>> reporter: hi, lester. early indications are this is very welcome news in this community that saw so much devastation overnight. again, still questions remaining about what will happen to the other three officers. but as you mentioned, charges anticipated there. right now authorities had been putting out hotspots in this area. this block, multiple buildings had burned, a restaurant, and another building also went up in flames. a roof had just collapsed a short time ago. lester, i do want to point out, this is the state patrol. they have set up a perimeter here. they did so early this morning. that is very different from what happened last night, where there was virtually no police presence here. many member of this community were frustrated by that. earlier today the governor blamed local leaders for not enough of a plan to have, and the police precinct here was breached and burned. the question tonight, will the arrest today be enough to ski escalate the violence here? many member of this community want to

lester >> all right dr. john, thanks. >> there is also encouraging news on an experimental treatment that appears to have helped some patients recover. here is cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: tonight afit look at a promising new onde team of more than 5,000 doctors from over 2,000 hospitals and labs looking at an experimental therapy called convalescent plasma transferring blood from someone who recovered into a current patient. how encouraged are you by this dr. joiner >> we're very encouraged the treatment is safe. that was the first hurdle. >> reporter: dr. michael joiner is one of the heads of the research racing to provide data about the safety and effectiveness of the treatment looking at half of the 10,000 patients nationwide that received it. claudia was one of them. t unt signee. >> reporter: a chest x-ray showed pneumonia diagnosed with covid-19 she went home to wait it out but kept getting sicker her daughter drove her to mount sinai in manhattan, the good-bye painful. >> looking at her, and thinki

lester >> dr. john, thanks very much. >>> in the search for solutions tonight, a crackdown on the flood of inaccurate antibody tests on the market and the president raising hopes of a vaccine by the end of the year can it be done here is stephanie gosk. >> reporter: today, the fda put the brakes on antibody tests. roughly 200 hit the market in recent weeks amid few restrictions now the agency says guard rails are needed writing in part, we unfortunat actors rk test kits to take advantage of americans. so far the fda granted emergency authorization to 12 antibody tests. the makers of the rest will have to apply within ten days showing positive readings are 90% accurate and negative readings 95%. anyone looking to be tested should make sure the test used is on the fda's short list there are some clinics like this one offering anybody tests with doctors offices and hospitals. there are no fda authorized at home antibody tests. the existence of antibodies proven someone has been exposed and while healt

lester. >> thanks. >>> now to the continued spread of covid-19 around the world.ears in some places that seem to have the virus under control and there is alarming news about the crisis in brazil with that, here is kelly cobiella. >> reporter: tonight, an outbreak at this south korea warehouse is setting off alarm bells. it's 79 cases in a country of 51 million people but the biggest spike in two months and it comes as south korea has been slowly reopening. students returning to classrooms worshippers back at church just yesterday, we watched more than 2,000 pray under the same roof sitting three feet apart and all but the singing choir and the pastor wearing masks now, with new cases, authorities are taking a step back the health minister saying museums, parks and theaters have to close again churches urged but not required to suspend services. the virus is surging in brazil where they are also preparing to restart a shattered economy. nbc's bill neely is there. >> reporter: for the third day in a week, brazil reported daily deaths of over 1,000, but here where t

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone hope is a powerful thing and tonight the early success of a potential vaccine, the first to be tested in humans is raising that hope and generating a wave of optimism. scientists quick to point out there is still a long way to go, that the results are preliminary yet acknowledging it's an important step as we begin a week that brings us closer to the 100,000 mark of those we've lost in this country our reporting begins with nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: the preliminary results are from the first coronavirus vaccine test conducted in humans. >> i was so excited. >> reporter: jennifer howler, a 44-year-old mother of two from seattle was the first person to get it in march. >> it's a bright light for everybody in this country and across the world that we're seeing success. >> reporter: moderna the massachusetts bio company says the experimental vaccine was safe for all 45 patients ages 18 ta for eight of the them indicates they developed antibodies that neutralized the virus providing some level of im

