how the pandemic is delaying the case >>> and our richard engel inside the icu. the hopeful moment we saw for a patient in there for nearly two months >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone there has been a sudden surge in cases of a serious mystery illness in children we've been telling you about believed to be related to covid-19. at least 64 children in new york have now been diagnosed with the syndrome so far. tonight, pediatricians around the country being alerted to the mystery ailment and its symptoms amid worries that cases so far represent just the tip of the iceberg, and that's where our reporting begins tonight with kristen dahlgren. ithin hours of an urgent call for parents and pediatricians to be on the lookout for the mysterious complication in some children, the number of cases ballooned in new york state. >> i understand why parents would be anxious i think everybody should be. >> reporter: 64 children in new york have been diagnosed with what is being called pediatric multi system inflammatory syndro

. >>> the longest lockdown in europe beginning to lift richard engel in italy. >>> and tributes pouring in for the winningest coach in nfl history. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone a stunning and brutal reality check tonight. some of the worst fears of public health experts now outlined in projections provided to the government and reported today that show the number of daily coronavirus deaths in the u.s. could nearly double to 3,000 a day with overall covid deaths in this country pushing towards 70,000, the new analysis could undercut some of the optimism fueling returns to business as usual across the country. our reporting tonight begins with peter alexander. >> reporter: with more states starting to ease restrictions and reopen their economies, a sobering new projection inside a draft government report from the trump administration warning of the possible consequences predicting by june 1st, the daily death toll from the coronavirus could nearly double to 3,000 and the number of cases could jump to 200,000 a day. "the new york ti

richard engel on a big step toward as vaccine. how soon one could be available. our interview with the sister of an e.r. doctor that took her own life after seeing the horrors of coronavirus up close. >> she said it was like armageddon she said there are so many sick people everywhere. >> when doctors and nurses themselves need help >>> the sexual assault allegations against joe biden from a former senate staffer, pressure growing for him to answer that allegation >>> and stranded at sea, up to 80,000 still trapped on cruise ships including americans. what's the holdup? >> 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,

richard engel inside the icu in a hard hit hospital, an extraordinary view with doctors and nurses on the front lines. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone late today the fda granted emergency use approval for an experimental drug that lifted hopes across the country earlier this week on news the drug shortened recovery times for the severely ill with coronavirus. but despite success stories, some key questions about remdesivir are still unanswered and some health experts are prescribing a reality check. it's where our reporting begins tonight, here is stefano gosk. >> reporter: tonight the most promising treatment so far for covid-19 getting a green light. the fda issuing an emergency use order for remdesivir. >> we're going to be having some really incredible results. >> there are patients out there that can benefit from this medicine today that are hospitalized and we don't want any time to waste for that. >> reporter: according to the ceo gilead ramped up production from 5,000 courses to 100,000 and will have produced millions by ye

. >>> we're back in 60 seconds with richard engel and surprising news in the race for a vaccine. >>>n the search for solutions tonight, the mayor drug company partnering with oxford university to make a potential vaccine aiming to get it done much faster. here is richard engel. >> reporter: in a major show of confidence, one of the world's top drug companies today announced its pushing ahead to produce millions of doses of a trial coronavirus vaccine even before the research is complete. >> i'm going to have a vaccine that can be available to the public on an emergency use basis but the end of the year. >> reporter: and how many of these emergency vaccines do you want to have ready by the end of the year >> at this stage, we have a goal to produce up to 100 million doses by the end of the year, and from there and go beyond this next year. >> reporter: the company is betting big, making the vaccine developed by the u.k.'s oxford university, which last week began human trials so far, the vaccine is proven effective in monkeys the researchers say they'll have test results this summer th

more on that from nbc's richard engel. >> reporter: china is pushing back after mounting criticism that it engaged in a cover-up about the origin and spread of the coronavirus. chinese state media released this cartoon lampooning u.s. accusations as inconsistent and ridiculous a communist party newspaper calling secretary of state mike pompeo a liar over this accusation >> there's a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in wuhan. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials say they believe the virus is not man made or altered but have not ruled out it could have leaked accidently from a chinese facility just last week china's executive vice foreign minister speaking to nbc's janis mackey frayer >> we need to respect science and keep away from conspiracy theories >> reporter: this is an unusual move from normally reticent china as president trump intensified his criticism today. >> what happened should never have ever, ever have happened china should have informed us that they had a problem. >> reporter: but president trump's opponents charge he's trying to dive

