORE CHALLENGER THAN 
   INCUMBENT, 
   WHO CAN FIX THE 
   COUNTRY HE'S LED 
   FOR FOUR YEARS. 
   >> THE BEST IS YET TO 
   COME.
   >> FOUR MORE YEARS!
   >> FOUR MORE YEARS!
   >> Reporter: IN MAKING
   HIS CASE, 
   IN THE SECOND LONGEST 
   ACCEPTANCE 
   SPEECH EVER, THE 
   PRESIDENT 
   HIGHLIGHTED THE 
   ECONOMY, 
   PROMISING TO CREATE 
   TEN MILLION 
   JOBS IN THE NEXT TEN 
   MONTHS. 
   >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO
   REDUCE 
   TAXES AND REGULATIONS 
   AT LEVELS 
   NOT SEEN BEFORE. 
   >> Reporter: AND HE 
   EMPHASIZED 
   HIS SUCCESSES, AT 
   TIMES WITH 
   MISLEADING CLAIMS LIKE
   ON THE 
   CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
   HE PROMISED A VACCINE 
   SOON. 
   >> WE WILL HAVE A SAFE
   AND 
   EFFECTIVE VACCINE THIS
   YEAR.
   AND TOGETHER WE WILL 
   CRUSH THE 
   VIRUS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   REALITY, MOST 
   HEALTH EXPERTS SAY 
   THAT TIME 
   LINE WOULD BE TOO 
   AMBITIOUS AND 
   INSTEAD ARE LOOKING TO
   NEXT YEAR 
   FOR WIDE DISTRIBUTION.
   >> Reporter: AS TO 
   HEALTH 
   CARE -- 
   >> WE WILL ALWAYS 
   PROTECT 
   PATIENTS WITH 
   PRE-EXISTING 
   CONDITIONS, AND THAT 
   IS A PLEDGE 
   FROM THE ENTIRE 
   REPUBLICAN 
   PARTY.
   >> Reporter: BUT HIS 
   OWN 
   ADMINISTRATION IS 
   SUING TO 
   DISMANTLE THE 
   AFFORDABLE CARE 
   ACT WHICH PROTECTS 
   PEOPLE WITH 
   PRE-EXISTING 
   CONDITIONS AND SO 
   FAR NO REPLACEMENT 
   PLAN FROM THE 
   PRESIDENT. 
   >> HALLIE JOINS ME NOW
   FROM THE 
   WHITE HOUSE.
   THE PRESIDENT ALSO 
   MADE A 
   SURPRISE PARDON TODAY 
   BEFORE HE 
   DEPARTED. 
   >> Reporter: HE DID.
   THE PRESIDENT GRANTED 
   THAT FULL PARDON TO 
   ALICE JOHNSON.
   HER LIFE SENTENCE FOR 
   A NONVIOLENT DRUG 
   OFFENSE HAD ALREADY 
   BEEN COMMUTED BY 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP.
   AND IN A SPEECH DURING
   THE CONVENTION, SHE 
   PRAISED HIS PASSION 
   AND ACTION ON THE 
   FIRST STEP ACT.
   >>> IN A STORMY 
   WASHINGTON 
   TONIGHT AND THE 
   WEATHER IS WHERE 
   WE TURN.
   THE TOLL RISING FROM 
   HURRICANE 
   LAURA.
   AT LEAST 14 DEATHS NOW
   BLAMED ON 
   THE STORM AND NEW 
   IMAGES 
   REVEALING THE MASSIVE 
   DESTRUCTION.
   MORGAN CHESKY IS 
   THERE. 
   >> SOME SERIOUS STUFF 
   HERE.
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT A
   GLIMPSE 
   OF HURRICANE LAURA'S 
   WRATH FROM 
   THE AIR.
   THIS IS CAMERON, 
   LOUISIANA, 
   GROUND ZERO.
   THE STORM TOSSING 
   HOMES INTO THE 
   STREETS.
   THE TOWN NOW CUT OFF. 
   >> THE WATER IS OVER 
   THE ROAD?
   >> YES. 
   >> Reporter: THOSE WHO
   COULD GET 
   HOME FACE A BRUTAL 
   REALITY 
   CHECK. 
   >> IT'S A WAR ZONE.
   IT REALLY IS.
   IT LOOKS LIKE A 
   TORNADO CAME 
   THROUGH MORE THAN A 
   HURRICANE. 
   >> Reporter: IN SAINT 
   CHARLES A 
   PAINFUL BEFORE AND 
   AFTER.
   THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR
   THE HIGH SCHOOL NEARLY
   FLATTENED BY THE 
   DEVASTATING 
   WINDS.
