THAT STATE’S PRIMARY, SAVANNAH.
>> AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE
UNFOLDING THERE.
WE WILL GET TO IT IN A MOMENT.
>>> LET’S START WITH THE FUNERAL
SERVICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD.
HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERING
IN HIS HOMETOWN OF HOUSTON TO
CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND VOWING TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOVEMENT
IGNITED BY HIS DEATH.
NBC’S MORGAN CHESKY IS THERE.
HE JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: HEY, SAVANNAH.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
IT WAS A SERVICE FILLED WITH
HEART FELT TRIBUTES FOR THE MAN
WHOSE DEATH HAS NOW SPARKED
CALLS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE.
THERE WAS GRIEF.
THERE WAS ANGER.
AND THERE WAS DETERMINATION IN A
CELEBRATION OF LIFE THAT WAS
ACKNOWLEDGING GEORGE FLOYD’S
IMPACT. BUT ALSO CALLING FOR CHANGE.
BUT ALSO CALLING FOR CHANGE.
♪ WE’VE GOT TO STAND TALL ♪
>> Reporter: AN EMOTIONAL
FAREWELL TO GEORGE FLOYD.
>> I’M GOING TO MISS MY BROTHER
A LOT.
>> Reporter: GATHERING TO
CELEBRATE A MAN WHOSE DEATH SET
OFF A GLOBAL MOVEMENT.
>> HE CHANGED THE WORLD, GEORGE
FLOYD CHANGED THE WORLD.
♪ IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOOD-BYE ♪
>> Reporter: FAMOUS FACES IN THE
CROWD INCLUDING CHANNING TATUM
AND JAMIE FOXX.
HONORING HIS LIFE AND LEGACY.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BROOKE WILLIAMS,
GEORGE FLOYD’S NIECE, AND I CAN
BREATHE.
AS LONG AS I’M BREATHING,
JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
>> Reporter: HOUSTON’S MAYOR
ANNOUNCING CHANGES TO POLICE
POLICIES IN THE CITY FLOYD
CALLED HOME.
>> IN THIS CITY, WE WILL BAN
CHOKE HOLDS AND STRANGLE HOLDS.
>> Reporter: AND FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN APPEARING
VIA VIDEO SPEAKING TO THE PAIN
OF LOSING A LOVED ONE.
>> THE NUMBNESS YOU FEEL NOW
WILL SLOWLY TURN DAY AFTER DAY,
SEASON AFTER SEASON INTO
PURPOSE.
>> Reporter: REVEREND AL
SHARPTON EULOGIZING FLOYD AND
CALLING FOR CHANGE.
>> GOD TOOK AN ORDINARY BROTHER
AND MADE HIM THE CORNER STONE OF
A MOVEMENT THAT’S GOING TO
CHANGE THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
DEMONSTRATORS CONTINUING TO
FLOOD THE STREETS DEMANDING
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT IN HOUSTON, MANY TAKING TO
THE STREETS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
LINING THE ROUTE TO THE CEMETERY
FOR A FINAL FAREWELL.
WHILE SOME POLICE OFFICERS
SALUTED THE CASKET.
FLOYD’S BODY CARRIED THE LAST
MILE BY A HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE.
WHAT DOES HIS NAME NOW MEAN TO
YOU?
>> IT MEANS -- IT MEANS UNITY.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN TWO WEEKS
AGO, FLOYD SPENT HIS FINAL
MOMENTS CALLING OUT FOR HIS
MOTHER.
>> ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WHEN HE
WAS YELLING FOR MAMA.
>> AT A MOMENT WHEN HE CALLED
OUT FOR HIS MAMA, WE BELIEVED
THAT THE EARS OF MAMAS ACROSS
THIS NATION REARED UP.
THAT THE EARS OF MAMAS ACROSS
THIS WORLD HEARD HIM CRY EVEN
THOUGH FOR ONE MAMA, ALL MAMAS
BEGAN TO WAIL.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING HE NOW
RESTS BY HER SIDE.
AND ALSO JOINING THE FLOYDS AT
THAT SERVICE YESTERDAY WERE THE
FAMILIES OF AHMAUD ARBERY, ERIC
GARNER, TRAYVON MARTIN, PAMELA
TURNER, AND JOSHUA BROWN.