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and that's nightly news i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. and thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre, we're following the rest of state, just not yet. strict restrictions here. >> i'm raj mathai. the county has the last word. it could lead e to a lot of confusion. >> yeah, governor newsom has given the grin light. most of the by area won't be seeing changes. parts of the state will allow retailers to get back to work in a limited capacity. most bay area counties say it's too soon for them. >> reporter: businesseses downtown hope they might be able to reopen on friday. but contra costa county says not so fast. >> my mere is i'm not going to be able to feed or prepare for my family. >> reporter: steve is desperate to reopen his sports memorabilia store. he has been using his savings to stay afloat. while the governor has given the go ahead for clothing and bookstores to reopen for curb side pickup, retailers are going to have to wait a little

lester >> gabe gutierrez this evening, thank you. >>> in the race to develop a vaccine, a huge boost tonight from the u.s. government for an effort at oxford that's showing promising initial results. here is keir simmons >> reporter: tonight, a billion dollars from the u.s. government for a promising coronavirus vaccine. astrazeneca says they could manufacturer a billion doses worldwide by end of 2021 >> this amount of money helps us deliver 100 million doses to american citizens. >> reporter: the team developing the vaccine at the uk oxford university telling nbc news they're stunned by so much support so quickly >> if you said to me all of that would happen in a month, i would have thought that was wild, fantastic. we're thrilled >> reporter: human trials began in april with more than a thousand participants. some got the covid-19 vaccine, a control group did not. now both groups' blood is being checked for antibodies to see if the vaccine has been effective. the results are expected in two to six months. >> how hopeful are you of a positive result? >> we were hopeful a month ago.

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night >>> covid very much became like a fire in fire season. >> keeping up her guard and keeping businesses closed. the bay area health officer who first sounded the alarm on the coronavirus has another dire warning. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. contra costa county is sticking to its slow roll phase two approach, even as some bay area counties move deeper into phase two or even phase three, explaining the county checks the data every day. every two weeks they decide if they are ready to move forward and reopen more businesses. as of now, the county will remain in early phase two. >> the county is not an island. we don't exist outside of our neighbors. and so many people who live in contra costa county drive to other counties, drive to oakland, work in san francisco, and so what happens to those counties affects contra costa county. >> contra costa

lester >> yeah, if only we could. all right. stephanie thanks >>> in 60 seconds, the growing out cry over that deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in georgia his family says he was out jogging. >>> the woman accusing joe biden of sexual assault speaks out and biden responds >>> there is growing outrage tonight after video emerged of a man fatally shot in georgia while his family says he was jogging. now we're hearing from the person who says he went public with that disturbing image. blayne alexander is in georgia. >> reporter: tonight the man who says he released this video that's sparking nationwide outrage is speaking out. it shows the final moments of a 25-year-old unarmed black man running down the street and confronted by gregory mcmichael and his son. who are both white and armed before arbery was shot dead. my sole purpose in releasing the video was absolute transparency because my community was being ripped apart by assumptions. gregory mcmichael said he and his son believed he was involved in recent home burgla bur

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night - hello from montana, y'all. i have been opening every show with a good neighbor story from my instagram or facebook and today's story is about a couple in columbus, ohio who gave their favorite restaurant a huge surprise. (air whooshing) - hi, kelly clarkson. thanks so much for making us part of the good neighbors initiative. i'm josh schneider-hill. - and i'm steve schneider-hill. we noticed on facebook that somebody had left a $2,500 tip to a local restaurant when people lost their jobs and that inspired us to want to do something ourselves and maybe just do something just a little bit more to try to get other people to do something. - yeah, so we go to a restaurant called tommy's diner. we've been going there for the last 10 years or so since we've been married actually. and so, when we found out they had to close except for carryout, we decided to write them a $3,000 check. - hi kelly. my name is michael pappas from columbus, ohio. i'm the owner of tommy's diner at wes

>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone as national stay at home guidelines are set to expire, a go your own way approach is rapidly taking hold across the country. governors facing a common enemy but with a splinter array of strategies leaving some of us under lockdown and others perhaps making dinner reservations there is hope to test more americans for the virus and learn just what it is we're facing as the number of dead keeps climbing now over 62,000. we have a lot to tell you about tonight starting with miguel almaguer. >> reporter: tonight, los angeles home to 4 million people becoming the nation's first major city to offer free coronavirus testing to all residents. the massive move to screen citizens followed by the mayor of jersey city who says testing everyone is key to getting the economy back on track. with more drive-up sites in states like wisconsin, in new york the epicenter of the national outbreak, free testing for all is not available. today, in an unprecedented move, the governor says starting next week, the city's subway