states are planning as new findings raise concerns about classroom exposure >>> tht food markets richard engel in mexico >>> late word tonight from johnson & johnson, discontinuing a widely used type of baby powder amid claims it causes cancer >>> and paying tribute to annie glenn, the activist and widow of astronaut and u.s. senator john glenn dying at age 100 from covid-19 tonight their incredible love story. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone we may be close to an answer tonight to one of the most concerning questions among those who have suffered the ravages of covid-19. if you've had the coronavirus and recovered can you get it again or even give it to others tonight research out of south korea, one of the country's most successful in fighting the virus indicates the answer to both questions is no. the findings also shedding light on the question of immunity it's where we start tonight with nbc's tom costello >> reporter: it's the kind of good news development that researchers control suggests patients who recovered from covid-19 but then

bill neely, nbc news >>> i'm richard engel in mexico city where juarez hospital is near capacity. this doctor runs the covid icu. >> they are all men and all seem to be in their 40s or so. >> yes, about 40, 50 years. >> reporter: compared to other covid icus i visited, the patients here are much younger. doctors say what pushed them into a critical condition was covid combined with preexisting conditions like obesity, diabetes or smoking upstairs from the icu, the doctor took me to the recovery area, all women getting better she came in on saturday her husband is a carpenter. he recently risked taking one job to feed their kids he and his wife both got sick she will go home soon. i feel much better she told us. her husband is intubated down in the icu. doctors tell us mexico's poverty means covid won't go away quickly. do you think you'll see another wave >> yes, we're scared about the waves because people not doing the right quarantine. >> reporter: since so many people here have no choice but to work. richard engel, nbc news, mexico city. >>> in 60 seconds, the brave new world o

our richard engel with doctors and nurses inside an icu fighting to save lives. >> reporter: it's the first time we've been given access inside an e.r. in the u.k university hospital in coventry north of london, one of the hardest hit areas and is changing w they operate. the aditt -- admitting nurse has to ke an onhe spocall is the patient covid positive or not? >> ty will come in and u say ok you'rgoing for more covid testg and you're >> basally, yes. tough call is a they have tests here, but resus take ten hou at a minimum. >> i put that patient in an area and they might have caught covid beuse they didn't have it previoly. >> reporter: adnistrators dided this hospital into zones, one for covid positive or suspected positive cases, the her for kely covidegative and we see hospital burns thugh. each move into covid area revers putting on gear and dposing of it the in theoom and then all ov again when they go back into covid aas the sign indicates are c barrier, there confirmed covid cases sohen you enr and go into thnext ward, we're entering into a coviarea so let's move foard. weav

. >>> up next, richard engel from europe emerging from lockdown >>> all right. we're back with more countries starting to reopen on a path many here are closely watching here is richard engel. >> reporter: as europe slowly ends the lockdown, today it was back restaurants are now open but each table washed before customers sit down hotels and bars opening, too in the u.k., the government is uring people to return to work but transport. prime minister boris johnson who got so sick from covid, officials plans were drawn up in case he died told parliament the nation needs to go slow. >> there could be no greater mistake than jeopardize everything we've tried to achieve. >> reporter: many schools back in session, the metro up and running. it's strange to take the subway again but we have to get used to it this man said paris looked packed. nbc's molly hunter is there. >> reporter: shops are back open many are on a walk or back to work three new clusters are popping up across the country, one in the suburbs of paris. >> reporter: clusters are breaking out in germany,

it's at its lowest level in years lester >> all right, richard engel tonight, thank you. >>> now to the high anxiety in the airline industry and the devastating prediction today from the ceo of boeing here's tom costello. >> reporter: calling the threat to the airline industry grave the prediction from boeing ceo to savannah guthrie on "today" sent shockwaves through wall street and airline offices. >> do you think there might be a major u.s. carrier that might have to go out of business >> yes, most likely, you know, something will happen when september comes around >> reporter: dave calhoun did not say which airlines are most at risk, but with few exceptions every airline is flying less than 10% full. on september 30th the federal government's bail out money comes to an end. airlines are already warning as many as 100,000 employees could be laid off if passengers don't return in large numbers. >> you don't know who has what and how clean things have been at least on the flight. >> reporter: flying in a covid and post-covid world eexpect airline and airport face mask requirements of se