   THE HOME SCATTERED IN 
   PIECES. 
   >> I KNOW THE ISSUES 
   AND THE 
   PROBLEMS WE'RE GOING 
   TO HAVE. 
   >> Reporter: THOSE 
   TASKED WITH 
   HELPING NEEDING HELP 
   THEMSELVES. 
   THE SHERIFFS 
   DEPARTMENT WAS HIT 
   HARD.
   >> WE HAVE A LOT OF 
   DAMAGE HERE 
   IN OUR OFFICE, BUT 
   WE'RE WORKING 
   THROUGH ALL THAT AND 
   TRYING TO 
   BALANCE THAT WITH 
   PROTECTING OUR 
   COMMUNITY, WHICH IS 
   WHAT WE DO. 
   >> Reporter: AND IN 
   TEXAS WHILE 
   THE STATE WAS MOSTLY 
   SPARED, 
   TONIGHT A TRAGEDY IN 
   PORT ARTHUR 
   WHERE WE HAVE LEARNED 
   THREE 
   FISHERMEN DIED FROM 
   CARBON 
   MONOXIDE INSIDE THIS 
   BUILDING 
   WHILE SHELTERING FROM 
   THE STORM.
   BACK IN LOUISIANA, 
   NBA'S
   SAM BROCK WITH THE 
   NATIONAL 
   GUARD USING HIGH WATER
   VEHICLES 
   TO REACH THOSE STILL 
   TRAPPED.
   HOW ARE YOU FEELING 
   GOING 
   THROUGH ALL THIS?
   >> I'M DEVASTATED.
   IT'S JUST SAD.
   IT'S SAD.
   BUT WE MADE IT.
   AND ME AND MY HUSBAND 
   AND MY TWO 
   DOGS WE MADE IT ALIVE.
   >> Reporter: BUT NOW 
   SO MANY 
   FACING A CLEANUP 
   COMPLICATED BY 
   WIDESPREAD POWER 
   OUTRAGES.
   IN LAKE CHARLES LAURA 
   TOOK OUT 
   HALF OF THE CITY'S 
   WATER 
   TREATMENT PLANTS.
   NOW MANY WHO WOULD 
   LIKE TO COME 
   HOME ARE CHOOSING NOT 
   TO. 
   >> WE'RE OUT OF POWER 
   AND WATER 
   UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
   >> Reporter: THEY 
   STILL DON'T 
   KNOW IF THEIR HOUSE 
   SURVIVED.
   THE COUPLE WOULD HAVE 
   STAYED 
   BEHIND BUT DECIDED TO 
   EVACUATE, 
   NOT WANTING TO RISK 
   THE BIRTH OF 
   THEIR FIRST CHILD, A 
   LITTLE 
   GIRL, ALREADY PASSED 
   DUE.
   >> IT'S GOING TO BE 
   DIFFICULT 
   BEING HOURS AWAY FOR 
   OUR FIRST 
   CHILD, BUT WE HAVE TO 
   DO WHAT WE 
   HAVE TO DO TO KEEP US 
   SAFE AND 
   COMFORTABLE. 
   >> Reporter: ADDING TO
   THE TRULY 
   DEVASTATING SCENES 
   WE'RE SEEING 
   HERE, EVEN MORE HEART 
   BREAK IN LOUISIANA.
   A SHERIFF CONFIRMING
   FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
   FOUND DEAD 
   INSIDE A HOME FROM 
   CARBON 
   MONOXIDE POISONING.
   LESTER?
   >> ALL RIGHT.
   MORG
   MORGAN CHESKY TONIGHT,
   THANKS.
   >>> A TRAGIC ACCIDENT 
   IN 
   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
   TWO U.S. SOLDIERS 
   KILLED, THREE 
   INJURED DURING A 
   TRAINING 
   EXERCISE INVOLVING AN 
   AIRCRAFT 
   OFF OF SAN DIEGO 
   YESTERDAY.
   THAT INVESTIGATION IS 
   UNDERWAY.
   >>> WE'RE BACK IN 60 
   SECONDS 
   WITH THE OTHER MAN IN 
   THE JERRY 
   Falwell JR. SCANDAL.
   >>> TONIGHT THE MAN AT
   THE 
   CENTER OF THE JERRY 
   Falwell JR. 
   SCANDAL IS SPEAKING 
   OUT CALLING 
   FOR INVESTIGATION AND 
   GIVING NEW 
   DETAILS ABOUT HIS 
   RELATIONSHIP 
   WITH FALWELL'S WIFE.
   HE SPOKE WITH ANNE 
   THOMPSON 
   LATER TODAY. 