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. righ

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other >> kelly: hey, what's up, y'all, guess what, still in montana. mother's day was yesterday, so today i wanted to surprise you identify with. check out meteorologist trying to get a little bit of work done with the kids around. >> hey, kelly, it is meteorologist jen from wp oh nine in cincinnati. after i get done with the newscast, i have other recordings that i do for the website or social media, thanks, connor, mommy is trying to do a little bit of work. and my children do not understand, apparently that mommy needs 5 minutes. i have to record something really quick, okay? you have to give them some slack, we are adjusting, they are adjusting. but it took everything in me not to just, you know, kind of freak out on my children. dies, go upstairs. my husband was in the other room on a conference call, and i did not need to yell as loud as i liked to, but i need -- i know there are so many acros

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >> kelly: hey, what's up, y'all, once again i am coming to you from a ranch in montana as our country makes progress getting this pandemic under control. everyone from delivery drivers to ranch workers continue to carry a huge burden. understanding a bully essential workers are stressed out. so for today's quar-aoke i wanted them to cut loose. here are some of the heroes of america joining me. in "we are family" by sister sledge. ♪ ♪ ♪ we are family ♪ i got all my sisters with me ♪ we are family ♪ get up everybody and sing ♪ we are family ♪ i got all my sisters with me ♪ we are family

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other >>> right now at 6:00, could it be back to work for giants and a's? baseball's new plan to return and san francisco reveals what the next step back to normalcy might look like. >>> the news at 6:00 stars are right the now. good evening. thanks for being was. we begin week nine of shelter a home. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. this afternoon, mayor london breed revealed plans to partial reopen. bookstores, flor igs, produce markets, record stores, music, art and beauty supply stores. store front and delivery service only though. despite the step, the stay at home order is in effect until may 31st. >> i know that people are anxious to see our city reopen. i'm anxious to see our city reopen. and this has been a very tough and challenging time for all of on us. >> now, there are regulations, the businesses will have to abide by these guidelines. use face kaifring and social distancing. proper meaning materials must be available. limit t

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other shutting down beache.ut not in northern california. the co >>> right now at 6:00, shuting down beaches but not in northern california. the coastal community breathing a sigh of relief. and these punished getting a run over with crowds. >> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm janelle wang. updated list on what you can and cannot do and with whom. and jessica aguirre from home. >> how long can they hold on? we're not talking about the small businesses that are closed. not those sheltering at home. we are talking about health care workers working in hospitals, dealing with mounting infections, dealing with death and exhaustion. what is going to happen to them in the fall in round two? are we prepared to help them? oi talk to a doctor coming up. >> thanks. >>> the big headline today. governor newsom ordered all orange county beaches closed starting tomorrow. the announcement after peach packed the beaches last weekend. the governor was going to make the closures statewide. >> a few

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself, everyone, and each other >> kelly: what's.ere in montana, inc. if you were like where is she, still here. today i wanted to share a #goodneighborstory, check it out. >> high kelly, my name is laura good i actually just had our boy a year ago, i wrote a little something this week that unexpectedly went really viral. so, since i'm up all the time at night with our son, like all of us i have been really anxious and can't stop thinking about it. one night this week i was up with the baby, and started thinking about all the simple things in life i used to take for granted. like shaking a stranger's hand or hanging out with a friend. the next morning i thought why not share it, i put it on my facebook. it's gone totally viral, it's been all over the world, it's been translated into a bunch of different like witches. i've had composers reach out and asked to set it tous

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. 's going al all right, welcome, everybody. i'm still here in montana sheltering him pace. and even though we are apart, my van and i are getting pretty good at improvising with the quar-aoke. check out our version of the supremes' classic "where did our love go." ♪ ♪ baby, baby, baby don't leave me ♪ ♪ ooh, please don't leave me all by myself ♪ ♪ i've got this burning, burning, yearning feelin' inside me ♪ ♪ ooh, deep inside me and it hurts so bad ♪ ♪ you came into my heart baby, baby so tenderly ♪ ♪ with a burning love baby, baby ♪ ♪ that stings like a bee baby, baby ♪ ♪ now