mexican health officials tell us pockets of this community still haven't reached their covid peak richard engel, nbc news, mexico city. >>> in hard-hit italy, the faithful returned to st. peter's square today 789 for the first time in three months worshipers prayed in person outside the pope's window as he gave his blessing. church services started back up in our country as well, many congregations coming together with or without permission blayne alexander reports. >> reporter: across the country, houses of worship are welcoming the faithful for the first time in weeks, despite some areas still under lockdown at solid rock baptist church the sanctuary is opened, despite new jersey's stay-at-home order. >> our church will continue to stay opened. >> reporter: in holly springs, mississippi, investigators suspect arson at the first pentecostal church in the parking lot, graffiti, bet you stay home now, you hypocrites the church had sued the city on restrictions on gatherings in california, mendocina county health officials say six new cases are linked to a single mother's day service 1,200 califo

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our chief foreign correspondent richard engel went inside the emergency room in one of the hardest-hitospitals and brings us that story. >> reporter: it's the first time we've been given access inside an e.r. in the uk. university hospital in coventry north of london, one of the hardest-hit areas, and covid-19 is changing how they operate. the admitting nurse has to make an on-the-spot call. is the patient covid-positive or not? these people are going to come in now 7 and you say, okay, you're going for more covid testing and you're not? >> basically, yes. >> it's a tough call. >> reporter: they have tests here, but results take ten hours at a minimum. >> i put that patient in an area and they might have caught covid because they didn't have it previously. >> reporter: administrators divided this hospital into zones, one for covid-positive or suspected positive cases, the other for likely covid-negative. and we see how much ppe the hospital burns through. each move into a covid area requires putting on protective gear and then disposing of it there in the room. and then doing it all ov

. >> i'm you richard engel in mexico city, where the juarez hospital is near capacity this doctor runs the icu. >> they are all men and they all seem to be in their 40s, or so. >> yes, 40 or 50 years. >> reporter: compared to other covid icus i visited the patients here are younger the doctors said it was covid combined with reexisted conditions like obesity, diabetes or smoking. the doctor took me to the recovery area. all women. getting better this woman came in on saturday her husband is a carpenter. he recently risked taking one job to feed their kids he and his wife both gotsick. she will go home soon. >> translator: i feel much better, she told us. >> her husband is intubated down in the icu, doctors tell us that mexico's poverty means covid will not go away quickly. do you think you will see another wave >> yes we are scared about the waves. because people are not doing the right quarantine >> reporter: since so many people here have no choice, but to work richard engle. nbc news, mexico city. >> in 60 seconds the brave new world of shopping our exclusive inside look at how one

wave brazil say experts still weeks away from its peak of infections bill neely, nbc news >>> i'm richard engel in mexico city where paramedics tell us 95% of their ambulance calls are now for suspected covid cases. we followed one crew transferring patients in plastic capsules with air filters they made themselves but the contagion risk is only part of the problem. hospitals are so crowded, ambulances are often turned away. >> government services are overwhelmed. >> reporter: fernando has been a paramedic for 28 years. >> a lot of hospitals say what sorry, we're full. >> sorry, we're full find somewhere else. that's exactly what they're doing. >> reporter: the hospitals that are willing to take patients are often the most poorly equipped where frustrated staff have been protesting the lack of protective equipment officially, mexico's covid death toll is around 6,000 but who knows? the government's top covid advisor says they are not testing much. >> it is challenging to attempt to count everyone. no country can. >> reporter: it sounds like you're not testing by choice, as opposed to not testin