   >> Reporter: THE MAN 
   MIND THE FALL OF JERRY
   FALWELL JR. TONIGHT 
   DEFENDING HIMSELF.
   GIANCARLO Granda 
   INSISTING HE IS 
   NOT TRYING TO EXTORT 
   Falwell AND 
   HIS WIFE BECKY. 
   >> NO, I'M NOT.
   THAT ALLEGATION IS 
   COMPLETELY FALSE.
   I JUST WANT TO MOVE ON
   WITH MY 
   LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: HE SAYS 
   HE WAS 20 
   YEARS OLD WHEN AS A 
   MIAMI HOTEL 
   POOL ATTENDANT HE 
   BEGAN AN 
   AFFAIR WITH BECKY 
   Falwell AND 
   JERRY Falwell WATCHED.
   WHEN HIS WIFE AND 
   GRANDA WERE TOGETHER.
   >> JERRY WAS IN THE 
   ROOM LAYING -- YOU 
   KNOW, THERE WAS TWO 
   BEDS.
   HE WAS LAYING ON ONE 
   BED DRUNK 
   AND GIGGLING.
   I TOLD HIM, HEY, IF AT
   ANY POINT 
   YOU FEEL, YOU KNOW, 
   JEALOUS OR 
   UPSET OR ANYTHING, 
   JUST LET ME 
   KNOW AND I'LL WALK OUT
   OF HERE. 
   >> Reporter: FALWELL 
   THEN PRESIDENT OF 
   LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 
   THIS WEEK
   ACKNOWLEDGED THE 
   AFFAIR TO THE 
   WASHINGTON EXAMINER, 
   BUT SAID HE 
   KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT 
   AT THE 
   TIME AND HAD NO 
   INVOLVEMENT.
   HOW LONG WAS JERRY 
   Falwell JR. 
   INVOLVED IN THIS 
   AFFAIR?
   >> SINCE DAY ONE, 
   MARCH 2012. 
   >> Reporter: TO BACK 
   UP HIS 
   CLAIM, HE PRODUCED A 
   TAPE OF A PHONE CALL 
   HE SAYS IS WITH BECKY 
   IN 2018.
   >> HE'S TELLING ME 
   EVERY TIME HE HOOKS UP
   WITH PEOPLE, LIKE I 
   DON'T HAVE
   FEELINGS OR SOMETHING.
   >> YOU'RE GONNA MAKE 
   HIM JEALOUS 
   THEN. 
   >> Reporter: HE WENT 
   INTO 
   BUSINESS WITH THE 
   COUPLE IN 2013 
   RUNNING A MIAMI 
   HOSTILE.
   ACCORDING TO Granda, 
   THEY ARE 
   STILL LEGALLY TIED. 
   >> I WANT TO BREAK 
   FREE, BUT 
   IT'S NOT JUST THAT.
   I THINK ENOUGH IS 
   ENOUGH AND 
   ABUSE OF POWER NEEDS 
   TO BE -- I 
   MEAN, IT NEEDS TO BE 
   ADDRESSED.
   I REALLY THINK THAT 
   THERE SHOULD 
   BE AN INDEPENDENT 
   INVESTIGATION 
   INTO LIBERTY 
   UNIVERSITY. 
   I WANT TO BREAK FREE.
   I WANT TO GET OUT OF 
   THIS.
   I DON'T WANT TO BE 
   AFFILIATED WITH THIS 
   FAMILY.
   >> Reporter: THE 
   FALWELL'S DID 
   NOT RETURN OUR REQUEST
   FOR 
   COMMENT.
   EARLIER THIS WEEK 
   Falwell 
   ACCUSED Granda OF 
   INCREASINGLY 
   THREATENING BEHAVIOR.
   TONIGHT GRANDA INSISTS
   HE IS THE ONE TELLING 
   THE TRUTH.
   ANNE THOMPSON, NBC 
   NEWS.
   >>> THERE IS NEWS 
   TONIGHT 
   RAISING MORE QUESTIONS
   OVER 
   WHETHER CORONAVIRUS 
   SURVIVORS 
   HAVE SOME MEASURE OF 
   IMMUNITY.
   RESEARCHERS BELIEVE 
   THEY FOUND 
   THE FIRST CASE IN THE 
   U.S. OF A 
   PERSON WHO CAUGHT IT 
   FOR A 
   SECOND TIME.
   A RENO, NEVADA MAN WHO
   TESTED POSITIVE IN 
   APRIL
   APPARENTLY RECOVERED, 
   THEN GOT 
   SICK AGAIN IN LATE 
   MAY.