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> a slice of normalcy in the bay area. one county reopens dine-in restaurant, two more are not far behind. tp news at 6:00 starts right now. good wednesday, janelle white. >> we have jessica aguirre with us. >> roger and janelle, are you ready to go to a concert or a football game or what about working from home, do you like it? do you want to ask your boss continue doing it? we'll look at a worldwide survey and people say about what they want to keep from our new normal after this pandemic. >> tough to answer some of those questions. thank you, jessica. >>> the biggest concerns for parents, teachers and students, when will our schools reopen and what will classrooms look like today? each district will decide individually whether to offer distance learning or in-class learning or some combination of the two. he made it clear, students and teachers bring your masks. >> it is widely believed that in order for us to reopen with schools in a

i'm lester holt.lease take care of yourself, everyone, and each other >>> right the now at a 6 clox, another step forward. the governor allows hair salons to reopen. >> hair cuts, yes, nails, facials and eye lashes, no. we have rules for the different county. and get ready for the effect of the coronavirus. separate from the second waive this fall. where we can see the peak, how do we keep it to a minimum? i have that coming up and wine tasting rooms can be opening up very soon in the north bay. what to see on the next wine tasting trip. >> we will see you then. significant announcements from the governor today. the green light for another major industry. barbershops and hair salons can reopen in counties that have proven the virus is stable or decreasing. right now, the only bay area counties that have been approved, napa, solano and sonoma county. >> it requires a little before specificity to satisfy the health experts. >> it's financeable frutsing. mentally, it's really hard because again, we have

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >> kelly: hey, what's upcoming all, it's me again from montana. i hope you are staying safe and being healthy. and happy cinco de mayo! let's celebrate with a beverage! i do every day that encinal y. today i am showing you one of my #phonealone stories, it is how somebody's little idea grew and grew. >> my name is megan, and i created miss megan's cam kindergarten. it was a former departing teacher, and when i heard that the schools will be closed, i wrap some of my old supplies and wanted to give it to the little girls. i asked some friends and neighbors if they would be interested in joining, and they were. so i created a facebook group and within a few short days a grew to 40,000 members. and continues to grow every day. i am happy to teach students all around the world and be a support for the parents as well. it has so much positivity and togetherness in this uncertain time. and i think how much this whole thing has grown, it was an ex

kristen, what do we know >> reporter: lester, good evening. this appears to be major news what could be the end of the mystery over the whereabouts of kim jong-un. all of this is coming from north korea's state media and we have not seen any of the purported images yet this is file video north korea is announcing kim made a public appearance at a fertilizer plant he's not been seen in 20 days and missed two key celebrations prompting speculation he was having major health issues tonight president trump who met with kim three times was asked if he's alive, the president responded i don't want to talk about it we'll have something to say about it at the appropriate time lester >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> tonight, former vice president joe biden is denying an allegation of sexual assault by a former senate staffer who says it happened 27 years ago. biden speaking out for the first time on this and we should warn you some of the details as alleged are graphic. here is andrea mitchell. >> reporter: joe biden emphatically denying the sexual as

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone there will be consequences more outbreaks, more deaths a blunt warning from dr. anthony fauci against reopening the country too soon fauci and other top government health officials stepping up from under the shadow of the white house today and into a videoconference to break the bad news to a senate committee hearing that the covid outbreak is not under control, testing still falls short and that grim days are still ahead, all as the death toll c a its steady and painful climb. we have it all covered starting with nbc's jeff bennett >> reporter: tonight a dire warning from dr. anthony fauci. reopening the country too soon during the coronavirus crisis will cost lives. >> there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you might not be able to control, which in fact will set you back not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided but could even set you back on the road to try to get economic recovery. >> reporter: a reality check from the nation's top infectious disea

class of 2020, a graduation like you've never seen >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> the science and grim projections that brought this country together against a common enemy are under fire tonight with the doctor that helped lead the fight against coronavirus. president trump tonight rejecting dr. anthony fauci's dire warnings against opening the country too soon the president suggested schools could reopen soon even as we learn kids could be at more risk to covid than we thought and fauci predicted many more americans will die came under a broad attack that's where our reporting begins with jeff bennett. >> reporter: president trump tonight slamming the stark warning from dr. anthony fauci against reopening the country too soon. >> he wants to play all sides of the equation i'm surprised by his answer, actually, because, you know, it's just, to me it's not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools. >> reporter: during tuesday's senate hearing dr. fauci was asked whether colleges and schools could feel safe welcoming students back in the fa