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warning that china is jeopardizing the development of a vaccine by trying to hack american research richard engel has more. >> reporter: china is trying to steal u.s. coronavirus research the fbi announced today by hacking scientists and companies including those working on a vaccine. that warning also coming from the government's top cyber security agency says china's potential theft jeopardizes the delivery of secure, effective and official treatment options. american secrets aren't the only targets. the u.k. where oxford researchers want a vaccine ready by september is seeing attempted hacks. i had a rare interview with the head of the cybersecurity division, the british equivalent of nsa. >> they are attacking different targets. the nation's states are moving away from energy towards strategic health care and university researchers and to covid vaccines. >> reporter: the trump administration is singling out china, specifically, by name. you are not going there. you're not saying china per se. >> the u.k. and the u.s. share a common picture, a common assessment of the threat. >> reporter: chin

richard engel is in mexico city where the death toll is rising some of the images are difficult to watchreporter: this is the moment lopez, barely able to stand from coronavirus-like symptoms, was denied admission to the second hospital he tried. with hospitals here so full, paramedics tell us patients are often turned away. after hours of the families searching and pleading, lopez was finally let into a third hospital and later died. his family telling telemundo the official cause of death was listed cardiac arrest. watchdog group here says the government's covid count vastly underestimates the death toll. mexico city's mayor denies that but admits the numbers are likely higher than the statistics government is barely testing and allowing people to work. for the poor, not working could mean dying anyway. there's no hiding covid's price here crematoriums in mexico city never stop now we watched bodies brought in, disinfected. no families or goodbyes, one body bag after another coffins are piling up fast workers at this crematorium s a pandemic benjamin has worked here 20 years. never see

you had astrazeneca talking to richard engel of nbc saying they hope to have a vaccine ready for emergency use at the end of the year moderna making a billion batches in july, and gilead earlier today talking about remdesivir and more >> maybe it's a bit of a surprise to us this medicine also worked quite well late in the disease course as well so, you know, many of these patients in the nih trial were on mechanical ventilation. around 30% those are the most severe patients that's something that is -- has a big impact for patients, of course, with so many hospitalized patients in such great need >> that was really important >> so why the downgrades today >> because they're giving it away they're a company that is a good deed doer. otherwise known as philanthropists. we don't award those higher multiple what gilead is doing is trying to save lives, they -- a lot of the drug companies have said, look, we'll lose a lot of money here because what we do is save lives. maybe this is the true colors. i think it is. that interview should change -- there's so many people who are negative i would li

. >>> joining me now is richard engel who is our chief foreign correspondent. from rome. richard, what are you seeing there in italy as restrictions are being eased? >> this was a breath of fresh air for a lot of italians. this was a seminole moment. they're the first country that fwhee went into a nationwide lockdown. it is the first western country to be hard hit by covid-19 and people had been inside their homes by and large for the last two months. there were some exceptions. you could allow -- you could sign a document and say you were going to an essential work and, therefore, you needed to go out or you could sign a document saying you needed to go to the hospital. but other than that, it was very difficult for people to be out and about. today the italian government entered what it calls phase two and people are now allowed to circulate. they can go to the park. they can visit close relatives. they can exercise. they don't need to explain where they are going when they come out. there aren't police on the streets by and large asking for papers. so this

start using itthird, last on the list >> i'm pretty sure that is going to happen. >> reporter: richard engel, nbc news >>> when we come back a historic triumph. >>> we end tonight with a reason >>> we end tonight with a reason to hope. >> two, one, zero, ignition, liftoff as the falcon nine and crew dragon -- >> america looks up today on a technological wonder speeding through space. it's a challenge we've met before >> we choose to go to the moon an because they are hard >> there is something for everyone to celebrate today. a triumph of science, an achievement of private business though fueled by public dollars, american ingenuity powered by an immigrants vision. >> because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills >> it is a year of great challenges challenges we've conquered before, challenges we've yet to fully meet landing back on earth today was not just a rocket but a reminder >> falcon nine has landedera looked up today. >> that challenge isone that we're willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win and the othe

nbc correspondent richard engel jones us with this breaking news richard, good morning. what did you learn >> good morning, savannah. the iranian state media have put out a statement, also released some images, and the army has put out a statement. this was a naval training exercise gone wrong in which an iranian destroyer accidentally fired a missile at one of its own support vessels. that vessel was laying out targets, and according to iranian authorities, it got too close to one of the targets it was releasing. and when the destroyer tried to fire at the target, it accidentally hit that ship killing, according to iranian officials, 19 sailors and injuring 15 more iran is describing it as an ll . thank you very accident. >> all right, richard. thank you very much. joining us with that breaking news overseas. ten minutes after the hour hoda, back to you. >> new developments in a story making worldwide headlines georgia's attorney general has now asked the justice department to investigate the case of ahmaud arbery, that's the 25-year-old shot and killed while his family