FAMILIES WELL TOO ACQUAINTED
WITH THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF
GRIEF.
AND LATER ON TODAY, THE BROTHER
OF GEORGE FLOYD WILL BE IN OUR
NATION’S CAPITAL TESTIFYING
BEFORE CONGRESS ON FUTURE POLICE
REFORM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MORGAN CHESKY, THANK YOU.
>>> LET’S MOVE NOW TO THIS
MORNING’S MAJOR STORY IN
POLITICS.
FIVE STATES HELD PRIMARIES ON
TUESDAY AND AS WE SHOWED YOU,
VOTING IN GEORGIA MARRED BY
PROBLEMS, ERRORS WITH NEW VOTING
MACHINES, PEOPLE WAITING IN
HOURS’ LONG LINES TO CAST THEIR
BALLOT.
AND THIS MORNING AN
INVESTIGATION IS BEING LAUNCHED.
BLAYNE ALEXANDER IS IN ATLANTA
WITH DETAILS.
WE SAW YOU IN THE RAIN OUT
THERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
>> Reporter: WELL, HODA, GOOD
MORNING TO YOU.
THE FRONT PAGE OF THE ATLANTA
NEWSPAPER PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT
UP.
COMPLETE MELTDOWN.
THE ISSUES YESTERDAY REALLY RAN
THE SPECTRUM.
EVERYTHING FROM REPORTED
TECHNICAL ISSUES TO CONFUSION
OVER THE NEW MACHINES.
SOME POLLING LOCATIONS OPENING
LATE OR UNDERSTAFFED.
NOW THIS MORNING THERE’S AN
INVESTIGATION INTO EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED AS LOCAL LEADERS BLAME
EACH OTHER.
IN GEORGIA, PRIMARY DAY
STRETCHED WELL INTO THE NIGHT.
THIS IS THE SCENE IN METRO
ATLANTA OVERNIGHT.
DOZENS OF VOTERS, SOME STILL IN
LINE AT MIDNIGHT TO CAST THEIR
VOTE.
>> I’LL BE OUT HERE WAITING.
AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A TEST
FOR ME TO BE BETTER PREPARED IN
NOVEMBER.
>> Reporter: MANY PRECINCTS
REMAINING OPEN WELL PAST THE
7:00 CLOSING TIME GIVING
EVERYONE IN LINE THE CHANCE TO
VOTE.
IT COMES AFTER A DAY-LONG
ELECTION MELTDOWN ACROSS THE
STATE.
SOME VOTERS STANDING IN THE RAIN
FORCED TO WAIT HOURS.
YOU’VE BEEN HERE ABOUT THREE
HOURS.
>> I’M NOT LEAVING.
>> Reporter: YOU’RE NOT LEAVING?
WHY ARE YOU SO INTENT UPON
STAYING HERE?
>> IT’S IMPORTANT.
IT’S IMPORTANT FOR ME.
IT’S IMPORTANT FOR MY SON.
>> SO WE’RE GOING ON THAT
FOUR-HOUR MARK.
>> Reporter: THE TIMING, A
PERFECT STORM.
GEORGIA UNVEILED NEW VOTING
MACHINES STATEWIDE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
>> IT SEEMED MAYBE HALF THE
MACHINES WERE DOWN.
>> UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN CHECKED YESTERDAY.
>> Reporter: THE BIGGEST
PROBLEMS IN METRO ATLANTA,
SPECIFICALLY AREAS WITH HIGHER
BLACK POPULATIONS.
THE CITY’S MAYOR ASKING IS THIS
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTY OR
JUST ON THE SOUTH END?
THE INCIDENT MAKING NATIONAL
HEADLINES WITH LeBRON JAMES
WEIGHING IN TWEETING, THEY SAY
GO OUT AND VOTE.
WHAT ABOUT ASKING IF HOW WE VOTE
IS ALSO STRUCTURALLY RACIST.
GEORGIA’S SECRETARY OF STATE WHO
OVERSEES THE ELECTION IS BLAMEIN
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAYING POLL
WORKERS WERE NOT PROPERLY
TRAINED.
>> THE EMPLOYEES DIDN’T
UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM.
SO WHAT WERE THEY DOING FOR ALL
THESE MONTHS?