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> right now, 6:00, police officers are possible exposed. the one case of covid-19 in the bay area police department scrambling. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being was. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm janelle wang. another county joins phase two. we have jessica aguirre from home. >> raj and janelle, imagine five restaurants all owned by one bay area family. all of them very different. so how do you create plans, survival plans to weather the stay at home order for all five of the restaurants? and what does mrs. doubt fire have to do with it? i will tell you. >>> today, it's contra costa county's time to reopen. for curb side only. the owner of this book shop tells us shoe she doesn't know if it's enough to keep it afloed. we have a toy store reconfiguring the interior and looking for customering to shop inside. >> make sure there is proper social distancing. hand sanitizer. making sure they wear masks. >>

i'm lester holt.lease take care of yourself and each other good night >>> right now at 6:00, reopening confusion. the different stages for bay area counties and why santa clara county remaining the only hold out. >>>ed news at 6:00 stars right now. >> each bay area county is reopening a different pace. as of today, sonoma county is well in phase two. any parent can drop their kid off at a daycare, take their dog to a groomer or go to the car cash. staff will screen children each day taking their temperature. no more than 12 kids a group. kids are assigned their own ball so there is less germs spread too. >> sonoma county really got to one right. i think that opening up child care is an important first step to getting parents back to work. >> not everyone agree withes, though. some say the county is moving too fast. other businesses in sonoma county, street facing retailers, outdoor museums, and open air gallerieses. >>> most of the bay area are easing restrictions to different degrees, and we are brea

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening at the start of a end, americans tonight, many newly free from lockdown marking the practical start of summer and facing a test of just how much we are willing and able to change our ways in the face of containing covid-19 flairups that test includes how and where we worship the president weighing in insisting houses of worship reopen we have it covered starting with nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight a memorial day weekend unlike any other. more beaches are open for the first time in months with strict social distancing requirements the cdc now down playing the risk of virus transmission through surfaces, but emphasizing the threat of person to person contact. >> a major transmission source is airborne. it takes you back to where a mask wear a mask. >> reporter: the white house says the metro areas with the highest confirmed cases are washington d.c. and more new york city continues to drop but authorities here are urging people not to take mass transit this holiday weekend visitors to coney island

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other >> kelly: hey, what's up, y'all, i have been hanging out here in montana and opening the show with a "good neighbor" story. today is extra special because it is the start of national nurses week. every nurse on the frontline of this pandemic is a hero and this needs to be recognized every day. they are literally putting themselves on the line for us. today's "good neighbor" is actually pretty cool for us because it is a follow-up of a person on my show earlier this year. you might remember him as mr. supranational. >> hey, kelly, it is nurse nate. a lot has changed since the last time i saw you on your show. >> kelly: what's up, nate? >> hi, kelly. i was mr. supranational, i was getting ready to go on a trip. you gave me the opportunity to go on the mission trip, and all of the things that i put on the back burner, i have focused on my career in the emergency room, because that is where i am needed right now. my profession is what i love to

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other >>> right now at 6:00, what's our progress? we've met two of the five benchmarks. the toughest one we need to achieve in hopes of easing more restrictions here in the bay area. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we have janelle wang working from home for us. >> raj and jessica, as some restrictions ease up ander tos reopen, hospitals and clinics are also resuming important cancer screenings that you may need. why you should make the appointment and go despite the covid scare. >>> also, retail nurseries open back this week, and we're two months into the veggie planting season. i'll tell you the top five vegetables to plant right now. but first, back to the both of you. >> thank you. >>> testing, tracing, and ppe. three things preventing the bay area from loosening our restrictions. to speed things up, two more testing sites opened up, including one in san jose at the high school. santa

of course lester maddux uses this to catapult himself to the governorship. jimmy carter lost 22 nounds that campaign because of the sig rouse campaigning, lost a lot of money. the family put a lot of money into that campaign. and he returns to plains really not sure what he is going to do. there are family accounts that have him walking around in the fields around plains and just not knowing how to proceed. and very often with tears in his eyes. and then of course the following year he has his famous encounter with his sister ruth carter stapleton a pentecostal evangelist and has a recommitment of his life to jesus which does seem to be very transformative. he speaks of that experience not as his born again experience which occurred back in 1935 at the plains baptist church but as a renewal, rejuvenation of his faith. on the heels of that, jimmy carter goes on two mission trips, one to lock haven, pennsylvania with other baptist laymen going around knocking on doors to tell people about jesus and, again, in springfield, massachusetts in november of that year