   >>> AND EVEN AFTER 
   RECOVERING 
   FROM COVID, THE STIGMA
   CAN 
   LINGER, LEAVING SOME 
   RELUCTANT 
   TO TALK ABOUT THEIR 
   ILLNESS, 
   WHICH MAKES CONTACT 
   TRACING MORE 
   DIFFICULT.
   LET'S GET MORE ON THAT
   TONIGHT 
   FROM KRISTEN 
   DAHLGREN'S CANDID 
   CONVERSATION WITH TWO 
   SURVIVORS.
   >> Reporter: WHEN THIS
   HEALTH 
   CARE WORKER TESTED 
   POSITIVE FOR 
   COVID-19 BACK IN 
   MARCH, HER 
   COUGH WAS SO BAD SHE 
   WASN'T SURE 
   SHE WOULD MAKE IT. 
   >> I WAS SO DEVASTATED
   AND I WAS 
   SCARED.
   AND I THOUGHT I NEED 
   TO WRITE A 
   WILL. 
   >> Reporter: BUT HER 
   RELIEF AT 
   RECOVERING WAS QUICKLY
   REPLACED 
   BY A FEELING OF 
   ISOLATION, EVEN 
   AFTER SHE TESTED 
   NEGATIVE AND 
   RETURNED TO WORK. 
   >> PEOPLE THAT I ATE 
   DINNER WITH 
   FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS I
   NOTICED 
   WEREN'T COMING IN THE 
   ROOM.
   I ACTUALLY BROKE DOWN 
   AND CRIED.
   I FELT LIKE A LEPER.
   THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO
   DESCRIBE 
   THAT. 
   >> Reporter: DESHAWNA 
   BALLARD 
   KNOWS THE FEELING. 
   >> I FELT LIKE AN 
   ALIEN, 
   HONESTLY. 
   >> Reporter: SHE'S HAD
   SEVERAL 
   NEGATIVE TESTS SINCE 
   SHE WAS 
   HOSPITALIZED FOUR 
   MONTHS AGO, 
   BUT SHE SAYS THE 
   STIGMA IS 
   LINGERING PASSED HER 
   PHYSICAL 
   SYMPTOMS. 
   >> I THINK THE MOST 
   PAINFUL THING WAS 
   PEOPLE NOT 
   UNDERSTANDING YOUR 
   EXPERIENCE.
   >> Reporter: ONE 
   MEMBER OF HER 
   CHURCH TOLD HER 
   CATCHING 
   CORONAVIRUS WAS THE 
   RESULT OF A 
   SIN. 
   >> IT GOT TO A POINT 
   WHERE I 
   DON'T WANT TO TELL 
   PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: THIS 
   DOCTOR SAYS, INSTEAD 
   OF BEING
   OSTRACIZED, THEY 
   SHOULD BE 
   PRAISED FOR OPENING UP
   ABOUT THEIR ILLNESS.
   BEING ABLE TO TRACE 
   THEIR 
   CONTACTS HELPS STOP 
   THE SPREAD.
   YOU'RE SAVING LIVES.
   THERE ARE SOCIAL 
   STIGMAS WE NEED 
   TO BREAKTHROUGH. 
   >> Reporter: SHE 
   TREATS COVID 
   PATIENTS IN THE ICU, 
   SEEING THE 
   DEVASTATION IT CAN DO 
   TO A BODY 
   BUT ALSO FEARING WHAT 
   IT CAN DO 
   TO A MIND. 
   >> THE EMOTIONAL 
   HEALTH THAT I 
   THINK WE'RE GOING TO 
   BE DEALING 
   WITH FOR YEARS. 
   >> Reporter: SIDE 
   EFFECTS THAT 
   COULD LINGER WELL 
   BEYOND THE 
   PANDEMIC.
   KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> COMING UP, THE 
   CHANGES FOR 
   THE NBA AFTER THE 
   PLAYERS TOOK A 
   STAND.
   >>> THE NBA SAYS 
   PLAYERS WILL BE 
   BACK ON THE COURT 
   TOMORROW AFTER 
   DAYS PROTESTING SOCIAL
   INJUSTICE.
   AND NOW THEIR NEW PLAN
   TO CREATE 
   LASTING CHANGE.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS 
   DETAILS.
   >> Reporter: BEFORE 
   THE NBA 
   RESUMES THE PLAYOFFS 
   SATURDAY, 
   TODAY PLAYERS IN THE 
   LEAGUE MOVING FORWARD
   WITH MEANINGFUL 
   CHANGE.
   OFF THE COURT BOTH 
   SIDES AGREE 
   TO ESTABLISH A SOCIAL 
   JUSTICE 
   COALITION, FOCUSSING 
   ON ACCESS 
   TO VOTING, CIVIC 
   ENGAGEMENT AND 
   POLICE AND CRIMINAL 
   JUSTICE 
   REFORM.