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WAKE UP AND
SAY LET’S HAVE AN ELECTION ON
TUESDAY?
>> Reporter: BUT ONE OFFICIAL IS
FIRING BACK SAYING IF THERE WAS
A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP IT
STARTS WITH THE BUCK SHOULD
STOP, AT THE TOP.
NOW, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS
THAT ONLY FULTON AND DEKALB
COUNTIES SAW THOSE WIDESPREAD
PROBLEMS.
SO HE’S LAUNCHING AN
INVESTIGATION INTO ALL OF IT
BEFORE NOVEMBER.
KEEP IN MIND, HODA, THAT
POLITICALLY GEORGIA IS
INCREASINGLY A STATE TO WATCH AS
DEMOCRATS ARE EYEING THE RED
STATE AS POTENTIAL BATTLE GROUND
TERRITORY.
HODA?
>> HARD TO GET OVER THE IMAGE OF
THAT WOMAN SITTING WITH HER BABY
IN THE RAIN FOR THREE HOURS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>>> CRAIG JOINS THE TABLE NOW.
ANOTHER BIG STORY.
THOSE PROTESTS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING SWIFT
BASH LASH THIS MORNING FROM
LAWMAKERS IN BOTH PARTIES FOR
PROMOTING A CONSPIRACY THEORY
ABOUT THAT 75-YEAR-OLD PROTESTER
WHO WAS HURT IN BUFFALO.
KRISTEN WELKER IS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE FOR US.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: HI, CRAIG.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WHITE HOUSE AIDES ARE TRYING TO
CONTAIN THE DAMAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT’S LATEST CONTROVERSIAL
TWEET WHICH CAUGHT OFFICIALS
HERE OFF GUARD.
THEY HAD URGED THE PRESIDENT TO
KEEP A LOW PROFILE OUT OF
RESPECT FOR GEORGE FLOYD’S
FUNERAL.
NOW THE BACKLASH IS GROWING.
THIS MORNING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
FACING BIPARTISAN BACKLASH FOR
PUSHING ANOTHER FALSE CONSPIRACY
THEORY ON TWITTER TARGETING A
PROTESTER INJURED BY POLICE.
OVERNIGHT, THE OUTRAGE MOUNTING.
>> THE PRESIDENT’S TWEETS WERE
UNCONSCIONABLE.
HE WAS COMING UP WITH A WILD
CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT HAS NO
MERIT WHATSOEVER.
>> SHOW SOME DECENCY.
SHOW SOME HUMANITY.
SHOW SOME FAIRNESS.
YOU’RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS
TRIED TO RAISE SUSPICIONS ABOUT
A PEACEFUL PROTESTER IN BUFFALO,
NEW YORK.
75-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL GUGINO BEING
CRITICALLY INJURED BY POLICE.
THE PRESIDENT CITED A REPORT BY
A FAR RIGHT MEDIA OUTLET TWEETING, THE PROTESTER COULD BE
TWEETING, THE PROTESTER COULD BE
AN ANTIFA PROVOK TEARCATEURPROVO
ANTIFA USUALLY DESCRIBED RADICAL
LEFTISTS WHO COULD SOMETIMES BE
MILITANT.
NO EVIDENCE SUBSTANTIATES THE
REPORT HE CITED WHICH IS FROM A
MAN WHO HAS ALSO DONE STORIES
FOR RUSSIA’S SPUTNIK NEWS WHICH
TRIED TO INTERFERE IN THE 2016
ELECTION.
THE PRESIDENT’S DEMOCRATIC RIVAL
JOE BIDEN TWEETING, MY DAD USED
TO SAY THERE’S NO GREATER SIN
THAN THE ABUSE OF POWER WHETHER
IT’S IN OFFICE OR BLOODYING A
PEACEFUL PROTESTER OR A
PRESIDENT DEFENDING HIM WITH A
CONSPIRACY THEORY.
GUGINO SAID IN A STATEMENT FROM
HIS HOSPITAL BED TUESDAY, NO
COMMENT OTHER THAN BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
JUST OUT OF THE ICU.
SHOULD RECOVER EVENTUALLY.
THANKS.