lester maddox uses this to catapult himself to the governorship. jimmy carter is disconsulate, he lost 22 pounds in the campaign. he lost a lot of money. the family put a lot of money into that campaign. he returns to plains really not sure what he will do. there are family accounts that have him walking around fields around plains, just not knowing how to proceed. very often with tears in his eyes. the following year he has this famous encounter with his sister, ruth carter, a pentecostalist, and gives his life to jesus which seems to be transformative. he speaks of that not as the born again experience in 1935 at the plains baptist church but renewal, rejuvenation of his faith. on the heels of that, jimmy carter goes on two mission trips, one to lock haven, pennsylvania with other baptist laymen knocking on doors to tell people about jesus, and again in springfield, massachusetts, in november of that year, with a cuban american pastor by the name of eloy cruz from brooklyn or bronx, steve, help me out here. i believe it's brooklyn. this was again

>> lester, that's the big concern. what he said, we know the cases will go up.a matter of keeping it under control. isolating, testing, contact tracing, those are all important to have in place. his concern is some communities might have met statistics as far as 14-day decline but might not have others in place so when they do tart seeing the outbreaks they can't control them as well. that's a big worry they make sure we do, otherwise we start getting back to where we were, get back to square one, something none of us want to do, lester. >> thanks. let me bring in the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. as we noticed a different tone from the ones with the white house, even republicans expressing concerns about the level of testing. where does this go from here in terms of support for the president even from within his own party? >> well, look, one of the things i want to point out, this is one of the most functional committees on bipartisan basis. senate intel has been one of those, senate health, the health commit is nicknamed. a lot is due to lamar ale

lester >> all right peter alexander, thanks. >>> now to this historic unemployment disaster. we learned today more than 20 million jobs just last month alone sent the unemployment rate soaring to almost 15%, a level not seen since the great depression jo ling kent tonight on the hardship for so many families. >> reporter: tonight, the largest economy in the world crippled by the coronavirus. >> i'm basically at my breaking point, worried, nervous, scared. >> reporter: more than 20 million jobs vanished in april the most ever on record wiping out all jobs created since 2010 the unemployment rate soaring to 14.7%, the worst since the great depression, a far cry from 3.5% just two months ago, a 50-year low. minority groups have been hit the hardest with nearly 19% of hispanic workers and almost 17% of black workers unemployed, more than 15% of women are now jobless. 36-year-old executive assistant stacy davis was laid off in march and applied for unemployment but her claim is still pending. >> it's becoming very, very frustrating, very alarming and very scary at this point i'm n

for lester s everywhere that this is the memorial day unlike any other. across the country, eager crowds taking advantage of the unofficial start to summer, prompting stern warnings from health officials but at arlington national cemetery where the president spent part of his day, there were no crowds, instead solum and socially distant tributes to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. we have it all covered and begin with nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: as americans mark memorial day, crowds gathered across the country, a troubling celebration during a national health crisis. at lakes of the ozarks in missouri, little social distancing and few were wears masks. this waterfront community now the center of outrage after a party during a pandemic >> my buddy said i heard it's packed let's check it out we walked through a crowd, go upstairs and look over to the pool, absolutely packed. >> reporter: as a restless nation battles quarantine fatigue, more states are easing restrictions but for some, it came too fast. >> this is truly the wild west. it went

here's lester holt with the inside man. >> two enemies who didn't trust each other, faced off across a table. one of them in handcuffs was a clever con named jimmy keen. the other, a hard-charging prosecutor. >> the prisoner was worried sick. larry beaumont, the prosecutor, who had just convicted him, and put him behind bars suddenly wanted to talk a top secret meeting no less. what more could he do? >> he was the last person i expected to hear. >> from he was my biggest fear. but keen's fears went off the charts, when the prosecutor slid an accordion file in his direction, on top was a grisly photo of a dead girl. >> and i flipped to the next page and here's another young dead mutilated girl and wait a second. >> he's probably thinking at some point you're about to charge him in something else. >> yes, because i had been pretty rough on him in the initial prosecution. >> jimmy was in the dark, he had no idea the crazy scheme beaumont had in mind. >> he said jimmy, here is another person we have information on, he has killed many, many young women and i personally think you're the on

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