   USING THE POWER OF 
   THEIR 
   PLATFORM TO REACH TENS
   OF 
   MILLIONS, THE LEAGUE 
   PLANS TO 
   CONVERT THEIR OWN 
   FACILITIES, 
   INCLUDING ARENAS LIKE 
   THIS ONE, 
   INTO VOTING LOCATIONS 
   FOR THE 
   UPCOMING ELECTION. 
   >> WE UNDERSTAND HOW 
   STRONG OUR 
   VOICE IS, HOW POWERFUL
   OUR VOICE 
   IS AND ULTIMATELY WE 
   DECIDED IF 
   WE GO AWAY FROM THIS 
   STAGE, WE 
   DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
   THAT SAME 
   TYPE OF PLATFORM. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   AGREEMENT COMING TWO 
   DAYS AFTER
   PLAYERS REFUSED TO 
   TAKE THE 
   COURT IN PROTEST AFTER
   THE 
   SHOOTING OF JACOB 
   BLAKE HAS 
   DEMONSTRATED THE POWER
   OF 
   SPORTS.
   SOCCER, HOCKEY, TENNIS
   AND BASEBALL GAMES 
   WERE 
   CANCELED. 
   >> ALL THE MARLINS AND
   METS HAVE 
   COME OUT OF THEIR 
   DUGOUTS. 
   >> Reporter: IN NEW 
   YORK, THE 
   METS AND MARLINS TOOK 
   THE FIELD, 
   ONLY TO PAUSE AND PAY 
   TRIBUTE 
   BEFORE WALKING OFF IT.
   >> THE METS AND 
   MARLINS WILL NOT 
   BE PLAYING BASEBALL 
   TONIGHT. 
   >> Reporter: A BLACK 
   LIVES 
   MATTER SHIRT LEFT 
   DRAPED OVER 
   HOME PLATE.
   AND NOW TONIGHT AT 
   CENTER COURT, 
   THE SAME MESSAGE IN A 
   MOVE 
   BIGGER THAN 
   BASKETBALL.
   MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> UP NEXT, SERVING 
   LOVE.
   THE 
   >>> FINALLY, SO MANY 
   OF LIFE'S 
   BIG EVENTS HAVE BEEN 
   CANCELED 
   BECAUSE OF THIS 
   PANDEMIC, BUT 
   TWO NEWLYWEDS TURNED 
   THEIR PLANS 
   INTO AN ACT OF 
   KINDNESS. 
   >> Reporter: MELANIE 
   AND TYLER 
   GOT SOME GREAT WEDDING
   PICTURES 
   THIS MONTH.
   MELANIE RADIANT, TYLER
   HANDSOME.
   BUT WHAT THEY DID 
   AFTERWARDS WAS 
   BIG, REALLY BIG.
   >> WHY NOT SPREAD THE 
   LOVE. 
   >> Reporter: THAT'S 
   MELANIE AND 
   TYLER SERVING FOOD AT 
   LAWYER'S 
   HOME, A SHELTER FOR 
   WOMEN IN 
   CLEVELAND, A MEAL THEY
   GIFTED. 
   >> HOLY COW.
   YOU KNOW, WHAT AN 
   UNSELFISH, 
   WONDERFUL IDEA. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   THEIR 
   RECEPTION VENUE SHUT 
   DOWN 
   BECAUSE OF COVID, THEY
   DECIDED 
   TO HAVE THEIR FOOD 
   TRUCK CATERER 
   BRING THE MEAL HERE 
   INSTEAD. 
   >> THEY COULD HAVE 
   DONE 100 
   OTHER THINGS AND, YET,
   THEY'RE 
   CHOOSING TO DO THIS. 
   >> Reporter: BESIDES 
   SERVING, 
   THEY MET AND MINGLED 
   WITH THE 
   RESIDENTS.
   MELANIE AND TYLER EVEN
   BAKED 
   BABY YODA CUP CAKES 
   FOR DESERT. 
   >> Reporter: THIS WAS 
   NOT THE 
   WEDDING RECEPTION THE 
   COUPLE 
   DREAMED OF, BUT FROM 
   THE LOOKS 
   OF IT, PERHAPS IT WAS 
   BETTER.
   TYLER SAID IT TURNED 
   OUT TO BE 
   THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY
   EVER.
   HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS.
   >>> THANKS TO WKYC IN 
   CLEVELAND 
   FOR SHARING THIS 
   WONDERFUL 
   STORY. 
   >>> THAT IS "NIGHTLY 
   NEWS."
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