ONE OF GUGINO’S FRIENDS SPEAKING
OUT OVERNIGHT DISMISSING THE
ALLEGATION THAT HE’S IN ANTIFA
OR THAT HE WOULD USE HIS PHONE
TO INTERFERE WITH POLICE.
>> HE’S NOT AN AGENT OF THE DEEP
STATE.
>> Reporter: AN CAPITOL HILL,
THE PRESIDENT’S REPUBLICAN
ALLIES CLEARLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND
IGNORED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TWEET.
OTHERS CONDEMNED THE PRESIDENT.
>> I SAW THE TWEET.
IT WAS A SHOCKING THING TO SAY.
AND I WON’T DIGNIFY IT WITH ANY
FURTHER COMMENT.
>> Reporter: NOW, THOSE TWO
OFFICERS IN THE INCIDENT HAVE
BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
BOTH HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
IT ALL COMES AS WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS HAVE STARTED TO WORK
WITH SENATE REPUBLICANS ON A
POSSIBLE POLICE REFORM BILL THAT
THE PRESIDENT COULD SUPPORT.
THE GOAL IS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
ANNOUNCE SOMETHING AS EARLY AS
TOMORROW.
THE EFFORT IS BEING LED BY HIS
SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER AND
CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS WHO
WAS ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY.
WHEN MEADOWS WAS ASKED ABOUT
THAT TWEET, HE SAID, QUOTE I
LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO TO NOT
COMMENT ON THE TWEETS.
>> OKAY.
KRISTEN WELKER AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, THE NATION’S
TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT,
NOW DESCRIBING THE VIRUS AS HIS
WORST NIGHTMARE.
AND HE’S WARNING THE OUTBREAK IS
FAR FROM OVER WITH THE NUMBER OF
ACTIVE CASES STILL NOT DROPPING.
TOM COSTELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
TOM, THE EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED.
WE’VE SEEN A RISE IN CASES IN
MANY PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WHAT’S THE LATEST THERE?
>> YEAH.
VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE CASES
ARE NOT PLATEAUING.
IN SOME CASES THEORIZING.
SOME STATES ARE NOW REOPENING
LIKE NEW JERSEY JUST AS MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS ARE TRYING TO
CLEAR UP SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT
THAT WAS UTTERLY CONFUSING AND
IT CAME FROM OF ALL PLACES THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
FOUR MONTHS INTO THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, THE NUMBERS ARE STILL
STAGGERING.
NEARLY 2 MILLION CONFIRMED CASES
IN THE U.S.
112,000 FATALITIES.
AND ROUGHLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE
DYING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI CALLS IT HIS
WORST NIGHTMARE.
>> LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS.
WHEN IS IT GOING TO END?
IT REALLY IS VERY COMPLICATED.
SO WE’RE JUST AT ALMOST THE
BEGINNING OF REALLY
UNDERSTANDING IT.
>> Reporter: CONFOUNDING THE
EXPERTS, YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING
COVID-RELATED STROKES, CHILDREN
DEATHLY ILL WITH MULTI-SYMPTOM
INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME.
WHY SOME PEOPLE DIE FROM THE
ILLNESS WHILE OTHERS SURVIVE.
>> PEOPLE WHO RECOVER, WHAT ARE
THEY GOING TO BE LIKE SIX MONTHS
FROM NOW?
WE DON’T KNOW THAT.
>> Reporter: ADDING TO THE
CONFUSION, THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION.
AFTER A LEADING DOCTOR SUGGESTED
ON MONDAY THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT
SYMPTOMS ONLY RARELY SPREAD THE
VIRUS, CONTRARY TO ALL MEDICAL
GUIDANCE.
THAT DOCTOR SAYS SHE WASN’T
CLEAR ENOUGH.
UP TO 40% OF INFECTIONS MAY BE
DUE TO ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD.
>> WHAT WE NEED TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND IS HOW MANY OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION DON’T
HAVE SYMPTOMS AND SEPARATELY HOW
MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS GO
ONTO TRANSMIT TO OTHERS.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
21 STATES HAVE NOW SEEN AN
INCREASE IN CASES.
CASES UP AT LEAST 30% IN
FLORIDA, ARKANSAS, SOUTH
CAROLINA, AND NORTH CAROLINA
JUST IN THE PAST WEEK.
AND A JUMP OF MORE THAN 40% IN
ARIZONA, UTAH, AND NEW MEXICO.
TEXAS AMONG THE FIRST TO LIFT
STAY-AT-HOME RESTRICTIONS
REPORTS TWO DAYS OF
RECORD-BREAKING
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
NOW AS NEW JERSEY JOINS OTHER
STATES IN LIFTING STAY-AT-HOME
RESTRICTIONS, THE NATION’S TOP
HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IT’S CRITICAL
THE PUBLIC HEAR THIS MESSAGE
LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> BOTTOM LINE IS ALL THE
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT
PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS WHO ARE
INFECTED CAN AND DO SPREAD THE
DISEASE.
THAT’S WHY YOU’VE GOT TO WEAR A
MASK AND KEEP THAT PHYSICAL
DISTANCE.
>> AND TOM, THERE’VE BEEN A LOT
OF PROTESTS OUT THERE.
WE’VE BEEN HEARING THE NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS ARE IN WASHINGTON.
SOME OF THEM LAST WEEK TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW?
>> Reporter: IN FACT, THEY WON’T
IDENTIFY WHICH TROOPS OR WHICH
UNITS THEY CAME FROM, BUT THEY
DO SAY THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD IN D.C. HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE.
OUR OWN PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
DURING THE PROTESTS SAY THEY
NEVER SAW NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
WEARING MASKS.
ALTHOUGH MANY PROTESTERS WERE
WEARING MASKS.
AND THIS IS REALLY EXACTLY WHAT
THE HEALTH EXPERTS WERE WARNING
ABOUT.
THE POSSIBILITY OF SPREADING THE
VIRUS IN THOSE PROTEST
ENVIRONMENTS.
>> WHAT’S THE LATEst ON THE
VACCINE?
>> Reporter: DR. FAUCI AND JHA,
THEY BELIEVE WE WILL SEE ONE IN
THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
CLINICAL TRIALS SET TO GET
UNDERWAY THIS SUMMER ON A NUMBER
OF VACCINES.
IF YOU FAST TRACK THIS ENTIRE
PROCESS, THEY SAY WE COULD SEE A
ROLLOUT OF A VACCINE, BEST CASE
SCENARIO, BY ABOUT THIS TIME
NEXT SUMMER.
>> OH, THIS TIME NEXT SUMMER.
ALL RIGHT, TOM.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
>>> AND SPEAKING OF TIME, HOW
ABOUT THE TIME TO CHECK THE
WEATHER.
AND FOR THAT WE SAY HELLO TO MR.
ROKER.
HI, AL.
>> HEY, GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING VERY SUNNY
THERE, HODA.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AS WE CHECK HURRICANE SEASON
2020 WITH CRISTOBAL OUT OF THE
WAY, WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE’VE HAD SIX CONSECUTIVE
YEARS WITH NAMED STORMS BEFORE
THE SEASON STARTS.
FROM 2015 TO THIS YEAR WHERE WE
HAD TWO STORMS NAMED BEFORE JUNE
1st.
AND RIGHT NOW THE LATEST ON
CRISTOBAL, POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE, IT’S MOVING AWAY.
195 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF
MADISON.
MOVING AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
BUT WE’VE GOT A COUPLE OF SEVERE
AREAS WE ARE WATCHING VERY
CLOSELY TODAY.
IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE WE’VE GOT
42 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK.
DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL, A FEW
TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
AND WE’VE GOT A MODERATE RISK
RIGHT NOW FOR WIDESPREAD
DAMAGING WINDS, WIND GUSTS UP TO
75 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH
MICHIGAN, PARTS OF OHIO.
WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THESE
STORMS MOVING IN THEIR FORWARD
SPEED 50 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR OR
MORE.
SEVERE STORMS TODAY FOR THE
GREAT LAKES.
THESE STORMS MOVING VERY
QUICKLY.
COULD BE FORWARD SPEEDS UP TO 70
MILES PER HOUR.
AND AS THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
THE EAST, WE’RE GOING TO WATCH
THAT BRING STRONG STORMS
TOMORROW INTO THE NORTHEAST AND
ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM VIRGINIA
TO SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE WE COULD
SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ANYWHERE
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND